The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

Ctirti '°o2 itio n bUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM PARIS• FOLKESTONE, MARCH 9.—A telegraphic dispatch from Folkestone, states that the French Government :iad stopped the payment of the Treasury Bonds which they have hitherto been in the habit of dis counting. Several most serious failures and other mercantile embarrassments are hourly expected. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocic. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 on the field 15 to 1 agst Alexander METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 on the field 10 to 1 agst Jericho 12:to 1 agst Rat-trap NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Thistledown 15 to 1 agst Joe Lovell 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 2 on the field CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 40 to 1 agst Lady Hylda 40 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 50 to 1 agst Ballinafad DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Glendower 13 to 1 agst Springy Jack Betting very fiat. WEST LONDON RAILWAY. (THIS' DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of this company was held to-day, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern; Mr. H. H. Grounds in the chair. The report expressed the regret of the directors that the company still continues in the same unproductive state as at the last meeting, no steps having been taken by the lessees to bring it more fully into operation, which they attributed to the recent commercial depression, but on its complete removal they entertained a confident anticipation, and that the works would be actively commenced. They regretted that the North Western and Great Western Companies had given notice of their intention to apply to the Commis sioners of Relways for an extension of time for two years. One reason put forward by the lessees for not at once proceeding with the works was, that they could not do so with advantage to themselves, until it had been extended to the Thames. It had been found necessary to expend a mall sum in making some per manent repairs to the Kensington canal, in the traffic of which there bad been a trifling increase. '1 he following directors went out of office .—Mr. Stephen Birch, and Mr. William Cubitt, M.P. The balance sheet, made up to the end of the year, presented the following results: —Receipts (including 274,5711. 16s. 9id., as per statement laid before the last meeting), 2,2961. 4s. to-}d.; disbursements (including 274,4621. 14s. 9id. carried over from the last statement), 1,8571. 1 ls. 11d., leaving a balance of 5471. 14s. nil The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. He attributed the non-completion of the line entirely to the commercial pressure adverted to in the report, but anti cipated that the time was not far distant when the works would be resumed. Ho appeared before them on this occasion with more regret than on any previous occasion, but they could not fail to bear in mind that the pressure had not only affected them, but the great railway companies. The directors held a large stake in the concern, and it was unlikely, having so great a stake, that they would leave anything undone to press on the completion of the works at the earliest possible moment. He then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. WHITE complained of the supineness of the direc tors, and urged upon them to submit to no further delay. The report was most unsatisfactory, and with a view to see what could be done, he begged to propose the ad journment of the meeting for a week. Mr. HENLEY seconded the motion, and said, if a pri vate person bought land, and agreed to pay a certain sum for it, by a given time, and at length declared that the state of the money market would prevent him from doing so, such a proceeding would not be tolerated.— (Hear hear.) They had had meetings after meetings, years had passed by, and, notwithstanding, they under stood, at the last meeting, that no time would be lost in completing the works, yet they were just as far from that consummation as they were two years ago. Mr. RIGBY characterised the conduct of the two companies as gross in the extreme. They had committed a wanton breach of contract, and had deceived and humbugged the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) They had been kept out of the capital—principal and interest— for ten years. Why he never heard of such monstrous conduct. He suggested that the directors should me moralise the Commit Avonei a not to accede to the applica tion of the North-Western and Great Western. Their conduct towards this company seemed to imply that they had entered into an arrangement which they could not carry out and that they had done so merely for the pur pose of deluding them. These companies had recentlyvoted themselves dividends of 8 and 10 per cent. He was justified in calling them " brutes "—(Laughter)—for he culled that man a " brute " who did not feel for the sufferings of another. Widows and orphans, who had had property left them in the company, looked eagerly from time to time for their dividend, but they looked in for meeting after -meeting took place without re ceiving a farthing —(Hear, hear.)—All conciliatory in tercourse with these companies he considered at an end (they had not even replied to some of the complaisant letters of the Secretary), and the directors should now be authorised to take legal measures to recover compensation for the injury they had sustained.—(Hear, hear.) The share holders should bear in mind that they had surrendered up their property to them, and that their business had long been in abeyance in consequence.—(Hcar.) Mr. GUNTER said the two great companies had always deceived them, and treated them with evasion ; and they ought now to be compelled to fulfil their con tract and to give them compensation for the injury they had sustained in consequence of the delay that had taken plane. If necessary, he hoped the shareholders would enter into a subscription according to their stake in the undertaking, to bring the matter before a legal tribunal. 1 The voluminous correspondence between this company and the North-Western and Great Western was then read by the Secretary (Mr. Thompson), at the request of some of the shareholders. It was commenced in 1846, and certainly contained many assurances that no time would be lost in completing the work. Mr. THOMPSON said that Mr. Parker, the solicitor to the North-Western Company, had stated to him that he did not think the company he represented would consent to do anything of the kind. Mr. CUBITT, M.P , said it would be useless to oppose the Extension Bill sought by the two great companies, because that would be a suicidal course, inasmuch as they could not touch the new line before December; and it was impossible they could complete it w ithi n the time prescribed.—(Hear.) The panic had come upon these companies, and other bodies] and persons unexpectedly, end had prevented them from doing what they had honourably bound themselves to do. No one could have foreseen what had taken place. These companies did not deserve the aspersions that had been cast upon them. A SHAREHOLDER said they must not infpr from the fact that these companies had sought more time, that they would require the whole of it. It was unlikely a great and honourable company like the North-Western would break faith with them. The Sol ci.or said they could undoubtedly bring:an ac tion at that time zglinst the North-WesternCompany for compensation, but he advised them not to do so ; first, because a hostile feeling would be created; and, secondly, because they could not well estimate the amount of damage they had sustained. After much discussion the report was adopted, the retirinedirectors elected, and the best mode of protecting the interests of the I,hareholders left in the hands of the directors. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LINCOLN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Robert Fotherty, who represented himself to be so un well as to render it difficult for him to speak, but Mr. Wordsworth, by a little cross questioning, got out the fact that he had been drinking wine and water the whole of the morning, while the tone of voice in which he gave his evidence showed that he was not so bad as he would have it supposed. Re voted for Seeley and Sibthorp at the last election, and for eight or nine months preceding he was furnished once a week with bread at the expense of Mr. Seeley. His four sons voted th e same way, but after the election the bread was stopped, John Johnson, the proprietor of the Plough, at Lin coln, proved, that, some time before the election a Fre und- easy was establisned at his house , which was always attended by an immense numper of voters. On the night before the election there whs a larger attendance than ever—every room in the , house was full, and, during the night, Mr. Seely was there, i n company with Alderman Graham and others. His bill for .the drink amounted to 201., but he had never received any of it. His wife, however, had; although Mr. Seely and his friends repudiated the orders that were given. Soma other witnesses gave similar testimony; after which Mr. WOLDSWORTII summed up on the part of the pe titioner. The Committee then adjourned till to morrow, at eleven o'clyclr. BE WDLEY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Robert Carke, messenger to the committee of Mr. Ireland that sat at Stourport, proved that nine voters were " bottled up" at the Swan Inn on the night of the nominati on day. They were plentifully provided with drink and eatables, and at night they were accommo dated with a comfortable bed, all free of . expense. The following morning they were carried to Bewdley in a body, and polled for Mr. Ireland. Two other witnesses gave similar testimony, and evi dence for. the petitioners closed. Mr. Sergeant lintoLaxia then summed up at great length for the petitioners, after which The Committee adjourned till 11 o'clock to-morrow. HARWICH. Three witnesses haying been called to prove a con- TOE SUN, nexion between Mr. Attwood and Sir Dudley Hill's committee, the evidence of bribery was resumed. John Harnock, a barge-master and freeman of Har wich, proved that he received 201. as expenses to v(,te for Sir Dudley Hill. The money was paid by Mr. Heath, one of Sir Dudley Hill's committee-men, and it was understood between them that if Sir Dudley Hill did not go to the poll, he would still vote for Sir Dudley's party. Sir Dudley did withdraw, and then, in accord ance with his agreement, he gave a plumper for Mr. Attwood. Thomas Herricks, another bargeman, of Harwich, proved that he received 201. in the same way; but in his case he had really incurred some heavy losses, through being brought away from his business to vote. James Knight, another bargeman, received 161., under similar circumstances. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Archbishop of YORK presented several peti tions against the removal of the Jewish disabilities. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several peti tions with a similar prayer. _ _ . The Earl of EGLINION presented a petition from Berwick praying for krepeal of the currency laws of 1844. THE TRAFALGAR-SQUARE RIOTS. The Marquis of SALISBURY, seeing the Noble Marquis in his place, wished to ask him a question regarding the recent riots in Trafalgar-square, and the conduct of Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate at Bow street, in adjudicating on the cases brought before him. In the case of James Marshall, who was charged with inciting the mob by calling out " No police," " No national guard," and with throwing stones ; the prisoner denied that he had formed part of the mob, or that he had thrown stones, Mr. Hall sentenced him on the evidence of the police-constable, to be imprisoned for eight days. In the case of Jaynes Meddrith, charged with assaulting the police, prisoner said that he did not belong to the mob and complained that he had been struck on the head by the police-constable with his staff. In conse quence of the police-constable being unable to satisfy Mr. Hall why he had used his staff, Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to be discharged, because the police constable was unable to satisfy him (Mr, Hall) why he had used his staff in such a brutal and cowardly manner. He (the Marquis of Salisbury) wished to know whether the Government adopted Mr. Hall's exposition of the law. It was perfectly different from the law as recently laid down by Mr. Justice Coleridge, who declared that when any per sons were riotously assembled, the act of one was the act of all ; a blow struck by one was a blow struck by all, and the constable was therefore perfectly justified in ' in striking down one of this riotous assemblage. The police had a very onerous and a very important duty to perform, and he considered the remarks of Mr. Hall as not only uncalled for, but as calculated to prevent officers executing their duties properly. He could not see why a policeman's life should not be protected as well as that of another man. Of what he saw of the conduct of the police in Trafalgar-square, he felt bound to say that never did any body of inkri perform their duty with more temper, kindness, and forbearance than did the police on that occasion.— (Hear, hear.) He objected to magistrates taking upon themselves to decide summarily in cases of flagrant assaults upon the police. They could com mit the prisoners to Quarter Sessions, where, in the event of conviction, they could be sentenced to two years imprisonment, with hard labour, for such assaults. The agricultural riots in 1829 were occa sioned solely by the timid sentences passed upon the first culprits, and therefore a severe example ought to be made of the rioters in London and Glasgow, and a stop would be at once put to their proceedings. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that as soon as Mr. Hall had seen the report he went to the Home-office to deny its accuracy, and declared that he made use of no expression casting any imputation on the police .constable, but that on the contrary, he declared that the constable had done no more then his duty, and he discharged the man only because he thought he had been sufficiently punished for his offence by the detention he had undergone, and the broken and bloody head he had received. Lord STANLEY bore testimony to the forbear ance, coolness, and temper with which the police in general discharged thoir duties. There was never a more contemptible, cowardly, and objectless mob than that assembled in Trafalgar-square, yet they had done great mischief, and he thought that the magistrates ought not to have passed very light sentences upon those convicted of having formed part of it. He thought that in one point of view it was well that this mob had assembled, because it would prove to Foreign countries that there was no sympathy with mobs on the part of the great body of the people, the overwhelming majority of whom had shown that they were determined to come forward and enrol themselves for the protection of order and good government.—(Hear, hear.) Their Lordships then adjourned. ON DON, order of the House, with respect to the tariffs of Spain and Portugal. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. Lord H. VANE brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges. Mr. G. BERKELEY said, that on the part of the petitioners he should reel it his duty, when the report was printed, to call the attention of the House to the same. THE CASE OF ANNETTE MEYERS. I Lord NUGENT wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any further communication from the Lord Chief Baron on the subject of Annette Meyers, who had been found guilty for murder at the sessions at the Old Bailey, and if so, whether it was the intention of the Government to act upon the recommendation of the jury. Sir G. GREY said that he thought he should best discharge the painful duty which devolved upon him, as Secretary of State, by declining to give any answer to the question of the Noble Lord. EXPULSION OF ENGLISH LABOURERS HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from Derby shire against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Colonel P. THOMPSON presented a petition from Bradford on the subject of the health of towns. The petitioners stated that they felt that some such Bill was necessary, but they objected to the principle of centralization. The Gallant Colonel also presented a petition from Bradford against the imposition of the income-tax, and praying that the legacy and probate duty might be imposed on real pro perty in the same way as it was on personal estate.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAW presented petitions from parishes in York against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, and praying for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the city of London, complaining of the practice of breaking windows that had latterly taken place in the metropolis, attributing it to the present state of the poor-laws, and praying for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into its operation. The petitioners stated that under the existing law the poor were treated more like pigs than human beings. The Hon. Member gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move that the petition be printed with the votes. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the heads of colleges of the University of Cambridge against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. On the motion of Mr. LAW, the petition was read at length by the Clerk at the table, and the 11on. and Learned M em b er gave not i ce of his inten tion, to-morrow, to move that it be printed with the votes. Mr. C. PEARSON presented a petition from Lambeth praying for the reduction of the expenses of the army and navy and the income-tax. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Ex mouth and Lipscombe against the admission of Jews into Parliament. _ _ Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from a place in King's County, Ireland, for an alteration of the poor-law. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from St. John's,Westminster, praying for a reduction of the expenditure of the country, and against the income tax. COUNTY COURTS. Dr. BOWRING moved for a tabular return of, Ist. The name and residence of each clerk appointed under the County Courts Act : 2d. The number of courts for which each such clerk is appointed, with the names of such courts, and the distance of each court from the clerk's residence : 3d. The name and resi dence of each assistant clerk employed by the clerk, distinguishing suck assistants as are duly admitted attornies of the superior courts from those who are not attorneys : 4th. The duties personally performed by each clerk, and the duties actually performed by the assistant clerks in their respective courts : 6th. The amoun t of fees actually received by each clerk holding a plurality of appointments, showing the aggregate amount re ceived for; all the appointments, with the amount, if any, of travelling expenses allowed to him out of the suitors' general fund : 6th. The total amount of fees or salary actually allowed by each clerk to each of his assistants out of the clerks' fees: 7th. Return of high-bailiffs, and the numb er of courts for which each bailiff is ap pointed, with his residence, trade, or profession:: Bth. The fees allowed by each bailiff to his sub-bailiffs, where such high-bailiff holds a plurality of appoint ments.—Agreed to. returns notice that tomor row Hori. MEMBER also gave row he would connected with move for ot h er the administration of county courts.NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he should postpone his Bill on the game-laws till this day fortnight. LUSHINGTON gave notice that, to-morrow, he he should present a petit i o n f rom a number of the electors and inhabitants of Westminster, praying that an inquiry might be instituted into the foul and disgusting practices which are still retained in several workhouses of the metropolis. Mr. BANKES gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to whether any reply had been received to the representations made by the Minister at the Court of Madrid on the subject of the in creased duties the Government of Spain proposed to place on articles of British manufacture; also, why no return had been made, in compliance with an FROM FRANCE. Mr. STAFF6liD;ishefito knv from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any information with respect to the expulsion of the English la bourers from France, and if so, whether the Go vernment had taken any means to forward those persons so expelled to their respective homes. He had also been requested to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to retaliate. Sir G. GREY said that, in answer to the latter part of the question, he would state that the Govern ment had not the slightest notion of retaliation. — (Hear, hear.) With respect to the former part of the question he would state that early on Sunday morning last he received a letter from the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Lord Palmerston) enclosing to him a communication which that Noble Lord had received from the British Consul at Havre, stating that a number of French workmen employed in the factories at Rouen had demanded the imme diate dismissal of all the English men and women employed in those factories. Those persons had been in consequence compelled to leave Rouen suddenli, and had taken refuge on board a steam boat, which fortunately happened to be in the port. So suddenly had these persons been compelled to leave, that they had not had the means of obtaining the payment of the wages due to them, and in many instances they were only partially clothed. Upon their arrival at Havre they were in a most destitute condition, and the British Con sul there, acting under the general authorities which all British Consuls had, and which had been fully acted upon in this case, viz.—to provide for the wants of any British subjects who might be in distress, had made such provision as was necessary to meet their present emergencies, and caused a number of them to be sent to this country by a steam-boat from Havre. Upon the receipt of this information, he (Sir G. Grey) sent instructions down to the Mayor of Ports mouth that he would make such provision as was ne cessary for the workpeople upon their arrival there. Since addressing that letter he had received a com munication from the Mayor of Portsmouth, informing him that two vessels, with ninety•seven personscon board, had arrived at Portsmouth, all of whom were flax• workers, or connected with that trade ; that he bad obtained from them their names, the names of the persons by whom they had been employed, the place at which they were employed, the period of their employment, and the amount, if any, of wages due to them. The whole of the persons would be un shipped in the course of yesterday, and would be for warded at once, a number of them to Glasgow, and by far the greater number to Dublin and Belfast. Before they could be forwarded to their destinations, it had been necessary to provide a great number of the men with clothes, and the women with bonnets, and other articles of clothing. The Commissary of Rouen, who had been communi cated with, had stated that he should do all in his power to prevent a similar occurrence ; and, further, he had taken upon himself to guarantee, on behalf of the Provisional Government, compensation to those poor persons Who had been expelled from France. An HON. MEMBNIt inquired whether the expulsion of persons of the class mentioned was confined to Rouen ; and whether the Right Hon. Baronet had received any communications with respect to the expulsion of railway labourers. Sir G. GREY replied that no facts had reached him in his official capacity to lead to the inference that simi lar expulsions had taken place in other localities. lie was not aware that railway labourers had been sent away from their employment, but no doubt a bad feeling was entertained towards them by the inhabitants of the places where they were employed. Lord DUNGAN inquired if the Hon. Gentlemar, Member for Honiton (Mr. Locke) had received any intelligence on the subject ? Mr. LOCKE replied that he had received intelli gence from the Locomotive Superintendent at Tours, that a great many English workmen had been ex pelled from that town in the same way as at Rouen. He believed a great many English labourers were working these at the time in question. THE TREASURY. Sir B. lIALL gave notice that on Monday the 13th instant he should move for the original estimate of the improvements in the Treasury, with the name of the architect, together with the entire cost. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then rose to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the " Irish Poor Relief Extension Act," with a view to the repeal of the 10th section called the " quarter acre clause." He said the clause as it stood inflicted the greatest injustice upon the poor tenant, as it crippled his industry, and kept him constantly in the most abject state of poverty. The provisions of his Bill might be stated in a few words. He proposed to repeal the quarter acre clause, and empower the guardians to give relief to such persons as in their judgment might deserve it. The third clause would enable the guardians to afford relief to parties in distress by way of loan, and to take as security for its repayment a lien upon such pro • perty as the parties might possess. These were the short provisions of his Bill; and without troubling the House further, he begged to move for leave to introduce it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'FLAHERTY said he had been requested by the Hon. Member for Limerick, who was unavoidably absent, to second this motion, and he certainly had great pleasure in doing so. In the present state of Ire land it was absolutely necessary that the House should amend the existing poor law. All the institutions in his own district has been converted into receptacles for starving population, and he had this morning re ceived a letter from a Romaa Catholic clergyman of the neighbourhood, giving a most frightful account of the state and condition of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He earnestly trusted that the Government would look to the fearful state of things in Ireland, and endeavour to provide some remedy for the same. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that it was with considerable pain that he rose to oppose the introduc tion of. this Bill. The Honourable Member had gone in his remarks entirely upon a wrong supposition, he had confounded the interpretation of this quarter acre clause, with which the landlords had carried out the provisions of that clause. The Right Hon. Baronet then proceeded to read extracts from a correspondence which had taken place between the Commissioners of the poor-law and several persons who had applied to them on the subject of the operation of that clause, to the effect that the board of guardians were bound to relieve all destitute persons without regard to their being possessed of a quarter of an acre of land.—(Hear ) After reading the instructions of the Relief Commis sioners, he said he thought the House could have no doubt that all the objections of the Hon. Gentleman fell to the ground. He wished the House and the Hon. Member to bear in mind that the horrible cases of ejectment to which he had referred had not their origin in the Poor-law. If the houses of poor persons were entered during their temporary absence and levelled to the ground the Poor law could not be blamed, as it coil neither provide against nor furnish any such proceedings—proceedings which he was bound to say were of the most shocking character, and most harrowing to the humane feelings of Hon. Members in that House, and the community out of doors.—(llear, hear.) He opposed the Bill because it would give rise to hope that could not be realised, and would accomplish more mischief than good. He believed he should best consult the interests of bath rich and poor by re sisting the introduction of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FA GIN supported the introduction of that Bill. Mr. P. SCROPE also supported the introduction, having opposed the introduction of the 10th clause in the Irish Poor-law Bill, which it was the object of the Hon. Member for Rochdale to repeal. (LEFT SPELLING.) SPIRITS.—The accounts which the House of Com monq has just ordered to be forthwith prepared (on mo tion of Mr. ALA;act), will be co arranged as to :how the total nutriblra of gallons of proof spirits distilled in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, distill guiAling the siuiint prudiai , d from malt, and from a mixture of malt unit unmake(' grain, or from sugar; showing. also, the total quantity of each sort in the United Kingdom, fur the year ending the sth day of January, 1848; also, the number of gallons of proof spirits (distinguishing the sorts), on which duty was paid for home consumption in each of the three kin. doms, with the rate per gallon, and the amount of such duty; also, the total number of gallons and duty in the United Kingdom, for the same year. Likewise showing, under separate heads, the number of gallons of proof spirits (distinguishing the materials from which made), imported i n t o eac h ki ng d om f rom eac h o f t h e o th e r s respectively ; stating also the rate per gallon, and the total amount thereof in each case, and what portion of such duty was paid on remoral of the spirits from bond, THURSDAY EVENING_t MARC 1-1 9, 1845. and what after their arrival at the place of of anger and into' as he was to oppression on the brain by fcx the same year. Also of the number of gallons .o Verdict- xication. spirits permitted out of distillers' stocks in E . . g h - Mr. , _Not Guilty. proof number of proof gallons of Brit's land, and the total . fiers , t h e ~ _baron ROLFE was engaged the greater part of of rectifiers brandy and spirit of wine permitted . out ..ay with the cause of Jaekson v. Oates, an action fproof old- P . destination, man stocks in England; also, the total quantity o ;ir a 'malicious prosecution. It arose out of a transac , predisposed - , stocks Parlia - - dating so far back as 1845, when the plaintiff be- England, for the same year (in continuation cr. car Je the purchaser of some portions of the wreck of a No. 297, of session 1847). Lastly, stiOlV- l ye efendant also purchased some other portions, and the ssel which had been driven ashore at Sunderland. The m loc en s ta o r f y p p r a o p o e t t, rum received into rectifier? i' . ., ' tion t Scotland ry a d ? . 0 plaintiff, in removing those he had purchased, took, it , to d t i a sti t n n u g m ui b sh er in o g f t r e ll g o u n a s n d t i i s ty til i l n ed ea in ch cou n was said, some of those belonging to the defendant. A titles put into the bonded warehouses, for the same esarch -warrant was accordingly obtained, and the plain illgniruvgeealrnatehnded duty paid direct from distillers' stocks from the year, tiff taken before the magistrate, and the complaint dis- DROGHEDA, MARCH 7.—The Lewta, Billet, from 'missed, as being, in fact, a question of property. He Preston, was in contact last night in the river, with commenced an action against the defendant, after which the Bryan Boru steamer, for Liverpool, lost bowsprit the defendant indicted him for larceny at the sessions, and jibboom, started her stern and makes water, the where he was acquitted. This action was delayed by steamer proceeded. various circumstances, and finally discontinued, and the _ present one commenced. The jury bad not returned their verdict when the re port came away. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Heath for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr Atherton for the defence. LAW INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT; March 8. (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.) LITERARY LABOUR. 7 JOBSON W. HANSARD. In this case (which has been two or three times before the Court) Mr. Luke James Hansard, the well-known printer, was defendant, and Mr. D. W. Jobson, the plaintiff, the action being brought to recover a sum of money for writing a " Sketch of the House of Lords," and two reviews, fora journal called The Spirit of the imes. WESTERN ClRCUlT:—Salisbury, March 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) STEALING A LETTER.— Reuben Wale and newts Haywood were placed at ttie bar, the former charged with having, whilst employed under the Post- oftic<., stolen a certain post letter containing a 101. note of the Bristol branch of the Bank of England, and a half sovereign, the property of the Postmaster-General, and Hayward was charged with having received the said 10L note, well knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Poulden, conducted the prosecution. The case on each occasion lasted a considerable time, and excited much interest. In the month of March last, the defendant started a journal, having for its object the elevation of the " social and moral condition of the people," the plaintiff being employed on it as one of the writers. In one of his interviews with Mr. Hansard the plaintiff produced a "Sketch of the House of Lords," which he had written for a magazine. Mr. Hansard, on seeing it, expressed a wish to have it for the second number of The Spirit of the Times, agreeing, according to plaintiff, to give " three times magazine price for it." The plaintiff accordingly gave up the article, and also wrote a review of the works of the Rev. Robert Hall, and one on the works of Schlegel, purchasing the books at the request of the defendant, in conse quence of the publisher refusing to send them 'gratui tously. The plaintiff admitted that none of the articles were inserted in The Spirit of the Times, because of its " stopping short," but contended that it was the custom in the literary world, and amongst newspaper pro- Frietors, to pay for articles written by order, whether they were inserted or not. In support of the custom Mr. A. B. Reach and Mr. T. P. Healy, proprietor of The Medical Times, were cx ainined. The former gentleman could net 'speak poi.i tively as to the custom, but had been informed that it was usual to pay a gentleman for an article written to order whether it appeared or not. Mr. Healy said if he ordered a gentleman to write an article for his paper, he should feel bound to pay him for it if it was not wanted. He was in the habit of employing literary gentlemen, and had paid them for articles which had not appeared. Mr. Hansard distinctly denied the contract entered into with the plaintiff. He merely took the article, with the consent of the plaintiff, to look over at his leisure, and put it amongst other similar contributions. The Learned JUDGE said he was clearly of opinion that no contract had been proved by the plaintiff, and therefore it was useless to entertain the question of custom. The plaintiff having failed to prove any con tract, he must order him to he nonsuited. Mr. Hodges defended the prisoner Waite—Hayward was undefended. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution, that the Rev. Mr. Frampton, the Rec tor of Coomb Floy, in Somersetahire, had occasion to remit ten guineas to the Rev. T. Frampton, who lived at Tetbury, in Gloucestershire, and accordingly, on the 11th of November, 1847, enclosed a 10L note of the Branch Bank of England at Bristol, of which he took the date and number, together with a half-sovereign. This letter was directed to Mr. Frampton, and posted at Gore Inn, at Bishops Sideard, which was the nearest post office. This was forwarded to Tiverton in a post bag, and then on to Chippenham, where it was the course of business for the letters sent in that bag to be sorted, and those for Tetbury put in the Tetbury bag and forwarded togetbury. The letter however, never reached its destination. Inquiry was then made, and the note traced to the possession of a Mr. Broad, a clerk in the Chippenham station of the Great Western Railway. Ile was enabled to trace it, having received it from Woodman, another clerk in the station, and having taken down, in the company's book, the number and date of the note. Woodman, however, could not remember from whom he received the note, but believed he did so in the ordinary course of business at the station, and here for the time all further trace of the note or the person stealing the letter was lost. On the 26th of January following, the prisoner Waite, who, it was shown, was occasionally employed as a clerk in the post-office at Chippenham, was in a public-house at Chippenham, with a man named Swaine, who is a porter employed at the railway station there, and asked him if anything had been found out about the note which had been stolen. Swaine said " No," upon which Waite said I had the bill—l gave it to a man called Hayward, to get it changed for me, which he did, and I gave him two sovereigns for doing it., Swaine, upon this, told the pri soner that he should give information to the police of what he had said. He begged him not to do so, but Swaine persisted that he should, and accordingly he did so. Search was made for Waite and Hayward, but it was found that they had absconded, and ultimately they were both found at a brother of Hay - ward's at Ciren cester. Waite had shaved off his whiskers, and otherwise disguised himself. Upon being taken into custody, Waite made a similar statement to the policeman to that which he had to Swaine. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HO ME CIRCUIT.--Chelmsford, March 8. The Commission for Essex was opened on Monday. The criminal calendar is very heavy; but the business on the civil side is lighter than usual, there being only four special jury cues. William Parsons, late sergeant in the K division of police, was tried on Tuesday for a misdemeanour, in having conspired to defeat the ends of justice by giving false testimony upon an inquiry before Mr. Lewis, the coroner for Essex, touching the death of a police-con stable named Clark. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Deedes prosecuted. The circumstances under which the charge was made against the defendant have been so frequently reported that it will be unnecessary to go into them on the pre ient occasion. It will be remembered that in June, 1846, a constable named Clark was found dead in a cornfield at Dagenham, under circumstances which left no doubt that his deuth was the result of violence. Several long inquiries took place before the Coroner, and in the end a verdict of Wilful murder against some persoa or persons unknown" was returned. At the last summer assizes, two constables, named Hickton and Kimpton, were convicted of perjury upon the evidence given by them before the Coroner, and the present charge arose out of the same transaction. Evidence was given to show that, at the time the let ter was posted. the prisoner Waite was employed in the Chippenham Post-office as a sorter of letters, and had been so for about a fortnight, and in the ordinary course the letter which had been stolen would have passed through his hands. On his cross examination by Mr. HODGES, it was elicited that the prisoner was only occasionally em ployed in the service of :the Post-office, and on this oc casion was so owing to the illness of one of the ordinary clerks. Mr. HODGES said the prisoner was not a servant to the Post-office within the meaning of the Act of Parlia ment, but merely a temporary servant. There were several cased on the subject cited in Fossil and Simias, 2d vol., p. 213. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said that the cases there cited were before the statute under which the present indict ment was prepared, Ist Vic., cap. 36. In that Act the word office is used, but the interpretation alone enacts that that word shall include any person emplyed in any business of the Post-office. The simple employment by the Post-office of any person would bring him within the meaning of the Act. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after several witnesses had been Examined, expressed an opinion that the evi dunce did not support the indictment at present before the Court. It merely went to show that the defendant had induced the other parties to make certain statements to screen them all from a charge of neglecting their duty; and, at the time when the supposed offence was committed, there was no legal inquiry pending. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. We,. Douglass, 27, a constablo belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway, stationed at Colchester, and James Keys, 20, a cab-driver, were indicted, the former as a principal in committing a felonious assault upon Agnes Mary Ann Luen, and the latter as an accessory in aiding end abetting in the commission of the offence. Mr. Ryland prosecuted; Mr. Charnock appeared for the prisoners. Mr. Hodges then addressed the jury for Waite, and Mr. Justice Wightman having summed up, The jury found both the prisoners Guilty. Waite was then sentenced to be transported for seven years, and Hayward to twelve months' impri sonment. Riehard Newport and Ann Baker wire indicted for having, on the Ist of September, assaulted George Church, and robbed him of 371. 10s. at Swindon, in this county_. Fron3 the evidence adduced, it seemed that the pro secutrix, a very good looking girl, sixteen years old, was the daughter of a beer shopkeeper at Ardleigh, and she was in the service of a family near Colchester at the time this occurrence happened. She had been, it ap pears, to pay a visit to her father, and returned back to Colchester by the luggage train at night, and when she 'got into the town she inquired of the constable, Dou glass, whether he could procure her a cab or fly to con vey her home. He said he would do so, and called for the cab driven by the other prisoner, and when the pro secutrix got in be said ,he would see her safe home, and she consented. The prisoner accordingly got in, and when they had proceeded a short distance be pro ceeded to take indecent liberties with the prosecutrix, and, according to her testimony, succeeded in commit ting the offence imputed to him. She also stated that when she called for assistance the other prisoner drove all the faster and took no notice of her cries. _ _ Mr: Slade conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Chap man Smith defended Baker; the male prisoner was un defended. It appeared that Mr. Church, a farmer, went to Swin don, on the Ist of Septomber last, to attend the market. At about eight o'clock in the evening he had occasion to go down to what is called the New Town of Swindon, when he came near to a place called the Gas House, he was knocked down by a man by a blow on the side of the head. The man came so softly, that the prosecutor stated that he had no doubt that the man had no shoes on. On the prosecutor falling to the ground, three men came round him sad two women, one of whom kneeled on hie breast, and the other two held bis legs. While on the ground the prosecutor was able to distinguish the features of the men, and clearly identified the prisoner Newport as the man who knocked him down, and the woman who held his legs he identified as Ann Baker. While the prosecutor was thus held on the ground, one of the men turned out his pockets, and robbed him of his purse, containing bank -notes, gold, and silver to the amount of 374 10s. They then all ran away. He (prosecutor) pursued them for some little distance, but lost sight of them by a turn in the road, near a lone house. The jury found Douglas Guilty of an assault, and Acquitted the other prisoner. Douglas was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, March 7. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Mary Ann Wood, a young woman about 19 years of age, was indicted for concealing the birth of her child. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Seymour conducted the prose cution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Otter. The prisoner, it appeared, was, about the 3d of January, married at Bishop Wearmouth, to a person of the name of Wood, a sailor. About three weeks after ward?, while she and her husband were stopping with Mrs. Robinson, her mother-in-law, prisoner was taken ill in the night, and her husband called Mrs. Robinson up. She complained of internal pain, and some remedies were given to her, by which she seemed relieved, and Mrs. Robinson's servant was sent to attend her and sleep with her the remainder of the night. The servant was asleep for some hours, and on awaking went down stairs, leaving the prisoner alone about an hour and a half. In the course of the forenoon the prisoner, who appeared to be better, wished her mother to be sent for; but, before she arrived, some circumstances occurred which induced Mrs. Robinson to charge her with having had a child ; and finally the dead body of a female child, of which she admitted herself to be the mother, was found in a drawer in the bedroom, of which the prisoner had the key. There was no doubt the child had been still born. Witnesses were then called, who proved that the pri soners had lodged at the house near which the prosecu tor lost sight of them. That they came there a few days before the robbery in company, having with them two dog -carts and five dogs. Just before tee robbery, the two girls were standing outside the cottage, and called to the two men, Newport and the other, who were in the house, to come out; that they did, and went up the road together towards the spot where Mr. Church was robbed. At this time Ann Baker had on a black bonnet and a " whitish" shawl. In about twenty minutes one of the women returned, and was observed to put something into the dog-cart which had been owned by Baker and Newport. Just before this the witness had heard a noise as if some one had called out in the direction of where Mr. Church was robbed. Shortly after Ann Baker returned without a bonnet. Shortly after, from information given by Mr. Church, the prisoner Baker was taken into custody and fully identi fied by Mr. Church, and in the yard was found her bonnet, and in the dog-cart the shawl she had worn when she left the house. Newport was also appre hended. The other three persons concerned in the robbery absconded, but two of them were afterwards ap prehended on another charge for felony, and are waiting their trial at Maidstone gaol. Mr. SMITH having addressed the jury for Baker, The Learned JUDGE summed up the case to the jury, who immediately found both the prisoners Guilty. Newport was then sentenced to be transported for ten years, and Baker for seven years. Mr. Baron Platt has been trying prisoners all day in the Nisi Prins Court, but no case of public interest has been taken. The prisoner was found Guilty, but strongly recom mended to mercy. His LORDSHIP said he thought it a great pity there had been any prosecution. The old law on this subject was, that the woman could not be convicted of conceal ment except under circumstances such as would justify the grand jury in bringing in a bill for murder. He thought the present law not an improvement. His Lord.hip sentenced the prisoner to be kept in custody till the rising of the Court, and then to be discharged. James Hay was indicted for cutting and wounding John Wade, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Mr. Liddell conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Matthews. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that on the day when this occurred he was in a beer-shop at Bury Edge, in this county, and was sitting in a room, looking out of the window. The prisoner came in, and before the prosecutor could turn round to see who it was he received a blow on the head from an iron bar about five feet long, used to fasten a window, which the prisoner snatched up in coming into the room. The blow inflicted a very severe wound, and a large scar on the prosecutor's fore head showed the violence with which it had been given. The prosecutor had no quarrel with the prisoner, who would seem to have mistaken him for some other party, there having been some quarrelling going on just before in another part of the house. Guilty, to be imprisoned one year. John Graham was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert Heseltine, at Brancepeth, in this county. Mr. Warren conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Matthews. It appeared that a person of the name of Lamb had been quarrelling with Heseltine, who having the worst of it, ran off to a beer-house in the neighbourhood, and called out a person of the name of Peart, who went back with him, and commenced fighting with Lamb. Lamb was knocked down, and Graham then , desired him not to fight any more, as Peart was' too heavy for him. Heseltine, using some coarse expressions, asked what he had to do with it ; on which Graham repeated what he had said before. On this Heseltine rushed at him and caught him by the hair with one hand, while he struck him several times with the other. Graham closed with him and caught him by the handkerchief, when a struggle took place between them. The attention of the bystanders was attracted for some seconds by the other c ombatants, but when next seen Graham and Heseltine were in a stooping position; one of Heseltine's arms being over Graham's shoulder, the other hanging by his side. It was called out that Heseltine was hanging, and Graham was forced from his hold, when Heseltine fell to the ground insensible, and in a few seconds was dead. On a post mortem examination the death was found to be caused by suffo cation. Mr. MATTHEWS then addressed the jury for the de fence, contending that Graham being so assailed by Heseltine, had only endeavoured to protect himself from violence, and had thus caused the death of the unfortunate CAUGHT AT LAST.—Yesterday Andrew Green and Samuel Green, father and son, were brought before Mr. Henry for re-examination, charged with stealing the sum of 13s. 6d. from a servant girl, at a coffee-shop in Drury-lane. The prisoners were ordered to be remanded on Satur day last, in consequence of the elder prisoner having mentioned the names of several respectable persons with whom he pretended he was connected, as the proprietor of the Parliamentary Chronicle, a weekly publication, in order to give the officers an opportunity of making in quiries into the correctness of the representations, the result of which was by no means satisfactory, several gentlemen being in attendance to make disclosures of a suspicious character against the prisoners. In consequence of the elder prisoner having said that ho was occasionally employed in the gallery of the House of Commons by Mr. Neilson, of the Times, that gen tleman came forward to disclaim all knowledge of him. The prisoner attempted to deny having eve r said he he was in the habit of attending the Houses of Parlia ment for any morning paper. Mr. Neilson, upon looking at the prisoner, said he re collected, some years back, having seen the prisoner in the gallery, and knowing he was not attached to any public journal, be requested the messenger to put him out which he did, but he never ha d a n y dealings with him, and, as to the Parliamentary Chronicle, he believed it had not been published for a great number of years. Inspector Marsh, F. division, informed the court that he had been to Southend, where the prisoner said he resided, but he could obtain no intelligence of them. He had also been at the Pulpit office, in Gl ass h ouse - yard, with which he said he was connected, and he got a very unfavourable account of the elder prisoner. A gentleman came forward and said th a t t h e p r i soner was in the habit, for several yea rs , of o bt a i n i ng mone y from different insurance-offices to insert their advertise ments in his journal, although it had not appeared for many years. He had obtained six guinesa from the Atlas Insurance Office to insert their prospectus, but it never appeared ; nor could a single bookseller, from whom he had obtained money under the same circum stances, say that their advertisements ever appeared. The prisoner was then charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Thomas *Johnson, solicitor, of Lincoln's Inn- fields, stated that the elder prisoner came to him on Friday, representing himself as Dr. Green, and mentioning the name of his late father and Ur. Barry O'Meara, with whom he had frequently dined, offered him orders to the Opera and other theatres. He then gave his card, 3, Curzon-street, Mayfair. and said that the sum of 161. 154. 6d. was due to him by his father for the journal, and that ho had been directed by his executors to get a cheque from witness for the amount. Witness had since seen his brother upon the subject, and they could find nothing about the journal since 1836, when two volumes were supplied by Mr. Norcroft, the original proprietor. On Saturday he came again in the evening, and said that he was obliged to take up a bill for 3001., which had been dishonoured, and that he was in the habit of paying to his workmen 2501. per week during the Par liamentary session. Witness, upon this representation, not only gave him a cheque for the amount, but also cashed it ; and, on Tuesday, he discovered he had been imposed upon. The prisoner gave a stamped receipt, and said he would call again with orders for the Opera, and other theatres. Mr. Burton, ironmonger, of Oxford-street, identified the prisoner as being the same who, some years ago, obtained goods from him under false representations, at which time he drove up in a handsome tilbury, and gave his address Curzon-street, Mayfair ; but in a short time he was told, when demand was made for the amount, that 1)r. Green was dead. Mr. Natali, a bookseller, also identified the prisoner, to whom he was in the habit of paying five guineas yearly for the insertion of advertisements in his journal, which was not in existence. Mr. Henry told the young female who had been robbed in Drury-lane that the evidence did not press against the younger prisoner, and he was discharged upon the same recognisances to appear again if neces sary ; hut the elder prisoner should be again remanded without bail for a week, and then be committed on the two separate charges. After the deputy bailiff of the County Court at Graves end came forward to say something to the disadvantage of the prisoner, he was removed from the bar. WORSHIP -STREET. Yesterday a middle-Aged man named Joseph Mondell, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Arnold, charged with the following outrageous assault upon Mr. Robert Witherden, agent to a gentleman holding extensive household property at Spite!fields:— The complainant, one of whose eyes was terribly swoolen and, contused, and who exhibited other evidence of serious ill-usage, stated that the defendant being greatly in arrear with his rent, and it being impossible either to obtain the money from him or to induce him to quit the premises, the witness was instructed by the landlord to effect the latter object by issuing a distraint upon his goods, but not wi+h the intention of taking them, if it could be avoided. On proceeding to the house, at 12 o'clock that day, accompanied by a broker, an entry was effected in the defendant's absence, but he shortly afterwards came in, and on witness offering him to forego the execution if he would ♦acate the tenement be indignantly refused to do so, loaded him with the vilest epithets, and felled him to the ground by a terrific blew over the eyes which nearly stunned him. The bro ker then attempted to rescue him from the defendant's fury, but was immediately knocked down by a blow on the face, which smashed his spectacles, and this was rapidly succeeded by another blow across the hand from a heavy stick, and a third upon the crown of the head, which caused a severe gash and covered his clothes with blood. The defendant then attempted to seize a hammer, and was proceeding to further violence, when a police man fortunately happening to pass the house, was called in, and the defendat was given in charge. Robert Bushell, the broker, and a man named Urwin, his assistant, fully corroborated the first witness, and the former, who exhibited a severe wound in his head, declared that he had been seriously ill ever since. When called upon for his answer to the charge, the defendant said that upon reaching home he found the brokers in his house, and being informed that they had effected an entrance by bursting in his door, he knew that that was illegal and attempted to resist it, but was immediately assailed by one of the complainants with a heavy piece of wood, and, considering himself in great danger, bad protected himself as well as he could. Thisstatefilent, however, was positively contradicted by all the witnesses, who declared that there was not the slightest foundation for it, and Mr. ARNOLD, whoseverely reprehended the outrageous conduct the defendant had been guilty of; sentenced him to pay the full penalty of 51. for the assault upon Mr. Witherden, a second 51. for the ♦iolent attack upon the broker, or in default to be committed to the House of Correction for two months for each penalty, and in ad dition ordered him, at the expiration of the respective terms, to put in substantial bail for his good and peace able behaviour for the succeeding three months; neither of which conditions was the defendant able to comply with, and he was therefore removed in the van. ASSIZES OF THE HAUTE GA- RONNE. TRIAL OF FBERE LEOTADE. The important events which have occurred within the last ten days have so fully absorbed public attention, that it has been impossible hitherto for us to continue our report of the proceedings of this remarkable trial. Now that calm has been restored, and the press of matter connected with the revolution is less severe, we shall give a résumé of the sittings of the Court of Assizes of the Haute Garonne, observing first, that although the interest of the trial of Leotade had not fallen off, the evidence produced has been of such a nature that even if we could have found room for the reports, they must have been short. The affair, besides, has taken a turn which enables us to draw up our summary in brief terms. It will be remembered that, up to the 17th ult. inclu sively, the date of our report, most of the witnesses for the prosecution had been heard, and that Madeleine Sabathie, who had been ordered into custo. ty on a charge of prevarication and false evidence, had retracted her declaration of having seen Cecile Combettes in the street after the hour at which she was known to have been in the establishment of the Freres. She was ex amined again after her retraction, with a view to ascer tain whether she had been suborned to give false evi dence, and who were her suborners; but on this point she persisted in declaring that she had invented her story merely with a view to serve the freres, and without having been in any degree influenced by direct or indi rect overtures from them. The Frere Laurier, the gar dener of the establishment, who had also been ordered into custody for false testimony, was repeatedly examined during the remainder of the trial, but he continued to persist in his first declarations, and when detected in prevarications and inconsistencies, attributed them to a defect of memory. The defence set up by Leutade was chiefly by way of alibi. His object was to prove . that he had been so engaged in various matters at the time when Cecile Combettes must, according to the accusation, have been inveigled from the parlour of the establishment of the freres, and taken to the spot where she was violated and destroyed, that he could not have committed those crimes. He had also combined his defence in such a way as to cast doubts upon the evidence :of Conte, as to that witness having seen him and the Frere Jubrien at the moment when Cecile Combettes was in the establish ment, and to create a supposition that the (-rime might have been committed by Conte himself. A host of wit nesses, consisting principally of freres and pupils of th e establishment, came forward to establish the alibi. Their evidence was of such a character that, if it could be be lieved, it was utterly impossible he could have b een th e murderer, but most of these witnesses appeared to the President to have had a lesson got up for them, and when pressed hard by the President and the Procureur du Roi they contradicted each other in such a way as to confirm the suspicions which were entertained of their veracity. They deposed to a variety of minute circuits stances which they could hardly be supposed to have re membered after so great a lapse of time, and when asked how they could recollect them, they had nearly all the same answer ready, namely, th a t t h ey recollected the 15th of April, because it rained on that day. Until the inconsistency of these statements, however, was pointed out to them, and th e y b egan to contradict each other, no thing could be a m ore regu l ar an d consecu tive chain of testimony which had been prepared. The freres deposed, with an apparent convic tion of truth, to their having seen Leotade at such an hour, such a moment, and such a place, and the young pupils who were examined gave their evidence cooly and deliberately, as if they had previously all got it by heart. Some witnesses, unconnected with the establishment, also came forward to declare that they visited it on the 15th, and had seen Leotade occupied in various parts of the premises at the very time when, according to the act of accusation, he must have been engaged in the perpetration of the horrid deed for which he was now undergoing his trial. It appeared, however, that some of these individuals had had their memory re freshed by letters from Frere Jubrien, written some months after the murder, and the itupression of the Court appeared to be that their evidence, although honestlymeant, had been the result of this contrivance by Jubrien, who was at one time implicated as an accom plice of Leotade. On the other hand, however, some of the witnesses who were called for the prosecution stated facts which were of a nature to raise doubts as to the correctness of the premises on which the act of accusation was based, and to confirm portions of the testimony of the witnesses for the defence, which had at first appeared to have been got up for them, and to be f alse . The President, on more occasions than one, declared the embarrassment that he felt, and directed the jury to take parti cu l ar not i ce of these points, so that they might be wei g h e d an d appre ciated in connexion with the whole affair. On the 25th ult. M. Joly, the advocate for the partie civile, addressed the Court, the evidence havin g c l ose d , and he was to have reattnedhis address:oa the 26th. But on th a t d a y the agitation in Toulouse, oh account of the news from Paris of the revoluti o n, was so great, that i t was foiled impossible for the Court to proceed with the calm which so grave and difficult an affair required. M. Joly was absent at the Hotel de Vjlle, re-organizing the National Guard, and M. Saint-Grease, one of the counsel for the defence, was absent on account of the recent death of his father. The Procureur-General made an application to the Court, to put off the affair to another assize, and the Court, after a short deliberation, and with the consent of M. Gasc, the other counsel for the defence, adjourned the case to the next assize, on the double ground of the absence of M. Joly and M. Saint-Grosse, and the excited suite of the city of Toulouse. By order of the Court, Madeleine Sabathie and Frere Lauriene were ordered to bo set at liberty. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND GALLANT DEFENCE. — At Six-mile Bridge, Limerick, two ruffians took lodg ings a few nights since in the house of Mr. Irwin, a respectable inhabitant. At midnight they called for a candle, and thrusling the servant into a room, threatened to shoot her if she opened her lips, and then admi tte d a third bandit, Afterwards they went into Mr. and Mrs. Irwin's bedroom, and cautioned them not to stir, or mark the consequence; they, however, disobeyed, end struggled hard with the assailants, whom Mrs. Irwin's cries so alarmed that they fled. In their fli g ht th ey left behind a bayonet, a gun, and a hat. Dispatches were reekrived . yestcrdo.y, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Nauritiu3. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Tbe 14, , ander, 52, built In the Nor t h Dock, on the design f li.. Blake, was floated out to-day, after being named by Miss Prescott, daughter of Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C.B. A number of the men of the 7Gth regiment have been • removed from the Java hired transport, at Spithead, to day, and taken in the Echo tug to Cowes for removal to Parkhurst barracks, Isle of Wight, to avoid the infection of the measles, others from the depot there not liable to infection having been sent to replace them. The Netley tender arrived to-day from Devonport, with a good number of fine looking seamen, 34 of whom were for the Prince Regent, 92; and the rest for, the Powerful, 84, fitting in this harbour. The former ship is now only 70 or 80 short of her compliment of 820. 6he is a most efficient-looking ship, and rigged to the admiration even of landsmen. She was to have gone out of harbour to-day, she will moat probably go out to' morrow. The Victoria and Albert, Royal Yacht, was docked to-day, to have her periodical refit. The Fanny, Master• Commander Scarlett, the tender of the Commander-in-Chief, sailed for the Thames to-day. Wind W.S.W., moderate breezes, and dark hut weather with rain. Last night the dockyard artisans gave a concert at the Green row Rooms, Portsmouth, the receipts of which were to augment the tend for the relief of the destitute and distressed by the loss of the Avenger's crew. Rear• Admiral Superintendent Prescott and family, and all the officers of the dockyard, patronised the entertainment with their presence. The performances were of a most creditable character throughout, and yielded a suns of from 351. to 401., which has been handed over to she relief committee formed at this port. THE PACIFIC SQUADRON. On the 2d of December the Collingwood, 80, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour ; the Constance, 50, Captain Courtney, and Caryslort, 26, Captain Seymour, failed out of Valparaiso Bay in company, the Admiral on board his ship to have a trial of sailing—the Carp. fort on her way to England. On the 3d, in latitude 32.50, longitude 73.30, at 9 30 A.M., the Collingwood made signal to the Constance " Chase Carysfort" At this moment the three ships were thus placed—Carys tort a considerable distance a-head, Constance about 700 yards astern of Collingwood, and about two points ee the weather bow; the three ships close hauled and car rying all plain sail. At 10.15 the Constance passed the Collingwood about 80 yards to windward; at 12 the Constance passed the Carysfort, about 10 yards on the weather beam, Collingwood being at the time about 2,900 yards astern and to leeward. Rate of sailing lii knots; both ships quickly overhauled Carysfort. The Constance in this trial clearly proving superior on this point of sailing, was ordered again to take her station astern of the flag ship, and at 2.30 the Constance having gone about and brought the Collingwood abeam, found her to be 3,500 yards to leeward; wind moderate, with II little southerly swell during the trial. Trial took place to the westward of Valparaiso in the regular southerly' trades prevailing at this season on the coast. Orders at starting were to sail to southward. This completed the trial of the 3d. On the 4th, at 10 A.m., the Collingwood and Constance started, the flag ship then 2,000 yards a-head. At 11.3. Constance closed with her within 100 yards, and had weathered on her very considerably. Wind light with a southerly swell. Later in the day (at 6.30 r.x.) the flag ship had gained a few hundred yards on the Cos• stance. The third and last trial took place on the sth, in lati tude 33.10, longitude 77.25, off the wind, with topmast and topgallant studding sails set, the ships started at forty-five minutes p as t fi ve o'clock A.M., with w ins a-beam; Constance 500 yards astern of Collingwood. AS thirty-five minutes past six o'clock had lost 600 yards. This ended the cruises. The Carysfert in these trials was slow but weatherly, she could not keep station with either of her larger cow petitors. The Constance, when stationed on the west coast of Mexico, sailed in the same direction on a wind with the United States' corvette Portsmouth, one of the fastest sailers in the American navy, so it is said, and beat her "all to sticks ; " th e a d vantage was so great that it could scarcely be called a contest at all, although the Ports mouth did her best. On the sth of December, the Caryafort parted com pany to proceed to England with freight; the Constance to return to Valparaiso, where she arrived on the 71111 and the Collingwood proceeded to Juan Fernandez. The Chilian brigantine of war Janequeo accompanied the British ships in their trial cruise, and afterward* proceeded to Juan Fernandez. The Collingwood re' mained at this island for eight days, and returned thence direct to Valparaiso, where she arrived on the 17th of December, making the passage in about forty hours. The Constance was at Valparaiso on the 30th of De cember. She was to leave on the Ist of January for Callao. The Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, arrived at Valpa• raiso on the 17th of December, from Otaheite, forty days. ___ The French armed transport Sarcelle sailed from Valparaiso, for the Sandwich Islands, on the 30th of November, with a French consul for Cobija, in Bolivia, and another gentleman going in the same capacity to the Sandwich Islands. Squadron all well on the 30th December. A brig, believed to be the Star, 0, from Sheerness, passed through Spithead to the westward this afternoon. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 8 —Arronwrzurtre.--Edniund B. Walker, Clerk, to the G anges; E dward M. Collier, Naval Cadet, to the Ganges; Samuel Parry, Chief En gineer, to the Pluto; Samuel Derry and Alexander W. Brush, Assistant Engineers, to the Pluto; Henry T. Vernon, Lieutenant, to the Penelope; Frederick Robin son, Lieutenant, to the Investigator; Francis Rook., Lieutenant, to the Blenheim; Charles B. Payne, Lieu tenant, to the Hayannah ; W. E. Von Dadelyen, MI& ship -tan, to the Fisgard; James Crosby, Second Muter, to the Shearwater; J. H. Jefferson, Clerk in Charge, to the Shearwater. PRoMuTIONS.—Mr. Thomas Goss and Mr. James E. Elliott, Masters, to be Lieutenants. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAncn 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting• ham, and Boston, 2 3 4 dis. c.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares (late C. and B.), 6 dis. c.-- Bolton, Blackburn, &c. ( B), dis.—East Lancashire, 1954 —Great Northern, VA dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, h dis.—London and North-Western, 183 c.—Ditto, New _Quarters, 3% P.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- shire, Quarters, No. 1, IA dis.—Ditto, Preference, par—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 6% dis.—Midland, 104—Ditto, Halves, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, % c. dis.—Preston 14 and Wyre, 34—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), P.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 2% p. - -South-Eastern and Dover, 26—Ditto, N 0.4, 2% p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Preference, %p. MANCHESTER, Manu t 8. STOCK EXCHANOIL—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancs• shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1-16 dis.--Ditto (late C. and B.), 154 c.—Bolton, Blackburn, tec. New, 5A Eastein Counties, 13%—East Lancashire, New, 5A d am-- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3714—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % n. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 die.—Lon don and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 3 p.—lNlanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. I, par—Ditto, Grimsby Dock, 9 dis.—North Staffordshire, % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 27—Dittot No 4,2% die. LEEDS, MAncu 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are the prices at which sales have been effected to-day :—East Lancashire, 19%-- Ditto, New, 5/. Bs. 9d. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 295. dia.—East and West Yorkshire, 7% c. dis.—Great Northern, 7% dis' Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 1 3 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 595. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 17 3 / 4 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. Preference, 2s. 6d. p.—North British, Thirds, 16e. dbl... Ditto, Extension, ss.dis.—North Staffordshire, les. North-Western, 5% dis. BIRMINGHAM, MAncu 8. STOCK EiCHANGE.--The transactions reported to-day were --Caledonian, 30—Great Western, 6 p. ex div.—London and North-Western,l3s ex div.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Preference. par—Midland, 106 ex div.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 1% p. Ditto (G. N. E. Pur c h ase ), 1 p.—North Staffordshire, % dim. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3% dis.—Ditto (B) 2% dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 3 4 c. dis. YORK, 111.Ancu 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The following are the quotations this day : Great Northern, Si. 16s.—Ipswich and Bury St. Ed munds and Norwich, s —North British, Thirds, 1 -1 4—Yorke Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (latc.New Berwicks), 1141 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 914. A GIANT.—Mr. Robert Hales, named "the York. shire Giant," who will exhibit in Nottingham next week, is nearly eight fee; in height, and weighs 4621 b. (33 stone). His longitude is inherited from his parents, his father, a farmer, being-six feet six inches, and his mother six feet (weighing 14 stone). Of this Patagonian couple, the progeny were all remarkable for their stature; the boys were " sons of Anak," and the daughters of Amazonian development; any of them quite a Glum- , dalcliteh. The four sons averaged six feet five inches in height; the daughters, six feet three and a half inches. But the flower of the flock was and is the one now in Manchester. His sister, aged 20, attained seven feet two inches, and weighed 16 stone, but ahe died in 1842. Hales is now in his 28th year, of fair prop ort i on s. with Feasing featur es an d goo d humoured, cheerful countenance. He is vivacious and intelligent. and altogether a very different sort of being to the heavy lumpish louts we have seen in caravans. With him are exhibited a male dwarf and two female Albinos.=.- offs Review. 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