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proposed was 21s. Id. while that of Government was 211. 3d. Tile whole amount was the sane, but he con sidered his a better division of it. It had been ohjected to every system of duties that during years of protection pri=es were low,and high when there was no protection. and that therefore it would be better for the apiculture' interest to have no protection at-all. This only went to prove, that with occasional high prices there would be occcasional famine. In such a state of things, the mer chants and ti-t the agriculturists were the gainers. Na tional grenades always led to starvati:•n. The best granary was the farmer's yard, because be could not retain his corn from the market so long as to produce inconvenience. It was mercantile accumulation which pro: need high prices. This he humbly conceived was the true principle; and such being his conviction, he should, without any .personal feeling in the matte., submit his Resolutions by way of Amendment. The amended Resolutions proposed by Mr. Bairn were then read. Mr. W. WHITMORE was anxious to state the views which Fe rook upon the subject. He totally differed from the Resolutions proposed by his Majesty's Govern. ment and the Hon. Member wl.o had just spoken. It the usual speculations for trade existed, he could hardly I c'ieve it possible that, under the proposed Regulations, any individual would import unless the price was 73 A rise of Ils. in the market over 82s. would give him an advantage by which be would gain 21s. or 225. If the object of Government was to prevent speculation,nothing could tend Mort to defeat the object than the present propositions.Thelion. Member contended, that the t ff-ct of the Resolutions would not be such as was hoped. Hr alluded to the Report of Mr. Jacob, and quoted certain 4:Kis in that Repot tin proof of his asses tion. With respect to the supply of corn, the difficulties under this system would be very great.He entered into various calculations, to show that since 1823 a great diminution in the growth rd corn had taken place, to the extent of four millions ri quarters, and he contended that consequently this country tequired all the corn that could be imported to ke out the consumption, for the home grown corn was not sufficiently productive for all purposes of supply.— Ile was apprehensive that if a measure of restriction followed upon the regulations on importation, the most frighifiii consequences might be expected to follow, as the increase of population was great. Mr. Jacob esti mated the increase in Europe amounted to 28 or 29 mil. lions, in England and Ireland to about three millions and a half—(Qut stion). The Hon. Member said he would not be deterred by the call for the question. If his arguments were inimical, let Gentlemen meet theArtor by argu ment, and not by clamour—(llear, hear).'lle repeated his apprehensions respecting the resttictive system, and then pti ceeded to comment on the Bill of 1815, and the consequences which followed the ptovisicns of that Bill, which did not afford any real or adequate ad vantage; to the agriculturist. Since chat time a rapid fall had taken place in the pr:ce of corn, and therAote be was justified in saying, that though a high pt ice was the effect of the operation of the Bill, in the first two years after it passed, yet tl , e st:bsAient de pression confirmed its inefficacy. Ile wished to know what would have been the sittiatitaa of the count, y in 1828, it the B 11 of 1615 had come into lull operation? Then every foreign granary would have been swept by speculators, and the price of corn would have been so extravagantly high, that the mischief would have been undoubted. He contended, that the fluc tuations in price would be most dangerous to the farmer, whu must suffer. An immense mass of capital had already been stripped from the farmer, and if the te-tr ictive s) stem wete continued, it was impossible to calculate the extent of the mischief. Measures muse pteguant with evil could not be devised than depending on an artificial supply. The increase in the value of land in England, since 1773, had been thieeh.ld, anci the House would see, therefore, how such a system would operate. The Hon. Member referted to the official value of imports and exports for ten years, to show the immense increase in the manufactures of the country. The Resolutions b.fore the Committee were so at valiance wi h each other, that he would persist in nosing his own. On the question being put on the amended Resolutions, the ristkry was cleared for a division, but the Committee did not then divide. When we re-entered the gallery we found Mr. Secretary PEEL addressing the Douse. The Right Hon. Gentleman was citing extracts (tom the Report of Mr. Jacob, showing, that wheat imported from Dantzic into the Island of (;uernsey, was sold at a very considerable loss to the grower, al though It actually was shipped as ballast. When the duty in this country war at 265. ed. there were only 2,000 quarters of corn im ported into this country ; and taking the average price of the foreign cost, and the charges attending the shipping and other expenses. together with the amou n t of -duty. he telt satisfied, supposieg the foreign cost price to be equal to 295. that it would be imposrible to /Abet any serious injury upon the British grower. At such a price foreign importation would not take place ; it would be too high fur the mere speculator, and the foreign grower would not risk the loss which he must necessarily suffer. The Committee had the evi dence of Sir Claude Scott and Mr. Jacob in justification of his opinion ; and for the present he felt it unnecessary to occupy their farther attenu ates. ['Jr. I'ORTNIAN was aware, that as far as Rotterdam was COTICCUIrd. Milliliter% had n.ade out a gond case, but would prove that they had failed with regard to Dantzic, and "Hamburgh, and Guernsey. First, then, with reap. ct to Guernsey, there was the evidence of Sit C. Scott, that corn (owing to an accumulative stock beim; on hand) could be obtained at Rostock at twenty two shillings and sixpence. Sir Claude stated, that Itoetock was not an isolated ease, for that he could procure corn trom twenty six shillings to thirty shillings. lie begged to ohwrve that he theta spoke of grain of prime quali . y. The evidence of the Douse of Lords report than the average of the four quarters in 1626 at ll.amburgh. was twenty our shillings, a price which the duty of the present Bill could not balance, so as to protect agriculture. He would refer also to Ittr•Jacplie Second Report, which showed that 211. was the price at bleckleuburg, when it varied ham 16s. bd. to 21s. 81. and for et.. at Bremen, whip the same was a shade higher. Now the a v e rage pike of coin last year its this country was 545. or rather 525. at which price the proposed duty evidently affords d no perfect protection agipeo the imports front the ports he had mentioned.— Therefore be must support his Duo. Friend, the Member for Wilt shire's, Amentlncent. Mr. Secretary- .PF.EI. gave every credit to the Hon. Member for the sincerity of his motive ; but even upon the evidence of Sir Claude Scott, it appeared that the price of wheat at Rostock was nearly thirty t etc shillings, and indeed, that taking the vitiate of the different foreign ports, whence corn was most likely to be shipped, the price would be little short of the sante amount, with out including the charge for freight and peat to the grower, or any of the other incidental expenses. There was only one cargo of Pomeranian corn, which was sold at twenty-two shillings; that was an extreme case, ai,d Sir Claude Scott further stated, that at such a price the grower must have been a considerable loser. So far then, it must be quite evident that the English agriculturist had to. lust ground for any serious apprehension—(Cries of Question). Mr. rowr MAN said he had oral' recently received a commu- Ilitatioll front Rostock, dated in the course of last month, from whence it appeared that the price of wheat from that place, Go board, duty free, did not amount to more than USN—(llear). That statement ntight be against his general position, but it was. Perri thelevc, his duty to state it fairly. Sir W. W. WYNN raid, that no Government in the world would persevere in a duty of 20s. and any Government might safely per severe in one of 10.. Upon the whole, the Bono; table Baronet would be disposed to support some toodificetion between the acals of last year. and that of the present. Mr. I. F .)STE It here tolore opposed all propositions with respect to theimportation of foreign corn that had emanated from Ministers, and then, for the first true, felt it to he his duty to give their plea. sure his roost marked approbation. 'Mere might be too much, nu kin than too ht f:e protection. It the former, the country could not it tittered ala Lot the dai.gers or 'ambit consequent upon dearth ; if the latter, C.e dowestic agrico!terist could not be remunerated. Jr was idle to pt-c. at particular porta, when tiut.to the averio!.: thaws was epplaate to tin Mouth 01 the themes the tort h i kot- terdun, which received corn from all places, and at which the ' minimum pike of wheat was 32c —a price which would necessarily be hlgber if the Thames were equally open to foreign importation. Mr. HUSKISSON thought that his flight lion. Friend had triumphantly tefuted the inference from Sir C. Scott's evidence.— He (Mr. H.) maintained that Mr. Jacob's Report was equal►y deci sive as far as that Gentleman's evidence was coned' tied. Mr. Jacob stated that the average price at Alecklenburgh (in that calculatiog the profits to grower and merchant) was hut Bs. les% than .-f corn. There might have been a single cargo at a less—but that was consequent upon a Continental glut—and could not weigh in the general que,rion. lie was happy to hear from so diginguished a Representative of the Agricultural Interests as the Hon. Member for Wiltshire, that 60s. was considered to he a remunerating price, for he remembered that Lord Liverpool was called a visionary theorist when he fixed 80s. as the minimum. Nr. WARD said, the uriee of wheat on the ComMent was always regulated by the demand of England. The warehoused corn sold last year was sold at a loss. He thought the present pro tection was too high, but still he should support the resolution, in the expectation that experience would throw farther light on the subject, and enable the House to come to a better conclusion. Sir THONIAS GOOCH thought the protection rather too low for the agriculturist, but still would support the measure, in the hope that it would set the question at rest—(llear, hear). Ale. BA 111 N G thought the scale of duty oil not fall sufficiently with the advance of price; but still he did not like to trust himselt with those Gentlemen who would take half the present scale and :eject the other half. The agriculturists of this country ought to take wanting by the Low Countries, which lost their manufactures and their wealth by taxing corn, which would inevitably be the fate of this country if corn wal taxed too high. Ile was astonished to hear persons capable of making one conclusion follow another, come to the House and demand a protection for their corn and their wool, and their oak hark. and not ask themselves, not how they were to get their rents the next year, but how the country was to go on for a century as a great exporting country, with all the necessaries of life, and the material of manufactures dm we pro , duced at double the price they were on the Continent. Ile hoped Government would stand by their own measure, and not sufilt it to be broken in ou.by persons who did not sufficiently consider how much their own interest was dependent on the general prosperity of the country—(Hear, hear). Sir M. W. RI DLEY thought the present Resolutions afforded a sufficient protection to agriculture, but tba• no measure on the subject could he permanent while the great question of Currency remained . unsettled—( fear). Mr. BEN ETT Mr. WODEHOUSE expressed a hope that the Member for Wiltshire would withdraw his opposition. The measure now pro posed was materially better than that dint year—it did the agricul turist justice, and they ought to be contented—(clear, hear). The House divided— Ayes for the Amendment Noes 32 . 230 Majority . —l9B On the Resolution, fixing 1/. ss. 84. as the duty when the price was 625. being read, with a descending scale of shillings, Mr. I'ORTM A N proposed, as an amendment, that 2s. be the descending duty,, instead of Is. Mr. WESTERN had heard no ground for the abandoning by Ministers of the proposed descending scale of last year—indeed he was convinced no feasible ground could be advanced by them. The impression of the country was—notwithstanding its confidence in the present head of the Government—that visionary views actuated it with respect to the agricultural interest. Ile wished to bear wby the Government abandoned the scale of last year. Mr. HUMUS/lON replied, that the alarm appealed to by the lion. Gentleman, would, if it taistefi, furnish the lion. Gentleman with an answer to his question. But the division that had just taken place proved that uo such alarm did exist, and that the present scale was that most agreeable to all classes. It was found that a shilling descending duty would be most advantageous, as well as to guard against fluctuations as to insure a sound condition of the corn trade ; and therefore, without any charge of inconsistency being well founded, a shilling duty was adopted—ls. was also the duty on the ascending scale. The proposed amendment was virtually involved in the proposition just disposed of, of the Henn Member for Dur. setshire. Colonel WOOD considered that the rate of duty would merely clog the scale, and tend to give it an ill odour, without conferring any additional protection to agriculture. Sir T. ACLAND exptessed a hope that his lion. Friend would not press his Amendment. If there was any reason to dread dan ger Irons a departure from the descending scale of last year, it would be wise to avoid that danger; but when they found that no corn could come in as it did with the protecting duties of last year, they ought to be satisfied. The Hon. Baronet was unwilling to quarrel with the measure, after the division which had just occur red. Persons of all opinions concurred in considering this measure a boon to the aviculturists; and he was unwilling to risk the cha racter it had obtained by making the alteration required by the lion. Member in his Amendment. _ _ Mr. PORTMAN was desirous of taking the sense of the House. If a majority should be against him it was his intention to give up further orposition. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, this measure had been a considerable time before Parliament, and its adoption had been secured by a large majority. If there was not an absolute necesssity for the in crease of the scale, it would be improper to alter the character of the measure, which afforded protection to agriculture. Sir K KNATCHIJULL thought it would be useless for his Hon. Friend to divide on the amendment, but if he went to a divi sion, be should give his vote for the amendment. After a few remarks from Mr. CURTI/3 and Mr. C. Warn, the Committee dividcd— 50 • . 140 Majority against the Amendment ——9 O The Chairman then reported progress, rind obtained leave to sit again on Monday. %Ir. GORDON gave notice that he should move the second reading of the Royal Clarence Bridge 13111 on Monday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Houle Adjourned at a QUA Rtzs to ONE O'CLOCK. Ayts Noes TH E EVENING ►STAR. LONDON• SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1828. STOCK ENCOANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the pacific intelligence front various parts of the East, and the report of the withdrawal of the Pacha of Egypt from the contest, the Consol market maintains its ground. Consuls may be quoted at 84 to 86. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Consol market has been fluctuating, during the morning be tween 851 and 86 for the Account, and at present may be quoted at 851, alternately buyers and sellers. We have received positive information that the Russians have delayed hostilities until the 14th of May, giving the Porte thirty days to reconsider or arrange their differences. Great hopes are now entertained that the Porte, finding that England and France will not oppose the march of the Russians after that time, as well as the Austrians and Prussians joining in the Treaty of the 6th of July, the Ottomans will now listen to terms, to prevent her entire destruction. A rumour prevails in the City, that the Budget for the Year will be favourable, as the Ministry will be able to provide fur all con tingencies without having recourse either to a Loin or Funding. PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOUR °CLOCK. Bank Stock 209 i 81 India Stock 249 3 per Cent. Red. 85* 85h Ditto Bonds 5 per Ct. Cons. 86 Si 86 South Sea Stock 5i per Cent. Oki Annuities 5i per Cent. Red. 93 92j £looo Excheq. Bills 64 5 _ _ 4p . er Ct. New 1021 j e 4 per Cent. Scrip £5OO Ditto 64 5 XlOO and £2OO Ditto 64 5 4 per Cent. 1826, 1021 Long Ann. 191 5-16 FORK! rit.l FUND! Brazilian &lA. 5 p Ct. 591 Commercial Consols for Acct. 1151 j 86 TWO (ECIMUK. Do Acct 34i 11 IN. Mall 151/11do, 6 per Ct. Nun. Ms. 5 - p C. Dallonils,lllt4, Do Acct. 601 I Do. Acct. 2.' Ru 55.1919.1822,5 per Ct. 90 Greek Bon 1-,1525, S pCt.l7 1 Do. Acct. 90 891 90 Do. Ace. 17 Spanish Ms S p Ct 111 1 Mez.Bds,lB2s, 6 pCt Neapolitan Bonds, 5 p C. 761 13EITISII AND FOREIGN SHANKS, TWO O'CLOCh. onit i.e. PAID. Anglo Mexican 100 90 21 Urazillan 55 20 71 75 Guardian Fire A‘s. lOO 10 201 The Test and Corr; sition Acts were again the theme of discussion in the Howe of Lords last night. The Earl of ELDON moved his amendment,. that the party admitted to of Le should declare himself a Protestant, which was negatived by a majority of 62, the Content* being 55; Non Contents, 117. The Earl of WINCHRL. SiA moved the insertion of words expressing belief in the doctrines of the Old and New Testament, as set, furth by authority, to be the Revealed Will. For this amend ment the Contents were 22; Non-Contents, 70—Ma- 1 j rrity, 48. The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed some regulations as to the time of taking the Declaration; Lord FALMONTII'II motion to pr event Dissenters in their Corporate capacity from presenting to Livings, was negatived without a division ; and the Bishop of LLAN• DAEE's clause for restoring the original simplicity of the Declaration, was adj mimed till Monday. In the House of Commons the Corn Laws came again under discussion. The agricultural interest, dissatisfied with the Government scale at the price of from 50s. to 565. made an attempt to increase the duty at those prices, and Mr. Barrarr, of Wiltshire, moved a Resolution, that when the home price is under 565. the duty shall be 7.85. Bd. per quarter. The unreasonableness of olds duty, compared with the proposed rates, viz. from 345. to 295. is so evident as to require little comment. Mr. llzzazz's amendment was lost by a majority of 198. Mr. PORTMAN'S subse quent amendment, that for each shilling in the price under 611. the proposed duty should be increased by 2s. was negatived by a ma jority of 90. The German Papers received this morning are to the 20. h instant; they contain no political sews, and are otherwise destitute of general interest. THE ARMY. A avr.trav— WooLwicx.—it is understood that his Lordship the MASTCR•GYNF.RAL cnntemplatts, with a view to prevent in future the serious evils arising to the Service front a too long residence of Regimental Officers at the same station, that all Staff or Civil Ap pointments shall henceforth be vacated on promotion; in order that Officers may take a tour of service with the Companies (either at home or abroad) into which they may happen to fall. The arrangements in Dublin for the celebration of his Maarsve's Birthday were of a description more than usually splendid and extensive; but, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the several Regiments now in the garrison, which attended at the Pheenix Perk for that purpose, were obliged, after the customary salutation by the guns had been made, to return to their respective barracks. The number of carriages and other vehicles that crowded the outskirts of the " Fifteen Acres," as well as the crowds of pedes trians who flocked to the scene, would baffle conjecture equally as they would computation. A division of the 92d Regiment marched from Edinburgh Castle on Wednesday morning, on route for Glasgow. Wednesday the .14th Regiment marched front Galway, on route to Buttevatit. NAVA L INTELLIGENCE. The Dime, from St. Thomal'r to Hamburgb, is supposed to be arrived off Poole. • DEAL, Aram 23.—Wind W. to W.S. W.—Arrived the Colonies, SMITH, from Barbadoes ; John. ---, from Berbice ; Emilie, Fiok, from Copenhagen; and St. Vincent's, —, from St. Vincent's. Arrived from London the lkilivar, SMALL, for Cape Verd ; Cana dian, MORGAN, for Quebec; Britannia, Surrow, for Gibraltar; Elizabeth, liaow, for Quebec; and Maria, Hooray, for Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL •25.— Wind S. W. Fazatouviz, Aram 24.—Wind W. to W.S. W.—Arrived the Malvina, Hamm, Irom Gallipoli. Put back, the Skylark packet, for St. Domingo, and sailed again this day. . YARMOUTH, ArRIL 25.—A Danish squadron of three frigates and a brig, bound to the Mediterranean, was spoken with on the 23d instant at the back of the Sands, and reported that a Swedish fleet for the same destination was ast, rn. _ SCA REGROUGH, APRIL 24.—The Itabert and Mary, MAWLIN, from Sunderland to Rey, struck on Filey Bridge and sunk; crew saved. HULL, Aram 25.—The Henry, Hurraos, from Memel to Goole, caught the gr ow near s! and is swain. PiNSANC RIL 24.—The Market Maid, Mums*, of London, front Awls/erg) to Liverpool, put in herr yesterday, leaky, and has been hauled up the harbour. GREENOCK, APRIL 23.—Arrived the Mercator, Wtascix. from Demerara; and Shakspeare, Gemara, from Charleston. Dom, Aram 25. Arrived his Majesty's ship Crusader, from Calais. Sailed his Majesty's ship Salamander, for Calais. LIVeRPOOL, Antra 24.—Arrived the Bee, —, front Aricali ; Lindsay, ROILSON, from Pernambuco; Fame, front Barba does; Avis, MILLER, and Minerva, Rees, from Mobile; Catherine Ni'Donald, DANIRLS, and General Brown, —, from Charleston; Mountaineer, DODD, from New Orleans; New England, Huta., front Boston ; and Mary, Salsa, from Charleston. THE MURDER AT POLSTEAD. POLSTEAD, APRIL es. As was stated in our Paper of last Thursday, Corder was sent under the custody of Lea, of Lambeth street, and a country constable, named Ayres, by the D.l ince coach to Colchester. During their journey the prisoner conducted himself with such an astonishing deg•ee of levity as to disgust every person on the roof of t!.e coach—o.uch more those who were ac quainted vtith the nature and heinousness of the offence with which he was charged. At nine o'clock the prisoner artived at the George Inn, Colchester. The news of his apprehension had s' me way preceded h m, and immense crowds were collected before the Inn. It was arranged that the pri• soner should remain at the Inn for the night, and he was accordingly taken to an upstairs room, whore he was secured, by being fastened by one hand to the bed post, and by the other to the wrist of his bedfellow, the con stable Ayres. _ _ Befo:i railing to test he w:ote a letter to his mother, of which the following is a ye, batitn copy : " Colaester, George Inn, Wednesday night, Eleven o'Clock. " Daas 3101 H 1/1.•••I scarcely dare presume to address you, having a full knowledge of the shame, disgrace, and, I may truly add, for ever a stain upon my friends, family, and late formed connections. I have but few minutes to write, and being unfortunately labouring under this serious charge, I have to solicit that you will receive Alt. Moore on Friday morning, with whom may probably be my injured lawful, and I must do her the justice to say, worthy and af fectionate wife. I have always experienced from every branch of their family the kindest treatment—hope and trust the sante will be returned from you the short time they continue in this part of the country, which I am sorry to have to state is too near the event of this dreadful catastrophe. lam happy t• hear you are tolerably well considering the circumstances. I may, per haps, be allowed an interview with you in a day or two, but that is very uncertain.—Must beg to subscribe myself your affectionate son. " W. CURLER." The last paragraph had been altered by partial erasures.—ln cludiug the blotted part it ran thus:—" Must beg to subscribe my self your unfortunate though unworthy son—W. Corder." The letter was addressed as follows on the outside—" Mrs. Corder, Polstead by Stoke, favoured by Mr. CatchpouL" On Thursday morning the prisoner was visited by several Ma gistrates at the Inn, where be still remained under strict surveil lance. A numbrt of other persons, actuated by curiosity, were ausious to see him, but were refused their proposed gratification by Lea. Among those who saw him was the Rev. Mr. Seaman, a Clergyman resident near Colchester, and who was acquainted with his family. He was afterwards visited by his brother-in-law, who, in the course of conversation, asked how he could think of sending letters, declaring himself to be living happily with the deceased Maria Marten, when, in point of fact, he was residing with another female whom he had married? The prisoner replied, " 1 shall answer no questions now. I say nothing about it." Lea interposed, and suggested the impropriety, as well as the indeli cacy, of pursuing such an inquiry, and it was accordingly de sisted from. The conduct of the prisoner was far different on Thursday from what it was on the previous day. At times he paced about the room, with a silk handkerchief thrown loosely round his ilea, scarcely speaking for an hour together, and his head downcast. Again he would sit down, and turn over the tracts and other books' sent him; but, from the rapidity with which he passed over their leaves, it was evident he was not in that com posed state which would admit of a patient and calm perusal of their contents. Once or twice in the course of the day he exclaimed, while pacing the room, in a Wl' suppressed voice, " Obl if I could but be as free ft om sin as my beloved w if e is." At halt-past ele•en o'clock on Thursday night, the prisoner was removed, well secured, and attended by Lea and Ayres, in a post chase, to the Cuck Inn, At Polstcad. The IVRIOV4I at that dead hour of the night was owing to a suggestion of Sir Vint: Rnwles who considered that it would best obviate those popular exeve' ments which the circumstances of the case were calculated .t; produce. In the accounts which have appeared of the circumstances whi ik led to the discovery of the body of Maria Marten there are w oe slight inaccuracies. The prisoner, who is the son of a widow L a d y rented an estate of 400 acres in the neighbourhood, had formed s, intimacy with the deceased, whb is the daughter of a conni ve , labourer. The result was the birth of a child, which substqwently died. The parents of the girl, as well as herself, had importuned th, prisoner to mart y her, and at last he professed his willingness so to (I t. On the 18th May he agreed to meet her at the Red Barn,belonging tt his mother, situate on the brow of a hill, and is distant so yarb from any house. Ile, in the presence of her mother, requested she might dress herself in male attire for the purpose of avoiding notice, and said he would follow with a gig and take her to Ipswich, where the marriage ceremony would be performed. It would Bp. pear she was in the act of changing her dress when the foul deed was perpetrated; fur the coat worn by her and the hat, and her owa bonnet, were found lying beneath her, and her remains w ere completely dressed in her proper attire, with the exception of her i gown. Neither the gown nor the miss .:re have been discovered. TURTII IR YARTICULA RS. FRIDAY Arrzawoote—The prisoher reached Pc4stead by two o'clock this mo 11l i l lg. He was lodged at the only public house fe the village. It is an obscure one, and does not contain more than 20 or 30 houses. The barn where the body was found lies about half a mile to the left of the •illage. Since the examination of the body the barn has been narrowly inspected. There are sam e perforations of small shot, about the size of No. 7, observable in one of the walls, and there are also some spots and stains an the floor, which by many are considered to be produced by Blood, It is remarked in the nei g hbourhood as a singular fact, that th e accused, who previously to the month of May had expressed or s anxiety to keep the key of the barn in his poetession, bad afterwards uniformly retained it. In the stacking of the wheat in the ham also, it Is now remembered, ahhough little thought of at the time, that he personally assisted in placing the first layers over the spat where the body was found. CORO NEWS INQUEST. At half past 10 o'clock the Coroner, J. Wartaaw, Ees arriv e d, and immediately proceeded to open his Court ; but previous to 10 doing, he inquired whether any Reporters were present, and Iwing answered in the affirmative, he said, that although be had no wid l to exclude them from the Cout t, still be could not allow them to take any notes of the proceedings. Mr. Humphrey, front London, attended in behalf of William Corder, and requested the• accused might be present at the exami nation of witnesses, and put such questions to them as he deemed necessary to his defence; but 2$ he could produce no precedent, a was not complied with. The Coroner said he should be called in, and the evidence should be read to him. The first witness was John Balaam, a constable. He said he never tuldCorder that he bad a warrant to apprehend Maria Marten. George Marten, a boy about ten years old, deposed, that us the 18th of May, Corder was at his father's house, aructhar he and Maria Marten left that place between twelve and one o'clock at noon she was dressed in man's attire, and was in tears, because, as he supposed, her child (an infant of about two years old) would not kiss her at parting. In the afternoon of the sante day, 11 men being in a field adjoining one through which Corder passed, saw him go front the lied Barn with a pickaxe on his shoulder, being about twenty rods from him . Mary Stow lives in a cottage near the Red Barn, and about the middle of May William Corder went to her house and borrowed' spade. Francis Stow, her husband, harvested at Mrs. Corder's, and said they put the first wheat into the bay of the barn, where the corpse was afterwards found. One day during harvest, as he and the other workmen were at dinner or bevel . , Wiliam Corder told him he would give hint a pound if he would cut his (Corder's) throat. He seemed to speak this laughingly. Lea, the police officer, front Lambeth-street, went to the pri soner's house at Ealing, and told hint he bad some business with him; he took hint into the parlour. Lea then said he had a very serious charge against him, and that he must, consider himself bit prisoner. Lea asked him if he knew Maria Martin, a sweetheart of his in Suffolk ?he said no. The question was repeated, and Corder again denied all knowledge of her. Lea then said, I will ask you a third time: he still persisted in his tienish Lea then searched him, and took from hint a bunch of keys, and went into the drawing room and unlocked two writing desks, and took out four letters, which he produced—he also took out a black velvet reticule, in which were a brace of pistols, maker's name, Harcourt, Ipswich, with powder flask and balls, and a bullet mould. Corder told hint, he bought the pistols when he was tee years old. The pistols were produced, and the Jury declared they did not appear to have been made more than four or five years.— Whilst walking to the Lion, at Brentford, Lea said, the body of Maria Marten has been found; the prisoner then said—how long bas it been found? Mrs. Marten, stepmother to the deceased, identified the reticule in which the pistols were found as having belonged to her daughter, which was taken away with her clothes in a bag oa the litth May. Maria Martenwas out of spirits when she went away, having pre viously had tome words with Corder concerning a U. note. Colder told Maria Marten that Balaam, the constable, had a warrant to take her to prison, and she replied—" If they tale me to prison, you shall go also." Wm. Towns, was foreman in the employ of Mrs. Corder, and considered Wm. Corder to have the management of the busineu from Lady-day 1827. Mrs. Marten re-examined—She had been to the constable's house, and seen the clothes found with the body; there were too handkerchiefs, one a silk one, which she wore round her neck on the lath May, and another handkerchief over that; a Legbaut bonnet tied up in a blue flowered shawl. The coat she bad sect was net the one Maria Marten wore when she went away : swore to pieces of the shift and busk of the stays, and pair of high sit , .es. Offord, a cutler, at Hadleigh, deposed. that in May last Wm. Corder carried a sword, about twelve inches long, with a white handle, and brass-mounted, which he wished to have ground very sharp for a carving knife, as he had a cousin who was to be mar. tied, and he (Corder) was to sit at the head of the table, and ia. tended to carve with it. Mr. Lawton, surgeon, examined the body on Sunday last, and deposed that be could perceive a wound in the orbit of the right eye, the bone of the orbit was broken, as was that which separates the nostrils; the wound appears to have been made with a sharp instrument : he cannot say whether it affected the br.in, as that was in a state of putrefaction : the silk handkerch;ef was tied so tightly about her neck, that if the wound had not caused death, she would have died by strangulation. The body was found lying on the right side, and the head forced down on the shoulder; the left hand was separated from the wrist, probably from decay. lie took several portions of the sack and shift from the body, 21 examined the stomach and abdomen, but they were in such a stale of decomposition that lie could not perceive whether they had or had not received any injury. Another witness deposed that the body was found in a sack closely tied over the head. The witnesses being all examined the Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence, in the presence of the prisoner Corder, and the Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of " Murder" against the said Wm. Corder, who was thereupon com mitted upon the Coroner's Warrant to Bury Gaol, to take his tri at the next Assizes. The evidence occupied six hours. A Clerk from the Bank of 'Messrs. Alexanders and Co. of Man ningtree, and another from the bank of the same firm at Iladhigh, were in attendance to exhibit a charge against the prisoner, iar having on 111onday, the 14th instant, presented a check at the former Bank, for which he received 931. The check purported to be drawn by John Cook. Boston Papers to the 2d of April have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. 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