The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

NE SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. P'RON THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—In looking back over the multifarious records of last session's legislation, the bulky blue book of evidence on " Commons Inclosure," the result of the labours of the Committee which sat, on the withdrawal of Lord Worsley's Inclosure Bill, contains several matters worthy of attention. The first reflec tion it suggests is, how little pains have been taken, till lately, to obtain accurate statistical information respecting the most important branches of our national indastry. Of late, however, something has been done in this way—manufacturing distress brought on inquiries into the extent, cha racter, and subdivision of the vast population en gaged in manufacturing industry. A special legisla tion for the young, and for females, was founded on another and more careful series of investigation. It is now the turn of agricultural labour, propped up as it has been by artificial laws ; a vast deal of informa tion as to the condition of the occupier and labourer is coming out by instalments, and we do not despair of , seeing the information for which Mr. Cobden vainly applied, in his admirable speech last session (motion for a committee to inquire into the effects of import duties on landlords and tenant-farmers), arrived at in detail, and bit by bit. The Committee on in closure reported in favour of a general Act for that purpose, and a Central Board of Commissioners. The bulky mass of evidence published, extending to above 6,000 questions, contains much information re lative to the statistics of land, which all classes may refer to with advantage, whether agreeing with or dissenting from the conclusions in ques tion. We shall cast a restropective glance over a few of its leading features. The fact that there exist in England and Wales large tracts of common which might be, as to some portion at least, profitably cultivated, is established by a large body of respectable evidence ; as to its precise amount, we look in vain for any accurate information. Mr. Jones's estimate of common and waste land at 8,000,000 acres tells us little or nothing, since all witnesses admit, and indeed it is a notorious fact, that a large portion of this would not repay the expense even of enclosure. A variety of classes of land is treated of in the evidence, from absolutely uncultivated com mon to that which is in regular farm occupation, but, from its inconvenient position, unsusceptible of the most efficient cultivation. Admitting the evidence given as of competent authority, there are, however, no means of shirking the conclusion that much land remains which would repay capital laid out on it in inclosure'and regular cultivation. This fact was in deed pretty well known before ; it remains to be con sidered what would be the social influence of such a measure. Supposing it a desirable result, there can be no mistake as to the inefficient nature of the present mode of inelowe by separate Acts. The expense and jobbing attending such Bills are proverbial. As Mr. Graham says—" A private Bill being promoted by a so • licitor, the Commissioner is in most cases his nominee, and the former is appointed clerk to that Commis sioner. Thus the solicitor has the whole control of the matter. Of the expenses some precise data are given. Mr. Hayward, a Parliamentary agent, states the average of fees alone on five Bills passing both Houses was 2301. When a common is in two parishes these are doubled. The expenses of the Llangerniew Act, 1840, amounted to 7731. Under the Common Fields Act, parties We been put to an expense of 5/. per acre. As these charges often exceed the value of the " land in question, it is evident that applichtions for inclosure cannot be numerous under . the existing laws. With respect to the advance of 'Value to be expected in land thus brought under cultivation, the evidence leads to the conclusion that it would be considerable. Mr. Keen speaks decidedly as to what has taken place in the neighbourhood of Godalming and Guild ford. Land, which before inclosure was not worth 10s. per acre now maintains a large population, and has given employment to a vast number of labourers. Other witnesses affirm the low moral state of the inhabitants of uninelosed rural districts. Chicanery, broils, and fraud, are rife ; in fact, nearly all the social irregularities which law and opinion seek to cornet are prevalent. Those locally near the common use that advan tage to overstock, and become the practical possessors of the land. Squatting, to borrow the colonial term, is by no means rare. Mr. Graham says :—" The improvident dependence of cottagers on the common is a check on their industry, and crime is difficult of detection." The great social question remains, how far inclosures would diminish the pri vileges of the labouring classes ; and all parties admit that extreme caution must be used in deal ing with their rights, and special reservations of land set apart for this purpose in case of a general Inclosure Act being passed. We fear that these safe guards against the diminution of the poor cottagers' rights would be more specious than real. Commis sioners acting fur the parties interested would probably only amount to representation of the large, and ex clusion of smaller interests, though more important relatively to the means and condition of the parties. Are, then, these objections so great as to be impos sible to overcome ? and wottiii a certain amount of eco nomical advantage be counterbalaeced by social evils and injustice, such as no legislature has a right to sanction ? Such is the great peetion suggested by the large body of evidence submitted to the committee of last session. It is a question that will again be brought before our Legislature. We prefer leaving this matter for fair and dispassionate consideration, and before returning to the subject, will for the present mention two or three incidental topics suggested by the volume before us. This may be 'considered—lst, as a statistical inquiry into the condition, value, and social state of certain agricultural districts : 2dly, as preliminary to an effort to extract more subsistence out of the soil : and, thirdly, as evidence of a desire to substitute more compact and central legislation in place of the partial operation of special Acts. The two first of these caaont but be productive of good : information as to the capabilities of the soil, and the economical and social condition of labourers and farmers (and, however, by a side wind, the body of evidence on inclosures does bear upon these topics) tends to promote sounder legislation respecting landed produce. It is startling to hear, that at, a period when redundant capital seeks every possible outlet, there should remain much wild land (after allowing for all drawbacks), whiCh only awaits cultivation to yield considerable returns. Yet the fact seems fully established. The evidence of Mr. Davies is, perhaps, the strongest on this point. He says, " Land which, as it now stands, as hardly worth 2s. Gd. per acre, I should value at from 20s. to 40s. after inclosure." The merits of centralised legislation are perhaps more specious than real ; what advantages it has appear at once on the surface—it is expeditious, compact, and uninfluenced by local interests ; but it is, as we see in its work ing, often superficial and hasty. Skimming over a vast surface, it dives deeply into no parts of a ques rtm---the machinery of form becomes an end instead of the means. For example, a Central Board of Inclosure Commissioners might do their work cheaply, expeditiously, and with a sincere desire to !promote justice ; but it would inevitably sacrifice Local interests to the carrying out a general theory ; and when such is the consequence of rapid legis lation, public opinion will force it to retrograde in a way that will ultimately enhance the labour. In taking leave for the present of the inclosure evi dence, we feel sure that should the plan there proposed be ever catried into effect, it must be in a very mo dified form, and with some element introduced which will be a real and honest equivalent for any losses Incurred by the humbler residents in the neighbour hood of our commons ; and we shall recur to the subject, and endeavour to investigate more especially how this might be accomplished. STANDARD.—We have a great respect for Mr. )3usfield Ferrand—we admire his talents and courage, and we love his enthusiastic philanthropy, and though he has lately made a speech of which we en tirely disapprove, we respect him nothing the less on that aceount. The Hon. Member for Knaresborough has a great deal of ability, of spirit, and of zeal, but he wants one quality which never yet was found united with so very energetical a character In a young man ; he wants—we should grieve to be supposed to say it in an ill-sense—he wants wis dom. A few years will, _in so honest and can did and acute a person, supply this defect, and when it shall be supplied in Mr. Ferrand, he will be a most useful public man—we know of no one likely to be more useful. In the speech to which we have referred, Mr. Ferrand summarily disposes of the character of the present generation of Englishmen as follows :—" It is a fact that England has become a illation of humbugs." Now we can assure Mr. Ferrand that except the homeliness of the epithet applied, there is nothing new in this charge. The young and ardent of each generation • always apply it to their con temporary ag*, , ‘-'and each succeeding generation discovers, that it has been unjustly applied to the time of their fathers—Shakspere, Milton, Marvel, De Foe, Pope, Churchill, Southey, are all witnesses against the hypocrisy (or humbug, as Mr. Ferrand cells it) of the times in which they lived ; so that if England is to be convicted of being a talon of humbugs, upon even the 'nest respectable testimony, it has ee a nation of humbugs for Theysiearl three cen h turies,.• if not from the beginning. ty e h i a s r g a e i er,l:wholly unfounded. Sin ver snore largely or more gene that thdeiffvuisretr:ula4e4;ll%lasn4:we:.ebaracteristic ; and we believe !ally Mr. Ferranti's *or is," at lo this moment in this country. the error of all young snen of his temperament. W M% enter upon life anoTfwe:vitehrthe most single With an earliest purpose of good, VO4 therefore the narrowest view tiod Tilei attach themselves to parties orytoill';lnballicersi: 14 hose opinions they confidently believe to correspond precisely with their own detail, because they corre 'a principle. They fancy, too, that all who ie same objects with them, or fear the same vale the one or fear the other to the same E 1 A lpo d - n - - th, „lac .„ dangers, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, IM4. extent. They think, moreover, that men pursuing a common end must pursue that end by the same means. A very short experience, however, of public affairs, and more particularly in a complicated state of society, undeceives them in one or more of these respects. It is always, however, easier to self-love to conclude that others arc false and treacherous than that we have duped ourselves ; hence the middle period of the lives of men occupied in ob serving public affairs is usually clouded by the de lusion that all men are hypocrites or " humbugs." Age and experience offer another lesson to candid minds—and it is both gratifyiag and profitable to know that the testimonies of aged public men are nearly unanimous in favour of the general honesty of our species—they teach that if in early youth we form too favourable an opinion of man kind (which is not always the case), at a later period we are disposed by disappointment of our hopes of them, sometimes from others, to judge much too harshly; but it is only when men can judge with temper and fairness that their judgment is worth ' anything. When, therefore, Mr. Ferrand, the guiltless head with random censure strikes," we appeal from himself to him self—wiser by a few of those many years which we hope he will be spared to his country. Meanwhile we warn him against the flattery of those who have flattered, insulted, and betrayed almost every party and every public man in the country panders to all spiteful feelings —on whatever side to be indulged—who have, indeed, an interest in denouncing as " humbugs " all who are not prepared to imitate the profligate im pudence of their own habitual tergiversation. The flattery of such is a contamination which prudent men will shun as they would the plague. This, however, brings us to another subject. If there is in England one public man above the suspicion of hypocrisy, that man is, assuredly, Lord Ashley—his refusal of office when pressed upon him—his obscure labours for the bene fit of the forgotten and neglected—obscure until his genius and energy dragged into day the sufferings of the mine and the mill. These surely prove Lord Ashley sicere if ever man was sincere, yet Lord Ashley has not escaped calumny in that quarter in which Mr. Ferrand's proposition that " England has become a nation of humbugs,"is received with applause ; probably in some degree, because the conduct of Lord Ashley and of those who firmly support him, presents a standing rebuke to the slander that would charge all Englishmen with hypocrisy ; but, in part, also, from a recollection of the Noble Lord's:opposition to the Oxford Trac tarians some years ago, when his Lordship's calum niator was the organ of that party. So tenaciously do ill habits and ill dispositions adhere, that Lord Ashley continues to be insulted by the late Trac tarian organ, even after the Tractarians have been deserted and reviled by his Lordship's insulter. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. DEC. 2.—A letter was read from M. Peltier, giving an account of a whirlwind and storm at Chatenay, in 1839, which, like that which took place recently at Cette, he attributes to electricity.—MM. Lemasson and Dupre informed the Academy that they had made a discovery of the means of disinfecting and preserving meat and other elementary substances by the oxide of carbon.—A letter was received from the Mayor of Gerberoy, stating that in that town a suc cessful experiment has been made of the hydraulic system of M. Amedee Durand. Gerberoy is situated on a height, and having no water but what was sup plied b . ,a , a.well 65 metres deep, the inhabitants were frequentlY without this indispensable fluid. M. Du rand's machine, which appears to be set in motion by a windmill, collects the water from storms or long continued raine e ,. and, by means of a reservoir, the town is now abund,antcy . supplied.—A curious paper, con taining an ticeount of some experiments on de capitated persons, was received from M. Bonna font, surgeon-major of the army. M. Bonnafont's communication appears to have been caused by the discussion which has arisen out of the failure in a recent cue in the action of the guillotine, which fell twice before the fatal blow was inflicted upon the criminal. The adversaries of the guillotine had laid hold of this fact to renew their objections to this mode of inflicting death, and had also mentioned several experiments on men and animals to prove that sensation is not immediately destroyed by decapita tion. Amongst the authorities quoted was Dr. Sue, the father of the celebrated writer, who has stated that he had seen a turkey, when its head was cut off, rise, walk for some seconds, and endeavour to raise its leg towards the wound of the neck. The autho rity of Dr. Sue is too respectable to be doubted, but, even allowing the fact to be correct to the full extent stated, we may be permitted to say that it does not prove the existence of sensation after decapitation in the only sense in which it ought to create horror in those who witness it. If, by sensation here, we are to understand consciousness and pain, the punishment of the guillotine is not the most merciful one as a means of death that could be devised ; strangulation would he in every respect preferable, for although it does not appear to be so prompt, muscular action being kept up fur a longer period than by decapitation, it is well known, upon the authority of persons who have re covered from apparent death by hanging, that the sen sation is not one of pain. Are we, however, to sup pose that, when the connection between the brain and the nervous system throughout the body is severed, pain is really felt ? The action of the turkey after decapitation can be understood, for the impulse was communicated by the brain, whilst the act of de capitation was taking place, and being transmitted to the nerves of the muscular structure, would produce the result stated so long as the nervous fluid which constitutes the springs of life retained its force ; but, before the action of the body could take place, sensa tion in the brain must be destroyed, and the brain being really the seat of the consciousness and expres sion of pain, if that be dead to suffering, the action of the nervous aad muscular systems in the body should inspire no horror on the spectator, being simply an effect where the cause has ceased to exist. We have indeed read within the last few years two or three accounts of the apparent consciousness of the brain in the heads of decapitated criminals, and we confess that they were of a nature to ex cite painful sensations in the minds of such of the spectators as imagined that consciousness really existed ; but was this really the case ? The experi ments of M. Bonnafont seems to us to show that it was not. M. Bonnafont states that, being at Algiers in 1832, he read in a journal that a sur g eon named Wilson had affirmed, as the result of his experiments, that, in the head of a decapitated person, the sense of hearing retained its power for a minute and a half. Wishing to put this assertion to the test, M. Bonna font took advantage of two executions to try the ex periment. We quote his own words :—" Assisted by the late Sub-Intendant de Falloy, who was desirous of taking part in theeexperiment, I had a stool placed near the instrument of death, and upon it a vessel filled with pounded plaister. Immediately after the first execution,' which was performed with remark able celerity, the executioner took the head and placed the bleeding part upon the plaister, so as to prevent the further flowing of blood. I then placed my mouth to the ear of the decapitated Arab, and called him by name, whilst M. de Falloy watched the eyes. In vain did I shout for a minute and a half; neither the eyes nor any of the features showed that the hearing retained the slightest degree of sensibility. The same experiment was repeated at the second execution with a speaking-trumpet, and with the same result." M. Bonnafont concludes by stating that, after the complete separation of the head from the body, there must be, if no instant death, so great a syncope, that death arrives without any of the senses retaining the slightest degree of force.—A f,per was r ece i ve d f rom M. A ma d or, P ro f essor o f t h e aculty of Medicine of Montpellier, the object of which is to show, as far as we c ou ld com p re h en d it, that the popular belief of blood being the seat and vehicle of life is not so erroneous as the scientific world believes. M. Amador's paper is written in a bril liant and captivating style, but, having speculation only for its basis, it cannot, of course, carry convic tion to reflecting minds. The seat of life may be in the blood, or in the nervous fluid, or in any other of the important agents of consciousness and motion ; but it is no more permitted to man to know with certainty where life is really seated, than to fathom the impene trable mystery of the first cause of life. There are some things which the knowledge of man can never reach, inasmuch as they are placed beyond the limits of his faculties. As well could the lower animals attain the reason of man, as man's reason can go be yond the bounds traced by the Creator. All inquiries within these bounds aro laudable, for they may have a useful end ; but it is almost sinful to attempt to go beyond them, for in doing so we give room to doubt and disbelief of that which we are really permitted to know.—A paper "On the general influence of the secretions on the animal economy," by M. Martini, was then read. M. Martini begins by observing that too little ac count is taken by physicians of the action exercised by the secreted and excreted fluids. "It is," says he, " to the blood and the vascular system that func tional derangements are attributed, because in nearly the whole of them there is an acceleration of the cir culation. Nobody has thought of doubting the per nicious influence of the urine, because that liquid is an excremental matter containing deleterious prin ciples; but the same property is denied to the gastric and intestinal juices, to the lachrymal discharge, and to the fluids secreted by the lungs, which are not, it is true, excremental fluids, but which, nevertheless, perform organic functions in the interior of the body." is e v i 00, :ce ts e ic, : t i n D h t ge t ; e aai ty u e r rt e ho a t f h tt h a tiviteh. secretionssiutnopttphaoles supposes s n e; d d i bi ff et e al Martini t we could have vi sltileds, ,I to tan ish r e ate, that the auth o r p h e a r d fo n r o m t e t o h n e fi i n m e d p ant or b t functio ns which h ilr3 : ' l d°ri e °. no a w s s l u ed i t f n g e e t s h fo y e b Y r them, he can only ha v e arr i ve d at his k facts, and some of these he ought to have adduced, tin order to give force to his theory; but he seems to have thought it quite sufficient to state his theory and claim belief in it, without offering any evidence that it is correct. The theory is indeed plausible, and it will probably be tested by practical men. In the course of his paper M. Martini states that even extra vasted blood never exercises a deleterious action on the organs with which it comes in contact, whereas, according to him, the case is otherwise with the se creted liquids. This is an assertion which ought not to have been left to stand alone. M. Martini certainly ought to have shown by a few facts that the assertion was true. He states indeed, and this we can readily believe, that tears, which are apparently a harmless liquid, become a most formidable enemy to the eye if they remain a long time upon the surface. But is this a new theory ? Is it not the practice of all surgeons to prevent the accumulation of secretions of every kind, from their experience of the injurious effect which they may in that state exercise on the animal economy ? rented, and at the suggestion of the Judge, the pri soner was acquitted of the capital offence, and having pleaded Guilty to a misdemeanour, he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Joseph Forster, 19, who was charged with an un natural crime, was Acquitted. BURGLARY.— Charles Ashton, 27, and John Batty, 21, were charged with a burglary, in the house of Peter Garside, at Hyde, on the 7th of September last. The prisoner had taken advantage of the ab sence of the family on the night in question, broken into the house, and had carried away two loaves, a blanket, and two live rabbits, which property was found in the house of Ashton shortly after, the other prisoner lodging with Ashton. The jury found both Guilty, and there being three other cases against Ashton, he was sentenced to be transported for life, and Batty was sentenced to ten years' transportation. The Court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Robert Clifford, a journeyman carpenter, was brought before Mr. Alderman Johnson, charged with breaking a policeman's arm. Sergeant White, 201 of the City police, stated that the prisoner was brought in about two o'clock on Sunday morning, by a policeman named Samuel Coveney, and charged with assaulting him. The constable stated that he was on duty at the corner of St. Martin's-le-Grand and Newgate-street, and that the prisouer came up to him, and asked him which was Newgate-street. The constable told him that was Newgate-street. The prisoner said it was a - lie, and gave him what is called the " leg," or wrestler's trip. The constable fell, and his arm was so broken that the elbow was forced upwards half way to the shoulder. He sent the man to the hospital immediately. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON inquired if any further provocation was stated to have been given than he had already mentioned ? The Alderman asked if the policeman was sober ? Witness replied Quite so. The ALDERMAN asked if the prisoner was also sober? The sergeant said he had been drinking, but knew very well what he was about. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON inquired whether the con stable's statement was made in the prisoner's presence? The sergeant said it was. The certificate of Mr. Reed, the house surgeon at St. Bartholomew's, stated that Samuel Coveney was admitted with a fracture of the bone of the left arm, and the injury was so serious that it was necessary to make him an in-patient. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was extremely sorry. He was not sober at the time. The ALDERMAN remanded him till Saturday, in the hope that the injured man may then be able to attend and give evidence. henry Tub well, a sailor, who is spending a small legacy, was charged with being drunk in Farring don-street, on Saturday evening. He was rather noisy, but almost helpless, and he was carried to the station on a board. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON recognised the prisoner as having been in custody two or three times, and said he ought to be sent to Bethlehem, to be taken care of for a little time. He had better give his money to some charity than squander it in such a way. The prisoner said charity should begin at home. He should not do right if he gave the money away. A friend apologised for the prisoner. He had been drinking, because it was his birth-day; and he had hurt his head by a fall, at Calcutta. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said he must teach him discretion. He must fine him 40s. Then I shall not pay it, replied Tugwell—nothing above a pound. Then I commit you for a month, rejoined the Ma gistrate, unless you sooner pay the 40s. The prisoner, who had 171. in his possession, re fused to pay the fine, and was committed. said he had committed something very wicked, and on Harrild inquiring the nature of his transgression, he said he had stolen his master's horse, and sold it in Smithfield for 1/. 195., which he had since spent. The prisoner, who appeared labouring under much agitation and grief, said he was a guilty man, and that he was driven by want and a series of misfor tunes to commit the felony. His father had recently died, and his business was ruined. His wife and children fell ill, and he could not obtain work until Mr. Ladd employed him, and gave him a bit of victuals, but no money to purchase bread for his chil dren. He was guilty, but his character was good, and witnesses were in attendance to speak in his be half.—Remanded. ALARMING FIRE IN GLASGOW. On Friday morning, about four o'clock, a fire broke out in the Gallowgate, to the rear of a thatch house adjoining Dovehill. The flames, issuing from a byre and stable, speedily communicated with the front building, and, in a few moments, the entire premises were enveloped in flames—the inmates of the gar rets barely escaping with their lives. A cow, in the byre, was burned to a cinder, and the poor people in the whole of the upper part of the tenement—numbering four families —had nearly every article more or less destroyed. One of the ejected is an old man, about ninety years of age. Mr. Robertson and the fire brigade happily prevented the fire from communicating to the other buildings, be sides saving the under flats of the front house. About eight o'clock the same morning, an alarm of fire arose concerning a shop /situated in Argyle-street, near Mitchell-street, but it was extinguished without the assistance of the engines.— Scotch Reformer's Gazette. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (From a Correspondent of the Limerick Reporter.) KILRUSII, DEC. 4.—On Monday night, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, an alarming fire, which threatened the most disastrous results, broke out in the:premises of Mr. P. M‘Mahon, of this town, woollendraper, supposed to have originated in the snuff of a candle causing some papers to ignite in the shop. The proprietor, who had retired to his family after the business of the day, alarmed by loud knocking at the door, and the cry of " Fire" from the street, where it was first perceived by a young gentleman passing by, attempted to effect an entrance to the scene of conflagration by a door leading from the parlour to the shop, but was unable to do so, his beautiful stock being enveloped in flames. The front door was then broken open, and such was the violence of the devouring element, that many supposed it could not possibly be got under ; how ever, much to the credit of those present, no effort which, under the circumstances, could be resorted to, was spared by any one, and after much vigorous exertion it was completely reduced, not though, I regret much to add, until upwards of 7001. of unin sured property was destroyed. It is to be hoped the inhabitants, who have so much property at stake, will no longer defer taking proper steps for being better provided against such contin gencies than at present. Had this fire broken out a few hours later, the consequences would have been frightful, there being neither watchman nor fire en gine in the town, nor even water, the very pumps, even the river, being inaccessible, padlocks guarding the former, stone walls the latter—what was used on the occasion having been got out of the different houses throughout the neighhourhood. Those most interested would do well to convene their fellow-townsmen and take into their most serious consideration the necessity of not leaving an entire town in such an unprovided state. LOVESUIT TRAGEDY. (From the Preston Guardian.) On last Sunday evening a very melancholy and unfortunate fatal accident occurred to a young woman, belonging to this town, under circumstances so peculiar and afflicting as to have created quite a sen sation among all persons. The scene of the tragedy was at the canal, almost immediately beneath the Maudland-bridge. The young woman was the daughter of James Brown, a labouring man, residing in Bolton-street, and had been brought up at one of the factories in town. She was scarcely eighteen years of age. During the last few months her com pany and affections were courted by a factory lad, named Richard Talbot, and the .most unblemished terms of intercourse and attachment existed between them. Talbot resides in a lodging-house kept by Mrs. Rigby, of No. 9, Mount Pleasant ; and on the Sunday evenings the two young persons were in the habit of meeting together in that house, and she was escorted home afterwards by her lover. Last Sunday evening they met at Mrs. Rigby's as usual, where they remained together about two hours, or until eight o'clock, and during this time the best terms of attachment and affection were manifested. After ex changing some frolicsome words, the young persons left the house on their way to Bolton-street, the re sidence of her father. The most secluded way to the young woman's home from Mount Pleasant is along the towing-path of the canal. The night was un usually dark, so much so that people could scarcely discern one another. In consequence of wet weather many parts of the towing-path are very dirty and slippery ; and in proceeding along it the young woman, to evade these muddy places, occasionally walked upon the narrow ledge of stone at the edge of the water. Talbot went along on the opposite side of the towing-path. When they were a few yards beyond the bridge he heard a plunge— her foot had slipped on the stones, and she was strug gling in the water. Talbot's presence of mind seemed to have fled from him instantaneously, as he merely stood gazing upon the catastrophe, and crying for as sistance. The first person who reached the spot was a weaver named Sumner, who had been alarmed by the cry of " Help!" Talbot was at this time in the greatest agony, and, after a short consultation with Sumner, who also declined going into the water, he ran off to acquaint her parents with the circumstance, and bring other people to assist in rescuing her. After the lapse of some minutes, a number of people arrived, but a striking indifference or cow ardice seemed to prevail. Sumner declared he saw the body of the female in the canal ; and another weaver, named Walsh (who might, in some mea sure, be excused on account of his advanced years), acknowledges that he stayed on the bridge asking questions until a light was procured ; and even the father of the young woman, when he arrived, lost his self-resolution, and merely commenced accusing Talbot of being the cause of his daughter's death. One attempt was made by an individual to rescue her by wading in the canal, but this failed ; and at last, after the lapse of about three-quarters of an hour, grappling irons were procured, two police officers having reached the place, and the body was taken out. And so, the girl was suffered to drown in about six feet of water ! Talbot was immediately apprehended by one of the officers on account of the accusation of the father of the deceased. It was found, on the body being taken home, that life was totally extinct. A medical gentleman was sent for and means were taken to restore life, but to no effect. Next day, various calumnious rumours were cir culated by idle people respecting the conduct of Talbot, and it was also noised abroad that the unfor tunate girl was pregnant. All these turned out to be totally unfounded. The deceased was a young woman of excellent character, and belonged to the Roman Catholic communion; and Talbot is a very harmless and inoffensive lad, and bears a good cha racter also. In the course of the day, the street op posite the Town-hall was crowded by people anxious to know the result of an examination of Talbot. To wards evening, in consequence of an inquisition upon deceased , tnhaet speedily y deoc singulareu2e anrBs doors 28th ho d t woman filledot coincidence to : ano n nec g place, excess. October, odlbnsre Town-hall being th r in - ea, c oo t hrfp same e e el a t nt b h s e o ei sddy place e drownedthat brother 1838. He was only six years of age, and had accidentally over balanced himself. It is believed that this accident oc curred at precisely the same spot, by those who can recollect the circumstance. R. Palmer, Esq., our respected coroner, held the inquest on the body, at the Town-hall, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The jury having been sworn, they proceeded to view the body at the house, and, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of "Accidentally drowned." The remains of the young woman were quietly and decently interred in the burying-ground belonging to St. Wilfrid's Church, on Tuesday. A number of people, principally acquaintances and relatives of the deceased, were present on the occasion. Her lament ing suitor formed one of the mourners. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 9. —The Peninsular land Oriental Company's steamer Royal Tar, Captain R. Gasson, arrived this morning at nine o'clock from Gib raltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, bringing all the mails. Her dates of departure are as follows From Gibraltar Nov. 30, Cadiz Dec. 1, Lisbon, Doe. 5, and Vigo Dec. 5. Ships of war lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's sloop Scout and her Majesty's steamer Flamer. Ship of war lying at Lisbon—Her Majesty's ship Albion. Vessel passed of—Nov. 30, off Cape Trafalgar, the steam-ship Tagus. Specie en board-15 bags. List of passengers —Mr. Willis, two Misses Cathcarts, Alfred Webster, Robert Graham, Mr. Eaveler, Baron Fulgaser, T. F. Rebello, T. M. Silverer, Mons. Towgarvy, Wm. Tomkins, Wm. Green, General Martin. Tun WEATHEN.—A decided change has taken place in the weather since Tuesday last. Previous to that we had a succession of fine mild days, but on Wednesday a keen frost set in, which still continues with unabated severity. The thermometer has been ranging from 25 to 30 degrees. The hills and fields are covered with hoar frost as with a mantle of snow, and all the shallow brooks and ponds are, of course, completely frozen over. It is almost needless to say that in such weather the condition of the ill-fed and poorly clad portion of our population cannot be otherwise than rniserable.—,Scots man of Saturday. SIR R. PEEL AND HIS FRIENDS. The following is an extract from Mr. Ferrand's speech, made a few days since to his constituents at Knaresborough. No Whig was ever so violent against a Tory, as the Tory Ferrand is agaire , t Peel and Graham. Our readers, however, will see that Mr. Ferrand occasionally draws a long bow : "It is now my duty to give you a slight sketch of the proceedings of the present Government dur ing the three years in which they have held ofice. They commenced by passing an income tax kin time of peace, which tax was to last for three years. I, for one, at that time, and under the pledge from Sir Robert Peel that it should only last for three years—under the peculiar circumstances and the dangerous state of the financial affairs of the country, gave his proposition my hearty support. After they had obtained sufficient ballast to right the vessel of state by the aid of this tax, Sir R. Peel proceeded to bring forward his great measures which were to restore the nation once more to prosperity. He first of all brought forward his new corn-law, and in so doing he made speeches by the hour, in which he quoted figures and made calculations to convince the tagricultural interest in the Commons that his new sliding-scale would give a protection to agriculture to the ex tent of keeping wheat at the average price of 58s. per quarter. When I appeared before you at the last general election, I told you that I would not pledge my support to the then existing corn-law, but that if any measure were brought forward by Sir R. Peel which would give more satisfaction to the country, and at the same time secure that protection to the agricultural interest which they had a right to de mand, I would give that measure my support. Sir R. Peel, having declared in the most solemn manner that his corn-law would give that protection, I con sidered he had a right to require my support, and I therefore voted for it.—(Hear.) But he had scarcely got rid of his corn-law, when he introduced into the House what he called his tariff—a measure, in my opinion, which could only have been brought forward by either a lunatic or a traitor.—(Laughter.) What was the next mad step of which they have been guilty ? They have legalised the exportation of ' machinery. England, which possessed the best and the most perfect machinery in the world, has in this, the hour of peril, given it to foreigners for the purpose of destroying us.—(Loud cheers.) Their next step was to enforce the new poor-law with greater tyranny, oppression, and cold-blooded cruelty than ever the Whigs were guilty of. In their reign of office, the daily papers were never filled with such details of cruelty and oppression of the poor as is daily the case now. No; although they carried the measure, and attempted to enforce it, they did it with justice tempered with mercy in comparison with the rule of the present Government.—(Cheers.) I have told you, gentlemen, how the Government robbed the factory-workers of the Ten Hours' Bill, after a majority of the House of Commons had voted for it. Sir R. Peel is the most unconstitutional Minister that ever held the reins of Government in England.—(Cheers.) Twice in one year has: he made the House of Commons eat its own solemnly recorded opinions ; twice in one session, at his bidding, have the representatives of the people forsaken their duty to their constituents and the country. It rests with the constituencies of Eng land to drag these men to the bar of public opinion, to make them appear before them—to drag them into their presence, and make them prove the rectitude of their conduct; or, if they prove the de linquency, to compel them to resign their seats.— (Loud applause.) Had I been guilty of such con duct I never would have shown my face here again ; had I been the base tool of a degraded Minister, who held the reins of Government, I should not have been before you this day. But, gentlemen, believe me when I tell you that I would sooner have forfeited my head than have thus sold the rights of my country men.—(Great cheering.) From the hour that the House of Commons thus degraded itself, it lost its hold of public opinion—it lost its dignity amongst the nations of the earth.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, Sir R. Peel, when out of office, promised to the colonies to continue that protection which they had in justice received. But what has been his conduct with regard to the West India colonies ? He has withdrawn the protection of Government from them, and by doing so has encouraged the production of slave-grown sugar. England paid 20,000,000/. for the emancipation of the slaves; Sir R. Peel has now, by carrying out his free trade measures, once more given encouragement to the slaveowners of sugar-producing countries. (Hear, hear.) But what has been his conduct to the agricultural inte rest ? When he brought forward his Corn-law Bill he gave the House of Commons to understand that it was to be a final measure ; not one word was then whispered of the Canada Corn Bill, although the Government had at that moment determined, after having clinched the agricultural interest under the Corn-law Bill, to cram the second measure down their throats. Lord Stanley brought forward the measure, and his speech contained such a tissue of misstatements as were scarcely ever made by a Mi nister of the Crown in one speech. I need not give the statistical accounts of the results of his Canada Corn Bill ; suffice it, that these two measures have chiefly aided in producing the following results : Yesterday, in Knaresborough market wheat sold at 405. per quarter, the weight being 36 stone 41b., or 18 stone 21b. to the sack. That is the result of Sir Ro bert Peel's protection to agriculture ! I say, gentle men, they have sacrificed the British farmer for one year of reckless competition in trade ; for what do we find in Bradford ? Why, that there are no fewer than 10,000 power-looms standing idle, which a month ago were in full work ; many mills have commenced run ning four days a-week, and others are not fully ems ployed ; hundreds of combers are either out of employment altogether, or have only half work, the unmarried men being sent without work, whilst those who are married have work given them according to the extent of their family; and these poor men can earn no more than ss. or 6s. a-week. This is the melancholy pro spect which is staring them in the face for the ensu ing winter, and this is the certain result which will continue to follow Sir Robert Peel's mad career of legislation. But more fatal still will be its conse quences, and as sure as I have the honour of address ing you to-day we may look forward with dismay as to the future events which will happen to our country. —(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, reverting to Ire land, what has been Sir Robert Peel's policy ? He has allowed Mr. O'Connell to gather vast assemblages in public meetings; he allowed him to parade the is land from one end to another like a triumphant con queror, setting the laws of the land and the Govern mentj of the country at defiance.—(Cries of ` No,' from the Roman Catholic priest.) He did this ; and O'Connell was allowed to go on until he was on the point of attending the last public meeting which he had convened, when the Government, at the eleventh hour, interfered ; the prosecution of O'Connell followed ; he was convicted of conspiring against the Govern ment; and what was the treatment which he did re ceive compared with what he ought to have received ? The laws of our country know no distinction between the peasant and the peer in cases of violation of those laws. But how was O'Connell treated ? He was sent to what is called a prison, where he lived at his ease in the style of a country gentleman, holding daily levees, his whole time being spent in feasting instead of fast ing.—(Laughter and cheers.) Instead of having prison fare dealt out to him, as he ought to have had, he was treated in such a manner as convicted conspirator never was before. He happens to be the head of a strong party, and has numerous friends in the House of Commons, and the Conservative Govern ment quailed before him and them, and failed to do their duty. But how was Mr. O'Connor treated in York Castle ?—(Hear, and cheers.) Was he 'a worse convicted conspirator than O'Connell ? No. He never attempted to set the laws at defiance to the extent of a one hundredth part so far as O'Connell had done ; and was any mercy shown to him ? No. He had the cell of a conspirator ; he went through all the prison hardships and fare, and it was a disgrace to the Conservative Government thus to deal with a man who had been convicted as O'Connell had been. Until O'Connor and O'Connell are punished alike, let us not talk about equal justice. Now, then, gentlemen, in closing my address, I will just allude to your pro spects ; and I do not hesitate to tell you it is my firm conviction that there is nothing but ruin for the pre sent race of British farmers.—(A Voice, Landlords, you mean.' Mr. Ferrand, If you will stop, I will tell you all about the landlords.') If the farmers will take my advice they will well weigh the prospects which are before them; they will meet their land lords, and tell them that up to the last dissolu tion of Parliament they had sailed with them in the same boat, that the farmers had stood their true friends, and had returned them a majority to the House of Commons ; but that when they had got there they had sold their interests, and now, being brought to the brink of ruin, they called on the land lords, as their professed friends, to prove the sincerity of their pledge ; for as sure, gentlemen, as we stand here to-day, the present race of farmers will be ruined, and one-half the land in England will in ten years change hands, unless Sir Robert Peel is driven from office, and that protection to agriculture is re stored which it has ever received since England be came a mighty nation.—(Hear, and cheers.) I am glad to find that Sir Robert Peel has a slight p irticle of conscience left. During the last autumn lie attended the Tamworth agricultural dinner, of which society he is the president; he certainly hung his ears and looked foolish. He could not tell what to say, under the peculiar circumstances and difficulties in which he was placed, but having mumbled out a ` higgling and haggling' , speech of ten minutes, he gave the farmers a consolation, and showed his desire to support agri culture by promising to keep for them a bull.— (Laughter.) This year Sir Robert Peel did not dare ,to meet the Tamworth Society, and the consequence has 'een that there has been no dinner, and there Wil l be no dinner. What is the excuse ? `The ball 8, Tamworth is out of repair'—and so is the agricultursi interest.—(Laughter.) But let me call your attec* tion to a speech made by Lord Stanley, who, the other day, was made Baron Stanley, and is now 13 2 longer dependent on the votes of the farmers of lier; Lancashire for the post of the representative of W e e , county. How did he treat and allude to his former friends ? He told them they must put their shot''' ders to the wheel ; that it was not the old farmers: but the young ones, who were now most concerned+ and that they must study chemistry, commen ce draining, and learn to grow wheat instead of weee o Thi3 is the language of the man to those w u placed him in power. It is a gross injusti ce ' But, gentlemen, what is the intention of Governm o° towards yourselves in the ensuing session of Perlis' ment ? Sir J. Graham has determined on depriving s you of the Gilbert Unions. He is going to piss Bill to break up all the Gilbert Unions in the count', His slaves, the majority of the House of Comm°4l will follow his beck and nod, and you are to be hand over to the tender mercies of the Poor-law Commi s. sioners.—(A Voice, ' He's a bad 'un.') Ah! 1 0° , 0 but you knew the cruelties inflicted on the poor in the south of England, where the population are scattered ' I ; and wide, you would then indeed tremble for that %N e i. . is awaiting you. And I would appeal to t!': wealthy, to those who hold high stations ;I this neighbourhood, to consider well what of be the result of the handing over the pow . „ ° 0 this neighbourhood to the commissioners. I hay° r, hesitation in asserting that the Poor-law Commi s ' sioners of Somerset-house have dared to carry out tb: principle in England that killing the poor is li o f murder.—(Hear.) This is proved in the reptilrtsAe the coroners' inquests which appear daily 10 rto newspapers, which show that the poor are starven, he death by the officers 'of the unions acting under orders of the Poor-law Commissioners. In vain r s , these revolting accounts published ; the Comm is sioners, with hearts as hard as steel, enforce t he.. .. tyrannical and blood-stained law, by still daring r; trample under foot the sacred principle of our Bib s and the laws of God in a Christian country. I t he l my duty now, as one of your representatives-0 t g b representative of the Protestants of Knaresborn u a —to tell you that it is my firm conviction thet_,T, Sir Robert Peel betrayed the Protestant Ch ur l in 1829, so he is going to betry the Protest, Church of Ireland in 1845. He keeps secret his, 1 tentions ; but I say unto you, watch, for I can I 0 no confidence in a man who obtained office , 1 1 fraud, and who dares to trample under foot the interests of his country.—(Hear, hear.) He NO ° t bi willingly sacrificed the rights, the liberties, An , j e, lives of the poor, by sanctioning the new peor'''' l 4. will not hesitate, if you keep him in office, to sg e of five the religion which he professes. And I Il ia % (I full well that there is not a Protestant in Eng 7, a but believes he is stealthily but furtively aini rn , e 'd. deadly blow at the Protestant religion of Irel be t But it rests with the Protestants of England wh e '„ i they will forsake their Irish brethren in the bon the need. I have now, gentlemen, touched upon w e e, topics which, as your representative, I have er ti g dered it my duty to do. I have extenuated net u .ri i . v g and set down naught in malice, but honestly belt 4,0 every word to be true which I have uttered, . 1 " done so to the best of my ability."—(Hear.) f til FOREIGN SPIRITS IN BOND.—The Lords e r ie, Treasury having had under consideration a tuern e r praying that the duty may be remitted on the cic - „"os: cies which have taken place in several casks of ye" o - 01 warehoused at Brewer's Quay, the warehouses cannery with which being of extra security only, and no r I : r e cially approved, as in the case with the bonded l l t y houses at the Dock, their Lordships have authoris_ % r e Commissioners of the Customs, in the present 0 0 ' "i 314 mit the duties on the deficiencies of Geneva, Pr 3 f r otil their officers are satisfied that the same have arise n in , natural causes, and that no abstraction or i m proper of terference has taken place, and in all similar cases , a e 0 commended by their report on the subject. This ordered, been communicated to the officers of the several deptr ments in London, and to the collectors and c° t eer trollers at the different outports of the kingdom fo r 5 o r information, with directions to govern themsel fe a pee corclingly. With reference to the regulations in re'' er el to deficiencies in brandy, contained in the Ke e 0 0 minute of November, 1843, viz., to make an all a e "O5 on account of deficiencies in excess of the legal (1 0° 00 er beyond the allowances regulated by the Treasuryf oe) of January, 1839, according as the circumstances ° f case might appear to justify, without special aPP h oes , being made to the Board from the outports, 1 0 , „ t o' cases in which the deficiency in excess, if the lega l leisi City shall not exceed three gallons per cask, ebs e 0 1 that they first satisfy themselves that the deficien c y n t arisen from natural causes, and that no a bstract i luee improper interference has taken place ; and that a wr e ., 1; 0 application is to be made to the officers by the par' eaeh instance. .11 of WILL OF THE EARL O F KlNTORE.— The cortil ' Anthony Earl of Kintore, l a t e o f K e ith flab , " . bi Britain, has just been pro ve d i n D oc t ors ' Conial °— ior . John Blackie, Esq., one of the executors, power of Po+ , ing hereafter being reserved for the other e%e ca jetto, The will in a very few words directs that his here household furniture, carriages, horses, &c. &c., 130 o ff for sale to his eldest son, and in case he decli se. ;e 01 chasing them, divided, with the whole of bie amongst his family. The will is extremely sh°,,r,- 0 30 11 ; the amount of property under it w hi c h i s proved o' cii eve don is only 3001. (a mere nominal sum), for the PI boi l obtaining an investment of that amount. The " eo le° ever, when proved in Scotland, will include the w" his estates there, which are very large. e" To THE LADIES.—The high and universe—Deli brity which ROWLAND'S'''RALTDOR continues t ° o ff I taro, as an active yet mild and soothing extirpat or j ac! impurities of the skin, is, during the present pert 00104 pleasingly evinced. This preparation eminent'` ba e d fo r restorative, and invigorating, is equally c,elelera t ..poe safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy irL j iiee, ing all impurities and discolorations ; and ieuP s ets 0 01 healthy freshness to the skin and complexion. ." 70 ,eilr o versally great demand excites the cupidity 0 ,,..f ,(06‘,. cipled Shopkeepers, who give the title of ' "7 - 0 0_71 KALYDOR to some compounds of their own neant l e ieer e of the most deleterious character, containing '',d, bi astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion,. 8- 0,4, their repellant action endangering health. It 15 ' 7. 0 fore, imperative on purchasers to see that t ni laa ots et " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" are on the wrapper. J"' are FRAUDULENT COUNTERFEITS 1 I Visit FIFTH FUSILIERS.—This regiment was b few days ago by an " old chap" who had been dig er f ro from it for being worn out and unfit for f° l4/3 10_,4 viee, in the year 1784 ! The poor old fellow .. 5 ,0,, i pension; consequently, the officers, non-commi s be,',,, officers, drummers, and privates—to their cre dit ae l told—after they found, by comparing his tattel; o,‘ cuments with the regimental records, that be 11 07, humbug," made up a handsome subscription l' es pec' f which enabled him, not only to step into a ii0 ,4 1/ 0 able cookshop, and take a lesson in the " P h t ee, of living," but to " rig" himself, " from top t°,ooo comfortable winter apparel, which very much P l l ail 0 both the inward and outward man. He then reck° te t 4 , residue of his coin, which, we understand, at o l l os twenty-eight sovereigns ; put them, carefully' 11 ; d e9 ingly, into his breeches pocket, and took his " e ,C oliJ for the South, whistling " The Boys of Kilkenn o 'd ";/ he occasionally changed to prayers, both . .. : •i i hi deep," for the prosperity of the " Fighting " A , Banner of Ulster. • lit I re ' THE BAPTISTS.—Last evening the Rlgo, Ite o e Lord Teynham preached at the Baptist's Cherregel tie-street, to a numerous and respectable eolig d, 0 0 Al' His Lordship has been sonae months in Irelan ~1 e now on his way from Dublin to London.—L icor bion of Monday. 1e BIRTHS. f t ee On the 7th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the hull ° Al ef , H. R. Julius, of a daughter. A If .ed 02 r fr.' On the 7th inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. ----L w y of Burton-crescent, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Grove-lane, Camberwell: M l* , 1) , o f of a daughter. the IP On the 6th inst., at Lyme Regis, Dorsetshir e P 0 . ow W. H. Hussey, Esq., of the 67th Regiment, Bro of rn p a: : : 0 On the 7th inst., at Albion-place, Lonsdale-square off of Anthony Coiling Brownless, Esq., of a son. 0, the , On the 7th inst., at Alexander-square, of Charles Hance, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a win da t u s , g the Ilij he On the Bth inst., at Broughton Rectory, ee— e.OOl - Rev. Hanlake Lee, of a son. f far - On the Bth inst., at Upper Clapton, the lady 0 e ff Parson, Esq., of a son. 0 01 On the 9th inst., the lady of Henry Adams, Esq" street, Hyde-park, of a son. A d MARRIED. , r . n e., 4 William 11. Sherwin, Esq., to Mary Ann B o n ,jele 4 0 0 daughter of the late Mr. John C. Bonner, of Icl7re, Ed' On the sth inst., at Barnbarroch, wigtol:lsea nt , to nor Richard Jeffreys, Esq., Major in the 88th Regime of DO daughter of the late Colonel Vans Agnew, C. 1 3" gh er ' roch and Shenchan. •C cis On the 7th inst., at Malden, Surrey, Thomas f the is Esq., to Julia Margaret. youngest daughter 0 _ re . ,„ 0 0' Fillingham, Esq., of Guildford-street, Russell-s9aZir.l3',:i.f. On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Bleotnsbuqa",i;ibtery kill, of Exeter, to Susan Brooking, youngest a Square, Esq., solicitor, Kingsbridge, Devon. oft DIED. 1 - , w hile 1 On the Bth inst., suddenly, at Southill Far e ,„„per, 0 - visit to the late Earl of Limerick, Martin .. b %"6sth d h arp F.B. S., of New Burlington-street, London, in ' ..0g..,-. of his ae. Lieutenant On the . h p o o f lN S i e e p t t t en Shakespeare,i. ber, before 2thdeEfloorot peLviiSssai`;tf-eity;oef On the 17th of October last, at Casycl ot i i Rego" „ Captain Charles W. James, of her MajestY s 10 1)P Foot, aged 37. Or N ildare' of On the 24th ult., at Ballintaggart, coup . Bonham, Esq. aged 75. On the 26th ' u 4. at Amiens, J a mes .., $O l Nelson- terrace, Stoke ' Newington. late Pr' At Woolmer Ledge, Hampshire, the intae la • f th e Angerstein, Esq. bet 0 eot h At Burton-crescent, Mrs. Hamilton, re eo , William Hamilton, of Broad-street. of t a INl , u_ _lltetst,:eo4;;,ls; f the relict 0 On the 4th inst., Charles John HurafrcY, E4l.' la te Foot, aged 19. Robert N. Cumming, Esq., surgeon, C!',eX er e, Ore . e t On the 4th inst., at Basingstoke, Marthali. at ,210 60' P 11". On the sth inst., at the Freemasons .` wife o f street, Holborn, Alfred Bird. . vie On the 7th inst., at North Brixton, Di a n' , et Wilt')o Charleton, Esq., of the Coal Exch an g e. o tTilyo, •l ce London : Printed and Published by , _ oe me ti No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The b u 'i n the IEI ,rane. in the Precioet of the Swop,. Middlesex, Tuesday, December 10: 1 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Baron Guaiszv.) AWFUL CASE OF PARRICIDE. A young woman, aged 20, having the appearance of a servant, was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of her own father, Richard Gallop, at Monk's Coppenhall, on the 2d of November, by the administration of arsenic. The Attorney-General, Mr. Temple, and Mr. Townsend, were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Trafford for the prisoner. From the evidence adduced in support of the charge, it appeared that about eight months ago the deceased, who was a joiner, and his family removed from Liver pool to Crewe, in the township of Monk's Coppenhall, for the purpose of working at the extensive works be longing to the Grand Junction Railway Company. The deceased and his wife did not live happily toge ther, and about six months ago the latter committed suicide by cutting her throat. After that the family consisted of the prisoner, her father, the daughter of his wife by a former husband, and a lodger, named William Frazer. After the death of his wife, the prisoner's father treated her with considerable seve rity, and, on one occasion, when she had roasted some potatoes too hard, he threatened to beat her with a strap. This she complained of to her half-sister, and said that, as she had no comfort at home, she would go to service. During the time the prisoner was re siding in Liverpool, she had become acquainted with a young man named Duval, and about the beginning of October, there being a cheap train from Crewe to Liverpool, the prisoner announced her intention of going by it, but her father was very angry with her, and refused to allow her to go, as he said it was only for the purpose of seeing her sweetheart, and he disapproved of the connexion. Shortly after that the prisoner purchased a pennyworth of arsenic, for the purpose, as she said, of destroying rats and mice. Subsequently she purchased a second pennyworth, and on the 2d of November she purchased twopenny worth. About three weeks before the last men tioned day the father of the prisoner became ill, and so continued up to that day, when, after partaking of some arrowroot, he was seized with violent vomiting and purging, which increased during the night, and early on the morning of the 3d of November he died. A surgeon attended him during the night, and treated him for cholera. On the Sunday morning a con stable, named Kenty, went to the house and saw the prisoner. He told her he had come for the purpose of making inquiry respecting the death of her father, and cautioned her. After this he proceeded to put a number of questions to her, which, together with her answers, he produced. Mr. TRAFFORD objected to this evidence being ad missable, as it had been made by the prisoner under inducement, and he cited the case of the King v. Drew, quoted in the 2d vol. of " Russell on Crime," p. 829. The Learned JUDGE overruled the objection. The constable Kenty then read the statement to the Court, from which it appeared that the prisoner admitted she had purchased the poison, but said it was purchased by the direction of her father, for the purpose of destroying rats, and that she had seen a rat on the previous Thursday, and had told her sister of it. Whilst Kenty was in the house the prisoner took a handkerchief from a chest, which the con stable took possession of, and in it he found a packet containing ma. vomica. The prisoner afterwards placed a small paper parcel in a drawer, which the constable also took possession of. In a cupboard he found two loaves of bread and a piece of cake. All these were placed in the hands of Mr. David Wadie, of Liverpool, for the purpose of being analysed. It was proved by the evidence of Mr. Stevenson, a surgeon, that the body of the deceased, on post mortem examination, presented all the appearances internally of having been acted on by some irritant poison, and both he and Mr. Rayner, of Stockport, were of opinion that death was caused by the effects of arsenic. The half-sister of the prisoner proved that on the Friday before the death the prisoner made the cakes and the bread, and that the (the witness), the prisoner, and Fraser, the lodger, all partook of the cakes, imme diately after which they all were taken ill and obliged to go to bed. Mr. Wadie, the chemist, deposed to having analysed the stomach of the deceased, and its contents, in which he discovered white arsenic. He also discovered arsenic in the cakes and the bread ; and in 200 grains of arrowroot he detected 100 grains of arsenic. It was attempted to elicit, in behalf of the prisoner, that she was labouring under insanity ; but the only facts deposed to by the witnesses on this point were, that about six months ago, at the time her mother committed suicide, her conduct was rather strange; that she did not sleep for a whole week, and that, during the time the mother of the prisoner was preg nant of her she was insane, and several times attempted to destroy herself. Mr. TRAFFORD addressed the jury for the prisoner at some length, contending that the case was enve loped in so much doubt that the jury could riot safely convict. That the probability was, the deceased had taken the arsenic by mistake, and that if adminis tered by the prisoner at all, the probability was that she had done so when labouring under the effects of insanity. The Learned JUDGE briefly summed up the case to the jury, telling them that if they believed the prisoner had administered the arsenic, it was their duty to find her guilty. As to the plea of insanity, his Lordship observed that there was no evidence whatever to support it. That was a species of defence too much relied on of late years, to the danger of public security and the great hindrance of justice. The jury consulted together for about five minutes, and then pronounced a verdict of Guilty, but begged strongly to recommend the prisoner to mercy. The JUDGE—What ! recommend a prisoner to mercy who has been guilty of the murder of a parent ! The Learned BARON, having placed the black cap on, proceeded to pass sentence of death on the pri soner. His Lordship said—Mary Gallop, after a long and patient trial, you have been found guilty by the jury, upon evidence which could leave no doubt, of the murder of your own father ; that murder com mitted by the most odious and detestable of all means —that of poison ; an act of deliberation evidently meditated some time before, carried into execution with perseverance, with great art and contrivance; and I wish I could see any symptoms, in the conduct you afterwards exhibited, of repentance or any feelings of remorse for what you have done. It is impossible for me to show you any mercy. Prepare for that awful account to which you sent the author of your being with little or no preparation at all. Seek for the mercy of God—repent of this and all your sins; and by that means seek for that mercy hereafter which it is not in my power, consistently with my public duty, to show you here. his Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence of death upon her in the usual form, and the prisoner walked from the bar with a steadfast step, having manifested throughout the whole trial little or no consciousness of the situation in which she stood, beyond a wild and almost incessant roll of the eye, and an occasional flush of the countenance. MANSLAUGHTER OF A WlFE.—Henry Jones, 32, was charged with killing and slaying his wife, Eliza Jones, at Brinnington, on the 25th November last. The facts of the case were these :—On the day in question, the prisoner went to the Cotton Tree public house about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, where he remained near l y t h e whole day drinking. ' In the middle of the day the wife of the prisoner, who was in a very delicate s t a t e o f h ea l t h , went to the house for the purpose of trying to induce her husband to accompany her home. He refused to do so, and beat her, on which the landlord turned hi m ou t of the house. The deceased followed, and although she used the most endearing terms, he again beat and dragged her some distance, after which he took a running kick at her, and kicked her on the pit of the stomach, which caused her instant death. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and His LORDSHIP sentenced him to ten years' trans portation. December 7. RAPE CASES.—The Court was occupied the greater part of the day with trying four cases of rape, and one case of unnatural crime. Of course the details of the cases are unfit for publication. The following are the results : Joseph Hanmer was indicted for a rape upon Ann Caroline Tunstall, at Bowden.—Guilty. James Bradbury, 26, for a rape on an infant under the age of ten years.—Guilty. Thomas Wignett, 40, for a similar offence on a child of the age of seven years. —Guilty. His LORDSHIP in each of the above cases sen tenced the prisoners to be transported for life. John Massey, 18, wai indicted for a rape on Harriet Bray, a girl between the age of ten and twelve years. In this case it appeared the prosecqtrix had con- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Griffin, driver, and Thomas Harris, conductor of a Highgate omnibus, were brought before Mr. Hardwick for misconduct. Police-constable Adams, 62 C, said he was on duty in Great Pulteney-street, on Sunday evening, when he saw an omnibus coming along at a very rapid rate. A cab driver perceiving that the omnibus was not on the right side, called out to the driver, but without effect, for the omnibus ran against the cab, knocked the horse down, and broke one of the shafts. As soon as the omnibus wits extricated the driver whip ped the horses, and went off at a gallop. Witness called out to the driver to stop, but his request was disregarded, and witness was obliged to jump up behind, and to ride until the vehicle stopped. He then proceeded to take the driver, who was very drunk, into custody. 'While so doing, the conductor, who was also intoxicated, attempted to prevent him from doing his duty, and he was eventually obliged to take the conductor into custody also. The cabman, whose cab had been injured, said he called out to the driver, who was on his wrong side, but no attention was paid to him. He drew on the kerb, but could not avoid a collision, which did damage to the amount of 20s. There were a lady and a gentleman in the cab at the time. In defence the driver said he was going at a steady pace when the accident occurred. lie did not stop, because he did not think any damage was done, nor did he hear the police-constable call out to him. The conductor denied that he was drunk. _ . Mr. HARDWICK said he would never excuse cases of misconduct on the part of drivers or conductors of public vehicles. lle should not inflict a fine, but would convict the parties at once. The driver was sent to prison for twenty-one days, and, in addition, sentenced to pay the amount of the damage ; and the conductor was sent to prison for ten days. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, a woman, named Hannah Palmer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, the sit ting magistrate, upon a charge of having felonious possession of a watch that had been stolen from a Mr. William Hill, resident in St. George's-fields, Southwark. Sergeant Brannan, of the G division, stated that the prosecutor wai robbed on the 28th of last month, and information being given, with a description of the watch, he subsequently ascertained that the prisoner had pawned it a few hours after the rob bery, but had afterwards redeemed it, and it was then pledged again at another pawnbroker's, in So mers-town. William Hill, the owner of the watch, who had rather the look of a countryman, was now examined, and stated that about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th ult, he was going through Tooley-street, when a smart looking young fellow walked before him and dropped a glove. He picked up the glove and presented it to that person, who appeared to be exceedingly pleased at his doing so, and insisted upon treating him with something to drink. They accord ingly went to a public-house and had some gin and water, and the stranger expressed a most friendly feeling towards him, discoursing about his family and his affairs. lie wore spectacles, which his new friend examined, and admired very much, and when they had finished their gin and water and left that house, the other pressed him to go to another and have some ale. He, however, refused, and went home, already the worse for the liquor he had taken, and he then missed his watch, which he knew to have been safe in his pocket when he met with the stranger. John Norris, shopman to Mr. Sowerby, a pawn broker, in Chisvvell- street, said that about eight in the evening of the 28th ult., the prisoner pawned a watch 4vr 205., but the next day she came again, stating that she had lost the duplicate, and received the usual form of a declaration to that effect (equiva lent to an affidavit), and having got that signed by a magistrate, she redeemed the watch. Robert Dixon, shoprnan to Mr. Blackburn, a pawn broker, in Skinner-street, Somers-town, now pro duced the watch, and said it was pawned at their shop fur 255. on the 29th ult. It was not the pri soner, however, but another woman, who pawned it there. _ _ _ The prisoner being asked what she had to say, proceeded to state that on Friday se'nnight she went into a public-house, where she saw two men who said they knew her, and asked her to drink with them ; and she then recognised one of them as a man with whom she had been acquainted 25 y€ ars ago. After some conversation, the man asked her to go and pledge his watch for him, and told her that he was going to America on the following day. She did accordingly pawn the watch, as stated by the first pawnbroker, but the ticket was afterwards lost, and the next day she procured the usual declaration of the loss of the ticket, and redeemed the watch, by direction of the man for whom she had pawned it, and to whom she then delivered it. lle gave her 2s. for her trouble, and that was all she knew about it. Inspector Tierney said he received:charge of the prisoner at the station-house on Saturday night, when she refused to give her address, and in answer to the charge, told him she had pawned the watch for a man in a sailor's dress, who was a stranger to her.--Re manded for a week. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday, Henry Hasentan, a young man, was charged before Mr. Broderip with stealing a mare and harness, the property of a general dealer, named Ladd, of No. 9, Charles-street, Stepney, under very novel circumstances. The prisoner entered the prosecutor's service on Tuesday last, and on Friday afternoon, after deliver ing some goods, he came home with his master's horse and cart, and it was discovered the animal had lost a shoe, and his master desired him to take the mare to a farrier and have a new shoe put on her foot, at the same time giving him half-a-crown for that purpose. The prisoner mounted the animal and rode off, but never returned with it, and Mr. Ladd ascertained he had never been to the farrier at all, and that his horse had been disposed of oa the same afternoon in Smith field market. Yesterday morning a City policeman, named liarrild, was accosted by.the prisoner, who %tee 1 t b :th i i i ~ 4 tef4 t t tk t I tAq A at,