The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION FINANCIAL STATE OF MEXICO. ..IVIEXICO, FEB. 24.—1 have been wandering for some yle.rs past amongst these new States of America, and am en pit in what is called the Republic of Mexico. I have n a motive for decrying the people of the country; on the c en:eery, I have received the greatest kiaduess and civility f torn all these with whom I have become acquainted. Ge s.estally speaking, the Mexicans are worthy of a better lot Lean they ere at this moment doomed to coffer from their igni want and incapacitated rulers, but they are not possessed or daring or perseverance to face their oppressors ; all tee revolutions are headed and conducted by three or toes it corrupt military leaders, who, for the sake of gain in plunder or promotion, are at all times ready to sacri fice the well-being of the community to their own views. Idly chief object in occupying myself in this communi cereon is, to warn my fellow-countrymen against the cunning of the present Rulers of Mexico, in order that they may not fall unconsciously into the snare that is laid for them. Mexico possesses snore ac tual wealth, and means of meeting the demands upon her, than any other of the et-decant Spanish colonies; but these means are neither honestly collected nor applied; : i l i a a ppli es especially as regards the English creditor. I have read with surprise in an English newspaper, an eu- Ik‘gy on the conduct of our Minister of Finance, Don X. Igichevaria, for the answer he gave to our worthy repre stestative, Mr. Pakenbam's note of the 15th of Septein bur last, relative to the British claims, both of which a pe published in The Sues newspaper of the 21st of December of last year. The attentive observer will at epee perceive the usual Indian cunning of Don Xavier, who does net answer satisfactorily one single point ad vanced by Mr. Pakenharn as to the justice of the demands made and the treatment received from the Mexican Go vernmtent. When Don Xavier mentions his own pocket, he (meta to give an account of the profits that he is de riving from his office ; his transactions are well understood in Me xico. These plausible letters are published in the English Papers by the friends and agents, and perhaps partreers, of M. Echevaria, the Messrs. Lizardi with a view only of gain to themselves and associates, but which have, been the cause of infinite mischief to poor John Bull. The affairs of the conversion of the Mexican loans got up by IA . Quintana, the present Consul fur Mexico in London, and partner of the said Lizardi, was planned and carried into e ffect for the whole and solo object of their own gain. Thi a scheme enabled the Lizardis and Echevaria to become the principal buyers of Coupons, Lizardis being the agents of t he Mexican Government, and Echevaria the Minister of I Anance. They have, in fact, realised a great part of the Coupons they bought at five per cent. discount, which the y bought in London at 50 and 60 per cent. discount. Ni ,t satisfied with their rapacious gains, these same persons hr e ve now matured a scheme for the further gulling of John F sell, which is that of suspending the issue of Coupons, under t he pretence that the money will be remitted from them to pay the dividends, when it is well known to every resident There that such an event is impossible, and the more so now that the duties are so enormous that no goods can be im ported. These endeavours on the part of Lizardi and Echevaria, are merely for the purpose of being able to realise the Coupons they have at a greater profit ; they have made up some story about the country holders in England of Mexican Bonds, which is all nonsense ; a fixed sum is to be paid yearly, which cannot be paid twice over. If paid in the custom-houses of Mexico it cannot be expected to be paid in cash in London. This 1 affair pas been got up in Loudon between Lizardi and Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, at the instigation of ro.jiche saris, the Minister of Finaucu; but what is most ex ' traordinary is, that this proposition should have been, at owe admitted by the Committee of the bondholders. 'lt is tme that the gentlemen who compose this Committee has euo interest in the bonds, and are consequently led etat Lely by the nose by Messrs. Lizardi. These infringe ments in the contract cannot be done unless under the gar-A:then of the Mexican Congress. The motives arc evi de at to all persons on this side the water. The only object of Messrs. Lizardi and Echevaria is that of ershencing the price of the Coupous they hold. The chief of the house of Vinda de Echevaria c Vigos in this city is 's Don Xavier Ectaivaria, our prcseet Minister of Finance, who now keeps, his }glace in the Cabinet against the wish of the Miele nation. Don Xavier, has manifested in every possi tale way his hatred to Englishmen, and has even dared to slight the British Minister resident here. " This country, which in itsslf is a beautiful one, and ought to be a powerful oce, is fast on the wane; it is now on the (V 3 of separating into fractions. Texas on owe side, and Yucatan on tue other, will gra dually emtiese other portions of the country to separate front the, ty:ntre„ The liberal government adopted by both the..e States will be the means cf attracting a con silerable influx of population, which will eventually reader them we tu.thy and powerful nations. " It is as matter of great regret that the greater pat of theft wF so have written on Mexico have done so, as it Would a ppcar, with a view of depreciating the character of the p reply. This is not my motive ;my wish is to pre. vent Jo an Bull from being deceived by the cunning of the Mexico a rulers, and at the same time to make apparent the t caps. :ity of the generality of their rulers to promote the welfat s of the nation; which incapacity must be the more stAdei it to al', when I say there are not in the world such a tract' able people as the Mexicans ; and I firmly believe there are so better seldiers, and who would be invincible were thei . beadect by officers we:l instructed and equal in bravery " SAMUEL SAUNDERS." A WARNING VOICE. Example, saws the proverb, is better than precept. Mr. Combo's Travels in America speak volumes on the subject of the religious disputes which.now agitate this country. The people of Massachusetts began with the very same system vrhich the Non- intrusion men are now labouring to , o tablish in this country, and they were compelled gradu?lly to modify, and at last to abandon it, by bitter experience of the evils it produced. The facts are ex ceedingly curious and instructive, and wed merit a fuller detail ~nd'more ample emumentary than are can afford. At first the clergy of Massachusetts were supported by an assessmeet on toe whole inhabitants without distinction. They held their offices for life, and were chosen not by those who paid them, but by the communicants only. Linder this a-rlngernent a spiritual despotism grew up. Secure their emoluments, the clergy set the opinions of the people at defiance, and drove the honest and indepencleid out Of the pale of the Establishment. Thlt t , ,rins of admission to sealing ordinances were male extremely strict, under pious vete:ices, of course ; and by this means, the minister mtriyed to pack the list of communicants, and to throw the whAto management of the Church and its s cascrrns into the hands of a small junto of his per t .orial friends, and of feeble-minded individuals, whose c ..nduct he could always Wine:ice. fin was thus enabled exercise great iaamediate power. and ultimately, i n many cases, to appoint his successor ; and thus tit e patronage of the Establishment, while nominally vested i n Vie people, became really the heritage of the clergy. Toorender the spiritual tyranny more compact, the esprit de-btorps and a feeling of common interest bound the whole cle tical body more firmly together as dissent increased, and. she Establishment acquired the arrogance, the exclu sow spirit, and all the other vices of a close corporation. Such a system could not be permanently reconciled with the popular nature of the American institutions, and Mr. Combs has described lkte gradual changes it underwent. First, though Dissenters were still compelled to pay truants to the Church, the State repaid an equal stip to the dissenting clergy. By and by this complex prac- Lic was abandoned, and Dosecters were allowed to pay thoir assessment directly to their own ministers ; but ev try man was held bound to contribute, according to a fix scale, to one party or another; the clzrgy of the do:ti,nant sect bad stHi a compulsory ckirn upon all who alot belong to some other communion, and still the eioet ion of the minister was vested, not in those who were taxed for his support, but in the small select body of coonmunicants. This last practice rested on a series of legs stivs acts, which were so:riously interpreted; but the question hhviog at last come regularly before the Courts of Law, it was found that the right of choosing the minister belonged, not to tbe communicants, but to all the parishioners who were assessed. Another change, not however con temp araueous with this, sealed the fate of the Establish ment. The obligation on every one to contribute to the suoNrt of some eligious denomination was done away; men werelufz free is attach themselves teeny party, or to none— ip a word, the Voluntary system aria introduced in full force. The result has been most sati,factory. Peace has toe- Ceeded to the fierce spirit of sectarian warfare; the clergy, 'brown on the affections of their flocks, are more assiduous ja the discharge of their duties, less selfish, intriguing, and a rrogant, and the influence of religion has been extended .yid strengthened.—Scotsman. NOVEL ECCLESIASTICAL IN QUIRY. D o Wednesday, a Commission issued by the Bishop o f Norwich, in pursuance of an Act of the 3d and 4th o Victoria, relating to Ch urc h di scipline, was opened at the b e ar Inn, Southtown, b e f ore the Rev. Francis Cunningham of Lowestoft, th e R ev. Edward Thurlow o f L ouu d. t he R e v. Ch ar l es G reen of Burgh, and the Rev, George William Stewart o f C a i stor, the Corn therein named, to m a k e i nquiry into a mtssionera chargepreferred by one James L aws, a sail_maker, Yarmouth, again st t h e Rev. Mark livin g i n R ow 99, in 'Waters, tniniter of St. George's Chapel, a Cl er k in Holy Order s , 'of having offended against the laws cede_ siastical, by soliciting the chastity . of Ann Laws. M r. Waters app eare d b y hi s a gent, -Nathaniel Palmer, E sq " air Le arned Recorder, a t t ended by Messrs. Tolver, Preston, and Tolver, as Solicitors. The c ase , partly fr om the novelty of such proceedings, as well as front the extensive connexion of tbeparty, against wh om the charge had been brought, excite d very .considerable interest, and the Court was crowded by gee. Clem an of the first rank in the town and neighbourhood. Amoeagst those present were the Mayor, nearly the whole Beach of Magistrates, and several clergymen' Tbe Court w as opened by the Rev. F. Cunn i ngham, tlyt Chairman, who read the Commission, dated at the Palace of Norwich, Bth Apiii inst. Mr. Palmer applied for a copy of the Commission, which 'was refused him, but he would be allowed to read it. Tho Chairman desired all witnesses t o l eave th e room, and refused to allow Mr. Waters' Counsel to address the Court either on the validity of the Commission, the manner of proceeding, or the mode of taking the evidence, insisting on bisecnilining himself strictly to the examination or cross-- examination of witnesses. The party at whose instigation the Commission gaily had b een i ssue d was the first witnes s called,f and though Mr. Palmer pointed out that by the Act under which the proceedings were prosecuted such party was not eiimpetent to giv e ev id ence , t h e o bj ection was over-ruled, lasi Laws was examined. — The evidence given may be stated in a few words, a n d was altogether most extraordinary. The complainant's wife stated, that on Saturday, in our market, some indivi dual, whom she did not see, dropped a note into her basket ; that such note was neither signed by nor addressed to any person.; and that two other notes at different times were dropped into her basket, without her notice. The notes were not produced, but Mr. Laws stated one to be, " Meet sac to-night about nine, or half -past nine, between Pen ripe's and the beach." This was on the 18th of July last. stated, that in c,onsetieenee of thin note he had de. sired his wife to attend to the appointment, and that he ac companied her at a distance of about 20 or 30 yards; that he saw Mr. Waters approach his wife and converse with her three or four minutes, but was not sufficiently near to hear what was said. Mrs. Laws, on being examined, stated that she had never known Mr. Waters till the evecing of the 18th of July, when she met him accompanied by her husband, who did not leave her more than an arm's length, and could hear all that was said. Mrs. Laws' mother, Mrs Belford, contradicted her, and swore that her daughter had lived in the town nearly all her life, and that :he knew Mr. Waters well as the minister of St. George's. Mr. Palmer frequently urged his objection to the ad mission of hearsay evidence, which was gone into and free use made of private communications. A number of letters written to and by the Bishop were produced and read. After the most extraordinary examinations of these wit nesses, whose evidence was exceedingly conflicting, Mrs, Tuthill, a woman living in the same row with complainant, was examined, and proved nothing. Mr. G. Bateman deposed to having applied to Laws respecting the notes alleged to having been dropped into Mrs. Laws' basket, without the authority or knowledge of any party, and Mr. E. H. L. Preston stated that he bad been requested by a relative of Laws to interfere, to acquit Mrs. Laws of any improper conduct. The Court adjourned about four o'clock for one hour, during which time the Commissioners were in consulta tion. On re-admission to the Court the Chairman ad dressed the public as follows :—" As one of the Commis sioaers appointed, I read the report which they make of the proceedings of to-say : " Although the Commissioners are unanimously of opi nion that the conduct of the Rev. Mark Waters, in the transactions which have been the subject of inquiry before us, has been highly objectionable, yet they do not think that the evidence is sufficient to warrant them on the terms of the Commission in pronouncing that there is:prima facie ground for instituting further proceedings." The decision was received with applause. —Norwich Mercury. LAW OF FELONY. EXPLANATION. (Presented by the Lord Chancellor on Monday.) Bill entitled an Act "to remove Doubts as to the Lia bility of Lords and Peers of Parliament to Punishment in certain Cases of Felony." Whereas doubts have been entertained whether, not withstanding the provisions of an Act passed in the 7th and Bth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George IV. entitled An Act for further improving the Adminis tration of Justice in Criminal Cases in England, so much of an Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of his Ml jesty King Edward VI., entitled An Act for the Repeal of certain Statutes concerning Treasons and Felonies, as enacts " that in all and every case and cases where any of the King's Majesty's subjects shall and may, upon his prayer, have the privilege of clergy as a clerk convict that may make purgation, in all those cases and every of them, and also in all and every case and cases of felony wherein the privilege and benefit of clergy is restrained, excepted, or taken away by this statute or Act (wilful murder anu poisoning of malice prepensed only excepted), the Lord or Lords of the Parliament, and only or Peers of the realm having place and voice in Parliament, shall by vir tue of this present Act, of common grace, upon his or their request or prayer, alleging that be is a lord or peer of this realm, and claiming the benefit of this Act, though be cannot read, without any burning in the hand, loss of inheritance, or corruption of his blood, be adjudged, deemed, taken, and used, for the first time only, to all in tents, constructions, and purposes, as a clerk convict, and shall be in case of a clerk convict which may make purga tion, without any further or other benefit cr privilege of clergy to any such lord or peer from thenceforth, at any time after, for any cause to be allowed, adjudged, or ad mitted, any law, statute, usage, custom, or any other thing to the contrary notwithstanding," may not, for some pur poses, still remain in force. Be it, therefore, enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Common, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That so much of the said last-mentioned Act as is here inbefore recited shall from henceforth be repealed and ut terly void, and no longer of any effect; and that every lord of Parliament or peer of this realm having place and voice in Parliament, against whom any indictment for felony may be found, shall plead to such indictment, and shall upon conviction be liable to the same punishment as any other of her Majesty's subjects are or may be liable upon conviction far such felony, any law or usage to the contrary in aay wise notAithstanding. PROGRESS of FATHER MATHEW. Father Mathew arrived at Killarney by the mail coach on Tuesday. He was loudly cheered on his arrival, and was at oncc taken up by Mr. Cronin of the Park—who was then on the spot in his carriage with his lady—they all three then went to visit our Bishop. The Rev. Gen tleman was cheered all along by groups who were on the streets. About five or six o'clock the same evening the temperance band left Killarney for Rossbcigh, in Mr. Finn's long carriage, to be at the Rev. Mr. Carmody's P. P., to receive Father Mathew, who was to follow them on the next morning. He passed through here about ten o'clock, and arrived only in the afternoon at his desti nation. He administered tho pledge to thousands on the following day. On Friday he came to Killorglin where a still greater number awaited him. The zk alous and exemplary Curate there (Rev. Owen O'Sul livan) took the pledge, and almost every one, rich and poor, in that extensive district. He returned to Killarney on Saturday morning about ten o'clock. About tee!ve o'clock he ascended a platform erected in the market square, in front of the principal Temperance room. Scutt atrer twelve o'clock the Ray. Gentleman addressed the as sembled thousands on the advantages of temperance, and related many anecdotes in the course of his address, that weie amusing and edifying. Havieg concluded, he directed those near the platform who wished to take the pledge to kneel down, when, to our surprise nd delit.ht, the first person that presented himself was the Honourable NV. Browne, who knelt down where he had been standing on the front of the plie corm, and received the pledge fiern the Reverend Gentleman's bends. The Rev. Mr. Mathew irnrne riiatvly took off his own medal and placed it around the Hon. Gentleman's neck. It would be impossible for me to describe the effect cf this act on the congregated thou sands. They were quiet and still as deeth while the Hon. Gentlemen knelt and was repeating the words, but the moment he regained his .feet—a cheer—loud and deep es if by a common impulse, broke forth from the assembled thousands, that rer,t the air, and three times was it re , pelted before silence could be enforced. Fathew Mathew continued to administer the pledge until lialf-pait five or six o'clock p.m., when about five or six thousand persons had taken it, when ho retired to the hotel, leaning on the Hon. William Browne (who remained on the front of the platform the entire day with his medal suspended from his neck). Fathcw Mathew dined at the Park, where he was met by our Venerable Bishop, and seve ral of the neighbourhood—he sent in the evening for the Adjutant-General, Mr. Morley, and presented him with 20/. for the purpose of buying musical instruments for the Temperance-room—h e has els°, I understaid, given five pounds for the poor. He slept. at the Park on Saturday night, and set off for Milltown on Sunday morning, where he was to preach at twelve o'clock a charity swmun. I am told that he administered the pledge, after the ser mon, t.) no fewer than seven or eight teousand. He re turned to Killarney on Monday, about three o'clock. p and egiiia mounted the platform and gave the pledge to thousands. V ery many retpecetble persons. both ladies and gentl emen, took it, althetiph on the previous day they cou ld not b ring themselves 'to do so. Indeed we have very few now , r i ch or poor, who have not taken it. The Rev. Gentleman went in the evening to Churchtown, the seat of Sir Arthur Wenner hassett, where be was engaged to dine and speed the eve,- ing. He returned to Finn's Hotel about ten o'eleck on Monday night. He was up at six o'clock on Tuesday morning, and front that 'time until the coach from Tralec for Cork arrived, hall-past eight o'clock, A.M., he was as busy as ever giviwg the pledge ; scarcely had he time to take his breakfast. Many hearty blessings he has taken with him. —Cork Southern Reporter. SAINTS AND SINNERS. On the night of the 17th inst. a cock turkey and three hen fowls were stolen from the premises of Mr, William Mayo, farmer, of Redmarley. information %co; given to Sergeant Holloway the next dey, and he, witlpraiseworthy alacrity, immediately set about search ing the houses of some suspected parties in the neigh bourhood. He commenced at the lodgings of a gipsy, named Edward Priddey, where he found the leg ansl wing of a fowl (cooked), and a little further, under a bed, a quantity of fresh plucked feathers tied up in a cloth, which exactly corresponded with thcsa of the stolen fowls. A further investigation brought to light the entrails of a fowl concealed in the garden. All this looked very suspicious, and Sergeant Hollo way took Priddey i n t o custody. He th en proceeded to the domicile of one Andrew Careless, a bright or-. Dement (as the sequel will prove) of the " Bible S a ,; nts ” where he found C are l ess an d a num b er of his brethren engaged in religious worship. The Sergeant told CArt.. less his business, and asked permission to steerch the house. Careless told him he was very Welcome to do so if be would call again when the sermon was over, as be did not like his brethren to be dis turbed. Now all this appeared very well, but the Ser geant was to be deceived by any such tratious hypo crisy, and he pressed for au immediate: search, which he with difficulty obtaina Contser to make, and th- a h was only on the candition that he would pre.z.ied noise lessly, lest the brethren should be disturbed. A bread troug! first came under the inspection of the o(eer, in whlch some fresh blood was found. The sight of the fblood freshened the . scent, and being assured that he was on the trail of the turkey, he hailed the old man with, " Hollo! old chap, tvvhat an irreverent address to a saint!) how do you account for this ?" " Oh," said he, " it's been there some time." " Nay," rejoined the sergeant, " touch it with your finger, and I think you'll find it will stain." The old fox did as he was told, and the blood stained his flesh. The sergeant next overhauled an adjoining room, and soon discovered a turkey, plucked and drawn, minus its head, legs, and wings. " What do you say to this, old boy ?" said the cruel sergeant. " Why," replied the rog ue ion of saint, now t rans f orme d into a re gu l ar o ld s i nner, " I'm done, I' m d one ." " Yes," was the reply, " an d I ' m don e if I d on ' t soon have t h e rest of the fowls. " The old f d t e n c o l a turkey;r e d t h a t but ho t washeg ionlyrsy, seeing that the game was concerned in th se a b strac- P, at on ce confessed that he, a son of Careless, and a navi gator of the name of Williams, had stolen the fowls, and brought them to the old man's house. He (Priddey) had a fowl for his share, and the feathers, &c. , found in his hcuse b e l onged to it. The active officer then pre-• seeded to Williams's but he has n ot yet beehrea'bl e a t n o d t t o ra o c k e h y im ou i n n g to Ccuarsteoledsys.; Tho parties were all taken before the Rev. C. Dunne, at Upton, on Monday cennight, where they made a fed confession, and were committed to take their trial at the Sessions, Careless is, we understand, a man of some property.—Worcestershire Chronicle. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The ideas of Don Quixote on the laws of chivalry were not more high-flown than are those of Mr. John Gladstone upon the Corn-laws. We shall en deavour to treat some of the topics on which he has broken his lance, on grounds less exalted certainly, but more on a level with common sense. In countries where the prices for the produce of the land are the highest, the landowners will have the high est rent, though they make a mistake in supposing that the high prices of stinted supply can benefit even their interest in the same manner as the high prices naturally produced by wealth and commerce, or that high prices and rents can be permanently secured by law, where commerce is declining. Whatever the benefit may be supposed to the landlord, however (and we believe it delusive), it is not shared by the farmer as such, any more than high hackney coach fares are shared by the drivers of those vehicles who hire them by the day from the owners. Still less is it shared by the labourers. The farmer buys his implements as cheap as be can,—and for wages he never will pay 15s. a week if ha can get labour ers for 10s.—these must be regulated by the number of labourers, and the demand for them. A high price of corn, therefore, does not benefit the labourer. In proof whereof, the average price of wheat per quarter has been -1834 ... 465. 2d. 1837 ... 55 3 . 1835 ... 395. 4d. 1838 ... 64'. 7d. 1836 ... 48s. 61. 1839 ... 693. 4d. and wages have not been higher in 1837 to 1839. In these years the farmers may have had more profits, if they calculated a lower price for corn ; but if such higher prices continue, higher rents will be demanded, and will be paid, and thus the benefit of the higher prices will be at an end for the farmer. The labourers are worse off, as having to pay more for bread; out of the same wages they can buy less manufactured articles. This must diminish employment in manufactures ; more labourers must seek employment in agriculture-- wages must fall then, and distress and poor-rates incr,ease. Our present Corn-laws forbid the ordinary operations of commerce, as regards grain. When our average prices are 625. per quarter for wheat, the duty is 245. Sd., and the expenses about 10s. So that even if wheat can bo bought on the Continent at 275. 4d., no investment can be made unless there is almosea certainty that prices will rise in Eng land. When there is a certainty that prices must rise to 735. or upwards, and importation be allowed at Is. per qr., orders are sent all at once; and as the production and stocks are only in proportion to the demand and consump tion of the Continent, prices are forced up there to 50a., 605., or upwards, a proportionate and suddenly increased consumption of our manufactures cannot be expected, and therefore a great part must be paid for in gold and silver, as has been the case in 1837, 1833, and 1839. COURIER.—The morning tools of the Government have simultaneously commenced operations to work out the grand object of the political scoundrelism, under its new and last phase; as developed to an astonished llouse on Friday last. They have commenced, we say, with bluster and vigour as remarkable as the effect is ludi crously dispropertioncd to the labour. Our friend the Morning Advertiser is largely re-drawing upon his stock account of long standing about Corn laws, the more particular items of vshich account consist of the " United States, " the " Ger man Commercial League," and " Dr; Bowring," who invariably, and somewhat disrespectfully, is ever postponed to the rear among the heavy baggage of the argunaeat. Withal, however, the Advertiser is tame and gentle as any sucking dove in its Anti-Corn-law extacies as compered with its Ministerial competitor of the Chronicle, which really outherods Herod in the rabid style of its ravings, mixed up with cries most frantic as most doleful to the people for help, or its patrons and paymasters perish. From the " sublime to the ridiculous" there is. we have been told, but one step, and never surely was the truism set off in such bold relief as in the contrast between the fire and fury breathing through the double-leaded Chronicle leader, and the callous coolness and contemptuous apathy of the public mind about Corn-laws, Chronicle or Cabi net. It is in vain the luckless and always to be pitied scribe condemned, bon gre mel gre, to the drudgery, lashes i‘irreelf, with seeming earnestness, into foam and fervour; the people are no more duped than fict»s&t was by the " fine frenzy" into which his actor worked himself self on the stage. The poor Chronicle may go as mad as Maianiello, but will not, like him, find a popula lion to head es mad as himself. The day is gone by for getting up a Whig-Radical excitement. Ab sorbed in the melodramatic horrors of their own amelgan ation, these unfortunate Whig composers, biind to the signs of the times, cannot discern that, in jibes of their " hard hearts " being moved with the harrowing representation of Mieisterial agonies, the audience, that is, the people, are actually converting the sentimental spectacle into broad pantomime, and merry making about the last jump Jim Crow antic of Lord John, with glee as hearty as ever saluted the Protean performanccs of Claiwn or '° slippered Pantaloon." STAN DARD. —The opinion which we professed early after the first ministerial defeat, and which was then pretty generally disregarded, appears now to be adopted by all, the opinion, namely, that Ministers will dissolve the Par liament in the course of a few weeks, or perhaps sooner. We procnd to no great sagacity in the conclu sion at which see arrived. We merely followed the pliia rule of picking to the character and the objects of the Inca upon whose conduct ace were to form a judg ment; we saw that they were men unfettered by nay scruples of honour or patriotism, and that their only object was the preservation of place. The actual state of parties iu the House of Commons, as proved by the lrt division, and the steady increase I of Comervetive strength aririeg from the improved st its of feeling in the country, plainly showed, however, that place could not he preserved by Its pre3er. t oce _Tants ni .hout resorting to some des perate expedient-_a dissolution of Parliament either upon the universal sufli age, or ballot questi, in, or the Corn-laws. To borrow a phrase of Mr. Wakley's well timed end powerful speech, " Some agitation—univer sal suff ago rgitatien—ballot agitation—or the Corn law agitation, must be got up and kept up, and the country thrown into convulsion from one end to the ether, merely to enable the Ministerial party to obtain a political triumph," and to retain their offiees. This is the solution of the expedient ; and ev,Ty one of ordinary sagacity must have foreseen that such an expedient would be resorted to. To most of the Ministers heir oflizos are their living, and " what is there that a man will net give in exchange for his Ile?" What is there that a bad man will not do rather than sink into extreme poverty from comparative effleeace? We have early warned the Conservatives that the day for exertien approaches; we have more recently exhorted them to be " up and doing ;" a few hints may be now properly offered upon the mode of action. The savage provisions and more savage administration of the sew protection of the cruelties of the factory system, must be abandoned, As regards the new Poor-law, the Ministers have (dishonestly indeed is their act and purpose) preseated an honest al ternative. It 'nest be plain to the understanding of the most simple tha: the Poor-law and the present Corn-law cannot both stand, because in justice—and the English eople are a just people—they ought tit't to stand together: SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR:bENS. This favourite place of Pcblle amusement opened yes terday for the sense'.:, and, if we may judge from the parattons thide to gretify the public, witis every prospect of success to thrs spirited prapii ton la the course of the winter and spring great changes have taken place, the walks have been improved, several of the lionses for the wild animals have been enlarged tna beautified, and con siderable ndditions have been made to the collection which has long been justly admired. The great object of attraction this year in addition to the menagerie, is a Co:. lossat Model of St. Peter's, with a portion of tilt city of Ourne, constructed in the same thatihir at; thdt of Mount • Heels, which attragted to tilUch attention last season. It is certainly a watade:ful representation of the finest tern. plc in,the World. as large at, - ,tpareni.ly as the actual build. ing, kith an exact rqaesentation in the lA-nov.lnd of the ancient Roma,;, Bridge over A.?. tint, the I‘ , latile+ leum of Airien ) he* tailed the Castle of Sr. Angelo, ahi the principal edifices in that Tinter. tbV view of the Vatican is also strikingly correct, and any person who has had the gratii?eation of seeing these'splendid monuments of Papal grandetir cannel; fill to recognise every part of them sith Utmost case. The small lake in the Gardens '"presents the Tiber. The bridge of St. Angelo CresSes it from the Fortress tuwardi the Theatre acid the mansion of the great Roman banker, the Duke Torlonia, The panorama occupies a spate of five acres, it is constructed in every part from the :host ac curate :nodels. and eannet fail to he object of general attraction, The deceptkin it in every respect complete, and the represcutitlon altogether gives the most correct idea of thest venerable and splendid edifices. The work has been produced entirely from the designs and tinder thts superintendence of Mr. Denson, the artist, who Constructed, on the same plan, [Lela and Vesuvius. He has been as sisted by Messrs. C. Adam, Tait, and Marshall, and the works have been firmed under the direction of Mr. .1. Brindle,-, the mechanist of the establishment. What with the beautiful verdure of the Gardens, the flowering shrubs in full blossom, and the varied collection of wild beasts and of almost every description, perhaps there is no place br public amusement in London Where- so much rational enjoyment can be had for so small a charge for admission. ANDOVER. — Early O WeatieSday morning this neighb ourhood Was visited by a v•e.Y ierrdle Oieiih or thunder And li g h tning oat the whol e day. Th* •; Bather, which had previou s ly beer, untseatonal4; cold, s u dd en ly ch ange d, and the bk whichtantittt at intervals through. , tteme te'a't on Tuesd ay and Wedno:day. *as quite op pressive. This town and its Immediate Vicinity eseaped any serious consequences of the storm, although the light. ning at noon day was unusually vivid. The storm raged with great violence westward of the town. In many places hailstones at loast six inches in circamfermaca—fell, whilst the roads were almost impassable, being flooded by the quantity of rain. The lightning struck a building upon the farm of Mr. Hull, in the parish of Amport, called Gollard's Farm, and notwithstandfng the utmost ex ertions of the labourers, &c., two barns were consumed, with several sacks of wheat, some pigs, The dama ge reporte d to be done at T. A. Smith's, Esq., new conservatory, at Tidworth, is nearly over. At Hippenseombe the effects of the heavy rain was very dis and other stock: astrous, the growing crops of corn upon some of the lands wcre entirely swept away, and the walls of buildings washed down by the violence of the flood. The Rev. F. Dyson's garden and conservatory, at Tidworth, were also seriously damaged by the immense hailstones and pieces of ire which fell. At Shipton and other villages the derh_ of rain was stated to be greater than from the serious do, xi some time since, and many farming implements were float ed away by the force of the water. ...Hants Chronicle TEI SUN, LONDON, 1 7 . MAY 4, Nil. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 3. The Lord Chancellor was engaged all day in the House al Lords in further hearing the appeals of Campbell Ste.itart, in which, after hearing Mr. Pemberton for the respondents, their Lordships reserved their judgment to a ture day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAY 3. his HONOUR was occupied the entire day in hearing the arguments of Counsel on a motion respecting the taxation of a solicitor's bill of costs. Thy: case possessed not the least feature of interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAI' 3. In consequence of its having been announced that the Earl of NValdegrave and Captain Duff were to be brought up for judgment this morning, every avenue to the Court was crowded long before 10 o'clock. Immediately the doors were opened, the Court was completely crammed, and many barristers who had arrived late were unable to obtain admission. The officers of the Court, however, on this as on every occa sion, did their utmost to afford every accommodation and assistance to the press. On our admission we found the Earl of Waldegrave and Captain Duff sitting in the place usually occupied by the solicitors. The noble defendant presented a very youthful appearance, looking scarcely older than a school boy. The gallant defendant, who was seated by his side, ap peared considerably his Lordship's senior. The Judges took their seats on the bench at 10 o'clock, and the first ease called on was THE QUEEN V. LAWSON.—CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In this case Sir Frederick Pollock had obtained a rule to show cause, calling upon the defendant, the printer of the Times newspaper, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for the publication of an article in that paper reflecting upon the verdict of a jury of London derry, and imputing to them that they had been actuated by improper motives. The application had been made at the in stance of some of the members of the Jury. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause against the rule, and contended that the article in question did not exceed the fair limits of discussion; that it did not impute anything to the members of the Jury, individually, and that Mr. Lecky, the foreman of the Jury, and one of the applicants, having published a l etter on the subje c t w hi c h con t a i ne d l anguage much stronger than that compf'ained of as having been used by the Times, was consequently not in a position to call upon the Court to interfere summarily in his behalf, but must be left to his remedy by indictment or by action. Lord DENMAN - If you can show that this application ema nates from Mr. Lecky alone we may perhaps call on the other side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded to argue that the other applicants had merely acted as instruments of Mr. Lecky, the foreman, and at his instigation. He read affidavits to show that they would never have made this application, had it not been for Mr. Lecky, and argued that having eon• curred with him throughout they were affected each and every one of them by his acts, and on those grounds he trusted the Court would discharge the rule with costs. Sir W. FOLLETT followed on the same side, and contended that none of the applicants stated that they had no cognizance of the letter before it was published, and that they were bound to show that, or that they had taken some means to prevent the publication of the letter, in order to entitle them to the interference of the Court. Sir F. Pommel:, in support of the rule, submitted that no conduct of Mr. Lecky's could prevent the other gentlemen of the Jury from coming to the Court for protection, and that even if they knew of the letter they were not bound to inter fere to prevent its publication. The application had been made to the Court by four ,gentlemen of the Jury only, wi th ou t any connection with M r . Lecky, who was not one of the applicants, From the affidavit of the attorney in the cause it appeared that Lecky was not one of the applicants, and the letter itself was set forth in the affidavits on which the rule nisi had been granted, so that there was no concealment practised on the Court. Lord DENMAN said that the Court was of opinion that there was no proof whatever that the other Jurymen had in terfered to prevent the publication of the letter of which they had cognizance, and that therefore the Court could not inter fere—the rule nisi must be discharged, without costs. THE QUEEN v. THE EARL OF WALDEC;RAVE AND ANOTHER—JUDGMENT. The defendants in this case, George" Edward Earl of Wal legrave and William John Duff, wero then brought up on the lour of the Court for judgment on an indictment to which they had pleaded guilty, for an assault on Charles W. Wheatly, a police constable, on the sth June last. Several affidavits were read describing the circumstances under which the assault had been comnlitted, and which have already been frequently before the public. The affidavit 9f the surgeon who had attended Wheatly, set forth that in consequence of the injuries he had received he was unfit for the active duties of a policeman, and that if dis charged he would be incapacitated from ever getting his own living, as his brain was still affected by its injuries. In mitigation of punishment the affidavits of the two de fendants were put in, in which they stated that at the time of the occurrence they were under the influence of wine, and that they had been guilty of no breach of the peace until they were taken into custody. The Earl of Waldegrave admitted that he was the person who had been taken into custody and who bad been rescued from Wheatly, but denied that le had inflicted the injuries on Wheatly, and further stated his belief that the defendant Duff had left the party before the scuffle commenced. His Lordship expressed his deep regret for what occurred, and his willingness to make every reparation in his power. The defendant Duff ad mitted having seen thepolice-sergeant, but statedthat he had left before the scuffle commenced. He expressed his regra4 at having bean present during any part of the transaction, and his willing ness to make any compensation to Wheatly in his power. Sir. Phillips, the attorney for the defence, made an affidavit stating that he had caused %neatly to be examined by Mr. Risda and Sir. Fi'her, surgeons, who stated their opinion, that although he was not yet recovered from the shock his brain had suffered, yet that they were of opinion that a few months' rest would completely restore him. Mr. Keate, Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen, and Mr. Liston, Surgeon to the University Hospital, stated it as their opinion that Wheatly would have re covered long since had he been able to take perfect rest. Some persons residing at Hampton Wick, who had known Wheatly, stated that previous to this occurrence Wheatly had been in delicate health. The attorney for the defendant made an affidavit complaining of the affidavits for the prosecution having been published in the newspapers with a view to prejudice the case. Sir. CHAMBERS then addressed the Court in aggravation of punishment. 'With regard to the publication of the affidavits, he had to state that, it being expected that the defendants would have been brought up for judgment on Thursday, the solicitor for the prosecution had teen applied to by some person connected with the Morning Herald newspaper for copies of the affidavits for the prosecution, which had been fur ni:lied to him on the d;stinet understanding that they should not be published until after judgment had been passed upon the defendants. They appeared, however, in that newspa per on the Friday morning, headed " The Waldegrave Outrage." The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the case as it appeared : from the affidavits. Here were two persons of rank and station in the community who had, first of all, been guilty of obstructing a police-officer in the executi on o f hi s d uty, an d afterwards of assaulting him severely. It appeared that Lord SI aldegrave had a residence at Strawberry-hill, in the immediate vicinity of Twickenham, Kingston, and Hampt on Wick ; that on the day in question he and the other defendant, and four other persons, who had been dining with him, sallied forth under the influence of wine, as they themselves stated, and stopping opposite a public-house in Hampton Wick, were met by Sergeant Churchill at the time they were about to knock at the door of an old woman who kept a mangle. They came up to Churchill and accosted him, and were replied to with tem per and civility, when they commenced meddling with the bridle of his horse. Lord Walderave denied having touelied the horse, but Duff did not. Churchill said, " Speak to me as much as you like, but do not meddle with my accoutrements." They then began to abuse him, and to make a noise. At that moment Wheatly came up, and the sergeant directed him to show his light upon the party, and see if he could recognize them, and also to go and take the number of the fly. He was endeavouring to do so, when he was pushed down and assaulted by the party. lie endeavoured to seiZe ono of them, who turned out to be Lord Walde-Trave, in obedience to the orders of his sergeant, when the others set upon, and struck him on the head while On the ground, and rescued the prisoner from his custody. That then the whole party ran to the fly, and drove off. That Wheatly attempted to get into the fly to recapture him, whom he seized by the legs, when he wa s &gain aSsaiilted by the persons within, struck on the head by a person on the box, thrown down to the, ground, when the wheel of the fly passed over him, and 'fie was there left insensible and bleeding, the defendants driving off home, leaving him in the road, where he was plelitiA up and tarried to Kingston. The affidavits of the defendants presented few circumstances of mitigation. There was no affidavit from the person who drove the fly, and whO was sober, nor from any person who had an opportunity of witnessing the transaction, except from themselves. They stated that they were under the influence of wine at the time this transaction took place. The Earl of Waldegrave admitted having bean present during the whole transaction, and also that ribuSive language had been used by one person, although he denied that he was the person using it. Capt. Duff admitted his presence at the commencement of the affair, when Wheatly was struggling on the ground with Lord Waldegrave, but that, having succeeded in rescuing Lord Waldegrave, he walked away, but, as they were under the influence of wine, great de e P de pendence could not be placed upon their accounts of the t d h e e nie h d ea t d h , at ba h t e ihveas admittedth er :on who struc l i tranStteti9th Lord t,i W il.n7 al :,. d i e u gra o ‘ u •e d dant's that while in the fly, was striking the r e.f 5n knuckles with a cane, ?or the purpose 9f making him ! Pave hit, hold. Billtstited that he was on the r 0;,... fie when *a4 kti'eriakeit by the fly, belt that Mid hardly be the case unless he had run away rapidly, beeatise it 1144 i :tett that as soon as Lord Waldegrave was rescued, 116 gdt ifitO the fly pia dl•ge away. The excitse was, that they were Under Ore influence of Wine. Now that was net excuse. It should be recrilleeted that WiteatlY *a§ iii th.s, ex& rae s i 6 f t xn a c t i s ot e i t x 4ti o e nature,tf 1 p i o n o lt : NoazeA l °j a i ettbl:Aiotaeiutteionaris:iagon. intoxication i oit a oci d fahi tt4i do highilthehrfidai ibn o es ittabetsidoee. bean s,lpe id beer-shop stutoe:fdt. to.fietii gde suchind6aeniai ttAtion of his ditty when he Was thus assaulted, and aff in s s who th 4 auvaninges of a cu edif tidn4 fife other was a member of ptofession which had alWiqg been eit htmoured as much hit. its humanity as for its courage, and the duties of whichottelt to have taught him, the necessity of discipline ; and the lowest, when'in ekeeittittri a the orders of his superior officer, as the unfortnnate man Wheatly had been, at the time the assault was Cormnitted, was as much en titled to respect as the highest. Hp ottght to have krrenvn that it would have been quite as disgraceful for a soldier to degnt the post cm - Omitted to his charge as for a policeman to shrltils from executing the orders of hit .ittiperiors on account of any consequences which might follow to hirtiself. This prosecution had been instituted by the Commissioners of Police net oat of any malicions desire towards the priSotiersi bat solely in the e*ctitiO Qt . their They had a large body of men cam ihittb'd.tB thblr eliarae, and Were bound to protect them in the execution of their duty. He therefore pressed the Court to pass 8116 a sentence on the prisoners as might deter others frtim followiog their example. The prosecutors had felt it their duty hell to listen to any thoggestkm of compromise. The pri tenets, by their wealth, had been enabled to command the ser vices of the most talented and able men at the bar, by whose advice they had already profited in withdraw ing their plea of not guilty, and the benefit of whose services they would still farther experience in the addresses Which thby iodic' deliver to the Court. He however felt assured that those addresses wottld not have the effect of screen ing the prisoners from the effects of the act which they had bolter fitted and, from his own knowledge, he had the utmost confidence that their Lordships would in this, as in every other ..-the grant that, of which alone the prosecutors are desirous administration of the law with justice and impartiality. instance, Sir F. Por.Loor then addressed the Court on behalf of the defendant, Captain Duff, and complained of the injustice done him by the publication of the affidavits for the prosecution in the. Morning Herald of Friday, under the head of " The Waldegrave Outrage." The heading was sufficient to show the animus by which that publication had been directed. Every act of the defendants' lives seemed to have been tortured by the Learned Counsel for the prosecution into an argument in aggravation of punishment. The defendants were not even to be permitted to have the grace of the withdrawal of the plea of guilty, but that was to be put down to the account of their counsel. Now that was an act for which the defendants were enti tled to great credit, for they had thereby testified their anxious desire to submit themselves to the justice of the Court, and had waived every advantage which they might have derived from the diffictilty there would hove been in proving the identity. With regard to what passed on that occasion , as the depositions were not before the Court, it was utterly impossible that his Lordship could have had any knowledge of the circumstances of the cast, esleept what he could derive from the indictment itself, which werit nn fUrther than to show that an assault had been committed, without Aating anything as to the circum stances attending it, or the nature of the injuries inflicted upon the individual. It was Well known that in cams of assault nothing was more common than It jet the prisoner speak to the pro secutor—that was, to suffer him to make compensation to the person injured, And if his Lordship had s,;,,rested any thing of the sort on the present occa , ion it Wad ha-v.. 7 been nothing more than what was constantly done—but his Lora ship had done no such thing ; whatever had been said on the subject of compensation to the person injured, had been said by him (Sir Pollack). This was not a case calling for very severe or exemplary punishment. These young men had not been guilty of any premeditated assault. Their meet ing with the policeman was a matter of accident, and he must say that he considered the sergeant was much to blame, seeing the state of intoxication in which they were, to enter into any conversation with them at all • his duty was to have recom mended them to go home quietly, instead of which he got him self embroiled with them, and then commanded the policeman who came up to take one of the parties into custody, having done which, he rode off. The friends of Lord Waldegrave having rescued him, Captain Duff, who was assisting in free ing his friend, walked off, and it did not appear that up to that time any serious injury had been inflicted on the policeman, because he was afterwards enabled to run after the plaintiff, and to seize one of the parties, and it was in the scuffle which ensued after Captain Duff had left that he re ceived the injuries from which he was suffering. He com plained of the gross exaggerations which hail gone forth to the public in the newspapers as to the conduct of his client on this unfortunate occasion, and contended that if the assault had been committed by persons in a lower station of life, it wouldhave been passed over with little or no observation. Captain Duff, through him, was desirous of submitting himself entirely to the justice of the Court, and he deeply regretted what had occurred, and was, and always had been, extremely desirous of making every reparation in his power. Mr. MARTIN followed on the same side. Mr. Tn ESIG E It, for the Earl of Waldegrave, said he had the misfortune to appear there for a very young nobleman, who had for months past suffered from the exaggerations of the newspapers in respect to this unfortunate affair. He did not complain that the affidavits for the prosecution should have been given out for publication ; but he did complain that those affidavits should have been published before the affidavits for the defence had been heard, that an ex-parte statement of the case should have been given, calculated not indeed to prejudice or influence the judgment of the Court; for he was well aware that it was out of the power of any publication to do that, but to create a prejudice in the public mind, and excite public animosity against his client. No one had more to cease to rejoice in the arrival of that day than Lord Waldegrave, for now the whole case was before the public ; what did it amount to? Was it, as it had been represented to be, a case of premeditated, malicious, unprovoked, and almost murder ous outrage? No such thing. Had his Lordship, which it was clear he had not done, recommended that some compromise should take place—that some reparation or compensation should be made to the injured party, and the case should not be proceeded with further, he (Mr. T. ) was prepared to contend that such a course would have been perfectly justifiable, would have been in accordance with what was constantly done in cases of assault even upon policemen, and would have amply met the justice of the case. The whole of this unfortunate affair was owing to the imprudence and indiscre tion of the police-sergeant. What, for instance, could be more likely to aggravate a party of young men, heated with wine, than his order to the constable to throw his light on them, and his second order to him, to go and see the number of the fly. The unfortunate sufferer himself had also acted with great imprudence in attempting to seize one of the party by the leg, after he was in the fly, and while the fly was driving on. Wat could have been his intention ? Did he mean to drag his prisoner from the fly to the ground while the fly was proceeding at the rapid rate that had been represented ? Had he succeeded in doing so the consequences might have been still more severe than they had been. It was evident that the injury to the brain had not been inflicted by the blows which he had re ceived in the scuffle, but had been occasioned by his falling from the fly while it was proceeding at such a rapid rate, and that was proved to be the case by the fact that it was then, and not until then, that he found himself incapable of moving. It was a most unfortunate accident, and advantage had been taken of it to prejudice the defendants, because they occupied a high rank in society. Had the assault been committed by persons of humbler rank, although it might have occa sioned some little observation at the time of its occurrence, all remembrance of it would have long since passed away from the public mind. Whatever might be the judgment passed upon him, Lord Waldegrave was anxious, and ever had been, to be permitted to make such reparation to the man as would prevent him feeling the consequences of the occurence in any way beyond the bodily suffering which he had endured. Through his counsel he expressed his deep regret for what , had occurred, and his anxious desire to submit himself with all humility to the judgment of the Court. Mr. STUART WORTLEY followed on the same side. Their Lordships having consulted together, Mr. Justice PATTESON proceeded to deliver the judgment of the Court. The defendants were charged with having, on the sth of June last, a saulted Charles William Wheatly, a police-constable, at Hampton Wick, and interrupted him in the execution of his duty, and with having inflicted divers in juries upon him. To that indictment they had pleaded guilty. The Learned Counsel for the defendants had complained that this transaction had been made the subject of [gross and exaggerated comment in the public newspapers, and such most likely was the fact, as the Learned COunsel had so stated it to be ; but it did so happen that not one of the Judges who were on the bench at the time the defendants had pleaded guilty had seen any of those accounts, not but what' tilt" might have seen such statements—not that if they had see 2 them they were at all bound, as Judges, not to read them—but it did so happen that they had none of them seen them, and consequently could have no know ledge of the transaction except what they had derived from the affidavits ; and the Learned Judge who presided when the plea of not guilty was withdrawn, and the plea of guilty entered, had no means of acquiring any knowledge of what had taken place except from the indictment, which merely set forth the fact, that an assault had been committed without stating anything as to the nature of it. It appeared that the defendants, in company with several others, had teen dining with the defendant, Lord Waldegrave, at his seat at Strawberry-hill, on the 4th June last, and that being under the influence of wine they had all set off to go to King ston fair, and on their return from the fair it was that the as sault. complained of had taken place. It appeared they had met police sergeant Churchill, and had asked how far down the road his beat extended? to Nvhich he properly replied that his orders prevented him from replying to such a question, whereupon some of the party began making use of disgusting and abusive language. The defendants swore that neither of them had made use of the language complained of, and he hoped such was the case, but still they admitted that such language was made use of by persons in the company. It was not stated who those persons were, or whether they were of the same rank as the defendants, or occupied a lower station. This was at all events certain they must have been persons of very low minds, and persons exceedingly unfit to he the associates of the defendants. It appeared from their own affidavits that after this they pro ceeded to take hold of the bridle of the man's horse, conduct which, although not of a gross or outrageous nature, was yet ex ceedingly improper, and that when, in the execution of the commands of his superior officer, Wheatly proceeded towards the fly for the purpose, as he said, of see ing the owner's name, although perhaps they might have imagined it was to prevent their getting into it, they pushed him down, and then, and not till then, did the sergeant order him to take one of the party, who turned out to he Lord Wal degrave, into custody. The defendant Duff admitted he as sisted in rescuing the other defendant from the cu s t o dy of th e police officer, and that he left before the other assault was committed. That made a slight difference, but a very slight one between the two cases. Lord Waldegrave, however, got into the fly, and the policeman followed attempting to recapture his pri , .oncr, and seized ono of the party by the leg ; they then drove on, a person on the box hit ting at Wheativ at random with a stick, the defendant, Lord Wahlegrave, hitting him on the knuckles with a cane to make him leave go his hold, and the person whose leg he had seized kicking him ; in consequence of this he fell to the ground, unable to move, and the wheel passed over him. Now, if those in the fly knew that the wheel had passed over him, and there was nothing to show that they did not, then their conduct was must inhuman in driving away, leaving, him in the road without assistance. It had been said that the conduct of the polioeman had been indis creet ; but, even admitting it to have been so, although he by no means said that such was the case, still that was no excuse for the defendants. It was not to be borne that persons should commence an outrage, and then, because the persons who had been attacked in the first instance had not acted as discreetly as they might have done, that those who commenced the outrage should turn round and plead the indiscretion as a reason why they should escape punish ment. Those wbo commenced an outrage were re sponsible for every thing that might subsequently occur. Without meaning to impute wilful misrepresentation to the defendants, he was bound to accept the version of the circum stances from •,the affidavits of the policeman, rather than from theirs, because, according to their own showing, they were at that time under the influence of wine, and therefore could not be supposed to have a very accurate recollection of what had taken place. The man who drove the fly, it appeared, was sober, but he had made no affidavit ; neither had any one of the Dart), except the two defendants. The fact of the being under ii :_ 4 llcnce of wine was pleaded as an excuse for their conduct, • of the land admitted no such excuse. If a man chose himself in such a position as that his pas over his reason, he must take the er, be taken thus far in mitig,a -• - they set out, it would to commit, some '-nces, did that but the la,. foitintvily to pu. Lions shook cont.— consequences. It tniglit 4 bowe._ tion. Ilad they been sober at the tins.. Piave served to argue a premeditated dessg.. outrage, which, 117 M-osier; under the eireums,. not appear to be the cast`. it often happenen assaults of this nature were cominitte4 by persons of low .tt , otori while in a state of intoxication ; and ish , those cases, althottgh the public safety required that such persons should be punished, yet some pity might be felt, and some sympathy might be manifested towards them on account of their having had their education neglected, of their having been left to themselves, and their crime being, perhaps, more the consequence of their misfortune than their faults. But when men, occupying a rank and station in society to which the public generally looked for example, and in which they were not often disappointed—when such men voluntarily degraded themselves to the level of the unfortunate class to which he had before al luded, they had no right to pity, they could expect no sympa thy. It had been stated that their rank was an aggravation of their offence, and so it was to a certain extent ; not, however, that they were to be punished solely on account of their rank. The law had marked these cases of assault on police-officers in the execution of their duty as cases of a more aggravated nature than cases of common assault. The defendant had offered compensation and reparation, but it never could be borne that any man could be permitted by his wealth to pur chase the privilege of committing outrages of this na ture. He must, as well as others, pay in person for his offences. In ordinary ewes of this description the offence was generally committed by a class of persons whose poverty was such as absolutely to preclude them from paying in purse, and on whom the infliction of a fine, accom panied as it always was by imprisonment until the fine should be paid, would be tantamount to a sentence of perpetual im prisonment. But in eases where persons could afford to pay in purse as well as in person, there was not, any reason why the Court should not inflict a fine as well as sen tence them to pay in person. " I have already observed," - concluded Isis Lordship, " that there is a slight difference, al though a very slight difference,between your two cases. Taking all the circumstances of the case into our consideration the sentence of the Court upon you George Edward, Earl of Waldegrave, and upon you William John Duff, is, that you be each of you imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the Illarshalsea, that is in the Queen's Bench pri son, for the space of six calendar months, and that you George Edward Earl of Waldegrave, do pay to her Majesty a fine of 2001., and you William John Duff, a fine of 20/., and that you be further imprisoned until such fines shall be paid." The defendants then left the Court in custody. Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., for Windsor, has resigned his office of FiLaucial Secretary of her Majesty's Treasury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 3. Lord STRADBROKE presented several petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petitim from a place in Essex against any further grant to the College of Maynooth, and praying for tun abolition of idolatrous Wol_ ship in India. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a petitiOn from a place in Surrey against any encouragement of idolatry in India. CORN-LAWS. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented 120 pal ..ion?, principally from places in Buckinghamshire, against 31.)y a :teration in the present Core-laws. These petitions were signea tiv farmers and tradesmen, by clergymen and labourers. The Noble Duke proceeded to say that they had been signed prev;,:usly to any announcement made in another place.—(Hear.) That announcement, however, had induced the p titioners to communicate with him, and to express their astonishment ,on the subject. They deeply regretted that on such a questisen the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government sieeuld have united with his colleagues in favour of an alteration in the Corn-laws, and run thereby no small risk of endangering every thing that was valuable in this coientry. —( Hear, hear.) The petitioners anxiously desired to come before their Lordships, not seeking a monopoly under any circumstances, but simply praying the House not to deprive them of that protection wbich all other classes of her Majesty's subjects enjoyed. As far as he (the Duke of Buckingham) was concerned, he had beard with regret and astonishment the declaration made in an other place; but he did hope that that declaration would meet with the derided opinion of the Commons of Eng land, as well as of their Lordships, in a manner which would at once dispel the fears of the agricultural population of that county, and enable them to enjoy in peace their own property and to give employment to the labouring classes, who, if those laws were repealed, would be deprived of the means of subsistence.—(Hear, hear.) It would be for their Lordships to inquire into the whole question, and when he recollected the sentiments formerly expressed by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, he certainly hoped he would not join his colleagues on the occasion. He felt confident at least that their Lordships would feel that they had some reason to ex pect the support of the Noble Viscount. He would read an extract from a speech formerly delivered by tho Noble Lord in confirmation of this assertion. The Noble Duke then read an extract from a former speech of Lord Mel bourne, to the effect that his Lordship saw clearly that an alteration in the Corn-laws could not be carried into effect without a most violent struggle and civil con tentions—without stirring society to its foundations, and leaving behind every sort of and animosity. The Noble Lord said that he did not think the advantages to be derived from the change would be worth the evils of the struggle by which alone their Lordships might depend upon it the change could be effected. They had already seen great changes—changes which disturbed society to the bottom—which excited man against man—divided the whole country into par ties, and left behind the deepest feelings of animosity. He was not ready, by any rash adventure, again to agitate those feelings, and on those general grounds he felt himself justified in opposing the motion." (Hear, bear.) Those were the words of the Noble Viscount, end be (the Duke of Buckingham) would call upon their Lordships to stand by those laws.—(Bear, hear.) He trusted they would never witness those disturbances to which the Noble Viscount had alluded; but so surely as he and his colleagues should take the step that had been mentioned, so surely would they throw the country into a state of irremediable confusion, while the Noble Lord and his colleagues would be answerable for the evils which would follow. Viscount MELBOURNE.—As he had been so point edly alluded to by the Noble Duke, be thought it was ne cessary fur him to say a few words in reply. No doubt, en many occasions, he had stated that there were many reasons and grounds which rendered any agitation of the Corn-laws liable to great objection, and pregnant with evil. But, at the same time, upon every occasion on which he had addressed their Lordships on the question, he had always sai i that his opposition to any change in the Corn-laws was based upon particular and temporary grounds.—(Cheers.) Upon no occasion had he ever pledged himself to the ex isting- kiwi, because he saw that the time must come when their Lordships must of necessity take the question into consideration. The Noble Viscount quoted from his speech of last year, in order to show that he had not pledged himself to the laws as they stood, or to the amount of duty to be levied—be had distinctly stated that circumstances might arise which would render it neces sary for the Legislature to reconsider the question. He thought it impossible for him to use any words which would more clearly show that in his opinion the question was merely one of time. In his opinion the circum stances had arisen—( Hear, hear)—the time had now ar rived when, in order to meet the exigencies of the country —when large financial measures, affecting every interest in the country, it was impossible to leave that, the master grievance untouched.—(Cheers.) On these grounds he had thought it necessary to change his opinion. The Earl of RIPON had heard, with very great regret, the speech of his Noble Friend—not on account of the great interests concerned, but on account of the character of h;s Noble Friend Isimself—(Cheers)--because, if be had not any more satisfactory reasons for his chung.: of opinion he would not he would not be able sta:' d justified in th e eyes of the count:' , carry on the Go vernment of the cnJintry.—( Cheers.) H e tya: anxious to ask a question of the Noble Viscount. In his opinion :heir Lord ships had aright to know trt.:.t was the principle t 2 be ai,lopted by the Government, they ought io know whether the mO• sure was to be one of protection or of taxation. If it was 0 be a measure of protection, then they threw away all the arguments used by the Anti-Corn-law people. Ho contended that the Corn-law was a measure of protection, and introduced upon grounds of humanity and justice—introduced for the wants and sub s i s t ence o f the poor; but if they threw away the principle of protection and adopted that of taxation-4 Loud cheers)—they would do that which bad never been done by any country in the world—(Cheers)—it would be the most cruel act ever forced upon a reluctant Legislature. Lord ME LBO U RNE• said he was not at present pre. pared to answer the question.—(Great laughter and cheer. ing on the Opposition Benches.) The Earl of WINCHILSEA (a ho spoke with exceed. ing vehemence, and although in his loudest possible tone with so much rapidity of utterance that it was ins. possible to catch a single sentence coherently) said that the proposed corn-measure must be considered as one of taxation, and as such, he, as one of the landowners of the country, would give it every op position is his power. He would oppose any additional tax upon the agricultural interest, and especially a tax on the most essential article of the food of the working classes. (Loud cheers from Earl Stanhope.) He hoped the people of England would rise up as one man against scch a tax. (Renewed cheers from Earl Stan hope and others.) The object of the existing Corn laws was the protection of the agricultural interest, and to afford a supply of bread to the labouring classes as eltetply as it could be grown.__( Cheers from the Opposi tion, especially from Earl Stanhope.) No country could be independent cr free which depended on others for its supply of food.---( Cheers.) If it was now to be proposed to tax brca 1, in Goe.'s name let them resist it to the utmost. —(Cheers from Lord Stanhope and the Opposition, and laughter from the Liberal Lords.) They might tax the property and incomes of the higher classes as they pleased, but in God's name, let them not allow a tax upon bread.— ( Great laughter on the Ministerial benches, and cheers foci the Tories.) The Noble Lord opposite and his colleagues were not acting honestly.—(Checrs.) The country condemned them on their foreign, do mestic, and commercial policy; and now they had raised the " Cheap-bread" cry, in the hope that clamour would be of use to them, upon a dissolution of Parliament, But the people had too much sense to be deluded by that cry. They knew that "cheap bread" meant low wages. By this attempt, by taking away the protection from the produce of the newly emancipated West Indian colonies, and giving encouragement to foreign sugar, Minis ters had rendered themselves more odious than ever, and had hurried on their own downfal. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord DUNFERMLINE presented a petition foci seven Clergymen of the Church of Scotland, complaining that they were deprived of their rights, in consequence of the adherence of a majority of the General As sembly to a division which the Scotch Judges and that House (the House of Lords) had pronounced to be illegal. The Noble Lord said, that in drawing their Lordships' attention to the petition, he wished to state that he had given notice not only to present it, but of moving for a copy of the indictment against these gentlemen. His reasons for doing so were intimately bl en d e d, b u t h e assure d their Lordships his observations should be as short as possible, since however interesting the subject might be to the people of Scotland, he knew it was very uninviting in that House. He had always held that there was no duty more incurn , bent on a Member of the Legislature than to bring under the :en of the branch to which he belonged any wrong or in ": • a miht have witnessed, either civil or ecclesi justice In. , ;tai. I t was necessary that, if possible, the pro. ast lion should be arrested, for if it gross a this gun.: nrecipated into a Mato of the d i :' , ere could be no other result were persqvcre , have occurred than that Scotland should be might ord l s t hips . ttnat there might t u o t utmost some embarrassment , of their be some objection in point of form tt; a petition relating to proceedings still pending, but he wished to rest his cave on more extended than merely technical grounds. This was no question between patrons and pro prietors. It was a collision between two great cons ti tute d authorities. On the one side the Legislature and the Courts of Law were associated with the legitimate authorities in relation to the Established Church. On the other side was a Church which contended for independence and spiritual supremacy, and enforced their opinion i n opposition to the judgment of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and England. This was a question which well deserved attention. It was a question which would not much longer confine itself to Scotland. These petitioners asked to be protected and relieved from severe persecution, because they yielded prompt and loyal obedience to the laws of their country.—( Hear, hear.) By whom were they so persecuted ? By those whose es pecial duty it was to inculcate obedience to the law by their precnpts and their practice, and who derived the power, which he could not but think they abused, from the State._( Hear, hear.) He wished to call attention to some of the proceedings of the General Assembly, which constituted the foundation of the proceedings now brought before their Lordships. In 1834 an Act was passed by the General Assembly, called the Veto Act. The ctFrct of this Act was to make it competent for the heads of families, being communicants, to reject any minister, with oat assigning a motive. This Act was found to be a direct attack upon the legal rights of patrons, who accord ingly applied to the laws of their country. But while the question came to be considered by the General Assembly, it was met by a resolution to the effect, that the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland a:•know•lcdged thy! jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters relating to civil rights and emoluments of the Church, and the ministers IVENING EDITION. tnetof, and would inculcate obedience to their decision. Butthat it was contained in the articles of the Confession of 'aith of the National Church, that the Lord Jesus had appinted it a head distinct from the C!vil Magistrate, a nd tha in all things with respect to doctrine and disiplin( tha judicature poescssed an exclusive jurisdiction, an' tha they would enforce submission to the same on e l 3 oflie bearers and members of the Church. Now if cv' the was a distinct claim of independence and spiritui IL suremacy it was contained in this resolution.—( Hear.; t Tlo decision of the Courts of Law in Scotland was cot& • fined by their Lordships' House, yet, notwithstan diW the the Act was attempted to be enforced by the Genesi I Asembly. These petitioners having acted in obedien tothe law, had incurred the displeasure of the Gene tl Asembly, and were suspended, and all that remained a e fo the Assembly to pronounce sentence of final depositie If this were done, he begged to call their Lordships' et totion to the circumstances. By the Act of 1592 sill these parishes would become vacant., and the patrons be diprived of all the profits of the benzfieee, and it t ns (len to all the heritors of land to refuse to pay the mi te his stipend. Ho would then bo obtig ed to bring, he kiew not how many actions, against he know not bolt nany heritors, and would moreover have to , pay expe uses. Vhat then would his Noble Friend do ? I V,ould he awn din or maintain the presentee of the Crown .? If he abate dined him he would take part with the Ct. torch ag ainst e:e law ; if he maintained him, he would take t be ot's eee w ay. The General Assembly was about to meet u7ader very trying difficulties. The dominant party the xiset.ves said tlat either of two things must be done,_eithe. r the minis tars of Seattibogie must be displaced or the Church of frootland woula be annihilated. If the latter part of the aternative should happen, it would be the fai slt of these gentlemen themselves for not obeying the law. Th e i n jury ts the individuals in the present case was of lit tle import ance compared to the evil of allowing matters tit remain as they were. He regretted that his Noble Friend Lord M.) snutted to have declared in the first instance thee i he watt ant listen to any proposition from the Church, until, as • sreliminary, the law was obeyed. Instead of ti hat c ourse acing taken the whole current of Government patronage had flowed amongst the supporters of the Genera 1 Aisem bly.—( Hear, from the Tory Benches.) He tht ught tbo time was come when something definite should be done. His Noble Friend (Lord Melbourne) ought me w, before the meeting of the General Assembly, to declare explicitly that the law shall be obeyed. His Noble Fric n d might then go further, and say that the question should be takes into his consideration with a view to settle the d fferences. If matters were allowed to remain as they were, the cease' quence would be that there would be two church( is in every parish—one, the support and prop of the State-- The other , the support and prop of the General Assembly. ' ['he Noble Lord concluded by expressing his hope that his Noble Friend would express a firm and decided determ t o enforce the law. The Duke of ARGYLL was gird that the s iribject bed, been brought so fully before the House, and he truste d that some measure would be adopted for settling; this long' disputed question. Viscount MELBOURNE said his Noble Friend bad gone into the whole of this question. Ho ha d proper l l, stated that this was a question between t hit Church et Scotland and the high legal authorities. W.lsc.n his Noble Friend said he trusted the Government wrotuld suppor t civil rights, he held no hesitation in saying that .it would do, so ; but when he went on to say that he hoped he weal& introduce some legislative ;masure for the set dement 0 1 the question, he could not give any promise to tthat effeet• Under a Constitution like ours, cowposed of so many dif ferent bodies, differences of this kind would arise ; but it was not in such cases the duty of the Government imme diately to interfere to prevent them. He was not willing , upon the expectation of certain conduct in the Assembly, to join in any measure affecting their eights. Ha would not undertake to introduce any measure alt ering the eta' stitution of the Church of Scotland. Until he saw some other ground then yet existed, he would not bind himself to a step of which he could not see the result:. His Noble Friend had made seine complaints of the coerduct of the Government with reference to this matter. 'The Govern ment had stated to the Assembly their disapproval of the conduct which had been pursued; and he (Lord Mel' bourne) did not see whet advantage would halve been de rived from breaking off all commuraication with them; rs his opinion, it would only have jam-teased theix violence. Unquestionably the Government would maintain and sup port the law, but he could not give any promise of a die' tinct measure on the subject. The Earl of ABERDEEN wished to say a fe w words on this subject. The only offence charged .gait tat there men was, their obedience to the law, as it bad been down by this House. Throughout they had done nothing except in compliance with judgments delivered against themselves. They had done nothing but what, i.f the, had done it of themselves, would have laid them open 0 censure. The Noble Viscount said he would maintala and uphold the law, but be would not interfere to put ,at end to their difference_. Why, the domi na nt party in the' Church refused to submit th emse l ves t o t h e j u d gme nts O' that House ! Were their Lordships prepared t o sanction that conduct? When the State re cogn i se d an d mecloviele them as an Established Church, they imposed c ertain conditions upon them. If they were to resist the Aet ° I I, der which they had existed as an establishment, b' could the laws be maintained, except by. measures W e % compelling their submission ? (Hear, hear, hear e As the law at present stood it was openly violated and We': tcmned, and he trusted it would not be allowed to cep' tinue in such a position. He would not say there actually t r h e b a e c l t lio so n f , v b i o e c i e a n t e e t h and e y w certainly, r e a pt t although t ouconnectgh theseeeG Rev. Gentlemen had not arms in their bands, they indulged in the most violent and inflammatory harangues' It appeared to him that the present Government were in' directly countenancing these parties—they had lately ter eeinted to a Professorship in Edinburgh one of the most ~F ; je t, : of these reverend agitators. It appeared to bin? , that ft she' matter was properly taken up, there was little doubt a risease.. - e might be framed which would at oars - afford the regale-it,' protection to th e l aw , an d p u t an end to the present most die;raceful agitation. He hoped, not... " withstanding the little inierese the subject excited in dolt' House, that her Majesty's Government would grapple with the question in a spirit of earnestoess, and set it finally at rest. They must eventually decide whether of not the law should be supported. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he did not profess himself competent to grapple fully with the ieehject, bet the answer which his Noble Friend near him had given £0 the Noble Earl was th e on ly answer h e cou ld give" namely, that it was the det e rmin a ti on o f th e Govern ment to maintain and uph o ld t h e l aws . H e thought the charge of the whole stream of Government patron&V having flowed towards those who violated the taw* was not earranted by the facts. So far agi he (the Marquis of Normanby) was concerned, (reser the time be had held the seals of his present office it bald been his anxious endeavour to discharge his duty withotre favour towards any party. As regarded Church patronage in Scotland, in all cases of doubt it bad been the practice of the Government to appoint a loot, and he understood the„, practice had given very general satisfaction. With mom to the appointment to which the Noble Earl had referred , he had made inquiries into the character and attainments of the individual and his capabilities of filling a situation' so intimately connected with the doctrines and practice 0 6 the Church of Scotland, and he understood the appoint -. mcnt had given very general satisfaction. He would add,. however, that the Professorship was not intended to be & permanent appointment. Lord MEL VI L L E said, unless some decided steps 7 , , ere taken by the Government to vindicate the law, their mere declarations of their intention to do so would be wort), nothing. They should call upon the Lord Advocate to pratect those who obeyed the law. The Marquis of NO RM ANB Y explained. The Earl of RODEN implored their Lordships not to come to any decision respecting the petition until some op portunity had been afforded to the Assembly of the Church of Scotland for explaining what had induced th e m to adopt the course they had pursued. He was certain the eminent men composing that Assembly must have bad some reason for the eourse they were pur,uing. TheY might be in error, but from what he knew of them he felt convinced that they were actuated by conscientious rue tives. There was no Church which had improved more j" its ministers than the Church of Scotland had within the last few years. He held in his hand a petition from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, praying for the total abolition of patronage, but he did not believe the Church of Scotland desired any such thing.—( Hear, hear.) A U they desired was that certain impediments which the laW threw in the way of the execution of their duty should be removed. He trusted the Assembly in Edinburgh would pause before they came to any determined resolution, and would take the advice of their best friends. The Earl of HADDINGTON said that other °ppm' tunities would arise to satisfy the mind of his Noble Friend on the question. Ha would implore him to decline taking any part until he had thoroughly satisfied himself, by fully investigating the question. The Presbyt e rian Church in Ulster was in a very different situation from dip Church of Scotland. Nothing could be more likely to encourage the Church of Scotland in the course they were pursuing, than the Government acting as they had done, in giving up the Government Church patronage into the hands of the congregations. The interdict of the Court of Session, which was the law, had beon treated with' the greatest contempt by the Church of Scotland. flow would the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack treat any parties who should treat injunction with the same sort of contempt and defiance ? The evils which would result from the deposition of these ministers, would be in calculable, and he beseeched the Government to adopt measures to prevent it. The Marquis of N OR MANB Y said that the practice of the Governrneht of leaving the appointment of ministers to tlio Crown livings by the congregations had been adopted le( re these troubles had commenced. The petitions were then laid on the table. MR. STANLEY. The Earl of G L ENG ALL in bringing forward the motion of which he bad given notice, relating, to the fal , i• ficatiof sof the returns from the Poor-la w C omm i ss i one rs in Ireland, felt it would not be necess ary f or hi m to dil a te at any length upon the grate nature of the offence which had been committed. It had been clearly proved that the returns were incorrect, and there could be no doubt that a breach of privilege had been committed ; but it was more than that, it was a gross contempt of their Lordship's House. Ile believed it was the first instance of such an offence having been committed. In the returns which had been ordered, certain letters were incorrectly given, a nd others were placed in a position calculated to mislead. He concurred in this transaction, and the Poor-law Com mission Office best acted in a way in which no other public department would pre,ume to do. There was another point of importance—namely, that it appeared to be the opinion of the Commissioners that in their correspondence it was not necessary to confine themselves to truth, and that, consequently, they were in the habit of writing that which was convenient rather than that which was troc he thought there had net been for many years an investi gation of greater importance, and their Lordships' would think so if they would reflect that it was upon this Act that the future f•-anchicg of the people of Ireland would in all probahiiitv he based. Ile regretted to say that he found it very diffic u lt to reconcile with truth the evidence that bad been given at their Lordships' bar ; but, on this point