The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-07 00:00:00

OF THE 1 3 V - BLIC JOURNALS. Just a fortnight ago we alluded to a trick which the detractors of the Government resort to at regular seasons to induce people to believe that a mild and impartial system of administration produces outrage and dis turbance in Ireland. Besides the perpetual alarum they keep up about the " state of the country," mag nifying every trivial assault into a felony, and every casual riot into an act of rebellion, they muster all their terrors just before the approach of the Assizes for the purpose of steeling the public mind against the evidence of facts which might otherwise militate fatally apinst their favourite theory. And if they can get Colonel Verner, or some equally ponderous authority, to stand up with ominous visage, and call for returns from any district which has a bad name, that is quite Pnotinli. It gives their clubbists something to prattle about ; and, as we ventured to intimate in our former allusion to the subject, a timely hint is at the same time thrown out to certain judicial persons to frame their charges to the grand juries accordingly. With such around to stand upon, nothing is more obvious than to take exceptions against a light county calendar being considered an index of the state of crime, and to attribute the vacancies in the dock to the system of terror, which is described as paralysing justice and defeating the efforts of authority. This trick is a very stale one : but there are too many weak and credulous fools in the world for its contrivers to abandon it. Nobody can deny to them that " matchless intrepidity of face" which supports them smilingly through courses where others would blush to be seen a second time. But as long as the world con tains shallow wits to be gulled, these honest gentlefolk will never fail in the grace of perseverance. Had Lord Haddington remained in Ireland till now ( a lways supposing that he should not have run the ,country into a state of open rebellion in half the time), the Press, which is conjuring up Gorgons and Hydras, would be seeing visions of peace in those very districts where its jaundiced eye can discern nothing but smouldering fires under the delusive ashes. The charge of Baron Smith to the Grand Jury of Meath last week, has been published. It is chiefly taken up with a defence of himself, in ra ther a milder tone than usual, against recent attacks in Parliament ; but he still harps upon that string which he has been thrumming upon with such unwearied energy ever since the Whigs made him a Tory—the calendar. The sum of his argument seems to be, that the calendar proves nothing, unless it be heavy. If it is light, it may prove to demonstration the excess of great crime, but is always an unsafe criterion of its diminution. Such a mode of reasoning is more inge nious than ingenuous. But such as it is, we present it to our readers in the Learned Baron's own words, as the sixth or seventh edition, prioribus limatior, gives it utterance : Even if the calendar were lighter than it was, he should feel that a light calendar was not always a sure criterion of the situation of a county. If there were a ge neral connivance at transgression, the consequence would be a light calendar and a guilty county ; nay, the calendar would be light, because the county was not innocent. Such connivance might arise from sworn obligations to harbour offenders and conceal offences. It might arise from a participation in the criminal objects of the trans gressors. It might arise from strong and generally dif. fused intimidation. It might arise in some degree from that antipathy to the character of an informer which our lower orders entertain—a generous antipathy, but which they push to an immoral and mischievous extent, and with which he feared there was mingled a sullen en mity to law—an unwillingness to assist it, or to bring of fenders within the sphere of its jurisdiction. Sometimes, too, when the populace had a point to gain, to the attain ment of which their turbulence would be an obstacle, they knew how to listen to advice, and to be quiet for a time, and in such an interval of truce the calendars would be light. I have (said the Baron) taken my share in those judicial congratulations upon the lightness of calendars, which I fear may have sometimes misled the public mind, at.ft made them confide in a tranquillity which was deceitful and precarious. lam now (continued he) sparing of such congratulations, until I have ascertained whether the ca lendar is a genuine symptom of the innocence of the coun try, or whether— Incedimus per ignes, Suppositos doloso." Amongst all these alleged causes, some of them very far-fetched, is it not strange that the thought seems not to have crossed the Learned Baron's mind that the phenomenon which judges are sometimes at such pains to explain away, might have arisen from a firm and equal administration of the laws by which justice is afforded to all, and protection denied to none? This we believe to be the opinion of nine persons out of ten among those who are well-informed, though no judges.--Morning Chronicle. This day comes on the motion of which notice was given a few days since for Lord Francis Egerton. His Lordship will move an instruction to the Com mittee on the Irish Municipal Bill, of which the scope and aim will be to avert that fatal provision, announced by the O'Connell Government, for handing over the whole corporate administration of Ireland from the Protestant laity to the intriguing members of the Po pish priesthood.. Now is the time to crush effectually the reign of faction among the Irish people. Never was there a country upon earth which called for such a remedy with a force of truth and justice so unan swerable. Never was there an opportunity of esta blishing good government in the very heart of society, which, if lost, would prove so utterly irrevocable as the present. Saddle the supremacy of priests and il literate paupers now upon the country —now, when the means are in the hands of Parliament to get rid of that and all other factious yokes for ever—and it is proclaiming anew that the best system of local government for Im eland is a government by one party, for its own ag -Ira idizeinent, and for the oppression of all other par ties ; this, too, proceeding from men who have been for many years proclaiming that party ascendancy was the ruin of all Irish peace, civilization, and prosperity. The argument familiar to all Isish Reformers has been since the earliest time that we can recollect—" If one faction be permitted to monopolize power, its rival will never he at peace, but will keep the kingdom in hot water, until the equilibrium be recovered." If this were good as against Protestant ascendancy, will it be a less cogent reason against the setting up of Popi s h ascendancy ? Will the active, haughty, and daring spirit of Protestantism in Ireland be more quiescent, more prostrate, more submissive, under a sense of gross humiliation, than. that of the Roman Catholics has shown itself ? Will the internal peace of Leland be served ,by the exasperation of a body, which between Church of England men and Presbyterians, comprising four-fifths of the affluence, the independence, and the warlike spirit of the nation, has already mustered of armed men above 200,000 ? Has this consideration no weight with a peace-making Ministry ? There is, we believe, no country existing which demands a con centration of power in the hands of the Executive Government so imperiously as Ireland always had done. There is no neutral body of the people to place as a cushion between the two extremes. There is no popu lar support for an impartial Government, because there is no disinterested class or sect or description of Irish inhabitants. They are all actors on a busy and tragic scene—there are no spectators moved ex clusively by moral taste, or a sense of justice, to ap plaud, condemn, or dictate the action of the drama. All theories of freedom are derided or shocked by the actual condition of Ireland. We might as well bid two hostile armies respect each other's civil rights, as expect such virtue from the belligerent factions of the Irish, and years must elapse before the evil can be re medied. It' we attempt to legislate without reference to this fact, the cure can never be applied. It is therefore, that we concur with Sir Robert Peel in re coinmending that the municipal powers now about to - be withdrawn from Protestant monopolists shall be vested in the executive government of the kingdom, administered as it at present is by Whigs—but now, anj we trust at all future times, to be administered under the supervisio n and supreme control of Parlia ment. Is there anything_ impolitic in this, or ungene rous ? Let the power be in the Melbourne Govern ment—let the patronage rest there—let all the benefits .of its distribution, and all the credit of its success, belong to the Melbourne Government. They may be a party, but, disburdened of the O'Connell nightmare, they are at least an English, Protestant party, and vinubl hAve some feeling for the honour of the Crown, , and fife - the welfare and integrity of the empire, which tS\l/4e1..4 it is too plain that a Popish priesthood, and the 'l lse rable creatures whom it misleads, have not.—Times. The attention of every person who takes an interest in Parliamentary and party affairs is anxiously directed to the business of this evening in the House of Com mons. The debate and division upon Lord F. Eger ton's motion respecting c or p orat i ons i n I re l an d, to the terms of which we called attention on Saturday, will present the most decided trial of strength between the Ministers and the Opposition, which this session has yet afforded. The principle in question is one of great moment, and the indication which will be afforded of the disposition of the House of Commons towards the O'Connell influence in the Government, is scarcely less important. A very large proportion of the Members of the House will no doubt be present, and the division will show whether any prospect of saving Ireland from the predominance of O'Connell's religious, political, and personal influence, may rationally be entertains -l. Should any considerable majority be obtained by the Go verumnent and the Irish democratical pai ty against Lord F. Egerton's motion (which we certainly do not antici pate), the Protestant interest in Ireland may be consi dered to have received its death-blow ; but should his Lor dship's motion be carried, or rejected only by the amount of the force which Mr. O'Connell himself commands, the Protestants of Ireland may rally, and recover strength, under the well-grounded confidence that the British Legislature is still disposed to protect them from the combined effects of religious detestation and political ' animosity, which they experience at the hands of the Roman Catholic body. We have already gone at some length into the merits of the question upon which the expected debate of to-night will be taken. We see no reason to change our view of the subject, and we do hope that the plan which has been developed by the Government respecting Corporations in Ireland will be materially corrected, both in spirit and letter, before it passes into a law. Time Bill, as it at present stands, is neither more nor less than Mr. O'Connell's scheme, adopted by time Ministers. It is the price they pay this-Session for his support. It is a measure to deli ver the local Government, and the administration of the local funds of all towns in Ireland into his hands. The 51. householders in these towns are not indepen dent men. They have neither judgment nor temper —neither information nor impartiality, to make them fit depositaries of the power of managing local affairs, or of the trust of faithfully administering local funds. They are almost all subject to undue influence—influ ence of a kind which has been laid before Parliament and the public on so many occasions, that all but the wilfully blind or the unpardonably negligent, must be acquainted with it, and with its monstrous effects. If, however, there be any one still in the dark as to its operation and its results, let him read the speech of the Member for the cou n ty o f Carlow on Friday even ing, in reply to a petition presented by the Member for Greenock. The forcible details of that speech were not denied, and they prove enough—too much, alas— for those who fondly hoped that the extinction of civil disabilities on account of religion in Ireland would have led to peace and good-will among the inhabitants of that kingdom. We have never read a stronger or more appalling description of the practical working, on a great scale, of malice, hatred, envy, and uncharita bleness, than is to be found in Colonel Bruen's speech. The tendency of the Ministerial Bill regarding Irish Corporations .being palpably and certainly to give great additional force and extensiveness to this evil in fluence, we cannot contemplate the probability of its becoming a law without great apprehension. We are aware, however, that on general grounds there are se rious objections to the plan proposed by the Opposition, of placing the local affairs of towns under the con trol of persons appointed by the Crown. As a general and abstract principle, we are opposed to such policy ; but, in the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, we believe it is the best thing that can be done. We do not see any other way which would present less pro bability of abuse. Hitherto the municipal affairs of these towns have been in the hands of .the aristocratic few. From this evils have arisen, which it should now be our object to remedy. The proposition is to trans fer these affairs to the democratic many ; but this would not be to remedy the evil—it would only be to create greater evil by means of other instruments. Whoever believes that the democratic many in Irish towns would manage municipal business and municipal funds in an honest, orderly, and impartial manlier, must be igno rantly blind to all that has been going on in that kingdom for the last seven years, or perversely determined to be lieve exactly the opposite of that which experience teaches. A transfer from the nominees of an aristo cratic patron, to the nominees of a political priest, or a bigoted agitator, would be a transfer from bad to worse. Therefore it is, that they who really desire to do all for improvement, that the nature of the case, and the circumstances of the country, will permit, are driven to the course of throwing the responsibility upon the Executive Government. If we approve of this it is not because we think it the best mode, according to general principles, but the best under which the peculiar and unfortunate circum stances of the Irish Roman Catholic population we can adopt. This, we submit, is the fair and candid view for Englishmen to take of the matter, and we trust that many Members of the House of Commons will act upon this view, ivithout reference to the success or dis comfiture of either of the great political parties.which divide the Houses of Parliament. If the Ministerial Bill be supported and carried, we shall have given_up the towns of Ireland to an irresponsible authority—a dangerous authority—a n authority hostile to the reli gion and the monarchy of Great Britain—an authority which we have no direct means of calling to account in Parliament, and which will take care to exclude all persons likely to call it to account, within its own local sphere. If, on the other hand, Parliament should de termine to take the Corporations of Ireland out of the hands which have neglected or abused the trusts of those Corporations, and to put them under the ma nagement of persons appointed by time Executive, there will still indeed be a liability to abuse, but its likelihood will be lessened by time responsibility of the Executive to the Crown and to Parliament. No one can pretend that this plan is without objection, but it is the least objectionable which presents itself, and certainly pre ferable to that devised by Mr. O'Connell, to which the Government has unfortunately bound itself. If the Government will do this in spite of all the warnings it has received, it must take the consequences arising from the feeling of the people of England and their repre entatives, regarding the undue influence of one indivi dual. This influence has already gone much too far for the reputation of Ministers and the safety of our Pro testant Constitution.—Morning Herald. The commencement of the Parliamentary Session was begun with more tranquillity than was expected ; but to our view the period of the hush which generally precedes the hurricane is rapidly nearing its termina. Lion, and all the elements of a great Parliamentary battle of opinion are gradually but obviously maturing their materials of collision. A crisis is at hand, and it will depend in a great measure on the tone and pro ceedings of the anti-popular party in both Houses, in what manner we shall be enabled to draw our infer ences as to its development, issues, or consummation. This night is one of the critical periods of the battle's preparatory skirmish. The Irish Municipal Reform Bill, which has passed two readings in the House of Commons, goes into Committee ; and it is quite evi dent, from the complexion of the debate last Monday, that the Tories will play their usual game of tactics — and put forth all their strength in Committee to impair, or mutilate, or nullify, the most beneficial and most important provisions of the Bill. Under whatever mask their approaches are made, and under whatever cloak they wield their w ea p ons o f d estruct i on aga i nst i t, t hi s i s the real question at issue between the proposers and assailants of the Bill—whether Ireland is to be placed on an equal footing with England and Scotland in her institutions, or whether she is to be ruled as a con quered country by a dominant minority, alien to the great body of her population alike in political feeling as in religious belief. Stripped of all time wordy dis guises of factious sophistry, that is the real question, and that is the question to be discussed by the Com mittee of the House of Commons this night. What is the essential feature of the Irish Muniiipal Reform Bill ? It is simply this, that the same enactments for the improvement of the English and Scotch muni cipalities, which have come into operation with the commencement of this year, shall be extended to the Isister country—to a party in the same co-equal eon tract of national union. Its general characteristics ;ice election differ nothing from those to which Lord ~.,g.tanley gave his assent, as regarded the Reform Bi7i , and to which Sir Robert Peel affixed Municipal xed Reform ill the seals if his sanction as regarded the passed last year. When we say it differ in nothing, we ought, one exception—and.however, to make exception—that owe c u o r o a si r ( g ie u r me t i l i e t by of ti t - r io t franchise-101., for instance, in Dublin and the great towns—though nominally the same, comparatively not so—and more unfavourable to the democratic principle in Ireland than here. This exception, how ever, is one which ought to win favour with the Tories rather than the contrary, and would do their objections to the Bill were not founded on far deeper and broader considerations of rooted antipathy. They have seen the new British Town Councils, in almost all instances, send up ad dresses to his Majesty, expressive of their cordial and sincere approbation of his Majesty's present Ministers. " That's wormwood to them," as Hamlet says ; and they have chewed the bitter cud in silent rumination on the best means of defeating or limiting the augmented powers of their present enemy and final toaster, the democratic principle. In those ad dresses they have listened to the Ichabod of the de parting glories of Tory corruption ; and in the very strong-- holds of Toryism they have recognised the handwriting on the wall which announced that the rule has passed away from them, and been transferred to another, dynasty—that of the people. The struggle since then, we admit, is one of life and death with them, and they will contest it like men, fearful in the result of the encounter of being made the helots of that class on whom they have hitherto trampled as their helots. These are the grounds on which they pronounce " war to the knife" against the principle of the Irish Reform Bill being extended, according to the strictest principles of equitable government to the people of Ireland as well as to those of England and Scotland. The feeling appears acrimoniously transparent through the gauzy fabric of Sir Robert Peel's usual Jesuistical sophistry. He told the House that he would not deprive the present Cor porations of their power, lest in depriving one party of the municipal authority he might be trans ferring it to another. For " one party," read Tories —and for " another," the Ministry, and we have the undisguised meaning of Sir Robert Peel, after tearing away the gossamer verbiage in which it is enveloped. Lord Stanley, however, with his usual blundering candour, furnished a sufficient gloss on whatever was doubtful in the ambiguous text of the auxiliary Tory leader. He at once plainly confessed that he feared the result would be to take the abused municipal rights out of the hands of the dominant Orange faction which now abuses them. This is quite enough to show the animus of the whole resistance to the measure. Sir Robert Peel, as always happens with special pleaders, is caught in the meshes of his own mock liberality, and flutteringly tries, with a con sciousness of the shame of inconsistency, to escape out of his is oawbnustersapo.f the H E He ha n s ol a is l h rea c d o y ri d )o e r n a o t u io n u c s e , d peculating the admitted the necessity and right b of placing an extin guisher upon them. Why s h ou ld robbery then exist in Ireland when it is put down in England and Scotland ? That question m e t Sir Robert in the full career of his argument. He felt its force, and he was driven into another subterfuge. Hence the extraordinary proposal that the present Cor porations should be abolished—that the government of the towns should be vested in the Crown— and that the municipal property throughout Ireland should be confiscated and placed at the disposal of Commissioners. This proposal at once throws off the mask, and exhibits the despotic principle in all its naked deformity. It avows at once the determination of governing Ireland by force as a conquered country. It is in vain to reason with men who can entertain and avow so wild and outrageous a project. The Bri tish people, we are satisfied, will repudiate it with scorn and detestation. All men not maddened by the goads of faction, and possessing common sense, will arrest the hand which madly consigns such a • two-edged weapon to the advocates of a repeal be tween the two countries. We trust that a majority of the House of Commons representing the intelligence of the country will this night teach the Tories that they have no sympathy with their feelings, projects, or designs—that they have no sympathy with their mania for oppressing Ireland—for setting up two scales of morality, law, and justice in two co-equal countries, and for adding incessant fuel to the flame of agitation—...which they with lo:low, false and insi dious deprecatioM, affect so continually to denounce. —Morning Advertiser. COURT OF CHANCERY. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - V. SHORE. Mr. WIGRAM moved in this cause, on the part of fifty one congregations of the Protestant Dissenters of the north-western district of England, for leave to go before the Master and propege certain p ersons t o b e un ited with the present relators in the cause, as fit an d pro p er persons to be appointed trustees of Lady H ew l ey ' s c h ar ity, and also for liberty to join with them in p ro p os i ng a sc h e me for the future government of the charity. The Court was aware that the decree of the Vice-Chancellor, declaring that Unitarians could not be trustees of the charity, had been affirmed by the Judges who heard the appeal. The relators, who are of that class of Dissenters called Inde pendents, had accordingly taken advantage of the decrce . to go before the Master, and recom men d cer t ain p e rsons of their own persuasion to be trustees, and the consequence was that seven principal trustees were about to be ap pointed, who were, one an d a ll, I n d epen d ents. Th e peti tioners, who represent the congregations he had named, were the body of orthodox Dissenters to whom, as they believed, Lady Hewley belonged, on conceiving that it was not the intention of the Court, nor agreeable to the will of the founder of the charity, that the management should fall totally into the hands of one body of Dissenters—the Independents—they now sought the leave of the Court to go before the Muster and exhibit their right to participate in those educational advantages which were placed in the power of the trustees of this charity. Mr. JACOB, on tlic part of forty-three congregations of the ninety-four congregations of the North of England, ap peared also with a petition for leave to go before the Master and establish their claim. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the Attorney-General, took no objection to these petitions, their object being merely to watch proceedings. Mr. KNIGHT, on the part of the original relaters in the suit, admitted that they belonged to that class of Presby terians called Independents, but he contended that as such they clearly came within the disposition of Lady Hewley, and that they were entitled now to possess the manage ment of the funds of the charity. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, although he would not refuse the application of the petitioners, still he must call on the parties to arrange among themse'.ves which, of the two classes who now appeared would elect to be let in be fore the Master in support of the claim to s'lare in the ad vantages of being trustees, His Lordship rose at two o'clock. -7ICE-CHANCERY._SATURDAy. JONES V. LAMBERT. curious The question in this cause, upon the Mast er ' s report, related to the construction to be put on the will o f M rs. av e Frances Brook, late of Chipping Sodbury. The difficulty in d arose h , fr a o m g r the eat eccentric p r h o a p b e i r t t s y o s f e t c h r e e La d d who h r a y d, at h er manner about her house, of which property, it was evident, the person who had prepared her will was wholly ignorant. The case lasted the whole day, and is not yet concluded. ROLLS' COURT.-SATURDAY. KAY V. MARSHALL. This was a motion, heard some time ago, for leave to file a double plea. The bill was filed by a gentleman who alleged that he was entitled, under certain letters patent, to rights which he contended had been infringed by the defendant, Mr. Marshall, one of the most extensive manu facturers at Leeds. His Lordship the MASTER of the ROLLS this morning gave his judgment. After alluding to the facts of the case, he granted the application, the party applying to pay the costs of the motion. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH. 7, 183& METCALFE V. METCALFE. This was a demurrer to a bill of revivor on two grounds . first, for want of parties, and secondly, that a party who appeared as administrator had only taken out an adminis tration in the provincial Court of York, whereas an admi nistration in the Court of Canterbury was necessary to the purposes of the suit. The bill was filed in 1803 for the redemption of an estate in Yorkshire, and a bill of revivor was subsequently filed. His Lordship overruled the de murrer without costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WrzycHEsrEn, Manor 4. Jane ill - etcher, aged 26, was indicted for the wilful murder of a new-born female child, at Southampton, on the 17th of September last. The prisoner, when called on for her defence, was seized with a fit, which continued for nearly half an hour. During the whole trial she was supported by two of her acquaint ance, and seemed throughout in a fainting. state. The scene was exceedingly affecting. The Jury found her Not Guilty of murder, but guilty of concealing the birth. The verdict was received with applause, which was in stantly repressed by the Judge. She was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. SATURDAY.—John Crossley, a marine, stood indicted fur the wilful murder of Wm. Upton, a corporal of the 87th Regiment, on the Ist of September, on Southsca Common, by stabbing him with a bayonet, thereby causing his death. After the evidence had been nearly gone through, the pro ceedings were stopped on account of the Counsel for the prosecution being unable to prove the Christian name of the deceased. The Learned Judge, in desiring the Jury to acquit the prisoner on that account, said if. the case had been gone through it would only have amounted to man slaughter. Anne Street, the wife of John Street, was tried for killing and slaying, at Stockbridge, one Elizabeth Lanham.— Twenty-four days' imprisonment. Salisbury Assizes will commence on Monday next, before Mr. Justice Littledale, in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Bolland at Nisi Prius. The calendar contains the names of between sixty and seventy prisoners for trial, many of whom are charged with capital offences. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. ADMISSION OF THE STATEMENT OF PRISONERS.---11l the course of a trial of not the slightest importance, Mr. Doane called Mr. Symmons, the Chief Clerk of the Thames Police Office, to prove the statement made by one of the prisoners when before the magistrate, and which tended to establish an admission of guilt. Mr. PHILLIPS at great length cross-examined Mr. Sym mons, and in reply to a question of the Learned Counsel, informed the Court that when the statement of the pri soner was read over to him, instead of answering he nodded his head, and when required to sign his account of the transaction he refused. Mr. Phillips contended that as the prisoner had not answered the Chief Clerk, there was no evidence that the statement was that of the accused. The RECORDER said, for the want of a proper system, often what was said by a prisoner and done at a police office was inadmissable on a trial. The two prisoners were acquitted. THE BUSINESS OF THE CouaT.--Although only twenty days have elapsed since the conclusion of the last sessions and the commencement of the present, no less than 269 bills have been presented to the Grand Jury, who, in sup port of them, heard the evidence of 1,176 witnesses, viz.. on the first day, 162 ; the second day 376 ; the third day 278: the fourth day 183 ; the fifth day 159 ; and the sixth day, 18. Having terminated their labours on Satur day afternoon, the Court thanked them for their attention, and discharged them. Thirty-one prisoners were also discharged by proclama tion, the Grand Jury having ignored the bills. The present sessions are the heaviest since the establish ment of the Central Criminal Court ; and it is stated that it is in contemplation to add an additianal circuit of five miles to its present jurisdiction. Should this take place there is every possibility of the Home Circuit merging into the Central Criminal Court. REIGATE PETTY SESSIONS. On Saturday a Special Petty Session was holden at Reigate, for the purpose of taking the examination William Fisher, alias Curly Bill, on the charge of being concerned in the daring burglary at Chipstead, which has created so much sensation in the County of Surrey. The evidence relating to the attack upon Mint House, the residence of Captain Ranken, R.N., at Chipstead, by seven armed ruffians, was then gone into, but as the particu lars have been already fully laid before the public it will be unnecessary to recapitulate them. The prisoner was identi fied as one of the party. The Bench consulted together for a short period, and then informed the prisoner that they should commit him to take his trial with Hill and Arlett, for the offence with which he stood charged. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. Fisher was removed in the course of the day, heavily ironed, to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. CORONER'S INQUESTS. SUDDEN DEATH OF A TATTOOED ENGLISHMAN.---,21 Coroner's Inquest was taken before Mr. Carter, at the George, near Lambeth workhouse, on the body of Samuel Carlton, aged :56, who died suddenly at the workhouse, and who exhibited the extraordinary spectacle of his body haviag been tattooed, which was done while he was a pri soner among the islanders of New Zealand. The deceased was an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse, where his wife is one of the nurses of the lying-in ward. About a twelvemonth ago, the deceased entered the house in a very decrepid and apparently dying state. He daily got worse, and died on Thursday last. The deceased had been a sailor, and had sailed almost all over the world. He used frequently to give accounts of the incidents of his life, and used to observe, that "he had that about him which would not allow him to remain in his grave." Though asked what it was, he would never divulge, and it always remained a mystery. Immediately upon his death, on the body being laid out, to the great surprise of those present, the lo wer part o f t h e b o dy, from the chest to just a little above the knees, presented a fine specimen of tattooing, the figure on the frame being so delicately drawn and inlaid, as apparently to have grown in the flesh. The deception could only be removed by the feeling of the flesh. The design consists of several horizontal lines of a slate colour, which were at equal distances from each other, and about an inch in depth. The information the unfortunate widow gives is, that many years ago her hus band landed with a party in the island of New Zealand, and was with another man taken prisoner. They were both subjected to be tattooed, but during the operation his com panion escaped. The operators upon him were about three weeks employed in excoriating the skin for the purpose of admitting the chemical preparation, and he nearly suffered death from the great loss of blood. It is a singular cir cumstance that the deceased's fellow-prisoner used to visit him in the house. The deceased, after a long imprison ment, succeeded in making his escape. Several medical gentlemen have viewed the body. Verdict—" Natural Death." Friday evening an inquest was held at the Globe Ta vern, Newnham-street, Edgware-road, before Mr. STitt- LING and a jury of respectability, on view of the body of Capt. Wm. Happell, R.N., aged 77. Mr. It. Fossett said deceased was one of the oldest Cap tains in his Majesty's navy, and an officer of long and merito rious services, having served under the immortal Nelson, as also Admirals Keppell, Howe, and Strachan. The Jury returned a vervict of " Died by the visitation of God." The gentlemen named in the Commission of the Peace for the town of Nottingham have this week taken the oaths before the Mayor, and have commenced acting as Ma gistrates. The execution of Lhuissicr, for the horrible murder and m utilation of the woman in the Rue Richelieu, took place yesterday trorning. Though the evidence against him was as clear and cone.usive as possible, he continued till the last to protest his innocence, and to attribute the crime to the person of his own imagination, whom he called Turpin. Though in perfect health, be, in order to excite commiseration, remained the greater part of his time in bed. At six yesterday morn ing the Abbe Montes went to him at the Bicetre, and soon afterwards two of the gaolers entered, and told him that they were come to help him to dress, in order to re move him to one of the prisons in Paris. He, however, did not believe them, and said he knew his last day was come. Immediately afterwards the registrar entered, and formally announced to him the rejection of his appeal. He was so completely cast down, that he was scarcely able to put on his clothes, frequently called upon Jesus, seemed to be inclined to vomit, and suffered from pain in the stomach. He gave his rosary to one of his keepers, his prayer-book to another, and disposed of other trifles. • On being invested with the gray jacket worn by all the prisoners at Bicetre, he became so feeble that he was unable to walk up the steps from his prison, and was carried by the gaolers. On passing by the cells of Michel, another prisoner under sentence of death, h e ex claimed, " Ah, poor Michel l" and then his words died away upon his lips. On entering the chapel be became very atten tive to tho exhortations of his confessor, but repeated his de clarations of innocence, and said that God would one day avenge his death. At a quarter before eight he was delivered over to the executioners, and seated on the stool to undergo the preparations of la toilette. At this moment he seemed to recover all his fortitude ; he took off his upper garments with out assistance, and remained, during the operation of cutting off his hair and shirt collar, with his hands clasped and his eyes bent upon the ground, as if in deep and serious reflcev tion. He got into the fatal cart with trembling atPps. There were but few people on the road to see him; and at the plac3 of execution there were not more than 1,200 spectators. On alighting, lie knelt at the foot of the scaffold and prayed in a low voice. He requested one of the exeßitlo4o§ assistu f ts tq remember him to Josephine Lecnmte, and to assure his father that he died a good Christian. He then ascended the scaffold, and in another moment was no more.— Galignani's Messenger. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK Srl OCRS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3. Number Dividend Price of rer CANALS. per Stare,. Annum. Paid. Share ._ . ~760 tlipeleent. Ashton and Oldham ~,Average 975. 18s. sh. 169 1,482 6/. Ashby de_le-Zonch .. Average 112/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Altergavenny 150 MI. 1;0 4,001/sh. 121. 10s. Birmingham,:i.l6th ..hare l7/. 10s. 1214 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool itinct....l. 0/. sh. all p 0 302 600 Bridgewater and Ininitoii ....101)1. sh. all p 0 6 , 0 400 1/. Cheliner and Black water lOOl. sh. BY; 500 411. Coventry 4,5'6 crorlon A verage 21/.28.100. sh. 24 1, 11 6 1 .; 3/. 108. Dudley 6no 61, Derby 1 004 sh. 120 20,01)0 Danube and Mayne 411. 13s. 4d. 10/. pd 7 3,5754 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh, 85 231 430. Erewash lO.l/. sh. 4. 0 1,2/7 :931. Forth and Clyde Average 4‘,01.125. sh. 590 1,500 121. Grand June" - . ... 04. sh. 226 2,8494 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1,5.1 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 10,01X/1. 41, per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 3,1814 Grand Western 600 131.115. sd. Glam. rganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 10 ,1 /. sh. 15 74!) 10s, Grantham 1501. sh. 202 1,233 1/. 104 Huddersflild Average 57/. Os. id sh. 30 100 Kensington 101) sh all pd. 10 25,318 11. Kennet and Avon, Average :391. 64. 10d. sh. 2 4 2,897; 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 510 51.5 111. Leicester l4O/. A. 1464 907 41. Leicester and Non hamp• 0n... Aver 831. !Os. 78 550 5/. per sent. Liskeard and Looe Union 25/. sh, all pd. 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/.61i. 110 250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 2110 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/, sh. 570 2,4100 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 50 247 15/. Neath 100/. sh 4100 100 Nene Navigation Bonds ...luel. sh. 1 0 01. pd. 10') 1,736 32/. Oxford . 1011. sh. COO 512 2/. 'Oakham 1901. sh. 38 1,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 11 1 5 11,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. les. ed. sh. :6 5,0 4 9 51. per cent. Itochdalo Average 55/. sh. 111 500 81. Shropshire r 25/. sh. 140 (300 10/. Somerset Coal 1501, sh, 160 45,C00/. 6.1 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock lll. 108. sh. 19 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4ll/. sh. 690 • 500 11/. Shrewsbury 1231. sh. 245 300 94 Stourbridge 3,647 11. 10.. Stratford.on-Avoii ...Average 791. 9s. td. sh. 533 131, Swansea 100/.lh. 215 3,762 11. Severn and Wye and Railway ...At 351, sh. 13 2,6004 sti. • 521, 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share . ,. ,,,1001. sh. 690 8,149 ... ...... Thames and Medway,,, Aver. 191. 58. id. sh. 2 1 000 sh ' 15/ Warwick and Birmingham lOOl. sh• 181) 1,06011 h. 930 1 0 4. Warwick and Napten lOO/, sh. 920 6,000 IL 10. Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 7Sl,as. sh 85 5,001) 255. Wilts and Berk,. .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. oh. 19 800 6/. Wyrley and Essington ll5/. sh 75 125 NV i4beach lO5l. sh, 45 905 IF, Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 924 DOCKS. 2,600 k ISp. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 57 1,p6545h 4119,('16711. 4 per cent. East India Stock 110 9,238,3104/. sCs.p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 5/. per et. West India %Ur.) it. 6s. 40. Bristol Average 14;/. 19s. sh. 65 68,324/. 51.• per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1.352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 874 _ . . . 500,0(X) 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4 tOO,OOO 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 101: Shoreham Harbour 23 2 500 .... .... Deptford Pier .._ 0 01. sh. 3/. pd 24 BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 7,23 t Southwark, Old Av. (31. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 154. Ditto, New, of 7; per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 1/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 6/. 6Ol. pd 24 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 201 60,0001. SI. per cent. Ditto Bonds ‘,S4S 17s. Vauxhall Av.rage 49/. Os. Od. oh. AS •lIRANCE COMPAN:ES 91,000 __ !l 10. _ Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 761 114 ' --- I, . . r 5 per cent} and ss. Alliance, British ic Foreign 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1211 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. Si. pd 5; 24,000 f 1 per sh. Atlas 501. eh. Si. p 1 131 1,20010 h. 41. Birmingham Fire 250/. sh. 551. pd 105 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. LOl. pd 40 12,000 Si. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 51. pd C 5,000 11. per cent. Clerical, Medical,&c. Life, ICOI sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 2/ 10s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 10,000 __ ss. _ Eagle 5O/. sh. 51. pd S 200 [5 Der cen • - t - I Economic Life IOOO/. eh. 2501. pi 371 and 30/ be. 2,271 514 per cent. European Life 0 04 sh. all pd 22 50,000 L. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/.125. 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 157 20,000 O. Guardian 100/. sh. 20!. pd 36 Firs p . 40000 IL, 5 e i 8 I Hope Life pc t . 5O/. eh. 5/. pd 61 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 120 7,500 Ile. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 9+ 51. per cent. Indemnity Marine.,. 1001. sh. N. pd 151 2,020 111 102 Kept Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 V. Ditto Life 420 Io,roo lie. Law Life 1004 sh. 10/. pd 28 3,900 London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10s. pi 16 31 000 ... ..... London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 30,011 51. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/. pd 217 s &I t 50,000 Is. 6d. Protector File 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 1117 04 2,500 1!. Provident Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 14 100,000 ss. Rock Life 00/. s h . 2/ . pd 510,220. V. per cue. Royal Exchange Stow k.., 1971 Sun 6,000 i per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd j 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS _ ___ 5,000 ... ...... Au.trala , ia - 401. eh. M. pi 59 10,001 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham sfl. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ...... ...... ...50/. sh. 5/. pd 14 11,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 15/. pd 241 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd So 25,000 4 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 17 30,000 71 per sent. Manchester and Liverpoell 1004 sh. 10/ pd 2 . 2 Di 21,000 41 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 0/ pd 351 20,000 !per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland 100/. s h. 251. pal dal 20, CO National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. Ira. pd 16 10,000 National Provincial Eng. ...lON. sh. 251. pd 25t 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire , 501. sh. 54 pd 11 6,000 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 11 12s Bath 2O!. sh. IP/. pd 25 5,000 Si. per cent. British 4O/. eh. 16/. pd 2lf ,y,„ r 5/.per cent.l s, '' land 80. ss. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 13 pd 221 214 51104 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 105 4,250 21 Os Bristol 1,500 Brighton 1079401.,....,,hihh 5 2°2wi:i!,...,,..s:ipcippd::: 12 750 Ditto, New 2,471 4 per cent. Brighton General 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolldated 1,000 10/. City of London 1,000 31. Ditto, New 4,000 41. 10a. Equitable .. . 40!. pd 31 European i. pd 44 10,"00 LI. per cent. Imperial . 5O/ sh. 421 251. eh. 204 pd 20 SOO 51 per cent. Isle of Thanet 2,350 V. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pi 50 1,500 71 per cent. Leeds ' 3 O/ sh, 2.' 1• pd 25 9,0 , .0 34 per cent. Phoenix 501, sh. 39/. pd 221 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 60/. pd 69 4,0.'0 ...... •.. South Metropolitan 5"/. sh. 13/ pd 4,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 45/, 'id 331 240 U. per cent. Warwick 50/. sh. 50 400 11 5a Wakefield .•• 25/. sli. 2 9 12,0 0 0 3!. Westminster Chartered ............... _ 504 sh. ‘O,l -1 11,000 IS Ditto, New 5 O/. sh. io/. pd 94 co Yarmouth WATER WJRKS. 20/. sh. 181. psi ii _ ----. 4,100 Birmingham 25 /. sh. 25/ pd 26 4,433 54 East London ............................. 100/. sh. 1271 IN 106 Or ant Junction ....Averaze 411 138. 4,1. sh. 511 4,500 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh, 46 3 " 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 310 1,500 21 10. New Inver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11. 31:_nchester and Salford ............... .1001. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cont. SJuth Lohdon lOO/ sh. Si 9, 00 Si. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. • 12s. (14. sh. 77 1.360 11144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh, 553 IRON RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter ............ ~. tu, 11 ••• CC Bolton and Leigh .............-lOW. 0; 3 . 100 2,000 Clarence ............ ..... ....... 100/. sh. 100/. pd 40 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 50/, pd i 8 30,000 Grand Junction ..................1001. sh. 401. p 1 S 7 30,e00 Grand Western 10 1 /. eh. 10/. pd 41 1,000 Hartlepool 104. sh. lON. p 4 FO 2,100 Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 4/ pd 8.1 2,100 Leeds and Selby l a sii. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....W. sh all pd 18 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool.o. 100/.1,i 240 Ditto Quarter Shares 6, 5/ p d 61 70 144/. Loughbo roug h Average 142/. 17s. sh. 10,1)00 London and Brightol 45, 1 100 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201. sh. I/ pd 1 I Ditto ditto (Renni e ) 12,000 London and Blackwall 541/ sh 31 pd 53 I Lomb:,. and Dover 30,000 London and Gravesend 2O/ sh II pd O 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. ski. 211/. pd 5 25,000 London and Birmingham lOO/. sh. 501. pd 1213, 20, , 00 London and Suuthampton „'.Ol. sh. 1 0 / pd 24:i London and Croydon ... 2/. pd 3+ fr 4,000 Northern and Eastern ... lOl. sh. 5i 12,500 North Midland lOO/. sh. 51. pd 1.: 2,500 Preston and Wigan lOl. pd 2,601 Preston and Wyre 501. th. 3/. 'HI 13 1, 0 00 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 24'1 600 ..•...... Durham Junction 1001. sh. 10/. pd MINES. 11,000 Albion Copper Si. ah. 5/, pd Oi 4,000 A !ten 151. sh. In 103 pd 7.1. I ' l .ooo ~..,•.. Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh, all lxi ", Ditto Subscription 9.51. pd 53 2,000 BoLnos l5O/. sh all pd 140 10,000 31. s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pin '(Si. sh. 20/. pil 24 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cocaos United..„2s/. ah 221. pd 133 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201, sh. 71/. pd 43 11000 Cate Branca 61/. pd 9f Candonga 10,000 Coplapo 2Ol. s h ..2. 7 11 pit ° 1 1 7 10,000 1 1 Bolivar Copper Company 201. a l t- VOL pd 10 19,000 Ditto Scrip 4/. pd 39 ••••••••• 20,01-1 IL 10a. British Iron 5Ol. sh. 5.4 ixl 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pd ts 8,500 Columbian, iss. 5/ pm 2,850 31 English 5.....1.21 ICs, 11l lo 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh, 151. pd 0 6,155 Mexican Company 10'1. sh 511/ p 21 2,000 I'olberou Consols 10!. sh, 6/. pd 81 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2Ol Ditto Loan Notes 1504 pd 175 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pin -.40/. sh. a i ll ..p.‘,l, :4 Hit o Scrip . Ditto Subscription , ,.,81, I'd 5,C00 Ditto New Scrip ............... ...., -.51 Pd 43 ....... Union Gold, iss, 2/, 56, p1R.,,223 1 1. sh . . 411. prd West Cork 501. sh. 40/. pd .57 I.ll'E It Alt Y INSTITUTIONS, s,OOO ......... London, with Bronze Ticket 75zs. sh. 21 1,500 . ........ London University 1011. sh, all pd 25 iOO ......... Russell 25gs. sh, $ King' College lOOl, pd 40 MISCELLANEOUS. 1,0:0 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural...lool. sh 201/. pd 403 1L Auction Mart 50/. th. 19 6,000 ......... British American Land Comand 10,000 61 per cent. Canad a C om p y l3/. p pany 1001. sh. 20/. 0 111 34 200,000 5/ . per cent.. Upper Canad a Loan lin t Bonds, 4 cent 15,000 1/ . percent . G e n eral Steam Nperavigation ...15/. sh . 131. pd 23 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale R00m5,... ' Av. 15/. sh. 19 New Brunswicand Comany 221 pd 2,754 5/. per cent . Reversionary In k t L erest Soc p ...100/. sh. 10 0 L I'd 100 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto N ew 100/. sh. 4::/. pd 70 i 4,0(0 10,000 Van Dminei.'s Land 1001, sh. 171. pd 114 LIS- __________ ...p.mca T OF SCOTTISH FEBRUARYCOI i ti:P IB3 A 6 N . IESI PRICES, BANKS. 1,500,00 ti. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 33/. (3g PO. sh. all pd 2041. 1,000,011/. 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland lOO/. sh. all pd 171/. 500.01 . 1. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :,11 pd 240/. 3.000,0.1/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/ psi 172/. 5,000,0004 sp. ct. National lOOl. sh, IGI. Pd 15 #/. 1,00 ',o' l o/. 4/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501, sh. 50/. pd 60/. ;,000,'K01. 4p. et. Western of Scotland „,,, ,,8001. sh 30/. pd 34/. itisuttnNcß COMPANIES 151.0005 h. el p. ct. 4attish Union 20/ sh. 1/. Pd 2(7 000 sp. et. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. pd 11/ Qs 11110100 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo4 sh. all pci VO5 so,ooo 6p. ct. North British 2014. sh.. h.. lid 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire..„,„„„ i. sh. 104 pd 13 1 Os 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh 141 s 1001 sh. 10/. pd 141; 100,000 411. cE! Wa,:t otscottand --- 101 . P 4 101 104 MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ......... Edin. and Glas. Un. cariab,Jl4 gh, all pd 224 Ditto Allocated, l • i. ..• ~ ire vh• all Pd 651. 5 , 40 0 5 per cent. Edinh ,Igint 814*.‘i'V*I': 25/. sh. all ixl 344 ~, Qarrir Itol l CiAMPanY 2,,0L sh .. • all Pd 45vi. Vi0 00 A 1 Q 1 • l per mt. Shorts Iran Founetery )01. sh. 3-/, i'l vsi. OA 3 per cent . Edinburgh Si Leith Glass „;.2€4, at,. 184 pd F 4 4,50 Q laper cent. Edinburgh cl/A1 Gas 25/. sh. all pd 634 4;450 IQ per e@nt. Glisaavi d" - 25/. sh. all pd 601 . 'MCI 6 per oent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 35/ . 1,200 5 per cent. Edinbur s h and Dalktith Railway...Bo4 sh. 754 3,00 si per cent. EMultable Loan CoMpany 251 eh, 9f. 44 104, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOTV-STREET. On Saturday a man name d R eeves wa s placed at the bar, charged with a - v i o l en t assau l t on Shalell, an officer of this establishment. After hearing evidence, Mr. MINsHuLL said that the defendant had been guilty of a very violent assault, and fined him in th e p ena l ty o f .51., or i n d e f a ult of paym en committed him for two months to the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH STREET. t or William Syningion, a p r i va t e i n th e 3d RclPM en Scotch Fusiliers, was charged with having wounded a :Y . , and attacked severa l p o li ce consta bl es w i t h a b a yonet, a t u d. a person named Charles Webb was put t o the bar at tu same time, charged with drunkenness. Police Sergeant Stone, C 2, about two o'clock that morning, while on d u t y , saw a g i g w i t h t h e soldig a and , boy in it s t an di ng in Princes -street, and t h e d e fends"" Webb, had apparently just got out, and was going all* When witness came up to them he heard one of t hetnso o that the boy h a d b e tt er ta k e h ome t h e g i g, and w i tne ss noticed that the horse appeared as if it had been har d h ' e ven, and that th e so ldi er an d W e bb were int•:,xicated. . 1 ". soldier asked wit ness t o h ave something drink, and , rat ing to W e bb, sa id h e was a Captai":, in the Guards, and that he called hi m hi s " Black Cnptain." Witn ess finding tha ttlie e gig was a hi re d one , and that the boy k new ve ry little o fth parties in who...e company he was, pro cure d a ssistance , an c 1 obliged all three to go to the St. Ann's station-Wee' When there the sergeant detailed th e susp i c i o us cu bi s stances under whi c h he had met with th e d e f en dants. if led to an inquiry as to why the boy was in their cornPn a c when the s o ldi er , w h o h a d b een sitting with his ble towards the fi re , su dd en l y pu ll e d h i s belt round, and drew ... his bayon e t, an d ma d e a d esperate lunge at a police stye stable nam e d S u lli van . S u lli van saw the action of t" he soldier, and at the same time observing that the point °f t d. bayonet was directed full towards the boy, who was st l T, in near him, started b ac k, p u ll e d the boy on one olue ; a• and thus, in all probability, saved his life. The blow vra given with such force that as the bayonet passed the hot the sharp ed ge i n fli c t e d a gas h on his forehead. The so ldier now stabbed indiscriminately at the persons in the rootn1;, but owing to tbe uncertain light none o f th e th r usts t° ° effect. A policeman, name d Biggs, had a mirac ul°ll, t escape. Hearing the scuffle he rose from his chair just! the moment when the infuriated ruffian had aimed a deal, thrust at him. By a qu i c k movement t h e bl ow pa ssed 01 b e e his head, an d h e was ena bl e d to get nut of the room. I di f, greatest consternation nocv . prevailed, and with some ficulty tho se i n th e room escape d the threatened 'rise; and contri ve d t o c l ose t h e d oor on the soldier. The 6°f dier being now in an infuriated state, made desperate life forts to get at the police, swearing that he had but one le and that should go , b ut not b efore he had killed the vibe pack. He then stabbed at the door, and drove his b e E, net above an i nc h i n t o t h e woo d i n upwards of twentY„ ferent places. After a short time, his exertions 118 7 1 :: ceased, he was told to sheath his bayonet, and h e would : allowed to w a lk ou t. Th e so l d i er called out that it vi"- sheathed, and the police might come in. Policeman C 127 looked through a window which conn mended a view of the interior of the room, a n d on se ei l, the soldi er s t an di ng w i t h hi s drawn bayonet in an attitude as if about t o pl unge i t i nto the body of the first P!r sai :a who ent ere d, ca ll e d out to those at the door, and acqual°'eAt them with their danger. The soldier made a spring the window, and stabbed at a policeman C 127, w ho 9' escaped the bayonet by activity. At length, while mak : 1 %; a stab at the do or , t h e so ldi er dropped his bayonet, and "" noise of its fall having been heard by the persons o utside' the door was open e d, an d a rush made towards the soldier' who was instantly knocxed down. A desperate scuffle ea sued, which of cou rse en d e d b y the r uffian being subdue: a. ' - and strongly h an d cu ff e d. H e was then given into charge of the military, and marched off. Mr. DYER asked the sergeant what sort of a charact er the defendant bore in the regiment. The sergeant replied, one of the worst. R e had b ees imprisoned in N ewga t e and Re a di ng gao l, an d ' ,twig° frequently for gro ss assaults. 19 Mr. DYER said th a t severa l o ff ences had been OP - proved against the so ldi er. F or the assault he shou ld flu him 51., or in defa u lt t wo mont h s ' i mprisonment ; and for the damage, the whole expense, or two months' a dditio.".. imprisonment. Mr. Dyer th en fi ne d W e bb s s . for drunk. MA RY L EB ONE. vid Two master butch ers , name d D an i e l T om li n an d Da. th Emerson, residing in Portman-market, were charged ve , l he defrauding Mr. Joseph V ese y, a t a ll ow - c h andler, is Edgeware-road. Mr. SHUTT ordered them to find good bail, with Wen t ': four hours' noti ce th ereo f , f or their appearance to answer the charge at the sessions. THAMES OFFICE. On Mr. BRODERIP taking his seat, he stated to the Chief Clerk that on his way to the office his attention i re called t o a num b er of individuals seated in a group en j cy pavement, surr oun d e d b y a mo b of persons, and on inqu. i nn he found they were a part of the British Auxiliary Leg l y nt in the service of the Queen of Spain, who had been se .i y , home i ncapa bl e of service. The situation of the men peared to be the most dreadful humanity could suffer many of them had shots in their legs, and the whole a r peared to be suffering from illness and starvation. the Sullivan st a t e d th a t th ey h a d b een six mont h s in the service of th e Q ueen o f S pa i n, and had been enliste d in t,hle country. About a mon th ago, they were place d in 10,.. hospital at Sa n t an d er , most of them suffering from in n3 i s , motion and wound s . Th ey were l a i d on the bare boa 00 with only one rug between two men to cover them. Tuesday week they were removed on board the sloop " rt nel Evans, to b e sen t t o E ng l and, previous to which et p a r of their clothes an d th e i r s hi rts were taken from the i r bac to be given to the healthy troops marching up the conot r Yi He bad been suffering from inflammation of the lungs , an two blisters had b een pl ace d on hi s chest, which we re re .. moved when he was; about to be taken on board the He begged o f th em t o a ll ow t h e sh i rt to remain on his bache but they t ore it o ff, nor could lie get any linen to cover $ raw flesh whi c h h a d b een blistered. They wer e nine " ' a on their p assage , an d t h e w h o l e num b er of invalids on boar; amounted to fifty-t wo , some o f w h om were put as hore.; Barking, and the rest in other places on each side Of W it river. Th ey were g i ven Gs. each on landing, and they kne not to wh om t o app l y f or the rest of their wages,arnoun tip ' to 71. each. Mr. CLARKSON said the men had better apply to the parish officers of th e di s t r i ct i n w hi ch they last slept. h then ordered th a t th ey s h ould be relieved with a shilling ea° from the office poor-box. An extensiv e fi re b ro k e out last Saturday in th e store-room of Mr. Wil son , di st i ller and mine-merchant, ucl Drury-lane, which occas i one d considerable excitement, and was attended With great d amage to Mr. Wilson's stock a nt premises. A few minutes only elapsed before the Crown -s .., tr e c r a and Bedfordbury engi nes , w i t h a strong body of firemen, g",,ed in attendance, and by th e i r great exert i ons the fire was corw - bi to the house in which it began. The damage occasione, d , o , the catastrophe is covered an insur ance i n t h e Sun I ' 6 l Office, The cause o f th e fi re i s not known, but it was belin/i. to have originated from the foul state of the distillery ail:2f% (ADVERTISEENT). The NEW FLAT G M OLD WITC H E S ' The price in gold eases, with accurately finished vertical ~, 0 movements £7 ' Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movements, in double bottomed engine -turned cases, jewelled in four holes, 9 0 with silver dial 9 ,,, 41t T. COX SAVORY'S W orking Silversmith and .11swil'' Cornhill, London. 1 ste i N. B. A va r i e ty o f S econd-hand Silver Watehes, may be fe'e from, all at Two Guineas each. Warranted. _....e 01•11•V•1130, 13 18 TU S. net ( ' On the 3d i ns t., at King's Bromley, T* the Hon. Mrs. N. •"" a son. On the 4th i ns t , a t th e Vi carage, Edgeware, the lady o f the Rev. N. Fi n tt, o f a d aug ht er. 6 On the 26th ult., at Zi erow, i n Meckleuburgh Schwe riot lady of the Baron de Biel, of a son. On the 29th ult., Lady de Tabley, ef a daughter, still.bor li • te w On the 3d inst., in Portland-place, the wife of Sir M. S. art, of a son. On the 3d inst., at West-hill, W andsworth, the lady 0- f Bunbury, Esq., of Devonshire Castle, Demerara, of a son. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Ditto n P ar k , b y special licenss, by t.il e e r s o il l; and Rev. R. B. Stopferd, G eorge W i lliam Hope, Esq., dsou" of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, to Caroline Georgian' tagu, youngest daughter of the Ri g h t H on. Lord Montagl , •_ 4o , to On the 3d inst., at F u lh am Church, Mr. Frederick k ° " Miss Anne Gunter, of Cole Hill House, Fulham. DIED. n ,via On the 6th inst., a t Sh a f tesbury -terrace, Pimlico, Mr. Oakes, late of Oxcnien-street. Nfr i * On the 4th inst., at Chesham, Buckingha mshire, aged • • ' D. Stratton. daught er o f the late Samuel Stratton, E s q . ' 111 chant, of London. On the 3d in s t., i n Nicholas -street, Chester, aged 85 9 'Thst. 11 I° ton, relict of J ames Hilton, Esq., of Penning r t ' on — and Smeo^e'' Lancashire. Robe rt On the 4th i nst., at Lea, Kent, Henry, the infant son of - Boyd, Esq. 13 0 ° 4- Os, the 4th in s t., age d 20, Mr. C. Hillhouse, o f 11, New street. v,r On th e 27 t h u l t., Mr. Wm. Parkins, of King-stree t, , °r thaw ion-square, aged 42. no lono On the 2d inst., suddenly, at Buona Vista, near Lyn" 0 Hants, A nna M ar i a, w i fe of the Rev. J. Bowle, of SalishnlY4 . On the 14th u lt., E m il y M ary Ann, e ld est d aug hter of Di g• Chancery-lane. nll9 9e" On the 4th i ns t., i n B a k er - street, age d 19, Elizabeth coed daught er o f th e R ev . J o h n L aurence , Ki r by, of Little ton, Essex. 4 ° - London . 0 Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , o pt 1111, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in tile c ° of Uiddiesez.