The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, 06rOBER 24, 1844. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Isaac Higg aged twenty-eight, a paper stainer, lodging in Upper Ground-street, Lambeth, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wilson, charged with committing a murderous assault on Robert Col lins, a City policeman, who was on duty in St. Paul's Churchyard on Sunday night. Mr. Wolfe defended the prisoner. Robert Collins deposed that he saw the prisoner committing a nuisance against the lamp-post, at the edge of the pavement, between Hall and Allan's and the Chapter House, and a female was sta ndin g b y his side, playing with ' him. Witness took hold of his arm, and saying that he was very indecent, led him towards the dead wall, and ordered the female to move on. The prisoner went to the wall, but turned round and said, "George, you are a rogue." Witness replied, he had better mind what he was say ing, or he would get into the wrong. Witness told the female, who had stopped, to go on. She did so, and witness walked after her. The prisoner came after him, and instantly struck him a blow on the forehead. Witness collared him, and said, " You shall go to the statio n-house now". The prisoner said, "You shan't take me." Witness drew his truncheon, but at the same moment received another blow with the prisoner's stick, and by a push or some means was thrown down. The prisoner also fell, but got up fist, wrenched the truncheon from him, and struck him on the forehead. He had no recollection of what occurred aft et wards. This evidence was confirmed, and the prisoner was committed for trial. CLEIMEN WELL. Yesterday, Elizabeth Lewis, a tall woman, was charged by Mr. James Lewis, veterinary surgeon, of Long-yard, Lamb's-conduit-street, with stabbing him. The prisoner, who was charged on a warrant, was so violent towards Bayson, the officer, that he was compelled to convey her to the Court in a cabriolet. It appeared that the parties had been married for twelve years, and the defendant was addicted to in temperance, and disposed of property to indulge her propensity. On Sunday last complainant remon strated with her on the impropriety of her conduct, and the bad example she afforded to her children, when she seized a fork, and running towards the door, stabbed him in the back, and calised three wounds by its prongs. He turned round to reproach her, when she seized another fork and stabbed him under the right shoulder. She was secured, r id wit ness was taken to the hospital ' where his wounds were dressed. She had before maltreated him, and he felt his life to be in danger from her violerce. The prisoner, in her defence said, the complainant abused her in a shameful manner. He struck her with a stick, and threw a chair at her. Complainant said, he held up the chair to save himself from the fork. He did not touch her before she stabbed him. He was still under the hands of the surgeon. Mr. COMDE (to the prisoner)—You:must be com mitted till Friday next. Prisoner (crying) —Oh, pray do not send me to prison ; do not disgrace me. Mr. COMBE—You should have thought of that be fore you used such a weapon.—She was then com mitted. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Parker, a labouring man, was yesterday brought before Mr. Maltby, by Lacy, the messenger of St. George's, Hanover-square on a charge of having caused the death of his wife, by refusing to allow her sufficient support. The case was not gone into, as an inquiry before the Coroner is to take place. The short facts appear to be, that a suspicion arose some time ago that the deceased was kept in a starving state by her hus band. The parish authorities were applied to, and a warrant was issued against the husband for neglecting to supply his wife with proper maintenance. The woman died before the warrant was executed, and as an impression got abroad that her death had been accelerated by her husband's unfeeling conduct, the warrant was put in force, and the man was taken into custody. Mr. MALTBY directed the prisoner to be remanded until the result of the investigation before the Coroner was known. Captain William Breedon was charged with having commitsod an unprovoked assault on a gentleman mussed Falconer, living at No. 7, Wilton-street. The complainant said he was walking along the Haymarket ,at twelve o'clock last night, when he suddenly received a blow on his body from the de fendant, who was a total stranger to him. The blow was so violent as to deprive him of his breath, and to cause considerable pain to him ever since. Mr. Willis, of No. 4, Trafalgar-square, saw the assault, which was premeditated and perfectly unpro voked. He had previously watched the defendant, who, as he passed along the street, menaced persons with his cane ; but he took special care to avoid any man whose bulk appeared likely to secure retaliation. The prisoner said he lived at Kennington. In 're ference to the assault, he merely said he had been quarrelling with his wife, and this had operated on his temper. He had no intention of assaulting the com plainant. Mr. Kunst inflicted the full penalty of 51., or two months imprisonment. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, Eliza Davis, late inmate of the Female Penitentiary at Pentonville, was brought up on re mand, charged with robbing William Wyatt, in the employ of a mercantile firm in the City. When the case was called on, Mr. Payne, the bar rister, said that since the previous examination, Mrs. Lane, the matron of the Penitentiary, had been com municated with, and she distinctly denied ever having had such a conversation with the prisoner as she al leged, with respect to a meeting in Bond-street to arrange matters. That Mrs. Lane was now in at tendance to disprove the assertion alluded to, if it was deemed necessary to ask her ; but that, under all the circumstances, Mr. Wyatt, the complainant, had avowed he erred himself on the occasion in suffering himself to be entrapped by the prisoner into an un. fortunate liason with her. Although it would be proved she had robbed him of the property, yet that he had no desire of proceeding with the charge, his main object being throughout to openly avow that he had not authorised her to take the various articles. As, however, the complainant admitted he had erred himself on the occasion, he (the Learned Counsel) fully agreed that it was his best plan not to press the charge, unless the magistrate or the prisoner herself were desirous he should proceed with the prosecution. Mr. Payne then complained, on the part of his client, of an inaccuracy in the report of the previous examination in an evening paper, and copied into some morning journals, describing that the com plainant did not deny he had authorised the prisoner to take his property. So far from that being the case, the complainant throughout the whole proceedings de nied that he had ever given her such authority. Mr. Titans, having questioned the prisoner as to whether she wished the case to proceed or to have it withdrawn, and her answer being in accordance with the latter, she was therefore discharged. George Henry Brenton, an apothecary in Newport street, Lambeth-walk, was placed at the bar for exa mination, charged with assaulting and causing the death of Mary, his wife. The deceased's brother attended, and stated that the inquest was held on her body the preceding day, and that it was postponed with a view to have the attend ance of two gentlemen whose evidence would be likely to turn out of the utmost importance. Mr. TRAILL inquired if a post mortem examination had taken place, and the witness replied in the affirma tive, and at the same time handed in a certificate of two medical gentlemen, which declared that her death was attributable to disease of the lower portion of the spinal column, which appeared to have been produced by violence. Mr. TRAILL—Was there any testimony adduced of the lady having received any violence at the hands of the accused ? The witness, in reply, said there was none but that of the nurse, who heard the scuffling in the bedroom on the night of the alleged violence. The accused inquired if Mr. Fisher was present at the post mortem examination of his wife, that gentle man having attended her aceouchement, and there fore qualified to describe her particular condition during that period, and the dangerous symptoms un der which she laboured, and which would account for her dissolution ?—The witness, in answer, said that the coroner had ordered the attendance of the gentleman alluded to ; upon which the prisoner re quested that Mr. Jones might be summoned to attend, as he could also give some important testimony in the case. The prisoner was then remanded until Friday. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Thomas Smith, alias:Richard Sheldrick, who has been many times examined with Henry Mil ler, SarahlDewar, alias Miller, and the rest of a gang who have carried on a most extensive system of STATE OF TRADE AT MANCUESTER.—The con- swindling, was placed at the bar before Mr. Brough y hands, ton, upon a distinct charge of for tinned uncertainty with respect to the factor y. keeps the market here in a very buoyant state. Yarn, being exceedingly scarce, and most of the Mr Michael Levy Gr een, and Ephraim Levy . spinners under engagement for some weeks, whilst Green, his brother, clothiers, in Houndsditch, proved the demand is considerable, the prices continue to im- that early in September two persons, who called prove. Goods are also firm in price, though the themselves George and James Truman, of Acton, or market is sca rcely so active as it was last week. FFt A - dered goods to the amount of 501., g ivin g a reference RocunAL • • Nem. MARKET , OCT 21 —There is not to Mr. Dewar, 22 , Ashfor d-street, Hoxton, and Mr. the least improvement i n th e flannel m arket, which has Ephraim Green proceeding to that p lace to make in been extremely chill and inactive. The wool market q uir t ', saw a girl, who said she was Mr. Dewar's has been equally flat, and the sale s extremely limited.— daughter, and that her father was out , bu t she went Manchester Guardian. As Mr. William Gallon, publican and dealer in ma- for him, and in a few minutes return ed with the pri engaged, o soner now at the bar, who, on being aske d, said that t i ne stores, Low-street, Sunderland, was boiling pitch in the kitche n o f h is his name was Henry Dewar, and spoke so high l y of Monday last, in the two prisoners calling ling house, the composition ignited, and in endeavouring themselves Truman, that to take the vessel off the fire, a quantity of it was scat- the 50/. worth of goods were supplied, 20/. being paid tered over his clothes, by which he was enveloped in in cash, and the prisoner's acceptance taken for the fl am es, and, being afflicte d with p aral y sis, he was unable remainder. On the 9th of S epte m ber, bill for to use any effort to extinguish the fire, by which he was 291. 188. was accordingly drawn up in i a he presence a• much injured th a t he died on Thursday morning.— of the prisoner, who accepted it in his assumed name of Dewar. It was not due till the 12th of November, Journal SPIRIT of th‘ PUBLIC JOURNALS. /SON Tfl ITZWING memo OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It were much to be wished that Sir James Graham's proposed amelioration of the game laws could by some means or other be brought into operation before the coming Christmas. At the moment we are writing, when the sessions of the county justices are taking place throughout the country, the prisoners indicted for game offences are but few, or none. It is not until later in the season that the fertile crop of crime, which these laws un fluctuatingly produce, begins to be reaped. But it is painful to reflect, that with an entire change of the game-law system in actual consideration, some hundreds of its victims will, in all probability, be suf fering a life-long doom of banishment, from which but a few months would have saved them. That the game-laws produce much crime is admitted. The utmost that is contended for is, that their effects are exaggerated ; and that the remedy is to be looked for, not in legislation, but in the moderation of the landed proprietors. This view of the subject we find ably enforced in a speech by Lord Charles Russell, at a meeting of the justices of Bedfordshire on Tues day, the 15th instant. We extract the following from the report in the Cambridge Independent Press : " Ho had said that he had no hope in legislation on this subject: it seemed to be generally admitted that some laws respecting game must exist, and none could, he thought, be more simple and rational in principle than the present laws. They proceeded on the p ciple that those who occupied land s hould have the quiet possession of it. In ordinary cases, there being no strong inducement to trespass, an action at la a w was er a sufficient protection; but , a s game afforded strong inducement to trespassers, it was necessary that there should be a readier way of punishing them. With re spect to the evils ascribed to the game-laws, the principal were these :—The demoralisation of the poor; the great consumption by gamo of what ought to be the food of man; and the diminution of the amount paid for labour, by placing difficulties in the way of the due cultivation of the soil, by not growing green and root crops. The first of these, he believed, was much exaggerated: with regard to the two latter, he fully admitted them, but did not think them by any means necessary consequences of the game-laws, but proceeding from want of moderation in the landlords availing themselves of them." After alluding to the battue system, Lord Charles continued:— " That was a foreign system of sporting ; but no law could remedy it : any law upon the subject would unavoidably be a sumptuary law ; and what would be too much game for one locality might not be so for another. . . . . He would say, gentlemen must look to moderation rather than to legislation." Now we most readily admit that " those who occupy land," or any other property, " should have the quiet possession of it ;" and we have no objection to the axiom generally, that greater inducement to tres;)assers must be met by readier means of punish ment. But we doubt whether these principles involve all that is contained in the present system of game-laws. Under the present system, the servants of a game preserver may take up any man with it gun , and without a license , upo n the Queen's highway—(vide Lord Stradbroke's Act) —and may bring him before their master, the owner of the game, who may himself punish, without appeals for the offence committed upon his own property ; all this without a farthing expense to himself, but falling on the ratepayers gene rally, not a tithe of whom' probably ever see game out of the poulterer's. We confess we should not expect to find all this involved in the ex loression, "readier means of punishment." The propoea; which gave rise to the discussion—though withdrawil for a nother consi dered more likely to receive the wen! , of the justices — was simply, that the expenses incurred in the prosecution and conviction of poachers should be defrayed by the parties prosecuting. A measure ,more simple, and more calculated to cure any " want oi moderta tion in the landlords availing themselves ef he game-laws," we cannot readily conceive. Ti.'ere are several assumptions that must be made before the present game-law system can be even ex cused. That game is property in the same senee and to the same extent as a horse or a fowl — that it more concerns the well-being of society that a hare or partridge should be placed every day in the season on the table of the Peer, than that demoralising influences should not break up the home of the peasant, making of himself an exile and of his family vagabonds—we know not, even if more than this must not be granted before we could be induced to place our reliance upon the mode ration only of the game preserves. With no motive in the world to create moderation, but with every facility to gratify the most immoderare desires, we do more than pause. Laws are made, not to rely on what men will do, but to guard against what they may do. That system is essentially faulty wh ich confides the \ power of punishment to the party interested, relying upon his moderation to keep some proportion between the punishment and the offence. It would be equally reasonable to rant the poacher the liberty of trespass at will, confiding in his moderation to leave a sufficient stock of game upon the estate. There is, no doubt, a power of revision — wh ich it is understood has of late been exercised—in the Secretary of the Home Department. But if the present system is to be maintained, and the power of revision to be relied on, it will be necessary , to create a new officer, to be known as the Chief General Justiciary of all the Shires of the Realm. Legislation may, at least, do tbis—it may supply motives to moderation. The landlords must not be the only parties interested, with the sole power of punish ment and the sole avoidance of expense. The rights are too much for the duties. If need be, let the right remain ; but let the expense of defending it fall upon the parties interested—for this, least of all kinds of property, it concerns the State to protect — let all violations of it be judged of it by a jury not composed of the landlord's tenants-at- will, and let sone more fit judge be chosen to award the punish ment than, in any possible case, the owner of the game. Much has been said respecting the administration of justice by the county magistracy ; and we may freely state—without at present discussing the general ar gument—that we believe, so far as that function goes, professional substitutes, or assessors, would be more competent, more attentive, and more impartial. But the question we are now discussing may be decided apart from the more general question. We can for give incompetence; we can put up with neglect of duty, within reasonable limits ; but a system which reverses the leading principle of English judicature, and transforms the judge from a counsel for the prisoner into the party principally interested in his condemnation and rigorous punishment, is too shock inz in the bare idea. CONFUCIUS AND THE MUSICAL GOVERNOR. In the same year, Ke-kang-tsee, one of the Minis ters of the King of Loo, wrote to Confucius to invite him to return into his native country ; he sent him money for the expenses of his journey, and added con siderable presents of every description, to induce him to yield to his request. Confucius did not want any reward for doing what he was required. He had al ready for some time formed the design of leaving the kingdom of Wei, where he felt himself to be useless ; he took advantage, therefore, of the good-will of the Minister of the King of his native country, and set off on his return. On the road there was a considerable town, then named Ou-Ching, the care of which was entrusted to one of his disciples, named Tsee-yeou. As he ap proached the city he was surprised to hear the sound of the great instruments, and the notes of the music appropriated to the solemn ceremonies. lie turned towards his disciples, and said to them, laughing, "To kill a chicken you do not want the same knife that is used in slaying an ox." Tsee-yeou, who had come to meet Confucius, imme diately understood what Confucius alluded to, and, without being disconcerted, immediately replied, " Master, I have not forgotton the lessons which you have given me, and I have endeavoured to turn them to account. You have taught us that there is no man incapable of acquiring wisdom ; and that one of the ways of acquiring it is, the study of the grand music and the grand ceremonies, because it is, in studying the grand music and the grand ceremonies, that we learn to regulate our own hearts according to the dictates of sound reason, and to conduct ourselves to wards our fellow-creatures according to the rules of that universal charity which teaches us to love all men in general, and every one in particular. The inhabitants of the little , town which is under my go vernment are men ; I endeavour to lead them to wis dom, by the path which you have p ointed out to us.:, " I am perfectly satisfied with what you say," said Confucius, " it was without reflection, and for the amusement of the moment, that I said that you should not use the same knife to kill a chicken as an ox. I approve of your conduct; continue to conduct yourself in the same manner, and rely upon my approbation."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. f~. _%\_ A LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL of the soil. And I repeat what I have already said on a former occasion in this room, that there is no investment in the world in which a landlord can so safely, so usefully, or so profitably invest his capital, as in the improvement of his own farm, by money sunk in draining, on security of the land which be longs to himself.—(Hear, and cheers.) I think I give you a tolerably practical proof of my conviction on this point when 1 say—and I say it not for the purpose of boasting of what has been done, but of encouraging others to follow the example, when I say, that on my father's property in this neighbour- hood there has been laid down at his expense, and charging five per cent. interest to the tenants, which I believe they most gladly and willingly acknowledge they have over and over again received the benefit of—in this last year we have laid down in deep draining somewhere about three hundred miles of drains, at an expense of between 5,0001. and 6,0001., and I think employed about a million and a-half of draining tiles. By the arrangement I recommend for this purpose both parties are benefited : the landlord receives an ample return for his outlay. I be lieve, on the whole, I am in a position to con gratulate you on the present state of this society. I hope the period of its depression is already passed. Undoubtedly it has been subject to some vicissitudes, and experienced some losses; and two or three years ago, it became involved in debts from which some ex ertions were necessary to relieve it. I have the satis faction of saying that these are paid off; and although that object has been effected by a reduction of some of the premiums, and thereby, in some degree, the sphere of the society's usefulness has been curtailed, yet we have every reasonable prospect of the income of the society equalling its expenditure. With these observations, and thanking you for the patience with which you have listened to the remarks of one very little competent to address you on such subjects, I beg of you to join me, as I feel you will do cordially and heartily, in drinking " Prosperity and success to the Liverpool Agricultural Society." The Earl of SEFTON proposed the health of the " Earl of Derby," with three times three. The call was most readily responded to, and the toast drunk. Lord STANLEY returned thanks, and after some other toasts and speeches, the meeting broke up. SHOW. (Abridged from the Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.) Yesterday the annual exhibition of stock and im plements took place at the usual locality, at the back of Roscommon-street. The exhibition, as a whole, was considered the most satisfactory of any that has yet occurred in the annals of the society, for, although not so extensive in the aggregate, by any means, as some that have preceded it, yet in all essen tial particulars it has been pronounced by competent judges to be the best as indicative of the general prosperity of the association, and of devotion to its more immediate objects, of any that have yet taken place. The day was one of the finest we have witnessed for a long time past, and the attendance was such as might have been expected from a combination of salubrious weather, and the evident desire to impart the greatest eclat to such a gathering. Almost all the noblemen and gentlemen whose names we have commented on in our account of the dinner were present, and took a very lively interest in the proceedings, not only as regards the immediate affairs of the society, but as respects the individual circumstances connected with this display. We are happy to be enabled to state that the exhi bition of stock, though not by any means as we could desire, was yet so large as to corroborate the opinion originally expressed—namely, that this locality would bear away the palm in any competition throughout the country. The bulls were first-rate. The cows also were of excellent quality and condition. The pigs and sheep were generally above the average de scription. The show of implements was not very numerous, nor did we observe any very material im provements beyond those we witnessed last season. A dinner took place in the evening, at which Lord Stanley presided. He was surrounded by a nume rous group of agriculturists and some manufacturers. After the usual loyal toasts, Lord STANLEY gave the prinelpal toast of the evening—" Prosperity to the Liverpool Agricultural Association." I feel it unne cessary (said his Lordship), to express the satisfaction I feel at seeing myself surrounded by so numerous and respectable an assemblage, gathered together to do honour to the institution the anniversary of which we are engaged in celebrating, and also, I would fain hope, to bear, by their presence, their testimony to the merits of this and similar institutions, in pro moting the important objects they are designed to serve. These objects are of a two-fold charac ter, not only important as they tend to increase the facilities and to increase the cheapness of cultivating the soil of this country and rendering it more adequate to meet the daily increasing wants of a rapidly augmenting population, by the applica tion of improved science and art to the limited sur face of the earth over which we have command, but still more important in,their_ bearing upon our social relations, bringing together all classes of the commu nity—(Hear.)--landlords, tenants, of a higher and lower class, and even the labouring classes, also, and combined, as I am happy to see them on this and similar occasions, in this locality, with representa tives of the great manufacturing, mercantile, and trading classes.—(Cheers.) In every quarter of the kingdom we find, within the last few years, societies similar to this have been springing up, and agricul ture is partaking of the great movement which has been pervading all the industrial branches of this country. Farmers are finding out that it is neces sary for them with a view to their own interests, to take a very different course from that which was fol lowed by their grandfathers and great grandfathers.— (Hear.) In these days no man is allowed to stand still. Improvement must go on. And if I look at our own immediate neighbourhood, and compare the position in which we stand, defective as we still are, and having much to learn and much to improve in— yet whether I look at the farmer's stock, his mode of cultivation, or his desire for improvement and amelioration, and compare the state of things now with what it was when, fourteen years ago, I first had the honour of occupying the chai,r of this society, I hope I am not assuming too much when I say, that to the constant meetings and constant intercourse carried on between different classes by means of this society, much of that improvement is to be traced which no man with an eye in his head can deny has taken place, and which is most gratifying to those whose interests, like mine, are bound up with the welfare of the agri culture of this district.--(Hear, and cheers.) Even within the last few years, within a much shorter time than that which I have named, within the last four or five years, I see strides which, small as they may be compared with what might be done, are gigantic when compared with what was done before. I think it is not more than four or five years ago, that at a meet ing of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, I first noticed as a novelty of a singular character a new manure known as guano, andrecommended to the agri culturists of England.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If I am not misinformed, from this single port of Liverpool there have gone out, within this single year, no less than 150 vessels, chartered expressly for the purpose of importing this, then unknown, manure for the improvement of the agri culture of the country. It is not alone, however, in matters like this that we see the usefulness of these societies. I look for much more extended and per manent improvement from their operation. Every where I see old, useless fences disappearing, fields en larging, improved modes of cultivation adopted ; and I see going on with immense rapidity that which I must i m press upon you who are connected againwi andthth againe landi s the basis of all improvement—deep and thorough drainage of the land; and not here alone, but throughout all England, I see most remarkably, as any one, indeed, may do , even though whirled through the country at the railway speed at which we are now carried, what an extent of improvement has been effected in this respect. Every one is struck with the appearance of preparation for future exertions, which are, at the same time, the token of well de served success. Some of the old farmers of this countr y —I mean the real old class----(A laugh)—shrug their s o What is the need of all this stir t, and making the land grow so m h b u u the bye, it is not so much making about shoulders and morep r x e say,me By it grow more as making . it grow different crops— making it grow wheat instead of weeds.—(Hear, hear.) But some say, " What is the use of all this ? It is not a question for the farmer. We shall only have our rents increased the more productive land is. Such an argument, allow me to say, is the very climax of absurdity. To use a very homely phrase, it is "cutting off one's own nose to spite one's face." " Why should I undertake an improvement because my landlord will benefit by it ?" appears to me a very inconclusive and absurd argument. I am not here to dispute the fact, that every improvement in value, every addition by science to the productive power of the land, everything which adds to its fertility, must, in the long run, be an advantage to those in whom the fee-simple is vested. But the question is, at the same time, that if it is an advantage to the landlord, is it not also an advantage to the farmer who occupies the land, and makes his livelihood out of it ? I ask no man to undertake an improvement if his own good sense does not lead him to do it. I ask no man to apply any improved mode of cultivation if it does not appear that his own individual advantage would be promoted by so doing. But when farmers argue, that because at the expiration of their tenancy their rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt improve ments, I must say they take a very short-sighted view of their own interests, and must think their landlords very great fools and blockheads. They must go on the presumption that although he sees his land might be made more productive, he will be satisfied, for the purpose of seeing his own rents low, to allow a slovenly tenant to go on in his slovenly courses.—(Hear, hear.) The landlord would be as short-sighted as the tenant, if he could take such a view as this. But again I sayl want the tenant not to undertake any improvement that will not repay him, capital, interest, and profit, during his occu pation of the land.—(Loud cheers.) This brings me to another question—as to the degree to which it is desirable or important that the practice should prevail of holding lands by lease. I speak, I know, in the presence of a Noble Friend of mine, and every man who knows him is aware that there is not a kinder or a better landlord, or a warmer friend to his tenants and neighbours, than my Noble Friend on my left, the Earl of Sefton.—(Much applause, the Noble Earl rising and bowing to his Lordship and the company.) I know also it is not my Noble Friend's practice to let his farms on lease. The great majority of his tenants are tenants from year to year, with such entire and perfect confidence in the honour and integrity of their landlord, that I do not believe that the fact of their having no lease operates dis advantageously in any individual case. But this I say, and as one connected with the land I feel myself bound to say it, that a landlord has no right to expect any great and permanent improvement of his land by the tenant, unless that tenant be secured the repay ment of his outlay, not by the personal character or honour of his landlord, but by a security which no casualties can interfere with—the security granted him by the terms of a lease for years.—(Applause.) I do not speak of a lease for lives. In my expe rience, with some exceptions, wherever I have found fields badly cultivated, and buildings dilapidated, I have found that the property is held under a life lease. —(Laughter, and much applause.) I speak of a tenant who is prepared to join his capital, and to go hand in hand with his landlord, in the improvement of the farm. The greater the improvement you ex pect, the greater ought to be the lease you give. I consider it unjust, if you call for improvement, not to give to the tenant the moral certainty that the im provement he effects shall repay him during the course of his lease for the expense he incurs.— (Hear.) But, gentlemen, I am not speaking now except that of which I am practically conversant with, and given proofs of my adherence to in practice. I allude especially to that which, again I repeat, is the basis of all improvement, and es pecially in this country the thorough draining WEST SURREY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM. GODALMING, WEDNESDAY.—The annual meeting of this association took place to-day, at the Red Lion, Godaltning. J. M. Molyneux, Esq., took the chair. There were also present Mr. Trotter, M.P., Mr. Mangles, M.P., Messrs. Drummond, Leach, Currie, Lieut. Wood, R.N., the Rev. Mr. Boys, and a num ber of other gentlemen of the neighbourhood; and nearly 200 of the principal farmers belonging to this division of the county. The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Lord-Lieute nant and Magistracy of the county." Mr. DRUMMOND, in returning thanks, said, that at present a great deal of talk was made about giving scientific information to farmers, but he must confess that he did not place much faith in it ; and, in his opinion, the only important question for the farmers was hew to make a dunghill.—(A laugh.) Genuine philosophers had devoted their attention to instruct ing farmers in their business, and a number of ways were found out how they were to improve their land, but they forgot altogether where the money was to come from. The farmers had no money to spare, and it was useless to tell them to lay out 1001., unless they could, at the same time, show how they were to get the money back. In his opinion, these universal remedies were of no use whatever ; and he was satis fied there was a limit to the productiveness of the soil beyond which it was useless for them to attempt to proceed ; and that this limit they had almost, if not quite arrived at, and, consequently, all! their expendi ture in guano, and the other new-fashioned measures that had of late been introduced, would be entirely thrown away. G. T. NicuonsoN, Esq., proposed the healths of the " Members for that division of the County," and in the course of his address he said that he hoped, before long, the large quantities of waste land that existed in Surrey would be made use of, and that it would be made a means of employing the labouring popu lation. He agreed with Mr. Drummond that they ought not to rely upon one general specific, but still he could not think that there was a limit to the pro ductiveness of the earth, or if there was, that they had yet arrived near to it. He must admit that the present condition of the agricultural population was calculated to give great pain and uneasiness. Every day it happened to him that men of good character — men of strong sinews, willing and anxious to work, came and implored him to give them employment, and he was unable to find it for them. He felt deeply for them, and he oonsidered it to be his duty, and that of every man, ' ; to endeavour to do away with such a distressing state of things.—(Hear, hear.) Much, in his opinion, would be done by improvements in agriculture, which would cause a demand for labour ; and as associations of this description tended to effect that object, he had great pleasure in sup porting them, and he trusted that some means would speedily be devised to rescue agriculture from its present depressed condition, and to improve the con dition of the labouring classes. He concluded by proposing the healths of the Members. Mr. TROTTER, in returning thanks, apologised for the absence of Mr. Denison, who had been in very bad health, and who was at present in Yorkshire ; but he had desired hint (Mr. Trotter) to express his regret that he was unable to be among them. As for himself, they had heard him so often that he really felt unable to say anything new to them, and he would only assure them that he felt a pride in sup porting, by every means in his power, the agricul tural interest ; and he trusted that meetings of this kind would go on and flourish, and that each suc ceeding year there would be a better understanding between landlords, tenants, and labourers.—(Hear, hear.) Some portions of the press had attempted to cast a slur upon these meetings, and had attempted to insinuate that the promoters of them were actuated by unworthy and selfish objects, but he would say, in answer, let them look at the meetings in Surrey, and the results that had arisen from them, and say whe ther they were sincere.—(Cheers.) He did not con sider that the proceedings of these associations should be merely theoretical. They ought to be practical ; and he considered it was the duty of the landlords to assist the farmers in their tenants attempts should a t g o improvement, hand in h a a n n ( d that i t ogeth e l r a . lo (c r d and h e s e r He was deeply anxious to improve the condition of the labourer. He believed the English labourer to be naturally grateful and kind-hearted, and if he was properly treated, he would exert himself for his em ployer. For his own part, he respected as much as any man the honest agricultural labourer, and all who knew him were aware that he would pay as much attention to the complaint of the poor labourer, and speak to him with as much pleasure, as he would to a lord, and that no one would do more than himself to endeavour to make him a happier and a better man. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " John Leach, Esq., of Lee."--(Cheers.) r. LEACH, who is a very aged man, in rising to return thanks, was loudly cheered. After some pre liminary observations, he expressed his opinion that it was the duty of every one to endeavour to rescue the agricultural interest from its present depressed condi tion, as every one who had the means which they had of knowing the condition of the poor of England, must feel that they were in a most distressed and miserable state, from which it was the duty of every man to endeavour to relieve them. He admitted that it was difficult to say what should be done, but still they should endea vour to do something. He could not himself be cer tain to live beyond a single day, but he did think that some of those around him would live to see the pea santry of this country restored to that condition which entitled them to be considered the pride and boast of England.—(Hear, hear.) He was afraid that the labourers had not the same feelings at the present time that they had formerly, and he would relate one fact that had come under his own observa tion, bearing upon this point. One of his own labourers, named Jonathan Chilton, had brought up a family of ten children without any parochial relief. He was, however, attacked by a serious illness, and the doctor's bill came to 201. The man came to him t a h n e d a t m ol o d u h n i t m . e di t d ol n d o know how h t im,inreply he , should thathe ever pay thought the parish ought to pay it, and the answer that he re ceived was, that he would not receive one farthing from the parish. Upon this he (Mr. Leach) went to Lord Middleton, his neighbour, and several other gentlemen, and mentioned the circum stances, and they all willingly subscribed, and before he got home he found he had not only money enough to pay the poor man's bill, but had also a balance to give him ; and he assured them he felt great pleasure in rendering this assistance to an honest, worthy labourer. Tne CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Healths of the Judges of the Ploughing, M essrs . Gil es , Taylor, and Turner,' and he said that from the general excellence of the ploughing they must have had very great dfi ficulty in making their award. Mr. GILES returned thanks. The ploughmen were here introduced, and the CHAIRMAN, having made some appropriate remarks, handed over to them the different prizes to which they were entitled. Mr. C. DAVISON next proposed the " Health of Col. Sumner, and success to the Surrey Union foxhounds." Mr. CURRIE then gave the " Health of the tenant farmers of Surrey," and said that, being a tenant farmer himself, he was well aware of the difficulties they had to contend with. They had in many parts of that county especially a very poor soil, very small farms, and very little money in their pockets.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Still, however, they had good land lords; and although he must admit that at present - they were in a desponding state, yet he did not ! tion of the currency question as affecting the various despair, and he believed that with the assistance of interests of the country, and p , inted out the ruinous the landlords they might still struggle suce..sfuely eoliz.equene,,, whir - q 1 ina , t result ro rouse inte-- with the difficulties they had to encounter. They rests, by meddling with a system which had sa had reason to be proud of their county, for it was , effectually answered the pa :noses of commerce. The well known that in Mark-larie some descriptions of ; over-issue of notes in Scoba.ld is guarded again st Surrey wheat fetched higher prices than any other ' by the checks which have been establishe d b y the that was grown in the kingdom. He had no doubt system of exchanges ; and were bankers to be re that very great good yet remained to oe done, and stricted iu the issue of their notes, in that is the case that draining, if extensively carried out, with the co - Engl And, the facilities now afforded by c ash credits operation of the landlord, would alone go a great way and discounts must be limited or withdraw. , an d to find employment for the labouring population. He , fatal injury would thus be inflicted upon the whof ! begged them to remember that the winter was rapidly 1 industrial economy of society. The question does ri'° approaching, and he begged them all to exert them- affect banking interests alone ; it is mixed up indis 4 selves in behalf of the poor man, and endeavour to solubly with every department of public business. find him employment, and keep him from the union I applies equally to the agricultural, the manufacturing? workhouse. He regretted to observe the tone of de- ' the commercial, and shipping interests. The entire. spondency that appeared to prevail, but he trusted trade of the country would be effected by it, an d all that by perseverance the agricultural interest would this without conferring a single benefit on any in soon be enabled to better its condition.—(Cheers.) terest or any class whatever. Would it be prudent , Mr. MANGLES, M.P., next rose, and proposed the then, in the Government to urge their measure i n the " Health of the Agricultural Labourers,"and he assured teeth of such palpable mischief, such unanimous re' the meeting that he spoke sincerely when he expressed monstrance ?—Edinburgh Advertiser (Tory paper). his opinion that this might be considered the toast of the evening. He felt great difficulty in addressing the meeting upon the subject to which he had in tended to allude, viz., the allotment system ; not merely on account of the difference of opinion that prevailed respecting it, but that in the course of the evening he had been alluded to, and represented as having made it his particular study. He could not say that he had done this, but he had no hesitation in stating that it was a subject of great interest to him, as connected with the welfare of the agricultural labourer. He did feel that the owed a deep debt of gratitude to the agricultural labourer—a debt of which only a very small portion had been dis charged, and of which much remained unpaid.— (Rear.) When he visited this class in their cot tages, and saw their miserable condition, and the privations they endured, while surrounded by persons enjoying every comfort and luxury, he must say that he could not help honouring their honesty, their in tegrity, and their forbearance. He thought the time was come when they ought not to be satisfied with mere professions in their behalf, and giving them re wards, and expressing sympathy for their condition, but that some practical exertions should be made to benefit their condition. He was sure they would allow that their noble neighbour, Lord John Russell, had never said a truer word than when he staved that, looking at the increase of the wealth and luxuries of the country, without looking into the causes of the result, it was impossible to deny that the agricultural labourer had not advanced in physical comforts in proportion with the rest of the community. He was not one of those who considered that the insti tutions of olden times were necessarily better than the present; and he did not mean to sug gest that the labourer was any worse off now than he was formerly, but certainly his condition had not improved in the same proportion as the other classes of the community. He agreed wich Mr. Drummond that it was not likely that one general remedy should succeed, but he did think that means might be devised by which the sufferings and priva tions of the agricultural labourer might be alleviated, and his condition improved. He would not go into the various subjects that had been mentioned as likely to effect this, but should confine himself to one mat ter—the allotment system, by which, if fully carried out, he believed the condition of the agricultural population would be very much improved. At the same time he wished it to be understood that it was his opinion the system should be carried out judi ciously, and with the concurrence of the higher classes. He would not give the labourer enough of land to make him independent of the wages of labour, but the latter should always be considered as the principal, and the allotment merely as a resource to fall back upon when overtaken by sickness, or being out of work ; and he begged it to be distinctly understood that he did not at all desire to increase the farmer's field for the demand of labour. He must, at the same time, observe, that there never was a system which had more obtained the general sanction of all classes, and he did not be lieve that the allotment system had failed in any one instance where it had been tried, whether in York , shire, Sussex, or this county, where it had been car ried out very extensively by Colonel Sumner, who spoke in the most favourable manner of the result. He heldjn his hand the details of some most surpris ing crops that had been grown by the labourers. These documents had been furnished him by Mr. Drummond, and he must say, that they appeared en tirely to refute his own argument—that there was a limit to the power of the production of the soil. There could be very little doubt that the system would have the effect of improving the physical condition of the labourer. At present, he was not suffi ciently fed, and they all knew that, if a man was under-fed, he could not work. — (Hear, hear.) He knew of one case where a labourer had been doing the intense work and exer tion of mowing upon bread and water, and he put it to them whether such a state of things ought to con tinue. He thought there could be very little doubt that giving a small portion of land to a labourer very much tended to improve his moral condition, and he knew several cases where desperate poachers, and even suspected highway robbers, had been reclaimed by being put in possession of a portion of land on which they could occupy themselves, and be induced to feel that they had some stake in society. This being the case, he did entreat them not to submit to the taunts that were thrown upon them, and to show that it was not true, as was asserted by a portion of the daily press, that the agriculturists said everything and did nothing. Let them commence a plan for in troducing the allotment system into every parish of the county, and he was sure that if they put their shoulders to the wheel the task would be effected. 'He should propose that a committee be formed for the purpose of establishing the allotment system throughout the county, and he should be happy to give both his time and his money in further ance of the object. He suggested that commu nications should be opened with the clergymen of every parish, with a view to ascertain the extent of land that would be available for the purposes of the allotments, and that the tenants and the proprietors be requested to co-operate with the committee in carrying out their views. The Hon. Member con cluded by stating that he would render all the assist ance in his power to carry out the allotment system fully throughout the county. Mr. DRUMMOND begged permission to be allowed to say a few words in answer to what had been stated by the Hon. Member. He had tried the allotment system twenty-five years, and therefore ought to know something about it. He allowed his labourers to have as much land as they could cultivate with their own spade, and although certainly it had been the means of giving them some additional comforts, yet in his opinion it had produced no public good or benefit whatever. He was at the same time, however, quite ready to lend his assistance to Mr. Mangles in his endeavour to carry out the experiment on a more extended scale. In his opinion the great difficulty they had to con tend with was improvident marriages among the la bouring population ; and he did not believe that in France, or in any other country in the world, the labourer contracted a marriage as he did in England, without having any means to provide for either his wife or his family. He knew of a case recently where a boy of 19 married a girl of 16, on the Wed nesday ; he had but ten shillings, which were spent on the Thursday and Friday , and on the Saturday they both went into the union workhouse, to be passed to their several parishes. The healths of the Mayor of Godalming, and of Messrs. Rand and Marshall, the Secretaries of the Association, were then proposed and responded to. after which the meeting broke up. RUSSIAN DISASTERS IN DAG' HISTAN. (From the Malta Times of Oct. 1.) The following extract from the letter of a 'Weller in Georgia will give some idea of the results of the late Russian campaign in Dazhistan. Every reli ance may be placed upon the impartiality of the ac" count : "It was publicly announced, a few days ago,_ th at the campaign in Daghistan had terminated, and that the troops are immediately to be withdrawn into winter quarters. Various rumours of victories have been circulated in Tiflis, and there is no doubt thatt in a province so generally disaffected as Georgia, it is highly necessary that the tiovernment should Coun tenance any favourable impression. It has done so by many official declarations, and b y th e best° wal of honours and rewards upon various officers employed in the expedition. I must admit, however' that all those who are acquainted with the nature et recent events in the mountains, and even many mili tary men of eminence, confess that the campaign has not only been fruitless, but that the want of s uccess will, probably hereafter, lead to very disastrous re sults. This is already evident from the serious ruis" understanding which exists between the Russi an commanders, from the general discontent which pre vails aimngst the trot•ps, from the frequent desertions, and fromthe extenslon of the rebellion to va rious tribes, which have hitherto been considered faithful t. /3 the Imperial Government. As the secrecy, which 14 invariably observed by the Russian authorities, Pr% eludes the possibility of obtaining any aut hentl, details of the war, the following sketch must Moil you a general idea of its great importance, 011 of its results " You are probably aware that it was onll t vio years ago that the Russian Government became se' riously alarmed at the revolt of the mountainous Po" vince of Daghistan. This province, you mus t re i member, is not to be confounded with Circassia, 019 believe, it frequently is in Europe. Circassia '.s never submitted to Russia, and has opposed the P ro , press of her arms for many years. Daghistan is el siderably to the east of independent Circassia , a: i he has acknowledged, like other parts of Georgia' ' 0 supremacy of Russia. The revolt, in 1842, //,`", headed by one Shamil Bey, who had long previolisv been endeavouring to league the mountainl against their northern rulers. This chief 1115.5 been partly educated in the Russian capital, a nd ''" o f consequently acquired some insight into the nature .a Russian policy. He was known to be a man of superl ss abilities and of great personal courage, and to Pos se o f a very considerable influence amongst the tribe s Ae Daghistan. A rebellion headed; by such a lea . was, of course, extremely formidable. Last y e 7, o . vigorous attempt was made by the Russian Cinv."„ s t ment to suppress it, but the expedition sent aga l , Shamil Bey was completely defeated, with gre at ] not This chief, after the retreat of the Russian trooPst satisfied with their expulsion from Daghistan, car,f / h4 his arms into the neighbouring provinces, tot:l4'4, assault several fortresses, and almost completelf tercepted the great lines of communication betWei lt 0 the northern and southern parts of Georgia. M e re spring of this year preparations on a vast scale, d made by the Government to effect the submissilo. Shamil Bey, and to restore tranquillity to the °, c ,. 10 ., fected province. It was even reported that the •"" o r peror himself would either be present in the campaiel o s would in person inspect the troops, and deterie"ess the plan of operations. No one doubted the su cc or of an expedition of such magnitude, in which a succ or paratively small body of rude mountaineer s se a matched against more than 50,000 discipline d t he experienced troops. It was even expected that _ re very report of so large an armament wou ld ensi lle . 4 the immediate submission of the rebels. Eventue the chief command was conferred upon Gene ral a c ed hart, the three divisions of the army being plac under Generals Leiders, Gourko, and DolgourouVi It was decided that te invasion should be rnacle . , o il three different points, and the district of Awouria,7 l) : chosen as the most vulnerable place of attack. - 1. 10 campaign was opened in the spring. The Ru ss i l- he troops advanced without much opposition. It wa s " • policy of Shamil Bey to avoid a battle, to retreat be fore the enemy, carrying off with him the inhabit/ivy of the country, and to harass the Russian arini, attacking its flank and rear during its march , an' or cutting off its supplies. The mode of warfare, °op bined with the natural difficulties of the cony ea soon checked the progress of the invaders, an d P i lo them in very serious difficulties. In August , alai° sc. the various corps d'armie had formed a junction' cording to the original plan, and although st)tep slight advantages had been gained, no material sA, whatsoever had been made towards the effectual P7 1 1 ( 1 fication of the province. Supplies and forage s e rest soon wanting—the troops suffered the a ele r t of privations, and the army had lost the greater P a oe its horses. Many desertions ensued, and a cc ' of quent very material augmentation of the for which Shamil Bey, particularly of his artillery, t ° w o o' Europeans were essential. At length a general e. cil of war was held at General Neidharts two quarters, in which it was resolved to abandon, the campaign for this year, to evacuate most or de• places recently occupied, to build one or tw° the tached forts on the frontiers, and to withdraw troops for the winter. a The failure of the expedition is attribute aria much to the incapacity of the Russian G en erals o n' ' to their mutual jealousies as to the courage and that duct of Shamil .Bey. It is certain, however' : bas throughout the campaign , the mountain chief 0 01 shown a consummate military skill. His P e a l :ira' gallantry and daring have merited even the a t bas tion of his enemies. I am informed, that on in° o s sild one occasion, at the head of one or two th e ; men, he forced his way through the Russian lirjeces 1 5 " The result of the retreat of the Russia n fbr bioh already visible among the Georgian tribes, vivati• are naturally disaffected to the Russian 6 .° G l ment, and whose submission is only secur,,`"„cou' fear. The successes of Shamil Bey Wi ll rola rage them in throwing off the yoke, an' tr ibe s have already joined his standard. Should all the t , no r of the Caucasus, including the Circassians , ° s o lve° ledge Shamil Bey as their chief, and place theTeorgia under his direction, the power of Russia i n 6 5 0 6 will probably be most materially shaken. t ha t h e chief is a Mussulman, it is generally believed.. 5t the has preached a kind of religious crusade egairipi° Christians, and that it is the pretended sanctity cla im character as a Shiek which constitutes his only to the sympathies of the mountaineers; bu t u bject , assured, by a person well informed upon the s_ t ireli that such is not the case, and that he relies eu c o' lde t • upon his military fame, and upon the universa uthe tion of Russian rule which reigns amongst the e wil l of th T e Caucasus. " he account which I have given you abn;sentl prove the impossibility of exploring, for the P at least, the mountains of Georgia." SCOTCH BANKING. The understood intention of the head of the Go. vernment to interfere, by means of a legislative mea sure, with the currency and banking system in Scotland, has excited a feeling of apprehension as general and as strong as when a similar attempt was niade eighteen years ago, the overthrow of which was chiefly attributable to the caustic letters of Malachi Malagrowther, the nom de guerre assumed by Sir Walter Scott. Meetings have been held, and remonstrances carried with unanimity, in every part of the kingdom. A considerable number of the most influential counties—Edinburgh, Lanark, Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, Moray, Inverness, Caith ness, &c., have already taken up the sub ject, and passed resolutions condemnatory of the threatened interference. Town Councils, Cham bers of Commerce, and other public bodies, have also recorded their disapproval of the Government propo sition ; so that we may venture to hope the Premier will see the wisdom of withdrawing his intention, in the face of such overwhelming manifestations of re sistance. No Ministry, however strong, can with safety provoke the hostility of a whole nation ; even were the question one of far less importance than the abolition or alteration of a slong-cherished system, the working of which has been found by the ex perience of nearly two centuries to be unexception able and satisfactory, adapted to the habits of the people, and conducive to the prosperity of the country. The arguments against the proposed change, stated from the press and the platform, are so cogent, so convincing, that we presume to think, when deli berately considered, their force must appear irre sistible. The dangers and disadvantages of tampering with our currency, and the proposal to do away with the circulation of one-pound notes, were clearly and powerfully set forth in the series of resolutions passed by the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow about a month ago, as well as in those submitted by Sir Jas. Gibson Craig to the county of Edinburgh, and more o f recently by the Merchant Company at their meeting yesterday. At a similar meeting of merchants and Y0 1) ' 10 0 'i „-rov, manufacturers in Dundee on the lath instant, one of London: Printed and Published by DI. o g i ce, o pq the speakers gave a luminous explanation of the posi- I 112. Pr , ntvr at The Sun to Co g;;_,nd. irj i freciaet GI the Savor, in bliddleaez,ThuradaytOctoot 24,18 BIRTHS. l i , , s ..ivv - On the 16th inst., at Loudoun House , S t. Jo." 2 le; Mrs. Ogle, of son. On the 2U h ; inst., at Matfen, Lady Blackett , of a '-`---aOO- o n nita en the 21st inst., at Southampton , the wife of '— of A. L. Montgoery, R.N., of a dau at Marine-squghter. t he lat l i On the 21s t m inst., are, Brighton, .-- A. Allan Maclean Skinner, Esq., of a daughter. Ws. e, On the 22d inst., in Ebury-street, Eaton - sq uar ii r ' LeOgngatt tt, of a son. o f Russell, J 5q 2.d,i of a nst. s , o a n t . llain Hall, Stafford, the la d y On the 18th inst., the Countess of Sandwi eh „(01 14 MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's Church , Thetfordl 3 l :rlis , ; Mr. James Asprey. of Sandleford-villa. NewburY, °f tlje Sarah, only child of the late Joseph Gifford, mer place. m oo . to si On the 22d inst., at StepneS Old Church , Mr. Georg' e , eldest son of Mr. Bell, Finch:lane, Cornbill, .ogee sous youngest daughter of Mr. Bland, Garraway's Soo kbi : .' On the 28th of May last DIED. , at Sydney, N e w nliott, lfA Emily Agnes Elliot, third daughter of JAIIICS L 0 f'. late of Great Ormond-street, Bloomsbury. f Cbsc l On the 9th inst., at Brussels, Anne, the wife 0 ‘ totif Alder, Esq., of Cosham Lodge, Hants. OrigP On the 18th inst., at the Gloucester 'KA' Colonel William Spearman, aged 69. - et! , - o r On the 20th inst., at Neston, Cheshire, Joser! Yon,marg. h 11. ' a On the 22d inst. at Wavertree-road, Edge- 1 fv SO infant daughter of ' Mr. Robert Browne. f li en 0 • On the 22d inst., Edwin Henry, sixth child VIP Mary Simms, of the Old g ate , colld s°l' A On the 22d inst., at Ramsg Thomas , se I, P son of Thomas Yallop, Esq., of London seS' • Middle r , On the 22d inst., at Lower Edmonton, Ge Chappell, Esq., aged 74. Har /iet 110 te l, On the 23d inst., in Lower Belgrave-street, ~ 0. ,ter trade, third daughter of W. Griffith, Esq. , silo s ° , dat ir On the 23d inst., at Blackheath, Fanny Ma r the late J. Brittain, Esq., aged 18. but in the mean time the 'parties had disappeared, and the house was shut up, v.nd the complainants being, a few days since, applied. to by Sergeant Dubois, found the prisoner in custody; at this Court in the name of Thomas Smith. The bill was produced, and the acceptance identified as having been writ tea by the prisoner. Mr. Healey, of Newington-green, stated that he is owner of the house 'referred to at Hoxton, and in the month of July let it upon a written agreement for three years certain, to a person who then called him self Henry Dewar. That person, however, was not the prisoner now at the bar, but the other prisoner in custody, of the name of Henry Miller. The witness had never received ELny rent, and had lately regained possession of his home. The prisoner now said he did not deny what had been stated, but he handed in a letter and another paper purporting to be a written authority to accept the bill in that name. Police-constable Wood, 277 N, proved that when he and the other officers were in possession of the house in Harvey-street, Hoxton, to which Miller and Sarah Dewar, who passed as his wife, were traced after they had decamped from Hammersmith, the prisoner now at the bar knocked at the door, and, seeing the witness there, became agitated, and said he wanted to see Mrs. Dewar. When told that he must be detained, he declared that he was a respect able tradesman at Mitcham, and his name Richard Apsell. An officer being dispatched to Mitcham without loss of time, found that the prisoner had re cently taken a house of business there, and obtained possession of a heap of letters and papers relating to the proceedings of the swindling gang in various other places. Mr. BROUGHTON said that, in his opinion, the charge now before him was a clear case of forgery, and he should remand the prisoner, to be ultimately com mitted upon that as well as the other cases. The prisoner was identified as having, in the year 1832, been committed from Worship-street to New gate, with a person named Frost, for stealing a quan tity of wine and brandy, which they had ordered from a house in the City. On that occasion he gave his name Richard Sheldrick, and he and Frost were trans ported for seven years, William Thompson, alias Johnson, with his wife and daughter, another party of the numerous gang of swindlers, were brought up for re-examination, and committed upon several charges, but remanded upon others. The male prisoner in this case was stated to have been before committed, and his son, Charles Jones, alias Fetch, alias Thompson, who is in custody at this Court upon a separate charge, has also been convicted and transported. Alfred Edwards, the young man who has been a considerable time in custody, and repeatedlyexamined upon a charge of having murdered Jane Gregory, by infusing poison in some brandy and bitters that he had given her, was brought up yesterday for some additional evidence. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Mur der" against the prisoner several weeks since, but the evidence was very defective, and last week the body was exhumed, and some of the viscera extracted for further chemical analysis. Mr. Leeson, lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, who had, in the first instance, extracted some metallic lead from the coats of the stomach, stated on Nlondayithat in the kidneys he had, by the application of chemical tests, discovered what appeared to be minute traces of some combination of mercury and lead, but unless he could produce the metals them selves he would not positively affirm their presence. He stated yesterday, however, that he had since Mon day completed an analysis of a portion of the kidney, from which he obtained a distinct globule of mercury, and was now enabled to sav positively that some pre paration of mercury and of lead had been taken by the deceased. These metals combined would cause death, and he had no doubt, under all the circum stances, that the deceased had died of poison. Mr. BROUGHTON said that, upon the Coroner's jury, the prisoner must be tried for murder, but it was such an important case, requiring such minute investiga tion, that it could not be properly prepared for trial at the present session, and he should therefore remand the prisoner until the next. The witnesses were bound over by the Coroner for the present session, but the Court would be moved for a postponement of the trial, and it was intimated that the law officers of the Crown would act for the prosecution. The prisoner, who seemed exceedingly dejected, was then removed from the bar. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 19th of October, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Total. Average of Five Years Epidemic,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 226 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B5 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 133 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiratiou Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 35 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 6 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 63 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... Deaths froin all Causes ...... . 895 946 DICATIDS FROM THE rraNctrit. DISEASES LNCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Weekly Average of Five Tears. Consumption 133 147 Scarlatina Bl 34 Pneumonia .......... 74 79 Dropsy .. ... .. .. ...... looping Cough .... ....... .. Typhus 3B 31 Small Pox 35 15 Disease of the Heart _ _ _..„.. Meagan ... 2l 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain ...... .... 10 9 _ _ Diarrhcea.. Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS. West 145 138 North Central East . 180 207 South 245 242 Total ••• 000000 0000........ 895 946 DICTIONAIRE NATIONAL FRANCAIS. - The num bers which have already issued of this critical dictionary of the French language are sufficient to found opon them the judgment that, when completed, it will form not only a most valuable work, as comprising all the new and acknowledged words introduced lately into the French tongue, but a repertory of the critical and analytical notes of all the other most esteemed dictionaries. M. Bescherelle, Aine, the author, has evidently bestowed on it great labour and attention, as well as talent ; and his Majesty the King of the Frenck never showed greater judgment than when he took this great national literary work under his immediate patronage. The publishers, M. Simon, Rue des Fosses du Temple a Paris, and Messrs. L. and A. Ber and Co., of Blenheim-street, in this city, have every reason to be satisfied with the suc cess of this undertaking. [ADVERTISBMENT.]—A NEVER-TAILING REMEDY. FOR ALL CASES or SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS, AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.— EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—Henry Hill, now a footman to Lord 8., was lately discharged from the Duke of D.'s service in consequence of his having large scorbutic blotches all over his hands and face, to his great dis figurement. For twelve months he was treated by his master's medical attendants, but to no purpose ; and the case was at last declared incurable, and he was dis charged. The poor fellow then, as a forlorn hope, commenced using Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which effectually eradicated the disease from his blood in less than three weeks. Sold at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medi cine throughout the civilised world. DEAFNESS. TESTIMONIAL from John Sawyer, Esq., of Hay wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. and B. Solo- Talons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentlemen, having been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the month of No vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice Conductors, and, although at my advanced age, at that time past my 77th year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief, yet immediately I applied them I could hear the general conversation, and my hearing has become so much improved by their use, that I can now hear acutely without their aid. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, J. 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To prevent mistakes, be cau tious, and Observe, —Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. QUOITING —ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND.—On Wed nesday the return snatch between two English and two Scottish players, for tool. a-side, came off at Shrews bury. The day being fine, there was a great gathering of the " fancy," the match having excited considerable interest in the sporting world. After a contest, which at no time could be characterised as keen, owing to the marked superiority of Messrs. Dunlop, Pollockshavvs, and Turnbull, Parkhead, the Scottish players—the re sult was as follows:—Scotland, 61; England, 33; majo rity for Scotland, 28.—Scotch Paper. The Secretary of State has just appointed Mr. Richard Baylis, who has been for many years messenger to the magistrates at Clerkenwell Police-court, to the post of second usher there. Baylis is en active, efficient, and obliging o ffi cer, and every way entitled to promo tion. Both magistrates warmly interfered in Baylis's 1 behalf.—Correspondent. EW, CAUSES OF DEATH. 111 Poll l / 41 tnii, Al a , To t, `1 T, G. nt °Pei Th ih, Casio N. 'AL] th o r 1, t k ti 1 44,, 11,14 pll o 4 . k:: Fo, ;it ~ ~ L I' A