The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-03 00:00:00

EV ENING EDITION. eloquent speech from Mr. Miller, in whi c h he had e a oMplained of the presence of th e A t t orne y- Gene nl, but it w as notor i ous t h at many ser i ous outrages ad taken pl ace throughout the country, and it was de %rahle that the law should be discreetly put in force, or if not society n.ust necessarily become disorganized, If ever there was a prosecution which had no features of a Political character it was the present. It was merely in stituted for the preservation of the peace, and the vindi etion of the law. God forbid these men should be con victed if innocent ; but all men--Whig, i Tor Radical, or law had U n i on ists—must concur in his, that where the had been outraged, punishment must follow. He " o ught the ev id ence of Dr. Booth was sufficient to `r,e,Pel the c h arges brought against the Birm i ng h am '' s g i strates. H e cou ld not te ll why hi s L earne d Friend ,narootsthongnt proper t o d es i gnate t h e present a political :cution. There ;lad been serious disturbances, and it ~a a, ,the duty of the Magistrates to take such steps as • " I nn put an end to them. No man was more deeply irpressed than himself with the importance of trial by brou g h t and he rejoiced that the present cases had been for decision before such a tribunal. It had been urged that because there had been large meetings of the Inhabitants of Birmingham in 1832, the present were per eetlY justifiable ; but he would ask whether these meet i',geB were not of a very different character indeed._ the did not then meet night after night and compel th ey irPle in terror to close their sl:ops. But even if were of the same character that would not alter the of °F Engl an d , which remained the same in every point view. wh The police force in the town being found ` d . a llY insufficient, the Mayor a ce nd Magistrates felt it ins necessary t o have a reinforcement of the MF roPolitan Police. He believed a more sober, civil, tderly, well-behaved, active, intelligent body could a nY where he foundnothing could be more avail the ns than the determination of the authorities to avail he Ts Y s e , lve s of their assistance. Was it to be said, that sndhshould call in the military to cut the people down and ave another battle of Peterloo, as it had been called such Nothing could be more unjustifiable than to resort measures unless in the greatest extremity. It was clear t a 41 . the inhabitants, while such alarms existed, could no gar " their business. It was indispensable, for the th _ et Y of their wives, their children, and their property, .„...tatheir houses should be shut and their doors barricaded. ,wutn t further might be expected from such proceedings, t b it that their houses might be forced, fired, and perhaps tow n redu ce d to ashes. I venture to say, without the gu ir e e of contradiction, the Magistrates would have been theitDona der e li ct i on of duty, i f t h ey did not exert a ll i n i ngs e rto suppre ss th ose disgrac e ful and illegal meet- I must . As the re h a d b een a reference ma d e to t h e women , hibi observe that the history of all riots invariably ex ,a_ted women of the most terrible description as having taken provust prominent part in them. In this instance it has been the riots that a w oman was one of t h e f oremost r i ng l ea d ers i n as was and t h e most violent in her language. I w i ll aga i n k n Property safe, was life secure ? Was not liberty in ger from those riots All were bound to resist and "t them was dear t down, as they . were calculated to destroy all that do rns us in this, one of the greatest and largest king reca . 1 n Europe. The Learned Attorney-General here jog recapitulated the evidence against the prisoners, comment ° 41 e n d it as it had reference to each person. He then con and thaby observing th a t i t was a mos t unfortunate cause, the peace of the country depended upon the re - kilt of the trials. e vl . ci T he it Learned J uoo commenced summing up the at h h en ce at half- past four, which h i s L or d s hi p conc l u d e d a lf- past fiv e . H is Lordship dwelt with great minute defs: on th e evidence against each prisoner ; also on their site ation The pains his Lordship took to explain the este em elicited unm erits of xed each app prroisoner bation attracted general he , and i. tur n J ury, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, re ed a verdict of—GUILTY against all the prisoners. C 0 n Junoß diourne d.rected the prisoners to be removed, and the urt t h en adj AIO NIVIOUTHSHIRE ASSIZES. A PROM A CORRESPNDENT. ) true bill ha ( s been found agai O nst Vincent, Townsend , D`-'e, lt enson, and Ed wards, and they are now on their trial ; a tru e and Edwll bi has likewise been found against Frost, Vincent, ards for sediti on and conspiracy. COURT CIRCULAR. Her • Coon m Nthe M esty, attend e d by archioness of Normanby and istted the el Buckley e went yesterday to Kensington Palace, and Princess Sophia. Viscount Alelbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences Yesterday of th e Q ueen. h Royal di nner party at the Palace last evening i n cluded y Ser r ene High ness the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe, the Lilfland Cou n t ess of Clarendon, the Earl of Surrey, Lord E. Anson. Lord G ar d ner, S ir Frederick Stovin, and Mr. George An;on. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Vrineess of Hohenlohe Bartenstein, and the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe and attended by the Hon. Miss Eden, went yester- M;ay to th e Palace at Kew, in an open landau and four. Her Haje s t y and their Serene Highn esses returned to Marlborough ouse at six o'clock. 'I he Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, accompanied by the Baroness Biome, Count Platen, and Count Auguste Platen, honoured the Hay taarket Theatre w ith their presence last evening. Sir J. G u est and Mr. Divett had an interview with Lord " h il Russell yesterday, at the Home Office. The Prussian Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday at the Foreig n Office. The Town Clerk and two Aldermen from Manchester had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday, for Tonbridge The Militaty Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, 3 1 r. Veevers, and Mr. G. Lewis, h a d interviews with Lord °}l / 1 Russell yesterday, at the Home Office. ISTURBANCES IN NEWCASTLE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) O UTRAGE ON THE PEOPLE OF NEWCASTLE. h s po M on da y, the 4 29th, a requisition, numerously signed by li k7 4 eholde rs an d i n h a bit an t s o f thi s town, w as presented to the i;aYor, John Fyfe, Esq., roquesting him to call a public meet /4 oe m g oluo to address Commons, A s, lajesty upon two Bills at present before the one for the augmentation of the Army! 1 4 1 , 1 the o tlwr for the establishment of a Rural Police, the aYor not having given an answer in time, the Requisitionists, L s the law directs, called the meeting at seven o'clock. The ;i7ople having assmbled, Mr. Thomas Hepburn was called to ,nr Chair, who opened the proceedings by calling on the peo ,,'`e there assembled to preserve order, and respect life and v r oPerty. After dwelling with much force on their acting le 5111Y, the Ch a i r man called on Mr. W. Byrne to read the Ad less to her Majesty, who did so with a loud voice— (see Ad ;`ress below). Mr. Byrne then called on the meeting to adopt Loyal Address to her Majesty. Mr. Cook seconded the ddress--it was carried unanimously. Mr. Barkinson moved that it b e confided to the Earl Stanhope, which was carried by acclamation. The Chairman then dissolved the assembled ,'"ousands, impressing on them the importance of going early Alorne, which they did by forming themselves into a procession, the Magistrate's Clerk, came up on horseback, and stood for a n ry moments, and then ga ll ope d o ff at full speed, and brought e police and specials armed with cutlasies and pistols, having Previously drawn up the troops of horse anti company's infantry to the adjoining streets. Backed by these powers, the .Magis testes anti police made a sally on the standards and bearers with out reading the Riot Act, and succeeded in wounding and 'apturing several of them. After committing this act of brutality, t hey called on the police to surround them (the Magistrates), whii then, for the first time, proceeded to read the Riot Act; after Whieh th e m ilit ary were ca ll e d on to c l ear the streets, the Co mmander having before refused to do so till the Riot Act was read. They found no difficulty in doing so, owing to the mildness of their movements in contra-distinction to that of the Police, and the peace a bl e di spose d ness o f t h e peop l e. Long before twelve o'clock the streets were cleared, and nought was t o b e h ear d save t h e aggress i ons of the police upon !i straggler here and there, and in the noise created by search iany ng any public-houses which were known to be frequented by of the Radical party. 1 0 THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY _May IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, , We, the inh a bi tants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its vicinity, kn public meeting assembled, beg leave most respectfully to ap pkach your Majesty and to express our feelings with regard to 1 16 '0 Nlls now before the House of Commons, whither they h ave Iven brought by your Majesty's advisers, one for a great "i'Vrnen,' - ation of the Standing Army, the other for the Es ahlishment of an Armed Police. t We beg respectfully to assure your Majesty that, though ac tltted at all times by feelings of loyalty towards your Majesty's Per son and office, we cannot but view these two measures as a th ar rning, great, and daring inroads upon the Constitution of is se Real ms w hi c h your M a j esty h as sworn to preserve. I t ; 11 3, as your Majesty, past doulit, well knows, a established tir a' , xim of th e English Constitution that a stand n ing army in the of profound peace is a thing abhorrent to it—subversive of `"e libe r ti es o f the subject—and unworthy of a throne which P r ofesses to be founded upon the affections and not the fears of t he People. We further must beg to express to your Majesty .ur stro ng f ee li ngs against the establishment of an armed po i l 'ee, a thilg unknown to our forefathers, and hitherto cherished °5l l by Governments or Sovereigns reigning despotically and 1 11 contempt of the feelings and affections of their people. e beg most earnestly, but most dutifully to assure your 1 1 b'laj est v, that these two measures, if persisted in, so far horn eing e a ,,nulated t o a dd strength or security to your Majesty's t hron e , wi:l, undoubtedly, in your memorialists' opinion, have a directly Coy, trary effect, viewed as they are not only by your memorialist s bss t by the people at large, with suspicion, alarm, and deep indigna,.‘on, as an unwarrantable violation of all the leading, principles v f the English Constitution. , Under these eirctunstan ces and impressions we pray your Majesty not to give )-w.tr assent to these two Bills, assured that by so doing your Majosty will take the most certain way to secur e to your Throne any; Government the affections of a loyal a nd dutiful people. To he entrusted to Earl Sianhope for presentation. MEN OF THE TYNE yoz detest tyranny as you feel f or th e aged and helpless sinki, , g into the grave of famine was you would establish freedom upoi? a lasting foundation—as alYoa would bequeath to unborn posterity that lib erty which can make future ages as happy as the past have been hl serable, avoid all partial, petty, contemptible outbreak. Let she National Strike test the whole nation before you move a step and when you do move let it be with a nation's clamsin your front, and a whole nation s moral p ower in your 4-I 'PREHENSION OF CHARTISTS, AND SEIZURE OF FIRE ARMS. Chartists demagogues, whose (From the North Cheshire Reformer.) Ft am the p rocee di ngs o f t h e Ch . to every properly !rlarnvflatory harangues have, from time to time, been reported i n this JOUrnai it must have been ecnistituted mind that they could evident in ger be allowed with impunity. th,continue ,their nefarious and illegal Frac that by the timely ve this week the satisfaction of recording,ur borough Magis klctlicelson t and prAiseworthv interference of d o decisive blow has ltes, an importAnt,—and it is to be hope , st of several of the , ten !truck at the root of the evil be the arre they (the Ma g i ' - ,ttders, a step by which we are a confident,. . respect, and traders, have for ever secured the good wishes, tie 4,ra titude of a ll the thinking and peaceably disposed portion of ' inh a bi tants of the borough. been F or have Several weeks past meetings of the Chartists borough, from held_. almost every evening in dlfferent parts of ulti wriieh cause, coupled with the frightful reports of their I cla i write intentions, a constant fever of fear, excitement, and '4Ol our has been kept up. F rom the state of uncertainty which has for some weeks ex it\ ed i n the borough, and as we have before observed, from the .1 .xt.l aordinary nature and violence of the Chartist proceedings, kecarne imperatively necessary that some decisive . c . should bet ake ' ' 'Lleret o , n, in order to put an immediate termination 1.,.. To the end of effectually carrying out this object only one al ternative remained, viz., the arrest of their leaders. Accordingly on Tuesday warrants were issued by the Magistrates for the pe remptory arrest of several, and in pursuance of the orders of Mr. Sadler, superintendent of police, the following persons were arrested, all of whom have taken a conspicuous part in the Char tist agitation of this town. The officers proceeded first, about eleven o'clock, to the house of James Mitchell, beerseller, Park-street. Finding the door fast, they were in the act of knocking to obtain admission, when Mitchell came up and inquired what they wanted, when he was immediately seized, and was solicited to allow the offi cers admission into his house, but on his positive refusal, the door was broken open. They went up stairs, and in a room found five fowling-pieces and three muskets, with bayonets at tached ! and in a cellar a brace of pistols, a pike head, and twenty pike-staves, the whole of which were entirely new. A quantity of memorandums, principally of a private nature, though having reference to the Chartist body, were also found. _ James Burton, of Portwood, a smith by trade, but who has for some time acted in the capacity of bellman for the Chartists, was next arrested. In his house was found one fowling piece, three pistols, and one bayonet. Isaac Armitage, sen., Isaac Armitage, jun., and Cornelius Armitage, father and sons, were also arrested. Isaac Armitage, jun., living in a distinct house from his father and younger brother, who, however, reside in Portwood, and are shoemakers by trade. In the house of the elder Armitage was found con waled in a rain water tub, at the back of the house, a dra. goon's sword, and scabbard, which had the appearance of having recently been ground ; and, in a back chamber a considerable quantity of bullets. In the house of the younger Armitage, which had to be entered by force, the officers found on the mantel-piece of the front-room a fowling-piece and a newly ground sword, and in the kitchen a formidable dagger, about a foot in length, and extremely pointed and sharp. George Wareham, of London-place, arrested. Forcible entry was again adopted. In his house were found two dag gers, one about a foot long and the other about half that length. Charles Davies, of Hope Hill, a spinner by trade, but who has for some time been out of employ. In his house was found a pistol and a bullet mould. One bullet, and a number of per cussion caps were found on his person when taken. Various papers and memorandums relative to Chartist proceedings were also found in his house. . _ John Wright, residing in Heaton-lane, a spinner by trade, President of the Working Men's Association, perpetual chair man of their meetings, &c., was also apprehended. Nothing but a quantity of memorandums and a collecting-book were found in his house. It would appear, that in consequence of the violence of their proceedings, the arrest of these men had for some time been premeditated by the authorities, and from a suspicion that it might give rise to a commotion in the borough, it was justly thought advisable to'make some addition to our ordinary military force, and accordingly a messenger was despatched to the bar racks, at Manchester, and a troop of the 6th Dragoons arrived in town at a late hour, and were billeted in town during the night and following day. A strong picquet of the 20th In fantry, now stationed in our barracks, also came to the assis tance of the police, some of whom remained in guard of the Court-house, whilst others assisted in the arrest of the prisoners. Early on the following morning (Wednesday), as soon as the arrests became generally known amongst the working classes, a general excitement and inquiry for information on the subject was manifested, and consequently a great number of idlers were drawn into the streets, and in the vicinity of the Court-house, anxiously awaiting the examination of the pri soners. The numbers increased considerably, as the hour of commencing the Court business drew nigh. Nothing, however, of any moment occurred till about two o'clock, when a general hue and cry was raised that the Chartists, in defiance of the au thorities were at that time holding a meeting at the Stanley Arms, Newbridge-lane. The Magistrates then sitting at the Court-house, immediately on receiving the information, acted with that degree of praiseworthy promptitude and decision which the event so much called for, and resolved on the entire dispersion of the meeting ; for which purpose the troops were immediately ordered out, together with a formidable body of special constables and police officers, the latter being armed with swords. The Riot Act was also read by the Tow n-clerk in Warren-street, a step which appeared to ex cite a good deal of indignation and ridicule on the part of the disaffected. The news of the Magistrates' determination having reached the speakers of the meeting at the Stanley Arms it was thought by them prudent to adjourn it to eight o'clock that evening, the adjournment to take place to Greek-street In the mean time the special constables and police officers, headed by the mayor, magisi rates, and town clerk, had formed, and were proceediag on their way to the scene of the meet ing; but when opposite to the Ardern Arms, they were met by the retiring assemblage, and shouts of "halt" resounded on all sides. The civil force, however, drew up, and the Town clerk again read the Riot Act, after which they were proceed ing on their way, but were assailed with fearful groaning and hooting from a very numerous mob that had collected round them. They immediately faced about and gave chace to their assailants, who were completely routed, and flew in all directions. The scene was one of the most ludicrous that can be conceived, men were immediately seen sprawl ing upon the ground on every side the eye turned, and great was the consternation and dismay amongst the rioters, who but a moment before, had been all valiant and conceited. Some rather severe bruises were inflicted in the skirmish. The constables however arrived at the Stanley Arms without fur ther molestation (a troop of soldiers having speedily come up at full gallop surrounded the house), and they directly began to search the house for any of the Chartist leaders who might be concealed there. In one of the rooms they found David Roberts, of Manchester, Timothy Higgins, of Ashton under-Lyne, the man who was lately discharged on bail, for having arms unlawfully concealed in his house, and the notorious John Nicholls, of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, who, in conse quence of the conspicuous part he took in the riots at that town was compelled to abscond, and a reward of SO/. has since been offered for his apprehension. This man has for some time been going about under the disguised name of Deegan, and when taken a loaded pistol was found concealed about his person. A letter was also found upon him which disclosed his real name and address, it was written by Roberts, and was a general letter of recommendation. Another suspic'ous character was also taken into custody, whose name did not transpire. The police then left the Stanley Arms, bringing with them the fsur prisoners. On passing the house of Mitchell, one of the prisoners above enumerated, for some rea son it was thought necessary to search, and in the front room in which several persons were drinking they found a loaded pistol under the form. An inquiry was instituted by the offi cers amongst the pas ties as to the owner of the pistol, and one man was taken into custody on suspicion of it having been in his possession. The whole were brought to the New Bailey, and underwent an examination, which, resulted in the dis charge of two of them ; Nicholls, Roberts, and Higgins being remanded to the following day. To prevent any congregations of the rioters in any parts of the borough, whereby their designing machinations might be discussed in secresy, it was thought advisable that all public houses and beer-houses should be closed at an early hour, and accordingly, about five o'clock in the afternoon, the following notice, in the form of a large posting-bill, was posted on the walls, and freely circulated throughout the borongh t— " Public-houses and beer-houses.—The Magistrates of the borough of Stockport, acting in and for the said borough, do hereby, in consequence of the disturbed state of this district, pursuant to the powers vested in them on that behalf, order and direct that all inn-keepers and retail beer-sellers in the said borough, do and shall, until further notice, close their houses at the hour of eight in the evening. " Court House, Stockport, July 31, 1839." The streets still continued very much crowded, and frequent skirmishes occurred between the police and the mob. At eight o'clock, the hour at which the factories generally cease work, the crowd about the Court-house and Warren-street became still more dense, and matters began to assume a more serious aspect in consequence. The police were hooted at, various revolting execrations were heaped upon them, and they were often compelled to assail the mob with their staves, who flew in all directions. Tumult and confusion reigned trium phant. All the shops in the neighbourhood were closed, and business was generally suspended. About 9 o'clock the troops were ordered out, and they immediately proceeded to clear the streets, by which means peace and order were again restored ; the lamps were also lighted. At 10 o'clock all was perfectly quiet and the town presented its usual appearance. In speaking of the exertions throughout the whole day of the civil and military forces, and of the measures taken to preserve the peace, it is impossible we can express ourselves too highly of their general conduct. The utmost degree of forbearance and lenity was exercised by all. This morning ( Thursday) all is perfectly quiet, and business is again resumed. The special constables have been out all night, but no fresh disturbances have arisen. A number of windows were broken by the mob last night at Dlr. Brad shaw's factory, St. Petersgate. During the arrest of Roberts and others yesterday, a man, named Chetsworth was also taken into custody, for attempting (after frequent remonstranecs from the police) to incite the mob to further breaches of the peace. It is expected he will be brought up to-day with the other prisoners. More special constables have been sworn in. The licence granted to the landlord of Stanley Arms has been suspended. REFORMER, OFFICE, Half-past Four o'clock, The prisoners have just been brought up, and the examina tion, which in all probability will not terminate until late this evening ( Thursday) is proceeding. The prisoners appear very much dejected. The table of the court literally groans under the weight of fire-arms, and other instruments of destruction, which have been taken from, and appear in evidence against the prisoners. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFF'S CO U RT.-THURSDAY, Auu. 1. NOVEL PROCEEDING.-RATIIBONE V. FOWLER. Mr. Goddard on behalf of the plaintiff said, the present proceeding was under a writ of (legit issued pursuant to a recent Act of Parliament, which enabled creditors to seize upon freehold and copyhold lands. He believed it was the first writ of the kind that had been issued. The defendant's right to certain copyhold property hav ing been proved, The UNDER SHERIFF said that this was not a novel pro- ceeding, as the writ of elegit was a very old writ, but until within the last two years copyhold estates could not be seized under it, and only moieties of freehold property. The Legislature, however, by the recent Act of Parlia ment, thought fit to give creditors the right of taking the whole of freeholds from debtors, and also the power to seize copyholds. The jury would, therefore, find that the defendant was possessed of this property, and the Court above would assign it to the plaintiff until his debt was satisfied,.—The jury found accordingly. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WES TERN CIRCUIT, EXETER, JULY 31. SEDUCTION AND BREACH OF PROMISE. COCKEY V. SMITH. This was an action for a breach of premise of marriage un. der c i rcumstances o f peculiar aggravation. The case excited much int erest , t h e plaintiff being the daughter of a deceased cler gyman, and the young est of several children, the family, for many y ears past, havingresided at Dartmouth,in great respect. She was also a young lady of considerable personal attractions. The defendant is a young " limb of the law," the son of a highly. respectable solicitor of Do votyort. called a s hi s first witness, Charlotte Cockey, sister t io o a the plaintiff. She deposed that Mr. Smith came to rt. Mr: E 111. E, havin g d e t a il e d th e c i r cumstances of the case t mouth in th e spr i ng of 1835 to practise, en and as the agent and st eward for Lord Clint on ; th e f a milies had been pre viously acqua i nted. In July, 1836, he paid his addresses to her si s t er Hannah, when he m a de an engagement with the plaintiff; the intimacy continued, the defendant being received in the family as the accepted suitor of the plain tiff. In the autum n of 1836, he went to Devonport, and on his return said he had told his father of engage ment, on which his father said he knew the family were respectable, but was sorry her sister had no money. He continued his attentions, and commissioned her to purchase some furniture. In Feb. 1 838, he left to go to Ash burton, and said he was to be in his father's office. Be fore this he lived in a cottage two miles out of Ashburton, and kept bounds, engaging much:in the spirts of the field. Defendant left for Devonshire, sayin g he expected he should get into partnership with his father, and then he should be able to marry. At the end of August be came again, and dined with the plaintiff. He did not come to the house afterwards. He was at Ashburton in October, holding a Court for Lord Clinton, but he did not call o❑ her sister. On the 17th of November the plaintiff had a child, such a circumstance being wholly unexpected by every member of the family, —( Here the witness was very much affected, and shed tears profusely.) Her brother , Mr. Soady, brought a letter from the defendant the next day, in which he promised to marry her. She was before in great agony, but on the contents of the let ter being made known to her it soothed her greatly. She is now 31 years of age. William Cockey, brother to the plaintiff, stated that he had remonstrated with the defendant, and on telling him he was a blackguard, he said he was sorry for that, but he repudiated the parentage, and courted the fullest inquiry. The child died about six weeks after the birth. Mr. William Brooking Soady went to D evonport, and sent for Mr. Smith, who came to Elliott's. Defendant there said he would make every amends in his power. " Well, I have no objection. lam ready and willing to marry Miss Cockey." Defendant, after some other obser vations, said he would not shrink from his guilt, and after wards wrote a letter, stating—" I have this evening been put in possession of an event that has this day occurred to Miss Cockey. I beg t• assure you it is my intention to act honourably, and I wish it to be communicated to her that it is my intention, as soon as she is well enough, to make her my wife." Witness said he would rather not take the letter, unless he could be assured of his sincerity. Plaintiff said he had written the letter, as he hoped it would be received in sincerity, and no living creature should turn him from the right or the left. It was after wards agreed that he should marry her in London as soon as she had recovered, and witness left for Ashburton. The next day Mr. Smith wrote witness a letter quite of a dif ferent description. The plaintiff had suffered severely in her health and mind, and was now in town, at his house in a miserable state. Defendant had said he had been drink ing much when he wrote the letter on the night of the 17th of Nosember, but witness never saw a man more collected under such circumstances. Mr. Sergeant Bourns addressed the Jury for the de fendant at considerable length, and said it had been offered to settle the case without bringing it into court, but the plaintiff would not consent to it unless Mr. Smith admitted the parentage, which he solemnly denied ; and he could not, in the discharge of his duty, consent to advise him to state that which be declared to be untrue, for the purpose of lessening the amount of damages. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in summing up, observed that no one could believe the denial of the defendant—it was a pretence, indeed, and a bitter aggravation. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1,0001. There were audible expressions of approval throughout the Court. The trial terminated at 11 o'clock. HOME CIRCUIT—LEWES, JULY 31. Samuel Marchant, aged 36, was indicted for assaulting Edward Baugh, a Lieutenant of the Navy, in her Ma jesty's service, he being at the time duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, and on full pay, in the exe cution of his duty. Lieutenant Edward Baugh stated that he was a Lieu tenant in the Royal Navy, and that lie was at present em ployed in the Coast Guard Service, and on full pay. In the month of March last he received information of a quan tity of tubs of contraband spirits having been seized at a cottage called Edburton, and in consequence of some fur ther information, he proceeded with two of his men to the neighbourhood of the Devil's Dyke, where they searched several barns, but could not discover any more goods. His two men, named Young and Budden, then went into another barn, and immediately afterwards he heard a great scuffle, and the report of a pistol. He di aectly rushed into the barn, where he saw the prisoner and several other men, and Marchant was struggling with his chief boatman. Witness immediately called out that he was an officer, and required the parties in the Queen's name to desist. Young and Budden then tried to secure the prisoner, who made a violent resistance, and said he would see them -- before they should take him. The prisoner was ultimately secured, and in his possession was found a bottle full of spirit of the same description as that which had been seized in the tubs. A sword- stick was also found close to the place where the prisoner had been standing. The prisoner then promised that if his arms were loosened he would go quietly, but when he was re leased, he made a desperate resistance and attempted to get away, and said that if he had fire-arms he would shoot them. He also called the other men cowardly rascals for allowing him to be taken. Witness and his men were all assaulted by the prisoner; they had on at the time the Coast Guard uniform. • After other evidence, Lord DENMAN having summed up, the Jury found the prisoner gnilty of a common assault. The Court said that offences of this description were of a most dangerous character, and must be put a stop to. There was one circumstance in the prisoner's favour, that although he had a most dangerous weapon—a sword stick—at his command, it did not appear that be attempted to make any use of it. If he had done so, his case would have assumed a much more aggravated character. Under all the circumstances, the Court, taking into consideration that he had already been several months in gaol, did adjudge that he be further imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a period of six calendar months. Jeremiah Nicholls, 22, Henry Johnson, 21, and Samuel Hobbs, 21, were indicted for burglarously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Hassall, in the parish of Heathfield, and stealing a large quantity of property. The case was one of a purely circumstantial character. The three prisoners were seen within six miles of the pro secutor's heuse on the night the burglary was effected, and two days afterwards they were seen carrying three large bundles near a stone quarry at Mayfield, and in this quarry the greater part of the stolen property was after wards found concealed. The prisoners declared their entire innocence of the charge, and Nicholls convulsed the Court with laughter by the tact and ingenuity he displayed in cross-examining the witnesses, and by his frequent allusion to "his learned friend" who prosecuted. The prisoners were found Guilty, and Hobbs (who had been before convicted of felony) was transported for life, and the other two prisoners for fifteen years. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1839. AUGUST 1 MURDER.—This morning having been appointed for the trial of James Johnson, charged with the murder of his wife, the Court was filled long before the Judge took his seat. The indictment charged the prisoner with having on the 7th of April, in Nottingham-street, Brighton, with a certain razor inflicted a mortal wound upon the neck of Julia Johnson, of which wound she died. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, stated the particulars of the case, and then called a great number of witnesses, who described the state in which the body was found ; and one witness stated that she heard the deceased say before she was found dead she would make away with herself, if it was not for her soul. The Jury, after half an hour's deliberation in the box, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. TILE " TICKETING SYSTEM."—James Robinson, a shoprnan at Mr. Meeking's, draper, Holborn-hill, attended before Mr. Alderman BROWN, to answer the com plaint of James Leighton, of Talbot-court, for assaulting him. The complainant stated that as he was passing down Holborn-hill, on Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, he observed some silk handkerchiefs in Meeking's window, ticketed " Gentlemen's Silk Bandannas, ls. 6d." He went into the shop and asked for one, and was requested to walk to the other end of the shop, where he would be shown some of the same quality as those in the window. What was shown to him were very inferior, so he returned to the window, and asked for a particular pattern in the pile. He was told that was 4s. 6d., but it was cut off for him. He insisted on his right to have it at the marked price, and laid down his money. He considered the cut ting it off was an act of sale, and he refused to leave the shop without it. There he staid for about two hours, and then the shop being shut up, about 20 young men swarmed round him, and catching hold roughly of him by the arms and legs, they bundled him out into the street upon " all fours." That he might identify and give into custody one of his assailants, ho caught fast hold of one fellow's leg, and his charge against the defendant was, that he com pelled him to relinquish that hold by kneeling heavily on his breast, and pulling his cravat, so as nearly to strangle him. Mr. Alderman BROWN asked if he meant to say all this took place at the shop of Mr. Meeking, on Holborn-hill? Complainant replied he did. Defendant denied the assault. Leighton was not lying in such a position that kneeling on his breast was practi cable, and he denied having nearly throttled him. He only did what was necessary to release his friend's leg. He had asked for a particular piece of goods, a yard of that marked ls. qd., and when it was cut off, refused to pay the price of it. The pile was made up of handkerchiefs, at a variety of prices. Mr. Alderman BROWN asked how many, then, of that pile were marked ? Defendant said only one. They could not put the price to every particular piece, because the prices were so various. Mr. Alderman BROWN said that, as but one price was affixed to the whole pile, the public would conclude that the whole were at that price. This was no t, h e h o ped, the way in which tradesmen in the city of London often did their business. William Govers stated that he assisted in putting the complainant out of the shop after it was shut up, he haviug repeatedly refused to leave. It was his leg the complain ant held so fast. Mr. Alderman BROWN asked the complainant why he held the witness's leg ? Complainant answered that he wished to give the person into custody. Mr. Alderman BROWN said he had some difficulty in holding the defendant to bail, under all the circumstances; but the complainant, if he chose to indict him at the ses sions, on the 14th September, was at liberty to do so. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge, with her accustomed liberality, has caused a handsome contribution to be forwarded to the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution, and has still more essen tially served the interests of that flourishing and usefnl Charity, by giving her name as a Patroness. The Duchess of St. Alban's has also sent a liberal donation with per mission to place her name as a Vice Patroness. THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE BlLL.—Yester day the following requisition to the Lord Mayor was nu merously signed by members of this Court of all parties We, the undersigned members of the Common Countil, respectfully request your Lordship to summon a Court on an early day, for the purpose of considering the propriety of expressing, in a petition to the House o f C ommons , th e anxiety of this Court , that in any pr ov i s i on t h at may b e made by Parliament , respecting the polic e o f Bi rm i ng h am , the House will not sanct ion an y invasion of the ancient and salutary rights of local government, which have been inherited by the people of this cou n t ry f rom t h e ear li est times, as an essential principle of our free constitution." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 2. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. A message from the House of Commons brought up the Highway Rates Amendment Bill, to which they de sired their Lordships' concurrence ; and several other Bills. Lord FALKLAND presented three petitions from places in Scotland, praying their Lordships to take into consideration the present law of patronage in Scotland. Also a petition from Coleraine, and another place, praying that Presbyterian soldiers might be allowed to attend Presbyterian places of worship. Likewise a petition, praying for the immediate adoption of a penny postage. Upon the motion of Lord REDESDALE the Turnpike Tolls' Bill passed through a Committee. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from Lam beth, against the Metropolis Police Bill, which obtruded the police force on the inhabitants of Lambeth. STATE OF IRELAND. Lord BROUGHAM read over the resolutions upon the subject of Ireland that he intended to move on Tuesday next, stating that he should furnish his Noble Friend at the head of the Government, and also the Noble Duke opposite, with a copy of them. ADDRESS. Lord BROUGHAM then desired to call the atten tion of the House to a subject which he considered to be of the most vital importance, he meant the conse quence that was likely to arise from the rejection of the Slave Trade (Portugal) Bill last night.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He felt that if information of that rejection were to go out to Portugal and the Brazils without being accompanied by information of some other step being taken, it would b e con sidered as a sanction from the House of Lords of, and en couragement to the infernal crime of traffic that was now going on there. That being the case he begged to move, that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased, by all means within her Majesty's power, to negotiate with the Governments of foreign nations of Europe as well as in America, for their concurrence in her efforts to put down the traffic in slaves ; and also that her Majesty would be graci ously pleased to give such orders to her cruisers as might be calculated to put a stop to such traffic, parti cularly under the Brazilian:or Portuguese flags; and assur ing her Majesty,' that . their Lordships would support her in any measures she might adopt for this purpose. The Noble and Learned Lord was morally certain that if this House adopted this address, and a similar one were adopted in the other House, the evil might be remedied. The Earl of WICKLOW objected to the address without previous notice. Lord MELBOURNE viewed with the deepest concern the result of the vote of last night. Cer tainly the effect of it ought to be counteracted as speedily as possible, and he was afraid that the present motion would scarcely be sufficient for that—still it ought to be adopted at once ; under ordinary circumstances it would be necessary that notice of it should be given ; but regard being had to the urgency of the present case, the delay of giving notice ought not to submitted to. He considered that the vote of last night had struck a severe blow at the foreign policy of this country, and deeply injured its dignity with foreign powers. Lord COLVILLE supported the address, and thought the circumstances ought to induce the House to dispense with any necessity of a notice. Lord MINTO warmly supported an immediate adoption of the address. The Duke of WELLINGTON considered that the Government ought to have done more in the shape of remonstrance with Portugal upon its own responsibility. No man could be more anxious to have an end put to this traffic than himself, but Parliament ought not to be called upon to legislate in this manner w ithout some previous step having been taken by her Majesty's Ministers He had no objection to the first part of the address but as to the last part of it would be for the Govern ment to act in adopting such measures as they might think proper upon their own responsibility, and then he should be happy to afford all the assistance in his power. He did not think he had been dealt fairly by. The Noble Lord had said he (the Noble Duke) had deserted the Ministers of the Crown. He could only tell that Noble Lord that he would find him sticking to the Ministers of the Crown, and to the Crown after that Noble Lord had left them.—(lmmense cheering.) He would find him performing his duty to the best of his conscience upon all occasions, but he was not to be put upon, and by a motion framed in this way, told that though he rejected the Bill last night upon the prin ciple he then stated, he should have this address forced upon him, which would, in point of fact, be the same as having passed that Bill.—(Loud cheers.) He was ready to support any measures which the Ministers of the Crown might think proper to adopt for the pur pose of putting down the slave trade, and enforcing the treaties with other Powers, but he should not do one thing one night andcome down and undo it the next. Lord BROUGHAM'S perfect conviction was, that the plain and intelligible meaning of the words of the address were sufficient to protect the Noble Duke in agreeing to it, from acting, or being supposed to act, inconsistently with what he had done last night. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE considered that it would be one of the heaviest misfortunes that could befal the whole of Europe if information of what took place last night was to go out to Portugal unexplained. issuew i tft t t u h g e a N b o u b t l e to p u g k o e t u o p o w n 'ar th s a r t i . th —( Hear, hear.) There wer e now no means o f d ea li ng with Hear, hear, from th e D u k e o f W e lli ngton.) He would take All means of negotiation with her were at an end, and we ought not to go to war with that old ally without • having passed the Bill that was rejected last night, because if that had been passed a remonstrance \night then have been sent out to her, accompanied by - the acts which that Bill would have authorised, and then she would have had one more chance of accedin g to the wishes of England, when the absolute necessity of it was pointed out to her. The Duke of WELLINGTON begged to say that he took the distinction between een going to war upon an Act of Parliament, and going to war upon the responsi bility of the Ministers of the Crown. The former he did not approve of. He tleought the Crown ought to be responsible for any measu re of likely to produce it, and therefore it was he adopted the course he did last night in op posing the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM warned their Lordships against any delay—for even if on Tuesday next the ad dress was carried unanimously the result would be, if a single packet was allowed it o go to Portugal before it was carried, that slave ships would be fitted out for the purpose of carrying on that inhuman traffic. The Earl of HADDINGTON said it was impos sible, after the course the debate had taken, and the hints that had been thrown out with respect to the conduct of the House last night, in rejecting the Bill, for him to refrain from vim lieating the vote he had then given. The Noble and, Learned Lord opposite (Brougham), for the purpose of preventing the evil that he was afraid would result from the rejection of the measure, had come down to that House with an ad dress to which the Noble Vise ount acceded, and if he had stopped there all would have b een well, but he had chosen to lecturet neir Lordships, in no very measured terms, as to the evil that would rest dt from the course they had chosen to adopt last niett, and in that course he had been followed by the Noble Earl at the head of the Admiralty and the * Noble Viscount the President of the Council. Those Noble Losrds had thrown out hints that Noble Lords on that slide of the House had a de sire, in the course they had ;adopted, to keep up the slave trade traffic. No one lo oked upon that traffic with more horror than he did. 19e agreed with the Noble Duke that the Crown ought Jo act in this matter and not Parliament. By the pros ent Bill a war was to be declared by Act of Parliameu t, because by it those sti pulations were provided which it was impossible for Portugal to perform. He he.d resisted the measure be lieving it to be unconstitutiona l i, and notwithstanding all he had heard he still believed it- to be so. The Earl of MINTO was ;tt a loss to know what was meant in describing this Bill as unconstitutional, and one that was intended to make a declaration of war. It was no such thing. All that was intended to be provided for by it, was to give to her Majesty the power to act in this subject as she thought proper, which, as the case at present stood, she could not do. Lord WHARNCLIFFE felt perfectly satisfied the vote he had given last nig lit was a just one. He could not agree with the No ,le Viscount, that if the resolution were agreed to, they ?Must adopt some measure similar to that which they had thrown out last night. The Earl of RIPON thought that the country had a right to call upon Portugal I;o carry out the treaties into which she had entered, and that being the object of the resolution, it should have his support. After a few observations fro,ea the Earl of WICK LOW, the address was agreed to. CRIME IN IRELAND. The Marquis of NORMANDY wished to know whether the Noble and Learnt d Lord had changed his intention with reference to the isesolution s he had placed on the table of the House the Other night. He wished also to know whether he had not altered some of the re solutions, particularly that with respect to the exercise of the prerogative of mercy. He should be perfectly prepared to defend the course lie had adopted in that respect, but he thought it rya s rather too much to call upon him to read over in three days evidence which it required their Lordships three months in Committee to take. Lord BROUGHAM said that none of the resolu tions had been altered, but ones had been taken out. Lord WHARNCLIFFE put it to his Noble and Learned Friend whether it would not be better to put off his motion to Friday in order fhat Noble Lords might make themselves acquainted more particularly with the evidence. He thought that it would take Noble Lords a fortnight at least to get through the evidence. Lord BROUGHAM said that the evidence had already been before the House a fortnight. If he was to postpone his motion from Tuesday to Friday it would have this foolish effect, namely, that of alto wing the debate on Rib bonism to take precedence.—( Hear, hear.) After a few observations from the Duke of Wellington, Lord Hatherton, and the Earl of Wicklow, Lord BROUGHAM stated that he was resolved to proceed with his motion on Tuesday. UNLAWFUL OATHS. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, The Committee on the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday. WARWICKSHIRE MAGISTRACY: The Earl of WARWICK wished to say a few words relative to the reports that had been put forth with respect to hirn relative to the appointment of Magistrates in the county of Warwick. In consequence of the course he had thought proper to pursue a short ti me ba c k i n their Lord ships' House relative to the Magistrates o f Bi rm i ng h am , a letter had been sent abroad, in the form of a circular, which contained the most false staements. In that letter it was asserted that he had been influenced i n t h e ap pointment of Magistrates by political considerations and party purposes.--( Hear, hear.) He denied that he had ever had any such object in view, and he could assure their Lordships that in every appointment he had made the good of the country, and not hi s own in terests, were at heart. In the letter it had been stated that during the time he had been Lord Lieutenant he had placed upwards of 60 clergymen in the Commission o f the Peace. Now what was the fact? Why, that during the silventeen years be had been Lord Lieutenant he had placed only twelve clergymen in the Commission of the Peace. Notwithstanding all the statements that had been put forth he adhered to what had been stated to their Lordships the other night, and now reiterated it. REGISTER OF BIRTHS. - - Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of this Bill. The Bishop of LONDON objected to this Bill. He thought that'a measure of such importance ought not to have been introduced at so late a period. Upon its going into Committee it was his intention to claim the same consideration for himself that had been given to all dissenting bodies. Lord LYNDHURST thought it was very inconvenient that this Bill should be brought forward at so late a period of the Session. The Bishop of LONDON said this was one of the last Bills that ought to have been submitted in the first instrmce to the other House of Parliament. It would be much better that the Bill should be withdrawn, and then brought forward at an early period of the next Session, so that it and others of a similar nature might be referred to a Select Committee of their Lordships' House. Lord LYNDHURST quite agreed in this, and wished to know whether the Noble Viscount would have any ob jection to it. Lord MELBOURNE said the necessity of a charge of the custody seas admitted, and be did not see any sufficient reason for dela) ing the measure longer. Lord LYNDHURST said it appeared from the state ment of the Noble Lord that the Report of the Comissioners was laid on the table of that and the other House last Session, therefore there had been plenty of time long befoie this to have turned attention to it. Instead of that having been done the Bill had only been sent up about three weeks ago, and it was a Bill of so much importance that be thought it ought to be thrown out this Session, in order that it might be brought in next, at a period which would afford ample time for giving it due conside ration. He therefore moved as an amendment that this Bill be read a second time this day three months. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided— For the amendment 69 Against it 3B Bill lost by —3l JURORS AND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. Upon our re-admission, we found Lord DUNCANNON moving the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Jurors and Juries (Ireland) Bill, and which he hoped the House would have no ob jection to. Lord ELLENBOROUGH did not consider that this Bill would remove the evils it was intended to remedy. By an imperfection in a Bill that had been brought in by a Noble Lord opposite, this Bill had been rendered neces. sary from what had taken place in Tipperary. Lord HATHERTON defended himself in a few words, although he admitted it was in consequence of an unfor tunate word in the Jury Act, that it happened there were not Juries to be empanelled at Tipperary. Still he had never been more surprised than he had been to find that the Magistrates had not done their duty in revising the Jury lists and having Juries. The Earl of \VIOKLOW did not mean to give the Bill any opposition. At the same time he did not think it would be an efficient Bill, nor did h e t hi n k t h e Magistrates of Tipperary had been to blame. Lord GLENGALL did not think the Magistrates ought to be blamed. The Bill was then read a second time. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MELBOURNE moved the Order of the Day, that the Report with amendments of of the Municipal Cor porations ( Ireland) Bill be received. The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed an amend meat that had been moved. As the Bill stood there would, in the opinion of the Noble and Learned Lord, be a con tinual manufactory of honorary freemen, which his amend ment proposed to remedy. Also as to the corporations ; es Schedule B stood, any person would have a right to vote without being freemen, as if this Act had not passed. His amendment proposed to remedy this state of things also by leaving the pretensions of those who claimed to vote to be tried upon their legal rights. The effect of his amendment would be to restore the Bill to the way in which it was before the amendment of which he complained was introduced. Lord L YNDHURST said that this amendment had been introduced after the best consideration by those who had brought it forward. The amendment was in the Bill last Session, and no objection had then been made to it either by this or the other House of Parliament. The principle of the elau - se inserted by way of amendment was this, their Lordships had interfered with and taken away corporate rights, but that the individuals who, if no alteration had taken place, now and hereafter would have been entitled to vote for Members of Parliament, which was a different right altogether, should continue to ex ercise that right just as if their corporate rights had not been taken away. The Earl of WICKLOW felt himself in a difficulty. There seemed to be a complete difference between the two Noble and Learned Lords who bad spoken upon the facts. He wished to be consistent, and if the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack could not show him that his Noble and Learned Friend was wrong in his facts, be must vote with the latter. The LORD CHANCELLOR explained. The real object of his amettlment was to exclude the descendants of honorary freemen. Lord fANDHURST complained that the proposal from his Learned and Noble Friend on the Woolsack was not to be limited as he had stated, because his amendment went to exclude the descendants of all freemen whatever. The LORD CHANCELLOR said if his Noble and Learned Friend's object simply was to preserve the rights of the parties, his object would be answered by allowing the Bill to remain as it originally was, and then leaving the law to decide the rights of the parties upon a man damus. The Marquis of WE STME ATH objected to the alte ration proposed by the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, and entreated their Lordships not to listen to this fourth attempt at Whig Parliamentary Reform of Ireland. Lord EL L ENBOROUG H said he and his Noble Friends wished to retain to the poor persons whom this clause was intended to protect, the right they had alwa3s had of voting for Members of Parliament, whereas the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack wished to take away the rights of those persons. That was the effect of the amendment he now proposed, and he would put it to the House which party was entitled to be called the more Liberal party now.—( Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Noble Lords opposite only wished to extend this right to a cer tain class of poor persons. The Gallery was cleared for a division upon the clause as it stood— Contents Non-contents Majority —27 When we obtained re-admission we found Lord MELBOURNE stating that in consequence of the vote their Lordships had come to he should follow the same course he had taken on former occasions, that of send ing this Bill back to the House of Commons, but certainly without the most remote hope of the Bill's passing now this Session. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was extremely surprised to hear this statement, because he was thoroughly satisfied that without the amendment the House had adopted, justice never could be done to the Corporations of Ireland. Lord MELBOURNE was of a different opinion, re gard being had to the peculiar state of Ireland. Lord FITZGERALD and VESEY thought that all that had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite went to show the propriety of the amendment, which the [louse had re- solved upon retaining. Several clauses were then proposed as amendments by Noble Lords on the opposite benches, which were not con tested. Lord LYNDHURST would submit to the Noble Viscount that if it was not the intention of Government to proceed with the Bill the better course would be to with draw it at once. Lora MELBOURNE said no, he should not do that. Lord LYNDHURST did not think that sending the Bill down to the other House merely for the purpose of having a controversy between the two Houses upon it was the course that her Majesty's Ministers ought to adopt. The Report was then received with amendments, and Lord MELBOURNE gave notice that he should (as we understood) move the third reading on Monday next. LOWER CANADA AMENDMENT BILL. The Marquis of NO RM ANBY moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Lower Canada Amend ment Bill. The Noble Marquis had prepared a clause defining the purposes to which the funds from loans should not be applied, and which he was willing to add, if the House wished it, although he thought it was not necessary. The introduction of the clause was not asked for, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. The Prisoners Trial Bill passed through a Committee. Upon the motion of Lord L YNDfi UR ST, the Cus tody of Infants Bill was read a third time, with soma verbal amendments, and passed. The Prisoners' Trial Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. The Double and Treble Costs Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, and was ordered to be committed. ---7 The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned, at Half-past Ten o'Clock, to Monday. HO USE OF COMMONS, Auatur 2. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Captain HAMILTON was introduced by Lord Nor reys, and Sir Thomas Freemantle, and took the oaths and his seat for Aylesbury. The Halifax Small Debts Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from the manufacturers of soap in Hull against certain parts of the Soap Duties Bill, and praying that time might be given to them to state their case to the House. Lord DAL MENYpresented a petition from Queen's ferry in favour of a uniform rate of postage. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from the Clergy and Members of the College of Justice of Edinburgh, praying that education might be entrusted to members of the Established Church alone. Lord GRIMSTONE presented a petition against national education. Mr. DILLON BROWNE presented a petition from the county of Mayo against the present plan of education in Ireland. Sir S. LUS H I NG TON presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of London and its vicinity, against the Bill now before the House, for affording dealers in spirits additional facilities for retailing. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Yeovil, in Somersetshire, against the Poor-law Amendment Act, and against any plan for the esta blishment of a Rural Police. Also a petition from three of the Guardians and Governors of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, stating that they had visited the Union Workhouse, and had found that forty aged females were confined in a low room which was situated over the sewer, and that they were obliged to work for eleven hours a day at picking wool, and that they were not allowed any beer, and were maintained for 4d. a day, and praying the House to introduce a legislative measure to prevent this cruelty. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the same place, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying the House to provide increased Church accommodation throughout the country. Sir R. INGLIS gave notice that early next Session ho should call the attention of the House to the subject of Religious Education. COURT OF ADMIRALTY. Mr. HUME gave notice that, on the Report upon this Bill, he should take the sense of the House on the two questions which he had tried last night ; both respecting the 4,0001., and the Judge not sitting in that House. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE the Lords Amendments to the Scotch Sequestration Act were agreed to. __ __ CANADA. Mr. HUME inquired if it were true that 80 or 90 political offenders in Upper Canada had recently been sentenced to transportation to New South Wales. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he could not, with due respect to what he owed to the interests ofthe public serice, give a distinct reply to that ques tion, without prefacing his answer by a short statement, and reminding the House of the position in which Sir J. Colborne had been placed. In November last, when Sir J. Colborne had arrived at Montreal, he found the whole town in such a state, that information was received that there were 3,000 men ready to rise on a certain day, being bound by secret oaths. The surrounding districts were in a state of rebellion ; murder and outrage were prevalent every where.—(Hear, hear.) The loyal subjects of the British Crown were flocking into the town from all quarters in a state of panic ; so that it was requisite that he shitiuld instantly adopt rigorous mea sures for restoring the authority of Government. Con sequently, numerous arrests took place. In Montreal alone 800 persons had been confined.—(Hear, hear.) The next question was, bow these persons should be dealt with. The object of Sir J. Colborne was, to shed as little human blood as possible, consistently with the preservation of peace in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) He issued a commission composed of four bar risters, to make a previous examination into the charges, to see if any circumstances could justify their liberation. The result was, that the greater number were immediately liberated—(Hear, hear)—the rest were tried by Court-martial, and about 100 of them were capitally convicted of high treason, but only twelve underwent the extreme sentence of the law, and of these only six were charged with political offences merely ; the other six were guilty of murder also. The question then became, what measure of punishment should be allotted to the remainder. This was the course pursued, and he believed the con duct of Sir John Colborne in this transaction was not more distinguished by justice than sagacity and firmness. It was his intention to lay on the table of the House all the despatches he had received from that Gallant Officer, because he was satisfied the reading of these dispatches would make the same impression on the minds of Hon. Members that it had done upon the Government ; this conduct had been approved of and supported by the Government, because they felt convinced that Sir J. Colborne had done his duty properly. Mr. HUME said the opinion that had just been ex pressed was contrary to that entertained by nine-tenths of the inhabitants of Lower Canada, who were of opi nion that his conduct had been cruel in the extreme. He wished to know whether it was true that Mr. Viger, a distinguished member of the House of As sembly, and upwards of sixty years of age, had been kept a prisoner upwards of a year. Mr. LABOUCHERE was sorry that so distin guished an individual should have suffered so long an imprisonment, but he believed, under the circumstances, Sir J. Colborne had no other course to pursue. Mr. Vigor had been arrested upon suspicion, but he was repeatedly offered to be allowed to leave the prison pro vided he would give security for his good behaviour. He (Mr. L.) felt bound to say that Sir J. Colborne could not, consistently with his public duty, have fol lowed any other course. Sir R. PEEL hoped that the House would not be allowed to rise without the Government proposing to give the thanks of the House to Sir J. Colborne, for the manner in which he consented to accept the go vernment of Canada, for the energy be had displayed, and especially for the manner in which be bad dis charged the duties of Civil Government. Mr. LEADER begged to say one word with re spect to the case of Mr. Vigor ; he bad been impri soned for one twelve months, and he was then offered his liberty on condition that he gave security for his good behaviour for twelve months. He declined, and demanded his trial, which was refused, he conceiving himself to be innocent. He begged to ask the Hon. Under-Secretary one question. Did he not think that the promise of pardon contained in the pro clamation of Lord Durham had been broken by the transportation of these men to New South Wales. It was at once unjust and harsh that they should be transported to New South Wales at once with out being sent to this country where they might have appealed to the Superior Courts, and have proba bly obtained their discharge, as others had done. Mr. LABOUCHERE—The answer to that clues _ tion was, that these troubles began in Lower Canada, and that the offences of these parties were committed before the proclamation of Lord Durham. Mr. WALLACE begged to ask the Honourable Gentleman whether there yet had ever been any settlement of the mercantile matters at Pera. Had any compensation yet been made for the destruction of British property ? A report was abroad that the subjects of other nations had received compensation. Lord PALMERSTON believed that these reports were unfounded. In November last he had sent in structions to our Charge d'Affaires, to which he had not received any reply. He had recently instructed the Charge d'Affaires to press for a definite answer, and hoped soon to receive a satisfactory one. TRADE WITH CHINA. Sir R. PEEL begged to ask the Noble Lord whe ther he had yet received any official intelligence of recent circumstances which it was reported had taken place at Canton. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government were as yet without any official intelligence from Canton. Despatches had come by privato ships, but the Govern ment knew nothing more than others did. At the same time it was right to say that some time ago the Govern ment received notice that the Chinese Government were determined to take steps to put an end to the opium trade —that they had executed a Chinese porter, who was seen carrying a chest of that drug, so that it was pro bable there might be truth in the reports. AMERICAN BOUNDARY. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Would the Noble Lord inform the House how the question stood with respect to the disputed boundary question, he meant generally. He understood a Commission had been appointed for a survey of the disputed territory—bad the American Government appointed any corresponding Commission ? Lord PALMERSTON said the American Go vernment had proposed a Commission to survey the whole of the disputed territory, to which her Majesty's Government had consented, with some modifications, which that Government had also agreed to. The Government thought the Commission could not act with satisfaction without a previous con vention between the two countries, and accordingly, in spring, he had sent a draught of a c onvention to our Minister at 'Washington, for the purpose of its being laid before the American Government. It was laid before them, but as y et they bad returned no answer, they being under the necessity of consulting the State of Maine upon the question. Her Majesty's Government thought that in that state of things it would be extremely desirable to take ad vantage of the present summer for the purpose of acquiring more correct information as to the nature of the country in dispute, than they had yet possessed ; and, therefore, they bad sent out two persons acting entirely under the orders of, and responsible to the British Government, solely for the purpose of procuring topographical information for the use of the Go greater vernmen length of Government, thinking t h a t if the matter should lead to any negociation, it would be of essential importance that they should have a Correct knowledge of the country in dispute. WAR IN THE EAST. Sir R. PEEL inquired whether the Noble Lord thought it probable that any communication would be made to Parliament by the Government explanatory of EVENING EDITIO 247 _1 the stat e o f a ff a i rs i n th e E ast ? H e thought w most important that Parliament should not self without information on the subject. Lord PALMERSTON was quite aware otAtit great importance of the matter to which the 11.4 Hon. Baronet had alluded, and it certainly was very natural that Parliament should wish to be put in pos session of any information that could be properly com municated. At the same time he was afraid that in the present state of those affairs it would not be in the power of the Government, consistently with that practice, the expedien c y of which was felt by all, to make any communication, because this was not a matter in which the English Government were alone concerned. It was a matter which affected the interests of all Europe, and thefive great Powers of Europe, feeling that it deeply interested them, had entered into communications with each other. Of course those communications being pending it would be improper to communicate details until some result was arrived at. At the same time he had the satisfaction of assuring the House that as far as those communications which had taken place be tween her Majesty's Government and the Govern ments of France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia had gone, there was no difference of opinion whatever, but all were animated by the same desire to maintain n p o e n a l c d e , o a n nd all l y b weree maintained a that the p as regarded regar de d those eace of affairsE u r Europe upholding the independence and integrity of the Turkish empire. Mr. reports he had any HUMSobjection wished to a t o lay on skthe tbe Noble table the Lord of affairs of the East. Dr. Bowring, relative to the commercial and financial Lord PALMERSTON had wished he had time to read the reports, and they were still in manuscript. He believed they were full of much useful information, and he had no doubt they would be laid before the House. NEW SOUTH WALES BILL. Mr. WARD wished to ask the Noble Lord whether any time was fixed for the third reading of the New South Wales Bill, as he believed considerable- discus sion would arise upon it. Lord J. RUSSELL had intended it should be taken the first thing on Monday, but after the intima tion of the Hon. Member that considerable discussion would take place upon it, he must reconsider it.— (Laughter.) INCREASE OF TROOPS.-COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in rising to move the Order of the Day fcr the Committee of Supply, said he thought that was an opportunity on which he ought to avail himself for the purpose of stating the general reasons which had induced her Majesty's Government, at this late period of the Session, to pro pose an increase in the military force. In so doing, he should speak very generally and shortly of the state of our foreign possessions, so far as they required military force to protect them, and then proceed to a statement relating to that part of the Government with which he was more immediately connected, viz. the internal affairs of the country. With respect to our foreign possessions, the Right Honourable Gentleman had just alluded to a question of very great importance, viz., the state of affairs in the East. Upon that it was not necessary that he should say more than that a question, involving the interests of all the powers of Europe, and upon which they must all be called upon to deliberate, was one which, so long as it continued, and until it was settled satisfactorily, must na turally cause anxiety and create an unwillirgness to diminish the forces of the country. But there were two parts of our possessions with respect to which military force had been required of late years. In India a war had taken place threatening at first an alliance against the British power in India, of Chiefs formidable from their military means—formi dable from their connection with Persia—formidable from a supposed and implied protection from one of the powers of Europe. That latter danger however had been dispelled by that Power disclaiming all parti cipation in the alliance ; but what had been already done required that the Government of India should take some steps of energy and decision, in order to free our colonies from the danger that was threatened. He did not wish to enter into the policy that was pursued any further than as it re garded the immediate question before the House, viz.,the military force which had been employed in the operations. The Governor-General of India had thought it neces sary to retain in India those forces which, in the ordi nary course of relief, would, two months ago, have arrived in this country. With respect to a more dis tant quarter of the globe, the West, every one knew the events which had taken place in Canada, and the necessity which existed, although there was no imme diate insurrection in that province, that after the events which had taken place in the commence ment of the winter before last, and of the last winter, it would be the height of imprudence to di minish by a single company the troops which had been sent to that quarter of the world in order to defend British authority and British interests. He had stated these matters in order to show how impossible it was to withdraw from distant possessions the forces which were now required to maintain those possessions, and still more to show that it was necessary to main tain a considerable force at home, in order that we might be prepared with an army which was able to furnish those supplies which might be required, when we had to engage enemies in such distant quarters of the world, and when our army was so inconsiderable in numbers compared with those kept up by great military powers. Another consequence of the reinforce ments required in our distant possessions was to weaken the efficiency of our forces at home. A certain num ber of men were kept in the service companies and at home in our depot companies. It was necessary for the efficiency of these companies that they should not be reduced below a certain amount of men. Many of these depot companies consisted only of 139 men, and others of 120, but, in order to be efficient, these com panies ought not to consist of less than 200 ; but there was another reason connected with the present inter nal state of the country, which required frequent detachments to be made, and prevented that regular dis cipline in order to make these companies efficient. It was necessary, therefore, that he should now mention the present state of the country, because the Honourable Member for Kilkenny had given notice of a resolution which would entirely deny the necessity of the increase of our military force, pointing out the course which the Hon. Member affirmed was the best cal culated to preserve the public peace, and make it unnecess sary to add to the military force of the country. There had been for a considerable time an attempt made with great perseverance, with great industry, and at no in considerable cost, to excite disaffection to the laws of the country. That attempt had taken very different shapes. In the first instance, it assumed a form en tirely different from that which at present existed. Every one was aware of the agitation which had lately existed with respect to what had been called the People's Charter, with respect to a change in the representation, and various matters affecting the political form of our Constitution. But the first attempts were made to excite the people against the Poor-law Amend ment Act.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now it was competent, with respect to the force of our representa tion, or any political question, to promulgate opinions contrary to those which had been adopted by the legis lature, and seek a change in the laws, but a very dif ferent course was taken by many parties. They said they were so injured by that law—that it was so contrary to the Constitution and to the abstract prin ciples of justice—that it was not, as an ordinary law entitled to obedience, and that wherever it was proposed to be carried into effect the pe07, 1 ,e were entitled to resist it. That doctrine 'with respect to any law was against all subordination and obedience. One person in particular (afterwards combined with others) openly pursued and avowed this course—Mr. Oastler, who, although he did not connect himself with the supporters of Universal Suffrage, and chose from caprice to call himself a Tory, was connected with various grades and societies of the working classes, and told them that they were entitled to resist the new Poor-law, and to have arms for their defence against those who attempted to enforce this law. This fell in with various other persons who had addressed themselves to the people as to the employment of fac tory labour, and the social condition of the country ; among others, a certain Mr. Stephens, who term e d himself a Dissenting Minister, and in a chapel held misguided forth those doctrines which he wished the people to is follow—without alluding to those discourses for which the Gospel, told the be was now under prosecution, to show the length to followers,— thisantdted duringp t e te d a t c o h te l h e r e a d of h continuance of the New Poor-law, and various other • laws, which he called oppressive, —the Divine commandments, " Thou people whic h p h r e e t t i shalt not kill," --and " Thou shalt not steal,"—.. were suspended, and of no force.—(Hear.) As n.ight naturally be expected, these doctrines had a most per nicious eff ec t i n encouraging the people, in vast num bers, to combine, for certain political doctrines, as that of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and other measures considered by them to be necessary for the welfare of the State. For these doctrines they had already been sufficiently prepared. They were first told, with regard to the Poor-law question, that whether they were industrious or idle—whether the country were prosperous or distressed—they were each of them entitled to receive from the State a full main tenance and support, and that the State were bound, under all circumstances, to 'provide for them.—(Hear.) and in the next place these were accompanied by certain political doctrines, teaching them that every manha d an equal right to vote in the choice of Representatives, and that by the Representatives so chosen, the country should be governed, in order that every person might have an equal share in the Representation. Meetings h a d been held for the purpose of the propagation of these doctrines meetings calculated to creatcoon the minds of the peaceable and we ll disposed feeli ngs of alarm —he torch -light meetings which had be en h e ld alluded to the tore at the commencement of the present year —meetings which were held at night by persons carrying torches in procession under circumstances of terror calculated P j. i rnt 4 14 4 : 4 1 ': 4 i st 4 ' - a 14- 0 . a;