The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

MORNING SUN. IREL AND. KING'S COUNTY ASSIZES.---AucusT 2. DUBLIN. ArGIJST 3.—On Saturday Baron Foster en tered the Crown Court at about halt-past three, and the Grand Jury having been sworn, his Lordship addressed them in a few words, and stating that there were thirty six prisoners upon the calendar—two for rape, two for throwing down houses, some for grievous assaults, and the remainder for larcenies, &c., besides these, there were the three persons who were tried at the last assizes for the shooting at Mr. Biddulph, J. P., upon which occasion the Jury disagreed. His Lordship then adjourned the Court until Monday. On this day Baron Foster took his scat in the Crown Court about ten o'clock. The only case tried up to the hour of post, wal one for an assault upon a process server, who went to serve a writ at the suit of Messrs. Lewis and Co., for the amount due for their celebrated " Topographical Dictionary." The prisoners, after a lengthened investigation, were found guilty of a riot and Common assault. RECORD COURT-REGISTRY APPEALS. Chief Justice Bushe took his sQat in the Civil Court at a few minutes after ten o'clock, and called on the re gistry appeals, of which there were fourteen. Two cases were argued, but the Chief Justice postponed his deci sions in both. The men for_ shooting at Mr. Biddulph will be tried to-morrow morning: The Solicitor-General is expected down this evening to prosecute. TILE VACANT CHAIRMANSHIP. Mr. Newel Barron has obtained the chairmanship, ren dered vacant by the death of Mr. Fallon, Assistant Bar rister of the County of Limerick. CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY. The registry for this city recommenced yesterday. The numbers admitted were—Reformers, 12 ; Tories, 8. ItEP}AL ASSOCIATION. The following is a report of the proceedings at the Corn Exchange, after the despatch of my letter yes terday : Mr. O'CONNELL again rose and said—l now wish to give notice, for the next day of meeting, of the basis which I wish to recommend as that on which the Re peelers, both in and out of Parliament, ought to conduct their future operations. We have hitherto supported, to our utmost, a Ministry that have outlawed the Repealers, and I am now going to Parliament to give them that sup port for the last time. In the struggle which will en sue the Tories will obtain a victory over them, and must then come into office ; and from that time my connection with -.the Whigs totally ends on the present basis —(Hear, and cheers.) At the present election- it was mutually understood. I do not know that there was any direct agreement entered into, but, at least, it was understood that the Repealers were not to disturb the return of any of the Whigs to Parliament, and that the Whigs were, in their turn, not to disturb the return of Repealers in possession of any seats in the House of -Commons. I.believe I was the only man who spoke of this as a compact ; but, at all events, the Whigs most honourably supported their part of the arrangement ; and the case of the county of Mayo is one of the strongest. proofs that they behaved with the very best good faith. —(Hear, hear.) I submit that we have done the same. —(Hear, hear.) It may be said that my unseating Mr. Corbally from Meath was an infringement on our side ; but that could - N*l;le the case, as the whole thing was done without my knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more delightful to me than to have such a com pliment paid me ; but, at the same time, I could not but regret that so excellent a man as Mr. Corbally was to be set aside, even for a moment, on my account. —(Hear, hear.) I accordingly looked about me for another constituency, in which the candidate, as was the case with Barry in Cork, would not have any objection to retire, so that I could continue to keep my compact with the Whigstfree in all its operations.—(Hear, hear.) But let be remembered what our support of the Whigs was. We supported them not for any benefit they were doing to our cause, for they were going too slow for us, but to keep out the Tories from office, as in the present state of the bench in Ireland it is most material for the good of the country that the Tories should not get in at - present. The stream of justice, must continue to run sa cred; no mephitic mixture should be allowed to again mingle with the: water which was beginning to arrive at ;a, state of purity; a mixture alike destructive to life and blight ing to property.—(Loud cheers.) No, we struggled to keep in the Whigs, but we have been defeated ; the Tories have gained - the ascendancy in the Government, but that ascendancy cannot continue long.—(Hear, and cheers.) I think it is utterly impossible that they could continue long in power.—(Hear.) It is not in the nature of things that they should ; their own party disaffections cannot allow them to keep altogether; the links that now bind them are a national antipathy against the Irish, and a bigoted hatred towards the religion of Ireland. That chain must soon burst, and the result will be that the Tory faction will be scattered in the winds, the Radi cal Reformers will obtain the helm, and England, Ireland, and Scotland will once again have a chance of _ranking foremost in the history of the civilized world. ..._(Hear, and cheers.) I mean, therefore, to propose, on tLe next day of meeting, the plan which I intend should be the basis of our future proceedings. I intend, by this plan, to point out what species of Minis try it is that we will in future support, and what Ministry we will not support. Lord John Russell came forward lately with an admirable paper ; it was clear, distinct, and manly. I admire that paper as far as it gOes and I admire the principles on which it has been founded, and as far as they extend; but I say that it is too narrow, that it will not do, and that the principles must be extended. Parliament is now too long, and the period of its dura tion must therefor6l49 reduced. The principle on which the representation is arranged must also be altered. It cannot be endured that Harwich is to have an equal num ber of representatives as Cork, with its 750,000 inhabi tants. The franchise must be also extended, so as to afford an adequate representation for the whole people. Above all things the ballot must be introduced.—(Cheers.) The Ministry who shall have my support hereafter must purchase it. They must bribe me.—(Laughter.) My bribe is extended suffrage—my bribe is amended repre sentation—my bribe is the ballot—my bribe is, shorten the duration of Parliament.—(Cheers.) I will support no Ministry that does not promise to support these mea sures.—(Loud cheers.) I do not want to bind a Minis ter down to my particular definition of the extent of the franchise. I am for every man having a vote—l am for household suffrage. I mean by that, that every man who owns a house, or is a lodger in a house, should have V, vote. I do not want that persons having no permanent residence should have liberty to vote, wherever he wished to go, but that any person having a fixed resi dence, whether lie be a householder or lodger, should be entitled to vote.(Hear, and cheers.) When I avowed it as my deliberate opinion that the best of the English constituencies were for the most part swayed with a feeling of implacable hatred towards the people of Ire land—when I averred that the great majority of the English nation were • essentially our enemies, I was taunted by sonic, laughed at by others, and occasionally, but rarely, I was met by arguments. My Lord Char lemont condescended to canvass the question with me, and he referred with pride to the great constituencies of England as falsifying my assertion. " All these," said he, " feel fur our sufferings and compassionate our sorrows—all these send men to Parliament who are the friends of Ireland." And he instanced London then. But let him remember that two of the representatives that sit for London now are our enemies. He instanced Westminster then, but one of the Members for Westmin ster is now against ns. He instanced Leeds then, but in Leeds there is now one Member an open enemy, and the other but a half-and-half friend. He instanced York then, but York; to its eternal dishonour be it spoken, has discarded the most amiable and talented man of all who sit in the British House of Commons, in the person of Lord Morpetli.—(Hear.) Well, then, I now emphatically repeat what I have before uttered again and again, that in English hearts we vainly look for sympathy. England is now more than' ever degraded by that hateful spirit of bigotry and intolerance Which fur aces has debased and dishonoured her national character.---(Hear.) In all ages Eng&nd has been degraded and disgraced by her bigotry. —(klear.) They have got a great doctor among them, to be sure—Doctor Peel.—(Laughter.) I fear the Irish children, when they sce him pass „ in Lond on , w ill b e una nimous enough to cry " Q uack ! " I am not," said he, in his great speech the other day—" I am not going to say anything to you." —(Laughter.) So on he went, and continued, in a long speech, to explain to the people that he didn't intend speaking a word.—(Hear, hear.) The fellow spent half an hour actually in telling them he wouldn't say anything.--(Hear , hear, and loud roar s o f laughter.) `• but lie managed Ah, cunning little Is aac" for all that to slide in something by way of parenthesis ; " change the plipWan," says he, "for he has not the confidence of the "'patient. They found England in health, but they left her-in sickness." Why, the dit on man's demented.—(A laugh.) What was the con in which the Reform Ministryfound England ? In the towns there was disaffection—(Hear, hear) —in the agrarian portion of the kingdom neither life nor pro perty was worth a day's purcha?e, and burnings were car ried on to such excess that the southern counties were in one blaze. Special Commissions were of daily recur rence, and it was deemed expedient to prevent the King frOm proCeeding to London to dine with the Lord Mayor. Yes, surrounded though the Monarch was with his guards —environed on all sides with the staff of' the loyal hearts of all the subjects in his household—Wellington, the great Wellington, almost fainted at the thought that the .King should be rash enough to expose his life by going I into the city of L on d on . I n t h e t h owns th ere was, as have already remarked, combination, tumult, discontent, and distrust—in the fields there was rapine, fire, and sword—and this was the state of being which Doctor Peel called health.—(Laughter.) The quack, he but displayed his own ignorance. Health, indeed ! Such a state of health as Tory misrule will again bring upon the country. He talks of the corruption of the Whigs, forsooth ! Did he ever hear that at the late election the Tories gave two thousand five hundred pounds fur ten votes ? It is well known besides that three other Tory voters were pro vided for by the . conscientious Torymen.—(Laughter.) Peel says the Whigs found England in health ! Can he forget chat-Chartism convulsed the land at the time ? (Hear, hear.) Dees Peel fancy he can make the patient well ? Can he give food to the starving operative, or work to the unempli)Yed artisan ? Is lie aware that in Manchester, Liverpool, Stockport, Leeds, and all the great towns of Eno-land, a degree of wretchedness exists, unparalleled in . the history of the kingdom ?. In Glasgow, too, and in Paisley, things wear quite as sad an aspect. Banks are breaking hourly, and day after day the manufactories are closing. Never was there a time so fraught with distress and poverty, and yet this is the expresi moment when the intellectual and dis cerningg countrymen of Doctor Peel turn out the Minis try who were kindly disposed to them,_ and who w ere willing to a ll ev i ate t h e i r suf fe r i ngs, and in their place they let in those who are proverbially the oppressors of the people.(lrear; hear.) At present there is no symp tom of a reftirined society in En - gland ; but when I go there I s h all again blow the trumpet of Reform.— Cheers.) From their greatest insanity ; f o r I as k , was t h ere present acts they mus t b e labour lug' under th e ever great er insanity •extubited among Statesmen than to. think of going to war with the people of Ireland ? To Sir Robert Peel, I say, quack doctor I thank you, but it is a quack medicine you offer us, and it wont do.—(Hear, and laughter.) I admit the high qualities, in many instances, of the English people ; but there is nothing I admire theta more for than this—when they go to battle, it has ever been the determination amongst them, as it should be (for every man ought to go into battle with the deter mination), to die, but not to yield. Their moat glorious victories, Cressy, Poictiers, and Agincourt, were all gained on that principle. They went to battle not to be conquered—they went to battle to die, if necessary, but never to go back ; and, acting on the same p . rinciple, Ire land on a more recent day helped them to gain Waterloo. No, my friends, the time is come when every man in Ireland, when he goes to bed at night should lay his head on his pillow, not so much to sleep as to ruminate. Nothing would your enemies desire more, in any one way they view it, than a precocious insurrection. No thing would they more anxiously wish for than a prema ture tumult, even though they forced you to do it. Let no man, therefore, be mad enough to indulge them until they actually compel him to it.—(llear.) Le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle. The game is not worth the candle they would burn in playing it.—(Laughter.) If they declared war against Ireland to-morrow, what would be the value of their Three per Cent. Consols ? and how much of the national debt would they get for Bir mingham shillings ? Why, not the value of a copper farthing.—(Laughter.) Let me whisper John Bull, and say a word in his friendly ear. Let me tell him that the steam-boats which they say bring us near England can come in ten days from America.—(Tremendous cheer ing, which lasted for several minutes.) The hideous Times newspaper has had the audacity to talk of the crimes committed in Ireland during the recent election ! I did not hear that a single opponent of burs was as saulted in the slightest manner—l did not hear of a single case having been brought to the police-office. I believe not a single case of any assault or outrage was committed by the people.—(Hear.) To be sure there were scenes of turbulence at Waterford and at Carlow, but who were the atrocious perpetrators of the horrible out rages which took place ? The Orangemen.—(Hear, hear.) The Times says that a man named Dwyer was killed in Carlow, but I never heard of it before, and the statements put forward in the same paper regarding Cork are utterly false.—(Hear.) The Times comes out and ac cuses us of turbulence and crime, and the shedding of human blood ! Oh, yes, blood was shed, but it was shed by Orangemen—the blood of the little innocent children was shed at Waterford, and a woman was shot in Carlow, who fortunately did not die, and the fellow was acquitted because he only shot a woman.—(Hear.) Another mis creant wounded eleven children at Waterford, and yet we bear it while the-rascally Times , ealls us turbulent. In :he county of Cork they have murdered a man, and eight Protestants and four Catholics who were on the Jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder. The father, poor man, was beating in his little boys, that he inisiit keep them away from even witnessing a scene of riot, and for doing that the Orangemen beat him to death.— Exclamations of horror.) A man was murdered in Kerry. How did that happen ! Mr. Herbert had to go to Tralee, a distance of twenty-five miles, and he makes it forty, by adding fifteen as a round to it. He got up a party of people, wite whom he traverses the country to show his strength—he stopped at Mr. M‘Gillicuddy's, who has no voters, thovgh possessing a large estate, and there gets a strong reinforcement. Mr. Herbert heads this party, and is armed, when a scuffle ensues, during which a stone is thrown, and a man unfortunately murdered. This is the cause, and the only cause. Mr. Herbert's man was g Catholic, of course, and was killed under the circumstances which I have related ; and al though I do not say that gentleman intended that any thing saying of the kind should occur, yet I cannot help that if he intended to create riot, the course which he pursued was exactly that which would bring such a scene about.—(Hear, hear.) Instead of going the direct road which would carry his voters to Tralee, lie makes a,tour of fifteen miles through the country, manifestly to show his strength and that of his party to the people through whom he must necessarily pass.—(Hear, hear.) They kne,w that that party were determined to. take away our suffrages and extinguish our franchise ; but I say, let them do so if they dare.—(Loud cheers.) I have de tained this meeting at great length.—(No, no.) Let my voice go through the land ; be cautious of your enemies, whose wish must be that you place yourselves in the wrong ; violate no law, gi re them no advantage over you even by accident ; respect the Queen, that amiable and beloved Monarch ; keep, preserve for her, your allegiance un purchased and unpurchasable. She may, like another Monarch, have to fly among you for protection.— (Cheering.) Oh ! I was about indulgingin the aspira tion that it might be so, and if it were, he mocks me much who talks of my .dvancing age.—(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for several minutes, and was again and again renewed.) lam older, to be sure, than when I commenced this contest, but my heart is still young, and my arm is as powerful and as vigorous as ever it was , and my heart and arm she shall have against every enemy.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL announced that on to-morrow (this day), at three o'clock, he would be in attendance at the Corn Exchange to meet the delegates from the various parish clubs on business of importance, The meeting would not be open to the press.---(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman then announced the amount of repeal rent received during the past week as 276/. 16s. Bd. The meeting then separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aug. 5. MARLING V. KIRBY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal motion occupied the Court the whole morning. VICE -CHANCELLOR' S COURT, Aug. 5. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took unopposed petitions to-day, none of which were of any interest, ex cept to the parties concerned. SHERIFFS COURT, Aug. 5. MARSHALL V. CUMMINS. This was an action to recover the sum of 31. ss. for use and occupation of part of the plaintiff's house, situate in Clifton-street, Finsbury. The defendant took part of the house of the plaintiff at the yearly rent of 131., and the present action was to recover the amount of one quarter in arrear. On the part of the defendant it was stated that the plaintiff had been threatened by his landlord with a dis tress, and the defendant was requested by the wife of the plaintiff to remove his goods in the early part of the quarter, and a removal immediately took place. Witnesses were called, but they failed to prove this, and the Learned Under-Sheriff directed the Jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount claimed. SALISBURY V. WALKER.. This was an action to recover the sum of 151. 3s. 9d. for goods sold and delivered. The defendant pleaded, first, that he was not in debted ; and, secondly, a set off. Mr. Thomas conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Payne appeared for the defence. The plaintiff is a jeweller in Tottenham-court-road, and also a licensed victualler ; and the defendant is a livery-stable keeper, residing in the same place. The present action was brought on account of several articles, - consisting of biandy, wine, and spruce-beer, having been supplied to the defendant by the plaintiff ; and also for the amount of a gold chain and sundry re pairs done to jewellery for the defendant ; one item in the account was for painting and lettering a gate of the defendant's, which it was alleged was performed at the instan ce o f th e plaintiff for the defendant, and for which 9/. los. was charged in the particulars. To prove this item a witness was called, who said he saw a man, who was called "Joe," painting the gate, and that he (Joe) had been working on the premises of the plaintiff. This being the case for the plaintiff, witnesses were called on the part of the defence, to prove the set-off. The principal part of the set-off was for money lent, but as the parties at the time were on very intimate terms, no acknowledgements were taken. There were various sums of 1/. and 21., but the only proof was that on one occasion a witness heard the plaintiff ask the defendant to lend him some money, and he (the witness) saw the defendant put his hand in his pocket and give some thing to the plaintiff. The other amounts of the set. off were for horses and gigs lent on hire by the defendant to the plaintiff. There was an article charged in the particulars of the plaintiff for the mount ing with silver a riding whip. To this the defendant stated that the whip in question was a gift from the plaintiff to the defendant, and a witness was put torward_to prove that the plaintiff had applied to him (th e w i tness) to lend him (the plaintiff) the mould ot . a whip which hoof, to take a patte r n for th e mo un ti ng o f fenda if lt which h e i ntended to make a present of to the de fendant. .ntA bill was also put in from the plaintiff to the in whi c h there was no charge for the whip, although the whip had been delivered some time pre vious Mr. adduced iot THOMAS shuep pp o h r a or v ot i to the bill being deliverd. f n o g tfe a nt d hd d eer r s e ee s dt s - e f(o d er t , he Jury on the evidence The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF calledthen p ps w o : r tz . ;s e s d e s up p n op positionth e evidence, and the Jury found for the plaintiff, damages 11/. ss. 9d. ALLDRADE v. ItEpLoNT. This was an action to recover the sum of 41. is. 6d. being a balance of rent due to the plaintiff. It was attempted in this case to prove that the defen dant was not the tenant, but that a female, with whom he cohibited, but who passed for his wife, had taken the house ; but no proof w as s h own t h at such was the case rected the jury to, and the Learned U nder -Sheriff di find a verdict for the plaintiff, its i n an undefended action. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug . 4 . (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) IN THE MATTER OF SEL DON AND MAN N . The bankrupts formerly carried on business as wine and spirit merchants in Water-lane, Great Tower -street. This'case, which has created considerable interest, ca me on this . day for further investigation, when the bank rupt Mann again surrendered to pass his adjourned final exa mination, which had been postponed from the 21st of July ; Seldon at that time was allowed to pass. At the last meeting it was alleged that the bankrupt Mann withheld various books of great importance, with a view to the concealment of property. He gave an ex planation before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque that he concluded these books were either in the hands of their late traveller, who had been in possession of various do cuments for a considerable time, relating to fhe business, or that, when an execution was placed in the warehouse by the Sheriffs in November last, they had been mislaid or lost. Thomas Gilling, the person in question, restored the missing books to the official assignee, thus exonerating the bankrupt. The liabilities were heavy, but many creditors held securities upon Mann's private estate, and otherwise which would amply repay ; those who did did not hold security caused the bankruptcy. Mr. K EANE urgently pressed forthe passing of his client, and made a powerful appeal in his favour. Mr. Keane also stated that, however imprudent the bankrupt might have been in disposing of a large sum of money which he Ind received for the sale of an estate, relative to which this day he• bad undergone a most strict inves tigation, he was much to be pitied, as the bankrupt had been completely ruined by innumerable law-suits, and various other matters, which had absorbed a much larger amount than Mann had embarked in business ; in fact, his total loss was computed at 3,0001. Mr. Keane was prepared to show, and slibmitted, that no blame whatever could be attributed to Mann, whom he represented. Mr. PoLLocx, who attended for the creditors, still per sisting in his objections, Mr. Commissioner PANE adjourned the case until Tuesday next, by which time he hoped the bankrupt Mann would be, enabled to prOvide a more clear and satisfactory aecouv, and produce vouchers for the dis position of the cash he had received in January last. THE SUN, LONDON, FRlfiA.iir, AUGUST 6, 1841, AUG UST 5. No public business was transacted in Court to-day, there being only six meetings of creditors in the private chambers of Mr. Commissioner Fane and Sir C. Williams ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, August 4. James Clark, a railway labourer, was indicted fora capi tal offence upon Lucy Short. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and he de scribed the case as one of an extraordinary and aggra vated character; and he observed, at the same time, that although the Legislature had seen fit to abolish the capi tal for offences of this description, that altera tion would not come into effect for some weeks, and, in point of fact, the life of the prisoner was at stake in the present inquiry. ' It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix, a very sickly young woman, twenty years of age, was left in charge Of some younger children in her father's cottage at West Hoathly on the 13th July last, and in the middle of the day the prisoner and another man named Robert Tanely, came to the house and asked the prose cutrix to give them some cabbages, but she said she must not do it as her father would scold her if she did. With out any thing more being said, the prisoner Clark seized the poor girl, dragged her with great violence into an adjoining wash-house, and having locked the door, com mitted the offence imputed to him. He then called on the other man Tandy, and he also assaulted the girl. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Robert Tanely, 31, was then indicted, capitally, for his share in the same transaction. The evidence was to the same effect as that adduced in the last case, and the Jury also returned a verdict of Guilty. James Macdonald, 38, was indicted for a similar offence upon Jane Langridge. Mr. Tindall conducted the prosecution. The prosecutrix in this case was eighty-five years of acre, and on the 23d of last April she was lying on her bed, very poorly, and while in that position the prisoner who is a tramp, and gets his living by vending ballads about the country, forced his way into the house and committed the offence. The Jury found him Guilty. Chief Justice TINDAL then ordered the three prisoners to be placed at the bar, and after observing upon the enormity of the offence they had committed, and the ag gravated circumstances connected with them, ordered that judgment of death should be recorded against tl.em, but he said that although their lives would be spared, they would be transported for the remaining period of their existence. , CHESHIRE.—Chester, August 3. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE.) TRIAL OP THE SANDYSES ON A CHARGE OP POISONING THEIR CHILDREN. Robert Sandys; aged 25, Anne Sandys, alias Davan nole, aged 25, who called herself his wife, George Sandys, aged 28, and Honor Sandys his wife, aged 27, were in dicted, the two former with having administered arsenic on the 12th of October last to Mary Anne Sandys, by which they murdeied her ; and the two latter were charged with being accessories to the crime before and after the fact. Both the female prisoners had given birth to children since their imprisonment, and nearly at the same time. The deceased, with whose murder they are accused, was the child of Robert Sandys and Anne Sandys, alias llavannole, and it appeared they haej committed the crime for the diabolical purpose of getting the paltry sum of 3L Bs. 6d. from the Stockport Burial Society, called the " Philanthropic Burial Society." One of the rules of this Society was, that each member should pay a penny per week, and at the end of seventeen weeks subscribers became full members. If a child after that period died, the parents became entitled to the sum of 31. 12s. ; and deoluctinc , Is. 6d. for the collector's fee, and 2s. for liquor, the crear sum of 3/. Bs. 6d. remained for the funeral expenses of the deceased child. The constable, in consequence of something which be had heard, went to the cellar in which the two principals lived, and found the body of the child lying dead on the bed, and removed it to the police-office. Mr. Ray ner, the surgeon of the Stockport Infirmary, on examin ing the body, found that it presented no appearances of violence, and was a healthy-looking child. But on examining the stomach it was found to present appear ances of poison having been administered. Indeed, ar senic was subsequently obtained in all its forms, not only from the tissue of the stomach and bowels, but from the contents of the stomach and bowels also. A paper containing arsenic was found by a man who took the cellar from the prisoners when they left it. It was secreted in a little niche in the window frame. A great deal of evidence was taken to bring the charge home to the prisoners. The trial occupied the whole of Monday and Tuesday. The prisoners did not appear at all al fected by the awful position in which they were placed. They were all respectably dressed for working people, and the two women had their infants in their arms dur ingthe trial. William Hough proved that he had searched the eel. lars where the prisoners resided, without discovering any poison. Mr. H. Coppock, solicitor for the prosecution, then proved the examination taken before the Coroner. Part of these were evidence given by Robert and Ann Sandys on oath, as witnesses, when Bridget Riley was under charge. Mr. IVELsnv objected to this evidence being received. It was clearly not a confession, but testimony given on oath in the character of witnesses against another party, and was therefore clearly . not evidence. The Learned Gentleman argued the point at some length, and cited several cases which bore on the question. After hearing the Attorney-General and Mr. Towns end on the contrary side, and Mr. Welsby's reply, The Learned JUDGE said he would receive the evi dence tendered, but as there were conflicting authorities, he would reserve the point for the consideration of the Judges, if it was necessary. The examination of Anne Sandys was to the effect that her daughter Elizabeth died about three weeks before Mary Ann ; that she vas only six months old, and re ceived no food except the breast ; that during the illness of the child no one gave it anything except herself and Robert Sandys, the father. The examination of Robert Sandys attributed the ill ness of Mary Ann to something she had received at Bridget Riley's. Mr. WELSBY delivered an eloquent address to the Jury, which occupied nearly two hours in the deli very. He forcibly appealed to them whether it was not most probable that the children (Mary Ann and Jane) had taken the poison accidentally at Bridget Riley's and this would be still mor e manifest, after the evidence he should adduce. All the circumstances of the case were consistent with the per fect innocence of the prisoners, for they had made no attempt to conceal the fact of their daughter Elizabeth, during her illness, exhibiting precisely the same symp toms. With regard to the poison found in the cellar six months after the prisoners quitted it, the probability was that it had either been put there from the outside, or it had been there for years. After adverting, at great length, to the facts which appeared most strongly to bear against his clients, the Learned Gentleman concluded by asserting his conviction that it was impossible the pri soners could be guilty of the crime laid to their charge, the supposition was too horrible, and the only motive which could be attributed far too insignificant. Mr. R. Thomas, an assistant to Mr. Sims, druggist, of Stockport, then proved that on two occasions, in August and September last, Catherine, the mother of Bridget Riley, purchased a quarter of a pound of arsenic. He also proved that the paper found in the house of the lat ter was not of the same description as he had wrapped the arsenic in. Catherine Riley was then called, and she deposed to having part of the. arsenic purchased, and which had been used to destroy bugs, left in a pan, or mug, in one of the rooms. When her daughter was in custody, the witness sought for this parcel, but it could not be found. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence with great minuteness in a charge which occupied nearly three hours in the delivery. The Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted all the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE then ordered the verdict of the Jury to be also recorded on the coroner's inquisition, but the Clerk of the Court informed him that it was not in existence, having been accidentally burned at the coroner's residence. The prisoner Robert Sands, immediately on the Jury havin„ delivered their verdict, lifted up his hands and engaged audibly in prayer. The appearance of this prisoner was the most dejected ; and since the trial commenced his health appeared to have suffered very considerably. There are two other indictments against the prisoners, and the Attorney-General asked until to-morrow morn ing to consider the course he would pursue. WESTERN CIRCUIT—Exeter, August 4. THE CONVICT AT EXETER Our readers will no doubt recollect the report of the trial of William Major, at Exeter, last Friday, and which appeared in The Sun of Monday. The old man was sentenced to death, and has been left for execution_ Such a sentence, being now rarely passed, created a con siderable sensation. Biel as may have been the conduct of the convict, in what language of horror can the in famy of the wretched daughter of the man be depicted ; so , fiendish an act can hardly be conceived ; a woman first endeavouring to take away the life of her husband, and children, and then by the basest perjury swearing away the existence of her own father. To talk of her being human is Out of the question — she must be a perfect demon in human shape. It must be recollected that the father was indicted for adminis tering the poison. The statement I subjoin would go to prove, that though he might have procured the drug, still his was not the hand that gave it. It appears that the convict since his condemnation has frequently been heard to say in his prayers, " Oh, that I should have listened to airy one." This induced some persons to ask him what he meant ; when at length he said, " I did hot expect her (meaning his daugh ter) to come against me. She lived unhappily with her husband because he was always drunk, and spend- ing his money upon drink ; and she said he should either he poisoned or have his brains knocked out, and she then, suggested that some poison be got. , I ac cordingly procured the arsenic, but her's was the .hand that put it in the broth. I took the lid off the pot and put my hand in, but that was only to feel whether or not the water was hot. I did not have anything to do with putting;the poison in the broth." It can be proved that this woman did not breakfast at home that morning, and that she instructed her little girl in the story she was to tell, and promised her a new frock if she told it well. Since the condemnation of the old man, the daughter has been walking about perfectly unmoved, while all the rest of the family have been to the gaol to see him, and I am informed the separation has been most heartrending. Such is the feeling here, that the clergyman-of the parish has gone down to Bodmin to see the Learned Judge upon the matter. OXFORD CIRCUIT- 7 Monmouth, August 3. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Joseph Jones was indicted for stabbing William Snail ham, on the 12th of July last, with intent to maim him. There were other counts in the indictment, charging the intent to be to disable or disfigure the prosecutor, or to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Greaves conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Selfe. It appeared that the prosecutor went out about nine o'clock from his house to a tramroad near Newport, for the purpose, apparently, of picking up bits of coal which fell from the coal-waggons as they passed along. While looking about him, he saw the prisoner, with whom he was previously totally unacquainted, standing on the ground, and waning for him. Upon the prose cutor's approach the prisoner said to him, " You are one of those persons who nearly beat me to death some time ago," and rushing upon him with a knife, which he held open in his hand, he inflicted a wound on the left side of the prosecutor, between the fifth and sixth ribs, which, if it had gone straight as directed, instead of having been turned aside by the bone, would, in the opinion of the surgeon who was. examined, most pro bably have occasioned instant death. As it was, it in flicted a severe wound of about two inches in breadth and an inch and a quarter in depth. As soon as the prisoner had inflicted the stab he put up his knife and ran away as fast as he could. Upon his apprehension the prisoner said that 'he had charged the prosecutor with stealing some coal, and that he had struck him with the bag in which he carried it. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the evidence, and The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. William Lewis was then placed at the bar, where he stood indicted for maliciously stabbing, on the 12th of June last, Daniel Williams, with intent to murder him. There were four other counts in the indictment, varying the intent, as in the former case. Mr. Millman appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Greaves defended the prisoner. _ _ The prosecutor was, with several others, in the tap room of the Queen Victoria beer-shop, in the borough of Newport, when a quarrel arose between two of the company, named Redman and Morgan, in which the pri soner, who was at the time sitting on a settle about eight or ten feet from the prosecutor, interfered, and said he would strike Redman, who is an old man. The prosecutor desired him to sit down, and let the old man alone, and some coarse and irritating language passed between them, which induced both parties to advance towards one an other with apparently hostile intentions. The prisoner bad a knife open in his hand as he stepped forward, and the combatants • closed and fell to the ground, the prose cutor undermost, exclaiming " You have stabbed me ." Upon examination it was found that the prosecutor had received a dangerous wound on . the left side of the stomach, through which about two handfuls of his intes tines had protruded, and the intestines themselves were wounded. Most providentially medical assistance was immediately obtained, and from the skilful treatment adopted the prosecutor recovered, but it was stated that he would never entirely surmount the effects of the. in jury. It should be observed that at the time of the oc currence the prisoner was the worse for liquor. The prisoner received a good character for humanity. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with intent to do the prosecutor some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE ordered Joseph Jones to be placed at the bar, and then addressing both prisoners said—‘.‘ Joseph Jones and William Lewis, you have both been found guilty by, the Jury, and it was impossible upon the evidence that. they should do otherwise, upon a charge of maliciously stabbing your respective prosecu tors, with intent to do. them some grievous bodily harm. I am sorry to say that in the circumstances of both your cases there is something which very much aggravates the character of the offence, of which you have been found guilty. From all that appeared on your trial, you, Joseph Jones, remained on the spot where the prosecu tor came up with you, for the.purpose of avenging your self on him, and you inflicted on him a wound which, but for God's mercy, would have taken away that man's life. You, William Lewis, are also to answer for a similar offence. There is less before the Jury, in your case, of anything like malice or private grudge, but I have read the depositions, and from them it appeals that on two former occasions you have had quarrels with the prosecutor, and that on both these former occasions you threatened the use of the knife, as if the use of the knife were a thing to which your mind familiarly had re course. It is because the use of the knife has become so frequent, that it is absolutely necessary to visit this offence with severe punishment. Now-a-days, the in stant a man finds that he has a little the worst of an en counter, out conies the knife, and he plunges it into the body of his antagonist. I must make a severe example of both of you, in order to prevent other persons having recourse to the same deadly instrument. The sentence of the Court is, that you, and each of you, be transported beyond the seas for the term of 21 years." SURREY SESSIONS. The adjourned Quarter Sassions for the county of Surrey commenced yesteday, at the Court House, New ington, before Mr. Hedger, the Chairman, and a Bench of Magistrates. The calendar contains the names of 63 prisoners for trial. Of these 26 can neither read nor write • 21 can read and write imperfectly ; 8 can only read imper fectly ; and 9 can read and write well. The Grand Jury having been addressed by the Chair man, retired to their own room, and shortly after re turned into Court with various bills. Robert Fisher, aged 19, was convicted of stealing, at Clapham a pair of clogs, the property of Thomas Hart, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. James Crane, 32, and Stephen Tay.or, 31, were in dicted for feloniously stealing, at Chobham, a quantity of turf, the property of Edmund Nicholls. The prisoners pleaded—Not guilty. It appears that the inhabitants of Chobham have a right of cutting turf on Chobham Common, but, accord ing to the custom of the Manor, no, turf can be sold off the Common to any but .an, inhabitant of Chobham parish. Mr. Nicholls, the prosecutor, had, at the begin ning of July, employed one of his workmen, named Collyer, to cut and stack some turf for him on the common. On going the next morning to the Common, Collyer, and another of the servants of Mr. Nicholls, dis covered that during the night several of the turfs had been removed in a waggon, which they tracked for ten miles to the farm-yard of Mr. Willis, at Egham, where they found a waggon unloading turf. Mr. Willis stated that he had bargained with the two prisoners for two loads of turf, for which he was to pay 3s. Gd. a load, and that the prisoners had told him that he must send his own carts for them at night, for it was not exactly al lowable to sell turf off the Common to persons not re siding in the parish. He had' accordingly sent them to arrange with his carter, named Cotter, and the prisoners and Cotter had gone to the Common, and loaded the turf, which was ready cut and cocked in the spot where Col• lyer had cut it. The prisoners and Cotter had returned with the turf to Mr. Willis's. On Collyer claiming the turf, as Mr. Nicholls's property, Mr. Willis immediately offered to pay the regular price, and gave him a so verereign. On his cross-examination, Mr. Willis said that he had always before paid 6s. or Bs. a load for turf, and that it struck him that this was remarkably cheap. He admitted that he had acted hastily in purchasing the turf when the men had told him it was not allowable to sell turf out of the parish. The prisoners received a good character. It was also stated that they had each large families, and were out of work at the time, and in great distress in consequence. The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, commented most se verely on the conduct of Mr. Willis, and intimated that there ought.to hax,e.,hea,,three prisoners at the bar in stead of two. The Jury, having consulted together for a short time, returned the following verdict :—" We find the prisoners guilty, but we are of opinion that they acted as they did from the inducement held out to them by Mr. Willis ; and we think that if justice had been done, Mr. Willis would have been placed alongside the prisoners. We beg to recommend them to the merciful consideration of the Court." They were then sentenced to seven days' imprison ment in solitary confinement. The CRAIRMAN then called up Mr. Willis, and, after having cautioned him as to his future conduct, told him that the Court could not think of allowing him his ex penses. _ _ _ Mr. Willis expressed a desire to say a few words in his justification, and said that he had been influenced by no ill intention in what he had done ; and that when he had discovered that the turfs had been stolen, he had afforded every facility in his power to the prosecution. The CHAIRMAN said he was exceedingly. sorry that a person occupying the respectable situation in life which Mr. Willis did should have given his evidence in such a manner. Mr. Willis, having again disclaimed any intention of robbing either the prozeeutor. or Chobham Parish, with drew. THE WEATHER.---Noox, AUGUST 5. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 60 I Highest 64 Lowest ...... Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN FLEET-STREET. — Yesterday morning, a little after six, Robert Hur ley, a labouring- man, in the employ of Mr. Ward, of Water-lane, Blackfriars, bricklayer, while at work in clearing away the ruins of the house in Fleet-street that fell down some weeks since, was supporting himself on a heavy beam of timber, when its hold in some brick-work gave way, and he was precipitated from a height of between twenty-five and thirty feet, into a heap of brick-rubbish, in ches square, beam, which wa s s i xteen f eet l ong a nd eight square, falling on his head. On being raised up he was found to be insensible, and bleeding profusely from a frightful laceration of th e sca l p , a nd on being conveyed to St. Bartholomew' s H osp i ta l, hi s s k u ll was found to be so extensively fra c t ure d , that but slight hope is enter tained of his surviving. The unfortunate man is 47 years of age, and has a wife, but no family. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Willies a Ho 'ins, landlord of the Hole-in-the-Wall public-house, Fleet-street, appeared before Sir Peter Laurie, who sat for the Lord 11::-.yor, to answer the com plaint of James Scott, a private in the 2d Lancers of the British Auxiliary Legion, under General Evans, in Spain, under the following circumstances :-- Captain Roberts said that he appeared to support the summons, in consequence of reading the following letter : King-street, Long-acre, June 22, 1841: "Sir,—ln compliance with your wishes, and at the same time grateful for your kind consideration, I hereby endeavour to transmit to you a few of the names of those unfortunate individuals who, like myself, have been de frauded by that prince of swindlers, Alexander So merville : £ s. d. James M'Culloch, Bth Scots Robert Johnston do. John Holland, do. ' 10 13 0 Robert Cohen, • do. Samuel Cuddy do. James Gallgaher, do. Edward Fields, do. .,, 317 2 Daniel Grady, Gth Scots James Mullin d 0...,. .. 7 12 . 6 John Mullin, do. Henry M'Every, do. James Stuart, 4th Regiment James Scott, ,2d Lancers £ll2 4 2 "These, Sir, are only a few of the too many instances which I can recollect of duplicity practised by Alexander Somerville on those who were so unfortunate as to be come a prey to his insinuating and artful way of vic timizing. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most humble servant, " ROBERT APCORMICK, late Bth Scott's, 8.A.L." " To Captain Roberts, 8.A.L." Captain Roberts stated that the complainant was a private in the Lancers, of the British Auxiliary Force, who served under General Evans in Spain, and upon the dissolution of that force Scott retired to Belfast, in Ireland, where he worked for some time as a wood turner, until he met with an accident, by which he lost the use of one of his hands. Some time after the acci dent, an advertisement appeared in the London Journals as well as the provincial ones, and also placards signed " Alexander Somerville," stating that he was an agent for the recovery of gratuities and pay due by the Spanish Government to the British Legion, and which *as secured under the Convention of both countries; he undertook not only to recover the amount, but make them an advance. Sir P. LAURIE—Was this the Somerville that made such a noise at the Reform Bill, and figured away in the Scots Greys ? Captain Roberts said that it was, and proceeded to state that every soldier on his discharge, obtained certificates for his gratuities and pay, which being indorsed by the holders, were transferable. Scott, on seeing Somerville's handbills in Belfast, applied to him by letter, to which he received the following answer : " 13th Jan., 1841, 4, Brydges-street, Strand, London. " Sia, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your let ter, and have to say that I can do nothing with your cer tificates until I see them, and have submitted them to the judgment of the Spanish Commissioner who is ap pointed them. The moment he sees them, and says they are good ones, I shall instantly send you money for them. I shall either purchase them at thirteen shillings in the pound, or get you the instalments, keeping two shillings each for my trouble, or I will do anything else you may instruct me, if that is in my power. " Only, as I have been taken in by purchasing and lending money on bad documents received already, I cannot do anything with you until I show your papers to the Commissioner, which, if you send them soon, I shall endeavour to do next week.—l am your's faithfully, "A. SOMERVILLE. "Mr. James Scott, 5, Mitchel-street, Belfast." Sir PETER LAURIE—What was Somerville origi ginally 7 Captain Roberts—He w as or i g i na ll y a ia botrerin a stone quarry, and latterly was an orderly to Colonel Jacks. Subsequently he„ went to Glasgow, and commenced agent for the recovery of the British claims ; and Belfast being so near, he despatched his emissaries out there. Sir PETER LAURIE—What was the price of the certi ficate ? Scott—An offer of 13s. in the pound was made to me. Captain Roberts—The father of Scott, on receiving Somerville's letter, forwarded the certificates unindorsed, and of which they heard nothing until they made appli cation to the Spanish Government, and the following answer was received from Monsieur Castaneda; the Spa nish Commissioner : "163, Albany-street, Regent's-park, April 21, 1841. " James Scott, " In reply to your application respecting your certifi cates, I have to inform you that the one for arrear of pay was presented at the office by Mr. W. Hopkins, of the Hole in the Wall,' Fleet-street, London, who ob tained a final certificate for the same in his own name. The other for gratuity was also presented at this' office by the same person, who received Ist and 2d instalments payable thereon the 14th February last. " MIGL. CASTANEDA." Accordingly an application was made to Mr. Bradburn, a gentleman much employed in the recovery of Spanish claims, and he took Scott to Queen-square police-office, when Scott declared he never indorsed them also a declaration to the same effect was obtained from his father, notwithstanding they were sold in this market to Mr. Hopkins, and they bore the indorsement of Scott. And what was required of Mr. Hopkins was that he should give up the certificates which he holds of Scott's and the endorsement on which is forged. Mr. Hopkins—l bought them in the market at the market price, and they are transferable by indorsement. Sir P. LAURIE—There is no doubt but Somerville forged the indorsement. Pray, Mr. Hopkins, how much did you give for them. Mr. Hopkins—Twelve shillings in the pound. Sir P. LAURIE—To what amount of Scott's did you purchase. Mr. Hopkins—About 171. Sir P. LAURIE—Pray who did you purchase them from ? Mr. Hopkins—Of a Mr. Gilbert. Sir P. LAURIE—Where is Mr. Gilbert? A person of the name of Williams, who represented himself as his clerk, said that he was a livery-stable keeper, and he got them from Mr. Baudry. who keeps the Britannia public-house, Commercial-road, and Baudry got them from Somerville, and Gilbert gave 55 per cent. for them. - Sir P. LAURIE—I suppose Baudry and the other par ties are dealers in them? Williams—Yes, they are, when legally- indorsed. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, Mr. Hopkins, had you not bet ter give them up? Mr. Hopkins—l have not got them. Sir P. LAURIE—Where are they ? Mr. Hopkins— I sold them. Sir P. LAuarr.—When ? Mr. Hopkins—About six weeks after I purchased them. Sir P. LAURIE—When had you notice of the for gery ? Mr. Hopkins—About the 19th of July. Sir P. LAURIE—Did you sell them before you had the notice ? Mr. Hopkins—l did ;it was decidedly wrong to have purchased them without ascertaining the genuineness of the indorsement, but when I purchased them from Mr. Gilbert I had no doubt of every thing being correct. Mr. Williams—Gilbert purchased them from Baudry, and he had them from Somerville. Sir P. LAURIE-Oh, yes, we knew that; but what I want to ascertain is, whether it was likely that Hopkins, Gilbert. and Baudry had any knowledge of the trick played by Somerville ? Capt. Roberts said that he did not believe they had. Sir P. LAURIE—What has become of Somerville ? Capt. Roberts—After finishing his agency operations in Glasgow he published a work called "A Narrative of the British Campaign in Spain," which sold very well, and he subsequently came to London, and published a six penny work in 15 numbers, which he called " A Nar rative of the Wars of Europe," which also sold well, and a part of which appeared in the Dispatch. Sir P. LAURIE—Oh, in the Dispatch ; then he was one of the pillars of the Dispatch? Captain Roberts—Yes, and for which he was tied up •, he subsequently fell out with the Dispatch, and published a letter in the Morning Advertiser, and he had latterly become an advocate for military Clogging.—(Laughter.) Sir P. LAURlE—However, it appears that those par ties did not know of the forgery. Captain Roberts— Certainly. I am sure they were not cognizant of it. Sir P. LAURIE—Why did S omerv ill e coose Glasgow as the field of his operations ? Captain Roberts—Because we inlisted 2,500 men, and upwards of 100 in Belfast. Sir P. LAURIE—HOW many certificates are still out ? • Williams—Upwards of four thousand. Captain Roberts—My object in seeking this public inquiry is to spoil Somerville, which as sure as it is made public it will do. Sir P. LAURIE—It does you infinite credit to come forward in behalf of those poor plundered men. Pray, Mr. Hopkins, to whom did you sell your certificates ? Mr. Hopkins—To Mr. Gilbert. Sir P. LAURIE—To Mr. Gilbert, from whom you bought them ; how came that ? Mr. Hopkins—When I heard there was a likelihood of there being trouble about them. Sir P. LAURIE—How came you to suppose there was to be any trouble about them ? Mr. Hopkins— From a letter I received from Mr. Kirkman Lane, the attorney. Sir P. LAURIE—Did you sell the certificates back to Gilbert before or after you received Mr. Kirkman Lane's letter ? Mr. Hopkins—Oh, before I received the letter. Scott—No you did not ; for two months afterwards I saw my certificates in your hands. Mr. Hopkins—No you did not ; I shoWed you the cer tificate of another Scott. Scott—There was no other Scott in the same re g iment. Mr. Hopkins—The certific a t e I s h owe d you belonged to a man of the same name in another regiment: Sir P. LAURIE-It appears that there has been most extraordinary dealings in these certificates. Captain Roberts—Most shameful. I know where one person holds 9001. of those certificates, composed entirely of the two months' and six months' gratuities, the former 31. and the latter 91., for which a mere trifle was given. And the publicans, :ems, and crimps of Portsmouth obtained hundreds of thew for a pot of beer, or a glass of gin. Sir P. LAURIE—Oh, shocking, shocking ! Captain Roberts—And I know that one physician, at the west end, holds 15,0001. worth, purchased through an agent. Sii• P. LAURIE—WeII, I think as those parties have creditably come forward to meet the charge, and as they are respectable people, they will give to Scott anything they made by the purchase of the certificates. Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Williams having agreed to do so, Sir P. LAURIE inquired what became of Somerville ? Captain Roberts said that it was reported that he was in the Isle of Man, and begged to sav that as the case would no doubt go before thp public, he did not, in the most re mote way, impute anything improper to Messrs. Ilop; kins, Gilbert, and Baudry. iSir T. LAURIE perfectly conc urre d i n th e o b servat i on, and congratulated Capt. Rob er t s on th e v i ctory h e h a d achieved.—The parties then left the office. GUILDHALL. A number of persons were brought before Alderman CowAN, charged with passing base coin, amongst whom the older offenders were severally sentenced to terms of imprisonment, varying from a fortnight to three months. A respectable looking man was brought into the office in custody of police constable 232, charged with assault ing two female children, apparently about the ages of six years and nine. [We were unable to learn the name of the parties, or the result of the investigation, as we were decidedly, al though civilly, denied admittance, on our application to be present at the hearing of the charge.] CORONER'S INQUEST. On Tuesday evening a lengthened investigation was gone into before Mr. Baker, Coroner for the eastern division of the county of Middlesex, and a very respect able Jury, at the Lamb and Flag, liornerton, on view of the body of Mrs. Emma Tudor, aged 39, wife of the Rev. S. Tudor, of Woodham Ferris, near Chelmsford, Essex, who was killed by being thrown out of a chaise on Chadwell-heath, under the following circumstances:— The inquiry excited the greatest interest, in conse quence of two men, one an assistant to a drayman in the employ of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, named Coglan, who had charge of a. dray by which the accident was caused, and a young man named Edward Johnson, son of a farmer, residing at Brentwood,who was driving a waggon with!four horses. at the same time, and which it was supposed was racing with the dray, having undergone an examination before Mr. Pearce, one of the Essex Magistrates, the re sult of which was that Coghill was remanded to Ilford Gaol for further examination, and Johnson admitted to bail by finding sureties to the amount of 2001. to appear as well. ' The first witness examined, Mr. William Green, of 13, Russell-place, Brixton, described himself as a com mercial traveller. He said—On Thursday • afternoon last, about four o'clock, I was passing in my gig along the high Essex road towards London, when I heard a great noise and a violent scream, as from a female, which was followed by a loud crash. I looked towards the spot whence the noise proceeded, and observed a cart, a waggon, and a brewer's dray, all abreast in the roa.l. Suddenly the waggon darted from the others, and passed me at the rate of sixteen miles an hour. The driver was in the vehicle and appeared to have the reins in his head. In consequence of persons calling out to stop it, Coglan Heing among them, I took him up, and having turned my Horse's head round, went in pursuit. I came up with him after he had got about a mile, and then took the name and address. Charles Nixon, of Wilderness -street, Bermondsey, said—l am carman to Messrs. Coleman, soda-water and ginger-beer manufacturers, of Baalzeplion-street, Ber mondsey. On Thursday afternoon last I was returning home from Romford in my master's cart, having my young mistress and my daughter with me, sitting one on each side. I was then on my right side, and driving at the rate of from four to five miles an hour. On crossing Chadwell-heath, I observed three drays standing oppo site a beer-shop, about 100 yards before me. At the moment they all began to move, and when within forty yards of me the man who had charge of the last dray Suddenly turned his horses off into the middle of the road, for the purpose of heading the first one. He did so, and continued in the middle of the road, the horses going at a most furious pace. Observing the danger I Was in, I pulled up close.to the footpath, but had scarcely done so before the ofd wheel of the dray came in contact with the wheel of my cart, which, as well as the shaft, was smashed. The cart was overturned, and myself and the girls thrown out. We remained in a state of insen sibility some time, and on recovering I saw a four wheeled chaise, which had followed close behind from Romford, drawn up by the side of the road and much damaged. By the CORONER—I saw the deceased being carried away on my . recovery. The dray, when it ran against me, was going at the rate of ten to twelve miles an hour. and the concussion was so great, that the barrels of beer, ten in number, were thrown into the road. Sarah Fell, the servant, said that on Thursday she accompanied her master and mistress, with their two children, from Woodham Ferris, on a visit to deceased's Sister at Homerton. They followed behind the ginger beer cart from Romford, and, just before the accident happened, she saw a waggon, and at the same time saw the horses belonging to the dray come in between their chaise and the waggon at full gallop. The deceased was picked up in a state of insensibility, and carried into the house of a police-sergeant, where she was attended to by a surgeon, and whence she was removed in a post-chaise, to the residence of her sister at Homerton. She was much bruised about the head and body, and, although every attention was paid to her, she died on Saturday. Coglan denied his being the last dray, as stated by Nixon, and that his dray, had been first all the wad• from London. He was in the same line as the waggon, and was following it ; but, wishing to get before it, tried to do so, when the waggoner turned his horses' heads to wards the middle of the road, and drove his dray into the chaiSe. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death ;" but at the same time wished the Coroner to severely censure Coglan's conduct, which he did, telling him he had had a very narrow escape from being committed for manslaughter. The rightful driver of the dray, it was stated, is now an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital, having had his right-arm smashed by the accident. The inquiry lasted above six hours. MESMERISM. We have written recently so much upon this subject, that we might be suspected of partiality, or, at least, of wanting that malevolence, which is regarded as an es sential of philosophy by those who think every man a rogue until lie proves the negative, if we indulged our selves in a detailed account of the narrations made to us on Wednesday at the house of Dr. Elliotson, in the presence of a numerous and most intelligent company, of cures al most miraculous, effected by that excellent and injured man, through those mysterious means, which we are at length compelled to recognise by the name of " Animal Mag netism." We, therefore, gladly avail ourselves of the testimony which we find in the following ingenuous and honourable report of the Morning Chronicle " We yesterday availed ourselves of an invitation from Dr. Elliotson, to attend at his private residence the exhi bition of some illustrations of mesmerism. The recent arrival of M. de la Fontaine in this country has drawn to the subject of animal magnetism a very great degree of public attention. From the beginning we have looked upon the matter as hardly a legitimate one for newspaper notice, certainly a very unfit one for newspaper discus sion. Nor is the manner in which we have observed it treated by some of our Contemporaries, at all calculated to alter our opinion. "It was impossible for any one to leave Dr. Elliotson's house yesterday, without feeling that he must be a very thoughtless or a very heartless person who could find, in the subject of that able and benevolent man's investigations, legitimate matter for the indulgence of the ill-timed pleasantry, still less of the unqualified denunciation with which these mesmeric phenomena have been received in certain quarters. We pretend not to discuss the nature of them. We cannot say that we believe all that the Mesmerist says upon the subject; but with as little truth can we say that we disbelieve all. One cannot, for instance, refuse to assent to facts resting upon evidence infinitely stronger than that upon which some more important conclusions are adopted every day of one's life. There yesterday,we saw a subject thrown by the mesmeric influence into a state of perfect insensi bility, and the body in that state following the operator just as a needle would the magnet. We examined the case with the care of an incredulous watcher, and are persuaded, as we are of our own existence, that to produce this effect there was no trick, no delusion. The patient, according to her own account, given with the most un li - pretending candour, had been for a considerable time subject to, or rather the victim of, epileptic fits. By the aid of animal magnetism she has been perfectly restored. Another patient, upon whom the ope ration produced no more marked effect than might have followed the administering of a gentle anodyne, had been relieved from the excruciatiog agonies of tic doloreux. Other patients attended, and each described the cure effected upon themselves. The account of one was cor roborated by his father; of another by her mother. The names and addresses of all were given, and the names of some individuals of the very highest respectability were mentioned as having witnessed some of the cases in the progresi of cure. A number of letters, too, were read and shown .by- Dr. Elliotsoni4rorn persons who had • been cured through the influence of this extraordinary 'agency. In short, a mass of evidence was offered which, to the most incredulous, must have been conclusive, that certain cases of nervous disease—epilepsy particularly— which had for years bid defiance to the ordinary profes sional courses, had yielded, all partially, most of them wholly, to the influence of animal magnetism. This is all we presume to say upon the subject. "As to Dr. lliotsontimself, it were an insult to his reputation to say anything to defend him from the charge of imposture. But we are sure that for the doubts, the discredit, the ridicule with which he has had to con tend, and for the losses, which we doubt not he regards less—for all these he must have found ample compen sation in the undissembled gratitude, the only fee, we understand, he has ever received from the poor creatures whom he had rescued from one of the heaviest of bodily afflictions." • THEATRE ROYAL, DRCRY-LANE.—CON cERTs D'ETE.—This theatre was elegantly and numer ously attended on Wednesday. Among the distinguished parties who occupied the dress circle and private boxes we noticed the following :—the Ladies Fitzpatrick, Lady Grantham, Countess of Paulet, Lady Anstruther, Lady Cockerell, Lady Cress, Lady Woolmore, Lady Plumer ; Lords Burgliersh, Fitzclarence,; Hon. F. Stanhope, Mrs. Biddulph, Mrs. Charles Calvert, &c. EAST LOTHIAN.—Much anxiety has been felt throughout the month, on account of the very unset tled state of the weather, although fortunately the rains have never been to suc hi excess as even to flood the smallest streamlets of the district. Every kind of grain crop has now, however, attaiped sufficient bulk on the ground to yield, if properly . matured, an abundant har vest; but the wheat is still in a precarious condition, as, in addition to the common deficiency resulting from the fly. a good deal of rust is to be seen on the ear in most fields sown before winter; and as such heads are always less or more deficient in quantity, besides the injury to the quality, there can be little doubt of the crop having already suffered to a limited extent; yet, should the at- 1 mosphere speedily set in clear and warm, till the crop is properly matured, there is enough of bulk on the ground, generally, still to yield an average produce.—Sc o t sman , THE _CLYDE ORC HA RDS.—The gooseberries and currants in the different orchards and gardens on the Clyde have been sold this year at 6261. 14s. 6d. The large fruit in the orchards on the Clyde are nearly a total failure this year. MORNII\M, SP N. RIOTS AT ROIVI-F. A horrible tumult, with great loss of life, 'took OA at Rome, on the 20th ult. An execution is an utee,...i thing in that city. Three criminals, of the name.ofßitcozz l if were executed on that day, .being a man and his sister and their nephew. They had got into the house of a rich watchmaker, of the Piazza Colonna, and ha d mur dered his wife and daughter, and then robbed the house. The Gazette des Tribunal= gives the following account of the execution " Au itmitelibe crowd was assembled at eight. o'clock in the morning, but there was no symptom of disturbance during the execution of two of the criminals. When the third, however, was brought upon the scaffold, he uttered the most horrible imprecations against the crowd, and, pointing to it, said to the executioner, ' Oh, if I were but amongst them, how I would punish them. I regret life only on that account.' As if his words had found an echo in thecrowd, no sooner bad his head fallen, than hor rible cries were heard, and thousands, struck with terror, but scarcely knowing why, s o ug ht safety in flight. A set of wretches immediat e ly t o ok a dvantage of the flig ht • and disorder, and f e ll u p on th e f u gitives, tearing the rings out of the ears of th e women , a nd openly snatch ing the watches of th e men . I n v ain did the police attempt to interfere. Th e thi eves a nd their victims w ere involved in a general pele-mete with dragoons and in fantry, and cries of savage ferocit were mingled with those of distress, whil s t the t o lli n g of the church bells drowned the voice of the commanders of the troops, uho were endeavouring to rally their men. The tumult WAS so great, and at one time so alarmine• that at the Ca stle of St. Angelo the guns were loaded,. and the gunners stood with their matches lighted in their hands. The panic spread to both banks of the Tiber, the Piazza de l'opolo, and the Capitol, where persons were running about crying for aid. The crowd increased at every instant, and several d ragoons were so pressed " as to fall from their horses, and be compelled to use their arms in their defence. At length, how ever, the crowd dispersed, and bodies were seen lying in the streets as upon a field of battle. At one • o'clock in the afternoon the number of persons lolled was ascertained to be 12, and 200 wounded, 50 of thee' severely. The wounded were immediately conveye d t ( e i the hospitals. More than 300 persons had been by the police and the troops." The Augsburg Gazette has a letter from Rome of the 22d ult., which states she number of persons killed to be nine, and adds that se" - mai throw themselves from the balustrades of the b rie into the Tiber, and were drowned. This letter ads, that some persons ascribe the commencement of the tu mult to the throwing of stones at the heads of the exe cuted criminals, which were stuck upon pikes ; others say thirt the populace attempted to get possession of the i p a a ri n o ic of m ß ,a o s m e e m s ts a e ) d 's, th p a r t em it ed h it a a s te b d ee d n es p i ; rt bodies, to drag them through the streets. tha l t le th -D ey arres teed create a tumult, in the midst of which robbers w i g" reap a harvest." The same paper adds, "it will not re' • ply to reports that attribute the event to political or die affected motives." • CORN A VERA GE.6 COW.. For AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COW . . , For the Week ended July 30, 1841, ma d e up f rom t h e Itetunla the Inspector, in the different Cities and Towns in ENO r " Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6- , s. ''d 1 Oats c1x7 1c1 e 1 wr 5 Ee e z a: e 5 5. .................. 4 4 : Id a , Barley 231. Ild. 1 Rye AVERAGES OF THE L O ST S33s;, 'gag; Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. BRANS. 7 . 1 - .... „,....: —I --- --...-----... ..., June 25 ll3 5 31 6 21 11 35 9 ' 3rl 1 II Jnly 2 63 11 31 II 22 11 3i 6 39 3. .T A 4 II 9 6i 3 31 9 22 233',3i 3 a $; 16 23 66 3 32 9 22 11 35 5 9 6 • '" 1 20 EB 2 33 11 23 1 35 7 40 3 0 IMPERIAL AGOREGATI AVERAGES OF THY SIX V" " id. Wheat......... 655. 2d. 1 Oats ........ 225. 54.1 Beans ......... 29i. N. Rade/ O. Wheat 2.1 3 . . I DUTIES 8d OatsOW FOREIGN C Ramey lls. tOd. 1 Itye 16s. t im d . . RN ea ip8ea5ne5....7..........1.1+• af d; o: T HE MARKETS-YESTERDAY' COLONIAL MARKET. The private sales were limited both for home use and Wl tation, and the auctions were of little moment, but prices wch" steady for most articles. The imports were to a fair extent' TEA 111A1 7 1.KET. The market was firm, and a fair business was done. C°lll - Congou fetched 2s. 'lid. per lb., at which there wer e not generally sellers. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand existed, and prices kept up ; on the s e 48s. 6d. paid for P.Y. Candle of fi ne qua lit y , an d 48s. 9d• '— delivery in last three months. WHI I'ECHAPEL HAY.LrARKET. The Market was well supplied w i t h Aeadow flay, but Int' derately of Straw and Clover. The trade was good. as last market day. Clover, 31. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, z 6: to 51.; New Hay, 21. lOs. t o 4/. ; S traw, 2/. 2.5. to 21•' a COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. ' Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. 4. to a. s. to r. a. to a. a. to s. "*"......'-- ,,, ar .: 1:1 48 . Boston ~a 39 .'''' s ' 4 0 ilraintt ee 52 60 27 34 9 3 29 33 a., , 9 41 B • igh ton CO (7 28 SO 24 25 36 du w 41 , 49 Chiclie4er 62 64 30 34 24 26 44 4 9 `l 4 ' 46 D unmow cl 60 3 0 30 24 29 34 23 V. .... Grantham 60 ii 3 28 31 22 28 1 40 30 4 0 .... Grimsby 56 64 29 33 lb ' 21 3 0 5 g ?4 Hailsbam 63 68 26 30 22 25 3 7 45 —. •"'" flitchin 5O 63 28 34 22 30 34, 40 36 41 Ipswich 5O 66 29 35 21 26 3 7 44 " 34 LCWi Lyn i s 6O 68 30 34 20 94 34, -- Maidstone 59 68 86 39 26 32 3S 40 '''—„,, 40 Vorwich Pciworth [tom lord ..... 41 Sandwich ' 02 71 30 34 tel 30 33 43 32 ~ I'n et In i d 66 69 •'8 30 24 25 38 40 40 •„,,I Wisbech .., 5B 633 24 :44 t.l) 03 35 37 34 v. Witham 64 7 . 32 36 27 30 ,37 42 113 41 varinouth .66 70 I :-.., 32 L 24 no ;38 40 39 40 Li V ERPOOL CORN SI k ?Mk:T.—Aug. 3 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.... -- lied - Scotch, Welch, and Alanx 0 3 11 0 0 - Irish, White 8 0 9 10 -----• Red s 6 9 9 --. Foreign......:. 9 2 11 3 Orrs, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 431 b 3 0 3 S Irish 4 0 o Foreign ' .•• ••••• 0 0 :5 o BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter......... 34 4 . ) . 4 h Scotch and Irish, pet 60Ibs --- Feeding 4 0 ~c ~ - Foreign nARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter... - Scotch and Irish, pci 6011 a. - Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter - Irish, &t. Foreign Pease, English, per Imperial quarter - Foreign Flom', English, per - Irish AT:tIEAL, English and Irish,per zimin ...... ,„„„ IN ntar4 Coati, per 480th. Rye, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter 43 u ..." ° .00 4 2 2 42 0 411 u t 3 ig 0 PIM 20 33 a 44 0 PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS. M it t e in : factoring Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposit e Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER Sr",; : " and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce. The Pi n t s Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are the wei ght s recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or hail at the same price per ounce : Fiddle Pattern. King's Patton. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 210 15 0 12T a bl e Sns 40 at 7 4.. , A 12 Dessert ditto 20 7273 4 12 Dessert dit poo tu26 7 ;13 4 12 Table Forks. 3') 721015 0 12 T a b l e F or ks 49 7 4.. 1 0 12 Dessert ilitto2o 7 2 7 34 12 Dessertditto 20 74- 9 A 0 0 2 GravySpoonslo 2311 0 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 4 ..• g-0 1 SoupLadle...lo 2311 8 1 So u p Ladle. 11 7 , 4 ," • 4 14 1 , ) . 45auce ditto...lo 783 18 9 4 Sauceslitto... 12 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) - 3 5 1 Fish Slice 4lO 0 1 Fish Slice ................. 9 12 Tea Spoons. 10 75316 8 12 Tea Spoons. 14 7 5 1 5 1 Pair Sugar Tongs OIS I) 1 pair sugar T0ng5.....-••• te a N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, ill ustr by drawings, and containing every information relative t o . o t° . purchase of silver or She ffi eld plate, may be had on *PP ' w e non, or will be sent into the country, free efpostar. in ans to a paid letter. er / TABLE CANDLESTICKS, superior to EIN I; for durability, equal in appearance. Table candlesticksrD. inches high, 7s. per pair; 9 inches high, 95.; 10 inches , .6. per pair , ditto, with ri c h s h e ll mount i ngs, 9 i nc h e s high, per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings and c hased ce d p; tre, 4s. each. The particular metal of which thesetdt great variety of other articles are made, 110.11 only be tol d "- silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stree BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., a t M on tpellier L o d ge , B r i g hton, thi h a / of Captain Thomas Martin, R.N., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Blackheath -road, Mrs. W. WiMini° Taylor, of a son. On the 3d inst, at Eltham, Mrs. Gesehen, of a daughter . , On the 31st alt., at the Rectory House, Rimpton, the s of the Rev. Montague Hawtrey, of a son. On the 31st ult., at Vine Lodge, Seven Oaks, the lady • John Rogers, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Blendworth Lodge, Horndean, the li d / of Sir William W. Knighton, Bart., of a son, still born. to On the Ist inst., in Titchfield- terrace, Regent's-Pa rk ' lady of Joals Bates, Esq., of a daughter. Gaol' On the 2d inst., at Stok e i n t e i gn h. a d Rectory, Devon , giana Lukin, the wife of the R ev . E. C. Phillp o tt s , of o f On the 2d inst., the lady of Francis B. Atkinson, r•sq" RamiTsbeck Lodge, near Penrith, Cumberland, of ~ On the 3,1 inst., at New Grove House, Bromley, the sg". Sir George Simpson, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in Oxfurd-terrace, Hyde-park, the wife 'H. John Butt, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at May-place, Kent, th e lady of '• r • Robinson, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Norwood Church, John chin., r_01.4 surgeon, of Park-street, Grosvenor-square; to Annie Boaz only daughter of Benjamin Armstrong, Esq., of Smiths' green, one of the Magistrates for the county of Middlesex. On the 2d inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, M r . Henry Forbr.! 0 of Belgrave-terrace, Eaton-square, t o A nn M a r elde. daughter of James Fortey, Esq., of St an l ey H ouse , C On the 2d inst., at Uffington, Louisa Jane, eldest daugh ter of the Rev. Brownlow Villiers Layard, Rector of the par's:i granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Dr. Layard, Deli! c Bristol, and first cousin to the Earl of Lindsey, to her t r . s . cousin, Henry J. Marg e ry, E sq., Li eutenant i n the B°lll' Engineers. On the 3d inst., at St. Pancras Euston-square, Phallus; Weyman, Esq., o f N ew Y ork, to Emily, secend daughter of Joshua Mayhew, Esq., of Fitzroy-square. On the 3d in s t., at M ary l e b one Church, R i c h ar d Jsbn• °flil son of Richard Peckham, Esq., of Beakeshourne House , Ken t , to Charlott e J u li a, only daughter of the late Charles Henry Bouverie, Esq., of Oxford House, Bucks. I'. On the 3d inst., at new St. Pancras Church, the Rev.,. Bouens, to th e L a d y Julia Lamhart, youngest d aug hter of t h e late Viscount Kilcoursie, and sister of the Earl of Caval • , On the Ist inst., at stoceelperejen, William Field, Es c l• Re On the I s t inst., in Ely-place, Alice, infant daughter of T. Twerth, Esq., aged 11 months. Olt On the I s t ins t., at Ramsgate, John Chapman Ba rber, of Mr. and Mrs. John Barber, of Regent-square, London. On the 6th of February. at Sydney, New South Wales, Coroline Anne, wife of J. E. Bright, Esq. On the 2t-th ult., in Richmond-street, Portobello, Dubin's . o f ~ Malachi Fallon, Esq., assistant barristerfor the coun t " Limerick. • Ir. On the Ist inst., at Coberley Rectory, Gloucestershirsh__,.. • Grisdale, E s q., youn g est and last surviving son of the late lig" B. Grisdale, Rector of Withington, in the same county. , . . On the Ist inst., Thomas Lack, Esq., of Weytnouthstret. , ~ On the 2d inst., at Sydenham-hill, Frances Offly, ft! .17; , , of Thomas Duffrus Ilarcly.2 l /= ..... 00 11- ° 6lfice ' "w :; - N G London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU— i 4, . Nu. 112, Strand, . at- The Sun Office, No.-112, •Ston" the (*tatty of Middlesex, Friday, August 6, Its4l. P ritkn tod ebta sit zit a is LIFi Prof ( C OLT 50 60 -....____. TR.,. ny urrp r , 44 t to / ttlta, '435 e 7, 14e5t Th e A 1,,, t, te of Th, 14tatic, J No t 4 4 , 4 At ii4 *l 44:31 n Sul I 'att h e , ,N/Q 1 1 , 0 N Z: t ''