The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

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'po t l' T a ro io _for ~t si o ~oN b r . rcpp 'ffpo'ce •• 41, • • .fl 4 , .203 a tet a to. or ,bo we l, p os t • 1 ; 6° 0 184 e t i t ioo t d c n ifil rntbe foP;c9 surf pct, e . 4 I° Teq l : l , "iiig i 'dol itce ici r ocltsi ed p 06 Fee 03 d, a vi k , ih‘g icfpss ! l L b i rie) v;" ,0b• PrOtil THE STATE TRIALS. (Front a Third Edition of the Times.) We subjoin a lengthy abstract of proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, yesterday, of which a summary only appears in our Second Edition. Our dispatch left Kingstown last evening at half-past seven "k, and rea c h e d our office at half-past twelve o'clock to-day. - The Judges took their seats on the bench this morning shortly after 11 o'clock, having been in consultation for sonic me previously. The Court at this time was much crowded, particularly by Members of the bar, who seemed to take great interest its their Lordships' judgments. The principal counsel for the Crown and traversers, and amongst the latter Messrs. Shell .. and Pig o t, were present during the day. The C ourt being divided, Mr. Justice 'PERRIN, as junior of Inepuisee.members of the Court, first delivered his judgment !laving stated the general character of the prosecution, the several charges of the indictment, the verdict and the object ''ll' the motion, he went through the grounds, twelve benumber, on whi c h the verdict was soug h t to set aside and a new trial As regarded two of the tr aversers, he granted. was of opinion that the motion should be elPlie d with. Sever a l o f t h e speec h es o f M r. O'C onne ll, as th ey appeared in the Freeman's Journal and Pilot, had been submitted to the jury as having been made by bins, although ho othe r ev i dence had been given that they were actually spoken than the f ac t o f t h eir having thus appeared and b een published '''''•-•., the traversers,‘ Messrs. Gray and Barrett ii ln so submitting them Mr. Justice Perrin thought the Court Waiettolisdirectedthe jury. He also conceived that the charge r ea d t o f his j u d gmen , re spect to M r . Ti erney had not been sufficiently precise es " 4 that, th erefore, there should be a new trial. This is the t which it may be well to state before °tieing it a little more in detail. ' The first objection was no proof of the eom b,issio was, that there cit., 4 " anY - overt act of conspiracy in the county of the Papers 4 of Dublin. The answer to it was, that the news char ged as er fished there ol acts were proved to have been pub ' Sec ond. , the - p anel. I t was said that Mr. Rigby's name was not on Panelled ' ~ liut he was known, and summoned, and em- Rigb y, ~7 he name of John Rigby, and not of John Jason and ---". At th e dMoreover he as so by the consent of the Crown. - w Thi r d . . /t , 7 . r e . of the traversers. - tended. i n ; " objected that the term had been ex this - "'waot authorised by the statute. But although question a pp- -- t he d the sers' counsel declin ed ' t .. ed on recor-, traver the ° a rgne the subject, or make formal objection when v a pplication was made by the Crown. misted t • was objected that fturt blY•lt - the jury had been per- d aiibe sepa rate every night, but this was done w i t h the con ra te consent o f th e t raverse r s , and was the necessary s e . i• done of the length of the trial. 4 thly . I t was said that the jury list had been fraudulently ealt with • - f the traversers. This the L ea , to the prejudice o 1 - " e4 J udge thought was ground of challenge and of chal "ge only Th s• aed• " Sixth objection was to the admission of the ballad sold n ,_ ape ',Quieted at Mullaglimast when Mr. O'Connell was tri4 kin g• Ili had giv en his opinion on this subject at the h e r' a od by that he was prepared to abide, that opinion t i a , that it was, admissible evidence. ti be .SeN*enth objection came under the head of misdiree „ s c ais to the jury. In answer to this the Learned Justice u ` a ted t - art he substance of the charge which, in his opinion, con hila ,_ .a proper direction in point of law. In the course of th_ ° user sensations he said, that to conspire to effect changes in e law to __ by force was a conspiracy to levy war. To conspire csen;ect. those changes by intimidation, consequent on the PLAY of f • and 1 • to the eon. , orce, was a crime second, on l}• second, "'Pray to'le t h at levy war. radd , TL Y• As one part of the alleged misdirection it was in the eb nt because there was neither secrecy nor treachery kblieetederacy,Therefore there was no conspiracy. But the of th e i lY,wilich was so ostentatiously used was itself evidence te 'abj ect ' , intimidation by the display of force. Display was . the of thi s e Flawing of inspiring terror, and the non-existence of B.4°jest was certainly not proved by showing the absence Court eve it s ' • the Ninth place it was objected that the . ed do ( )Pillion on the facts: They did SO, and many judges ro m . a a r ,. Bo , and.all had a right to do so if they thought . ' 4 4 hi s ~,..‘ He (Judge Perrin) was not in the habit of doing so, oil aah . , esto 1 e. , rtowas not a rule for others, still less a ground ' Wer e ,-.....,4 should set aside the verdict. The jury .• them. i er '" 2l Y _.told that the questions of fact were for hoc been -0 decide, but they were not controlled ; they had Le Areaa nlia led, nor was it charged that they had. The etij k i• -.'.odge then dame at this stage of the argitment te the Lis 'u toe 1 ,,._, dc..- which had weight with him to induce him to give O'es-siii,ent for settin aside the verdict as regarded Mr. opt pro l' It was that the speeches of Mr. O'Connell were Itleis'''' d to be 'his by putting in as evidence the news to te,semitaining them, or what puKportedto be his speec t he t s e . ea'aght that the declaration, required by the sta u 'r ar,:), transmitted to the Stamp-office, with a copy Of etc 'Publication was 'sufficient evidence for all purposes or that p u blication', not only to affect Mr. Barrett sn b Y the i l: ',..GraY: but all persons who could be effected "" be . 'eta. lie thought also that the speeches thus proved Gr asp. M those papers were evidence against Barrett and sgaq at m acts of theirs in furtherance of the conspiracy,. and ! thin s ; 0, is as their acts ; but they were not evidence Peto",,_""Connell as O'Connell's speeches. The charge of J,ory, to this the jury had not pointed the • attention of the 4 ",1e, e",n,"ns distinction, and so far he thought it was defee 'erh,,s'' t he 'speeches were read and commented upon, as if ~.1t.w . .- ' been spoken by Mr. O'Connell. ao th s ; !aid, that it was now too late to. make nr to enter li.pt b e ; oujoctioh, but he thought, although the objection had Lot ~,o l uaade by counsel when the charge was delivered, .. 14 ,,Ve', -. should not allow..a .verdict to stand which might *Mt • 31 consequent merely on this misdirection. Nu:la— as said, and he thought truly said, that the case was kter s , ,ithout thiaevidence. Still in a civil case, if evidence . ‘,oortw l n t t\"rolierly received_ after . formal objection, the le' 0 , - ` 1 set the verdict aside, without regard to the ten- Ti - ,, em ,.,cac of the other evidence, however strong or 1 10 16 1, - ' w e• Y, He thought in this case the same course i.,_ms oh Pursued,. Pursued .for 31r. O'Connell had substantially made - "art b le -ecti°ll in 'his' speech to the jury. The first duty of the rest i t : as to endeavour to avoid error, their second to cor o - t I ,otei in iut it was next objected that the Court had n i ` l ee l Zi'Y dwelt on the evidence for the defence. 3, r. teasars, -e ll' s speeches of 17619 and 1810 shoWed, if it were 'le i:Pa' ',rat he was sincere ; but no one denied that. It was 'd ic,.,: u at'the people were obedient and peaceable ; but this kne e •-'• disprove .the conspiracy ; on the contrary, it km 6 i cl that Mr. O'Connell could keep them well in hand, k l rt i _oi l l s k i ll (Judge Perrin's) mind that it might be a „:e le e ," 'um conspiracy to intimidate by physical force. , Ti er :Point he should notice was connected with the case ~'"etoh;e . Y• He had not joined the conspiracy till the 3d of '24 4 , - ,,' and on that day he handed in money, and matte a 'mi.._ rie-t:tnirehensible speech, most unbecoming his sacred racy , Jillt he might not on that day have joined the con )7la ask',have known of its existence. The jury should have Arileeeis sa d if lie did, because coincidence of sentiment did not ast oo Y prove conspiracy,and in that respect the charge to ~, e duty el- bar a gue and general. Indeed it was the Judge's . el - to t e e_ w arned the jury, that unless they were satisfied air '"'.eXiste to b:arispir nce ot confederaca ~ (1 4 .,_acY was a fact to be foun , no y d t an inference IP- • "u• I d ' the charge that there 11 4 e ,, t was state in A tilt , us coincidence between the. subjects of Mr. No 3'l s p ee chandthose of the repeal cards; but that was ae stall) .. body eg a i , roof of membership with a which was not :ant tj in 1 e did not think there was .any evidence to war ,_-oatteo `,,,,alference th t that speech had been made in had confider a did he believe that this point had alliti:°PerlY left aeY •it i ll ° the r On these grounds, in his 4 1 I " h t verdict ‘` jury.set ais r, jn ought to be side. - " b ent b'stica Caaurros followed and read an elaborate judg 446eaii gve rY-Pe• t h hdb n discussed. He was not . oet - With in tat a been discus Ti rne He would " to s q. ti. r the verdict as . M .. 11 Y le i hop e ee.,e had been misdirection, e but ' he thought art, Speech that the jury would have acquitted . him. -- 's it •„;,,,was criminal and seditious, but he might have toy- Were'"iiOnt knowing of any conspiracy. If a nolle pro ,. te„, ~ moved as to him, he would refuse the motion 4,7,0 f ' e O n `rlai, bid if that was not done, he would, regard aire,ioidisequeuces to the public, do justice to the indivi tat of awegrant a new trial to him, though it should have the 'min rdi - • 1 But the newspapers con thoh g St, fu og a new trial to all. C ton ee 'tilt ..' ''.Ponnell's speeches, were he (Judge ramp . ) _, e tl• li o — much evidence against him as if he had written - di - e of them. - read without objection the e Y had ~ They had been -a th - b half of the other traversers, by ... h e t f ... ea on e 4,1.7, phut °f Mr O'Connell— they had been commentedon li„,, 'been ati ',2cluding Mr. O'Connell. The Solicitor-General t he (104 Ltered to observe on them, and the Chief Justice ai n °a ßht 41` ) Without objection. But, independent of this, he s t a•;sly p ro e v t .° e vidence, because the conspiracy had been pro f s v e l d i , and . even; if every speech or fact therein stated eic'as h ibl e fn e' held that Mr. O'Connell was plainly . it 1 „.„74 het,: r them, it having been shown that a conspiracy io e - '"in th e '' k e e him and the, publisher at, the time. 11e put a ttirta lo &woad ground that an act done by one conspirator Itp,.. 1 . 10 1 ...- ~c of th bject, rendered the co-conspi trw,J4l r es . e common o . . e ia ,, ve tbcr'iosible for that act as if it were their own; but or • the assumption that conspiracy previously. existed, h on hit ( ' e ase,, fell to . the ground. In ..the course foil' in tcaervations, which occupied nearly four. ii 414,144 delive L._ ry, the Learned Judge made some very at o ll t e ared e r : ns r "s. on the nature of the Repeal Association. It t 4 °lt . gaid.l94 evidence to be a most anomalous, he had it i Ll i )ody maligerous, body. It affected to he a .volun it , i ti , , rePresenting the public mind of Ireland ; 1 l'ili(V. • `. 1. e 4 411.7 it s and its foreign supplies.; 44, r it * Ls . t revenpes,. . , i„ ,itlatils staff ' • aaid millions in its service ; it had its re t 4iiiu tenta of officials ;it carried on it s proceedings in eroe,.. - Aiffer eo r Y r °1111 ; it had its debates,. perhaps without it 4 Go ve ""- -of Qpinion; it sat .in judgment on the 4 4.,...4 4%. , 64 rninent, and indiViduals üblic and private ; N b ,,,,,'' a a 4 oe, i gl ir ...,, "SeS t granted' supplies, had its mere it R ae -Pies n .,7 -, :wardens, and pacificatory ; and thus, in dial 12poZeirearing 'all ' the appearance of sovereignty, verw 4e d to re.i .' -not to.gee in-it, the elements of a body well it. 4,11, Ireland, 'eve ._, the n :. e.o.yernment frosts any trouble in go lattao,aiey-proi: "mold there be. any , sudden emergency for 11 11441, 1 1!ut t o - trd loyalty, but that principle was not alone * e 4; ''' 1) . 1.1 !° 1 4, but to the throne and office of-the be it•ilastlcatittyrov• : . should tids 1 / 4 tl . oft ev .,,,, - -- vias-Of .6pinion that the motion n Vieive 7.4 P°lnt .to all the traversers. He t?ok h tl , a 44 1444., respecting the majority of the °bee e4. could „, t u asn . held ,by the. judges preceding him, i f eediui , j- H eir agree' with them as to the propriety of 41 ' h • a l' 1' ' • this e said, anxio withria to Mr. . Tierney, ,although he tn B tr illt coincide trial` ndeavoured to make his wishes on . exe Ltia b , nsio bet... 11 found . ' -. ,7 0. 0 a ke e ib• bi majesty'sgstabf the count of . creating c ' t opihl n gkto do ht r ects, and he did not see 24 . __•our; aii o . th i .. the validity 9f that verdict He was Tia74.llfrilict !mire' di novo 'should be refused, and that se t ,, should stand. " ' tlt - 44VItAiltat •"lITICE siortly before six o'clock pro aaht) e jud 6h ts JnCiginant. .After tb. necessary. length h ie i a t4 oz - ..4 1- Yen :by his' brethren it would (he . 7 ° 4 't ' w 'su : And ' indeed his duty t m ire sh ry vs_ a- 4 tni into • k is to pu t th e y. i.-' uevaus e , that a Smelt' a compass as possible, •the , -itegs_mdiPle'chi ';,i - iti l e ' r larse ,Would be in accordance with ifroo l m,,,- litem ea ' n 4 r had acted during the trial. It kaor an ii ; i. ;, been . ,9 1 38 erved that he had abstained l a de o b a i -c e Icitli the course of the proceedings, to \ t 3 of dtrirtiotr toe upon them, preferring. or e I Pe .to. lo s , b eac Y . avid on grounds personal to himself; ty..l:ostaiti447,6f, r' en :on the bench the consideration h l in ifehs-4 4 • 117 MTqr, real or imputed, committed had, e eo la a.c5,...* *a it 1 . 32 L as Organ and head of the Court . Ile, Ith:7 l !ned i ii t k - PP,l , A!!lFenilop art in the case, and those ) , , a i?:tt , 4 46 f... ow, . liNa the . justice to 'confe . is i that from 11 0 le 4 he iiil e - '., -l ed ; 4 A ' a l e4elved no interruption. That he -1:143- woiii , -•,.., ......• say , q n in ...... -ow parts of that motion ; ' li o ra ight i i : be Zoore'hap_py than - himself to have any error tc„. ag reed ..'ire c•arnoitted' rectified;-and justlee-doneall at toad it:i.Tgepier ;ft the views taken by his brother Bur. %46 Judguiezt delivered by him. The Learned Chief Justice was proceeding to state the grounds of his con currence when our express left. Owing to the kind and prompt facility afforded us by the Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway we were • enabled to forward the express without delay .to the latter plaCe, from the harbour of which the Iron Duke steamer was thereby enabled to start at half-past seven o'clock, uemly two hours after the departure• of the mail, which reaches London at - nine o'clock the following evening. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS:•IOUTIT, MAY 24.—The Lightning steam-vessel, Master commanding William Roberts, acting,passed through Spithead on Sunday, from Woolwich. bound to Cork, having on board Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot. Knight, K.C.8., ap pointed to the command on the Irish slation,, vice Itair-' Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., appointed by her Majesty to a sea* at the Admiralty, vacated by Sir George Seymour, ap pointed to the command on the South American station. The B 1 izer steam-vessel, Captain J. Washington, sailed on Sunday evening, and the Nautilus, 10. gun brig, Lieutenant- Commander W. Tringham, on Monday morning from Cowes, with troops (500) from Parkhurst Barracks for Guernsey.• - The Emerald tender arrived on Thursday with supernu merary seamen. She reported that she saw the Indus, 78, Captain Sir J. Stirling, off Portland, wind bound. The Raven cutter, 4, Lieut.-Com. John Stephens, arrived on Wednesday with supernumeraries for the ships now fitting out at this port. . His Majesty the King of Saxony is expected shortly to pay a visit to this port, and orders have been received by the heads of the various departments to show his Majesty every attention.. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master Commander Thomas Laen, is ordered from Cork to Glasgow to embark the depot of the 79th (Highlanders) for Cork, after which she will proceed to Liverpool and embark the 38th for Dublin. The Caledonia, 120, Captain A. Milne, is shortly expected to leave her moorings in Plymouth Sound for Spithead, to join the other flag-ships forming the squadron of exercise. She has been paid advance, and her crew mustered and in spected by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir David Milne, G.C.8., who expressed his satisfaction at the very efficient state of the crew, &c. The Prometheus steam-vessel, Commander John Hay, is undocked and entering her crew fast. Her destination is the West African station, via the Cape.. The Albion, 92. aptain Lockyer ; C. 8., left the Tagus for the Mediterranean on the llth inst. The St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowley, Commander-in-Chief at this port, is completing her stock of provisions; has already her lower deck guns on board, pow der,. shot, shells, and water, and has transferred her'super numeraries to the Victory, 104. • The Boretta brigantine, Commander Brock, now fitting for sea, at Chatham, will be ready for service in the early part of. -next month. Her destination is the Mediterranean. The Sparrow, 6, Commander Otter, now commissioning at Chatham, will not be ready to leave for Spithead for some days.. Her destination i 5 the coast of Scotland, for surveying service. • _ _ The Rattlesnake, troop-ship, Master-Commander Richard Brown, lately arrived, with military invalids, from China, is in the harbour, dismantling preparatory to being paid off. Amazon, old 42, is being rapidly brought forward as a razee corvette, at Sheerness, and will very speedily be ready for• commission. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Henry Eden, is rapidly en tering her seamen, being well known as 'a crack ship. Ad miral Sir George Seymour, Knt., G.C.H., the successor of Rear-Admiral Thomas to the command in the Pacific, will speedily hoist his flag in her. It is reported Lady Seymour and daughter will accompany the gallant Admiral, for which preparations have been made. Notwithstanding the rumoured recal of the Queen, 110, to Malta, it is rumoured here that the Indus, 80. Captain Sir James Stirling, Knt., made out her number in the Channel, and is supposed to be coming to Spithead to join the squadron of exercise, her qualities not having had a fair trial in the Mediterranean. The Cygnet, 6, brigantine, Commander Henry Layton, is daily looked for at Spithead from the Nore, en route to the Cape of Good Hope. The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, was inspected on Tues day last by Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White, Com, mander-in-Chief at the Nore, after whiA she was paid off. The name of the officer has not yet transpired upon whom will devolve the command of the summer squadron of excl.-. cise. The illness of the Commander-in-Chief here will pre clude him from sailing in the St. Vincent. The Gallant Admiral has recently had an attack of his old complaint which confined him to his bed. It is reported Sir John Cham bers White will have command of the squadron, but we only give this as a report. The Malabar. 72, Captain Sir G. R. Sartorius, Knt., ar rived last night from Lisbon, last from Cork, but not to be paid off, it being asserted that she also will join the squadron of exercise. The Raven cutter, Lieut. John Stephen, arrived this morn ing from Sheerness with supernumeraries. In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Rattlesnake, Echo, and Prometheus. In Dock—Collingwood, Prince Regent, Scourge, Victoria and Albert, Lily, Athol. At Spithead—St. Vincent, Malabar. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—F. S. M‘Gregor, John Strettell, to Prome theus ; R. M. Sandom to the Excellent. - Master—Thomas Hart (acting) to the Prometheus. Surgeon—J. D. Tweddell to the Prometheus. Purser—John Barnet (acting) and Paymaster to Prome theus. • Mates—Selby Silburn to the Prometheus ; Hon. F. Wal pole from the Excellent to the Collingwood. Assistant-Surgeon—R. P. Chapman to the Prometheus. Clerk—W. W. Parminter to the Collingwood. Gunner—Thomas Boyle to the Prometheus. Boatswain—William Ware (acting) to Prometheus. Engineers—Robert Frazer (Ist) and William Rowley (2d) to the Prometheus. Naval Cadet—W. H. Jones to the Collingwood. Midshipman—Edward Scott to the Excellent. Master's Assistant—W. H. Canning to the Victory. This being her Majesty's birth-day, the Royal standard was hoisted at an early hour on all the Government offices, and on the ramparts of the town, and at twelve o'clock a Royal salute was fired from the Platform Battery. MirxrAßY.—The annual inspection of the Portsmouth divi sion of Royal Marines took place on Thursday, on Soutlisea common, by Major-General the lion. Sir H. R. Pakenham, K.C.8., dge., Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth Garrison, Ad jutant-General J. Owen, K.K., and Colonel-Commandant G. Jones. The men went through the various evolutions and formations with the greatest precision, and elicited the warmest eulogium from the General and Staff. The Royal Marine Artillery excited the wonder of their commanders and spectators by their extraordinary speed in limbering and un limbering their guns, firing, &c., which were all performed in the incredible short space of one minute. The General and Staff very highly complimented the men and their officers upon the astonishingly high and serviceable state of discipline to which this unrivalled corps has arrived, and expressed high gratification at the soldier like bearing and fighting order exhibited by the men. Vast numbers of the beauty and fashion of this locality attended the gratify ing spectacle, which lasted until nearly sun-set. This day the field-day operations were resumed, though not on I,he same ground, the scenes of action being removed to Cumberland Fort, about four miles from Portsmouth, where the operations performed were of the most astounding cha racter, the various regiments forming the garrison of the fort and of Portsmouth taking the parts respectively of besiegers and defenders, which the excellent space around the fort on the shore side assisted admirably to display. The bomb and rocket-practice was most precise and efficient, and was the wonder of all beholders. The whole were under the com mand of Major-General Pakenham, Colonel Trevor, of the 59th, Colonel Menzies, Royal Marines, Colonel Jones, Royal Marines, and Adjutant-General Owen, Royal Marines. The operations commenced a little before twelve, and did not con elude until nearly three. The officers of the Royal Marine Corps give a splendid spread to their Colonel and Adjutant- General, which General Pakenham will also honour with his presence. A ball upon a spendid scale will also' be given this evening by the officers of the mess, to which all the rank and beauty of the garrison and vicinity are invited. LYCEUM THEATRE. The following fashionable persons have visited this theatre during the week:--Her Royal Highness -the Duchess of Cambridge, Lord Eliot, Lord Moan tcharles, Baroness A hlefeld t, the Baron Angel, the Baron Koller, the Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Wor cester, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp. Earl and Countess of Wemyss, Lord Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Countess Ailesbury, Lady Elizabeth Paul, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Carew, Lord Edwin Hill, Lord Curzon, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lord Vivian, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, Lord Lucan, Count and Countess de Sternberg, Lady Hillsborough, Lord Car rington, Sir John Guise and family, Lady Louisa Forbes, Mon. George Howard, Hon. George O'Callaghan, W. IL C. Plowden, Esq., Captain Carlton, Captain Alger non Smith, Mr. Hume, Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M.P., Mr. Sheridan and Hon. Mrs. Norton, Captain West, the Misses Howard Wyse. Sir Richard Bulkeley and Lady Phillips, Colonel Wildman, Sir Harvey Bruce and lady, Captain Pixley and family, Mr. Peel, Captain Lock, and Hon. F. Charteris, &c., Tnit NAPOLEOX Musxuat.—Press of matter has prevented our further notice of this instructive and very amusing exhibition, which we have again visited with in creased pleasure. The numerous works of art, curiosities, and historical mementos that are to be found in this unique museum, illustrate very effectively, and make us better acquainted with the =most important epoch in European his tory, viz., Charles I. to the death of the Emperor Napoleon. The collection has been very considerably augmented by several fine paintings, also many valuable relics which were the Emperor's at St. Helena, including some of his plate, said to be broken up there, but fortunately preserved and brought from that place by the Count de Las Casts. We feel satisfied that our country friends now in town, and also our London readers, will, after they have examined this unique museum, and probably seen our Great Duke there, or some ofthe Royal Family, Who often visit this most attrac tive eichibition, be highly gratified. I 'RELATIONSHIPS EXTRAORDINARY.."—AH Odd sort of relationship was lately formed by a pair of nuptials ex traordinary in Camden. A widower, who was not very young, became smitten by a beautiful girl and married her. A short time after a son of this man, by a former wife, be came also in love, not with a younger person, but with the mother of the father's new wife, a "Widow lady still in the bloom of life. He offered himself, and soon 'the young man and the widow were united in .the bonds of matrimony ; so that, in consequence of these two connexions a father became the son-in-law of his own son, and the wife not only the daughter-nn-law of her own son-in-law, but still more, the mother-in-law of her own mother, who it.' herself the daughter• in-law of her own daughter, while the husband of the bitter is the father-in-law of his mother-in-law, and father-in-law °fills own father.— ,Caledonian Mercury. CHURCH* Or SCOTLAND.--OH the motion of Mr. Ho:sman a return has been made to Parliament showing the number of vacancies in parishes by ministers since the Ist May, 1843. The order is entitled, " A Return of all Crown presentations to parishes in Scotland which have been vacant since the Ist day of May, 1843, speci fying in each case the cause of vacancy, the name of the minister appointed, and the' parish from which he may have been translated." The return numbers 115 minis ters, of which 79 have the following note attached : "The incumbent ceasing to be a minister of the Church of _Scotland." Others were translated, and .a n,ote is added to the return in the following words :—" In the above return some of the vacancies are stated to have been oeeas'oned in consequence of the resignation of the presentees before induction. To prevent misapprehen. slog, it is proper to mention that these resignations were voluntary, and that none.of them were made in conse quence of objections on . the part of the parishioners." THE POST-OFFICE. —We understand that an offer hai been made to have London letters delivered in New , castle,,Sunclerland, and Shields, in twelve hours and a half from the time of their leaving the metropolis. Tlja, sanction of Government is all that is required to ensure l the execution of the plan.—Durham Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1344. SPORTING 'NTELL'_CENCE. THE DERBY. The perplexities of the betting world, induced by_ the postponement to an indefinite period of the " de ciding. heat," between Orlando and Running Rein, have received an unwelcome addition in the death of Mr. Crockford, who had a large account on the race. His book was compared at the usual time by Mr. Edward Crockford, who, we are given to understand, has declared his intention to attend for the purpose of paying and receiving. Such, however, is the un settled and excitable state of the " ring," that al though several highly respectable and influential men have declared their willingness that he should do so, there are others who are strongly opposed to it ; and, worse than all,no one to decide which side is in the right. With regard to Tuesday we have nothing sa tisfactory to say. The question now under discussion is, whether there shall be a partial settling, or whe ther, under the circumstances, it would not be advis able to postpone it altogether until a jury shall have decided which of the two claimants is entitled to the stakes. Upon this point, as well as upon the knotty one raised upon Mr. Crockford's decease, we hope to be able to speak more definitely in our report of Mon day's proceedings at the Subscription Room. In the meantime, so great is the reversion of opinion in re spect to the grand question, that instead of four and five, and in some instances ten to one on Running Rein, the odds are now six to five on Orlando. We hear that Colonel Peel has already commenced pro ceedings, and that he has retained Mr. Martin. LEANDER AND lIIS "JAW." In our report of the Epsom Races, and the inci dents that preceded and accompanied them, we noticed the protest against Leander on Monday, and the fatal termination of his career on Wednesday. We have now to record the denouement of one of the many episodes that will serve to make the Derby of 1844, the most re:narkable that has ever sullied the annals of the Turf. Leander was destroyed on the evening of his accident, and was buried the same night at Ash stead, and, but for a frolic, his remains might have reposed undisturbed, until every one, and everything connected with him had passed into oblivion. Nothing occured on Thursday to bring his name into notice; on Friday, however, Colonel Anson's filly won the Oaks and the protest against Julia having become a subject of discussion, at a merry-making of Scott's friends at Leatherhead, in the evening, the conversa tion naturally turned upon Leander, and the wine, no doubt, having had its effects, it was determined, "by way of a frisk," to " have him up." Acting upon the impulse, the necessary implements were procured, the " whereabouts" discovered, and, in a brief space the grave of the unfortunate Leander was re-opened, when, lo! he was found to be minus the lower jaw. As this looked rather suspicious, the head was forth with cat off, and, on Saturday morning, sub mitted to Mr. Bartlett, the veterinary sur geon of Dorking, who, after examining the upper jaw, pronounced it to be the head of a four year old. This was droll enough, but the fun niest part of the story remains to be told—the ex humation got wind, and before the day was over Mr. Forth, the trainer of Mr. Litchwald's horses, had shown the missing jaw to Mr. Field of Oxford-street," and on his declaration that it had belonged to a four year old, had immediately proceeded to Burlington street, and deposited it with Messrs. Weatherby, as suring them that lie had been grossly imposed upon by the Messrs. Litchwald, and that it was only the vicious temper of the horse that had prevented an earlier discovery of the fraud that had been practised upon him. Strange that so experienced a trainer, with the knowledge that for months past the age of the horse had been in question, should have been so slow in satisfying himself upon the point. Stranger still that this very horse should have received his death-blow from Running Rein, and stranger than all, that the Messrs. Litchwald should b.: non est inventus. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT at the MANSION-HOUSE to the JUDGES, &c. On Saturday a most splendid entertainment was given by the Lord Mayor to the Judges and other distinguished persons. His Lordship and the Lady Mayoress had between 170 and 180 guests upon the occasion, and, as has been the custom all through the present mayoralty, a great number of ladies graced the festive board. The banquet was set out in the. Egyptian Hall, in a style of remarkable magnificence, and consisted of every delicacy which the season pro duced. It is necessary to observe, that the dinner to the Judges has been generally limited to a number of guests, seldom exceeding 50, and that the Lord Mayor determined to do honour to the bench and the bar by very largely extending the invitations. Amongst the company were the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron ; Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Banks, M.P., Cursitor Baron ; Sergeants Manning, Halcombe, Channel], Shee, Glover, Gazelee, Murphy, Dowling, Clarke, and Byles; Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir J. Easthope, Bart., M.P., General Gardiner, Mr. F. Kelly, M.P., Sir H. Dymock, Bart. (Champion of England); Sir F. Booth, Bart., Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart., Brown, Sir J. Key, Bart., Sir P. Laurie, Fairbrother, opeland, Sir C. Marshall, and HUmphery ; the Recorder of London, &c. The LORD ALkyou rose to propose " The health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," a name, he said, respected, not only on account of the distin guished position of her who owned it, but on account of the numerous exalted virtues which adorned her mind, and gave additional' elevation to her station, and her anxiety at all times to advance the welfare and happiness of the nation.—(Loud cheers.) "Prince Albert," and "The Queen Dowager," were also proposed by his Lordship, and the toasts were received by the company with loud acclama tions. The LORD MAYOR then rose to propose " Lord Denman, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and the rest of the Judges of the' land." He was, he declared, proud to see these eminent per sonages at the Civic table, in conformity with the good old practice which permitted the Chief Magis trate of the City of London to enjoy the high dis tinction of paying to the great legal characters of the kingdom the honour due to them ; and he might say with confidence, that never, upon any occasion, had the Bench been more ably filled than it was at the present day.—(Loud cheers.) Lord DENMAN, in returning thanks for the honour done him and his learned brothers, said he was free to admit that while they were directed to the discharge of their important duties by higher and nobler motives, they could not but feel that they were rewarded in their exertions to administer justice by the high esti mation in which the public were in the habit of re ceiving and acknowledging their services. The hospi talities of the Mansion-house were most liberally ex tended to all without distinction of classes or opinions; and it was a most gratifying circumstance to observe that the first magistrate of 'the first city in the world was always ready to jus tify the high reputation from which the citizens, time immemorial, had enjoyed, and to which they were so fully entitled.—(Cheers.) Lord Denman then pro posed "The health of the Lord Mayor." The gen tleman who at present filled that high office had ex erted himself to deserve, as he was sure the Lord Mayor would receive, the permanent good opinion of his fellow-citizens, for he maintained his eminent po sition in a manner which reflected the greatest credit upon the office, and had gone further to secure the approbation of his friends by every other means of which he had the opportunity to avail himself.— (Cheers.) Having been many years connected with the corporation of London, he had been present upon many similar occasions, but he had never witnessed any festival which gave him more gratification than that to which he was at that moment bearing sincere and hearty evidence. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed the "English Bar," and remarked that the people of this country were largely indebted to the independence and honour of the profession for the pure administration of justice, which was the pride and boast of the coun try under which we live. Sergeant MANNING, on behalf of himself and his professional brethren, returned thanks for a compli ment which he trusted and believed they would al ways be found endeavouring to deserve. For five cen turies the sergeants-at-law had been accustomed to partake of the hospitalities of the Mansion-house, and he hoped that the good old custom would last for five centuries longer—that his Lordship might enjoy the pleasure of entertaining that learned body, and that he (Sergeant Manning) might be present to partake of the social cheer.—(Great laughter and applause.) The LORD MAYOR proposed "The House of Com mons," and with that toast coupled the name of Mr. Fitzroy Keliy, M.P. ' Mr. F. KELLY, in returning thanks, said he re gretted that his Lordship had not joined to such a toast the name of some older and abler Member of the House of Commons, by many of whom he was surrounded. He trusted that the House of Commons would ever be found promoting and advancing all those measures which had for their object the honour and interests of the country. The two greatest bodies of the nation were the House of Commons and the City of :London, embracing the wealth, intelligence, and commerce pf the country—(Cheers)—and he felt satisfied that the House of Commons would always concur in protecting the Corporation in the enjoy ment of those privileges which rightly exercised re dounded to the credit and glory of London.—(Cheers.) The LORD - MAYOR proposed " Mr. Masterman 4 M.P., and the Representatives of the City of London." Mr. MASTERMAN, MX, stated that - he felt highly honoured by the manner in which his and his col leagues' names were received by the distinguished company.. They all, however they might differ in political opinion, had in‘view the good of those whom I they, represented, and he entertained a onlident belief that they would make every effort to .secure them-- selves the approbation of the people of this great City. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Common Pleas rose to propose the health of the Lady Mayoress, whose urbanity of manners had given a zest to the entertainment, and added a social and friendly feeling... to the Splendour of the scene.—(Loud cheers.) The health of the Lady Mayoress was drunk amidst accl tmation. The LORD MAyoa returned thanks fit her Lady ship, and asiurod the company that it afforded high satisfaction, to the Lady Mayoress that those who were engaged in conducting such important affairs were plca4.lll to express in such flattering terms their ! approbaboa.—(Cheers.) The company then did honour to the Aldermen, the Recorder, and the Sheriffs, and concluded with drink, ing " Prosperity to the City of London." There never was exhibited in the splendid room of. the Mansion-house a more brilliant scene. The exer tions of the Lord Mayor to do great honour to guests were incessant, and never was the compliment uttered by Lord Chief Justice Tindal in praise of the • Lady Mayoress more deservedly applied than on this occasion, for her Ladyship managed, with extraordi nary skill, to be in communication with every lady in the drawing-room. A SCENE AT THE NOMINATION FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE. MR. COBDEN'S SPEECH. RICHARD COBDEN, Esq , M.P., asked if the Sheriff had decided that no one.cosibi speak unless he had to nominate or second a candidate ? The SHERIFF replied in the affirmative. .. Mr. Conoete then iutimatel that he would propose another candidate. Mr. BRANDT—The time to do so is before the candi- I dates speak. You are now quite out of time. Mr. ConneN 7 —No ; I believe I am quite in order.— (Cheers.) Mr Cobden then came forward to address the 'electers, amidst loud cheers from the majority of the as- • sembage, and considerable uproar and hooting, all sorts of clamorous vociferation from 31e. Entwisle's booth ; ' which the Sheriff for some time in vain endeavoured to restore to something like decent quietness and order. At length Mr. ENTWISLE essayed with better effect, saying —Gentlemen, I do beg of you, that you will give eery man a patient hearing and be quiet, and allow every man to speak. The gentlemen in the booth having subsided into a Momentary hush, the Tory mob below took their cue from them, and were tolerably quiet for a minute. But Mr. Cobden had no sooner again commenced, by asking " Why, what are you afraid of ? " when he was again assailed by an uproar of yells, shouts, groans, .and shrieks, in which we are bound to-say-those which pro- - ceeded from the hustings equalled, if they did not sur pass, those which emanated from the crowd. Mr. BRANDT - loudly called " order," but in vain; and, turning to Mr. Cobden, he said,—lf the gentlemen on the hustings would be quite silent, you might proceed. Mr. COBDEN—Yes; but they are by far the worst. The SWERlFP—Geritlemen, Mr. Cobden, as a free holder of this county, has declared that he intends to propose another candidate He has a right to he heard, and I shall insist upon having. him heard, or I shall - ad journ the meeting. Mr. COBDEN—Now, gentlemen, respect your High Sheriff.—(Renewed Tory uproar.) Gentlemen, I will stand hear till midnight but I will be heard.- (Groans and hisses, responded to by loud cheering from the free tra lers.) Mr. JOHN WILSON PATTEN, M.P. (to the friends of Mr. Entwisle)—Gentlemen, Mr. Cobden has a perfect right to be heard, and You will do yourselves no good by this. Mr. COBDEN—Now, gentlemen, shall I go on ?—(ltn mediately a large drum was beaten, close by the Horse and Jockey inn, about 3U yards from the hustings.) Gentleman, that is their argument, The UNDER-SHERIFF requested Captain Woodford, the chief of the county constabulary, to give orders to stop the drum ; but lie cooly replied, " the druM is half a mile off;" and gave no directions concerning it that we saw or heard, although he had previously given various directiens to stop the music of the bands which were playing while passing the hustings. The uproar, both on the hustings and in the crowd, continuing. _ Sir T. BRANCKER said, Gentlemen, pray hear Mr. Cobden—he has a right to be heard. Mr. COBDEN—NOW, gentlemen, - are you ready to hear me?—(Renewed yelling, hissing, and clamour.) Ad dressing the Sheriff, Mr. Cobden said,' Pray, Mr. Sheriff, request those people on the other side of you to be quiet. The SHERIFF—I have requested them, but in vain.— (A Voice on the hustings—" Get down - with you, Cobden.") The Sheriff suggested to Mr. Cobden, that if he commenced speaking, the noise would probably cease in a while; and Mr. Cobden said he had no objec tion to try that experiment; but, at all events, he, was determined to be heard, if he st a y e d a ll d ay . H e th en came forward and spoke for a time, amidst all sorts of discordant noises, which, however,' gradually diminished, and, during the greater pa r t o f hi s speec h, h e was on l y occasionally interrupted in this way. So far as we could hear him for the clamour, he said— • Gentlemen, I will detain you but a short time, but claim the right, as a freeho!der of this counts?, to appear before you. I will maintain my right to be heard in this meeting, even if I tim obliged to remain till twelve o'clock .at night.—(Cheers, hisses, and " Off, off.") Our opponents have stated—(Tory uproar)—ah ! its a very few of them that are making all the noise. Our oppo nents on this occasion have made one great admission, to which I am very anxious to draw your attention. Mr. Entwisle has stated that there is no point of dif ference- between himself and Mr. Brown, on general polities ; he has let us know that Mr. Brown is as good a Conservative as he is himself, and that the only point of difference between them is on the free trade question.—(Hear.) Now, I thank him for that admis sh in, because it at once proves that the free traders of South Lancashire, who are willing to support Mr. Brown, whether they are Whigs, Radicals, or Chartists, are sufficiently in 'earnest in support of that principle to throw aside party on this occasion ; and if we gain nothing else by this election—and I think we shall gain a great deal more—we shalt at least gain this—that we shall have a moral standing hereafter, as being an honest party—caring neither for Whigs nor Tories, but having at heart the principles of free trade, which we have been so long contending for.—(Hear.) But Mr. Entwisle has stated—(Great uproar from Mr. Entwisle's booth)—that Mr. Brown comes fOrward claiming the patronage of her Majesty's Government, andanxious to seek popularity as the supporter of Sir Robert Peel.—(Hear.) Now, Mr. Brown distinctly stated that he would support any Go vernment, whatever it might be, so long as their mea sures were good; and that he would go to Parliament neither to wear the colours of Sir R. Peel, or to bow to his dictation, any more than he would to that of Lord John Russell.—(" Question.") But the Hon. Can didate on the other side has said more. He says Mr. Brown has narrowed this question to a mere question of corn. Why, Mr. Brown distinctly said that he was op posed to all protective and differential duties, whether in corn, or sugar, or coffee, or in any other article.— ("Off, off.") Gentlemen. it is not very easy to learn from the speech of 'Mr. Entwisle what his own princi ples are in reference to trade or anything else—(hear) —hut there is an old saying, that you may know a man by the company he keeps —(Laughter)—and there fore, if we would learn Mr. Entwisle's opinion, we cannot do better than refer to the opinion of the Hon. Gentle man who nominated him. I declare to you most solemnly that the fallacies that gentleman used on the subject of the corn-laws have been dead and buried, even in the House of Commons, were these things generally are very long-lived, for the last two years.—(Hear, hear.) If it were not that I would not wish to be personal, I would ask the Hon. Gentleman where he had been for the last five years ; for I think, if we had found some antediluvian remains of a politician, he could not be mare hopelessly in the dark as to the question of the corn-laws.—(Laughter and applause.) He tells us that we want, by repealing the corn-laws, to throw land out of cultivation. Why, has he ever consulted the best farmers whether a free trade in corn would throw the land out of cultivation ? Did he ever ask Lord Spencer, the best arable farmer in the kingdom ? Did l ie ever ask Lord Ducie ?—(Cries from • Mr. Rntwistle's booth of "Off, off," and Mr. Brandt, turning to the gentlemen, called out repeatedly, " Order, order.") Gentlemen, we advocate free trade in corn, because amongst its other good effects, we believe that a free trade in corn will make the land, of this coun try to be better cultivated ; and that is the opinion of all the best farmers in the country.—(Cheers, and Tory hooting.)—Gentlemen, there's but a few of them ; but they make a great noise.—(Laughter.) But I do not take the landowners of Lancashire as the best judges on this question ; for I remember that Lord Ducie, Lord Spencer, and other distinguished agricul turists, have declared that Lancashire and Cheshire are two of the worst farmed counties in the kingdom.— ' (Hear, hear.) When attending an agricultural meeting at Knutsford, I remarked upon the state of the land along both sides of the railway, that it was actually grewing more rushes than grass. Now, I happened lately to be in the company of a number of farmers from Knutsford ; and they said, " What a lot of drain ing has been going on here since Cobden blackguarded them about their rushes !"—(Laughter and applause.) . Why, I scarcely ever make my appearance in any part of the • country, but draining-tiles spring up as if by magic, wherever I put my foot ; and, if the mere fear of free trade makes them grow increased quantities and improve their land, how much more will free trade itself do ?—(Hear and applause, and a cry of " Down with the League !") Gentlemen, those noisy fellows are reduced to about a score now.--(Laughter.) Now this gentleman tells us that there was no country ever great and prosperous that depended upon foreign ers fur food, and neglected their own agriculturists. But we don't intend to neglect our own. agricul turists. I saw Lard Ducie at Bristol the other day ; and he said to me, "I can grow wheat at 365. a quarter, and charge 2/. an acre rent for my laud."—(" Hear" and " Oh !") Now that shows how ignorant some of these Lancashire squires are of farming. Now, gen tlemen, and farmers who are here, I want to re mark upon what Colonel Tempest has said.—(" Name your candidate.") I will propose him in my own good time. Colonel Tempest says that the proportion which rent bears to the produce of the laud is only from Bs. to tOs. a quarter on the wheat grown. This is an attempt to' make the farmers believe, that they have all the benefit of the corn-laws; but I will expose that fallacy; so that every farmer 'shall understand it. Let every farmer that hears me go home, and take an account of all he gets at market for the sale of his produce, and then, see how much of that money goes to the landlord, and how much in other directions; and he .will find, that,. of the gross amount of what he has received, one-half of all' he takes from the market is paid to the landlord for rent.— (Uproar.) When I was in Scotland I' had some conversation with a body • of. intelligent' East Lothian farmers, who made a calculation there to gether; and they came to a conclusion that every quarter of wheat they took to market they paid to the' landlord 225. 7d. rent upon it.—(Hear, applause, and hooting.) Now, I do not say that the landlords are not entitled to all the rent they can get; but they have no right to put on a corn-law to raise their rents, and then tell us that the farmers get all the, benefit of it.. Now, this gentleman tells us that the agricultural interest is a much richer and more powerful interest than the manu facturing interest—that they have hundreds of millions of Capital more than us, and that we are a comparatively small and insignificant interest.' Is it .not,• then, very unreasonable that this mighty giant should come end ask protection at the hands of this little diminutive dwarf?-- (Laughter and cheers.) But if we are really so small a n d insignificant an interest as this gentleman says, who made us so? Why is it that our trade is not greater? Why is it that our foreign trade is not larger? We come to complain that it is . not large, and we tell you the reason; and then our Opponents, who are chargeable with having made us so stunted - in growth and so insignificant - in size, turn round upon us, and say—" Get away, you insignificant p i gm y !you have . no right' to c om pl a i n : see what a m i g hty giant I am." —(Laughter and applause.) Well, ' then, one thing more let me remark upon. The gentles . men on the other side propo se to g i ve equal protect i on I , to all. Now, ask these gentlemen how they propose to give protection to the labourer for his wages ? (Hear and cheers.) The labourer is told that he is to suffer a reduction of wages if we bring corn from abroad. The labourers are told, " You will have to work for the same miserable wages as the Polish or Russian peasant, and to eat black bread." They might as well ti.ll you that if you are to bring rice from Africa, you are certain to grow black and to have curly hair.—(Loud laughter.) If we proposed to bring in Russian or Polish peasants or operatives, to compete with our labourers at home, there might be some show of reason for what they say; but there is a free trade in labourers; there is no prohibition of labourers; but we propose to have free trade, which means more trade in corn, sugar, coffee, and all the other comforts and nth eessaries of life which the working classes require; and, havino- this free trade, there will be more employment nr labour, for two masters will be seeking one man, in stead of two men seeking one master—(Applause)— and, consequently, there will be a rise in wages, and the working man Hill get the comforts of life at a lower price, and at the same time will get higher wages for his labour.—(Cheers.) I see a great many farmers here—l suppOse your landlords will have no objection to my speaking to you here; for it is rather difficult to get at you; and now I want to let the cat out of the bag. The farm ers are told that this corn-law is_ passed • for their benefit and they are tOIJ to support the corn-law, be- Cause it maintains their interests. But how do these corn-laws benefit you farmers ? If we raise the price of corn by Act of Parliament, do the corn-laws give the farmer the benefit of all this increase of price ?—(Tory uproar.) Gentlemen, there is now only about half a dOz2n of them.—(Cheers.) This is a part of my story which the gentlemen on the other side will not let me tell if they can help it ; for they do not like me to put comm on sense into the heads of the farmers. Gentle men, if we in Parliament raise the price of corn, we land lords raise our rents in proportion. I suppose you find it so.—(" Yes, yes,") Supposing a lot of men owning cottages in a back street here, pass a law to raise the rents to the same amount as those of houses in the front street, how long do you think that would last ? Why, only till the next quarter day, and then the tenants would leave, or those landlords of houses in the front street would raise their rents also. I lately met with a farmer who said, " I really don't know what to do. Some years ago my brother and I com menced business. My brother went into the business of candle-making ; he began with the same capital as I did in farming, but he has made three times as much as he had when he begun, and I have lost half of what I had." —(hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the corn-laws cause a con stant fluctuation in prices, making the price go up to 735. and down to 395. ; but, gentlemen, your rent is fixed at high prices, and then it is to be paid when prices are low, and the consequence is that the farmer is always on the books of his landlord. A fter some further remarks,he added Recollect that next Monday is the poll ; look after your votes ; you have had enough of blue and red ; now try the sound principles of common sense and honesty. 'rake into your consideration the importance of this question to this district ; consider what a blow you may strike by carrying the free trade candidate. The very first steamer will carry the intelligence to America, and the Americans will say, " We thought the English were not in favour of free trade ; but they have tried it in London and won there, and now they have planted the same standard in the manufacturing districts ; and we will go on and reciprocate with them, and join them, hand to - hand, in carrying out the principles of free trade.—(Great cheering.) TILE QUEEN'S BIRTH DAT.—Yesterday her Ma jesty entered upon her 2Gth year. On that day, Edward the Black Prince, the victor at Poictiers, conducted his captive, John, the French King, through the city of London, in triumph to Westminster Hall, where the Prince's father received them seated on his throne, sur. rounded by his Prelates and Barons, in 1357. On that day Sir Robert Gresham endowed the Royal Exchange, in London, in the year 1574. The occasion was cele brated in Leeds by a review, on Woodhouse Moor, of the military stationed in the town. The day was the most beautifully fine we have witnessed since the com mencement of 184-I.—Leeds Mercury of Saturday. CONFUSION OF POLITICAL PARTIES.—One of the most remarkable features of the present time is the ex traordinary confusion which prevails among all the po litical parties of the day. There is, in fact, not a single well-defined, self-dependent, distinctly -marked political party in existence ! Look at Toryism, for instance. It hovers on the confines of democracy, if not " something more." Lord Ashley, the constitutional Tory, is supported in Parliament by Mr. Thomas Dun eombe, the Chartist Parliamentary leader ; and Dr. Hook, an apostle of the new school of High Churchisrn, plays second fiddle, at public meetings, to Mr. Joshua Hobson, an ardent disciple of the " New Moral World" doctrines of Robert Owen. The confusion and break up of political parties were most apparent during the late debate on the Ten Hours' Bill. The Tory Ministry were opposed by a combination of Whigs and Tories ; and supported by a combination of " Radicals" and Free-traders. Lord John Russell, Lord Howick, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Macaulay, and all the lights of the late Whig Cabinet, were found on the side of the " Constitutional Conservatives," led by Lord Ash ley, while Messrs. Hanle, Roebuck, Gisborne, Bright, Gibson, Phillips, and Villiers, were found voting and speaking in defence of the Ministry I Not only is " Con servatism" at a discount in England ; but all other poli tical creeds are also greatly shorn of their votaries of late years. Whiggery is extinct ; no one cares for it now ; indeed it is difficult to say what it is. Radicalism is also broken up, and its ranks are in a state of almost inextricable confusion. The Chartists have long ago driven their best men from their councils ; and have since transferred their worship to such men as Mr. Oastler and Busfield Ferrand. The Complete Suffrage move ment is also arrested, and, at the present moment, we cannot exactly say whether it is in existence or not. All parties are broken up ; all parties are weak ; and Sir Robert Peel retains office chiefly because there is no body else to take it.'-Leeds Times. FILTRATION.—It appears that Mr. Stuckey, the inventor of the economical plan for filtering vast bodies of water, is now in Paris, to exhibit his filters in operation on the „Seine, induced by a note which has been received from the Secretary of the Cabinet of the King. It would be sin gular were this valuable invention to be adopted by the French Government or Louis Philippe, before the Committee on the health of large towns made their report regarding it, and other remedies for this country. COURT-MARTIAL.—STRIKING A DRUM-MAJOR.— On Saturday last her Most Gracious Majesty's approval of the sentence of seven years' transportation against Thomas Hopkins, late a drummer in the Coldstream Guards, was received by the authorities belonging to that regiment. It appears that the prisoner, a few days ago, whilst on parade at the barracks in Portman-street, deliberately stepped out of his rank, and struck Serjeant and Drum-major Caldwell, a violent blow under his left jaw. On trial the fact was not denied, but a plea in exte nuation of punishment was set up, that of intoxication. A court-martial was consequently held, and everything in favour of the prisoner's former character was considered, but it was deemed necessary on the part of the military authorities to make an example in this case. The pri soner had been in the regiment for several years. We are informed by a correspondent that Mr. Roberts, solicitor, of Spring-gardens, has received in structions from several persons whose houses were forci bly entered by the police, when the late capture of per sons employed in gaming was made, to commence ac tions for trespass against the magistrates who granted warrants, and also against the Police Commissioners by whom they were enforced. The houses in question were entered under the impression that gambling was carried on in them, but nothing was seen or discovered to justify the suspicion. The late Sir Richard Birnie had to pay 8001. for the settlement of a like action.—Observer. TILE LONDON LI/3KAEIT.—The third annual general meeting of the subscribers to the London Library (of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert is patron), took place on Saturday, at 49, Pall. mall. There were a great number of distinguished personages present, amongst whom was the Right Hon. the Earl of Claren don, who was unanimously called to the chair. The Noble Chairman having, in a neat speech, opened the business of the meeting, called upon the Secretary to read the report. It commenced by stating that the Committee felt great pleasure in reporting the satisfac tory progress of the library during the past year, there being an increase in the income, as compared with the preceding year, of 250/. There had been eighty six new members elected within the last year, being an increase of fourteen on the number who joined at the pre vious year. Fifteen new subscribers had been added since the Ist of May. The circulation of books during the year had been 12,696 vols. The finances from May, 1843, to April were as follows .—Annual subscriptions, life subscriptions, foreign members' entrance, small pay ments by subscribers, with sale •of catalogues, &e., amounted in the whole to 2,078/. 15s. 10d., which in cluded a balance in hand, April 30, 1843, of 2301.25. 3id. The expenditure, in the shape of rent, salaries, sta tionery, purchase of books, printing, advertising, &?.. reached 1,7861. 6s. Bd. ; thereby leaving a balance in hand of 2821. 9s. 2d. A series of resolutions on behalf of the objeets of the London Library having been pro posed, seconded, and carried nun. con., including one to the Noble Chairman for his able conduct in the chair, the assembly broke up. —This WANT OF PUBLIC WALKS IN MANCIIESTER . great city of 300,000 souls—of incomparable importance —of untold wealth—does not boast of a single yard of park ground upon which the foot of the poor may, of right, be planted—does not possess a single tree or bush, set apart to refresh the gaze, and revive the heart, of the weary prisoner of the town ! Hardly a village on the continent is destitute of a piece of ground, bordered by avenues of stately trees, adorned with flower beds, and abounding with shady resting places—the pro perty of the community. Here, on fine summer even ings, the whole population—the rich and the poor—the master and the workman, each attended by his family —the grey-headed grandfather and the prattling child, ma y be seen in delightful company ; a pleasant contrast to the opposite want of sociality and common sense at home I In France, these public resorts have greatly im proved the dress and demeanour of the poorer classes, and have led to the extension, to the very lowest grades of society, of that admirable politeness, peculiarly French. Rouen, the Manchester of France, is, in spring and summer, green with foliage; trees line its streets, and shade its courts ; and its principal thoroughfare possesses two rows of noble elms, limes, and chesnuts, worthy of the royal parks. With us this shade and verdure are forbidden by the smoke; but surely we can plant and water beyond the influence of tall chimneys.-- A Plea for Public Walks, &c. There is an old prophecy, remembered by those who still believe in the powers of " gra mmery," to the effect—that " when a bull shall toll Lanercost bell, and a hare bring forth on Naworth's hearth-stone, Lanercost shall fall, and Naworth be burned down." A bull, they say, did toll the bell, and a hare has brought forth on Naworth hearth-stone: and the prophecy, they insist, has now been fulfilled-‘-for Lanercost is a ruin, and Na worth Castle has been destroyed by fire.---Carlisle Journal. ENCOURAGEMENT TO FRAUD. A man of the name of Walker wrote a begging le ter to Mr. Charles Dickens, who was so touched by the account of his distress as to send him a sove reign and a suit of clothes. Another application soon followed, which succeeded likewise to the extent of 21. 12s. This was followed by a third,'to the effect that, having done so much, Mr. Dickens must do more, and a water-butt was wanted. Mr. Dickens was unmoved by the want of the water-butt. Mrs. Walker was then taken desperately ill, and succour was wanted for a dying wife. This did not do. Nothing could be made of the dying wife. What, then, was the next expedient ? Why, if nothing could be made of a dying wife, making her well again would not make a better case ; but killing her outright might perhaps do better, so this was tried— 5, Mitre-street, Webber-street, Lambeth, Friday, May 17. "Sir,—My !nor wife is dead. God rest her soul. She is now in heaven, I trust, for she was a good mother and a - good wife. In few words, cap you spare a few crumbs that fall from your table fur my children ? I shall be grateful.—Yours in the lowest depth of misery, " To C. Dickens, Esq. " JOHN WALKER." Mr Dickens, having made inquiries, found that the woman was alive, and upon this proof of fraud, placed the affair in the hands of the chief clerk of the Men dicity Society, who brought the case before Mr. Raw linson at the Marylebone Police-office. Mr. Sturgeon, the officer of the Mendicity Society stated— " He went to 5, Mitre-street. The prisoner led him into a back kitchen, and said he was in very great distress, so much so as to be totally unable to procure even a scanty meal. Witness told him lie theuo,lt it was a pity that his wife did'nt take in needlework to help to support her family, when he said she had been ill, but was now much better, and that she would soon get into employ. Upon the prisoner's admisSion that his wife was living, he (pri soner) was given into custody, and after he was locked up witness went back to the house, where he saw the wife and her four children, who were evidenly in very great distress; and he gave the poor woman a trifle from his •Jwn pocket, and afterwards n ent to the station-house. and afforded relief to the prisoner ; he had previously ascertained that the wife had really been very ill. " Mr. Rawlinson (to Mr. Knyvett)—The prisoner has no doubt done wrong, but here is a case of great dis tress, and that distress is proved out of the mouth of your own officer; after that, do you really wish me to commit this man? " Mr. Knyvett—No, Sir, I do not. " Mr. Rawlinson (to the prisoner)—What have you to say? Prisoner (after some hesitation, and in a faint tone of voice)—l wrote that last letter at the eleventh hour, when we were so badly off that I knew not what to do. I am sorry I overstepped the truth in saying that my wife was dead, but my motive Was good, as we had not a bit of bread to eat. I have been a clerk and ac countant, and from the period of my losing my last situatioe, I have not been able to support myself or my family. • " Mr. Rawliwon—You are evidently a man of good education; but it cannot be denied, and even you admit it yourself, that you have put forth a falshoed in your last letter to Mr. Dickens. Under all the circumstances you are discharged, and r. am very sorry you have been brought here. I , • , " The poor man burst into.tears.and before he quitted the Court several persons relieved him, for which he was truly grateful." 'Here is fraud rewarded. As for Mr. Dickens, he is, after all his bounty, by implication, treated as a very hard-hearted man, for having thought the false pretences deserving of punishment. - According to Mr. Rawlinson, all latitude of false hood is to be permitted to persons who have no other means of subsistence thin the false pretences. It was this man's trade to live on the representation of dis tresses, and when he exhaustel benevolence, or failed in a falsehood,: he was, of course,' as destitute as he had described himself; and then Mr. Rawlinson is only sorry to see him at the bar of justice,—he was perhaps more sorry still that Mr. Dickens had not been his dupe. If a famishing creature begs in the street, the magistrate enforces the law against him, and the truth of his tale of misery is no excuse.. If another drives a trade in begging letters, and re sorts to false pretences, the truth that he is in want is accepted as discharging him from justice, and as a complete set-off for the fraud by which he has at tempted to obtain charity, . Why every trading m en di can t, w h en hi s cra ft f a il s him, must be in want. To grant to the mendicant impunity for his fraud, because of his distress upon the failure of his tricks, is only tantamount to annulling the law making such a mode of livelihood penal. The conduct of the officer of the Mendicity Society in relieving the man after he had detected his fraud, ma y appear odd, but it is quite consistent with all their proceedings. We have more than once explained that the pro tection of impostors against - interlopers whose ap peals to charity are void of fraud, is the effect of the labours of the Mendicity Society, whatever may be the object of its supporters. Indeed, it would more aptly bear the title of the Mendacity Society, seeing, how favourably it works for falsehood in all its guises of imposture. If a poor famishing wretch begs for bread, the officers of the Mendicity Society pounce upon him and punish him; but with tho 'veteran cheats, and gangs of cheats, the psalm-singing sailors in white trowsers, who never were at sea,—the distressed families, the fathers of which, " though unaccus tomed to sue for charity," have for years past made l o ng theatrical operations in sonorous voices—the women with three or four children lying in their laps, who never get any older, thanks to the succes sion crops,—these nuisances are never meddled with, and the whole labour of the Mendicity's servants seems to be to guard them against the competition of any real objects of charity not regnlarly of the trade. Consistently with this system, the moment the clerk of the Mendicity Society found that the man Walker resorted to fraud to swindle the charities, he saw in him an object for the Society's succour and enzouragement. The man is no doubt now set up, thoroughly esta blished, and protected as one of the regular profes sional impostors.—E xaminer. We are informed that Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co. the bankers, have put down their names for Ioot to wards the national fund which the Chartists are about to raise for the purpose of purchasing an estate for Mr. Thomas Duncombe, as a testimonial of their sense of his services to their cause, both in and out of Parliament. g popuar THE NEW SPORTING NOVEL.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough -street, has this day published " Hyde Marston ; or, A Sports man's Lift," by " Craven , " in 3 vols., post Bvo., which f l o l l a l iTy in Lorreq uer , ill ustrate d b y can now be had at all the libraries. Mr. l neCwolnbouvrenlsh:_as also j l.r u th st ur p o ub l je lish a e ry d . t b h ) e , George Cruikshank, .3 vols.-2. The Wilfulness of Woman, by the authoress of " The History of a Flirt," &e., 3 vols.-3. Chatsworth ; or, The Romance of a Week, edited by the author of " Tremaine,"'&c., - second edition, 3 vols.-4. Whitefdars ; or, The Days of Charles the Second, ari historical romance, third edition, 3 vols. WAYSIDE SlGHTS.—Within a few yards of our encampment we had a specimen of Eastern barbarity, in an individual who was hanging by the heels to a tree, and who had apparently been left to die in that dreadful situation. He seemed to have been a man advanced in years, as his beard and hair were grizzled; but as he had been suspended about a month, his features were not distinct, and rendered less so thro - igh being muti lated by birds of prey. The bystanders told us he had been thus punished for murdering a child and stealing the silver ornaments which encircled its ankles and wrists: if so, he deserved his death, but the method em ployed to effect it could only emanate from a most un civilised nation. March from Delhi to Coubul. ATHAN ASIAN CREED.—Patson Paten was so averse to the Athanasian Creed, that he never would read it. Archbishop Seeker having been informed of his recu. sancy, sent the Archdeacon to know the reason :—" I do not believe it,' said the priest. " Bot your metropo litan does," replied the Archdeacon. "It may be so," replied Mr. Paten, " and he can well afford it ; he be lieves at the rate of seven thousand pounds a year, and I only at fifty." BENEVOLENT TREAT.—Some time since Mr. Baily, the Governor of the Shiffnal Union Workhouse, whose kindness in relieving poor traveller s is well known, gene rously treated all the poor in the house, who were will ing, to see the American equestrians, at his own expense. The neatness of the paupers, ho went to the circus in procession, was noticed by the whole spectators. — Wolverhampton Chronicle. MDLLE. TAGLIONL—The Director of the Acade mie Royale at Paris has obtained permission from the Mi nistry to give extra performances on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during the engagement of the celebrated danseuse. M. Vete], the impresario of Les Italiens, has left Paris for Loiulon, after which he intends repairing to Vienna and Italy, to make arrangements for next season. S _ .\ A' 4,,: ;7 ' --- _," : :ii A case was tried in the Palace Court, ri\r46y._ in . ri which a p oor woman soug h t to recover co iiensitiOn-;N-.. ,4 ' in dam ages f or i n j ur i es susta i ne d from aliarrister of the Inner Temple of the name of Carter, caused by being r un over an d knocked down by his horse taking fright and running away, and the question which the jury had to consider was, whether the accident was occa , ioned by furious driving, or whether it was purely accidental, w h en no bl ame could be attached to the driver. The damages were laid at 191. 19s. After the jury had been locked up for nine hours, they sent to the Judge to inform him that there was not the slightest possibility of agreeing. The Learned Judge again read his notes and explained to the jury the question which they had to determine. After another hour had elapsed, one of the jury, of the name of Eamonson, the proprietor of the well known bedding and furniture establishment in the Strand, sent a note to the Learned Judge stating that he differed in opinion to eleven of his fellow jurymen, and added that he was fully determined not to be starved into a verdict, neither would he endure to be brow-beaten or quarrelled with because he differed in opinion ; he also added, that he was in ill-health and required stimulants, and that the officer in charge of the jury would not even allow him a glass of water ; but let the consequence be what it would, he would never alter his mind. His Lordship intimated to the jury, that if they did not agree by eleven o clock they must be locked up until the following morning. The jury were now heard by the public in the Court in loud and angry altercation, and it was pretty clear that language of the most refined description was not made use of, and it was conjectured that from " words they would come to blows." Shortly before ten o'clock the jury came into Court in a very excited • state, and informed Mr. Hewlett, the registrar, it would be impossible for them to agree. Mr. Hewlett replied they must retire. Mr. Eamonson, who ap peared much excited, violently exc l a i me d, " No, I will never go into that room again to be bully-ragged into a verdict." Several of the jury adiressing Mr. Eamonson, " Wherever you are, there we will be," when the whole of the jury expressed their determi nation to remain in Court. '~. 1 ,, t ;;I ! 4 . NOVEL SCENE IN A J The scene of quarrelling and recrimination that now ensued in the jury-box surpasses description ; the public were quite surprised at this novel and un heard of scene in a court of justice. All consultation was now at an end, and the jury commenced amusing themselves in various ways 3 some preparing to take a comfortable nap, others commenced reading„ whilst the remainder stared about the Court, exclaiming, " What a laughing-stock we are making of ourselves.' At length, shortly before midnight, the Learned Judge again took his seat on the bench, and addressing the jury said, as there was no probability of their agree ing, he could, if he thought fit, lock them up until the following morning ; but he foresaw that no good would result from such a proceeding, as in the morn ing, it was clearly apparent they would be as far off agreeing as ever ; he had therefore come to the reso lution of discharging them without giving a verdict, and they were discharged accordingly. DIPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR GUERNSET. The sudden embarkation of a large body of troops for Guern sey, on Sunday and Monday, somewhat alarmed our Isle of Wight friends, who surmised than an insurrec- , tion had broken out amongst the Guernseymen, the ob ject being to depose Governor Napier. 'rho accounts from Guernsey, however, show that the island is per fectly tranquil, and the intention of the authorities, in ordering this military movement, appears to be perma nently to increase the garrison. We know not, how ever, why there should have been so much haste in such a simple transaction.—Hampshire Independent. WILL OF THE MARQUIS OE WINCLIEY.TER.--The will of the Most Hon. Charles Ingoldsby runlet, Mar quis of Winchester, of Amport House, Andover, has just been proved by Henry Beaumont Coles, Esq., one of the executors, power of proving hereafter being reserved for Sir John Walter Pollen, Bart., the other. The will, which is very short, and dated 1843, gives nearly the whole of his property to his son (styled by courtesy Earl of Wiltshire), now Marquis of Winchester ; to his executors 2001. each, as an acknowledgment for their trouble in acting as such ; to butler, housekeeper, and very many other servants, annuities and legacies respec tively, varying from 101. to 100/. The personality is sworn under 18,0001. The deceased was styled " Premier Marquis of England," the title of Marquis having been bestowed on the family of Winchester on the creation in 1551. REDUCTION IN THE ROYAL ITOUSEROLD.—A n article appeared in the Times of Monday last, copied from a weekly publication, respecting some recent re ductions in the royal household; but for the greater currency and the implied sanction given to this article, by its having found a place in the columns of such a journal as the Times, we should not have deemed it necessary to notice and contradict the absurd falsehoods of the writer of such a malicious attempt to lower the character of the Sovereign in the estimation of her loyal and devoted subjects. After some remarks in the proper spirit of an ignorant detractor, the writer pro ceeds to say, " but the popular grievance consists in the. somewhat anomalous fact, that this very reduction will absolutely entail an increased burden on the public. Persons, whose services are thus dropped out of the royal household; must be pensioned; but the pensions are nut to be paid out of the amount saved by their re duction, but are to constitute a fresh charge on the na tional treasury. The consequence will be, that the pub lic expenditure, instead of being diminished by this 25,000/. a year (the assumed reduction), will be aug mented by the amount of the pensions." Seldom have we seen so much ignorance and falsehood embodied as in the few lines forming the above extract. The pen sions, whatever they may be, will be paid out of th• same fund that the salaries would have been paid— namely, out of the revenue voted by Parliament for the maintenance of the Sovereign, or in other words, the Civil List, which is granted to the Sovereign in consideration of the surrender of the hereditary revenues of the Crown to the public. This constitutional arrangement necessarily takes place after the accession of the Sovereign to the Throne, and in a pecuniary point of view it cannot affect the public to a farthing's amount, whether her Majesty continues on the royal establishment the incumbrance of useless domestics, or whether they are pensioned off liberally, as, we believe, has been the case in every in stance. Upon this question we feel we have no right whatever to inquire or remark. It is enough for us to know that it is most false to assert that any new ar rangement which may have taken place in the royal household can become a matter of additional charge on the national exchequer that is, on the public.-ob server. THE WONDERS or MANCHESTER. lie entered chambers vaster than are told of an Arabian fable, and peopled with inhabitants more wonderful than Afrite or Peri. For there he beheld, in long-continued ranks, those mysterious forms full of existence without life, that perform with facility, and in an instant, what man can fulfil only with difficulty and in days. A machine is a slave that neither brings or bears degradation : it is a being endowed with the greatest degree of energy, and acting under the greatest degree of excite ment, yet free at the same time from all passion and emotion. It is therefore not only a slave, but a supernatural slave. And why should one say that the machine does not live ? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns. It moves with more regularity than man. And has it not a voice ? Does not the spindle sing like a merry girl at her work, and the steam-engine rear in jolly chorus, like a strong artisan handling his lusty tools, and gaining a fair day's wages for a fair day's toil ? Nor should the weaving-room be forgotten, where a thousand or fifteen hundred girls may be observed in their coral necklaces, working like Penelope in the day time ; some pretty, some pert, some graceful and jocund, their occupation ; a little serious some ; few sad. s ome absorbed in And the cotton you have observed in its rude state, that you have seen the silent spinner change into thread, and the bustling weaver convert into cloth, you may now watch, as in a moment it is tinted with beautiful colours, or printed with fanciful patterns. And yet the mystery of mysteries is to view machines making machines ; a spectacle that fills the mind with curious, and even awful speculation.—Ceeingsby, or the New Generation. The addition to the New Pavilion Hotel at Folke stone is proceeding with expedition; when completed, it will rival the best hotel in England, or on the Continent. The addition comprises billiard•room, coffee-room, ball-room, a large club-room, and table d'hôte ; a large balcony will run along the front, consisting of York slabs, six feet wide ; sup ported by large iron ornamental brackets, which have a rich appearance. bl ;It T e d loEn lighthousesia)tuTr dMai evening, completed,T H t E l a l( n W d i the T E the Ist of June, when the float ing light-vessel will be taken away. The light will be at an elevation of G 3 feet above the level of high water spring tides, and will appear red in all directions seaward, and white within the line of the breakwater. A bell is attached to the lighthouse, which will be rung at intervals in foggy weather. —West Briton. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—We are de lighted to be enabled to inform our readers that there is every prospect of the approaching meeting surpassing all the preceding ones. The entries for implements ex ceed that of the last year at Derby by 130. We are given to understand, that from the numerous applica tions already made for stock certificates, there is no, doubt that the show in that department also will be the_ largest on record. The Duke of Richmond was elected, at the meeting of the Council on Wednesday last, Pre, sident for 1845.—Ramps/ire Independent. The West India interest in Liverpool aro exces• sively discontented with the Government plan for the say . e reduction of the Sugar Duties. They that a diffir ence of 10s. between the duty on Colonial and Forei gn Sugar (245. and 345. per cwt. respect ivel y ) is not enough—that it is 2s. per cwt. less than that offered by n 3 s Forein—and that it w adit a vreat of the Whigs, who proposed 24 5. for Colonyial, a d y for 6. free-labour sugar from ill the mmmarkets o er q f Europe, q the plac e of which will be supplied by the slave-labour sugar of Brazil I Certainly, their quarrel with Sir Robert is "a, very pretty quarrel ;" Lord Harewood and the London West Indians share in the feeling of the " Dicky-S% unsi " and the latter threaten loudly that they will turn Radicals ! This augurs indifferently for Mr, Entwisle. Division is the worst enemy of any party.—L ee d s Mercury. Mr. Pattinson, a market gardener at the Folly,. near Newby, has discovered that guano is a perfect. remedy against the attacks of the grub. He has saved' beds of both carrots and onions by strewing guano over them, whilst two beds left without guano, by way of experiment, were totally destroyed. Loucaster Guardian. IN