The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

~----~ by th irti in the his "depo . , Arundel m orning of so. ibuttio' r i g took 1 at airings m yisit H ne Hulot ' ,ner part! in Will the Gas Windso r ;al O In th e ' Arundel yorfA rievi wool bert Pe e , ' c log. vodor and Mr• the . s tree': intense left tool • od r uer, Del eet ntervief t eil la Y . A visit 0 Fa r o( he itt46o, Del* . t is voro.. )ot, 1 , 7; asted r blf' to h o a la rg i i r va - , lb° 1• .'. , nITRY-L A_NE This :heatre was crowded at. an earl:: le,a- 19st night to witness the performance of Mr. Charles Kean in Richard the Third—a character in which his father, it may be remembered, achieved one of his greatest triumphs. That the son equals him in this • part we will not say, but it is m u ch t o hi s cre dit th a t his reading of the character is his own, and is but seldom suggested by his recollection of his father's peculiarities. The elder Kean was e man of g,-,nitis— a quality vouchsafed to t.w, and And' redeems a thousand mistakes and invonsi•teneies--the yenrwer Kean is a man of judgment, who, if not brilliant, is a t least forcible in his conception of character, and pro duces effect by earnestness of purpose and strength of feeling, disciplined by common sense, and an evident habit of careful observation and reflection. His idea of Richard is sound in the main; he brings out all the strong, and many of the more latent, points in his idiosyneracy; does every justice to his serious and impassioned qualities; but fails, we think, in giving adequate expression to those lighter touches of sarcasm which abound in the character in the earlier stages of its development. He is, in fact, somowhat too grim and sardonic in his notions of Richard, apparently not taking into account that the " crook-backed tyrant" was a consummate man of the world, with much of the cool, laughing, calcu lating devilry of lago in his composition ; and worldly men know right well—as Shakspeare has shown us in many a striking instance—that to wear a constant scowl on their brows, and to keep humanity, as it were, at arms' length, by emphasising to the utmost degree every caustic idea that may happen to suggest itself to their imagination, is not the way to make a strong impression on their adherents, but rather to open their eyes, and teach thorn a •6holesome lesson of distrust. Kean's Richard is too frank and earnest in the exhibition of evil qualities, and nowhere is this more remarkable than in the me morable scene with Lady Anne, where we missed that glozing, wheedling tongue—that crafty intellect which gave the idea that it was the slave of impas sioned impulse rather than ‘vedded to cool, delibe rate villainy, which almost recoeciled us to Anne's credulity, when the part was performpd by the elder Kean. Nothing was wanting to make the character of Richard, as represented last night, perfect, but a little more lightness and buoyancY of manner in the earlier. scenes. The tyrant had not then felt the weariness and satiety tliat comes of success ; his ambitious views had received no check; his career of triumph was yet to be run ; hts vivid imagination. piercing into the future, .beheld it star-crowned and radiant with glory; and in all the varieties of human life and human character, there is nothing so sanguineso buoyant—as ambition in the first stage of its career, no matter how diabelical be the end s which it propeses to accomplish. In the two first acts Shaksre ire's Richard, though caustic and malignant in his nature, -is by no means a grim and saturnine person, but is evidently intended by his creator to enunciate his most pungent satire, with a laughing, careless air, that half redeems their malice; but it is after he becomes the " Lord's anointed," and crowned King of England, that the tone of his feelings deepens, and he has no longer lii clination to indulge in sharp pointed sal lies. From this period up to his death, nothing could be finer—more eX2etive•—or more rigidly correct in its interpretation cif the text of Shakspeare than Kean's Richard. The triumphant chuckle with which he lingered on th ,vords, " with his head—so much for Buckingham," produeed enthusiastic appLat , e—and no wonder, fo i,. was _ . masterly cutntnent on the character. The iitiath scene Was nut less itnpressivri ; inught like oia.• drunk with wounds; and never %ta!'• a more striking exhibition in indomitable purpo•e ;i!yl for revenge vainly struggling v.-i!-h wok Hess. Af er all, good actors lire I . ‘, fir the commentators on Shakspeare; and if to the last half of Kean's Richard, we could give the first half of his father's, we should have the character himself . just as Shakspeare intended it should be represented. The play was admirably got up, and the scenery through out of the most splendid description. We conclude by saying that we shall watch Mr. Kean's progress with great interest, for, if we mistake not, he bid.. 4 fair to become incomparably the finest tragic cctor of his age ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAY S. Mr. Mitchell commenced his season at this theatre last evening, with even a more powerful company than he had the last season. Our old friend Lienard, We are glad to see, is amongst them, and Mademoiselle Eliza F orgeo t continues the directrice. The first tiiece was La F am ill e I m p rov i s e e , i n w hi c h M ons i eur arqui, an actor new to the English public, sustains five different characters with great humour and effect. H e is one of the most rapid talkers we ever heard, and, as a chattering old woman, kept the house in a roar. tie is a member of the company, and will certainly prove a great acquisition. The comedy of Vibunonier du Regiment followed, which introduced -to us Monsieur Achard, from the Theatre du Palais Royal. Fro m the high fame of Monsieur Achard .'e were induced to expect great things from him, and we were not disappointed. M. Achard is a roost nc cornp:shed artist. llis Pascal is a chaste, quiet, beautiful vet most intense pie,:e of acting. Ile is the chnplan of a regiment, and has received a billet de logenzeht at the house of Robert (Cartigny), an old thou-!ache. He presents his bilkt to Marie (Madlle. Leauchene), the daughter of Robert, and from her he lea: ns that Robert hates priests, because his bro ther's confessor had so worked open the mind of his Penitel t as to induce him to disinherit Robert in his •(th e pr est's) favour. Pascal asks the name of this Priest, and discovers that it was his own brother. Ye quits the co!tage, and Rolh-rt, who has Just asked to be sent upon a larig•erou , ; expedition, in order to secure a pension for his daughter, enters. He turiou, at hearing that a priest is quartered on him. but his fury giei way to joy when Pascal enters in the uniform of a common soldier and presents his "let ; they soon become the best friends in the world, ai d Robert offers his daughter to th e young soldii-r, to thv great. disma of Christian (Lienard), an non. , si l ' l acksmith, who s so: 1e time been bets othel to )Pr. Robert retires for a moment, and during his ab, write orders arrive for t m :o,leliver certain dispatches uta neighbouring fort; es-, the service of danger :Or w hich he had volunteered. Pascal takes the dis patches, performs the service i n th e name o f It,,h-rt !lid returns wounded. 11,,bert is outragvoit, at beil. g "eprived of the glory of his action, but his compa ,,T( e nis enter to contra him. Ile goi-A to seek th e Young. soldier and fitah time ch em hi:n with gratitude, and is , 4%tiog ti:e f!ct, `llieh had occasi (ii' when h, is tr:kop2ed .I%,sevl with brother," the curt: iii :s ; •• Achard a first rate actor Inv is also an excellent si nger. H e was ca ll ed f or at. the conclusion of the ieee, and loudly applauded. In the last piece, Brune Pil eur, h e appeared in a character of quite ,rterent nature. In l'Aumonier h e wa s a ll mePose—in Coutourier and B runo h e was a ll antle ; i n l' Aumonier he was the quiet g-ntle bo.n--in Coutourier he was the qu i ntescence o f to lsterous vulgarity. Bruno i s a l rea dy f am ili ar wMost of our read e r s as t h e Spitaltields' ver ; an d A c h ar d' s c h aracter is identical to that o f S ymon d s. H e was as excellent in Cou ,—• the as h e was i n P asca l , an d i s certa i nly one o f first of French actors. The house was well and m'ost fashionably attended. The N ational Anthem W as . 'hung during the evening by the whole company, listed by Mr. and Mrs. W. Seguin. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. h The entertainment given last ev:ning at the Music ,7 1111 . Sto re - street, by Mr. Wilson, had, at least, this ° " I tY, that it was nut exclusively Scottish. In sketch- Qthe chequered and disastrous life of the o nly B r i t i s h ue en Who K. also Queen of Ft - anc,e, and illustratiug his ,i sketch by the many and beautiful songs to which her ep eissitudes and the noetieal t , ttit,er of her cr,i tt oi Ica. he introtht:•eti m ,specten :m Freh r.lis o,'B3' in her titne—the " Last Lay of That. `' zia telard was- the seeref ry of Mary, her lover— Qf\ ("- f(3l ' which h e su ff ere d death")—is, unhappily fix the ue en ' s • o merciful woman. to o k well knownfaith ful ,. But the last lay of the martyred trou react ' as ship ' , ' by Mr. Wilson, is instructive in thi s Zt, that it proves there remained to his time H ayell of that Cdtic f t - c ling, th e w a nt of whi c h, in l a t er D'. -1 n 5 given-to Trench music its eharacter_stic ru i u th Th e Bi scayans still preserve in th,ir music, alt cl i .l ei language, strongly marked traces of their totth ilos:: sons of s o n , w h o carr i e d t o t h e t ar west ~s a ti rl.xha i i sti b le fund or mehrly which Scotian 7 p us Tn) one csn upon -rith greater attd t ‘‘` • - 1 I'v/in ist esy aip4this, d 411 r . 'n f-• delight of his tiudience, we were compell-d to t0.17t their want 6 ! . consideration for their entertainer's Thy task which he hailundenaken—to e4oufourteen song - s witho u t relief— wt , .s in itself severe gl It was cruelly selfish to en .'ore him s: yen titues ATI i AND. -a 'AL :MUSIC O j F I R E - 1,_.11,. , ci;!)-Atv .. , 1 . :,i , 5 ,. ~. . i, (In ti ,,, ( ,(,. ,n,l 1 ` • .1. liy• al , • ~ •,., ed :„ 4Lal Music , f 11 , •ia1,,', was lust nigh' d'ii•e,'" , I, I. 1 1 441 %"r'"is and d..4,idedly seientitio audience . a Cr''s . 5 Lti„l' 4-"".1),.',..,,,. stn•vt. • . 1 h,. .1 , ...etie , it,, , i! Th. Rvne ll.- " r t" , , 4•L! ' , , 2 . .., i• . ~'‘'• ; ott. the cie, , " e ~f :; 1.'" : 4 ,. " ~.' ~ ii:., c. 44, 1 the • r.r:,.: ;:13( ert•-:-,i‘v- —'' a t ._ - --er i'' I •cl 1 ''s h ••tret., a l l , • , th.e a l, . he ...It,J ;,.(1 , -, ~1 is Whiee!ttitl'e, way possessed wit'. .. , • ~..1.,:, theitra,,i,,nz,;.; 2.. .:, our.i- ~-:"11‘ ;:i . f.i:,- , :1511 , . , fki, 1,3 ;,._.. , i ... • Lr ":I' .Ot Wn.s :.1 !.. , 7 1, , .. '•1 . : . .' . . ie tir , :k Qt . , c h e t h ... y ~i,,,0 i,. 1:-i.,-,.....,.arcis,).....tho C am . (°r iuneral Clamult, of u aQ D ;i: trt" .::L~ ~~ ti;•: THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNI NG, JANUARY 23, 1844 Mr. Donaldson, at the conclusion of ballot, entered the room, and was received with great cheering. Mr. WI rAouGnsv, the then Chairman, addressed him in a very feeling manner, congratulating him upon his appointment, and expressing his conviction that from his former conduct in the chair,the dignity of the Court would be maintained, as it always had been by him for the last nine years. Mr. DONA LDSON, after returning thanks, took the chair amid much cheering. Votes of thanks were then carried to Mr. Donaldson and Mr. Willoughby, and the regular business of the Court was pro ceeded with. After the rest of the routine business had been gone through, Mr. LESLIE moved, pursuant to notice, • " To rescind the orders of the Special Court of the 22d De cember, 1843, as to the appointments of a new assistant sur veyor and a fourth clerk of works, because— " First, The repeated statements - of the late Chairman of the area of the Eastern, Western, Ranelagh, and Counter's Creek Districts being 23 square miles, of which— Mr. Bell has to superintend f' square miles Mr. Jenkins....... ... 9 square miles Mr. Aslat 7 square miles 25 square miles are most inaccurate, the late Chairmaa being in error in the superficial measurement of the four Districts at least 28 mil lions o' sc i vare yards. s' Second, That such appointments by Special Court afore said, if carried out, would be illegal, contrary to the orders of Court, the laws, ordinances, and constitutions of sewers." After some discussion, a show of hands was taken, when there aeared— Fr Mr. Leslie's motion 5 Against it Majority against the motion The motion was eontequently lost ; and the Court, at hal past fire o'clock, adjourned to Friday next, the 26th inst. ARUNDEL, JAN. 23. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) This town is expected to be unusually gay the ensui ng wee k, owing to the influx of company on a visit to the Duke o Norfolk. The Duke of Cambridge arrives on Monday, the Dukes of Richmond and Sutherland on Tuesday. Mr. Sloane Stanley and Lady Stanley are also on a visit for a few days. The dinner parties will consist of about twenty each evening. His Grace's yeomanry band is to be in attendance. The noble room of the Baron's Hall, it is understood, will be temporarily fitted up on the occasion. Lord and Lady Arundel and Lord Edward Howard, Lady Mary and Lady Adeliza, are also here. The Duchess of Norfolk, Ladies Mary and Adeliza Howard, with Mr. Sloane Stanley, Mrs. Stanley, &c., attended Divine service at our church on Sunday morning and afternoon. The Duke of Norfolk will be present at the great county meeting of the Cmservatives, in opposition to the Anti-Corn law League, to be held at Steyning, on the 29th inst. ENLISTMENT OF PAUPER CHIL, DREN FOR THE ARMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. RESPECTED FRlEsD—Permit me to invite thy attention to the following statement of facts connected with the enlistment of pauper children for the army, and to request thy powerful aid in putting cown a practice which must, I think, be regarded by every humane man as dishonourable to the age and country in which we lire. Hcving personally collected the facts on which the statement is founded, with great care, I am prepared to give such detailed information as may be necessary to justify its allegations.--I am, respectfully, &c., FREDERIC WIEELER. Rochester, Ist month 15th, 1841. The public may not perhaps be generally aware, that a prac tice has grown up of late years, of supplying the army with little boys for drummers, selected from the healthiest inmates of the union workhouses round about the great military garrison of Chatham. Facts of a painful nature relating .o this subject having been brought under the notice of the writer, it appeared to be a duty to prosecute certain inquiries into the circum stances, and extent of the practice, from which investigation it appears that the following eight unions have all furnished boys for the army, namely, Chelmsford, Cranbrook, Dartford, East Ashford, Hollingbourne, Medway, Maidstone, and North Aylesford, comprising in all 143 parishes. To these may Le added the large metropolitan parish of ht. Marylebone and the establishment for pauper children at Brixton. Other unions have been applied to for boys, and particulars, more or less minute, of upwards of 60 cases have been collected. It appears also that, in twenty eases, boys have been thus disposed of before they have attained " the prescribed age of fourteen years," one of them, indeed, having been sworn when under elesen and a quarter years oldl It is melancholy to re flect on the large amount of false swearing that is involved in this feature of the case. That the oath thus taken is consi dered to bind them to the military service for life, thus de priving them of the o pp or t un ity o f c h oos i ng a pr ofession on attaining the age of 21, a protection which the Legislature carefully secures to the apprenticing of any ordinary calling ; recognising therein two very important considerations, first, the incompetency of a child to decide on what shall be his em ployment through life ; and secondly, his natural right to choose a trade for himself on arriving at manhood. That on attain ing the age of about 18, they are trained in the dehumanising art of administering the military cat, a punishment at which the public mind revolts ; and many of them are quickly sent to distant parts of the world. That the parochial funds have in some instances been employed. in effecting these arrange ments. The above is an outline of the practice ; the following are the heads of two individual cases, showing how the system affects the fate of the children .and the feelings of near rela tives. They are taken as being the first two cases which came under notice, and which led to subsequent inquiry : Case 1. James Potter, an orphan, inmate of the North Aylesford Union, was enlisted in the summer of 1842, in the 3d Buffs, as having attained the " prescribed age of 14 years," required by the regulations of the Horse Guards, but appear ing by the register of baptism, as well as the union register, as under that sge. The relations state that they were not consulted in the matter, that they knew nothing of the pro. ceeding until it was completed; that they are much disatis fied therewith, and were, in fact, concertiug measures for placing him out in some situation on attaining a proper age. In a memo. rial to the Commander.in.Chief, embodying theabove allegations, they ask for the discharge of the bey, stating it also to be his wish to be released. The reply authorises his discharge on pay:, ment of 201., and "on no other condition." Application was made to the Guardians of the Union, who replied that they can render no assistance in the case ; and the boy consequently re mains in the military service. Case 2. John Mitchel, an orphan, inmate of the Dartford Union, was removed to the pauper school at Brixton, and in the spring of 1843, was enlisted in the 25th Regiment, being, then, as appears by the register of baptism, under twelve and a half years old. A ter being at Chatham a few months, he was seen by the writer, crying bitterly on Rochester bridge, and then made known to him his ease. In less than a week from that time, he was observed by the same person, marching with five other little boys, with a draft on their way to Caunanore, in the East Indies. His step-father knew nothing of the enlistment until completed, applied to the Commander-in-Chief for his restoration to his family. alleging his tender age, &c. The' reply contains a copy of the schoolmaster's certificate, declaring him to have " obtained the prescribed age of fourteen ;" and states that the request cannot be complied with . except on cer-e tain con•litioos, one of which is the payment of 40/. On ap-• plication to the Guardians of Dartford Union, no explanation can be given as to the certificate of age, but, on the contrary, a reference to one of their books proves that the lad had not ob tained the age declared. No redress, however, could be obtained from them, and the child must remain in India an exile from his family. Here then we see two powerful bodies, the military authori ties and the executive of the poor-law, taking advantage of the helplessne-s and ignorance of an orphan child, who has as yet. scarcely looked abroad into the world, who is impatient t;f the restraints of a Poor-law Union, and dazzled with the tinsel prospect of a soldier's life ; and thus becomes the willing victim of the bargain which binds him for the term of his natural life. And, we ask, is it the intention of the Legislature or of the public that our unions and workhouses should bemade wholesale recruiting establishments for the army, and their operations be carried on at the expense of the rate-payers? LAW OF DIVORCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is with the utmost gratification I read in your paper the aniwer given by Dr. Nieholl to the deputation who waited upon him, upon the subject of the existing law of divorce in this country. kTothing could be more honourable to the learned gentleman, as well as satisfactory to the petitioners. The public, Sir, are most (specially indebted to 3-ourself, as, if mistake not, your journal was the very first to bring .the question before the Legislature; therefore, any reform that may be effected, will be mainly due to your exertions. The present system, Sir, is little less than a pre mium upon conjugal infidelity, by the ruinous ex penses it entails upon the injured husband who seeks redress by legal means ; whilst an unprincipled woman, if so disposed, can literally harass him out of his life. Surely the power of dissolving marriage should be vested in the Court itself (as in Scotland), and the House of Peers relieved from any jurisdiction in the matter. In the session now about to open, T trust this crying evil will be done away with, and the course of justice and morality effectually vindi cated.—l am, Mr. Editor, your obedient servan t, ' ONE OF THE SUFFERERS. Gloucester, Jan. 19, 1844. KING'S COLLEGE, LoNnoN.--The following gentle formerly students of this college, are on the. list of Wranglers in the late examination at Cambridge, via.:—Messrs. Stephen, Woodhouse, Gutch, Fenn, and Edwards. TIVERTON.—COMPLIM ENT TO LORD PALMERSTON. —The constituents of the Noble Lord having expressed a desire to have a lasting token of his Lordship's connection with them, have requested him to sit for his bust to Mr. E. H. Stephens, the sculptor. Lord Palmerston has expressed his acquiescence, in terms which show that he appreciates the compliment which his friends and admirers are so desirous of paying him.— Western Times. ACCIDENT TO COUNT PHILIPPE DE- ROMAN CIIA -110T.—The Count de Chabot, who has been staying during the last month on a visit to Viscount and Lady -Isabella Chabot, at Golden Hall, Thomastown, has been prevented from returning to Manchester House to resume his duties as First Secretary of Em. bassy, from the effects of an accident. The Count was in the stables lookng at the stud, when he received a kick from one of the horses, which caused some bruises, and confined him to a sofa for some days, He is going on well, and expected to return to the embassy in a few days. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MARQUIS OF ILlST rms.=-The juvenile family of this lamented nobleman arrived at Southampton on Friday evening last. from Donnington Park, Leicestershire, and proceeded on Saturday, accompanied by the widowed Marchioness, to Southsea, where this afflicted lady, and her infant family, will remain In close retirement for some long period; and where, at a time not far distant, it is expected the Marchioness will give birth to a posthumous child. Until the com mencement of lest year, the late lamented Marquis had never in. sured his life. In March last his Lordship - was persuaded to de so; and, fortunately for his family, he immediately took out policies at various officei to the amount of PO,OOO/, and upwards, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF'AN IDIOTIC BOY. —The family of Mr. D. Horton, of 5, Queen's-row, near the North-roatLbridge Hoxton, have been for several days in much anguish and anxiety, through the absence of his son, an idiot, be. tween the age of )5 and 16. He left his home on Wednesday last, and, notwithstanding that notice has been given at every police station, and a description of his person circulated there, and adver tised in the newspapers of Friday last, no information has yet been obtained (Whim, and the greatest fear for his safety is now enter. tained, as he has not sufficient knowledge to give his name and address. DEATH OF MAJOR•GENERAL CHURCHILL C. 8.- J.JUI: Antelligence of the death of the above distinguished officer, Deputy Quartermaster-General to her Majesty's forces in Bengal, has been received at the War-office. He had been in the service thirty-seven years, and had served at Corunna, was subsequently in the Penitistia, France, Flanders, and at Waterloo, and held the local rank of Major-General in India. EARL GHET.—The accounts from Howick this week convey the gratifying intelligence that the venerable Earl is going on favourably, and daily improving in health.-zNeteciestle Chronicle. ANTI-LEAGUE MEETING IN KENT.--On Saturday last a large and respectable meeting, composed chiefly of tenant farmers, was held in the Globe Tavern, Canterbury. There were between 400 and 500 pers.ns present, and the object of their meeting was to agree to a petition for protection to theinterests of agriculture, Sir Brook Bridges was called to the chair, in which he was supported by Sir E. Daring, Mr. J. P. Plumptre, M.P., Mr. William Deedes, Mr. Knatchbull, Mr. W. 0. Hammond, Mr. G. Gipps, Mr. G. C. g. Bering, Mr. T. Papillon, Ms. W. J. Hilton, Mr. W. Delmar, Mr. G. M. Taswell, Mr:f.l‘. Ililton, Mr. C. H. Hallett, Mr. W. Kerr Brown, Mr. James, Mr. Lake, Mr. J. Neame, Mr. Cramp, Mr. Hyder, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Collard, Mr. Boys, Mr. Aildash, Mr. Munn. A petition to Parliament was agreed upon, and the meeting expressed their determination to re sist to the utmost the progress of the League, and to do everything in their power to support the interests of agriculture. The gentle men who addressed the meeting dwelt strongly on the ruinous effects which would result from the repeal of the corn-laws, and' elbowed the necessity for protection to the farmers, on account of the heavy and peculiar burdens to which land is subject. The most cordial good feeling prevailed, and the tenant farmers especially seemed to be highly gratified with the steps which were being taken all over the country to resist the further progress of the League, and to prevent any change in the existing corn.laws. THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CLARE.—The death of the Dowager Lady Clare took place under the most awful and . distressing circumstances. On Tuesday afternoon ber Ladyship and her daughter, Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, were sitting by fire light, when the latter retired to dress for dinner, and was absent about half an hour. On returning to the drawing-room her Ladyship found that lights had not been brought : as she entered she observed, " Mamma, I have put on your favourite gown," and, receiving no answer, again repeated it, adding, 4 , Mamma, why don't you answer m e ?" Al as ! on approaching the fireplace the unhappy daughter found her mother extended on the hearth rug perfectly lifeless. Her Ladyship's grief and amazement are indescribable—indeed, the whole family are weighed down by this sad event. We understand Lord Clare; who was absent in Ire land, has arrived, and is now with Lady Isabella and the Hon.' Colonel Fitzgibbon.—Court Journal. PRESENT FROM HER MAJESTY.—We gave an ac count in this journal of the Gth inst. of an accident which occurred' to ber Majesty on the precedmg afternoon, near Horton, by being nearly thrown out of a pony phaeton,which was turned upon its side in a ditch, owieg to the bank sinking away'in consequence of 'the rottenness of the earth after a sudden thaw. Upon that oe-, casion her Majesty returned to Windsor in a four.wheeled chaise belonging to Mr. Holderness, of Horton, vihoie lady was driving close to:the vicinity of the accident at the time. Her Majesty has just commanded to be transmitted, as a present to Mrs. Holder- Inns, a very elegant pair of silver candlesticks, highly chased, and bearing her Majesty's initial surmounted with an imperial crown, as a token of the estimation entertained by'the Sovereign of the' loyal and dutiful attention of the recipient of the favour and gra. cioisi consideration of the Queen. THE RECENT TRAGEDY AT DEPTFORD.—In answer to inquiries on Saturday of Dr. Arthur, at 15, High..street, the physician who has attended the woman Dickinson daily since her attempt on her own lite, he stated that the wounds_in her throat are quite healed, and that no apprehension need be entertained of her ultimate recovery, if the excitement under which she now labours does not induce contrary consequences. For some time after she destroyed her children she exhibited the most stolid in.' difference to the awful positi on i n which she stood. On Saturday, however, she gave way to a ll the bitterness of grief in consequence of it. She remains, of cour se, i n the custody of the police. PARTIAL OVERFLOW OF TILE •Sa turday afternoon there was an unusually high tide, the Thames having overflowed many of i ts embankments below bridge. At high water, the depth of tid e at the outer lock of the St. Kathis• rine's dock was thirty feet two inches. Several low-lying pre• mises contiguous to the river were inundated; but, by the timely removal of property, little damage was sustained. In Wapping, Shadwell, Poplar, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, and other places on the river side, the cellars of a considerable number of licensed' been done. • victuallers were completely flooded, an d a goo d d ea l of mischief had ACCIDENT TO THE . EARL OF JERSEY AT WINDSOR CAsne.—The Earl of Jersey, who arrived at, Windsor on Wed nesday last, accompanied by hi s Countess andthe.Litly Clementine Villiers, upon a visit to her M a j esty, met with an 'accident shortly after reaching the Castle, which compelled his'LordshiP to absent himself from the Royal dinner party in the evening. The Noble - Earl, in proceeding to his apartment, fell over a box which had been carelessly left in the vestibule leading to his Lordship's room, seriously injdring his arm and ciusing a slight wound to be inflicted on the shin,bone. His Lordship is now, however, nearly recovered from the painful effects of the accident. We have heard it more than rumoured that it is the intention of. the, King of the French to return the visit of our - - - gracious Queen, and that this Royal meeting is not.to take place at Brighton, as was originally stated, but at the Court of London, not in the latter part, but at the height of our fashionable, seaman— a period at which Paris always becomes deserted by ,the Court, the 'senate, and ali votaries, of fashion. It is, probably, with a view tc this auspicious event that the, state apartments at St. •James's 'Palace have been undergoing repairs and are_ now . receiving splendid decorations.=Court Jo arna4 TILE LIGHT GOLD, COINAGE.-:-The number of light sovereigns and half..sorereigns presented at the Bullion-office of the Bank of England,•since the Rival proclamation of her Ma jesty of the 2d day of October last, which came into operation on the Lit instant, has been very small, in consequence of the bankers and merehants in the city, and the tradespeople and shopkeepers generally throughout the metropolis, having shown a dispositiou not to refuse the old gold currency unless it is very light, and tken only taking a small discount, which understanding -has had a very beneficial effect on business in general, and pleyented the panic that was expected, which proved so detrimental two years ago tr trade throughout the United Kingdom, when the former Royal pro. clamation: was issued cn the light gold currency. The Bank of Eng. land receives gold coin below the legal current, weight, in amount, of not 'less than 51.. at the rate of .31. 17s. 6124 a. per ounce, end the branch' banks' in the country at 31. 17 1. sd . per standard ,ounce, which has: the good effect of preventing Mspublic, by the bullion-dealer,. imposed u especially,p j u ew bt s i ; C, anaraprlc ie gin-palacetifrsom a golden harvest by charging 6 d., and many 11., in th e sovere i gn, under the pretence of being light. The clerks at the Money Order office at the General Post.ottice are very. particular in weighinp being keepers p and o shopkeep ers, w h o male n the gold 'that is tendered for orders in the country, and whet. found below the legal : weight, are stamped so as to prevent further circulation, which causes great inconvenience to the parties, who are obliged to get them changed at the bullion dealers, who charge 4d. to 6d. each sovereign. At the Custom House, Excise. anc . .. Stamp.office, the Goveinment cosployes arc extremely strict in the weight of the gold they take in payment, and when light, fulfil the Act by defacing it with the utulost rigour., • The teceipts of the Durham and Sunderland Rail way, for some weeks. past, have exhibited a considerable In crease over the corresponding period of last year, which cit.. cummanee had the effect of, enhancing the value of the shares full ten per cent. This fact is very gratifying, as it not only leads to the encouraging hope that the property in this railway will shortly be increased in permanent value, but suggests the inference.that the trade of Sunderland, which. has been so long heavily depressed, is gradually reviving into a state of activity, —Durham Chronicle. THE KING OF SAxoNr.--.The banner of his Ma jesty the King of Saxony (who was invested with the insignia of the order of the Garter, at Dresden, in October, 1842, by the Earl of Wilton and Sir Charles Young, the Garter King at Arms) has just been placed over the stall of his Majesty, together with the .crown, crest, sword, mantle, &c., in St. George's Chapel. Windsor, The stall - of the Saxon Monarch is situated on the prince's, or north side of the choir, 'between the stalls of the King of Wirtemberg and the reigning. Duke of Brunswick. The only stalls now vacant in the chapel of St. George are thOse of the late Duke of Dorset and the Marquis Wellesley. DISTURHANCE IN THE PARISH CHURGII AT CHEL TRNHAm.—During the solemnization of divine service at the parish church, on Wednesday last, just as Mr. Close had com menced reading the first lesson, a wsman stood up and said in a loud voice—" Frank Close, I have a message from God to thee." This announceineut produced a great sensation throughout the church,. and the speaker was . svith some diffi culty taken out and given in charge of a- policeman. On the folloling morning she was taken before.- the- magistiltes•and was dismissed, on promising not to disturb the congregation again. She has every appearance of being of unsoiled mind and has been at the Asylum at Gloucester three times.— Chstiestham Free Press, 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 s'a'ements which have already gone the round of the press, most readers will be aware that Mrs. Gilmour and her husband were the son ant 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, notwithstanding her most deter mined opposition. Before the union took place, she freqnently 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 beforo 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. MARRIAGE IN HIGH I.lrE.—On Tuesday last, at North Mymms Church, nests, the Earl of Enniskillen was married to Jane, eldest daughter of J. A. Casamajor, Esq., of Manchester square. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Constance and Eleonora Paget, and a family circle. CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS. s-s- 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, where to evolve the truth is the disinterested end in view ; it must be hooked to some petty, practical purpose of private accommoda. tlon, before it is held worthy of being investigated. This concatenation of the cui boso 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 eft 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, and elegant writers had employed little of his leisure; the moral, sublime, the heroic delineations of the muse, seldom tinged his sentiments or actions ; nor had the luxuries and refinements of social life attraction enough to en croach much on his habits of snug sufficiency. He allowed him. self time to think, and time to say but little ; that little was always hitting; and what especially will consecrate his memory to the grateful veneration and growing applause of -the remotest posterity is, that he belonged among those worthies who have assisted the people to obtain liberty, and not among those cringe. hogs who have assisted Sovereigns to extend their power. Under the date of Belgrade, 3d inst., the Augs burgh Gazette gives the following :—" According to letters from the borders of the Black Sea, it appears that the check re ceived by the Russian troops, in the Daghestan, was much more severe than was at first represented. In fact, the Government has issued orders for increasing the army of the Caucasus to 60,00) men ; showing a resolution of carrying on operations upon a much larger scale, and with greater energy. There is, above all, a great want of officers." 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 upon 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. INlAacti 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. l'slinisters 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 reconcile public expectation, although the Government succeeds.— Psrliamentary 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 Ills force and extent of 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 f a th er 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 HoAx.—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 Jolly 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 nevet lose an opportunity of a laugh, at whosoever', expense it may be enjoyed. From the "gentle violence" which the friend found necessary to use in propelling the young farmer along, a belief was engendered that certain members of the corps of " blue devils " had him in charge. The idea was not lost on the merry guests, is ho, whilst he was endeavouring to recover his scattered senses by a snooze, fitted up a back room with all the appurtenances and properties of the charge room of a station. house, and accoutred themselves as representatives of the stern officials of justice. The court was opened, which consisted of the representatives of two magistrates and their clerk, a ser geant, and several policemen, the latter aroused the prisoner from his slumbers, by slating that his attendance was neces sary, as they were about to dismiss the night charges. He was placed before the bench, and the evidence against him brought forward. The magistrates declared, as usual, that they be hoved every word of the statement of the police, and it would be useless for the prisoner to make any defence. The charge was therefore admitted to be just, the mercy of the court was prayed in most moving terms, two persons present gave him a most excellent character, and on his promising not to offend again, he was mulcted the usual fine and dismissed. He was accompanied by his friends through the inn yard into a dark back street, down which they walked till by another turn they reached High-street. The farmer then insisted on his friends taking a glass with him, and they speedily entered by the front door, the inn they so recently left, and found the room filled with those who participated in the joke, who were quaffing the jovial draught at his east. But little inducement was re quired, and the farmer recapitulated the momentous events of the evening in a similar style to " Honest Jack Falstaff" after the robbery at Gad's-hill, and showed how he annihilated a po • liceman by a blow under the jugular ; how the others, terrified at his prowess, left him master of the field, until they had pro cured a reinforcement and mastered him at length solely by dint, of numbers ; how he "got over" the magistrates and es caped with such slight punishment, to the great delight of the actors in the late drama, who were there in propria persons, laughing in `their sleeve at the marvellous gullibility of the Coteswold hero.— Cheltenham Examiner. A SINGULAR RACE OF MEN. A writer in the League newspaper says—" I have noticed that in Wiltihire, 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 popula tion of England well, that in the counties where bacon is eaten as a staple article of diet, the men have small calves. I cannot see any reason for this; but whether it be 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 I:tat they have caireless legs, no matter how well fed or how starving they may be. The jolly faced farmers have the same kind of legs as the lean labourers." SINGULAR OCCURENCE.—An adder which mea sured thirty incises in length, was killed a few days tgo near Liskeard. Having been discovered in its winter quarters by a weasel, a combat ensued ; the weasel pounced upon its prey ; the adder, instead of exhibiting indications of torpidity, erected its head and darted upon its assailant ; the presence of a 14 7 stander, by whom the adder was subsequently carried off and killed, iduced the weasel to retreat, probably to die from the effects of the bite of its at, x t ,rizitt.-47tmureee dfiercicle. AN IRISH SCENE. At the Wakefield Court-house, last week, Alex ander Brady charged John APDermid 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.--I 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; wh a t, it was Ch r i stmas 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 i but they did me out of my money there, and I get a job where 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, agreed to let 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, I'll not strike him ; but, if he strikes me, sure it will be a hard case." The neces sary documents being prepared and read over to him, he was asked, in the usual form, if he was content. " I'm content, sure; if he doesn't strike me." The Bench explained, that if Alexander struck him, he must not strike again, but bring him before them, and they would fine him. This appeared to puzzle John 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 hinder me from 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- i worth, thank you, gentlemen," made his exit in warm altercation with Alexander, about the ss. he owed I him, for the harvest money.—York Courant. Channt," which the author of the oalzh! to hive learned before he s-t wont coinpaition in %chic"' the magic of music was to be expressed—and even that sweet air of Lover's, " The Fonr leaved Shamrock"—were received with a rapture which was not more creditable to the Professor and his fair ivsistants, than to the company that could so deeply appreciate their merits. bt.r. COURT OF SEWERS. A special Court of Sewers for the city and Liberty of estminster, and part of the county of Middlesex zas held at the Sewers-office, in Greek-street, Soho-s ,uare, on Thursday, in pursuance of the follawing !equisition to the Clerk:— `' de, the undersigned, six of her Majesty's Justices of Sewers for WeAminster aid part of the county of Middlesex, hereby require you, in pursuance of No. 2 of • The Laws, Or dinances. and Constitutions,' to convene a Special Court of Sewers on Thursday next, the loth of January, 1844, to in quire into the accuracy of the documents upon which the Court paid to the contractors in the year 1843 the sum of 21,7671. 10s. 4d. Ala to ascertain the authority of the Court to pass any laws, ordinances, or constitutions, in opposition to the general laws of sewers, as laid down in the Statutes and the judicial decisions thereon." The requisition was signed by John Leslie, Frederick Hyng, H. Tuffuell, John Gunter, Joseph Fuller. and Hugh Stark. Mr. LESLIE, in bringing before the Court the business for which it had met, namely, to consider the accuracy of the account of the contractors, to whom the Court paid no less than 75 per cent. of its income, alluded to the resolution he had proposed at a former Court, for adding a money price by the contractors to their daily vouchers of the work done, by which he would venture to say the irregularities and in accuracies he was about to bring under the consideration of the Court would be done away with ; but he had been told on that occasion that it was impracticable for measured works. This - had set him to work to discover the lin practicable part of the thing, and upon his attend ing the office the next morning he had discovered that which he was now about to bring before the Court, namely, that the contractors' bills, purporting to be for work done up to a given period, were extremely inaccurate; that they were made out in a manner calculated to deceive the Court ; that they contained items purporting to be for work done; that the charges were made for work as if finished, whereas in fact they were not so ; and, added to this, vouchers were given by the officers of that Court, vouching for the accuracy of these inac curate accounts. Now he bought if he proved this, and which he should do, not only from the documents themselves, but out of the mouths of the officers iif the Court, he thought he should have made out a strong case for some immediate alteration in the pernicious system under which they were and had been act in r for years. Now the first bill to wnich he would advert was tnat of one of their contractors, Mr. Bird, from Lady-day to Mi• - ssummer, 1843. Now, that bill amounted to 829/. 6s. 4d., and he v ould show that of 6211., or three. four hs of the bill, the works were not done till the 15th of July, and yet vouchers had been given that this hill was cor. rect. The worthy Commissioner then put several questions to Mr. Doull, the Assistant Surveyor, who stated that the works were not completed on the 44th of June, although vouchers had been given of the accuracy of the bill. Was not this to say the least of it, a most improper mode of proceeding, and calculated to in ince the officers of the Court to mislead it ? He therefore thought, that he had made out his case in the first instance. Mr. D. Buns: thought there could be no imputation of fraud, but that great carelessness had been shown with respect Ira the contractors' accounts. Mr. CHAMBERS considered that Mr. Leslie had made nut his ca , e, and he clerk ought to be instructed t o t a k e a m i nu t e of the proceeding, that a ' future occurrence of the same irre gularity might be avoided. Mr. LESLIE then proceeded to call for the vouch- rs. Mr. Doom. said he could not lay his hand on the voucher for the 6211.: they bad been a good deal pulled about. He count nor find them. Several of the Commissioners expressed great dissatisfaction at this announcement. Alr 1 EsLIE then asked to be handed such vouchers as the officer had, and on their being handed him he showed that the first be took up was without date. An Hon. COMMIS,IONER objected that Mr. Leslie had no motion before the Court.. Mr. LESLIE said 1-e could mot frame a motion upon a dot u. ment which he could no; obtain. Ultimately the Hon. Com missioner moved a re-olution to the effect, " That the account of Mr. Bird's bill for the quarter ending the 24th of Junsr was B°9l. 6s. 4d., for work stated to he done, while, in fact, work to the anniunt of 621/. was not dine till the 15th of July." Mr. TOFNELL seconded the resolution.. Mr. t , ONALinso s defended the course that had been pursued in making our the contractors' amount, but at the same tune admitted th.a is would have been an Improvement, if the ac count bad stated that the work was not completed or messured. The worthy Commissioner, he was sort, did not intend to im pute fraud by his resolution. Mr. LESLIE said that the course that had been pursued was a breach of the contract entered into between that Court and the contractor. Mr DONALDSON moved an amendment, to the effect that an explanation should be added to the bills. The CHAIRMAN could not look upon Mr. Donaldson's amendment as such, it was, in fact, an original motion. Per haps Mr. Leslie could modify his resolution. Mr. i.ESLlE—Certainly not. The Hon. F. lirsro thought it would be unfair to call upon Mr. Leslie to qualify his resolution, unless they were pre pared to contradict the truth of his statements. No such thing bad been attempted. He would support the resolution as it stood Mr. TLITNELL said it was immaterial whether the irregu larity arose from carelessness, or sonic worse design, on the part of the officers of the Court. It was the duty of the Court, seeing that they were expending the public money, to insist upon seeing that the accounts were perfectly accurate. He would not have them, for the sake of the officers, get rid of the question by a side w,nd. The CHAIRMAN thought the resolution conveyed an imputa tion upon the officers which they did not merit. Sir. HAWKES contended that Mr. Leslie had made out his statement, although it amounted only to a charge of irregu larity; but, nevertheless, the officers were to blame for that irregularity, and, consequently, the Court must affirm his reselution. Mr. FULLER said the money had been paid on the authority of their audithrs , and from the irregularity of the accounts that had been produced, the auditors could not. be trusted, for the vouchers upon which they had paid were valueless. Mr. LESLIE replied. In doing so the worthy Commissioner referred to the statement. he had made, and read extracts to show the vouchers were valuel , ss, nd consequently he had made nut his charge. He wa: pleased with the discovery, and he was not less pleased at seeing the irregularity palliated by the late chairman and other legal members of the Court. Having done thi- much, he was now in a position to show that the public had suffered peculation to a vast extent, from the loss of interest of money by means of those false documents furnished by the officers, passed by the auditors, and sanctioned by the chairman. Mr. Leslie's resolution was then put from the chair, and upon a show of hands was declared to be carried, there being 11 for it and 4 against it. Sir. LESLIE thought that the Court hail done themselves great honour in the course they had adopted. He would now advert. to the bill of their other contractors, the Messrs. Ben netts, for the same quarter as the one he had averted to with respect to Mr. Itird, namely, from the 25 , h of March to the 24th of June, 1843 That account amounted to 2 2881., and the t,ourt could eoubtless be surprised to find that the amount for the last five days was 1,529/. 25. 7d. Not. he was irepared to prove that of the former amount works to the extent of 1,160/ were not finished. Now the daily vouchers with re spect to that bill, and the bill itsea, represented that all the cork was completed and measured. The account was signed by the contractor, and countersigned by the officers of the Court. It was perfect :n every particu lar, only—that it was not true. l'he worthy Commissioner then proceeded to show that tt e work was neither done, nor was it measured at the time the money was p ;id. The con traeter w,s plaided to his money within six months a ter his work beingcompleted, or. by his contract., he was entitled to receive five per cent. interest at tertl ards for , Il that the Board of Commissioners were indebted to him. Such being the cos'', th e terms of the contract were quite clear, that for ad moneys advanced beftre tile to the contractors the public were entitled to receive five per c nt. discount. The worthy Commissioner elicited from the offi sera, answers - to questions that Proved his atiegatom. de showed that these had been an organised sys. tea: of use returns of vouchers carried oti, and whether or not it Iv tgist he the c,,e, the t.fficsrs lad themselves open to suspi.. eion that they (*rived souse emolument by lending themselves to this description of fraud. After going through a number of bills, he proposefi a similar reso.ntom to the first he had. moved, to place these facts on the minutes of the Court as having been proved Mr. DONALDSON moved an amendment to the effect,—that as e- - -rtain works paid fur in 11 43 had not been completed on the Quarter-dg - , c hick the bill purported, the Surveyms should attach to the items of the bill paid the time when such works were measured. After some discussion, The CHAIRMAN decided that this amendment could be put. Mr. TurarELL, M.P., could not agree to the amendment of Mr. Donaldson. • After some further discussion, The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, and, upon a show of hands, there appeared— For the amendment .. . 11 Against it Mr. DONALDSON having called for a division, and that im portant event having taken place by one party going to one side of the Court, and the other to the opposite side, there ape peered— For the amendment l2 Against it Majority for the amendment —l The CHAL.MAN then put the original resolution of Mr. Leslie, and upon a show of hands and a division, there ape peered— For the original resolution Against it The CHAIRMAN gave his casting vote against the original resolution which was consequently lust. Mr. Lesus said that he would now bring under the atten tion of the Court the account of the Messrs. Bermetts for the qii,,rier commencing on the 24th of June, and ending on the 29th of September, 1643. The Han. Commissioner showed :miter re-ults with respect to this as to the la-t two accounts, and mastid a similar resolution, which, strange to say upon a division, he carried by a maj-rity of 11 to 1. After some further discussion, the Court adjourned, upon the understanding that Sir. Leslie is to renew the subject on Fri day, the 26th inst. Another Court was held on Friday for the general purposes of the Court, the balioting for a Chairman, and other business. Mr. ‘'‘'ILLOUGHbY took the char at twelve o'clock, and the routine business of the Court was proceeded with up to two o'clock, when the ballot for Chairman took place, and conti. tilted up io three o'vloek. During the time the ballot was taking place, Mr. LESLIE stated that those who had proposed and seconded Mr. Tot: elt, con.idered the proceedings of the Court to be illegal in electing a Chairman annually; that they were deter mined to take no part it. it. The Court had perhaps better, therefore, not trouble itself turiber, in the mattcr.—( Cries of • Nu, no," and •• Go on w th the ballot ") Mr. ALLA zisost was surprised at the_statements of the Hon. Cummisiiiiner opposite. He was the originator of this pro ceeding, and now he was frightened at the Frankenstein he had raised. The CHAlamaN said he had just received a paper, signed by more than six Corunaissioners, protesting against the elec tion of a chairman for a sear., Aoi, he must beg leave to saV that a protest wa , unknown to that Court. and it would,, at: refire, be irregular to receive it. l'h? majority constituted the procee , iris anti ,eteinitn4tion of that Court. r. t.OPEKICH cons.n!ered th ,t the proceedings of the mi nority were entitled to be regarded as touch as the majority. I n hi s opinion tlw chairman had no power to refuse to receive the protest, unless it contained so iiething illegal. M. r' ROUGHTON eonctu red with chat had been laid down by the t.i.::;rti:an. ls; , b , irty but the House of Lords, in this count y, lir,tl the power of entering , a protest, 31r. LESLIE submit t, - (1 that 111.1 .eau the powt r to adopt the course they had done. The CHAIRMAN wirs of Opinion ti at the clerk wag not war ranted in putting such a rotest on the, proceOtngs of the, Cow; tier. to those Who 12 J 41 preserved it d , c,itie receiving the protest The Chairman then opened the ballet-glass, and declared the numbers for Air. Donaldson were 41. .• • •- MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. An inquiry of a very painful character took place before Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, on Saturday evening at the New Farm, Beckenham, near Bromley, touching the death of Edward Cran field, Esq., the proprietor of the farm and the adjoin ing estate, who destroyed himself by discharging a horse-pistol into his mouth, and literally blowing his head to atoms. The jury having been sworn pro ceeded to view the body, which presented a dreadful spectacle, the upper part of the head having been completely blown away and nothing remaining of it but a portion of hair and skin hanging to the lower jaw. Witnesses were then examined, from whose evidence it appeared that the deceased hid 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 breakfast, a servant, upon going into the break fast-room, saw the deceased standing before the look ing glass with the pistol in one hand, and he at the time appeared to be picking his teeth with the thumb nail of the other hand. Upon observing the servant looking at him he iinmedialely quitted the room, and went to the water-closet, and 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 destroyed himself while in a state of temporary mental derangement. BURNLEY POLICE.--MONDAY. (Before Lord SYDNEY, and the Revs. Sir C. FARNADY and 'l'. ScoTr.) 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. 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. FARNABY 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. A harrowing scene of cruelty took place, on Thurs day evening, at the north part of the town. The object of i 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 make 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 tire to! This proceeding was suc cessful. The beast got up and staggered along as far as the Richmond Hotel, where it again fell ; and again was a fire lit around it. This scene of cruelty lasted from 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 Mr. Boon.—Brighton Gazette. • The great anti-corn-law meetings 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 clumsy 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 th e wor ld. Th e best defence we ever heard made for it was, that a corn-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 .AcctuENTs.—A poor man of the name of Nimmo, a redsman at Clelan, near flol)rtown, lost his life on the m orn i ng o f th e 16th i ns t., i n t h e No. 10 pit, under the following distressing circumstances :—Nimmo was refitting 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 was smashed t o pi eces , hi s head being nearly laid op en . A wife and six children are left to deplore his untimely end. In the last page will be found an account of more coal-pit accidents. Surely it is necessary for the Government Inqpeclor, "now appointed to see the Colliery Act fully carried into operation in Scotland," to turn his attention to these accidents, which appear to he on the increase in Lanarkshire.—Glasgow Saturday Post. -MILDNESS OF TIIE SEASON.--On the 11th instant as a elan, 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 there were others in different stages cf Wcaterfforr, DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. The fallowing particulars of the wreak a vessel named the Phcenix in a snow-storm are extracted from a letter of the Captain (11. Turner) to the owner of the vessel (Mr. T. Stickney), Scarborough) : —After stating that the vessel sailed from on the 22d of November, from which time up to the 26 , h very boisterous weather was experienced, the letter proceeds to say—" About .2 o'clock on the morning of the 26th the wind had increased to a herricane, the ship running under double-reefed maintopsail and close reefed foretopsail and foresail. Shortly afterwards the land was reported ahead, and the ship was immediately hauled close upon a wind, but she was so close in that it was impos sible to clear it, and at about 3 o'clock are struck on the west side of Langley Island (Newfoundland). It was im possible for us to do anything more fir the safety of the ship ; still I entertained an idea that she could be got off, and directed the crew to cut away the mainmast. Our efforts proved fruitless, and at half-past 4 o'clock the sea made such a Sweep over her decks that we sought refuge in the cabin. There we remained till the violence of the surf stove in the starboard side and stern windows ; and, owing to the constant working of the rudder, the deck and skylight were also broken in. • We now took shelter in the forecastle, and it here appeared as if all our lives were to be sacrificed, for the sea seemed above the lower deck ; and, as the last resource, we were obliged to go upon the main deck to prolong our existence. Here we were exposed to the full fury of the storm ; and, to prevent our selves being washed overboard, we lashed each other to the most secure spars on deck. About nine o'clock a female pas senger expired from exposure to the cold, which was very in tense. The sea by this time had torn away the bulwark rails . . and the vessel lay almost motionless. Shortly after the surf swept away the jolly-boat, and almost instantly afterwards the skiff was washed out of the longboat and turned bottom up in the sea. All means of escape were now apparently at an end ; for the longboat stood in a fair way of also being washed overboard, and sll had their eyes turned upon her, anxious to save life. A poor seaman jumped into her in order to make a rope, fast, so that if she should be swept away she would be still &cured to the ship. While he was perfor m ivg th.s gallant action, away went the longboat overboard, with him in her, right clear of the vessel. We now considered that our hours were numbered, and made the best of our way into the longboat, but or, getting forward, and perceiving that the boat was stove in, I thought it most prudent to retur n t o th e wreck. Notwithstanding, six men, with the mate, Mr. Thomas Smith, and a boy, get into the boat, although by this time she was fast filling with water. I entreated them to return, but they kept calling to the rest of the crew to follow their example, and let go the painter. The men, being nearly perished with cold, felt no disposition to move, either to get into the boat or loosen the rope, and the mate immediately cut it, and away she went to the lee of the ship, without a single oar to conduct her through the boiling surf. The first wave that struck the boat completely turned her bottom upwards, and the whole of the unfortunate fellows (eight in • number) in her immediately perished within 15 yards of the wreck. The six that now remained on board took refuge in the after-com panion, but from this spot we were soon roused by the deck parting from the larboard side, after carrying with it the star board side. Instantly we rushed forward, little expecting that we should meet with another place of refuge, which we did near the forecastle again. 13nt we were once more forced to fly, owing to the deck breaking up, and the foremast falling over the starboard side. At this period we saved ourselves in a truly miraculous manner; about 25 feet of the deck abaft the windlass parted from the wreck, and upon that we placed our seives, and were floated through a tremendous sea safe ashore. We were in a most pitiable condition, and reduced to a state of great exhaustion. We were kindly received by the wreckers, who procured us a shelter in a house, of which there were two or three on the island. The French Governinent have taken charge of that part of her cargo that has been recovered, and which they intend to sell for the benefit of the underwriters." DEPARTURE OF TILE PRINCE ALBERT FOR NEW YORK.—On Sunday afternoon, at half-rast one o'clock, the neat American line bf packet ship, Prince Albert, 1,005 tons register, Captain Sebor, sailed from the St. Katherine's Dock for New York. She carries out comparatively' few emigrants, there being only abou t ,thirty cabin,- I utermodiatt, and • steerage. passengers, 'The' latter class of emigrants are poor agricultural labourers, from the neighbouring counties of Essex and Kent. The Prince Albert, however, takes eut nearly a- full ergo - of British manufactured goads! THE WILL FORGERIES_ MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday having been fixed for the re-examine ' tion of the prisoners charged with the will forgeries, the approaches to the Court were crowded as early as halt -past ten o'clock. Shortly after that hour Mr. Clarkson, the counsel for the prosecution,•arrived, and he was soon after followed by Mr. Chambers, the counsel for Barb er; M r. Ballantyne, the counsel for Fletcher; and Mr. FloWer, the solicitor, who appeared for Mrs. Dorey. The interest occsoiened by this case seemed to have not in the least diminished, and the entrances to the Court, and the hall without, were crowded during the whole of the proceedings. Many persons had clambered up to the windows outside, in order to gratify their curiosity by getting at least a peep at the prisoners. At ten minutes after eleven o'clock the Lord Mayor took his seat on the bench. His Lordship was assisted by Mr. Alderman Humphery. • The doors of the Court were then thrown open, 'and it was immediately filled in every part. The prisoners, William Henry Barber, aged 36, attorney-at-law ; Joshua Fletcher, aged 50, account ant ; and Georgiana Dorey, aged 31, were shortly afterwards brought up in the custody of Forester, the officer. The male prisoners were placed within the dock, and Mrs. Dorey was accommodated with a seat at the table immediately below the dock. Mr. CLARKSON said that he had now to lay before the Court the circumstances, of a case which would show that his Lordship was fully justified in the course which he had pursued, in refusing to commit the prisoners, or to admit them to bail. The result of the inquiries which had been instituted for the purposes of forwarding the ends of justice, had been to enable the prosecutors to bring forward another and a fourth charge against Barber and the unfortu nate woman at the bar, as principals, and against Fletcher, as an accessary, both before and after the fact, of having procured a person to personate the sister of John Stuart, deceased, for the purpose of feloniously obtaining certain sums standing in his name in the Bank of England. It appeared that in the year 1826, there was standing in the books of the Bank of England a sum of 511. Long Annuities, in the name of John Stuart. Nothing was heard of Stuart until the year 1840, and in the year 1836 the sum in question had been transferred to the Commis sioners for reducing the National Debt. Stuart, it appeared, had died in 1827 at Great Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, where he had lived for some years before in the service of Mr. Strode, of that place, as steward and gardener. Mr. Strode had defrayed the funeral expenses of Stuart, and out of respect to him had caused a tablet to be erected to his memory in the parish church of Great Marlow. A grave -stone had likewise been erected over his grave. Nothing had been heard of any representatives of Stuart, or of any property of his until the month of May,lB4o, when the prisoner Fletcher went down to Great Marlow, to the house of a person named Hyatt, who kept an inn there, and made inquiries of Hyatt as to the rela tives of Stuart. Hyatt, who had only recently come to Marlow, took Fletcher to several old persons who recollected Stuart, and who gave him information. Fletcher, before he went away, told Hyatt that his name was Jones, and that he had come down by order of Government to make inquiries as to Stuart, and he requested Hyatt, if he procured any additional in formation, to forward the same to him, addressed to Mr. R. Jones, 24, Little Guildford-street, Russell square. About a month afterwards, Barber went to Marlow to make inquiries about Stuart. He asked if Mr. Jones had been there, and stated that they were partners in the same concern. He stated himself to be Clarence Peckham, Esq., 52, Nelson-square; and told Hyatt if he came to town he should be glad to see him to dinner. Hyatt came to town shortly afterwards, and called at Nelson-square, where he saw Barber, who, however, instead of asking him to dinner, seemed most anxious to get rid of him. On the 25th June, Hyatt received a letter from Fletcher, signed in the name of Jones, and dated 24, Little Guildford-street. (The letter was then read.) It stated that the writer desired Hyatt should make further inquiries on the subject of Stead,. on the un derstanding that he should be paid for his trouble. The writer stated, that he wished to ascertain where Stuart had lived before be came to him (Strode), and also what place in Scotland he had come from ; facts which he stated could be ascertained from an old fellow-servant of Stuart's. The letter then con cluded as follows :—" I have been able to ascertain that twelve years since Stuart had a sister residing in America, and if you will take an early opportunity of making these inquiries, 'ou will greatly oblige your obedient servant, G. Jones.' Please to direct to me, Mr. G. Jones, Miss Hawkes, 24, Little Guildford-street, Russell-square). This was the preparation for intro ducing the supposed sister on the scene. It would appear that Miss Hawkes was a personal friend of the female prisoner, who had applied to her to permit certain letters which she expected on business in the month of June, to be addressed to Little Guildford-street. Mrs. Dorey, who was then Miss Richards, at that time kept a stall in the Pantheon for the sale of china, and resided with her mother in Rathbone-place. In June 1840 the stall was given up and they left Rathbone-place, and no account c o u ld b e o bt a i ne d as to their place of residence until the month of November following. In the month of July 1840, Fletcher took lodgings at 1, Southampton-terrace, Camberwell, for an old lady named Elizab e th St uar t, an d t h ere was every reason to believe that the supposed Elizabeth Stuart was the mother of the female prisoner. Mrs. Dorey frequently visited the supposed Elizabeth Stuart, as did Fletcher, his wife, and his daughter. She re mained there three months, during the whole of which time she appeared to be labouring under great anxiety and depression of spirits. In June 1840, a woman between 40 and 50 years of age went to the office of Mr. Pott, a proctor, carrying on business in Godliman-street, Doctor's-commons. She was ac companied by some one else, and stated that she wished to procure letters of administration to the per sonal estate of her brother, John Stuart, deceased. He asked who had recommended her, and she said Mr. Fletcher. Mr. Pott knew a gentleman named Fletcher, hut was unacquainted with the prisoner ; and believing it to be that Mr. Fletcher he took the transaction into his office. Finding that on account of the length of time which had elapsed the registrar was likely to oppose the granting of letters of ad ministration, an affidavit was made by Elizabeth Stuart and Thomas Griffin. The affidavit of Eliza. beth Stuart, of 4, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, he would read. Griffin he might state had been apprehended, and ,would be produced. (The affidavit was then read). It set forth that Elizabeth Stuart had, in 1836, met her with John at the Bank of England, when he informed her that he had in vested certain moneys in the stocks, but he did not state what ; that at his disease Stuart had left a chest in the care of the Vicar of Marlow, to whom applica tion had been made, and who stated that he had never heard anything of any will ; that at the last interview the deceased had told her that he intended to sell his property, and go and join her in America ; that she had gone to America expecting him to follow, but that she had never seen or heard anything from him, although she had written frequently to him, and that on her return to England in May, 1840, she had first received information of her brother's decease from a friend of her aunt, a gentleman named Jones, who had come over from New York with her, and had gone down to Great Marlow to make inquiries, when he learned that he had died in 1827, and had left property to the amount of 700/. The affidavit of Griffin corroborated the account given by Elizabeth Stuart of the last inter view between her brother and herself. On the 28th Aug., 1840, letters of administration were applied for and the application was accompanied by affidavits of the marriage of Robert and Janet Stuart at Callender, in 1756, of the baptism of John, the son of Robert and Janet Stuart, born in 1761, and of Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of Robert and Jane Stuart. The Court would observe the discrepancy between Janet aad Jane, which, as no suspicion was excited at the Prerogative Office, did not attract attention. He should observe that these documents had been en `grossed in Pitt's office; it is to be presumed that they had been prepared by Barber, who had gone to Marlow the month of June preceding, These certificates had been prepared most adroitly. Immediately after this Barber had gone to the Bank, accompanied by a woman apparently about forty years o f age, who, therefore, could not possibly have been the . deceased, supposed, as she must have been, up wards of eighty. Mr. Barber was identified by a gentleman named Hill, and the woman received 7001. back dividends. The stock was then sold out by Mr. Hills who gave a cheque on Sir John Lubbock for the amount, which cheque was immediately changed into gold ; and so quickly had this been done, that when Mr. Hill sent to have a small error cor rected,. almost immediately afterwards, he dis covered that the cheque had been changed for gold. That was the evidence as far he should produce it to-day ; but he had every reason to expect that on a future occasion he should be able to show that Stuart never had a sister, and that there was every reason tQ believe, that Stuart was stating the truth, when he:had said to many of the witnesses that he had not a relative in the world except a brother e an! that he did not know whether he was living orii n lie thought that these discoveries proved , . that rert h o. l Lordship had exercisedercised a judicious discretion .professional a in dvi g s to er fant the request of the prisoners Mr. CH A MBERS doubted the competency of the ro n He thought it was not competent mke r of an or any public .body to open charges .aP d.a a t aorapiete them. If such proc ee di ngs present p y r i o „i ce .i de a in s were allowed, he thought it was high time that the Legislature should interfere. Mr. Barber might be ruined by these proceedings without any charge being pro7el.l again Ft him. He asked the Lord Mayor to Ift °lf For' cur• PO: le e ' th e lon%