The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

COLONEL STONOLLODDART AND CAPT. CY. Captain Grover has received Dr. Wolff's journal up to 413. 6. He left Tabreez on Jan. 20, and, after a peril ous and painful journey, reached Tehran, in perfect health, on Feb. 4. Fifty-six miles from Tehran he was obliged to write to Colonel Shiel, petitioning that five horses might be sent to his assistance. Colonel Shiel instantly sent the required horses, and wrote in the kindest terms, inviting the Doctor to take up his quarters at the British embassy, and promising wiry assistance. The Doctor says, " Could anything be more kind than this ? He (Colonel Shiel) has also detained in his house Meshede Rajah, who was three years ser vant to Colonel Stoddart, and by whom he (Meshede Raab) was sent to Canbul. He had been imprisoned at Bokhara. I have taken him into my service, and he will accompany me to Bokhara in about ten days time. I have East with the greatest kindness and hospitality from Colonel Shiel, and the gentlemen attached to the embassy, and I wish this to be understood in the strictest sense of the word." Dr. Wolff further says, " Colonel Shiel told me that he had seen the Ambassador from Bokhara, who told him that he did not believe that Colonel Stoddart or Captain Conolly had been killed, but that they were kep t in prison!" Dr. Wolff had seen Count de Medem, the Russian Envoy. and received from him an account of his interview with the Ambassador, which differed but little from that published some time ago in the_ papers. The Doctor has not yet been to visit the Bokhara Ambas sador, as he wishes previously to bo presented to the King of Persil. Dr. Wolff says Colonel Stoddart's servant told him that " people had been frequently confined for five years at Bokhara, and believed by all the inhabitants to have been killed, and then suddenly had made their appear ance again." The Doctor then Says : " So much is certain that no one at Bokhara has wit nessed the execution of Stoddart or Conolly, and my de termination therefore of going straight to Bokhara is unshaken and unabated. I shall now begin to draw money on Drummonds in good earnest, for I must appear respectably at Bokhara, as the Great Mullah from England, described by the Sultan, and the Seik at Islam ; but as the Mjallahs among the Mahonamedans live with great simplicity, I shalrdo the same. " I shall not neglect to make search for the other British officers at and near Bokhara, and every Sepoy I might pick up." The King of Persia evinces the greatest zeal; he has already written to the Umeer Bukhara, claiming these unfortunate men as British officers of distinction, and urging him to send them immediately to Tehran with all the honours due to their exalted rank. His Majesty has also ordered a Mehmandah to accompany Doctor Wolff to the Bokhara territory. Such is the result of the powerful aid so kindly af forded by the Earl of Aberdeen; without that aid Dr. Wolff never could have reached Tehran, and we may now confidently expect that the fate of these officers will not long remain a mystery. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. ANTWERP, APRIL s.—The Antwerp Steam Naviga tion Company is goinr , to make a direct communication b e t we en Antwerp and ' Hull. The fine steamer the Princess Victoria, which was employed between Ant werp and London, will be placed on this line. There will be at least one departure weekly from each port. The first will be at the end of the month, and in the be ginning of May. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 9.—The Minister of Finance has announced that a voluntary gift has been received by the Treasury, though the giver would not be liable to the extraordinary income-tax ; this person is Mr. Wm. Dennison, an inhabitant of Java, who is here for a short time, he has given a cheque for 10,000 florins on his agent at Batavia. TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 26.—Letters from Bu charest announce that Prince Bilx•sca seeing that in the unfavourable temper of the Assembly any agreement in a resolution tending to promote the interest of the country was impossible, had suddenly dissolved the As sembly. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS GLOBE.—The Times should really adopt the alias of " The Sorrows of Walter." To what a degree those sorrows supply motives for its daily diatribes is every row and then disclosed by itself, as the most natural thing in the world. That the public should espouse the cause of Mr. Walter against all adversaries, and that whenever any public man is sounconne d'etre suspect of want of allegiance to Mr. Walter, he should be (avowedly therefore) run down by the Times, seems a rule requiring no concealment ! The Times office is a lio'y office of inquisition into the faith of statesmen .—and the first article in the faith of statesmen is be'ief in Wal:er. Without it there is no salvation. People may talk of priestcraft, and the dark ages ; but to our view the dark ages were luminous, compared to this age of press-craft. Is it creditable—(look at the Times of this morning to see if it is not true)—is it creditable that a journal, assuming to take such a lead of opinion as the Times, should put forth, in its leading article, the wrongs, or supposed wrongs, of a proprietor AS the evident provocation (we did not know it before) eon which it proceeds, in the set purpose it has lately evinced of running down the present Home Secretary ! I s , it possible to call the public a great gudgeon in plainer ter.'ns. than by thus flaunting the naked hook before it, confident it will bite none the less? We may be asked what Interest we have in defending Sir James Graham against the Times. Evidently none, except the -common interest of all rational men in discountenancing iu system of poli tical a g itation, in which imputations of tthe grossest nature are caught from such lips as a Fer scowl's, to heap on a persital enemy! Sir James Graham is iv friend of ours, but we say, notwithstanding— Non tali auxilio, non of-fensoribus istis. If the ebject were to render the Home Secretary re spectable to those whose respect is worth having, there is nothing more a..dapted than this Times and Ferrand league to effect it. Mr. ()ostler has been improving at Brad ford on Mr. Ferran d's st y le of as p ersion at Leeds : " He would tell them why Sir J. Graham made him self so very ridicuous before a rational world. Sir -T . Graham knew that the Queen of England had an 0. op i,tion upon this question. He knew that her mater nal Wart was yearning towards the emancipation of her sex and of the youth of her dominions from their excessive toil, He knew that she was not an adept in commercial aculations. He, 'therefore, was deter mined to mystify and bewilder the Royal mind, to raise up hobgoblins to frighten her Majesty from her benefi tent resolution. He knew also that his own tenure of Ace depended upon his success, and it was fur that— that only, that Sir James Graham continued to ring in the Rouse of Commons that the stability of our institutions depends upon the excessive labour of women and children in factories." We have alrody stated that it is the case of adult women, not childi - en, which is now concerned ; and the continual appeal about children by one and all of these agitators, as well as their continual adducing of cases of over-work fifteen or twenty years back, affords no very strong presumption of consciousness of the strength of their real case. Let that case be gone into on its real merits. Let it be shown that grown-up persons of average health (for that id the real point) suffer by twelve hours' work in cotton mill more than the fatigue of other ordinary occupations. Let it be shown that injury and dis couragement to investment of capital in manufactures is not to be apprehended from a further legisla tive restriction of adult labour. Let these things be made out, and none will acquiesce more gladly than we shall in the change. Bat let not fraudu lent use be made of the tender age of children, who are out of the question. Let not fraudulent use be made of cases of overwork some twenty years remote. (Such were the cases quoted by Mr. Smith from the Leeds Infirmary.) Let us not be deluged by men, who seem to find it impossible to speak truth on any subject, with aspersion and contumely against every public man who has courage sufficient to take what is deemed the cold-blooded part of caution—and to sacrifice the sort of popularity which is so easily and cheaply earned. It is clear that to do this demonstrates a strong conviction against the safety of change. And whether that conviction is well or ill founded, adherence to it on the part of those who hold it is fulfilment of a public duty. It is said, indeed, that Ministers should yield their opinion to the majority of the House of Commis. To a majority in favour of what? Will any one be kind enough to tell us? Not of a Ten Hours' Bill, for that, as well as the plan of Government, has been negatived. Ministershave to choose between some compromise,which will unsettle everything and settle nothing, and adhe rence to their own view of a point essential to the safety of important interests. Of course they may be wrong in their notion of wh a t i s es sential to manufa c tures. So may Mr. Senior, whose views, we p erceive, were quoted at the Bradford meeting. can only say that neither their views of the ri s k, nor his, seem to us to have been shown unfounded. HERALD.—The vacancy of the chief seat in the Count of Exchequer, and th e m •PL rtant changes conse quent upon the death of its late, and the elevation of its future occupant, are naturally exciting very great inte rest, not only in legal circles, but in the public at large. We pregame that no difference of opinion the qualification o f S ir Frederick exists as to Pollock, who will, doubtless, on the termination of the important cause at the Old Bailey, which he is now conducting, receive the appointment of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. H e i s s man of powerful intellect, a high tone of moral y e dino., a sound and accurate knowledge of law, of great experience, and a mild and dignified temper and de meanour ; qualities which will enable him to adorn the bench, aud as to some of them at least afford a gratify ing contraet to his predecessor. Sir Wm. Follett will, of course, become the Attorney-General, and we presume the new Solicitor -General will, of course, be Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, a gentleman whose claims to that honour are universally recognised. It is of the last importance to secure for both those posts men not only of the high ostler of intellect, for which both Sir William Follett and Mr. Kelly are so pre-eminently distinguished, but of that ready, exact, and extensive legal knowledge by which they are equally eharacterised, and in whioh they are unrivalled at the bar. When the variety of questions on every branch of law upon which the Government re quire prompt information from its official advisers is conshiered, it is evidently of the last importance to secure the hest lawyers which the bar can a ffor.l : clues tions on international law, foreign law, colonial law, con stitutional law —in fact on every branch law , which, of the la , which, if .tiot answered promptly and accurately, must occasion toe the Government serious embarrassment. We r therefore u ufeignedly in the prospect—nay, per haps, the fa, It of Mr. Kelly's o appoint men t, which will not only gratify the, bar, bar, amongst whom his uniform good nature and atA•bility are proverbial, but reward him for many years of intense professional exertion, and also for tan his staunch )cacy of Conservati v e principles and the sacrifices he kia.s made on behalf of his party. We observe that some of ode . Contemporaries have mentioned the names of two other gentlemen as probable objects of Sir R. Peel's choi fe—Afessrs. Godson and Thesiger. With every respect, however, for these gentlemen, we conceive that the idea of putting either of them in competition with i Mr. Kelly is little less than ludicrous. Mr. Thesi ger s an elegant and fluent speaker, and possessed of much tact at Nisi Prius ; and Mr. Godson is a man of seund sense and respectable legal attainments; but we must be pardoned for doubting whether even they them selves would think of entering the lists as candidates for the post of Solicitor-General—at all events, in competi tion with such a man as Mr. Kelly. Mr. Stuart Wortley is not an unlikely successor to Mr. Kelly, provided the latter remain in office long enough to enable Mr. Wortley to acquire sufficient length of standing in the profession to warrant his elevation to so distinguished and respon sible a station. As the son of Lord Wharncliffe, and also as an able an eloquent advocate, and possessed of rapidly-increasing legal knowledge, and one of the most rising leaders on the Northern Circuit, he has un doubtedly strong claims. THE FACTORIES BILL. It seems to have been very unadvisedly asserted by some of the opponents of the Ten Hours' Bill that it was not really desired by the operatives of the country. Nothing is more unsafe than to hazard too openly as sertions of this kind in a bad cause. They are sure to draw on their maintainers a tremendous practical refutation, which not only sweeps away the original misrepresentation, but displays a power, energy, and determination, which might have lain for unacknow ledged, and therefore comparatively ineffective, with out the application of this unintended stimulus. Such, certainly, will be one effect of this most infelicitous statement. On Monday night a numerous and re spectable meeting was held at Leeds, for the purpose of passing a series of resolutions in favour of Lord Ashley's Bill, which is to be the first of a number of similar demonstrations throughout the manufacturing districts, and which, with them, will furnish the Mi nistry with a tolerably complete demolition of the theory on which they would fain repose. A similar meeting has since followed at Bradford, of which a report will be found in another column. At the Leeds meeting Dr. Hook, the vicar of the parish presided, a number of gentlemen connected with the place ad dressed the meeting, and among the strangers who attended from a distance, Messrs. Ferrand and Oastler spoke with their usual decision and force, and were listened to with enthusiasm like their own. Judging from the report before us, and the "loud cheers" which greeted every allusion of an uncompli mentary kind—and we did not observe any of an op posite tendency—to the character or conduct of the Home Secretary, Sir James Graham seems pretty clearly understood by the good people of Leeds. We need hardly express our own cordial sympathy with them in this respect. We do not indeed participate in the sanguine expectation of Mr. Ferrand, that " backed as Lord Ashley will be by the determina tion of the masses, and by the religious feelings of the Church and country, Sir R. Peel will yield, Sir J. Graham will retire into his fastnesses in Cumberland, Lord Ashley in all probability will take his place, and Sir R. Peel will continue to govern the country, hut only if he governs it on constitutional principles.' Such a transformation is a shade too magical for this en lightened age. The casting out of Sir James Graham, as if he, simply and in his own person, were the devil by which the Ministry is possessed, would scarcely, we fear, suffice to restore the supposed demoniac. Cer tain evil influences of false political economy, lying phantoms of unhealthy manufacturing greatness, empty hopes and empty flars which at present infest the Treasury benches, will not float away in Sir James's wake, be his ejection ever so summary. He represents, but unf)rtunately he does not entirely con centrate, hat multiform virus which alternately sti mulates the bitterness of the New Poor-law, and con geals the semi philanthropy of the Factory Reform 13i11. Not one person, but many principles, have to be rooted out before the present Ministry will consent to carry out with unflinching trne-heartedness the mea -1 sure of reform demanded for and by our labouring population. Nor, perhaps, is the accession of Lord Ashley to the expected vacancy in Downing-street what the friends of that Noble Lord and his cause would most readily anticipate or most earnestly de sire. his place is rather out than in. He will far more effectually serve his clients as en unfettered county Aleinber from his place in Parliament than as Home Secretary, amidst the corruption and embar rassment of office. _ _ _ But the first question is not what is imme practicable, but what is desirable; and the Leeds peo ple seem fully to participate in Mr. Oastler's ancient and uncompromising conclusion, that "no good can be done as long as Sir James Graham is a member of the Government." _ _ To one of that Right Hon. Gentleman's delinquen cies Mr. Ferrand alluded, after his usual plain-spoken fashion, in words which will carry with them the , sympathies of all opponents of the Poor-law. After some animadversions on his general conduct with re spect to that law, be proceeds : " That is not all Sir James Graham has done of late for the purpose of putting duwn the advocates of the poor in the Horse of Commons. You will remember that Mr. Walter was returned for Nottingham, and I have had the honour of battling by that gentleman's side the enemies of the poor. No man has resisted the Poor-law more vigorously or at greater sacrifice of time and money than Mr. Walter. It was therefore felt necessary by Sir James Graham to get him out of the House of Commons, for Sir James was a man who could not bear to hear the truth spoken, especially on that subject. A petition was presented against Mr. Walter's return. They could only prove that his friends—not his agents—had spent between 30/. and 401. in money and what they called treating. The Committee was divided—three Whigs for throwing him out, three Tories for keeping him in. Mr. Hogg, the Member for Beverley—one of the most pure boroughs in the kingdom, forsooth—(Loud laughter)—whether he got his seat for 401. Ido not know,—but this Tory Chairman aided Sir James Graham and the Govern ment in unseating Mr. Walter. Mr. Hogg tried to ex plain away his conduct on that occasion ; the whole of the Government side of the House, on which I sat, lis tened with feelings of disgust while he higgled and hag gled through his explanation, but there was one man who vociferously cheered, and that one man was Sir J. Graham." Mr. Ferrand speaks his mind distinctly and fear lessly. He is apt to say what he and many others are convinced of, though few have the courage to lay the accusation fairly before the world. The present charge is a material one, involving not only a hostility to the advocates of the poor, from which few will absolve Sir J. Graham, but also an unhandsome and underhand treachery towards one whose single vote when Member for that same borough of Nottingham turned the scale in favour of Sir James and his party on the critical division which virtually unseated the late Ministry. It is easy in political life to evade the grasp of an antagonist, by throwing him on the proof of one of those facts which, though nobody doubts, yet nobody can prove by technical evidence. It is easy for a practised debater to obtain a seeming triumph over one who boldly asserts that of which he has a solid and well-founded conviction, if he does not also take the precaution of marshalling his au thorities, noting his dates, and carrying his reference in his pocket. But many significant facts and coin cidences are well known in private which cannot be alleged in the House of Commons, or verified by oath in a court of justice; and the common sense of the public, guided by the opinion of those conversant in public life, pronounces an independent judgment, and is not imposed upon by a dexterous feint or parry. Sir J. Graham may answer Mr. Ferrand's accusation, he may try to run him down by a slap-dash assertion that does not meet the case, or he may raise a dust through which it may be diffi cult to see where he is, or how to hit him. But, do what he may, we shall leave the matter with some confidence to the judgment of experienced men who have had their eyes on events—who understand how to measure probabilities, and who will not be answered ' by a flourish or a manoeuvre. But enough of Sir James. The meetings of Mon day and Tuesday show the sense of Leeds and Brad ford on this important question. " Having made inquiries," said one speaker, "to some ex t en t o f persons employed in mills, he had been unable to meet with one, and, what was more, all that he had spoken to told him that they did not know any ooe in the whole range of their acquaintance who did not mos t earnestly desire the limitation of labour to ten hours ;" and the unanimity of the meetinggave weight to his words. Let Yorkshire and Lancashire follow up this demonstration with similar spirit, and we may look for an early decision of this question. The Mi nistry are not unsqueezable, for all Sir James Graham's bold face and high words. They have two or three times been bullied out of an intended mea sure—let us hope it is not impossible to press them into an unintended one. But, if this hope is doomed to disappointment, we can only express our con vic • tion with some of the speakers at Leeds, that Sir B. Peel, and his friends, though Valuable, are not indis pensable to the good government of the country, and our trust that some statesmen will be found able and willing to carry out those measures on behalf of the poor which humanity and wis require.—Timex. llEnoxs.—This heronry is a noble appendage to the Park (Windsor), and any Monarch might well be proud of it, as well as the trees on which the nests are built. As lam not aware of there being more than eleven or twelve heronries left in this ,jr thecountry, it is to be hoped that every care will be When imposedcme re ferred to. Severn penalties were formerly any person killing a heron ; and that the laws enacting them have not been repeealld; at present we find herons amongst the trophies nulled by keepers upon some stunted oak-tree, in the midst of magpies, jays, owls, and polecatt , , although the damage they do to fish-ponds is comparatively trifling. feeding, as they chiefly do, upon frogs, snails, water-rats, and small eels. In the breeding season, when they have to provide for their ravenous young, they may attack the larger sort of fish, but the interest which must always be attached to this royal bird, connected as it is with the chivalry and ancient sports of this country, ought to be sufficient to protect it from • wanton dvstruction inde pently of its own wild and pictur es q ue character.—jesve's Scenes and Tales of Counir, iffe. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Liverpool, April 10. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Special Jury.) DORAN V. RITCHER. This was an action on a policy of insurance from fire, in which the plaintiff sought to recover from the Phoenix Insurance Company a sum of 4831., the amount of damage sustained by him from a fire in the month of September, 1842. Mr. Knowles and Mr. James were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Martin and Mr. Watson for the defendant. As it was admitted on the part of the defendant, that if the plaintiff was entitled at all he was entitled to the full amount claimed, the defendant was held entitled, the affirmation of the pleas being upon him, to begin. Mr. MARTIN stated the defendant's case, from which it appeared that the plaintiff was a marine store dealer, in Crompton-street, in this town, and had effected the policy in question in the Phoenix Insurance Company for the sum of 5001. By one of the conditions of the policy it was provided, that on any loss by fire taking place, the insured should send in a true account of the damage sustained, and that in case of any such return being fraudulent, the policy should be forfeited. The fire at the defendant's premises took place on the 26th of September, 1842, immediately after the great fire by which so large an amount of property was destroyed. The premises consisted of a dwelling-house built of wood, with an ir•n roof, and a store adjoining, also built of wood. Behind the house was a stable, contain ing a number of horses, belonging to a person of the name of Bushell, and over that was a hayloft filled with hay. At the side of the stables were a number of pigstyes under an inclined plane, that led up to the hayloft door. The top of this inclined plane came up to the rear of the plaintiff's dwelling-house, and any person could from that point look into the loft over the dwelling-house, as well as into the loft over the warehouse. Crompton street was in the immediate neighbourhood of the great fire, and for some days a very great alarm existed in the minds of the inhabitants from the apprehension of the fire extending in that direction. Under that impression many of them removed their goods, and, among others, a quantity of furniture was removed from the house of the plaintiff. The fire, however, was got under; the alarm had subsided; and the greater number of the neighbours had returned to their dwellings. No portion, however, of the goods so removed from the plaintiff's house was, it was alleged, brought back. On the 26th of September the plaintiff and his wife were, as was alleged, at the Amphitheatre, where an amateur per formance was being given, for the benefit of some of the schools connected with the lloman Catholic places of worship. One of the neighbours had occasion to go into the yard adjoining Bushell's stable, and was surprised to see a light in the hayloft, which he at first thought pro ceeded from a candle. Almost immediately after flames burst out, and, communicating with the adjoining pre mises, occupied by the plaintiff the whole, in little more than half an hour, was level with the ground. Shortly after, the plaintiff sent in his claim to the insurance office, alleging that, among other things, he had lost four tons of oakum, three-and-a-half tons of rags, eight or nine tons of old rope, thirty-three flock beds, and other bulky articles. Circumstances came to light which induced a suspicion that the plaintiff had himself set the house on fire, and he was finally com mitted for trial. At the following assizes he was tried for the arson, and acquitted. It was now sought to show that the property for which the plaintiff sought compensation could not possibly have been on the premises at the time the fire occurred. It was calculated that the goods alleged to have been consumed would fill, at the lowest estimate, about 3,952 cubic feet, and would nearly fill the whole of the premises. It appeared from the evidence of Mary Beckett, who was in the service of Mrs. Bushell, that she had occasion to go into the plain tiff's house with a message to Mrs. Doran the day the fire occurred ; that she found no one within, and that on looking into the parlour and the kitchen she found them empty. She was afterwards in the lower store, and at that time there was hardly anything in it. Alice Bushell and Samuel Jones stated that they had occa sion to go up the inclined plane already mentioned to get some hay out of the hay-loft ; that the window of the prisoner's house was open, that they looked in, and there was at that time nothing visible but some remains of burnt cotton which the women in the employ of the plaintiff had been picking. The strongest eviden?e, however, was that of two little boys, who stated that in the course of the afternoon they got through the window in question into th:? loft, and remained more than an Dour playing at " tick." They said both the lofts were all hut empty, and nothing to hinder their running about in any part of them. It was further sought to show, from the manner in which the premises burned, that they could not have contained such goods as those de scribed. The engines were promptly in attendance, and a great quantity of water was thrown on the burning mass ; but the whole was consumed, so as hardly to leave a vestige, within half an hour of the fire breaking out. It was alleged by a number of witnesses having great experience in such matters, that there would be, under the circumstances, a great ma's of materials among the ruins, had the stock on the premises been in any degree of the kind and quantity alleged. For the plaintiff, evidence was adduced to show that the property in question was on the premises at the time of the fire taking place. For this purpose a person of the name of M'Gee, and some other parties, were called. M‘Gee was in the service of the plaintiff, and is a rela tion of his. His statements went to show the existence of property to the full extent alleged. He said he had kept watch on the premises for several nights before this occurred, but on that night, being very much fatigued, Mrs. Doran, before going to the theatre, permitted him to go to bed. He lay down in his clothes, with the ex ception of his coat, and on the alarm of fire being given, he ran for the engine, and returning, got out a chest of drawers, which were carried up the street, he knew not by whom. The testimony of this witness was corroborated by several others, as to the contents of the stores. It was also alleged that when the house was burnt down, the iron roof remained at least four; feet from the ground and gradually sunk lower in the course of the few fol lowing days. It was alleged, too, that the ground floor of the house was considerably lower than the street, and that the fire broke out several times in the course of the few succeeding days, so that, as was contended on the part of the plaintiff, there might have been very cone siderable;remains of.the goodsclaimed, which were slowly burnt away, and disappeared. Mr. MARTIN having replied, His LORDSHIP summed up, leaving it to the jury to decide on the credibility of the several witnesses whose ,estimony it was impossible to reconcile. The verdict was finally returned for the defendant. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1844. THE WILLS FORGERIES CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY, Mr. -3 ustice WILLIAMS, and Mr. Justice MAULE.) The examination of Emma Hartwell (continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday)—Occasionally she wore a black silk gown. She wore a dark shawl with a mix ture in it of all colours. I saw Mr. Fletcher sometimes twice and three times a day while she was there. He used to come sometimes between four and five in the after noon, and sometimes between ten and eleven in the morning. I knew he lived near, but did not know exactly where. Mrs. Fletcher used to come, but not often, and Miss Fletcher came once. Letters used to come to the old lady, addressed to Miss Stewart. The Fletchers never mentioned her name. They used to call her the old lady. I have taken the letters. She took them, and kept them. I know the prisoner Georgiana Dorey, and have seen her come to visit the old lady occasionally. They sometimes went out together. The gown produced (by Forrester) is the pattern of the one worn by the old lady, but the pattern is washed out very much. I saw the gown at the Mansion-house, and recognised it. It was brought to me first. Mr. Fletcher came occasionally to tea with the old lady. Mrs. Fletcher came once. Georgiana Dorey was gene rally accompanied by Mr. Fletcher. I did not know when she came that there was any con nexion between her and the old lady. I do not know that she visited any one but the Fletchers. She made no acquaintances in the neighbourhood, and no one came near her except the Fletchers and Mrs. Dorey. She was sometimes absent some hours. She generally paid her lodgings herself. I cannot fix the time that she went away. William Wybrow—l live in Rathbone-place. Where I formerly lived, in the same place, was called the Temple of Apollo. I know the prisoner Mrs. Dorey. She called to see some lodgings at my house in 1838. One of my daughters had given her lessons on the guitar. She took the lodging at the time she had the stand in the Pantheon. Her mother and two nieces came with her, and they continued to lodge at my house until the summer of 1840. Mrs. Richards appeared to be about 75 years of age. She was rather tall and thin ; very infirm and pale ; she had weak eyes. She walked feebly, and used an umbrella to assist her as a walking stick. She wore a dark cloak. In 1840 Mrs. Richards left the apartments. It was in the summer. Miss Richards, the neice, continued with me. She said her mother was going to Camberwell for the benefit of her health. I heard her say once or twice that she was go ing to Camberwell to to see her mother. I am not sure wheth er M rs . Ri c h ar d s eve r came back. I think kshe did. Saunders, Miss e • RichardseinNov. 1840. an and thel did not Misses of Miss Richards where she was going to. Ido not re member any letter being brought. Cross-examined by Mr. WiLxixs—There was a pri vate door. The person who occupied the lodgings gene rally answered it. Sometimes one of my daughters an swered it. I cannot say that I have seen Mr. Barber there. I saw a man named Griffin at the Mansion house. My son said he thought he had seen one of the parties come to the house. My son did not point out Griffin. I said that I thought I had seen Griffin there. Dross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I can distinctly swear that Mrs. Richards was in my house in the early part of the year 1840. Sydney Hampden Wybrow.—l am the son of the last witness, and at present I am a clerk in the Post-office. I resided with my father in 1838 and 1839. I knew the prisoner Dorey as Georgiana Richards. I recollect her taking lodgings at my father's in 1838. Her mother and two nieces lodged with her. They came, I think, in 1838, and remained about two 3 ears, until 1810. I have often seen the old lady. She was old and infirm, and tkied when she went out to carry an um brella. She always wore a dark gown. The old lady left three or four months before the others. I have no recollection as to the date. I understood that the old lady was gone to Camberwell for the benefit of . h e p a , l 3 t r h os . yhia l avl l : i np e fni r d not that positivefro m tl e t niece,hat the e a t o i l not ady from her Alr ua returned. rbor a a o r a t i o iod ha t v n e or a e r o e n co a l e le v c e t r i a o l n o o f ne t a h s e io p n r s is . one l r think I have let him in once or twice. Whenever I let any persons in, they asked for Miss Richards. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS—I have been in the Post-office four years. lam22or 23 years of aQe. I remember at the Mansion-house standing at the bottom of the stairs to see the prisoners go by. I did not point out Griffin to my father. I did not point out any one to him. He asked me if I knew any of them, and I said I believed I knew the tall one. I think my father believed I meant Griffin. I saw the prisoners at the bar, and pointed out Barber, without knowing any of their names. When my father came out, he said, I thought you meant Griffin. I might have said I meant the tallest. I will not undertake to swear that Barber was ever in Rath bone-place. I speak of my belief. Mrs. Dixon—l am the wife of Seth Dixon, and live in Crown-court, Dean-street. I was engaged on the 10th April, 1841, with a Mrs. Elliott, as charwomen, at 24, Dean-street. I have been in the habit of acting there in that capacity ever since. When I first went there the prisoner Dorey and her mother were lodging there. A niece was living with them—a Miss Saunders. Mrs. Dorey said they had only come a month before I came. I assisted as charwoman to them also. The old lady died in that house in the latter end of June in the same year. Mrs. Dorey left at Christmas, 1842. I only assisted an hour or so now and then before the old lady's death. I assisted the prisoner more frequently after. She used to go out of town after her mother's death, she said to Bristol. She went away three times, and stayed a month or six weeks. She used to visit at Camberwell. She told me she visited a physician of the name of Fletcher there. I saw the prisoner Fletcher at 24, Dean-street. I answered the door to him. I knew William Saunders and his wife. They occasionally came there. Mrs. Saunders once came on a visit for a month. Saunders came while the old lady lay dead in the house. Fletcher asked for Miss Richards when he came. She was not at home, and he left a message for her and her niece to come and dine with him next day. The old lady appeared about seventy-three or seventy-four years old, and rather infirm. She was subject to the gout in her hand. She used always to wear black. I saw her once in a cotton dress. After her death Mrs. Dorey gave me a gown of her mother's. This (the gown produced by Forrester) is what remains of it. I gave it to Forrester. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—I was not ex amined before the Lord Mayor. I was applied to to give evidence in March. Cross-examined by Mr. JANES.—The Saunders live in Bristol. Mr. D. M‘Pherson—l am a schoolmaster at Cal lendar, in Scotland, and was session clerk there in the year 1840. I remember receiving a letter purporting to come from a person named Stewart. I think I received three letters, but only retained one. I think I must have destroyed the others. The letter produced is the one I have kept. Mr. Grattan was re-called, and stated that he be lieved the letter to be in Fletcher's handwriting, but he could not be certain. Had he received such a letter he should have acted upon it. It appeared there was some disguise about it, but it was the character of Joshua Fletcher's writing. The letter was then put in and read. It was signed " E. Stewart," and was dated Nov. 10, 1840, 1, South ampton. row, Camberwell, and alluded to a previous letter dated Nov. 3, requiring the marriage certificate of John and Elizabeth Stewart, 1756, inclosing a Post-office order for V. Mr. M'Pherson recalled—That was the third letter I had received. Mr. GREAVES —What did you do with the others ? Witness—l believe I must have burned them. Mr. GREAVES—Do you recollect what you did then at all ? Witness—No. I received the first about a fortnight before this letter came. My attention was directed to the subject last January. I searched all the places where I usually keep papers. By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-1 searched all places thoroughly where the session papers are kept. The paper produced is my answer to one of those prior let ters. It is the answer to the second letter. It is di rected, Mrs. Stewart, 1, Southampton-terrace, Southamp ton. row, Camberwell, and the post mark is 9th Octo ber, 1840. Mr. Parkes—l am solicitor to the Registrar-General for Births, Marriages, and Deaths. In consequence of these cases I went to Mr. Barber's offices with Mr. I3ircham on the first day of the examination at the Mansion-house. I went to the office of Barber and Bircham, and was present when this letter was found. It was in a tin box up stairs with the parchment letters of administration in the case of Stewart. The statement of Mrs. Stew art was one of the papers ; also a letter of Aug. 15, 1840, from Mr. Pott, Doctors'-commons, and the proctor's bill of costs in the administration of J. Stewart. They were all delivered to Mr. Preshfield. (The letter of M.Pherson was then put in and rear]. It was dated the 2d of October. It acknowledged the receipt of the letter, and inclosed a certificate of the marriage of John and Janet Stewart. The letter stated that the writer could not comply with the request which had been made to him to alter the documents, as by the laws of Scot land he should be liable to punishment, and to be de nuded of his office.) Mr. Parkes. cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS—I found these documents tied up in the usual manner in which they would be tied up in an attorney's office. Mr. M‘Pherson recalled—The desire of the writer of the second letter was that, in the certificate of the mar riage of John and Janet Stewart, I should change the name Janet into Jane, and the reason given was, that Jane was the word used in England for Janet. On receiving the first letter, I had written to state that I had found the entry of the marriage of John and Janet Stewart, and then came the letter asking for the certificate, and suggesting that I should make the alteration. The name of Stewart is common in the parish of Callendar, and several parishes around. It is the name of the family of the Earl of Moray. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—The date of the certificate was January, 1756. Ido not recollect the words of the letter. By Mr. Baron GURNEY — Applications are frequently made to me for certificates. I never on any former oc casion recieved 21. for one. Edmund Keine—l am clerk to Mr. Potts the proctor. I remember Fletcher coming to our office in July or August, 1840. He was accompanied by an old lady. He gave instructions for letters of administra tion for the effects of John Stewart deceased. I asked him who he was recommended by. He said he knew Mr. Potts. He did not mention his own name. He said the female was the sister of deceased. There is a printed affidavit entered at the Stamp-office, in which there are blanks for the name of the person deceased. I made inquiries of him to fill up the blanks. This was done in the presence of the elderly female. She took no part in it. I prepared the usual document showing the relationship of the proposed administratrix to the deceased. The document produced is the one which I filled up from the instructions of Fletcher. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—i never saw Flet cher before, but I saw him three times afterwards. I have been at the Mansion-house, but I was not ex aminod. Mr. Potts, my employer, was. (The Stamp-office affidavit was then put in and read. It purported to be the affidavit of Elizabeth Stewart, sister of John Stewart, deceased. The property was sworn as under 1,5001.) Examination resumed—l told Mr. Fletcher that a bond must be entered into, and that sureties would be required. He gave me the name of Thomas Griffin as one of the sureties. Fletcher was told an affidavit would be required to account for the delay. I accordingly pre pared this affidavit from Fletcher's instructions. (The affidavit which purported to be the affidavit of Elizabeth Stewart was read. It stated that deponent had been residing in New York, and had not heard of her brother's death until the month of May preceding.) Examination resumed—Mr. Fletcher asked me if I could procure another surety, and, as I thought there was no risk, I consented to procure a surety to join with Miss Stewart and Griffin. The duty paid was 451. I prepared the bond. I afterwards prepared another affi davit, the first one being insufficient. I prepared the second one from instructions received from Mr. Fletcher, and afterwards from Mr. Barber. I accompanied Mr. Pott, with the a dministratrix and !Fletcher, to the Sur rogate. I afterwards accompanied Fletcher and the lady to the Prerogative office. My brother-in-law was to be the joint surety. The lady signed the bond. Griffin was not there. On the 3d of August I paid the duty, and therefore should say the bond must have been com pletely executed before that date. I brought my brother en-law to the office, and saw him execute it. I lodged the documents with the clerk of the seal. He then sent to me, and objected to the sufficiency of the affidavit. The registrar declined to receive the first affidavit. A letter was written to the a dministratrix on the subject, and requiring further instructions. I again saw Fletcher, and received instructions to prepare the second affidavit. Fletcher said he understood there was a box in the pos session of the clergyman of Great Marlow, and the clerk of the semi directed that application should be made, to ascertain if the box contained any will. Fletcher said he understood there was no will. The affi davit was drawn and again objected to, and Mr. Fletcher sent Mr. Barber. He was informed what was required, and from him we received instructions. This is a draft of the affidavit objected to by the registrar, and after wards perfected in red ink. These are the written in structions I received from Mr. Barber. The draft of the affidavit is signed by Elizabeth Stewart and Thomas Griffin. I required the signatures to be placed to the draft because it was a peculiar case, and in order that the parties might be cognizant of the facts, and because the registrars will not in general look at draft affidavits. Fletcher brought back the affidavit signed as approved. I submitted it to the clerk of the seal and the registrar. I received it back with the objections from time to time, and at length it was perfected. Application was made to the administratrix to apply to the clergyman of Great Marlow in order to ascertain if there was any will. (Th e letter of Mr. Pott to Mrs. Stewart on this subject, which was found at Barber's, was put in and read.) Fletcher called again, and was informed of the circumstances, and promised that application should be made. On a pre vious occasion he had said he would s‘.eid his solicitor, Mr. Barber, a very shrewd clever man. After that Mr. Barber called. The circumstances were explained to him, and he said he would furnish us with the necessary instructions. Mr. Pott said be was happy to see a professional man, and asked who Mr. Fletcher was. Mr. Barber said he was a man of high respectability and large prospects. Mr. Barber called a second time and brought the written instructions and the letter, with the burial certificate. The affidavit was then prepared, laid before the registrar, and swo rn . This is the affidavit. There were also some certificates of baptism brought by Mr. Barber , and an nexed to the affidavit. (The certificates of bap tism wer e put in and read. One was the baptism of James, the son of Rob er t and Jane Stewart, 1761, and the other of Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Jane Stewart, born 1765. Both were f..0ul the parish of Marylebone. The affidavit of Elizabeth Stewart was then put in and read. It stated that Elizabeth Stewart had not heard of her brother's death until she heard of it from a Mr. Jones, who had come home with him from America.) I never heard Fletcher mentioned by an, other rue than that of Fletcher. The elderly woman and Griffin came together to swear the affidavit. I do not remember that Barber came upon the occasion of the swearing the affidavit. The administration was sent to Mr. Barber. Cross-examined by Mr. GREAVES—Fletcher accom panied the old lady the first time she came to the office. I have been speaking rather from what is my ordinary practice in cases of administration than from any recol lection of what passed. The affidavit was read over to Griffin. He appeared to understand it. He asked no questions. There were many persons present when the affidavit was sworn. The clerk of the seal is the attesting witness. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS—I did not see any thing of Barber until after the second affidavit was re - quired. I should not have supplied Fletcher with a security if I had not believed him to be a respectable man. The transaction appeared to be conducted in a proper manner. I did not go to Mr. Barber's office at all. Cross-examined by Mr. JAMES—Giving a bond is a mere matter of form. At the conclusion of this witness's examination, the Court was adjourned till this morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. . Charles Clare, alias Swinburne, the young man who was committed for trial on the 16th ult., upon a charge of felony preferred against him by an unfor tunate girl, named Keeley, whom he had seduced, and afterwards abandoned, was brought before Mr. Bingham, by Sergeant Allen, of the 12th Lancers, who charged him with being a deserter from that regiment. The sergeant stated that he attended on the pre vious day at the Central Criminal Court, when the prisoner was tried and acquitted on the above charge, and, pursuant to the instructions he had received from his superiors, he arrested him as a deserter. The prisoner absconded from the regiment, which was then stationed at Dublin, in the month of March, 1843, but he had deserted on three former occasions, and as a confirmatory proof of his identity, the letter " D" would be found branded under each of his arm pits. In addition to the offence of desertion, the pri soner had committed several petty acts of theft in the regiment, which would, in the first instance, form the subject of investigation before a military tribunal. The prisoner, who admitted all the facts alleged against him, was committed to the House of Correc tion, preparatory to his removal to the head-quarters of his regiment. CLERKEN WELL. INFANTICIDE.--Elizabeth Willey, a young woman who seemed to be labouring under excessive debility, and resiiing at No. 1, Orchard-court, Orchard-street, Kingsland, was charged with endeavouring to conceal the birth of a female child Such was the charge on the police sheet ; but there seems to exist the same reason for charging her with the concealment of the birth of two children ai of one. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was in the service of a tradesman at Shacklewell up to about seven months ago, at which period she returned home to her father in Orchard-court, and continued to reside with him up to the time of her apprehension. She supported herself and her parent by needle-work. Her size increased in the manner of women enceinte up to the 7th of March last. On the morning of that day Mrs. Gibbons, the landlady, saw blood on the step-ladder leading from the prisoner's room to the story beneath, and she traced the marks of blood to an aperture over the door of the privy. which had been nailed up for a long time. In the privy, through this space, she saw the body of a child, which a man named Robinson pulled out with a drag, and which on examination was found to be fully grown, and newly-born. Suspicion imme diately fell on the prisoner, who at first denied all knowledge of the matter, and said that if she knew the author of so wicked a report, she would have him punished. Mrs. Gibbons then observed on her di minished size and delicate appearance, to which the prisoner made no answer, but walked away. Wood, the beadle, was then sent for, and the prisoner was given into custody. An inquest was held on the body, before Mr. Baker, Coroner, for Middlesex, and the jury returned a verdict of "Found dead in a privy, but no evidence to show whether or not the child was born alive." The prisoner was apprehended, but in consequence of her delicate state of health was sent to Hackney workhouse. On her way thither she said "I have committed the act ; oh, may God forgive me !" Three clays after the first child was found, the privy was opened, and the body of a second female child having nearly the same appearances as the former, was found buried in the filth. A second in quest was held on this body, which was adjourned, and finally a similar verdict was returned as in the former case. , Mr. Wm. Bernard Robinson, a surgeon, residing in Shacklewell-lane, Shacklewell, deposed that he made a post mortem examination of the body of the child first found, and was of opinion that it had breathed, but he could not positively swear that it had breathed after birth. The surgeon added, that the unfortunate woman was in a deep consumption. Police sergeant N 3 deposed that the prisoner ac knowledged the offence in his presence. She stated that she had been seduced by a young man, who slighted her, and afterwards got married to another. The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, did not say a word, and was remanded. Two women, named Green and Shawe, were charged with being concerned in the robbery of a large number of pieces of woollen cloth, silk, satin, and velvet, the property of Mr. Lamb, a woollen-• draper, residing at 100, Holborn-hill. Mr. Humphries appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Robinson for the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, that in November last Green, who was cook to Mr. Lamb, was dis charged from his service. Since her discharge infor mation reached him that Green had been disposing of his property, and on searching the house in which the prisoner lived, in Crown-court, Goswell-street, a number of keys were found, one of which opened Mr. Lamb's wareroom, in which the most valuable of his goods were deposited. There were also small pieces of satin, silk, cloth, and velvet found there which the prosecutor identified. It was further proved that the prisoner had got several pieces of the stolen cloth manufactured into fashionable cloaks, and the velvet into bonnets, by a milliner named Chelford, in Little Sutton-street. Most of these things were pawned at the office of Mr. Tingly, in Groek-street, Soho ; and his assistant produced them. They had been pawned for less than half their value. The prisoners were remanded. THE O'CONNELL BANQUET AT CORK. The Repealers of Waterford chartered a vessel, the Mermaid, Captain Hern, to bring up their contin gent to the great provincial muster. The scene at the quay of Waterford was animating in an extra ordinary degree. Thousands of the Repealers of Waterford city filled the noble quay, to behold the em barkation of more than two hundred gentlemen, in chiding the spirited Corporation. Every ship upon the broad bosom of the river was decorated with flags and streamers, many bearing the magic word " Repeal ;" while the masts and spars groaned under hundreds of the more enthusiastic, who were eager to have the best view of the stirring scene. The vessel started at half-past five o'clock, amidst deafening shouts, and kind wishes and prayers from those who envied the privileged few, who were to represent the ardour and patriotism of the Urb3 Intacta. As the Mermaid, all decorated with flags, and firing guns from bow and stern, shot down towards the mouth of the river, she was greeted from every point of the shore by multi tudes who occupied the most prominent positions. As she passed Snow-hill, the residence of Nicholas O'Neil Power, a bonfire was lighted, guns were fired, and a vast number assembled on the beautiful lawn leading down to the shore, and cheered as the Mermaid, with her freight of patriots, steamed gallantly onwards. In fact, the whole coast from Waterford to Cork was illuminated by countless bonfires, blazing splendidly in the still night. In Cove the bands were on the beach; and the bands of Passage were stationed on the St. George-quay. Several shots were fired as she sailed up the river, to the quay of Cork, where she was welcomed by several of the best bands of the city, some of them dressed in their brilliant uniforms. Surely the men of Water ford cannot complain of their reception, nor can Ire land be insensible to their earnestness in her cause. CURIOUS ANTIPATHY OF A HORSE.—An accident arising from a novel and singular cause, but, fortunately, not very disastrous in its consequences, occurred on Sa turday, in the Hammersmith-road. A fine spirited horse attached to a gig, which was waiting at a gentleman's door, suddenly started off in the wildest fright, without any apparent reason, the road being perfectly clear at the time, and continued to run for some distance, until stopped by the gig-wheel coming in contact with the kerb-stone, when he was secured without having received or occasioned much injury. The cause of his alarm appeared afterwards to have been a van that was ap proaching behind an tingle of the road, containing the giraffes from the Surrey Zoological Gardens, which were being removed to a new place of exhibition in the neigh bourhood of the accident, the horse havinc , discovered them probably by some peculiar odour, before they be came visible to the eye, had with instinctive antipathy endeavoured to get away as fast as possible from the obnoxious vicinity. Tuesday week an unusual scene was presented in Droitwich, in the funeral of Master Solomon Groktves, son of Mr. Greaves, of Droitwich. This interesting child was well known in this county as a regular at tendant with the Westwood troop of Queen's Own Yeo manry, when on duty, wearing a corporal's uniform, riding a diminutive pony, and having all the trappings pertaining to such an officer in the Yeomanry. He was buried wi!h military honours, having been followed to his early grave by a guard of twelve privates of the regi ment to which he was attached.— Worcester Journal. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' ASSOCIATION.—Wednesday the Committee resumed their sittings at their room in St. Martin's-lane, and to-day they assemble to receive the country delegates, and to proceed to a specific plan of ope rations, THE FACTORY QUESTION. BRADFORD, APRIL 9.—This day the town of Brad ford was visited by Mr. Oastler, on his tour through 'ie manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, to ascertain the wishes of the inhabitants on the Ten Hours' Fac• tory Bill. The Short Time Committee had resolved to hold an open-air meeting, and by placard invited the clergy, mill-owners, manufacturers, factory workers, and other inhabitants, to attend and consider the present position of the great question of ten hours labour in factories, and to decide on the steps to be taken to secure the passing of the Ten Hours Bill. As soon as it was known that Mr. Oastler was ex pected to arrive from Leeds, the operatives and fac tory children repaired to meet him. No announce ment of any intention to form a procession was made, but thousands congregated to welcome their friend. At half-past one, about a mile from the town, Mr. Oastler, accompanied by Mr. B. Ferrand, M.P., met the people, when, after three hearty cheers, the pro cession returned towards Bradford. Thousands of factory children, arm in arm, marched in front, and the sides of the streets were occupied by their fathers and mothers. The scene altogether was unique and impressive. An immense assemblage collected of persons of every grade, but principally operatives, and there could not have been less than from 18,000 to 20,000 persons congregated on the, open space behind the Temperance-hall. Mr. JOSHUA POLLARD, one of the West Riding magistrates, was called to the chair, and opened the business of the meeting by some general observations on the present position of the factory question, which were loudly cheered. The Rev. J. 8011/31.mg proposed the following re solution in an effective speech : " That the recent decisions of the House of Commons in favour of Lord Ashley's amendment for a Ten Hours Factory Bill have given the most unqualified sa tisfaction to the great body of the persons employed in factories, and also to their families and friends ; and this ;meeting is firmly convinced that the Ten Hours Bill ought as soon as possible to become the law of the land." Mr. J. COULTAS, worsted-spinner, seconded the motion. _ Mr. "'ERRAND, M.P., in support of the resolution, said, it was with peculiar pleasure that he stood before them on that occasion. Differing as he did from their Worthy Chairman, he, for one, did not regret that this meeting had taken place. It would show the Govern ment and the people of the country that the working classes were alive to their interests —that they were determined to stand by their order, and support those who stood by them. He looked upon that meeting as, in fact, the second reading of the Ten Hours Fac tory Bill.—(Cheers.) It was last night read a se cond time at Leeds ; they would now read it in Brad ford a second time. The present factory system was destructive to human life. That fact had been estab lished by the report of the Factory Inspectors, and the House of Commons, struck with awe at the report of the servants of the Government, had twice, by ma jorities, recorded their solemn determination that the system should be changed. The Government however resisted, and asserted that that vote must be rescinded. The Government might, by unjustifiable and uncon stitutional means rescind that vote ; but if they did, it would ring their death-knell.—(Cheers.) Sir R. Peel was a very plausible man. He had often ad mired him in the House of Commons fighting against his opponents, and as a debater he would back him against any ten ; but as an honest, straightforward statesman, he was the veriest humbug.—(Loud cheers.) He acted upon expediency, and if he found it expedient to yield to their determined resolution he would grant them the Ten Hours Bill, and send Sir James Graham to' the right-about. He had been very much astonished two weeks ago to read a speech delivered by Lord Brougham in the House of Lords. That Noble and Learned Lord had been ac- customed throughout his life to trumpet himself forth as the very best friend of the people ; that his inte rests and theirs were - identical; and that for them, their wives, and children, he would battle to the last moment cf his existence. But when he read the speech to which he alluded he really could not understand what it could mean. He found, however, from the papers that the Earl of Lonsdale, who was Lord-Lieutenant of Westmore land, had died, and the Government had it in their power to give Lord Brougham or any other person the lieutenancy of that county. It now appeared, however, that Lord Brougham had not been ap pointed, and therefore it was very probable that after Easter the Noble Lord would make a speech in favour of the operatives. Since the present Ministers had come into office, Lord Brougham had been nothing but their jackall, and it was evident he aspired to the woolsack. He trusted, however, that Lord Lynd hurst would survive him, and if not, that Lord Brougham would never be suffered to degrade the woolsack again. He had always thought the Noble and Learned Lord a political mountebank, and when his voice had been raised of late in the House of Lords to back the oppression and slavery of the factory labourers, he justly exposed himself to the execration of all humane minds. There was a great deal of humbug in this world.—(A laugh.) Alderman John Brooks, of Manchester, spoke a great deal of truth when he said, " Lord love you, we are all for our selves in this world."—(A laugh.) In this way, no doubt, Lord Brougham had increased his own re tiring pension, while he had reduced the pay of the Lord Chancellor for the time being. The mill-owners, who had gained so much by their factory labourers, ought not now to grudge if the operatives looked out a little for themselves. They had based their pro perty on a rook surrounded by Acts of Parliament, but the property of the labourer rested on a quick sand without an Act of Parliament to protect it.— (Cheers.) But they would have a Ten Hours Bill. —(Loud cheers.) That was the first stepping-stone to restore them to their proper position in society. It was the door by which they would enter into corn • fort, prosperity, security, and happiness.—(Cheers.) It was the temple which should be the refuge of their children and wives from oppression and slavery, and teach them their duties as good wives and good chil dren—good members of society—and furnish the means of preparation for a higher and better state of existence.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. W. WALKER moved the second resolution— " That while this meeting deeply laments that the Government should have withdrawn the Factory Bill in consequence of the period of labour having been decided in favour of ten hours by two distinct votes of the House of Commons, they wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all those Members of Parliament who gave their support to Lord Ashley in the division of March the 18th, and they confidently trust that the same de cided support will again be afforded to Lord Ashley in his amendments to the Bill now before the House of Commons." The Rev. W. MORGAN seconded the resolution. Dr. GRINDROD, a medical gentleman from Man chester, briefly supported it. He was convinced from the experience he had had for the last 12 or 15 years in the capacity of a medical man in one of the largest manufacturing towns of the kingdom, that no indivi dual could with impunity sustain more than ten hours of factory labour in the course of the day. He had witnessed the fearful effects of factory labour in the emaciated bodies and enfeebled systems of the opera tives, and he believed no honest and manly medical gentleman could withhold his testimony in support of a Ten Hours Bill. Mr. ROBINSON proposed the third resolution " That the following petition to the House of Com mons be adopted, and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and be transmitted to Lord John Russell for presentation." The petition was as follows : "The Petition of the Clergy, Merchants, Mill-owners, Manufacturers, Factory Operatives, and other Inhabitants of Bradford and its Vicinity, in public meeting assembled. " Humbly showeth,—That your petitioners are deeply impressed with the hardship and injustice inflicted upon young persona by the present length of twelve hours daily labour in the factories, whereby they are deprived of time for mental and moral improvement, and for the performance of domestic and religious duties. " That your petitioners are aware, that the usual length of labour required from adults who are employed out of factories is from six o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening, including two hours for meals. " Your petitioners therefore humbly implore your Hon. House, that in the Factory Bill now under con sideration provision may be made for limiting the labour of young persons to ten hours a-day for five days of the week, and eight hours on the Saturday. " And your petitioners shall ever pray." Mr. OASTLER, who was loudly cheered, then ad dressed the assembled multitude. He hoped he should be permitted, before referring to the factory question, to return to his benefactors, and to the Chairman of the meeting, as one of his best benefactors, his sincere and hearty thanks for having assisted to maintain him whilst he was for years in prison ; and for having also assisted to pay the debt for which he had been detained there. Having thus expressed the feelings of his heart, and having thrown enmity to the winds, he would now prove to them that he had just got rid of another enemy which had sometimes been thought to mar his usefulness. It was thought in that to wn some years ago, when he was honoured to give the first alarm for the poor factory child's rescue, that he had been urged to do so from political party feeling. He held in his hand apetition he was about to second, in order that their wishes might be made known to the House of Commons, and he did rejoice that that peti tion, the harbinger of their will, the dictate of their mind, the exhibition of their experience on this ques tion, was to be intrusted to the hands of a political opponent of his—Lord J. Russell.—(Cheers.) He never had proposed the adoption of a petition on the factory question with more pleasure than he did now. He had been wont to move them into the hands of the immortal Sadler, of his dear and long-tried friend, the Hon. W. Duncombe, (now Lord Feversham), and other tried friends of theirs and his. He had not the honour of being personally acquainted with Lord J. Russell, but then he knew that a man of his eminence a man of his talents and worth, after having dimply studied this factory question, had resolution and in' dependence of mind to overcome all his prejudices, and to declare in the presence of his political friends and his political opponents in the House of Commons, that he was convinced by argument this was a just and righteous measure. Although they h a d been politically opposed to each other, he hailed him as a friend of the measure, and he was delight ed that it had fallen to his lot to ask the m to put this petition into the Noble Lord's han ds. He had no doubt whatever the Noble Lord would do it justice, and he rejoiced that he aad Lord Howi ok and Mr. C. Buller, and a host of others to whom be had been so long politically opposed, had espous ed that cause which had formerly caused him to have so many enemies. Thus was he ushered ' into the harbour of friendship even in the midst of his political antagonists.—(Loud cheers.) Before be proceeded further he would call upon them, from the inmost recesses of his heart, to give three cheers for Lord John Russell.—(Loud cheers.) And nt for a little talk about the debates in Parliament. lb was absolutely declared in the House of Commons that the working people in the manufacturing districts were opposed to the Ten Hours Bill. Oh, what a change I He was not about to enter into a, discussion, at present, on the commercial part of the question. That had been discussed so often in Yorkshire and Lancashire among themselves, that on' less some of the masters who might be opposed tn them thought proper to come and take up the other side, he thought it would not be needful to enter into it at all. He regretted that hitherto these gentlemen who were so ready in earwigging the Government -- who sent up their deputations to tell Ministers that the trade of England could not exist without this ev cessive labour of women and children—did not or pear at these meetings, that they might have a friend* ? discussion of the commercial part of the question. -- (Cheers.) But they had already, from one of the largest manufacturers in the world, heard an opillie, ll stated, and that opinion was decidedly in favour of tll! Ten Hours Bill. He entirely denied that the wait" and stability of the empire depended, as alleged, on the extra labour of the women and children in th e factories, and concluded an energetic address by es horting them to agitate the question till their efforts were crowned with success. The petition was carried by acclamation, and thank s having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up with three cheers for Lord Ashley. THE NEW NAVY REGULATIONS' On Monday the Ist of April, the new regulations, established by Order in Council, dated the Ist of Ja • nuary last, relative to the alterations in pay of th® following naval officers, came into operation; which day commodores of the:second class are to 'Av e ' in addition to their pay as captains, either 11. or 1 195 ' per diem, according to orders of Admiralty :p er Monte, 0 Captains of ships of the line, excepting flag-ships„,„...„„ £53 Captains of line-of-battle, guard-ships of the ordinary and 0 other such establi,hments 46 „ 0 Captains of regular flag-ships and of fourth-rates 5B ./ 8 All other Captains 3O 19 Masters £l6 6 8 in line-of-battle ships, and £l4 in a ll other 51914 2d Masters 5 9 4 ditto and 5 ditto. Clerks 4 6 4 ditto and 4 ditto. Master of the Fleet, 16.. sd. per day. The following important regulations, extracted fr°, lll a recent number of the United Service Gazette, 9 l included in the new code for her Majesty's service It . sea, and which have been promulgated by the Adm t ralty at the several ports : • RATES OF SHIPS. 1 0 First Rates.—To comprise all s hip s c arrying . 1 - f guns and upwards ; or whose complem en t s consist 950 men or more. Second Rates.—To comprise one of her llajes t f,a yachts, and all ships carrying under 110 guns fi,R er not less than 80; or whose complement s are nu" 950 and not less than than 750 men. her Third Rates.—To comprise her Majesty's 0- o r yachts, and all such vessels as may bear the flag o , pendant of any admiral superintendent or captain 5 a perintendent of one of her Majesty's dockyards; all ships carrying under 80 guns and not less w — o t 70 ; or whose complements are under 750 and 23 less than 620 men. Fourth Rates.—To comprise a ll s hip s carr ying l a ,: der 70 guns and not less than 50; or whose con3P' ments are under 620 and not less than 450 men. Fifth Rates.—To comprise all ships under 5 0 and not less than 30; or whose complements are 11 " der 450 and not less than 300 men. 0 Sixth Rates.—To consist of all ships carrying captain. DENOMINATIONS AND RANKS. The officers of the navy are to be divided int° branches—viz., a military branch and a civil braos and to be styled, respectively, officers, s ubordilw officers, and warrant officers. The military branch is to incl u d e fl ag officers, co modores captains, commanders, li eu t en ants, inns,, ; t eo o . of the fleet, masters, mates, second mas t e rs, midsn, men, masters'-assistants, nava l ca d e t s , gunne rs, b°° swains, and carpenters. b a t The civil branch will c om p r i se th e di rector - ge ri of the medical department, who is to rank with, after, commodores. Medical inspectors of hospitals and fleets to r aft with, but after, captains under three years' seniorilA Secretaries to flag officers commanding in c ha th deputy medical inspect ors o f h osp it a l s an d fl ee ts, "- of whom are to rank with, but after, commandors* A d Chaplains, secretaries to junior flag officers r eff , commodores of the first class, surgeons, paymt s bat and pursers, and na va l i ns t ruc t ors, to rank wit"' after, lieutenants and masters. Assistant-surgeons to rank with, but after, 10— , Clerks to rank with, b u t a f ter, masters ' -ass i s ts° Clerks'-assistants to rank with, but after, caderi e J The officers of the two branches are to be apPO as follows : Vi : °# By commissio n ( m ilit ary ) . —Fl ag officers, ontli dores, capt a i ns , comman d ers, l i eutenants, mssteh ,s, the fleet, masters, mates, and second masters. of' By commission (ci v il).—M e di ca l inspecto r , hospitals and fleets, secretaries, deputy mediof n o spectors of hospit a l s and fleets, chaplains, WV ,paymasters, pursers, and assistant-surgeons. 0 0' By order.—Na v al i ns t ruc t ors , midshipmen: 41' ters'-assistants, clerks, n ava l ca d e t s , an d clerks"'"P tants. By warrant.—Gunners, boatswains, earpentel* engineers. MIDSHIPMEN AND MITES. 10 1) So soon as a midship man s h a l l have p a ssed sli e , 0 examination as to qualify him for a lieutensilollf the Admiralty m a y from time to time direct, b e "fro o if of approved character, be entitled to receiv e 01 the Admiralty, if in England, a commission 05 , 111 c ler, but if abro a d, h e i s on l y to rece i ve f rom a corrinTi o in-eh:Jet or (in certai n cases ) f rom hi s own WI, commanding officer, a commission as acting pif, until he shall have passed the N ava l C o ll eg e il l 0. 1 . : land the regulated examin a ti on ; b ut an ac ting xi t is to be deemed eligible to receive an appointtneoll acting lieutenant ; and should he continue long e n 0 0 ' abroad to qualify him for hi g h er act i ng appo intn i the he is to be deemed eligible to receive them iii 1113°; i i „ confirmation of the w h o l e, h owever, depending ttie passing the Naval C o ll ege w i th i n such per iod his return to E ng l an d as shall b e regulate d 13 / Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. o p° a t° , The total co m pl ements o f sea-go i ng snips eco consist of—first -rates, 1,000 or 950 men; 6 ,, o et i f rates, 850 or 750 men; third-rates, 700 or Nu SY, fourth-rates, 500 or 450 men ; fifth-rates, 3 60 nr rtnatw men ; sixth-rates, 240 or 200 men ; 1 4 (steam-ships), 200 or 175 men ; s l oops, 1 50, le g 110, er 80 men; sloops ( s t eam - vesse l s ), 145 ° o r r 6 men ; gun-brigs, schooners, and cutters, 70 men ; ditto (steam-vessel), 80 or 60 men. BIRTHS. ;Pi° On the 4th inst., at Kingston-hill, Mrs. George St 00.0 Smith, of a son, still-born. On the 7th inst., Mrs. George Willock, Vic,areg e tq e - Kensington, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., a t W es t er C oates House, Edinbill', lady of Lieutenant -C o l one l J . Low, C. 8., of a daugh t o ill' On the 9th i ns t., th e l a d y of Francis Pigott, Esq . ' field-heath, of a daughter. 11e0b wv On the 10th in s t., a t Doughty-street, Wei , / square, Mrs.' Henry Heald, of a son. tok MARRIED. 1311sf i° On the 10th of February last, at the Cathedra-, to 4 ,44, J. D. Inverarity, Esq., Bombay Civil Service , 1 ;.0 Martha, eldest daughter of John Pollord Chief Secretary to Government, and Provisional 1 "' Counlil. .10!co On the 9th inst.,- at B angor , C arnarvons hi r e, DU' Al/ ° Bromfield, of Whit c h urc h, Sh rops hi re, so li c itor, fotl' Anne, daughter of the late Stephen Worthingto n ' Liverpool. Fre a of' On the 10th inst., at St Stephen's Walbrook , ~ter G. Perman, Esq., Gl asgow , t o L ou i sa, e ld est dallg' Adams, Esq., Finsbury-square. DIED. $ 4. 0 1 1 On the 15th ofJa.nuary at Macao, John Leatb le Vfor ° , On the 30th Qt., at Nice, Richard OctaviusWi lr "" 1700 171;4 Ca Otan pin in tt,e Roal Hussrs. the. - ath inst., y at Bath, a Captain Chambre lof sonby Alcock, of the Bengal Engineers. o f On the Gth inst., at Ipswich, the Rev. Francis t° p Rector On the Bth inst., at Maidstone, Mary, relict o f the ol'ef Knowles, Esq., of Wanstead, Essex. MrOsn3tihaeryBtEhalienss,t;idaotwßofutclkieinfahteamT-.Vaaicees,, Esq' s °o of 3 1) ; On the Bth inst., at Sedcup, Kent, John, 0n.,/ el je late Joseph Park, Esq. On the 9th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, 188- ;" daughter of the Rev, J. 13. Reade, of Stone, Bu e, On the 9th inst., at Leyt on , E ssex , Stephen F ie t ie' fant son of the ev. , Laprimaudae. tow° ' t On the 9th ins ß t., at Spencer-street,y Nertharal) Charles Biggs, Esq., aged 88. Ae 08-5° On the 10th inst. Mr. Robert Reeve, of Ec —r° Cripplegate. Esses' On the 10th inst., at th e Vi carag e, Witham , Sandford, the wife of the Rev. John Bramston. On the 9thinst , in Gray's Inn-square, G. Stm t. " P t ' - On the 9th inst., Charlotte, wife of Mr. Belgrave-place, Wandsworth -road, Surrey. 1- - 1; London : Printed and Published by ML 1 "41 No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er , a t The Stag Cificto,./13/ Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in t" Middlesex, Friday, April 12, 1844. CIE Q , Th e Di 40 LAN - 71, f , at e" Y OLc 1 111 .1 4e 511 09 f, ae 'ttrae, reductio The p coutaini The T " Ream Plefa se th the "tent b COjv „ERE, !Viand Laile as h .. r eurid w, . 441 , te ADPIy ... aI N/11 TO