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In en re louse. pence of he Court le former Lain cues atives of reed that iterest of e present ity of the thy, the warket ivals last the total short of advance ►f cotton market iption of Or home )wn that the con- ye do not tly, it is ;ill take r the ac- uoted at VE, ri Lisboa I off the ;e to the liguel a Govern on the 3 Consul s of the We learn lister of : assured )NE. , s of yes- Id tt , r ac- Jblished. tnce and varicing. have at- HA Wt. British al there a Miguel nand• of i he will SRIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DOVER. MAY 13. —Off port, the Caroline, from Philadelphia; and . Susan, from New York. PORTSMOUTH. MAY 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Hyperion, from Newhaven. - COWES, MAY 13.—Arrived the Margaret, Fleming, • from St. D,,mineo. FALmourra, MAY 12.—Wind E.S.E. light.—Arrived the Sandwich packet, from Lisbon, sailed the Ist inst., and brings intelligence of the arrival of the British squadron off the bar, where they were joined by his Majesty's ship Briton, from the Tagus. • LISBON, APRIL SO —Some damage was done yesterda: during . a gale, principally among the small craft, am several lives lost. HELIGOLA Nn. MAY 6.—A small quantity of wet coffee. a cannon, an anchor, and part of a chain and windlass, saved from the wreck of the Queen Adelaide, from Port.. au-Prince to Hamburg, have been brought here, and the coffee sold. The Castro Primeiro, Grai:ia, was totally wrecked on Oporto bar the 21,t ult., and only a few bags of cotton saved. The Winchilsea, Burt, from London, arrived at Cork the 11th inst. leaky, and must discharge part of her cargo, bound to China. The Jonge Arie, Wartwyck, from Maasleys, was upset in the Tagus, and the mate and three of the crew drowned ; she was expected to be raised. The Recovery, Henderson, from Loni-lon, arrived at Cuxhaven, lost main and wizen masts, bound to St. Petersburgh. LAW INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY COURT OF EXCHEQUER. POLITICAL LETTER.TLIE KING V. CARPENTER. This case, which was specially appointed for this morn. ing, was the first called on at the sitting of the Court. The defendant, attended by his attorney. appeared to defend it.personally, with such a quantity of books and papers as nearly to cover the table. the case exited considerable sensation, as appeared by the Court being filled almost to suffocation, I.ng before his Lordship took his seat. A few minutes after ten o'clock the Lord Chief Baron took his seat on the Bench, a Speci ti Jury was then sworn, and the Witnesses on both sides were ordered to withdraw. Mr. Antos, MAIO was with the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, opened the pleadings and read the counts. The ATTORNEY GENERAL addressed the Jury on be half of the Crown. They would probably have collected from the opening of Mr. Amos, that there were only two material counts in this case, one of them was that the de fendant had published a newspaper without entering his name in the Stamp-office, and making the affidavit which the law requires; and the other, that be had printed, published, and circulated a pamphlet, or newspaper, with out paying the ordinary stamp-duty. The question was, whether the defendant had done that or not, and the ques tion would not turn on any disputed fact, for it had been intimated to him (the Attorney-General) since he entered the Court, that the defendant would admit the fact of publishing, for the purpo e of raising the ques tion whether the publisher of a newspaper like the pre sent was liable to pay the stamp duties, and whether it was a newspaper within the meaning of the several Acts of Parliament. The Learned ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded at great length to argue that the " Political Letter" was in fact a newspaper containing such species of intelligence as generally appeared in newspapers, and was therefore clearly liable to the payment of the stamp duty. If the present defendant could establish the proposition for which he con tended, lee would bring such an advantage to himself as no other part of the public Press enjoyed, it would enable him to undersell them to a very great extent, and be considerably to their detriment. When the defend ant first intended to issue .these publications he publial►ed an adi.rtisement, headed " The Liberty Of the Press as serted," and stated hie intention of publishing a "Political Letter" from time to time, addressed to friends and enemies, as events might suggest, containing all events of the day; both foreign and domestic. The defendant also, in the same advertisement, decried in strong terms the oppres siveness of the Acts of Parliament by which the stamp duties were imposed. He (the Attorney-General) was not here to enter into the policy of the Acts of Parlia ment, it was his duty to take the law as it stood, and it was his decided opinion the defendant had clearly brought himself within the scope of it. The de fendant seemed to think that he had got a point of law hr which he could go on publishing this newspaper without paying any stamp duty : the law, as he the A , torney- General understood it, said he could nut do so ; we are all bound to pay obedience to that law ; the'defendant had not done so, and he therefore submitted tnat he (the Attorney General) was entitled to the verdict of the Jury. By the law as it steed, the Crown could have proceeded summarily before a M tuistrate, bnt as the defendant seemed to consider it a case of great impoutanc-, it was thought better to bring it lief re this Court for grave consideration The Learned Gentleman was about to call his witness, when he was interrupted by Mr. Carpenter, who said he was not quite aware to what point the Learned Attorney-General was going to call the witness, hut he was anxious to cave all the time he could, and would admit 'be publication. The 15 letters charged in the information were then handed to him, and he admitted them to be published by him. Isaac Henry Serle, examined by Mr. SHEFFER D—He was a clerk in the office of the Commissioners of St am p s , and there had been no affidavits made with respect to the publication of these letters. On his cross-examination, he stated that his know ledge arose from his having searched the hooks in which the affidavits were registered. He could not tell whether the pu lish-r of the New Monthly Mago:ine miter! regular affidavits. The CHIEF BARON enquired whether any person could examine the book in which the affidavits were filed. The witness—Yes, my Lord, showing proper reasons. This dosed the caseon the part of the Crown. The LORD CHIEF BARON-It really appears to ins to be a mere question of law, and as Mr. Carpenter wishes to address the Jury he had better proceed. The ATTORNEY.-GENERAL observed, that Le wished to confine the charge to the two counts be had stated. Mr. Carpenter then addressed the Jury as follows: He should not attempt to conceal from them the fact, that he felt himself at this moment to be placed in circum stances of extreme difficulty, not that he had any doubt as to the soundness or strength of the case he had to argue, or that he found any paucity in tl e materials for his de fence ; he felt satisfird that he should not only obtain a verdict favourable to himself, but one that would save the Press of the country from the imposition of those injurious trammels to which the success of this prosecution would subject it. But to him there were other and more serious difficultiea arising out of a general nervousness, which de prived him of that self-possession and mental repose, which was so necessary to render an appeal to the understanding and judgment of others of advantage to the party asking relief. lie was sure the Jury would not forget that he had to enter upon this case against the most fearful odds; he bad against him the learning and talents of the Attor. ney-General and the gentlemen who were associated with him, whose great knowledge and intimate acquaintance with the technicalities and intricacies of the law and practice of the Court, gave them a great advan tage over an individual who knew nothing of the law but what he has got from a common-sense view of the Acts under which these proceedings were brought, and who never, previous to the commencement of this suit, appeared in a C,,urt of Law, either by himself or Counsel ; he felt convinced that the Jury, in deciding upon the question now submitted to them, would not overlook the difficulties tinder which lie laboured, and would, a. far as they could consistently with an honest discharge of their important duties, overlook any defects into which he might accidentally fall, when they perceived that his arguments wete based on the principle of unerring truth. Important as had been the questions between the Crown and the subject which had been determined in this building, he felt himself authorised to say that there never as yet had been a questiGn submitted to a Bri tish Jury, involving results so important and so ex tensive in their consequences as the question which h ad the Jury had now to try. Th e q ue st i on t h e J ury to try this day was not merely whether this class of publications was to be permitted or suppressed, nor was it a question affecting merely himself, his personal lifierty, and the subsistence of his family, dearer to him than life itself; these were not the questions which the Jury had alone to try, they had to decid e a mole important question affecting not th e ex i stence of an untaxed Press, applicable toence political purposes, but i nvolving the very exist of an untaxed Press applicabl e to every purpose which the human m i n d could conceive, and he undertook to show the Jury before be .at down that it was Only by prevailing on them to put such a constructio n on the Ai is o f Parliament under which the present proceedings brought, as th at t h ey would be applicableto every ‘ii ‘ e v :i r e e s o f pnbhcation, that th e A ttorney- Genera) could call t he July to give a verdict against him. It would b e lot e s Jury to determine not only whether there should not be an man( d political Press, hut whether there should be ao untaxed Prettil9r any purpose...religious,moral, literary, _ . or political. The Learned Attsrney-General, in his addres., to the Jury, had told them that they were to decide under his Lordship's direction, whether the sense theAttorney-General gave to the words of the Act was the proper one; now with all possible respect to the Court and the Learned Gentle man, he felt it his duty, placed as he was, advoc ding a case in which be was not only individually interested, but the public at large, the whole of the Press, to say that he conceived it to be a case in whiCh the Jury, who had been sworn to determine the question at is.ue between the Crown and himself, were the sole and exclusive judges, not only of facts. but of the law of the cage; and he ap prehended that any attempt to confine the functions of the Jury to the determination of the facts merely, would he to deprive him of the benefit of a Jury, and throw the whole case into the hands of the Learned Judge. If the Jury gave a verdict to the Crown, the results to him would be of the most serious nature, as he should probably have to undergo perpetual impri—rm.•••r, would not only have to pay :be penalties sought to be re covered against him, but the Acts of Parliament gave the Crown the power of also recovering the whole sum which the stamp duty would have amounted to upon the whole of his publication, which a verdict agatost him would also include, so that the amount could not be p iid by such an humble individual as himself. If, however, the Jury gave a verdict in his favour, they would wrest the whole Press of the country from the imposition of those duties to which the success of this prosecution would un doubtedly subject them. Mr. Carpenter then proceeded at considerable length to argue on the construction of the Acts of Parliament, and was addressing the Jury when our reporter let the Court at two o'clock. The female• voice (I cannot say whose it was) added. " I am not going to let you have money by my work whilst I am alive." About three weeks af terwards I heard another great noise, and the same , voice making a demand for money. The femali. refused, saying that he had had too much already. Some time be fore the deceased died the prisoner came to the house, but his mother refused to open the door, when he said " There are other ways of getting in, and I will do so ; for if you do nut give me the papers I will do what I have so often threatened." The deeea•ed refused, and told him that he was worse than a bad husband. Cross-examinsd—isiTn; etitnes go to the play with stran gers. Alter some hesitation the witness admitted that she got her 1 ving in the stri-ets. She also said that she had never seen the prisoner but ones, and at the time of the noisy eonversai ions she deposed to she did not see him, but believed it was him from his voice. By the Cot/la—When I he irsl . the prisoner's voice at the police-office, I said immediately, " that is the voice heard when the quarrels took place at the deceased's." Robert Birch examined—l was pot-boy at the Coiling wood publc house in Sepienib,r last. I am now a weaver. I knew the deceased and used at times to work for her. I know the prisoner, and have done so about nine months. I remember the day Mrs. Markham was found murdered. On the Sunday previ ous I was near her house, it was nearly dusk, when I saw th e pr i soner and another man in conversation. I heard the pi isoner say, " If I cannot have money or goods I will have her, and if I cannot get in at the front door I will get over the black ditch." The prisoner then added, addressing himself to the other maa, "By y ou won ' t deceive me." The other man said " No." Th e pr i soner then said I have a suspicion that there is money in th e box, and I will have it, and again requested the ether man not to deceive him, but to be punctual to time. 11e then parted, the prisoner saying enough had ken said about the matter. I then went home to my master's, and told him what I had heard. The next day I went to my mo thet's. On my return at night I saw the prisoner come out of his mother's door with a bed on his shouldeis. I am quite sure it was the prisoner that came out. On hearing of the death of Mrs. Alirkham I went to her house, but I did not see the prisoner. I saw a police man, and told him what I knew of the matt,r. I was not requested by any one so to do, it was of my own account. • Cross-examined—lt was just upon dark when I saw the prisoner and the other man talking together on the Sunday night. I never was tak n before a Justice about some dogs. I was a short time in eu,tody two years ago. John Smith, master of the last witness, deposed to his having told him of seeing the prisoner and another man in conversation on the Sunday previous to the murder. The trial was proceeding when our Paper went to press, and from the great number of witne.ses still to be examined, it will, in all probability, occupy until a late hour in the evening. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. '1 here was a moderate supply at th's morning's market, and the trade was steady. Young Turnips and Carrots, Green Pease, Endive, Green Apricots and Gooseberres , cheaper than on thi s day se'nnight ; prices otherwise stationary. Old Onions seem to have disappeared. s.d. s d. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 oto6 0 New ditto (lb.) Co' haves (12 heads) 0 0 001 Ditto Savoy 1 3 201 Ditto Red 3 0 60 1 Horse Radish(bund:e) 3 0 10 01 Rhubarb 0 6 09 Rrocoli 1 0 2 0 Ce'ery 0 9 1 6 Tamps 12 b.,nches) 0 0 '0 11 Carrots i 0 8 0 Coleworts or Greens... 1 6 2 6 Young Onions ........... 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 0 Leers Turnip Radishes ....... 1 0 1 Sweet Oranges (100)... 5 0 10 0 Seville Oranges ......... 8 0 12 0 Lemons 80 140 ; Asparagus Cos Lettuces (score) 1 6 20 1 Cabbage ditto 0 4 091 ad. s. d. 1 Spinage (half-sieve) 0 4 too 6 ) Apples 6 0 10 0 1 French Beans 1 0 2 0 I Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 zlenuts 6OlO 0 4 0 6 0 : 1 s F „ r a e n n i c s h h d i t , t a to ,French Walnuts 6 0 10 0 Brazilian Nuts '2 0 4 0 Eng. Grapes (per lb.) 1 0 3 0 Foreign 0 8 1 0 Pine Apples (lb.) lO 0 16 0 Sea-kail (pummet) 0 9 1 6 E , dive 0 0 0 9 Small Sallad 'Green Pease. 5 0 8 0 Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 6 Cucumbers (brace) 1 0 2 0 Strawberries (ounce) C 9 10 ' Apricots (pottle) 0 8 1 0 Currants 0 8 1 0 Gooseberries (gallon) 1 3 2 0 OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. -(THIS DAI' OLD CO URT THE MURDER IN BETHNAL-GREEN. Samuel Dexter (aged 11) was indicted for the wilful murder of his mother, Jane Markham, on the 9th of March last. The prisoner is a very respectable looking man, and was dressed in a suit of deep mourning. Mr. ADOLPHUS (with wham was Mr. 13onizsi) stated the case at considerable length for the prosecution, and afterwards called the following witnesses:— Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. LEE were the prisoner's Counsel. John Markham examined—l live at Stepney-green, the deceased was my mother, and the prisoner is a son of her's by a former husband ; her age was 67 at the time of her death, she resided at No. 1. Foster-street, 'Bethnal green ; she dealt in articles of household furniture, and lived alone. The house she lived in was her own, and she had forty pounds in the savings' b ink, and some other little property, in debts, and stock. and trade, I saw my mother alive for the last time on the M.,nday be fore her murder; the was then in a good state of health. After her death the house was examined, and it was found the rooms had all been ransacked. There were two fea ther beds taken away with other articles. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSoN—The prisoner is a very kind humane man. He was very attentive and ins dulcent to his mother. I never heard him /peak an un kind word to her in my life. I have received the money that was in the savings' hank since the deceased's death. William Cunningham exanninNl—l am the prisoner's apprentice. I remember on Wednesday the 9th of March, about twelve o'clock, going with him to his mother's house. When we got there he knocked twice, and the second time the door seemed to open. The prisoner entered, and called " mother, mother." I was outside at this time, but I could see in the room, and saw blood. The prisoner tokl me it was blood, and called out, " my mother's murdered, my mother's murdered." The prisoner was not out of my sight the whole time he was in the house. We then spread an alarm in the neighbourhood, and called in me dical assistance. The prisoner was in the room about three minutes. He afterwards went to the hospital, and brought a doctor. Thomas Drew examined-_I am an inspector of police, and was on duty on the Mile-End-road, on the 9th of March. About twelve o'clock I was sent for to the house of the deceased, in Foster -street, Dog-lane. There were a number of persons assembled, and the windows of the house were closed. The prisoner was in the par lour. There was blood on the ground near where the prisoner was standing. I heard him say twice my mother is murdered. The body of the deceased was lying in the kitchen ; it was then in a reclining state, being partly supported by the copper. I saw that a very severe blow had been inflicted on the deceased's forehead. There was a rol er lying by her side covered with blood. I requested the body should lie in the state it was until after the coroner's inquest. I then went up stairs—the whole place had the appearance of haying b-en ransacked. After I came down . I asked the prisoner how Ling it had been since he seen his mother before that morning ; he said it was a fortnight since lie had last seen her. In con sequence of what I afterwards heard I took the prisoner into custody, and examined his person. On his neck handkerchief were two or three small spots of blood, and som e spots of blond on the lining of his hat ; there were no markibon any other parts of his clothes or person. I pointed out the spots of blood to the prisoner, and said, " Dexter, what do you call this ?" He made no answer. Cross-examined.—The spots of blood on the neckerchief might have been produced by shaving, or the prick of a pin. Charles Cross examined—l live near the house of the deceased I remember the day on which the murder was discovered. On the evening previous the prisoner called on me, and made some inquiry about the deceased. He asked "If I had seen the old lady at the broker's shop that day ?" I told him that I had not. He said it was strange to see the house shut up, as be was in the habit of calling every slay. Nothing further passed, and he went away. I saw the prisoner again the next day, about eleven o'clock, he came and asked me if I would go with him and see his mother, as she was in a fit, or otherwise dead ; I went with him, and on entering the first room, he said she is in the next ; this was about a quarter of an hour before the police fame. I s 'id to the prisoner, " Yes, you are right, she is dead, and has been for some time ; she has been murdered." I added, " I think she must have been murdered in one room and dragged no the other." The prisoner clasped his hands, and exclaimed, " For God's sake you don't say so." I then said that I must go to my business, I could not stay any longer. He said, " For God's sake don't leave vie." Crass -examined—I slid not give the same account before the coroner and at the police office as I have done to day. The witness underwent a long cross-examination is to the difference in his evidence today, and what he gave before the coroner. John Moody examined—l knew the deceased, I saw her alive on the Sunday before the murder was discovered. On t►:e day it was discovered I went to the house and found the prisoner there; he asked me to go for a doctor, and added, " for God's sake go, for some body has been murder ing my mother ;" be then went into the kitchen where the body was lying, and exclaimed " here she is, here she is, she has either been murdered or hung herself." I said, " Good God, the woman has been murdered, look how she has been beat about the head ;" he said " Oh ! the wretches I will cut her down ;" I desired him to do no such thing, hut to a nd for a doctor, and let her remain . until some one saw her; I then made an ob.ervation about the blood, to which he did not give an answer, but again said I will cut her down. Robert Maxey examined—l was at the deceased's house between eleven and twelve, on the 9th of 3ldrch. I saw the prisoner there ; after some conversation with him, I went to where the deceased was, and cut her down. One end of the mini was round the neck of the deceased, the other round the latch of the door. The body was not suspended by the cord, it was in a sitting posture on the ground. The prisoner at first said, Ido not believe it is sty mother; he at length, however, said it was. Robert Jenkins (a policeman) examined —I asked the prisoner on the 9th of March when he saw his mother last. He said not for a fortnight. - _ Thomas Gunter examined—l was acquainted with the deceased and the prisoner. I saw him on Monday the 7th of March at his mother's door. He was standing with a in his hand. It was then about six o'olock in the evening. • m ar y Potter examined—l knew th e d eceas , d. i saw her last, after nine o'clock on Monday the 7th of March. She was then at my shop Winslow. Robert Sheffield examined—l have known the deceased and the prisoner twenty years. I saw the prisoner on the Thursday before the murder. My nephew asked him to stand neat, when be replied, " I cannot, I have been to toy mother's, and she will not let me have a bob.'" Elizabeth Felton examined—l went to the deceased's a few days before her death to buy a bedstead ; the prisoner was there, I agreed to give six shillings for one, but the Prisoner with an oath said, no ; you shall not have it for less than seven shillings, as I grant one to spend ; I saw him again shortly afterwards drinking, and heard him say he had got some money of her (his mother) and would have some more at night. Hannah Carr examined—l lived next door to the de ceased ; I have on several occasions heard very angry words and great noises , I thought it was the prisoner's voice. In Christmas week there wail a great noise, when I heard a female voice call out Leave go of my hair—don't kick me down stairs, don't murder me— you have threa.ened to do• it." Another voice exclaim ed, I will either have money or the papers,: NEW COU.RT. Mary Tansley, a good looking woman, was-indicted for stealing six bottles of wine, the property of Mr. Hawes, the well known musical composer, her master. Mr. C. Futures appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. CrAkattsost fur the prisoner. Mr. William Ilawes examined—He is a musical com poser, and resides on Royal Terrace, Adelphi ; the pri soner was his servant, and in consequence of information he sent for Mr. Thomas, the superintendant of police, to his house on the 9th instant. Mr. Thomas stated, that on Monday last, the 9th inst., he was sent for to Mr. Hawes's house, where he saw the prisoner, who produced the key of her box, where he found concealed two hotths of wine; he asked her if that was Mr. Hawes's wine? She said she would tell the truth, it was, and came from his cellar. She said Eugenia, a French girl, was equally to blame. He then sent for Eugenia, and the prisoner addressed her, saying—. Its no use to dis guise the truth, you have got sonic wine in your box ; this gentleman is an officer, and come to search your box " Eugenia became much affected, and nearly fainted. She said, " Oh, why did you make me put it into my box ?" He searched Eugenia's box, and found six bottles more in her box : the seal of one of the bottles hal been cut off to prevent its identity. Eugenia. Colville, a French girl, remembered Mr. Thomas coining to her master's house and searching her box and finding some wine, which the prisoner had put there. She asked her at the time whit re it came from, and she said, never mind, o e will drink it. Crissexamined—The prisoner placed the wine in her box between six and s , wen o'clock in the morning. She had been Mr. Haw e s's servant fourtet n months. The pri soner had been only there a few weeks. She (prisoner) wanted to put all the wine in her box. Sae mentioned to Miss Perkins to take cape of the key, because she suspected the wine was Mr. Hawes's. Every sing she. said was true. She saw the prisoner's sister at Mr. Hawes's on Sunday night, but she never gave her any wine, nor any one else. She was afraid to mention her suspicion to her toaster, as she had experienced much ill-trea - ment from the other servants for having once hcfore told her master of another servant who had robbed him. She was quite sure she did not steal the win e lierstlF. The prisoner, in her de r ence, said, on my oath before a million people it was Eugenia that took the wine ; befitre I had been five dais in the house she proposed robbing her master. lam perfectly innocent—l am indeed, gentle- She is a wicked woman, an artful Frenchwoman; she had acs ess to my mistress's bed-room, whele the keys of the cellar were kept ; I never was in the room in my Catherine Lucas, wife of a shoemaker, had known the prisoner from a girl, and always knew her to be honest John Joseph Ball, a shoemaker, gave her a like cha racter. Mary Duke, sister-in-law to the prisoner, also spoke to her good diameter. The Learned SERJEANT summed up the evidence, and observed, that he should be desirous for the Jury, in their consideration of the case, to say whether it was their opi nion, that the wine found in the prisoner's box, and the six bottles found in that of Eugenia's, had all been stolen by the prisoner, or only the two bottles found in her own box. If they in their view of the case discovered a n y doubt, then th e goo d c h arac t er s h e had received would have some weight. One of the Ju rors b egge d t o as k w hat sort of Chara cter Mr. Hawes had rec e iv e d w i t h th e prisoner. Mr. Hawes was aga i n ca ll e d, an d s id that he h a d re ceived a character fr om Wi nc h es te r , . w hi c h she, the pr sower, had since admitted to he a fdse one. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and observed that they did not at all discredit the evidence of Eugenia Cob vine, the French girl. The COMMON SERJEANT called Eugenia forward, and told her that she certainly bad acted with indiseretion, but the Court con•i•!ered that she had been an unwilling instrument in the hands of the prisoner. Mr. Hawes said, he was so satisfied of the honesty of the girl that be would continue to keep her in his employ. Mr. Field, the short-hand writer to the Court, was de sired to notice the observations of the Court particularly, as they might at some future period be of service to tne French girl. A wretched looking man, named John Francis, but his demeanour clearly indicating that I e had s en Ifrtt.r days, was convicted of stealing a hat from the door of Mr. Horlor, tile hatter, in Chiswell-street, Finsbury-squ ire.— Mr. Hurler, the prosecutor, after the conviction of toe un fortunate prisoner, humine!y stepped !orward, and recom mended him to the merciful consi eration of the Court, as he well knew he was not an exp rienced thief, hut hal peen a respectable clothier in Yorkshire, and that he felt confident that be was induced to commit the felony through distress. He had mule inquiries respecting him, and had ascertained that he had held several responsible situations in the mercantile wot Id. One of the gentlemen of the Jury arose, and Lore testi mony to the latter part of Mr. Horlor's statement. He himself, about twelve mostlis since, recollected him living in the very extensive house of Todd, Morrison, and Co., in Fore-street. The COMMON SERJEANT desired the prisoner to Ee called into the d-ck again, and after addressing a few words to him, ordered him to be fined a shilling and im mediately discharged. The poor man was so deerq affected that he shed tears. Mr. Horlor, his prosecutor, in the moat humane man ner presented the unfortunate man with ten shillings upon leaving the Court. During one term no less than 242 articled clerks were admitted as attornies of the Court of King's Bench, and upwards of 120 in the Court of Common Pleas. Prodigious !—Reform it altogether !--Reynolds's Dramatic Annual. Since the spring set in, fifteen murders have been committed in the county of Cl.4re. Not one of the many authors of this deadly mass of crime has been yet brought to justice, nor, what gives the picture a still darker shade, is there any prospect of their di , •covery or con viction. Can such things pass with impunity, unless with a Government sunk in the most stupid lethar g y, careless to vindicate the laws and protect the lives of its subjects ?-- Limerick Chronicle. HAY V a BR F.Tg.—( At per Load .43. Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE , T JAMES'S.) Coarse he , vy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 Vey: Ileadov. Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and R)e-grass Hay 4 5 4 10 lover Hay Oat Straw ...El 14 to £1 16 1 Wli at , t a•v 1 IS 2 2 !Supply good, trade rather dull, and prices as last quoted. SMITH} !ELL. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 1. Clover Hiy (extra fine)....Es 10 -Generally OA Straw ,,i 1 10 to £1 14 1 Wh eat Straw 1 14 1 10 A moderate supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. WORCESTER, MAY 13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Nothing can possib'y qual the joy of our thronged city of Worcester. This morning we had expected a grand struggle on the part of Lygen, and we were fu:ly prepared to give him a warm opposition. The friends of freedom and Reform rallying round the brave Spencer were peer ing in from all parts of the county, when we received from the Committee of Lygonit,s (who were impressed with the frightful certainty that their cause was hopeless. .ind their country would be free) the formal notice of his (Lygon's) resignation. He fled by night, and may be never return, or he returned, to Parliament. Captain Spencer is full of that joy that none but patriots feel, and hears his cordial greetings with a manly becom ing demeanour. I had the honour to he the first to com municate his victory to hint. " The victory is the country's, not mine," said the Hon. Member. The polling still continues, until the arrival of 0. Ri cardo, Esq.., our Sheriff, when we expect to be duly de clared victorious. Arrangements are making for an illu mina,ion, awl every face wears a smile, for indeed the vanquished have taken good care to strike their colours and hide their faces. All is good hurnaur and friendly le , ling on our side however. A chimney-sweep excites considerable amusement, by carrying a broom with his cap on it, as a sort of hint to the clergy that they are Lygonistish, and therefore need sweeping away. They have just burnt Lygon in effigy before the Sherff's booth. Closed, settled, and completed at this hour, three o'clock. Foley Spencer Lygon 1335 A FRIEND TO THE CAUSE. CORNWALL, MAY 11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—The poll has gone on this morning most vigorously, and the opponents of the " Bill" have been exerting them selves to their utmost. I hope at the close to-day to 1:e able to give you the numbers of both parties, and that they will show you that our victory of yesterday has been closely followed up. Lord Ebrington spoke in the most animated style last evening at the close of the poll, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner. His determi nation to support the Bill is unquestionable. The free holders have been coming into the town in the usual variety of carriages. You will perceive that Lord Ehrington has franked :his. His expression to me was " The Sun is a great 'r.iend to the cause." TWO O'CLOCK. The cause goes on gloriously up to this time ; the votes polled to-day are neatly as follows : Pen darves Lemon ').59 N'y vyan 'S alletort And yet the adverse parties pretend to be confident of success ! ! ! The county . is most unnecessarily disturbed. The poll is continued m. rely to put the Reformers to farther trouble and expence. The cry is, that Sir Richard Vyvyan and Lo:d• Valletort ought to give up the contest, as they must know it to he hopeless. The pull closed at six o'clock, and now our majority is very much increased, as you will perceive CLOSE OF THE roLr,--Tman DAY, MAY 11. To-day. Total. Pendarves. :::::: 443 l'lrtt Lemon -------- 440 Vyvyan - - - • - 2°9 604 Valletort - - ----- 18 7 539 What infatuation to continue the poll! Yours, in baste, AMICUS. COURT CIRCULAR. a gran d dinner on The KING gave Thursday evening a the Palace, at St. j une ,' s , to t h e Deputy-Master (Capt. i Woot,moaE) and the Elder 13re-hren of the Cilporation of the Tiiiiity M ti-e, the Si cretAry and oth er o ff icers o f t h e Corivetation The Members appeared in the uniform of the Instituriim• Primes, AUGUSTA entertain e d th e QUEEN, the L „ Hesse HOMBUR G , and th e D uchess of GLOUCESTER, at dinner, on Thur s d a y even i ng, at the n T d h e e r a vine,i f Palace at St. Jamess; Earl and Countess HOWE, and a select party, were present to meet her MAJesTv: Thr Queen's private IPintl attended in the evening, and per flitted several pieces, tor the gratification of the Roya Fundy. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the Duchess of GLotr d the Piincess SOBBIA, visited their MAJEs cEsmEtt, an gave a most splendid fete on TIES yes 0110' Her Royal Highness the Duct ess of KENT extettaincd Kensington. The LEoeor.n, and other mem a I rge ,nd distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at the (pThlt a ,z, l in,, ::: ntiT i i l e y h , ,,H :v sa e a r na e ,y,v p ,: r rs. e in ie nii i i . vons.tire-.) wse, ma very numerous party of the n s iTkj e eiri :P . T:u n efsd : apPt f .:':uLi%ehl:ilicvßecaeoe,ani!tirDit:::::Ypave.ht7l,DsNpsinT:sP:.Au,reidni the the l 0 p fi e r r s a t i performancem.edea. at thistiie nr g t" A t i v i i t t i l: s l t i e i r s , pr h e a s d ene ft e n . Italian Opera-hou s e , the KING. el:neuci:etAy;°::::sdralYes left to n about a qu A r ter b, fore five aftetno ,, n, for their Palace at Windsor, a party of Lancers. escorted by P r ince LEOPOLD cave his second grand evening party this season; at Marlborough-hoose, last evenme. Mexican, Brazilian, and Colotnbian Ministers vi- The sited Viscount PALMERSTON yesterday, at the Foreign vvalue.m. KEIR GRANT, Sir WILLIAM ABM*, Sir O a ' u c d l TC o i c k veste rd a Y office. Sir „LETT, JARRETT, GRANVILLE PENN, and C. GRE -7 ~,,,,, WALLER, the Hon. Lady SMITH, Lily SET NI AT , - MOVE, Rev. E. A. W - ALLER, Messrs. STEVENSON, v A I :L , , Were Pre , ent at the QLEEN's Drawing-rOoin On ThUrsdaY• L i en'. EDWARD WILLIAM PITT, R.N., was presenred by Lord SELSEY. DRU ThRY-LANE TII EA TR E•--A new op era , e Emissary, or th e Re”olt qt . Illoscow, w as la r produced w i t h very indiffeelent socc.-ss. Th e e_piile ltt il r'l; Is right o t unded on the c i rcumstance of a certain ambitious ian noble, who, having caused his sovereign and the ;: a s- ter part of his family to be assassinated, ascends the throne himself. Th e new piece is nothing more than a Aide for the music, and undoubtedly the very worst ~vehicle we ever examined. It is, from b. ginning to end, with reference to plot, di deft, incident, and character, a spec imen o' the must unvarying dulness, of the most un alloyed insil'iditY, that ever was presented to the public. For genuine, unmlWterated heaviness, it stands alone. The "Licis. taken from various sources. Part of it is corn aaed by Mr. BaanAm Livius,' who has adapted the piece(:.. for the English wage, bw' opera, Le Colporteur. We regret that some b e autiful scenery, awl ni,my splendid dresses, were thrown on a production that must immediately disappear. and part of it is selected from awa ,A Y STL EY'S AP HI THEA T RE.--A new piece, called The Black Bear, or the Pacha of Smyrna, has b een brought out at this theatre with great success. It is a translation from the French farce of Monsieur Scams, e utiled L' Ours et le Pachu, which had, some years ago, a most extraordinary " run" at the Theatre des Varietes, i n Paris. A variety of equestri in evolutions preceded the performance of the Black Bear on Wednesday last, in which -da good deal of nove l ty was introduced. Mazeppa, a rneloramatic spectacle f oun d e d on L ord BYRON'S cele• braced tale, was the fi rst piece performed, and attracted a verycrowded audience. , NEW PARLIAMENT MEMBERS RETURNED. • Aitstson—Vi,count Acheson; C. Brownlow, Esq. CARLOW—W. Blackney, Esq. ; Sir JM. Doyle. Emmett—Hon. IL Etzgibbon ; Hon. S. O'Grady. LoNoPoan—Lord Forbes; A. A. Lefroy. STIRLI?iGSRIRE—.W. Ramsay, Esq. WATERFORD--Sir R. Mu , grave, Bart. ;R. Power, Esq. WORCESTER (COUNTV i —Hon. M. Foley ; H on. Captain Spencer. ABSTRACT Of the Returns made from 250 Places in England and Wales, sending 480 Members to Parliament ; the whole number of es being 268, and of Representatives, 513. For. IA; 50 s in 1 : 1 3 in Schedules A. and 8... j at : t;d u dn n oonc t t l e i4 : e):. returning 64 Members 8 62431.1 7 2 i B CCE: o ililue r ig o ell:es t ilh : (: l l l l'e s °i 156 (Majority 170.) .uct...... .............. 292 52 Schedule ADed ..................... 04 42 B ................... ........184 2: Returns received.lii 4BO yet to be mad e ....... 268 total. Total numbers...s-13 STATE OF THE POLLS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Lord Althorp "048 Lord Milton Cartwright , 598 . Knightley ll4_ CARNARYON. PEMBROKE: Majority for Sir Jc Sir R. SH ROPSHI l J. C Pelhfrilam, Esq.-- W. Lloyd J. Mytton DUBLIN (CITY) :Lord Mayor Mr. Perrin Mr. Shaw Mr. Moore .. DROGHEDA. Sir C. Paget 274 W. 0. Gore, Esq 261 Mr. Gore has demand -d a scru tinyto take place the 13th inst. CORNWALL _,.........____ E W. Pendarves, Esq. 1156 Sir C. Lemon 11461 Sir R. R. Vyvyan 604 Lord Valletort 539 DORSET (COUNTY. E. B. Portman, k.'sq 914. J. Calcraft, Esq 7S ,1 H. Bankes, Esq 6511 QUEEN'S COUNTY. Sir H. Parnell Sir C. H. Coote lO Mr. Kelly IWallace . North Di.R.RY (CITY.) Sir R. Ferguson C. Lecky, E. 54 DOWN (COUNTY.) Lord A. Hill 242 Mr. Crawford Lord Castlereagh l2B CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The following summa►y of votes in College is copied from the Poll. hook Goul- I Peel Caven Palmeri l Voters. burn. ' •- dish. stone ---- -- --- --,--- St Peter's College I 27 27 23 21 1 51 Clare Hall 34 35 18 19 54 Pembroke College Caius College 43 j 42 23 29 i 72 Trinity Hall 9 10 5 5 I 15 Corpus Christi College 25 24 14 14 39 Kings College 22 21 25 21 i 46 Queen's College Catharine Hall . 24 24 10 10 34 Jesus College 36 3 5 25 21 61 Christ's College 25 23 25 22 50 St. John's College i 2 14 220 100 29 323 Magdalene C o ll ege ll in 23 21 3.3 Trinity College 2,11 200 255 246 453 Emmanuel College 44 42 22 20 66 Sidney Sussex College 27 28 11 12 39 Downing Co lege. 3 I 4 11 10 14 Commorantes in Villa - - -- ---,------. Total , 80.5 804 I 630 I 61u 11,450 There were 157 more voters polled than at the general election in 1826. G'ombridge Chronicle. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Nugent, from his seat, Lilleys, Bucks; Sir Thomas Thompson, Bart , at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur.street, from Sur rey : the Rev. Mr. Pritchard, at ditto, from Ess ex ; Vi scount d e Brossas, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris; Count d'Esterhazy, at ditto, from a tour ; Lord Forbes, at the Burlington Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. Brien, at Paine's, Bath Hotel, Arlington street from a tour; - Langton, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; Captain Monteith, at ditto, from Ostend ; Mr. and Mrs. Cassellis, at ditto, from Leamington; Mr. and Mrs. \Wyndham, in Brook-street, from Southampton; Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Mrs. Whitmore, Miss Whitmore, and the Mr. Whitmores, jun., at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square; Justin Ru porti, Esq., Mrs. Ruporti, H. J. Merck, E , q., jun., and Mrs. Merck, at ditto; Rev. John Barker, at ditto; George Elen, Esq ,at ditto; Captain Fowler, Mrs. and the Misses Fowler, at Long's Hotel, from Berks ; G. Turner, Esq., Mrs. Turner, and Miss Turner, at ditto, from Southampton; Samuel Palmer, Esq., and Mrs. Palmer, at ditto, from Yarmouth ; Frederick Villiers, Esq., M.P., at ditto, f rom S a lt as h ; Henry Heneage, Esq., at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; W. B. Bennett, Esq., at ditto, from Cambridge; Hon. A. Jocelyn, at ditto, from Bucks; Joseph Walker, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; General Sir Henry Ward, Bait, at Bryant's Hotel, Conduit-street, from his scat, Dean-house; Mr. Alresford, Captain Edwird Warde, at ditto, from ni to ; Charles Dtmsdale, Esq., and Mrs. Dimsdale, at ditto, from their seat, Talmers, Herts ; Mrs. Wilson Shepperd, at ditto, from her teat, Kempsay Ash, Stifiblk ; the Rev. Mr. Par sons and Mrs. Parsons, a t ditt o , f rom Suffblk. DEPARTURES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and family, for their villa, Richmond; the Marquis of Hastings, from the Bur -1 lington Hotel, for his seat,' Donnington Park, Leicestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Markham and family, from ditto, for the Isle of Wight; Mr. and Mrs. Fellowes, from ditto, for their seat in Essex ; Earl Caledon, from St. James's square, for Ireland ; the Misses Kinnersley, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Tunbridge Wells ; J.. Dorrien, Esq., from Symmonds' Hotel, St James's-street, for Chichester ,• the Rev. J. Morison, Mrs Monson, and Miss Wyvell, from Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, for their seat, Bedele, Yorkshire; Admiral Austin, from the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, for Portsmouth ; Colonel Campbell, from ditto, for southampton ; W. Tudway, Esq. ' from ditto, for Devizes ; Mr. a nd M rs. E vans, from ditto, for Weymouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, from ditto, for Oxford General Powell, from the British Hotel Jermyn-street, for Wey mouth ; Captain Patterson, from ditto, for Brighton ; Lady Bel lingham, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Peter Grant, Esq. arid Mrs. Grant, from ditto, for India; Mrs. Crewe and family, from ditto ; Rev. Frederick Ford and Mrs. Ford, from oitto ; Wm. 'i hornton, Esq., from ditto ; Charles Rolleston, Esq., from ditto ; H. V. Stuart, fi om Long's Hotel. Bond-street, for Dromana ; David Hunter, Esq., from ditto, for Paris; Colonel Hustler and the Rev. A. Oakes, from ditto, for Bury; General Peachy, from ditto, for Surrey; it. C. Haslefoot and Mrs. Haslefoot, from ditto, for Boreham House ; Captain Blake, R. N., from dit to, f or Chelmsford ; Sir Cullen D. Smith, from ditto, for Bedwell Perk. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES. EPSOM, FRIDAY NIGHT. —The following horses have arrived here for the Derby and Oaks : DERBY. *Panopes, *Auditor, *Shirley, Elvas, •Cuidad Rodrigo, *Hussein, *Ferdousi, estris, Pastille c., Hwmus, Bohemian, Riddlesworth, Blunder c., Africanus, *Spermaceti c., *Elec. tress's dam c., bro her to Recruit, Achilles, C a l e b , B ras d e ter, Rattler, Incubus, *Champion c, Despatch, Spatdrl, Slight c., *Medora c., Roadster, Sarpedon Whiteboy, Pigmy c ., *Sur prise f., Bl a ck D ap h ne c., Colwick.', Pickpocket, Cressida c. (OAKS. *Antigone, Shirine, Blitz, Oxygen, Alea, Posthuma f., *Farce, • Alexandriva, Surprise Harpalice f., Charming Molly f., De light, *Euryone f, Altisidora f., Penny Trumpet f., Circassian, Ally f., Streamlet, 1)ul inea f, Miss Caton t, Lioness, Titania, Myrtilla. (Those with the • before them are doubtful as to starting.; BETTING IN ST. JAIVIE,;'S.-(THIS DAY.) THE DERBY. fi to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder 8 to 1 agst Mi. Beardsworth's Colwiek 16 to I agst Lord Sligo's Bras de ler • 18 to 1 agst Mr. Rush's Roadster 18 to 1 agst Mr. Chi:ney's Pigmy colt 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hxfnus 25 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Vestris 25 to 1 agst Colonel Wilson's lack Daphne colt 30 to I agst General Grosvenor's Sarpedon RI to 1 agsc Lord Egremont's Brother to Recruit 40 to I agst Mr J. Rogers's Spaniel Iron to 15 agst Mr W. Chifney's Caleb 1000 to 10 agst :sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt OAKS• 5 to 4 agst Mr. Hou'dsworth's Circassian 9 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight • 12 to 1 agst Mr. Stonel,ewer's Lioness 14 to I agst Lord Jersey's Alea 20 to 1 agst Mr. "talker's Ally Illy 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Titania LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TituasnAv.—All aged stakes of 15 sovs. each, and 30 added, Once round and a distance. Mr. Chapman's Perseverance 1 Sir T. Stanley' s L aur i e T o d d The Everton Plate, value 100 sovs. Heats, twice round. Mr. Painter's Russell Mr. Chtton's Butterfly 2 0 M . Attwood's Argantes i 0 2 Mr. Healey's Fla- beaux 3 0 The Maiden Plate of 100 sovs., run on Wednesday, was won in three heats by Mr. Wetherell's b. c. by Welbeck, beating Mr. Pecks Pentliesilea and some others. The dinner given to the LORD ADVOCATE at Perth, on S iturday, went off, we are assured, with the greatest eclat. The day was h(ld as a sort of jubilee by the inhabitants, and tio circumstance of an unpleasant nature occurred to mir th• general satisfaction. His Lordship's re'urn for the district of burghs is now certain. —Edinburgh Observer. A tesselated Roman pavement has recently been discovered in Leicester. It measures 20 feet by 17. The tessellw are very small, and exhibit a regular pattern, divided into octagonal compartments, richly embroideied with wreaths, &c., within which are devices of great variety and beauty. It is supposed to have been 1600 years in existe A coroner's inquest was held yesterday in the King's Bench prison, touching the death of JOHN BELL, formerly of Dublin, banker, late of Manchester, cotton spinner. It appeared from the evil, nc-, that in conse quence of losses in trade and pecuniary disappointmet ts, the deceased laboured under a dejection of spirits for the last few weeks, and in a moment of cons , quest mental ex c cement cut his own throat with a razor.—Vertlict..- ff Temporary inanity," SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Cornwall,on, and S Richard 'e Chester is now to b e a dd ed to the counties- which • In Dorstoshire, Vyvyan is so far behind, that he w'll pridiably qeit t uv ia e,:f e (ricrem re ste t er u rs7ch e oi r rt l iet ß l ; uN f e o t r , the fi e ld withouemileh longer delay. Our contetee. r t m i o h a c h a t e n n a pl l i t porary, the Standard, is " w holly unable to stirm the causes that have prornmed the aseendaticy ilr. Pendarves arid Sir Charles Lemon." But - our contemporary state, that "Corntvail is an agri e w- tura% eerree a fishing, and a mining 1 ; mid ev , ill find in these ci r c u msr a nee; enou, : h to ac count f or , lie d:seomfituie of Auti-Reform craelidatcs. It . ie where som e thi ng lik e t h e ( al f eu d e l comi ect i on /rely in some sma ll county , e xCusivelt age eit:tural, vails between one or two great landowners atid the et.levators of the soil, and o here of course there is little collision of intellect, that an Anti-Reform can eat ird pursuits of the C ore i s hir e n, and in perticilla r can didate has n ow any ellatice of It&Iti; timed: 'lle mining, have had great eff.-wt its s'iardenin, 7 heir intellt.cts, and thet helve lenig had ,I .e te'‘tt racier of a clever and shrewd people. It would have been astonieleng if the Co; to. i. , nen had surd P4rliarnen two represi , torati.,-es measure for rescuing the United Knetlore troth :r se , of men, who wish to prey on .t ii:re to c a me they have hitherto peeved on it. A Let er test cannot be taken of the progress of to y : - .istriet in ite pleiVrlllelit than thedegeee it, which ;he Reconncandi datesatesapported. Wtierever the poeulat net is dense, and has access to proper ctialineis Of ieterm.tion, ihere the Anti-Reformers have not even dared to appear on the hustings. Wherever the people Celt connect two propositions, they cling, to ti:, it.form Bill as their sheet anchor. They see that the bos reuelimengers are only nostile to the Bid 4ecanse it will protect the people from them. the Reform earl found favour in the eyes of die 1 1 6ries anti parsons, ihe people would have been led to suspect it on that very account. Whin the wolf - is the peoteeter of the sheep, woe to the sheep! Sir his chard Vyvyan (says our contempo , ary) is a Reformer. Be it so. But he resists this Bill. "We s.iy, this B II (exclaims our contempreary) ; not Reform ; for Sir Richard Vyvyan is a Reformer, was a Re former, and, I returned to Pittlit.m.-nr, would, we doubt nut, be a more etfietent, per haps a more. extensive Reformer than any of Lord Grey's Cabinet. When the Cabinet Bill was lwouget forward, and when Sir Itch,,r,l opposed it, not because it was Reform, but spec ally because it went to ruin the farmer, the fishermen, and the miner, w e know that he was commonly charged by the Ministerial party st ith entertaining plaits of Reform too wide and too wild for the pre sent time; with an extravagance of doctrinism that would make population in too great a drgiee the scale by which representation should be adjusted; with, in a word, going almost as far us Granville Sharpe, who, it will be remembered, was for giving impartially a representative to every fifty thoustied of the people, wherever inhabiting." Sir Richard wishes to delude the people with a Reform which he knows they cannot obtain; arid he opposes the pre sent Reform Bill because it can be carried. Mr. Moore tells us, in his Life of Sheridan, that being in his heart opposed to Reform, he professed extreme principles with the view of discrediting it. He used to approve of universal suffrage, and to affect to think that Annual Parliaments were not eeough. Sir Richard keeps bad company ; Reform from him is like the Devil quoting Scripture. It would not at all surprise us if Sir R. Peel should become an advocate for a more extensive Reform than Ilia , proposed in the Bill. Anything to defeat the measure, because - its passing would extinguish the power of the plane dereis of the people. It gives the franchise to a' reading, intelligent portion of the population —a portion that cannot easily be cajoled. Sir Richard would rather, no doubt, give the franchise to 400 potwallopers, than fusty substantial inhabitants able to see through tie schemes for plundering the people. However the boroughmorigtrs most make • up their minds to an end to their reign. The grow-- ing intelligence of the people of late years has ne cessarily led to the scrutiny of ail public measures, Htid we need riot say that publicity and this soft of scrutiny are incompatible with borouglimoneet Mg. An inquiring people will never suffer such abuses as are necessary for the continuance of a tioverement - of influence. It has been obvious to us that things in this country have been proceeding regularly towards a crisis, and that Reform was becomin g every year more and more inevitable.-111orn.( 41 on. The same sturdy, energetic, and uecompromising love of independence has distinguished :he " Men of Kent': from the days of William the Conquerur," doe n to the present auspicious reign of " Will - am the Reformer." - Again have thy poured forth their manly array in constitutional defence of their ancient rights, and waved their " green branches" in the sunshine of a glorious triumph. Their col lected strength—their intrepid attittide—but, above all, their virtuous immunity, appalled ti.e enemies of the people's liberties while they yet paused on the verge of the field where they had thre.itenecl to give battle. Hearts riken and dismayed t. ey -aw the vast tide of Kentish patriotism r:sei g and ruling onwards with res'stless force—their fast hopes fie- scud: them, and ihey II; d, leaving to the champions of Reform the liceiours of victory, without the toil (tithe conflict. We cannot read the description of {he anim,t,d and inspiring scene whieh heath presented on the oceas•on of the recent elec tion, without bein g reminded of one of th e ea l li e , t • ttiiureplis epen record of the manly virtue of the forefathers of the present " men ot Kent," wtoch deserves to be held in everlasting rem. mbratic:?. When the liberties of d wei e struck (low n in the disastrous baltle of Hastings, where iLie Kentish bill-men fought with such de ott_cl, but un availing valour, :he Norman - William having been crowned at 'Westin:ester, resolver: to Iraq his army 10 Dover, for ihe purpose of ovelaw:ng Kent, aed ensuring the obedienc e of the south of the cogrioin. Wien he hail leached S..oiscornin., about two unites west of Gravesend, he found him-ell' in a place - where the e were deuce woods on the and in front of his army; he thought he oh,zervorl the ex traordinary appesraice of portions or those woods being in motion, like" Bimetal wood;" bat soddenly the roystely was cleared up, by seeing the " men of Kent," who wei e drawn lip in martial order, on the skirts of the forests, throwing down the green branches, which they carried to conoied thererselve, while, enclosing his army anund, thy displayed - their banners, and, with bent bows, prepared for battle; so that, as the historian exprtisseth it, " he that even now had the realm, to Lis seeming, in his hand, almost stood in despair of his own life." It was then, at the moment when an awful peese ensued, that the men of Ktalr, through the mouth of the illustrious S rigand-1 pa. triode Archbi e h op o f Canterbury—di - livered to . the haughty Norman the following meesage worthy of immortal record :---," Most NWile Duke, behold here the Commons of Kent are come feral to met and receive you as their Sovereign, requiting your peace, their own lie° condition of estate, amid I heir ancient laws formerly used. If these he denied, they are here presently to abide the verdict of battle, " fully reso l ve d rat h er to die than to part with their laws, or to live servile iu bondage, a hich name and • nature is, and ever shall be, st rouge unto us., and not to be endured." " The Conqueror," saes the his torian, ". driven into this strait, arid load, to hazard all on so nit'! e. a point, their demands being 5 not tlll. reasonable, more lately and tvillingo granted their • desires; and thus, while the rest of the kingdom was subjected to the grinding operessien of the N,irmen - innovations, Kent preserved her ancient rights, laws, and liberties ; and the tyrant, when he planted the feudal system so deeply in the soil of England that it has never since been wholly eradicated, was obliged to respect the Saxon Institutions of the on- conquered people of K ent , N ow l e t us put the oligarchy, who have usurped, the representative tights of the people, in place of the NOIIII4III I etl queror, and, VI it 13 a few alterations, the above manly and equitable demand of the Commune of Kent 1 I 6 312 i 20. Ihn Owen, 55 [RE. ► CE.