The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

PMIT a the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM Tin EVENING PIPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Emperor Nicholas has made up his mind to starve us. It is a fact—the Post says so. "If this step has not already been taken, there is reason to believe that it is seriously contemplated." But this annunciation is, if possible, even less start ling than the comment of our Contemporary : " And there could be scarcely more substantial evidence," he continues, "of paternal solicitude for the people's welfare, on the part of a Monarch and a Govern ment, who have the honour of being selected as the special objects of abuse and denunciation by all the turbulents and malcontents of Europe." Rather hard, though, to visit the sins of all Europe upon the unlucky head of this country ; and a special evidence, it must be confessed, of " paternal solicitude" for the welfare of his people—videlicet, Poland—to destroy,her whole trade at one blow. But there may be deep policy in this scheme. The Em peror is capable of great sacrifices for great ends. How much in men and money has he not thrown away—is he not still throwing away ?—in the con quest of Circassia ! lie has, however, evidently given up the idea of attacking us in India. People used to talk of Russian influence on the North Eastern boundary ; and not a few thought it quite enough success for Lord Palmerston, even had he done no more, to scare away the Rus siin agents from Peshawur and the Court of Post Mahotned. But the state of things is reversed. The question now is—or rather has been—not whether a Russian agent is exceeding his written instructions at Caubul, but whether Lord Ellenborough has yet taken it into his head to march upon St. Petersburgh ? The Emperor, therefore, with that intuitous self adaptation to circumstances which distinguishes the Autocrat, has given up India for the present. War in Europe, against this country especially, is to be carried on, not by hostile troops, but by hostile tariffs. Hunger will tame a lion ; and this " Great Wizard of the North" will soon have the British Lion crouch ing at his feet. We really wonder that this " fright ful" danger left the Post self-possessed enough to ad mire the " substantial evidence of paternal solicitude." To be sure, the Post tells us, a few lines afterwards, that when there is "a scarcity in England, the unfa vourable quality of the harvest in Poland would," of itself, we presume, "shut out the possibility of a sup ply," from that quarter. So that, after all, the Em peror's prohibition may not extend further than that Pqland is not to export when the country has a full supply. In this sense there certainly is substantial evidence of paternal solicitude in preventing his pros pie from losi ng th e i r money. B u t t o be serious, we thought that by this time the bugbear of dependence on foreign supplies had been laughed down. Foe some years past we have averaged a supply of I,ood quarters from abroad. According to the gennerally understood consumption of this country, these would supply a thousand individuals for a year. Al great proportion of them, at all events, would starve but for our " s u ppli es f rom abroad." And we presume that the ability to starve that number is as serious 0 consideration with our legislators, in determining the. question of foreign dependence, as if the num s ber were to any amount greater. For the life of a single citizen assassinated abroad, a strict account is rigorously exacted by us at the hands of the State under whose protection hel happened to be residing. We presume that that life would be the subject of no l ess anxi ous solicitude, because it happened to be destroyed by starvation at home. We are, in fact, as muds dependent on for e i gn s uppli es as we ever can b e . If these improvements in farming continue—which, by the way, the Post does not seem much to admire—it may be a question how far we shall not get rid of it altogether. The idea is too ridiculous. The Post must remember the time when the Russian nobility forced the Emperor Paul to make peace with this country, that they might regain our trade with them in 'the Baltic timber. If in that article our trade was! so necessary to them that they could not afford to continue at war with us, and the Emperor Nicholas really has confided to the Post his fixed resolution to starve us, we shall wait with most exemplary patience for his success. STANDARD.—The French Government has promptly followed up the successful termination of the war in Morocco, by giving a decisive proof of its pacific intentions. Orders have been issued to suspend the preparations in progress at Rochefort, Cherbourg, L'Orient, T ou l on , and est. The expenses of the expe dition to Morocco are rated at about 800,000/. ster ling, and it is not intended to add to them by fur ther preparations, when no new movement is con templated. Were it not that men sometimes en tertain apprehensions of evil, after they have for gotten,the grounds upon which these apprehensions were first conceived, we should be ashamed to recur. so often as we do to the arguments which we em ployed from the first to combat the predictions of those, who held that the war in Morocco must end in the conquest of that empire by France, as terri torial aggrandisement was its only conceivable motive, and that Morocco was to be made the step ping-stone to an attack upon England. Such no-, tions may, no doubt, have found their way into the imagination of the mad blockheads who write the National, but it is impossible to believe that any sober-minded Frenchman could entertain them for one moment. Morocco could not be securely con quered by any one European power, or by any, two European powers, though all the other States of Europe should maintain a strict neutrality. But if the aggrandisement of France, by an acquisition so great and so near as, the empire of Morocco, is calculated to excite the jealousy of this country, were not such an aggran disement calculated to excite still stronger jealousy in other nations of Europe, not only by the preponder ance which it would give to, perhaps, already the' most powerful nation of the Continent, and by the recollection which the very name of extensive French conquests would inevitably awaken ? These are considerations which cannot have escaped the. wise statesmen who govern France ; and these are considerations which must for ever restrain our neighbours from enterprises like that imputed to them.. Now that the ruffle of alarm has blown over, we cannot help thinking that it will prove in the end to have been productive rather of good than harm, if it has taught our neighbours to contemplate a little more closely and a little more carefully the probable benefits and the possible losses of war. In this country, where the people have, for more than a century, exercised the habit of thinking for them selves, and where we have had pretty generally fairly divided among the people the blessings of peace as well as the burdens of war, peace is always popular, although, by our insular position, and other circumstances, we are better protected than others from the worst effects of war. In France,, on the other hand, the people had, until lately, too little share in the conduct of the affairs of their country to think very seriously about them ; and in the matter of peace or war they had scarcely , any pacific interest ; for while war held out the pros pect-of glory to all, and of employment to a great many, peace proffered nothing. For fourteen years the French people have, for the first time since France was a nation, been in the enjoyment of free government, and for nearly four of these fourteen years in the enjoyment of good government, and now •that it is for the first time the choice of peace or war has been presented to them even in the distance. To 'suppose that a whole people of thirty-four millions would in four, or even fourteen years, change' all it predileCtions, would be indeed extravagant ; .but still we have every reason to think that very . nearly all of the French people who have as yet learned to think—a great majority, and certainly all without exception who have learned to appreciate the blessings of good government, a majority also —are, like ourselves, friendly to peace—more friendly, be cause of the calculations which the late events have forced upon their attention. Under a good system of goY'Crnment, patriotically administered, peace is alwayi ablessing to all—and it is only under such goverannent that all the blessings of peace are developed. But France has pow such a government for the first time since she was a nation, as we have remarked, and is now also in the enjoyment of peace, as far as Europe is concerned, and no Frenchman in possession of his senses will risk the loss of either, with the fair account of profit and loss before hire. Peace is the interest of all nations--of Great -Britian as much as of others, though certainly not more —but of peace the prospe rity and the contentment of France are the guarantee to Europe. Every interest, general and particular, binds us to, promote the prosperity and to cultivate the friendship of the neighbouring country. France cannot be rich without making us rich er i n propor tion. France cannot be free and happy Without confirming the peace of Europe. We are encouraged to hope that rich, free, and happy, she will be, from the 'effect of four short years of good government that we witness. THE LATE UNFORTUNATE EX PEDITION TO BORNEO. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the Friend of China, May 4.) After leaving Semmirendan, we dropped down until we felt' the effects of the flood tide, when we anchored, still lashed together, watching the boats that several times attempted to close in. At daylight we weighed, the boats firing at us from a point above ; but having a fair wind, we made sail, followed by the boats, until we reached that part of the river where the bar is situated, about thirteen miles from the sea. Here we had to anchor in one of the four branches into which the river divides, separated from each other by narrow islands covered with jungle. Captain Hart Went in his boat to sound, but found it would be ,some hours before we should be able to cross. The boats now took advantage of a point above -us, and opened a well-directed brisk fire upon us, raking both veesels, cutti ng up the rigging and com pletely hulling the brig. It was so severe that at one time Captain TBE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 'EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1844. i Lewis allowed no one on the poop but himself; the poop gun being of no use. Boats were arriving in great numbers every minute and crossing over out of our fire, with the evident intention of passing down one of the other reaches, and attacking us in the rear. Seeing this, it was decidei to move a little further down, so that we could prevent them rounding the point, and at the same time compel those boats above us to come out, at least when they fired. In a short time, as we expected, the boats came to the point now abeam of us, though not, as they expected, in our rear, and received such a severe fire of grape and musketry as compelled them to retreat; but they soon returned with fresh boats, opening a brisk fire of grape and musketry on us, but it was so warmly re turned by both vessels, that they were never able to round the point It was here during this heavy cross fire, that Mr. Murray was killed ; he was shot through the heart by a grape shot, whilst pointing the schooner's midship gun. Two men, volunteers, came in the schooner's', boat for me, in spite of the heavy fire; but he had expired almost instantaneously; the expression of "My God !" was all he ever uttered. During the whole of the action he was very active, going from gun to gun, and e ncou r ag i n g the men, ho certainly behaved most bravely, standing to their guns, though much exposed in the hottest fires, returning their shot with a cheer, always ready for anything, though they had nothing to eat but biscuit during the action. The firing from the boats now slackened, it being the first finis that we had been able to get them within the range of grape and musketry, and severely they felt it, their guns being long, and carrying a great distance remarkably correct. After about seven hours hard firing at our anchors, Mr. Garret, chief officer of the schooner, with the brig's long-boat, and a crew of volunteers, laid out a warp over the bar, when both vessels lashed together and warped over the bar. Though we grounded several times, yet with a fair wind we got over safely, and made all sail for the sea, which we could see about thirteen miles dis tant, still pursued by the boats, who kept firing at us until we made a good offing about eight P.M., when they fired their last shot, about thirty-four hours after the first, the brig having fired alone 720 rounds during the action. We now made all sail for the Dutch port of Manado, to refit, &c. Mr. Murray was interred in his own flag on the morning of the 18th of February, at sea. The above is the simple and correct account of all that occurred from our entrance until our leaving the River Coti, of the death of our lamented leader, and of our really wonderful escape out of this nest of pirates. Nor do any of us look back on the scenes through which we passed without thinking of the conduct of our commanders, Mr. Murray, Captain A. Hart, and Captain H. Lewis, and feeling that respect for their abilities, bravery, and coolness, which brought us out of so much danger and difficulty : nor of that of the other officers and gentlemen of the expedition, who did their duty in most dangerous situations. From my being in both vessels during the action, and intimately acquainted, through Mr. Murray, of all that occurred, both before and during our stay in the Coti, and when not engaged with the wounded, passing my time in assisting on deck, and being thus able to see more what passed than a person confined to one place and one vessel, is the reasob why I have taken the task of writing this upon me. W. SAEL, Surgeon to the Expedition. and consequently, although contrary to the rules, he took him food. Deceased also told him that after Mr. Bryan had seen him on the Monday night, no medical man saw him until the union surgeon came on the Friday morning, when he became much easier. Wit ness gave deceased money, as he said other men had victuals which they could not eat, which he would buy of them, as he was so hungry. Since deceased's death the master had asked him to pay for the porter and wine deceased had had the last two or three days of his life, as wituess had said he would send deceased some nourishment. Mr. Wakley said, after that evi dence, the case must be adjourned, for the attendance of Mr. Hammond, and other witnesses. The inquiry was then adjourned for a week. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. William Robinson, 23, sailor, was indicted for cutting and wounding John Gay Walters, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Crouch conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Horry defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor is an omnibus. driver at Woolwich, and on the night of Sunday, the Ist of Steptember, there was a fight and squabble at that place, and upon the prosecutor interfering and endeavouring to take away his friend who was en gaged in the disturbance, the prisoner stabbed him in two or three places. There did not appear to be any malicious feeling entertained by the prisoner towards the prosecutor, but the affair was evidently the result of a drunken disturbance. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault, and he was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for four calendar months. William Henry New was indicted for feloniously Sarah New, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. cutting and wounding his wife, Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. The circumstances under which the charge was made against the prisoner have appeared within the Last few days. The prisoner and his wife, it will be remembered, resided at Richmond, and on the 22d of August they had a dispute which led to the prisoner striking the prosecutrix on the shoulder with a knife. The injury inflicted was not of a very serious cha racter, and according to the admission of the prose cutrix, she had thrown a cup full of hot tea in his face before he acted towards her in the way described. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. John Mitchell, 24, was indicted for feloniously beat ing and wounding Mary Anne Murray, with intent to murder her. Mr. Doane prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutrix kept a brothel in East Smithfield, and the prisoner cohabited with her. On the 4th September the prisoner came home while she was having her tea, and he asked her if she had done her tea. She made him no answer, and he im mediately overset the table and the tea-things, and commenced a most brutal attack upon her, knocking her down and kicking her in different parts of the body while she was upon the ground, inflicting very serious injuries upon her, from which it appeared she has not, and is not likely for a considerable time, to recover. The surgeon who was called in said he found the prosecutrix in a most miserable condition. She was one mass of bruises all over her body, apparently as though she had been kicked and jumped upon. She was perfectly insensible, and could not answer any questions until she had been copiously bled ; and the surgeon expressed his opinion that the injuries the prosecutor had received were such as might be dangerous to life. It seems that after the prisoner had acted in the manner described, he went out and returned soon afterwards, and was heard whistling and apparently quite indifferent as to the effect of his brutality. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was intoxi cated at the time, and he was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Justice CRESWELL, having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty of wounding the prose cutor with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The Learned JUDGE told the prisoner that the jury had taken a very merciful view of his case, and he added that, in his experience in the criminal courts, he did not recollect a more brutal, savage, and un manly attack upon a woman, than that of which he had been convicted. He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fifteen years. Just before the Learned Judges left the bench, at five o'clock, the grand jury came into Court, bring ing with them a number of bills, and they informed the Court that there were no more cases for them to take into consideration. Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN congratulated them upon the conclusion of their labours, and said the country was indebted to them for their services, and they were now discharged. The foreman said the grand jury could not sepa rate without expressing their high opinion of the zeal and intelligence displayed by the members of the me tropolitan police who had been examined as witnesses before them in the course of the sessions. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said it was very satisfac tory to hear such an observation from the grand jury, and he quite concurred in it. The grand jury then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) GUILDHALL. Yesterday a young man of decent appearance, named John Jones, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes, charged with stealing ninety-nine yards of carpet, the property of Messrs. Monkhouse and Whit field, of Barnard Castle. ' William Oatley, of No. 51, Aldermanbury, stated that he occupied the upper part of the premises, and the warehoua2s below are occupied by Messrs. Monk house and Whitfie!d's London agent, Mr. Margetson. Between five and six o'clock the preceding evening witness was at the house No. 25, Aldermanbury, where he carries on the trade of a painter, and saw the prisoner come out of the warehouse No. 51 with the roll of carpet, apparently not in the state in which it would be delivered to a customer. He ran over to the warehouse, and told Mr. Margetson what he had observed. Mr. Margetson pursued the prisoner down Aldermanbury. Mr. Margetson stated that he overtook the prisoner in London-wall. He was carrying the roll of carpet, but he threw it down on being collared. Witness gave him in charge to a pOliceman. The property is of the value of 4/. 12s. The prisoner asked him if the piece of carpet was unlike any other ?—The witness said it was not. The prisoner asked if lie had got others like it in the warehouse ?—Witness said he had not. Prisoner asked if the manufacturers had not made and sold others like it ?—Witness replied he had no doubt they had. The prisoner asked how he could swear positively to it ?—The witness said he had missed such a piece, which he saw safe in the warehouse a quarter of an hour before. Mr. Alderman Humus told the prisoner he was mistaken when he supposed the property could not be identified because he had torn off the manufacturer's mark. The prisoner questioned the first witness whether he could swear the piece of carpet produced was the same that was taken out of the warehouse ?—Mr. Oatley admitted he could not. Prisoner asked if he Could swear that somebody had not given him that piece of carpet ?—Mr. Oatley said he could not. Mr. Alderman HUGHES remarked, that the ques tions he had put, and his manner of putting them, led him to believe the prisoner had had some experience at the bar before. The prisoner said he had not, and stated that he was employed by a stranger to carry the piece of carpet. The ALDERMAN committed him for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Alfred Walker was brought before Mr. llardwicke for final examination, in reference to a charge of having been concerned in stealing nearly 5001. in money, and some other valuables, the pro perty of Mrs. Tarbox, the housekeeper, from the resi dence of the Earl of Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square. The whole circumstances of the robbery, and the grounds of suspicion against the prisoner, who was employed in the house in the capacity of bug de stroyer, have alre idy been detailed in the reports of the prisoner's previous examinations. Inspector Pearce, of the A division, who has been actively engaged iz tracing out the property, and who had obtained such a clue to the whole affair as to in duce him to apply for more than one remand, yester day made such a communication to Mr. Hardwick as clearly showed that he had lost all hope at present of being able either to produce the property or to bring to punishment the perpetrators of the offence. Under these circumstances Mr. Harwick ordered 'Walker to be placed at the bar, and forthwith discharged him from custody. The accused has had more than one lucky escape. • He has been tried at the Old Bailey for a robbery in rthe house 'of a lady in Macclesfield-square, and in other houses where he obtained jobs property has been missed. 'When the accused was first apprehended, the servant of Lady Thomond was present to put some questions to him relative to the loss of, a cloak which had been missed during the time he was occu pied in cleansing the rooms in her Ladyship's house. tained that very In the cour se o f t h ese i nqu i r i es , th e p o li ce ascer who call them se l ves b ug or ratdestroyers, and whose characters are n o t ascerta i ne d , f or o bt a i n ing admission into the houses o f great facilities are afforded to persons noblemen and gentlemen. These persons are gen era ll y allowe d to h ave f ree access t o every part of the house, and it is believed that more than one serious robbery has had its origin in want of due caution. The police summoned a great number of omnibus drivers before Mr. Maltby and Mr. Hardwick, for causing an obstruction in the public streets by stop ping longer than necessary to set down or tale up passengers. The defendants were mostly drivers of Kensington and Chelsea omnibuses, and the alleged obstruction arose from the practice of the drivers stopping before the White Horse Cellar and other booking offices for a few:minutes, in order to ply for passengers. The police stated that the rivalry of the different omnibus companies produced a serious obstruction at the White Horse Cellar, as, sometimes, so many om nibuses were collected in the same place, stopping from ten to twenty minutes, as to render the road almost impassable. The defendants were all fined in a small penalty, with an intimation that the full penalty would be in flicted if the practice complained of was not put an end to. The driver of a Hampton omnibus, who had been summoned, pleaded that the public convenience abso lutely required that a pause of a few minutes should be made at the booking-office when going or coming from such a distance. It was impossible to collect passengers and luggage in one minute, and therefore he did not think that the ten minutes he took at the booking-office was such an offence as the Act of Par liament contemplated. Mr. MALTBY could not excuse the fine in this in stance, and on the grounds urged, because the Act of Parliament made no exceptions in favour of any par ticular class of public vehicles. she was only acting under the control of her hus band, and she was acquitted. It turned out in the course of the investigation that the present defendant, who escaped while the police were making se. arch, had cohabited with both sisters for some time past, that Bayntun's husband had been separated from her many years, and that Bolton stood in the double re lationship of father and uncle to the boy he had ac cused of robbing him, and his wife was very anxious to get rid of her rival by accusing her of the theft. The prisoner Bolton kept out of the way until yester day morning, when he returned to his home, and a policeman named Wykes, who saw him talking to his wife in the shop, entered and took him into custody. The Magistrate; sentenced him to a iptiy a fine of 301., and in default of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. The prisoner was then removed from the dock and put into the witness-box to give exidence against William Bayntun, his nephew and reputed son, for stealing a half-sovereign. Mr. BALLANTTNE committed the prisoner for trial. LIEUT. P UDDICOMBE—HIS "13RO THER OFFICERS"—THE PRESS. (From the Cork Examiner.) " Trial by Jury—the glorious bulwark of the sub ject's liberty !" has long been a cant in the mouths of unthinking and inconsiderate men, even of those who, by their own acts, make a mockery of their words, and a nullity of a great principle. How, or in what terms, can we allude to the reprehensible conduct of the brother officers of an unfortunate young man, who, as yet, has not been found guilty of any crime—who has not, as yet, been tried by a jury of his peers ? We confess we have not language strong enough to express our indignation at conduct so precipitate, so wanton, so cruel, and so unjust. An officer and a gentleman is invited to a ball—he goes there, amuses himself for the evening, and retires at a late hour. Some silver is missed; and, because, in a week after a female offers broken pieces of silver to a silversmith, and tells him that she had received it from this officer, and that the silversmith believes that he can discover the traces of a certain crest, or cer tain initials, on the mutilated pieces of silver— therefore this officer is guilty of a base and pal try robbery—therefore he has violated every prin ciple which the gentleman and the man of honour should hold dear as his life—therefore he is guilty without judge or jury, save and except the rash judgment and unscrupulous verdict of his own brother officers! The brother officers of an accused man are the first to blacken him in the eyes of the world, by a damning manifesto, in which guilt is not only taken for granted, but positively assertel. We have published this extraordinary document before now, but we cannot avoid re-inserting this single paragraph, at once remarkable for blundering con tradiction and illegal accusation : " Lieut.-Colonel Burton and the officers of the bat talion of Royal Marines serving in Ireland, beg, indi vidually and collectively, to convey to Captain Warren the expression of their indignation at the reported con duct of one of their brother officers, Lieut. Puddicombe, for whose infamous violation of every principle of hos pitality and honour in Captain Warren's house, on a recent occasion, they blush with shame." Here, in the first place, they are indignant at the " reported conduct" of a brother officer ; and then they convict him, on the strength of mere report, of an " infamous violation of every principle of hospi tality and honour in Captain Warren's house, on a recent occasion." So then, if any ma n goes before a magistrate, and accuses Lieut.-Colonel Burton of picking a pocket, or stealing a spoon, or doing any act which every rational person ought to be sure he would not do, his own brother officers would be the very first to express their " indignation" at his " re ported conduct," and to denounce him as guilty and disgraced, before he had the benefit of a legal inquest. Mutat° nomine, the case is the same, whether the ac cused be Lieut. Puddicombe or Lieut.-Col. Burton. But what injury has this document done to the accused ? It has done him the greatest and most grievous injury that any body of men could inflict upon a single individual—it has prejudiced the public against him, and, therefore, the minds of the jury who are to be selected from that public. This is an injury of the greatest magnitude. There is something radically wrong in our nature —a proneness to believe everything bad against our brother; and hence, the rapid acceptance of an evil report, or a foul accusation. We more readily believe in a man's guilt than in his innocence ; and the very fact of a man being accused of a crime, or standing at the bar of justice, charged with the commission of an offence, is in it self sufficient to array the whole prejudices of society against the accused. Was not this prejudice heavy enough against this unhappy gentleman, that his brother officers should fasten conviction on the public mind, and, of course, on the jury ? The fact is, that where ever one turns in this city, in passage, in cove, or for miles round, the cry is, " Oh, what a wretched man is Lieut. Puddicombe !—how could he commit so base an act P—oh, he must be guilty—for otherwise how could he have come by the silver ?" If ever man were condemned before trial it is this unfortunate young man. The belief of his guilt is universal. And why not, when his brother officers have given the sanction of their belief, and their indignation, to, the vulgar rage for false judgment? A very serious question arises from this studiously created prejudice —can this young man be safely tried in this city? Can he hope for a fair trial ? Is he cer tain of an unbiased jury ? From what we know of the present temper of the public mind, from commu nication with more than one hundred persons, we do say, that a trial in this city would be a risk. No matter how honourable twelve men are, no matter how sensible, how rational, how just they may be, preju dice will taint the judgment of the most honourable, the most sensible, the most rational, the most just. In our opinion, it would he far better if the accused were tried at the Fermoy Sessions, when the public feeling would have cooled down into dispassionate calmness, and when the evil influence of the document of his " brother officers" had been in somedegree neutralised by time. Now only imagine the cruel injustice of the follow ing paragraph : "It only remains for the Lieut.-Colonel and officers to intimate to Captain Warren their intention to see such measures immediately adopted as will remove Lieut. Puddicome from her Majesty's service; and the Lieut- Colonel and officers brg Captain Warren will have the kindness to allow them to make good the articles of plate that have been abstracted." So, before the accused is found guilty, he is to be regarded as guilty, and to be deprived of his commis sion—the means of his existence as a gentleman. We have one word to say to a certain por tion of the local press. For the miserable de sire of furnishing a topic of scandalous gossip to its readers, it has out-Heroded Herod—gone beyond the inconsiderateness, and injustice of the "brother officers." Court-martial law is far different from the law of the land. Officers know but the former—a journalist is supposed not to be utterly ignorant of the latter. And yet, the accused has been stripped of his uniform, degraded, debased, found guilty, and held up to public scorn, by a thoughtless writer—all for the sake of appearing to know something of a matter publicly agitated. To our mind this conduct is disgraceful in the extreme, and worthy of the strongest indignation. What atonement can this journal make ? Ignorance is no plea for such fplly and injustice. We say nothing about the guilt or innocence of the accused—that question is for a jury. Our motto is, " fair play." DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT. It is our melancholy duty to record the particulars of a most distressing accident, which happened in .the neighbourhood lof this city last Saturday after noon: On that day, the Rev. Prebendary Medley, vicar. of St. Thomas, accompanied by Mrs. Medley (his mother), the Rev. Prebendary Cornish, vicar of Kenwyn, near Truro, and the Hon: Mrs. Shore, of Mount Radford, a widow lady, and sister of the rn tleman last named, left St. Thomas for a drive, in a double-bodied phaeton, drawn by a pair of horses. They visited the chapel at Oldridge, which is a chapelry connected with Mr. Medley's parish, ,and were returning by the Whitstone road, Mr. Medley driving. At the top of the hill, beyond Whitstone, at the point where the descent begins, the horses started off, and proceeded down the hill with fearful!rapidity, never stopping until they came within fifty yards of Nadder Farm. The carriage swayed from side to side, during the descent, and Mr. Medley felt it would be best to keep in the middle of the road. They went on without injury until they came to the turn of the road, when the carriage, either from the locking of the wheel, or from coming in contact with a stone, was in an instant broken in pieces, and the whole party thrown violently upon the ground. Mr. Cornish regained his legs immediately, and escaped with out injury, but Mr. and Mrs. Medley and Mrs. Shore lay upon the ground in an utterly helpless condition. With the assistance of a man named Nichols, of Exeter, who was working in a field hard by, they were removed as quickly as possible to the house of Mr. Baker, at Nadder Farm, and a man on horseback, who happened to came up at the time, was instantly dispatched for a surgeon. Mr. Lyddon, of St. Thomas's, promptly arrived, and rendered to the sufferers all the assistance in his power, but the injuries which Mrs. Medley had received were so severe that she expired in less than two hours-and-a half after the occurrence of the accident. Mr. Med ley, in the course of the evening, was removed to his own house, at St. Thomas's, where he has been since attended by Mr. Barnes, and we rejoice to say that, although he was much hurt and bruised, no bones were broken, and he is now doing well. Mrs. Shore remains at the farm-house into which she was taken at the time of the melancholy occur rence, her state being so precarious as not to justify her removal. We are happy, however, to learn that the latest accounts yesterday represented her as im proving. The event has thrown a gloom over the parish of Saint Thomas, and great anxiety is manifested on all hands for the recovery of their respected vicar, who is alike looked up to and beloved by rich and poor. The horses appear to have fallen into a ditch, ani to have escaped without hurt.— Western Luminary. CHINESE STRATEGY. If a general is pusillanimous, he will not have the sentiments of honour which become a person of his rank, he will be deficient in the essential qualification of inspiring his troops with ardour : he will depress their courage at the time it ought to be excited; he will never know how to teach, nor exercise them pro perly ; he will never think that he can rely on the in• telligence, the valour, or the skill of the officers who are under him ; the officers themselves will not know what to depend upon : he will make a thousand false movements with his troops, whom he will arrange sometimes in one manner, and sometimes in another, without following any system or any plan: he will hesitate about all things ; he will decide on nothing; everywhere he will see nothing but subjects of alarm and then disorder, and general disorder will reign in his army. If a general is ignorant of the strength and weak ness of the enemy against whom he is to fight ; if he is not thoroughly acquainted, as well with the places which he is actually occupying, as with those which he may occupy, according to different events, it will fall out that he will oppose to the strongest part of the enemy's army the weakest part of his own ; he will send his light and veteran warriors against the heavy troop of the enemy, or against those who are held in no estimation by the adversary ; he will at tack when he ought not to attack ; he will suffer to perish, for want of assistance, those of his troops who may find themselves incapable of resistance ; he will defend himself inexpediently in a bad situation ; he will give up causelessly some post of the great est importance; in occasions of this kind he will rely on some imaginary advantage which will only be an effect of the politics of the enemy, or he will lose courage after a relapse of trifling consequence. He will find himself pursued without having expected it; he will find himself surrounded, they will attack him furiously; happy then will he be if he can obtain safety by flight : it is for this reason, to return to the topic which is the subject of this article, a good gene ral ought to know all the places which are or may be the theatre of war, as distinctly as he knows all the corners and angles of the courts and gardens of his own house.—Froin the "Art of War," in Captain Picicling's Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 21. UNION TREATMENT. Wednesday Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and a jury empanelled on Saturday last, at the One Tun public•house, Old Brentford, resumed an inquiry into the circumstances attendant upon the death of John Shaw, aged 22 years, who died in the work house of the Eton Union, at Slough, Bucks, from the effects of injuries he had received by a fall of earth, and who, it is alleged, was much ne glected. John Peverall deposed that he was a pauper rhl inmate of the Eton Union workhouse, at and for seven years had been nurse in the men's sick ward. Deceased was brought to that work house on the afternoon of last Saturday six weeks, having been injured by an accident owing to an abatement of earth which had fallen on him while excavating for the foundation of some cellars at Slough. Deceased was accomp an i e d b y Mr. Nobland, a sur geon, of W indsor, who was passing at the time. Mr. Hammond, the surgeon of the Union, saw deceased next day, and continued to attend him up to his death, which took place on the night of Wednesday, the 12th instant, about half an hour after midnight. The day that deceased was brought in Mr. Bryan, another surgeon, set his leg, and deceased re peatedly declared to witness that he was sa tisfied with the treatment he received while in the workhouse. After a very extended examination, Mr. Seers, the master of the deceased, deposed that the deceased told him that for the first three weeks he was quite starving, CORONERS' INQUESTS. MATRIMONIAL DISAPPOINTMENT.-011 Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at St. Bar tholomew's Hospital on the body of Diana Hunt, aged 21, a domestic servant. Airs. Harriet Holiday, of 28, King-street, Cheapside, boarding-housekeeper, said deceased had been her servant for about a fort night. About half-past five o'clock on Saturday even ing, deceased brought in the tea-things, and in five minutes after she took away the tea-pot to fill it. Not bringing it back, witness rang for her, but she did not answer the summons. After some delay, witness went in search of her, and at length found her up stairs lying on her bed apparently asleep. A mug, containing a white sediment, excited witness's suspicions, and Mr. Edwards, a surgeon, was called in, who used the stomach-pump, after which deceased was removed to that hospital. Three sealed letters were found, announcing her determination to destroy herself. The following is the most important of them, addressed to Charles Morse, 24, Park-street, Baker street, New-road :—" Dear Charles —I send these few lines to you, hoping they will find you in good health, as this leaves me very unhappy. You know you have deceived me ; and I have borne it as long as I could, but I cannot bear it any longer. I wish you all the joy this wicked world can afford you. I have not thought thee false ; indeed, I have no doubt of thee. My only hope of future joy! where is thy constancy ? Farewell, dear Charles, for ever ! I pray to God to forgive my guilty soul. One last farewell before I depart from this wicked world.—Your's, truly, Diana Hunt." A sister of the deceased said the bans of marriage had been published about Christmas last, between her and Morse, a cab man, but the marriage did not take place, chiefly on account of his poverty. It was deferred from time to time from the same reason, and, in conse quence, the deceased's mind was very much affected. She did not think that Morse had taken any advan tage of the deceased. Mr. Hurlock, resident medical officer of the hospital, said the deceased was brought in in a dying state on Saturday evening, and died in four hours after admission. Had examined the stomach, and found appearances to warrant him saying that life was destroyed by arsenic. Verdict—" Tem porary insanity," the jury saying that the evidence did not justify any censure of the conduct of the young man Morse. SINGULAR CASE.—On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held an inquest at the sign of the Duke of Wellington, South-street, Sloane square, Chelsea, on the body of George B a il e y, age d thirty-four years, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by his having eaten a biscuit supposed to be poisoned, which he had picked up in the street. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased re sided at No. 17, Seymour-street, Sloane-square, and was employed at a gas-work. On Monday last de ceased came home about the middle of the day, and complained of being very poorly, and said he had been taken so immediately after eating a biscuit he had picked up in the street. He was shortly after wards seized with great pain in 'the chest, which he described like a dart running through him, and afterwards like tearing the flesh away from his chest, and notwithstanding medical assistance was pro 'Cured, he continued in great agony until about five o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he died. Mr. Ward deposed that he was surgeon to the Chelsea, Brompton, and Belgrave Dispensary. On Monday afternoon he attended the deceased, whom he had pre viously known, and was told that the cause of his ill ness was his having eaten a biscuit he had found in the street. Saw him a second time about ten o'clock that night, when he complained of suffering agony, in his chest, and he died about five o'clock the next morning. Witness had since made a post mortem exa mination of the body, and found a quantity of serus fluid in the cavity of the pericardium. Found other appearances sufficient to account for death. Had examined the stomach, and could find no trace what ever of poison. Verdict---" Died from natural causes." Deceased has left a wilm very near her confinement, with five small children, and one has just been b ur i e d. On Wednesday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Hog-in-the-Pound, Oxford-street, on the body of Maria Levey, aged twenty-three, and on that of her newly-born female infant. Mr. F. Clarke, surgeon, of No. 9, Marylebone-lane, said that at eight o'clock on Monday morning last, he' was suddenly called to Mr. Manicom's residence, No. 46, South Molton street. On the half-landing between the first and second floors he found the dead body of the deceased woman lying, and she had evidently just delivered herself of the child that lay dead close by her. The woman, no doubt, had been making an effort to get higher up stairs, when she fell and died instantly. She had been dead about a quarter of an hour before he saw her. There was a large quantity of blood on the stairs, but not sufficient to account for death. On removing the body, and examining the infant, he; found the string of an apron twisted twice tightly around its neck, and which was evidently the cause of death. The apron was attached, and the string was entangled or held in the woman's hand. He had opened both bodies since death, and found all the, viscera of the mother healthy, no traces of poison in , the stomach, but found the vessels on the surface of the brain distended with black, venous blood, and the, ventricles filled with water, which had caused serous apoplexy, to which he believed deceased had a ten dency. The child was unquestionably born alive, for the lungs were filled with atmospheric air, and, floated buoyantly in water. The child died from strangulation by the mother, who died whilst doing the heinous deed. Mr. .Manicom, baker, of No. 33, South Molton-street, said deceased. had lived with him for about five months, was a very reserved. girl, and he never suspected her to be enceinte. An hour before she was found with her child in the position described by Mr. Clarke, she had served him, with breakfast, and then he noticed nothing particular in her manner. She slept in the parlour, but she had a closet above stairs in which she kept her clothes, and she was evidently going to it when the calamity occurred. He knew nothing more of the affair. Wit ness then proved that no baby-linen was found in de ceased's box, and no letters referring to her being in the family-way or to her death were discovered. Be- ; fore she came to live with Mr. Manicom, she had lived for a short time with a Mr. Simpson, in the Edg-, ware-road. Verdict—" That the child was strangled . by its mother, who died of apoplexy immediately afterwards." STRIKE OF SHIP CARPENTERS.—S UNDERLINE, SEPT. 17.—The ship carpenters of this port have struck for an advance of wages. At present their wages are 18s. per week, and they request that these wages (which, it must be admitted are very low) should be raised to 21s. For the last three or four years ship-building at this and the neighbouring towns has been in a greatly depressed state—so much so, that the wage 4 of carpenters declined from 30s. and upwards down to 18s. and even to 16s. per week. Many shipbuilders were either ruined or voluntarily closed their yards, and indeed last year there were scarcely even a dozen ships upon the stocks at a time in this port, which was at once cele brated as the first ship-building port in the world. At the commencement of this year a revival in this important branch of industry took place, and hundreds of able. bodied men who were thrown for sustenance upon the poor-rates again found employment, al though at low wages. Since the close of the pitmen's strike there has been an extraordinary demand for vessels, and freights have been offered both in the coasting and foreign trades double those given at a corresponding period of the preceding year, and in some instances a still further advance has been demanded and obtained. The consequence of this has been, that ships have risen is value, and an additional impetus has been given to ship-building, which is now in a thriving, and promises speedily to be in a highly flourishing state. The men have seized the present opportunity so favour able for obtaining increased remuneration for their labour. On Saturday night most of them ceased work, and yesterday they held a numerous meeting on Build ing -hill, at which they resolved to continue out of employment until they received 21s. per week. This afternoon they were to have held another meeting in the same locality, but this meeting either was post poned, or the place altered. The general opinion in the town is, that the workmen are entitled to, and will re ceive the advanced wages ; but it is to be regretted that previous to a strike commencing the men employed in any trade do not wait upon their employers, and repre sent their wishes and urge their claims. If this were done, strikes would not be so frequent as they now are, and a better feeling would prevail amongst masters and men. FRENCH MISAPPREHENSION OF ENGLISH TITLES AND PROCEEDINCS.—The late elevation of Lord Stanley to the Upper House is thus recorded and explained •in the Commerce, a Paris paper of high character, in its number of the Bth inst. :—" Lord Stanley, Minister for the Colonies, has accepted the title of Lord Chiltern Hundreds—a title with no duties annexed—which is in compatible with that of Member of the Elective Cham ber, because it is attached to the Household of the Queen." In the same blundering spirit, the National of Sunday has a long article in which it talks of the efforts made by " Lord Hardinge " to conclude a commercial treaty with the Pscha of Egypt. A mysterious per sonage, called Sir R. Peel, is still commonly described in the French provincial journals as the English Premier ; and it is only a few weeks since we were startled by the announcement, that Sir W. Peel, the son of the said Sir R. Peel, had passed his examination at Portsmouth for the rank of Admiral !—Times. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, Richard Pates, servant to Mr. Phillips, surgeon, in Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson, on a warrant, with having committed an assault of a most atrocious na ture upon William Donaldson. Com - plainant, who is a tailor, living at No. 9, Northumberland-street, New-road, deposed that on Tuesday last he went to Butler's beer shop, in Notting ham-street, taking with him a waistcoat which he had made for defendant, who tried it on. As one of the buttons required to be moved, complainant took it home and made the necessary alterations ; he returned with the waistcoat to the beer shop, and waited there some hours in the expectation of being paid for the ar ticle which defendant had, upon its being brought back, put into his pocket. Complainant at length asked for a settlement, when defendant, who was helping him self to oysters outside of the door, called him a " wretch,' and threw a shell in his face. He held up his arm, and in doing so, accidentally knocked off the hat of defendant, who thrust the oyster knife against his side with such force as to cause him to fall to the ground ; he jumped up, exclaiming that he was stabbed, but fortunately the instrument had not injured him. It had, however, from the fosice with which the lunge at him was made, perforated his clothing, and passed nearly through a leather case, containing various papers, &c., which he had in the left side pocket of his coat. He took possession of the knife, and the landlord, in order to prevent any thing further of an unpleasant nature occurring, ad vised him to go up stairs, which he did. The land lord also took home the defendant, who soon after wards came back and offered a sovereign to any one who wou!d produce complainant, at the same time stating that if he could get at him he would tear him limb from limb. He subsequently went to com plainant's house, and after using much abusive lan guage to Mrs. Donaldson, expressed a wish that the knife had been two inches longer. He was much the worse for drink. Other witnesses having spoken to the same facts, Mr. RAWLINSON said it was a most atrocious case, and that he should make the strongest example of de fendant that he could. He was fined 51., and, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment. The penalty was paid. CLERKEIV WELL, A powerful young man, six feet high, was charged with endeavouring to enter the Clerkenwell Police station, and also with a violent assault on police constable 146 G. The prisoner, who affected to be deaf and dumb, refused to give any name or address. The constable, the upper part of whose dress was much torn, deposed that on the previous night the prisoner came to the door of the Police-station and endeavoured to force his way in. Witness told him to go away, but he placed himself directly in the door way, so that nobody could pass. Witness remon strated with him, but he said, in plain English, that he would not leave. Witness then took him into custody. He was lying there for two hours. Mr. COMBE—Then he is not deaf and dumb? Two or three constables came forward and deposed that they had heard the prisoner speak fluently on a former occasion, when he was convicted of an offence. The prisoner was all this while making all sorts of gestures and grimaces, conveying by signs that he could not hear a word. The complainant added that the prisoner refused to leave the cell on that morning. Witness was about to collar him, when the prisoner darted upon him, and knocked him down in a moment. A violent struggle took place between them on the floor of the cell ; the prisoner, after tearing open the breast of his coat thrust his hand up between his leathern collar and his throat; fearing he would be strangled, he shouted for assistance; and 41 G came, who dragged the prisoner away. The prisoner, however, again at tacked him, striking him severely on the lower part of the abdomen, so as to cause him great pain. He was at length secured by the combined exertions of several constables. Mr. COMBE (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ?—The prisoner, by signs, indicated that he was deaf an dumb. Mr. COMBS—Lay aside your nonsense, for I don't believe a word of it. The prisoner was still silent. Mr. COMBS—You must go to the House of Correc tion for fourteen days, without fine. The prisoner sh owe d he heard that, for he shook his head threateningly at the magistrate, and walked off to the cell. UNION-HALL. A respectable-looking elderly female, named Caro• line Powell, was placed at the bar, charged with attempting to cut her husband's throat with a table knife. Complainant, a diminutive sort of a personage, informed the magistrate he was living on a private income, at 14, Bowling-green-lane, Kennington. The prisoner had been married to him fourteen years, and within these last four months had been in the habit of coming home at various hours of the night in a state of intoxication, and not only breaking everything she could lay her hands on, but threatening his and the children's lives. On the previous night she came home in a state of intoxication, and began to abuse him. She also said she was determined to hare his life that night ; at the same time she pulled a table knife frond under her shawl, and made an attempt to cut his throat. In warding off the knife he received a cut across - his right hand. He then succeeded in reaching the door, when he called police; fortunately a constable was passing at the time, or she would have murdered him. Police-constable 82 L stated that he found the pri soner very much excited. She was flourishing a knife, and exclaimed that she would cut her husband's throat and murder his children. He took the knife from her, and conveyed her to the station-house. In answer to the charge the prisoner said that her husband received upwards of 1,0001. from her when they were married, which he said he intended to em bark in his own business, that of a watchmaker; in stead of which he had done nothing but spend her money in keeping his children in affluence. His family turned her out about two years ago, because she would not give them any more money. She had been so cruelly treated by them that she certainly did threaten to murder them. Mr. COTTINGHAM asked the husband whether it was true that he had received that money from her ? —He replied that he had, but she might live comfort able at home if she pleased. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that verylikely some portion of her story was true ; he should, therefore, order her to find bail for her future good conduct for twelve months. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday John Bolton, a baker, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged under the Excise Act, the 7th and Bth George IV., cap. .53, with being in an unentered place where a private still was in ope ration. On Sunday morning last the prisoner complained ,o a police-constable, named Beale, No. 25 K, th a t he had been robbed by his nephew, a boy aged ten years, of a half-sovereign, and the policeman accom panied the prisoner to his house, No. 45, Wells street, Poplar, where he carried on the business of a baker, and took the boy into custody. The lad con fessed that he had stolen the gold coin, and concealed it in a tan pit, where it was discovered by the police man. Soon afterwards Bolton's wife came to the station-house, and stated that her sister, Elizabeth Bayntun, the mother of the boy, who lodged in the house, had stolen a pewter pot, which she delivered to the police, and said there were several other pots and a great quantity of stolen property in the posses sion of her sister. In consequence of these repre sentations Beale returned to the house, in company with another policeman named Woodrow, No. 377 K, and found in Mrs. Bayntun's room at the top of the house in which were two young children, five pewter pots, which have not been owned, and some bladders which had been used in the conveyance of "jig stuff," the produce of private stills, and several stone bottles which had contained spirits, and another partially filled with liquor. This induced the officers to examine the house very carefully, and while coming down stairs they found a tub of wash in a state of fermentation ; it was covered over with sacks and a blanket, and contained thirty-six gallons. Beale remarked to Mrs. Bolton that she must have a still at work in the house, which she at first denied, [ADVERTISEMENT.] but the officers being determined on making strict TR. TURN OF LIFE !—CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY search, she said it was no use denying it any longer, I HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, aged 47, and opened a room on the first floor, where a still and named Graham, residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, every necessary apparatus for carrying on illicit dis- was in the most critical and dangerous state for nine tillation on a large scale was discovered. The officers months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm, procured further assistance, and sent f or Ri c h ar d with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart, toge- White, an inspector of Thames police and revenue i ther with a general derangement and debility of the officer, who seized the whole of the s pi r it s, a hundred Ihe whele system. ller l life was se of in the these miraculous gr(at st danger and fifty g a ll on s of the wash, a co pp er s till an d worm, lv v hie n h sh re e st e o e r m ed al en her to the highest 'gate of he a lth in p five nineteen tubs of treacle, molasses, an d o th er articles. weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world for The liquid in the still wa s warm a t th e t i me w h en females of all ages. Soid (also Holloway's Ointment) White seized it. The illicit distillation, and the pre- at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand paration of the wash appeared to be principally car- (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all tied on in the apartments occupied by Bolton and his respectable medicine randors throughout the civilised wife, but there was sufficient evidence to prove that world. Bayntun, the sister of Mrs. Bolto n , h a l a s h are i n The approaching marriage of th e D u k e d'A uma l e , says the Revue de Paris, i s now certa i n. Hi s Roya l the business, and she was convict e d on T ues d ay , an d Ilighnes? is to be married in November next t o a ni ece in default of paying a fine of 301., was sentence d to three months' imprisonment and h ar d l a b our . Her bornof theHr s g 2 of Naples, is the Princess of S a l erno ; s h e was in 2 , and said . to be very handsome, and sister, Mrs. Bolton, pleaded her coverture, an d that gifted with remarkable esprit. We conclude by publishing the following letter from the respected agent of the accused, and shall merely say that we fully concur in its tone and spirit : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER. " Sir,—Having read in the Constitution and Reporter newspapers of yesterday, a letter purporting to be from the Colonel and Officers of the Marine Force stationed at Spike Island," to Captain Warren, com menting in very strong language on the alleged mis conduct of their brother officer, Lieutenant Puddi combe, I trust you will give me space for one or two observations. I was called on yesterday to con , duct that gentleman's defence at the approaching ses sions, when I hope he will establish his innocence, and vindicate his character as an officer and a gentleman. Until then his case ought not to have been pre-judged or prejudiced by such means. He has been advised, at present, not to notice what has been said, unconstitu• tional and unfeeling as it appears. All, but the most ignorant, know that the maxim of our law, founded, as it is, on the purest principles of justice, is to pre sume every man innocent until he be found guilty by the proper tribunal of the country. I say this much to account for his present silence. He does expect that the time will shortly come, when he can both speak and act as the circumstances deserve.—l am, Sir, your very obedient servant, PHILIP 0 CON.NELL 37, South-mall, 13th Sept., 1844. _.lam.: Y. .:.r::T'~?e+YC:` i • [A:6'olEl'lol3i tri..] HYGEJAN STATISTICS. Truth in medicine must be established by an t ;; cumulation of Pact s I—F ac t s I—F ac t s ! With ' re view, nearly half a milli on cases o f cure a re now ir corded by the British College of Health, ilidT e j, dently of thosn which ha ve never b ee n publi c They consist of every kind of disorder, and there. o , become highly important in a statistical point of vle et i The same system of recor di ng th e cases is Pu rs , r u i. at the Exeter Hygeian Di s p ensary , b y Richard hill, Esq. With this strong, and it is submitted; answerable, case made out by Hygeists medical profession , are we not justified in asset 0 that all diseases should be treated with such a Pr o e tive medicine as th e V ege t a bl e U n i versa l Mew e ihe of the British College of H ea lth P A ccor ding t° l ,o present state of thin gs , it i s qu it e c l ear . that bl the Hygeists or Doctors must be in the, wrong; se not, therefore, we ask, at o nce , an d f or ever, se , this important question, by an i mpar ti a l inv ests , tion of facts ? Let the Exeter Hygeian Dispel where the cases of po o r p eo pl e can b e gon e ifl' e di, the arena for deciding the question. Will the rn cal profession accept this challenge ? If they q o the worst construction should b e pu t upon the ll :ld culative and contradictory theories, for surely aso prima facie case has been made out by 11 Y 6 : d of against them. Another imp or t an t f ac t, i n fai ll Hygeists, in a.statistical point of view, is the ouwf o r of stamps used by Messrs. Morison and M° 3l " their medicines since 1830 ; which amount to the en mous sum of 108,625/. ors l Now, what are the Medi ca l St a ti s ti cs o f Dact ig eg Why they have none. E ver s i nce M e di c i n e has led made a trade of, thousands upon thousands of a se t be and injurious medicines have been brought beforeo world, in order to mystify the otherwise simple 133 0 of curing all diseases ; and the consequence 1 . ,a9 o ci Doctors, at this day, are all p rac ti s i ng differeal'io do not know the real effects o f any o f them euulnuld. which they prescribe—it is impossible they sdo How different from Hygeists, who have only or e , or e, use of the Vegetable U n i versa l M e di c i n es an rts io therefore, capable of f orm i ng a correc t and ' ce judment as to their effects. Col' Issued by Morison and M oa t, o f t h e British, ha lf le7a of Health, New-road, Lo n d on , f or an d on P'e ofthe body of Hygeists.—Sept 19, 1844. STATB OF FIBLD-LANE AND ITS VICINITY.- -rn noto evi lence given before th e Com m i ss io ners f o r inqu' r ist elf the state of large towns an d p o p u l ous di s tricts, or publi,hed by Dr. C. J. B. Aldis, physician to r' til e _Ao l ringdon Dispensary, h e sa y s , " I n t h e ne i g hbouriloie, Field-lane some persons h ave no t even cess p o ols orPOl, all their excrements a re th rown i nto a li t tle hac it i: o slo where they are allowed to accumulate for r e , together ; others have a ce ss p oo l, b u t it is 0 " 10 4 vided with a drain, so th a t th e excrem ents tun er pi courts or streets, where they remain till a sh OW l rain washes them into the gutter. Such are the Pope we are called upon most frequently to visi t ' deal' woman informed me to-day th a t h er h us band I sf ea teol, and that she could not obtai n wa t er w i t h ou t the gr difficulty to was his rags.' I went into her NO' 00 fodnd her husband lying dead in a coffin ; the r eero ii li, small, dark, and dirty, and occupied by six ellih ir :l e re, addition to the father and m o th er . A no ther rem n t presented the place to b e stinking alive' for iv i ! li tetl, water. The courts in Field-l ane are l ow an d ill 4 e tltl re ive 4 leading to backyards and houses. The yards are st pore; with decayed vegetables, dust heaps, dung, huina ti ;yr ments, and other putrescent substances. 10 °l2 . o ife r I have noticed some pi gs . I fi n d t h e cess pools l aiti oo; fectly covered, and the pri v i es i n a most filthy e el) All this must necessarily occasion effluvial poisno s ' be jog' Lion-court, Saffron-hill, is quite unfit for human to dwell in. One ya r d es p ec i a ll y, po i nte d out 's ° was filled with a mas s o f p u t r idi ty. O t h e r soup oil unhealthiness may arise f rom th e knackers' yerci,'lderv" of which I was informed that 60 horses were sla t bete,' weekly. Different kind s o f an i ma l s are skiinneielu and the bones boiled, whi c h occas i on a sickeningwet' and heaps of bones may be seen in the yard, y tn e g , ings from which, with th e o ff a l f rom the a11i133- thrown into the Fleet-ditch." The railway from Bury to Colchester is abli m il at P f°' and this week a meeting of the shareholders in of pre ject was to be held, to consider the expediency c ties curing a survey, and t a ki ng measures f or constr i t t f ib railway from Thetford through Bury to IsrewP er c jitisi ° he a general meeting o f th e i n h a bi tants of Bull for tr of the county is convened by five mag istrateS die o 18th, to consider wh a t li ne i t w ill b e mos t e%Pe adopt.—Essex Herald. AGE OF OUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SgIF S Pg" been asserted that the ships of the line of the ge nt b' navy are, for the most part, unfit for roug h ',h io inasmuch as they are composed of old ves sel Dt of are kept water-tight, and venerated on se e °,t w a t their services during th e l a t e war . We be9 e 'ft form our Contemporaries, foreign or otheryvy lo of the thirty sail of the fine " advanced sit 0 .0 1 . 0 ready for immediate service at the P e i r d, V,, half of them are not fifteen years ° i v' a te 9, Neptune, 120, launched in 1832 ; the 120, launched in 1833 ; the Trafa . l l' St ; launched in 1841 ; th e Nil e, 92, launched he the London, 92, laun c h e d i n 1840 ; the 51313%.4 and the Cumberland, 70, launched in 1843 ; Boscawen, 70, launched in 1844, have never yet P he r ° the pendant • nor has the Clarence, 84, at 4, 4,11 ' the advanced ships. The Royal Adelaide, 1 1 1 0 ,0 never been at sea ; and of th e remainder, the 04 We n 92, was launched in 1833 ; th e M , on arch, ° c ol 1 launched in 1832 ; th e Vanguard, 80, was la n olt ilo 1835 ; the Superb, 80, wa s launched in 1 842 w ail; Indus, 78, was laun c h e d i n 1839 . Th e other t he not of the above li s t, ou t o f comm i ss i on , are t"e ;tP, William, 120 ; th e G o li at h , 80, l aunc h e d in ~.,l ' e nt eriP Hindostan, 78, launched i n 1841 ; an d the cool' 80, launched in 1844. Of the ships of the line 1,, 39 i ; mission the Quee n , 110, was launched a tbe the Albion, 90, launched in 1842 ; •ty t thlr c t; lingwood, 80, launched in 1841. In fa''' t ' that - 1 0 f n ce ph of our noblest men-of-war, equal to any • -r ., be mustered by any naval power, have be en ee ci since 1830. I .„„i v deta il : INTENTIONS OF FRANCE.---RCSOIII,--, A 121. 1 , 1 , 11 ' 11 0f there should be no war between France anu if bat P' o ,o still we may as well let our countrymen kn° o !' for might have expected in th e even t of hostilities 'lellt e have succeeded in finding out the plans of e r o, from a commerci a l t rave ll er, i n an Al ge rine at ter o o was bringing some ribands from Paris-- 11 F r , be ift• which, as lie belonged to the Legion of Hent e seß t ot privileged to wear in his button-hole. The •r' et se r t• tended to have landed 200,000 men at Folkeste!',ol),,, Vantelini, of the Pavilion Hotel, would have e; o eti o tily puzzled how to accommodate his gallan t o p We men. They would have taken a special trai° co olt e e Bricklayers' Arms, sacking the receipts of the 00 0 fr o t at all the stations on the road up; and they W oe o , e cl have bivouacked on Kennington-common., ri morning they would have marched into Linnl e 'elitt the Mint, turned the coffers of the Bank ins l viresfr r ep la have proceeded thence by omnibus to th e r epo h `b l f oe where they would have declared England 11 .4 t hee t i r e the middle of Regent's-circus. They w°,.w. to marched on to Paddington, bombarded t u `p s 's-P, 11 : te rk ll Stingo, and sent a detachment round St. Ja ni : raeoloc e spike the gun belonging to the Gun Tavern' t hen of, opposite Buckingham Palace. They w° e ; octet', o taken a special train to Slough, and dictate°. he bead ( o il peace at Windsor Castl e . B e f ore s h o wing t cls bee a treaty, they were to insist on having the i , o f We 1 03° the Ministers, particularly that of the Quee°, l ' ton; after which they purposed deposing th e os iste", t jto installing Tom Duncotnbe as First Coo n :hoes e t ; o t i 5 Feu...us O'Connor and Joseph Hume, as tr. _ cc o ,e people. It will be seen that the whole Of tbieisirevehorty very complete and substantial, as far a s tl er 00 0 eto • concerned ; but the statement omits altogetno e re essential point—namely, how the English w e r ibeci ploy themselves whil e th e scenes a bove de. 011 being ( meted. —Punch. T r WlC i f t 'obli G RAILWAY FROM NORWICH TO ,- /Or Friday last a most important and inut - holk meeting on this subject was held in the Gutt e d. Li ii of be with, at which the Mayor of' that city PITT, eid a / 0 11 4 ' resolved, that a line of railway to Ipswich ~f•Dler vital importance to Norwich and the count,' " 0 40 0 i te s ich and that it was desirable to further the ext . .jps posed by the Eastern Union Railway Company Express. 0 1 BIRTHS. Oaf On the 11th inst., in Albion-street, ilyde-park, t he _Ga. John William Woodcock, Esq., of a daughter. _ .. " 4 , ter, W' ll i‘ e re l d B e t r li c t i , it a e t , Tti:yildbaanuglciistterre.ei, Wesu"—s George a lts l9 IPIARRIED. Ca thatli, On the 4th of July, in Bombay, at St. T1i0n1a 5 ..,• ' %,.ia,!.... °- 0 Metcalfe Larken, Esq., of the Civil Service, to iti-Ti e opr , daughter of the Hon. James Henryrawford, .'"' , 11 1 Council of the Bombay Presidency. y m u, ° ,ri 0 __ On the 17th inst., at Alverstoke, Captain Larc" AdO 3- N m a a vy il , d t e o y. Miss Westmoreland Jane, daughter of Vi ce- et 1, V °g io _On the 17th inst., at Edge-hill Church, Liverpo° poll, Dawson, Esq., Tyddyn-roe, near St. Asaph , t i ° ro w, if Yelverton, eldest Laughter of the Hon. and iiev h * " " johot ° ,.fee , On the 17th inst., at St. Alphage , Greenw i l3 " av i o te th rs e e s o l?; son of John Matthew, Esq, of Layeder-hill, to Maria, youngest daughter of W. Hartru, Eat on , j.. Ac1 01 P" t° yeoOuuninsgate,hs3te, youngest 18th fs i inst., the s d t. a , ltai a gt t eh st S ear t m . ou h fe l lD a r i. l t : l.G ' x s ~o K n p, o r n eFt c s il tn ll ° . g , ac fC Es I a (I P!: ' l O 7 o ' 3 former place. jar __-------- ee Tar 11 TRI.) On the Bth inst., at Hofwyl, Switzerland, Geo r ge Esq., surgeon, Kingston-on-• Thames. -rd % rd s°llll4 On the 13th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, i,-/:11 l E a s t On . o ' f t a l g s i e e t : 1 1 , c4sktsh. House,ins t.,at Essex.J er s ey, William Onr d/ - 17,d 0 P MO. '" bt''' On the 16th inst., - at Rheola, Glamorganshire, ilea Vaughan, widow of John E. Vaughan, Esq., 1;9" d IV. fur that county. 70.1 0..., On the 4th of March, at Wellington, New - d ifi V. Brewer, Esq., barrister-at-law. Widow f C ilr 1 On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, Maria, i , ° Apt George Hope Johstone_,_R.N. rd Cbilli On the 13th inst., at Henle - -Th rnes►Edwa if , yon a , Ps Weedon, aged 78. . r a 84100' Prior Johilso-t On the 13th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, Eds ir '^` rP" I rePt On the 16th inst., T. Milne Esq., of Cliff-hill, ne3coue On the 17th inst., at Leamingto, the Hon..Mrs' „we, widow of the late Dooald Cameron, of Lochiel. ....„o,3ter;., On the 18th inst., at Barrow-upon-Soar, I .'e!! t a Gl e ll, Elizabeth Storer, the lady of Major-General Wilha g od , o f On the 18th inst., at Hastings, William Ltic 4l3 ...:te.o lP` Esq., for many years a magistrate and Deputy -I,l' the county of Sussex, aged 79. ---- 101010 London: Printed and Published by iiII.IIID C L No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Olt g e ' Strand, in the Precinct of the in bliddlens i Friday, eptealber 20, 1844. G R, Dl 7 Su At Be, Para—p c , ,_____st ar ofe 11 gl,iy,„ ar( co 'l.:v ery 4, 4 XT1V1 Y, at Elo 0 91 msr Lou,. C 41 ,411 LL_ 8,4,1 1 so xi 4 rE: 11. 1 , ) h 11 ti I se 4, follo A tu ck c All and tu n e In 4;"ent, 11, La w of .. I Deril ,eacellent a grieultu Pitalists feted for election 1 t 41 : 1 * her ,-tutu), v, of :7)