The Express. — London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

Mr. Hopper, in Me names, stated that boss the heed the peisewas ha d to walk a wile, sill Aileen together, to the rim, aloes a my bud softy reed, sad up hill all the way. The nod wee so hel that it Wok them at least an hoer to walk that nine. Mier their arrival they were fined twat Ow week, sun tin the 211r4 et Jew. were ant away aide in dere el the same pews who bleu& them there sad on rembiag Yillbaek Pre n were Imawdlately p t in the =.—Dr. bay, the physician el the said the wie est is • it Inge to be removed, that re. semi Ini Melseen their ierthw—Tha 'my reamed • m ast "That Z. Meals nisi hem pedireitis awn A. Ceske of pekawassy einenepiles ; end Ike their issue were asseleatel by remseel while is • weak dais el lealtk."—The Owns, said the removal of pewees in mei d • L eo anlike mama to be very mei, sad be bo iton woulle repeated. OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM MALTON. " The Earl Fitswillisiiisiiressidderable influence here." So says Mr. Dod. Despite his crotchets, Earl Filswilliam is a man who is personally entitled to all possible respect. Bat we have no respect for his " considerable inflame," end we propose to illus trate that feet by telling the tale of . alma. Lord Fitzwilliam's influence in Melton is the direct influence of property i property in the land, property in the houses, property in the church patronage, property in the townhouse, property in the mailtst-plece ; property in the news room, property in the river fishery ; property in the weathercock; nay, almost property in the very air you breathe in Milton. We beg to inform the rude north wind that comes bellowing and blustering down the street at Mahon, shaking cranky window shutters, and making the old signboards creak again —we be to inform it that it is a decided trespasser, and is liable to be proceeded against as the Act directs; Lord Fitzwilliam might set up a man-trap fur it in the market-place, or fix a spring-gun to shoot at it in the churchyard, or might pot it into the lock-up, when he could catch it, for daring to come upon his estate without permis sion. We say might, not believing that the noble lord would exercise his powers—for beyond all ques tion he is a good landlord—aye, as good and kind a landlord as you would wish to find anywhere; but he may take op any one as a trespasser who setsafoot in the town. It is all his—to the right u you enter, to the left as you go out. The Prince tf Currabas, better known as " Pose in Boots," never was cur rently reputed lord of one-half the extent of road-side property which you will find to belong to Lord Fitswilliam at Melton. The town is his, and all that dwell in it. They could not quench their thirst without his pus mission, nor can many of them get out of their hums without pairing over property throueh which they are obliged to obtain from the agent a perminive right of way. The only political contest within the mammy of man at Melton wu in 1806, when Lord Heedleiyoilie had at that time a small property within the Imenegh limits, tried to obtain one seat, and succeeded ea tbe poll at great expense. A committee of the Hamm of Comities' afterwart:s unseated the noble lord for bribery, and at the election which followed, the opposition candidate was defeated by a large majority. There were 113M0 hard things done towards the towns people on that occasion which acted se "a warning,' and they never more rebelled. Bat this was long ago—those alive are not responsible—so bygones shall be bygones as to this. Lulus!, it is only right concerning Melton to vaik in kindly language. Perhaps few boroughs similarly situated have, upon the whole, an little to complain at By old association and connexion the people are most generally whige. The members they are called on to elect hold corresponding principles. And those members, it is right to my, are not usually (as does occur elsewhere in Lard Fitzwilliam's boroughs), oon nexions near or distant, of his lordship's family. One seat has usually been filled by a statesman of some note. Burke and Grattan sat for Milton in old times; Lord Abinger, when he was a whig; Francis Je ff rey, i n 1830; Lord Burlington in '3l; the p resent great Lord Chancellor of England, from 32 to '36; and of the present members Mr. Denison would seem to have been selected under the idea that he had a claim opon'the whiga. The other scat has also frequently been filled as much from public as from private motives. The late lamented Mr. Rams den was elected twice, once with Jeffrey and once with Pers ; Mr. Gaily Knight was the colleague of Lord Burlington: and Mr. Childers., who has oat in the two last pirliaments, is a member much esteemed. On this ground, therefore, there is little to complain abate. The members sent to Melton for election are no doubt almost as good as can be wished. The real objection is that they " ehould be sent to Mahon for election." These members represent my Lord Fitswilliam, not the town. The town has us veto in their choice. When a vacancy occurs, an address comes down from London cut and dried. It is as pithy as may be. A few days after the candidates themselves arrive. They go to the hotel and send the Boots to let " the agent "know. The agent calls. Next morning both the gentlemen walk round the town, accompanied by that official and some others. They " pay their best respects" to the electors, cour teously, politely, but with proper understanding of their relative positions. The nomination follows ; no one offers opposition, and the members are returned. They give a dinner at the Talbot Inn, to which the principal electors are invited, who drink Lord Fits william's health and theirs—and so the matter end+. At the last election some gentlemen of good position in the town took grave objection to the form and manner of proceeding. A committee had been formed, whose object seemed to be to receive the can didstes and take them round the town. These gen tit men icquired, inoffensively, " if they had not better fix upon their candidates before receiving them ? " This was an awkward point to start in such a case. One false step and rebellion might have followed. The nobl: earl, however, appears blest with an official agent who unites judgment with his seal. It was a nice lied difficult position, but he managed it discreetly. Some one said there was no reason to complain of those who had been chosen ones before. Another hinted they were Lord Fitewilliam's nomi nees, not theirs. " Lord Fitzwilliam," said his agent, " would only feel regret should any difference occur that might perchance afford an opportunity to any modidate whom the town would not approve !" The matter went no farther : a little diplomatic treatment had plastered o'er the sore. Bat that sore is felt. It smarts and irritates. It does so all the more because there are in Melton men of independence of purse as well as of opinion. It does so all the mare because the town is whig, and because the members chosen have been men by whom the right of free, unfettered representation has ever been upheld. It is anomalous to think that the expo nents of such principles shoal-I be practically illus. testing the system they unsdeesn. Thinking men at Melton mast and will feel this, and may express it, too, when the proper tiros arrives. " What chance would there be, then, for an inde pendent candidate?" Against Lad Fitswilliasn's interest we are bound to answer, none : not the slightest in the world. Mea of not a little weight in Melton will candidly declare that however much more they might agree in principle with any other candidate, still they should if called upon vote for Lord Fitswilliam's. " Sir," said one elector, " I carry on my basin= in my house; my house is Lord Fiturilliam's: so are nearly all the rest this Ms the river; if I lose ray heave 1 lose my trade: do you think I ma vote against my lord re And although no " screw" whatever is applied--although Lord Fitzwilliam is as kind as kind can be—al though his steward and agent is popular, and in no way feared—although both are looked upon as just men who would do no wrong they could avoid—yet this is the prevailing feeling of the place, and even the sincerest tories will reply to you the same. But, in another way, there is a chance for the in dependence of the borough, and we own that we should like to see it tried. Let a fit and able man a sound reformer, enable otherwise to get a seat , stand boldly forward,. and call ma lard Fiberfill= to act on his professions. Should a NM and such a candidate appear, would tie sold lord oppose to him a man of his own & e? We have doubts whether he would go so IL Under the existing system there are two points Iffectine Melton that are really interesting. First. Of what benefit is the franchise to the town? Second. Of what effect would be the ballot ? As regards be franchise, no one that we met in Mahon seemed to think that either much honour or advantage was conferred upon the borough b 7 the " privileges' ofelestiegiheiegreatlandlarere stem= to represent his principles in parliament The honour was certably more than doubtful : that we readily confessed. But we had some doubt about the benefit. On inquiry, however, we could not find that Malian mas were wave or particularly ardent shout public awilms. Oa political questions they do not seem to triable **wombats wry frequently. The right of CSlondia tbasegit tbsle members would seem to be in $ midis: deemed of little consequence : rtes memo to be rather to leave pails mattes be "my lord," than to interfere them selves. As to loner geevancee, of oourse they hiss aiding to represent to parliament on that score. i llie ba = le Lord Pitswilliam's: what have the to do with town improvements? It wadi be tbsoght an act of great impertinence, and indeed a waston interference with the rights of pro perty, were they to look after their own municipality. As regards any other benefit they have never been accustomed to expect it. The members never have resided near the town; they are usually quite igno rant at. any private wants or wishes. They may give a taw pounds a year to schools and other charities, bat they never come near save on elections, sad thee stay no gm. then is needful. Certainly these facts would seem to say that the advantage of returning members is not great. Then as to the ballot. The impress on is that if the ballot were adopted the electors of this borough would return to parliament the best man, let him be whom he might. The tremor there is slew, tie ap prehension and alarm, would not be severely felt, if secret voting were adopted. Still the ballot would not prevent the nomination of the lord. And many think that the electors are so accustomed to leave it to another to think for them that nothing would ',re eled, the nominee's return. This is a fair, impartial view of Mahon. It remains alone to describe the town itself. New Mahon is sixteen or twenty miles north east of York; half way towards the coast. The population is about 5,000. Its situation, in the centre of alarge agricultural district, renders it a place of some resew: for farmers. Its earn market re larger and amend mills, some of which are new, are constantly preparing flour for the manu facturing districts of the county. Beyond this, Mahon is a stagnant place. Its streets, irregularly built, awl almost !desolate, show no symptom of prosperity or trade. The pavement is as bad a: bad can be : the lighting far from good. When towns are held by numerous freeholders each man has an interest in em bellishing his own, and contributing his quota for ge neral improvements. But when a town is held by one proprietor, his agent has, of course, no chiler duty than to keep down the outgoings, and make the land lord's rent-roll as considerable as he can. Melton is a striking illustration of all the disadvantages of whole sale proprietorship in towns. By the Boundaries Act two outlying hamlets were included in the borough. One of these, Old Melton, is entirely Lord Fitswilliam's property: the other 5 is held by tory landlords. Old Melton is the rof the two, and increases Iced Fitswilliam's ' mace. But, on the whole, these places were fairly included in the boundary, and there is no com plaint to make of direct jobbery in the transaction. By the addition of these hat lets the population of the borough is made up to 7,000. The electors are 550. A small place this to return two burgesses. We re member strong attacks upon the borough in the course of the reform debates, when Mr. Wilson Croker undertook to exhibit whig iniquities. Hera is a rather valuable extract from one of his speeches : When this bill was ant pupated, the noble lord nil he should take population ea his principle of proceeding. lie proposed to didnuaehles all boroughs with a population of leas than 2,000. To those with a population of between 2,000 sad 4,000 he proposed to give one member; all existing borough. of more than 4,000 and leer than 10,000, were to have two inemten; and all unrepresented towns having above 10,000 inhabitants were to be enfranchised, then under 20,000 having one member, and those of more than 20,000 two. • • • But from then rules the noble lord has since dferread. e • • Molten, for instance, with a popula tion of ,005, is still to be allowed to elect tics menabcrs,—to smock the common sense of the Maw of Commons, to belie the principles on which the minister affects to act, and to insult and exasperate the people. FINANCIAL REFORM. REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX.-MEETING OF -• AGRICULTURISTS AT BATTLE. Yesterday, a meeting, convened by requisition of a cumber of the malt and hop growers end leading urn calturiara in But Sure:, was held at the George Inn, Battle, for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting mea sures to procure the repeal of the malt duty, and in support of the financial reform movement. The meeting was nume. newly and respectab'y attended, and comprised several of the ludo. ra of the district, but wee composed maialyof farmers. On the motion of IL M. Curt** Eq., M.P., J. V. Shelley, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he felt that at this time there ought to be on the part of all connected with the cultivation of the soil, whether se landlord or tenant, no difference of opinion. They met to lake measures for the repeal of the malt and hop duties, and to pass resolutions in favour of retrenchment and filmiest reform. lie referred to the meet ing of the Protectionist Society recently held at Brighton. At that meeting the perions present derided to endeavour to get back again protection, but in the event of feline is that then they would go for retrenchment and re lief of burdens. Now there was no more &u -prises a position for a man to be placed in than between two stools, and he was incliced to think that in endearmaring to get back again that which was gone and which all sensible men felt was gone for ever, they were grasping the shadow and losing the utterance. He also re ferred to the meeting of the anti-Melt-tax Association, in Bridgeetreet, Loudon, held is the week before last, et w hich it wee stated a deputation from them had not been treated with great cordiality by the Protection fleelety . , who had taken a month to consider whether they would join in the movement for the repeal of the malt tax. At that muting Mr. Fisher Hobbs, a well-known farmer and protection* said unless certain persons came leeward sad helped them better, the sooner the Protection Society wee die ' banded the better. From this falling be augured that abetter time wee coming. The protection societies had taught them that they bad power ; and he trusted they would now use that power for their own purposes. It they ' were satiefled that the repeal of the malt tax and hop duty I would conduce, not oily to their own advantage but to the advantage of all dame of the community—if they were sans. tied that they were in a good casee--they had only to seek leaders am mg themeless; sad if they did that, those who now hung back would then help them, rather than lose poli tical hawse. The Chancellor of the Exchequer always Jed them that if they repealed the malt duty they must sub albite some other tax ; but, instead of delog that, they aunt make the ministers num (Cheers.) Major CURTE', in propodar the first !swindles, said the object of the present metier was to procure relief from the deans under which they were labouring, discrete which was uneximpled In Sussex, and, owing to their peculiar crop., unequalled in England. Mon well acquainted with this district and the neighbouring aunty of Kent Informed that many fors would be obliged to stop at Michael mas ant, unless some bold measures of relief were 'dada's tend to them in the meantime. It was neceseary to meet and take strong measures: half measures wen useless. That meeting was not called se mash to declare their disap ' prove of the malt to _• they had declared that already, but it was felled to compel—that was the und—to compel the repeal of the duty on malt and hge, and to take measures secordine to the relief required. They required immediate relief. Relief in the muse of years would be useless, for some of them would be dead sad others ruined. He asked the farmers of Susses tai the farmers of England whether they were taking the proper course. He knew that he was about to enunciate ma unwinds: esehdert bat be must tell them that until they could make up their suede that they could obtain no relief from prAecture they would obtain no relief elsewhere. (Applause.) They m igh t petition, and as seem Is their petition had been preseated It would be laid aside sad Resales- The next oneestion wen what should be done ant f IS was absolutely ntoweary toe theta to go on with disk Sea ; it was ispsodbla ter di em to to bask. Rust alga a IPzeig apt. aka to the saki on him to soaves* a toonty emoting to tabs kilo sainieratin the subjects they were going to come der OA% Until they could be make op their dads te kelpa all partly—by aver/ an. whether he had a wino nem eft &bloat ead ; whether it wen Ibe Dna et likhnewl or Mr. Cohde h a—(cheers)— tbiff weal Ist me milt Me sena : Their mit ais main_ k' now opprearela oyoration ; theta pamme all Os dpi ft aWI ass ; sad Oat tt Is pus- Yasimpoohim ea the baraisme dams, insandi as it Is a tea so IffilloodielbmillAV ma OM isfail Is Os Ihriews, the amemltier tams Is will ast ink by the de. ward beer bet by Oa sesirialen taloa by the eat nay he wean Mr. M. esnia, end sand ken eine Mr tied=M show abs diadem alas et as ink aid bps de- Treaska he NM. was pas new to nem, wed the ant waist was what was fa be dean non wore anal bedpan The Liverpool Aiseskisa, we soil. had baked their trap with the repeal et ihe malt duty. AR he seal say was, it was a t..pei g bk. The Anti•Meitoket Am. elation had test a Mfg is the Protection tasty la Boad.stion, to sok ter esiemass. Mr. Nowdegete and r. declared at ease they would not vote fora in ; hr ol id et i ritalt day, and the Doke of Rik .d like the ins k sofipain. said, "Ge thy way this tine. sad whaa a mere earewdeat nom yens I .111 sell thee." .) Mr. T. SMITH neva a esesintisa GC ehe hop duty, white son sessadai by Mr. NOAZZI, serried. Mr. J. SMITE aired that be as a hoe boar bat when they bad free trade 'bang the kenos awe smlllMd to free nude at home, to pow win fay plowed sal ass it se they pleased ,• and be nova a adage. to that 11•11. Mr. ORTON nanded. The farmer., be said, had got ever; *bey ware in the ditsh and *sal be glad et Ig l e ihe d umktease et altar Kr. Cobtka or any one eke to gat lasi' ea The Ma. Mr. IMAM moporbd the resoluta Be. trombonist nut be aesei and he thought the mean squadron on the Masa sent add be abandoned. Thee of what ass was a field nushal with Ida 6,000 f, a year and the 44 admirals ? THE EXPRESS, WE'DNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1849. The , seedes a V ag saaalateesly, es did shoo another, ailed 1 Kr. !haters teed is Yens their willioreses to tat:watt) with all demo rid aessiettene tete ere hiteadly to the views expressed hides hempeing sueluileas. ieselutlen repesel that a requisition be aired eallieg upon the high memo te totem a ;aunty me hag to take W feregeires reentiene into consideration. A vote of thanks to the charisma ahead the preeeednigu, PROVINCIAL. DURHAM. COMMON BY THZ LORD LIZIITZWANT.—Lord Ad d olphe. Fredetiek Mules William Vane, to be deputy lieeseat . MY. BURGLARY AND MURDEROUS AMCIL—On Wed. swag night, • lore cottage at Bethersdeo, occupied by • anus aanced Lows who Is eighty years of age, and lives by himself, wee brainiu into sad swathed. The old Inca was struck is • most brutal swum by an loon instrument two or dupe tinge on the hoed while k hod. Welterinn in his bleed, he mewled, AR SW Mews Rai loft the house, across t• • liallitMwes, liekg al a ikals dlinnoo. Two young men =awl 1110na and filtat don Thurs day, Se arallfilliOS of ha the ollece, and were remanded by the km N. le balloved the evidence will Is e re* onsabides egging dim; tie eldest le not 18 The old men was sirs ea friday night, but laniesas . he wanes roomer. ABINGDON is gaffed in last night's Gazette as. the foam assize tetra instead of Beading . TY* bad swore :sedation for the despatch of Maisel sag eta business to the latter town is the cause of the &sage. liftoff. Ma. BiTaNDALE BENNETT'S CONCESTS.-1414 evening Mr. Bennett gave dreamt of a period performances of eluded planoloce musk at the Hanover-square lkoms. Mr. Bennett has given aoirr'eo of this description for several asesou, and they have always been among the most elegant musical entertainments that this metropolis can furnish. The performance of last night was equally delightful to the amateur and instructive to the student of the art. It com menced with Beethoven's celebrated Boman in G minor, for the pianoforte and violoncello played by Mr. Bennett and Signor Pinta. Tbia is one of Beethoven's earliest works ; but in clearness of design and regularity of_ :form it is scarcely equalled by the most splendid of hie later compost. tiros, while it falls little short of say of them in boldness of conception, beauty of air, and richness of harmony. It was admi rably played; Plaid's fine rood tones blending dr licionsly with the Milan chords sad brilliant arpeggi IS of the pisaetotte. Mr. Bennett then executed several of Be bestlsa short harpsichord places, and Handel's fugue in B minor for the same instrument; beautiful productions, in which we flail the best features of the modern school of pianoforte playing without its absurdities and abuses. Mrs. Noble (late Miss Duval) song Beethoven's scena, " Alt , per fido," in a manner which did her infinite credit. In the re citat vs she did not sufficiently give way to the passion and impetuosity of the subject, the desperate raving of a betrayed and forsaken woman ; but in the air she left nothing to be desired. We have scarcely ever heard it sung with greater beauty of voice, or more pathetic exrression. Mosart's trio is B flat for the pianoforte, violin, and eiolonoells, was then played by lbws. Bennett, Dead°, and Piatti. This charming piece, one of those things of the old school, to which some people apply the epithet rococo, made a great impression on the audience, and was most warmly applauded. in the second part of the concert,. Mr. Bennett played a selection of beautiful movements from his own pianoforte, displaying his genius as a composer as well as the finish and refinement of his execution. Mrs. Noble sang Mendelrooha's two songs, "The first violet," end " The shepherd's socg," with great purity and feeling. The latter was loudly encored. Mendebeohn's Theme with variations in D, for the piano sad violoncello, executed by Mr. Bennett and Signor Piatti, formed the eosclusion of this interesting and truly classical performance. SOUTH DEVON ELECTION. Yesterday, n special CoUnty Court wee held by the High Sheriff of Devon, in the Castles-yard, Exeter, to elect a succemar in the representation of the southe rn &Ti lden of the county to Lad Courtemay. Soon after ten o'clock, a procession of hit supporters conducted the only candidate, Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., of Maristowe, to the hus tings, and alter the formal proceedings had b een o b serve d, Sir T. T. F. R. DRAKE, Bart., come forward to propose a candidate, who had had nearly thirty In experience in parliament, who held a certain rank society, and was ens among the largest larded proprietors in that county; he dna powered a deep interest in the protection of native in dustry; and whilst he was a great advocate for religious liberty, not wishing to put the slightest restraint between men aed his Creator, he would never consent to the endow. moat of the most intolerant set of Christians in the habitable cheers)—that man was Sir R. Lopes ; who, from experience, consistency of conduct, eoundness of judge most, and the great eta* he held as a landed proprietor, was a gentleman every way fit to represent that important eatinty in the Commons Haase of Parliament. 0. STROODE, RA., seconded the nomination. The Bonaire asked if any other gentleman had •candidalo C. P ir. TUCHIITT, merchant, commenced speak; se hum amongst the crowd below. They had been toll that his friend, Sir B. Lopes, was a Stand proper person to represent then in parliament in these difficult times, when the world wan in confusion. That confusion they had brought upon them selves—they bad got just what they deseryed—they had eat the tree and it had fallen upon them. But he (Mr. Tonkin) was not going to flay anything about other nations; they had fought enough about that and had got debt enough in conse quence. At this pint Mr Tuckett was invited to cease up to the raised plattorm, and having reached the front ha commenced his remarks anew. We have met today to per form a great public duty. We hive been j..st toll so • and I agree it is a great public duty—a very mom en t ous ;Ifni!, because we Hod the country now requires men who can steel it. We have seen the folly of the past and what the future will be if the system which has been adopted for the la-t 50 years be continued : it must end in • national bankruptcy. We have now 450 manes more debt than any country in the world. (A Vuice " Wipe it out") No! we won't wipe it out. We will be just before we are generous. (Cheep ) We will set about pruning the trees of that unnatural wood which have grown up out of that system of extravagant ex penditure which has been carried on since '93. England la now jut about in the same condition as Francs was in 1788 ; three years afterwards they had a revolution. Whatcaumed it ? taxation. (Tumultuous applause.) They had gene on testing and taxing until taxation had eat its own head of. (Cheers and laughter.) The wise men see it it time to look about—to put their house in order; for when toe taxes cease to be productive then the thing has cured itself. The year 1849 will be in England similar, as far as financial matters are concerned, to what the revolutions in 1648 were on the continent. (Loud cheers) Having congratulated the oleo. tors on their choice, not of a boy, just out of hie nurse's arms, but of a man whose mind was expanded he, asked Sir It. Lopes whether he would vote for the abolition of Jewish disabilities, so that Rothschild might take his seat in parliament ? Sir R. LOPES—I will answer most distinctly. I consider Christianity—protestant Christianity—to be an anion' part of the constitution. If lamto go into parliament to break in upon that principle 'I retire from these hustings thi ' moment. I will not break in upon that principle. Mr. TUCKETT-1 am glad I put the question, bums, I shall not now be deceived ; but I think every honest no matter what L his religious creed, ought to be admitted into parliament. I am one, ton, who feels the injury et great taxation. Sir R. LOPES—I was a member of parliament in 1816, when I helped to vote out the 10 per cent. property tax. Mr. TUCKETT—I should like to hear our candidate tell us how he means to give his vote—whether he will cat down the civil list—whether he means to cut off the state pensioners ? We want a regular sweeping reform, and we most have it. (Cheers.) I have been here these last 30 years, when the tonics were all In power; there is only a remnant left of them now; there is no other difference ? but in name—(ffiteen)--except this, the terns never pro teemed any honesty. (Laughter.) Thy whige . professed hones '-ut never practised it. There's the misfortune. Lord John Russell is a very clever man out of office, but when he gets in—non ries recordi—he forgets everything. (Cheers aad laughter.) The present is a very serious time, and we had better send up well tried men. I won't ask Sir Ralph to go with Cobden and his ten millions, but we must have retrenchment. Mr. Tuckett retired amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, three especial v.illeys being given for Mr. C. BIRD addressed the assembly as non-electors and electors of the county of Devon. and then went on to say that he Pitted the non-electors first because they were the prineipas in the question, awl he wished to impre:e upon their own hearts and upon these of their chil dren, that the electors, of whom he was one, were but as trustees to see that the means of the country were properly dminlstered, ti procure sustenance fur every man by honest labour, the security of his lite ; in abort, the prosperity and happieess of the whole polite. With regard to the Jews, he (air. Bird) felt assured the time was not far distant when, such was the rapid progress of the human mind, that no religious opinion would be a ground of exclu don from any civil duties. Their honAtrable candidate said in his address that he would moist inordinate taxation ; that he would be an edemas fur retrenchment. By putting in that paragraph he hod converted them all—they were an conservative,. He addressed those who had much money In their pockets; did not they wish to keep it there ? Ile ad dressed those who had only a little money in their pockets ; did they ant wish so keep that little ? (Cheers.) Some thing bad been said about free trade. He wished to explain why he had been as advocate for free trade. He considered that (sentry in a very unhappy state indeed where the tiller of the soil, be he labourer, farmer or proprietor, could not raise sue- Went to provide fur hie offspring, not yet reachiag Itio.mr, and for the old who had gone beyond it. What Ragland wanted was a unity of interests, that the traded, the manu• factoring, and the commercial interests should go hand in band together. (Cheers.) The landed interest ought to cultivate every inch of their ground—they ought to bring their spare capital to improve it, not lend their money to foreigners to carry on wars, and who cheated them uiti ninny out of it. (Cheers.) He had in his pocket • meet remarkable paragraph which he had cut cut of the Daily Neure, which stated that the towu council of Rome had pissed a decree, fixing treble land tax upon every acre of ground that the owner would not cultivate. Although he would not recommend them to go to Rome to learn religion, they had better go to Rome and learn political economy. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The SHERIFF then put the question, and declared Sir R. Lopes duly elected. Sir R. LOPES, in returning thanks, said, I am a lover of peace, end Mere is nothing I would not do, short of the ea- cadets of the dignity and station of this country, to endea vour to maintain the moat friendly relations with all foreign 1 pewee. The principle of non-intervention I should wish to see carried out to the utmost. (Cheers.) With respect to the endowment of the Roman catholic priestheod, I my my objections to that measure are uochaneed and insuperable, and I do not miscalculate the feeling of my constituency when I say that the majority of the electors in this county agree with me in those objections It is presumed that it is good policy to conciliate the Roman catholic prisstboo i in Ireland—l do not wish to use a harsh term—by giving them a bonus, first to become good subjects themselves, and then to induce the people to desist from dis affection and rebellion, and become quite orderly and quiet subjects. I would ask will past experience of conciliations of this sort hold cut any hope that any such result will ensue ? Are not all bribes—catholic emancipation, hlayacoth grant, or what you will—measures not tending to the benefit or re generation of Ireland? Neither will it benefit the people themselves. What is supposed to be relief is, in fan, none; for I read that in Prussia, a coun try where the Roman catholic priesthood is endowed, the some contributions are Levied sad exacted—that is a pan of the system by which the priests hold their spell over the people. Therefore, I say, it tends is no way to the "dean - age of the people, and, as regards ourselves, I pat it to you —would it be fair or right that the orderly sad iadustriess Mould be taxed to pay the turbulent and the indolent ? (Heat.) Again, the p riests say they require no such grant, but mediate and say they would refuse it. Would you Mrs mem them that which they do not esquire, and which weasel weld be no Dosage ? As to retrenchmeat In the expenses of pensantent, there is no doubt taxation must be :±au ttosidb lowered as bt es le, consistent with the safety and sMaleneyeflhe awake. The prunes' theirs most be ap- PIM , and nay superfluous and useless branch must bend as name say, by rash, ruthless, amps r_ing, g hands, bat in every way It mast be &say mining wet, and I shall o paaiament interned with the bey to do all in my po wer to further a wise re trombonist. (Ohnes.) Now we cameo free trade. When these wry sadden and very extraordinary changes in our esmementelpatioy were proposed three years age, I was one of Mem who did net lend myself to them. I voted against them. I was not disposed to give up the substance for the shadow; and I have not regretted the course I took. What ' has beet the result ? Have any of those visions of prospe rity bee. realised. (Load cries of " Yee, yes! cheap bread!" mad egenr.) The Shalt was compelled to interpose, and Sir Ralph Lawn emend. He spoke against free trade and against the T imm, of the navigation laws.—(A voice : " The game laws. lam not vary fond of them. (Cheers.) Mc LOPES then proposed a vote of thanks to h e Illmill, old the proceedings terminated with the signing e Mem IRELAND. Duarmr Pon. 13. The twigs here see full of the idea that Sir R. Peel will ere lose be Prise Misdate again. There bee hues me lismararliag re As Macre pang betimes the etateatiala of Lord I. Biwa and Sir W. licemeMe with to the mode is which the Habeas Otero BaapMarlaa Aet is to be applied aided leesseerible aneeletiewa The Dublin public is so wry Nnfit M amegoselis has bees grapp led, sad peßde hope that Lord lobo. esprMisa the tree gm UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL l'aiersimaxTs.—Rey. C. RAWLIT, to Labourite R Kent, do. Cant.; 41U., with wildcat; pat., lie J. Blawley, Bart. Oese, dee. Era. E. V. Vairenia to Newport C., iihropehlre. VACAWINEII.—DovnIaoItUtUtT it., E. sex, dio. Roth., 639/4 with residence ; pat, W. Mantey, Esq. • Rev. B. H wee dee. Wive nAlllt'A ET V., Balm, die. Chid:. • 321., with ; pat., Data at itichroced ; Rev. S. We.throok, 'Tangoed. NAVAL ADMIZALTY FIB. 13. - APPOINTNINTS.- Lieut. R. Dawn, Wat er W. H. 91ALLA11111. Purser E. D. Dam., Clerk R. Cou sins, Waller% Mignon 8. B. Rom Midshipman T. IL Enams, Qeet's Aminent WK. 6. Cuows, C anner R. Looms. Boatswain J. Smarr, end Carman" 0. Turman-ell appointed to Battler. Sexed Warr J.D. Maga, Clark In Charge 8. W. SADI.U4 Master's Moistest T. W. F. PLYKTOK, Mislahlmnan W.P. Gamma; end Acting Gamer R. Pima-all appointed to Jams. Pester C, J. POLLTKOKOINN, Yaeger's Anhiant R. DAWLS, Purser J. Bannerr, Clerk P.O. Bourn, Ilidahlpines J. Hamm and R. H. Ron, Clerk's Asslatent C. A. FLveeia, MAW (1101011 T ii. TAMAR, Boatswain 0. Dams, and Acting Carpenter J. Oursi-ell appoisted to Sappho. Davottroar, Fss. 12.-Rsoer, 16, Lieut..-Com. H. Babas, Is taking in storesprelrratory to sailing for thu Western Islands to sur vey a Mod reported by some !earthen* captains to lie in the track to these Wands.-Rattler is ordered for commisaion, and la to be sue, ended by the Spiteful as an advanced steamer. Pans MOREL-The Acr.son.-Liet sight's Gazette gives notice to the dams and company of the Actaeon, Capt. 0. Mansell, that an account of money received for the capture of the Brazilian brigantine Eaperanza, on the 26th of Dec., 1843 will be deposited in the regisuy of the Admiraltv.-Irriz.-Notice is elm given that the amount sales of the proceeds arising from the cap ture ca theater* vessel Nero, by the lityz, Capt. H. Chad*, on the llith Aug., 1847, will be registered to the Admiralty m or after the 93rd inst.-limururr.-Nottoi is likewise' given to the °Ricers and new of the Brilliant, Capt. Wanes, that they will be mid, on the nlth last., at No. 29, AruaticLetreet, Strand, their respective palmettoes of bounty money for the following seizures, and that the lists will be recalled, at the same Mies, on Wednesdays and Thurs days, for the three following months. Fr the brigantine, name un known, supposed to be the NOva Alliance. seized on the 18th of Oct., 1046: flag share, 131. 13a. 6d. ; captain's share, 231. 12a. 10d. ; let elms, 31. Go. Id.; 2nd clam, 31. 3s. ed.; 3rd class, 11. Ile. 104.; Ith elms, IL IL X; 3th clazi• 74d.; 6th clams, 7s. Id.; 7th Mae, 3s. 7d.-Per the Brazilian !hams, seized en the 18th Feb., 1847 : Flag Mare, 621.38 3d.; s share, or lot elan, 90111. 19a. 2d.; 3rd class, 901. 17s. I Id. ; 4th elms, 101. M. Md.; Sit elms 91. M Ojd. ' • gth elms, 61.14.1 ed.; 7th class, UM 31d.: 841 i 41. Cs. 7d. ; 9th elms, SI. 2s. 114‘1.,• 10th clam 2L ls. 91d. ; I lth clam 11.11a.14.; lab clam 11. Os. 101d.'; 13th class, 13a. ed. Rain lintentgence. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OE THE I'RI VY COUNCIL The Judaea present were Lord Broughams. Lord Langdale, the Bishop of London, Mr. Lushlngton, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh. CRAIG V. FAHNALL. Dr. Hatgard, who was with trieitiorney-General, ap peared in this case, ia which the Rev. J. Kershaw Craig, late minister of the new church of St. John the Baptist, at Burley, in the county of Southampton, was the appellant, and Mr. 0. Rorke Fantail was the respondent, to move on behalf of the latter for leave to rescind the hearing in the court below, kr the purpose of entering new charges against the appellant, the motion being made on the ground of several affidavits sworn by Mr. Moses Sims, to the effect that the witnesses in the care had been improperly tampered with. The appeal which gay. rise to this motion was made to the council, prayiag them to overrule the decision of the Court of Arches, by which the appellant was suspended from his office as officiating clergyman of the new church of St. John the Baptist, at Burley, and adjudged to pay the sum of 2.501. as costs, on its appearing to that court that the appellant had conducted himself indecently with a certain woman, named Charlotte Sims, who lived in 'the opacity of servant in the Ir.use of the sppellant. The new charges sought to be admitted by the respondent, implied that the appellant had on various occasions committed adultery with Charlotte Sims, and had, for the purpcsa of carrying on his illicit and adulterous intercourse with her, contrived to bring her to London on one occasion, where her sister, Jemuna Sims, was remaining for a short time with the intention of undergoing an examination by the committee of the privy council for educational purposes, to test her qualifications for the conduct of one of the national s:hoola. The learned doctor also moved for the production of certain letters alleged to have been written by the appellant to the committee on behalf of Jemima Sims, and proceeded at great length to dwell on the evidence, which tended to prove the truth of the allegations contained in the fresh charges, the principal evidence being that of Mr. Moses Sims, who lived with the appellant, and who swore that on one occasion he witnessed the act of adultery by the appel lant, and cn another occasion saw the parties Implicated in a position which left no doubt that the set had jest been com mitted. The counsel was in the course of his adeirass inter r u tad b Brougham, who stated that it was quite clear that the 'thread counsel was speaking . against time, and wished to prolong his speech till the arrival of the Attorney-General. It was his duty to say that it °medalled a great Ices of public time. The learned counsel net only turned his face round to see whether the Adman- was coming, but he con tinued to turn the Name points ever and over again. It was not Dr. Haggard's usual course; he should be aware that he would do better service to his client by not repeating the same things over and over again. Dr. Haggard then con cluded by quoting instances to show that in criminal es well as civil cases, new chines were allowed to be brought fgr ward after the cues as they before stood had been adjudicated Without h eegg Sir F. Thesiger on behalf of the appel lant, Lord B ro rougham said that it was the opinion of r the that so ease had been produced to show that they the autkosilyer power to rescind the hearing of the below for the purpose of allowing fresh charges to be e, end if it had been proved that they had such a power the eirculistantes of the ease must be such as to in duce them to exercise that power. They had no hesitation in missies both applications. Sir F. maagff —With costs ? Laid Brougham.—Oh, yea, certainly. We say nothing of the-meritsof the appeal ease. It may be all right or all win g. Mr. Craig may have been punished too heavily or hear too ligthe htly; that, however, wo dull see when we come to appeal. After suns conanitstics it was agreed that the appeal should now on for bearing on the Ist day of Muth. =_r. EQUITY COUETl3.—Yarrimumm. Defers Viee.gbeasellor KW* Brom DlntoAit w. LtritnitY.—Asart Pans. Czmwrzar. This ma a suit instituted by the woman of the late Er. William Clowns egoism the armors of the Abney Park Cemetery Company, aseking indemnity oat of the meets of the company, is reopen of a haudOsat salt a 60 *um beloogie g t• th• Nagar, sad tmealsmed by the fraudulent act or a late summary to the aompoty into the name of a drastic TO defendants dammed for want of equity and wait of parties. Amman, to the Matmaints of the bill, the comp y was fantod in 1838 to establish a cemetery for the intarment of perms of ell persuasions. The deed of the a-1 1 Wes dated in February 1539, and presided that hap us puma Amid iot be jointly entitled to any that meg person on being admitted a proprietor meths a mortified* signed by three directors; that , h s of sham was dmlress of parting with 01 7 Amy ha &NM en ways N OW mon I!'"! i company of the eels and lesidease of the party to wham they were to lellangehamit that whoa way Ise not • regehaser keno the beard ',dine= dosedd have been ap b7 tire bora as fit to beetles a proprietor, sad the *AM wren, se ether alteration in of the purchased fawn :Medd bembesa male by te beard in the share rtakdaelarek the lent premiere ef theatres, and all claim ing by or awls lie ether thaw the party approved ea pro. isler, shed& not lave any claim the company, wasp in rupee of the dividends or mode declared previ cagy is the Wee, ensue, or semi ea, and the certificate was deemed evidence of seek areittenes or discharge ; that eve y eaery,theuret, or ether alteration appearing upon the en elpiiaatororthepurchwafasyshareorshareswhich should lave been made by the dlreaten in the share righter book thauld, m between the company and the last proprie tor of seek share or thane, and all claiming by or under him be conclusive, and the valility of such entry, erasers, or alteration, when celled in question, slicald not authorise an inquiry as to the previous observance of the rules sad r ; bat that the last proprietor, or those claiming an er him, might sue for any neglect or default by reason of which such entry, &c , had been improperly nude, the action or snit being commenced within one year. The bill stated that the testator had 100 shares In the company, and was duly registered in the share regiater.book in respect of them; that the plaintiffs, in July, 1847, left the certia eßse for the shares with Mr. Conquest, the secretary and menthe of the company, for the purpose of having them registered in the named one of the executors; that in March, 1848, Mr. Conquest evoked whether the executors would sell the shares at W. each, if a purchaser could be met with, and that the plaintiffs expressed their willingness to do so ; that on the 26th of May, the plaintiffs received information from the directors that their secretary and solicitors had absconded, having sold 60 of the shares of Mr. Clown to a Mr. Dyer at 91. 7s. 6d. each, without accounting for the purchase money, such sale being entered in the transfer order book without any signature, and the transfer to Mr. Dyer having been ap proved by the directors. Mr. Austell and Mr. Miller, in support of the demurrer, contended that it was act clear from the statements in the bill that Mr. Clown's estate was at all prejudiced. If the executor had not concurred in the transfer, the shares still formed port of the estate, and the purchaser, who wits not before toe court, was the only party injured. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Collins, far the plaintiffs, cited "Davis et. Bank of England" (2 Bingham 393) and other eases. The Vies-Chancellor said it was not necessary for him to intimate ea opinion as to the legality of such a company, nor had he formed any. It was sufficient to say that the bill was demurrable on account of the purchaser net being made a party. The demurrer must be allowed, but the plaintiff might take leave to amend generally. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Visrensir. lfrm Price.—Datore Mr. Justice Erie end Special Juries. Tun Quante e. Trifttna.—Plata CAT. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., arid Mr. Henniker, were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Serjesut Shee, Mr. Ogle, and M r . Fish appeared for the defendant. This was a prosecution for perjury, alleged to have been committed by the defendant on an affidavit sworn by him, on an application for a criminal information, which had been made to the court sums time ago. The facts of the fisse, which were of a painful character, from the rela listship existing betwern the parties, were these The prosecutor of the present indictment was a Mr. James Mcry weather, who had married the only daughter of the late lb. William Turner. a gentleman of considerable pro perty, residing at Woodootedodge, in Surrey, and the defendant was a brother of the di ceased Various disputes had arisen between the prosecutor and the defend. ant and Ms nephuw, Mr. J. H. Turner, who were executors to the will of this late Mr. W. Turner. Those disagreements had commenced In 1829, the year:in which the testator died, and several nits had been instituted by Mr. Meryweather, bath in the Court of Chancery and in the Ecclesiastical Court, with a view of upsetting the codicil of the late Mr. Turner, by which Mrs. Meryweather was only left the sum of 5001. as • legacy and a small yearly Income. The prose cutor had, a week b• fore the death or Mr. Turner, charged the defendant and his nephew, Mr. J. 11. Turner, with having in the middle of the night, through the Agency of a Miss Ethersey, the deceased's nurse, induced him to sign 'event cheques which they had subse quent!y fi lled up for large amounts. It was also alleged. by the prosecutor that the late Mr. Turner was in such a state of mental imbecility some time before his death as not to he eapahle of managing his affairs. In the snits which bad been commenced against the defendant and his nephew it was alleged that the codicil to the will had been obtained by fraud, and that when it was made the testator was not in a fit state of mind to execute such an instrument. After the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court had been brought to • clue, a pamphlet was published by the prosecutor, eatitled " Extraordinary Case in the Ec clesiastical Court, by a Barrister-at-Law." Mr. Mery weather himself was not a member of the legal profession at all, but he had induced one of his sons, Mr. William Stephen Meryweather, who had just been called to the bar, to allow the words "by a barrister-at-law" to be placed on the title-page of the publication, as he thought it would be en advantage it the pamphlet went forth to the world as being the production of a barrister. Upon the pamphlet being published the present defendant, Mr. Turner, had moved tor and obtained a criminal informa tion, for a libel, against Mr. Wm. Stephen Meryweather, who allowed the rule to he made absolut • against him. He was then brought up for judgment and sentenced to pay a fine of 2001., and also to be imprisoned in the Queen's Bench prison for the space of three months. The pamphlet charged Mr. Turner and biansphew,lsle J. H.Turner, with the miscon duct in reference to the affairs of the late Mr. W. Turner, which we have already stated. During the time that the proceed logs for a criminal information were pending the defendant was called upon to make an answer to the court, which he did by an affidavit, in which he swore: that the charges in the pamphlet were not correct, and it was for the !tate= arts made in that affidavit that the present prosecution was commenced. The pamphlet, and also the affidavit upon which the i erjury was assigned, were then reed; after which Mr. James Mery. weather, the prosecutor, was examined, and afterwards cross examined at great length, but we forbear to enter any further into unpleasant family details, inasmuch as the case was withdrawn by Mr. Cockburn, upon his lordship observing that the ends of justice did not require any further persever ance into an inquiry into matters in which a defendant, now in his eighty-seventh year, had taken part twenty years ago. Since that time death had removed nearly all the witnesses who could have thrown light upon the question. If, upon the evidence now before him (the learned judge) a convic tion were to follow, he should be far from being satisfied. The jury then returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YESTERDAY. Jim Pawn—Before Chief Justice Wilde and Common Juries. Yesterday was the first day of the 'Wings at Guildhall The total number of causes entered for trial is 90, of which 61 are remanets ; of the remanets the special jury causes are 66, of those newly entered 13. Two short causes were die. posed of, which were wholly devoid of interest; and the rest of the day was occupied in the trial of " Poulter v. Caldwell," an action upon a bill of eschange, in wnich the evidence, as far as it went, as to the csnsideration for the bill (the point in dispute) was molt contradictory. The trial of this else was not, however, concluded when the court roast. COURT OF EXCHKQUER.—TWERDAY. Neu Pena.—Before far F. Pal?* C.ll, aaid a Middlesex Speetal WABLIT, M.P. to. COWIE Jury AND HELLET.—ALLEGED LIBEL UPON TUB COILONEIL POE THE COUNTY OP MIDDLE BEL. rhea case, which was part heard on Monday, was resumed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning —the plaintiff's carte having been closed at six o'clock the previous evening. It was an action for the recovery of damages for certain alleged libellous articles published in the Medical inn, commenting upon the plaintiff's conduct, as coroner of Mid flews, in holding an inquest upon the late private White, of the 7th Husain— whose death in July, 1846, gave rise to much discussion as to the y propriety of abolishing the system of flogging in the arm and navy. Mr. Tetuan, who had been examined on Monday, was re called on behalf of the plaintiff. He statod that he had mgt Mr. Healey, one of the defendants, in St. Clement's churchyard, some time after the apj Headers by the plaintiff for liberty to file a criminal information for the articles which were the subjects of this action. Mr. Healey said that Mr. Wakley should be put down, and that he (Mr. Healey) would become the coroner himself. That he was better qualified than Mr. Wakley, as he was • • barrister, and had had a goad deal of medial knowledge too. Mr. fforjeant Wilkins commenced his address on behalf of the defendants shortly after ten, and did not conclude until a few minutes before four o'clock. He most earnestly solicited the attention of the jury to the obtervations which he had to address to them—not merely for his own sake, for he was entitled to little consideration—not merely for the sake of his clients, but for the sake of the interests necessarily con nected with the case, which for magnitude and la import. arum bad of late had no parallel. He did not intend to imi tate the example of the Attorne743leneral in conducting the defence. It mattered little to him whether Mr. Healey was accused of being an ignorant and half-educated man, a stupid lawyer, or a person refused to the lowest depths of poverty, except so far as such acetuation tended to show that the plaintiff had infused into this action a portion of his own malignant spirit and disposition. Was a man's poverty to be held up there as a reproach upon his character? In order to show that he was no ignorant, helfoducated man, he would refer to passages and sentences is the articles now before the court, which Mr. Wakley might do well to imitate instead of brawling aloud to mobs in the city of London. Indeed of Mr. Healey deserving the abuse which was heaped upon him, he deserved well of his country, if he had, as he firmly believed was the case, removed the muk from the face of a man in power—a member of parliament, a coroner, and an editor of a public jourcaL After alluding to the admissions which had been made on the other side, ha said if they came to the conclusion that there was not a desire on the part of the plaintiff to implicate and inculpate some of the parties at the barrack', their judgment might be warped with prejudice, and they must entertain views entirely opposite to those held by the majority of poi sons. The deceased was a private in the 7th Hussars, sad bore the character of a confirmed drunkard. Upon the let I of June, 1846, he was in a room with a sergeant end mew& ot'er soldiers, and he took up a poker and struck the ~teld a violent blow in the chest, an d but for the intsrpealtien et parties present, he would no doubt have murdered him ea the spot. The sergeant WAS OA d uty at the time, and could it be empeeted that en event of this kind would les puma overt A court-martial was constituted, and on bearing the i ts: hu ge . , direet and thoui xt it th w at as pa tha n cs u r °wry er should d tha r t ecei sen ve kn l: it was ' aheolutely required that the act which made It anew sassy should be put Into operation. On the 15th of Jane he was flogged, and alter it, being a man of spirit, may 27 years of age, he went briskly into his room, whisding on his way. The healing progress continued to go on rapidly until the 4th of July, when lus beck was pit* welt, and it was reported he would be fit for duty in th' a few days. The weather was then extremely ho 88 degrees in the shade, and though relaxed very mut his confinement, he insisted, duple of all recnonstrr wash out the deathroom, which was very damp. sequel in that operation about threr-quarters of and next day complained of a pain in his aide. extended to his head and left shoulder, and other, of an impeded circulation made their appearance. end other remedies were adopted, but he did not and upon a post-mortem examination by Drs. Hall, and Reid being made, they expressed an opinion , death was in no wise connected with the corporal , ment which he bad received, but arm* front infionaniel the he. rt and pleura. Notwithstanding, however, mule+ manner in which protudings had been the milittry authorities, Mr. Wakley, instead the scales of justice as even as possible, stated a. that which he knew wu not true, in o rder to poison minds and enlist their prejudices. But Mr. Wekleylovc sweet voices of the people ; he cauld not live witnout applause, and in order to obtain it he hunted out gmums and abuses of this nature. He knew e' sima nature, however, to be aware that ambit desphod every obstacle to the attainment of any obi weight have in view. They stopped at nothing, hoe worthy, and whether their ambition was that of t segue who saueht to enguiph his country in ruin extol himself, or was that of a less aspiring natui pediment was too great to surmount, and no eirc too extraordinary to los taken advantaae of. But ley's patriotism wee of the moth rn rchool, and he appear to have studied the examples of the sncient subjrct. The learned norjeant commented with a of energy and eloquener. upon the mode in which' Mr. Wekley had conducted the inquest, and call, tention of the jury specifically to such facts as he aubstantiated the pleas of justification flied by dente—The following •+itneeees were then milli ci Ca. Arthur Shirley exemiaed—l am colonel Ha•aan, and remember the court martial held up . Frederick White of that regiment. lie was fluri pleaded guilty to the charge, and urged some ex circumstance•, upon which he besought clemency mitt-d that he was intoxicated when be corm offence. I was present when White was forge I. I was captain in the regiment then. The punishment was in fiic-ed in the presence of the entire regiment. The Attorney-General objected to any evidence relating to the flogging. The inquiry here was whether the inquest was properly conducted by the plaintiff. On the suggestion of a juror, the witness was interrogated as to the cecurreeces which had taken place ou an•l teen the but evening the coroner attended at Hounslow, and pro ceeded to say—l had never seen Mr. Wakley at the Cavalry barracks at Hounslow before the inquest. I was Lot exa mined on oath. I waited upon the deputy-coroner, Mr. Mille, by direction of Col. Whyte, to tender all the assis tance and information in the power of the regiment to faci litate the inquiry into the circumstances connected with White's death. I was examined by Mr. Mills tit consider able length. I had been at least half an hour nod, r examina tion. I gated to him everything I knew with reference to the subject matter of inquiry. I wrote no letter myself, nor did I carry one from Colonel Whyte to Mr. Wakley. I was present at the entire of the proceedings of the inquiry held on the 20th of July. I did not attend again. I required to be sworn as to what I had stated to Mr. Mills on um even ing of the first meeting. I was told by the deputy coroner that when Mr Wakley, who had then gone with the jury to view the body, returned I should probably be sworn as to what I had stated, and asked some further qut stions. Attorney. General —ln detailing these eiroutie emcee, you must confine yourself to what occurred in Mr. Wakelay's presence. Examination resumed—l remember Berfkant fetter, who is since dead, producing some human skin in a bottle of spirits of wine. The coroner remarked that it wee a most suspie,oue circumstance that the skin produced did net ap pear to be one-filth of the six - of what had been removed from the deceased's back. lie stated that he entletevoured in every way to make it tit, but it would not. lie 'alel said there had been very considerable delay at the hospital before the piece of skin was obtained, and he thought th... Alen very " suspicious." I know Private Matheson very a ell ; he was in my troop. I know Private El'worth, t, (It was proposed that the witness should describe the cliaratter thou two men 'held in the regiment, but on the Attorney• General objecting, the questions ware not pressed.) di p un r o ; l d r ii et e toh l x I t e y re n Its part d thatau Y o — decorumft the ehw urregiment. tg In form a tion? m — T w e a ‘ r V s ny .u t h i n u e r : o u' ad W u i o edd s l knoslo evidenc e use L :w h . fl oe u o m c n th a 31. 7 1 1) w ' y e c o u t hj ' i ue. m t dt ip as Ic improper give ortoa 1 e laughing. I observed a good deal of levity in the inquest r tom. I think it was provoked by some jokes of the coroner. Cross-examined—The inquest was held at the George IV. public house. It was open to everyone. I was there about an hour the second day. I think Potter, the hospital-ser geant, was being examined when I entered the room. I left when his examination was closing. I mann recollect what the jokes were. They were of • personal character. Mr. Clarke, the solicitor, of Brentford, erne appointed Col. Whyte to attend oa behalf o f th e o ffi cers. On the fi b night the coroner said it was requisite that seine relative of White's should be present, and that some surjenn uncon nected with the military should be examined. The jury then named Mr. Day. Col. Whyte examined—l was colonel of the 7th Humus in July. 1810. My adjutant made me acquainted with Mr. Wakley's intention to hold an inquest on the body of private White. I had not communicated with Mr. Wakley, for I had previously done all that was necessary in a military point of view. Tho matter was then in Mr. Wakley'a hands. I directed Col. Shirley (the last witness) then to go to Mr. Wakley, and I wrote him a letter, offering all the assistance and information in aid of the inquiry the others could give. I had not had previously any conversation with Mr. Wakley. I think the first day I attended the inquest was the 3d of August. I was not present nt any meeting held previous to that. About two o'clock in the afternoon of that day I was informed that I would be admitted. I had been waiting in readiness for admix/cm and I then immediately went. Cu the 20th of July I woo refused admission. I was told that no officers would be ad mitted. I did not go to the inquest in consequence of receiving any intimation fr.on the coroner that I might attend. I had been all the previous time ready to attend om the 31 of August. I hearl private Matheson make a state. ment in Mr. Wakley's pretence, but I think it would be difficult to remember it at this distance of t nee. After Matheson made that statement, I asked Mr. Wakley, 'think upon the last day, to rrmit me to make an explanatory or counter statement. Matheson said that I had sent for him in the morning, and had offered to make him a corporal. That I had asked him to sit down near me, r.nd various other absurdities of that sort, tending to show that I wanted him to suppress ST induce him not to give his evidence. Not one wart of any part of that statement was tree. I produced the office clerk, who was present the whole time Mathews was is the room, and he swore positively eve re word of Matheson's statement was false. I told Mr. Waltley I wished to make some obser v ati ons in contradiction of what Matheson had stated. He permitted:me to state to the court that the statement was false, and to produce evidence to prove it, which I did. Mr. Dearsley—Did you require to be sworn to that atate meet ?—No ; because Mr. Wakl y had previously to'd me that none of the officers of the reg iment could be examined or sworn.—Mr. Dearsley What is your opinion of the mode in which Mr. Wakley conducted the inquiry ?—My 'Gyres 'ion was that he introduced a great deal of extesneous den. e, for the purpose of damaging our characters and intim encdeg the jury In pronouncing their verdict. To the best of my belief and recollection, when we (the officers) were admitted into the court, Mr. Wakley addressed us and stated that we could not be sworn or examined upon oath, as we might be inculpated. I don't think I was ordered to leave the room frail the time I was admitted into ie. It was about the middle of the day when I was admitted. I had been prepared for several hours before, and left an orderly at the door to inform me when it sou ordered I could be ad mitted. Cmg&evinifirad—l believe the last witness entered the inquest-room with me. I think Sergeant Potter was under examination. Nobody interfered with me while I was in the room. I think Elsworth'a evidence was extrineous. His evidence was mainly respecting himself. The Attorney General—He came to make • complaint of you, did he not P I believe so. I wished to make a state ment in explanation, but Mr. Wakley said he had not time to listen to ft. I wished very much to have an opportunity of rebutting what Elsworth had stated. Mr. Wakley mid he could not permit me to do so, as the statement itself was alto gether Irrelevant t a the inquiry. I have had no experience whatever of the mode in which each Inquiries are conducted. don't think Mr. Clarke was allowed to examine or cross examine any witness upon behalf of the °Moen. I cannot be quite sure, but I think not. My explanation relative to Matheson was received by the coroner. The only applies. tion I made to be permitted to make a statement wee with respect to Matheson and Elsworth. I have nothing in the world to do wills this action ; I k now nothing whatever of the parties to it. The first I ever hoard of it was a letter from Mr. Healey, one of the defendants, a few days ago. Rob. rt Darling examined : I em a sergeant in On 7th humus. I attended the inquire with Matheson, Elewnrth, and other men of the regiment under my charge. The two I have named were about to be examined, as I node= aid they were placed under my charge. During the meeting there was a short adjournment about the arm. noon, as far as I recollect. I was standing in the pangs close to the room in which the inquiry was held. On the adjournment taking place I saw Mr. Wakley. Matheson and Elsworth were both near me. Mr. Wilkie, was tand log inside the inquest room. Soon afterwards he csme out aid went u n stairs, and was follow dby Matheson. They went into Mr. Wakley's private room together, and I followed up the stairs but not into the room. The door was shut after Mr. Wakley and Matheson had entered it. They remained thew together upwards of flee 'ninnies. if not move. Matheson then came out and called oat for Elsworth, who was standing in another room with the rest of the man. Elsworth Imme diately answered, and then both went one after the other Into the private roam in which Mr. Wakley was. The door was again closed, and the three remained there together for upwards rd liraminutes more. They came o u t a ll three n atter the other. I heard their voice' inside, but I co-' hear precisely what they . said. There was a go- " joking and leughter during the inquest. Mr. to have caused much of it. H. frequentl- Potter while reading Dr. Warren'a ner In which he checked him Cromeuraised—Bonelatigl Whyte was uked whether he' to Which he replied, that he hi d was Another row of laughtet upon statement made to him had been mother " the person who t Batley, the landlord of the George see him go up stairs with Mr. WI who followed him wee fdathesou, . They on* came out iiraUee r voices inside, but I could not . There was a good deal of Is inquest. Mr. Wakley see.. • frequently interrupted 1 ..6 _ , Al A" mi rren's statement, ands .. "A . L . , I caused much laughter' ..• 1 , ,, , ..-, ;bier was eatued wh , ~, , T' . .. i i,,, had ever been ilogg .r , ~,,,. , , m g hd " deviliehly well. :;,' ~ , 6 i _ rg epon the coroner eta .„ , . been heard from tho . 0 -, . . . . ~ , T. rho made it. I k .4. _ .., .., A ~/ T. Worse the Fourth. I ..„ , ~,, 4 ,.. -; Wskley. The out .....•....... ion, who called Ms .".‘" % 3 1 ""I"".lIl11 0 Course if hot, being much front rousnee, to p. He wee A an hour, The pain r symptoms Heeding not recover, 11, Warren, m that his teal punish- tmm.tion of er, the very o taken by of holding to the jury poison their leylovcd the itnout their out alleged re enough of bitious men object they Rowever %UV the demo- s io order to err, no im- reentrances A Mr. Wak- he did not Unita on this • great deal h he alleged lied the at- m contended )y the defen- d: of the 7th alum private dogged. He extenuatiug cy Ile ad- mmitted the rge I. I wee lent waa once rcla.ing r the inquest . ire terro cratavl NI