The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

t i lltlT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Burke said he did not know how to &raw an indictment against a whole people. Sir Robert Peel, or his Irish purveyors of judge-made isw, thought they did know how to do this. Ac cordingly, they stuffed out a monster indictment, b way of being commensurate with its object. ey seem to have thought that, if it were but big enough, it could not fail to overlay the - whole bulk of Irish discontent. They made a mistake ; a single bullet, well aimed, may prostrate the king of beasts ; but the most capacious net that can be thrown round him may be gnawed in pieces by well-filed teeth. Plain coercion might have obtained over O'Connell the only sort of victory that can well be obtained over a man who is the organ of multitudinous aspirations and antipathies. But lawyer craft, when it knots its meshes with such exceeding complexity and subtlety, lays Woolf open, at every part of its texture of technicalities, to the operation of pre cisely the same faculty in undoing the whole of its work. The party exasperated by the Lords' recent reversal of judgment make a mighty point of assert ing that reversal to have turned on mere technical pointer Why, what did the judgment turn upon ? If it was lawful to lavish technical constructions, for the purpose of accumulating a series of acts not singly criminal into crime, surely the same skill may equally , be employed in unravelling the process. Nothing, in deed, can render legal refinements endurable, but their impartial application. If the whole penetrating in genuity of the legal profession were devoted to rearing the fabric of constructive crimes at the bidding of a Government, and if no independent minds of legal training were exerted in the opposite direction, the Cusack Smith race would be even more useless tools of power than in this case they have proved. Men might not be able to unravel the web of legal sophistry, but they would burst through it. It is only the con fidence that the rules of fence are available for both sides, that makes them respected on either. There is something absolutely ludicrous in the clamour ofover refinement against the law Lords, considering all the refinements relied en to eke out the case on trial. It is a maxim with architects to make the principal parts of thekstructure stronger than strong enough. It is a practice also of Parliamentary logicians to rely . on a dmen bad arguments, rather than trust to a single good one. The conductors of the case against O'Con nell seem to have proceeded upon some such analogy. They wanted to swell the slippery frog of repeal meet ings to the stalled ox of conspiracy. They caught the subjeot of their experiment, and inflated it at their leisure. We see the result; instead of keeping their ox impounded, they have burst even their frog. The party in power received Ireland with nothing more than her chronic complaints. They were greeted, in the autumn of 1841, with the same Repeal cry, with which they -had been greeted in the autumn of 1830. There was nothing new in the case ; and they had full time to study its symptoms. Indeed their first demonstrations appeared aimed at eclipsing the Whigs in laissez faire magnanimity. Sir Robert Peel has since made a merit of baying began by reducing the amount of force which the late Government had stationed in Ireland. Like Lord Ellenborough in India, though not with the open-mouthed absurdity of that delegate of his, he meant to demonstrate his peculiar mission for paci fying all that his predecessors had studiously been charged with disturbing. And like Lord Ellenbo rough's, his peace-making mission has ended its courses considerably different. The country has had to pay for setting Sir Robert Peel up in a new character. He was resolved to have matter to twit the Whigs with, is the administration of Ireland as of other things. If they had kept so many troops in Ireland, he was re solved to keep so many less; and ended as might have been expected, in bristling at all points with horse, foot, 4d artillery. If they had once on a time passed Coercon Acts, he was resolved to " ask no ex traordinary power, though at a period of admitted danger, appealing to the law alone for a remedy to the evils with which we had to contend." Appeals to the law ngainst individuals can only be success- Ail in a country where those individuals are in a minority in their sentiments and their conduct. To convict some half-dozen men of conspiracy, for dis plays dangerous by their immense publicity, was a sort of practical Irish bull, however the lawyers might cook up the case. If the repeated and avowedly eptematic array of numbers was dangerous, then Sir 'IR. Peel was a fellow conspirator with O'Connell in bringing that danger to a head. Sir Robert had his aterV character to support, as a Liberal Minister ; O'Connell his old one, as a Catholic and popular agitator. It was necessary to each to " play oa t the pla t y." Then why was only one brought to answer fCir it? Sir Robert Peel had the public for ce at command at first, as he had at last. Why did ho not stop the first meeting ? Or the next ?—Or the next ? Or, if it was only the last one or two that threatened the public peace (and it appears to us ne 7 cess4try to Sir Robert Peel's exculpation to assume that this was so), why then the elaborate accumulation of charges deduced from the whole series ? All was equally public throughout. Ether the procedure de served" the reversal it has received—as swelled out * with overcharges—or else Sir Robert Peel conspired with Mr. O'Connell, and abetted the progress of a pp blic danger, for his own purposes—as Mr. O'Con nell for his. STANDARD.—But for the dearth of other topics of interest, we should feel some reluctance to prolong a discussion like that which the result of the monstre proces has forced upon us ; but the impudent asser tion of the arch-conspirator and his friends, that the decision of the three law Lords in his favour was " not founded on technicalities " (we quote the lan guage of Mr. O'Connell's late speech), for that his *4 success had been achieved upon the merits," leaves ns no alt&native. The Morning Chronicle repeats this audacious falsehood, but with some slight modification ; averring that the verdict which the jury originally proposed to return " con tained no find* upon any valid imputation in respect to the multitudinous meetings, although it was fa reference to those meetings that the whole prosecution was originally instituted, and the whole punishment ultimately inflicted." There is some thing novel, at least, in an argument on the hypo thesis al a verdict which the jury might have fofind, a verdict which no British court of judicature could have received, which overlooks tbn verdict which really was returned, and on which all the subsequent proceedings have been founded. But our Contemporary has, no doubt, remembered the adage, that " neces sity has no law !" We might join issue with him even on this hypothetical argument, if it were worth while to occupy our space 'with a repub lic aims of a part of the proceedings which is in everybody's hands; but we deny the statement of our Contemporary most emphatically. The original finding of thejury, although technically invalid, con vi,:ted the traversers of the substantial charges which were brought agaialt them ; enough and more than sufficient to hate vJdrranted an even severer sentence than that which was inflicted upon them. But td tarn from the Chronicle's hypothetical ver dict to that which was really recorded. It insists that the sth, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11 th counts of the indictment, which embody every part of the charge, amount to the imputation of nothing that ought to be considered criminal ; quotes the opinions of the Irish .*dges, that the " exhibition of great physicil force, for the purpose of overawing the Government, at the monster meetings," was the gravest of the charges the jury had to try; and E7eds to assume that the entire penalty inflicted on o'Connell was imposed upon him on the suppo sition of an offence " of which there was no legal or 'id allegation in the record." We are reminded it the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, and 7th counts are gone ; and we are assured that the remaining five impute no charge of which there was a " legal or valid allega tion.' Now the simplest answer to this most impu dent assertion will be found in an extract from the speech of Sir Thomas Wilde, the leading counsel of Mr. O'Connell, setting forth his notion of the meaning of these very innocent counts. It will be seen that Sir Thomas Wilde's ideas of the meaning and importanoe of the counts on which the veadict was found, differs essentially from that of our Contemporary ; and that they contained many grave 441 71 , 38 beside those which the Chronicle affirms were not legally alleged Having all° wn, on the authority of Mr.' O'Connell's leading "labia, what the counts on which his client was found gttilty do contain, and the degree of cri minality with which they ' distinctly charge Mr. O'Connell, we sh a ll not attempt to follow the Chronicle th roug h elaborate exposition of resume ethetyo.dadyo n a ot i e: s ont!tin ; neither . shall we able article we have task which the admir able extracted from a morning Contemporary, has altogether fore stalled us. Suffice it for us to have shown that the five counts pronounced to be good include all thy, cr i m i na l charges in the indictment ; and that a Judgment upon any one of them would have been valid. To the complaint that we have treated the judgment of the three Whig law Lords with less respect than we ought to have done, we rept', that that judgment is common prope r t y ,. and that a question on which nearly the whole of the judges of the United Kingdom, including two law Lords, are at issue with the Whig triumvirate, forms an exception which would warrant the disregard of all rules of ordinary etiquette. Mr. O'Connell and the Morning Chronicle assail, in the most indecent manner, eleven of those learned and exemplary Judges, whoSe qualificrtions for their office the people of England have hitherto regarded, and still regard, with the utmost veneration and respect; and it is something too much to attempt to debar the public press from criticising the decision of the three Whig law Lords by whom the opinions of that very large majority have been superciliously set aside. But, even wLn a leading member of this close court of appeal differs not only from eleven out of thirteen of the judges of the inferior courts, but from four out of five of, the law Lords themselves, we ought, ac cording to the Chronicle's notions of propriety, to refrain from the expressions of our belief that he is not the sole depository of the learning, talent, and honesty of the English judicial bench ; in short, whilst our Contemporary does not scruple to insult the overwhelming majority of the judges who have been consulted in this case, we are bound to refrain from any opinion at variance with those of the intrepid three who have thus boldly asserted the supremacy of their judgment. A decision from three political judges, two of whom at least had little beyond the vigour of their sup port of a Whig administration to recommend them to the important offices they have respectively filled (one of them conferred after the Government of which the recipient was a partisan had been condemned beyond reprieve, with the corrupt view of giving him a retiring salary), is forsooth to be treated with the utmost tenderness and forbearance ; whilst the " vile judges," as O'Connell has had the audacity to designate those eminent men who decided against him, and who adminster nineteen-twentieths of the laws of England at the present moment, are exposed to the most groundless and virulent abuse. If such be etiquette, it is a sort of etiquette " more honoured in the breach than the observance." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844. cautioned, said Elizabeth Baynton was her sister, a poor woman, whose husband, being at sea, allowed her only 3s. a week, and that they were obliged to distil a little whisky to make out a living. Witness asked her if there was any one else 'concerned in the private still, to which she replied no one but her husband, who had given the boy in charge for steal ing the half-sovereign. The prisoners were then taken into custody, and the witness helped an Excise officer named White to remove the apparatus and materials used in distillation. Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the defence, urged the release of the prisoner Bolton, who had acted under the control of her husband. Mr. BRODERIP said there was no evidence to show she was his wife; and the prisoners were remanded, with permission to put in bail, themselves in 601. and two sureties in 301. each. 'WANDSWORTH. Yesterday Richard Nicholson, a commercial tra veller and commission agent, residing in Isabella-street, :Lambeth, appeared, in discharge of his bail, to answer s t charge of attempting to drown Margaret Nicholson, 1 Lis daughter, aged six years, on Tuesday evening last. The prisoner was first brought to this Court on 'Wednesday last, and on that occasion it was proved by -two young men, cabmen, that in consequence of hav ing been informed by some women, on the previous evening, that the prisoner had attempted to drown his child in Vauxhall-dock, they followed him towards Battersea-fields, believing that he would carry his purpose into execution somewhere in that locality. When the prisoner reached the Mill-pond-bridge, he lifted the child in his arms, and placed her on her belly on the parapet. One of the men, believing that he was about to plunge his child into the water, especially as it cried very much, ran up, snatched the child out of its father's arms, and knocked him down; after which, he was given into custody upon the charge of attempting to drown his child. The defence set up was, that the prisoner never had had any intention of destroying the child, and he only , wished to cure it of its timidity for water; and he ac counted for being in so lonely a place, at such a late hour, with a young child, by proving that he was on the road to meet his wife, who had gone to Battersea. Mr. PAYNTER did not feel altogether satisfied with the defendant's conduct, especially as he was drunk at the time, and ordered him to find bail to answer the charge on the following Monday (yesterday). The magistrate also directed the police to make inquiry respecting the first alleged attempt to drown. Yesterday a woman named Joyce Colcet was called as a witness for the prosecution, and identified by the cabmen as one of the women who had recommended them to look after the prisoner, as he had attempted to drown his child at Vauxhall-dock. The witness, upon being examined, told a widely different story; she said a gentleman had told her that the prisoner had ill-used his child, but she saw nothing unkind in his conduct; he gave her oysters, and bought her cakes, and no parent could have been kinder. Mr. PAYIITEIt asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to the charge ? The prisoner said that on the day in question he transacted business in the City to his satisltiction, and there were a few pints of ale drunk over it. He then went home, and, as he had to meet his wife, took his child with him. As the child was timid of the water, he thought he would show her it, and explain to her that there was nothing to fear, and he took her up in his arms for that pur pose. She cried and he set her down and was walk ing along with her, when he received two tremendous ',blows on the head which felled him, and he was after wards kicked in the side. He had been ill ever since, and unable to do any business. Mr. PAYNTER--You could hardly expect any other treatment, after getting drunk and ill-using your child. It is a very extraordinary thing that you should :have put your child in so dangerous a position, and it Is not a little suspicious that you should have been complained of doing a similar act in an earlier part of the evening. You were intoxicated, or probably you would not have done so. I shall discharge you now, and, as you have been so much injured, not inflict the :fine for drunkenness, which I otherwise should have done.—The prisoner was then discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. MUTINY AT ICHABOE. By a letter received at Llyod's, from their agent at Bristol, it appears that advices had been received by the writer, from Ichaboe, of the 6th July last, from which it appears that serious disturbances had occurred amongst a portion of the vessels loading with guano, and that se veral parties had been put in irons and forwarded to St. Helena. The officers selected by the Committee appointed by Captain Brooks, of her Majesty's steam ship Thunderbolt, to form a judicial body, had elected Captain Albert Hancock, of the Victoria, Commodore, who deemed it advisable, the island being in a state of mutiny, to send to the Cape for the assistance of a man of-war. The brig Canning had been dispatched for that purpose. The number of vessels loading at the date of' the letter above-mentioned, is represented to have been between seventy and eighty, and the origin of the dis turbances was from the new-comers attempting to take pre cedence of previous arrivals in the loading of the vessels. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed June 9 ; Caledonia, Liddell, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed May 12; Norwood, Gales, from Algoa Bay, in the Downs, sailed June 20, St. Helena, July 12; Ann, Wilson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed April 5, St. Helena, July 12; Jumna, Kerr, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed May 3, St. Helena, July 25; W. and M. Brown, Bunton, from Bengal, at Gravesend, sailel April 15. Arrivals at St. Helena-Josephine, Smith, July 24, from Singapore; Lyra, Fisher, from coast of Africa; her Majesty's ship Alert, front coast of Africa; Canton, Cape; Sultana and Selina, ilan2rope, from Batavia to BfGrooarmudnes Port a o u n x , . from Beaufort Ch ; a in r an h d Departures from St. Helena-Carolina, Johanna, July 24, to Amsterdam; Wave and Hune Laing, to Cork; Josephine, to Liverpool; North Pole, 25th, to Cork. Arrival at Batavia-Nereid, Grant, June 5, from Macao, and would load for London. Arrivals and d ls -Waterlily, M a y 7 ; Thomas Lo 7 th ; Tryphena, sth ; Star of China and Marian, Watson, 9th-.all from New Zealand. D e p ar t ur es from Sidney--Jane, a Fowler, Apue, 28th, to whaling ; Dorset, 30 th Shamrock,at S i dney ; Adelaide, Ranger, May 2, to Auckland ; Dawson, to Port Nelson ; her Majesty's ship Thalia, to Otaheite ; Coquette, to Port Philip ; Mars, 3d, to whaling ; Ann, to Launceston ; Emma, to Adelaide and roil Fairy ; Union, to Mauri tius ; Tobago, 6th, to Port Philip ; her Majesty's ship North Star, 10th, to Hobart Town. Arrival at New Plymouth., New Zealand-Theresa, Bacon, from London. Departure from Madras-Madura, Smith, July 17, to London. Arrival at Penang-Robin Hood, Gray, May 11, from Mauritius. Departure from Macao-bilarmion, May 10, to Cork, for orders. Arrivals at Singapore - Caledonia, June 12, and sailed 15th ; Drongon, 15th, and stilled 17th ; F. Mobarrach, 20th, and sailed 22d ; Shaw Allum, Page, and Prince of Wales, Jones, 23d, and sailed 26th-all from Bombay to China ; Venus, 13th, from Swan River, and sailed 22d to Swan River ; Express steamer, 13th, from Calcutta, and sailed 22d to Rio ; Margaret Poynter, M`Pherson, 14th, from Batavia, and sailed, 27th, to Manilla; Kelpie, 15th, from China ; Faize Miura, 16th, from Calcutta, and sailed, 18th, to China ; Comte de Paris, 16th, from Penang ; Audax, 17th, from China, and sailed, 19th, to Calcutta ; Bally Racket, 18th, from Bailey ; Samdang, from Penang ; Chilena, 19th, from Glasgow ; Earl of Liverpool, from Bristol ; Danish Oak, 23d, from Pondi cherry ; Sophia Frazer, 25th, from Calcutta ' • Express steamer, 23d, from Rio ; her M a j es ty' s s hip Sapphire, 24th, from Ceylon, and sailed to China ; Wigeon, from Penang, and sailed, 25th, to China ; Royal Sovereign steamer, from Penang. Departures from Singapore-F. Cowasjee and An tares,: June 12, to China ; Swift, 13th ; Guess, 14th, to Amoy ; Kelpie, 15th, to Calcutta ; Mungo Park, 15th, to Batavia ; Harriet, 19th, to Amoy ; Superior, 20th, to Liverpool ; Malvina, 21st, to Batavia ; Syria, to Cork ; Bitang, 22d, to Hong-Kong ; Emanuel, to Macao ; Chilena, 25th, to Penang. Arrivals at Colombo-Jessie, July 5, from Mauritius, and sailed to London ; Forfarshire, 7th, from Bombay, and sailed, 10th, to Tutucoreen ; Charles Forbes, 11th, from Bombay, and sailed 12th, to Tutucorecn ; Pearl, 18th, from Galle. Departures from Colombo--Symmetry , July 6, to London. Arrival at Trincomalee—Archimede steamer, July 18, from Br es t an d B our b on , t o Pondicherry and China. Departur es f rom T r i ncoma l ee —Her Majesty's ship July 10, to Cape and England ; Vixen steamer, to Singapore and Hong-Kong. Arrivals at Galle—Orator, June 25, from Colombo ; Grange, July 17 ; an d W a ter Witch, from Mauritius. Arrivals--Marchioness of Bute, from Bombay. Off Falmouth, Salahean from China, at Liverpool. discovery. S MUGGLING ON A. LARGE SCALE.—Much excite ment was prod uce d at H u ll on Wednesday , by a startling While the Ellen Crawford , Captain Newby , from Hamburgh, lying in the Junction Dock , was de livering shoddy and'' devil's-dust," a quantity of tobacco was found in one of the bales of the hold. On further search, two other bales, in the hold and one upon the quay, which had passed the landing-waiter's scales, were found to be in the same condition. The discovery was made' by a tide-waiter named Holmes, who gave information to his superior officer, Tide-surveyor Gleadow, by whom the vessel, cargo, and crew were immediately placed under seizure. The quantity of tobacco found was 4 cwt., 3 qrs ., 241 b., the whole of which was, we under stand, manuf ac t ure d , an d o f t h e fi nes t q uality. So badly had the con cea l ment b een ma d e , th a t the first bale in which any was found actually fell to pieces in the hold. But for that circumstance, it is probable the whole would have escaped, as one bale had already passed the land ing -waiter. —Hull Packet. THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—Very little of any thing in the shape of crops now remains to be got in in this neighbourhood ; a few backward crops of oats or barley may remain unhoused, but they are very few. Second crops of grass have been cut here and the: e, and also the first grass in the East-croft, which is always late. One or two nights this week have been rather frosty. This change is described in our locality by the frequent exclamation, "It begins to smell Goose Fairish." , .—Nottingham .Review. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ,51 TTING OF SEPTEMBER 9. M. Ara l pe made some remarks on the comet disco vered at 1 tonne on the 22d ult., and observed at the Paris Obse rvs 'tory in the nights of the 2d, 3d, 4th, 7th, and 8 th of the present month. The elements of this c , amet have been calculated at Paris by M. Gouj( na, who found that its distance at the perihelion i was 1.27433. This comet has a strong resemblan .ce to that perceived in 1585 by Tycho- Brahe, a nd calculated by Halley. It is true that the distance of that comet was found to be 1.09'3, 58, but this difference is not fatal to the identity , . The comet of 1585 was equal to Jupiter in size, bu .t much less brilliant ; it was neither tailed nor beardei L The comet discovered on the 22d ultimo has a very brilliant nucleus. M. Selligues, who lately reported to the Academy his discovery of a new as rd important motive power as a substitute for steam, and which consists in the admixture of atmo spheri c air with hydrogen gas, by which an explos ion is produced, made another communica tion at this sitting, from which it appears that the deton atir g power ceases under pressure. This strange phemom, anon has proved an obstacle to the experi ments of M. Selligues before the Committee ap pointee t by the Academy; but he is about to trace Luse, and rem ove th e o b stac l e. Notwith standi the difficulti es w hi c h h ave i nterposed tthhee c : g ms elves, n M. Arago has convinced himself of the i mportance of the discovery, and has reported to ti' to Academy that, with so small a quantity as ti aree to five litres of hydrogen gas, mixed with L atmospheric air, a weight of 1,000 kilo gra' comes was raised to the height of three feel The advantages of M. Selligue's invention, if it can be brought into practical use, will be ver y great; for th e apparatus for the production of IlyC lrogen gas will occupy much less room, and cost less n coney than steam-boilers, and the stowage re quir sc 1 for fuel, which is now the great obstacle to long • 'voyages, will be dispensed with. The space now assig :n ed for the store of coals may be used for mer char dtise, and, consequently, the transport of both • merchandise and passengers could be effected at a, cheaper rate. M. Arago requested the Aca iii 3my to add MM. Binet and Cauchy to the C !ommittee appointed to report upon the system of - tai droads invented by the Marquis de Jouffroy. The request was immediately complied with. The Comi nittee now consists of MM. Arago, Piobert, DupE :noy, Binet, and Cauchy. M. Longet read an a ccount of a series of experiments, made by hims elf and M. Mateucci, on the action of electricity on ti Le nervous system. Their experiments confirm all tl hose made by Mr. Charles Bell on this subject. A c omm unication was received from M. Pappen heitn, Pr( ifessor of the University of Breslau, on the diseases of the fibrous system. Having remarked on the dis eases of the system, although it was supposed that man 3 t of the parts which constitute it were without nerves, he commenced an investigation, and with the aid of the mica •oscope discovered a great number of nerves in the cellular tissue. They envelope or are always connected , with arteries, but never with veins. A paper was recei ,ved from M. Guyon, head physician of the army in Africa, on the race of men called Cagots, who wer described by him in a former paper as perpetual ng in the Pyrenees the ancient Goths, who at different p eriods were driven to these mountains as places of •efuge. The anatomical distinction of the Cagots, BE9 -a M. Guyon, is the form of the ear, which is round, a ,nd without lobule. A great number of these perm )ns are cretins; but this infirmity is owing to their residence in deep valleys, and to the misers; ble life that they lead there. As a race, the, men are of a high stature, and exceedingl3 r well made. A letter was read from M. Schultz, o f Berlin, correcting a popular error as to the actin nof planets upon the atmosphere. It has hitherto bei m generally believed that planets decom pose the •arbonic acid of the air that surrounds them ; M. :Schultz, however, declares, from the ex periments tl iat he has made on the subject, that the oxygen whi 'eh they produce is not supplied by a decompositi( m of the air, but by the different acids which they contain, and which are derived from the earth. THE R OBBERY OF PLATE AT THE CC )VE OF CORK BY LIEUT. PUDDI COMBF.. The offit, ers of the Marine, force stationed at Spike Island, of e Ihich force Lieut Puddicombe is a member, have addret ;sed the following letter to Capt. Warren : " Lieut.-4 col. Burton, and the officers of the battalion of Royal M arines serving in Ireland, beg, individually and collect ively, to convey to Captain 'Warren the ex pression of their indignation at the reported conduct of one of the .ir brother officers, Lieut. Puddicombe, for whose inf* mous violation of every principle of hospita lity and tic .nor in Captain Warren's house, on a recent occasion, they blush with shame. "But w hile the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers de plore, and repudigte in the highest degree, the scandalous act with NI :hich Lieutenant Puddicombe stands charged, they feet that they cannot in any way be identified with it ; nor et in they admit that the character of their corps is, in due remotest possible manner, affected by the op probrious misdeeds of an unworthy member ; and the Lieutensi at-Colonel and officers rest satisfied that Cap tain Ws.; 'ren will fully enter into, and participate in their feelings, and concur with them in the view which they have taken of the circumstances of this lamentable affair. "It .only remains for the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers •to intimate to Captain Warren their intention to see sad i measures immediately adopted, as will remove Lieuter ant Puddicombe from her Majesty's service ; and the Lie utenant-Colonel and officers beg Captain Warren will h:_tve the kindness to allow them to make good the article s of plate that have been abstracted. " Bead-Quarters, Spike Island, 10th Sept., 1844." The following particulars relative to ;the accused are given in the Cork Constitution:— " The name of the accused is Robert Bruce Puddi combe, a First Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, who has been stationed for some time at Haulbowline Island in charge of the supernumerary force attached to the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, in command of the Irish squadron. On ref rence to Haultaine's New Navy List," Mr. Puddicombe appears to have entered the service the 20th February, 1834, and his commission as First Lieutenant bears date the 26th August, 1838. It is said that he became attached to the force when but sixteen years of age, and, therefore, has merely entered on his 27th year. He is a member of a highly respectable family residing in Devonshire. On Monday morning he was put under close arrest, a sentinel being placed upon his room door. In the course of the day it was intimated to a magistrate at Cove that it would be prudent to have the prisoner removed in to the custody of the civil power, and in the course of the even ing Robert Holmes Zsq.,J.P., accompanied by head-con stable Roe, and two other police officers, went to the island, and took the prisoner to Cove and placed him in the Con stabulary station, where he remained for the night. The following morning (Tuesday) he was taken to the Petty Session Court, where an investigation took place, which resulted in informations being sworn against the pri soner, who is ,to be tried before the Assistant Barrister at the East Riding Sessions, which takes place in this city on Monday •sveek. RARM A VES.• —Two extraordinarily curious speci mens of freaks of nature amongst the feathered tribe have been—ono captured, the other shot—in the fields hard by this town (Louth), during the past week. They are, although of different species, purely white. The first, to use an Iricistn, is a white blackbird ! which was discovered by Mr. Paddison, shoemaker, of this town, who, with assistance, succe e d e d i n running down and i capturing t. It is now in Mr. P.'s possession, a young and remarlLably beautiful bird. The other, a milk-white sparrow! 'which was shot by Mr. Would Elvin, of Louth Park-buil dings, in a field near the mansion of G. Hol land, Esti., at the Park. The shot did not take fatal effect, anti the pretty natural curiosity is now caged and doing well in Mr. Elvin's possession. • The two have been m - ach admired by those who have a taste bent towards such curious matters.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—It is with feelings of un common. pleasure that we are enabled to announce to our readers, upon undoubted authority, that arrangements are in progress for the release of this magnificent vessel from her present untoward situation, and that she may be expected to be floated out of the harbour either in the ensuing month of October or the early part of November. It would be premature to state the nature of the arrange ments about to be made, but the above statement may be implicitly relied on.—Bristol Mirror. iiiLAUNCIi OF THE FLORA.—This splendid frigate was laanched on 'Wednesday last. She is built after draw ings by Sir W. Symonds, surveyor of the navy, and is a sister ship to the Pique, now in the West Indies—is 1,622 20-94 tons burthen, and pierced for 36 guns. Notwithstanding that there are few or no preparations for the launch of a ship of this size, the attendance was very numerous, and the utmost desire was evinced by the officers of the establishment to afford the public every possible attention and accommodation. A large party of fashionables were present, and the ceremony of christening of the ship was performed by Miss Coch rane, niece of the worthy Admiral of the port. On this occasion, the bottle was encircled in a garland of flowers. At 3.30 the signal was given, and the vessel glided off the slip amidst the loud acclamations of the assembled multitude. The Flora is to be immediately taken into dock to have her bottom coppered.—Devonport Telegraph. ADVANCE or WAGES.—We understand that some of the master spinners of this town have given notice to their hands of the intention to give them an advance upon the present prices, and there is every probability that it will lead to a general advance in the wages of the spinning and card-room hands. We cannot learn that there is at present any intention of raising the wages of the weavers.—Preston Guardian. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 13.—Our market continues steady, but not active ; about 350 hhds. and tierces West India have been disposed of since our la s t report, at very full prices-555. and 68s. may be consi dered as the extremes of the market. In Bengals and Mauritius the transactions are unimportant. Refined goods have advanced is. per cwt.—Bristol Mercury. THE LARGEST STATUE IN EUROPE.—The summit of Banvraggie, in Sutherlandshire, is crowned by the colossal monument erected by the Sutherland tenantry to the memory of the late Duke. A s t a t ue t hi rty f eet high, and containing eighty tons of st one , s t an d s on a pedestal seventy-five feet in height. The figure, we be lieve, is an excellent likeness, and forms the largest statue lA Europe.—Scotsman, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. ADDRESS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE NA TIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPROVE MENT OF THE PEOPLE, TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF FRANCE, ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR. BRETHREN, —By this title we presume to address you—for, though the ocean divides, just principles and mutual interest should unite us—and though, at this crisis, bad men would foster prejudices and strife between us, the spirit of Christian brotherhood should recal us to our duty ; and cause us to spurn all those who would urge us to break every moral obligation, and plunge our respective countries into a ferocious and devastating war. We are, for the most part, working men who now address you —men who, intent on the political and social improvement of our brethren, conceive we have some claim to the attention of those of our own class upon any subject of mutual and vital importance ; and considering war as paramount for evil, in its de moralizing effects, as well as for retarding the intel lectual, moral, and physical progress of mankind ; we deem it our duty to invite you, fellow men, in the spirit of fraternity, to a calm consideration of its evils, as respects ourselves, our countries, and our race : and would urge your co-operation in appealing to the higher and nobler feelings of our brethren, to devise means for extinguishing this destructive spirit, which has cursed our race from the beginning of time. We are induced to make this appeal to you, the Working Classes of France, in particular, as the war like spirit has of late been sought to be fomented be tween us, by those who have either party views to promote, exclusive interests to protect, or who, like vultures, hope to thrive on the carnage of war. The press, too, of both countries, with few excep tions, for some time past has, unhappily, been admi nistering to our combative feelings ; and by sallies of wit, boastings and threatenings, seeking to fan our old (and, we trust, never to be revived) animosities into a flame of destructive war. Nay, to the disgrace of those who shared in it, we have seen professed fol lowers of Him who preached forgiveness and mercy vindictively inciting those they could influence, to re venge the real or supposed insult to an individual by plunging whole nations into war. The prevalence of this insane conduct has caused us to appeal to you, the working millions—you, by whose industry the munitions of war must be raised —you, who are mainly selected to be the tools and instruments of warfare —you, who must perform the bidding of some aristocratic minion, were it to war against freedom abroad, or to exterminate your bro thers at home—you, who have most cause for lament ing the sacrifices and bereavements of war—you, who must bear (and are now bearing) the burthens in peace which past wars have inflicted—to you we ap peal, who, with the working millions of England, must bear the brunt and sacrifices of war—and of you we ask for a verdict condemnatory of the strife which the parties we have alluded to are seeking to foment. We address you, the working classes, because we believe that the interests of our class are identified throughout the world. Our interests are evidently in the peaceful cultivation of our lands, the feeding of our flocks, the ingenuity and extent of every manufacture and production capable of administering to human hap • piness, the reciprocal interchange of our commodities, the full enjoyment of the fruits of our labour, the culti vation of freedom, intellect, morality, religion, and brotherly affection among all the nations of the earth —in all these we believe there is an identity of inte rests; and when the majority of our brethren have knowledge to perceive it, the advocates of national strife will be few, and the trade of war will fail to bring either glory, honour, or fame. Can men so readily forget the enormous expenditure of money, and immense sacrifice of life, wasted in the last wars between your country and our's, that they are so anxious to renew them ? The revolutionary war and the war against the empire have already cost Eng land 2,229,830,0001., and the destruction of more than 700,000 human beings ! and if to this amount we add the sacrifices made by your country, we should imagine that such a holocaust of life and wealth, sacrificed to the demon of war, sufficient to glut the sanguinary appetites of men to all posterity. Does not every generous mind already revolt at the record of blood between two nations said to be foremost in civilisation and refinement ? and shall the page of history be fur ther defiled with the atrocities of war between people who ought to lead the world to freedom, by their in tellectual and moral gre a t ness ? Forbid it every tongue !--condemn it every mind devoted, to human happiness ! ' Imagine, fellow-workmen, that the wealth and human energies sacrificed in our last wars had been devoted to the instruction, comfort, and happiness of our neglected, ill-used, and unhappy fellow labourers, what imperishable and glorious results might now be realised. What schools, what colleges, what smiling, happy villages, might be covering the soil beneath which repose the dust of beings once madly incited against their fellows, to glut the ven geance, or gratify the vanity, of those the world is still taught to worship as " heroes." We would also direct your attention to the amount annually expended by our respective countries in con sequence of the demoralising spirit of war. The annual war expenditure of England is 14,513,9161.; of France, 20,418,7301.; an enormous amount an nually drained from the sinews of our brethren, and used to enslave and degrade them. Yet the only excuse for this mischievous and useless warlike array, is the mutual fear or jealousy entertained by one country of another; mutual folly, which it is high time the common sense of our brethren condemned and scouted, not only as a pernicious waste of the fruits of their industry, but as an instrument for per petuating national feuds and political slavery. If England and France were to set an example to the world of two powerful nations united in amity, rely ing on the interests, energies, and affections of their people to repel all who dared :assail them, we should soon witness the holiest of all national alliances, one for promoting the peace and happiness of the world. But those who would excite your prejudices, re mind you of the evils which our country has in flicted on France. They condemn our rapacity and lust of power—they point with jealousy to our colo nies, and with envy to the extent of our com merce ; and, fur past ills, would fain invoke present retaliation. Now, fellow-men, we are not of these who would frame an apology for injustice, and we also condemn, and have the burden of our debt to remind us of, the monstrous injustice of warring against the rising liberties of your country. We have also great cause for lamenting all the wars which our aristocracy have waged for the preservation of " their order," or for providing nesting-places for their children and dependants ; and would greatly rejoice if every colony of England were self -governed, and attached to us by no other tie than that which should unite all countries—that of enlightened self-interest, and the brotherhood of man. We class our late wars in China and Affghanistan with the war you are now waging in Algeria, as unjust wars ; the power of might being immorally exercised in all, as it always is when force and destruction take the place of reason and justice. But our object is not the mere condemnation of par ticular wars, but of all war ; believing war in prin ciple to be vengeance in practice —•a vice equally op posed to our morality and condemned by our religion ; its tendency is to deteriorate the nobler faculties of man, and strengthen those which level him with the brute. It stands the most formidable impediment to the civilisation of our race, rendering nearly nugatory the best-devised efforts for elevating humanity; for, by polluting the youthful mind with tales of blood, by stamping public approbation on deeds of vengeance, and idolising as heroes those who have excelled in crime, we sap the very foundations of virtue, and offer the highest premium to vice. Be assured, fellow-men, the evils of our ago cannot be remedied by the sword ; the steady increase of knowledge is the harbinger of freedom to the millions, and individual and national morality must be the basis upon which their political and social prosperity must be founded. The arts of peace are fast preparing a highway to the world's happiness; the ingenuity of invention and triumphs of genius are fast breaking down the barriers which separate nations ; gothic pre judices are yielding before human sympathies • the pro ductive classes are fast learning the l esson of human reciprocity ; and, eventually, the freedom of nations will be placed on a foundation not to be endangered by official folly, or destroyed by the whim of -a despot. And shall this promise of good be marred by the ill-intentioned or unreflecting ? by those who plan battles on paper, and prefer fighting by proxy ; who talk of national " honour" being purified by blood; who invoke the specious name of " glory" to induce our brethren to lea ve th e i r peaceful pursuits, their homes and relatives, to deal destruction and death against those who have given them no just cause for resentment ? Let but the united voices of the mil lions proclaim it madness, and the civilisation of the world is secure. Unhappily for the cause of peace and human pro gress, State and Church are combined in favour of war. We have seen your Bishops and our's bless its flags and symbols! invoke the Deiety for its success, and pour out their thanksgivings for victory ! But, fellow- workmen, though the highest authority may sanction, it cannot establish the justice of crime. The principles of religion and morality stand out broadly in condemnation of war, and to these we would refer you, against all power, and all authority. In furtherance, then, of this sacred cause—in the spirit of brotherhood—in our love of peace and hatred of war, we respectfully submit the following proposi tions for your consideration, amendment, or approval ; hoping that they may form a preliminary bond of fel lowship, to unite us for every good object tending to advance the intelligence, morality, freeedom, and hap piness of mankind 1. That we, the working classes of France and , I England, respectfully present our different I bodies with a solemn protest against all war; Il e in principle oppo se d t o mora lit y , re li g i on , and b happiness. " 2. That we request them to use their id ( with the nations of the world to establish 1 ference of Nations, to be composed of three o representatives, chosen by th e p eo ple of th eil spective countries, to meet annually, for the I), of settling all national disputes that may s tise arbitration, without having recourse to war. " 3. That we urge on them to devote th e mous sums now expended in war and warlike P rations to the education and improvement of the of their respective countries. • of; "4. That we imp ress on th em th e nec esst ting an example t o o th er na ti ons o f t h a t justm,', bearance, morality an d re li g i on w hi c h they r the necessity of to their own people. set " 5. That we earnes tl y b eseec h th e m to, bounds of justice t o their acquisitions of terri t lT seek to amend th e i r institutions, and improve the dition of their people." td Should you concur w ith th ese pr o pos itions, e' . 4 others more effe c ti ve f or th e j us t an d peac eful ' - re A plishment of the object aimed at, we shall betel to co-operate with y ou ; excep ti ng that wed° sire to enter i n t o any new ag i tat i on s h or t of 0 ai d mary object—The Political and Social IlnP r°le of the People. or., But it is not on our rulers alone that w e P rely for support or s y mpa th y i n t hi s g reatow - , '0 on our own combined intellectual exertions. 0 9 have too long relied on others for effecting ° I0 t) litical and social r e d em pti on ; eac h and 811,11/sits9 bour in this g ran d wor k , an d every indialt i fe se be religiously imp resse d w ith t h e necess sitl ° O O4, tion and sacrifice to effect it. The increasing ,P 0 1 ' of knowledge i s ren d er i ng op i n i on powerfohd lies with the milli ons t o ma k e t h at op i n ion co in of good to themselves and posterity. Let tt o gli fore, brethren, begin by directing o ur own, ho estl to the examination o f grea t principles , an u , 1 0 1 proclaim them bad or goo d, regar dl ess Of con s '' to ourselves. e and If, on examining the principles of pek e t h e 1,„ we think the former should be extended, an", OP condemned, we should commence our re fer o , 1 source of pollution, and begin with our alien' toi l should remember that the warlike tales and o d the nursery are th e see d s o f str if e an d battle. l , l , our admiration of warlike splendour and gory is fitting instruction for moulding our sons lot° slaves or tyrant chieftains. Instead of stamping our approbition on the il of War and Oppression, let us seek to genera° s ennobling opinion in favour of those who hay!, buted to the intellect ua l grea t ness o r physic: f t ness of their country ; th en , i n d ee d, would , i .l i tribute her best efforts t o e l eva t e an d digniti n dli ii nity, instead of re p resen ti ng th e me mentos It" rors of war, to brutali ze an d d egra d e it. ,wet o A Nor must we, in our p ursu it, f orge t the rif possess to render the Press one of the most P ° 0 instruments for human benefit, i ns tead of hel ° yet too often is, the ally of power and corruption•bfe, 0 wisely discriminat e , a n d generously onoursoctet;Al portion of it which mai n t a i ns it s exa lt e d chttr oo d% the proclaimer of truth and assertor of right+ p r o; shall we gradually lead it onward to Pe r or highest duties—the improvement of hum an A ( tions, the perfecting of human character. , nor 's, l l Sincerely hoping that your country and " no isy . / long he cemented in fellowship ; that our P e o ilitt, unitedly seek to secure the peace an d trang io r o the world ; that our rulers may effect timeli A rtei and apply the vast resources of our fair n''' oi sij the happiness of our brethren ; and that N‘ i r V I fast progress in knowledge, morality att u pol bet / brotherhood, is the ardent hope of the r a ' the National Association. Signed on their behalf, by re 6.e . W. LOVST iI National Hall, 242, Holborn, London, Sept. 10, 1844. .l di e d , MEDICAL REFORM.—CAUTION.-111149 t at ' r case of fraud which a pp ears i n t h e L anc et of p 0614 day, at page 767, is generally practised by ing diplomas. We believe that that sort of al l se ll ol always provided with th e p rec i ous p i ece of Pr e l f 0 1 a guarantee to their frauds. It is, indeeot "010 against Sir James Graham. No law can ev e i r o 'rilic' f oi such rascality, because doctors have .no fixeuk in medieine—have fixed principles, and theaY o " down quackery, whether practised by the In, gos" („1 without a diploma.—lssued by Morison 1 01 ,.." ac loO , the British College of Health, New-road , 1 - 6 1 544 0. and on behalf of the body of Hygeists, Sept' of off We feel gratified in noticing the ea se „di eo l William Nicholas, who has received her Do r - , pardon after having been sentenced t e ‘ , sl o w transportation upon a conviction for fo,rg er 'Sic 4 ll oo ,l , last Winchester Assizes. We learn that was charged by his brother-in-law, Mr. 13:e,,° -go sricbolo of Gudshill, near Fordingbridge, wi i t i h zab u e a t i: five years' ago forged the name of E his mother , ' as the acceptor of a bill of ax °118 . 1 . 3 1 51, Nicholas is unable to write, a n d the Mr. Hood endorsed and ultimately' Pr" 0,94' clre - which gave r i se t o Willi am Nicholas ' s aPPreth4 was that of his m o th er ' s h av i ng at t h e tinge tbr ceptance became payable denied giving any s p to her son to accept the same ; she has,_howevL -, but quently admitted, not only to Mr. Nicholas , b y!, several.other persons, that she did consent to ,_,A, cepting the bill in question, and that her reasonifijori ing it was, in fact, to avoid her legal responsifoolc pay the amount of the draft, which would have i ff , l o l her in pecuniary difficulties. We find Lber, 4 4 cholas for so me years was engage d as a spirit merchant at Hythe, near Southampton, ,d he experienced severe losses, and afterwards ber01000; pointment as a commerci a l traveller and u° ifiv i t to agent in a distillery and wine establishment in from 0 after which he be came i n a d verse c i rc umstane es ,aV d oo r loss of a large sum of money which he had an w in C the purchase of shares in mining speculatio ns t yro wall and Devon, and so great was his poverty a' d ot o s of his committal to Winchester gaol, that be h t u st b o lf means of employing an attorney, and his cas e - 4 010,..1jel gone undefended if Mr. F. Caiger had not gr" s 7 e ti prepared a defence, and paid his counsel, fre'recehis that the charge was unfounded. Mr. Nicholaseesol4 the most prompt attention after the circun 3 s ta d li ofs.l" case became known t o h er Majesty's Secret ar-r hori9 and kind treatment f rom the.governor and a u ' ced the prison in London, t o w hi c h h e w as rei n° Winchester.—Hampshire Independent. Cl , 6s l€o", " MORE EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON THE -i nisr paragraph under this head appeared in the a) r e the Ist instant. The article stated that a 1 7 0 th - „,e10 of tobacco had been effected by Mr. Mario', :,11. -1 ' 0 0 mises of the well-known extensive firm of Ale s ove r, and Co., situate in the Minories • and, W r y ing' is the matter had been settled by the parties Pa p ; o .e° oo l "conscience money." The statement has 1 1 10 1 ,0 0 other London journals ; and we have assert stst',.ol. there is no truth whatever in it. We need 1.,'" 11 0 )0+ we are anxious to rescue so respectable a sati 0 4 imputation thus intended to be cast upon future d5B as far as we are concern e d, we can in n : s pu with the service s o f th e re p orter .— W ee kly ''', 1 : 03 1 1,110 AMERICAN HAY.—A very considerable:l e a i" hay, the produc e o f th e U n i te d S tates , arr if the al_ . ,a r t , ot port in the course o f l ast wee k, an d i s no w ph The Samuel Hicks, which arrived in the ear the week, brought 285 bales, and the New " ' 1 1 ":.oa T b e or o t arrived on Thursday, bro ug ht 192 bales. jot, ce importation was announ ce d f or sa l e on Friday TV, the quay, but the weath er p reven t e d the o' do• pi buyers. The second cargo will be offered t ft ; t bso ts e hay appears coarse an d o f a h eav i er clut l l bec ° srll grown in this cou n t r y, an d w h et h er it flitrtic regular article of commerce is questionable, P in good native seasons.—Liverpool paper. ft r oVili'ure j PORTRAITS BY lI ER M AJEST Y .3Ir• b 00" geon to the royal household, has recently b ee t -web or with two very valuable presents from the 7,1 0ti r5;. 41 0 two portraits of the Princess Royal, in water -et' por'wo cuted by the Queen herself. One of d ies :oo sl 4 (both of which are described as admirableas s taken by the Queen when the Princes' R o d' er four months old, and the other just befor` -- fisor Highness had attained h er first Year. Advertiser. BIRTHS. dv ofC $P On the 3d inst., at the Baths of Lucca, the la• - . 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Ofacel:,: m ser Strand, in the Precinct of the Savov. In the toy -- Middlesex, Tuesday, September 17, 1844. FORGERY AT THE BANK. The discovery of a forgery on the Bank of England for 8,000/. has been a matter of general conversation since the event occurred; and as the chief party im plicated is a clerk in the Bank of England, it naturally turns the attention of practical men to the working of a system by which facilities are offered to persons connected with the Bank to effect such extensive frauds. It would be throwing a doubt on the cha racter of a body of the most deserving and assiduous men, the Bank clerks, to suppose that because in one case such a fraud has been perpetrated that others will follow; but nevertheless it is quite necessary that the Directors, in future regulations, should endeavour to do away with the plan of identification by Bank clerks, which, in the present case, has caused all the mischief. The following is understood to be the manner in which Burgess, the Bank clerk, and his accomplice effected the fraud. The former, by his intimate acquaintance with the Bank books, found that a stockholder of many years standing, Mr. Wil liam Oxenford, of the Long Room, Custom-house, had a large amount of money in Consols, and having obtained leave of absence for a few days, it was during this interval that the forgery was executed. Having obtained this knowledge it seems he obtained a party, his accomplice, to represent the bond fide holder of the stock, and they proceeded to the Bank, and there effected a transfer of 8,200/., Burgess identifying his friend as a holder, and hence lulling suspicion. Directly they obtained the stock, they sold it at the current market price, and changed the notes they received into gold, which in equal divisions of 4,0001. was de posited in a carpet bag, and taken away in aca by the accomplice. It was not till the absence of Bur gess continued beyond his appointed time that a doubt entered the mind of his fellow-clerks of the legitimacy of the transaction, but when inquiries were made for him and he could not be found, the matter was in vestigated and the result ascertained. The culprits having had a week's start of the officers, there is every reason for supposing that they embraced the oppor tunity for a Transatlantic trip, and up to the present time no clue has been discovered of their retreat, al though rumours from day to day have been circulated on the subject. So barefaced a fraud was never before committed, and the Slack conspiracy, notwithstanding its organisation was of a more complicated and inge nious character, was nothing to compare to the effrontery with which this forgery was carried out. The Directors of the Bank, it is understood, will in future not allow clerks to identify, but strictly en force comparison of signature, and take the word of the broker, who will be made to suffer the loss in case of forgery or fraud following. It is said Bur gess was originally introduced into the Bank by two of the Directors, who knowing his father to be an honest, industrious man, felt inclined to serve him and his family, and became sureties for the youth to the extent of 1,000/. This amount, of course, they will have to pay. The remainder will be made up from what is tprmed " the Clerks' Fund," which is specially raised by general subscription yearly, ac cording to the amount of salaries paid, for the liqui dation of such losses. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Susan Parry, 32, described as a widow, was in dicted for unlawfully concealing the birth o f her ille gitimate child. There were two counts in the indict ment; the first charged that the infant was born dead, and the second that it was born alive. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty upon the first count, and the Recorder having directed that the verdict should be so especially entered, sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for six months. Some other cases were disposed of, but they were of an uninteresting description, and the Court ad journed at five o'clock. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK and Alderman HOOTER.) EMBEZZLEMENT.— William Burt was placed.at the bar, charged with embezzling various sums of money which he received as collector of the poor-rate for the parish of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster. The first count of the indictment charged him with having on the 18th of December received 2/. 12s. 6d. by virtue of his employment as servant to the church wardens and vestry of the parish of St John the Evangelist, which he did not account for, and on the 20th March a further sum of 11. 2s. 6d., and on the 25th March a further sum of 2/. 12s. 6d. There were other counts charging him with having received the money as a clerk. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the pro secution ; Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Iluddlestone de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was employed to collect the poor-rates of the parishes of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, in 1843. It had been discovered, in consequence of the money received not having been paid in to the Bank, that there was some thing wrong in the accounts of the prisoner, and upon inquiry it was found that he had received over 5001. which he was unable to pay. The prisoner disap peared, but was discovered at Gravesend, and was brought before the magistrates, when he said " he was afraid it was but too true." It seemed it was the duty of the prisoner to account for the money he received every week after he received it, but in the account which he handed in there was no credit given for the sums of money mentioned in the indictment. With regard to two of the sums of money the prisoner owned that he received them, when his attention was called to them, though he did not insert them in the account. Counsel, on behalf of the prisoner, admitted the facts, but contended that the offence did not amount to embezzlement. The points raised having been ruled against them, Several witnesses were called, who gave the pri soner a good character for honesty and integrity up to the present charge. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him to mercy on account of his previous good character.—Sentence was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWELL. Edward Reynolds, a greengrocer, was charged with furious driving, whereby a horse, value thirty guineas, the property of Mr. John Bell, a livery-stable keeper, was killed. It appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner was driving along the Holloway-road at a furious pace in a one-horse cart, when the complainant's driver, who was driving a similar vehicle, saw him coming to wards him, and called to him to get upon his own side of the road. The prisoner took no notice, and the left shaft of his "drag" penetrated the chest of Mr:tell's horse, and the poor animal fell down dead. The pri soner drove on, but was soon after taken into custody by a policeman. The prisoner was fined 121. and the costs, o 4 three months imprisonment in the House of Correction. We have been requested to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums by the magistrate at this Pourt for the relief of Charles Sinunons, whose case ap peared in The Sun of Friday last :—" D. 1, p., 11. ; "H. M. C.," Is. ; " Postea," 1/. ; " 1/. ; " Lawyer's Clerk," 11. ; " J. C.," 2/. ; "W. L,'," 1/. ; and " Q.," 11. In additions to these sums, Simmons had requested the Reporter to state that he has him self received, at his own lodgings, 6, Pearson-street, Kingsland-road, 41.55. 6d., in various sums, froth be nevolent ladies and gentlemen who refused aleave any name, and for all of which he is deeply grateful. It will be gratifying to the donors to hear that] upon strict inquiry, Simmons's character and condition fully justifies and deserves the humane exertions that have been made in his behalf. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A respectably-dressed French woman, named Adele Dupier, was charged before Mr. Maltby with having robbed her employer to a considerable extent. '- It appeared, that the prisoner was shopwoman to Mr. Ignace Van Bever, importer and retailer of French shoes, 42, Burlington-arcade. The prose cutor had taken her into his service for the second time in the early part of the summer, since which time he had missed a great many pairs of shoes, which were in no way accounted for to him. In order to ascertain the exact amount of his loss he re solved on taking stock, when he found bgtween eighty and ninety pairs unaccounted for. Van Bever had some slight suspicion of his shopwoman, and he questioned her upon the subject, when she admitted that she had pawned some shoes, and told prostcutor that he had told her to do it. This he denied, and gave her into custody. It , ha . d , since b een f oun d out pawned, f or 117 that upwards of 140 pairs naa been of which she had the duplicates. On the 29th of August, twenty-nine pairs were pledged, the dupli cates of which were found on the prisoner when searched at the station-house. The prisoner, on being asked what she had to say to the charge, stated that in the same arcade, No. 54, lived one Rebecca Cook, who kept a shoe-shop, and. and who had been shopwoman to Van Bever, and he now looked upon her as a rival, and was anxious to get her away. For that purpose he had persuaded her (the prisoner) to pawn the goods, for all of which he received the money. He further told her, that if anything should happen, she was to say that Re becca Cook had persuaded her to pledge the shoes, and had received the money. Van Bever further promised, that by acting upon his instructions she would not only be held blameless, but would pro bably reap some advantage at a future time. She solemnly declared that Rebecca Cook never received any money at all from her, neither did she know anything of the transaction. Van Bever received all the money, the produce of the shoes, and it was on his account they were pledged. The prosecutor denied this statement entirely. Mr. MALLTBY observed that it was a case that re quired further investigation, and he should therefore remand the prisoner until V'ednesday. QUEEN-SQUARE. _ Catherine Stuart, a powerful dissipated-looking woman, about forty-five years of ag e, was charged with the most revolting cruelty to three young children. In consequence of the representations made to the Magistrate, a warrant was granted for the prisoner's apprehension in the middle of last July, but as she had absconded on learning that proceedings were about to be taken against her the constable was un able to effect her capture until Saturday night, when. he found her in a state of intoxication. William Cooper, a hairdresser, residing at Broad way, Westminster, stated that the accused and a. very hard-working man, named Tyler, had taken apartments in his house about a twelvemonth ago, representing themselves Ito be man and; wife, with. three children, but he had since ascertained that they were not married and that the children were by Tyler's wife, who had been dead some years.. They had not been in the house many weeks when. the screams and cries from the rooms occupied by Tyler left no doubt that the children were being very brutally treated ; and as this continued day after day, and was generally when Tyler was from, home, witness thought it is duty to communicate it to him. The man said he was not aware that there was anything wrong, and he would see about it; but, although witness had occasion to again point out to him the cruel treatment the children. had received, it was continued, and even occurred. more frequently than before. On the 18th of July witness heard violent screams proceeding from the room, and on going up stairs heard the girl Clarissa. Tyler, who was thirteen years of age, faintly exclaim, " Oh, mother ! ob, mother !" and then there was a heavy noise like something falling. Witness. knocked at the door, and inquired what was the matter, when witness replied from within, that if he had anything to say he must say it to Mr. Tyler. In about an hour after this Clarissa Tyler came down stairs, and bore evidence of the cruel treatment she had just received ; her head and face were very much swollen, and the blows she had received about the eyes were so severe that she was nearly blind. Wit ness questioned the child, who after much hesitation, said that her mother (the prisoner) had repeatedly jumped upon her while she was in bed, and had then beat her with her fists until she was nearly insen sible. Her mother had told her, that if she men tioned what had occurred to her father, she would jump upon her until she killed her. Witness, con sidering that the lives of the unfortunate children were in jeopardy by such a monster, made an appli cation at this Court, which led to the present prose cution. Mr. BURRELL inquired what was the prisoner's conduct to the other children ? Witness replied-- Uniformly most violent and cruel ; she would take them by the hair of the head, and dash them from one end of the room to the other. He had frequently seen the poor children with their hair literally pulled off their heads. Mr. BoaaeLL—Did you ever remonstrate with her on her cruelty ? Witness—l have, and told her that I should consider it my duty to make the authorities acquainted with her conduct, and that she might depend upon it, if she still continued to treat these poor motherless children in that way, she would have to answer for it. Mr. BURRELL — Do you know whether they had proper food given them ? Witness—l am shocked to say that the poor children were fed upon paunches, such as are given to dogs. Mr. BURRELL (with surprise) —" Paunches ?" Witness—Yes, Sir, sheep's paunches. The woman has a son, who is assistant to a butcher, and he used to bring them to her. Mr. BURRELL, who, in common with other s i n th e Court, appeared much shocked, said—Do you know whether the man left money with this woman to pro vide his children with wholesome and proper food? Witness—Yes, he did; but that, Sir, was all ex pended in gin, and as the paunches cost n o thi ng th ey were cooked fo r the children. Mr. BUILRELL—IS there any act of violence which has occurred in your presence ? Witness—The pri soner flung a saucepan of boiling water over Clarissa Tyler. Although I did not see it absolutely thrown, I saw the poor creature directly afterwards. The girl ran down the stairs in great agony, and there was a succession of bright red stripes down her face and neck, where she had been scalded with the boiling water. Mr. BuRRELL—Where is the child ? I should wish examine her. Witness—The child has been taken this morning to the prisoner's mother's, as it is sup posed, and is kept out of the way. lam rather sur prised at the conduct of the father of these poor children, who has absolutely, since she has been in custody, supplied her with refreshment at the station_ Mr. BURRELL asked the prisoner what she had to say? Prisoner replied, that there was not a word of truth in it. It was all through spite, because there was some rent owing. She wonld not deny that she might have struck the children in a somewhat im proper manner. Mr. BuaRELL—It is most extraordinary, if inno cent, that you should have kept out of the way this length of time. What do you say to feeding these poor children upon paunches ? Prisoner—lt is not true. Mr. BURZELL—You have also heard it stated that you threw a saucepan full of boiling water over Cla• rissa Tyler. _ _ Prisoner—l don't mean to say I might not have thrown water sometimes at her, but not boiling water. Mr. Cooper produced one of the children, a poor emaciated little creature, said to be, as we understood, seven years of age, but not having the appearanc e o f much more than half; those years. He said that the child, if examined, would state that paunches had been given to them as food, and could also speak to the violence. There were many other acts of cruelty which could be substantiated. It was a question in his mind whether the man was not in some respects culpable. _ _ _ Mr. BURRELL observed, that this was an extraor dinary and very cruel case, and he should call upon the prisoner to find good bail for her appearance when the girl Clarissa Tyler could be produced. They might succeed in bringing her forward to-morrow, and he should, therefore, remand the prisoner until then.—She was sent to prison. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday John-Howe, fornterlyaPolice-constable, and latterly employed as a Custom-house locker under the Crown, was finally examined on the charge of stealing a quantity of rum, the property of the East and Weot India Dook Company. Thera was not sufficient evidence to bring home the charge of steal ing to the prisoner, but that of unlawful possession was fully proved. Mr. BRODERIP said, he was always anxious to temper justice with mercy, but in the present case he would inflict the highest penalty which the la w war ranted, namely, two months imprisonme n t. A s , however, the prisoner had already been a week in custody, he should be sentenced to seven weeks' hard labour in the House of Correction. A little urchin, apparently not more than nine or ten years old, named Wm. Boynton, was charged with stealing half-a-sovereign from a man named John Bolton, who, it subsequently app eared, was his aunt's husband, and resided at 45, Wells-street, Poplar. . When the constable, 252 K, took the lad into custody Mrs. Bolton said there was other stolen property in the house, as her sister, the boy's mother, had stolen some pewter pots; he searched and found seve ral bladders, which, from the smell, he found had con tained spirits, together with some stone bottles, one of which had spirits in it, in her sister's room. On further investigation he found a large tub at the bottom of the stairs covered with sacks, and a blanket containing some liquid, which appeared to be in a state of fermentation. As the boy confessed to having stolen the half-sovereign and concealed it in the bottom of a pie-can, witness took him to the station house, and stated what he had seen at Wells-street to police-sergeant 16 R, who immediately repaired to the spot, and having searched the place well found all the apparatus for private distillation; the tub con tained from 36 to 38 gallons of wash. Bolton, the proprietor of the house, had absconded, but two women named Louisa Bolton and Elizabeth Baynton were on the premises, and were taken into custody. The charge against the boy was ordered to stand over until Thursday, by which time it was supposed the man Bolton, who preferred it, might be heard of; and the two women were placed at the bar, charged with an offence against the Excise laws. The sergeant, in addition to his previous testimony, stated that when he discovered the still and other materials the taller prisoner, Mrs. Bolton, though