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ous charge brought against the most immaculate ecclesiastical establishment on record s ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL ought to have known better than to insinuate such things against the character of Mother Church; and for not knowing better, it is clear that he is neither more nor less than a man of a " venomous and reptile mind," whose " impotent struggles" against the legitimate supremacy of the Church, resemble nothing so much as those of " a half-crushed wasp." such is the furious language of our Contemporary, from which we very naturally infer that he anticipates, in a perfect fever of apprehension, the ultimate success of Lord JOHN RussELL's education scheme. On Wednesday next, in 2 vols., foolscap Bvo. fIROGRESSIVE EDUCATION, translated from the French of MADAME NECKER DE 84.1JSURE. Vox,. I. Observations on the first Four Years of Childhood. 11. Observations on the Latter Years of Childhood. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. We have little more than adverted to the plan proposed by the Home Secretary for establishing u system of National Education in England, chiefly because we consider it utterly hopeless while the House of Lords remains as it is, to carry into effect any general measure based on liberal prin ciples, or calculated to convey really useful instruc tion to the people. The Bishops there are all powerful in every thing connected with this impor tant subject, and looking at the sp eec h es ma d e b y some of them in the House and out of it, but chiefly at tho speeches made by their organs throughout the country, within these few weeks, no one can doubt that their great, nay their sole object is to get the children of the country under the education of the Clergy of the Esta blised Church. Any plan, therefore, not em bracing this object, Will meet ' with no favour in the Upper House. It would perhaps be ungenerous to say, of a whole body, like the Clergy of England, that they would rather leave education as it is, because ignorance and its offspring bigotry give them a hold over the minds of the people, which useful instruction might weaken ; but men can be judged best by their acts, and the acts of the heads of the Church, at all events, would lead to spell an inference. What have the Bishops—so ge nerouily paid, for promoting moral and religious instruction—done for e d uca t ion ? Theyhave been actually asleep for many years on the subject, and have been " awakened," to use the phrase of Sir ROBERT PEEL, only lately by the loud knocking of Lord BROUGHA M, the numerous calls made by the Dissenters, and finally by the intimation from the Government that the time for active work is come. Hence thee meetings throughout the country. The spirit that pervades them proves who are the agi tators. That spirit, as usual, is exclusive—it would shut out the Dissenters from all controul, and esta blish a system of education only in connexion with the National Church, and under the superintenden ce of its Clergy. Th at i s t h e system which the ma jority of the Bishops and the majority of the Lords will support ; and in this, as in every other liberal plan, Lord JOHN RUSSELL will find them too strong for him. Besides, the means proposed for carrying a great national measure into effect are paltry in the exzeme—only 30,0001. a-year, not a third of what the country pays to the QUEEN DOWAGER, and not more than a half of theamount raised for education in Scotland—containing not a fifth of the population. The measure should have Just Published, Mrs. SANDFORD on FEMALE IMPROVEMENT. Second edition, foolscap 8vo„ 7s. 6d. On Wednesday next, in I vol. Bvo., 145., cloth, altered. A TOUR in SWEDEN, in 1838 ; com prising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Eco nomical State of the Swedish Nation. By S. LAING, Esq., London : Longman, Orme, and Co. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, Second Edition, Bvo. 145." JOURNAL of a RESIDENCE in NORWAY. " A book which every body should read."—Dublin Review. MR. READE'S NEW POEM. T Now ready, in O c t avo, price Sc. 6tl. , E DELUGE A DRAMA, IN Tv; ELVE SCENES. By JOHN FDMUND READE, Esq., Author of " Itriv," and " Cain the Wanderer." Saunders and o"...fey, Public Library, Conduit -street. Of whom may be had, ITALY, in S; Cantos ; with Historical and Classical Notes, " Mr. Itcade's 'ltaly may be justly described as the noblest poem that has appeared since the Childe Harold.' "—Atlas. 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE FACTORY BOY ; OP., LIFE AND ADVENTURE OF MICHAEL ARMSTRONG. The Fir s t P art o f th i s new publication by rs. 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Persons '...tesirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particu'ari, upon ad dressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. been one worth contending for, and not a small scheme of this sort, which, weak and dccrepid as it is, the High Church party will render stil more abortive. By way of commentary upon the sif-sufficienc) displayed by the Earl of MINT() in the House of Lords on Monday night, in his Lordship's proffered defence of the present administration of the British Navy, we publish a very sensible letter from a gentle man long conversant with the working of our naval ss stem, to which we invite general attention. When the question of the Navy is before Par liament, we have no doubt that Lord MIN To will redeem the pledge which he has given, greatly to the satisfaction of himself and his official Colleagues ; but we take leave to remind his Lordship beforehand, that if he rest the Ministerial defence upon Sir JOHN BARROW'S tabular demonstration of figures—if he quote pre cedents from English naval history, in justification of a seeming neglect of the fleet in time of peace —and if he cannot make many revelations touch ing promotions, the distribution of prize-money, pemsions, and an increase of seamen's wages, greatly desired by, but as vet unknown to, the officers of the fleet and the people of England, his Lordship had as well be silent, for any effect which his speech will produce upon the country. The question is not now whether the British Navy is equal to what it was during seasons of peace at anterior periods ; but whether it keeps pace with the navies of other countries, the extent of our commerce, and, as regards its ad ministration, the improvements which a more extended civilization is introducing in every branch of the public service. When a system is notoriously rotten to the very core, it is an insult to common sense to claim praise for not having rotted the core too. But the mal-administration of the Navy, as of every other department in the State, is so essentially interwoven with the practice of discovering all desert among the scions of the Aristocracy, that we almost despair of a remedy for half the evils pointed out in the communication of our intelligent and respected Correspondent. Still something might—and what is more, something must be done to remove the unpopularity of a ser vice upon the strength of which rests the greatness and glory of England. The first steps arc easy and obvious. With the abolition of impressment and the lash, the conviction will go abroad that vessels of war are no longer prisons where men are treated as if they wert felons, instead of being regarded as the gallant defenders of their QUEEN and country. In point of fact, no service would be so popular as the Navy—no life would be preferred to that of a sailor on board a ship of the line, were not human ingenuity stretched to the ut most to devise absurd regulations, seemingly in tended to render it intolerable. A service which it is deemed requisite to maintain by the odiously un just and tyrannical practice of impressment, and from which desertion is declared a crime of the worst magnitude, becomes terrible in the imagination of an ignorant peasantry. We never hear of the necessity of having recourse to impressment to recruit the merchant service. Why is this ? Just because sailors on board merchant vessels are subjected to none of the absurd, and to all intents and purposes, useless, regulations which prevail in ships of the line. They are not guarded as if they were felons ; nor are they prevented from going ashore as often as theirservices afloat can be dispensed with. The chain by which they are bound is their interest, and that is found more effective than the presence of twenty squadrons of Marines. We will venture to predict, from the salutary stir that has been made upon this question, that however effec tive our Navy may be now, it will be much more so before the 13th of February, 1840. Affect confidence or indifference as it may, the Govern ment has learned a lesson which it will not forget in a hurry. Nor is the worst past yet. Parliament must take up the question, and deal with it in a spirit adequate to its magnitude and importance. While we arc writing a letter has been put into our hands, addressed by the Hon. Captain BERKELEY, R.N., one of the Lords of the A(111-il -1 ralty, to Sir JOHN BARROW, 011 die system of war and peace complements ilk ;nips of the line, and the means to be taken 'co popul arize t h e naval ser vice. 'Though A a Member of the Board," of which Sir JcjitN is second clerk, Captain BERKE LEY ac i , - ,nowled Q oes that the naval system is as re mo:te from perfection as it is possibl e t o con ... _ . .-.- . _-- - -. . THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 14, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS, or Love and Pride. Claude Meinotte, Mr. Maercarly; Colonel Damns, Mr. Bartley ; Pauline Desehappelles, Ali<s Helen Faucit. After which THE KING AND THE DUKE; or the Siege of Alengon. Governor of Alengori, Mr. Bartle- ; Chapeanbas, Mr. Harley ; Laura, Miss Taylor. To-mirrow—There will be no performance. 'atur'?ay—The Tempest, and Fair Rosamond. Lear, and Fair Rosamond. Blond ceive; and that without measures are speedily adopted to increase the number of seamen, the neglect may peril the safety of the country. The scarcity of seamen, the gallant writer rightly attributes to two causes—the establishment of steam navigation, which has all but cleared our coasts of wherries, smacks, luggers, and all the small craft that used to swarm in every bay and na vigable stream of the United Kingdom form ing an excellent nursery for able seamen ; and the system of sending out ships of the line without sometimes more than half the proper comple ment of hands. The dismissal of crews when ships enter the docks, leaving them to b e unr i gged by " Greenwich pensioners, is a specimen of paltry economy which we are not sorry to learn Captain BERKELEY regards with that contempt which it deserves. Alluding to the now constant practice of " under-manning" ships of the line, he states truly, " Men will not enter for ships having masts and yards, anchors and cables, nearly the size of a ship of the line, to be worked by the reduced complement of a small frigate. Men will not go where 275, a large proportion boys, are required to do the work of 350 ; where all hands have to be called when the watch done on o r , ht to be able to perform the duty. in time ships on the peace establishment, in fresh breezes or short tacks, all hands are constantly on deck ; and very few, if any, of the 74-gun ships arc worked by the watch only. The spirit of the men ii broken ; they are cowed and depressed. You .to longer hear of a ship's company boosting with pride of the dexterity Ahd quickness of their evolu tions. Our toasts and yards, and all other things have beeti increased that make work heavy, and yet the complements of men have been reduced, and of that reduced complement the greater proportion are offi cers and boys." This the fertile source of a hundred other evils. All the choice hands avoid large ships with reduced complements, and the Captains, in con sequence, are constrained to put up with theriff-raff and the off-scourings of every other vessel in port. To complain, or hesitate, would subject them, at the Admiralty, to a charge of being personally disliked by seamen a suspicion fatal to officers without high family connections. And thus, ships which ought to he full-manned are compelled to put to sea with reduced complements of men, one-fourth of whom can hardly tell a chain cable from a mizen mast. As a remedy for this evil, Captain BERKELEY recommends the proper or war complement of men for each ship ; the re vising of those complements, so as to have in every vessel men enough to fight and to work her under every emergency ; and especially to make the work properly light, which will at once remove all dislike of the service. All va cancies he considers might be filled up witli stout boys, properly classed, and kept in readiness at every station to supply all casualties. The Gallant Officer scouts the ridiculous, womanish, flourish of Sir JOHN BARROW, about the strength of au enemy being beneath the consideration of a British tar. He proclaims aloud that the system of under-manning is breaking the spirit of the men ; and that such questions as " How are we to compete with enemies ?" " See how they are manned." " They have light work of it ?" are agitated, though not so loudly as to reach the ear of the clerks of the Board in White hall. The moral effect of this is, and must be, most mischievous. To hold our enemies so cheap as to leave it in their power to beat us, only tha we may evince British prowess against over• whehning odds, is so ridiculous as to sa vour of the atmosphere of Bedlam. And yet to the practical operation of such egregious folly and vanity combined, Captain BERKELEY very rightly attributes the reverses we sustained during, the last American war. It was only when the re ports arrived of the capture of half-manned English vessels by the ships of the States, that the noodles entrusted with the administration of the Navy could be made to perceive that one ill-requited British sailor was not a match for two or three of brother Jonathan's water-spaniels. But the lesson then taught us is forgotten at the " Board," and were it not for the patriotism of naval officers working upon the good sense of the nation, the next war would find us as ill prepared, and as insanely presumptuous as the last. But we have not done with this sub ject, nor with the able communications which have led to our present remarks upon it. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all been re ceived, but their contents arc of no political mo ment. A report having been circulated that the house of Rothschild was engaged in forwarding the election views of the Cabinet, a letter in the name of the firm appears in the papers, denying all parti cipation in political intrigues. The advices from Madrid arc of the sth, but all they communicate of interest will he found in the subjoined extracts from 'time French Papers:— Accounts from Madrid of the 4th, state that serious disturbance had taken place at Algeciras on account of the municipal elections. It was necessary to call for the interference of the military. Some persons have been arrested. It is said that the result of the elec tions was favourable to the Movement party. Certain Spanish journals speak in no very measured terms of the policy adopted by the heads of the State in France. The Minister of War has given orders that the French officers • and privates of the Foreign Legion, which was ceded to Spain in 1834, and who returned to France in consequence of the disbanding of that corps, shall receive support to enable them to wait till a final decision is made respecting them, according to the laws in force. The Minister of the Interior on his part has taken measures for the relief of the foreign soldiers who could not be employed in the Foreign Legion in Africa.—Gazette de France. Lieutenant-General Buge commanding one of the divisions of the Army of Observation on the northern frontier, is expected at Dunkirk, to review the 67th Regiment of the Line. The Ministerial Journals have been jointed to day to the number of 100,000 copies. The mail-coaches which left Paris this even ing, were crushed under the weight of the calumnies. with which they are loaded.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE—PAaw, TUESDAY, FEB 12. HALF.PAIIT Folic —The Three per Cents. 78f. 70e. offered. First Highest 1 ow. at Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 pet Cents. 4 per Cents. lc2 50 ... 101 50 ... 112 50 ... 102 50 3 p r Cents. 7B 55 ...78 60 ...7t 50 60 Bankrof France 2605 -.2005 —2604 -.1605 Neapolitan ... 09 09 Roman ... 160 ... 1.9 g Spanish Acti s e New Deferred 7 1,4 ... 7 Q ... 73. 2 ... 7!4 Passive 4% 41 ... 4 h RAILWAY SII RFS. St - asburgh to Bale 327 50 ... 327:0 ... 327 50 327 502 St.. Germain 59'2 50 ... 552 50 ... 582 50 ... 582 50 We have received fifes Of the New York Daily Herald, the Courier and Inquirer, and the New York Times, to the 26th of January inclusive, with the latest intelligenc e from the Canadas and Mexico. In tl►e Canadas all continues tranquil. Sir JOHN COLBORNE has issued a Proclamation addressed to the inhabitants of British America, announcing his appointment to the dignity of Governor- General of all her MAJESTY'S dominions in North America and the Islands thercunto adja cent. From Mexico tl►e news is not of much stirring interest. Owing to the delay of the Mexicans in acknowledging the neutrality of Vera Cruz, the French Admiral, BAUDIN, addressed a circular to the different Consuls, dated the 20th of December, revoking his order for permitting neutral trading vessels to enter the harbours of Vera Cruz, Sactificios, and Antone Lizardo, under penalty of being seized, and the ships and cargoes confiscated as lawful - prizes. This second arbitrary inter ruption of all trade in the Gulf must call forth strong remonstrances on the part of all Maritim e Powers. The whole question w►ll, however, assume a new form, as it is now ascer tained that Mexic o has for►nally declared war against France. A copy of the declaration was eagerly ex pected in the United States. We are sorry to learn from the observations of Mr. WEIR at the meeting of the Corn-law Dele gates Yesterday, that some underhand w hispers have been circulated to the prejudice of the cause. We presume that those whispers have originated amongst the Delegates themselves, and we fear that some of them are not impressed with the immense importance of the mission now confided to them. The future weal or woe of the country is, in a manner, in their hands. The country must have room for its population ; they must have em• ployment and food ; they must increase and mul tiply as nature commands ; they must prosper and progress, or a fearful and bloody commotion will remove the feeble impediments of the law, and re store the rights of outraged humanity. The strong language used by some of the Deputies assures us that all are not insensible to their high calling, and the swift and just pu nishment of Mr. WooD was properly referred to, as a warning against wavering and doubting whe ther there may not, by remote possibility, be some thing advantageous and hallowkd in plunder. We were not partictilarly well pleased with the proceed ings of the meeting the day before yesterday, and the proposal of a comintmication with the land - owners, made by a brother of the deceased Duke Hof BucKi.riGuAm,- uncle of the present Duke, and the Delegate of Marylebone, rich in the ex penditure of Government, scarcely having a com mon cause with the suffering Nottingham stocking manufacturers and the Manchester weavers, gave rise to some suspicions which we should have wished never to have been awakened. What interest has Lord NUGENT in this important question that he should have been selected as the Delegate of Marylebone ? We must tell the Delegates, while we admire their spirit, their deter mination, their looking to the future, that they have not congregated in London to make long speeches, or constitute a forum where itinerant orators and aspirant Members of Parliament may win their way to public notoriety. Business, real business, and not a rivalry of the do-nothing House of Commons, in flashy orations, is expected of the Delegates. It was real business to propose, as Mr. BAINES did, that some steps should be taken to ascertain what answer Lord JOHN It ussEr. will, to-mor row, give Sir ROBERT PEEL, and to endea vour to influence him in favour of hearing evidence. It would be fatal for the country, not for the cause of the total abolition of the Corn-laws, for by peaceful means or by violent commotion that must prosper, were the Ministers to decide against hearing evidence, unless they at the same time decide to pro prose the abolition themselves. It is of pressing importance, therefore, that the Delegates, if they cannot prevail on the Ministers to assent to hearing evidence, or to propose the abolition, should prevent Lord JOHN RUSSELL from giving the information Sir ROBERT PEEL desires. What right has Sir ROBERT PEEL to overawe Lord JOHN RUSSELL into a premature disclosure of the intentions of the Government ? Courtesy does not require that Sir ROBERT PEEL should be told what the Ministers mean to do next Tuesday ? Before then the Dele gates may have such an accumulation of evidence arranged as to convince the Ministers of the neces sity of acceding (though it is sorrowful that evi dence for such a purpose should be required) to the demands of justice. To besiege the Ministers with their remonstrances against a hasty decision, and to remind the Members for Stroud, Notting ham, and Manchester of the fate of Mr. WOOD, and of the certainty of their losing for ever the sup port of the town population, if they be backsliding or wavering on this great question, is one part of the proper business of the Delegates. It is another not to enter into compromises and negotiations with the landowners, but to circulate accurate information of the injuriousness of the Corn-laws to the agriculturists themselves. Sonic months ago we threw out some hints on the sub ject ; and we quite agree with Mr. TAYLOR at the meeting yesterday, that those laws are as injurious to the agriculturists as any other classes. It should be one of the objects proposed by the Delegates to bring that sort of information before the Parliament and:the public. The wildest assertions, fancy born, are made by the advocates of the Corn-laws. We have lying 'before us a paper which asserts that the repeal of the Corn-laws would throw nearly two millions of persons out of employment, and eight million acres out of cultivation. Surely it would not be difficult to prove that this is a mere invention; and the author of the paper, if he can be found, should be called by the country gentlemen to the bar of the House of Commons to prove it. A Mr. M`QUEEN asserts, in the Standard, that to abolish the Corn-laws " would yearly diminish, to the extent of 12,500,0001., the trade of every human being nho works for the home market;" meaning, we presume, that the home trade will be diminished to the extent of 12,500,0001., by allowing our manufacturers to feed themselves by their own industry. Better views than these may be carried before the agriculturists, and the Dele gates sh ou ld un d erta k e t h e tas k . Perhap s , too, they should demonstrate the ab surdity of the principle of protection on which the landlords rely. If the landowners must be ensured a certain per centage on their capital by law, why should not t h e manufacturers make the same cla i m? Tr Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received to-day. Advices from Stock holm of the 25th announce that the ironworkers of that city have petitioned the KING for the aboli tion of the export duty on iron goods, and that the Government would endeavour to procure a repeal of the heavy import duty on Swedish iron in foreign countries. The Government has directed the Cham ber of Commerce to report upon the prayer of the petition. Orders of Knighthood were conferred by his Swedish MAJESTY on 70 persons, in comme moration of his last birth-day. This looks like a cheapening of honours, and is a policy far from po pular among the old Nobility. The accounts from Hanover represent the public mind as in a state of great discontent. On the 30th ult. the electors of Osnaburgh assembled to elect Deputies, but those selected as candidates refused to serve. The people have also refused to pay taxes imposed by the Government s i nce t h e revoca tion of th e Constitution. The University of Got tingen has likewise refused to elect representatives. No news of any interest from Belgium. riELGIE AN t UNDS—BaussELs, FEB 12 Actual Debt, 2Y per C en t R ; 2 3i othschild's Loan, 5 per C ent 9 1 ,4 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 6e% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ................. Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent ............. 115 Bank of Belgium, per Cent ............. ...... 5(1 National Society . ...................... ............ 190 Brussels Papers, Feb. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViEwrre, FES. 4 Five per Cents. Mctalliques ...... 167% Boer per Cents. Three per Cents. i Bank Shares ... 14: 8 8 Zeitung, Feb. 9. HA MB URG BORSEN HALLE, FEB. 8. ills. Money, Austrian MetePtqucs, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 3 per cent. — Ditto aitto 2; per cent Idtto flank Shares 1465 1,60 Afl.glo-Russian Loan 107% 1(77% Russian 5 per cents. Metal .10;;N 11314 Paper Inscription, 6 per cent 154 191 Russian inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portugucne Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, 3 per cent — Dutch ,2,.. 2 yer Cents. Date 5 per Cents 9l 9,1%, IVish Ponds, 3 per cents ' — Rl5 New Tickets 155;4 155 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 713 Norwegian Lean of IK)4, 4 per cents SPanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cm' — —7 Greek 4 per cents. 1633, guaranteed by France —.—• EXCHANOES ON LONDON. Hciintino. }go. 8.-13 6t'. ;Iwo months, 13 5. VIENNA, JAN 29.—Two months, 9 50. -- liantburg Papers, Feb. 6. - - PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, FEE, 5, Bills. St sr. • huld. Sch., 4 per cent 101!4 Prussi an English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 10'214 1 1 / 4 xch ange on Lend —Prussian St ate G azette. F e b. B. Landon, three nionrois 6 19% Mono , . 1024 101 A COAL COMBINA T ION CRUELTY.—At the of the rnetropoli Mansion H o "e, Tuesday, three men, deputed by the Coal -whi pp ers of certain hardships to which they said the whole b o dy were cx. s, presented a p e tition to his Lordship on the subject posed, and from which they begged his lordship would endeavour to The '2 relieve them. petition stated that the coal-whippers were ,000 in number, and had, the great majority of them, wives and children, but that the practice of the trade, which left them at the mercy of publicans and tradesmen should engage coat -whippers Publicans, grocers, and others, who were in the interest of the great northern combinatory, was th cause of considerable loss and demo ralisation amongst them. It was regularly appointed that work cf the river, and thus the poor men were at the mercy of I' who turned their employment to account by overcharges. i-whippers to do the The publicans accumulated large fortunes by their mode of smoking had as much employment as they charging, furthey n , only employed those who ran up long scores. Thus the men who were enemies to sotting were sure to get as little work as possible, while those who spent their time In drinking and m i g ht spare time to at_ tend to. I n th e course of the conversation b etw een the deputation and the Lord M a y or, the latter asked w h y the coal-whippers did not establish an office, and so get out of the pu blicans' power ? The pe titioners replied, "That has b ee n tried, my Lord, b ut the conse q uence was, that the p u bli cans met us in the teet h by sending to the coun. try for paupers, t o w h om they promised exce llent pay. The moment, however, they got th e poor fellows into their power, they imposed upon them so grossly that, instead of being properly remunerated fostheir labour, the men were obliged to sell their coats and waist coats to pay for their food. In the meantime we were sent adrift, and in great distress. We are all poor men, my Lord, and all peo_ ple know what sort of work ours is. Then, is it not too hard for a number of poor fellows to be obliged to destroy themselves and their families to fill the pockets of others ?" FINE ARTS. —M essrs . Fry and Son, of Ply mouth, have just published lithographic eng ravin g s of three of her Majesty's finest ship s of war t w hich a r e executed with great skill And q}irit. 1 llt farmers must be remunerated for their exertions by Corn-laws, with what justice can the Legislature re fuse to establish for the labourers a minimum of wa,ffes, and a maximum price of the loaf ? lf the Le gislature be bound to maintain in opulence landlords, farmers, bishops, and rectors, how can it answer for the degraded condition pf the agricultural labourers of THE SUN S LONDON, TiIURSDAY,-EVENING EDI Wiltshire and Kent, and for the starving condition of the Jumper-fell Irish ? One principle or the other must be followed in legislation, and either the Legislature must iltidtrta6 rtti ithpossible iii•oject to eMiiit at fill times, an ample revenue to every class and condition of the community, according to their rank and station, making itself responsible for their.poverty and misery, or-it must give up the folly of keeping priests opulent, landlords wealthy, and farmers out of the Gazette. Protection for all classes, for every individual, or protection for none, must be the guiding principle of the Legislature. A communication from Mr. CIIILDS: in reply to the statement lately published by the Auditors of the Church-rate Abolition Society, will be found in another part of our Paper. Mr. CIIILDS, it will be seen, not only repeats his charges against the Committee, but fortifies them by the authority of a gentleman who was one of themselves until a month or two ago, when he resigned from dissatis fation with their proceedings. The management of affairs, as too frequently happens, has, it would ap pear from Mr. BEsLEY's statement, got into the hands ofa small clique who, he alleges, or at least in sinuates, have misappli e d t h e funds, by devoting them to objects in winch they themselves are more interested than those who subscrib e d the money. and it b e h oves the independent and Thi s i s w hat in co mmon parlance is denominated u " n j t () a b ii i i ) t e ed rY; :»embers of the Committee to vindicate t h emse l ves from so foul a reproach, by publishing without delay, the detailed accounts which Mr. CIIILDS demands. This is now the only course by which the Committee can clear themselves from the heavy charge publicly brought against them ; and if they do not adopt it, silen ce will unquestionably, and we must add justly, be construed into a confes sion of guilt. OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 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Sir GEORGE GREY is appointed Judge-Advo cate, and resigns the Under Secretaryship of the Colonies. We have lying before us a paper put forth by the friends of the landlords, which attempts to de cide, to the fraction of a farthing, how much the bread tax takes from every poor man's loaf. To us the amount is no matter of consideration, for the smaller it is, the more despicable and disgustingly mean does it appear in the idle and rich landlords, to gather these fractions of farthings from the in dustrious poor. Are they now to apply to them selves NaTiiAN's parable of the poor man and his one pet lamb ? It fits them, except that their con duet is more p a l try than that of DAVID. The ad mission, however, that they take something from every poor man's loaf is of vast importance. We have no notion, as the unmarried lady said of her child, that the sin is to be excused because it is a small one. On tls contrary, in the case of the Corn laws it is aggravated, for meanness is added to rapacity. Murder and plunder, under the n;:ine of war, are partly recommended to us by their magnitude. There is something Godlike i e th e power brought into operation which almost redeerns the iniquity. But single assassinations and petty theft are merely odious and execrable. The smaller the amount stolen, the more helpless the victim of an outrage, the greater is our disgust at the criminal. Thus the means taken by the advocates of the landlords' plunder to extenuate their offence, only adds contempt to indignation, for it degrades the descendants of the bold Barons far below th e l eve l o f t h e h uc k stering, cheating, pilfer ingg trampers. The Morning Post of this day is singularly hot and peppery, and the cause of our Contemporary's unusual excite:nent is this. In a speech which he delivered on Tucscl7.sr night in the House of Com- O cins, on the s u l a j ect o f popular education, Lord iiIHN RussELl4 chanced to observe that he " re ticed to hear that the Clergy had b ecome zea l ous in the cause of edu cat i on , b ut he at the same time deubtedwhether so much zeal would have been shown 1 1 them, if t h ey h ad not been stimulated by wh at they saw going forward in other quarters. It " the lon g t i me s i nce they had exerted themselves ad , cause of education, and he s uspecte d that ti to change occurred, they would not have made 't exertions they were now making." For this , hcutting, sarcas m on the Clerg,v—the more cutting c ec anse it is strictly merited—our over-agitated tooth and attacks Lord JOHN RUSSELL, of i tl it ( , l after the most exemplary fashion educationngsga'e. What, the Church neglect neral The Chrorh opposed to the ge de; enlightenment of ' the peopie ! The Church s.r e to keep Q uin , tie mass of the community in terian darkness ! Was ever such an atroci- 4 lON,-FEBRtTARV 14, 1839 HOUSE OF LORDS --(THIS DAY.) The House of Lords eat to.day, for the first time during the pre. leht ..'!esfltn; to hear. +cof,ch The . Pcera prrent iver the Lord Chancellor , the Mar qu i s of WeAmeatn, the Lad Of Charlevile. SIR WM. FRANCIS ELLIOC V. CLEGHORN. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the judg. ment of the Court of Session. The principal question in the case is, to what extent, And under what form of diligence the present defender, Sir WM. P. Elliott, as heir of entail in possession, and the heir Of entail whtisliall succeed hiM, may be compelled, accord. log to int lain of St - Mtlaild, to nial - e pakincht to the respondent of certain sums of money. Mr. STUART appeared for the appellants, and addressed their Lord. ships on his behalf at some length. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Sir W. FOLLETT were counsel for the respondents. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was addressing their Lordships when our Reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY ATTWOOD, V. BARTON DRITISD IRON courAxv. The arguments in this case, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed to day. The case came before the Court upon three demurrers to the plaintiff's bill by the defendants, the British Iron Company. The plaintiff; Mr. Attwood, in consequence of the dc: fendant not having paid the money declared to be due to him by the decision of the Ilouie of Lords, filed his bill for the purpose of having the declaration of the Court that the British Iron Company as a body, and all its shareholders as individuals, were liable to make good his demand, and also for an injunction and receiver. To that bill the defendant demurred for want of parties, and those demurrers now came on for argument. Mr. Knight Bruce, Mr. Jacob, Mr. Wigram, and Mr. Sharpe appeared in support of the demurrers; and Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Lovatt were Counsel for Mr. Attwood. The case appears likely to occupy several days. LLS' COURT-(THIS DAY TURNER V. lIITCBORN. EEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) LIBEL.—THE QUERN V. GREGORY. Sir William Follett and Mr. Alex - ander were for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General for the defendant. Sir W. Fota.crr said in this case a criminal information hail been filed against Barnard Gregory for a libel published in the Satirist newspaper —a newspaper which having a considerable circulation, made it the more necessary for the law to interfere to prevent attacks upon private characters. The libel in question was one which related entirely to private character—it had no reference whatever to public conduct—it was altogether private slander, attacking private character without the slightest foundation. The prosecutor, Mr. Hogg, was the Member for the borough of Beverley, in York shire, which place he had represented for many years. In early life he was at the bar, and went to India in the year 1815. He practised at the bar in Calcutta for some time, and in the year 1822 was appointed to the office of Registrar in the Su preme Court in Calcutta. He mentioned these facts, because as the name of Mr. Hogg was not mentioned in the libel, his history was important to show that it pointed to him and no one else. In the year 1822 Mr. Hogg married a young lady of the name of Swinton, the daughter of a gentleman of ancient family, who at that time held a high office in the Government of Calcutta. The marriage was a very happy one, there were several children, and Mr. and Mrs. Hogg continued to reside in• Calcutta, until 1833, when, Mr. Hogg having realised a sufficient fortune, returned to this country. He was shortly afterwards elected for Beverley, which place he still continued to represent. Of course the character of Mr. Hogg gave him an introduction into the best society, and up to the time of the publica lion of the article in question no whisper of slander or calumny had assailed either Mr. or Mrs. Hogg. In the early part of 1838 Mr. Hogg received certain letters respecting his wife, but as they were not written by the defendant, he could not state their contents. But Mr. Hogg also received information that there appeared in the Satirist a paragraph strongly reflecting upon himself and family. He immediately sent for a paper of the 22d April, 1838, and saw the paragraph, which he would now read : " THE WIFE. OF TWO HUSBANDS. " A very curious question, we understand, is likely to come shortly before the gentlemen of the lon g robe A lady was married some twenty years back to the Captain of an Indianian, and subsequently eloped with a friend of the late Lord Byron, with whom she lived till his death. She after wards proceeded to India, and thorwarried again, her first husband being still'alive. Her second huZarid filled a lucrative appoint ment in the Supreme Court at Calcutta, realized a large fortune, and is now Member of Parliament for a Yorkshire borough. The lady's identity was for some time doubtful, but this point having been cleared up, the first husband is about to take such proceedings as may, under the circumstances, be required. The lady has had several children by the second marriage." This was the paragraph. That it referred to Mr. Hogg there could be no doubt. There was no other person whom the descrip tion answered. Mr. Hogg did till the office of Registrar of the Su preme Court, and was now the Member for the Yorkshire borough. Ile was also married in India, and had now come to reside is this country. Mr. Hogg took the step which, under the circumstances, he was bound to take. If it had applied to him alone, bernight perhaps have treated it with contempt, but he could not overlook au attack on one so dear to him. This wos a charge reflecting snore upon the character of his lady than upon himself, and he had felt it his fluty to in stitute proceedings, in order to bring the slanderer of private char. after to justice : and the course he adopted was to apply to this Court for a criminal information. Whilst the law was in its present state, there could be no other effectual mode of putting a stop to slander. If slander should be allowed to circulate for weeks and months un contradicted, how many persons were there who would be belie. eel ; and whatever might be the result of the proceedings, the effect could never be entirely erased. Mr. Hogg applied to this Court, tenderest his oath, and the oath of persons acquainted with him was also tendered, - that the story was false and untrue ; and the jury 'were aware that no one could obtain a cri minal information unless he satisfied the Court that the libel was absolutely untrue. The defendant had the opportnnity of answering < n affidavit, and if he could show the charge to be true, or a justifiable excuse for publishing it, the Court would leave the prosecutor to the fate he deserved. But Mr. Hogg satisfied the Court that the charge was entirely false. The information was filed, and it was for the Jury to say whether the defendant was not guilty; and when they knew how common these attacks on private character were—when they km w that so many persons were living by working on the fears of others, or on the profit which their slander produced—they would see that the public were interested in the matter, and that Ibis was an appeal to the criminal justice of the country, to remedy the nuisance. Mr. Hogg had instituted these proceedings, in the first instance, to vindicate the character of his wife, but he also felt that it was a duty which he owed to the public. The only question war, whether or not this was a libel on Mr. Ilogg. Of this he apprehended there could be no question. To charge Mrs. Hogg with having gone out to India, the wife of another person ; with having there been guilty of the crime of bigamy in marrying Mr. _Hogg, with living with Mr. Hogg, her former husband being still living; he could hardly conceive a more unjustifiable publica tion. It had been published without any provocation ; it had no refer ence whatever to politics; it was purely private slander; and he was certain this was not a case in which the Jury would give a reluctant verdict. A c'erk in the house of Messrs. Oliverson and Co., produced acer. trifled copy of the affidavit of Barnard Gregory, which he had pro cured at Somerset House; and also a copy of the Satirist newspaper of the 22d April, which he had purchased on the 26th, at the office, 334, Strand. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this was statutory evidence if com plete : but he apprehended it was not. In the affidavit, the paper was entitled . The Satirist, or the Censor of the Times." The newspaper itself was entitled " The Satirist—the Censor of the Times." Another discrepancy was, that in the affidavit the resi dence was stated to be " No. 334, Strand, in the parish of St. Mary. la-Strand, in the county of Middlesex," whereas in the paper it appeared " No. 334, Strand, in the county of Middlesex," omitting the name of the parish. Under these circumstances it was for his Lordship to say whether the statutable evidence was complete or not. Lord DENMAN—I think it is. The following witnesses were then called : James Weir Hogg, Esq.—l am the prosecutor in this case. I resided 1 7i years in Calcutta. I went to Calcutta to practice at the Bar, and practiced there seven or eight years, and during the last ten years held the office of Registrar of the Supreme Court. I was appointed to that office in 1822. I married Miss Swinton in July, 1822. She was the daughter of Samuel Swinton, of Swinton, in Berkshire. Mr. Swinton was at that time in India, and held a public office there. She was not 18 when I married her. I re. turned to England in June, 1833. I had seven children at that time. I was elected for Beverley in 1834, and have represented that boroui,h since, and now represent it. In April last, my atten. tion was called to a paragraph in the Satirist. That was on the 24th. I read the paragraph, and do not believe It could refer to any person but myself, Cross-examined—l was in Court when cause was shown against the rule, and waited until the close of the proceedings. J. S. Brownrigg, Esq., M.P. for Boston—l have known M r . n ogg about twenty years. I knew him when be held the office of Regis trar of the Supreme Court in Calcutta. I have not the least doubt that the paragraph applies to Mr. Hogg, and no one else. Lord Hotham also believed that the paragraph referred to Mr. Hogg. Lord DENMAN did not think there could be any doubt about it. Mr. John Temple—l am a member of the Oriental Club. I read the paragraph, and considered it to apply to Mr. Hogg. I was not acquainted either with Mr. Hogg or Mrs. Hogg. Ihe ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addrsssed the Jury for the de fendant. It gave him the greatest pleasure to begin' by observing that there was not the slightest imputation either upon Mr. or Mrs. Hogg is the article complained of. Mr. Hogg was a most honourable man, and had ever conducted himself with the greatest propriety Mrs. Hogg was one of the most excellent of women and possessed every rirtue which could adorn her sex, and all who knew her must at once have been aware that there was some mistake, and that she never cou'd be the individual referred to. He certainly blamed Mr. Hogg for instituting this prosecution—it was quite unnecessary, for what was here stated, and was supposed to apply to Mr. Hogg, was not only improbable but impossible. The lady here referred to was supposed to have been married twenty years ago to the Captain of au East Indiaman, at a time when Mrs. Hogg must have been almost a child. Ile did not altogether blame Mr. Hogg for having this matter publicly investigated, because there was a possibility that some individuals who were not acquainted with the history of him. self and Mrs. Hogg might for a moment have given credit to such a story; but he thought that Mr. Hogg ought to have been satisfied with the atonement already made. From the beginning the Satirist newspaper had disclaimed intending to impute any thing to Mr. Hogg—there had been the most earnest desire on the part of Mr. Gregory to assure Mr. and Mrs. Hogg that they were not the indi viduals referred to, and that he had not had the most remote inten tion to injure them, or wound their feelings. It was for the Jury to say whether the defendant was guilty or not. It was not possible for him to lay evidence before them —he could not give in evidence the manuscript itself from which it was published, because it was the act of defendant himself, and could not be made evidence. But he was authorised by Mr. Gregory in the most solemn manner to assure them that there was not the most remote intention to refer to the prose cutor—that there was not the slightest pretence for saying that Mrs. Hogg was the individual who had been married to the cap tain of an List Indiaman—that it was utterly impossible she should have been, and that it was another lady, much more advanced in life, and of altogether different connexions. Under these circum. stances, the task which he had to perform did not require him to say that this was no libel ; but he was called upon to declare that there was no intention to ascribe this to Mrs. Hogg. If the jury came to that conclusion, it would be their duty to find a verdict of not guilty It was for them to say whether, atter his explana tion and solemn assurance, they would not be justified in acquitting the defeMs it. Lord Dersusis was about to charge the jury, when The Foreman said they would not give his Lordship the trouble, as they were already agreed. They then returned a verdict of Guilty. LIBEL IN THE " DISPATCH." WILMOT V. HARMER AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the prop' letor and editor of the IVrekly Dispatch newspaper, for an alleged libel inserted in that paper on the 6th of May, 1838, in which the plaintiff was charged with the se rious offence of bigamy. 1•Ir. Lge stated the cause on behalf of the plaintiff, wbose name The bill in this case was filed by the executors of Edward Tur ner against the executors of James Turner, for an account of the partnership dealings and transactions as woollen manufactures, which business they carried on with their brother, Robinson Turner, in London, and at Manchester, Rochdale, and Hasselstone, in Lan. cashire. The plaintiffs also asked for certain directions with regard to the computation of interest on the amount of capital each party had brought into the concern. Ills Lordship interrupted the arguments of Counsel by ordering a reference to the Master, for the purpose of settling the accounts, and ascertaining facts, at present disputed, which it was geese sary should be settled before the Court could pronounce its decision. QU :he case. Mr. TIIESIGER—No, the husband was not. He was glad his Lordship knew something of the case. Lord DENMANT—In the former case, I remember, the Jury thought it a proof of his being her husband, that they began to quarrel as soon as they met.— (A laugh.) Mr. Tnes►GEß—Where was Wilmot at the present moment ? He was where he had been for a considerable time—in the Fleet prison : and there was now a petition before the Ins-lvent Debtors' Court from him, in which he gave a bit of a history of himself, and which his Learned Friend ought to have given to the Jury, in order to elucidate his character. Mr. Thesiger read a long extract from this petition, by which it appeared the plaintiff had bee❑ three times in the Fleet Prison ; that he had resided at a dozen or more different places; that he was of no trade or profession ; and that he sometimes used the name of John Wilmot only. This was the gentleman who came into Court to vindicate his character ! Such character would be vindicated by the smallest sum that could be mentioned, He would undertake to show that he was a person who ought to blush to show his face in a Court of Justice, and ought to be dismissed with reproach and shame. His Learned Friend said the plaintiff was only 22 years of age in 1835 This was very young indeed. It seemed that he at that time took a lodging in Stamford-street for himself and wife, Rachel Lamb being then his wife, at 4s. 6d. a week. At that time, this gentleman, of no trade or profession, was an attorney's clerk! His wife (Rachel), was there delivered of a child. This was wife "the First." In April, :1837, he married Hannah Hodson, and was then clerk to a person in Conduit-street. If his Learned Friend had produced a witness, be would have proved from him ;hat he there lived with Hannah Hodsonj and at that time the ruin of that un fortunate young person, Eliza Crisp, was then plotted, and that marriage contrived, by which it was intended to give the plaintiff the command of her property. His Learned Friend had said Wilmot had been acquainted with her previously, in 1828 ; if so, judging from his present age, it must have been a mere nursery affection! Miss Crisp had property to the amount of about 700/., and Wilmot pretended that he had property too, but that it was in the south of France, and that the rents came in very slowly. He treated the young woman extremely ill; threatened to take her life for the purpose of compelling her to give bins money, and eventually deserted her, leaving her afflicted with a loathsome disease, after which he went to the embraces of Hannah Hodson, with whom he continued to live ever since. What damages could such a man as this claim for his character! After a few further observations Mr. Thesiger sat down. Maria Morgan, the first witness, stated that she is half sister to Rachel Lamb. In 1835 she lived in Stamford-street, and after that in Brunswick. Witness was not present at her marriage with the I plaintiff, but theyilived together as man and wife, and she always called Wilmot her husband. They had a child. They lived to gether from January or February, till the latter end of August. Believes that'during the time she was out of a situation she lived with her friends. Her sister is living now in a situation In Flaur de-lis Court. She last saw Mr. Wilmot in Fleet Prison. Mrs. Ann Maria Evans examined by Mr. THESIGER. — Knows Wilmot the plaintiff; he took apartments in her house in the latter part of January, 1835. Mrs. Wilmot first looked at them : her husband afterwards came with her, and they lived together as man and wife. She was confined at witness's house. Mr. Boast at. tended her. Has seenlWilmot once lateiy in the Fleet Prison about three weeks ago. Cross-examined by Mr. LYNN.— She came first, and afterwards they came together. Witness only waited en her during her con finement. She hat very little conversation with her. Mr. Boast is a surgeon. Knew Wilmot in 1835; he was clerk to a solicitor. He applied to me to attend his wife, who lived in Brunswick-street, Blackfriars road. My assistant attended her. Cross .examined—Did not know at that time she was not his wife. He appeared about 18 or 19 years of age. Charles Powell—ls parish clerk of St. George's, Hanover square. Produces registry of marriages for 1837. Finds, on sth April, an entry of a marriage between John Alexander Wilmot and Hannah Hodson. Sarah Drew—Went into the service of Mrs. Hodson in 1836 in ;he King's Bench, where she was confined. She went to live in Ber. kcley.strcet West in January following, and then removed to Sey mour-street. Knew Wilmot. Wilmot continued to visit her after she left the prison. Cross-examined—Lived with her at the time of her marriage. They lived in Suffolk-street, where they remained very little time, when they removed to Half Moon-street. They continued to live together some time after the June following. She dressed her for her marriage, but was not present at it. Never saw Mr. Hodson. Mrs. Hodson said lie had been dead several years; that he had been drowned. William Drew—Was servant to Mrs. Hodson while she was in the Bench. Lived with her afterwards. Was present at her mar riage with Wilmot. Cross-examined—Wilmot was living, previous to the marriage, with Mr. Hollybar, at 11 per week. . Ann Knight—Her husband keeps a lodging-house. She has worked for Mrs. Wilmot since her marriage. Is a creditor of Mr. Wilmot. Notice was served on her lately. She lent Mrs. Wilmot 121. to save him from transportation. Mr. Burke—ls a solicitor at Rochester. Is a creditor of Wil. mot's. Has had notice that Wilmot intends to take the benefit of the Act. The notice is a similar one to his. It is a printed notice. Mrs. Jane Garratt—Lives in George-street, Portman.square. Knows J. Wilmot and H. Hodson, who passed as his wife. They lodged with her in the latter end of April, 1838 ,Heard Wilmot tell his wife he had pledged his body and soul for her. This was on 3d April, three days before she was taken up. They had a dreadful fight, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot, and Sophia Short, about money. Does not know whether they were quarrelling about Mr. Wilmot. Cross.examined—ls married; they lived with her three weeks; Sophia Short was spending the day with them. Rogers.—ls servant of Mr. Potter, a livery-stable keeper. Was employed to drive out Mrs. Hodson while she lived at Mrs. Garrett's. Saw Mr. Wilmot first at Bow-street, he was directed to drive there. Saw him afterwards in Chancery-lane; he was dis charged upon bail. He returned to Manchester street until he was arrested. Ile drove down to Maidstone to take his trial accompa nied by Mrs. Hodson four in hand, and up again on his acquittal. Witness went to ask him for his money while he was in the Fleet, and Wilmot told him he would keep him out of it. Eliza Crisp was then called, a very respectable and petty young woman—Lives at Rochester. Had property to the amount of 7001. or 8001. in 1838. Wilmot came to Itechester to see her at the latter end of 1837; offered her marriage; said that he had a yin. tage that his aunt had left him in France; that be had loved witness previously, and he then offered her marriage, and tolay the whole of 1 his property at her feet. He took witness to a Mr. Monk, in London, to inquire concerning the property before they were married. They were married at Rochester on the sth of January, 1838, and imme diately afterwards set out for London. Wilmot only lived with wit ness for one week, and during that time'he communicated a disease to her. The witness was very much affected during the whole time she was giving her evidence. Mr. Agar examined—ls the Governor of Maidstone-gaol. NVil mot was committed to his custody on the 20th of April, and was subsequently tried at the Assizes. Mr. LYNN, in reply, said that he never felt himself placed in a more delicate situation. There was a duty he owed to his client, and there was also a duty he owed to himself; and he felt he should be borne out by his Lordship in saying that the duty of an advocate did not force hi m to adopt a line o f conduct the which, as a gentl eman, he ought not. He watchhatd hed case with the greatest attention, an d after been brought forward, he could not persist in calling w bound to upon w th. Jury to give him a ver di ct for damages beyond what t n b e e y were could feel more grant according to th e l aw o f t h e coun t r y. than he did f or th e s i tuat i on i n w hi c h t h e pol:Laond mildestunfortunat e term, and had bee n pl ace d b y the imprudence, to us e misconduct of the plainti all join in condemns. plaintiff. I suing , " sistert n o j f u s t t h i e c e c a o e n c d o u r c d t i n o g f : o h law p , l a andinti ff, b u l t w b y e . o . u n d a rteo point swor n out to to o d y mi. ot tp e a a t rn on ed on G e en o t f ;, : rn h pi t e h a e s n t c h n e t e j i n ed st i i fi n c l t a o a t i w o n leg i is not argumentmade o i nu supportl'he an of his assertion. iat in o t n h e us c d o a u r ld ing n t o o t account for it by that appetite for notoriety which suffi L c o i r e d nt l ly )r N ad m m A i r re in thra m ud in a g cit u y pe , gra tification at all hazards, f o h b tseh s e e rve d could plaintiff, only y come forward in a Court of Justieesee..•k noticed d p in e n rw t h a e n m ) d o ttudisgraceful e m r n t n w e o r u , t l d h a n n . t n b o e t nanodticwedoua'tdarial.ther be ot e ic ff e ect a u t ai al in t e o u f wi t t his of most disgusting punishing th e most He p p r r o e c fe e r e, as the a t o ( Lord n plaintiff. He had clearly been guilty of the commission of bigamy, he stated was John Alexander I,lfli - ... , Yf, , theson of a respectable At. torney at Rochester. The defendants wee nalna;eri the pro prietor, and Mr. Robert Bell, the editor of the 11 - cekly plaintiff complaining of a libel published in that paper, and for which the riefendtinta had ;int in a plea of justification in part. The libel appe;ii•O t the , olutiti.44 61 the peper referred to not cs an article of police Intelligence, thtt part of the publication appropriated to answers to correapondents. it stated that Captain John Alexander Wilmot had been elan:dried before the Dogherries of Maidstone for having married a great number of wires, —that this Xing Solomon's propensity for a number of wires used to be felony and a hstogii;g elatt.tr; tint that in this case the party had been admitted to bail in the sum of , M)i.i—that he had married many other ladies, but only three appeared againsi lihni the re mairitier being kept in reserve ; and the inference was, a Matt Might marryas many wives its lie plt , zeett and swindle them out of theirpro perty, provided he chose to forfeit his feaghltatnes to the amount of 4001., and that thus it appeared a man may indulge in polygamy to the extent of three wives, at the rate of 1331. Is. Bd. per wife, That our magistrates were extremely adroit in fixinga price on every species of crime, and that the English had become an extremely civilized people. This was the libel complained of. A plea of justification had been put in by the two defendants, They stated that the plaintiff had been married on Gth April, 1837, to a person named Hannah Hodgson; and that, in January 1838, he had mar. ried anothi r person named Rachel Lamb; and that he hail also been married to a person named Elizabeth Crisp. In the pre_ vions proceeding they had suffered judgment to go by default ; and, therefore, the simple question would be the amount of damages. The part of the libel the defendants had not at tempted to justify. was the statement that the plaintiff had married many other ladies who were "kept in reserve." He (Mr. Lee) was instructed to state that the person named Hannah Hodgson had been married to a gentleman in York, from whom, on account of some disagreement, she had been separated. At that time the defendant resided at Maidstone, where he became ac quainted with a Miss Crisp, who was the daughter of a brewer. In the year 182.9 he came to town, where he married Mrs. Hodgson, who then represented herself to be a widow. While he was living with her a gentleman called and desired to see her in private. High words were heard between them, and on inquiry it proved that she was in fact his wife. Mr. Wilinot conic quently separated from her, and went back into the country, where he renewed his acquaintance with Miss Crisp, and shortly after married her. On these facts the charges referred to in the libel were founded. There was no pretence for saying that any prorerty had been obtained by the plaintiff. The property of Miss Crisp was a share in the brewery, and in respect to that there was afterwards a dispute between the plaintiff and the mother of Eliza beth Crisp ; through the ill blood arising from that dispute he seas taken before the magistrates, and charged with bigamy, but lie was eventually tried and acquitted of that felony. The Learned Gen. tleman proceeded at some length to argue against the enormity of the Mail complained of, as not one single word of It was true. Under circumstances so clear it was quite unnecessary for him to trespa acn the time of the Jury. As for the pleas of justification it was his opinion they were on the record an a mere matter of speculation. Lord Dcatmaat intimated that, as the publication had been ad mitted, the:Learned Gentleman, Mr. Ler, had nothing to prove. Mr. LEE—No, my Lord. Mr. THESIGER, Counsekfor the defendants, expressed his sur prise at the course pursued by his Learned Friend, who had opened by stating a great number of facts, without offering proof of any one of them, Who was John Alexander Wilmot ? The Jury knew nothing about who he was. They had no guide what. ever as to his character. His Learned Friend ought to have given them sonic history of him, or have shed a few rays of light on it from which the Jury might discover who he was ; but he had thought it prudent to shroud Mr. Wilmot in as much obscurity as possible, and to allow no light to fall upon him in order that he might stand out in relief before them, and they might see who he really was. He trusted he should be able most clearly and satisfactorily to show this to them, and it would affbrd, he thought, a complete justification for the defendants, and prove that Wilmot was a person who in a Court of Justice was entitled to mere nominal damages. The editor of the paper knew so more of Mr. Wilmot at the time of the insertion of the paragraph than the Jury did at this moment, and therefore could not have been actuated by any malice against that indivi dual. He had merely heard of the circumstances that took place before the magistrates, and the libel,—if libel it was,—was one against the magistrates, and not against Mr. Wilmor, of whom he knew nothing, and of whom he cared nothing. It was inserted amongst a great variety of notices to correspondents, and so far was certainly not indicative of malice; the whole object was to arraign theconduct of the magistrates for admitting to bail on so serious a charge. If the editor thought the magistrates had not done their duty, he had a right to arraign them at the bar of public opinion ; and he had merely done this with the admixture of a little badinage. Lord I)ewslaN here interrupted Mr. Thesiger. He slid not see how he could prove the justification, if Mr. Hodson was alive at the time the plaintiff was married to Mrs. Hodson. He knew of • an offence re qu i r i ng no great or noble qualities either of body or of mind for its cotnroi6s76d i and which it was in ''"- Pn - wer of any man to commit who posit sled sufficient impticlenee' ,F,y; dna falsehood to take advantage of We A ne ss or affectloll• The blgiiMt heert sufficiently proved to make out Is His lardship and polygamy was I:41111'aq offence similar to bigamy. after commenting severely tier the shameful conduct of the plain lig L " the cases of Rachael Lee and of Flitatieth Crisp, said, that as regar i 7 inatlo o the Od plea which, which stated that at the time of his exam before the Magistrates at Rochester, other witnesses Were waiting to beeicarohred against him, although this seemed wore to icier t° c m that . the Magistrates than to the plaintiffs, yet the justification point was not complete a fact which his Lordship regret° His Lordship then made a few observations on the conduct oeo - n sionally pursued by magistrates in admitting prisoners to bail e i n theft law amounts, as occasion a lly to defeat the ends of just ice ' i . e . thought the public wer e un d er grea t o bli ga tions to the defe ndants for having made those facts public, and again expressed a doubt Its to whether it would not be better to pass the case over altogether without notice. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaint iff ° the Sd plea—Damages One Farthing. Mr. THESSIGER---I trust your Lordship will certify. Lord DEaSlAN—Certainly. CRIMINAL COURT-MILS DA EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT Tile DOCKS.—James Northcote, 3 7, t bacconist; George Hopkins, 30, labourer; Richard labourer; William Chrislali, 36, agent; Francis Joy, 31, viCtU .... ler; and James Gregson, 5'2, mariner, were indicted wfth oth er persons not in custody, for stealing 0 0 casks of butter, the propel of Joseph Barber. The indictment contained several counts, the principal of whi ch questil; charged the prisoner Vincent with stealing the property and the others as being kcessories before and after the fact• E a ' of the prisoners is provided with Counsel, and as there are bet v ": C n n 30 and 40 witnesses to be examined for the prosecution , a nd 5-- ted that the equal number on the part of the prisoners, it is expec ted trial will not terminate till a late hour. Vincent, 4:; Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, was stating the case to th e Jury when our reporter left. HORRIBLE MURDER AN SUICIDE AT PADDINGTON. An inquest was held this morning at eleven o'c'ock, before M r ' Baker, and a very respectable Jury, on the bodies of two Pe rgni ,, named Lovett, husband and wife, wh o were f oun d dead there cat.) on Wednesday morning. Great excitement appears to have be en crea t e d by the unt i l, event. The inquest room was crow d e d d ur i ng the whole of - proceedings. After the Jury had viewed the bodies, which were in a most b°l. rible state, Margaret Ryall, mother of the unfortunate female deceased , W 3.1 called and examined. The effect of her evidence was as folloiv§: - ; The deceased had been m ar ri e d a b out four years, a nd had one That the husband was rather given to drinking, and that they eftela t used to have words. Ha wa s o f an i rr it a bl e temper. Mrs. I P let _, 4 was engaged in the upholstery work, to which she went out at eie!' d in the morning and c ame h ome at n i ne i n t h e even i ng . : h o t did not seem to like th a t. H e appeare d j ea l ous of h er , a nd di" seem right in his mind. When he had been drinking he use d rrit on in a very strange kind of wa y . O nce h e sa id to w itness 046 . 0 she did not take her d aug ht er out o f t h e room her l if e w ould danger. Witness did not take h er ou t o f t h e ro om. A bout a fortnight ago there was a c r y o f " M ur d er " f rom the se Lovett was under a delusion that s o me man was i n th e house a.f ter t his wife, and he went to the wind ow an d cr i e d " Murder!" b u t was soon satisfied that it was only his wile's brother, who is alio :, nineteen years of age. Lovett w a s v e ry v i o l en t th e n to 0°,9.1: daughter, who went u p t o s p ea k t o hi m ; h e too k h er by the tu'" - He had not been drinking then. ces, A Juror said he had h ear d th a t th e w if e use d t o go o ut to elan e which Lovett did not a pp rove o f. (L ove tt' s f at h er, an o ld man, he with tears in his eyes, ex c l a i me d, " Ali! that was the ruin of ul'„rt, happiness." Witness, however, swore positively that Mrs. M Y ' never (to her knowledge) h a d gone t o a d ance. Sh e was a ve ry hand°°. . -es woman. The night before the deaths, the witness heard no sv° re at all between the two deceased :—sh e mus t h ave heard if tl f„, had been. That night Mrs. Lovett came h ome a t seven o'clock. '— did not drink—she could not afford it. ~1 0 to The CORONER said, many persons drank with o ut being au afford it. Witness said she did not see Mr. Lovett that evening. Lovett bade her good night some time between ten and ele":: appearing then to be cool and collected. Witness slept on t h e appearing then to be cool and collected. Witness slept boUt first floor back ; the two d ecease d on th e secon d fl oo r front. A b°U ; seven o'clock on Wednesd a y morn i ng w it ness h ear d the child e r Y t ; went to the door, knocked, an d, receiving no answer, entered, the door being :on the latch, not fastened, and there beheld "o'd child at the foot of the bed ; it was dusk ; from the early Pe ri „ of the morning ; heari ng no one spea k , s h e as k e d th e child vib e— , her father and mother we re ? th e c hild s h owe d th em to tsi tne A s o ll ; the child was sprinkled with bl oo d a b ou t h er n i g ht c lothes ala" - her face. (During the time wh en th e w it ness was g i v ing this d read'- ful account, the infant was shuddering in her arms.) Witness rat down screaming, and a policeman, and a medical man wer e __" ; e ; for. The position of the bodi es w a s no t a lt ere d till the tne w man arrived. The CORONER sold it would be better perhaps if the rest o f the account was furnished by the medical gentleman. wet. Witness was so appalled th a t s h e did no t p erce i v e the bouie S tering in their blood. She had no suspicion of ally other Pe r h %, than the deceased havin g comm itt e d t h e act. Sh e f e lt certain no one had entered the room before she did. There were lodgint in the same house a man and his wife. Lovett bad hurt hit , T ad before he was married driving a cab, from which he fell, and b e e often complained that he could not drive from the effects of th injury. pia ' George Lovett, the father of the unfortunate deceased man, had h st ad that accident had taken place eight or n i ne y ears ago , and ad never perceived any difference in his conduct afte r - had accident. Witness also denied that hi s d eceas ed son it. been addicted to drinking. He w a s m arr i e d un known W A s d e , ness, or to the parents of his wife. Witne s s had he ar ". oo , ceased complain to his sister of the conduct of J ilt „,der Witness was asked by the Coroner if he thought his son 'was "'i o n a delusion in that respect ; to which he replied " Yes," and wen to speak warmly of his having heard of Mrs. Lovett going out ' ith out his knowledge, and not corning back till late in the evening. The CORONER said he did not think witness understood his qu a, Lion, and enquired of the witness what he took the word "deltaic° to mean. Witness—Jealous. state' The Coaoaaa said that witness had been going into a long s went which was not evidence. 0 Witness declared a great deal whtch M rs. Ryan bad swor— n s e false. He went on to sly that his son had told him that, on the ,: e d occasion to which she had alluded, lie had been b eaten an d scratc h by six of them—Lovett's wife, his wife's mother and father, an his wife's sister and brother. This statement excited a great sensation in the minds of the P r !' The CORONE it said as it was mere hearsay he could not g° int° • t t 'Witness said his son came to him on tha t occasion with his 11;., torn and his face scralclie.l. Lovett charged his wife within: : o lity ; but at th e sol i citations of the witness and the Paren-,n- Mrs. Lovett, th ey shook hands together. The next ov , ia - n. ng, the foll ow . workmen of Lovett were casting all lin ty ner of skits an d j okes on him as to his wife's Crimint b ,i which had work e d up his mind to a high pitch. Witness deciaia;t that Mrs. Ryall h ad admitted to his daughter that Mrs. Love!t the remained out thr ee n i ghts once. Ile had seen her dancing on. rid green between se ven and eight o'clock in the evening, her hus b a nd not being with her, ‘ The sister of th e d eceased, Lovett, stated that he had - e x- p r tehessea great jealousy t o h er, on account of his wife having refuse d to him the number of the house where she was working at. (The conclusion will be given when the Inquest is orig) CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH colt% of For the We e k ended Feb 8, 1839, made Ur from the RO an d the Inspectors i n t h e different Cities and ['evens in Engla nd Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 91. Wheat......... 745. Id. Oate 8ar1ey......... 40 s. 4d ltye ..... 4 2 8 5 5 5 . E tx d l . I B re e a a s n e s ........................... IMPER IAL AGGREGATE AVE RAGE S O F THE rt;;X V" PRECEDING. Wheat Vs. I lif.•l Oats Barley 4os. 10d. Rye Wheat......... Is . DUTI ES ( s )a Oats ON FOREIGN 5 7 06 s P 6CC d x N B Pd. 1: e ee a aa n 5n 5 e5 ................... 1:44 ; 44 Barley ......... Is. 10d. I Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•) CITY AND HUNGERFORD FISH MARKET. An average supply, and a fair demand. Turbot, 7s. to 108. and 205.; Cod, 2s. to 5s , 10s. and 12s. ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. eac h ' Soles, 10d. to 3 s . 6d . per pair. Meat—Beef, 7d. to bd . a nd Bkd. ; Mutton, 71d. to Sid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. Y MARKETS. • Hay and Clover wer e H in A good supply, but the finest &sera' (ion, nd were not much wanted. Th e m ild weat h er h as cause d the dernliir to slacken, and prices were lower. Hay, 70s. to 85s. and 9 „ °5. : to to higher prices. Clov e r, 80 s. to 00s., and 105 s. Stra w, „ 40s. per load. COLONI A L MARKETS. , This market was still d u ll , and prices firm. British I'4—at ion le. Sugar sold very slo w l y, and prices much as before. No pu blic 13 worth notice. In Coffee, Tea, Rice, Cocoa, and Spices nothing ( "t e te [The Spirit and Tallow Markets were in the same inactive sts that they have been in for some time past; we cannot alter the quotations ] IMPEACHMENT ! I -r -- O'CONNELL versus TILE DUKR OF WELLINGTON, " la' BROUGHAM, AND OTHERS. At the meeti ng o f th e P recursor Society on Tuesday a letter, rcti ceived from Mr. O'Connell, was read, in which, speaking of rd Brougham, he says—" I think I can demonstrate that he is most devoid of principle of any public man that ever exhibited to any political stage—nay, 'doubt whether I have not materials is seek for an impeachment in due f orm. B u t I w ill thiak _,, more deliberately." at The Duke of Wellington, too, i s ca ll e d " Th e most Pa lt 7 n ' a e of man the world ever s a w." " Il e s h owe d th e pa lt r y malevolent cad his disposition," in a lludi ng "t o th e P e t er Purcell blo ck " h - - calumny." the sic ., Divan is against us. "The Senate of Petersburgh, o Divan at Constantinople, would b e as rea dy t o attend to the gnat/ antes of Ireland as the British House of Commons. The aP 4 ,, `hr that exi s t s respec ti ng I re l an d is wore than the nationa l antills they bear us." Mr. O'Connell means to meet his Precursors in Dublin on 1e 18th, and expresses a hope that recruiting f u r Precursors is p rocee d s ing—" Ireland has no hope save from her own exertions ; ant i,„ Precursor Society is the only body now actively engaged for " n r - iv e lind." THE FUNDS.-C OSING PRICES• BRITISH FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Red D I n i d tt i o a 3 t e a n c d k . ...................................................... lank Stock 3per Cent CL US 92ii Ditto Old Annuities.. ........ .. -- 3,4 per Cent. Red 100% Ditto New Annuities .„. .. ..; 0 , New 3% per Cent IOU Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 254d•••• ( `' P io. New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/.......... ....... la P io. . Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 L ................ 63 0 4 Jail. 188) Oct. 1859 ... 0 * Jan. 1860 1 , 0 ItElti 1 , 1 FUN DS. Portuguese Ronds, sper Ditto, New Ditto ............... Prussian, 5 per cent ..........••• Russian Bonds, 5 per cent..•• Ditto, Metallic. ................... Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent ogi 2 4 Brazilian Bonds BO Buenos Ayr, s, 6 per cent — Chi Han, 6 per cent — Spanish, c : ns pe oi r id c a e t i e lt a .......................... ....:x. Colomb;an . , 6 per cent.-- c — , Ditto, Ditto, 1624 - Danisi, 3 per cent 76 French, 5 per cent ......... - I ~.e, Greek Bonds, 1525, 5 per et — Exchange -"'" Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3 per cent.......... . —f. b 414 Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 32% Dutch, 23 per cent. ............. . ... Peruvian, I£-25,6 per cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... .....••• Bristol and Exeter Railway .... lO 784 Great Western Railway . ~ -... 10 '4 London and Brighton Railway London and Birmingham R a il way 176 London and Greenwi c h R a il way London and Southampt on R a i lway 44,4 London and Croydon R a il way 183( London and Croydon R' Away (New Scrip) .. ~.....• spi North Midland R , il , ,ay 2% South Eastern and Dower Railway.... • Handel's Oratorio, Israel in Egypt, with mag niticent double choru ses , i s announce d for repetition by the Sacred Harmonic Society. CoRN-LAws.—A meeting on the Corn -laws Is, we understand, to be held in the Theatre, Bolton , th is evening : Convened by the Mayor, on the requisition of 14 8 resp ectable house holders. The Chartists, it is said, intend to mo ve an amendment to thg same effect as that proposed at Dirtninsham. • ...11 IV NEXT SPECTATOR, AND A STAMPED PLEMENT OF EQUAL SIZE , VORDSUP DURHAM'S REPORT ON -11-4 CANADA, (at full length, in the more important part J, and the rest epitomized); and the Cream of his Lord ship's CORRESPONDENCE with Lord GLENELG, late Secretary of 'State for the Colonies. ()thee, 9, Wellington -street, Strand. GRA TIS WITH THE COURT JOURNAL TO-MORROW. BEAU;TIFUL STEEL ENGRAVING of her MAJESTY'S BALL and RECEPTION ROOM at WINDSOR CASTLE, with a full description of this splendid apartment, forming the Second Illustration of " Royal and Noble Residences." Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen, in town and country, where specimens may be seen. W. THOMAS, Publisher, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. 1 teiv; and, Ility i L ast had 1 _ 444 t