The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPEAS OF YESTERDAY. LOBE.--Tine—the infallible test of sincerity— has effected the object of Tory hopes, by placing the powers of government in Tory hands. The New Poor.law, which at the last two elections was used by the Tory candidates as a topic of inflammatory in vective against the Whigs, on whom they charged not only its original authorship, but the severities which incidentally arose out of its administration— this- much-maligned law was about to expire just as the Tories possessed themselves of the Govern ment. One of their first acts, as a Tory majority, was to consent to a Bill for continuing the law in its pristine form until the 31st of July next. This the public were assured by the Tory organs was only to enable the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel to mature those comprehensive changes in the law that were in con templation, by which the Bill would be so completely deprived of every stringent test and severe provision, that when it came forth from the Cabinet to the House of Commons, and was exhibited to the country, it would be a monument of praise to the new, and a standing reproach to the old Government!! It has been, we doubt not, carefully and anxiously con sidered. We do not question that each of its leading provisions has been the subject of deliberation, not merely by the department of the Government on which more immediately devolved the duty of preparing the new Bill, but by the entire Cabinet. With what result? With the exception of the bastardy clause, which is to be somewhat modified, the machinery and operation of the Bill are to remain substantially the same as under the present law. In the language of the Times, Sir James Graham's Bill is a mere copy of that brought in by Lord John Russell. The occu piers of the Tory benches, who had vituperated the law and its authors from the hustings, now listened to the announcement of a similar measure from her Majesty's Government with perfect acquiescence in its wisdom and humanity ! As though to afford a demonstration of the perfect subjection to which the loudest clamourers against the Bill have been reduced by the discipline of the Tory Premier, the " Gilbert Unions" are swept away by the proposed Bill. Thus the united parishes, which possessed the powers of local government' by the Act, generally known as the " Gilbert Act," and which powers were claimed for the parishes of the entire kingdom by those who advocated the abolition of the Central Commissioners, are brought under the general law. The invidious distinction between the " Gilbert Tritons," and the " New Poor-law Unions," which was employed for the purposes of instituting compa risons between the treatment of the paupers under the two systems, and the powers of out-door relief to able paupers given to the guardians of the former; and withheld from the latter, will now no longer exist. The law will be, as we think it ought to be, universal in its operation. STANDAR.D.—The draft of the New Poor-law Bill, and the speech by which Sir James Graham in-. troduced the measure last night, place us in a very painful situation—a situation which, we believe, will be equally painful to all the honest supporters of Sir Robert Peel's administration. The Bill, will; doubtless, pass, because men will prefer any alterna tive to a return to Whig-Radical government ; but it will pass at a fearful cost to the Conservative party. All the declarations against the vices of the New Poor-law, which turned so many elections last summer, will be set down as sheer •hypocrisy, and the charge will derive counte nance from too many manifestations of selfishness, male in opposition to the Corn-laws, the Income tax, and the Tariff. It will be said, and plausibly said, that the poor are thought of only on the hustings. We do not disguise from ourselves that the Ministers are placed in a position of great difficulty with re spect to the Poor-laws. They find a law in existence which has been long enough in force to have struck roots, branching through all the orders of society to tear up this law at once by the roots would produce little short of a social revolution. That the law has Utterly failed of all that was promised for it; that, in stead of raising the price of labour, it has lowered wages ; that, instead of improving morals, by its bas tardy clauses, it has greatly corrupted the mo rals of the lower orders ; that, instead of di minishing the number of paupers, it has fright fully augmented that number—for who will ven ture to say that eight years ago every six teenth Englishman was a pauper, absolutely and totally dependent upon the poor-rate ?—that these have been the effects of the new law is noto rious, and even confessed. Equally notorious is it that the condition of the pauper class, now aug mented to more than one million of our fellow-citizens, has been made infinitely more miserable. And what has been the counterbalancing good ?—a saving in the poor-rates of a sum less than used to be wasted in liti gation under the old law, and which, therefore, might 'have been saved without touching the legitimate autho rity of the ratepayers, or the condition of the poor; which might have been saved by the erection of a cheap tribunal to determine settlement cases ; or, better still, by a comprehensive reform in the administration of the law, rendering all law proceedings cheap. This is the history of the working of that law - which Ministers have inherited, and which we acknowledge it would be dangerous to extirpate by a summary enactment; but surely between its con tinuance in all its vices, and a summary extinction, there might he found a better mean than that which Sir James Graham appears to suggest—some mean, corrective of the principle of the law, for there is its greatest vice. That principle is to treat poverty as a crime, punishable by death, or the pains of the workhouse. That out-door relief has been allowed proves nothing against the principle. Relief may mean anything —half-starvation, or three-quarters • starvation, or whatever else falls short of suffering the object to die of famine; but that the out-door relief spoken of must be something worse than the work house treatment and dietary must be plain, for, as men do not love imprisonment, were not the out - door relief worse than the workhouse, every work house in the kingdom would be untenanted. COURIER.—Sir James Graham, ably prepared and courageously primed, ventured last evening to approach the most momentous question of all b the Session. After a speech of :unquestionable power, and remarkably disciplined temper, he asked and obtained leave to bring in the Bill long talked about, yet ever shrinkingly postponed till now, for the con tinuation and amendment of the new Poor-law. He preluded the motion and the main argument of the measure by a laboured dissertation on the history of poor-laws, and he cited carefully, as the chief au thorities in support of the new system, two names of very opposite character, of opinions very dissonant in general, of talents Aral igely contradictory, and of we i gilt in the mind's eye of the nation most unequally dis proportioned, but who yet, on this one most important question of questions were singularly unanimous in accord—we refer to the Great Duke and ex-Lord Chancellor Brougham. On almost any subject to which he may apply the extraordinary acuteness of his comprehensive mind, we need not say that we ;sire disposed to bow with almost unquestioning de ference to the conclusions of the Duke of Welling ton.- Therefore it is always with the deepest re gret that we feel ourselves conscientiously compelled to withdraw, as it were, our allegiance on the pre sent, as on all occasions, where the new Poor-law and its administration are the order of the day and of di:,- mission. Our own minds have long been made up on the fact that the new Poor-law system is neither more nor less than an unconstitutional abrogation of the rights of the subject, for, in despite of Lord Brougham, we hold that the right to relief's abstractedly a right as sacred at the least as that of property, 'however practically it may be abolished, or cut, carved, and crippled in its proportions by legislation. And the new system moreover is as unchristian in its provisions as it is unconstitutional in principle. And what, does the argument of Sir James Graham amount VI, when labouring to show that the sys tem has not worked with the unvarying hardships charged upon it, but that in truth the system, as a whole,' has not been applied in all its naked hide ousness of uniformity. Why, such being the f ac t, one of the great and leading- features of the new poor-law, one which i n L ord Brougham ' s eves , and in the eyes of all its eulogists and aavOcatess, constituted its chief recommendation, has been abandoned, vitiated, violated, at will or dis cretion, by the very authorities to whom its enforce ment was delegated. That leading feature wa s it s boasted uniformity; its chief beauty was said to I*, that by one simple law, and by one uniform and un varying administration in practice, the 12,000 bete rogeneous arid differing system s prevailing,in as many parishes of the kingdom, would at once, with all the ir abuses and confusion, be remedied and harmoniously replaced. The Coneral Steam Navigation, Company's vessel, the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Castont-house this morning, with the I)utcb papers of yesterday. They contain an Account of the conflagration at Hamburgh, which, however, does not come down later than that already published in The Sun.. A letter from Vitteaux, in France, appears in the Journal de la Hay e, which gives a lamentable description of a storm of rain and hail that occurred there on Saturday even ing. The whole place was suddenly deluged with water, r, aching to the tops of the houses, so that the country appeared like one large lake. The storm broke with so much rapidity, that no assistance could lie rendered to the inhabitants, the greabes portion of whom took refuge in the highest lofts and gametri but several wer e afterwards found dead in their houses. One of the bridges was carried away, together with some of t h e au (joining houses. Two similar storms have occurred in this pl. ice, one in 1789, and the second in 1832. Bit (Isms, 111,ty B.—A person - who has just visited oi.'r etarnmunes on the frontiers of France, has observed with reg ret that emigration to a considerable extent is taking place am , ug the families of our weavers. In th e little village of Tem pave alone there are more than 100 houses of emigrants tobe J e t . , It was at Turcoing, Roubaix, and other places in the de par:vent of the north that they found employment and sobsis tense:. A workman who could not gain more than Bd. a week in Belgium, by working 15 hours in a day, gains 3f. i n Franco in a - weak by working only 12 hours a day. It i s sa id that if this continues 25,000 Flemish families will have passed the frog 'tier by the end of the year. FOREIGN MAILS. A numerous and highly respectable meeting took place yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, pur suant to advertisement, for the purpose of considering the best measures to be adopted for effecting the more speedy delivery of the mails from the East and the West Indies, the Mediterranean, the Levant, and the Peninsula. Several Members of Parliament were present, and some of the most influential gentlemen of the City. W. CRAWFORD, Esq., the late Member for the City, on taking the chair, observed that before they pro ceeded to the business upon which they had met, he had to express his deep regret that the Chair was not filled by a gentleman who had given his pointed attention to the subject of their proceedings that day—he alluded to Sir G. Larpent, whom he was sorry to say was confined to his house by indisposition. He (Mr. Crawford) had, in that gentleman's absence consented to take the Chair, in the hope that the proceedings of the present meeting would, at an early day, be productive of much good. It was the wish of those through whose instrumentality the present meeting had been convened, to impress upon her Majesty's Government, by the weight of such an as semblage as the present, the necessity of their interfer ence in the topics for which the meeting was called. The course that was proposed to be taken to-day was, merely to confine themselves to the fact, that for the purpose of communication with the Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the East and West Indies, and the Levant, the port of Southampton was by far more convenient for the arrival and departure of the mails than the port of Falmouth. It was not proposed to enter into any discussion with respect to the question that had been brought forward elsewhere, with respect to the port of Dartmouth, because he felt convinced, that if it could be shown that that port was preferable to Southampton, there was no gentlemen present who would not gladly accede to that. That was a matter in embryo, but this he might say, that his own opinion was, that the expec tations in that respect would never be realised. The object of the meeting that day was clearly set out in the circular which had been issued, showing the advantages that would be obtained on the receipt of letters brought di rect from Malta to Southampton. It was not disputed that with respect to the Peninsular mails, great advantage had been derived, particularly in the change of the day. Under the present system, persons engaged in commerce with the Peninsula, if they chose to evade the Post office regulations, could carry on their correspondence with greater facility than those who obeyed the law.— (Hear, hear.) With these observations he would call upon the gentlemen entrusted to move the resolutions that had been prepared for the adoption of the meeting to do so. Mr. BAGSHAWE then rose to propose the first resolu tion. It was so comprehensive that he need not apolo gise to the meeting for any inability on his part to do it justice. He thought he could not do better, therefore, than read it to the meeting. The numbers and respectability of which the present meeting was composed, and the fact of the requisition being signed by the members of every house connected with the Mediterranean and Pen insular and Eastern trade, gave hope that what would emanate from that meeting would have the desired effect. A memorial had been drawn up to the Lords of the Treasury, pointing out the advantages derivable from the removal of the Packet-station from Falmouth to Southampton, and re questing that object might be carried into effect. The resolution, which he should have the honour to propose for the adoption of the meeting, was as follows : " That it appears to the meeting that the existing arrangements, by which the contract steam-vessels em ployed in the transmission of the East and West Indian, Mediterranean, Levant, and Peninsular mails are compelled to take on board and deliver their mails at the port of Falmouth, is productive of very serious detriment to the public interests, inasmuch as nu merous instances have been and continue to be furnished by the arrival of the Vessels, to prove beyond contro versy, that were they permitted to proceed direct from and to Southampton, and there receive and deliver the Mails, the letters would, under ordinary circumstances be delivered in London considerably earlier than they now are, in consequence of being landed at Falmouth. That the alteration is the more important, from the fact that whereas the Mails are now necessarily dispatched from London on the last day of each month, another day would, by the contemplated change, be gained, inas much as they would then be forwarded on the evening of the first of the ensuing month, as shown by the state ment before the meeting." DALLAS, Esq., seconded the resolution, which he observed was so full in details, that little was required of him to say on the subject. Previously to the formation of the Government contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, great delay oc curred in the dispatch of the Mediterranean and Eastern Mails, one day was lost at Falmouth, four at Gibraltar, and three at Malta. All this was now done away with. But still a delay which might be guarded against occurred even now at Falmouth, where the letters for the East which were transmitted in bulk from London, were assorted for Alexan dria, Bombay, Calcutta, and other parts of the East. The delay thus occasioned could be remedied by having the letters assorted in London, and transmitted at once to Southampton. E. Div Err, Esq., M.P., would trouble the meeting with a few observations, and at the same time suggest an amendment to the resolution now proposed. The point on which he was at issue with the gentleman who had just preceded him, was the indication of any particular port. llc thOught that their object ought to be to con sider the best means of ascertaining by an impartial exa mination what might be the most eligible port at which to establish the mail station. His opinion was that it would turn out on examination that some port consider ably to the west of Southampton, would be found the most eligible. It was of the utmost importance to have the letters carried as far as possible by land, and if they could have a port at Land's-end it would be the best place. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by moving an amendment to the effect : "That the thiportance of the rapid and early trans mission. of the mails to and from this country, the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean ports, &c., be made the subject of earnest representation to and from the • merchants of London to her Majesty's Government, in order to the selection of a port which should best secure that object at all seasons of the year ; and that letters, which should arrive after the departure of the ordinary mails, should be forwarded by mails established espe cially for that purpose." Mr. HUNT, in seconding the amendment, observed, that if they persisted in pointing out Southampton as the best station, they would not have the whole country unanimously with them. It would be otherwise if they left the selection to the Government. Captain THORNTON, R.N., trusted that as Director of the Universal Life Insurance Company, and also of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, he might be permitted to make a few observations on the present subject. Those Companies considered a rapid communication with India as of paramount im portance to them. At present they obtained their let ters via ➢iarseilles, but as they expected their commu cations with the East would greatly increase, they were anxious to promote the facility and rapidity of the trans mission of letters to and from that quarter and this coun try. He said it as a seaman, that it was of the utmost importance that there should be one point only selected from which letters should be transmitted, to and •at which they should be received from both the East and the . West Indies. To have two ports fur that purpose was not only unnecessary, but was attended with great danger to, and frequently great loss of, life. Freedom from great danger and much in convenience would result to the Company of which he was the director, if their vessels had not to call at Fal mouth, after having left Southampton. lie trusted that such a representation of the matter would be laid before Government as to render nugatory the influence of any local interest in the matter. After a few words from Mr. BAGSHAIVE, to the effect of his being convinced that Mr. Divett was incapable of being influenced by any private or interested views in the course which that Hon. Gentleman had adopted on the present occasion, the amendment was put from the Chair and negatived. The original resolution was then put and carried with bat one or two dissentients. The next resolution, proposed by Mr. Foster and se conded by Mr. Scholetield, was as follows : " That with regard to the Peninsular mails besides this disadvantage in retarding their delivery, the addi tional and very serious evil of a week's delay in the course of post is incurred, as there would be ample time, were the letters delivered at Southampton, to re ply to them by the outgoing mail of the same week, whereas, by the existing arrangement, the letters are de livered never less than two days after the departure of the outward mails ; and that an alteration in the day and hour of departure of these vessels is required to be made simultaneously with the change in the port of arrival and departure." Mr. DIA-Err, M.P., said, that as he must now leave the meeting, he would take the liberty of departing from the usual course, and now move the thanks of the meet ing to the Chairman. Mr. BACSUAWE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN observed that he should acknowledge the compliment at the proper time, namely, the close of the proceeding-4. On the motion of Captain MANGLES, the memorial re ferred to was then read by the Secretary, and adopted by the meeting. S. Ernes, Esq., seconded by HUNTER, Esq., moved a resolution, thanking the Pacha of Egypt for the facili ties which his Highness afforded for the transmission of English letters through his dominions.—Carried. After the dispatch of some routine business, the Chair man returned thanks, and the meeting separated. COWES, MAY .11.—An accident of a most serious nature occurred near the Needles last evening. Mr. %Vm. Ffarrington, son of Captain Ffarringtou, of Woodvale, near Cowes, had been there shooting with Mr. Estwick, son of the Comptroller of the Port of Cowes. The young gentlemen had been on shore, and were getting into the boat, when Mr. Ffarrington's gun, which was lying in the boat, cocked by some accident, and went off, lodging the contents in his left arm. It was three hours before he reached Yarmouth to ob tain medical assistance, after which he was removed in a very dangerous state to Woodvale, when this morning his arm was amputated above the elbow. He is now going on favourably. Drs. Hoffmeister, Cass, and Martell are in attendance. ST. GEORGE'S HOTEL, ALEEMARLE - STREET.----This large establishment, which was lately destroyed by fire, has been re-built in excellent style, and for internal elegance, con venience, and comfort, is not surpassed by any in the metro polis. In one of the drawing-rooms is a beaut►ful fresco, by M. Song, of Munich , and a medallion of St. George and the Dragon, which does great credit to the artist. In another is Allen's picture of the landing of Mary Queen of Scots, on her arrival from France. Both these rooms exhibit the finest speci mens of Scotch velvet cai pets, which produce a fine effect from the richness of the colouring and beauty of the design. There is also a fire-proof room for the plate, with births and cellars of a novel description, and the whole establishment is get up in a way highly creditable to Mr. Stewart, the spirited proprietor. lIVIPEitIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 12. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat . on. the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. THE ADJOURNMENT. The Duke of WELLINGTON'said, he should to-morrow move the adjournment of the House to that day week, the 20th May. Messengers from the Commons, brought up several private Bills. The Earl of ORFORD who was introduced by the Earl of Rosebery and fiord Stopford, took the oaths and his seat. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL moved for a re turn of all resolutions passed by the Boards of Guardians, under the Poof-law Commission, in Ire land, since sth May, 1841.—Ordered. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from Halifax against the Corn and Provision-laws. POOR-LAWS. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE laid on the table the Eighth annual Report of the Poor-law Commission. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. On the motion of Lord WITARNCLIFFE, the Dublin Police Bill was read .a second time. The Noble Lord said, the object of the Bill was to place the Dublin police force on precisely the same footing as the London police. HOPS. The Earl of WINCHIL SEA presented a petition from 'Maidstone, praying for an alteration in the bas tardy clauses in tlid Poor-laws ; also a petition from Kent against the reduction in the duty on foreign hops. The petitioners stated that the reduction con templated by the Government of 21. per ton would ruin their trade. He was happy to say that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to pro pose so low a duty as 21., for if they did so it would entirely annihilate the trade in this country. Earl FITZWILL TAM said that, supposing the reduction in the duty on hops would injure tho trade, the land would remain capable of being turned to any other purpose. Now, what he wanted to draw the attention of the House and . the Noble Earl to, was another point. The other night a conversation arose respecting the employment of per sons in mines. His Noble Friend then expressed great anxiety concerning the morals of that part of the population, which he said was seriously injured by the employment of females and children in those mines. N ow, as his Noble Friend was so exceed ingly desirous of protecting the morals of the inhabi tants in the manufacturing districts, he would recom mend the Noble Earl to look a little more to the morals of the persons in the districts with which he was more immediately connected. He (the Earl of Fitzwilliam) would turn his attention to what occurred in the grounds during the time of hop picking.—(Loud laughter.) If he would look to the females there, it would be more useful than his turning his attention to those who delved in the bowels of the earth. The LORD CHANCELLOR—They went from London.—(Laughter.) Earl FITZWILLIAM—Yes; they went from London to corrupt the fine morals of the districts with which the Noble Earl was connected. Now, surely the Noble Earl oughtto endeavour to prevail upon the Government, to which he gave his support, to put an im port duty upon those articles which were hroughtdown from London into those very pure places, lest they should corrupt the morals of the females, and it might perchance be of the males—(A laugh)—in the very pure districts of Kent and Sussex. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said the injury in flicted by takinc , away the protection from the hop grower would not e ' affect the hop-groweronly but would be very detrimental to the agricultural interest. There were thousands of acres of wood-land in the county of Kent, which would be utterly valueless if it were not for the hop-gardens. He himself sold about 125 acres of wood- land yearly. It was cut down and used for poles for the hop gardens. If the hop gardens were destroyed he should not sell more than 35 acres, for ash poles, and elm poles, and all these poles were of no use except for the hop-gardens. Now that would be a great loss to the labouring classes who were employed in these wood-lands. Great numbers of labourers were likewise employed in the cultivation of the hop-gardens; it was true in some districts they had induced an artificial increase in the population, and if the duty was taken off foreign hops, they would all be in a state of distress. The Noble Earl had recommended him to look to the morals of the population in his own immediate neighbourhood. He begged to state that there was no district in which he had not established schools capable of affording edu cation for the whole of the population. All he asked was, that the hop-grower should have a fair protec tion, such as was given to other classes. Earl FITZWILLIAM said that it appeared then that the protection was to be continued, not so much for the sake of the hops, as for the sake of the wood-lands. The Earl of `NICK LOW rose to order. If Noble Lords made speeches on the presentation of petitions iu this manner, they would never he able to get through the business. Earl FITZWILLIAM would move that the House do adjourn, and thus put himself in order. If the Noble Earl opposite had always interfered when any thing disorderly had occurred—whenever any conver sation had taken place across the table, on the presentations of petitions, he would have bowed with submission to the Noble Earl's interference. In moving that the House do now adjourn, he should make one one or two observations on what had fallen from the Noble Earl on the subject of these woods ; it appeared that they were to protect the hops, not for the sake of the hops, but for the sake of the growers of the wood —where woods became less valuable, it was customary to destroy them, and he had no doubt the Noble Earl had himself been a great destroyer of woods ; so in the case of woods cultivated for the sake of hops, if they became less valuable they might be destroyed, and that should be the case instead of protecting the hops for the sake of the woods. He would beg to direct the attention of the House to the alteration about to he made in the duties on foreign timber, which he apprehended would have more effect in deteriorating the value of woods—and he did not regret that, be cause he thought timber ought to be cheap—than any alteration in the hop duties would have in diminish ing the value of woods grown in the counties of Kent and Sussex. He had some knowledge of the woods there—some of them might he cultivated for the purpose of hop-poles, but he thought by far the greater part was the natural produce of the coun try. He begged to move that the House do now adjourn.—(Laughter.) The question was then put, and after a few words from the Earl of WINCHILSEA, in explanation, Earl FITZWILLIAM said, with regard to the employment of females in mines, he did not run into such extravagant opinions as he had seen expressed. The condition of those employed was influenced by the width of the coal seams; perhaps it might be desirable to prohibit the .employment of children in mines, but the necessity of employing children arose from the thinness of the seams. If Noble Lords would read the Report with any knowledge of mining, they would see that the employment of children was almost entirely confined to the thin seams of the coal-mines of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The Earl of WICKLOW rose to explain that he meant no disrespect to' the Noble Lord, when he called him to order ' • it was caused by the Noble Lord's irregularity ; if they were to take the House collectively, there were no three Members of it who were guilty of so much irregularity as the Noble Lord. On a recent occa sion he had made no less than five speeches on a sin gle petition. Lord REDESDALE said, in the discussion the other night, the Noble Lord had himself got up in his place and observed, that he hoped a new rule would be established, in order that the proceedings might be more orderly. Earl FITZWILLIAM—Make a rule. Lord REDESDALE—The Noble Lord said, make a rule. There was a rule already in existence, which was for general purposes sufficiently strict, but unques tionably that rule might be abused. He thought that when a Noble Lord was called to order he should bow to the call, and not put himself in order, by moving an adjournment, thus evading the rule of the House, and causing great inconvenience. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the mo tion for an adjournment, which was negatived without a division. INCOME-TAX. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE Said he rose in conformity with:the notice which he had put upon the paper, to move for certain returns relating to the ex emption of foreigners from the operation of the tax, commonly called the Income and Property-tax. In doing so he did not wish to engage the House in any premature discussion with regard to the me rits of the property-tax. ITpon the contrary, he would confine himself strictly to the point to which these returns related ; and if he deemed it his duty to make some observations in moving for such returns, his justification must be the great importance of the subject. The rea son why he called their attention to this sub ject was, that unquestionably this was the first time the income enjoyed by foreigners in other parts of the world, arising from property in this country, had been made the subject of taxation. There was, he believed, soon after the Revolution, an at tempt made to place a duty on income, but early in the course of the first French war, Mr. Pitt intro duced an Income-tax upon all incomes enjoyed by parties in England, but it never occurred to Mr. Pitt that it was just, equitable, or expedient, to include foreigners in the operation of that tax. Subsequently that tax was determined with the war with which it originated ; afterwards Lord Sidmouth proposed what was called a Property -tax, but which did not materially differ from the other tax, and that imposition was not ex tended to foreigners. Two years afterwards it fell to :ot, was connect .d., ta , V. . :cation ot' :• - •*-1,4`: 50 :It it never occuiTed to those Lim acted, that it .would either be expedient or ji l ist to extend the Act to foreigners possessed of property in the funds. He 'might here say that a very natural change did take place in the measure, which so far altered its form and appearance with re spect to the funds, as to suggest the idea of fo reigners being taxed. By the consent of all parties, and the Bank Directors, they were enabled to act as Commissioners, and hey received at the Bank that portion of the fund which was subject to taxation, and subject also to go into the public purse. But they did so as Commissioners. It was a deduction made from the tax on incomes, which they would find was gradually and carefully provided for in a clause of that Act, constituting the Directors to act as Commissioners under the Income-tax, showing that it was not a tax on the funds, but a tax on incomes, for which purposes they were made Commissioners. It was then suggested for the first time that it would be ex pedient to include foreigners in other countries, not being subjects of his Majesty, under the operation of the tax. But he (Lord L.) recollected that the sug gestion was resisted with the very general concur rence of the House, and in the.course of what had passed very strong opinions were given that it would be both unjust and inexpedient to subject that species of property to the tax. He adverted to this, because he heard that Mr. Fox, whose opinion was naturally considered to be of great importance, had objected to the inclusion of foreigners in the tax as a matter of expediency only, and not as a matter of justice. He (Lord L.) entirely differed on that point, and he referred to the report of Mr. Fox's opinions, the words of which he would read to their Lordships, and he would leave them to judge whether they would consider Mr. Fox's opinion to be one founded on expediency. Mr. Fox said, " that he differed from the opinion expressed by the Honourable Gentleman (Sir P. Francis) on the subject. For his part, he considered a tax such as he recommended a shameful confiscation. The Bill under the consideration of the Committee was not one for taxing foreigners, but British sub jects. He thought such a measure was a flagrant breach of faith, and that if the revenue was to cease, yet he thought it :his duty to reject it." Now whether right or wrong, he apprehended that the opinion of Mr. Fox was opposed to the injustice, and not alone to the inexpediency of the tax ; and let it be recollected that Mr. Fox was giving his opinion conformably with the course of conduct pursued by Mr. Pitt, and again by Mr. Addington, and which, when Mr. Fox unhappily ceased to exist, was pursued by Mr. Percival when the question was brought under the consideration of Parliament. He affirmed that there was here a mass of authority against the inexpediency and injustice of including foreigner, in the tax ; and when the Bill for taxing the property of England was first introduced, the declarations successively made in Parliament were calculated to give foreigners an inducement to become creditors to this country, and that the property which they placed in the funds would be free from taxation. These foreigners should be treated in the same way as a mortgagee in this country should be treated by his mortgagee. They said, if these foreigners who were their creditors were dissatisfied they must sell out. That was an argument which might be carried a great deal too far, because, it might be applied some day to the English creditors, and it might be said to them, if they were dissatisfied, that they might sell out. It all those cases, however, where the English creditor should be hurt it would be his own fault, because he was represented in Parliament, but the foreigner had no means of being represented in Parliament ; he had lent them money on the promise that he should receive the dividend free, and without de duction. That was the opinion he entertained as to the justice, or rather the injustice of this proceeding ; and if he entertained so strong an opinion as to the- injustice of the proceeding, he also entertained a strong opinion of its inexpediency, be cause he could not see that the adding of some 10,0001. or 20,0001. or 30,000/. a-year to a tax of many millions, was to be in the least compared with that reputation and established credit for which this country had been so long distinguished in all parts of the world. A case might occur at some distant period, when they might he called upon to uphold the security of British capital in other countries ; and then they might employ, if they could, the argument that they had, in the midst of all their distresses, carefully guarded them selves against the slightest deduction of that in terest which they had to pay to the foreign creditor. He, had seen with great sorrow any attempted deviation from that course which had been adopted for so many years in this country, and which had the sanction of so many Parliaments. He had taken the opportunity , of stating his opinion on this matter, in moving for these returns. He did not know whether the papers for which lie moved could be produce -1 ; be knew it was verylikely that a great part of them had been involved in that sort of auto as fts; which had caused such de struction amongst the papers. 11; however, they were not destroyed, they might, perhaps, be obtained from some returns which had been moved for in the other House. The Noble Marquis, concluded by moving for a return of the exemptions given to foreigners from the Income-tax on former occasions. :. ,~. The Earl of RIPON did not apprehend that there could be any objection to the motion of the Noble Mar quis, or any difficulty in complying with it. The sub ject was undoubtedly one of great importance ; and the Noble Marquis was perfectly entitled in forming with respect to it the opinion to which he had come. He (the Earl of Ripon) confessed, however, that he had not been satisfied by the reasoning of the Noble Marquis, that the proposal to subject the property of foreigners to the same impost as other property was an unjust proposal. He did not think that there would be any violation of the principles of justice in calling upon all parties who had an interest in the maintenance of the public credit of this country to contribute to the public burdens. Mr. Pitt had no doubt ex empted the property of foreigners from the Income-tax ; but it appeared to him (the Earl of Ripon) that in doing so he had been influenced, not so much by considerations of abstract justice, as by considerations of policy and public expediency. At the time when Mr. Pitt's Property-tax was imposed this country was subjected to great and unusual burdens ; and it was thought admissible, under those cir cumstances, that every possible means should be resorted to for the purpose of raising the credit of the country, in order to give increased facility for raising public loans. The same remark 'applied to the circumstances under which subsequent Property taxes were imposed. Although he was ready to admit that Mr. Fox seemed to have gone upon the prin ciples of abstract justice, he confessed, however, that he did not see how the principles applied in the case. The Property-tax was imposed for the purpose of avoid ing perpetual borrowing, consequently in that point of view the foreigner had the same interest in any measure that might have the effect of avoid ing that necessity in the holders of that property, as Englishmen had ? He had the same interest in the welfare of the public credit, as any other person who had property in the public funds. He (the Earl of Ripon) could, therefore, see no grounds of abstract injustice, in calling on the foreigner to contribute his share to the tax. Lord MONTEAGLE would take that opportunity of saying a few words on the subject. The Noble Earl who had just sat down had made no answer to the observation of the Noble Marquis behind him (the Marquis of Lansdowne) in respect to the altered cir cumstances of the country since the time of the first enactment of the Property-tax. He (Lord Monteagle) would admit, for argument sake, and for argument sake alone, that foreigners had been exempted upon se lfi s h grounds, for the mere purpose of keeping up the funds. Assuming this, the foreigner would expect that he would be protected by the Legislature, as he had been previously. With respect to a case of expediency, the expediency was now felt more than ever. This course must affect British invest ments in foreign stocks. Let the Noble Earl compare the list of the funds in 1797 or 1798 to 1803 or 1804, in 1814 or 1815, with the list now and he w ou ld t h en fi n d th e enor mous ma ss o f British capit a l' w hi ch at t h e presen t mo me n t w as in vested in the foreign funds, all attendant upon the fate of foreign Governments. Anterior Governments had been scrupulous on this point, and he thought the present Government ought to he equally scrupulous. And what was the sum to he raised:by this course ? The Noble Earl estimated it at from 10,0001. to 30,0001. a year, but it would certainly he below the mean of that su m . H e thought this course would endanger BritiSh capital abroad. Lord .BROUGHAM said he did'not wish to pro long the discussion which had been so pro perly introduced. He entirely agreed with his Noble Friend that it would be. exceedingly unwise to extend the Property-tax to foreigners, that it would he highly inexpedient, for the sake of the trifling sum which could be obtained from foreigners IT means of this tax, to give a pretext to other countries to deal in a similar : way with funds of I ours which were under their control. He thought unless the justice of it was so manifest that no ' argument against it could be • adduced, it would be exceedingly impolitic, especially when he consi dered how much larger was the stake of this country in foreign funds than the stake of foreigners in English funds. He thought the authorities which his Noble Friend had cited on the subject—the authority of Mr. Fox, of Lord Grey, and of Lord Grenville, entirely established the point, and he hoped that after what had been stated the motion would be acceded to. If the matter was delayed until the Bill came up for discussion, it Would be too late for his Noble Friend's purpose. The Earl of WICKLOW could not see any in- just fkui, n nxing the foreigner who had money in our and tLe thought, it foreigners were exempted, a i:L'il2l. ? abroad would put motley into the funds in the name of foreigners. If they escaped taxation it must fall heavier on our own subjects; and with regard to the precedent set to other bountries, he thought they would not hesitate•if they imposed a property-tax, in makin,g foreigners contrib u t e t o it. Lord BROUGHAM explained, that he did not allude to foreigners resorting to a measure of a precisely similar nature. But human nature was so unfortunately constituted, that if we did one unjust act, the probability was that they would resort to another still more unjust, and quote our own injus tice as the precedent. The Duke of NEWCASTLE objected to the im position of the Income-tax. He could not agree with the Noble and Learned Lord in considering it expe dient, and was surprised at his approving of it. Lord BROUGHAM—I said it was unfortunately necessary, and that I yielded to the painful necessity. The Duke of NEWCASTLE could not see the necessity of it. He thought they could do without it, and although he was glad to give his support to the Government, he objected to the Property tax and the Tariff. Lord MELBOURNE owned that he had some doubts as to the justice of exacting; from fo reigners having money in our funds, a tax for the protection and advantage they received in this invest ment of their property. They did not receive the general protection and advantages which the natives of the country obtained from the Government, and he (Lord Melbourne) entertained considerable doubts as to the wisdom, the policy, and expediency of impos ing such a tax upon them. Indeed, in the present circumstances of the country, he thought it both im politic and inexpedient to impose this tax on foreigners. It was the expectation of foreigners that the same course should be pursued on the present occasion as had been hitherto, when foreigners were exempt from the imposition of the tax. Mr. Rose and Mr. Huskisson had both doubted the policy and expe diency of subjecting foreigners to this tax, and if he recollected aright, Mr. Long, late Lord Farnborough, concurred in their opinion. He thought it was not advisable to discourage the foreigner from taking advantage of the security that belonged to the finances of this country. On all these grounds he regretted the course taken by her Majesty's Government. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE said that the imposition of the tax appeared to have so little effect on the funds as a discouragement to investment, that they were at the present moment unusually high. He considered the advantages that would arise from taxing the foreign fundholder would outweigh the objections that might be made to it. With respect to the general question, the present was not the time to enter into discussion upon it—they ought to wait till the measure was fully before the House. BRIBERY INQUIRY BILL. . _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM moved that the House should go into Committee on the Bribery In quiry Bill. He did not intend to go into any details urn it, but he should propose to add a clause that would not only embrace the Com mittees of general inquiry into bribery at elections, but the cases in which corrupt compromises had been made. In these inquiries all parties should cordially unite. In conducting an inquiry of such immense importance and interest, everything like party and personal motives should be sedulously avoided. Lord WHARNCLIFPE did not rise to object to proceeding with the Bill, but he doubted very much its regularity, as the other House of Parliament had instituted a Bill upon the subject. Lord BROUGHAM said that no Bill had been introduced, but a notice had been given. The present Bill had been introduced before the slightest notice or intimation had been given on the subject in the other House. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE doubted whether the other House would not think they were interfering with that which was strictly their privilege. Lord BROUGHAM explained. The Earl of WICKOW said that the House of Commons could not be considered to have their privi leges infringed by the present Bill of the Noble and Learned Lord. It was a Bill showing the House of Commons the willingness of this House to co operate with them in putting down one of the great est evils of this country—one that was increasing every day, and was productive of immorality, perjury, and bribery.--(Cheers.) He thought the House of Commons, the country, and the constituency of the country ought to be grateful to the Noble and Learned Lord for bringing forward this measure. Lcrd CAMPBELL would not object to the pro gress of the Bill. He would candidly and zealously promote the object of his Noble and Learned Friend to put down bribery, which was now so much re sorted to. But he confessed he was rather disap pointed that his Noble and Learned Friend did not produce something more effectual. The Bill of the Noble Lord, however, would produce no harm, and he would not therefore oppose its progress. Unless his Noble Friend inserted words which would make the Bill applicable to the Committees appointed in the other House, he thought no advantage could be de rived from it. Another objection which he enter tained to the Bill was, that it did not make it com pulsory upon witnesses to give evidence. That omis sion arose from a desire to prevent the witness from criminating himself. But it was a settled point in Courts of Law, that when a party had been guilty of contempt, he was bound to answer ; and he appre hended that unless it were made compulsory upon the sitting Members and agents to answer the questions put to them, the Bill would be little better than waste paper. It was, in his opinion, the o n ly way by which bribery could ever be detected. He was afraid that their Lordships would legislate in vain if they legislated on this principle. It must be by rendering the offence unavailable that bribery only could be stopped ; by asking every one to tell all he knew, at the same time indemnifying him, would he the only way to get at the truth of this matter. The second clause of this Bill he thought was very unconstitutional, and in many respects ob jectionable. On these grounds he thought this Bill would not answer the expectations of its proposer, and he thought it would be much better if his Noble Friend would exert his great talents in the framing of another Bill on the subject, more general and more extensive. Lord BROUGHAM said, that while he admitted the force of the observations of his Noble Friend, he could not bring himself to insert a compulsory clause in the Bill. Such a clause would be opposed to the general principles of our Legislature; it would be unjust and oppressive, and would probably only lead to perjury in self-defence on the part of those who might be subjected to its operation. The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. Lord CLIFFORD presented six petitions from Norfolk and other places, complaining of Catholic grievances. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Lord CLANCARTY presented a petition from a place in Ireland against the present system of National Education. Their Lordships then adjourned at Seven o'Clock HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 12. The SPEAKFR took the Chair at the usual hour, but there being only 32 Members present, the House adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 12. The House sat to-day to hear writs of error. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lordßrougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. The greater part of the Judges were also in attendance. SIR F. BURDETT V. DOE. The arguments were resumed- this morning on this part-heard case, and not having concluded at four o'clock the further consideration of the case was adjourned to Friday week. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH. May 12. Lord DENMAN disposed of a few short causes this morning of no general interest, after which the Court discharged the jury, and adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 12. CLOVE V. DENT AND ANOTHER. This was an action framed in several counts, the principal of which were, that the defendants had im properly disposed of certain goods, the property of the plaintiff ; that they had continued illegally in possession of the plaintiff's house ; and that they had assaulted the plaintiff's wife and imprisoned her. It appeared that the plaintiff' rented a house from the defendant Dent, in Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square, in which he carried on the business of a publican. An arrear of rent, to the amount of 18/., having become due to the defendant on the 25th of September last, he levied a distress on the goods of the plaintiff, and employed a person of the name of Morgan, who was the second defendant in the case, to distrain the goods. Morgan continued for a week in possession, without being authorised to do £O, it was contended, and con trary to the Statute. An arrangement (the precise cha racter and attendant circumstances of which it was very difficult to determine from the evidence given on both sides) was entered into between the wife of the plaintiff and a person of the name of Woodgate, w ho was to become the new tenant of Mr. Dent, by which it was agreed that she should give up possession of the house and the fixtures, on condition that this should be accepted in payment of the rent due, and that she should receive a sum of money in addition, for any goods that might be on the premises. On the Monday following the day of this agreement, the plain tiff's wife came to claim of the defendant the money which she supposed was due to her. There arose on that occasion some misunderstanding between the par ties ; the woman became very violent in her conduct ; and she was then given into the custody of two police men, who deposed to her having been drunk at the time. The charge against her, on her removal to the police • office, was abandoned on condition that she should not I return to th , ,! house, tu7 molest. the defendants. She .was then dismi , •sed ; but having again returned, and secreted her:=ei: ii 'i'l►e Jury, after a shore tielib; ration, found a verdit for the defendant in the §u►n of 5/. COURT OF B PTCY. May 12. RE JOHN ALEXANDER HERON. . _ This day was appointed Kr the cbo'ce of assignees under the fiat against that bankrupt, who carried on business as a horse dealer and livery -stable-keeper. in Bow. The amount of lia bilities appearing in his schedule was about 2,5001., and the available assets were stated under 3001. Several creditors having tendered proofs, which were ad mitted, without eliciting any points of general interest, the choice of assignees was proceeded with, when Messrs. Wood and Jamieson, the two principal creditors, were appointed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE MURDER AT-I:IIGHBURY. Thomas Cooper was placed at the bar yesterday at the opening of the Court, to plead to an indictment charging him w►th the wilful murder of Timothy Daley, on the 'sth o(May, at Highbury. The prisoner appeared in a very weak and debilitated state, and was accommodated with a chair, while the indictment was being read. When placed in the dock he looked carelessly round the Court for a few minutes. He appeared to pay no attention whatever to the indictment as it was being read, but, as he did at the police-office, placed his arms across the bar, resting his head upon them. The Clerk of Arraigns having read over the indictment, said, " How say you, Thomas Cooper, are you guilty or not guilty ?" The prisoner did not seem to comprehend the question, and turned to the gaoler, who repeated it to him. The prisoner then replied, in a low tone of voice, so low as scarcely to be audible, " Not guilty." 'The prisoner was then Charged, upon , the Coroner's inquisi tion, with the same offence. Clerk of Arraigns—How say you, Thomas Cooper, are you guilty, or not guilty ? Prisoner (slightly lifting his head, and in the same low tone as before)—Not Guilty, Sir. The prisoner was then placed - at the side of the dock, while other prisoners were put forward to plead to their several in dictments. During this time the prisoner leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. At ten o'clock precisely, Mr. Baron Alderson took his seat on the bench, and the prisoner was again put forward. Mr. Ilortity, the prisoner's Counsel, immediately rose and addressed his Lordship as follows :—May it please your Lord ship, I have an application to make to your Lordship ; relative to the prisoner at the bar. The offence of which he is charged, was committed on Thursday last, and the prisoner was only com mitted for trial on the evening of Monday. I then pointed out to the Magistrate who committed him, that great difficulty would arise to the prisoner in consequence of being unable to ob tain a copy of the depositions, but Mr. Greenwood seemed to be of opinion that it was , his bounden duty, under the circumstances, to commit the prisoner. On Tuesday morning I made an application for a copy of t depositions, and I only received them yesterday. I thing therefore, that I have stated sufficient facts to give yoiir Lordship reason to think that it would be only consonant with justice that the trial should net even take place this session. The mother of the prisoner was only able to obtairk, legal advice on Monday last. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I thought you attended the police office on Monday. Mr. HORRY—I mean besides myself, my Lord. There is every reason to believe there has net been time enough to inquire into certain circumstances relative . te this transaction which are highly important to the prisoner's defence. In fact, it is impossible that his defence can be gone into with justice, nor will a few days suffice to do it. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—The transaction took place close to London. I see no grounds why the trial should not take place this Session. Mr. HORRY—It is utterly impossible to prepare the pri soner's defence in a few days. A trial has, within the last few days been postponed, the circumstances of which took place an terior to this transaction. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I will tell you what I will do. The Court will be full to-morrow, and you can make an application in full Court then. You have said quite enough to induce me not to take the case to-day. The prisoner, who aKeared to have been wholly uncon scious of what was going on during the application, w as th en removed from the dock. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MIJADER.,—Robert Wilson, aged 24, a sailor, was indicted for feloniously shooting at Pa trick Cavannah with a pistol, with intent to murder him. Mr. C. Pirrt.mrs defended the prisoner. Elizabeth Kelly deposed that she lived as servant with Mrs. Wilson, the mother of the prisoner, who resided at Eltham, in Kent. Mrs. 'Wilson was married to Mr. Cavanah, die prose cutor, but she went by the name of Wilson. The prisoner had some words with Mr. Cavannah. Orr the Ist of April, the prisoner came to the door about ten o'clock at night. Mr. Cavanah went to the door, and the prisoner asked him to let him in. The prosecutor said he should not come in. The prisoner then went away, and returned in about five minutes, when he threw some stones at the door. He again asked to be let in, and the prosecutor fet6ed a poker. The prosecutor said, " You shall not come in to-night, Robert ; you may burst the door open." Immediately after this, witness heard the re port of a pistol, and on proceeding to the door, she observed her master's cheek bleeding. Ile was stooping at the time, and his head was near to the keyhole of the door. Cross•examined—lt was immediately on hearing her master say, " You may burst open the door," that she heard the report of a pistol. The prisoner could not aee the prosecutor at the time. • Mr. Basset, a surgeon, of Woolwich, stated that he was called in to attend the prosecutor on the night in question. He extracted a pistol ball from his cheek. The ball had passed along the cheek, and caused a wound of about an inch and a half in length. Cross-examined.--The prosecutor was drunk at the time, but he was in some degree sobered by the accident. Thomas Clarke deposed to his having sold the prisoner a pair of pistols on the night in question. William Henley stated that he was in a public-house with the prisoner on the night in q testion, at about a quarter to ten o'clock. The prisoner was drunk at the time. He had two ,pistols with him,. and he said he eras going. to shoiTt sp:rrows. He said that there was a man at home who had taken ,possession of his (prisoner's) Imuse while he was in Syria, and .he said he would have his revenge, and blow his brains out. He then left the room, but returned in about a quarter of an hour. He wanted the publi can to go home with him, but he refu;ed. He then asked witness, and he consented. He went with him to the door, and there he left him. Police officer R 57 stated, that he took the prisoner into custody. He found two pistols upon him. They were un loaded. The prisoner said, " I have done it, but it would not have happened, only I was drunk." Witness saw the door of Mrs. Wilson's house. There was a hole in it about four feet from the ground. Mr. C. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and The LEARNED Junni summed up the evidence, and said, the question the Jury had to consider was, as to the intent of the prisoner, viz., whether he intended to hurt the proseeutoi. The Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. Thomas Grew, aged 17, clerk, was indicted for stealing three post letters, containing one chain, one pin, one seal, and two pencil cases, the property of the Postmaster-General. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and he was sen tenced to fifteen years transportation- RA PE.— Mn. Holland, aged 22, clog-maker, was indicted for a rape on Rebecca Powell. Mr. PAYNE defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix deposed that she resided in the Hackney road, and was a married woman. On the sth May she was going home through Christian -street, Hackney-road, at about twelve o'clock at night, when she was forcibly seized and dragged into a house by the prisoner and another man. The room into which she was carried was a dark room. The pri soner threw her down and committed the offence of which he stood charged. She cried out "Don't ill-use me," and the prisoner answered " You b-- b—, if you don't be quiet I will murder you." A policeman then came into the house, and the prisoner was given into custody. The other man escaped. The policeman corroborated this evidence, and stated that the prisoner used great violence when he was taken into custody. Mr. PA vNE addressed thz Jury for the defence, and called several witnesses, who stated that they lived in the house, and were, there on the night in question. They did not hear any noise except a slight scuffle, which they thought was occasioned by a man and his wife quarrelling. One witness stated that he heard the prosecutrix say, ".Hush, hush I don't hurt my bonnet." The LEARNED JUDGE having summed up the evidence, the Jude returned a verdict of Not Guilty. filen Thomas, described as a spinster, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding John Wilks, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Howarth defended the prisoner. John Wilks, a little boy ten years old, stated that he lived with his mother in Parker-street, Drury-lane, and the prisoner lodged in the !mine house. On the 23d of April the prisoner called him into her room, and sent him for some gin and some. beer. She was at this time smoking a pipe, and was intoxi cated. When he returned she locked the door, and told him to take off his handkerchief from his neck, and she called him to her, and with a razor inflicted two severe wounds upon his face and throat. The prisoner before this had been very kind to him, and he had not aggravated her in any manner. The boy's mother stated that upon hearing an alarm she went into the prisoner's room, anti found her with her arm round the boy, and in the act of cutting his throat. The Jury returned a verdict of_ Guilty. Baron ALDERSON then ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for three years. ho moment the sentence was pronounced, the prisoner be came very violent. She exclaimed—" I will kill myself, I will. I won't be there a week." She was then removed from the dock, and as she was going down the steps she screamed out— .' So help me good God, I'll kill myself—where there's a will there's a way. I won't be there a week." NEW COUR T. No case of interest came before the Court this morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. The whole of the night charges were comprised in five cases of "drunk and incapable.;" and as the offenders were all too incapable to make any resistance k to the officers in the execu tion of their duty, they were discharged. A little drink is a dangerous thing; a great deal, it appears, is very harmless. 'MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Thomas Staples, a boy of about 12 years:of age, was charged with picking the po c k e t o f a gent l eman named Lowndes, re. siding at No. 7, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, of a silk purse, containing 7s. 6d. in silver, and a hunch of keys. Sir C. F. Williams, Baronet, one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, took a seat on the Bench with the presiding Magistrate, Mr. Hardwick. Mr. Lowndes was unable to be in attendance, being obliged to leave town on urgent business at an early hour this morning. It appeared that about six o'clock on Wednesday eve n ing:M r . Lowndes, while looking int o a print. seller's shop-window in the Haymarket, felt a tug at his coat-pocket, and instantly turn ing round found the prisoner close behind him, who seemed greatly confused, and instantly said, " I didn't do it, Sir—it is those two boys," pointing to lads a short distance off, who were walking quickly away, and he added, " I'll go and stop them, Sir," and started off towards them ; and as he was running Sir C. F. Williams, who was passing by, 'saw him drop the purse containing the silver; he, however, overtook the others, ai:d was seen to pass something (supp'ssed to be the bunch of keys) to one of them, and they then separated, and ran off in different directions, but Mr. Lowndes pursued the prisoner and secured him; the others got clear off. Mr. HA RDWICK inquired if the prisoner was known. Inspector Plume, of the E division, stated, that the prisoner, although so young, was a notorious and very expert thief. He had been in custody several times, charged with picking pockets, and came out of gaol only three weeks ego, having served out his sentence on a conviction for felony. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next, when Mr. Lowndes will be in town. WORSHIP STREET. A DRUNKARD'S CA RESS.--.- William Henry Blake, an elderly man of demure deportment, was charged with having attempted to strangle Joseph Moss, a child three months old. Ann Lyar, the child's sister-in-law, stated that she was engaged in nursing- it - at her mother's door on the preceding evening, when the prisoner cares up and wrung the child's nose, at the same, time pressing his hand t,on its mouth, until it became black in the fare, and was on th, very point of being suffocated. he screamed loudly for assistance, upon which the prisoner made off; but he was pur sued by the child's mcthcr and several other persons, who gave him into custody. Ihe prisoner was very much intoxicated. In his defence, the prisoner said that he was excessively fond of children, having brought up no less than ten of his own, and that he mere') intended to give the child an affectionate caress. Two or three witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good character forhumanity and general propriety of conduct. The pi isoner was severely lectured by the Magistrate, and fined l Os., or three weeks' imprisonment. Emma Butlen, a respectahle.looking married woman, was finally examined upon a charge of having stolen nine sovereigns , the property of Mr. Wells, of Wellington-place, Stoke New ington. It appeared that the prisoner had-been for a considerable time past on terms of intimacy with the prosecutor and his . family, and was a frequent visitor at his house, where she al ways met with the most hospitable reception. On several oc casions, however, when the prisoner had been his guest, the prosecutor missed different sums of money from a box which he kept in a cupboard in the sitting room, and in order to arrive at the thief, he marked a number of sovereigns, which he deposited in their usual receptacle. The prisoner took to with his wife on that evening, and before she went away the prosecutor took an opportunity of examining the box, vih he discovered that nine sovereigns had b, en a b s t rac t e d. Befi made no mention of the circumstance until the prisoner left the, house, accompanied by his wife, who off e r e d t o see h e r part of the vva.y home, when he followed them, and asked his wife i f she knew what had become of the money. She answered to the negative, and the prisoner, in affected ignorance, inquired what money he alluded to, upon which the prosecutor directly charged her with the robbery, and having met a policeman, he gave her into custody. The prisoner admitted her guilt to the policeman, and the nine marked sovereigns were found upon her at the station-house. The prisoner (who declined saying anything) was committed for trial. GREAI NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending May 7, 1842 : Passengers ,0909 7 6 Merchandise 415 8 2 £1,324 15 8 Darlington, May 11. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, M.Av 11—Wind this day at noon, N. DEAL, MA v 11.—Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Fortune , Africa. Arrd. from the river and bld . , Trial, Sydney; Bona Mere, Berthee ; Ruby, St. Kitt's ; Minerva, Nassau. Arrd. Chamois, from Buenos Ayres. DUNGENESS, MAY 10.—The Kate, Palmer, from Sunder land, struck on a rock near this port, but came off next 600 apparently without much damage. OFF: HASTINGS, MAY -11.—Anglesea, Hamburgh, fo r Por t-au- Prince. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11. —Wind, S.S.E. to W.—Art( l ' H.M.S. Comus, left sth ult„ and Bermuda 21st, with $214, 0 ° 0 ; Lord Lowther, London for China. Sld. Berkshire, Bombay COWES, MAY 11. —Arrd. Coramercio Arrigrota, Havannall; Talma, Winsor, Mantanzas. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind light and variable.—.Area' her Majcst , ,'s ship Buzzard, Africa. FALMOUTH, MAY 10.— Wind S. fresh breezes.—Arrd' Samaritan, Ancona; Sovereign, Mason, Tarragona; Order: nenung, Liverpool, for Amsterdam, with . loss of foretopmas i dnring a gale, sth inst. LIVERPOOL, MAY 11.—Wind S. S.W. to N.W.—Arra' Royal William, Francis, Samuel Hicks, Bunker, and Great Western (steamer), Hoskin, New York, left 28th ult. fil d ' Royal Mint, Jamaica; Calista, Honduras; Coronet, Wilmint ton; South Esk, St. John's New Brunswick ; Ocean Quee ll ' Quebec. An iceberg was passed sth inst in lat. 45, lon. 4 v' by the Great Western (steamer), arrived at Liverpool. YA 'mourn, Int. OF WIGHT, MAY 11..--Sld. Inglih Bombay. DOVER, MAY 11.—Arrd. off, Active, Wolf, Bahia, O f Stockholm. KINGSTOWY, MAY 10.—Acrd. Argyll, Brown, St. John'o• Coax, MAY 9.—Arrd. City of Cork, Barrett, Barbadoe s• Sid. Xarifa, ditto. _ _ LEITH, MAY 9.—Sld. Robert Munro, Montreal. BRISTOL, MAY 11.—Sld. British Queen, New York. HULL ROADS, MAY 11.—Arrd. Jane Lowden, London " Miramichi, with loss of foretopmast. VESSELS SeoxEN WITIL—Jape Prowse, Live r p oo l to Vat paraiso, March 10, lat. 3 S. lon. 20 W. ; Courier, Loncl°' to the Cape, March 9 ; Brig Hope, 6th instant, lat. 47, l e ! 20, steering eastward, by th e Ci ty of Cork, arrived at Cori' Vesta, Liverpool to Odessa, 3d instant, lat. 43, lon. 11; Il i !: dostan, 4th, lat. 44, lon. 11, by the Samaritan, arrived r _ h Falmouth. Moffat, Bombay to Lo n d on , on t h e Line, Marc; 23, lon. 22 W., by the Mona, arrived in th e Ri ver. Pefr g . Edward, Surinam to Hamburgh, 19th ult., l a t. 23, l on . by the Triumph, arrived at Bristol. Zulieka, of Dabb: for Londom, 20th ult., in Gibraltar tiay, by the Betsy, Pv, t bertson, arrived at Cork. Anglicans, Poole to Quebec, •• instant, lat. 49, lon. 17, by the Cathe r i n e G reene , arr i v e d the River. Lee*, Boer, Rotterdam to Batavia, 24th ult., IL ,: 47, lon. 7; Sphenoid, St. Vincent to Lond on , 20th ult.,lat• a ; lon. 56, by the Rowallan, arri ve d i n th e Cl y d e. A barilri., supposed the California. b oun d W es t war d , 2 6 t h n i t. , l a t. lon. 45; Industry, Slign to Quebec, 29th ult. lat..„ lon. 36 ; a l arge s hi p , suppose d the ' Compton, of Livcrp steering N.W., sth i ns t., l at. 51, l on. 5, by the Christtifk, arrived in the Clyde. Meeas, Van Wanny, Calcutta t 01 44 ' tavia, 3d January, in th e S tra i ts o f Sunda • Fourteen, 'OIL ; s to Batavia, llth, off the ent rance o f the Straits of Sunda! , Alice, bound Westward, 3d April, lat. 20, lon, 39; Mariaari, and Pauline, Hamburgh to Havannah, 28th, lat. 50, lon. by the Menado, arrived at Browershaven. LADVIRTISEMENT. I IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT TO 14 1; RIVE BENEFIT FROM DRINKING SODA WATER.—SChVrePP e w Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not 0: i throughout the United Kingdom, hut throughout the civi li ty world, that any eneonium on its merits might appear suP , O ftuous ; but a, since its original introduction, oP"''''ds " f o t or a century since, many imitators have started up, with nioT less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the libel of reminding their fri e nd s a n d th e pu b ic that the above (2e:A brated Water continues to be manuf ac t ure d on the larg;;,, scale asid upon the most scientifi c pri nc ipl es at the i r chef egg tablishment, 51, Ber n e rs - s tr ee t, L on d on ; and al.-o a t t , three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, 11l istol, and verb yi and that consumers rria.< be supplied with the genuine article most of the respectable Chemists, Co n f ec ti oners , an d Il l s Warehou.es in every province of the United Kingdom. d e , just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent ea' mand for it, have tempted unp r i nc ipl e d p ersons ( man y Of t jot of apparent resp,Ttahility) to practice a deception, agar which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the 11 0 . 0 ,0 The deception referred to is that of p as: i ng o ff a sp article for " Schweppe's," by selling it i n Schweppes 110 , r bottL , s, The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the ', l 'm rior water, although i n mo s t cases th e consumer i s charge°,, sb y same. By this artifice a common wat er i s surr eptitl o 4 s palmed upon the public for th e g e nui n e— t h e repu t ati on 0' $ latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article-- 0 .0 certain proportion of the public patronag e di ver t e d frog , }),, legitimate channel. To obviate these se vera l ev il s , Sclo y l e r and Co. have adopted the plan of placin g a R e d Label 0 , the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal Appoin lo l:, in the centre, and the name of their fi rm on eac h s ide, sc , l t s out which none is genuine. Sch we pp e an d C o . re fer ` (1 0 pride to the fact that they constantly supply th e R o y a l Pal' i t he of Londs.n and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in It o three kingdoms; nor is the demand f or th e i r S o d a Water rid , constant on the continent and in oth er p ar t s o f the 0. 035 t Merchants and Shippers in gener a l connecte d w i t h the and West Indies and cur numerous Colonies are continu l so l transmitting orders received from thei r respective events , 0 0( correspondents, and highly gratifying is the testis Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from g ei t i b eir men returned from abroad, of the luxury aff o rd e d th e m by b ig!) Soda Water when met within tropical climates, and of the fir condition in which it is generally found. The Water ordere d to foreign countries is manufactured with a n express referen ct o ill„ its destination, and it is well known that no o th er can eq af ie well endure the variations of climate. Schweppes Lero o f rj r ,o is an elegant preparation of more recent i n t ro d uct i on , but ipto its refreshing and wholesome properties i s ra pidl y ge tting 01 extensive reputation. It is an effervescing draught 01 r e , agreeable flavour, and made of the best materials, withou t o t , gard to cost. Physicians and medical men constantly re t s o mend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it less desirable 1 10 article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will have a 31,0 , lable on its side, with the name and addr ess o f the Poo Schweppe and Co, are the largest importers o f the tier s ' Seltzer Water, which they receive direct from the 5 1 1 , r1 in quarts and pints, and which they offer to the public t ea' original packages. N.B.—Export ord e rs for all climate s ecuted on the shortest notice. • CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon 0:0 quest was held at the sign of th e G eorge pu bli c -ha l :for George-court, Strand, before Mr. Hi ggs , t h e Coronet' ' Westminster on the body of Micha e l S u lli van, aged 9;101 years. The deceased was the son of labouring parents, " s s at No. 9, Shelton-court, Bedfordbury, Covent-garden, be st on Thursday afternoon last was sta n di ng b e f ore the fire, s' owing to the door of the room being suddenly thrown oper l i, pinafore was carried by the draught of air against the, of the grate, and instantly caught in a blaze,which , fel mnnicating to the rest of hi s a pp are l, the hild, iti s tba seconds, became entirely env e l o p e d in flame, and beft'f' , de f fire could be extinguished, was burnt and scorched in a ti la ior too dreadful to describe. He w as di rec tl y ta k en to Ch," t / cross Hospital, where he died on Wedne s d a y n i g ht. Verd i Accidental death." THE ORDNANCE SURVEY.--A party of sali r l " :el: and miners, employed in the compl e ti on o f t h e or d nanc e which has already engaged a large share of attention ollso bour, are pursuing their operations at the highest point at the village of Clifton. near Conishroi. Two temporal:O P neatly constructed huts have b een erecte d in a grasS'i.Olti; the immediate vici n ity o f t h e o b servatory, containing tr hrr theodolite w hich is placed on the highest point, and whi t v to A cents a truly magnificent view of the surrounding coui 4r .;. t i hs , l4 large extent. The presence and employment of the P a t ti• - : Clifton have excited considerable attention througloto c' whole neighbourh oo d ; an d Cli fton has consequenet l y be ht./ sited by a l a rg e num b er o f persons dur i ng the last for ta York Courant. ve)- The General Steam Navigation Company's ij o iois the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom at ten o'clock A.at., yesterday, with the Dutch Mail• ---••••••••• BIRTHS.. o rb' On the 11th inst., the Countess of Harewood, of a (1,4 4d' On the 9th inst., at the Vicarage, Great Chest e r Essex, the Lady Harriet Hervey, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in Pelham-crescent, Brompten, the William Remfry, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Fulham, the wife of John Bruce, of Sumburgh, of a son. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Stafford Bourdillon, of a son. ue pad On the 10th inst., at Ladbroke-place, tv of Captain E l. Heatheote South, of a daughter. err On the th inst., at Southamptonbuilding3, Cb xe • lane, Mrs. James Johnstone, of a daughter. mr4' in the 11th inst., at Doddington-grove, Kenningto o, T. 'Masterson, of a daughter. MARRIED. 14 (fr, On the I Ith inst., at St. James's Church, Captain th r e us ilel George Augustus Frederick Liddell, of the Scots 01" Guards, to Cecil Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the 11 / 1 j 5 14 Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, D.D., Rector o f Wearmouth. voi e l On the 11th inst., at Chatham, Captain Luxmoore,,,oloo Engineers, to Catherine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Ross Wright, Commanding Royal Engineers. DIED. e, On the 9th inst., at Broml eN Bow .lidclleses, Ja n wife of H. Harvey, Esq., Comm'a.'uder, ' R.N., ag ed 0; ‘ ,„ fP c ' On the 6th inst., at Bury St. Ed mun d' s , the Rev. Jo wick Sams, B. A., Rector of Hnnington, Suffolk, On the I 1 th inst., in Portland-place, the Re v. "( f ft'' M.D.,late Curat e o f East Coiton in the diocese 0 London: Printed and Published 1 - , y Ni RD. rstrir el No. 112, Sum:. at Tim .Sur. Office, No. 1 1 % , .I‘ k the County of Middl esex F r id a y, A 84 'laY 13 ) 1. 1 14 v,ll Op ( 1% . ( L k irl ; G. C, 4 AN, th e 14 e -41 b, 14te'rlt 1):,**) it, 4 To _ i L l l s-Orne T /), reci and cass , ;!Itv Altt 1, 1".‘1 THE SUN ; LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, P 142.