The Sun. — London, England, 1830-08-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIIB PUBLIC JOURNALS. The following account of the plan, given in De- !ember last to M. de Polignac by Gummi, for !hanging the law of elections, and reducing the Go vernment of France to an almost absolute monarchy, s curious, and may be relied on. The Chamber :if Deputies was to be dissolved : and if the new one proved ultraliberal, as it was ex pected to do, the meeting was to be deferred till the end of the month of October, • which would bring it to within a few weeks of the expira tion of the time for which the direct taxes had beep voted by the former Chamber. The budget, including the expellee of the Algerine expedition, was then to be immediately brought forward, and if accepW, the Chamber was to be allowed to continue to sit fora few months, and then to be dissolved; and as the taut in France are voted for two years, and the. initiutive vested in the King by Charter prevents: any pi . eject inimical to the Government being even brought forward, it was intended to take advantage of the time gained, and of any popularity which the, success of the Algerine expedition might have uc. (mired, for the Government to effect the great object. If, however, andOthich was much more probable, the:budget was'°.refused, the Chamber was to be dissolved, and'ihe King placed in the position which Oneratd argues would have allowed him lawfully to exert the authority given him by the, 14th article of the Charter; for by the refusal of the . budget, the payment of the interest of the debt, of the army, navy, and, civil ettployiis, would have been stopped, and the mareh of the Govern.' went arrested ; whilst, on., the, other ,hand, it would have been impossible to convoke a hatober legally constituted according' to the Cliartetee by' the cessation of the direct, usage, which bythatAime would have taken piece, there would hive exiated neither electors nor persons capable of being elected, the former paying 300 f., and the latter I,ooof. of direct taxes, which of course they could not do, when such contributicitis hid ceased to exist. In this situation of affairs, the King, with the Charter in his hand was to have deelared.himself in the posi tion contemplated by the 14th article of it, which gives him the power to provide by ordinance for the execution of the laws ; and, as' the execution of the laW of elections 'had: been rendered impossible by the act of the Chamber 'itself, ho was by ortli nenee to have called a meeting of the 402 persons, lea pins conlribuahles, in the departments, and jointly with them and the Peers to have tamed a new, and, of course, ultra-royalist one. This project was shallow and impracticable, but on the face of it, and as an abstract proposition, sufficiently plausible. Ouvrard did not contemplate that the execution of it would go quietly down, but he con ceived that-1, as it was the Chamber that struck the first blow o -2, as there would have been no ne c*ssity for any act of overt aggression (as in the case of destroying the presses of the journals), and, 3, as it was certainly within the meaning, perhaps a little stretched, of the Charter, it would at least bear arguing on, and have occasioned a difference of opinion in the country, in which case he con cluded that Success would attend, as it generally does, those who have the power in their bands. The Prince de Polignac accepted this project, and intended to act on it, till the news of the fall of Algiers, on the oth of July, turned his head, and induced him to take the fatal step he has done. Ouvrard began every letter to him on the, subject, and there are sixty of them, with " Celui des deux parties tote sortera de la legallie et de la charts, sera perdu," and concluded with an expression to the same effect.—Tirner. A small portion of the Press of this Country makes war upon the Frtnch people and their patriot Ktng. What is wanted in reasoning is made up in abuse—in proportion' to the dearth of legitimate matter of accusation is the ebundance of scurrilous invective. The heroic people of 'Paris are mailed by a bitterness.'only to be equalled by its injustice, because they did not tamely submit to the utter subversion of their liberties, and resign themselves in patient degradation to priestly tyranny and regal oppression. It seems as if some writers wished to mike the Francis sensible that they had eternally disgracer) themselves by missing the fine , opportunity possible of surpassing, in servile sub mission, the subjects of that Roman Emperor who delegated his power to the fawning and crud Seja nue, or of him who invested a nobler animal with the functions of a great Magistrate, and made his horse a Consul. 'These were glorious dines, no doubt, and if Charles and his ghostly advisers had itteatteded in their plans fer the regeneration of the abiolute dynalty, the, world might have seen such times again. Tiberius or a Caligula—the most perfect models ,Of pure absolutism---cannot exist where the people are wayward and perverse enough to retain any se n se of the dignity of human nature. France, unmindful of the lessons of contented di basement which the degenerate Romans gave thr world after the overthrow of the Commonwealth, prefers a moderate and enlightened Sovereign to an !Iftiorant and morose tyrant ; she prefers a Trujan to e Domitian—a Louis-Philippe, who represents the lieteiomil will, to a Charles X., who trampled it in the 414 DI-judging people ! why do ye not abjure the heresy a is free Constitution, anti return to the chains and degradation of an orthodox tyranny I-- The rights of Kings we respect ; but like our fore fathers when they expelled the sullen and priest ridden tyrant James 11, , we think them only of w ee when they are combined and interwoven with the righti of the people. The French may answer their virulent caluramatore in this country by open ing that page of English history which records the proceedings of the Convention Parliament. They me, answer the vilifiers of the Charter by phone; to the Dill of Rights. The means by which our ancestors ()bighted the one, the French defended the other. The treesoeable conspiracy in both instances ageitort the nation ward punished by the forfeiture of the Crown. In a Sunday Paper, which professes to be the organ of the high Church party, but which, at the same time, is the servile instrument the Ministry who most grossly betrayed the cause 0 ( that party, the most coarse and revolting epi. shots are applied to the Kiit of the French. !le is 0 1 1 4 44 1 in " good set terms, an "usurper," as the " unnatural occupier of his mode's chair;" and his manna are designated as low and wittingly, *wale because, like our own patriotic Monarch, he dots not think that the King of a free people should enshroud himself, like en eastern despot, in the Myste. tious obscurhy of a regal fortress ; or relieve it tie ceswary shut the majesty Or a Motiuteb, like , 60 Pity of a heathen god, should be enveloped in clouds. fliatory has not been written in vain for the pre se nt King of the French, which is more then van be said for many of his predecessors. lie keows that. those tyrants who have most disgraced the name of man, have most Affected the attributes of deity ; utid he knows that the truly great riders of mankind in all ages have been as much distinguished for simplicity of manners as for grandeur of mind. '.lbere was more pomp and pterension of power in discharging the wooden thunder bolts of Salmonew, than in di. resting the authentic lightnings of :love / It is worth observing, that the very preceding column in Om tome journal which contents those wild and ess " 4 "Pot ravings against a King, who liar ascended the throne by the acelemation of the people, favour* i t t . ." l , l ' 64. lvrti with rereriewed allusion to the " legitimute o r i l i T:LoLits glint Dori " whose reemg. Stfty , i the writer, " nom impossible longer. One would almost suppose ile 4 o ; l ;7 l 7 4 " . ",w ra l ti t t 4 4 t is tits sentence WO written, NO from of diplomatic reesoniog Aiwa. 11 , L , lire ,ptohle Secretary for Foreign dryw now, in particular, w knowo, lees it be that the 'nimbi n,un s CAW!' has tittered to the new debris Login the sympetbs .4 advocatee of "tiiin g o its tin " things as they are tior" in emote. we refer to those topirse—mEt 41014314 , with thy ; h o p e o r rim yificing seek writeri artd their of the wild folly of attemptieg sOppore:i v ify thitig base in government by every tti.iig In ii logic; not from any fear that iuconsistencies so .1 glaring, and intemperance so gross, can have any i influence in corrupting the natural good sense of the people of this country—but we do it to guard the French people, if such tiradeS should happen to full under their observation, against being led to imagine that the servile oracles of the interested mdevolence of the few speak at all the genuine sentiments of tile many. We wish also that our neighbours, and some among ourselves, should be disabused f the notion that, becawe the virulent attacks upon the recent revolutiodin France proceed from a paper pro- , fessirg to be the organ ef , the Church, its sentiments on this subject are those of the Clergy of England taken as a body. We know, indeed, that there are sortie of that body who hate freedom beth abroad and at home, , because they love the Church: for its property, nor for its doctrines—and, in their idolatry to Mammon, fear that rational liberty would: lead to a reform of those abuses by which a few, churchmen flourish in proportion as religion declines; but far be it from us to confound , with such Priests: of Baal the great body of the Clergy of the Church of Englatid. They, like all men of virtuous prin ciples and enlightened minds, know that the spirit which raised the temple of the reformed faith on the ruin* of superstition, laid the foundation of the, great, and, we trust, imperishable structure of civil liberty, which is the streogth—the ornament—an& the glory of the British empire. We know that such men, as Christian pastors are not officious inter meddlers in political matters, but, as men, they have' a right to form and express their opinion's on all sub-. jects that affect the welfare_of mankind, and we are sure we should do them great injustice by supposing they entertained any other . feelings but those of *empathy and admiration for a brave people, who,' the crisis of stational danger, acted upon the, glorious example of England, and preferring death. to degradation, burst the bonds : of jesuitical and: regal tyranny, and having conquered their enemies. by their oourege, gained nobler triumphs by their moderation.—Morning Herald. The account of a Revolution at Brussels, to which we yesterday alluded, is confirmed. This movement cannot he said to have taken Europe by surprise; for it is well known that the Belgians have always disliked the. Government imposed on them in ISM, and that for a considerable period the strongest irritation has prevailed. The French Re volution may have emboldened the people of Brus sels, and accelerated the movement; but no one can have attended to the recent history of the Nether lands withput being satisfied that the prevailing dis content would, ere long, lead to serious events. M. de Potter some time ago addressed a letter to the King of the Netherlands, in which he predicted what has now taken place. In the Courier des Pays Bus there is a second letter from M. de Potter to the King of the Netherlands, of which the follow ing is an extract : " I repeat, Sire, the Van Msanen Ministry is as odious to the Belgians as the Poliguac 11linistt y was to the French : the doctrines of the Royal Message of December the I Ith are as subversWe of our fundamental law as the Ordennances of July 25th wore of the Charter; the Dutch oppreision is as insupportable to us as the preponder. once of the Priests and the Nobles is to our neighbours; the Paternal Garernment is as impossible in Belgium as the Absolute Government in France; the love of liberty ie as great, as ardent, and as powerful, at Brussels, Liege, Mans ► Bruges, and Ghent, as it is at Paris." The extent of the insurrection is yet only matter of conjecture. But as ►he cause is general there can be no reason for supposing that the movement will be confined to Brussels; In Galignanes _Mes senger it is said that " the intelligence produced a strong sensation in the Chamber, and became the subject of general conversation. It misreported on 'Change that the King of the Netherlands had been forced to take to flight.' It was also added " that Liege and several of the frontier towns were up in arms." Our correspondent, O. P. Q., states in forcible terms the grievances of the Belgians; and does not hesitate to declare that they never will be satisfied till they ure united to France. " Assure yourself 1 pray you'(he says), of the truth of a remark, that this revolution in the Pays Has commenced in 1815. As soon as the Flemings bad ceased to hear he sound of ►annon, and had buried the slain ; as soon as their tears had ceased to flaw fur the defeat of Napoleon ; as soon us the loud and oft repeated curses of the whole Flemish population at the success of the Holy Alliance had subsided into a death-like silence, only occasionally inter• rupted by sighs, the Flemings began to consider their real position. They found that their country had been re-united to Holland without their consent ; that they had been turned over by treaty, as a pieca of land changes proprietors by deed ; and that although it was well known that Belgium had nevsr been so prosperous and happy as since she hail formed part of France, yet that her wishes were not coo. eislered of any moment when compared with those of the House of Orange ; and that it was deemed right by her conquerors to. annex her to her ancient foe, Holland I Flemish Catholics beheld their provinces ruled by Pro testant Governors, their King was a Protestant Prince, the Ministers and Officers of State Dutchmen and Pro totems and Belgium found herself encumbered with the ancient debt of Holland. But this was not all. During the reign of Napoleon, Yielgium had scarcely been taxed ; now she found herself paying snore taxes than the Dutch. shall prove this its another letter. During the reign of Napoleon, Belgium had obtained a free market for all her manufactures, and had obtained in return good Bordeaux wine et tenpence per bottle. Now she found herself without a vent far her manufactured articles, anti the tax on Bordeaux wine was so heavy as almost to amount to a prohibition. During the reign of Napoleon, the Con scription bad certainly been established, and thousands of her sons had perished in the field of battle ; but then her officers had been promoted--her brave youth were rewarded—Belgians had governed their own affsirs, under the superintendence of Fraime—and the. Dutch had not been permitted to interfere in their eon e ern s . D ur i ng th e - reign of Napoleon, the Belgians bad identified themselves with France. They had nearly forgotten their own must barbarous language, and had adopted that of the French. In their Courts of Law—in the army and navy—in the public schools—and everywhere, French was the language of the people—and to the lowest class was confined the speaking of the Hanish dialect. But now they found that the old language was revived ; that all reminiscences of . . the formes: junction of Belgium with France were to he destroyed, and that an attempt was to he made to anislita mate the Flemings with the Dutch. This alone was Vail. Cient to induce a moral resistance, And that moral resist ance hay been going on for the period of fifteen years. 1 nu► about to state a fact which 1 know to be true—that from 1815 to the present day the Belgians never have been really satisfied ; and I must add, that they never will hi until France shall govern them. That such desire brie been greatly increased by the avenue Whi have recently occurred in France I of course admit, *ince, in the very time proportion that France becomes truly great and truly free, the Flemings increasingly desire a connection with , that country." The Belgians, we may observe, are a people who have on more than one occasion proved that they can net up to their resolves. Who does not know of the resistance of the Flemings to the encroach merits of the Emperor Joseph, a little before the outbreaking of the French Revolution, and his mor tification at the failure of all his attempts, notwith standing his immense armies ? The political fabric reared by the enemies of the nation , , on the over throw of Napoleon, is thus fast crumbling to pieces. Is there a man, with the spirit of a man, through out Europe, who does not wish that it shouldso crumble to pieces ? The people, their interests, their feelings, their habits, were all sacrificed, with out scruple or compunction, to the plan for strength ening the great military momuchies, us Lord Castle reagh termed them ; that is, Europe was SO par celled out, that the great despotisms were enabled to retain Europe in a state of subjection, by the ease with which they could aid each other in crush ing all attempts at internal improvement in any country. Belgium was violently torn from France— Italy was consigned to Austria--Genoa was forcibly united to Piedmont—and a number of other forcible disinentbOrinents and unions em Then consummated. Whenever, however, violeneeis_doone to the nations, as M the, so ,, ealled settlement of Europe there is * ll i 4 Ya LitiOsger of a -violent temillittiou to the *atone. A government was imposed on the greatest rend' 111 P0 it!t-ellgent-of tho Ettropczn Lotions, hostile totprovement, either at home or abroad. e. hi-Ns had of course a deep ititereq `nupholding; this Coisser t im• the MAPileti Of Willett wits Csbelltl4l to their scheme, and they accordingly guaranteed to the elder branch of the hated Bourbons the pos session of the Throne of France. But the French having thrown off; the incumbrance, and vindicated their rights to 41fgoverrnent, the system of the Alliei is undermined. She has weakened the enemies of the nations, and in the same proportion strengthened the nations themselves. They have, too, her bright example to teach them the grand secret of theirown power. It is Impossible, that under such circumstances, the nations suffering under injustice should not feel impelled t o follow the example. What might have been imprudent a few months ago, may now be a matter of easy execution. That these effects are viewed with great ill-will by the Aristo cracy of this country, is a point as to which there can be no dispute. They feel that there is an in timate connection between the duration of their power and . the duration of the System of Ascen dancy of the Holy Alliance. While they dare not openly declare themselves hostile to the French Re volution, they cannot muster up sufficient hypocrisy to conceal the chagrin they feel that it has been so signally successful, and more especially that it is not in their power to hold it up as a bugbear. But still it, this country, as well as in every other, the physi cal power is with the people, anti the people are pleased beyond measure with the French Revolu tion. The higher ranks would, no doubt, if they dared, now, as well' as in 1794, precipitate the country into a war with the Continent, with a view to prevent the spread of free Insti tutions But if the people do their duty, they, will not dare to venture on such an unhallowed course. It was the opening, of the 'Scheldt which formed the pretext for the war of 1794. The-pre text for a war now might be the movement in Bel gium. Let the people be on their guard. The French will not interfere with BelgiuM if other Powers do not interfere with it. If the people do their duty, the Government will not dare to commit the country to any plan for crushing, by means of their neighbours, the attempts of the Belgians. — They ought to be allowed to work out their own emancipation unmolested. We shall conclude with the following forcible observations transmitted to us by a Correspondent " The crisis which everybudy knew must arrive, is come. Belgium is in arms to effect her re-junction to France, and so break the unnatural union which .was forced on her, as part of the,Castlereagb plan for keeping down freedom everywhere. The question is now, whether the people of England will contribute their money and persons to carry on Lord Castlereagh's war, or whether they are grown nicer? There is no doubt that Lord Castlereagh made an agreement that he and his, supposing they had the power in their hands, should go to war to keep Bel gium from joining herself to France. But he did.not'make an agreement that the people of England, after his death, should agree to give a shilling towards it. The case is like that of the unjust treaties of the Stuarts for the depression of Holland, with the further purpose of perpetuating the depression of liberty at home. And the question is, what is to be done with such a treaty, if the people have come to a better mind? The best answer appears to be; that the people must strongly and constitutionally avow their determination not to support a war for the purpose of securing their own bondage and destroying their own lute; rests; and that, this being secured, they must leave the aristocratical parties who made the treaty to make lust what statement, of the case they like best. Let them tell the Holy Alliance that their hearts and afire- tions are as much with them as ever, but that fan& doctrines have so wrought upon the English people, that there is no getting sixpence from theni towards the corn pletion of the plan. There is no doubt thitt there was a treaty to guarantee the existing coalition of Belgium, as a means of keeping the Bourbons on the Throne. But this was always dependent on the supposition that the Bour. bons kept their part of the agreement, and did not vacate the throne by their own misconduct. The Bourbons lutes so vacated it ; and England, from the King on the Throni to the lowest artisan, has recognised the fact. There is an end, therefore, of all the dependent guarantees; and any Englishman must be a mere simpleton who allows himself to be deprived of sixpence to keep up the wrecks of the Iloly Alliance policy in Belgium."—Mousing Chronicle, The attention of the public was yesterday strongly excited by intelligence of a popular movement m Brussels, which was at first magnified into a royal lotion, but reduced by subsequent and more accurate accounts to its true character, of an ebullition of discontent in the lower orders, serious in its nature, and attended, unhappily, with bloodshed, but local, and not likely, we trust, to be continued or re peated. While the explosion appears to have been prompted.ronr t them ie the late events at Paris, it differed i by it one main feature, for it took place in the absence of the Court, and was in no degree provoked by the acts of the Executive Govern ment. The circumstances were nearly us follows : The anniversary of the birth-day of the King of the Netherlands was celebrated at Brussels on this day se'nnight, by public functionaries, the officers of the garrison and city guard, and a num ber of the inhabitants. An Opposition Journal having asserted that " the preparations for illumi nating the park on this occasion had excited great discontent,' the Gazette des Pays Bas, the Govern meta paper, pronounced this assertion not only a falsehood, but a gross insult to the inhabitants of Brussels; a city which of late years had been so greatly improved, and had profited so largely by the disbursethents of the public money." This and other similar expressions excited considerable see , satin among the dissatisfied part of the populace, and on Wednesday evening ut u late hour, groups collecting in the streets proceeded to the office of Le National, a Ministerial paper, and afterwards to the residence of the Editor, who fortunately was absent, but whose papers awl furniture were soon involved in one common • destruction. In an other part of the town the windows in the Court of Assize were broken amid cries of " Down with Van Maunen," the Minister of Justice, who acted so prominent a part in the state trials of De Potter and his brother journalists. Another crowd proceeded to the house of the I)irec. tor of Police, and destroyed the doors, windows, and furniture. It was now past midnight, and the sound of .fire.artne was heard for the first time at one o'clock on Thursday morning, the shops of the gunsmiths having been broken open by the popu lace. Thus armed the crowd rushed to the official residence of the obnoxious Minister, Van Airmen, burst open the doors, and destroyed the furniture, enconetering little opposition from the soldiers, who,' whether, by order from their officers or inability to resist, withdrew from the scene of contest. The house, or to use the official term, hotel, was now set on fire; the smoke rose rapidly, and the people declared they would not retire till it should be burnt to the foundation. Engines errived arid the firemen offered to extinguish the conflagra tion, but they were obliged to withdraw, and leave the building to its fate. All this had taken place in darkness; soon after the morning dawned, a n d s h owe d the armed force advancing, and spreading themselves by companies through the streets. A t last, at s i x o'clock on Thursday morning, or d ers were given to u platoon to fire, and soon after the dead and wounded were seen taken from among the crowd and carried home ;Other detachments of troops traversed the streets, and their firing,sometimes pointed at the people, at other times in the air, resuunded through the whole town. To stop this disorder and blood shed th e Alagistrutes determined to hold a middle course, withdrawing the military, mull replacing there by. a force which could not. be obnoxious to the people; the garde bourgeoise, Or armed citizens. They invited the members of this body to repair to the barracks for arms; these were forthwith dis tributed to diem, and ',taroks of ci t i zens were seen traversing the principal streets and relieving the military, who withdrew to their barracks, or took a public squ are , the Place defensive attitude in th e Royale. This conciliating course was followed by proclamation from the magistrates, announcing the a b o li t i on o r the mouture, or tax on the grinding of corn. Some time after the ancient flag,!or standard o f Brabant (black, orange, and red), was hoisted and carried along the streets. 'rime people were now pacified ; further disorder was prevented .; females v v .?utipublic, an d t h e shops and %a t reli le i . e t i l ie t s ° s'v'pelilveaar in gairi opened. The complaints of th e populace an this OeCliSiOli were confined to the pressure of taxation and, the high price of bread. N murmurs of a political nature were heard. The Hague being this year the residence of the Court, the King, the Princes, and the chief Mi nisters, were at a great distance ; but the Magi strates on the spot seem to have been quite equal to the exigency, serious as it was. The garrison of Brussels, consisting at first of only 1,500 men, was carried by successive arrivals on Thursday to double that number. The neighbour ing city of Ghent, far from participating in the spirit of the insurrection, is said to give evidence of the greatest loyalty. In truth, the grounds of dis satisfaction at Brussels appear to have been so slight, that a movement would hardly have taken place, had the members of Government been on the spot with a suitable military force. The Belgians differing from the Hollanders in their religious creed, and separated from them in a , political sense during more than two centuries, are, as is well known, unwilling subject; of the House of Orange. They have also borne their full share of the recent pressure on the productive industry of Europe, arising from stagnant markets and reduced earn• ings; but, with the exception of the state trials in the early part of the year, they have had no recent grievance, or subject of complaint.— .These trials, however, were justly odious, both on account of the manner in which they were conducted, and the vindictive spirit which they betrayed ; and the Revolution in Prance having occurred so closely on the back of them, and on the final expulsion of M. de Potter and his colleagues from the.. Netherlands, and having withal evinced such a complete triumph over an unconstitutional government, it would have been a Miracle indeed, had no popular ebullition of indignation been exhi= bited. Let us hope, however, that the mischief is at an end—that the Government, on the one hand, will see the policy of making every just and neces sary concession, and. that the people, on the other, instead of indulging in senseless rioting, will con fine their exertions and demands to the claim of those salutary reforms, which the King cannot refuse on any reasonable pretence. The latest accounts seem to state that the higher classes hid at length begun to show themselves, and to take the lead of those who were carrying on the works of destruction '; and, if such should prove to be the case, we trust we may confidently anticipate a speedy settlement of disturbances, which, were they to continue for any length of time, might involve all Europe in another war.—.ilforning Advertiser. RESUMED CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MISTS CASHIN. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. Wakley produced a copy of the Times news paper, in which a letter was published from Sir Anthony Carlisle, on the subject of the evidence given on a former day by General Sharpe, and sug gested that it should be read to the Jury. General Sharpe rose and said, that he stood be fore the Court and Jury a much injured man. His reputation was at stake. He was a General in the army, and if such an imputation as was contained in Sir Anthony Carlisle's letter were true, it would disgrace hint. He therefore hoped the Court would extend its jurisdiction, if possible, and bring forward Sir Anthony Carlisle. The CORONER said, that a letter in a newspaper could not be evidence, and declined to act upon it in any way. Mr. Adolphus concurred in the Coroner's opi nion, and said he had seen the report of the pro ceedings alluded to in the 7'imer, and did not detect any material omission or misrepresentation in the report of General Sharpe's deposition. The General said ihat he could refute almost every word contained in Sir Anthony Carlisle's letter. Here the conversation dropped. The Foreman of the Jury then rose, and read from a paper in his hand to the effect that the Ju►y were unanimously of opinion that it was useless to pursue the inquiry any further than had already been done, for that they were assembled not to inquire into the success of Mr. Long's mode of practice, but to ascertain the circumstances which produced the death of Miss Cashin, and they therefore re quested that the proceedings might be stopped, and that they might deliver their verdict. The COnoismt said he thought the inquiry they were pursuing was material to the question at issue, inasmuch as tt went to show that the preparation used by Mr. Long had been beneficial in its effects to many, and if it was shown that it was administered with a good intention, and not at random, with a culpable disregard for the lives of his Majesty's sub jects, a man ought not to be charged criminally. The Coroner then cited a case tried at the Old Bailey, in which the Judges held the same doctrine which he bad just now mentioned. If remedies were not to be administered by any but medical men, all the old ladies would soon go to pot.—(A laugh.) Mr. Adolphus—Ay, and the race of Lady Roan /041s would soon be extinct. But to the point. In a proceeding like this, supposing a verdict crimi natory of any person should be returned, all the depositions would, as a matter of course, be sent to the Ohl Bailey with that verdict ; and I am deter mined that it shall be seen fully and fairly upon what grounds the verdict is founded. A Juror said he had no objection to sit patiently and hear all the evidence that might be called, but he hoped that gentlemen would keep their tempers, and indulge less in personalities than they had done hitherto. Mr. Adophus said he joined heartily in this wish. Michael George Prendergast, Esq., M.P., residing at No. 2, Alpha Cottages, 'New-read, examined— I felt very much inconvenienced some months ago by a determination of blood to the head. It was about the middle of January. I suffered loss of ap petite and want of rest. At this time I had never seen Mr. Long, but having heard from a friend of mine, Sir Colin,Cumpbell, as to his skill anti suc cess in the cure of inflammatory diseases, I applied to him. On the first day he said it was impossible he could attend upon me, as he had so many patients under his care just then. Ile called on me at nine o'clock in the evening, and he applied his prepare don to my chest for at least a quarter of an hour, and then to my forehead, but it produced no effect. lie next tried my back, and in less than three minutes he produced a copious discharge. He con tinued to rub about three or four minutes longer after he had produced the discharge. He then placed a cabbage-leaf on the sore, and afterwards a pad lined with cotton. He told me it was very likely I should be disturbed in the night, by the quantity of mutter that would exude. I was disturbed in the night, end had a fresh pad and fresh leaves applied. When I awoke the perspiration on my skin was profuse, and my sleep had been very unlike what I had ex perienced for many months before,—it was very sound and refreshing. There was an excoriation in the centre of the back. The discharge continued very free that night, the next day, And the second night also. I found my head greatly relieved, and from that day to this I have not had the slightest re turn of the complaint which I had laboured under. I never experienced the slightest ill effect from Mr. Long's application, but on the contrary, the greatest one mode o l f i t i r a e v a e tm ne e v n e t: r akrtilitraVllwi alylismhetaordpufrrsoume b ene fi t , and that benefit had been perman ent u p t o this but leis patients that they experienced great b ene fi t. completelycSo s Since t he and d e time hroe tnap removed. e t: n m i e( e lo t: nr t e i s o le : aq t mentioned, nce o w t fo as trouble) the yms success With a pain in the chest, and inconvenience f r o m a nd in two or three t imes the inconvenience was care, f h and istreu h t e rn underw e nt e o r f w n e l i e i; app l ication. ceti n t'" had el h i a s violent tooth-ache, and his fitce and eye-lids were o preparation was applied There as excoria lion produced in this instance. I sent another child to the face and e y e, o f mine to him,. only six years old; with an inflam matory tiienack so u r ß e d t h r i o r ti o t a , t t a td nd h i e t a w p a p s li c e o d mp t h i e e te it y o Iruetni removed to by one application. In consequence of the- benefit• myself and family have derived, a great many per sons have gone to Mr. Long on my recommendation. I have been here from the commencement of this inquiry, and I should still recommend others, and place myself or any member of my family under his care, not only with the same degree of confidence, but with greatly increased confidence. I and up wards of 60 honourable and respectable persons have come forward in behalf of and to do justice to an individual whom we think an attempt has been made to persecute. By Dr. Thomson—l never knew of any person dying under Mr. Long's treatment but Miss Cabin, except in capes which have been given over by the faculty, and then it was his custom to say he would try his best ; but it was a desperate case, and he could not answer for producing a cure. Mr. Long requested my servant to withdraw when he adminis tered the application, and my wife held the candle. He never asked me to sign any document, or im posed any obligation of secrecy upon me. I always thought that practice of his absurd and ridiculous, and I told him so many times. In my opinion it was impossible to change the bottle which contained the lotion, on the night he visited me, without my wife having seen it. I say that with the more con fidence, because he had his coat off, and his sleeves tucked up. He seemed surprised and disappointed that he did not find active matter in my chest.—(A laugh.)--I used great endeavours to prevail upon Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald to go to Mr. Long; and my opinion, on oath, is, that had he done so, he would have been able to preside at the Board of Trade at this moment.—(Loud laughter.)—When Mr. Long visited me the first time, hold him I had been very abstemious as to wine, and he told me by all means to take a bottle of claret the next daY at dinner—an injunction which I most religiously obeyed. ,'Mr. John Braithwaite, of the New•road, engineer, sworn—l was troubled with a complaint which prp dueed great general debility and wasting of the! limbs. During my illness I had recourse to medical men of great eminence, and they failed in relieving me. They had described my case to be without hope. I first applied to Mr. Long on the sth of. December, 1827, and went to him for 50 days con secutively. He gave me a lotion which I applied myself. I attended his house, and. found numerous patients there. I had no reason to believe that he applied one lotion to one party and a different one to another. From the benefit I received, I recom mended him to several hien& who applied to him for his advice. My opinion of the skill of Mr. Long is not at all diminished, but on the contrary. I was under the care of an eminent medical practitioner in the vicinity of Manchester-square, who informed my brother that mine was a perfectly hopeless case, and that I should die. I did not receive any relie f froM that gentleman. He; however, informed me that my lungs were quite sound. Mr. Nathaniel Higgs, a brewer at Pimlico, sworn— I was for many years afflicted with the gout, and I applied to several gentlemen for advice. Mr. Adolphus—Physicians or surgeons ? Mr. Higgs—Common doctors.—(A laugh.) Mr. Adolphus—You mean, I suppose, practising surgeons who keep shops.? Mr. Higgs—Yes. In February I applied to Mr. Long, and submitted to his usual system--that of inhaling and outward ap plication, for six or - seven weeks. He produced ex coriation on my cheit, and both feet. I was at Mr. Long's with other patients, all of whom were rubbed with the contents of one bottle. During the time of my using his preparations I felt no pain. I now consider myself quite recovered. Mr. M'Callan (one of the Jury) here rose, and addressing the Coroner, submitted that the present . mode of proceeding was highly irregular. They' were not empanelled to make public to the world the supposed skill of Mr. Long, but to inquire into the death of Miss Cashin. They had heard an im mense body of evidence,—quite sufficient to enable them to,come to a verdict. if they allowed ,Mr. Adolphus to trifle with them fur another week, 'he (Mr. M'Callan) was sure the Jury would be. the laughing-stock of the world. Another Juror—l wish Mr. Long. would pursue the same means to obtain notoriety as Dr. Eady, and then we should not be kept here for a week.— (Loud laughing.) Mr. Adolphus, in reply, said that the evidence he was bringing forward was not irrelevant to the sub ject of inquiry. On the contrary, Miss Cashin had died under the care of Mr. Long as she might under any other practitioner, and it was for him (Mr. Adolphus) to satisfy the public, and (he hoped at least to do so) the Jury, that Mr. Long's method of treatment was not attended with any danger, which he could only do by calling respectable witnesses. Colonel Frederick Campbell stated that his daugh ter had an affection of the hip, which forced the thigh from its socket, and an abscess was formed on the hip joint, and other turnouts on the leg. She was treated in the same way as Mr. Long's patients always were. The rubbing produced a redness, but no excoriation. By the process the abscess had been removed, the limb had nearly recovered its proper length, but she could not bear her whole weight upon it. Her knee had been turned round almost to dislocation, and the toes were inclining downwards. They were now quite altered, and nearly in their proper position. Witness is not a surgeon, but he was perfectly satisfied as a father with the treatment his daughter had received. The medical men who had attended her before, said the thigh would never be restored to the socket. The lotion produced a surprising effect upon the parts where there was redness or inflammation. (Here, in consequence of an observation of Mr. Adolphus, which was disliked by one of the Jury, another altercation ensued, during which the clap ping of bands, stamping of feet, and cries of "Bravo I" followed by occasional hisses, continued in a manner totally unprecedented in a court of justice, prevailed for nearly a quarter of an.. hour. There never was a scene more disgraceful.) The Coroner having at length obtained something like silence, said that a great many witnesses had now been called to prove the skill of Mr. Long, the success which had attended his practice, and the confidence which his patients had in him, and he thought those points could not be established in a stronger manner than had already been done. Pro bably Mr. Adolphus would not think it necessary to proceed with further evidence on those points. Mr. Adolphus said he was inclined to pay all proper respect to the Judge of every Court in which his professional avocations brought him, and especially a Judge who had shown so much temper, patience, and moderation as Mr. Stirling had done in this inquiry. Mr. Long's private character, as well as his private reputation, had been assailed by a gross and foul conspiracy, and he (Mr. Adolphus) should therefore feel himself justified in calling all the witnesses who had come forward; but yielding to the suggestion of the Coroner, he should now adopt a different course, and only examine witnesses to a particular point. Miss Penelope Smyth sworn--I am now residing at Richmond. I have known Mr. Long for about ten years. He was very young when I first knew him. He was well educated, and I always consi dered him a talented young man. He lived in the same house with me and my mother, for about a year and a half. I first knew him at Doneraile, in the county of Cork. lie had the reputation of being a good scholar. His manners and conduct were perfectly those of the gentleman. I know that, amongst his other studies, he puraued that of anatomy. He was also fond of painting. I hare been living abroad for some time, and we have been separated, but I have heard of him. I have been now nearly four months under his care, and have greatly improved in my health. I was subject to very violent headaches. I saw Miss Catherine Cabin at Mr. Long's, and I heard her sister-in law, Mrs. O'Connor, say she was in hopes they had brought her there in time to save hr. I never heard her complain of the treatment:she had received. I should say that Miss Cashin was a very delicate person indeed. I never heard her cough, but I saw h e r a pply h er handkerchief to her mouth very often. It was in Dublin where - Mr. - Long was pursuing his education that I know he studied anatomy. This was about ten or eleven yearn ago. ,I- know thitt. he, attended one course of lectures . .110,M110: 4 1 10, 1 4 n a of painting. I do not know whether t he. Wili , 4 l o school in which anatomy and painting ; Ap o :were taught. I have received more benefit from gr.1;04! treatment than from that of any other medic* mo t Harriet Francis Roxburgh; of Orove-striet, Pint den -town, sworn—l have been delicate. from po birth. S ometimes' the medical man represented:OW to be in a decline, and 1 have Wasted .viry much. It is now nearly two years since I Waging placed under Mr. Long's care. I was undeir , care when Miss C. Cashin was. I used.the2loiints: which Mr. Long always gave to his patietitatl • saw Miss Cashin frequently there. I was latin., 7ll „ by Charlotte and Alice, Mr. Long'e servants.' ha l have found more benefit from his treatme nt t ,„ from any other medical man. The bad syteptoini have materially diminished, and my health Is , v e i l much improved. Miss Cashin appeared to MOW thing but a healthy person. Ann, Countess of Buckirighamshite, sworte live in Montague-square, Alarylebone. I hint tended Mr. Long for seven weeks, and tio,atillismi.- shall, I hope, to-morrow morning. - While itsat.t tending him, I saw Miss Cashin twice only - .'1,,11,1. were not always in the . same room. It 'Might r about a week before her death that I saw her. Sli! appeared to me to be far from a healthi rOP , She seemed rather an unhealthy person. T. a ill time I saw her she had not received the liquid. ..1 had received some that day, and have:dons eve day since I attended Mr. Long.' I could not let ° that the liquid taken by me .and • by bllO'Yee,'"4 were both taken out of the same bottle, ball i . ,.,vr,, d presume so, as I have always seen the saintillAur t e ,, by the same ladies. I was present whorl r it ',„"''d ceived it. There was only one bottle in the 0 0 , 0 T,r, that he held in his hand when be pared it . 91,11.- . , ,„„ % A O received it from a servant of his Woo t i : l 7,l„_''',/ always attended me, and eo did Miss • "" - sustained no injury from the lotion treceivad.4 that day, and in general 1 neverwas so Well'oisiti . I have attended Mr. Long. rant very slug I!: covered. Ido not think Miss Crain' had ' $ rubbed before the last time , I'saw her. 'I did see' her rubbed. We might ' have been ru b b e d „ different liquid, but I thiek it very tinliOt; . , indeed next to impossible. She did not :"., to me of being ill. Miss Ellen 'Cashinal,,.. thinner, looked much clearer and more hinilliC!,:, i , face than Miss Cashin. The lotion prodiarea . : ' I slight redness in the skin. ' 10t , Alice Dyke sworn —I am servant to Mt. and live in the house in Harley-street, and bat.l6, there about five months. Ism employed , t 0 _,.PL,. ee female patients with the lotion which he gritesiaii `.k , I remember Miss Cashin coming thrti , ' t skp sister. She was not a healthy-looking tiffrikreig was rubbed with Mr. Long's lotion ontni i il ..r;;Ti o I believe was' on the 3d of Auguitl! . * rubbed by me. I rubbed six other ladies.l l l° the Countess of Buekinghamshire, Mist rsi Mrs. and Miss Ottley, and Mies Johnoino : A ro ' Cashin washed her hands with the 10tie e .... 1 01 lotion' I washed Miss Cashin with was the . rie all respects as I applied to the other ladiet , ',l,: , . t i it poured from a bottle for all the patientallb.l . ' have seen all the other ladies respectively co a since, and not one has complained 'to trio.. - - i ~, slightest injury. t,ll . ;60. By the CORONER—I did not rub M ist J o more severely nor for a longer period thin...A., others, and it had no more effeet"upon her thst i ."l others. Her backed was dressed and washld r the same lotion every day. The last time 110' was on a Friday, and she then appearedlif ,r health. No one rubbed her but me. Ott liie said in her hearing she bad been very unsviM r or three days, and that was the reason'sbe , W. o . . ' her to be rubbed. I never hoard any an' f 9 - ro - .• . of the treatment. I never made the 100 ,0 1 1 .• o ti. Miss Caitlin appeared in better health *MO " ! ; par bing. She appeared to increase in heelth," l 7„by / friends seemed satisfied. Miss Cashin,h l 'r . i ‘,. Mr. Long the last time she eafied.'; ) 1 w.. " - .. „ b og 1 face every day with the lotion but V viip 4010 rubbed with it. I was quite well when ' I 10 _,, 11 '0 j o s ! his service. The sore on the backandneo„, a " Op. Caddo was not worse than on Mimi Ellen ._.,,,,r"' ie d l o h w av n e in s a uffi bo ci o e k nt wi k ie r n icn l vl r e u d b g b e ed o . f the . tres! : lPT ,:i 4.lit know when to leave off rubbing. I alwriyil h ' , , , Mr. Adolphus here intimated that he I 1 4.'!" - : his case. JO The CORONER then briefly charged 'th e i 70 drawing their attention to the chief poine'' ll risid case, and expressing it as his opinion titer Ihl, o . os not been sufficient made out to make Me. i: let criminally responsible. The Jury, howiony said, were the proper judges, and he trustenip would give the case a cool arid deliberate c o t ! 1 ation, and give a decision without fear and vat - i prejudice. ' end 11/ ; The Jury retired at 20 minutes after A v. ' co tad about two hours one of them came in and rl 0 .0. the Coroner t o whicht o e w sp a o s u: l i o d ne th b e y lawthat raetalsaatinrg;.i..(anip.oded,b: slaughter, Jury, at 20 minutes b e fore eight o'clock , ee,,,k,_"" jahP verdict of " Manslaughter" against Mr. ' 1 " • Long. hat?artii was aie heard, and a b a e d ing satn re a tu p rn e e ta d a , a a jon b w . il u cti s : l P esd i i ! g we r : shame," t f e t e el e l e re l ,m ' t i t al i su a l r e r ds token tel P o f their approbation; han di a but n and cries lta 11:47; Sh a rpt i eat ° i f' uice: w oh. e kup r on, e isTarnnE h ndu e n a l y r hi d neaq,C f ii, r dio o rur m eoid,. e t si it in e egeNi xi mo re dec entirsh:id inLler I, .0 p i:0001 tendance, and was answered by Capes,' the b y the in the negativ e . A warrant wa s then,liwt„fit to Coroner, for his apprehension and safe loalr Nee gate, and thus ended this inquiry -................................ ' ...... . • o t --------' f ait An inquest was held on Saturday we( Mr. Prrrinoaa's, the Green Man Ina, 00 sba e niell i ' l l Mr. JOHN PHIPPS, aged 18 ye3rs, who was trs t b oot the Chester mail to London. It appeared th,",„,00 0 1 , taken very ill, when near the above inn, 40 " go'P mail's arriving there it was found newsgirl that h be taken in and conveyed to bed. •Ille dica 'A opet..i fr having been immediately sent for, it was founw jesi beV arrival of Mr. Smarm:surgeon of keinobleYt th,L it b ot ly o 2. taken place. As no general examination of ill; 00" wr allowed, a verdict of " Died by the visitation of tai thir returned. Much praise is due to Mr. Pitproost:jos 0 with the coa c h man and guard, for their kind at"' ...do the deceased. -...... 0 ...--- - .—................- BIRTHS. . oil On the 29th inst. at Clifton, the lady of CO . ~ Elton, R.N. of a daughter. pa 10w ,, "' On the 28th inst. in Devonshire - Wear -- 1 1 ,' Mrs. W. Mahon, of a son. i g r . *, On the 25th inst. at Woolton, near Liverr °,t ' i t 'ef s Macgregor, of a son, still-born. bay - On the 29th inst. at Stamford.hill , the ' 4 Rouse, Esq., of a daughter. still-born. ._.,44 01 . On the 80th inst. Mrs. Atkins, Pox 0r(119.7 Nicholas-lane, of a son. the O la n d t y he of B , o r. th n in D st. s a t: w ll ir iv t, er ni -st g re . et o t i l a il im ' 3 : o 6 . lN4WlWlT : ...d MARRIED. tin ed ":, On the 80th inst. at Chelsea, Fredsriekt g o r of J. Neale, Esq., of Gower stre et North, go Ph' ity Vullismy, of Hans-placc. I 94v iid On the 28th inst. at Stonehouse Choi. t. to , to sistant-Cotnatissary-General John Litu!soi vinp , al 1 Lucas, second daughter of the late J. Long '''" island of Dominica. °' It. DIED. „4 4S, oil On the 25th inst. in Norton.4treeeatosi f, Ric ,_, CO Wtwgi Nuttall, M.D., Physician t o the n ook Dispensary. e . Cb gricl itlai v e i On the 27th mist . in Cadogan - Pir 1 0. the -, jEasloi.ni.an,ictoilf.el2lorytwine,llt. aaniclnsPiYindlii9irt:7o4rfrarshire, zoi..,):10101, Isabella Graham, of Baltnuir. . „„,,. 0 , 1)0701' On the 27th inst. at Watermott.h.tlav:o, . E. , q , r . Dann, aged 49, relict of the late R • . 1 " _-- nay, Middlesex. -.---- --- iii liNat fr y MVO '' , spol 4. PRINTED AND PORLISIIND Is ~.,.,0 0, 4 ~,,,o Tux sus On'lc Si 021 ps