The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

lieve in the young Hercules. A first article was, how ever, accepted, and a second, and a third; and, in fine M. Cauchois-Lemaire made a provisional offer of 1,200 francs to his young assistant. After fifteen days, how ever, they placed the salary of Louis Bla nc at 2,000 francs, then at 3,000; and, lastly, the chief editorship was con fided to him. The sensation which his articles produced was immense, and they exercised great influence upon the democratic party, and helped considerably to asso ciate them for a common purpose, by the union of the theories of the political and social school—the one as the means, the other as the end." According to the opinion of the contributor to Tait, " posterity will place the name of Louis Blanc by the side of such brilliant names ai Lamartine and Arago, as among the founders of the new French Republic." We doubt it not, for we are sanguine that the hitherto impracticable scheme of the author of the " Organization of Industry" will ripen into measures calculated to pro mote the happiness of his fellow-citizens. Besides one or two intelligent papers on such subjects as "Life Assurance" and the "Scotch Entail Bill," the magazine contains its usual " Literary Re gister," and its resume of the political occurrences of the month just expired. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. At the conclusion of an ably-written article on the much vexed question of tenant-right, the Dublin University Magazine thus SUMS up the subject:— "As to the tenant-right of Ulster, from which we have been led away by t h ese cons i derations, so far as it rests in occupancy, we do not see how it would be pos sible, even if expedient, to legalise such a right, con sistently with the spirit or theory of our law. We believe the respect shown to old, respectable tenants — even though they should not have been on the land through three succes s iv e d evo l u ti ons o f th e reversion— to be just and expedient. We would wish, so far as we can influence landed proprietors in Ireland, to recom mend to their imit a ti on t h e p rac ti ce , i n this respect, not only of ra e n lik e t h e M arqu i s o f Londonderry, in Ulster, but of others, such as Sir William Somerville, in Meath, and of many other landlords elsewhere, with whom the cl a i m o f b e i ng an o ld tenant on t h e estate is virtually as much respected as a claim of, copyhold. But even if it were possible to legalise those claims, and by law to turn them into titles, we would not desire to see the present kindly relations of the parties put on that footing; for it is in the kindness and mutual confidence, and in the wholesome power of control, guaranteed by the system, as it at present works, that its main social advantage consists. While we would, therefore, desire to see the occupancy tenant-right of Ulster, as it really exists, with its immemorial incidents of discretion and control, on the part of the landlord, practically recog nised, we can see no means of promoting its adoption otherwise than by the force of opinion, and by the gene ral inculcation by precept and example, of the landlord's golden rule—' Live and let live.' " But so far as the custom rests in improvements made by the tenant, it ought, if possible, to have the force and sanction of law. We need not enforce the justice of the t enan t s ' c l a i m t o com p ensa ti on for having increased the value of his land; he ought to have his share of the additional wealth called into existence by his capital a ppli e d t o th e l an d f urn i s hed to him by the owner. We need not dwell on a principle recognised by three successive Governments, and which must soon become law. We may observe, however, that any mea sure for this purpose must necessarily be encumberedby Parliament will, that the measure now before will. probably, require revision; and that of the various plans hitherto p u t f orwar d, that suggested by the Irish Council seems c a p a bl e o f b e ing carried into effect with least collision of i n t eres t s a nd least vexation. Let us add also our opinion, that any measure of that kind ought to be without prejudice to existing customs, and to such special farming contracts as landlords and tenants may think fit to devise for their own advantage. For our own part we believe that the man who would not im prove on a forty one year lease, at a moderate rent, would not improve on a perpetuity; and wherever the power to grant such lease exists, which the Legislature, we think, might safely extend to all cases, we strongly recommend both landlord and tenant to make their agree-- ment for themselves. " Such are our views of t enant r i ght as it really exists, and as it may, in ono of it s aspeets, be legalised. Ma chinery- for determining rent, we will not discuss, any more than machinery for determining how much the traveller ought to give to the highwayman. The owner alone has a right to say how much he will take for the use of his property. Poor rate and the ordinary laws of demand and supply are sufficient guarantees that he will not henceforth get more than is reasonable; and the fate of many hundreds of puisne creditors will probably, before another year shall have passed, render it as im practicable as inexpedient for an Irish landlord to inea paeitate himself for his duties by incurring debt." In another article, entitled " The Irish Crisis—the Poor-law," the Dublin University runs amuck against the I r i s h P oor -l aw w i th a ll t h e un• reasoning ferocity of an insolvent landholder. The French Revolution of 1848 is attacked unmerci ully, but the writer, nevertheless, predicts that it will be attended with advantage to England, because there will, in consequence, once more spring up amongst us " that good honest English hatred of French politics, F renc h morals, and French' prin ciples. " We protest against any attempt at exciting feelings of " hatred" between nations after this fashion. It is the old trick of the aristocratical party who wish to excite war between nations, because war gives to them patronage ; but the trick is seen through, and if' there is to be a war it will not be a war of nations, but a war of opinions and principles. The war will be between the principles of oligarchy and those of demo. cracy, and there will be men of every nation under hea ven found in the ranks of each of the opposing armies. We fully agree, however, with this writer in his con temptuous indignation at the manner in which British interests were everywhere sacrificed to Orleans' in terests by the Earl of Aberdeen, who seems to have been solely ambitious of being considered as " head clerk to M. Guizot." " A Third Even ing with the Witchfinders" is a strange chap. ter in the history of human credulity, and " Fletcher's Studies of Shakspere," a delightful review of a delightful work. The " White Rose o Muskerry" is continued, and we have the first part o: " An A ccount of the Latter Days of of the Hon Richard Marston, of Dunoran," which promises well Although DOLMAN. we can say scarcely anyth;ng in com mendation of the epistolary communication respecting the late " French Revolution," with which communi cation for April Dolman begins, we are rejoiced to find that in the general pcean of joy which has greeted the newly-installed Provisional Government, the voice of the Roman Catholics of England is audible. " The interests of Catholicism," says the writer, " far from suffering, will in reality gain by the late Revolution." The contribution is marred by its being restricted entirely to vague comments, and ineffective generalities. As the continuation of a serial, " The Adventures of a Schoolboy" are capital. We are rejoiced to find the writer adding his experiences to those of so many of his predecessors towards the abolition of the brutaliz ing system s of fagging and bullying. Another serial is continued, narneity, The olden Age of Merry En land and the one entitled " Mixed Marriage 'is brought to uio T a h. however, most in unison Raththe char.acter article,- ofD u t man's Magazine, a.s the Orga n of the Catholics, is un questionably the little essay called "Modern ology ;'' it is conceived in a beautiful spirit, a s iri Flagi t (employing the word a 3 an adjective) strictly PCa tholic. Beyond all this, fhere are literary criticisms Ca and some fragments of ecclesiastical intelligence. MISCELLANEOUS. Among those publications which may be classified as miscellaneous, th! most prominent is the Lt d Reel -w, in the current number of which the criticismetic on Larnartine's "History of the Girondists" is en eluded Having sketched in the preceding month the careers of the Constituent and Legislative As semblies, the reviewer here traces that still more extraordinary career, the career of the National Convention. One observation strikes us as being singularly felicitous, namely, where it is said that " Roland and his wife were a bourgeois duplicate of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette." In the rather scanty and superficial notice of Tennyson's "Prin cess,' the Eclectic remarks disparagingly that the "Medley" resembles grotto-work, " where the spar glitters beside the common pebble-stone, and the a g a te a n d j asper are em b e dd e d i n san d." It canno t e forgotten that Dr. Johnson, in a precisely similar mood, spoke of Shakspere as a mine in which the precious debas e d _ ? r e was " clouded by incrustations and gqith • • ~ -F. gazin e pros purities. 14owe's Edinburgh Ma on ~ B orne l c o 'cra- The ablest article for April is that Farmer' s mara.zinthe Indian Archipelago.' In the I:]):TreCuthbert Johuse:ill be found an admirable essay, emb s e s l i l l2 gh:' L e p ° ,,d et. " Common Salt as a Spring scarcely so elegant in its as it is la, P ent ' s 45 upon 's the wanto n , ' hPreceding occasions. Even Repertory of Patent rn no c ompetitor. Newton's in a manner re markabl l'e -- " 3 appears, pious information. Frome f the ace_ as heretofore, . 11 _ur i cy and its co vene the would, if spac e Bible observations Orirrn. Permitted, ex "1 tract tier'ss Magazine agitated the cornmer& the e monetary some very sen the Revolution of vreab world of the eonle.which has articles are published in ruary. Severaltipent since Quarterly Edu.cational the current numtnetrelligent the interest of the educAi liagazine; but, antisf the what subsided of late in co°nn:lqin"ern"t hamPPIIYS rences of a political characteer uence of recent :csCriler- B _.ANQUET TO VISCOUNT t h e nob AT TUE CARLTON CLUB.- —Last evening the noblemen and en tlemen members of the Carlton Club gave an entertaing anent to Lieutenant-General Viscount Ilardinge, G.C.8., on his return from India. The banquet took place in the spacious new coffee-room of the club-house, covers being laid for above 200. Lord Saltoun presided, and was supported on the right by Viscount Ilardinge, the Duke of Richmond., the Duke of Montrose, and the Marquis of Salisbury; and on his left sat the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Atholl, the Marquis of Aber corn, and the Earl De Grey. The principal table pre. sented a superb display of ornamental plate, contributed by the Earl of Egliaton and other noblemen belonging to the club, an d the whole was illuminated by massive gilt candelabra. THE MONSTER PETITION. This petition, like the great demonstration got up for Monday last, turns out to be a veritable hoax. The number of signatures attached to it amounted, according to Mr. Feargus O'Connor's statement, to between five and six millions, and he claimed atten tion to it mainly on that ground. We under stand from the very best authority that so far from the petitioners numbering five millions, they fall short of two, whilst the credence attaching to the veracity of the signatures, may be judged from th e f ac t th at no t on ly i s th e name o f Queen Victoria appended to it, but the Duke of Wellington is attached nearly twenty times. Almost every slang name known to Englishmen, such as Snooks, Pugnose, and other nicknames, figure in thousands, and the very coarsest words, of the most vulgar and disgraceful meaning, are found in most unholy abundance. It is the duty of the officers of the House of Commons to report the numbers fixed to every public petition, and in the discharge of their duty the above facts have been disclosed. We learn that to such an extent has the fraudulent system of affixing false names been carried in this instance, as to render it matter of doubt whether inquiry will not be absolutely requi site to prevent the House of Commons being again imposed upon by hoaxes so heartless and yet so dan gerous as fraudulent petitions presented under cover of great public meetings. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HULL, 10 A.M.—All remains tranquil. LEEDS, 9.59 A.m.—No signs of disturbance here. YORK, 10.10 A.M.—All perfectly quiet. LIVERPOOL, 10 A.M.—The town is perfectly quiet, and business, which recent events had suspended, is resumed with increased vigour. The great rise in funds gives additional confidence. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Aprill2. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL. Mr. REYNOLDS (in continuation from our After noon Edition of yesterday) said—He believed that the opponents to this measure ,would be found to be the representatives of by far the largest constituencies of the country. He had not the least objection that the man who wrote treason should be transported, but he did not think that any Go vernment ought to be invested with the power of depriving any British subject of his right of speaking fully and openly his opinion upon all subjects. The sixth clause of this Bill also made a person liable to a punishment of two years' im prisonment for attending any meeting where such speeches were made. Sir G. GREY thought that it would be much better if the discussion upon the words objected t• were to take place in Committee, instead of at the present time. Mr. HUME said that he thought the Noble Lord and his colleagues ought to inform the House whether they were determined henceforth to throw behind them all the principles contended for by the late Mr. Fox. The Noble Lord had frequently made it his boast that he was a disciple of that great man, and expressed a hope that he would ever continue to be so. The Hon. Member then proceeded to refer at some length to the case of the prosecution of Mr. Muir and others, and contended that similar results would follow from the passing of this Bill. Most sincerely, there fore, did he advise the Government not to hurry the Bill through its stages so rapidly, and to allow the people of the country an opportunity of expressing their opinion upon the subject. At all events he trusted that the Government would allow the Bill to stand over till Monday next. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose, and said, I should cer tainly have been better satisfied if the Hon. Member who has just sat down, and the Hon. Member who had spoken on the subject, had been content to go into Com mittee for the purpose of hearing the reasons which might be urged by her Majesty's Government in sup port of the clause which they have so loudly condemned. The Hon. Member for Montrose asked me upon what principle we proposed to act. I say now, and shall ever say, that with respect to general principles of politics, with respect to the great mass of the constitu tion, I believe Mr. Fox to have laid down the true doctrines upon that subject.—(Hear, hear.) But, Sir, we are now living under extraordinary circum stances—(Hear, hear)—in a time, Sir, when persons think it their duty to call together councils and confe derations, in which they declare that war ought to be made against the Sovereign—(Cheers)—that the forces of the Sovereign should be seduced or bribed, and, if seduction or bribery did not succeed, that they should be opposed by force of arms—(Cheers)—a time, Sir, when persons are advised to arm themselves, and told that if they procure those arms they will gain a signal victory, and that the soldiers and the police will not be able to withstand them—a time when persons think it advisable, even in this House, to show in what manner they mean to proceed, and how they shall advise their countrymen to devise the measures necessary for the success of rebellion.—(Loud cheers.) I believe that, according to the spirit of this constitution, a great lati tude of discussion should be allowed—(Hear. hoar) - and that inflammatory language should be per mitted—that language which may excite indignation against our monarchical institutions should be permitted to proceed to a great length, because I know that with out allowances of this kind the liberty of discussion cannot be maintained ; but, Sir, instead of being re proached with having interfered intemperately and hastily, I believe that the general opinion of this country is rather that we have waited too long.—(Cheers.) But, Sir, having some to the opinion that it is necessary to take measures of precaution—that these measures of pre caution may defeat the designs of traitors—(Cheers) — that these measures of precaution may prevent a part of the United Kingdom from being deluged with blocd by those who have advised the commission of acts the most atrocious—(Loud cheers)—and who have sat down actually in their closets to show how, by various infernal engines, by pouring cold vitriol, boiling oil, and other means, they may procure the deaths of their fellow subjects—l say that under these circumstances I should be ashamed of myself if, when I see the danger approaching, I am so fettered by Mr. Fox, so afraid of having Mr. Fox's words quoted against me, that I will desert my duty, and will not take those measures of precaution which I believe to be necessary. That, Sir, is my answer to the Hon. Gentle man who asks me upon what principles we pro pose to proceed.—(Cheers.) I think that the Hon. Gentleman has shown that he will not come to the discussion of the Bill, and I think that he has not fully understood the meaning of one portion of the Bill—, I mean that which relates to Ireland. The Hon. Mem ber has taken the trouble to read to the House at some length the indictment framed against Mr. Muir. That indictment charged Mr. Muir and his asso ciates with having used words calculated to excite disaff,Ttion, and to alienate the people from the constitution of this realm, and which were also of an in flammatory character. I should have thought, Sir, that to transport a person for an offence of that kind, an offence _which must no doubt be very mischievous, but did not go beyond the offence of sedition, would be very oppressive and unjust at the present time. For my part I have always been of the opinion that the conviction of Mr. Muir and his associates under that indictment was very unjust.—(Hear) There is, however, a very great diffe rence between using language of that kind and language tending to excite to the levying of war against the coun• try or producing insurrection therein ; and it is the latter which must be the intent under the Bill which we now of the porropose, that must be the design of the words so spoken, lalnod .Memberiw ehyiehe operation these words are harmless, and cannot be in atnreienittybeer least condemningdegree. spoken The Hon.words Memberp oDoes not ottal theks as s o an overt act to know that there are even now cases in which brought forward on a trial for high treason, of the authorities that se of these words may be condemned persuasion, or eorerallart n ov id ? treason? It is stated by one cure others to make an an y person who by any advice shall excite, encourage, or pro plain overt against the King's per son is guilty of a ert act of treason, and deserves death." Yet all the objectionsv whreich have been made with respect to spoken words, therear o their understood or misreported, a oken with othbeeir.nginniteins-- .I willsp,Peyr,ha but apply to the law * Gletenhtliem olifotnrse—asaolnl t a h s e s i et nowoe objections s man objects to that law of treason, but t- d e I t n t blame us because we introduce the saran:measure with if any pwelshonthna-eari. intl.—Ate en a milder punishment. There is upon the statute-book by which, this country, and publishes, any writing to cause or levy any war, he may be found high treason, and capitally punished. That isgasuthikletylf of this country by statute, and I would Honourable Member whether it i s fi t t h at one perstohne, who sits down to write a ne ws p a p er, w hi ch he after wards publishes, and in which he commits this offence, should be punished capitally, and that oth ers , hi s con federates and his allies, should advisedly and with pre paration make, day after day, speeches seeing that the reporters of the newspapers are before him,whom he knows will report every word he says, that these words should be equal to if not of greater other allies,eatermaligni antythd wh ant ie the one shall which e are published by his shall be found guilty of high treason and capitally exe cuted, that the other canonl a y o b d e: p fo r u o n ba d b g ly uil b ty e of sedition, h go at l arge u pon ... 1 9 ba i l , tried on l y Member h t for misdemeanour?t atthat i afa iro noes rg e the a ajustice? Honourable ase Let the Hon. Member not say that we are preparing such un constitutional changes in the law when reducing the emethintetathat those Penalty of the one offence we raise the penalty with respect to the other, considering them to be in point of o ff en dispoaitio ces equally flagrant, and showing as great country .ye n oo nu th seh e n o tv n eo e t If aetzhtoeeoiaosnverthrow the Government and the been published, a, ; as the other. I readily admit that proof u m i ocar. e th d e iffi w c o u r l d t s t t h h a e n rei i n n day of before you, and the proof thoaiatthedebryh. have prY must at once ad publish. Ithadernie were the vvords y must require, With L at the writer or author intended to would i i rt s ettih n ua o it t r et t h h ef - u jiulser respect'pro 0f however, to words spoken, e acn e fi e . • spoken, even if spokenwith par:dal, leavea n d thereforedoubt with respect to words thus p u bp li r s e parat o io ra n na , than with h r i e l s e pe w c e t s e t f d e t r h e e d h i e t n d . . 1 7 to words printed or These are matters thinkwh iwhich that eaia allbethat l i p c a o r n t tirezhich mitigates the ' character 91 the offence of high ola to felony, a nd its penalty from death to transportation, and that that portion of the Bill which extends the whole Act to Ire land should be maintained permanent, as we propose it, we are ready to concede that those other parts of the Bill with respect to open and advised speaking, and, which is new, shall have only a temporary operation. —(Loud cheers.) For my own part I believe that the enactment will be a right one, but that of which I am most deeply convinced is that such an enactment is necessary, if we mean to keep away the danger by which we are threatened. The Hon. Member has referred to precautionary measures which are pro posed to be taken against aliens. In a few days I expect that Bill will be before the House, when I shall have an opportunity of stating its objects, and the reasons which have induced her Majesty's Government to bring it forward. Thus much, however, I will say, that any measures which are introduced now are intro duced under the deep conviction that the peace of this country is worth preserving—(Loud cheers)—that the institutions of this country—its monarchy and its consti tution—are not to be lightly given up, and the trust being in our hands we will endeavour to preserve them intact. Mr. HORSMAN said that there were many law authorities on this question. He had heard with great satisfaction the statement of the Noble Lord, that the operation of the Bill would be, in its general bearing, limited. The Noble Lord had quoted the authority of Judge Blackstone. He (Mr. Horsman) would also quote the authority of that eminent judge. The Honourable Member then went on to quote authorities. The Noble Lord had said that the words themselves were not to hold a party guilty, the words must be attended with an intention " to compass or design." He was perfectly confident that neither the Attorney- General nor the Solicitor -General would contend that these were sanctioned by precedent; he believed that they would concede that they were opposed to all precedent and to all law autho rity. In one of the most interesting books published of late years—he meant the "Lives of the Chancellors," by a Noble and Learned Lord, one of the present Cabinet—in the, life of Lard Eldon, the Noble and Learned Author says that when that illustrious judge was Attorney- General, speaking of the Treasonable Attempts Bill,he opposed,it as extending the power of the Crown to an unwarrantable extent, and the Noble Lord himself did not hesitate to oppose the granting of those powers. There seemed within these few days to be engendered a state of alarm for w hich he saw no warranty. In the year 1796 7, when there was greater cause for alarm than now, and when Mr. Pitt wished to obtain similar powers to those asked for by the Noble Lord, Mr. Erskine raised his voice against the concession of them. Mr. Fox, on the same occasion, said that they had heard of popular in surrections and popular revolutions, but were these owing to the freedom of popular opinion or the liberty of discussion? No—they were opposed to these; and he quoted the reign of Charles I. in proof, a period when freedom of discussion was fettered by the severest laws. He believed the effect of the recent violent speeches made in Ireland and elsewhere bad been to call down the indignation of the well-disposed upon their utterers. People knew in this country that they could obtain their rights, because they did not merely depend upon Government majorities, but upon public opinion. (Hear.) But if public opinion was to be disregarded if speeches made in public were to render the utterers liable to transportation—a great change in the con stitution of the country could not fail to be the result. Ho regretted that the Government had thought proper to introduce measures which even Pitt, in the zenith of his power, dared not pass, and Lord Castle reagh, in the height of his unpopularity, had not the courage to propose. It was indeed a matter for ex treme regret that the Government had deemed such a mea sure necessary for the unhappy country of Ireland. There never was a time in the history of the country where they had less cause fer alarm, because the greet mass of the people were not desirous of any great or sweeping change. Mr. MARTIN rose to move as an amendment, that " open and advised speaking' be left out of the clause. He did so, because he believed the pre sent law stringent enough, and because he wished to see it maintained. A written libel had been always made a criminal proceeding, but spoken had nets but they would be under this Bill. The 36th of George 111. made a written libel a criminal proceed ing, but spoken words only a misdemeanour, unless repeated more and more. All the great writers— Blackstone, Coke, Hale—were of opinion that this dis tinction should be made between written and spoken words. And were they, in 1848, to enact a more severe enactment? A speech could only be delivered to a limited number of persons, for the human voice would not extend to many; but written words might extend to vast numb.-rs. Montesquieu said words often admitted of more significations than one, and if they were to be made punishable as treason, he said there would be an end of not only liberty, but its shadow. He put little reliance upon repeated statements; and ho did not think there was an Hon. Member in that House who wuuld undertake to repeat the words delivered by another, nay more, the sentiments. (Hear.) But suppose they had to deal with a panic-stricken jury, sitting last Monday. (Hear, hear.) How could they depend upon the liberty of the speech ? How, then, were they to prosecute ? He gave the Government full credit for having shorthand notes taken of the speeches of persons who were rendering themselves liable to prosecution; but he had no faith in short-hand notes, and the most eminent judges on the bench were of the same opinion as the Learned Judge. He appealed to the Attorney-General if this were not so.—(Hear.) A Learned Judge had endeavoured to put an end to legalised short-hand writing, because he had been so repeatedly misrepresented in his charges to juries. How, then, if this were the opinion of the Judges, could they depend upon such testimony ? He neesia cugge.ob thou the offclatA: of rpeahtii g " open anti designedly" should be rendered a misdemeanour, and that it should not be rendered a bailable offence, on the understanding that the person should be tried in a month. —(Hear, hear.) He would follow the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to the " last gasp with truth and loyalty," but he entreated him to follow the example of Pitt in 17911.—(Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if parole evidence could not be relied upon at all, why let the punishment be light indeed.—(Hear.) But he should have gone further, and in his zeal for the liberty of the people, proposed the abolition of all punish. ment for sedition.— (Hear, hear.) If the sugges tion of his Learned Friend was adopted with re spect to the trial of such offenders special commissions would have to be appointed, as the courts did not sit once a month.—(flear, hear.) The punishments for felony and misdemeanour were nearly the same— imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Mr. Justice Foster laid it down that the speaking of words against the Crown was an overt act, and might he punished accordingly.—(Hear.) He thought the words should be retained, though they might not be made permanently applicable—indeed such was not the intention of the Government. Mr. MARTIN explained that he did not say that parole evidence could not be trusted.' Mr. M. MILNES read the words of Mr. Justice Foster, and said the words read by the Attorney-General were those of Mr. Attorney-General Follett, which, however, he did not make out to the satisfaction of the House. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the amendment. Sir F. TIIESIGER wished, in the first instance, to correct his Honourable, but not Learned Friend, the Member for Pontefract (Mr. M. Milnes). The words stated by his Learned Friend, the Attorney-General, were the words of Mr. Justice Foster, and not those of the Attorney-General Sir W. Follett. Having said that he wished to correct the statement of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Pontefract (Mr. Martin). The indictment under this clause would be not for words spoken, but for'compassing and imagin ing the different objects specified in the clause.—(Hear.) Ile regretted that the Government had given way es they had done, and consented to make those provi sions temporary, which he thought ought to have been made perpetual.—(llear, hear.) He thought the Go vernment, by the course they had pursued had destroyed all the vigour of the Bill merely for the sake of appeasing the opposition to this measure.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. HuME, and the ATTORNEY GENERAL in explanation of the word "compassing," Mr. P. WOOD supported the view taken by the Attorney-General of the word used by Mr. Justice Foster. He should, however, be sorry to see the statute-book cf this country stained with the making of speaking a felony equal with writing. —(Hear, hear,) He thought they ought to be careful how far they altered the law, for by doing so they might create a sympathy in a wrong direction. For these reasons he should rote for the expunging of the words.—(Hear.) He was greatly rejoiced that her Majesty's Government had conceded that the provisions of the Act in the respect alluded to by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government should be only temporary. Mr. M. O'CONNELL had no faith in the statements of the Noble Lord or the Government, that the povisions of the Act with respect to speaking would be only tem porary. A fair trial could not be had in Dublin. Mr. GROGAN rose to address the House amid loud cries of " Divide, divide," and withdrew, amid which the lion. Member sat down without uttering a word. Mr. MOWATT then rose to address the House and was received with loud cries of "Divide, divide," and "t`hloiurg. thought Grogan, Mr. was th e Grogan." The Hon. Gentleman gave Way, and. Mr. GROGAN addressed the House, denying that it h w o a a s r. i ) mp , o l s f sib th le e [ l e i have a fair trial in Dubin.—(Hear, insertion of a the trials should talson.plaliceeminbLeronwd'hoon._hiidnejaurs,thesapro.k)en tiimeLaplaorprtdtilarplJoasselso,ng the case ho had better move the clause in ' the Bill, providing that After soomneNobsiitions from Mr. H. GRATTAN, should report Mr. REYNOLDSthe that tiethved thAt juries in Dublin were they were not empannelled for poli mom proposede ut they e t y i werethat the olitohuesi House impartialityusecethaseendr'esumed, i,he and the CHAIRMAN reported ' GREY said that h e e progress. Sir should sit at twelve o'clock to-morrow to proceed with the Committee nuAE i objected on thto Bill. the n adopti of such a course. i twelve lr. Mo o'clock. o N c T k .Z Members also h t e l r i oe d l u l t?e u s to s e sitting at than attending the House.—(Hear, hear.) Apciedrertmo this, he did not think this was a proper time to discuss such a question as this. Mr. PEARSON suggested that the amendment should be printed, and further time given to consider it. Mr. BRIGHT thought that a longer period o ug h t to be given to the consideration of the measure. The discussion that had already taken piece had changed the opinion of many Members with respect to the Bill, and even those of Ministers themselves. On the question being put that the House resolve tself itself into Committee on the Bill at twelve o'clock to-morrow, Mr. MOIVATT mom], as an tilllQncluaent,tlu4 th House do now adjourn to Monday next.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. FAGAN, at two minutes to six o'clock, rose to second the motion amid much laughter. The hour of six o'clock having arrived during the Hon. Member's speech, the House adjourned. The effect of the ruse will be to postpone the Com mittee on the Bill either to a late hour to-morrow night or till Friday, and the House will not meet to morrow till the usual hour. CHARTIST CONVENTION, g the chai r , of the d e l egates yester d ay a f ter - AFTERNOON SITTING. At noon, The CHAIRMAN stated that h e h a d rece i ved a vast number of letters giving accou n t s o f pu b lic meet i ngs tile. the . a G s s r e a m t h b l i i n n held at Lynn, Liverpool, Clither oe , S out h ampton, Ben i no bury, North Shields, Carlisle, and other places, at which unanimous resolutions were passed pledging themselves to support the Convention. Mr. HARNEY said he had to state a fact concerning the conduct of the working men at the Deptford dock yard, which had been overlooked entirely by the re porters who had given accounts of the uproarious loyalty of persons in the employ of Government. These men, he said, unanimously refused to act as special constables on Monday last.—(Hear.) The Times had suggested to-day that the whole of the working men who gave their assistance on that day to preserve the peace in case of an outbreak should be treated to a " blow out " at the expense of the aristocracy.—(A laugh.) But instead of giving the working men a feast once in a hundred years, the Convention intended to put them in a position to have a good feast every day. The motion of Mr. Adams, that it be an instruction to the committee, that the number of delegates to be elected fur the different districts throughout the country should depend upon the extent of the population, irrespective of anything else, was then brought under discussion. A great number of delegates spoke upon the subject, some allegir ' e that the su ggest i on of Mr. Adams would have no good effect—that the present Convention was quite sufficient to represent the working classes—that it was all moonshine to have electoral districts, and increase the number of delegates ; and that if the Government happened to pounce upon them it would only have the effect of bringing a greater number of Chartist delegates into trouble. Others, that if they wished to act upon the democratic principle, they should not attempt to narrow their sphere of action. but increase it, and that if they were desirous that the Con vention should be, in truth, a National Assembly, an appeal ought to be made to every man in the kingdom. One delegate said, unless they acted upon the electoral district principle, it would be absurd to call this a National Convention. It was observed by another that it would be advisable to have a partial selection, so that such places only might be fixed upon as would return men true to the Charter. Mr. GRAHAM proposed an amendment, that the towns mentioned in the schedule which bad been drawn up, should send delegates to the National Assembly, and, at the same time, every other district containing a suffi cient population should be at liberty to send a delegate if the people desired it. Mr. JONES suggested that, in the event of the Govern ment refusing to make them any concession, the Con vention should issue a manifesto to the people, calling upon them, by virtue of their will, to send delegates to a National Assembly. He wished every town in the kingdom to send a delegate that wished to support the Convention. Mr. ADAMS said he had proposed the motion in order that they might ascertain the real opinions of the people of this country. They would only sacrifice themselves and the Charter if they placed themselves in a position which was not backed by the majority of the people; but if they had their support they might defy the strongest Government which ever existed in the country, should their rights be withheld. The amendment was then put but negatived, and the motion of Mr. Adams was declared to be carried. ALIEN DILL. Mr. KYDD gave notice of a motion protesting most decidedly against the Bill proposed by Lord Lans downo in the House of Lords, to expel foreigners who were supposed to have political objects is view from the shores of this country, as being despotic in principle and directly opposed to a wise system of na tional intercourse.—(Cheers.) CHARTIST CONSISTENCY. Mr. DIXON proposed a motion to the effect that the delegates should pursue one and the same kind of policy at meetings and other places, in accordance with resolu tions which might be come to by the Convention, and not act in opposition to each other. He believed that their procession would not have been interfered with on Monday if the rabid nonsense had not been circulated which some of the delegates had thought proper to utter during the last week.—(Hear.) The motion, at the suggestion of several delegates, was, however, withdrawn. THE MIDDLE CLASSES. Mr. LEACH suggested that the Convention should pass a resolution disapproving of any resolutions condemna tory of the middle classes as a body, and stating that they considered it the duty of the Convention to con ciliate, as far as possible, all classes, and to induce them to support the measures which the Convention had been called to forward.—(Cheers.) After some discussion, the further consideration of the motion was postponed until to-morrow. ADDRESS WITH RESPECT TO SI3ICTLTANEOUS ELECTIONS. On the motion of Mr. CLARKE, a committee was ap pointed to draw up an address to the country. The Convention then adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The apprehensions of in ternal disturbances, arising out of the threatened Chartist demonstration in London yesterday, and the unsettled state of Ireland, have seri ously affected the demand for the home trade during the last few days; and, as there is no revival of demand from the continent, the busi ness done here has been on an exceedingly small scale, with a general though slight decline in prices, particularly in yarn, which feels the effect of increased supplies of cotton to the American ports. We understand that the purchases of goods made last week for the Mexican market are likely to be affected by one of the clauses of the treaty of peace with the United States, which provides that all merchandise imported into Mexico within sixty days after the signature of the treaty, shall be entitled to entry at the low rates of duty imposed by the American Government. This period of sixty days, though quite long enough to enable the mer chants of the United States to send supplies of goods, will bo somewhat too short for shipments from Europe, which, ighe r on t e s q may probably be subj ec t e d t o muc h The mercantile letters r ece i ve d b y t h e C am b r i an from higher of u ednut duty. the United States do not exhibit quite so much alarm on account of the recent revolution in France as might have been expected, considering the extensive commerce be tween the two countries, and especially regarding the large imports of cotton which have been recently made from the American ports to France. Apparently the merchants at New York did not contemplate the utter prostration which has fallen upon the commercial and moneyed classes in France ; but the next arrivals, when the truth would have become more fully known, and when there would have been time to hear from the sou thern states, will probably be of a somewhat different complexion. We understand [that shipments of cotton from New Orleans to France are not unfrequently paid for, in the first instance, by drafts at sixty days, on New York, which, when approaching maturity, are provided for by drawing on Paris, and selling the bills in the New York market. A credit of nearly four months is thus obtained, and the amount of paper in circulation at any one time is considerably increased. The consequences of this mode of negotiating will, we fear, be exceedingly houses at N ew O r l eans ndere c xisting circumst ances , bill s on Paris prospe c t o f meet i ng acceptance a s ehrdiou N s e t y o havel,o some rk b ; but; tff) littlert under agency or payment. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—To-day has been one of the dullest markets we have had this year. There has been a thin attendance of buyers, and but few pieces have been sold, and those at reduced prices. There has been little or no business in the wool market, and prices may be quoted a shade lower. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Rather more business has been done to-day in fancy goods, but there is no general improvement, and no expectation of it until political affairs become more settled both at home and abroad. For yarn, there is an almost entire suspension of demand; and the short, time the mills are now employed is adding to stock. No wool is changing hands, and prices are merely nominal. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—But very little doing to day, either in the Cloth-hall or warehouses. Manu facturers are heavy in their complaints, especially those connected with vestings and light fancy woollens. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We are unable to report the slightest improvement in our cloth market; there was fully as little doing to-day as there has been for some time past, and our merchants continue to be exceedingly cautious in their purchases, taking care to buy only for immediate want, which certainly is very trifling.— Manchester Guardian. DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW-BORN CHILDREN IN THE STREETS.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bed ford, at the York Minster, Dean street, Soho, on the body of a new-born female child, found on Saturday night last, in Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Mr. Jones, the parish surgeon, made a post mortent examination by direetion of the Coroner, and it was his opinion that the child was born alive, but he was unable to state the immediate cause of death, or how long it bad lived. There was no evidence to prove its identity. Verdict— " Found Dead." In the course of the morning informa- tion was received by M r . B e dford of the finding of the body of a new-born male child by the police, in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-square, on the previous evening. The body was conveyed to the workhouse, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, to await an inquest. VICTORIA THEATRE.—Very extensive alterations and improvements are being made in this theatre prior to its re-opening at Easter. An entirely new stage, b u io si s d t es su d r i p li r g i e s n in t g ly with all the means and appliances that have been sug gested by modern science, has been laid down, and will give scope to the introduction of scenic effects of the and from our inspection portico is also in course of construction in place of the somewhat plain and unsightly edifice which so long and startling nature. A handsome formed the front of the theatre. The painter, the de corator, the carver and gilder, and the upholsterer, are this favourite theatre wi11, 3 when re-opene , d be found one of the most elegant of the many temples of the dramatic employed, e i a n t e a r l d l ay parts lsvo o t doubt the not interior, that art in this metropolis. i.l'he Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from an anonymous correspondent 301., " due for income !ax, arising from profits since the commencement of the IncoLue-taZ." It will be paid into the Exchequer. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES. The following is a list of the sentences passed during, the sesion:— Death—James Parker, for stabbing Eliza Burgess. Transportation. Fourteen Years Harris Bishop, John William Thompson, for the gold dust robbery ; Henry Brown, George Lower, Samuel Mainey, Thomas Snead, Georgo Payne, Henry Baily, James Taylor, and Benjamin Prophet. The last eight formed a portion of the Kennington rioters. Ten Years—Thomas Brill, Henry Stare, Horace Brown, Thomas Schull, Thomas Schenk alias Barnhard, Maria Hodges, James Dewey, William Brown, Henry Bryant, Edward Foy alms Chandler, Ann Handley-, Ann Dickenson, William Poore, William Boxall, and William Barret, another of the Kennington mob. Seven Years—William Smith. George Anderson, George Parker, John Smith, William Dixon, Eliza Phcebe, William Harris, Willi am A s h ton, George Jack son, George Lane, Johanna Bradshaw, James Mason, Daniel Eagleton, James Mayhew, Henry Nicks, James Ryan, John Asbury, C. Rawlings, Wm. Johnson, Ellen Ryan, John Whittaker, James Hastings, Edward J. Keitch, David Conway, James Perry, a.ilthony Finlay, Thomas Howlett, David A. Duffey, Thomas Walker, John Williams, George Smith, Th omas H orsely, Wil liam Males, and Samuel Morgan, the last nine forming another portion of the Kennington gang. Imprisonment for Two Years—John Fletcher, Thomas Ingrain, John Lloyd, William Chick, and Alfred Holmes. Eighteen Months—Charles Empey and Andrew Green. Twelve Mouths—Joseph Primmer, James Rae, John Davis, H. Csyton, ItobertHall, Robert Brockley, George William Rowley, William Cantrell, Thomas Bailey, Alexander Pickett, John Bartholomew Brookes, William Davis, James Day, William Smith, James Hewett, Thomas Wilson, John Roberts, John Ruse, George Treadway, James Badman, Ellen Ormond, George Wil liam Rowley, Benedict James Kriezac, Henry Bates, William Barrett, John Denmore, Robert Archer, and Henry Davis; the last fiva prisoners being the remainder of the Kennington rioters. Nine Months—BenjaminHarris, James Davis, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Christmas, John Still, and John Hall. Six Months—Charles Watson, James Cripps, Richard Thomas, Edward Jones, Nicholas Purday, Richard Melhuish, Juhn Saunders, Thomas Chislett, James Smith, Robert Harley, Eliza Green, Wm. Rogers, Ann Wiggins, Charles Wadham, Thomas Edwards, Sarah Allen, John Ware, John Brown, John Stevens, Henry Smith, George Barber, Wm. Hadaway, Julia Morgan, Josh. Rost, Fred. Jones, Eliza Walker, Elizabeth Brown, Eliza Brown, Wm. Day, John Miller, Charles Smith, Wm. Parsons, James May, Alfred Clarke, John Roe, Richard Williams, Matthew Hayley, Joseph Jen kins, Alexander Macdonald, George Evans, and Ed ward Walter. Two Months—James Meyers, Wm. Thomas Gent, James Smith, Mary Mili ner , and Elizabeth Tipson. Three Months—James Hager, James Corbett, W. Austin, G. Taylor, G. Button, Mary Welch, Mat James, Frederick Anderson, Chas. Howard, H. Baker, Frederick Baker, Richard Hall, Ellen Macarty, W. Lam bert, and Maria Puizl. Two Months—Jas. Rock, Samuel Brewerton, W. Loder, John Gall, and Richard Stratton. One Month—Robert Brown, Rebecca Osborne, Lydia Ironmonger, Ann Murray, and Laurence Bennett. Fourteen Days—Wm. Ross, and whipped, and Philip Salmon. Ten Days—Sarah Ann Fake, and Wm. Smith, and to be whipped. One - Week—John Harry, John Holden, Richard Stratton, Michael Miley, E. Purday, and C. J. Warder. Acquittals—W. Clare, D. Macarty, C. M'Andrews, J. Killeyway, Ellen Field, J. Eddington, Fanny Attwoud, J. Cauley, Ellen Kern; ay, T. Larley, Bessy Spottis. wood, John Spottiswood, David Thompson, Fanny Marks, Abraham Cali, J. Dobbins, T. Wilkinson, Ellen Farrell, W. Hollis, Thos. Potter, Eliza Reed, Eliza Johnson, Edward Etherington, Jas. May, Juhn Bell, Thos. Harman, F. T. Chick, Daniel Bea die, Henry Deacon, Chas. Richard Oakley, William Thomas, J. Keitch, Thos. Conan], Rebecca Hastings, Rich. Webster, Jos. Burden, Wm. Brigdon, J. W. P. Newman, Thos. Mears, A. Gardener, Geo. Sharp, Maria Burton, Wm. Sabine, Tim. Hurley, Jas. Ratelift Judgment Respited—Edw. Hancock, John Bull, Geo. Powell. The Court, at its rising, adjourned until May 22. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mrs, Mary Haddington, who gave her address, West bourne-grove, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a pair of gloves, a pair of stockings, and a collar, from the shop of Messrs. Phillips and Co., mercers, Regent -street. An assistant to Messrs. Phillips, named Edwards, said the prisonercame into the shop that day, and maden selec tion of some articles, which she wished to be packed in a parcel, and sent to a Mr. Roberts, of Carlton- terrace. Witness suspected the prisoner, and on watching her closely, he saw her take somethin g from the counter, and place it beneath h er s h aw l. As she was about to leave the shop, she was stopped and charged with the offence of stealing. When searched at the station-house the property now produced was found in her possession The prisoner, who was very genteelly dressed, in a very rambling, incoherent way, be g ged the magistr a t e to send for her au n t, an d s h e would tell him all about it. She said her husband had gone to the Bank to re ceive some money, at the end of a Chancery suit, and she had contrived to leave home without the knowledge of her family. Mr. ILtanwrcu asked the witness Edwards, if the pri soner exhibited the same incoherence when making pur chases?—The witness said, certainly not. The prisoner was as collected and sensible as the most rational of the customers. Pence-constable Mould, C division, said the prisoner certainly did not exhibit the same eccentricity of man ner when he took her into custody. Mr. HARDviicx said it would be as well to make in quiry of the prisoner's friends, whether the present irra tional manner and speech were only assumed, or whether the prisoner really laboured under disordered intellects. He should direct the police to make the requisite in quiries before he finally committed the prisoner. The prisoner was then removed, and when in the lockup cell she gave her address, No. 2, Mountford road, Westbourne.road. MARYLERONE. A considerable degree of interest was excited at this court in consequence of its having been the day ap pointed for the re-examination of Mr. Thomas Buxton Baynes, surgeon, Thaxted, Essex, who on Friday last was brought up by Inspector Tedrnan, of the D division, upon a warrant charging him, the said defendant, on the oath of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, " with having, on the Ist of April instant, at the parish of Paddington, in the county of Middlesex, unlawfully taken an unmarried girl, to wit, Marian Frances Jane Harvey, she being under the age of 16 years, out of the possession of and against the will of him, the said Thomas Harvey, her father." The particulars which previously transpired require no more than a brief statement by way of allusion to them, inasmuch as the subsequent inquiry (to-day) will put the public in possession of the whole history of the transaction. It may be observed that after the young lady was missing from her parents' dwelling the Rev. Mr. Harvey repaired to Thaxted, accomnanied by some friends and Inspector Tedman, and that after a deter mined struggle she (the young lady) was brought from the defendant's house and taken up to London, where she was safely lodged in her father's house. The pro secution was instituted under 9th Geo. IV., c. 31. To-day the defendant appeared pursuant to the recog nizance which he entered into on Friday, as security for his being forthcoming, and he took his seat by the side of his legal adviser, Mr. Wilkin, Furnival's Inn. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the prose cution. Mrs. Harvey and her daughter, who arrived at the court soon after one o'clock, were accommodated with seats in the magistrate's private room, and it was gene rally imagined that the young lady would have been called upon to give evidence. This supposition was the cause of a number of ladies flocking to the Justice-room, in the anxious expectation of obtaining a sight of her, but their wishes were not realised. The Rev. Thomas Harvey, examined by Mr. CLARK SON—I was curate of Thaxted, and quitted on the 14th of last month. While there I became acquainted with defendant, who was first introduced to me by the vicar. He was upon terms of intimacy with us, received hospi tality at our table, and he was treated by us in every respect as a friend. My daughter was fifteen years old on the Bth of last month. Her age was known to the defendant. Some time before she was in a delicate state of health, and was under his care. The nature of her complaint was such that he recommended equestrian exercise. I have permitted him to accompany her in her rides. When I lett Thaxted I went to live at No. 30, Queen's-terrace, Bayswater, and my wife and daughter went there with me. Defendant knew where we had taken up our abode. On Saturday, the Ist of April, my daughter was missed from the house at about half past seven in the morning. On the previous day the defendant had dined with my family. When I missed my daughter I found a letter upon her dressing table. The letter was here handed to the Rev. Gentleman by his counsel, and he identified it as being the same to 1 which he had alluded. It ran thus : " Friday. " Dear Sir,—l suppose I shall merit your eternal con demnation.. I need not refer to late events. I place all my happiness in the society of Fanny. An uncon. trollable feeling of regard, which neither you nor Mrs. Harvey could have bean insensible to, has led me to abuse your hospit tlity, and break the bonds of friendship and honour, and make me entirely at your mercy. I wish to take all the blame upon myself ; Fanny h as rece i ved an earnest and urgent solicitation from me. I cannot tell how this affair has come about, nor can she. I believe, though there is a fearful disparity in our ages, tha t there exists a mutual regard and affection of the stronge at kind. It would have been useless to have asked your consent—ghat question has been dis cussed over and over again. I love Fanny to distrac tion. I will work hard for her support, her happiness, and comfurt. Do not blame me. I will consult all her wants, svady her wishes, and treat her with that con sideration and delicacy which is her due. It will be useless to pursue us—such would be an endless labour, and would tend to make public those circumstances which would not be worth the trouble you would have to encounter. Arrangements are made which will pre vent any possi Wily of detection. You shall hear from us to-night. if you wish to communicate with us, insert a s h ort a d vert i sement , i n French, in the to-morrow mon ling. Bear in mind lam no adventurer. You have this ,to consider—you cannot undo what has been done. Fssnny is happy; but I feel that I have abused your kinadness, and am unworthy your consider ation, I hope. for your forgiveness, "T. B," P.S. I risk fearful consequences, but it matters not what becomes of me; if you separate us. I can but make short work of it, and I would Lear death at soon as disgrace." Mr. Harvey, in continuation, said—l have since suc ceeded in regaining possession of my daughter, whom I found at defendant's house at Thaxted yc sterday week, at about three in the morning. She was then in bed. I was resisted by the defendant upon my insisting upon entering into his dwelling, and in a struggle which took Place at a back door of his house, a pistol fell from his person. I also found another pistol under my daughter's pillow; both of them turned out to be capped and loaded. (The pistols (sere here produced by Mr. Tedman; they were small, but of exquisite workmanship.) The Rev. Gentleman, in reply to a further question from Mr. Clarkson, said —Upon my catb, it was not in any way with my sanction or will, that my daughter went away with defendant, and I would rather see her in her grave than she should have done so. By Mr. Wilkin—On the Friday, he might have come to my house at the request of my wife, hut I don't know that he did. (A letter written by Mrs. Harvey was brought forward and read ; the purport of it was an invitation to dine with the family on the Friday, the day preceding her daughter's abduction.) I have no knowledge of my daughter's portrait having been taken by an artist, at the request of defendant; and until yes terday I never heard that she had accepted from him either a riding-hat or a ring. Another letter from Mrs. Harvey, and which was ad dressed to the defendant before the family left Thaxted, was read by Mr. Wilkin. The said epistle assured de fendant that she (Mrs. Harvey) and Fanny were much attached to him, and that by the aid of steam he might, in the space of an hour, be with them. Cross. examination by Mr. Wilkin continued.—l have not seen defendant walk in the garden with my daughter, but if I had seen it I should not have objected to it. I never heard the defendant had been stopped by a high wayman some time ago, and that ever since he had car ried pistols about him by way of protection. Mr. Wilkin here produced a number of letters alleged to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Gentleman's daugh ter, and was about to read some of them, when— Mr. BROUGHTON asked if the young lady was to be called as a witness for the prosecution? Mr. Clarkson.—Certainly not. Mr. I 3 noucetToet then decided that the letters could not be read. Mr. Clarkson--Now, Mr. Harvey, I ask you this question, upon your solemn oath, did you ever consent m any way whatever to your (laughter leaving home with the defendant, or had you the slightest idea that he was courting her?—Mr. Harvey—Certainly not. Mr. Harvey, in answer to Mr. Wilkin, said I recollect Mr. Barnes having asked me to allow him to have Fanny's portrait taken, and I acceded to his wish. The likeness was taken by Mr. Gee. Mr. Clarkson, at this stage of the proceedings, ad dressed Mr. Broughton, to the effect, that after the evi dence which had been adduced, he thought that there would be no hesitation with respect to the defendant being called upon to find good bail for his appearance, to answer the charge at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Wilkin trusted that the Magistrate would not do so, unless he felt that there was a chance of a con viction. Numerous cases were brought forward by Mr. Wilkin, who conducted the defence in a very able manner, and he contended that no proof had been adduced as to any offence having been committed by his client. Letters which had passed between the parties clearly showed that there was a strong feeling of a ff ect i on ex i s ti ng be tween his client and th Rev. Gentleman's daughter, and that there was not the slightest ground fur imagining that she had quitted home otherwise than with her own free will and consent. Mr. Clarkson argued, pro contra, at sonic length, and asserted that the defendant had, by his own letter ad dressed to the complainant, fully established his guilt. The Learned Gentleman also produced the certificate of marriage between the parties at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, and it was already shown that the de fendant had sworn that the young lady whom ho had married was above the age of 18, and that the alliance was with the full and entire consent of her parents; thus showing upon the face of the said document that he had committed the crime of perjury. Mr. BuoucatTole, who ab ibitio had paid the greatest attention to the ease, and a great deal of whose time had been devoted to researches into authorities bearing upon the circumstances connected with the case under inquiry, reviewed the whole of the evidence adduced, upon which he expatiated at some length. The conclu• sion which he ultimately came to was, that it was his duty to send defendant for trial on the charge of ab duction. The defendant was then committed, but he was allowed to put in bail to the amount of 1,0001., viz , himself in 5001. and two sureties in 250/. each, for his being forth coming to meet the charge at the sessions. LAMBE TI!. flekert Mcrdie, the young man who has been in cus tody for some days past on a charge of violating the person of Miss Rebecca Sophia Yarwood, under circum stances of great brutality, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for final examination.; Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the accused, whose friends were said to be respectable. The prosecutrix, a genteel, but delicate looking young woman, who was so affected on seeing the prisoner as to be unable for some time to go on with her evidence, stated that she had been acquainted with the prisoner for about a month previous to the present occurrence, and he paid her attentions with the view of marrying her. On the evening of Friday, the 31st of last month, he called at the house of her parents, Agnes- street, Waterloo-road, and requested her to accompany him for a walk, the evening being very fine. She, with the consent of her mother, went out with him, and they crossed the Westminster bridge, passed the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Millbank Penitentiary, and Vauxhall-bridge, and proceeded so far in that direction that both lost their way. The prisoner, at her request, went into a public-house to inquire their way, and being desired to take the second turning to the left, they proceeded in that direction. They walked for some time, and at lecgth came to a narrow bridge, when the prisoner said he was then quite aware of the neigh bourhood and where he was. They crossed the bridge (Battersea, it is supposed), and on getting over the night became dark. The prisoner took her along some new buildings, arid on to a piece of ground which ap peared to be laid out for building, and the place was so dark and lonely that she dropped his arm and refused to proceed any further in that direc tion. The prisoner asked her if she was afraid of him, or if she thought be was some villain going to deceive her? She repli e d th a t s h e did n ot'think he had any intention to harm or deceive her, and he declared that, on the word of a man , h e wou ld not. He then asked her if she sa w some li g ht s a t a distance, and on her answering in the affirmative,:he said it was there his men worked, and he had to go there daily. They proceeded feltstu stunned e d severe her suddenly a s e z s i h n o g r t h e d r i s i t n a n a c e violent further, ew prisoner,her tt, b th le e w gr e o n ur t t h d e w b i a t e h k g p re a a rt t e fo f r h c e e r . h O e n ad f , a i that she became insensible; and on her recovering she wl n iFch sh s e o struggled as well as she was able to get away from him, but was so weak and exhausted that she fainted, and on her recovering the prisoner was in the act of lifting her from the ground, and searching her pockets for a smelling-bottle. She proceeded with him a short dis tance, when her head became so affected that she was nearly falling into a butcher's shop, and she did not recollect anything that occurred until she got near home, when she felt in a wretched and feeble state. The prisoner then said, " For God's sake walk, if you can ; my arms are so tired that I cannot get them to my head, for, in fact, I have beers carrying you for the last hour. He also asked her to have some brandy, arid said that though having no mono} about him, he should make it all right by leaving some article for its amount. She declined having; any spirits, and on getting to the top of the street where she lived, the prisoner remarked that her bonnet was much bruised, and requested her to take it off and put it into proper shape. He also entreated her to conceal what had hap pened from her mother, and conceal her clothes, so as to prevent suspicion, and, further, requested she would see him on the following evening, but she refused to do so. He then said he should pack up his clothes and start for the country on the following morning if she persisted in her refusal, upon which she promised to see him, but this was solely for the purpose of preventing his going out of town in the morning, havingdetermined in the interim to make her parents acquainted with the manner in which she had been treated. The prisoner parted with her near the door, and on going into the house she imme diately fainted. From her replies to the question of Mr. Elliott, as to the condition in which she found herself on her being restored to consciousness, as well as to the state in which she found her clothes on returning home, there could be no doubt that the treatment which she had experienced at the hands of the prisoner was of the most brutal de scription. Mr. Humphreys, to the witness—Has the prisoner frequently promised to marry you? Witness—Yes, he h as . Mr. Humphreys—Well, if he is willing to keep his promise, which he always has been, are to you willing marry him ? Witness—lf he treated me with the cruelty which he has done, I should be afraid to marry him. The mother of the prosecutrix was the next witness called, and was about to give evidence of what her daughter had told her on her return home, when she was stopped by Mr. Humphreys, and her testimony was con fined to the shocking state in which she found her daughter on her return home, and the dangerous state in which she remained for some days - after. Mr. Wagstaff; the surgeon who examined the prose cutrix on the morning of the occurrence and afterwards, deposed that when he first saw her she was labouring under a slight concussion of the brain, occasioned by some violent injury on the back of the head, and for two or three days she was in a highly dangerous state. In conclusion, Mr. Wagstaff said ho had no doubt the v;.ola tion of the prosecutrix had been effected, and wit con siderable violence. Mr, umphreys, in reply to the charge, said the pri soner had always intended, and was s':111 willing, to marry the young woman. ELLiorr — said he feltit his du ty . to send the pri soner for trial, and the charge agarust him was of so in serious ail for a character that he did not f ee l justified in accept- The b him. prisoner was fully committed. RESIGNATION OF THE GOWN OE BREAD• STREET WARD.—At a Court of Alderman held on Tuesday the Lord Mayor read a letter from Alderman Hughes Hughes, resigning the gown of Br ea d- street Ward. The resignation was, after a high eulogium upon Mr. Hughes Hughes, in which all the m em b ers joined, accepted, and a copy of the resolution of the Court, expressive of their ter, Wiw ordered to be forth gwriethat t r r e a s u pr u l t f v o ci r his e him,achar IRELAND. - DUBLIN, APRIL 11.—We are all in a state of anxiety ! procc,:dis alarm ha, , , however, somewhat subsidcd in consequence of the electric telegraph announcing a rise in the funds. It is not unreasonably concluded that if London bad been in the hands of the mob, the funds, in place of being in advance of Saturday's quotations, would hare gone down a trifle or se. In Dublin everything is quiet, and public confident. is beginning to rervade the public mind. MEETING OF THE CORPORATION.—An adjourned meet ingof the Corporation was held this day, at the Assembly House, William -street; the Lord Mayor in the Chair. , On his Lord s hip t a ki ng t h e chair, Mr. Creagh inqu i r ed if he had made up his mind relative to the presentation of the address voted some time ago to the French people; to which his Lordship replied that he had submitted the case to counsel for advice, and until he received the opinion be could not give an answer. Mr. Creagh was proceeding to ask further disagreeable questions, whe n he was called to order, and the matter dropped. SLIGO ELECTION. —The polling commenced yesterda/ morning, and at hall:past two Mr. Somers, the late Member, was in a minority of 12. Subsequent accounts state that Mr. Townley has been returned. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —The Freeman's Jours complains bitterly of the seizure of the electric tel.:- graph by Government. They say they had made arrangements by which we hoped to have been able to give in this impression, by electric telegraph, at least • resume of the state of affairs in London up to Moladel evening. Last night, h owever, we go t an intimatt°.° that th Government, havi ng seized upon all the electric telegraphs, in order to prevent the transmission of and intelligence save such as it might choose to f o rward, the arrangement we h a d ma d e cou ld not be carrie d Into effect. We confess we cannot look upon this act as other than most foolish. It, h owever, i nd i cates a feeling 0 alarm which exceeds even what we were previously pr`'" pared for. Should the Government open the likes in the; course of the day, w e h o p e i n a second edition to be It" to give the intelligence up to Monday evening. DEFALCATION IN THE KERRY SAVINGS BANE.- - " A great sensation was caused in Tralea on Monday last by the arrest of Mr. John Lynch, solicitor, of that tow% arid for twenty-five years Secretary to the Savings Ban k ' A hurried meeting of the trustees was held on Friday' at which the details of the defalcation were set forth by the Rev. Mr. Rowan. Mr. Lynch has admitted the facts of the case, and it s fraud, and offered to make over 11 1 property to make goo d t h e l oss to the public. The fra ud was carried on f or years, and discovered in consequence of the late run on the resources of the Bank. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANOLL—The sales are—Birkenbead, Lana' shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6% di s.— H u dderg' field Canal a n d Railway, 71 % dis. —Lancashire and York' shire, Fifths, 1% dis.---Ditto (late West Riding Union). oil dis.—London andNorth-Western, 125—Ditto, 1, c. p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Citiar”rl". No. 1, 2 1 4 dis.—Midland, 94—Ditto, Hal ves , 61A dol." North Staffordshi re , 2% dis.:LSouth-Eastern and Dort: No. 4, Thirds, 71 s . 3d . c. dis.—York, Newcastle, and 1 -'e wick, Extensions, No. 1, % p.—Ditto, N. and 8., No. 2, i dis.—Ditto, G. N. E . Purchase, dis.—York and Nort h Midland, 124. New Quart er* 14 MANCHESTER, Amur, 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancr shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 13-16 dis.—Eastern Countie s ' 13%—East Lancashire, 17 7 - 16 —Lancashire and Yorkshir s (West Riding Union), 3j dis , .—.London and North—Weiterg ( Manchester arid Birmin g h am ) , Quarters (C),21/2 c. _ n cheAer, Sheffield, an d Li ncolnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln" shire), dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 13.16 dis.--Sout h ' Eastern and Dover, No 4, 3 11-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The sales are—North S ta ff or dshire' dis.—Shrewsbury and Bi rm i ngham (A), 44 (B), 635. 9d. dis. LEEDS, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The following are to-day's prices East Lancashire, New, 7s dis.-Great Northern 9, 1 / 4 dis. Lancashire and Y or k s hi re ( W est Riding Union), :35A. Leeds and Thirsk, 22 1 A dis.-Ditto, New, 204 di a .-Londo, Brighton, and S ou th Coast, 27A-North British, Thirds* 395. dis.-North Staffordshire, 2% dis.-York, Newcastl* and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 15s. dis. NE WCASTLE-UPON-T YNE, APRIL 1 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield a .14 Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 21a dis.-Lancast•r and Carlisle, Thirds, 8!. I Is. 3 d.-Newcastle and Carli ,ll ' 102-North British, Thirds, 41s. dis -York, Newcastle, $3 4 Berwick (N. and 1 - 3.), New, No. 2,15 s. dis. YORK, Arum 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The following were the q uotation , to-day-Gre a t N or th ern, 2/. 19s. 6d.- Lancashire and York' shire (West Riding Union), I CI-North British, Thirds, I* EDINBURGH, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Caledonian, 251..3 1 1", -Edinburgh and North ern , N ew, 8 2 s. 6d. dis.-Ltitto,-L' 4 : lo port, 51. Is.- North Briti s h, 191. 15s. -Ditto, Qusrterst 6d.-Ditto, New, 33. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 21s. GLASGOW, APRIL 11. STOCK ExcnAstmc.-The sales are-Airdrie and Datbgs te : 'IN.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 358.-Glasgow', 10111' ,7 r t o, nock, and Ayr, 691 . -Ditto, Halve,, No. 1, 375. 4d.--.. i .v, t h ditto, No. 2, 71.-M anc h ester and Southampton, British, Thirds, 21s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 725. 4d.----v" - New Quarters (scrip), 4 5.-Scottish Central, 25%.. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. -- Last eveninfi Mendelssohn's grand oratorio of Elijah was perforin i. : at Exeter Hall, f u r the thi r d t i me th i s season. %. principal parts were given by Miss Birch, Miss 4, Williams, Miss Duv a l, Mi ss St ewart, Mr. Phr.l Pl.. Lockey, &c., and generally in a most sa tislitet°l manner, with the excepti on o f some of the p i ece s ", lotted to Miss Duval and Miss Stewart, whose (paha cations arc not equal to occasions of this kind. D i ° chorus displayed their usual energy, and more than dien usual precision; but their want of proper training still but too evident in respect to expression, the piano passages being on many occasions ,entirely =o bserve by means of which many of the finest effects of I? composer were d es t ro y e d. P rev i ous to the ora torio " God save the Queen' was struck up by the band and choir, the solos being given by Miss Birch and mos. Locke) , and Phillips. The audience, which alai ° crowded one, respond e d with enthu s i asm t o this DAT" festation of loyalty. Sir R. 11. Inglis volunt;etred leading the cheers. CORONER'S INQUEST ON CAPTAIN SIR CINAROg i W. KENT, BART., OF IST LIFE GUARDS.—YesterChli. Mr. G. J. Mills held an inquest i n the officers' room o f the Regent's-park Barrack s , Alb any -street, on the body of Captain Sir Charles William Kent,' Ball, s il l ; twenty-nine, of the I s t R eg i ment of Life Gua rdg, who was found dead unde r th e following circumstan ur"" Glednall deposed that he was valet to the deceased baronet. Sir Charles had been ailing for so tile tiul : SwF) past, a d u n a p y d t m c o oomr deceased'snpiina g i ed last, °of o b ooamu pain haa n aosnt hisinni inquiring euefit o'clock,iti ! g e . of n nd master how h o was, he replied, much better. S 33 ° il ' t : before e l even o ' clock Colonel Hall, the coamuel et the regiment, called, and inauired how deceased and on being of inform e d t h at h o was bet ter, t-- colonel went to the deceased' s a p artment. T he' cr i e s Colonel Hall caused him to run to his masteeS apar t went, and h e t h ere f ound his master deluged in.. blood , and app aren tl y lif e l ess. Ile ran for Dr. Campbeill, surgeon of the regiment, and on that gentleman's arrival he pronounced lite to have been extinct some titae. Campbell deposed that when ho was called in the de ceased Baronet w as qu i te d ead. Ile had made a modem examination of the body, and found the cal Ise of death was a rupture of the descending aorta int 0 Os oesophagus. The jury returned a verdict in accon dance with the medical testimony. CHINESE MANUFACTURES.—Among the ar ticles recently imported from the Chinese empire, of a ref nark' able description, have been that of a vessel wit ti sag cases containing Chinese fans, and one package brellas of Chinese manufacture. [ADVERTISEMENT].—The most effectual Cure for Gout and Rheumatitan is Holloway's Ointmtnat tult d Pills.—A frequent cause of these complaints i s the in' flammittory state of the blood, as they are g eniaralli attended with bad digestion, lassitude, and great debility; showing th e want of a proper c i rculation of the fiu de. ., an d that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates the .5(3 pai n' ful disorders. Holloway's Pills are of so purl drying ° nature that a few dcar:s taken in time is an effecta: al pro' ventative against the Gout and Rheumatism ; be t a n ?, one that has an a tt ac k o f e i t h er should use Hoillovisf" On:talent also, the powerful properties of which, c with the effect of the Pills, ensures a certain eur.s.- by all druggists and at Professor Holloway's cgs" - lishment, 244, Strand, London. ~ '..•.•% BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at Burton Rectory, near Lincoln, the wife of the Rev. E. R. Larken, M.A., of a daughter. On the 31st ult., Mrs. IL Lyon, of Bury-street, St. Marl Axe, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Tymaen, Glamorganshire, Mrs. I 3 once A. Ford, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Park-road, North Brixton, the if ife of William Hamilton, EN., of a son. road, osof777ntttahhi.isoinu.st., at Laurel Lodge, the lady On — the 6th inst ., at Cavendish la -roa d , f l C V a a p n t d a s in wo j r . t.h 2 - 0 ) Mrs. M. Pass, jun., of a son. ;on, the lady dlo inst.,iost a a t t s ß t a a t r h s of Archdeacon of major vo F a o roo O wn r (11 On the re o oltt t f :ih i la o,e e ef a eon. On the Bth inst., at Richmond-green, Surrey, Mrs, J ohn G. Rey nell, of a SOD. Oa the 9th inst., at Sussex-place, Regent's -park, the; ladi of Isaac Moses, E q ., of a son. MARRIEI4 -- On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Jolhn C• Hatehett, Esq., of Buffington, Lincolnshire, to Mary Jon phine, eldest daughter of Felix Whitmore, jun., ES ° fulharn. On the 30th o f Januar DIED. infant son of Samuel Went y, at Callao, Samuel Robertson,. 111° , Esq., of Lima. On the 31st ult. , at Horselydown, Mr. John Gaunt. On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, John Goodale, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Standish Rectory, Lancashire, Thom Bourne, youngest child of the Rev. w. H. Brandreth. On ai th t w h a e e t , h E i s ti q s . t , 9 of Kendal. Br Charlotte, the infant daughter of Robes On the sth inst., at the Castle, Ryde, Sir Thomas Cottoni. Sheppard, Bart., of Crakernart., of Crakemarah Hall, Stafford— shire, aged 63. On the 6th inst., at Hom House, Herefordshire, Emma, re' lict of the late Rev. William Money Kyrie, aged 62. On the 6th inst., Ann, widow of the late Mr. John Peisley, of Hounslow, aged 80. On the 6th inst., at Risley, Derbyshire, G. Rossell, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Hartland-terrace, Kentish-town, Liou tenant-Colonel William Moore, half-pay 14th Foot, aged 80. On the 7th inst., Helen, eldest daughter of Mr. T. J. Smith. of Vassall-road, North Brixton, aged 17. On the Bth inst., in Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park, Margaretta Gyllett, relict of the late Major Gyllett, aged 00: London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 11 ! No. 112, Strand, Print er , at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 ' el Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, iu the meaty f Thursday, April n, 1848. RSDAY_ EVENING, APRIL 13, 1848. ,+