The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-15 00:00:00

fourtiiWtition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FRANCE. The Legitimists voted for the admission of Prince Louis NAPOLEON. Messrs. Thiers, Odillon Barrot, Durergier de Hauranne, Berryer, most of the former Deputies, and the Members of the Montagne, equally voted in that sense. The Akbar, of Algiers, states that a number of labourers in that town had been engaged to work at the fortifications of Mahon. It is added that the Go ♦ernment of the United States has supplied the funds for the completion of the extensive works undertaken in that island. ISTRIA. The Osserratore Triestino of the 6th instant appears to be apprehensive of a revolt of the Scla- Tonic population of the province of Istria, for the attainment of national independence, inasmuch as it devotes two columns to a leading article on the subject, demonstrating the inestimable advantages de rived by Istria from its union with Trieste, and depre cating, in the most energetic terms, any attempt on the part of the Sclaves to effect a separation. It ap pears that the province of Istria is divided into two distinct classes, the inhabitants of the cities and those of the rural districts. The former are Italians by language, customs, historical reminiscences, monuments, and, in short, everything that consti tutes nationality. The latter are Sclaves, who esta blished themselves as colonists with the consent of the Venetian Republic when the primeval inhabi tants had been almost entirely extirpated by wars and pestilence. The first represent the intelligence of Italy ; the latter still sleep in the arms of Russia, and have always obstinately resisted any fusion with the Italians. Should this ignorant multitude rise in insurrection, a dreadful civil war would be the in evitable consequence, according to the Osserratore Triestino. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's ma jority was resumed, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three additional votes. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. The General Committee of Elections met this after noon, and nominated the following Members to try the merits of the petition presented against the last return for the borough of Sligo, namely: Mr. Adair, Mr. W)keham Martin, Mr. John Evans, Honourable Colonel Tennant, and Mr. J. B. Wrightson, chairman. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM R AILWAY .—(T HIS DAY.) A special general m eeting of this company was h e ld to-day, at the offices in beforedraft o f Parliament for th e alter ationof the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway, and for authorising the dire c t ors to borrow a the sum of 433,0001., the power to do which is given under the Act. To the first part of the busi ness the shareholders present, who were numerous, made no objection. On the resolution for the second being put, Mr. Fielder, of the Stock Exchange, moved a n addition, to • the effect that the money should be raiied by the i , sue of preference shares bearing 8 per cent. interest. On this 1 long discussion arose, in which the probability of raising the money by debentures or calls was strongly debated, and an amendment was moved to limit the power of the directors in raising the money, but ultimately Mr. Fielder's amendment was embodied in the original motion, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman (the Lion. Colonel Clive), the meeting was dissolved. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice IVIountAN.) THE QUEEN V. BUSHELL. _ _ Mr. WILLIS said in this case the defendant was in dicted at the Middlesex Session, for keeping a common gaming-house in St. James's, but he was ignorant of the name of the prosecutor, or of the street i❑ which the alleged gaming -house was situated. A rule nisi had, therefore, ben granted calling upon the prosecutor to furnish the defendant with the particulars of the house and his own name. That rule had been served upon the attorney who endorsed the indictment, but an affidavit had been filed by him, stating that he had ceased to be engaged in the case and that he neither knew the situation of the house nor the name of the prosecutor. Under these circumstances he now moved that the rule be made absolute. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN directed the rule to be en. larged. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Earl of SELKIRK presented several petitions against the Scotch Registration Bills. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from Linlithgow with a similar prayer; also several petitions praying for an alteration in the Scotch Law of Entail. POOR-LAW UN lONS.—TRA MPS. Lord PORTMAN presented petitions from a Union in Somersetshire, and also from a Union in Dorsetshire, complaining of the burdens cast upon parishes by the great increase of tramps, and praying that some measure might be adopted to remedy the evil. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the subject MS under the consideration of the Government, and they were much disposed to entertain a measure which should make a new distribution of the charge incurred from re lief given to tramps, and extending it over the whole union, instead of confining it to the parish in which the relieving officer resided, and in which, consequently, the relief bad been given. Lord REDESDALE thought some alteration in the law was necessary. As long as a tramp knew that by applying to the relieving officer he could secure a gooe supper and a bed, so long he would be without any in ducement to endeavour to gain an honest living. After s few words from Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Chichester, and the Earl of Stradbroke, Lord BEAUMONT said that he thought a much severer test of destitution should be applied to tramps than the test applied to the parochial poor. CORN-LAWS. Lord STANLEY eave notice that, to-morrow, he should call the attention of their Lordships to the state of the law regulating the importation of foreign corn. It was not his intention to enter at all on that occasion into the discussion of the qu.stion of protection. 01)D FELLOWS. Lord BEAUMON h pre:ented a petition from a lodge of Odd Fellows, in favour of the Bill for legalising this society. RAILWAYS AND STEAM NAVIGATION. Lord MONTEAGLE called the attention of the House to the grasping monopoly of certain railroad pro prietors who, by eel taro private Bills, were now endea• vouring to monopolise the steam navigation of certain ports, and contended that the provision s o f those B ills _to that effect were opposition to th e standing orders of their Lordships' House, which standing orders would, he trusted, be strictly enforced. He wiehed to know whether the Government had not provided steamers of the greatest power to carry on the mail service b etween Holyhead and Dublin. The Earl of AUCKLAND said that the Admiralty bad been prepired to carry on the Post-office service between Holyhead and Dublin, and unless he could feel assured that that ser vice would be carried on as effectually by. the railway company he should be sorry to see that service transferred to them. At the same time, if that service could be conducted by the ha company ni ; equally and efficiently, and more economically was conducted at present, it would be to the advantage of the country that it should be transferred to the company. The Earl of GRANVILLE explained the history of the passing of the Bill through the House of Commons, and said that tne matter had been considered and re ported on by the Board of. Trade. The Earl of RODEN bore testimony to tho admirable manner in which the Admiralty provided for the per formance of the Post-office service between Dublin and Holyhead. The subject then dropped. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table numerous returns relating to the operation of the poor law in Ireland. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. Lord REDESDALE then rose to draw the attention of their Lordships to the duties of the Railway Com missioners, and was (LiFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEATcER to( k h Mr. LUSHINGTO t e Chair at Four o'clock. A N presented a petition from the Anti-State Church of Church and st s a sociation, praying for the separa tionon with this petition, The Hon. Member, in con- Begium Donum voteion, gave notice that when the be discontinued. was moved he should move that it FOREIGN THEATRICALS IN THE METRO POLIS Mr. Sergeant TALFouR • D the performers of the Hayroa p r r ke esented a petition from ing of the extent to which forei t The a t re , comp l a i n - couraged in the metropolis, andgnprPeraformers were en take steps to lim it the number of thestyitrreig the House to engaged for foreig n theatric al entertainments. slnt en d e d to b e L-arned Sergeant p resented a p e tition tal fro m The o ladies and gentlemenmetropolitan connected with ot h er numero us theatrestropolitan the Sir G. STRICKLAND presented 52 petitions in;_ f your of a reduction in the expenditure , and ' praying for Parliamentary refOrm. Several Hon. Members presented petitions, praying that effective measures should be taken for the suppres _ lion of the slave-trade. THIRD READINGS. ..... The following Bills were read is third time: — Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (Re• vision of maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway) Bill. London and South-Western Railway Company's Acts Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works Bill. North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne Branch and Approach to Congleton Station) Bill. North Staffordshire Railway (Deviation at Willington) Bill. Newry and Enniskillen Railway (Amendment of Acts, and to authorise Arrangements with other Companies) Bill. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J UNE 15, 1848. REPORTS. The followingreports were considered and agreed to:— Aberdeen Railway (Additional Capital). Caledonian Railway (Branches connecting the Clydes dale Junction and Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.). Dundee and Perth Railway (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway). _ Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Junction). Edinburgh and Glasg ow Railway, and Glasgow, Air drie, and hionkland Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts). London and North-Western Railway (Branches and Ex- tensions from Leamington, &c.) - - Walsall Improvement and Cemetery (No. 2). Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act (No. 1), 1847 (Slough Extension and Deviations) (No. 2). Wishaw and Coltncss Railway (Deviation, Connecting Branch, and Improvement). Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alteration, and Branches, &c.) York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway England, North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). SECOND READINGS. The following Bill were read a second time and or dered to be committed: — Philanthropic Society Charity Estate Bill. Rawlins' (or Bishops Hull Cura c y ) Estate Bill. FOR EIGN DRAMATISTS. Mr. H. BERKELEY pr esented a petition from Mr. Benjamin Webster, of the Haymarket 1 . heatre, stating that this country was ov er-run with foreign actors, com plaining of the support and patro!iage . which they re ceived, and praying t hat some limit 'night be put u p on the number of thea tres devoted to foreign theatrical en tertainments. • PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. DUCKWORTH presented a petition i n f avour o f Parliamentary RefoFin, and praying fur a reduction in the national expenditure. ISSUING OF WRITS. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON gave notice that he would mov e on Tuesday next that a writ be issued f o r th e borough of Derby, and in the event of that motion being agreed to, he would move that the other suspended writs be issue, with the exception of two. DISMISSAL OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR. - --- Mr. BANKES—I wish to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government with respect to the alleged dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her Majesty. I wish to ask him whether the departure of the Spanish Ambassador originates with the Government here or with his own Government, or whether it arises from any other cause ; also whether any correspendence will be laid upon the table of the House with regard to his departure ; also whether it is the intention of the Government to lay upon the table of the House any further correspondence or papers relative to the dismissal of our Ambassador from the Court of Madrid. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said, amidst the most profound attention,—Mr. Speaker, the dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her Majesty is the result of correspondence between my Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Mimister. It is not the result of a recal from his own Government.—(Cheers.) My Noble Friend will shortly lay on the table of the House additional papers by the command of her Majesty. and these papers will relate to he dismissal of Sir IL Bulwer, as well as the present dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador.—(Hear, hear.) GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that to-morrow night he should put a question to the President of the Board of Control with regard to the negotiations now pending between that Board and the Great Peninsular Railway Company. BRITISH GUIANA. Mr. BAILLIE said information had recently been re• ceived to the effect that the Court Policy of the colony, taking into consideration that the expenditure of the colony had increased during the last two years from 56,0001. a year to 225,000 L, had wisely determined to re duce the expenditure by reforming it. They proposed that the salaries of the public officers of the colony, com mencing with the Governor himself, should be reduced 35 per cent., and that with a view to see what the mother country would do, only to vote the sup plies for six instead of twelve months; both of which propositions were rejected by the Governor. The questions he wished to ask were, whether there would be any objection to lay the correspondence on the matter on the table, and whether it was true that the Noble Earl at the head of the Colonial-office had refused to license eight vessels for the conveyance of emigrants in connexion with the colony ? Mr. HAWES said it was perfectly true that the Noble Earl had refuseri to license the vessels, because, in the first place, he did not wish to see captured negroes sent to a colony which appeared in such an unsettled state; and secondly, because the captains of vessels conveying free African emigrants received a bounty on their arri val, which, as the supplies had not been voted, could not have been paid. When the correspondence, which he had no objection to produce, was laid on the table, he should be prepared to justify the determination to which his Noble Friend had come. WEST INDIA DISTRESS. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed to make the statement of which he had given notice for to-morrow evening with respect to West India distress, before the other orders of the day.- 2 (llear, hear.) NEW WRIT FOR LEICESTER. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to put it to his lion. Friend opposite, the Member for Northampton, who had a motion on the paper for to-night for the issuing of a writ for Leicester, whether, under exisiting circum stances, he would press on his motion that evening. The evidence taken before the Committee had been printed, but was not in the hands of Members, added to which the whole subject would be brought before the House on Tuesday next, for which day the Hon. Member for Droitwich had given notice of a general motion on the subject. Mr. STAFFORD expected that such an appeal would be made to him from some Member on the opposite side of the House. He must confess that he could not accede to the request of the Noble Lord. He considered that a most uufair and un constitutional course had been taken by some Members on the other side of the House, the result of which was, that the difficulties attending this question had become greater and greater, and ultimately would become insur mountable unless some stop was put to the course that was being adopted. He could not allow a single day to intervene before moving the writ, and having done so he would have discharged his duty, and made it imperative upon the House to discharge theirs. He moved this writ with more hope than he had moved others, for he had invariably found that a short recess gave Members a more vivid notion of what was right and wrong than upon other occasions. Let Hon. Members take the trouble to look over their papers and see what they had done in the present ses-ion. Since they had met in last November, the number of Acts they had passed amounted to eighteen. Of those eighteen, four were money Acts, three amendments _ and explanations of existing laws, two the famous coercion Bills, one the Borough Superannuation Fund, another to facilitate the progress of public works in Ireland,, another to extend the time for th e cons t ruc ti on of railways, another for making arrangements in the Court of Chancery, and lastly, the famous N ew Z ea l an d C onst i tu ti on Suspension Bill. Such wer e th e Bill s they hadpassed this session, cours e a o n f q th in o theface of this experience what chance was there Honourable oon Baronet's Bill passin g this s e ssion? But the the House wa s p u r s uing, so far from puni s hi ng (Hea r , hear) bribery, was, in fact, encouraging it— (Hear, as the electors who had hitherto b een t at the delay abstained tro hadwhicejosers of bribery had been annoyed taken place, and now they al togetherpo olinxiaking complaints of bribery. They had a last Bewdley election, wile; in the proceedings of the treating was freely resorted to, Was of the return, simply bi.cause openly avowed that yet they had now re ceived petitions complaining opponents of corrup tionhad determined • the parties who were the felt t that their o it the siunsptehne in that borough natured petitioning might ultimately L sion of their motion altogether. o n n ed to case of Kinsale, parties who emigrate upon the proceeds of the previous election, learning that another contest was to take place, quitteuelpohn emigrant ship in the Cove of Cork, leaving their Wives te and families on board, and returned to Kinsale to do last act of duty to their country in assisting to return another Member to the Treasury benches.—(Hear, and laughter.) Bearing these circumstances in mind, an d looking at the fact that the Hon. Baronet's Bill, repu diated as it was by the Government, and by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, had to fight its way amongst 48 others, he really felt that it was impolitic Lo delay the issuing of these writs any longer, and he should therefore persevere in his motion. Great distress was now existing in the borough of Lei cester, and the poor-rates were as high as 13. in the pound. Consequently great dissatisfaction was expressed with respect to the institutions of the country, and there was growing up a terelency towards violence among the people, and he would ask was it right and was it expe dient in such a state of things to keep the bo rough without a representative in that louse ? The Hon. Member concluded by moving that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the elf cling of two burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Leicester, in the room of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Richard Gardner, whose election has been deter mined to be void. The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. FREWEN rose to opp,se the motion. He said the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Stafford) had told them that he had no connexion with Leicester.—(Hear.) A letter which he had received from a solicitor of much practice in the locality, stated that he had put his motion on the paper a ithout consulting auy one in the town with respect to it. Now the House had to consider two things the report of the Committee which was presented only a few days ago—(Loud cheers)—which set forth many 1 cases of bribery, and whether they would main tain that report or not. His (Mr. Frewen's) ' family had been connected with Leicester for many years, and he believed it was as notoriously corrupt a place as any in the kingdom.—(Laughter.) As an instance of this, he might state that in 1826, byth ra re o e ney ca m nd u i s d t ate h s a , have been showed that thwaetrerausetenot of that spent in bribery. In 1839, when ho (Mr. Frewen) most reluctantly offered himself as a candidate, he told his committee that he would rather lose his election than that there should be a single case of bribery. The election went against him, because his commitiee would not consent to spend 150/. in the same way as a similar sum had been expended at the previous election—in bribery. A certain number of freemen tendered their votes to the committee for 11. a head, 17s. 6d. having been the price at the former election.—(hear, and laught er .) Th ey s h on ld either disfranchise the city or limit its boundary. Un less they took some decisive s t e p t h e same system of bribery of which he had spoken would continue. He should therefore oppose the motion. Mr. SEYMER, a Member of the Committee, reco mmended the House to read the reports of the Committee before they came to a decision. If the Government proceeded with their Bill he would vote for the suspension of sthe writ, but if they did not he should feel compelled to support the motion of the Hon. Member for North Northampton. .After a few observati ons f rom C apta i n MANGLES, r for North which were inaudible in the gallery, Sir A C fil NG T 0 N Northamptontrusted that hoius would not press Friend the Member J. his motion for the issuing of the writ. Leicester was one of the committees that bad made a special report, and that report was entitled to the consideration of the Reuse. Such being his opinion, he thought the writs ought not to be issued. Lord J. RUSSELL considered that the Honourable Member for North Northamptonshire had accepted this proposition he would have done far better for in ' terest of those he represented than by adopting the course he had of persevering with his motion for the issuing of the writ.—(Hear.) He denied that the suspen sion of writs was an unconstitutional proceeding. Such a course was warranted by the proceedings that had taken pace in earlier times, when writs had been suspended for a year, in consequence of bribery and corruption. In the case of Bishops Castle, in the reign of queen Anne, such a course of proceeding had taken place, and numerous cases of a later date might be brought forward. He thought, if the House approved of the principle of the Bill of the Hon. Member for Flintshire it should be gone on with, but if the House did not approve of the principle of that Bill ; he would then go on with the Bill with respect to the Horsham borough, and en large its provisions as the House thought fit. Mr. BANKES said he was sure the Noble Lord would readily admit that the times to which the Noble Lord had referred were greatly disturbed by party feeling,. which ran very high in the House of Commons, so much so indeed, that it was related in Lord Hardwick's life that the House, on one occasion, voted that forty was a majority on ninety. It was in that way the elections were con ducted then, and he was sure the Noble Lord was not desirous that they should return to such a system as that. With regard to the immediate question before the House he thought these boroughs had been placed in a very unjust position. They had no repret•entative to defend them in that House, and the only way in which they could support their case was by sending counsel to the bar of the House, which was a very inconvenient course. On the whole, however, as this question would be resumed next week, he would recommend his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for North Northampton not to press his motion now, but leave the matter to be decided with the other cases next week. Mr. HUME said the motion given for Tuesday by the Hon. Baronet (Sir John Pakington) for the issue of the suspended writs, would have the effect of delaying his motion for Parliamentary reform, upon which, what ever might be the merits of the motion, great anxiety existed in the country. He, therefore, trusted that the Hon. Baronet would not persevere in his motion. Sir JOHN PAKINGT - ON said he had given notice for Tuesday next, without the slightest reference to the motion standing in the Hon. Member's name on the Paper, and considering that the issuing of' the writs was a question cf very great importance, he could not con sent to withdraw his motion. Colonel SIBTHORk" trusted that the Hon. Baronet would take the sense of the House on the subject. After a few observations from Mr. ELLIO rT, Lord LINCOLN said he quite agreed with the Noble Lord, that it was most desirable that the Hous© should agree to take at once a division upon the general prin ciple of the Bill brought in by his lion. Friend (Sir John Hanmer), and if there was a majority in its favour, that no further impediment should be thrown in the way of its further progress. A private member could not pass a Bill so successfully through the House, as it could be done by the Noble Lord, who possessed so much influence in that House. He hoped, therefore, the Noble Lord would take the matter into his own hands. Lor J. RUSSELL said he had given notice of his in tention to do so. Lord LINCOLN said people out of doors entertained much objection to indefinitely postponing the issuing of the writ. No doubt the majority of the House would vote against the issuing of the writ, but he hoped the Noble Lord would give precedence to the Bill on Tuesday. Lord J. RUSSELL had given as much assistance to the Bill of the lion. Baronot, the Member for Flint broughs, as if it had been brought forward by a Mem ber of the Government. lie should assist the progress of the Bill to the best of his ability, but he could not give up other Bills of public importance, seeing that the Bill was threatened with much undue opposition. _ _ Atter a few words from Mr. TROLLOPPE, Mr. liUDSON rose, and was; [LEFT SPEAKING]. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 14.—1 n a convocation holden this morning, the University seal was affixed to an humble address of condolence and congratulation to her Ma ie s t3'; the address voted on the 17th having since been somewhat altered, in consequence of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. At the same time the Rev. George licit, M.A., fel low and tutor of Corpus Christi College; the Rev. William Basil Tickell Jones, M.A., fellow of Queen's College; and the Rev. James Peers Tweed, M.A., tellow and tutor of Exeter College, were nominated mas ters of the schools for the year ensuing. In a congregation holden immediately afterwards the following decrees were conferred, viz.:— Masters of Arts—Charles James Stuart, University College; Rev. John Horne, Balliol College; Adol phus Leighton White, ditto, grand compounder; Rev. Charles Garvey, Exeter College; Samuel Archer, ditto; Ge;srge Seton, ditto; William Keating, ditto ; ; William Money Kyrie, Oriel College ; John Burgon, fellow of ditto ; Chas. Crawley, ditto ; Rev. James Elwin Millard, Magdalen College ; Rev. William Harvey, Brasenose College ; Rev. George John Banner, ditto ; Frederick Earnshaw Marshall, ditto ; George, Wingate Pearce, scholar of Corpus Christi College ; Richard Arthur Le Mesurier, scholar of ditto ; Wm Trevenon, Trinity College ; Rev. Hinton Castle Smith- Wadham College ; Simeon Sturges, Magdalen Hall, grand compounder ; Henry LiAiers, St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Walter John Dare, New Inn Hall ; West Wyatt, ditto ; and Rev. Arthur C. Saunders, scholar of Pem broke College. Bachelor of Arts.—P. Oxendon Papillon, Univer sity College ; Henry Seymour, Balliol College ; Ed ward Parry, St. John's College ; George William Pigott, Exeter College ; Thomas Owen Tudor, ditto ; George Porter, ditto ; John Samuel, ditto, grand compounder ; Charles Matthew Robins, Oriel College ; Thomas Tuting, Lincoln College ; Charles Arthur Molony, ditto; William Dunn Macray, Magdalen College; William Molyneaux, Christ Church; Montague Blackett, ditto; Charles C. Plowden, ditto; William B. Findlay, ditto; Alexander J. W. Philip, Trinity College; Juhn Edgar Gibson, St. John's Col lege; Howell Powell Edwards, scholar of Jesus College; George Samuel Rees, scholar of ditto; Henry Hodgson, Wadham College; Thomas Gale Curtler, ditto; Edward Duncan Hale, Pembroke College; Henry Llewelyn Ro berts, Worcester College; Charles E. Freeman, Mag dalen Hall; Cladius Roberta Rowlett, ditto; George Bishop, ditto; James John Chichester, ditto; Henry Douglas Munro, New Inn Hall; and Edward Pallin, fellow of St. John's College. The Professor of Poetry (the Rev. James Garbett) will deliver his terminal lecture, at the Clarendon, on Thursday next, at two o'clock. ELECTORAL CONSTRUCTION OF PARLIAMENT. (From The Trades' Weelky Messenger.) "It is necessary to describe the present plan of elective franchise in Scotland as compared with the system that prevailed previous to the year 1832. In the firt place, there is a very considerable difference in the number of electors in the two periods. In 1332 the total population was 2,365,000 ; of whom were male adults 540,000 electors, 2,340 ; or 1 elector to evory 1,000 souls; or 1 elector for every 230 men above twenty years of age. In 1842 the total population was 2,620,184 male adults, 630,000 ; total electors, 85,200: 1 elector for every 31 souls, or thereby; or 1 for every 7 or 3 male adults; or in other words, there are 544,800 men who live by food, and of legal age, but who hare no voice, directly or indirectly, in the choice and election of men to concoct and enact laws of life or death—of peace or war—of taxation and religion. Compared with the franchise before the year 1832, there is at present a considerable b c in h e is r e e l as a e d o u l the l tm ael atoadrtsit;o:rt.ault inhabitants P e there, m p u p l a a r t ii e so d ny w e t i t m h u t c h h e t u o n b e e n fr donea - to Englandards an in a l u B g 4l m 14,995,138 Of whom were male 7,323,587, and females 7,671,751 Male adults above twenty years of age Men above twenty years of age who pos sessed the elective franchise (1842, 1843) 808,216 Unenfranchised men or fiscal states The electors form one for every 18k of population o' men, women, and children, or one elector for every 44 male a dults. Wales in 1841—total population Total ma1e5...... Males above twenty years of ago in posses sion of the franchise (1842, 1843) One elector for every 18i total population, or for every 44 male adults. Unenfranchised male adults 185,105 Ireland in 1841—total population Electors in 1843, 1844 117,440 One for every seventy, or thereby, of total popu lation. " What is to be remarked in the foregoing state ments is the disproportion between the number of elec tors in Scotland, England, and Wales. " Scotland has one elector for every thirty-one of the total population; and England and Wales one for every eighteen to nineteen of them. " The whole political influence of Scotland is neutral. ised by thirty-one English boroughs returning the same number (fifty-three) of Members to Parliament, thus— Electors. Male aduls. diem. Scotland 85.244 630,328 53 Thirty-one Eng. boroughs " We find in the same manner, the legislative votes of Ireland neutralised in the House of Commons by 66 English boroughs, returning the same number of Mem bers as Ireland. Electors. Male adults. Mem. Ireland ••• ••• ..• 117,448 1,890,743 105 Sixty-six English boroughs 26,443 122,500 105 "But a very extraordinary and alarming part of the electoral system of Great Britain is, that the thirty-one boroughs that are able to neutralise the whole political weight of Scotland in the legislature, are almost powerful enough in votes to give check-mate to all the most populous and influential cities in England and Scotland together ; including London and the metro politan boroughs. The abstract is this : Electors. Male adults. Mem. Twenty-seven large ci-) ties and boroughs 203,945 916,923 53 Thirty-cne small bo-} s 9,862 41,560 53 " It thus appears that a Minister who possesses the means, through money or place, of controlling the thirty one boroughs with their fitty- three representatives, can, on questions affecting Scotland, neutralise the Scottish votes, and, turned in another direction, can defeat the representation of the most important cities of the empire. On looking into the representation of counties we shall discover similar results of equal numbers of votes representing very unequal constituencies. There are eighteen counties, partly in England and partly in Scot land, with 21,027 electors, that have twenty members or legislative votes, against ten English counties with 140,457 electors returning only twenty members. "JAMES J. MACINTYRE." THE BOOKBINDERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Testerday evening a meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, for the transaction of general business. The report congratulated the members on the favour able state of the society, as, notwithstanding the depres sion of the past year, the funds had increased. Thereare now ten males and eight females on the funds; the males receive from 7s. to Bs., and the females from ss. 6(1. to 6s. per week. The total amount of the invested ca pital is 1 117/. 33 10d. The report concl u d e d by call ing upon the members of the trade to assist in aiding the institution. _ _ ----- MURDER. AT SHIELDS.—On Monday last, at the Shields races a quarrel took place between two men in one of the tents frequented by loose women, with some of whom the belligerents had been drinking, and a fight ensued, when one of the men, named Moody, stabbed the other with a knife. The wound proved fatal in a few minutes. The quarrel originated in the attentions paid by the deceased to one of the women, which excited the jealousy of Moody, who was soon afterwards appre hended. SALE or THEATRICAL PORTRAITS, AND RELICS or GRlMALDl.—Yesterday a collection of theatrical portraits, originally forming part of the gallery of the late Thomas Harris, Esq., for many years lessee of Covent Garden Theatre, and a quantity of theatrical property of the late inimitable pantomimist, Joe Gri maldi, was sold by auction at Mr. Robins's rooms, Covent-garden. The novelty of the sale attracted many persons. The portrait of IL B. Sheridan went for 21. 2s. ; C. Young, by Harlowe, 2/. ; two full-lengths, and one three-quarter, of Fawcett, in the respective characters of Frippon, Dr. Pangloss, and Jerry Sneak, sold for 11. 10s. and a guinea each ; a portrait of Liston, by Clint, 2/. ; of Suett, by Northeote, 1/. Bs. ; a whole length of Barry, as Macbeth, by Hogarth, IL Is. ; and of J. P. Kemble, as Penruddock, ; a whole length of C. Mathews, sen., as Obadiah, by D. Wilde, 21. 4s. ; the full length portrait of the celebrated Miss Foote, now the Countess of Harrington, as Maria Darlington, by Clint, A.R.A., an exquisite painting, sold for 5/. 7s. 6d. The portraits of Grimaldi produced from Is. 6d. to 11s., his coat of arms, Is. 6d. ; a water coloured drawing by Bologna, the celebrated harlequin of " Joey's " cottage at Finchley, 20s. The manuscript volume a, written by himself, of all the pantomimes in which Grimaldi performed, sold for 30s. ; his songs, in his own writing, "Hot Codlings," " Tipity witchet," &c., sold for ss. 6d., and the identical silver watch, by Abrahams, representing on its face the celebrated clown mounted on a donkey, familiarly termed by him " Me and my Neddy," and of which he was plundered by footpads on his way to Finchley, and which was re turned by them on finding they had ret.rbad their fa vourite, sold for Si. ss. AN OTTER CAUGHT IN THE EDEN.—An otter hunt was advertised to take place at Armathwaite on Monday last. A fine male otter had been captured a little above the bay in the river Eden, but it died on Sunday evening, so that it thereby est aped a more vio lent fate, at Blackmoss Pool, where he was to have made sport on the following day. Great numbers of persons from Carlisle and other places, with a medley pack of allsizes of otter hounds, asst mhled at Ar ma th wa it e on t h e appointed morning, and despite the pelting rain, deter mined to seek for another otter. Accordingly the Eden from Armathwaite to Hazonby was duly scoured; and, although the search proved fruitless so far as otters were concerned, the magnificent scenery, even in unfavourable weather, compensated such of the pedestrians as could appreciate it. It is perhaps not saying too much to assert that no river in Europe can equal the Eden for the sublimity of its scenery, especially in the above loca lity, when either the Armathwaite, Nunnery Walks, Coom's Peak, Cat Clint, or ;Sampson's Chamber, would separately repay a day's ramble.—Durham Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CONSISTORY COUR T, June 14. (Before 1)r. LUSIIINGTON.) BIALBABLOTZKY V. BIALBABLOTZKY. This was a suit of divorce, promoted by the wife against the husband, on the ground of cruelty. There was no defence offered by the husband. The Learned JUDGE said the case was evidently esta blished as one of legal cruelty, the husband having on two occusions inflicted upon his wife severe punishment; on one occasion with a horsewhip, on another with a cane. He had read all the evidence, and he was sure, by the manner in which it was given, that it established the fact. There was no inducement on the part of the wit nesses to deceive the Court. The whole course of cruel treatment to the wife was there confirmed. The Learned Judge pronounced for the divorce. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.) John M'Gee, aged 32, sailor, was indicted for felo niously' being at large without lawful excuse before the expiration of a sentence of transportation passed upon him at a general court-martial, held at Woolwich, on the 11th of May, 1840. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted for the Trea sury. The Learned Counsel, on opening the case for the prosecution, said that it might be as well for him to explain how the law stood with regard to the peculiar circumstances under which the prisoner was indicted. He had been tried by a court-martial, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, under the Mutiny Act; and the law required that when a prisoner was so con victed the particulars of the trial and the record of the conviction should be laid before one of the judges; and upon his certificate the sentence was carried into effect, and the production of the certificate at any subsequent period was deemed evidence of its contents. He then proceeded to state the circumstances of the case as they were detailed by the following witnesses: — Mr. John Hayward, the clerk to the solicitor to the Treasury, produced a certificate signed by Mr. Justice Coleridge, confirming the conviction of the prisoner by the court-martial. William Carr deposed, that in 1840 he was a drummer in the 29th Regiment of Foot, and the prisoner at that time had been a private in the same regiment for seven years. On the 11th of May, while the regiment was stationed at Woolwich, the prisoner was tried for deser tion and general bad conduct, and sentenced to be trans ported for fourteen years. The sentence was read upon parade, and the prisoner was marched out of the bar racks under an escort. He (lid nut see the prisoner again until a fortnight ago, when he was in custody. Devereux, a police officer at Portsmouth, said that in February last the prisoner came to the police station and gave himself up as a returned transport, stating at the same time that he had been a soldier, and was sentenced to transportation for desertion, and had made his escape from New South Wales. The prisoner added that he had worked his way to England in the hope of seeing his wife, but that he found her and all the rest of the family were dead, and this being the case he wanted to get back again to New South Wales. The prisoner was taken before a magistrate at Portsmouth, where he made the same statement, and it was taken down in writing, and the prisoner signed it. The prisoner, in his defence, stated with great vehe mence that the story he had told the officer was false, and ho asserted that he had never been a soldier, b u t that, in point of fact, he was a seaman, and he said he could prove that during the period in question he had served on board several vessels in the whaling t ra d e . The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said that, as the law formerly stood, it was compulsory upon a judge to pass a sentence of transportation for life up on persons convicted of this hoaffdenhceet;taerndpaalstshotuhgeht sentence;by asuh- sub sequent statute a power a pp eared to be g iven t o reduce that punishment, yet, as he knew nothin g of the circum stances, he thought he but, as he considered there were some mitigating cir cumstances, he thought they should be laid before the Government, who would ultimately dispose of the case as they thought Lit. The prisoner was then sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and to be afterwards trans ported for life. Mr. Bonxist said he would take care that the obser vations of his Lordship, and all the circumstances of the case, should be laid before the Secretary of State, and there was no doubt that due effect would be given to any mitigating circumstances in the conduct of the prisoner. The prisoners Elliott and Phillips, who were yester day convicted of a street robbery, were brought up for judement, and sentenced to be imprisoned fur twelve months. ROBBERY AT TOE HOUSE OF iTHE RUSSIAN AM BAssADoß.—Jarnes (Wive, aged 21, a servant, was in dicted for stealing a purse, containing five sovereigns, the property of Christian de Koudriaffsky, a gentleman attached to the Russian Embassy, in the dwelling-house of Baron Brunow. He was also charged, on a second in dictment, with stealing a pencil-case, value 21., the pro perty of the same gentleman. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was strongly recom mended to mercy by the prosecutor. The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Thomas Turner, a letter•carrier employed in the Hox ton district, was charged with stealing a letter containing two 51. notes, and two 104 notes, the property of the Postinastcr General. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, called wit nesses to prove that the letter was sent by Mr. Zeal, a wine-merchant of Westbury, on Friday last, to Messrs. Vickers and Co., of Southwark, distillers, and the notes in question were of the Devizes and Wiltshire bank. Mr. Last, inspector of letter-carriers, proved that the letter would have, in the course of business, passed through the prisoner's hands. The 101. note was seen by a sub-sorter, on Monday last, in the prisoner's lodgings, and it was subsequently found in his coat pocket. Matthew Peake, a Post-office constable, proved that he found the lOL note in question in the Post-office yard, and having shown the prisoner a memorandum given to him by the landlady of the Green gen public-house, on BlacKheath, being an acknowledgment of a 101. note left with her by a person giving the name of Jessop, he said he lent it to a young man he did not know, and that was his acknowledgment, in addition to which he said the note was returned to him. The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded. GUILDH.-ILL. A young boy, about twelve years of age, named Horatio Nelson Branch, was charged, betore Sir James Duke,.with stealing 41. from the office of the Chureh of England Sunday Schools Institution, at No. 169, Fleet street. The case having been established by evidence to the satisfaction of the Court, William Nelson Branch, the father of the prisoner, said that, finding his son did not return home on Mon day night, he immediately instituted inquiries, and on Tuesday afternoon, about seven o'clock, he met with him at Greenwich fair, and found upon his person two sove reigns and a half in gold, 2e. 6d. in silver, and five pence in coppers. Meeting with a policeman he gave him into custody. When questioned, his son said that he slept under one of the booths on Monday night. Sir JAMES DUKE said that it was lamentable to see so young a person commence such a career, whieh might ultimately end in his being sent to Newgate, if nothing worse happened. The father said that his son had always had the best example set him to pursue an honest course of life, and he could not account for his conduct on the present oc casion. Sir JAMES DUKE and Alderman FINNis having con sulted together, the former said that they had made up their minds to send the boy to prison for fourteen days, but to be kept separate, and be once well whipped. At the expiration of his imprisonment they would then see what could be done to save him. A lab,,urer, named John Larch, whose head was wrapped round with a cloth, and the whole of whose per son was covered with blood, was charged with violently assaulting both his wife and son. Sir JAMES DUKE asked the prisoner what he had to say for himself. He was, however, so drunk that he ap peared not to understand what was going on, in conse quence of which Sir James Duke remanded him. WORSHIP-STREET. A respectably-dressed man, named Henry Reid Griffiths, described as an artist, was charged before Mr. Arnold with causing a mob to assemble, and using ♦io lent and seditious language, calculated to promote a breach of the peace. In answer to the charge, the defendant earnestly disclaimed being actuated by any intention to promote disorder, or that he was i❑ any way connected with the Chartist fraternity, and that he must candidly admit he had been indulging to such an extent that he had no re collection of anything that had occurred. The detendar t called three witnesses, who had known him intimately for several years, and proved that he had never at all meddled in political matters, and that his previous conduct had always been marked with the strictest decorum and propriety. Mr. ARNOLD said that if the language the prisoner was proved to hare addressed to the crowd had been used in a less respectable neighbourhood, there was every probability that it would have been productive of the most serious danger to the public peace, and but for the favourable testimony that had been offered as to his previous character he should have committed him at once to prison without the imposi tion of any pecuniary penalty ; but, un ler the cir cumstances, he should order him to pay a fine of 505., or, in default, be committed for fourteen days, for resisting the police, and further require him to enter into his own recogniz ince in 60!., and find two sure ties in 401. each, to keep the peace for the next three months. Tne bail and penalty were immediately produced, and the defendant liberated. WESTMINSTER. John Welch and Daniel Keefe, two powerful Irish labourers, who had been remanded from the precious dsy, were brought up for re-examination, charged with the following desperate and murderous attack upon Edward Ward, a poor man, living in Exeter-buildings, Chelsea. The circumstances of the case are briefly these:—On the previous morning James Page, 147 B, was called upon to disperse a number of persons assembled oppo site the Globe public-house, Chelsea. He observed de fendants an.l two other men standing outside the door, apparently waiting for some person, and in a moment afterwards, upon Ward coming out, the whole four men attacked him with great fury, struck him violently about the head and body, and having knocked him down, kicked him in the most brutal manner. The constable immedisted seized Welch, when he saw the other defen• dant throw a very large stone at Ward, which struck him on the side of the head, and the stone fell on the ground covered with blood, from the wound it had in flicted. Ward, who was not only bleeding profusely from this wound, but from another by the side of the mouth, and whose face was much contused and swollen, besides other injuries about the body, was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where the surgeons pronounced the injuries of so serious a nature, that it was necessary he should remain there in order to receive proper attention. Keefe made his escape after the attack upon the poor man, but was subsequently appre hended. The following certificate was put in:— " This is to certify that Edward Ward is an in patient, afflicted with a wound on the head. He will not be free from danger from two or three weeks, although at present progressing favourably. C. W. PEYTON. House-surgeon." Defendants said they were in the public-house, all striking one another. Keefe said that atones hid been thrown at him, but denied that he ever struck Ward, or threw a stone at him. The defendants were remanded for a week. Thomas Pevor, a boy apparently not more than fifteen years of age, was charged with violating the person of Ellen Wynn, an intelligent child, between seven and eight years of age, who resided with her aunt, in the same house as the accused. The particulars are totally unfit for publication. Mr. BRODERIP committed the prisoner to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court. LAMBETH. _ _ Peter Carlton, a servant in the family of Major Turner, of the Clapham-road, was placed at the bar upon the following singular charge of bigamy:— From the testimony of the prisoner's second wife it appeared that about twelve months ago the prisoner en tered the service of Major Turner, in whose family the witness had lived for nearly eight years, and soon after commenced paying his addresses to her as a single man. The courtship went on until three months since, when they got married unknown to their master or mistress. In reply to the questions from Mr. Games, who ap peared on behalf of the prisoner, the witness said she had no fault whatever to find with the prisoner, on the contrary, he always treated her with the greatest affec tion and kindness, and it was by no means her wish to prosecute or injure him. It appeared, however, that the prisoner about eight years since got married in Dublin to a woman who re presented herself as a widow, but who he subsequently found was no widow, she having a former husband still alive. He accordingly left her, but as he had three children by her, he continued to remit money to her for her maintenance. A few days since she found her way to London, and gave the prisoner so much annoyance that he procured her arrest, and it was on the way to the station-house that she turned the tables on him by bring ing against him the charge of bigamy. The prisoner's defence being that this woman could not have been his wife, and that it was she who really was guilty of bigamy. She, on the other hand, stated that she had discovered her own first husband to have a former wife still living, and that her marriage with him was therefore invalid, and her marriage with the prisoner legal. The MAGISTRATE seemed sadly puzzled with the com plicated nature of the case. He should, however, remand the prisoner to a future day, but would take bail for his appearance. The required bail was at once put in, an d the prisoner, who bears the character of a steady man and excellent servant, was liberated. SOUTHWARK. Mary Thompson, a married woman, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with wounding James Lee with a knife. The complainant, who exhibited wounds of a serious character in the face, hands, and on the wrist, stated that he lived within a few doors of the prisoner, and that, on the preceding day, having been informed that she circu lated a report to his disadvantage, he went to her house in ordor to have an explanation, and she then assaulted him, and, with a knife, inflicted the wounds which he exhibited. The prisoner gave a very different version of the trans action, saying that the complainant called at her house to abuse her, and that, when he found that she would not admit him, he proceeded to the front parlour window, which he smashed, and that it was in breaking the glass that he wounded himself. She declared that sho had used no knife. A surgeon, however, being of opinion that the wounds were not inflicted in the way the woman would wish to make it appear, but in the manner described by the com plainant, the Magistrate committed the prisoner for trial. GREENWICH. Robert Parratt, arouer-lookingtellow, described as a labourer, was charged with violently assaulting Mr. Hawkins, landlord of the Red Lion, Deptford-road, Rotherhithe. and also with assaulting and abusing with threatening language three police-officers of the M divi sion, while in the discharge of their duty. Mr. Hawkins deposed that the prisoner and 'about 20 other persons came to his house about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening. They entered the tap-room together, and in a ',few minutes a disturbacce of a ♦ery fearful character ensued. The whole of the party were stripped and fighting. Finding that he could not subdue such disgraceful proceedings, he sent for the police, and in the interval the prisoner's party broke many squares of glass. A sergeant and two men arrived, but they could not enforce order, and in attempting to do so they were severely beaten. In the struggle all escaped but the prisoner, who was taken to the station-house. Sergeant Hill, 16 M, deposed, that on reaching the Red Lion he found at least twenty men stripped and fighting. R was betweea eight and nine o'clock in the evening. They were all fighting, and he ordered them to desist. The fighting continued, and the prisoner struck Mr. Hawkins, who was trying to get him out of the house. The confusion and noise were so great that hundreds of persons had assembled in front of the house. Witness turned out ten persons. The prisoners and others struck witness and his brother officers several times. On the way :to the police-station the prisoner was exceedingly violent, and with great difficulty was secured. The prisoner said he had a knife in his pocket with which he would rip up the guts of the -- police. He was a Chartist, and would serve them as the woman did the soldier in the park, and give them a ball or two. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he had no recollection of the circumstances, as he was somewhat elated that evening. Mr. TtrAlLL"said'the whole transaction was most dis graceful. The prisoner had assailed a respectable trades man in his own house, added to which, he had daringly and most unlawfully attacked the officers in the proper discharge of their duty. . . Mr. Hawkins said lie did not wish to press the charge to heavily against the prisoner. Mr.TRAILL said he must enforce the law severely, and, but for Mr. Hawkins's expressed wish, the punishment would be greater. The prisoner was then fined 405., or fourteen days' im prisonment. THE SUPPOSED MURDER IN BATTERSEA-FIELDS. Yester afternoon Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for East Surrey, resumed the inquest upon the body of a gentle man unknown, who was found lying on the shore of the river Thames, near the Albert Tavern, Battersea •fields, on the morning of Tuesday, the Bth instant, and who, from a subsequent post mortem examination, was believed to have been murdered. Since the announcement of Dr. Wing that the deceased had met his death by violent means, the most active in quiries have been set on toot by Mr:Bicknell, the super intendent of the V division. to ascertain who the deceased was, but athough nearly fifty persons viewed the body and clothing, it was not identified until within a very brief period of the coroner renewing his inquiry, when the unfortunate man was recognised by his relatives. The evidence of the parties finding the beady having been read over, Mr. Edwin Wing, the surgeon who had made the post mortem examination, was sworn, and depoised that he was a surgeon, and resided at Oak House, Battersea. He first saw the deceased on Tuesday, the 6th instant. He was lying in the stables of this house. He appeared to have been immersed in the water twelve or fourteen hours. Witness perceived a wound above the anterior angle of the left orbit, about half an inch in length, and somewhat circular. It had penetrated to the bone. He did not perceive any other cut. There were marks of violence visible on the forehead, nose, and back of each hand, consisting of very considerable contusions and echymosis of the entire forehead, with contusions and a slight abrasion of the skin on the back of the hands ; the nose was bruised. In removing the scalp at the post mortem examination, marks of three contusions were visible over the frontal bone, with coagular blood, and a fracture of the bone where it formed the anterior wall of the frontal sinus, correspond ing to the external wound, nearly circular in form, and about the size of a sixpence ; a small splinter of bone was found loose. On the opening of the skull there was coagulated blood on the dura mater. When the brain was removed, a circular fracture of the pos terior wall of the frontal sinus presented itself, with a bullet firmly impaned in it. About half the bullet pro jected i❑ the interior of the skull so as to press on the membranes of the brain. The brain was not lacerated and was perfectly healthy; the other portions of the body were perfectly healthy. The cause of death was severe concussion of the brain, resulting from the pistol shot, in conjunction with the blows on the head, aided by loss of blood. Presuming that the deceased shot himself, the concussion would cause him to lose all control of himself, and a contusion might ensue, but it would not produce the marks of three distinct blows. Witness considered, from the presence of the echymosis, that these injuries were inflicted during vitality. His head might have laid lower than his body, and the blood might have flowed from him without attaching to his clothes. Supposing he was killed, the blood might have been wiped away as they carried him to the river. He could come to no other conclusion than that he had died a violent death. Mrs. Eliza Gosling, a widow lady residing at 68, Grove-place, Brompton, identified the deceased as her son ; he was 23 years of age, and his name was Charles James Gosling. He had formerly held an appointment under Lord John Somerset, as a clerk in the recruiting department, but he had done little or nothing the last two vears. He lived at 18, Queen•street, Golden•• square. Was married, and had two children. He lived on very bad terms with his wife. He was very violent at times, and threatened to kill his wife. The first inti mation she had of the deceased being found was on the previous evening ; the last time witness saw him alive was on Monday week, as late as eleven o'clock at night. lie had come to her two days previously, when he said his wife had left him, and he was in search of her, and that he had walked the streets all night after her. He produced a bottle of vitriol, and gave it to witness, saying he had intended to use it against her person. On Sunday the deceased wrote a great deal, and on II inday he went out for two or •three hours, and returned with a small pistol, which he said was loaded, and would do better for Maria (meaning his wife) than paltry vitriol—with that he was sure to make a good aim. He added that after he had taken her life be would take his own; that he would go out to sea in a boat, shoot himself, and then throw himself• into the water, for no coroner's jury should ever sit on his body. Deceased left her house to go to his lodgings, and not having heard anything of them, she imagined be had gone to Wales, where his wife has some property, and where he expected she was gone. She did not think he had any money or valuables on him when he left her house. He was of very violent temper, but at times very affectionate. He had o, ten said, if he committed suicide he should do it in the manner he had stated. Witness had no doubt this was his own act. Mr. Thomas C. Smith, the landlord of the house, 18, Queen-street, Golden-square, where deceased lodged, gave evidence as to the quarrels that had taken place between deceased and his wife, and on morn than one occasion he appeared decidedly deranged. Mrs. Gosling, the wife of the deceased, was examined briefly. She gave her evidence in an extraordinary col lected manner, said she believed he was vexed with her, and that was the cause of his destroying himself. He had frequently exhibited symptoms of insanity, but she had not thought it necessary to obtain advice. After a short address from the Coroner, the court was cleared, and after some discussion the jury . returned as their verdict, " That the deceased destroyed himself by shooting himself with a pistol, he being at the time in an unsound state of mind." MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Last evening Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, held a pro tracted investigation, at the George Tavern, Carey street. Lincoln's Inn-fields, touching the death of Eliza beth O'Brian, aged ,-ighteen, who met her death under the following extraordinary circumstances : The deceased, who was a remarkably fine young wo man, possessing great personal attractions, had recently led an abandoned life, and appeared to have no fixed place of abode. During the last two years she had been lest sight of by her friends. Sarah Holt, No. 3, Ite I Lion-court, Strand, deposed that between four and five o'clock on the morning of the 18th ult., deceased came in company with a gentleman to her house, for a bed; witness lighted them up stairs, and they went into the bed-room together. There was a candle in the room on the wash-hand basin, which stood in a recess of the wall, and the female appearing a little inebriated, witness cautioned them about the light. I❑ a few minutes afterwards witness heard a hustling noise; and upon proceeding up stairs, saw smoke issuing from the bed-room door, which was then locked. She immediately gave an alarm, and assistance having come forward, the door was broken open, and the deceased was running about the room enveloped in flames. Her male companion had made his escape by jumping through the window into the court. By the CORONER—The whole of the furniture of the bed, the top of the bed, and the chairs and hearth-rug were on fire. The deceased was rescued, and put into a cah and taken to the King's College Ilospital, as soon as possible. - The CORONER—Do you know who the gentleman was? Witness—No, sir, He appeared to be a Scotch gen. tleman. After the deceased had been taken to the hos pital, he came back for his clothes, having left the place with only his shirt and socks on.—(Ainaz , men•.) Mr. Fincham, the house-surgeon of the hospital, stated that deceased was placed under his charge; she was fear fully burned over the back, arms, and legs; her injuries were such that she never rallied from the moment she was admitted, and died on Monday last. A post m ortem examination proved death to be the result of inflamma tion of the lungs produced by the burns. By the Cottorma—Deceased told witness when ques tioned as to how the fire had originated, that the gentle man, after he had got into bed, drew the candle to him and lighted his cigar, and shortly afterwards the occur rence took place. The first witness was then recalled, and said she could swear to the stranger if she saw him, but had no means of finding him. It further appeared that the gentleman in making his escape proceeded towards Brydges-street, running towards Covent-garden, when he was :Upped by the police and taken back to the house. Several other witnesses, including a brother of the deceased, were examined, but no one appeared to be able to clear up the mystery as to who the gentleman was. The CORONER the n remarked, in avert'feelin th gm g a h n t ; n fromer, on theevidence the deplorable that had b nature e of e n the adduced,case, and nu ejury cou ld return no other verdict than one of accidental death. A juror (warmly)—l think we ought to embody some very strong censure upon the conduct of the gentlemam w h o wa s with this unfortunate girl. Several members of the panel immediately expressed themselves to the same effect in strong terms. The CORONER—You cannot do that unless you prove that there was culpable negligence on the part of the gentleman. A juror—We think that there was a great want of f e eling exhibited by the party, and w e cons id er th a t h o i s very culpable. We think great blame is attached to The jury returned the following special verdict:— " We, the jury, find that the deceased died from the effects of burns she received when in a bed-room, situate on the first floor . of the house, No. 3, Red Lion -court, but from what cause sufficient evidence does not apPs f before us to enable us to decide." --- THE CHARGE OF SEDITION AGAINST THE CHARTIST LEADERS Yesterday afternoon being fixed by Mr. Mole , t!' ° . solicitor to the Treasury,for the preferment of ty! several indictments against those of the Chartist le ader ; named Joseph Irenxus Fussell, Joseph Williams , iT ti, Ernest Charles Jo nes , who stand committed for till for unlawfully, in th e p resence a nd hearing of di subjects of our Lady the Queen, uttering, pronune' e v; and publishing cert a in scan d a l ou s, wicked, and seditioo• words against our said L a dy the Queen and bet e t vernment, with intent to excite tumult and diso 0. amongst the liege subjects of our said Lady the gil e f e o The witnesses, eight in nu m b e r, assembled et t he ° of Mr. Maule, Gwydyr House, in the first instance, °the from thence proceeded to the Sessions-house of,bey Central Criminal Court, when, having been sworn, 'ld proceeded to the grand jury -room, and there Yel oo their several depositions, being the evidence a head"' g. th before Mr. Henry at Bow-street, and which Was Oro in the bills preferred, the speeches and n ete° jous several defendants, being the offence committed Pr ey t he to the witnesses being called in. Mr. Kerninis,..l ee l,ith Crown Solicitor of Ireland, who was in attendsneejobs the official proceedings iu the case of the Queen t oo Mitchel, was first examined, it being underst ood w as to object of the Learned Gentleman's being eall eu ° c lod prove officially that John Mitchel had been indictencei found guilty of felony fur having spoken, peorlelet!foot and published certain seditious speeches, with th n ot to excite the liege subjects of her Majesty of th at rol of the United Kingdom called Ireland to rebellion to hit that the said John Mitchel had been duly put ulr tr ied trial, and that he had been properly and la for the and convicted, and sentenced to be transportedPooof term of fourteen years; and that the said 1 0 _, 1 15 re• Fussell, Williams, and Jones, had by words uttereedlSoo nounced, and published certain malicious and I/ to re' words, to excite the liege subjects of the Qu ee h n o bee n store the said John Mitchel to liberty after lie roof duly and lawfully convicted. The nece ssar qw , having been established relative to the above cenreach the witnesses were then called in, two in numbeirtinidlifg case, who were shortly examined as to the were etl iselre: Fussell and Williams at the meeting held on th e , 0 0 0 May, at Clerkenwell-green ; an d th e subsequ e t ores' Bonner's-fields, at which Jones spoke. The PP:diad pied by the whole of th e w i tnesses before the P . % w ell did not exceed one hour, when the several found. The Attorne-General, the Solicitor• Gen •je d Messrs. Bodkin, Welaby, and Clerk, and, it is iss i k r th e by one or two Queen's Counsel, will APP e , er ko Wei d o i Crown; while the only g e n t l eman a t present °ow retaintd for the defence, is Mr. Parry. 4 " - Adtion, " Fussell will first be pro c e e d e d w i t h, while, in i it-- bite Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. B a ron Rolfe, 0 ,1 . - one of the courts will also attend on the ocess' HOP INTELLIGENCE' roc ) : sre MAIDSTONE.-01.1r Golding grounds OD 1118 ;000 ii : really very good. The fly has left and I be l th i l e well—going down with a tap-root into th e t he gni; did not feel the drought of May, and: 170°4 . showers of June have suited them esse i 'l,i wel,to cropping is very general in all other sorts, o f n o . very properly so. We expect to see ins:i n g grubbed next year, for it is cer t a i n they wi." " ° r ed grow. In fact we expect to see the 4 plantsti°ll ' s on unsuitable soils, to the extent of 10,00 0 sc re ug . ceeding which would be better for all Ptlfllotuv the favourable showers of last week we must. .ns• to the estimate of the duty, m a king it 170, 00 re ' 0 0 .... d' e d STAPLEHURST.—The nights last week i v :, fetP", f f genial, and the progress ot the plant bas Ye AV for want of rain. The rain on Saturdsi beneficial. CRANDROOL—The bine in this parish ••-. ,P 1 creasing in growth. P- ROTIIASI, .'LAXTOL, SHIPBOURN, hop plantations in the ab ove di s trict (Pt - free pt Basted and Plaxtol) are growing vigorouno 0 In vermin, and healthy; they must, neverthelegs' for last report, be considered " platty. 1 , W I 60 NOUTHIAM.—A correspondent, who ma i !. ban - e re' tour through this part of Sussex, says, " 4 "„ r - e, 0 1 / I ' o lo plersure . in stating that the crops generaill — „d miring condition, the wheat is in full ear4 s „ - t .'" decidedly better than in the Weald of 0 4 ' stone Journal. RAIL WA It SHARE MAP' LIVERPOOL, JuNis 14. re ttf n ' t feto SrocK EXCHANGIL—We have to report s r te raoll though dull market, Midlands and North -1 7 es olO P , freely. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance „do4',diis Junction, 311. Shares, 7% dis.—Ditto —Lancashire and Yorkshire (late blanche oi•-; Fifths, od OA dis.—London and North-West (Iste9• s ;pd tijitto; New Quarters, 11. Is. 3d. p.-:-Manchesteri n i t ta, Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 4 3 4 51. lls. 3d. dis.—Ditto, 101. Prefereuci , Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, g o rth 30te r Stock, loo%—Ditto, New Halves, 6% shire, 2% dis.—North Union (B), 11r . "r( l6, IV § and Dover, No. 1, 9 1 4 dis.—Ditto, t York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. E. zir A forl' MANCHESTER, Jors t a co Sfie h STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Lsit - ctato, l 60 0 V shire (West Riding Union), 3% dis.-rm,L 6 per cent., 1 4 p.—North Staffordshire , vj 'Thi t iteha' Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 9 15 16 Furness, 10 dis. P rt BIRMINGIIAIII, II ° I4. r e s Pa •ngl ii ref STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are- 1 ^ ) , ° ; :: 5 11 ' Western, 124—North British, Thirds, 2 Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 2 71 and Birmingham (A), 4% dis.—Ditto Shropshire Union, 2% dis. .......-r! bi $ f ; 13 ' 1 d tbibcnhail close. ganps ß s thdeoßomt. whicht h. ROYAL CALEDONIAN governors dAfsrri e l f:: -0-- e:tueur a il : b t elle : : gl cie: ' • clergy of the Scottish Co took Pt, ac ; e ii i - 5 , 1 311 71 1) , ° don au Asylum, in the Copenhagen L e ~i l dreo "ipil/' to witness the annual examination a the c., s or, / 11 1 aslum (a branch of the ancient Scottio_tiop ci iie j, children was ot f s b o u ld n i d e e r d s, fsoariltohres,support and e duc h s o o d o ,o j or been disabled in the seraviicaemoafritcheel'r vic°"'".°ss;dip°:: also of indigent Scotch parents, resideny: e pirt , C. who are not entitled to parochial relief. Tll'sef.l7o4 Lion of the children was conducted hY t , tie IV tli' Cook, the Government Inspector of Schools. 6 49 were examined in arithmetic, gramm ar ' _, ost sl tt ur history, &c.; and their replies to the learnt u irk is s oo r, interrogatories in the various branches of Ol d l o c o lion, were given in the most clear and lu:i 10 ,1 : 0 01 Specimens of their proficiency in figure 111 1.0 ef, oo 0 drawings were also exhibited, several 'of vi k " 1:0 1 ipsPoit the germ of considerable talent. The ea li d itea v iri the girls' department also reflected much c re .bole, t urel instructors; the most pleasing feature in the ; 04 - I , o eo the pupils well-grounded knowledge of th e do l' l/ Aci' inspector e a w n nhc d ey r r. e e l i I g t,h i h o see n p generally.ojekuoercompany piiinailnehy i4bt hha ent ., nder t amod t fjs h o e tuohr c fen o te n hid c re : sit u rto s i t i tg o ub n et cif % 0 epo ' so l ofgjo P rr r oi. ,h - it ie 3 : ' instruments,number,opejlnEatycc,ioTngsDi consisting playedill MUTINY ya h r e i nationalvariety o f popular bagPi Pe a ir s - 4 , ; 13 1 : c o ' $ l3 'l O hreorceeea‘d‘rieGn proceedings save of the the day Q h u a e d e d n b ,: e. ra y : i s bo s riao l ti ll e : oev i 0 : : 00 IN boy: a G n lo g L i . fo.m 01.1, wheels of the Petworth prison, West b e a , sus _ sexli) tle , ;0! 8 , „ , out of repair, the prisoners have been eruP-135tfoili tributing water about the prison in P ail !' 0 5 f,re pumping it as heretofore. c co s of k eo ircumstan , r. e , character having come to the knowledge °` ti odf ilif, the governor, the male prisoners were clu ss 0,001 it appeared from the confession of one ° the ba, it while engaged in carrying the water about iso petor slips of paper were exchanged by the Pr the r4o' ...bile bk lo t result of which was an agreement that - th fo rt .„, 0 nor was absent from the prison attending i o e u icl ''',,i)ic i i ing quarter-sessions at Horsham, they s er 14 ( 0 0 the turnkeys and escape. The slips of PaP we re m oo' the prisoners communicated with each other . e r ;riiif fro) 00. i r to have been torn from the Bibles and .. ,iog 0 0,, A gipsy named Downes, who was und_e l . itte,,, prisonment of two years for burglary', ;,„ li s o i v a 1P ,,, " leader ; and on the discovery of the pint. v t i ot es, ro vi o whipped by order of the vising raag ls t he Cu e presence of the remainder of the prisoners,,, i , th ~ and other officers of the prison being arnic a r ict i of the prisoners attempting violence. „ rico la o i HAY BURNING BY LIGHTNING. -L, the 14 , D er „A weie set fire to on Monday afternoon ul„,(1013::,0"_', which struck them in the Charlton r wve re t ', t l '.i s Woolwich, and although the fire engine 4, . P . , ¢o the spot, the ricks were totally 0 )1 ', 14 . 11113 /;rel l°° being in a very dry state owing to t "' weather. _ it'or" „ ..- ____ Y” i i SIRTBS. 5,4 "' • On the 10th inst., the wife of G. Ito bir ' s '- E - Y P' street, Covent-garden, of a daughter, stillboroprisrbitr, ~ 'F lie On the 10th inst., at Broughty flouse% -- ~ cilf Britain, Mrs. Donald Douglas, of a claughle". of' et - On the 10th inst., at Clifton-oottaget 4°lll ". Pr Mrs. C. Walton, jun., of a daughter. ert o pl, On the 10th inst., at Norwood, Mrs. C .Teel 5 0 nlif On the 12th inst., in Northumberland- „, s lllll' John Cobb, of a son. J. V On the 12th inst., at Albemarle-street, its, of a son. o' 7 itd gRIED. th e .1 14 On the 10th in s t., a t S t . L u k e , Chelsea , h r ,dfoi-;13, rot Wi Gleig, Lionel A mes , Esq., of the Hy de ; 4' ,1 Augusta Percy, eldest daughter o f Sir J . and of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. se. pcl l o ll , On the 10th inst., at Crosthwaite, by the oeto j , 111 A.. James George eldest son of J • G. n %tel f ' Shidfield, to Charlotte ' , second daughter of the of Dalehead Hall, Cumberland. Sot 61 , o f Litig On the 13th inst ,at St. John's Chureu , ot the Rev. W. Holds;vorth, F. L. Slows, Es c c l Cdstig lj road, Regent's-park, to Ann Holgate , second Sherborn, Esq., of Ladbroke-square. On the 9th inst., I C. On the Bth inst., at Fn 61'14.147.5t t R. Joseli°'4. " 1 aged 21, sec• , nd son of Mr. and Lady dberlotte oto.6l:4°ioc at Morton Cone 'o On the 9th inst., at Antermony HouL4,ll_„e elk' .i G. Macintosh, E:q•, 1., , q., of Campsie and Dunchatta., ,Or v , r er;,ic of the late C. Macintosh, Esq., F.R. S. r • ffb , fI , On the 10th inst., aged 77 the Ref. T• I , e'v a o f A St. Magnus the Martyr in the city of London, s e ot iv' ; 40 ham Bishops, Essex. ' Te' ,9- ifo On the xforktrt, 44it; 10th inst. at Bisbopsteignton, neared 76• Aft Christian, relict of the late A. Gordon, Esq. , n,.. 13 ' r i On the 10th irst.. at Bognor, Essex , it' L l i s. I° 'ef infant daugh .er of R. W. Bonn, aged four nwnht golioll On the 12th inst., in Clifford-street, the "'lit/3 1 Lady Montgomerie, daughter of Archibald, 3 1 e .0 Eglintoun, and wife of Sir Charles Lamb, 1 3 f rt il o fe , se o Oa the 12th inst„ at Dartford, Kent, 31 r• ". of / On the 12th inst., aged 23, J - ine, daughter Esq., of .Highbury-place. _ ............. ...... , "< :,1 --- 1/S IP IP _----- , --- 3 3 0 fO r4 ,. 0 1 London: Printed and Published 127 Al s":.,11 000%40 No. 112, Strand, Printer , at 714 4 0..., Sae(/' ae Strand, in the Precinct of the Bllddleoz, Thuraciay, J 15, 1845.