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\~ 1, they went , st-chaise, in !stet. 4.8 to was not able °thing of it. io could state h hold of the time raised aid " Let the wade a co-de f stating the Baring) saw temper that t a blow on ) He might 'lce frequently )laint that he did he (Mr. t until he re iintiff, stating ng stated thus i own know the constable been given to g) had given ;curred, with I said, go into Wars, but he to put other id better be may have to ) thank the had heard t Honourable tion for the ig before the and relation. end for years, mledge of his was the last such conduct .—(An Hon• y Mr. Deane was glad of tad given him have eseaped ed. fie saw ould not have art when the ter to order a ,ailed upon to ave no know ael , were apt to investigation t individual in whom he and ly to put into :he case was, k to the facts he road, were making the 'her concluded :e with which ed in assisting rosecutions al sped he should stances which matters con y i❑ which the nothing, hot o that mute: tate. It had those very gentlemen whose conduct was so very, in his opinion, unjustly impugned. An Hots. MEassEn bore testimony to the great activity of Mr. B. Baring in endeavouring to suppress the riots that had taken place in the county. On one occasion, at great personal risk, he went into the midst of a large and riotous mob, and was the means not only of dispersing it, but of bringing many of the most active of the rioters to justice. . Mr. HINE said, it was impossible for him to remain sil ent, after hearing the speech just delivered by his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Wilde.) He would, however, in the first place, begin by stating, that no lion. Illember of that House had stood more favourably in his opinion than Mr. Bingham Baring. Ever since he had known that gentleman as a Member of the House, he had consi eered him as an example of mildness and affability, and utterly incapable of performing the act with which he had been charged.—(Hear, hear.) He was not, therefore, dis- Posed to give credence to the charges made against Mr. Ringharn Baring ; and had they not been proved by evi dence, he never could have believed that that gentleman had been guilty of one half of the severities alleged to have been committed by him. He was well aware of the im portant and difficult duties which magistrates had to Perform in times of disorder ; and he thought that no man ahould allow himself, when the danger was past, to Judge too severely of their conduct, but should make some allowance for the circumstances in which they were Placed.--( Hear, hear.) But he regretted extremely that his Learned and Hon. Friend (Mr. Wilde). had given a tone and temper to the debate—(Cries of " Oh, uh")---vvhich had not been imparted by the preceding aPeakee. If there was any point more than another re L a t t g public),which his nia anxiety, lie was sure, was shared by a gr ea t p or ti on . o f it was this—how far the magistrates who W ere present at Mrs. Deacitia apprehension conducted thernselves with proper att e ntion a n d d e li cacy towar d s he r; and whether the severities alleged to have been corn 'bitted towards that lady were actually committed by them? He had listened with grea t a t ten ti on to the speech of the Hon. Member for Portsmouth, who, at the con clusion of his observation,, stated that he would himself have afforded assistance to any lady placed in the situation Witch Mrs. Deacle was, to cross a puddle.—(Laughter, Qcries o f " Q uest i on .") H e saw the Members plainly u gh Who w e r e laughi ng , an d lie thought that it would (;) cecai them m ore cre dit if th ey re f ra i ne d f rom suc h a pro theH He wished to know whether, after civility which was stated to have been shown Mrs. D e a cle, it was true or not that orders were given to con /';,,eY her and her husband away hand•cuffed, and wheth er - Was true th a t M r . D eac l e attempte d to ta k e t h e re i ns a nd drive the cati? He wished that his Honourable and Learned Friend had given some explanation on these Pain ts• He gav e hi s H onoura bl e F r i en d cre dit f or t h e a e Perf ormance o f t h ose d ut i es which he was called upon to discharge, but he asked him what possible con ijai°n there was between the ca se o f Boyce and Leatle? He had not imagined, befor e hi s H on . an d e4 rned Friend acquainted him with the fact, that a man i, n ald be tried in one Court, and, after his acquittal, r an ded into another Court, and there again put on his biel, changing, perhaps, the form of the indictment. t`rie thought such a proceeding was contrary to the princi-• saes of the English law.—(No, no.) He understood his es. and L earne d F r i en d h ad stated, that Boyce, a far- Z it ", was t r i e d an d acqu i tte d at one charge, and that he thaa, at hi s L earned Friend's own suggestion, sent to ano er Cou rt , an d found guilty upon another indictment of iati ng•—(Que s ti on , question.) He wished to know W/ lether any or d ers for handcuffing were given ; for such unduct was inconsistent with the opinion he had formed I Alr. Bi ng h am Baring ' s character.—.(Hear.) He had 4 4 ' 5 risen to protest against the language used by his Hon. d Le arne d Fr i end, at the conclusion of hi. speech, when he stat e d that it was one of the duties of Magistrates to strike terror into all around them.—(Cries of " No, no.") li e Was well aware that in times of difficulty Magistrates wer e bound to perform their duty firmly, because in such t aws firmness was mercy towards those persons who had be en misled.—(Hear, hear ) He therefore did not dissent fs th, n in the observations of hi s H on. and Learned Friend a t the M ag i stra t e w h o h es i tate d to perform his duty to 11 h e utmo s t b ecame a p ar ty t o th e cr i me. —(Hear. ) But e asked and Learned Gentleman whether we lia a a b ss as a country . where a M tgistrate's presence ought to e a terro r to all around him ?—(Cries of " Oh.") Those w ere the words of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman.— h"' n(4 ) If lie was mistaken, he should be happy to -correcterl, but he did think that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said that he hoped to see Magistrates s in ga l ' terro r on a ll aroun d them —(No, no)—on all evil cet at any rate.—(oh.) Ile, however, held, in the ' : at in n in which the country was placed the Maaistrate t uld be resettled as an individual ready to affor r d pro 41"etn°11 to all, ' and not to strike terror, as had been recorn doded ; and he had risen to enter his protest against such sn i sm etr ine. Ile should be most happy to find that he had mierstood the Hon. and Learned Gentleman on this !r . lt; fo r h e could not but regret that so high a legal ntnority had re commen d e d Magistrates to adopt a system d°if ir t error.--(No, no.) H e r e qu es t e d a n y gentleman who e red fro m hi m i n opin i on to rise and state his aeon. ye nta in a ma n ly manner , an d r ef ra in f r om the disorderly' inter ruptionl f of which they had just been guilty.--(Hear.) he had mistaken the meaning of the Hon. and Learned -'ember's words, that gentleman, so far from blaming, 6,1 1(1 feel obliged to him for giving him an opportunity n explain any thing which was doubtful in his speech.— tkilear, hear.) He had thought it his duty to a s k tor the 4 nfurtriati on which he had done respecting the case of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle ; because, if it had not been for the evi dence produced at the trial, and the conviction which h tn nk place, his own opinion would have led hint not to S ir e given cr e d ence t o t i re c h arges made against Mr. tiltigh tin Baring.—(Hear.) Mr, CARTER said that the Hon. Member for Mid eaex, having, ask . ed for information on two points, he Wniild endeavour to satisfy the Hon. Member on the first P l i ` ) a i n.t. One of the charges made against Mr. Bingham the flog was, that he entered the house of Mr. Deacle, and an _, 'hint in which that person and his wife were sitting, I,r'iltgave orders fur putting handcuffs on them. His Hon. ss ow nd t Mr. Francis Baring, had met that charge by rior '?ig that Mr. Bingham Baring was not in the room, forp m the house of Mrs. Deacle, and could not, there -13 ' hay given or d ers to put the handcuffs on Mr. Deacle 4Atria Deacle._-(H ear , hear.) It was not denied that _ ndn uffa wer e p ut on t h ose persons, b ut if t h e Hon. of;rnbber for Middl esex h a d a t ten d e d to t h e c i rcumstances so oa ' s tr ial, he would have seen that Mr. F. Baring, as their a s he Perceived the handcuffs, gave instant orders for Al ta. r a ! r n°val and succeeded in extracting the hand s of fact here from them, though that not being a material ti ah Tfore the H ouse, M r. F . B ar i ng had omitte d to men th, hae matter. I t was , h owever , i mposs ibl e to remove ndeuffi from M r . D eac l e , b ecause t h ey were so con t.:4 " e d tta to require a key to unlock them, which was tva at hand• The fact, therefore, was, that Mrs. Deacle ese , o°n as her situation was observed, instantly re taoril and that Mr. Deacle, though he had the handcuffs hi s 6 ne hand, was not thereby incapacitated from using A l t r ner , hand to seize the reins.—(Hear, hear.) 414, ' Serteant WILDE felt much obliged to the Hon. aort nher for Middlesex for giving hint an opportunity of falkteating an inaccuracy of expression into which he had for, What he meant to have said, but what he took L . 5 C a nted, from w h a t h a d f a ll en from the Hon. 11Iember, tn g ,7 l not said, was , t h at w h en persons i n l arge nutn b ers tare'd in riots, the presence of Magistrates, of men of Pre s an d respe c t a bili ty, w h o cou ld h ave no i nterest b ut to Iv o : i : l e the public peace, was calculated, and he hoped aria h ave th e e ff ect o f str iki ng terror among t h e v i o l ent a ttloh disorrierly, an d h e oug h t to h ave a dd e d , an d i nsp i re bearl il ' a !, Well-dispos e d con fid ence i n th e laws.—(bear, Zan r ,, . T he Hon. Member for - Middlesex inquired whatl •4 4o l ° 4 w as there betwean the ems of Boyce and 1.1a4:e•. Ile informed th e H on . Member that Boyce and eon's formed part of the same mob. They were the roa oti Ptties W h o prepared the papers which were carried Thr r Y men for the l an dl o rd s an d c l ergymen to sign. b 4d a 550 why • B o y ce was t r i e d twice was, bec ause lie tab b :teinntitted several robberies. He was tried for one Cry Y and I l i a next tr i a l was f oun d e d on another rob distior'!Ttinitted at a diff eren t t i me an d p l aae, an d totally Air,ttrum the first.—(llear.) 11410,4 A. BARING said, that whatever might be Mr. tlaring•s consciousnesa of his own innocence,— knight be the kind feeling of his friends towards ar a ' h. and h e b. lteved that the Hon. Member for Middle all wiad taptessed the • • us opinion entertained by P eet '° k new Mr. Bin i g m h a a t nn ° 3arina, respecting Iris clia thn,st',r,i4(Cheers)—yet it was a great grievance for him 'la pi b efore the worid in the li g ht in whi c h he bad Aerf r a ced for the last ten days.—(Hear, hear.) They tai Y Well ar ea ,. knew that the newspapera had the power af eb era v "ne inga—(Lou i l cries of " bear.") No man's etc uric or ti the good „ pinion of his friends, proved any b e w Y to hitrt against the sland • which, went forth into bee nrld through • • el. ' E ve, ®) for their instrumentality ; and had it not , _ t • he interference of the Hon. Gentleman (Colonel had brought this matter forward, in as unob ., atilt a mode as possible, he did not know whether the have been • of r a n opportunity of stating the facts di,2 4 . 7 for months to cotne•—(llear, hear.) He need ' 4l, e th e pains to notice the manner in which this Cilaar°4 1 41 been worked up in tire publi c j ourna l s. ' P ar-) The persona attacked were the most inoffensive persons, perhaps, in this great metropolis, an•l, therefore, that sort of violent persecution which had been directed towards them was most extraor- Binary.—(Cheers.) The facts which came out at the trial were represented in glowing colours; for it was the evident objet of those who got up this transaction to pro duce an effect, and the consequence was, that a great sen sation was excited in the public press of this country.— (Hear, hear.) He admitted that the transactions barely stated were calculated to excite that feeling which was so generally expressed. Mr. B. Baring was not at Win chester during the trial, nor did any person in that part of the country think the matter of any importance, until re marks of the most astounding nature were made upon it. —( !fear, hear.) Mr. B. Baring knew nothing as to the mode in which the case had been conducted until he ob served the violent manner in which he was attacked in the public press.—( Hear, bear.) What did he immediately do? He said he would go to the country and see in what manner he could prove his innocence ; but before he was able to st irt, lie was fallen upon by the whole press of the metropolis, in a manner which made it impossible for him not to offer something of a defence without delay.—(Hear, hear.) Accordingly be made a defence, closely following the facts as they appeared on the trial ; but what was the conduct of the press ? Mr. B. Baring had taken the diffe rent charges in order, and in the first place stated that lie did not order the handcuffing of Mrs. Deacle, and proved that it was impossible for him to have done so, because he was not in the room. Then, secondly, as to the dragging Mrs. Deacle through the dirt. He (Mr. A. Baring) admitted, that if there was any shadow of truth in the charge, that this woman v=as drag,!ed with her head hawing one way, and r ier heels another, : >Mr. B. Baring ev i ould be disqualified from ever again showing his face before his fellow countrymen. Bur Mr. B. Baring proved that he was not there when the woman was taken away; and said, further, that he would produce the persons who actually took her.—(Hear.) In the same manner he positively contradicted every other charge, with the single exception of the case of the blow, respecting which he should state something presently. But what was the conduct of the press, and of the Times newspaper, next day ? They said, " We do not believe one word of your statement"—(Hear; hear)—" it is quite impossible to be true," said those great friends of justice, and they determined that there was not a tittle of truth in Mr. B. Baring's delence.—(Chrers.) All that that gentleman asked for was time, and he would , engage to prove his statements by evidence; but the Times replied by stating, that it was all irresponsible gossip, and not to be believed.—(Hear, hear.) "If these things were true," said the editors, " why did they not come out at the trial ?" The reason, Mr. B. Baring said, was because all the persons capable of proving the facts were made co-defendants, with the single excep tion of Mr. Deane, who, however, could have prayed nothing, because he was not at the place at the time. This explanation, however, was culled nothing but an im pudent aggravation of his offence, and a fiat denial was given to the truth of the statement.—(Hear, hear.) He valued as much as any man the liberty of the press in this country, and no one was more convinced that they must put up with all its inconveniences for the benefit which it conferred.. But when the press was guilty of so touch in justice as it had exhibited in the present case, he confessed that they paid dearly for its advantage.—(Cheers.) He thought that the House must be convinced by the state ment of the Hon. and - Learned Seijeant, and his account of the disturbed state of the country at the time, with which Mr. and Mrs. Deacle were concerned, that there were just grounds for arresting them, especially when it was seen that their apprehension put a stop to the disturb ances.—(Hear, hear.) If those parties had not been ar rested, the Magistrates might then have been accused of neglecting their duty from cowardice.—(HeL:r, hear.) Undoubtedly, the justice of the arrest, and the mode of executing it, were two different things.. He n•ould not go again over the charges, of ordering`the handcuffing, and of dragging the lady through the mud, becau , e, as he had before stated, Mr. B. Baring was not present at those transactions. (Hear, hear.) He would only read one part of Mr. Wright's deposition. The house where Mr. and Mrs. Deacle were apprehended was a farm-house. Mr. Wright went into the parlour where Mr. and Mrs. Deacle were sitting, while Mr. B. Baring proceeded to the kitchen, where he saw a man armed with a gun, and ob served several other fire-arms in the same place. Mr. B. Baring occupied himself in securing these arms and in wet- ting the powder, and Mr. Wright said that he went into the parlour, where Mr. and Mrs. Deacle were handcuffed; he stated that Mr. B. Baring gave no orders for the hand cuffs to be put on, nor did he see Mr. B. Baring enter the room.—(hear, bear.) Nothing was so absurd as the at tempt to fix the order to handcuff Mrs. Deacle on Mr. B. Baring. It had already been proved that his Hon. Rela tive (Mr. F. Baring) had released 'Mrs. Deacle from the , handcuffs as soon as he observed her condition ; and he would also have released Mr. Deacle had he possessed the , key which unlocked them, for the handcuffs were spring handcuffs. But it was not an unusual practice to place handcuffs on persons arrested under similar circumstances. Mr. Bennett, the governor of Winchester gaol, stated in his deposition, that about 400 persons in all were brought to the gaol under these arrests, and nearly the whole of them were handcuffed.—(Hear.) Gentlemen must he • aware that the execution of Magistrates' warrants was not unattended with difficulty at the time of the disturbances. —(Hear, hear.) They were often executed in the midst of a mob of 100 persons, and therefore some means • were necessary in order to secure the persons of the prisoners.—( Hear, hear.) But Mr. B. Baring proved, that he was not the person who ordered these parties to be handcuffed. Yet the constable, on whose evidence the accusation rested, stated that Mr. B. Baring came into the room and ordered the handcuffs to be placed on. This was, however, shown to be impossible on the other side.—(Hear.) He would now make a few remarks on the charge made against: Mr. B. Baring, of having given a blow to Mr. Deacle. With respect to that charge, Mr. B. Baring said, that if he were put on oath, he could not swear he did not touch Mr. Deacle. All he could say was, that riding by the side of Mr. Deacle, and observing that person repeatedly attempting to seize the reins, he called upon Mr. Deacle to desist. He did not recollect to have done any thing to him ; it was impossible for him to say that he did not touch him, for it was very difficult to prove a negative.—(Hear, hear.) He would put the House in possession of what Captain Neville, one of tie parties present, slid on the subject. After giving a detail of the case, exactly as had been already stated, Capt. Neville stated that Mr. Deacle attempted to seize the reins, when Mt. B. Baring, putting his riding-stick on the reins, called out to Mr. Deacle, " Sir you are not the per son to drive : !et the constable do that." Capt. Neville added, that he did not see Mr. Baring strike Mr. Deacle, and said that had Mr. B. Baring given a blow, he must have observed it. That was the testimony of Captain Neville, who after wards said that he made that statement in justice to Mr. 13. Baring, though he had no knowledge of that gentleman whatever.—(blear, hear.) All the other gentlemen pre sent at the transaction gave the 'same account of it ; but Mr. 13. Baring had not had the benefit of their depositions on the trial, because they were made co-defendants, though not a tittle of evidence was presented against them.—(llear, hear.) His Hon. Friend hail stated that a Jury had convicted Mr. B. Baring, upon the oath of a constable, and that the depositions of these gentlemen, who expressed their readiness to swear to them, ought not to have greater weight than the evidence of the constable given on oath. But the grave part of the charge made against Mr. B. Baring was not investigated at the trial. He was tried fur art assault, and much heavier damage would have been given if he had been found guilty of the other offences which were imputed to him. The Jury, seeing that a blow was positively sworn to, and that no person was prepared to; disprove that a blow was given, could not avoid pronouncing a vet diet in favour of the plaintiff. Mr. B. Baring did not pretend to say that he did not put out his stick ; all he could speak to was the animus with which be did it. He thanked the House for the attention with which they had heard him. lie was aware that the subject was more of personal than public value, but it was not altogether unimpor tant.—(Hear.) Ile would only say in conclusion, that it there was any gentleman in the House who had any doubt with respect to this matter, he would feel muck obliged by that gentleman calliog upon him, and examining the papers. He would indeed be glad to submit the case to half a dozen gentlemen, whom the Hon. Mover might select, and abide by their decision. S strongly, indeed, was he convinced that the whole case would hear the closest investigation, that he would be willing to take the Editors ofth t e al N ke e d w o s : the possibility News papers who had been libelling and slandering Mr. B. Baring, and submit the case to their decision. — ( Hear, h ear.) The Hon, and Learned of further proceedings.l This' aronediaGei:tleinan(ilr.\lilde) had was a question for legal judgment, hut there was undoubtedly this double difficulty in moving for a new trial. Those gentlemen who had given depositions in favour of Mr. 13. Baring, could not be released from the indictment for the purpose of giving evidence ; and there was this further difficulty, that it would be impossible to negative the assertion that a blow 'a-as given, and therefore the verdict for assault could not he set aside. The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers. Sir J. SCARLETT was sure that the statement of the Hon. Member who had just sat down would give uni versal satisfaction.—( Hear, hear.) The House sympa thized with the feelings of the lion. Member, and was satisfied with the explanation which he had given of the conduct of his excellent and amiable relative.—(Hear, bear.) He was anxious to state that the impression made uron his mind by reading the report of the trial in the Newspapers. When he saw many persons included in the indictment, and a verdict given against one of them only, it imme diately occurred to him that the attorney for the plaintiff had made them co-defendants, in order to exclude them from giving testimony on the trial.—(Hear, hear.) The impression on his mind was, that the case was mis represented, exaggerated, and perhaps supported by fals e testimony.—(Hear, hear ) He was certainly very much surprised at the comments which appeared in the News papers on the trial. Perhaps the editors of Newspapers were not aware of the practice often resorted to by at tornies, to put together in one net all those persons who might be called as witnesses fur the defendants.—(Hear.) Mr. HUNT rose to address the House, but was received with expressions of impatience. He hoped the House would listen with patience to the few observations he should make. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman at the upper end of that (the Opposition) bench, had spoken of put ting a number of people together in one net. Now he begged leave to ask the Hon. and Learned Member whe ther he did not recollect—(Laughter) —when he put him (Mr. Hunt)—(Continued laughter)—and all that were with him, into the same net, in order that he (Mr. Hunt) might not have an opportunity of making a defence. (Great laughter.) He was very happy to see the Hon. Member for Thetford laughing—(Murmurs)—but he would not make the slightest reflection on him, for he re spected his feelings as a parent. He declared, that on reading the report of the trial, he was struck with horror at what appeared to him an extreme case of cruelty, prac tised by a gentleman in the commission of the peace, who had committed one of the most offensive violations of the peace, by striking an unarmed and fettered female. He bad himself experienced cruelty from officers, and be knew how much torture they had it in their power to inflict. He should be iejoiced to find that the evidence given on that trial was not correct, but he confessed he had heard nothing yet--(Cries of " Oh")—but unsworn testimony in opposition. They had as yet heard nothing about Mr. Deane.—(Laughter.) Oh ! yes; he was told that some explanation was given about that gentleman while he was out of the House ; for not expecting the question to come on, be had left the House and got his dinner.--(Ques thin, question.) He had thought that the Noble Lord would not allow any other question but the eternal Bill to be discussed.—(Question, question.) He thought that the statement made by Hon. Members was not sufficient proof that the constable had sworn falsely. It had been stated that Mr. B. Baring was not in the par lour ; but it would have been easy for Mr. B. Baring to have called upon the constable from the kitchen to do his duty. He did not mean to say that Mr. B. Baring did so, but yet such a thing was possible. He had read the defence of Mr. B. Baring in the Times, and the coin- ments made upon it. But he would nat allow these com ments to have any effect on his judgment, for he knew how easy it was for editors of newspapers to slander any one. He bad suffered from them himself, and he supposed many other Hon. Members hal done so likewise. He thought the best plan to pursue would be to call for a copy of the evidence produced at the trial, together with the Judge's observations and notes. If Mr. B. Baring waited until the time for anew trial, he would then be placed in an awkward situation, for his character would suffer if he failed to ob tain a verdict ; and how was it possible for him to get a verdict, if, as he stated, all his witnesses were included in the indictment as defendants ? The Hon. Member pro ceeded, amidst considerable interruption, to refer to the facts of the case, and in doing so, spoke of Mr. Bingham Baring having gone out to see Mts. Bingham Baring in the cart.—(A laugh.) Members might laugh at his mis take, but he wished that Mrs. Bingham Baring had been in the cart instead of Mrs. Deacle.—(Groans.) Mrs. Deaele had committed no offence.—(Question.) No wit ness had ventured to swear that Mr. Bingham Baring had not struck a blow at an unarmed man in fetters. Mr. MILDMAY could not allow the Hon. Member for Preston to escape without some observation. The Hon. Member who had attempted to cast a stigma on the character of Mr. Baring, and who talked so loudly of in justice and oppression, had not been in the House when Mr. Baring's defence cvas made.—(Cheers.) If the House should desire to see the man who would dare to malign another without having heard his defence, they might be hold him in the representative of Preston.—(Hear.) Yet the Hon. Member was the man to stand up for liberty and justice. He could not allow the question to be brought to a decision without expressing his indignation at the con duct of the Hon. Member. Mr. HUNT would have made the same statement which lie had made without hearing one word in explanation of Mr. Baring's conduct.—(A laugh. ) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the gallant officer, by bringing forward this case, had afforde 1 an opportunity for an explanation to be given of the circumstances attending it (and a most satisfactory one had been given;) but the nature of the motion was such, that it was impossible the House could accede to it. From the general feeling which pervaded the House, be did not think it necessary to enter into any argument to prove that the papers ought not to be produced. He thought that his Hon. Friend had done rightly in se conding the motion, and availing himself of that oppor tunity of offering an explanation to the House. His ex plinatiorr had proved satisfactory to the whole House, with the exception of one Hon. Member, and that Member had not heard it.—(Cheers.) Having the pleasure of knowing Mr. Bingham iirring very well, he did not for a moment believe that he was capable of acting in the brutal manne r which he was represented to have done. If there was one man in the world less likely than another to act in such a Way, it was his Hon. Friend.—(Hear, hear.) He could not help concurring entirely in the indignation expressed by the Hon. Member for Thetford, at the conduct of those who had pressed on Mr. Baring in the way they had done, without giving him any opportunity of making his defence; and who, when he did offer a defence, treated it with de rision and contempt merely.—(Hear, hear.) He should not do justice to his feelings if he did not state that be fully participated in the indignation which had been ex pressed at the conduct cf those partied. The whole case was now fairly before the public, and he was quite sure that all who heard the speech of the Hon. Member for Portsmouth, or who might read it hereafter, must be per. feetly satisfied that the conduct of Mr. IZlngliam Baring, and of all the Magistrates, bad been in all respects justi fiable, and that they exhibited no harshness which the circumstances of the case did not render necessary.— (Hear. ) lie did not think it necessary to detain the House further, but he had felt it to be due to himself to express his sentiments on the occasion as he Lid done. Colonel EVANS felt highly gratified by the manner in which the motion had been received by the two Hon. relatives of the gentleman whose conduct had formed the topic of discussion. At the same time he must say, that it was not exactly for a judicial opinion that he had brought the subject before the House. lie should not state the fact if he sa;d that his conviction enabled him to participate to the full extent in what he observed to be the almost unani mous feeling of the House. He should be false to himself if he stated that be thought the case was satisfactorily put at rest, either with reference to the interests of the indi. virtual principally concerned, or to the Magistrates generally. fie must confess that lie was both disappointed and astonished at the manner in which the case had been put by the Hon. and Learned Member for Newark. The Hon. and Learned Member had di-,appointed hint by having entireh failed to make out a point which he considered essential to be made out. He was astonished at the strong, he would not say arbitrary, sentiments, which the Lion. and Learned Member had expressel. The Hon. and Learned Member seemed totally to forget that not only were one of the parties in this case acquitted, but that the Crown brought forwar d no evidence against them. Yet, in defiance of the reknowledged p r i nc ipl es 01 the English law, th e Honourable and Learned Gentleman bad spoken of them as if they were convicted criminals. Unless he entirely mistook the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he seemed in portions of his speech to consider Mr. and Mrs. Deacle to be still guilty, though they had been acquitted by the laws of their country. He was sorry that the Hon. and Learned Member had thought it necessary to become the calumniator of these unfortunate individuals, whether guilty or not, while he had left alto gether untouched the important part of the statement which he (Colonel Evans) had submitted to the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said not a word with r, , spect to the Crown not having prosecuted for per jury the witnesses who had sworn the several ,repositions. That was a most important point. The Hon. and Learner' Gentleman had like: ise'mnitred to give airy explanation o' :he fact, that the securities of the persons who had given evidence before the Grand Jury, but refused to come for ward at the trial, were not proceeded against, which he hdieved was the Usual course. tie bad felt it due to him self to say, that he couid not fully concur with the feeling expressed by the House, but he would not press the motion to a division. Question put, and negatived without, a divis:on. THE REFORM BILL. On the illation of Lord J. RussELL, the order of tht day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Reform Bill was then read. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, that the ques'ion before the Committee was that Downton stand part of schedule A. Lord J, RUSSELL said, that the borough of Down tots was not included within the last Bill ; neither did it come within the rule applicable to boroughs which did not possess a population of 2,000 ; because its population, according to the census of 1821, was 3,100, though by the same authority, it appeared .to possess only nine houses paying a yearly rent of 101. The House was now in pos session of later information respecting the number of 101. houses in the borough. In answer to a question from the Home-office, the overseers had replied, that the borough might contain about 108 houses rented at 101. The re turning officer who bad furnished information re specting this borough for the recent population re: turns, had calculated the number of 101. houses at about 120. The number of thesa houses might be taken at about 100, or very little more. It then became a question how the number of 300 houses rented at 101. each was to be made up. The surrounding di s t r i ct was I composed principdly of down, and it would he necessary to'proceed to a considerable distance in order to obtain the requisite number of constituents. It would, indeed, be impossible to complete the number without proCeeding to Ford ingbridge, a town which contained a considerable number of inhabitants; but in that case Downton would merely have a share in the election of Fordiughrirlge, in stead of Fordingbridge having a share in the election of Downton. On the whole, therefore, Ministers had thought it best to submit to the Committee whether Downton ought not to be disfranchised. At the same time he must fairly confess that the disfranchisement of Downton formed no part of the original Bill ; that it did not come within the line which he had laid down relative to the amount of population ; and that it was certainly in the discretion of the Committee,Vr say whether Ministers had acted properly or not in placiu it in schedule A. The same ob , ervations applied closely to the borough of St. Gertnains. Mr. CROKER had all along staters his opinion that the line relative to a population of 2,000 would not be found satisfactory in all cases. Tire Noble Lord had on the present occasion said something with respect to the number of electoral houses in the borough of Downton ; but in the speech with which the Noble Lord introduced the Bill he said that the test :If disfranchisement should be--not the number of houses, but the amount of popula tion. By that principle he (Mr. Croker) entreated the Committee to judge of Downton. In justice to the boroughs which were to be disfranchised, and to the electors whose rights were to be confiscated, he demanded that the severe and stringent rule which the Noble Lord had himself laid down should be impartially aced With respect to population, the case of Downton was so strong, that it might almost claim to be taken out of both schedules. In 1821 the population was 3,114. The Noble Lord said that the number of electoral houses in the borough at that period was only nine. On that point he was misinformed. The number of electoral houses was then 38, which exceeded in number the electoral houses possessed by seven boroughs which were contained in schedule B. Therefore upon the Noble Lord's own show ing, it appeared that the borough of Downton had a greater population than 14 or 15 of the preserved boroughs, and a greater number of electoral houses than seven preserved boroughs, and yet, for no reason that he knew of, the Noble Lord proposed to disfranchise it.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord admitted that, at the present moment, the borough contained 100 electoral houses. If that were the case, it ought to stand very high on the list of pre served boroughs. Out of the 47 boroughs contained in schedule B, 33 had less than 150 electoral houses each.— (Hear.) Out of the boroughs which were to be retained, 84 had not 300 electoral houses each ; therefore, if the Bill should pass, there would exist 84 boroughs requiring outvoters. They would come fresh from the hands of their maker, with an imperfection in their constituency.— (Hear, bear.) The Noble Lord said, that he would not retain Downton, because it would be necessary to proceed to a considerable distance to make up the amount of con stituency ; hut in the case of Morpeth, be was told that the Noble Lord proceeded fifteen miles for this purpose.— (Hear.) Ile had stated facts, and they appeared to him so strong that the Noble Lord was bound to give some addi tional explanation on the subject. The Noble Lord seemed satisfied that facts were against him, and seemed to throw the matter on the discretion of the House.— (Hear.) He would accept the' Noble Lord's proposition, and therefore should propose that Downton should con tinue as it was left by the Noble Lord's first and better re solution. Ile should, therefore, move as an amendment, that the borough of Downton be excluded from schedule A. Lord J. RUSSELL was bound to admit that the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated the case very fairly. He could only repeat what he said before, namely—that as Ministers found a difficulty in providing a constituency for Downton, they thought, on the whole, that the best thing they could do was to put it into schedule A.—(A laugh.) At the same time bee:post admit that it formed an exception to the rule which he had laid down.—(A laugh.) Although he should give his vote for leaving Downton in schedule A, no principle of the Bill would be infringed by its being taken out of it.—(A laugh.) Mr. CROKER had omitted to state one important fact, which was, that by the recent returns the population of Downton stood at 3,961. Mr. O'CONNELL could not agree with the Noble Lord's proposition that no principle of the Bill would be violated by preserving Downton. fie thought that prin ciple would he violated which went to the destruction of rotten boroughs.—(Hear.) It had been an accusation against the Bill that it was too sweeping a measure, but he had succeeded in proving that schedule B contained a number of boroughs which ought to he swept away. Would any Member deny that the borough of Down ton belonged to the Earl of Radnor ?—(1-fear.) Would any man deny that he sent two Members into that Ilouse ? The constituency of Dowaton was composed of twenty thatched cabins. The people of England wanted no nutue rical calculations. The knowledge of the number of in habitants in boroughs was of use only as showing that they were likely to he corrupt ; but if the House arrived at the fact of corruption by other means, where was the use of numerical calculations? He hoped that all rea l Reforme rs w ou ld rally on this occasion, and not suff er t h e borough of Downton to escape on any pretence whatever. —(Hear.) It should be observed, that this place was not situated in an agricultural, but in a grazing district, and it would be most difficult to procure for it the requi site number of voters, without going to a very consider able distance. He therefore should certainly take the sense of the Committee as to the strict propriety of con tinuing D o wnton in schedule A. Wh at , h e as k ed, were thos e individuals doing who had argue d i n fevoue of a different course? They were edvoc at i ng t h e system of electo ra l districts, arid time driving the country to that which they professed most to dread—universal suffrage. H e had before him the plain fact, that this was a nomina tion-borough, snd therefore it ought to be left in scheduieA. Colonel SH3THORP observed, thet the Noble Lord and his friends dwelt upon numbers; but be (Colonel Siathorp e ), and those who were on his side, dwelt upon justice. Now he would rather go out in a minority, having justice with him, than vote With the Ministerial phalanx, who seemed to set justice and reason at defiance. —(Hear.) He should vote for the amendment. An How. MEMBER suggested to the Noble Lord the propriety of joining the borough of Downton with that or Wilton, and placing the united borau4h schedule B. The two boroughs thus united might, ae conceived, whir much propriety. send one Member to that Hous e . Mr. CROKER denied that he would joie with the Noble with any other person to preserve a rotten ho - with a very narr ow constituency. 'tie and his friends' were anxious to d o just, the contrary. they knew la lL.: o ur s i i i ii or ton was a rotten borough, and they were going to np l re k o s , :huego:se t t l ' e Y in ir t e e ' re i s a t priety of make it a free one.—(Hear, hear.) When i,ord latulnor f l a e c fc t, it t l na u d ie e offered it up on tht.Qerahltaarhlif hvisercyo•c,itti but to free it from thraldom. Where, lie would I n e o ;r o o f i f t e g r l i i n . g alist:oalal'tternpt was here made to save a rotten the virtuous indignation of Hon, ead Learned 3 1:s 1 t e r' inl ah ifor Kerry when he saw ieldeburgh in Suffolk the list in schedule A, while Aldbu• taken from that list, and wasas He lad no doubt bpt stiu ed chedule I,W3e,:attinlini'ntl7a.bitants, and, 'surely, acting upon the ii p :l l ,,ti l ic c g iai this nr c e f ?Isy e i : ) ' n ' o s r t s o a t o i s g f this atneu'lme----nt(Tauttigdhntelar.k; •P'Tculv:;toanuae'rienlnelletnhda-t principle of the Bill, it would be most unjust to di-fran ehise it. Hie Gallant Friend (Colonel Sibth )1 s i served, that he would, on this • . ° ! • P e - Qa lies.tipio, tval?..tigiy go out with a minority, h iving In . Iris ()pi t feel no apprehension upon that paint. He thieught I Friend • Iris Gallant would divide a triumphant with ump.lant majority, who uncitytienalely would is have justice on their side. Ver civet part, he should nitj a n l ' r r GallantC O N N :L i" d u e se tl t.i e i' c ( . t o e tel very haPPY t 9, go out far • h I I was likely to di), in a • nralority with his Majesty's Minis. tern.—( Hear, hear.) vations which had been matte. Mr. STANLEY said, that the present case stood upon I special grounds ; and if the sense of the Pcu should be against allowing the home li 'l' " din sche lule A, mi n i, teza Would feel o rsc ointment waton to stand no principle of the Bill would.b:becausei violated by such a ,i on . Seven individuals were here exercising a franchise i t the beck of a Noble Lord, who admitted that he did virtually return two Members sit in • to pressed his perfect willingness to give up such an uncon ,titutional privilege. The Right Hon. Gentleman said, that bY agrecin to his amendment they would make t.,=t Downton as free as Westminster. Let him, then, when pressing the case of Caine on Ministers, make use of the s nme argument. They did not proposs to disfranchise that borough ; but, to use the Right Hon. Gentleman's phrase, they wished to leave it as free as Westminster. It would be very difficult to mak e I),,,cnton a free and inde pendent borough. Could they find a constituency in the middle of Salisbury. plain ? They would have to go four miles and a half, and into another county, to add to the constituency, and then they would, perhaps, procure thirty or forty additional votes. It was very true, that by the population return of 1821 the inhabitants of Downton amounted to 3.114. But the inconsiderableness of the borough might be inferred from the amount of taxes which it paid. The borough, in 1828, paid fifty-four pounds annually, the whole parish one hundred and sixteen pounds. In 1830 the borough paid seventy.two pounds, and the whole parish one hundred and ten pounds. Taking these circumstances into consideration, looking at the small number of electors, and knowing it to be avowedly a nomination borough, he thought that there was sufficient re ,son for placing it in schedule A. Sir R. PEEL thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman inud placed the question on very just and fair grounds. He viewed it as a judicial question, and left Hon. Mem bers to vote for or against it as they pleased. He was not sorry to see that Ministers were divided on this occa sion. —(Mr. STANLEY—" We are not divided.") It could not be denied that they had dealt with Wiltshire upon a most extensive scale : Bedwin, Heytesbury, Ludgershall, Oat Sarum, were to be wholly disfranchised; Malmes airy and Wilton were each to Ise a Member; and now, which was not so originally, Downton was transferred from schedule Bto schedule A. It was said in defence of this transfer, that the district in which Downton was situated was so extensive, that great difficulty would be experienced in seeking for a proper constituency. He, however, would argue that the more extensive the district the more widely situated the electoral houses, the more in dependent must the voters be of Lord Radnor, or of other persons.—(Hear, hear.) Adhering to the principle of tine Bill, he cou'd not see why the renter of a 10/. house upon Salisbury-plain had not a right to be included in the franchise for Downton. It was useless to talk of dis tance, since it appeared that different places were to be appointed for the.poll.—(Hear, hear.) Those who were favourable to the extension of the franchise would surely vote for this amendment, which would bring forward a class of voters, the ny. farmers, who were never called into operation before. He (Si: R. P,el) being " ena moured" of the principle of the Bill—(Laughter) —would certainly strictly adhere to it in this instance; and he was happy in pointing out the place where it might be most strictly and properly applied.—(Hear, hear.) Those who were attached to " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill," and who were of course anxious to pre serve it in its full integrity, would, he was sure, support the amendment. Mr. C.• FERGUSSON, ai we understood, supported the original motion. An HON. MEMBER wouli deliver his sentiments freely, however he might be taunted as " a delegate" seated he hind Ministers, and ready to obey their call. When the Minister rose and proposed any measure, he felt that he ;vas left to his own discretion to support or to oppose it ; and he would tell the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, that if he brought forward any motion which, in his opinion, appeared likely to benefit the country, he would give it his feeble aid. Acting independently, he for one would most decidedly vote for the Ministers on this question, be cause he conceived Downton to be a nomination borough, Sir R. FEEL reminded the Hon. Member, that the Noble Lord had said that voting Downton out of schedule B would not be trenching on the principle of the Bill.— (Loud cries of " Question.") Mr. EIVART and Mr. C. PELHAM made a fete obser vations, but the cries of " Question," which were not silenced by the reiterated appeals of the Chairman, ren dered thetn wholly inaudible. Mr. SMITH (some degree of silence having been ob tained) said, it appeared that nine houses only possessed the franchise in the borough of Downton. Were they, then, to continue the right of sending Members to Par liament, to a place thus situated, instead of extending it to some wealthy and populous, but unrepresented town? This was evidently a nomination borough, and ought to be disfranchised. Mr. HUNT knew something of this borough, and he could safely say, that it was as rotten a borough as any in schedule A. As to throwing it open and extending its franchise, he was quite convinced that they could not get SOO 101. householders, without going a great number of miles ; unless, indeed, they pleased to give the franchise to the sheepcotes in the neighbourhood. They had been called ou to unite Wilton and Downton. In that ease Lord Pembroke and Lord Radnor might ton up for the privilege of nomination, or they might agree to assume that privilege turn about. Ile aboald vote for the disfran chisement of the borough. The cries of " Question" were now reelouble.i. Mr. 11. L. BULWER shortly addressed the Committee in favour of the disfranchisement of the borough. 111 r. BENETT with much difficulty obtained a heating for a few moments. He observed that though Downton was now a nomination borough, it would cease to be so if placed in schedule B. No influence could then be exercised with respect to that borough, beyond that fair influence which property always must command. Much mistake appeared to be entertained with respect to tire localities of the borough. The neighbourhood of Downton was popu lously inhabited, and W 0,4 ao well cultivated as the open parts of Wiltshire. In that neighbourhood a aufEl6ent number of electors could be found, without travelling into Hampshire. He trusted that justice would be done to Downton, and that it would be removed from schedule A. The Committee then divided, when there appeared.— Ayes (fur the original question) Noes '244 Majority (for the disfranchisement' On our re-admission to the gallery, the question bad been put, that the borough of Dunwich stand part of sci''edule A, which, after some observations, which could not be heard in the gallery, was agreed to without a division, though the noes were vigorous. The question that Eye stand part of A produced a laugh at the apparent encroachment of one letter upon another. Sir E. KERRISON hoped that the Committee would allow Lim a few sninotes of their attention. But put, as it were, truer, his trial, air Member for Eye, he had a right to be heard. He could state that he had been three times returned for this borough, and could assert that be had never bribed or received a brilt; for any interest be might possess as its Member ; said he challenged any man in the House, or out of the House, to assert the contrary. The borauih had now a population of 2,330; anti there was some reason to think there bed been a mistake in the re turns of 1821. Between 1811 and 1821, there had been an increase in the population of 140 ; and between l&aal and 1831, an increase of 434. •He condemned the Reform measure as fraught with injurious craosequenees to the country. Mr. BURGE (the atLee Member for Eye) spoke amidst so much noise that he could not be heard. Mr. SADLER was inaudible for the same reaazaa Sir C. WETHERELL cautioned the Committee against getting into a confusion through she similarity' of bound of e, y, e, and a , y, Question, question.") H e had not a long E;aZeinent to make, but it be had, that long st: itement he should make, in spite of the gentlemen under the clock.—.((Go nu.) By the existing census, it appeared the hoaongh of Eye had 330 inhabitants above 2,000 1 cluPsaquently if the present census had been the has:is of this Bill, the borough would nut Is; rliali anchised; but the census of 1821 being take:, it appeared to have 116 below 2,000. The ,ion. and Gallant Member had , suggested a reason ;or believing that the census of MI was not c,:arect ; and he (Sir C. Wetherell) could not help remarking, that whilst it was. oh,ieeted to the return of 1831 that they might made up with a view to the Reform Bill. tho,4e 4g 182,1 5 not having respect to such a measure 44 this, were not probably made up with siafracient accuracy. The question was agreed to without a division, The CHAIRMAN then reat: She borough of Powey.— (Cries of " Arjourra," and " Go on.") Sir J. ITADGES moved that the Chaittnan report .10 ~,r a, ' s and ask leave t o sit irgaira.---(" Hear," and a " Go on.") Lord MILTON pal; it to the Hon. Baronet whether, as a Membr of :Parliament, he could think he was doing his duty to the people of England, if he prevented the House From sitting more than three hours (as they had only begun at nine o'clock) on this important question. Sir J. BRYDGES persisted in his motion. Sir R. PEEL said that, in Ms opinion, the hoer had not arrived for adjournment—(lt tv,•ss thea half-past twelve)—and if the Hon. liar tcok the sense of the House, he should vote against the motion.—(Hear.) They ought to, gq oa C 4 they came to a borough which involved some new queAtion.—(Hear.) 'Sir J. I3RYDGES said his opinion was not altered, but he would not press the motion. Lord BRUDENELL said th , „.‘ borough of Fowey was situated in two parishes closely adjoining each other. The population of the borough in the two parishes, according to the census of 1821, was 2,400, and the number of voters more than 300. According to, the rule laid down by the Ministers themselves, this borough ought not, there fore, to !Y.' in schedule A ; and if his Majesty's Govern ment were disposed to be fair and impartial, it ought) •of !)e totally disfranchised. lie was bound to say, how e.,r, that he did not expect this from his Alajesty's Go v, mtwnt, as they were backed t.y a bound and pledgtd In4jority.—(No ) Mr. SEVERN entered into a statement in order t show that the trade, commerce, and shipping o Fower had considerably increased since 1821, as well as the po pulation; and that, therefore, it should retain one repre sentative. Sir C. WETLIERELL and Mr. SADLYR both conceived that the Hon. Member's statement NVA cisive against the disfranchisement. Mr. PRAED said, there was this remarkable difference between Fowey, which Ministers proposed to wholly di:. franchise, and Calne, which they permitted to retain i e representatives,—that the former was admitted on all han to be daily increasing in commercial importance, while t e latter was stated in the population returns to be, fur the last 20 ears, decaying in it; manufactures and trade.-- , (Hear.) Mr. CROKER conceived that the case of Truro was in itself decisive against Ministers, so far as Fowey was con— cerned, for they had united three parishes to the •borough in the instance of Truro, while all that 'Was asked was to unite one to Fowey. Lord J. RUSSELL said the rule which Ministers had I rid down could not admit of an exception in the cas.e. of Fowey, whose population, besides, was but 1,400. Mr. D. GILI3ERT, from local information, could state that Truro contained in itself, without the adjacent parishes, n sufficient population to entitle it to two Members. The , uldiLional hamlet would not make the population of Fuwey 2,000. The question that the borough of Fowey stand part of schedule A was then put and carried. The question that the borough of Gatton stand part of schedule A was put, amidst roars of laughter, and carried after a few words fro.n Mr. fore, expressive, as we un derstood, of a wish that the new constitution might flourish as well as the one of which Gamin was a part. The same question was put and carried with respect to the borough of Haslemere. After which the House re— sumed, and the CHAIRMAN reportei progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The SPEAKER sai 1, that as it appeared to he the wi,h of the House that he should take the chair at Three o'clock, h e hoped that the attendance of Members would enable him to do so. The Coal Duties Bill was then read a third time, and passed. The report on the Queen's Dowry Bill was brought up, and ordered to be read to-morrow (this day.) At a Quarter to Two o'clock the House adjourned. Ott the borough a Downton the division was —for the Ministers 274, and against the disfranchisement 244, leaving only a majority of 30, which is to be accounted for by the following 40 having voted in the minority, who have heretofore voted for the Bill Adeane, 11. J. Gordon, B. A;;iiew, Sir A. Greene, T. G. Astley, Sir J. D. Harcourt, G. V. Belgrave, Viscount Heathcote, G. J. Bcnett, John Howard, IL Bentinck, Lord G. Hodgson, Joh n Bouverie, r. Johnstone, J. J. H. Buck, L, W. Lewis, T. F. Buller, J. W. Lemon, Sir C. Burrell, Sir C. M. Lopes, Sir R. F. Colborne, N. W. R. Lumley, J. S. Denison, J. E. Milton, Viscount Fergusson, H. C. North, F. Ferguson, Sir R. Powell, W Ramsden, J. C. Ridley, Bickford, W. Skipwith, Sir G. ;Staunton, Sir G. ITyrell, t*. Willoughby, Sir H. Webb, Colonel E. Wood, Colonel T. Wrottesley, Sir J. B. Wynn, Sir W. W. Wynn, C. W. G. ORAN GEI SM—FATAL AFFRAYat GI RYA N. On Tuesday last a serious affray took place at Girvan, in Ayrshire, in which one individual, a con stable, lost his life. It appears to have been cus tomary for some years, in consequence of the accu mulation of Irish in that distilet, to have anniversary Orange processions; in anticipation of which, on the present occasion, the Magistrates of Girvan had issued a proclamation prohibiting any such proces sion. The Sheriff, who arrived on the previous night, informed the Magistrates that he had the Solicitor-General's opinion that there was no law to prevent the procession, and consequently they might go on. Finding that neither the ordinary constables, nor those he had summoned as special constables, would act, the Sheriff called on the Orange Lodges, requesting them to avoid going into the town. The constables then resumed their ba tons, and went to the junctiost of the Maybole and Dailly roads to direct them to Donne Park without going through Girvan. Some of the Orange party agreed to go round, but the greater part refused. A few stones were first thrown, and then the Orange men threw vollies of stones among the constables and people. While the constables were using every exertion to prevent the throwing of stones, the Orange party levelled their muskets. Three shots were fired, and the first proved fatal to Alexander Ross, a constable. Two others were wounded by the Orangemen, and the town's people having ral lied at the entrance of the town, many cuts and blows were received, which so irritated the town's people, that they procured a four-pounder, loaded it and planted it, to await the return of the Orange men, which, however, they avoided by taking the road pointed out for their entrance. It would ap pear that the originating cause of this collision was au insult offered some time ago by an Orangeman to a Reform procession at Girvan, which caused the people to resolve upon putting down the Orange processions by way of revenge, or at least not to ;Allow of a display of flags.---Edinburgh Advertiser, THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKLT.—JuIy 120. In this day's market, which exhibited but a limited supply, and was well attended both by London and country buyers, each kind of meat met with a .steady sale, at the foilowing prices per stone of Sib. to sink the otlals cet 35.4 d. to 4s. 4d, 4s. 0.1. to ss. 00. Mutton I 3 6 4 6 Pork 3 4 4 S Lamb 4s. Sd. to ss. Sd. The foxgoing quotations are Mutton :M., Veal 4d., and Pork 2d. to 4d. per stone higher than on this day Aelinight ; prices of Beef and Lamb stationary, But a small proportion of the sup ply left the market unsold. LEWES MARKE'F.—JuIy IP. Beet 3s. Od. to 4s. Otl. Veal 3s. d. to 4s. 4d. Muttot: 3 4 4 4 I Pork 0 0 (1 t) Lamb 4s. (kl. to ss. Od. • e A good supply, and a sluggish trade. RUMFORD MA ItKET.—July , 20. s. d. to s. d. s. d. s. d. Bee' ') 10 4 0 1 Vez.l 'l 4 4 8 Mutton 1 0 4 0 Pork . 3 4 4 4 Lamb 4s. Ocl. to ss. Oil. Suckling Calves from I4s. to ads. ; Quarter old Pigsl2s. to 106. each. A moderate supply, and rt dull trade. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. ------- Per Quarter. la,to s. s. a. a. to e. a. to - a. Blandford 62 36 Brigg 5B 20 Lls _. Cambridge 69 Chard CO CS Sa 36 22 26 a 4 Huntingdon 58 70 36 38 29 35 30 Long Sutton . 56 64 20 24 36 39 LAW/ 55 62 28 33 f '2O 25 25 49 Lynn 56 64 j j 24 30 36 40 (13 65 -I 21 28 35 42 NoUiagham 76 81 33 48 24 31 42 44 Pvterborough 56 138 :is 34 24 29 36 40 Plymouth ; 6(1 71 32 38 '25 30 Pontefract — 43 27 Sleafor,l 65 70 Si IX$ ^2 '25 t! 43 Uppingtrla 60 68 3/ 42 25 32 34 40 WiAbech 6O 68 —I 24 26 36 38 605.. to 73g. sn. to 705.) - fir ..... to 345. 3fis. to &Qs to 21,5. 1 - )s. to 4:ls. . to ,11), Eng. 141 to per st. ... 34i. to 3.`,. per lor,d gn, —l. to —l. per last.. '.-July 19. r LEEDS COUN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Suftblk, 601 b. ! York. aid Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Nortalk and Suffolk ...... . .... Yorksl.ire and Lincolnshire .....,,,,,,, Grinding Beans 63lb. Oats, Potatoe — Mealmg, U4O. 14d. to 14!;,1 il Shelling Rapeseed, English, 161. to 24/....... Foreil . ----- LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—JuI, 19.. %VIIEAT, English, White, per 701 b. lzt,l --- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 6lO 7 3 --......---._ Red --- Foreign 9 6 910 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b, 3 9 4 0 -- Irish .••,,,...... ................... ........... —.Foreign 8k1it.m...7, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 4O 0 46 0 ---• Scotch and Irisla, per 6011's. Feeding fleass, Engli..&h, per Imperial quarter......,.,, 43 0 47 0 _ Irish, &c . 40 0 42 U . Foreign PEASE, English, per imperial quarter 42 0 44 0 Foreign FLOUR, English, p“ `43 , 0 •,.. Irish IU. 43 0 46 0 _ . 43 0 44 0 OATMEAL A English and Irish, per 2401b5.. 27 0 29 0 Isntr,s Coat?, per 4401 b. - 31 0 32 0 Itvy, per Imperial quarter • !... az o :so O. MALT, per imperial quarter. - 70 -0 72 •0' • I m ' , oar OF Gr‘ats for the Week e.-..diag July I . S. i Wheal Oats. I Zaaley Flck:r. Oatia,rat, Qrs. Qc s , Qrs. Foreign ! Flrlad ' lnsh &c. .ScJcs. 11: 3 1s; • 9,153 l::,201 i -3,50 16,8,') I J!. •: --- A few days ago the husband of a washerwothan at Boulogne, near Paris, was beatinK Ins wife, aryl end, a _ • vouring to throw her into . a well, cti hen, in the struggle in which the poor woman was aided by their clitkl, theit 2 , 14 himself fell in, and was killed by the fall, ~: