The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-14 00:00:00

WOOLWICH PETTY SESSIONS.

On Friday last, a petty sessions of the peace for
this town and its neighbourhood was holden at the
Magistrates' Chambers, before SirJoHN WEBB, Bart.
as Chairman, and a full bench of the local Justices.
The case of principal interest which came on for
investigation was a charge of passing counterfeit 51.
Bank of England notes, preferred against a rather
respectable looking young man named Ross, who for
some time past has been sought for under the diffe-
rent cognomen of Quimlcy, by the London police,
for similar offences committed repeatedly and exten-
sively in the metropolis, Middlesex, and Surrey.
Mr. Christmas, one of the Bank inspectors, was
in attendance for the prosecution, and Lea, one of
the officers of the Whiteehapel police, was in waiting
to secure the prisoner in the event of the present
accusation not being brought home to him.
From the evidence it appeared that Ross, not long
since, called upon Mr. Buck, a licensed victualler, at
Woolwich, and, pretending that he came from a Cap-
tain Fagan, asked for, and obtained two bottles of
wine, in payment for which he tendered a 51. bank-
note, and there being nn suspicion of its spuriousness,
received 41. 12s. in change. It subsequently turned
out to be a forgery, and, on its being submitted to
his inspection, was proved to be such by Mr. Christ-
mas. After swindling Mr. Buck, he culled upon
Mr. Watson, a grocer, and representing himself as
in the service of Mr. Chapman, a publican at Charl-
ton, said he was sent by that person for a pound of
tea and three pounds of loaf sugar. These were
given to him, and he received the difference between
their amount and another counterfeit note, purport-
ing to be for .5/. Shortly after his departure, some
suspicion arose in the mind of Mr. Watson, and he
gave the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner was forthwith transmitted to Maid-
stone, to abide his trial on the capital charge.

Mr. SAXTON, newspaper-vender, of Evan-
gelist-court, Ludgate-hill, (lied in Clerkenwell workhouse
on Tuesday, where be had been removed the night previ-
ous, having been found on the steps of a door in a dying
state. His wretched appearance excited great sympathy.
He was a man of the most niggardly habits, and his ill-
ness is believed to have been produced by a want of the
common necessaries of life. On the anniversaries of the
newsman's feast he would devour whatever came within
his reach most voraciously, and to an excess. To avoid
the expense of fuel he habitually frequented a coffee-shop
in winter, where he remained all his leisure part of the
day. His room was covered with filth and dirt, as if it
had never been cleared during the time he had occupied it.
Several Bank of England notes were discovered in a box;
deeds and leases of houses were also found, together with a
book containing a summary of his property in the Bank,
Savings Bank, lice. Altogether his property amounts to
1,0001. a year.

ECCLESIASTICAL PENANCE, OR TH E
CUTTIE STOOL" AT CAMBERWELL.—Yesterday the
new Church at Camberwell was crowded to excess, in
consequence of its having been notified that a male
parishioner was to do penance according to the Ecclesi-
astical law, for having called a respectable married woman
" out of her proper name"—that is, bestowing on her
a certain appellation. The officiating Clergyman, the Rev.
Mr. VANE, after he had concluded his sermon, descended
from the pulpit and approached the Vestry. The pres-
sure of the crowd to obtain a sight of the proceedings in
the Vestry, where it was then understood the recantation
was to be made, led to great noise and confusion, and a
scene was exhibited very unbecoming the sacred character
of the building. At length the party offending made his
appearance, attired in a white covering. He was attended
by four friends on either side, and while the Rev. Mr.
VANE read the form of recantation laid down by the
Ecclesiastical law, he bowed in affirmation of the several
points in it, and the ceremony terminated. The party
then left the Vestry room by the small door, to the mani-
fest disappointment of several hundred persons who were
assembled outside the Church: ,

Any longer respect to these people, would ap-
pear in the eyes of friends as well as enemies symp-
toms of weakness and signs of cowardice. The
feeble and the base do not unite in France. The
crisis is approaching—it is inevitable—it must be
short and salutary. The jacobin journals affect to
repeat that the Ministry are desirous of avoiding it
by their retirement. They lie to their partisans and
to themselves. The Ministers are ready and deter-
mined, and the more calm because they are the
more resolute; they will not advance to encounter
any body. Theluestion of a majority henceforward
appears to -them one of the insignificant themes,
abandoned to the-idle talk of coffee-houses, and to
the silliness of- saloons. The eAlistister !mull • de-
-4,911:404 giy-4141i4diurel44'eten itiZlr a •
ration).7' That if they' have the majority, they will
have the Throne by it; and that if they have not
the•majority, they will save the Throne without it."
-Relying upon the support of the King and the as-
sistance of the Royalists, who only wait for a sig-
nal, the Ministers will find in the Charter itself
the means of wresting it from the hands of the
factious, who would wish to destroy it, because it
is the work and the support of the monsichy.
Let them persevere in their noble and courageous
resolutions, and they will see, arising in their be-
half, not only the majority,but nearly the unanimity
of Frenchmen. What then is this pretended ch.
iherwing majority, which not only presumes to treat
with the throne as one power with another, but
to dictate conditions to the living law,—the source
of all laws,—that is, royalty ? Of what is it com-
posed? Of rhetoricians without a conscience, of
demagogues without people, and of generals with-
out soldiers; and yet they dare to call themselves
the representatives of public opinion, and the organs
of the nation. France recognizes only the King as
its immortal representative; the word of tir! King
is theexpression of the sentiments, of the wishes, of
the wants, and of the interests of his people. The
majority—is the King.

LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE JOURNAL DES DEBATS.

" Sir,--I am a foreigner, but I love France. It
is two years Since I visted your country, and I
assure you that those French Journals which pro-
fess extreme opinions gave me a false idea of `•our
internal political position.

" I arrived with the persuasion that you were on
the eve of a revolution ; and it is generally believed
abroad that a revolutionary spirit pervades the heart
of every man; some desiring a republic—others
despotism. In many foreign Courts it is believed
that there are no means to preserve the Crown to
the Bourbons but by destroying all the institutions
granted by Louis XVIII. Finally, general fear is
created by this spirit of .Tacobinism, announced so
confidently and positively by some of your gazettes
to exist. Before arriving at Paris, I was anxious to
travel through the departments.
" It is three months since I arrived here, and it
is three months since I have been an impartial spec-
tator. My being a foreigner has afforded me faci-
lities to observe societyjn nearlf-all its grades in the
capital; and I send you the candid result of my ob-
servations.

" Never did I see a better spirit reign in France.
Never did did I more fully perceive the desire which
all classes feel for tranquillity. Never was there
less of a revolutionary spirit; never was there a
more unanimous wish to preserve the monarchical
Government; never was there less of jacobilis and
of absolutists. The immense majority of French-
men is satisfied, and your countrymen, accused as
they are of fickleness, only ask ;IA only wish for
repose and stability. 1 then confidently affirm that
the French have been calumniated abroad, and that
certain journals have shamefully deceived their
readers, by asserting that there existed a party who
wished for a republic. I also affirm that every ob-
serving traveller that arrives in France, whatever
may be his political opinions, will conic to the same
conclusion as myself, if be be a candid man and have
no private interest to make !din see things differently.
" I assert that no King ever felt more secure or
tranquil on his throne than Charles X.. and that he
cannot but deride the reports created to make him
fear the tendency of his people to revolution. No
people in Europe are less inclined that way, and for
a very simple reason—because every Frenchman has
still in his memory, either from personal experience
or from his parents' tradition, the frightful evils
which revolution produces.
" I also assert, that if a revolution were possible,
it would proceed from the Ministerial power.
Frenchmen of all ranks are averse to it, but that
power might provoke one. No person in France, no
party, could alone attempt to shake the throne of
the 'Bourbons ; hut false friends might compromise
its safety, by continually attempting to destroy its
supports. In striving to avoid a danger which does
not exist, they would fall into a fathomless abyss.
" I likewise assert, that 99 Frenchmen out of
100 detest alike ultra-liberals and ultra-royalists.
All respectable people look upon those men of exalt-
ed passions as the most dangerous enemies of the
King and his people. . _ _

" 1 still faille': assert, without fear of contradic-
tion, that the unanimous wish of all foreign powers,
more enlightened in the present day than formerly,
coincides with that of the majority of France, which
is, to see the King choose his Ministry among wise,
firm, and moderate men. I assert, finally, that if a
Ministry so composed were to resist with energy the
demands of extreme opinions, it would deserve well
of the King of France, his people, and foreigners,
for it is the interest of all Europe to see France
tranquil.

" If you should think fit, Sir, to publish my letter,
I beg you will not make public my name, as my situ-
ation in society makes me anxious to preserve secrecy.
" Accept, &c."
(From the Ifessager des Chambres of Friday.)

TOULON, DEC. s.—An English corvette has
brought to Port Mahon an Algerine Plenipotentiary,
who is commissioned to negociate. It is affirmed
that it is at the solicitation of the Porte that th„• Dey
of Algiers has decided to endeavour to put an end
to his differences with France.

FRONTIERS OF POLAND, NOV. 29.—The affairs
of Greece, which are now the subject of active ne-
gociatious at London, occasion a constant exchange
of couriers between London, Paris, and St. Peters-
burgh. The principal questions arc relative to the
political existence and the form of the future govern-
ment of Greece, and it seems to be decided that the
country is to be entirely exempt from the sove-
reignty of the Turks, and that it is to be a mo-
narchical state. But it is not determined who shall
be the new sovereign. Greece, by its geographical
position, and the rapid improvement which it may be
expected to make, will certainly become of great
political importance.
It is presumed, with some appearance of cer-
tainty, that a prince of one of the smaller German
states will be selected. Some persons speak of
Prince Gustavus of Sweden, but it is affirmed that
he has not offered himself as a candidate. In truth
it will not be an easy task, in the present circum•
stances of Greece, to effect the r4mplete regenera•
tion of a people among whom there Care so many
germs of fermentation, and to direct it with success
in the career through which Count Capo Olstrta
has led it with so latch glory in so short a time. If

GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPEII.
ST. PETERSE6IG it, Nov. 28.—The follovving very
weleome areonnt of his MAje,ty's 1111;110; appeared
in the bullhtin published tke day 1)-f9re yecerday 3
" HiA Majesty the Emperor re4tcd perfectly vrtll
last night and the night before. As his Impefial
Niajesty is now rapidly ndrtmeing in his recovery, no
more ballet:l)s will be published.

" CR EIG LITON, R -WO!, A RENDT,

" No:. 26, kill-pint nine a.m "

Our journals now give an account of a mono:I./Net
which the Emperor Itas long since resolved to evert
to the memory of his brother, the late Emperor. It
,is to be a Doric pillar, resembling Trojan's pillar et
Rome. The shaft of the ot►lumn, et: arm 4100 E:
4,14 fiigh,• sant 'The ,eybola
monument, including the pedestal and the cross ots
the pillar, 154 feet high so that it will sittrp:to
every similar monument, ancient or. modern. no
pedestal to be covered with bronze, a-hrned with
ancient Russian arms and Greek and Roman tro-
phies, made out of the cannon taken from the enemy.
The pedestal will bear the simple inscription " To
Alexander I. The grateful Russia." The work is
begun, and may be finished in two years.—Prussian
State Gazette, Dec. 7.

VIENNA, DEC. I.—The Constantinople mail of
the 10th of November has at letsgth arrived, having
been only retarded a few days by the obstacles Itsinti
at this season. The letters are not all delivered .1
we learn, however, that the Divan had several times
met to deliberate in the 11 days from Oct. 27 to
Nov. 10, in consequence of a communication front
London, which was generally supposed to relate to
the affairs of Greece. The office of Defterdar, or
treasurer, is, under the present circumstances, one of
the most unpleasant and difficult; the present trea-
surer is said to aim at lightening the heavy burden
hitherto borne by the people, and at the same time
at finding,(milans to fulfil punctually the engagements
into which the Porte has entered. A plan hat 11:e!y
been spoken of for a loan to be raised in England,
On the security of the revenue produced by the
customs at Smyrna and Constantinople, which plan
was formed by an English merchant resident at
Smyrna, who, it is said, is gone to England to pro-
pose it.

Yesterday evening died Prince Victor Von Met.
ternich, eldest son of his Highness the Prince Chai,
cellar of State, of consumption, in the 27th year of
his age, beloved and regretted by all 1% ho kiiew him,
as a young man of the most amiable manners alet
great talents, on whom his family and the State
were entitled to have the greatest hopes.
VIENNA, Dec. 1021; Four per
Cents. ditto, 9li; Bank Shares, .1236.
FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, NOV. 24.—The Rime-
tory cordon, on the side of the Principalities, ins
strengthened, because at the latter end of last
month the plague had spread farther, both in theio
and the remote Russian districts. Travellers ate
subjected to forty days' quarantine, and goods 21
days, and the latter are also to be purified. Com-
merce suffers by this immure, but in the preseat
instance Ag..only mesas slot caw be irespiereet---te --'
exercise great vigilance for the preservation of the
public health. The organization of the national
troops in the principalities is commenced, and
sian officers are appointed to train them. Foreign
speculttors wish to contract for the clothing and ac-
coutrements, but as experience has proved how
little advantage the service derives from such con-
tracts, and how easily abuses ensue, it is probable
the Divan will take the business into its own
hands. The choice of the hospodars seems not to
be distant. It is reported that the Sultan has sent
to the Emperor of Russia a list of those persons
whore he judges_ to be qualified for these officers,
requesting him to select from them the future
hospodars.
_ _

In Poland it appears that the annual recruiting of
the army is proceeding as usual, but that it is not
intended to call the Diet together this year. The
Grand Duke Constantine is expected at Warsaw
before the beginning of next month.—.4llgemeine
Zeilung, Dec. 7.

Baussas, Drc. 11.—Two British Cabinet mes-
sengers passed through this city yesterday evening,
both coming from London with despatches, one for
St. Petersburg!), the other for Vienna.
ODESSA, Nov. lii.—There have been some fresh
cases of plague in the :Jews' quarter. All the
patients, and the persons who had intercourse with
them, have been removed to the Lazaretto. _

In the last four days two persons died of the
plague in the Lazaretto of the port, and one person
has fallen sick. In the temporary quarantine two
persons have been attacked by the plague.
he trade of our port is very active.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 10.—His Majesty has decided
that the affairs relative to the Catholic Church shall
be separated from the department of the Minister of
the Interior, and placed again under a special board,
at the head of which he has placed Baron de
Peticky. This board, like the preceding, will be
fixed at Brussels.—Brussels Papers, Dec. 12.

The meeting of the inhabitants of Hudders-
field and its neighbourhood, held yesterday, was full of dis-
tressing interest. We have long thought and said that
the suffering of the labouring class in that neighbourhood
was extreme ; but the case made out yesterday was stronger
even than we had imagined. The immediate cause of the
evil is low wages, aggravated in many cases by a deficiency
of work ; and the era of the reduction of wages, though
it was not mentioned at the meeting, is dated from the
period of general distress in 1826, when stout, able-bodied
men were employed on the public highways at the rate of
6s. per week in breaking atones. This employment not
suiting the habits, nor indeed the constitutions of the
weavers, they were glad to accept employment in their
own business even at this extremely depressed rate of
wages, and the consequence has been, that front that time
to this they have never been able to obtain any material
advance. This change produced no lasting benefit to the
masters, who soon sold their goods at a price correspond-
ing with the wages paid to their men, and, in many cases,
even without any profit whatever. Under these circum-
stances, both masters and men deprecate, with eqititt
tle-
trstt►ion, the system of low wages and low profits. These
evils the meeting, with great justice, attributed to exor-
bitant taxation and unduly high rents, which the change
in the currency, front gold to paper, in 1796, b nd:d
much to produce, and which the recent change fromiaper
to gold, without a corresponding change in the rent and
taxes, failed to remedy, and indeed greatly aggravated.
The cause of the present unexampled distress., as thus
stated, suggests the remedy ; but how far the people of
the country have the spirit to demand, and the Govern-
ment of the country the courage and ♦irtue to apply, the
remedy, remains to be determined. It is only candid to
sty that we believe there is no portion of the West Biding
of Yorkshire labouring under so great an extremity of dis-
tress as that with which Upper Agbrigg, in which Ilud.
dersfield is situated, has long been visited; but it is incum.
bent upon every part of the county, and of the country,
to contribute as much as lies in their power to the re-
moval of those evils which may soon reach themselves, and
in which too many of them do already participate. We
have neither time nor space for further &nervation at pre-
sent ; but we solicit the attention of our readers to the
proceedings of yesterday's meeting, u reported in the sub..
Sequent columns of this Paper, and to which we hope they
will give a deliberate perusal. We are gratified to find
that there was not a single speaker in the meeting so. far
deluded as to attribute any part of the prevailing distrera;to
vl'at is cakes) the system of fro trade...-..Lteds liercscry.

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