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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PR , :`,7. Will EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. LOBE.—The Irish State Trials continue to progress at the same snail-like pace which marked their commencement, and of which the heavy, lumbering opening speech of the At torney-General was an appropriate precursor. The whole of Friday was taken up by the cross-examination of Mr. Charle Ross, a well-paid agent of the Ministry. This gentleman, by his own account, undertook the special mission of a Govern ment spy ; while he, most impartially, acted as the corres pondent of the Morning Chronicle, and received payment for his communications at the regular rate. He also transmitted similar communications to the Standard ! Whether the matter transmitted to the latter journal was in cluded in the sum Mr. Ross received from the Treasury, or was a separate item in the list of solid advantages he derived from his special commission, does not appear. We hope, for the honour of the press, that few of its members would have consented to act in this treble capacity. The exhibition which Mr. Ross made in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Friday, will, we trust, operate as a caution rather than as encouragement to the profession — a beacon to warn, rather than as a precedent to be acted upon, under similar circumstances, in time to come. Saturday was consumed to little purpose. But one witness of any moment was examined. This gentleman was a correspondent of the Morning Herald, rather than a reporter — of the art of reporting, strictly speaking, he seems to have known little er nothing. He was rather a collector of scraps of information ; which to use his own expressio n, he dressed up with the aid of fiction, for the amusement of " Mob," whose credulity induced them to swallow the creations of his fancy as veritable facts. This industrious, but not very accurate chronicler, was employed by the Herald to inform the public, through its columns, of what was passing in the repeal meetings at the Co n Exchange ; and, in due sourse, was pounced upon as an important witness by the law officers of the Crown, whose evidence would assist the Government in its crusade against O'Connell and Repeal. Small assistance did Mr. Jackson give the prosecu tion l The admission he was compelled to make—first, of his own incapacity to report with any:hing approaching to accu racy—secondly, that the greater part of his communications to the Herald was thrived from the short-hand notes of others, or from the printed reports of the Dublin journals—rendered his evidence of no advantage to the prosecution, while, in many particulars, it materially served the defendants, One circum stance deserves to be mentioned to Mr. Jackson's honour—he seemed heartily ashamed of his p) ition in the Court. Before he left the table lie requested pormi , sion to make one remark, as essential to.4sic Oien " character before the world." STANDARD.--We have expressed our determination to abstain from all comment on the evidence given on the Irish trials, and great as is the temptation which the indecent Whig press in regard to it would seem to offer to us to deviate from such a resolution, we have neither the intention nor disVosition so to do. We cannot, however, refrain from deprecating the atrocious attempts which are making in and out of Court to retard the ends of justice, and the insolent dicta tion of certain Roman Catholics of Dublin, who have met to denounce the composition of the jury as an insult to " all the Roman Catholics of Ireland." The conduct of these persons has, however, been completely out-Heroded by the Morning Chronicle, which, not content with ridiculing the infirmities and ailments of such members of the jury as attempted to get excused on their account, hinted very significantly to the coun sel to the traversers, that if they can manage to protract the pro ceedings some five or six weeks, they may hope to break down the energies of some one or other of that body. A few days ago we were told by this abstinent observer of the pro ceedings, that the Law Officers were about to swear in their packed jury, and on the ensuing day it endeavours to inti midate that jury, assuring them that they are not merely trying Mr. O'Gsnnell , and the other traversers, but the whole country !—and there is no alternative but a compromise or civil war ; and if the jury do their duty, the result " must discredit jury trial altogether, and with it our whole system of legal jurisprudence." The daily recurrence of these libels on these gentlemen, increasing as they do, would lead to the belief that the Repeal conspirators have little to expect from; the merits of their case, and look to every stage of the prosecution as confirming them more and more in this impression. The Morning Chronicle, aware of its deviation from all ordinary usage in such cases, and that after having been the foremost to deprecate any comment on the evidence during the progress, has been compelled to attempt its justification by charging the impropriety of which it has been guilty on the Conservative press, and whilst it abstains, however, from specifying the name of any particu lar journal being justly chargeable with such an indecorum, has the hardihood to declare that it will abandon the course which it had prescribed for itself, and of which " decency and justice" alike presetibe the observance. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 22. IN RE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC. A verdict of lunacy was some time since returned against Mr. Dyce Sombre, but before proceedings were taken to appoint a Committee, the lunatic 'eft England. Mr. WALPOLE, on the part of a solicitor of the family, now moved on a petition for the inspection of certain documents, at present in the custody of the Commissioner in Lunacy. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was impossible to make such an order in the present state of circum stances. The omission to appoint a committee was much to be regretted, for it deprived the lunatic of any legal representative, and the Court had no power to direct the Commissioner to deliver up or grant an inspection of any document in his custody. SELBY V. JACKSON. The plaintiff, who sues in forma pauperis, filed a bill to set aside a deed by which he empowered the defendants, his brothers-►n-law, to manage his busi ness, as a wine merchant, during his confinement under temporary insanity. The allegation in the bill was, that the plaintiff executed the deed under con straint, and without being fully aware of its contents. The Master of the Rolls dismissed the bill, being of opinion, as the defendants stated in their answer, that the plaintiff was fully aware of the nature of the deed, fully competent to execute it, and that what had been done was the best that could be done under the pecu liar circumstances of the case. Mr. SELBY argued his case to-day for several hours, and contended that the deed was executed in a madhouse on compulsion ; that his property under it had been much mismanaged, and that the defendants were now bound to account. At four o'clock the further hearing was postponed ;0-morrow. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. (Before Sir L. SIIADWELL). LORD JOHN BERESFORD V. TH E ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH AND OTHERS. The further arguments of counsel in this case were resumed this morning on the point raised by the plaintiffs on further directions—namely, the right of the personal representatives of the late Lord Waterford to have his personal estate now recouped by the pre sent Marquis of Waterford, out of the rents and profits of the Londonderry estates, to the extent of the principal sums, with interest at 6 per cent., ad vanced by the late Lord Waterford in his lifetime out of his own proper moneys, to pay off certain incum brances and debts upon the family estates. The claim now made by the plaintiffs, who represent all the younger children of the late Lord Waterford, amounts, including principal and interest since 1826, the period since that nobleman's death, to no less a sum than 90,0001. Mr. STUART replied on behalf of the plaintiffs. He insisted that by the will of George Marquis of Waterford, who died in the year 1800, all his debts were charged on the Londonderry estates, as the primary fund for payment, and that a mortgage and sale of those estates were directed by the will to be made, in order to pay off the amount of those debts. The Master had reported that the amount of those debts, at the time of the death of Marquis George, was 115,0001. ; and that by payments made by the late Marquis Henry, to whom the estates were devised by Marquis George's will, as tenant for life, the amount of the debts was reduced to about 51,0001. The amount so paid off, in respect of the principal money due for those incumbrances, was a debt due to the personal estate of the late Marquis, and for which he must have a charge on the Londonderry estates, so' as to stand against those estates with the same rights as the creditors whom he had paid off. The argument on behalf of the present Marquis, who was tenant in tail of these estates, was that, by a deed executed in Ireland in 1822, the late Marquis Henry, the tenant for life, had agreed to give up the right which he had to stand in the place of the other creditors whom he had paid off. That argument could not stand ; first, because the unreserved purpose of that deed, as recited in it, was to keep alive his . claim against the London derry estates ; secondly, because it provided that the claim was to extend to all such debts which might be paid by Marquis Henry as were charged on the estate by the will. The only doubt which could be raised as to the construction of the deed of 1822, was from an inaccurate use of the words " rents and profits," in such a manner as to make it appear that Marquis Henry considered that the whole rents and profits of the Londonderry estates during his life were to be applied not merely to keep down the interest on the debts and mortgages, but also to pay the principal money due upon them. There was not a doubt that under the will of Marquis George, the late Marquis Henry was entitled to all the rents and profits as tenant for life, subject only to his paying thereout the interest on the mortgage and other debts. What the intention of the deed of 1822 was, then, there could therefore be no doubt. The amount, therefore, which the executors of the late Marquis Henry claimed to charge against the Londonderry estates, with inte rest since 1826, was about 90,0001. The VICE-CILANCELLOR proceeded to give judgment upon this important question. His Honour said that, as he understood the case, it really came to this, whe ther on the will of George Marquis of - Waterford and the deed of 1822, taken together, it was to be con sidered that the late Marquis Henry was originally placed under an obligation, or that he had put him self under an obligation, to apply what his Honour might call the surplus rents, that was, such as should remain after the current charges which must have been paid with interest and so on—whether the sur plus rents were to be applied to the liquidation of what he might call the capital sums ? That was the point. Now, it really appeared to his honour that no such construction would be allowed .by this Court on the will of the Marquis George; and the utmost effect which could be given to the words with regard to the rents and profits was this, that they would be applicable to keep down the prin cipal if necessary, and, in short, it left the thing precisely as it would have been. There would merely have been a charge of debts and legacies, in the simplest form, on the Londonderry estates ; and then, with respect to the deed of 1822, it really ap peared to his Honour that if there had been a bill filed for the purpose of carrying into execution the trusts of that deed, and it had been insisted on by those who filed the bill that the construction to be given to it was such as was now contended for, the Court, in con sidering that question, must take the whole of the in strument together, and taking the whole of it together, no such construction could, in his Honour's opinion, be made out of it ; and although his Honour admitted that there were very foolish and blundering words in the deed (it was drawn in Ireland), in that part of that thing which was the witnessing part of it, just after the habendum, yet it ap peared to him that such a construction as that contended for by the present Marquis's counsel was utterly inconsistent with the plain intention ap pearing on the recital ; and his Honour also thought it utterly inconsistent with those latter words at the end of the deed ; and it therefore appeared to his Honour, that it would be a great surprise and a la mentable calamity on this noble family, if any other mode of dealing with it were allowed. His Honour should, therefore, declare, that the executors cf the late Marquis Henry were entitled to have a lien upon the rents and profits of the Londonderry estates, to the extent of the principal of the incumbrances and lebts paid off the family estates by the late Marquis Henry in his lifetime. The result' of this decision is to add a sum of above 90,0001. to the personal estate of the late Marquis, which is divisible for the benefit of his younger e children. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 22. QUEEN V. SCOTTON. At the Summer Assizes last year the defendant was indicted fur perjury in a case under the game laws, and was convicted. On the 22d of November last Mr. Sergeant Talfourd obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not he set aside, and a new trial had, or that the verdict should be entered for the defendant. The ground of the application was that the information with respect to which the de fendant was indicted was not in accordance with the Act of Parliament, which provides that in cases of tresspass under the game-laws, the information with respect to it should be given by one person to the magistrates and deposed to on oath by another. The defendant was indicted for perjury upon the informa tion given by him of the trespass and poaching, but no depositions upon oath were taken, and it was con tended that as this was contrary to the terms of the Act of Parliament, no indictment for perjury could be maintained. The verification of the information by the Magistrate, Maior Chetwynd, was in Court, but no depositions upon oath. Mr. IVhateley and another Learned Gentleman, to day showed cause against the rule. The COURT held that as the terms of the Act of Parliament had not been complied with, the objection on the part of the defendant was a good one: Rule, consequently, made absolute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jute. 22. (Sittings in Banco.) BURGESS V. BOELEFEUR AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by an inhabitant of the parish of Paddington against the overseers to re cover the amount of the expenses incurred by the plaintiff, in the successful prosecution of nine houses of ill-fame within the parish. The case was recently heard at Westminster Sessions before Mr. Justice Coltman, and the jury found for the plaintiff in the amount of damages claimed, namely 601. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS this day obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Court was occupied the rest of the day in hearing motions o f distringas, and Ford a rulenisi which was grante r! in the ease of e and Cass, which was of no interest. THE WILL FORGERIES. MANSION-HO USE. Mr. CHAMBERS (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—He demanded that the evidence should be completed or a, valid excuse made upon oath, for the apparent negligence of the prosecutors ; and, secondly, that copies of the depositions should be granted to the prisoners. Mr. Hemmen - , the solicitor to Fletcher, made some com munication to the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—The depositions have not yet been taken. You demanded copies of the depositions. The exami nations alone have been taken. Mr. BALLANTYNE reminded the Lord Mayer that those very examinations were depositions in point of law, and that it was the duty of the Magistrates to have the depositions, as they were called, made out at the close of every examination. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to animadvert very severely on the conduct which had been pursued in relation to Griffin, who had been virtually told by the prosecution that unless he chose to say something that should be agreeable to the prosecution, he should be committed. He entreated the Lord Mayor to bring the matter at once to a conclusion. Mr. CLA RKSON—As far as regards the three first charges he was willing that they should at once be committed on them, so as to enable the prisoners to have copies of the depositions. With regard to the last charge he asked for a remand, but he begged that if at the trial additional evidence should be ad duced in relation to this charge, he hoped that he should not be taunted with producing evidence which had not been produced before the magistrates. Mr. Cnameras characterised the offer made as pretended candour, but real oppression. He demanded that Mr. Barber should be made acquainted with his real position. He should not have fresh evidence started upon him at his trial. What he desired was, that, from time to time, copies of the deposi tion should be furnished to him. The LORD MAYOR—No opposition has ever been made on the part of the prosecutors to your having copies of the deposi tions. Mr. WILKINs again complained of the conduct pursued by the prosecution in relation to Griffin. The counsel for the prosecution had held out an implied premise to him, which was at ,once an appeal to hie hopes and his fears. He pro tested against this delay, as calculated to bring forth a host of such witnesses, and to break the spirits and hearts of the awned. The LORD MAYOR—I will state at once that lam prepared to commit the three prisoners on the three first charges, and to remand them on the last. I remand them until Friday en all the cases ; and when brought up they will have the evi dence, in the first three cases read over to them. I re mand them until three o'clock on Friday. The prisoners Barber, Fletcher, and Mrs. Dorey were then removed. A person named Packham, who had been a clerk to Mr. Barber, wished to state that he had not been given anything for the use of his name. Mr. Alderman HUMMERY—What is your Christian name ? Mr. Packham--Robert. Mr. Alderman HuMrHERY—Then you are not the man. The Christian name given was Clarence. Thomas Griffin was then placed at the bar, and the deposi of Mr. Pott and of Daniel Forester were read over to him, and he was asked if he had any questions to put to those witnesses, to which he replied that he had been taken by surprise yester day, and had no questions to ask. Forrester amended his deposition, by stating that he had made inquries in Duke-street, Oxford-street, and in addition he stated that he had told Griffin that he had sought after him for making an affidavit in the case of Eliza Stuart. He stated that he had done so, and would state all that he knew about it. I then told him that I had a warrant. He then made a statement, which Mr. Weare took down. Mr. Weare--I am a clerk in the office of Mr. Freshfield. I was present when Forester apprehended the man Griffin. Fel-Testae had some difficulty in meeting with him on Saturday. I therefore ecoompanied him on Sunday morning and knocked at the door. I asked if a tailor named Griffin lived there, the p-rs +ll who came said " Yes," and that she was his wife. At this time Forrester came in ; I said I was sure Griffin was in the house, and I should insist upon seeing him. Forrester asked. which was the room, and she opened the door, and we srent in to gether. She knew Forrester and said her husband had done nothing wrong. She went out and brough him dawn to us. I asked him if be knew a Mrs. Stuart, and he said yes. I asked him if he knew Mr. Stuart; he said no. He said Mrs. Stuart had lodged in the same heu‘e with him twelve or thirteen years ago in Poland street. I asked him for how long a period, and he said, about a twelvemonth. I asked him whether he had any thing to do Mrs. Stuarts' affairs, and he said he had signed a bond to the Stamp-office, and got some letters by him, abou which he was a good deal alarmed Either Forrester or myself then said there was a charge against him for having sworn to some paper. Then he appeared desirous of saying all that he knew about it, and was proceeding to state what lie - knew, when I asked him if I might take his state ment in writing ? Ile said, Certainly ;" and Forrester sent out for some - wilting paper, and I took it. I produce the statement. I took it from his mouth. I read it over to him. Ile put his name to every sheet of it.—(The statement was then read. It declared that he had lived in Po,nd-street twelve years ago, with some persons 'named Sanders, and Miss Richards, an old lady who he un derstood was the mother of Miss Richards, and Mrs. Sanders. Sa:rders was a fishroisr.ger, and afterwa-ds went to Bristol take his Inother's bus:neis as a tidymongee. In 1640 the old lade called upon hira, and a- ked him to become security to the Stamp-oillec on account of some property left her by a brother oho had died in Berkshire. Ile agreed to do it, and she promised to pay him ter his time. She said she lived in Solfthamptoii.terrace, Camberwell, and would send to depo -Runt. She afterwards sent word, and they met in Paul's 'hair), and went to Pott, the proctor. The old lady had a person with her, who had advanced her money. De ponent signed the bond. He met her again after, and sloe - was accompanied by her solicitor. He was eallecl'on to sign a pacer which he understood was the same as beforb. He sigiied his name, and kissed a book. That was at a different office. He got a sovereign each time from the old lady. He afterwards had letters from the Stamp-office respecting the duty. He •made inquiries - o f pat, and was directed to •Flet(ther, to Baiter ? and to Mrs. Stuart. He then saw GroNiana Richards, who said her mother was dead. She ul timately gave him a letter to Barber, who said he knew all about it, that he was in treaty with the Stamp-office, and he • should hear no more about it. Examination continued—l then read over the affidavit to him, and he said that he should never have signed his min , : to it if it had been read over to him so as that he could have understood it. . The prisoner Griffin said be had no questions to ask, and he desired time to procure a legal adviser. The prisoner was then remanded uniit F r id ay next. He was immediately removed in custody. • - - ____ . DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Friday night the fol . lowing frightful accident occurred on the Uxbridge-road, near Shepherd's-bush :—About half-past ten o'clock, as Mr. Pattison, • p m. , of the Hippodrome stables, accompanied by two friends, was riding on horseback in the direction of Notting hid, Mr. Pattison, ' -who-was ahead of the other two, rode with great violence against • • the - point of the shaft of a cart belonging to a Mr. Hannon, which was proceeding in a contrary direction. He was instantly thrown - 1 -.• with great violence to the ground. Upon being carried to an ...,, adjacent public-house Mr. Bartell, a surgeon, wa, tent for, who dis- TriV6l?ftecralitilfr.:Pattison's left knee was frigh tfuliy fractured, in addition to sititev \ injuries. Mr. Pattison was afterwards removed C•••••:•••- - folio fathar's house, and Mr.'Liston, the e minent surgeon, was called in, 'who iutnisdiately amputated his Jr jg. o (4' - formed of the rata At which Mr. Paths , Per .. statement Oa pot/tap:tan, that subseque Ins the light of hid Isrftern, picked up , i , (:)\, ._: . i &slit forced from thll rider's knee. ;', Nutting h o Wolf Inquiry last n' "‘-',.' tison (who is ahout 21 yeart of r Some idea may be itly to theaccident he had, , in was riding, from the 1 the road pieces of bone and fhe horse proceeded unhurt to ,ght it was stated that Mr. Pat :taut an linfthlitable "4•""`"'"'' a ge} was in a very dangeNua state, " " .-rw. " A kid appear*, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 22. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) SAUNDERS s'. ROSS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Cocnsu art then addressed the jury for the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel for the defendant had stated that the witnesses for the plaintiff had committed deliberate perjury— that they had concocted the letter which Mr. Marshall, a man who must soon appear before another and more awful tribunal, and whose memory he himself could not trust, stated to be written without his direction or consent. A witness in the full possession of his faculties stated that the letter was written by him by Mr. Marshall's direction. Mr. Marshall's faculties as well as his memory might have deceived him, as was no doubt the case. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 22. IN RE CIIA.RLES DYER. When this case was called on, a creditor appeared to oppose the insolvent's petition. The officer of Horsemonger-lane Gaol stated that the insolvent was so dangerously unwell as to render it wholly impossible to remove him to this Court, and that he had been in such a state of health since his confinement in gaol as to appear within a day or two of his dissolution. The opposing creditor being appealed to, said that, under the circumstances, the insolvent should be in Court during the hearing of the opposition, and he would consent to allow it to drop. Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK then told the officer that if he brought the unfortunate insolvent to the door of the Court, he would go out there and give him his discharge. IN RE JOHN SWASII. The insolvent in this case was a painter and glazier. his petition was opposed by Mr. Sandford, on behalf of a creditor named Rogers, and he was supported by Mr. Woodruffe. It appeared by the evidence that Rogers was a bill discounter, and that insolvent borrowed 201. on his bill payable in three months, for which he was to get 3/. The insolvent now owed 301., including interest, and had paid up the interest as long as he was able. Mr. Commissioner For,Lock. inquired who Rogers was. Mr. SANDFORD replied that he was his client. Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK said his occupation seemed to be taking 12/. a-year for the loan of 201. Another creditor, named Ives, opposed under cir cumstances precisely similar, and as unsuccessfully, for the insolvent was ordered to be discharged forth with. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MARY LEBONE. Peter Kyley was charged with having been dis orderly on the previous night in Orchard-place Orchard-street. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who sat at the clerk's desk, explained to Mr. Rawlinson, that he was present at the time the prisoner was taken into custody, and that seeing the brutality of the police-constables, he had felt it his duty to come forward and give evidence. With the Magistrate's leave he would also examine the witnesses. Mr. Rawlinson, after a brief conversa tion, assented, and Richard Bartlett, 82 D, was sworn. He stated that at half-past nine on the previous night he was on duty in Orchard-street, and at the bottom of Orchard-place (formerly Calmall-buildings), he observed the pri soner with his coat off and a knife in each hand ; the one was a long table knife, and the other such as is used for pruning baskets. He swore that by the Holy Cross he would rip up any policeman that came near him. Mr. Lucas, a portrait-painter, then told him not to go near, or he would be injured. He (witness) therefore went and got more assistance, and when they returned the prisoner had got another person with him, who was also offering to fight. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor—He was there when the man was taken into custody, and remained with hint till taken to the station-house. A crowd followed from Orchard-street, and they were throw ing stones at the police. Four constables carried the man, one at each arm, and one at each leg. Saw the prisoner get some blows. Could not say whether he got one, two, or twenty. He was struck by the police. He heard the prisoner cry out, "lam a re pealer." He did not see anything particular occur then. Did not hear any of the constables say " Oh, the rebel, strike him !" neither did he see him get blows on the head. He was laid down on his back on the pavement. After some further evidence Mr. Rawlinson said that he should send the case before a jury, and Mr. O'Connor then stated that he should wish to state what he saw of the conduct of the police. Having been sworn, he said, I live at 24, Conduit-street, Re gent's-street. I was yesterday evening coming down Orchard-street, and hearing the rattles springing, I went, with the intention of perhaps aiding the police: I saw some constables standing near the door of 22, in Orchard-place, and I also saw the man at the bar and another man stripped. I said to one of the police, " Why don't you go in on the men, they will hurt each other.' The constables re plied, "Oh ! they will not hurt themselves, Sir, they are only in fun." The men were, as drunken men will, flourishing about, and one of the knives dropped, and I told a person there to pick it up, which was done. The police then rushed in on the prisoner, and with one blow knocked him down, and when so dragged him along. Some of the women cried out, " Oh, cruel ! he has just recovered from a sick bed." When they carried him out as described into Orchard-street, the man commenced to struggle, and said, " I'm a Repealer." Then one of the police said, " Oh ! the rebel, strike him ;" and at that time lie was thrown on the street, and received a blow over the head with a truncheon, which quite stunned him. He was used in the same way, being repeatedly struck over the arms and hands, on the road to the station-house ; and, on my oath, never saw a shadow of resistance from the crowd. I have often seen faction fights and election fights, but I never saw such brutality as was exhibited by those men. If a body of them had been ordered to do the most cruel thing in the most cruel manner they could not have done their duty better. Mr. RAWLINSON said that Mr. O'Connor's state ment only induced him the more strongly to send the case for trial, and he would also cause a copy of the depositions - to be sent to the Commissioners, that thay might see whether, in their opinion, the police had exceeded their duty. CLERKENWELL. A fresh, able-looking young man, named James Brown, was charged with begging. It appeared that the prisoner, who, on his exami nation, looked so healthy, appeared in Brunswick square on the previous evening the most afflicted and miserable looking of God's creatures ; his head was swathed in flannel, his right hand• was in a sling, and he limped along as if enfeebled by want or stricken by disease. Police constable 26 B saw him supplicating several ladies and gentlemen, to whom he stated that he had a terrible abscess on his neck, and that his right arm was utterly powerless. He received numberless cop pors, and when the officer took him into custody a good deal of copper coin was found on his person. The first question the mendicity constables asked on hearing his description was, where was his flannel, and being told it was now in his hat, they at once re collected him as a very old customer. The prisoner was remanded. BURNLEY POLICE.—MONDAY. (Before Lord SYDNEY, and the Revs. Sir C. FARNABT and T. ►SCOTT.) Mr. Bourne, the poor-rate collector for one division of the Bromley Union, attended before the Bench to give some explanation of an alleged illegal and im proper distraint upon the goods of a labouring man named Bryant, under the following circumstances : It appeared from the statement of the complainant that he found a summons for non-payment of poor rate of the amount of four shillings in the window of his house, and as it was not addressed to him he took no further notice of it. It was subsequently explained that the summons was intended for him, and his wife paid Mr. Bourne two shillings of the amount, and he then promised that no further proceedings should be taken, but on the same day a broker came with a distress warrant, and although he was shown Mr. Bourne's acknowledgment for the portion of the rate that had been paid, he persisted in making the dis traint, and they were obliged to pay him the whole amount of the rate and seven-and .sixpence costs. Lord Sydney, upon the above statement being made, requested the collector to give some explana tion why these poor people had been treated in this manner. Mr. Bourne said that he had summoned the party by the name by which he was generally known, and as he did not attend to answer the summons, a dis tress warrant was applied for and obtained in due course, and it was placed in the hands of the broker who usually. executed this description of process. Bryant's wife had paid him a portion of the rate ; and he directed the broker not to execute the warrant without communicating with him ; but instead of do ing so, he executed the warrant, and exacted the whole amount of the rate, and the expenses also. Lord SYDNEY—SO that, in point of fact, these poor people have been compelled to pay two shillings more than the full amount of the rate, and expenses also ! The collector said that it was so, but it was no fault of his, as he told the broker not to execute the warrant. He was, however, ready to repay the ex penses the parties had been put to. 1 . The BENCH said this must be done. The collector should return the amount that had been received over and above the rate, and. also return the expenses of the warrant. Sir C. FAUNAEY said he thought that the collector ought also to pay Bryant for the loss of his day's work in attending the Bench. The other magistrates concurred, and an order to that effect was accordingly made. CASE OF MRS. GILMOUR We have not for years had any subject before us of so exciting a local influence as the trial of Mrs. Gil mour, or rather Christina Cochran, for the murder of her husband. Perhaps a greater romance in real life than the circumstances connected with the fate of this extraordinary woman never occurred ; and to a certainty all the inventions of fiction never promul gated circumstances so very uncommon as those which have taken place between the subject of our notice and her affianced bridegroom, after they had been united as one by the ceremony of marriage. From statements which have already gone the round of the press, most readers will be aware that Mrs. Gilmour and her husband were the son and daughter respec tively of two neighbouring wealthy and comfortable farmers. Both of the farms on which this young couple were brought up are situate in the parish of Dunlop, Ayrshire; and both of the unfortunate indi viduals had little more than entered on life, which they did with the fairest prospects. For nearly five years before her unfortunate marriage with Gilmour, Miss Cochran had formed a warm and devoted attach ment to another young farmer in the neighbour hood, referred to in evidence—John Anderson. The attachment was reciprocated on his part, and he had got settled on a farm of his own close to her father's, but circumstances intervened which prevented him from marrying Miss Cochran for a time. In the in terim Miss Cochran's young neighbour, John Gil mour, got most devotedly attached to her without having the satisfaction of his love being returned, and he having resolved to settle in life, first took the farm called the town of Inchinnan, and then used every in fluence in his power to secure her as his wife, both by exercising the warmest persuasion with herself, and by craving the assistance of her parents in his favour. Under these circumstances we are assured by the most creditable authority that the parents, in accordance with the solicitation of Gilmour, urged the marriage on their daughter, notwith s t an ding her most deter mined opposition. Before the union took place, she frequently urged her parents to let her live as he was. She even begged of them to permit her to live single for life. She never could be attached to Gilmour, she said, while her heart was with another. A short time before the marriage took place, Miss Cochran and Ander son formally declared their attachment to each other, and, we are assured, separated both deeply bathed in tears at the cruel fate which awaited her, and which neither of them seemed to have the power to avert. The occurrences that took place with the young couple after the unhappy marriage will be found fully detailed in evidence, but in addition we have unquestionable authority for stating, that though they lived together for six weeks, and regularly re tired to the same bedroom, Mrs. Gilmour never un dressed during the whole time. She was frequently found bathed in tears by her husband during the day, and when spoken to about grief by him, she generally endeavoured to compose herself, and assured him she would redeem her promise—she would live with him, and work with him as a servant, but she was unable to do anything more. In her demeanour Mrs. Gilmour is mild even to simplicity; her manner-is_ as unaf fected as a child, and under all the difficult positions she has been placed in prior to her being placed at the bar, nothing ruffled her countenance ; and she was always to be found the most cool and unaffected person present, or who took any part of the proceed ings.—Renfrewshire Reformer. AN IRISH SCENE. At the Wakefield Court-house, last week, Alex. ander Brady charged John M‘Dermid with threaten ing to do him some bodily harm. In stating his case, Alexander, who was a gaunt raw-boned Irishman, professed no desire to harm John, only he hoped, for his own protection, that " their honours would bind him to keep the pace." John here burst out in rich Milesian brogue, at the same time pulling at a lock of hair on his forehead, " Your honours, he's none a good one, for he's bound himself to keep the pace, for running a man with a dagger." Some more cross firing took place between the parties about some money Alexander owed John, on a balance of account, " while up the country harvesting a bit." The Chairman asked John—what's your religion ? " Plase your honour I'm a Connaught man."—(Loud laughter.) A what ?—A Connaught man, your honour.—l did not ask you what countryman you are, but what is your religion ? "Why, God help me, I sud be a Catholic, but when I get a sup of beer I don't know what I am."—(More laughter, in which the bench joined). Sure, yer honors, it was but a dhrop of drink I'd got to make myself comfortable on Christmas day.—Did you tell Father Morris of this ? Oh, God bless yer honor, no, and I hope he may niver know; what, it was Christmas day, and both gentle and simple get a dhrop then, to make them merry. — Well, but you must find bail, and pay 4s. for your maintenance while in the lock-up.-oh, then, yer honors, he's no rale Irishman, at all, at all ; there's plenty of rale Irishmen that would get twenty cuts on the head on that day, and niver say a word about it ; and sure I did'nt strike him.—Well, but you have done very wrong, and you must suffer for it.—Why, yer honor, as to the bail, Mr. Brierley will say I'm no worse a man than the other, and sure, he'll p'raps be bound for me ; but, as for the money, it's hard for a man to pay when he hasn't it.—What do you work at? Oh, yer honor, I worked at Normanton, but they did me out of my money there, and I ge t a j o b w here I can now ; but, rubbing his head, he exclaimed, I can't carry the, bricks up, yer honors. The Bench, on hearing a good character of John, a gree d t o l e t him have time to pay , and to bind him in his own recogni zance to keep the peace ; and, when asked if he would give bail, he said, "Sure, 11l not strik e hi m ; b u t, if he strikes me, sure it will be a hard case ." Th e neces sary documents being prepared and read over to him, he was asked, in the usual form, if h e was con t en t. " I'm content, sure, if he doesn't s t r ik e me ." Th e Bench explained , that if Alexander struck him, he must not strike again, but bring him before them, and they would fine him. this appeared t o p uzz l e J o h n no little, the Irish law appeared far more to his taste than the English ; but, a happy thought striking him, he exclaimed, " Sure, then, he can 't hi n d er me f rom talking ;" and, on being told that he might use his tongue in a proper way, he pulled away again at his lock of hair, and, shouting " thank you, Mr. Holds worth, thank you, gentlemen," made his exit in warm altercation with Alexander, about the ss. he owed him, for the harvest money.—Yorh Courant. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. An inquiry of a very painful character took place before Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, on Saturday evening touching the New Farm, Beckenham, near Bromley, tci the death of Edward Cran field, Esq., the proprietor of the farm and the adjoin ing estate, who destroyed him se lf b y di sc h arg i ng a horse-pistol into his mouth, and literally blowing his upper which p resen t e d a dreadful of the h ea d h av i ng been head to atoms. The jury havin g b een sworn pro ly b hie l e o w wn the away . b° partay and nothing remaining of it cc spectacle,o ee m d p e l d e t e t view but a portion of hair and skin hanging to the lower jaw. Witnesses were then examined, from whose evidence it appeared that the deceased had been poorly for some days, but on Thursday morning he appeared somewhat better. He had been to London on the Wednesday and brought thence with, him a large horse-pistol which he told his wife he had bought in Smithfield for the purpose of giving to a boy to frighten away the crows. On the Thursday morning after b rea kfast, a servant, upon going into the break fast-room, saw the deceased standing before the look ing glass with the pi3tol in one hand, and he at the time appeared to be picking his teeth with the thumb nail of the other hand. •gpon observing the servant looking at him he immediately quitted the room, and went to the water-closet, tend directly afterwards the report of a pistol was heard, and the unfortunate gen tleman was found in the state above described. Mr. Flett, a surgeon at Bromley, was sent for, and he speedily attended, and from the examination made by him it appeared that the pistol had only been loaded with powder, but the charge was so heavy that it ap pears wonderful the pistol did not burst, as it was evi dently loaded completely to the muzzle, and in the act of discharging it the right hand and arm of the deceased were very much scorched. Upon . these facts, and after evidence, as to the state of mind of the de ceased had been adduced, the jury returned a verdict —That the deceased destr9yed himself while in a state of temporary mental derangement. CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS. The writings of Doctor Franklin are justly admired for a plain popularity of style, for the distinct picturesque character of idea, for humourous Socratic irony, and for the art of arguing to the selfishness; the reader is constantly put in mind of the use that will accrue to him, and such as him, from the adoption of Doctor Franklin's premises. Even' a question of science is never handled as a question of curiosity, whore to evolve the truth is the disinterested end in view ; it must be hooked to some petty, practical purpose of private accommoda tion, before it is held worthy of being investigated. This concatenation of the cui bono to every footstep, is a clog to excellence; it illiberalises science; but it seems to be the characteristic of American philosophy. The national foible is readily forgotten in Doctor Franklin, when his vast effi cacy is contemplated; history will class him among her great men—among the strong minds employed in directing important events. He had, perhaps, more of craft than of boldness, more of prudence than of magnanimity, but he attained his ends without harshness or waste of effort ; he early saw the scope of his pursuit, and proceeded towards it, step by step, with a singleness of purpose and an undeviating per. severance that rarely accompany a comprehensive mind. Indeed, Doctor Franklin's range of attention and idea was but narrow. The classical, poetical, an d elegant wri ters had em p lo y ed litt le of his leisure; the m ora l , su blime, the her oic delineatio ns of the muse, seldom tinged his sentiments or actions ; nor had the luxuries and refinement s o f social life att raction enou g h to en croach much on his h a bit s o f snug sufficiency. He all owed him. self time to think, and ti m e to say but li ttle ; tha t little was always hitting; and w h at espec ially will consecrate his memory to the grateful veneration an d growing applause of the remotest l a , s o s s i t: t r ed i t y the is people thatple h to e ,obbetaloinngieidbearrntyo, n a g nd th n o o s t e w al o o r n th g ie u s io w se h c o ri l n ta u s e - e . Bags who have 4,4 *ted Sovereigns to extend their power.. SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS On Friday, a sale by auction, of several valuable awl rare autographs, State pap:•rs, and intorcst- _ ing documents, Which was commenced the preceding day at the rooms of Mr. Fletcher, was continued, on which occasion there were present Sir F. Madden, of the British Museum, who was a purchaser of some of the most important State papers and autographs, Mr. R. Lambert Jones (Common Councilman). Mr. Ev.ms, Mr. Bullock, &c. The collection submitted for compe tition comprises letters, autographs to State pavers in the hand-writing of King Henry VII., Henry VIII., Charles 1., Henry King of Navarre, Henry 111. of France, Henry IV. of France, Francis 1., Catherine de Medicis, Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis XV., Pope Innocent VI., Pope Leo X., Pope Innocent XI., Pope Alexander VII., Frederick the Great, Em peror Charles V., &c. The following were among the number sold:—No. 201, A letter from Charles James Fox to the Duke of Portland relative to the treaty with France, 1783, 18s. No. 262, Another curious letter by the same to the same, requesting his Grace to see the King immediately, and if Lord Ashburton is dead to give the Earl of Derby tha duchy, 1783, 9s. No. 26.3, Another to the same, on the King's forthcom ing speech, respecting the alarming outrages, &c., 1783, 10s. No. 280, A long and interesting let ter by the Earl of Essex, Lord Deputy Lieu tenant of Ireland, on the affairs of Ireland, 1674, IL 95. No. 281, Letters of instructions from King Charles 1., to Viscount Falkland, Deputy Lord . Lieute nant of Ireland, 1628, IL 6s. No. 291, Boyle, Earl of Orrery, poet and dramatist, to R. Roger- Soutlivvell, Secretary of State, 1678, 18s. No. 293, Lionel Boyle, Earl of Orrery, to Sir R. Southwell, requesting some troops to defend themselves against the Irish Rapparees, which are assembled in great numbers, &c., 1690, IL No. 307, Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to Lord Treasurer Buckhurst, the poet. 1599, 19s. No. 308, Henry Lord Herbert, afterwards Marquis of Worcester, to Sir Edward Hoby, Kt. ; a most interesting letter from Ragland Castle. which the writer maintained and defended with 800 men, at his own cost, during the Civil Wars in the Royal Cause, 1606, 11. ss. ; pur chased by Mr. Thorpe. No. 309, Lady Anne Herbert, wife to the above, to her brother Sir E. Hoby, 1606, 11. 4s. ; purchased by the same. No. 336, King Charles the First's autograph to a beautiful and interesting letter of instructions to the Lord Deputy Lieutenant of Ire land, 1628, IL 7s. No. 337, King Henry VIII.'s auto graph to a warrant addressed to the Keeper of the Great . Wardrobe, dated from Greenwich, 6th of March, 1513, 1/. 65.; purchased by Mr. Evans. No. 338, King Henry Vll.'s autograph to a similar warrant, dated from the manor of Shene, 1499, 11. 15. ; purchased by the same. No. 340, Henry 11. of Navarre, autograph to an order for raising troops, with seal, 1543, 16s. No. 341, Henry Kin... of Navarre, afterwards King of France, and Henry I. of Bourbon, autographs to a letter to Charles IX., King of France, with portrait, 1599, 3s. 6d. No. 342, Francis 1., King of France, autograph to letters patent, on vellum, 1543. No. 343, King Charles IX., of France, letter on the victory over the rebels, &c., 1569, I Is. No. 345, Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France, to her sister the Queen of Navarre, 1580, 11. 6s. No. 376, Peter 11., King of Portugal to William 111. King of England, credentials to his ambassador, with seal, 1693, IBs. No. 378, King Charles IX., of Sweden, to King William 111., 1692, 9s. No. 379, Count Oxenstiern's crude itials, as ambassador from the King of S .veden to William 111., King of Eng land, with autograph of Queen Eleanora, as Regent, and her Lords in Council, with seal, 1697, 11. 3s. No. 385, the Emperor Charles V., a letter, 1528, 1/. 11s. 6d. No. 388, Leopold, Emperor of ig•erisiany, to Wil liam 111., King of England, 1696, 12s. (These with seve ral others, were bought by Sir F. 'Madden.) No. 381, Frederick the Great, note to an official letter in German for the cultivation of silk-worms, 1775, 175., purchased by Mr. Thorpe. There was a variety of Bulls, with the autographs of Pope Leo X., Cardinal Sadeletus, Pope Alexander VII., Pope Innocent XI.; several autographs of Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis XV., Charles Duke of Lorraine, Marie de Medicis, of William Pitt, Sir W. Pulteney, Lord North, &c. ; with letters written by Stanislaus, King of Poland, the Duke of Wirtemburg, the Archbishop of Treves, &c. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—John Hallett, Austin, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed 19th October; Blenheim, Craig, from Singa pore, in the Downs, sailed 19th August: St. Helena, 18th ' November; Fatima, Wilson, from Madras, in the Downs, sailed 18th September; Alert, Oliver, from New South Wales, off Dever, sailed from Sydney I lth Sept. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.—Thomas Lord, Brown, August 26th, from Auckland and Bay of Island.; Sarah, Birkett, 29th, from Liverpool ; Jean, Clarke, 31st, from London ; Coquette and Tobago, 31st, from Port Philip ; Morayshire, Smith, from London ; Shamrock, Sept. 2d, from Port Philip ; Caroline, 3d, from Hobart Town ; Rover's Bride, 4th, from Howe's Island ; Challenger, sth, from Launceston ; Jefferson, Howland, sth, from Whaling ; Sir John Byng, 6th, from Port Philip ; Kangaroo, from Hobart Town ; Persian, Oppenheim, from London. Departures from Sydney—Sisters, Wardle, Aug. 27, to Hobart Town ; Jane, Fairweather, to Sperm Fishery ; Heber, 27th, to South Sea Islands ; Dublin, Duniam, 28th, to Port Philip and London ; City of Sydney, 31st, to New Zealand ; Tryphena, Sept. 2,t0 Auckland; Petrel, 4th, to Manilla; Emma, to Adelaide ; Rachel, Scott, 4th, to Guam ; Phoebe, sth, to Launceston; Fortitude, Arbuthnot, Aug. 28, to Norfolk Island. Loading—Exporter, Reflector, Australasia packet, Fanny, Montezuma. Salus, Ann Standerings, all for London ; Rajah, Ferguson, for Port Philip and London ; Artemis, M'Donald, for New Zealand and Valparaiso ; Victoria, Sinclair, for Port Nicholson. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—CtiriettX, of Dunkirk, from Rio, 4th ult. ; Justina, London to Calcutta, 11th inst., lat. 49, lon. 7 ; Dutch barque, Theodore and Sara, 12th inst.. lat. 49, lon. 6, by the Bler.heim, arrd. in the Downs; Ulster, Liverpool to Barbadoes, out six weeks, lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Ni ool sington, arrd. in the Downs; Firefly, bound to the Coast of Africa, 15th inst., 70 miles W. of Cape Clear by the Manly, arrd. at Crookhaven ; Livingston, Liverpool to Calcutta, 14th inst., lat. 50, lnn. 8, by the Isabella, arrd. at Liverpool; Hand of Providence, Bay of Fundy to London, 12:h inst., lat. 49, lon. 14, and supplied with provisions ; Rolls, from Barbadoes, same day by the Elizabeth Wood, arrd. at Liverpool. HAMBURGH AND FLANDERS PAPERS. BOTS LE Duc, JAN. 17.—We learn that considerable addition will be made this year to the fortifications, that the plan has already been approved, and orders given by the Minister of War to carry it into effect. It is said that several new powder magazines will be constructed, that a great part of the walls of the fortress will he repaired, the moats deepened, and that an entrenched camp will be commenced on the heath of Croomvert, which will be defended by three half moons and other forts. This camp is estimated to be capable of containing 30,000 men. DERSCIIAN, JAN. 12.—The Vistula (now ten feet ten inches deep), is covered with solid ice, and the passage is for th, present interrupted. Early to • morrow morning planks will be laid on the ice, that people may cross on foot. BERLIN, JAN. 13.—The festival of the orders of knighthood, which is to take place on the 18th and the 21st of this month, will be rendered particularly interesting by the publication of the very detailed statutes of the ord4r of the Seran. The public are extremely anxious to learn their contents, because the most conflicting reports are spread concerning them FROM THE DANUBE, DEC. 31.—Accounts from the Sulina mouth of the Danube, say, that in conse quence of the fatal effects of the late storms, of which we have spoken, the whole of the little town of Sulina was overflowed. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 15. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 5B Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent. ll's Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent....... , Three per Cent. ---- Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto (1840) 10;N, Loan of City, 1838, Four per:Cent 102% —_---- 1141 103% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6B I sue of 1841 IOS National Society . Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Jan. 19 OU ICI kUN tI`.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 19. Moae7 ~,s, At:mt. i /tut, '4, per Ceti; ....... .......... ~ 5 . 5 , ,, , Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Aim t Syndic, 4 % per cent.....• ......... ... • 94% 95 Ditto, ditto, ay;, per cent 79% 8 Commercial Company, 4 1 .:, per cent 131% 133 Loan 11,37, 5 percent. Exchange on London, Onemonth l2 15 Two months ;2 10 Hamburgh, One m.nth 97 vu.i Twomonths 1,7 1.9% Dutch Papers, Jan. 20. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE. JAN. 16. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. • 112% Rank Shares 1695 Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 105% Inscription, Ist series 1 5 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., :3(1 and 4th Series — 994 Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ~.. ..... Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds ...... •... •••••• - New Tickets — 112 Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cott. ... SA F 3% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. AUSTRIAN FU NM—VIENNA, JAN. 12. Fiveper Cents. sletalliques Four pzr Cents. lOO Three per Cents . ,,„ 76 Bank Shares .. illgemeine Zeitung; Jan. 15. PRUSSIANYUNDS.-13saux, JAN. 16. Bills. Money • St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bonds, 1630, I per cent lO3 Exchange on London — 6 25 , A Prussian Slate Gazette, Jau. 15. A harrowing scene of cruelly took place, on Thurs day evening, at the north part of the town. The object of it ! was a bullock, which, about four o'clock in the afternoon, was driven in from the Lewes-road, but, on reaching Richmond place, turned back and got a considerable distance before it could be overtaken. About seven, however, It again made its appearance in Richmond-place, in a dreadfully exhausted con dition, and followed by a large number of persons. About the middle of Richmond-place it fell, and uttered groans of a most piteous character. All the ingenuity which cruelty could de vise was now resorted to in order to makc the animal get up. It was beaten, poked with sticks, its tail cut, and at length, . these means being ineffectual, some straw procured, placed round the animal, and set fire to! This proceeding was sue eessful. The beast got up and staggered along as far as the Richmond Hotel, where it again fell ; arid again was a fire lit • mound it. This scene of cruelty lasted fr,in between seven and eight till ten o'clock, and during this time the whole neighbour hood was shocked by the. cries of the wretched animal. If there ever was a case which required investigation, it is this. We are informed that the bullock belonged to 11Ir. Boon.—Brighton Gazette. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON. —O.l Clio 11th instmilt as a man, named Henry Williams, was at work in a field in St. Just in Penwith, he gathered two blackberries, in a perfectly ripe state, from a bush on which thtre were others in different stage; of growth,--Westßriton. GREEC - E. THE NATIONAL, ASSE;II3I.Y. ATIIF.NS, DEC. 22.--Tht- : , .))Ititays its daily sittings. . . . . The draft of the address wa, read and distributed to the As sembly on the 15th, and its d:scassion adjourned to the 18th. It appears that the Commission charged with the framing of the address omitted indicating the trio!ives N hich Iya to—the reform of the 3d of September; and, g ;rrady, .t the nd- dress is not llehnnic en'l,llA. thiS N v ya.3 by rrioi , t, dc- putiesNY:fidered ns an iniiitTerenip to the now order of things; ;he Ministry, to remove any ii.quietud-, affecting the future, oil the part of the officers who supported the demand for a eon witutionll reform, proposed to the Assembly to ensure such offici ri the activity of service in their respective grades during their life time. This proposition having been developed by M. Zographos, the supposed author of the draft, was carried with loud cheers. The Council of Ministers made an address to she Helle nians, whe; eby they assured them that they will place no faith in the reports, artfully spread in the provinces, which give a false idea of the spirit by which the Assembly is led. They then exhort them to be tranquil and wise, and to confide in the Assembly. The Assembly, through its Vice-President, M. Mavrocor dato, decreed that Col. Kallergy and the garrison of Athens, serve as the Assembly's Guards. The Greek Observer publishes the draft of the Assembly's address, in answer to the speech from the throne. " Sire—The representatives of the people, from the bottom of their hearts, thank Providence for seeing your Majesty amongst them on this day, the Bth of November. They on this day are fu'tilling a most pleasant duty in expressing their most lively feelings of joy and profound acknowledgment. " They accept your Majesty's wise words as a happy omen for the future dtstiny of Greece. Tney do with unutterable satisfaction acknowledge that the ties which since 1 533 unite the Greek people to their King became indissoluble the day on which the noble wish of your Majesty's paternal heart sealed the accomplishment of the national wishes, so unanimously ex- pressed. " Sire, the Greek nation, during the whole period of the holy struggle for its independence, has consecrated, repeatedly, in all the acts of its assemblies, the principle of the constitu tional 'guarantees so beneficial to the population. " The nation entertains a sincere feeling of acknowledgment for the liberal laws which, after the establishment of the Royal dignity, have been enacted according to these principles. But the acknowledgment of the Greek people became still greater the day when your Majesty listened to the recently expressed national wishes, and condescended to acknowledge the work by proclaiming the system of national representation, as a treaty between the King and the people—a treaty which is to consecrate, irrevocably the people's riE hts and the Throne's prerogatives. " Yes, Sire, this treaty alone, and a Constitutional Govern ment give life, and insure the stability of the liberal laws enacted since the establishment of the Royal dignity, and will raise on a most solid basis the edifice of our political Consti tution. " Embracing in one and the same thought, both the present and the future destinies of the Greek society, the representa tives, under the protection of the highest, will use all their efforts to further this edifice. " Sharing, as they do, in your Majesty's wishes, and vows for the wel tare of the nation, they will not be spat ing in awarding jut and necessary concessions, to arrive at this scope; they will on the one hand, US3 all their efforts to put the funda mental law of the constitution of the country in harmony with the real wants of the people, and to render it worthy of the ex pectations of the civilised world ; and, on the other, they will represent the monarchy in all its strength, and surrounded by all due respect, reserving to the throne the requisite rights to protect the just interests of every iadividual, and the general prosperity of the nation. " Rely, Sire, that on every occasion, did the Greek people acknowledge your Majesty's attachment to them—an attach ment which the representatives know 1t0..v to worthily appre ciate. " They do, therefore, set at work with full devotion, and inspired by a feeling of justice and patri o ti sm , th e y w ill occupy themselves, in harmony with your Majesty, with the framing of the definite Constitution of the representative kingdom of lireece, and will endeavour to seal it with the mark of stability. " The representatives of the people will, assisted by the Al mighty, fulfil the sacred duties laid upon them by the mission with which they are entrusted, and trust to be able to guaran tee the perpetual welfare of Greece, inseparable from the glory of your Majesty's throne." After three days of discussion, the foregoing address was car ried by a great majority. The amendments which it under went are insignificant, only the filth paragraph was changed. The answer to the address was presented to his Majesty by Messrs. Metaxa and Londos ( Vice-Presidents of the Chamber), and Messrs. C. Colocotroni and Ducos ( Secretaries), accom panied by twelve members deputed by the Assembly. The fol lowing is his Majesty's reply:— " Gentlemen—l receive with pleasure the answer of the National Assembly to the speech which I pronounced at the opening of its labours. The harmony of my sentiments with those of the nation has caused me the most inexpressible satis faction. In this manner the great work of the establishment of the constitution of Greece will be accomplished happily and with perfect agreement, and in this manner I do not doubt we all understand the 3d of September." The answer of his Majesty was received with universal en thusiasm, and all the journals are alike loud in their praises of it. The Queen's birthday was celebrated on the 21st with great solemnity. The King gave a grand banquet to the corps di plomattque, and to a great number of Deputies and civil and military functionaries. In the evening the city was brilliantly illuminated. We find in the Secolo, the following article on the new form of Government which is to be established in Greece : " A dispatch, dated Nov. 29th, concerning the situation of Greece, and the labours of the National Assembly, has been addressed by Lord Aberdeen to the British Representative at the Court of King Otho. The following are, in substance, the most important contents of this note : " The financial situation of Greece occasioned last April, the re-union of the London Conference, from which emanated four protocols. During the negotiations the three Powers acted in concert and in perfect unanimity of views. The Russian re presentative wanting sufficient powers, so as to give his ultimate approval of such protocols, these latter could not be published, and were therefore forwarded to St. Petersburgh, there to re ceive the Emperor's sanction. " Since the event of the 3d of September, the King of Ba varia has charged the Prince of Wallerstein, with a note to the London Conference, with instructions above all to keep up a good understanding with the French and British courts, with respect to the interests of Greece. In consequence of this note, the King of Bavaria seemed determined to acknowledge the representative Government adopted in Greece, because his Majesty King Otho wrote to his august father, under date September 25th, stating that constitutional institutions are not only useful, but necessary for this country. King Louis re quested the powers to give their consent, in order that the rights of the throne might be respected, and the Government now to be established, strengthened. " The British and French Governments have decided, in unison, to give to their representatives in Greece, special in structions, suitable to the actual state of the kingdom, parti cularly wiili regard to the workings of the National Assembly. Sir Edmund Lyons has been charged to communicate such in structions in the shape of advices, so as not to be considered as an outrage to the dignity of the throne, and that of the nation. France will give to her representative more detailedinstruc tions. Lord Aberdeen adds---' You will communicate to Go vernment, the commanders, and the more influential members of the National Assembly, the hereunder stated grounds, upon which the constitutional monarchy is to be founded, that it may have strength enough to direct the country in the paths of pro gress and prosperity. The King will appoint all civil and mili tary officers. The national representation will be formed by two Chambers—one elected by the people, taking property as a basis for the right of election ; the other chosen by the King either for life, or hereditary. The Chambers hill vote the taxes and the expenditure of the State. The King will have toe right of proposi,g laws, and have a share in the framing of them. The rights of proposing expenses will only belong to the Government." EASINGWOLD.—SINGULAR NOCTURNAL VISITA TION.—Wm. Farmary, an honest and industrious agricultural labourer, residing at Ruby, near Easingw&d, states, that about a mouth ago he retired to rest as usual, his wife remaining up some time time longer, when he heard and felt something lik a cat. coins upon his bed near his feet. It ascewied up his body, he, thinking it to be the car, attempted to expel it, and in fact thought he had done to, hut it quickly returned, and some. times seemed to rest behind his shoulders, until his wife went to bed, when no cat could be found. The annoyance, however, ceased for that night. Since that time every care has been taken of the cat, and yet the poor fellow is subject to the same nocturnal and unwelcome visitations. The visits have been regular (with but one exception) for a month, as soon as he has got into bed. He states that he has had several mem bers of his own family, as well as others, to sleep with him, and yet the annoyance is the same. He removed one night a mile from home, but without any relief. The annoyance generally continues for an hour, and different persons have watched him while he has described the movements o' sensation so peculiarly felt on his person ; none can, however, detect the cause. The family are much alarmed at the circum stance, and the gossips and superstitious have many and various erroneous opinions respecting it in reference to ghosts, witch craft, satanical agency, &c. &c. Believing, as I do, that no effect can be produced without a cause, so I believe that there will be found amongst the medical or scientific readers of the York Courant, some one who will be at the trouble to explain the above curious phenomenon. The man is, I believe, 65 years of age, in good health, and in full possession of his reasoning powers, and I dare vouch for the truth of the fore.. going statements. From a Correspondent of the York Courant. The great anti-corn-law meeting; in this borough, which are to be held on Friday next, will afford the opponents of the sliding scale a gratifying opportunity of assisting the League in getting rid of that most mischievous and most cluinsy of ministerial and agricultural delusions. How the juggle of such a scale came to be maintained so long in a com mercial and common-sense-boasting country like England, is what no farmer, or farmer's friend, has ever yet been able to explain to the world. The best defence we ever heard made for it was, that a acrn-law could not be maintained without it ; inasmuch as the juggle served to cover the dishonesty of taxing the bread of the people, by complicating what would other wise be a question of simple fraud. The free traders, we are happy to find, require no spurring. They are as earnest and zealous as becomes honest and free men in a good cause.—Hull Advertiser. DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.--A poor man of the name of Nimmo, a redsman at Clelan, near liolytown, lost his life on the morning of the 16th inst., in the No. 10 pit, under the following distressing circurnstance3l—Nimmo was redding in the main coal-seam alone, and is supposed to have lost his light, and to have made for the bottom of the pit; but being in the dark, and a stranger to the workings, fell into the shaft down to the splint seam, and wat smashed to pieces, his head being nearly laid open. A wife anti six children are left to deplore his untimely end. In the last page will be found an account of more coal-pii accidents. Surely it is necessary for the Government Inspector, " now appointed to see the Colliery Act tully carried into operation in Scotland," to turn his attention to these accidents, which appear to be on the increase "6'Lanarkshire.— Glasgow Saturday Post. A SiNGLTLArt RACE OF MEN. A writer in the League newspaper says—" I have noticed that in Wiltshire, as in some other counties west of London, the men have no calves to their legs. All of them, young and old, wear knee breeches, and a sort of tight leather legging, and this exhibits more palpably their thin shanks. Otherwise they are generally :handsome men, mostly of a middling size, thin and wiry. I was told by a gentleman, who seems to know the rural popul t tion of England well, that in the counties where bacon is eaten as a stable article of diet, the men have small calves. I cannot see any reason for this; but whether it he bacon, or whether it be that a bacon eating race have invaded those countries, and have brought a peculiar formation of legs with them, it is a fact t. at they have calsele's legs, no matter how well fed or how starvin g t h ey may b e. The jolly. faced fa. titers have the sanio kind of legs the lean la',ourer6." tiilm . the 1010...)1 ii L.f!-n!le, , Auvs• burgh Gazette gives the fe :—" Accordit: to letters fintiii the borders of the lilac!: Sea, it niTears that the check re ceived by the Rus•iaat troops, in the Dac , h hestan. was much more severe than was at first repi - esented. in fact tie Government has issued orders for increasing the army of the Caucasus to 60,00 d men ; showing a resolution of carrying on ol:erations Into: , a much larger scale, anti with greater energj. There is, above all, a great want of officers." SPORTIN G IN TELLIGENCE. T A FT! 1:,-ATA - , S-YESTERDAY. arose out ~f the afternoon business as :'•..girde , l die three leading Derby favourites : 7 to 1 was laid against the first to about 100/. ; the same odds to 30/. and half a point more to about 1001. against the second (Rattan), and 16 to 1 in fifties against. Load so, m , the fri!.•nds of the latter, we believe, had a little more to hi vest at the same, price. Cockamaroo and Leand, , r are " head and head" for the fourth place ; 22 to 1 to a pony, and 1,000 to 50 in two or three, places, were taken about the first, And similar odds, rather freely, about the other. 5,000 to 200, and other bets at 25 to 1 were laid against Running Rein ; 25 to I to some forty or fifty pounds against Orlando (the layers refusing to go on), and 30 to 1, more than the market price, to a small sum, against lonian. In other respects the brtting was of slight interest.. The Chester Cup was formally introduced, and just enough done to justify a quotation : CHESTER. CUP. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert—taken, and aft off 20 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Heslington 27 to 1 agst Mr. Sherratt's The Prior—taken 27 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew 40 to I agst Mr. Meiklarn's Aristetle—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's Beeswax—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh—taken. Ballinkeele was sold yesterday at Tattersall's to Mr. Far rance; we understand that he will be left in the Chester Cup. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Scott's lot-6 to 1 laid to 1501. 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Jno. Day's The Ugly Buck—takes 7 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan 16 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 20 to I agst Lord Westminster's Cockamaroo—taker 25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—takers 25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein—taken 25 to 1 ag4 Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire—(take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri—taken and afters. offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—taken and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus—tak. and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Zenobia—taken and aft. offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's King of the Gipsies—taken. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. THE NEXT MAILS FOR INDIA, &c. Last evening the General Post-office list had the following announcements : " Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Medi terranean, and East Indies—The next mail for India, • &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched hence (General Post-office) on the sth of February. " The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, and India, via Southampton, will be dispatched hence (General Post-office), on the morn ing of the Ist of February. " The Pacha sailed on the 18th instant, with all letters for the Peninsula and the Mediterranean, which arrived or were posted in London up to that morning inclusive. "Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres—From August to anuary inclusive, the packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her home ward. " America—Hibernia, for the mails of the 3d of February." DEATH or MR. ITOTILER. --We regret to state that the venerable Mr. Hobler, who was Clerk at the Mansion.honse for 54 years, died this morning at his residence in Queen's.rr, Pen. tonville. He was in his 80th year. He had only recentlj retired, and his portrait had within a few weeks past been hung pp in the justice-room at the Mansion.house, as a mark of respect for his long services. At the conclusion of a marriage at Holy Trinity, on Tuesday, the venerable Dean administered the Sacrament to the parties, and a collection was made for the Offertory. Some of the wedding guests were embarrassed for want of cash, not expecting Mother Church to come down ypon them in this way. Others gave gold, not having silver to bestow ; and many were astonished thereat. But Parson Pedlar was more astonishing, for he was stuck there as if not entrusted by the Church to tie a true lover's kuot, and had on his black gown when he should have worn the white surplice. The Dean of ficiated.—Exeter Times. MARCH 27, 1844.—Cabinet cogitations of a dis tinguishing character are manifested ; Ireland again attracts especial notice; her position will be relieved, and favourable changes introduced by Government—they succeed in aught connected with our foreign relations, treaties and enactments, matters of revenue and finance, closely connected with the public interests. Ministers are successful in their divisions, and the Privy Council strengthened; there appears with the foregoing, something inimical to the popular view, or a change in an important official appointment ; much angry excitement and hostility prevails, and the proceedings will not reeoncile public expectation, although the Government succeeds.- - Smith's Parliamentary Predictions. The penny postage project is perhaps the noblest afloat in our country and time, considering the moral interests it involves. It is, perhaps, scarcely possible to exaggerate tha force and extent f its civilising and humanising influences especially in regard to its spreading the spirit of home over all the occupations and interest of life, in defiance of the separat ing powers of distance and poverty; and it will be curious if this enterprise, besides keeping the school-child at his mother's bosom, the apprentice, the governess, and the maid-servant , at their father s hearth—and us sick and aged people enter tained daily with the flowers, music, books, sentiment, and news of the world we have left—should prove an exception to all others in performing all its express promises. At present I own, this appears no matter of doubt.—Essays on Life in the Sick Room. AMUSING FIOAX.—A young farmer, fresh from the neighbouring hills, during a visit to Cheltenham, last week, exhilirated by the beauties which everywhere met his eyes, had indulged in an unusual sacrifice at the shrine of the Jon/ God. In fact his potations had been so frequent and plentiful. that he was mooning along in a state of perfect unconscious ness of his whereabouts, when he was accidentally seen by an acquaintance, who, finding the predicament he was in, took him under his protection and conveyed him to the inn at which they had before met. Now this said inn was frequented by a partY of choice spirits, members of the Wide-awake Club, who never lose an opportunity of a laugh, at whosoever's expense it mayb e enjoyed. From the " gentle violence" which the friend found necessary to use in propelling the young farmer along, a beliet was engendered that certain members of the corps of blue devils ' had him in charge. The idea was not lost on the merry guests, who, whilst he was endeavouring to recover WS scattered senses by a snooze, fitted up a back room with all th e appurtenances and properties of the charge room of a station house, and accoutred themselves as representatives of the ste rn , officials of justice. The court was opened, which consisted e` the represewatives of two magistrates and their clerk, a ser geant, and several policemen, the latter aroused the prisone r from his slumbers, by stating that his attendance was neces sary, as they were about to dismiss the night charges. Be n , s t placed before the bench, and the evidence against him broug ht forward. The magistrates declared, as usual, that they b 0 lieved every word of the statement of the police, and it woe' be useless for the prisoner to make any defence. The charge was therefore admitted to be just, the mercy of the court Wa s prayed in most moving terms, two persons present gave h i T tu n i most excellent character, and on his prom sing not to of f ' i s e again, he was mulcted the usual fine and dismissed. g, was accompanied by his friends through the inn yard i nto dark back street, down which they walked till by another te r n, they reached High•street. The farmer then insisted on h 2: friends taking a glass with him, and they speedily entered 07_ the front door, the inn they so recently left, and found the room_ filled with tho e who participated in the joke, who were quaf6og.. the jovial draught at his cost. But little inducement was r e d quire.l, and the farmer recapitulated the momentous even te pe - , the evening in a similar style to " Honest Jack Falstaff' e the robbery at Gad's-hill, and showed how he annihilated sidd liceman by a blow under the jugular ; how the others, t errified at his prowess, left him master of the field, until they had pro cured cured a reinforcement and mastered him at length solelY7., dint of numbers ; how he " got over" the magistrates and tR,4, caged with such slight punishment, to the great delight of _, actors in the late drama, who were there in propria per sos . x . laughing in their sleeve at the marvellous gullibility of e. Cotesw old hero.— Cheltenham Examiner. We insert the following notice at the request 01 of correspondent, though it is of old date :—Mr. Joseph Di sen 0 0 ( the Scottish bar, who represented the Glasgow distr iet aiej to burghs in the Parliament which passed the Reform Bill , yr suddenly on Monday the 15th inst. at Helensburgh, Dum IN, ton.hire. Mr. Dixon was a zealous friend to. Liberal prinoiP and contributed much valuable assistance towards the prom tion and extension of the cause in the county of Dumbarton. rt SCHOOL OF DESIGN, SOMERSET4IOUSE," re P is ° o ol having obtained extensive circulation, to the eff ec t that the sc" oo 4 for the instruction of ladies in drawing and engraving tiP°° Lye had been abandoned, we made inquiry, and find that the In ,. — t ee was justified, in part, by a suspension of the operations 0 ' school, but that such is, by order of the committee, aga in ° j a rs The temporary closing of the school is to be attributed to th e u ci!op of several wood ergravers who twice memorialised the cot! tin% and obtained a hearing by deputation; the deputation lo t ' o f that the formation of a school for the education ladies in the arts would materially interfere with th e ; P o ofe fol• sion of wood engraving; reducing the income of -„,Over lowers by an increase of qualified persons ; a nd, ra"; - „ p ee withdrawing from those who have position and s t an ding the r ", - lie of obtaining premiums with pupils, while the necessary kO w : ho nl could be acquired at so small a rate as that charged by the °" g of Design. It was urged, on the other sid e , th a t ar tists, dr 35 0 masters, design draftsmen, and other professions, might wit h cci r d, propriety advance the same reason s , an d if suc h wer e enterta .; that every branch of instruction which is now pursued with much good, must be alto ge th er a b an d one d . Th e pr esent no'" of pupils in all branches is about 240. THE Pooa-L Aw .—L as tl y , we w ill c onsider t o l l overseers of the poor, who sometimes literally oversee or oveT;io, E the cases of distress requirin g assistance. The poor-law ° f the beth has been superseded by a much poorer law of Williateri Fourth, the one great principle of which is to afford the lu sii . n cee divorce to persons in needy circumstances. It also discounte°:,,l relief to the able-bodied, a point which is effected by disabil ° l l oo l , far as possible, anybody who comes into the workhouse. The . t une law is administered by three Commissioners, who spend their vie in diluting gruel and writing reports—trying e xperiMett. o ut little will suffice to prevent a repeal of the union b e tween "I' and the body.—Punch. 110' DISTURBANCE IN lIIE PARISII CHURGII A. C t the TENIIAM.—During the solemnization of divine se rvice, g o o. parish church, on Wednesday last, just as Mr. Clos e ha said in inenced reading the first lesson, a woman stood up nna,td to a loud voice—" Frank Close, I have a message from 0 00 thee." This announcement produced a g reat ee n !diffi , throughout the church, and the speaker was with so On the nutty taken out and given in charge of a policerean . _ es an following morning she was taken before the magig"Ly s tion was dismissed, on promising not to disturb the cengr' c r w ind again. She has every a;pearance of being of uns"% i cs. - "" and has been at the Asylum at Glnuceiter three Cheltenham Free Press. BIRTHS. f Car On the 12th inst., at Oronsay, Argylesbire , the 114,19 o tan M the 'Neil.lth ll, los C t olloway, of a daughter. , 010 1 On ~ at Rochefort, France, tho lady of Henry TaLqueray, Erg., of a daughter. ED. J ame ; On the 171 - 1 in , t., at MARRI St. Luke's, Norwood, the fleater Trcvilt, of ELlntion-on-t be-Hill, Essex, to Mary, . 8u " Mr. Richard Sarup-on. Elm-grove, Norwood. rap t . . On the 17th it:st., at Pilgrim's Cottage, 118- • end , LadY Elizabeth Foster, aged 61. the Catherine 11. pa t h inst., aged 2 t , .,at A. 1 17. ,hingto_n nea r Exeter , cthiite C. is : Print:sit i üblimlwo • ti• ;•2 ih r 1 1 ;=, Couuty a illiddlesex, Tuesday, January 23; THE SUN, LONDON; rUESDAY 11:‘ ENING, JANUARY 23, 1844.