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the House did not allow the Bill to be recommitted. He was not aware of any standing order which would oppose its recommittal. He hoped, there fore, the house would not refuse his motion. Mr. D. R. ROSS seconded the motion. Sir G. SMYTHE supported the recommittal of the Bill. He was satisfied, if the motion were granted, that sufficient evidence would be adduced before the Commit tee to induce them to come to a different decision. He did not blame the Committee for deciding as they had upon the evidence which they had before them. It was true there was not much traffic at present, but the Bill would create traffic with foreign countries. The Hon. Gentleman then presented two petitions from Colchester, in favour of the recommittal. Mr. TATTON EGERTON said, if the House had heard as much about the matter as the Committee, they would have come to the same determination, of throw ing out both Bills. There was no traffic to support either line, and there was such gross jobbing in the brh , ging forward of the matter that the Committee had no chi but to reject both Bills. He thought they ought to i•lstpone the consideration of the subject till next session. Mr. ROSS said he concurred in the unanimous deci sion of the Committee. He had heard nothing either in public or private which tended to lead him to an oppo site conclusion. Sir G. COCKBURN said he had come down to the llouse impressed with the great importance of having a railway to Harwich ; but after hearing the opinions which had been expressed, he felt bound to concur in the decision of the Committee. Mr. Ji. HINDE said, having been on the Committee, he had given a vote different from that of the Hon. Members who had addressed the House. It appeared very plainly that a railway between London and Har wich was an object of great national importance. Evi dente was given on the part of the Post-office to that effect. Although many landowners appeared to op pose the Bill, there were no cases of peculiar hardship. He could only say, that if both the Bills were sent back to she Committee, he would give the proposals of each party his best consideration. Admiral DUNDAS suggested that a surveyor should be sent from the Board of Admiralty for the purpose of examining whether or not it was desirable that a line should be constructed. Mr. ESTCOURT said that if two parties were to be allowed to obtain a fresh Committee after their Bills had been rejected, there would be no end to such proceedings. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the motion. He asked, what could be said to those private parties who had opposed the Bill at great expense ? The House had given a judicial decision on their case. It might be a matter of regret that the parties had come to their senses too late ; however, the responsibility of the post ponement rested with themselves. Mr. P. M. STEWART said that if the Bills were not now recommitted the parties would amalgamate out of doors, and the refusal would only cause additional ex pense. He thought it would be carrying points of form to a cruel length to qua h these Bills, and that too in the absence of all opposition. It could not be denied that the measure was one of great national importance, and a mere point of form ought not to stand in its way. Mr, LABOUCHERE said that the recommittal would not be a mere departure from a point of form, but a 'violation of all the rules of the House. It would be better for the parties to withdraw their Bills, and next year present to the House a measure to which Parlia ment could assent. Mr. F. FRENCH supported the recommittal of the Bills. Major BERESFORD was satisfied with the acknow ledgments upon all sides of the House of the national importance of the harbour of Harwich, and hoped that he would have the general support of the House next ses sion. He theret* re withdrew his motion. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT. Mr. RICE withdrew the motion of which ho had given notice, for leave to the Committee on the Birken head Improvement Bill to make their report, till Friday the 25th instant. MANCHESTER POLICE BILL. On the motion of Mr. MARK PHILIPS, the Man chester Police Bill was read a third time and passed. VAUXHALL AND LAMBETH SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Mr. BERNARD presented a petition against the Vauxhall and Lambeth Suspension Bridge Bill, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill. SOUTHAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BILL. The Southampton Improvement Bill was read a third time, and passed.. HYTHE LANDING-PLACE BILL. The Hythe Landing-place Bill was read a third time and passed. wards of 6002 a year, and at the present moment the number of free scholars educated in that school did not exceed nine. At the time he had given notice of the motion they did not exceed six, and of those six one was the son of the Vicar of Bangor, two others were sons of wealthy gentlemen in the neighbourhood, and the others were ions of wealthy tradesmen in Bangor. TI ere were ten boys who ought to be upon the founda tion, but: who were educated solely in the national schools. These boys received 2/. 6s. annually from the charity, and they were made by the Dean and Chapter of Bangor choristers of the Cathe dral. This was a gross violation of trust. It was enactei that the master should exact nothing for teaching the children, and yet all those who learned writing or arithmetic paid 21. a-year more for their instruetion, and those who learned French, paid 2/. for their instruction. The poor children of Bangor received no benefit whatever from this charity. The master of the union at the time the Commissioners made their report, received 66/. per year, and the usher 321 a year, over and above the house and land which they possessed. In 1839, the salary of the master was raised to 1001. a year, and that of the usher to 50/. At the moment the Dean and Chapter were raising the salary of the usher of the school, he was the curate of a populous parish, seventeen miles long, and containing 20,000 inha bitants. The usher let out his house to lodgers. The dean and chapter gave him leave to absent him self from his duties ; and at the present moment he never entered the school, nor rendered any assistance. To show the reason why the number of scholars bad fallen off, he would mention that ,the free scholars had been treated with the grey test hardship. They were excluded from the play-ground, and they had no place to retire to in cold weather, but were seen huddled under the door-ways like drowned rats. When they were guilty of certain faults they were placed in the cathedral church of Bangor to do penance. The object was to de prive the poor of the benefits derived from the school, and that object was gained. It appeared from the returns that the annual surplus of the funds ought tobe 224/., but, in fact, there was no surplus, and he called on the House to inquire into the state of those funds. He called on the Right Hon. Baronet to give facilities to remedy such abuses as he described here. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by reading his motion. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Colonel PENNANT defended the manner in which the school had been conducted, and the expenditure con nected with it. What the Hen. Member had stated re garding the treatment of a boy, was, he had been assured in a letter from the Dean of Bangor, which he had re ceived that day, much exaggerated. The boy had been refractory, and was accordingly expelled, but not without the concurrence of the Dean and Chapter. He vc ould oppose the motion. Sir GEORGE GREY rose for the purpose of press ing upon the Right Hon. Gentleman the necessity of ap pointing a tribunal for the investigation of such cases. Educational trusts should be administered in a different manner from what they were at present. He (Sir G. Grey) was about to introduce a Bill on the subject, but the Attorney-General bad assured him, on a previous occasion, that it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill on the subject. This, however, had not been done, although the Attorney-General himself admitted there were great abuses in the present system, and that there were more than a million of pounds at the disposal of those trustees. He hoped the Government would now give some positive assurance on the subject. Mr. HUME likewise pressed ou the House the neces sity of legislation in this matter. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment had himself admitted that there were immense funds connected with the educational trusts, a great por tion of which were either misappropriated or not ap plied at all to the purpose for which they were intended. Sir J. GRAHAM said the matter which had been in troduced by the lion. Gentleman, the mover, was, as had been rightly observed by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, the Member for Devonport, not a matter for investigation in this House. The question introduced was really one for the decision of a court of equity. Two sessions ago b e e certainly had observed upon the neces sity of legislative interference in the disposal of these trusts, and he was still most anxious to remedy the de fects which existed. But all interference in these trusts must be limited by two things, first, by the intentions of the original testator, and secondly, by J udicial decisions on the subject. Within these limits he was most anxious that efficient legislation should take place. He had that day spoken to the Lord Chancellor on the sub ject, and he was happy to assure the House that it was the intention of that Noble and Learned Lord to intro duce into the upper House of Parliament a measure going much further than the simple registration alluded to.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped after this declaration that the Hon. Gentleman would not press his motion to a division. After a few words from Mr. BERKELY and Mr. liienauns, the motion was withdrawn. EXPENSES OF ORDERS OF THE GARTER, &c. Mr. HUME then moved that an address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be grackusly pleased to give directions that, whenever her Majesty shall grant tie honour of the peerage, or baronetcy, or knighthood, or order, for eminent public services, no fee shall be charged thereon. Two thousand pounds in fees had been paid last year, when honours were conferred on officers of the army and navy, and 5001. was paid when the Order of the Garter was bestowed upon the King of Prussia. He did not mean to question, in the slightest degree, the" wishes of the Sovereign, but these honours should be conferred so that the public should not have to bear the expense. When honours were granted they ought not to be made burdensome to the individual. He recollected on one occasion that a gallant gentleman declared he had re ceived an honour one day, and the next a bill of 1301 was sent in to him, which he said he would not pay, and the honours might be kept from him. He should like to know from the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the recommendations of the Commissioners on this sub ject would be carried out. It was absurd that the people of England should be taxed for the honours done to others.—(Hear, hear.) lie had no objections that per sons not having performed public service should be taxed for the honours they received. But when honours were conferred on persons engaged in the public service no charge ought to be made. The Attorney-General got the principal share of the fees paid for these honours, but he thought the time was come for putting an end to them. He thought it would be well to inquire into the system adopted in the Herald's-office, and the right by hich they imposed these fees. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the fees paid to those public officers were paid by law, and the Crown had no power to inter fe re with their emoluments. The Crown had the prerogative of granting honours to those whom it thought deserving of them, and when the civil list existed the Crown paid the expenses of the fees attendant on granting those honours. But when the constitution of the civil list was altered, the nation took on itself the payment of the expenses. He thought this was an advantage, because it gave an additional weight to the honour conferred when it received the appro bation of Parliament. He was perfectly disinterested in opposing the motion, because, of all the officers of the Crown the Chancellor of the Exchequer contributed more in the way of fees than any other. He had himself to take out four patents, for which he had to pay. He wai far from saying that some change might not be adopted in the present sy stem. But for the legal reasons h.. had stated, namely, that the Crown could not inter fere with the fees of those officers, he was sure that the house would not consent to the motion of the Hon. Gen tleman, and he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would be him s-lf disposed to withdraw it. Mr. WILLIAMS said the Right lion. Gentleman had shown no reason for those charges, except that they w are maintainable by Act of Parliament. But he should like to know from the Right lion. Gentleman w h a t Act of Parliament warranted such payments as 20/. to the Dean and Canons of Windsor tor granting the Order of the Garter to the King of Prussia; 201. to tle: Usher of the Black Rod; 11/. to the church of Wind sor as an offering; and other charges, amounting alto gether to 4391. 3s. 4d. ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained that it was not the statute law but the common law according to which those charges were made. Mr. WILLIAMS said lie should then like to know hat decisions of Judges there were on such questions. he Right Hon. Gentleman had not satisfied him on this head, and he should therefore support the motion.— The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. CHRISTIE rose to bring forward his motion re specting the management of the Universities, when An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, and there being only 35 Members present, the House adjourned a Quarter to Eight o'clock. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. _HOPE brought up certain papers relating to the Colony of New Zealand, which were ordered to be printed. NOTICES OF MOTION. lelr. FERRAND gave notice that, on the 30th of May, he should move for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Ryder, the Chair man of the Chelsea Board of Poor-law Guardians, and the Poor-law Commissioners, on the subject .of the removal of a pauper from Kensington to Chelsea while he was in a dying state. .Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Tuesday the 11th &Lae, he should bring forward his motion on the sub ject ot . quarantine. The eloet. MEMBER also gave notice that in the Com mittee on the Isle of Man Customs Bill, he should -move for the total abolition of the licensing system. Mr. E WART gave notice of a motion on the subject .of establishing libraries in large towns. Mr. WARD gave notice that he should, on the 11th of June, bring forward his motion on the subject of the Irish Church. Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that he should, on the 11th of June, bring forward a motion on the subject of the corn-laws. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following was ,ordered—Address (ordered 4th March, 1844,) for Ab 'elute of the number of men belonging to the Royal I'f -rifles who, since the Ist day of January, 1839, to the 31se eiay of December, 1843, have suffered corporal pu nise m eut or imprisonment ; showing the nature of offs-at:es, In classes, for which such punishment ha:, been awarded, and the number in each class ; and showing the greatest number and the smallest number arf lashes, also the longest and shortest perioi of cone tfineineut awarded as punishment to each person, and the average period of confinement for each class of of -fences ; of the number of soldiers belonging to the :Royal Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland -who, betweeh the Ist day of January, 1839, and • th e 31st day of December, 1843, h av e suf- Leered . corporal punishment or imprisonment, showing -ihe tenure of the offences, in classes, for which such .ecorporal punishment or imprisonment has been awarded, i t nd the number in each class, and showing also the %n eatest and the smallest number of lashes, also the j e nest and shortest period of confinement awarded 1 ., s i p,lnishment, and the average period for each class 0 offences. Return of the number of soldiers, belong ng' vs regiments and depots in Great Britain and Ireland, iwho, since the Ist day of January, 1839, have suffered *ether corporal punishment or imprisonment; and, when ever, either corporal punishment or imprisonment has hetet Infest .ed on the same person more than once, spe „if j i e g how often it has been so inflicted; with ab stract of the number of soldiers, belonging to regiments in the colonies am! possessions of Great Britain, who, in each year since theist of Jan., 1839, have suffered corporal rteliehmen tscod imprisonments ; showing the nature . .of ti.e otiences, in classes, for which such corporal punish er), et or impristenenent has been awarded, and the enunbei 5 in each class ; stating also the greatest lumber and the lowest numter of lashes in it c.e 0 .- ' , ed n an person in each r ear, also the 100 %est and the shortest p eriod of confinement awarded es ' , seenlshment, and the ave ra g e p eriod of confine ;e e 5 0 ,- ea ch class in each yea r, of the number df ol t il S ince the Ist day of January, 1839, hare s — l i " ex s who, s t ifeervsl corpora` i Punishment or imprisonment, and whe ther either corporal punishment or imprisonment has person more than once , s p e • been, mffi eted on the same cite h i bow o ften ee, has been so inflicted ; and distin gu. shiug numbers in re'egiments in the colonies and pos • see sions a her Majesty, from regiments in depots in G. eat Britain and Irelated •; of the corporal punish ments , 'neje; el in the Royal N t svy in each of the years 1t.39 t o 1e43 both inclusive ; stating the highest and lowest ne'‘inber of lashes at each time, and the aggregate nnelber ot 'lashes in each year. SAVINGS' BANKS BILL. Mr. HUM E said he observed that the Savings' Banks Mill stood on the paper for committal that evening ; there were se. Wral returns not yet complete which lie considered indeeeeensible to the discussion of the subject, and he wished tk, Ask what course the Government in. ff to pursue \ eith regard to it ? UER said he The CHANcIeieLOR of the EXCHEQ would postpone the k `lommittec, and state on Friday after I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. "v, hitsuetide the day ,on which he would proceed with it. I FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CUS'IOMS' DUTIES BILL. I GLOBE. —Previously to a newly-appointed Governor :Mr. GLA.DSIONE moved that the order of the day General of India leaving England for the scene of his ft); • the third readies. , o f e h e C ustoms ' D u ties Bill should delegated duties, a dinner on a scale of princely magni hay a precedence of other orders. The Right Hon. ficence is invariably given by the Directors to the indi- Gee tlei.ean was understood 'to s t ate th a t the clause in the vidual on whom the honours and advantages of the post Bill es) e etich there were o bjectio ns ma de (the wharfin- have been conferred. To this banquet the members of get, ' 'clan s 1) was withdrawn. . the Cabinet, and other distinguished personages, are in- Mr. II lie tE was glad that the clause was withdrawn, vited. In conformity with this time-honoured custom, but regretted • that the Government should persevere in Sir Henry Hardinge was fea sted and toasted yesterday. .a Bill that iisfieceed many now penalties. But for the recent misunderstanding between her Ma- On the quest being put, j sty's Ministers and the Ho n o urable Court, the Mr. M. PlitteWS asked on what day the Dissenters' proceedings of the day would have commanded no pecu ld e e broughe on. Q 'lapels' lei:1 %you se d ..• eiir R. PEEre fixed e, eurs ay *he 7th of June. BANR: CHAR I,ER. by the magnates of Leadenhall-street, despite of the eishes of the Cabinet, and in the teeth of the refusal of ear. HUME asked what course Ole Government in- f her Majesty's Ministers to concur in the removal of the " Brummagem Buonaparte," invested the proceedings ten ded to take on the Bank Ch "er Bi 2 1? ef a yesterday with unprecedented interest. Would the ir R. PEEL said he proposedar to brie:,, in the Bill I of Wellington be present? If present, would h P istr_ace make a speech? If the Noble Duke deigned to-in errow. There would be an opportunity for . discus- sten .. i n the second reading. a r l ec w ai ith the cause of the new appointment The .Cesstoins' Duties Bill was read a third time and ,to address himself to the proceedings of the how would he de -passed .of Lord Ellenborough had induced to s him eeing to apply the to the Court of Directors a series of appel ritrA.RS (BANGOR) FREE,uSaaCtlltooOnLnt.ice, Mr. W. 0. ,STANLEY rose, purs . of the House to the petn . of Dr. 0. letions more expressive of strong disapprobation of the call the, uteentiot; 1) praying for in- act, than re ardful of g the rules of courtesy 1 Th Bober is (presente,l on the 15th Apri ,en, newly-appointed Governor-Gene quiry into the mat esL eement of the Friars' (Bangor). Free again, how would the administr ation inquiries as ;the parts an of the great e n, quirt' the Premier, if Se L. ho a , an d o ther enelowed f re e sc hools in the diocese 1 osed be treated by the Chairman ° I B sever and SI . Ass` resent ?—or by the newly Con • e' ph, and to move for a Select ► e These, and many other ' ? h would be played by the greatrrsonages so recently puttee to inqui re into the same. The Hon. Gentle- ra il ' man t said that this school ,had been endowed for the a ic _ eel> itial purpose of 'educating , ,:loar men's children, and nt log!gerhea.ds, on an occasion t . at . was immediately the •h at the were prese t ,t time there was not one single poor connected with the cause of their disagreement, lity of some.. 73:14 Z ?e, child in the ham' . - b ee , e ,school. The revenue of the Co • - n considere-ably increased since the Charity hung being said t' • by some one, which would afford a clue school uopermost in the public mind. The pos etinisstoners had made their report. The revenues of tlh's school am I , with searching attention. We hoped to the cause of Lord Ellenborough's recal, induced us to 1 11 ad iition had€6' 3l ted to 505 L a-year. The master scan tke speecees , a house in Bangor, to which to be . 2g ' acre, lof land were attached, d • and to satisfy public curiosity, so strongly 1:;0/. a year. The usher had a able to assist the inquiry, which we knew would the value of which was be institute , if , house b u ilt for him stimulated to penetrate, possible, the veil of secresy eapaole , 4' a ccommodating twelv e board ers ; a garden was which her Majesty's Ministers seem determined to attached, and these premises were of th e va l ue o f ea a east over the transactions that have led to that re year, rn w value of the property of the charity was up- cal. The leading personages present on the festive occa- rut SUN, LO'NDON; FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1844. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORDS, May 23. THE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX. Yesterday having been specially appointed for their Lord ships sitting in a Committee of Privileges, on the claim of Sir Augustus Frederick D'Este to the Dukedom of Sussex, long before the hour of their Lordships meeting (ten o'clock) the lobbies and avenues to the House were crowded by per sons anxious to hear the arguments in the case. Shortly after ten o'clock their Lordships formed themselves into a Committee. Among the Peers present we noticed the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, Lord Dinorben, Lord Auckland, Lord Redesdale, Lord Camo s, Lord Beaumont, Lord Strangford, Lord Sudeley, Lord Sondes, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Cloncurry. The Judges were also in attendance, and among them we noticed Lord Denman, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Cresswell. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Erle, and Mr. James Wilde ap peared as Counsel on behalf of the claimant, and the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, together with Mr. Waddington, were for the Crown. Sir Thomas WILDE then proceeded to open tie case on the part of the claimant, Sir Augustus D'Este. its their Lordships must be well aware, from the notoriety of the proceedings, the claimant was the only male issue of a marriage celebrated at Rome in 1793, between his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dun more. This marriage took place without previous com munication to his late Majesty King George the Third, and the whole transaction was conducted with the strictest se crecy, the Prince being desirous that it should not become known to his Royal parent until he himself should communi cate the information in the manner which he should deem to be the most likely to assuage the King's anticipated dis pleasure. Notwithstanding the endeavours which were used to secure concealment, yet, from some un • known means, an impression very generally prevailed in Rome of the fact almost immediately after it occurred, and it became the subject of much conversation among the fashionable residents there. The Prince returned to England in the month of September in the same year, and whilst he hesitated to make his intended communication to the King the marriage became known to his Majesty. The King was displeased at the event, and from the time it came to his knowledge every endeavour was made to cause a separation of the Prince from his wife. This was accom plished, in the first instance, by his Royal Highness being immediately sent abroad, and after several short periods of residence together the desired object of a permanent separa tion was attained in the year 1806 ; the claimant and a daughter being the only children of the marriage. At the time of the separation an annuity was secured to the claimant's mother of 4,0001. per annum, and his Royal Highness had received Letters Patent and a Parliamentary grant of 18,0001. per annum. The claimant's father, the late Duke of Sussex, died on the 21st day of April, 1843, and was buried in the cemetery at Kensal-green on the 4th of May, 1843 ; and the dignities of Baron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of Sussex de volved upon the claimant, his only son and heir. On the death of his Royal Parent the claimant presented his petition to her Majesty, claiming the dignities of Baron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of Sussex, which petition was referred to the consideration of the Attorney- General, who, having heard evidence in support of its allega tions, made his report thereon in the month of August, 1843. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to argue that there could be no doubt of the affection of the late Duke of Sussex for Lady Augusta Murray, and that they were legally married, and as evidence of the affection that existed between them, and their full knowledge that the act they were about to do was to all intents and purposes a valid marriage, he read several extracts from the correspondence that passed between them, among which was the following : " On my knees before God our Creator, I Augustus Frede rick promise thee Augusta Murray, and swear upon the Bible, as I hope for salvation in the world to come, that I will take thee Augusta Murray for my wife ; for better for worse ; for richer for poorer ; in sickness and in health ; to love and to cherish till death us do part ; to love but thee only, and none other; and may God forget me if I ever forget thee. The Lord's name be praised ! So bless me ! So bless us, 0 God! And with my handwriting do I Augustus Frederick this sign, March the 21st, 1793, at Rome, and put my seal to it, and my name. (L.S.) " AUGUSTUS FREDERICK. " (Completed at Rome, April 4th, 1793.) " " March 21st, 1793. Rome. " On my knees before God my Creator, I Augusta Murray promise and swear upon the Bible, as I hope for salvation in the world to come, to take thee Augustus Frederick for my husband ; for better for worse ; for richer for poorer ; in sick ness and in health ; to love and to cherish till death us do part. So bless me, God, and sign this. " AUGUSTA MURRAY." But this was not all—he would read to their Lordships letters from which it would appear that the most ardent affection existed between the Prince and Lady Augusta Murray, and that the former was so enamoured of her that he even re fused himself the necessaries of life till she decided whether she would marry him or not. One of the letters sent by his Royal Highness to Lady Augusta Murray, previous to their marriage, was to the following effect : " Do, my dearest Augusta, trust me, I never will abuse the confidence you put in me, and more and more will endeavour to deserve it. I only wait for your orders to speak to Mr. Gunn. Say only that you wish me to do it, and I will hasten to get a positive answer. See, my soul, it only depends upon you to speak ; thy Augustus thou wilt find ready as at all times to serve you. He thinks, he dreams of nothing but to make thee happy. Can he not succeed in this all his hopes are gone ; life will be nothing to him ; he will pass the day in one constant melancholy, wishing them soon to conclude, and finding every one longer than the other. Indeed, my Augusta, that cannot be the case; my solemn oath is given, and that can never be recalled. lam yours, my soul, ever yours. sion seem to have laid an embargo on their powers of speech, lest a phrase should escape their lips which might be interpreted into a meaning of either commen dation or blame of Lord Ellenborough's general policy, or individual conduct. His Lordship's name was not even mentioned ; nor was an allusion made to him, personally or officially, by one of the speakers. Lord Ellenborough might as well have been born before the Flood, or never been born at all, so completely was his Lordship kept out of view during the proceedings of the banquet given in honour of his successor ! Good taste induced the Chairman of the Court of Directors to refrain from touching on the painful and dangerous theme. The extreme course which the Hon. Court had been compelled to take had stopped the mischievous freaks of the Noble Lord, whom her Majesty's Ministers would still have kept in India, to the peril of the em pire, and the rapid deterioration of the Company's reve nue; and there was no use in provoking a return to an ungrateful topic, and scarcely cooled cauldron of strife. The newly-appointed Governor-General was, of course, con fined to general expressions of his firm determina tion to govern India upon a policy calculated to secure the peace, preserve the integrity, and pro mote the interests of our Eastern empire. There runs, however, throughout Sir H. Hardinge's speech, a promise of pacific policy, as that which it will be his earnest wish and aim to maintain in his admistra tion, which we can hardly conceive would have been iterated, and reiterated, without some meaning. Re membering that Lord Ellenborough's Indian admi nistration has been marked by military expeditions ; that blood and conquest have been the distinguishing and almost exclusive characteristics of his government ; the emphatic pledges given by Sir H. Hardinge, that " Peace ' should be the aim of his policy and the pur pose of his heart, may—without any forced construction, at least so it appears to us—be taken as intended to indicate that, in this particular, he would cautiously ab stain from following in the wake of his predecessor. The Duke seemed to be in excellent humour. His friend and companion, both in the field and in the Cabinet, had been appointed to the highly honourable and im portant post from which Lord Ellenborough was re called. This had apparently obliterated from his feelings, if not from his memory, all trace of the " monstrous in discretion" he had so recently denounced. Whatever his Grace had thought, and said, respecting the Court of Directors, and the necessity of putting a curb on them—that no more such " indiscretions " as that they had been guilty of in recalling a Governor-General, without leave and license from the Ministers, might be committed—it was obvious that the Duke was now satis fied that they knew how to use their power with discre tion ; seeing they had appointed his Gallant and Right. Honourable Friend to the honourable and lucrative post. The Premier was hoarse—from the effects of a severe cold. His speech was therefore short ; but his words were also well chosen. One uninterrupted flow of smooth compliment to the inimitably-qualified indi vidual, whom the discernment of the Court of Directors had led them to select for the high honour and great responsibility pertaining to the government of an empire so vast, constituted the staple of Sir Robert Peel's ora tion. The last occasion, until Lord Ellenborough's return —which will not take place until after the prorogation has passed, without any direct, or indirect, intima tion of the cause which required such an extraordinary exercise of the power vested in the Court of Directors ; by which, in the teeth of the Cabinet, they have re called the Noble Lord from his important post. One of the earliest motions to which the attention of Parliament will be called in the next session, will in volve an inquiry into Lord Ellenborough's adminis tration. His Lordship and the Cabinet which suggested his fitness for the office, and obtained his appointment to it, will be then put upon their defence. The Go vernment may be desirous of suppressing the inquiry. It may again refuse to produce the correspondence that has passed between the Court of Directors and the Board of Control upon the subject. But, we apprehend, Lord Ellenborough will not remain quiescent. The blow which his Lordship has received, in his most sensitive part, from the Hon. Company, and the marked silence which her Majesty's Ministers have preserved on the subject, leaving the public to infer the worst against his fame, will, we apprehend, induce the Noble Lord to sup ply that which, if withheld by him, will be taken as an unequivocal admission against himself. STANDARD.—The petition of Sir Augustus D'Este, now before the House of Lords, recalls public attention to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772. Sir Augustus D'Este, it is known, claims to succeed to his late father as Duke of Sussex, grounding his claim upon a marriage celebrated between his pa rents, at Rome, in April, 1792. There was a second marriage celebrated between the same parties, the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Mur ray, in December, 1793, at St. George's, Hanover square : but as this second marriage has been long since pronounced to be ab initio void, the first marriage is the only marriage relied upon by Sir Augustus. This first marriage was, as we learn, celebrated at Rome, not according to the lex loci, but by a clergyman of the Church of England, the Duke being at the time a minor, circum stances that, in our opinion, would invalidate the marriage even had the Royal Marriage Act never passed, or were the parties wholly unconnected with the Royal Family. Even supposing that the English form of contract, had been sufficient to give validity to the marriage, it is plain that the English conditions in the substance of the con tract (one of which is consent of parents in the case of a minor) were requisite ; but in this case the alleged husband was a minor. Supposing this general objection, however, got over, there will remain the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, which provides " that no descendant of his late Majesty George 11. shall be capable of contracting matrimony without the previous consent of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, signified under the Great Seal ; and that every marriage or matrimonial contract of any such descendant, without such consent first had and obtained, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever." The only question that can be raised against the invalidity of the Duke of Sussex's marriage upon this statute, re spects the power of the Legislature to extend the au thority of British law, even in the case of British sub jects, beyond the limits of the British dominions. Now, much as we may regret the effect of the decision upon the interests of Sir Augustus D'Este, we have no doubt whatever that it must be decided that the Legislature does possess this power. We think that we see clear evidences of the ex istence of such a power from the public law of Christendom, and from the common and statute law of this country. The right to protection and the obligation to allegiance are reciprocal, and in public law we see admitted the right of a Government to protect its subjects, to reclaim its subjects from foreigners, whether voluntary or involuntary absentees, except this right is qualified by treaty ; and in the every day administration of justice we hear the common law and statute law doctrine, that wrongs committed abroad may be righted at home, and that crimes committed against Englishmen, though beyond the Queen's dominions, may be punished by her Majesty's Courts. It is impossible to doubt, in the face of so many proofs, that the authority of a law personally dis qualifying any individual or any family from the per formance of any particular act, must attend the indi vidual or family wheresoever he should go. That this was the conviction of the framers of the Act of 1772 is quite clear ; for if they had regarded the authority of the Legis lature as merely local, they would have spared them selves the trouble of a law which any couple could evade at any moment by merely crossing the Channel. We fear, therefore, that Sir Augustus D'Este has little to expect from his petition; and we certainly regret the individual case, because we believe that the individual hardship falls upon an amiable and honourable man. . . . " Have 'you wrote to me, my soul, since dinner ? Have you told me what I want to know? Has the Abbe been with you ? He must bring good news." The following was the answer of Lady Augusta Murray to that letter : " Again I have confidence, again I have trust in our future endeavours. Forgive me, my treasure, my soul's joy, for having given you a moment's uneasiness by my past anxie ties ; but I agree with you, say beloved Prince t I think Mr. Gunn ought not to be spoken to but as the last extremity. The Abbe is employed busily about finding amongthe Greeks or Americans a pasteur or patriarche ; and this evening he comes to tell me what has been the end of his researches." Now to show the deep affection that existed between the Duke and Lady Augusta Murray, he would read a letter that was written by Lady Augusta Murray to the Duke of Sussex, and his Royal Highness's answer:— "When I returned home in the evening, oh, my Maker, what comfort, what sat i s facti on awaited me I My beloved treasure, I am then to ca ll you really my husband and my lord. My life is the n to be s p ent i n trying to make the hap piness of yours. A n d oh, Father Almighty I have solemnly m let me ever view it in that light, and my husband. How sacre d, h ow bl es t an en joyment Lord, sworn to dedicate the remainder o f my days in adoring you, and in l pleasoinhg, act as becomes a gra teful mind, re p l ete with love, and a deep sense my Almighty F r i en d, an d t o hi m „ "By all that I h ave said y ou s ee , my soul's delight , that givetied to you anything u that may in future be up all whatever you will as k I will do, a nd even feel the happier for doing; but you mu st also see tha t if our marriage does not all your promises ; I will di sag reeable to you; and I here assure you, that whenever not te sufferp la ee you at Rtoomfeeell you tell me that Nou love me no more, without uttering a complaint, I will submit to my destiny, and return those dear letters that charm my hours of solitude, and have endeared you so much to the heart of your ever devoted Augusta. When I had written so far, your dear, your angelic letter came, my only love, and I copied what you desired me, and return it to you happier than words can express or fancy conceive. You know, my dearest Prince, that I will promise you upon all that is sacred never to name Mr. Gunn as the author of our happiness ; and if lie wishes me to sign any paper with you, to that effect I am quite ready My mother goes out to-morrow at one. If Mr. Gunn wishes to speak to me, he had better call after that time, but not ask if she is at home, only come up immediately. Would it 'not be better for him not to be seen at this house? If you will write me a copy of the promise I am to make him I will do it properly." The following letter was then sent by the Prince to Lady Augusta Murray : " Will you allow me to come this evening? It is my only hope ; oh, let me come, and we will send for Gunn. Every thing but this is hateful to me; more than forty-eight hours have I passed without the smallest nourishment. Oh, let me not live so. Death is certainly better than this, which if in forty-eight hours it has not taken place must follow; for by all that is holy till when I am married I will eat nothing, and if I am not to be married the promise shall die with me; I am resolute; nothing in the world shall alter my determi nation. If Gunn will not marry me I will die. . . • 1 will be conducted in everything by you, but I must be mar • ned or die. I would rather see none of my family than be deprived of you. You alone can make me ; you alone shall, this evening. I will sooner drop than give you up. Good God, how I feel ! and, my love, to be doubted sincere and warm. The Lord knows the truth of it; and, as I say, if in forty-eight hours 1 am not married, lam no more. Oh, Augusta, my soul, let us try ; let me come ; I am capable of everything; I fear nothing; and Mr. Gunn, seeing our resolution, will agree. lam half dead. Good God I what will become of me ? I shall go mad most undoubtedly. . . . "Augusta, you arenone other but mine, and shall be mine to-night ; for which reason I will not bid adieu. Abort seven I will beat your house, and you might writs to Mr. Gunn to be there at eight, for to put eve! ything in order before he comes. If he find me there, he will agree, lam sure. . . . "How could you think that Gunn had made me alter my opts nion ? My unhappy note of this morning will prove into you, Augusta, if ever you loved me. Let us try this experiment ; it cannot fail ; when he sees us together he will yield, and we shall be so happy. God knows how my thoughts are. If you knew them you never could refuse. In short, my determina tion is thee in forty-eight hours, or death. . ...... " Oh, let me come! What a dreadful situation lam in, and how can I be otherwise, when she, for whom I was tak ing care of myself, will not have ma. Life is a burthen ; but if Augusta will yield, this night will I be hers, and she mine. In every point I will follow her directions. Augusta, listen to my prayer, pray do. lamin a state that truly deserves pity. Oh, pity me then, shed a tear of compassion upon me, and welcome me to-night. - • " Oh, let me come only, to-night, this night, and we shall be blessed. Get your note ready for Gunn. If you will allow me, soon after seven I will" be at your house, and not care a word for what any one says, but go directly to our room." To this letter Lady Augusta Murray returned the following MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM Tax MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, TIMES.—It will have been observed that the demand fur Bank Stock has increased, and that the price has risen since the further disclosure which took place on Monday relative to Sir R. Peel's views on the banking question. This is accounted for by the fact that it took the public some time to ascertain the real merits of the new measure, awl that the further explanation was in some degree necessary before its whole bearing could be perceived. Now it is seen that stability at least is secured ; that precaution exists against those violent crashes by which the mercantile world has been so often disturbed, and that, whereas things could not be in a worse position than they were, there is now evidently a check against violent mischief. All who most clearly understand the position of the Bank of England, in cluding those who would be the first to feel annoyance were any plan adopted contrury to the interests of that institution, seem to consider the measure, for the mature consideration of which they have now had time, one of the best, both for the public generally and the lank it self, tharcould have been adopted. The public are anxious to know how the separation of the Bank into an issuing and a banking department will be brought about, imagining, perhaps, that the machi nery by which the change is to be effected will be ex tremely complicated. As far as we can learn, nothing will be more simple ; in fact, it is said that the plan will almost " work itself." A few offices may perhaps be opened to mark out more plainly the distinction between the two departments, but these will doubtless be regu lated on the plainest principles. Thus, there may be an office for changing notes for coin, another for changing coin for notes, a third for changing notes for other notes, in case those in circulation should be worn out, or the holder should want paper of a different denomination. With the exception of novelties like these, which, after all, will be merely formal, as the same work is already carried on in other departments, little or no alteration is to be expected. The form in which the weekly returns are to be made is not yet known, but will most likely be regulated by a schedule attached to the Bill. answer : " My treasure, my dearest life and love, how can I refuse you ; and yet dare I trust to the happi ness y our letter pro mises me ? You shall come if you wis h it ; y en shall do as you like; my whole soul rejoi ce s in the assurances of your love, and to your exertions I will trust. I will send to --, but I fear the badness of the night will prevent his coming. My mother has ordered her carriage at past seven, and will not, I fear, be out before the half hour after. To be yours to-night seems a dream that I cannot make out ; the whole day have I been plunged in misery , and now to awake to joy is a felicity that is beyond my ideas of bliss. I doubt its success ; but do as you will ; I am what you will ; your will must be mine ; and no will can ever be dearer to me—more mine, than that of my Augustus —my lover, my all. Don't be angry at my not adding my husband. I cannot any more say till marriage sanctions it. Forgive my doubts—my fears. They are excusable in Augusta.'' The Learned Counsel, after detailing the facts connected w ith the marriage, proceeded at co nsiderable length to argue that the marriage was legal, that the Royal Marriage Act did not operate upon marriages contracted in a foreign country; and that, therefore, the claimant was entitled to the honour he was seeking.. The descendants of George are - , mit to choose their wives, they are not to be restricted in this way for any limited time, but for ever. To what generations was this to extend ? To how manymillions might not the provisi ons of this Act ex tend ? It ought, theref o re, to be watched most narrowl y . It inevitablywould condemn many to a life of celibac y . Th ei r Lords would not enter into the questio n of the p olic y of the Act, but they would consider the nature of the Act DETERMINED SUICIDE. Wednesday afternoon s much excitement was occasioned in the town of Kensington, by the discovery that Mr. Matthew Orpwood, the landlord of the George Inn, Church-lane, leading from the High-street to Kensington Gravel-pits, had committeed suicide by hang ing himself. It appeared that the deceased, who was between 40 and 50 years of age, got up yesterday morning in his usual good health, without his family noticing any difference in his appearance or behaviour. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he left the bar, taking a lighted candle with him, for the pur pose of performing some necessary duties in the cellar under neath, from which time he was never more seen alive. About half-past twelve o'clock, his sister went to the bottom of the stairs leading to the cellar, without taking a light with her, for the purpose of cutting a piece of bacon off a flitch which was hanging there, when, on raising up her hand for the purpose of taking down the bacon, she was horror-struck atasesfirisntdsacinnrcegea: scream, in contact with the face of a human being. ll s he b n ro t u h g e h u t nf s o e r v t e an ra a l te pe m rs a o n ns w i as mm d e is di co a v te e l r y ed toher hang ing by a piece of thick cord to the same peg on which the bacon was kept. He w as i mme di a t e ly cu t down, and medical assistance sent for ; b u t a ll h uman a id was of no avail, life having been extinct for some time. Deceased has left a wife and four children. when they came to consider the construction to be put upon its clauses. This was an Act creating an incapacity. The law would, therefore, look to that incapacity with a jealous eye—limiting it in every particular ; and unless they con strued the Act in the most loose manner possible, they could not. bring it to operate against the plaintiff. This Act was rather a proof of the Royal indignation than of sound legislation. Lord CAMPBELL—YOII do not go so far, Sir Thomas Wilde, as the Lords who protested against it, and who in their pro test, designated it as against nature, against religion, against the law of the land, and not binding as law. Sir T. WILDE would not contend that it was not the law of the land, but he would contend that their Lordships were bound to put the strictest construction upon it. The Act was as followed. (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman here lead the Royal Marriage Act at length). It began by enact ing that no descendant of George 11. should be capable of contracting matrimony without the consent of the Sovereign, and that if both Houses of Parliament presented an address against the marriage, such incapacity was permaront. There was a very large exception, that, namely, which related to the descendants of Princes.sas;who have married into a foreign family. Lord BROUGHAM—lncluding the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and her sister. Sir T. WlLDE—Certainly, my Lord. Then again, in the case of the Princess Charlotte, she had married into a fo reign family. Would her issue have been liable to the provisions of the Royal Marriage Act ? He apprehended that they would not be liable to the provisions of the Act ; neither were the issue of her present Majesty as he submitted. Not only did the Act create an incapacity, but it created a crime. The Act embodied everything that called for strictness of con struction. It created incapacity—it limited a natural right— it inflicted forfeittge and created crime, and therefore was to be construed according to the rules of the utmost strictness. He did not mean to deny the power of the Legislature to operate upon British subjects any where, but the rule of the common law, in regard to these laws creating forfeitures, was not to extend them beyond the British territory, but to con fine their operations to deeds done in the British territory, and the British territory only. This Act, therefore, he con tended had no power out of the British territory. Such was the rule of common law, and such was the rule that had always been acted upon in construing Acts of Parliament. Their Lordships, in construing the Act of Parliament, were not to have recourse to any surmises about what might or might not be the intentions or wishes of any parties who were concerned in getting it passed; but they were solely to attend to what was the intention of the Legislature in pass ing the Act—the intention of the Legislature, as shown by the expressions of the Act itself. The operation of this Act was limited to ' the territory of this kingdom, and it could not be extended, by any rule of construction, beyond the British territory. The first clause, therefore, he submitted was an enactment confined and limited, not merely according to the general principles of construction, but by the contents of the section itself, was restricted to marriages within the British territory. In the second clause neither was there anything to show that any other than British marriages were contemplated by the Le gislature. The last clause equally supported the views he had laid down ; and he contended that the terms of the Act itself, and the principles of construction applied to it,bore him out in the meaning which he attached to it—that its provisions could not be extended beyond the British territory, and therefore did not apply to the marriage of which his client was the issue. The provisions of this Act did not extend to Ireland, and this marriage was therefore valid in Ireland. Now the principle which was recognised by the English law was, that the lex loci contractus should be the standard whereby the validity of contracts were judged. The prin ciple was an universal one, and applied not only to marriages, but to all other descriptions of contract ; but in the case of marriage, on account of the greater solemnity of the contract, the principle was recog nised as applying in an especial degree. The rule of all countries then was, that marriages which were good at the place where they were contracted, should be good everywhere. If the construction of the Act contended for by the plaintiff was not adopted by their Lordships, their Lordships would be setting an example of a departure from a universal prin ciple of law, which they could not expect to see fol lowed in any other country. The greatest inconvenience would thus result from the adoption of any other construc tion than that which the plaintiff contended for. The Learned Gentleman supported his argument by reference to various Acts of Parliament respecting the slave trade, which were meant to apply to British subjects in foreign parts. The Learned Gentleman concluded his opening speech at half-past three o'clock, by submitting to their Lordships that Sir Augustus D'kste had made out his claim to the dukedom of Sussex. As soon as the Learned Counsel had finished his speech the further consideration of the case was adjourned sine die. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT May 23. (Before the Vic's-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) DODSON V. LYALL. His HoNona gave judgment in this case, which camebefore the Court on exceptions to the Master's report, the argument occupying three or four days. The first exception regarded the sum of 1,272 sicca rupees. His Honour said he was of opi - nion that that sum ought not to have been allowed by the Master. The bill of coats contained a great number of items which related to matters entirely personal between the owner of the vessel and Messrs. Lyall, of Calcutta. He could riot at all understand why the sum in question should have been charged as against the ship. The very history of the return voyage showed that it was not at all necessary that Mr. Lindsay shoul accompany the ship, and there was no evidence that the second voyage was not completed without the allowance of this sum. He thought, therefore, that the exception must be allowed. The next exception regarded the sum of 4401., which had been found to be an expense necessary to enable the ship to proceed upon and complete her voyage to London. The terms of the Lord Chancellor's reference were, that the Master should inquire what sum of money was, on the 13th of June, 1831, necessary for the purpose of discharging such other demands against the ship, in the pleadings and the cause mentioned as necessary to be discharged, and of de fraying such expenses as it was necessary to incur in order to enable such ship to proceed upon and complete her voyage to London. Now, the history of the transac tion showed that when the ship was at Bombay that sum of 4401. was necessary to be advanced. The second exception, therefore, must be overruled. The sum of 4861.175. 7d., the subject of the third exception, for the payment of wages on the homeward voyage, must also be allowed. The fourth exception, founded on the second and third, must also be allowed. The next exception, relating to 439 sicca rupees, must be overruled. The most material ex ception related to the sum of 30,618 sicca rupees. The Mas ter Lad found that that sum was not, on the 13th of June, 1831, a resource of Mr. Lindsay at Calcutta, applicable to discharge such sums as were due on the 6th of April, whereas it was said he ought to have found that the said sum, or a part thereof, was a resource applicable for that purpose. His opinion was entirely in favour of the exception. He thought that from the time when the charterparty was made, that sum was a sum applicable for all expenses. Nothing could be done with the further directions, His HONOUR disposed of a great number of unopposed cause petitions. (Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) SIMFB V. BYRE.--SIMES V. ROBY. . His HONOUR was engaged during the morning with the further hearing of the above part-heard case, which related to an alleged breach of trust. Mr. Romilly appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. Parker for the defendants. It appeared from the plaintiff's statement that 10,000 sicca rupees, belonging to a Mr. Wright, had been made the subject of a marriage settlement, and that having been lent by him, instead of being invested by the trustees for the benefit of the children, to a party who subsequently failed, the property was lost to the children of the marriage. It was contended by Counsel that the trustees having caused the loss by their negligence, were liable to make it good. A decree was asked for a reference to the Master to investigate the facts. The defence set up was, that, at the time of the marriage, there was no sum of 10,000 sicca rupees belonging to the hus band, who professed to be possessed of them ; that no such amount was ever paid over ; that if an action had been com menced it could never have been recovered; and, therefore, that there had been no negligence on the part of the trustees COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 23. The Court was engaged throughout the day in hearing the arguments in a case in the new trial paper. It was not of a nature to call for special notice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEIV WELL. Three Italian boys, named Angelo Sarti, Andrea Tam burini, and Guiseppe Consarini, were brought before the Magistrate, under the following circumstances. The ages of the boys were 17, 15, and 14. Nothing could exceed the squalid misery of their appearance. Sarti seemed very unwell. Mr. E. Ford, landlord of the Old Mark's Head, Cross street, Islington, came forward and stated, that on the previous day he saw Sarti lying on the footway in Cross street, with h►s organ beside him. The poor lad was so ill that it was feared he would die there. He had him removed to his own house. Mrs. Ford administered some cordials to him, and after a little time he became considerably better, and police-constable, 107 N, removed him to the Islington Workhouse. The attendance of Dr. Temple, the parochial physician, was instantly ob tamed, and he, after a careful examination, gave it as shis opinion, that want of food was the cause if the boy's de bilitated condition. The boy himself, on being interro gated, stated that he had not eaten a morsel of food for the preceding two days, except a dry crust which his master gave him on that morning when going out with the organ. Luciori, an Italian, acted as interpreter. Mr. GREENWOOD elicited from Sarti, that his master, Francis Ragahi, lived at 37, Saffron-hill, and kept twelve other Italian boys, whom lie sent out with organs. Ragahi had brought him from Italy, through France, into this country, about three weeks ago. He was a na tive of Parma, whence Ragahi had taken him, with a number of others. The doctor at the workhouse had or dered him beef tea, and he now felt better. The two other boys, who were acquaintances of Sarti's, when questioned said they earned a livelihood in the street—the one boy exhibiting a hedge-hog, and the other by grinding a wretched barrel organ—one of them was a native of Genoa, the other of Vicenza. Mr. Ford inquired if this system of entrapping those poor little Italian boys could not be put down. He would be most anxious to lend all his humble aid to suppress it. Mr. GREENWOOD said the miseries which the system entailed were lamentable, but there were great and pecu liar difficulties to be contended with in putting it down. Mr. Ford said he understood that a society had been established for the protection of these poor Italian chil dren, and he should certainly lay this case before it, and call a meeting for the purpose. Mr. GREENWOOD observed that Mr. Ford's conduct on this occasion entitled him to the gratitude of the public. The Magistrate then directed the boy to be brought be fore him on the following morning, when some of the parochial authorities of Islington would be in attend ance. Meantime the boy might remain at the work house. The parties then left the court. QUEEN-SQUARE. Harriet Eleanor Pelham, an elderly female, and Nel son Pelhatn, her son, were placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell for further examination, on the charge of con fining Nelson Pelham, a lunatic. The case, which was fully reported in The Sun of Monday, has created con siderable sensation in Chelsea. The Court was crowded by respectable-looking per sons, who evinced considerable interest in the proceed ings. Several of the parochial authorities of Chelsea, and Mr. Loveland, a solicitor, attended to conduct the case on the part of the parish. Mr. Steele, a solicitor, appeared on behalf of the accused parties. Mr. Loveland said the parish authorities had taken up the matter on public grounds. Several policemen were examined, who gave nearly a repetition of the evidence taken on Saturday, as to the - filthy state of the room in which the poor creature was statement with regard to the woman's death was a fabrics immured. tion, he considered that he had no other alternative than tl 0 Further evidence was adduced, which merely corro- of coming forwa d. borated the statements of the policemen. One witness said the room was like a pigeon-house which had not pre ll \ l , r e . d S t I t l ll a r t g t tt i n i e , t l lei t e ter c s h ilevferceleiriki theto tiliiaehtlli handwriting tShoecipetyi: h soner, h a a n d d the h l in at i te n c admitted eesi that id su i c h h en v. e - as ) been cleaned out for years. Another witness, whose garden is at the back of the house, said that he had for many years past heard the most discordant noises issuing m „ , from the room in question, such as laughing and singing; made bbyuth latterly,i(ps which ess had u l.:e o e n sent c gentle'ei tr-' (prisoner) r ) consequence tol-a r ious parties,o of r at other times, an unmeaning kind of noise, as if some encouraged. person were calling after another ; and sometimes as if Witness, in reply to questions from the worthy the unfortunate inmate were suffering severe bodily pain. Mr. Rawlinson, said that on the previous evening, bar t c le epea h te e d h a a p d p n li: Some time ago a light had been placed at night on the seven and eight o'clock, lie went to 5, Mitre-street, and outside of the window, the glass of which was so dis- door was opened by a child. The prisoner, who came . ~. coloured that no one could see through it, but after a led him into a back kitchen, and in answer to questions , u. so as to be totally while it was discontinued. Having children of his own, suaniadbhlee was t o r in oc v u e r r e y eN gr ,en ea a t a d c i a s n tr t ess m , so much Witness told him he he had often been awoke in the night, when he had thought it was a pity that his wife didn't take in needle not been sometimes heard the cries of the unfortunate lunatic. work to help .to support her family, when he said that she Magistrate' the His conduct in the workho u se had been cleanly- had been ill, but was now much better, and that she would_ ‘ Henry Tankes, a barber, deposed to cutting the lunatic's soon get into employ. Upon the prisoner's admission that hair, and shaving him at short intervalt, and that the his wife was living, he (prisoner) was given into custoani: la-4 time he did so was about four years ago, and that and after he was locked up, witness went back to the ho e !!, the poor crea t ure was ~ quiet and good," but dirty in his where h e saw th e w ife and her-four children, who were ems" habits. Mrs. Pelham appeared kind and indulgent to dently in very great distress. He gave the poor woman atria, him, and supplied him with food, of which witness did from his own pocket, and afterwards went to th an sta . r ... ioa p ; house, and atThrded relief to the prisoner. He had prowl' ' not think he was stinted. Mr. Warden, surgeon to the Chelsea workhouse, saw •ned that the wife had really been very ill. the lunatic on Saturday last, when he had been cleaned. ase kl e l r r ta 'iANYLlNSON (to Mr. Kn v It)—The prisoner has, a . ,° doubt, done wrong ; but here i Y s a e case of great distress, am' Found no marks of violence Oh him. He was in good that distress is proved out of the mouth of your own offic er ' condition, and rather fat, and his bodily health good. After that, do you really wish me to commit this man? Had no hesitation in saying that it was not necessary, Mr. Knyvett—No, Sir, Ido not. say for his safe keeping, that he should have been in such a Mr. RAWLLNSON (to the prisoner)—What have you to , state. He is a lunatic. Prisoner (after some hesitation, and in a faint tone a'' Mr. Steele said there was no charge against the male voice)—l wrote that last letter at the eleventh hour, acs defendant. • we were so badly off that I knew not what to do. - 1 _ . !,: Mr. BURRELL said be should remand the defendants, s w ozy de th ad at h l nt overster a p ti e v d e the truth d in sayi e nf ia t d h n a , t ,t m a Y bi " t o f who might again be admitted to bail, until that day bread' to eat. I TI L m -e been 'aVacslegrraLasacwcountant, and from fortnight, when, if no further evidence was adduced th e per i o d o f m y l os i ng m y l as t s it ua ti on I have not be"- against the male defendant, he should discharge him. able to support myself or my family. The case was of a different nature against Mrs. Pelham. M r . RAWLINSON—You are evidently a man of good edOci: r it letter The defendants were accordingly remanded, and, on tion, but it cannot be denied, and even you admit leaving the Court, they entered a cab which was drawn self, that you have put forth a falsehood in your last up at the office door, and drove off amidst the hisses of to Mr. Dickens. Under all the circumstances you a.r _ the mob. char g ed, and I am ver y sorr y y ou have been brought tier' o The poor man burst into tears, and before he q uitted Court several personstherein relieved him, for which h i ^ truly grateful. e.v.. UNION-HALL. Late on the preceeding afternoon John Allchin, one of the members of the " New Reform State Society," Bermondsey, was charged before Mr. Cottingham with being concerned with another person (not in custody) with having broken open the box of the Society, and stolen 201. and upwards. It appeared that on Monday a meeting of the above So ciety was held at the " White Bear," in Bermondsey, and that after the proceedings were over, and the members had de parted, the strong box, in which the money was deposited, was found to have been broken open and its contents taken. The prisoner and the secretary were the last persons in the room on the night in question; since which the latter has absconded. _ . The prisoner admitted being in the room after the majority , of the members dispersed, but he denied that he knew any thing of the alleged robbery.—The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. Two men, named Cannon and Garrard, were charged with uttering a counterfeit half-sovereign. The prisoners went into a tradesman's shop in the Westminster-road, and requested change for a half •sovereign. Their appearance being that of respectable men, Esther Clarke, the shopkeeper, gave them what they required, and they left the shop. Soon after their departure the half-sovereign was found to be a counterfeit. A policeman stated that the prisoners were common utterers, and that if they were remanded he would be en abled to bring forward three other charges of a similar de scription against them. Mr. CcrrruroHAm said that as the solicitor of the Mint would be in attendance to-morrow he should remand them till that day. Three fashionably-dressed young men, named Harris, Cowan, and Phillips, were charged with assaulting Sergeant Kendall, of the P division, at the Kennington-gate, on the return of the carriages from Epsom races. The sergeant being on duty at the above gate, saw the defendant Harris knock off a gentleman's hat with his stick. The defendants were all in a carriage at the time, and when the sergeant went up to remonstrate his hat was also knocked off, and he was also struck en the mouth. The defendants were all more or less mixed up in the affair, and made great resistance when taken into custody.—The defendants were fined 40s. each. THE ROBBERY AND MURDER RATCLIFF. Alexan der Wednesday Richard Bragger, George Bragger, Nicholson, John Horsted, Mary Ann Ash, and Kam Bragger, were brought before the Hon. G. C. Norton; l ed sat for Mr. Ballantyne) at the Thames Police-court, with the wilful murder of Luke Williams, and robbing ' i de a - of 301. The Court and the avenues leading to it were et°; ( t bs with anxious listeners, and the proceedings excite , ' greatest interest. • On All the prisoners, with the exception of Richard Brt: were before Mr. Ballantine, and were remanded. ter day night Richard Bragger surrendered himself to Inelnd. Guide, of the K division, at the Stepney station-hou se, 0f joining the Court, and said he had done so in consequen ce be having seen his name in the newspapers, and wished t°,.„, locked up there, and not marched through the streets a t "I'd light. Inspector Guide sent for a person to identify hiplo then locked him up. 'lea Mr. Symonds, the chief clerk, read over the evidenc e gs on Monday, which has been already reported ; and s° further corroborative testimony having been given in, for a Mr. Norton said he should remand all the prisoner s ' t bs • week. George Bragger was not so much implicated in . 4 transaction as the rest of the prisoners, but he could It"to liberate him at present, as an inquest was to be held 0 At body, and additional evidence against him might be brotte" forward. reed Mr. Humphrey's clerk asked Mr. Norton to admit fl° jo t. to bail, and said his employers were present to enter sureties for him. Mr. Norton could not think of admitting Horsted to He must be remanded with the others. The prisoners were then remanded to Clerkenwell gaol ibt a week. MARKET NEWS-YESTERDA Y ' HAY MARZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 158 to ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 108 ; fine Upland ditto, 31 i 7/85; 3l 14s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 5l 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 65 to •.,4 Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. A limited 34 ' and a heavy demand. Prices barely stationary. . CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2116/ to 31'13,2;/ ful ditto, 31 5s to 3/10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 1 2 s to lomat Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 119 s; meta Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 12s per load. Both Hay and Stray/ ''" dull sale, at the above quotations. to 3 1 1 WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s ', - 09 useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3l 8s; fine Upland ditto, 3 1 'op; 3/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 1168 d sad Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load. Supply trade heavy. MEAT MARKETS. er SOUTHALL, MAY 22.—Although we had rather d tensive supply of stock here tollay, the general dew s° sibs, active at, in most instances, an improvement of 2 d p er of e p at which amount of improvement a good clearance wi fected. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to e s ; 1"3"; its to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4 d per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 41 ; Sheep and Lambs , Cakes, 54 ; Pigs, 60. RomFonn, MAY 22.—Prime Beasts and Sheep Edo at an advance of 24 per 81bs, but otherwise the detnaudfiLib, heavy. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to es; 1`376d 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2 s 4d. 14 vo per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old Store ;6rto 16s to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Ca% 19/ each. of LEWES, MAT 21.—We had only a moderate supply 01.1 on sale here to-day, while the demand was steady at 'lel? 94; prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s $d to I. Lamb, 55 to 5s 84; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81be. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORD et For the Week ended May IS, 1844. made up from the 1 Rr`,...4 the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Log Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat„........ 55a. 106. Oats 2 Barley 21 1 B reme s : ::::: 1 ,S2/4ql, AVERAGES Or THE LAST SIX WXXXS. Weeks ending! WHEAT. ISARLEY.I win. avg. DIA"' -- ----t-..-- —......- ----.---, , April 13 55 1 33 1 90 1 :4 3l It 4 PI. ~„ 0 B 20 1 1 27 55 6 32 7 20 1 31 2 1 3.1 a 01 1 May 4 55 3 31 $ Va 1 30 11 'LI -, 30 • 11 18 ..... IMPERIAL AGORIGATE ATSILAGES OF THE 1 , 1% . 7.1,1 1 4 Wheat......... 555. 4d 1 Oats .... ..... 20s. 4d.1 Bea nt .. . . ..s's . Kar1ey......... 32a. Id. 1 Rye .... ..... 31a. 741 Pease..“ . " A EtITIIS OH FOILEIGX COAX. ..Ivu eil, oi. Wheat ..... Barley .... ,.. „ r t , if. ..rra THE NELSON NELSON DINNER TO THE G RE EN , — A tOt h : stoxEns.—A delay has taken place for the diale.itie D ot Greenwich pensioners, in consequence of the Core having been able to obtain the sanction. of the C r '-' tit , for -,,/ sioners of Woods and Forests, of Trafalgar-sclug - „ A let_„ -- purpose, the ground of objection being, as stated , ". 11 - , Cow; sent by the Earl of Lincoln, on the 16th instant, t° " otse ll o mittee, " the defective condition of a portion or thell ogr eo in the area of the square, and the repairs thereof to P be en,,°;, Since the receipt of the letter the Committee hn e . L bs_ . ,w, deavouring to induce his Lordship to recal his r e rn e 0it7,1% ascertained from Messrs. Maude and Co., the cen's. - s - re o 4 1)1 Government for laying down the pavement in the ‘,,, area; con; square, that it could not possibly receive any date g li",„,tbo sequence of the dinner taking place on the 24th, an" ." 1- i ru °fa would, if any damage were done, repair it at tl',.eir a : oe ' 01 pense. At eleven o'clock yesterday the Comini t rte e , 4 0 0 of 1 at the Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, in es.peali o Olt answer from his Lordship, an application having b t t o CO n: the day previous ; but none having been received; "„riosii mittee were compelled to postpone the dinner for til e r , „, • ~50.7 and no clay has been yet appointed. P r°r- ar e Sunday night nine acres of fox cover, the __.,ble of the Marquis of Waterford, in the 'vicinity . of Cull"' a .•• were totally destroyed by fire. , soli ' : r LORD ASHLEY ANTI THE HOUSE Or tdo d ssri Lord Ashley dined a feW days since with the il . co geetto who, with his usual facetiousness, and doubtiese t„ glop that his Lordship had just been jilted by Parliatniety,-0 ~, . a toast " The House of Commons and Lord M. u cei-eifr e t 'd Lordship, remembering the falsehood of the " 61 f, 09, : f a. • doubtless felt the full force of the compliment . ;,, foe '- like drinking the health of a man's wife to a to . 0 mediately on her eldpement with a nother.--ru p , l4- : s fr:,,j, [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S ' " f i 105P .. ..„.'" OINTMENT.—Guy's Hospital, St. Thoma s's , res t y and the London Hospital once more outdori:e; p en, Driscott, aged nine, son of police-conate-We piereivo H 24, residing at No. 11, Brunswick-street, C° l3l peg road East, London, had been for several months 14 lei' the Aaft at the above institutions, but without obtaining 1 , 0 0 a', reliff; he :was not expected to live an hour It o col the above medicines were used by him; b is le cal , b ite tracted, with four abscesses on his person; b e b i s ((It ever, out of danger in one day, and could Pi t i s ta_j, the ground in three days by means of Hall est ica b.as‘ ii , sb ito n doo t pines. Sold at Professor Holloway's 244, Strand (where advice may be had, gratitbreab almost all respectable vendors of medicine 0 the civilised world. . , e' BIRTHS. ,At, tilt D On the 10th inst., at Curry Rivell, S ower-- dk the O Rev. C. S. Grueber, of a dau. WI n the 20th inst., at Hendon, ghter t he Middlese x, Os Hall, Esq., Madras Civil Service, of a son. ' arge o o liire , On the 20th inst., at Mells Rectory , S°l3l , /Yr wife of the Rev. Robert Thorp, of a son. ..,... On the 20th inst., at Mold, Flintshire, .0. 1 '• ,t , FrA ry man On , of a daughter. fG• the Ist inst., at Hampstead, th e lady 0 &c a. son, Esq., of tw t i ins. u o tsit ej oa o. On the 2lsnst., Mrs. Stone, of C hrist's df On the 21st inst., at St. James's -pala ce, 40 0 k Vosey, , of a son. ~._,,„in g toll ~,.. On the 21st inst., at South-place, l'-'"'" -- , o bw Mrs. Frederick Devon, of a daughter. Lachlan, of s. cilpv i, On the 21st inst., at Brixton, Mrs. leg e .i ialvra o ti fJ rcii,o • l triviroifopit On the 21st inst., at Kennington, the 111'.7 _ Es 9., of a, eon, Still-born. . o f sO w 0 11 ' UR_ the 22d inst., at.CiflaApt.R•nit,lM.Erps..E. RY'sY c ' burcb, 1b100r_,,:,. On the 19th inst., at St. Pancras 14reir rit's - P sl l 4 bo iit'r Moore, of the Botanical Gardens, stmo Elizabeth pn,tohfex2 H eln o s t y t i ss inst.ht r_o t p o, , w natse.cßoanndstdeaaudg,htseurrvof;hvy, to ja ... .. 1 0 : Tinling, Esq., Captain in the Royal s -Ne. Fit ri. , daughter of of the late Francis Bracf, l s ct._ bufi y, _, t fie On the 15th inst., at th e British rt"„ un .bter o o ,'_, , ~,, Manley, Esq., M.D., to Ellen, eld t .." o '_, , e, 1, 0 au P• Esq of Bloomsbury 0 , " - --- ; 00. Soloinoren •, otr ts e. CO o' - :' , Oiv thiZtit iustiMr- . -Oiter Davies, St6'; .of Lb Abbott, lat e ~ 0 4 On the = 9th inst., Mr. arles Charles nth S e int 22 rt 4 4 :4.1 1:1 .4 '6 . y .i "4 11 7 • e' go t ',- Meter's-office, 'l".f..9tiehester, M a ria, i°lll36e Ai , On thelsth inst.,4tt . TEs _,„ 3P - ol Chersbe' - '04 4 Grosvenor -176. • -9f *el SaimelT , tulle? . s . c i* G e rrasins 0 0 n n the th e Will is o f :.yl3l,dl.loinianuitiiitleitemcl,i3Oldhttadideiesasktr::,troiftttlehe la.: 7: -: y u c c a ' . , 100 • roV e* G alue s Charlotte-street, Bedford-square. Jacc43., of Powell-street, King t-bseq;e• ~, Mr. ; 9 2 ° 1: 1 : in in s st.t,"A•nkintethe wit - (1 • " 1°1 )14 London: Printed and Published by M.- - - n o D U c e, A-0;e ° No. 112, Strand, Priatar, at The 310,_41,, COW Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, - Middlesex. Friday, May 24, 1844. MARYLEBONE. On Wednesday John Walker, about 45 years of age, was charged with having attempted to obtain money from Mr. Charles Dickens (Boz), Devonshire-terrace, New-road, by means of false and fraudulent representations. The prisoner seemed in great distress of mind, and, in the course of the in quiry, he frequently shed tears. Mr. Dickens, on being sworn, deposed that he had received a number of letters signed " John Walker," the first of which set forth that the writer was suffering from want, and that he should be thankful for any assistance ; the said com munication bore the address, 9, pper Crown-street, West- minster, and in order to satisfy liiisiself of the truth of the ap plicant's statement, he sent his brother to make inquiries, the result of which was, that he (Mr. Dickens) forwarded by his servant to the prisoner a sovereign and a suit of clothes. After this he received another letterin the same handwriting, stating that the applicant was in arrear thirteen weeks' rent, at 4s. per week, and that unless the demand was immediately satisfied, he and his family would be turned into the street. Upon this appeal he (Mr. Dickens), who had never seen the writer, sent him cash to enable him to pay the landlord, and soon afterwards he received an acknowledgment. Mr. RawlaNsox—Are either of the letters you have alluded to here ? Mr. Dickens—They are not, Sir, I cannot find them, but there are a number of others in the same hand writing, which have been addressed to me, and they are here, in the possession of Mr. Knyvett, of the Mendicity Society. Mr. Knyvett, who is Secretary of the Institution referred to, produced them, and they were read in regular order, with regard to their dates, by the Magistrate. " No. 9, Upper Crown-street, Westminster, March 30, 1844. " Sir,—How can I return you thanks to your silent yet truly emphatic reply to my request ? Words are but a poor conveyance of my feelings and the extent of my gratitude. Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 21. 125., by the hands of your servant, yesterday evening, with which I immediately discharged my rent, and by so doing, through your kindness, removed a rock that must have crushed me to pieces. Can I possibly do anything in return, such as copying? I shall be most happy, if but to show you in a trifling way how truly thankful lam to you. Pray do not hesitate trying me. With my wife's most grateful thanks as well, I remain, Sir, your ever obliged andobedient servant, " To Chas. Dickens, Esq. - " JOHN WALKER." The second letter was dated from 5, Mitre-street, Webber street, Lambeth, May 3, 1844. It was a lengthy epistle, commencing with an expression of gratitude for the kind as sistance afforded him, and through which he was enabled to remove to his present abode, a small house, at the rental of two guineas per month. He had let eff a portion of the dwelling, and he had no doubt of being able ultimately to get on, if he could obtain 51., as many things were required to be purchased, viz., a water-butt, &c. He concluded by assuring Mr. Dickens that if he would be security to a loan society for the sum alluded to, he should be truly grateful ; or if he (Mr. Dickens) would be kind enough to advance the amount, he should be punctually repaid at the rate of 1/. per month. If he could not in this instance be befriended, he must sink again. Mr. Dickens said that upon the receipt of the letter just read, he sent a reply, to the effect that he could not assist the writer any further. A third letter ran thus : " Sir,—Pray do not be angry with me for again writing to you, but have patience to listen to me for another moment. Last night I thought my wife would have died—overcome with fatigue and anxiety, she miscarried, her pains were dreadful, and I thought every moment would have been her last. If you are a married man you can sympathise with me —it' you are not, your imagination must picture to you a night of sorrow. Judge, then, in addition to this, with what acuteness I read your note, and its effect on my poor wife, from whom I could not conceal it, it being delivered in her presence in the bed-room, by ene of my boys. Although I know you must be overwhelmed with applications from the needy and miserable like myself, and you have given me a denial, my peculiar situation compels me to break through all common bounds, and ask you, or rather implore you, once again to be my friend.. Will you send me a couple of sovereigns for a short time, and I promise most faithfully, sacredly, I will return them to you. I shall be eternally grateful to you, and so will my poor wife. Could you see her, lam sure you would do it. Pray forgive me, and do oblige me this once.—Yours, in great grief, " To Chas. Dickens, Esq. " JOHN WALKER." Fourth letter : " May 9, 1844. " Sir,—Pray forgive my persecuting you this way, my wife is dangerously ill, and I have not money to buy medicine or anything for her; pray forgive me this annoyance. I am single-handed—not a soul to help me—like but one man on board a ship dismasted, water-logged, and every way so crippled, that sink or starve I must, unless a friendly vessel heaves in sight and saves me. I implore you to hold out a friendly, a benevolent hand to me once more, and help me to administer to a wife who is ill indeed. lam most grate ful for what you have done, beyond words to express.—Pray pardon this ; it shall be the last annoyance from, Sir, your very grateful servant, " JOHN WALKER." Pifth letter : " Sunday, May 12. " Sir,—Did I not deem that I should be an accessory to my wife's death, if I did not use every means in my power to save her, I would not again write to you. I have no rela tion to apply to ; who then can I, but the stranger who has been my friend ? You class him among the common eases that make appeal to you. Supposing so, and lam one of 500 poor wretches who are wrecked, and are floating down the stream of adversity, would you not hold out your hand to save me ? My brother James was wrecked in the Baltic, and his life, with others was saved entirely through the hu manity of strangers, who perilled even their own lives in so doing. 'Tis true, a wreck is a more exciting scene than a family suffering every privation at home ; but is it a worse scene ? Look at me now, in poverty, with four helpless children, with a wife near dying, worn to death through want and anxieties. I tell no untruth. Come and look at her yourself—look at us all—inquire minutely into everything, and you will find I have done all I could do to avert this. When my wife lies a corpse, and I am left with my children, it shall never be said they were left motherless through the supineness of their father. Sir, you have depicted the horrors of misery and want strongly—come and witness an illustration. Tlie father who, not long since, was goaded by misfortunn and failures in his appeal to the rich, and in desperlttion hurried his children untimely into eternity, follewini their shades to make retribution in another world, was not, in his cirenni stances, so badly off as I am—his wife was well he had solicited alms of the rich in the City, and they were deaf to his appeal, though a pound or so would have saved him ' and, perhaps, his soul ; when the deed was done they heaped gold in the lap of the poor, lone, bereft widow. Oh! what pangs must each piece have conveyed to her heart, to think, to know, that one of earth's baubles would have saved her hus band and her poor children. It is the curse of the world to like morbid cases—[the Magistrate here said, " Very true, it is so"l—this you know, Sir. I ask you again, Sir, as a man —a fellow-creature—nothing mord—in God's name to help me. At the year's end you will be as rich a man, and ono thing, certain, a better man, good as you may be. Grief drives me to this, not rudeness. "J. WALKER." Sixth and last letter:— "5, Mitre-street, Webber-street, Lambeth, Friday, May 17. " Sir,—My poor wife is dead, God rest her soul I She is now in Heaven, I trust, for she was a good mother and a good wife. In few words, can you spare a few crumbs that fall from your table for my children. I shall be grateful. " Yours, in the lowest depth of misery, " To Chas. Dickens, Esq." "JOHN WALKER. Mr. Dickens said that upon the receipt of the letter last read, lie caused inquiry to be instituted at the writer's re sidence, with the view of ascertaining if the statement made to him was correct, and if it were so it was his intention to afford assistance ; but it was discovered that the wife who, as. alleged, was dead, was still living. 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