The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-10 00:00:00

~- - WESTMINSTER SH.SZ-lONS. (THIS DAY.) These Sessions were commenced this morning before Mr. Sergeant Adams and a Bench of Magis trates. The calendar is exceedingly light, containing only sixteen cases, and these only of assaults and petty larcenies. The Grand Jury having been sworn, and formally instructed i n th e i r d ut i es b y the Riot Act, the Lord s Day Act, &c., being read to them at length by the Clerk of the Court, The Learned CHAIRMAN informed them that their duties on this occasion would be very light, as there were but a few indictments to be laid before them, and these for crimes of no heinous character. He could not undertake to account for the cause of crime, or its increase or decrease. That was a sub ject which had always perplexed him exceedingly; but all he had been able to conclude respecting it was this very curious fact, that crime was always greatest when the country was prosperous, and always least when general distress prevailed. Distress was very rarely the cause of crime ; and it was only justice to the poorer classes of the people to say, that the really distressed suffered in secret and in silence, with a resignation and endurance which those who were in better circumstances could have no idea of. The Learned Magistrate proceeded to caution the Jury against being too hasty in throwing out the bills sent Alp to them. Their duty was only to examine the several charges, to see if there were prima facie evi dence to send them for trial in the public Court; and ttthey should consider that even if they threw out a ln,tthe matter did not end there, but a new indict might be referred the next sessions • so that, even for an innocent person, it would be 'better to have his open trial in Court, than have the inquiry s toped in the Grand Jury room. i .,7,veral cases of petty larceny, none of them ex mg s s. in amount, were then disposed of. They were entirely destitute of interest. r 13( )LICE INTELLIGENCE. --..-- - Gr UILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) Two respectably dressed young men named Rogers ritetiltinearatin, were placed at the bar charged with purse from the person of a gentleman un known. Tho ml , id e 6, `, P owell stated that in passing along Cheap a,.- ° user ved the prisoners, in company with others, tios e - 4 } , s r•d•ral gentlemen's pockets. He came up from a :•'.1(1 th e prisoners, and he saw them take a purse to giv e. n tlernan's pocket. He (witness) was about carne the parties into custody, when a police-officer rl l liP and conveye d t h em to t h e stat i on -h ouse. de e MA GISTRATE thought there was sufficient evi the e •I'Pon which to remand the prisoner, directing at same time that search be made for the prosecutor. BO W-STREET. —(THIS DAY.) . 4 Young man named Henry Simmonds, was charged With being fo un d on the roof of a house in Care Street for illegal p es. . 1 _ The prosecutor stated that on Tuesday evening ta 's_!he heard some persons on the roof of his house, u Suspecting that they had not been there for any and ' he measured th e l ea d on t h e f o ll ow i ng morn i ng, 111 found that 15 feet of it had been stolen. On on the . r urs daY, wfAen he was out, his wife heard p ersons t i a °a -gain, an d on measur i ng th e l ea d on Fri g witness found that nine feet more had been stolen. zip Sato:cday evening again witness heard the sound Perscms on the roof, and he went up to see who it 3 /v tl• He observed the prisoner there, and called :1_ " What are you about on my roof ?" se ir,ad of making any reply, however, he laid him jg,„`rwn in the gutter. When witness took hold of to he said that he thought he had heard parties on Z! roof, and that he had gone up to catch them. The oller lived in a court at the back of witness's house, r oof c ould get from a window in on the ... .No lead was found upon theprisoner, nor was "Lit more lead missed from the roof. 10 :, be priso ner , i n d efence, repeated the statement il'eb e he m a d e to t h e complainant. Th __ prisoner was then c h arge d w ith , a b scon di ng to the furnished lodgings of Samuel Be,resford, and atealhis• therefrom a pa i r o f bl an k ets, a pa i r o f s h eets, fiat iron, and a looking-glass, value 15s. After hearing the evidence, 44 '• HALL said it did not appear that this latter case ... could be sustained. With regard to the first t7,•;e, though there was no evidence to show that the r izs oner had s t o l en the lead, w hi c h was m i ssed on otlednesdaY an.d Friday he was no doubt on the roof Saturd ay for the Purpose of stealing lead. He 1111 ° 41 d con- • •t him to the House of Correction with h ard 1 , commit A little boy for two months. i n --- 'it.tl e boy was charged with letting off fireworks M r. 4 'B-gardens. The case having b e e n p rove d, 4 ,.. liann said the prisoner was liable to be fi ne d ri u for thi s o ff ence, and i n default to be. sent to the vh o s w °I Co rrect i on. Th e b oy ' s mother, however, sme ll a asn Court, promised that he should not do disch_th m d. g again, an d on t h ese con di t i ons h e was "rge NIA.Itv y , S •-• L '"V-4 13 0NE,.....( arah S niith TH IS DAY.) robbin g J ohn T ird Eliza Powles were charged with } :ronl th e evid l Y of a watch and seals. hadsineveetratihegtvioie e P e e it appeared that the prosecutor at gels, and after drinking with them shortly aftmer,stuonl d e them home t o I, ll :" o ' ) v re,s was induced to take one of e watch, &c., her, P ew ] ta l ale in he e e rhoom. gs, the other called there upon a w th htillemdhegin In to the door to admit . both left, and his watch was -01. about half an hour they which was lying ortly afterwards discovered that on 8 from the clescrg; • e, when he informed the police, and phon taken into cu given of the girls, they were Polk st4 dY• Police -con 151 E Proved th e 1- ri A . , who took them into custody, The • n ' i ng of the watch in their Pr:soners had h' and were co..nin. itted for • not ing to say in defence, T.,,,anz _ trial. nua ' r ri u_,; . o _R'iLr e tckor was also committed for stealing a 1 ''Wilkinson fopr-wire the property of his master, iron merchant, of Regent-street. b. _ EmPTED "A-DFUL MURDER AND AT- Thi s cm morning, SU ICIDE OF THE MURDERER. Ilan on the Magistrate at Union f_. .r. Traill) taking his seat on the Bench, in _°orrnation was laid before him of the murder of a tath7 man named Jessup by her husband, a currier and I.2er-dresser, residing at Goulston's- buildings, 11°141 ey, and who afterwards attempted to destroy self, oli that P ceman Ward, 220 M, said, that while on duty hi s morning, , at si x o'clock, in the above Buildings, an ,, at tention w as called by hearing cries of murder, ' immediately abo • towards him, 1111 and i y came running nformed him that his father had murdered his °the r• IVitness immediately proceeded to the d r s e,, , and on entering the hack-parlour, a most I v r a ufill scene presented itself. A female was g e tg on the floor on her back, with her . w ." 4 '„ nearly severed from her body, and I, l ‘llin a short distance of her her husband was also .. , Ylg with his throat cut, and both of them deluged I _ l l blo o d . Witness observing that the man showed YMptorns of life, immediately sent for Dr. Sturry, of L ae ( , r ange -yard, who pron o u nce d th at t h e woman west h ave died instantaneously, but on fi n di ng J essu p still livin g , or d ere d hi s i mmediate removal to hl'llYs Hospital. No cause as yet can be assigned for e dreadf u l act as Jessup was always c on sid e r e d by h ow e m ployer as a so b er steady man. It appears , 8 i we e 1 vtr, he w as di sc h arge d l ast F r id ay f rom his ll t „ a , tl °R, and thi s c i rcums t ance p re y e d u pon his ; 4 '. The ne i g hb our h oo d i s i n a s t a t e o f grea t ex e"cnlent. S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) . E MARKET.—SUNDAY EVENING. rtntry for the T.Y.C. Plate.—F by Muley Moloch, out t o 13e k c ssY Bedlam—The Queen of the Gipsies—Brother /s .. ` i ' ll 'ican—c by Hornsea, out of Balance—Marquise— tY.42l,lau (Memima c)—Prince of Wales—f by Sultan or e r „ 11.41 , out of Fanny Davis—c by _Seri dam by 67,,'"us—bfaster Harry—Rooks-nestngo—and c :a37 Middleton, out of Silvertail. ( . 1 1 P. Plate. Discord— St. Francis Ghuznee, by fazuznee--f by Bay Middleton, out Of Trampoline— rba (Sister to Barbican )—John o'-Gaunt, and Rosalind. „ handicap Sweepstakes, T. Y. C.—Cameleon, 4 yrs, 121 b ; Tragedy colt, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ; Clementine, a yrs, 7st 61b ; Rapture, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; Jeremy Diddler, „ rs, 7st 121 b ;c by Hymen dam by Perchance, 3 yrs, st ; Pelerin, 4 yrs, 7st 61b. Four others declared forfeit. leteor pays forfeit to Oakley in their match. _ rl rEsnAy.—Mus is scratched for the Cesarewitch ; - .,"; - 0 1s, Horse Chestnut, Guerdon colt, Anxiety, Noisette, esail, a n d P ast ill e colt, for the Clearwell ; and G runter, in th e matc h w i th Albion. F RIDAY.— Anxiet Noisette, Foresail, Pastille colt, a re scratched. y, Bellissima arrived per van this morning. PE" 24RTH RACES (CONCLUDER. l'orced Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, D)- with ' I 50 DAY added, , for the winners, &c. Two miles. Mr. T r 1 „Y •H. Ramsay ' s Foxberry, 3 yrs ...(Robertson) 1 Itt_F:. ic a . r H r3 :, s Jo c h a n b s l t e o :3 M' y s rs William Le Gros, 3 yrs 3 tii i r i ' Mills' Oswald. aged 6 Caledonian Hunt Plate of 50/. Heats, one mile. iki r, le TI inner to be sold for 200/., &c. Aix: w iv lir. t; e xander's Niagara, 3 yrs . 4 1 2 fir. w' M. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs ... '33 dr 1 h; ) , - Johnstone's William Le Gros, 3 yrs 2 dr T -- "urdl e Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Loa Gentletnen riders. Once round and a dis. :. r'-'• a ohnstone na....Monald Caird, aged (Johnstone) 1 '" Glenly on ' s Giles, aged 2 Sir T. M onerieffe ' s Miss Letty 3 BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Jed. Forest harriers, Wednesday, Falla ; Saturday, 4ighend—at 10i. S Hon. J. E lliott ' s beagles, Wednesday, New Belsis ; aturday, Ma x ton Toll-bar -11. Tytherly harriers, Wednesd a y, Lockerly ; Friday, Sutton Scotney Road from Stockbridge. ~~~ ~ „~ „AY ~Z J . 1 i D" __i~~ • -I!' „0 f 4 `,6'l j o • aditi ~~6~ ~~ Pe r 6 1 4 1, 0 est° ' t 42 -s' l l ;le„ LS I?ft 4 Ivj 441 f, ~~~~~ it_ r, o . .; 1 .14 , 4 116 1 ' 4 „ 9 0 :0 , • T bog' ~ TILE BOUNDARY QUESTION. At a meeting of the Cornwall Polytechnic Societ,) , held at Falmouth, on Tuesday last, the health of Mr. Peatherstonhaugh, with whose name the public are familiar, as having been one of the Commissioners to report upon the disputed boundary, was_ pmposed by the Chairman, Sir C. Lemon. Mr. Featherston hatigh't reply, which, as a most able exposition ofthe principles on which the late treaty has been con cluded, merits attentive consideration, is thus reported in the West Briton : " Mr. PEATIIERSTONHAUGH ri)Se to reply to this toast, and was received Nvith renewed applause. He said,—Our worthy Chairman having coupled my name with a public transaction just closed between this country and the United States of America, per haps it would not be thought obtrusive or indiscreet on my part to give you a brief explanation of the na ture of the territorial arrangement which has just been concluded with the American Government by Lord Ashburton ; and although my sphere haiTheen a humble one in these boundary transactions, and it would be justly deemed an act of presumption in me to intrude any observations of mine upon the conduct and opinions of my superiors, her Majesty's Ministers, yet, having been ho noured with the confidence of two successive ad ministrations in this particular and important matter, it may not be amiss for me upon this occasion to correct some very crude misapprehensions entertained by many 'persons in relation to the treaty lately con cluded at Washington. No one is more sensible than myself of the advantages we all derive from the intelligence and energy of the public press, which, however--and it is to be regretted—is sometimes led by an excess of zeal into a discussion of subjects not at all understood, whereby the public mind 'often be comes irritated and unsettled, and even disposed to be unjust to those who have devoted themselves to the best interests of the country. I have seen too much of this of late. It is, therefore, with sincere pleasure I make a declaration here, somewhat warranted by my official opportunities, that in the conduct of the ne gotiations with the United States on the subject of the boundary, on the part of the preceding, as well as the present Administration, the Queen's Ministers have uniformly acted with the most loyal regard to the honour and interests of Great Britain, and have never preferred a claim to any territory conterminous with the United States which was not founded on the clearest right. Neither do I believe that any of them ever would have countenanced a claim against the United States which it would be necessary to maintain at the ex pense of good faith and strict justice. And this I say in answer to many contradictory and unfounded statements which have come under my notice.— (Cheers.) Then, again, as to the imputed demerits of the Washington treaty, which it has been urged is derogatory to the honour and interests of Great Britain, I shall ask your attention to a very brief summary of facts that cannot be contradicted. The treaty of 1783 proposed to establish the boundary be tween the two countries along certain highlands. The Americans claimed these highlands to run in a north easterly direction from the heads of the Connecticut River, in a course which would have brought the boundary within the distance of twenty miles from the river St. Lawrence, and which, besides cutting off the post and military routes leading from the pro vince of New Brunswick to Quebec, would have given them various military positions to command and over awe that river and the fortress of Quebec. It is impossible to believe that the British negotiators in 1783 would have consented to such an unfriendly, menacing, and impracticable frontier, which was antagonist to the whole spirit of the treaty; neither did any one out of America believe that such an arrangement of the boundary was consistent with the intentions of even the American negotiators. But these able and intelligent men, as well as those employed on the part of Great Britain, died before the dispute between the two countries had reached its height, and no one, in 1838, was left to control and regulate the imperfect and varying opinions which were authoritatively asserted, especially in America, as to what their intentions had been. Passing ,over the award of the King of the Netherlands, who could not, after much investigation, find in the Ame rican statements a justification for the American claim, and whose final award was a compromise of the question that the United States refused to abide by, 1 come to the year 1838, when the public excite ment in the United States on this subject took an angry and dangerous character, and when the pro vincial Legislatures there, and the Senate of that Re pUblic, united in legislative declarations that they . would maintain their extreme claim. It was imme diately subsequent to this period, and in the early part of 1839, that my colleague, Colonel Mudge, and my self were sent as Commissioners to North America, to examine the physical character of the territory in dispute, and bring home such information as might enable her Majesty's Government to understand clearly whether the boundary claimed by America was, or was not, in accordance with the language and intentions of the treaty of 1783. Im mediately upon our return home, possessed of the required geographical information, we proceeded to examine with great care the whole history of the boundary case, and, under a deep sense of our respon sibility, reported to her Majesty's Government in 1840 that the line claimed by. America was entirely inconsistent with both the physical geography of the country and the intentions of the language of the treaty of 1783, whilst we had discovered that a line of highlands did exist to the south of the one claimed by America, and to the south of the river St. John, which was in accordance both with the language of the treaty and the physical geography of the country. This report was accepted by her Majesty's Govern ment, and was laid before Parliament in 1840.. The disputed territory now became rssolved into an area of country consisting of about 7,000,000 acres of land, lying between two distinct lines claimed ad versely to be the highlands of the treaty, and through the centre of which the western part of the course of the river St. John flowed. Thus stood the matter when her Majesty's present Ministers came into power. They had to choose between three lines of conduct. First, to adhere to the extreme night of Great Britain, in which they firmly believed, at the certain risk of endangering the peace between the two countries, and the probable lighting up of another war in Europe second, to pursue a second negotiation with the United States for the purpose of reference to another arbitra tion, at the risk of political caprice and jealousy placing us in a worse situation than we had ever been before, and that after a delay, of eight or ten years, and at an expense equal to the value of the who!e ter ritory-; or, lastly, to attempt to settle it by compro mise. And here, Gentlemen, permit me to say, that perhaps no human being was so fully possessed with the opinion of the exclusive right of Great Britain to the whole of this territory as myself ; yet on my first interview with the Earl of Aberdeen upon his taking the seals of the Foreign-office, I ventured to recom mend a compromise as the most sensible course to be pursued; a suggestion, however, which I have reason to believe was quite unnecessary to that expe rienced statesman. Lord Ashburton was sent out, and the treaty of Washington is the result of his mission. Now, Gentlemen, if you will divert your attention for a moment from the conflicting state ments you may have read in regard to the merits of the compromise which has been made, I will explain them to you in a few words. The merican claim, instead of being maintained, has been altogether withdrawn and abandoned ; the territory has been divided into equal moieties as nearly as possible ; we have retained that moiety which secures to us every object that was essential to the welfare of our colonies ; all our communications, military and civil, are for ever placed . beyond hostile reach, and all the military positions on the high lands claimed by America, are without exception se cured for ever to Great Britain. On the other hand, as the price of peace and renewed friendship with our kinsmen in the United States, our best commercial customer, we have released to her that , rnoiety of the territory south of the St. John, which was never of importance to Great Britain, and we have accorded to the Americans living on the part thus ceded, and on the tributaries flowing into the St. John, a free passage down the waters of that river, subject to the provincial regulations of the province of New Bruns wick. But this is not what it has been represented to be—the exclusive navigation of the St. John. The treaty gives to American vessels no more right to be with their flag on that river than they had before ; all the pi ivilege that is given is a simple right to the Ameri can settlers on the ceded portion to take the forest stuffs growing on their lands, free of duty, to a British mar ket. And, Gentlemen, is this too great a price to pay for peace ? Cannot this powerful nation be generous to her own descendants, to her best customers, with out reproach ? Are her Majesty's Ministers, who have to sustain this great country in its lofty position of conservator of the peace of the civilized world, to be censured for securing to us the greatest of all bless ings, for carrying out a great measure that secures all the interests of our own country, gratifies and com pletes the desires of the now friendly Americans, and, to her separating Great B r Britain a t i h n e m fre fr e olu to a as n s e e n rt ta a n l g l li t n h g at al b l e ia lo n n e gs es, rights and her power with h I r neighbours in Europe —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, perceive I need say no more, and that you understand the real merits and the great importance of this treaty, which will ere long be acknowledged by all." THE ELOQUENCE OF THE TEXAIN BAN: — May is please the Court, the learned barrister reminds me of an Andalusian bull, with nostrils distended, eyef dilated, neck bowed, tail curled, roaring and leaping, plunging, bellowing, and charging over the Alpine heights and wid e extended plains of jurisprudence ; but, may it pleas e th e Court, the gentlemen has failed in his demurrer.--Ne w York Paper. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Sa.; turday for. Ryde, Isle of Wight. read it aloud. During this ceremony the Pacha ap peared much affected. At the passage—" I send you by, Samy Pacha the Nishen Sadaret decoration of Grande Vizier," Samy took from a case a splendid deco ration set in brilliants, the riband of which, of dark blue; he placed round the Viceroy's neck. One ex pression—"ln accord with the Allied , Powers, the Government of Egypt was iiranted you hereditarily ; this honour of the sadaret is personal ;"—was much noticed. The . reading of the diploma having been concluded. Mehemet Ali withdrew to a corner of the audience chamber, where he seated himself: At the same time the guns from all the forts in the town and the ships in the harbour fired a salute. Ibrahim Pacha having stooped to kiss his father's hand, Mehe met Ali made him sit down by his side. The offi cers of the household in succession presented them selves before the new Grand Vizier, knelt down, and kissed the fringe of his divan. After the Ulemas retired the Scherif Abdallah, son of the Scherif of Mecca, who arrived from Con stantinople in the Redschid steamer, adVanced to pay his honage to the Pacha. The ceremony having been concluded, the battalion of the guard, which was drawn up in the court-yard, together with their regimental band of music, withdrew. On this occa sion all the Consuls, with the exception of those of Austria and Russia, hoisted their flags. The latter plead etiquette, and say that they should have been informed of the ceremony by a circular. Mehemet Ali continues to wear his decoration, which gives him the title of Highness, and places him, in point of rank, second to the Sultan. On the 23d, sailed from Alex andria for Marseilles the Nile steamer, with horses, shawls, and Mocha coffee, as a present to the King of the French. Artin Bey, the Paella's interpreter, accompanies them. The Pacha proposes to set out for Cairo to pass the month of Ramazan, but before his departure he intends t o di spatc h Samy Pacha again to Constantinople, probably to obtain permission for the Viceroy to proceed in person to thank his Sovereign. Other reports say that the Pacha would prefer the actual appointment of Grand Vizier to the honorary title. It is said that the Sultan's mother, the Sultana Valide, wishes to pass through Egypt on a pilgrimage to Mecca. THE AFFAIRS OF GERMANY. t FRANKFORT, Oct: I. , —The position of the Press in ' Germany is curiously illustrated by a judicial decision which was prbnounced lately by one of the higher tribunals of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Before the memorable decrees of 1882 Baden had enjoyed com parative freedom of the Press. The newspapers were, indeed, under the control of a censor, but if they printed articles which he prohibited, no penalty could be enforced against them, unless a Jury decided that the article in question was punishable. The Frank fort ordinances were chiefly directed against Baden, as the country which had the best emancipated itself from the eld-iashioned restraints that were jealously kept up by Austria and Prussia. Baden, like the rest, was obliged to make its censorship rigorous, and fora while freedom of discussion ;vas annihilated. After the farce of the " demagogische Autriche" (the emptiness of which was proclaimed last year officially) was played out, and the serious position in which Germany was placed by M. Thiers awakened a bol der and a better spirit in both rulers and ruled, the Gazette of Upper Germany was founded by some public-spirited citizens at Carlsruhe, and did good ser vice under the censorship of M. Giehne to the national cause. At the time it was almost the only paper in Ger many that gave leading articles, and therefore com manded more attention abroad than all the rest of the Press taken tegether. Theimpression which these well penned effusions made in Paris was the best re ward of the writer, and the chief object of his exer tions. This impression was due to the tone in which they were conceived, and which left no doubt as to their expressing the sentiments of an unanimous and po►verful nation. The impression they made on the Baden censor was, however, not less apparent. Baillie Jarvie enforcing the law against Rob Roy, was in no greater perplexity than the worthy censorial depart ment at Carlsruhe on this manifestation of power on the part of newspaper, which, to the honour of all censors, seemed to have adopted the plan of taking no notice of them. Treating them as torments which might have their use on occasions which it was then no time to discuss, the editor went on printing in spite of prohibitions and seizures, paying the dines that' were laid upon him through the munificence of the proprietors, and acting as no organ of the Press had ever done before in Germany. One would have thought that the Baden' Government, which were to have had to bear the - brunt of the fray, if an invasion had taken place, would have felt in some measure in- debted to so seasonable an ally. But the editor, like those conscious of strength, was not always particular as to the direction in which he used it, and seemed to think that the remedying of abuses at home was as good a way as any other to make Germany respected abroad. We English, too, unhappily did not of late stand much in the Editor's favour, from the influence of a proprietor who, amongst many amiable qualities and great diversity of talent, has lately had a propen sity for cotton-spinning, or from the not uncommon notion that manufactures are the only means to make a country rich, and that we prevent all the rest of the world from manufacturing. The Baden Govern ment, however, did not interfere to prevent the cen sor from pursuing his attacks, and he, of course, was encouraged to increase their severity. A Commissary of Police was sent into the printing-office to examine the manuscripts, and carry off any winch might be in process of printing in contravention of the censorial prohibition. This course was, after some trials, dis continued as unadvisable, and the system of confiscat ing the numbers at the Post-office adopted. This allowed the proprietors to commence a suit at law for indemnification for their loss. The Magis tracy of Carisruhe, in the first instance, in every respect, decided against the Editor, and sentenced him to the usual fine for contumacy against. the censor. An appeal was made to the Court at Rad stadt, which has decided against the Lower Court, confirming the fine, which was not disputed in the appeal, bat ordering the property to be restored, and condemning the seizure as illegal. M. Sander, the popular Deputy, was the pleader for the paper. This decision deserves to be known in England, as it shows the respect for private property which is found where the Courts of Justice are independent, and must, of course, influence the projection of such un dertakings as the transit of the Indian mails, or other cases of trust. In Prussia another case of hardship has, I am sorry to say, been added to those o f M essrs . Jacoby and * Hoffman. The principal teacher of the Gymna sium of Konigsberg was accused of contributing some of the leading articles of the greatest effect to the paper of that city, which, since the accession of the present King, has been foremost in the Liberal ranks. He was required to produce a certificate from the Head-master that he performed his duties satisfac torily. The Master gave him a brilliant testimony as to his- efficiency, but when the leading question was put to himself whether he thought it advantageous to the school to have its teachers writers in newspapers, he,-of course, replied in the negative. On this M. Witte was immediately dismissed from his post. Judging from the manner in which M. Witte is re spected-in. Prussia one would think that a censorship with any pretensions.to the character of utility would use every exertion to get the papers into such hands as this instead of discouraging men of respectability and talent from supporting them. RUSSIAN FORCE IN THE SLACK SEA. SEBASTOPOL, SEPT. 11.—The fleet which sailed from this harbour about a month since, to cruise in the Black Sea, and to exercise the crews at their guns, returned about five days since. It anchored in the roads, where it presents an imposing appearance. This squadron is composed of six ships of the line, two frigates, and three sloops. The names of the line-of-battle ships are—the Twelve Apostles, bear ing the Russian Vice-Admiral Arvinoff's flag, and the Three Saints, both three-deckers, carrying 120 guns. These two superb ships were built at Nicolajeff, and are quite new. The crews of each consist of 800 men, and their guns are—two-thirds of 48 guns, and the remainder of 36. The other ships mount 84 guns, and are called the Mahmut, Silistria, Adrianople, and the Three Hierarchs. Their crews consist of 600 men each, and their guns of 32-pounders. The Silis tria having run aboard the Adrianople during the late cruise, and damaged her, the latter has been laid up in dock, and it is doubtful whether she can ever be fitted for sea. Besides this fleet there are in the inner harbour six other ships fit for service, viz., the Warsaw, a three-decker, carrying 120 guns, and five carrying 84 guns. A new ship, the Varna, is daily expected from Nicolajeff. Besides the ships already mentioned, there are six others unfit for service. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea comprises, besides the ships above named, six frigates, eleven sloops, and six steam-boats, which are almost all employed on the coast of the Caucasus, to prevent any commu nication between the mountaineers and the Turkish ports in Asia Minor, whence the Circassians used to draw their supplies of provisions and ammunition. The works of the fortifications of Sebastopol are car ried on with the greatest activity. The two forts at the entrance of the bay, named Alexander and Con stantine, which are mounted with 320 pieces of cannon, are completely finished. The works of the great fort St. Nicholas, which consist of three rows of cannon one above the other, are nearly complete. This edifice of extraordinary magnitude is, intended to defend, with 260 cannon, the harbour and docks, but at, this moment there are but .50 guns mounted. The most extensive works that the Russians hare effected here are, without comparison, the docks for repairing ships of war. These works shauld be seen in order to have an idea of this colossal enterprise, which was com menced twelve years since, and is still continued, not withstanding the numerous difficulties which were opposed to the filling those docks with sufficient water. For this purpose it was necessary to form a canal, 18 versts long, to convey the water from the river Tcher naia Retchka. This canal passes through several tunnels and aqueducts. It is a British engineer named Hopttm who is directing those works. The Emperor is so much pleaSed with the exertions of this gentle man that he has conferred on him a decoration, toge ther with the rank of Colonel. The Russian Admiral Lazareff, a man of great activity and an excellent seaman, is at present here, occupied in inspecting the works of the fortifications. When he has concluded this operation, he proposes to return to Nicolajeff, where he resides, with the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the entire Russian naval force in the Black Sea. Intelligence has just been received here that Lieut. General Golowin, Commander-in-Chief of the Pro vinces of the Caucasus, has been recalled, and replaced by General Neidhart, one of the Emperor's .Aides-de- Camp. The Prince Tschernitscheff, Russian Minister of War, still remains in Circassia. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY- EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1842. 16th of August. When I got to the toll-gate I saw a body of men coming towards me. They were making a very great noise, and beating the turnpike gate with bludgeons. Standevens pressed me close against the railings, and called out to the others, " Now, lads." I saw him put his hand in his bosom and pull out something like a pistol, and swore he would take my life away because I was a ringleader. The others all surrounded me, and raised their bludgeons as if to strike, and I struck at them, fought my way out, and ran away. lam quite certain about Standevens ; he appeared to be the leader of the mob. Jonathan Large—Was acting as special constable on the night of the 16th August. When we got to the turnpike it was about eleven o'clock. I was not alarmed, although the others were. The mob were making a great noise. I volunteered to go down with Ford to the gate. They stood opposite Ford's uncle's house. I heard Standevens say to the others " halt." They had hedge-stakes in their hands. Standevens said, " We will kill all the special con stables in Stoke." He lifted his cudgel to Ford, the last witness, and said, " Now, for your life, or I will kill you !" Ford then ran oft; and Standevens shoved me off the road. I followed the mob. The other constables then came up, and all three prisoners were taken. lam sure the three prisoners were of the party. Standevens and Handcock were very fresh in drink. John Bennet—l acted as a special constable on the light in question. I saw the mob of eight or nine lerons opposite Mr. Ford's. I saw Standevens and Wright aitiong the mob. James Lovatt—l apprehended Standevens on the night of the 16th of August. He was waving a bludgeon over his head, and I asked him what he was doing disturbing the peace, and ordered him to " disperse." He said that was his way home, and was but he would go that way. He went on shouting, " Come on, lads, we will clear the town of every constable." When he got to the Brook bridge he turned back, and said he would go and fetch the others, and pull the town down. He said he would cut the head off any constable that laid a finger on him, and I took hold of his collar. Two other constables came to my assistance, and we took him into custody. He raised his bludg:on to strike me, but it was taken out of his hand. When we were taking him to the lock-up he cried out, " Frost, Jones, and Williams," and " Britons \ strike home." He shouted that several times, and it created a great uproar in the town, and I believe it brought out the cavalry. His head was bleeding, and he wiped it down with . his hands, and said he would wash them in English blood. I believe he was struck by one of the constables when I laid hold of him. He was very drunk. I did not see the others taken. Mr. NEALE addressed the Jury for the prisoners. Mr. Baron ROLFE having summed up, the Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. Thomas Bennett was indicted for a riot at Stoke upon-Trent, on the 16th of August last. Thomas Bassington—l am a shoemaker, and acted as a special constable during the disturbances. On the 16th of August, towards evening, there was a great row at the bottom of the street. The prisoner was standing by himself, and threw at the troops with great violence. I crossed over and asked him how he could think of throwing at the soldiers ? He said, "D— your eyes, what have you to do with it ?" and wanted me to fight. There was a great crowd assem bled. He was taken into custody, and made great resistance. John Roland—Acted as special constable. Is cer tain the prisoner threw a stone at the soldiers. When he was brought up to the Town-hall he declared be fore the gentlemen sitting at the Town-hall that he was a Chartist, that he had thrown stones at the yeo manry, and would la so next day if he had an oppor tunity. Ile had a clasp-knife in his hand open, and witness made him close it. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. THE LATE ATROCIOUS MURDER AT LINCOLN. (Abridged from the Stamford Mercury.) The Jury re-assembled on Friday night last to pursue the investigation of circumstances inducing a belief that the mother of the murderer was a partici pator in the crime. The first witness examined was Mary Smith, the female who saw the death-blow given to Mary Lilburn, and who had frequently heard the old woman threaten the deceased to get her mas t .tr (meaning her husband) to give her a good beat ing. The witness had also within the last three weeks heard the old woman tell her husband (Ed ward Lilburn, pipe-maker of the waterside), to beat his wife. As late as the day before the fatal blow was given she heard the mother eall the deceased abo minable names, and incite him to ill use her, and, in fact, it would seem from the evidence generally that the poor wife was almost invariably spoken of and to by some opprobrious term, and seldom addressed by name. Aim, the wife of Joseph Lamb, cooper, corrobo rated the statement with regard to the continued ill treatment of the deceased, and that the old woman frequently instigated the son to beat her, and swore that within a fortnight of the death she had heard the old Nvornan say to the son, " Here's Mary been drink ing again, and if you don't lick her well for it I'll leave you." The old nurse who equivocated at the former exa mination, was examined, after being warned of the responsibility of an oath in a religious sense, and as regards the laws of the country. On Wednesday morning, the 28th ult., the day after the death of the deceased, the old woman, addressing the witness, said, "Coyne up stairs, I . NS'atit'yote. " When they got up stairs, the old woman continued, «If you look over the rack, you'll find a cameral ; take it, and put it into the false room, for my son never hit his wife with it." The reply was, " I shall do nothing of the kind," and the witness left the old woman up stairs, and went out upon a trifling errand. On returning _she met the old woman in the gateway, who said, "Now be sure to remember what rye told you." The re ply was, "Pm sure I shan't ;" and the witness after: wards seeing Philip Lilburn, a brother of the mur derer, told him what had passed, and he cautioned her to let the cameral remain where it was, and let the police find it. Two hours after the death, this woman went and applied for a certificate for burial. The police, on the Wednesday morning, were sent to watch , the house, that nothing should be taken away, and the cameral which was produced was found by policeman Blow on the ledge of a wall above the pun cheon-rack, the place described by old Mrs. Lilburn to the nurse Asman. At this stage of the inquiry some new features were presented. The bedding and other articles taken by the police were found to be saturated with blood ; there was the appearance of blood in the out-house, and the old woman was shown to have thrown a basin of blood down the gutter. The medical men, on the post mortem examination, found the stomach in a healthy state, with the exception of slight disease of the liver; and having stated that the extravasation of blood upon the brain, caused by the stroke from the cameral, was the cause of death, they ceased from the examination, and the body was interred on Thursday . afternoon.. After the interment, circumstances of ill treatment transpired which were before unknown, and one was hinted at too monstrous and too indelicate for relation. The Jury, for satisfaction, determined that the body should be exhumed, and a second medical examination made, and the inquest was adjourned to Saturday. The body was taken up and again examined; the suspicion hinted at proved to be entirely groundless, and the blood remained entirely unaccounted for. The Jury again met on Saturday morning, and proceeded with the inquiry. Sarah Stainton deposed that on Wednesday and Thursday, the 14th and 15th of December last, she went to the house of the prisoner and saw the deceased, who showed one of her legs much discoloured, from ill-usage, the deceased told her, on the part of her hus band. The prisoner was then ill ; and upon Mrs. Arnold, his sister, coming in and inquiring how he was, the old woman replied, "He is almost heart broken about that b-h ;" I wish she was gibbetted alive." Mr s . Arnold replied, "You may wish me the same ; but you have not a child that will not curse the hour they had a mother." The deceased came frOm the kitchen, and telling the old woman to wait upon her son herself, the latter replied, " You b h, you shall have it; and on the 15th the pri soner lifted up a pump-handle and endeavoured to strike her with it. The next morning he threatened to knock out her brains, if she did not get a clean shirt ready for him to put on. The deceased had repeatedly told witness of the incestuous intercourse, and said, "What should you think of it, if he was to leave you in bed, and go to his own mother ?" Other circum stances, which are too disgusting for detail, were sworn to on this head. Mary Smith and Ann Lamb was again examined, and re-affirmed their former statements. The fact of the decea.sed's being confined naked, was corroborated by Eliz. Jenkinson, a servant, who lived with the 'Albums at the time, and who stated also that Mrs. Lamb came and took her away. It was proved that Lilburn had been heard to say that if his mother was to die, he should throw him self into the river and drown himself, he loved her so. The Jury, considering that they had sufficient evi dence against the mother to warrant a verdict of "ac cessory before the fact," the inquiry was closed on Saturday afternoon, and the Coroner made out his warrant for the committal of the old woman. She was conveyed to the city prison in a fly, fol lowed by an immense mob, who had anticipated that' she would be taken in a cart, and that there would be an opportunity of stoning her. All parties speak of the deceased as a steady and uniformly well-conducted woman prior to her marriage, about four or five years ago; after that event she became habituated to drink ing; and the old woman also seems to have been a great spirit-drinker and laudanum-taker. Lilburn, after his committal, made an assignment of his property ; but the intent of it has been fustrated SPECIAL COMMISSION. STAFFORD, OCT. B.—The trials of the prisoners implicated in the riots in this district were proceeded with this morning. Chief Justice Tindal sat in the Nisi Prins Court, Mr: Baron Parke' in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Rolfe in the Grand Jury room. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) TRIAL OF ELLIS AND OTHERS FOR ARSON.—During the trial of these prisoners, Earl Talbot, Lord In gestre, and other distinguished persons connected with the county, were present on the bench. The Soli citor-General proceeded to examine the witnesses in this case, after having concluded his statement of the case at which our last account terminated. The first witness called was George Godwin, who was examined by the SOLI TOR-GENERAL—I am a cabinet-maker at Hanley. I know Wm. Ellis since he was a boy. He lived near me. I remember the night of the fire, the 15th of August. I went down to Mr. Aitkens'. I saw Ellis inside the railings in the front garden. I saw that his face was blackened. I can positively speak to his person. I did not observe him doing anything at the time. The house was then on fire, and the work ap peared to be altogether done. I saw Ellis the same morning heading a body of the people. He was call ing forwards, and a great number walking afterwards with walking-sticks. I did not observe that Ellis had anything in his hand. I did not see 'him after that time. Joseph Burton, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON-- Saw Ellis heading the mob towards Burslem. John Williams, examined by the Soiacrroa-GENz- RAL—I came home from Sandbach, in Cheshire, on the 16th of August. I happened to be at Hanley. I was at the meeting at the Crown Bank. I got there at seven o'clock in the morning. I saw the premises which had been burnt. The fires were burn ing at that time. 150 or 200 persons were present. Some of the boys had sticks. Speeches were made to the people. 'The prisoner Ellis spoke. I heard him address the people. He said the watchword at the diffe rent meetings,' A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," was all stuff. He told the people where the soldiers were stationed, and said if they did not obtain their rights before the red-coats came from India and China they would be thrown back one hundred years. He said that George Thompson and the Corn-law League were a set of tyrants, their object being to get the Corn-laws taken off in order to reduce the poor men's wages: After' hearing this I left, and proceeded to Burslem, where the mob came. I heard the Riot Act read, saw the soldiers fire upon the people, and one man was killed and several were wounded. , Josiah Mills, examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—Mr. Ridgeway and a Mr. Richards addressed the meeting, after which Ellis spoke. This witness corroborated the other witness in reference to the observations of Ellis at the meeting in question. There was another meeting the next day at the Crown Bank, at which Ellis attended and spoke. He used similar inflam matory expressions to those already a ll u ded to. E.'kerrett examined by the SO LICITOR •GE NERAL—Remembers the fires in question at Hanle y . I was at the Crown Bank at the meeting on the morn ing of the 16th of August. I sa w Ellis ther e. His eves and cars appeared as if they had been dirty, and he looked like a man that had been up all night. The collar of his shirt was also dirty, and his finger-nails likewise exhibited the mark s o f dirt. This witness also deposed to the expressions previously stated by other witnesses to have been used by Ellis. He after wards saw the crowd go to Burslem and break win dows. Heard Ellis, at the second meeting referred to say, " They have murdered our best men at Burslem, but we will have blood for blood." I saw a large number of persons at this last meeting with bludgeons in their hands. The meeting consisted of about 5,000 persons. The soldiers arrived at Hanley in the even ing, and dispersed the meeting. I left on the arrival of the soldiers. Cross-examined by Mr. NEALE, but nothing mate rial was elicited. Henry Mitchell and George Gibbs also spoke as to Ellis running with the crowd. --Clayton, examined by the S oLic iTon-GENERAL -- I live at Burslem. I saw th e di stur b a nces that took place there. I saw Colel oug h ( one o f the prisoners) there. Rhodes, a constable, produced two candlesticks. Thos. Harris and another boy deposed that they saw such candlesticks in the possession of the pri soner Wood. yv The cook to the Rev. Mr. Aitkens proved that the candlesticks in question were taken from her master's house on the occasion of th e fi re w hich took place there. Some curtains were als o p ro duced, which were proved to have been taken fro m th e h o use of the Rev. Mr. Aitkens. This closed the case for the prosecution. The SOLICITOR-GENERA L said,- that as there was no evidence against Kelsal, he might be acquitted. He was acquitted accordingly. Mr. V. LEE then proceeded to address the Jury on the part of the prisoners,Roberts, Murray, and Wood, and had not concluded when our express left. - (Before Mr. Baron l'Aux.E.) Samuel Jones, Wm. Gittens, Thos. Byrnes, John Griffiths, John Morris, Thos. Pitt, Thos. Walker, Sampson Bates, Wm. Jones, Thos. Hughes, Benjamin Lordling, John Symons, and Solomon Allen, :were in dicted for rioting, and preventing the miners of Mr. Salter going down the coal -pits belonging to that gen tleman, on the 20th of last August, in the parish of West Bromwich. . The evidence against the prisoners went to show that they were all present on the occasion of Mr. Salter's miners being prevented from going to their work on the day in question ; and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all of th em. . . - (Before - Mr. Baron ROLFE.) ::: O . p s eerageant TALFOURD;-- _ Samuel Crutchley was indicted for assaulting and at Stoke upon-Trent, on the 15th of August. police constable, cutting jaine James hopend s ta . e b x b a i stabbing rJwadnbi I am a policeman of Stoke-upon-Trent. Was on the 15th of August at a place called Harts-hill. I knew there had previously been attacks upon Messrs. Rose's and Allen's. The prisoner was comin g from Mr. Rose's house. I seized Crutchl ey by the collar, and said he should go along with me. - 1_ -le refused. Ile put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small clasp knife, which was open, and made a cut at me across the left hand. He gave me three cuts in all. I haVe never made use of my hand since,. and I fear I never shall again. I was obliged to let him go. lie then said, ~ D— you, now 1:11 murder you. He cut my made several stabs at me, and jacket through, in two places. I took from his per son a table-cloth, a piece of bacon, and a handkerchief. The 'prisoner got away. - • John' 'ittenshall--I was with Hope when he took the prisoner Crutchley into custody, I was• aware that there - had been attacks made previously upon Mr, Rose's and Mr. Allen s houses. .We thought they had got some of the plate from Mr. Rose's in the bundles. I seized Boom. I should not have let either of them go if Crutchley had not used his knife. James Adains—l was housekeeper td-Mr. Allen, of Fenton,.'in Aiigust last. I' lost thirty sovereigns of my own and a handkerchief.—(The handkerchief taken from Crutchley was here handed to the wit ness, and identified by her.) The mob broke into the house and carried off a great deal of property, and this handkerchief was at the time in the house. Mr. Baron RoI,FF. having summed • up, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JuDGE, after commenting upon the enormity of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life. Henry Standevens, Charles Wright. and William Handcock, were indicted for a riot- at Stoke-upon- Trent, on the 16th of August. Henry Johnson cord --I - act -as a special eon- Stable during the riots, and was out all night on the THE PACHA OF EGYPT. ALE XAN DRI A SEPT. 26.—Mehemet Ali sailed hence on the morning of the 17th inst. in the Nile steamer to join his fleet, accompanied by M. Tossizza, the Greek Consul. On the 18th Ibrahim Pacha ar rived here from Cairo. He looks older than his father, although the courtiers - pretend that he enjoys excellent health. He takes no part in political affairs, and speaks only on agricultural subjects. On the 20th Saroy Paella arrived on board the Redscid Egyptian teamer from Constantinople. He joined Mehemet Ali on board the Admiral's ship. Shortly afterwards the Viceroy embarked on board the steamer Nile, to return to Alexandria, under a salute from the entire fleet. On the 21st he gave audience, surrounded by his son, Ibrahini,Pacha, Osman Pacha of the guard, and by other superior officers, all in full dress The ante-chamber was filled with civil, military, and naval officers. The Ulemas were likewise present, but no persons of inferior rank were admitted. Mehemet Ali presented himself at the door of the audience chamber, when Samy Pacha, dressed in a blue uni form, such as is worn at Constantinople, embroidered with gold, handed the Pacha the diploma by which the Sultan appointed him Honorary Grand Vizier, which the Paella kissed, touched it with hi 4 forehead, and then handed it to his Secretary, Kiamil Bey, who by the Coroner, who has taken an inventory of the cows, and real and other personal property, acting under the 4th of Edw. I. This statute, making the Coroner an acting trustee for the Crown in the case of conviction, is, it appears, yet in full force ; and no assignment is valid after the person is found culpable, &c. The forfeiture depends upon conviction ; and im mediate forfeiture, it appears, is the penalty for the flight of a person culpable, &c., only. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. • CHRONICLE.— The Ministerial journals would have done much better to have attended to our advice in the beginning. From what errors, inconsistencies, and needless advocacy of the most shameful and untenable doctrines wojild they not have been preserved, had they allowed Lord Ellenborough's conduct to remain undefended as it was obviously indefensible. When the intelligence of the order to retreat was first published, it was boldly justified, one day upon the ground of the impracticability of the march to Caubul, another of the danger to 'the prisoners by which it would be attended. For a moment, however, the fact of the order having been issued was never questioned. Times, Herald, Post, and Standard, all admitted it " Lord Ellenborough has issued the order," said ' they, "but he could not avoid it. Under the circumstances it was the most politic thing he could do. It is wholly impossible for either General Pollock or General Nott to advance to Caubul ; and even if they could advance, their I doing so would only expose the prisoners to certain destruction. Therefore Lord Ellenbo rough has judged and acted wisely in ordering the troops to retreat." The next mail arrives, and lo ! the Governor-General has counter manded his first order, and notwithstanding all the weighty considerAtions of policy and human ity, both General Pollock and General Nott have been ordered to advance. Did we not tell you it would be so ?• On the sth of September we noticed an observation of a writer in the Tunes, which was to"the effect that " a forward move ment would not take place unless it was ordered from home," and we then remarked—" Most fortunately the move in advance has been ordered from home, and will be carried into effect, But it will be in violation of the orders of the Gover nor-General of India." We spoke confidently, and not upon light grounds. The -Government writers, however, were confounded by the sup position that upon a question of such magnitude Sir Robert Peel should take a course so directly in opposition to Lord Ellenborough. They ven tured to deny it. In repeating our state ment we referred, in justification of Sir Ro bert Peel, to the express promises which he had given to the House of Commons. We were told that these promises were only given " under the influence of the general excitement that prevailed at the time," and that it would be " very unfair to hold Sir R. Peel to the strict letter of his en gagement." To this pitiful appeal we answered (on September 13)—" We must interpose to protect Sir Robert Peel from the imputations cast upon him by his own supporters. Events willjustify his policy and our anticipation. The Right Hon. Baronet meant what lie said when lie undertook to redress the reverses of the last campaign, and that policy to whichhe has solemnly pledged his Government he will carry into e f fect. For a season he must endure, as the head of the Government. the disgrace which the dastardly conduct of the Governor-Gene ral of India has cast, not alone upon the Ministry which appointed him, but upon the country to which he belongs. But the orders subsequently se nt from England, and which most probably the next snail will tell us have been acted upon, if they do not altogether exculpate Ministers, will at least limit their responsibility to the secondary offence of having handed over our Eastern empire to the manage ment of a man so shallow, heartless, and con ceited as Lord Ellenborough." And yet with this controversy in recollection, some of these very journals have now the coolness to charge us with want of due caution in considering the order to retreat! We have throughout the contro versy done the Government the justice, done it in opposition to the earnest protests of all their own writers, of declaring our well-grounded be lief that they would be no parties to the das tardly fatuity of their Indian servants. We knew and said, that collie what would, Minis ters would order an advance upon Caubul. POST.—A Correspondent at Calcutta, who has access to the best sources of political infor mation, has favoured us with a communication which enables us to assert, in the most unquali fied terms, that the Governor-General of India never gave an order, either to General Pollock or to any other officer, for the evacuation of Aff glianistan by the British troops; and to assert, moreover, that Lord Ellenborough, from the moment of his arrival in India to the date of our Correspondent's letter, never used any language, privately or officially—no single word, by tongue or pen—importing that his Lordship contem plated the withdrawal of the British force from A figlianistan, until everything had been done that the honour of Great Britain and the mainte nance of her character, authority, and pre-emi nence in India could be supposed to require. We learn from the Correspondent above referred to, upon whose information we implicitly rely, ,; that whatever militarY movements may recently I have taken place at Candahar and Jellalabad, and whatever may be their object, those move ments are not the result of immediate instruc tions front London, but of the deliberate, cohe rent, and unvaccilating system of policy adopted by the present Governor-General, and pursued 1 without the slightest deviation, even for a mo ment, since his Lordship's arrival in India—a polity-always in harmony with the wishes and the determination of the British Cabinet, with which his Lordship's mind was so fully imbued before he left England, that lie could feel no difficulty, and incur little risk of error, in giving to those wishes and that determination their due application and proper force in every conceivable emergency. We heartily condole with the Morning Chronicle on the discovery that the innumerable columns of eloquent and patriotic indignation which it has bestowed upon Lord Ellenborough's order for the British army to retire within the line of the Indus have been thrown away upon a mere phantasy. No such order was ever issued. No such order will be issued. On the contrary, the most diligent, strenuous, and systematicexertions have been made to restore the British army to an efficient state for the execution of such operations as may be necessary for the recovery of the Bri tish prisoners now in the hands of the Affghans, and for obtaining such further satisfaction as na tional honour requires us to exact for the savage ex cesses practised by our barbarian foe, in the course of a war into which the Indian Government had rushed, regardless alike of policy, humanity, and justice.W hen these objects are achieved, the whole immediate purpose of the present Indian Govern inent,inAffghanistan,willhavebeenaccomplished; and Lord Ellenborough willhavefulfilledin India what seems the proper and natural function and destiny of Conservative statesmen, at home and abroad, in having redeemed the errors of his Whig predecessor, and averted or repaired the national calamities they were calculated to pro duce. Wo also assert, with perfect confidence that we shall be justified by the future course of events, that the British Government of India will not make any further attempt to conquer Aff glianistan, with a view to the permanent occupa tion of that country. It is universally felt, both in Great Britain and in India, that no military operations ought to be un dertaken tan, beyond what may be needful in for obtaining - is Affg the prisoners, and rescuingtb ad e B eik ri t t er is p h r n is a e m o e f fr t o h m e the disgrace which the mad _ Whi g Government has broug ht up on a it 'gro T ss il ly e invasion of the Affgh an territor y was unjustifiable proceed in g from the be g inning, and t o persevere in it for one moment longer th an we are compelled to do by th e necessity re trieving the misfortunes an d disgrace it Conservative Government. occa sioned, would be utterly unworthy of an honest s of L s itey'at.i.) p TIMES.—Our readers wil l have a seen e w a it c l - 1 muc h interest in our Saturd i-Uhilzie by dtteodf theirNNith cheerfulness an d constancy to . t inferior in the c c o a u p n ta t i n of C pa tience and courage with w rtahieg,daeclfeelfteezetceofilio. ch it has been car ut not th e officers and corps rsiaelde,stifibroreuegbattojetilliaelatioaldal.e Weffeort. d s o o .b f General etr su a b u m de i the privati ons tiehdic;tiwoinliand reward. We wo u ld also li n ' h o o t b h e a v d e mendi t er e o d f e d t s i call attention to the very just observations of our Hyderabad Correspondent upon the services of General Nott. It is s t range ," be says, " that while laudatory o rders have been poured forth upon S a l e ari d and not less than either well merited, Ge of his neral Nott i sh 3u o t ul f d or h h av is e comparativeabdemeniratbrleeatmedainwtittnhane . neglect. position at Candahar, and his entire repeated overthrows of the rebel forces, the rebel* forces would have acquired strength, and the destruction of that army might have been achieved by them. During and badly enough off for winter, without money, the whole of last sup plies, he preserved the discipline and military feeling of his army, and as spring advanced no one could have been more a c ti ve than he was in du' pering th e enemy from every p os i t i on which they bad assumed:' We should n o t f eel that we had done without expressing ce in our cordial cO4PlArreP these sentiments. General *Nat - has not been our duty tffiocumbeieets, themand instanti t n ri n ut o np o i n ut e htly. It e h w a it s ho h u e t fa h il i e s d di would be hard indeed if the completeness of his successes were to have the effect of diminishing the public appreciation of them. He has never found himself in imminent danger, it is true, but how far is it owing to his own decision and con duct that he has not been so? Enough, however, of this subject, which is probably already under the consideration of Government. Our corre spondents refer to another matter, which we con fess we cannot look upon without the greatest apprehension. As if we had not enough upon our hands, it seems that a quarrel - is blowing up between ourselves and the Sikhs—Our old allies, and in favour of whom (for the Sikh pos session of Peshawar was the real point in dis. pute) we rejected the alliance of Dost Ma homed, and involved ourselves in the present Singh. perunhappy struggle. "It is said," we bear, m. " that Shere Sin g h h as applied to Lord Ellen borough/01tisheilfr, E inis hi te h r, t commands the Sikh army, which is i n his inte rest, so dint interference becomes more pro bable." If this be not truth it is marvellously like it ; it precis e ly t a lli es with the natural appre hensions which th e hi story of the Sikh empire thus far would suggest to any thinking. mind. Runjeet'Shigh's great ness was based simply - his e ffi cient and well-disciplined upon which we gave him ever y a army—a poser assistance to pertixt-- formed by European advice, and upon European The machine s models. o created was only kep t in order by the piercing and resolut e m i n d o f him who had called it into being; and no w , w h en the reins of government Lade passed into less capable hands, that the soldiery should feel their power arid proceed —or attempt—to cast off the feeble successor oftheir old leader, or at least to enforce the substantial dominion of a leader more agreeable to their own wishes, and, perhaps, much less inclined to British interests, is so likely that very little evidence is necessary to make us apprehend its truth. " I do not say," says our correspondent, " that the Sikh Government wishes for war (with England), but the army does, and has done so for years. The Sikh soldiery are a vain and insolent body, and, as they are, desire nothing more than an oppor tunity of thrashing the Feringees, which. in their hearts, they think they can do." This may very well be true, and if they choose to seek a quarrel, they must take the consequences, which probably will be little favourable to themselves. If interference is in good truth forced upon us by the insolence, rebellion, or treachery of the army of our old ally—if we are unable to keep our faith with his descendant without assisting him against his refractory subjects —or, again, if in this critical position of our affairs they for whose sake we plunged into it break faith with us, and leave us to weather the consequences of their ruler's umbition—let the interference be what it ought to be, and what the formation of the new army of reserve on the Indus, and the movement of General England from Can dahar in the same direction give every pro mise that it shall be—decisive and overpowerwg. But it should be observed that, up to this time, at far more trying moments than the present, when a hostile movement in the Punjaub would have had consequences on our empire which it is difficult to. calculate, and which it is somewhat alarming:even to think of in retrospect, the Sikhs remained firm and decided in our alliance. Nor, though we have heard of many vague suspicions and unauthoritative surmises, is there any pro ducible fact to stand against the hearty co-opera tion which General Pollock seems hitherto to have found in that very army whose disaffection is now asserted. And though it may be true that, according to the shifting character of Asiatic politics, new feelings may have arisen, fresh individuals have been cast up into the pos session of substantial power, yet still the preva lence of any deep hostility towards ourselves must be allowed to be rendered pqma facie very improbable, by its non-appearance at that not very distant period of difficulty which war so eminently calculated to call it out. We should hear, then, with the utmost regret that these indications had proved delusive,—that a new enemy had arisen where we most expected, and had most right to expect, a constant and active gratitude, and that it was necessary, at the risk of arousing a most formidable league against Ulb and of losing no small character for constancy in our friendships, to turn our arms upon a country hitherto so steadily attached to our interests. It need hardly be said we should view with in finitely greater dissatisfaction . an event so un likely that we will not venture to think it pos sible,—any attempt to compensate ourselves for our failures in Affghanistan by an unprovoked attack on the tempting territories of tt.e Pun jaub. If it were to appear that our Gt. vern ' ment had taken advantage of any existing distractions in that country and of the Or sence of so large an English force upon its frontier to' intimidate its rulers into a sur render of their independence ;—if, without invitation from their ally, without aggres sion from their ussumed enemies, they allowed themselves, to be led by mere opportunity into the wanton spol:at.on of an active and unsus pectin s g friend ;—if the change of Governors and of poTicyliandia only amounted to this, that in stead of an unjust war with the Affghans, we were to involve ourselves in an unjust war with the Sikhs and Affghans united—a war of which the daring impoliey would quite equal its in justice—then, indeed, we should begin to remem ber that quos Deus cult perdere prius demented, and to fear that our disaster at Caubul w:4:3 only the ominous beginning of those disasters with which our unprinciple d temerity was to over whelm us. But the character and professions, both of Lord Ellenborough and of those to whom he is responsible for the exercise of his authority, forbid such a notion. We believe in his pacific intentions —we believe in his pacific instructions, and we cannot, and will not doubt that, for every reason conibined—credit, safety, generosity—he would shrink from so equivocal a step as a breach with the Sikhs, unless the preservation of an honest peace became plainly impracticable. We trust the honour of the country in his hands. Yet, if we are to have another war, we shall be not a little anxious to hear " the rights" of it. We have had one lesson on this subject, and are far from wanting another. In these dull times some of our Contemporaries appear to have great difficulty in filling up their numerous columns. In one this morning the Exa miner recurs at least thirty-two times in an article on the everlititing boundary question ; and the Chronicle, in the same article, is repeated twenty-three times. A letter has been received at Lloyd's from the Admiralty, stating that orders had been sent to the Admirals at Portsmouth and Plymouth to dispatch all vessels at their disposal, with provisions and water;, to the chops of the Channel, for the use of the home ward bound merchantmen. • To preient disappointment to officers applying fo r employment, we most positiv el y state that the ropos current in Naval circles, that several ships of the line are about to be commissio ned are totally tuifounded. No line of battle ship will, under present 000 circum stances, be commissioned this side of di Christmsableas ; in n the mean time there are nearly 2,spo in the several ports ready for any e mergency. Great inconvenience is occasioned to the Admiralty, as well as to officers and their friends, by the circulation of groundless reports.—Naral and Military Gazette. On Saturday evening last an inquest • was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Crown, Long-acre, on the body of Charlotte -smith, aged 24. John Booker, coffee and eating-house keeper, of No. 118, L ong acre , said that the deceased, his sist er - in - law, ha d , -- whilst assist in g him in his business in the caw- it; of a waitress become acquainted' with a Yo name of, John Sheriff, w h o usedtoung man of the break fast and dive a, the home, In ,a short ti me the deceased ho tine much attached t o hi m, and believing that a marriage wou ld to either, - accepted hi s offer, be adv an t ageous andbann s were pub lished. Sheriff hadsince the taken her disap peared, since whi c h s h e h ad purse and and persuaded o f the h°LI I appeared disconsolate, last, w went hen witness to .On Saturd a y hermorning bed-room, he found her hangin g b y the bell -rox, and quite dead. Wit nessialuced he r to whatever .that the conduct of Sheriff' destroy hersoi.f. Sheriff was a har ness-maker, and of M r . Wils was, a short tine ago, in the employ Oxford-street" ,at the corner of Park-street, in Verdict—" 'Temporary Insanity, brought on by the heartless villanv of John Sheriff." The C Coroner and Jury recommended the friends of deceased to issue a warrant for his: ,apprehension, and to charge him with the robbery. However much the proprietors a r the Lancaster and Preston Railway may benefit by the leasing of their line to the Lancaster Canal Cone:pany, it does not appear that the arrangement will comtribute much to the advantage of the public. We und, srstand that the cheap boat has been taken oft the canal, and that the mode of .communication in the district i s now an unmitigated monopoly.—.Railtray Ti mes . Crhpc is greatly on the increase in Lineil. ln and lh the neighbourhood. During the last fortn' e.. se ve ma l horses have been stolen, and during l ast g ll'reek scar cely a night passed.without o ne bei ng mi ssed. , wou ld seem as if the thi eves se i ze d upon the perio d s of the fairs in various parts of the country quickly upon each other, i n or d er t o i n d uc e follow ii thelobet lg belie that animals stole n were t a k en to some of t h ese fair::: i. There are stron g r easons f or th e surm i se that there is a party in Lincoln who steal, and - alter clipping the tails and manes, and otherwise defacing the prominent marks of the horses, send them off to another party for sale..:—Stamforerhf ercusy. aiiii