The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-04 00:00:00

DA I bra 1 fot Ind V It On' • coa• Slod No, I be Pi ale I of stree !en MR. AUSTIN. )nd ecat 4l einos 4 notho gAJV ~d oc e 1.07, gym• f jo s ' or be- io Ver et' by (OP by Tio-• yio~~ WO' u ike „, tit° re' Re' un - An d Col)" tbc l as t ben ray' Ivo Edmond Tomelin sworn..• 4 am a eashier in the beet -st ree t. o f Messrs. P rae d and Co. bankers, Oeet-st ree t. On the 24th November, 1827, the of exchange now produced, dated " Cornish Naval Bank, Falmouth, 23d Oct. 1827," for the : 14 11 of 60/, 1.55. 7d. payable at 30 days af ter d ate :' the order of the Treasurer of the Royal Hospital P‘-treenwich, (value received of Lieut. Edward Jen igs), was brought to Messrs. Praed and Co. and 141 id the account to person whom I believe to be clerk at t h e B ank of England, whose name appears t o be R. 130 souet. The bill is endorsed as follows : , .'or pro curation of S i r T. B. Thompson, B art ., ea surer of G reenw i c h H osp i ta l , Th omas A us ti n , etity Treasurer." A o r ; wn Salmon- exarnined.—l am one of the ' liciPal officers at Bow -street. I went, in corn -1,).11Y with Farmer, a constable at Greenwich, to "merick, and there we apprehended the prisoner lon !he 21st ult. The day preceding, viz., the 20th iveugust, I had the large trunk now produced de ed to m e at Cork, Mr. Fisher gave me the terunk. Mr. Fisher keeps a shoemaker's shop at 'iork, and h e also gave me at the said shop the•two rk* p ro duced,—namely, a blue pocket-book and a ti u ssia case. The case is engraved " Thomas Aus n, Greenwich Hospital." L found on the prisoner's Person 74 cancelled cheques, now produced. I toiced the prisoner from Hounslow to Bristol ; from ' B ristol t o Mi lford-Haven, and from Milford-Haven to Waterford. We afterwards traced him to Cork r. 4l 'd to Limerick , and at Li mer i c k we took him into lnly, as before stated. flTtheviden ce h av i ng b een concluded, the solicitor ILrteee prosecution pressed to h are the prisoner com .. capitally. A long dis cuss i on then took place ii " ) ","sreen , the M ag i s t rate ( S i r R. Birnie) and the been Geritletnen at either aide. 'rite rl the p soner was then committed to Newgate on two follzli owin Ind g charges :—Firstly, f or stea li ng embezng 12,8434 its. 6t1.-; tetondly s for EXANIINAtION AND CONINIITTAL OF The final examination of Austin took place yet— `day at Bow -street. The prisoner was conveyed in a coach to the office, where he arrived about half . past twelve o'clock, accompanied by Vicary, the Governor of the House of Correction, Salmon, and Farmer, the Greenwich constable. The examina tion, as on the former occasions, contrary to expec tation, was ordered to be strictly private, and none were admitted but the solicitor for the prosecution, the solicitor for the prisoner, Mr. Adolphus, who appeared to defend him, and the witnesses in the ease. We are happy, however, in being enabled to give a faithful transcript of the whole of the evi dence taken against the prisoner on the several days he was under examination. The final examination was expected to have taken place at Greenwich, tend several persuns connected with the press pro , oeeded to that plate at an early hour yesterday Turning, but t counter or d er was g i ven at the rtLitle of Qorrection, and the prisoner was f orwar d e d nowaarreet. . The %Hewing is the evidence : John Bruce examined.—l am Deputy Secretary 'at Greenwich Hospital. The prisoner, Thomas - Austin, was lately Deputy Treasurer of Greenwich itospital, and he was also a clerk on the establish ment. Mr. Austin acted in both capacities during the lifetime of Sir John Colpoys ; and after the death of Sir John Colpoys, Mr. Austin continued to act in the same capacities to the time of the sleuth t.r. Sir T. B. Thompson, who was lately the Trea- Itiree of Greenwich hospital. Sir T. B. Thomp boa died on the 3d of March last. Mr. Austin con tiaked to act as chief clerk and Deputy Treasurer • ' tllt er the death of Si r T. B. Th ompson, and before the appointment of any other treasurer. Mr. Austin • recetved a salary for his services. He was paid by the Ihspital. In his situation he was in the habit of receiving and paying monies—th e mon i es o f t h e hospit a l. - During the whole of the titne aforesaid, ,• he was entitled, by virtue of Acts of Parliament, as I}eputy Treasurer, to receive various sums of money fo r the 'Hospital. In fact, the greater part of the , money received at the Hospital was paid to Mr. Austin. He was also in the habit of selling out stock for the Hospital. Wm. Paine examined—l am Deputy Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. I succeeded the prisoner Mr. Austin in his office of deputy treasurer, and to the Papers belonging to the office. Amongst Mr. Aus tin% Rape rs , I found th e p aper now produced marked `,Aa containing th e f o ll ow i ng directions from the General Court of Commissioners and Governors of Greenwich Hospital of the 12th of January, 1827, " The Court approved of the sum of 00 ,000/, o f t h e Hospital stock in the 3 per Cent. Reduced, being sold out in the name of the Trea :eFer and Deputy Treasurer, for the purpose of car tYnig on the public service, and that a power of at orney be prepared and pass the Hospital seal for dthat _purpose accordingly." The prisoner has reit .ered accounts to the Hospital, from a date prior to t. t h o e e sale of the stock on the 4th of February last to tiit,s;ime that he was superseded, and in none of 'accounts is there any entry of the sum of Its. 6d., as the produce of any stock sold. Prisoner has, s i nce t h e sa i d 4th of February, m p aid over certain bal ances o f money to th e H osp i ta l, and lifter all such payments, there is still a greater deficiency than 12,843/. 12s. 6d. due from the prisoner to the Hospital. That particular sum is altogether unaccounted for by the prisoner, and there are still other sums unaccounted for by- him. The accounts rendered by the prisoner were rendered in the Hospital. He had apartments in the Hospital and an office, and there the books were kept, and there the accounts were made out. I have exa mined the contents of the Russia ease now produced by Salmon. They consist of bills of exchange and promissory notes to the amount of 15,0001., and also some acceptances of Mr. Austin. I have also .examined the contents of the blue pocket-book, pro duced by Salmon, and I find them to consist of sun dry cheques, drawn by Mr. Austin en the Bank of .ngland, out of the Treasurer's account of Green wich Hospital, in favour of an individual not con. eected with the }hospital, to the amount of between 4. and. 5,0004 The said hills of exchange in the Russia case are private bills of Mr. Austin,.not at all connected (by any thing that appears upon the face of them) with Greenwich Hospital. I found amongst the papers in the Treasurer's-office, a freight return, signed by Lieutenant Jennings, commanding the Plover packet, showing that the sum of 60/. 15s. 7d. was due to the .Hospital for freight carried by him, which he (Lieutenant Jennings) had not I Paid. I made reference to Mr. Praed's, the corres pondents of the Falmouth Bank, who are agents of Lieutenant Jennings, to pay the amount, and they Bent me the copy of a bill of exchange, showing that the Falmouth Bank had remitted a bill of exchange for the said amount to the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, and that such bill of exchange had be en Paid b y M essrs. P rae d s an d C o., and that the name of " Thonias Austin, deputy treasurer," was en dorsed upon the said bill. . Alexander Trotter sworn.--I am a partner in the hous e o f David Marjoribanks and others, of Throg taorron-street, London. We are stock-brokers to Greenwich Hospital. In the month of February 6 4 (on the 4th) we received instructions from Mr. Austin, upon the power of attorney given by the C ommissioners anti Governors of Greenwich Hos in favour of the Treasurer and Deputy- Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, to sell out eeti thousand pounds, Three per Cents. Reduced. , e sold out t h e stoc k ; t h e net produce was 12,843/. ( 4. (id. The prisoner attended personally and treesferred the said stock. W e paid the same sum to the prisoner in bank notes and cash. On the 27th °f March last we sold out another stain of 15 000/ , . oiler Cents: Reduced, upon the sam e power of at -Iroey ; the net produce was 12,5571. 10s. and the 4 11 e was paid, as I have no'doubt, to the prisoner. fade the en t ry o f t h e sa l e o f suc h fi rst -named 'ttottk. I h ave seen my partners' signat ures on the uitek books, as accompanying the signature of Mr. ustitt upon the said last-named tale, and a l so t h e 41 4-named sale. 'stealing and embezzling 6(1/. li,s. 7d., the inohies of our Lord the King. The prisoner will reniaili vewgate toldl the next Assizes for the ~ '!otility of Kent, when he will be removed to Maidstone by habeas corpus, in order to stand his trial. FASHIONABLL INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. Colonel Ramsey, for Eastbourne; Major Holden, for Rams gate ' • Major and Mrs. Armstrong, for D u bli n ; Mrs. and Miss Horstteld, from Brighton to Ramsgate; the Earl of Dartmouth, at his seat, Sandwell, Staffordshire, from a tour; Lord Moly , neux, from Arlington-street, for Scolkandi ,Sir Gebesge Wairen. der, Hart., for his scat in Berkshite ; 2ilw,i liebniker, from his house in Grosvener.squate, rot his scat in Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bose, front the Isle of Wight, for Clifton Hot Wells; Mr. and Mts. Mundy, for Burton-on-Trent, in Lincolnshire; Mrs. and Miss Somerville, for Southampton ; Major 'Seton. for Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, for Ramsgate; Major Fitz gerald, for Scarborough ; Mr. and M rs. Bradford, from Brighton, for Bognor Rocks Chichester; Col. and NlrsMackenzie, at Jordan's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from B a th ; .0. Smith, Eel. andMiesSmith, at MarshalThempeoh s Mrs.O.Snii th , Mrs. Smith, Hotel, Cavendish.sq.; A. Burdett, Esq. Mrs. Burdett and family, at ditto; Capt. Lyon, at ditto; Lord Levies and th e H on . W m. Horsley Berestbrd, from ditto ; J. Turville, F.sq., J. Turtille, Eaq, jun. and Mrs. Turville, from ditto ; the Rev. W. Chinnery, at the Bettiers Hotel, Berners.street, from Cheltenhant ; J. Butler, Esq. at ditto; Sir George Crewe, Bart. and Lady Crewe, from ditto, for their seat, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire; Miss Whittaker, from ditto ; the Reverend W. Hardy inan an d L a d y and Miss l'aget, from ditto, for Ramsgate ; Mrs. Wayet and the Misses Johnson, from ditto, for their seat; St.,l'eter's, Stamford ; Charles Crews., Esq. from ditto, for his seat, 11.0.evrood, Kent; Mrs. Jones and family, from dittn, for India; Major and Mrs. Loftus, i•i Grosverionstreet, from the Continent; Augustus Shute, Esc; at ['Unison's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, fggpoa Sun. Ping Hill, /Jerks ; Colonel Stephenson ' at Fenton's 11Wtel, St. James's -street, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Merser and family, at ditto, from Wales ; Mr. and Mrs. Geraldine, a t ditt o , f rom Paris; Colonel 11. Sumner, tit ditto, from Surrey; Captain Digby Robins, at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, from ditto, for Paris ; H. Tacker, Esq. from ditto, for his seat, Milford Hall; Captain Milne, from ditto, for Brighton; Wl7l. Tomlin, Esq. from Brighton ; Captain Sutherland, in Albemarle street, from the Continent; Earl Bective, from Gould's lintel, Jcrrnyn.street, for Ireland; Major Brooke and family, from ditto, for the East Indi es; William Coulson, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; the Honourable Robert and Mrs. Leeson, from the St. James's Hotel, Jerrnyii-street, for Herts ; Captain Lindsay, from ditto, tbr Cheltenham; Major Sandford, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for France ; Mr. and Mrs. Pechell, from Wiinpole-etreet, for the Continent; Captain Steele, from Kirk harn's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Worthing. ARRIVALS AT BATH. Earl and Countess of Meath, Earl Digby, Hon.' Mrs. Sinclair, Colonels Byron, Fagan; Major Daniel, Captains Lawless, Da- Melts, Rice ; Lieut. Eyre; Rev. Messrs. Glover, Keane; Com missioner, Mrs. anti Misses Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Trail, Roberts, Ingram, Gurney, Lewis, Atwood, Robertson, Trollope, Stuart, Horner, Mayne, Winkworth, Grenville, Markham, Compton, l'roule ; Messrs. Portman and family, Blakeway, Austin, Hay ward, Wise, Levett, Collins, Chapman, Moore, Astley, Wigram, Hayward, Napier, Davis, Adams, Harris, Seagram, Cockrell, Clarke, Hopkinson, Draper, Garland, Hooper, Mont gomery, Thompson, Rose, Turner, aniel, Harvey, Hunt; Mistresses ' Sutton, Johnstone, F.igan, Hawkins, Tanner, Maurice, Demps scy, Norton, Ha m bli n , Clarkeson, Joiner; Misses Maggs, Pout ing, Burlton,Cowders, Fagan, Norris, Thomas, Wilkins, Wise, 1 NYhitinore, Kennedy, &c. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM, Marquis de Cuitine, Lord Wm. Russell, Lord Chief Justice Best, Hon. Mr. Bathurst, Hon. H. Murray, Lady Sherbrooke, Lady Clayton. Sir J. D. Erskine, Mr. and Lady Ann Fraser, General Wilson, Colonel Berkeley, Colonel Griffith, Colonel Gascoygne, Colonel Munroe, Colonel E. Hill, Lieut.-Colonei Murray, Lieut.-Colonel Lodwick, Lieut.-Colonel Jarvey, Major Tarrand, Major, Mrs. and Miss Snowpaul, Major Dents, Doctor Boswell, Dr. Shoolbred, Rev. John Murray, Rev. Mr. East wood, Rev. E. Freeman, Rev. I). Goddard, Rev. G. Bur rar d, Captain J. W. Watson, Captain Lysaght, KN., Captain Willoe, Captain Cripps, Lieutenant F. Blackwood, R.N., air. and Mrs. Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. Rashleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, Mr. a nd M rs . Middl eton, M r. and Mrs. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. Iteeves, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Bedford, Messrs. J. Salter, 11. Hastings, W. T. Carew, Waddell, J. W. Hornby, R. Croker, Somerville, R. Frost, Disney, Holland, Sherwood, O'Loghlin, W. Hawkesby, Winne, N. R. Clarke, Tennant, W. Bulmer, H. G. Bohn, Smith, Chaplin, Goold, King, Morris, I). Magens, R. Leyceste r , Wil son , Studdert, G. H. Longridge, Joycs, Jones, J. Palmer, M. H. Massy, Hunt, Forbes, J. Bele, Taylor, Langton, Stein, Tandy, Clark, Lettsom, Keene, Ditcher, P. O. Callaghan, J. Button, Ridpath, Gibson, Brouncker, Hone, Cording, W. B. King, Welsh, Parker, H. H. Fraser, Tootell, E. Holland, Moore, Fenton, Campbell, Ware, Rouse, Stewart, L Crosth wait, Mitford, J. H. Curtis, Robinson, J. Smith, C. Cox, J. F. Slade, J. Pitt, M. P. Lee, Gillespie, Taylor, Phil limore, 3 Pooles, 2 Sykes, 2 Coulsons, 2 Witharns, Fulljames, Lawrence, Price, Williams, S. Holmes, J. Hill, Henry, Watts, Mistresses Ilopson, Holmes, Bennett, J. Smyth, Case, Butler, Mackay, Dowdeswell, Smart, Russell, St. John, Misses SUN/Eby, Hopson, Pitt. ARRIVALS AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Mr. and Mrs. Paruthers, Miss Blair, Reverend. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Townshend,' Mr. and Mrs. Scrafton, Miss Sweatman, Mr. J. Deane, Mr. Prescott White, Major and Miss Faussett, Mrs. Ferguson Miss Downes, Mrs. and Miss Howard, Mr. and. Mrs. Wright, Mr. H. Mallison, Mr. James Gibbon, Mrs. Grant, Prince Esterbazy, and family, Captain and Mrs. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Allbury, Major Stevens, the Misses Reid, Mr. and Mrs.. Percival, Major and Mrs. Tessott, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Callegan, Mr. Parkinson and family, Miss Foley, the Misses Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Penn and family, Colonel Web ster, Sir Godfrey Webster, Dowager Countess of Chichester, the Ladies Pelham, Mr. John Pelham, Mr. and Mrs. Masterraan, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Lady Willi a m G or d on and family, Mr. H. Phillips, Mrs. and Miss Crops, the Misses Ferguson, Captain and Mr. Maundereon, Captain Whitehead, Mr. Connell, Mr. Frazier, Captain Bunn, Miss Bunn, Mr. Longhorn, Mr. Becher, Mr. and Mrs. Bouchier, Mr. Shooter, Lieutenant Neale, Mr. Grant and family, Mr. Cook, Mr. Warren, jun., Mr. Lee and f a mily, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Thw a it es , Mrs. General Machintye, General and Mrs. I'igot, Captain Molina, Honourable Miss Ward, Lord and Lady Ruthven, Lieutenant Lewis, Colonel Macnamara, Mr. Warner, Captain Horc,R.N., Reverend George Corpe, Captain Gilleshie, lscountess Dudley and Ward, Captain Fitzgerald, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Johnson and family, Sir James Every and family, Misses Warner, Mr. Pratt, Sir Evans M'Evan, Mr. T. Pooly, Sir G. Armiter, R.N. Mr, Gordon, R. N, M r . Macpher son, Sir John and .Lady Jlluein, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, Mr. Flowers and family, - Count Negn a n, M r. J e ff rey and sons, &c. --- ARRIVALS AT MACKENZIE'S HOTEL, EDINBURGH. Sir Henry Watson, Bart., Lady Watson, H. J. Davies, E6q., Captain Buchanan, R. N., Colonel Sinip 6 on o f Pl a i n , t h e R ev. Dr. Vivian, Mrs. Vivian, Watson, Esq., - F re n c h, E sq. - Hilt, E6q., -- Harvey, Esq., Mn.s Harvey. 'file Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE left their seat in Bushy-park, yesterday morning, on a visit to Mr. and the Hun. Mrs. HOPE, at their seat near Dorking, Surrey. Mr. Secretary PEEL was expected to arrive yesterday at the seat of the Doke of WELLINGTON, at Strathfieldsaye, to join the party at present staying there on a visit to his Graee. The King's ADVOCATE-GENERAL and the ArroutiET-GaNzaat, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office, Downing -street. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—The Committee named to consider the expediency of changing the day of meeting, decided yesterday, that the Association hold their assemblies henceforth on Thursday instead of Saturday. This arrangement met the approval of the Committee both as regarded the interests of the Catholic body and the con venience of the Press. Messrs. BARRETT, STAUNTON, CoNwAY, and O'Down, on the part of their respective Journals, acquiesced in the expediency of the change. The Committee was an open one --and the report will be made formally at the next meeting of the Association.—Dublin. Freeman's Journal. In the garrison of Spandau, near Berlin, was a non-commissioned officer, who bad been before in the Austrian service, holding then, probably, a higher rank, but who had inlisted in the Prussian service, as a private, where he was promoted, on account of his talents, and made a non-commissioned officer. He had brought with him a wife, but given himself up to drinking, during which indulgence be committed many excesses. He lately asked his wife, at three o'clock in the morning, to pro cure him brandy ; as she could not succeed in this, he sent his child for some, and desired his wife to bring him a pail full of water, to wash himself. She complied with his request. He not only killed her, but also put the en trails of the murdered woman into the pail-full of water. After this cannibal-like action, he proceeded to the Corn man ler of the company, notified the death of his wife, end begged for money to cover the expenses of her burial. The Captain sent a surgeon, but the serjeant refused to show him the corpse, which was covered with a sheet The surgeon suspected that murder had been committed ; and, upon snaking a report to that effect, the murderer was taken into custody. He denied the fact, but acknowledged that, when his wife had died, be had taken the entrails out of her, as she had frequently complained of suffering from a tape-worm, and he, therefore, wished to ascertain the truth. There are many symptoms that this man is deranged. Thus far the event is horrible; but the mur dered woman is the sister-fu-fatv of ANDREW Hoeyea (the Tyrolese patriot shot by the French). She had be trayed him at the time for a great reward, in consequence of which he was seized and executed.- After such a dreadful and blood-thirsty deed she dared not remain in her own country, but fled on that account with the blood money into the Austrian dominions, - where' the got ac.; quainted with this non-commissioned officer,-who mat. ried her for the sake of her ill-gotten- money, W hi c h, he spent long ago : a terrible retribution !—Nurensbueg Cor respondent. , WEATHER.—The weather coLtinues dry, and exceedingly favourable for the harvest in this quarter. Ac counts to the same effect reach us from every quarter of the United Kiagdowt- Glasgow Courier. We understand that a fellow in this county was lately suspected' by a girl of the town of carrying on an illicit connect i on w i t h t w o infant female childr en , neither of w h om was ten years of age. It is said, that seeing him several times with the children in the fields, she watched him; but the fellow observing he was watched, did not complete his purpose that time. The next day, however, he met the girl, and offered to treat her with some gin. This confirmed her former suspicioni; she "then obtained an interview with one of the children, and the child confessed the whole. The fellow, it seems, re ceiving some intimation of what had transpired absconded, 'and has not since been heard of.—Brighton Gazette. 'SLIGO I'iiGTESTANT MEETING. The Rev. Mr. SEii+ioUlt rose amidst loud cheer ing, and spoke as follows iise, Sir; under some embarrassitictit. My phere is not politics ) but retigitin that Established Church to which I belong, and which you have so warmly cheered, has not lowered herself from her high elevation—her eyes and her thoughts have been fixed beyond the starry firmament, and have not been bent down on the little politics of this. wrirld. And she has iichiy deserved by her lofty character and high bearing in these strang e times, that attachment which the warmth of your cheers .for her prosperity seems to indicate.—(Cheers.) — It is now the manifest, as it is the avowed object of our opponents, to tear down the Eatablished Church p bitt whether they look forward to building Up another to themselves upon its ruins, rernuiris yet to be seen ; this object they hope to effect by bullying the mind of England,andby frightening the Adminis tration of the country,and both of these they have in a great degree, effected : for why should we close our, eyes to the truth ?—(Hear.)—England has b een bullied ) and the Administration has been frightened --your friends are dropping around you at the blast of" fear, us fast as the leaf of autumn--their hands are palsied, and their tongues are silenced--" the whole Isle is frightened from her propriety." (Cheering.) But, Sir, I have not come here for the mere purpose of hearing and making speeches-- I have not come here to identify myself with party or to dilate upon politics; but I have conic here to meet the assembled aristocracy of this county, and lay before them, with the simplicity and candour which become a man of my profession, the true causes which have led to the present melancholy predomi nance of Popery in this kingdom, that so knowing its causes, they may apply that remedy yet in their power. (Hear, hear.) It is the fashion of the liberals of the present day to censure us for not re forming the people; I ask what could we do when we had to deal with an Aristocracy who preferred a high rent from Papists to a moderate rent from Pro testants ?—(Loud cheers.) What could we do then when we had to deal with a peasantry, who, in ad dition to their ignorance and superstition, had a direct and positive interest in continuing Popery ? (Cheers.) I shall summon a witness from the tomb to answer; 1 call forth from his shroud the spirit of Sir Arthur Chichester, who, about two centuries ago, governed this country, in a capacity somewhat similar to our present Lord Lieutenant—he has left it on record, that Ireland could not then be reform ed, because the people were afraid—because con verts were on one hand persecuted by the Priests, arid on the other, cast off or neglected by the Aris tocracy and geutry—(hear, hear).--and these two causes, to the disgrace of our (lay, still exist in the fullness of their force.—(Cheers.) But what we could not effect, was in some small degree effected by a great political and constitntional measure which passed about this time—l allude to the passing of the Octennial Bill, carried, I believe, in 768. (Hear, hear.) Previous to this measure, the Irish Colonial Parliament had its existence limited solely by the demise of the Crown, so that the Members of the House of Commons were very seldom sent to an election, and consequently county influence and electioneering politics seldom occupied the minds of our Country Gentlemen ; but the Octennial Bill, which limited the duration of Parliament, and of course sent the Members back more frequently to their constituents, compelled them to attend more closely to their county influence.—(Hear.) But hbw did this affect the religion of the people ? (Hear.)=--bow did this affect the Protestant and Popish popUlatiOn ?—(Hear, hear.) This question is answered by recollecting that at the tim e the elec tive franchise was confined exclusively to Protes tants—(hear)—the Romanist had no franchise— (hear)—from this it naturally resulted that every gentleman of property who wi , hed for county in fluence, either for the election of himself or the elec tion of his friend, was necessitated to promote Pro- ; testantism—(cheers)—a Popish peasantry could not vote, could not strengthen his influence at an elec tion, and became a dead weight on his hands—while a Protestant tenantry, by being able to vote in their capacity of Protestant freeholders, became an object of the greatest desire to our country gentlemen.— Immediately on the desires and intentions of the landlords being known, for many of them brought from the North of Ireland--that swarming hive of Protestantism—large numbers, and colonized them on their estates, while others brought them from England for the same purpose,—(cheers)--multi tudes of those who, from motives of fear, persecu tion, interest, or similar motives, had avowed Popery, now gladly flung its nonsense to the wind, and, as thousands are now anxious to doif they dare, avowed themselves Protestants.—(Loud cheers.) The landlords had, for the sake of filthy lucre, for sordid gain, for a paltry increase of their rental, removed the Protestants from their estates, and now, by the Octennial Bill, they discovered that they had been only ruining their own Interests, while they weae ruining Protestants, and they were compelled, like Marius of old, to sit and weep amid the ruins ; (cheers)—but they did riot content themselves with drinking toasts and making speeches on their de plorable condition.—(Hear !)—but they manfully put their shoulders to the work to undo what they had already done, to gather together the scattered ruins, and build up what they had before cast down —they commenced the work of Protestantising their tenantry—they knew that it would be a work of time, but they knew also that Rome was not built in a day, and that it never would have been com- pleted if it never had been begun—(Cheers)--they therefore begun the work—they encouraged Pro testantism openly and fearlessly, and when a holding came into their hands by the expiration of a lease, by ejectment, or by any other means, nothing, not even the darling offer of a high rent, could tempt them to give it to any but a Protestant.—(Cheers.)—wh at I am now saying is in the recollection of many of those who hear me; arid I now appeal to. them as living witnesses for the truth of what I have now stated. For myself, I have to state that I know of many estates, which are now tenanted by the Protes tants, or the children of the Protestants, who were introduced from the passing of the Octennial Bill, in the year 1768, to the extending of the Elective Franchise Bill, in the year 1793.—(Hear, And if this system'had been permitted to operate a little longer, we would now be living in a happy and tranquil state, because a Protestant country ; (Cheers)—but it had an end after a short existence of little more than twenty years. The much that was effected in that short time shows how much more woUld'have been perfected had it been per mitted to continue, and how very much you have it in your power to effect nor if your hearts are in the right place.—(Continued eheering.)--We have now come down to the last century ; it was a period of extreme and intense agitatien—the patriotism of the day partook somewhat,.of knight-errantry, and even the councils of the nation seem to have been conducted in rather too romantic and theatrical a style. In the year ninety-two or ninetyzthree the elective franchise was extended to the RomariCa tholics.—(Hear.)—lt is not the place of one who is a Minister of Religion, and I trust I have a jest .sense of the office, to enter on political questions, and therefore I shall make no comment on the po litical right or expediency - of that measure ;..I leave that task to the laity; but I feel that it is within my sphere to comment on the effects of that measure on the religion of the People.—(Hear.) --Th e effect was most injurious on Protestantism • it undid the good which the Octennial Bill had done; and brought us back to tile times'Whe n the Protestant tenant was removed to make way for the Papists, for the sake of the higher rent, and additionally to this, for the sake of cutting up his comfortable farm into petty holdings for Popish Forty Shillingers (Hear, hear.)—By m eans o f t h e Octennial Bill, the Protestant had an interest by which he' could counterbalance the interest' of the Papist.—(Hear, hear.)--'When a farm was to be let, both parties sent in their proposals—the Papist offered a high rent, - Which was a potent argument—the Protestant presented his electioneering interest, Which Wig ito small inducement; between these two, the high rent and the vote at an election, the landlord had hit choke, add generally when he received such pro posal; he would whistle flow happk he could be with either,' and only regretted that he could skit cotfibine the charms of both in one person—(Hear, hear)—lit it by extending the elective franchise to the Roman gratified—the P rotestant l i6t os s t ' li t i hs s i onl7, ry wish specialhis as interest, and his farm was taken froth him ) either to be given to a Papist singly, or to be cut up in petty freeholds for Papists.— (Loud cheers.)—The final result of this is known to every man—a result which, while it is laughed at by the maudlin affectation of liberalism that marks these tithes ) must be deplored by emery thinking main The Papists have already obtained almost every holding in the country—(Hea r , h ear )— t h ey l augh at the Protestant for his misfortunes, and despise his landlord for his selfishness—(Loud cheers)—while the poor neglected Protestant is removed day after day from your estates. He is left to mourn on - his native mountains, to weep along his native streams, with his dear one and his little ones, over the wreck of their vani3hed hopes. Such is the present state of the country. There is but one only effectual re medy, and that remedy is a Protestant tenantry.— (Tremendous cheers.) —You must encourage Pro testantism, by every honest and Christian means, on your estates; every other remedy—and I allude particularly to those remedies of violence suggested by respective factions, will only have effect for a while—(hear)—they may forcibly restrain the agita tion of to-day, but it will only break out again to morrow with greater violence from its previous re straint.—(Hear.)—You must work out Popery, root and branch, or you never can succeed. Popery is the root of all our evils in Ireland; and if you wish 'to banish these evils, you must tear up the very roots. It appears, as lam informed, as nearly as can be collected from official returns, that last year, one single year, upwards of twenty-five thousand Protestant souls emigrated from Ireland.—(Hear.) You are day after day compelling them to emigrate, and then you flippantly turn round, and Ivith an affectation of regret complain that you cannot find them.—(Cheering.) Is this right ? is this honest ? Yet it is not too late : stop the stream of Protestant emigration, by turning its fertilizing Ns aters into your own estates; they will repay you far richer than the overflowing of the Nile repaid the Egyp tians.—(Loud cheers.)—lf emigration must take place, let it be a Popish emigration ; au increase in our exports of that class would indeed be a blessing to this country. The truth is, the Protestants are not encouraged, not because they cannot be found, but because they cannot afford to pay so high a rent as the Papists—(hear, hear)—there lies the rub. The Protestant requires decent clothing, and that costs something ; he requires reasonable food, and that costs something; he requires education, that costs something ; he requires some ordinary decen cies and comforts in his house and living, and they cost something; and above all, he will not covenant to pay what be knows he cannot pay, so that alto gether his expences are such as to prevent him pay ing so high a rent as the Papist—(cheers)—who, if he has any hovel, which cannot be called a human dwelling, with a pig at one end and a few potatoes at the ether, and a wife in the midst, to assist in in creasing the seven millions of the Priests'" heredi tary bondsmen," requires no more except an oppor tunity of promising more than he can - ever pay, and therefore being at little or no expence, he is able to offer a higher rent and to outbid the Protestant (Cheers.) Such, Sir, is my answer to this objec. tion which is so frequently urged, and every indiVi• dual whO now hears me, knows that it is true. (Hear.) There is a Protestant and a Popish price for land, and he who will have valuable Protestants on his estate must depart from his Popish price. Here, I fear, that the matter will stick ; it will be as hard to persuade z gentleman to fall from one thousand pounds a year to eight hundred, as it wa3 to prevail on the lawyer in the gospel to " sell all, and save his soul." There it will stick, as it did through the last century, so it will through the future, till some terrible revolution shall destroy the present system of property altogether. (Cheers.) CASE OF SEDUCTION, THEFT, AND ADULTERY. The Cour Royal (Douay) has been occupied with the following case : A woman lived quietly in her house. She was young, and yet was the mother of three children. Her husband, named Lasselin, kept a public-house. A young man, who had, it is said, the character of a Lovelace, was not unsuccessful in his attempts upon Lasselin's wife. It appeared that the husband, an easy man, was for a long time blind to their inter course; but comb% home one night he was inspired with jealousy at seeing his wife resting familiarly upon the shoulder of the young seducer, who was seated at table with two o f hi s f r i en d s drinking a pot of They rallied the poor husband upon his jealous temper, the lover telling him in joke that he was the master of the house, and the child of which the wife was pregnant was his, and that he (the hus band) had nothing to say. The husband defended mself against the imputation of jealousy, and de clared that he cared so little for his wife, that he would give her up for a pot of beer. The bargain was struck, and a young notary's clerk, possessed of the grifibmailie notariale, wrote upon a stamped paper a regular transfer of the woman by sale in due form, with a clause of surrender of a very particular nature, the precise terms of which, out of regard to decency, we cannot specify. The seller (husband), the purchaser (lover), and the wife (sold), signed the deed as parties. The two young men who were present affixed their marks as witnesses. The parties who signed considered the act as a joke of no consequence. This was not, however, the opinion of the Canibray Lovelace.' , The writing was scarcely in his hand before he perceived all the advantage that he could derive from it, that of sepa rating the husband from his wife, by reminding her of the disdain of her husband, and the latter of the equivocal connexions of his wife. The exasperated wife could not fail to throw herself . into his arms : and should the - husband complain of it, there was his signature, the exhibition of which would coVer him with ridicyle, and nullify his claims in law. These considerations did not altogether escape Lasselin and his friends. 'They did all they could to induce the Sieur Montigny. to destroy the-evidence of the j o k e , which, falling into the hands, of other persons, might assume a 'different character. Urged by these solicitations, he appeared to give way, and burned before their eyes a paper which he said . was the paper in question, but it was no such thing. These facts occurred towards the end. of February-- A short time after, the wife, after robbing her husband's. house, taking silver plate, her husband's ivatches a considerable sum of money, the receipts of the public house of which she was the sole manager, having sold every thing in the house, even to the mattresses, and consigned all the articles she had removed to her seducer, was by him directed to. Paris. He accom panied her as fir as Chatelet, where they passed the night together, and he returned the next day to Cambray. Some days after he came to Paris; where . he lived openly with the wife of Lasselin. The un fortunate woman became a' mother, and maternal affection soon awakened in her bosom those senti ments which an irregular passion had absorbed. Recollecting herself, she beheld the frightful prospect prepared -for her by the criminal act which she had allowed herself to commit. She ventured to speak of returning, her language gavb offenee,—coldness and reproaches were the consequence. Under these circumstances, taking 600 and odd francs from their common purse, she got iiito the diligence in Paris, to return to Cambray. •On her•arrival, she employed the friends of her husband, who, by their solicita; Lions, procured a reception in her husband's houSe, and a perfect reconciliation; . The,aeducer yeturning to Carabray, caused the victim of his seduction to be arrested npon a - charge of having robbed him at Paris j I Of a Of 800 francs. The exasperated husband en his Sided leitning the int imacy which had subsisted between the tiic.fue. eio his wife, instituted a suit for adultery against theta both; On the affair being brought before rite tribunal of Cambray, it was open to consideration M three points of view—accusation of theft by the seducer ertaßist hii victim ; accusation of adultery; an d - lastly, aettitetin of an offence.against morals, by th e parties who signed the sale et; the wife. The latter was condemned to four Years' ?rttprisdnmenty and a fine of 16 francs; the seducer to Otte , feat's G the en e sea ra impri sonment. The husband and the pattieS who signed the instrument were acquitted. jut T e h ri e dwiidfetahseserstaemde7 and d pea t r ie tlintight proper also to take the same course against the decision which absOlvetl the persons who signed the instruments of the charge of an offence against -I rt ri to ti r g n n e Y ; morals. . . . On behalf of the wife, as well as her accotriplite; it was maintained, that even if the adultery was prored, the action of the husband could not be sustained; that, being reconciled to his wife with a perfect knowledge of the wrong offered to his honour, he was debarred from the suit. In respect to the robbery, it was alleged, oh be half of the wife, that no credit should be given to the interested declaration of the seducer, provoked by an ungenerous feeling. The Court discharged the wife, and Montigny, the seducer, from the sentence pronounced against them for adultery in chief: and confirmed the sea tence pronounced against the wife for adultery and theft, and condemned her to four years' imprisonment and a fine of 16 francs ; rejecting the appeal of the Attorney-General. SPORTING-(RECEIVED THIS DAY. WARWICK RACES. B. D. GRANVILLE and BOLTON KING, Esqrs. Stewards. Mr. T. H. Axxxxs, Clerk of the Course. WED?. ESDA SEPT. S.—Sweepstakes of 2.5 90116 eacb, fol two-year-olds. T. Y. C. Mr. Giffard's hr. f. Lucy, sister to Leviathan 1 Mr. Sadler's ch. f. by Tramp—Defiance Seven others started, and five drawn., The Avon Stakes of .50 sovs.. each, h. ft. for foals of 182& Two miles. Mr. Mytton's b. c. Halstob Eleven 4/rawn. The Warwick Cup of 100 soVa, value, and 30 Bova. in specie. Four miles. Mr. B. D. Granville's b. c. Pelican, 4 yrs 1 Lord Clonmell's b. b. Luzboreugh, aged Sir E. Smythe's ch. g. Euphrates, aged Lord Warwick's ch. c. brother to Paul Jones .. Nine drawn. Borough Members' Plate of 50 sm. Heats, two miles. Mr. I'. Shailer's ch. c. Meer Burcard, 4 yra 4 1 ] Captain Peel's b. g. Little Boy Blue, 3 yrs 1 2 Mr. Beardsworth's b. h. Silverlock, 4 yrs 3 3 2 Mr. Wilkins's g. g. Cognise, 4 yrs One drawn. Hunters' Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Heats, two miles. Mr. Dickinson's b. h. Mr. Pengander, 5 yrs...walked over Four drawn. A Match for 100 soya. Mile and a half.—Mr. Knight. ley's b. ni. Etiquette, 4 yrs, beat Mr. Leigh's br. m. Gipsy, by Gaiasborough, 5 yrs. PONTEFRACT RACES. lion. E. PETRE and Colonel UDNY, Stewards. Mr. JOHN Tutz, Clerk of the Course. TUESDAY, Sarr. 2.—This meeting commenced to-day, and brought out several Great St. Leger favourites, whose running has been looked for with great interest in all the sporting quarters. The following are particulars:— The Wilton Stakes of b 0 guineas each, h. ft. T.Y.C. Hon. E. Petre's b. c. Netherby. by Cervantes ...... 1 Mr. Houldsworth's br. f. by Sherwood—Eleanor 2 Lord Fitztvilliam's f. by Whisker—Maritorees Sweepstakes of 30 sops. each, 10 ft.. One mile and three quarters. (13 subs.) Lnrd Scarborough's b. c. by Catton Mr. Darnell's ch. c. Garneboy, by Octavian.. 2 Mr. W. Scott's b. r. Nimrod, by Phantom Mr. liouhisworth's br. c. Terror 4 Major Yarburgh's br. f. Belinda Mr. Riddell's br. e. Ben Lomond, by Blackleck 0 Lord Fitzwilliam's ch. f. by Slut, Tramp ..... 0 Fifty says. for all ages., Heats, one mile and three quarters. Lord Fitzwilliam's Beggar Bey, 4 yrs 6 2 1 1 Mr. Kay's b. c. Corbie, by Whisker, 3 yrs 3 1 2 2 Mr. Gill's b. f. Venus, by North Star, 3 yrs 1 3 3 - dr Mr. Sandiford'sb. c. Arbuker, by Filho, 3 yrs 4 4 dr Mr. Duncombe's gr. c. Vivian Grey, 3 yrs 5 2 dr Mr. Huuldsworth's ch. c. Alpha, 3 yrs TATTERSALL's rums DAY A pretty good muster assembled t-dsy, and the busi ness was rather brisk ; Jour des Noces, it will seen, has gone off, 11 to 1 being offered nearly at the close. No considerable alteration has taken plaoe in the others, as they closed as follow DONCASTER T. LEGER. 11 to 4 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Colonel 6 to 1 agst Lord Milton's Ballad Singer 11 to 1 agst Mr. Theakston's Jour des Noces 1000 to SO apt Mr. Ridsdale's Master Burke 32 to 1 apt Mr. Petre's Ernmelina TUE FANCY. MILLING EXTRAOIIDINARV.-..ALL roil. LOVE. Yesterday morning the, lovers of pugilism had a high treat. The combatants were not, however, members of the prize ring. The contest was between two of the God desses of Pomona, vulgo, apple women, in the bloom of youth, and in point of strength and height as equally matched as though they were made to meet each other. The abject of contention was neither honour nor base pelf, it was which had the best right to the love of a gentleman of their own grade, who earns a respectable living by vend ing through the streets of London the fruits of the earth. The scene of action was in Fleet-market, near the prison, °6 ln en or s e po st t r . ong T h h ; a a n n i d mm as ity the bet r w t n t e p a ro ch ve:l r , as w re as nde a ra n ,a ill- ti c i h e reason of the ladies being English and Irish. The age of each was about 25. A war of words, as to the right of each to the aforesaid gentleman, had been going on for about an hour between the two goddesses alluded to ; but although the Emerald Isle is extolled for its mildness, its natives, " when in disputes engaged," are apt too frequently to suit the action to the word, and Judy O'Connor had no sooner threatened the English damsel, whose name we could net hear, to knock her down, than she raised - her apple basket and dealt a sound blew on. her adversary's head. This was the Signal for action, and our country woman began to peel for a fight, doffing her bonnet and cap, and tying up her hair : Judy was not behindhand, and a ring being formed, hundreds of persons flocked from all quarters in an instant. The betting 'was certainly in fa vour of our countrywoman, she appearing as cool and col lected as though she had been under the tuition of a box . log-master. ROund 1, 7 -There was no time lost in sparring,. but-in, each went, determined to win. Judy took a pie °, llB 4 our countrywomao's cheek in an instant , but )aid it i . r ! - 1 • turn a. stunning facer. Both then flciv to hair -tearing, and the flowing locks of each strewed the rind' In -' the j t r r e Y n * de ° r m od an t straggle both went down. , he ta d k es in p g er u at p i o o n n h of i . m j s u el d) f , the - • 2.—The bone of contention evidently favoured OU r COM- The l e: Fleet 010'irniessosn,ofsetlitzeedEng. mo re severe, and she flew again to work befere time was called. .Our oountrywo post of second. This iv me s o i l i udnt i i i ttr `b yo l ‘ a f : vmj e ca y to e :l t , o ,j , u t a n d e Ty, e Engl ish nn.. man was as cool . as ever, and the betting 4 to 1 on her. The 'result of this r oici o nf u do n t.hu d er girl, and the loss of a.fine lock of Univ. Both again dow n on the hair tearing system. Pasted 10 minutes ibg frantic. . . . ' Judy losi ng if any further proceedings were had. " beak," our countrywoman, and threatened her with a visi t 1 to t he FA girl must have whn the battle. Th d one was the loss of about a quarter of a tcwfe4ostrt.3o.p.x-itaiaer:Aulitliehnienrfr'eTaoffal,i!rts:urpt eostivfoonrees(aLid The total damage pund of hair 'from each, the English girl two black * hewed first blood. eyes, liut Judy --- A WORD TO. THE W lSE.—Comtnon sense never quarrele with any ene. 4Ptitlt (,P ME PUBLIC JOURNA Adjutant-General, vice Sir Henry Tor office of -rant fr mane , .- d e ceased, has. given relie f have been the fortu ac ul It seems to . The appointment of SirH i e n r u b c e i r i t s ' a l t 'a is y c l a o c r ti, to w il t it: the army. 1 general respect of those with le which ire filled; t,.. P im into official contact. In whom it brought 1, this officer to secretary to the Du' ke ,t)t his post of 31ilitary .... '.)r, as we uncle) s ta o ti. York, Sir Herbert Tar, - of maul ser th 4e service, coin ith i 6 _ acquire, in every military situ ation w fr i o i t i i i i g n r i e a a n t y c i o n ti d r i te vi , d y ua a i n s a in ui th ba e n . iti maw solid virtues of a straight on• rt t -,'. in his communicationsj. an anxiety u ) ect Wi t() friended merit, and strict aj...lbercu` e' to i., .6 ,:,. word.— ?Imes. O: .!. The public have not Irs:en prepara, we itwd - Ole; for the formidable anmuncement 'in our threatened w i t h war by his .fir'.Ae rial Majest . 7 f M orocco. It seems, morc - over, that British coe rce`. rya% consid ere d as furnishing diet too scanty or-ct)O, Ino;pid for th e cravings of his ther ajest3since it' !tai l p l eased . hmerchandise oflAtistsia and in to involve Russia l in the tt the same destruction witii, at of England. What steps, beyond the protesv ( t t the Consul, arc likely to 1)e taken by his Mit-- jesty's Government, it is not for us to conjec-, tute, G re A Muth ] may perhaps continue soma, time Im a ger that spirit af nomplaisance nutlet, indignity which she is supposed to have al ready carried to a pitch rot often manifested in• h er p o li cy . The Emperor of Morocco has most of the recommendations to our acquieL cence in his will, Oils! ! appear t er h ave . weighed with hi s .Majt,Oy s' Ministers in la your of other delinquents. He resembles Miguel in plentitude of tyranny. lit the ar ticle of usurpation, likewise, he may. not be. found greatly wanting; and if somewhat less hillaceil:smatalnradlietrsltaly, conspicuous for treachery, . ingratitutfe, awl hatred of the English name, his ehastiSenient. ought to be suspended in hopes of the effect which so bright an example as that of M:_. guel must one day have upon the docile emula tion of his neighbour. While Algiers con tinues at war with France, the Emperor of Mo rocco may declare hostilities- against Great Bri tain. It may be doubted which nation has been most, insulted—whether our neighbours, whose Consul has been bastinadoed, or ourselves, whose ships have - been seized. The -Mediterranean pass here alluded to is an unworthy submission to barbaresque insolence, which we had never been dreamt of since Lord Exmouth' • triumph expedition. The result of his. Lor dsh ip's Poofwerscou Gibraltar,ld i i o i r safetyat,f along imagined over Algiers wag an engagement never to make .Christiati captives, or to demand passes to-Ail o " r 'i . ti p lo u u rc t hasin ini merchant, ships; Before that time no vessel, tifio Spain the sbaillo' coast tnlgirio"ugg o being pro tected by the -British flag, punity by presents to the barbaresque des pots. Has our victory already been forgotten, and the insolent claim of passes again renewed ? By a piece of intelligence posted at Lloyd's, it. would appear that the Emperor of Morocco it. hardy enough to risk a. quarrel at the same time with three of the great European Powers, hav ing seized and detained vessels bearing the Eng lish, Russian, and Austrian flags. Yet such is the want of tact among the speculators of the Stock Exchange, that while they swallow flout day to day tile most idle and improbable ru mours, they have not honoured an event of so much importance, and well authenticated too, with the slightest attention. We refer tv the following extract of a letter for particulars . :.---. " GIBRALTAR, AVG. 14.-- - -By a communication from his Majesty's Consul-General, . resident at Tangier, received this morning, it appears - an: ex press had arrived there from Rabat, giving an ac connt of the capture by the two illarcptin brigs of war that were lately in this port undergoing repairs, of the following vessels :—Theßritish Perseverance-, Simms, of . Yarmouth, from Antwerp, bound to Seville, captured off Cape Finisterte; the Austrian pelacca brig Veloce, Blasinich, arrived in the port of the 27th ult., from Trieste, and cleared the 29th, bound to Rio Janeiro • and another vessel, s u pp ose d to be a Russian, which were all carried to Sallee, and are _POW detained there. The British Consul- General has made a protest against the capture of the Perseverance, and forwarded a demand for her re lease to the Emperor. The ground for her deten tion appears to be, that she was not provided with a Mediterranean passe-444 Our readers may remember that the keepei of the House of Correction in the county of Chester, some years ago promulgated the no table discovery he bad made, that nearly all the e y e, had fair h a i r an d dark-browndb lewhour murderers ee r sh ea}save)leyes. sb . a e n 1 generally In i persons yuleisAd.enrdlha ni blackl g su u s c ti i aah l r t , w y e ea s r up l p B o l s o e , mur derers o of hair, savageand b l e li r c i k m ' c o s ; Akerman, at that time Governor of Newgate, stated, that with the exception of perions con victed of forgery, not 'one person in one hundred of those executed could read. It did not re quire much more penetration to discover why, when education was not diffused, but in a great measure confined to the better classes, thieves should in general be unable to extensively rea d, any more increase in the number of sea oefoasesta into than why, in districts where the population aepsle i vxe s ovi la: ertl-aftcr•apist,t:i sea-ports ratio mst.efieoer rtbvei murderersyieder:yhmtphelworthy irtieilifit, should gchieteoyrogrrwpltyd;ire t unos i po o lnadui titeiwljiisntbh,poibie.coireicill.erieprcebasrra. oesleato,:iclnoskliievi reasoning oaio . f i ohrt o uoti h ‘ lni e % il . e 5.. . -- ceived that it a certain yielded -go much revenue to his _most Christian the capital convictions would be diminished much of the eagerness with Majesty, thef e xecuted could read, ' 4 To visionary dred of those read, 'dredfold. , s iich,education was patronized ' in this country. n i t : t ir e ; we attribute e by education would - Th e , real benefits sufficient attractions for those worthy persons, and tl ti o lt . y. hav w e a ' s a motive for their ac le exaggeration to which we allude was'nec • • diffused, and now it is found that there are still as ma many criminals.as ever, but that crimi nals can now read. Mr. Wontner, the Keeper of Newgate, says, in his evidence .hefore . the Police Committee, " four out of five of the boys can read, and three-fifths' of the boys can read and .write." A very worthy Magistrate, for whom,we entertain a high respect (Mr. Raw linson, of Marylebono Office), draws a conclu sion from the . diffusion of education, which, with all due submission, we think as irrational as that drawn, .by, the Philanthropists, in 1810, from the absence of it :—.— - ii Have you stated all the causes to which you think the increase of crime may be attributed ? There is one other head, which toy opinion may be peculiar; but I - colifess I think the over-cdlicalion of the lower class. o people has done harm. Ido not mean to say that it is not desirable that children should be educated ; but if they are educated, ut:(1 afterwards have no employment, you have inkre4