The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-08 00:00:00

EVENINt4 EDITION. TRIAL BY JURY. The friends of Radical Reform in the metropolis dined together on Tuesday evening at Radley's Hotel, Bridge street, Blackfriars, to commemorate the 45th anniver sary of the acquittal of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, and others, of the charge of high treason. The meeting was very numerous, and Mr. lieppel was called to the chair. After the cloth had been removed, The CHAIRMAN, after claiming the indulgence of the meeting, said, that the first toast he found on his list was not one immediately growing out of the occasion that called them there, though in the liberality of its principle it was intimately and mainly connected with the institution of trial by jury. The first toast was the " Sovereignty of the people."—(Cheers.) That toast he had frequently bad the good fortune to hear given within those walls, and he was sure that it must come ! home to the best wishes and feelings of all friends to trial by jury.—(Cheers.) By the sovereignty of the people, he understood that great moral power which the people would have the means of exercising when education was largely diffused. By the sovereignty of the people he did not understand the power of a mob, he meant the power of a people so educated and civilized, and possessing so much of intelligence, as to force Go vernment into the adoption of measures that would con ! tribute to the good of all.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next toast, said, that having drunk a toast by which they gave a clear declaration of opinion as to where the real and essential Sovereignty of the nation rested, he would proceed to propose the health of the individual to whom their duty was now owing, she being by the laws of this country, in which they participated, placed as the vi sible organ of that authority. He meant to propose " the Queen."—(Cheers.) He found coupled with that " the continued improvement of the Ministry."—(Cheers and a laugh.) If he could convince himself that there could be any step towards improvement in that body he would very freely and willingly make the aspiration re quired ; his opinion, however, upon that matter was not as appeared from the toast coincident with the opinions of all around the table, and he knew that some were of opinion that although a great deal could not be said for them, yet they were not so bad as they might be. It was only in this sense, and with the hope that after repeated disappointments in their wishes by the infu sion of some new blood which had been effected of late, that they would at length see the error of their ways, and become the fit Ministers of a free people, that he proposed the toast.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said it was one intimately connected with that meeting ; it was, " Trial by Jury in its Purity."—(Cheers.) That being the forty-fifth anniversary of the event they had met to commemorate, it would be idle in him to attempt to enter into a disquisition of the advantages of trial by jury. He might be allowed, however, to recal the ad vantages that were derived from such meetings as the present, keeping vividly in their recollection the attempts made by a profligate Ministry to destroy able and honest men, and at the same time keeping in recollection the protection afforded by trial by jury. Since that time other occasions had occurred where the liberties of the subject bad by the same means been preserved from the attacks of the Crown. The case of Mr. Hone afforded another memorable example of the advantages of this institution. It was to preserve freshly in their memory the use of such an institution that they were assembled there that day, and to remind their children and their children's children what a powerful shield trial by jury presented to the attacks of a profligate and dishonest Ministry.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with acclamation. Major REVELL, having been called upon to propose the next toast, said that in doing so he would have to call to their recollection some of the best and most able men that he had ever had the honour to be acquainted with in the course of a long life. He had to propose the memory of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, John Augustus Bonney, Stewart Kyd, Richard Hodgson, Thomas Holcroft, Jeremiah Joyce, Thomas Wardle, Matthew Moore, John Baxter, and John Richter.—(Cheers.) He happened to live in the days when those men were persecuted—for prosecuted he could hardly say they were.—( Hear, hear) More honourable, honest, virtuous, or able men he had never known. To suppose that such men were animated by any other feeling than that of devotion to the interests of their fellow-citizens, was ridiculous and absurd. These were the men whom a corrupt government and a corrupt aristocracy had attempted to destroy—an attempt in which they would have succeeded, if they had succeeded in their attempt to pack the jury. Had the jury been taken from the freeholders of Middlesex alphabetically, they would have met that day to commemorate the death, and not the triumph, of those virtuous men ; but fortunately the Crown lawyers were defeated, the names of the Jury were put into a hat and drawn indiscrimi nately, and they thus obtained a fair and impartial Jury. They were met that day to commemorate the glorious pioneers who led them on to victory. Without that great sacrifice they would never have got the moderate measure of parliamentary reform which a Liberal Ad ministration had given to the people. There was one advantage which those good and great men had—they meant what they said.—(Cheers.) In all advance ments of great public objects, the most virtuous of their first supporters were made the victims of popular delu sion ; and it was as the advocates—the early advocates of national improvement and national welfare, that he called upon the meeting to drink, and with no common enthusiasm, the memory of the gentlemen whose names he had read.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk in solemn silence. Mr. COPPOCK was called upon to move the next toast. He said it had been well observed by Major Revell that the men who, forty-five years ago, were on this day acquitted, were but pioneers in the path which they had since been pursuing, sometimes slowly, some times more rapidly ; forty-five years had elapsed, and found them still very far from that position which, as freemen and Britons, they had a right to attain. They were still far removed from the free exercise of those privileges which were as much their right as their birth-right, which ought to be as freely exercised as any other privilege they possessed, and which ought to be left as pure and uncontrolled as the air they breathed. The toast he had to propose contained several princi ples in which he most fully concurred. Those principles were Radical Reform, Extension of the Suffrage, Equal Representation, Short Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot. It reform were not radical it was worth nothing. As long as reform was in the slightest degree incomplete and imperfect, it was the duty of every Englishman to persevere until it was rendered perfect. Without com plete reform,it was totally impossible to contend success fully against the corrupting influence and power of that faction which, for a hundred years, had rioted without restraint or control, at the expense of the country, the men who prevented the free exercise of judgment forty five years ago, by endeavouring to bring to the scaffold men infinitely more pure and honest than themselves.— (Cheers.) That faction could never be fairly rooted out of the country until they had radical reform. He cared not for the strife of party, or for the preponderance of one party over another. The end of his aspirations and hopes was the radical reform of all abuses, good and cheap government, and the greatest happiness of the greatest number.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Coppock, after commenting on the measures alluded to in the toast, ) proceeded to state 1 the present Government had not done much good, they had done no evil.—(Cheers.) During their whole administration since 1832, there had not been a single ex-officio information. They had not interfered with the liberty of the press. They had not, indeed, progressed so rapidly as he wished, but they had not gone backwards.—(Cheers.) If the Tqries had been in power they would have gone back, and instead of meeting in that room, they would have incurred the risk which forty-five years ago had been incurred by Thomas Hardy and his companions.—(Cheers.) To produce any useful and extensive reform there must be union amongst Reformers. Without union all their efforts would be vain. If those persons who only wanted one or two of the principles embraced in the toast re fused to co-operate with those who wanted them all, and if those who wanted all quarrelled with those who \ did not go so far, the result must be a weakening of the force of Reformers generally. The Tories, if they did nothing else, set them an example of union. Let a m tl Y thing cone forward inscribed with the name of " 74 7, and if it be only a wig block, the Tories to a man supported it. Against such a party they could only succe ed by the strongest union, and the man that advo cated disunion at this moment could not be a sincere friend of R a di cal Reform The toast was drunk ' with loud cheers. Mr. GALLOWAY having been called upon to propose the next toast, namely,. The memory of the London Corresponding Society," said that he believed that never had there been more intelligent men, or men more de voted to the best interests o f the co untry.—(Cheers.) It should, however, be recollected, that they had been but a very few years embodied, and the people of the present day had not only an additional experience of forty-five years, but had also the experience of the con duct of that Society. He agreed w i t h Mr. Coppock, that it was only by union that the ReformersagcoauinldsthTav: any reasonable chance of be ing successful /T ina. If men were pertina ciously to resist receiving part unless they could get t he very honest, but he could not call the m . the_ e in t tpraeyeti Te ail ht ple b a e . He knew enough of the rttrh . community to know that men did not go from positive wrong to posi tive right at one step. There must be many steps.-- (Hear, hear.) He would go with others as far as t hey would go with him ; and when they w ere i nc lin ed tol halt, he would march on cheerfully w ithout f t hem. {Cheers.) The Reform Bill, he admitted, was eec we ; hut if the Radical Reformers of that day had only looked at its defects, and had not considered it as the first glo ri(!us attempt to resist the unjust encroachments of the arli theraeY—if they had opposed the Reform Bill be cause it did not go far enough, they would have pre vgited all reform. He was gratified to see the great practical iniPlOvementethat had taken place in the pre sent day, as Compared with the days of Pitt. He be- lieved that the present Ministry had not done all they ought to have done, but they had done a great deal for the benefit of the people as compared with the wrong doing of Tory governments, that had usurped power for the last eighty years. He had drunk with great plea sure the toast of the continued improvement of the Administration, but he thought they might be made a great deal better if the people were not so apawere - The apathy and indifference of the pple as much to be apprehended as the want of rapid pro gress on the part of Government. If the people did not speak out and express their wishes and views for the promotion of their own interest and welfare, it was not likely that the Government would be always in the van when the people were contented to remain in the rear. The people should become the vanguard, and then they would have a chance of marching soberly and prudently, but at the same time firmly and fearlessly. It was to him a matter of particular satisfaction that the present Government had not in any way interfered with the free dom of the press. It was true there were Brad s h aw s and boobies in the Tory ranks, and he should be very sorry to stop any manifestation of their opinions.— (Cheers.) He was persuaded that the more t h e y spoke out the more they would commit themselves. --(Cheers.) These men fought the battle of Reformers much better than they could fight it themselves, and he would say,give them plenty of rope.—(Cheers.) Let them have a full opportunity of going the whole hog in their own way, and, without claiming any pretension to be a prophet, he would undertake to say that between this and the assembling of Parliament there *would be a precious squabble between the Tory leaders and those indiscreet men who were so replete with folly and absurdity as to utter the weak and contemptible sentiments they had manifested.—(Cheers.) The toast was received with cheers. The CHAIRMAN proposed the next toast—" The Liberty of the Press"—which was drunk with applause ; and after the health of the Chairman, and some other toasts had been proposed, the meeting separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (FROM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) The Times follows up the foolish and factious attempt of the Standard to ascribe the insane out break in Wales to Liberal government, beginning with the Reform Ministry. " The Chartist rebel lion," it says, " in the same way as the fatal riots at Bristol, and as every other atrocity which has desolated England during the last eight years, may be traced to Whig mal-administration. The impetus given by Ministers to rabble power, by coquetting with, and cherishing, and feeding its excesses, under the base guise of liberality,' has gone far towards the ruin of all civil government amongst us.' It would be to very little purpose to remind the Times that at the period of the Bristol riots, its own columns might indeed be chargeable with " giving an impetus" to the " rabble power' of " brickbats and bludgeons ;" and that, since that period, it has gone on, though under opposite colours, to " give an impetus" to the " rabble power" of the Oastlers and Stephenses—indeed to supply them with stores of "enormous lying" to fill out their firebrand speeches. The Times has always kept a corner for " coquetting with" rabble power, and " cherishing and feeding its excesses," under one guise or other ; and therefore does not come into court with clean hands as a witness against others. We grant that, if it could implicate Liberal Govenments in all its own violence while it thundered on their side, it might make out against them its present case. But the party to which it now vends its precarious advocacy would hesitate to hold their opponents responsible for its past violences, on condition of accepting the like re sponsibility for themselves at present. (From the Courier.) . . According to the latest accounts from Newport it is not at all certain that the Chartist movement, vigorously repulsed on its first onset as it has been, may be consi dered as finally arrested. Rumours were current of out breaks in other parts of Monmouth and Glamorgan, and of the repetition of the assault on the town of New port by another corps of mutineers. The currency of such rumours in so excited. a state of affairs may rea dily be accounted for, and of course in their circulation from hand to hand are not likely to lose anything of their exaggeration. But it is quite evident that the Chartist organisation of South Wales must be on the most formidable scale, when the advanced guard, if so we may term it, under Frost, is variously estimated at from 10 to 15,000 persons. As we hinted yesterday, the point from whence danger may most spe cially be apprehended is Merthyr Tydvil and its neigh bourhood. The. Morning Chronicle considers our esti mate of its population, or rather of the borough popu lation, to be understated by one-half ; but it must be remembered that we referred to Merthyr and Dowlais alone, taking no account of Aberdare and the circum jacent population, whether comprised within the limits of the borough or not. We believe our statement to be sub stantially correct, although from the extraordinary pros perity during the last four years of the mining interests, the number of inhabitants may have increased. The Chro nicle is, however, misinformed in the facts upon which an indirect attempt is based of begging the question in advance by way of vindication or excuse for the igno rance or supineness of the Government. It assumes that " in no part of the country could an organization be formed, with so little interruption, as in a district where the lower orders speak almost universally a lan guage unknown to the educated classes. In no part of the country is there such facility for obtaining arms as in a district of iron-works." It is so far from being true that the " lower orders" of Glamorgan, and of Mon mouth also, so far as the coal and iron districts, '° speak almost universally a language unknown to the educated classes,"that the contrary is much moregenerally the case. (From the Standard.) The latest accounts from the neighbourhood of its scene, hold out a hope that the insurrection in South Wales is at an end, although serious apprehen sions of a recurrence were entertained upon the spot. Such apprehensions are natural, but they are seldom realised in cases where insurgents have been so promptly and decisively beaten, as, thanks to the gallantry of the Mayor, Magistrates, inhabitants, and military they were at Newport. Supposing, then, as we think we may, that the reign of order and of the law has been restored, the public has a right to call for the earliest and the most full investigation of the causes which have led to an event so disgraceful as that which has so lately oc curred, and which has led to the death of fifty or a hun dred of our fellow-subjects ; taking into account the mortally wounded with those actually dead, the total will not, we are assured, be found to fall much short of the latter number. A special commission for the trial of Mr. Justice Frost and his accomplices, is the proper form for the commence ment of this investigation ; and we can scarcely believe that, however reluctant to let out the whole truth, the Administration will dare to refuse one. A special commission will be, however, no more than a commence ment ; for if Parliament does not most criminally ne glect its duty, an ample and unreserved inquiry into the growth and progress of that selition, which has at length ripened into treason add open rebellion, will be I among the very first labours of the Session. There was an investigation held on Thursday last in Limerick by the Magistrates of the county, at which Mr. W. S. O'Brien, M.P., presided, for the pur pose of inquiring into the conduct of Mr. M. Singleton, S.M., towards Mr. Henry Croker, a Magistrate for the county of Limerick. The Magistrates assembled una nimously agreed to a resolution condemnatory of the conduct of Mr. Singleton, and calling upon his Excel lency to direct an investigation into the course pursued by him. At the same meeting a resolution was passed, unanimously approving in the strongest terms of the ju dicial conduct of M. Fallon, Esq., assistant-barrister for that county, and expressive of the confidence of the Magistrates assembled in his impartiality, integrity, and highly honourable conduct, while Chairman of that c ounty.—Dublin Pilot. CRIME IN THE AGRICULTURAL PARTS OF WORCESTERSHIRE.-Dr. Cooper had shown that the commitments had enormously increased since he first became a Magistrate ; that, he (Mr. Pakington) con ceived was a cogent argument for the adoption of the present measure. The increase of crime was in enor mously greater proportion than the increase of popula tion, and there could not be a stronger argument than this for the introduction of a force to suppress it.—Mr. Pakington's Speech on proposing the appointment of a chief constable in Session, on Monday, the 4th instant. The Municipal Elections for the Boroughs in this County have terminated, with one exception, de cidedly in favour of the Liberal party. In our own city ten Town Councillors of Liberal principles have been chosen out of twelve, at Kidderminster five Liberals out of six, and at Evesham and Droitwich the whole number to be elected, four in each place, were chosen from the Liberal party. Bewdley is the only borough in the county where Tory ascendancy has triumphed, in the return of four Tories to the Council, hut as the four retiring members were of the same party, the absolute g ain or loss to either on the pre sent election is nil. There is " something rotten in the state" here which demands the serious attention of the Reformers, and the sooner they devote their attention to it the better, lest the evil by long standing become incurable. Let them be better prepared against the next election or they will rue the consequences. At Ludlow three of the retiring Councillors have been re ' turned and a fourth elected, all drafted from the party advocating good government and free institutions. At' Gloucester and Hereford the result has been satisfac tory, and in the former city it will be learned with plea sure that the Liberals command a majority in the Town Council for the first time.— Worcestershire Chronicle. THE CUSTOMS, GLASGOW.—The gro win g increas e of the Customs' duties, payable at the port of Clyde, continues to evince most pleasingly the industry been informed th at business and enterprise of our mercantile mmunit . We have that the duti es paid do a o u t e h s e t e o n d r extend o f o e s t o o bra pidly,er; show an increase of 62,0001., as compared with the corresponding period of last year ; and by the end of 1839 the duties are expected to reach nearly, if not al together, half a million sterling.—Scots Times. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, gOVEMBER 8, i 839. POLISH GRAND DRESS AND FANCY BALL AND CONCERT, GUILDHALL. - - On Wednesday the Committee numerously assembled at the Guildhall for the purpose of discussing the va rious arrangements for the ball and concert on the 14th inst. Lord Dudley Stuart and Mr. M`Donel, the Honorary Secretary to the Polish Association, attended. Deputy PEACOCK was in the chair. Mr. CARR, the Guildhall Secretary, stated that he had received intimations that the following persons of rank, in addition to those already announced, had signi fied their intention to patronize the charity—The Marchioness of Bristol, the Marchioness of Normanby, the Countess of Chesterfield, Lady Methuen, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Chesterfield, Viscount Drumlanrig, the Honourable George Anson. He also stated that several applica tions had been made by fashionable shopkeepers for numbers of tickets. He submitted to the Committee that already a great many tickets had been distributed at the West-end of the town, and that there was every reason to believe that, as had been notoriously the case with respect to the ball which took place immediately after the Queen's visit to the City, the admissions were actually, at the present moment, being sold for considerably more than the fixed price. It would therefore be for the Committee to come to some decision on the subject. Mr. PEACOCK (the Chairman) —Let those shop keepers account tor the tickets they have already had. Care must be taken that the Hall be not crowded to inconvenience, and as the night ap proaches we shall be harrassed with applications which those who make them will consider it very hard not to have been granted. It was, upon the occasion alluded to by the Secretary, a very painful thing for us to know that twice and three times the amount charged by the Committee for the tickets were, in a great num ber of instances, paid to the shopkeepers alluded to, and not one shilling of the overplus was handed over to the charity, which had such paramount claims.—(Hear.) Lord DUDLEY STUART said that at the ball of 1837 the tickets were higher-priced than they were at present, and that he was aware of the large profit made by some of those who applied at the early period of the distribu tion. He expressed the warmest thanks to the Corpo ration for their exertions. The distress which they were relieving was beyond all description, instances of which the Association had the painful task of witness ing from morn till night. He had a few tickets re maining, and he certainly expected that he should have high bidders for them.—(Cheers.) He was bound to declare that under existing circumstances be should ook with great favour at those who advocated this, in other circumstances, unpopular proposition of high prices. He did not see why the Committee should not raise the charge in proportion to the demand for the commodity.—( Hear, hear.) Several members approved of the suggestion of Lord Dudley Stuart, but the majority thought that whatever terms individuals of the Committee might demand, the ge neral rule could not consistently be deviated from. It was stated that a subscription might be properly opened in the Hall, as there would be numbers of country vi sitors to the Ball who might be desirous of availing themselves of the opportunity of adding to the relief which their attendance would confer upon the great objects of the charity. Mr. ANDERTON said that placards might be placed at the steps of the Hall leading to the drawing-room, giving notice that those who might be disposed to assist the charity still more essentially would be received by the Secretary in an adjoining room.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that a great many pounds would be ob tained through such means. Lord DUDLEY STUART and Mr. APDONEL warmly approved of the suggestion of Mr. Anderton, which was at once converted into a resolution, seconded by Mr. Marriott, and unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN said that the Lord Mayor had sent a letter to the Secretary of the Guildhall Committee, stating that he was prevented from attending the meeting by public business ; but he felt great gratification in men tioning that the applications which he had had for tickets were more numerous than he could accommoditte, and requesting, that as he had made several promises, the Committee would enable him to keep them.—( Hear, hear.) His Lordship added that he had been in formed that one house at the west end of the town was most anxious to buy up all the tickets that could be be got, and he recommended that those members of the Committee who might have any unsold, should bring them in their pockets for sale to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' dinner on Saturday, when he thought they might dispose of them at a considerable premium.— (Cheers.) His Lordship concluded by suggesting that as the price would certainly advance, care should be taken of the distribution. Several resolutions were passed relating to the refreshments, and Mr. Rogers, Mr. Lou, - and Mr. Patten, who are most active and zealous advocates of the charity, were added to the Sub-Committee. Upon the motion of Mr. M'Donel, the Honorary Secretary of the Polish Association, to whose indefati gable exertions in the cause Lord Dudley Stuart bore the warmest testimony, a certain number of tickets were voted to the Polish Generals, who were anxious to be present on the occasion. A great number of offers were made by professional singers and instrumental performers. The letters were all referred to Mr. Taylor, the Gresham Lecturer, who is to superintend the orchestra. A fancy ball has not taken place within the walls of the Guildhall in the re collection of any living person, and the novelty has much occasioned the anxiety of the ladies to be present. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Princes of Coburg, now on a visit at Windsor Castle, to in vite them to the ball. In fact, the Chairman and Com mittee showed the most determined spirit to make the Guildhall worthy of the occasion. Lord DUDLEY STUART informed the Committee that he expected to add to the list of patrons and pa tronesses, as many of the first rank in the country had expressed the most earnest wish to be present. ANOTHER EXPLOSION BY FIREWORKS Wednesday, at a late hour, Cambridge-heath-road, Beth. nal-green, was thrown into a state of considerable alarm by an explosion of fireworks, on the premises, No. 19, Collingwood-street, occupied by a firework maker of the name of William Griggs. The explosion took place on the ground-floor ; and the proprietor, in attempting to put the fire out, had his hands, arms, and face shock ingly mutilated ; he now lies in the London Hospital in a very deplorable condition. The premises were mue., burnt, and nearly all the windows in the building were demolished by the occurrence. This is the fifth explo sion by firework Ethat has happened in the metropolis within the last five days. FIFTH OF NOVEMBER SERMONS. 1 tits was a grand field-day for certain clerical Hotspurs. We regret to learn that, in several parts of the country sermons were preached of an extremely bigotted and a most unchristian character. The lady of Babylon was, in many instances, pressed into the parsons' ser vice, and, with shame be it spoken, inuendos were levelled at another Lady, the loyalty of which allusions were of the Bradshaw kind, wanting only his brazen front. It is nothing new to see Priestcratt and Toryism conspiring in a crusade against religious as well as civi 1 freedom. •- CLERICAL CAMPA lON. The Cheltenham Examiner notices the exhortation of the Rev. Mr. Close, from his pulpit, to his congregation to oppose the Government and vote against Liberal candidates. GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—The Liberals have triumphed, after a hard contest. The struggle lay in two Wards—the second and third—and against the Liberal candidates in these, the Tories of the city directed their whole strength, and have been defeated. In the First Ward, there was no contest— the two Liberal candidates walked the course. The Fifth Ward could scarcely be said to be contested, for there was neither canvas nor even address for the Li beral candidate ; on the contrary, it was intended, by contesting this ward, merely to give Reformers, who chose to do so, an opportunity of recording their names. In the Fourth Ward, also, Mr. Lumsden was proposed in his absence—had he been present he would to-day have been one of our councillors. Mr. Bain was the Tory candidate in the Second Ward ; he made a gal lan tstruggle, but all his advantages, and they were not few nor small, were . unavailing. Th e Third Wa r d was the scene of a peculiar contest. Both parties claimed Mr. Mitchell, who was at the head of the poll ; and both voted for him. We may be mistaken ; but we really believe that Mr. Mitchell will embrace the ear ' liest opportunity of proving to his fellow-citizens that he is what he bas always professed to be, a true Liberal in politics.—Scots Times. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT PIMLICO.— Every inquiry has been made with a view to ascertain whose body it was that was discovered in the ruins of the calamitous fire on Tuesday last, but without the slightest clue being obtained as to the identity ; nor has any application been made to Mr. Crow, the beadle of St. Margaret's, with such a description as would apply to those remains. There is very little doubt the body is that of a woman, and not that of the lad William Odell, who is still missing. The ruins have been so carefully examined, in consequence of the remarks made by the Jury on the body of Mrs. Harding on Monday, that Mr. brow is satisfied no other body is amongst them. The dog which was found by the side of the body is of the Newfoundland breed. The funeral of all that remains of the poor creatures, including Mr and Mrs. Steinkopff, alias Harding, took place yes terday, at the burying-ground of the Broadway Chapel, Westminster. The parish, it is believed, buried four lof the bodies. The late wife of the soldier, who died before the fire occurred, was buried last Sunday, at Bayswater. The Municipal Elections have resulted in the re turn of an equal; number of Reformers and Tories Four more Tories will, therefore, find their way into the Council Chamber, where the two parties now stand as follows :—Reformers 28—Tories 12. Last year the Tories had the exclusive possession of three of the five Wards. They now, however, have the exclusive pos session of one only. Even there the majority is but three.—Cambridge Advertiser. COLONIAL SOCIETY Yesterday a general meeting of the friends of this nstitution was held at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, for the purpose of forming a North London Ladies' Association. The objects of the So ciety were advocated by the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, the Rev. W. Thompson, the Rev. H. Hughes, the Rev. H. P. Haughton, the Rev. J. Scott, Major Head, Capt. Cotton, Montague Bere, Esq., and J. S. Reynolds, Esq., the Chairman. Major Head made some statements respecting the religious destitution of British subjects and emigrants in the Colonies, particularly in North America, of which he had been an eye-witness. The Rev. H. Hughes recited some statistics illustrative of,that destitution. At the Cape of Good Hope we had, he said, a territory of 128,150 square miles, over which was scattered a popu lation of 60,000 souls, for whom not more than three or four clergymen were provided. In the Mauritius, the population was upwards of 90,000, and there were only two clergymen. In Lower Canada the picture was more appalling, for a population of upwards of 500,000 souls, in a district of 200,000 square miles, there were not more than 29 clergymen. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel stated that the objects of the Society were to assist those colonists who were desirous of having Clergymen to maintain them, and to furnish schoolmasters and school requisites to neglected places. Already the Society had sent one gentleman to Western Australia, another to Halifax in Nova Scotia, and another was about to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. Oppor tunities for exertions of a like nature were daily opening which could not be embraced for want of adequate funds. There was an anxious disposition among the British settlers in the colonies to build Churches and maintain clergymen, but their poverty rendered them unable to complete their wishes ; to such a little aid from this Society would be of incalculable value. New South Wales an Van Diemen's Land demanded espe cial attention ; the Population of those colonies were perhaps the most destitute of all of religious instruction, and yet needed it more than all. In South Australia there was but one church, capable of holding about 150 person s , an d b u t one c l ergyman ; these were situate in Adelaide, the capital, which con tains 7,000 souls. In North Australia there was but one aged chaplain, who confined himself to the prin cipal town, the rest of the whole extent of 300 miles along the coast being left uncured for. Recently, however, another clergyman had gone thither. The Society also directed its attention to the religious wants of British residents on the continent of Europe, and at the places of resort abroad, where invalids so journ for a season. STORIES OF TORRES VEDRAS SIR JOHN SCOTT LILLIE. The only class of French which has ever seemed to entertain cordial feelings towards us is the mili tary, from the recollections of former associations ; and although the name of Waterloo must ever be offensive to their ears, there exists a frankness and candour among soldiers which invariably leads them to respect the brave. The lines of Torres Vedras afforded us frequent op portunity of cultivating this friendly intercourse, and the frankness of French prisoners gave us, perhaps, a better insight into the real state of their society than we have subsequently observed in their own country. Rarely did we meet a French officer who did not express an anxious desire for peace and future amicable relations, not without boasting of the ex pression of Frederick of Prussia—that if " France and England were united, not a gun should be find in Europe without their permission." In these celebrated times there not only did exist the utmost cordiality between us when meeting upon neutral ground, but the French seemed on various occasions to overcome the deadly hate and revengeful sentiments they entertained towards the Portuguese. One circumstance of this nature is worthy of being recorded. The Ist Battalion of the Lusitanian Legion, af terwards the 7th Cacadores, was in front of a French regiment near the Royal Palace of Ajuda, and be tween them were certain windmills, the possession of which became a point of frequent skirmishes whenever the French came down to grind their corn. These unprofitable contests continued for some time, until both parties, being convinced of the absurdity, approached each other un armed, and came to the mutual understand- ing that this contest about windmills, which truly recalled that about Cervantes' crackbrained Knight, should cease. From that period, until_ the retreat of Massena, it was found that a friendly interview, and an exchange of civilities, was far preferable to the exchange of leaden bullets, which, to many,'ren dered the grinding of their daily bread an unneces sary process. It is somewhat strange that long after these friendly meetings, during — the temporary cessation of hostilities which took place between our army and the French on the 29th of July, 1813 in the Pyrenees, while the soldiers of both countries were scattered togeth er a b ou t th e fields, bearing off their respective wounded, and picking beaus for their messes, several officers and sol diers came again m friendly contact with their old Portuguese friends of Torres Vedras, when many a hand, which but a few hours before had grasped a deadly weapon, and made many a former boon com panion bite the dust, was now held out in cordial recollection, until the bugle's loud blast summoned the temporary friends to renew the work of blood. It was this regiment (the 7th Cacadores) which under the command of my Gallant Friend, Sir John Scott Lillie, was ordered to make an attack on a formidable French post the following day, oc cupied by their former friends, which they carried in presence of both armies that crowned the sur rounding heights, and were looking at the contest in silent expectation, as no rein forcement could have moved to the sup port of the brave band in time to save them from what appeared inevitable destruction. How ever, the boldness of the onset was such, that the enemy fled in confusion and dismay ; and after this unequal struggle, the Duke of Richmond (then Earl of March) rode up to their commander, ex pressing the Duke of Wellington's high approba tion of his battalion, thus reduced to four officers and one hundred and fifty men.—Millingen's Stories of Torres Vedras SUICIDES IN WESTMINSTER.—NOVEMBER. —The following account of the number of inquests in cases of suicide, held by Messrs. Gell and Higgs, the Coroners for Westminster, from the year 1812 to 1831, inclusive, has been furnished us by the latter gentleman, it having been compiled from official documents • In 1812.-24 1813...26 1814...23 1815.-30 1816...26 1817...17 1818...18 1819...26 18°0...19 1821...20 1822...18 1823...32 1824...21 1825...24 1826...31 1827...26 1828...32 1829...30 1830...28 1831...28 Total, 489, which includes eight cases of felo de se. The number of men destroying themselves to women is nearly as three to one, as appears from the return— there being 359 men to only 130 women. From the Parliamentary Returns it appears that the population of Westminster in 1831 was 160,801 ; in 1821, 181,444 ; and in 1811, 202,891. Mr. Higgs has found, upon ar ranging the suicides according to the months in which they occurred during this aggregate of years, that, con trary to the generally received opinion, November was actually the month of the year in which the least num ber of suicides took place. Thus June and July, each 53, 106 ; January, 48 ; March, 46 ; February, 41 ; December, 39 ; April, 38 ; May, 37 ; October, 35 ; September, 34 ; August, 33 ; November, 32 ; total, 489. In very many cases the insanity which led to suicide was the result of intoxication. Mr. Higgs states that the number of suicides from 1831 to the present time is in much the same proportion. TEST OF COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.-ob serve the milling round the edge. If the coin be ge nuine, the strokes wall be found perfectly regular ; if counterfeit, the irregularity of the milling, which is generally very obvious, will show the fraud. There is every probability that the Lieutenancy of Pembrokeshire will be vacant ; Sir John Owen, May for that county, having by some strange means got into a situation which will, it is reported, render it impossible for him to hold his Lieutenancy, his seat in Parliament, or his estate,—Cheshire Reformer. Sir John Keane, who has well earned the title of the Conqueror of Cabool, is brother of Sir Richard Keane, Vice-Lieutenant of the county of Waterford, a thorough and consistent Reformer.—Dublin Evening Post. CLEARING.—i find that in the little town of Monasterevan and its vicinity, there have been levelled, within a very short period, one hundred and fourteen houses, or cabins, occupied by three hundred and thirty eight human beings, the majority of whom, as you may guess, are Catholic labourers or tradesmen, who are deprived of their only resting place and thrown house less on the world, without a probable chance of obtain ing a spot of land on which a hut could be erected, as the planners of this exterminating system guard as cau tiously against the possibility of cabins being built on the lands as if human beings were a hated and useless in cumbrance. The subjoined is confined to the locality of the town of Monasterevan. Unfortunately the havoc seems only beginning. Even now a numerous batch in rural districts are under sentence, and while I write the pick-axe and crowbar are hard at work.—Letter in the Pilot. LAW I ENCE COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 7. DATIS V. CLOUGII. The whole of the day was occupied with the further arguments in this part-heard case, the question in which related to the taxation of a solicitor's bill of costs. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgement The Court did not rise till nearly five o'clock. BAIL COURT, Nor. 7. BAKE V. LAW—JOINT STOCK BANKS. In this case, which was an action against the Imperial Bank of England at Manchester, and which was tried a few days ago, Mr. WIGHTMAN now applied for liberty to enter a suggestion, stating that certain persons were members of the firm, in order that execution might be issued against them, pursuant to the provisions of the Act for regulating copartnership and joint-stock banks in England. The Act provided that the co-partnership might be sued in the name of the registered officer, and the effect was to charge all the registered partners. The 12th section provided that judgment against the registered officer should operate against the co-partner ship; and the 13th section provided that execution might issue against any of the members registered at the time of the contract. There wen no precedents to be found fOr this application, because no instances had arisen in which it had been necessary to proceed against members of joint-stock banks until the present. The affidavits stated that Mr. Law was the registered officer, and set forth an authorised copy of the list of members of the Company. " His LORDSHIP granted a rule nisi. THE QUEEN V. THE REV. JOHN PRESTON REYNOLDS. _ _ . Sir F. PoLLocx applied to his Lordship on behalf of the Rev. Thomas Hinde, who had been appointed by the Bishop of Ely to the readership of the borough of Bury, for a mandamus against the Rev. John Preston Reynolds, commanding him to restore the parish books and the parish chest to the custody and possession of the said Rev. T. Hinde ; and also to admit him to the pul pit of the church, in order that he might perform the religious duties belonging to the readership. The real question was whether the Town Council had the right to appoint to the readership, and whether it was not in cumbent on them to have sold the ecclesiastical right to nominate to this preferment ; and a vacancy having oc curred before the sale took place, whether it did not be long to the Bishop of the diocese to nominate. Under an old charter certain lands were granted to the Cor poration of Bury, and the appointment was vested in them. By section 139 of the Municipal Reform Act, all Corporations having ecclesiastical preferments were compelled to sell all such preferments as might be in their gift, the object being undoutbedly to prevent the unseemliness of a canvass taking place for the sacred office of a Minister of the Church. The Corporation of Bury, however, notwithstanding this provision, abstained from selling the right of nomination ; and a va cancy having occurred, the Town Council assembled, and appointed Mr. Reynolds. On the other hand, the Bishop of Ely being advised that the nomination rested with him, appointed the Rev. Mr. Hinde. If there was any doubt as to the right of the Bishop to appoint, he (Sir F. Pollock) submitted that it was completely re moved by the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 31, which was an Act to facilitate the sale of Church patronage. Mr. Reynolds, with a Committee of the Town Council, went to the parish church, carried away the iron chest, containing the registers, &e., took possession of the keys, and excluded Mr. Hinde, who could not obtain the custody of the muniments, to which he was entitled under the 32d Geo. 111., e. 146, c. 5, unless the Court interfered by mandamus. After the Learned Gentleman had submitted to the Court several argu ments in support of his application, His LORDSHIP granted a rule to show cause. THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF COVENTRY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not be directed to the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Coventry, requiring them to execute a bond to Mr. Carter, to secure to him two annuities to which he was entitled under the Municipal Reform Act, or compensation for the loss of his offices as Town Clerk and Clerk to the Justices. He moved this on the authority of the Bridge water and Carmarthen cases.—Rule nisi granted. His LORDSHIP then proceeded with the Nisi Prius cases. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 7. HOWELL V. BRODIE.-PORTMAN-MARKET (PADDING ION.) This case occupied the greater part of the day. It was an action of assumpsit for work and labour done, brought by a builder against the defendant, on ac count of the erection of Portman-market. It seems that a Mr. Thomas Wilson projected the market—the expense first calculated at about 25,0001., but it was afterwards found that it would amount to nearer 50,0001. Mr. Brodie embarked in the concern, taking a share in it, and advancing many thousands for the expense. Mr. Wilson, a few years ago, became bank rupt, and the action was brought to recover the arrears of the building account—about 3,0001. The verdict was for defendant. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Ser geant Talfourd) now showed cause against a rule ob tained by Mr. Sergeant Wilde for a new trial. At a late hour the arguments were postponed. PEARSON V. MILLS. In this case the rule for a new trial was refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nor. 7. (Sittings in Banco.) BLAIN V. DANIELS. This action was tried before Mr. Baron Maule at the late Liverpool Assizes, when the Jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff, with 6,0001. damages. Mr. ALEXANDER now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evi dence. The plaintiffs were large merchants in Liver pool, and they brought their action to recover compen sation in damages for neglect on the part of the defen dant, who had an established Agency House in Canton. In the early part of 1836 the plaintiffs sent out orders for large quantities of different kinds of teas to be pur chased by the defendant. They were specific in their orders as to the quality of the teas, and if they were not to be procured, the defendant was to remit the amount of money to England in bills. That year turned out to be a very bad one in China, and the defendant could not obtain the qualities of teas ordered. Acting with good faith, and according to the best of his discretion, he purchased such teas as he could procure, and sent them over. A large quantity of it was so bad that the plaintiffs at once rejected it, and for the balance remaining in the hands of the defendant they brought the action. The jury, upon the evidence, were of opinion that the de feidant had no right to depart from the strict orders of the plaintiffs. The Learned Gentleman referred to a long correspondence between the parties, and contended that the defendant, upon the whole of it, was acting as a commission agent, and, if he acted to the best of his discretion, he was not liable in damages. The COURT did not think there was any reason for disturbing the verdict.—Rule refused. LEWIS V. MYERS. This was an action arising out of circumstances al ready known to the public. The defendant is a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood of Fitzroy-square, and was sometime since accused of assisting the wife of a person named Pow to p rocure hi s death by administering ardent spirits, or other deleterious liquids. The Coro ner's Inquest returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder," and it appeared that the defendant proceeded to Bou logne, and remained there until Mrs. Pow had been tried and acquitted, when he returned to this country, and stood his trial at the Old Bailey, where he was acquitted upon the opening of the case for the prosecu tion, without any question having been left to the Jury. The present action was brought by the person who acted as attorney for Mrs. Pow, and, as it was alleged, also for the defendant, for remuneration for his profes sional services on the inquest and at the trial. The plaintiff's bill amounted to 481.25. 2d. Mr. Platt and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Miller for the defence. The principal topic urged for the defendant was, that the plaintiff was the attorney of Mrs Pow, and had un dertaken not to make any claim on the defendant for services performed for him. In support of this state ment, evidence was adduced to show that a sum of 5001., or thereabout, belonging to Mrs. Pow, was lodged in the plaintiff's hands, and that he had deducted the sum of 2491. for services performed at the inquest and trial. A person who attended at the inquest also proved that, upon the defendant's expressing his surprise at finding a counsel in attendance, the plaintiff said, " It is nothing to you—you will not have to pay for it ;" or words to that effect. The Jury, after some hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. CARLTON V. BEECHER. This was an action against Captain Beecher, cele brated in the sporting world as the famou s s t ee pl e - c h ase rider, for driving over the plaintiff, a journeyman i.rick layer, in Bridge-street, Westminster, on the night of Sunday, the 24th March last. It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses, which, as is usual in cases of this kind, was exceedingly contradictory, that the plaintiff was returning home with his wife and some other relations, between nine and ten o'clock on the night in question, and was in the act of crossing Bridge-street, at the corner of Parliament street, when he was thrown over by the defendant's horse, which the defendant was driving in a gig at a moderate pace. The great question between the witnesses was, whether the defendant had turned the corner sharply or made a sufficient sweep, and on this the diversity of testimony was striking. The plaintiff was taken to the shop of Mr.- M'Cann, the surgeon, immediately after the accident, and it then appeared that the injury he had received was exceedingly slight ; but he afterwards complained of a stiffness in the joints of his arm, which prevented him from using his trowel and employing himself in his trade. The Learned BARON left it to the Jury to say whe ther the defendant was guilty of any negligence ; and, if so, to give reasonable damages. Vcrii + for .Ins plaintiff—D , rnPgs's 80/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A casi 17hich caused some interest amongst public house, hotel, and heer.shopkeepers, came on before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Pirie, Owen Owen, who was de,crihed as an eating-house, coffee-shop, beer-shop, and hotel-keeper, in Lower 'Thames-street, was summoned for having opened his door to persons after ten o'clock on Sunday night. John Wingrove, policeman No. 185, stated that at half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night he saw the de fendant let persons into his house. Afterwards a man and his wife and three children applied for admission, but were refused, the defendant stating that he could not let them have anything to drink. Witness went into the house and saw persons there, and cups and saucers. Cross-examined by Mr. Branwell, the barrister, who appeared for the defendant.—The house was not like an ordinary beer-shop ;it was a very extensive house, and supplied passengers by the Hull steamers with beds, and tea and coffee. He had seen it closed at 10 o'clock on the same night, and all the lights were put out, and it was a most respectable house, of which he had never heard any c omplaint. James Patterson, policeman, No. 356, stated that he went into the house on the occasion alluded to, and saw several men and women and children there. They were in two parlours, and there was no sign of beer having been drunk in either. The door had been opened to the knock of a man and woman, who had children with them, and they were refused to be served. There was no difficulty opposed to the entrance of the police. The house, which was very respectable, ap peared to be as much lighted up at the time stated as at the hours of business. Wingrove, the policeman, stated that at ten o'clock all was dark within the house, but the Hull boat having come in, the passengers went up to the house from her, and the defendant got up to let them in. Inspector Brake stated, that having been informed that the Hull steam-boat had arrived with passengers, nine of whom had gone into the defendant's house, he directed the policeman to go in and report to him. He had advised the defendant not to let parties in after en o'clock, as the house was a beer-shop. The LORD MAYOR—Have you had any complaints hat the house was opened after ten o'clock at night ? Inspector--Repeatedly. The LORD MAYOR—What was the nature of the complaint ? Inspector—Nothing more than keeping open to the detriment of his brother publicans. Complaints were made to me by my own officers in the discharge of their duty, and his house is as much a beer-house as is any other beer-house. Mr. Branwell said that there was no pretence for saying that beer was sold at the time. The LORD MAYOR—That is nothing to the pur pose—lt is not necessary to prove the sale of beer in order to convict. If that were the case the Act of Parliament would be a dead letter. The Act says that the house must not be opened. The fact of having it open is adequate evidence of the intention to sell beer. A party the other day was proved to have given beer out after the hour of closing had arrived, and his excuse was that he had received no money for it, but he got the money on Monday morning. Now if such excuses are permitted the Act is nothing but a dead letter. I shall put the straightforward construction upon the Act if I find the door open, whether the sale be proved or not. Mr. Branwell said that his client sold coffee or tea at the hour stated, but not beer. The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean to say that he can keep open the house in which he sells beer at a later hour for the sale of tea or coffee? Mr. Branwell—l do, most certainly. You may keep open a coffee-shop eating-house, or oyster-shop, after ten o'clock, provided you do not sell beer. The LORD MAYOR Then the Act is good for nothing. Maria Yarrow, barwoman to the defendant for nine years, stated that a great many customers came to the house from the Hull packets at late hours. On ttiC night in question several persons came from the packets. The inmates had all retired to bed at ten o'clock, be fore which the door was closed, and at half-past eleven they got up to let in the passengers, who wanted beer, but were refused to be served. They complained of fa tigue, and were served with coffee. Witness had locked the beer machine, and not a drop had been drawn after ten o'clock until after six in the morning. After some other evidence, in proof that no beer had been served, the LORD MAYOR dismissed the case, ob serving that Mr. Branwell had certainly made out a very strong case. He cautioned beer-shop keepers, how ever, to attend to the Act strictly. BOW-STREET, A servant out of place, named Henry Harris, was brought before Mr. 'Fwyford for final examination, charged under the Police Act with having in his pos session certain articles of plate of which he could give no satisfactory account. Mr. Henry Ray, watchmaker, 22, Great Russell street, Covent-garden, produced pieces of a soup-ladle, which had been offered to him for sale by the prisoner on the 23d ult., and on his being questioned to whom they belonged, he said they were the property of Mr. George Hawkins, 110, Chancery-lane. Witness sus pecting that the property must have been stolen, called Forbes, 115 F, and directed him to ascertain if such a person resided in Chancery-lane, at the same time telling him that his presence was required to ex amine the articles. The constable requested the pri soner would accompany him, but on getting into the street he attempted to make his escape. Colin Forbes proved that on the day in question he received the prisoner into his custody, and on conducting him to the door of the court, to call upon another con stable for assistance, he ran away, but after a short chase he was recaptured. The prisoner declined making any defence, and he was ordered to be committed to hard labour for the misdemeanour for two months. There was also a fish slice found upon the prisoner, with some broken pieces of plate. which are supposed to be the property of Lady Harriet Hoste, as her Lady ship on going to the Continent deposited a portion of her plate at 5, Spring-gardens, the residence of Mr. West, barrister, to whom the prisoner's mother had been housekeeper, and his being occasionally allowed to sleep on the premises, afforded him an opportunity of com mitting the robbery. The property was ordered ty be detained until the proprietor should come forward to claim it. EVENING EDITION'.__ SHOCKING MURDER of a FAT HER BY HIS SON, AT LEES. About seven o'clock, on Sunday evening last, the in habitants of Lees, near Oldham, were thrown into a state of great alarm and excitement, by a report, which proved but too true, that a man named John Bardsley, a rover in the mill of Mr. Seville , and a man of great respectability in his station of life, had been murdered in his own house by his son , J ames Bardsley, a young man twenty-three years of age, and of the most aban doned and profligate character. It appears that the young ma n b y whoa: this dread ful act was committed has been for several ;,ears past II an idle and turbulent feilow, the terror of his father's family and of the whole neighbourhood. A few months since he made an attack upon his mother wial h knife, giving her several severe wounds ; and, snc. was her terror of him, that she left her husband and went to live with a daughter in the United States, in order to be out of his way. Since that time, James Bardsley has absented himself from home, returning only to annoy and plunder his relations. On Sunday evening, the father, John Bardsley, was at home, reading the Bible, with his daughter and a boy, when his son, whom he had not seen for some time before, entered the house, and began to help him' to some bread and cheese. His father reproached him for his misconduct, and desired him to leave the house some angry words ensued, on which the so n drew f os a sheath, a knife, apparently provided for the p whom and made a desperate attack upon his fa ther, on w he inflicted a number of frightful wounds upon his head and body. As soon as the murderer entered the house, his sister quitted it ; but the boy had remained, and seeing the murderous attack, he ran out to alarm the neighbours and obtain assistance. Several p er sons immediately hastened to the house, and foun d the old man lying in a pool of blood on the floor, and the murderer just rising from the bo d y , with e bloody knife in his hand. This was immediately wrested from him, and he was secured. A s urgeon was then sent for to examine the wounds of the father , who was promptly in attendance, but his assistance was in vain-,for one of the blows of the knife had pierced the apex of the heart, and the poor man bled to death in a few minutes. On examining the weapon with which this murder had been committed, it was found to be a long-bladed clasp-knife, which had , been converted into a sort of dagger, by winding string round the handle and a small portion of the blade, so as to prevent it from shutting, and the point and both edges had been ground extreme'," sharp, as if for some such purpose as that to which it was applied. When the murderer was apprehended , so f ar from showing any compunction for what he had done, be seemed to exult in the success of his attempt , and openlY expressed his regret that he had not been able to murder two or three other members of the family. When takeo in custody to the neighbouring inn, he immediately asked for some refreshment, and ate and drank with the utmost indifference, though his hands were at the time covered with the blood of his murdered parent. The house in which the murder was committed stsol just within the boundary of the County of York; atlid the Coroner had therefore to come from Halifax to the inquest, which was held on Tuesday. The incli c ommenced at eleven o'clock , and there w ere thonsau 0 of persons collected, in order t o catch a gliulPsa ap of the prisoner. His appearance was haggard frightful. in the extreme—his hair and beard being, very long. On being asked why he had cornnl the horrid deed, he said he had fully ma e up his mind that if any one interrupted him on enteric! his father's house, he would instantly murder them. ea. knife, which we have already described, was produce. The witnesses examined were the prisoner's brother, tir sur geons who opened the body, and the p arties who filrs; , entered the house after the committa l o f the horrid need' and who seized the prisoner and disarmed him of Or knife, which they identified. After a patient investig! r tion, the jury brought in a verdict of " Wilful murde against James Bardsley," who was then committed t° York Castle, for trial at the next Spring Assizes. • TV OR S HIP- S TREE T. Yesterday, Sarah Hayes, a miserable-looking dissi pated creature, the wife of a small tradesman living in Brick-lane, St. Luke's, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, upon the double charge of having at tempted to destroy her own life and that of her infant child, aged ten months. From the evidence of the prisoner's eldest daughter, whose feelings were painfully distressed, it appeared that her mother had been for many years an inveterate drunkard, and after having spent the preceding day in tippling about the neighbourhood, she returned home at about seven o'clock in the evening in her usual state of intoxication. Witness advised her to take some tea and get to bed, but she refused to do so, and urged witness to bring her the child out of the cradle, which she reluctantly did. On receiving the child she clutched it in her arms, and appeared to fondle it at first, but all of a sudden she pulled out a shoemaker's knife, which she had concealed in her bosom, and attempted to draw it across the poor child's throat. Her husband, how ever, frustrated her horrible design, by snatching the infant from her, upon which she turned the knife upnn herself, and was in the act of plunging it towards her throat, when her son caught hold of her arm, and wrested the weapon from her. A policeman was called in, into whose custody she was given. The husband was examined, and gave a sad account of his wife's drunken habits. She pawned everything, even her children's clothes, and had repeatedly at tempted self-destruction. The prisoner was ordered to find good bail for three months. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—The elections for the present year have been more adverse to the Liberal party than any than have occurred since the passing of the Municipal Reform Act. Ihere is no use in striving to deny, disguise, or mitigate the fact. We have been beaten, not only in those Wards where the influence of Conservatism had heretofore been prevalent, but in some of our strongest holds. What, then, is the secret of these reverses ? Is it that Tory policy has found more favour in the eyes of the electors ? Not so. Is it that a reaction has taken place ? Not a whit. The num bers polled, in comparison with former struggles, show that the Liberals have mustered as strong as on 'any former occasion. The secret lies in two sentences. The Tories have more means at their command, and are less scrupulous in using them.—Bristol Gazette. The A ss istant-Barristership of the East Riding of Cork is vacant by the death of Mr. John Martley, which took place in Dublin on Tuesday. THE CITY OF GHUZNEE.—The City of Ghuznee, o r more properly speaki ng , Ghi zn i , recent l y the scene of the triumph of our gallant countrymen, under the command of Sir John Keane, is not less cele brated for its strength than for its antiquity and its his torical associations. Mamood, the Sultan of Ghizni, was the first Mohammedan conqueror of India; he added the province of Lahore to the Ghiznian dominions, and made several successful expeditions into the Ghuzzerat, from each of which he returned to Ghizni laden with plunder. His successors were the Emperors of India, of the Affghan Dynasty, who removing the seat of Go vernment to Delhi, subjected nearly the whole of the Indian Peninsula to their sway. They were conquered early in the sixteenth century by Baber, the grandson of Tamerlane, and founder of the Mogul Dynasty, the Sovereigns of which continued to enjoy the title of Em perors of India, until they were subdued by the British, who have now rolled back the tide of conquest upon Ghizni itself, and rule over a territory of greater extent than was ever claimed by any former Sovereign of India, of eith'r th , MU, , t 1 tho D. picty. THE MARKETS. UNTRY MARKETS, W heat. ; Barley. Oats. Fp•sc 6. t° Li ea..s. Per Quarter. s. to s. !s. s. s. to s. B a th i (Is 8) 38 58 .)9 38 Woodford .--: 68 81 42 44 24 30 Bridport ' 68 -- — F.O Chard --..--, 60 SO 40 48 22 24 4, " Gloucester 172 75 45 48 30 34 41 43 Exe er ,70 84 27 34 21 28 40 -- 38 30 33 42 44 Newbury l5B SO 32 50 21 32 42 52 Reading 55 84 35 47 23 34 40 53 Salisbury ,72 80 140 50 30 34 1 44 Slitrborne l -2 78 38 46 20 SO 42 r; SheptonMalietl 60 84 39 54 :10 34 52 ow Uxbridge ---, 37 42 23 32 -- - 0 7 3 Warminster —1 54 14 36 55 27 36 50 ...., Winchester 164 76 50 Y eov il 163 78 36 49 ,26 30 4. d DEVIZES CORN MARKET . 5 , th L 0 Per Sack. s d. s. d. Per Quarter. ‘ ,(l oto 36 First Wheat Second 4O oto 0 Oats .. ............. . 1;1 0 28 2 35 0 3 6 Beans . (per sack)... '''" 0 60 Third Barley 33 0 01 0 Bread (per ga11.)... , LEEDS CORN MARKET.— Nov, 5. 731 PO Wheat, Norfolk and Stith,' k, 601 b. ' 644. to „ 3 ---- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suliblk , - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire los. to , Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe 306. 1 0 7 w oe l ' —Mealing, For. —d. to—d Eng. 14d, to 15d. p et t lo s c• 1 Shelling Vs. to 38s S. tO B. 46 ~ 46 s', - ..... - ..... - 40 37 _ ..... N.P 9 13 -- 6 - ... ... •••• - ---- , ? A T T EM PT AT SUICIDE. —Yesterday morni ngd about half-past eight o'clock , a y oun g woman, Illser, Eliza Dicker, 19 years of age , was taken to St• tholomew's hospital, having attempted self-destrucvittiole by cutting her throat in a most desperate manner .__ w ith D o 6 lt a carving -knife, in consequence of a quarrel 'The thr.de mistress, at Kingsland, yesterday morning. was cut in so desperate a manner as nearly to arn the windpipe, and she lies in a very precarious state. NAVAL HERO.—Died here, on the 30th u 4 .'' Wm. Smith, one of the oldest seamen belonging to ti l t !: port, having attained his 78th year. He was wool t i P last of the heroes who fought under Admiral DY:ed Parker, in the action with the Dutch fleet, cornmso u ,',h by Admiral Zoutman, off the Dogger Bank, on the ,u, - f August, 1781. He used to give an animated detail it ", the particulars of this severe engagement, and sPe:h feelingly of the fate of part of the crew of the D u 74, Neptune, who perished when that ship sunk, ab the close of, or soon after, the action. The °n, i e vivor of that well-fought and memorab le battle hi d l le i o s, to be in this quarter is a Mr. Gray, late of the Ceatcl.er now in his 81st year, who lost an arm on the evt„:(1 sion, and regretted that a present indisposition pre /0 him attendir -, the funeral of his departed cornPant°;ed arms. The Berwick, 74, and the Cleopatra frigate P: t bst through, and lay part of a day , in t his ba y ahett"f our time, as may be within the recollection of some 0 ..008 senior readers, especially such of them as wero 7 s i o ri, the countless numbers of all ranks who, on that to the visited these fine ships, which soon after joined . 6 " the Parker and shared in the glory of the day, briegi ° f t bs British fleet nearer the superior numerical force °f gol. enemy. An honourable testimony waa g i ve n to r ac ier, lantry of those engaged, by the following g ene et ioa; issued by Admiral Parker, two days after the Ado'Brsi —" Fortitude, at Sea. Aug, 7, 1781....-00 ,vier° desires the Captains of his Majesty's ships, In.j tl at o t i e in the line on the sth, to accept, and conullunmiconde°' the officers and seamen of the ships they .celan 0 0 ' his thanks and perfect approbation of their eieforlOra duct and bravery shown on that day." Ado ir t g st a ° , had been appointed convoy to one of the latish sbor„- most valuable fleets which ever left the 13r1t,.`'-,135 t o most for the Baltic, having congregated in Leith n - s sel e ' the number of upwards of five hundred sail of : e lf P r il e o and he fully accomplished his object by e0 03 1 3 .„, 1e ,; - ; O l t° tecting the fleet under his charge, when they "'% s s iog otherwise fallen into the hands of the enemy ell co ol ° intercept this valuable convoy, which witnessed t ogo i e' mencement of the action, and were ordered, b e / 0,1 to proceed under some of the smaller ships °` //e' Cached for their safety and support.--Aberd een 0 1; A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HA ,' ,(5 VER SPOONS and FORKS are offered f S A VOR e in , ' 01 from 6s. 3d. to 6s. 9d. per ounce, at T COX - f i f G ro o m lds G m r it a h e , ech S u i r ly e e h r - s s m tr i e t e h t , ), 47 C,Ornhill (se le- Ai ROMAN CAME Bc Lo e ndon. ietily cl a 1 variety of ROMAN A ll r e t b i e st , s ; the subjects consisting o the hea Theyra ;Otto &c., and various classical designs. lOW in . Gold. as Brooches. The price is from TwentY so t. Six Guineas each. . A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Cornhill , oPP"'" the . Ad e BIRTHS. , 0 ,, 0 0 " At Frankfort, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. 1 .013- ' tt, man, of a daughter. iv. scAr le On the 19th ult., at Rome, the lady of James Esq , of a son. f a sor o es On the 30th ult. at Paris, Mrs. William SisteP, l 6 „ f , On the 4th inst., in Wilton-crescent, the at 'i 0 0' . a ? A O, Thomas Horne, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Hayes, Middlesex, Mrs. David a daughter. f oo o * !rye, ° i On the sth inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. T. A. -- il icbs r° , MARRIED • gr. '" OW' On the ith inst., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Lter o Dickins, of Holborn-hill, to Mary Ann, only clang" , 00 40 Kent, Newmarket, Suffolk. gr. ''' ori' On the 6th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, ~,jo r th o f Walker, eldest son of Mr. David Walker, Earlston, iiqiipe, tain, to Ann Matilda, only daughter of the late gr. P Fulham, Middlesex. 0 1 ' 8 DIED. relic t ° On the 28th ult. , a t Rams g ate, Frances Barbara, l i t , late Alexander Wils on, Es q . e st da ug On the 3d inst. , a t Ard g owan, Eliza Mary, Y° un A r" - 1.1. car of the late Sir Mic hael Shaw Stewart, Bart., agen'oest, On the 21st ul t., at Dumpledale, nea r Haverfo r 0, tai O n Charles Phillip of the Royal Navy. Ma rla° On the 4th inst. s, , at Chase-side, Enfield, A ft ' • I , Wil li° late of the King's Head Inn, aged 64. a rk, On the 4th inst., at Sussex-place, Regent's-P of Henry llarriot, Esq. 11, re lict g a rtne• On the 4th inst., in Woburn-square, Mrs. ed 72, the late John Hartnell, Esq., aged 73. , On the sth inst., at Coventry, ' Mrs. Woodhouse, og o f London: Printed and Published by No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 1 19 .9:,;;O ' F”; • -