The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-10 00:00:00

- THE *EST PORT =MARS. (Further particulars, from the CaledonianMercury.) A letter has, we understand, been received in town from the mother of the unfortunate girl called Paterson, murdered by Burke and his. associate Hare in the house of his brother Constantine, that immaculate scavenger, whom some of our contem poraries have been ill-advised enough to Attempt to whitewash. This unfortunate creature was, it seems, the companion of - a girl called Brown, who eras seduced into the house of the said scavenger, I Constantine Burke, along with her, but the latter becoming alarmed, drunk as she was, by certain loings of the gang, had sense and reason enough :eft to make her escape. For the ends of justice, however, we trust that Brown is still alive and kirthcom;ag. Her evidence may be of the very last mnoltance in the event of a private prosecutor ap ",earing, which, we have every reason to believe, will be the case. The unfortunate girl, called Pa terson, was originally placed here under the care of her grandmother, a woman of unexceptionable cha racter; but falling into bad company, she deserted the roof of her venerable protectress, and went upon the town. Latterly she had been frequently written to, but never returned any answer ; and the &tit tidings heard of her were, that she had fallen inn) the hands of these murderous ruffians, and that her body had been dissected on the table of an Ana tomist. Here, therefore, is another case where a private prosecutor can and ought to .come forward. With reference to the " Confessions of Burke," which appeared in our last, we deem it a bounden duty to correct a mistake into which we unwittingly fell.in reporting the conversation, as related to us, with the unhappy man who has so justly forfeited his life to the laws of his country. It was whilst Burke and not Hare, was in the country, that a mut , ler was perpetrated by the latter, who, apparently anxious to keep his hand in employment, commits ,d th e deed by himself, and received the undi .c rid e d price obtained for the body of his victim. Burke denies ever having used s, ..rgical instru ments in committing any of the .murders to which he has contested; no r does know, he says, how such instruments came to be in his house, as he never saw them. Vats unhappy man is labouring ander a disease t cancer) which must in a short time have pr ove d ' fatal, (loathed even if his life had not been dts to be the just sacrifice of his crimes. The -ase in question has been said by some of our contemporaries to have been occasioned by a lace ration inflicted by the teeth of poor Jamie in his death-struggle with his assassins. But this is a mistake. Burke has been labouring under the ma lady for nearly two years, and latterly became in con sequence so infirm, or at last so incapable of vio lent exertion, that he was obliged to devolve upon Hare the principal part in effecting the murders. Accordingly, in the more recent instances he gene rally grappled the victims by the throat, mouth, and nostrils, while Hare threw himself upon the body; and, in the case of Daft Jamie, it is now known that Hare began the struggle with the poor idiot, Whom Burke only assisted to finish when his dialle 4, onfrere was like to be overpowered. He mentions as a roof of the i n ti mac y su b s i st i ng ,b e t w i xt hi m and Paterson, that the latter had been accustomed for more than a year to dress the cancerous sore with which he is afflicted, It was in an apothecary's shop in the Southside that Burke first met the gentleman whom he after wards supplied with subjects. So ignorant was Hare and he, at first, of the proper quarter in which to offer a" new -made" subject for sale, that, when they had one, they went about among some Surgeon Apothecaries trying- to dispose of it; and failing altogether in finc6ng a market for the horrid com modity among this class, they would probably have abandoned the traffic altogether, had not accident, in the course of one of these nocturnal voyages of discovery, thrown Burke in the way of his future customer. After that the apothecaries were favoured `with no more visits, nor offers of an article, they did not require, and most certainly would not have received from these miscreants, even if they h atl• On these exploratory excursions, Billie and Hare seldom or never, we believe, went „... 111 company. We h ave b ear d an anec d ote o f ,mare at this time Which we think worth communicat mg, because we have reason to believe our informa tion authentic. The goul went into the shop of a gentleman in the southern part of the city, and, after som e preface, asked him if he wanted any thing ? What do you mean by any thing ?" " A body." Startled somewhat by the offer, the gentleman in question replied, " Where did you get it ?" " Never mind that," said Hare, " we know how to get as many as we want." At this stage of the con versation a country lad, dressed nearly in the cos tuole of a carter, entered the shop, and asked for s ome common medicine, which having got and paid for h e went away. Upon this Hare said, "If you wish e d to have that fellow, I could get him for you in an hour." The gentleman to whom this was addressed thought the miscreant insane, or that he bad been sent by some one to play off a coarse hoax Non him, and immediat e ly or d ere d hi m out o f t h e Noon THE WEST PORT MURDERS.—We under- St and that the investigation into the late criminal trans actions has been renewed, and is still continued with una bated industry. On Monday several of the anatomical te achers met with the Lord Advocate, at his request. This meeting was s t r i c tly con fid en ti a l ; b u t it s o bj ec t w a s no l ':4lht to procure such information as might prove useful ' ll bringing out a more full disclosure of the late nefarious tr ansactions. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. There was a severe gale of wind in the Irish n bannel on Thursday last. Three large steamers and a n umber of other craft put into the Menai strait for shelter. 'North TVales Chronicle. Since the burial of Oades, Cashon, and Brien, , ho were executed here pursuant to their sentence at the Assizes, this neighbourhood has been visited by those n nfeeling wretches, now commonly designated body loateters. In the night of the Ist inst. several men were see n near Sprirgfield Church, who, it was suspected, in 'ended to obtain the bodies of the malefactors ; but they Were disturbed by the servants of a gentleman residing near, and is their retreat, as a proof of their calling, left n Poo a grave a new shovel. Last Monday night an at tempt was made to disinter' a body-in Broomfield Church- Yard; but here these nocturnal visiters were again re- Pulsed. On Wednesday night, however, they arpear to have been more successful in a second visit to Springfield. Although it has not been ascertained, it is surmised that th e body of one of the Irishmen was obtained. Not being ltequainted with the circumstance that the two were buried to th e same grave, a second was opened, which proved to 4e that of Williams, who was executed here for horse stealing, and whose remains had lain in the ground since 'August. Finding the body so much decomposed, these Wretches, determined to have some part, actually twisted the bead from the trunk, carrying away the former, which, no doubt, will prove acceptable to the Phrenological Sa eietY. who, we understand, are endeavouring to procure a collection of the heads of malefactors. Yesterday morn ing a most appalling spectacle presented itself in the church-yard : the mutilated trunk of Williams tay above greund,—the vultures had taken away the head. Not- Withstanding the horrible stench arising from the puzrid state of the body, many persons had the curiosity to wit ness the disgusting sight. It was, however, shortly after its discovery, again committeel to the earth. The friends of Oades took the moat effectual precaution to save his body : the coffin was crossed with timbers, so as' to, pre rent the possibility of its being raised or disturbed.— Che/msford Chronicle. SINGULAR FACT.—There is flow In the pos !ePsion of Mr. William Plowman, of Tollerton, near Eas svoid, a very fine cuckoo, which unlike most of that 'Pecies of the feathered tribe, is perfectly healthy and cheer.. r4l in its confinement. It was taken bon: the nest in a lid belonging to Mr. Lowther, in tht village in the month last, and has been since tha a t period fed on raw 4 t and worms; and from its vivacity little doubt is en ettained but that it will commence its well-known cry `Qtly in the spring. Buffon mentions several instances where i i rig cuckoos were - kept in cages, but which (prop not, n ''n'ever, survive winter, most probably for want of er u triment. The only instance we recollect of one being r e served throu g h tire winter is mentioned by Bewick, in , history of land birds, and it was fed in a similar man '"? ato the one alxr 4.mentioned,— York Chronicle. MEETING OF lIEMINOTON, STEPHEN- SON :04.3 CO. nEDIIOB.S. The first meeting of theCretlito'rs 4_,=; t ik itaaing Establishment took plai!e 'n!sierthiy at two o'clock, before the first 1M of Commissioners at The COmmissioners were Sir G. F. lid opson, John Turner, H. G. Sheppard, and J.B. Macauly Esquires. Mr. MoNTAGy appeared As Counsel on behalf of the estate. The rootn was crowded nearly to suffocation with most anxious faces, and yet a great number of debts were not proved. The pressure and confusion were so great that those who proved could not get retiring room for a considerable length of time, so that the Creditors behind could force their way to the table where the Commissioners sat but very slowly. Mr. ROOTS appeared on behalf of Mr. Fructuoso, to submit a claim against the separate estate of Mr. Rowland Stephenson. His client had lent to Ste phenson 6,0001., for which he had received and held HS a security three bonds for 2,0001., each, drawn by one John Owen in favour of the bankrupt. Besides this, he claimed to prove for 8,0001. the value of ! . 2.50 pipes of wine soli to the bankrupt. The proposition of tke Learned Counsel was, that his client should be allowed to prove against the separate estate, giving up the bonds to the solicitors wader the Commission, who were the most compe tent to enforce payment of them, taking a dividend on the 8,000?. and half of that which could be pro duced by the bonds. Mr. MONTAGU inquired if notice had been given to Mr. Owen Mr. RooTs said no notice had been given. Mr. MosTAGu was then 'of opinion that Mr. Roots's client was- not entitled to prove for a far thing ;n respect of the bonds, and that he would have to give them up. Mr. ROOTS contended thaebno notice to the ob ligor was necessary. On reference to authorities it was agreed that no notice was necessary, and therefore the proof for wine sold and money lent was admitted, Mr. F. hav ing given up the bonds. Mr. ROOTS applied to prove another debt of 51,0001. on behalf of the same gentleman. He named 51,000/., because, until the Commissioners as sented to receive the proposed method of proving, he could not state the amount more exactly, inasmuch as the amount would in some measure depend upon their decision in receiving the proof.— The bankrupts were employed by his client to pur chase for him Foreign Securities, consisting of Mexican, Columbian, Brazilian, and Chilian Bowls, to the amount of 51,000/. The securities to this amount were purchased by them, and remained in their possession ; they never were in the possession of Mr. Fructuoso, with the exception of 7000/. which was deposited with them by him. His bankers had rendered an account of them to him, and cre dited him with the amount upon them; and the ques tion was, whether he was entitled to prove against he cstate for the actual value of the bonds A the time when they were purchased, or for their actual value at the time when Mr. Fructuoso demanded payment of the bonds. Mr. Fructuoso having been alarmed, made a demand upon the bankrupts for the delivering up of the bonds before the stoppage of the house, but that demand was not complied with; and those very bonds were part of what the Learned Counsel called the absconding property. Mr. F. sought to prove against the joint estate for the amount of what the bonds were worth at the time they were purchased. Mr. MONTAGU enquired if Mr. Roots had a list of the securities. Mr. ROOTS replied that such list had been deli vered in some time ago. Mr. MONTAGU was willing to admit a proof to the amount of the value of the bonds on the day when the demand for the bonds was made. The bonds had been received by Stephenson, and his co-partners had not received any value in respect of them, therefore they were not to be charged except with the amount as he had before stated. Mr. ROOTS contended that his client was entitled to prove for the value of the bonds at the time they were purchased and deposited. Mr. F. had never seen the great mass of the bonds ; he did not know _whether they had been abstracted in 1826, 1827, or 1828 ; and supposing them to have been much more valuable in 1826 than in 1827, and to have been abstracted in 1826, he thought it would be an extremely hard thing upon his client to be compelled to lose adividend on the difference of the value. After a few further observations, which were in audible, Mr. Roots handed a paper to Mr. Montagu, containing his client's calculation of the sum he sought to prove. Mr. Montagu consulted with the solicitors and those of the bankrupts who were present, namely, Mr. Remington, sen. Mr. Remington, jun. and Mr. Toulusin, and then it was declared that the proof according to such statement should be admitted. Among the other creditors who proved were— Mr. James Ramsbottotn, brewer in Windsor, for... £515 Mr. Richard Heath&ld, as assignee to a bankrupt named Hawkes Messrs. Bevington and Co 1045 Ditto ditto 271 Messrs. Strachan and Co. Sir H. Butt ..... Mr. M. Levyson Mr. C. Pratt Mr. J. Y. Turner Mr. A. Murray 2050 Mr. J. Elkins 212 Messrs. Reece and Stephenson Mr. B. Johnson Mr. L. Thornton Mr. M. Smith 602 480 1033 There were other creditors of course, whose names and amount of debts we did not catch. There vas probably debts to from 100,0001. to 120,0001. proved in , the whole. The meeting broke up at half-past three. MR. ROWLAND STEPHENSON. The following letter, which appeared in an Even ing Cotemporary of last night, details the phrenzied language and behaviour of Stephenson, a few hours before his flight from the Metropolis, while under fears of being apprehended and brought to justice. It is a singular epistle. The writer, Mr. Welsh, is a singer by profession, and Proprietor of the Argyll Rooms : TO THE EDITOR. Ar t iyll Rooms, Regent-street, 9th Jan. 1829. Ste,—My name hsving-been mentioned as the indivi dual who accompanied Mr. Rowland Stephenson from Lon don on Saturday morning, the 27th ult., I feel myself bound to admit the accuracy of the assertion, and to sub mit, through your Paper, the following statement : but, in the first instance, I am most anxious to show that a long intimacy and friendship have subsisted between Mr. Ste phenson and myself, and to instance some of the proofs of friendship which he has given me, and the deep obligations under which he has laid me. In consequence of partner ship differences, I apprehended a run of my creditors upon my establishment, and communicated my apprehensions to Mr. Stephenson, who immediately removed my Uneasiness by desiring me, if necessary, to draw upon him to the amount of 10,0001. In another emergency he became guare.ntee for me, and remains so, fur the payment of no less a sum than 9,0001. Many other proofs of the most disinterested friendship I could produce, but the two I have mentioned will be quite sufficient to show the dept of gratitude I owed him. Such a benefactor was Mr. Stephenson, who, on a sudden, so licited my protection im Friday the 26th of December, at half-past five in the afternson. He assured me that a circumstance had occurred which rendered it impossible for him again to return to Lombard -street, for he had used some property of the house during the late run, which, in OLIO fortnight after the payment of the dividends, he could have replaced, but the discovery of his having so used it having taken place at the F.anking-house at eleven o'clock that morning, be had not fortitude to bear the interroga tions to which lie should b e su bj ec t e d. H e had therefore quitted Lombard-street, and if I wished to preserve his life I should afford him a shelter under my roof. I endeavoured to persuade him to allow me to send for his part ners, saying, that it would be to their own advan tage to replace the Property so used, gad I made , . .1:to doubt but they ini, 4 ltt sgitit, be rriemts. He said, " ra thee than see either of then, he would blow his brains out m'y parlour," and inirnedi.itely (hew from his pocket a brace of pistols. lie then toll me that he had already at temped suicide in a pawnbroker's shop in Queen-street, Chatipside, but that the pistols lid miSSed fire. I used every effu:.t to divert fr6m hoClible a purpose, and . . to calm hi!! which lat length ►ucceeded. After a great deal '•f persuasion, he permitted me to send nir his eldest son, and the interview between them being over, I proposed that he should return to his house at Sr. Bar tholomew's Hospital, and abide the consequences of the discovery. Having with much difficulty overcome his scruples to this measure, I said I would send for a coach to convey us, when he put his hand into his pocket, say ing, "I cannot pay for One ; as I have but -6d. in the I directly Went up stairs to borrow Mrs. Welsh's purse. We (Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Horner, of the Colosseum, and myself) then set out and reached the Hospital. Unfor tunately, however, Mr. Lloyd entered the room; and told us that the attempt Mr. S. had made upon his life in Queen street was known to his partners, and that they were ransacking the drawers. This communication led Mr. Stephenson to abandon at once his former resolution, and to determine upon immediate flight. But be exclaimed " that he had no money." His eldest eon instantly emptied his pockets for his father's service. Mr. Stephen son burst into tears, and rejected the offer, saying he could not use his son's pittance. Mr. Lloyd then said, " I have money, Sir; I have eight Imadred pounds." " Then we will both go," replied Mr. Stephenson. He ordered a few clothes to be got ready, and his carriage, saying he would ge one stage with his own horses. He requested me to accompany him a few miles, that be might, when Lis mind was more collected, give me directions respect• ing his .children. - I consented, and Bristol was the road he determined to take. On my proposing to quit him at Hounslow, he ordered the coachman to proceed to Staines with the same horses, and on the road requested of me, in the name of the mutual and long friendship that bad subsisted between us, to give him one and the last proof of it, and to accompany him until he was on board some vessel. I could not refuse, and we arrived at Pill at nine o'clock on Saturday night, and bad an interview with the Captain of a pilot-yacht, when I recommended• that the boat should be hired for one month, at two guineas a-day,, the terms proposed by the pilot. Mr. Stephenson said, he thought it would be throwing money away unnecessarily, for no doubt they would meet a vessel bound to America within a fortnight. I advised them, when they were at sea, to disclose to the Captain the necessity of their going to America, and if he would take them he should be amply remunerated. Mr. Stephenson asked me, in great distress of mind, where the money -was to come from—they had but 8001. On Sunday morning, at half-past seven o'clock, they went on board. I returned to London, and was in Re gent-street at seven on Monday morning—nor have I, as erroneously stated in some of the papers, returned to Mr. Stephensa, or had any letter or communication since, directly or indirectly, from either of the parties. Such is the statement which I beg, through your Paper, to submit to the public. I was totally ignorant when I accompanied Mr. Stephenson of the extent of his embar rassment, or the embarrassments in which he had involved others. I listened only to the dictates of gratitude, which impelled me to render all the service—the only one I was ever able to render him—to the man who had been so long my friend and so often my benefactor. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOS. WELSH. P. S. Since writing this letter, I have seen it stated that my deposition before the Commissioners was voluntarily made. I therefore enclose the summons for you to see that I was compelled to speak the truth under my oath, which, even for friendship, I would not violate. " By virtue of the King's Majesty's Commission under the Great Seal of Great lAritain, granted upon the statute made concerning Bankrupts, awarded against Wil liam Remington, Rowland Stephenson, David Ro bert Remington ) and Joseph Petty Toultnin, of Lombard-street, in the City of London, Bankers and Co., partners, carrying on trade under the firm of Remington, Stephenson, Remington, and Toultnin, directed to us, the major part of the Commissioners therein named, who have hereunto set our names, and to others. These are to will and require you, and every of you, to whom this our Warrant is directed, personally to be and appear before the major part of the said Commissioners, on to .morrow, Tueszlay, the 6th day of Jan. inst., at half-past two of the o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at No. 32, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London—then and there to be examined by the major part of the Commissioners, by Virtue of the said Commission, and the Statute therein mentioned. And hereof you are not to fail at your peril. " Given under our hands this 3th of January, 1829. " JOHN TURNER. " G. F. HAMPSON. " J. B. MACAULY. " To Mr. Thos. Welch." ROW LAND STEPHENSON.—At a late hour last night, Ellis, one of the principal officers of Bow street, arrived in town from the Western coast, where he had been despatched with Ledbitter on Sunday last, in pursuit of the above-named offender. He immediately pro ceeded to the residence of Sir Richard Birnie, with whom he had a long interview in private. The lateness of the hour precludes us from stating several interesting facts which have come to our knowledge respecting the flight of Stephenson, and the means which he has hitherto adopted to elude the pursuit of justice. Thus far, however, may be depended upon, that although when Ellis left the coast the culprit was not actually in custody, the expectation of his ultimate capture continued undiminished. We can also state, upon the best authority, that, in contradiction to the appearance of poverty which Stephenson exhibited when he finally determined upon flight, as contained in a letter from a highly respectable individual, which appeared in the evening papers of yesterday, so far from his being in want of a miserable' sixpence, he was well I.4clen with specie when, in company with his accomplice Lloyd, he arrived. at Bristol ow Saturday evening, Dec. 27.—Indeed, when it is considered that Stephenson posseseal himself of considerable funds immediately prior to his flight, by parting with Exchequer bills and other property intrusted to the safe keeping of himself and partners, the notion of his utter destitution can in no way be credited, and must have been put on for the purpose of deceiving Mr. Welsh, and through him the public. Ellis, after his conference with the Chief Magistrate, was directed to proceed in the morn ing by another route, to a distant part of the coast, from which circumstance it is obvious that Stephenson's escape is almost impossible. The following is copied from an Evening Paper Affidavits of naval officers for half-pay are to contain a declaration that they do not hold any civil ap pointment, er that such appointment was given prior to the let of January, 1829. Naval and military officers, it is said, will be appointed to situations in public depart ments which may become vacant, as a saving will thereby be made of their half-pay." Nothing is more proper than frugality. We verily believe, that if the Duke of Wel lington were incapable of any other duty as a Minister-- if he could neither speak nor write, but could save the nation's money—could curb extravagance and check impu dent pretensions to the public purse—he would be a most popular and (which is wore) a highly useful Minister. To be sure, the above-mentioned system may produce an odd adaptation of parts; and we should think, in the dis tribution, the navy half-pay officers could hardly come so often into play as those of the army. For example, if the situation of " necessary-woman" at Windsor still exist, and should become vacant, a hard-favoured, weather beaten, bald-headed old Lieutenant, would be a curious remplacant. We recollect when King William was told that Dean Swift was a very clever fellow, and had done great service to his Majesty, the King replied, " Very well, then ! I'll give him a company of light horse." All King William's ideas were military. Frugality is, how ever, nn excellent thing, though it is not all in all. Des potic Governments are sometimes less extortionate, and consequently more frugal, than those which are called con stitutional.— Times. On Thursday last the Portuguese depot at Plymouth was dissolved. On and from Wednesday all military pay ceased to such as had the inclination and power to choose between a trip to Brazil, and snug quarters in England. Of course all the regular soldiers were com pelled to embark, but the volunteers and old officers in great numbers have preferred the chance of present quiet in England.—Dorset County Chronicle. EXHUMATION OF A CHILD..—On the morning of Thursday last, a very strong sensation was excited in the minds of the inhabitants of Whitkiik, near this town, by the discovery that. the body of a child of the name of Ileesoi, whose parents reside at that place, and which had been interred the preceding day, was conveyed away during the night. The perpetrators of this outrage, after having violated the sanctuary of the dead, had not even endeavoured to screen their crime from the servivors by re-filling the grave, - and left the coffin, bereft of its in mate, in a lane adjoining the church-yard, the burial clothes being strewed about in various directions. The con sequence was, that the mother fell into fits as soon as the discovery was made, and has been extremely ill ever since. A reward of 101. has been offered for the apprehension of the resurrection men and the discovery of the body...— Leeds Intelligencer. k , oitTING INTELLIGENCE. FIGHT BETWEEN WINTERFLOOD AND WALKER FOR 101. A-SIDE. A second fight was tii have taken pike in the ihig at Nether Broughton, on Tuesday last, between Wintettlerel and Walker, two of the Nottinghamshire fancy, for 101, a -shift and a purse, but owing to the late hour on which Wileockson and Randall terminated their conflict, it was found necessary to defer the turn up to tome future time. The parties, after the fight, repaired immediately to Not ' tingham, and a meeting of the pugilists took place at Clark's, the Bell Inn, in the Market-place, and it was agreed that Winterflood and Walker's fight should come off, within a mile or two of Nottingham ; and accordingly the stakes were _pitched on a good meadow, a short distance from the town, on Thursday last. Winterflood, who is a raw-boned twelVe stone eight young fellow, etitered the ring with young Gas, who seconded him, and Walker, a bouncing confident cove, weighing 12 stone 10, was seconded by his friends. Winterflood was the favourite, and the betting was 8 to 1 in his favour. They fought eleven slashing rounds, wholly uninteresting with regard to science, of which but little was displayed on either side—when Walker received such a tremendous beating, that it was deemed expedient to take him away, and the stakes were handed over to Win terflood. Walker having fought bravely was rewarded by a purse collected for him on the spot. A Lincolnshire lad, who is persuaded he can do some thing in the milling way, has sent a challenge to Josh Hudson's Black, inviting him to Grantham, where he resides, in order to arrange matters. The Lin colnshire youth is backed by an eminent lawyer of the above town. Massa Blackey, who has been sparring to good houses at the Fox Inn, Melton Mowbray, left that place to-day for Grantham, as he is determined to stand no chaff with the yolkels. Morgan wishes to make a match with Jack Nicholls, against whom he has found good backers. He has sent us the following letter, which he wishes us to give publicity :---: TO THE EDITOR OF TRH SUN. Sta—lf you have no objection to give insertion in your valuable journal to a few lines, I would wish through its medium to inform Nicholls, that I am• prepared to make a match with him to fight for 501. a-side, in a 24-feet ring, at any time or place he thinks proper to name. I shall he at Tem Spring's in the course of a fortnight, and shall be happy to meet him to make the match. WM. MORGAN, His iC Mark, Commonly called Josh. Hudson's Black. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. Arron:TmEsTs FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Wadesmill ; Wednesday, at Stanstead, Essex ; and Saturday, at Cum below—at half-past ten. The Grausden Hounds, on Monday, at Coton ; and Friday, at Patton Wood —at ten. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Paper Mills, Sirepreth ; and Thursday, at the Rrd Lion, Reed Mill. The Worcestershire Foa'-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bishop's Wood; and Friday, at Bredon-hill—at half-past ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Chillington ; Thursday, at Woodcote Green ; and Saturday, at Island— at half-past ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Hope Turnpike; and Thursday, at Westhide Village—at ten. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Snitter field—at half-past ten. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed.. nesday, near the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke— at half-past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellescembe Tye—at half-past ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Monday, at Parkstone ; Wed nesday, at Corfe Hills ; and Saturday, at the back of Al derney Cottage—at half-past ten. The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bagborough-house ; and Friday, at Week Park, Stogursey. The Anglesea Heunds, on Monday, at Maenaddwyn ; Wednesday, at Bodedern ; and Friday, at Llanbedr—at half. past ten. The Blackraoor Vale Hounds, on Monday, at Point ingdon Ridge; and Friday, at. Holtowstreet—at tea. The Cadbury Harriers, on Wednesday, at Silton ; and Saturday, at the Down-house. Sir Rick. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Skelling thorpe ; Wednesday, at Newsham Lodge ; Friday, at Thonock Grove; and Saturday, at Swallow Cross-roads —at eleven. The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Lund Vil lage;- 'Wednesday, at Ralston ; and' Saturday, at the fifth mile-stone on the Baschurch-road—at half-past ten. Sir Richard Puleston's Hounds, on Monday, at Emral ; Wednesday, at Acton Smithy ; and Friday, at Carden— at eleven. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Barkby-hall ; Tuesday, at Bardon-hall ; Thursday, at Kihwortla Ken • nets ; and Friday, at Widmerpool Inn—at half-past ten. Lord Anson's Houndi, on Monday, at Lindley; Tees day, at Burbage ; Thursday, at Seal Wood ; and Saturday, at Kirkby—at half-past ten. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Houghton-on-the-Hill—at half-past ten. General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Brown's, Weasenhain ; Wednesday, at Sporl Mill ; and Friday, at West Lexharn—at eleven. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at the Cock, Methwold ; Thursday, at Stoke Ferry ; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at eleven. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Holly Bush, at half-past ten; Thursday, at Kedleston, at eleven; and Sa turday, at Langley Common, at half-past ten. Sir George Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Hollin Wood Common; and Friday, at Handsworth—at ten. The Badssvoi th Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Fenwick, at half-past ten ; Thursday, at Nostell, at twelve ; and Sa turday, at Cudworth, at half-past ten. Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Gate ford Toll-bar ; Wednesday, at Rossington ; and Friday, at Haughton School—at half-past ten. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Ludbo rough ; Wednesday, at Newsham-lodge ; Friday, at Tho nock Grove ; and Saturday, at Swallow-road—at eleven. The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Nutley ; Thursday, at Southease ; and Saturday, at Abbott's Wood —at a quarter before eleven. Mr. Conyer's Fox-hounds met at Broomfield-hall on Monday last, when the worthy Squire gave to each of the farmer's wives in its vicinity, a handsome silk gown as a token of respect for the favours shown to him in preserv ing foxes. On Tuesday last a Meeting of Protestants was held at the Shire Hall, Beaumaris, at which it was re solved to petition Parliament against granting any further concessions to the Catholics. THE COTTON TRADE.—It appears, from the annual returns, of the brokers, that the stock of cotton in this port, at the close of the past year, was 295,470 bags. The deficiency in American, as compared with the stock at the end of the previous year, is 69,000 bags; but in Brazil there is an increase of 13,000. In prices, also, there is a corresponding difference, American being id. per lb. higher for all descriptions except New Orleans, while there is a reduction to the same amount in Brazil.— Liverpool Courier. As two farmers of the neighbourhood were proceeding home from Boston one evening last week, they heard a noise from a pasture adjoining the road, which induced them to suppose that some one was en gaged in slaughtering sheep. They resolutely proceeded to the spot, and there they found a huge dog worrying the sheep in a most voracious manner. They seised the offending cur, but afterwards allowed it liberty to proceed to its home, following its track : by this method they discovered that it belonged to a tradesman of Boston, who, on being much acquainted with the dog's propen sity, ordered it to be immediately destroyed. It was a very fierce and terrific animal, apparently partaking of th• wolf species, and most probably this was not the first time of its satisfying its voracity by worrying sheep.— Stamford Mercury. Nottingham Sessions commence taext week, for the county on Monday, for the town on Wednesday. The number of prisoners is greater than has been known for many years, and the Assize calendar begins to increase rather alarmingly. Sheep-stealing still continues in the neigh bourhood of Long Sutton to a very serious extent : the farmers have already lost above three hundred sheep within eighteen months, (many of them worth 30s. to 60s. a-head,) and as no decisive step has yet been taken to put a stop to such a ruinous practice, there is reason to fear that as many more will be gone before a similar period expires. Great apathy prevails amongst those who should unite to guard their property: the nightly patrol established in the neigh-. bourhood of Boston, and at CroNvland, has effectually put down the evil before felt there. The works at Sutton Wash being for a time suspended, there is reason to fear that many of the excavators who have been suddenly deprived of labour will not so easily be deprived of subsistence, and that mutton will (for the present at least) be their favourite (lA._ Stamford Mercury. 4uttimpoßovall. TO THE EDIrOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—The whole of the fund supplied last year by a gene:4)ns public for the relief of the unfortunate liUrp,:cisseS and inhabitants of this place, having been expended in their support, And the same oppressive measures being dealt out to them by the Corporate Officers, and still preventing them from pursuing their accustomed employment unless they will sign away their property and birthright, the Committee met this day to audit the several accounts, and con sider of the present starving condition of nearly the whole of the burgesses and inhabitants, and, if pos sible, to devise seine means of permanent relief; and, as they have lately received several sums from humane individuals for the supply of the im mediate wants of the parties, they have determined to con tinue their duties in the receipt and application of any further sums whieh may. be entrusted to their • care by the liberality of a British public; and they intend to take the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the subscribers and the public at largo to a full consideration of the facts. _ I trust, Sir, that your well-known wish that right should have right, will induce you to make the above public, by means of your deservedly extended circu lation, and that those who (by the influence you upon the former occasion so humanely exercised towards the suffering burgesses) before subscribed, may see that their labour and charity have not been in vain.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CAPEL, Chairman of the Committee. , Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, Jan. S. --- AGGRAVATED CASE OF RAPE. DUBLIN, JAN. 7.—Bernard. Reilly, Thomas M'Dermott, Catherine Goodin, and Catherine 112'Cormick, were placed at the bar, and arraigned upon three indictments. The first harged that the prisoners, on the 17th Dee. last, assaulted Margaret Jameson, and the prisoner Bernard Reilly committed an assault upon her, and that the other three pri soners aided and assisted him in the commission of that offence. A second indictment charged the pri soner Thomas M'Dermott with having also com mitted an assault upon Margaret Jameson, and that the other prisoners aided and assisted him therein ; and in a third indictment all the prisoners were charged with the robbery of a gray cloak, of the value of 15s. the.property of said Margaret Jameson. Margaret Jameson, an interesting-looking young girl, was examined by Mr. Greene—ls not married. Her father and mother are dead. Lived at Mrs. M'Auley's, in Meeting House-yard, No. 7. Re sided there when she was attacked in the Phoenix Park, about three weeks back. Was going to Chapelizod about one o'clock in the day. The sole of her shoe was broken on account of the wet, arid she went the grass (shortest) way. Remembers the Wellington Testimonial. (The witness became much affected.) About a quarter of a mile beyond it, she met four persons, two men and two women. They were coming towards Dublin. Would know them all. (Here she identified the four prisoners, and deposed that they were the four persons she met about one o'clock on the day stated.) Did not know them before. The two men accosted her when they came up. Is ashamed to mention their expressions. COURT—The prisoners are on their trials for their lives, and you must state what they said. Witness (the prosecutrix) here reluctantly re peated the expressions used towards her by Reilly, which we must omit on account of their gross inde cency ; he took hold of her and dragged her along the road into the Park, near which she was walking. The two female prisoners went on a little way.— Witness began to cry, and said she would go with the women. The prisoner Catherine Goodin said, " What harm would it do her to go with Reilly ?" He then knocked her down. She did nut go wil lingly with him.—(Here the witness burst into tears. On being encouraged to proceed, she did so very reluctantly.)--She resisted, and was coming on, when he caught her a second time.—(A thrill of horror ran through the Court, which seemed to be greatly excited, owing to the artless and reluctant manner in which the unfortunate - prosecutrix gave her testimony.)—Witness resisted Reilly as much as she possibly could, but he was too strong for her. After he accomplished his purpose, he brought her to where the two female prisoners were waiting.— The prisoner M'Dermott afterwards joined them.— She observed him coming up with fire. Reilly began to laugh at her, and said, " No." When M'Dermott came up, lie asked Reilly " was he after doing what he ought to do ?" The prisoner Catherine M'Cormick said to Reilly, --- your soul, you are no good !" Reilly was telling her and M'Dermott what he had done.— (The remainder of the conversation is of too disgusting a nature to meet the public eye.) The prisoner Reilly asked her where she got the good cloak she wore, and asked had she any money ; witness said she had not, which was the truth. The prisoner M'Dermott said she had a good cloak, and asked her would she give it, or would she not. Wit ness said she would die with the cold if she gave it. He said the "Devil die with you !" and said she should give it. The prisoner Catherine Goodin WHS standing near her. The neck of her cloak was loose. Witness took it off her shoulder against her will. She gave it in dread of her life, being appre hensive she would be killed on the spot if she re fused. The prisoner M‘Dermott said to Catherine Goodin, had not he better go now, and use her as Reilly did ? The prisoner Catherine Goodin en couraged him to- do so. The man at the bar, M'Dermott, then came to her and desired her to get up. She refused. He took a hold of her and made her get up against her will. He brought her to some briers and knocked her down. Witness began to cry. He continued his assault. Catherine Goodin remained at the fire all the time the prisoner M`Dermott was with witness ; she saw the entire transaction, She did not interfere, but she was looking on.— (Here the unfortunate prosecutrix was deeply af fected, and sobbed most piteously.)—M'Dermott brought her to the fire. The prisoners kept her there, and would not let her go away. They were threatening her life all the time. They at length said, " That as they got all theii ends of her, they would leave her there." They rose up to come into town. Witness followed at a distance with intent to get them taken. She kept them in sight. Came up to them coming into Barrack-street. The pri soners Reilly and Al‘Dermott` were apprehended about half-past two o'clock on the same day, by a peace-officer. Witness thinks she is about 16 or 17 ears old. Does not know where her father and mo ther lived, because she is a foundling (this circum stance excited great sensation in the Court.) The prisoners marched her along for about half a mile as a prisoner. She got afraid, and called out, " Oh ! father, father, where are you now ?" The old prisoner, " M'Dermott, then said, "Oh ! the devil father you !" Reilly dragged her by the shoulder a quarter of a mile, when she thought to go with the girls. He tore her clothes. She got away a couple of steps from him, he over took her, and gripped her. (The unfortunate pro secutrix here again, but with great pain and reluc tance, fully detailed the manner in which the ruffian treated her, which, of coarse, we cannot describe.) She never offered to make tip the prosecution. COURT—Did you ever see the prisoner before ? Witness—Never ; there was no person present or near her when the transaction took place but the prisoners; the place she was abused in was among the trees in the Park, in a little wood. While Reilly was abusing her, the other prisoners were nearer to her than the clock of the Court-house is to her now. They were within view, - of her and Reilly all the time. They were walking up and down, and did not interfere. She asked the women (the female prisoners) " Would they let her , be killed ?" They said, " The devil a fear of you." The Jury retired for a short time, and brought_ in a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. The Court shOrtii afterwards adjourned to this morning. SPIRIT OP 11lg LONDON JOURNALS. A pamphlet, upon the Catholic Question, which' it is understood is written by Mr. Blake, the Remembrancer of the Irish Court of Exche quer, has been just published. Mr. Blake is the only Roman Catholic who holds an office of im portant trust in Ireland. His duties correspond with those of a Master in Chancery, and lic stands high in the order of judicial precedence. - He has been employed, with the sanction of Mr. Peel, as a Commissioner of Inquiry into the state of education in Ireland. We mention these circumstances because the claims of the Roman Catholics have hitherto been discussed by members of their own body, who, frOm their separation from the State, have been, not unna turally perhaps, addicted to that violence which has been of prejudice to their cause. We have rea3 Mr. Blake's pamphlet with the greater cu riosity, because it is not the production of re dealer in harangues and a trafficker in excitation, but of a man connected with the State by his official relations, and who is well known to have been in habits of intimate intercourse with Lord Wellesley, and to hare imbibed his opinions.— The tone of the book is certainly far more sub dued than the turbulent eloquence of Mr. O'Connell, and the vituperative rhetoric of Mr. Shell ; but it must be owned (and we think that it does Mr. Blake credit), dist the placeman does not predominate over the Irish Catholic, and although he abstains from the use of politically-exasperating and personally-offensive expressions, vet he does not hesitate to declare a strong sense of the wrongs which that community, of which he is a favoured member, still endures. Mr. Blake be gins by stating that a recent revolution has taken place in Ireland, and relics upon the great in crease of property and intelligence in the Catho lic body. He adduces evidence to show that land to the amount of 1,000,0001. has passed within a short period from the bands of Pro testants into those of Roman Catholics. We should observe that Mr. Blake, as Remain braneer of the Court of Exchequer, has peculiar opportunities of noting the gradual change and modification of property in Ireland. He states that 30 years ago, there were only ten Catholics who held Bank stock each to the amount of 2,0001., and that there are 80 now. The pro vincial Bank of Ireland, he says, though directed by Protestants, have been obliged to employ local Catholic directors. Mr. Blake then proceeds to point out the progress of intelligence in the Ca tholic body. As Commissioner of Education, employed under Lord Liverpool's Administra tion, the subject was peculiarly brought uncles his consideration. He says, that in 1811, in a certain class of schools, there were educated 55,000 Protestants, and 145,000 Catholics; nt 1824 there were educated -in the same class of schools 81,060 Protestants, and 319,288 Ca" tholics. He passes from the . progress of intelli gence in the lower orders to its advancement among the higher, and we are informed by him, that for three years before Michaelmas term 1797, 'there were called to the bar 89 Pro testants and 11 Catholics, and during the three years which ended in Michaelmas term last, there were called 68 Protestants and 29 Catholics ;—thus the Protestants fell off one-fourth, and the Catholics nearly trebled. Having proved the change in the cir cumstances of the Catholics, Mr. Blake inquires whether the law is to be adapted to the state of the country, or the state of the country is to be re-adapted to the law ; in other words, are the penal laws to be re-enacted, or are they to be repealed ? for to this practical dilemma Ireland has arrived. Mr. Blake proceeds to point out the facility with which a settlement of the ques tion might be effected upon the plan suggested in Mr. Pitt's letter. He adds, " the Catholic College of Maynooth is, by its constitution, sub jected both to the superintendence and controul of the State, and the machinery established there might without difficulty be made the means of securing to the Government every object with, respect to the Clergy at large which it would probably desire." In support of this position, Mr. Blake quotes a suggestion in a letter from the late Lord Londonderry. He is a decided advocate for securities, the nature of which he points out, as well as the readiness with which they could be moulded into the Catholic church of Ireland. Mr. Blake takes a rapid review of the state of religious peace upon the Continent, and quotes the 16th article of the federative con stitution established by the Congress at Vienna, which provides " that the different Christian sects in the countries and territories of the Ger man confederacy shall not experience any diffe rence in the enjoyment of civil and political rigl its." He then expatiates upon what he considers a much more important example than any which can be drawn from a foreign State. He appeals to the condition of Canada, in which Catho lics and Protestants live in perfect harmony, and quotes the evidence of Mr. John Neilson, a Protestant, given before the Committee of the .House of Commons :—" Amongst the body of the people (says Mr. Neilson) no man asks whether his neighbour is a Protestant or a Ca tholic. There are Catholics and Protestants in the same family and neighbourhood, and all living in perfect harmony. In truth, no coun try was ever more exempt from religious animo sities than Lower Canada has generally been dur ing the thirty-seven years I have resided there." Mr. Blake adduces further testimony to prove the attachment of the Catholic clergy of Canada to the British connection, and justly observes, that the adoption of a similar system in Ireland would produce corresponding results. Mr. Blake passes from the consideration of the state of Canada to illustrate the evils of governing upon the principles of exclusion, which he draws from the condition of the South American colo nies of Spain. He quotes a very remarkable passage from Ward's Mexico, " It was a fa vourite maxim that while a Mondego mule or a Castilian cobbler remained in the peninsula, he had a right to govern the Americans. These Sentiments were re-echoed by all the Europeans both io the capital and in the principal towns of the interior ; they every where formed patriotic associations for the defence of what they termed their lights, and armed themselves against the na tives, whose spirit these very precautions contri buted to Arouse." The patriotic associations 'of South America formed hy the Spaniards to main tain their Monopoly, and to keep down the na tives, have :many features of resemblance with those clubs, of which the patriotic Beres fords are the - residents, and the pious Hor ners are the chaplains, in Ireland. Mr. Blake adds, that when Lord Wellesley was ambassador in Spain, he recommended that the natives of South America should be equally eligible to office, and equally entitled to sit in the Cortes. Upon these terms the South Americans were willing . to submit, but Spain would not concede, and her colonies were lost for ever. Mr. 13Iake next introduces a fiscal view of Catholic