The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY' THE Fr.cENCII LEGISLATURE. CV A AMBER OF PEERS, JAN. 8. At two o'c,isck Baron Pasquier, the Chancellor, took the chair. Ste - Ally afterwards the Duke de Broglie read to the Chamber ',he following draught of the address in reply to the King's speech : " Sire,—The words which your Majesty has pronounced from the Throne have filled our hearts with joy. In receiving them with respect we thank the King for the prosperity of the country. Our loyal support will never be wanting to him. May France display with confidence her fruitful activity, and follow her peaceable labours. May she acquire additional power and wealth among all nations; her future destinies are secured ; the empire of the laws is established; factions 'have been overcome, and the power of the State, disdaining their vain demonstrations, vfill keep a watchful eye over their machinations. " Order in the finances constitutes the strength and security 'of Governments. The Chamber of Peers had more than once demanded the re-establishment of a balance between the re ceipts and expenditure; and it applauds the success of ti. efforts made to attain that end. " Peace reigns abroad, and there is every prospect of its duration. The relations between France and the foreign Powers are on a benevolent footing ; we congratulate your Majesty on that result.. A sincere friendship unites you to the Queen of Great Britain. A happy understanding has been established between your Government and hers ; in presence of the events now passinF in Spain and Greece that harmony was desirable. Our policy with regard to those two countries has ever been generous and disinterested ; it must not be altered. We entertain for them a real affection; may they, after so many convulsions, enjoy tranquillity and order ; may Royalty find in those friendly nations and its alliance with pub- Ain liberties a r,ew principle of power and stability. " The treaties concluded with the King of Sardinia, with the republi.cs of Venezuela and the Ecuador, and the negotia tions your Majesty follows with other Powers, have for their object to extend our commercial relations, to provide mar kets f'.,r the productions of our national industry, by preserving to foisting interests an equitable protection; it is a task wor- I:hy of your enlightened solicitude. In order to appreciate their results, we will wait the communications which your Government may be pleased to make to us. " We shall attentively study the laws relative to works of public utility. The law on secondary instruction shall be the .object of °tie meditations. The freedom of education is one of the consequences of the charter; the tutelar intervention of the State in public instruction is indispensable for society. " Sire,—Your family is ours. France deems herself happy to count, like you, an additional child in that youngePrincess 'whose presence adds to the consolations which God has re served to you. France views with pride, in the ranks of oar .brave army of Algeria, one of your sons, giving and receiving in turn the example of that undaunted courage :and patience • which surmount the resistance of men and the obstables of nature ; so many efforts will yield their fruit, and our domi nion in Algeria shall soon be general and tranquil. God has blessed you, Sire, by giving to you children worthy of their father and of the nation of which they are the noblest sup porters. Thus dynasties are consolidated and bonds of affec tion are formed between Royal races and nations. Pledged faith and a mutual attachment render the tie indissoluble ; the King, on ascending the throne, promised to devote to us his entire existence, to do everything to promote the glory and welfare of France ; France promised to be faithful to him. The King has observed his oath—where is the Frenchman who could forget or betray his allegiance?" The Duke de Richelieu then entered into some explanations respecting his late visit to the Duke de Bordeaux. He was, he said, a Peer in MO; he took the oath at that time to the new Government, and had never violated it. If he had gone to London to pay his respects to an unfortunate Prince, he merely considered that he was accomplishing a duty of honour, and rejected with indignation all idea of having been intuenced by any criminal intention. M. de Boissy next ascended the tribune, and read a manu script speech, in which he reviewed and condemned the do mestic and foreign policy of the Cabinet, but without being able to captivate the attention of the Chamber. He spoke of the right of search, and asked M. Guizot if he had obtained satis faction for the violence offered to French fishermen by English cruisers, who had fired upon them, and killed one of them, without giving them any previous notice ? This sally excited the merriment of the assembly. M. Guizot replied, that a French fisherman had been ac tually killed at Newfoundland by a shot fired by an English officer ; that this unfortunate occurrence had given rise to a long negotiation, and that the English Government, on inquiring into the circumstances which had occasioned that deplorable event, had found that the officer was to blame, and had granted a pension to the family of the deceased. M. de Veyrac presented the vindication of the 2,000 or 3,000 Frenchmen who had visited the Duke de Bordeaux, amidst the murmurs of the assembly. M. Guizot stated that the Government had,for several years kept a watchful eye over the movements of the Duke de Bor deaux ; that when the young Prince had repaired to Vienna, Dresden, and Berlin, where France had ambassadors, re monstrances had been made against his presence there, which were immediately attended to by the Governments of Austria, Saxony, and Prussia. When the Duke pro ceeded to England, M. Guizot was aware that in a country enjoying liberty and publicity to such an extent the Government had not the same means of repression 1.3 elsewhere. He, nevertheless, had addressed a note to the English Government, by whom it was received in a manner that responded to his expectation. The Queen of England refused to receive the Duke, and thus gave him a signal mark of her disapprobation of his visit and sojourn in her dominions. Encouraged, however, by the toleration they experienced in that free country, the Legitimatists had in dulged in scandalous scenes, which excited the attention of the French Government. It again applied to the British Cabinet, who protested its regret at not being armed with sufficient legal means of repression, but at the same time it manifested its dis pleasure in unequivocal terms to the authors of those scenes, and left nothing undone to convince them of its dissatisfaction at their criminal proceedings. The speech of M. Guizot was most favourably received by the assembly. M. de Boissy, who spoke next, compared the emigration of M. Guizot to Ghent, in 1815, with the recent visit of the Le getimitists to Belgrave-square, and pronounced the former to be far more criminal, inasmuch as it had taken place in time of war, and on the eve of a battle that had proved so fatal to his country. When he had concluded, the President announced that the general discussion was closed, and read the first para graph of the address, which was adopted without opposition. The second paragraph was likewise voted, after a few words from tie Minister of Finance, who assured the Chamber that it was not a mere promise which the King's speech held out, but a positive assurs.nce, that the receipts and expenditure would he balanced in the budget of 1845. Segur Lamoignon having asked M. Guizot if he had orened s negotiation with England for the revision of the right of search? NI. Guizot replied, that when he deemed the moment op portune, he had directed the attention of the British Govern ment to that subject, and, after much difficulty, had succeedel in inducing it to consent to a re-examination of the treaties of 1831 and 1833. The negotiati.ins were still pending, but he had every hope of bringing the matter to a satisfactory con clusion. M Dubouchage asked M. Guizot if it was true that the English had taken possession of the harbour of Diego Suarez, on the coast of Madagascar? M. Guizot replied, that no information on the subject had reached his department or that of the Marine. After a few words of M. de Boissy, on the affair of the Marabout slave-ship, the third paragraph was carried, with an amendment in favour of Polish nationality. The Chamber finally voted the address, by a majority of 115 votes against l4. MURDER OF LORD GRANTLEY'S KEEPER. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday an inquest (adjourned from Monday) was held at the Jolly Farmer, Bramley, near Guildford, before Mr. C. J. Woods, Coroner for West Surrey, on view of the body of James Ed.vards, aged 48 years, prin cipal keeper to the Right Hon. Lord Grantley. On Monday the jury proceeded with the Coroner to the club room to view the body, which presented a frightful spectacle, there being upwards of a dozen wounds on each side of the head, evidently inflicted by some blunt instrument, in all pro bability the but t•end of a gun. After evidence had been adduced of the prisoner having been missed on Saturday morning, and the finding of the body in a field called Lyne Ersh, belonging to Lord Grantley, Charles Holiington was sworn, and stated—l am inspector of police at Guildford. On Saturday evenigg la.t, between 9 and 10 o'clock, the prisoner James Elsley was brought to the station-house at Guildford by Joseph Jenkins. On Sunday afternoon the prisoner expressed a wish to see me. I went to the station-house, and he appeared very uneasy in his mind, and said he wished to speak to me. I cautioned him that whatever he might say I should take down, and that it might afterwards be used against him. On the following night, about 7 o'clock, I understood that the prisoner wished to see me again. I accordingly went to him, and he made the fol lowing statement : " On Friday evening I went home and took supper, but on entering the door I saw my son eating some victuals. I said to him, Where are you going Bill?' He said, lam going• to the raffle ; and, father, will you come down to take part of a pint of beer James Sherlock is going to give me ?' I ate my supper and took a pint of half-and-half. My son and me went home together, and when we got indoors he asked my wife for some victuals ; she said, What do you mean by that ? You had your victuals before you went out . She cut him a piece, and gave it him, and as soon as he had undone his shoes he went to bed. When he was gone, I said, How hard it is for us to be in such distress, we have neither butter nor cheese, or sugar •' and whether she had even tea I am uncertain, for when we had our supper:we bad but a piece of bread each with a little tea, without sugar and milk, and I had spent the last 2d. we had , so we were destitute, and it hurt my feelings ; so I said to my wife, I will go and get a bird or two, if I possibly can, for I can't bear to see us in such distress.' I went and shot a braoe of birds, and I thought if I could get a sale for them it would get a little tea and sugar. I was coming to the river when I met the keeper, and he said, D—n you, I have got you now.' He then put up a stick and said, D—n your eyes, I'll kill you,' and he was going to strike me, but I pushed and threw him down, and I said, We will fight, life for life.' I struck him with the butt-end of a gun several times; the last time he fell into the river. I then went away, and left him. On going home say wife said, ' Have you got anything ?' I said, Yes.' She then replied,' I hope nothing will happen from this.' I said something had already taken place." A great number of other witnesses were examined, but their testimony was merely a corroboration of the previous witnesses. The Coaonaa. then summed up with great minuteness, and the jury without the least hesitation returned a verdiet of Wilful murder" against James ELsley. Tsa BOSCAWMII, 70 Guxs.—This fine vessel, after being a considerable period o n th e stoc k s at Woolwich Dock. yard, has been ordered tob me be compl et ed , and is now nearly nu ready for launching. A caulkers are employed upon her, to complete that part of her o works, Te as it is expected be she will launched in March nex t. handsome three-decker, and, although not of such larlewedlimiesna skins as the Trafalgar, is well worthy of being s een, the largest ship of war in an advanced state at r shiche is or Deptford Dockyards at the present time. The pri nc ip al deck is supported by 18. turned pillars of the best African teak , which add greatly to the appearance of her stability The Royal Albert of 120 guns will be the principal object of attrac tion at the Woolwich Dockyard after the launch of the Bos cawen. The greater part of the timbers of that magnificent first-rate ship being now nearly converted into their proper shape, will enable the workmen to proceed with her construc tion with the utmost dispatch, and she now begins to assume a fine form and very beautiful outline ; her side timbers are erected. The " joinings" and the strength . and stability of the workmanship of this vessel, in the opinion of competent judges, have never been excelled, if equalled, in the British navy ; and her excellent proportions appear to be the admira tion of all, and reflect great credit on 11.1 r. Oliver Lang, the master shipwright who designed her, and under whose imme diate superintendence she is in progress of construction. How TO WRITE CLEARLY AND FORCIBLY...—A man fully possessed of his subject, and confident of his cause, may almost always write with vigour and effect, if he can get over the temptation of writing finely, and really confine himself to the clear and strong exposition of the matter he has to bring forward. Half of the affectation and offensive pretension we meet with in authors arises from a want of matter, and the other half from a paltry ambition of being eloquent and ingenious oaf, of place.—Lord Jeffrey. RECEPTION OF THE FRENCH CONSUL AT CANTON. The Paris Messager, a Government paper, gives the following official account of the interview between the Count de Ratti-Menton, the French Consul- General in China, and the Imperial Commissioner of the Emperor : "M. de Ratti-Menton; who was accompanied , by M. Fornier-Duplan, the Captain o f the Alcmene, having arrived at Wampoa, addressed a letter, on the 31st August, to the Viceroy, request in g an interview. On the 6th of September the Consul, with his Chan cellor, M. Fornier-Duplan, and eight officers of the corvette, arrived at the country house of the Viceroy, where he was received by the Mandarin Tang- Quang- Tong, Judge of Canton ; Hum-Seu, the delegate of the Imperial Commissioner ; the Kwang-Tcheou- Fou, Prefect of Canton ; and the Sub-Prefect of Casabranca. At noon the gongs announced the ap proach of the two grand dignitaries. After having taken their seats in the great hall they sent a mandarin, with blue crystal buttons, to inform the Consul that they would receive him with pleasure. There were assembled in the hall his Highness the Imperial Com missioner, wearing the yellow sash, in token of his relationship to the Imperial family, his Excellency the Viceroy, the Kwang-Tcheou-Fou, and several mandarins of blue and white buttons. As the Consul and the persons with him entered the hall, his Im perial Highness and the Viceroy rose, and went to meet them. The Count de Ratti-Menton delivered in an enclosure of silk, a letter from M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Viceroy. After' having removed it from its envelope, the Viceroy pre sented the letter to his Highness, and read the transla tion which had been made of it. Nuemrous questions were then addressed by the two dignitaries to the Consul, and to the captain of the Alcmene, respect ing the King of the French, the Royal family, and M. Guizot, and the relations existing between France and the other powers. The French Consul then presented to his Highness the Imperial Commis sioner a letter requesting for France the same ad vantages as had been granted to England. The Imperial Commissioner replied, verbally, that as the Chinese Government had acted so generously to wards England, notwithstanding their ancient and recent differences, the Imperial Government did not think it could be less amicable as regarded France. Matters being thus settled, the authorities uncovered their heads, and invited the French to do the same (in China, it is required by etiquette that the heads should be covered whilst business is being discussed). There were then served at different small tables a variety of sweetmeats, and some of which the Im perial Commissioner presented to the French from time to time. Before the meeting broke up, M. Fornier-Duplan repeated to the Imperial Commissioner a request that had already been made to the Viceroy, for the liberation of a Chinese Christian, who was arrested two or three years ago, and branded in the face with a red-hot iron, for having been in the service of a missionary who had been taken in the interior of China. The Imperial Commissioner pro mised to write to the Minister of Justice at Pekin, and to recommend this request to him strongly. The reception, which was alike brilliant and cordial, lasted more than an hour. The same journal publishes as follows the corre spondence connected with the above : " Ky-Ing, High Imperial Commissioner, &c., Ky- Kong, Viceroy of the Province of the two Kwangs, &c., to his Excellency M. Guizot, Great Minister of France, charged with the department of Foreign Affairs. " The 13th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of the reign of Taou-Kwang, we received in audience the Count de Ratti-Menton, sent to Canton by your Excellency in the quality of Consul of the first class, and he transmitted to us direct the letter in which the illustrious Minister manifests to us such honourable sentiments of affection. Our hearts are filled with joy on the occasion, and we thank him for it. We have long known that the empire of France is one of the first states in Europe. Three centuries ago it earned on commerce with our empire. Between these two empires peace and friendship have constantly reigned. Never have there been dissensions, discord, or any subject of litiga tion. The merchants of France have always observed in their affairs a spirit of order exempt from all con fusion ; their conduct has always been regulated by the laws and justice. I, the Imperial Commissioner, have lately received from my august Emperor the authority to allow foreigners to trade in the five ports of Canton, Font-Chow, Amoy, Ning-Po, and Chank- Hai, and consequently, and in accord with my col leagues, I have fixed and determined the regulations relative to commerce, as also the tariff. The mode ration of the duties which have been established proves incontestably that we have been in this respect as open and generous as possible towards the foreigners who v;sit these distant countries. To the French merchants we grant the same privileges as the English and other nations have obtained from the approbation of our Emperor. M. de Ratti-Menton, who has just arrived at Canton in quality of Consul of the first class, furnished with official letters from the illustrious Minister, and who, besides, has already filled several posts in other countries of Europe, where he distinguished himself by, his prudence, his affability, and his conciliatory spirit, will easily suc ceed in directing the French merchants, whom he will scrupulously cause to observe all the arrange ments relative to trade, and will thus enlarge our re lations of commerce and friendship. Such is the reply we have the honour to address to the illustrious Mi nister of France, entreating him, in order to prevent all confusion, to employ the same terms as those which we have used to express his titles and powers. —Canton, the 17th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of the reign of Taou-Kwang." Copy of a letter from M. de Ratti- Menton tohis High ness the High Imperial Commissioner, dated Can ton, September 5, 1843. " Highness,—As soon as the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French was informed of the happy re-establishment of peace, his first thought was to appoint a consul. He imagined that this measure might contribute to give more extension to the relations already so ancient which exist between China and France, and every thing strengthens the hope that this desire will be realised. Nevertheless, in the present state of things, and notwithstanding the harmony which has prevailed between the two empires for more than two centuries, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, my august master, desires only for his subjects a participation in the privileges enjoyed by other nations in the Celestial Empire. I have consequently the honour to request your Highness to have the goodness to give me a document, sealed with the great seal, similar in all respects to that which the English and the Americans have obtained, as regards their future relations with these countries ; this document will be sent by me to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, who will see in it a just reciprocity of the sympathy which France has always felt for China." Letter of the High Commissioner and of the Viceroy of the two Kwangs to Count de Ratti-Menton. " Ky-Ing, High Imperial Commissioner, Member of the Imperial Family, Viceroy of the Provinces of the two Kwangs, &c., &c.—Ky-Kong, President of the War Department, Viceroy of the two Provinces of Koang-Tong and Kouang See, &c., &c., send collectively this official answer. The 13th day of the 7th intercalary moon of the 23d year of Taom- Kwang (September 6, 1843). We, the said Com missioner and his colleague, had the pleasure of an interview with the Honourable Consul of the first class, who presented us directly with a letter, which we have opened, read, and perfectly underetood. France is an illustrious and powerful State of the Western Ocean, which, for more than three cen turies, has entertained peaceable and friendly re lations with China, without the slightest dis agreement or effusion of blood. Having come to Canton by the express orders of the Emperor, my master, to there determine on a tariff and commercial regulations applicable to the merchants of all nations, and these regulations having been drawn up and agreed upon, and the tariff established and completed in a manner to abolish all illegal duty, and all exaction, I, the High Impe rial Commissioner, have respectfully submitted these two documents to the approbation of his Majesty, whose answer, received through the medium of the Minister of Finances, contains his gracious authorisa tion to carry the said tariff and regulations into exe cution. Henceforth the merchants of all nations will superabundantly enjoy the kindness of the Em peror of China, who has condescended to manifest his kindness for foreigners, and to open to them an inex haustible source of profit. France, therefore, who has so long maintained friendly relations of amity with the Chinese, and whose merchants have hitherto conducted themselves peaceably, conformable to strict equity exempt from all disorder—France has a particular right to be regarded with equal kind ness. No other country shall certainly be more partially favoured. We, the said High Imperial Com missioner, and his colleague, have, in consequenceilat the demand of the honourable Consul of the first clod/ caused copies to be made of the new tariff, and the new regulations relative to commercial matters, and have formally affixed to them the seals of our office. We send them subjoined officially to the honourable Consul of the first class, i nv iti ng hi m t o h ave th em translated into the language of the Western Ocean, and to publish them in his country, in order that French merchants may know them and conform to them. Inconsequence of the opening, for th e interest of commercial transactions, of the five ports of Canton Font-chow, Amoy, Ning-po, and Chank Hai, the im perial duties specified in the tariff, as well as the ton nage dues, will be alone demanded, another dutiesbeini henceforth abolished ; the other provisions of the regu lations are the result of the good feelings of our great Emperor towards foreign traders. His Majesty, de siring to relieve them from all impediments whatever, and to open to them a large source of p rofit, his knad- ness and great consideration on this occasion may be said to have gone beyond ordinary bounds. To the arrangements relative to smuggling;; to the fraudu lent injury of the revenue; to the fixing of the rate of exchange ; to the confiscation of merchandises &c., &c., concerning the laws of the country, the agents of the other countries have given their consent, and the Honourable Consul of the first class should likewise oblige the merchants, his countrymen, to obey them implicitly, thereby avoiding every subject of dis pute or discussion. When merchant-vessels shall arrive in one of the ports, they can only place themselves and trade in a certain limited space, which they must not go beyond, nor can they go to any other points of China besides the ports above-named. The different regulations are now in course of fixation, and when the good pleasure of the Emperor shall be known it will be officially announced. The Hon. Consul being come on a mission to Canton, and having brought with him a letter from the Grand Minister of his country, we, the High Imperial Commissioner and his colleague, will treat him with the greatest courtesy and with all the required politeness, and will place him on a footing of perfect equality with the English Consuls.—lmportant official communica tion made to M. de Ratti-Menton, Consul of France of the first Class, 23d year of Taon-Kwang, 7th in tercalary moon, 17th day (Sept. 10, 1843)." A CHESHIRE JURY. At the Chester assizes, on Friday, held before Mr. Justice Wightman, William Venables was indicted for killing and slaying his father, John Venables, by kick ing him in the belly and loins, on the 27th of September last. The father of the prisoner kept a beer-shop at Sandback, and the races took place on the 27th of Sept. The prisoner was at his father's house on that day, and, whilst in a state of intoxication, quarrelled with a man named Sutton. He was removed from the room, but re turned, and persisted in fighting Sutton. His father endeavoured to quiet him; and upon seeing, the prisoner said, " You old rogue, are you coming ? " He struck at his father, who fell on the floor, and the prisoner gave the old man a savage kick in the belly. The prisoner's brother immediately seized him, and prevented his doing anything more to his father. The old man was raised from the floor. He appeared to be in a very bad state ; was put to bed, and died on the following day. Upon a post mortem examination, it was proved that his bowels had been ruptured. The defence was that the rupture was caused by an accidental fall. jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of half an hour, they came into Court, and returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recom mendation to mercy. Judge—Upon what ground, gentlemen, do you recommend him to mercy ? Foreman —We recommend him to mercy on the ground that it was done by accident. Judge—lf you recommend him to mercy on the ground that it might have been by accident, your verdict ought to have been " not guilty." It is only in case you think it was done wilfully that you can find him guilty. Fore man—We do not consider that it was wilfully done. Judge—Then you had better retire, and re-consider your verdict. You must consider whether it was done by accident or wilfully. If it was a pure accident, then the prisoner is not guilty. If you entertain any doubt about it, you are bound to give the prisoner the benefit of it. If you think it was done wilfully, he must be convicted. If you think it was not intentionally done— if you think he had not the intention to harm, you must acquit him.—Foreman—We do not think it was inten tionally done. Judge—You must go and consider your verdict. The jury seemed disinclined to leave the court ; but his Lordship directed them to go back to the room, and reconsider their verdict. They then left the Court, and, after an absence of half an hour, returned. It then appeared that they had changed their foreman, who, in answer to the usual question from the Clerk to the Crown, gave a verdict of Not Guilty ! ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The first meet ing for the present year was held on Monday evening, R. J. Murchison, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair, when the Marquis of Northampton was elected, and R. Warburton, Esq., M.P., was admitted a member. A paper was read from Mr. Johnson, on the newly-acquired British settlement of Hong-Kong, and the town of Victoria. The physical aspects of the island are not very remarkable, and the appearance of the country is sterile, except in the summer months from May to July. The only indi genous animals are a species of deer, the armadillo, and a few snakes, and there is nothing remarkable in the cultivation, though many European seeds have been successfully introduced by the agent of the Horticultural Society. Victoria is the only town in the island, though there are many villages and hamlets distributed through it. INCOME-TAX APPEALS IN THE CITY OF LONDON. — The Commissioners acting under the new Income-tax Act for the City of London are rapidly getting through the appeals, which it is expected will all be disposed of by the end of the month. To prevent any unnecessary trouble to parties attend ing, the board has appointed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs days, and Fridays only u appeal days, and Mondays and Satur days they do not sit. On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock. the Commissioners met at their office, 36, Basinghall-street, to hear appeals under schedule D, on profits arising from proles sionabtrades, &c., from the inhabitants of the ward of Farring don Within, which being a very extensive one, will be con tinued to-morrow morning at the same hour. To-morrow from the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and on Fri day, the 12th, from the assessed of the parish of St. ThAnstan's in the West, Fleet-street, &c. The number of appellants, on an average, has not exceeded 15 to 20 a day. MANSLAUGHTER AT A CARD TABLE.—GLOUCES TER, JAN. B.—ln one of the houses in this locality (a beer-shop, called the Plasterers' Arms), a young man, named Richard Cole, was, on Saturday evening, playing at cards with some boon companions. Another man, named George Fricker, joined the party about seven o'clock but did not play. He was intoxicated, and very quarrelsome ; and as the game proceeded he looked over the cards of one of the players, and made a signal to his partner, for the purpose of showing what cards were out. This aggra vated Cole, who said he would play no more, and threw up his hand. Fricker then challenged Cole to fight, and Cole rose from his seat and struck him a blow in the mouth. A proposition was made to adjourn to the yard, but Fricker would not agree to this, and taking advantage of an opportunity, hit Cole a violent blow under the jaw with his fist, which knocked him down. Pricker then fell on him, seized the hair of his head, and continued to beat him for some time, until he lay mo tionless on the floor, and upon being lifted up, it was found that he was quite dead. Fricker then laid hold of the landlord, threw him backwards, and beat him about the head. Mr. Hickes, a medical man, promptly attended, and pronounced Cole to be quite dead. In fact his neck was broken. An inquest was held on the body this day, before Mr. Bailey, the Co roner, and after a lengthened investigation, the Jury re turned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Richard Fricker, who was fully committed for trial. Fricker is a young man of turbulent disposition, and evinced no re gret for his crime. The deceased is the son of respectable parents, and a generally well-conducted man. He was distantly related to the eccentric Jemmy Wood, of Glou cester, whose will has been the subject of so much litiga tion. Had the will been set aside his family would have shared in the distribution among the next of kin. The melancholy occurrence has caused considerable excite ment in the town. THE LATE BISHOP or CLOGHER.—In a recent number, we quoted from the Scotsman an account of the death, and some circumstances connected with the ro cent history, of the once celebrated and infamous Bishop of Clogher, who finished his career in Edinburgh, under an assumed name, some weeks ago. On Saturday, we were a good deal surprised to find the subject revived in a Glasgow Contemporary, under circumstances of a most extraordinary nature—the late Hon. and Rev. John Stapleton, so well known in this city, being declared no other than the Bishop of Clcgher, who had lived among us for fifteen years under a feigned name. The Hon. and Rev. John Stapleton was a resident in Glasgow before the disgrace of the Bishop of Clogher was con summated, and was all along well known as a member of the noble house of Le Despencer, being uncle to the present Baroness, who inherits the family honours in her own right. Mr. Stapleton died in Eglin ton-street, Laurieston, about the beginning of 1843, when his remains were transmitted to England to be in terred in the family burying place. These facts, of themselves, are sufficient to disprove the statement re ferred to, seeing that the Bishop of Clogher, under the name of Wilson, died only a fews weeks ago ; and we may add, that the appearance of the two men was ex ceedingly dissimilar. Having thought it right thus to do justice to the memory of Mr. Stapleton, we may state :that there is no doubt whatever that the Bishop of Clogher, under the name of Thomas Wilson, did, several years ago, reside in Glasgoe, though the circumstance appears to have been known to very few indeed. He lived with an Irish family, near to the west end of Tradeston, and, so far as we have been able to learn, they were perfectly aware of his real identity, and, indeed, seem to have been intrusted with the care of his person by his relatives. His habits were, as de scribed by the Scotsman, exceedingly recluse ; he was seldom seen on the street, received no visitors, and every movement went to show that he was thoroughly im pressed with the propriety, if not the duty, of forgetting• his past dignities, and living a life of humble obscurity. The reason of his removal to Edinburgh, about four years ago, we have not ascertained.—Glasgow Argus. Loss or LIFE. Yesterday the keel Castor, of Newcastle, while entering this harbour, struck against another vessel, and instantly sunk. One of Dennett's rockets was immediately fired, and one of the crew got hold of the line, with which he was hauled on to the pier end, and was saved. We regret, however, to add, that another man, who was washed off the wreck by the violence of the sea, unfortunately perished. The wreck of the vessel drove up the harbour. The sea was very .Navy, and the wind strong at S.S.E. Two other vessels :! - e're.,*•ithich stood out to sea. The life-boat put off, but as the latter did not attempt to enter, she returned up the harbour.—Tyne Mercury of Tuesday. An inquest was held on Tuesday afternoon on the body of a female child, about six days old, found on the top of a shed in Pear-tree-alley, High-street, Shadwell. It was wrapped in two pieces of dark-coloured stuff. The infant did not appear to have received any professional aid at the birth. A verdict of "Found dead" was re corded. On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, on the body of Ann Bourne, aged 30, a married woman, but co habiting with a man named Webb, at Harvey's-buildings, near Bedford-street, Strand. She poisoned herself in bed, having taken a quantity of laudanum which she seemed to have rendered palatable by orange juice. Around her neck was a silk kerchief, which she had drawn tight by a slip-knot. She was a dissolute woman anti addicted to liquor. The jury re turned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." it appeared that the deceased had been told that her paramour (an engineer) had taken up with another trornan. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. G LOBE.—The evidence taken against the two individuals who stand charged with extensive for gery and uttering of forged wills, and fraudulent transfer of Bank- Stock, will afford proof of the imperfect security afforded to the public by the Registration Act, and also by the practice of the Bank of England officials. With respect to the latter, the proof required as to the identity of persons who present themselves at the Bank as legal representatives of deceased parties, seems to be very slender, and the facilities thus afforded to fraud are consequently considerable. We abstain from those references to the evidence adduced against Barber and Fletcher,lby which the inefficiency of the precautions at present em ployed by the Bank of England functionaries is exemplified, lest we should seem to prejudge the accused. When the trial ,which awaits them has been had, an opportunity will be afforded tbr directing attention to the necessity of a revision, with a view to improvement in the transfer•office of the Bank of England. The evidence of Mr. Jordan, the registrar of births and deaths for the district of Pimlico, is strikingly illustrative of defects in the registration law, and fully confirms the incidental remarks of Mr: Chadwick, in his Report upon the Practice of In terment in Towns, recently published. To that part of the Report, Mr. Clarkson, in the course of his address to the Lord Mayor on introducing a new case with which he charged the prisoners, said, " I cannot help calling your Lordship's at tention to the present operation of the law in re spect to this subject. I hold in my hand a book to which, no doubt, your Lordship has al ready paid partial attention ; I mean the Report of Mr. Chadwick upon the practice of burying in towns, in which there is a passage relating to the registration of deaths, and pointing out the faci lity the present system affords for committing frauds." The Learned Counsel then proceeded to quote the passage; to which, we think, the atten tion of the Legislature should be drawn early in the next session, with a view to the amendment of the law :—" It is admitted that some additional arrangements are yet wanting for the complete attainment of the proper civic and technical pur poses of registration—as depositaries of pre appointed evidence of the fact of death to deter mine questions of private rights ; as depositaries of evidence for purposes of medical science and public health, to show the extent and prevalence of common causes of disease incident to different occupations and different localities; and of 'the data for tables of insurance, as well as for the re covery of sums assured, when the proof of age is not admitted in the policy. Any one who is unknown to the local registrar may gd' and register, as a fact, his own death, of which - a certified copy of the registry will, according to' , the 38th clause of the Act, be evidence m a Court of Law. Cases of the registration of false statements have already been detected; some have been made with a view to successions and to the obtainment of property. False registrations have been made amongst the labouring classes as to the place of death, to gain interments in distant parishes at cheaper rates. Fictitious deaths have been registered to defraud burial societies, and the registrar's certificate of such deaths have got in use by vagrants as means of obtaining alms. In Manchester, a woman having obtained and used one certificate of a fictitious death, soon after obtained another similar certificate ; and, in order to deter parties from visiting the house, she got the cause of death registered as malignant fever." (Section 188, p. 160.) With the closing remarks of Mr. Clarkson we fully concur. The Learned Gentleman's extensive knowledge and practice of criminal law—the most extensive of the entire bar--give a value to his opinion, which could not be con ceded, to the same extent, to any other au thority:—" I have not the honour of knowing Mr. Chadwick," continued the Learned Gentle man ; " but it is undoubtedly a subject of great importance ; and it is to be hoped that those who have the power and the ability, will take measures to see whether it is not within the power of human ingenuity more decisively and effectually to guard against such fraudulent transactions." STANDARD.-An able article in the last Number of the Quarterly Review, upon the sys tem of education pursued at the Universities, has directed attention very generally, and we believe very usefully, to that subject. The sub ject is indeed a very extensive one, branch off into all the various departments of edu cation, religious, moral, literary, and economi cal. The last is, however, that upon which the Reviewer bestows most consideration, scarcely touching upon direct religious moral, or literary instruction, except as connected with the question of economy. For this course there is so much justification, that the direct education in re morals, and literature, given by the Universities—we mean by direct, the education provided by the University rules, and imparted by the public tutors of colleges--is so excellent, and so faithfUlly and zealously given, as to admit scope of of no change or add itio n that would not dete tion. This riorate rather than im prove; whereas the indirect alloy to this excell ent system is all due to the influence of m one y , and comes therefore the economical properly ()nsra i n p economical consideration cide is, however. we think, unduly narrowed by the Quarterly Reviewer, in confining it, as he con fines it, to the mere question of the loss of money by the parents of the young men who are led into debt and into habits of expense. The loss to the families of . these young men is no doubt frequently serious and productive of much injury, but upon the whole the loss of money to their families is a far less injury than that caused to the young men themselves, by training them to habits of concealment, debt, and expense. or than the injury to the public, by making debt and expense fashionable. Youth is the period in which the habits of the man are formed ; and let a young man once get over the fear and shame of debt, which are, we believe,. instinctive, and nothing but a vigorous effort of reason will in after life fit hint for the self-denial which he must often exercise to avoid em harassment, even when possessed of consider able wealth, still more, if his means are moderate ; and self-denial, it must be remem bered, is aga in made more difficult by the preceding habit of indulgence, which the facility of debt and expense encourage. Strictly, therefore, as a part of education—as an ele ment of moral training debt and expense ought, if possible, to be excluded from the Uni versities. We would not enforce a Spartan discipline, unsuited to the actual state of so ciety, but, surely, between that and the extreme license in this matter, hinted at by the Quarterly Review, as prevailing in the Universities, there is a wide field. In society generally it is not inquired whether a gentle man or even a nobleman lives within or be yond his means (until he happens to get into debt), provided that he lives like a gen tleman, that is, without resorting to sordid practices or mean shifts; and why may not the equalising principle, which good sense has established as a rule in society, prevail in the Universities where it is so much more ne cessary? The reason is, because, in the early period of life good sense, the effect of experience, has little control. All young men are vain, whatever direction their vanity may take ; and the rarest knowledge w ith youth is the know ledge of the value of Money. But vain men will seek distinction, and as expense is one of the most obvious and simple, though also the rudest and most fallacious means of obtaining distinction, young men, if they have money or can borrow it, will employ money as the means of raising themselves above those with whom they are by any circumstances associated. This, too, has the mischievous effect of forcing debts on others, who, with less vanity and more slender means, are still not suffi c i en tly philosophical to be contented in the lower station—hence the disease of debt and expense becomes, as it were, infectious, and one or two rich or unscrupulous young men make a whole College extravagant. Either this happens, or a marked barrier must separate the rich from the comparatively poor— which would destroy the fusion of classes in the University, justly treated by the Quarterly Re viewer as one of the greatest benefits they confer upon the country. How are the evils of expense and debt in the Universities to be remedied ? is a question no doubt much more easily asked than answered. You cannot prevent foolish parents giving, or greedy usurers lending, or dishonest 'tradesmen granting credit ; still, though an evil cannot be altogether excluded it may be mitigated, and in such a case as the present, mitigation is almost as good as a complete cure. Now, it will, we think, be admitted that if by any arrangement moderation could be made the rule, expense and debt the rare exception (if such is not the case already), as much would be obtained as the public can reasonably desire. Now, as to expense, there are already many checks, as the long code of college rules with re ference to hours, company, the indulgence in expensive amusement, which, rigidly enforced— and if not rigidly enforced such rules are worse than useless—would go a great way; and when these failed we do not see why expense might not be properly treated as a substantive offence, incurring the penalty of removal from the University. If a man will not conform to the habits of a society, after repeated admonitions, MORNING, JANUARY 11 1844. we do not see upon what grounds he can affect to complain of his removal from that society. But it will be said, how are you to ascertain that a man is expensive in his habits? The answer is, that the external evidence is generally sufficient; but if it fail, you have the man himself, whom you may examine as to his expenditure. A place of education is, as regards the pupils, properly in quisitorial, and it ought to be vigilantly inquisito rial. The parental authority is communicated to its governors, and we suppose it will not be denied that in a case of doubt a father is en titled and bound to make a strict inquiry into the habits of a son still under his roof. Two or three examples of young men removed from the Universities for " expensiveness," eo noinine, would do much good in render ing expense unpopular. This applies to the pupils who receive too much money from their parents, or have, otherwise, too much money at their own disposal but it ap plies also to those who squander borrowed money ; for these last an additional guard might he found, in an Act, not of the Univer sities, but of the Legislature, barring the reco very of any debt incurred by a young man in statu pupillari, whatever his age, nor could money-lenders or tradesmen justly complain of such an act ; to every debt there must be two consenting parties, the creditor and the debtor ; but if you want to get rid of the evil, you must address yourself to him of the two who has most power to obviate the mischief, and who is most likely to be acted upon by considerations of rea son and interest—this, every one sees, is the cre ditor in all cases, more especially in cases where the debtor must be an inexperienced youth. IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS-ROMAN CATHOLIC AGGRE- GATE MEETING. DUBLIN, JAN. B.—ln three hears after the announcement that every Roman Catholic on the jury list had been struck off by the Crown, the requisition convening an aggregate meeting of the Catholics in Ireland, was signed by sixty-five barristers, only three of whom are Repealers. The requisition lists are filling very rapidly, and the deepest excitement prevails, espe cially amongst the Roman Catholic population. The three first names appended to the requisition are Richard Laler Shiel, M.P., Thos. Wyse, M.P., and N. Ball, son of the Right Hon. Judg Ball. _ . . " The Crown solicitor having, on Friday, the sth day of January, struck off the jury panel of forty-eight which had been ballotted for the pending State trials, all the Roman Catholics upon it—namely, eleven—we, the undersigned Roman Catho lics, considering that proceeding on the part of the Crown both an insult and a wrong to the emancipated Catholics of Ireland, perpetrated by a Government of which the leading mem bers have repeatedly expressed their determination to administer justice without reference to religious dis tinctions, request an aggregate meeting of. the Catho• lics of Ireland, in Dublin, on Saturday, the 13th of January, 1844, to petition our beloved Sovereign, that she may be graciously pleased to direct her attention to the con duct pursued towards her loyal and devoted Catholic subjects by,ber Majesty's Government." It is intended that the Ro maii Catholic Primate, Dr. Crolly, should take the chair at the aggregate' meeting. Several offers of co-operation have already been received from distinguished Protestant Liberals, Peers and others ; but the Catholics, sander the circumstances, have determined that the movement should originate with the mem bers of that body. It has been determined to make this a uni versal Catholic movement all through the British empire. POLICE INTELLIGENCE (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Two commercial gentlemen of the name of Rims were summoned before the Lord Mayor by Mr. Appleton, an attorney, who resides in Feliehurch-buildings, under the following circumstances: — The complainant said that a client of his had instructed him to proceed against the defendants for the amount of a debt, and he accordingly wrote to them, politely re presenting the claim of his client, and requesting a cheque for the money ; not having received any answer, he called upon them a few days subsequently, when they apologised for not having written, and made a statement to him relative to the demand, which statement he soon afterwards communicated to the other party, who as sured him that it was a tissue of falsehoods, and peremp torily called upon him to proceed at law for the recovery of the money. Thus informed and instructed, he again wrote to the defendants, requesting the transmission of a cheque, or their attorney's name and address, and no satisfaction being offered, he went himself to their office for the purpose of serving each of them with a copy of a writ of summons. Upon arriving• at the office he found that one of them was engaged with a gentleman, and he ,took particular care to deliver the message with which he was charged with as much delicacy as possible to each. Due credit, however, was not given to him for the gentleman-like manner in which he had acted, for he was not only rudely addressed, but pushed out of the office by the two brothers, who, in thus violently getting rid of him, knocked his hat down stairs. The Loan MAYOR—What language did you use upon going to the defendant? Complainant—l said it ap peared, from what my client represented, that the state ment made by them to me was a tissue of falsehoods. I am not in the habit of serving writs, and I assure your Lordship that I acted on the occasion from motives of delicacy towards them, as well as of duty towards my clients, and I take this course on account of the outrage done to my feelings. The elder defendant described the transaction, on ac count of which the complainant had written to them, as one which by no means sanctioned any demand upon them, and stated that the particulars were distinctly de tailed to him, and certain parties referred to, who were ready to verify their representations of facts. It is under such a state of things extremely aggravating that the complainant should, after having called at their office and served them with the copies of writs, declare that their statement was a tissue of falsehoods (an assertion which he had made, not from his client, but from himself), and then continue to hang about the office, although the business about which he came was completed. The complainant, upon being told to quit the premises after all this, refused to move, and they had therefore pushed him out, but with less violence than they considered, since the affair had taken place, they would have been justified in using. The LORD MAYOR, after having asked several ques tions of the complainant, said there was no evidence of an assault in the case before him. He considered that the language used by the complainant was such as per sons who had the feelings and characters of gentlemen would find it very difficult to endure, and that there was nothing in the statement made by the defendants to the complainant, relative to the client of the latter, which at all sanctioned the imputation or the suspicion of false hood, as regarded them. There were some individuals who would look upon a toundationless charge of having told a tissue of falsehoods with silent contempt, others who would repel it with indignation, while others would re sent it with vindictive anger. He considered that the defendants had adopted the middle course, and he thought the complainant would act prudently in letting the matter drop. The complainant seemed to be exceedingly unwilling to take the advice of the Lord Mayor, whom he endea voured to convince that his feelings had received a very formidable wound. He also submitted that as he no doubt should have some future dealings with the defen dants, it would be necessary that he should be secured against ill-treatment. The Loan MAYOR—I think I can take upon myself to state that neither of the defendants will offend you, if you take care not to give them provocation. The summons was then dismissed. CLERKEN WELL. The Rev. John Harrington Evans, minister of the Baptist chapel in John-street, Bedford-row, made the foil -Wing singular application to the Magistrate : • Ile stated that a gentleman named Seers, a watch-case manufacturer, residing in White Lion-street, Clerken well, was in the habit of disturbing his congregation whilst assembled at Divine worship. A few days ago, whilst the people were kneeling in the chapel, Mr. Seers suddenly stood up in front of them, and addressed them in very unbecoming language. His words and manner disturbed some, and alarmed all. Last even ing the same gentleman created a disturbance in the vestry during the sermon, so that applicant could scarcely be heard by his congregation. A policeman took him into custody - , but as the noise was made in the vestry, which adjoins the chapel, the police inspector at the station-house, refused to take the charge, and Mr. Seers, was again set at liberty. He trusted his Worship would protect a large and respectable Dissenting assembly from interruption during the hours of public worship. Mr. ComßE—What is the cause ? The Rev. Afr. Evans said he believed the unhappy gentleman laboured under a delusion, for he said that he (Mr. E.) exercised a supernatural influence over the clergy, magistracy, and medical profession of the country for the last eighteen years. Mr. ComBE advised the Rev. Gentleman to give the intruder in charge to a policeman, if he should again inti-rnipt the devotional exercise of his congregation. Richard John Langrey was charged with embezzling various sums of money belonging to his master, Mr. Ostell, a respect able news-agent, residing in Hart-street, Bloomsbury. The prisoner was employed in collecting money for the pro secutor, who, from time to time, missed several sums of money. It appeared from the evidence that bills were forged and pr, sented to the customers. The name of Mr. Ostell was forged on these bills, and the money was raid in consequence. This system of embezzlement had been going on for a con siderable time, and when Mr. Ostell became pressing for any particular sums, he contrived to make up as much money as satisfied his employer's present demand. Mr. Ostell stated that the prisoner's father and mother had been at his house, entreating of him not to prosecute, and he wished it to be dealt with summarily. • Mr. COMISE said he certainly would not consent to any compromise. It was a very bad case, and should go for trial. Miss Seward, residing at the Green Man public-house, New street, Covent-garden, proved to having paid the prisoner the amount of a bill for newspapers delivered. The:prosecutor deposed that he had not received the amount. Sergeant Lester stated that, if the prisoner were remanded, numerous cases would be brought against him. Mr. Comas ordered depositions for trial in the present ease ,e be taken down, and remanded the prisoner. BOW-STREET. FORGERY. — Charlotte Scott was brought before Mr. Twy ford, charged with forging the name of an old woman of the name of Anne Lee. Mr. George Thomas Lee, of the Provident Institution, St. Martin's-lane, stated that on file 6th inst. the prisoner came to the office with a depositor's book, which had been granted to Anne Lee. The prisoner presented the book for payment. It contained the sum of 601. 14s. 3d. Witness filled up a receipt for the amount and handed it to the prisoner to sign, and she signed the name of Anne Lee. The witness then referred to the signature-book, and found that the signature in the book and that on the receipt did not correspond. In consequence of this he questioned the prisoner, and then she admitted that she was net Anne Lee, but she said that Anne Lee was dead, and before her death she had given her (the prisoner) her de posit-book, and told her to draw the money herself. The wit ness then sent the prisoner into the managers' room. Mr. Brendle, the Secretary to the Provident Institution, stated that the prisoner told hi nt th a t Anne Lee had died about three weeks before, that she had been for some time ill, and that during her illness she upset a kettle of boiling water over the prisoner's child. The old woman, shortly before her death, gave h r the deposit-book in question, and requested her to draw the m oney to remunera t e h er f or the trouble she had had with the deceased, as she had no relations in the world who could claim the money. The prisoner, when questioned at wit ness's office, said she diet not think she was doing wrong in sign ing the old woman's name. Two witnesses were then called for the defence, who swore that they were present when the old woman gave the prisoner the deposit-book.—The prisoner was remanded. MARYLEBONE. - - Georg Stanley, a well-dressed young man, was placed before Mr. Rawlinson, charged with the following assault upon Edward Dand : The complainant stated that he was returning home about half-past eleven, when he was overtaken by the prisoner and two others, who said to him, " Oh, how drunk you are!" Com plainant said, "hind your own business," when the prisoner attacked him in the most savage manner, felled him to the ground and knocked some teeth out. Complainant was stupefied for a few minutes, and then called for the assistance of the police, when the prisoner took to his heels, and com plainant after him. He was eventually taken into cu tody by the police. The prisoner denied the assault in tot°, but Mr. Rawlinson (after the complainant's reiterating his conviction that he was the person) lined him 40s. UNION-I:ALL. William Newman was charged with forging a bill of ex change for 201. 31r. Markwick stated that he had money transactions with the prisoner, in the course of which the latter gave him a bill for 20/., purporting to have been accepted by William Pain. When the bill became due it was ascertained that the accept ance was a forgery, and the prisoner was given into custody. William Pain, who was summoned to give evidence, being unwilling to attend unless compelled, was shown the bill in question, and on examining it, he proved that the acceptor's name was not in his handwriting. The prisoner having asserted that he had Pain's authority for putting his signature to the bill, the latter disclaimed the assertion, and added that, although he had money transactions with the prisoner, yet that he had never given him such authority as that alleged.—Remanded. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATC A very considerable assemblage of the admirers of this description of exercise was attracted on Monday to the Old Hat , Ealing , to witness the decision of the foot race between Charles Jenkin son (the London Stag) and William Robinson, of Newton Moor. The terms of tine match were, to run a distance of 440 yards, Robinson allowing the Stag 10 yards at starting, and receiving 101. as a consideration for having come to Lon don to accommodate his antagonist. Jenkinson has been long known to the London cognoscenti on account of the numerous extraordinary performances he has successfully undertaken; and Robinson's fame as a remarkably fleet runner stands very high, particularly in his native county, a proof of which is apparent in the fact of his friends coming forward freely to back him, notwithstanding his having conceded the great ad vantage of a start of ten yards to so renowned an adversary as the London Stag. The ground being roped and staked half way, and every other preliminary arrangement made, the men appeared at the scratch about four o'clock, and after an ad mirably contested race, Robinson was declared the winner by four yards, having got over the ground in the wonderfully short time of 51 seconds. Great interest was created by this race, and large sums of money changed hands on the occasion. " Why do you not hold up your head as I?" in quired an arktocratic lawyer of a labouring farmer. " Squire, look at that field of grain ; all the valuable heads hang down like mine, while those that have nothing in them stand up right like yours." THE Cucxoo.—Last week the cuckoo was fre quently heard in the neighbourhood of Blackburn. — Lancaster Guardian. THE SPECIAL JURY. It has been ascertained that one of the persons on the jury list returned by the Crown, and who is set down as a wholesale trader, is employed as a porter or messenger in an extensive Conservative trading establishment in this city! The name was objected to by the traversers, but defended by the Crown, and ordered to be retained en the list. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. A very numerous meeting of the Repeal Association was held this day, at the Conciliation Hall, in consequence of the anticipated presence of Mr. O'Connell. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman, who appeared to enjoy excellent health, and was certainly in the highest spirits, arrived at a few mi nutes after one o'clock. Shortly after which— C. LYNCH, Esq., of Ballycaher Castle, in the county of Mayo, was called to the chair. Mr. O'CoNNELL moved that the following sentence be in seribed on a banner, to be hung up in the Conciliation Hall : " The time is come when no Irishman, having the smallest claim to the regard , or respect of his countrymen, should longer hold back from expressing his sentiments." The man (continued Mr. O'Connell) was a recreant of the worst de scription, who did not come forward and declare for the na tionality of Ireland at that moment.—( Cheers.) It was indeed a glorious prospect for the repeal cause, when the name of the illustrious Charlemont was found once more in the ranks of his country. Mr. 111‘TeastAlr, a most respectable gentteman from Belfast, next came forward and avowed himself a Federalist. Several remittances were then handed in, and among them 129/. 9s. Bd. from Rio de la Plata, South America. Mr. O'CorewsLL then presented himself and said, he wished that there should be no thronging or crowding the streets during the trials which were coming on ; and what difference would it make, if he were found guilty or not, to the great cause in which they were all engaged?—(Cheers.) lie cer tainly was not guilty of any offence but that of loving Ireland— ( Cheers)—and he therefore implored them by that love to stay at home and read the proceedings the next clq in the news papers.—(Hear, hear.) In speaking of Mr. Montgomery Martin, Mr. O'Connell alluded to the period when that gen t'eman sought his patronage in London, in support of a news paper called the Repealer. He came to him (Mr. O'Connell and said he was going to set up a repeal newspaper in that city by shares, and although he totally disapproved of th , - plan he (Mr. O'Connell) took two shares. lhe consequence, how ever, was, that the speculation failed in a few months, and Mr. Montgomery Martin then became a furious anti-Repealer.— ( Cheers.) There was Mr. Montgomery Martin for them.— ( Hear, hear.) It gave him (Mr. O'Connell) great pleasure to find that the Association had taken up the subject of Lord Devon's Commission, which was as great a humbug as ever existed.—( Hear, hear. ) The rent for the week is likely to exceed 5001. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN NORTH TIPPERARY.—NE- NAG Er, JAN. 7.—This town yesterday morning was thrown into great excitement by a most daring and fearful agrarian out rage, which took place in the immediate suburbs, near the bridge of Tyrone, not one quarter of a mile from the centre of the town. It appears as a man named Gleeson was returning from the first mass to his house, at Lisatomy, he was met by two men at the above place, and, on his passinr , them, they turned quickly round and discharged two pistol ' s at his back, which took effect, the balls entering the hack and passing out to the chest. On his falling, they leaped upon him and kicked him, and deliberately walked off. The poor fellow is not yet dead, but there is no hope of his recovery. The Rev. 11lessrs. Power and Bowles energetically denounced the per petrators of the atrocious attempt on Gleeson's life, at different masses in the chapel this day. CORONER'S 11s QUEST.. (From the Cambridge Advertiser of Wednesday.) 0.1 Monday, at four o'clock, a Coroner's inquest was held at the house of Benjamin Lambert, the Coach and Horses, Newnham, before Mr. C. 11. Cooper, Coroner, and a jury, on the body of Mr. Stephen Crisford, formerly the worthy and respected host of the Bull Hotel, who came by his death as detailed in evidence : John Darnell, of Newnham, labourer, said he was at work near the Bull Leys, at about ten minutes past eleven o'clock to-day (Monday), when I saw a hat lying on this side of the water against a stump ; had not heard of any one being missed. I walked four or five yards fur ther on, and saw a body in the water. I called a man named Faircloth, who was at work with me and we pulled it out. It was standing upright, the water just corning over his head. his clothes and gloves were all on, and his coat buttoned up, I think. The body felt cold. The face looked black. The coat was dirty in several places, as if he had been trying to get out. It appeared as if he had got in from Bull Leys side. A person might slip in the water, as it is very steep there. His back was towards the bank. The lads generally bathe there. The water is about 4 feet deep in the summer, and not more than 5i feet now ; part of the head, just the crown, was above the water. I had been at work there from about half-past nine. I saw some lads with some horses go close by, but they did not see the body. I am working in the Bull Leys. Any one can go in the field from where the deceased seemed to have got into the water. He htis an allotment of land close by there, part of the Bull Leys. I could see one foot mark by the bank. It was a firm mark, not as of a person slipping. He was about 21 yards from the bank. His legs were straight. Ilis boots were quite clean. The constable was here directed by the Coroner to examine the pockets of the deceased. There was not anything found in the clothes, except one or two small accounts, which were taken from the breast pocket. Sarah Fling deposed that she lived as servant at No. 2, King's-parade (where deceased had lately resided, with Mrs. Crisford). She last saw the deceased alive at about ten minutes past eight this morning. He had just come from his bedroom. She buttoned his boots. He told her not to let his dogs come after him. He .used to go to the Bull in a morning, and this morning she felt rather surprised that he did not take the dogs with him. He had been very poorly last night, and this morn ing she asked him how he was, and he replied, " better." When he lived at the Bull, he used to go out for an hour's walk before breakfast, and return about eight o'clock. This morning she did not notice which way deceased went on leaving the house. He slept at the Bull for a month past. They waited break fast for him this morning a long time. It was not quite ready when he went out. He mostly wore spectacles ; but she did not notice if he had any on this morning. He did not wear a watch. She thought he appeared very strange in his manner yesterday. Charles Speed, labourer, of Newnham, deposed that he saw deceased this morning about half-past nine, going along by Caius Closes, opposite the Bull Leys, the other side of the road ; was surprised at his being rather earlier this morning than usual ; his head was held rather down. After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict that " The deceased was found drowned ; but by what means he became so there was no evidence to show." It was stated that the deceased, who was well known and universally respected, was sixty years of age. He gave up possession of the Bull Inn, Trumpington-street, of which he had been landlord many years, on Saturday night, to Mr. Edlin, brother to Mr. Edlin, foreman and general manager of the business carried on by Mrs. Greef, King's-parade. THE ROYAL Bucx HouNns.—}Ter Majesty's stag hounds had one of the most severe and lengthened runs this season on Monday last, the fixture being at Maidenhead, at which upwards of 200 were present. The little deer Sweep was uncarted at Maidenhead Thicket, and was taken within a mile of Stokenehurch, in Oxfordshire, after a three hours' run, over upwards of thirty miles of a hilly and extremely heavy line of country. The deer swam across the Thames, nearly opposite to Henley, and upon the hounds being laid on, upon the opposite shore, the pace up to the finish was tremendous. Only twelve out of the numerous field at the meet were up at the take, including Mr. Davis (the huntsman, who had two fresh horses during the run), and a sprinkling of the right sort, who were well mounted. The field was pretty well weeded before the deer crossed the water at Henley. The distance from Stokenchurch to the kennel (where the hounds arrived the panic evening) ; la between 20 and 30 wilco. STATE OF TRADE (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. MANCIIESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—There has bet ther less animation in the Cloth Market to-day, indeed f. rno t" . last two or three days, than on this day week ; the cause doubt, is the not over flattering accounts from China, ar tS lg . from the unexpected difficulties (though only fancied to temporary) thrown in the way of mercantile transaction s: the Hong merchants. These difficulties, however, added: the intelligence then received, of. very large quan tities. ..` es Goods and Yarns being on their way, had caused som e p art . b to be rather eager in the pressing of sales, and the prices o us tained were generally not so satisfactory, as by the previo mails. When to these things is added, the advance on Clcs tu, in England, the surprise will cease at the less buoyant tone °` our market to-day. Prices, however, cannot be said to. e lower. There are no stocks, and besides, many manufacturer s are engaged for some weeks to come. Whilst this is the case• present rates will, in all probability, be maintained. In Yrowf no decided change, though the staple is decidedly higher. As a soa as buyers for early spring shipments for the Continent apps Art a brisk trade is anticipated. MARKET NEWS.-YESTERDAY. CORN-EXCLULNGE. A very limited quantity of English Whea t was on offer here. Prime quality sold readily , a t f u ll y Monday's prices ; but, in other kinds, only a moderate busin ess was transacted. Holders of Foreign Wheat were de manding much higher rates, which .somewhat checke d the demand ; yet, the quotations were firmly supported. Malting Barley moved off steadily, but grinding and di tilling sorts hung on hand, though not t.baayer. The Malt trade was rather inactive, at late rates. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, we have no variation ~to repne• ARRIVALS. Wheat. Wirier. I Oats. i'lr a u r fv . English. 1,740 qrs. 7,710 qrs. 1,539 qrs. 2 4 1 Irish I - 1,270 I 20,380 I --- Foreign 690 - Malt, 3,010 qrs. WIIITECILELPEL. let We had only a moderate supply of Meat on sale , .) the demand ruled heavy, on the following terms : Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veg" 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per Blbs, byth carcase. COAL MARKET Ships arrived since last market day, 60, Buddle's West Hartley l5 Davison's West Hartley 16 6 ' Hastings Hartley l6 6 New Tanfield Moor l5 0 Ord's Redheugh l4 6 Pontop Windsor l4 0 Ravensworth West Hartley 15 6 Taylor's Hartley l5 6 West Hartley West VV ylam l5 3 Wylam Walls End Clark and Co. Walls End dosforth Walls End Heaton lB 0 Walls End Hilda. Walls End Hotspur ND. Walls End Killingworth ... 11 Walls End Riddell's.... .... 17 Walls End Haswell . 2O Walls End fictton 2O Wahs End Pemberton lB . Walls End Russell's Hetton W ; Walls End Stewart's 2O a ' . 4 Walls End Caradoc 20 , Walls End Adelaide lil 1 Walls End Brown's Deaneryllk 'fl. Walls End Seymour 1 Tees 1P Walls End Tees 9 - .. 10 C Cowpen a 0 Howard's W. Nethertent .. , 1., OUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beans. 8. to 5. s. to it. 34 50 22 38 45 58 29 33 41 52 27 31 _ 46 52 23 18 44 52 28 30 19 22 40 42 42 55 24 33 18. 23 24 32 46 55 24 27 21 28 32 86 40 50 29 33 18 21 36 40 46 52 26 32 19 21 30 34 40 57 27 34 20 30 34 45 46 53 23 29 19 22 26 28 41 50 24 28 19 22 30 56 40 46 26 28 18 22 24 28 49 50 36 39 26 32 38 40 44 51 27 28 24 28 32 04 47 51 28 30 91 24 39 46 46 58 24 31 16 24 26 32 50 56 30 33 21 24 32 13 61 64 32 36 24 28 40 44 42 47 28 34 17 19 24 26 43 53 23 31 19 23 24 25 50 55 s{l 32 20 23 38 40 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. Vi heat Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton Oats 5 0 3 9 Veal Beans P..ase 5 0 8 0 Lamb Hay ..... 41.5.. to 41. 10s. Od. per ton NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. ___ Per Quarter Boston Braintree B. ighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin Ipswich Lewis Lynn ...... Maidstone Norwich Petworth Romford Sandwich rnetford Wisbech Witham s. to is. 18 22 18 2 1 22 26 a. to I. 35 38 24 29 36 41 Yarmouth reaie• •- 39 28 so 35 z, 1 . 8 • ; 35 I 2S 25 S i - 30 t i e " sa 21 0— ictf, r 7 .. a I' ' 6 • ' - 9 _ Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 4 ,25. 48s 463 500 ,--- Norfolk and Suffolk --- Berwick and Scotch 4os 465....... 44,. 50s. -- Foreign 44s. 485......... 48s. 525. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 2Bs. 305....... Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 27s. 295....... —s. --a. Grinding and Feeding Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 4Bs. 52s —r...-e• Beans, Small Tick 38s. 403 —,, ....s. Pease, White 3Gs 32s —l. —I. --- Gray 265, 28s —s --i• Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... --- Feed l7s. 18s. --...t. .... 4. —Foreign 2os. 225....... —s -.. 44 . Flour (per sack) 3#s. 375. —5...-4. Wheat, HULL CORN MARKET. White (per Quarter) 525.54.. 561 , Red Foreign Malting. 2Bs. 295. 30m. Grinding 2ss 275. 265. ritish Foreign (in bond) l6s. 18s. 205, Beans 30s 325. 346- Pease, Grey Blue and White 36 s 38 8 . 40$. Linseed.. 46s. 525. 566 Flour per sack Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) Barley, Oats, B• to - 0.0 to - -g * to --,' to -. 41. to 1. tO-4' CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white 505.• to 56,...... —s• 48s:to 50s. 01d......... 47e. Barley, Malting 275. t0 . 32s Grnding..—s• Oats Beans 27s to 3=5...... 01d..,.,...... —s• Pease "HADDINGPON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans PeSi o li First sss Od 2bs 6d 24s 31 32s Oct econd; 45; Od 25s 7d 18s 5d 30s Od Third.... 35s Od 2's Od 16s Od 28s Od —s 0 Average • 2l. bs. 1.1 7.l2ths. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 201bs. • First Oatmeal .......£1 10 0 Second Ditto. 1 7 0 Barleytheal 1 6 6 Peasemeal 1 4 0 _ _ _ Fer Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal.... . £0 1 Second ditto 0 " liar l eymea l 0 / Peasemeal... ....... 0 6 Pot Barley from 218. to 2;s. per sack. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Being' Wheat. , Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. 1 33, Od First... .. sls Oa l 30s ' ,: 1 20s 8d 3.33 Od i o d Second 46s 04 26. tadl 185 Od 2,2‘ Od ..„.,"": - 0 I I bird FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--011 MOndri; evening the Venezuela steam-ship, belonging to the Gelle r :, Steam Navigation Comp an y, was bringing up alongside 1.; John Bull st eamer a t H orse l y d own , after her arrival from alongside ,, burgh, when the boatswain, an active fellow, took a rope"; b p spring—in hi s h an d, for the purpose of making fast tothe J4Lj Bull, and in stepping from one vessel to the other he 510,7,, and fell into the water between the two. The tide carrieh,,tip man under the next tier of vessels, and he was drowned. ip deceased, who has left a wife and three children, has heet i t the Company's service many years, and was one of the "- seamen in their employ. BIRTES. s° ° ' On the 4th inst., at Kensington, Mrs. W. Buckley, 0f -d, of On the 7th inst., at Surbiton-hill, Mrs. Henry Pulf °r a d On ahterug the . 7th inst., at Temple House, Cheetham-bill, e Manchester, the lady of P. Lucas, Esq., of a son. th• On the 7th inst., at Great Bardfield Vicarage, rMe-' lady of the Rev. B. E. Lampet, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Heir s House, near Colne Lanate re s: the lady of Captain Atherton, late 6th Regiment, Of dal on err On the 7th inst., at Epsom, the lady of John Ward r Esq., of a son. of t he ,' On the Bth inst., at Dalton, near Ulyerstono, the Y d. Rev. John Baldwin, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Plumstead-common, Kent, the fife o f Captain Payne, Royal Artillery, of a son, of On the Bth inst., the lady of Alfred B. Bloxare, E sq ' Cambt idge-street, Hyde-park, of so uth' On the Bth inst., ,the lady of Isaac Walker, Esq. , of gate, Midesex, o a son. e l/ire On the 9 dl th inst. f , ,at Princes• street, Hanover-square, tb of the Rev. Dr. Lord, of Tooting, of a daughter, still boll' the On the 9th inst., at Montagu-street, Portman-square' lady of W. Archer, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at St. George's•terrace, Hyde-per" George Arbuthnot, of a son. On the sth inst., at Orleans, the lady of James Thom as , Esq., of a son , a dy On the sth . inst., in Park-road, Regent's-park , the la d 9 J. Pullin, Esq., of a son. 1 k ► the On the 6th jest., in Park-village West, Regent's-pa r lady of Jn Miso daughter. 10° Vseg n theoh or 6th inst., n, the sq a lady of the Rev. James Brighton, of a daughter. I , ° 4l ‘' On the 7th inst., in Notting-hill-square, the wife of J. Esq., of a daughter. c.r Al as the 7th inst., at Portman-square, the lady of 0- E. Bellingham, Bart., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., the lady of James W. Deacon , Southwick-place, Hyde-park-square of a son. 10 1°1' On the 7th inst., in Eaton-square, wife f Grabs. , 0 1 stone, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., the wife of Samuel F. Biltoe , Regent-square, barrister, of a son. MARIED. a 50" On the 3d inst., at St. James' R s Church, Bath, the ' 41 ,400' Chandler, of Witley, Surrey, to Caroline Mary. ter of the Rev. John Brownlow, of Green-par , Bat h ' °coll t On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, the Be l ' Oda' Christopher Hodgkinson, AI.A., to Isabella Lydteoter daughter of the late W. Spence, Esq., of Upper Giu place, Dorset-square, eldest e iy, re ja o : c n iop t f h a lehe6idstiht age,inst.,o John r ho a eh t Beech-hill, n,uEadncwersd e r — T n a i luo r ar tE a Manchester,snq.. , pr opr:t oo, f late Collector c a eh n l d t i aeer,satonodnlaaDtu,hgeehe Customsetemr b o e f r p l r l 3. , s universally Gordon, l n Eel : qt 3: 1 3 , 11 71 oif e l : 0 °1 : On the 7th inst., at Esq., iiil ii Assistant ngod fon, thatn e Co ias lra min dx.b i s r s i a d r g y e -: 1 3 e: rsl ' 00 ... Do Rumsey, aged 38. se P tsl. On the 7th inst., at Gower-street, Bedford-square, William Compton. looeg ue.. On the Bth inst., in Upper Montague-street, 5 ,-.,, e . P 4 ' square, Ann Martha, only daughter of the late D. G'°' - g i t ter e ' On the Bth inst., at Upper Seymour-street, P o rtme'r e „; i Charles John Middleton, Esq., late Bengal Civil Se i r" OUP On the Bth inst., Elizabeth Penelope, wife of 31r * 0- Gra On nger, of the 24th Elliof Au ot- place,ust Blast, lackh at Bagdad, on board Geo eath. the 11° rg e e g East India Company's steam-vessel the Nitocrie, , o f th Augustus Frederick Danvers, Esq., late First Lieutenan' go Portsmouth division of Royal Marines. • It f c '? ' , On the 2d of September, at Hong -Kong, Francis Vice Esq., Deputy Commissary-General, only son of the let e Admiral Sir Edward J. Foote, K.O B . W illi° On the sth of November last, at Su kkur, in Sin e d t Ellice Pollard, Esq., of the Bengal Medical Service- gel ; On the 17th ult., at Wandsworth , Amelia Fishe r ' aged f years; on the Ist of January , Caroline Elizabeth: eDoos o years ; and on the 3d, Alice , aged 41 1 years ; the 001° Jr.A Joseph Conigrave. On the Ist inst., in Mornin gton-cresce nt, gr. v Tahourdin, of the Chancery Regi.ter-offie.e. beth pm r On the 3d inst ,at Abbot's - hill , Derby, Eliza • HOn at of the late Miles Mnda French, Esq. Cole fasP the 6th inst., Mr. o Tho y mas Joseph Severn° , of street, aged 66. JA. A. 13arn , t eat o et. On the 7th inst., at lston-terrace, . . On the 7th inst., John Jones, Esq., of Upper N ortoo l :, 0- On the 7th inst., at Studland, Dors etshire, Sir Cl 6, mund Nugent, G. C. 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