The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

_ . L A W I N TEI LIGENC E 1 TEL tion, said it was his duty to call . the attention of . the Jury E. 'to a case the magnitude and importance of which could Cli A i _______,..._____ not be exaggerated. It was an indictment preferred on 4a.IS CER Y COURT.—(THIS DAY). Thebehalf of the City of London, in consequence of the dis- I, L TIIE MATTER OF PLUMMER, A BANKRUPT. covery of a very extensive system of bribery and corrup whter LORD CHANCELLOR stated that in this ease, in tion, perjury and personation, such as could not fail to th e I he had -given judgment yesterday, but reserved astonish the Jury, and would, he was satisfied, diffuse 0... q uestio ocosts,s he was of opinio n th a t there equal amazement throughout the country. He regretted u ‘ g to be no on either side. to say, that the facts, showing the existence of this i s mul- TOLEDO V. VIETA. tifarious system of crime were proved beyond a doubt. , 40 ., 0 case stood on the paper to-day upon an appeal In consequence of the death of the Bridgemaster, which " 4 , from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of took place last year, a vacancy occurred, which it be- E nlacd. came necessary to fill up . . A writ for the election was 12_1,r• RICHARDS, shortly after the sitting of the Court, issued, which took place in the month of January, 1841, ,airn permission of the Court for it to stand over gene- on which occasion Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Ledger were the wh Y , account of the death of the D u k e d e l Infantado, candidates. The show of hands fell on Mr. Gibbs, and a bii?se committees, under the Spanish law, had filed the poll was demanded on behalf Mr. G. Ledger. On that The L ORD CHANCELLO .• .• occasion one of the defenda n t s was ta k en i n t h e act of : ' ' attempting to swear to a fictitious qualification. This circumstance created suspicion, an inquiry was insti tuted, and a number of persons who had presented them selves to poll, were found to have voted several times. There were various ways in which the rights of the citizens had been violated on that occasion. The dead or absent were personated. In the confusion necessarily attendant upon the bustle of an election, it was distinctly ascertained that 150 attempts of this sort were made. Personation was extensively mixed up with bribery, thus perverting an election, which should be the result of free choice. There were two defendants in particular, to whom he should refer, whose case was marked by pe culiar turpitude. One of the defendants was detected in the actual commission of the offence ; by means of the revelations which that person had made, a clue was obtained to the entire conspiracy, and which had led to the presentproceedings. The credit to which that individual might be entitled was, a question for the Jury to decide. They would find that a consider able number of persons who were from home had been personated. The defendants assembled at a public louse and then arranged the conspiracy for which they were in dicted. Of the guilt of these parties, of their assembling at this house, and of the arrangements they entered into there could be no doubt. There were two defendants, M`Namara and Simpson, who stood prominently forward on this occasion. M`Namara was a respectable coach proprietor, Simpson also was a man in a respectable sta tion of life. There were two other defendants, who, under the superintendence of M`Namara, took an active part in those transactions. The other defendants were in in humble life, and appeared to have had no hesitation to damn their souls by wholesale perjury. Their pecu niary interest in the transaction, however, amounted to no more than eight or ten shillings. The City of Lon don had undertaken this prosecution solely from motives of duty. This case was too notoriously flagrant to be passed over, and it was for the Jury to say how many of the defendants were obnoxious to the charge. If the defen dants, on inquiry, should be found innocent, th e Ci ty of London ought, nevertheless, to have instituted this prosecution, seeing the materials of which they were in possession. If, on the contrary, the defendants should be found guilty, that justice which this Court and the country demanded at the hands of the jury. would, he had no doubt, be fearlessly administered, The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call his wit nesses. Alderman Lainson, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Moulding, Mr. Valentine, Mr. Secondary James, and ,Mr. Secondary Potter, severally deposed to the facts ,of the vacancy in the office of Bridgemaster, of., the issuing of the writ of the holding of the election, of the declaration of the show of hands in favour' .of Mr. David Gibbs, of a poll having been demanded, or the poll having been taken, and of the return of Igr; Gibbs. The Secondaries pro duced the poll-hoc:ilia', to which, however, many parties had had access in the absence of the Secondaries, in con sequence of an order of the Court of Aldermen. Daniel Richard Hacker had been one of the poll-clerks at the election for Bridgemaster, and administered either an path or an affirmation to each person who voted. All the entries in witness's two poll-books are in witness's handwriting. He has examined the books, and will swear they are in the same condition in which he delivered them up to the Secondary at the conclusion of the elec tion, except that certain tickets have been inserted where there are supposed to be fictitious votes. The other poll-clerks employed at the election, gave similar testimony as to the correctness of their respective books. On the cross-examination of Hacker by Mr. Payne, it appeared that the name of Reynolds had been struck out, because the person voting under that name was neither a freeman nor a liveryman—the person, whose real name was Morris, was then given into custody, and committed by Sir Geor g e Carroll for pe r j ur y. (The trial was proceeding when we went to Press.) lication. granted the app) 7300T$ V. CRESWICK. op TUART replied to-day in this case, the arguments The hick hare already occupied the Court three days. e ase came b e f ore t h e C ourt upon an application to N il ear a decree pronounced by Lord Cottenham in A last gu m he LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the ar- Judgm• 'Ws, t. said he should take tim e to con s id er hi s en 11() I LLS'COURT.—(THIS DAY.) e SMITH V. JEYES. was a motion, o n a ffid av i t o f th e plaintiff, for the bmtalent of a receiver of the moneys belonging to the 4 1ne ss carri e d on b y hi m i n co-partnersh i p w i th the th en dant, as s oli c i tors i n Chancery-lane, and to wind up b: affair s o f the partnership, which had been dissolved f4tahe plaintiff on the ground of direct violation by de- Plai n a t t i l f t i of the articles entered into by him with the f or emberton, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Romilly appeared e e plaintiff, and Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Wright for fthgefenclan t. I` l ,le trial was proceeding when we went to press.). '„ - r- ,- CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY., rgt koefor e the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ATTOR N EY -GENERAL V. THE GREENWICH RAILWAY phi s COMPANY. was an information filed by her Majesty's At- V7 -Ge nera l , at the relation of the Commissioners of ell ient for th e E astern Di v i s i on o f t h e B oroug h o f T tlt il liwark, aga i nst t h e Greenw i ch Railway Company. fir The object of the a ppli ca ti on was t o restra i n t h e d e tieittuauts from proceeding with their works upon a large -ground in th e ne i g hb our h oo d o f T oo l ey -S treet, otZ °° Misey- s t reet, an d t h e B roa d way, i n the . borough the ,eutliwark, to the inconvenience of the public, and C,linterference with certain public thorougidares. The 4 1 1 4 7,.,45 i 0ners complained of four grievances on the part htiy h - ', ( hapany. Th e fi rs t gr i evance was , th a t th e Corn thQlii;a" lately purchased land with a view to widen 1 4 .: which they had originally constructed ; and 1. VA ) , 'eat they had not originally constructed the rat - t kl: 4 l ° , - the extent of the land they had purchased, 1 40 4 - „ a 'they appropriated the residue to certain pas :-ecnimunications; the third, that a passage had Gr . Itaproperly constructed through a place called ' 4lffi t.l l r ents; an, the fourth grievance complained of, th 41 % had not constructed, according to the terms itr t : Act of Parliament, a bridge over Bermondsey -3 the case h a d come b e f ore t h e M aster o f t h e thtt t ' il tla the s t h o f S eptem b er last; but, as it appeared L 1 44 fA „ e C ompany w e re th en a b ou t t o a p p l y to Parlia ,7%4"*„. 4 Bill to ext en d th e i r p owers an d to ena bl e t h em 444 t h., - * " .a c t in the neighbourhood in question six gi t "est his Lordship ordered the case to stand over tltu t -- PtlrPose of enabling the Company to carry their to a l'ugh Parli ament , on condition that they entered ;t14,0-4. undertaki ng by th e i r C ounse l to appear The ; Pie Court, an d t o a bid e b y w h atever 4 1 ,L 7 might afterwards think fit t o ma k e . parliament, however, could not be obtained j !lie te 'e last Sessio n , as th e ouse of Commons' had Jiv itt i;t, d etermination of not proceeding with . any 11 4 ( 1 h and in the meantime the works complained tb 4k r e en since continued by the Company. t th e S o me conversation among Counsel it was agreed tlNeso e e nlutiany should undertake, by . their Counsel, to' ?1„"' with their application to Parliament, and that 1 ; 11 1 1 (i lle b e sti ° 11 of the legality or ill ega lity o f t h e i r ac t s L,‘ % id tried by indict men t, an d no t b e f ore t h e C ourt . 1, - 4, - 4e order stood thus—" The defendants, by . their un dertake to pro cee d w i t h their application to 11 4 . 114 :Z t en t; and a l so undertake,, by their Counsel, to e, and abid e b y, the order which the Court may t he I the to th tt fit , make ; on conditi on , never theless, ( 4, I N Attorney -General d o , on or before 1, 1 , 43 tra t ,„ daY of Hil ary t erm next, i n di ct t h e " to which indictment the defendants under- It Y ' te i PPear, and to plead in such manner as h to e questi th "Ale ut on, whether the acts complained of in t k itt are legal ; but the Company admitting that ki l. . 4lo oct i s e e " t heY have done respecting the bridge over 11,,,14(1ieY-street is contrary to the Act of Parliament, r, r re d ot 7etit i s to be preferred in respect to what they i e with regard to that bridge." The motion was sidesnitollett meantime to stand over, with liberty on Leth PPIY. Soh,. ed a ppeared for, the Attorney-General, and ( The elat°er'lGy_esneral for the defendant. (g„ ti ll II r 4 proceeding when we went to Press.) "re Vice-Chancellor Wronam.) TOMLIN V. TOMLIN. kin ; re two',,,twe judgment in this cause. The plain te,stat°r-i a lady e — f t ruf four residuary legatees under the by 6, the name of Elizabeth Belcey. The „`nose Will, app o i n t e d f our p ersons h er execu -11;ae wiic'ecutors di sc l a i me d, an d a d m i n i strat i on, ''tary it a nnexed, was g r an t e d to Th omas B e l cey it 4 , 11 41. g Leey, the brother and sister of Elizabeth. '';( 1 Mary Belcey had since died, and adminis sLteit e tra t ia t non .o tE a l n ir j .a th ine h s l o b m e l e i n . g:a h n o te t d he t n o e ,„,nt:d . t e he estate m of Elizabeth. The object of the th tiB to administer the estate of Eli za b et h i~ e ej Plaintiffs had for that purpose brought before 4 tt the personal representatives of Thomas and - ' 'll .,NtatA treating them as persons who were ac thee for part of the estate of Elizabeth. In strict r4l4l,,,refore, the representatives of Thomas and Mary t,,•,rz a " h _ e re to be considered merely debtors to the estate f . ,7th, and up on th a t principle the case must even th„ decided. It had been argued, however, at the pet;t_he representatives of Thomas and Mary Belcey k c liz a h who had in their hands assets of the estate Plai, et n • and evidence was tendered on the part of k l i t k flo at ' t 'ff: to show that those assets consisted in part i11, 4 4)14 „q 50 ,000/. An objection was taken to the ad ht- °f the evidence upon that point, and 04b y 4 °f Law v. Hunter, Ward v. Woodward, and Ilunter, were cited in support of that objec -4,6 th e t se cases Appeared to him to decide, very clearly, P e e r r s.wi beneficially interested in the estate of a NI ! itiurii.tiitiletestate might elect to consider a debt execaor of that estate, as assets in his r 'it k t : (l ttii34.rnek him, however, when the argument was e bar, and he still thought, that if the exe qt C'elf said he had no such assets in his hands, he 13: treated like any other debtor, and the plaintiff t:te klntitled to the usual decree. In the case of a ‘ 1, 41 4 t , ofd against the executor who administered an e "„` single debt against the personal estate b„',rY case where the Court might make a de tV•iteent without taking an account of the assets ~t tit 47' e r Party, or only an account of the personal e . fl tv ith ett s ,P_,e,ct of . which the Court could decree pay t'lat ee tqt, ti ; L orecting all the creditors to come before Court would in all such cases make a de alter ld 4 . 7 Party. But the question was, whether t i . kr th e a t i affect the decree to be made in that case. qai r lge 'sl e - er t inestion to be tried, but it did not at all we then to be made ; the only effect of , th u \\ As Ol t usa tta that instead of treating . the debt of . 1 L., 41 48 Pounds claimed against the estate , / , ‘'<h ) 7.tals t r l d Mary Belcey, as being assets in Pay' e ;"e Plaintiff's were to be treated as creditors . tlq ) .'c i l e I N out of the assets of Thomas and Mary lt; s t tr tai tis , e Present case the bill was filed to recover Po t ,,Otr e ," the assets of a deceased and . Phillips's 4 ,, he dClgestion was, whether the plaintiff wit? at I, L ) t t , l S e tt ee o l t a it red or entitled to be paid an ascertained property it had passed under I , l 4l la b il ,Ni r iY di sposition, and the plaintiff having got a hill to 1, 41 Court, the - debt was sent by Lord Cot 11iin the Master's office to be proved over again. its keti this cause proceeded against the real estates, testAii4‘,,decree- to bind the estate finally. kith vu course of the Court . _ was to d p r oof would give, a title to a ld and then as direct it to be . tried ;01 4 ,,,ae -aster's office. It appeared that no injury try (I,7eo, B „ list ained by the plaintiff by pursuing the Lleada.,:,,whereas great injury might be done to 4`iti tl ti; h e "" departing from it. Upon these Z o uld make the usual decree for the t l ki ll ,3 7 thi" l is cause. H e was a n x i o us not to t,Pi wit -g with respect to the evidence : , buttl e i u diee the' case of either of the viewaaing "e tho ug h t a strong case had b een ma d e tlot a debt, ultra the debt sought by the plaintiff. d t ttQd , e that Mr. Belcey, though at one time r ao t h had afterwards disputed, the debt. It was 0t4, 1 coui d a t the arrangement between Thomas and t ;t b ee a licit, bind the parties benefi c i a lly i n t e - N i arty . n-s.„O Thomas was hi mse lf an account or 4-14 t Mary w as o n e o f th e rep . re- I tt4 N ee ; Elizabeth and her own interest being k,2l,ed, shh-a ' dmitted that Thomas had over tvi`aque runt. It was said that she was suffering r t ()l n •an attack of paralysis, but there was "?. show that she was incompetent to the 'll 4 whe t her her affairs. No attempt had been made th,,t fo r ti er Elizabeth had any property which could thth,`"tit le enormous increase which had taken place t ii.. a stial etw een the year 1818 and the year 1828. tlieeelrer: Was then ordered to be entered for 11. 4) 04 s o ter being directed to state how much tto nd. ail s% !-ITTLE V. GRETILLE. kOrdered , Inch was entered in the paper of to-day, !Land over till the 20th. BNCH,—_(T HIS DAY.) ,TO CARRY THE ELECTION OF ) ,'hi, 111 E 4 , ,TO CARRY rdwit s MACNAMARA AND SIXTEEN OTHERS. e tOns, indictment against the defendants for teeePrialrareciytt,edpersonation and bribery, alleged to i 4 4141. Att e r ' i n Jaliti by them :it the City election for O a ary last. t'4,4a, k"Y-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. k w . e d f or k Bodkin, M r . Bullock, and Mr. Gurney yProsecu don, which was instituted by the ell tOm kell 1 / 4 " 1 . , Mr, M Ch r C. Jones, s, , is, Heaton, ars, . N tt k tf n ap pe l a • [tine, Mr. and several other t we _ red for the different defendants. Up . 4L Y COUnsel altogether are engaged in this Atrz, -"c'x GENERAL, i n opening for the prosecu EVENING SUN EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) HAYWARD V. BARLOW—CRIM. CON. Sir JOHN BAYLEY having stated that the plaintiff in this case sought damages for the loss of the society and comfort of his wife, Mr. ERLE stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff was compelled to appeal to a Jury of his country for pecu niary redress for one of the most grievous injuries which one man could inflict upon another—viz., the seducing of his wife's affections, aad causing her to desert her home, but the law allowed no other remedy. He would not generalise upon such a . topic, because it was a case that must of necessity come,home to the bosom and feelings of every man, especially one who had enjoyed the comfort and peace of his own home. It appeared that the plaintiff was married in 1834, and had lived with his wife in the utmost peace and harmony, until unfortunately, by some means the defendant got introduced into the family circle. He became a frequent visitor to the house and was treated like a friend, but he had repaid that friend ship with the basest ingratitude, for he had used it for the destruction of the domestic peace of those whose hospitality he had .so often shared. It would be•proved that he had been for a long course of months, and he might say for years, engaged in seducing the affections and virtue of the plaintiff's wife—that he visited her at all times of the day, when he knew that the business of the plaintiff demanded his presence in town. The plaintiff was a bookseller, carrying on business in Pater noster-row ; he resided at Chelsea, where he kept his wife in comfort, while he was struggling with an adverse trade. He was detained all day from home, and was therefore unable to control and watch the actions of his wife ; but they lived in the utmost comfort and confidence until the wiles of the seducer had proved successful, and the victim abandoned her home in the May of the present year. The defendant had put a plea upon the record denying the marriage. That was for the purpose of obliging him to give evidence of an unfortunate circum stance which' had occurred previous to the marriage of the parties. It appeared that they had had a child born previous to that event, but the plaintiff had made every reparation in his power for the misfortune ; and it did not become the defendant to set that up as any justification of his own wrong. It would be proved that after the marriage they lived happily together in the utmost comfort and peace, which had been de stroyed by the conduct of the defendant, and he trusted the Jury when they had heard all the circum stances of the case, would award ample damages as compensation, so far as was in their power, for an in j ur) , so great. He then called— _ _ Mr. Stamp, register clerk of Marylebone, who produced the register of the marriage of the plaintiff and Miss Driver, on the Bth September, in 1834. Mr. E. Driver, brother of Mrs. Hayward, was present at the marriage of his sister with the plaintiff. He was a stationer. After the marriage she resided several years in Sloane-street, and then in Whitehead-grove, Chelsea. Witness constantly visited them until within the last four months, and they appeared to live upon the most friendly terms. The plaintiff treated his wife very kindly. Cross-examined by Mr. TnEsIGER. --- Ile never visited them since they left Sloane-street, about twelve months ago. They called upon him sometimes, but not together during that time. About six months ago he met them together on board a steam boat. The reason he did not visit them was because he thought their con duct was cool towards him. A nother sister was in the habit of visiting them and staying with them a week at a time. her name was Mrs. Sandford, and he believed she was not in Court. He had frequently dined with them in Sloane-street, and the plaintiff was invari ably kind. His sister was 20 years of age when she was married. Their only child was between eight and nine years of age. The plaintiff met her first at Mar gate, where she was staying with her mother, this was two or three years before they were married. Did not know that the plaintiff belonged to a Punch Club. Never saw him in a state of intoxication, nor seen any disptite between him and his wife. Mrs. Driver, the mother of the last witness, and of the wife of the plaintiff, occasionally visited them, and stayed some weeks at a time until near the separation. The conduct of the plaintiff was very kind—she never witnessed any unkindness on his part; he was always, kind, attentive, and affectionate. Cross examined—The last visit was about March ; she remained all the winter. She had seen the defendant there, but the plaintiff always knew of it afterwards. He never made any remark upon these visits, nor had she ever made any suggestion to him that the defendant should be forbid the house. Never heard from the plaintiff that Mr. H. went to Epsom Races or to the Caledonian Ball with the defendant. The plaintiff ge nerally kept regular hours. Never heard him Say that he belonged to a Punch Club. Had seen him only once the worse for liquor ; he was then quiet. Miss Emily Smith—Had been acquainted with the plaintiff and his wife. Visited them at Sloane-street and Whitehead's. grove. Had continued to visit them down to last April, and had stayed with them for weeks toge ther. They lived upon very affectionate terms, and plaintiff treated his wife with much kindness. Knew the defendant, but never heard him say what he was. Cross-examined—Had seen Mr. Barlow there, and had accompanied him and Mrs. Hayward two or three times to the theatre. Did not know of their going alone to any place of public amusement. Mr. Hayward knew of their going to the theatre, but said he was always satisfied when Mrs. Hayward was with her (wit ness). They never quarrelled in her presence, nor were her other married acquaintances in the habit of doing so before her. The defendant did not visit very often when she was there, nor did he stay long. Re-examined—Mrs. H. did sometimes complain of being out of spirits, but for what reason she did not know. George Spear, a lace-dealer in Fleet-street, was in the habit of visiting plaintiff and his wife along with Mrs. S. Their conduct was always affectionate. Cross-examined—He believed he had upon one occa sion heard Mrs. H. complain of the apprentice being out to a late hour at the Cock public-house. He did net consider it a quarrel----it was a mere casual con versation. Witness occasionally visited at the Cock along with Mr. Hayward. Occasionally did not mean every night—he was not there sometimes for six weeks. He did not belong to a Punch Club. He had not met the plaintiff in the " Cock Tavern" 50 times, nor 40, he would say not 20. Mr. Hayward resided then in Sloane-street. He frequently called at witness's house both with and without his wife. When he came alone whic he might have stayed till eleven or twelve' o'clock. lie did not recollect meeting him at any other place. The ap prentice stayed with them at the Cock, because he and plaintiff might walk home together. Re-examined—There was no quarrel about keeping the apprentice out late. Mrs. H. merely said it was a shame to keep him so late. • Jas. Moore, a partner of the plaintiff—Since March, 1838, to March last. They were booksellers, and plaintiff at first was traveller, but that did not oc cupy much of his time. He attended the business regu larly, and sometimes he was kept till nine o'clock.. 'Wit ness was married, and on Magazine-day was sometimes detained till twelve o'clock. He and his wife visited plain tiff, and he uniformly treated his wife with great affection and kindness. In March last they had the misfortune to become bankrupt, and then the plaintiff was unable to attend to make out his accounts, in consequence of the absence of his wife, He had not yet obtained his cer tificate ; the time fur it had not yet come. Did not know the defendant. Phcebe Mason was a servant with the plaintiff in Whitehead's-grove. Went there in November, 1810, and stayed until Mrs. Haywood °went away. Had seen the defendant often there ; lie generally inquired for Mrs. Hayward. He called as often as twice a week, and sometimes his visits extended to three or four hours. They sat sometimes in the drawing-room, and at other times in the breakfast-room. She had gone into the latter and had seen them sitting, on the sofa, with the blinds down. Mrs. H. told her (wit ness) not to come into the room when defendant was there unless th e b e ll rung.,' Had got letters from her mistress directed to defendant to put in the post, and very frequently letters came. She had orders Lever to take in any letters to her mistress when her master was at home. She wore a likeness of Mr. Barlow, secretly, and had given it her to keep, so that Mr. Hay ward should not see it. Plaintiff generally came home about six o'clock to dinner. Once he came home at two o'clock, and found her mistress and Barlow just sitting down to di nner . M rs. Hayward was very much agitated. - Plaintiff dined with them, and went away in about half an hour. Barlow stopped till seven o'clock. Plain tiff came home soon after, and asked witness how long defendant had stopped, she made no answer, but her mistress said he did not stay long ; that was in March. H a d fi rst seen t h e m i n i ature in November last. Plaintiff was uniformly kind tohis wife. Defendant's visits continued in the same way down to May, 1841, when her mistress paCked up her clothes. She sent witness out for a van. On her return defendant was there, who said he would have a coach ; the van would not be wanted. The coach came, into which her mistress got, and drove away. She ordered it to go somewhere in the City-road. Cross-examined—Mrs Hayward sometimes went with the defendant. Not very often, and she had come home as late as half-past eleven or twelve o'clock. Could not say whether it was half a dozen times or more. On those occasions she met defendant, and plaintiff knew nothing of it till he came home. Had heard him ask why she had not told him she was going to the play, he w ou ld no t h ave come h ome to stop by him self. Her master had asked her - '(witness) where her mistress had gone. She said she believed to the play, and that she had gone alone. He never mentioned - .Mr. Barlow's name when making such inquiries. De fendant had often dined in . company with the plaintiff when all these visits were going on. Did not believe that they dined together after. March, 1841. Her master sometimes came home at twelve o'clock. Witness sat up for him, but had never seen him intoxicated. Sometimes a little the worse for liquor. Knew nothing of the throwing; of a decanter on one of the late nights, nor did she ever know him bring any one home with him. Mrs. Rice, the 'landlady of the house in Islington where defendant lodged until within the last fortnight. He belonged to the Portable Gas Works. Knew Mrs. Hay ward, but not by that name. Defendant called her his wife, and said they had been married three years. They lived at her lodgings for two months as man and wife. She used to visit him occasionally during the last two years, then he said she was his wife, but he did not want it known on account of money. It was about two months since she came to reside permanently. On these occasional visits she never stayed later than nine o'cloCk, and they always left together. 'She frequently stopped three or four hours. She told witness that she had been married before, By the JUDGE--They left her lodgings • to go abroad. One one of these occasional visits she had a servant with her with a cake. She said it was the wedding-cake come too late.—(A laugh.) Mr. THESIGER-It was late, indeed—three years after. You appear very unsuspicious. Witness—l am so, indeed. Had I known what was going on they would not have slept a single night in my house. Mrs. Vick had formerly lived as servant with plaintiff. Defendant ofte'i called, and On'thhe occasion Mrs. H. took her to Mrs. Rice's liuse, where defendant lodged, with a cake, some jam, and wine, or liquor. Had fre quently been out with Mrs. 11. when they met defendant. Cross-examined.—Defendant called frequently while bile was there, and had seen her mistress frequently walk out with defendant. They went to the play, and when she came home she said sometimes she had been at the play with Miss Smith and other young ladies. She never told her master when she was out with Mr.. Barlow or any other gentleman. She had orders not. Many gen tlemen used to call and stop an hour or two when her master was from home. Remembered her master coming home after one o'clock, and bringing with him a man with very bad shoes, and no stockings ; he was very much intoxicated. She had to take his boots off, and then he said, " Davey, here is a seat for 3 Cu," ask ing,her to sit upon his knee. She told her mistress next morning. He generally came home early, except on Magazine nights. N ever saw hi m so much intoxi cated before. By the JUDGE-The men who came to the house were not acquaintances of plaintiff. He did not know of their visits. It was only now and then, and they came singly. Witness never saw any criminality between them, but they remained sometimes hours in the room with her alone. They were principally officers. Mr. THESIGER (with whom was Mr. Crumpton) ad dressed the Jury for the defendant. These cases were generally very painful ones for the advocate who appeared for the defendant, and the opening of his Learned Friend had certainly frightened him until his Learned Friend commenced to make apo logies for the cond uc t o f t h e p l a i nt iff. H ow di d his Learned Friend set bid ?- By saying here was the case of a seducer, wh6 . for a long course of years had been practising his arts upon the virtue of a loving and faithful wife—who had destroyed the peace and comfort of a long enjoyed home, and introducing misery and wretchedness after the discovery of her guilt. Now he would ask who was it that told his Learned Friend that he had to make preparation in the minds of the Jury for neglect which might have existed on the part of the husband. Why the plaintiff himself who was aware that it was true. However he must say that it had been much more extensive than even he was instructed, as shown by all the servants who had been called, but more par ticularly by the last witness, whose evidence had taken both parties by snrprise. Had his Learned Friend had any suspicion of what she would have said, he would never have presented her to the notice of the Jury. After commenting upon the evidence, he asked whakda znagees a plaintiff was entitled to who in the very tender years of his wife was the first to break down all the guards of her virtue—what damages did he deserve for conduct bad led to such unhappy results as dose detailed by the last witness ? From all that appeared in the cause, he (Mr. Theliger) would say that he was wilfully blind, or he had been the solicitor of his own dishonour. It was their duty to estimate the pro per amount of damages to be awarded, but under the cir cumstances of the case he had no doubt they would be very small indeed. His LORDSHIP said—Whatever reparation a man might make to a woman by marriage, still the value of a wife must be very much deteriorated by former con duct, such as was proved to have been that of the plaintiff. If he was aware of what was going on he must feel obliged to the first man who took her away—if not, of what value was she ? The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and then found a verdict fur the plaintiff--Damages 20L MONACHISM AT OXFORD,--Mr. Newman, Vicar of St. Mary's the Virgin, is building several sets of chambers for the reception of young men (candidates for orders, or for monastic institutions in contemplation), in his parish, at Littlenitife, And we beg to direct the Heads of Colleges to an investigation of the fact, whether several young men, bound by oath to celibacy and mo nastic vows, are not now receiving a gratuitous educa tion in the University from parties who have no special interest in them. The Bishop of Oxford, where is he?— Oxford Chronicle. MISS FANNY RUSSELL'S CONCERT.—THIS lady's concert took place last evening at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square. The whole of the seats in the great room were occupied by visitors,_ and the pas sages between the seats w ere a l so crowded by those who came late. The concert commenced with the Jubilee Over ture (C. M.Von Weber), after which came the Grand Cho rus from the Messiah, "For unto us a child is born ;" the air (Miss M. B. Hawes) "Holy, Holy" (Redemption), Handel, followed, and excited considerable applause. The Recitative and Air, Miss Fanny Russell, " With verdure clad," from Ilaydn's Creation, was excellently executed ; and received deserved applause. The second part of the concert was commenced with Rossini's over ture to Guillaume Tell, which was admirably performed, arid drew forth universal approbation. The grand chorus, which comprised the whole of the members of the Professional Choral Society, was most efficient. Sir George Smart acted as conductor ; Messrs. F. Cramer and J. D. Loder, as leaders ; and Mr. F. Harris presided at the organ. The concert of the patronage it received. was well got up, and worthy ILLNESS OF MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.P.—We are deeply concerned to state, that Mr. Craw ford is at present suffering from an attack of typhus fever at Crawfordsburn. We believe, however, that the symptoms of the disease have somewhat abated ; and that there is ground to hope for the Hon. Gentleman's speedy recovery.—Northern Whig. THE VICTORIA PARK.—On Wednesday last a meeting of market-gardeners took place at the Three Colts, Bethnal-green. The object of the meeting was to inform the market-gardeners at what time their laud might be required for the Victoria Park. Messrs. Woodcock, Greig, Lyton, Caller, Fitch, Turner, Litton, Bullock, Minter, and Wells, attended. A letter from the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, was read by Lieut. Nugent Macnamara. The communication from his Lordship appeared to afford sa tisfaction, and after a vote of thanks to his Lordship for his courtesy, and to Lieut. Macnamara for his attention to their interests, the meeting, which was only a preli minary one, adjourned until next month. THE' SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1841.1 EFFECTS OF COURT MOURNING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srll,—Now that the Queen Dowager is said to be .out of danger, I beg to point your attention to the injurious effects which general- mournings have upon certain branches of trad e , an d particularly upon the fancy silk trade. • A month ago, the trade, partaking of the general de pression, " Like a wounded snake dragged its slow length along," sluggishly enough, certainly ; but when the report of the alarming illness of the Queen Dowager came out •it seemed absolutely to clap an extinguisher upon it alto gether ; and although she appears to be getting better, yet the very fear that she may, in a short time, have a relapse and die will prevent nine ladies out of ten from purchasing any fancy article of dress ; the consequence of which will be, that nearly all the fancy articles pre pared by the manufacturers, and purchased by the whole sale men and shopkeepers, for the autumn trade, will be left on hand at the end of the season, and have to bo, jobbed off at half price next year. And the evil will not end here ; for who among those who may escape the crippling process which is now going on will be hardy enough to prepare, or purchase, a lot of fancy articles for the next spring trade, when, per haps, in March or April, the Queen Dowager, should she get abouinain now, may be taken ill again, and spoil the trade of another season ? The general mournings, having been so curtailed of late years, do very little good even to' the black trade ; for people in general de not think it worth while to go to the expence of purchasing new materials for their dresses, but merely have their old ones re-dyed for the occasion. Indeed, so eager and anxious are the English ladies at this time to testify their respect for their good and vir tuous Queen Dowager, that, in an ti c ipation of her death, one rag-dyer alone informs me he has received as many as 250 old coloured silk dresses to be dyed black, in rea diness for the event whenever it may take place. In fact, the only time that a general mourning benefits even the black trade is when the Royal personage dies sud denly—in which case those who may happen to have black goods by them generally t urn th em to good ac count. But I think it is not desirable or decent that any class,of persons should have a direct interest in pray ing for the sudden death of the members of the Royal Family. Last year the autumn trade was spoiled by the death of the Princess Augusta. I had prepared a lot of fancy goods, which, in consequence of her death, I had to keep a month over the proper time, and then to job them off at a considerable sacrifice. And who is there connected with the fancy trade but must remember the disastrous results which attended the illness and death of William IV., and before him, of George IV., results which no prudence, no foresight, no skill can provide against. I ask, Mr. Editor, how much longer this nuisance is to be tolerated by the trade ? How much longer will the public tolerate this remnant of feudal vassalage ? How many more times are we.to be " ordered " to put our selves into decent mourning upon the death of every scion of noble stock ? And—if the custom is continued—l think we may very reasonably look forward to many such " orders' during the next few years. Suppose, for instance, that his Highness, of Hanover should die next March or April, we shall, no doubt, be " ordered" to put ourselves into decent mourning for him. Now, apart from the serious amount of evil the order would inflict, upon a large and already sufficiently suffering class of tradesmen, is it possible to imagine anything more hypo critical or absurd ? Why not confine the order to the dependants of the Court, and leave the rest of the com munity to exercise their own taste and feeling upon the subject—which, by the by, is the way they manage these matters in France ? It is no consolation to be told that public mournings formerly lasted for a whole year ; they are a great and most intolerable nuisance, and ought to be abolished altogether. Royalty is expensive enough, God knows ; it is hard enough, in these bad times, to be taxed to pay thirty thousand a year to one, fifty thousand a year to another, and a hundred thousand a year to a third ; but I think the least the recipients of our money can do, is not to stand as stumbling-blocks in the way of our trade not to persist in a custom which frequently inflicts posi Live ruin and misery upon many, and great loss and in convenience upon thousands.—Your obedient servant, A SILK MANUFACTURER. Fort-street, Spitalfields, Nov. 30, 1841. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDA.Y.-PriflCo Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting, this morning, in the neighbourhood of Sandpit-gate, attended by Sir Edward Bowater and Mr. George Edward Anson. _ _ Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Castle to-day for an airing in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl of Warwick, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish, and General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Sir E. Bowater, on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, walked on the terrace of the Castle. Mr. and the lion. Mrs. G. E. Anson will have the honour of joining the Royal Circle at the Castle at din ner this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party on Tuesday evening, at her residence, Gloucester [louse. The company included their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge ; their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi ' lippsthal, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. Lady Augusta Somerset was in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Baron de Spesshardt (Chamberlain to the Duke of Saxe,Meiningen), was in waiting on his Serene Highness. Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Wei mar left Marlborough House at a quarter past four o'clock .yesterday morning, to embark at the Custom house for the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, left town yesterday morning, for his residence at Kew. Mr. George Nicholls had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing -street. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius wero received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. ----- CORONER'S .INQUEST,--This day an inquest was held at the Duke:of Sussex public-house in Gibson street, Oakley-street, Lambeth, on the body of Ann Imm, aged 41. Th e d eceased lived at N0..7, Gloucester street, New-cut, L am b eth, and on Tuesday mofning a noise was heard i n t h e room she occupied as of some person shuffling, their feet in a struggle, and the room door being found locked on the inside, it was forced open, and the deceased was found suspended by the neck by a piece of tape tied to a nail in the bedpost, her feet bent under her, and her knees nearly touching the ground, and quite dead. It also: a pp eare d that the de ceased had pawned so me art i cles that had been intrusted to her to wash, and bei ng unable to redeem them, she was induced by the fear of being prosecuted, combined with an excited state of mind brought on by her being addicted to occasional intoxication, to destroy herself. Verdict, Temporary menta l derangement. CAUTION.---A man dressed in a frock coat, of dark complexion, with brown whiskers, and about 32 years of age, called at Mr. Broad's oil warehouse in Ta vistock-street, Covent Garden, on Wednesday evening, and gave :an extensive order for Viscount Villiers, in whose service he stated he resided as butler. He returned shortly after, stating , he had made a purchase in Covent garden market, and had not quite sufficient to pay for the articles, and borrowed a sovereign until the goods were sent on the following morning. Mr. Broad, after the man had left, suspected he had been duped, and upon inquiry ascertained it was a gross imposition, no such person living in the Viscount's establishment. half-past This morning, about melancholy accident occurred on the river near Greenwich :—lt appears that FATAL six c. A. ,cl C o C c &DE th N e T fo ....-. llowing Mr. John M'Clelland, boatwright, who resides in Church-street, Shadwell, was proceeding by water this morning to Greenwich, accompanied by two fellow workmen, of the names of Walter Bishop and William Charles Worthington. They had arrived about half a mile this side of the Royal Hostital, when, by some ac cident, they ran the boat with .great violence against a coal barge, which was coming down the river in a contrary direction, the concussion was so great as to cause the boat to capsize, and all three were precipitated into the water. M'Clelland, being an expert swimmer, swam to the edge of the barge, and was taken in ; but the other two unfortunately perished. The bodies have not been found. STATE OF TRADE.—In Haslingden, Burnley, Colne, and the neighbourhood, the woollen and printing trades are very bad ; prices not only being low, but em ployment scarce. The masters, in some instances, are even going the length of making considerable reductions in the wages of their managers. Thin calicoes, 28 yards long, for printing, for the Persian trade, principally, are now woven at 61d. per cut, by the hand -loom weavers, who size their own warps also ; and numbers, although eager to do so, are unable to get work at this rate, which is greatly embarrassing the power-loom trade, as that branch cannot, with any profit, manufacture them at tho same price, because the manufacturers who employed hand loom weavers have little capital at stake, and are at no ex pense either for steam power or machinery. Last we e k but one, a manufacturer at Preston paid the wages of 200 weavers with 9/. A gentleman from this neighbour hood was passing through Edenfield on Saturday last, and saw a female prostrate on the earth. She was re moved into a house, and, on recovering, was found to b e a respectable female thrown out of employment by the stoppage of a mill, and at length had turned out to beg, being amost hungered to death. The day was wet and windy ; and, being almost exhausted to com mence with, she had fallen down, being at length overpowered by buffeting against the storm. SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—On Tuesday morn ing a female named Imms, living in Gloucester -street, New-cut, Lambeth, committed suicide by strangling her self with a piece of tape, which, having twisted round her neck, she made fast to a nail of not sufficient height from the floor to suspend herself, and then, by bending herself backwards, drew the ligature so tightly round her throat, that she effected her purpose. The cause of her commit ting the dreadful act is attributed to a quarrel she had had the previous evening with a man she cohabited with. An inquest will be held on the body this day. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A GlRL.—Be tween five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mary Broomhead, between thirteen and fourteen years of age, the daughter of respectable parents livin g at No. 8, Brewer's-green, Westminster, was brought into West minster Hospital, suffering under the effects of having swallowed a portion of sugar of lead. She stated that she had taken it with the intention of committing sui cide, as she was tired of living at home, and - wished to go out in the world, which her parents objected to. Tho usual antidotes were applied, and she is expected torecover . ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS IN NORTH WALES. (Abridged from the Carnarvon Herald.) IVP,narEsoAY ETENING.—The public meeting of the conference commenced at six o'clock, in the new Mar ket-hall. There was an unprecedented assemblage, the galleries being densely filled. The chair, as in the pre ceding meetings, was taken by G. Evans, Esq. Mr. Missia was then called upon to move the first re solution. He trusted that the result of the present meet ing would be such that their next conference would not be confined to members of the Baptist and Independent denominations, with, the exception of a solitary Wesleyan minister, but that it would have the co-operation, the sympathy, and the countenance of the great body of Cal vinistic Methodists, the Wesleyans, and, h e wou l d add also, the Clergy and the Bishops. Why not ? If the cause now advocated was a just and holy cause—if they advocated the cause of the poor on just and equitable principles—why should not the Bishops and the paro chial clergy act in their declared vocation as ministers of the poor man's church? Why should not the follow- , ers of John Wesley be first in co-operating with those who sought to e l eva t e th e moral condition of the people by emancipating them from the trammels of oppression.? He stood before them to propose the resolution, which was as follows:- 1. " That one of the plain duties of the Christian Mi nistry is to denounce, as publicly and effectually as pos sible, every measure injurious to the morals of the com munity, and to the physical condition of the people." This proposition was not only plain and true, but im portant and comprehensive. It did not certainly say anything about the Corn-laws, but it declared a general principle of action, which, if true in all cases of public sin, must be equally true of the Corn-law as of any other national grievance which the Ministers of the Gos pel could be called upon to revoke. The question then presented itself—What were the Corn-laws, and what their origin and intention ? For whose benefit were these laws made ? Not certainly for that of the farmers nor their families. It was not to elevate their character as a class, and make them more independent of their land. lords. No ; the action of the law was directly the con trary. It increased the dependence and degradation of the farmer, and procured for him no benefit whatever. In number the landlords were only about 30,000, about 74 times the number of the persons he was then addressing. For this number the laws were made. He did not, of course, include their sons, their daughters, their nephews and their nieces, their uncles and their aunts, who were regarded as obligations, burdens, and incumbrances on their estates, for whose death if they dared not to thank God, they were inclined to be very thankful. This was, however, the gross amount of those holding land under the law of entail, but what was the number of their vic tims ? Why, from 29,000,000 to 30,000,000; and thus a thousand out of every million, and one out of every thou sand, was to be advantaged by a law which acted as au oppressive and a ruinous tax oa the 999 thousands in every million, the 999 individuals in every thousand who were plundered. The Corn-laws were injurious to the morals of the community. They equally affected those who enjoyed the privilege of taxing their neighbours, and those who were forced to pay the tax. They increased the class prejudices of the aristocracy, till they fancied themselves to be made of finer flesh and sweeter blood than their fellow-men and could not bro o k th e presence of the people. Among other instances adduced by Mr. Massie were the following :—Two fathers, two mothers, and six children were the inhabitants of one cellar, with no blanketin the place, no bed, but a heap of mouldering straw, a tattered rag alone to cover it. Two of the parents had just come out of an hospital, and their poor neighbours had scarcely been able to save them from the death to which the Corn-laws and the Duke had consigned them. Wishing to know the religious bearings of the case, he had in quired of one of the men whether he believed that there was a God. His answer was, " Well, Sir, we ought, but when we see all that we love starving around us, and others having abundance that deserve no better than ourselves, we begin to think that if there were a God, things would not be so ; and that after all the social system may yet be right." It was pretty evident from this how moral degradation sprung from desti tution. The speaker then went oa to show that the Corn-laws kept the children of the poor from the Sunday school, a fact which threatened to perpetuate the evils above describe. He then proceeded to show that they struck at the tenderest sympathies arising from domestic ties, and narrated a case of a poor mother, who, after wishing to get an emigration document signed on behalf of her son, who was going to Australia, wept at observing, " my daughter is going t oo , she whom I had hoped would be the prop and the comfort of my old age." The present Government, he said, had found out a hap py way of getting rid of the complaints of the poor. They were to be shipped off to distant climes, there to bewail their widowed mothers, the bereaved parents whom they left behind, the waters of the whole world rolling between them, and the stars of another heaven looking down upon them. The Rev. Gentleman concluded a most stirring and eloquent address amidst the loud plau dits of his auditors. The CHAIRMAN gave a short sketch of Mr. Massie's speech in Welch. The Rev. D. GRIFFITH, of Rhuabon, seconded the re solution. The Rev. Jour; PRICHARD, of Llangollen, moved the second resolution :—" That when such measures as are alluded to in the foregoing resolution have received the sanction of the Legislature, and are supported by the dominant party in the State, they require a more empha tical and effective denunciation than can be given to them from the pulpit." The Rev. T. GRIFFITHS, of Rhydlydan, briefly se conded the resolution. The Rev. DLL's HUGHES, of Holywell, moved the third resolution as follows :—" That a public conference of the Christian ministry, for any particular district, without reference to denomination or sect, appears to be the most expedient and effective means for bringing the dictates of the Gospel to bear publicly upon public evils." Colonel THOMPSON (who had arrived that evening a short time before) then stood forward and seconded the resolution. The Rev. Joart PARRY, of Wern, described in power ful language the misery in the vicinity of the works at Harwood and Brymbo. He knew of persons who had actually perished from want of food. The number present is estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000. THURSDAY—AFTERNOON MEETING.—The conference met at two o'clock in the afternoon. The Rev. Mr. MASSIE, in presenting himself again, re - , retted his inability to express the feelings which were kin. led within him by - the deep sympathies of the meetinr He was glad to find there were 150 ministers in North Wales who were as great enemies to the Corn-laws as , himself. He wished the ministers, whom the law of the land had placed as parochial pastors —a kind of spiritual police—could see the Corn-laws in the same blackness as his brethren did. They had, however, 150 faithful mi nisters, who he hoped would now unite to cause from one end of the land to the other the cry of " Down with them—down with them." In Lancashire it was com puted there were 800 inhabitants to every square mile. , Those of them employed in agriculture did not raise more food than would be consumed by one-tenth of the community, and that was but a small portion of the in habitants. There were at present 74 factories closed, in which not a single individual was employed. We were peopling America with our best men, our creative and productive artificers and inventors, and leaving at home nothing but pauperism and wretchedness for those who remained. Instead of having an independent pea santry, England was about to be reduced to a nation of paupers, for pauperism was fast becoming the habitual vice or misfortune of her population. It was their mis fortune. It was a misery brought on them by bad laws. Would they bear it ? Mr. J. Morris, of Carnarvon, the Rev. J. Prichard, Llangollen, and the Rev. E. Williams, Bethesda, then addressed the meeting. A hymn was then sung, and the Rev. G. Thomas, Sarum, concluded by prayer. EVENING MEETING.-At six o'clock in the evening the public meeting was again held in the new Market hall, which was, as on the former occasion, densely crowded. Colonel Tuosirsort, in coming forward to propose the first resolution, was received with loud acclamations. He stated that he was requested to move and support, as he was best able, the following proposition :—" That the present Corn-law is a public evil, and essentially ad• verse to the plainest injunctions of Holy Writ, op posed to the moral and physical welfare of the people, and injurious to the religious interests of the whole community." The resolution, though brief, embodied several important propositions. First, that the Corn law was a great public evil, and was matter of uni veral acknowledgment. But he was now called upon, in the second place, to show that it affected for evil the mo ral condition, no less than the physical condition, of the people. It certainly did tend to produce all the evils that are comprehended under the term immorality. The greatest writer on political economy, Dr. Adam Smith, had stated that there was a point of destitution which was incompatible with virtue—a depth of misery almost necessarily destructive of self respect in both sexes, and productive of dishonesty in man, and degradation in woman. The Corn-law not only tended to produce this fearful result, but did actually produce it. He found it laid down in that sacred volume—" Whatsoever ye would that man should do unto you, do ye also unto them." Let those who passed, let those who support the Corn-law be tried by the test. Did they do unto others as they would wish others to do unto them ? Would they consent for one year, one month, ono week, one single day, to bear the heavy yoke which they had put upon the people? Would they like to be starved as they starved the poor? Would they like to have the price of their bread heightened, and the price of their labour diminished by another set of people for a selfish and unholy purpose ? Assuredly they would not. This being the case, let us no more hear of the clergy and ministers of the Gospel not having a direct call to de nounce the Corn-laws. They are ordered to denounce whatever is unholy and injurious to the people; shall they then unblamed hang back, and shrink from that cont est with the powers of evil which was now going forward.— ' (Cheers.) Ought they not to be foremost in the work, the first to denounce oppression, the first to aid the oppressed? He had found with regret that one sect had kept aloof, having in early life been himself of that sect, hearing the name of one of the co-operators of its thunder and his parent in such close intercourse with that founder, that it was more than probable that he had been fondled on the knee of the great apostle of their connection. Mr. Wesley had said that the worst of all conceivable taxes was that which, for the benefit of one section of the community, pressed heavily the industry of the remainder. If great and upon good men have sometimes been favoured with something like the gift of prophecy, it might, almost without extrava gance, be made a question whether John 'Wesley did not foresee the Corn-laws. But one thing he certainly did not foresee, which was the misconduct of his followers. 0, worldly wealth! 0, worldly wealth! It was a sad trial to all, and to religious communities as to individuals. He feared that the connection was too heavily laden with wealth, and that, like the over -fed bee, it was smothered in its own honey. John Wesley himself was the most The Rev. E. EVANS, of Cefn Mawr, moved the sixth resolution as follows:—" That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Committee of the Carnarvon Anti- Corn-law League for their exertions, and to the inhabi tants of the town in general for their hospitality and co operation in favour of this Conference." The Rev. R. PARRY, of Conway, seconded the reso lution. Mr. BRYAN proposed the seventh resolution as fol lows :—" That the thanks of the meeting be given to Colonel Peyronet Thompson, and to the Rev. J. W. Massie, for their kindness in responding to the invita tion of the Committee, by attending this Conference." The Rev. J. ROBERTS, of Rhos, seconded the resolution. The Ray. S. JONES, Maentwro,g, proposed a vote of thanks to the Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League, for sending their lecturer, Mr. W. Griffith, to the principality. The Rev. J. W. MASSIE, in an eloquent oration, em bodied his acknowledgments. Colonel THOMPSON briefly returned his thanks. Mr. W. GRIFFITH returned his thanks to the Con ference on behalf of the Anti-Corn-law League, and pro posed a vote of thanks to the chairman. The Rev. W. WILLIAMS seconded the mo.ion, which was carried with acclamation and protracted cheers. The following ministers and lay preachers attended on Thursday, in addition to those who attended the pre vious day :—Ministers: Rev. Owen Owens, Beaumaris ; Rev. Evan Howels, Ll ange f n i ; R ev. David Roberts, Shi loh ; Rev. Rees Evans, Llanberis. Lay Preachers: Mr. J. Huxley, Carnarvon ; Mr. J. Hughes, Ruthin ; Mr. T. E. Thomas, Carmarthen ; Mr. W. Daniel, Werne ; Mr. J. Bryan, Carnarvon ; Mr. J. Morris, ditto ; and Mr. W. Roberts, Bryn. DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 23.—1 forward to you by the Oriental an account of the occurrences in Mount Lebanon. When I told you that the deposing of the old chief, Emir Beschir, by the dragoman of Lord Ponsonby, or by Admiral Stopford, was an impolitic act, I knew that my statement would be soon borne out, and you see that I was right. Now that the Druses have gained the upper hand, it will be impossible for the old Emir to return to the mountains, because the Druse Emirs have been his mortal enemies ever since he loaded them with irons, and sent them captives to Egypt. The loss on both sides is calculated at about 4,000 men. The following document, containing an account of the origin and progress of the war, is translated from the Arabian : "14 RAMAZAN (OCTOBER 19.)—About a fortnight • ago, the Emir Beschir Kassim, Governor-General of Le ; ballot; called an ass em bly o f the nation at Deir-el-Ka mar, to apportion the tribute due to the Government. ; This tribute amounts to 2,000 purses. The Druses, • on hearing of this meeting, determined to profit by it to attack the Christians. Their chiefs re - paired thither, accompanied by armed men, part of whom concealed themselves in the houses of the Druse quarter of Deir-el-Kamar, whilst others remained in the neighbourhood. The Christians, not suspectinc , their intention, were simultaneously at tacked in and out of the town. The Druses began by plundering several shops and houses, and afterwards sacked and burnt a quarter of the town contiguous to that of the Druses. The Christians, having recovered from their surprise, killed 350 Druses in the houses, and wounded as many, having lost them se l ves 5 2. S uch an engagement never occurd before in Syria, having lasted from Wednesday to Saturday, and continued day and night without interruption. Fortunately the inhabi tants of Deir-el-Kamar are old giants, for, having been surprised by the Druses, they would not otherwise have made such a resistance. The Druses, masters of the country, intercepted the communications, and besieged Deir-el-Kamar. This having been made known to Selim Bey, of Beyrout, he proceeded to Deir-el-Kamar, to prevent further hostilities. In the meantime, how ever, the spirit of war had spread through the country, and the Druses, who marched from Deir-el-Kamar, hav ing been joined by others, assembled on four points—lst, at Elshuf, opposite Ghezin and Baka ; 2d, at Ebbaz; 3d, at Babde ; and 4th, near Deir-el-Kamar. " Two engagements took place in the province of Ghezin, between the Christians and the Druses of Elshuf. In the first the Druses lost about 400 men, and fled, with their chiefs, to Saida ; and, in the second, the Christians having divided their forces into two bodies, placed the Druses between two fires, killed upwards of 300 of them, and, having routed them completely, burned Niha and several other villages. The Christians thus gained the victory in Ghezin. " The Christians at Ebbaz were also victorious, and burnt all the surrounding villages. The day before yes terday, the Druses, having again assembled at Ebbaz, were attacked by the Christians, who pursued them as far as the Tomb of Samson (Kuhr Samshun), where they put them to flight, the fugitives escaping, thanks to the obscurity of the night. " Those of the Babde and the inhabitants of Arkub were also beaten by the Christians, with the loss of 300 killed. In the various encounters several shehs, or chiefs, remained on the field, and, amongst others, the Druse Abbas, son of Nazif Abuneked. " The Patriarch furnished succours to the Christians by calling out all the men capable of bearing arms, within a distance of four days from his residence, and demanded money, provisions, and ammunition of the 96 convents under his jurisdiction. He soon collected 10,000 purses, and in case of need he knew that, besides the provi sions, he could obtain 100 purses more from each con vent, so that he might rely on an additional sum of 10,000 purses. The Christians wish to exterminate all the Druses of Mount Lebanon, because the Druses meant to treat them in the same manner. It is believed that all this is the work of the English, and of the Mussul mans, for we see tho Pachas, now in Syria, secretly aid ing the Druses. Down to this date no other occurrence has taken place, and we find the Druses beginning to repent. Their repentance, however, will not serve them. The Druses have entreated the Turkish Government to mediate, and are now suing for peace ; the Government is doing its utmost to effect a reconciliation, but the nndersigned thinks that its endeavours will prove vain, because the Christians can place no faith in the Druses, and dread the repetition of similar horrors. Before taking the field, the family of the Emir Nekeb killed all its old servants, merely because they were Christians. That example was followed by all the Druses, who put to death the Christians who unfortu nately happened to be in their service. One and all pro claim aloud that the Mussulmans anxiously desire that the Druses should be victorious, and yet the Druses do not believe in God nor in his prophets." By letter, dated Beyrout, the 3d inst., we learn that the Druses subsequently recovered the advantage, killed numbers of Christians, plundered and burned many vil lages and convents, and amongst others those of Mash mushe, Reshinaye, and Amik, and the college and con vent of Ainelghoze. Official advices from Beyrout state, that Selim Pasha and the five Consuls having had an interview with the Druso sheiks, the latter declared that they would no lon ger obey the Emir Beschir Kassim as Governor of the Mountain. Selim told them they should be governed, pro Impure, by the Musselim of Beyrout, Fiteyha, who is a Mussulman. I was forgetting to mention that the Commander of the British station at Djouni had publicl3• disclaimed all participation on the part of the English Government in fomenting the civil war. SECOND MATCH OF A HORSE AGAINST A MAN. On Tuesday, Cootes, the well-known pedestrian, en tered upon a second match with a horse to go six miles, and leap 100 hurdles, the first i n to win. The match was bona fide, and for 201. Cootes also had a bye-bet, that w e et istance in 40 distance beating he m t horsinutese, or beat en , h e would perform th. The contest came off in cricket field upon th e H an dfordoad, at one o'clock the , at which time a g rea t number of ersons were upon the ground. Owin g t o t h e ease with which Cootes had beaten the horse Towit upon a previous occasion, the betting was 6t02 in favour of the former. The horse matched against Cootes on the present occasion was a powerful grey, aged, regularly hunted, and evidently possessing great powers. There were four leaps in each round, and 25 rounds made up in the distance of six miles. After the umpire and referees were appointed, Cootes and his brute co m p an i on started upon their undertakin g. and man, Ist round even; 2d round, man 2 leaps behind; a s; 3d, 3 leaps behind ; 4th, 3 leaps; sth, 4 leaps; "h i; 4 r i o e uil 3 d, 7th, 4 leaps—horse pulled up for a minute; i Bth round, 11th, Horse man 3 leaps behind; 9th, 3 leaps ; 10th, 3 leaps up; 4 leaps; 12th, 5 leaps; 13th, 4 leaps 14th, 6 leaps ; 15th, 6 leaps; 16th, 6 leaps;7 leaps; 7 leaps; 18th, 7 18th, 8 leaps—horse pulled up ; 19th, 8 l leaps; 24th, 8 leaps—horse pulled leaps; 21st, 8 leaps; 22d, 7 leaps; d animal won easy, and took was declard the victor. The had cleared his last hurdle, leaps; 25th, man 9 leaps behind. The horse, therefore, 2 rounds and 8 leaps after h© h hof course he caught a g. was admirably ridden, and brought at a gall o p, t o p rove his thorough uu bottom. The creature was not at all distressed, t wet jacket. The horse greatß oke Fenn, of Henley, though ori ginally of property of a gentleman in the neighbour hood discretion. The animal is in th e to each leap with r ginelly the —suirolh Chronicle. hood of Trimley. A young woman at La Villette, who was ten derly attached to a soldier by whom her hand had been demanded in marriage, but who had not been accepted by her parents, hung herself the evening before last from the espagnolette of the window, after having swal lowed a strong dose of poppy. 1 ardent advocate of civil and religious liberty ; even to the extent of keeping up something like an imperium in im perio in the army inTlanders ' 4 whererobably, wer e th e last, specimens of soldiers who " fought knee-d ee p i n blood' for what they considered to be the cause of truth and right. The plainest principle of religion was the duty of carrying into effect the leading precepts of the Gospel. Could, then, the neglect of the commandment of Christ which be had before quoted be compatible with religion ? flow deep must be the aversion of the poor man to the religious monitions of his pastor, when penury and dis ease were in his dwelling, and his pastor proved by his conduct that he cared not for the fact ? You are not an impatient and irreligious people, and nothing but that fact, nothing but a sense of religious obligation, could keep you doing that which would assuredly terminate in the ruin and destruction .of your enemies, although it might, and indeed could not, eventually benefit your selves. Th e G a ll ant Colonel concluded by again reading and recommending the resolution. The Rev. W. THOMAS, of Dwygyfylchi, seconded the resolution which had been moved by Colonel Thompson. The Rev. W. AMBROSE, of Port Madoc, moved the fifth resolution, as follows :—" That a memorial to the Queen, and addresses to the various religious communities of the northern portion of the principality, embodying the sub stance and spirit of the foregoing resolutions, be prepared and forwarded on behalf of the Conference, through the medium of its Committee." This resolution was briefly seconded by the Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS. _EVENING SUN WOOL WI C ( —WEDNESDA Y. ROYAL ARTILLERY. GENERAL ORDER, DEC. I.—" The Master-General having sub m itt e d f or the favourable consideration of the Queen, recommendations in behalf of gunners and drivers, John Thompson, 3d battalion ; George Bailey, 7th battalion ; and rider Thomas Armstrong, Riding• house department, to be restored to the benefit of their services, which they forfeited, the two former by deser tion, and the latter by sentence of a garrison Court martial, having been convicted of 'disgraceful conduct' "Her Majesty has been graciously pleased, in conse quence of their subsequent good conduct, to signify her pleasure that they be restored to the benefit of their ser vices accordingly. " The Master-General trusts this mark of Royal favour will be duly appreciated by these men, and that they will, by their future behaviour, prove themselves worthy of her Majesty's lenity. " H. 1). ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General." GENERAL ORDER, DEC. 4.—" The Master-General has been pleased to approve of the following officers being appointed Adjutants provisionally, under the re gulations contained in the General Order of the sth of February, 1826, viz.:—Second Captain Nedham, to the 4th battalion, vice Somerville. Second Captain Fraser, to the 7th battalion, vice Lethbridge. In consequence of the above, the undermentioned officers are posted to battalions as follows, viz.:—Second Captain Forbes, to the sth battalion, vice Nedham. Second Captain Dalton, to the sth battalion, vice Fraser. " 11. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-Genera" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Numa transport ship sailed on Saturday morning from opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for Bar badoes ; and in addition to the officers and men formerly alluded to, belong ing to Major Kendall's company, Lieu tenant F. B. Wai, of the Royal Artillery, embarked for a passage to join Major Haultain's company, and Lieut. Galway, of the Royal Engineers, to serve at that station. The Growler steam frigate has been commissioned at Sheerness by Commander Claude H. M. Buckle, and will soon be ready for sea. Assistant-Surgeon—Win. Buie to the Apollo. MATES, NAVAL INSTRUCTORS, AND SCHOOL-, MASTERS. An Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, c. 3, in which it is enacted, " Th a t , f rom and after the 31st day of December, 1841, it shall be lawful for every naval instructor and mate in the Royal Navy, under such regulations, limitations, and restrictions, as have now been, or may at any time or times hereafter be, esta.. Wished by the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time being, to draw a bill of exchange, or a set of bills of the same tenour and date, upon the Accountant-General of the Navy, for the net personal pay which shall be due to him, at such times, and for such periods, as the said Com missioners shall at any time, or from time to time, ap point in that behalf." It is therefore directed :—That all mates and naval instructors shall continue to draw for the sea-pay due to them up to the 31st December, 1841, as heretofore. That after the 31st of December, 1841, they shall be allowed to draw bills for their net sea-pay every three months, to end on the 31st of March, 30th of June, 30th of September, and 31st of December, agreeable to the annexed table of pay. That any mate or naval instructor who shall have been on half-pay for three months next before his ap pointment to a ship, or any mate not all Owed half-pay who was not serving at the time of his appointment, may receive three months' pay in advance on his joining his ship, provided he transmit, with an application to the Accountant -General of the Navy, a certificate from his commanding officer of the day he commenced sea-pay, when a bill of exchange will be sent to him for signature and negotiation, or the amount will be paid to his agent, if he requests it. That mates and naval instructors be allowed to draw for their net sea-pay from the date of entry, if they re ceive no advance, or for the termination of the period for which advance may have been granted, to the end of the current quarter. That mates shall continue as heretofore to receive the residue of their pay on ships' books ; but that naval in structors shall, after the 31st of December, 1841, be paid the residue of their full pay by a bill to be made out in office on their transmitting to the Accountant-General a certificates of service, and a statement of their claims for tuition for the whole peribd of their appointment. SCALE OF PAY. Per year. Mate .£ 65 3 7 Naval Instructors and Schoolm as t ers , first entry 127 15 0 Ditto, after three years' service 136 17 6 Ditto, after seven years' service 155 2 6 Ditto, aften ten years' service. lB2 10 0 Note.—Naval instructors and schoolmasters who receive the new rate of pay will no longer be allowed the bounty of 301. a par ; but if a chaplain act as a naval instructor, he will be entitled to the bounty in addition to his pas as chaplain. N. B. Bills for tuition or bounty to be drawn separately. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Sailed on Sunday the troop ships Apollo, Commander Frederick, and Sapphire, Mr. Cole, Master, for Plymouth, on their way to China. These ships have on board detachments of the 18th, 26th, 49th, and 55th Regiments. The latter ship has likewise embarked a company of the Royal Artillery and an immense quantity of Ordnance stores. • The Serpent, 16, is gone by the Wight to Plymouth, from Chatham ; Commander Nevill, of Winchester, is appointed to her, vice Scale. The Queen, 110, is ordered to be expedited (as far as the weather will admit) for departure to the Mediterra nean with Sir E. Owen's flag. Similar -orders have also arrived for the Warspite, 50, Vindictive, 50, and Bel videra, 42. Strong adverse weather has compelled the Malabar, 72, for the Mediterranean, Madagascar, 46, for the Cape of Good Hope, and Harlequin, 18, for China, to put back to Plymouth. - The corvette Dido, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, is hourly expected from Sheerness at Spithead to await orders. Captain Peter Fisher, late of the Asia, 84, (who dis tinguished himself on the coast of Syria) is appointed Comptroller-General of the Coast-Guard, to reside in London ; and Captain John Carter to Haslar, and the Superintendency of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. Vice-Admiral Sir John Ommanney,K.C.l3., may be ex pected to arrive trom Malta in the Powerful, 84, Captain Seymour, in about a week. Three more line-of-battle ships are ordered home, namely, the Ganges, 84, Impla cable, 72, and Hastings, 72. • The Minden, 84, at PlymOuth, is ordered for com mission, and to be fitted for a hospital ship, attached to the China squadron. Captain Michael Quin is appointed to her. • The Alfred, 50, Commodore Brett Parvis, is ordered to be hastened in her equipment at Sheerness, and will com plete at Spithead, and thence depart to Rio de Janeiro. Tho Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., is gone to Plymouth from Chatham ; her supposed des tination is China. The Prasident;so, Captain Broughton, may be expected home with Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., in the early part of January next from the Brazils. AT SPITUEAD.—No ship of war. Ix HARBOUR.—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, l o y a l George, Excellent, Warspite, Vindictive, Belvidere, Hazard, Athol, Pantaloon, Viper, Destination, and Ech o steamer. - II.I;OUTII.—The Minden, 72, was commissioned on Friday last by Captain Quin. Two divisions of ship wrights were taken from the Albion (building), and put to work on the Minden to get her ready for sea as soon as possible.—The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, was paid advance on Thursday. She is to sail for China with the first wind. —The Prospero steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander E. Keane, sailed on Sun day for Pembroke.—The Aigle, 24, Captain Lord ag Cl u a i r n en i c n e t P o a t g h e e t, s pu ou t i ci e n Captain J. Kinycorne, was 72, troopship, came back paid advance of wages on Tuesday. She is ordered to embark her troops, and sail as soon as the weather w ill permit.—The LaPwin packet brig, Lieutenant Commander Drew was paid on into ordinary on 'Tuesday.—The Mangles, emigrant ship, was taken into the Sound on Monday. In the Sound (Tuesday). —The Malabar, Belleisle, Madagascar, Piqu e , N orth Star, A i gle, Har l equ i n , So (convict ship), (convict ship), Mangles (emigrant ship). In I3arnpool.—The Diligence, transport. In Harnoaze.—The Caledonia, guard ship; San Josef. Mindon, Isis, Fly, Ferret ; Volcano, Acheron, Alban, steam•vessels ; Devon_, Hamoaze, and Camel, lighters. APP OINTMENTS.—LICnIenanIS—C • J. Featherstone, to the command of the Volcano ; Charles F. L. Shadwell, to the Fly ; O ctav i us Cumberland, to the Madagascar ; Minden. Pursers John Elliott and William Bailey, to the Edward Owen, to the —John 11. Cook, to the Minden ; Edwa to the Caledo nia. Surgeon—James Wilson (b), to the Min nie. Master—Thomas Hancorne (acting), to the North Star. den. Mate—W. Hay War u d n rop, da to the Ferret. Gun- Clerk in Charge—Francis . I Minden_dohn Smallston, to ners—John Hodges, to the Mi , ti P) Boatswain—John Sterling (ac , to the the Pique. North Star. " The steeple of the church of Saint-Germain. Plogastel, fur the repair of which," says the Armoricain of Brest, " the Minister of the Interior had granted 2,000 f., but too late to be useful, fell to the grounedudoln. the s 2 } : d E Es destroying s,D sc i . n 7 i t . s — fa A l a m po e r ia ti n o c n h o o f i t y he a c c h e u iTd rc he l i i ;i ' tr ' occ urred at Sheerness on Sunday morning. Tw o ma _ rives belonging to her Majesty's ship Camperdown were being lowered in a boat into the water, when by s ome accident the boat's tackling gave way, and both W e re p r ecipitated into the river. Before any assistance could be rendered to them they had disappe are d . bodies have not yet been found. _ _ _ WHAT IS not in the q ueen ' s ser liE —Field-Marshal th e D uke of 1 Wellington has deliberately stated in writing that he t i l T e lit t i r c i a a l k ser l vi t c i e s n o o f theh Queen," and no vice that he is politically retained ; ne i t h er is it in the people's service, for he is more oppo se d to then than to doubt is ‘ ‘not ohte in states t he the Queen. Whose servant is he, then ? " Under which king, Bezoniau ?" Alas ! " How are the mighty fallen !" Seeing that ho serves neither Queen nor people, it follows incontrover tibly that he is the servant of Sir Robert Peel ; for, political service of some sort or another, pis alter after "the Dodger."-211orning C and there is no Chronicl e . DISTRESSED ComnostTons.--Distress among the London printers is raging to a frightful extent, not withstanding the exertions made to alleviate it. By an advertisement in our paper, we see their more fortunate brethren in London have subscribed nearly 300/. Sub scriptions have also been raised by the trade in various parts of the country, and the example may be worthy of imitation among the journeymen of this town. We hope also the liberality of our townsman, Mr. Henney, will be emulated by others.—Cheltenham Examiner. -