The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

SUN. LON 1)0 N, WIEDNESDA i'?_; V ENING OCrOBER 22 :8 5 \ THE STATE OF KANSAS. Thomas H. Gladstone, Esq., of Stockwell-lodge, Sur re y, has addressed a second letter to the editor of the Tines, of which the following is a copy : "Sir,—ln your i4sue of the 11 h of October, you did me the favour to insert. a narrative of personal experiences in Kansas, deigned to exhibit the lamentalde condition into which political strife had plunged that territory in the month of May last. "The publication cf that letter has occasioned me the necessity of replying to very many questions, of which friends have deired a solution, in, order the better to comprehend Ithe l ext raor di nar y a nomalies which such a condition'of affairs implies. "In the belief that many of your readers may have felt equally at a loss for a sufficient explanation, I will endeavour, in the form of question and answer, to sum up as briefly as possible the sbbstance of one or two of these conversations, and thus anticipate probably some of those inquiries which may have suggested themselves to the minds of others. "The first and most natural question is—if such fear ful outrages as every mail brings us intelligence of are being committed in Kansas, why are not the perpetrators of these enormities brought to justice ? Is there no judge, no jury, no law to which appeal can be made for protection ? "The answer is simple. First, the man is wanting who possesses boldness or rashness enough to bring the offending parties to justice. Murder and cold-blooded assassination were of almost daily occurrence at the time of my visit ; but whoever should report such a case would be at once a marked man, and in all probability, before the day expired, his life would be the penalty fur his imprudence in the cause of right. "But, yet more, supposing the offender to be brought to justice, what is the judge, of what character the jury, and what the law, by which he is to be tried ? "The judge would be such a man as Judge Lecompte —the Jeffreys of the territory. Or, if not the chief of the ' bloody assizes ' of Kansas, it would be some other minion of the slave power, panting after the extermina tion of every Free State advocate, and pledged by his oath of office to sustain the most offensi ve measures which the slave power has introduced. It cannot be otherwise, for every public office is occupied by the most resolute adherents of the pro-slavery cause ; and, lest one should creep in of a different stamp, a test is demanded, contrary to the constitution of the United States, of every candidate for office, accord ing to which he is required to subscribe an oath, 6 solemnly swearing upon the Holy Evangelists of Al mighty God ' that he will ' support and sustain the provisions of the act entitled 'An Act to Organise the Territories f Nebraska and Kansas,' and the provisions of the law of the United States, commonly known as the ' Fugitive Slave LAW." ( Vide 'Statutes of the Terri tory of Kansas,' page 438.) Thus, by the law of the territ , ry, no man can sit on the bench or hold any other public office unless he have first specially endorsed and pledged himself to sustain the two most extreme Pro slavery measures that can possibly be cited. "If such be the judge, the jury would also be of a character no le-s accurately defined by statute. What is tbe law of Kansas concerning jurors ?—‘ No parson who is conscientiously opposed to the holding of slaves cr who does not admit the right to hold slaves in this territory, shall be a juror in any cause in which the right to hold any person in slavery is involved, nor in any cause in whiehany injury done to, or committed by, any slave is in issue, nor in any criminal proceeding for the violation of any law enacted for the protection of slave property, and for the punishment of crime com mit ted against the right to such property.' (Statutes of ;Kansas, p. 378.) Again, by the first secti on o f th e act, the power is placed i n the hands of 'the marshal, sheriff, or other officer, to summon a sufficient number of jturors' (p. 377). With such a law, and with discre tionary power vested in such hands, it will be seen at once what kind of jury must of necessity be procured. "And, if such be the character of judge and jury, what are the laws they have to dispense ? Take a sample : If any person print, write, introduce into, publish, or circulate, or cease to be brought into, printed, written, published, or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or assist in bringing into, printing, publishing, or circulating, within this territory, any book, paper, pamphlet, maga zine, hand-bill, or circular, containing any statements, arguments, opinion, sentiment, doctrine, advice, or innu endo, calculated to produce a disorderly, dangerous, or rebellious disaffection among the slaves in this territory, or to induce such slaves to escape from the service of their masters, or to resist their authority, he shall be guilty of felony, and be punished by imprisonment at hard labour for a term not leas than live years.' (Statutes, cap. 151, sec. 11.) `lf any' free person, by speaking or writing, assert, or maintain that persons have not the right to hold slaves in this territory, or shall introduce into this territory, print, publish, write, circulate, or cause to be introduced into this territory, written, printed, published, or circu latgen this territory, any book, paper, magazine, pam ph or circular containing any denial of the right of per sons to hold slaves in this territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labour fora term of not less than two years.' (Laws, chap. 151, sec. 12.) "And what kind of hard labour is the Northern. man to undergo who should be lucklessly brought before a Kansas judge and convicted of denying the right to hold slaves in the territory ? It is defined in the same code, where, after providing that every person so sentenced shall be deemed a convict, and shall be put to hard labour on the streets, roads, public buildings, or other public works of the terri tory, the act continues : ' - And the keeper shall amuse such convict, while oegaged at such labour, to be securely confined by a chain six feet in length,of not less than 4-16ths nor more than ',lths of an inch links, with a round ball of iron of not less th a n f ou r nor more than six inches in diameter attached, which chain shall be securely fastened to the ancle of such convict with a strong lock and key, &e.' (Statutes, chap. 22, sec. 2.) " For greater offences against slave property ' the law provides, of course, a severer penalty. To aid in any rebellion of slaves against their masters, to bring into the territory any book or tract calculated to excise,rebellion on the part of slaves, free negroes, or mulattoes, to carry out of the territory a slave belonging to another, or to assist in the same, are all capital of fences, to be punished by death. But as the utterance of even a syllable against the right of holding slaves is made punishable by two years' imprisonment and hard labour du the public roads, with a chain of six feet and a round ball of iron attached to the ankle, it will at once be seen whether the law was made for the Pro-slavery or for the Free State man. Add to this the fact that every act of the Free State party, if viewed in the light of the laws as interpreted by the Federal Government, is an act of treason against the Federal Power, and it be perceived what opportunity is given for the most cruel despotism and the grossest wrong to take refuge in the name and sanction of the law. 'Law,' in fact, was the word constantly in the mouths of the self-styled border ruffians, with whom I myself came daily into contact in Kansas. So far from appealing to it, everything they did, every enormity they committed, was done in the name of the law of the land. The constant taunt thrown out against the Free State party and the chief difficulty they themselves experienced was the opposition in which they stood to the recognised law. Law and order' became the watchword and war cry of the most lawless in the territory ; and the words 'a posse of law and order men' were synonymous with a company of freebooters and murderers ranging the country in search of their political opponents. The law, therefore, was all on one side. And it will be seen that, with enactments demanding the conviction of all who spoke or acted against slavery, and a judge and jury no less desiring their extermination, the wronged Free State man, though he should have been struck down in the high way and robbed of his all, had more to lose than to gain by a recourse to the legal power. " But by what possibility could laws so glaringly un reasonable and unjust become the laws of the land ? By what power or authority were they enacted ? "Answer.—They were enacted by a falsely-chosen but authoritatively recognised territorial Legislature. This Legislature, viewed by the general Government as the voice of the people, becomes of necessity lawgiver to the people of the territory ; and not only gives the laws, but assume, to itself the right to define its own autho rity. In this way the legal existence of this assembly as a legislative body has been determined by itself, and, being backed by the United States' troops, the so-called Kansa4 Legislatur e has had almost all power in its own hands. This is the Legislature for which the votes were taken on the 30th of March, 1855, and which, first meeting at Pawnee, was afterwards re moved to the Shawnee Mission, to be more conve niently near to the Missouri border. It is true, the election was repudiated as fraudulent and unfair by the free State population,. and th a t th ey acted indepen dently of it in eausin.gActresh electi on t o ta k e place on the 9th Oct. , 1855ssiiiihich resulted in the conven tion fr , r organi-ing a State Government, which met at an d the subsequent election of State officers and members of the General Assembly. When this Assembly met the second time at Topeka, on the 4th July list, it will be remembered that Colonel Sumner forcibly dissolved the Assembly at the head of a con. siderable body of United States troops, at the same time indi -sating his own view of the proceeding by stating that it was the most painful act of his life.' sasked, esta blished, of the Le g i s lature to which the Federal Govern ment gives the sanction of its approval and the aid of its troops being thus falsely and fraudulently chosen? before "TiTeis fact admits of very easy proof. Long the first election in Kansas a secret societ y had been in existence in Alissouri, generally known as the 'Blue Lodge,' the avowed purpose of which :vas, in bya aye tematic organisation, to control the elections Kansas or elsewhere. By this agency immense armed bands of Kansas, and, under men from Mi ssour i were poured into the general s hi p o f efficient leaders, so distribu ted throu g h the eleetral districts as to outnumber and overawe the e resident vote rs . Th e character o f th ese men may h inferred from an address delivered by one of their chief leadere s General Stringfellow. As General Stringfellow id the speaker in the Legislative Assembly to which I have referred, the extract will have interest also for those who desire to compare the style of address adopted by the presiding officer in the Kansas Legislature with that commonly heard in our own Houses of Parlia ment tell yin to mar's every scoundrel among yon that is the least tainted with free-s c ili sm or abolitionlsm, and ex terminate him. Neither give nor take quarter from the - rascals. I propose to mark them in this house, and on the presen t ocza.nc.n,. so you m a y crus h them out. To those who have qua l ms of conscience as to violating the laws, State or national, the time has come when such impositions most be di sr egarded, as your rights a n d property are in danger ; and I advise yon, one and all, t o enter every elec tion ' district in Kans as, in defiance of R ee d er and his vile myrmidons, an d vote at the point of the bowie -knife and revolver. Neither give nor take quarter, as our case de mands it. it is enough that the slaveholdin g interest wills it, from which there is no appe al. What r ight has Go vernor Reeder to rule Atipeourians in Kama: His proda. mation and prescribed oath must be repudiated. It is your interest to do so. Mind that slavery is established where t is not prohibited.' " nd as their leader advised them so they di 3. They neither gave nor t , ok quarter; they allowed no qualms of conscience as to violating laws ; and they entered every electoral district in liansae, and, in defiance of the rightful governor, voted at the point of the bowie-knife and the revolver. The result was a majority, almost as ten to one, in favour of the pro-slavery candidate, Gene ral Whitfield. Exact returns from each district have since been obtained by the Committee of Investigation, and from their report presented to Congress I will extract one or two examples of the fraud practised by this invading army. The 7th District is a remote settlement, as yet very sparsely inhabited, and contain. ing by census not more than 53 voters. In this district alone no less than 597 votes were cast for Whitfield, and seven for another candidate, making in all 604, of which it has been ascertained that not more than 20 , 4 ere legal, the remaining 584 being consequently illegal votes. In the 11th District, Marysville, the total number of white inhabitants, including men, women, and children, was 36, of whom 24 were voters. Yet the poll-lists in this district show that 245 votes were cast at this election ! • • • .By a comparison of the census-roll with the poll-books it appears that but 7 resident settlers voted ; and 238 votes were illegally and fraudulently given !' "And what was done at the election of a delegate to Congress was repeated at the election of the members of the Legislative Assembly. By the report of the Com mittee of Investigation it appears that the proportion of illegal to legal votes was as 4,908 to 1,410! From the census it appears there were but 2,905 voters in the ter ritory ; yet 5,427 votes were recorded on the Pro-Slavery side alone ! Many of the Missourians returned the same night, after giving their vote, to their own State. At Leavenworth a great number came down by steam boat from Weston, and having effected their object returned by the same boat. Many affirmed their right to vote as residents, although they might have been only an hour in the territory, and had their home in Missouri. The enormities committed by these armed bands were fearful. Some we read of standing around the polling-place and saying that no difficulty would be male it they were allowed to vote in peace, but that they were determined to vote anyhow, and that each one of them was prepared for eight rounds with out loading, and would go to the ninth round with the butcher-knife.' If the judges who presided over the elections refused to receive their votes without administering the oath of residence they held their pistols at their heads, while they appointed fresh judges from their own number and proceeded with the election, masters of the position. So violent was their hatred to the oath that any who professed themselves ready to take it were threatened with in stant death, amid cries of Shoot him Cut his guts out !' &c. Oue of them,' we read in the report of the commissioners, 'Mr. J. M. Macey, was asked if ho would take the oath ; and, upon his replying that he would if the judges required it, he was dragged through the crowd away from the polls amid cries of 'Kill the d—d nigger thief," Cat his throat,' ' Tear his heart out,' &c. After they got him to the out side of the crowd they stood around him with cocked re volvers and drawn bowie-knives - one man putting a knife to his breast so that it touched him ; another holding a cocked pistol to his ear, while another struck at him with a club.' "The whole of the voluminous evidence accompany ing the report submitted to Congress goes to establish a succession of similar enormities in each of the polling districts. These investigations were being carried on within two doors of the place where I was myself stay ing when in Leavenworth ; and it was sufficient to hear the manner in which the Missourians affirmed their right to come over from their own State and vote in the territory•of Kansas, and their determination to do so on every occasion and at all hazards, to understand the violence with whick they would assert that right when confronted with their political opponents at the polling places. " Another question may be suggested on this topic —By what right do these Missourians or others from neighbouring States vote in the Kansas elections ? "By no right whatever, except that of might. The Missourians have no more right to vote in Kansas than the voters in Middlesex have, after using their rightful suffrage in their own county, to cross to Surrey and re cord their votes a second time, with a pistol at the head of the election officer, in order to control the Surrey elections. Indeed, as the States of the Union are by their constitution perfectly independent of one another and self-governed, the parallel would be truer if we were to picture an army of Frenchmen, larger in number than all our voters who should, at the point of the sword, choose for us our representativss, and return without exception as our rulers men from among themselves or pledged to their own political sentiments. So much was it an act of main force and illegal oppression that among the conclusions which the Committee of Investigation report as established by the testimony they submit, they give the first place to the following:— 'That each election in the territory, held under the organic or alleged territorial law, has been carried by oiganised invasion from the State of Missouri, by which the people of the territory have been prevented from ex ercising the rights secured to them by the organic law.' " And as the fruit of an organised invasion they con: clude— ' Secondly, that the alleged territorial Legislature was an illegally constituted body, and had no power to pass valid laws, and their enactments are therefore null and void.' " While, however, in the first instances, the inter Terence of the Missourians was wholly illegal, the Legis lature thus illegally constituted took care to legalise the act for the future. Hence we find them enacting in the act instituting a poll-tax : sect. 1. That every free white male above the age of 2E years who shall pay to the proper officer in Kansas ter ritory the sam of $1 as a poll-tax, and shall produce to the judges of any election within and for the territory of Kansas a receipt showing the payment of said poll-tax, shall he deemed a legal voter, and shall be entitled to vote at any election in said territory during the year for which the same shall have been paid, provided that the right of suffrage shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States and those who have declared on oath their intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the provisions of the act organising the territory of Kausas.' " In other words, by the payment of a single dollar any citizen of any of the United States can purchase a voting power in Kansas for a twelvemonth, provided he pledges himself to the support of the Organic Act. In contrast to this, in the 11th section (statutes, p. 282) it is expressly enacted that while every inhabitant of Kansas paying a territorial tax is a qualified elector, yet should he, on being challenged to take an oath to sus tain the provisions of the Nebraska-Kansas Bill and the Fugitive Slave Law, refuse to take such an oath or affirmation, the vote of such person shall be rejected.' " Hence, in the new election of members of the Legis lature, the results of which we daily expect to hear, the Pro-slavery Missourian who pays a dollar receives for it a vote, while the Free Settler in Kansas, though an owner of land in the territory, is denied his right of sal fra.ze by the territorial law. The candidates, to be eligible at this election, are also required by the same la, to take oath in support of the Fugitive Slave Law. (Statutes, p. 332.) There is little room for speculation, therefore, as to what election results the next American mail will bring us from Kansas. " At the risk of writing that which is less generally interesting I have presented in this letter numerous extracts from public documents. I have deemed it right to do this because the whole value of the present com munication rests on the authority whence the statements are derived. The references I have made are to the Ste .utes of the Territory of Kansas,' issued by the legislative body, to which, though chosen by the inha bitants of another state, the Government at Washington Lr:ves the sanction of its approval and its military aid, and to the report and evidence of 'the Special Committee appointed to investigate the troubles in the territory of Kansas'—a report which, though dissented from by ono member of the committee, contains testimony which can Dover be overthrown or gainsaid. "My simple object has been to show that the dark deeds of which I was an eyewitness in Kansas, some of ' which I detailed in my former letter, are no darker than the public acts of the slave-power in that territory, as exhibited in the archives of its House of Asse bly ; and that the fearful anarchy and unrestrained lawlessness which reign throughout the territory find both their parallel and their key in the flagrant unrighteousness of their legal enactments." THE LATE VICTORY OF THE CIACASSIANS. The following is the narrative given by the Jour nal de Constantinople of the victory •f the Circas sia.ns, a brief account of which reached us a few days ago by telegraph - SoUDJAK KALE, SEPT. 24. "The Russians having passed the Laba for the purpose of constructing ° fortifications in Abzech, Sefer Pacha immediately despatched an interpre ter to the Russian commander, in order to know the object of the expedition. The Russian com mander replied, ' By the Treaty of Paris Circassia is conceded to Russia, and I have come to take Possession of it.' Sefer Pacha sent a second mes senger to the Russian commander to inform him that Circassia was an independent country, that no one could dispose of it without the consent of its inhabitants, and that if the Russians did not retire forthwith the Circassian3 would take prompt measures to compel them. "The next day Sefer Pacha advanced with 30,000 men against the Russians, who had taken up a position on the slopes of a ravine with sixteen cannon. The combat lasted three hours and a baft.; the Circassiana remained master of the field, made 800 prisoners, and took all the guns. An other affair took place twenty days ago in the Tchap-Sou, after the passag e of the Kouban by the Russians, who were obliged to retire with a con siderable 10. s of men, lea v i ng five guns behind. "The Russian troops were composed of recruits, and did not stand their ground. The prisoners ta . ken by the Circassians are no longer reduced to slavery. They are admitted into the ranks, or are at liberty to establish themselves upon the land, under the administration of a Naib. "The Circ?.sdan deputation which was sent to Constantinople has not returned, but it is thought certain that tho Porte and the Western Powers will not support us." The election of Alderman Hale for the ward of Cole. man-street was celebrated by a banquet last night at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. It was attended by most of the leading members of the corporation of the City of Londen. E3RINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS lose and two open monlbe rs are requested t o he Racquet Cou r t s of l- thii CClOullb R a T r : , s 1 l o a w n s - O p I p a E c e x . 13 , e c l o g m r a v v r e i ; s in g g u a t r h e. re — e 'I C courts. Gentlemen desirous of becoming forward their names to the secretary, at the club. By order. B. CI,BIiE NTS, Secretary. ..e Doc' .tines, Bell- THE PRINCEITES AND Tl IE ABODE OF LOVE. The "Somerset County Gazette" of Saturdsi next , eictober 25 will contain Part I of an elaborate exposition of gious Practices, and Social Habits of the Pr inek , 'rtes ; w i th State ments by former Inmates of the Agapemone. , A us°, A large and highly finished Engraving of the "Abode." Orders, with five postage stamps for each t toPY, „I' At , old be sent immediately to Mr. W. A. Woodley, Gazette t Nice, 1 V anton. THEA.TRE ROYAL, DRURY- •LANE+ Lessee, Sir. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING TAE LADY OF LYONS. Followed by Burlesque of PIZA.RRO, To conclude with BALLET DIVERTISSEME7IT. ROYAL PRINCE:SB'S TELeATRE. Crider the Management of Mr. CitAlLLas kral/43 THIS EVENING, A MIDSIIMSIER NIGHT'S DREAM. To conclude with PIZARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. BacltSions, THIS EVENING, WILD OATS. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. D Won. Followed by (for the sixth time) THE KING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Constance, Miss Wo. To conclude with The B tLLET from the Burlesque of the " Winter's I ale." stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2, I. ; Gallery. 1 Commence at 7. Halflprice to all parts at 9. Box ' 3 ffce open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.: Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES ; OR, THE YA'N .IC EE - ! STE A.ND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne.. THIS EVENING, THE OLD COMMODORE. After which, OUT ON THE LOOSE.. Followed by an original E arlesqurs, entitled BELPHEG‘OR. Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, arul E. Jacobs ; Messrs. H. J, Turner, Herbert, Clarke, &c. To conclude with The Ballet of POLICIIIOELLE. Messrs. W. A. Barnes am I Mithenson. Commence at 7. Stalls, 3s.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, f..3.--Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THI ATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. All red Wigan. THIS EVENING,: RETRIBUTION. To conclude with THE FIRST NlGH'''. Lessee and Manager, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPELITIIZATRE. THIS EVEIVINO, Mr. Wm- Cooke. 169th Night!) Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After whist The SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Pot Pourri of An ming Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Boa-office open d - om Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr •W. West. Equestrian Dirk actor, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGII WATER AT LONDCON BRTDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 21 min. aft. 8 —l'. vening 12 min. aft. 9 Tn-MoFaaw—Morn. 56 min. aft. 9-- - E, vening 36 min. aft 10 THE WEATHER—Butt OBTICCIV, Ocrronzit 22. TIIEBMOMETZR, IN TEM 13111.DX. C. 3 —highest Binge noon yesterday. SO—lowest this morning and duriAr the night. 62 —this day at noon. SAROMITEB, 30' fl. WIND—S. to S.S.E.—Light, with 'very fine weather. election of the 30th of March, 1855, was con ducted ? First, we learn that in the adjoining Slave State, Missouri, a secret society had for some time been - in existence, generally known as the " Blue Lodge," the avowed purpose of which was, by a systematic organisation, to control the elections in Kansas or elsewhere. By this agency miserable bands of armed ruffians were poured into Kansas, and, under the generalship of efficient leaders, so distributed through the electoral districts as to outnumber and overcome the resident voters. Before starting on their disgraceful mission they had been earnestly exhorted by their leader, General STRONGFELLOW, now the Speaker of the soi disant Legislative Assembly of Kansas, to " exterminate every scoundrel in any degree tainted with freesoilism or abolitionism." Nei ther "to give nor take quarter," to enter every election district in Kansas, and vote at the point of the bowie-knife and the revolver. This wholesome advice was carried out "au pied la lettre." Some of that highly respectable ( ) constituency clustered about the polling places declaring that if they were permitted to Vote in peace there would be no difficulty, but that they were determined to vote, and that each one of them was " prepared for eight rounds without loading, and would go to the ninth round with the butcher-knife.' It would be strange indeed if the judgment could be very impartial under such circumstances. If any impediment was raised—if the ordinary oath of residence was directed, the obnoxious officer was ejected from his seat with a revolver pressing against his temples, and a bowie-knife, occasioning a very unpleasing titillation from its close proximity to his ribs, and another more pliable gentleman selected in his place. Nor were they contented with repudiating the oath themselves ; but they required all bona fide voters to act in a similar manner. The refusal to take the oath was the test of orthodoxy, so far as the "domestic insti tution'' was concerned, and any failure in that respect earned for the offender the obnoxious and highly dangerous epithet of " nigger -worshipper." Can we feel astonished at any result arrived at under these circumstances ? In the 7th district there were but 53 legitimate voters, but 597 were recorded in favour of the Pro-slavery Candidate, of whom but 20 were legal. In tho 11th district there were but 36 inhabitants, 24 only, being adult males, entitled to the suffrage—but 215 votes were registered, 7 of which only had any just claim to the privilege ; and although there were but 2,905 votes in the entire territory, 5,427 were recorded for the Pro-slavery Can didate. And this was the election which President PIER .s lent the whole of the executive authority to confirm (!), recognising the atrocious Code that disfranchised every person who . would not take a solemn oath to support slavery ! What possible chance of fair play was there under such circum- stances t What chance could there be for any person who ventured to differ from parties like " the highly respectable merchant from Weston," who was thundering forth his determination " to bring some one down," and brandishing the weapons with which he could have carried his sanguinary intentions into execution ? We fear that similar attempts at fraud will be made at the approaching Presidential elections. The matter has now, however, attained sufficient notoriety, and the Northorns must be prepared for any extremity that may be forced on them. Long impunity has rendered the Southerns reckless. The Free soilers can no longer submit to their dictation. Patient acquiescence iu the evil will make them participators therein. They must at last shake off their apathy, if they desire to avoid the re proaches of all civilised nations. The dreadful accident of Sunday night has elicited, naturally, a great variety of opinions in regard both to the preacher and his friends. Much blame and some commendation has been bestowed upon both, but the truth of the case is now becoming clear. All parties can, of course, be wise after the event, but looking at all things impartially, it is difficult to find just ground for .ensure, if we except the reckless miscreants who, whether from hostility to the dDctrines of the preacher, or to get up a row by which they might profit, wickedly raised the cry which frightened the vast multitude. We trust that they will be discovered and brought to justice. The design co disturb is now established beyond all doubt ; bells were heard tinkling previously to the com mencement of the cry of "Fire 1" and one gen tleman assures us that, sitting in the gallery, and °reserving his self-possession, and choosing, there `ore, to withdraw amongst the last, he saw a decently dressed man, whom he could identify, ,calk along the gallery, smash every window he ame to, and at the same moment repeat the cry "Fire !" We hope, therefore, some of the ►uthors of this cruel mischief may yet meet the lue reward of their deeds. Nothing can excuse heir villany. Had they objected ever so much o the preacher's doctrine, it might have partially Ixcused a half involuntary exclamation, but to i raise a cry which must drive thousands deadly rush to tho doors deserves any punish ment short of hanging, if, indeed, it does not well deserve that. We have long been witness to the crowds so gear us, who strove in vain to gain admission to Exeter Hall to hear the popular young preacher, iardly, we are informed, yet twenty-two years of Lge. It was therefore natural that he and his 'riends should wish to accommodate, if possible, she thousands who thronged after him. It is not in human nature, and certainly not in religious zeal, to reject admiring followers, and we ought to give the young man, and certainly the respect able tradesmen, several of them advanced in years, ,vho manage the chapel, credit for wishing to do good to the thousands who we are constantly told will go to no ordinary place of worship. Why ihould we think that they engaged the Music Elall from any but the usual motives which actuate human beings and religious men ? We have inquired of respectable persons who wore present, and they inform us that up to the mo ment, during the prayer, when the bell was heard to tinkle, and the cry of "Fire !" was raised, no worship they ever attended was conducted with •nore solemnity- and decorum ; that the singing of f,ke hymn by so many thousands of persons, in io vast a building, was peculiarly impressive ; and ,hat but fur the intentional diiturbauce the effect )1 the whole must have been all that could be lesired. We hardly think any one can be held responsible for not conjecturing that any even of the lowest roughs and rowdies could be found wicked enough to hazard the lives of so many persons, however willing they might have been to annoy one whom they of course judged a fanati- cal preacher. One circumstance appears to have been over ooked by most of our c ontemporaries, and. to nave occasioned incorrect comments. The stairs from the galleries, at one of which the chief acci- dents occurred, were exterior to the main body of the edifice. The consequence was that the great majority - - - - - - - within, those particularly who were on the platform, with the preacher himself, did not know . of the disaster which had occurred at the buttom of the north-west staircase. Hence the cries to " Go on," to " Preach his Sermon," &c. —the persons who called thus only sup d there was a little disturbanc e a t th e doors, F would . soon be quieted if the prea c h er resume ....Zo this circumstance it is, we hav e learned a I so, to be attributed that a collection was made. On account of the size of the building a large num ber of collectors had been distributed all about it, who acted as if nothing but ordinary confusion had taken place. The preacher himself had no idea, it appears, that anything serious had occurred till the last moment, and when informed of it, turned pale, and having pronounced the benediction in great distress, immediately retired. This is, perhaps, hardly the occasion to criticise the youthful preacher's general style of sermo nising, much less his theology. The latter, indeed, is least of all things the province, as we conceive, of a daily journal. We speak with modesty, for a morning contemporary has been very diligent of late in instructing the Licensed Victuallers anent the orthodoxy or heterodoxy of a hymn book, published by a dissenting poet preacher. On this occasion the efforts of the preacher, as we are informed by all present, to impart confidence to the excited multitude, and divert their attention, were most creditable. As to the literary merit of his sermons, it would be unfair to judge them by the ordinary standards of taste. Perhaps had DANIEL O'CONNELL been a baptist preacher, he would have indulged in a very similar style. The broad, unqualified, confident assertions of what he fully be lieves, language chosen not from books, or the conventional pulpit dialect, but from the shop, and the social circle, great natural dramatic powers, au obviously humorous turn, yet, as so fre quently happens, in combination with almost equal powers for pathos, add to all this a voice heard with ease, and pleasantly too, by ten thousand at once, and it is not wonderful that Mr. SPURGEON is followed. If he were a speaker on Chartism or Toryism, Unitarianism or the Highest Cal vinism, he would still be followed ; he is essentially an orator for the many. LATEST NEWS. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " It was yesterday given as certain that M. Antonini, the Neapolitan Minister at this Court, would quit Paris immediately for Brussels. In this there was nothing extraordinary after the rupture of diplomatic relations between the Courts and the official announcement of the fact in the Moniteur. Besides, M. Antonini is the Envoy of his Sicilian Majesty to the Court of Brussels as well as to that of Paris. I learn today, however, that the rupture which has just taken place is not of so stern a character as to require the departure of M. An tonini, and that he will not quit us unless ho receives the special and peremptory order of his Sovereign to do so ; or, what certainly is much less probable, unless the French Government sends him his passports, accompanied by as peremptory an order to evacuate the capital of the French Empire as our ! Minister received at Madrid in 1848. It is also said that Baron Brenier (the French Minister at Naples) will not leave his post immediately. Ho will still remain some days, perhaps some weeks, at Naples, while there yet remains a hope that the King will relent. It is anticipated here that, notwithstanding the official rupture, an arrangement which will not hurt the amour propre of any of the parties interested is not impossible. The King of Naples is impressed with the belief that the Emperor Napoleon is very unwilling to push matters to an extreme. Queen Maria Christina intends quitting Paris soon, and will spend the winter at Rome. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition), in a letter dated Oct. 18, says : " Certain remarks which have reached my ears during the last few days induce me to fancy that the foundation for a future alliance between Russia and France has already been laid, but it is possible that the atmosphere of Vienna makes me over-suspicious. Austria is for the moment almost isolated, and it is not clear to me where she is to find allies, unless indeed she can manage to effect a complete reconciliation with England and Prussia. It is still positively affirmed here that the Emperor of Russia never expressed his disap probation of the policy of Austria to Prince Ester hazy, but you may be assured that he did so. I re peat that the Czar, at the Congratulation Levee, told the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary that he received his personal congratulations with plea sure, but added, ' You may write to your Court that I prefer actions to words.' The sentence quoted was repeated more than once, and was heard by two or three persons who were standing by. Prince Esterhazy was deafer than usual, and did not choose to hear what was said by the Czar, but he called on Prince Gortschakoff on the day after the levee, and related what had passed. I made no reply to his Majesty,' said the Austrian Ambassador, " because I did not consider either the place or the occasion (ni les lieux ni l'oceasion) fitting for such a description of conversation.' Did not the Hungarian Prince display more tact than the Russian Emperor ?" FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. "We are assured on good authority," says the Verite, " that the Marquis d'Antonini, Neapolitan Ambassador at Paris, and the Commandeur-Mar quis de Cito, first secretary of embassy, are about to proceed to Brussels. These diplomatists will await in that city the termination of the crisis which has disturbed the relations between France and the Court of Naples." " Not only is the resignation of Marshal Serrano positive," says a Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels, " but he has announced his firm in tention of persisting in his resolution, whatever may be the answer ho receives from the Narvaez Cabinet. The Duke de Rivas appears to be the statesman who has the greatest chance of being ap pointed as successor to Marshal Serrano." - A telegraphic despatch from Toulon of yesterday states that nothing has been seen of the English squadron since its departure from Ajaccio. The French squadron was still off Toulon, but ready to put out to sea. The following order of the day was lately ad dressed by Marshal Randon to the troops on his return from Kabylia : "Soldiers,—ln the course of a few weeks you have met the enemy twenty times, and in those different com• bats your valour has always been crowned with victory. The tribes of the Jurjura, who had revolted, have re ceived a severe and well-merited chastisement. You have valiantly executed the task which the Emperor had entrusted to you, and it only now remains to confer recompenses on those who have more particularly dis tinguished themselves. I shall on the subject make warm representations, which, I have no doubt, the Minister of War wid receive with favour. Soldiers, you will not have to bid a long farewell to the moun tains which you have just gone over, for you will have to again appear there in spring, when we will achieve the conquest of that Kabylia, where no one will have penetrated before you. Prior to dissolving the expedi tionary corps of which I had the command, I address to the generals my thanks for the most useful and de voted co-operation which they have afforded me on every occasion.' Amongst the banns of marriage posted Rp at Algiers lately was that of Viscount do Salignao Fenelon, colonel of the Ist. Chasseurs d'Afri que with Mlle. Randon, daughter of the G overnor: General of Algeria. BoultsE, Oct. 11.—The following were tho last quotations : Cash. ft. c 41 per Cents PO 90 3 per Cents 66 75 New Loan 66 70 Bank Shares 3,930 Ro man ............. . Cr edit Mobilier 1,460 A.ustrian ....... ... .. Belgian Fives. ...... Piedmontese (5) 69 Home Debt ......... RAILWAYS —YOB CABEI. fr. c. ...... . 1,265 Western ............... 885 Orleans 955 Strasburg ............ 875 -.....1,280 New Ditto ......... 790 Northern Lyons Mediterranean — Grand Central ...... 610 4a Lyons Geneva 720 Testa .............. ~...' Cette 692 50 Austrian Com .. .... 785 ••••• End of Moutb. _f• —O. fr. a. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says:---" In answer to the application made to the Austrian Cabinet by Count Walewski on the subject of the prolonged occupa tion of the Danubian Principalities, it was replied that the first application of the Porte on the sub ject would be attended to by Austria." We find on this subject, in the Vienna Gazette of the 17th, a second article on the subject of the occupation, from which the following is an ex tract : " In order to still more complicate the present state of affairs, F rance is more persisting than ever Austria, the ia, subject of th e evacuation of the Principalities by A that is to s a y, t h e abandonment of them to an unknownhas destiny. Th e considerable sacrifices which Austria guarantee made in th e occupation had for object to Princip a li t i es from the attacks of Russia, eu those of ana rc h y. i t was for that p urpose well the et he a t ins from p th e treaty conclud e d b etween t h e P orte and assent of the W estern P ower:3, was given n which w as urAustria, the e ato a t t i o ho n was made d e p en d ent on a private convention to take pl ace between Austria and the Sublime P or t e. But at thi s momen t th e Porte does not dema n d t h e r evacuation of the Principalities . Under regr e t t h at a Under existi ng cir curnstances it would, on the co without interf er i ng i n the power should not occupy them, and offer a gu arantee against di sor d er an d violence, internal affairs of the country. The Journal de Dresde has a Paris l e tt er, i n which it is stated that the meeting of th e C ongress is not only fixed, but itis doubtful if it will take place at The Oest. Deutsche, Fos: pretends that England has asked and obtained a reunion of the naval squadrons as the minimum preliminary to more decided action, reserving, however, to herself the adoption of ulterior measures independently of France. M. Lindenberg, the principal editor of the Gazette Pattiotique, has been fo un d guilty of defaming the Prince of Prussia. He has been condemned by the Tribunal of Potsdam to nine months' imprison ment and the deprivation of all civil rights. Gen. Gerlach appoared as a witness. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN, The Latest Edition of The k km, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be. had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every °veining. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THERD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun. Office, 112, Strand. )t 1141 f L)NDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1858 It is now many years since Sir ROBERT PEEL announced that " the battle of the Constitution, was to be fought at the registries." The slave owners of the Southern States of America appear to have profited by the aphorism. Their effort, at Kansas have been mainly directed to the falsification of the lists of voters, and, by thE most unconstitutional and illegal proceedings, tt return quasi representatives, totally opposed to the wishes and feelings of the legitimate voters, And yet the miscreants who took part in such atrocious proceedings, who had the audacity to rob, maltreat, and too frequently murder, those wh o dared to resist the enrolment of their fictitiow suffrages, or to exercise their own irresistible rights, were pleased to style themselves the friends of law and order ! A letter addressed by Mr. THOMAS GLADSTONE, of Stockwell Lodge, Surrey, to a morning contem porary, which we have extracted into another part of this day's impression, so clearly and graphi cally details the nature of the proceedings that have taken place, that wa cannot hesitate to repose implicit credence in the narrative. Mr. GLAD STONE has not sheltered himself under any dis guise. He has boldly and manfully come for ward, giving name and address, so that any person desiring to test his respectability and credibility may have ample opportunities for so doing. It requires a high degree of moral courage for any gentleman to submit to the slanderous imputations that may be hurled against his devoted head by the planters and their unscrupulous ad herents. Yet Mr. GLADSTONE has not shrunk from the responsibility. In the cause of trutl and justice he has voluntarily exposed himself to all the personal annoyance and inconvenience that may result from the publication of his testi mony, and the unflinching exposure of the nefa rious transactions in which the " border ruffians" were implicated. This is a great test of veracity, and would alone warrant implicit credence. But there is a verisimilitude about this statement that is perfectly irresistible. The references to the statute-laws of Kansas territory, giving chapter and verse—even the very pages of the Pro-slavery Code, in which are found enactments such as never nad been paralleled in any country pretending to civilisation—must remove every doubt from the minds of the most sceptical. What, then, do we hear from this trustworthy witness respecting the mode in which the so-called CANADA. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22.—The Quebec and Montreal screw steam-ship Indian has arrived, with dates from Quebec to the 11th inst., and from New York to the 10th inst. The steam-ship Niagara, hence, had arrived at Halifax, and the steam-ship Arago, from South ampton, at New York, on the Bth inst. At the nomination of candidates in the western division of Upper Canada, which had taken place at Chatham, the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Rankin. A. poll was to take place. For the Rideau division, the Hon. Mr. Van Koughnet had been elected without opposition. So far the elec tions have been unfavourable to the Ministry. His Excellency the Governor-General had arrived at Montreal, and reviewed the volunteer militia force. He was to leave for Toronto on the 18th inst. At Quebec the business of the week in produce had been considerable, and the market was quite bare. The quotations for flour were 335. 6d. to 335. 9d., and for Western Canada white wheat 7's. Gd. to Bs. Ashes reached 435. 3d. for pots, before the news by the Anglo-Saxon of a further great advance in Britain was received, and it was ex pected the price would again advance notwithstand ing increasing rates of freight and insurance. There was no change of importance to note in other articles of produce or in the Money Market. We have received the following telegraph from New York to the 10th inst. : 'Money not so plenty, and firm, at 7 per cent. for call. Stocks dull, and lower. Exchange lower,, 9i to 9a. Flour market without important change. Sale, 7,000 barrels. 6 dol. 25c. to 6 dol. 30c. common ; choice super at 6 dol. 65c. to 6 dol. 80 c . f or ex t ra State ; 6 dol. 25c. to 7 dol. 25c. for super and ex tra Western. Sales 200 barrels. Canadian flours 6 dol. 50c. to 7 dol. 50c. Sales small lot. Wheat market firm. Sales 20,000 bushels, 1 dol. 42c. to 1 dol. 50c. for red. Southern, 1 dol. 60c. to 1 dol. 67c. White Canadian, 1 dol. 40c. to 1 dol. 50c. Red Illinois corn dull ; small sales, 60c. to 66ic. Pork better ; sales, 1,000 barrels, 20 dol. 25c. to 20 dol. 50c. for mess ; 17 dol. 75c. to 18 dol. for prime. Lard steady. THE "MARIANNE." We extract the following from the letter of the Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) : " It is rumoured that a good deal of agitation has recently occurred in the department of the Deux-Sevres, of which Nort is the chief town. indeed, it is said to have lasted the whole of Sep tember. The arrest of a repris de justice led to the discovery of the existence of a new and very dan gerous society, which had held, I believe, but one nocturnal meeting at Maye, near Lonzy. The project attributed to these conspirators was nothing less than the destruction by fire of the crops of corn, Etc., and of houses, and the extermination of 'aristocrats, priests, and the rich.' The mot d'ordre proceeded from Poitiers. The result of these denunciations was the arrest of 60 persons near the canton of Thouars. The accused are affi liated in the society known as the ' Marianne.' "After the last affair at Angers all communications in writing and all meetings were interdicted to the Marianne of more than two, three, or, at most, four memb ers , i n or d er not to attract' attention. All internal quarrels were rigorously prohibited. They were to salute each other with the left hand, placing at the same time, and in a seemingly care less manner, the right hand on their breast. The sign of recognition was by touchingeach ether's hand three times, pressing the lower joint of the middle finger, and pronouncing the word ' Lyon' with the lips half closed. If they perceived or suspected that they were heard, they were to separate with the words 'lt is hot here' (il fait ch,aui ici.) The association is divided into tens and hundreds, and, as was the case in previous societies, the affiliated only know the chief of their section. A canton is placed under the immediate direction of a chief known only to the centurions. " When the persons just mentioned were ar rested the canton became agitated ; the wives of the prisoners ran crying through the villages, and a number of peasants, armed with pitchforks, threa tened destruction if the gendarmes did not instantly let them go. It is said that the gendarmes were forced to yield them up, and with some difficulty kept themselves from being disarmed. The agita tion increased, and a large band gathered together tumultuously at Briou. The Prefect put himself in movement with the gendarmes of Bressiures, Ohiche, and Geais, ant was accompanied by the Procureur-General. On arriving at Brien the re volters at first showed signs of resistance, but in a short time were dispersed, and they took refuge in the fields and woods. The prisoners have been tried and sentenced to various penalties by the tribunals. Among them is said to be a person of superior class, who is sentenced to a year's im prisonment, for having made use of seditious lan guage against the Government. The high price of food is no doubt the immediate cause of those dis turbances; but it is evident that such associations as the Marianne, and others which depend on it, profit by every circumstance to advance the main object they have in view. "Fresh arrests appear to have been made in the Faubourg St. Antoine within the last few d a y s. They have nothing to do with politics, but a re at tributable to the strike which has taken pl ace in an establishment of that quarter, and which menaces to extend to others. The workmen de clare tat, owing to the high price of every article of necessity and increased h iv o a u g serenttheycannot go on, though the daily that class of workmen (paperstainers) is from 4f. to 6f demand an augmentation of lf. d a il y ," T hey The Queen held :a Privy Council this day at Windsor Castle. Hi s Imperial Highness the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany has returned to the Clarendon from a visit to bar Majesty at Windsor Castle. We understand that a matrimonial alliance is about to take place between Zr. Charles Fox Webster, second son of the late Colonel Sir Henry and Lady Vassal Webster, and the only daughter of Sir Henry Calder, Bart., and the late Lady Frances Calder. Lord Mahnesbury has arrived at Turin. Lord Brougham has left Paris for Cannes. H.M.S. Hannibal, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, left Malta for England on the 11th inst. M. Antonini, the Neapolitan Ambassador, will quit Paris this week, leaving a charge d'affaires for the con duct of current business. THE LATE MURDEROUS ASSAULT IN PARLIAMENT-STREET. The report published in an evening paper last night, that death had terminated the sufferings of Cope,. turns out, on inquiry at the Westminster Hospital this room ing, to be entirely without foundation. At a quarter to 8 o'clock last evening the operation of trepanning was performed b; Mr. Bernard Holt, and in a short time after the pres,ur, upon the brain was removed, the unfortunate man Core recovered his tenses. This morning the eurgeon again saw him, and declared him to be a great deal better that: , he was last night. Although the unfortunate man is at present quite sensible, he has not yet recovered his speech, 8.7 that be is unable to answer questions beyond a shake or nod of the head. Notwithstanding the injuries cope has re ceived, he is likely to recover. Joseph, Jenkins, the young man apprehended on Mon-- day night for a murderous attack on Richard Cope, assistant to Mr. Berry, jeweller, of Parliament•street , was brought before Mr. Jardine yesterday at Bovi. street. The following evidence was adduced : George Lerigo said—l am porter to a milliner in Regent-street, and live at 11, Chapel-street, Oxford street. At half-past nine last evening I was passing gr. Berry's sliop in Parliament-street, and I heard a sligh t moaning. I said, 4 , What is that ?" There were two or three men on the steps. One of them said, "It is only a man and wife quarrelling." I went on a bit, and returned. When I came back I saw the prisoner strik i, g a man with some instrument. I think it was a life' preserver. I could not swear. The man who was struck was behind the counter, crouching down almost ou his knees. I cried out, "For God's sake secure him ;h e is murdering the man." The prisoner went behind the do' r and picked up a parcel, then he came out of th e shop smoking a cigar, and walked away. H e turned the corner of Cannon-row. I followed and raised the alarm, and then he began to run. I pursued him till be r stopped. A crowd of p eo pl e j o i ne d i n the pursu it. kept halloaing "Stop him." Ile was stopped by th e waterman at the cab-stand in Palace-yard. Thomas Allen said—l a m a h ac k ney - carr i a ge at tendant, No. 5, and was on duty in Palace-yar d last night (Monday), at half-past nine. I saw the prisoner running away and a crowd after him. Searing cries of " Stop him," I did so, and Lerigo charged On with assaulting and nearly murdering a man in Parlia• rnent-street. I took him to the station-house.. lie r e; fused to give his address. There were marks of blood on his hands; he bad no weapon, but he had a lighted cigar in his hand. Mr. Berry said that the young man injured Wl is his journeyman. He (Mr. Berry) called a t the shop at nine o' c l oc k, an d l e ft t h e young man to close. His name was Richard Cope. It was his hot ness to pack up every night the greater part of the stook and remove it. He would rather not say where it viog removed to ; it was done with great secresy. A dummy was made up and taken by the young malt to his private residence in Stafford-row, Pimlico, to divert suspicion. On this occasion the younz man had packed oP the stock, when witness called. Nothing of any val" was missing. What the prisoner had carried away Cr as the "dummy." The young man had been removed to the hospital. Inspector Bradstock took the charge at the station , and noticed the p r i soner ' s b loody bands. He cau sed search to be made for th e lif e - preserver and parce l, but in vain. Probably he bad associates, among whl r t doubtless, were the men w h o m i s l e d L erigo, by sarvb„ it was a quarrel b e t ween h us b and and wife. To e°lll- of these he must have passed the parcel and weeP° rj c i Witness had visited the s h o p, an d f oun d t h e wa ll behind the counter splashed with bl oo d. H a d seen the m en 5t the hospital. He was conscious, but could not slot The surgeon stat e d th a t h e b a d a severe scalp - wound, had induc e d p ara l ys i s o f t h e l e f t s id e. It 51". peared that he was quite insensible when removed from the shop, and for some time after his admission to th e hospital. The prisoner offered no defence. He was remanded for further examination. THREAT TO MURDER SIR RICHARD MVO BY AN EX POLICEMAN. John Casey, a discharged constable from the R divi sion of police, was placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, at the Greenwich Police-office, yesterday, charged 01 1 warrant with having knowingly and feloniously utteral to Mr. Superintendent Mallalieu a letter of a threateoingd character, implying that he would murder Sir Richard Mayne, the head commissioner o f p o li ce . Mr. Francis Mayall Mallalieu, superintendent of the R division of police, stated that on or about the 15th instant he received by post the letter now produceut bearing date 12th October instant, and signed " Janes Casey." He knew the handwriting to be that of James Casey, as he was formerly a constable in the R divtsionr but was discharged from his office by the commissioner s of police about three years ago. Since that time he (the superintendent) had received several letters from him; complaining of the injustice of his dismissal, and con taining language of a threatening character towards the commissioner, Sir Richard Mayne, and from the nature of such threats, and the destitute condition of the said James Casey, he apprehended that he would commit an a3t of personal violence on Sir Richard Mayne, and con sequently took the present proceedings. Mr. Boustead, the chief clerk, then read the following extract from the letter "I will make him (the first part of the letter alluding to Sir Richard Mayne) a living memento of my ven geance, no matter what the suffering afterwards. It will be a terrible lesson for other commissioners, alt teach them how to act in a fair manner to all under them." . The same letter contained another paragraph to the fol lowing effect : ir veterate an enemy against him as can b e . I h a ve ' conduct in my case has made me as deadl y and i ' "1 bave no hesitation in saying that his ty rann ical means in my p ower to obtain s degrading. I w ill not exist with on t having a terrible revenge on him, M y m i nd is ma de uli endeavoured.ov :and should I be drove to it I- will ma k e him stiffer a e much, if not more, living, no matter by ahlio th w anhe has mad e me experience) f o r the last three years." Mr. Seeker (to Mr. (Jlallali eu ) —Rave you seen the prisoner or had any conv ersat i on with him on the subject of his conduct t Mr. Mallalieu repl ie d th at he had seen him about three weeks since at Scotland -yard, wh en h e spoke to himupon the imp ro p r i ety of his conduct. He could not ascertain what object he had in view. In reply to the charge, the prisoner said he had only to object to th e wording of the charge on the warrant. He did not t h reaten " to murder ;" he only wished to contrast the punishment he might give him (Sir Richard Mayne) with what he had given him (the p r i s oner). Mr. Se e k er h aving referred to various parts of the letter, one portion of which stated " that he could not shoot him, as he was not worth a pistol," said be b e ' hewed h e h ad committed an offence under the 10th and 11th Viet., which sets forth " that any person knowingly uttering any letter threatening to murder "&c. But i ll this case, although he did not pointedly use the worth') still it was argumentative, and was a case for the deer' sion of a jury as to the construction. He believed that the words, "he has made me as deadly and in veterate an enemy as can be," were of strong implica tion, as well as making him " a living memento of WY vengeance." However, he should for the present, in order that further inquiries might be made respecting him, remand him till Monday next. The prisoner was then removed. SUSPECTED MURDER. Reports have been published in the newspapers very recently of a man, named Thomas Willett, having been committed for trial at the next South Lancashire assizes, charged with attempting to murder his wife at Liverpool, • by cutting her throat. He also cut and wounded a mart • at Liverpool who interfered to rescue his wife from him. Since his committal circumstances have come to the knowledge of the Manchester police which throw the suspicion of a previous crime upon him. It appears that he had been living in the neighbourhood of Chan cery-lane, Manchester, for several year s w ith a woma n who passed a s hi s wife, and this woman died a few clays before he attempted the crime with which he is charged at Liverpool. Instead of getting the corpse interred in his own neighbourhood, he went and made arrangements to have it interred at Christ-church, Hulme, the other extremity of the town, and on the night before the fu neral conveyed the body to the grave-yard on a hand barrow. After the funeral he left Manchester, saying to a friend that he was going to Liverpool to murder his wife, and that he should be in Kirkdale gaol before night. He attempted to murder his wife at Liverpool that same day. His Manchester wife died after an ill ness of a few days only, and in consequence of informa tion in possession of the Manchester police, Mr. Saynor, superintendent of the C division, made a communication to the coroner of the city, by whose directions the body in Christchurch graveyard was disinterred yesterday morning. An inquest was opened yesterday afternoon at the Greyhound public-house, Chester-road, Hulme, but the proceedings will have to await a post-mortem examination. The police found a paper containing the remains of some kind of powder in the house where he lived iu Chancery-lane, and this will probably have to be analysed also before the inquiry can be completed. "A GENTLE SWAIN."—A young gentleman at Weston is in want of a wife, and, as he does not wish to marry foolishly; ho desires that the lady who may favour him with an offer must be prepared to make the very mode• rate bid of 1001. per annum--i.e,, the lady's income must reach that amount. An advertisement in the Clif ton paper makes known the desire of this "gentle swain," and it is to be hoped that some of the eligible young ladies in that fashionable suburb will deign to smile upon him. TRADE REFORT. -31 4.NCEIESTER, Tuesday.—The ad vanced price of the raw material in Liverpool, and the prospect of a supply less adequate for the increasing consumption, and consequently of still higher rates, give a hardening tendency to this market—the prices of manufactured articles being quoted proportionately higher. The condition of the money market, however, restricts the operations of buyers, and the day's transac tions will be inconsiderable. WEST KENT Fox Ds.—lt is reported that Mr Colyer's hounds will commence hunting in a few days, and that he has made a valuable addition to his stud by purchasing some first class hunters, and also to his ken nel from draughts made from some of the crack packs in En g l and. — South-Eastern Elaatte.