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le teats, if arvests are bad, and his landlord be able and willing to mke it ? Or is the importance of his posposition to be found in his right to vote at the election of knights of the shire in which he dwells, as he may be requested by his landlord's steward or agent ? If, indeed, we happen to live ander such a landlord as the Earl of Radnor, `he franchise is an honour. His are the independent t nants of a man, who, throughout a long and valua ble life, has uniformly shown himself to be the un daunted advocate of right, the unwearied friend of the poor—whose consistency has shone forth a bril liant virtue, for when the Viscount Folkstone of former days became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, he was changed but in rank and title ; he carried with him into the House of Lords the same stern integrity, the same honourable determination to pro mote and maintain the rights and interests of the tenants of a man, who throughout a long and valuable life has uniformly shown himself to be the undaunted advocate of right, the unwearied friend of the poor — whose consistency has shown forth a brilliant virtue, for whenn the Viscount Folkestone of former days became the Earl of Radnor of the latter, he „:as changed but in rank and title ; he carried with him into the House of Lords the same stern integrity, the same honourable determination to promote and main tain the rights and interests of the people, as had dis tinguished him in the Lower House. "These praises will wear well, fur they have been dearly earned." Descending to the farm-labourer, he too may look in vain for the importance of the position he now oc cupies Important enough it is to the community, for by the sweat of his brow we are mainly furnished with our daily bread. Hard labour and scanty food are his daily portion, and at night he " shrinks into the sordid hut of cheerless poverty." If he hold fast his honesty, and be able to obtain work, he has no prospect fur his latter days but the union workhouse ; if he infringe the law, and seek to eke out his sustenance by killing a willd animal, fed on his em ployer's ground, the county gaol receives him for a time, and he leaves it a broken-spirited wretch, or a reckless vagabond. Tha landowners, who are not agriculturists, any more than a mineowner is a cutler or a coppersmith, are in truth the class of persons, whom Mr. O'Brien is desirous to maintain in " the important position they now occupy." Here he has unwittingly but plainly stated the whole gist of the question ; this reason is in Mr. O'Brien's mind, and in the minds of the landowners in general, "convincing against the abolition of our corn-laws." They believe that the abolition of those laws would reduce their rents, would compel them to confer independence on their tenants, and thereby affect their own political in fluence ; would strike at the root of all monopolies ; and enforce up on th e L eg i s l a t u r e the necessity of providing for an increasing population by extending their means of utility and productiveness. " Sensus moresque repugnant, Atque ipsa utilitas, justi prope mater et equi." It is absurd to insist upon the maintenance of agri culturists as a class in their important position, for land depends for its value upon manufactures. It was well observed by a writer, between sixty and seventy years ago, that " the lands of a country must every where depend on the manufactories of it fur their value ; and not the manufactories on the lands, in order to be made flourishing and beneficial to a state. These are truths highly necessary to be clearly comprehended by statesmen in a trading country, for regulating their conduct, because wher ever a tra, ling interest is sought to be rendered subservient to a landed, the ruin of both will in fallibly prove the consequence." Before Me. O'Brien enters upon the " History of the Leaghe" he indulges in a sort of self gratulating eulogy upon the state of the country under landlord legislation. He gives extracts from speeches made by Mr. Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Bright in 1841 and 1843, as furnishing favourable testimony " as to the state to which this country had risen during the period in which the laddlords enjoyed a mono ooly of its legislation." Admirable inference ! Be cause Mr. Cobden declared that "in the Levant, in Arabia, and in China, T ou will be told the best of everything is going to England, because Dr. Bowring rejoiced " that there was something in England that entitled her to be honoured and loved : it was in her pacific pursuits—it was the power of her manufac turers, the enterprise and character of her commercial men, hat she was looked on with honour and respect by the nations of the world":—and because Mr. Bright very beautifully described the harmony, regularity, and precision with which all the arrange ments of life are carried on in this metropolis, as an illustration of the principles he advocated:—therefore Mr. O'Brien adopts the whole as evidence in favour of landlord-legislation, and attributed the wealth, the enterprise, the character, and the domestic economy of England to the legislation of Parliament of Landlords ! Acts of Parliament may regulate industry, but they cannot create it; they may control the outlay of capital, but they cannot enforce it; they may stimu late enterprise, but they cannot command it ; they may preserve invention and encourage discovery, but they can neither cause the one nor produce the other : the energies of man and the price of corn are alike iudependent of statutes and lawgivers. And of what materials do our readers imagine that the vaunted "History of the League" is composed ? Of extracts from the papers and circulars they have published no particle of which, we apprehend, they would now be at all disposed to revoke. With the exception of an occasional prophecy of early success and a few hasty expressions uttered under the tem porary impulse of plauditory excitement, we see nothing which the League has any reason to regret. So far from answering the purpose which Mr. O'Brien had in view when he compiled his history, we think it more than probable that the distribution of his pamphlet amongst the members of the "country societies" in communication with the head-quarters under the command of his Grace of Richmond, may have the effect of making converts to the League. The history s introduced by Mr. O'Brien as fol lows :- " It may not be unimportant if I attempt some hasty and outline sketch of your past labours, and of your present position, for in proportion as you have laboured, in proportion as you have promised, above all, in propor tion as you have spent, ought we to expect vast effects, and magnificent results. You have brought before this House a question whose agitation you have monopolised. The conduct qf any body of men out of doors, in reference to the particular question of politics to which they devote themselvee, can never be unconnected with the discussion of that question in this House. Ido not say that the question should be decided by snch references, bnt I say they form an important part of its discussion. If in this statement I should seem to draw too largely on the indulgence of the House, I would ask the House to remember, that it is only by tracing a cause as it were step by step, that we can be able to judge of it aright. Had I, from a perusal of the writings of the League, compiled its history up to the present period, I then need not have occupied, per haps, one quarter of your time ; but I have thought it best, though at the risk of tediousness, to let these gen tlemen speak for themselves. I shall do little more than read extracts from their own writings. I intend to m ake no quotations from hostile writers. My difficulty has been, first, to obtain a copy of their early newspapers, which difficulty I am happy to say I have surmounted ; and my next, what to omit. Some of the passages lam going to quote are very violent, and some, under favour, supremely ridiculous. But it would have been easy to have given extracts, still more violent, and still more ridiculous, however sceptical the House may be, when it has heard the autobiography which I now submit to its atrention." Here we have to thank Mr. O'Brien for an im portant admission. He felt the "pressure from with out," and, under the influence it produced, he acknow ledged that " The conduct of any body of men out of doors, in reference to the particular question to. which they devote themselves, can never be unconnected with the discussion of that question in this House. Such references form an important part of its discussion."' Persevere, then, ye men of the League ; your opera- Cons are declared, within the walls of the House of Commons, to form an important part of the discussion in that assembly, of the question of the Corn-laws to which you devote yourselves. Mr. O'Brien also acknowledges that he has had ample materials from which to compile his History of the Lea gue . His difficulty was, first, to obtain a copy of their early newspapers, which difficulty he surmounted; and his next, what to omit." And, yet from an entire collection of the papers and circulars of the League, extending or a period of six years to r (according . O'Brien s computation), during which " with vast expenditure, d considerable activity, energies unwearied, r . severance, unabating, they had toiled," our an hist p o e n yio h l as ne b , een unable ., to extract anything sufficiently violent" or •' ridicu lous"fth to excite the dispprobation or e Honse, except an accidental allusion, in laughter of o Mr. e Bright's speeches, to the Post -office arrangements, and a record, in the S heet Almana c of the League, of the days on which the Hon. C. P. Villiers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and Dr. Bowring were born • The expenditure of the League has excited the in satiable curiosity of Mr. O'Brien. He has taken the trouble to furnish the House of Commons and the public with his account of their receipts and payments, striking a balance in his own way. In one of their very earliest papers, published in 1840, he discovered an account of their expenditure at that time, and we presume he has printed this account, because it happens to be of small amount. His own pamphlets, a few pages before, explains the manners in which the League had disbursed, for the purposes they:described, a very large sum of money; and he has altogether overlooked, or wilfully suppressed, a subsequent statement of expenditure, which appeared in the columns of this journal, as well as in those of their own organs and other newspapers. These statements are entirely (and it may be intentionally) unnoticed in Mr. O'Brien's debtor and creditor account; and havin_g thus most unfairly attempted to impose upon the Houss',and the public, he exclaims with all the dignity of injured innocence, * Comparative Value of Trade in Manufactures. 1771. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER, 10, 1844. " What can all this money be for ? It is evident WE are to have no account of it !" Who are we to whom the League are thus hive- I ratively called upon to account? Is it the House of Commons or the Agricultural Protection Society to whom they are to render their accounts ? Or does Mr. O'Brien, in his own person, assume the editorial, the regal, or the omnipotent WE, elect himself the magnanimous patron and representative of the public, and assume the office of accountant-general for all mankind ? Perhaps in his retirement amidst the umbragious groves of Blutterwyche, or the waving woods of Crattoe, he may find sufficient employment in preparing the accounts of the Agricultural Pro tection Society and its numerous branches, which, if we may judge from the specimens before us, he will find no very easy matter. We have already exceeded the space which we proposed to allot to the pamphlet under consideration ; but we cannot lay it aside without noticing the grievous complaints of Mr. O'Brien against the, League for "meddling with the registration books,' and interfering with elections." There is nothing of more importance to the people at large than a close and scrutinising attention to the registration of electors. Societies have been formed for this purpose, not in the metropolitan boroughs only, but in many other parts, ever since the Reform ct was passed; these societies have pursued their labours zealously and usefully, without objection from any party; and we see no reason why the League should be prevented from lending their powerful aid, in order to complete a pure and perfect register. We col.-- dially approve of their measures for tnis purpose, be cause we believe they will perform their duty honestly and effectually ; and we have reason to know that a very beneficial result has already been produced with regard to the register of the City of Londan. On the subject of "interference with elections," Mr. O'Brien's remarks are particularly unfortunate. "If it be not contrary to the letter of our law, it is at least abhorrent to the spirit of our Con stitution." The palmy days of Gatton and Old Sarum—" et id genus omne"—are passed. and gone. The direct, palpable, unblushing nomi nation of members, happily .no longer exists; but undue influence and interference in elections is one of the crying evils of the present day : not the interfe rence of information and instruction—not the fair and open interference of putting down bribery—not the honest and legitimate interference of mind and intelligence—but the immoral, unjust interference of power, and money, and terror, which produce an infinitely worse effect on the minds and principles of the people than all the pocket boroughs of schedule A put together. THE INTEGRITY of the HYGEIAN, OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. The British College of Health hereby cautions the public against those persons who, in order to obtain a sale for their medicines, pirate and fraudulently ascribe the Hygeian, or Morisonian system of medicine, to some eminent doctor or other not in existence, or to parties noted in history for having attained an extraordinary old age (in some instances making whole extracts out of Mr. Morison's work). In the contest now going on between Doctors and Hy geists, it is of the utmost importance that the integrity of the Hygeian, or Morisonian theory, should be maintained. Issued by Morison, Moat, and Co., of the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the body of Hygeists. MOROCCO. BLOCKADE OF MOGADORE, &c. The following was received at Lloyd's yesterday : " Gibraltar, August 31, 1844. " Sir,—l have to announce, for the iniiirmation of the Committee, - that her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, which I stated in my last (of 24th inst.) was daily expected from Mogadore, arrived here on the following day, bringing our Consul, Mr. Willshire, his family, and most a the English residents at Mogadore. " It appears, from the intelligence she brought, that the French squadron had silenced the batteries at Moga dore on the atternoon of the 15th instant, and no fire was returned by the Moors on the 16th ; the said fleet poured in shot and shell during the whole of that day to complete the destruction of that city. In the after noon the wild Arabs entered it and committed acts of atrocity and plunder, by which the European and Jewish inhabitants were the principal sufferers. " Mr. Wiltshire and family, in the dead of the night of the 16th, succeeded in getting to the water-port, from which spot one of his clerks plied off on a raft he had constructed, to communicate with the French brig Cassaid ; from her he obtained a boat to remove the Consul and his family " Oa the evening of the 15th, after a heavy can nonade (alluded to in the P.S. of my dispatch of the 18th), the island opposite Mogadore was carried by a,sault. The Moors, having no means of escape, kept up a deadly fire of musketry on the storming party, which it is said killed and wounded a considerable num ber of the French troops, including some officers. " Mogadore has been declared in a state of blockade, and in the waters of the island (now occupied by a strong French garrison) will be stationed a naval division, to enforce the interdiction. They are fortifying this island, and public attention is much directed to their possession of so important a point, as it commands both the town and the harbour of Mogadore, which is the principal commercial seaport of Morocco. " On the 28th instant a French force, consisting of a line-&-battle ship, frigate, store-ship, and steamer, passed the Straits from east to west, and were seen after wards steering down the western coast of Barbary—sup posed for the purpose of reinforcing the island, and pro bably to keep possession also of Mogadore. Her Ma jesty's ships Formidable and Scout immediately put to sea in the same direction. The Admiral, Sir Edward Owen, shifted his flag to H. M. steamer Vesuvius, in the Mole, where she is undergoing some repairs. "The Groenland, one of the largest of the French war steamers, was totally lost on the west coast of Morocco, on some rocks about three leagues from Larache, on the 26th inst. The Moors immediately commenced an attack upon the vessel, which had lasted full four hours, when fortunately the steamer Vidette arrived to her assistance, succeeded in dispersing the Moorish soldier 4, and received on board the crew and such things as could be saved from the wreck. In the afternoon the Prince de Joinville, in the Pluton, also arrived on that part of the coast, and finding it impossible to float the Groen land, caused her to be destroyed by fire. It is supposed that his Royal Highness was steering for Cadiz, to meet the Due de Glueksberg, who is on some special mission from the French Government, the nature of which has not transpired. Two days ago his Excellency H. L. Bulwer, Esq. (British Minister to the Spanish Court), returned from his second visit to Tangiers in the Hecla steamer, on his return to the capital, via Cadiz and Seville. " It appears, by a semi-official communication, that his Excellency's exertions, combined with those of Mr. Hay, our able and indefatigable Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires at Tangiers, that a complete recon ciliation has been effected between the Sovereigns of Spain and Morocco, so that the Spanish Consul at Tan giers will return thither to resume his functions in the course of a fortnight ; and I trust that the ratification of so desirable a settlement of the Spanish question will not be frustrated at Madrid by the undue influence of any foreign Power. "An order has been recently received from Madrid by the Captain-General at Cadiz, for the frigate Christina, and corvette Venus, to return to Tangier Bay, by which it is inferred that the happy result of the negotiations adverted to could not of course have been known in that capital when that order was issued. " Rumours are afloat that the French contemplate a second attack on Tangiers, and, if so, probably its occu pation, but I cannot trace the report to any credible source. They frequently call at Tarifa, but for what object is not known. (Signed) "J. LONGLANDS COWELL." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF NORWAY. The following has been received at Lloyd's:— " Hydrodgraphic-office, Norway, Sept. 3, 1844. "In pursuance of the intentions expressed in the notice of this office, dated the 18th June last, the follow ing lights were to be established by the Norwegian Government on the let of this month:— " 1. A fixed light on Great Torungen Island, "in lat. 58 deg., 23 min., 15 see. N., and lon. 8 deg., 52 min., 30 sec. E. " 2. A fixed light on Little Torungen Island, bearing from the light on Great Torungen Island N., 4 deg. E., line 1, or by compass N.N.E., distant 1,237 yards. " Both of the above lights are visible in all directions, and being 130 feet above the level of the sea, may be seen at the distance of six to seven leagues. "3. A fixed light on Sandoig Point, at the entrance to Arendahl, forty-two feet above the level of the sea, visible from three to four leagues on any bearing west ward of south and E.N.E. by compass, unless concealed by adjacent land. The lighthouse stands in 58 deg., 25 min., 30 sec. N., and long. 8 deg., 52 min., 10 sec. E. " The buildings of the above three lights are white." THE EYES.-39, Xlbemarle-street, Piccadilly.— Optical Improvements to enable persons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discriminate objects with perfect distinctness; and Small Acoustic Instruments for Relief of extreme Deafness, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have invented spectacle lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan tage derived from this invention over the spectacles now in common use is, that instead of the vision becoming strained, heated, weakened, and in numerous cases seriously injured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aged pers. - ins are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, and can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and that which is a matter of the greatest consequence is, that they do not require the frequent changes to further helps. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution —Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way con nected with a person of the same name in their imme diate neighbourhood ; nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and observe—Only to he had at 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. 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The charge alleged against Lords Cottenham, Campbell, and Denman is, that in their decision they were ac tuated by party feelings, and not by the conscien tious conviction of their judgments. 'This imputa tion might be allowed to find its own level in the contempt of every honest mind. We will, however, yield to the provocation which it supplies ; and institute an inquiry into the pretensions of the two law Lords who voted for affirming the judg ment of the Court below. From the comparison of personal requirements, thus instituted, the balance will be found immeasurably in favour of those whose integrity is impugned by the Tory print. Of Lord Lyndhurst we abstain from saying anything that is personally disrespectful. As a member of the Cabi net, however, it cannot be denied that he stood much more in the position of a prosecutor than of a judge. Nay, from his position in the Cabinet, as its principal legal adviser, he might be considered as the originator of the prosecution. Whether perfect impartiality was to be expected from a person so situated, may be safely questioned. Certainly, the two functions of judge and prosecutor have been hitherto considered as somewhat incompatible. Added to this, between himself and the principal traverser there has long been open war—almost, indeed, a bellum internecinum. As to Lord Brougham, to speak of him with respect is difficult, if not impossible. A name once honoured, and almost adored, has passed into a proverb of re proach—a bye-word, the bare mention of which is the provocative of scorn. We will not here dwell on the considerations, arising out of Lord Brougham's political inconsistencies, which have alienated from him every vestige of public confidence and respect. But we will ask, whether in knowledge of the law, in judicial ability, he is, for a moment, comparable with the least qualified of the three distinguished personages who dif fered from him in the case which has provoked the ire of the Tory prints against them ? It is not for any superior knowledge of law, but for the powers of vituperation, for which his Lordship is pre-eminent, and the delight which he derives, and affords to his new associations, by employing them against his former friends, that he now finds favour in the eyes of those who once hated and abused him. But, granting, for the sake of argument, that he united in himself the legal attainments of the three opposite Lords— grant that he is the greatest lawyer of the age and nation—is not his boasted hatred of O'Connell caused by the severe chastisement he has frequently re ceived at his hands, such as must for ever dis qualify him for pronouncing a judgment on which the liberty, the character, perhaps the life, of his antagonist depended? Was ever a juryman more open to challenge, propter afectum, than himself? Could not his opinion on the question have been safely predicted from the beginning ? And now that it has been given, does any honest man attach the slightest weight to it ? If he does, he has a far better opinion of human nature than Rochefoucault has taught us to entertain, or experience induces us to believe. To affirm of Lords Cottenham, Penman, and Campbell, that they were not open to these objections, is to say but little; but that little is more than sufficient to de stroy the cobweb fabrications by which their judg ments on the writ of error have been impugne I. True it is, they are Whigs ; and, as such, they have been frequently and heartily abused by . O'Connell and his co-agitators. On one of them especially (Lord Campbell) the vials of his wrath have been poured out, without regard either to truth or decency. If they stood neutral, therefore, in their affections toward him, is as much as could be ex pected. Their learning will not, we pre sume, be suspected. One of them was, avowedly— his political opponents being judges—the greatest Chancellor of modern times. Lord Denman, when on a late memorable occasion he resisted the pre tensions of the House of Commons, was lauded by the Tories not merely as a great legal authority, but as a vindicator of the liberties of the people. The service he has just rendered to his country is not less entitled to public gratitude. It displays the same invincible firmness of character—the same devotion to the con stitution—fortified by that extensive knowledge of law which gives weight and authority to his Opinions in the estimation of the Bench and the Bar. What Lord Campbell is, the high rank in his profession, which he has attained by the unaided efforts of his powerful and persevering mind, may be taken as conclusive evidence. After all, if these three great lawyers have erred, they have erred in very good company. Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Colt man are not men whose legal opinions may be safely despised. Neither of them, it is true, happened to be Attorney-General when the prosecution was instituted. But this is an odious imputation, worthy of that por tion, of the Press which vents the disappointment of the Ministry at the failure of its schemes. In follow ing the example which the Standard and other organs of the Government have set us, we are well aware of the invidious task we have undertaken. It was with reluctance and regret that we yielded to the sense of obligation which the conduct of our oppo nents imposed upon us. Such comparisons as we have now instituted should, we admit, be generally avoided. To canvass the motives by which judges are, or are as sumed to be, influenced, when exercising the functions of their high office, much more to suggest hints, and supply surmises, to their prejudice, is of most danger ous tendency. Any little triumph which may be oc casionally gained by such a process is more than coun terbalanced by the mischiefs that, in the end, are produced by it. We would fain believe that each of the five law Lords who were called upon to vote gave an honest judgment, uninfluenced by party poli tical considerations. We would fain believe this, even of Lord Brougham—fallen though he be from the high place which he once held in the estimation of his country, to one which provokes scorn, softened by pity, in the honest-hearted portion of the community. At any rate, their judgment was openly given in the face of their country. It will be canvassed by an acute, bold, and even fastidious profession—a consi deration which, of itself, ought to induce us to be lieve that it was not rashly, or unfairly given. On the right, or wrong, attaching to it—on its correct ness or incorrectness, will depend, for ever, the legal reputation, and—what men esteem more—the honour, of those who pronounced it. Those who condemn, as well as those who approve, the reversal of the judg ment by the House of 'Lords, may be assured that this State prosecution, with its attendant circum stances, and those which marked the appeal from the judgment of the Court in which the trial took place, will never he forgotten. It will stand for ever, as a landmark, in our books of law, and our constitutional histories, if the two countries are destined to remain united—still more memorable if, (which may God in mercy avert) from the wickedness, or incapacity, of our rulers, the union should be dissolved, and they should take their place, in the great European family, as two separate, independent, and, as we fear would be the case, two hostile nations. STANDARD.—The more the late extraordinary decision in the House of Lords is considered, the more inexplicable does it appear. We are reminded by some sl those journalists who have been most active in eulogising the conduct of the illustrious three who have voted in Mr. O'Connell's favour, of the indecorum of indulging in strictures on a judicial decision ; but surely if there ever was a case entitled ' to be regarded as an exception to the rule, it is the decision in question. We are, however, not disposed to admit the principle even as a general rule. The conduct of judges, and of political judges more especially, is a perfectly legitimate subject for free discussion. Beside, the expression of public opinion is almost involuntary ; and that public opinion will long continue to reprobate this most unprecedented verdict, it would be idle to question; for no circum stance has occurred within our recollection so well calculated to bring both law and justice into con tempt. We state the case in terms so plain, that no one can affect to mistake them. Lord Lynd hurst and Lord Brougham are common-law law yers of great experience—an experience derived not merely from their judicial situations, but from an extensive practice at the bar ; both of them have been much engaged in criminal Courts; one of them was, as Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer for four years a criminal judge. Now , the s e learned and distinguished persons are wholly of accord on the subject of the Irish trials, as well with each other as with a very large ma jority of the judges, English as well as Irish. Lords Denman and Campbell are, it is admitted, likewise experienced common law judges, and have each of them had large practice in criminal pro ceedings. They are altogether opposed to Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham, and to all the other judges but two. Nay, Lord Denman is a t variance with all the judges on a point, on which no one beside appears to entertain the smallest doubt ; and what manner of judge is it that rushes forward with the casting vote ? We would speak of him with respect, but we shall not, therefore, be deterr e d from recording our honest opinion of his qualifications as the arbiter of a case which demanded and received so much consi deration from other judges. 'Whatever requi sites they may have acquired from practice, it is clear that Lord Cottenham can have had no similar opportunity—for he has seen less of crimi nal proceedings than any other judge upon the bench, or indeed than many of the lay Lords ; infinitely less, for example, than Lord Wharncliffe, chairman for many years of the Yorkshire sessions. Nay we are inclined to doubt if Lord Cottenham ever saw the inside of a criminal court in his life, unless as a spectator ; or ever perused as indict ment until called upon to consider the one on which he has so lately decided. Such is the judge who has been permitted to turn the balance against not only law Lords as eminent and as experienced as Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, but against five-sixths of the judges whose peculiar province it is to expound and decide the most difficult questions of criminal law. What reasonable title, we ask, had Lord Cottenham to vote, which is not shared with him by Lord Wharn cliffe? Both are lords ; one knows something of criminal proceedings, the other knows nothing at all about them. But from a spurious delicacy, which has not even precedent to recommend it, Lord Wharncliffe is deterred from voting, whilst Lord Cottenham's opinion, opposed as we have seen by nearly all the learning and experience of the age, is permitted to decide the question. This would be anomalous enough under any circumstances, but when we look at the remarkable coincidence of opi nion of the law-lords, so far as their determination to reverse the judgment was concerned, and remember that they were all appointed to office by a Ministry which made common cause with Mr. O'Con nell, and whose members are ready to make com mon cause with him again, it cannot be denied that that coincidence is significant enough, and one which is well calculated to invite distrust. The pretext that the lay lords might not have heard the arguments in the case is absurd ; but suppose such to have been the fact. It was because they might not have understood the legal intricacies of those arguments that the aid of the common-law judges was invoked ; because, also, those judges were believed to be free from party prejudice ; and because none of them had identified themselves with the principles of the persons whose case they were called to consider ; that their opinions were invited. Having recorded, after the most mature deliberation, those opinions, and accom panied them by the most lucid explanations of the grounds on which they were founded, all ordinary practice was disregarded, and their judgment was set at naught because that very luminous expositor of cri minal law, Lord Cottenham, appears to have con sidered his learning and experience superior to theirs. HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS DOWN CHANNEL. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 9.—The Royal squadron passed down Sea Reach at twelve at mid-day. A royal salute was fired from her Majesty's ship Ocean, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White. HARWICH, SEPT. 9.—The royal yacht was abreast of the Gunuleet beacon at 2 30 P.M. At 3 off this port, when a salute was fired from Languard Fort, and the colours hoisted at the Town-hall and at the Trinity house station. The yacht beat all the other vessels while viewed from the heights, and was in sight two hours. ALDBOROUGII, Sept. 9.—At 5 15 P.M., off port, the Queen and her attendants. Calm, with an easterly swell. Her Majesty's steamer made signals, but they were not understood.—Shipping Gazette. ELECTION FOR CHAMBERLAIN.—At three o'cicck this day the numbers were :—Mr. Alderman Brown, 2,101 ; Mr. Heppe', 61. TILE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We are happy to state that her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived safely at Witley Court, Worcestershire, yesterday evening, be tween five and six o'clock, where she was warmly greeted by all the most influential inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Sept. 10.) SUGAR.—The market for West India Sugar has pre sented a healthy appearance since last Tuesday. To-day there was an increased disposition manifested on the part of the trade to purchase West India Sugar ; the demand was brisk for the scale and pan ; the rates paid were 6d per cwt above those previously quoted for yellow and strong grey sorts. All other kinds fully sustained the previous currency. Of good and fine yellow sorts the supply at market was insufficient for the wants of the grocers. The total purchases amounted to the large quantity of 800 hhds and trcs, including a public sale of 150 hhds of Barbadoes, which went with more spirit, at prices rather above those of the last auction, fine yellow fetched 63s to 645. good 60s to 625, good middling 59s to 59s 6d, mid. dling 57s to 58s 6d, and low 56s to 56s 6d per cwt. The principal part consisted of low and middling sorts. The market has an improving appearance for nearly every description of Colonial Sugar. REFINED.—There has been a brisk demand for Refined goods from the home trade, and prices are ad vancing;eebnr o n w e n a r l ly u mclearedDave o b f e a e l n l d se e l s l n r g pt a i t o n 7 T s 3 , s h b e t o e i n n 73 g a s r s k ti e l t l 6d, chl S ia t e a sa npd b ard lumps 74s to 74s 6d, Tittlers 73s to 78s. fine 79s to 83s, Hamburgh Loaves 74s to 82s, double ditto 83s to 90s, and wet lumps 71s to 73s per cwt. To-day Refined Goods were in excellent request by the home trade, and prices are firm at 74s 6d for standard, and 73s per cwt for brown Lumps ; the market has still an improving appearance. Pieces of good and fine quality are much wanted at 68s to 70s per cwt. Bastards are in increased request at 42s to 57s per cwt. For Treacle prices are still going up, boiled from West India Molasses selling at 18s 6d to 19s 6d, and other sorts at 20s to 265. The market has a firm ap pearance for crushed Sugar manufactured under bond, and at 27s 6d per cwt a good deal Is doing for forward delivery. MAIIRITIIIB.—There has been a good demand for all , descriptions, and the rates paid show an advance on those of this day week of 6d per cwt; the supply has been larger of the better qualities. This afternoon there was no public sale, but by private contract some parcels were disposed of at prices rather above those of Friday's public sale for yellow kinds. EAST INDlA.—Former rates are fully supported for Bengal Sugar, and the grocers have purchased exten sively : yellow and the better descriptions of white, however, are most in request ; 4,197 bags at auction were all sold, fine white at 64s to 665, good 62s to 635, middling to good middling 60s to 61s 6d, low 59s to 59s 6d, common yellow 53s to 543, midd 55s 6d to 565, good 57s to 59s 6d, mid grey 57s to 67s 6d, white, damp, and washed fetched 56s 6d to 60s, and yellow ditto 51s 6d to 57s per cwt. Dobah sorts much wanted, but of such the supply is scanty. This afternoon Bengal Sugar was much enquired for, and the parcels disposed of privately were at stiffer rates for white and strong yellow sorts. None was offered at public sale. FOREIGN.—There has been no public sale of any description, but several parcels are declared. Since Tuesday last, the market has been in a quiet state for yellow Havannah, and only small parcels have been dis posed of ; holders, however, remain firm, and have ob tained fully former rates. White has sustained the pre vious currency, yet the demand has been limited ; large orders for both sorts are shortly expected. Brazil has been in good request, but holders have been unable to obtain any advance in prices. To-day there was more inquiry for all sorts of Foreign sugar, and full rates were offered, but at present not much business has been done. The Dutch Company's public sale of Java Sugar went off with animation at prices two florins above those of the last auction. _ MOLASESS.—The demand has been limited for West India, but holders are not inclined to press sales at existing low rates, although the stock is a large one; prices vary from 20s to 24s per cwt. For East India there is yet scarcely any demand, and parcels could only be disposed of but at very low rates. COFFEE.—The market has been better supplied with West India Coffee ; superior descriptions of Jamaica have been in good demand at full rates ; all other sorts, however, met with a dull sale, and the prices accepted show a decline on those previously quoted of 2s to 3s per cwt: at auction 180 casks of Jamaica have been brought forward—good and fine sorts, of which the principal part consisted, all found purchasers—fine middling colory fetched 120 a to 1365, good middling 98s 6d to 108 s ; the other qualities, were, however, only partly disposed of —middling at 82s, low middling 72s to 765, fine fine or dinary 63s 6d to 70s, fine ordinary 59s to 62s 6d, good ordinary 53s to 575, low ordinary 49s to 50s ; Triage 26s 6d to 46s ; 103 barrels of Demerara were bought in at 60s for fine fine ordinary, 50s for good ord, and 45s per cwt for common ; the cause of the lower sorts of West India being still so difficult of sale, and prices going down, is to be ascribed to the large quantities of the Ceylon Coffee that are being taken as a substitute. This afternoon there was no public sale of any descrip tion of Coffee. Ceylon met with attention, and privately several parcels were disposed of at firm rates, good ordi nary fetching 56s per cwt. In Mocha there was rather more business done at former prices. Jamaica was more inquired for, but holders could not obtain any advance on late rates. There are few buyers of Foreign Coffee, and holders in some instances are more inclined to sell. Cocoa.--Holders of West India show firmness, and supply the market sparingly ; some parcels have been disposed of by private treaty at very full rates ; Trinidad Red fetching 41s to 45s 6d fine 46s to 47s and grey 40s to 42s ; at auction 12 bags Grenada were sold at 42s per cwt for common red. In Foreign large purchases have been prevented in consequence of holders asking stiffer rates, and 24-9 bags of Bahia a t auct i on were taken in at 33s for fine bright red ; in the stock of all sorts of Cocoa a considerable diminution has taken place of late. TEA.—The market has still a firm appearance, and none has been offered at public sale. There has been a good business transacted in all descriptions, and the im proved rates previously established are fully supported. Congou, common, for cash, has been selling at 100 to I Id, good common lid to is Oid ; Twankay, ordinary, Is 2d to is 3d ; and Pouchong, ordinary to good, 6d to 10d per lb of the latter the supply at market is not suffi cient for the wants of the trade. The quantity of Tea offering for sale is unusually small. SPICES.—This afternoon Malabar Pepper was in in creased request, and 2,121 bags at public sale were all disposed of at rather higher rates for the better sorts, but inferior sustained the previous currency, good half heavy fetched 3:1-d to 3id, grey 3d to 34d, common grey 3d to 30 per lb. Of Jamaica Ginger 149 barrels were sold at stiffer rates, and fetched 813 s to 91 for good, and 4l to 7115 s fcr low to middling; 364 cases dry Malabar were mostly sold at 47s to 55s for bold rather wormy, 35s to 41s for small, and 46s to 50a per cwt for sea damaged. 9 casks of Nutmegs were all taken in, from New York at 21 4d, and from Rotter dam at 2s 10d, both subject to 3s 6d per lb duty. 22 casks of Mace, from Sydney sold at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, from the Cape of Good Hope 2s 4d, and from New York 2s 4d per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDs.---There has been a good demand for Jamaica Rum, and rather higher rates have been paid for fine qualities ; all other sorts fully sustained the previous currency ; shippers and the home trade are still inclined to purchase largely, but are prevented from so doing by the small supply at market ; the total purchases are 240 puns, 30 to 36 per cent over proof fair quality at 3s 8d to 3s 10d, 33 to 36 2 T o r g ve o r o r d at 4 h s e r t o h 4 i h 3 fl d , a v 3 0 2 u t r 0 4 3 8 4 2 0 d: v e a r n d fin 2 e o 4 p s un st s l v tiCl e r 4; fi S i d, i 0 high fiavoux of a favourite mark 35 per cent over 8s 6d per gallon : Leewards are held with firmness, and at former rates several parcels have been sold ; the total sales amount to 200 puns at 2s 4d to 2s 5/d per gallon, proof strength. Demerara has been in steady request at 3s 3d to 3s 5d for strong qualities. The reluctance of holders of Calcutta Rum to sell still operates against business ; sales made at 2s 23-cl to 2s 3d per gallon, proof with cer tificate. The stock of all sorts of Rum is considerably less than it was last year at this time. Brandy of com mon quality has been in good request at 2s lld to 3s 3d per gallon, and the supply is scanty, but in other sorts there has been little done, and prices are not so firm : Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 selling hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; do 1839, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; do 1840, hhds 5, puns 4s 10d ; do 1841, hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; do 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d, mid to good mid 3s 4d to 4s 4d per gallon. The market is firm for Geneva, and the demand for exporta tion good at is 10d to is lid ; tine fur home consumg lion is fetching 2s 6d to 3s 6d per gallon. The value of English Corn Spirits is lOs 41 per gallon cash. Rice:.—The market for Bengal,has been in a tranquil state, and former rates are with difficulty sustained ; few purchases have been made privately, and a public sale of 1,366 bags went flatly at lOs 6d to lls per cwt for middling white. Holders are decidedly more in clined to sell as the stock is a large one exceeding that of last year ; prices are 6d to Is per cwt higher than they were at that t;me. Of Foreign East India Rice none has been offered at auction, the business transacted privately was trifling, arid holders experience difficulty in obtaining former rates; Madras yellow is 8s to 8s Gd, Java white Os to I Is, and yellow 8s 3d to Os per cwt. For cleaned Rice prices are still supported, Patna fetching 13s Gd a 18s, and Carolina 21s to 26s per cwt. SAGO.—There are few pnrchasers of Sago, and prices continua on the decline. Arrowroot is abundant, and 710 pkgs at auction were only partly sold, St. Vincents at sd, St. Kitts 4d, Jamaica 5d to 74d, East India was taken in at 3d per lb. For Sago Flour prices remain firm. FRUIT.—Today there was very little business trans acted in Currants, and prices are looking down ; 40s to 42s is the value of Zante and Cephalonia, and 46s to 48s for Patras. New Muscatel Raisins are hourly ex pected. The first cargo of new Valencia will be here in about two weeks. SALTPETRE.—There has been less demand for Rough, which is to be attributed to the sudden and quiet aspects political affairs have assumed ; holders are not so firm, and of 1978 bags of Calcutta at auction a very small part only found purchasers at a decline on former rates of ad per cwt, mid dingy dry grey 5+ per cent refraction selling yt 26s 6d, good and fine 74 to 4 per cent 26s to 275, and unrefracted 24s ; the remainder taken in at 26s 6d to 27s for fine strong grey bold chrystal 44 to 34 per cent refraction ; by private contract little business has been transacted. English Refined has moved off slowly at 29s 6d to 30s per cwt. COCHINEAL.—HoIders show firmness, and none has been offered at auction ; privately some parcels have been disposed of at fully former rates ; indeed, in some cases u small advance has been paid. The stock in im porters' hands is reduced to a low ebb. INDIGO.—The rates previously established are fully sustained for all descriptions of East India ; there has been a good demand from shippers, particularly for the better descriptions, and several purchases have been made by the home trade ; the operations would be upon a more extended scale, but the market is still sparingly supplied. The quantity declared for the Bth of October is 12,534 chests. Of consuming qua lities there is likely to be an unusually large assortment, but very little good and fine, and about 1,200 chests of Madras and Kurpah. Spanish is held with firmness, and a fair demand has existed. The market for all sort of Indigo has a firm appearance. OILS—The business transacted in common descrip tions of Fish Oils has been upon a smale scale, only, and and rather lower rates have been taken for all sorts ; pale Seal selling by private contract at 341 to 34/ 10s, Cod at 33110 s to 34/, and at auction 80 tuns of Southern went at 27110 s to 31/10s for mid to fine ; public sales of the latter are advertised. Sperm, fine British has been :fetching 851 to 861, and American 81/ to 831 per ton. Linseed Oil 24s to 24s 3d per cwt. There is a large quantity at market. Rape Oil, pale at 365, and brown at 35s per cwt. Olive Oil at 451 to 461 for Gallipoli, 421 to 441 for Spanish, and Barbary 401 to 411 per tun. Palm at 27s to 28s per cwt for fine, and holders show firmness. The demand is increasing for Cocoa Nut Oil, and prices rule firm at 29s to 30s per cwt. Some parcels are announced for auction. This afternoon, 80 tuns of Southern Oil, at public sale were sold at 301 10s to 31/ lOs for good to fine quality ; 45 tuns of Coloured Seed Oil partly sold at 28l 10s, and dark 2615 s to 261 10s, but 30 tuns Cocoa Nut Oil were taken in at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt. TALLOW.—The public sales went at firm rates, 220 casks of North American fetching 39s 6d to 41s 6d, 476 pkgs South American 34s 9d to 40s, and 144 casks of New South Wales 34s to 42s per cwt. For Russian Tallow prices are fully sustained, and several purchases hare been made on the spot ; new P. Y. C. at 41s 9d to 425, and old at 41s to 41s 6d per cwt ; for delivery a good business has been transacted at 41s 9d to 42s for the last three months of the year ; importers are not inclined to press sales. Town Tallow has met with ready purchasers, and prices remain firm at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt, nett cash ; it is taken nearly as fast as it is made, it being the cheapest description of Tallow. COURSE OF EXCEL Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at eight l2 34 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp flamburgh M.B. 1313} Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeanx 25 90 Frankfort on Mains l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 2C. Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 SeTil le LNGE.—(TIIIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice . Naples 391 Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, FEB oz. Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Ears 0 4 1 1 WARWICK RACES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the report of Warwick Races in your paper, Freysto p is stated to have run second for the Castle Park Stakes ; whereas in Bell's Life, and other papers, he appears to have won the race. 'Will you oblige me by stating in your next publication which is correct, so as to enable me to pay or receive bets, as the case may :be. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, A S ÜBSCEIBER TO " THE SUN." Preston, Sept. 9. [Th• winner of the race was Freystop ; which was stated in our paper of Saturday.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 9. It is hereby notified, that the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Secretary to the Ad miralty, by direction of the Lords Commissioners, a copy of a dispatch, dated the 17th ultimo, from Capt. Wallis, of her Majesty's ship Warspite, inclosing a letter from his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, Commander of the French squadron on the coast of Morocco, stating, that he had placed the port of Mogador in a state of blockade. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 10, 1844. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Quartermaster-Ser geant W. Marvin to be Quartermaster, Tice Fife, re tired on full pay, Sept. 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Eorfarshire. Forfar and Kincardineshire Regiment of Militia— Hugh Alexander Kennedy, Esq. to be Captain, Aug. 31. Commissions by the Lord:Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry.—Lieutenant J. G. Smyth, to be Captain, vice Vyner, resigned ; Cornet W. H. F. Cavendish, to be Lieutenant, vive Smyth, promoted ; E. G. Taylor, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Cavendish, promoted, Sept. 2. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN SISON, toy dealer, Brighton. BANKRUPTS. ALFRED JOHN WARRILLOW, stationer, Sek forde-street, Clerkenwell, to surrender Sept. 19, at two, and Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Scott, Southampton-buildings, Chancerylane. JOSEPH HOOK, contractor, Nine-elmes, Surrey, Sept. 23, at half past two, and Oct. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Sadgrove, Mark-lane, City. THOMAS SEDGWICK, grocer, Leeds, Sept. 27, and Oct. 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Cou r t. Y oung , official assignee, aeeds; Duncan, Featherstone-buildings, London; Unwin, Sheffield; Blackburn, Leeds. GEORGE BRADSHAW, linendraper, Welchpool, Montgomeryshire, Sept. 17 and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver pool ; Walker, Furniyars-inn, London ; Bradley, Liver pool. OTAHEITE.—The following is an extract from a private letter, dated " Otaheite, April 24, 1844," ad dressed by Mr. Alexander Salmon, resident at Otaheite, Mr. John Salmon, 86, Piccadilly, London :—" My dear Father,—l now regret to inform you that there has been an engagement between the French troops and the natives, in which the former have lost 16 killed and about 50 wounded ; and the latter from 180 to 200 killed, and a great many wounded. You may fancy we are not very easy here; in fact, we have all our arms cleaned up, and keep watch every night." • Chelsea Old Church is being repaired and beauti fied—the interior as well as the exterior. There is an elegant iron railing being erected round the churchyard, and the unsightly old wall taken down. The inhabitants of Chelsea have opened a subscription to cleanse and repair the monument of Sir Thomas More, who was beheaded by Henry VIII. , and who was buried in the interior of this church. Sir Hans Sloane's tomb will be cleansed. His remains rest at the entrance of the church yard, and from whom the Cadogan family obtained their large property in Chelsea. FOREBODINGS or WINTER.—On Sunday evening a large flock of wild geese passed over Chesterfield, on their way, it is supposed, to the fens of Li nco l ns hi re . Such a circumstance , at this early period of the season, wa s hardly ever known, and it is cons id ere d to f ore b o d e an early and severe winter.—.Nottinghain Review, CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday Mr. Wakley resumed the inquiry into tb death of Captain Dixon, of the 88th Regiment of Foot. The Coroner, on taking his seat, inquired if any of" the relatives of the deceased gentleman were in At tendance ? Pummel], the summoning officer, said that Colonel Dixon, a brother of the deceased, had been expected from Bath to attend the inquest, but he had not yet arrived. The following evidence was then gone into : Anne Rowdier deposed that she was a servant-t. work at that house, and had known the deceased 01) 13 ' three weeks, during which time he had lodged tbe:W' On the afternoon of Thursday last, about. twenty J. nutes after one o'clock, she found the deceased dead :7g l his bed-room. On that day she went up to the deceased's' room in the earlier part of the morning, to know if lir would have his breakfast. Deceased said he wanted some more sleep, and would ring for his breakfast wheat he'was ready for it. Witness asked the deceased how b° was, when he said he was much better, but, having been up very late on the previous night, required more sleep. Deceased had been confined to his bed for a week on the previous Tuesday, and had been attended by a physician from town, and Mr. Gaskell, a surgeon, at' Chelses, for i a pain in his limbs. When witness went up the soon' time to the deceased's bed-room. she knocked at the d oot several times without receiving any answer, and, ° II , trying the door, found it locked on the inside. Sil fe then went down and told her mistress, who said the' deceased had never before locked his door, awl asked! Mr. Rolleston, her husband, to go up and see if 'IT thing was the matter. He did so, accompanied by irit ness, and having knocked at the door without recei vin g any answer, he burst the door open. Witness and Mr; Rolleston then both entered, and found the deceased lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his head wards the door. Witness immediately ran down stair' into the street and raised an alarm, when Mr. Guitzz ie. roni, the district surgeon of the Kensington iini? l _ l l who happened to be in the street at the time, was fe tcw ' in, and saw the body. About ten minutes after wainl had been to deceased's room she heard a loud noise, of the smashing of a looking-glass, and told her mistrest of it, who said it was very likely that the captain had let the glass fall, as his hands were so weak that he could 11 . ; hold anything he took hold of, and about twenty minli t y; after eleven o'clock she heard a similar noise, but mu°. louder. On the Sunday before the deceased's death ll°. told her lie should never get off his bed again, he was sure he should never get over it. He suss obliged to be helped off the bed, as he could not walk. Pe i ceased had twice refused to take sustenance, but she lla s never noticed anything odd in his behaviour or in ! i l l !. he said. Deceased told witness he had known Dili Rolleston eight years, and that she was the only Os° he had. and th at • Mr. Arthur Robert Rolleston deposed, that he was ti ll s landlord of that tavern. He had known deceased Abe ° two years, and he had been a lodger at witness's bos s° since last Chri-tmas twelvemonth. The witness the li , confirmed the statement of the first witness s.s to to' breaking the door open and finding the body. Had 11 quentty heard the deceased lament what a state be Ks reduced to, and say he had better be dead than go on J O ; Deceased was very weak in his knees and could not g up stairs without assistance. During the fortnight Pre ; vious to his death he had been worse, and had kePt bed during the last ten days. Mr. Gaskell first attend deceased, and Dr. Macleod was also called in. Did to; know that the deceased had pistols in his room until after his death. The deceased was very eccentric at tiw e l and a very little thing would throw him into a v ioleg a passion ; but ho had not been so bad of late. Dec ease was a perfectly sober man. Police-sergeant Hogan, T 25, deposed to being CS lled in about half-past one o'clock en Thursday, and on V I A into the room seeing the deceased on the floor deta chair was by the side of him, as if he had slipped oft v or the dressing-table witness found the white handled tot produced, which was stained with blood, and ills ° no pistol produced, which had a cap on. Witness gl ic powder or ball in the room. Jet Mr. Rolleston recalled—Had since found some roe and caps, but no balls or shot. On the previous AY deceased was down in the bar-parlour with witnes s ith o his wife until two o'clock on Thursday morning. He °a& then very cheerful indeed, and partook of some wine water. at' Mr. Guazzaroni, the surgeon who was called in t° ,o tend the deceased, said there was a pool of blood on floor. He did not then move the body. Deceased OA have been dead some time, as the body was quite 00 05 t, but that might be attributed to the quantity of blood leo The next day he examined the body by direction of 00 Coroner, and found an extensive wound, com menclog, a . the left side under the lower jaw, separating the in "lo ments of the neck with the carotid artery a nd jug re vein on the right side of the neck, and both of which IP divided completely . . There was likewise a mark or ; on the left temple, about the size of a sixpence , a Pg5, rently from the muzzle of a pistol, or the flash of * bu t might have caused it. Witness examined the pall , found no wound, neither were there any marks 0 ' lance visible. Witness had no doubt deceased die' his own act. 1, _. sfil ° A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, t said he was a brother officer of the deceased, stat ed Ivo he had been for the last 14 years on terms of the g re „ il g of intimacy and friendship with the deceased. 1.149 eccentric habits, but was a man of a strong miad 12 0 ,7 0 0 was afflicted, when he became dejected. D e cease"„ hti subject to paralysis of the brain, which affecte",• o o, •yes. Deceased used to call it his severe afflie' l ri o,. Last saw the deceased about a month ago in the St il it - i 4 when he recommended him to go into the cou i ll t d h r {, 3 H-A offered to go with him, and the deceased I °V ed'g would let him know, but he never did. It was ne c— bio impression that he should die blind, and that of mind more tha di. The Coroner n then sease addressed the jury, and laid th:r. c)uld be no doubt, after the evidence that had been al duced, that the deceased had died by his own act!ory an end had thereby been put to the many extraurd i l s and ridiculous rumours which had been in ci rcu .o to relative to this case. If the evidence was conc lu r 50 00 the minds of the jury that the deceased was °` Id i* mind at the time he committed the act, they ure ll accordance with their oath, return a verdict ce " t hat" murder ; or, if they considered the evidence show i; „ g lf he was deranged, they wo u ld re t urn a ve rdict auce r ",,; - dinc e but if, upon the other h a nd, th e y f e lt that the 9 7 4 Of was inconclusive as to the state of deceased's mi t " would express so in their verdict. erai" The jury, after some consultation, returned a /..„ the " That the deceased died by hi s o w n act ; but 0760 state of his mind at the time there was not an evidence before them to show it." AL Pr, Mc HORACE SMITH'S NEW HISTOSIC'%, fl MANCE.—" Arthur Arundel" is the name Of S „,Thleti e j historical novel, by the popular author of "BO — se' House," and the story is illustrative of that stirriltioe highly interesting period of our history—the Re/f.atife, of 1688. The principal characters in this et'''' ese oeo work are the prominent personages who wer e f l eli o 'ver ly in bringing about this important eh mge in the `'",„- ment. Amongst them are the Prince of OrenCrl 0 Pensionary Fogel, the Bishop of London, the '; e stse' Sunderland, Colonel Sydney, and the other rr u n .' s C OT champions ; and James the Second, his Queen',, Ri frien:: fessor, and the most distinguished of his Popis" tP" and advisers. The intrigues of the two parties, s n otty' general excitement which existed throughout thetio try, are well pourtrayed, and make the 1 3111 104 e . , 4 * markably animated, whilst the imaginary P i e i - tod l scenes, and events, which the able author n ot 'l with great effect to give variety to his story , 11 000: one of the most entertaining of all Mr. Hora ce goug e productions, not excepting even " Brambletle i 3-If. )f fliir BIB_ On the 2d inst., the lady of William Duckett, .1% 5 V o f selstown-park, Carlow, of a daughter. the lady On the 6th inst., at Darsham House, Suffolk,loof Frederick Newton Dickenson, Esq., of a daughter.,. re- On the 7th inst., at New Bank-buildings , e t i 3 of On son. ~.Ar 0 the 7th inst., at Buckland St. Mary, the J""' ar d. Rev. J. E. Lance, of a daughter. rr % GP.- On the 7th inst., at Highgate, the wife oftye son, Esq., of a son. ore/ On the 7th inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensingt°ll'• lady of James Pratt Barlow, Esq., of a daughter;„, of "- ()n the 7th inst., the wife of Henry Hayman, -r""'" ventry-street, of a son. 'if J. On the 7th inst., at Lorne-road, Brixton, ..of s',ll Tll3, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., in Bread-street, Mrs. B. K. 1 25' v- ofi' ill' On the Bth inst., the wife of T. C. Renshaw, -c''''' A colnO's th Inn, of a son. of 0 ' n e Bth inst., at Dane-end, Herts, th e lady Surtees, Esq., of a aughter. le MARRIED. 1 ,,, the .„ n 0 At St. George's, Hanover-square, this day, by 0' o W. T. Hadow, Rector of Haseley, Norman , e' - co tinf i r Norman Uniacke, Esq., of Mount Uniacke, in t be -ID I.I Cork, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late C 010 0 ' r i water Bethune, of Balfour, in the county of F ife. oc, voa On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-10k e t William Hervey, second son of the Marquis of c ot tog c ia Secretary of Embassy at Paris, to Cecilia Mary' ift ol3 daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas coit• Fremantle, G.C.8., K.M.T. , &c. o°oo At St. George's, Camberwell, A. F. Croom, Eecll.ls e elch - ' to Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. Saner , °' lsi' Surrey. , ocler gleg On the 26th ult., at St. Pancras Church, .8-0,1,7„ A. Esq., surgeon, to Jane, eldest daughter of dcw - re/P Bristow, Esq., of Eusemere-hill, Ullesvrater , On the sth inst. at Llanaber, Merionethshile: dg Blaxland, Esq., of B ' romley, Kent, to Rebecca, eldest oil ter of W. Jones, Esq., of Glandrrr, Merionethshire.,e, I d, to On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-50pol of Thomas Jessop, Esq., of Mount Jessop, Longfe,'4. 9 44 Maria Lucy, eldest daughter of Alexander CePls'" ' Gloucester-place, Portman-square. Weenie Georg , OP° DIED. On the 10th inst., at 16, Ranela g h- gr ove, Che'el4 door Hog Caird, of consumption, aged 35. Dirs. 11 On the 7th inst., at Denmark-hill, Surrey, t h Haekblock, widow of W. Haekblock, Esq. f old lee te On the 3d inst., Sir Robert Eden, Bart., 0 Odd and Beamisb-park, in the county of Durham. 4.-or On the 3d inst., Frances, wife of John Willis, o' re' borough, Kent, sq., aged 74. ~ id stller' On the 3d inst., at Harland, near Chesterne . O ldie lict of Bernard Lucas, Esq. r st • 1 4 , On the sth inst., Mr. Charles Jame: Payne, 0 - ' fP i court, Leicester-square. daughter o f dirt On the sth inst., Sarah Caulet, second ~ re Patch, Esq., of Upper Gower-street. 0 n,,, ...K. On the sth inst., at York-road, Lambeth, Su i s i e s geisi t x of the late Mr. W. Baker, of Cambridge"Kingston-upon-°' On the sth inst., Robert Kirby, Esq., of 1 1 , A fl* race, Hyde-park, aged 69. Wait.' On the 6th inst., at Anstey, near Alton, ____ of widow of the late W. Lee, Esq., r g Kl. 81. - __G, 10 13 J' ill 'WIWI ) 10. London : Printed and Published by fY .., c 0 wti No. ; 12, Strand, Printer, at The '-' ea e i4 fintO t b o %I. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy'. In Middlesex, Tuesday, September 10, 1844. lOper cent. 10e. per eh. 11. MX perch. 11.4 x. 14 15s. (per cent. b per cent. AP. andl 9a.6d. bs. 5 tiper cent. 7per cent. 4 per cent Oper cent LIST OF SCOTTISH COM' AUG. 1, 1 Bank of Scotland...". Royal Bank British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank.. Western Bank Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance. North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott Edinburgh Life Insur. itcottish Union Insur... Standard Life Insur.... 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