The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-28 00:00:00

SiPIRIT or THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The intentions of the Postmaster-General the new arrangements contemplated relative to the transmission of newspapers appear to have been far from perfectly understood by those who are, in the first instance, principally to reap the benefit 'of them. We understand that the conductors of that miscellaneous class of publications, comprising Lloyd's List, the Price Currents, and many others, who have en joyed the advantage of a transmission by post, under an arrangement with the clerks of the roads, or the secretary to the Post-office, have come, many of them, to the absurd conclusion that on the cessation of the privileges as re gards newspapers, they would be left without any facilities at all, and that their publications could go only as letters--a tax • none of them could afford to pay ; and many of them, it is said, have announced their intention of throwing up the said publications on the sth of April, when the privileges as to English newspapers will cease. Nothing could, however, be more opposed to the real views of the Post- master-General than such a result. It is true that the clerks of the Post-office will not be permitted any longer to levy the annual tax they have heretofore derived from such publica tions, but until something better can be done for them, which we have no doubt will be the case, the same facilities will be continued under ale three!t, sanction of the Postmaster-General, who :,as even expressed his willingness, rather than the inconvenience apprehended should arise from the rapidity with which a part of his arrange ments is carried into effect, toirank for a sho r t time all these public a ti ons . he alarm felt on this head is therefore entirely groundless. The Post-office privileges with regard to the circula tion of English newspapers within the United Kingdom will cease, as was first intended, on the sth of April. Those which relate to foreign newspapers will go on for a further period, but they will definitively cease, we be lieve, on the sth of July. On this point also some very ridiculous and perhaps wilful, misap prehensions have arisen. The parties engaged in the supply of foreign newspapers have chosen to Bsume, probably because it suited a purpose of their own, that this privilege was also to cease on the sth of April, and no substitute having been provided for it by the Postmaster-General, they have sent in their proposals for the new quarter about to commence, in which they have estimated every sheet of a foreign journal at the cost of a foreign letter. The French Moniteur accordingly, which has many supplementary sheets,- is tendered at the moderate sum of 441. sterling per annum, and others in the same proportion, being about four times as much as the extravagant charge made under the mono poly of the foreign post-office. These gentle men, however, who have so long conducted this trade for (heir own benefit, will be com pelled to go on with it for that of the public, until the whole plan embracing the supply of the foreign journals is matured. What that plan will be, and what the charge by the Eng lish post-office for the conveyance of foreign newspapers all over the kingdom will be, is not yet, we believe, definitively settled ; but we learn with much gratification that the intentions of the Postmaster-General, in this respect, are most liberal ; that he will be guided by a prin ciple of reciprocity, or rather that he will set the example in this respect for foreigners to imi tate. The conductors of the French post-office entertain, we know, similar sentiments—so much so, that we shall not be surprised if the transmission of newspapers takes place within a short time throughout France and England with a tax so light as nearly to be termed a free transmission. Subsequently to the an nouncement of the proposed reform at the Post-office, it appears that a vast number of ap plications have been made to the Postmaster- General, to obtain facilities for the conveyance by post, for various publications which at pre sent have no favour of that sort, for commer cial circulars, and even for printed books and pamphlets. This opens, of course, a very wide range of operations in addition to those already conducted by the Post-office, and the very ex tent of them is necessarily, at the outset, a se rious obstacle in the way of granting these ap plications ; but we are not without hope that new and great facilities will in this way also be obtained under the pending arrangements, and that in the end the reform at the Post-office will prove one of the most useful and wisest acts of the present administration, the chief merit, however, belonging to the Duke of Richmond, whose zeal and personal exertion and perseverance in the whole affair are de serving of the highest commendation.—Times. The absence of the Attorney-General from Parliament, and the presumed inability of the present organ of the Home Department in the House of Commons to cope with a professional subject, have probably been the cause of the Lord Chancellor taking upon himself to intro duce to Parliament a bill for improving the cri minal jurisdiction of the metropolis. The sub ject could not be in better or more appropriate hands, though as it must be, we apprehend, in its consequences, in some degree a "money bill," there may be some technical objections to its originating in the Upper House. The view which Lord Brougham takes of the subject be ing precisely that which we have repeatedly ad vocated, we cannot but congratulate the country upon the prospect of at length seeing the criminal laws of the country, in their higher functions and penalties, at least consigned to competent hands, instead of, as now, to those of London bankers and country gentlemen—both most ex cellent classes in their way, but no more fitted to fill the office of judges than the judges are to become physicians. We are happy to perceive that our view of the subject is likewise borne out by some at least of the judges themselves, who, during the present circuits, have animadverted upon the anomaly of their having had to try petty lar cenies of the pettiest description while the ma gistrates at their sessions had been disposing of capital felonies. Though Lord Brougham's bill, as opened to the house, only extends to the metropolis, we trust that either it will be made to embrace or be followed up by a general measure, reaching all parts of the kingdom, more especially those provincial corporations where certain worthy grocers and cheesemon gem, in their capacity of Mayors, actually, in some instances, dispose of cases, both criminal and civil, of as high a nature as any which de volve upon the judges on the circuit or in West minster Hall. Till the provisions of Lord Brougham's bill become known it would be use less to speculate upon its details. It will be essential to the thorough success of the proposed measure, that Parliament should c l ear t h e way for its operation by diminishing the fees and other charges now payable to certain of the city officers. The only plausible ground upon which the recent transfer of business from the Old Bailey to Hicks's Hall has been defended was the saving of expense on the score of these charges. To be sure it was absurd enough to hear the same persons on the one hand using this argument, and on the other, in the very same breath, attempting to saddle the county with a salary of 1,2001. to their chair man—a sort of " robbing Peter to pay Paul," too palpable not to be seen through. It will, however, well become Parliament, especially the metropolitan members, to look carefully to both these objects. The chairman's Salary Bill seems to have fallen -still-born, and to be dis claimed even by its parent. It is most essential to the already over-burdened rate-payers that the 1,200/. per annum, from which they have been spared in one shape, should not be in flicted upon them in another ; but which is likely enough to be the case unless the point we have alluded to be provided against either in the proposed act itself or before it comes into ope ration.—Morning Herald. The Duke of Richmond has done a service to public morals, by directing the attention of Parliament to the subject of unnecessary oaths. The multiplication of oaths in this country in cases where simple declarations would have been quite as efficient, has, we fear, greatly tended to bring the solemnity of an oath into contempt, and hence the multitude of cases of perjury that one continually hears of in courts of jus tice, which are one day employed in punishing persons upon the evidence of oaths who are prosecuted for false-swearing on the next. The adding oath to oath in the customs and excise departments, and in all the branches of the revenue, has been a principal means of depriving an oath of its sanctity in the mind of the swearer. It is true a bill of Lord Lansdowne's, some years ago, consider ably curtailed the number, but still there are too many, aed there will be too many, so long as one remains. Of what use are they ? Do they prevent fraud ? Do thgy awaken the dormant conscience? No—they make those who are in the habit of taking such oaths think lightly of the solemn obligation when he takes it as a witness or as a Juror in a Court of Justice, where the property, the liberty, or the life of another may be at stake. This is an awful consideration—. for as long as oaths- are persevered in in Courts of Justice, the only security which the upright and innocent have, is the sanctity and reverence in which an oath should be held by the person who gives evidence, or the Juror who decides Upon it. It, therefore, greatly concerns the interests of justice, that oaths should not be of such frequent and familiar occurrence in the con cerns of society, as to make them cease to affect with a deep and awful impressiveness the con sciences of men. Lord Morpeth's bill relieved members of the Society of Friends and Mora vians from the necessity of taking oaths of office. We think it would be beneficial to public mora- lity, if oaths of office were abolished altogether, and simple declarations .substituted for them. They are of ,no practical effect, but to lessen the reverence for oaths. They are no restraint on bad men, and good men are bound to perform their duties by a higher motive than swearing. We say, therefore, let all oaths of office be abo lished—and the whole of that mass of swearing which makes the revenue a fertile source of de moralization.—Morning Herald. The first period, if we may so term it, of the session of Parliament, for the present year, has terminated ; and a futile period in many respects it has been. There has been abundance of dis cussion ; but no measure of any moment has been brought forward and brought to a comple tion. The first three weeks of the session were occupied with the crimination and whitewashing of Mr. Sheil, as to his sincerity or insincerity in opposing the Irish Coercion Bill—then came the Dissenters' Marriages Bill, which failed of effect, because it came short of the expectations of the dissenters, and was, indeed, a great poli tical failure, in the estimation of all sound- thinking men—afterwards there were announce ments in abundance, of various popular mea sures, respecting tithes, poor laws, &c., but of which we have hitherto seen nothing. The Lords have done nothing ; and the Com mons, though promising much, seem to have been exhausted by their efforts to carry the Re form Bill, and to court ease as a necessary sti mulant for future industry. Though little, however, in the way either of theoretical or practical improvement has been done, it would be unfair not to confess that the present session has been eminently characterised, above all others, for independence of discussion on the part of the House, and most laudable economy on the part of the Government. As a proof of the former, we may refer to the speech of Mr. Poulett Thomson on the corn laws—the very best that has been made during the session— and with regard to the latter, we have only to repeat what has already appeared in our co lumns—namely, that there is no branch of the public service which has not encountered a most useful retrenchment. In the colonies and in the army—in the miscellaneous department and in the ordnance—in the navy, and, in a word, all other departments—the pruning knife has had free course ; and this, perhaps, after all, is the best improvement of which the reform Par- .. liament could have been guilty. What the people want is a reduction of taxation—but to pave the way for the reduction, the expenses of all public departments must be, as they have been by the present Government, reduced.—Morning Advertiser. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 27. THE ATTOREY-GENERAL V. NEWBURY. His LORDSHIP said this was an information filed against the Corporation of Newbury, for the ac count of the expenditure of a sum of 4,0001., left to them in 1624, to build a house for the employment of the poor, and to be applied to other charitable uses. A portion of the money was laid out, and it appeared that the produce of the purchase now brought in a yearly income of 3101., but it was sought to ascertain what had become of the remain der of the money, the corporation alleging that they had not spent or misused it, but that it was mixed up with other moneys, which were applied to charitable purposes. The Vice-Chancellor made a decree which directed an account to be furnished by the corporation from 1825, but the plaintiffs were dissatisfied with the result, and brought the matter by appeal before the Lord Chancellor. His Lord ship said that a great distinction was unquestionably to be taken between cases where the funds of a cha rity had been mistakenly diverted in the progress of time from the purposes of the original giver, and those cases in which the funds were knowingly and willingly misspent and misapplied by those whose duty it was to protect them. His Lordship thought that any corporation ought not to mix up funds that were left for charitable purposes with moneys which were diverted to totally different uses. In the pre sent instance, considering that the corporation had purchased an income of 3101., and that there was no charge of culpable misappropriation, he did not think that he was bound to go further than the Vice-Chancellor had gone, and he therefore affirmed the decree, directing the account to commence from 1825. His Lordship gave no costs of the appeal beyond the deposit. MORGAN V. RHODES. This was a bill filed by the assignee of a person named Auckland, to compel Mr. Rhodes to execute his contract for a lease of six houses at Hoxton, which lease was to be granted if the houses were built and covered in within a certain period. The houses were not finished within the time specified, but the Vice-Chancellor, when the matter came before him, dismissed the bill on the ground of Auck land having become a bankrupt, and without enter ing into the merits of the case. His LORDSHIP now reversed the decree of tle court below. CRABB V. CRABB. The question in this case was, whether a father had given 10,0001. three per cents to his son as a gift, or merely as a transfer, and whether the lan guage of the will left room for election. His LORDSHIP said this was one of those cases so much involved in doubt, that if the Vice-Chan cellor had decided the other way his lordship was by no means certain he should not have agreed with him. As it was, he would not disturb the decree of the court below. EX PARTE TERRYS. This was an appeal from a decision of the Court of Review, reversing a proceeding of this court with respect to a motion for a new trial, and super seding the commission. The matter was argued on Saturday, when it was contended that the Court of Review had exceeded its jurisdiction. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in this case the Court of Review had placed itself at variance with the Court of Chancery, perhaps with the Vice- Chancellor, certainly with his lordship, on a point which, in his opinion, justified the interference of the appellate jurisdiction. He, therefore, reversed the order of the Court of Review ; but when he did so, it was not because he did not admit that the Court of Review had less right than the Court of Exchequer, in the other courts, to maintain and assert their opinions, but because the trial which the Court of Review disposed of in its decision had been a trial ordered by the Court of Chancery ; and it was not known whether the court might not think fit to have further dealings with the case, on the result of the trial so ordered. The order of the court below was reversed, and the costs of the as signees ordered to be paid out of the estate. All other costs reversed. SMITH V. DE TESTET. The questio n in this case was, whether the late Bankruptcy Act vested the estate of a bankrupt in a new assignee, without the formality of a deed. His Lordship was of opinion that it did, and re versed the decision of the court below, allowing on this ground a demurrer to a bill. His Lordship rose at five o'clock. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS. Mr. James Bensana was indicted for assaulting Henry Tong, on the 15th of January last. Henry Tong is foreman to Mrs. Watts as under taker. On the 15th of January he was sent by his mistress to the house of the defendant to take the measure of a corpse, and saw the defendant, who came out to him in the passage, and on learning his errand, flew into a passion, and bade him get out of the house ; and, before he could obey followed the words with several violent blows. Mrs. Watts, the mistress of the last witness, carried on business at Kensington, and, on the day in question, in consequence of receiving an order to send a person to measure a female corpse -at the house of the defendant, she sent Mr. Tong, who returned in about half an hour with two black eyes, and the blood running down his face. Mr. ALLEY, for the defendant, said the gentle man at the bar was a respectable retired tradesman, upon whom some evil-disposed, or at least waggish, persons had played a hoax on the day in question. One person came after another to his house, and beef, mutton, pork, wines, grocery, and many other things were brought sufficient to furnish a respect able tavern ; and at last, by way of finale, came the undertaker to bury his wife. It was in vain that he assured the man that his wife was alive and well, for the man persisted that she must be dead, and that he had come to measure her for a coffin. This was too much for the defendant's patience, and he certainly did, in a moment of excitement, force the prosecutor out of the house with more violence than was, perhaps, necessary. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and defen dant was sentenced to pay a fine of 51., with leave to speak to the prosecutor. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHER N CIRCUIT.—YoaK, MARCII 26. (Before Mr. Justice ALDERSON.) William Hall was indicted for wilfully and mali ciously setting fire to three stacks of wheat on the morninc , of the 27th of October last, the property of Mr. Robert Fox, of Barnbv. The Jury, after hearing evidence at some length, gave a verdict acquitting the prisoner. Samuel Athor was indicted for having, on the night of the 20th of September last, at Horsforth, in the West Riding, with divers other persons un known, entered certain enclosed lands belonging to the Rev. James Armitage Rhodes, armed with a bludgeon, for the purpose of taking and destroying game. The Jury returned a verdict of acquittal. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NoRwIcs, lilacs 26. (Before Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.) WRECK OF THE WEMYSS. Joseph Newman ßeeve was put to the bar charged with feloniously stealing a bag, containing four Exchequer bills of 1001. each, nine .5/. notes, and 100 sovereigns, the property of Mr. Payne. He stood also charged with stealing a box, the pro perty of some person unknown. Another bill had been preferred against the pri soner for an alleged larceny upon the goods of a Miss Roche, deceased, but the grand jury ignored the bill. From the evidence, it appeared that the morning after the dreadful sto rm w hi c h rage d along t he whole eastern coast, on the 31st of August, the Earl- of Wemyss smack, on h er wa y from Scotland to London, was seen on s ho re a t B r ancaster, dis masted, and otherwise greatly distressed. On the . ebbing of the tide th e vesse l was ac cessible, an d several persons went on b oar d w i t h t h e i n t e ntion of giving what succour was in their power. They soon ascertained that eleven individuals, of whom seven were females, as the public were aware, had been drowned in the cabin. Their bodies were drawn up by boat-hooks, and as they were taken up they were laid upon the companion ; among them were the bodies of Mrs. Pyne (the wife of the prosecutor) and of her son and d aug ht er , w h o had all per i s h e d together. The prisoner is the son-in-law of Mr. Mimms, the lord of the manor, who claims a r ight, of course, to the waifs, estrays, &c., within his manor ; he also claims some franchise with regard to wreck, but of this there was no distinct ac count. Mr. Reeve, as the representative of the lord of the manor, for whom he was in the habit of acting, had gone on board the smack whilst search was making for the bodies of the dead. On the body of Mrs. Pyne being taken up, Mr. Reeve took from the person of the deceased lady a black velvet reticule, with steel clasp and chain. He looked into it and took out two small parcels packed in paper—one of them contained, as subsequently ap peared, four exchequer bills. The other was a hard parcel made up in a rouleau form, about four inches in length and two or three fingers in breadth. It looked like a money parcel. The prisoner did not open this last parcel, but replaced it in the reticule, which he put into his pocket. He then took from one of the ears of the deceased lady an ear-ring, and that, with a ring which he took from one of her fingers, he put into his pocket. Several persons on deck at the time, and neighbours of Mr. Reeve, saw all that took place, and neither was there any injury done to property nor any indignity offered to the bodies of the sufferers. A Mr. Mingay, a merchant, residing at Brancaster, was appointed by the captain as his agent to take charge of the vessel and cargo, and he made application to the prisoner to deliver up to him the articles which he had taken from the person of Mrs. Pyne. The prisoner re fused to give up the articles, giving as his reason that he was sent by the Lord of the Manor to pro tect the property from depredation ; but on the 3d of September he delivered to the captain the reti cule and rings of Mrs. Pyne, containing nine five pound notes, four exchequer bills of 1001. each, three sovereigns, three shillings, and some other articles, as the whole of the contents of Mrs. Pyne's reticule. A search-warrant was obtained, and his house searched, when about 100 sovereigns were found in drawers in two rooms, but it was not proved whether they were the rooms of the prisoner or of his father-in-law, or of any other inmates of the house. The proof adduced with regard to the box was, that the prisoner first came down to the vessel on horseback, and that some person, who was standing in the water near the vessel, handed to him a box of a dark colour, about 12 or 14 inches in length, with which he rode away to a booth or tent, where the preventive guard were placed. In a minute or two afterwards he returned to the vessel ; and though there Was no positive evidence as to what he had done with the box, there was nothing to rebut the presumption that he had car ried it to the tent, for he had been absent just time enough to have done so. From several of the witnesses for the prosecution the prisoner received an excellent character for propriety and honesty of conduct. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN doubted that there was any case to go to the Jury. The Jury instantly pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, MAucit 26, Sarah Loosenzore was indicted for the murder of an infant child, named John, by neglecting to supply it with food and nourishment, whereby it became emaciated and died ; and Richard Land was charged with inciting her to commit the aforesaid crime. In December, 1832, Mr. Land was applied to by the father of the child to lend him his assistance to have the mother brought to bed with the utmost secrecy, her pregnancy having arisen from an illicit intercourse between persons in a respectable station of life who resided about twenty miles distant from Exeter. Mr. Land undertook to do so, and hired lodgings for the mother, and assisted at the ac couchement. Immediately after the delivery, in January, 1833, the child was transferred to a nurse, previously procured by Mr. Land. That nurse took care of the child for ten weeks. It was subse quently transferred to the female prisoner, to whom Mr. Land promised to pay 4s. a week for attending it. The father and the mother of the child died shortly afterwards, and no means of supporting the child were supplied to Mr. Land. Mr. Land ap peared before the magistrates and stated all the circumstances of the case, saying that he should not contribute to support it any longer, as no funds were supplied to him for that purpose. The magistrates said that as he was the cause of bringing the child into the parish he should support it. The female prisoner still had the child. In two days afterwards the Rev. Mr. Atherley went to her house in order to see the child to baptise it, when he found it very much emaciated, lying in wet rubbish in a cradle. He caused some food to be administered to it, but its stomach would not retain it. The child had every appearance of having been neglected both in food and in clothing. Medical men were called in to see it, and the greatest attention paid to it, but it died in a few days afterwards. The Jury found both prisoners Not Guilty, and they were immediately discharged. No case of public interest was tried in the Civil Court to-day. OXFORD CIRCUIT—HEREFORD, MARCH 26. (Before Mr. Justice PARK.) BOWYER V. BOWYER. This was a writ of right brought by Mr. Francis Bowyer to recover certain lands at Dilwyn, which were in the possession of Mr. Thomas Kyrwood Bowyer. The Grand Assize, which consisted of twelve Esquires and four Knights, girt with swords, found a verdict for the defendant, thereby establishing the legitimacy of his father, as the son of Mr. Francis Bowyer. (Before ➢ir. Justice ParrEsoN.) Mrs. lifilborough Brown, a rather elderly woman, of very respectable appearance, was charged with setting fire to a wheat-rick, the property of a Mr. Vale. Verdict—Not Guilty. The prisoner during the trial did not appear at all affected ; but during the absence of the Jury, who were in consultation for near three hours, she was in very great agitation, and on their return into court she fainted. The Jury were therefore obliged to wait till she recovered before they gave their verdict. During this time the prisoner screamed dreadfully, and when the verdict of not guilty was pronounced, she was carried out of Court, screaming with in creased violence. HOME CIRCUIT—KINGSTON, MARCH 28. (Before Mr. Justice GASELEE.) Robert Bennett, aged 25, labourer, was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Sir William Woods, in the Coburg-road, Waterloo -road, on the 22d February last. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, an d sentence of Death was recorded. _ _ _ Francis Fay erm an, aged 20, labourer, was in dicted for feloniously and maliciously stabbing Charles Boshell with a carving-knife, on the 17th instant. The prisoner lived with his aunt in Francis-street, Walworth, and, on the day in question, the prose cutor, a little boy, threw a stone at the door, upon which the prisoner ran out of the house, having a carving -knife in his hand, and endeavoured to catch him. Boshell ran away, followed by the prisoner, who, on Boshell's falling, plunged the knife into his back, and inflicted a severe wound two inches and a half deep and one and three-quarters wide, between the bladebone and the spine, at the same time say ing, " Take that !" The wound the prosecutor received was very severe, and he was unable to attend to give his evidence. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Death recorded. IRELAND. CORK ASSIZES.-MARCH 20. CHARGE OF MURDER.-SINGULARLY INTERESTING CASE. William Wright, a respectable-looking man, was indicted for the murder of Daniel Crane, by shoot ing him with a loaded pistol in the month of January, of Cooldorihy, near Macroom. Denis Murphy sworn and examined by Mr. BEN NETT, K.C.—I was at deceased's house between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, when the pri soner, who was Bridewell keeper at Macroom, came to the house to take cows. Was within twenty spades of them when I heard the deceased say that " the money was paid, and to come up to the parish priest's house and he'd satisfy him," on which prisoner presented a pistol and shot him. The deceased went towards the priest's (Father Burke's) house, and held his hands on the wound in his side where the ball entered. The deceased was • anointed by the priest, and he died at two o'clock that night. Did not hear prisoner say that he had an or d er o f l aw. He went away, and gave himself up to the police. Timothy Crane examined by the Hon. Mr. PLUNKET—The deceased was my father. Was from five to six spades from them when he was shot. The prisoner was on horseb ac k, an d h a d two pistols. He w as driving two cows, and hi s f at h er desired him to go up to the priest's house, and h e wou ld sat i sfy him that the debt was discharged. No sooner did he say the words when th e prisoner fired. My father . had nothing his hand. He rushed in on the pri soner and seized him, t oo k the pistol from him, on which prisoner ran out of the field. There was an elder and younger brother in the field with them. The elder (Cornelius) got a stick and struck the Prisoner, who. was running away. Cornelius Crane corroborated the testimony of the last witness. Cross-examined by Mr. FREEMAN—I am twenty four years of age. Was not at the Inquest. I had no conversation with Father Burke. Did not hear him say to Mr. Ashe, " If you produce Cornelius Crane you will be no friend of the family." Mr. Ashe is our landlord. I heard the prisoner was distraining for tithes. Heard he bought a horse for a small sum at a tithe sale. I saw Father Burke to-day, and asked when this trial would come on. I came last Thursday to town, and returned on Friday. I took Crown summonses home for Mr. Ashe, Mr. Boyle, and Dr. Magrath. Mr. Ashe, my master, desired me. I gave the money out of my own pocket to the lawyers. I feed an attorney, and gave him 17s. 6d. 'Twas my mother paid it. Never heard where she got it. We have fifty acres, for which we pay 361. We are all poor enough. I didn't give 17s. 6d. I believe it was my uncle gave it. He got it from my mother. My father was tried for attacking Mr. Barry's hou'se. I could not say whether he was there or not. The cows were taken by the prisoner. Saw the shot fired. My father was quiet. He was stating the case to prisoner, who was on horseback. • Rev. Mr. Burke examined by the Hon. Mr. PLUNKET—I am curate of the parish of Temple michael for three years and a half. I knew the deceased. He came to my house, and appeared to be wounded in the side. Cross-examined by Mr. JACKSON—I knew the deceased. I did not know him to be the most riotous man in the county. I did not hear that he Th pa e r r t e o w f atshea country strong against feein g keeper at Macroom. H ear d th a t h e was p awn e a r ds so p n pr s eal e ti n id g eiv ag elea ed ilny in stoh t . i a th t es. The prisoner was bride wellattacked for being concerned in tithes. I was re quested by friends to the deceased to retain counsel, but finding it would make them obnoxious to certain individuals I retained them on my own account. It was occasioned by a letter written to a third party, stating that if a certain professional man was en gaged the writer would wash his hands out of the business. Mr. JAcxsoN--Who was the writer of that letter ? Witness—l would rather be excused from giving the name. Mr. JACKSON-I will take no excuse, Sir. I must have the name from you. Witness—Mr. Ashe, jun., of Ashgrove, was the writer ; he is landlord to the Cranes. Mr. JACKSON—Did you not, Sir, procure sub scriptions through your parish to carry on thi s pro secution ? Witness—Not in my parish. Mr. JACKSON—Did you not mention this busi ness in the chapel, and solicit subscriptions to carry it on ? Witness—l did not mention it in chapel, but I went among some friends, and made up the money to defray the expenses. Mr. JACKSON—Upon your oath you had not a conversation on this matter with any one of the fa mily of the deceased, and if so, with whom ? Wit ness—l do not recollect. Mr. JACKSON—I call upon you, Sir, to recollect, and say whether you had not a conversation with some of the sons of the deceased. Witness (after some hesitation)--I had. Mr. JAcKsoN—When had you that conversation ? Witness—l think it was on Friday last. Mr. JACKSON—And is it possible you don't re collect a conversation that took place so recently as Friday ? Come, state with whom you had the con versation, and the nature of it. Witness (again hesitating)--I had a conversation with his son Cornelius. Mr. JACKSON—Was it a private conversation, or in confession ? Witness—lt was a private conver- sation. Mr. JACKSON—Come then, Sir, let us have it at once ? Witness—l throw myself on the protection of the Court as a clergyman. Mr. JACKSON—No protection shall be afforded you, Sir, in this instance. Had you or had you not a conversation with the deceased's son, Cornelius ? Witness—The deceased's son told me that he (Cornelius) had his hand on the prisoner's hand before the shot wa s fi re d !—(G rea t sensa ti on in the Court.) Mr. JACKSON (with great energy)—'Pon your solemn oath, Sir, did he or did he not tell you that the deceased himself had his hand on the prisoner before the shot was fired? Witness—He did.—(A general exclamation throughout the court followed this admission.) Mr. JACKSON—I have done with you, Sir ; you may go down. When the sensation which this discovery excited had ceased the counsel for the crown addressed the court, and stated that had they been aware of the testimony then given they would not have proceeded on the capital charge ; but under present circum stances they felt bound to give evidence to prove manslaughter. Samuel Vignolles, Esq.—l am a police magis trate. I recollect the inquest held on deceased, and attended it. The Rev. Mr. Burke was there. The non-appearance of the younger son was caused by Mr. Burke, who sent him away ; Mr. Burke at tended there throughout ; one son remained. Mrs. Sarah Letitia Hayes sworn—There was money due by deceased to my late husband. It never was paid or settled for in any way. I employed the prisoner to execute decrees. narrow hofateure T rrreot he de addressedowna and dwellingd du escapecf e t hncueer jury) exhibited juryhaving t bwetteherieden c man i mtnhho alo beforeescdt o sed mmao mnt , hs d them eloquentl e onwogC indi g nant n }l na: ee i l alErinmerF murder, rhtde eoJUST ICEtriaI, reynmr(satt bnhh aydeet taking s hp e o a n w e a l n y d t e h d e l b i f y e s o a f y a i n n g innocent o m ft a e n n , his eg rlitotredd notThhaevijnugryt,hweitphoowuetraofmmomakeinntg,sthheeswi change places places with th e accused. a verdict of Not Guilty, which gave great satisfaction. The court rose at seven o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Eugene Harris, a young man of very common appearance, was put to the bar before Mr. CHAM BERS, the sitting magistrate, yesterday, charged with having plundered Mr. Clement Chappell, bookseller, Pall-mall, of books and valuable publi cations to a great extent. The prisoner, in defence, attempted to insinuate that he had purchased some of the books from Mr. Chappell, but Mr. Chappell declared this assertion to be utterly untrue. The prisoner was fully committed. MARYLEBONE. Win. Goodlad and George Cannon, both of whom are well-known to the police as most desperate cha racters, the former having been several times in cus tody, and the latter just returned from transporta tion, were yesterday placed at the bar before Mr. GREGORIE, charged with having burglariously en tered the dwelling-hous e of Mr. Edward Hill, No. 6, Nightingale-street, Lisson-grove, on Wednesday last. The prisoners said that finding the lower door open, they went in, but had no intention of com mitting a robbery. They were committed to Newgate for trial. WORSHIP.STREET. A. tall ruffian-looking fellow, named Wm. Brown, was yesterday charged before Mr. TWYFORD with having committed the following daring robbery : Mary Ann Jones, a girl in the employ of Mrs. Davis, a dressmaker, in Shoreditch, on Thursday night, while going through Chiswell-street, Fins bury -square, with a large bundle containing a quan tity of silk and a silk dress, was, at the end of Type street knocked down by the prieoner, who seized her bundle and escaped. Mr. Davis was behind the last witness at the lime, and saw the fellow give her a tremendous blow on the neck ; after which he seized the bundle. and ran off with it. - Samuel Thomas, a fellowship porter, was on the ;1 I va n e g opposite side of th e s t ree t a t the time. " -- h ( never before saw a m ore b r utal act. Seeing t prisoner run off with the bundle he called out, thief!" upon which he dropped it and escaped. 11 Police-constable—He has been trying to tul me Theebeleve he is mad. - te f°l prisoner was fully committed to No/go' trial. fe,: r i Philip Colston, a weaver , was charged' be Mr. BENN ET , w ith s t ea li ng t wo 5/. Bank -notes, tt property of a young sailor, named William D unn Remanded. t 6 Stol his Th P re e rnc m ei peAnG Yesterday John Thurtell and several HATTON-GARDEN. viduals were brought before the Magistrates choke! with creating a disturbance, and threatening 12, Swinton lives of Mr. Huskinson, chymist, No. street, Gray's Inn-road, and Messrs. Oliver all ( Elms, surveyors. a. It appeared from the evidence, that some cottat, mid ground between Bagnigge Wells-road an' Gray's Inn-lane-road, which for many years been in the occupation of the defendants, have latel, been put up for sale by auction, by a Mr. Swinto n lar dischargeElms,gainingtreatproducing loadedguns, pistols, thre a teningto riot of fire-arms took place, and very ae , quentl s were the ringleaders of a very serious irdsdToe and r: when AwtThsEeuslu2dg.s s ea t ert r vhne a nesivanogedrse.tdorapesnrtatse,pdtaphnrtaodota ai c tc h hwe:daucnas ki fear r e l g : t that u outrages,l ber ° policemen should be forthwith stationed the sr; to prevent a breach of the peace, and ordered d T 1 , 1 : 1 1 : tell and his wife to find good bail, and three of '''' other defendants each to enter into his own reeeg. nizance to keep the peace. 4 QUEEN-SQUARE. a Yesterday Charles Colli n s, William li r i"g' -9 Richard Nunn were brought up on a w arrant b e : fore Messrs. GREGORIE and TUBBS, the sitting i'll gistrates, charged with most outrageous condue! and threatening the life of Mr. Charles Collins,.: master tailor of No. 24, York-street, Queen-square under the following circumstances : It appeared that the defendant, Collins, in the Westminster-road, has the misfortuneso ,; blessed with a very pretty wife, of whom he P ' l,, titularly jealous, and the cause of all his m isery. it few months ago he lodged at the house of the ci.it plainant, of whom he became so very jea leus ' t at last, for the peace of all parties, he gave noti.( and quitted. On Monda afternoon the cornPla llr , ant was walking in the Waterloo-road when, by al , cident, he met Mrs. Collins, and as a late lodge,c and acquaintance, he spoke to her ; wh il e the , 'l . . el, talking together who should come u p bu Ce l , ill ; and seeing his wife in company with the person wh o ; who lives be suspected of wronging him, it completely -`,, him upon the rack. " Now then," he exclaul:eere' 6, I have caught you at last ,my suspicion!, ' „- t , right." High words rose, the unfortunate wijneiirp, complainant'sordered accompanied house, lout instantly, shee, a other dhaniniradvii leaving g defendants,t g li a :li e e n v ed en a i e vening enntUt to a l ett l e ll , i Collins demanded an explanation, and eTicii: I himself in a most violent manner. He sal brought a brace of loaded pistols in his pocket , $ The defendant, in reply, complained of f e ars' tity of his wife, an d urged various jeal scuffle i e f t o o n o e k mpliaseseeda,nldiethße-Oclioldnipdliaiscnhaanrgt ewaassasecsonenn tliti,,lard. ous th ' which had evidently no foundation. fine ° The Magistrat e or dered Collins to Pay' a b a il to 205., and re qu i re d th e w hole party to find keep the peace. THE MARKETS• C U ,;11 1 --.......a....... . F BRITIS H the get ~j la , GENERAL AVERAGE I'VICI. , o , i „ from . .01,5 For the Week ended i'vlarc:i lA, :`,34, made : rown s in of the tnspectors in the ot Ilereot CitICS an.. a Id' 313 W 4 ,1 . and Wales, pet Imperial '2uarter. ... Beans.--- 44. . ‘o, , heat-- 475. 2,1.1 Oats ."...... IBs. v"11 - pease-- - ,. Ju l - IN t r Barley ---7275. 3,1 'Rye ......... 323- u l s “d :4% vvE ,, e s _____.- R- - - 31 ? " ,q -.. Wi MYER IA L AGGHQUATE AVERAGES 09 1.-- /rf .1 flea -- 341 . -- ` l ' heat----48s. 1:1.1 Oats -.---. ~",1,4 . o,i 1 PC35C.,......-, 8ar1ey......, 275. 4)(1.1 Rye ------;'"' -, RN i. )- 2 5 . Pa. FOREIGN GO DryriEs ON im ißeans,,,..-• ~.. ocf. Wheat..—.— 324 r, ma Oats -- ...1 ......... 19s . . i. Pease.---, I°' 8ar1ey......-213. 4d. It 2ls. 3 ye ....P.-- w t:r.li' ING .1"e: ...............BL:ntdirNor.lditY t Olt_N 15----.'"-1A1t1i1_............''."'S DUlll______ ; ll :at i s t . I' l l : I : e t ----da 0 " 5,3 5. Per Quarter. l i rhtoeastt. S. Barley. I ..... 2 7 ) : F. g. S. to • ..., ~ Brigg...-_....... ----. .... . 1 40 58 36 4. 15 . I's l -- , 4 Cambridge 45 — -,-,- 32 5 8 Chard ..... 48 5 2 24 26 16 Tz, 1 ~ ,,,6 ,5 Peterborough tluntingdon- 58 63 23 23 1 ,1 2. 7 ;' V o 42 Long Sutton...—. 56 64 'O , l - ..)."; i - 91 Louth....______. 48 54 28 32 2O 31 4 0 Newark ....................... 57 60 29 40 !,1 2, I'2 33 Nottingham ~........ 3 40 8 Plymouth .....-- 50 M nn :34 =;,-, 27 •:": 4- 5° 48 ° 2 - 5 7 29 ,' l ,g l 1 -.'"-- :145 s. to s. S. g : 53 23 58 36 40 45 -- 52 24 26 63 23 28 64 -- 54 28 3 2 60 22 25 60 29 40 50 27 32 48 25 29 64 30 34 6'7 43 70 36 38 47128 32 62 2O 33 1 S. S. t(1 : t2ll 30 — 1 : 4 56 11193- 5.7 0 62. 17 •‘-t; 40 18 :3'2 16 37 16 3. ' 22 2s 28 „.. 41 2:2 2 6 36 ‘ , 2 30 14 rottingham---- Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract ileaford li_ppinghant Wisbech. ' ---- ~, 25. ~., 563 .1 2 1 LEEDS CORN MARKET.--M — b "" 400. -- A Wheat, Norfolk arid Suflblk, 6010.. .......... 353. to o ' . 4 --- York. and Lincoln. ' - 'olb .... ......... ~ ,3 t o 4° 0 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk s) * ........... ",.... to 344. .... t - ,',.. os. j 1 ----- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ................. .., n ,. to .„,•' --- Grinding ........................................... •.,1,. to !.'f,,, - • Beans 63lb. ..................... 7 • a ' 5 . to % - -;,,,t. Oats Potatoo ...... ``' , 0 1 4 ,1 . P d• _ ............................................ , 4,3 ----51ealing, For. I2d. t 01341 . Eng. od. to , , t e ' , a .t. Shelling - : pet ' R Me , eed, English, 251. to 27........ Foreign. —l ' t 5. ~,i , . _ _ ...,„ ~..,._itiarc6 l l 9 , ,„ 6s. LIVERPOOL VERPOOL CORN EXLI-lik:' , "• 7 ,, .l' 7 % WHEAT, English, White, per 7010. ............... _ n _ g Red ........ .. ....................... '4 ' 6 ' ;e l 0 Scotch, Welch, and Manx .... ........... 6 0 6 0 Irish, White .................................. : 4 ,0 • ----- lied ..................................... 3 3 0 Foreign ..., ........ j ... ... 2 8 1 , 1 t !)ATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 4. .. 2 5 5 o Irish ............................................. . .. 0 0 _,. 0 - Foreign ................................... ..!.•••;.•... ,26 0 ... 3 Y 1 0 BA attiv, English, Malting, per Imp. tit . . ..... ........ 3 .. 4 ---- Scotch and Irish, per 6011 is. . • ........ 3 3 3 n 41 '' - Feeding ..................... .... ..., 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial gottrtc ......... 28 0 3,1 - Irish, &c. ...... . ........................ 0 .. ......... 36 0 4h 1/ r, Foreign •.... . .......................... 42 dull. I I I .4. 84i. 055.'001' 1 8 :: : : :i t i i . it .3N. ,. . c t . .1 : ,. : 3.., 0. 1 . i 3., 8 .0 h . i.). ,. e.r. per . 5.4,54 3 2 01 b. .. ........................ ; 0 •,..„ Irish . , .... t omTmeAL, English an 0 . Irish , . Per ......... ......... 2 ° 0 68 36 r , 56 0 !trE, per Imperial quarter HALT, per Imperial quarter ........... 46 0 24. e l IMPORT OF GRAI N Marc I °ll4l. y • 8eef....,,,,,.... 1,t99 1 Sg 23 . ,I, Wheat.-----PM A .. _ . S(2I I u AI t c -tis t ts k ß o : 1 n ' i nl . . ..g .. °O. . . , . . , . .: r)l a e'l i' l . :.vi:. English,ue. s 'U II ~. B. I:5 ; e 4 l.r s S: . Lomb Qrs.ll e t drlß°° 3 o .l' Dt.eF°. fur g t. .°.l a 55 ,. ra. I. el .tdA Q i. 0::.. 'Li u : In. a 6: Weekending B t eE'e e erk.ar r e. ll' : ikl o :.. I -: I Flour . I t'i d ::° I S :::: Store r: : .':: e i ": h".1"1.:1.159‘;: t .5.: : 4'n 13 : L4* / /. :1:4°.:144 °928 1 C. 45:g1 ! Milch Cows, with their small Calf, W. 1r• o ttc ri A moderate supply; ........... Lamb ... .. 6s. Ed. to. , Supply s u E pi v l 1 y.Etsos4 MARKET.—march moderate,. Aßl . Er; Pork"'--- Lamb ra d . kr,..___ trade ia;. _ . . . . .„, . . sr . , , z ic 3 8 rather brisk, but otherwise dull. ......................m..................- with the primest Beef anti 3' o f O W n oo t l h w s eo i n c 2h:, St. t MARRIED. , 10 11' On the 27th inst., Mr. W. Walker, of Albion-hou%'ingtol" mersmith, to Eliza, the eldest daughter of Mr. John to Williamson, e i n j n t o s . h t. n , ,sat College, egAefaryc'sa,mblsrliidnggeto,n, th;v,obre t'" Bt second daughter of R. Allen, Esq., Dalby-terrace, 1911" ..rst iCnll"' DIED Gov, - 0 late of the 3d Guards, and who, on the On the 20th inst., at Paris, of an.attack of influenz'a h o f ." de a , t ed 7 ). father, succeeded to the title of the Earl of Banbury, ~raff f ai , On the 27th inst., at Hampstead, George Earl ° e K.T. Ad • pylc 0 , Admiral of the Blue, aged 66. tr,,eli 3, Acia n nd the 24th inst., at the Deanery, Lichlielfj, , ;„ %. elso f , Esq., second son of the late Sir Thotnas 13,4‘ , peon ' of Killerton, Devon, Bart., and son-in-law of the la' Lichfield. , 411 0 ~,,,,,i On the 25th • inst., at Kensington Gore, Igrs• '- wife of Lockyer Sharp, Esq.nire' ` par ricl' y, On the Henryo • 6th inst., at the Elms, Solihull, , v ' T e ,el ) Sarah, • - relict of Thomas Bolton, Esq., of the Middle le London and ' , 'LS , esthmle, Surrey, aged 74. , ~,ester, On the 24th Inst. atb Wotton.court-house, Gl °— lel' Harriet Hopkinson. 'u 1 - : q el V eil On the 26th inst., Edmund Pitts Gapper, --- fSO I tyo. street, Bath, mat formerly of Ewell, in the coun t aged 75. O the 23d inst., James Toplis, Esq., of Syd en 1 arn, 6' gIY . 1 , inst., On the 21st Ann, the wife of George Adaoll4 ~ lOr si PRINTED AN) POSLI31181:1 BY MUKDO ICOUNa' i" SUN OFFICE., I 11, STRATO•