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

lieve in the young Hercules. A first article was, how over, accepted, and a secon d, and a third; and, in fine M. Cauchois-Lernaire made a provisional offer of 1,200 francs to his young assistant. After fifteen days, how ever, they placed the salary of Louis Blanc at 2,000 francs, then at 3,000; and, lastly, the chief editorship was con fided to him. The sensation which his articles produced was immense, and they exercised great influence upon the democratic party, and helped considerably to asso ciate them for a common purpose, by the union of the theories of the political and social school—the one as the means, the other as the end." According to the opinion of the contributor to Tait, " posterity will place the name of Louis Blanc by the side of such brilliant names as Lamartine and Arago, as among the founders of the new French Republic." We doubt it not, for we are sanguine that the hitherto impracticable scheme of the author of the " Organization of Industry" will ripen into measures calculated to pro mote the happiness of his fellow-citizens. Besides one or two intelligent papers on such subjects as " Lite Assurance" and the " Scotch Entail Rill," the magazine contains its usual " Literary Re gister," and its resume of the political occurrences of the month just expired. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. At the conclusion of an ably-written article on the much vexed question of tenant-right, the Dublin University Magazine thus SUMS up the subject:— "As to the tenant-right of Ulster, from which we have been led away by these considerations, so far as it rests in occupancy, we do nct see how it would be pos sible, even if expedient, to legalise such a right, ciin sistently with the spirit or theory of our law. We believe the respect shown to old, respectable tenants — even though they should not have been on the land through three successive devolutions of the reversion— to be just and expedient. We would wish, so far as we can influence landed proprietors in Ireland, to recom mend to their imitation the practice, in this respect, not only of men like the Marquis of Londonde-ry, in Ulster, but of others, such as Sir William Somerville, in Meath, and of many other landlords elsewhere, with whom the claim of being an old tenant on the estate is virtually as much respected as a claim of copyhold. But even if it were possible to legalise those claims, and by law to turn them into titles, we would not desire to see the present kindly relations of the parties put on that footing; fur it is in the kindness and mutual confidence, I and in the wholesome power of control, guaranteed by the system, as it at present works, that its main social advantage consists. While we would, therefore, desire to see the occupancy tenant-right of Ulster, as it really exists, with its immemorial incidents of discretion and control, on the part of the landlord, practically recog nised, we can see no means of promoting its adoption otherwise than by the force of opinion, and by the gene ral inculcation by precept and example, of the landlord's golden rule—' Live and let live.' " But so far as the custom rests in improvements made by the tenant, it ought, if possible, to have the force and sanction of law. We need not enforce the justice of the tenants' claim to compensation for having increased the value of his land; he ought to have his share of the additional wealth called into existence by his capital applied to the land furnished to him by the owner. We need not dwell on a principle recognised by three successive Governments, and which must soon become law. We may observe, however, that any mea sure for this purpose must necessarily be encumbered by machinery; that the measure now before Parliament will, probably, require revision; and that of the various plans hitherto put forward , t hat suggested by the Irish Council seems capable of being carried into effect with least collision of interests and least vexation. Let us add also our opinion, that any measure of that kind ought to be without prejudice to existing customs, and to such special farming contracts as landlords and tenants may think fit to devise for their own advantage. For our own part we believe that the man who would not im prove on a forty one year lease, at a moderate rent, would not improve on a perpetuity; and wherever the power to grant such lease exists, which the Legislature, we think, might safely extend to all eases, we strongly recommend both landlord and tenant to make their agree ment for themselves. " Such are our views of tenant right as it really exists, and as it may, in one of its aspeets, be legalised. Ma chinery- for determining rent, we will not discuss, any more than machinery for determining how much the traveller ought to give to the highwayman. The owner alone has a right to say how much he will take for the use of his property. Poor rate and the ordinary laws of demand and supply are sufficient guarantee. that he will not henceforth get more than is reasonable; and the fate of many hundreds of puisne creditors will probably, before another year shall have passed, render it as im practicable as inexpedient for an Irish landlord to inca paeitate himself for his duties by incurring debt." In another article, entitled " The Irish Crisi.s—the roor-law," the Dubli n U n i v e r sity runs amuck against . the Irish P oo r-l aw w ith all the un reasoning ferocity of an insolvent landholder. The French Revolution of 1848 is attacked uniterci- ullv, but the writer, nevertheless, predicts that it will be attended with advantage to England, because there will, in consequence, once more spring up amongst us " that good honest English hatred of French politics, French morals, and French_ prin ciples." We protest against any attempt at exciting feelings of " hatred" between nations after this fashion. It is the old trick of the aristocratical party who wish to excite war between nations, because war gives to them patronage ; but the trick is seen through, and if there is to he a war it will not be a war of nations, but a war of opinions and principles. The war will be between tho principles of oligarchy and those of demo cracy, and there will be men of every nation under hea ven found in the ranks of each of the opposing armies. We fully agree, however, with this writer in his con temptuous indignation at the manner in which Briti , h interests were everywhere sacrificed to Orleans' in terests by the Earl of Aberdeen, who seems to have &en solely ambitious of being considered as " head clerk to M. Guizot." " A Third Even ing with the Witchfinders" is a strange chap. ter in the history of human credulity, and " Fletcher's Studies of Shakspere," a delightful review of a delightful work. The " White Rose of Muskerry" is continued, and we hare the first part of " An Account of the Latter Days of of the Hon. Richard Mar3ton, of Dunoran," which prumises well. DOLMAN. Although we can say scarcely anything in com mendation of the epistolary communication respecting the late " French Revolutio n ," w ith w hi c h communi cation for April Dolman begins, we are rejoiced to find that in the general pcean of joy which has greeted the newly-installed Provi s i ona l G overnmen t, the voice of the Rom an C a th o li cs o f E ng l an d i s audible. " The interests of Catholicism," says the writer, " far from T stffering, w ill i n rea li ty ga i n b y t h e l ate R evo l u t ion . The contribution is marred by its being restricted entirely to vague comments, and ineffective generalities. is tb. continuation of a serial, " The Adventures of a Schoolbly are capital. We are rejoiced to find the writer addin g h is experiences to those of so many of his predecessors towards the abolition of the brutalis ing. systems of fagging an d b ullying. Another serial is continued, namely "The G o ld en Age of Merry England," and the one entitled a " Mixed Marriage" is brought to a conclusion. The article , however, most in uniso n w i t h the character of D o l: man's Magazine, as the organ of the Catholi cs, is un questiona.bly the little e ssay called " )./lodsri; Hagi ology ;" it is conceived in a beautiful spirit, a spirit (employing the word as an ad ject i ve) strictly Ca tholic. Beyond all this, there are literary criticisms and some fragments of ecclesiastical intelligence. MISCELLANEOUS. Among those publications which may be fi' cla s ' as miscellaneous, the most prominent is the Ec lectici classified Review, in the current number of which the criticism on Larnartine's "History of the Girondists" is con ''' . cluded. Having sketched in the preceding month ' the careers of the Constituent and Legislative As semblies, the reviewer here traces that still more extraordinary career, the career of the National Convention. One observation strikes us as being singularly felicitous, namely, where it is said that " Roland and his wife were a bourgeois duplicate of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette." In the rather scanty and superficial notice of Tennyson's " Prin cess," the Eclectic remarks dis p ara g in g l y that the "Medley " resembles grotto-work, " where the spar glitters beside the common pebble-stone, and the agate a n d j asper are e mbedded in sand." It cannot be in forgotten that Dr. Johnson, in a precisely similar br ,, oi spoke of Shakspere as a mine in which the • or e was "clouded by incrustations and debased with gazine pros impurities." Lowe 's Edinburgh Ma onßorrn"Pers• The ablest article for April is that ~ I'arraer's Z:actzi,thee will Archipelago. In the bjrCesu.thbert johnso:ill be found an admirable essay, Is scarce] ernbellirm en L ts e a p s oil u re r." Common Salt as a Spring yso elegant in its as it is, "the wanton" -r" Precetr Repertory of Patent b as , 0 e irg occasions. Even in a manner remarkable for its ri:entioxs 7nriPetitor. appears, u extract' pious information. we would, if space permr?trntedt,lle nw rlcY, s and its co . the monetary Bible observation s r Magazine agitated the comm o _f o r n _c:al world of thel):1711: w ve h r i y ch se b n a; the Revoluti p o u n blis c he l d , e i bru ary. severoanitinent since articles are Quarterly Educational the "rrnt numbintelligent educational movement i'llsaPPilYl the interest of the a g a zine; but, u er b ()f the what subsided of late in consequence of recent Occur of a political character. BANQUET TO VISCOUNT HARDINGB AT TH E CARLTON CLUR.—Last evening the noblemen and gun. tletorn members of the Carlton Ciub gave an entertain ment to Lieutenant-General Viscount Ilardinge, G.C.8., on his return from India. Tbe banquet took place in the spacious new coffee-room of the club-house, covers being laid for above 200. Lord Saltoun presided, and was supported on the right by Viscount liardinge, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Montrose, and the Marquis of Salisbury; and on his left sat the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Atholl, the Marquis of Aber corn, and the Earl De Grey. The principal table pre. seated a superb display of ornamental plate, contributed by the Earl of Eglinton and other noblem en b e l onging to the club, and the whole was illuminated by massive gilt candelabra. THE SUN, LONDON, TIifTRSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, fa urtbrattion SUAV OFFICE, Serer o' Clock. CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) AFTERNOON MEETING. At the commencement of the afternoon sitting there were only 29 out of the 49 delegates present. Mr. Wilkinson presided. On the name of Mr. Bronterre O'Brien being called over, Mr. TATTERSALL wished to know why Mr. O'Brien's Fame remained on the roll, when it had been announced in all the newspapers that he had resigned? M.r. DIXON said he had received no official communi cation to that effect from Mr. O'Brien. Mr. ADAMS thought the secretary ought t o write to him to know the reason why he did not attend to his duties at the Convention. Mr. DIxoN did not think they had any right to do so. Mr. TATTERSALL said, in that case a delegate might absent himself for a week without intimating his inten tion to the Convention. Mr. CUFFAT observed that Mr. O'Brien's absence had the effect of disenfranchising the people of Lambeth, for they were at present unrepresented in the Convention. After a short discussion, Mr. ADAMS moved that a communication be sent to Mr. O'Brien, but the motion was negatived upon a division being taken. The CHAIRMAN passed an eulogium upon the dole gates for the patient and temperate manner in which they had conducted their deliberations in the morning,. which he said would pass comparison with the House of Lords, both with respect to the moderation and the ability shown. On the motion of Mr. KTDD, a resolution was passed stating that they had witnessed with feeli n gs of admi ration the growing spirit of fraternity manite s ted by . the people of all nations, a nd that the recognition of the great truth that all men were brethren must be condu cive to the true develop ment of civil rights, and the permanent p,ace of Europe, and that they protested . in the most decided mann er a g ainst the proposed Bill of Lord Lansdowne for expelling foreigners from our shores, for avowed political motives; and that they con sidered it despotic in p rinci p le, and in direct opposition to a wise, enlightene d, and statesmanlike policy. Mr. ERNEST JONES said he had just been released from " durance vile," having been arrested yesterday, and to that his absence was to be attributed. He wished now to apply for leave of absence for a short time, and if that was granted , he would explain to the Convention the circum stance s under which his arrest had taken place. A motion for leave of absence was then put, and im mediately passed. Mr. JONES then rose and was received with loud cheers and " bravo Jones." He said a person had taken out a writ against him for a debt for which he was not liable, and placed it in the hands of two sheriff's officers, I who attempted . to arrest him on Saturd a y l as t, b u t h e had so many friends around him that they dared not do so. They also followed him on Monday to Kennington common, but the mass of people ther e n o d o ubt struck terror in their breasts.—(Hear.) Yesterday, however, as he was going home from the Convention they suc ceeded in laying hold of him in a bye street. Now he declared that he did not owe the debt, and when he was taken to Mr. Slowman's house in Chancery-lane, that person admitted immediately that his arrest was a political trick.—(Shame.) It was not considered safe to keep him in Chancery-lane, so he was sent off to Whitecross- stret t Prison, which place he had just left. He had commenced an action against the person aha caused him to be arrested for the illegality of the pro ceeding. It was his firm belief that Government had acted in this indirect way to prevent him, as he 7.is one who warmly advocated the physical force doctrine, from attt nding the meeting on Kennington common. Every possible technical difficulty had been thrown in the way to prevent his release, and to show how deter mined they were to get him into trouble, he was the other cl..y served wide a writ for a bebt of 1,0001, which, so help his God, he did not o e, and moreover, he declared he was entirely unacquainted with the person who had ceased it to be issued.—(Shame.) He challenged any one to impeach his honour and integrity, and if necessary he could give them proof of the correctness of %%Iv he stated. The cowardly conduct of the Govern went in taking proceedings against him in such an under-handed and indirect way w as base in the extreme, and deserved the severest censure.— (Cheers.) It also showed how weak they were, and that they were afraid to take an open and manly course to put down the Convention.—(Cheers.) He wished also to inform the delegates that, on the 2ilth of April, the Benchers of the Middle Temple intended to disrobe him, and preventing his practising as a barrister; and what did they think it was for ? Giving gratuitous advice to the poor.—(Cheers.) He concluded by stating that he dared the Government to take any open and manly course in prosecuting him, and as he sat down was greatly cheered. Mr. CIIIFFIT repeated what he had often said before — that the Government were intimidated, and driven to desperation. Mr. Rogers, who recently kept the White Hart, where the Fraternal Democrats Society used to meet, had his license stopped, and his creditors had con fined him in Whitecroas-street Prison.—(Shame.) After the transaction of other business, the Couveution adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Property-tax Bill, the Stamp Duties Assimila tion Bill, and the Administration of Oaths (Court of Chancery) Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at I. ive o'clock. ODD FELLOWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions praying that the Odd Fellows' Societies should be placed on the same footing, with regard to legal privileges, as other benefit societies. Lord BEUMONT, Earl STAFFORD, and other Peers presented petitions to the same effect. JEWISH DISABILITIES. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented petitions against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. MUTINY BILL AND MARINE MUTINY BILL. The House then went into Committee on the above Bills, and the several clauses were passed. PREVENTION OF CRIME IN IRELAND. Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that on an early day he would ask whether the provisions of the Crime and Outrages (Ireland) Bill were to be ex tended to Dublin ? THE JESUITS IN EUROPE. Lord REDESDALE drew the attention of their Lordships to a series of articles in the Tablet news paper, the acknowledged organ of the Jesuits in England, and as it was notorious that the whole repeal agitation in Ireland was confined to the Catholic portions of that country, he thought that the appeals to physical force inculcated in this journal would have a very pernicious effect; and he wished, therefore, to know whether any and what licenses had been granted in the last year for the admission of Jesuits into this country ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that while he admitted the mischievous tendency of these arti• rtes, he at th e same ti me w i s hed that his Noble Friend had given some notice of his intention to ask this , question, b u t h e h a d no h es it a ti on in saying that I : Linan y years p as t no li censes h a d been applied for, Lord lIE . b u ee 'p n m ", e hadedoprevent t h e i r res i dence i n th i s country. been granted ; in fact, no effort had Au MO 1T denied that the Tablet was in any way connected with the Jesuits. He believed that the paper was the property adapted a style of latelywriting turned Catholic, and he had Lucas, who h a d The eg tenetswhich would give him the largest circulation. journal were, he believed, propagated p t a h g e a t Jesuits,e d i n he e Wise s man, and nearly all the respectable b) Catholics Dr. in this country. With rweisirct !or society if admit that he h w a a y s e been to t ( h L o o u r g d ht ße it au w m o o u n i t d ) Secretaryi of pahoomreastic request, the Jesuits had never existed, but 'edid not like to put a power into the hands of a to be used in the case of a di State, to drive a people from the land when there was never a t a o n f y E t r i i ,g me . a less necessity for the Bill. Persons, he would at once grant, might not come to this country fur the purpose of availing themselves of England's h p ° tality alone ; they might come for revolutionary pur poses;si- but the Government had bad recent experi ence that the feeling of the country was in fav our of existing inst itutions and of order, and even w i t h reference to the Chartists themselves they repudiated with 'indignation the assistance of any foreigners, if for the purposes of subverting the Government. LAW OF MARRIAGE, &c. Lord CAMPBELL then rose to lay on the table two Bilis of the highest importance ; one fur the establishment of a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages ; and the other for the alteration of the law of marriage in this country. reading of ALIEN BILL. Lord LAN SDOWNE in rising to mov e the second ?rt th e art of e this Bill said, that there was no intention noapitalit p y of the th COUntly•frainers of the Bill to limit t he (LEFT SPEAKIbiG.) — ON i H OUSE OF COMM The SPEALEIt took the Ch a ir et F o ur ? ,S• l clocK• ~ An oN. ition baxatima presented a petitar, , prayn g for the abol o the attorney& certificate auty. f Capt. JON ES presented a petition ftom Wexford na in favour of tent -right. Pe REIDIN GS. The following Bills Were road a third time and passed : Oiwestry Markets and Fairs Bill. Shrewsbury Market Bill. Sufferance Wharves (Southwark) Bill. REPORT. The report on the Wurce.tf..r New Gas-light Com pany (Capital and Amendment) Bill was considered and agreed to. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. Lord MOKPETH moved for and obtained leave to introduce a Bill to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods to reclaim Crown Lands, and aid the completion of the Docks and other Works at rkenhead. The Bill was subsequently read a first time, and eave was given to the examiners to sit upon it on Monday next. Mr. BERN AL presented a petition against the Crown and Government Security Bill. Mr. M.'O'CONNELL presented thirty petitions from several places in Ireland, praying for repeal. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the Bill for establishing diplo matic relations with the Court of Rome. Mr. WOOD presented a petition from Oxford in favour of the People's Charter. Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from various places in Ireland against the national system of education. Mr. (i. THOMPSON presented a petition from the Tower Hamlets against the Crown and Govern ment Security Bill, and praying for the dismissal of Ministers. Mr. COBDEN presentel a petition from Hudders field against the game-laws ; also a petition against the Crown and Government Security Bill. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from Downpatrick, praying for the re-enactment of the Party Processions Bill in reference to Ireland. Lord BERNARD presented several petitions from places in the county of Cork against the national system of education. Dr. BOA RING presented a petition from Bolton against the Crown and Government Security Bill ; also a petition praying for the extension of the suffrage. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir A. CLIFFORD appeared at the table to sum mon the House to attend the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to several public and private Bills, for the titles of which see Lords' report. The SPEAKER, on his return, enumerated the names of the Bills. Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from Clonmel, praying for a repeal of the Union. PIKES—IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONNELL referred to a report in an Irish newspaper with respect to the alleged pur chases of pikes at the instance of Colonel Browne, and inquired if it was the intention of the Govern ment to retain that officer in their service ? It ap peared from the report that he had admitted he pur chased pikes, but that he subsequently denied it. Sir IV. SOMERVILLE, in reply, read a letter from Colonel Browne, distinctly denying that there was any truth in the allegation that he had employed Kershaw or any other person to manufacture pikes. He had employed the person named to pur chase some specimen pikes at places where he had heard they were for sale, in order to ascertain if the information was correct. He thought the statement of a person occupying the posi tion of Colonel Browne was more worthy of credit than a newspaper police report. His Excel lency had issued a notice stigmatising the conduct of those who incited ignorant persons to purchase pikes in order that they might inform against them and get rewarded.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the Government Protection Bill. THE CONTINENT. Mr. WILSON gave notice that he should to• morrow ask a question of the Noble Lord the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the affairs of the Elbe, Ilulstein, Prussia, and Copen hlgen. NATIONAL PETITION. Mr. TIIORNELY brought up the report of the Committee on Public Petitions, which stated that upon the 26th of November last a Committee was appointed to report to the House the number of signatures attached to all petitions presented to that House, and that they had felt it their duty to make a special report to the House upon the subject of the National Petition, presented on the 10th of April, by the Hon. Member for Nottingham, signed by subjects of the British crown. The Committee attached the utmost value to the right of pe- titioning and to the exercise of that most im. portant privilege by the subjects of this realm, and felt deeply the necessity of preserving the due exercise of such privileges from abuse, and having also a due regard to the importance of a petition so very numerously signed, had made that petition the subject of their present report. They felt bound, in the discharge of their duty, to represent to the 1-louse that with respect to that petition there had been a gross abuse of that privilege.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Nottingham, upon presenting the petition, had stated that the petition was signed by 5,706,000 persons. Upon the most careful exami nation of the number of signatures in the Committee, with the assistance of thirteen law-stationers' clerks, ...... who acted under the superintendence of the various clerks of the Committtes, the number of signatures attached to the petition does not, in the opinion of the Committee, exceed 1,975,496.—(Hear.) It is further found, that a large number of the signatures were consecutively written by the same hand. It was also observed that a large number of the signa tures were those of persons who could not be sup posed to have concurred in its prayer ; among those were the name of her Majesty, signed Victoria Rex, The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, &c., &c. There was also noticed a large num ber of names which were evidently ficti tious, such as " Pugnose ' " " Longnose," latnose," " Punch," " Snooks," " Fubbs," and also numerous obscene names, which the Committee would not offend the House or its dignity by repeating, but which evidently belonged to no human being. — (Hear, hear.) Upon the motion that the report do lie upon the table, Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that it would be quite impossible for any thirteen clerks to count, from the time the petition was printed, even 1,900,000 signa tures, and he should therefore move for the appoint ment of a Committee to inquire into the subject. Tnere was an old raying, " that those who hid knew where to find," and he believed that if such abuses did exist, it no doubt was the act of some of the Government spies.—(Oh, oh.) He fully believed that the number of signatures he had repre sented the petition to contain was correct. He would apply another test to the petition. The petition was contained in four or five large bundles, and it took himself; assisted by four other persons, to lift the largest of the bundles.—(Oh, oh.) He did not believe he should have any difficulty in obtaining a petition upon the same subject signed by 15,000,000 or double or treble that number. Mr. THORNLEY said that the petition was treated with all the respect which was due to one so numerously signed, and if he might take the liberty to speak of an individual so humble as himself, he would state that there were points re ferred to in that petition with which he cordially agreed, the vote by ballot, for instance. But the House would probably remember what the lion. Member was not aware of, that the Corn. mittee of which he had the honor to be the Chairman, was appointed in the early part of the session, and eutrusted to report to the House the number of sig natures to each and every petition presented. It had been necessary to call in additional aid in order to ascertain the number of signatures to the petition. He believed that that number had been ascertained with perfect certainty.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Member had referred to the weight of the peti tion as a proof of the correctness of his state ment of the number of signatures to it, That petition had been weighed this morning, and it had been found that the whole of it together weighed 51 cwt. The Committee was, he trusted, too well known to render any further statutes upon the subj ec t necessary . Th ey cons id ere d th a t th e y were only acting in conformity with their duty in laying the statement with respect to the petition be fore the House.—(Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that he gave full and entire credit to the report of the Committee upon the subject, and considered that it was stated svth respectthe many entitled t o t h e fullest credence.—(Hear, hear.) that among The Earl of ARUNDEL a n d SURRE said, falsehoodstoanythe meeting on that hatibeen on t Kennington common the Monday l a believed t o b e . , the greatest of all he proclamation that h 1 been issued s., issued by the Conen • tion stating that a glorious demonstrati on had taken ei' a million h a d place,ass embl e di and that a quarter of was not the re himself, buon Cennington-c ommon . H e t he had been informed by those who were that there there. lie beli eve d that thatus not 2.5,000 p ersons was an over-state ment, and that there were not persons there.—([lear, hear.)mN?re(Yw than 1,5,000 , he w ou ld ;;,k, was it to be supposed th at the countryform would be deceived by a set of men such a Convention when they dared t o tell thern such the a falsehood ? In his opinion, men who would so act were the greatest enemies of the peeople traitors to their country and their Queen, and r e b e l s ' to their God.—(llear.) Mr. MAURICE 0 CONNELL denied that the Irish rZepealers had taken any part in the demon - stration that had taken place on Kennington-common. Sir 8.. 11. IN GLIS believed that such an expo sure as had now been made, not only of gross exaggeration of the numbers, but of the character of the parties signing the petition would at once convince the Legislature how little faith it could place in such a petition.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear, for all that had been stated, that the petition, of which so much had been said, was not worth the paper on which it was written.—(Hear.) He thought those who had so grossly exaggerated their statements with respect to the petition were the greatest enemies of the right of petitioning.—(Hear.) He should not move any resolution on the subject, but he would submit whether, as a means ensuring the value of petitions some plan should not be adopted similar to that which existed some years ago, of adding to the names the residence and occupation of thole signing the petition.—(Cries of " Hear.") He trusted that the Government would state, either to-night on to morrow, what course they intended to adopt, in order to put a stop to such demonstration as they were threatened with on Monday last—(Hear, hear)—in order that they might not oci.ur again. and he hoped also that Ministers would do something for those who had so spontaneously come forward in support of the Government and the peace of the country. Mr. CR IPPS said, after what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, and the reflections he had cast on the Committee, he felt it to be his duty to get up and confirm what had already been stated by his Hon. Friend opposite. — (Hear, hear.) When the Hon. Gentleman made the audacious statement that this petition was signed by 6,706,000 persons—(Derisive cheers) —he weat from his place to examine the petition and com pare it with the population returns.—(Hear, hear.) lie was not aware then that it was signed by women, but he had since ascertained that oat of every 10,000 sig natures that were attached to the petition 8,200 were those of women.—(Cheers and laughter.) lie did not wish to throw obloquy and ridicule upon the petition itself, lout he did wish to ridicule, and cast obloquy and derision, upon the Hon. Gentleman who had made these monster statements.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNOR rasa to order. The SPEAKER said if the Hon. Gentleman wished to make any explanation upon his personal conduct, he must wait till the Hon. Gentleman in possession of the chair had resumed his seat.—(Hear.) Mr. CBIPPS proceeded to remark that the state ments of the lion. Member were unworthy of cre dence, and he hoped the poor people whom he had so shamefully deluded would now see, in its proper light, the character of the man they had dealt with. — (Hear, hear.) Were these things to be tolerated while parties who he could not say were immediately connected with the Hon. Gentlemen—(Cheers) —but who availed themselves of the opportunities he placed in their way to ruin honest tradesmen at such places as Camberwell. (Loud cheers) This petition teemed with wickedness and obscenity, and there were words affixed to it that the lowest strumpet in the streets would be ashamed of.—(Hear.) Upon one of the slit e.s were written the words " we could get paid for no more," and had he been aware of the nature of the signatures that were attached to it, he would have objected to the petition being received at the time it was presented. What is it to get 5,000,000 petitioners' names ? They could get any number, definite or indefinite, if they chose to adopt such a course. He hoped the House would not cast such a censure upon the Committee of Petitions as to appoint another Committee to inquire into the subject. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that he was not in the least degree responsible for the contents and signa tures of the petition. The Hon. Member then left the House. Mr. ABEL SMITH said that he was present upon Kennington common on Monday from first to lust. and he could state most positively that never was there at any time within the commou more than 15,000 persons. The whole area of the common could not possibly contain more than 90,000 persons ; yet the Hon. Member for Nottingham had himself stated in the House that there were not less than half a million persons present. Colonel SIBTHORP said that as it had been said that his name was attached to the monstrous petition, he begged most emphatically to deny that he had ever signed the petition, or consented to have his name placed there. lie would not so far have dis graced his family by acting in such a manner. Mr. HUME thought that the Hon. Member for Cirencester had taken a very improper course in the remarks he had made upon the subect of the petition. He thought that the dignity of the House would have been much better preserved if notice bad been given of bringing the subject properly before the House. He expressed his deep regret that any Hon. Member should have made use of anything like irritating language. He believed that it was the rule of the House that every lion. Member should be respon sible for the petitions which he might present, and that every party who attempted to impose in such a manner upon the House ought to be punished. Mr. R. YORKE differed from the Hon. Member for Montrose. He thought the cause of truth was under great obligation to the Member for Ciren cester.—(Hear, hear.) It was true he had used strong language, but he thought he was justified in doing so.—(Hear, hear.) He had made statements with respect to the Honourable Member for Nottingham which he had of course denied. Lord CA STLEREAGIrrose to order; he thought that assertion ought not to be made with respect to the statements of Hon. Members, when they were not present. There might be many persons who had a different notion of honour to himself in that House, but he should think himself unworthy of a seat in it if be brought charges and made statements against an Hon. Member when he was not present. Mr. R. YORKE said that the Hon Member for Nottingham's absence was his own fault.—(Hear, hear.) Ile had asserted, and he would assert again, that the statement made by the lion. Member for Cirencester was correct.—(Hear.) Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether he thought, after the discussion that had taken place that evening, it would be right or just to waste the whole of the evening to-morrow in discussing the question of the Charter.—(Hear). Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that having stated some says ago that it would be impossible to give Monday up for the consideration of the Chartist petition, and having proposed that its con sideration should be proceeded with on Friday, he certainly could not consider himself at liberty to depart from that arrangement.—(Hear.) Mr. C. LUSHINGTON observed that the Hon. Member for Nottingham had stated that he had two points to explain, one of which he had explained these, and the other he said he should explain in another place.----(Hear.) Now, his doubt was, whether the Hon. Member, in his explanation in another place, would not put a wrong constuction upon what had taken place in that House that night. Mr. DISRAELI thought it would be exceedingly ridiculous if they had, as appeared likely to be the case, a more serious meeting in that House than had taken place on Kennington-common. (Hear, hear.) He thought that if the Honourable Gentleman made a statement grossly incorrect, and calculated to do mischief, it was the duty of Hon. Gentlemen to bring it under the condsidera tion of the House calmly and deliberately.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Cirencester was entitled to praise for the zeal he had displayed in affording the House information upon the subject of this petition, but still he had indulged in exceeding warm and unusual language, and he therefore trusted the Speaker would interpose his authority to prevent the occurrence of unpleasant events.—(llear, hear.) Sir G. GREY . would be sorry, because it would be ridiculous if this debate led to a personal conflict between the two Hon. Members, but really he had heard nothing to lead him to that conclusion, except it was that the lion. Member for Cirencester had spoken with a good deal of warmth.—)Hear.) Mr. R. PALMER distinctly heard the Hon. Mem ber for Nottingham state these that tthese three things for him to explain two of which he should take notice of there, and the other he should leave for another place.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said under these circum stances he should move that the Hon. Member for Nottingham be taken into custody forthwith. The SPEAKER in calling upon the Hon. Member for Cirencester to give him an assurance that he would ththe absolute not resort to ulterior m easures e n Housesth matter, took occasion to point out to necessity of Honourable Members being guarded in the statements they made to the House, particularly so far as related to their accuracy.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CRIPPS would readily give the required as surance, but at the same time he begged to be under stood that he was sincere in what he had stated. After a few words from Lord CASTLEREAGH, Sir DE LACY EVAN'S said that he did not in the least degree feel surprised at the feelings of the Hon. Member, who was a Member of the Committee. But he trusted that the lion. Member would at once get up in his place, and regret that he had used lan guage which had given offence to any . Hon. Member. Mr. CRIPPS said that he certainly deeply re gretted having made use of any language which might be considered unparliarnentary. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested that some restraint should be put upon the Honourable Member for Cirencester, in order to prevent his leaving the House in his present excited state. The motion was then agreed to that Mr. F. O'Conner be requested to attend in his place forthwith. (LEFT PITTING.) Belgian - - THE D IAMONDS AT Tull TmLzune.—Another man with diam on d s an d ot h er j ewe ls about him to the value of 300,000 f. (12,0001) . was arrested on Sunday by the frontier, near M ouscron . He is believed to have been Custom-house offi cers stationed on the French one of the depredators who plundered the Tuileries. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES. The following is a list of the seLtenees passed during the session:— Death—James Parker, for stabbing Eliza Burgess. Transportation. Fourteen Years Harris Bishcp, John William 'Thompson, for the gold dust robbery ; Henry Brown, George Lower, Samuel Mainey, Thomas Snead, George Payne, Henry Baily, James Taylor, and Benjamin Prophet. The last eight formed a portion of the Kennington rioters. Ten Years—Thomas Brill, Henry Stare, Horace Brown, Thomas Schull, Thomas Schenk alias Bernhard ' Maria Hodges, James Dewey , William Brown, Henry Bryant, Edward Foy alias C h and l er , Ann Hendley, Ann Di c kenson, William Poore, William Boxall, and William Barret, another of the Kennington mob. Seven Years—William Smith, George Anderson George Parker, John S mith, Willia m Dixon , Eliza , Phoebe, William Harris, William Ashton, George Jack son, George Lune, Johanna Bradshaw, James Mason, Daniel Eagleton, James Mayhew, Henry Nicks, James Ryan, John Asbury, C. Rawlings, Wm. Johnson, Ellen Ryan, Jehn Whittaker, James Hastings, Edward J. Keitch, David Conway, James Perry, Anthony Finlay, Thomas Howlett, David A. Duffey, Thomas Walker, John Williams, George Smith, Thomas Horsely, Wil liam Males, and Samuel Morgan, the last nine forming another portion of the Kennington gang. Imprisonment for Two Years—John Fletcher, Thomas Ingram, John Lloyd, William Chick, and Alfred Holmes. Eighteen Months—Charles Empey and Andrew Green. Twelve Months—Joseph Prianmer, James Rae, John Davis, H. Clayton, Robert Hall, Robert Brockley, George William Rowley, William Cantrell, Thomas Bailey, Alexander Pickett, John Bartholomew Brookes, William Davis, James Day, William Smith, James Hewett, Thomas Wilson, John Roberts, John Rose, George Treadway, James Badman, Ellen Ormond, George Wil liam Rowley, Benedict James Kriezac, Henry Bates, William Barrett, John Denmore, Robert Archer, and Henry Davis; the last five prisoners being the remainder of the Kennington rioters. Nine Slonths—Benjamin Harris, James Davis, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Christmas, John Still, and John Hall. Six Months—Charles Watson, James Cripps, Richard Thomas, Edward Jones, Nicholas Purday, Richard Melhuish, John Saunders, Thomas Chislett, James Smith, Robert Harley, Eliza Green, Wm. Rogers, Ann Wiggins, Charles Wadham, Thomas Edwards, Sarah Allen, John Ware, John Brown, John Stevens, Henry Smith, George Barber, Wm. Hadaway, Julia Morgan, Josh. Rost, Fred. Jones, Eliza Walker, Elizabeth Brown, Eliza Brown, Win. Day, John Miller, Charles Smith, Wm. Parsons, James May, Alfred Clarke, John Roe, Richard Williams, Matthew Hayley, Joseph Jen kins, Alexander Macdonald„ George Evans, and Ed ward Walter. Two Months—James Meyers, Wm. Thomas Gent, James Smith, Mary Millner, and Elizabeth Tipson. Three Months—James Hager, James Corbett, W. Austin, G. Taylor, G. Button, Mary Welch, Elise James, Frederick Anderson, Chas. Howard, H. Baker, Frederick Baker, Richard Hall, Ellen Macarty, W. Lam bert, and Maria Puize. Two Months—Jas. Rock, Samuel Brewerton, W. Loder, John Gall, and Richard Stratton. One Month—Robert Brown, Rebecca Osborne, Lydia Ironmonger, Ann Murray, and Laurence Bennett. Fourteen Days—Wm. Ross, and whipped, and Philip Salmon. Ten Days—Sarah Ann Fake, and Wm. Smith, and to be whipped. One Week—John Harry, John Holden, Richard Stratton, Michael Miley, E. Purday, and C. J. Warder. Acquittals—W. Clare, D. Macarty, C. M'Andrews, J. Killey, way, Ellen Field, J. Eddington, Fanny Attwood, J. Cauley, Ellen Kerneay, T. Larley, Bessy Spottis wood, Joha Spottiswood, David Thompson, Fanny Marks, Abraham Calt, J. Dobbins, T. Wilkinson, Ellen Farrell, W. Hollis, Thos. Potter, Eliza Reed, Ehza Johnson, Edward Etherington, Jas. May, John Bell, Thos. Harman, F. T. Chick, Daniel Beadle, Henry Deacon, Chas. Richard Oakley, William Thomas, J. Keiteb, Thos. Cottam, Rebecca Hastings, Rich. Webster, Jos. Burden, Win. Brigdoa, J. W. P. Newman, Thos. Mears, A. Gardener, Geo. Sharp, Maria Burton, Wm. Sabine, Tim. Hurley, Jas. Ratcliff. Judgment Respited—Edw. Hancock, John Bull, Geo. !Powell. The Court, at its rising, adjourned until May 22. cause otus; lefsugNle a p il ht er tehnerloeurnriuwaa enhmdrwtwialhtbelaadha:feebssoirinmoßuephmeomdtenaltdefrd:ri POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mrs. Mary Hatildingtox, who gave her address, West bourne-grove, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a pair of gloves, a pair of stockings, and a collar, from theshop of Messrs. Phillips and Co., mercers, Regent-street. An assistant to Messrs. Phillips, named Edwards, said the prisoner came into the shop that day, and made selec tion of some articles, which she wished to be packed in a parcel, and sent to a Mr. Roberts, of Carlton-terrace. Witness suspected the prisoner, and on watching her closely, he saw her take something from the counter, and place it beneath her shawl. As she was about to leave the shop, she was stopped and charged with the offence of stealing. When searched at the station-house the property now produced was found in her possession The prisoner, who was very genteelly dressed, in a very rambling, incoherent way, begged the magistrate to send for her aunt, and she would tell him all about it. She said her husband had gone to the Bank to re ceive some money, at the end of a Chancery suit, and she had contrived to leave home without the knowledge of her family. Mr. IlanDwicx asked the witness Edwards, if the pri soner exhibited the same incoherence when making pur chases?—The witness said, certainly not. The prisoner was as collected and sensible as the most rational of the customers. Pelice-constable Mould, C division, said the prisoner certainly did not exhibit the same eccentricity of man ner wh( n he took her into custody. Mr. Hannwiesc said it would be as well to make in quiry of the prisoner's friends, whether the present irra tional manner and speech were only assumed, or whether the prisoner really laboured under disordered intellects. He should direct the police to make the requisite in quiries before he finally committed the prisoner. The prisoner was then removed, and when in the lock up cell she gave her address, No. 2, Mountford road, Westbourne-road. MARYLERONE. A considerable degree of interest was excited at this ponrt in consequence of its having been the day ap pointed for the re-examination of Mr. Thomas Buxton Baynes, surgeon, Thaxted, Essex, who on Friday last was brought up by Inspector Tedman, of the D division, upon a warrant charging him, the said defendant, on the oath of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, " with having, on the Ist of April instant, at the parish of Paddington, in the county of Middlesex, unlawfully taken an unmarried girl, to wit, Marian Frances Jane Harvey, she being under the age of 16 years, out of the possession of and against the will of him, the said Thomas Harvey, her father." The particulars which previously transpired require uo more than a brief statement by way of allusion to them, inasmuch as the subsequent inquiry (to -day) will put the public in possession of the whole history of the transaction. It may be observed that atter the young lady was missing from her parents' dwelling the Rev. Mr. Harvey repaired to Thaxted, accompanied by some friends and Inspector Tedman, and that after a deter mined struggle she (the young lady) was brought from the defendant's house sad taken up to London, where she was safely lodged in her father's house. The pro secution was instituted under 9th Geo. IV., c. 31. h t c e h d h e e fe e n n d t a e n r e t d i appeared uto on r u i r d s a u y a , n a t to s security t the rec o f g . his r n o f i zT h a b o i n s e -c i de nagwy legal forthcoming , adyis er, m r Welkin, d i h k e i u took u r n his v a s l e , sa Inn.by the side Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the prose cution. Mrs. Harvey and her daughter, who arrived at the court soon after one o'clock, were accommodated with seats in the magistrate's private room, and it was gene rally imagined that the young lady would have been called upon to give evidence. This supposition was the in the anxious expectation of obtaining a sight of her, but their wishes were not realised. The Rev. Thomas Harvey, examined by Mr. CLARK 110N—I was curate of Thaxted, and quitted oz . the 14th o dpm f aeyTs l f e a t d s hns t aedeua m yl,znee o httnt n teebi t h. While there I became acquainted with defendant, who was first introduced to me by the vicar. e Ile was upon terms of intimacy daughter ner w a i g t we h aws us , afis fifteen received tkeenno w)n,e ahospi tality at our table, and he was treated by us in every r o e n sp th ec e t e n t s h a o f f r l i a e s u t d ra . oi M ith y . went y hr t tom d o tenthakmi hael)huyech. house t.etu o wwroptes m hrivedi vl fee. i p wer vvaG a ehiaeht l n soeneese y unnidtarans e h tbtogldlo e ef vaN r umtuamaet Ai No. yagb n hi n. ph, hea h st3rt baehl e eiofdydi defendant. Some time before she was in a delicate state of health, and was under his care. The nature of her complaint was such that he recommended equestrian r e tmQrwai x deyuk e ueee r dste c n.an i his counsel, and he identified it as being the same to which be had alluded. It ran thus : ,ms.lrrews asnawhi edhipt itdsoanti al heeeext g n nfsd t eftdi n-rtereeflosneh, dyrmoddai Oam e lutant k ut ntnp. os i rig to the Justice-room, _ " Faiday. " Dear Sir,—l suppose I shall merit your eternal con demnation. I need not refer to late events. I place all my happiness in the society of Fanny. An uncon. trollable feeling of regard, which neither you nor Mrs. Harvey could have been insensible to, has led me to abuse your hospitality, and break the bonds of friendship and honour, and make me entirely at your mercy. I wish to take all the blame upon snyself ; Fanny has received an earnest and urgent solicitation from me. I cannot tell how this affair has come about, nor can she. I believe, though there is a fearful disparity in our ages, that there exists a mutual regard and affection of the strongest kind. It would ' , Ave been useless to have asked your consent—that question has been dis cussed over and over again. I love Fanny to distrac tion. I will work hard tor her support, her happiness, and comfort. Do not blame me. I will consult all her wants, study her wishes, and treat her with that con sideration and delicacy which is her due. It will be useless to pursue us—such would be an endless labour, and would tend to make public those circumstances which would not be worth the trouble you would have to encounter. Arrangements arc made which will pre vent any possibility of detection. You shall hear from us to-night. If you wish to communicate with us, insert a short advertisement, in French. in the to-morrow morning. Bear in mind lam no adventurer. You have this to consider—you cannot undo what has been done. Fanny is happy; but I feel that I have abused your kindness, and am unworthy your consider ation. I hope for your forgiveness. ~ T. 13, B." 848. P.S. I risk fearful consequences, but it matters not n hat becomes of me; if you separate us, I can but make short work of it, and I would suffer death as soon as diegrace." Mr. Harvey, in continuation, said—l have since suc ceeded in regaining possession of my daughter, whom I found at defendant's house at Thaxted yesterday week, at about three in the morning. She was then in bed. I was resisted by the defendant upon my insisting upon entering into his dwelling, and in a struggle which took place at a back door of his house, a pistol fell from his person. I also found another pistol under my daughter's pillow; both of them turned out to be capped and loaded. (Tbe pistols were here produced by Mr. Tedman; they were small, but of exquisite workmanship.) The Rev. Gentleman, in reply to a further question from Mr. Clarkson, said —Upon my catb, it was not in any way with my sanction or will, that my daughter went away with defendant, and I would rather see her in her grave than she should have done so. By Mr. Wilkin—On the Friday, he might have come to my house at the request of my wife, but I don't know that he did. (A letter written by Mrs. Harvey was brought forward end read ; the purport of it was an invitation to dine with the family on the Friday, the day preceding her daughter's abduction.) I have uo knowledge of my daughter's portrait having been taken by an artist, at the request of defendant; and until 3 es terday I never heard that she had accepted from him either a riding-hat or a ring. Another letter from Mrs. Harvey, and which was ad dressed to the defendant before the family left Thaxted, was read by Mr. Wilkin. The said epistle assured de fendant that she (Mrs. Harvey) and Fanny were much attached to him, and that by the aid of steam he might, in the space of an hour, be with them. Cross-examination by Mr. Wilkin continued.—l have not seen defendant walk in the garden with my daughter, but if I had seen it I should not have objected to it. I never heard the defendant had been stopped by a high wayman some time ago, and that ever since he had car ried pistols about him by way of protection. Mr. Wilkin here produced a number of letters alleged to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Gentleman's daugh ter, and was about to read some of them, when— Mr. 13itoucwroN asked if the young lady was to be called as a witness for the prosecution? Mr. Clarkson.—Certainly not. Mr. BROUGRTON then decided that the letters could not be read. Mr. Clarkson—Now, Mr. Harvey, I ask you this question, upon your solemn oath, did you ever consent in any way whatever to your daughter leaving home with the defendant, or had you the slightest idea that he was courting her?—Mr. Harvey—Certainly not. Mr. Harvey, in answer to Mr. Wilkin, said I recollect Mr. Barnes having asked me to allow him to have Fanny's portrait taken, and I acceded to his wish. The likeness was taken by Mr. Gee. Mr. Clarkson, at this stage of the proceedings, ad dressed Mr. Broughton, to the effect, that after the evi dence which had been adduced, he thought that there would be no hesitation with respect to the defendant being called upon to find good bail for his appearance, to answer the charge at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Wilkin trusted that the Magistrate would not do so, unless he felt that there was a chance of a con viction. Numerous cases were brought forward by Mr. Wilkin, who conducted the defence in a very able manner, and he contended that no proof had been adduced as to any offence having been committed by his client. Letters which had pa s sed between the parties clearly showed that there was a strong feeling of affection existing be tween his client and the Rev. Gentleman's daughter, and that there was not the slightest ground for imagining that she had quitted home otherwise than with her ow❑ free will and consent. Mr. Clarkson argued, pro contra, at some length, and asserted that the defendant had, by his own letter ad dressed to the complainant, fully established his guilt. The Learned Gentleman also produced the certificate of marriage between the parties at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, and it was already shown that the de fendant had sworn that the young lady whom ho had married was above the age of IS, and that the alliance was with the full and entire consent of her parents; thus showing upon the face of the said document that ho had committed the crime of perjury. Mr. BROUGHTON, who aL initio had paid the greatest attention to the case, and a great deal of whose time hadtheen devoted to researches into authorities bearing upon the circumstances connected with the case under inquiry, reviewed the whole of the evidence adduced, upon which he expatiated at some length. The conclu sion which he ultimately came to was, that it was his duty to send defendant for trial on the charge of ab duction. The defendant was they committed, but he was allowed to put in bail to the amount of 1,0001., viz., himself in 6004 and two sureties in 2501. each, for his being forth coming to meet the charge at the sessions. LAMBE,TIL Robert illurdie, the young man who has been in cus tody for some days past on a charge of violating the person of Miss Rebecca Sophia Yarwood, under circum stances of great brutality, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for final examination.; Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the accused, whose friends were said to be respectable. The prosecutrix, a genteel, but delicate looking young woman, who was so affected on seeing the prisoner as to be unable for some time to go on with her evidence, stated that she had been acquainted with the prisoner for about a month previous to the present occurrence, and he paid her attentions with the view of marrying her. On the evening of Friday, the 31st of last month, he called at the house of her parents, Agnes-street, Waterloo-road, and requested her to accompany him for a walk, the evening being very fine. She, with the consent of her mother, went out with him, and they crossed the Westminster bridge, passed the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Alillbank Penitentiary, and Vauxhall bridge, and proceeded so fur in that direction that both lost their way. The prisoner, at her request, went into a public house to inquire their way, and being desired to take the second turning to the left, they proceeded in that direction. They walked for some time, and at length came to a narrow bridge, when the prisoner said he was then quite aware of the neigh bourhood and where be was. They crossed the bridge (Battersea, it is supposed), and on getting over the night became dark. The prisoner took her along some new buildings, and on to a piece of ground which ap peered to be laid out for building, and the place was so dark and lonely that she dropped his arm and refused to proceed any further in that direc tion. The prisoner asked her if she was afraid of him, or if she thought he was some villain going to deceive her? She replied that she did not think he had any intention to harm or deceive her, and he declared that, on the word of a man, he would not. He then asked her if she saw some lights at a distance, and on her answering in the affirmative, he said it was there his men worked, and he had to go there daily. They proceeded a short distance further, when the prisoner, suddenly seizing her in a violent manner, threw her to the ground with great force. On falling she felt a severe blow on the back part of her head, which so stunned her that she became insensible; and on her recovering she struggled as well as she was able to get away from him, but was so weak and exhausted that she fainted, and on her recovering the prisoner was in the act of lifting her from the ground, and searching her pockets for a smelling-bottle. She proceeded with him a short dis tance, when her head became so affected that she was nearly falling into a butcher's chop, and she did not recollect anything that occurred until she got near home, when she felt in a wretched and feeble state. The prisoner then said, " For God's sake walk, if you can ; my arms are so tired that I cannot get them to my head, for, in fact, I have been carrying you for the last hour." He also asked her to have some brandy, and said that though having no money about him, he should make it all right by leaving some artiole for its amount. She declined having any spirits, and on getting to the top of the street where she lived, the prisoner remarked that her bonnet was much bruised, and requested her to take it off and put it into proper shape. He also entreated her to conceal what had hap pened from her mother, and conceal her clothes, so as to prevent suspicion, and, further, requested she would see him on the following evening, but she refused to do so. He then said he should pack up his clothes and start for the country on the following morning if she persisted in her refusal, upon which she promised to see him, but this was solely for the purpose of preventing his going out of town in the morning, havingdetermined in the interim to make her parents acquainted with the manner in which she had been treated. The prisoner parted with her near the doer, and on going into the house she imme diately fainted. From her replies to the question of Mr. Elliott, as to the condition in which she found herself on her being restored to consciousness. as well as to the state in which she found her clothes on returning home, there could be no doubt that the treatment which she had experienced at the hands of the prisoner was of the most brutal de scription. Mr. Humphreys, to the witness—Has the prisoner frequently promised to marry you? Witness—Yes, he has. Mr. Humphreys—Well, if he is willing to keep his promise, which he always has been, are you willing to marry him ? Witness—lf he treated me with the cruelty which he has done, I should be afraid to marry him. The mother of the prosecutrix was the next witness called, and was about to give evidence of what her daughter had told her on her return home, when she was stopped by Mr. Humphreys, and her testimony was con fined to the shocking state in which she found her daughter on her return home, and the dangerous state in which she remained for some days after. Mr. Wagstaff, the surgeon who examined the prose catrix on the morning of the occurrence and afterwards, deposed that when he first saw her she was labouring under a slight concussion of the brain, occasioned by some violent injury on the back of the head, and for two or three days she was in a highly dangerous state. In conclusion, Mr. Wagstaff' said he had no doubt the viola tion of the prosecutrix had been effected, and with con siderable violence. Mr. Humphreys, in reply to the charge, said the pri soner had always intended, and was still willing, to marry the young woman. Mr. ELLIOTT said he feltit his duty to send the pri soner for trial, and the charge against him was of so serious a character that he did not feel justified in accept ing bail for him. The prisoner was fully committed. RESIGNATION OF THE GOWN or BREAD• STREET WARD.-At a Court of Alderman held on Tuesday the Lord Mayor read a letter from Alderman Hughes Hughes, resigning the gown of Bread -street Ward. Tht resignation was, after a high eulogium upon Mr. Hughes Hughes, in which all the members joined, accepted, and a copy of the resolution of the Court, expressive of their great respect for his character, was ordered to be forth with transmitted to him, IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 11.—We are all in a state of anxiety here respectii.g yesterday's proceedings in London. The alarm has, however, somewhat subsided in consequence of the electric telegraph announcing a rise in the funds. It is not unreasonably concluded that if London had been in the hands of the mob, the funds, in place of being in advance of Saturday's quotations, would have been down a trifle or se. In Dublin everything is quiet, as pratelic confidence is beginning to pervade the public mind. MEETING CI THE CORPORATION.—AII adjourned meet ing of the Corporation was held this day, at theAssei?ably House, William-street; the Lord Mayor in the Chair. On his Lordship taking the chair, Mr. Creagh inquired if he had made up his mind relative to the preseetatio n of the address voted some time ago to the French people; to which his Loidship replied that he had submitted the case to counsel for advice, and until he received the opinion he could not give an answer. Mr. Creagh was proceeding to ask further disagreeable questions, when he was called to order, and the matter dropped. SLIGO ELECTION.—The polling commenced yesterday morning, and at half past two Mr. Somers, the late Member, was in a minority of 12. Subsequent accounts state that Mr. Townley has been returned. THE ELECTRIC TELESRAPH.—The Freeman's Journal complains bitterly of the seizure of the electric tele graph by Government. They say they had wade arrangements by which we hoped to have been able to give in this impression, by electric telegraph, at least • resumi of the state of affairs in London up to Mond ay evening. Last night, however, we got an intimat ion that the Government, having seined upon all the elect ric telegraphs, in order to prevent the transmission of all intelligence save such as it might choose to forward, the arrangement we had made could not be carried into effect. «'e confess we cannot look upon this act as other than most foolish. It, however, indicates a feeling of alarm which exceeds even what we were previously pre pared for. Should the Government open the lines in the course of the day, we hope in a second edition to be able to give the intelligence up to Monday evening. DEFALCATION IN THE KERRY SAYINGS BANS.- - "A great sensation was caused in Tralee on Monday last by the arrest of Mr. John Lynch, solicitor, of that tOwn , and for twenty-fire years Secretary to the Savings Bank. A hurried meeting of the trustees was held on Friday. at which the details of the defalcation were set forth by the Rev. Mr. Rowan. Mr. Lynch has admitted the fee? of the case, and its fraud, and offered to make over his property to make good the loss to the public. The frau d was carried on for years, and discovered in consequenc e of the late run on the resources of the Bank. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCIIANOIL—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lana shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Share.% 631 dis.—Hudders field Canal and Railway, 7 1 % dis.—Lancashire and York' shire, Fifths, 1% dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), 3 % dis.—London andNorth-Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarter* 1 3 / 4 c. p.—Nlanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters. No. 1, 2 1 4 dis.--inidland, 94 1 / s —Ditto, Halves, 6 1 ,4 North Staffordshire, 23' s dis.—South-Eastern and Doter , No. 4, Thirds, 718. 3d. c. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber" wick, Extensions, No. 1, % p.—Ditto , N. and 8., O. 2, A. dis.—Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, dis.—York and North Midland, 124. MANCHESTER, APRIL 12. STOCK Excitawor..—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance' shire, -and Cheshire Junction, 6 13-16 dis. —Eastern Countiee. 13 , 4 I—East Lancashire, 17 7-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3%.dis.—London and North-Wester n ( Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 2 1 , 2 c. chaster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln' shire), 8% dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 13.16 dis.—South' Eastern and Dover, No 4, 3 11-16 die. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12. STOCK ExcIIANGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshir e . 2 3 j, 1 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 41i dis —Uitto (B), 635. 9d. die. LEEDS, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following are to-day's prices: East Lancashire, New, 7 3 ,4 dis.—Great Northern, 9 Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 33( ‘ Leeds and Thirsk, 22% dis.—Ditto, New, 20% dis.—Lond oslo Brighton, and South Coast, 271 North British, Third* 395. dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—York, Newcasa* and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 15s. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Aritu. 11. STOCK EXcHANOL—The sales are—Huddersfield en d Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 2 1 ,4 dis.—Lancas ter and Carlisle, Thirds, Et. 11s. 3d.—Newcastle and Carlisle: 102—North British, Thirds, 41s. dis —Y or k, N ewca stle, 11 0 ' Berwick (N. and IL ), New, No. 2. 15s. dis. YORK, APRIL 11. STOCK ExcuaNcitc.—The following were the quotatle to. day—Great Northern, 2/. 19s. 6d.— Lan cas hi r e and Yor''' shire (West Riding Union), 1 4—North British, Thirds, EDINBURGH, Arm, 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 25/. It' —Edinburgh and Northern, New, 828. 6d. dis.—Ditto,N e ,": port, W. Is.— North British, 191. 15s.—Ditto, Quarters, 7.'" 6d.—Ditto, New, 33. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 21s. GLASGOW, Amu. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgo6: 70s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 35s.—Glasgow, KL l93 , ir m : -- 1 " nock, and Ayr, 691.—Ditto, Halve!, No. 1,37 g. 6c1.—„, 1 " .. ",1i ditto, No. 2, 71.—Manchester and Southampton, 58..";., British, Thirds, 21s. 6d.— Ditto, Quarters, 725. New Quarters (scrip), 48.—Scottish Central, 25%. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. ••-- Last eveon l e ll Mendelssohn's grand oratorio of Elijah was perforet • at Exeter Hall, for the third time this season. l l l l i . principal parts were given by Miss Birch, Miss ill . Williams, Miss Duval, Miss Stewart, Mr. Phillips, Lockey, &c., and generally in a most satisfactorot manner, with the exception of some of the pieces .g. lotted to Miss Duval and Miss Stewart, whose quell" cations are not equal to occasions of this kind. Th,• chorus displayed thei r usual energy, and more than thei r usual precision; but their want of proper traiaing le still but too evident in respect to expression, the pi le f passages being on many occasions entirely unobserrst by means of which many of the finest effects of tt!!: composer were destroyed. Previous to the o raten; " GA save the Queen" was struck up by the band en' choir, the solos being given by Miss Birch and Mns erg ; Lockey aud Phillips. The audience, which sis e crowded one, responded with enthusiasm to this 113 1111 . festation of loyalty. Sir R. H. Inglis volunteere d '— leading the cheers. CORONER'S INQUEST ON CAPTAIN SIR CEO/ 4111111 W. KENT, BA RT., OF IST LIFE GUARDS. --YesleFdliff Mr. G. J. Mills held an inquest in the officers' room _ t the Regent's-park B a rrack s , Alb an y- s t ree t, on the h ( 7,1 of Captain Sir Ch ar l es Williams Kent,: Bart., e g i l o twenty-nine, of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, It /. was found dead under the following circumstance: Glednall deposed that he was valet to the dece! s • baronet. Sir Charles had been ailing for some 1 ) 3 0 past, and complained of a pain in his left side. be Saturday morning last, about half past nine o'clock, ho went up to deceased's room, and on inquiring of rill master how he was, he replied, much better. S" r before eleven o' c l oc k C o l one l H a ll, th e colonel '- the regiment, called, and inquired how deceased 'lt s ; and on being informed that he was better, of colonel went t o th e deceased's apartment. The cri es Colonel Hall caus e d hi m t o run to his master's er r i went, and he there fo un d hi s master deluged in and apparently lif e l ess . H e ran f or D r. C am pbell, 1 ;1 au, geon of the regiment, an d on t h at gent l eman s arrlL he pronounced lite to h ave b een ext i nct some t i me . - 11 ' . Campbell deposed that w h en h e was called i n the cti ceased Baronet was q u it e d ea d . He had ma d e e mortess examination of the body, and found the esn 9e - th• death was a rupture of the descending aorta int ° c o assophagus. The jury returned a verdict in accordsn with the medical testimony. CEINESR MANUPACTURES,....Among the erti c r recently imported from th e Chin e s e e m pir e , of a retas r . 11—n it able description, h ave b een th a t o f a vesse l with I cases containing Chinese fang, and one package of brellas of Chinese manufacture. for [ADVERTISEMENT].—The most effectual Cure Gout and Rheumatism is Holloway In 's Ointment *IP " Pills.—A frequent cause of thesis complaints is th e , 4 , fiammatory state of the blood, as they are gener!' l ;.. attended with bad digestion, lassitude, and great debt showing the want of a pr o p e r c i rcu l a ti on o f the fluids, sc r , that impurity of the blood grea tly aggrava t es these Ps l • ful disorders. Holloway's Pills are of so purifying nature that a few dcses taken in ti me i s an e ff e ctual pre; Tentative against the Gout and Rheumatism; but s% one that has an attack of either should use hollow l y e d Ointment also, the powerful properti es o f w hi c h, co nabin with the effect of the Pills, ensure s a cer t a i n cure.-- -6 %, by all druggists and at Professor Holloway's ea t s lishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. In t b. On the 12th inst., at Burton Rectory, near Linco I wife of the Rey. E. It Larken, M.A., of a daughter. On tke 31st ult., Dirs. H. Lyon, of Bury-street, St. N . "' Axe, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Tymaen , Glantorganshire, Mrs. -C r A. Ford, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Park-road, North Brixton, the wif e of William Hamilton, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Cavendish -road', Wandsworth -0e Mrs. M. l'asw, jun., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Bath, the lady of Captain J. Elln dj Ford, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Stanton, th e l a d y o f Archdea ceti Ormerod, of a son. On the 7th inst., at L aure l L o d ge, the lady of gkier Fawkes, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Ri c h mon d- green, Surrey, M r s. Jo h n G. Reynell, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Sussex-place, Regent's -park, the leaf of Isaac Moses, Esq., of a son. ALLICRIEL. On the 6th inst., at St. G eorge ' s, Hanover-square. j°4lolle9C: Hatchett, Esq., of B u lli ng t on, Lincolnshire, toMar , phine, eldest daughter of Felix Whitmore, jun., 1-: ' l4 Fulham. On the 30th of January, at Callao, Samuel Robertfon , °se infant son of Samuel Went, Esq., of Lima. On the 31st ult., at Horselvdown, Mr. John Gaunt. On the let inst., at Cheltenham, John Goodale, Est „ i dil On the 2d i ns t., at S tan di s h R ectory, L ancas hi re , 1"" - Bourne, youngest child of the Rev. W. H. Brandreth. ha rt On the 4th inst., Charlotte, the infant daughter of ft° Braithwaite, Esq., of inst. at e t tf o On the sth he Castle, Ityde, Sir Thomas C°. f d• Sheppard, B art. , o f ' Crakernart., of Crakemareh Hall, Sta ng " - shire, aged 63. . re' On the 6th inst., at Horn House, Herefordshire; £mn 3 .' lict of the late Rev. William Money Kyrie, aged 1:2. .„ .off rOn the 6th inst., ken, widow of the late Mr. John • l " of Hounslow, aged 80. On the 6th inst., at Risley, Derbyshire, G. Rossell, On the 7th inst., at Hartland-terrace, Kentish-town , O. tenant-Celonel William Moore, half-pay 14th Foot, alg ol itl l l On the 7th inst., Helen, eldest daughter of Mr. T. J. of Vassall-road, North Brixton, aged 17. olCr On the Bth inst., in Osnaburgli-street. RegetOilli 90. Margaretta Gyllett, relict of the late Major Gyllett,_lS/'_. trsTO. London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOt lit No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, o f Strand, in the Precinct of Use Savoy, iu the co""" Middlesex, Thursday, April 13, 1848.