The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-25 00:00:00

IRELAND. DunuN, SEPT. 23.—The provincial papers received this morning are destitute of any intelligence of inttrest. It would appear that the districts lately alleged to be in a state of insurrecdon in the South are now perfectly trar gull. Several attempts have been made during the week to create fresh disturbances in parts of Kilkenny and Tipperary, but without effect. An investigation has been had before the lord-lieutenant of the county into the circumstances connected with the burning of the Slate. quarry police-station, and three or four parties identified as taking part in the outrage have been com mitted to gaol. An official communication was received yesterday kern the English Consul at Boulogne, to the effect that Mr. Doheny was residing there. The Coma Chronicle, received this morning, has the following:—" Mrs. Smith O'Brien is in town, and spent nearly the whole of yesterday with her husband in the county prison. She breakfasted and dined with him. " Two companies of the 83d were detained at Fethard, in consequence of an apprehended disturbance, a few days on their march to Fermoy. " CARRICK, SEPT. 22, 1848.—General Macdonald ar rived here on Wednesday morning. The Castle hero is fitting up for troops. lam told we are to have at least three companies of troops, in addition to our present force; there is a force of one hundred and fifty police here at present. On Wednesday morning sixteen cars arrived here from Kilkenny with another body of police from the depot at Dublin. A finer body of men I have never seen. They are under the command of S. J. Gould, Esq , S.I. On Tuesday ten prisoners were ar rested in the neighbourhood of Glenbower, some of whom, it appears, held places in the rebel army, and were transmitted to Cluiatnel gaol, the others have been disoharged. Some arrests have also taken place in the neighbourhood of Glen, county Waterford, on yester day. From arrangements made here by Mr. Coulson, It M., you may be assured all the disaffected in this dis trict will be well watched. While I write nine prisoners are brought in and lodged in Bridewell, taken last night at Curraheen, next to Newtown-hill; every one of those taken had a pike or gun. An examination will take place before their committal to gaol." The fullowing will supply the latest intelligence from Clonnlel : the latest intelligence from Clonmel:— THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. CLONSIEL, SEPT. 22.—The Court was opened this morning, at eleven o'clock, by Judge Moore, when the names of the grand jurors were called over, after which they-proceeded to examine witnesses in the case of Mr. Meagher. Tho charge against him is precisely similar to that preferr e d against Smith O'Brien, and he would have been included in the same indictment but that some circumstances exist which require a different class of witnesses to depose to, and he is therefore indicted sepa rately. He was, we understand, at Boulagh Common, and witnesses will be produced who saw him there, armed as a rebel leafier; but the main fact of his being found at the head of an armed force occurred in another part of this county. Among tit* witnesses examined to-day before the grand jury was the celebrated Widow Cormack, whose house is so celebrated es being the chief point of attack by the so-called insurrectionary forces. She is a woman of about 40 or 45 years of age, and of the better class of the- pwimntry, as was evinced by the neatness and re gpctability of her mourning attire and conversation. Shortly after three o'clock the grand jury appeared in anurt, and returned true bills against T. F. Meagher and Patrick O'Donohoe. The prisoners were immediately direoted to be brought into court, to receive the usual intimation that copies of the indictment should be furnished, and coun sel assigned to each. Some curiesity was exhibited to se) Mr. Meagher, but none whatever as regarded O'Do noho.,), who had been en attorney's clerk in Dublin, and o.T.i individual possessing an indifferent private character. Mr. Meagher's appearance in the first instance showed that he felt some embarrassment in his novel position, but he quickly recavered his self-possession. There was a greater degree of boldness in his manner th an in that of Smith O'Brien. Tie retognised several of his personal friend's who were in court, to whom he bowed and smiled ; but even a careless observer could at once perceive that there was hidden beneath the surface a deep and corroding feeling of anxiety. The CHIEF JUSTICH having intimated to him in pre cisely the same words as those addressed to Mr. O'Brien, that true bills were found against him, asked if he wished to have a copy of the indictment, to which he replied in the affirmative ; and as to the assignment of counsel he said he was not prepared at that moment to say whom he should name as his senior counsel, but Mr. E. Nfesgher ho should choose as his junior counsel. Time was given him to make his selection. Mr. F. Meagher then made an application to the Curt for a copy of the panel returned by the High Sheriff. He did so on the affidavit of Mr. Kirwan, an attorney, who stated that ha was fifteen years engaged in the defence of prisoners in that county—that he was well a•xitiainted with the persons who generally served on juries —and th a t h e was i n f orme d an d believed that. on the present occasion a gxN.at number were placed on it of an inferior grade in life, and the names of many who alwAys served omitted altogether. The Learned Conn -2:1 sa.',d in continuation that the object of the applies tThn was to prevent tim necessity of challenging the array when the trial commenced—and that all he re cla•rvd for his client was, that fair and impartial justice ul.l be done. The ATTX2NET• GENERAL resisted the application, on the graord that the prop:x time to object to the panel w.t3, when the narmas were called over in open court after the prisoner was arraigned. lle denounced the application as an attack on the honour and impartiality of tb-r. IliJi Sheriff, to which he as an officer of the wnuld n-ver be a party,.and an attempt to iriti zzahhste.jurors Prom d,,ing their duty. Ihe CIIIEF JUSTICE took the sane view of the subject e,3 the Attov,ney• General re>preting the imput!:tion on the High Sheriff, ar.d refused the anplicati,n, on the gr.,und that the slightest pretext did not exist for such The pr loners were then removed, and the... Court ad journed to eleven o'clock to morrow. r, ached this town that ailicsny and have b..-en arrested, and these rumours have cb tained some credence by the fact that the Attorney- Omen,' applied to the Court not to discharge the grand jury to-morrow, as information had reached him of the np;:lrehension of parties azninst whom he should be pre pared to send up bills for high treason on Monday. DUBLIN, SUNDAY MORNING. - The consultation amongst the counsel engaged for the defence of Mr. timith O'Brien did not terminate until long after the de parture of the mail yesterday afternoon. The result is, tliat the attendance of Lord John Russell at the special commission will not be required. The counsel were 4tianimous on the point, that it is unnecessary to bring over Lord John Russell. The result was communicated to the Under-Secretary, at Dublin Castle, yesterday evening, in order that Lord John Russell should not hays the trouble of coming over to Ireland. MORE ARRESTS OF INSURGENTS. The Waterford Chronicle of yesterday contains the following:— " Yesterday twenty-five men were brought in from the out-districts as prisoners, and lodged in gaol, charged ith bein„ col.cerced in the late insurrectionary move ment. Mr. Marlow, commercial traveller, was taken upon the streets on Thursday night, and placed in the Tower. On being searched there was found, amongst other documents, a card certifying his adhesion to one of the clubs; he was, therefore, committed by the magis trates until March next." Three respectable farmers, named Fogarty, of the class of small ger.try, have been arrested near Thurles. In 30:ritoleigh, Tipperary, come blacksmiths have been arrested for pike making, and committed for trial. The police are on the search for other parties implicated. The 11 aterford Chronicle mentions that a Mr. John Savage, one of the writers in the Irish Tribune and Felon, against whom a warrant has been in the hands of the police, has escaped to France. The Limerick Chronicle says— " An insurance company declined this week to receive the insurance premium on the life of Mr. Smith O'Brien, which was effected here sixteen years ago for 4,0001. We know not what rule of law or equity could warrant such a proceeding as this, which presumes to make a prima facie case of guilt against an accused person yet untried and unconvicted." THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. The Cork Reporter says— " A private letter, which we have received from Clon mei, from a gentleman who is not likely to be misin formed, gives the following rumour:— " *I have just heard from Mr. that it is most likely the Court will make an order prohibiting, on pain of heavy fine for contempt, the publication of the evi dence, &c., until the trials are over. This, he sap, is very likely to be the case; but it is, as yet, only rumour, and as such I give it to you.'" PROPELLING SHIPS. Captain Carpenter, R.N. who for some years past has directed his attention to screw propelling machinery, has recently placed for inspection at the Polytechnic a now model, showing the application of what he terms " quarter propellers" as the motive power of steam -vessels. In his description, Captain Carpenter says— " The series of past experiments, and those which are in daily progress in the application of steam machinery and screw to ve sse l s o f war, h ave fully evolved the mer i ts of th i s novel ov power o f propu l s i on, and esta b l i shed i ts super i ority .._,P, . a ddle:wheels. What has thus been a tte m pt e d s t e p b y :7_145 e licited inf orma ti on f orm i ng d its for work i ng out another principle of motion, which, when perfected in its application on large of a yet morean scale will, we believe, lead to results poson selected foisfact°rY and important character. The model, is taken frormthepropellers, as they appear on this of mo re , s i nce we that i type offered by the unerring hand see le of propalsion, there ap plied, in the aquatic tribebirds,plmuomefrorudiotnf etnhteslauwkinsgpezi boat-like form of body, short and remote legs, scale-like' thorn for dwelling only on the age, all alike concurring to fit move ment on the surface of the watoee'P. Their velocity of ig has surpassed it. Le waters is well known, and hither head to tedfrail, 4 feet 84 inches •gttli. of model, from figure inches ; ditto forward, 3 inches ; 'draught of water aft, 3 1 4 board, 23 lb. ; diameter of propeller,g2 inches; machinery on fo a foot. Three shafts are placed, horizonets; scale % inch with each other, and connected with the me g i and parallel to the motive power, so that a single propeller in the dead wood, or the ' quarter propellers,' may be worked either parately or together. A novel plan of raising th e propellers ; out of the water, and a new adjustment of the stem.h ee • nug are practically shown.' CONTINENTAL FETES.—The South-Eastern Rail way and Steam-packet Companies appear to be in luck's War just at present, in consequence of the numerous fetes which have been or are about to take place in those portions of the Continent to which they form the most direct com munieatift. Latterly they have had the pes at Calais, Dankereple, and Boulogne; and now a meeting of the Peace , ottventi L on, with attendant fetes, is about to take place at ",, _,r u, 3 'a e.l 24t h e shortest route to which is by the South-Eastern AguiTsty toilloyer, stud frou; tlauco via Calais. THE CHARTIST TRIALS. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF WILLIAM DOWLING. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Sa , urday.) Upon the Court resuming, at a quarter past twu o'clock, Mr. KENEALY, called several witnesses, am) g whom was a person named Inglis, who stated that he and tho prisoner had agreed to correspond in short•hand, and the paper now pro duced was the copy of one that he gave the prisoner in order to thrir correspondence in short-hand. Witness had had his letters opened by the Post-office, and he thought he would try if he could correspond in short hand. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Was a lithographic printer. Was not a Chartist, but was an Irish Confederate. had been in several parts of Ireland. Did not go to Ireland to make sketches for the Illustrated News. He had used tho words in cipher, of pikes, rifles, fire, poison, pistols, barricades, Smith O'Brien, &c., in order that he might write to the prisoner about the state of Ireland, and that those who broke open his letters might not read them. Witness was now with a litho graphic printer in Holborn, and had been with him for four years. Knew nothing of Mullins. Had seen him onep. . _ Re-examined—Had no disloyal design in giving the document to the prisoner, Mr. KENEALY then called several witnesses of great respectability, all of whom stated their belief that the prisoner was not a Chartist, and none of them had ever heard anything disloyal tall from him. This was the case for the prisoner. _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose to reply. If there were any persons in Court, and he believed there were many, who were unacquainted with the counsel for the defendant, they might reasonably expect that he should commence his present remarks by adverting to the strong personal observations which that Learned Gentlemen had made at the commencement of his long address. But he begged to say, before he undertook what he assured the jury was an unpleasant duty—the duty of prosecuting those who were guilty of violating the public peace—he was prepared for attacks upon him self from some of those who were concerned for the de fence. He knew, however, he might safely trust the defence of his condrct to those gentlemen of the bar who surrounded him on that occasion, and to that portion of the public who had marked his public life and could appreciate it. He hoped to be forgiven, then, for de clining to notice the personal remarks and coarse ex pressions which had been addressed to him on this occasion. If it was true that ho at all resembled those who preceded him in the office to whom reference had been made—if it was true that he really did entertain any feelings of a vindictive or angry kind upon this occasion either against the prisoner or his counsel—he must be forgiven for saying—and he thought that those who had the slightest experience of defences in courts of law would agree with him—that he must have had ample satisfaction in listening to the long defence which the Learned Gentleman had that day submitted to the jury. As the prisoner's counsel had, in the outset of his speech, chosen to make some observations concerning the facts of the case with reference to himself, he begged to say a few words on those points before applying himself to the evidence. The Learned Gentleman grid charged him with inanfeeting undue heat in proceeding with the trial of the prisoner yesterday in place of postponing it with the others. Now, he (the Attorney-General) had understood that, in so proceeding with the trial, he was accommodating him self to the wishes of the Learned Gentleman. He was sorry now that he had made that concession, since it had been urged as a cause of complaint against him. The Learned Gentleman had further said that he had been guilty of indecency in speaking of the prisoner at the bar as "a felon." Now, if he had • used that expression he certainly had not intended it. What he had intended to say was, that under the law as it formerly stood it was believed that many weak and foolish persons were led to: entertain a vainglorious desire to disturb the peace of the country for the purpose of being considered mar tyrs, and that this supposed motive in the breasts of some was removed by the passing of the new statute, — that, in short, it was fur better to reduce the offence to vulgar felony than to stimulate foolish persons to become martyrs by the continuance of the offence as high treason. If he had used the expression " felon" at all, he was certain that the context must have shown any unprejudiced person that that was the sense in which he had used it. He felt that ho was somewhat exceeding his duty in troubling the jury even with theie few remarks in reply to the rather strong language which had been used towards him—for, indeed, he should be quite unfit for the office he held, not because he was the tyrant he had been de scribed—not because he was greedy of victory, and was anxious, as it were, to reckon the scalps he obtained as a claim upon the Government for their support, for he should never be the slave of any Government—but 1w should be quite unfit for his office if he was not prepared to inset the charges which were sure to be made upon him on such an occasion—if he did not know that he would he a mark for every one to shoot their shafts at him. He oueht not, perhaps, to pass in :iilence the cb nervations which hid bean made by the counsel for the defendant with reference to the conduct of Government. He had said that the Government had had a settled purpose and design by increasing the military and naval armament of the nation to enslave the people, of Eng and deprive them of their liberties. lie had &c -cused there also of having, with the same view, driven the people into secret meetings, where treason was sure to be hatched. Nov he (the Attorney General) had thought that in the measure taken by Government for the preservation of the puhlic peace, they not only d, - - erved coil of the leddio, but that they had actually obtained the oi, not only of the citiz •us of London, but of the whole civilizA world, The Learned Gentlemen had also axeris-d the Government of b Ise and infamous conduct in accepting inform ition from spit.i. Now, when numb( cf .persons combined together for illegel objects they might rest assured them would always be some one amongst them ready to betra them; and it was a wise dispensation of Providence that this should he the case, since it enabled the public au thorities to thwart their designs. Did the Learned Gen tleman mean to say that the Government ought to have sc,utfd the information which was thus tendered to them? Did he mean to say that the timely warning o hich enabled them to take measures to defeat the secret plots and to unite the well-disposed part of the people or. the side of order should have been neglected by them? If so, all he (the Attorney-General) should say was, that it was a sad pity to see a gentleman who had ap plied his mind to the acquisition of knowledge so mise rably abuse it. It was really monstrous that the Go vernment, who had done no more than their duty, and ho hid acted with the almost universal consent of men of all parties in the maintenance of the public peace, should be accused there of straining their rights for the suppression of public liberty. The Learned Gentleman had attempted an elaborate definition of the law regard ing the levying of war. It wool I have been better if, instead of doing so, he had availed himself of the t.xe rienee of the her, and followed the ordinary course, viz., to have announce;] generally his own notion of the law, and left the jury to hi governed by a more detailed state ment of the law from the judges. The judges were bound by their oaths to make a statement of the law to the jury, and the jury were equally bound by their oaths to draw a proper conclusion from the facts of the case. Ile trusted both the judges and the jury would forgive him for saying in their presence that if either overstepped their duty they would not discharge the solemn obliga tion they had taken upon themselves. If the Learned Gentleman had taken the course ho had recommended he would not only have saved some valuable time, but avoided displaying his ignorance of the law. The At torney-General here repeated his description of the mi tigation of the law which hail been effected by the Croon and Government Security Act, and to controvert the assertion of the counsel for the prisoner that it had taken away any privileges previously possessed by pri soners. The counsel for the defendant had altogether mistaken the question which the jury had to determine. There were two charges in the indictment, on either of which being proved to their satisfaction, the jury could convict the :prisoner. It was not necessary that they should find him guilty of both. The first was, that the prisoner had, with others, compassed, imagined, invented, devised, and intended to levy war against the Queen, in order to compel her, by force, to change her measures, and four overt acts were alleged in proof of this. The second charge was, that the prisoner had combined with others in some way to deprive the Queen of the style and honour of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom. • The Learned Gentleman had ad mitted that the prisoner was highly culpable, and ought to be punished, although. not for the crimes alleged against him in this indictment ; and he seemed to throw out the hint to the jury that if they acquitted him of the present charges he might be afterwards tried and punished for the minor offences. This was a mistake. If the prisoner was acquitted of the charges of felony the jury must not for a moment suppose that, although his counsel had admitted he was highly criminal, he would be punished for any other offence. The only evidence he had to bring against the prisoner was the evidence they had already heard ; and if they believed that evidence it amounted to a proof of felony, and nothing less ; and before the passing of the recent Act it would have amounted to high treason, for which the prisoner might have been hung. The counsel for the defendant was altogether wrong in his definition of levying war. Levying war was not what the term "war' would imply. It did not necessarily mean mili tary array. It was not necessary that there should be numbers. Three or four persons would do. To constitute the crime, however, there must be a rising, and, further, it must be directed to a public object. If ' it was directed to a private object, such as breaking an inclosure, it was an offence against individuals, and not against the Sovereign ; but if it was directed to a public object, that constituted the crime of levying war against the Queen. The Learned Gentleman denied that it was levying war to kill a policeman or to burn down St. Giles's or Clerkenwell. This was a mistake. The Learned Gentleman was led astray by attaching an erroneous meaning to the word " all." The Learned Gentleman seemed to think that, unless all the policeman were killed, and all the towns burnt down, it would not amount to levying war. According to this theory, al though all the metropolitan police were killed, that would not amount to levying war, because the rural police would still remain ; and that, although Limerick, or Cork, or Waterford were burnt down, it would not amount to levying war so long as Dublin and other towns were left. It was not preten d e d t h at t h e pr i soner intended dlevied war . I t was only said that he, with others, to do so • and there could bo no reasonable doubt in the mind of any one who had heard the evi dence that the prisoner and his accomplices w e re a b ou t stotodpopeidt,.anTd would have done it if th e y h a d no t b een L earned harte G r entleman had declared hi s detestation of t h e , and his abhorrence of th e ' purposes which the 'Ch • artists had iu view; but he had ridiculed the idea that Cuffey and others intend levying war against the Queen. Was this intention so very ridiculous? Some honest persons, perhaps most of them foolish, a few vainglorious, and some undoubtedly dis honest—were those persons so contemptible, were they so incapable of burning houses, rising in arms, and attacking the police, creating a diversion, to the terror of the well-disposed, in favour of insurgents elsewhere? Why, those were the very persons who began such things. Here it began with people of the lower orders. Many of the insurgents in Ireland were persons in an abject condition. It was because these poor wretches, having nothing to lose, or regardless of consequences, thought they must gain by insurrection,—because they were the aptest tools in the hands of designing persons, —because they were most susceptible of excitement to sedition, that men of this sort were the first to com mence aggression, the first to make an outbreak. The question was, whether the prisoner conspired with others to compel the Queen to change her measures or govern ment, or whether he intended to rise, with others, to deprive her of her Royal name and Imperial crown? There were two bodies, the Chartists and the Irish Confederates. He (the Attorney-General) had never said one word about the prisoner being a Chartist. His charge against him and the Irish Confederates was this, that despising the Chartists, as they said, they cunningly used those unfortunate men for their own purposes. Wanting by force to carry the Chsrter, and to deprive the Queen of one of the brightest gems in her crown, they used the Chartists for their own purposes. The Learned Counsel said he despised the Chartists. The prisoner had the same feeling. The prisoner—No. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—What had the prisoner said? He was brought before a magistrate. Powell's evidence was given in his presence. If Powell was tel ling what was untrue the prisoner could have said so. His counsel said the prisoner spoke the language of his heart. He had no attorney or counsel at his elbow when he said—" I don't wish to stand here as an English factionist," that is, he was no advocate for the Charter; it was not worth fighting for. " I won't fight for that," he said, but he was prepared to fight. "I don't wish to stand as an English factionist, but as an Irish nationalist. My object was not to disturb English society, but to free my own country." How? By calling on those men whom his counsel despised, by exciting the Chartists to rise in rebellion, so that the troops might be kept in England instead of being sent to suppress insurrection in Ireland. The object of the prisoner was the nation ality of his country, the repeal of the union, a republic, it might be presumed. The counsel for the prisoners thought Powell unworthy of belief, because he did not give earlier information that violent measures were con templated; but he was himself present at a meeting where moral force was, on the motion of the prisoner, postponed to the Day of Judgment; yet he, a barrister, d'd not give information to the Government. Mr. KENEALY had said nothing as to the transac tions Of the Attorney-General at Horsham, nothing as to his private practices, corrupt as they were alleged to be. Mr. Justice ERLE begged to press on the mind of the coun , ,Q.l for the prisoner the extreme impropriety of tra velling out of the question before the Court. The few words which had now dropped from his lips were in the nature of an insult. Mr. KENEALT observed that the Attorney-General was not stopped when he said he blushed for his conduct in presiding at the meeting in question. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought it was surely not wrong to say, when one made a severe attack on a wit ness for not doing what the person making the attack ought to have done himself, that the counsel ought not to lay great stress upon that. With respect to the expression "plotting . ' committee, it was in the depositions that the witness used that expression in speaking of the commit tee otherwise called the " Ulterior Committee." It was said, that evidence should be derived from purer sources than from accomplices. People would be very insecure in their properties and lives if they were to read the Govern ment a lesson that it was only from pure and unpolluted sources that evidence must be drawn. Bat the evidence of Powell was amply confirmed. When such prepara tions were made as the evidence disclosed, could it be doubted that there was a design to have an outbreak on the 16th? What were men doing with daggers and pikes concealed about their persons, unless the object was a general rising ? Then plans were made of the Seven dials and Clerkenwell ; - what did 'the secretary of the Felon Club want with these plans ? The jury, in his ()pillion, could not hesitate to believe the testimony of Powell, confirmed as it was on so many points by the ether witnesses; and if they believed Powell, they must convict the prisoner. But if the Learned Gentleman really believed that Powell's evidence was false, why had ho uot called evidence to contradict it ? Powell had furnished the means of contradicting his evidence, if it ceull be contradicted, for he had named persons who might have been called to contradict him if it had been deemed advisable to do so. But he had called several witnesses, yet it could hardly be said they had helped him mech. The explanation attempted by one of (hem (English) of the symbols found upon the priso ner W1:1 an insult to the understandings of the jury. I'he evidence of the witness Barry was at least open to suspicion. 111 told them that in private ho had never heard him say anything that was seditious or trea sonable, but he did not seem so sure of his public speeches. The fact of the musket, too, which this wit eess had raffled, was also very suspicious. In conclusion, the Attorney. General begged to say that the counsel for the prisoner, judging from the tone and character of ranch that ho had addressed to the jury, seemed to have Forgotten the tribunal ho was addressing. He seemed to imagine that he was addressing a class of persons in mother country who were uufortunately susceptible of other impressions than those by which he was sure the i)resent jury were likely to be influenced. lie (the At en-ney• General) knew that not only this eve, but the principles involved in it, were secure in their hands. It wls their duty, on thu ono hand, to take care that the public prosecutor did not entrench upon the liberty of the subject by straining the high prerogatives of the iaw which were entrusted to Government for the pre servation of the public peace; and, on the other hand, it was their duty, as it was their interest, to take care not only to preserve the rights of the prisoner, but their own rights and the rights of their countrymen —to preserve intact the noble institution of trial by jury, under which they were then acting—by honestly, con scientiously-, and unprejalicedly discharging their duty in this case. Mr. Justice ERLE was proceeding to sum up, when Several of the jurymen stated that they were physi cally and mentally incapable of going on with the case. Mr. Justice ERLE thoughttit would be much better to adjuurn to Monday morning. The Court, at half-past five o'clock, adjourned accord ingly to Monday; the jury retiring to the London Cotree•houee, in charge of an officer. NEW COURT. (Before the CoMMON SERGEANT Montague Douglas Scott, aged 24, desnibed as an at torney, pleaded Geilty to an indictment, charging him wiih haTinn stolen a quantity of plate and a valuable bracelt, the property of Henry Holnies Dobson, John William Thomas, Christopher Howland, and others. It appeared from the statement of Mr. 13A.LLANTINE, who was retained for Mr. Thomas, that the prisoner, ho is of good family, and has been but recently married, had hired the plate, and subsequently pawned it, but that ,ince the commission of the offence he had come over from Boulogne, and done all in his power to return the goods. His clients, however, feeling that a felony had heen committed, refused to listen to any compromise, and had instructed him to make a statement of the facts upon public grounds, and to show that they would not tolerate such proceedings. After some remarks from Mr. CLARKSON, who de fended the prisoner, The Common SERGEANT said the prisoner's subse qu-nt behaviour was a mitigation of his offence, and he therefore sentenced him to nine months' imprison ment. Isaac Harding Harris, aged 34, described as an agent, was indicted for obt a i n i ng money b y f alse pretences - . The prisoner pleaded Guilty. Mr. PAYNE, who appearA for the prosecution, stated that the prisoner was a Dissentin g clergyman from %Vales, and had gone ab ou t represent i ng that he was engaged to raise subscriptions to carr y out t h e philan thropic views of some persons who had lately erected a church and large school-room at Salem, in barnarvon shire, but could not complete their objects for want of funds. In support of his assertion ho carried a book of the list of subscribers' names, most of whom were per sons of high standing, and the amount of their subscrip dons. On inquiry it turned out that there was no such place as Salem, or any church or school, and that the signatures for the most part wore forgeries. The COMMON SERGEANT said tbo case was a very bad one, and but for his having pleaded guilty and the in formation they had received, that he had acted as agent for more guilty parties, he should have transported him; but, as it was, he should order him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. William Jones, aged 42, a labourer, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Robert Sutton, with intent, &c. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a labouring man, had had some words with the prisoner, who works on the road, when he took up one of the scrapers used for cleaning the roads and struck him a most violent blow, and did him very great injury. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he handed in a written certificate from his employers, Messrs. M'Adans, of his conduct for a period of eighteen years. The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said, but for that he should have transported him for ten years, having marked down that sentence in his book. He had made up his mind to transport all who were con victed before him of cutting and wounding. Such of fences, and the use of the mos t d ea dl y weapons , h a d be come alarmingly prevalent in this country, and were on the increase, and he would do all in his power, by making an example of persons so convicted to put a atop to it. It was only in consequence of the extraordinary good character the prisoner had received, and then with some reluctance, that he should pass the sentence he did— which was 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. James Crabb, aged 38, a sailor, was convicted of cut ting and wounding James Boots. The parties in question had had a quarrel and fight, which was over, when the prisoner rose from his seat, and having taken a clasp knife from his pocket, made a stab at the other's breast, but only wounded him in the hand. The CommoN SERGEANT, having again alluded to t 3 frequent recurrence of this class of offence, added, that he thought the other judges had acted erroneously in not visiting them with more severe punishment than they had, and so by example endeavour to chock them. For three years this crime had been upon the increase, and unless some very extraordinary circumstance of good character, as in the last c :se, operated in mitigation, he should transport in all cases of cutting and wounding. He then ordered the prisoner to be transported for seven years. James Piddick, aged 22, William Edwards, aged 22, ' both porters, and Thomas Norman, aged 20, a carman, were indicted for a burglary; and Joshua Williams, a hairdresser, aged 36, was indicted for aiding them in the commission of the offence. Mr. Ballantino and Mr. Parnell prosecuted. The facts proved in evidence were those—Edwards had been in the employ of the London and North- Western Railway Company, and in conjunction with Pidiick and Norman had planned the breaking into and entering of the counting-house of the Camden-town station, which they effected upon the 4th of August, and stole two 51. notes and other moneys. Not being able to change the notes, they took them to Williams, who keeps a barber's shop in Drury-lane, and he gave them 71. 103. for them. _ They were found Guilty, and Edwards was sentenced to ten years' transportation, Norman and Piddick to seven years, and Williams to two years' imprisonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREE7'. George Nichols was brought up before Mr. Hammill, charged with the following brutal attack upon a poor charwoman named Elizabeth Burton, living in Went worth-street, Whitechapel. The complainant, whose temple was covered with ad hesive plaster, and who exhibited other marks of severe ill-usage, stated that while going to her work at an early hour that morning, she was stopped in the Whitechapel road by the prisoner, who made her a grossly insulting offer, and upon her indignaroly repelling him, tried to drag her down a dark passage. A violent struggle en sued between them. and the prisoner, on finding that his efforts were ineffectual, thrust her back, and dashed her head repeatedly against the wall. He then struck her a terrible blow on the eye, which brought her to the ground, and followed this up with several furious kicks upon the head and body; she screamed for assistance, and on hearing a policeman approaching, the prisoner dealt her a final kick, and darted down an adjoining gateway. He was shortly after, however, secured, and the witness having been conveyed to the London Hospital, had her injuries dressed by one of theeiurgeons, but she had suffered so seriously from the brutal usage she had re ceived that she could still scarcely stand. Armstrong, of the H division, stated that hearing the screams of the complainant he h as t ene d to the spot, and found the woman lying upon the pavement, with her face covered with blood, which was issuing in a stream from a serious cut close to the right temple. She was so stunned at the time that he could not ascertain from her who her assailant was, but upon partially recovering she told him the man had run down the next court, and as witness knew it was not a thoroughfare he waited for his emerging from it, and the next moment the prisoner re traced his steps, was instantly recognized by the woman, and captured. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner denied that he had taken any part in the attack upon the com plainant, who was entirely mistaken in her identification of him, and declared that he had never even seen her until be was given into custody at her instance. The woman, however, swore positively to him, and pressed a summary adjudication, as it would be a serious loss to her to attend elsewhere. Mr. IsLasistru. said it:was with reluctance he acceded to her request, as he felt that his powers were wholly inade quate to deal with such a scandalous outrage; he should therefore mark his sense of the prisoner's conduct by in flicting upon him the highest amount of penalty be could impose, namely, s l.,and in default of pay me nt h e mus t stand committed to the. House of Correction for two months. The prisoner could not pay the penalty, and was there fore carried off in the van. SOUTHWARK. John Griggs, a well-known pugilist, was placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, charged with being concerned with a woman not in custody, in assaulting Mr. Prosser, a tradesman residing in the Borough, and robbing him of a valuable silver snuff box. The prosecutor said, that on the preceding night, a little after twelve o'clock, he was walking along the Bo rough-road towards his home, after spending the even ing at the Surr e y Th eatre, an d w h en near t h e wa ll of the Queen's Kison ho was accosted by a woman, who asked him to give her a shilling. On his refusal to com ply with her impudent demand, ,ho suddenly slapped him on the face, and before he could recover himself he lost his snuff-box, and on looking round saw the woman running away. lie was about to pursue her when the prisoner came up and asked him what he wanted with the woman. lie replied, that she had robbed him of his snuff box, and he wanted to get it back again. The pri soner said, " Never mind your snuff-box, it is of no value," and let the woman go. He (witness) replied that ho was determined to follow her and give her into custody, when the prisoner struck him a severe blow on the mouth and nearly stunned him, but he caught hold of his collar, and a policeman coming up at the time, he was secured and taken to the station- house. The woman made her escape, and all search for her had been in vain. In answer t 3 the charge the prisoner said, he had no knowledge of the woman, but as he was passing along the Borough-road he saw the complainant ill:using some one, upon which he ran to the spot, and on his interfe rence the complainant abused him, which compelled him to strike him. Police-constable, 183 M, said, that he saw the prisoner strike complainant, and on his coming up the latter told him he had been robbed of his snuff•box by a woman. From the description given of the latter he was positive that he had seen her in the prisoner's company about Iva an hoar previously. Mr. SESSER asked whether anything was known of the prisoner? Sergeant Charmer, 24 M, replied that he was a well known pugilist, and a constant companion of thieves, both male and f:male. He followed the latter parties about the streets, and assisted them in committing robberies. Mr. SECKER asked whether he had ever been convicted for similar offences? Tho sergeant replied, that ho was sentenced to two months' imprisonment about a year ago for a violent assault on a woman who refused to give him money when he wanted it. Mr. SECKEtt said, that it was a most desperate as sault, and committed under most aggravated circum stances; he should, therefore, commit him for trial for the hi , hway robbery, as well as the assault. LAMBETH. DrstrnEssiNa CASE.—A case of a peculiarly distress ing description was last week brought under the notice a middle-aged man of gentlemanly appearance, the Hon. G. C. Norton. On Thu rs d ay, a f ter the night charges had been disposed of, Mr. Edwa r d F ran kli n ge of ig male a d esperate attempt to e g i la in t r from Lambeth wor kh ouse, and placed at the e u suicide by jumping out cf a wherry into the cbwoaamr,n a onas b brought to Thames. -- Samuel Granby, a watermen, said t h at on Wednesday afternoon the g entleman in th e d oc k engaged him at the sEita°irrsse,feernrdY-swtfihien' Westminster, t o ta k e him ' to Lambeth stairs, ate ut two-thirds over, and while he (winless) was speaking to a man on board a barge, he missed him from his boat. In a moment or two after wards he observed him to rise to the surface of the water, and by a great effort succeeded in saving and taking him to Lambeth-stairs. The prisoner, who seemed overwhelmed with shame at the position in which he was placed, declared he felt truly sorry for his conduct, and should not again har bour the idea of repeating it. Dickson, the constable, here handed to Mr. Norton three documents found on the prisoner, all of which were in his own handwriting„ and all proving the most delibe rate intention to destroy himself. The first of these documents was headed, " A Synopsis of the chequered Life of Mr. Ed ward Franklin Kerr, set ting forth a few of the most remarkable events that have happened to me from my birth, intended to serve as an antidote for the severe reflections which will be passed on the impious and rash act I am about to commit, and for which I hope and trust my blessed Redeemer will make atonement," and went on, as it purported, to give a brief' history of the prisoner from boyhood up to the mo ment of his attempting the rash act. The second document was a letter to the Coroner of the district in which the body of Mr. Edward F. Kerr may be found, written from No. 49, Hide-place, Vincent square, Westminster. From this and the former document, it appeared that the prisoner had been compelled to quit Boulogne in consequence of the events of the last French revolution, He had held a public situation in that town for 25 years, and being unable to obtain employment in England, after many efforts for that purpose, had determined on committing suicide. Mr. Danny, the prisoner's landlord, was present, gave him a high character, said he had used every moans possible to obtain employment, and expressed it as his perfect conviction that it was distress alone that drove him to attempt the rash act. Mr. NORTO N on that occasion allowed the prisoner to go home with his landlord, and desired him to appear before him again on Saturday- To-day Mr. Kerr attended, when there was present a w h a e s w s o o u rr ld y number of gentlemen who knew him in prosperity, and who s poke of his c h arac t er i n the high es t t erms . Mr. N ORTON thought that under all the circumstance the poor man's ease was on© deserving of sympathy, an d if made publi c, as he thought it would be, he also hoped that something would be done for him, partic u l ar ly by those in th e literary world. The poor-box, he (Mr. was s sovereign ilgonw to o n be fundshanadte handed rteo se Norton) ntbut too sa rde y r a him for his present use. The unfortunate gentleman attempted to express his gratitude to the magistrate for his kindness, but his feelings were so intense that he could not utter a syllable Having been relieved by a copious shower of tears, he implored M r . N orton to recommend his deliverer to the consideratio n of the Humane Society. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT WALWORTII.—After the night ellare ' es had beon disposed of, Richard Orpin, Wm. LinfiddiSpencer Linfield, and Mary Ann Dryden, who have been in custody for some days, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on the more serious charg e of having caused the death of Eliza Wilson. Mr. Superintendent Robinson, addressing the magis trate, said that, from circumstances that came to his knowledge, he did not think it expedient at present to offer further evidence, but would request that the pri soners might be remanded to a future clay. The unfor tunate young woman was now dead, and the coroner had been written to to hold an inquest. He also said the premises belonging to both the female prisoners were thoroughly searched, but nothing of a suspicious character had been discovered. lie had, however, caused an extract to be taken from the books at the station of the number of bodies of infants found in the neighbourhood, and the result of the coroners' inquests upon each ; and that extract he begged to place before his worship. p The list was as follows :—" Sept. 4, 1847, found in a ditch in Thurlow-place, Wal worth-common, the body of a female child, about a fort night old ; verdict, found dead. Oct. 27, found in Al- bang-crescent, Albany-road, the body of a new-born male child ; verdict, wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. March 6, 1848, found in a privy, 4, East-lane, the body of a new-born male child ; verdict, wilful murder against some person o r p ersons un k nown . May 11, found in the Surrey Canal, the body of a new born male child ; verdict, found drowned. Aug. 29, found in an area, 17, Lacey-terrace, Penton-place, the body of a male infant; verdict, found dead. March 17, found in the garden, 20, Apollo-buildings, the body of a new-born male child ; verdict, wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Mr. NORTON, on reading over the list remarked that all these things were highly suspicious, and the pri soners were remanded, as requested. Mr. Games, who appeared on behalf of Mrs. Lin. field and William Linfield, applied to have the latter admitted to bail, but, _ _ Mr. NORTON refused the application, observing that the case had, since the last examination, assumed a more serious character, and he could not, therefore, ac cept bail. Daring the examination of the prisoner, two copies of a newspaper, dated October 2d and 10th, 1826, were handed to the magistrate, in which there were reports under the head " Union-hall Police Court," of a charge made against Mrs. Mary Burrows, a respectable widow lady, of starving her infant son (the present prisoner, W. Linfield). It appeared that Mrs. Burrows, being a widow at the time, became pregnant, and in order to conceal her shame from her family and friends, had been privately confined at the house of Mrs. Linfield. Soon after her delivery of a son, the mother took it into her head that her own infant had been changed for another, which she alleged to be the offspring of Mrs. Linfield, and, in con sequence, so neglected the infant that it was found in a frightful state of emaciation, from which it was very doubtful whether it could recover. He did recover, however, and Mrs. Linfield having taken charge of him, has brought him up as her own son since. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT WAL WO.FITH.-INQUEST ON ELIZA WILSON. On Saturday evening Mr. Carter, the coroner for the eastern division of Surrey, held an inquest at the King's Head, Norwood, on the body of the above-named unfor tunate woman. The jury having been sworn, The CORONER said that in the first instance he should have to request the jury to accompany him to view the body of the deceased. It was true his attention, and pro bably that of some, if not all, of the jury, bad been drawn to the reports in the public papers of the preceding day, in reference to the case of the deceased, but he hoped the jury would understand that it was their bounden duty to dismiss from their minds all they had heard and read touching the painful subject, and to attend and act solely upon the evidence which would he adduced before them. From what had already taken placs elsewhere, he feared that they were about to enter upon a prolix but still most important inquiry. Ho (the Coroner) had already directed a post mortem examination by Mr. Chapman, the medical gentleman who had attended the deceased up to the period of her death, and he had received a communication from Mr. Chapman, stating that he had already commenced that examination (which, indeed, was in progress at that moment), but that he was desirous to have the aid of the judgment of another medical man. On the receipt of that communication he (the Coroner) had desired him to stop the examination until the opinion of the jury should be taken on the subject. It was, therefore, his (the Coroner's) intention to propose that to-day the jury should do no more than view the body of the deceased, and hear evidence of the identification, in order that he might be enabled to issue the orders for its interment. After that he should support the propriety of adjourning this inquiry for a few days, in order that the post mortem examination might be satisfactorily completed, and the whole of the evidence collected. This course would not only lead to a saving of time to the jury, but of expense to the county. The jury immediately acquiesced in the suggestion of the coroner, and with him at once proceeded to view the body of the deceased. Attended by the summoning officers, the coroner and jury proceeded to the residence of the father of the deceased, situated in Woodcote place, and after a brief delay were admitted into the chamber where the corpse lay. There they found in at tendance Mr. Chapman, the surgeon (whose conduct in the mysterious, but painful affair, is above all praise), and Mr. Ray, the surgeon, of Dulwich. The visit of the jury interrupted the examination of those two profes sional gentlemen. The face of deceased, whose features in life must have been prepossessing, exhibited all the manifestations of intense protracted suffering, and the characteristics of a painful death. The forehead ap peared contracted, the muscles of the face seemed rigid, and the hands were clenched. A short time sufficed to satisfy the jury, and they returned, leaving the medical gentlemen to resume their inquiry. Oa their return to the inquest, tho coroner said, it would be sufficient for the present to call a witness to identify the body, and prove the death of the deceased. John Benson Wilson, the father of the deceased, was then called. Ho is a venerable man, near eighty years of age, and his distress of mind created a considerable sympathy amongst all present. He stated that he was not in business, but lived upon his property, consisting of the house he lived in, and other premises in Nor wood. The deceased, whose body the jury had just seen, was his daughter. Her name was Eliza Wilson. She was thirty-one years of age, and was unmarried. He saw her hat alive about eleven o'clock on Thursday, and saw her dead about siix o'clock on Friday. The CORONER said it would be useless to carry the inquiry further, as all would depend on the medical evidence, which was now ready to be adduced. On that point, however, he had to ask the jury whether they were of opinion that it would be desirable to have a second medical witness? He put the question to them, because under the law he had no authority to direct an examination by more than one medical man, but the law enabled him, on a requisition from the jury, to call in further medical aid. The jury, without hesitation, consented to a second medical man being called in. One of the jury inquired whether it vrou!d be neces sary to have the prisoner brought before thong on their next meeting? The CORONER replied in' the negative. The inquiry of the jury involved two questions, first, the cause of death; and, secondly, the means by which that event had been originated. It was not necessary to have the prisoner in custody before the jury to enable them to form a judgment on these two questions. Addressing the Inspector (Emmerson), the ConoNErt said that all the witnesses wha had been examined else where, as well as Mr. Elyard, the magistrate, who had taken the deposition of the deceased in articulo mortis, must be in attendance at the next sitting of the Court. The warrant for interment was then perfected, and the jury having been bound in rceognizances to appear again, the Court was adjourned to a future day. INQUEST_ ON LORD GEORGE BENTINCK, M.P. The inquest on the body of Lord George Bentinck was held at eleven o'clock on Saturday, at Welbeck, before Mr. Falkner, the coroner, and a jury summoned from the adjoining parishes. The jury having been sworn, The CORONER briefly detailed to them the melancholy circumstance which had called them together, and they then proceeded to view the body, which lay in the bed room usually occupied by his Lordship. The body pre sented no external marks of injury, excepting a slight abrasion over the left eye and on the nose. On the chest and hands there was some extravasation of blood, arising from the position in which he had lain. The Coroner directed a post mortem examination to be made, and while that was being proceeded with by Mr. Ward and Mr. Miles, his assistant, the evidence of the following witnesses was taken:— William Perks—l have been in the service of the Duke of Portland about seven years as footman. I al ways waited at breakfast, and usually saw Lord George Bentinek when he was at Welbeck. On Monday, the 11th, he arrived here from London. Every morning during that week he breakfasted at Welbeck, and on four days went to Doncaster races, returning each night. I never saw him in better health and spirits than he has been since he came from town. On Thursday morning ho breakfasted with his father, the Duke of Portland, Sir William Seymour, and Lady Harriet Bentinek. He ate a very hearty breakfast— more hearty, indeed, than usual, and was in exceedingly good spirits. He was occupied in the morning in his dressing-room writing letters. He remained at home till about ten minutes past four in the afternoon, when he set out to walk to Thoresby, the seat of Earl Manvers, where he proposed to stay for two days. Richard Lenthall—l am the helper in the stables at Welbeck. On Thursday last, about five minutes past four, I started with a gig from Welbeck to Thoresby, with Mr. Gardner, valet to Lerd George Bentinck. On the road Mr. Gardner drew my attention to his Lord ship, and on turning round I saw him walking past the Reindeer Park corner, by the footpath, towards Tho resby. I never saw him afterwards alive. I went for ward to Thoresby. I left his Lordship's valet at Tho resby, and returned with the carriage to Welbeck. I was called out of bed at night, and asked if I had seen Lord George on my way some, as be had not rea c h e d Thoresby. I got up, and along with Mr. Gardner and George Wilson, went to search for his Lordship. We took lanthorns with us, and followed on the foot road I had seen him taking. We found the body of his Lordship lying close to the gate which separates Ken nel-water Meadow. He was quite dead, and laying on his face. His hat was a yard or two before him, having evidently been thrown off in falling. I left three men with the body, and immediately started for Mr. Hase, of Worksop, surgeon. A few minutes before we found the body Mr. Hase had passed on horseback, and asked what we were searching for. We declined telling him, as we had no idea that any harm had come to his Lord ship, and did not wish to set any rumour afloat. George Wilson confirmed this evidence, adding that his Lordship's hands were under his body, and in one he grasped his walking-stick. The stick was partly under neath him. I felt at his leg, and it was stiff and cold. A break was sent for from Welbeck, and in that ho was conveyed to the Abbey. There was a little blood upon his face. The CORONER remarked that, from the appearance of the bruises over his Lordship's eye, and the blood upon the ground, it was natural to infer that he had been seized very suddenly, and fallen with violence on the ground. The witness continued—The blood appeared to have flowed from his Lordship's nose. Besides that on his face there was some on the grass. The body was not moved till Mr. Hase came. Richard Evans—l am a labourer, and reside at Nor ton. About half-past four, or about a quarter to five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, I saw Lord George llentinck standing still, against the gate, and about two yards from the pla ce w h ere h e w as found dead. I w a s about two hundred yards from his Lordship, and was going on the old Worksop-road, which crones that on which the gate is situate. I thought it was the Marquis of Tichfield. No person was near him. I thought he was reading something, but could not see at the distance I was from him. By a, juror —Did his Lordship see you ? Witness—l csnnot say ;he might do, for there was nothing to obstruct his view. lle did not make any sign to us. John Mee and my son, Richard Evans, were with me when I saw his Lordship. My son stood on the road a minute or two to look at him. I remarked to my son that I thought it was the Marquis of Tichfield. Richard Evans, jun., and John Mee confirmed this testimony. The CORONER said it was singular that the body should have laid on the footpath so many hours, and no person have passed that way. Mr. Smith, the constable of Welbeck, said few per sons passed along the footpath. The Duke of Portland frequently walked by that path in the afternoon. It happened that he did not go out on Thursday, or he would probably have been the first to find the body of Lord George Bentinek. Mr. J. Shirley Mills deposed—l am assistant to Mr. Ward, of Wellow, surgeon. I was sent for on Thurs• day night, and was at We•lbeck When the body of Lord Gorge Bentinck was brought there. It was then about two o'clock. Life had been extinct some hours. I was present when his Lordship's clothes were removed. There were no external marks of violence, except a considerable contusion about the left eye. It was such a contusion as would be produced by a fall. The bridge of the nose was also injured a little, and the left side of the tongue appeared to be in jured by the teeth. There was also some extravasated blood under the skin of the chest, and the right side. His pockets were opened in my presence, and in them was 12!. 10s. in gold, and 1/ Bs. 4d. in silver, and in his pocket-book there was a cheque for 100/. and two 5/. notes, besides other papers. I was told that there was also a promissory note for 5,000/., but that I did not see. His betting-book, his gold pencil, and gold watch and chain were also found in his pockets. He had two valuable rings on his fingers. I have, this morning s as sisted Mr. 'Ward in making a post-mortem examination of the head and body. From that examination, I. are of opinion that ho died from a violent spasm of the heart. We found the organs of the body generally healthy, with the exception of the right lung, of which there here adhesions to the side. Mr. W. S. Ward, of Wellow, surgeon—l have known Lord George Bentinck many years, and when in the country was his regular medical attendant, but I had not seen him since he came from town last. I have this day opened the body, and am of opinion that he died from spasm of the heart. There was very little food in the stomach, but there was no morbid appearance beyond congestion; which_ prevailed over the whole system. There was emphysema of the lungs and old adhesion from former diseases. The heart was large and muscu lar, and covered with fat. It contained no blood, and bore the appearance of irregular contraction. A juryman inquired as to the state of the brain of the deceased? Mr. Ward—lt was perfectly healthy, with the exec , tion of a little venous congestion in about the same rat as the other organs. The CORONER read over the depositions of the wi nesses. A juror asked if Mr. Ward supposed that the blood which was found on his Lordship's face and on the grass had been produced by the rupture of a blood-vessel in the head? Mr. Ward said he believed it had not. Ms opinion was, that blood had flowed from the nose, in consequence of the deceased having fallen upon his face. The jury immediately returned a verdict " that his Lordship had died by the visitation of God, to wit, of a spasm of the heart." THE LATE LORD GEORGE BENTINCIC The mortal remains of this much-lamented Nobleman will, it is un derstood, be almost immediately removed to town, pre paratory to interment in the family vault at Alarylebone Old Church, which is surrounded by the Portland estate. The vault already contains the remains of the Duchess of Portland, mother of the deceased, who, it may be recollected, was found dead in bed early in 1844, of Lord and Lady William Bentinck, and other members of this distinguished house. Tho Marquis of Tichfield left London by the mail train on Satur day evening for Welbeck Abbey. Lord George, it ap pears, hes died possessed of a considerable amount of ready money, and other personal property, which, of course, falls into the possession of the Duke of Port land. He owned an estate in Norfolk known as Orange Farm, called so in respect to the memory of William the Third (Prince of Orange), who raised the celebrated Dutch General Bentinck to the peerage of Portland, for services rendered at the battle of the Boyne, where Schomburg, then the second in command, was shot. He also possessed some property in Scotland. So great was the benevolence of the deceased, that on several occasions he has been known to re-establish tradesmen and others overtaken by misfortune, on finding that their intentions had been good, merely exacting a promise that if ever an opportunity presented itself he should be repaid. During th e two years' famine he subscribed upwards of 1,000/. for the relief of the ciie.tressed Irish. TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN SP. PANCRAS PARISH. Mr. Wakley, M.P., resumed on Thursday the in quiry into the death of George Davis, who died from exposure, want, and ill-treatment. The father of deceased, who is in effluent circum stances, attended, and gave evidence to the effect that deceased was his son, and was at his house about seven weeks ago, when the deceased said he had been turned out of the workhouse. The deceased was a man of very vicious habits, and from his general con duct it was impossible to keep him. There being no further evidence, The CORONER proceeded to address the jury. lle observed that the evidence which had been adduced was of a very extraordinary character; so much so, that had it not been taken on oath persons might be led to believe that it was a tale of extravagant fiction, and the authors be charged with having indulged in a romance of a most extravagant character. If the son was destitute, the law required that the father should supply the means of his subsistence. That was the law of England, and it was a most salutary law, because it enjoined upon the parents that prudential conduct in bringing up their children which would make them good, useful, and industrious members of society. The parish had acted properly in compelling the father to pay for the support of his son, but in making the agreement they had done he thought they had gone beyond the law. The object of a workhouse was that it should be made a receptacle for the really destitute, and not for a person in this young man s position. After recapitulating the evidence, the Coroner said the course pursued towards the de ceased in placing a straitwaistcoat upon him was one which would not have been adopted towards a brute. It was a painful tale, and, although there was not sufficient legal proof, his own decided conviction was that this young man had died through being ex pelled from the workhouse. He was led to this belief from the fact that no symptom of illness was manifest until after that event took place. In conclusion the Coroner denounced the conduct of the authorities as ungenerous and cruel in the extreme, and said it was calculated to make the poor of this country believe that those who were in different cir cumstances were their oppressors, and t o create a revengeful feeling, which was likely to destroy all existing institutions. The jury retired, and after half-an-hour'dconsulta tion, returned into court with the following special rerdict :—" We find that the death of the deceased George Davis was produced by a natural cause, namely, a disease of th e b ra i n, b ut the origin of the disease is not known. We think the disease aggra vated by his removal from the house before his perfect recovery. The jury take thi s opportun i ty of ex pressing their extreme dis gus t a t t h e practice of receiving into the house at a certain rate per week individuals who are not paupers, thereby defeating the purpose for which the ratepayers are so heavily taxed, and so making that which was intended by law for indigent poor a boarding-house for the com paratively well off. The jury cannot separate with out, in some degree, censuring the conduct of his father." HORRIBLE CHILD-MURDER IN SUSSEX. Great excitement prevails throughout Chailey and the surrounding districts, in consequence of the discovery of a shocking case of child-murder, which there is ground for suspecting was perpetrated by the mother of the un fortunate deceased. The particulars connected with this shocking case, as sworn to before Mr. Gell, the Coroner, are, that a widow named Hannah Sanders, about 40 years of age, had since the death of her husband given birth to two illegi timate children, and, about five or six months since, she went into Chailey Union workhouse, in a far a dvanced state of pregn anc y w ith t h e t hi r d c hild. Whilst therein.o she gave birth to a male child, and after remaining in the house till the 7th of September, The day London, taking with her her three children. of Lane Manners, after she left, a person named Jane r from the well for Cottage, on going to draw some wal. ,_ A she left and went i h n e g r n n breakfast , tho surfaced discovered o o v f e t r h e e d w t a h t e e r. body 0 c e r d e , and Assistance having been obtained : rtt h n e e tide: deceased s e e d d fi owaat was up, when it was befoundstoold. apparently about two month mark as s on be t i h n e g bo t d h y n pe l r n f q e u ct ir ly ies na w k also its murderess. im mediately suspicion instituted, fe I the Ti d d certainfroomman Sanders parent of the child, an _ the workhouse, went to Lond on , and found Mr. Walker, a neigdhbhooeuorionogossusirogneoodnb, ygaveit drowning.as his opinion that death had Sanders, near the Vi c t or i a d Mr. Parke in qu i re d in the Waterloo - road. . Mr. Pardke,thmeaswteormolsot e w Theatre, whethers'sandeiehr.ad She a n d c i h n i i l t d t who ed th a w t e s n u t e hbywtahse the e a m o e d s ( , )f Louisa , andsaid her children were at school in the Co,nn2:2rcial road, Lambeth. Two only of the children ware found there, and as she gave such an unsatisfactory account of the third, she was removed to Chailey; but upon the coroner asking where the third child was, she I.( mained perfectly silent. She was therefore sent to Lewes gaol, there to remain until the body is identified. ROYAL CONSIGNMENT. —Her Majesty's packet Violet, Sherlock commander, larrivcd at the port of Dover, from Ostend, has brought a packet addressed to her Majesty the Queen, which was, on being landed, immediately forwarded by the authorities at the port by the railway to London, and duly delivered at Bucking- Jana Palace, A NEW RUSSIAN FRIGATE• A new frigate, named the Vlademir, has just been completed for the Emperor of Russia, built by Mr. Mare, late of the firm of Ditchburn and Mare. .It hes been lying off the East India Dock gates, Black• wall, for some days past, in the course of which Who been visited by several persons of distinction. A finer specimen of naval architecture is, probably, not to:be found in her Majesty's navy than this noble fro gate, which is of 1,400 tons burden. It is replete in accommodation, both as regards the comfort of the officers and crew, and the means of warfare; and is throughout finished in a style of first-rate excellenC s ' She was yesterday seen under more disadvantaga the deck being crowded with furniture and sterol (being expected to sail last evening), but still till beauty and completeness of her arrangements wer 4 discoverable on inspection. The officers' cabin, or ward room, is a splendid saloon, the officers' berths being on either side. At the midships is a buffet furnished with a splendid assortment of electroplate, supplied by the Russian consul at Birmingham. The officers' cabins are fitted up in a superior style, each cabin containing a sofa bed, escritoire, and chest of drawers, with water laid on. The ports for admitting the light and air pre glazed with thick plate-glass windows, which, by means of screws, can be opened to any extent, or completely and hermetically closed. The captain's or admiral's cabin in the stern is 3 splendid semi-circular room, affording every stccorn modation. The furniture is crimson cut velvet. On the deck there is a p av ili on or ca bi n for tne Emperor, in which are a good•sized cabin, containing a sofa bed, a dressing-table, &c., and a small room for his Majesty's attendant immediately adjoining. The furniture in this pavilion is of mahogany, and green morocco leather. Like all the rest of the furniture in the ship, it is of the very best quality, and reflects the highest credit on Messrs. Paul and Co., of Mansion house-street, who have been entrusted with the fitting up of this magnificent frigate. The pavilion in some degree detracts from the er pearance of the deck, but it is only in appearance. The deck affords spacious accommodation for fighting or navigating the vessel, and for six formidable 4El' pounders, which are to be placed on traversing cat' riages. The accommodation on the lower deck is in ere/ respect admirable and appropriate for the purpose, but fitted up in a more homely manner. Throughout the frigate the fittings are for the most, part of mahogany. In the state cabins and officers berths, the fittings are composed of mahogany and maple, combined in a tasteful manner, which would do credit to the aristocratic drawing. room. In t ° word, the tout ensemble of thi s no bl e s hi p i s high l y creditable to British art. THE CORN TRADE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The duties are now, at the minimum point on all grain and flour. There was , e good show of samples of wheat and flour at yesterday' market, and both articles met a free sale to consumers' at prices similar to those paid on Tuesday. Oats were still scarce, and a few Irish new mealing brought 35 . per 451 b. Barley, beans, and peas were unchanged in value, and in limited demand. Indian corn being short supply was Is. per quarter dearer, and se vere cargoes floating ha ve c h ange d h an d s d ur i ng th e week, et 345. to 355. per 4801 b., cos t, f re i g h t, an d i nsur ance, for American yello w . P r i ces s t an d w i t h out a l ter ation ter day, with a steady d e mand. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.—The e trade generallY has been of a languid ch a r ac t er th roug h out t h e wee k, but material change has occurred in th e va l ue of any articl e '_ _ Duties on all foreign grain and its products have D o k ; reached the lowest point und er th e ex i s ti ng law. TP arrivals from Irel a nd a t Li ver p oo l an d R uncorn continue on a very limited sca l e; an d t h ose coastw i se, except of malt, are again scanty. From abroad the imports . wheat, barl e y, an d b rans are large, and moderate e; other articles. C ons id era bl e inactivit revailed at our market this mo rn i ng , an d new wheat must be noted Id. to 2d. per 701 b. lower. Fl our met a s l ow s ale, and barely supported the previous currency. Oats hell scarce, advanced fully id. per 451 b., and oatmeal, from the same cause, maintained the prices of this (ill se'nnight. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGI3.—The demand for shares at this day's market has been better, and the market is altoge ther more buoyant. The sales are—Birmingham and Dudley, 4 1 4 P East Lancashire, 25/. Shares, 9% dis.— Lancashire and York' shire, 10/. Preference, Is. 3d. c. p.—Ditto, Halves (late 0. and S.), 17 dis.—London and North Western, 1101,4 Ditto, New Quarters, 3q c. dis.— Midland Stock, 841,4 " Ditto, New Ilalves, 10 dis.— Scottish Central, 24--Shrews bury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 121. 15s. 9d. c.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 9'% dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 7.—York , Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 dis. MANCHESTER, SErr. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Dined." shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9% Lancashire and Yorkshire, Preference, 1.16 p.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 5 3 / dis.—Manehester and Birmingham , Quarters, 1 1 % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , Preference, 9%—Ditto, Grimsby Docks, 14 5 43 dis.—South - Eastern and Dover. No. 4, 6 15-16. NEWCAStLE-IiPON-TYNE, Ss T. 23. , STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are --Eastern Counties, New, i per cent. guaranteed, 5 3 / 4 —North British, Thirds, 545. dis. PEPYs' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. NEW EDI TION, WITH THE OMITTED PASSAGES RESTORED. VOL. EL—The present volume continues the narrative of events from April 1, 1665, being the year in which the plague made its most dreadful ravages, through 1666,in which the great fire of London took place (for the best accounts of which referet,ce has often been made to this diary), and concluding with the last day of March, 1667. In the volume are traccd, day by day, the internal domestic events of that important p, riod, when vice and confusion, extravagance and injustice, abundance end want, reigned supreme. The gossip of these volumes is very amusing, and of so varying a nature as never to tire. There is as much information to be gathered therefrom as amusement, since Pepys' facts are from the very best authority that can ba had—his own persona l k no wledge , experience, or careful inquirement, and something 'br other about each person of any celebrity then living is st the e r e n t o o b l b e e e f d o i u t n o r d , o t r h d i s B a r d a m y b i r r a o b k l e e D a i r a e ry o `. f a T in h p e i e n Im o t a e tude, arid in excellent taste.—Messenger. fying effec t s Cutan eous o i Disease s e thease CADVERTISEMENT.]—Th e Most Obstinate Cases of by John Kaye, Esq., or Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield. The following cases are selected from some hundreds: now residing at Cowrie, seven miles from Cried, was —" Sergeant John M`Evven, late of the 92d Regiment, ArspeegendtialLgeivneeswtoaryattiovethe blood-puri fying five years dreadfully afflicted with scurvy, all over t head. In hope of being cured he applied to medical cured." men, without obtaining any relief, and the complaint _ prepar ed r t e d in creased upon Lim. He was induced to try these valuab le Pills, by the use of which he has now been Perfe cti c r ~-Ternima Wheelhouse, of was so amictcd scurvy as to be quite an &Ilea pity; but by_ perseverance in the use of Kaye s The Pills for six months she was perfectly restored." genuine Pills have the arms of John Kaye, with a fac-simile of his signature, printed on the dir tions for use, wra d round h box. Price ls. lid., ppe each • Wapping, Bradfor ; 2s. 9d., and 4s. 61, per box. To be had of Chemists and Medicine Venders. that the No SCARCITY OF FOOD.— it is estimated harvest of the United States this season is sufficient toifeaedn all respectable "half the people on the globe abundantly. With scarcey, . s exception, every species of grain, fruit, and vegetables,k, yielding throughout the country an extraordinary crop. and beef, pork, butter, cheese, &e., the same plenty abounds, while our population ar e secure of every com f o rt aid luxu r y, in the way of food, we shall have a surplus suffi c i en t to mee t all the famine that may occur in the Old World. —New Yea' Sun. FADVERTISE3IENT.]--THE EARL OF ALOE/110110g AND HOLLOWAY'S Pmts.—An astounding cure by this mirac awfi medicine, alter every other means had failed. Se * extract frons hie Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Lcghors, Feb. 21, 15 4 5 . Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills has • effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all tke M os .t_ eminent of the faculty, at home and all ever the continent. had _ ne ! been able to effect ; say, not over aid waters of Carlsbad er Ma_ rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBoItOCGII." These wonderful pills w ill cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Oin t c Ti n i , t e ) dia a n t Profes s or even,etn ll thr oll o o uwAyo'sutEthstaebclllishivisnleS worst.ent,244, Strand, asd b.r Antra& On the 20th inst., at Thames Bank, the lady of E. Carter, jun., Esq., of a son. Cla O r n ke t , h E e s 2 q o ., th of in o . s t., oo a . t Snaith, Y o rkshire, the lady of E. E. of fe On Lieutenant-Colonel the , Tif 2asOgsatohtne,.ionnstt,h e a s t 2. l: As e t t i e vi ss e t i o - f h m o ar u sd s . a e , Du g M . h i r e . n G d i b e nb,, of fe Dal- At On the 21st inst., P,lrs. J. D. Jackson, Saffron Walden, the A. 21st inst, at llenbury-hill, near Bristol, the lady Essex, OA nt t stop, of a daughter. of C. R. Y. Sawyer, Esq., of a son. At Hadley, on the 22d inst., Mrs. W. Smith, of a son. MA WiIED. On the 18th inst., at Stillorgan Church, near Dublin, C. B. Wale, Esq., of the Gord, Cambridgeshire, second son of the late General Sir Ch ar l es Wale, K.C.8., to Henrietta, third daughter of his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin. At Ballimore-house, Argyleshire, on the 20th inst., Lieut.: Colonel Hagart, Hon. Service, late Adjutant-Genera' of the Bombay Army, to Colina Susan, youngest daughter of the late Donald Mac Lachl in, Esq., of Mac Lachlan. At St. James's, Paddington, on the 21st inst., Charles, salt of W. J. Wilson, Eq., of Manchester, to Josephine, younges (laughter of John Braham, Esq.. of Gloucester-road, 1: 1 3 4°- park-gardens. On the 21st inst., at St. Michael Bassishaw, Mr. Thou?' Lanfear, of Avington, near Hungerford, Berks, to Lou i e Chaplin, third daughter of Mr. Samuel Gale, of Basingha' street, London. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Bath, the Rev. A. W. Erre, vicar of Hornsea-cum-Riston, Yorkshire, aged 64. On the 19th inst., at Southborough, near Tunbridge - we lls ' :llary, relict of W. Hayley, Esq., late of Felpham, Sussex... On the 19th i ns t., a t D over, El eanor, t h e w if e o f Mr. Hudson, of Oxford street, aged 74. On the 20th inst., at Eastbourne, Sarah, the wife of Mr . L. Gibson, of Piccadilly. On the 21st inst., aged 83, Mary, relict of the late George Salmon, Esq., of Nmtwich, Cheshire. es On the 21st inst., at N o l an d- square , B a y s water, .airi%. Campbell, Esq., assistant secre t ar y o f th e General roe' office, aged 57. On the 22d inst., at Ivy-cottage, St. John's-wood, E0 1133 „ 3 1, second daughter of Captain John Harrison, late of the ' 3l. Light Dragoons, aged 18. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNGI,N No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No- 11 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the -comer , aiiddleoz, Bionclay, September 25, 1848. -4 :. .:.m a . ~~^ 8 ', -~ - 1 • 1 • -7 f. ' I^;;. . , ~.- ~~u ~~ ~.,,~ ~~ •,tl a ~; . e P I •p • ..,~ ': ~ b • - • A E t. C 3 i , . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25 r ,. ~ 104%