The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

FRANCE AND MOROCCO. (From the Church and State Gazette.) The official organ of the French Government, in Paris, has just published a manifesto upon the differences at present existing between the above countries, which is suspected, with good reason, to come from the pen of M. Guizot himself. It is rather lengthy; but its substance may be comprised in the few assertions—that war neither exists, nor has been declared ; that the Government of Morocco is responsi ble for the late attack made on the French troops ; and that the latter will abstain from making reprisals while they await the answer of the Emperor to the demand of the Consul-General at Tangiers,for complete reparation. The manifesto then expresses its determination of compelling the expulsion of Abd-el-Kader from the Maroquim territory, and terminates by some remark ably high-sounding phrases, not at all equivocal as to their meaning, but very doubtful with respect to their sincerity. This conclusion declares that France is actuated by no desire for territorial aggrandisement, or of conquest ; that she does not wish to subdue the empire of Morocco, and that were she compelled to subdue it, she has no intention of keeping it. And, finally, that the space she occupies, and, as she says, will ever occupy, in Africa, is sufficient for her, and that she has no desire to add an inch to her present possessions. Now, we have not the slightest inclination to doubt the gallantry or the good faith of the French nation generally ; nevertheless, we must acknow ledge that we have not the slightest confidence in the expressions of moderation used on this occasion by M. Guizot. We have no doubt that he and his party acting with him are sincere—but sincerity in France depends upon circumstances ; and the present French Ministry may be succeeded by another, who will sacrifice the national honour, pledged in the face of the world, to opportunities which may rise, and to advantages attending the seizing of them. Any one, however slightly ac quainted with French history, will agree with us on this point. Years ago, France made the decla ration that the Pyrenees were her natural boundary on the south, yet when intrigue triumphed, and Louis XIV. was enabled to exclaim, " Les Pyrenees ne sont plus !" the expression was hailed with tri umph, and exalted into a proverb. She has repeat edly expressed herself content with her limits as they at present exist, and yet it is the darling object of the Republicans of France to push her boundary to the other side of the Rhine. Napoleon himself com menced his dazzling career by promises of confining himself to the internal happiness and security of the .French territory, yet long ere that career had termi nated he had borne terror and desolation into every corner of Europe. It is within the memory of us all, that when General Bour mont was sent to chastise the Dey of Algiers, the Governments of Europe were explicitly assured that the object of the expedition was not ; territorial aggrandisement, and that when reparation had been obtained the French troops would retire. The result we all know ; and the excuse for such re sult reminds us of old Dilworth's fable of the two thieves; the ex-Ministry, who promised to abstain from seizing Algiers, quietly justify themselves by saying that they do not retain it ; while their suc cessors, for the time being, assert, with no less self complacency, that they did not take it. We repeat, that, whatever may be done for the moment to appease the watchful sovereignties of Eu rope, there is a great fear of a serious war springing out of this question. It may suit France to say otherwise, but we are satisfied that the mere occupation of Algiers does not suit her purpose, and that she is secretly coveting, and silently working to obtain the possession, not only of Morocco, but of Egypt. With the latter, however, we have for the present nothing to do. The former is a splen did prize, which is now occupying the unquiet spirits of the war party in France ; and to that we confine ourselves. That African dominion, which is now grandiloquently affected to be despised, occupies a territory nearly equal to that of Spain, and whether its population be but of four millions, as asserted by some, or extended to fifteen millions, as it is declared by others, there is little to pre vent the French, who now are biding their time, to enter and pronounce that the present dynasty has ceased to reign. The incontrovertible fact is, that they cannot afford to despise it ; and their proud boast of making the Mediterranean a French station is not likely to be realised until they have obtained possession of the devoted land. The advantages to them of such a possession would be incalculable. The range of hills, inaccessible towards the sea, which extend from Ceuta to Tangiers, would be, in their bands, as impregnable as Gibra l tar . This a lone, with the addition of Tetuan, would gi le them the a bsolute command of the Mediterranean, much more than they, at all events, can ever derive from the occupation of Algiers. Again, on the line of coast between Cape spartel and Cape Non, are situated those numerous seaport towns upon the Atlantic Ocean, which, if im proved, are so admirably calculated for opening a c o mmercial intercourse with Europe, America, the East and West Indies, and, (including Tangiers and Tetuan), with the Mediterranean. The interior is of no less importance, situated as the French are in Africa, than the mere frontier lines. At present they depend for existence upon their supplies derived from Europe. The possesion of the territory of Morocco would relieve them from all accidents and con tingencies connected with such a dependent con dition. The soil of that territory will produce, not merely European necessaries, but all the luxuries both of the Eastern and 'Western world. From the wretchedly slight cultivation which the country at present receives (merely the burning of stubble, before the autumnal rains come on), without the application of any manure, and with a lightness of ploughing that would very much astonish a Worcestershire farmer, it produces all that a numerous French army and colony would require ; for, excepting oats, which will not grow there, the ground, under its present disadvantages, produces in luxurious abundance excellent wheat and barley, Indian corn, and a long and varied list of esculent vegetables. Fruits are equally abun dant, and so are plants, the varieties of which are capable of being applied to the most useful purposes both in medicine and the arts. The mines of the Atlas Mountains, worked, as they would be, by French engineering skill, could furnish France, at a cheap rate, with what she most needs, ere she can bring to complete realisation, the steam fleet dream of the pri va t ee r p r ince—namely iron. In short, Morocco is so placed, that, in the present con_ dition of foreign politics, the peace of the world hangs by it. It is calculated to become of the highest political and commercial importance. This is just such an importance as the French would fain acquire, in addition to that which it already possesses ; and when we look upon the map, we cannot but more and snore doubt the assertions of slippery French states men, that they have neither aspirations, desires, nor intentions, directed towards this manifest " coign of 'vantage." In the meantime, as late as Tuesday last the French Government announced to the merchants of France, trading with Morocco, that there would be no war, -but that everything would be settled by diplomacy. Fer the present, this is, no doubt, true. France is not yet fully prepared against a power, strong in pride, fanaticism, and position—a power to which three Christian kingdoms (Sweden, Denmark, and Spain,) atilt pay tribute annually. The great adversary of -Morocco is fully aware, that in August the hot wind 'of the desert carries death upon its breathings : that' in • September all the enorgies of man would dis solve and be swept away before the deluge of rain which then converts the conntry into a wide morass - (defended from invasion by the rampart of poisonous vapour with which it is enclosed) ; and that in the dry season, the locust would be the most efficient allies ofthe Negro-Moorish troops, by spreading famine' -about the path of the intruders. These circumstances show that time, opportunity, and foresight, must all :be wanted, valued, and observed, ere the first shot can be safely fired, that will shake the peace ofnations. That this shot will be fired, we firmly believe, _judging, as we do rather from the acts than the • words, of the Ministry of the Tuilleries. The old Emperor Muley, in 1770, swore by his beard, that no' Christian should ever again enter Tetuan. We fear' our neighbours have especial views on this very city and that they will not be slow to show their disregard' for the commands of the Vizier of the faithful. Once' Moorish te re e cruisers ; Irishs rs there, farewell peace ! We had much rather again behold, as our grandsires beheld, lying in wait behind Lundy Island, to • traders sailing to Bristol, than the I±rench exacting satisfaction from Muley Abderrahman, after th e same fashion employed by them to wring it from th e Dey. The lighting from the swivel gun of a s t eam frigate would be quite sufficient to protect out mar c lients from whole fleets of Salee rovers; but the — world must be in flames ere we could make the four kingdOins, forming the empire of Morocco, too hot to be occupied by those who now see more glories and ad. vantages attending' the future struggio than are discernible by the Em i - Jish press, Elmahassen bus no terrors for them. The memory of Christian armies slaughtered there, is a welcome rather than a prohi bition. And certain we are, that when even every; .abadow of cause and reason for an Invasion has been dispersed, they will condescend to plagiarise from Lord Ellenborough's grand drama in jlindostan, and we shall see them bringing back those glared gates of ;,Seville, the carrying off of which was one of the greatest triumphs of the mighty Almanzor. Buried, on Monday last, at Cardigan, with • ta?Y honours, aged 50, SarottOi GP.Froan, a pensioner fronp • .the 60th infantry, who had been in sOmal engagementa with Colonel Love ' Vi in. is said, on one inu, to have saved the gallant colonel's life. When the gallant , colonel lay wounded on the pieine of Waterloo, Garman moved bins to a more retired spot, and out of the way of the horses, &e. Re bad not done so long before a* Munition waggon burst, and killed many that were pear where the colonel had Ishii—Monmouth 31erlin. THE STATE TRIALS. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Sheil to Mr. Wyse, whose motion respecting the State Trials had been delayed by the keep ng back of the returns for which he moved : TO THOMAS WYSE, ESQ., M.P. MY DEAR WYSE,—You have postponed the motion with respect to the constitution of the jury by which O'Connell has been convicted. The reasons by which you have been induced to adopt this step appeared to me fully to justify it; in deed, you had no choice ; but as I apprehend that in Ireland an inevitable delay may be mistaken for. a most detrimental procrastination, and as almost equivalent to an abandonment of your purpose, and as I know that you are determined to proceed, I think that you are bound to take the earliest opportunity of signifying your unalterable resolution to bring the facts connected with the trial before the House and the coun try. It is a matter of surprise in Ireland that those facts have not been made the subject of minute discussion, and that an inquiry was not demanded immediately after the sentence was carried into effect. That the deliverer of his country should have have been de prived of his personal freedom, and that up to this moment that great incident in the history of Ireland should have been hardly noticed in the House of Commons, appears at first view to be inexplicable. The exclusion of every Catholic from the jury, the tampering with the panel, the reiterated declara tion of Judge Perrin, that the jury was improperly constituted, ought to have been, and must most assuredly be, made the subject of debate in Parliament. This great question is most properly in your hands. The high estimate in which your abilities are held, the personal respect which is entertained for you by men of all parties, will give no ordinary weight to your statement in the House of Commons. We are all rejoiced that you have taken up the cause ; but you should state to the Irish people, whose eyes are turned on you, your immovable determination, as soon as you can by possibility, to demand a Com mittee from the Minister whose conduct in these proceedings has been so strongly impeached. I ven ture also to suggest to you, that you are well warranted in writing to the absent Irish Members, and entreating them to attend in their places in Par liament when your motion shall come on. One of my motives in writing to you, and in thus publicly addressing you, is to express my own per suasion that you will not leave O'Connell to destiny without a remonstrance against the mode in which the prosecution was carried on, and the conviction was procured. The effect of any impression that we had abandoned the man to whom we owe everything would be most discreditable to ourselves, and most injurious to the whole country. If Irishmen do not seek redress for a flagitious injustice in the House of Commons, were are they to look for it ? Lord John Russell, the leader of the Whig party, to whose solemn and deliberate declarations on such a subject the utmost importance must be attached, has stated, in the most emphatic manner, his conviction that O'Connell has not been fairly tried. This is a great fact, and Lord John Russell and his political associaies will, beyond all doubt, co operate with us in calling on the Government to af ford us an opportunity of proving the charge pre ferred against them.—There were a few, but they were very few, who thought that your motion in the Commons was connected in some way with the ques tion to be decided on the writ of error in the Lords. They now feel that in this impression they were sig nally in error. The question before the Lords is one of law, the question which you propose to raise in the Commons is one of fact. In the Lords the question will be, not whether the jury was corruptly consti tuted, but supposing it to have been so, whether the verdict should be set aside.—The question in the Commons on your motion will be, whether the Pro testant jury, by whom the great Catholic was tried and convicted, was fraudently formed. The defendants challenged the array, and the following is an extract from the challenge, in which the fact (which the Crown counsel did not venture to try) is thus put in issue :—" And the said Daniel O'Connell further says, that a certain paper writing, purporting to be a ge- neral list, purporting to be made out from said several lists, so corrected, signed, and allowed as aforesaid, was illegally and fraudulently, and for the purpose and with the intent to prejudice the said Daniel O'Connell in the cause, made out by some person or persons unknown ; and the said Daniel O'Connell says that the said list, purporting to be such general list, does not contain the names of all the persons whose qualification has been allowed, upon the correcting, allowing, and signing of said lists as aforesaid, by the said Recorder, but omitted the names of divers, to wit, 60 persons, whose qualification respectively to be on said list ha d been so allowed as aforesaid by the said Recorder, which said several persons whose names were so omitted are as follows ; that is to say—(Here follow sixty names inserted in the challenge)." The Crown, instead of joining issue upon the question of fact, instead of having the allegation set forth in the chal lenge—the charge of fraud—tried in open Court, de murred to the challenge; that is, insisted that, even admitting that the panel was fraudulently fabricated, still the case should be tried by a jury derived from that corrupted source. In the House of Lords, the question to be decided is utterly unconnected with that of fact, namely, whether an infamous tampering with the panel took place ; but is simply whether the verdict should stand, notwithstanding that this suppresion of the names of jurors may have been per petrated in the process by which the panel was made up. If the question of fact were to undergo an investiga tion in the Lords, it might be plausibly suggested that to the Lords that investigatiou should be con signed ; but with the fact the Lords have nothing whatever to do. It is only in the House of Commons that we can effectually inquire whether a Protestant jury has been packed, for the conviction of the fore most man in a Catholic nation, under a Government by which protestations of impartiality and of purity are so strenuously made. God forbid that we should be sufficiently pusillanimous, or sufficiently apathetic, not to demand an inquiry into what even Sir James Graham admitted to have been a most fortu nate occurrence. It will require a more than ordi- nary exercise of the peculiar - abilities by which the ac complished Baronet is distinguished, to show any plausible reason for not investigating, through a Com mittee, an imputation which so many circumstances have concurred to establish. R. L. SHEIL. THE SUGAR PLANTERS. At all events the country can now experience no difficulty in comprehending the policy of Ministers on the subject of sugar. It is openly and obviously an attempt to conciliate the West India interest, which will not succeed, because a too great disposition is at the same time evinced to conciliate public opinion. The planters have made the discovery that they are to be flung overboard, sooner or later. For the nonce Sir Robert Peel informs them they are to enjoy a pro tecting duty of ten shillings per hundred weight, but they are net to count upon it ; at the end of the year he is to be on their back again, and then the ten shillings will probably be reduced to five, or annihilated alto gether. This they must, indisputably, look upon as a pleasant prospeet but all the pleasure to be derived from it they most richly deserve to enjoy, first, be cause they aro grasping and unjust monopolists; and, secondly, because they have not the spirit to resent the assault made by the landowners upon their mo. nopoly, by uniting with the free-traders to bring about a repeal of the corn-laws. They have but a year 'e respite, either to reap the fruits of their own injustice, or to avenge themselves by striking at the injustice of others; If they neglect the opportunity they will fall, not only uepitied, but objects of uni versal derision. They will pass down to posterity as men who were as devoid of courage as of hu manity—who clung to slavery so long as its abomination could be protracted, and who, when they could be slave-holders no longer, commenced a base and hypocritical crusade against the last linger ing remnants of the disreputable body from which they had been compelled to separate themselves. With regard to Ministers, nothing can be more pi tiable than the situation in which they are placed, if we except, perhaps, the House of Commons, which consents, at the bidding cif Sir Robert Peel, to vote that black is white, or white black, or any other ab surdity or contradietion whatsoever. Both the House and the Cabinet have enseonced themselves behind a thicket of inextricable absurdities, and most gross and palpable sophisms. No principle whatever guides theie decisions. In one country they are hostile, in another they are friendly, to slavery ; they make distinctions without a difference—coin epithets to desig nate different forms of servitude—disguise plain met• ters of fact—pervert the testimony of travellers, or oppose it by other testimony, anonymous, and there contrivances to fore worthless to the public, since, for aught anybody ""ifs. it may be a poor invention—imagine petty @Jude objections in debate, though they know that those contrivances must prove worth less tie practice—and while matting ail this display of cunning disingenuousness and hypocrisy, experiencing A ll the while the ectrisciollsnes - s - that they are unable suceessfelly to oppose public opium' n, and that they mean, in the amuse of twelve months, quietly to snot cumb to it. 113 sonic* respects, perhaps, cir curnstinces have eembinod make Minis ters appear to be answerable for a greater amount of ignorance than they really possess, since they probably know considerably m ore t h an they would .e t4oqght to know of the condition of labourers in "Po'4' Phina, ansi Birman They are aware that githomil noP negroes, the phi. vators of the soil are, to all intents and purposes, eiava—itt op country transferred like cattle with the estates, in another 041npe . 1 1 4 to labou r b y the stic k , and in a third kept to their tasks by P. , r114t4P 3 i l l' flues ces in which force greatly presiorniPOPa: 110 the Peel Administration is determined henodere ward to understand by the word slavery nothing but that predial or farm servitude, the t7Ve of which is THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY found in the Spanish West Indies and the Brazils. To slavery in any other form they have no objection. They will buy and sell freely with Turkey, where a large portion of the population has always consisted of slaves—with Egypt, where precisely the same state of things exist—with the United States, which are ambitious to rival Turkey and Egypt in this particular—and, in one word, with the whole world, without inquiring whether labour be forced or free, if we except Cuba and the Brazils. Now, is not this gross and impudent hypocrisy, if anything can be called hypocrisy which exhibits itself after so undis guised a fashion ? We would rather describe it as unparalleled effrontery, systematically insulting the country by the use of words which have no meaning in the mouths of those who utter them. It is not any respect for humanity that guides them, because they consent to purchase slave .grown cotton and coffee—it is a not a consideration of religious feeling, because they consent to deal in slave-grown sugar it self, provided it be consumed by foreigners or our own countrymen settled in the colonies—it is, and can be nothing else, therefore, than the result of a tacit compact with West Indians to protract their mono poly as long as possible, provided they in return will uphold the monopoly of corn at home. If any one can make anything else of it we heartily wish him joy of his ingenuity—the undertaking surpasses our power altogether. Connected with this question there is another of much interest to the community ; we mean the probable down fal of the Peel cabinet. Within the last few days it has been within an ace of dissolution, and has, in fact, hovered for some months on the confines of life and death. The slightest accident would now suffice to overthrow the Ministry, and break up the party which but a short while ago appeared all powerful, and the reason is that there exists no solid principles on which such a Ministry and such a party can re pose. Conservatism is a sort of negative force, a vis inertia., which may impede but cannot operate. When the time of action arrives this opprobium of action must be got rid of, for there is no compelling of nonentity to coalesce with existence. Society itself advances perpetually, and the policy which would regulate its movements must obviously advance along with it. To be what is called a Conservative is to stand still, while to be a Reformer is to adapt the institutions of the country, under all circumstances, to the exigencies of the times.—Sunday Times. NE 24, 1644, On his cross-examination he admitted that the salary the plaintiff paid him was only 12s. a week, an admission which caused a roar of laughter. Mr. HUMPHREY, in addressing the jury for• the de fendant, said that, unfortunately, in all cases of this kind, juries were invariably prejudiced in favour of the plain tiff, and, in proof of it, mentioned a case in which cross actions had been brought by two parties, one after thc other, for injuries sustained by negligent driving, in each of which the jury returned a verdict for the plain tiff: After remarking upon the evidence of the plaintiff's witness, who was employed in the double capacity of clerk and nurse, and making a comparison between him and Mrs. Gamp, which caused continued roars of laugh ter, the Learned Counsel remarked upon the prejudice which the plaintiff's Counsel had endeavoured to create against omnibus drivers in general, by stating that it was dangerous to meet one of those vehicles in the streets. He (Mr. Humphrey) feared it was much more dangerous for an omnibus driver to meet an attorney.—(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel, after some further humorous observations, said that the facts of the case, as he should be enabled to prove by the defendant's witnesses, were these :—The defendant's driver was not racing with another omnibus, as had been stated ; on the contrary, he was driving at a very steady pace. The plaintiff's gig was behind a cart, which was laden with bars of iron, the jingling noise of which caused plaintiff's horse to shy, and the animal suddenly sprang across the road, and the plaintiff's gig consequently came with such violence against the step of the defendant's omnibus as to force it into the side of the vehicle. The plaintiff's gig was upset by the collision, and that was the way in which the accident occurred. The plaintiff made no complaint at the time of the conduct of the defendant's driver, but, in the following January commenced the present action, without giving the defendant any notice of his intention to do so. The Learned Counsel, after some further ob servations, called Ray, the driver, Wilson, the conductor of defendant's omnibus, and several other witnesses, who swore the occurrence was such as he had described. Mr. COCSBURN, on the part of the plaintiff, after the defendant's witnesses had been examined, agreed to submit to a nonsuit, and a verdict was returned accordingly. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY V. THE EARL OF LONSDALE. In this case Mr. Butt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sheppard for the defendant. It was an action brought by the Great Western Rail way Company against the Postmaster-General, to re cover the sum of 48,305/. lls. 10E1., for carrying the mails on their railway from July, 1841, to the time of the present year at which the action was commenced. The question in dispute was the amount of the remunera tion to which the plaintiffs were entitled for the services they had performed. The matter was originally re ferred to arbitration, under the powers given by the Act of Parliament, and the arbitrators appointed as their um pire Mr. Pusey, M.P. for Berkshire. The arbitrators had several meetings afterwards, but could not agree upon their award, and they left the whole question to be decided by Mr. Pusey, who made his award, directing the defendant to pay to the plaintiffs a certain sum per day for carrying the mails, and also one year's interest on the amount which the plaintiffs claimed, and which amounted altogether to the sum which the plaintiffs now claimed. - Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN inquired if there was any fact in dispute between the parties? Mr. SHEPPARD replied in the negative, and said the Government would willingly pay whatever sum was justly due to the plaintiffs, but a difficulty had arisen in consequence of Mr. Pusey having unfortunately made two awards. The Post-office authorities had no objec tion to the appointment of fresh arbitrators, and the whole question being submitted to their decision. After a very long discussion between the counsel on both sides, it was arranged that a juror should be with drawn, each party to pay their own costs, and the whole question again referred to arbitration. OLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) CITY POLICE COMMIT7'E.E. A journeyman tailor, of the name of Burns, living in Greyhound-alley, appeared to answer a summons taken out against him by the relieving officers of the parish of St. Andrew-under-Shaft, to show cause why he refused to maintain his daughter in the workhouse. The case was partially gone into before Mr. Alderman Copeland at the former sitting of the Court, when it appeared that in consequence of the girl not being in a fit state to be allowed at large, the parents got her admitted to the workhouse, and were willing to pay Is. 6d. a week to wards her maintenance, but this the parish officers re fused, and insisted on the sum of ss. 6d., for which they had summoned him to pay. Alderman COPELAND expressed some surprise at the amount demanded by the parish. The relieving officer said that ss. 6d. was the price of a pauper's maintenance per week. That was the sum the parish contracted for. Alderman COPELAND—The sum is enormous. All we pay for the support of a prisoner in Newgate is 2s. per week, yet, he would be bound, the poor in the work houses were not so well fed as those confined within the walls of that prison. He believed the boys in Christ's Hospital only cost 204 per annum, and they were well fed and clothed. After some further observations he postponed the case till Saturday, in order that some arrangement might be come to. However, on the case being called, the parish officers still held out for ss. 6d. The father, it appeared, was °lily in the receipt of 12s. 6d. per week, out of which he had to pay 4s. a week rent, leaving very little to sup port his wife and family. He wished to keep his child virtuous, and the only way he could effect this was by keeping her in the workhouse, where, he said, she was evidently improving, and there was every appearance of her recovery. The parish officers said the father had no settlement in the parish, and it was an injustice to them that they should be burdened with a pauper who had no claims upon them. They saw no reason why she should not be passed to Ireland, where she had a settlement. Alderman KELLY thought the idea of parting the child from her parents, for the purpose of sending her to her settlement in Ireland, was monstrous, and ought not for a moment to be entertained. The MAGISTRATES then consulted, and, after some deliberation, declined to make any order, or decide one way or the other. The unfortunate girl, who was present during the proceedings, was then taken back to the workhouse. The poor creature is a decided lunatic. Mr. Richard Shilloto, landlord of the Swan and Hooper public-house, Finsbury -pavement, was charged with harbouring prostitutes in his house on the morning of the 10th inst. The case was proved by police -sergeant Saunderson, 106, of the City police, who stated that he, hearing a noise in the defendant's house at two o'clock in the morning above stated, listened and heard parties tossing over the counter for bottles of wine, and obscene language going on among some women. 'When the door was opened, he saw three prostitutes of the worst descrip tion standing drinking. Mr. Shilloto said it was impossible for him to discover who were prostitutes and who were not. He was not in the bar at the time the officer entered, therefore was un conscious who the characters were. He charged the po lice with intimidation, and was unable to support the ac cusation. The defendant was convicted in the penalty of 60s. and 3s. costs. The next ease was against William Medby, the re puted landlord of the Three Tuns Tavern in Fetter-lane, Fleet-street, for serving spirits on Sunday mor n i ng l ast . The case being prov e d, and Mr. Inspector Fosbrook re porting the house to be indifferently conducted, the Court inflicted the penalty of 20s. and the amount'of costs. Mr. Croher, of the George Inn, Aldermanbury, was summoned for permitting drinking in his house on Sunday morning last. The case was dismissed with payment of the costs. BOW-STREET. Mr. William Kemmis, the Crown Solicitor for Ireland, was brought before Mr. Twyford, the sitting Magistrate, in the custody of an officer of the A division of police, charged under the 9th George IV., ch. 55, sec. 56, with having stolen a, letter from the Castle of Dublin, ad dressed by Mr. Robert Johnson, of Kinlouth , late as sistant-barrister of the county of Mayo, to the Right Hon. John Littleton, now Lord Hatherton, in the month of October, 1834. The defendant was not placed in the dock, but was allowed to take his seat at the table ap propriated to solicitors. The particulars of this extra ordinary case were as follows : In the year 1834 Mr. Robert Johnson filled the situa tion of assistant barrister for the county of Mayo, having as his depnty Mr. George O'Malley Irwin. On the 7th of October of that year, a letter, purporting to be signed by Mr. Irwin, was received at the Castle of Dublin, inti mating that Mr. Johnson had resigned his situation, to which an answer was returned by Mr. Littleton, accept ing the resignation, and at the same time expressing regret on the part of the Government that such a. deter mination had been come to by Mr. Johnson, who imme diately wrote to the Lord Lieutenant, expressing his thanks to his Excellency for the kind expressions con tained in his letter. Mr. Irwin subsequently applied for the vacant situation; and his application was backed by testimonials from the Marquis of Clanricarde and others, but it was not successful. In the following year two indictments were preferred against Mr. Irwin, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, charging him with having forged the resignation of Mr. Johnson, for the purpose of clandestinely obtaining his situation, on which occasion Mr. Irwin demanded that the letters of Mr. Littleton and Mr. Johnson should be produced to prove the mark. Johnson had himself admitted having resigned the situation, but those letters were not forthcoming, as Mr. Kemmis declared that he knew nothing about them, and the only letter produced on the trial was the letter of Mr. Irwin containing the resignation of Mr. Johnson. Mr. Irwin then ap plied for leave to communicate with Mr. Johnson on the subject, and the answer received from him was that he had told Mr. Irwin that, as the Government intended to remove him, he should submit to their decision, but that it was utterly untrue that he was satisfied with Mr. Irwin having sent in the resignation, of which he was totally ignorant until he received a communication to that effect from the Irish Government. Mr. Irwin was consequently convicted, but afterwards obtained a testi monial from Chief Justice Pennefather to the effect that his cause had been lost in consequence of the non-pro duction of the two letters in question. Mr. Irwin now produced copies of those letters, which he said he had obtained from Mr. Armstrong, who was at the time se cretary to Mr. Kemmis, the originals of which he charged Mr. Kemmis with having stolen, in order to prevent their being produced on the trial. In answer to the charge, Mr, I'emlnis said that in the 18 3 5 , , he, lleing Solicitor to the Crown in Ireland, was directed to prosecute Mr. Irwin on the charge of ; forging the name of Mr. Johnson to a resignation of his office as assistant barrister, and he was convicted upon two indictments. Mr. Irwin here declared that the jury who tried him was a packed one, and that seven out of the twelve were talcum instead of special jurymen. THE SUGAR CONTEST. The great bulk of the Liberal Members supported Mr. Miles's amendment, with the exception of the pure free-traders, such as Messrs. Cobden, Bright, Gibson, &c. Lord John Russell, Lord Howick, Mr. Labouchere, and others, saw that the amendment, if carried, would lower the price of sugar; to the con sumer, and would thus be a national benefit. Mr. Roebuck said, it mattered not to him that the pro posal for the reduction of duty emanated from the sup porters of monopoly. In this case it happened that the interests of the monopolists coincided with the in terests of the consumers, and therefore he would sup port the amendment. - The pure free-traders, however, did not, or would not, see matters in this light. They saw in Mr. Miles's motion only a proposal for the benefit of the monopolists, and, accordingly, Messrs. Cobden, Gib son, Bouverie, and other pure free-traders, amounting to about thirteen in all, voted for the high rate of duties, and against the consumer. The pure free traders thus have the high merit of saving the Tory Ministry ! It is pretty obvious, from this and other late divi sions in the House of Commons, that parties are break ing up, and have much greater difficulty in holding to gether than they had formerly. Men begin to form opi nions for themselves, independent of the views and opinions of the Ministry. The younger Members of the Conservative party—inoculated with the new ideas are becoming particularly restive; and threaten to overleap the traces and overset the coach. Peel has no control over them—they taunt and defy him ; and it is evident that, but for the wily cauti ousness and moderation of the. Premieif an open rup ture would have taken place ere now. The Liberal party also is broken up, and without coherence. Members begin to act independently. At the same time there is no strong body of men—there is no great leading mind—Peel still stands alone. Weak ness and imbecility are the characteristics of all parties. Principles are held of small value.— Leeds Times. AN EXECUTION IN BARBARY As we hastened towards the party, we perceived they had two prisoners, who were secured with ropes fastened round their arms and waist. I recognised one of them to be a native of Reef, who had formerly been a gardener in the service of one of my friends at Tangier. He was a fine, tall, handsome youth, and his countenance was far from indicating anything vicious and depraved. Having joined them, I in quired of the kaid of the soldiers what was the cause of these men being led as prisoners. " The Sultan—may God prolong his life !" said he, " has ordered that their heads be cut off; they have been carrying on a contraband trade in oxen on the coast of Reef with the infidel Spaniards." " This, indeed," I replied, " is a severe punishment for such a crime; and if it be intended as a warning to others, why prevent the people of Tangier from witnessing it ?" " Reason not with me, Nazarene," said the kaid ; " I have my orders, and shall soon obey them." The Jewish slaughter-ground had been selected as the spot for the execution. There we found a depraved looking Moor, dressed as a butcher, hold ing in his hand a small knife, about half a foot long. This man, we were informed, was the executioner ; he was a stranger, and had been hired to act on this oc casion; for the Mahomedan butchers of Tangier, who are the persons constrained to perform such service when a regular executioner cannot be found, had taken refuge in the sanctuary of Mesmoody ; and had it not been for this person offering his services, the authorities would have been much perplexed how to obey the mandate of the Sultan ; though the com mander of the troops, when informed by the Go vernor of the difficulty, drew his sword, and ex claimed, " Let the criminals be brought to me, and I shall always be found ready to execute the orders of the prince of believers, be they what they may." A morbid curiosity chained me to the spot, al though I foresaw that I should have to witness a most horrid scene. Some wrangling now ensued between the Kaid's soldiers and the executioner as to the reward which the latter was to receive for decapitating the poor wretches, who all the time were standing by, com pelled to listen to the bartering for their blood. The butcher insisted that four dollars had been of fered him for one head alone, and that he must have a second four for the other. The kaid unwillingly yielded the point, and immediately the first victim, who was already half dead with terror, was thrown down on the ground by the executioner, who, kneeling on his breast, put the knife to his throat. I turned away, a violent struggle en sued, and I heard the executioner say, Give me another knife ; mine won't cut.' I looked round ; the wretched man was lying with his throat half cut, his breast heaving, and every limb writhing ! My companion now loudly reproached the party for their cold-blooded atrocity, and called upon them to put the suffering man out of his misery. After a time another knife was handed by a soldier to the executioner, and the head was severed. The soldiers shouted feebly, "May God prolong the life of our Sultan !" though I observed that many of them were as much horrified as ourselves. I remained riveted on the spot, while yet another victim awaited his fate. This was the fine-looking fellow of whom I have spoken ; again there took place a bartering for his blood ; the kaid denying his last promise, and declaring that he would not give even the four dollars unless the head of the second criminal was cut off. To this the executioner was at length forced to consent. The culprit now begged to be untied. This request being acceded to, he took off his gelab,-and giving it to the soldier who had performed this last act of kindness towards him, said, " Accept this ;we shall yet meet in another world." His tur ban he threw to another, who had uttered a word of pity, instead of joining in the insulting shout of the soldiery; and walking steadily to the spot where his companion lay, he cried out with a distinct voice, " There is no God but God, and Mahomet is his pro phet." Then turning to the executioner, he loosened his girdle, and gave it to him, haying, " For the love of God, sever my head with better dispatch than you did that of my brother." He laid himself flat on the ground, yet moist with blood; and the knee of the ruffiian, for so he deserved to be called, was placed on the iteefian's breast. A horseman was now seen galloping towards the party. " A reprieve !" shouted my friend. The executioner withheld his knife. " Stop! stop !" " It is only the son of the Governor," exclaimed a soldier; "he is coming to sea the execution, Wait for him." I rushed away in horror ; and soon afterwards we 114 w the soldiers bearing in their hands the two bleed• ing heads.--We,stern Barbary, hy J. la, Hay, TUE CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION MOVEMENT.—' Meetings have this week been held at Bradford, Leeds, Halifax, and Huddersfield, to carry forward this move. went. They have been attended by Charles Hindley Esq., M.P. and the Rev. Dr. Reed, as a deputation from London, and the ministers and leading members of the body have assisted. At Bradford the noble amount of 3.70Q1, has already been raised ; and as one chapel has not commence: subscription, the sum is expected to rpe•eh not less than 5,0001. At Leeds only one congrega tion has yet made any regular effort, namely, that of East Parade Chapel, which has raised 1,000! ; the amount of 1804 haS been promised in Cineen:strept ()ha el, hNt this is only a beginning. In Belgrave and Se.? lisiNlsoMe § II RI al waa 4 1 1 1 1014nPeci lefß Ptvos nothing is yet clone. At ffalifqx, the very We have not yet heard the the meeting. amount at Huddersfield, where a meeting was held last niiht.—,Leeds Mercury. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. EVENING, J PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The present position of Sir Robert Peel towards his party suggests many similitudes ; but scarcely will it suggest such another as that of this morning's Herald. With reference to Mr. Duncombe's apostrophe of the other night in the House of Commons, the Herald says :—" A saucy, off-hand sort of style may do very well among the ladies, or even at White Con duit House ; but they would tell Mr. Duncombe at the Zoological Gardens, You had better not touch the lion with that parasol.' " The Prime Minister then is the lion, and the House must be understood to form the rest of the collection. This is scarcely more compli mentary, on the whole, than Mr. Duncombe's original si mile. Unaccustomed as we are to deal in zoological s-i miles—if we must needs compare Sir Robert Peel to the lion, we should have compared his majority to the man who had got his head in the lion's mouth. " Doth he wag his tail ?"—demands the wretch, whose brain-piece is thus compromised—" then the Lord have mercy upon me !" Sir Robert Peel wags his tongue, and the House trembles. The Government organ affirms, however, that all parties have been damaged by the inconsistent votes on the sugar question. We are content to take its aver ment—as it is certainly true of more than one party. And we want to know what that Government is, whose inscrutable course works damage to all parties. At an early period of this administration Lord Stanley (if we rightly recollect) applied to its head the spirited lines addressed to the Protector Cromwell : " Still as you rise, the State exalted too, Finds no disturbance while 'tis ruled by you— Ruled like the world's great scene, when, without noise, The rising sun night's vulgar lights destroys." We are now told, however, and to a large extent the statement is true, that parties, instead of being raised, are lowered, by the Parhamentary tactics of this Minis try. To produce this result, there must be faults on both sides—there must be something faulty in the morale of Parliament—but there must also be something very wrong, or very defective in its present management. Sir Robert Peel is entirely unwarranted in citing the precedent of Lord Althorp, and the rescission of a vote of the House of Commons upon the Malt Tax. The vote to reduce that tax occurred in a thin House, and by surprise. Lord Althorp told the House, when it re-as sembled in larger numbers, that it involved finan cial consequences which appeared to have been overlooked. He therefore invited the reconsideration of the vote on its own merits. He did not vapour about - it as a symptom of want of confi dence, if adhered to. He did not threaten the House with the loss of his own indispensable services. He simply told them what he was bound to tell them, as a finance Minister. And the House voted with him, be cause they believed his word, and deferred to his views, in that character. Entirely different was the demand of Sir R. Peel on the confidence of his followers. They were to rescind their vote, not because it was im portant, and seemed precipitate, but because it had been deliberate, and liecause it was not important. That it had been deliberate there was no question—for Sir Robert Peel chose to call it preeoncerted. It was fully anticipated, in the City, as in other places, that Mr. Miles's motion would be carried. Ministers should have been prepared for this as fully as were all other men. If there was concert, there was assuredly no secret conspiracy. Ministers had only to send Tad pole or Taper to Mincing-lane or on 'Change, to learn with accuracy—even within one or two of the numbers— the coining vote. The "great fact" of the division was counted upon at Liverpool ere it took place in London. Are we to suppose that Ministers were wrapt from all mortal ken in their Ida of Downing-street—hidden from all men—all men hidden from them —at this critical moment ? Short of this supernatural seclusion, they must have well known what was coming. If they did not, are they not nice men to manage a popular Legis lature ? Are they not nice leaders of a party—and intimately in that party's confidence ? If they did know what was coming, are they not fine guardians of the honour of Parliament in making no provision against such a vote—giving no note of their inten tions (Sir Robert Peel sat biting his thumb during the debate, and no one asked, "Do you bite your thumb at me, Sir ?")—but silently reserving them selves to demand that the vote, when passed, should , be rescinded. We don't believe such a piece of contempt was ever hazarded on any assembly—that is to say sup posing the vote of last Friday week was anti c ip a t e d. Supposing it was not—we can only repeat, Nice leaders ! —nice confidential party ! On that supposition, Sir Robert resembled something more cornuted than our friend the lion, and was nearly the only man in London unknowing of the "great fact" which most concerned him. STANDARD—The House of Lords was last night occupied for a very considerable time comparing the rival Bills of Lords Brougham and Cottenham on the subject of imprisonment for debt, and examining the pretensions of each measure, both of which were in the end ordered to be cast into the crucible of a Select Committee, in order to amalgamate them into something as nearly perfect as possible. Not having seen either Bill (for the House of Lords still care fully guards its papers), we are in no condi tion to form any judgment upon either ; prima facie, however, we. ~must of course preer the measure of Lord Brougham, who has done so much good in legislation, to the Bill of Lord Cottenham, who has done nothing, or at least nothing but mischief ! Upon the general purpose of the two measures, there can be, we would hope, but little difference of opinion ; debt is not necessarily a crime, and, therefore, ought not to be punished as a crime. On the other hand, credit is very often a crime, and, therefore, the creditor ought not to be armed with the power of adding crime to crime by imprisoning and ruining the unhappy debtor whom he may have en trapped. But if credit is often equally blameable with debt, surely the presumption ought to be in favour of the debtor ; and the onus of proving a criminality in the debt ought, in the first instance, to be thrown upon the creditor. If there is any one who supposes that it matters nothing with which party you be g in in sifting out the guilt of a debt, he knows v er y little of the work ing of the law of debtor and creditor •, for he forgets that, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the recovery of the costs, and not of the debt, is the weapon wielded by the creditor; the thing dreaded by the unhappy debtor. Tkis fiction of the non•existence of costs is, indeed, a delusion much encouraged by the way in which questions of law reform are discussed in Par liament, and, may we be pardoned for saying it, by the demeanour of judges on the bench, To read parlia mentary ld de t b h a i t n e k s a t hnadt th th e e e r h e ar s ge n s o c' s f u j ch thing as a, bill of costs in the world. The debtor, says a Noble Lord, a Member of the House of Commons, may file his petition— may apply for a judge's order —may do this or do that ; whereas, the debtor may do nothing of the kind fin less he has money in his pocket, and a good deal 'of money too, which we suppose is not always the case with debtors. So in the courts of justice we hear the judges constantly telling juries that they must give some damages, because of a legal presumption (though every one in court cue safely swear that no damage has been sufrered), but earnestly ex horting them not to give intemperate damages ; and this farce is carried on whilst the difference between temperate and intemperate damages would be at most 50/., whereas the difference to the par ties between any damages and none will amount to 5001. Well may the judge recommend tem perate damages, when he has himself saddled the hapless defendant with most intemperate costs. If law were a merely speculative science, it might be very well to reject all consideration of costs from legislation ; just as in inquiries of pure physical science, we do not think it necessary to admit friction as an element in our calculation ; but, as the practical engineer will certainly blunder if he make no allowance for friction in his expected malts, so the legislator who forgets costs will do OYU as often as he does good by his law reforms. The analogy is, indeed, a feeble one, for no moving power was ever overcome b y f friction to th e same degree that the administration o justice is overwhelmed by costs. This consideration will explain why we think it of vital im portance that the onus of all the necessary expense should be in the first instance thr own upon the creditor. This, of course, will lead to p ar ti cu l ar cases of hard ship, and even of injustice ; but th e oppos i te course must lead to twenty times as many such cases. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Jane 22. RENDAL V. CLARKE. Mr. COCK*URN conducted the case on the part of the plaintiff; whom he described as a solicitor, and the de fendant as the proprietor of one of the Pimlico omnibuses. The action was brought to recover com pensation in damages for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained in consequence of the negligent driving of the defendant's servant. The facts of the case, as he should be enabled to prove by the plaintiff's witnesses, were these :—About eleven o'clock on the morning of Friday, the 10th of November, the plaintiff was driving his gig along Piccadilly, and coming in a direction to wards the City ; when he came nearly opposite to Park lane he met two omnibuses racing against each other, and both of them proceeding at a most furious rate ; they were rival omnibuses, one of them belonging to the defendant, and the other to a person named Glover. At this time the plaintiff's gig was behind a cart, and the defendant's omnibus was en deavouring to overtake that belonging to Glover ; but having been hailed to take up a passenger, at the cor ner of Park-lane, the defendant's driver suddenly crossed the road for that purpose, and in so doing drove the f?rewheel of his omnibus against the wheel of the plain tiff's gig, with such force as to upset the gig. The plain tiff was thrown out with considerable violqnee, and the consequence of his fall was a seyern dislocation of his ankle. He was ii qediately conveyed to the house of Mr, Qurin g , a surgeon, in the neighbourhood, who did what he considered necessary to plaintiff's ankle., rlain tiff was afterwards taken home to his chambers, where he was confined to a melt for Aix weeks, and for the twn following mouths remained under the care of a surgeon, unable to walk, and suffering very great pain. In con sequence of his complete inObility to attend to his busi ness, and he having at the time several suits pending, he was compelled to employ another ttttoreey, to act as his agent and attend to his business for him, whose pimps for that service amounted to 50/. He had also to employ an extra clerk, at a very considerable expense, and in addition to all this, to pay the amount of his surgeon's bill, which amounted to 10/, and to recover those expenses, and also such damages as the jary might think he was entitled to for -I""'whi" "i d sustained, he had brought us the the presentbo d i l. i some remarks upon the reckless conduct .of omnthu!i Cti j on. The Learned Counsel then made . Jrivers in generf4, Which he stm r epdm4 it absulutely angerous for any person driving through the streets of London to meet one of those vehicles, and afterwards called witnesses, who confirmed his statement, Among them was • a. clerk of the plaintiff, who swore that he sat up with him twenty nights after the occur- Puce' and for which be charged los. &night. I Mr. Kemmis said that the letters which were produced on the trial were given to him by Lord Hatherton. Upon those letters Mr. Johnson was examined upon oath, and he proved, to the satisfaction of the jury, that he gave no directions for his resignation to be sent in. Mr. Irwin here said that Mr. Johnson was not exa mined at all. Mr. Kemmis said he was, and it was proved to de monstration that a forgery had been committed. Mr. TWYFORD asked the complainant how he could, under the circumstances, venture to charge Mr. Kemmis with the offence he had done 2—Mr. Irwin, in reply, said, because he was able to give the statements of Mr. Kemmis the flattest contradiction, and he could bring Lord Hatherton forward to prove that Mr. Johnson's letter, containing an acknowledgment of his resignation, and the acceptance of it by Government, was in the Castle of Dublin, with the post-mark upon it, from whence it had been abstracted by Mr. Kemmis. He had subpoenaed his Lordship to attend the trial at Dublin, but which he failed to do. After a very long discussion Mr. TWYFORD said that if it could be shown that there was any foundation for the charge against Mr. Kemmis he would detain him. Mr. Kemmis said the complainant evidently laboured under some delusion on the subject, for he had already summoned the Marquis of Normanby on a similar charge. Mr. TWYFORD said he was very sorry Mr. Kemmis had been put to so much inconvenience, and as there were no just grounds for the accusation against him he should forthwith dismiss the complaint. Mr. Irwin then applied for summonses against Lord Hatherton and Mr. Armstrong to prove that the letters in question were, at the time he alleged, in the Castle of Dublin. The application was, however, refused, and the parties left the Court, the complainant vehemently de claring that justice had not been done him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Harvie Farquhar, Esq., of the banking firm of Farqu har and Co., St. James's-street, summoned before Mr. Hardwick a pawnbroker living in Gilbert-street, named Dobree, to show cause why he detained several saddles and bridles, and other articles, his property, which had been stolen and unlawfully pawned. It appeared that the property in question had been pawned at different times by Mr. Farquhar's groom, who had absconded as soon as his delinquencies came to light. The duplicates relative to the missing property were found in the prisoner's box, and as some of the pawn brokers when applied to refused to give up the property, a summons was taken out in order to ascertain whether, under the provisions of the new Police Act, the Magis trate could not enforce the restoration of the articles to the lawful owner. Mr. Humphries attended on the part of the defendant. In the course of the inquiry it came out in evidence that Mr. l'arquhar had not used all the diligence in his power to procure the apprehension of the prisoner after the felony was discovered. He had suffered some time to elapse before he gave information to the police, and this circumstance was made use of by Mr. Humphries for the advantage of his client. Mr. Humphries contended that had Mr. Farquhar taken immediate steps against his groom, the probability was that the man would have been in custody, and then there would have been no difficulty in securing to Mr. Farquhar the return of any property he might prove to have been stolen from him. As it was, he was of opinion that the Magistrate had no power to award the relief prayed by Mr. Farquhar, namely, that the pawnbroker should give up the property, for, as there was a charge of felony to be made out, it was necessary that the pro perty should remain in its present hands in order to be produced against the culprit when taken into custody. Mr. Farquhar complained of the hardship of having his stables plundered, and although he had clear proof the property had been illegally pawned, that he could not be put in possession of it. Mr. HARDWICK said the Act was defective in one im portant respect ; it gave power to a Magistrate to adju dicate in cases where property had been stolen and pawned, or where illegal 'possession of property was proved, this property being afterwards pawned ; but the Act made no mention of property pawned which a party had legal possession of ; now, the delinquent groom had legal possession of the property, inasmuch as it had been entrusted to his care by his master. Mr. Humphries contended that the complainant could receive no relief under the trover clause in the Police Act. Mr. HARDwics. said he could not understand what was meant by the term trover clause; the clause.in ques tion appeared to him to be a police clause, intended to operate as a check on pawnbrokers against taking goods in pledge without due caution. Mr. Humphries said the complainant was in the situa tion of prosecutor in a case of felony, and as he, there fore, could not legally give evidence in his own case, he could not be examined in support of the information against the pawnbroker. Mr. Farquhar thought that due caution had not been used by the pawnbroker in taking in such a number of articles from a livery servant. On the part of the pawnbroker it was declared that the groom had been in the habit of pawning property at the same shop for fourteen years, and that he was always be lieved to be a horse dealer in a. small way. Mr. HARDWICK said the best way was to allow a rea sonable time for the apprehension of the culprit, and if the police did not succeed in finding him, then to bring the case before him again, and he would decide in what way the property was to be disposed of. DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE DRINKING. —On Thurday, Hr. Baker held an inquest at the Beehive, George-street, Bromley, Middlesex, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Wybrow, aged fifty years. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was the wife of a respectable gentleman, holding a responsible Government office, but in consequence of her habits of intemperance, he had been compelled to separate from her, since which time she has resided at No. 23, George-street, Bromley ; and when she received her monthly allowance would indulge to great excess in ardent spirits. She kept no servant, but relied upon her poorer neighbours to perform the necessary domestic offices of her house. On Friday last she drank upwards of a pint of brandy, and continued in a state of intoxication until the following night, when she went to bed, but before doing so she gave the key of her house to a woman named Rylev, desiring her to come in again before she went home, and get her some toast and water. About one o'clock on Sunday morning that person did so, and on going into her bed-room for the 'urpose she found her lying on , the bed quite dead. Mr. mythe, a surgeon, saidhe — made a post mortem exam : nation of the body, and found the bilain in a highly con gested state. He had known the deceased for upwards of two years, and, from her known habits of inebriety, had no doubt death had been caused by apoplexy, pro duced by a continued indulgence in ardent spirits. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. DREADFUL DEATH.—Late on Wednesday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest, at Guy's hospital, on the body of Sarah Elizabeth Tharme, a married woman, aged twenty-eight. Mary Ann Easton, of No. 2, Suf folk-place, Snow's-fields, said that about eight o'clock in , the evening of last Saturday three weeks deceased received a visit from a relative, a young man named Copeland, the captain of a vessel trading to Stockton. He had been drinking rather freely during the after noon, and was frolicking about the room with deceased. Deceased made some jocular remark to him, in reply to which he exclaimed, " Oh, then, get away with you, do ;" and at the same time gave deceased a push, that caused her to stagger towards the fireplace. She was instantly tripped up, in consequence of one of her feet coming in contact with the rug, and as she was in the act of endeavouring to save herself from falling, her left, arm struck against the handle of a saucepan full of boiling water, that happened to be standing on the hob by the fire. As she came to the ground, the saucepan and its contents fell upon her, and she was scalded over the arms and neck, and even through her clothes, in a most dreadful manner. A sur geon was instantly sent for, and by his advice deceased was taken immediately to SL Bartholomew's Hospital. Mr. Ash, house-surgeon, said that the injuries deceased had received were so severe as to preclude even the possi bility of her recovery. In spite of every means that could be resorted to, she continued to sink under the acuteness of her sufferings, and the violent shock the system had received, and she died on Monday last. The deceased was a young woman of remarkable personal attractions, and had not been married more than a few weeks.—Ver diet, " Accidental death." EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION BY A LADY.—At the close of an inquest on Thursday, a juror remarked that it was to be regretted that more in quests were not held, for he was satisfied that many came by their deaths unfairly, without the slightest no tice being taken of them. Mr. Wakley agreed with the speaker, and he, too, was convinced that scores were an nually murdered in London with impunity. Since he entered, on the office of coroner, most extraordinary cases came before him. A gentleman lately called upon him, and requested him to hold an inquest upon his sister, who had died after nineteen hours' excruciating agony. As she had been so long ill he did not think it a proper case for inquiry: but her brother requested him to hold an inquiry, as unpleasant rumours had been cir culated in consequence of her having been seized with ill ness just after parting with her lover. Mr. Wakley, therefore, ordered the body to be opened, preparatory to the inquest. Upon examination, it was ascertained she had taken a large quantity of vitriol, which destroyed the back of her throat and her gullet, and also burnt two holes in her stomach. That she had taken the poison herself there was not the slightest doubt; for to avoid it being detected that she took poison, she so poured the vitriol down her throat that it did not injure either her lips or tongue, and yet (said Mr. Wakley) the lady who evinced so much fortitude in a bad cause was only eigh teen years of age. STATE OF TRADE.—LIVERPOOL.—Parliamentary discussion has absorbed a large portion of the attention of the mercantile world, and business has again suffered from the unsettled state of the great measures that have been brought forward. So far as Liverpool is concerned, these changes have met with no favour. Whig, Tory, and Radical, all feel that something more is intended than meets the eye, and so long as the mystery is preserved, mercantile arrangements are unsafe. As it is, very considerable engagements have already been made for the supply of foreign free labour sugar ; and had the Ministerial measure been negatived again on Monday night, very considerable losses must have ensued. The large arrivals of produce during the last fortnight are now coming on the market, and we have this week expe rienced a better feeling in all branches, both buyer and seller being disposed to do business. Money is plentiful, and readily obtainable at low rates, on good security, yet there is very little speculation going on. Cotton has been in better demand : the trade have come forward more freely, and the sales have been larger than for many weeks, whilst the prices for middling sorts are certainly a shade higher, and there is a more healthy appearance altogether. The import this week has been light, in comparison with the previous fortnight A favourable change of weather has produced an altered ap pearance on the Corn Exchange, There now seems but very little chance of a low rate of duty this summer, and, there fore, what foreign supplies have been received must-lose money for the importers.—Liverpool Mercury. __- _, ... ~ . THAMES GRAND REGATTA' THIRD DAY—SATURDAY. pt. t The weather was bea u tif u l, th e rac i ng grand, tu l p tendance of visitors immense. The sports cutunlel' c ' four o'clock, with the 01 AMATEUR FOUR-OAR ED R ACES , amon gst Gentl er:6e for two Silver Cups. FIRST HEAT. THE LEANDER CLUB—lied. Dagleish, stroke I 2. Julius 3. Bumpstead 1. Jeffries. Shepherd, coxswain. ST. GEORGE'S CLUB—Red and White. G.B. Smith, stroke I 2. 3PKay 3, Ross J 1. Wadhaa G. Bannister, coxswain. CIVIL ENGINEERS—Orange. Arnold, stroke 1 2. Montagu 3. Bell 1. Harriott. H. C. Ford, coxswain. NEPTUNE—Green. J. Walmsley, stroke I 2. L. Pal tner ,„ t 00. 3. H. Robinson I . E. Harrino H. Halliday, coxswain The Oxford University boat , w hi c h had been entered' was withdrawn. wost eJ The Leander did not get away with their hood quickness, and made a bad start. The Neptun e 5 f t og a foot ahead, and, as a new club, surprised some o d sped' well acquainted with rowing by their skill at; e The Leander then rowed into the leading 1 31 ,, ac i .; and fouling their oars against some cra ft , the Eag o `" w eer , Saint George's passed them ; the Leander, io ass spurted, and, giving both the go-by, won by a le n g th SECOND HEAT. THE GUY'S CLUB—Blaek. Chapman, stroke I 2. B. Lloy d 3. Ferguson 1. Earnshsw Martin, coxswain. ROYAL ACADEMY. B. L. Atkinson, stroke I 2 . H. M. C°°Per 3. D. Cooper 1. Revel D. Cameron, coxswain. WAVERLEY CLUB—Light Blue. R. W. Hall, stroke I 3. W. Rush J. Charlton, coxswa 2l in E . A:PPrriloorr The tol d Christ Church, Oxford, was withdrawn. .1.-- was won with perfect ease. GRAND HEAT. Ih The Guy's and St. George's went away togetber;oo Leander being half-a-yard astern. Th e Guy's th Le Pe i,eo play, and went in advance at a g oo d pace, but t° Goy's, der laid down to their work ; first passed the then the St. George's, and won b y two lengths George ' seinsecond. be sts' The CHA M PIO N RACE of 100 sovs. for four-oared open to all the world. FIRST HEAT. LONDON CREW—Red.—R. Coombes, strobe . Phelps, R. Newell, T. Coombes ; D. Coombes, CO" 1 5wain.................................................... REENWICH CREW—Yellow. Forest, Hun2l 3 " J. Wogan, L. Wogan ; T. Cordell, coxswain ..; ''' An apology for a r ace ; won w i t h out an y diffiew SECOND HEAT. NEWCASTLE CREW—Purple. —H. Cl as per, Top C lay, l per, W. Clasper ;E. Hawkes, coxswain •i;;: LONDON CREW—Light Blue.—W.P,,cock,J. D° ll 'a 5 dee, R. Doubl e d ee , F. L ett ; J. P ar i s h, coof i r. CHELSEA CRE W.—G. H ammoc k, J. Shepko r ''' 5 Prince, J. Chittle ; H. C o l es , coxswa i n ............ ... the The Newcastle men took the lead, followed D i l i itb Londoners, who, off the Duke's Head, rowed leve l The them, and continued so for a trifling distance' bi Newcastle men continued hard at work, an d W four or five lengths. GRAND HEAT 0 4 Coombes's party, th e Claspers . and Pococ k Si r ole ' were the competitors ; the race creating conk t hey' interest, the Newcastle men h av i ng acquitteu • r oo l/ selves so gallantly o n th e p rev i ous d ay an d in the l o , heat. There might have been a good deal of lof, this ; but we can only say that, surrounded as ";,, the been for an hour befo re by th e l ea di n g men - 011 0 Thames, we never heard a bet offered. There ivit g iptr conversation, in which it was broadly asser ted thl g eo doners would have th e i r wor k to do to beat the s "jere d who had not, until their debut on Friday, been emlbesloyeeD formidable, and the interest and betting lying Pocock's and Coombes's crew. 0 011 t ). On the signal being given th e N ewcas tle men bo ll. lead, and were facing th e St ar an d G arter , nea rj a r i s tss cti length off red, blue being about the same si nts rn aste. Coombes's party th en wen t u p to the t. and a desperate struggle the whole way was th e t rot' Coombes's party never w ere so t ac kl e d, and by immense labour contrived t o k ee p th e i r lead in a. of their adversaries, an d won b y a l eng th and „ only, the Newcastle men b e i ng secon d. The bad steerage of the lad w h o h a d the yoke of the Newcastle boat was the s u bj ec t o f general e bse acr tion, while that of the Pocock crew wa s a finished srbeeo men of what may be effected in that line. Had U teri° other than a boy, and he, too, a s t rang er to the wane' was rowing, it would have favoured the idea tha t . 0 1 1 , thing was wrong ; as it was, m uc h f a ult was eer tal ;gbd be found, and had Jem Pari s h had the lines and L e d er eo no more than the boy, there might have been a cu at result. The race undoubtedly proves one thing, t" Pocock party are not so good as the Coombes. DOUBLE SCULLS FOR A NEW PRIZE W° Nelly and Powell—yellow. ............................... ' F. Phelps and J. Green—light blue ................ u 'who A good race ; won by those least e x p ec t e d, an rowed with very great pluck. /14 THE EIGHT-OARED SCRATCH MA - e d tY Introduced as an appropriate finish, conelu d sport. They went up in procession (six of them) a n turned in somewhat about the same order. ge" The winning boat, red and whit e , was manned by . , Palmer, Moran, Cloves, Porter, Foanes, Jlarria° Pickering, Stewart, and Martin, steerer. SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONI A 2I;O I 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. `' e n ifer / Browne Clayton feels d es i rous t o ex press the c°- and advantage he has deriv e d a t hi s advanced ag„ e fe ° s sl' years, and after two years' tri a l, f rom the use o f Their S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. :hoe valuable inventions fully merit th e p a tronage °li r e. "; received. Address, Adli ng t on -h a ll, Lance s ":11 15 Major-General Sir Howard Elphi ns t one begs £ 0 s-, "" y bsv" the Spectacles he has now had some time 111 to e ' ll oc i fully redeemed the assu ra n ce o f th e Messrs. 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Solornees , ,.perq and Aurists, are not in any way conected wi,£t o - t rrho', of the . same name in their immediate neig'%,"•stel c ,, e. Nor in any part of the country. To prevent 39, All" be cautious and observe—only to be had at marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York kW' 5 FIRES ON CHATMOSS.— 4 Several furious - r nos ed r raged on Chatmoss during the past week , st l P,r o sti e si ; have originated in the long-continuud drY,. 03 03 0 ', which has made the peat moss as d r y and jarFriti t V as tinder. At one time, on Th ur sday and 00, e 04 ' Chatmoss was on fire in th ree diff eren t plac., e6 ' J30 111 „ - g. the firee reached withi n a d ozen yar d s of 'J r ,' e rti° i i woods, and was there s t o pp e d by great li e fit,,,t, These woods, which co ns i s t:p r i nc i pa lly of larc'[o • beech, spread] upwards of a mile from we s en so y and, if once ignited, co u ld no t p oss ibly have bl thel o Some of Lord Egerton's woods were injure, e not very seriously. Great quan tities of g'''" destroyed. On the 18th inst., ------- Bailey Dent at S' B ou iß th T am H p S tOn, Mrs. J. lO On the 19th inst., at Middlesex-place, New -r° ' ar of a son. a d the inst., a E t sa l . i , f o to f o a , d t a h u e gh la t d e y r. of ~... Ed.: _,l IV: ier, of On Williamthe lB C t a h m i n p field, Esq., of a son, still-born. $. 1311 On the 19th inst., at Islington, the wife of Mr. 1.. .. the l o a f dt:,,, a yo d e a ft u hiv g e h . t 2D e o r .t . cn s , ..l, o , h w i i n ll s an t., , i E n aci C . h , Chapel-street,,aßleilgaee--, juelitisre4o a daughter. disb -sci Ater' On the 20th inst., at Welbeck-street, Cavet t e - „ daab - „et, the lady of 11. Pearson, Esq., haul ter-at-law, et 4,10 -- e On the 20th inst., Mrs. Frederic s Yates, of '- o f St. James's-park, of a son. 1 0 On the 20th inst., at Park-place, St. Janies'e, t ile J. C. Dowdeswell, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. 1. gar; Re O et n or th e e f p 4t y h oo in m s h t. e , , a s t o ß a a se t x liw , i t c e k Church,ma the , Bev' d claag o i• s ecoll , he lis of James Macdonnell, Esq., M.D., and relict of L" ist b Martyr, Esq., East India Company's service. •fi e ;ury. s ter On the 18th inst., at Binbrook, I..incolnshire, I t Zice°, 4 , son of Robert Clarke, Esq., late of BrooksbY Ka 11 shire, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Robert JeP i° pls te bb o f, _, of the former place. s e, - On the 19th inst., at the Friends' SleetingTr° to lb t .Ol Essex, Alexander C ru i c k s h an k, of Edinburglpiouse,' Ogden, eldest daughter of James Gingell , W 0° ... ; ...... / . Ham, Essex. Y 0 DIED. T. Ber°4c.4 On the 4th inst., at Portsmouth, Captain AI West India Regiment.TlOu'of it,' On the 13th inst., at Moray- place, Edinburg h iv.er • Charles Hope, late professor of chyi - Jistry in the Li 1 Ca r/ ‘ . Edinburgh. p keft. e ' ter . On the 15th inst., Abram Morris, Esq., of Da , „ j o i e 4, On the 16th inst., Mrs. Stamper, of Westgatee ti r L . ' , bocal - On the 18th inst., at Blackheath -park, II n . 7 of 13i1111 Es On q., a the 18th inst., John Sterling Wrig ht , • of • li, ° l° Holt, Essex. of Ot the tßheevl.94,l.lLinesi Leigh, , a i t t e O e x te f r o r e d / s ll t. lr A s i a g il o la o r s g , troe:?:idli:oencl:f sw opilei On the 19th first, at Lewisham, Elizabet h, aro William th e Brown, Esq. 11, of On 19th inst., in London, Aim Aliche 1 0, House, near haste,Chipham, Wilts. .., „ v eer, il On the 20th at Wes bourne-grove , -pay' to e youngest son of Mr. J. A. Barton. forty° -Scl 94. On the 20th inst., in Gloucester - pl ate, eCaptain Gelston. On the 21st inst., in Bedtbrd-row, George Lav O Y - 1 London: Printed and Published by MUM) ; o. o f .No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tile Sun Officeboa Strand, m the Precinct of the SWAT, iII Middlesex, Monday, June 24, 1844. 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