The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-19 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Ulm rieF, in 3 vol s., . 31 It, TROLLOTE'S N.FiNV NOVEL, THE KELLYS AND TILE O'KELLYS ; Or, LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. A Tale of Irish Life. " A capital work—one of the best novels of the season."—Mea 'anger. "A very amusing and well-written tale. We heartily congratu late Mr. Trollope on the very able manner in which he has portrayed the scenes and characters of Irish Life."—Britannia. "We like this novel better than Mr. Trollope's former one. The Ajee'emerald' humour ac p its scenes. and Lady Cashel a pair of characterservades w h o m Miss Austen Lord w ould not have dis oWned."—lthenuum. H en ry Colburi,, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . in post Bvo., price 10s. 6 d. , Now ready ATHREE YEARS' CRUISE in the MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. By Lieut. BARN ARD, R.N. "In this volume there is a good deal of incident, pursuits of slavers, hair-breadth escapes, attacks by savages, interviews with barbarian potentates, and finally the destruction of his own ship."— b:pect ator. " The whole narrative is as interesting as a romance." —Literary aa.-tette. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher iu Ordinary to her Majesty.) lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 31dile. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and th Pubc are respecttldly Informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGH!' e will take place TO XORROW EVENING, when Mdlle. JENNY LLND will appear as ,A.MINA, in Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Arntna, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Millie. Vera ; Count Rodolpho, fig. F. Lablache ; Elvino, Sig. Gardeni. To conclude with the grand Ballet re-arranged by M. Perrot, en. titled LE ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. C. Grisi ; Phcebas de Chateanpers, M. Louis Dor ; Claude hrolio, M. Gosselin ; Pierre Griegoire, be M. P made at the errot. Applicauons for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to Sox-office of the Theatre. Doors open at halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Uader the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the celebrated Dr eams, ntitled THE GREEN BIAMES ; or, A Hundred Years Ag. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith D e nnis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grdge, Mr. W'right ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, m a derme Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool, gar After wtich the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford. To conchule with DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWI3LL ROYAL LYCEUM. THEATE.E. Under the Management of Aladame Vestris. blole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma th ews. By Special Desire. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Farce, entitled POOR PILLICODDY. After which, THE BEISGAIt'S OPERA.. Captain blaciaaath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; Polly, Miss Kath leen Fltzwilliam ; Lucy, Madame "Vestrls ; Jenny Diver, Miss Jane Coleman. To conclude with BLUE BEARD. Dress Bones, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery , Is. N o balf-?riee to any part of the house. Toe iiew Boa-oflice, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddo x, solPo Less tla ee nd-place. and Manager, Dushoss-street, THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE DAUGHTER OF TH REGIME arie. NT. Tonto, Mr. Allen ; Sulpice, PLIr. Weiss ; Corporal Mr E . Wynn M Madame Anna Thillen. After which, PAY ME I OR IF YOU DON'T-- To conclude with the comic Ballet of UN JOUR DE NOCE. Dress Circle, ss. t Boxes, 45.; Fit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. YRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be performed LE DOCTEUR ROBIN LO . Af te r which, HENRIETTE ET CHART. To be followed by LE LAIT D'ANESSE. To conclude with EGAREMENTS DUNE CANNE ET D'UN MitAPL U lE. , 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3e. ; Gallery. 2s 110xes es and italls may be obtained at Mr. 51itcheirs Royal Library Boi O. Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S TIIEA.TRE. ROBERT HOUDIN conlinues to attract crowded and fashionable audiences at the St. James's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQU ES, which he will repeat • TO-MORROW EVE.NINO an d every Tuesday, Thursday , and Saturday Evenings, commencing at Ilalf-past Eight. in consequence of the great demand for places, he will repeat his MATINEES FANTASTIQUES on FRIDAY MORNING, July 21 Doorsßox open at Two o'clock. es and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Re-engagement of Mr. T. I'. COOKE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, in Eight Tableaux, pourtraying by living characters George Cruilvidiank's celebrated De signs, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN.Hicks Edward and E m ma Roy (the Drunkard' s Children) by Mr. N. T. Mrs. IL Bonne:, supported by this talented company. After which THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with the new Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRIPTIONS D BASIL, randr FICXIIIOrO, Deulin, Mdlles. Theodore, Ad, and Louise, a numerous Corps de Ballet from her Majesty' ele s Theatre will appear. Manager and Trpasurer, Mr. B. S. Fatrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Kr. W. Batty. Sixth Week of Fitzball's nsw and completely successful Spectacis. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Slr Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR- Walter ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS• TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA. To conclade with a favourite FARCE. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. .1-CUTE'S and his UNRIVALLED BAND. NM Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Engagement of Miss LIGDDART. Continuation of the Engagement of Millie. LOVARNY. Thu DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damon. Superb and Unique MENAGLRIE. I ,, nra.v of FIREWORK S, by the Messrs. Southby. do r.xira 'wage. unNDAY. TUESDAY. W_EDSFSI)t Y. THURSDAY. and View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, - Vocal and Instrumental, condttoted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per formers includes Messrs. Baker, Barrett. liatu ch nitn and , George S and nenb Viott, i Collins, Ciotti, Collinet, Kcenig, Lazarus,Rison, onerg &c.--Two Solos each Evening. —3ltllle. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and with Madlle. Lovarny will execute an admired Duet.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other noveltles will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by .the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. Gates open at Tea A.st.. Feeding Time Flve—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Half-past Niue. Admission. as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPOIN DLIN IS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected c ommunications cannot be returned, THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULE 19. THERMoMETEa, Lowest, 56; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 72, itARoMETEIt, N.E., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 52 min. after 3 I Evening -. 11 min. after 4 . • s< 01t . • 4• AP" • _ c . , g ' 444-k • •to'i ay e • viO , • , 01 ~ A, iiiid LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1848. On Thursday last we pointed out the injurious results of the present system, by which every person aggrieved or injured by the criminal acts of another, is not only permitted, but absolutely required, to carry ou the proceedings against the accused, and that, if he should neglect, or decline, to discharge the duty so imposed upon him, there is, at least, a great probability that the offender may escape the punish ment due to his crime. At present we trust to chance for the vindication of the law ; and, as Lord BILOUGIIAM truly remarked in his great speech on the introduction of his Bill " to consolidate and digest into one statute all the laws of England, as far as relates to indictable offences, and the punishment .thereof," " no p rovision whatever is made in our system for an y one criminal being brought to trial, any one offence prosecuted, or that may not just as well prove nugatory as effectual." Practically we leave " our criminal law to execute itself:" We, however, then merely alluded to the chances of a failure of justice, sl id of the impropriety of compelling an innocent party, who perhaps had already s ustained losses which he might be ill able to encounter, to undergo considerable expense, annoyance, and inconvenience in carrying on a prosecution which, in accordance with every principle of justice and expediency, should be conduct9d by a public functionary, appointed and remunerated by the nation. Wealthy criminals are thus enabled to evade punishment. Impunity is too frequently afforded to crimes which strike at the very root of society. Public offences are every day privately compromised, and the most atrocious acts are atoned for by pecuniary compensation to the aggrieved parties. There is, however, a still more fatal objection to the system. Incalculable injury may be inflicted upon innocent persons ; their future prospects in life may be blasted ; they may be reduced from comfort and affluence to want and penury, and in volved in absolute ruin by the vindictive proceedings of some malignant scoundrel. Any person who pleases may prefer a bill of indictment against any other, without the slightest notice or intimation of such an intention. The charge is investigated by the gran d jury—if investigation it can be called—behind the back of the accused, without any opportunity whatsoever being afforded to him of repelling the un just accusation, or of explaining circumstances which ti x i , 1-* 1-;. could easily be cleared up. The hasty and slovenly manner in which grand juries too frequently dispose rk•gi t s', , f f their important duties has now, unha p pily, become / oto rious. We have, during the past y ear, seen par :;Kt;-.4 es placed upon their trial for warder, when the first hues' called, a medical practitioner, distinctly s • 11 E, proved that the supposed victim d ied a natural death, and that it was not occasioned by any act of violence ' whatever. Innumerable instances of similar careless ness might be adduced. Some time since, one of the judges called for a grand jury to explain on what ' grounds they could possibly have found a true bill, but, in consequence of their having been previously • discharged, they escaped the admonition and censure which their negligence had richly merited. There is, therefore, no adequate protection afforded by the so-called inquiry. A true bill is, per haps, found, and the party, who may not have I imagined the possibility of any charge, may bF arrested, taken away from the most importa' business, incarcerated until the trial, or, perha ps , compelled to enter into heavy bail, his residence T nay be invaded under colour of law, his private pipers ransacked and pryed into, a heavy expenditure ren dered necessary, and himself exposed to the stigma of having been placed in the dock to answer a criminal charge—a stigma which can, perhaps, never be wholly removed or eradicated, however clearly his innocence may be established, and although judge and jury may declare that he left the court without the slightest stain upon his character. The fact that he has been placed in the dock, that he has been compelled to answer to an indictment, _will not be forgotten, although the circumstances of the case and his com plete and thorough vindication may escape the me mory. We daily read of parties brought before police magistrates, and it being urged by the attendant officers that some time previously they bad been tried for felony, a statement which is invariably received as evidence of the bad character of the accused, and sufficient, if accompanied by any suspicious circum stances, to justify a prolonged remand, and that, al though it was at the same time stated that "they had been acquitted," which, of course, is supposed by the keen officials to have been occasioned by some defects in the evidence, and not at all on account of the innocence of the accused. It is absurd to say that no injury is inflicted upon a party by being placed upon his trial: It is be neath the dignity of the Crown to pay costs, and the party by whom the law is put in motion may be a man of straw, unable to satisfy any damages subse quently recovered against him in an action for mali cious prosecution. In fact, such a remedy is seldom resorted to, and cannot be regarded as of any practi cal efficacy in restraining those persons who would prefer unfounded charges for any sinister objects, whether it might be to gratify malice, to extort money, or to obtain some particular advantages, as, for instance, to drive a party out of the way, whose presence might prove inconvenient on a particular occasion. We have it on the authority of the able Under-Sheriff, Mr. DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE, " that the present system is almost daily made the medium of private. malignity and revenge, or of vexation, and that there are hundreds of persons who make a livelihood by preferring indictments on false charges, getting the bills found by the grand jury, and afterwards extorting money from the per sons falsely accused upon the terms of abandoning the prosecution." We have ourselves known an in stance where a bill for a misdemeanour was sent for ward, and found against the managing clerk of an eminent solicitor, for the mere purpose of compelling him to be absent from a reference in which his know ledge of the case might frustrate the hopes of the party preferring the indictment, who found that he would obtain undue advantages if his opponent could be kept out of the way; and the deep-laid scheme was only defeated by the solicitor to whom we have alluded discovering, by mere accident, that a warrant was out for the apprehension of his clerk, and imme diately serving notice of bail, so as to have it com pleted before the time when those services were required. It is unnecessary to multiply instances of similar conduct. A talented correspondent, whose letter appeared in The Sun of Friday last, has mentioned two cases of extraordinary hardship. Two persons were convicted at the last session of the " Central Criminal Court," and sentenced to two years' impri sonment for having unlawfully and s maliciously con spired together to make a false charge of forgery against three highly respectable gentlemen. And it may be well to add that the sapient and careful grand jury found the bills against those gentle men without even requiring the production of the document alleged to have been forged !! ! Lord 13nouGnAst has mentioned the case of a gentleman 7 1 leis ervarit had incautiously left a rope across a road under repair, over which an old woman, returning from market, had fallen and had broken her neck. The want of a public prosecutor, by whom proceed ings should be sanctioned before a trial could take place, might have proved equally inconvenient to Lord Joule RUSSELL as the finding of the bill by the grand jury did to Mr. BLUNDELL, as it is well known that a coroner's jury, in the county of Mayo, who sat upon one of the unfortunate victims of the late Irish famine, returned a verdict of " Wilful mur der" against his Lordship—a verdict on which he might have been arrested even in his place in Parlia ment, carried over to Connaught, and detained in Castlebar Gaol until duly delivered at the assizes in due course of law, if any English magistrate could be found to back the warrant of the Connaught coroner, and on which he might be seized without any further authority, if he had visited Ireland in attendance on his SOVEREIGN, or for any othercause. We take it for granted that this inquisition has been quashed, or if not, a journey to the other side of St. George's Channel may still be productive of conse quences which the Premier could scarcely imagine, and would certainly by no means relish, but which would very speedily lead to the introduction of a better system, in the management of public prosecu tors. It has been said that the " Smithfield-market nuisance" will never be abated until an Alderman is tossed by an infuriated OX. SYDNEY Stern de clared " that protection would never be afforded to the public on railways until a bishop was burned to death." We trust that we shall not be kept without a public prosecutor until a member of the Cabinet is placed in the dock to answer some trumpery and ridi culous charge, such as that to which we have just alluded. On a former occasion we announced the appearance of a remarkable pamphlet, called " Sketches of the Progress of Civilization and Public Liberty," and written by the Honourable Representative of Glas gow. We then transcribed into our columns the whole of the introductory portion of this political brochure as well as the closing chapter, treating of the financial condition of Great Britain, and we did so not only because those fragments of the pamphlet were characterised by a peculiar intelligence, but because the reader might thereby obtain a rapid ap preciation of the tendency of the entire argument. It is with very peculiar pleasure that we resume our comments upon these seventy-two pages by the author of the " Progress of America," since we are solicitous to extend as much as possible a knowledge of the beautiful theory which is there advanced by Mr. MACGREGOR in regard to the progress of public liberty and civilization. exclamations distinguishedA l ra e d Already Nv eo pamphleteer have th be e E m en p Emperor reminded of those Aro b L by the Ethosree celebrated Ce of nest our ,est p a s la Coalition qui sn'atr j i; e ne n , ecpe puffs n i t v les i n i e d e pr e ee s toapbiei r libe rates ! ' " I have net been dethroned by th e coalition, but by.liberal opinions." jai Moque les peoples !" t " I ca n never re-e stablish myself, for I have abused the ri ghts of the " J'ai peehe mare les idees liberales, et je meurs I have sinned against liberal ideas, and I perish." The mightiest conqueror the world ever s aw , either in ancient or modern times, made ' this acknowledgment as to the irresistible supremacy of liberal ideas. HE spoke thus, of whom the historian ALISON has written emphatically in these words—" Equal to ALEXANDER in military achievement, superior to JUSTINIAN in legal refor mation, sometimes second only to BACON in political sagacity, he possessed at the same time the inexhaus tible resources of HANNIBAL, and the administrative powers of C.Esar l" And yet it was this extraordi nary mortal who confessed that he had been dethroned by liberal ideas, that his puissance was beyond the possibility of restoration, because he had abused the rights of the nations, and that, in fine, he perished, because he had sinned against the thoughts of demo cracy. If NAPOLEON could not withstand the tre mendous influence of those liberal ideas—those ideas which have aggregated their strength and increased their velocity almost inappreciably sines his august demise on the rock of Saint Helene—who among the petty rulers of to-day shall attempt to stem the current of public liberty ? If the giant was submerged, shall the pigmy hope to cleave asunder the waters of civilization, as MOSES separated the waves of the Red Sea, or as JOSRUA severed those of the River Jordan? In a similar truthfulness it was once written by the Prince DE METTERNICH to the Baron VON BERSTETT—" Le Temps avance au milieu des orages, vouloir arreter son impetuosite, ce serait un vain effort." "The age advances in the midst of storms, to endeavour to arrest its impetuosity would be a futile effort." Since that truth was first articulated by METTERNICH DE WINNEBOURG, that statesman, in defiance of his own reason, has attempted to stay the impetuosity of the age, and lo! the power consolidated by his wisdom during half' a century has been blown to the winds of Heaven like a handful of corn• husks, and he himself in his old age rendered a fugitive and an exile. Every sentence in the introduction of Mr. MAC GREGOR'S pamphlet enforces this acknowledged omni potence (in a worldly sense, of course), of liberal ideas and of public opinion : and every successive occur rence on the European continent corroborates and verifies that assertio n. having premised this much, the Honourable Representative of the city of Glasgow considers, first, the "Progress of Civiliza tion," and secondly, the " Epochs of Civilization:. Insisting at the outset, upon the accuracy of that saying of HELVETIUS, " that if the hands of man were formed like the hoofs of the horse, he would have never attained more intelligence than that animal," he traces the progress of civilization from the peculiar construction of the human hand as well as from the powers of reason and speech, from the fabrication of what was absolutely necessary to what was convenient, and ultimately to what was merely luxurious, from living on wild herbs, roots, and fruits, to subsisting on the produce of hunting or fishing, to the attainment of the pastoral and agricultural state, and in the end to • " the discovery of the more simple arts, manufactures, and sciences— to the pursuits of navigation, of trade to learning, intelligence, and to the higher arts and sciences?' Nor is the value of the argument restricted to this merely ingenious sequence of facts—the chief merit of it lies in the declaration of the truth, that " there is RO greater fallacy than to confound civilization under all governments with civil liberty." In testimony of this fallacy, the writer observes that the ages of the MEDICI, the BORGIAS, and of Louis XIV. were " brilliant epochs of civilization," and yet were times of unmitigated despotism ; that the swineherds and hunters of Germany have been simultaneously free and uncivilized ; that the Hurons, the Iroquois, and the other barbarous tribes of the red Indians have been in like manner possessed, at one and the same time, of civil liberty and profound ignorance ; while the luxuribus and more civilized Mexicans have bowed in ignominious obedience under the yoke of an absolute government. So far the argument of the pamphlet is visibly correct, but Mr. MACGREGOR goes futher. He maintains with RAYNAL that "Lespeuples qui ont poli tow les autres ont ete commercans : the nations who have civilized all the others have been commercial." And having demonstrated the truth of RATNAL'S remark by the records of universal history, he deduces from the facts already accumulated to gether the opinion, that the commercial character of England and its liberal institutions are circumstances which, combined, are the best calculated to consoli• date the Constitution, to confirm the nationality, and to develop still further the civilization of the United ;Kingdom. As a basis upon which to erect his arguments in favour of radical and comprehensive reform, therefore, nothing could be more secure and hopeful than this : at present, how ever, we are compelled to defer our remarks upon the urgency of the reforms insisted upon by Mr. MACGREGOR. At another opportunity we shall take occasion to epitomize still further the arguments of his remarkable and intelligent pamphlet. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Tbey contain letters from M. DROUYN DE Lumrs, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and also from M. MAuGurrt, and from M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, complaining of the statements contained in the published speech of M. LAMARTINE, which they declared misrepresent'what fell from them in L . they are precluded - from answering them publicly by the resolution of the Committee that their proceedings should be secret, a,resolution of the existence of which they say M. Ds LAMARTINB was probably ignorant, as he did not attend the earlier sittings of the Corn tnittee. The Moniteur announces the nomination of M. MARIE, President of the National Assembly, to the Ministry of Justice, in the room of M. BETEMONT j of M. JULES BASTIDE as Minister for Foreign Affairs, vice General BEDEAU, whose recovery from his wound will yet be tedious ; and of M. DE VER raxac, to the Ministry of Marine, in the room of M. BASTIDE. The candidates for the Presidentship of the Na tional Assembly, vacant by the appointment of M. MARIE to the Ministry of Justice, are either 31. ARMAND MARRAST or M. GARNIER PAGES, on the Republican interest, and M. DUFAURE or M. LA CROSSE, put forward by the Thiers party. In the discussion in the Committee of Finance on M. PROUDHON'S proposition for confiscating one third of the property of proprietors, a most important admission was made by the chief of the Commu nists, on which it would be well that many in our own country who set up as humanitarians par excellence should attentively meditate. M. PROUDHON having developed his celebrated proposi tion that property is theft and ought to be abolished, was replied to by M. TRIERS, and in reply to a ques tion from that gentleman M. PROUDUON admitted that the right to employment guaranteed by the Constitution must cause the destruction of property. " Grant me the right to employment," said M. PROMION, " and I will leave you property." We are rejoiced at finding M. PROUDISOS thus bearing his unconscious testimony to the eternal truth of the doctrines of political economy ; once depart from those doctrines —once, interfere by law between the employer and the em ployed—once put the State in the position of em ployer-general of labour, and you will be driven on inevitably to communism. It is said that M. DOItNES, editor of the National, and one of the Members of the National Assembly, who was wounded while heading an attack upon the barricade on the 23d June, died on Monday from his wounds. The examination of the insurgents confined in the fort of Ivry, and who are nearly 1,100 in number, has been concluded, and the Military Commission will decide on their fate. It is said that General CAVAIGNAC has given per mission to the proprietors of the Presse and of the other suspended papers to resume the publication of them in a few days. Prince DEMIDOFF has addressed a letter to the editor of La Presse, which has been published in the Reforme, in which he indignantly repels the charge made against him in La Presse, of having come to London, and from thence remitted gold to Paris to instigate the anarchists to the late insurrection. The Prince says he has never, during the last eight months, been absent from San Donato, his estate near Florence, and that he has not been in London at all. He designates the attack upon his character as a foul calumny and unqualified falsehood. M. EzaILE DE GIBARDIN has addressed the follow. ing letter to the editor of the Constitutionnel : "You state this morning, We have seen eleven journals suppressed by an act of authority, and nobody has thought of making it a matter of interpellation at the tribune.' The object of this letter is not to complain of the silence which has been maintained at the tribune, but solely to remark that no parity can be established be tween La Presse and the ten other journals which have been suppressed, inasmuch as La Pi esse alone had com plied with the provisions of the laws referred to in the Moniteur of the 25th of June. It was sufficient, in order to prevent the other journals from appearing, to apply to them the law respecting security money, and as to La Presse, even admitting that its articles were impru dent, the Executive Government was armed against them. The Government might have seized the paper ; it was not necessary to suppress it. A seizure would have been legal, the suppression was not. The law per mitted the seizure, but it did not permit the suppression of a journal which had complied with all the conditions and given all the guarantees requi re d. T h i s i s a dis tinction which it behoves the entire press to demonstrate in the full force of its truth. " EMILE DE GIRARVIN." Another of the persons implicated General Ba.RA, and of his Aicl-de-, the murder of c.%npp CtiptHia MANGIN, has been arrested at Ivry. A notice appears in the Moniteur expl, Bring Chat Treasury bons, not already converted into Five per Cent. stock may be converted at any time, ': at the option of the parties, but that as to such as we re con verted under the decree of the 7th of July, the 'holders must apply within one month of the promulgation of the decree to obtain th? compensation, being t, dif ference in price between 80 and 100 francs. M. Ducoux is said t have been named Pre feet of Police, vice M. TROUVE CIIAUVEL. The committee of the interior has adopted a pro position, made by M. BAUTIER, for the format ;io".1 in all the towns of France of committees for nr )vit ling for the poor. This proposition has been drawn up in the shape of a decree, which we give texi 'ually : There shall be organized in all the towns ot" Fr ince committees for providing for the poorer classes. T hese committees shall purchase by wholesale such pry ivi , tuna as can be preserved, such as wine, eider, be r, inci ve• getables, and shall deal them out again by retail et the cost prices, augmented only by cough to co vex ;he charges of warehousing, and the salaries of the persoos necessarily emplo)ed. The sales shall be in ado for ready money. The fit st funds required for la) log the •,tucks for a month shall be advanced by the rec.siver of taxes for the canton, and shall be reimbursed by the committee at the end of two months at latest. The Mi• nisters of the Interior and Finances are each charged with prescribing such measures within their r espec ttve deparrments as they may find necessary for attaining . the end proposed. The theatres of Paris. were opened last night for the first time since the insurrection. The following telegraphic dispatch has been re ceived by the Minister of War from the General in command at Lyons :—" The number of arms distri buted or pillaged was 35,404 muskets and 1,160 musketoons. Of these there have been received back 32,854 muskets and 654 musketoons. 'I hope that we shall accomplish a complete disarmament, or nearly so." It is said that the Duchess of BERRY is in Paris. The Minister of Finances has presented a decree to-day, giving the head of the executive power 15,000 francs a.Oonth asfrais de bureau. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has received from the French Plenipotentiary at . Frankfort a note, an nouncing that the Diet of Frankfort has the inten. , tion of withdrawing Venice from the Italian League and attaching it to the German Confederation. Several Members of the National Assembly intend to address strong interpellations to M. BASTIDE on this point. The Constitutionnel says :—" The story related by the Ere Nouvelle of pistol-shots having been fired in the Champs-Elysées at the carriage of M. L. MURAT, penetrating it in two places, is entirely unfounded. It is true that, two or three days after the events of June, - the horses of M. L. MURAT were frightened by a shot; but there has not been anything dis covered to warrant a belief that it was fired with an evil intent." General CHINGARNIER, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine, has addressed the following letter to such of the colonels aslhad refused, in the name of their legion, the decorations which the Executive power intends according to them : " My dear Colonel,—General Cavaignae, President of the Council, to whom I submitted the observations which, in the name of his colleagues, the Colonel of the 4th Legion addressed to me on the 6th instant, persists in thinking that it is proper to give the National Guard the decoration which it so well merited in the days of June. If in depriving of all recompense the National Guards who fought for order and society we could tear out this sad and bloodstained page from our history, their patriotic hearts would rejoice ; but this deplorable remembrance being unfortunately indelible, we ought not to separate in the distribution of distinction.; of honour to the National Guard, the Guard Mobile, and the army, so united daring the combat. The President of the Council having come to a decision which several legions have already accepted, I have no doubt that 3ou will place yourselves in a position to execute his orders, not only with the obedience which we all owe to them, but with the readiness which I have a right to expect from your patriotism and your conciliatory and enlight tenedspirit." PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY. THREE o'CLocK.—The funds and shares were exceed ingly heavy to•day,, and the business limited. There was no news of any, kind to create the fall, but there is a general uneasiness in consequence of the continued stagnation of affairs. Some important capitalists are among the sellers. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK- EXCHAN GE, J LY 18. Dutch Rhenish, JA l —ltalian and Austrian, %—Namur and Liege, 3, —.Northern of France, s—Orleans and Boor dean x, 2. CU 4 T AT Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Gazeta publishes a decree suspending the sales of the estates of religious corporations of the military orders. The Herald() complains that the Portuguese au thorities suffer Carlist bands to organize themselves on the frontier for the invasion of Spain. One band has entered Spain by Campo Mayor, and proceeded to La Mancha, and another had entered the Spainish territory, near Albuquerque. The following is the official dispatch from UIBISTONDO, giving an account of the recent affair with the Carlists : " VITTORIA, JULY 10. "THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE BASQUE PROVINCES TO THE DEPUTY•GENERAL OF ALAVA. " At this moment, ten o'clock, rot., I receive a report from Brigadier Isidro Ruiz de Equelaz, who announces that he has reached with a company of the queen's Re giment, and fifty minones of Alava, the faction com manded by Iturbide, composed of 160 or 200 men. The fuctiosos have been completely beaten on the hills; eight or ten men have been killed, several have been wounded, and five rebels, of whom three are officers, have been merle prisoners. Besides this 15 or 20 muskets, and two horses, were lia)ten, " P.S. The five prisoners are, a, captain, an honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, named Selu, two Lieutenants, Ber roga and Zabazl, a sergeant, and a soldier." A letter from Aldudes of the 14th says— " One hundred and fifty Montemolinists, who were obliged to take refuge on our territory, have just been disarmed by our troops. Among the number are two generals, namely, Ilsirbe and Zubiri; three colonels, namely, Sabirino, Enneterio, and Soto; seven comman dants, twelve captains, twenty-three lieutenants, seven sub-lieutenants, and the rest subalterns and soldiers. They aro to be sent to Bayonne. Fifty of their mus kets, when taken, were charged." The above is confirmed by the following extract of a letter from the frontier : " The Mayor of Aldudes has sent a message to St. Jean Pied-de-Porte, demanding a reinforcement of troops. A company of Grenadiers is :0 be sent to him tu-morrow. A captain of infantry, detached at Aldudes, announces to his commander at St. Jean Pied-tie-Putt, that he has sent him one hundred and fifty Carhsts, who after hairing been beaten and pursued by the Christinos, Were obliged to take refuge in the French territory. it is presumed that these 130 men ere part of the troop of Colonel Ilzthrbe, who must have joined Zuturi. To morrow I shall give you the details of this affair." There were rumours in 111adrid that an outbreak had taken place at La Granja, but they did not obtain general credence. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 13.—The Threo per Cents were done at 201 cash, and were 1-3 to 3 16 buyers, sellers after the close ; Five per Cents., 114 cash ; Passive Debt, 4i buyers, 4 sellers; Coupons were done at 8 cash. Discount on Bank notes has fallen considerably, and is reported at 41 to 5 per cent. The shares are not quoted. " ;', 4 l:' ."7 1 1 0 . *,....1 . . 1 .6. .( 7. . i 1 4 , .....‘/... ..„... PORTUGAL. By the Stromboli, which arrived yesterday at Portsmouth, we have received Lisbon papers to the 13th inst. They are without news. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—We have much satis faction in announcing the perfbrrnances at the above favourite theatre for this evening are by "Royal Com mand," the selected pieces being Blue Beard , and The Beggar's Opera, upon which occasion Mr. W. IlaYrison will appear for the last time this season. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—The fourth miscel laneous flower show of the South London Florticultural Society took place yesterday afternoon at the Surrey Gardene. The exhibition was in every respect a very brilliant one, and the day being extremely favourable for meetings of this character, a large and gay assem blage of visitors was present. Military bands were in attendance. The specimens for which prizes were awarded consisted of heathsjuchsias, roses, picot(es, carnations, hollyhocks, cut flowers, and ripe fruits, and nothing of the kind could be finer, or present more varied and striking claims upon the admiration of con noisseurs. THE SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Sine the open. ing of this line LO Waterloo -bridge there has been an I enormous increase of the s hort-passenger traffic on this line. On Sunday, indeed, so great was the rush, than although every available carriage was brought into use, numbers were left behind; the increase has been steadily maintained, and there can be no doubt that when the Hampton -court and Windsor branches are complqed, which will be in about a fortnight, the pleasure traffic on this line will be the greatest in the country. Th e receipts at Waterloo -bridge, the high road to the sta tion, have kept pace with the increase on the railway, and have rendered it necessary to appoint additional toll-takers at the korpolateo. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. JULY 15.—The Vicar of the Empire has addressed the following proclamation to the German nation : " Germans,—Your representatives assembled at Frankfort have elected me Vicar of the Empire. " In the midst of the confidential acclamations and of the cordial salutations with which I was every- where received, and which profoundly touched me, I have taken the direction of the central power of our empire. " Germans,—After years of oppression, you are now about to enjoy full and entire liberty ; and you richly deserve it, for you have aspired to it with courage and perseverance. It can never be taken from you, for you know how to defend it. " Your representatives will complete the work of the German constitution. Wait fur it with confidence. It is an edifice the construction of which demands much circumspection and true patriotism. It will be firm and immovable. " Germans ! our country has severe trials to over come, and she knows how to overcome them. Your highways and your rivers will again teem with life. Your love of work . will find a sphere of activity, your welfare will increase, if you only have confidence in your representatives, if you have confidence in me, whom you have chosen to make Germany, conjointly with you, united, free, and powerful. " Never forget that liberty, in order to strike her roots deep, must be protected by order and legality. Unite your efforts with mine in re-establishing them wherever they may have been transgressed. I shall oppose all the weight of the law to every criminal attempt and to anarchy. The German citizens must be protected against every act of aggression. " Germans! I confidently hope that Germany will enjoy an uninterrupted peace—to preserve it is my sacred duty. " But if the honour of Germany, and the rights of Germany should incur any danger, our brave Ger man army willlnow how to combat and conquer for its country. " Frankfort-on-the-Maine, July 15, 1848. " The Vicar of the Empire, "ARCHDUKE JOHN. " The Ministers of the Empire— " SCHMERLING. " PENCKER. HECKSCHER." The Gazette des Postes contains the following offi cial appointments : " I appoint the Deputy of the German National Parliament, M. ANTHONY VAN SCHMERLING, Of Vi enna, Minister of the Empire for the Home Depart ment and Foreign Affairs. " July 15, 1848. " The Vicar of the Empire, "ARCHDUKE JOHN. (Countersigned) " PENCKER." " I appoint the Deputy of the German National Parliament JOHN GUSTAVUS HECKSCHER, of Ham• burgh, Minister of the Empire for the Department of Justice. " Frankfort-on-the-Maine, July 15, 1848. " The Vicar of the Empire, " ARCHDUKE JOHN. (Countersigned) " SCHMERLING." "I appoint the Prussian Major-General M. ED' WARD VON GENCKER, of Schmerdeburgh, Minister of the Empire, fur the Department of War. " Frankfort-on-the-Maine, July 15, 1848. " The' Vicar of the Empire, " ARCHDUKE JOHN. (Countersigned) " SCHMERLING." The Vicar of the Empire honoured the theatre with his presence last night, when the opera of Oberon was performed. His Serene Highness-listened with 'satis faction to a prologue composed in his honour, and which was encored. Before quitting, his Imperial Highness addressed the assembly as follows I now take leave of you for a few days. The promise which I gave, and which I must loyally fulfil, recalls me to Vienna. I shall soon return, and shall bring with me that which I hold most dear—my wife and my child." The Vicar of the Empire quitted Frank fort to-day, at half-past eleven, for Vienna. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 14th the following motion was carried : -- Inc accree the Austrian Government prohibit ing the export of precious metals, under date of April 2, 18.18, the validity of which was subsequently deter mined to be continued up to the end of July, is seri ously prejudicial to Austria, as well as to the rest of the German states ; and a measure like this, the equity of which, in regard to the other German states, cannot be vindicated, is incompatible with the unity of Ger many. The National Assembly resolves to communi cate this, its declaration, in a, suitable manner, to the Austrian Government." In the sitting of the 15th, the debate on the report of the committee on armed forces was re-commenced. Priuce Lichuowsky supported the motion of the com mittee in a long and brilliant speech. He spoke largely in praise of Cavaiguac; but he besought them not yet to dream of alliance with the French Republic. They must see whether the young and spirited general would establish the dictatorship of a Sylla, or retire meekly as a Cincinnatus. As. to Russia, he thought its Em peror did not want a war. Various other Members spoke ; but the Assembly called clamourously for the close of the debate. The President and 19 Members still bad to speak. He put the question as to closing the debate. It was carried. Tile modified motion on which the Assembly divided to-day was as follows• " The National Assembly resolves to refer the report of the Committee of Armed Forces of July 1, and the supplementary clauses of July 7, to the Provisional Central Power, and to empower the Central Govern ment to carry out the proposals contained in that report and the supplementary ciu,t.ses, so that the amount of the armed forces shall be increased up to a levy of two per cent. on the present population." Ayes •• Noes 149 Estimating the population at 45,000,000, the armed force will comprise 900,000, as was originally suggested. P.S. Rieser's motion also, for making the new enrol ment universal, without any exceptional privileges and exemptions, was carried. AUSTRIA. The following has been circulated as the list of the new Cabinet :---Dommorr, President of the Council; PILLEasDoRrr, Illinister of Finances ; BACH, of Justice; WESSENBERO, Foreign Affairs; Professor FUSTER, Worship; Lieutenant Field-Marshal Goa- DON, War; and STAMETZ•MAYER, Commerce. At present, however, nothing is decided. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 13th July say s _ It appears from a bond, dated the 4th of July, that JELLACHICK, the .Bann of Croatia, received from the Vienna Ministry of War the sum of 100,000 guilders, conse quently at a moment when he was offici a ll y de posed by the King (Emperor), and was in open re bellion against the Hungarian Ministry. Nothing positive was yet known respecting the return of the EMPEROR, or of the heir presumptive. N umerou s reports are in circ u l a ti on on this head ; but it seems important that some decisive step should be speedily taken in this matter. There can be no doubt the deep-laid plans of a certain per sonage are more and more gaining ground, and that the boasted love and loyalty of the Viennese to gradually on the decli ne .— ano ther personage is Allgemeine Zeitung, July 13. PRUSSIA.. It is said that the question of the armistice with Denmark is referred to the Vicar-General of the Empire, but that should he refuse to ratify it, Prussia will act for herself, and ratify it at her own risk. DENMARK. (From the Borsenhalle, July 18.) _HULL, J ULY 15 . —Y ester d ay afternoon General WRANGEL, Count PORTALIS, and all his staff, pro ceeded from Hadersleben to Kulding, for the pur pose of attending an appointment within half a mile of that place, with the Danish Commander in -Chief, on the subject of the conclusion of the armistice, but in lladersleben it was not thought probable that the arrangement would be final although the Prussian troops lying there were or dered to be in marching order at five o'clock P.M. HA ranumart.—The exchange was partially higher) and a trifling business doing. ELSINORE.—The ship Ann, Captain Sanley, pro bably Stanley, of Farrington, from Liverpool, stranded off Anholt, on the 2d instant, and will, it is expected, become a total wreck; crew saved. ALTONA, JULY 15.—1 t is authentically stated that the evacuation of the Duchies by the Germans, and of Alsen by the Danes, and the establishment of the Provisional Government, as the conditions of the armistice, are settled. BAVARIA. Letters from Ratisbon, in Bavaria,. announce that a military riot took place io that city on the 10th instant, which was attended with a lamentable luss of life. Tranquillity was restored on the hollowing flay. ITALY. PIEDMONT, LOMBARDY, AND VENICE. Letters from Turin state that the probable Minis try will be—M. Casati, President of the Council; Marquis de Brignolles Salis, Foreign Affairs ; M. Franzini, War ; M. Gisia, Public Works ; M. Manuo, Justice ; M. Cavour, Finance ; M. Veme, Public Instruction. The Ministry of Marine will probably be annexed to that of War. The Piedatontese Gazette of the 14th states, that on the 7th General PEPE ordered General FER•• RASH to reconnoitre the Austrian positions at Cava nelia on the Adige, end their fortifications. General FERRARI did not limit his operations to a mere recon noissance, bill attacked the enemy, eight hundred strong, who defended the fortifications. Alter a sharp engagement, which lasted four hours, General FERRARL thought proper to retreat to Cmoggia, to the surprise of his men, who considered themselves sure of victory. It appears that General FERRARI has been escorted back to Venice, to give explana tions as to his conduct. His p.irty consisted of 2,400 men. ROME. Advices from Rome of the 6th inform us that the workmen, who had hitherto received assistance from the State, on a plan not unlike that of the late ateliers nationaux, had refused to do their work that morning. The Municipality have issued a manifesto refusing to grant any further pay to the unmarried workmen, who have an opportunity of enrolling themselves in the army. TURKEY. A dreadful fire broke out at Pera on the Ist inst., by which six houses were destroyed and the entire suburb menaced. Fires broke out the same morning at two or three other points, as well in Pera as in Constantinople, but were soon subdued without much damage. The cholera continued to prevail through out all the Turkish provinces. At Constantinople it continued without abatement, but it was considered mild. Better sanitary precautions were adopted than hitherto. At Galatz, from the Ist of June to the Bth, 205 were attacked and 63 died. At Ibralla, from the 3d to the 7th of June, 274 cases, of whom 70 died. This is a large proportion in reference to the population of this town, which is only about 20,000; at Yiachka, from the 2d to the 7th of June, 90 cases and 21 deaths, in a population of 4,000. It has spread in all Wallachia, and advances rapidly to the frontiers of Transylvania. Sir STRATFORD CANNING was recei'ed in great state by the Sultan on the 29th ult. KIAMIL PASHA, Minister of Commerce, had been appointed ambas sador to England, and succeeded in his Ministry by SULEIMAN PASHA, the present Ottoman Minister in Paris. DALMATIA FRONTIER. JULY 6.—The Turks continue their warlike pre parations against Montenegri, and act as if they were sure of success. The conscriptions and provi sioning are carried on with great activity. The gene ral army of the Turks has been commanded partly to quell any attempt at a rise by the Christians of the interior, and partly to meet any aggression from without. They apprehend a simultaneous attack by the Montenegros in Herzegovina; and the Servians in Bosnia likewise expect that the Turks of Albania will at the same time ranter Montenegri. According to some statements the Turkish army will consist of 60,000 men, while others affirm that it will amount to 100,000 men. All 'the Pashas and the various leaders have received the most stringent commands to be perpetually on their guard. The trade of Bosnia is quite at a stand still. In consequence of all this excitement and con fusion, many of the merchants do not even open their stures, and keep quite in the back ground. In Turkish Albania matters are quiet; and it is true that on the 13th of Twit month there vva. collision between the inhabitants of the district of Antivari and the Montenegros, but it was only one of the ordinary conflicts between the contending parties.—Wiener Zeitung, July 13. GREECE. Accounts from Athens of the 7th instant state that the Greek Cabinet has been mod►fied. M. Benizalos Roufos, son in law of the President of the Council had been appointed Minister of the Interior; M. Tatzis Manghinas, Senator, 'Minister of Finance; M. Colocotroni, Deputy of Foreign Affairs; M. Rhallis, of Justice ; and General Anastasius Maromichali, of Public Worship and Instruction ; M. Conduriotti, President of the Council and Minister of Marine, and General Rodius, Minister of War, retained their respective offices. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. At the meeting of the Privy Council to-day, seven proclamations were issued. The districts are the city and county of Dublin,• the city of Waterford, and part of the county of Waterford. The city and part of the county of Cork. The county of the town of Drogheda. The Lord-Lieutenant, president of the Council. The Rev. Patrick Byrne, arrested for sedition, was rescued by a mob, from the Bride well of Carrick-on-Suir. All the prisoners liberated. There are alarming accounts from Waterford, and some other places. We have received the following letter from a correspondent at Waterford. We believe the contents to be exaggerated, and publish it without gua ranteeing the authenticity of all the facts it con tains : OREM' MEETING OF THE PEASANTRY AT SLIEVNAMUN ON SUNDAY—ENTRY OF MR. THOMAS F. MEAGHER INTO WATER FORD ON MONDAY MORNING —ARRESTS AT CARRICK-ON SUIR, TERRIBLE EXCIrE MENT THERE, THE PRISONERS RELEASED! (Faom A CORRESPONDENT.) WATERFORD, MONDAY, JULY 17. Mr. Meagher's entry into Waterford, which was • expected to take place on yesterday evening at four o'clock, did not occur until half-past two o'clock this morning, as he was forcibly carried by the Cashel Clubs to the meeting at Slievnamon, where, with Mr. Doheny, he addressed at least 50,000 persons. At eleven o'clock, P.M., he left Carrick-on-Suir fur Waterford ; the Carrick Clubs were out in march ing order, and numbered 1,200 men. The multi tude which thronged the road for eighteen miles, prevented the procession, which accompanied Mr. Meagher, from moving along at a quicker pace than three miles per hour ; and at Pilltown he was compelled to address the assembled thousands at midnight. He remains here for three or four days, and should any attempt be made to seize him on any new charge blood will flow freely. At Carrick-on-Suir this morning three of the club leaders were arrested, and the chief of police inti mated to the Rev. Mr. Byrne, R.C.C., that he might consider himself under arrest; but th e R ev. Mr. Byrne is reported to have told him to seize him if he thought proper, which, it is said, the chief de clined. The news of the arrest of the club presidents 'Spread through the town like wildfire —every horse in Carrick was dragged out, and sent off for rein forcements of the peasantry to the slate quarries and neighbouring towns, and the driver of the car which brought the account here says that pikes and guns were to be seen in all directions hastening to the town. It is also stated that two gentlemen, Messrs. O'Donnell and Mandeville, went armed be fore the magistrate, and told him that the country was rising, and that if he wished to avoid a rebel lion he had better liberate the prisoners, who would come forward at any time to stand their trial for any charge that might be made against them; as in 20 minutes a furce would arrive in Carrick which would annihilate the garrison, it was deemed prudent to comply with the request, and the prisoners were restored to their homes, and thus alone was Carrick; and perhaps Ireland, saved from bloodshed for the present. Nothing can equal the wild enthusiasm 0( the people here ; the starving ones (a too numer° ll l class), who feed on a wild berry called " hur ts ' and on anything they can find, rejoice at the ide s of shirmaging (skirmishing), whilst the mid dle ' classes, in the towns at least, whuse shops haven ° , been long idle, are indifferent to what turns up. shopkeeper here, who employed twelve clerks, si Easter Monday last (a great market-day in 0016 years) had, at the close or the day, two fourpeu r d pit ces in his cash-box, the produce of his sales that clay Should anything further of note turn up, I° write to-Inorrow.— Chronicle. RIOT AT CARRICK-ON-SUIR. (From the Swelling Packet, July 18.) The Rev. Mr. Byrne, Roman Catholic Priest, yesterday arrested, on a charge of sedition, and 0 37 in the Bridewell. The people assembled in large masses, and m ade° attack on the gaol. They succeeded in rescuing I' ll Byrne, and set free all the prisoners. The military, being without orders, did not fit t i The departure of th e L or d-Li eu t enant f or E n g' has been delayed for a few days. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER). IMPEY U. KNIGHT. This was an action on a contract. The plaintiff gentleman residing at Twickenham. and in April let a furnished cottage, called Lawn Cottage, to de' o l dant, at the yearly rent of 170/., and there were se e p covenants to keep the grounds in good condition, and to make good all damages or dilapidations. defendant left, however, ut the end of the term, lea vi e one quarter's rent unpaid. Mr. Holmes, a surveyor% g i timated the dilapidation at 13/. Ili. 7d., but that afilfr was reduced by consent to 12/. 12s. itto The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted , did not appear to support the plea. Of The jury gave a verdict for 531. Ils. 7d.—Thi 3 the only case tried. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Mary Anne Parker, a young woman ot very r" of appearance, was indicted for stealing a child's chalie , the value of N.., the property ot (Aeries Scott. t y The charges rested entirely on the evidence of . d prosecutor's wife, who lets out children's chaises, r other vehicles, for hire, and stated, th a t on t h e 141 11 ,,, June the prisoners obtained the ch a is e fr om h er for lo t i, The chaise not being returned, Mrs. Scott went too address given by the person who hir e d, an d wk°,o swore positively was the prisoner; but neither the 0 6 , nor the nurse-maid who borrowed it were known 11 1 0 Some days afterwards she saw the prisoner, and gage d into custcdy. si The defence was that the proseeutrix was mistake" to the identity, and the lady in whose s e r v i ce the A e " soner was employed on the day when she w as a lleged have taken the chaise, swore that on that day she .4 0 not left the house, nor had she a n y c hild i n h er ckl There were other respectable witnesses to confirm statement. The JUDGE stopped the case, and the jury sego j itt the prisoner, who left the court accompanied by ruff' able friends. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS Thq DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT O F A WOMA N TO MORE ' HER THREE CHILDREN.—Hannah L e i t h , a wretw, 4" looking woman, 35 years of age, residing at 1 0 I ; Car burton-street, Marylebone, was placed at the before Mr. Bingham, charged with having attetel l e to destroy her three children, aged respectively years, two years, and ten months, by adrninisterl f them a quantity of sugar of lead. She was also oil with attempting to destroy herself by taking the deadly poison. The prisoner, who appeared to I:1,i great distress, was so weak from the effects o f the pd She had taken that she was accommodated with a ee r the dock. 4 ! The first witness examined was poli ce - cons t a ble Pi mao, who, on being sworn, said—About half-past? last night I received information that a womito). poisoned herself and three children, and in conseqs I went to No. 27, Carburton-street, in com p an y Lawson, the surgeon. I found the prisoner lyingj bed with her three children. Mr. Law s on sa id he Wi r e to put a question to her, and he hoped she would 0 5 ) truly. He then asked her ii she had taken any herself. She said she had taken sugar of lead, and administered some to her three children in soraej and as soon as she had done it she sent her eh boy to acquaint his aunt. The prisoner and three children were in great agony at d time, and Mr. Lawson used the stomach pump, in ° A r . to remove the poison from their stomachs. I prods certificate signed by Mr. Lawson to that etreett stating that he believed them now out of danger. George Leith, the prisoner's son, was then estit ol . o and said—l ant ten years old. Last night 1 was very ill alter tea. Soon atter my two youngest 10 0 ;;0 were taken ill, and my mother was taken very bad 0. My father was out, Ido not know what made ei ° oo My mother told me to go to my aunt's and tell her o j she• had murdered the children and poisoned bet I was taken so bad that I could not walk. The prisoner in a sullen manner said she had not ° to say. Mr. BINGHA3I remanded her for a week. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) 0 , Mr. Darby, the celebr a t e d firework-maker was s lot moned to this Court, for having more powder ou premises than authorised by the Act of Parliament., yt Mr. ELLIuTT, the sitting magistr a t e , p ost p o ne(' decision. Fowler, a young man employed by Mr. Date white, a milkman, was charged with embezzlling ous sums of money. Two witnesses were called, who proved to cert sums paid him. 11 14 The prisoner acknowledged the ro bb ery, and Gioe Mr. Cole, a dairyman, who proved he had knovin h ips prisoner two or three year s , an d always considered " honest. After some-little rec r i m i nat i on between this aneo and the prosecutor, the prisoner was committed. TO THE SECRETARY OF TA', BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION:4 Sir,—Monday the 17th was the day of announ cl o p the different measures intended to be abandoned.„ o , account of th e l a t eness o f the per i od of the seswor Somethin g must b e d one on this matter by us or° to immediate p oster i ty ; cons id er i ng that we bco not yet comp l ete d t h e s i xt h thousand of the world. acknowledged years, and it is as probable as the ° l3 ll trary, that there are six thousand more to come. 4 1 is cl ear th a t a process o f compression of some %Ice must be invented; by the token that time and 0 1' ) ' $ . are finite, and not even the om n ip o t ence o f Po° ment can put more than sixty mi nu t es i n t o an hol' , 't The phenomenon presented is, that talk does ! t o produce legislation as it used t o d o . Ti me was, l'fp when the brains were out, and all reasonable 0 )1 %, affecting the question had been thrown before the lim lic, the law was made. O ne cause contr ib utory 50 o contrary appearance now, is that there has bee ° o , change in the seat of l eg i s l a ti ve power. When &,o law esquires and protectionist merchants ruled d i, roast, they might we ll b e content w i t h l ess exp e° o4 ture of speech. B u t pl ace t h em i n a minority, Pb, what limit shall be put to their expatiating on a b 4 0,1 way bill or a sugar duty, and laying in every vv° ll l4 l the knife that ma d e it, i n bi tterness of regret for Ye' has passed away. At present the practice of the House seerns, 4 be this ; to talk a ll n i g ht on every single subi`;.4o and then adjour n b ecause i t i s getting late. .14 better receipt could b e i nven t e d f or h aving nothl'l, done. And then thi s i s met , b y having early 6le, tings and l a te. It w ill b e f oun d out at some tin' t that business is not better done for being long ell, it. In all the ordi nar y concernments of life, blO s , ness is got through because men know it must completed by a certain time; and the experience t the House at the Wednesday's sittings, will ° are ruled to cease at six o ' c l ock, is el); tirely in favour of the same principle. I' s , men know that a thi ng i s to be over by 't certain time, and they will do it; and w ithon more of complaint from those who say s ile) i could not be heard, than at present. The fact is, tiPh the time is consumed by licensed bores. Bore nf te r t a bore rises, and claims his pre s cipti ve l i g ht t o be he°,,i by virtue of his patent. I rememb er th a t i n t he 01 , 4 House of C ommons there were men of this k ind, who always caught the Speaker's eye in preferenej because he considered them as inevitable evils, au wished to get them out of the way. There can be little doubt, that if there were Vo Speake rs an d t h e H ouse sat every hour of e ver t thy and night in the week, there would be just 03 ,,, same difficulty in getting through with business 7, at prese n t. It wou ld th ere f ore b e worth while to a) the effect of the opposite policy, or shortening On e ' And the experien ce o f t h e W e d nes d ays ' s i tt iqs shows that the wa y t o p ro d uce an effective Pitt e would be to determine that no f ormat i on o f 0., House for any one day, should be effective for eV other day; the result of which would be to break 0 1} the House at midnight, and oblige the fabricators ° speeches to curtail accordingly. Except by the action of some genera l ru l e o f - tbi s nature, it is very difficult to interfere with the in: firm,ty of long speech-making. Public meeting; sometimes attempt an agreement that. none shall spo t above halt an-hour ; but the cir cums t ances are O t identical with those of the House of Commons. 13° a decision that speaking is to stop at a certain hour' is an indirect mode of operating in the same direction. , On Tuesday the House met at twelve on a que s tion connected with Highway. r a t es , an d the l an ded interest was in an agony. It met aga i n at fi ve , and was counted out in five minutes, the subjects being the Audit of Public Accounts, Ballot, and 3 1 r' Hume's motion for m a ki ng a b orough of Chelsea a nd neighbourhood instead of Sudbury. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSOA' - Blackheath, Loudon, July 19, 1848.