The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

fourtbMbition SUN OFFICE, Sevcn o' Cloch. THE ASSAULT ON THE QUEEN, CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERS9N, Mr. Justice PATTESON, and Mr. Justice TAISOURD.) - Some tiase before the opening of the court the doors and entrances were besieged by crowds of well-dressed people, who were anxious to be present at the trial of the man Pate for assaulting her Majesty, but no one was admitted without an order from the Under-Sheriffs, and the court was at no time over-filled. There was an un usually large attendance of gentlemen of the long robe, while on the bench and in other convenient parts of the court a numerous bevy of flashionebly-attired ladies were accommodated with seats. Their Lordships arrived a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the prisoner was im mediately placed iu the dock. There was nothing new in his appearance to call for remark. He was dressed, as before, in a blue curt rut buttoned up to the neck, and seemed to be but little concerned at the situation he found himself in. He stood firm and erect, with his hands behind him, and his whole demeanour and bearing was that of a military mar. He was de,cribed in the calendar as " Robert Pate, need 30, gentleman," and the cherge against him was thus stated—" Unlawfully and with a stick striking the person of our Lady the Queen, with intent to injure our said Lady the Queen." Upon being called upon in the usual form, he pleaded " Not guilty" in a firm . . voice. - The Attorney-Genera!, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clerk appeared for the proseoution; and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., with whom was Mr. fluddlestone, defended the prisoner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case, and he commenced by stating that it was always painful to him to appear in that court as a public prosecutor, but it was with increased pain that he appeared to prosecute in the present instance. The prisoner at the bar, who had hitherto moved in a high sphere, and pa: std as a gen tleman, was charged with having assaulted our most gracious Majesty the Queer, and although such an of fence was calculated to excite di-gust and abhorrence , in the minds of all loyal and well-disposed persons, it was his duty to warn them not to attach any weight to anything they might have hitherto heard in connexion with this case prejudicial to the prisoner or otherwise, and to try the case in a dispassionate tem per, and decide accuriting to the evidence that would be placed before them. They must dispose of this case as if they were dealing with an ordinary transaction, and acquit or convict the prisoner according to the testimony of the witnesses. The prisoner was the son of a gentle man of independent fertune, who had filled the office of high-sheriff ot his county, and formerly held a commis sion in her Majesty's 10th Hussars, but he retired from the regiment some time ago, and cad since been living in retirement. The Learned Attorney-General then proceeded to relate the facts of the case as they were afterward disclosed in evidence, and then went on to tell the jury that it was not his province te speculate upon what could have been the motives of the prisoner. He understood, however, that it was intended to set up a plea of insanity, but before the jury gave credence to that ph-a they mu't be satisfied that it was true - beyond all possibility of doubt. Colonel Grey was the first witness called. He was examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Icon Equerry-iu- Waiting to her Majesty, and I remsm , er attending on her Majesty on Thursday, the 27th ot June. Her Ma jesty left Buckingham Palace in an open barouche about t o'clock. She was drivers up Constitution-hill and down Piccadilly to Cambridge House. Her Majesty alighted there and remained till halt-past six. On leiv iug Camb i , lge House I saw the serge ant-footman of her Majesty seta:3 the prisoner by the collar and drag him behind the rumble. The police shortly afterwards got hold et him, and seeing that he was Fecund, the car riage was driven on to Buckingham Fleece. Sir Jarees Clark was then sent - f et, and her Majeety'a eye-brow Was bandaged. I saw blood flowing from it. Mr, Robert Renwick, her Majesty's sereeant-footman, was in attendance upon her Majesty on the 27th of June last, while she was leaving Cambridge House. He saw the prisoner strike her Majesty across the forehead, and immediately seized him by the collar. Immediately af terwards the police came up, and the prisoner was given into their custody. James Silver, 8 A, of the Mceropolitan Police, stated that he imaged the prisoner, who had a stick with him, which he now produced. He protested the prisoner - from the violence of the mob, and conveyed him to the Vine•ttreet station, where the prisoner was searched. Tne prisoner stated that his name was R ;beet Pate, that he resided at 27, Duke street, St. James's, and that he tv as formerly a lieutenant in the 10th Hussars. Ile cautioned some men who were describing the assault at this time, and said they did not know whether he hit her Majesty's fors+ e td or h• r bonnet, adding that it was a slight blow with a slight stick. Cross-examined by Mee CCCKBURN—He gave his rights address. -Samuel Coling examined by Mr. CLERK—I am a bookseller, residing in Fetter-lane. 1 remember being at Cambridge House on Thursday evening, the .27th of June, waiting for her 11.F7sty to come out. The pri soner s teed by me, and as the carriage came cut, which stopped for a moment at the gate, the prisoner struck at her Majesty wi h a dick. By tne COURT—It was on the Hyde-park side. 'The blow appeared to me to fall partly on the bonnet and partly on the face. It was hot a - violent blow, though it was bard. He did not strike with all his force. Examination continued—From the attitude of the prisoner, it is my impression that the blow was aimed so as to fall upon the face ( f her Ma jesty. I was the first person to seize the prisoner. I observed three children in the carriage with her Majesty. Cross-examined—There were bet,wke 1 200 and 300 persons present at the time. They were all round us except in front. Sir James Clark examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL—I am physician to her Majesty. I was sent for to her Majesty on Thursday evening, the 27,h of June, and I leached Buckingham Palace between eight and nine o'clock. I examined a Majesty's face and round a tumour on the right angle of her Maesty's brow, and a small cat. The bleeding had stopped. The wound might have been int! cted by the stick produced, but I was surprised to find that so severe a wound could have been ii,flieted by so slight a stick. Cress-examined-1 assume that the blow was struck at the bonnet which was an elastic one. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded to address the jury for the defence. He said he could not dispute the fact that the prisoner had been guilty of the act imputed to 'him, and certainly, if the prisoner had been responsible for what he did, it was an act meriting the severest punishment, but his Learned Friend had rightly con jectured that the act would be excused on the ground of insanity. Now let the jury look at the act itself'. Here was a gentleman, living in a comfort able station of life, lifting his hand against a Sovereign, who was not only respected for her position, but beloved and reverenced for her good ness and virtues, in the presence of a body of people whose t.-elings he- must have known would be so out raged by the act that they would immediately take summary vengeance upon its perpetrator. But it was not in the folly of the act itself that they must look for evidence of insanity. They must go beyond that, and ascertain whether or no there was anything in the pre vious conduct of the man who had committed such an act to justify a belief that at times he was not respon sible for his actions. Now, the prisoner had been rightly described as the son of a gentleman of fortune, who re sided in Cambridgeshire. In 1841 he joined the 10th Hussars in Ireland, and up to a particular period which he should presently refer to, he performed ad the duties of an officer to the. satisfaction of his supe riors. He was very much attached to animals, and lad two favourite horses and a dog. The dog, while suffer ing from an attack of hydropnolsia, bit the two horses, and eventually they died in a stare of frightful madness. This circumstance so affected his mind that he becatee gloomy and strange in his manner. His father, how ever, having heard of the loss, sent him over to Dublin a very valuable horse; but before it reached there the prisoner, without saying anything to his groom or ser vants, quitted Dublin and came over to London, where he was met by some of his friends. His manner ap peared to them so wild and extravagant that they per suaded him to go down to his father's house, where he became still more outrageous in his behaviour. He declared to his father that the reason he had left Dublin was that the cooks and mess of his regiment had entered into a conspiracy to poison him. His friends, however, succeeded in dis abusing his mind of this delusion, and he returned to Dublin, but he had not been there long before he sent word to his father that his inside was filled with brick bats. His father immediately repaired to Dublin,- and consulted Dr. Murray, the surgeon of the regiment, upon the state of his son's health. The general impression then was that he was harmless and light-headed, no thing more, and his father allowed him to remain in Dublin. Shortly afterwards the prisoner again came to London, and, without communicating with his father or his friends, he sold his commission, and went to live in German-street. Here his habits were of the most re gular character; he always dressed the same both in winter and summer, kept regular hours, and, strange to say, for fifteen months, at four o'clock in the day, no matter what the weather was, wet or dry, he went in the same cab, which was a Hansom, to Putney. common, where he would remain for an hour at a small pound without any apparent purpose. His conduct in the cab was always violent teal strange. After Ibis he went to live in Puke-street, where his conduct was equally preposterone and silly, while his mode of con dual( g- himself in the street, and the manner in which he threw his arms about was ' so utterly at variance - with the practice of a sane man, WI - 1 kept a watch over hits, .. the pollee bad long Now, if ell these aces were i..,:,....v \A ' ' proved to the satisfaction of the guru could they have mind?priseornsers:Wataesotfhatoa madman; -''' l' s' f any doubt about the p i e s e n , state of t • • Fes ' 'L i te ...' he circumstances of the 0 •„ litoeef i, a commission of lunacy had been - aken out aeatnst ' the a , Via . risoner, and these facts were adduced as evidence in sup , - . e e este ~\ ! . t,,L , , ... e. -4" ..„. rt of it, could an they hesitate what would have been Aese ,0,-- „ : t -ho result of such ineintry? Tne very act itself, in ) ;W - - 1 it was without motive. The prisoner was not in want— an - be was the son of a weal hy man and -. on the contrary. - z e l A in a state or affluence. Political motives were out of the question; he bad no political grievance to complain of, nor bad he suffered any individual wrong, done in a state of things which could induce him to revenge it on so amiable a personage as her Most Gre cicus Majesty. Why, the very act itself had almost subjected him to the! vengeance of en infueLtt-el multi!ude, naturany outraged by so dastardly an act. Looking at all these things, !hen, coupled with the antecedents connected aita the prisoner, who could hesiwe that this strange act was the result of some momentary impuhe et a disordered mind? He would lay facts bef .1 e them, and then it would be for the jury to deciC,e whether or no they satisfactorily made out the plea of insanity. The prisoner remained unmoved during the address of his Learned Counsel; indeed, he appeared to pay no attentica to it, but devoted his attention to scrutinising the people in court. Colonel John Bandeley examined by Mr. HUDDLE STONE--I was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Ilusears at the time prisoner joined that regiment in 1841. Ile joined as cornet; he afterwards became lieutenai.t; be was in the regiment till March, 1846. When the pri soner joined the regiment was in England. In 1844, a portion of the regiment was at Clare, and at Clonmel. The very first day the prisoner joined there was sense thing strange about him; his hair, for instance, was cut very abort, indicating a belief that his head had been shaved. As an officer be discharged his duties to my satisfeclon, and he was very much liked by his brother officers and the regiment. Ile was always mild and gentlemanly in his behaviour. After an accident oc curred to his horses, I noticed a change in his conduct. The prisoner was of a very aensitiva ckpositior, and he felt hurt as his father had made a claim upon his brother officer for the lusa of his horses, whose death were occa- sioned by the bite of a brother tffic.r's dog. The dog belongs to Major Wallington. He never after that pe:in took much interest in his profession, nut continually took long walks in the will d:stricts. On one occasion he complained to me cf L&ng unwell, and could get no relief from the medical utficr of the regiment. I asked him what was the mattsr with him, and he said his bowels were full of brick, aid tie doctor had not the skill to remove them. H wa; constantly on the sick list after this. On another occasion I sent him with a detachment from Newbridge to Dublin, with or ders to return on the following day. He, however, did not return, and I understood that he went to England. This was an offence of a serious character, and I telt it to be my duty to communicate with the Adjutant- General on the subject. He returned to the regiment in about nine or ten days, when he appeared very wild, and could give no account t f himself. I, therefore, felt it . to be my duty to make a representation to his Lather on the subject of his sanity. Two months after he left the regiment. Cross examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—On his return he told me that he had been iu England, and he was put under arrest. He did nut remain in arrest till he left the service. After he was discharged from ar rest he continued to do his duty as before. Re-examined—From his general conduct I should decidedly say his mind was affected. By the COURT—My opinion of his state of mind was such, that, had I been General, I should have required him to sell ont. _ _ _ Captain Frith examined by Mr. CocßnußN—l am paymaster of the 14th Light Dragoons. I was formerly in the 10th Hussars. I joined that regiment about twelve months after the prisoner. I vows very intimate with him. and I know he was very much liked. After the loss of his horses I observed a great change in his manner. It excited general rema:k in the regiment. Ile of.en absented himself from the mess, and on one occasion he complained to him of the messmau and the cook. He said he was afraid they had conspired to poison him. He made the complaint seriously. By the COURT—I understood him to mean that poison would be mixed with the dishes tor the purpose of de stroying him, and I pointed out to him that such a pro ceeding would kill ether persons as well as him. Examination continutd—l frequently heard him com plain that his inside was filled with stones and bricks. At this time he was wild and excited in his manner, without any apparent cause, and my opinion was that his mind was impaired owing to the loss of his horses. When the prisoner left the regiment he made a present of his accoutrements to the adjutint, which was rather unusual. On the evening of the assault I met the pri soner mid way between Duke-street and Cambridge Howe. He af peared very much excited, and was throwing his aims about in a peculiar ma.iner. He al ways carried a stick with him. The e was always something peculiar in his gait, but I never saw him so excited as on this occasion, v.bich cauted me and e friend to make remarks about him. Cross examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Hi rPeog,,nised me in a ',try eccentric and wild manner. His gait was always exis::gt rated and .trat;ge, w much so that the people turned round in the streets to look alter him. Sir Thomas Munro examined by Mr. IIUDDLESTONE- I joined the 10th Hussars as a captain in 1842, and I was with the ptiaouer before the accident happened to his horses. I saw him at Newbridge afterwards, when he seemed rather more odd than he had been before. He had always appeared strange. His manner and conduct was matter of observatii,n and comment in the regiment. I have seen him once since he left the regiment. It was in the Green-park, at the beginning of this 3 ear. He was walking very upright, very fast, and throwing his arms about. in a strange manner. Thomas Penn, a corporal in. the 10th Hussars, ex amined by Mr. COCKBURN—I was in the regiment when Mr. Pate joined, and I had charge of horses in the same stable with Mr. Pate's. I rememb rhe had a very fine Newfoundland dog, which was destroyed under a general order. It was supposed that three hones be longing to Mr. Pate had been bitten by a mad dog which had belong , cl to Major Wallington, and they were shot. Mr. Pate said he did not know what Le should do if his favourite bay horse was killed. lie was afraid he shout: be almost ready to go and make a hole in the tic: r. lie was vary much depressed acer the dual of his horses. George Pitt examined by Mr. lIUDDLESTONE—I am t sergeant in the 10th Hussars, and was in the regiment at the same time as Mr. Pa!e. Mr. Pate was le r) much attached to his hortes, and after their death he appt-ared much depressed in his spirits and eccentric in his manner. 'I laumal Martin, examined by Mr. ITCDDLESTONE-1 am trumee-ter in the 10th Hussars, and I kuew Mr. Pate .vfien be was in that regiment. Alter the death of hie horses his manner seemed strange, and the general re mark of the regiment was that he was not right in his mind. He often stood about as if lust in thought, and then suddenly he would start up and march off, as it walking f,or a wager. Mr. Robert Francis Pate, examined by Mr. COCKBURN —I em the fatter of the prisoner. I rem, mber his leav ing the regiment when it was in Ireland. Ile came dose(' tome at Wiabeach, and tiaid became away without orders. I was astonished to see him, and asked what was the occasion. He_said ho had been hunted about the. public streets in Dublin, and had seen the same people waiting for him. Ile therefore made his escape, aid got to London in a vessel coming to Liverpool. I could not let him remain with me, alio I told him he must return directly to the regiment, as I did not know what might be the consequence. I was afraid he Ni ould be shot, and he promised to go back the next morning. Ho cid gi and afterwards I reeeived a letter from bli Colonel, ad vising me to take him out of the regiment. He came again to London, where I met him. After he had been in London some little time he sold his commission, without m) knowledge. When I heard f this I again came to Lon don, and ascertained that he had sold eut for 1,8001. Abort a year and a half afterwards I received a com munication from a medical man, which induced me to come to London. I found him in Duke-street, and bis manner was so strange that Iconsulted Dr.Connolly abou. the state of his mind. In the meantime my daueet .r came to town, and Dr. Connolly advised me no* to tali, steps to confine elm while his sister was in town. Dr. Connolly did not see him. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—When my son came to me in 1844 he told me that he had left without leave. We had very little conversation, as I was anxious that he should return. When I ascertained that he had sold out, he told me that he got 1,8001. fur his commission, and should have 1,2001. left when he had ;said his debts. I seldom saw him, but I heard of him through a li);:,ctor Starkie. He always appeared to be unsettled and unconatort ible I did not know how to go about to get him into an asylum, but I always felt that he muit go into one. He-examln d—l was afraid he would be shot 1 , r leaving his regiment, and I told him so. Ile said le could not help it if he was. Charles Dud win, examined by Mr. HUDDLESTONE— I was form, rly in the 10th Hussars. I was servant to Mr. Pate after the loss of his horses. I noticed his conduct and manner, which was always very strange and eccentric. I ~ccompanied him fromNewbridge to Dublin. We went to Morrison's !Hotel. He left me th ere , and went away. I ultimately fLind that he had been to Kingstown. He gave me no intimation of his going, but 1 subsequent!) found that England. he had gon e o ver to After he came back I had opportunies of noticing his conduct. He seemed more melancholy than before he went away, and se cluded himself as much as he liked . .by the officers and men. In He was very much rrtrgreinall:ezt IMejrocinne,dlBh46is, after he had left; the service in German-street. were regular; was thrown from hiss horse. His m ha vhat in 1847 he be used to wash his head in a basin that held the water two pail. half of with of water. He used also to bathe, mixing whisky and camphor, generally a pint. atid fluid mixed with 2 oz. of camphor served him fotrofhthe mornings. Whikt in the bath he used to shout and t make r a noise, and sometimes sing. which rather amused the people of the house. He never mixed in parties, and always kept the blinds down in the room I%nere he sat, which was on the ground floor. livery day, at a quarter to twelve, he invariably went to dress, and at a quarter to three he came down and entered a cab, which was always waiting for him. He paid 9s. fur the cab, and always insisted upon having 63. and a large penny to pay for the gate. It was always the same cab that waited for him. He would not have any half-crowns or sixpences amongst the nine shillings, which I tird to place every day on his dressing table. In putting the 61 and ld., be would never have two halfpence t.r Lt, salad penny. His dress was always the same winter er) summer, but he always continued his fire in summer. He went away in the cub ev , ry day fie is months, during which time he never re ccived company !lit onc , . Cmss examined—That was on a Derby day. He was rink:War in the men' gteetnt t f his affairs, and paid his bills Tegnlarly. He kept the reeeip s. He paid his lodgings and my wake. very regularly. Except the ecceneliciti,s he was very regular, but he was Wee) s wild v .nd strange, which ettraeted the attention of every body.. 8../ the COURT—He used to read books. He read the nurseey rhymes through. He read Rupiah's works. I never knew h Cs read a religious book, nor did he ever go to church, he tit.ed to go in the cab on a Sunday the same as any other day. William Baker Lea examined, by Mr. Cc:crew:RN — l drive a, cab, and I remember I used to drive Mr. l'ltt,e in 1847 regularly every day. I was obliged to be TILE SUN, LONDON, at his houso punctually every day at a quarter past three. I used to drive him down Brompton-road over Putney-bridge to Putney-heal to one pt..rt(calir sp( t, where he got out. He then walked ',l - Ir4.u,:b t ie thickest of the hushes in the heath. He all aay :went the same way, and I used to meet him at a,-pond on the other side cf the he h. He used to.--srtid at the pond koktug in tently into it, and suddenly he would star t up, jump into the cab and tell me to d. ive if ai last as I could. Soon afterwards he would tell me to pull up and go at a loot pace. I drove him along Roehampton-late to Barnes common, where he would again take a wslk amongst the bushes. He always got down and got up at two fixed spots. We returned home over Hammersmith-bridge. He always be haved very strangely in the cab, and no matter whether it hailed or rained, he took the same walk. In winter it was-eh-irk before he reached the common; he always had a small .tick with him, which he us, c 1 in a very strange manner, and people used to stop me and ask it he was mad. I have repeatedly been stopped by gen tlemen in that way. This lasted from fifteen to eighteen months every day. At first he paid me 10g., but one day he said he would only ply me 9 . He always paid me in shillirgs in a row, with the face of the man upwards, and always looking the sime way. Ho paid a shilling and a p.-any tor t(.1:- ga'cs, wh:ch were ulways laid on the cushion of the cab. Ihe cabmen on the Piccadilly stand always made ob servatiens about his conduct. Cross•examined.—Sometimes he used to get wet through, which always pleaf ed him, and after running over the thicket, he would return and ;ay he had much eijoycd the tail storm. By the Col:RT.—lt is now two years ago since I ceased to drive him. Mr. Charles Mason, examined by Mr. HtiDDLESTONE -I keep a livery :table in Park-lane. 1 know Mr. Pate. In 1846 he used to hire my horses. On one occa sion he had an accident with one of them. Since 1847, I bare seen him three or four times a week, passing down Piccadilly, and latterly I have observed that he has been very strange in his manger; indeed, last May, I told my foreman that I thought he was losing his senses. Mr. Jas. Storton, examined by Mr. COCKBURN—I am a surgeon, living in Sutton-row. In 1849, the sister of Mr. Pate came to live with my family. Mr. Pate used then to visit me. In 1848 I met him once in Kensington gardens, and as I thought he was insane, I told my wife, who was with me, not to attract his attention. His look was always that of a man whose mind was vacant. 1 did not know him then, but when ho came to see his sister, after 1849, I had conversations with him which still induced me to believe that he was insane. Oa one occasion when he visited me there were some gentlemen of classical attainments present. I advised him now that he bad left the army to go to college, and obtain a classical education to fit him for some otter prof-ssion. He said, " Ohl I don't believe there is a man in England who could teach me or anybody else the classics." Ultimately I thought it ne cessary to communicate with bis father, who is a friend of mine, on the subject of his intellect. George Feron Gardner, examined by Mr. HUDDLE STON E—l am one of the Burlington-arcade beadles. I have frequently seen the prisoner passing up and down Piccadilly. his manner was always strange and eccen tric, so much so that people used to say he was mad. Mr. Inspector Squire, of the Metropolitan Police, examined by Mr. CCcKBURN—I have known the pri scner from his Leinc; much about town. Ile always car ried a stick with him, which he used in a very strange and wild manner, which induced me to give him the name of " cut and thrust." Cross-examined —I have known him for some two years and more. I never directed the police to watch him. John Murray, examined by Mr. lIUDDLEST3NE - I am keeper cf the Buckhill-gate of Kensington-gardens. About two years ago he passed through the gate every day at one o'clock. He behaved himself always in a very extravagant manner, but never spoke to any one. The O'Gorman Mahon, M.P., examined by Mr. CLARKsox—I am acquainted with Mr. Pate. I have known him 10 or 11 months, and I have had repeated conversations with him. From the first day I ever saw him I concluded that he was not sate, and subsequent experience confirmed me in that opinion. Cross examined—He always behaved 113 a gentleman. He had the instinct that naturally guides animals, and I Rio not think he would do an ungen.lemanly or dishonest act. Re-examined—He is the last man in the world whom I ttiought µould have been guilry of a disloyal act. The Hay. Charles Bi9ci,e, the Lecturer of Bow Church. examined by Mr. BUDDLESTONE—I have met Mr. Pate at Mr. Storton's, but before that I knew him in the street by sight. The co..versation I lysd with him induced me to think he was not in his sound senses. On the evening of the 27th a June I was going to dine at the Army and Navy Club, when I saw Mr. Pate standing at the• west gate of Cambridge House. He appeared more excited than usual, and his manner was altogether strangely wild. Cross-examined—He generally threw his heels up so nigh that I was often surprised how he sustained his equilibrium. It was more his manner than, his convef sation that induced me to think him insane. Dr. Connolly, re-examined by Mr. CocKBURN—I am a physician, and have devoted my attention very much to insanity. lam physician to the Hanwen Lunatic Asylum. I was applied to by his family last November, when his previous habits were described to me, and thinking he was improving in them by going into society, I, recom mended that no steps should be taken to irritate him. I have seen him since he has been in custody, and in my opinion he is of unsound mind. I form that opinion in s cunnidirable degree from the conversations I have had- with him. ,In his present state he presents an ex imple of a person of very slender mental, power of no ambitioe, and altogether unfit for any occupation cf life. In conversation he is able to distinguish between right and wreng, but otherwise I thii.k he is not. Cross-examined—His disposition is frivolous and idle. He is well aware that he has done wrong. By the CounT—Has he any delusion, such as fancying himself the Emperor of China? Re-examined—He does not deny having done this, nut he can give no account of it wha , ever. He seems to ha% e acted under some strange morbid impulse. Dr. Munro, examined by Mr. lIUDDLESTONE—I have had five interviews with the prisoner since he has been in custody, and from my observation of him, and what I have heard to day, I certainly believe him to be of unsound mind. From his own lips I have had an account of how he left Ireland in 80, and certainly then he was labouring under delusion. Cross-examined—He was aware, perhaps, that ho ww , dolt g wrong in many things; he certainly is capable of distinguishing between right and wrong, but he is, never dieless, suffering from morbid insanity. Re-examined--His whole history induces me to believe 'hat he is decidedly insane. Mr. Baron ALDERSON remarked that that was a question which must be left for the jury and Court to decide. So long as he remained on the bench he would hot allow medical men to take upon themselves the faun itons of the Court and jury. Dr. Munro had only given his opinion; he was not &ware that he bad done wrong. This was the defence. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, reminding the jury that if they were of opinion that the prisoner was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong, he would be subjected to imprisonment for life, while, if , hey found otherwise, the punishment would he of a more minor chat actor. Now, it was said that as there was nu motive for this act, it must have resulted from mad to.ss ; but if he was not mistaken, from the earliest ages ,1 which they had any history or account, persons in. elevated situations had been the subjects of attack and insult at the hands of parties who were anxious Lu obtain a morbid notoriety. It was this very knowledge, backei by experience of similar oc currence s in modern times, which induced the Legis'ature pass the Act under which this prisoner was arraign.. d, Ind b. fore the jury could acquit him of the offence with ehtch be was charged they must b:. satisfied be) and the possibility of doubt that bis mind had been so impaired that he could not distinguish between ight and wrong. This was no new doctrine. It was a rule laid down by no less a judge th.n Lord dale himself, and if the jury would just consider for one inoment they would see that the maintenance of this rule was for the interest of the public. Some short wh le ,go. however, the rule of law in deciding sanity or in ,ii‘ity in cases of this nature was settled by the judges upon questions propounded by the House of Lords oi,,ing out of the doubts which had been created by Al‘Naughten's case. It was then laid down that if a party was sensible of doing injury at the time of his committing an unlawful act he was liable to le! punished for it, and the immediate question for the jury now to decide was this—did the prisoner know and fe el that he ;vas doing wrong when he struck the Queen? if he did, ;hen they must convict him accordingly, but if, on the other hand, they did not think heiknew what he was ebout, they must acquit him on the ground of insanity. ~Nell, then, was the eviuence they had to day incen sistent with the existence of a state of mind capable Of discriminating between right and wrong ? Certain ly it established that the prisoner was an extra ordinary and eccentric man—it did nut prove that he was so mad as to .'make him an eees ponsible agent. The past conduct of the pri soner must convince everybody that he knew he was doing wrong. Fer instance, immediately atter ho was taken into custody, he was so far alive to his own interest, :hat he warned the witnesses to think before they spoke, e bile he observed the blow could not have been a hard one, clearly showing that ho knew what he was a' , out :lad laboured under no mental delusion or disease u hich should excuse him !rem the consequences of the act. Mr. Baran ALDERSON, in summing up the case, told the jury that there could be no doubt as to the fact that the prisoner struck her Majesty with some degree of violence, and therefore the whole question to be &Tided 'iled upon the state of mind he was in at the time the act was ieo thhi his sound tdsohooneoe was.d o f senses uo day,stoooodmind a and when was he for him committed to he offence. Now had the evidence proved that? The jury elitist take this as the law, that before they could acquit a prisoner on the grourd of insanity, they must be satisfied that the prioner's insanity induced the . colt - tnittal of the offence he was charged w.:s a delusion to suppose that intaty r: 6 ec l e th s:ar:l l ; rendered a man dispunishable for an utile% fel ate; be fore that state of things could exist it muq bay shown. that the disease of the mind under which the pHs , ner lehoured rem ere d him incapable of judging between fight and wrong, or whether at the time he was betrayed int. , the act he knew that the tint was a wrong and un• lawful act f.r him to do. Now, did the evidence d fee the a fferice ;Accord wi.h tkose prin at one period tie prisoner appeared t„ particular delusion, hut thou g h lusion mint fool! beol a very eo thiellee, ilac'l.l:l#2thr.(Tirret:i.'tiguYer a his unfortunate g, nt.tema! , fer it was no more a defence e murder were s crtahsoeyet t h a n w it ebs w in Ot r ild have been a defence to an 801011 had he sedaced his neighbour's wife at the , Vms the delusi,:n prevailed. A man might be insane on one subject, and sane on every other, and if he com mitted en unktivful ac', which c•Jild have no possible reference to the particular point of delusion, it by no avars follovvi d that ho was irresponsible for it on the gro.ind ot Thee were he principles which r ugi:t t guide thtr jury in disposing ..f the Ares-•rt defence. The L-arm d Judge, ate iecapitulating the evidence, commenting upon it Si he wea:t t fur the jury to say wLeth , .r th , y were clearly itaa the pri soner was suffering horn a disease of the mind, wlOch incapacitated him from jadging whether the act which he bad committed was right or wrong for him to do. If they were convinced that he was unconscinus of what he was about, they must acquit him ; but, on the !Ater band, although they might believe him to be an eccentric character, which made it a matter of regret that he had not been taken better care of, yet, if they thought he was sufficiently sane to distinguish between right and wrung they must convict him accordingly. The jury they, at twenty minutes past three o'clock, r. tired to c , m-ider their decision, and had sot returned when our teprirt Icft. There appeatel to be no chance of their agreeing. FORGERY. — John .Aneq, a respectably dres,ed young mar, pleaded guilty to an indictment charguig him with' rorgit,g a chequ! open the London and Westmin,ter Ralik fir 2301, and was lenteuted to ten years trAmop-r -. tation. PosT-OFFICE lloßßEßlEs.—Ja.eplz Hillier, aged 35, a postman, ho was indicted for .ti a I ga;,vstletie= our , tiv.- t hai,ov.reigni, the properly of the. Po•tma. tft- General, having pleaded gutty, he .vas sentefice3 to ti,n years' triiutp:irtation. Edward Hawker, another p .stman, a;ed 39, pl. a 'ed guilty to an indictment charging hits with stealing two post rs, contaiuing two hal sovereigns slid a sove reign, the p 0 , erty o' the Piwi; a ter-G!neral, and was ientcnckd to tan trnroloor •t; _'r THURSDAY EVENING, JULY l)_, 1850. en his cruelty, fined juin at.d in deflult committed hini for te.) eays. FRANCE. In the As*.embly 3 - €serdav, the discussion of the Law on the Press waii resumed. 'Die whole of the firsr article w,s adopted. T i ne President then read thc second article, which was siadlsrly voter!. Ic w:is faows:— `• The pioprietors 4 f jauroals toot per iodieal publica tions, at present exis . lng, are allowing a tlel-y of one tm.nth, foal the date of ttt, promulgt.tion of this 6w, to ,ccoalitnisli the above f ruialities." " Art. 3 When the cAltor of a journal or periodical publication shall have be , n sent for trial before a Cum t of A,s,zes by a decision of the Court of Inquiry, fir crime or on:knee committed by the press, it a new dest sion of the same I,intt should intervene against the edi tors of said publieati,4l betore • the ri cision 4.. f the Court f A.oiz:?s, a sum equal to one half of the irii:ximum of Ihe lines he may Ithvit iheurrvd for the new I if lice must lot z t,,•o, within the three da) s of the notAica,!ion of • . acts de , 1..b.n, even were th.- C..urt of CUSS+IIOII app, tiled a,;,..1 the dr l u uy moved the following amendment " 01, I _,olitied, el,gious clue: tlaa . s itt t rt, ti ni a j utnal. must tit- signed by its au h, r. ur.di r tivui.liy 4.1 a filit• 4 f 500'. fir ill, tiist ce, a:•d o rise s,•eeno„," 1,, or th.r to preveat hake 1-.igtotturf, M. de Tin goy h:1; , .1 tre 4Uti - tof convicted • o l t bat frowi ,houl,l i,n rs,_ritei.. e i • 0 .1 tinF i.l I,ooof. nd an in,- 1,65 trri tit t t 1x In •Tittles. 14.t -role o-red t},e,aniendaiei, , , nut 43, the , dition but t. cautiohnement ana %tamp be -up 1:4 prim h- said, was cull: ently re. au.i he. (14i:neti for his p.iiiticai lei: itliti,t.ve of a uleaure whie'7l tEI4 to raocalize _ _ M. tieurtier cutnhated the amendment, which was supported by M. Laboulie, who contended that if j,,urnalisin was a ro.trum, as it was generally de scribed, the writer should boldly asctrid that rostrum and Itarlessly present his breast to the man he at tacked. If he was obliged to sign his article, the vile pMb phleteer, who insulted the National Assembly, would consider before he dared to do so. ALssrs. Lanett, L trochj acqueleiti, and Chasseloup Laubat were next heard, atter which a division having been called fur There appeared fur the amendment, 313; against it, 281. . _ _ Tne amendment was accordingly declared to be uaj~red. I'hi6 di-ci6ion occasioned great agitation in the AB - und the proceedings were fur a moment sus When the siting was resutned, M. Charancey, iu the name of the committee, proposed the following additional paragraph : " D.° signature t f the author shall be affixed to the original tuanu.cript or the at tick', the co , vieuutii( ation of wnicb cult only be rt gum d by the Attorue-Get end the month followt , g its publication." The Asst-mbly being consulted, tock the paragraph into consideration, and referred it to the committee. tiffs W CO ti R (Bsfore the RECORDER and Alderman W. IIuNTEEt.) Wm. Thompson, a sailor, pleaded Guilty to an indict ment charging him with stealing a quantity of sailor's clothes from a vessel called the Eagle, while lying in the River Thames. The prisoner having been previously twice convicted of sinutar oft ncos, was sentenced by • Tne RECORDER to ten )ears' trampor'ation. TATTERSA LL'S-TH IS EV EN ING. Six o'CLocir. No business doing. tAIPERIAL PA RLIAAIENT ,(THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at F►ve o'clock. PETITIONS. Tho Earl of FALMOUTH presented several petitions against any altera►ion in the original Ten Hours Bill. — The Earl of LONSDALE presented several petitions from miners and others against the Coal Mines Inspec tion Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presensed a petition in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions to the same effect. METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE brought up the report on this Bill. Lord REDESDALE would consent to the bringing up of the report, and would reserve what he had to say on the subject until the third reading. The Duke of BE &UFORT presented a petition from the inhabitants of Erirb, praying that the cemetery might not be erablist:ed in that neighbourhood._ After a few words from the Earf'ot CARLISLE, the report was ri ceived. TH E LORD CHANCELLOR. Lord BROUGIIAM had expre s sed his high satisfac tion at the putting of the Great Seal in Com mission. He understood that an end was to be put to that arrangement, but he still continued-of opinion that that arrangement was a good one, but if any arrangement was t.) be trade by wh,ch that Commission was to be terminated, and the Great Seal to be intrusted t any individual, he knew no person more fit than one of the most learned, able, and efficient lawyers in West minster 11.11 1 , and he begged to add that t.e did not know a mere honourable or more hone.t man to whom it could be intrusted than (Mkt .Justice Wilde. ENCUMBERED ESTATES. Tha Earl of GLENUALL present. d a petition from an individual who,e estate had been brought under the jurisdiction of the Comminsioters of Encumbered E 3.• tates, complairing of the sale of his property to pay off the encumbrances. It was a disgraceful and rca•.dalous system to sell these estates in this m.,cner, to pay off encumbrances. The Marquis f WESTMEAT[I said he held in his hard a paper containing twenty-tlie columns. and tkelve f them were appropriated to confication, being adver tisements for the sales of etc Jmhered estates. The Government had brought upon their heads the im prec%tions of the higher classes of Ireland for having reduced them to a state of beggary and destitution. if Ireland was reduced lower than she was this magnificent country would go along with ir. It was most unac countable that England should refuse to assist them. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from the Church Union against the opening of the Post office on Sunday; also several petitions from the clergy of various places against the appropriation of the Educa tion grant. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented severs; petitions against a Pust-cffiee Sunday delivery. BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL. On the motion for the third reading cithvs 13111, The Earl cf ELLENBOROUGII cxpre,?..ed his oh jeetion to the mea3ure, end was (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Char shortly after Twelve o'clock. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY BILL. Mr. BRO rimicroN moved, pursuant to notice, that the order of the , 13th day of February last, for the s - cond reading of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow. and Dublin Railway Bill, be nischargel; that the Bill he withdrawn, but without prejudice to the motion of Sir W. Verner for a Commi►te of Investigation. Agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: River Dee Conservancy and Improvement. sir Peter Heslieth Fleetwocd's E , tate. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved the postponement of the Committee on this 1111 to Monday next, at twelve o'clock, owing to the impoiaibility of some Honourable Members attending to day who felt an interest in the measure. WOLVERHAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the m( tion of Mr. TIIORNELY it was ordered that it ba an instruction to the Committee of refection, that they do appoint, if they think fi., the Committee on the WOlverhanat.ton Improvement Act Amendment Bill to meet forthwith. Several petitions were presented for and against the present postal urrangempn ti . CONVICT PRISONS BILL. Sir G. GREY aluvtid the third reading of the Convict Prisons Bill. Lord MAHON said that no opposition bad hiherto been made to this Bill, and he believed nore was in tthded, but he coul.l not all.tw the Bill to pass it, last stage without cx, ressing the happiness he telt that the opibiona he had always held with respect to the treatment of convicts had been re•ponded to, by so au authority as the present Earl Grey. He could nut, howev r, but express his regret at the course tha., had tormerly b. en pursue.i by that Noble E-4rl with reterenoe to transportation; he alluded to the tt,rcit,g of c „ nv i ets upon reluc:ant colonies. The Noble Lord in adopting trial ct:urse bad damaged greatly the system t,f transportation. Sir G. ti REY expressed opinion that the present me,tsure wit; of a kind •hich, while it maintained the punishuiout ; f transportation, would ultim:ttely contri bute to the prosperity (.1 the colonies to which convicts were sent. _ _ _ res for hopedir the tos(pere one ven brought g o b f crime t Af .er a few words from Sir J. PAKINGTON, Mr. SLANEY expressed his conviction that tic sub. s tee s. wremj , ct of prison dc•cipline was te4orded with m inore san guine expectation than could be justified by the circu aforward ill the course of ntxt session. i lnh u i e s h needed, op inion m and ea ve Mr. HENLEY expressed his general approbation of the present Bill; but he ohketed to ono of the clauses towards the e of the Buil, which conceetrteed the powers of the governors of Parkhurst, Pentonville, and Millbank in one individual. Atter a few words of oxplanation from Sir G. GREY, 'The Bill was real thira titre'- and passed. POOR RELIEF BILL. On the motion teat the House resoive itself into a Committee on this Bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objeciei to that part of the Bill which gives power to the guardians of any union or parish to raise out of the poor-rates funds for the pur chase of burial-grounds. lie cid not object to the en -I,rgement of any existing burial-ground:sout if the rates, but simply to the creating of particular burial-grounds to be used special), for the bur)i!ig or paupers, which, iu hiv opini o n, w o uld be distast , ful to the feelings of the poor. S:r JOHN PAICINGTON took that occasion to ex press his earnest hope that this was the last of those an nual poor•law Bids, because he was convinced that the present practice of introducing sttch Bills for the pur pose of amen•iing the poor-law bad the effect of render ing the law on that subject Exit-melt' complicated. Sir GEORGE PEC HELL also expressed dissa tisfaction wi,h the present complicated system of poor law?, which acre 'Amara Bills only tended to aggravate. Mr. SLANEY likewise expressed his wish to see an early catisZclation of the poor-lawv. Mr. BAINES said it wad his intention to nsk fir le.,ve to bring in a Bill to improve 151,d u 3115 li lht the ia- of settleinftit ; and wits, te,,,ect to the la , sc.nt ore conshieration on his mine! in asklug the H u-e '„ c) Pa" F, ia-i the en cuin:44nc! of fly, Ganraittee tt e ""use i.f L,rds now a: to ioquire into p.r,- tioti of the low rely i g to p eh .al a;sessm which Com m it tee b e ,i no t )et [aisle their rt-port. Tht necessity f or , ver y el:,1160 which he led introduced into this Bill had haen i , opr,ssed upon his mind by ciicum,taects which had a';d for which the 11, in its pres,..iit aff ,r =d no adetplaie ffe h e the House w; J ht.ar ) permi B,ii t ,r t o In im Couv:•itit,; zo, would then t;.., prepare r o iiikk;r" hratcaleilt wt tell would di-iarni much or. tlic -i , iork manifested toward , it, especially that of the Hon. Member opposite (Sir IL SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have been received. The accouchenent of the Queen was hourly ex pected. MADRID Boma. JULY s.—The Three per Cents. wk-re dune at 338 fir paper; the Four per Cents., at 12i for caill ; tile Five per. Cents. 12 13-16 ; we Debt without Interest, at 3,1-; and the Coupons, at 7i. ITALY. The Giornale di Roma of the Ist announce that the Pope has pardoned Count Carpegna end Signor Buzz, who had served in the revolutionary army. Capanns, formerly in the service of the Itepubli,an police, has been given up to the Papal authorities by the French. The Messagere of Modena of the 21 states that Signor Gaggiotti, the notary who had made the inventory of the Pontifical Palace during the revolu tion, has Ih.iin relea,ed from prison. lo its sitting of the sth, the Chamber of Depu•ies of Turin voted the Bill for the issue of 6,000,000 of Rentes by 119 votes to 28, a result doubly im portant as it implied a vote of confidence. The Naiional Bank Bill was afterwards passed, as amended by the S , nate, by 116 votes to 8. The Minister of Finance then deposited the budget for 1851. Signor Gavotti then addressed a ques tion to the Minister of the interior concerning the reorganization of the artillery of the National Guard of Genoa. The Minister answered that the National Guard could not_possess special corps without author isation to that effect. A di.cussion arose on the sub ject, and was adjourned to the following day. PRUSSIA ANI) DENMARK. A telegraphic dispatch from 13.rlin of the 91 in stant in the Kolner Zeitung announces that the i•fficial Stunts Anzeiger of that day contains a copy of the protocol which accompanied the Treaty -of Peace between Prussia and Den mark as ratified by the two contracting Powers, while the Treaty of Peace itself is published by the H4mburgh papers of the sth inst. The same papers publish a proclamation which the Stadtholders nave addressed to the inhabitants of Schleswig and lllstein. In this document the Stadtholders say— " The treaty of the peace infers a recognition of the rights if our country, while the protection of those rights is left to us." The Stadtholders protest that they will do their duty, and that any attempt at invading the Duchies on the part of the Dines shall be opposed to the last in their power. The Com mander or the Schleswig-Holstein army has published i proclamation, inviting the officers of the German Federal Contingents to enter the Schleswig-H.dstein army as volunteers. THE HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Weekly Return of the Registrar-General.) In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths regis tered in the metropolitan districts were 794—a number which shows that the diminished rate of mortality con ainut a, and which, tiskiug the corresponding weeks of tea previous years is less than in the week of any year since 1842 The average of the ten weeks is 877, or, augmented in the ratio of in creased population, 957, competed with which the ch.- reuse of last week amounts to 163. The whole number of deaths recorded as caused by the zynactic or epi demic class of diseases is 159, whereas in the same sseek of last year they rose to 293, and the corrected iverage of ten corresponding weeks is 227. To take particular epidemics:—small-pox estried off 6 per ons, the half of whom were children ; measles was fiat' in 17 cascs; searlatina in 20; hopping-cough in 23, ail of these ea tiibiaitig a mortality of less than the asual am,unt. Typhus, of which 35 parse us died, lows the ordinary amount of mortality ; but it is much less fatal than in the same weeks of 1847-9. On the ~H er hand, diarrheas cantinues to increase, as is sf.usil at this period of the year, but its progress is not remarkable; in the last four weeks the deaths from it, far the most part among children, have been 17, 18, 33, and (last week) 40. The average is 27. A caze.of- English &sofera is thus recorded:— Ore the 4th of July, at 3, Pembroke-place, Upper Harsh, Lambe . h, a boy of seven years, the son of an engini er, died of " English cholera (14 hours), dropsy 9 day.), effusion Eto the pleura (12 hours)." Exclusive of consumption, the d„tiths from diseases of the respira tory organs yi ere only 70, which is less than in any cor responditig week of 1840-9, having ranged from 76 to 96. Fr m coi.sumption there were 121, whereas they fluetuived in the ten correspoudieg weeks from 116 to 152. 0 he 3 t of July, a veengrocer's assistant, aged 18 years, died in St. t4eorge's Hospital, to which he bad been brought from Kensington, s f china a(9 days), softening of spinal curd," post mortem. In the sub-district of Saffron-hill, a skin-irasser, aged 43, diet from 4 . diffuse inflamma tion of cellular mg-wham.° of chest and neck from the absorption of some animal poison (3 days)," A man and a woman died fiosu ititerniterance. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. SUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1650. Fpidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *159 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ~. 38 Tubercular Diseases ... ~. 168 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ..• 112 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 38 )it-eases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ••• .•• ••• ••• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... . Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. ... 57 !,;iiilobirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ~: Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and ilduscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ••• ‘i alforniations•-• ••• "• ••• i'remature Birth ••• ••• ••• • • ••• ' t 1. /*, phy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• :sudden ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ," iolenee, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ___ ••• „_ ... 10 ... 32 ... 25 ... 30 DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES ... 794 Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, spondingweek In the • • • 1841. `,Vest District 3... 301,189 Nrorth Distriets.. 376,568 of 1849. 130 196 Week. 136 146 `entral istriets 374,199 Eist Districts ... 393,067 South Districts.. 503,346 T0ta15........ Males lea .. ... 1,( 70 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ... 794 ... 406 ... 388 Males ••• Females ••• ... 640 ... 607 Total .„. ... 1,247 *ln this number are included 20 by Scarlatina, 35 by Typhus Fever, 40 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera. PoitTsmouTit JULY 10.—Ifo frotr. , l4 ,, gl.rn, uoica:.n i c ibto i,u. bur lo•day, got on z•holf- 'mar the ...iwa,tr.vay, but it laexpeteci she will contodi next tick. LIVIMPOOL, JULY 9.—Tbe Co, mopolu oi, SLter, froua enmaroons, arrived here to-day, after being agrouvl in the Nersey, _ ... r art.,.............. -- T HE COUNTRY MARKETS' An j LIVE4I , OOL, JULY 9.—There r - a% a ~,ovi attendance, -,, the weather being bro'sro. co - ; ld ;:;11 a - e cdcaDo in ~l lfr e•- • d t ( o ,eaa d ,rse ay .. . Wlieat is 3d to 4d per 70:1)3, lane yesterday, has occa3ioned rather an animated trail. • sac k i s per l. and hour dill LEEDS, JUL Y 9. - We had a good arrival of wheat 0. the SZmriraTiti(m+To'dneroatceh.ange. Indian corn the turn desr.. .week ; the trade is more buoyant than of late, and ric, e9 :ts. e h wa l i i yl s h i wo e u d e te . kv .. a l r k i : B r t i i d aor a nl y e : y s tinne to creep up. An advance of Is to 23 per quarter° r sr of a r s a t3,a before; nd oatsfu l Iy a 2 n i d s tro ll ogthsestreastdesy oftetsbnio, this CORN MARKET, JULY 9. --At ott• Ili s o. morniec. we experienced a ready sale for all descry s ea _ ~9 "' Enish and ' f • rates oren wheat, at an advance of from 19 to --4 the of Saturday last. Flour met a good sale teas a 11;) sack more money. In all kinds of spring coin there variation to quote. X I NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, j, t y 9 ....At I ° . t oo market we have to note a decline of nearly 300 bead 0f cattle as compared with the number on show last Tuesda.Y. w it quality was middling, and an advance of 6d per sq)," Tye realiscd; but trade was dt:11, and part remained unsci°' „jag. sheep 0 and lamb trade was more ac ire at rather b e tter l', l , 3 j ; B eas.s. 380 ; sheep and lambs, 6,7 00 . Beef, 5 s to mirten, 4..1 to 51d; lamb, 5d to 6.1 per lb. the meal market to-day 17 sacks , atmeal, each weighipg . ii, s od imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 1/103 (41, 3 at li 9 _,' a (! olis. 13 at 1/ 8s (d ; average price of the whcle 1/ S 3 3 0 u. fief' 2 sacks flour, wlich sold at 28s. 3 s acks Pt-ta which sold thus :—I at ii -Is, and 2 at 11 Ss Od. i ti• g' M.DINBUPCHAY There ir,,eorelto,ill ii AND STRAW MARKET, -ti Oat straw, ' s _raw, L oin wheat ditto, 6s i , d to 7. rd ; barley ditto, 60 Od to 41 Hay, from Is to Is 2d per ~., 69 6s l'd to 7s 6d per kemple of 16 500%1.1 e. There markets ha l! AEKEiTiI MEAL MARKET,, JULY O.— 5i. , ,, s ow i meal and 9 of bnleymeal at this (10 6 log oil the i srea. y ; oatmeal up I d per baw on the top, 19 PI . 0 0 al second price, and Is IA on the lowest ; one parce ' t N I 223 per bag, inferior quality ; barleymeal fully 6rl per dearer. vita Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Secondnd 46i imperial ..27x 6d , W ) o i ....9 Barleyrneal, per ditto " ... 1 - s 6d 17 s " 9Od Peasemeal —• i ....s Od -... Oil ... ..--3 Od ,-,A /I A 4 Flour ... ... ... —s ad .......s vi.. ...., v s „„ ~ —s Od ......s Od Pot barley ..• ...'. ::: COAL &Attic ET.—YUSTXRDAIr• 0, bil, huddle's iir! . Hartley 1:33 6d 1-4mhion ............. • 0 6 0 : 1 Carr's W. Hartley l3s 6(1 Lumley ................. 145 6 a Chester Main l2s 3d Richmond.. •• ••"'••.. 15' 0 3 Davison'sWest Hartley 13s 6d Russell's Lietton •••••• 166 63 East Adairs Main lo.i 9,1 Stewart •• 14 5 13 5 n j Ravensworth'sW.Hart 13s Otll Whitwell •••••'. • N ,. .... 145 ii Walker's' , 'anfield s p lo r o im r rose 1 12 ta s 6 0d il I C B a e r n a t d le o y c ......... ........ . .... . .. 1 3 3: 66 1 a Wylarn , .. ~ Wall's End, &c. Heugh Hall •• •.. 160 ,°,l Acorn Close ,17, B 3ewicke and Co. Elm Park 3 9 . ` 3 ,;:i dsforth .. .. Li iiarton Heaton Lawson l2s 9: Whitworth ............ .. / 4 F . 6 . 1 Walker Eden Main 1 14 i OdlAlaclean's Tees ....... .. 039 1 Lambton Primrose Braddyll 1 1 6 5 as 3 0, Tees Hetton Haswell Scarborough sh . ipa l 6 3 a s s t 9 - T. n 't r. a S ii r ikedaceprnssttt.elyCe?2s.r9: uilif.a(.:rt:he: y:::::::.::..... : 7 12:3: 661 _ , get , _ A SOUTHWARK POLICE-CtivAeftlf. ;t1 A . young man of retpeio able sip' earance, wore PP ' A, gt , v ( e his name or address, P- as brought be fore o il :t h t' B lett for re-examination, upon the eb tur 'fli, 0 "" no g a " fr aud hcqueth ' - ment of 25 ' ' D O intent to d the SouthwarkPganch of the if° 1113 ‘ 1°°‘ and Westmi..ster Lank, Wellington -street' lt i°lll bridge. wt Mr. evidence taken upon the former oceln - tit . , tch has alrtaly appeared, havin been rfecil'lfdr°,; Mr. Mullens, of tae firm of Bushgand gullretailv i fl iorl.; er 00 . : prose-cution, addressed the magistrate, Dui • r A ut since Monday. the day on which the Pr A i°e t bst hi e . ten into custud , , it has been ascertnierturwellt ,atne is William Thorns, and that he IVO ' a s ). Coen i ; clerk in the employ of Messrs Gooch , e°- ' ,s woolataplers, of London-wall, in th e C . 16 1 1 .0-11 was also found that he lived with,,,l,lteepsLe who resided at No. 5, Red Lion-street, ' "40 1 7 at which house were discovered several doe Woe" 0 l'A portance in elucidation of the present charge, he 10 , 0 committed of a forgery to the amount of 721, wh h tell 1, 10 ,1 51 1* ~mmitteii on the firm in whose . employ ü b e -- ( t ar , ."o ti ef London-wall. mentioned ed T w h i i t s n la a tter circumstance s.O the crisp, vi been well ewer . rust have act he had so recently committed, that t.f elle 1°136 ' forged cheque for 250/. on the London and f l o t e l• 1311 ,1 1 Bank, purportit g to be in the handwriting of --;,,,,,-°„ the woolstapler, of Bermondsey, who krP t N rill bO re' e , with that establishment. He (Mr. MulleesP„ tb°,,:fi th ould not on the present occasion enter ietvoore .nce of the case of forgery al,uded to, i . t" elf a m, future period be enabled to establish lil t " the" well as that of uttering the forged chick° ti oeti to question. „V r II . 0 Mr. A'BacRETT, addressing the prisoner,-,,- be j or much l distressed at the situation in virb t oill r [gbf r li a a c n e a d, asked him it he had now any otj' etie % o3°P.' me a't r having heard the statement Ps- de ft° Mr. Mullins? hut o The prisoner merely shook his head , "" r ' riply. f he l ol T. J. Snook was than called into the SCi file t -P ef i etio: examined—He stated the he is clerk I °2 B lfrdr, of Messrs. Gooch and Cousins, avaoolstaPl"i: 021 r wall; that he knew the prisoner ' , who WO ,„ - „ ° t l'„ e g iti in th' same firm, but left his situatio n thesyv oil'', .. oii months ago. A paper was here shown to ~itte,lo t f il. Ed at the prisonar's residence; it vvas .. ., 14 i r e. 'd i and ate of his character given to him by On. OP ci Co. at the period he quitted their eel" ' 0 handwriting was proved by the witness. d .110100 Michael Hay& e, of the City police, stn s ol ive,. prisotl er ; n e r tite k ". t % 5 the ‘ preceding day he went to the , Nhite Lion-street, Whitechapel, a nd orl e 'd I:b0S search c of the apartments he occupied he a t I' llr h Or, urn en t and papers produced, consisting 01 Gut` or _ and also a pass-book belor-ging to Messrs. 00:410 Co., together with ache , tbir 9 O' que for 1,0000 bon _, 0 4 1 some papers on which an imitation of the OP o r of Mr. Davis appeared; and the witness 0 1 ' ° .. pfe l/g oi, the sir forged cheque for 250/., which the priso ne- ter (I f ' on Saturday o on the e face lust obafu memorandum t : vs , t pa) went at the L m, h o Toi n arh d ah:n n :,ua a ma. n roft.i 71:i:0: b y : lila_ lc) e i r p o,et i , j evori ..4.1 , d Weet°3°oo of elnks, who made lected, call. d ai, alit at the bark'risoner, —a P -P e on Monday *Pot, ''.o the letter, 'it:closing another cheque' for 2 be° having excited the sus ic . a 0 ;of Mr. A' lis,cm.E P T7a n s i ii r e s .l B gee, lad to the r• prisoner to f a . 1 apprehension. ' ,be 0 any question to either ' ' si at,. went ' f charge,wN.witnesses elseni ; fg : 11 : :::::bli; ; :: 0 arose time the usual calviou. : a 038 o i° le prisoner, however, still maintained sage II silence he had exhibited on his first beieg 1 custody,_ unit only shook his head. 1 eti (DI V He was committed f .1- trial t, the Ce n o trii iiie d , e l t Court, and appt arod o weak thiv he was " li r Ir supported from the bar to the cells at the -c coin t. d f ~ ' OC%, ..„.„,r le „,y, THE SCRAPING PROCESS AT Hits" -° ea v cfrf t i As you told me that a resident had contradichteipgi ment.that the brickwork of Hampton Court i 5 to tll ° ,, r o I considered it my duty to make another ii s i t 0 40 t o ' r Op' order that-I might ascertain the truth of in 0f,', 0 6? impressions. A few days ago, therefore, ', yi n % of t v i le? to Hampton Court, and found that to one fro b'' ' ,e ' 01 " way in question they had scraped the whole 0f *. 6 der,; b ii9 some of the stonework being new and the relolal 4l 1 it . ,.; : ' I could at once see that such was the case , l'L t ioof hdi ,; 4 have a " resident" or two on my side of the (1 11 5, itt, t ; L f . i of one what had been dome; he informed In ° ,: r esl v ol r i, 4 and stonework had been scraped. • A second - co tto n p, only said the same but that the two fine terre„doe;e:d lions inserted in the walls had undergone 0° Te ov PI The scaffolding is now on that front of thetoricroOtlii forms - part of the first quadrangle; the sato ° A oilir g°,r restoration, but spoliation—is going on here, au i 5 t l ° t r i),i be completed in about a week. II the scrap er en entfol,' ' entire round of the building there will be ii- to d 'cli ° quiet grandeur which so particularly belong3r 4 0- v glorious old Palace of Hampton Court.—C °l. -e' !' 6 ). the Builder, i i, ill f 5 , 1 ,4 4 1 ' MoNHMENT TO ADDISON. —The fo.- b w , tv e i , 4 ), inscription: upon the stone recently! -placec l ,;'"st,, e 4 .. l ° Ellesmere over the grave of Addison in We Si 'ditlo' The lines are by Tickell. The M ntegu e - Charles, first Earl of Halifax:— ° htf JO " ADDBON. " Ne'er to the se c h am b ers, w h ere the Inig.,"jl; - 1 Since thei r foundation , came a nobler g""01 Nor e'er w as t o th e b ow ' ers of bliss convey A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. Oh, gone for e ver , take this long adieu' tie' If t ' And sleep in peace next thy to 'd Mould/ ~ " Born, 1672-- i " Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, P.O , 1849." The carriage which is to be used at the- o ° 4 of the Emperor of Austria, says a letter froll b isd i/ of 4 made in the reign of Charles, for the marriage ° „ 0 4 i Maria Theresa. Since that time it has hea p - 0000 corona ion of the Emperors. The gilding a1, °13 ., - bea* ',IP florins. The paintings on the doors are by Ab t O .I OY 60,01,0 florins.—Galignani. e vil' tl a l SHIELDS JULY 9.—The Tweed of this r f uj fr - when loading. in the river, sprung a leak , I I " or erre] to discharge and. repair. , , ------- i f BIRTHS. ' if OF A SON. • th e tV On the 7th inst., at Heybridge, Staffordsh ire ' o c)'' ' clJt , ii the Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt. Woe o i' On the 7th inst., at Tackley Rectory, nea r A eti" wife of the Rev. L. A. Sharpe. A V e g r' 4 On the Bth inst , at Upper Avenue-roa - s J o the wife of Hugh Adams Silver. ar OF A DAUGHTEIL- ISi f B. d On the "2(1 inst., at Walthamstow, Ess' oi l Dorman Tyser. u wife On the bth inst., at Ri c hmond, Surrey, We el"? Baker Itobeite , , EN., solicitor tli 1J MARRIED. g , a A lit i e st 8 i On the lst inst., at St. Leonard's-on , - - ' p;fo- 1 ° ,4,) son of Mr. Peter Banks, of Hastinr to d , o d, y , 1 9 ; daughter of Mr. Samuel Chestcr, of St eoe,e r ev h Y e 1 4,7 On the 4th inst., at Bolton, Cumberland, Je e r ' te, / eldest son of Joseph Dixon, Esq., of Bayesv a „ t i e c ;ist ° Susan, eldest daughter of the Rev , '''' Clarborne. - 11 1 6 , _ - of f ' re DEED tte -r •sc il 4 On the 6th inst., at hi. residence, Charlo, / 4, 01 worth, Charles Bar rats, Lq., of her I‘lo.ies t Y ° ree l ' Whitehall, IA gul 58. • n the 6th . , lust., John t: harp, Esq., 0- ' / l" aged t• 3. , „ 13er1‘, 4 la' i , On the Gth inst., at her seat, Ascot-ritc:l ku glev e /I daughter of the lie.e John Ferard, Ei-4.• O f " -- - - ... „-- - A -* i)lif Surrey. -----:-:' OV. ii . ~. 'e .... ...- mri spo ~,,, ; 4 , 4 '0 i, •nu.ion: Frinted nd Published by ...- 001. - ',or T . i 12. .k "acid, P. rinter. At Tia Sun 018 ' , ;4,Auct . . 1., N tei•VOY, ill I Middlesex, Thursday, July 11, 1850. The 11-we then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. MILES expressed .a hope that when the lion. Meniter' (Mr. Baines) brought forward his Bill next se*ston wi.h respect to tl.e lax a stilenynt, he wou'd bestow his cowid,ration on the nec: , s:ity of r.cons:ruet ivg the urban as well us the rural unions. Clause 1 was than agreed t,,; but chase 2 was vtith dra%n. Ciattse 3 was agreed to, witllAn edment that the parish children bet Wet n the t:,,t,es o! sixteen, ir :ended to be st-nt out under L, to the coiunies. should, previous to their emigration, hare given their consent to such emigratinn b f.re two mar s i:itrates. The other clAuses t f the Bill were then agreed to with some verbal amendments. Three t ew clauses were proposed aad agreed to. On thf: motion of Mr. BAINES, The CHAIRMAN repotted progress, and the Howe adjourned at four to five o clock. The House resumed at Fivv o'clock. PEI' [IONS. Sir H. VIVYAN pre,trited a petition from a place in Cornwall against certain chust a in the Savings B.ltik. 13.11. Sir W. JOLLIFkE pn•sEnt , (l st petition from 91, place Surri-y cettato c4tises Highway 13111. Several „ere pri,eated ageth.t Sut,day ,bour iv the P incr. KENsING lON-GARDENS. Mr. B. COC.AtANK giv, nolo, that t. r, , vsr would ti.,k the Government wtt- h.-r y I an “Aryss to htr I\4 , ,,jeioy,p;•a3iny.. alloA a part of KeiFirgtua-gard,,A; to 1), z,c exercise. SANE CARY S FATE Mr. H. BE:aELEY wised knew a' had b,en abide• by the Board of to filitig under the op, rAtion of the H. aitti I'o4 ? Mr. BOUVERIE n sent to Bristol, and uport it rei,or older would be mule, whi.;:h would bo sub mitted to the approval of the local body; but there was no reasonable pro)abiliq uf Bristol being dealt wish by Act of Parliament tois session. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. DISRAELI presented a potition frost the clergy the diucese of Oxford, praying for a, bett'r court of app+-al in ecclesiastical cases. ACCIDEN I'S IN MINES AND COLLIERIES. Mr. HUMS preserft , d a p,titi , :n from Ashton under Lyn signed by between 6,000 and 7,000 per SODS einployfd in mines affd collieries, pra)- ing that, inspectors might be appointed to quire into af:d report upon th state of mines and collieries. Tne Hon. :blember root the op. por.unity of asking the Secretar) for Or How , Dei ar mour wtiether there was aoy protpthWty f;t t Mitch had been introduced into the House ef Lord,, being pess d tris session? Sir G. GREY slid the Bill which he had prepared was read a second time in Inc House of Lords the other day, and he hoped it would be brought cll , wu for fie consideration of this Howe at an early period. BEER SHOPS. Mr. HUME presented a prtitiou fri,ni Paisley praying that no restriction might be put on the increase of ther shops. EXPORTS. la reply to Mr. ANSI' EY, Mr, LABOUCHERE said a return had been prepared by the Huard of Trade with regard to foreign tariffs, and to the tariffs of our own colonies, and the reason it had not been laid on the table was that some of the colonial returns had not been received. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs had sent instrucLions to our consuls abroad to send copies of all foreign tariffs to the Foreign-office. CAPE 01? GOOD HOPE. In reply to Mr. ADDERLEY, Mr. HAWES said that according to the letters patent. bosh Ch,mbera in the Cape of God Hope would be elt ctive; but he could wit sAy tV hat coaztruciion lawyers might put on the CLa.:.ter. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. E WART after presenting paiititions in favour of the abolition of the punishment of death from Liverpool, Brighton, Shrewsbury, Sunderland, Ohs go Colchester, Edinburgh, King's Lynn, the Liverpool Pace Society, and other p aces, praceed,d to bring on his motion fur leave to abolish the punishment of death. He said he tv:surcaty should net :igein have brought forward that motion, if it a ere not for the increasing conviction in his own mind of the .justice and expediency of the measure he advo cated, and unless he had been convinced that there was an inert asieg public opinion on this subject, through out the country, and that that public opiiiion con t7nued to receive accessions from duy to day. On harmer occasions this • questtun bad been argued by figures, which had been triumphantly ap pealed to on both sides. He believed that on both sides of this question it was a drawn battle; but he thought, on the whole, the weight of statistics was on the side of the abuli ionists, and that the mitigation of the punisi:m. IA of death wherever it had taken place ha' been attended not only without danger but also with security to society. On this occasion he should to be no statistical view of the subject. He should endea vour to show that the present system of retaining the pu isi- h went of death was inconsistent with that great object of all punishment, namely, the certainty of punishment which was laid do nn by Blackstuee us being the proper principle of all punishment, and with which no punish ment could be said to be effectual for i:s object. He believed it' any gentleman would consult the returns Which were laid upon the table of the House he would find many cases of murder in which prisoners had been acquitted, not because juries entertained a doubt of the crime, but a dread of the punishment. He would refer to the case of Jaue Mitchell, tried at Newcastle on the 20 k of February, 1849; :hat of Re becca Smith, tried at Devizes on the 9th of August, in the same year; and Sarah hits, tried at the C- nue, Criminal Court on the 10th of Junusry, 1850. In the teas great cases the jury recomineudec: the prisoner to mercy in cousiciaence of their antipathy to the punishm n . In the last csse the aine feeling in duced .he jury to return a verdict of not guilty. W nen we hive such cases of the law becoming powerless tisrough its own severity, he thought the time was come fir some inierference. They hal the tea imony of Jte,- tices Coltman and Alderson that juries often save theii verdicts in the tee•h of law and evident • in consequence of their great disl.ke to the punishment ; ante beyond this the prisoners were oftentimes more desirous of being tried for murder rather than for a smaller otfaucc, fa cause they had a feeling thct juries would acquit them. They had the opinion of Chi , f Justice Wild, Justices Wightenan and Colman, beeidss several members of the Irish bar against the punis'imcnt of death. If there was one thing on which he was more convinced then another, it was the purity of the motives which influenced the Right Hun. Gent.eman the Sccr: tary for the Home Department, but it did hsppen that :he public were very much perplexed to know for what reason one criminal was reprieved by him anti another criminal punished. He was at a loss to knot- on what ground the Right . Honouratde Gentleman . . would oppose the motion with h he now proposed. On a former occasion the Right lion. Baronet supported capital punishment ought on the ground of a certain fii.ite kiss, which he supposed existed in the miLds of the p-pulattou on the subject. That, however. was nut now the case. Another opinion which he tortned way, that the public were in favour of capital punishment, but if h, were to call public rm wings all over the country, ant take their opinion on the subject, he would find that they e ere decidedly opposed to retaining this species o; punishment. The lion. Member concluded by movin L : for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the punid.ru.ent II: death. Mr. HUME rose to scond the m•4ion, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) SHERIFFS' COUItT.-('l'tilS (Before Mr. Under-Sherifi :'!IIRCLIELL and at Sp. ciL.l Jury.) RAILWAY COLLISION.-PHILIPS P. THE LONDON AN BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an scion bi-utignt to r: covei compensPtic for injuries received by the plaint.ff 111 consequence, ,1 the negiffi;ente f the defendants' 6ervant:2. Mr. BFAVAN stag-d the ca:e for the plaintiff, who a commercial traveller, in the service ut Foster, of Frid4-;treet. It appeared that on the 7th of No vember last, about five o'clock in the evening, th plaintiff was c(lning up trout BlueltA ail to London by railway, and when near the ,junction line at Bow, a c-,1- 112 ion took place through the negligence of the railway officers, and the plaintiff and several other gentlemen were severely injured. Mr. CLARKSON, on behalf of the plaintiff, objected t • any statement I eiov made as to archlent to others, to' the company had settled with them. IsEetvati ttets Idled witn, s,es, who proved the aecioeot, and that the plaintiff had be, n laid up from ti.e. 7th November to the 31st. December, and wus still such f.ont a thickening of the skin over one of his legs ; his ewri , es for medicine, &c, was 10/. Mr. CLARKSON, for the defendants, said it had been claimed on behalf of the plaintiff ; that ho should b. raid for his loss of time, but it had been :dated, and h. would prove, that as to the loss of time. the plaintiff had been pa:d 9.4 usual by the respectable firm by whom he was employed. Mr. nitice Hoare, one of the firm, was celled a d proved this tact, and that they had paid another pets n for doing his work. Mr. BEAVAN replied, and contended that Messrs. Foster and Co. enght to be reinaburs. d. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that it wa3 a matter of difficulty to say what amount of da mages ought to be given for bodily pain and injuries, but in such a case it ought to be taken into consideration whether the injuries were caused by wilfulness or wantonness, or whether by sheer accident. The jury, after etir me., gave a verdict for 7ul. MARLBRU-STREET.-(THISDAY A RUFFIAN.—Jeseph Wheeler was ',Leen hefore Mr. Bingham charged with cruelly eating a donkey. Mr. Win. Fit I 4{'O tiNt.trd-street, tat d that about nine o'clock this morning, h e was ot opt ers , f..tatdit.g at his first floor window, when hi s attent i on t difficulty in d raw - to al.-, pi-ironer and two other men, who w ere g a trip k drawn by a , rniser.ble donkey, o , t. moth larger ot a N.. V oll. litl6l,ligi Besides auluua cr t a a d in t t;: e i tgbr,ea,• art ittg i7s burdel.. Witners. observing tho, state of the :41tey, went out and retnonstiattd with the men, w , tt-iteupott the prisoner ahtNed him with the foulert latigurt, e. which !ol:tosed up by bulebouring tht T with the I , utt end of the whip • i.e thtn coikrid the prisoner (too give him in Cr-urge to a eunitable who at that moment Law; up. Mr. DINGHAN, after Sliverely lecturing the prisoner