The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-04 00:00:00

-' .. litrti Mitttan+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. SIX O'CLOCK. The only bets w -re 50 to 1 (to 501.) agst HobV.,o Noble; 12 and 13 to = 1501.) agst Orelio; and 2to 1 (to a pony) agst Lapidist. SOUTH-EA.STERN RAIL WAY. (THIS . DAY.) The spring half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway was held this afternoon at the Bridge-house Hotel; Mr. James MacGregor, chair man of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read by Mr. G. S. Herbert, the secretary, the re port was submitted to the proprietors, which has already been published. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the meet ing as follows :—As you have been pleased to take the accounts and report as read, I shall ask your permission to make some few observation on them, and to state that, in my humble view, the position of the company as th ere in pourtrayed is a satisfactory one. The increase in last half-year's receipts, compared with the corre sponding half of the preceding year, is 58,178/. 3s. Id. — (Hear.) I admit that we all expected a greater result from the last half ye ar ' s t ra ffi c w i t h t h e con ti ne nt, seeing that the Great Exhibition was a paramount attraction, but the competition for the continental traffic was severe, and although no other route presents to the traveller so much comfort or so much expedition as that by the South- Eastern Railway, the difference in price in the fares charged by our route compared with the rates charged by other inferior means of transit was great, and many passengers to whom economy was a greater object than comfort, and to whom time was unimportant, were ab stracted from us—(Hear, hear) —and besides, wo must in justice remark that the Northern Railway of France, after having made a compact with us for express through trains at reduced rates for return tickets, made a still ' further reduction in their rates by other routes .—(Hear, hear.) The whole continental traffic of the year 1851, between Great Britain and the ports of Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, and Havre was 317,104 passengers, of which number 170,966 travelled by the South-Eastern Railway.—(Hear, hear.) The gross increase of receipt for through traffic earned last year, compared with the half-year ending on 31st January, 1851, was 23,0001., a small sum under the cir cumstances of the hale year, an increase, indeed, that might have been expected from the facility given by the tidal trains. ensuring every day a journey to and from London and Faris in twelve hours, without other attrac tions.—(Hear, hear.) lam persuaded that the expedi tion and the comfort which was secured to continental passengers by the south-eastern route, and by which the service was performed, without a single failure, will ensure its being known and availed of to a greater ex tent, year by year.—(l.leer, hear.) Gentlemen, you will notice, with great satisfaction , the increase of re ceipts upon the main line of 18,000/. ; _upon the North Kent line, of 5,0 001 , ; upon the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. of 16,000/.; and upon the Greenwich line, of 1,9001., from domestic passenger traffic—an increase which will, I trust, be maintained heereafter.—(Cheers.) The increase in the goods and coal traffic has been gradual and satisfactory. Last half year it was 11,115/, upon the main line and branches.—(Hear, hear.) I venture to submit to you the particulars of goods and coal traffic, as it i 3 shown from the year 1844 to the present time: For the half-yea: end ing 31st July, 1844, the earnings from goads traffic, when the South-Eastern Railway had 89 miles open, was 87/. per mile.. Fo r t h e h a lf- year en di ng J anuar y, 1852, with 270 miles of railway open, the earnings were 246/. per mile. Of coal traffic the same comparison shows in 1844 the quantity carried to be less than 50 tons per mile of railway open, an d now, w i t h th e i ncrease d mileage, it is 157 tons per . edle of railway open.—(Facer, hear.) ' I make this statement in earnest that time and careful attention will enable us more skilfully and more successfully to meet the centratition by which we ate surrounded. to increase the comforts and facilities given to the inhabitants of our district, and to insure a greater return to ourselves. The aecounts euhmittee present to you evidence of economy in the management of the company, in regard to the points which are wiihin the control of the directors.--(Hear, hear.) The con sumption of coke is diminished—the improvement in engines has lessened the quantity of coke used—with a greater amount of traffic and mileage run, and larger earnings, we hove buret a less quantity of coke.—(Hear.) We have run 168,300 more train miles, and consumed 650 tons less; coke.—(Hear, hear) At the came rate per mile as the charge for the halt-year, an economy of 1,7504 has been effected.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, you will observe that, from the commencement of the present year, we have contracted for a supply of coke, in excess of what is manufactured by the company, at one out of three sets of ovens, at an economical price. We are to pay 17e. lid. per ton, instead of 20s. 3d., the charge last nalf-year.—(Cheers.) There is also a pro spect of this cost being further reduced, by the establish ment of a more economical mode of transit from the coal pits to the coke ovens, by the use of iron screw steamers.—(Hear, hear.) We have taken mea sures to economize the consumption of stores. —(Hear, hear.) An improved system of superin tendence during the latter months of laet half-year enables me to sly that the advantage thus gained will be cantieuous, and that further economy will appear in our next half-yearly report.—(Bear, liter.) I esti mate the saving in coke and stores during the ensuing year at 4,000/. to s,oool.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, you will observe that the accounts presented to you, which have ben verified by the auditors, and by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., the accountants em ployed by them, show that you may declare a dividend at the rate of three and a half per cent. per annum, or 10s. 6d. per 30/. consolidated stock, and that a surplus will remain of 4,2694 12a. 10d.—(Hear, hear.) I have to submit to you, on the part of the directors, their esti mate of the amount at which the capital account will be closed. Gentlemen, assuming that the engineer's estimates fur tae completion of the works in progress will cover the outlay requisite for that purpose, and that the assets set forth in the company's balance-sheet to 31st Ja nuary, 1852, and the surplus property will realize the sums at which they are respectively estimated, ucd of wnich the directors have satisfactory evidence, t'ee pre sent means of the company are sufficient for the closing of the capital account, at the total sum of 9,692,3751., which will be thus represented:— Consolidated Stock £7,433,700 4:s Guaranteed Stock 481,300 gond Debt £9,699,375 We suggest in the report the propriety of converting the bond debt into a permi.nent f_l .uaranteed stock, nod look ing f orwarJ to eff,:cting. that . measure at the rate of 3i per ceitt. per amine--, there weuld be a reduction °a the eutgoings of last half-year of 8,737/., or 17,47,11. per an num. —(Cheers.) Gentismen, I will not occupy your titan by altuliug at present to the lease of the Reading, Guilthord,nd llPigate Railway, as that subject must be diseietted a,a is 0ver......, _ e a special meeting when this general meeting ing 0„ o . ll t . ar, hear s and loud cheers,) At this raCet ot th. ii : oe l t z s au ll d l itors, Mr. John Morgan, and three I, reLire, ' 3ishaw, Captain Warren, and bY rotative. r. to a senicnentlyeentitnerta The directors were alive ird by the proprietors that the system of re-e retiring directors should not pro ced without exc e p t l: t :n, and in deference to that senti ment WI, Abu.itect and future cccasions proposal that on the present offer himseli f or re _ eicet i retiring director should not y o o u n .—(Hear, hear.) ' position so submi u tt: r ti err e ,eo rho pro has met with univeriul-ap probation. By thiin Warren does not honourable colleagut, ca,,inorig the directors, my himself for re-election on i 1 offer respcctniily submit to you ofd stn - The directors it w ill be for the interest of thr, their humble opinion Rich, the Meinher for ichmond, who company to elect Mr. didates soliciting your suffrages 4, 3 one of toe cau l:toy Oeiieve that by ucil a , a el member of the board. influ ence of the direction and . the intetests election the wid not be dicJini.:ll-n.d.--(Cheer., ) The Chairmant''e company eluded - by moving fhet ', , report of the dir(mt( COO ' s and ii the w sat:aunt of accounts it., rc cuived and,adoOt,d . The DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN Secf.nded the inoii o j . elit) _ In rPpry to Mr. LEVY, . . Tae-CuAtaxAsysaid the reduction-in the cost of „ At, was upwards of 2,00 e/ MO/Tared with . the preceding hEitt;4„r. • Mr. Lit7-y.tai4hi,li to kn o w .now much the compa ny hat been lobbed of titis year in the purchase of colic ? The CRAiax " did not, like a proprietor using such an "Preasioe• ' If any g e ntleman would look to his household accounts, he would 'see that there had been a great differenCe iu the - price of coal since the Great NOrthern Railway had blue opened. Mr. LEVY said he knew the proper cost for coke: well what ought to hav e been The CHAIRMAN said she directors did not put forward the reduction as one showing weal merit on their part. They enly relieved the revenue of a portion of a heavy charge in consiquerce of a reduction taking place in the price of coal.—(Hear.) - - • , Mr. Gso. SMITH regretted that the smallness of the dividend compared • with that given by ne i g hb our i ng railways, called from him an expression of disappoint ment and dissaTisfaction—,an expression which he be lieved would be entirely shared by other proprietors. If he wanted to bring. forward a vote of want of confi dence in the direction he would do so manfully ; b ut h o hesitsted doing so. What was their situation after the n urishinic year of 1851? Why they had got 3i. per cent. for the year. 1 ,,Y - ( , lcc—N e , for the half year.—(oh, oh!) 1 fie, r . : ,ace SMITH wished it was 5,,, but he was satt s - if their t it'. we.s only 3 per cent. for the whole year; but Via chviasYearr, of management were correct, he believed (1-1 ar, hear,' would be 3} per cent. for the half-year.— thi4; that see ) , Zhe defective. management consisted in class carria ges , Zi passengers were put into third that, be contended, was wrong, be cause no man egould travel b in carriages without light. 1 Mr. LEvir—W.u . set ? then we snail %Et, ut- we shall have you in, shan't is. It w ill e i t h er bet : l. ll m yew. system of management Mr. t 4 241T11 to i t : o r s.'r worse.—(Laughter.) whi zd d be better; but while - they tolerated a system candl..s wi'h them, the directors passengers to carry p i r had got rid of the danger which the remedy f or - .. carriages uncovered. set ti a Brain on fire, by makii; light gave rise to, of set- —(ebeeri.) ge t4ou -g ht. '`.. 4l " , the h a d an of eiceing tiew diceetors th, y. , h ,r ti „opportunity b aril - * sho would look to their ink r ' e ' s end men to the ill v m'gt; t depend.— (Hear, It& ar.) " 5 , and on whom boar Et.) in it.vour of new , Mr. LEVY said the ptrbtx v.;i, e '.. w , . ~ blood being introduced reio the thouyht it desirable to haft) new ` o , uc u d, h Now though he Pander to such an appetite...7-(A laugh.) 0 17" never prayed was any good blo w od as ia a (thee :,appetite, If there THE SUN, board—and he did not think there was much—he thought they ought to keep it. The proposition of the board with regard to the aproirtment of new directors was nothing more than a job, but it was wrapped up well. — (Laughter.) The best man, Captain Warren, had been turned out of the board.—(Hear.) He was a British sailor, who had done much for the company in France, and he was the last director who ought to have bean ousted.—(Hear.) He should be glad to know if he ceuld not give his vote for Captain Warren's re-election. The CHAIRMAN told Mr. Levy that, as an indepen dent proprietor, he was at liberty to propose his re election.—(Cheery.) Mr. LETr said that he would move his re-election, for no one knew more of their French traffic than Captain Warren.—(Cheers.) Mr. CRooK was glad to hear that the capital account was about to be closed, for until the capital account of a railway was closed there could be no dependence in the genuineness of the dividend.—(Hear, hear.) He was very much disappointed in the amount of the dividend to be declared on this occasion, and he hoped in future eeonomy would be studied even to a greater extent than that pointed out by the chairman.—(Hear, hear.) He announced his intention to propose a resolution to the effect that the chairman's stipend be reduced from 2 0001. to 1,000/., and the directors from 2001. to 1001.—(0h.) Mr. LEVY called the Hon. Proprietor to order. Before such a resolution could be proposed, notice of it must be given in regular order.—(Hear, hear. The CHAIRMAN overruled this objection. The Hon. Proprietor was quite at liberty to propose such a reso lution, but it must be at a later period of the meeting. Mr. CRooK—Then why did not you interrupt me before, if I was going wrong ? Mr. LEVY—Because I like to hear as much as I can of your jaw. Mr. GEORGE thought the only method to improve the dividend was to' reduce the working expenses.—(Hear, hear.) Why not take the printing into their own hands, and allow the salaries of the heads of departments to in crease with any advance in the dividend, as was the case on the Brighton line.—(Hear, hear.) It was a false policy to reduce the pay of a servant, and he hoped it would not be applied either to the directors or the work ing staff.—(Hear, hear.) He recommended, in future, that all the contracts should be open, but, above all, pay their servants well, and also serve the public well. Mr. W. REID should be glad to know when prelimi naries were_likely to be accomplished for closing the elpital account? He thought the account ought to be closed at once.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible to close the capital account now, but, excepting with regard to the work now actually in progress, and the goods ware houses on lines recently opened, the directors were pre pared to give a pledge that no works should be under taken without the sanction of a general meeting.— (Cheers.) The working expenses of the railway were greatly exaggerated by improperly importing into the calculations the interest and commission attendant upon their mortgage bonds.—(Hear, hear,) Mr. LEVY asked what they were paying to the Bank of England? The CHAIRMAN said 4i per cent., but the money Which the Bank lent them was worth that price when it was wanted.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LEVY complained of the extravagance of the interest. The CHAIRMAN said one proprietor had found fault with them for not putting lights into the third-clam carriages; but why should they so long as they were forced to run a Parliamentary train at a loss?—(Hear.) he carriages which formerly induced passengers to provide themselves with candles were now all run in daylight.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LEVY asked how much they were going to spend on the North Kent iine? Five thousand pounds were spent, upon this line last year. T,_o CHAIRMAN corrected the Hon. Proprietor. They did not exp:lad 5,0004 upon the North Kent alone; but the proprietors, if they wished to have their property protected from unjust and ruinous competitLn, mustrepose confidence in the directors as to the expense they went to on that account.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Lxvr repudiated the idea that it was a boon con ferred upon the shareholders to (thew them to elect their directors. It was their right, and he objected to Mr. Rich, M.P., being brought forward in this way.—(Hear.) The CHarums.xsaid Mr. Ri c h was a hi g hl y respec tible man, and besides being a director of the Sun Life Office, he had also been honoured with the confidence of her Majesty'. late Government, and was a thorough bu siness man.—(Hear.) Mr. LEVY repeated, that in losing Captain Warren they were going to replace him by a vastly inferior man.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BRowN said Mr. Levy had made some reference to him, when ho spoke of the interest paid to the Bank of England.—(Hear, hoar.) Now, he begged to inform the meeting, that the statement he made to Mr. Levy was given in confidence. Mr. LEVY denied this. Mr. Brown came to him and wanted him to join with him in_getting up an opposi tion to turn out the chairman.—(oh, oh! and cries of " Turn Brown out:") Mr. Bnowii made' some confused explanation, but he did not deny the charge made by Mr. Levy. Mr. WILSON attributed the low dividend to the ex travagance and mismanagement of the executive. He had long ego warned them of this, and worse would fol low if they did not follow the advice which be had so long ago dinned into their ears. The great evil was the many tributaries which the directors had so per versely persisted in buying on all hands, which never would be of the slightest use, whatever promises the directors might continue to hold forth. As for the dividend, he believed that it was the best they eves• would have ; rext year it would be more likely to be 53. 6d. instead of 10s. 6d. The management was most defective in every point of view. The CHAIRMAN threw back the insinuations of Mr. Wilson on himself. He would ask that gentleman with regard to tributary lines, who was it that was so anx i ou s for the extension of a railway to Blackwell ? Who was it that had subscribed a sum twenty times larger than his interest in the South- Eastern Railway to support a line to Gravesend to com pete with this line? Mr. WILSON denied that he had ever done so. The CHAIRMAN said that his source of information was a Parliamentary document, and he might have been mistaken. The resolution confirming the report was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution declaring a dividend of 3f per cent., which was seconded by the DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN next proposed, and the DEPUTY CHAIRNAN seconded, a resolution empowering the directors to take such steps as they might think fit to enforce the paym en t o f outstanding calls in arrear, which was also carried without discussion. The CHAIRMAN next proposed, and the DEPUTY CHAIRMAN bOCORded, a resolution empowering the directors to sell the shares purchased by the company, and converted intu consolidated stock, by tender to the highest bidder. Mr. WILSON objected to the sale of the shares. Mr. Alderman SALOIION3 was quite of opinion that the shares ought to be sold, but in such a matter he would not trust either broker, public meeting, or board of directors; he wo u ld suggest that thy,shares should be void by public anctoin. A bIIAREHOLDER proposed that the pre-emption of:the shares should be ce:red by letter to every one of the shareholders in proportion to the interest they severally ht. Id. Mr. Alderman TucmPsoN asked the Chairman whether the financial state of the company was such as to render it absolutely necessary to bring these shares into the market? The CHAIRMAN said, in answer, that the sale of the shares was abr•olutely tec , _.ssary before . the capital account could bo carried. The nunioer of those shares was 6,200. Mr. SMITH said he should propose an amendment, that a committee of five shareholders should bo ap pub ted to confer with the directors on this subject, end report in a month. Mr. LEVY sec , )noled the amendment. Mr. Alderman Titomrsox proposed, by way of rider, that the directors snould have the power which they sought when they were able to close the capital account. The CHAIRMAN said he should have no objection to add words to this effect. .. A SHAREHOLDER proposed that this matter should be deterred to a future meeting. The CHAIRMAN said the only desire of the directors. was to convert these shares into bond fide assets, and if' the meeti ng wou ld pass t hi s tesolution, which would h.r.. 'hat e ff ect , h e h a d no hes i tation in saying that the u rectors .would take no further steps until the next proDru^tort pro rata, meet tug. liir • • Alderman SALo meet that . these shares should be disteibuted among the a: l' t i fi ° e N rate h thou n f 2mooLv moved r a s s h share. The amend- The c iums to accede to thliAiN intimated the readitiess of the directors After a short discussion cussion th e or i g i na l mot i on an d M r . Smith's a mendment went of Mr. Al der :ere withdrawn„ an d th e amend mouslY• an Salomons was carried unani , The CHAIRBIAN next pro CHAIRMAN seconded, , r P ° l sed, raid the DEPUTY directors; in case the sharc-rzseeti'in empowering the the shareholders, to dispos, ot ould nat be taken up by The CHAIRMAN then mid themthalas. they thought fit. resolution which was to d u e had . next to pro pose II which was productive o f awss with an item of expense but; little use. Four i resoluton had been years ago aPassed ordering that a h lders should list of the share o be ppint d . nu= of those, e with a star affixed to the , qualified for directors. Out • the office of ot 5,000 of those printed • each year only thin- t .. J - seven copies had The p r i • had been sold in three years. _ stinting of those had cost 2504 He should, therefore, propose that the , but that an3T gentlem an. a lists be printed. no longer, canditle should w - 'Otended to offer himself as a give a for .night's notice. The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN seconded tie motion. Mr. WiLsoN objected to the abandoi talent of a reso lution which had been come to at a, former meeting. Ile sh uld propose an amendment that the lists be printed a s usual, and that a star should be affixed to the name of every shareholder for every vc te which he had. am,ndaient, that 500 - ' This amendm ent wa Moran was then put and !lost, but a subi(quent be printed, was e ,, rried eo pies , the slime as before, EhOuld arte-elected as an auditor. Mr. Morg , nesdblaf7,l:% dutyil re- election x°hulders. The CHAIRMAN then office had expired, it was n ' ll o c w wi h e, cd that as his term of position which he held potion in the hands of the Mr. M•Gregor then vacate' d the taken by Mr. Sinai°. chair, which was Th,, CHAIRMAN then proposed the M‘Gregor, Which was seconded by M r, re-e l© ction of Mr. ported by several other sharehold ers ,M , and sup ; and carried unanimously. • LONDON, Mr. M'GREGOR then resumed his seat amid the cheers of the shareholders, acter thanking them for the honour which they had conferred on him, and pledging himself to cevote his energies and zeal to their service. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, Mr. Renshaw was reelected as a director. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, and Mr. Alderman SALOMONS seconded, the election of Mr. Rich, M.P., as a director, in the room of Captain Warren, retiring by rotation. . . Mr. LEVY proposed the re-election of Capt. Warren. Mr. WILSON seconded the amendment. The CHAIRIAN denied that the candidature of Mr. Rich had originated with him or with the directors. Captain WARREN explained that the chairman, the deputy chairman, and himself being the directors to re tire by rotation, he had, in deference to the position of the two others, volunteered not to offer himself for re election. It was with feelings of great regret that he left the board; and if, at any future time, they should think fit to repose this trust in him again, he should be most happy to undertake it. The Ron. and Gallant Gen tleman had not concluded his speech when our report left, and the proceedings seemed likely to be protracted to a late hour. THE LATE AND THE NEW MINISTRY. We have received a copy of the following address, by Mr. Macgregor, the Member for Glasgow, to the con stituency of that important city. The opinions of such a man as Mr. Macgregor, who it is well known assisted Sir Robert Peel so materially in framing those free-trade measures from which the country is deriving so much benefit, will be read with peculiar interest at the present time.—ED. Sun.] TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF GLASGOW. Gentlemen,—l consider it my duty, as your Repre sentative, to submit to you my opinions on the present uncertain state of public affairs, at a time when you may, as a great manufacturing, mercantile, and maritime community, naturally apprehend with consternation any attempt to disturb the commercial legislation of the last ten years. When I recently addressed you on the subject of our national defences, we had then a Ministry pledged to Parliamentary reform, and to a free-trade po licy. That Ministry has abruptly fallen. It died of the senility of an unprecedented official exclusive ness, of the obsolete folly of not renovating with health, vigour, and efficiency the decrepitude of its wasted body, by the admission of popular strength. It was no more a national Government than St. Albans is a great and pure borough, when compared in the moral, political, and material scale with London or Glasgow. It was an Administration which was only endured by the good-natured sufferance of the House of Commons; for, as a party, it had no majority either in the country or in the Parliament. It will be judged of by posterity even with less credit than it really deserves, because it wanted both grace and dignity, as well as the elements of conciliation, popularity, and confi dence ; and, more than all, because its manners were contumelious, while it was also impotent in the Legislature. During six years we were told by the thorough adherents!in Parliament of the Russell Ministry, that that compact Government must exclusively continue to govern the British empire, on the presump tous ground that there were not other men in the whole nation who could succeed them; and at the same time possess the confidence of the country. This ungracious assertion was allowed to pass over, partly as the pert ness of official levity, chiefly because there was no desire to be obstructive, while in the present House of Commons, -parties were subdivided into four or five sections. But it was at the same time considered by reflecting and reasonable men, to be an insult to the Parliament end to the nation, for the immediate underlings of any Government to say there were no others but their masters, or. ministers, who could administer the uffeirs cf this mighty country; and that, iu fact, one or two Whig families were alone gifted with the Divine right of breeding the Statesmen of the Bri tish empire, to the exclusion of all the other Lords and Commoners of the United Kingdom. That assumption, as well as the fact, was felt to be contumelious. senti ment and arrogant in practice; not but that there were highly gifted and able men in the late Mintetry, but that the principle of its infatuated o ffici a l exclusiveness, of its selfishness and nepotism, disgusted the whole, nation. It seas further remarkable, that taking the whole public press of town and country, there was only one newspaper— an evening journal—that did not denounce the selfish neee and nepotism of the late Government. In addressing you as my constituents, I mu s t no t s hrink from boldly stating facts. I speak of the late Cabinet as a Government, not as individuals. As such, the country owes gratitude to Lord John Russell for abolishing the Test and Corporation Acts, for carrying the Reform Bill, and other measures; and no one can speak personally against Lords Lansdowne, Clarendon, Carlisle, and Granville; Mr. Labouchere, Sir Francis Baring, and even the much-abused Chancellor of the Exchequer—who, in reality, was too frank and honest to be popular—were all gentlemen of the most upright character, however much others may have differed from them on public questions. A year ago the Russell Ministry resigned, and on re turning to office, it survived through the session, on the Bill far resisting Papal Aggression. But all discerning men clearly saw its approaching downfall, and its utter powerlessness. It did not, in fact, possess the confidence of Parliament and the country to carry any real mea sure of financial, legal, or Parliamentary reform. There was, however, in that Cabinet one eminent statesman, who gave great strength to the Ministry in the House of Commons, and who was at the same time a favourite with the people. Yet he, the ablest member of that Ministry—the most popular in Par liament and the country—the most truly British, libe ral, generous, and patriotic in the administrat.on of his department in Parliament and in society—the most mag nanimous in mind, temper, and character, was abruptly dismissed—in a manner, I believe, unprecedented. Not for a conversation with the French Ambassador, not for writing a private opinion to Lord Normanby, but evidently because " he would not act,%in the former language, in Parliament, of his recent accuser, " as the minister of Austria, or as the minister of Russia, or of France, or of any other country, but as the Minister of England," I believe that I quote Hansard, of the 20th June, 1849, correctly. He was dismissed, in fact, because he would not fraternise with Schwartzenberg and the despots, who now ope n ly menace with extermination the constitutional Governments of Switzerland, Sardinia, and Belgium. Ho was dismissed for reasons which would have placed him, at least, in a high position; before the country, but which it would have been impossible for him, a 3 an ex-Minister, to have revealed, when he, iu reply to the late Premier, made his explanations in the House of Commons. The moment the Foreign Secre tary ceased to be a member of the late Cabinet, its dis solution was not only evident, but inevitable. It has died, and it has been entombed, unlamented, never, as a party, or as a compact, to have a resurrection. The late Ministry has, notwithstanding, considerable merit dues to it tor some of its measures. I entertain, and I believe many others do also, the highest esteem for several, who, in their individual departments, have done good service to the state. But that compact Ministry has passed away, and when Lord Lansdowne bade fare well to public office, with that grace and dignity which has always distinguished him during a long and merito 'duns public life, the sole link in the chain which con nected the great Whig Statesmen of the age of Fox dis appeared with the present time, and the Whigs, as a party, or rather as a compact, vanished for ever. With respect to the new or Protectionist Ministry, power was forced upon them. Office overtook them, ill-prepared for its administration, and if they would at once abandon the impracticable and impossible policy of reviving any tax on the essential food of man, I think that, for the present session at least, the House of Commons ought to extend to them as much sufferance as that which was displayed towards the Whigs. But we will have no Parliamentary reform, no legal rsiorms, no law on education, no financial reform during the present session. The estimates brought in by the late Government, and the renewal of the income-tax for One year, will probably be carried; and the Parliament will then be either prorogued or dissolved, that is to say, if the Government be not defeated on tne motion of which notice has been given by Mr. Villiers, in which event thew can be no doubt of an immediate dissolution. We will probably have little Irish discussion this session. Lord Clan nclon, if he has not left Ireland in a thoroughly satisfactory condition, has administered the government more ably: and jusly than any Viceroy since the days of the celebrated Lord Chesterfield. If this session endures, it is, however, more than probable that the Maynouth Grant will be revoked, and the money thrown_ into a General Educational Fund for Irektid. The question of untaxed or taxed food will, however, be the main subject of debate, and, to the Ministry, of danger. They are pledged to protection, and if Lord Derby and his colleagues abandon the taxing of food, he will he designated a greater traitor than Sir Robert Peal and his Cabinet,- an organized perfidy, But the principles of free and unrestricted trade will, it is supposed, not be interfered with until after the next elec tion. Lord Derby does not, however,'abandon the doctrine of protection. lie admires, but does not by any means com prehend the tariff system or the United States—lf he did, and compared the old high protective tariff of America with the present one of comparatively moderate duties, and then judged impartially of the favourable effects of the latter, both fiscally and commercially, his sagacity and judgment would have led him to conclusions not fa vourable to protection, bat to free trade. I have no ap prehension whatever of any return to protection duties on toad, or on any other article. Food duties never can be revived in these kingdoms. If a five-shilling duty per quarter had been passed in 1846, it might have been main tained fora few years. A toll-bar close to or within a town may be kept up for a long time ; but I witl :ta t b h l e ith a toll-bar between believe there is no instance of such a toll-bar having ever been removed, and afterwards restored. So it will r h e c . f e ound with respect to food; and no power can now tatilet,fopc,do i which is essential to his health, strength and life. nuties 7 7 of the mouth of wan and per with thfo i r iaj p u u a r t p ic o e s 1 abutidan p t e have for six years experienced the blessingi of Sir R. Peel, cheap food, and it , the memorable words of -;--to tam lea ' it is the sweeter, because it is not seasoned conseque'er d fatal °f Pratt tiprohi bitoryc t:o year:, would free-trede policy of the last ten injustice." To of T r revenue ernettt return r o n r e and maritime inevitably eng,, derange all industrial, trading, would do far more, g i v t ' e nt i e• A policy so dangerous eV and insubordinatiwonou.ki ungender a spirit of anat . - to calculate the bread-eaters and the landlords, OE a it would be impossible strife between the re-imposition those which would all the dangers to b li e e sdhreeacdo n e d s e , ci n u o e n n e c eof would a r h e a so Parliomentary Reform wa s to have, been the FOOD TAX. public question of this session. been the great The unsatis f actory c measures for England, Scotland ~k u I reland, which - THITRSDA EVENING, MARCH 4, 1852. had been presented to the Commons by the ex-Prime Minister, and which have, of course, vanished with the late Cabinet, did not, far from it, contemplate a fair representation of the people, on the maxim which I hold to be the only one of legislature and finence that can he just. i. e.. that representation and taxation should be inviolably made inseparable. The Eng lish Bill, instead of preventing, would have greatly ex tended corruption. If a well of foul water is not to be purified by pumping into it the dirty liquid of the ditches, rotten and corrupt boroughs purified by di s f ranc hi seme nt. Can equitable taxation and just representation be clighbou only neighbouring g be possible, when there are more than one hun dred English Members who have now seats in the House of Commons, the population of whose united constituencies do not amount to the population of the city of Glasgow, which only sends two Members to Par liament? The English Bill also, which would have greatly increased the elements of corruption, would hsve also rendered the ballot, which it had not, indispensable. Wo must and will have, but not daring the present Par liament, a far different plan of Reform than that intro duced by the late Government. Legal Reform.—With the opinions said to be enter tained by the ex-Lord Chancellor, no one expected any good legal reform. Much to the credit of the new Go vernment, their law appointments, from the Lord Chan cellor downwards, have perhaps never been surpassed for judicial and legal abilities. I wish, however, that in stead of leaving the affairs of Scotland to a Lord Advo cate (and none could have given more satisfaction than Mr. Moncrief), that there would be appointed a Secre tary for Scotland, who would not be compelled to attend in the Parliament House, in Edinburgh, for the greater part of the time which his duties to Scottish affairs re quire that he Should devote to his attendance in the Par liament at London. The public and legislative affairs of Scotland can never otherwise be satisfactorily discharged. Colonial Policy. —The Colonial-office has; long been the most arduous and perplexing department of the State, requires at its head a statesman of the greatest colonial information, the clearest sagacity, the most dispassionate temper, and the most sound judg ment. Exclusive of the Indian empire, of which I shall say nothing in this letter, but that its charter must next session at farthest be subjected to Parliamentary revi sion, we have in our North American colonies that sa tisfaction and prosperity which has resulted from having fully conceded to them responsible self-government. In the West Indies, the question of abundant labour is essential to their prosperity, almost to their existence as British colonies. I hope that without attempting to restore or continue differential sugar duties, which would tend not to benefit, but to bring against those colonies further competition from India and Malacca, the present Government will take up the question of allow ing the West India planters to procure, without restric tion, abundant free labour. The Kafir war is a calamity which affects all British taxpayers. I fear it will absorb all the surplus revenue, and leave nothing to enable the new Chancellor of the Exchequer to abolish any odious tax. Lord Grey is, how ever, far from being answerable for all the Cape Colony ()vile. He inherited some of the most difficult to remedy, especially that of the unjustifiable extension of dominions, far beyond the means of defence, over the territories of the Ksfirs. Had the ex-Colonial Secretary (pos sibly ho may have been restrained from doing so), five or six years ago, sent the Cape colonists a consti tution, giving a them the same responsible government as that whi c h . her Majesty's subjects in British North America have for twelve veers enjoyed; had no attempt been made to force the Cape of Good Hope to become a penal colony, he might then have said to the colonists, " Retreat within the limits which you can defend your selves-, for you shall have no portion of the taxes paid by the British people, to fight in de " fence of your avari cious and di s h ones t encroachments. Ceylon and the Meuritine are tranquil, and, we hope, prosperous. The Austrelian colonies, Van Diemen's Land and Now Zealand. have recently received consti tutions, May they be found practical and satisfactory. Yet, I fear, the gold discoveries will ruinously derange the labour and industry of these settlements. As to our foreign relations, I have no doubt bat that the Earl of Derby's policy will be as pacific as that of Lord John Russell's would have been. Yet if, as pretended, Lord Palmerston was dismissed for considering that the French alliance was the most im portant of any for the peace and interests of the United Kingdom, and that, of the two, he considered the internal peace, the security of the property, and of the credit, and of the progress of the trade and manufactures of France, were better insured by the President gaining the ascendant, than by letting loose on the country the Red Republicans and Socialists, who swarmed in the late National Assembly; it is also asserted, that Lord Malmesbnry is the intimate friend who had frequently visited Louis Napoleon at Ham, a n d extended to him princely hospitalities in this coun try. I disbelieve the alleged Caine of Lord Pal merston's dismissal; for, if I am not greatly mis taken, Lords John Russell, Lansdowne, and some other members of the late Cabinet, were of even stronger opi nions than the ex-Foreign Secretary with regard to the coup d'etat of the 2d December last. I abhor despotic acts, whether by a president, an emperor, or an oligarchy; and I consider anarchy and disobedience to the laws the most odious evils and afflicting calamities which can befal a nation. It is the vital interest of this country to avoid intermeddling with the affairs of other states. We may abhor the atrocities committed by the Neapolitan Government —so generously and ably exposed by Mr. Gladstone; we may condemn despotism in Franco and, worse, than all, in Austria ; but we have nothing to do with the internal policy or government of those countries. Let us remain neutral, as we can well do, from our geographical position; let us free ourselves, as soon as we honourably can do so, from what Washing ton termed, in his valedictory address, " entangling alliances" with foreign powers; let us avoid war, and yet be in a sufficiently defensive state; let us never assume the aggressive, except to recover positive rights, or in order to maintain, on just grounds, the freedom of our natural and equal right to the maritime highways and markets of the world; let us strive, not by any act dero gatory to national dignity, but by honourable conduct, to avoid offending any people or state, and let us endea vour to conciliate the goodwill and extend and main tain a free intercourse between the British empire and all the nations of the world. Such is the foreign and commercial policy that we ought to pursue ; that which will be Just and dignified to ourselves and to others—that which I will always contend for—and which, I believe, is regarded as wise and just by the great majority of the people of the United Kingdom. I entertain a high personal respect for many of the members of the new Cabinet, whom I know, and how ever much I do differ from them on commercial, financial, and Parliamentary reform questions, I believe them, at the same time, like all British gentlemen, to be sincere and honourable in their sentiments and opinions with regard to the dignity and safety of the empire. I, for one, with many of my friends, will neither encourage nor take any part n in a factious oppo sition to their administration. But this new Cabinet must not hold the empire in sus pense as to its commercial policy, nor can we allow them, without dissolving Parliament, to frustrate or defer a re form in the representation of the people. We want, in fact, to know what we are t o expect from them, and what they intend to deny us as a people. If they persevere in a aolicy of intending to retax food—to invade free-trade principles, we must drive them to a resignation or a dissolution; and then a general election must decide whether the people, as far as they are now represented, are to prefer our policy to that of the Government now holding power. I will conclude by one or two observations in refer ence to the press. During and since the late coup d'et at in France severe animadversions have been passed by British statesmen upon the British press. That press is ce rtainly not infallible; but notwithstanding all its faults, we m ust acknowledge that its virtues and its usefulness are transceedant ; and let it not be forgotten, that there is no true liberty except where the press is free, where it can only be said to be free, in Great Britain, America, and the British Colonies, and where the Anglo-Saxon race and language predominate. Wherever the press ceases to be free, the people lose their religious and political liberties. Wisely did Junius say—" Let it be im pressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of en Englishman. In the foregoing observations I have endeavoured, as ear as just and frank declarations would permit me to do, not to manifest the bad grace of individual personali ties. As your representative, I speak as one of your-. selves; as a legislator, I have independently expressed the opinions resulting from my e xperience, and my honest convictions. I have the honour, Gentlemen, to remain Your faithful servant, J. MACGREGOR. 1, Princes-terrace, Hyde-park, March 1, 1852. THE LATE THOMAS MOORE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES. Sir,—ln year excellent memoir of Thomas Moore it is stated, in reference to his " Canadian Boat Song," that the book in which the original composition was in scribed found its way, at the expiration of many years, back to it s former owner, who, to his great surprise, discovered that the music was as much his own as the words. This account, which is in the latter part correct, was probably derived from a note attached to the song in the last edition of the poet's works. But the book did not revert to the poet, nor are the circumsta nces, which are interesting, under which he saw it again, precisely detailed. In 1839 Moore visited Dublin on the occasion of the ineeting:ef the British Association for the Advancement of Science in that city. At one of the festive scenes, ' which at that period of the history of the association were not rare events, a very beautiful girl was intro duced to the poet by my brother; but, surrounded as the former was at the time by a host of fair admirers, many of whom wore most anxious to be presented f r possesses the original copy of him, it is doubtful whether be would have voucbsaund_ more that a slight pressure of his hand to the 37 „ 0 ,, , g e Song.'" At these words the your 6 Canadian how how lady, had not my brother whispered in his e d ar a , u °' Boat The this came to pass. The facts were sirople„e aloud on the book, which was " Priestloy's Lectures," a were the blank leaf of which the s ong and with he whomm Moore wos cilled, belonged to Mr. Etu ri t ; a :',3 w ee .th the volume came travelling in Can a d a . On .'-' o nchie, of Edenmon, into the po ssess i on o f Mr. M aC to a bookseller's the bookpoet begg t e o d h t: i ° s daughter,gh. near Dublin, who presented regarded the gift as most and who very p ro perly t i°ll° ,, w h i e n r 6 o r day the poet had a precicua. Moore then expressed the d s t t r h o a n t g e l s ts should d re u to ce 0 seemp accompany book, and it was arrange Miss blaconchie on the shop in Grafton-stret 3 _ i , s letters, and where he room for writing il arranged to meet us. I shall never forget the plea sure he manifested when his eyes fell on the well remembered lines. Ile gazed at them long and earnestly;—so long and so earnestly, that my fair com panion at lengih exclaim-0, " On, Mr. Moore, I hop,- v.,11 do not want to take the book from me." " No, bliss Maconcbie, indeed I do not," he replied; " but if you knew what thrilling remembrances of a happy past t he contemplation of this page presents, you would not wonder at my feelings. Since I wrote these lines," he added, " I have been going so fast down the rapids of life, that I owe you much for ena bli ng me t o li ve , th ou gh but for a few minutes, in the past, and I shall long re member this pleasant meeting." But for once his gal lantry played him false, for, in the note to which I have referred, he states that a " gentleman" showed him the volume in question, and the lovely girl—for such indeed she was—is not mentioned. It would not have been so in his more youthful days. At my request, Moore authenticated the lines, stating the circumstances under which they w e r e wr i tten, add ing his autograph; and, with the . book thus ma d e addi tionally valuable, I escorted Miss Maconchie home. I am, Sir, your bumble servant, Hastings, March 2 C.R. WELD. A LURE TO CATCH A SUBSCRIBER.—A new journal is about to be established in Circleville, Ohio. The editor, in his prospectus, says :—" Our terms are two dollars a year. Gentlemen who pay in advance will receive a first rate obituary notice in cases of death." EXCISE SUPERANNUATIONS.—From an official document just printed by order of the House of Commons, it appears that last year the net superannuation allowances by the Excise amounted to 147,7981 16s. sid. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Oxford, March 2. Both the judges sat to-day, at nine o'clock. Before Mr. Justice Wightman an application was made yesterday by Mr. Pigott (with him Mr. Huddle ston) in the case of Guliebno Giovanni Bazetti Kalabergo, the Italian, charged with the murder of his uncle, Gio vanni Maria Ferdinando Kalabergo, at Williamscott, near Banbury, to have the trial put off till the next aa sizes, on the ground that he was a total stranger in this country, and unable to speak or understand English; that his mother and sister resided in the north of Italy, and his brother-in-law was a notary, and he had written to him to come over to this country, and was in daily ex pectation of his arrival; and that, moreover, in conse quence of a paragraph in one of the county papers, there was such a prejudice excited against him that he could not obtain a Lair trial at the present assizes. Mr. Keating (with him Mr. Cripps) opposed the applica tion. His Lordship took time till this morning to con shier the matter, and at the sitting of the Court said there was no sufficient ground for the application. The brother-in-law from Italy could in no way assist the prisoner in his defence; and as to the paragraph in the newspaper, it was idle to suppose that it could have such an effect that it would be impossible to get twelve impar tial and unbiased jurors out of this large county, espe cially considering that the prisoner could set aside peremp torily, and without assigning any cause, twenty jurors, and any number on assigning there was any reasonable cause. It' he thought there was any ground whatever for putting off the trial he would at once accede to the application, but there being no such ground laid, he could not consistently with his duty do so. The trial was then fixed for to-morrow morning. As the prisoner is totally ignorant of English, it has hem arranged, as the best and most convenient course, that every question put to a witness and every answer should be translated to the prisoner at the moment it is put and gives; and as the evidence is entirely circumstantial, and will have to be detailed by, it is said, upwards of forty witnesses, it is thought that the trial will not close before Thursday. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTNAN.) George Jones, alias Joseph Moss, 22, and George Hanks, alias Charles Rock, 24, were indicted for bur glitriously entering the house of John Cheekley, st Cornwell, on the night of the 14th October last, and stealing a silver watch, twelve silver teaspoons, and other articles, and assaulting him with intent to murder him. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Cripps appeared for the prose tion ; the prisoners were undefended. The servant girl of the prosecutor stated that her bedroom was over that of her master and mistress, and that on the above night she went to bed at ten o'clock, and during the night was roused by the noise of two men in her bedroom. Both bad shirts over their clothes, and one (Moss) bad his face blackened. One was shorter than the other. Tho shorter man had a candle in one hand and a pistol in the other. She jumped up on seeing them, but the one with the candle said, " Down, or I'll blow your brains out." She at once laid down, and they threw the clothes over her head. What they afterwards did in the room she could not see. After they left her room she heard a noise in Mr. Checkley's room, and heard Mr. Checkley groan several times, and say, " I am dead;" and heard them threaten to blow out his brains if he did not lie still, and that money they wanted and money they would have, and also say, "Here's six volumes for you;" and heard Mr. Checkley say, "You must shoot me; for I have no money." Mr. Checkley called for me while they were there, and one of them said, " Let her alone. She must not come." She then heard a consultation between them as to getting a light, and afterwards a noise of dragging in her master's room, and heard them open the drawers and cupboard, and ask her mistress fdr her money. The shorter man, Moss, came back Lint° her room, having a candle in his hand, and having thrown ofl the shirt over his dress, said he wanted her money. She told him there was a sovereign in her box, and 10s. in her pocket. He searched her box, and then came to the other side of the bed, and she looked at bim, and he said "Lie down; you are looking at me in order to transport me." She noticed at the time that he had on a pair of check trousers, and it appeared that when he was afterwards arrested he had such a pair of trousers on; and these she now swore she believed were such as he wore that night. It alse appeared that when be was arrested he had in his pocket a peculiar tin case which was lost that night, and which she identified by its having been used for a long time to contain pepper, and which she now swore had still the smell of pepper, though Moss, who was defending himself, said to-day, in his cross-examination, it had been used for carrying whisky since she had lost it. When they left the house she heard the report of a gun. She then went down stairs and opened her master's door, which was tied outside with a handkerchief. She was positive Moss was the man who came the second time into her room, and she believed Rock was the other man. The prosecutor said she was awoke on the above night by the cries of the servant, and he got up and opened his bedroom door. and saw Rock outside. A scuffle ensued, and Rock struck him on- the head, and knocked him down. The other man was near also, and struck him also on the head. He got up he did not re member how, and laid hold of the life.preserver which Rock held is his hand, and Moss cut his fingers with a large knife which he drew out. He was thrown down again, and Rock lay on him, and Moss asked Mrs. Checkley what there was in the corner cupboard? She said, " Tea and sugar." Moss searched, and on finding it was, they asked for money. Saw Moss hold towards him a revolver pistol with six barrels, and heard him sa y, I will blow your old brains out if you do not give us money," and I said, " Blow away, I have no money." My mistress gave them her purse with money, and they gave the purse back. Moss went afterwards to the maid's room, and called out to Rock, who remained below, " It's all right?" and afterwards came down. Before going away they said they would tie me down, but my mistress said she would hold me down. They then left the room and fastened it on the outside, and after they had gone away the servant came down and removed the fastenings. The wounds on my head were so severe that I was for a long time delirious. On the 18th December I went into tho gaol and selected these two men out of a great crowd. I afterwards mistook another man for Moss. lam quite sure that the pri soners are the men, and I often saw Moss at the Parrot Inn, at Chipping Norton. The surgeon proved that when he called on the prose cutor on the 15th of October, he found him suffering from four severe and deep wounds on th e h ea d , each penetrating to the bone. He was in a very exhausted state, but sensible. Three of th e w o un d s were suc h as might have been inflicted by such a life-preserver as was round in the pocket of one of the prisoners. The prose cutor was occasionally delirious for twelve or thirteen days. This was occasioned by the blows on the head. His shoulders, arms, and back were one mass of bruises, such as would be produced by blows and kicks. The prosecator's life was in imminent danger for many days. Moss had been in the surgeon's service three years ago, as stableman, for twelve months, and witness, had nothing to say against him during that time. It was further proved that on the evening of the 13th Oct. Rack and Moss came to the Parrot Inn about six o'clock, and at eight o'clock Moss went away, and Rock went to bed. Before Moss went away it was arrang e denext between them that Moss should come back th had mornin,:;. Moss came the next morning, and they breakfast, and they went away about saw in Moss's pocket, before they left, t n h Tel iPiL o wp w airt p nt r e ,i s - 1 a life-preserver, which she believed was tha t duced. A witness named Reynolds alsoptptrb=dsotohnaat morning, about nine o'clock, ho m ul eth i ng like a f l o i e f n e r-t r t t e c ay s t left the Parrot Inn, end Sav i , o h o to them, and asked server in Moss's pocket, P Jones whether he would t a b n i e , inthe "'here n he in w t o h u e l d e evenin g, and and Jones said he did no• at night, and a • fterwarae Ca lied ack the witness, and tk • of b w hat he had just s a id . sired him to ta k e o .q 3 Dro ved that he met the prisoners Another wi tn e - e,S, October, about seventeen miles together on the from ChiPP in h g in the inspector of police at Leominster, ear, l',l;ri:rs'on the evening of the sth of November saw the They were in the street, and he, !us er town They at thsoinething wrong, followed them for a time, would go into a public house or lod P ootiog they thinking ging , but seeing them go out of the town, he went up and collared Hanks, and asked him what he had got in h i s r eket. Hanks put his back to the wall, and said, Is that it?" and Jones stepped back and drew a pistol from under his smockfrock. The inspector had no arms whatever with him, and wishing to divert their atten tion, asked them where was the woman that had been with them. They said they had no woman with them. He said they had, and she must he at their lodging., and he 'sent away, saying he would find her at their lodg ing. Having thus diverted their attention, he ran back to the mayor's office, got a gun and pistol, and told the mayor to send the constables atter him. He then ran on in the direction in which they had gone, followed by tl constnble, and crossed the fields towards a wicket which he thought they must pass, in order to intercept them . As he was crossing the fields he h ear d t w o shots, a n d a cry, " Davis is shot." Davis was one o f the cons t a tli b e les. witness) towards the the constable who was with ma (said the wi ran in the direction of the shots ,but I kept on the gate where I knew they must come. As I got to - the gate, Rock came up running, and said, Guard, stand off, or I'll shoot you," and laced half round, end snapped a six-barrelled revolver at me. It missed fire; he then heed up another revolver at DO sine sired, and I heard something whiz past my head. I at the same moan et fired a him, and hit him in the thigh, and he fell to the ground and lay there—cut faced me, and holding out the revolver pistol towards me, threatened to shoot the first who should touch him. I moved off to the gate, in order to meet Moss, as he must come that way, and soon the other constables came up, and said that Moss also had been token. I then went to whore Rock ley. He threatened to shoot me, but I lifted my gun and said I would blow his brains out if he stirred. He then dropped the pistol. I went up, disarmed him, and handcuffed and searched him. I found two revolving pistols with six barrels each. All were loaded except one barrel, which had the appear ance of being recently discharged. I also found a tin canister in his pocket, and he had on hive the pair of check trousers which have been produced to-day. Davis, the other police-officer, proved that when he came up to Moss he collared him, and Moss fired a re volver at him, and the ball hit him on the side of the head; he then fired again, and the ball went through the collar of the coat, and glanced off his stock. Davis's son then came up end struck Moss down with a stick; and Smith and the other constable arriving, he was overpowered and handcuffed. Two revolvers were found on him, one in each hand, every barrel being loaded, ex cept the two which were fired ofl. They were found Guilty of burglary with violence. His LORDSHIP then addressed them, saying that the offence of which they had been found guilty was one of the few which were still capital, and a sentence of death would be recorded. It was true, that, in their case, the extremity . of the sentence would nut be carried into effect. Yet if, up to this time, there had been any in stance in which lots of life had not actually ensued, and capital punishment had been inflicted, theirs was one of those cases in which the law should be carried into effect. A worse case than theirs he did not remember to have heard in a court of justice. The violence that was used towards the prosecutor, and the circumstances under which the burglary was committed, all showed the determined, deliberate acts of persons predisposed to commit offences of the most desperate character; and their conduct after it was entirely consistent with what passed before. Their desperate resistance to those whose duty it was to arrest them, their manner and demeanour in court, and the tone and mode in which they questioned the witnesses, all showed that they were characters of the most determined and desperate description. However, as he had said before, the ex treme sentence of the law would not be carried into effect, but they must expect to be transported for their natural lives. Mr. SKINNER then made an application to his Lord ship for a reward to M'Crohan, on account of his readi ness, presence of mind, and tact, in diverting their at tention from his real object, by pretending to go to their lodgings, and his skill and courage in inters-pting them awl. capturing, Rick; and also tor.Davi6, for the courage he displayed in capturing Moss. Ills LORDSHIP granted each of them 5/. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury,March 2. CROWN COURT. (13t-fore Lurd Chief Justice CAMPBELL.) The commission for the county of Bucks was opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Justice Crompton, who was met by the High Sheriff, Mr. Scott Murray, of Danes field, at the station, and thence escorted to the town hall, which is now connected with the judges' lodgings, built on the site of the old gaol. It may be remembered that a few years ago Mr. Murray relinquished the faith of his anc• stars, and was received into the Church of Rome at a time when he re presented the county. As a consequence of this change the lion. Gentleman retired from Parliament at the ensu ing election. The High Sheriff always appoints a chap lain, whose privilege and duty it is to accompany the sheriff and judges of assize on all occasion, and to preach the assize sermon. It appears that Itlr. Murray appointed a Reiman Catholic chap lain, selecting Mr. Morris, who, like himself, had seceded from the Church of England, and this Rev. Gentleman would seem to have accompanied the sheriff and Mr. Justice Crompton yesterday to the door of the church of the hamlet of Walton, whence, having there deposited the Learned Judge, the High Sheriff and his chaplain proceeded to the Roman Catholic chapel, anti afterwards took up his Lordship. When both the courts were opened to-day at 10 o'clock for the dispatch of busi ness, the High Sheriff was again attended by Mr. Morris as his chaplain. The grand jury having been duly sworn, Lord CAMPBELL proceeded to deliver his charge to them, and, as his Lordship adverted to the presence of the chaplain, we think it right to subjoin the chief por tions of that charge, which was to the following effect:— ‘ Gentlemen gives me great so t respectable an satisfaction tofin f d th s e o GnirlamnedroJuusray,-...1 n d attendance of the gentlemen of this county on the present occasion, and I may mention that that number would have been increased by the addition of Mr. Disraeli, but that that gentleman has been prevented from attending by those other public duties which now devolve on him." His Lordship then referred to the state of the calendar, and having done so, thus proceeded :—" Gentlemen, I should have dismissed you at once were it not for a circumstance which has caused some surprise, and not a little un easiness. You have, gentlemen, for your High Sheriff a gentleman most benevolent, most accessible, and alto gether an honour to your county. He is of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and I rejoice to think that that is no objection to his performing the duties of his high office. A message was sent to me from him respecting the attendance of the judges at Church, and I communi cated to him that I by no means expected he should do anything in the slightest degree contrary to his con science or hurtful to his feelings. I rejoice that in this country religions opinions are no barriers in the way of performing civil duties, and there is nothing to be per formed by a High Sheriff that may not be well enough executed although that individual should be of a form of religion different from that of the Established Church. But, gentlemen, something has occurred which I think requires explanation. The High Sheriff, without meaning in the slightest degree to be guilty of an impropriety, and, indeed, being informed it had been done in other counties, has appointed a chaplain of his own religion, and that chaplain has appeared in the garb of his order in accompany tag the High Sheriff and her Majesty's judges coming from the place where the sheriff meets them to the place where we now are. Gentlemen, that I do not ap prove of; and I think it my duty to say that I hope such au occurrence will not be repeated. Gentlemen, I hope that no one will suppose I am actuated by any illiberal motive; I have always most strenuously supported the Roman Catholics in their claims tor freedom of opinion, in or der that they should be admitted to all the privileg©s of all others of her Majesty's subjects; and I may say, gen tlemen, that having lately been sejourning in Italy, I had the honour of an audience with the head of that re ligion, and from that interview I had every reason to be lieve he is a most excellent and most praiseworthy per son; and DO one must suppose, from the course I take, I am actuated by any improper motive. But, gentlemen, the sheriff appoints a chaplain who is to appear as the chaplain of the judges, and who is expected to take his seat in the same carriage as the judges, and to sit be side the judges in the court. That chaplain, therefore, becomes the chaplain of the judges, and the Protestant religion is the religion of the judges of this country; and it is not any disrespect or bad feeling toward the Roman Catholic faith which induces me to make these remarks, for I must say that I respect the feelings of the Catholics, and that sacred order which they have created; and I hope I shall meet with your approbation in these remarks. I do not wish in the slightest degree to wound the feelings of my friend whom I see here this day (turning to the sheriff), and when I ask that it shall not be repeated, I am sure it will be felt that it is as much for the benefit of the Roman Catholic subjects as for those who belong to the Established Church; for we should not encourage. e an tt 3;; thing which would create unnecessary alarm, 13 never o r r should means of exciting those bad feelings which veremarks, exist among fellow-Christians. With these gentlemen, I dismiss you." the gra nd jury, The lion. G. J. , the foreman of chargeim o n behelf begged to thank his Lord s hip for hi . s n g him that they of himself and fellow-jurymen, assure fully reciprocated his observatioonftethe day made the fol- The grand jury at the clouse.ec lowing presentment on th n e tm s e ls n j t, the grand jury desire " making our Prese t hanks to your Lordship for to express their respectfulthe subject of the attendance of a your observations oomn an Catholic persuasion, and to as chaplain of the . f their unanimous and entire Lordship 0 Con sure your sent i men ts addressed to them by your curretace i n the Lordship." Lord CAMPBELL —Gentlemen of the grand jury a m happ y to discharge you, with the thanks of ' the country f or your able discharge of your duties. With regard t° the present ment (which h read aloud), I can been a n only say that in making those observations I was actu ated by the most kindly feelings towards my friend the High Sheriff (who was sitting by his Lordship's side), and towards all my Roman Catholic brethren. I tits feel, however, that it was my duty hope that such a thin to make' them, and I The grand jury .g will not happen in future. then bowed and withdrew from the gallery allotted to h • t Woe The calend ar conta • ins the names of 28 pr isoners, whose allegedoffences include child mur der, two cases of three of arson, two of rape. two of burglary, one of sheenstealing. one of assault, and three of larceny. Elizabeth Keeley, aged 20, was c harged with tho murder of her illegitimate male child, at Ilambledon, on the 12th of November last. Mr. Power conducted the prosecution, and Mr. G. L. Browne the defence. The prisoner was in the service d of a farmer nam e d Hewitt for about eighteen m onths, and was esteemed by her mistress to be a mild an d kindhearted creatu re . In November her mistress taxed her with being enceinte, but she denied the charge, allegieg that her en ceinte, hie• but o pro ceeded from a pain in the side; n the 12th Mrs. Hewitt d i scov ered traces of blood on the fl oor o f the bed-room o ccupied by the prisoner, which the latter attributed at first to natural causes, but ultimately ad mitted to arise from the premature birth of a child, w hi c h she afterw ards de p osite d in the privy. In • this place was fo und the bod y of a full-grown and healthy male child, presenting symptoms and marks about it w hich, in the opinion of the medical witness, led to the conclusion that the chi!d had b een h orn alive, and had been strangled by th -- 0 right hand. When tais was com municated to the prisoner, she said, " It was not the right hand; I did it with the left hand." Lord CAMPBELL left it to the jury to say whether they thought the prisoner had intentionally strangled her issue, or might have inflicted the wounds spoken to in the agony cif childbirth, and without any design to take away life. If the jury thought she was not guilty of murder, they might well convict her of concealing the birth, of which there was abundant evidence. The jury, without any hesitation, Acquitted the pri ?oripr of the charge of inurd,r, but convicted her of th , misdemeanour. Sentence—Six m - inths' imprisonment THE Co N Ait 10 -4 ] TS. LEEDS, MARCH 2.—Supply of wheat small; millers cautious, and holders by no means anxious sellers. Friday' prices obtained. Barley steady, at last week's prices. Beans slow sale. Oats and other articles unaltered. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 2 . —Beasts, 673. Trade exceedingly active, at the advanced prices of Ilto U l O per head. All sold. Sheep, 3,96 1; business slow. Prices a shade higher. Beef, 3s 6d to 5s 6d per stone. 111uttort. 4-0 to 6d per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. MARCH 2.—There w wei ere io the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal , each ghing 280113.4 imperial, which sold at 31s. 3 sacks pot -barley whereof 1 sold at 28s and 2 at 25s 6d. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, MARCH 2. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones troll.; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 8s 6d ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s 3 01 . Hay, from 9d to lid per stone. DA.LKEITH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 1„--There were 79 bags of oatm e al, and 17 of barleymeal, at this day's market ; sales dull. O a tme a l up on the top 6d, and en l the ast second week e quality nt he sd to perp and nbag secondd n ; p t b i e a e r barleymeal rn n e o a I po t he nos iQ ! Is market. peiamseprnereiaa: t-barley Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third 31s Od 29s Od 285 6d Barley meal, per ditto " 21s 6d 21s Od —s od Flour ... Od Od Pot barley ... ••• Od --'45 Od s 0 Od 00dd COAL MAII&E' Prices of Coal per ton Buddle's W. Hartley 13s Od Carr's Hartley ..... 13s Od, Chester Main 135 Od Dean's Primrose Hasting's Hartley I 3s Odi Howard's W. H. Neth. 13s Od Longridge'sW.Hartley 13s 6d' Ravensworth'sW. Hart 13s Od ranfield Moor West Wylam W all's End, &c. Brown . Gosforth . Harton Hebburn Liddell . Walker Harvey Wylam Edeb. Alain Bell Ships at market, T.—YESTERDAY. lie close of the xnarket:• -• Belmont ...........• .. 155 Oi ,Braddyll .............. 165 Od Hetton .................. 16s 6d Haswell ..... .. ......... 160 6 3 i Peosher - ............... 15s Od [1:erT5c01ip.5jataeueie.mxe5wn5i5c5:0ip,01e:)nuee1t0p1°,ntn':h5n..b..H.Hm.....e....a..r.e.e..r..tt.r....t.t.t.....1.0.....he.......n..y:..............r........................an...........................d.... 1 1 1 6 6 654346 3 : :: 3 3 369660n 4 : iii Whitwell ............ 13s 3a Caradoc..... . : ........ 15s 0 3 ;Heugh Hall ... 153 0 3 IGl6woaen..C.saoeldG.usr3wen.... 245 Od Cardiff .... .... ... 23J v; [ G )rs Goch Stone ........ 21s Oa RAI LWAY sH.A it NI A R 1(E; BR, 3. h u igitil STOCK EXC-JANGE.— IS The TOL mark MARCH continues firm , -,- L n iz 6 little business doing. The only sale reported on Lii."—' to-day was—Bristol and Exeter, *6 1 4. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3 . A tO• STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was animate- re day, and prices were well sustained. The transactions rot as follow :—Caledonian,.l7 l-3—EastermCountio., 711 4 maw Lancashire, 16 , ,5„ —Lancashire and Yorkshire , 69 4 1 Prefer' chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 303 A —Ditt, ence, 1.2 1 .4 c,—Midlawl, 58 1 4 —St. Helen's (RailwaYstZ Canal), Preference, guaranteed 5 per cent. and div.• 14 71 MANCHESTER, MARCH 3. , ..--. The transactions to-day were as follow : —Caledonian, ",..„, Ditto, Preference, 8 5-16 East Lancashire, Prefer 1 ; Quarters, min. 6 per cent., 84(, —Edinburgh and Glag° 4 l / 4 27 , ,,,—Lancashire and Yorkshire ( W es t Riding Un ion) dis. London and N or th- Western 11 6' 4 . -- Ma nche' r•• Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 307/ B —Yo ' rk, NeWcas tle, and Se wick, 17 9-16. . - R.AILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. tu ra ° LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAT. -- aa Traffic for the week ending Feb. 29 : 0 Passengers, parcels; mails, &c. ... X 22,172 5 ,-, Merchandise ... ~. 17,675 16 10 Cattle .. ... ... .: 11. 1,063 13 ° Total Corresponding week l as t year . 91 5 , 1 0 1519-13 : ( the Note.—The returns a s published are e xclusive North traffic of the Hudder s fi e ld C ana l an d Sh ro pshire Union: r and Union, Preston and Wyre South Junction, Alanch es ' e- 0 00n" 14uxton, and Buckingham ' shire Railways, and of the Pr,4 o tb non of traffic deducted under agreement with the ' Staffordshire Company. l in rk 2W) TILE mi E GREAT NORTHERN R AI LWAY.— sve -Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb 22,1 8 J • Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,270 10 Merchandise and minerals ... 6 , 129 12 1L Cattle . 172 0 4 Total .. ....C10,672 3 9 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,705 0 5 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,994 5 " ... £7,699 8 11 It of Total ... L OND ON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY,'"A nlOlOll. Traffic for the week ending Feb. 29 : 6 Passengers ... Goods .- .. £6,290 3 x,5`28 18 ------- Total ... ... £8,819 2 1 LANCASHIRE """ (,-9 ,, i n 1 Corresponding week la;Cyear... 8,707 5 91 o p C en o . r ) r — es T p o r n a ffi d i c n gfowr week k ek i n ending las t year 29 2 (2 9 60 £ 16,525 a. ' a• 60 ee ° AND Y ORKSHIRE RAILWAY . ReturnN O a T o f i f STAFFORDSHIRE trathc t or thewe e itm e r . n . d v i A n y g . miles open) ..14 501 15 6 -,, t 12.• -"' £4,428 0 0 Railway and canal • ' Correspondin •• 4,412 0 0 g week last year •• • ts available Note Th • e above is exclusive of the receipts ...., under the agreement with the London and North-ViTesn- Railway Company. CHESTER fa for a le —(Miles op—P- ) Feb. 22 :--• AND HOLYHEAD HAILWAY....Tra.....c week ending Feb. 29 : MAIN LINE. Passengers ••• Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ••• Mails ••• Total £946 19 1 "" 82 13 S 63s 17 6 A ••• 57 5 0 ... £1,243 10 £3 14 ••• 1 10 9 7 88 11 4 . xi 2 7 16 1 ° Total ... •. STEAM-BOATS. MOLD. Passengers ... ..• Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• Goods, cattle, &c. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. ... £15 2 13 0 -. i . 9 ••• 26 .........".' Z .. , 1 , • , i 7 8 V. ..• Total P:4 signifies that SE B 0 A ar It e sIN ent frons .U.AII-4 - • ewer, pmt the night—and M by the morning he mails th ,- —piapatcll.l by the night—and Mby the morning what When --olispatcri.i When made up in r fr e f. due. PLACES. General Post-ollice pat es ..„. ..........---" London. ------------ -- i , . March 5 !r,iverl so " \ Arrived America (by Brit. pkt,)NMarch 5 ••I,. ;ver pool • • „ - ,,,,,h 12 America (by U.S. pkt.) NI/larch 9 .. •• l'," h oupt. 1 ."" 3 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Lhlarch 3 _ , • .. Otlt March C h 1 5 Africa (Wcst coast)•• .1 4 .1114 th et the month Plyasoatb .. 3tarc Alexandria. ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. ~_,_,, 6 Belgium ~ ~ .. N Daily .. .. .. Dover sai _ t. j- ; " ar i ch ii Brazil . .. M 9th of the month South P t. march .. Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month Soathamp Californis.(via Ch egret') M Id & 17th of month ptiotyrouthoaruip.t.. juMsrarcchi, 53. n Cape of Good Elope N 14th of mon ti th e Constantinople . dl7th of mon. Southampt. March 5 t : .. N 7th 17th 27t of mo Dover .. March l' Central America • • M Mon., l a Wed., & Fri. Southiunpt. Ta. T/1.1 Channel Isles .. •. Chill .. .. .. . Nt 17th of the mouth Southampt. March 2 ,,, NlTwice daily • • • • Dover • • Twicedr, France '. .. 1'1.85)717th 1 7th 27th of mo Dover • . March ~ Greece . • • •. . .. ... N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. st, Haraburgt ,. .. . M Wednes. &r. Satur. London .. Mori.Tlu;• Holland N 17th of the mouth Southampt. March 2",,, Honduras •.. ... . M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. TwicedaV Di N. 2 th Otlo 2 f 4th th e e fin mo o n nth th D So o u v t er hamp . t : 3 M fa ar re c u l l Ireland ..• i India( via south il am i P ) .), India (viaMarse Medi torranten fvh.a. 1 at,2oth of the month Southampt. March 21 Southarr—‘ A T.I . .. (vii . l . N atti& 24th of monthlDover • • 31 ., are1l M m e ars dite e ri tu , ma an mexia . .. .. .. 3 , 1!2d of the month.. SouthamPt• ''' ar.Ch h 5 1 6 gadetra ... .. .. Bli Ll tsz t li ll 3, o lo7 f tht t h h o l f9 m mth o c : 2 : 7t h lith Southampt. Marc— n Malta •,, ~. March lv I Dover Napless* • • •• •• N sth 15th 25th ofrno Dover .- 3 ..il: rc rch 2 2 papal Slates* .., .. 1 N i sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • March 6 reainsuar.. .„ .. M i 7th 17th 27thef mo SouthainP t • 4 " -- .,.,, - b li 20 •• Mll7th of the month Southall:10. March 2 Tuscany' .... .... •• N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover West Indies . march 2 0 • • • • i'kt 17th of the month SouthamP'" West Indies (axceht Havaana Sc Nasiati) - M 2d ofthe month .. Sou thal"t. March ~,...4 s bl * The mails t o those c ountries thu3 marke d (*) are cell ..' French packet via Mars 'll March 5 ' The Peninsula mails.welillesbe. made up on the morning of In consequence of the 7th falling on a Sunday. The Cape of Good Hope mails will be made up on the eve hlai °f March 15, in consequence of the 11th falling on a Sunday. n _ t o The direct Havre mail from London via southampton durl S of (ha" . Month will be made up three times a week only, instead _,..,,,a CALlroatila.—Mails to and trom Caluornia, via the United r-” . • are now despatched and due by every American oackaik -41 . gnu [A DVERT ISEMENT.] Hallo Way's Ointmenu - sk.o Pills a certain Cure for Eru p tions and all Diseases of the Extract of a lett er from Mr. J. Hird, draper, Vready,l3,a!!id, Feb. 14, 18 52 . " To Professor Hollowa y . Sir, —My e" when three mont hs old, was afflicted with a severe eruptLclr. all over her body. I sou g ht ever y aid, and the advice of 8°,4 eons and physicians , by all of whom the c ase was consider h o p e less. I then tried your Ointment and Pills, and Wit tic ' h il e exagg eration the effect was miraculous, for in a short time $ was restored to perfect health, and so remains. Mr. BO vid T ' bookseller, Gainsborough, or myself, would be h a ppy to SatSl y all any inquiries as to the truth of this statement. -- S old Druggists, and at Protessor Holloway's Establishment, Strand, London. BIRTHS. O A . On the 2d i ns t., a t Lorn- F road, BO Nor Nth Brixton, the wife ci Francis Adams, Esq. e• On thelet inst., at Upper Bedford-place, Ruseell-squar Mrs. David Do Pass. A. DAUGE uoR , On the `49th ult., OF at the blauor H T - use, Birkenhea d, Of wife of William Jackson , Es q , the On the Ist inst.. at St. Geor g e's-villas, Canonbury, wife of James A. H adden, Esq. MARRIED. On the 17th of July last, at Melbouane, Port Phillip, I' F. Hamilton , Esq ., tbird son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ferri ei Hamilton, of Westport and Cairn - hill , N. 8 ., to B essiwe. sa,ec°s' „ ' d. d aug hter of S. Stephen , Esq. , Judge at Otago, Ne Ze' DIED. On the 28th ult., at Southwell, Notts, Marmaduke, sec Oat son of R. K. Kelham ' , Esq., of Bleasby-hall, same count Y-c On the 28th ult., at St. Peters, Isle of Tlaanet , Alr• Crouch, aged 78. On the 28th ult., in Portland-place, R. Oliverson , of On the 29th ult. , at Hi g hbury- p lace, Elizabeth Hump youngest daughter o f the late J. Hum p hry, Esq, Su bury, Suffolk. ri la On the 26th ult., aged 65, Mary wife of James 00 sia Sowerhy, of the Botanic -gardens, ' Regent's-park. On the 26th ult., at Star-hill, Rochester, Mary Annt'tl id( of the late D. 11. Day, Esq., age d 7T I ,tit, On the 2d lust , at Great Liormeadbury, Herts, Ar; 11 wife of Captain F. A. Gould. •-• London: Printed and Published by BIURDO TOW% No. 112,, Strand, Printer, :,t Thz Sun 0/fico, No. Strand, in thq Precinct nE Savoy, in..sho cow itj - Middlesex" Thursth l / 4 Y, 24arch 4 184 „Li ,1 , - 01 • - :~