The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE:—The first Royal Speech, if we recollect right, in the reign of George the Third, contained an ex pression of thanksgiving for restored cheapness and plenty amongst his people. Our present Sovereign (the anniversary of whose accession to the throne recurs to morrow, is the first Monarch, since her Royal grand father, who can wish cheapness and plenty to her people with a good conscience of having done all in her power to procure it for them. There would have been something very like solemn mockery in repeating the language of George the Third in the subsequent reigns, when laws weres passed, or maintained, to substitute dearness and scarcity for cheapness and plenty. Her Majesty is as wise as her grandfather on the most essential point to the well-being and happiness of her subjects ; and, if she reign so long, will, we doubt not, reign no less generally in the hearts of her subjects than George the Third did, in many respects deservedly - , and in no respect more so than in his good feelings for the mass of his subjects, which were shown in his wishes for their general education, as well as their plentiful sustenance. We trust her Majesty's reign will be less chequered. in its measures and fortunes • we are sure at least no sinister bias ie likely to proceed from the Throne. The natural po'sition of a Sovereign is on the side of the people, when less extended and legitimate in terests seek their promotion at its cost. It matters little whether the oppression be feudal or fiscal : the Monarch has aided the people against the one, and may yet against the other. STANDARD.—We request the attention of our readers to the able article on the 'probable result of the coming elections, which we have copied from the Times. It will be seen by that article, that the most sanguine calculation of the Whig Ministers allows a clear majority • of thirty to the Conservative party. The person by whom this calculation has been made (he is not named by the Times) is Mr. Secretary Stanley, the official whipper-in. And we will add (what is, however, incredible), that upon the hypothesis of a Conservative majority of thirty, it is intended by the,Whig-Radical Ministers to attempt still retaining Om by practising upon the Queen. The Conservative majority will be, however, a great deal more than 30—almost certainly more than twice 30. This must be apparent from Mr. Stanley's calculation, which allows 30, even assuming a Whig- Radical gain in Ireland of 9, excluding any chance of loss in Scotland, and relying upon the safety of the four City seats, and the seats for Westminster. Now, instead of a Wltig Radical gain in Ireland of nine, there is no doubt of a Conservative gain of at least nine, in that island ; in Scotland a Conservative gain is equally certain ; and we are pretty well assured of securing the greater part, if not all, of the London and Westminster seats. Sixty we firmly believe to be a low estimate of the Conservative majority . ; and however Ministers and their friends may flatter them selves, and try to deceive the public with words and figures, practically they testify a perfect consciousness that a discomfiture awaits them, as signal as that of the Whigs in 1307, or of the Tories in 1831. This con sciousness is shown in the flight, resembling rather a rout than a retreat, of the host of Whig-Radicals from the counties and boroughs of England and Wales, and in, some degree from counties and boroughs in Scotland and Ireland ; it is not less plainly exhibited in the hurried movement of so many of the Ministers themselves from their vanishing offices in Downing-street to more perma nent stations in the colonies and elsewhere. It is alto gether a sauce qui pent movement. COURIER—One of the evening Treasury organs has a foolish story about the City election, to the following por tentous effect :—" A lIINT FROM THE CITY.—The Tortes, who, before the appearance of Lord John Russell in the field. boasted that they would be able to carry their four candidates for the city of London, are now desirous to effsct a compromise. Their canvassers say that they have no objection to so old a r.Tr?sentative and locally usffal a 2.leraber as Aldermen food, and that they find the feeling. runs so strong in favour of i_ord John Rus sell tka:; it is useless to bppose hi:n ; hot fie , / canvass the Li'3eral electors for their o:her t'-:'o votes, begging for at least a 9:1!:'e ia the rxdre,;entatiorl. Another damper to the hones of th s monopolists is found in the fact, that although Alderman Pirie has allowed his name to be used as a candidate, he has openly de clared that he will take no trouble about the matter, not even so much as to solicit the vote of a single elector." This slip-slop talk would not be worth notice, but for the opportunity it affbrds of stating that the Conservative canvass and certainty of carrying the election for the City could not possibly be more triumphantly satisfactory. So far from the fact is it that any desire for a " com promise " is manifested that, on the contrary, offers of the sort, more or less direct, from the opposite party, have been repeatedly and contemptuously rejected. Al though far from wishing to encourage, by noticing, an immoral practice, or moreover, from considering the fact as decisive in character, we may be excused for mentioning that, although three days ago, the betting was two to one in favour of Lord John Russell (alone) being returned, yet, for the last day or two, as much y,s fifteen to one have been the current marketable quotati'ons that the whole four Conservative candidates wor:id be elected—and no mistake. Absolute Wisdom, we ob serve, is reported to have said it a meeting on Thursday evening, that " they (the Conservatives) knew that they, the Liberals would be undoubtedly successful." Now we do not like the idea of taking advantage of an after dinner speech of this worthy Alderman, for, according to the report stated, he " had just been dining with the Skinner's Company," ,but, if he yet soberly • holds to the same assertion, we will wager him a pocket of hops against all he will get under Jemmy Wood's perhaps by the bye, and therefore tremendous odds— that he and his colleagues sit for London city the last time, and that Lord John will be sent to Coveutry, as Devon before transported him to Stroud. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 19.—At a Congregation holden on Wednesday last, by Royal mandate the following de gree was conferred :-- DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.—CharIes Hughes Terrot, Tri nity College, Bishop of Edinburgh. At the same Congregation the following grace passed the Senate :—To affix the seal to letter addressed by the Public Orator to Viscount Alford, expressing the thanks of the Senate for his Lordship's munificence in presenting too the University a valuable collection of Minerals. The Rev. John Holdsworth, 8.A., late scholar of St. John's College, in this University, has been appointed by the;4ev. W. Cartman, Second Master of Skipton Grammar School. The Rev. T. H. Bund, of Trinity College, in this Uni versity, has been appointed Curate of Stroud, Glouces tershire. The Rev. M. A. Lawton, of Jesus College, in this University, has been presented by John Woodall, Esq., to the vicarage of Salton, Yorkshire. Value 901.—Popu lation, 355. The Rev. G. A. Selwyn, curate of Windsor, of St. John's College, in this University, has received the ap pointment to the lately created Bishopric of New Zea land. It is said that this appointment has been con ferred upon the Rev. Gentleman through the interposi tion of Prince Albert, who some time since was studying the English constitutional law under Mr. Selwyn's fa ther. Mr. Selwyn took his B.A. degree in 1831, in which year he was 21st junior optime. The Rem W. D. Willis, M.A., of Sidney Sussex Col lege, in t his University, Prebendary of Wells, has been presented by the Rev. L. Vernon liarcourt4 to the Rec tory of 'Listed, Sussex. Value, 1871.—Populati on , 174. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln has appointed th e Rev. Franciss Riddell Crowther, 8.A., of Caius College, in this University, Head Master of the New School at Lincoln.. The Inev. E. T. Seale, of Trinity College, in this Uni versity, has been presented to the vicarage of Blackaw ton, Devonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Ilocke-A. Patron, Sir J. H. Scale. Value, 122/. Population, 1,477. The Rev. John Thurlow, of St. John's College, in thii University, has be en presented by the Dean and Chapter of NorwiCh, tc tb vicara,ge of Worstead, in th e county of Norfolk. Value, 251L —Population, 830. In a convocatkm holden at Oxford on Monday last, the Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lon don, D.D., and i he Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Win.. chester, D.D. ba th of Trinity College, In . this L niversiiv_ were admitted cl eunclem of the L nive,sit;,7 of Oxf oT d. 4 ' William New! Land Welsby, Esq., of St. John's Col lege, in this University, has been appointed Recorder of Chester. - TO Tli ! . .E EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ Ir,ea Sir,—l was glad to see in The Sun, n evening, the vex y proper address o f the leindlinig l 1 Bath Chartists, to the sir brethren. I trust it will a b s e d p o r u o b p t e le r s ly s responded to, artd imitated, in other places, it will, if the Cl t artists feel as menand Englishmen. places, have no The Liberal part; r here, and in other object in vi ew than the good o of the com munity at large. loloworer the election may terminate, whether in the return of pe ttriots or selfish monopolists, the with Liheral candidates (here at least) have the peoplethem. The hero of the Dargle may bribe, intimidate. and stupefy hi s - .:followers, but all good men hope his days, as Memb er for Bath, are numbered. The Bathonians have :long ere this seen through the hypo critical and tinfoi ended professions of the Bath Tories. Bath htla not beer'. more prosperous, moral, or devout, since represented by Tories. On the contrary, in con sequenes of the in'ainous means resorted to by that party, in order secure the return of the present Members, the morAls of the poorer classes have become more depraved. poor but honest voter, who resisted Tory corruption, 'has been treated with contumely, and all but ruined ; r. set of miscreants have made it their business to marl: every man who voted conscientiously, and, if a tr2,4lesinan, they have endeavoured to withdraw mstom from his shop ; if a working man, to deprive him of employment. By the way, Mr. Editor, do you not think it would be better, if the Established Clergy would take a more neutral part in these political contests ? Is it wise to set themselves in direct opposition to the wants and wishes of a majority of their fellow -countrymen ? Let them bo assured that by lending themselves as tools to the "Tories, they countenance practices by which the Morals cf the people are more injured in a month than seven yairs sedulous attention to their spiritual functions could Opair. The parochial clergy here are, with one or two exceptions, Tories, ar.d rather good, but weak and slMrt-sighted men—as they encourage those roligio politicn:.firebrands, M'Neile, M‘Ghee, &c. I am, Mr. Editor, yours, &c. A CONSTANT ..READFdI. Bach,aie-m 1841. SHARK CAUGI-IT of the. 3 ', OFF BRIGHTON.-One ' flys lw"" 41 iit tg, I t i` l 34 - 4 ." who - night it ab out 15 railes 4,11-f B righton. it measures upl• a of six feet length. ._:fir •„f .~ REGULATION OF RAILWAYS, MR. LABOUCHERE'S BILL. The Select Committee appointed to consider whether it is desirable for the public safety to vest a discretionary power of issuing regulations for the prevention of ac cidents upon railways in the Board of Trade ; and if so, under what conditions and limitations ; have con sidered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report : The discretionary power which is especially referred to the consideration of your Committee is contained in the 11th clause of the Bill : " And be it enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords of the said Committee to issue, from time to time, such re gulations as they shall deem necessary for the prevention of accidentsupon railways. Provided alway-s that such regula tions shall not prescribe anything of an experimental na ture, nor interfere with the number of trains, nor with the times of starting, nor with the stoppage of trains, nor with the speed of travelling on any railway further than may be necessary for the purpose of preserving an interval of not morn than fifteen minutes between succeeding trains ; provided also, that any such regulation shall be, as nearly as circumstances may render it expedient, the same upon all railways : provided also, that no srch regulation shall be in force after the first issue thereof for a longer period than six mouths, unless at the end of such six months the Lords of the said Committee shall direct its further continuance : provided, also, that no such regulation as aforesaid shall be binding upon any Railway Company, unless the Lords of the said Com mittee shall have given to such Company one calendar month's notice in writing of their intention to issue the , same, in which notice the precise nature of such in tended regulation shall be specifically stated, and if it be intended to apply to particular railways, or in a dif ferent manner to different railways, the reasons for such special applications shall also be stated ' • and any Com pany shall be at liberty to memorialise the Lords of the said Committee against such intended regulation, which memorial shall be filed by the said Lords in their proper office for such purpose, and submitted to Parliament as hereinafter mentioned." The reasons which were alleged as making it desirable that this discretionary power should be given to the Board of Trade are stated by Sir Frederick Smith; who has bee:a appointed to the situation of Inspector-General of Railways. He observes that the question of Govern ment supervision having been settled by the Act of last session for regulating railways, it now only . remains to determine the extent to which that supervision shall be carried. He states that it appears from the returns of acciilcnts made to the Board of Trade, and from the inquieies.in stituted by the Board into their causes, that a consider able member have been occasioned by the want of proper regulations, and might have been 'prevented if a power of issuing regulations had been vested in the Board of Trade. He also considers it important for the public safety that a power should exist somewhere of prevent ing what experience shows to have occasionally hap pened, the disregard of points so essential to the safety of the railway traveller, that there can be no rational 'doubt as to their necessity. It is impossible, however, he says, to define the powers which should be granted to the Board of Trade as to the course they should pursue for the prevention of accidents, until it can be defined what are all the various causes having a tendency to endanger the safety of trayel- lers by railway. In. the present state of railway knowledge, if any po sitive and definitive enactment were made, - es to the par ticular cases in which the Board of Trade should or should not issue precautionary regulations, the effect would be that powers might be given where experience would prove them to be unnecessary, while the authority would probably be fettered where et might be required to have the widest scope. The varions differences in local circumstances existing in the different railways of the kingdom necessarily oc casion a great variety in the system of their management, so as to render many regulations which are highly pro per upon some lines inapplicable to others without occa sioning injury to the peoprietors and inconvenience to the public. The real interests of the Railway Companies, as well as the 'safety of the public, would therefore, Sir F. Smith considers, be best preserved by vesting a discretionary power in officers respons - ;ble not only to the chief of an important branch of *. - ,ne public service, but also to the public and to Parlia men t. - It will be obsereed that in the clause above quoted the discretionary pc,wer is limited in regard to several mat ters which are intimately and unavoidably connected with the publi e safety, such as the number, speed, and and stopping of trains. times of starr i ng These Fimitations have been introduced in order to meet the, views of different Railway Companies, who re presened them to be important for the protection of their interests ; but your Committee believe that the ev;_denee they have collected clearly establishes the inex r.seliency of any such limitations, and they have there fore considered the propriety of giving to the Board of Trade a general, unrestricted, discretionary power in all matters connected with the public safety. With reference to the expediency of vesting such a power in the Board of Trade, widely different opinions have been expressed - by witnesses of great practical ex perience in the management of railways. On the one hand, it has been stated by witnesses ex tensively. connected with railways, that they consider it very desirable for the public safety that there should be some power to regulate a great number of things which cannot be regulated in any other way, but to enforce a greater degree of uniformity of system than now prevails in matters essential for the public safety; and that they view the proposal to vest a discretionary power in the Board of Trade without any apprehension of injury to their interests as railway proprietors. On the other hand, it has been strongly urged that the existence of such a power in a Government department would be in jurious to the railway interest, and might tend to dimi nish rather than increase the safety of railway travelling, by interfering with the responsibility of those entrusted with the management. . It is established by evidence to the satisfaction of your Committee, that the existingpower of supervision vested in the Board of Trade by the Act of last Session, for regulating railways, has worked well hitherto, and pro mises considerable advantages for the future, from the continuance of the amicable spirit and cordial co-opera tion which seems to have happily prevailed on the part 1 of both the Inspector-General and. the Directors and En gineers of railways. This amicable spirit, it has been represented by seve ral witnesses connected with railways, is likely to con tinue uninterrupted so long as the supervision of the Board of Trade is exercised as at present, in the way of suggestion; but if an absolute power of enforcing regu lations under pain of a penalty were given, it might, al though exercised with the greatestjudgment and for bearance, have the unfortunate effect of engendering, on the part of Railway Companies, a desire of concealment and feelings of jealousy which would not otherwise arise. Influenced by these considerations, your Committee recommend that the Board of Trade sbould not at pre sent have the discretionary power contemplated in the eleventh clause of the Bill above quoted, and prefer that the supervision of that department should be exercised in the way of suggestion rather than in that of positive regulation. At the same time they propose that minutes should be made of the various suggestions which may from time to time be offered to Railway Companies; and your Committee make this recommendation with a view to the suggestions themselves and the correspondence arising therefrom being submitted to Parliament when ever they may be called for. Your Committee therefore suggest that, in lieu of the 11th clause, a clause should be substituted requiring that Railway Companies shall enter in the minutes of the proceedings of their boards of management, or in some book to be brought under the notice of the Directors at their periodical meetings, all such suggestions as may be addressed to them by the railway department. Your Committee are of opinion that one great source of danger to the public may arise from a want of har monious proceeding on the part of the managers of con necting railways, in reference to their regulations and arrangements at the junctions ; and your Committee, with a view to remove the difficulties which are likely to exist in this matter, consider it expedient that when ever the directors of connecting lines of railways shall not be able to agree upon arrangements for conducting, with safety and convenience to the public, their joint traffic, it should be lawful for the directors of either of such railways to demand that the arrangements for carry ing into effect the above object, so far as they can be deemed to relate to the safe and convenient transference o th f e passengersother, companies should a n and goods nominating be r:a f ne from rarrebd i t rtaoonearbitrator rc arbitration,o ; n a n n e e d t , i n i n railway eathehe oef v h the to net of the disagreement of the arbitrators so nominated, the railevay depart men t o f t h e Committee of Privy Council, on application in writing by either party, should be au thorised to appoint an umpire, whose decision should be conclusive on such points as may be submitted to him in efore, f u r y t h o e u r r a n c c o e m o m f t i t h t e e s e e a o r b e j , e t c h t e s . i. of opinion that clauses for the objects above stated should be added to the Bill. THE UNHOLY - , Fr o m the doS c o t notsn ian . t exhibith 71 - 7------- LAGU a combination LEAGUE —CORN. LAW FALLACIES. The annals of Parliament C more indecent and unprincipled than arrayed against the people of Britain ; and which is now contest appeals not only to the pockets, but the coming mon sense and the manhood of the whole electoralto the core It is unquestionably the interest of the oT bc.dy, as much as any other class to have ctealcultY.trists which is consumed by all the landholdperssugar, and farmers, and by at least one-half of the P santry ; yet we see their representatives su e' : . p porting the West India monopoly. The ivt. Indians, on the other hand , would find their t ad vantage in getting their bread at as low a price as possible ; and yet we find them declaring in favo ur o f the Corn-laws. The pro blem is easil y solved. Each of the parties has a small interest in common with the con sumers,-but he has, or thinks he has, a much greater one in upholding his own monopoly. They, therefore, submit quietly to pay an extra p rice for each other's produce,, tnat their joint strength may enable them -t o d raw what they believe to be a ten times larger sum from the pockets of the community c.t large. Begging pardon of both parties, we must say that the morality of their coa lition is very like the morality of certain classes of de predators, who, though plying their trade in very distant spheres, make common cause against the.. police and the public. In the same way, the Canadian interest, consisting of some dozens of merchants and shipowners, would be benefited by having their sugar and - their corn as cheap as poSsible. But having; . invested their e, funds in the business of supplying us with bad timber, they see, that if the corn and sugar mono !. , . - -r: ; 7,77 i,- : • •. • (slid f .,- .11()%if. •Ti.:ll, tii , :i•c- r , r • .., !, I , .•• • r:r , rLirL thE; cydi (I' (Vl - r corn alit' L!ettr sugar upon us, that they may be able to plunder us through the article of timber. I We are a • ,satisfied that each of then .three classes, though perhaps partially blinded by self-interest to the bad ef fects of its own monopoly, is well aware of the mischief done by the others, and would be glad to see them abo lished ; but for the sake of a small gain to itself, it wil lingly concurs in imposing an enormous and ruinous burden on the country. It is an unholy league, the parties to which are committing injustice with their eyes open. The annual tax laid on the community may mo derately be estimated as follows : By the Corn-laws £12,000,000 By the Sugar Duties Byte Timber Duties 1,500,000 By the duty on Coffee 600,000 £18,100,000 Of this er.ormous sum one-fourth part perhaps may go into the packets of the monopolists, and the other three fourths are pure loss. But, to the tax, imposed we must add the privations endured, by the tens of thousands who are denied the use of tea, coffee, and sugar, in conse quence of these barbarous laws, and the vast number of others to whom a bellyful of anything better than pota toes is a rarity. We hope the agricUltural labourers will keep in mind, that those who profess to take a deep interest in their welfare, and to be the advocates of their interests, have done their best to deprive them of the use of sugar. They have not yet had the impudence to say that cheap sugar makes low wages, though they assert that cheap corn does. The one is just as true as the other. Earl Fitzwilliam has disposed of the latter fallacy in the most satisfactory manner : " Let us examine the case of the labourer in husbandry. Look at his habits and circumstances. Consider how large a proportion of his slender income is expended in the pur chase of bread and flour—and can any of you arrive at the conclusion that he is benefited by enhancing the price of corn. So far is this from being the case, that pro bably there is hardly a class of labourers more interested in having cheap corn than those who are engaged in husbandry ; because there is none that spends so much comparatively upon the necessaries, and so little on the comforts or luxuries of lik" His Lordship states, as the results of his own re searches, that " the boasted period of agricultural prospe rity, which reach e d it s hi g h est pitch in 1810, was to the labourer a sea son o f di s t ress . " The fallacy arose from the money rate of wages being taken without com paring it with the price of corn. This could only de ceive the most careless inquirer ; but the principle upon which his Lordship makes his calculation is as follows : " The weekly consumption of wheat in a labourer's fa mily, consisting of himself, his wife, and three children, may b 3 stated at about two thirds of a bushel. The amount of their enjoyments will consequently depend, creteris parlous, upOn the excess of the weekly wages above the price of two-thirds of a bushel of wheat. Now, that excess was the greatest in 1814, v 17., 7s, Ild., and the least in 1810, viz., - Is. 2d. It will, however, be safer to draw our con clusions from periods of a moderate length, than from single years. Five years are probably as fair a period as can be chosen, and the year 1810 (as the point of the highest alleged agricultural prosperity) will not improperly be taken as the centre year of one of those periods." His Lordship inserts tables of the wages given in Northamptonshire, and the average prices of wheat for all England, and compares the wages with the price two-thirds of a bushel. We have not room for the . tables, which are long, but the abs•ract stands thus — Price of 2-3ds of Surplus rapresent- Five years a bushel of ing labourer's ending Wages. Wheat. comforts. 1807, ..... 10s. Od. ... ss. I ld. 1812, ..... I Is. 2d. ... Bs. 4d. 1817, ..... 12s. 7d.... 6s. lld 1822, ..... 1 ls. 2d. ... ss. 4d. 1827, ..... 10s. 4d.... ss. Od. It is plain that the labourer's command over the comforts of life, his power to purchase flesh, tea, sugar, clothes, and fuel, is measured by the sur plus which remains, after he has provided his family with bread, the staff of life. His Lord ship's method of calculation is therefore the only fair one • and those who take the labourer's money-wages as the sole criterion of his condition, are guilty of a gross deception. Now, it appears from this abstract, that the bourer was worst off in what is called the period of the high est agricultural prosperity. In the five years ending with 1812, the sum representing his comforts was just half as great as in the five years ending with 1817, and less than half as great as in the five years ending 1822. His situation was therefore incomparably better when wheat was Bs. a bushel than when it was 12s. 6d. ! But, to estimate correctly the labourer's !Command over the comforts, conveniences, or it May be the luxuries of life, we must - take into account the variations in the price of manufactured gOods. The reduction in the price . of every article of dress since 1810 has been prodigious. The inferior class of woollens have fallen one-half in these thirty years. In cottons, which constitute nearly the whole of the clothing of women and children, one shil ling will now gi.) as far as three, perhaps we might say four; in 1810 ; in silks, which enter into the dress even of the humblest class of fe males, in some proportion, two shillings will go as far as five did at the former period ; coarse shoes are one-half cheaper • and household furniture, including iron-ware, has been reduced nearly as much. We may safely say, then, that in the last ten years, when wheat averaged seven shillings a bushel, the labourer, with wages varying from 9s. to 10s., was incomparably better off than in the five years ending 1812, when wheat sold at 12s. 6d. So much for the au dacious assertion that cheap corn is injurious to the la bourer! It would be Unjust to charge these reckless as sertions and fallacies upon the whole agricultural body. Trlany of the great landholders of Britain rise proudly superior to the narrow, selfish preju dices of their brethren. We may name Earl Fitz william, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Radnor, in England • the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and Lord Panmure, in ; Scotland and, with a little inquiry, it would be easy to add many dozens to the list. These Noble men, who understand their own interest quite as well as Lords Ripon and Winchilsea, look at the proposed measure of Ministers without the least dismay. There are not a few farmers, too, whose eyes have been opened to the evil effects of the present Corn-law upon their class. , They know that it has deluded them with false expecta tions, stripped many of them of their whole capital, and that it constantly exposes theni to extreme uncertainty and ruinous fluctuations. As 'these opinions are based on truth, they must continue to gain ground ; and we have little doubt that, were'the measure of Ministers carried, and care taken not to in troduce it too suddenly, its beneficial influence would be universally acknowledged by the farmers in a very few years. • ' First, second, and third Address to the Landowners of England on the Corn-laws. We find in the Courriei:de Lyon the follow ing remarkable instance of the re-appearance of a man believed to have been murdered, and whose death by violence was established by every proof, except the pro duction of the, body. On the 26th October, 1839, Bes son, an inhabitant of Aranc, in the Ain, toot his depar ture from that place with 1,500£ in his pocket for Alsace. Some time afterwerds, Savey, a blacksmith of Belley, was accused of haying murdered and robbed him, and brought to trial before the Court of Assizes for the Ain, at which one man swore positively that he saw Savey two hours after the departure of Besson kill him by cutting his throat with a knife, and afterwards, being assisted by another man, throw the body into a cart and drive to wards a piece of land, held by Niavey, at some distance from the spot. Traces of blood and other strong cir cumstances of corroboration were given in evidence, and amoral conviction of the fact seemed inevitable. However, through the great tact and eloquence of Savey's counsel, he was acquitted. To add to the strangeness of this af fair, other persons have come forward declaring them selves to have been eye-witnesses of the murder, and Savey was again arrested and committed to be tried for the robbery, and other men were involved in this new pro secution as being his accomplices. Every search and in quiry had been made during 18 months for the person of Besson, dead or alive, but without success. At length persons arrived at Aranc from Dijon and declared that they had not many days before seen Besson there in good health and spirits. Two of his relations immedi ately set oft' for Dijon, and Found him. On being told of all that had taken place, he expressed his ignorance of it and his great surprise. He came hack to Aranc, and has given this account of all that occurred to him during his absence. On leaving Aranc, he did not take the direct road to Alsace, but went to Sainte-Agnes, near Lons-le-Saulnier, where having taken too much liquor at a public-house, and shown that he was possessed of money, he was followed by two men, who attacked him, wounded him in the throat, and robbed him of I,loof. His remaining money, being in gold, was concealed in a dif ferent part of his person, and escaped the search of his assailants. The Lyons journal does not state the nature or gravity of the wound, or how he recovered' from it, but goes on to relate that the incident induced him to change his plan, and go to Chalons with the intention of apprenticing himself to a baker, but not finding such a situation there, he went on to Dijon, where he served as an apprentice for thirteen months, and afterwards worked as a journeyman. He has since his return appeared before the Procureur du Roi and examining Magistrate at Belley, but the depositions he has made as to the men in custody have not transpired. What is positive, how ever, is that the man believed to have been assassinated is still alive. CAUTION TO PARENTS —A distressing oc currence took place at Upwell, Norfolk, on Saturday last. It app eare d t h at t h e c hild ren o f William May, labourer, had, in the absence of their mother, without her permis sion, been accustomed to drink water out of a tea-kettle, when cold. ,'practice so dangerous, amongst children, cannot be too carefully guarded against, as the sequel will show. About six o'clock on Saturday evening, May was sitting with his children, in his cottage, reading, the table being set for tea, and the kettle boiling on the grate, when one of them, named Ann, three years of age, unobserved by her father, approached the fire and drank out of the kettle-spout, before he could prevent her. It appeared he snatched her away, but it was too late. The child was immediately carried to its mother, who was at work at a relation's not far off; and medical aid was pro cured, but the poor creature, after suffering the most in tense agonies, expired on Monday morning about six o'clock. An inquest was held on the body - the same day, when the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died in consequence of drinking boiling water from a tea - kettle.—Cambridge Chronicle. Thursday night, between nine and ten o'clock, an interesting youna- female named Ann Carter, aged 19 rtvcr d '' a l'•)1! 1 . which were another female and three young men, in a fit of jealousy. The b o d y h as not yet been found. She was the principal support of' an aged mother, THE SUN, LONDON, MOND Y JUNE 21, 1841 LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, June 19 Doi: v. 'WESTON. This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of two houses in Vine-street, one of them being the Ship public-house. The lessor of the. plaintiff' la this case . sought to re cover posettsion of the premises in question under a ,alp of re-entry, contained in defendant's lease, on the ground of forfeiture ; and the forfeiture was alleged to have been incurred by breach of two covenants in the lease, one a covenant to repair, and the other a covenant to use due diligence in procuring annually a license for the Ship public-house, and not to do or be a party to the doing of any thing which could endanger the procuring of that license. ° lt appeared from the evidence . that the defendant had broken down the party wall between the two houses and caused a door to be placed there, thus opening an internal communication between the two houses ; but that when objection was made by the land lord to that proceeding the dour had been taken away and the wall rebuilt. Further, it appeared that the de fendant had on two several occasions had persons drink ing in his house at illegal hours ; once at half-past ten on Sunday morning, and once at half-past twelve at night ; that on one of these occasions he wai fined 10s.. and on the other 405., and that at the licensing day the Magistrates refused his licence. The JUDGE, in summing up, told the jury that he did not consider the breaking down the wall and putting a door a substantial breach of the covenant to repair, though it might have been of a covenant not to commit waste. He was inclined to think that the keeping open at illegal hours was a substantial breach of the other covenant, but he left the question to them,—Verdict fot the plaintiff _ . 303/. odd. There were many other writs. The Learned Counsel said he would call witnesses to establish that fact, and having done so should then be entitled to a verdict. George Briggs; elerk to the landlords, Messrs. Smith and Son, produced a lease from :Merriman to Radcliffe and others, dated 11th May, 1840, at a rent of 1,250/. per annum, payable in weekly sums of 231. In January, 1841, the rent due was 1.60/.'; a notice was served upon he man in possession ou the 16th of January to that effect. Cross-examined—Was not present when the lease was surrendered by Radcliffe. Thomas Peach, Clerk in the Office of the Sheriff for Surrey, produced various writs; had one of Nicols's, which had not been returned, for 3031., and there was a warrant upon that, dated January 7, 1841. There was another writ at the suit of Emmett; that was returned nulla bona ;it was issued Gth January. There was one of Temple's, dated 19th January; returned 28th January, nulla bona. The amount of these was 3031. Nicols; Emmett, 251. 12s. 4d.; and Temple, 53/. 10s. Jos. Miller valued the goods which had been sold to Osbaldiston. The full and fair value was 699/. That value was much above the " hammer" value. _ _ Cross-examined—Nieols pointed out part of the things; he valued everything that was Radcliffe 's property. Joseph Jobling had been employed by Cox in this mat ter; went into the theatre last summer; while in posses sion there were two warrants came at one time; he pointed out some of the goois to the valuer, but he did not know all of them. Cross-examined—Went to the theatre as a sheriff's officer, and then took a situation under the management ; he had acted in the pantomime. Lord Anixcimt—lie tumbled down once or twice. Examination resumed—Could not say when he re ceived the warrant. Nicols was managing the theatre. Ratcliffe was not on the premises. Cox came to levy, MIA left the warrant with him. J. Edgar—Was well acquainted with the properties of the theatre ; he and the carpenter pointed out the things which were not fixtures to the appraiser. lie did not point out some things which Nicols had said be longed to him. Roe, carpenter of the theatre—The " Wizard of the "Wave" was done with when he jo?ned the theatre. The " Wizard of the Wave" was a showy piece. It con sumed 54/. worth of timber, and IS/. worth of rope. Mr. JFIRVIS replied, Lord ABINGEn summed up. The question was, whe ther, at the time of the delivery of the writ to the She riff, there were - sufficient goods to satisfy it. There Was no evidence to show that - Cox had not g - one in as soon as he had received it. Then, on the 16th of January no tice was served on the Sheriff that there was au arrear of rent amounting to 1631., and there had previously been an execution put into the theatre by for 303/. Was there, then, on the 20th of January, the day on which the plaintiff's writ was sent, more than sufficient goods to satisfy those two sums of 1601. and 3030 If not, the return would be correct.--A verdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Mary Hemman, aged sixty-two, was charged with throwing her husband, Peter Hemman, on the stairs while in a state of intoxication, and thereby causing his death. It appeared, from the evidence of a lodger, that the husband came home to his house in Fell-street while drunk, and endeavoured to get into his bed-room, but the prisoner caught hold of him by the collar and threw him on his back, and after striking him once or twice on the head, she allowed him to rise. In about an hour the de ceased was observed standing at the door of the room, when the prisoner came behind him and pushed him, from the effects of which he fell with his head on the stairs. He lay there a few minutes, and when Mr. Garrard, a sur geon, came . with Inspector Norton, he was found dead. Mr. Garrard stated, that, on examining the body, he found the vertebral bones of the neck were broken, which caused immediate death. Inspector Norton said, that, on telling the prisoner that her husband was dead, she replied, •` Thank God for it ; I did it myself." The prisoner said, in defence, that it was quite acci dental ; that she was trying to restrain him from going to quarrel with some lodgers, when he burst from her,—in so doing, he fell in the manner described. Mr. Garrard, being recalled, stated that the deceased was a very obstinate man, and he had no doubt that the occurrence might have taken place in the manner de scribed. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. Charles Pawls, aged 25, a policeman of the V divi sion, was indicted for burglariously breaking open and entering the premises of Mary Ann Stewart, and steal ing one flitch of bacon, 28Ibs. of sugar, and other arti cles, valued at 21. 125., her property. It appears that Mrs. Stewart, who lives at Clapham, and is a general dealer, left her premises carefully locked up on Satur day, the 12th instant, and on the Monday following she found that the articles in question had been stolen. She never saw the nrisoner before. Sergeant Einerson, V 9, stated that the prisoner was in the same division of police with him. He (the pri soner) was on duty near Mrs. Stewart's house from nine in the evenini , until six in the morning, when he re ported himself at the station-house. From information he received he went to the prisoner's lodgings, where he found a sack containing the bacon, which weighed fifty-six pounds. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen tenced to he transported for fifteen years. Isaac Prior, described in the calendar as a milkman, was-then placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with stealing a brown mare, valued at 71., the pro perty of John Clanricard. The prisoner was found Guilty, and as he had pre viously been convicted, he was sentenced to be trans ported for fifteen years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On• Saturday a German Jew, named Schmelcalden, was charged before Sir Peter Laurie with having stolen jewels to the amount of between 300/. and 400/. The complainant, Mr. Samuels, also a Jew and a foreigner, stated that the prisoner, whom he had em ployed to sell jewels on commission, called upon him one day, and said that he wanted some stones to show to Messrs. Knott and Williams, of Frith-street, Soho, jewellers, who wished to purchase a quantity. After some conversation, in which the complainant impressed upon the prisoner several cautions as to the disposal of the jewels, the complainant gave thirty-five diamonds into the hands of the prisoner, in the firm belief that they were to be forthwith taken to the firm above mentioned. The prisoner, however, never rourned to settle the account. In the afternoon of the following day a boy brought a letter to the complainant, and upon the delivery of it ran away. The letter was from the defendant, and it stated that he had lost the diamonds, an excuse which had all the evidence of falsehood about it. As the complainant was firmly persuaded that the prisoner had misappropri ated the diamonds, an officer was employed to take him into custody. Sir. P. LAURIE asked the complainant in what way the prisoner carried the diamonds about him. The complainant replied that the prisoner, as was usual with persons.selling diamonds on commission, was in the habit of keeping a tin box tied round him, in which he kept the diamonds, and on no account ever parted with it, even at night, but slept with it under his pillow. Messrs. Knott and Williams, to whom the pri soner said he was about to sell the diamonds, upon being questioned on the sulkject, declared that they had given no directions to the prisoner relative to articles of the kind; and their clerk upon hearing the statements as to the loss said to the complainant " You are done, Mr. Samuels." The complainant then went to the prisoner's wife, who told him that she knew nothing of her hus band. but that he had left the tin case to be repaired at a shop. Upon applying at the shop complainant learned th4t the prisoner had left the tin case there, and that he had put the diamonds very carefully in his waistcoat pocket, saying " I should not like to lose them, for they are very valuable." Sir. P. LAURIE—Did he vary in his statement as to the loss ? • Complainant — He said, upon being taken into custody, that he wanted the diamonds for a Mr. Keyser, and he persisted in saying that he had lost them. The prisoner declared to his God that he was a per fectly honest man, and was, frequently entrusted with 4,0001. or 5,000/. worth of precious stones. Sir P. LAURIE—What made you say that Messrs. Knott and Williams were first to he the dealers for the diitintinds i and afterwards mention Mr. Keyser ? The prisoner denied that he had used the names of' Messrs. Knott and Williams. Sir r, LAURIE said that he had no doubt as to the nature dr this case, and supposed that the complainant have his dianionds returned to him. prisond vowed that he had lost the diamonds out of his tide pocket ; but how he could not tell. Bif. instead of writing the letter the clay after to the complainant, ~.4yl you not at once call upon him to communicate to him the foss, thai might make sonae'attempts fur its recovery ? Conipliiiiiant—z4ye l that's the question. Thank you, Sir. I see you know how to pat questions that he never can Answer. . . . The iifistilief riled ely iepeatcd that he had sustained the loss, and that he was the most honest of meri j to which Mr. Keyser could bear evidence. Mr. fieyser stepped forward and assured Sir P. Laurie that the prisoner had never committed an ill action, and that he might be trusted to any amount. Sir P. LAttat—Pray, did the prisoner receive direc tions from you to get these diamonds ? Mr. Keyser— He had sold me some diamonds, and I told him if he could get me others I should be able to s - . 11 them. Sir PETEn LAURIE—The prosecutor swears that the prisoner told him that the dianionds were to be taken to Messrs. Knott and Williams, and the prisoner now says that he got them for you. Which of them do you believe ? - Mr. KeySer—l know the prisoner long to be a man of integrity, and I have no doubt he lost the diamonds. The complainant said that Mr. Keyser himself had lost a box of diamonds of much greater value some time arm One of the statements made by the prisoner was, that Messrs. Knott and Williams required credit for three months and he (complainant) expressed tha t he had no objection at all to give the accommodation, as the firm was so respectable. The prisoner said that it was all a mistake. Sir PETER LAURIE—Very well. if you do not I re store this man's' property to him before Tuesda y next, shall commit you to Ncwgate for the robbery, which you have certainly committed. The prisoner was then remanded. _ BOW S T BEET. The INlaejstrates sat at this office. for the last time, 'm De- , •. l j "" 1" "Thig given. .ii: eetiuns that the house and ofk:e adjoining shall be pulled down, and a more com modious edifice erected on the site of the present court. Iu the mewl time the butintss of the (ace Will be carried NEWMAN V. SAVORY. This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment, to which there was a plea of not guilty. It appeared that the plaintiff was a tollacolldcta at Newgate Market, and the defendant a butcher. On the 23d of last January the defendant went with his cart to Newgate Market and left it standing in a line with the other carts, whilst he went into the market to make pur chases. He left two pigs in the cart, and upon his return the pigs and the cart were gone. Whereupon the de fendant, though remonstrated with, gave the plaintiff into the custody of a policeman, who took him to the station house, and thence before a Magistrate, when he was dis missed. For that injury the plaintiff brought this ac tion, and the jury found a veraict for the plaintiff—da mages 50s. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 19. MORLEY V. GUNDRY. Mr. Thesiger, Mr. IL Evans, and another gentleman appeared. for the plaintiff; and Mr. J. Jervis and Mr. Byles conducted the case for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a sum of money from the defendant for use and occupa tion, meat and other articles, as necessaries furnished and supplied to his wife. The defendant, it will be remembered, has, within the last few months, rendered himself somewhat celebrated by the manner in which he has assaulted some of the police upon the occasion of their going to execute a warrant upon him in his chambers in the Albany, Picca dilly, and by his conduct and demeanour at the police office subsequently. It will be in the recollection of our readers also that at the! last Westminster Sessions this gentleman was convicted of the assault, and ordered to enter into his own recognizances in - the sum of 1,0001., and to find two sureties in 5001. each. Not being pre pared with .the sureties; Mr. Gundry was driven off to the Westminster Bridewell in his own carriap. In the present case it appeared that the defendant had been in the habit of ill treating his wife, whom he had turned out or doors, after she had for some years, pre viously to the alteration in his conduct tolyards her, enjoyed all the comforts which could be commanded by a gentleman of considerable property, the posi tion in which the defendant stood in a pecuniary point of - view. . Mts. Gundry, in February last, had written two letters to her huSband, stating that unless she received an answer to the contrary within two days she should return home. Not receiving any com munication from the defendant on the 13th of February, Mrs. Gundry accordingly went to the house, but not being admitted, she had been compelled to board and lodge at the plaintiff's, and the present demand was the result of that fact., Evidence was produced to show that for the accommodation Mrs. Gundry received at the plaintiff's, boarding in the house, herself and servant, and occupying two -bed-rooms and one sitting-room, the weekly charge of 41. 14s. 6d. was not too much. Mr. JEavis, on the part of the defendant, took several objections to various items in the bill of particulars. Amongst others were charges for moneys paid- by the plaintiff to tradespeople on account of Mrs. Gundry. These items were therefore erased from it. Lord ABINGER said he hoped that each of those par ties would bring actions for the recovery of the sums against the defendant. Mr. Junvis trusted that if such a course were pursued, the defendant would give proper instructions, and hang given them, that he would not then lock himself up from his legal advisers, as he had done in the present instance. —(Laughter,) The Learned Counsel then took an ob jection to a charge for "coach-hire," as not a necessary. Lord ABINGER—I do not know that, after having lived as Mrs. Gundry has been accustomed to do, having the use of two carriages belonging to her husband, she should be compelled to walk. I will not say, under such circumstances, her husband still being a man of property, that she ought to be obliged to walk. Mr. TUESIGER said the fact was, that her husband having got into prison, she had gone to the house to see that the furniture was properly taken care of. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 281. 16s. LEWIS V. KING, ESQ. This was an action against the defendant, a sheriff for the county of Surrey, for a false return to a writ. Mr. J. Jervis, Mr. Hoggins, and Mr. C. Jones, ap peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. W. H. Watson and Mr. Peacock for the defendant. wasa., The plaintiff issued a writ against the late lessee of the Victoria Theatre for a sum of 371., which ultimately was returned by the sheriff endorsed nulla bona. This return the plaintiff contended was not correct, inasmuch as there were many articles of property in the theatre. The ques tion, therefore, to be tried was whether such goods were on the premises, and if so, whether they were available for the purposes of the levy. The following evidence was then given : J. Radcliffe—Was lessee of the Victoria ; Mr. Smith was the landlord ; ceased to be lessee on 9th March this year ; gave it up to Mr. Smith, receiving back 50/., the amount of his deposit as security ; the rent was paid, but not by himself ; knew C. Kerny Nicols, the secre tary to the Westminster Discount and Loan Society, in Buckingham-street,. that person had the management of his theatre for him, from 16th January to the 9th March ; Nicols took the receipts of the theatre during that period. When Nicols took the management he owed that party between 300/. and 4001. ; witness was out of the way at the time. He gave Nicols the lease as a collateral security. Never saw a person of the name of Gibbard ; never employed him as his attorney. Did not make a sale of the lease to Osbaldiston. Knew Job ling, who was his watchman at the theatre. Knew Cox, the officer, from whom Jobling came into the theatre with two executions. After he had paid the executions by instalments he took Jobling into his service, and he made himself useful. Mr. JERVIS—As the leg of an elephant I suppose. —(Laughter.) Witness—Yes, anything. Lord ABINCIER—Ho was an actor of all work then ? (Laughter.) Witness—Yes, my Lord, he made him self generally useful. Cross-examined by Mr. IVATsoN—Jobling was the • " Blue Peter' who had been spoken of. Ile left the theatre on the 16th January. The plaintiff is the son of Mr. Lewis, the sheriff's officer. Maurice Levy had an execution against him. Several executions were paid out of the theatre, but not all of them. John Dale—Was stage-manager of the Victoria Thea tre from September to March last. Of course, in that character he had had the care of the properties. He had acted, in the capacity of acting manager, in De cember, in February, and March, Was sorry to say he knew Nicols too well. That person took the manage ment after the 16th of January. An order was put up in the hall and in other parts of the theatre, by order of Nicols, of which the following is a eopy i-- "Arioyal Victoria Theatre. " Under the entire inanagement of the sole lessee, J. B. Radcfil~e, " Notice.—All weekly bills or aceounts of car enters, property-room. wardrobe, stipdriiihiterariet, bill tlidi verers, bill.stiekerS, firework-makers, or any other de partment of the theatre, and all trademen's bills accruing aue from the 16th inst., to be submitted fdi , nitditing be fore seven o'clock every Friday evening tot' payment on Saturday, or they will be deferred until the follOWing Saturday-. " itAINES, Acting Ilitnitgei% " January 16, 1841. 4 The Wizard of the Wave, or the Ship of the Avenger, was an expensive piece. The properties iuldlat liakso dust more than 1001. The ship try very large, and was still in the house. There was a large chandelier, worth at least 401. There was no wardrobe then. There were " moving waters" of canvas in the theatre, and timber too, a great deal of rope, and many lanterns, which had been bought at Braham's Colosseum. Jobling came in at first as an of f icer, but he afterwards took very kindly as an actor, and acted in a double capacity at the same time—that was, as sheriff's officer and as actor. Jobling was sail there as a supernumerary, for there was now no necessity for writs or executions. J. 'l'. Haines was manager of the Victoria. He joined the theatre 10th January , and had written the " order" by directi on o f Ni co l s. The winter was generally the best part of the year, from September to Easter. Saw Jobling and Cox there, the latter frequent l y . Cross-examined—Ht:Al frequently seen Cox at the theatre. Osbaldiston was lessee of the Victoria Theatre. Took it from Smith and Son. Did not pay Radcliffe any money. The license was in the name of the landlord and Radcliffe. He purchased 601. worth of properties from the sheriff under a bill of sale. Bought other things in the theatre from Nicols. Paid 460/. for the goodwill and goods to Nicols ; that was in addition to what he had bought under the bill of sale. He found the venetian blinds in the saloon. There was a ship there, and " shaking waters," for which he should not like now to giro more than W. or 6/. There was scenery there also. The fittings-np of the boxes were not worth anything to sell. He had had them taken down and thrown away. There was a large chandelier. Had the lease at the pre sent moment. Cross-examined —The as fittings and pipes were ex pensive. ThQy were the property of the landlord. liacLlilie reealled—ne had paid 761. 12s. to the land lord for fixtures. Mr. WATSON then, on the part of the defendant , said ; 1,; . • than all the property w ou ld sa tisfy. There were two of these writs which Were—the one for arrears of rent, amounting to 16a —th e ot h er at . t h e su it of N4 , 01s for on in the station-house immediately opposite, in apart- it ments which have been fitted up for that purpose. The i new. building is expected to be completed in about fou r months. Within the . 1 .25 t five years there has been a I complete change of the Magistrates of the above office. I Sir F. Roe, Mr. Halls, and Mr. Minshull having been succeeded by Mr. H. Hall, Mr. Twyford, and Mr. Jar- I dine. All the old Bow-street -police have been dis charged on pensions. The worktdeti,will commence their labours on Monday. MARYLEBONE. . • John Fleming was charged with havi.N. robbed his employer, Mr. Benjamin Howland , linen-drai'r9 25 9 Ox ford-street, of goods to a large amount. It acneared that in consequence of observations made by the prS' e 7 cutor, he accused the prisoner on Friday night of having robbed him ; the prisoner said he had never even har boured a dishonest thought, and appeared to feel acutely the severity of the imputation. A policeman was how ever called in, and after some hesitation the prisoner drew from his pocket a silk handkerchief and a pair of black silk gloves. Full of expressions of penitence and sorrow at his inadvertent deviation from honesty, the prisoner was locked up. The prosecetor and the consta ble then searched the prisoner's lodgings at Brompton, and there found a quantity of ribbon, a white silk bon net trimmed with elegant lace, prints, gloves, handker chiefs, scarfs, &c., and 36 duplicates for articles of va rious descriptions. The property was produced, and the prosecutor identified the greater portion of it. The prisoner, who is a married man, was then .remanded. He acknowledged that some of the things belonged to Mr. Howland. GREENWICH- POLICE. KITCYTUN ETIQUETTE. —On Saturday . Mr.Quartermain, one of the proprietors of the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich, and also of the York Hotel, Bridge -street, Blaekfriars, appeared before Mr. Groves in answer to a summons for assault. James Bassel stated that he was a waiter, and had occasion to go into the kitchen of the Crown and Sceptre with some fish. The defendant was present, and immediately the complainant entered he knocked his cap off and afterwards struck him on the head: He had given no provocation for the assault. Mr. Grove inquired what the defendant had to say to the charge. Mr. Quartermain admitted that upon the complainant coming into the kitchen with his cap on he knocked it off, and upon complainant replacing it, he knocked it off again, and might have struck him on the head. The defendant added that in such an establish ment as his it was necessary to have the strictest disci pllne, and one of the rules was not to allow any 13erson to come into the kitchen with his head covered. He would not thick of going in himself with his hat on ; and added, that the complainant had been told the day before that such a rule existed. Mr. Grove said, there was a great diiierence between the kitchen of an hotel und a Court of Justice. There was no doubt but that art assault had been committed; but not being of a serious ulture he should only inflict a fine of ls., and the costs, w hte L ,' the defendant paid, and left the Court. F itENC: -1 ASSIZES. 40 a woman named INFANTICIDE.—in August, ' brought before Josephine Leger, living at Brenod , concealed the Assizes of the Ain, on the charge of having the birth of her child, and of having destroyed it. The indictment averred that the said child was born in the month of April, 1840. This crime was attributed to the following eauS2' :—Josephine Leger has been separated from her husband, who lives in another village, for some years past, and resides with her father and mother. In 1839 she had been suspected of having given birth to a child which had disappeared, and her husband had corn plained of his wife's behaviour, and had declared to the curate and mayor of Brenod that he was for nothing in the pregnancy of his wife, and at the same time forbade their registering the birth and baptising the child till he had been informed of its birth. It was supposed that the fear that Leger inspired his wife with, and the neces sity of removing all traces' of a second fault, had induced her to commit, in 1840, the crime laid to her charge. Josephine Leger was no sooner arrested than she ae knowledgedlaving been confined of a child on the 26th of April, 1840, adding that as it was still-born she thought that there was no harm in her burying it. She was then summoned to mention the place where she had interred the child, but, although she mentioned divers places, no remains of the child were found, in spite of the Judicial searches made on the occasion. While in prison, it appears, Josephine Leger informed a fellow-prisoner hat her motive for not discovering the place where she had buried her child proceeded from the fear of certain marks being found on the child's neck. The trial was commenced last August, but certain de tails of importance having transpired, it was judged ex pedient to adjourn the , trCal for a session. A woman of the name of Carrier, belonging to an adjoining village, that of Maeonod; had crime forward and stated that a young lad of eleven years old, called Lascoine, who had been shepherd-boy to the father of Josephine Leger, since her arrest had told her something which seemed to throw a new light on the charge brought against Jose phine Leger. This lad, when examined, deposed that he one day asked Josephine Leger 's little boy, who lived at his grandfather's, why his mother was in prison? And the child answered, " It is for having killed my little brother." He added, " She put him first into a cradle, and then carried him into an upper room, where my grandmother was. They both placed him on a table; and, while grandmother held him, mother plunged a knife into his belly. My little brother squalled Hein, heist.' They then carried him into the stable, and after wards to the -dung-hill. Grandmother told me not to say a word of what I had seen, and that my little bro ther would have beaten me if he had grown bigger. She afterwards gave me some nuts to make me hold my tongue." In consequence of this Mme. Minet, the mother of Josephine Leger, was arrested as an accomplice of her daughter. The trial of the mother and daughter commenced on Monday. Josephine Leger persisted in having been confined of a still-born.child, and that her mother knew nothing of her pregnancy or of her confinement. Mme. Minet affirmedthat she was not at all acquainted with her daughter's pregnancy, and that she caused her to be examined by a medical man as soon as she heard the reports in circulation. She attributed to malevo 7 lence the depositions of the lad Lascoine. Several witnesses deposed that they believed that Josephine Leger was., pregnant in 1837, but that they had never heard what had been done with the child she had had, and that as they entertained a similar idea in 1840 respecting the pregnancy of Josephine Leger, they had intimated their suspicions to the proper authorities, in order that measures might be taken to prevent a crime heir g committed. The judicial authorities of Brenord deposed that they had questioned Josephine on her pregnancy, stating the report in circulation on the subject, and requesting her to submit to medical examination, which she had always strenuously refused. Lascoine related with great simplicity the details he had received from Josephine's child, and his testimony was strengthened by that of M. Carrier, who deposed that on hearing, the above details from Lascoine, she had questioned young Leger, and that he had said, "Yes, if I had been bigger, I would have prevented my little brother's being killed." This closed the evidence against the prisoners. After a talented defence by their Counsel, Madame Minet was acquitted, and Josephine I eger was sentenced to twenty years hard labour and the pillory, mitigating circumstances having been found by the Jury. • . CAUTION TO PERSONS LETTING LODG lNGs.:—Anpther of those specious robberies which have become so numerous of late was perpetrated by two females in the garb of ladies on Thursday last. It ap pears that at about two o'clock in the afternoon of that day the ladies called at the residence of Mrs. Rumpling, of Elm 7 cottage, Kennington-lane, Lambeth, and re quested permission to see the furnished lodgings which she (Mrs. Rumpling) had to let. They were imme diately shown up stairs, and after viewing the apart ments expressed their satisfaction with them, and having stated that they were mother and daughter, desired to be furnished with nen, ink, and paper. Mrs. Rumpling immediately went down stairs for that purpose, leaving them in the • drawing-room. On her return, the elder female hastily wrote what she stated to be her name and address, and withdrew. The parties had not, however, left the house many minutes, when Mrs. Rumpling dis covered that they had taken with them a pair of silver sugar tongs, value 21. Ws. The elder female appears to be about forty, and the younger sixteen years of age. The address which they gave was, of course, a ficti tious one. MURDER AND RETRIBUTION.-.—A soldier of the army in Algiers, named Jugla, having in one of last year's expeditions received a wound which rendered am putation of his left arm unavoidable, was, when re covered, discharged from service with a pension of 360 francs. He returned to Paris, his native city, and was received by a maiden aunt, named Guery, living on the Quai de Bethune, who, though her earnings were not more than enough for her subsistence, gave him board and lodging. Jugla, instead of endeavouring to con tjt,iute towards their joint support, became dissolute, and . L 1 -is hostess repeated cause of complaint by coming L av in e e intim :JAW. On Monday night he was in a worse state than ow, Si used coarse language towards his be .- late, was still working for his nefactiess, who, th(mg... - him maititenitidth She ream - mum.— to to bed, but as he she was provoked to persevered in his U 1004411 condut,. 'runkard. This the , say she would no longer'dolitierse With a a knife, reproach so exasperated jugitt that be dr.,. t stabbed her in. the side , a nd was prepayto repel.. stroke, when she escaped, ran down into the porte, s lodge, and there fainted. A surgeon was called, 17ho dressed her wound, and she is likely to recover. Thc nephew, brought partially to his senses by the struggle. , and the outcry raised against him, and struck with r# , morse, threw himself from the window of the fourth story, and would have come headlong to the pavement, had not his fall been shortened by a balcony on thd first floor, the rails of which he broke, but as he rolled inwards he lay between them and the window. The inhabitants of the apartment were out of town, and had .-not left the key. Jugla, therefore, remained on the.. balcony till a ladder was brought, when he was taken down and carried to the Hotel Dieu, where 'he expired in a fow minutes.— Gulignani's Messenger. ATTEMPT TO MURDER.--A man of the name. of Goodman, employed as a labourer on the Eastern Counties Railway, has this week been apprehended and committed for trial to the county gaol, for violently as saultine• a nd attempting to cut the throat of a g irl of the name a Sarah Jones, at Brentwood, on Monday evening last. Particulars of the azFault having been given at the police station, Superintendent Davis proceeded to the spot, a back lane, where she was fa:n(l lying in a ditch, p7r,rusf2ly f . rodi 11er rno.nh. and conveyed to a place of safety, ankh description of the • man being given, lie was tracedlb his lodgings, where he was apprehended,—Cheintsford Chronicle. EVE NG EDITIO.N. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 19.-1 he Electra, 16, Cominander Maiiiivaring, came into harbour yes terda y , having, beers inspected by the Commander-in-S Sir,ef,i E dward Codrington. She is order ed to be paid off al standing; for re-commissioning. Sh e has at prese nt a capital crew. The Seaflower cutter arrived this m ornin g from Jersey, to refit. The . Emerald and Mercury tenders arrived to-date from Devonport, 50, Captain seamen. The Vernon, W. Walpole, is ordtred ta the Me. The Fair diterranean Rosamond station schooner, Lieut. Braman, went out of harbour on Monday last, and s ailed yesterdaY for the coast of Africa. Rosamond. SBCCG l ' aoucer panlt 'The treasure brought home by the Electra on Sate::: 'day ornitlB , e.t . the Bank of England, on Mondayit.o a la' amounting to several waggon loads, was . ~.u . delivered . by Mr. Lina;grelt, heavy goods, by leeans of the railway for the transit o: such already being the facility give PROMOIIOI7 S AND APFOIN: 3 F ITS. the rank PROMOTIONS.—LiaitRL,2IIt—B. J. Sidi: van, to of Commander. f Lion Mates—R. R. Wrstern (lE3:1,), and . E. 3-e' •,, (1838), to the rank of Lieutenant. e.. nith - Assistant-Surgeon—W. T. Rogers (from the Z-"' ampton) to the rank of Surgeon, and to the FantOßlei:x, APPOINTMENTS.—LieUteMiIIt—J. Bor:ase• to ChargeDE— 4 djw.. a l Br : - " oli :111 Body, to Booker cellent ; H. G. Morris, to the Champion ; J. (re -appointed) to the Savage. Surgeons—Daniel King (from the Monare'll) Joh° Cornwallis ; Alfred Cutfield, to the Cliannpio,' ; Gannon, to the Monarch. 1 Oee i Assistant-Surgeons—G. D. Macdonald, to the 2. J. Phillips, to the Savage. to• Masters—R. Knox, to the Champion ;W. Jeffery, s. .the Tortoise ;G. T. Charles, to the Bittern ;'• • Lafer, to the Dublin. Naval Instructor and 'Schoolmaster—W. P. Sall' be% to the Calcutta ; W. Whitmarsh, to the Vernon. Purser—W. L. Freeman; to the Champion. T ., H. Williams, to the Savage. C a r- Mates—Robert Hopkins, - to the Savage ; W. Ll' roll, to the Royal George, vice Voules, to tue Fair l rt l i : o a tntodh,ett Champion.oe t C l O'Brien,l l h a t p t-h a o e g n e7 v age. nier PLYMOUTH, JUNE 17.—The Acorn, 16, Conania, , d ) , John Adams, sailed for the coast of Africa on theX T ., instant, and the Edinburgh, 72, Captain W. W. •"---; derson, for Portsmouth. The Avon steamer, Lientevgn R. D. Pritchard, Commander, sailed for Falmouth o n the 12th instant ; the Nightingale, 10, Lieutenant 'Milian; J. S o o n u n th il e ig y s , , fo fo r r B F r a i l s m to o l o ; th a , n t t o l tthaekeAttertApraocxkioent,n Liniieateurrahnef Jaseur, 16, Commander F. M. Boultbee, went out rile Harbour into the Sound, and waits for orders. 1.: Savave, 10, was paid off on the 11th instant, auci,,i;,.. ) .ti n ni d Nenivrntaei l a s t e r _ v v . commissioned the next day by Lieutenant:J. H. 13e.-rose. The Champion, 18, was • commissioned on the 16th s by Commander R. Byron ; and the Trincu lo, 16, wlt taken into deck, to be forwarded for commission. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Champion , Sa andvsge' In C the arron Sound—lmpregnable, steamer. Cornwallis, and Jaseur. (From the Hampshire Independent.) ,2 r eent , p orrt ;2lOUTH, JUNE 19.—The Scout, 18, and k- -, e - ,e a a 16, have beeL: commissioned at Chatham for fell - hav e The steamers Coniet, Meteor, and Shearwater, i o f sailed from Chatham for the North Seas, in :Tar ° Impl_acable, Belleisle, the,wreck of the Fairy. The Espoir brig, Lieut. Paulson, which saile slew. fl. s f. • Lisbon on the 18tliult. to look after the missing packet,‘President, returned on the 4th of June, 1 1 °,,, r .. , touched-at the islands of Madeira and Teneritfe, uln,,ro fortunately without, notwithstanding she spoke sec ee ' o f vessels during her cruise, gleaning any intelli . . the object ofher search. Indio' The Owen Glendower, Captain Toiler, /1 a 10 ~,o ... man, of nearly a thousand tons burthen, sailed on 1:" . - day last for Madras and Bengal. „ l ot Upon the arrival of the Alban steamer , with tale ,',. c . of the 32c1 regiment from Dublin , sh e was found er ' tt e f o re, quire repairs, and the 82 d depot w ill note til embark in her before Monday or Tuesday next . - • qtb V e The Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines ,w!eute inspected, in the course of a few days, by ou r nant-Governor, Sir gercules Pakenham. saes The arrangement respecting the 72 d Regitnen ;ii• been altered, and that vorps will not now, arch fOC__, e „ . ' • sor, until relieved hereby a regiment from ..Alrler'Adot It is currently reported that Admiral Sir Charlesr ;ca elf will hoist his flag on board the Queen, 110, inTfle'oali after the dissolution of 'Parliament, and take ti „, ce nt. mand of the Mediterranean squadron. The St. I ( „Oit', 120, will be commisaioned'at this port, for the flag - .' E. Codrington. .... . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' THE GOODVVOOD CUP. lal The following are the weights as altered up to SatP t 7oll) night :—St. Francis, 6 yrs, 9st 121b—Lanercost , 6 yrs , 95 , 0 4 6 9 --Beggarman, 6 yrs, 9st 91b—Caravan, aged, 9st 716—" 1 ", ,rs, 5 yrs, 9st alb—Corsair. 5 yrs, 9st,4lb—Sleight-of - H and, fi j it'l lp 9st 41b—Bloomsbury, 5 yrs, 9st 41b—Black Beck, 4 yrs , 'w o n. —Hyllus, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b— Zohrab; aged, 85 t 121 b —Little 4 yo, der, 4 yrs, Bst 121b--Domino, 5 yrs, Bst 111b—Wardam Bst 101b—Kingston Robin, 4 yrs, Bst 101b—Matoon , Bst Nib—Deception, 5 yrs, Bst dlb—The Potentate t , l b, Bst 91b—Dr. Caius, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Bulwark, 5 yrs , B s„ ° Confederate, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Ferryman, 5 yrs , B st 51b--1-1,4 aged, Bst 31b—St. Andrew, 6 yrs, ,t3st 31b—Calyps 0, 8A llb—The Ruler, 4 yrs, Bst lib—Pathfinder, 4 yr5„, , ,7 4 , —Caution, 4 yrs, Bst 11b—Zoroaster, 5 yrs, 7st 131b-- 1 ""4, 4 corder, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Galen, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Pocab o r:0 , yrs, 7st 1 Ilb—lin.adwath, 4 yrs, 7st. 101b—Vapour , 7st 81b—Lautare, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Roquencourt, 5 yrs, IS: l e 4 Belgrade, 3 yrs, 7st 4 1 b—Mobarek , 3 yrs , 7st 41b--Ani°3ll;.-•• yrs, ist Ilb—Miss Stilton, 3 yrs , 7st—E. 0., 3 yrs, 601,1010, Oakstick, 6 yrs, List 121b—Vendredi, 6 yrs, 6st 121b--* 6 yrs, Est 12 1 b—Tearaway , 3 yrs , Est 1 Ilb—Mustaphs ' 3 5 •10 , 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Mustapha, 3 yrs, Est 101b—ArundAtot 61b Est 101b—Cesarewitch, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Ma-ius, 3 yr s ' —Palmyra, 3 yrs, 6st 61b. NEWTON ii.L.CES (CorteLunttb).—Fatnal"' Syr`'. Plate of Sixty Guineas, ior 3 yrs , 6 st 71 b ;- 4 y rs, Sat O e k 3m ; List 101 b; 6 yrs and aged, 9e.t ; Mares, &c., allo w f a tes , winners winners of a Plate this .year 3 lbs extra; of two 3 jilet Gold Cup, or Queen's Plate, 51bs extra. Heats, l' Ic ? Mr. Meiklam's Modesty, aged (Templemao) Mr. Wormald's Millepede,3 yrs Mr. Collins's Isaae, , aged d 4 Lord Stanley's Cornuto, 4 yrs Mr. Milner'i Humphrey, 6 yrs .............. Won easy. " MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING. , 4:0(4 'The attention' of the sporting world has be en so et.ocb,ere a ttracted to the Newton events, that NI e have sirnyly to ,t; bat 4 to I is the top offer for tint Northumberland Pl ate t a cV a for the Doncaster St. Leger ; Van Amburgh would be t any thing beyond sto 1 - to a sum. • thi s The bay harvest has partiallv,c6mmenced 111 unt. Ofie crop at Ferry-hill has actual,lY be l e ;i" Should fine weather continue, it will, be genera l week or ten days.—DurhamChron iclet °f NORWICH.—We are sorry to learn thg our factories is about to close. Hun beds of Pewif,citag this city are now out of employment, and are „P„' i the market place. Many are earnestly hoping may be " a good sharp contest" at the,election, t flool" may have an opportunity of selling themselves fo'.l.l;ltro round sums. Others that have no such expect' di° r e denouncing the Corn-laws, believing: that theY are cause of their want of employment. ,We have ts•M heard that there is to be an opposition. AnY P er rgere intends to fight Norwich must bring 20,000/. -1- let' undoubtedly, a wish to compromise among'st the l ' io.st t he of each party, and a very great feaT of it an 2 ,: t ieV venal electors. No addresslas at present bee'. 1. " Bury Post. SILVER WATCHES, LONDON -0- t ,;11,. 1 B. SAVORY and SONS,Matchmakers, Na. 9,0°16401,4 don (opposite the Bank of England), submit for s e ,bole" very large STOCK of SILVER WATCHES, th e , ;o of e . 5. which are made and finished under the careful insPec"-arraP perienced workmen on their own premises, and eac h w for correct performance. 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-baeke€ l , 4 4 engine-turned cases, warranted... .............. ... .. ' Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled; hard enaniellc" 0 dial, with seconds' hand and double-backed•cases, 6 5 warranted . ......... Patent detached Lever Whes, caped, j four holes, hard enamatcelled dial, p with acconils' 0 hand and double-backed engine-turned ca ses ' 6 6 . .. et ° warranted ',.. ......... 6,1. et a 6 Either of the above in silver hunting-cases, ays' l i i ich v* - 1 1 „ A largo variety of Second-hand Silver Watches, ~ :25 , ese been carefully examined, and can be warranted, at,'4,400e. N.li. Second-hand Watches purchased in et al PAPIER MACHE TEA 'FRAYS, 60s. t b Y e nd e : of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. d ozen ; L i t Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per, u ° ,, - d - pal; .... Poles for Window Curtains, 14 !ech diameter, is• " - £ . 6 00, 'Le' 2 inches, Is. Bd. 'per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet ode rs,," - 0 . Catalogues gratis, containing the pi ices of stoves , f! h i o g ' f° irsma, siLcuen utcr, S:IE ; and every a rticle in fu rnis _, )reet v RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-stree t, 0"1°I. -cl• st r `' .. nr Established 1820• Greene' t sci' co l: P O ° —.-----.7,re_ Ryder,t,j3hoefe , d a i fso d trh a d u -i s su h su t t e a r ,r .. et h eoBIRIS. , Geor On the 19th inst , at Westbrook, the Laq r Gof e street of a n d T i a o u f gh T te . r. H. iris On the 191 inst., ' . at Upper Grosvesmr-sEr* p osto Folkestone, of a son and heir. thia°- ' - ar SO On the 18th inst., at Oak Batik, Itchen,ll.-.................„../... the lady of R. Wright, i Esq., of a daughter. - ------- _ tidoetlt M.-I RR IE D. On the 19th inst., at St. James's, Westminster/ l it i O rir of Regent-steeet. to Georgina Calton, daughter o , 13. Calton, Esq., of Bloomtield-road, Maida-hill- .. picc orOP of On the 17th inst., at St. James's Churc h ' ~, r, ' 5 11 6 ' Ccnoompberel,.wEeislq:, Park,son of the late John Allen Cuc g .r:icloo r - of Tr c e; n •an ti r: i o e n l , sEtlVinst.Ramtoenillilaamri,aJGoeh7tn "W(l.l:f.,itaE:ll.e,r;AC:t''or" El H :t u er l k l ,c , s.a t p o Julia, youngest daughter of R. Hazel' , tb e ArAlv ta c i s n to t n h , e tl u ie en ß . e F v . . N A o ugu , ens W. Nod , ou.lje % °'l4l' " ° t ,ti ' e i . l r. : l Capt. W. Norris Tonge, R.N., O l t . A l ‘!t' lb GL('INTI'. s ore' DIED. gorli' sl ' • Mary Ann, wife of Arthur Jones, On the 18th inst ., I'd db • Hatch, • A far:s' at ~, mon s my , to Lu9Ylcte,:,,,t_ On the 15th inst.. in PrunswicEks-lq•lijaurne: 13rigbt' 41' * t •,.."°/ • O il widow of the late Robert Cunyngharne, Esq. „, joi , 1 On the 17th inst., at Aylsnam, Norfolg, ..,,,, t on • h et. of the Rev. Frederick Hildyard,Xcctor of Swa,r,l"r 1, suy;.. S. On the 18th inst., at Wye:ide, Monmouth, 11l 0,- -- 0 0 .rs n on t , h a e ,g 1 e 5 a th n. inst, in Grove-terrace, Lisson-gr°ce' ......5,4 r• • Gar ' ''' ' ' . ....:_.11:"t 1 • c" orrc London .Printed and Published by IVITJ41),(:;0 No. a. Strand, The SIM 0111 cc, N r e• 1 1341. the county of Middlesex,,, —Monday: June