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II The Duke of WELLINGTON made a few observations, which were for the greater part inaudible at the Bar. We un derstood him to express the opinion that such an assemblage was illegal, and that the example of admitting indiscriminately raestly . because they had made application for that purpose. to the pre. re sow of the sovereign, was most dangerous, and since it could not be re gularly or frequently followed, calculated In the end to produce dis satisfaction.— l'he motion was then agreed to. CONSOLIDATED FUNDrSUIIPLUS DILL. The bill was read a second time on the motion of Lord AUCKLAND, eommitted pro forseq, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.— neir Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE iTirV i rfirlONS, Doc. 8. The gellety was not opened till half-past four o'clock, in consequence of there being a ballot to try the merits of the Rye Election. Mr. KNOX moved for a new writ for Dungannon, in the room of the Honourable J. KNOX, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chil tern Hundreds. . . _ . Mr. Alderman WAITH MAN presented four petitions from places is Denbighshire. for the abolition of slavery. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from St. John's, Water. ford, for the repeal of the union. He said it was unnecessary for him to repeat that he was wholly against the prayer of this petition; he con sidered that compliance with its prayer would be of the most ruinous consequences. He then moved for returns respecting the produce of the Ar•t fruits of Ireland during the last three years.—Ordered. Mr. O'HARA presented two petitions from Galway, for the eaten aion of the elective franchise. Lord UXBRIDGE presented a similar petition from a parish in Galway ; and petitions from Beaumaris and Holyhead against slavery. Col. SIBTHORPE presented a similar petition from Lincoln. The members of the Rye Election Committee were sworn as fol lows : Hon. J. H. Craddock, W. Thompson , J. Jokomo, 0. Roch. ford, T. A. Return's, W. H. Millar, A. Smith, R. Jenkin, Hon. W. Gordon, Marcus Beresford, and the Earl of Oesory. TAX ON WIT/STATEII6 Mr. STRUTT presented a petition against the tax on newspapers, which was a tax on knowledge. It encouraged ignorance, and when offences were committed resulting from ignorance, the parties were pu nished, and they considered unjustly, because they were debarred the means of obtaining knowledge. He trusted that the member for Dover, (Mr. P. Thompson) would persevere in the motion of which be had heretofore given notice. The petition was from the operatives of Derby. The petitioners Isaid, give them knowledge, and they would answer for the peace of the country. Mr. J. WOOD said, he had a similar petition from the workmen of Wakefield, who bad commenced a weekly literary publication, which was suppressed by the Commissioners of Stamps. He hoped the pre. sent Ministers would act more liberally. They bad the King and the people with them, and there was none against them but the borough mongers ; and those the people would enable than to overcome. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON supported the petition. fir. J. KNOX presented a petition from Cambridge, for the abolition of slavery. Lord G. SOBIERSET presented five similar petitions for places in 31onmouthsbire. Mr. WILES presented a petition from Boston, Lincolnshire, for the repeal of the duty on sea-home cads. He asked whether the honoura ble gentleman opposite (Mr. & Rice), who had given notice of a mo tion on the subject, would state whether it was still his intention to bring it forward. hit. S. RICE said it would be improper f or him to answer that question at present, as it would be considere d an Indication of the intention of Government, which it would be improper to disclose at present. Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Warburtat, Gm. Gascoyne, and Sir Robert Bateson, supported the prayer of the petition. Sir T. ACKLAND hoped his hon. friend would not abandon the notice he had given; he hoped his hon. friend would receive the sup. port of government on the question. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the tax was most partial and unjust, and he was convinced the member for Limerick would carry with him the same conviction to the other side of the house that he felt at this. He also hoped the duty on window glass would be taken of, as the want of air and light was a great cause of the typhus fever that now raged in Limerick, where the price of a pane of glass was 6s. Mr. BROWNLOW supported the petition. There was a manufac turer in Dublin, who employed 600 or 600 workmen, who would em. ploy double the number if the duty on coal was repealed. Sir M. W. RIDLEY said he should use his utmost endeavours to ob tain the repeal of the duty. He had a petition to present against the duty from Newcastle. Mr. CALCRAFT said the repeal of this tax was desirable, but till the monopoly of the coal owners was abolished he believed the public would not be much benefited by the repeal of the tax. Mr. TENNANTsaid the duty was most partial and unjust. Lord G. SOMERSET thought the repeal of the duty would be a great public benefit.: Sir M. W. RIDLEY said the competition amongst the coal owners was too great to admit of any monopoly. If the duty was taken off the public would have the full benefit. Mr. WILES said if the whole duty could not be taken off, a duty of a shilling a chaldron at the pit's mouth would be impartial and a great relief. The Colonial Acts validity bill was committed ; report on Friday. IIIr.WILKS presented six petitionsifrom congregations of Dissenters for the abolition of slavery. Mr. EGERTON presented four similar petitions from congregations in Cheshire. Lord ASHLEY presented a similar petition from Dorchester. Sir W. RAE brought in a bill to amend the law of heritable property in Scotland.--Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 16th of February. Mr. W. JOHNSTON presented a petition from the trades of Stir ling for Parliamentaty Reform. Mr. BYNG presented petitions from Tottenham and Islington for the abolition of slavery, and a petition from Wapping for an amend trent of the New Police Act. _ . Mr. LEIGH KECK presented petitions from Hincliley for the repeal of the house and window tax, and for the abolition of slavery. Mr. KENNEDY brought in three Bills for the regulation of future entails in Scotland.—Read a first time, andordered to be read a second time on the 10th of February, and to be printed. The House Adjourned. meimmemmemSo LORD WINCHILSEA'S BILL. The bill just introduced into the House of Lords by the Earl of Winchilsea, is entitled, " An act to provide fur the better employment of labourers in husbandry, by enabling his Majesty's Justices of the Peace to order a distinct rate to be made on their behalf (to be called the Labour Rate), with allowances to such occupiers of land as shall find them employment." The preamble sets forth, that " whereas, to the great injury of a parish, whilst many occupiers of land may be found who are employing their Rill proportion of labourers belonging to the parish in which their lewd is situated, whereby such labourers have avoided becoming chargeable to the said parish, other occupiers of land and tenements, with equal ability, have refused to do so ; and whereas it is expedient that encou ragement should be given to such landholders as are willing to employ their full proportion of labourers, to the end that such persons may not be subjected to the additional burden of contributing to the maintenance of those labourers whom other landholders in the parish ought to em. ploy; be it enacted," &c. are then clauses providing that parish officers deliver an. mildly to the justices acting for the division lists of labourers in husbandry dependent on the employment given by the landholders, and justices to order assessments to be. made for the maintenance of those unemployed. That the justices, after inspection of these returns, shall have power to allow weekly assessments to the amount specified in the last clause, (the same to be applied to the support of those men, being labourers in husbandry, belonging to the parish, whose need of relief shall arise solely from the landholders In the parish refusing th em cmployment,) in such proportion as they, the justices, shall direct, and not to any other purpose whatever. That the parish officers shall dedust from the amount which each person shall be charged with in any labour-rate made by virtue of this act, for every labourer in husbandry (being a parishioner) em. ployed by him, that sum which such a dourer, according to his class, is entitled to. That no payment to any individual labourer out of any rates granted by virtue of this act, shall exceed the wages to which he is entitled, ac cording to the class to which he belongs; which rate of wages shall be fixed and determined at a meeting of the justices held at their petty gei shas in each month, for the moods ensuing ' • but In all cases where, on account of bodily in fi rmity, the earnings of the labourer are not suffi cient for the maintenance of his family, and an additional allowance shall be thought requisite by the justices, such allowance shall be made out of the general assessments for the relief of the poor. No deduction to be made for less than a week. Proportion of assessment may be collected. Ammuat of deductions claimed to be given in. Acetate to be produced to a vestry, and verified before the justices. That no rate shall be collected by virtue of this act, unless demand for labour shall be made by those belonging to the parish. Osumi enactments to continue, nukes contradicted hereby. That this oat shall be in force in such please only where a of at least three-fourths of the whole number of families =V:: thereto shall be principally employed. That the rates to be rmver4 seder this act shall be levied In the same mama as the rates levied under the general summands for the relief of the peer. Tbat this ast shell cautious sod be in fame fiw sod during the pe eled of two yews from sad after the pmift thereof and hem theme' to Ohs old of the tied ooze musks of imeot (mhos moue No. . paled} Peseided always, sod be it farther enacted, that waddog to this est Ilestalasil dell be desomd oe sonstmoll to emend to Sestina' al fedood. 1 STATE OF THE COUNTRY. NOTTINGHAM. I hand you an extract from a letter received this morning from Not. tingham, written by a gentleman of the first respectability. " NOTTINGHAM. MC. I.—l 10111111011101. in informing you that the incendiary spirit his at length reached the centre of the midland counties. On Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, a large wheat stack belonging to a Mr. Chamberlain, of Lay' Eaten, about seven miles from this place, was discovered to be on fire; by prompt exertions, however, a portion of it was saved; nevertheless the loss is considerable. There is a report of another fire but I cannot learn any particulars. A great number of threatening letters, many of them lof fearful import, has been received by numerous individuals ; some of them of the highest respectability, during the last few days. The author of the incendiary attempt on the Derby Posuollce (it is confi dently stated this morning) is discovered in the paean of a young man, of immense property and the first respectability in the neigh. bourizood." BUCKS. OLXEY, DEC. &—I regret to info= you that we have had a fire at Olney, on Thursday evening. It commenced very soon after 6w:et:lock in the evening. It was a cow-house, with a great deal of straw in it, and two cottages thatched adjoining. The roofs were completely con sumed. The building was just at the back of my premises, end 1 very promptly got the engines to work. The wheat straw that was in the cow.house burnt most furiously, and the wind was rather high, which blew the sparks to an immense distance. OXFORDSHIRE. OXFORD, DEC. 6.—We are becoming more alarmed for the safety of property than ever. On Friday night there was an incendiary Ire at Denton, about five miles fr om Oxford , between the Henley and Wick ham R oads. There was much property in danger, but it was discovered early. and put out by the villagers, without the assistance of engines. but not without the loss of a great part of a bay-rick. I am not aware if this property was insured. And last night, about eight, our city was alarmed by a fire in the direction of Evesham, on the Cheltenham road. Engines were immediately put in motion, and it proved to be near Cum ner, Berke, a small village on the left. The fire commenced at a small straw rick, adjoining to which were a eat-house and barn, which ors tained all the corn the farmer had. The whole was entirely consernet. The house adjoining was saved. He was one of those small laberaliag farmers occupying sanely more land than he himself could minor r and I don't know where the excitement could be to destroy his property. He is uninsured. The buildings which be occupies belong to the Earl of Abingdon. DKDDINGTOW, Dac. 3.—1 am sem to tell you there has been another incendiary fire, which happened last night, on some farming stock, on the premises of Mr. Lovedren, at Hempton. A large barn, stable, and hovel, together with, I believe, a large barley tick, a mow of barley, and about twelve quarters of ba rley thrashed, a bean rick, an oat rick, and a waggon, are consumed. The buildings are not insured, but the farming stock is. DRRBYSHIRE. On Sunday morning, at an early hour, two corn-stacks, on the pre. mins of J. C. Hopkins, Esq. Long Eaton, Derbyshire, were disco. veted to be on are t it was with difficulty prevented from extending to the buildings. The stacks were completely destroyed, not withstattding the prompt aid of the villagers. There Is no doubt It was the work of Incendiaries. Mr. Hopkins Is an excellent man, pays liberal wages, and does not employ machinery. STAFFORDSHIRE. AIIIITOW-UNDZI.LTNIG—On Saturday, the 4th inst. the town and neighbourhood of Ashton-under-Lyne were thrown into a state of an. siderable alarm, by several thousands of the work-people, who had as. sembled, with tri-cobSured Sags, and $ band of music. The whole marched in military order to visit the factories which were at work, and peremptory orders were given for all hands to leave off work in, to at. tends meeting advertised to be held, at one o'clock, in Dukinffeld. It had been previously reported, and probably not without some truth, should any opposition be made to their proceedings, that it was deter. mined to dispute the matter per force. Be this as it may, the military were not in attendance, nor any soldiers nearer than Manchester, which is seven miles' distance. The origin of these proceedings has arisen in con uence of the master spinners having agreed, after the 11th day of ber, to pay three shillings and ninepence, for spinning one thousand hanks of yarn, and the operatives object to this, and are determined to take no less than four shillings and twopence per thousand hanks. Should the affair be disputed betwixt master and man, great distress must inevitably be the consequence. Upwards of fifty cotton-mills, several of which employ more than 1,600 hands, will be totally stopped, and not less than between thirty and forty thousand individuals out of employment during the most inclement season of the year. An immense concourse of people attended the meeting above. mentioned, and were addressed at considerable length by Messrs. Betts, Doherty, and others, the purport of which was to be .arm and united, and resist the reduction. KENT._ MAIDSTONE, Mostnar.—A fresh alarm, when it was thought that the spirit of incendiarism was dying away, has been spread here, by a fire which took place on Sunday night at Aylesford, within a few miles of this town. The fire broke out on the faem of Mr. Samuel Arnold, near that place. About half-pat tea on that evening Somas were ob. owned to burst from a large barn. which contained several quarters of beans that had been housed only on Saturday months, Ave beteii c( wheat, the produce of three saes of barley and pew, and upwind@ of thirteen bags of hops. Mr. Arnold had employed two men in meta his mambos on the above evening; and it appears th at they had resmiesd at their post till a few minutes past ten o'clock, when they departed, with the intentioniof oogg in an hour. In about ten niantes ettee. ward they were suddenly recal ed by the ery of 6, Are." roma theism. bustible nature of the materials the building and its emtente were speedily (adman of fire and Same. A liege number of the Magma soon assembled on the spot, and assisted with much *leaky la the en. demure to extinguish the flames. The eagles belonging M the Kent Fire-office also arrived soon after the are broke out, but nstwitliantad. lug every exertion, the born, and all it contained, were eadmily de. stroyed. The Clutha= and Rochester smiths@ came to rhe a unfortunately not in time to be of use. The engines, hewer, for some time upon the range of cottages situated directly the barn, inhabited hy labourers, whose wives and children fled soda her. rot and alarm. Thty were thereby saved from ignition. A of dragoons, from the cavalry depot at Maidstone, under the eentiegi of Captain Clanto also rale Mn,ho spat. but the good mama et the peasantry rendered any lateelbosese es their pent annecasseey. farm stock was [mired for 11081. he the Kent.eliee, and the bees. which belongs to Messrs. Sothis, of Beempien, was insured for the some slim in the Sun Fire•ofike. The property destroyed is, however, estimated at 7001. BUFFiII,K. Irewicn, Dec. 6.—lt having been announced that a meeting of the labouring classes would take place this morning at Rushton. Heath, two miles distant from Ipswich, the Magistrates had made every pee. paration for quelling any tumult that might have arisen from a numer ous assemblage. The yeomanry, to the amount of several hundreds, were early on the ground, accompanied by several of the neighbouring gentry, but the try not appearing, the greater part of the yeo manry about one o'clock. Soon afterwards a few of the labouring classes, from parishes at a considerable distance, appnwe to the amount of about 150 es 200, including boys. Upon be ing asked their object in meeting, some said that they had been led to ex pect an advance of wages, but they had no intention to create any disturb. ono whatever; others, that they had come out of curiosity. A party coming from a distance, to the amount of forty, then proceeded to. and were met about a mile from the town by the Lord ' Lieutenant and the Magistracy, and after a few words of kind ex postulation, they were requested to disperse, and the very coded, obeyed obeyed this injunction. Teo much era. it cannot be giv en foe the pre. cautionary measures adopted by the Magistrates In this district ; the promptitude of the Yeomanry was equally creditable; and it is but junk* to add, that the peasantry conducted themselves most respect. fully and peaceably. The thinness of their numbers, and the mode ration of their demands, are satisfactory proofs that the h classes in this neighbourhood generally are not discontented,= a most gratifying circumstance that the miscreants who occasioned this meeting, and upon it as an opponunity for the excitement of popular tumult and dissabedon, am completely disappointed. The result cannot be otherwise than favourable to the public peas. , and the poor are assured that those who administer the laws will laid a willing ear to their well grounded complaints. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Du. & It 1.110 • 31U. To consequence of this ease being appointed for this mends , the Court was much crowded with mill Akers. On the bench were his Royal Highness the Duke of Ctun Lott Hill, end fiat Ito. bat Peel -- iiiniituomms opened t h tplesdir d by eta that that this WM 4 afinhsal information, which bow spinet def en d ant f or a mks of libels on CoL Sir Robert Hill. The defendant pleaded that he was not gnil_ty. 1111.141.111Z11 fiCAILiTT (with whom was Mr. Sergeant Roseau.) stated the are. It was, he adi, a Feminism Instituted by gle s R e hm Hill, who had been a Lleatondfa his 1114eo_ty's am* k e e l th e year 17114, to the pease* that. At the battle of Waters tir R. Hill was Coked Odle OMNI Plan s be was as Arm very ewe. s w u m, aga me d" hyb ogstatios sod onsullod bow, as* hod by ble amine obtolaollio podia& of the plan% tai the ouellimo and ailalitp at his waft& 11 •( 81 r Jams aimissi) bad oh__ It on tht onset to Met thas otaew, as be woe abut gobilrodloco a melted tba we aggravated MI% diet had been pulled by the 419. 1 toodoot, who but also beta sa climb the woe news' u R .. bort HUI, dubs the than the limiest was fa the tep aiee 2,1 should Bay nothing of his conduct as an officer ow otherwise, as such would not now extenuate or aggravate the offence which was now the subject of inquiry. It was however necessary to mention that a Court Martial had been held on Captain Jebb, and he was discharged from the service, without having permission to sell his commission; from this time it was supposed he had indulged this rancour against Sir it. Hill. Sir R. Hill left the service some time since; be however retained his rank of Leutenant-Colonel, and It was not until after this date that a series of anonymous letters were addressed to various distinguished persons. At first they were disregarded, and it was found they began to multiply. One was sent to Sir Robert Peel, others to Lord Hill, and others to the Magistrates of Shropshire (for which county Sir Robert was also In the Commission of the Peace.) Another was sent to the !leathery of War. In all of these were con- Mined the most base and scandalous libels. It was not necessary to enter into detain, as the libels themselves would be read. and he should be able most clearly to prove the handwriting of Mr. Jobb. Sir R. Hill, as be before said, finding that the letters began to multiply, and that there appeared to be a regular system of underhand attack,doemed it necessary I to apply to the laws of his country, and in a court of justice vindicate his wounded honour and reputation. It was not necessary to enter into I the motives of the author of the libels, but, when a criminal infor mation was applied for, it would not have been granted unless Sir Robert bad distinctly enied upon oath that the charges against him were true. The letters were not only anonymous ones, but some of 'them bore the defendant's own signature, and they charged his gallant client with committing offences of the most aggravated nature, and which, if true, must necessarily expose him to the censure and disgust of every honourable mind. The jury would think with him that the character of honourable men was not to be attacked by anonymous libellers with impunity. If it were, good character would be held on a very slight tenure. It was part of the duty of Sir R. Hill, as Colonel of a regiment, to punhase horses on the best terms for the public en. vice, and those who knew the Royal Horse Guards knew that the very best bones had been purchased ; indeed it was the pride of that regi ment, as they often hod to attend his blajesty, that the soldiers should be well mounted. It was also part of the duty of a Colonel of a ngi meet when a hone was worn out to sell him for what was termed a east hone." An order was issued during the time that Sir R. H. wee CoL of the regiment to sell all the horses that were not wanted. Now it was the practice of Sir R. Hill to purchase young horses, and keep them until they were old enough for service s by this means a nnanable l eaving to the public was effected, even if they had been purchased at the time of a horse dealer. It did appear, however, that some of the bones that had been sold by Sir Robert, under the wider to which he had al luded, were subsequently bought at a public auedoo by CoL Hanwell, for the same regiment. This was the pound en which the defendant charged his client with fraud, in having sold hones ss " anthems" for lOL and 151. each and upwards, and repurchasing them at thirty and thirty-five pounds each. Another charge was, that Sir R. returned to the War-office a fictitious number of 4mive men, and particularly al. luded to a corporal named Turner, who was returned as on regular duty, when, it was stated, be was at the time keeping a public house ; and the libel went on farther to state, that the Nemo of this was to prevent Turner from giving publicity to the feet of Sir Ro bert Hill being detected In stealing wine belonging to the officers of the regiment. Now the real fact was, that Turner was entitled to his dis charge in three months, and wishing to p esomething te r his family, he applied for, and obttneC ion of the =than. ties to open a public-louse three months before be left the regiment. This was the ground of a charge of fraud. There was another charge spinet Sir Robert, and that was one of a most salons nottme..cme which, if true, would subject him to the exematioa of mantled. It was one of attempting to commit an act of beastiallty, and that, when be was threatened to be knocked down stairs and exposed for it by a subal tern, l it ed e I F :e e l submitted to the insult, thereby, as the writer said, ac. know g his guilt. He would not disgust the jury with entering into the of this charge. He was sure they would do their duty to the public, to Sir Robert Hill, sad to their own consciences, by finding the defendant guilty. After some further remarks, the Learned Council called the following witnesses : Sir Robert Hill examined by Mr. Wittman—ln 1810 he was Liam-Coined of the Royal Hone Guards Blue, and commended them to 1820; be has retired, but retains his rank as Colonel; when in the regiment it was part of his duty to buy house he the rt, and to sell such as were unfit for service, usually celled cast bones, and to make returns to the Hone Guards of the state of the regiment; there was a wigs of the name of Turner, a corporal of the regiment in 1890. The ATTOILIIIT.OZNZRAL (who apps rd fin the defendant) de clined to eross-examine Sir Robert Hill. Lord Hill examined by Sir J. kalllLlTT..4fe received several letters; one at the Horse Gouda, and others in Merest parts of the coon Sir ti kobert Peel was calla to prove the receipt of some leans, which the Athelley-General said be was reedy to admit were in the hand. writing of the defendant. Mr. Hurst, paymaster tithe Mess since 1890, knew the die/sent from 1520 to 18211, and bane Ms bed-writing well. The witness proved the band-writing of he urethan to several anonymous letters. Mr. Speed, Quarter moo of he Blase--Knew Mr. Jebb 14 or 15 years in the regiment. This whams ed the hand.teriting of de. (cadent in several of the leans osatpLia r d of. Cross.examinsd 4 4 the Arroanent-enrintas.—lle had entand as a private soldier In 1 and was palmated in 1813. He saw the de. Mdant write herndy. Mr. Pyle, eke to Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, also proved the hand-writing of the defendant. Mr. Buxton, an attorney, was called for a similar Mr. Wells also proved the wridadd Mr. Jobb. Cro e f the letters, this witness said, were attempted tolse disguised. The Isom were then read. In the, Sir helmet Hill was accused of lamest conduct towards an ohm of the segbnost ei the name of Hill, who wasiopossented as baring bided Ms Webers Hill down stairs, and as havingsegentsi dm assault - 1e the open Mesa the next day. Sir Ro bert was eke dthipl with horses at Flom from IM. to 13L and buytog Imo be s th ell al e ho ll t imi rre of MIL also with making Ades seems, - amd with being a semi Thin were a variety of other ion mob la dire Lawn salmi Ilk last Hill, such as cruelty, Filmy, Ike. and It was eke skied the lk Rebut 11111 bad been al breishei retire with his ask Is he komihrenes of his brother, Lead MM. wi th the Duke et W =2. The dud the case for th e lo waif so a episodes !eta Adethey.Osseral, Lord Hill mid he had se doubt but hot be ha sent to his beetba immediately copies of the letters which he kori received. The ATIVIUMIPOIXRILAL . mid be kit great difficulty on this as oho. He stood them to Mind a hest who bed served fifteen years in the army, without a high ssasetien bit character, and at the end of such servitude to la !himself dls id, or obliged to leave the a ss i ol d it was no weeder that bin haw elhedd have been sore and to away us sopenoloos idle be would afterwards re. pet. But be was brereeiel by his dime that be bad never written soda a the anonymous letters as awl he Robert Hill with :the most heinous Wham Ho was willing se admit that three of ths let. tors bad been written by Captain Jebb, lrat the rest be denied, and de. tiled altogether that he was capable of such an act as writing aneoy. mous letters. Ho (Sir Thomas Amman) was prepared to call several witnesses from various classes of life, who word prove the high honour and character which he had ever sustained, and they would also prove that Mr. Jebb was of an open, frank, and even Impetuous temper, and the man of all others the most unlikely to write anonymous letters, or act in the least ender disguise towards an antagonist. Colonel Cheney was that called by the ATTOINSINORMAL.— Hos been in the service 35 years. He knows Mr. Jebb sines 1801, but during the lest few years be had little intercourse with hint. Witness always thought Mr. Jobb a gleman of the strictest integrity, and had nova any:,reseert to thigh otherwise. Mr. Charles P. Williams, bastimer, knew Mr. Jebb several years ap, and has been lanai peetadertslly engaged for him. He looked upon him seaman of h igh baser ma theencter, and more likely to be guilt al a i :n em:thy does any ekedeetke mak of attack. Mr. GOVLIVIa bed Mews the defendant several years bask, and acquaintance was mewl about three years ago t front what he formerly imew of him, Ned from what be judged latterly, be =tat Mr. Jobb was mere Ilhdy to commit a rash than a act. 81r hinllll ficent.sys asclinsd to stidtses tits Jury for the prose cution. Lord TZWTIRDZS, lamming up to the Jury, left it to them to say whether they believed the anonymous letters to be in tbe hand writing ot the defendant t if they did they would then find him guilty on all the Mit& Guilty diet The Jar y , after deliberating a few minutes, returned a rand vet of . POLICE REPORTS. Genus nalchile.age tam, clerk to an attorney in the Tern. ataseded before slr P. Laurie yesterday, for the purpose of swear. that he he not stolen an atlas and a quantity of apparel feem a r illw antp l i t sper's hmeos. IS, Pruner aesseliss bens dawn to the nature of the affidavit, he asked the whether ids employer bad required him to make this dspnitfii ? The be had Dot, but when applicant told him what he= :rho made no °koalas, but said, he should leave the Malt 10 blafeesidas. He gel& NM MP have mid so, observed the Alderman. He knows lit& of bswis =we, Vbe believes that a man would not take a fees esti, ear bees sulky of atmling, to cover his crime. An honest man seed set stake oath *lb bassety ; his weed should be ea wed as his oath. io Hp weed met *aft as* as afildavit to be made bo him. Applhatn sem* In an IMMO die der Of P. Laurie Inked Mr. 'nape, the Os. refer, the Cessosn, Mot spread to be the stets ot (thee nom—was the pylons fuller dm issue f No, air, IPO w gather thh, Nplied the Gerstner. Mr Peter said there appeared be a rod dal of lags the degree of digress 'bleb missed. in Masylab=t d.ll 6=4; the pow were see pester than sena Ait with the tibpseition to susses* wig* Wised had marred with rupees to It had been reported that a body of penury had called at his house and insisted on being relieved, and that he had given them money to get rid of them. Now the truth was, that a deputation of the householders had waited on him as the churchwarden, to ekpress their determination not to pay the rates while the select vestry K r um ,' in the system of self-election, and that, after conversing with them fo e two hours, he referred them to the select vestry itself, and they of I course went away quietly. Mr. Savage said he could not bear testimony to the same eff ect , is to the state of the poor in his garish (St. Dunstan's, West.) Th ere was no exaggeration in saying the number of the poor, and degre e 4 p distressoras greater in that quarter ; but in comparing the present with put times , be had the advontge of being many years older than h it Peter. Without Field, who has been in custody since Saturday, oo su ip i . don of stealing a lUL note. was brought up and diacharged, LANBETH.ST RE ET. Yesterday, William Gardener, who h as been in custody fur the last fortnight, on suspicion of being concern e d in some of the late outrages in Kent was brought up for final exau t i oi . don. Mr. Drew, an inspector belonging to K. division of Police, ai me d that he had on that morning received a letter from Earl Brecknock, i n reply to one which he had sent to his Lordship, in which were det a iki the circumstances under which the prisoner was apprehended. Mr. D rew here handed the letter to the bench. Its purport went to show that the prisoner had joined in some of the riots which had taken place in the neighbourhood of Wrotham ; but as he had expressed a wish to go t o sea, and as his offence whs not of a very aggravated nature, he not i n k. log a prominent part, it was not the intention to press the chug s against him, provided he consented nut to return to that part of the country. The prisoner promised not to do so, saying he would endeavour to gri loses, and was discharged. Tits Taanes' Paociestow.—Shortly after the procession of th e Trades' Societies moved from the Tenter-ground, Goodman's-fields, on their way to St. James's, Mr. John Shave, a wine -merchant, of Smith's. buildings, in that neighbourhood, came to the office, and gave informa tion, that a few moments before he went to his own door to witness t h e Trades' Societies pass, and when about to close the door, he discovered that be had been robbed of a valuable silver hunting-watch and appen. doges. He said he recollected a number of respectably-dressed young men coming in a body close up to him, and be had no doubt but it was ' erne Ode= who had committed the robbery. Several other robberies a similar description are said to have occurred during the procemion. 111•11.1101OUGH-STREET. EXAMINATION Or ONE Or TIIE TaIASHINO-MACHINII BREALlElll.—Yesterday Willient Cheater, , respectable-looking man, was placed at the bar, charged as the rin g . leaflet ota mob which dstroyed a vast quantity of thrashing machines, in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, during the late riots. The r u m,. log are the particulars of the prisoner's arrest, and of the evidence against hlan It appeesed, that the prisoner, who was known as the leader of the mob, had evaded all attempts to apprehend him by the Salisbury constables, and had absconded from that neighbourhood; and a re ward of 501. was offered for his apprehension. Sir Charles Earle, me l ot the Magistrates of Salisbury, we believe, suspecting that the prisoner had come to London, wrote to a person here, who was well acquainttil with him, and gave him directions, if he met with him, to give him into custody. A few days since a labouring man met the prisoner, and they got into conversation together, the prisoner sayin he was a countrym an , and wanted a bed. The man consented to take him to his own house. where he stopped two or three days; but the person mentioned shore meeting him, immediately recognised him, and gave him into custody. The prisoner was remanded till this day, when be will be delivered up to the persons authorised to take him to Salisbury. Towx-nam..—Charke 'Watt was charged with attempting•to eat a portmanteau from the back of a carriage with four horses. It seems that his knife was not sharp enough, though he was seen to sharpen it once or twice on the steps of some door.—lle was sent for one month to Brixton. THAMIS POLICL—JIIIIIItB Male and API 'MOW were charged with attempting to rob a drunken sailor in Ratclithighway. The woman was caught by a pollee.oilleer in the fact, and the man Ira. standing by her ; she was apprehended, but the latter fled, and eft subsequently captured, atter a desperate struggle, in which, not only the icoer but the policeman were severely wounded.—The prisonerc were sent, as reputed thieves, for two months to the Rouse of Cot. recdon. CORONER'S INQUESTS. Ao inquest was held Tuesday at Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Beady, aged seven years. It appeared that the deceased and some other boys at school were " playing the conjuror," which they did by patting nails into their ears, and pretending to draw them out at the nose. A nail was at length forced into the deceased's ear, which peoe. touted through the drum, and lodged in the cavity. The nail was ulti mately withdrawn at the hospital ; but the boy ►eame insensible, and expired on Monday, from inflammation on the brain. Verdict—Acci dental death. An Inquest was held on Tuesday, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. on the bed of Mary Yeoman, a single woman, aged 40. It appeared the , while labouring under the influence of liquor, went to the cupboard, In which there was some arsenic mixed up with some pork fat, in a plate, put there to destroy mice. and partook of the same. She owned the feet, and said she was very weary of her life, and that she had frequently gone to the New River with the intention of drowning her. self; but on arriving there her been failed her when she thought of what would become of her soul.—The Jury returned a verdict of Insanity. Lasuntsean.z Cott.—An inquest was held on Monday, at the Prince of Brunswick, Whiteconduit-fields, on the bodies of Janet and BOW, Brown, both under seven years of age. It appeased that ht sequence of an officer going to the house ad the parents ad the demised children to execute a warrant, and discovering two children lying deed, who, he was credibly informed, had had no previous illness, be gam information to a surgeon in Pentonville, who, on going to the Weis, found the children lying naked en a board, quite deed ; the mem ma otherwise empty. The mother said she had another child ivy and on seeing the dicer, who had a wammt spinet her hasimed fer pawaing some goods, she burst into Isms, and aid that tee of her child:es raddled within the last two hem, and that her husbmi and herself were In the utmost poverty. The and the sp. pearence of the family were of the most dgple b dsnttiptloo. There were three other children. Several medics (endows who bad attended the yea merino examination of the bodies, gave it as their opinion that the children died a natural death. The father of the children gave hart- readiag description of himself and family, and stated that the eldest child died at 11, and the youngest shoniy after 1, the latter being a&=tly in good health halt an hour previous to her death. The humanely wive the poor fellow a sum of mom, and expresse.l I a bops that tbeparish would do something for him. The Jury then re turned a verdict of —Mad by the Visitation of GOD. Monday, the jurymen present at the inqaest held at Camberwell Workhonse, on the body of the infeetanate man, Clark, who destroyed Wawa with prude add, took occasion to complAin of the total want of MONIMOSildell hi the cage dotted in that portion of the parish, for disordedise sold other thediptisse of prisoners. The jury compared it to such a pine twolinement ea die Black.hole 01 Calcutta must have been, iodspeedeat of Ade it was so situated, tint if the prisoners were apprehended In tithe's[ she villages of Camber well or Peckham, they had to be drawl merely a mile to be locked up In the hole described. One of the witamess examined on the inquest detailed the loathsome date of Sidi in whisk the cage was, and all per sons charged were thrust there indisaiminate]y, and as it was at a dir. tame from the station-house, all might perish before assistance arrived. The jury expressed their determination of cal li ng the attention of the paish authorities to the subject. Sunday night, the Black Horse public-house, kept bY Mr. Penny, at Rotherbltbe, wu broken Into and robbed of 321. bead s* 1 various articles of property. The thieves effected an e ntrance by bo ring the shutters with a centre-bit, and It appeared that, when they owe, u 1 1 in , the y were In no h u rr y t o l eave , for three empty bottles, which h ad co sherry, were found the next morning in the bar, sad they slew bad partaken of some breed and cheese and some beer. They 101 . 11 letter, signed w Swing," on the bar table, stating that they had bees Mr. Penny's bed-room, from whence they o bt a i ne d th e money, and that it was well !whim that he was fast asleep at the time, or they shook' bays blown his brains out. Mr. Penny has a brother in the same tint of business, sod the writer of the letter threatened to call at his house one of these nights, and " serve him out" in a similar manner. BIRTH. Saturday, at his Grace's house, in Cavendish-square, her Olgs the Duchess of Richmond was safely delivered of a daughter. I lIAKRND. The 3d hot. et Kilmore Church I limey Theophilus Übe/. 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