The Sun. — London, England, 1833-03-07 00:00:00

-;: SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The reputation of Mr.oTonnell, as a power ful and successful advocate, conspired with a general consciousness of the interest wh i ch he must inevitably take in the Irish question to render his speech of Tuesday evening an object of curiosity and attention. Notwithstanding its extreme length, extending to eight columns of this closely printed journal, we found time and patience to read it through ;—some proof, at least, of a predisposition to jurlsze the Learned Gentleman by that standard which he would pro bably himself have selected, viz., his own repre sentation of his views and sentiments. To say the truth, the result, as a whole, has grievously disappointed us ; although, on one or two espe cial points of the Bill, our sympathies and rea son alike dispose us to agree with the Member for Dublin. If it be fact, as asserted by Mr. O'Connell, that after the powers of the Bill shall have been applied to any proclaimed dis trict, any of the persons authorized to execute its provisions may seize accused parties and im prison them at discretion in any private place of confinement, which private prison shall be deemed, for all penal intents and purposes, one of his Majesty's gaols, we cannot well conceive a law more susceptible of the harshest and most tyrannical abuses. It is said with great justice, by Mr. O'Connell, that She riffs are responsible for the treatment of captives in any of the Royal prisons, and the officers of corporations equally answerable to their supe riors ; but that- the commitment of British sub jects to private and irresponsible custody is what the law and Constitution of England have never contemplated, and hold in complete abhorrence. It is, indeed, obvious, that private and discre tionary—that is, unaccountable—custody, may, without much trouble or embarrassment to the custos, be but another name for the secret punishments of 'the Inquisition—for tortures long and formally banished from the administra• tion of English law.ln Ireland, during 1798, when low functionaries of all descriptions assumed enormous privileges, and exercised them at their own discretion, brutal treatment of prisoners, was an occurrence of every day. Then, as it seems to be now projected, there was a con currence, or rather jumble, of civil and military jurisdiction ; and, as was natural, every base tool of power in each department of the con federate tyranny worked hard for an unlimited increase of his own license to oppress. Those times were horrible, no man can look back upon them without terror—too few, unhappily, on either side of the question, without strong visita tions of remorse. Mr. O'Connell, we fear, does not much exaggerate the iniquities or ab surdities of courtsmartial, as witnessed during that rebellion. Mr. Lambert arraigned as in the highest degree impolitic the revival of a species of authority which had left behind it a recollection so full of stings and heartburnings in the national mind of Ireland. It is undoubt- edly true that the courtsmartial of that cala mitous period were composed for the most part of militia, or, we believe, even of yeomanry members,—that is, of the most vindictive and sanguinary partisans that ever were suffered by the madness of a supreme Government to keep open the ulcers of civil animosity, and to inflame and perpetuate the horrors of domestic war. We • are ready to admit that the materials of courtsmartial, confined as they would now be to officers of the regular army, must be con sidered less objectionable than those of the year 1798, and that the moving power,—namely, the King's Government—itself is inspired with a different and far better spirit. But still mili tary men are not fit depositaries of the judicial functions. Lawyers are indisputably the best judges of moral evidence. Mathematicians may be, as they are accused of being, bad ar biters of moral questions, from requiring proof too exact and conclusive ; but soldiers, we are sure, err from the opposi'e cause—that of being satisfied with insufficient testimony, and being prone to decide (as they are often, from the emergencies of their calling, forced to act, and that promptly) from strong presumptions and impressions. With the highest esteem for many military men, and unbounded confidence in their honour and integrity as a class, we have met with very few among even the most expe rienced and distinguished of the profession, who, in cases where truth might be arrived at with perfect moral certainty, though not without considerable intellectual difficulty, were capable of so much patience, labour, and discrimination, as would be indispensable towards extricating important facts from a heap of artfully adjusted rubbish, or a maze of seeming contradictions. And now, when cross-examination by advocates is to be allowed, and where the extreme refine ments of skill and talent may be exercised to per plex and confound the truth, and to set the responsibility of a wrong decision in the most alarming light before conscientious but unin structed judges, we can hardly permit ourselves to hopethat anythingshort of occasional injustice and general dissatisfaction can be. the result of such a military tribunal. On the above two points, therefore, we sympathize keenly with Mr. O'Connell's fears and censures;-but there it ends. His ripping up of the Henries, Eliza beths, &c., for proofs of the present tyranny practised towards Ireland,—his recall of English treacheries, in the face of the Irish Sicilian ves pers of 1642,—his total forgetfulness that when left to their own native devices the Irish chief tains, princes ; or whatever titles they rejoiced in, were for ever cutting each other's thr oa t s , an d setting habitations on. fire,—and, finally, his complaint that this measure takes away " the Constitution" from Ireland, where murder and violence the most atrocious and indefatigable have long since rendered the Constitution a mere shadow, in so far as it extended protection or security to those of the King's subjects who were not guilty of disgusting crimes,—all this, and a great deal more, of the Learned Gentle man's speech amounted to pure shallow decla mation, was wholly beside the matter in debate, and towards deciding the question of " neces sity" or no.necessity for an extraordinary mea sure was quite unworthy of notice.—Times. We were pleased with the manly sense and discrimination of Lord Duncannon s speech on Monday evening. His Lordship appeared to have well considered the actual state of Ireland, and the degree and mode in which the prin ciple of a coercive Bill was applicable to it as a necessary protection for society. He and Mr. Lambert, Member for the county of Wexford (which county seems by th e way, to b e fortu nate in its choice of representatives), confirmed, by very striking and powerful statements, the first and fundamental point contended for by the friends of the Bill—amongst whom, so far, we were and are willing to be reckoned,—and not, we think, denied in any quarter but that of the wildest and most audacious of the Irish agitators,—viz., that the present condition of Ireland is not that of a " free country," but of -, • one which contains "in every village one or two tyrants—hut in general one tyrant—stand ing forth prominently, and calling himself the people.' " That's excellent ! " This gentleman— , the people '—issues his mandates, directing how respectable persons shall think, speak, whom they are to admit into their houses, and, in short, interfering with every action of their lives." " This," adds Mr. Lambert, with some naivete, 4 , is not a comfortable state of things." Not very, undoubtedly. So, Lord Duncannon cited some provoking examples of the savage despotism exercised by Whitefeet over the respectable farmers on the Noble Lord's estates. Men who had occupied farms fir 20 years were forced to abandon them at the bid ding of those ruffians; and persons were so ter rified at the risk of answering to their names as jurors, that the Sheriff of the county of Kilkenny was forced to raise the fine for non attendance to the enormous level of 501.1 Crimes, too, had increased frightfully in the county of Carlow, during four quarters, from the lst of December, 1831, and down to the 31st of January, 1833 ; so that in the quarter ending February 23, 1832, the return was 46 May :II ..' ... . August 31, the quarter, including the hay and part of the corn harvest, when employment is more plenty 6B November 30 • ll6 And in the two first months of 1833 413 So much for one side of the question ; but after all, that is one side of the question only. The Noble Viscount and the Hon. Member for the county of Wexford, as likewise his col league, Mr. Carew, have declared that tithe must go—that, root and branch, that obnoxious tax on industry must be annihilated. All Irish gentlemen, with none but a few Orange excep tions, are agreed that they will refuse their sup port to Ministers on this Bill, unless a pledge be given that its coercive powers shall not be made in any manner auxiliary to the collection of tithe for the clergy. Lord Duncannon gave, how ever, a far more important intimation of his sen timents upon the measures to be pursued towards Ireland. His Lordship " was confident that Parliament must turn its attention to some provision for the poor." We hail this as the most gratifying and auspicious declaration which has yet proceeded from any individual of high rank in Parliament, possessing at the same time large Irish property, and holding a close con nexion with the Government of Lord Grey. It is, indeed, quite obvious that the fountain of all the disease and degradation of Ireland has been, for ages, the grievous oppression and dreadful privations of the poor. Whatever minute evils may, by possibi lity, result from poor laws in their happiest form and under their most discreet and upright ad ministration, or whatever from those unfortunate though, we ho: e and believe, not necessary ad juncts, which, found in combination with them throughout almost every district in England, have so disturbed, if not disorganized, the whole economy of other classes besides that of acknow ledged paupers ; still the grand distinction re mains, so glorious for this country, and for Ire land so lamentable, that no inhabitant of the British soil can be suffered to perish for want without a gross and flagrant violation of the laws of England ; whilst in Ireland, Wan hun dred thousand families be on the point of famine, not one individual of their countrymen, however affluent, can be legally called upon to contribute one shilling to their relief; but, on the con trary, there is, as in truth there has been, no shield or safeguard between those wretched beings and destruction but the sponta neous charity of that very English nation against which it is the sworn task of false and sordid incendiaries to inflame the passions of the semibarbarous objects of her pro fuse and ill-requited bounty. We agree with Lord Duncannon, that a provision must be made for the Irish poor ; as for the amount of it being equivalent to an agrarian " law, it was an absurd exaggeration of Sir Robert Peel,. which a short experience' of the working of well-adminis tered poor laws would rectify. Still that Right Hon. Baronet himself admits, that a provision for the poor must one day be contemplated by Parliament, though not Yet. If Sir Robert Peel wants time to make up - his mind upon the sub ject, so do not the poor, who famish. Since this was written we have seen the statement in reply of Lord Althorp, from which we may in fer that some plan for preventing absolute star vation in Ireland, if not brought forward, will at least not be opposed by his Majesty's Govern ment. The Coercive Bill was read last night a first time after a division of 466 against 89. Friday is appointed for the recond reading.-- Times. The building of the National Gallery on the blank space in front of St. Martin's Church, near Charing-cross, has given occasion to a vio lent controversy. Mr. Wilkins is chosen as the architect of the new structure, a model of which is to be seen by a favoured few at the office of the Woods and Forests. The parishioners are anxious that the portico of their church, which they deem the model of perfection, should be left as much as possible displayed to public view, 4nd assert that Mr. Wilkins can build nothing like it. Mr. Wilkins, on the contrary, himself Comes forward, and swears that the portico " is naught,''_ and that his building only will be " the Cynosure of future ages." He hates and handles the Church of St. Martin's worse than even Mr. Fenn, of sontentious mind and manners, and, we verily believe, not only thinks that he could make a much better church, but also a better parson out of stone. Perhaps Mr. Fenn May be. of the same opinion, except that he is never of anybody's opinion but his own. Mr. Gwilt, the translator of Vitruvius, and himself an architect, has written a little pamphlet, modestly twitting Mr . . Wilkins's vanity, and standing up for the portico. We shall offer a word or . two on the subject of Mr. Wilkins's letter. The vacant space at Charing cross is undoubtedly a magnificent acquisition ; we hope it will not be misapplied. Mr. Wilkins would have the façade of his building to form equal angles, at its two extremities, with the south-east angle of the College of Physicians, and the south-west angle of Duncannon-street ; but is not the alignment of the opposite side of the street facing the new building to be taken into consideration, which, under Mr. Wilkins's plan, would not front his new building, but run off in a slanting, or transverse, direction from north-east to south-west ? Undoubtedly the belfry is a disfigurement to the magnificent church of St. Martin's, but a tower for bells was thought necessary to a Christian place of worship, and if not indispensable is highly useful. What are Mr. Wilkins's objections to the portico ? The chief is, that the intervals between the columns are two diameters and a half instead of two di ameters only ; but will not the different height of the columns justify a deviation from ancient models in the distances between them ? We know lo ak t n wh y o built the College of Physicians, but what hcolumns those are, and rendered yet more hanky by the long unbroken flutings which run up them ! and yet these, we believe, are at the precise distance of two diameters from each other. Then comes one of Mr. Wilkins's notable pieces of vanity, which is .yet worse nonsense in writing than vanity in the concep tion. " I will boldly state that the portico of the London University," (built by me) "is universally acknowledged to be the finest in London.' Who told him so ?we ask. This not what he meant : he meant to say it was the finest ; but, not quite daring to take this upon his own judgment, he shifts it off upon others, upon an " universal acknowledgment." We will boldly say, that neither Mr. Wilkins's assertion, nor the converse of it, was ever " universally acknowledged," and that people universally thought nothing about it. "In the occupation of his favoured site," Mr. Wilkins says, " it is not the effect of any one building that ought to be exclusively considered." True ; but in producing a combined effect, ought the happiest parts of two contiguous buildings to block up and conceal each other ? or ought that combined effect to be produced by the display of the best parts of each ? It' Mr, Wilkins blocks up the portico of St. Martin's Church, he destroys one of the fairest features by which the combined effect is to be produced. Then comes a notable piece of vanity—" I can not affect a false humility" (that he can't, nor feel a real one either), "and state that the in tended buildings will be of a secondary or even of an equal character with that now existing. 1 should have passed a great many years of use less study, if I could not design something very superior to that of St. Martin's church." " Vitruvius," according to Mr. Wilkins's ac count of him, " describes himself as learned ; we have taken him upon his own assertions, notwithstanding the absence of all polish in his language." Mr. Wilkins's language is not the most happy and appropriate, but we know not that this should be expected of a builder, either ancient or modern.; and lie has need of at least as much indulgence as Vitruvius. He says, " I may be called vain, and I shall certainly be thought so." He probably meant—" I may be thought vain, and I shall certainly be called so." " I reconcile myself to the charge, because I am convinced that the time will come when it will neither be expressed nor entertained."— Times. We sincerely congratulate the public, whose dearest interests and best feelings are involved in the restoration to their fellow-subjects in Ireland of the blessings of peace, order, and security, on the triumphant majority by which the House of Commons has determined upon the adoption of a measure which affords the hope that this im portant object may by its means be, at least in some degree, attained. We need not be the eulogist of this measure ; we need not insist that it is the best that could have been devised for the purpose it has in view, in order to justify our gratulations upon the certain prospect of its speedily becoming law. It is enough for us to know that this is the measure without which the Executive Government has virtually de clared itself incapable of affording in Ireland that protection to life and property which is the chief and original object of civil society, casting off from itself all responsibility for the future fate of that important section of the empire, unless upon the condition that it shall be armed with the extraordinary poWers which this Bill confers, and that by the demand of those powers Government has pro claimed its determination to grapple vigorously with gigantic and intolerable .evils, and to sub due them. Knowing these things, we unfeignedly rejoice that the measure has been so de9idedly successful in Parliament. It is impossible to consider a measure of this description, involving an awful responsibility on the part of its authors, and a responsibility, had it been rejected, scarcely less awful on the part of its successful oppo nents, without comprehending in our views both the state of Ireland and the state of parties in Parliament and in this country. If the Bill be, as some describe it—tyrannical—if it be harsh, arbitrary, and oppressive beyond the necessity of the case—if it present features so odious Lhat no occasion could warrant their introduc tion, we should still say, combining the ne cessity of some extraordinary measure for the suppression of political excitement and brutal outrage in Ireland with the actual state of par ties in the Reformed Parliament, that the pass ing of even such a Bill would be a smaller prac tical evil titan its rejection. The Bill is stringent, no doubt ; but the Liberals who object to it on that account, when they recollect that they have so reformed our national representation as to leave the Ministers of the Crown without com petitors for office, and to make them, by neces sary consequence, absolute in Parliament, instead of complaining, ought rather to rejoice that it is not more stringent still. We propose to-mor row to attempt a resume of the debate. After a very long speech from Mr. O'Connell, which we understand greatly disappointed the expecta tions of his party, the House divided yesterday morning, at two o'clock, when the numbers were—for the first reading of the Bill, four hundred and sixty-six ; against it, eighty-nine ; presenting an overwhelming majority of three hundred and seventy-seven in favour of the measure.—Morning Post. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN -CIRCUIT.—SAusguAr, MARCH 5. The Commission for the county of Wilts was opened here on Saturday last by Mr. Justice PARK. The Calendar contains the names of ninety-one pri soners, but none for very heavy offences. THREATENING LETTER. Joseph Moore was indicted for having caused to be written and delivered to James Webb a certain threatening letter, with the view to extort money from him under a threat of accusing him of an in famous crime, on the 13th of February. Mr. BINGHAM, for the prosecution, called James Webb, who deposed that he had been cashier to the Trowbridge Batik fur twenty-three years. Was sent for by the gentlemen of the Guardian Society to the George Inn on the Ist of February, where he remained till eleven o'clock. Remained with Mr. Match, Mr. Maudry, and Mr. Hall till past 12 o'clock in another part of the house. The prisoner came into that room just after them ; he had never seen him before. Shortly after they had left the house the prisoner asked witness to go up Spails lane, where there were some girls living. They went and inquired fur the girls, hut were told by a man that they were gone. Witness said he should go home, when the prisoner said, " I'll tell you, or I'll let you know, to-morrow morning." Witness replied, " To-morrow morning, what ?" upon which the prisoner said he would have some money. Witness said, "Money what do you mean ?" Prisoner replied, " If you don't give me some money I'll tell." Witness thought if it came to his wife's ears it would be un pleasant, so he gave him some silver; they then se parated. Prisoner called at his house about nine o'clock on the evening of the 9th of February. Witness went to the door to him. He said, " I'm come to see you." Witness replied, " See me ! what for ?" He replied,-" I can tell you." Wit ness said, " Tell what ?" He said, " Oh, I can tell." Witness said, " Don't stand here, as people are passing." Witness went a little way off, when the prisoner said, " Give me half a sovereign, and 1 will not trouble you again, but I will not take less." Witness found be had only Bs. in silver. The prisoner said if •he would give him that he would never say anything more to. him. The wit ness then gave him the money, and he left. Wit ness was called out of the bank between two and three o'clock on the 11th. Prisoner was at the door, and said, " I'm come to see you again." Wiiness said, " To see me ! I'll inform your master of your conduct." Prisoner said his master was nothing to him ; but if witness d.d not give him a sovere'gri he would tell of him. This so intimidated him that he immediately ran into the bank, took a sovereign out of the till, and gave it to the prisoner. Witness shortly after disclosed all the circumstances. On the 13th this paper was [nought to him by the prisoner's mother. Lydia Moore received the paper from the prisoner. Took it to Mr. Webb. The piper was read—" Mr. Webb, I du find myself not wrighted, and if you do not make vurther amends, I shall not be sadis,fied. " JOSEPH Mooait.” Thomas Walker, a clerk in the same bank with the prosecutor, received the note from the woman. Saw prisoner, who admitted that the note came from him. Asked prisoner what lie meant ? He said Mr_ Webb used him very ill, had pulled him about, and had broken the buttons off his breeches. Prosecutor said, " You rascal, do you want to blast my character, or to extort money ?" Witness said it was very evident to him th it he bad extorted mo ney several times, and he would advise him to be very ca. dol. Prisoner said he did not care; he should have some money, for he did not mind two or three months' prison or treadmill. The situation of Mr. Webb was a most confidential one. Several persons who were present that night stated that it was impossible anything improper could have taken place. James Bright wrote the note for the prisoner. The Jury found the prisoneri Guilty.—Transpor tation for life. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yortx, MARCH 4. The Commission of Assize for this place was opened at the Castle on Saturday. Yesterday Mr. Justice ALDERSON and Mr. Baron GURNEY at tended divine service in the Cathedral. This morning Mr. Justice ALDERSON tried four prisoners in the Guildhall of the city, and then pro ceeded to the Nisi Prius Court in the Castle. Nothing of importance occurred, and the Court rose early. The calendar contains a list of 66 prisoners, which is considered rather light as to number, but three of the cases are for murder, and there are some other very serious offences. John Pickles was put to the bar charged with sa crilege. The prisoner was indicted at the last as sizes, together with two others, of the names of Spurr and Fawcett. The two latter were tried then and convicted, but Pickles escaped apprehension until after those assizes, but having been since taken into custody, he was now tried for the offence. On the 20th day of August last the Church of South Kirby in the West Riding, was feloniously entered by means of a large hedge-stake having been put be neath the great doors, and the doors thereby raised up so as to slip the bolt of the lock over the fastening, which was a staple, open at the top. The thieves had broken open a chest, and taken from it fifteen bottles of sacramental wine, a pewter flagon, and the silver top of a sacramental cup, beside a smaller box within the large one, containing some of the records of the parish, and which was found the next morning in a close near the place. On the morning of the 21st of August three men were seen by the gamekeeper of a Mr. Hardy at a distance of about 12 miles from South Kirby, and, suspecting them to be poachers, he followed them. They had a poke, which appeared to contain some thing hard, and as one of them got over a Stile the poke struck against the stile, and a bottle broke, and some red wine ran out. The gamekeeper then called a farming man, who was in a field they were passing through. The two prisoners before con victed were seen to go into a plantation, and when followed by the farming man, were found kneel ing in a ditch. They were both taken, and upon 'earching the place several bottles of wine, the pewter flagon, and the top of the silver cup, were found. These articles were clearly identified as hav ing been stolen from the church on the Sunday in question. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he re ceived sentence of transportation for life. John Crossley, late of Soyland, in the West Riding, was charged, upon the oaths of Lessey Crossley and others, wiih having, on the 18th day of October last, feloniously and unlawfully married and taken to wife, at Elland church, in the township of Elland-with-Greatland, in the said rid ing, one Barbara Berry, the said Lessey Crossley, his former wife, being then alive. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, but said that he had lived with his former wife eight years, by whom he had two children. He always worked hard, and carried her home 245. every week, but her conduct was so bad that he could not live with her any longer, and therefore he left her for peace sake, and after he had wandered about for a year he met with Barbara, and unfortunately married her. He acknowledged his crime, and im plored the mercy of the Court. The brother of his former wife and some other witnesses were called, from whose evidence it appeared that the account he had given was too true. He was taken into custody on the day after his second marriage. The Learned Judge sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- HO USE. Yesterday morning the justice-room was crowded to excess by merchants and shipowners belonging to the city, for the purpose of hearing the final exa mination of Noah P. Fo/gar, who stands charged with attempting to assassinate W. Mellish, Esq. Mr. Mellish was in attendance, having perfectly recovered from the wounds; a slight bandage only being used to keep the cold from the neck. Mr. Mellish was acquainted with the prisoner, who was in his service as a commander of a South Sea vessel. He was out for two years and a half, and returned about two years and a half ego. Prom the account which he had received from the com manders of other vessels and the officers under the prisoner's command, he had made up his mind to discharge him. Upon the day on which he was wounded he did not see the prisoner; at first he thought he had been struck with a bludgeon; and it was not until after he had been at the house of Mr. Miles that he was aware of being wounded. Charles Stowers, in the employ of Mr. Mellish, deposed being sent to Cornhill to meet his employer, when he saw the prisoner, who asked him if he ex pected to see Mr. Mellish ? He said " Yes," when the prisoner said, "Then it won't do for us to be seen together." Other witnesses were examined, whose evidence has already been before the public. The prisoner was committed on the capital charge. Mr. LYALL, M.P. for London, is, we be lieve, a native of Newcastle, and left the north when he was about ten years of age. His father was the owner of a small vessel which traded between this port and Ham burg. Owing little, therefore, to his original station, it is highly creditable to 11r. LYALL to have pushed his for tune so successfully as to arrive at the distinction of be coming one of the representatives of the metropolis.— Tyne Mercury. On Friday a serious accident occurred to Miss SMITHSON in Paris. .She had been out in a car riage for three or four hours, and on alighting at her re• sidence, No. 109, Rue de Fdubourg St. Honore, her dress caught in the step ; on turning to extricate it her font slipped, when she fell and broke her leg, just above the ankle. It was immediately set, and she is as cheerful as so unfortunate an accident will allow. She was to have taken her benefit at the Italian Theatre in a few days. ~° y kT IRELAND-WEXFORD ASSIZES, MARCH 3. Pending the discussions on the Irish Disturbances Bill, every information on subjects touching such a measure must be of interest to your readers; I, therefore, proceed to give you a summary of the facts which. the present assizes are here developing. The Commission was opened in this town on Thursday, the f2Sth ult., by Mr. Justice Torrens and Baron Foster. The lat. ter, in his charge to the Grand Jury, expressed his regret that the county of Wexford, which had been for many years dis tinguished for the civilized and peaceable conduct of its people, was now become the scene of that species of lawlessness and disturbance which had heretofore been confined to other parts of England. It had been repbrted, his Lordship stated, by the peace.officers of the county, that the number of crimes com mitted since the last assizes were no less than 130,—a1l of a cha racter to prove that the county was visited by those persons who had combined to overturn society, and erect a despotism of the most tyrannous and capricious kind. Thirteen individuals ac cused of the outrages which have disgraced the adjacent counties of Carlow and Kilkenny, were to be tried for offences perpe trated under that system of intimidation which denounces the laws and institutions of the country. James Jackman, one of the thirteen persons just mentioned, was on Friday tried for aiding and abetting in the murder of J. Roche, at Old.town, in this county, on the night of the 10th of August last. The circumstances were, that the de ceased was, on the above night, severely beaten by a number of persons at his own house; and received a bruise on the head, of which he died a fortnight after. It was proved that Jack man was one of those persons, and that he broke two windows of the house.—He was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged tomorrow. Yesterday, another person of the name of Jackman, and John Redmond, were indicted for the murder of two women, mother and daughter, of the name of Maddocks, who lived at Townfarney, in this county, and a policeman named Wright, on the 22d of last November. This is the atrocious case which has been frequently alluded to in Parliament and else. where, within the last three months. It appeared from the evidence, that the unfortunate inmates of Maddock's house were alarmed, on the night in question, by their house being on fire, and the report of fire-arms. Maddocks had been re siding on the lands of Townfarney for the last three years, and having shortly before received notice to give up his farm, which had previously been in the possession of one Redmond, father of the prisoner John Redmond, two policemen were sent to his house to protect it and the family. On the first alarm, the policemen and the family rushed out of the house, when Wright, one of the policemen, and the two Maddocks, mother and daughter, were shot on the spot. The mother survived a few hours, and declared that Redmond had leaped on her body, after she had fallen by the shot. The father and one of his sons were severely beaten, and left as dead, but have since recovered. It was fully proved that Redmond was present with nine or ten others at the burning and mas sacre; and the dying declaration of the mother, that her death lay upon the said Redmond and, the son-in-law of one Nanny Long (Jackman), who was proved to be in the neighbourhood, implicated the latter. An alibi was set up by both prisoners, but failed. They were, therefore, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged also tomorrow. There is a belief, however, en tertained, that as there appeared in the evidence to be a great difference between the offences of Redmond and Jackman, the latter may be respited, and transported for life. When the verdict of guilty was announced, Redmond declared, in the most firm and determined manner, that he himself had done the murder; and that Jackman, his companion at the bar, and the person of that name, convicted on the pre vious day, were innocent of the crimes laid to their charge!! Jackman declared the same ; and the manner and tone in which both prisoners made their asseverations, produced a very great sensation in a very crowded court. The other ten prisoners are to be tried to-morrow, under the Insurrection and Whiteboy Acts, for illegally assembling at night in arms, taking and administering unlawful oaths, and attacking and robbing various houses of fire-arms. Messrs. Hazard, Hatchet, and Roche, defended the prisoners already tried ; and the two latter have been retained for all the White feet. Their efforts and ingenuity; however, are not likely to screen these misguided men from the penalty of the law ; as the general opinion is, that they have been all more or less in volved in the crimes of which they are accused by emissaries from other disaffected counties ; and that the County Wexford Juries will, as they have hitherto done, do their duty. This should prove to Earl Grey the inutility of martial law. GREAT STEEPLE CHASE AT ST. ALBANS. This sporting event took place on Tuesday, to the satisfaction of a numerous company. Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and two or three other crack hunting counties, were to send some of their best nags; in fact, at the outset, everything promised fair ; one circumstance, however, contributed to the numeri cal inferiority of the field, viz.—the entry of the well-known Grimaldi, whose performances last year deservedly placed him at the top of the tree in racing of this description ; this, added to a well authenticated report, that he would be ridden by no less a personage than the renowned Northamptonshire Squire, Mr. Osbaldeston, served to keep others back. All the arrangements of the race were left to Mr. Coleman, of St. Albans, whose experience in hunting and racing mat ters, added to his extensive connections, enabled him to bring together a field of horses that could scarcely have been expected under the disadvantages mentioned. By the time specified in the conditions, the Turf Tavern was thronged with sporting characters, much to the hindrance of the weighing, mounting, &c ; by the same hour the town, also, boasted ac. cession of visiters certainly not less numerous than were con. gregated last year. _ _ Before giving particulars of the race, we may state its con. ditions :—" A steeple stakes of 10 sovs. each, free for any horse, carrying 12 stone each, four miles across a line of country marked with flags, within 28 miles of London; no person to ride more than 100 yards on any road or lane in the race. The start to be named to the riders after weighing; the winner to pay ten guineas, and the winning horse to be sold for 400 sovereigns, if demanded within three hours after the race; the owners of horses that start to have the preference for the first hour." By the time prescribed the following horses were named : Mr. Fairley's b. g. Antelope Riders. Mr. Beau. Captain Chester's ch. h. Skyscraper .... Mr. Fellows. Mr. G. Elmore's ch. g. Bogy Captain Beecher. Mr. Calvert's b. g. The Druggist Mr. Seffert. Mr. D. Radcliffe's g. g. Pantaloon Mr. Mason. Mr. Cardale's b. g. Surrey Owner. Mr. Elmore's b. h. Pall-Mall Unknown. ... Mr. Shoulbridge's b. h. Zanga Owner. Mr. Shoulbridge's ch. g. Hotspur Mr. Hale's g. g. Grimalkin Mr. Gardiner' b. b. h. Talisman Mr. King. Mr. Curwen's b. g. Druid Owner. Mr. Evans's g. g. Grimaldi It will be seen by the above that Grimaldi, who had fright. ened so many away, was withdrawn. This is attributed by some to a slight lameness, and by others to an intention on the part of the owner to reserve him for the Northamptonshire Steeple Chase. Mr. Osbaldeston being thus left disengaged, he was prevailed on to act as umpire; in conjunction with Mr. Meyrick. After the usual preliminaries of weighing, sad_ dling, &c., the riders mounted, and were conducted to the start. ing.post—Tittinenger-green, aboutfivemiles from St. Alban's, on the London side. The first mile was a fine open flat country, with three or four rasping fences, and a brook that was not to be "sneezed at." The next three-quarters was up-hill, with ploughed fields and stiffish fencing. At this point (Hill.end Farm), the first flag was placed, others being planted at proper intervals between it and the finish. The next half mile was slightly on the de scent, small enclosed fields, and a " bullfincher" or two. The remainder was pretty smooth, with fair hunting fences. The four miles, and they were not short ones, terminated in a field about a mile from St. Albans, the winning horse having to leap an easy fence between two flags placed on fir trees imme. diately on the other side; this fence left Beaumont's farm a field or two to the right, and the brick-kilns to the left. About twenty.five minutes past three the horses started in fair.racing like style. Antelope was the first on his legs, and led at a smart pace, the Druggist lying second, and Bogy third ; Surrey, Skycraper, and one or two others, were also well up. Antelope kept in front to the second fence, where he fell, the Druggist at the same moment favouring his rider with a pretty correct imitation of it. Bogy was then first, but was instantly passed by Surrey, whose qualifications were at once put to proof by the brook ; he did contrive to sneak his way through it, and by some forbearance on the part of those behind him managed to keep the lead for two or three fields more. Ante lope then resumed his original position, and, with the Drug gist and Bogy in the same places they occupied at the com mencement, led them along at a merry pace, considering the ground, till five fields from the winning one, when the two greys, Pantaloon and Grimalkin, fell at the edge, owing to the hole occasioned by uprooting a tree not having been pro. perly filled up—their chances were thereby concluded. Ante lope cleared the fence, and went rather out of his line to the left. Bogy was close behind, and Skyscraper nearly alongside, but considerably higher up on the right ; he, too, was out of the direct line. Behind these three was the Druggist, who, how. crier, had by this time received his quietus. There was no other change of position, Antelope winning cleverly by nearly three lengths, Skyscraper second, Bogy a most respectable third, and the Druggist fourth; the others came in at long intervals, many of them having had falls. An telope's rider was nearly a stone above weight, which enhances the merit of his performances; the Skyscrapers say that 'he would have won, if he had not gone so much to the right ; and we know that Bogy would have been more forward, if he had been in better condition. The four miles were not timed, but we do not think that they could have been run under 17 or 18 minutes; the betting was slack, and not by any means ge neral—it was three to one against the winner, and five to four on the field against any two ; Druggist and Surrey were fancied by a few, who were not able to get on to any amount. Mr. Coleman, by way of a finale, has procured the Essex stag hounds and the famous Copthall deer, to afford diversion of a similar character to a large number of sportsmen, who are remaining in the neighbourhood. T HE WONDROUS TALE OF ALROY.--• 4, This work is full of all sorts of beauties. Debarred the stage in its present state, for whi c h t h e ta l ents o f t h e au thor are peculiarly suited, Mr. Din,Artu embodies stage effects in a romance. The subject is conceived with great boldness the plot is perfectly original—it is essen tially, and even superbly, dramatic. It will doubtless be adapted to the stage for which it is eminently well suited. We cordially recommend these remarkable volumes to the attention they will unquestionably receive."-...New Monthly Magazine. MARKET INTELL[GENCE. (From the " London New k was veil ..-- to t SUGAR.-The Sugar Market last wee _ ... an d .. „1 total estimated sales were limited to about 1,800 Da° l •, A .. o .i brown Janialca ..'"we, the prices were again a shade lower ; _ ;. ois LONDON P lV r l i A ee ß c ltE rien Thi,, or y e ....e ia rdii ; 4: browns 48s. The stock of West India Sag ai '' l , he diset hhds. and trs., which i 52,728 more than last Yea r an % . 4 .„.ge. ; Mauritius is 50,335 bags, being delivery of West India Sugar is I,BW hild t !• an ,4l3lo l / 1 1„ - S less than last year. The delivery of Matn7otuZ its , T ea 4,126 more than the corresponding week f It.' the 1 31 ' ' bt/ Market has again been very heavy this day e ; little vifiad, ea not exceed 500 hhds. and trs. ; the prices ar the trade is very dull ; the show of Sugars at Mark et,_ nthef iefee l . larly Refining Sugars, is very indifferent. 1 an ' d wo uld!: Market the holders were firm in their demand s, _ mo sedin submit to any reduction, but the Market was -,. 1 , 1 ,0", heavy, and only the reduced stock could maintain tubed, prices; the only sales of any consequence were _ .. R .,,. G 30s. and 30s. fid. Shipping goods continue very ca'_ a ' 1 4 3 '0 . 0 : 23,178 rnore_thir to;71;010-11104 descriptions are in better supply. The Ito accounts 171 afternoon is very dull for export goods ; th _ a ; tirab ie; a‘i Hamburg and from Foreign Markets are f v ,ion to NV wholesale Grocers have evinced a greater disPa s ."'_...„, , the home trade, but they purchase on very low r' andin SW:, EAST INDIA SUGARS.-The sales of F. 33 ' ~,a no ls 0 : . last week were confined to small parcels of daraP '„ ) ..: l i'', Bengal Sugars, and a large contract of Manilla ;2-5 speculation. This day's public sales, 3,g 5 g bs o o,og efe if East India Sugar, the Java were brown descrip.r in t .. 195., to 20s. 6d., full prices. The Siams were ave , ~,,,' fp o re ff er e e r l c e y d .w t . a T t l : p :s u e b dr l a : y c p: s rp a tu l i parcel, and sold at market rates, 21$. to 235.. anr itlO • MAURITIUS SUGARS.-About 9,000 bag s ere 6.1. IL4 to fine brown, 475. a 48s. lid.; the whole, hosve.:r full prices. n Friday, 0/4 FOREIGN SUGARS.-By public sale 0 . h te; t he ' boxes Havannah, all washed Sugars, chiefly white ; _Lite higher than what they had been previously valO c ".l., the i'reg COFFEE.-There was no marked alteration ' l ' r „,.. ; le,;, Market last week ; parcels of Sumatra sold 475• a . •; n i a tr io bags Mysore yellow sold at steady prices, 603 ' a , 64 ::atnat air bags St. Domingo, damaged, 50s. a 535. 6 ,1 . , "-- ry init 6d.; Mocha in parcels, 725. sd. a 735. ; good ordina 160,4 clean, 78s. a 81s., fine ordinary, Sts. a 84 5 ., th e 1111 ,. C Tia, . proportionate prices we stated on Tuesday las`:,„.,,altti ' ecbulilleasarstlayei,neekdie thhreowPriiiedeess crvi',l.-tio,itws ea. ; r.. a ! public sale 837 bags East India, 1,031 he gbraegastDpiraoUparribtini . i 4.116 matra sold at full prices, 48s. a 48s. 6d., ordinary at SOP Batavia 525. a 585., also at full prices. The Coffee eig it steady. e DIY d oe RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS. ---wh- ° _,,.so tion of Rum in demand is the fine Jamaica f or bola. gcL7-, tion ; 30 over, favourite marks, have been so ld at 10 jot; 3s. 3d., common quality is much lower in propel°, ;nr proofs nominally nominally Is. Sd. and Is. 8 1 / s , d. In Bra'a IS there is no alteration. riSP C°; TA LLO W.-The Tallow Market is without b ~ prices are little varied. Ow .. a zil C eC 1 COCOA-At the public sale of 1,36.5 bags .. , r - d ot week a part sold at 245. age .3 TEA. The Tea sale began yesterday. Bohea,s 1100 jd'tf. ', a reduction on last sale's prices of 2% d. per lb ., ' iti _ • tio i A few Congous sold this day at 2s. to 2s. ig d. P er 75d.; n o, SPICES -Mid, and good Pimento sells 4 3i d• " co ptitole has been some request for Nutmegs; other Spi ces o bi P" glected. This day's sale 1,460 bags Black PePP er higher, 312 d. to 3 %d. ° .. at , Of"; ¢ TOBACCO.-The only sale of any extent is a '''''- 0, tucky, about 400 hhds., at 21s. a 218. 3d. _m i . 0 01 RICE.-Rice remains heavy ; common qui."'" glee,' le i 6d. and 12s. This day's public sale 454 bags J ava .Al DP' quality, taken in at 12s. ~., ry sale, 59S a 8 dg s.9 e.d S ; It pockets ect great r e 6e t a s , : dp S . r t O . pT D O rh o t e m i 0 Domingo, COTTON.-The India House Sale on Friu'' an oll4 Madras, clean and bright 5%d. and 5%d., aO ci 2 ,4 by r.. from Bourbon. Seed very fine and clean 8lid• ; - 00 4 are rather h A ig t her. 4,000 Surats at 4 bid. a 5 %., and 100 Madras fro-ther" Oils Olive are Oilfi firm in s scarce, ; several not e any in speculation; ad f O ne 411 ; public sale last week, South Sea °, a re o t . 01 realised the highest quotations. Other Fish Olis . an , qt a o executed during the last w could not be obtained for any fresh impart. L ins " - l e ....a Clii h a tglaelonmfoinxCedotter li sin t .7, - ' 5 . ;0 0 4 ..t . O. TURPENTINE.-The last arrival, 1,70 0 barrw , , i O P i ImcNil l 0 d 7 5...e. 2 ecr, . :4,:tiiTahcai Cochineal n u , ecoai s .7cdfolial. Country ;. the aet.,o4r l py: s 4 . al siTnrd 2 on iclh d r. Ete s . ; manufacturers the drawers at Ifs. 9d., remain steady. 759 Spanish WOOL-The public sales consisted of 2, 3 L 7 - to les '' I which sold freely at the following prices :-- - nnd,Ye l 9 l; oetnko.firdrsetrshfaorirdLsi;nsthe 1 3 . 1 an d 7 0 South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, at Is. a 2s ',A," s _Ot t 1 aco: ! 434sr . agwue: ; idrpise.s.dp l rh;of. 99 el yaaAl,irini,734 G .iteddueh e r.r: r ipal; m dievoaer_c a l ranoo n ,:luicuewsAessrhz a isn.y t g:::grot s isitapp: : :#4:o - 7:a i o:10 0 : ..:,:da d ,00,1 7s. Id., a H n l d N t E he A b L l , ac & k c s .- at TshLismd.aya Bs. 6d. eo p . ub p l e i r c s , "'" - 014 ( ei vance upon the January sales. Honduras grain, the silvers of which went b 0 0::::; 10 :::" :: , ver, went from 6s. sd. a 7s. 2d. ; the other, a P„, 0 135. "70 , thirds of the whole were bought in, the Mark.'" ~." 133 ,d,i INDIGO.-The s i No t , Ipd a I n Ga d 1 o, p d r . - i a c b e To s uhater the demand againaa nisame de forarba t o elusnt Indigo g d t 0 . h ep fores per a l home so b n io . I f e °:: : r oot: l is le good fair Bengal Safflower sold from 5/. 85. a 61 %., 165 ; e ei ? a sp ll i and on speculation continues very extensive ;:deal ef jo ; chests have lately changed h a nds ; several of ta` . .,. 01' out of stock ; picked p a rcel s no w comm and a P re ' -u s oi and 3d. per lb. on the late India House sale pviee s ,Hthetr: f# SALTPETRE.-About three thousand bag s - Ad .1 " . last week ; Calcutta rough, retraction at 15 1 ,x' - red 9„ III/ a 28s. fid., 20 to 23, at 245. 6d. and 235. FRUIT.-There is little alteration in Fruit; Raisins continue in demand for export. I COAL MAR: Per Ton. s. d. Chester Main 13 6 14.4 well ++ - w«..w.wr..raw• 17 0 Ord's Redhugh 14 6 West Hartley 17 6 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 6 Walls End Brown's...—. 17 0 Wall, End Callerton —. 15 0 Walls End G05ibrth........., 16 3 Walls End 11 ,, aton. * 17 0 Walls End Hilda 19 6 Ditto Killingworth ... 19 9 Ships arrived since KET.—March 6.2 i 1 i 1 i Per A - . ,,,,„,5 , j 9 I Wal's End I-1) 0 1 . 70e' 0 Walls End Nevin: lo4 r , 191 Ditto Perkins an , ~e' 0 p Walls End Ridd e ll ~ rd gl I Walls End Wall'ai,oe''' $1 1 Walls 1,11,1 5te01.00,,, 9i 1 Walls End 5ti1a„......" 9 9 f Walls End TefL, be rtan 0 ' Llangennech ref' CO' 90 Silkstone Field Warde's Llanel l i,' last market - daY, ""' gl , ', ifit 4 (NG 1— $ B r C IUNTRY t ORN MARKETS DURING Wheat. Barley. t1a t _,... 5 " to j Per Quarter. s , t o s . s . t o s . s. to "A / Abingdon /- 62 81 31 43 22 Andover. 73 80 37 41 $ Birmingham...—. 56 58 40 44 2 4 5 6 48 Bridport 56 74 32 36 20 .„ 58 „. Cirencester 46 64 28 36 26 „,„ , V aringdon—. 54 86 36 40 :P 55 Guildford ........... 48 74 23 32 0 Henley Hereford 66 68 44 48 Highworth ........ 62 80 32 42 28 Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 0 30 2 • ;: s Monmouth—....... 66 70 23 32 17 Reading 65 70 31 47 121 S disbury 44 54 28 34 2 0 35 Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 3 0 Stroud 64 78 37 38 22 Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 58 35 5 4 . Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 30 58 80 27 43 2 1 5/ Warminster ....... 44 58 26 36 21 aq , 59 2 1 34 Worcester.--..... 50 57 44 51 31 IRISH MARK ETS. sse A l f . ef i f U DUBLIN MARKET NM.-1 , 40E04Th ~ - 0 , From ~.1" 1,565 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 19 0 0 10 1 303 Bele l6 stone 11 0 1 4 6 ' 586 16 stone 12 6 , 0 0 14 3,874 Oats 12 stone 7 0 1 ) , 9, 755 Oatmeal 8 stone 8 0 4 16, Sold to Bakers only. 7,321 Cwt. Flour l4 0 Average price of Wheat a nd Flour 41a. 1 1f er° 04 , °t5.440' -10 es " a lb. 14 0 I ! #7 n 0 ,0 id Flour 41.. 8 , .• 11*/ from 18s ' 0 4. l ek from las. to tern Receipts of Flour, 9, Sales of Do. 8, If Wheat ani 66 1 Firsts, 641 Second Thirch PRICE OF Qu trtern Loaf. Barley. Oats. I t e. : . l ° .>" .:C-.. 0 per barrelper barrel 16 stone. 114 stone. is". 5,........... c BREAD. Half Qua - Wheat, Barley. Oats. 1 ,...... ...f2 1 ",, per barrel per barrel per barrel t ~i is • 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. _.,.....° ti.g 01 s. d. a s.d. s.d.as.d. s.d.as.d. -----r s- n • 1 . 1 0 0 6 'l. 0,1 Cork ........ 18 0 24 011 0 140 66 8 6 1 •" " 19 0 0i; l',l Limerick 123 4 26„ 18 9, Waterfordj2l 0 25 010 0 12 0 7 0 8017 u 1 7 0. 0 0 Clonmel ...125 0 27 413 0 14 6 70 80 16 g 6210 , Carlow —.124 0 25 012 0 13 0 7 0 2 0 8 o _--0, ---- dte" . i Beef, Mutton, Pork, , , •Gd. per lb. per lb. per cwt. .s - ........- - 1: s.' ------ ---..—. ..--...---- ----7 .. d. .. 4 8 d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. tl• l'• (1 * 79 0 66 05 0 Cork ,5 6 5 627 0 3() 076 2 660 s o es Limerick- at 41 31 434 0 35 01 72 '‘; 7 3 0 10 i .....,0 Waterford 3 6 3 5 330 35 07 4 7 0 0 --" B ' 6o f Clonmel _3l 451 6i 32 0 33 (i 77 Q 080 07° a , 1 4 4 Carlow.-- 4 5j 0 0 0 0 00 8 - t ,- 1,0 1 _.----, . who „,.. A ) KILKENNY. — Butter 82.; to 84s. per c wt '.' 7s. t ° ZititiV, 1 41 (1 •I'Y 01 d. al s */ 0 0 d 116 0 80 10 0 id e 1170 17 01 00 116 0 nl O e i r ( l i l L a K rr E e N lrFl .."--- o ß ur u ; g h f: ;1' t' Oat OM; t.' rel ; Barley lose to 13s. ; Beef 4d. to 54 . 2 1 per * to NI. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. • Pigs 355. to 365. per cwt. 2 t t o e s ! c; valingt Cbat o w i r tain Drummond (Melfort). -------_ DIED. On Monday last, at her residence, Great -- pearl di only daughier of the late Rev. Johnson Lawson , 0# Sussex. font '°° II On the I lth ult. at Carlsruhe, Baden, the in ; t i t die' On the 24th ult ,at Blackheath, of infiamma 0 , the e +. ~ Elizabeth, the wife of James Nisbet, Esq., late 1 0 ,, 0 i Good Hope ; and on the 2d inst., of infiammatiop...,',o...ol the said James Nisbet, Esq., leaving five infant On the 3d inst., at Hackney, Elizabeth, ) 0 g aej the late Mr. Edward Meath, aged Ramsgate, 11111. t ie On the 3d is , „, at rt nce, ear widow of the late John Stanford tiirdler, Esq• c d 6/ , On the 4th inst., at Ward's-house, Hackney, ag 0 0 wife of Thomas Boyd, Esq . , of Skinner.street. _ . ._,1 : p On the 4th inst., Mr. William Batty, of the W 4 ' . Hoddesdon, Herts. tion of i PAINTED AND PUDLISHED DY MURDO YOUg SUN ()mot, 112, STRAND, LOSIDO24