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7TI N C t'ND 1 0P0 - *C ", _ O. < ,; thk► 77,7% 01!' ::r . dispatches, which will be found to elucidate much that was but imperfectly understood while the trans actions to which they refer were in yrogress. The first is from M. Guizot to M. de 'yon, the Plenipo tentiary of the King of France, and contains the in struction"; upon which he was to act:— GUIZOT TO M. NYON. Paris, June 12,_1844._ Dispatches from General Lamoriciere, dated May 30, ; apprise as that on the same day he had been attacked within our frontier by a corps of 1,300 1,400 Moor ish cavalry, and from 500 to 600 Arabs ; but this ag gression was severely punished ; and as it occurred without any provocation on our part, and without any declaration or war, we trust we are not deceived in pre suming it to be a mere accident, and not an absolute rupture ordered by the Emperor of Morocco. But we have a right to complain of it, as being a signal viola tion of the rigieta of nations, and of the treaties by virtue of which we are at peace with that empire. You will, therefore, immediately, on the receipt of the present, have to write to the Emperor, to make the strongest representations against an attack which nothing can warrant—to demand that satisfaction which is due to us, especially the recal of the Moorish troops collected in the neighbourhood of Ouchda—and to place him in a situation to be compelled to explain what his intentions are. I's it peace or war which he seeks ? If, acting in accordauce with his real interest, he holds to good terms with us, he must put an end to these arma ments which are threatening Algeria, respect neutrality by withdrawing all support from Abd-el-Kader, and forthwith give the strictest order to prevent a recurrence of the past. If he desires war, we are far from desiring it ; we should indeed sincerely regret it, but we do not fear it, and if we are compelled to fight we shall be found ready to do so with vigour, with the confidence founded on a just cause, and so as to make the aggressors repent. I, however, repeat it, we ask no more than to remain on friendly terms with the Emperor of Morocco, and we firmly believe that he is not the less interested in keeping up the same relations with us. I advised you by my last dispatch that ships of war were about to be sent to cruise on the coast of Morocco. A division, under the command of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinvilte, consisting of the SufYren, of the steam-frigate Asmode., and of another steamship, is about to sail thither, first touching at Oran, where his Royal Highness will put himself in communicotion with Marshal Bugeaud. The Prince will also have to be in communication with you ; and I have no doubt of your readiness to place yourself at his disposal, and to give him all the assistance in your power. Nevertheless the instructions to his Royal Highness are pacific, founded on this—that war is not declared between France and Morocco. His presence off the coast of that empire, at the head of a naval force, is more with a view of imposing and restraining than that of threatening. Let us flatter ourselves that it will in this respect produce a salutary effect. P.S. This is how I sum up your instructions. You will require of the Emperor of Morocco 1. disavowal of the inconceivable aggression com mitted by the Moors upon our territory. 2. The breaking up of the corps of troops collected at Ouchda, on our frontier. 3. The recal of the Caid of Ouchda, and of the other agents who have provoked the aggression. 4. The expulsion of Abd-el.Kader from the Morocco territory. You will close by repeating 1. That most certainly we have not any intention of taking an inch of the M,rocco territory, and that we are only desirous of living in peace and on friendly terms with the Emperor. 2. But that we shall not suffer that Morocco becomes for Abd-el-fader a place of inviolable refuge, whence aggressions such as that which has taken place may pour forth ; and that if the Emperor does not himself do that which is necessary to prevent them, we shall signally avenge ourselves. It will be seen by the full swing dispatch to M. de ..'yon, with whom the Duke de Glucksberg was by this time associated, that M. Guizot contented him self with renewing these instructions after the suc cessful attacks upon Tangiers and Mogadore had given him the means of extorting more favourable terms from the Moors : Paris, August 30, 1844. Gentlemen,—The signal victories which our land and sea forces have obtained in the contest between us and the Government of Morocco have caused no change in the intentions which the King's Government had mani fested before the commencement of that contest. What we then demanded as the necessary condition for the re-establishment of amicable relations between the two states, and as the sole guarantee sufficient to re-assure us against the return of incidents which have disturbed those relations, we now demand again, without making any addition to them, because the object we proposed remains the same, and no view of aggrandisement is joined with our determination not to suffer the rights and dignity of France to be disregarded. That the extraordinary assemblages of Moorish troops formed on our frontiers in the environs of Ouchda shall be immediately dispersed. That an exemplary chastisement be inflicted on the authors of the aggressions committed :on our:territory since the 30th of May. That Abd-el-Kader be expelled from the Moorish ter ritory, and that he shall not hereafter receive any sup port or assistance of any kind. In fine, that a complete and regular boundary between Algeria and Morocco be agreed on tied concluded, con formably to the position acknowledged by the Emperor of Morocco himself, at the domination of the period of the Turks at Algiers. Nothing then can prevent the establishment of peace. The Court of Morocco, after all the injury it has caused us, does not perhaps expect so much moderation on our part. In order to give it a remarkable proof of that moderation, and in order to afford it an opportunity to reply by accepting our proposals forthwith, the King commands you, gentlemen, to proceed to Tangiers on board one of the ships of our squadron, and to cause to be forwarded to th, authorities of that place a letter addr,ssed to the Emperor, in which you will announce to him that if he accepts purely and simply the conditions of our ultimatum to which I have referred, you are still authorised to treat on that basis. It is to be well understood that this proceeding is not to have the effect of suspending hostilities, and that our land and sea forces shall be free to continue their ope rations until the Emperor shall have accepted our offers. It is likewise to be understood that the negotiator who may be dispatched to us to communicate the Emperor's adhesion should proceed on board one of our ships, and that there the arrangements should be signed to which the negotiations may give rise, and that under no circumstances should you set foot on land to meet the .Moorish neg , 4iator. The Minister of Marine writes this day to his Royal Highness the Prince de Jeinv!lle to inform him of the course which is prescribed for you, and to assist in its execution by placing a ship at your disposal. Receive, Gentlemen, &c. The following is from M. de Nyon and the Duke de Glucksberg to M. Guizot Sutfren, Tangiers-roads, Sept. 10, 1844. Nine o'clock in the Afternoon. Sir,—We arrived this morning in Tangiers-roads. M. de Martino came on board immediately, and informed us that considerable impatience prevailed in the city, and that Sidi Bousselam was waiting with anxiety our arrival, and the communication we had to make to him. He likewise announced to us, that we were about to rec , ire a visit from the Governor of the town, the Caid Ben Abbou. He, in fact, u ent for him, and he came on board the Sutfeen, accompanied by the Captain of the Port. Ben Abbou repeated to his Royal Highness that the Emperor of Morocco expected peace from him, and that his pleni potentiary, Boussetam. was ready to sign it. He with drew evidently flattered at the reception given to him. A few minutes afterwards M. Warnier proceeded to the Pitch), bearing the convention arranged between us and approved by the Prince de Joinville, and of which your Excellency will find hereto annexed a copy. The in strueliods given to M. Warnier were, to see the Pacha and io demand et him, without permitting or entering into any discussion, whether he was ready, by virtue of the full powers he held from the Emperor, to affix his signature to a convention, The reply of the I'acha was affirmative. We were apprised of this hy a signal, and wo immediately proceeded to land where the consular body at Tangiers were waiting to receive us. We were likewise received by the Governor of the town and by a guard of honour, by whom we were conducted to the Casbah, where e were in'roduced to Bousselam in the imperial apart ment. He was attended by the chief director ut the Custom-house, a person who performed a political part of some importance during the late events. After having exchanged some compliments, we asked the Pacha if he were in fact disposed to sign the treaty which we had submitted to him. He desired seine explanations as to the nature of the engagement which the 7th article im posed on his Government,. and appeared satisfied with our replica. On our part, we insisted on the urgency of the measures relative to the delineation of the boundaries, Of which the principle is laid down in the sth article of the convention, and we reminded him of the stipulations relative to the evacuation of the island of Mogadore, o'ctated by the kindness and generosity of his Royal .ighness, arid we signified to. him that as soon as the r. nvention should be signed, the consulate should be reinstalled, and the functions of it intrusted to M. Mau -1 (main, until the exchange of the ratifications. It we< then agreed that as soon as the French flag should be h, i s te t on the Consular building, it should be salute.; with 21 guns from the town, and thet. the admiral's ship .should return the salute. We then proceeded to sign :the convention. One copy in Frizneh, and another in .Arabic, drly signed and sealed, rem a i ne d i n t h e h ands ee,f Sidi 13ousselatn. Two others are to be brought to Faris by the Duke de Glucksberg. who thinks it neces- Airy to take the orders of your Excellency relative to ' :he new mission with which he is charged. This mis sion will moreover be retarded by the delay in forward ing the orders of the Emperor. We trust, Sir, that our conduccwill obtain the appro. hntiim of ch. King and of his Government. It is true taint we have not strictly confined ourselves to the ext. , - ‘ention ut tree orders of your Excellency, but. directed tby the counsels and encouraged by the approbation of its - Prince de Joinville, we considered that whilst we carefully pr„-!scrved throughout the atEir the character ss eicii our instructions conveyed to us, it was permitted us to endeavour to strengthen every stipulation, and particularly that which relates to Adb-el-K d with a er, all the guarantees necessary to render them as efficacious as possible. Our first idea was to stipulate for a p een .. niary indemnity for the French who experienced losses e ~1 the war or of the previtais acts - of th e Mi.oLisli Government ; but we were restrained by the fear of compromising by this exigency the success of a THE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY,.EV_ENING,. JANUARY l3, 1845 SI_)IRIT.uL tue i 2 qIB:tIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. STANDARD.—We rejoice to announce the ex tinction of the cause of the late distressing movement in the diocese of Exeter. The Bishop of the diocese has addressed to his clergy a circular, couched in the most grateful and affectionate terms, and stating that, having received from the Lord Primate, that most Reverend Lord's address to the diocese of Can• terbury, he (the Bishop of Exeter) cordially adopts the views and sentiments of that address, and " advises all his clergy to act in con formity with the views so plainly set forth by the Archbishop; that is, to continue the services in their several churches as they now are, making no attempt to approach nearer to an exact observance of the rubric, unless they shall in any instance ascertain that the wish of the people is clearly in favour of such an advance." More than this cannot be desired ; and now is the time for those who opposed the innovations attempted to be introduced in Exeter diocese to prove that their opposition rested upon religious grounds, and did not proceed from a wish to resist the due authority of their ecclesiastical superior ; and this they will most effectually demonstrate by gratefully embracing the Bishop's proposition, that the late events " may be as if they had never been." We earnestly recommend a vigilant care of this "bond of peace" among churchmen, because we know that the enemies of the Church, emboldened by the late unhappy differences, will seek to rend it ; and we offer this recommendation with more confidence, because, while we have all along tried to do justice to the honourable, pure, and sincerely religious motives of the Bishop, we have used no reserve in combating what we believe to be his errors. We trust that the Right Reverend Lord will live to receive the same justice from the hands of others : sure we are that he will have it from poste rity. When the present, or rather let us say the late, heats shall have fully subsided, men will re member that it was not the Bishop of Exeter who first patronised the Tractarian innovations ; they had been introduced in the metropolitan and in many other dioceses with episcopal connivance, in some cases with episcopal commendation, before the Bishop of Exeter was compelled to take some part, by the urgency of men who required him to sanction the novelties, and defied him to refuse his sanction, with the rubric in their hands. The Bishop saw, or thought he saw, that he could not resist the demand; and, therefore, he issued his pastoral, recommending a general adherence to the rubric (as he read it), but nothing more. It is unfair to the Right Reverend Lord to read his recommendation as if it operated only in l i one direction. It had, as it plainly was in tended to have, a two-fold operation—to prohibit the Romanising mummeries for which the rubric afforded no authority, as well as to enforce the surplice preach ing, and the offertory which, according to the Bishop's interpretation (an erroneous interpretation, as to the surplice, in our opinion), the rubric en joined. Now, in such a difficulty, a sincere and pious man, keenly sensitive to the obligations of duty, might very justly reason as follows—l see the Church torn by schism in other dioceses, because the bishops will not take a part on one side or the other. I see our Church dishonoured, and religion itself degraded, in defiance of law, by the introduction of Roman Catholic ornaments and ceremonies, because the bishops will not enforce the law against them ; because some of the bishops have even approved of these Romanising violations of the law. I will protect my diocese from these evils, by a strict enforcement of the law re buking deficiency on the one side, and rendering impossible excess on the other. Is not such reason ing just and natural, and what would almost neces sarily offer itself to a man keenly sensitive to duty? It, however, involved more than one original error in fact. The Bishop was, we think, mistaken as to the rubrical injunction of surplice preach ing—he was certainly mistaken as to the public feeling on the point. The question being at best a doubtful one, and the practice having been revived by the Romanising Tractarians, the people, the sound part of the clergy as well as the laity, classed surplice preaching with the other Tractarian innovations. This, probably, the Bishop did not know, though he ought to have known it. Again, the Bishop had, we apprehend, a rash confidence in his services to the Protestant cause to protect him from the suspicion of favouring Romanist practices. Certainly no man was better entitled to cherish such a confidence, but it is ever dangerous to be confident in one's former services, when opposing a conscientious public feeling. When men's minds are violently- heated, they think that every other conscience is like their conscience, and will suspect of duplicity even those whom they have been most accustomed to venerate and love, if they differ from them. The Bishop's con stitutional kindliness, too, had seduced him into some good-natured acts to the very worst and most dishonest of the Tractarians, which aided a suspi cion of his hostility to the tenets of that party the practices of which he seemed to sanction, in part at least, and the leaders of which he admitted into his friendship, and sought to protect from a just condemnation. Then, as always happens when a su perior gives unpalateable commands, a new ques tion as to the limits of authority was raised. All, however, is happily at an end. And while we must always disapprove of the delay that has been permitted by the episcopal bench in enforcing that Protestant uniformity, which the address of the Lord Primate is calculated to enforce, we can scarcely regret (except on account of the pain that it must have given to himself) that the Bishop of Exeter has fairly brought the question to issue. It now rests with the other bishops to take instruction by his Lordship's (to him distressing) experiment, and to imitate his example by enjoining a return to the old Protestant uniformity. What ever the Bishop of Exeter does, he does it ho nestly. If he errs, he errs in a manly and ingenuous manner; if he repairs the error, he is sure to make the reparation ingenuously, and without reserve. Such characters may sometimes provoke our hos tility, but they will always command our respect ; and, if we are good for anything, some share of our affection. Would that all our bishops were as in genuous and decided, whatever their opinions. GLOBE.—The meeting held at Rochdale on Thursday last, to petition Parliament against the introduction of the New Poor-law into the Rochdale Union, will give to the opponents of that measure no additional strength. Large meetings and loud talking, a alone, s e nevernceateneroefmr ng b esevee permanently serve any good purpose in this country ; and at th e meet ingy stbtiohavuet vociferation, beenan al mostitivecitn invective, questiont:ta,l b h and false reasoning. A detailed notice of the speeches would only be a repetition of the worst and weakest points made by the opponents of the New Poor-law during the last ten years. Something must of course be allowed for the difficulty of saying anything new upon such a subject, and also for the temptations to exaggeration and random assertion to which all who now attempt to speak on that side of the que stion, and hope to be listened to, are i nev it a bl y exposed. The petition to the House of Commons, pre sented to and adopted by the meeting, may, however be taken as a fair specimen of what the Anti-Poor law gentlemen of Rochdale can, with all the advan tages of deliberation, say in favour of their view of the matter. In the first paragraph, then, it is asserted that, in the opinion of the petitioners, " the principle of self-government will be destroyed by the introduction of tile provisions of the Poor law Amendment Act into Rochdale"—that this principle has hitherto been acted upon by the inhabitants " with perfect satisfaction to them selves and the poor of these townships"--and that if the New Poor-law be forced upon them, "the conse quences will be feelings of hatred and contempt, instead of that due respect for the laws and constitution which has hitherto characterised the people of these locali ties ;"—which, obviously, conveys nothing more than that the petitioners would rather he without the New Poor-law ! Had such an expression of opinion been allowed to have weight, perhaps there is not a parish in the kingdom which would ever have been afflicted ' with it. I n th e next paragraph the petiti oners call th e no ti ce o f the House to " the v a l ue o f resistance can he justifi e d b y the nature aggression 1 — and th en seek to resistance o when the justify resistance to " the acts of the Poor law borernissloners " by what they Cons i der " the spirit of the law of England ;" on the g round that the Commissioners in issuing " mandates called rules and orders" do so only " under pretence" of administering the law ; and furthermore that they (the Commissioners) are " irresponsible to the people for their actions!" Have the gentlemen who have signed this extraordinary document ever given them• selves the trouble to consider what is the real effect of those reckless and groundless assertions ? If the powers of the Commissioners have been illegally used, this is a reason, not for the non-introduction of their " rules and orders into one corner of the kingdom, but for their entire abolition or modification; while the prayer of the petition extends only to the privi lege of appearing at the bar of the House "by COUTllifil, to show cause why the New Poor-law should not be forced into these districts," The peti tioners next remind the House of those great and glorious principles of civil liberty," &c,&e., and as sert that the Poor-law Commissioners have assumed the power of taxing the people without the consent of Parliament! And then follows a general denuncia tion of " all commissions, of whatsoever nature they be," as " illegal arid unjust ;" and the Bill of Rights is appealed to as the authority for this very sweep i ng doctrine. Such is the enidra scope of the Rochdale petition, Whatever might be the real merits of a cause, it is not in the nature of things that it should receive anything but injury from such scivocacp f‘ir th ation which his Royal Highness desired t e, rnssiblr;itlelty IL wfis 6 suppres'sed an. rehtivo to VOITCEM tlic• offer of tlw mediation cf. France in the difference:s which exist between the C0111:3 of the North and th.± Emperor of Morocco. We were satisfied with leaving an opportunity, through the 7th article, it your Excel lency to open negotiations with the Emperor. Your Ex cellency appeared to give us an implied authority to that effect in your dispatch, No. 2. Besides, we received the same morning the original dispatches (1 and 2) of your Excdlency, and in two different ways. the telegraph dispatch of the 2d of Sep tember. We will not terminate this dispatch without giving fresh testimony of the mility which the important services rendered us by M. de Martens have constantly been to us. They have most powerfully- contributed to the result which we now lay before your Excellency. We desire equally to call your attention to the energy and zeal which Messrs. Nlauboussin and Fleurat have displayed in the King's service.—Receive, &c. The Prince de Joinville first appears in the fol.• lowing dispatch addressed to the Minister of Ma . rine : THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE TO ADMIRAL DE DIACKAU. On board the Suffren, Sept. 6, 1844. M. le Ministre,—Pacific overtures have been made, in the name of the Emperor, by Sidi Bousselam, Pacha of Larache, at present at Tangiers. In a letter, addressed to M. de Nyon, Sidi Bousselam announces that he is authorised to give us satisfaction on the four points explained in the demands of France. The Emperor, he says, never ceased to be at peace with France. Bousselam has, moreover, requested M. Mar tino, Consul-General of the Two Sicilies, to convey his letter to us in person, and he told him verbally to inform us that if we had any other application to make, he was empowered to grant what would be just. He concludes by asking that plenipotentiaries be sent to Tangiers, and giving the assurance that they would be well received. What faith are we to place in these words ? I cannot tell ; but, although I do not consider them entitled to much confidence, I am of opinion, nevertheless, that his overtures should not be rejected. The intelligence received for some days since states. that the truth respecting the events . passing on the fron tiers, and those of Mogadore, is beginning to be known. bluley Abderabman is at Fez, amidst a demoralised population, which dreads to see us arrive in spring, and entreats the Emperor to conclude the peace. lam posi tively informed by every body that such is the real dis position of the public mind. We must avail ourselves of it. We have already obtained a great result. Morocco, for many years, had not been exposed to attacks from European Powers ; all the attempts hitherto made against it had not succeeded. Now it has felt the weight of the arms of France, the result should not be com promised by showing ourselves too exacting. If they seriously desire peace, we should hasten to conclude it. It now remains to he known if Bousselam is fully authorised to treat with us. There lies the greatest diffi culty. Hitherto he has refused to exhibit his full powers; perhaps his instructions are merely verbal. The letter of the Sultan, conferring those powers, may, on the other hand, say more than he is willing to admit. I reply to this objection, that the affair of Spain was concluded without his being required to produce his full powers. Now, we are in :better position than Spain to act in an off-hand manner, and overlook any irregularity in the form. The most important point, in my mind, as I had the honour to inform you in my preceding dispatch, is to bring the affair to a speedy termination, under the im pression of the military facts, which gave satisfaction to public opinion in France, and insured the tranquillity of Algeria.—Receive, &c. The next dispatch from the Prince to Admiral de Mackau will be read with much attention. It affords the most signal verification that could be desired of our remarks, on the 2d of September last, upon the announcement that the island off Mogadore was oc cupied : On board the Sliffren, Cadiz, Sept. 8, 1844. Monsieur le Ministre,—l hereby lay before you the situation of affairs ; and I beg you to have the kindness to give a prompt solution to the questions proposed in tine letter. I have had the honour to inform you of the pacific overtures which were sent usfrom Tangiers, as well as of the mission confided to M. Warnier. M. Warnier arrived at Tangiers yesterday morning, and was received with such honours as were never be stowed upon any European. The Caid came on horse back to receive him, and all the troops were under arms. When introduced into the presence of the Pacha, Sidi Bousselam, he was told by him that the Emperor had always been a friend to the French ; that he was de sirous of peace, and deplored what had passed ; that everything had been done contrary to his orders. He was well aware that it was impossible fur him to pretend to contend with France. The Pacha added that they were ready to accede to all our conditions, and that he entreated that the situation of his master might be taken into consideration. He had met, he said, with but little obedience before the war ; had found still less since it had broken out, and was threatened with the loss of all authority, if it continued. Bousselam has given by writing, and before witnesses, an attestation that he is furnished with full powers by the Emperor to treat with us. In the face of facts so positive, there is only one line of conduct to be pursued—to profit by this favourable turn to make a good treaty. I return to-morrow to Tangiers, to this intent, with the Inflexible and the Suffren, taking with me our plenipotentiaries. I shall be joined by the Gemappes as soon as it shall have completed taking on board a month's water and four week' provisions. This latter fact may give you an idea of the material difficul ties against which we have to contend. At Mogadore events have taken place which appear to have modified our position. You will be able to judge of this fact by the letter which I have received, and which I transmit to you. Admitting of some natural exagge ration, and of the emotion which may have been felt after the departure of the squadron, which was rendered necessary by the want of provisions, it is no less true, however, and I sin now obliged to recognise it, that the occupation of the island in winter is very difficult with out that of the town. In fact, it is very possible that the authority of the Emperor and his desire to put u stop to the hostilities may be set at nought, even after the conclusion of the peace, by the bands of Kabyles which are the masters of Mogadore and the country round. In this case nothing can prevent their bringing into the town either from the interior, or from ,other places on the coast, fresh cannon ; the batterie• of the island may be able to silence them, and we may be able to go and spike them ; but they place their batteries in the sands at a great distance, and if numerous bands come to their defence, it becomes very difficult to go and destroy them with only a handful of men. Now, the firing from these pieces of artillery will render the possession of the harbour perfectly impossible to the vessels on the sta tion. Without the harbour, when the bad season comes on, it will be impossible for our vessels to remain in the outer roads ; the naval station of the island will then become very difficult to keep, and our verse employed upon it would be doubly compromised,—on the one side by the enemy's fire, on the other, by the nautical diffi culties of the position. Besides, although the island may be impregnable to any forcible attack of the Arabs, if they establish themselves. in the town with mortar batteries, as the island has no casemates, it will become a most painful and difficult position for our garrison to remain in. If I were only to listen to my own feelings, as soon as the peace was signed, I would evacuate everything, for in the occupation of the island I only see a source of perpetual difficulties. But, as it may be possible that the Government may attach a great importance to this position, I will still keep it until we receive fresh orders trom you, unless, when upon the spot, I may consider the difficulties still greater than I now imagine ; and then we may be obliged to take the town and occupy it. The occupation will not be an easy task, as we shall only find brackish water to drink, the aqueduct being destroyed ; we shall have, after all, only 1,600 men to take it and keep it, and the getting provisions for its maintenance will be a matter of the greatest difficulty. But that appears to me to be the only means of assuring us the quiet possession of the harbour, iand, conse quently, the naval station at the island. The plenipotentiaries having :begged me to come with them to Tangiers, I have been obliged to give up my in tention of going itnmediately to occupy the town. I have confined myself then to sending the Belle Poule and the Triton, in order, if it be necessary, to reimforce the moral force of the garrison. As soon as the foundations of the treaty shall be laid, I shall go thither myself with the steam boats, taking all the compauies intended to be disembarked from the vessels. I cannot take as ith me the vessels themselves,' on account of the want of provisions, and the commencement of the bad season. I will then see what is to be done. But what I parti cularly request you to answer me is relative to this point —When once the treaty is concluded, are we to keep the island ? If it be considered desirable that ,it should be kept daring the bad season, it will be necessary to make all haste to occupy the town. In that case send me 1,500 men on board steamers, and send me also provisions, cannon, and ammunition, to defend the town, which will probably be attacked every day. Or, is it to be evacuated ? I must again repeat it, that before your answer arrives we may, perhaps, be forced to take and occupy the town of Souetah, with the feeble means in my power, or to evacuate everything. But in any case, you must see of what importance it is to answer me immediately. P.S. September 9.—The more I reflect upon the diffi culties of our establishment at Mogadore, and the dis agreeable consequences that may result to our policy at the moment we are treating for a peace by the occupation of the town, the more I am of opinion that we ought to profit by the conclusion of this peace to evacuate every thi, g. It would he much easier fur us to retake it in the spring, than to keep it now. All that being well considered, it is probable that if we make a favourable peace, I shall give orders for the immediate evacuation of the island. The following dispatch from the Prince de Join ville to Admiral de Mack-au narrates the circumstances under which peace was concluded : On board the Suffren,;Tangiers, Sept. 10, 1844. Monsieur le Ministre,—l have given you an account of the demand of peace made to us at Cadiz by Sidi Bousselam. having full powers from the Emperor of Morocco. I proceeded to Tangiers with two ships and tour steamers, and cast anchor there this morning. Ge ncral Ben AbOtteCaid of the town of Tangiers, immedi ately came on hoard my s hi p an d d ec l are d to me t h at the Emperor's intention was to make peace and to ac cept our terms. very explicit and drawn up on the bproject pointedo f treaty, out by th e Ki ng ' s Government, had been prepared by the Plenip otent i ar i es, and trans lated into Arabic with care, and aas taken on shore by Mr. Warnier, with this notice, that to obtain peace, the treaty must be signed in the course of the day without the alteration of a single word ; that, were ; ; • it tint SO, IL 7e r lo; told t!k that froui l.lt cat . : • I .ll l f .". •• 1;t •f Sidi Mohamed. eft, the battL r hi,. ee ,vei‘e a, w,ll ac quainted al. h as with the , Ituation of the Emperor acid he • topire, that we were desirous of making a friend of Muley Abderahman, and that it was worthy of a great nation like France to be generous after victory. The Paella accepted the terms with joy. The Plenipoten tiaries went ashore under a salute from the artillery of the town, and were received by the consular corps. They proceeded to the Pacha's house. All was signed. Thus in a few hours our conditions were notified and accepted under our cannon. The treaty being signed, I conceive that I am conforming to your instruction by ordering the immediate cessation of hostilities, and the evacuation of the island of Mogadore. Being desirous of removing the very vast trace of our disagreement, by leaving only a salutary souvenir of the blow we have struck, we have again put up the flag of the Consulate-General. The troops occupying am place have saluted it with 21 cannon, and I have return d the salute. We leave an eleve consul to conduct the affairs of the Consulate. This measure will insure posi tively the ratification of the Emperor; for were he to refuse now, it would be a new and serious case of war. But the severe lesson we hays inflicted upon him will constantly induce him to avoid the consequence of a refusal. Thus, Monsieur le Ministre, by the actions of this day we have obtained even more than the Government de sired, and more than we ever obtained at Morocco, and that without the co-operation of any foreign influence, and by the cannon of our own vessels, Friendly diplo matic relations have been established, and all that re mains of our disagreement is a salutary fear of our name and of the force of French arms. Muley Abderahman, after having felt the weight of our sword, has received a proof of our generosity—his interests are ours, and we have made a friend, who may hereafter be very useful to us. I have sent to Commander liernouz, who commands at Mogadore, the order to evacuate entirely and to return to Cadiz, whither I shall return to-morrow. FLANDERS MAIL. BaussEr.s, JAN. B.—An exaggerated notion has been formed of the fortune of the late King William 1., Count of Nassau. M. Van Gobbelschroz, formerly one of the Ministers of the Netherlands, who is per fectly in a position to know the facts, has published a letter, in which he states the facts as they really are. He promises a history which might be highly interesting. "It is not possible now," he says, "to seek for the source of the fortune of the late King in the colonial revenue, whence it was derived. It has been affirmed that the late King left a fortune of 100,000,000 florins. All Holland knows that it was only 30,000,000 (2,445,0001. ster ling), which does not seem an immense fortune for a King. But again, whence was it derived ? M. Von Gobbelschroz announces that the King, who was very simple in his tastes and habits, and, as far as his own person was concerned, very economical, saved annually a considerable sum out of his civil list. During a reign of twenty-six years he took a share in all commercial and manufacturing undertakings the object of which seemed to him to be useful. " His capital served to found and to support associa tions which became the source of a degree of prospe rity unparalleled in the history of the country which he governed. If he generously assisted private undertakings, it must be remembered that he founded the two most important institutions of the country—the general Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures at Brussels, and the Commercial Company at Amsterdam, which owed their creat.on to the King, and became so prosperous that the value of the original shares increased 50 per cent. It was thus, Sir, that the late King, always saving of a treasure destined to increase the welfare of the country, was able to leave thirty millions to be divided between his three children. Everybody in Holland, all parties, the Opposition of 1844 as well as the Conservative, acknowledge the accuracy of these facts, which cannot now be disputed." It is in contemplation in the department of the in terior to form a commission to examine the question of banks of savings. The Minister of the Interior gives notice to the holders of coupons of interests of the Belgian loan o 50,850,000 francs Three per Cent. due on the Ist of February, 1845, that they may receive payment from this day of the Cashier-General of the State, at Brus sels, and of all the agents in the provinces. HAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL. NIMEGUEN, JAN. 7.—The accounts of the rivers here and elsewhere are favourable. The Maese is quite free from ice ; on the Lower Rhine the ice is everywhere in motion, and in some places has wholly disappeared. THE HAGUE, JAN. 9.—The accounts received to day of the state of the rivers, bring the favourable in formation that the breaking up of the ice has not yet been attended with any accident. TEEL, JAN. B.—We have before stated that his Majesty had directed the application of a certain quantity of gunpowder to blow up the ice in different parts of the river Waal. The first attempts failed ; but the following have been more successful, and it is intended to repeat the experiment in other places if it should be found necessary. ROTTERDAM, JAN. 9.—We mentioned some time ago that a parcel of wine from Bordeaux, direct, had arrived at Batavia, where it had been seized by the Government, and thrown into the sea, because it was found to be adulterated with deleterious substances. The fact WAS denied, probably by some interested parties. But a letter from Batavia, of the 16th of September, addressed to a respectable person in this city, confirms the fact. It says that a French ship, direct from Bordeaux, lately brought 200 hogsheads of wine, consigned to an eminent house in this city. Portions were sold to different persons, one of whom was the President of Batavia. This gentleman, after having drank less than half a bottle, was suddenly taken ill, and ascribing it to the wine, ordered it to be analysed by some per sons of the faculty, who found that there was not a drop of real wine in it, and that it contained such noxious ingredients that any one who should take two bottles, might be considered as poisoned. Several persons had been taken ill in consequence, and the master of the band of the general staff had lost his life. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 11.—A royal ordinance, dated the 9th of this month, is published, which contains regulations for the better observance of Sundays, and on the holidays observed by the Christian Church. No work is to be done, no goods exposed for sale, no public amusements, such as plays, concerts, dancing, horse-race, &c., to be allowed; no public-houses to be open during Divine service, &c. BERLIN, JAN. 4.—Colonel Von Skiratin, Aide-de camp to the Emperor of Russia, arrived here yester day. He has been on a mission to the South of Ger many, supposed to be relative to the affairs and the return of the Duke of Luchtenhurgh. The day before yesterday Captain Guthrie arrived express from St. Petersburgh, on his return to London. Several persons have also arrived belonging to the suite of the Grand Duchess Helen. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 3.—The financial account for 1843 is very favourable; the public debt has been re duced half a million (in addition to the million an nually allotted for this purpose), yet there is an over plus of 350,000 rix dollars. HAsinnuott, JAN. I.—ln the course of last year the number of births here was 5,222, and of deaths 5, 9 13; marriages 1,832, christenings 5,012. ST. PETERSBURG!!, DEC. 28.—An imperial ukase of the 14th instant is f the following terms :—Lieute nant-General Baron Von Rennenkamp has purposely laid before the Emperor a false report, in which he mentions, by name, several persons, as having distin guished themselves in an action with the mountaineers, near the Aul Blrik, who had no share in it ; as an ex ample for others, he is removed from his post, and is to be tried by a court-martial. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTERDA3t, .IAN. 10. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2 1 ,4 per Cent 6 4 3/ 65 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent 99? 100 A Ditto, 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Commercial Company,4 l ,4 perCt 146 A 147 1 4 East India Loan, 4 per Cent 983 99/4 Exchange on London, one month 12 12 1 ,., Two months l2 171/2' At sight — On Hamburg Two months 35 50 On Paris Two months - -Dutch Papers, Jan. 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERuN, JAN. 7. Bills, Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent 9 9 3 /4 99% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Ct — Exchange on London, 2 months —universal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 8. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, J.s.. 7. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents Bank Shares — 1680 Anglo-Russlan Loan „ —11 4 1. E Russian 5 per Cent., !lamb. Certillega 10,5% 105 1 4 Ditto Ist series Inscription — 105 1 / i Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series 9914 Ditto, in Certificate 9 9 1 /2 l~few 4. per Cent., Hope and Co — 91 1 Ditto Stieglita ~,,, s ~•,.,, ~, . Spanish :Sew 5 per Cent g 4 Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo•-Portuguese Loan, 2 1 ,i per Cent — Dutch Actual Debt, 2 1 / 2 per Cent I.of Polish New 4 per Cent. . An, 1844 „, 8'; 34 1: 4 , 874 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent B7 864 National Bank Shares — 134 Exchange on London. Petersburg, Three months Bremen, Two months —Hamburg Borsenhalle, Jan. 7. FATHER MATHEW.—TJpwards of 701. h ave b een raised in Lancaster for reliev i ng Father Mathew from his pecuniary difficulties. Of this sum the clergy of the Established Church resident in the town and neigh bourhood, have liberally contributed — nothing!!Such expansive benevolence is worthy of record, an d we therefore give it a place is our columns.—Lancaster Guardian, A — RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT THE STATES OF JERSEY FOR 1844. (From the Jersey and Guernsey Neun.) The States of Jersey have been summoned only fourteen times during the past year, owing to the lethargy and indolence of the bailiff, which is five times less than the year before, and they have done no earthly good whatever worthy of a legislative body. They began the year with a debt of 61,842/. 13s. 20., and, notwithstanding our cur rent expenses of the year exceed our revenue by nearly 3,0001., they have since managed to saddle us with a further debt of about 200,0001. for building a floating dock. They calculate, how ever, to meet it all in time, by trenching deep into the impost which was expressly granted for the purpose of establishing a college ; but, owing to the influence of the shipowners, it has always been diverted from that purpose. Thus, it is not to be wondered at that education should be at such a low ebb in the island as to render it difficult to find men sufficiently qualified to fill public offices. By the re turns of the Statistical Society, it appears that there are not less than from 3,000 to 4,000 children in the town parish of 24,000 souls, without any means of instruction whatever, so that our merchants are reaping riches at the expense of a national calamity. Our late Dean, with becoming zeal, prevailed on the States to promise the erection of a large school-room adjoining the hos pital, to mitigate this evil ; but we have not heard that any measures have yet been taken in the matter. The States have done nothing during the past year to reform the manifold abuses under which the island groans. They have not even passed a single Act worthy of note. Some Bills have been introduced, and very good ones in their way, but none of them have been brought to maturity. There was one by the constable of St. Helier's, for regulating inquests, requiring witnesses to be sworn, and reducing the ex penses from 51. 12s. to about 2/. 10s. It was brought in on the 26th of January, ordered to be printed on the 9th of March, pledged to be brought forward at the following sitting, but allowed to remain au greffe —or, in other words, to be kicked under the table ! Mr. Le Sueur brought in another Bill on the 9th of March, for regulating the levying of penalties, a very large amount of which, he said, was due to the public, but remained in arrear, because no person had been designated or authorised to receive them. This Bill has also been thrown aside. The constable of St. Saviour's, Mr. Godfray, brought in a Bill to prevent tresh witnesses being heard in criminal cases before the grand jury, after verdict by the petty jury, which being, as we think, a very injudicious measure, he has abandoned it. Surely a person convicted of crime ought never to be deprived of the means of establishing his innocence, even down to the last day before the execution of his sentence ! A resolution was pas,ed by the States to procure 1,000/. of copper coin (by the bye, we should like to know what profit is made on this speculation, and how it is disposed of) ; another to print Le Geyt's manuscripts, which have been taken by tender, at a very low figure, and the third to remove the register book of contracts from the care of Mr. P. de Carteret to that of Miss Quesnel, at the public library, for safe keeping. The oyster fishery, once a lucrative branch of our commerce, but which has been tampered with from time to time until nearly ruined, has been brought before the Assembly twice, the Hospital three times, the Impost twice, and th e H a b e a s C o rpus twice; the last time to appoint Mr. Le Breton De puty, at three guineas per day, to prosecute a suit on behalf of the Court, before the Queen's Bench, con trary to law, which only allows the States to appoint a Deputy to represent their common concerns to his Majesty in Council; and which measure was brought in, adopted, and carried without being lodged alt greffe, contrary to law, by which the island will be taxed about one thousand pounds without its con sent. In short, the States have done literally nothing during the past year, excepting to vote money for the repairs of roads, enlarging the harbours and markets, and regulating weights and measures. It is abso lutely ridiculous to call them a legislative body—they perform none of the uses which belong to a popular assembly; but are an excrescence—a public nuisance —which every well-wisher of the country must wish to see abolished, that something better may be erected in its place. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jam. 11. LLOYD v. MASON.-JUDGMENT. This was the petition of a solicitor who had been dis charged by his client pendento lite, to be paid his costs out of the funds in the cause. His HONOUR having stated at length the circumstances under which the said solicitor became employed for Lloyd, referred to an order which was made in the Rolls, in the year 1838, directing Lloyd to pay the costs, and to a second order of the same year, also of the Rolls, directing him to pay the amount within four days. In consequence of that order Lloyd was thrown into prison, where he remained till his death, in February, 1841. A person named Brown, who was named executor in Lloyd's will, shortly afterwards instituted two other suits, for the purpose of reviving the first and second suits which had been carried on by Lloyd ; and in May, 1843, a:decree was made on further directions relative to the four suits, by which the rights of the parties were declared, and it was referred to the Master to tax the costs of all the parties in these suits. The claim of the solicitor arising out of this arrangement was in some respects opposed by Lloyd's executor, Brown, on the ground that the solicitor's lien had been forfeited by his having had recourse to the remedy against the person, and thrown Lleyd into prison. His Honour, having recapitulated the arguments of counsel on this head, gave it as his opinion that the petitioner was entitled to what he sought. The form of the decree to be a; matter of ar rangement between the parties. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 11. (Sittings: in Banco.) SMITII V. BOND. s t o h n e b s r t o a t t i g u ht e o t o f r A c c n o n v e e p for en t a a v l t t i n e from irhtheThis w a s defend a civ a i n t t a u m n d ac e r t at g wo v n er m dt o e n t e w y as gamin;. The caseTahgeatnst th wa e s tried tie f,n i d n a n 1 1340, when rp e a nalties amounting to 3,000/. In April last Mr. Baron returned a Gurney granted an order directing the plaintiff's attorney to deliver to the defendant's attorney the particulars of the place of residence, occupation, and profession of his client, the plaintiff. This was done, but it was found that the plaintiff did not reside at the place described in the particulars. Upon this the defendant obtained a rule for an attachment against the plaintiff for contempt, in having attempted to practise a deception on the Court by a mis• statement as to the place of residence. Mr. Lush now showed cause against the rule, and sub mitted that there had neither been contempt nor misde ,cription. The place described was a lodging, for which the plaintiff paid rent, whereat his letters. and parcels were directed and received ; but he admitted that he did not reside there. Mr. Platt and Mr. Butt were heard in support of the rule. The Court eventually discharged the rule, although they thought the plaintiff was not free from blame. The costs of the rule to be paid by the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Three men, named respectively Howell, Smith, and Franklin, the last being a young man of colour, were brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having committed a burglary in the George and Vulture Hotel, in George-yard, Cornhill. The justice-room was crowded during the investigation. Eliza Ann Hughes stated that she was in the ser vice of Mr. Warrener, the proprietor of the George and Vulture Hot,l, and that at a little after ten o'clock on Friday night, upon going up stairs, she was surprised at finding that the door of No. 6 bed-room, which had been locked, was then unlocked ; that she went in, and did not immediately see anybody, but upon turning round, she beheld, to her great astonish ment, the two prisoners, Howell and Smith, whom she had never seen before ; that she asked them what they wanted there, to which they replied, they wanted Mr. Gattier, a gentleman who lodged in the hotel ; that she ran out, screamed, and came down stairs, and that the two men followed, and overtaking her, put their hands upon her mouth ; that she thrust her hands away, helloed out, and that Mr. Warrener then made his appearance, and took them into custody. Mr. George Warrener, who appeared with his arm in a sling and his eye blackened, stated that at about ten minutes after ten o'clock he heard the screams of the last witness, and upon running to her assistance, saw the two prisoners, Howell and Smith, and imme diately seized them. They violently resisted, struck him violently, and not only blackened his eye, but sprained his thumb and wrist. They were, however, secured and taken to the station-house. Franklin, the third prisoner, had been seen by one of th e waiters lurking about the hall of the hotel part of the house. Edward Fitzgerald, a waiter at the George and Vulture Hotel, stated that a little before ten o'clock he saw the prisoner Franklin in the servants' hall, and asked him what he wanted, to which he replied that he took the place for a beer-shop, and then walked away. Upon witness's return, he again saw Franklin, a few minutes afterwards, near the same spot, and observed him walk away down George yard. Inspector Marchant deposed that at half-past ten o'clock Howell and Smith were brought in custody to the station-house, in Tower-street, upon the charge of housebreaking. Witness went to the George and Vulture Hotel to ascertain whether any property had been removed, and upon looking about the neighbour hood found a cab waiting in Lombard -street. The cabman stated to witness that he was waiting for three gentlemen, and witness sent him to the station house, where he identified Franklin, who was subse quently apprehended. Upon Howell some keys were found, one of which opened the door of the bed-room in which that prisoner and Smith were found by the servant girl. Isaac Florry (a City policeman) deposed that he searched the lodgings of S m ith and of Howell. In , Smith's room he found a number of duplicates, and he observed evidences of poverty. In Howell's ledg• ings he found some keys. While the last witnEss was giving his testimony, Smith and Howell declared the police were prompt ing Florry. The LORD Mlyon desired that no one should communicate with any person giving evidence. Nothing could be more prejudicial to the ends of justice. Mr. Filix Gatter was next examined. He is a French gentleman, and his evidence was translated by an interpreter. He stated that he occupied the bed-room, No. 6, in the George and Vulture Hotel during the last two months. He had double-locked his bed-room door at half-past five on Friday evening, and taken the key into the har. Upon going into the room after the apprehension of Howell and Smith, he ascertained that he had lost two rings, which he placed on his toilet. One of them represented a serpent, and the other was a small topaz, but neither was of much value. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any knowledge of any of the prisoners? The witness said he knew nothing of any of them, hut it struck him that Franklin was the son of a man who made clothes for him. Henry Taylor, a cab-driver, stated that three gen tlemen, of whom Franklin was one, called him off the St. Paul's rank, in Cheapside, at nine o'clock, and got into his cab, telling him to drive to the neighbourhood of the India House, when two of them got out, leaving Franklin in the cab. Witness was then desired to wait near George•yard. Franklin, about twenty minutes afterwards, g o t ou t, an d about ten minutes subsequently returned and got into the cab again, ob serving that his friends were staying a long time, but he would see witness paid. At about ten o'clock wit ness saw Franklin go up George-yard, but never saw him afterwards until he went to the station-house. Witness could positively swear to the identity of Franklin, but he could not swear that the other pri soners were the persons who were Franklin's com panions. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoners, what have you to say in answer to this very serious charge? Howell—l don't know anything of these two men (the other prisoners). The LORD MAYOR—What took you into the room in the hotel ? Howell—l merely just walked into the hall, and I heard a scream, and I went upstairs to see what was the matter. I thought the police ought to be sent for, and I wished to know if that was the case, when the gentleman thought proper to collar me.— (A laugh.) I said ti him I knowed nothing of any thing. lam quite sure the servant girl can't swear to me. I wasn't in no room at all. Smith—Please, your Lordship, I was so very tipsy that I didn't know what I was about at all. 1 havn't got the least recollection of what passed. The LORD MAYOR—You were so far gone in drink that you don't recollect how you got into the house at all ? Smith—Just the case, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—What does the servant girl say to that ? Eliza Ann Hughes—He seemed as if he was tipsy after he was apprehended. The LORD MAYOR—How did he appear to be when he spoke to you in the bed-room ? Eliza Ann Hughes —Not at all tipsy. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Franklin, what have you to say ? Franklin—l was so very tipsy last night that I have not the least recollection of any thing at all ; but I knew nothing at all of these two gentlemen next to me.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the prisoners till Thursday. Here a person, who said his name was John Field, and that he resided in King-street, begged that the Lord Mayor would allow him to make a statement, as he had been robbed of all he possessed on the evening of the same day on which the burglary had been committed. He kept, he stated, a coffee-shop, which he had let to the father of Franklin, a foreman to a tailor. Another son of the old man had been backwards and forwards to applicant's house, and on Friday morning his bed-room had been entered and plundered of coats, waistcoats, trousers, and silk dresses. The applicant was then directed to attend at the next examination of the prisoners on Thursday next. HORRIBLE CASE of FRATRICIDE, AND COMMITTAL OF THE BROTHER FOR TRIAL. The county of Stafford has become the scene of a shocking murder, and there is too much reason to fear that the diabolical crime was perpetrated by a brother. The condition of the unfortunate parties was that of small farmers. Thomas Brough, the de ceased, lived at the New Brent Farm, in the parish of Biddulph. It would appear that he was a man who, by parsimonious habits, had succeeded in accu mulating some little property, and was the owner of Whitefield Farm, which is situate near his own house. Whitefield Farm had been in the occupation of his widowed mother and his brother, John Brough, for a little more than twelve months. The mother was the recognised tenant, though it would seem that the brother John managed the farm, and was applied to for the rent when due. On Friday, the 3d inst., about dusk, a distress was put in by the direc tion of Thomas Brough, at Whitefield Farm, for rent, amounting to 291. 12s. In conse quence of some conversation which one of the bailiffs had with the mother and John Brough, the bailiff sent for Thomas Brough, in order to an ami cable settlement, if possible, without enforcing the distress. The deceased Thomas Brough shortly after wards came to Whitefield. There does not appear to have been any quarrel between the two brothers in the house, but the deceased complained very much about his rent not being paid, and intimated that he must have it; he also refused to return two boxes, which had been removed by the bailiffs to his house, until the following morning. The two bailiffs left the house, and the brothers remained in conversation. Shortly afterwards Thomas Brough went into the fold, were some further conversation ensued. He was about to leave, when his brother John said, " Stop a hit, I will go and kin (kindle) my lantern, and will go with you as far as the barn, and sweep two or three oats up." John Brough then returned to the house, lighted the candle in the lantern, and went towards the barn ; and his brother Thomas walked down the meadow towards his own house. Thomas Brough was not afterwards wen alive, and nothing was heard of him until Saturday, about noon, when his body was accidentally found in a sand-pit on Biddulph Moor. THE INQUEST„ The inquiry as to the cause of death, which was commenced on Tuesday, terminated on Friday, at the Talbot Arms, in the parish of Biddulph, before Mr. C. Harding, the coroner. The following were the principal witnesses examined : John Brough, the son of Jude Brough, proved seeing the prisoner cross the meadows at the time with the deceased, which was the last time he was seen alive. Mr. John Harrison, surgeon, of Barsham, who made a post mortem examination, said he found the head on the left side was much fractured, and several pieces of bone were found driven completely in, which were sufficient to cause death. It was the result of some severe blow with a heavy instrument, such as a hammer. James Brough examined- I live at Blackwood-hill Farm, and am servant to Mr. Challinor. On Friday night, while I was supping up my horses, my brother John and Ishmael Lancaster came to me. They opened the door and came into the stable. Ishmael Lancaster then said, " I am come in to kill thee." My brother John said that Thomas had taken my hox and his, and was going to sell him up, and he wanted me to go with him to settle it. I said, "itis so near the week-end, it's no use my going with thee to-night, h e won't sell thee up this week.' He said, " bed them down, and come with me now." I said, " I'll clean this mare, I've been to Leek with her, she is all of a sweat." As soon as I had cleaned her down, I went with them out and locked the door. After I had locked the door I went to look after the cows, to see if they were all right. We all three then went into the house. John Brown; another servant, got them bread and cheese, while I got ready to go with them. We all three went on till we got to Ishmael Lancaster's house, where Ishmael stopped. I and my brother came on. Just before we got to my brother Thomas's house, John said, " I will tell thee what thou must say en thou goes in. Thou must say, ' What is my box doing here ? where is Tom ?' " I did go into Thomas's, and saw the box. I saw my brother Thomas's wife. She said, in answer to my question, that she did not know ; she was at Tunstall when they were brought there. I said to her, it was a strange thing they could not be quiet. I would go over to my mother's, and would call as I came back again. As I was going along the lane frommy brother Thomas's house, I overtook my brother John. He said, "Is he in ?" I said, "No, he has never been seen since he came from the Whitefield." Thomas's wife had told me this. John began crying, and said he did not know what he must do ; and I asked him what for. He said he reckoned he should be hung. I said, " What for ?" He said he had hit my broth e- Thomas on the back of the head with a hammer, and he reckoned he had killed him. I said, '` Oh, dear, John, you should not have done so, you're sure to be hung." I then said, " Where is he?"—[The prisone John Brough, was here sent for, and on being brought into the room, the Coroner told him that the witness who was then beim,: examined was beginning to give evidence which affected him (John Brough) a being implicated in the murder of his broth, -, Thomas Brough. It was, therefore, his (the Coroner's) duty to have him brought into the room, that he might listen to what was said. The Coroner then read over to the prisoner those parts of James Brough's evidence which affected hiM. The examina tion of the witness was then resumed.]--He said that he was at the bottom of the meadow , and that I mu s t h e lp him to do something with WM. - I said, " Oh, dear, John, I cannot go near him." He kept begg" of me to help him to take him somewhere. him it was no use asking me, I could not go near I went4into my mother's house, and he kept fo lloal , after me to ask me. My mother asked wh at must get for our suppers. I said nothing, I hast mine. She then warmed some milk, and whilst was doing so John went out milking. When tbeT, was warmed she gave me mine, and I drank 5,1 spoonfuls, th e r ema i n d er I se t down for the dog..,wv; asked me if I was going to stop all night ? I 511° 4 I was going back again. She begged of me to , li; all night. When John came in I told him I was gl he said don't go to-night, start early in the m orni/5 I said lam obliged to go to-night, if anything ba,r; at Blackwood-hill, and me here, Mr. James wi" To b it all on me. I set off to the Blackwood-hill. came out with me, and followed me to Tber n „.,. house. I did not go in; there was a lock on t h e oat of the door. I came out of the yard and John b of me to help him to do something with my 1)11) 0 Thomas. I said, "Ah ! John, it's no use asking i I can't go near him." He then began crying/ t r o , said, " Good night," and I started. Up the lane p Ishmael Lancaster and Thomas's wife. me whether I had seen my brother Thomas ? no. She said she doubted but that he Was, ' l l away, as he had never been home. I said if B e i ,i o he would be found. I said if I co uld have seen " could have settled the matter. She went dC h ri e wards home, and I went to Blackwood-hill. " rit got there John Brown was gone to bed, but be g i i i r to let me in. It was then a little more than h a ' eleven by my watch. We then went to bed. d t;' Job Bailey—On Saturday evening I faun hammer now produced in a meadow which is lad the Whitefield Farm, and in the occupation °'„f/ Brough. It was about sixty yards from a gr t atY there was a quantity of blood. When I fnu n „ s i hammer it was wet, and there was blood on " i ti, black hairs. The blood on the ground w as on a to bank, at the bottom of which there was a little stig of water, and it was in a direct line from tbe,ll,o" field Farm and the house of the deceased. 11 ; d e ; on the bank appeared to have been re centl9 . lo up, as though to hide the blood. The s.` — t b? water appeared as if it had been damned 1. 1 9, 1 i 00 P was blood about the pla ce . Th ere was a lso "' another hole. The prisoner here said th a t th e b ul k s Vte- ra ' were red with carr water, whi c h came tr a - rs' iron works; that it was so from year's enil.'" end. 0 11° 1; After the Coroner had recapitulated the e lit:, he asked the prisoner if he had anything to s% respect to the charge ? The prisoner bal l "; tears, and uttered some expressions which * O A : distinctly audible ; but we understood him i t :cof f that he " must suffer for other folks." lie $ : ',41 0 " something in reference to transportati o n, or be'''' 4t i out of the country. The jury then returned a v rctet of murder" against John Brough for th,. Marci e ' brother, Thomas Brough. Brough was then committed for trial. EXECUTION OF MARY SIIV 1 : Irswrctr, JAN. 11.—This wretched vvon ls 4 was condemned at the late assizes at Bars' )1 mond's, for the murder of her grandchild, ° p c lesham, near Woodbridge, expatiated her ° tA the drop in front of the county gaol this dayt,i' s o'clock. From the time of her condemnat l o the period of her execution she uniformly 0 , 3 t0 her innocence of the crime, arid endeavourea f alternately upon two of her daughters, one. ° is now confined in the gaol under a convict? larceny, and whose imprisonment ex pire, course of a few days. Yesterday she too' leave of all her relatives, and mutual exchanged, after which the unhappy her religious duties. Notwithstandin, the chaplain, the culprit could not be any confession. Upon arriving at th, sighed heavily, and when the executit pinion her arms, she complained, in he hurt her wrists, and begged that h, the cap over her face, so as to prevet Beyond this, she never spoke a vb except asking for a female attendant and upon being informed that she culprit walked firmly up the stairs, an, on the platform. The executioner ad and she was left standing alone during the remainder of the prayers. about five minutes after twelve, an, culprit, after a few struggles, ceased' [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A NEVER-F. FOR ALL CASES OF SCURVY, SCORN. AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S • PILLS MENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—II( footman to Lord 8., was lately disci Duke of D.'s service in consequence of scorbutic blotches all over his hands great disfigurement. For twelve mom by his master's medical attendants, 131, and the case was at last declared incural discharged. 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