The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

THE 81.1 N, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31 1844. RUSSIANS AND CIRCASSIANS. I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TABRIZ SEPT. 22.—Letters from Tiflis of the 12th FROM THE EVENI NG PAPERS OF YESTERDAY . of September, written by Armenian merchants esta- 1 GLOBE.—The English, as contrasted with the Wished in Georgia, and communicated to Mr. Bon- French press, and the pet qualities with John Bull, ham, British Consul-General at Tabriz, announce f or a " l ea di ng journal,' have been humorously de that the campaign of the Russians against the moms- scribed (as our readers may have seen in our columns) taineers of Daghestan is terminated for this year. by a weekly Contemporary. They correspond to The Commander in Chief, M. Neidhar has re- ' partly weak and partly strong points of the English turned to Tiflis, to enjoy some repose after the , mind, and may be pretty well comprised under the , extreme fatigue of his last expedition. The follow- two heads of the Sea-saw and the Fault-find. ing, in a few words, is the result of the summer cam- ; Nothing can tend more to suicide in this immi paign of 1844 :—The Russian reinforcement which ' nent month of November, than the contemplation arrived during the last w i n ter in the Caucasus ' —not of "London's column"—for that the civium from Southern Russia amounted to 30,000 men, l largitas has now rendered anti-suicidal—but of Lon commanded by General Luders. Another Russian ; don's columns. As we run our eyes down them, division, consisting of 20,000 men, was dispatched ' what do we see, but now a violent attack upon a party from the Trans-Caucasian provinces to attack the left of country gentlemen, met for the innocent purpose flank of the insurgents on the rivers Sindaa and of eating and drinking and improving the condition Koisu. Before those troops had arrived at their l of the poor—now "dreadful doings" in a union destination, Schamyl quitted the district of Amden in workhouse, and then an elaborate exposure of prison the mountains of Daghestan, his usual place of re- discipline, lunatic asylums, and the Dean and Chapter fuge, and with 20,000 men attacked the fortress of of St. Paul's. A little lower down we have a letter Chunsak. The Russian garrison of this fortress being from a poor old woman who has been run over by an in want of provisions made several sorties, and on the iron hoop—or a gentleman complains that his peace third attempt to procure supplies, the mountaineers of mind is disturbed by . the matutinal beating of entered the fortress pell-mell with the Russians, mats at house doors—or some unfortunate person has and Chunsak was captured. The strong fortress strayed into Mr. Close's church at Cheltenham, and of Temir-Chantchusa met the same fate. The seen that gentleman turning in his devotions towards garrison, being enfeebled by disease and hunger, all quarters of the compass but the East, when straight and not being able to resist the assault of the ways he rushes to pen and ink, and unbosoms his sor- Circassians, surrendered at discretion to Scha- rows to the Times, knowing full well the condolement myl. The latter removed the cannon and military he will meet with in that quarter. There never was a stores which he found in those fortresses, destroyed paper which had so many unhappy correspondents as the fortifications, and retired into the mountains. His that journal. All its " old subscribers" and " constant lieutenants, Iladji-Murat and fiadji-Mollah, attacked readers" are the most melancholy race of beings in with a strong body of Lesghians the towns of Tarki existence, fit only for the company of Mr. Croaker, and of Dechent, on the borders of the Caspian Sea. in the Goodnatured Man. If we are to believe them Tarki was captured, plundered, and burnt. Dechent all, society would, indeed, be in an awful state. The resisted. A few days after these events occurred in least crimes that we have to reproach ourselves with Daghestan numerous Russian reinforcements arrived, appear to be irreligion, avarice, cruelty, oppression, commanded by Generals Gurko and Freitag. They injustice ; and how Heaven has spared us so long,. and were followed by 30,000 men under the orders of still continues to spare us, is really a matter of won- General Neidhart, Commander-in-Chief. The Russians der. We certainly must be in a very deplorable entered the mountains of the province of Tschets- condition ; but there is one pleasing reflection left to chaia, where Schamyl had withdrawn with all the console us, and that is, that if the world is " out of plunder he had procured at Chunsak and Temir- joint" (as it would undoubtedly seem to be), there Chantchusa. Some sanguinary battles were fought is one at last born to " set it right." We presume it with serious loss to both parties. Several of the is because the Herald (as Punch lately affirmed) is mountain villages were burnt, and much cultivated not a newspaper, that it no longer follows, even at land laid waste by the Russians, hut they obtained no humble distance, this Flagellant procession. In cons material advantage during the campaign. Schamyl sequence, we suppose, of having ceased to have any still remains master of the mountains, where he thing to do with journalism, how cheerful and con had concentrated his partisans. Whilst these tented the Standard and Herald are, and have been battles were being fought in the Tschets- for some years past! Everything with them is chaia, a Lesghian chief, named the Sultan couleur de rose since the Tories have been in. We Daniel, entered Kachetia and captured the town have, as they assure us, the best of all possible Minis of Cheki, which is the principal market of the tries, the wisest magistrates, the most enlightened country for silks and wines. The town was pillaged, country gentlemen, the most exemplary Bishops and about 100 Russian soldiers massacred. The —in short, everything to please us, and nothing to Lesghians advanced to within twenty-two leagues of complain of, if it be not a plethory of riches, and Tiflis. The population of the capital of Georgia being a superabundance of physical comforts. They know destitute of troops, trembled at the approach of their nothing of harsh poor-laws, oppressive guar terrible enemy. Tiflis was saved by General dians, disorderly prisons, and ill-conducted lu- Schwartz, who, with 5,000 infantry, repulsed the natic asylums—nothing of the long train of evils Lesghians; but the loss of the Russians amounted to on which the Times is for ever dwelling. Their 1,000 men. The Russians themselves confess that friends are never run over by iron hoops, besprinkled their campaign of this year has completely failed. The by the twirling of a mop, or driven to madness by the failure is attributed to the discord which prevailed conduct of unfeeling housemaids and the beating of between Generals Luders, Gurko, and Schwartz. It mats ; no, these misfortunes they escape, and all their appears beyond doubt that a change of generals will clergymen, we have no doubt, turn the right way. take place in the Caucasus during the next winter. There are classes which must make up their minds to The plan of making a winter campaign is entirely be treated as ferce naturce by the small print " pro abandoned. riders" to the lion's mouth of leading journalism. Amongst these may be reckoned Low Church Bishops or Archbishops, Deans and Chapters, Poor-law Commissioners and Guardians—and, it would seem also, Wesleyan Missionaries. These, like the rest of animated nature, have particular descriptions of vermin which prey on each; and which, in journalist entomo logy, are classified under appropriate appellations —as " Catholicus," "Churchman, "Master ofArts,""Rate payer," &c. &c. There are individuals, however, of more sensitive minds than can be supposed in any of the above categories ; who are not class 'hardened against censure ; and to whom the position of dangling gibbetted in the columns of the Times (for example) is truly formidable. We would venture, therefore, to recommend (except, of course, in the case of pre • lates or poor-law guardians) that such individuals should be spared from figuring in this way, when milder treatment might be sufficient; and that, as our leading Contemporary has a giant's strength, so it should exercise that strength with the bonhommie which, notwithstanding the dreadful apprehensions we were taught to entertain in our nurseries, we have every reason to regard as rather a giant-like characteristic. STANDARD.—The Soult• Guizot Ministry has completed the fourth year of its existence. It would be no novel remark, either in the way of wonderment or praise, to say that the present French Cabinet is the longest in duration of any that has been formed since 1830. Such compliment was paid to the states men composing this Administration last year, and even with no slight emphasis th e y ear preceding. But we can ray now, confidently, that which, at the periods referred to, we could only utter in hope, that we see no likelihood of change, within any given period of time, so far as we may be allowed to look forward to, without being open to the charge of rash speculation in the composition of the administration of France. Our hope in the stability of the French Cabinet rests upon three distinct grounds. Firstly, upon the policy which they are engaged in perfecting; secondly, upon the success which has hitherto crowned their measures ; and, thirdly, upon the character of the statesmen who form the Administration. The policy which actuates the Statesmen, in whose hands are the destinies of France, has lately received an exposition from the mouth of his Majesty Louis Philippe, in his replies to the addresses from Portsmouth, London, and Dover. It is peace with Europe, guaranteed by the cordial understanding of Great Britain and France, and we need hardly add, that so long as the two great Constitutional Govern ments of the west are united, war in Europeja impos- sible. We believe that the sentiment of peace is in the hearts of the great majority ofAhe.French people, as we know it to animate those of our own. We be lieve so, because we see the people of France in a state of unexampled prosperity. We believe it, because the whole country is in such a state of repose, that w have almost forgotten that there were such things as emeutes, that previous to the accession of the present Ministry were the familiar expression' of ceaseless discontents. And we believe it the more firmly, be. cause we see France, through the enterprising spirit of her Government, entering that wide field of corn- ' mercial siaertion, abroad and at home, which, inde pendently of the creation of bonds of interest and 1 friendship with other nations, and our own especially, — affords an outlet for the restless activity of a viva- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. cious people, in a manner free, healthy, cheerful, and GUILDHALL. happy, different from the mad stimulants of war. and On Tuesday several pickpockets, who were found invasion, because constant and continual and ever re- carrying on their occupation in the crowd on Mon warding. We place in the next degree of order the day, were punished summarily by commitment to history of the measures of the administration, because Bridewell. the great policy of the day has only been approached John Osborne was charged on suspicion of having through difficulties the most complex and disheart• stolen five gold pins. ening. We think it a grateful pleasure to stand upon Joseph Thompson, policeman 62 F, stated that he the hill, and at the one view look back upon the path was in Fleet street about one o'clock, dressed in plain we have laboriously trodden, while at the same time clothes, and saw the prisoner steal a silk handker we command the promised land. Having thus chief. The gentleman from whom it was stolen enjoyed ourselves, we may, if we please, once more declined to prosecute. On searching the prisoner toil through the detail of differences, such as we another silk handkerchief was found on him, also two trust we shall never have to encounter in reality gold pins in his hat, and three inside his coat. again. The history of the past four years is one of Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL remanded the prisoner immortal honour to M. Guizot and his colleagues. till Tuesday, to give the officer time to discover the When he was summoned from his ambassadorship owners. of London to take the helm, he found the John Andrews, a respectable looking young man, Anglo-French alliance broken, France regarding was charged with stealing a gold pin from a gentle- England as incarnated in Lord Palmerston, and man unknown. consequently all that Lord Parlmerston is. M. Robert Hodgman, of Berkeley-street, Lambeth, Guizot, with his happy art of characterising a deposed to seeing the prisoner steal a pin from the situation, pronounced the word isolation. This cravat of a gentleman in Fleet-street, about half-past word England blamed and could not understand. But three in the afternoon. it expressed the feelings of France, and satisfied them. Chailes Goff; policeman 83 L, stated that he was With the accession of Sir Robert Peel that isola- watching the prisoner, and apprehended him, but lost tion began to thaw; the two Governments quickly the gentleman in the crowd. On searching the pri understood each other. When men at both sides goner he found four gold pins, one broken, and a silver are animated by good intentions, and possess card-case. frank manners, with clear heads, they soon speak Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL said he would in this, as out without fear or equivocation ; and M. Gui zo t i n th e l as t case , g i ve t h e o ffi cer a week to f i nd the again, by a happy ph rase , " cordial understanding," owner. hit the mean between suspicious reserve and full alli- The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday. ante. In France this phrase, entente cordiale , has Ge o r g e Suillen, a young ma n , l o d g i ng i n Tredegar been attacked right and left. We thi n k late events ' square, was charged with assaulting a boy about 15 have tested its propriety. Cordial understanding years old, named Joseph Jackson. means goodwill, or the disposition to treat in the best Jackson stated that he resides in Leman-street, and temper, and with the best spirit, such incidents as that while he was standing in' th e crow d near t h e might, in the case of mutual i rr it a ti on or suspicion, Exchange, the prisoner, without any provocation, lead to hostile results. Now, supp ose th at i n the late struck him over the cap with an ash stick, and cut complicated questions of Otaheite and Morocco, there his head open. existed at either s id e a p re di s p os iti on to take offence, Defendant said Jackson was one of a gang of and having taken offence, to demand unwarrantable twenty impudent yo ung rasca l s, w h o were amusing satisfaction, could those qu es ti ons h ave b een resolved themselves with what is called bonneting, or knock as they have been ? If neither Otaheite nor Morocco ing the hat over the eyes of all the respectable persons lead to war, we thank the entente cordiale, uttered who came within reach, and upon whom the operation a year ago, in that foreseeing spirit, and with that could be practised without detection. He saw them pregnant meaning, such as only men of the first annoy several ladies and gentlemen, and being at last order of genius can give to expression. The served so h'mself, he turned round and punished the journals at this side of the water, who at the first joker. He called a gentleman, named Westcott, who blush of the matter fulminated threats about deposed that the prisoner knocked his hat over his Otaheitie and declared war about Morocco, were cer- eyes, but there were such a set of young ruffians with tainly not among those who understood the entente him, that witness did not venture to resent the insult. cordiale as the resumed exposition of a grand policy, to Sir C. MARSHALL said he could not take the prove which England and France were equally parties. We cation as justifying the assault. The boy might have now enter, we do believe, upon a third phase of policy, been given into custody if he had done wrong. He in which cordial understanding will be changed for I could not discharge him, unless he satisfied th e b oy cordial alliance. We h ave no d ou bt that Louis P'.,i- 1 for the injury he had done him. lippe will, w ith th a t f ear l ess f rankness exhibited 1 The defendant agreed to do so, and was discharged. so lately in his replies while in this country, call i Mark Brown, a surgeon, was charged with assault upon the Chambers to debate and ratify the policy ing Sergeant. Cale, of the City Police. I adhered to by his Government; and that it will be The sergeant stated that the defendant annoyed him the glory of the Soult-Guizot Administration to have i by calling out wrong names, when th e c ar r i ages d rew adopt consummated the great sc h eme o f turn i ng the 1 up to take up the visit ors , an d upon requ i r i ng hi m t o critical p o i n t at wh i ch France, abandoning the I I stand further back, defendant s t ruc k an d ki c k e d hi m. P a p d i o r war invasion ahead r om for m e r e war ' s sake, shall I Mr. Bro wn comp l a i ne d t h at the officer exhibited of th the idea,, e e m sta e la rc li i shed in England, i want of temper, and excee d e d hi s d uty. and aleuterprise Tile question of assault until the Cenamissioner had inves- I LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 30. (Before Mr. Commissioner Eve.Ns.) _ _ IN RE JOSHUA SMITH. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, SHERIFF OF DUMFRIESSHIRE.-Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, Bart., of Closeburn, died at his residence of Capenoch, on Monday evening last, after a few hours' illness. Sir Thomas was sheriff of the-county of Dumfries for thirty three years. During all that long period of difficult official duty, in the dispensation of justice, it is not too much to say that not the remotest shadow of a stain ever rested on his spotless name. One feeling of pro- found sorrow pervades _this town and district, for the loss of this honoured ,judge and much-beloved gentle man.—Dumfries Herald. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE MARQUIS Of EXETER.—The long-contemplated visit of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Marquis of Exeter, at Burleigh House, is expected to take place in the course of next wed,. Tuesday, the sth proximo, is the day which has been named for the departure of the Court from 'Windsor ; but we believe the precise period has not yet been determined upon by tke Queen. It is understood that the Court will be absent from the Castle about four or five days. Her Majesty, upon her arrival within a few miles of the domains of the Mar quis, will be met by the numerous tenantry of the noble owner on horseback, bearing white wands, and escorted CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. For Ten Years—J. Williams alias Rutter, W. Stevens, T. White, T. Andrews, J. Sepperfelt, W. Johnson, J. Ballander, W. Johnson, W. Wright, T. Cuper, J. Hutchinson, J. Smith, James Smith. For Seven Years—Ann Phillips, Maria Smith, T. Kirchewall, Amelia Smith, Ellen Warnton, Mary A. Smith, Emma West, Sarah Haddington, W. Dernocour, G. Trillingham, Sarah Hayman, W. Ashley, F. Shoults, H. Barber, T. Storey, T. Wat son, S. Pyer, J. Lewis, A. Turner, T. Booth, T. Jones, T. Johnson, T. J o n es , T. Sh ou lts, G. Randall. Imprisonment, with Hard Labour, for Two Years —J. Henderson (and two more at the expiration). For Eighteen Months—J. M'Gregor, W. Bleckett, T. Wall, George Castles, Ann Regan, Amelia Smith, Eleanor Stanton, W. Hobbs, Sarah Smith. For One Year—W. Berry, W. Bland, C. Wren, W. Beane, T. Kelly, T. Kerry, Sarah Hayman, Mary Ann Stow, T. Carruthers, T. Tyerman, W. Elkins, S. Brown, J. Crow, W. Bartrem, I'. Smith, J. Lewis, C. Ume. to the princely seat of the house of Cecil, where a sue cession of distinguished visitors will have the honour of meeting her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The game on the estate, which has been strictly preserved in anticipation of the visit, of his Royal Highness, is ex tremely plentiful throughout the extensive domains of the Marquis. Tn. GRESHAM LECTURES.—Saturday next, being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the usual lectures, pur suant to the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, will be de livered in the theatre of Gresham College, during the month of November, on. the following subjects :—Astro nomy, the Rev. Joseph Pullen, M.A.— Physic, Dr. If. Southey—Divinity, the Rev. Henry John Parker, M.A. —Law, William Palmer, Esq., ALA.—Geometry, the Rev. Samuel Birch, D.D.--Rhetoric, the Rev. Edward Owen, M.A.—Music, Edward Taylor, Esq. The first lectures will be delivered at twelve o'clock, in Latin ; and at one in English. The music lectures, as usual, at seven o'clock in the evening. EASTBOURNE.—On Friday evening at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Eastbourne, it ?vas decided that a mechanics' institution should be established in this place ; and it was announced that sixty-two persons had enrolled their names as members of such institu tion, and that the principal gentry were willing to come forward and support it. Though Eastbourne has for a long time occupied a low place in the scale of society, it is hoped that this is a steppingstone for its elevation to a higher and more congenial position ; and that is only a foretaste of good things for the inhabitants of this de lightful watering place.—gfrighten Guardian. DEATH or A MISER.—On Saturday week a very old inhabitant of this town (Mr. Thomas Ruxton) die worth some 10,000/. He had lived alone for many years, denying hiniself every comfort, and preparing what food be did indulge in himself. His property, under a will made six years ago, goes to his sister's children, but they are not to be found. j.lnformation of his death has, however, been sent to Ireland, in which country the old m a n was born.---,Brighton paper. EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF SUICIDE FROM DISEASE AND DESTITUTION.—On Tuesday Mr. Baker, jug., held an inquest at the Three Compasses, Brick-lane, Spital fieldS, on the body of George Dixon, aged thiFty-six, hate ,pitman at a house in Broad-street, City. Frederick Grover, of 5, Old Montague-street, Whitechapel, said deceased and his wife resided in the same house, and were in very destitute circumstances, owing to his haviag disease of the lungs, which prevented him from working. On Thursday afternoon deceased came into witness's room in a wild state, and drank with avidity four cups of tea, and whilst witness was getting him some more, be seized a long knife from off the table, and thrust it down his throat and gullet, so far that only part of the handle protruded from the mouth. Witness immediately struck deceased's hand from the haft of the knife, arid pulled it from his throat, upon which deceased exclaimed, " 1 am determined to do it, and may as well do it first as last." Mr. Foster, the parish surgeon, was called in, but, despite his efforts, deceased died in three hours af terwards. Mr. Foster spoke to deceased's great destitu tion, and said that he died from the combined effects of the wound in the throat, causing internal hemorrhage, and inflammation of the lungs. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." INCENDIARISK IN BEDFORDSHIRE.—On Sunday night, in the neighbourhood of Crowfield, flames were discovered in a barn on the farm of Mr. John Hall, of Wharley-end. The building was detached from the stack-yard, or the entire homestead must have been con sumed, as there was a smart wind, and no water could be had. A large body of the labourers were present, but they could render no service, the flames having com pletely encircled the building, which, together with its contents, the produce of eleven acres of wheat, beside a quantity of beans, was destroyed. From the isolated position of the barn, and the tire having broken out full 24 hours after any person having entered it, it appears to have been the act of an incendiary, though at present no suspicion is attached to "any person in particular. The owner of the property, in common with the majority of the priticipal farmers in the parish, pays the average rate of wages, Bs. a week, and in many instances the practice of yearly hiring obtains, but since the close of the harvest a large number of supernumerary hands have been discharged, and these men are wandering about the district without visible means of subsistence. Poaching and petty robbery are becoming very prevalent in this. district. AN OLD BlRD.—There is ;tithe possession of one of our 01 , 1 Dutch families of this city, a parrot known to be 82 years old. This bird is now blind, but, not withstanding that, it can walk to any part of the house ivithout difficulty, and recognises the different members of the family by their footsteps. It whistles tunes with great exactness, and i s qu it e fond of sacred music. We are informed that in early life this bird, like most of its Species, was a little wild, and a good deal given to pro fane swearing, but for some time it has laid aside this habit, and, save occasional fits of viciousness, the out breakings of the inner Adam, is a staid, reputable, and exemplary bird, an honour to the family in which it was reared, and an example to the younger members within the reach of its influence.-44/bany Atlas. For Nine Months—Jane Moneypenny, Mary Bucke, N. Barker, W. Colman, H. Thompson, E. Bunden, T. Tomblin, T. Carr, R. Kingsby, G. Castles. For Eight Months—J. Brown, T. Smith. For Six Months—Ann Junes, Maria Turner, Ann Regan, G. Oberhausen, Laura Gore, Mary Herring, J. Themlin, W. Jackson, Maria Turner, .1. Brookard, T. Blanchard, T. Rockwood, N. Stanley, C Mayhew, T. Hopwood, A. Copeland, T. Carter, J. Law, C. Parkins, J. Heath, T. A rno ld, T. B rown , C. Murphy, Joseph Jones, W. May. For Four Months—Mary Ann Ward, J. Freeman, G. Roberts. For Three Months—Ellen Hart, Elirt Churchill, W. 11. 'Willis, J. Blackwell, A. Gumm, R. Blake, T, Stokes, H-Towell, C...-Moore, S. Doyle G. Makin, IV. Farringdon, T. Foreman, A. Chan/b eta,-T. Mul lins, Ellen Barm, Elizabeth Rose; B. Donovan, IV, F. Johnson, H. IVinmill. For Two Months—Ellen Cronin, Margaret Ma hony, Mary Sullivan W. Cronin, D. Mahony, C. Cochlin, J. Truman, A. Roy, R. May. Fifty-five prisoners were acquitted, nine discharged by proclamation, one acquitted on the ground of in sanity, five were remanded .to next seesion, and three admitted to bail. 38 pleaded guilty. Imprisonment for one month, 8 ;. for three weeks, 2 ; for 'fourteen days and under, 7 ; committed by the court, 1. The judgment of the court was respited upon several, and some were admitted to bail. - IRON CHURCH FOR JAMAICA.--A church has been sent out to Jamaica, as a specimen, as many of the kind are likely to be required. The pilaster supports are of Fast-iron, on which are fixed the frame-roof, of wrought iron, of an ingenious construction, combining great strength with simplicity of arrangement ; the w h o l e i s covered with co gated,iron, and the ceilin g f orme d i n panelled compartments, covered svi l th felt, to a c t as a non conductor of heat. The - liod Y of tie church is 65 feet by ; a 40 ; the chancel, 24 by 12robing . -rm?m an d vestry are attached. The win d ows are glazd :;i e th t plate-glass, une-eighth of an inch thickness window, and four others, are o f stained glasa w . oancel a this iron church is 1,0001. Glasgow Chronicle. Th e cost YIELD or CROPS IN SOUTH WALES. —We have not had so good a harvest for years. Our wheat this harvest reaches 641bs. a bushel, which we believe is about the average weight in Essex and the best wheat-growing counties in England.— Welshman. third - ground of our hope is the character of the statesmen who form the Administration. They are a united Cabinet ; they have long toiled together ; they have battled and they have won ; they have en dured no shameful defeats ; and they each stand per sonally high. While all have been victorious, each has had his individual triumphs. Marshal Soult is a great administrator; by his hands the army has been re-organised. Of M. Guizot less may be said than of another man, for his fame is European. M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, is distinguished for the solidity of his understanding, and is every day rising in debating qualities. M. de Villemain is an accom plished debater of the very first class ; upon him has devolved the delicate task of upholding the independ ence of the University, without lessening the just authority of the clergy in the eyes of the people. The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Public Works, and the Minister of Justice, have severally distinguished themselves in their departments. To such men the Op position have none of any weight to oppose, but then the Opposition are split into factious sections, soldered together for the moment, and for a temporary pur pose, while the Cabinet are united heart and hand. It was owing to this conscious inferiority of talent, to the impossibility of finding a man capable of combatting M. Guizot, that they resorted last session to the disgraceful attempt to cry him down, and only afforded their mighty antagonist an occasion for covering himself with fresh glory, as a man whose courage was equal to his unrivalled oratory. Thus, whether we look to the mission of the Cabinet, that mission of peace and civilisation to which the king has attached the glory of his reign, or take a retrospective view of the struggles and triumphs of the administration ; or look at the men themselves, individually or as a Government; or rather when we take in the whole combination, no matter how rapidly or crudely, we are forced to the irresistible conclusion that the French cabinet gives more evidence of stability, with power to carry out its views, than it did at any period during the four previous years of its honourable existence. The insolvent, a schoolmaster, late of Norwood, now of 15, Blissett-street, Greenwich, applied to-day for his interim order, but was opposed by Mr. Duffield, a cre ditor for 2251., on the ground of his having furnished an incorrect schedule. The creditor having made his statement relative to his own debt, Mr. Commissioner EVANS said he should defer the matter to a future day. Had Mr. Duffield any further objection at that time ? Mr. Duffield said there was one circumstance which he felt bound to mention to his Honour. The insolvent to his (Mr. Duffield's) certain knowledge had borrowed a sum of 701. from a poor woman, without her husband's sanction, and that sum was not placed in the schedule. Mr. Commissioner EVANS (to the petitioner)—l3 the fact so? Did you borrow 701. from this woman? I did, your Honour. _ Mr. Commissioner EVANS—How comes it that you have not mentioned it among your other debts? Because she forgave it me. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—Was her husband aware of it? No; it was her own private property. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—A married woman has no private property. The sum must be added. The insolvent's solicitor was going to speak; but Mr. Commissioner EVANS said he would hear no more. Here was an insolvent in an amount of 3,4391 without an available shilling to pay his creditors, and the very least he could do under the circumstances was to let them have a correct statement. He should defer the petition until such was given to the Court. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. On the last day of the session several prisoners were brought up for judgment, several of whom had their original sentences revised. The following are the principal judgments : Transportation for Fifteen Years—P. Harvey, W. Myers, T. Jones, J. G. Prestage, G. Johnson, G. Weston, D. Cerro], T. Hine, J. Humphrey, M. Smith. tigated the charge against the officer, and he dis charged the prisoner for the present. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Eliza Goswell, a woman of loose and desperate character, was charged with having wilfully broken the windows of Thomas Westlake, general dealer, Vernon-street, Bond -street. Some time ago the parish authorities of St. James's took steps to suppress the brothels in Sheppard -street. The complainant was employed to give evidence in order to ensure convictions, and since that period he has been constantly annoyed and threatened by those whose infamous traffic was put an end to through his instrumentality. The defendant, who has for years been known as one of the lowest class of unfortunates, on several occasions wilfully broke the complainant's windows, and not having money to pay the damage and the fine, has been sent to prison to pay in person. On Monday evening she paid the complainant a fourth visit, and smashed windows to the amount of 7s. 6d. The complainant no sooner entered the witness box to give his evidence than the defendant levelled a volley of execrations and threats at him, and continued her disgusting conduct to the end of the proceedings, in spite of the efforts of the officers to restrain her. Mr. MALTBY asked her what she had to say in answer to the charge ? Defendant—Say, why that I shan't leave this world happy until I've put my mark on that smash every window in his house, and I'll scratch him too, the first chance I get. I wonder the Jews of Sheppard-street don't go in a body and knock his brains out. You may send me to prison, but as soon as I come out I'll be at the again. The complainant having declared that he went in bodily fear from the defendant's threats, Mr. MALTur decided on requiring the defendant to find bail to keep the peace for three months. The woman paused for a moment as if meditating mischief. She said, however (looking at the magis trate). " No, I wont blackguard you, but (fighting her way through the constables to the complainant) I'll have the heart of that —." Before she could execute vengeance on the complainant, she waa seized and her arms forcibly pinioned. She was then locked• up. About an hour or two after this, Thomas Westlake himself was brought into Court, and charged With having grievously wounded Ellen Barry. The complainant is another of those wretched creatures who haunt the streets ; and she too has long been known to the police as one of the most drunken and desperate women about town. When called upon to give evidence she was too drunk to say more than that she had got her death wound at last. She pointed to her head and clothes which were covered with blood. The defendant said the woman had just been to his house and smashed three of his windows. He went out with a stick to protect his property, when he was attacked, and he then knocked her down by a blow on• the head. Several witnesses were present who saw the trans action. They said the defendant had what appeared to be a life preserver in his hand, with which he struck the woman many heavy blows on the head which ren dered her insensible. Mr. MALTBY directed the woman to be taken to the hospital to have her wounds examined, and remanded the defendant until next day in order to have the surgeon's certificate. _ Louis Woodcock, a gentleman of property, who is known at this Court from his disputes with various hotel-keepers, with whom he has at times taken up his abode, was charged with having broken two lamp shades, and also assaulted Mrs. Cocquerell, landlady of the European hotel, Leicester-place. It appeared that the defendant went to the Euro pean Hotel to obtain some linen he had left there, but the linen was refused to him until he had paid the balance of his bill. This excited the defendant, and with his stick he broke the glasses in question, and then afterwards struck the landlady a blow on the mouth, and two blows on the body: The defendant said he was attacked by the waiter, who had a carving-knife in his hand, and he was obliged to defend himself with his stick. It was while using his stick that the glasses became broken. He denied having assaulted Mrs. Cocquerell. Mr. MALTBY asked the complainant if she had noticed the state of the defendant's mind when he lived at her hotel ? The complainant and waiter both said they believed the defendant's intellect was affected. The defendant denied that be was of unsound mind. Mr. MALTBY -was informed that the defendant had been confined in a lunatic asylum in France. The defendant was fined 31., or one month's impri sonment. MARYLEBONE. James Newman, a private in the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, was placed at the bar on the fol lowing charge : Mr. William White, of No. 15, New Wharf, Black friars, a barrister's clerk, aged about 18 years, stated that about half-past eight o'clock last evening he was passing through . Hyde Park, when the prisoner overtook him, and forced a conver sa ti on on hi m , cont i nu i ng to mall by his side. As witness was proceeding in the di rection he was going, towards Albert-gate, from Bays water, thelprisoner still continued to walk beside him, and at length made propositions to him of an abominable nature, and committed a very gross assault upon his person. Ile indignantly repelled it ; and the prisoner then snatched his walking-stick out of his baud, and said, "If you don't give me what you have about you, I'll charge you." Witness said he had nothing to give him, and a ould call the police, and did call loudly out , for them. The prisoner, however, per sisted in searching him, feeling in his pockets, and took from one of his waistcoat pockets some small amount of copper coin, and . a.gold-mounted ename ll e d seal ; also a red silk pocke4andkarshief from one of his coat pockets. The prisoner then said, " You've a watch." Witness said he had not, when the prisoner said, "I must search you again," and felt his fob ; but, on finding that he had no watch, he said, " You must give me your coat ; take it;off your back." Witness then called again for the police, and on hearing the footteps of some persons approaching, f theprisoner set ()Trigging.. Sergeant . Hardwicke, A, and constable No. 106 of the same division, asssisted in capturing the prisoner as he was running away,.after he had been seen to throw down the property he had robbed the prosecutor of. On the way to the police-station, the prisoner offered to give to Sergeant Hardwicke a valuable , silver watch,' with gold 'chains, seals, &c„,• which he had suspended round his neck by a black ribbon, adding, " take and share it amongst yourselves,,and let me off, for I know how these cases go." He afterwards said that he would rather have been shot than such a thing should have happened. The sergeant of the company to which the prisoner• belonged stated, that he bore a bad charaeter in the regiment. He had long been suspected of being one of those soldiers who infest the parks at night, and rob persons, under the threat of making abominable accu sations against them. The prisoner said he was innocent. Sergeant Hardwicke said he had been charged with a similar offence twelve months ago, at Queen square Police -court, but escaped through some legal inaccuracy. Fully committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court. BRUTAL ASSAULT. — AniI Gorham, who has been frequently charged at this office with the commission of very aggravated assaults, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having assaulted John Luther man, a potman, at the Coachmakers' Arms, Marylebone lane. The complainant stated that yesterday afternoon he was sent by his mistress to post two letters. Ile had only proceeded a short distance when the defendant came up to him, raised his fist, knocked the complainant down, snatched the letters from him, and ran away. Complainant followed him, and on coming up to him, he swore he would murder him if he followed him, and again threw him down. He also assaulted him several times with a strap with a heavy buckle at tWeena - A policeman came up, and he was given into custody, and was not conveyed to the station-house without difficulty. In answer to the charge, he said be was drunk at the time, and did not know what he was about. The prisoner was further charged with having bru taliy ill-treated a person who was confined in the same cell with him, because he would not sing. _ Mr. LONG said he had heard quite enough, without goinginto the last case, to think it his duty to punish the defendant to the utmost extent he bad the power of doing. He should fine him 5/., or two months' imprisonment, for the assault on the complainant, without taking into account the very serious assault on the constables. A man named Flannagan was fined 20s. fm• endea vouring to get the la s t p r i so ner from the police, and for using considerable violence towards them. QUEEN-SQUARE. - _ A young man of colour, whose attenuated figure and threadbare garments indicated the extremes of disease and poverty, applied to the magistrates for relief. Applicant, who had evidently received a liberal education, was, he said, a native of Demerara, and came to this country at a very early period. On the W death of his father, who was connected with the 'Pest India trade, applicant, who was educated for the me dical profession, was obliged to relinquish it on account of pecuniary difficulties, and the prejudices he had to contend against as a person of colour. In consequen ce of long-continued ill health, which had now assumed an asthmatic form, he had been reduced to very great distress, and, with a wife and child to support, w as compelled, by dire necessity, to make the present ap plication. Mr. BOND inquired how long his father had been dead ? Applicant replied ten or eleven years. Mr. BOND asked his means of support since that period ? Applicant replied that he had carried on business as a chemist at Liverpool for about eighteen months, but was unsuccessful. He had visited other parts of the country, and had exerted himself to the utmost to obtain a living, but had been most unfortu- nate, and his slender resources having become ex hausted, he had supported himself by the sale of a few engravings, until having parted with all he pos sessed, he was left in the most lamentable state of destitution. Mr. BOND asked whether he had any relations in Br)gland ? Applicant replied that he had not. Mr. BOND iiiquired whether there was any person to whom he could refer him, who could confirm his acclunt ? Mr. Taylor, the second clerk, observed, that he could speak to the truth of a portion of his account. lie had been made acquainted with the circumstances connected with a part of his painful history by a friend who had gone to school with the applicant, arid had at times afford 4 h in some temporary relief. Applicant said he had been engaged for a short time by Dr. Sutro, of Beaufort-buildings. He had been transcribing a German work from that gentle man's dictation. Mr. BOND observed that the assistance that could be afforded him from the poor-box would be but tri fling, and inquired how he intended to employ himself for the future ? Applicant replied that he hardly knew. He was competent to any work in an office, but in his present deplorable state it was not likely that he should succeed in obtaining any employment. Had he the means of procuring a stock of engrav ings, he might manage to procure a subsistence as he had done before. Mr. BOND commiserated the unfortunate man's condition, and gave him a trifle to relieve his present necessities, at the same time desiring him to repeat his visit in a day or two. In the course of the afternoon inquiries were made at his humble abode in. Westminster, where it was as certained that he had resided for a long period of time, was a very honest, sober, well-conducted person, but was afflicted, and in such distress that he and his family had not had food for many hours previous to his application at this Court. LAIIIBETH-STREE7'. SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED TOBACCO, &c.—Mr. J. B. Thomas, a tobacco and snuff manufacturer, of No. 115, Rateliff Highway, appeared Lefore Mr. Henry, to answer to two informations charging him with having on his premises 173ilbs. of smuggled tobacco, which had been found by the Customs' officers on the sth and 7th instant. C. A. Davis and other officers of Customs deposed to having found the tobacco seized upon the two days beforementioned. They also deposed to having found seven empty canvass wrappers, such as are used for smuggling, and contained, when full, 501bs. of tobacco. The defendant said he knew nothing whatever about the bags produced, which he said had been found in the lumber room. The officers and the gentlemen who attended from the office of the Solicitor of Customs particularly directed Mr. Henry's attention to the appearance of the canvass wrappers, and observed that by their newness and the glossy appearance which they bore it was perfectly evident they had been recently used and emptied, an opinion in which his Worship per fectly coincided. Mr. Thomas, in defence, said that, in the first place, the house in which he resided and carried on business had been upwards of half a century in his family, and that such was the competition in his business at present, and the m eans resor t e d t o b y smuggling and adulteration, that goods were sold at much less•than they co u ld be fairly manufactured for, and he should throw himself entirely upon the consi deration of the Court. Mr. HENRY—Then what you mean to say is, that you cannot carry on and live by your business with out smuggling. Mr. Thomas—Why, Sir, I did not say that ex actly; but I have said that there is so much smug gling and adulteration in the trade that there is no getting a living in a regular way. The competition I assure you, Sir, so great, that goods are sold at much less than they can be manufactured for. Mr. HENRY—Your defence is, I must say, a most extraordinary one. A thief charged before me at that bar might as well say that robberies were carried on to a very. considerable extent, and that he could not live without robbing also. The charge of the tobacco found being smuggled is not at all disproved ; and 1 have very little doubt, also, that these canvass bags found upon your premises contained 501bs. each at tobacco, so that you have had the benefit of and profit on 1701bs. of tobacco. I, therefore, see no reason why you should not be convicted in the full penalty. The defendant was then convicted in the penalty on both informations of 1681. 18s. 6d., or to be impri soned until such sum was paid. The defendant asked for time to pay the penalty, upon which Mr. HENRY observed that he was frequently called on and obliged to send sailors and other per sons to prison in default of such penalties, and 1-e could make no distinction in the present case. The defendant was then taken in charge by Cook, the gaoler, to be detained until the money, which he had sent for, arrived. The law requires that proceedings for the five cwt. of adulterated stuff should be taken before the Com missioners of Excise, which will be immediately done, and the defendant upon this will be liable to a penalty of 6001., if fully proved against him. CLERKEN WELL. Mary Ann. Brown, an elderly person, dressed in wi dow's garments, was charged with breaking the winclowb of Mr. Prentice, of No. 1, River-street, Islington. The prisoner, who has repeatedly attempted to com mit suicide, was discharged from her lodgings at River street, for misconduct, on Monday last. She went to the house yesterday, and smashed every window within her reach. A policeman came, and she was with much difficulty secured. She swore she would murder Mr. Prentice. Mr. COMBE, in default of fine, committed her to pri son for ten days, cautioning the gaoler to place a guard upon her, lest the might again make an attempt upon her life. UNION-HALL. Tuesday Mr. John Quincy Harris, late M.P. for Newcastle- under-Lyme, was charged with using lan guage of a threatening nature towards Mr. Philip Roberts, of Upper Montague-street, Russell-square, with intent to provoke him to commit a breach of the peace. The complainant stated that he was married to the sister of the defendant, who on frequent occasions of late had used language of a threatening nature to him.. The defendant called 'at' his'hOuse at, a most Unseasonable bout', between one and two o'clock in the morning, and. ultimately, challenged him out to fight. Complainant of course refused to accept such a challenge, and as the present was not a solitary in stance of the defendant so conducting himself, he (complainant) considered it necessary to adopt the present proceedings, with a view to prevent it in future. The complainant prod4ed some letters which he had received from the defendant, to, prove that he had been menaced by the writer. Mr. TRAILL having perused them, and the de fendant having admitted he was the writer, the Magis trate asked the complainant if he was apprehensive that the threats contained in them would be carried into effect ? The defendant objected to the production of such evidence. The letters related to matters of a family nature, and he contended that they ought not to have been exhibited in Court. Mr. num. said that the complainant was perfectly justified in producing the documents containing threats against his personal safety, and written by the defendant. The defendant—But they are of a private and con fidential nature. Mr. Tasuxr—But you had no right t o sen d l etters of a private and confidential nature containing threats against the individual to whom you have addressei them. Defendant—Mr. Roberts is a professional man. I am not, and therefore should wish to have the case postponed, in order that I may have an opportunity of consulting my solicitor on the subject. Mr. TRAILL here read a passage in one of the let ters, in which the writer said, in allusion to the com plainant, that when he met him he would make him bitterly repent his ungrateful conduct. The magis trate said this was all confirmatory of Mr. Roberts's complaint against the defendant, and showed that he was perfectly justified in the steps that gentleman had adopted against the writer. The complainant, in answer to Mr. TRAILL, having stated that he was apprehensive of personal violence at the hands of the defendant, the latter was asked what he wished to say in answer to the charge P The defendant declared he had no intention of com mitting any violence, and he again expressed a wish that the case might be allowed to stand over until he was prepared with professional advice. The process taken against him was done so instantaneously, he having no intimation of it until the officei called at his house that morning, that he had no time to consult with his legal adviser. Mr. TRAILL said he could see no reason whatever for an adjournment, and that he should therefore call on the defendant to find sureties for keeping the peace. - Defendant—lf I give my word of honour that I will not touch the complainant, and have no commu nication with him except through my attorney, will that be sufficient ? Complainant intimated that he should not be satis fied with such an assurance unless security was given that he should not, in future, be subjected to such treatment as he had already experienced at the hands of the defendant. Mr. TRAILL asked the complainant if he would be satisfied if the defendant was adjudged to enter into his own recognizance' to a considerable amount? The complainant answered in the affirmative, upon which the defendant exclaimed, " Oh, make it 500/. ; lam willing to be bound in that amount to convince him that from henceforth all communication between us ceases." Mr. TRAILL said as the defendant was satisfied with the former amount, he should therefore call on the defendant to enter into his own recogn;zances to that amount. The complainant expressed a hope that it would hare the effect of keeping the defendant away from his house, and also of preventing him from sending any more letters of a threatening nature. Mr. TRAILL said that if the defendant forfeited his recognizance it would be entreated at the sessions, and he would be compelled to pay the amount. The defendant having entered into the required re • cognizances, the parties then retired. Elizabeth Joy, a servant girl, in the employ of Mr. Burnell, was charged with stealing a large Indian ivory box, value 301., and containing 301. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns, the property of her master, It appeared that on the preceding night, about eight o'clock, the complainant missed the prisoner from the house, and discovered that the box above-mentioned, and its contents, had been stolen from the sideboard in the drawing room. The prisoner came in soon after wards, and, on being questioned, she exhibited so much confu.ion, that she was given into cus tody. At an early hour this morning the complainant, on examining at the lower end of the garden at the rear of his house, found the box and money concealed under a quantity of fire-wood, ready to be carried off. The prisoner was remanded till Friday. BROYILE Y. (Before Viscount SYDNRY, the Rev. Sir C. FARNABY, - - Bart., and J. GOODHURST, Esq.) TREATMENT OF THE POOR.—Several poor persons residing within the district of the Bromley union were summoned to show cause why warrants of dis tress should not be levied upon their goods and chat tles for the non-payment of poor-rates. The sums for which the parties were in default were very small —in no case exceeding 3i. 6d. The first case was that of Mrs. Eoolan. of Hayes, who was summoned for non-payment of 3s. 6d. The reason given for non-payment was, that her husband and family were very poor, and they had lately been put to; expense by reason of one of the sons being sent to Maidstone on a charge of felony, of which he was acquitted, but the expense of defending him had very much impoverished them. Lord SYDNEY said Ur? rate must be paid. The Clerk and the Bench said that the coats amounted to 3s. Lord SYDNEY—Three shillings ! Ilow is that amount made out?—The clerk said it was the regular charge for summons and service. The BENCH said the amount of the rate and the costs must be paid in a fortnight, or there would be a distress warrant, which would create additional ex pense. The next case was that of a person named Bryant, who was summoned for non-payment of two rates of one shilling each. The wife of the party summoned said she thought it was very hard that poor people like her and her husband should be put to the expense of a summons, when they were willing to pay without. She said the collector had put the rate through the window, but he had never applied to her for the amount. The collector declared that he had male two or three applications for the rate, but could not sue Mrs. Bryant nor her husband, and he was therefore obliged to take out a summons for the amount. Mrs. Bryant said th , t she and her husband had gone out, hoping to try and earn something to sup port their family, and the collector might have left %,ord for the rate to be Fuld, and thus have saved them the expense of being summoned. In answer to a question from the BENCII, the col lector said that the house occupied by these parties was rated at 21. a year. Mrs. Bryant said, that although it was called a house the place was formerly merely used as a shed, in which a gentleman in the neighbourhood kept his coals and firewood; but they put a fireplace in it, and male it into a sort of dwelling-house, and she and her family had occupied it as such ; but it was, in point of fact, nothing but a shed. The collector said the parish authorities had assessed the property, and had instructed him to en force payment of the rates. Lord SYDNEY inquired of Mrs. Bryant what wages her husband was earning at the present time ? She replied that he had been out of work a good while, but had now got a job, and he was earning 2s, a day. The nENCII said the rate aid the expenses must be paid. Mrs. Bryant said she was ready to pay the two shillings for the rate, but she considered it very hard to be compelled to pay three shillings for expenses. Lord SYDNEY , having consulted with hi s b ro th er magistrates, said it was her own fault there were any expenses. The rate and the costs must pe paid in a week, or else there would be a distress warrant. The poor woman left the court declaring that she could not pay the amount, and their goods must be taken. A woman named Parker then appeared on behalf of her husband, to show cause why she had neglected to pay 3s. 61, the amount of two poor-rates. The parties, it appeared, occupied a house, for which they paid 4/. a year rent. Mrs. Parker said that when she and her husband took possession of the house they were not aware they should have to pay the poor-rates. The collector had put a rate-paper in at the window when she was out, but he never made any application to her for the amount, or gave her any explanation, but he sum moned her without any notice. Lord SYDNEY said it was not necessary for a col lector to give any notice. Persons who occupied houses must be aware they would have to pay the poor-rates. The collector said that he applied to Mrs. Bryant for the rates, and she told him she could not pay them. He then said that if the vestry would excuse her hus band, it was all very well; but if they did not, he must enforce the payment. Mrs. Parker said the money would have been paid if application had been made for it ; but, instead of this being done, she was summoned and put t 3 addi tional expense; and she thought it very hard that poor people should be served in such a manner. The BENCH then ordered that the rate, 3s. 611., and the costs, which, in this case, amounted to ss. 2d., should be paid in a week, or that a distress warrant should issue. DEATH IN GREAT DESTITUTION. Tuesday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., resumed and con elided the inquiry, at the Clarendon Wine Stores, 162, Oxford-street, touching the death of William Hall, aged 43, formerly a metropolitan policeman, but latterly a general'postman at Sevenoaks, vg ho died on Wednesday last at No. 6, Stratford-place, an un tenanted mansion, of which he had the care. The Hon. Colonel Stratford, the proprietor of Stratford-place, Mr. Porter, one of the guardians of the poor, and several other guardians, were present. A surgeon of the University College, and Mr. Clarke, surgeon of Marylebone-lane, hal opened the body, and the following is their joint evidence :—The body of deceased was much emaciated, and showed no marks of violence. There was a large tumour, about the size of an orange, in the belly, communicat ing with the abdomenal aorta. The tumour had rup • tured, and hemorrhage from it into the abdomen was the cause of death. Above a pint of blood had es caped. The aneurism had existed a couple of years. In the course of the examination of the widow of deceased, she said—All I have had from the parish was half-a-crown a month since-. Mr. Faulkner, the relieving officer, gave me. an order for medicine on Tuesday, not for food. I received an order for the doctor to see my husband the day he died. I did not take the order to the workhouse ; my husband did not wish I should, as he said he would have better advice. A Juror—How came it that after you received the 1 first relief a month ago, you did not apply again ? Witness—Because I thought we should be passed to our parish if I did. The CORONER—Who told you that ? Witness—l cannot say—some one at the workhouse. I should not know him again. The CORONER—You would have called again at lie workhouse if something had not been said to you ? Witness—l should, sir. The fear of being sent home prevented me. The CORONER—Have you had any relief since the sitting of the inquest—have any of the officers called on you since ? Witness, No, Sir. The CORONER—Where is your parish ? Witness— I was born at Sevenoaks, but I must follow my hus band's settlement, the parish of Sawtry, Huntingdon shire, where I know nobody, not even his mother, who, I believe, is living there. The CORONER—This is what is continually taking place. Men go away from their place of settlement, get married, die, and their wives, natives of other places, are required to go back to their husband's parishes, where they do not know a human being. If they were sent to their own parishes they would have a chance of receiving consolation and relief from their relatives and early friends. To the witness—After you got back from Mr. Faulkner with nothing but an order for medical relief, what did you do for food? Witness—l tried to pawn an old shirt, but the pawn broker would not take it in. I then got a loaf from Mr. Malcombe, baker, of Southmolton-street, who has trusted me with a loaf a day for a month past, though I never dealt with him, paying ready money but once. The CORONER—The baker's name ought to be publicly mentioned. I am afraid (to the jury) you cannot claim him as a parisl Toner. Have the parish buried the body of deceased ? Ridding, the beadle— The parish would have done so, but the family were going to bury deceased themselves. His sister had bought a coffin, and a subscription would defray the other expenses. The CORONER—PeopIe who have such feelings as these ought to receive the most attention and respect from the parish officers. The feeling of self-respect ought to be encouraged in the poor by every possible means. Nothing. sustains them so much. After a long inquiry the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death from aneurismal disease." In consequence of the publicity given to this case, the following subscriptions have been sent to the Coroner for the benefit of the widow and four orphans : —Mr. Hudson, Chichester, ss. ; Rev. J. Bassnatt, 55.; Mr. Felix, Brighton, 55.; Mr. Jones, Duke- ' street, Oxford-street, .sa. ; Mr. G. I. Mills, 55.; Hon. • Colonel Stratford, 11.; Mr. Pennington, Portman square, 1/. ; Mr. Wakley subscribed 21., and all the jury and Mr. Clarke, surgeon, subscribed. One of the ju' y, Mr. Futcher, butcher, of 10, Orchard-stree t . Portman square, subscribed U., and was appointe d treasurer to receive further subscriptions, and mansge them. Mr. Hyde, landlord of the Carendon Stores, subscribed ss. MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDAY•) CORN EXCHANGE. We had a fair average supply of English Wheat on Jet to-day. The ti:st qualities were in steady demand, at falli last week's prices ; but in other kinds very little 1/ 5s doing. In Foreign Wheat the business doing was trifling : yet we can not i ce no a l terat i on i n value. The be,,!: Malting .1 ing barley was in st ea dy reques t, at f u ll pr i ce s. " other kinds, owing to the extensive supplies offeri n g' very little vas d o i ng . M a l t, O ats, B eans, an d Pe i' ruled about s•ationary. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. I Earley. 1 010. Em1i5h.......... 3,310 qra . 2,690qr5• 390 2, 4 0 1fiari..•...•.. 13 00000 - - 6, , 00 qrs. ....... F0reign.......... 1,420 13,430 8,560, . ....... Malt. 1,180 en. WHITZICHAPILT. The supply of each kind of Meat offering to-day Ws tolerably good, whil e th e d eman d was i nact i ve, on the fed lowing terms : —B ee f, f rom 2 s 6 d to 3s 6 d ; M utton , 25 d to 3s 8d 4" ; Veal, 3s 4d t o 4 s 4d ; an d I or k, 26 " to 3s 101 per 81bs by the carcase. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the cl ose o f t h e mar k e t — Ad air,' Main, 16 , , 16s 6d ; Buddle's %Vest Hartley, 18s ; C 85 ,11 Hartley, 17s 6d ; Daviso n ' s W es t H art l ey, 178 bu ; 'lasting's, 18s ; Hebburn Main, 19s 3d ; Holywell I9s ; Morrison's Hartley, 15s 6d • Oakweltgate MatDr 15s ; Ord's Redheugh, 16 s ; Old iontop, 15s ; Origin al Winser's Pontop, 15s 6d ; Original Pontop 15s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 18s 9d •, Taylor's Vi r : g s , lfartley, 17s 6d ; Tounl e y, 17 s 6d ; West Hartley, 11 7.: West Wylam, 17s ; W. E., A corn Cl ose, 20 s 6d ; V , .."": Bell's Brown, 2 . 1 s 6d ; W. E. Bewicke and Co. , ' W. E., Blenkinsop, 17 s ; W. E., Brown's.., v it !? screened, 16s ; W. E., Cla r k an d C o., 18 s 6 d ; 1 V• . Clennell, 18s 6d ; W. E., Gosforth, 21s 6d • W. ' l ;i' Gibson, 21s ; W. E , Killin gw ith, 20 s 6d , 20s 9(l ' ' • Vi r • b* . e / Neumash, 19s 9d ; W. E., R amsey, l Os Gd ;W• r Urpeth, 18s ; W. E., Bel mon t, 21 s 6d , 21s 9,1 ; Braddyll's Hetton, 23s 9d, 24s ; W. E., East Ilet t° l 20s 9d ; W. E.,Hasn ell, 23s 91 ; W. E., Hetton,!23s E 1 W. E., Lambton, 23s 6d ; W. E , Russell's Heston, 236 W. E., Richmond, 21s 3d, 21s 6d ; W. E., Stewer C ,l l 23s Gd ; W. E., Sunderl a nd, 20 s 6d ; W . E ., w b u c cal 22s ; W. E., Albert, 19s ; W. E., Caradoc, 23s ; W r 't Hartlepool, 23s 3d ; W. E., Hesldon, ,• Houghall, 21s 6d; W. E., Kelloe, 23s 3d ; W. E., So tl ' t Kelloe, 23s 6d; W. E., Trimdln, 22s ; W. 8., Barret 21s ; W. E., Barrington Tees, 18s Gd ; AV. E., Breq .. Deanery, 21s 6d ; W. E., E venwoo d , 19s ; W. Gordon, 19s 6d ; W. E., M•Lean's Tees, 12s 6d ; Vv• Er Seymour Tees (in distress), 21s 9d ; SW. E., S cll , -- Durham, 21s ; W. E., Tees, 23 s ; W. 8., 18s 6d ; W. E., West Tees Hetton 19s 9d, 20s ; West Tees, 20s 6 , 1 ; Coup on H art ley, 17s fid ; mannan, 15s 6d ; Hartley, 17s 6d ; Leeviss Merthyr, 21a West Hartley Netherton, 17s 6d.—Ships arrived, 189.1 A WATERSPOUT. The French papers contain the following a ecou i ° f the ravages committ e d by a waterspout, the details of which a r e c on t a i ne d i n a l etter from Cette, of t v° 22d instant :—A frightful misfortune has, this Aft er ( noon, plunged our whol e p o p u l a ti on i nto a s t a te consternation and despair. About four o'clock electric waterspout fell upon our town, and committed such ravages, that a t th e present moment i t mfg i he supposed that the town had been submitted to $ the horrors of a siege. 'rids terrible phenornen° ~hich arrived i n th e di rect i on o f t h e F ortress of ,2 Pierre, skirted the mole in its whole length, an d it came opposite the engineers' t-stablishinent, attraet h probably by the c on d uc t or an d t h e z i nc roo f o f re b , house, it turned round th e edifice, and at last fell w:" violence upon it. At th e same moment a violent exlie; sion was heard, and the wh o l e p o p u l a ti on t h oug ht its last hour was come. During two minutes $f of time a terrific cra s h resoun d ed i n t h e a i r. Th e r oofs° o the houses were smashed to pieces and the fragrn, r e ° o were carried to the most di s t an t par t o f t h e town." -b id building belongi ng t o th e eng i neers h as b een entire.' sacked, its zinc roof was carried off in the twinkli ll i of an eye, and the whole facade demolished and ro, z „t v to the ground, so that not hi ng now rema i ns o f it , the back and side wall s . A not h er h ouse, f our storow high, new and solidly butt, belonging to M. Labaillt, was literally crushed to the earth. In every SPI n went the separation wall s were d es t roye d , t hew '"; down torn out; everywhere destructive traces bad been left. Never in the memory of man has o frightful a catastroph e b een w it nesse d i n our toi_ to Alas! however, we have still further m i s f o rtune narrate. A fearful inundation joined at the sti7,y, time its ravages to those of the electric watersP,°" e d In an instant the waters of the canal rose and flor t io the quays. It was a pitiable spectacle to see all " lighters loaded with wines torn into the curreo driven one again s t th e o th er , an d t h en swa ll o wed II by the element. At least a dozen boats were $ ll ,l O in the canal itself, arid what was the most terri u , is, that most of the m h a d th e i r crews on bosr: Some few were able t o save th emse l ves , th e othe y have perished. It is supposed that nearly tbil have been carried d own w ith th e i r b oats . Fi ve or s . large vessels have b een com pl e t e l y wrec k e d , an d rerliti, j i o with their keels uppermost. As to the lesser injur e done among the masts, rigging, &c., they are innult, e° rable. In the streets and on the quays are everej where to be seen w oun d e d wretc h esssome w i t h f rac tal' st heads, others with m u til a t e d li m b s. A b o d y has itito been dug out of the ruins of the house belonging • the engineers. In front of the Cafe de la Bours e ' o merchant of this town, M. Francois Lavatre, crushed beneath the ruins of a huge structure u t longing to a party of strolling players, stationed. p g the extremity of the o ld b r id ge . P ersons are mis sl o in their families, and it is to be feared that they 111 ! 0 perished in this aw f u l s t orm . It i s i mposs ibl e to g r i p any description of the feelings of terror produced yo the minds of the whole population. Persons ar e cie , be met with in every street running to and fro , mending news of diff eren t members of their fam ill be eO, and it is with fe ar an d tremblitiv that each ask' other, "Is there no one destroyed in your hnt lse ;ol We are unable, from the lateness of the hour, t° any further details, but those already given are el' ij a although - a feeble picture of the horrors that Wlis us. -At -this moment a v iol en t sout h- eas t blowing. Grant, Ileaven, that we have not to 1, 1 more wretched details to-morrow. 0 . • FORGERY ONT TYE _BANK. OF ENGLAND.- 1 / 4 - 1. 0 0 the Blusseh Gazette.) —We would put our reader: i s ;their gyarclagainst an extensive forgery of notes e' ;Bank of England for one hundred hounds sterling e o f at present in circulation in Belgium and other par ts ,to the Continent. Tiles,- notes are so well imitated 11 41, baffle the clos es t i ns p ect i on . I n d ee d , we are i n forO l v that even the Bank itself has been deceived by thao' o ol that one was actually paid upon presentation there! d e it was only when the genuine note bearing the : ro d number afterwards made its app earance , t h a t the f o r was detected. We have he a rd 47001. of the ssi" s 15, genies having been cashed by a changeur at Bro s j e in and 2001. in Antwerp; but that the, Bank has 0 .1 1 L ea the most liberal manlier by havini , already oef nearly the whole amount of these, and it is probable 00 will do the same with regard to the others as they ° ,llO, in, that can be proved to have been taken in reb el course of business. The person who deped the parties is appar e ntly a F renc h man , o f sma l l sta ture, - 01 , n t a good address, but unprepossessing look, and an t/ t' of the bank has come over in pursuit of him. BIRTHS. ..., 00 On the 11th inst., at Malta, the wife of C a ptain P I/ Hallet, R.N., of a son. 00, On the 22d inst., at Canterbury, the lady of Captain St ° King's Dragoon Guards, of a son. o( / ' la dy S. the 25th inst., at Atherstone, Warwick, the S. Berridge, Esq., of a daughter. fit*' On the 26th inst., at Whitehall-place, Westminste r, John Clutton, of a son. , of . On the 26th inst., in Upper Harley-street, Lady L ee ' daugh Captain inst., Archibad Robertson, to of a daughter. Il i til e On t 27th inst., at Addingn-square, Catnberwe wife of Captain R. L. Hunter, of a son. Oil la° On the 27th inst., at Woodstock, Oxon, the lady of i% Eretts, Esq., of a daughter. ygo , "` MARRIED. On the 26th inst., nt St. Pancras Church, Septimus • - 1 , 40' Wyden Hart, Captain 2d Grenadier Regiment BombarootiO live Infantry, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Thom Platt, Esq., one of her Majesty's counsel. Al le° On the 23d inst., at Clifton Church, Richard Job'', 0 0 Phillips, Es.q., late Captain in the 12th Regiment, to 14,3 e Sarah, eldest daughter of Richard Bowen, Esq., ° t ; rowen, in the same county. On the 24th inst., at St. Paul's Chapel, Aberdeen , C 111 3,60 44 Nares, R.N., to Susan, relict of the late John RarnssP of Barra. e jeri cX On the 26th inst. at Christ Church, Surrey, Charles Jones, Esq., of Great Surrey-street, - 6 0 0- Alice, second daughter of William Fa rmer , Esq , of t" le° street. ChA r c eil On the 26th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsburn Fr o of Drage, Esq., of Dulc-street, Manchester•square, Elizabeth, only daughter of the l a t e C a pt a i n John " Exeter. DIED. rf Ar On the 27th i ns t., a t S ou th sea , Ilantg, George Il 1 " e11- 10 011 ' nold, Esq., of A s hby L o d ge , i n t h e coun t y o f North 3 , aged 52." On the 9th i ns t., M r . Ed war d D an i e l s , , of Leman-St e loto Goodman's-fields, aged 32. On the 14th inst., at Exeter, Susannah, relict of tile Rev. Samuel Blacken, Rector of North Cadbury. Artb uf On the 21st met., at the Tower House, Aren dei, A l On the t herley, 23d Es laficie 1114 cost., at Shawdon Hall, Northumberland" Ann, the only daughter of William Dawson, FA, Thoto On the 25th inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, . 511. ' g' Anthony Palmer, aged 41. Airs' On the 25th inst., at Winchmore-hill, MiddleseSt 1,, R. Yallowley, aged 63. t he St On the 27th inst., at West Wycombe Vicarages .. W i ris .R. Johnson of tat rish. On the 27th nst., Curate in Cray en en-s street, Mary, the w ife of tir Lewis, q he 2 Es. tzeber#'' s " On t7th inst., Maria, the wife of John -- "be geon, of Finsbury-circus. l i ter tu - On the 27th inst., at Reading, Mary, eldest daug late Nathaniel Fenn, Esq., of Botolph-lane, Londoein• es, fik' On the 28th inst., Emma, the wife of Joseph S ea of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. l'o lll ‘ 114 London: Printed and Published by BIURP` So' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sux Oluc e 'c o &rand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the "dlea", Thurodity, (Motor :;1,1b44.