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Dit to, Half Shares, :i0 paid North British, 5 paid Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Richmond and West End Junction, I paid 2 l!t Rugby, 1 paid South Devon, 10 paid lO Trent Valley, '2 paid York and North Midland (50 paid)... Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ...... » ..... ..... Orleans and Vierson,2 paid.... » . 1 1 1,4 Orleans and 13ourdeaux, 1 paid ....................« 6% SPIRtT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. 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 industry. Of late, however, something has been done in this way—manufacturing distress brought on inquiries into the extent, cha acter, and subdivision of the vast population en gaged in manufacturing industry. A special legisla tion for the young, and for females, was founded on ruiother 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 C omm i ss i oners . 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 feature's. 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 inclosure. 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 inclosure 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, anti 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 fire Bills passing both Houses was 230/. 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 have been put to an expense of 51. per acre. As these charges often exceed the value of the land in question, it is evident that applications 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 tbrd. 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 affirni the low moral state of the inhabitants of uninclosed rural districts. Chicanery, broils, and fraud, are rife ; in fact, nearly all the social irregularities which law and opinion seek to correct 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 deperdence 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 for 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 would a certain amount of eco nomical advantage be counterbalanced by social evils and injustice, such as no legislature has a right to sanction ? Such is the great question suggested by th© 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 aril 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 he considered-Ist, as a statistical inquiry into the condition, value, and social state of certain agricultural districts : 2illy, 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 camont but he 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 respec'ing 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, ss hardly worth 2s. 6d. per acre, I should value at from 20s. to 40: , .. after inclosure." The merits of centralised legislation are perhaps more specious then Teal ; 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 surLce, it dives deeply into no parts of a ques tion—the machinery of form becomes an end instead of the means. Fur 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 carried into effect , it must be in a very mo dified f orm, and with some element introduced which will be a reaLa t t m honest equivalent for any losses incurred by commune residents in the neighbour hood of our c a nd we shall recur to the subject, and endeavour ;',3 gate more especially how this might be aecomplinslvielti r. c TANDARD.--W e e have a great d Eerrand—we admi re his talen r ts s a P i: c d t for eo4e a M ge ) I love his enthusiastic phil anthropy, aril ,t 1 41 V ob. though he has lately made a speech of which we en tirely disapprove, we respect him nothing the less on that account. 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 nation 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 age, 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 calls it) of the times in which they lived ; so that if England is to be convicted of being a nation of humbugs, upon even the most respectable testimony, it has been a nation of humbugs for nearly three centuries, if not from the beginning. The charge is, however, wholly unfounded. Sin cerity is a national characteristic; and we believe that the virtue was never more largely or more gene rally diffused than it is at this moment in this country. Mr. Ferrand's error is, however, the error of all young men of his temperament. Such men enter upon life with an earnest purpose ofgood, and with the most single and therefore the narrowest view of every public ques tion. They attach themselves to parties or to individuals whose opinions they confidently believe to correspond precisely with their own detail, because they corre spond in principle. They fancy, too, that all who value the same objects with them, or fear the same dangers, value the one or fear the other to the same 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 are 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 dra gge d i n t o d ay t h e sufferings of the mine and the mill. These surely prove Lord Ashley sincere 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. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 9. —The Peninsular and 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 fullows : From Gibraltar Nov. 30, Cadiz :Dec. 1, Lisbon, Dec. 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 Tigus. Specie on board-15 bags. List of passengers—Mr. Willis, two Misses Ca thearts, Alfred Webster, Robert Graham, Mr. Eaveler, Baron Fulgaser, T. F. Rebello, T. M. Silverer, Mons. Towgarvy, Wm. Tomkias, Win. Green, Gen Martin. 9,14' Lia , el . 4 l• DO. ~`f? °. f I ~~ #\\ ~~ l H E 6 A - L 0 N OIN MO. favr n EVEN N Gr, D E ft-, 'l4ll which the prisoners were charged with having blown up. The indictment was founded on the 7th and Bth of bee. IV., c.. 30, s. 7, which renders it felony for any person maliciously to pull down, destroy, or damage with intent to destroy, any such steam-engine. Jonathan Habershon was The first witness called. He deposed that he was under-ground steward at No. 2, Deeps-pit Colliery, near Sheffield. There was a steam engine at the mouth of that pit. The boiler, which weighed when filled about 8 tons, was detached from the engine, and was surrounded with brick-work. On the night of Sunday, the 25th of August, witness, who lived close to the pit, was awakened by the report of a tre mendous explosion, and in about half an hour after wards William Prince, who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pit, called him up and took him to ex amine the boiler. On reaching there he found all the brick-work blown down and scattered about. The boiler happened to be filled with: water, but no water had es caped. The steam-pipe, however, had broken away from the steam-chest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also been broken, and a small shed over the boiler had been blown down, so that the steam-engine was put out of working condition. On re moving the debris witness found two caps and a hat very much damaged, as well as a tin case containing a collier's cartridge and some loose gunpowder. In the firehole were found several portions of a barrel, and everything smelt strongly of gunpowder. Cross-examined by Mr. GRAINGER—The pit had been worked- twenty-two years. The boiler was about three yards from the steam-engine. Wag quite sure that two caps were found. The cartridge found in the tin case was such as colliers commonly employed in the opera tion of blasting, and gunpowder was occasionally used for that purpose in some of the pits near Sheffield. William Prince remembered the 25th of August last. He was in bed in the cabin at the mouth of the pit, and shortly after eleven o'clock he saw some men peeping into the cabin, through a small crevice in the door. In a few minutes after he heard.in.explosion. He thought there were about six men altogether. Cross-examined—The night was dark. Could not see the faces of the persons who looked in at the door. Mrs. Ledger deposed that•-Ahe resided about half a mile from the colliery. The :prisoner Bolton was her brother, and had dined at her' house on the 25th of August. About -twelve o'cloitk OR that night she was awoke from her sleep by A =noise at the door, and she heard a moan apparently 'proceeding from a man in great bodily pain. She opened the door, and found her brother crouched down at the door. He was very much burnt on his head, face, neck, and hands, and was covered with black, and his clothes were torn. Witness obtained assistance, and put him to bed, when Mr. Shaw, a sur geon, was immediately sent fiir, whn att.-1d...4 him fm• 14 days whilst he remained confined to bed at her house. Cross-examined—The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated when he got to her, house, and he vomited a quantity of spirits and ale. He was delirious also during the night, and continued so for several days. J4hn Shaw, jun., a medical student, who was called in to see the prisoner, confirmed the last witness's state nsent as to his condition at' that time. Witness asked him bow he had received the injuries about his person, and he replied by firedamp. A woman present said it would be best to tell the doctor all they knew about the matter, and they then said they had heard a great explo sion,i and that they suspected the - prisoner had been con cerned in blowing up a steam-engine. The woman begged ' of witness not to mention the circumstance to any one and the prisoner joined in that request.. John Shaw, surgeon, of Attereliffe, corroborated the greater part f this testimony: and detailed a statement made to him by the prisoner wherein he confessed his praiticipation in the act with which he was charged. They put some gunpowder in a barrel which they placed 'in the fire-hole, and setting light to a fusee, one end of which communicated with the powder barrel, they ran away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as this did not take place so soon as they had anticipated, they went to the fusee to blow it up. He had just reached the spot %here the engine was , when it did happan, how ever, and he remembered little or nothing further. The prisonei Beilton had made :this statement to witness on several different occasions. - • • Cross-examined--The prisoner told him that he had tnet with two- men before the oecurrence, who would not let him go. till be had had • a certain quantity of some thing to drink. . He did not.say that he was very drunk. William ..Maybury, a tailor, living is Todd-street, Manchester, deposed, that he met the prisoner Critch low with two. men, .named -Dixon and Stocks, on Tries day, the 27th of August. The skin was then all if his face. He said 'that he had the:wet scurvy, which ac counted for.that circumatair&.. He met the same per sons together soon after in the Coach and Horses public hbuse' and he heard Socks ask Critchlow if h e h a d b een to a doctor,. to which Critchlow replied no, he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should be found out. Critchlow then asked Stocks-if he had seen that day's paper, and if there was anything particular in it. Stocks answered, that be had seen the paper, and that a cap had. been found. Critchlow said that that was his cap, and he then proceeded to detail the circumstances at tending the explosion, addini, , that he had before very large whiskers and a good head of hair, but when the powder went off it flashed in his face, and scorched it all off. He was otherwise also a good deal injured. Cross-examined—Have not got much above tailoring yet. There was.a rat-den at - Davis's public-house. Wit ness did not'provide the rats or the dogs. He assisted Davis sometimes in keeping-and Obtaining the rats. He .did pay for his board and lodging at Davis's. Was not in the habit of att en di ng prizefig hts. Had never been at one. Didn't teach boxing.; put the gloves on some times, for a little bit of amusement. Had been in trouble once, about six years ago, for hitting a man in the shop where he then worked. Had never seen Critchlow pre vious to the first interview which he had referred to. Several other witnesses corroborated the main features of the evidence already given. . Mr. GRAINGER addressed a long and ingenious speech .te the jury on behalf of the prisoners, commenting chiefly with regard to Critchlow's ease, on the want of all evi donee connecting - the prisoners together. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and laid the case before the jury in the clearetif manner, who retired for a 'few minutes, and then returned with a verdict of Guilty against Bolton, and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, observed upon the magnitude of the crime of which:the prison er h a d b een found guilty. It was especially a crime in a county like that; where property of incalculable value was often in treated in engines of the description alluded to, which, valuable as they.were, were particularly liable to the attacks of vicious persona. - . In a moral point of view, thecrime was very great, for, if people chose to leave their work, and band themselves together, and go out at night, taking barrels of gunpowder with them for the purposes mischief —people whO went so far a s th a t o qurre ise v h e i ry little ind ucemen t, h e f eare d, to go would require e f much prisoner h a d, h owever , su ff ere d alreadyfurther. The in his person very severe l y f or w h at h e h a d d one, and it appeared that one of, his unhappy companions on that night had , paid a severer penalty still. When he should recal that to his remembrance, it might prove to him, perhaps, a more bitter recollection, and give him a great deal more pain that' he was likely to sutler at the hands of the law. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months, with hard labour. A man named Themes North Slocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critchlow, well knowing that he had committed a felony. As • Critchlow had been ac quitted, however, by the jury, the charge against Stocks was, of course r al)andoned. December 7. At the hitting of the Court this morning his Lordship announced that, in consequence of the heavy state of the calendar, it was deterrnined.tio open another Court on Tuesday next, to assist in the . trial of the prisoners. James Taniey was charged with manslaughter, for that he, , on the 23d of September last, at Halifax, in the West Riding. feloniously did kill and slay one Daniel Martin, by stabbing him .with a knife in and upon the left side of the neck. Mr. Hall and Mr. Boothby conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Dearsley defended the prisoner. Those of our readers who are acquainted with Halifax well know that there is a quarter of the town called Hat teie-yard, and Garden ers -square, which is principally inhabited by the lower class of Irish—a spot notorious for the constant recurrence of misdemeanours and as saults, and the scene not unfrequently of more serious affrays, ending sometimes only with the death of ono or other of the parties concerned. In this quarter resided the deceased, Daniel Martin, and the prisoner, James Tansey, both of whom were Irishmen. About mid day on the 23d of September the deceased, a powerful and at the same tinisra violent and intemperate man, was seen in pursuit of a woman, his sister, whom on reaching he struck with great force, accompanying the blow with ' the remark that" he would teach his sister to be a w— for any man." The woman rushed for safety into the house of the prisoner, whither she was pursued by the deceased. The inisoner at that time was. seated in the kitchen in his own: house, paring a sheep's head with a knife. Into this room the deceased entered, and struck at 'his siister, when a man named Rocks interposed, and him the deceased felled to the ground. Upon this the prisoner roso from his seat Trail a knife in his hand, and, saying that he would have no row in his house, attempted tolurn the deceased out. It appeared that the deceased however, struck the first blow. A scuffle ensued between the two, who ultimately made their way into a corner, and there, by some means or . other, the deceased was struck under the left ear by the knife in the hand of the prisoner, and from the wound thus inflicted Martin's death resulted in a few houri' after. It was contended for the prosecution, that the priioner deliberately raised the knife to strike the deceased, and some mention was made of another knife, a most formidable weapon in ap pearance, which it was insinuated had been substituted by the prisoner for the one with - which he was eating his dinner. There was no evidence, however, to support this view of the case, except that a policeman produced two knives which he had found in the house, and the blades and hafts of which were both covered with blood. For the defence it was contended. that the prisoner rose suddenly from his dinner to turn out an unwelcome in truder ; that in the excitement he neglected to lay down the'knife, and might have been even unconscious that he had it in his hand, and that in the scuffle that ensued the blow was accidentally given. Mr. Dearsley explained to the jury, that where a man - kille&another on a sudd en reneontre in his own defence or id.that of his children, wife, or servant, that was justifiable homicide. The case before the jury, he contended, came within that cate gory, and the prisoner was therefore entitled to an ac quittal. But this view of the ease was somewhat inter fered with by the evidence of two apparently respect a bl e witnesses, one Of - whom deposed, that after the deceased had been struck with the knifeand whilst the blood was yet gushing out and bespattering the walls around, the prisoner raised, his , fist again to strike the deceased, but was prevented by the witnesa - saying, " Nay, Jemmy, don't strike the- man again, he's dead." . The other wit ness referred too imputed to the prisoner the words, "If I haven't_killed.hice, I will do it." There were some slight discrepancies in the minor details, but the above were the principal facts generally corroborated. • • 4kr LITERATURE. WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. LXXXIII. Clarke, London, 1844. The opening article in the present number of this Review is devoted to a consideration of the character of Lord Stanley in his public capacity as an orator and statesman. The Reviewer appears to entertain no very favourable opinion of his Lordship in either of thee two capacities, and in reference to his political tergiversation, observes :—" The spirit of his politics has undergone little change during the twenty years of his Parliamentary career, further than what might have been expected to take place in the mind of a proud young Whig Lord, by way of re-action against the new powers evolved by the Reform agitation. And on that point, in particular, which was the turn ing point of his secession from the political associates of his youth, he may fairly challenge comparison with the most doggedly consistent public man of the age." The Reviewer then goes on to speak of the cha racter of Lord Stanley's Irislilegislation, and satis factorily shows that it was an arrant failure, remark able chiefly for the bitter animosity it exhibited towards O'Connell. In the notice of the " Life and Corre spondence of Doctor Arnold" justice: is done to one of the most manly, unaffected, patriotic spirits that England has produced for many a year. Doctor Arnold has the rare merit —rare, indeed, among pub lic men—of being thoroughly and heartily in earnest in everything he wrote and did. Earnestness, indeed, as the Reviewer justly remarks, was the predominant characteristic of his merit, and ensured him the respect and admiration all who knew him. He died too soon fur his own fame, for, had his life been protracted but ten years longer, there is no question that he would have raised himself to the proud and enviable rank of the first historian of his age. " Poems- by Miss Barrett" is a just, but rather too cold criticism,.and the Re viewer passes without notice the most beautiful poem she ever penned, " Bertha in the Lane," which no one can peruse without being deeply affected by the touching pathos that pervades every stanza. The " Influence of Aristocracies" is an interesting and important subject, wholly spoiled by the dry, heavy business-like style in which it is treated. Of the few remaining articles, the best is the notice of " Horace Twiss's Life of Lord Eldon." We subjoin, from the article on " Lord Stanley," a pungent sketch of his Lordship's character : " Of Lord Stanley's more especially personal qualities of character, as.exhibited in his Parliamentary lif e , we need say little. They may be summed up in a word— sc tyrannicalcohmeom/ b Commons. y n i s s . h. schoolboy l i i s e h i i h oe t the highest idea ihda c et l a e d v oe e fb r a , p tg.upi gaining s ilgni csicinol life bf a e,p t e ats , rhel s eei e r l lm f is - oe w utno i st l e l ab e roe d y,t , making telling speeches, an d triumphs over personal and party opponents. A showy, unscrupulous rhetoric is his highest intellectual gift. ills ideas are uniformly poor and mean, as his elocution is vigorous and imposing. He has a fine talent for making himself disagreeable. It is observable of him that he never jokes, except ill naturedly ; all his humour is ill humour. Lord Stanley is a proud man, too ; but his pride is without moral dignity. He throws about his words with a recklessness incompatible with a high, true self-respect. He parts from the political associates and friends of his youth (June, 1834) with feelings of the deepest regret,' with no feeling of unkindnes.-, or want of affectionate regard ;' a month afterwards, he assails those friends with a speech full of plunder,' spolia tion," flagrant dishonesty,' petty larceny,' highway robbery,' shop-lifting," thicable-rigging,'—and all this, ' from no motives of hostility towards his right honour able and noble friends, his late colleagues'—and whom he perseveres in honourable-friending fur years after wards, as if nothing bad happened. .His tastes in ho nourable friendship' are, certainly, none of the most de licate. At present, his chosen right honourable friend and political chief is one whom he has insultingly porn plimented for the ingenuity and art with which he knows so well how to dress up a statement for the House —a description which no man who respected himself would apply to the most insignificant of his friends.' He has as little of the true pride of intellect, as of the pride of character. He adopts the Peel policy, speaks the Peel opinions, eats the Peel pledges, and wears the Peel livery, as obediently (if not as patiently) as any of the regular Treasury hacks. The ascendancy which the in genious and artful Premier seems to have acquired over this fiery spirit, shows that, with all his impetuosity of temper, his aristocratic hauteur, and his rhetorical dog matism, Lord Stanley is not at bottom a man of an inde pendent mind. Lord Stanley's success in public life has, on the whole, b een commensurate w i t h hi s ambition. Ile 0 bas been nSecietairof'State in two cabinets, and a Par- , liamentary leader, formidable alike to friend and foe, in the front ranks of two parties. Of his statesmanship, history will, however, have little to record, except that all the countries with whose affairs he has been allowed to meddle—lreland, Canada, the West India Islands, and New Zealand—have successively had reason to rue the day that gave this uncommonly clever man power over the rights and happiness of his fellow-creatures." " P." ®The inhabitants of Preston-street were startled on Tuesday evening by a flock of stormy petrels alighting on the:roofs of their houses, where they continued dui . ing the night to utter their shrill and doleful cry, as though in apprehension of some great calamity. The fisher men look upon this unusual circumstance, which has not occurred in Brighton for many years, as a sign of a severe winter.—Brighton Herald. WILL OF THE EARL OF KINTORE.—The will of Anthony Earl of Kintore, late of Keith Hall, North Britain, has just been proved in Doctors' Commons, by John Blackie, Esq., one of the executors, power of prov ing hereafter being reserved for the other executors. The will in a very few words directs that his plate, household furniture, carriages, horses, &c. &c., be offered, for sale to his eldest son, and in case he declines pur chasing them, divided, with the whole of his estate amongst his family. The will is extremely short, and the amount aproperty under it which is proved in Lon don is only 300 L (a mere nominal sum), for the purpose of obtaiaing an investment of that amount. The will, how ever, when proved in Scotland, will include the whole of his estates there, which are very large. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 7. RING V. BARSON. Mr. Justice- Elms summed up very minutely. He said that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict in what damages they. might think sufficient, for the arrest after he had been put out of the defendant's house, as he hid done nothing to justify that course. But as to what had taken place within the house, they must con sider whether the conduct of the plaintiff in the par lour had been, as was alleged, so disorderly as, to warrant the landlord in removing him. For that was the defendant's plea, and not that the plaintiff was ejected in consequence of the offence for which he had suffered imprisonment. The Learned Judge agreed with Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, that it would be hard if a man, having atoned for his fault according to the laws of his country, should be infamous for life,and be prevented from returning to an honest course of life. But that question did not arise, as the defendant had pleaded in justifica tion only the disorderly conduct of the plaintiff in the house, and not his previous character, although the latter had been referred to by counsel on both sides. The jury retired to consider- their verdict, and after deliberating about three hours, found for the plaintiff— Damages, 205., on all oounts. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--Chelmsford, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Sarah Jobsan, 14, was indicted for maliciously an. feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, value 401., the property of William Bacon, at the parish! of Hempstead. Mr. Ryland conducted the prosecution, and Mr. C. Grey appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he was a farmer, and resided at Hempstead, in this county. The prisdner was in his service as nursery-maid on the 16th of August, and had lived with him for more than six months in that capacity. About ten or eleven o'clOck in the morning of the day in question, he was out in the field harvesting, when he observed some smoke in the direction of his stack-yard, and, upon going there, he found a stack of straw on fire, and it was com pletely consumed. The value of the stack was 401. On the morning of the fire he had reprimanded 'the prisoner for not paying proper attention to the chil dren. She did not make him any answer when he spoke to her. • Harriet Stock, a servant in the employ of the pro secutor, proved that on the morning of the fire, and just before it broke out, she saw the prisoner come in a direction from the stack-yard, with her master's baby in her arms. There had been a fire at the neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight before, and on the , day it happened the prisoner said she liked to .see a good fire, and she should like to see her .master's place on fire, adding, that if the straw was,fired it would be sure to light the buildings. On the•day of the fire at the prosecutor's she told the prisoner that the police had been there malting inquiries, and had asked some questions about her, and on her saying this the prisoner appeared very confused and walked away. Catherine Rumball, another of the prosecutor's" servants, also proved that she saw the prisoner come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into flames. Thomas Moore, a police constable, deposed that he apprehended the prisoner on the day of the fire, and she took him to the place where the stack had stood, and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire. The prisoner was taken before a magistrate the next morning. her mother was standing by her, and she told her she was sure to go to prison, as she Was taken on suspicion of having caused the fire. The prisoner replied, "Nobody saw me do it, although I was in the stack-yard." David Smith, an inspector of police, deposed that the prisoner was placed in his charge after .she had been taken into custody, and he heard her say to a• woman named Rumball, who was sitting up with her, " If I said - I had lighted the fire, people would believe me, but I am not so soft ; no one saw me do it, and they cannot hurt me." When the prisoner was be fore the magistrate, she said she knew nothing about the fire. This was the case against the prisoner. Mr. GRAY briefly addressed the jury, but the evi dance was too clear against the prisoner to give. him the least chance of doing so successfully. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, but at the same time strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy on account of her youth. The Learned Jonas ordered the prisoner to be called up for judgment, and, after remarking that the conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignitv, said he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for fifteen years. He added that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the Secretary - of State, who might, if he pleased, direct the infliction of a milder sentence. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE ) John APCann was to-day put upon his trial, charged with the wilful murder of Benjamin Gott. Another count in the indictment charged him with manslaughter. This case must be even yet fresh in the recollection of our readers, as it created at the time of its occurrence considerable excitement. Five other persons, named Rogan, O'Brien, Donovan, Quin, and Power, who had been concerned in the matter, were tried at the last assizes, and were convicted of manslaughter . ; but in consequence of some legal ob jections being raised to the form of the indictment, judgment was respited, and these persons are still in custody. Westin at that period was not apprehended. Mr. Bliss and Mr. Overend were for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wilkins. The facts of the case were briefly narrated by Mr. Bliss, and were as follows :—Ou Whit-Monday last, the 27th of May, there had been a procession of Orange lodges. On that occasion two bands were engaged, one of which was called, the Idle and Calverley band, and of that hand GotC(the deceased) was a musician. As they Isere passing-through the town of Bradford, the band playing certain tunes, and amongst others " the Boyne Water," which gave great dissatisfaction to the Irish population of the neighbourhood, who fancied also that a still more offensive tune, called "Croppies, lie down," had been played. When the procession was over, and the musicians were returning home in a straggling manner, a number. of 'lrishmen were seen coming behind them, having sticks and other weapons in their hands, and making.use of threatening. language. The Irishmen commenced an attack, and the first thing they did was to knock down the man who who was playing the drum. They then fell on Gott, and from the violence that was employed his death resulted. On a postmortem examin ation the deceased's skull was found to have been most severely fractured, and death was attributed to that cause. Amongst the people in the crowd was the pri soner, and he took an active part in the proceedings. Thomas Thornton, the first witness, was undergoing " examination, when - Mr. WILKINS said, he thought it would be idle for him to attempt to combat the minor charge against the pri soner. He had read the depositions over twenty times, and he found no means of resisting it. He would. there fore, with his Lordship's permission, wish to plead guilty to the charge of manslaughtei. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE briefly addressed the jury, informing them of the circumstances alluded to in the commencement of this report, and recommending them to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. The jury, without hesitation, pronounced tke prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, and sentence was deferred till the opinion of the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections before referred to. . . John Critchlow and William Bolton were next placed at the bar, charged with having on the 25th of August last, at Sheffield, feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engine, by the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder, the property of John Wilson, Thomas Dunn, William Jeffcock, and George . Hounsfield. This case would have been tried yesterday, but Mr. Grainger, on behalf of the prisoners, then objected to tits whole of the jury. A fresh jury was this morning ern pannelled for the trial of the prisoners. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Smith were for the prosecution; and Mr. Grainger was for the defence. . The prosecutors in this case were some of the largest coal-pit owners in the neighbourhood of Sheffield. In the month of May last there was a general "turn-out" of the colliers in that part of England, and the prose cutors' pits had been unworked from May until the dale of this occurrence, in August. Towards the end of August there were symptoms of returning good sense on the part of the men, and on the 26th it was determined that some of them at least should return to their work. At the mouth of the pit there was, as is frequently the case, a steam-engine, worked for the purpose of hauling up the coal, as well as of letting persons in and out of the pit as occasion might require. This was the engine Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a short absence found the prisoner Guilty of Man slaughter, with a recommendation to mercy on account of having received considerable provocation in his own house. His LORDSHIP addressed r , o:ile most appropriate re marks to the prisoner, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. George Swairu•on was indicted for having, on the 22d of July last, at Cuwthorne, feloniously cut and wounded George Dyson, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The case was yet proceeding on the part of the defence, when Mr. HALL, who was for the Crown, intimated that he thought it would be useless to press the charge, and the jury, therefore, under his Lordship's direction, at once Acquitted the prisoner, and his Lordship refused . to allow the prosecutor s costs. This man, who was evidently innocent of the charge laid to his account, and was much " more sinned against than sinning," was committed to prison in July last, and there he would hare remained until next March but fur these Winter Assizes. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Shrewsbury, Dec. 7. The commission fur Salop was opened yesterday evening, and Mr. Justice Coltman having attended Divine service this morning, at St. Chad's church, took his seat in the Crown Court at eleven o'clock, when a full jury of 23 gentlemen was empannelled, Viscount Clive, St.f., being the foreman. • The calendar contains the names of 38 prisoners, whose offences may be thus classed:-Murder, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; arson, 3 ; sheep stealing, 9 ; horse stealing. 1 ; highway robbery, 8 ; burglary, 6 ; maliciously stabbing, 1 ; concealment of birth, 1 ; and larcenies, 6. Hannah' Westwood, aged 19, an idiotic and miserable looking girl, was placed at the bar on the charge of un lawfully concealing the birth of her female child, at Halesowen. The prisoner exhibiting evident proofs that she was labouring under weakness of intellect, the jury vk as sworn to determine whether she was then of sound mind and understanding, so as to be capable of pleading and taking her trial. The matron of the county prison was then examined as to the mental capacity of the pri soner, and the jury having returned a verdict of incapa city, she was ordered to be confined during Her Ma jesty's pleasure. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice PATTZSON.) Thomas Berresfbrd, a venerable-looking old man, sta ted to he 74 years of agp, WAG Anil:.(l on the ooroner'e inquisition with the manslaughter of a boy named Wil liam Harrison, about 18 years of age, by shooting him with a gun. The circumstances of the case created considerable in terest, and a very general sympathy was excited for the prisoner. • Mr. Mzieon, in stating the case to the jury, expressed the great pain he felt in being called upon, in the exer cise of his professional duty, to conduct the present pro secution. The prisoner was charged with the shooting of the deceased ; but, although the act was fatal, yet, as he acted under strong influences, created by the conduct pf the dedeased, the offence did not amount to murder, but to the minor offence of manslaughter. There %v.'s no floubt the prisoner was the sport of the ruffianly boys of the neighbourhood in which he lived, and thst lip was at the time he fired the gun much excited by the out rages which were committed upon him. It would, how ever, he thought, be impossible to reduce the offence below the crime of manslaughter. - The jury would have to determine whether or not the prisoner by his own act caused the death of the deceast-d. If the discharge of the gun.was accidental, of course the jury would acquit the prisoner ; but, if intentionsil,.however great the pro vocation, and however unpleasant' the-duty might be to the gentlemen whom he was addressing, they must find the prisoner guilty of the.pharge imputed to him in the indictment. • _ The circumstances of the case, as proved in evidence, were shortly as follow ;--- 7 The prisoner, an eccentric old man, together with a maiden daughter, between forty and fifty years of age, lived a secluded life upon a little freehold of about fifteen acres, at Martinshaw-wood, near Ratby, in this county. He was considered a harm less man, but in consequence of his peculiar habits, he has been the constant sport, and subjected to the great est annoyance, of the village boys in the neighbourhood. It was their habit to assemble in numbers, and not only to jeer and assault the old man, but even to beat his daughter. On Sunday, the 27th of October last, the de ceased, with ten other lads, went to Martinshaw-wood, and engaged themselves in their accustomed practices of annoyance. The deceased, Harrison, went into the yard of the prisoner's house, and, to use the expression of one of his companions, " teased him out." The prisoner presented himself with a gun, when the deceased b e at him with a briar about the head. The prisoner re quested him and his colleagues to go away, when the deceased replied they would, if he would shake hands with him. The old man did so, when the deceased left the yard. No sooner, however, had he got into the lane, than he and his companions commenced throwing stones, several of which struck the arms and body of the pri soner. Under the influence of this provocation, he pre sented his gun and fired, the contents lodging in the breast of the deceased. The blood gushed out of his mouth, and h. shortly afterwards expired. The pri soner, when apprehended, stated that he had fired the gun in self-defence. A large bagfull of stones was presented in the Court to-day, all of which it was sworn had been thrown into the yard, and premises of the prisoner by his youthful assailants. Mr. MACAULEY, in defending the prisoner, said the jury must undoubtedly convict him of manslaughter, unless he (Mr. Macauley) could convince them that he shot the deceased in defence of his life, or that the dis charge of the gun was accidental. He purposed to adopt the latter course of defence. lie would show that the prisoner fired the gun when a shower of stone , ' was rat tling about his head, and that he was struck and severely bruised upon the right arm. The trigger would not have been pulled if the arm had not been struck. He (Mr. Macauley) should call before them the old man's daugh ter, who was a witness to the outrages committed upon her father on the day in question, and would also put into the box the surgeon who attended the prisoner after the assault committed upon him on that occasion. Ann Berresford was then sworn, and deposed that when her father fired the gun he was struck upon the arm, head, and body with stones. His right arm was quite black.the next day. Mr. J. Sliatchley, surgeon, proved the injuries the pri soner had received upon his arms, and spike to his ex cellent and peaceable character. Mr. MELLOR, shortly replied, contending that the prisoner's declaration to the policeman, "that he did it in self•defence," showed the act of firing to bo inten tional, Mr. Justice PATTESON, in summing up. said there was no doubt the prisoner was useo exceedingly ill, and that he received gross provocation, but that did not justify him in the use of fire-arms. lie ought to have appealed to the civil authorities, and had his assailants properly and deservedly punished. He left the jury to say whether the act was accidental or intentional. If the former, the prisoner was not guilty ; .but if the latter, he was guilty of the crime of manslaughter. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re commended the prisoner to mercy. Mr. Justice .PATTEsoN, in passing sentence, said, had the jury not accompanied their verdict with a recom mendation to mercy, he - certainly should have passed a very lenient sentence.. The prisoner had been convicted of a very serious offence, but he had already been in prison a considerable time ; and, morever, he had re ceived the greatest provocation from deceased and his companions. The sentence was, that le be imprisoned in the gaol, without hard labour, for four calendar months. The Learned Judge then turning to the lads who had been examined as witnesses, said, " Boys, you have been the real cause of all mischief. You all de serve punishment, and I do hope you will each of you be prosecuted for the assaults upon the old man. I as sure you, if it was in my power, you should not only be otherwise punished, but you should be severely whipped." The other cases tried during the day do not deserve a particular report. LONDON SESSIONS. (SATURDAY.) These sessions commenced before the Recorder, Alderman Wilson, and Aldermen, Cop e l an d, Hum phery, Challis, and Moon. William Burgess, a sickly-looking young man, was indicted at the instance of the City Solicitor, for as saulting the police in very a violent manner, at the Garlick-Will station-house, to which indictment he pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. R. Gurney and Mr. Doane Conducted the pro secution ; the prisoner Was 'undefended. City Police Sergeant Butter; 403, stated that on the 21st of September last he took the prisoner into custody for fraudulently obtaining a dinner at the Ge neral Wolfe public house ; in the, neighbourhood of Cheapside, to the amount of 4s. 4d. without the means of paying for it. On getting him to the station house, his conduct became quite outrageous, using the most violent . epithets. He completely wrenched off a bar that divides the office at the station-house from a passage, and made a desperate effort to . strike Mr. In spector INPLean, who was on duty, but he failed in his object. He (the prisoner) then made a strong endea vour to escape, and apparently intentionally put his head through a valuable plate of glass, and broke it. At last he became so exceedingly violent that the of ficers on duty were obliged to strap him down on a stretcher, as well as securely hand-cuff him, and then remove him to the Giltsplfr-street Compter. On the next day he was taken before the lute-Lord Mayor, Sir W. Magnay, who sentenced him to two months' imprisonment for the wilful damage of the glass; and on being liberated from Bridewell he was again taken into custody for the charge of assaulting the police. As regards the dinner the case was dismissed. RECORDER—Now,Toliceman, are you certain that he wrenched the bar off, and attempted to strike the inspector? Witness—l'll swear he did, sir. RECORDER—Very well. Now, prisoner, do you wish to ask the police sergeant any question ? The accused, who, from his address, seemed to be a very well-informed, and certainly an ill-used young .man, replied that he had formed a series of questions whilst in the Compter, but which had been taken away from him, by order, as he s upp ose d, o f t h e governor, M r . Whithair. He denied fraudulently obtaining the dinner, inasmuch as he had money enough in his pocket to have paid for it, but which he was prevented doing by the police sergeant, or, as he might technically d es i gna t e him, the " learned ser geant."—(Laughter.) As regards taking the bar, t 44. and endeavouring to strike the inspector, he solemnly avowed that he never touched it. The fact wa , , that he was ilitreated in the most unmerciful manner by the police at the station, and in trying to evade their violence the window was broken. His arms were pinioned behind, he was tightly secured by cords to a stretcher, and the effect of the blows which they in flicted on his person with their truncheons was fully apparent to the late Lord Mayor, when he was taken before him. Both his eyes were black, and bruises were on his thighs and chest, and on other parts of his body. His complaints did not end there, for while he was incarcerated in Bridewell the authorities de prived him of the use of pens, ink, and paper, whereby he might have communicated with his friends, who would have applied to one of her Majesty's judges for a habeas corpus on his behalf, so as to ascertain by what right he was incarcerated. Mr. Inspector M'Lean was then sworn—He was at the Garlick-hill station-house when the prisoner was brought there for fraudulently obtaining a dinner. RECORDER—What kind of a bar is it that divides the office from the passage ? Inspector—lt is a wooden one, and falls into a kind of groove, the other end being fastened by a nail. RECORDER—NOW, did you see the prisoner wrench it off and try to strike you with it. Inspector—l heard he did. RECORDER—No, no, that won't do. Did you or did you not ? Inspector—l did not, Sir; but I saw but very little of him. RECORDER—Then you were in no personal danger of him ? Inspector—Not in the least.—(Much sur prise in Court.) RECORDER—Who ordered him to be put on the stretcher? Inspector—l do not know, Sir; I did not. I understand that he was violent. RECORDER—DO you not know that he was beaten in an unmerciful manner when in a helpless state ? Inspector—l did not see him struck. RECORDER-But did he not show the Lord Mayor some bruises P Inspector—l believe he did—in fact, I am almost certain of it. Prisoner—Will you allow me, my Lord, to ask the Witness a question ? RECORD - ER—Certainly. Prisoner—When before the Lord Mayor, did you state that I had wrenched the bar off, and endeavoured to strike you P Inspector—No, I did not. . _ RECORDER—T suppose you were not conscious of his making such an attack ? Inspector—No, Sir, I was not. RECORDER—Now call the next witness. James Ballymore, police-constable 405, said he was at the station-house when the prisoner was brought in custody there. RECORDER--Did you see him lift the bar? Con stable—l did, Sir. RECORDER—What else ? Constable—Endeavoured to hit at Mr. Joseph .M‘Lean. REcokDEa—Then he was close to him ? Con stable—Oh, yes, Sir; he only escaped the blow by starting on one side.—(Much sen),Ati )ti on hearing this falsehood.) .Mr. Alderman CorELANo (nuat excitt. , l) hop ! -, for the sake of the public, that these two stables will be immediately suspended, and I will take care to bring the case under the notice of the first Court of Aldermen. I never heard such gross perjury during the whole of my magisterial duties. The RECORDER—Gentlemen of the jury, owing to the very great discrepancies in the evidence, you can not do less than acquit the prisoner. I shad feel it my duty to make a proper r.presentation of the facts to the proper quarter, so that a strict investigation may take place respecting the conduct of the police, for the safety of the public. Mr. Alderman COPELAND—And I beg to tell the accused that he shall have every facility the Court of Aldermen 'can render him in prosecuting the parties who had so grossly perjured themselves on that occa sion. —(Loud applause.) The jury instantly acquitted the prisoner, to the great satisfaction of one and all of the members of the bar, as also a crowded court. Mr. Morris .Tunes, landlord of the Old Parr's Head, in Aldersgate-street, appealed against a conviction for having knowingly suffered notoriously bad characters and prostitutes to assemble in his house. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the appellant, con tended in limine that unfortunate girls could not be said to be notoriously bad characters, unless it were shown they had been guilty of a riot, or some offence which the Legislature had intended to guard against by the statute. If merely their immorality was to constitute them notoriously bad characters, any of the male sex who committed seduction,:or were guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy, would fall within the opera tion of the Act. Mr. Alderman WxLsois said the question was, whether they were bad or good prostitutes—if there were any good ; and he should wish to hear the facts of the case. Two constables of the City police then stated that, on the Bth of October, between one and two o'clock, they saw four prostitutes leave the appellant's house, and hearing a noise within, they entered, and found -twelve men and seven prostitutes drinking. Alderman WILSON asked if they were notoriously bad characters, and the police answered in the affirma tive. One of them, Jenny Jones, had been several times in custody. Mr. BODKIN deprecated the Alderman putting such a leading question after the discussion that had taken place in the hearing of the police. Aldeman WILSON—I cannot help Mr. Bodkin be ing sore upon the point, but I will have the truth out for the guidance of the Court. Mr. BODKIN—I, am not sore at all, and will not place my experience against the Alderman's as to who are and who are not good prostitutes. Alderman Wu.soN—You will not stop me. Mr. BODKIN—I do not wish, but as an advocate I am bound to say that I attach no weight to answers so obtained from the police by their superiors. Alderman WILSON—I have been a magistrate as long as you have been a barrister, and will not be lectured as to the form in which I shall put my questions. Mr. BODKIN—You are presumed to have no know ledge of law. I am not desirous of lecturing you, and shall address myself to the organ of the Court. I shall not undertake the task of reforming your practice. Alderman WILSON (hastily)—You cannot reform me.—(Laughter.) The RECORDER—I remember taking an objection once to a question of Lord Tenterden's, which was a bold step, but the objection was allowed. Mr. BODKIN—Yes, Lord Tenterden had the good sense to see the force of it, which is not the case here. After some further conversation, the conviction was affirmed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A sailor, named John Cox, who had been the day before paid off upon his return from a voyage to Canada, and a young woman, who said her name was Mary Reading, were brought before the Lord Mayor, the female charged with having run away with a shawl from the shop of a linendraper, and (as the police-sheet stated) having left the sailor drunk behind ber, either to pay for, or remain in pledge for the article. The complainant stated that on Friday night the sailor and the lady, who appeared to be, and de scribed herself as a servant girl, resident in the prolific neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane, walked into the shop—Mr. Cox being evidently " lumpy"—and looked out a shawl. As the witness did not know whether the sailor might not be shamming, in order to afford an opportunity of doing something on the double, care was taken to watch the pair narrowly. They left the shop without making any purchase, but soon returned. It then appeared that the sailor was really " far gone," but the woman had all her wits about her ; and after again examining the shawl, she snatched it up, and cut away out of the shop r- fast as she could, leaving her comrade responsible. A policeman, however, who probably had intimation of what might take place, checked her career in a very policeman-like manner, and deprived her of what she called " the present that was made her." The policeman stated that she was in a great hurry in passing along upon quitting the prosecutor's shop. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Miss Reading, what have you to say to this P—The female prisoner stated that she was well acquainted with the sailor, and that he took her to the shop to treat her to a shawl. Well, she pitched upon one, for which the linendraper asked 18s., and the sailor took out a sovereign to pay for it, thereupon the linendraper said they must not go away without taking a drop of something short. As she was a teetotaller, she refused to break the wholesome rule by which her condur t had been long regulated ; but the sailor, who was sot a teetotaller, felt inclined t o accept the invitation. Seeing that things were in so unpromising a condition, she thought the best thing she could do was to take the shawl home, after which she intended to return to take care of Jack, when sud denly her plan was frustrated by the officer. The LORD MAYOR—And what have you to s a y, Mr. Cox ? The Sailor—Say, your Lordihip. I know nothing at all about it. It's all a dream tc) The station-house inspector said the sailor hkd about him two sovereigns and some silver. The LORD MAYOR—Was the woman drunk ? Officer—Rather so. _ _ _ The Female Prisoner—Never ? I take nothing stronger than spruce. The Loan MAYoa—I must know something more about you, Miss Reading, before I let you go. The sailor may depart, and the complainant may have his shawl. WORSHIP-STREET. Jane Wyatt, John Wyatt, her brother, and a young man named George Street, were placed at the bar be fore Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, the female charged with robbing Mr. H. rapling, a merchant, And the others with receiving the stolen property. The prosecutor, it appeared, was "pawing near the Eagle in the City-road, on Friday night, whe n b female, whom he had olaierved in company two male prisoners, ran after and accosted dins' repelled, and endeavoured to walk away from she kept up with hi m , maki ng some playful about a cigar that he wa s s mo ki ng , and pub hand as if to lay hold of it, after which she went off. He immediately discovered that he had bee n v , 1-)4A of a valuable breast-pin, and turning back, female rejoin her male companions, and hand so . to Wyatt, in whose hand he then distinctly saw the , i The prosecutor advanced dir e ctly t o Wyatt i n ' ing his hand, exclaimed, " You have got my there I " The prisoner denied it, but pressed b t s o ; to his side, and, as was then supposed, droPPe a - into his pocket. The police had by that tilait: up, and the two male prisoners were taken int° tody by Sergeant Sheen, while Andrews, W. officer, went in company with the prosecutl apprehended the femal e , w h o , s p ea ki n g siiiC le 4 lo latter, told him that she had given the pin to ! „," (her brother), and that if he would not Pr'"'" charge he should not only have his own properil but her silk shawl in addition. The priioneo.( searched at the station-house, without discover/ missing pin; but the sergeant, returning to the , where the male prisoners had be en taken,' pin lying upon the very spot where . Wyatt biro when he was supposed to have put the Pill pocket. The female prisoner now alleged that shelvil o i s i and unconscious of what she did at the time! Ad , male prisoners denied all knowledge of the Mr. BROUGHTON asked if they were Pr e - to ' known, and was answered in the affirmative 0 the prisoners. A brother of the Wyatts was stated to hal;;;iii transported, and their father was last week,'' the Central Criminal Court, and convicted a cheese in the most daring manner from a, i , monger's shop in Pitfield-street, Hoxton. loner Jane 'Wyatt had been many times in,„ e jf . and tried at the. Old Bailey, and was the repu te of James Burton, who was not long since trio: . for coining. The MAGISTRATE said there was not suflict o;l 4 4 1, against Street, whom he therefore discharge d ; „ committed Jane and John Wyatt to Newgate UNION-HALL. George Hazell Frazer, a young man nc.,0 1 respectable family, appeared on his rec , ginpl answer a charge of stealing two half c rowit door-key from the pers on o f A nne Thorpe, rid of an engineer, living in Holland-street, Blar i ii The following are the bri e f f ac ts, which rather a singular description :—On Wednesdoitoif last the complainant gave the p r i sone r into a s the door of the Naked Boy public-house, out of robbing her of two half-crowns and a di be The vrisoner denied the accusation, but searched two half-crowns were found in his rt! one of which was very bl ac k, b e i :g identifieup complainant, and a1 , ,0 the kry of hor door. t ott s:oner. on the former examination, denied theco, tiKt accusation, and, hccor4ing to his Ac e 9 9 , met the complainant at th e d oo r of v be„ house. in the Borough, ou t o f which i ty , turned by the barman, being intoxicated l t ; . That he (prisoner) walked with the corresi;o; some distance, treated her to some spirits, afterwards proceeded to accompany her to a L .," ill fame in Kent -street, on leavi ng which tvr,t, into another public-house, and on leaving 70) charged him with robbing her of the woul d key. lie admitted that the key was f° lll3 pocket, but said that he could not account fobs cumstance, otherwise than believing it placed there by the woman who preferred tbieo against him. He added that he w a s indepen° o , lived on his property, and he argued on al j i bility of a man in his condition of life tak tage of a woman, and robbing her of her 0 3 ° key. The prisoner's brothers, both highly s ; ble men, attended, as well as other friend s ' poll the accused a most excellent character-04 capable of acting in the manner described. 00 ,1/ 0 The complainant denied that she had se - 10 41, 4 the prisoner to the house of ill-fame ; he being married to an engineer, and said tbet:tfel, have no motive in trumping up a charge s be against the _prisoner. She admitted thet uvr iK acted with imprudence in entering P l ' B o l 2l with a stranger, but that she would not he l l itte t , but for the circumstance of Her -taking tglf much at the house of a relative at Camber —r ) she met with the complainant. The magistrate sent for Eome witnesses , tilt jel cipal of whom were the landlady of the 13 ° P it ostly fame where the prisoner alleged he accomP 10, 1 A complainant, and also the b arman of th e o o , 4 Boy public-house, the first of whom could ;: bl r tify the parties ; but a younger female said that she saw the complainant and the P. 70. the house alluded to on the night in goes p4l. p4 l, barman also stated that the complainant of the house on the ni g ht a ll u d e d to. She :0 4 0° and noisy. He added that she had a glass o f the bar before she was turned out. The 1- , s ee another public-house stated th e complainenAoo2j goner entered the house on the night in (1 11 s r that before she quitted the bar she charged 1- with robbing her. •1 0 , v iOV Mr. COTTINGHAIL took a great deal inquiry, and said, although it appeared t ß c teo9 was a young man of unimpeachable cha r t c O ll O / 01 1 the present period, yet he (the magistrate/ 40) divest his mind of the strong fact of the 0 ° 3 ;09 key being found in his possession whe n te tti The magistrate added that he could rr ul- set i l os i tinction in the present case from any oth er 'tfi he should, therefore, send it before anoth er ' and for that purpose should commit the r . to the sessions for trial. Bail was taken for the prisoner for bis to answer the charge c, M TUB COIC MISCELLANY FOR 1845.'"" . be° ei . e .til mas approaches, the publishers begin to 0 ex themselves, to enable the reading pahlie :0 11 V, the merry season with a due share of mirth 0 Olt and in this laudable endeavour Mr. C01ber 13 0.0,,, the lead, by the publication of " The C4 ,o3ie t berl o for 1845," from the pen of John Poole, Escl'„'• ~e e r, i f author of " Paul Pry." The price of t 'cuirre, volume, embellished with a portrait of the 4 7 hr V c v. an illustration by Phiz, is 10s. 6d., elege v " .l lo l , g 0 i and it will doubtless soon be dispensed th .. . 1.° :011 , length and breadth of the land, setting 1131 0' . J o in a roar," if true English wit, humour, *7 01 4 have not lost their power to charm. EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT CROPS.-- 4 f e o ° 4 l ent of the Norwich Mercury communicates b' $1 : 41 , accoun, of some extraordinary crops of will I land (under 5 acres) lies in Happisburgh, wily homestead belonging to G. Wilkinson, E _ fr eq• l bs ,; ,/ sham,ivhose intelligent steward, Ducker, t. 4 w7 d i 7 00 1 possible pains to ascertain the exact viola 0 and also the exact measurement of the fie; e s . .e) any doubt to the perversion of truth. 'n, - , c l 7/ wheat, and the product was an hunor .o o, P coombs two bushels, being nearly twent/ Ae ctit i 4 and a half per acre. Such a Pr°"-',,Sfij has probably never been produced from 0 s' if quantity of land within the mem c ' f i i l i allf too / oldest Norfolk agriculturist, and many, be I , may elapse before a similar instance ce ll 0 419 The cast of wheat in this neighbour ,fi I) 1. , rally, the product of this year, is re ise, lle lent. Mr. R. Culley, Bacton, has some `y d produced seventeen coombs per acr e '' pirit v 10 in this and the adjoining village of 0 0 i fs / longing to Lord Wodehouse , which ga l e frot t A i' eight or nine coombs, and ' last year on gel r.,, 050 seven, has this year produced twelve co?_ieb 0.7.1, The cast and quality of the barley, w, P ci iffer F ) dered likely to have been extremely 01 proved quite the contrary.—Bury Post. On the 30th ult., atl7 -----------D lO r ff E a D t, burn f t, ll : . : e e ss pet i' . " l. oo, -r b e' t . sge, tbillt f tle .ll : fsmil.o ' l J a a n m d e st e n ß ti r N ou o n r , a li s u c t o . t , i ß a. aron of Co Istoun , an - $ v g i BO ° • ont 2 , 1 0 ) :: :Ellice 26th1st o u f it O ., etolser last, in India , Lie gl: t fb er Maxwell Irving, of the Madras Artillery, a. ‘ g e "„ffo V ail' of the 42d iligh a la t n li de a r s s t . ing'' late ~,, goll' - ' at On the 30th ult., at Ilenfield, Nelson Sinn' m 0v" c t surgeon, aged 46. n 1 On the 2d inst.. Harriot, the wile of Janle s 0 , of Park-lane, Piccadill y. ~, Alejor Auti*R _ ..6, v rritchli eid ' ige; ChOarnlesthNea4gthhteinn,sti:.sqa.,taugerdof2tosn. 'louse , ' 'P' c' p o rtli ts Vl d , Tei:, , n n : BA Mrs.. Babbage, relict of the late Benjann a - , '6° 4 u t v t: u e th s: D h e i v n:.., in* Devonshire:: t ' II Dire' 8 1113 ' A On the 6th iust at Lower ton, '"- in d. ,IF the late Mr. Roger On the 6th inst., at Herne•hill, Wo — ,,ettot -- j JP - -. On the 6th inst., at Park• street, -Grn„,.." 0 $11" ' l ,, at An o n i e l , t e h l e d 6 es t t h d i a ns ug t. h , taetrtoufetih,earlseatneaßgieg,hTtorirb°,lfirb, Pt :af* Wolston, the widow of the late J. Wolstorit_..7944' On the 6th inst., at Islington, Edward E•Y''' 6, 11 L --- 1; 1111° 149.1 1 crown : Printed and Vublisb ed 00° 1 '00 No. 112,. Strand, Printer, a to in the Precinct of the 13 suclalegas Iciondin Div/alba Or se" `~-- Ct *44 I P4ip ,111 1 "low '/ 10 11 *Ns V C I O4 *q ui It' -sat, .off tOt t §t '73 %%kb ohtil Pipers 4;11 1 - , ; 1 13, tTh Put 1 441 Nia bh keek t 4k4Pcort te hi**, . 0., Ln ~k~ ,_ Who: Mai t i t • 4 4 It] 411,1 411 T 42 to, • :~i b~ Di ~i , to • ti t ...MIMI lin viy 1,1 Ali V V %FCC. ~" v. •••••-• -- .1 proved quite the contrary.—Bury Post. I' .817tT118. t o i th On the 4th inst., at Haughend, Yorkshir e, P X. Clarke, Esq., of a daughter. o. o ' I f On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, the lady' ° ai br Esq., of a daughter. WS. P. 1 0 On the sth inst., at Lecroft Lodge, Hurst, , r 0 Creasy, of a daughter. , ,„ e nerr 10 1 On the 6th inst., at Omega-terrace , Ab... o .br e ; f eli' , lady of R. I'. Swinnerton Dyer, Esq., of a d a ci li d % i T On the 6th inst., at Grove-hill-terrace , vi — „or wife of Alfred Sadlow, Esq., of a son. ~ of 4 5 4 On the 7th inst., at Sise-lane, the la y - A i Brandram, Esq., of a daughter. vot tafger On the 7th inst.,at Stamford-hill, Airs.. - v..,"" 0, ll On the 7th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Isanir - of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, of a son. 4h . Of On the 7th inst., in Lowndes-equare, 'l— Esq., of a son. t pri _ ed 11 On the 7th inst., in Lowndes-equare , l'' Walford, Esq., of a son. t lf ; MARRIED. 0 . 14 torit,e4 On the sth inst., at All Sainte Southingtv.sw- Ellis, to Mr. Charles C. Luckumbe, ef Doug"' fo rm y ij lenburgh-square, London. On the sth inst., at Trinity Chure , . or h 0 10* Felicia Emma, only daughter of the late MB) joil eo , •1t ; 12th Bengal Native Infantry, to Eva n a Union-street, Southwark. - 14'0V