The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel's Administration was opened by high-sounding announcements of approaching law reforms. Public expectation was on tip-toe. Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor. As head of the law, whatever changes were proposed in the existing eco nomy of the law courts, must, of course, be first sub mitted to him for his sanction, if they were not ac tually the suggestions of his own mind. The name of Lyndhurst and Reform, of any kind, was rather an unpromising association for any beneficial results ; no very strong anticipations in the public mind, or among professional men, were therefore caused by the announce ment. Still there was hope. Political chemistry is possessed of extraordinary powers. It can neutralise antipathies, and bring into affinity bodies which once seemed to be incapable of cohesion. Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor. For the purpose of pro ducing a favourable impression, law reform might be seriously taken up by the Cabinet. Even Lord Lynd hurst might consent to forego his well-known dislike to reform ; take the part assigned him in the State drama, and play Reformer of flagrant abuses in the adminis tration of the law, as a means of obtaining popularity The Court of Chancery was the first Court in which Lord Lyndhurst's newly-kindled zeal for Law Reform was to be tested. The Six Clerks' Office, with its enor mous impositions in the shape of fees, and incessant im pediments to the progress of litigation in the Court, had long drained the resources, protracted the suits, and exhausted the patience of the unhappy suitors. There was, therefore, a considerable degree of satisfaction, ac companied by a more than equal portion of surprise, when Lord Lyndhurst's Bill for the abolition of these useless offices was announced ; satisfaction, that the nuisance was likely to be, at length—abolished; surprise that its abolition should emanate from such a quarter; proposed, as it was by the very individual who had pertinaciously contended for retaining it when a Bill for its removal was introduced by his predecessor. Still, as we have said, there is a vast difference between being in, and being out, of office. The same measure which faction may oppose end de nounce as impolitic and unjust, will be taken up, and recommended to Parliament as excellent, when its adop tion is likely to give eclat to a Cabinet, or will minister to the personal advantage of a Minister of the Crown ! Lord Lyndhurst'a Chancery Offices Abolition Bill is a fine illustration of the mysterious influences which a seat on the woolsack exercises over the visual faculties of its possessor. In 1833 Lord Lyndhurst violently and successfully opposed a Bill introduced to the House of Lords for the very objects his own Bill of 1842 carried into effect. True, Lord Lyndhurst would not have had the power of awarding the compen sation under the Bill of 1833. There would then have been no compensation clauses smuggled into the Bill at the last hour, enabling the holders of the abo lished offices to claim upwards of a million ster ling. No " orders" would then have issued, with " Lyndhurst, C." affixed, by which that enormous amount of compensation would be allowed, and annual pensions assigned to these sinecurists during life—with remainders after death—which should exceed the an nual salaries of Cabinet Ministers. These concomi tants of Chancery Reform were left to the ingenuity of Lord Lyndhurst to devise and carry into effect. They certainly throw a halo around the measure, by which the distinguishing characteristics of Law Reform, under such auspices, are seen by their own light. They serve to show how much the country is indebted to Sir R. Peers Administration for improvements in the judi • cial institutions of the country ; and will ensure a cer tain kind of immortality to Lord Lyndhurst, as one of the most extraordinary law reformers of his times. We are glad to see that the Lord Chancellor is se cured in the possession of undivided merit in the matter of these enormous compensations. Sir James Graham, in the course of the debate on Mr. Watson's motion on the subject, endeavoured to produce an im pression that Lord Cottenham had assented to the scheme. It appears, however, that Lord Cottenham declines the honour assigned to him by the Right Hon. Home Secretary. It is Lord Lyndhurst's own. The compensation plan—with all its munificent provisions for the holders of the offices abolished by the Bill—is the emanation of his mind and will. The Chancellor must have consented, after a long struggle with himself, if not with his colleagues in the Cabinet, to abolish these offices ; seeing that in 1833 he regarded them as an essential part of a perfectly wise and good system of equity jurisprudence. No wonder, then, that his com pensation-scheme was so munificent ! The value of the offices to the public was in the Lord Chancellor's eye when he drew up the scheme which allots a million sterling to the holders of such posts. The idea of continuing an interest in the compensation fund to the holders of the offices for a given period after their decease, is also worthy of commendation. Lord Lyndhurst, possibly, had a reference to, and put a liberal interpretation on, a much-controverted pas sage of Scripture:—" Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness." We have remarked that Sir James Graham endeavoured on Tuesday night to assign a part of the merit to Lord Cottenham. The mistake into which the Right Hon. Baronet fell was very properly rectified, at the Noble and Learned Lord's instance, by Lord John Russell. Sir James Graham said something about having been misled by Mr. Wainwright, who drew the Bill. There will, however, be ample opportunity for ascertaining who occasioned the mistake, so derogatory from Lord Lynd hurst's merits. The subject will be resumed, when, in colloquial phrase, " the saddle will be placed on the right horse." STANDARD.—The Globe undertakes to criticise our remarks upon the foolish speech with which the Dublin Conservative Association was dissolved, and charges us with inconsistency, because we formerly gave our support to the Society in question. But there is no inconsistency in our conduct. The Association was formed fur a temporary purpose—to rescue Ireland from the tyranny of Mr. Daniel O'Connell ; and, under the guidance of such men as Mr. Butt, whom we do not find taking any part in its late proceedings. it nobly accomplished that purpose. "Thenceforward its occupation was gone." Mr. O'Con nell is not now the tyrant of Ireland. He is " scarcely lord of himself." Nobody complains that any good class of Irishmen is either injured or oppressed, or of any danger threateeed to any good institution. Why, then, might not the Dublin Conservative Associa tion follow the example of so many similar associations in - England, that have dissolved themselves because they have fulfilled their mission, in restoring Con ssrvative legislation and government ? Why should the few, who may have kept the thing alive beyond its proper periol, for the indulgence of personal vanity or the prosecution of personal gain, reflect disgrace upon the pure and rueful period of its history, by ascribing to the whole body their own mean feelings? It is of that that we complain, and there plainly is no inconsistency in this complaint with the highest possible respect for the Association in those days when it was the rallying point of the good and the wise, because it was necessary then for the good and wise to take an active part in public life. By the way, it may ba the means of saving the Globe some leboer, and sparing the Irish Chief Justice some abu'e, if we remind our Contemporary, that Mr. Ed ward P, nnefatlier was a Whig when he advised the Corporation of Kilkenny, and was Lord Grey's first Attorney -General. THE CORN LAWS. trade doctrines, that they will hardly accord a hear ing to an anti-corn-law statement or argument. In those cases, however, in which this difficulty is over come, the farmers are made converts, in scores, to free-trade views. The other difficulty is in prevail in on those who have become proselytes to anti corn-law principles, to avow and carry out in practice the new views they have adopted. So long as they are tenants and are denied the pro tection of the ballot, they dare not vote for free-trade candidates, unless they had previously made up their minds to see themselves and families ruined. But though, for these reasons, the League must not calculate on any considerable number of farmers voting, when a general election comes for free-trade candidates, it must not aban don the enterprise of enlightening them on which it has entered. If the repealers cannot expect the suffrages of the agriculturists, there will be wanting in future elections that ignorant and stupid enthusiasm on behalf of monopolist candidates, which used to characterise county contests. And in this absence of wonted corn law enthusiasm, there will be seen a sign of the times, which will not be without its effect on the Minister of the day, no matter whether he be Whig or Tory.— Morning Advertzser. The near approach of Mr. Villiers's motion for the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws increases the interest which is felt in the question. That there will be a considerable addition to the minority of last year is a point on which there can be no doubt. Much, however, we feel assured, may still be done in the way of swelling the minority. If the constituen cies of populous towns will properly bestir them selves, where the Members are only fixed-duty men, a goodly number of converts to the cause of total and ' immediate repeal will be made before the day on which the motion is to he brought forward arrives. Let no constituency be deterred from fully and fearlessly ex pressing their views to their representatives, from an apprehension of being twitted in the same way as the electors of Edinburgh have been twitted by Mr. Macaulay. The subject is one of the gravest im portance, and the electoral body have a duty to per form to their country as well as themselves. Consti tuencies not only have a right to call on their Members to give effect to their wishes on any important ques tion; but it is their bounden duty to do so. The franchise being limited, those who possess it are to be considered as holding it in trust for that portion of their countrymen with are debarred from the enjoy ment of th e i r p o liti ca l r i g hts. On the question of the corn-laws, public opinion in populous towns has been it we're expressed in the most unequivocal manner in which e possible to give it utterance ; but, as Membt rs often imagine they when they can safely disregard public opinion wishes of their can c r.ot with impunity disregard the should remin e d eg t l l lt i t t. o e nstituents, it is right that the latter representatives of the way in which they ote on Mr. Villiers's motion. The therepresentationsmi.vm electors of Edinburgh have not been lost on offended that they should haveulay' though he is sorely been made to him. They have had the effect of eliciting appr from hi him an avowal of his intention to vote, on the im mediate and total repeal. That, it for o u cc e s a t si b o e n, allowed, is something. Let other constituencies only extort liar promise, from their fixed-duty representatives and it matters not how many angryepistles the latter may think proper to pen. Let them, if t h e i m itate the conduct of Mr. Macaulay in underrating Pasei the influence of the League, by why of revenge for the sound information which it has diffused, and the healthy tone of feeling which it has created on the corn-law question,—let them do this, or do or say any thing else they please, if they can only be induced also to imitate the Member for Edinburgh in voting for immediate and total repeal. In the mean time, it is gratifying to know that correct notions on the subject of the corn-laws are rapidly spreading among consti tuencies where the densest darkness has hitherto pre vailed. As already remarked, in all the populous towns the people are corn-law repealers to a man ; but in many agricultural districts, much yet remains to be done in the way of dispelling the mists of ignorance. Lest night, at the anti-corn-law demonstration in Co vent -garden Theatre, Mr. Turner, a Somersetshire far mer, 'brought before the meeting—a meeting as nume rously attended and as enthusiastic as ever—a large atriolint of interesting information respecting the existing state of corn-law intelligence and feeling in the agricultu ral districts. The farmers are as open to conviction on the subject as any other class of the community ; and they are 4 , r ,- L vQrfkllY :4l,v t c n a g over . to the views of the League. There il Is / v b--le* '"M t difficulties in dealing with the farmers, , , iifiy). , e corn-law repeaters have to contend. The ( firtg:„.i.V4l ‘ ta of procuring a calm, dispassionate, IA: : -,, i -,.. - 7 - 0 ,0,.' iinPrejii eed hearing to the case which the 1 - c s ;: : :'.:. ; retfealeil .ivit to submit to them. Th e i r l and l or d s many; perhaps in a majority of cases, SO 0.; --.7' .- - far 'succeeded in poisoning their minds against free .c•-:(-; THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1844. FRENCH RAILWAYS. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the Minister of Public Works introduced several Railway Bills, which have been looked forward to with great interest by specula tors both in France and in England. The Bills introduced on Wednesday are for the construction of the following new lines of railways :- 1. A Bill for the classement (fixing of the line) of the railway from Vierzon to Chateauroux and Limoges on the one part, and from Vierzon to Bourges and Clermont on the other. 2. A Bill to raise 28 millions of francs for the continuation of that part of the railway from Paris to the Atlantic, si tuated between Tours and Nantes. 3. A Bill for the classement of a railroad from Paris to Rennes, by Chartres and Laval. 4. A Bill demanding a credit of eighty-eight millions of francs for the completion of that part of the railway leading from Paris to the frontiers of Germany, situated between Paris and Hommarting, And passing through Epernay, Cha lons, Bar le Duc, and Nancy, with a branch railroad to Rheims and Metz. These different Bills comprise the formation of railroads to the extent of about 500 leagues. They are all to be made according to the mixed system laid down in the law of 1842. The Debats says—" The outlay on the part of the State will be about 60,000,000 f. per annum during six years. With the re sources at the disposal of the Minister of the Interior the amount set aside for railroads is available without any embar rassment to the Treasury. The outlay, at the expense of Com panies, will be about 250 millions. The whole comprises an operation of 600 millions, without counting all the other public works which the State executes on the roads, the rivers, the canals, and in the harbours, and independently of that which is expended by powerful public companig, such as the Rouen and Havre Railway Company , whosPworks alone will absorb about forty millions." ASSASSINATION. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) COUR D'ASSIZES DES BASSES PYRENEES (Pau). Jacques Hourquebie exercised the humble offices of garde champetre and garde forestier with rigorous in tegrity. The zeal with which he performed his duty excited the hatred of all marauders. There was one, in particular, who regarded him with a feeling of implac able resentment ; this was the accused, Mathieu Labuig, a man of a violent and passionate character, and great bodily strength. Jacques Hourquebie, it should be remarked, was de formed and of a slight make, and oppressed with infirmi ties, which rendered every movement of his body slow and painful. Mathieu Labuig, the accused, wearied with the con stant watchfulness of the garde, which formed a con tinual obstacle to his marauding propensities, and irri tated by an imprisonment which he had undergone for the space of three years, ceased not to utter the most horrible menaces against Hourquebie. Fifteen witnesses deposed as to the threats uttered " They will not kill that wretch," said Labuig, speak ing of Hourquebie. " How I should like to cut off his hump with my bill-hook; what delight to crush him be tween two millstones." On one occasion he actually predicted the manner of his death, saying he ought to be killed with the bill-hook and thrown in the mill dam. "Ah ! if I could find him between the dog and the wolf" (parts of the mill which are called chicn and loup). On one occasion last summer, the prisoner offered 40 francs to a witness to detain tli garde at a cabaret until night, that he, the prisoner, might have the opportunity of meeting him on his return home. On the 26th of last January, Hourquebie did not return home. His step-brother, who is the instituteur communal, uneasy at his absence, commenced an active search to discover what had become of him. At some distance from his house he found his brother's walking-stick, and a loaded pistol, which he usually carried for his own defence. There was also a large spot of blood on the road. On tracking the marks of blood along the road, he arrived at the mill-dam, where he found the body of the garde horribly mutilated by what ap peared to be a bill-hook. Suspicion was instantly fastened on the prisoner. The police searched his house, and found a blouse which he had worn the night before ; it had been washed in some places only, and was hanging out to dry. On his being asked to produce his bill-hook, he showed one that he was not in the habit of using ; the one he actually used was afterwards discovered in a bee-hive. Footmarks were discovered at the supposed place of the murder. They presented an exact counterpart to the nails in the shoes of the accused. The evening of the murder, just after the " Angelus " had ceased, the garde was seen to pass, and soon after the accused. A witness deposed that about the same time h 3 heard four piercing shrieks, at some considerable distance. It appeared that before his arrest, the prisoner, con versing with a gendarme, said, " They cannot condemn without proofs." " They will find proofs," said the gendarme. The prisoner, after a moment of reflection, said, as if it were a thought full of consolation, " They do not now condemn to death." This deposition caused a general shudder in the Court. M. Laporte, Avocat•General, showed that though there was no direct evidence of the prisoner's guilt, there must Le a moral certainty of it. M. Lamargnere, with singular ability, endeay.oured. to show that the evidence was consistent with the pri soner's innocence. Labuig was condemned to 20 years' hard labour and exposure. He is 60 years of age. MONTHLY STATISTICS OF IN SOLVENCY. Daring the month of April, there have appeared in the Gazette, the names of persons who have received orders vesting their property in the provisional assignees, that is to say, as much of their property as they have not squandered away or placed beyond the reach of their creditors Assignments to trustees for equal benefit of creditors 28 Declarations of Insolvency Bankrupts Making a total of lnolvents for the month of 349 This is a considerable reduction as compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. If we assnme that for one insolvency that appears in the Gazette there are nine settlel by private compromise, the monthly list will amount to 3,490 ; and if the loss on each case be estimated at the very moderate sum of 2001, the monthly loss to the nation will amount to 798,000/, and on these assumed data, the loss during the year 1843 was twelve millions. Persons concerned in the administration of the insolvency laws say that this estimate is, in all proba bility, much below the truth. Under Lord Brougham's late Act, by which vesting orders protect the persons of theinsolvents, a hundred cases were adjudicated by one Commissioner in 1843, in which the total amount of debts were 100,000/., and the total amount of assets 3901. or hardly 4/. a case ! If these one hundred cases be taken as a rule for the 60,000 insolvencies of the year 1843, the total of bad debts during that year would have been sixty millions ! and the assets may be anything the reader in his experience may estimate them at. These are fearful sums to be transferred from the pockets of the capitalist (oftentimes a man in very humble life), and to be lost by illicit distribution. Some Parliamentary returns, which are in preparation, will supply a nearer approach to the real truth ; but the actual annual amount of loss cannot be ascertained, until it is by law prohibited to make any private com promise for debt. All cases of insolvency should be re gistered in the Courts, the names, amount of debts, and amount of assets. Several attempts have been made to obtain this wholesome regulation, but they have, been hitherto defeated by sinister influences. The subject of insolvency laws is again under discus. sion, by the introduction of Lord Cottenham's Bill, which will place the person of the debtor still more beyond the reach of the creditor, and confiscate a larger amount of honest men's capital. The business men in the City with one voice declare this will be a further confiscation of their property ; but they say that in the present mood of the Legislature it is of no use to stir, nor will it be, until the fatal,!and vice-protecting error of .sympa thising with the debtor instead of the creditor, repu diated. One Commissioner of Bankruptcy said, the other day, that he heard much commiseration for the unfortunate debtor and his family, but none for the un fortunate creditor and his family. Bad imsolvency laws demoralise the middle classes, as bad and ill-adimnis tered poor-laws demoralise the lower classes. FABRICATED OUTRAGES. The extraordinary charge against Mr. Edward Fry, son of a magistrate of the county of Roscommon, was further investigated on Monday last, at the Petty Ses sions of Boyle. The nature of the charge against this gentleman, who, it is stated, is highly connected in the county of Roscommon, must be fresh in the recollection of our readers, as the proceedings at the opening in quiryv i ded y , inducinginto and,his twosuhte subsequently, ed r l a , u n Ee c dia l i e l were so recently reported. The accusation is di vided kill a affidavit, mare, i h n i hie pwhichro- Ee r t a being persons unknown, his object e stated that the mar"; sardsfiwscreso;tlmntgor. Fry was accused of by some person or compensa tion of the county for the alleged to recover was also charged with having ot malicious injury. He of Burns to write a threatening ilieFerson of the name " Young Smart." The original of t t e h r is to him, signed notice, it was staled by one of the witnesses, was retaine in order that its co ntents sh ou l d be embodied in his affi davit for compensation. After the examination of witnesses, chiefly persons in the employment of the accused, the Magistrates received informations against him, and he has been held to bail to stand his trial at the next assizes. Under the circumstances, we shall refrain from any observations on the case, as regards the guilt or inno cence of Mr. Fry, merely referring to the report of the investigation, which seems to have been conducted with fairness, by Mr. 'Wray, R.M., and other Magistrates. The matter in issue is of the deepest importance, espe cially to the county . of Roscommon, where so many outrages of an agrarian character have recently been committed.—. Dublin Post, EXETER HALL PETS. (From Punch.) Religion, like fancy, has her peculiar favourites. Ladies and gentlemen have, among the various heathen, their pet proselytes, just as among birds and dogs they have their pet macaws, their pet poodles. It is an adage old as truth—whose register of birth was not lost at the flood—that the human heart must love something ; hence, beautiful is it, in this balmy month of May, to see crowds of lovers—spiritual lovers we mean—as cending the chrystal steps of Exeter Hall, to testify their affection for the benighted sons and daughters of earth thousands and thousands of miles away. Elastic, indeed, are human heart-strings, for they stretch from pole to pole. Indeed, with many of the worthy people of Exeter Hall, distance is essential to love. Just as connoisseurs take a backward step truly to consider the beauties of a picture, do many of these good folks require distance to see the miseries of human nature through an attractive medium. They have no taste for the destitution of the alley that abuts upon their dwell ing-place, but how they glow—how they kindle at the misery somewhere in Africa I Familiarity truly begets contempt. The famishing shoe-binder or sempstress is a homely common-place ; the benighted Chinese an exotic darling. With some folks sympathy, like Madeira, is all the better for a sea voyage. We have said that proselyte-mongers have their spe cial pets ; among them, the Hebrew people bear a great price. Hence, as was shown at a late meeting, upwards of 25,000/..are annually subscribed for the conversion of the Jews at Jerusalem, Hebron, Beyrout, Constan tinople, Smyrna, and we know not at how many other places promising in apostacy. We must confess, we should like to see a fair balance-sheet of this account. We should like to know the exact number of converted Hebrews, that we might arrive at something like the market-price of a renegade Jew. We own it ;we more than fear that he is a great luxury ; a bird of Paradise of exceeding cost. Hence, we confess it, we would have our gentle countrywomen retrench their outlay on the foreign curiosity, that they might better afford to buy up somewhat of the misery produced at home. A day or two after the meeting was held of these be nevolent people. whose hearts yearn for the Jews in Sa pet and Strasburgh, there appeared in the papers—but then the tragedy happened at No. 1, Angel-court, Long acre, not a quarter of a mile from Exeter Hall—an ac count of the death of one Mary Wall, aged 35. She died famished. John Bitton, of St. Martin's Work house, testified as follows : " On opening the door of a room on the ground floor, or, more properly speaking, a lumber room, there being no floor to it, he found the deceased lying on her face on the earth, her body covered with shavings, and her head resting on part of an old basket similar to a wine-merchant's hamper. She was groaning, and seemedlquite insensible." Mr. Leonard, surgeon to the out-door poor of St. Martin's, deposed:—" On being taken to the workhouse, remedies were used to restore animation ; but she never rallied, and died within twenty-four hours after. The place where deceased dwelt emitted a most noisome smell from the quantity of decayed garden-stuff. On making a post mortem examination, he found inflam mation of both lungs, which no doubt arose from the non-application for medical assistance ; which, together with her not receiving any domestic comforts, and ying on the bare and cold ground alone and neglected, pro duced extreme exhaustion, of which she died." It must, however, be allowed that the death of the woman was doubtless accelerated by her determination not to go into the workhouse ; nevertheless, had we societies as actively benevolent in the Angel-courts of London and our great towns as in Constantinople and Smyrna—had we home missionaries of charity to tempt the Redd dangers of Seven Dials and Spitaifields, could these scenes of horror be enacted ? But then there is this bar to the zeal of the philanthropic—both Seven Dials and Spitaifields are close at hand ; they are real, tangible foulness ; the eye turns from them—the nostril shrinks at them ; whilst what a picturesqueness invests Constantinople—what a halo of beauty does distance cast about Jerusalem Again ; consider the great difference between the objects to be succoured. The dwellers of English lanes and alleys are common, vulgar things ; creatures of foul and violent speech ; commonplace in their very rags and ghastliness. But the Jews—the spiritually forlorn of Jerusalem. Oh, the evangelical imagination clothes them with the mystic beauty of the place ; up lifts and sublimates them by the magic of re ligious fervour, and the very tatters of the He brew become rareand_beautiful as Joseph's coat of many colours. And so, soft-hearted lathes and gentlemen, rapt by the forlornness of the far-off Jew 2 write their cheques, or put their money in the plate , t o o deliciousl y possessed by the sweet apostate in the distance ever to dream of the famishing Christian at their right hand. Could we but transport our destitute population to China or to Africa, we have no doubt that many English Samaritans would then be marvellously piteous of them. Oh, ye miserable Christians, who hunger and waste un visited in English lanes and cellars—why arc ye not Jews, glorified by distance, dwelling at Bey rout and Hebron ? On the last meeting of the Society in question, the Bishop of Winchester preached a sermon. Eloquent no doubt was the discourse ; heart-touching, pocket-pene trating. We would, however, that his Grace—if only for one round—would visit the Angel-courts of London : the pilgrimage might, we think, give an impetus to the sluggish imaginations of those who think that true misery, real mental darkness, is only to be found, like their fine hyson, in a far country. Allowing, however, that it is necessary to the apo plectic philanthropy of some folks to bleed their purses for the heathen, we think that at least the Jews might be left as they are until every other unbeliever should be converted. Here, Madam—you who at the last meeting in vested five pounds in apostate Jews—here is a map of the world. Cast your eye over it. Here is the poor Esquimaux doomed to whale-blubber and a soul-blight ing creed --here the Red Man—here the Hottentot — here the New Zealander—here people on people, and tribe on tribe, all in utmost darkness. Enlighten them, and then, if you will, begin with the Hebrew. Mean while, for ourselves—we confess it—we have more than a sneaking respect for a people mho had Moses for a leader and a law-giver. We rarely meet a long-boarded Rabbi that he does not carry our thoughts to the plains of 111amre—to the first patriarchs of the first nation. And ye, who would convert the Jews, first copy the Jew's great virtue—first take care of your own poor; feed and clothe them, and then, if you will, with the superfluity make proselytes of the Hebrew. Mean while, with misery wasting thousands of our fellow- Christians at our very doors, we hold the subscription of large sums of money for, at best, the questionable con version of the Jew, as the offering of a miserable, morbid egotism; and should still think so of the purpose, though the whole bench of Bishops wagged their silver tongues in aid of if. CANDIDATES FOR THE BAR. We are informed that the Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, in following the course acted upon by two other learned societies, have recently adopted the after-mentioned regulations, for the purpose, we appre• bend, of securing a standard degree of talent and-character in admissions to the bar. It is well known that of late years the bar has been too easily accessible, and no doubt a pro cess of expurgation at the present lay would be attended with beneficial results. It appears that in Trinity Term, 1789, an order was made by the then members of the bench of the Inner Temple, and that the then Benchers of the Middle Temple, in adopting the same, ordered, "That from and after that time no articled clerk, either to an attorney or solicitor, or to a clerk in the Court of Chancery or Court of Exchequer, ought to be called to the bar until his articles shall either have expired or been cancelled for the space of two whole years, and stating that it was then ordered by the Masters of the Bench then present that the said resolution should be confirmed and adopted as the rule of that society, in all future applications of such articled clerks to be called to the bar." We now find that, in con formity with certain stringent rules elsewhere adopted, the Bench of the Middle Temple has ordered that for the future " No attorney-at-law, solicitor, writer to the Signet, or writer of the Scotch Courts, proctor, notary, or Parliamentary agent, or person acting as such, and no clerk of or to any barrister, conveyancer, special pleader, attorney, solicitor, writer to the Signet, or writers of the Scotch Courts, proctor, notary, or Parliamentary agent, clerk in Chancery, or other officer in any court of law or equity, whether such clerk be articled or in the receipt of salary, or of other remuneration for his ser vices, shall be allowed to keep commons in the hall of this society, available for the purpose of being called to the bar ; whether such person be already, or may hereafter become a member of this So ciety, until such person, being an attorney, shall have taken his name off the rolls, nor until he and every other person above-named or described shall have ceased to act or practise as such attorney, writer to the Signet, or writer of the Scotch Courts, solicitor, proctor, notary, agent, or clerk, as aforesaid, saving always to any person or persons circumstanced as aforesaid, the benefit of any term or terms which he or they may have kept in conformity with the or ders of this society." And that henceforth "No person al ready admitted, or who may hereafter be admitted a member of this society, shall apply tor or take out any certificate in pursuance of the statute 44 Geo. 111. c. 98, s. 14, without the special permission of this society, under pain of expulsion, and that such permission be in no case granted until the per sons applying for the same shall have kept such commons in the hall of this society, as in pursuance of the order of the 16th day of July, 1762, are required to be kept as a qualification for the bar, and that such permission, when granted, do endure only from the date thereof, but may be renewed annually by order, upon petition." SHIPWRECX.—On the morning of Sunday last, the 12th instant, about two o'clock, the principal keeper at Kin naird lighthouse, while on his watch in the light-room, was attracted by the noise of some one knocking at the door of the house. Having summoned the assistant keeper, it was found that the person who sought admittance was a ship wrecked seaman in a very wet and exhausted state. When his necessities had been provided for, the statement that he gave was, that his name Was Alexander Hutchison, and that his vessel was the Eliza, of Kirkcudbright, bound from Live rpool to Dundee, with salt. She struck on a rock on the 9th instant in passing through the Pentland Frith, but from the fog did not know exactly where it was. The wind was fa vourable for crossing the Moray Frith, and this they at tempted to do by working the pumps till the morning of the 11th (Saturday), at five o'clock, when the pump leathers being worn out, and the water above the cabin floor, they de termined to abandon the vessel. In putting the boat out for this purpose, however, the rope by which she was attached to the sloop slipped, and she went adrift. Upon this the crew, consisting of four men, jumped overboard, leaving a boy, who was unable to swim, on board the vessel. Hutchison was the only one who made the boat ; the rest all perished ; and the vessel went down in about an hour after he left her. He was unable to render any assistance, as there were no oars in the boat, which was gradually drifted towards the shore, which he saw in the afternoon. The wind changed at night, and, afraid of being drifted off again, he determined to swim to shore, about a mile distant, which he reached at midnight, about a mile west of the lighthouse, and, keeping the light in view, be arrived as already mentioned.—Edin burgh Paper. ACCIDF4T.—On Monday last the Hon. William Henry Leigh of Trinity Coll ege , son of Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh .Z . ibbey, near Leami ng t on , was th rown f rom hi s horse near Six-Mile Bottom, an d rece i ve d a severe concuss i on of the brain, from which serious results were at first appre kended. We are, however, happy t o l earn th a t M r. L e i g h i s progressing towards . recovery in a very satisfactory manner. .-Cambridge Chromcle, THE TEXAS. The Washington Globe contains a letter from Mr. Van Buren, on the subject of the proposed annexation of Texas to the Union. The following is the con cluding portion of his letter : " Having now replied, in the fullest and frankest manner, to both the questions which you have pro pounded to me, I might here close this letter, but being sincerely anxious to put you, and others occu pying the same position, in possession of my views and opinions upon the whole subject, as far as they can with propriety be now formed and expressed, I will go a few steps.further. " Occasions do sometimes present themselves, in the administration of public affairs, when the de cision of great questions can be safely anticipated by those whose subsequent duty it may become to decide upon them ; but to justify such a course, those ques tions must be such as are unavoidably dependent upon circumstances and considerations of a fixed and settled character. I have not been able to regard this as being, in all respects, a case of that descrip tion. It is a matter affecting our foreign relations, in respect to which every enlightened nation makes it a rule to avoid, as far as practicable, public annunciations of its proceedings and intentions, beyond what is deemed necessary either to justify its past course, or to make others sensible of its determination to resist aggression, whether present or prospective. As the action of the Executive upon all questions that affect our relations with other countries must be more or less influenced by their conduct to wards us, it is, in general, desirable that our future course should not be embarrassed by assurances given at a period, when no safe opinion could be formed of what their conduct would be. In respect even to motives of a domestic character, it could scarcely be deemed consistent with that prudence and calm discretion which, in public as well as private affairs, is of such inestimable value, to bind ourselves in advance in respect to the parti cular line of conduct we will hereafter adopt in a case of such magnitude as the present. When the period for definitive action shall have arrived, the considera- tions now taken into view may have lost the weigh they at present possess in the estimation of the public ; and others, not now regarded as of any value, may, in the meantime, arise to affect materially, if not to change, the whole aspect of the subject. The pre sent condition of the relations between Mexico and Texas may soon be so far changed as to weaken, and perhaps to obviate entirely, the objections against the immediate annexation of the latter to the United States, which I have here set forth, and to place the ques tion on different grounds. Should such a state of things arise, and I be found in charge of the respon sible duties of President, you may be assured that I would meet the question, if then presented to me, with a sincere desire to promote the result which I believed best calculated to advance the permanent welfare of the whole country. In the discharge of this, the common duty of all our public function aries, I would not allow myself to be influenced by local and sectional feeling. I am not, I need hardly say to you, an untried man in respect to my disposition or ability to disregard any feeling of that character in the discharge of official duties. You, as well as all others, have therefore at least some grounds on which to form an opinion as to the pro bable fidelity with which those assurances would be observed. " I shall add a few ,words to another aspect of the question, and then dismiss the subject. Mexico may carry her persistence in refusing to acknowledge the independence of Texas, and in destructive but fruit less efforts to re-conquer that State, so far as to pro duce, in connexion with other circumstances, a de cided conviction of the part of a majority of the people of the United States, that the permanent welfare, if not absolute safety of all, makes it necessary that the proposed annexation should be effected, be the con sequences what they may. The question may be asked, what, under such circumstances, would be the use you would make of the executive power, ifintrusted to your hands ? Would it be wielded to defeat, or to carry into effect the ascertained wishes of our people ? My reply to such a proposition is, that I can con ceive of no public questions, in respect to which it is more eminently proper that the opinions and wishes of the people of the different States should be con sulted, and being ascertained, treated with greater respect, than those which relate either to the ad mission of a new member into the confederacy, or the acquisition of additional territory with the view to such a result; and that if any application for annexation under such circumstances were made to me, I would feel it my duty to submit the same to Congress for a public expression of their opi nion, as well upon the propriety of annexation as in regard to terms upon which it should take place. If after the subject had been brought before the country, and fully discussed, as it now will be, the Senate and the House of Representatives, a large por tion of the former and the whole of the latter having been chosen by the people, after the question of an nexation had been brought before the country for its mature consideration, should express an opinion in favour of annexation, I would hold it to be my further duty to employ the executive power to carry into full and fair effect the wishes of a majo rity of the people of the existing States thus constitu tionally and solemnly expressed. "There may, notwithstanding, be those, on both sides of this great question, who are unwilling to con fer their suffrages on one w ho is not prepared to give them spec ifi c pl e dges in regard to the course he would, if elected, pursue in respect to the various aspects in which this matter may hereafter be pre sented. To all such I have only to say—and Ido so with the greatest sincerity —that I have not toexercise. the slightest disp osition to question their right conduct, and will the lastof its its ercise. If th ere b e an y one be whocan be more saf e ly en t rus t e d w ith regulate complainla believe e their their interest in this or an y othe r of the great questions of publicpolicy which are likely to arise in the ad ministration of the government, of which assurances as to his future course are more satisfactory to them, they will, without d oubt, be w ell warranted in giving him the preference ; and they may be assured that no one will more cheerfully acquiesce in a decision, made from such motives, than myself. I have ex pressed a w illingness to discharge, to the best of my abilities, the responsible duties of the high office in question, should the democracy of the United States be able and willing to re-elect me to the same. But I can take no steps to obtain it by which my ability to discharge its duties impartially and usefully to every portion of our common country would be im paired ; nor can I, in any extremity, be induced to cast a shade over the motives of my ',past life, by changes or concealments of opinions maturely formed upon a great national question, for the unworthy pur pose of increasing my chances for political promotion. " I am, Sir, very respectfully, your friend and obe dient servant, "M. VAN BUREN. " Hon. W. 11. liammet." THE UNITED STATES and TEXAS. The following Treaty for the annexation of Texas was concluded between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas, at Washington, on the 12th of April, 1844 Art. 1. The Republic of Texas, acting in conformity with the wishes of the people and every department of its Government, cedes to the United States all its territories, to bo held by them in full property and sovereignty, and to be annexed to the said United States as one of their territories, subject to the same constitutional provisions with their other territories. This cession includes all public lots and squares, vacant lands, mines, minerals, salt lakes and springs, public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbours, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments and accoutrements, archives and public docu ments, public funds, debts, taxes, and dues unpaid at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. " 2. The citizens of Texas shall be incorporated into the union of the United States, maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, and admitted, as soon as consistent with the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all rights, privi leges, and immunities of citizens of the United States. " 3. All titles and claims to real estate, which are valid under the laws of Texas, shall be held to be so by the United States ; and measures shall be adopted for the speedy adjudication of all unsettled claims to land, and patents shall be granted to those found to be valid. " 4. The public lands hereby ceded shall be subject to the laws regulating the public lands in the other territories of the United States, as far as they may be applicable ; subject, however, to such alterations and changes as Congress may, from time to time, think proper to make. It is understood between the parties, that if, in consequence of the mode in which lands have been surveyed in Texas, or from previous grants or.locations, the sixteenth section cannot be ap plied for the purpose of education, Congress shall make equal provision by grant of land elsewhere. And it is also further understood, that hereafter the books, papers, and documents of the General Land-office of Texas shall be deposited and kept at such place in Texas as the Congress of the United States shall direct. " 5. The United States assume and agree to pay the public debt and liabilities of Texas, however created, for which the faith or credit of her Government may be bound at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty ; which debt and liabilities are estimated not to exceed, in the whole, 10,000,000 dolls., to be ascer tained and paid in the manner hereinafter stated. " The payment of the sum of 350,000 dolls. shall be made at the Treasury of the United States, within ninety days after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, as follows :-250,000 dolls. to Frederick Dawson, of Baltimore, or his executors, on the delivery of that amount of 10 per cent. bonds of Texas ; and 100,000 dollars, if so much be required, in the redemp tion of the Exchequer bills which may be in circulation at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. For the payment of the remainder of the debts and liabilities of Texas, which, together with the amount already specified, shall not exceed 10,000,000 dolls., the public lands herein ceded, and the nett revenue from the same, are hereby pledged. " 6. In order to ascertain the full amount of the debts and liabilities herein assumed, and the legality and vali dity thereof, four Commissioners shall be appointed by the President Qf the United States, by an with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall meet at Washington, Texas, within the period of six months after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, and may continue in session not exceeding twelve months, unless the Congress of the United States should prolong the time. They shall take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties, and that they are not directly or indirectly interested in the said claims at the time, and will not be during their conti nuance in office; and the said oath shall be recorded with their proceedings. In case of the death, sickness, or re signation of any of the Commissioners, his or their place or places may be supplied by the appointment as afore said, or by the President of the United States during the recess of the Senate. They, or a majority of them, shall be authorised, under such regulations as the Con gress of the United States shall prescribe, to hear, examine, and decide on all questions touching the le gality and validity of said claims, and shall, when a claim is allowed, issue a certificate to the claimant, stating the amount, distinguishing principal from interest. The cer tificates so issued shall be numbered, and entry . made of the number, the name of the person to whom issued, and the amount, in a book to be kept for that pur pose. They shall transmit the records of their pro ceedings and the book in which the certificates are entered, with the vouchers and documents produced before them, relative to the claims allowed or rejected to the Treasury Department of the United States, to be deposited therein ; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of the same, ascertain the aggregate amount of the debts and liabilities allowed ; and if the same, when added to the amount to be paid to Frederick Dawson and the sum which may be paid in the redemption of the Exchequer bills, shall not exceed the estimated sum of 10,000,000:dolls., he shall, on the presentation of a cer tificate of the Commissioners, issue, at the option of the holder, a new certificate for the amount, distinguish ing principal from interest, and payable to him or order, out of the nett proceeds of the public lands hereby ceded, or stock of the United States, for the amount allowed, including principal and interest, and bearing an interest of 3 per cent. per annum from the date thereof ; which stock, in addition to being made payable out of the nett proceeds of the public lands hereby ceded, shall also be receivable in payment of the same. In case the amount of the debts and liabilities allowed, with the sums aforesaid to be paid to Frederick Dawson, and which may be paid in the redemption of the Exchequer bills, shall exceed the said sum of 10,000,000 dollars, the said secretary, before issuing a new certificate, or stock, as the case may be, shall make in each case such proportionable and rateable reduction on its amount as to reduce the aggregate to the said sum of 10,000,000 dollars, and he shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations necessary to carry into effect the powers hereby vested in him. " 7. Until further provision shall be made, the laws of Texas, as now existing, shall remaia in force, and all executive and judicial officers of Texas, except the Pre sident, Vice-President, and heads of departments, shall retain their offices with all power and authority apper taining thereto, and the courts of justice shall remain in all respects as now established and organised. " 8. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifica tions of this treaty, the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Commissioner, who shall proceed to Texas and receive the transfer of the territory thereof, and all the archives and public property, and other things herein conveyed, in the name of the United States. He shall exercise all executive authority in said territory necessary to the proper execution of the laws, until otherwise provided. "9. The present treaty shall be ratified by the con tracting parties, and the ratification exchanged at the city of Washington in six months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. "In witness whereof, we the undersigned, plenipoten tiaries of the United States of America and of the Re public of Texas, have signed, by virtue of our powers, the present treaty of annexation, and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. "Done at Washington the 12th day of April, 1844. " J. C. CALHOUN. " ISAAC VAN ZANDT. " J. PINCKNEY lIENDERSON." GEORGE 111. AND HIS FAMILY. WINDSOR, JULY 15, 1781, SUNDAY.—At St. George's Chapel, prayers at eight ; present, the King, Queen, Princesses Elizabeth and Sophia,—about a hundred hearers, we joined the train to Queen's house, or rather to the gates. The King was dressed in blue fly, cuffs small, open, and turned up with red velvet, cape of same, buttons white, breeches and waistcoat of white cotton, an ordinary white wig with a tail ribbon, a round black chip hat, small, used in riding. He is tall, square over the shoulders, large ugly mouth, talks a great deal, and shows his teeth too much ; his countenance heavy and lifeless, with white eye brows. Queen of the middle size and bulk, height five feet and a half,—though far removed from beautiful, she has an open, placid aspect, mouth large, foot splay;---at prayers their voices often heard, and they appeared devout. They take no state upon them; walk freely about the town, with only a Lord in Wait ing. At seven, every evening after tea, the King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Princesses Sophia and Elizabeth, walk fir an hour on terrace half a mile long, amidst two or three thousand people of all ranks. The Prince of Wales appears a likely, agreeable person, far more graceful than his father, who is ungainly. The Prince affects much the " Jemmy" dress and air: age vit ill doubtless soften down the juvenile :taste and affectation. The Queen's dress, a riding habit, same colour and facings as the King's—a small bonnet with a blue feather. Con ducted to picture gallery and state rooms ; in ono stands the Queen's bed, of a cream colour, worked in flowers with silk floss, beautifully shaded, about seven feet long and six feet wide ; posts fluted, and gilt tester, having in the centre an oval compartment, thought to be the richest in England, except Lady Clifford's at Wybrook, which was wrought and presented to her by the late Duchess of Norfolk ; twelve chairs and a screen, wrought by her present Majesty's own diligent hand. In the evening, on the terrace, the King was in full dress — blue uniform, sword, and cockade ; the Prince of Wales was the same. The Queen in a faint greenish silk full dress, except her head, on which she had a bonnet, with a feather of the same colour as her dress.—Santuel Cur u•en'c Journals and Letters. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. Henry Griss, a sergeant of the F division, appeared before Mr. Twyford, by the directions of the Police Commissioners, to answer a complaint preferred against him by Thomas Dell, a cabman, for using abusive lan guage to him. Mr. Lewis appeared on behalf of the complainant, and demanded to see the written order that had been sent from Scotland-yard on Wednesday last, when the case was partly heard, and adjourned to give the Magis trate time, as he then said, to look over the depositions before he would come to a decision. Inspector Logan replied that the document alluded to was in the possession of Sandrock, the superintendent. Mr. TWYFORD ordered him to be sent for, as he had not seen him for many days.—(A laugh.) Sandrock having shortly after made his appearance, handed in a paper to the Court. Mr. Lewis said it was the duty of the superin tendent to put the complaint against the defendant in a proper form on a police-sheet, which having been done, by order of the Court, The complainant stated that on the 24th ultimo, being with his cab in York-street, Covent-garden, about half past ten o'clock at night, the defendant came to him and told him if he took any more jobs from Smith's public-house (the White Hart) he would mix a pill up for him if he could ; to which he replied, he would take any jobs that came to him, that he did not wish to abuse him or to receive any abuse, upon which he called him a d—d vagabond and a thief, and that he was robbing the rank in the Strand. On the 25th, being at the head of his horse in Wellington-street, about a quarter before five o'clock in the morning, the defendant came up and said he would take the number of his badge, and after much abusive language he concluded by saying, " If I can't do it for you, the waterman can." Witness touched him on the arm and told him he had never given him any . offence ; to which he said, " Go away, you d—d vaga bond, go away." The next day he caused the letter pro duced to be written to the Police Commissioners, com plaining of the circumstance. Frederick Collins, an accountant, was present on the 25th with another man, and heard the language made use of by the defendant. William Charlock, a hairdresser, corroborated the ac count given by the last witness. Sandrock said the complainant was perfectly sober when he came off duty. In answer to the Charge, Sandrock proved that the defendant was in the force since April, 1831, and he never knew him to be guilty of using abusive language. Mr. Lewis—Have you not had complaints five or six times made against him for such conduct ? Sandrock— None in writing, to my recollection. Mr. Lewis—None for dragging a cabman from his box and using violence? Sandrock—Don't recollect. Sandrock said he wished to correct an error that he had fallen into at the former examination, for, after he had looked into the books produced, he discovered the defendant had been fined 20s. in 1838, for using abusive language to a female, and being suspended, he was shortly afterwards reinstated in consequence of a recom mendation from the magistrate. The defendant had preferred two complaints against Dell for obstruction, both of which were dismissed. The Court was occupied some hours in hearing the discussions of the solicitors, after which, Mr. TWYFORD said he was inclined to believe the evidence of the complainant, and, therefore, he would convict the defendant for using the language imputed to him, and order him to pay a fine of 20s. The fine was immediately paid, and the parties left the Court. WORSHIP STREET. Charles Emile d'Atrobus alias Emile Vercoustre, a well grown and rather respectable looking Frenchman, was placed before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, for re-examination upon a charge of stealing 271. from Mrs. Elizabeth Mead, of the Jamaica coffee-house, Commer cial-road. About the middle of last November the prisoner, who was then believed to be as be represented himself, a young Frenchman of good family, on a visit to England, went to lodge at the coffee-house. At the commence ment of the present year a young fellow named Frederick Watson, who had committed numberless robberies about town, paid a visit to the Jamaica coffee-house, and stole amongst other property a coat, with a neck scarf in the pocket, belonging to M. Emile d'Atrobus. Wat son was at length detectel, and committed to Newgate for trial upon many charges, and being convicted, was transported for ten years. The Frenchman whom he !had robbed did not appear against him at the trial, although bound over with other prosecutors, for he had himself, in the meantime, absconded from the Jamaica coffee-house, and was charged with stealing a purse con taining a 101. note and seven sovereigns from Mrs. Mead, the landlady, and making away also with a coat which Mrs. Mead's uncle, Mr. Elliott, a pawnbroker, had lent to him to wear when he attended at this court as a com plainant against Watson. Westbury, 215 N, who apprehended the prisoner last week in New Inn-yard, Shoredith, said the prisoner then denied the robbery, and asserted that he had only been in England a month. It was ascertained, however, that he had been some time a patient in St. Thomas's Hos pital, in the borough of Southwark, and that during that time ho had scraped acquaintance and corresponded with a smart servant girl in the neighbourhood. • Several letters were produced, professing th. most ardent love for the young woman, with whom the hos pital patient corresponded, and from thence it appeared that the prisoner at that time assumed the name of Emile Vercouste. Mr. Elliott, the pawnbroker, who had, after the rob bery and disappearance of the prisoner, caused search to be made for him in France and elsewhere, said he had received information that he was a deserter from a French regiment, and had left a wife and family in Paris. The prisoner, however, told the Magistrate that he was not a married man, nor a deserter, but had been a soldier in the French service. He knew nothing of this robbery, he said ; and the cause of his being out of the way was illness, which had confined him three months in the hospital. Mr. BROUGHTON, being informed that further evidence was expected, remanded the prisoner again. THAMES POLICE. Richard Repson, a Lancashire man, was brought up on remand from the previous day, charged with assault ing a young man named Charles Repton. The com plainant, who appeared to suffer excruciating pain, and besides the support of a pair of crutches, had to be aided into the Court by two porters, was aecomodated with a chair, which, however, from the nature of th• injuries he sustained, he found it very difficult to use. It appeared from the evidence that the complainant and the prisoner both worked for Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at the Orchard House Iron Steam-boat-yard and the former had been in the employment of the arm for the last seven years. On last Thursday week he went to the tool-house, where the prisoner was at work, when the latter turned him out, and then gave him a kick be hind, inflicting the injuries under which he now labours. It appeared that the kick took place directly in the peritoneum, a muscle full of the most delicate fibres. From the motion of the complainant, who can scarcely drag himself an inch, at every step, the whole of the muscular system of the lower limbs appears to be thrown into disorder, and it was most painful to witness the ef forts by which he endeavoured to drag himself along. James Reeves, foreman in the establishment, proved that previously to the alleged assault the complainant was in excellent health and spirits. There was no quarrel that he knew of between the parties, but there was a young man at present in the hospital suffering from the effects of a kick inflicted by the prisoner. Repson denied having kicked the complainant, but admitted that he had pushed him out of the tool-house, having directions not to permit any person to be there. life suggested that the complainant in reeling out might have come in contact with an iron peg which protruded from a wall without. Barber, one of the warrant officers, by direction of the Magistrate, examined the place to ascertain the pro bability of the defence ; but from his statement it did not appear likely that the injury was sustained in the man ner suggested by the prisoner, and, in addition to this, a pot-boy in the neighbourhood proved that he saw the prisoner kick the complainant. Mr. Hislam, surgeon, of High-street, Stepney, who attended the complainant, having given it as his opinion that the poor fellow is by no means out of danger, the prisoner was remanded until next Saturday. HORRIBLE CASE. On Saturday, after the disposal of the night cases, at Queen-square Police-office, Mr. Ryder, chairman to the Board of Guardians of St. Luke's Chelsea, re quested the advice and assistance of the magistrate under the following very extraordinary circumstances: —Mr. Charles Morris a person who had lately come to reside in Chelsea, had his attention called to groans which proceeded, night after night, from No. 4, Princes-street. He accordingly brought the matter before the Rev. R. Burgess, rector of the parish, who having frequently received intimation that other par ties heard the same sounds, had written him (Mr. Ryder) to take some steps to see whether the groans and cries did not proceed from some human being being confined in a room of the house. He instituted inquiries, and found that the information given to the Rev. Mr. Burgess in the letter, and confirmed by his own, was too correct. Some dark and horrifying scene was being acted in that house ; and the groans and cries of a human being, chained as it was sup posed to a wall or bed, for he was never seen near the window, appalled the ears of the neighbours almost nightly. Mr. Burrell inquired whether the neighbours had ever heard any articulate sounds ? Mr. Ryder re plied they had not. Mr. North and Mr. Hall, two immediate neighbours, could confirm this account ; and whoever this poor suffering creature in human form was, he had been immured in that room for eleven or twelve years. Mr. Burrell expressed his astonishment that it could have existed for so long a period without the interference of the neighbours. Mr. Ryder said that the door of the house, as they could best learn, had not been opened for years, and, unable as they were to obtain any evidence on the subject, and fearful of getting into some difficulty, it had been suffered to go on until the present moment. Mr. Burrell asked if they had ascertained who were the inmates ? _ . Mr. Ryder replied, that as far as they could learn, it was occupied by a woman named Pelham, who had been the kept mistress of some noble lord, and who had had two natural children by him, for which she received an allowance. It had been rumoured that one of these children, a son, was of unsound mind. It was then agreed that an entrance should he made into the house without any previous intimation being given, lest that should frustrate their object in learning the real state of matters. Mr. Forbes, in spector of the B division, was accordingly desired to take a party of police with him and proceed to the house in question. Mr. Ryder, and the chief usher of the court, accompanied the police. On the return of the latter, at about half-past four, he communi cated to Mr. Burrell the result of their visit to the house. He said, that they had effected an entrance by getting over a side wall, and in at the back door, and, after much hesitation, the back room on the first floor was opened by a female, when the most revolting scene that had ever come within his view during a very lengthened experience burst upon them. On a small straw bed lay a poor human creature of the male sex, without one morsel of clothing more than an old and filthy rag, which might be termed a shirt, and a small piece of flannel or blanket. Beneath him was a hole rotted through the filthy straw of the bed, evidentlyby his own excrements, and maggots and loathsome vermin of every description were crawling on his frame, which was so obscured by filth, that it was al most difficult to discern in him a human being. His beard reached nearly clown to his middle, and his nails protruded some inches beyond his toes. In a few minutes afterwards the police returned to the office, bringing with them a fashionably-dressed female, from 50 to 60 years of age, and a heavy working man about thirty. On being placed at the bar, the female gave her name as Harriet Eleanor Pelham, and the man was described as her son, Wilson Pelham. Mr. Ryder, who was deeply affected, said that such a spectacle as that they had just witnessed had very rarely been seen. He proceeded to describe it in substantially the same terms as those already given. He added, that after their admission, the poor creature, who was evidently a lunatic, was dressed, a portmanteau full of clean wearing apparel being brought from some other part of the house, and he was then put in a cab and conveyed to the work house. The female at the bar said that the unfor tunate man was her son, and that he and his brother (Wilson Pelham) were natural children of General Spencer. In concluding his statement, Mr. Ryder expressed his surprise that the filth in the room had not engendered same fatal disease. Inspector Forbes stated that the female defendant had said that her sons were the natural children of Sir Brent Spencer (some years deceased), and that she had some allowance for the one deranged. Mr. Burrell asked the female what she had to say ? She replied that, with respect to the clothes, his always had been kept separate, and his brother never was allowed to wear them. Although he had been for many years a lunatic, everything was done for him that could be; but he was very filthy, and if anybody interfered with him he became very violent, and beat himself. He was not perhaps quite so clean as he ought to be, but he was sometimes cleaner a great deal than at the moment the police entered the house. She was sure his shirt was not ragged, be cause it had only been washed twice, and it could not be dirty, because it had not been on him three days. There was a convenience in the room, but he would not use it, and it was his own fault that the bed was in such a state. There was a mattress in the passage, but he would not have it, and his nails were long, which was in consequence of his not letting her cut them. He had got fat lately, and was as happy as any man could be ; and to prove that she used him well, he would not get into the cab without her. The policeman denied this, and said that the poor man seemed quite pleased at going into the cab, and that he was exceedingly quiet, and waited some minutes while she was dressing. Mr. Burrell inquired why she had not put him in some asylum ? The male defendant said it was no use ; he was incurable. Dr. Sutherland and another medical gentleman had said so. Mr. Burrell said that this was a most horrible and deplorable case. The treatment o the mother and son who controlled the unfortunate man, had gone on until they were callous to all feeling. The poor creature was now rescued and placed where every attention would be paid him. Defendants must stand committed in de fault of finding heavy bail until Thursday, when they might produce any evidence they-thought fit. The prisoners, who appeared surprised, said there was nobody to look after their house. Mr. Burrell said he could not help that. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday forenoon Mr. Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, held a lengthened investigation at the Lord Nelson, John's-row, St. Luke's, touching the death of Mrs. Caroline Crump, aged 31, the wife of the painter and decorator of the Grecian Saloon in the City-road, who was supposed to have committed suicide, owing to the extreme suddenness of her disso lution, and having once before attempted her life, as also frequently threatening to do so. Mary Ann Cooper, of 20, Ratcliffe-grove, St- Luke's, stated that she resided in the same house as the deceased, who had left four young children, and generally lived very comfortable with her husband. She had latterly, however, been frequently addicted to acts of intemperance, which caused them to quarr el at times. On Thursday evening, about 11 o'clock, witness last saw her alive ; she had been during the day very lively, and appeared to retire to rest in very good spirits. On the following morning, about seven o'clock, she was alarmed by deceased's husband knocking at her bed room wall, as if for assistance . She immediately proceeded, and found the unfortu nate woman lying on a bed dressed, with her eyes hall closed, and her face becoming black. To all appear' ance she was quite dead. James Crump, the husband of the deceased, sal that she went to bed on Thursday night in gin health, and shortly before seven o'clock he got up an began to dress himself. Whilst so employed she Sil u" denly caught hold of one of his legs and violently shook it. He instantly looked up and saw her Pie t " ing to her throat, and thinking that she wished him to introduce one of his fingers into her throat, so 0 to make her vomit, he did so accordingly. Scarcely a few seconds, however, had elapsed before she T down stairs to the water-butt, and having proeurea! cup, she attempted to swallow some water. All th' time she appoared suffocating, and witness was slap' ping her back in the hope of restoring her. Stu! . 1 1 last fell into his arms, and he removed her to the no n when he found her to have perished. CORONER—Had you any idea that she bad de: stroyed herself by taking poisOn ? Witness—l be"' from the circumstance of her having attempted ones to commit suicide, and threatening to do the same se . veral times since. For some time past, unfortu* nately for him, she drank very freely, and when I S used to complain of her conduct and attempt to red son with her about her folly, she would reply, " I Y_ e '" take care of the children, and I will take care of 1 4 . 0 self. You shall not have long to complain." would go on a stroll for a week at a stretch, then CO; duct herself very properly for the next fortnight of so, when she would break out again. On the del previous to her death she was sober, but on IVednes. day she was in liquor. Mr. Henry Paul Ree, a surgeon of the City-' deposed that he was called to the deceased on Fol, e .' morning, about seven o'clock, whom he found VI on a bed, black in the face, and life appeared to 1 10 fled several minutes. On making a post m orteiWeli b il ; mination of the body, he found a large scar across 0 throat or windpipe, which induced him to ma kes e l p inquiries about it, and he ascertained that about te years ago she attempted to destroy herself by cuttinel her throat, through some ill treatment she reeeiY ea, from her parents. The wound was, however, hes' t but it materially affected her speech,' so much so, 1 0 she could only give vent to a mere whisper. 00 opening the throat he took out the larynx, an, cl to .. examining it he discovered a corresponding inn ev , r t tion to the scar, and it was so narrowed at this rh that a small sized probe could not be passed throng j it. Between the opening there was a quant it y to v' mucous, which so choked up the air vessels O slo cause death, and an examination of the lung . 0 . showed that death had been occasioned by saffoc ntle io Could not discover any trace of poisonous mat ter the stomach. The CORONER having addressed the jury on the or traordinary nature of the case, a discussion arose.te to the propriety of returning a verdict that the ceased had died from an attempt upon her own do The Coroner thought they could not consistent l Yi n g so, and after some time they recorded the foll os Lo special verdict :—" That the deceased had died Ir" 0, suffocation, produced by a congregation of m uco he in her larynx, and which was caused by a v voun made in her throat in attempting to destroy he' ten years ago." h e ld bf FATAL CART ACCIDENT.—An inquest was t he Mr. Higgs, at the Black Horse, Bedfordbury , en_ • body of Dennis Dwyer, aged 47. Deceased vender of oranges, and on the afternoon of Sa turn r the 27th ult., he was standing in Little Newrfore street, with a basket full of that fruit slung b e ; 1.. him, when a cart belonging to Messrs. Parker, r Q „ way carriers, New Inn, Old Bailey, came :17 0 The driver called to the deceased to get out 0 1 way, when he moved on to the pavement, but gir o persons at that moment passingliy, pushed against 1 1. 0 0 and in trying to save his oranges he slipped an d j under the cart, the wheel of which went over 110 broke his left leg. lie was conveyed by the drive.r_ i a his cart to Charing-cross Hospital, where he remaif.., till Saturday last, when erysipelas induced by low : , perate habits, came on, and he died on Thursday' Verdict, " Accidental death. I re' . SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECT, 14 :; Opinion seems much to be divided as to whn f l og e§ suits of this most important election will be. The of have begun to throw out insinuations that the t o, the League are to be profusely lavished. Th an v o t , n however, nothing more untrue was ever uttered. ''ere shilling of its funds will be thus expended—indeed, re is no occasion, not the least, to draw on any fer e , i edero• sources to carry out the intentions of the free "Tots In less than a couple of hours, upwards of 6,0 0 °" a subscribed by fewer than a score of individuals, 0 co ed guarantee fund will, from present appearances, °tog 20,0001. In the Manchester district alone it now a r ° fully to upwards of 10,000/. Liverpool is expected to un no as much ! Talk of want of funds, ind ee d ! whit cl t s ob' former occasion was there ever half the amen e " a scrib ed. r he A rather more particular scrutiny into the registriciante• given additional confidence to the free trade et e h the It is a matter of perfect notoriety, and admitted I t ,. in Tories, that they have grossly neglected their duty ; non-attendance to the registration of thei r flist the whilst it is on the contrary equally notorious, Wortaill Liberals have paid unceasing attention to that inW ro ; in matter. Thanks to the League for this, at any ra hav e sa id to so d this respect, the League may certainly be expended some cash ; but evidently not to bapr„ e P at ties for the present election, which has come upon r by surprise. rb, ll°S The free trade committee are now fairly at -°,,sbirei only in Manchester, but throughout South IA II , - a ro and, as there is no doubt that their urrangeinen:sfooni" the best and most effective description, the ales" - able results are anticipated. cttht-gl In consequence of the poll being fixed for --lt w ee clay and Tuesday, the 27th and 28th, and as the ~rent' is also the race week, the time will be one of tbe b o a est possible bustle and tormoil. No work of Il i, can reasonably be expected to be proceeded ivitu' Mercury. „,ea Since our last publication this contest has its 6ti it 11 0- appearance of somewhat greater animation thneicritbil previously exhibited ; and we believe th bentterwlie, active canvass is carried on by both parties, n_tisfien' are, as usual, very confident ; but we are quite so_ d r eir that neither has yet received returns on which nfi'oss sonable judgment as to the chance of ultimate ; p ed" can be founded. Both seem laudably cautious (21_1;50:- ing money ; and there is consequently a tna rked i r o de) (with one exception, to which we shall briefli allude) those squibbing placards which are generally se, t n etv to u ti in contested elections. Altogether, it seems 11 ; 11 ;4 O f one of the quietest and least exciting struggles re, been known in the annals of electioneering. isawbet It will be seen from reports which w e give to a ie . that both the candidates have begun their visi t :4 Ye t , different towns in the division ; Mr. Brown INr. En terday visited Wigan, Bolton, and Bury ; lo n l'h u- ; wisle having made his appearance at Liverpoo f3at day, and at Rochdale and Oldham yesterdtg• ,rior thel` have not yet heard when either of them wil l r respects to the electors residing in th is town. eiectorool It will be seen, that, in addres sing th o n _ Rochdale yesterday, Mr. Entwisle made sr olio. to a placard which had appeare d on ti" Manchester Guardian of Saturday. oxmarame•roz....a .se.mr...._ Dispatches were sent off on Saturday, fr ° " 3 . lonial-office, for the Govern CO 1e A. A On the 13th inst., at Isabel-place , Ke elinillgt°—n. lII* ' P f/ Cope, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Harrogate, the lady of George o f nion, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. g SA 5 Ale' On the 15th inst. , the lady of the 80. - ' . sesi* Ingfield, near Settle of a son. E u stott - On the 17th inst., in S o uthampton - p lace, o f , d' .. , d. the wife of E. J. Weston, Esq. , o f a daughter. , o ire On he 17th inst., at Camden-road Vitlaslav, U'r, o e f a 01P Speed, t Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-a O'e r.. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at Plymstock, DOVOLI, Esq., solicitor, Plymouth, to Sophia Harris, secoll,' NO . of C. Harris, - Harris, Esq., of Plymouth, banker. up l ap On the 16th inst., at East Tasted, Hants, Mr, of .- ber, of Halberton 'Devon, to Martha, only daub George Dyer, of the former place. Oth er ' DIED. . he r br . cl On the 16th inst., suddenly, at the residence of be loi l Mr. Henry Baines Faversham, Ken Fanny, the Doild °lj d: wife of Mr. T. Marsden, jun., of Nelson-squared'esteoMe Few passed through life more deservedly beloved an to lea• On the Ist of Februarx, at liong-Xong;.As° NichAolgahtet missary-Ganeral John Irvine. - .. ' il li° On the 13th inst., at St. Helier's, e Du lT ' Garnett, aged 85. , AO- ton, On the 14th inst., at Morden Rectory, Surce.,6loti tig eldest daughter of Robert Hepburne,:Esq., °' Jane ttet North Britain, aged 42. .. nubile, t i v. • On the 15th inst., at Upper Merrion-street, ,-- - a t, 1,02_,t -- o s , the wife of Edward Mayne, Esq., of Norfolk-cres.cloa lio"' On the 16th inst., at Blackheath► John Will home, Esep, aged 48. jersey, the Ite/' -- 1 -7 - RDO London: Printed and Published b 1%1-- nifice , No. 112, 1 Strand, Printer, at The Susil+ tk COW ) Strand, in the Precinct of t he Savoy, Bliddleaex, Monday, May 20, 1544. F the ekp List bill 19u ( it. 1 Or 01, tri