The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. 7'liia Stewart, aged 26, widow, was convicted of stealing in the dwelling-house of Mary Martin, 9/. in cash, the property of John Martin, and sentenced to be trans ported for lire. William Oliver, aged 22, was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of Joseph Harding the sum of I2s. 6d. his property. The prosecutor was a milkman in New North street, Sboreditch. On the 6th of January list the prisoner was in the prosecutor's kitchen, having been in the habit of visiting the house, when a person came and paid Mrs. }larding 5/. 12s. 6 '. for rent, and she paced it in a hex. Airs. Harding then had occasion to go up stairs for a few Minutes, leaving the prisoner in the kitchen, and nn her retur n the plisoner was gone, and with him the money from the box. Nothing was heard of the prisoner until t he 9th of August, when he m e t po li ce consta b le, , No. 143, in Newcastle -street, and said be wished to be taken into custody for a robbery which he 'aid he had committed. He dim detailed the Particulars of the robbery, and stated that he h ad, since he had committed it, been to Bristol and other Places, and could get no work, and that he would rather be transported. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to he trnosport-d for life. Pitabe James, otherwise Mary Powell, aged 22, was indicted for uttering a forged will, with intent to defraud Jetnima Norrington and others. Jetnima Norrington, step-mother to a person named tlenjamin Norrington, a sailor, deposed that he went last to sea on the 10th of Febru try, 1931. His 'father was not living. When he went he left a paper with witness, Which she took since then to a Mr. Clat kson, a proctor. Mackeray, clerk to Mr. Clarkson, here was called i n, and produced the paper.)—Witness saw her step-son Write that paper before he went to sea. When the ship returned witness heard of his death, and a short time after- Wards she took the paper to Mr. Clarkson. She tried to pro ve it, but they would not let her. After that two !ten brought witness another paper. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS-She produced the second paper brought to her by the two seamen, and she knew that it was Benjamin Norrington's hand-writing. Witness did not know that be bad a sweetheart, but he Might have had one. He was 24 years old. The two papers were then read. The first was a will, bequeathing all Benjamin Norringtnn's wages, goods, and chattels, to Mrs. Norrington; and the second differed from the preceding, for it bequeathed his goods to Thomas Ne ville and another seaman, and his wages to Mrs. Nor rington, his step mother. Maynard, clerk to Mr. Sturlock, a proctor, stated that the prisoner came to his office on the 13th of last March with a man, and brought a will. [Thomas Bender Will here produced that will from the Prerogative-office.] Witness could not recollect whether the prisoner or the Man handed the will to him. Witness did not know the In " , but he paid witness for the probate. The man gave his name as Tighe. The usual oath was administered to the Pr i soner, who gave the name of Mary Powell. Probat e was granted to her as the sole executrix, named in the will. She swore the personal effects to he under 201. Cross- examined—A part of the oath was, that the P ar ty "beli eves i t to be the last will and testament, " &c. It not the cus t om t o as k w h at i n d uce d t h e party t o i believe t was the last will and testament. That will (the third) was read; it bequeathed all the wagesrine to B. N orr i ngton, as well as all ot h er property ie might di e possessed of, to his intended wife, Mary Powell, the prisoner at the liar. John Clifford Petterick, clerk to Mr. Reid, ship-broker to the ship in which Benjamin Norrington sailed, stated that the ship arrived home on the 4th Alarch, and about f l 4 days after the prisoner come to his office; she applied her the money due to Benjamin Norrington, and he told er to call after the expiration of 21 days. She did call a gain, and produced a probate of a will, but he did not „ read , i t. She w as told to call again, and on ber calling -"till witness read the probate of the will, and perceiin that Only the mark of Benjamin Norrington was to o tle ".10, witness told ber that he could write his own name, and wit ness produ ce d th e ar ti c l es which he signed bef o re mark. sai led. She said that was Benjamin Norrington's W itness refused t o p a y her on that account. The a ne=t application was from Mr. Howard, the solicitor, of thencing-lane. On each of the occasions that she made application, she h a d a man w i th b er. Cr oss-examined --It was sometimes the custom of sailors, who could write their names, to make their mark. John Style, cleik to Mr. Howard, solicitor of Mincing lane, stated, that about the 3d of April, the prisoner called tfoorr!nust Mr. Howard to apply to the owners of the ship Be rtjamin Norri ng t on ' s wages , s h e b e i ng h i s executrix, amounting to 151. odd. Witness applied to Mr. Reid, the broker of the ship. Sbe brought the probate of a will . The money was not paid. .. : C rois-exami ne d—Th e p r i soner appeare d anx i ous that "s t neit should proceed as hostile as possible to recover the money, insisting on her right to it. There was no ap rva;aace of fear in her. James Lea, an officer, stated that he apprehended th e prisoner on Thursday the 12th July, in Farringd o n- s t ree t ; 11 'told her for what be apprehended her, viz. on a charge of forging the will of Benjamin Norrington, and asked her name ; sh e said Phcebe James; he said he bad been 6 ' 1 ' 1 4 for her a long time ; and s h e said s la t heard s o , znadd j she might as well be taken first as las Newgatet. She said she ust bee n to see two prisoners in , named Mo rgan and Dalto —[The two prisoners were th eft und er a similar charge os of forging a will.]—The pri soner said she had not received the money, and she had not prevented Mrs. Norrington from getting He then to'd her there was another charge against her in the name of Phrehe James, and she said that was all righ , , and if she had known what she did then she would not have given up the 101. which she got on that will. She then asked if the writers of the will ott 4 ht not to be taken as well as her, and he said pm, if he could find them. He said he had found the probate of Norrington's will in Dalton's house, No. 11, Princes -street, Princes square she said he (Dalton) ought to be kicked fur a fool. On searching her he found five letters directed to Sarah James, and one in the name of Morgan. Witness produced the letters and the probate found in Dalton's house, as well as another will. The probate found in Dalton's house was proved to have been taken out by the prisoner at the office of the Proctor under Norrington's will. Mary Anne Pringle knew the prisoner, and saw her at the Cock public-house, in Leadenhall-street, the beginning of last March, in company with Morgan and Dalton ; a person named Fallen was also there. Witness told them the amount of wages due to Benjamin Norrington, and what his clothes sold for. The clothes sold for 71. O dds and the wages were 71. Witness afterwards went a WaY• In the evening witness saw Dalton and Morgan again, but the prisoner was not present. Next morn ing witness saw the prisoner, 'Dalton, Morgan, and Fallen together at Fallen's hou.e. They were all concerned in Norrington's will, and they requested wit. ness to accompany the prisoner to get the money, and she was to have ss. for her trouble. If she got the money, th e y all agreed to give witness ss. each, to make up a "overeign. Witness had previously made inquiry about Norrington's property. A few days afterwards the pri soner said she could not get the money, and she had been in a lawyer's about it. The witness never saw Norring twes will at al. Cr oss -examined—Witness did not live with her hue h, a nd, and did no t k now if h e were a li ve or d ea d ; s he had a lso gone by the name of Francis, having cohabited with a man of that name. She had also lived with a man named C arne l l, and went by his name ; had also gone by the natn e of Elliott, and had taken an oath by that name in Swearing to a will in Mr. Clarkson's name. Could not rbeetcollect that s h e ever went by any other name. Had n imprisoned in the House of Correction for unlaw fully pawnin g a cloak. Could not say she had sworn she was a single woman. —(Th e witness was requested to read a line in the will, and she did so.)—Could not swear that a session or two ago, when she was examined in this Court, she swore she could not read. If sbe did swear she could not read, it was false. Mr. Petterick was re-called, and stated that he had seen the last witness before, but he could not say whether she came to his employer's office with the prisoner. Mr. Thomas, the Master'of the ship Baretto, in which Norrington sailed, stated that the vessel left Portsmouth on the 20th of February, 1831, and that Norrington was a seaman on board. On the 4th of March last she arrived in London. Benjamin Norrington died on board in August, 1831. Clos s - examined—Sometime s sailors who could write hWould make a mark instead of writing their names. He ad known it occur two or three dozen times. Persons Who could write as well as the deceased had done so. John Frazer the landlord of Dalton, knew the prisoner ; she called on him with a letter from Dalton, who was a prisoner in Newgate, and wanted his cd,thes. The addresses and signatures of the letters found on time prisoner were read ; they were all addressed to the pri soner, and signed some by Dalton, and some by Morgan, who were tried at a former Session. The prisoner in her defence said, that six years age she was seduced from her friends at Worcester, by a young titan who brought her to London and deserted her, since which time she bad supported herself by prostitution. In that course of life she became acquainted with the seaman Norrington, who promised if she altered her mode of living, to marry her when he care back. Before he went away in February, ]B3l, be gave her his will, which was the subject of this prosecution. Mr. Justice PArrEsorr having summed up the evidence, the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. His LORDSHIP addre , sing the prisoner said, the Jury had taken a very merciful view of her case ; he believed firmly that she had been the dupe of others, and he hoped this would operate as a caution to her not to associate with such persons is future. NEW COURT. ROBBERIES IN THE TEMPLE AND LINCOLN'S-INN. William Davis alias Bryant, and William Austin alias Copeland, two members of ►le swell mob, were in dicted for stealing, nn the 4th of July, two dress-coats, value 41., two silk handkerchiefs, and a mourning ring, the property of Edward Harvey Maltby, Esq., a barrister of the Middle Temple. Mr. ADOLPHUS, in stating the case to the Jury, all the facts of which were proved in evidence, observed that the system by which robberies had of late been conducted in the different Inns of Court was most extraordinary and deep laid. The parties went in gangs of three, taking par ticular care not to break open chambers on the ground• floor ; one of the party was placed at the outer door, another at the first floor window, and the third committed the robbery. If any person catne near the chambers while these proceedings were going on, an alarm was given by the person at the outer-door to the one at the first floor window, and he passed it on to the person in the chambers. By this means their pro ceedings were regulated, and the depredators retired with or without the property, as circumstances required. E. H. Maltby, Esq., examined by Mr. AnoLenus— Was a Barrister, arid had chambers at 11, Paper Build ings, Temple. On the 2d of July went to attend the Buckingham Quarter Sessions, and left his clerk in pos session of his chambers, in which were dress-coats, a mourning ring, and the various other articles mentioned in the indictment. Cross-examined by Mr. LEE—I saw the articles stolen about seven days previous. George Kingston Garton, examined by Mr. ADOL- Nius-Was clerk to Mr. Maltby. Remembered his mas ter going to the Buckingham Quarter Sessions. Left the Chambers to go to dinner at half-past four o'clock, at which time every thing was in perfect safety. On his return at six o'clock the outer door was shut, hut the inner one bad been broken open, the locks all broken, and every thing taken out of the drawers, in which all the articles mentioned in the indictment were con tained. Instantly gave information to the police. Maria Hampton examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS-At the . . tittle of the robbery was an unfortunate girl, hut had since szen the evil of her ways. She then lived at a Mr. Pope's, York-square, Regent's-park. Knew the prisoner Austin at that time, who was then a clerk in the East India House. She lived with him in June of that year in York•squale. Afterwards resided with him in Harrison-street, Gray's Inn, and Easton-street, Clerk enwell. When she lived in Harrison. street she pledged a coat for him with a velvet collar at a Mr. Loveday's, in Gray's Inn-lane. Witness also knew Davis while she re sided in Harrison-street, and pledged a coat for him at the same place. The prisoners were together when they gave the coats to witness to pledge. One was tied up in a green silk handkerchief. At another period she received from the prisoner Austin at the Cheshire Cheese, Clerkenwell, a mourning ring, which she pledged. On a future diy all were taken into custody at the same puhlic•house. When at Hatton-garden she had given the same evidence as she now gave. Cross-examined by Mr. LEE—Had never been in trou ble before. Admired that she had gone by several diffe rent names, among the rest, Jogger, Copeland, Hampton, Bouverie, Knapp, Jame•, Bryant, Sidniouth, and Bland. By the COMMON SERJEANT—Had been taken once to a police office for being out late. By Mr. LEE—Had never been in custody on a charge of felony before. Had been on the town seven years. When living in Lancaster-street, got her living by walking the streets. Did not see the prisoners bring the coats to Harrison-street; a person named Smith and the landlady lived in the house. Witness could not positively swear to the co its. The sh9pman of Mr. Loveday, the pawnbroker, of Gray's Inn-lane, indentified Hampton as the person who pledged ►he coats. John Davis, the shopman of Mr. Cordwell, pawnbroker, Exmouth -street, proved the pledging of a gold mourning ring, by Hampton, at his master's shop, for Bs. Mr. Maltby identified the coats and ring as his property. Mr. Pope examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS —Lived at York-square. The witness Hampton lived with her un der the name of Bouverie. The prisoner Austin, together with two other persons, visited her, but Austin was the only one who was in the habit of staying late. On cross-examination, stated that Austin and the girl Hampton left her house while she was out of town. Eliza Miller stated that Hampton lived at her house in Harrington-street, Gray's Inn Lane, and that Austin used to visit her. A policeman, 123. E division, apprehended the prisoner Austin on the 19th of July, in Gray's Inn, and Davis at the Cheshite Chee.e, Clerkenwell, on the 23d of July. The Warden of the Temple had seen the prisoners fre quently go through the Temple in June or July last. Mr. LEE-Yes, and thousands beside ; among the rest my Learned Friend, Mr. Adolphus. This was the c ise for the prosecution. The pri+oners had both of them long written defences prepared, hut at the suggestion of Mr. Lee declined read ing them. A former conviction against Davis was put in, under which he had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The COMMON SERJEANT summed up at considerable length, and the Jury found both prisoners Guilty. There being another indictment against Austin, the Learned Judge directed Davis only to he called up for judgment, and sentenced him to fourteen years' transpor• cation. Austin was then indicted for stealing- a silver watch on Whit-Tue,day, from the chambers of Philip James Chabot, E.q., in New-square, Lincoln's-Inn. Similar evidence was adduced as in the la,t case. The principal witness was the female Hampton, to whom Austin gave the watch, and fur whom she pledged it for fourteen shillings. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the COMM ON SERJEANT also sentenced him to 11 years' transportation. The annexed statement exhibits to view the comparative age of the prisoners committed for trial at the present Old Bailey Sessions, by which it will be seen that more than two-fifths are what are denominated ju venile offenders : under 10 years of age Above 10 years, and under 20 2lO 20 3O °OO 30 40 50 60 CO 70 Total 535 We understand that accounts have been re ceived from St. Petersburgh, dated the Ist inst., from which it appears that Lord DURHAM is about to return home from his mission, which there is great reason to hope will prove generally satisfactory. His Lordship had applied for his audience of leave, the day for which, however, had not been fixed when these letters came a Nay. In the mean time, the EMPEROR, as a mark of courteous attention, had ordered that the steam-boat appropriated to the use of the Imperial family should convey Lord DURHAM to Stettin after the ahlve- mentioned audience of ceremony should have taken place. A meeting of the Electors of St. Pancras took place on Monday - night at Somers Town, for the purpose of hearing Colonel Jollies declare his political sen timents. This he did at length, to the satisfaction of the assembled electors, who accordingly proposed a Committee for the purpose of securing his re!urn for Marylehone. DEATH OF GEORGE MARTIN, IHE NO TORIOUS INFORMER, FROM AN ATTACK OF CHOLERA.— MARTIN, the noted informer, who is well known at most of the Polk, offices in the metropolis, was attacked last week with the cholera while ridinc , on the outside of one of the sage-coaches between Liverpool and Birmingham, and before the coach arrived at the next stage, he was a corpse. MARTIN's princpal business was laying informaiions against stage-coach masters, particularly in the country, to whom he was a great annoyance. It is said that has amassed a considerable sum of money by his profession. A patriotic individual at Bristol, has it is said, after indefatigable research, ascertained that the trustees of one of the Charities in that city are indebted to it in no less a sum than 40,0001. Queere—Did this escape the Charity Commissioners during their long sojourn in Clifton? A LEGAL SEPARATION.—A mati and his wife residing at Moulsharn, whose drunken disputes have frequently annoyed their neighbours, were put into con finement on Saturday night, and to ensure their peaceable conduct, the husband was placed in a cage in Monlsham, and the wife in a cage in Chelmsford, full half a mile apart. The husband himself thus legally separated, re solved to take advantag e of it, and having liberated him self by force, absconded. —Essex Herald. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Hardwick, at his seat, Wimpole-hall, Cam bridgeshire, from Tittenhanger-hall, Herts ; Colonel Dalrymple and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Scotland ; H. St. Aubyns, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; Capt. and Mrs. Oakes, at the Burlington Hotel, from the Continent; Admiral Austin, at Paine's Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from a tour ; Count De Damas and Count De Croismere, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Scotland : the Rev. Mr. Golding, at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur.street, from Scotland; F. Feuwick, Esq., at the British Hotel, Jermyn• street, from Somersetshire ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Harris, in Grosvenor-street, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. The Countess Dalberg, from the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, for the Continent ; Sir George Pownall, Bart., from the Burlington Hotel, for his seat in Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Mussenden, from ditto, for the Continent ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Spalding, from ditto, fer Leicestershire ; Capt. Higgins, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn_street, for Brighton ; William Gibson, Esq., from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. An ,on, from the British Hotel, Jermyn_street, for their seat in Norfolk ; M. Shakespear, Esq., from the Albany, on a tour. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, SEPT. S. The King, taking into his royal consideration that, upon the decease of John late Earl of Donoughmore, the title and dignity of Earl of Donoughmore devolved upon John now Earl of Da noughmore, as eldest son of the late Francis Hely Hutchinson, Esq., (commonly called the Hon. Francis Hely Hutchinson) who was in his lifetime and at the time of his death, heir presumptive to the said Earldom ; whereby, according to the ordinary rules of honour, the brothers and sisters of the said Earl cannot enjoy that place and precedency which would have been due to them in case their said father, Francis Hely Hutchinson, had outlived the said late Earl, and had thereby succeeded to the said title and dignity; his Majesty has been graciously pleased to ordain and declare, that Anna-Louisa Burgh, wife of John Thomas Burgh, Clerk, Dean of Cloyne ; Catherine Henrietta Ber nard, wife of Thomas Bernard, Esq a Colonel in the King's County Regiment of Militia; Charlotta Sophia Wolfe, wife of Richard Wolfe, Clerk ; and Louisa Synge Hutchinson, wife of Francis Synge Hutchinson, Esq., sisters of the said John now Earl of Donoughmore ; and Henry Hely Hutchinson, Esq. a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; Coote Hely Hutchin son, Esq. a Captain in the Royal Navy ; George Hely Hutchin son and Richard Hely Hutchinson, Esqrs., brothers of the said John now Earl of Donoughmore, shall henceforth have, hold, and enjoy the same titles, place, pre-eminence, and precedence, as if their said late father had succeeded to the said dignity of Earl of Donoughmore. And his Majesty has been further pleased to command, that the said royal order and declaration be registered in his College of Arms. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hereford. D. H. D. Burr, Esq to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 5. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark. Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Ca valry—W. G. Cunningham, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Dick son, resigned; A. Cunningham, Gent. to be Cornet, vice W. G. Cunningham, promoted, June 6. [This Gazette contains an Order in Council, under the Cholera Act, authorising the Board of Health for the Parish of Kirkma_ creek and the Burgh of Creetoun to apply to a Magistrate for an order commanding the Authorities of the said places to pay the sum of 50/. for the expenses of the Board, which has been re fused. A second Order in Council authorises a similar appli cation against the parish of Kenton, which has refused pay ment of M.] DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN CLARKE, Margaret-street, Spa-fields, ginger-beer dealer. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. HUNTON SHAW, Billericay, Essex, grocer. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH RICHARD CU RETON, Cannon-street, fishing. rod-manufacturer, to surrender Sept. 25, at two, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Rigley, Great Winches ter-street, Broad-street; Turquand, Tokenhouse-yard, official assignee. MATTHEW CORE, Liverpool, cattle-dealer, Sept. 26, and Oct. 23, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Hinde, Liverpool. WILLIAM JOSEPH DAVIS, Bristol, music -seller, Sept. 18, at one, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Theobald, Thavies-Inn, Holborn; Whitmore, Austin-friars, official assignee. JOSEPH SCOBELL, Princes-street, Stamford-street, Black friars-road, builder, Sept. 18, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee; Willey and Morris, 7, Bank Chambers, Lothbury ; Coote, 20, Austin-Friars. TOBIAS TAY, Redditch, Worcestershire, victualler, Sept. 21, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chilton and Son, Chancery.lane London; Ben son, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. G. Dawson and J. Kerr, Manchester, nankeen-manufacturers, Oct. 4, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. A. Southon, Wittersham, Kent, grocer, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the George Inn, Rye, Sussex. A. Fletcher and J. Young, Millbrook, Southampton, iron founders, Oct. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S. Cox, Bath, boarding-house-keeper, Oct. 4, at ten, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. T. Walters, Manchester, draper, Oct. 5, at ten, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. W. Stephenson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-owner, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Petherbridge, Whitechapel, linen-draper, Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S. Shepherd, Strand, silversmith, Oct. 6, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. w. Williams, Manchester, merchant, Oct. 3, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. D. Brown, Halifax, Yorkshire, merchant, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Alexander and Brown, Halifax. T. Snow, New-street, Covent-garden, grocer, Oct. 8, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Andrew, Harpendon, Hertfordshire, baker; Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. C. Gillett, Baker's-row, Walworth-road, Newington, butcher, Oct. io, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Mabelly, Bread-street, Cheapside, banker, Oct. 25, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. L. Huntingdon, Sola r i' Molten-street, Oxford-street, tailor, Oct. 4, at halt-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Bower, Liverpool, dealer in smalt, Oct. 15, at one, at the Cla rendon Rooms, Liverpool. C. King, jun:, Hale'sworth, Suffolk, carpenter, Oct. 10, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Halesworth. W. Dymond, Launceston, Cornwall, bookseller, Oct. 4, al eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Launceston. J. Harrison, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 10, at one, at the Cla. rendon Rooms, Liverpool. _ J. Agnew, Grosven4-square, banker, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Harris, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, lace-manufacturer, Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Lion Hotel, Nottingham. J. Brearley, Brimrod Lane.end, Castleton, Rochdale, Lanca. shire, woollen-manufacturer, Oct. 2, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, Ocr. 2. T. Hudson, Northbrook, Godalming, Surrey, cattle-salesman. G. Jones, Carnarvon, merchant. R. Labron, Wakefield, Yorkshire, linen-draper. D. Haybittle, sen. Peckham Wharf, Kent-road, coal-merchant. J. Dodson, Great George-street, Bermondsey, merchant. W. Gracie, Sunderland, Durham, printer. W. H. Gaden, Liverpool, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and J. Sisley, Bread-street, silk-warehousemen. I'. Fisher and J. Neve, King's Lynn, Norfolk, blacksmiths. , C. Beck and E. Close, Worcester, painters. J. B. and M. A. Grave, Carlisle, grocers. J. Leach, jun. and W. Leach, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, tanners. W. Ombler, jun. and J. Ombler, Market Weighton, York_ shire, plumbers. W. Willis and E. Lockhart, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, straw hat-manufacturers. M. Garland and R. D. Mitchell, Illogan, Cornwall, mercers. J. and T. Shepherd, Royton, Lincashire, cotton-spinners. P. Oakden and B. G. Sloper, Chester. 0. Ceal and J. Hubbert, Whitechapel-road, cheesemongers. J. Judge and E. Reed, Little Britain, billiard-table-keepers. S. Colman and T. Theobald, Ware, Hertfordshire, millers. G. Milne and W. II Bideta, London, ship-owners. J. and 'l'. Kirby, Holborn, coach-proprietors. W. wiggins and W. Wiggins, jun., York, tinner. E. B. Lovell and Co. Birmingham, bankers. M. Elgie and A. Walter, Cheltenham, attorneys at law. J. Rushton and J. H argreaves , O por t o , m er chants. _ .Ay Hornsey an d J . Welch, Exeter, brush-manufacturers. Oakden and B. G. Stoner, Chester. S. J. James and F. Felt6e, Belvedere.wharf, Lambeth, coal. merchants. 751,1,11 \TEN and OCR TC A H w S r E o I t U D E , S G T r R e e A n T O a i N e . G lasg ow c manufacturers S ept. 12 and 27, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. aid- Sept.JAMES TONNENT, Croftfoot, Cadder, Lanarkshire, miller, 13 and 29, at two, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. RECAL OF SEQUESTRATION. ALEXANDER GRAHAM, Glasgow, baker, has applied for a recal of his sequestration. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT, CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEIIALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report,2o39—New Cases,ss7—Deaths, l9l— 391—Remaining, 2c21. Total Cases since the com mencement, 50,354—Deaths, 18,538. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE AIARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain this week are short, but of Flour the return was pretty good. The Wheat trade this morning is dull, but prices cannot be noted any lower. Barley, Beans, and Pease, unaltered. Oats find buyers slowly, but the terms of Monday are supported. Flour remains without change. Wheat. English 4l 2,400 qrs. Irish Foreign B5O ARRIVALS. Barley. 220 qrs. Oats. flour. 1 55 qrs. 2,420 sacks. 2,700 I-- 85.1 bris. The copy-right of the New North Briton Newspaper was exposed to sale by auction on Friday. There were were only two bidders, the proprietors of the Mercury and Observer, and it was ultimately knocked down to the latter for 251 . —Edinburgh Even. Courant. STATE OF TIIE LOWER PART OF BLACK'. FRIARS BranGE.—A special Committee has been ap pointed by the Corporation to inquire into the state of Blackfriars-bridge, preparatory to the adoption of the surest and most effectual method of repairing it. It has been represented to them that the bridge is in a very di lapidated and dangerous state towards the water's surface, and it is hoped that the Corporation will, without making a lob of the matter, proceed at once to repair so important a public thoroughfare. It is rather extraordinary that not withstanding the numerous reports circulated relative to the bridge, no survey has taken pl ace s i nce t h e year IR2O, although at that period it in was report e d t o th e Corpora tion that the bridge was a dangerous condition. The bridge has remained in sta'u quo in the lower part, al though several jobs have been perpetrated since in the pas sage over it. Application is to be forthwith made to the Corporation for a grant of money to defray the expense of a survey from the foundation to the summit of the arches. LORD ALTHORP AND THE TOWER HAMLETS. Wiseton, new Bawtry, Sept. 5. Air DEAR SlR,—Haviniz ascertained that there is no reasonable diiubt of my being re-elected for Northampton shire, I wish you, according to my promise, to say I feel myself bound to my old constituents; and that I mu , t decide to sit for Northamptonshire, although I should be also chosen for the Tower Hamlets. I beg to assure you that I feel very much obliged to you, and to all the other gentlemen who have paid me the com pliment of wishing me to be Member I,r the great and im portant borough of the Tower Hamlets, and that this oh rgation is not at all diminished because it is not in my power to comply with your wishes. Beieve me, my dear Sir, yours mo.•t sincerely, To Lawrence Marshall, Esq. ALT HORP. Lloyd's, London. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES went, on Monday, from the Palace at Windsor to Richmond, accompanied by the Princess Au GUSTA. The Duke, Duchess, and Princ GEORGE of Cumberland, also went to Richmond from their residence at Kew. The Earl and Countess of Eaßom, entertained the KING and QUEEN, and the Royal party, with ade .jeune ; after which their MAJESTIES, the Princess AU GUSTA, and suite, took their departure in three carriages and-four, and returned to Windsor Glatt?, about seven o'clock in the evening. The Dukes of CUMBERLAND and GLOUCESTER ho ❑oured a party of the Officers on duty at Windsor with their company at dinner, on Monday. The Marquis de PA LMELLA transacted business yester day afternoon, at the Foreign•office. The Baron de WES SENBURO, the Austrian Minister on a special mission, and the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, also transacted business yestet day, at the Office of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs. His MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to confer on STEPNEY COWELL, Esq., late Lisut-Colonel Coldstream Guards, the Military Companionship of the Royal Guelphic Order. Despatches were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Monday night, for the Earl of AIULGRAVE, the Governor of Jamaica; Sir J. LYON, the Governor of Barbadoes ; and the other Governors of the West India Islands. The Belgian Minister transacted business at the Foreign office on Monday. WINDSOR, SEPTEMBER 11. At half•past eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon their MAJESTIES left the Castle in an open barouche, followed in another carriage by Sir ANDREW BARNARD, Sir Hu.- GROVE TURNER, Lady FALKLAND, and Miss JOHNSON, and proceeded to the seat of Lord ERROL, in Richmond Park. Their MAJESTIES were met on Richmond-bridge by a party of the Surrey Yeomanry, who escorted them to the residence of Lord ERROL; and on their MAJESTIES entering the Park they were met by the Duke of CUM BERLAND, who also joined the Royal cortege. The Royal party, after partaking of refreshment with Lord and Lady ERROL, proceeded in the pony phaetons, which were there in readiness, to Richmond Green, where they witnessed the agreeable scere of 300 children par taking of a comfortable dinner, raised by subscription of the nobility and gentry and others, in order to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill. Their MAJESTIES ex pressed themselves highly gratified with the interesting appearance of the ct ildren, and the hospitable manner in which they were provided for, and the great attention paid to their comforts. After the dinner their MAJESTIEi and suite returned to Richmond Park, where they enjoyed several delightful drives, and then proceeded to the resi dence of Lord and Lodi ERROL, whom they honoured with their company to dinner, and returned to the Castle at twelve o'clock. Yesterday the Duke of DORSET, Colonel and Lady WEMYSS, Sir HENRY and Lady and the two Misses WHEATLEY, Colonel and Mrs. and Miss CLITHEROE (sister to the Colonel), left the Castle, on their return to their respective residences. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived at the Castle. Yesterday the Officers of the 2d battalion of Scots Fusileers, on duty here, gave a grand dinner at their bar racks, in Sheet-street, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of CUMBERLAND and Duke of GLOUCESTER. The pre parations on the occasion were on a splendid scale ; a temporary arcade was erected from the entrance of the officers' apartments to the dining-room, which was formed of part of the large barrack-room, enclosed and fitted up in the most superb style. A Guard of Honour was placed at the entrance of the arcade; the colot.rs of the regiment, with stands of fire-arms, were placed along the arcade, at intervals, and likewise in the dining-room. A temporary marque was erected at the extremity of the dining-room, for the band of the regiment. The arcade and dining room were lined with the choicest flowers and exotics. The whole had a very imposing and magnificent appear ance. Colonels HILL and BOUVERIE, of the Royal Blues, were of the party. At eight o'clock 42 sat down to dinner. The company did not separate till a late hour. The Duke of CUMBERLAND slept at Frogmore Lodge, and the Duke Of'GLOUCESTER returned to the Castle. This morning the Duke of CUMBERLAND breakfasted with their MAJESTIES, and left the Castle in the afternoon for his residence at Kew. This afternoon, at three o'clock, the KING took his usual airing, and was accompanied by the QUEEN on horseback. Their MAJESTIES were attended by Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, Sir ANDREW BARNARD, Rev. Mr. WooD, Mdlle D'EsTE, and Miss WILSON, and Lord and Lady FALKLAND. The KING and QUEEN Will go to St. James's to-morrow (Wednesday), and return to the Castle in the evening to dinner. NEW COLONY.-NEW HOLLAND. Accounts have been received from Bengal to the latter end of April. They supply the following information re lative to the colony which is proposed to be established on the south coast of New Holland : " The location is to include all that part of the coast which lies between the 132 d and the 141st degree of each longitude. The spot selected for the seat of Govern ment is Port Lincoln ; a harbour, it is said, capable of containing tl , e combined fleets of Europe, at the entrance of Spencer's Gulf. The climate is far finer than that en joyed in any of our Australian colonies. " The three main principles on which the colony is to be established, are :--First, the universal and free sale of waste land at a fixed price, whereby the colonists may he prevented from dispersing themselves, and wasting their capital and labour in isolated efforts : secondly, the em ployment of the whole sum obtained by the sale of waste land, in conveying labourers to the colony, whereby the purchaser of land will, in fact, pay, not for the land, hut for the means of rendering his possessions valuable, that is, for labour and population ; and thirdly, a selection of young pauper couples only, of both sexes, in equal pro portions, as emigrants, to be removed cost free to the colony; so that the expenditure of any stun in emigration, shall give the most valuable return in the shape of the greatest amount of labour and population. A proposal has been addressed to and accepted by his Majesty's Go veroment, for founding this colony ; and the following are the objects described in the proposal, which have been kept in view in forming a plan of government for the colony. The only modification required by Government is, that the population shall amount to 10,000 before an Elective Legislative Assembly shall be established. " First, to prevent the progress of the colony from being impeded by any shackles on its agriculture or trade, or by any of the errors in Government, which the experience of other colonies has discovered. " Secondly, to employ the power of Government as a great engine for promoting the prosperity of the colonists." For the furtherance of these objects it is intended— " First, That the responsibility of the Government shall not be divided and weakened by a Council ; but that until the population shall attain a given number, the Governor alone shall conduct the Government. " Secondly, That from the beginning there shall be no restraint on the political Press; the b,st possible mode of insuring the good conduct of the Governor. " Thirdly, That the whole colony shall enjoy a per fectly free trade with the whole world. " Fourthly, That from the beginning the Colonists shall be embodied in a militia for their own protection. " Fifthly, That from the beginning, a provision shall he made for the education of every Colonist; a matter of great importance everywhere, but which will be of the deepest interest in this Colony, where, in consequence of the selection of emigrants, nearly the whole population will consist of young people and children for many years to Come. " Sixthly, That when the population shall comprise 5,000 male adults, measures shall be taken for the esta blishment of a permanent Government, which shall consist of a Legislative Assembly, to be elected annually by the male adult population, under the beset securities for inde pendence of choice." The East India Company's ship Thomas outts, outward bound, was in lat. 32 deg. 31 min. S., long. 52 deg. 33 min. E. on the 16th of April last, all well. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. AYR RACES, SEPT. 6. A Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each, p p., with 20 gs. added by the Western Meeting, for horses not thorough bred. Once round and a distance. Heats. Gentlemen riders. Sir J. Boswell's Meretrix 2 0 1 2 Lord Eglinton's Paul Pry 1 0 2 dr A. Plate of 70 soy& for all ages. One mile and a half heats. Mr. Montgomery's Terror 0 1 1 Mr. Ramsay's The Widow 1 3 2 Sir J. Boswell's Mowbray Mr. Burnet's Miss Dilwich 2 0 dr Match, 50 to 25.—Lord Eglinton's Haycock beat Mr. Campbell's The Jewel. Quarter of a mile. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, p.p. Quarter of a mile. Mr. John Campbell's Tallyho 1 Lord Eglinton's Spadassin 2 Major St. Paul named the Major 3 SEPT. 7.—Plate of 70 save. for all ages. Two mile heats. Mr. Ramsay's Mr. Bish Mr. Peacock's The Major Lord Eglinton's Queen of Bathsheba 0 2 3 Lord Elcho's The Flea Mr. W. 51. Alexander's Ebony Mr. Burnet's Miss Dilwich 3 0 dr Yeomanry Plate of 25 soya., added to a subscription of 1 soy. each for horses adapted to agricultural purposes generally. One mile and a half heats. Mr. Eaglesham's Viscount 1 3 1 Mr. W. Orr's Reformer 0 1 2 Mr. Kirkwood's Barney 3 2 3 Mr. G. Douglas's Virginia, by Fingal 0 0 dr Mr. Ronald's Bennals 2 dis Town of Ayr Stakes of 5 sovs. etch, p.p., with 25 added by the Town of Ayr. Two mile heats. Sir J. Boswell's Craigmillar 1 1 Mr. W. Alexander's Cadger 2 2 Mr. W. Dawson's Coronation 3 4 Mr. Gibson's Cranberry A Handicap of 5 soya. each, p.p., for horses Ant tho rough bred, half a mile, five subs., was won by Lord Eg linton's Paul Pry, beating Mr. W. G. Campbell's Tallyho, Sir J. A. Cathcart's Violin, and Sir J. Boswell's The Jewel. Match, 25 each, p.p.—Lord E;linton's Little Isaic beat Mr. Campbell's The Jewel. Match, 50.—Mr. Campbell's Tallyho beat Mr. Hay's gr. g. by Viscount. Quarter of a mile. CURRAGII MEETING, SEPT. 7. King's Pate of 100 gs. for mares ; weight for age. Four miles. Mr. Beer's Ada, by Byron, won easily. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. with 25 sovs, added. One mile and a half, for all ages. Mr. Hyne's c. by Byron 1 Mr. Flood's Paul Clifford SEPT. S.-Lord Lieutenant's Plate of 100 gs. for horses of all ages. Four mile Caurse. Mr. Disney's Skylark 1 Mr. Watt's Cinnamon Sweepstakes of 25 sovs., 20 ft., for 2-yr.-olds ; Anglesea Post. Eleven Subs. Mr. Kelly's 1. by Drone 1 Mr. Watt's ch. c. by Cameleopard '2 Paget Stakes (first class), 10 sovs., p.p., for 2-yr-olds; . . colts and fillies. Anglesea Post. Mr. Sherlock's Sister to Pioneer Lord Sligo's Veneer 2 Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 20 soya. for all horses. T.Y.C. Mr. Montgomery's gr. c. by Byron 1 Mr. Batterby's Barebones Match, 50.—Won by Lord Portarlington's Don Pedro, betting Lord Miltown's Tancredi, by Match, 100.—Won by Lord Clantnorris's Regulator, beating Lord Portarliugton's Paddy Whack. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—A new five act comedy was produced last night, under the title of The Peer and Peasant. The play has merits, but certsinly not sufficient to entertain an audience from seven o'clock till ten. The performers did their utmost; but the audience manifested considerable displeasure during its progress, and were most pertinaciously resolved to drown all endeavours to announce it for repetition. Mr. HUME has addressed a letter to an elec tor of Poole, which has since been published in a provin cial Journal, in which he states that though he cal!ed upon Lord ALTHonr to abolish the sinecure office of Go vernor of Londonderry (worth 1,2001. a-year), it has nevertheless been conferred on Sir JOHN BYNG, who is a candidate for representing Poole in the next Parliament. WILLIAM BLOUNT, Esq., a Roman Ca tholic gentleman, has offered himself as a candidate for the borough of Stafford, and has commenced a canvass. Mr. Gnimnrrcx, solicitor, of Macclesfield, has tendered his services to that borough.—Birmingham Gazette. Colonel CHICHESTER, of Calverley, near Tiverton, has, we understand, announced himself a candi date for Tiverton.—Exeter Gazette. A correspondent states, that " Mr. ALLEN, of Creselly, is actively canvassing the county of Pembroke, with a view to oppose the return of Sir JOHN OwEN at the forthcoming election."— Cambrian. NON-RESIDENCE.—We were in hopes, says a correspondent in a Midland county, of having a visit from our Rector, who, though be derives an income of 5001. a year from the living, has only visited it three times in fifteen years ; but we were disappointed, he only got as far as the neighbouring music meeting, and then returned to his stall. CHOLERA IN MARYBOROUGH.—Extract of a letter, dated Maryborough, Friday night :—"I am sorry to inform you that the cholera has for some days been raging here, and it is feared, from the impoverished state of the greater part of the town, will prove very fatal.— Fourteen have died already, the greater part of whom were persons in comfortable circumstances; and I have just heard that the Major of the regiment quartered here (the 60th Rifles), and a servant of his, are both in a very dangerous state. You could not at all conceive the alarm manifested by every person here. Business, which was not, indeed, heretofore very brisk, is now completely at a stand, while terror appears to mark every counte nance, and those who have at all means are quitting the town and scattering themselves through the adjacent coun try, leaving their less fortunate neighbours to abide their fate.—Dublin Morning Register. SUSPECTED MURDER AT SPALDING.— We regret that we have this week to publish some parti culars connected with the mysterious death of an abandoned and dissolute female, who has been suddenly called from her career of infamy\ to meet her Goo ! The name of the unfortunate woman is JANE BUTCHER, the wife of a respectable mechanic residing at Market Deeping, in this county ; she was married about eight years ago, but at the time of her death was only 24 years of age. About five months since she left her husband's house—little did she then imagine it was for the last time—and went to Spald ing, and there cohabited with a number of navigators then at work there. About two or three months ago, she be came acquainted with a man named WADE, living at Spalding, with whom she continued to cohabit, residing occasionally at his house for a day or two. Last Thurs day night, about 11 o'clock, an old tnan, named Inn , : SEYMOUR, a gardener, residing near Monk's-house, Spalding, was suddenly aroused from his sleep by WADE, who informed him that a woman was lying on the road quite de id. SEYMOUR immediately got up, and accom panied Wane about 200 yards on the Bourne turnpike road, where a dreadful sight presented itse:f. A woman lay there, stretched on her back, without cap, bonnet, or shoes ; she was dead and cold, and life appeared ta have been ex tinct several hours. The spot where she was found was within 10 or 12 yards of a stile leading down to the garden adjoining Wanes house. SEYMOUR, suspecting all was not right, observed to WADE that he had been dragging her on the read, to which the latter replied that he had just come home, found her in his garden, and thought she was drunk, so he dragged her upon the road, but found her dead. Cametoo, the active constable of Spalding, was sent for, and arrived about one o'clock. He secured the prisoner, and despatched a messenger for Mr. Catmatacx, surgeon. Candles were then lighted, and WADE was asked where he found the woman ; he pointed out the spot just over the stile in his garden, but upon CAMPION examining the path, he observed that something had been dragged upon it from the door of a building adjoining the prisoner's house to the spot where the body lay, and a pair of shots, which the prisoner said belonged to deceased, was found in the out-house. On the arrival of the surgeon, about two o'clock, the body was examined, Lut no external ap pearances presented themselves which could justify a belief that deceased hail come to her death by violence. Toe prisoner WADE gave some contradictory answers as to finding the body, which was then, by the surgeon's direc tions, removed into WADE'S house. The prisoner was in a beastly state of intoxication. On Friday last an inquest was held on the body before SAMUEL EDWARDS, Gent., Coroner, at the Lio❑ Hotel, Spalding : a post-mortem exa mination was ordered, and the inquest was adjourned until Wednesday. Thus all at present remains a mystery. WADE, the drunken paramour of the unhappy woman, is the youngest of five brothers of abandoned habits ; two of them have been transported, one executed at York, one died at the time warrants were issued for his apprehension, and the prisoner is the only one of the 8005 left ; be is about 24 years old.—Boston Gazette. SPIRIT OF VIP: PUBLIC JOURNALS. We hate war, and t etnre we are the advo cates for a manly and energetic tone in the fo reign policy of Great Britain, because nothing is so likely to avert aggression as to appear resolved !o resent it. The nation that seeks for security in pusillanimous conduct invites attack. The policy of reformed England, unless there be de plorable weakness or treachery on the part of her Government, can never find favour in the eyes of the despots of the Continent. It is not in he nature of things that England, while really governed in the spirit of her free Constitution, can ever have their love. The only security, then, for their good behaviour, is to inspire them with a wholesome fear. Let that restraint ne removed, and they will trample on the in terests of England in every part of Europe ,vhere they can enforce their insolent decrees, or influence the nations that wither under the baneful shade of their malignant protection. Will trample on her interests, did we say ? They do so at this present moment. The northern Barbarian and his Prussian ally are now rewarding us for our cowardly and faith less conduct in regard to the Polish Treaty, by endeavouring to exclude British manufac- ttires from the . States of the Germanic Confede ration. Is it for this we allowed Prussia to inter fere in the conflict between Russia and Poland, to ensure the subjugation of a country whose independence we are bound by treaty to protect ? Is it for this we allowed the property of British subjects to be seized on its way to Poland, and even British passports to be insulted ? Is it for this we paid large sums of money out of the taxes raised upon the industry of the British people to the Herod of the nineteenth century—the con fiscator of the Polish children ? It required no treat sagacity to foresee that the more the British Government crouched to the despotic powers of the Continent, the more would their capacity for enduring contumely and insult be put to the test, and the more would the interests of the country be assailed. An evening contem porary reports an often published statement in a new form, ofthe quantity of millions sterling which the several wars since the revolution have cost Great Britain. This proves what nobody is so ab surd as to deny—that war is a very expensive game. Nor is there a country on the face of the earth that ought to be more convinced of the truth of the position than England. In the last and most costly of all her wars, she had not only to bear her own expenses, but to sub sidize all the "great Powers," her Allies—which Powers, great as they were, would not move a regiment to defend their own territories without having their torpid heroism first kindled into life by the magic touch of British gold. To show more clearly than our contemporary has done, the folly which England committed by plunging into that war at all, we need only state a circumstance which he has omitted, and it is, that, at the conclusion of the war, the Go vernment which brought the country into it sacrificed, through base subserviency to the des pots who received our pay, all the advantages derivable from its successful termination—leav- ing John Bull the melancholy distinction of having paid the expenses of the war, while his " magnanimous" Allies gathered and shared among themselves all the spoils of the victory ! Of the wars since the revolution, the first, which ended in the peace of llyswick, and cost the nation about thirty-six millions, was a war of existence ; that is, it was a war to decide whether England was to have her own form of go vernment and her own free institutions, or whether she was to submit to the then de- spotic regime of France, and receive back the delinquent Stuarts at her hands, and repent in sackcloth and ashes of having given the " bad example" of revolution to Europe—a revolution, but for which our Contemporary would never have had the opportunity of inditing much loyal panegyric in praise of the late Ministry of George --the accomplished—or of the present Ministry of William, the Reformer. Now, great as is the value of 36 millions, we think it was well laid out in saving us from the dictation of the de s?otic Bourbon, and from a restoration of the cashiered race of Stuart. As to the war of the Spanish succession, and the two succeeding wars, we are of opinion that they were rather wars of ambition, or of political manoeuvre, than of necessity. The union of Hanover with this country, or atleast of the dynasty of both, had much !o do in some of our continental displays of valour —particularly the Seven Years' War. There was an occasion, however, in which we could not avoid chastising Spain, for injuries and cruelties practised on our own subjects, and the refusal of all reparation. But as to the American war, it was one of unmixed oppression and injustice,—it was a war to carry into effect in our American colonies the tyrannical principle of taxation without repre sentation,—it was a war of one of the most corrupt and incapable Administrations that ever disgraced this country, aided by a base and venal House of Commons. That war cost the nation 136 millions, and the loss of the most precious jewel in the crown of England. The war of the French revolution was no less unjust and:, unnecessary ; it was a war undertaken by the enemies of Reform in England to put down liberty in France, and to put an end to the agi tation of the question of Reform in this coun try. It was a war as infamous in principle as Louis XIV. undertook to replace the Stuarts on the throne of England. It was a war to restore the Bourbons and their tyrannical doctrines to France, and to prevent that country from having any voice in the formation of her own internal Government. Of that war, the one against Bonaparte, whom it raised to empire, was only a consequence, and both together cost the country upwards of 1,150 millions, of which nearly4oo millions were raised by loans, and, of course, added to the public debt, which now hangs like a suspended avalanche over the des tinies of England. Rightly was England punished for entering into those unjust wars, or allowing her rulers to enter into them, but if, because she has been so weak and foolish as to engage unnecessarily and unjustly in wars which have cost her so much money, she is resolved to abjure the most just and necessary defence of her own interests, and, for the fu ture, to try only the conciliatory effect of the Palmerston policy, of knocking her forehead in the dust before every insolent despot who chooses to insult her, why then it only remains for the most pacific Ministry of this most meek and enduring country, to save the people the expense of a navy equipped for fighting, and a large standing army. Surely we can have no need of a military establishment, if, under any circum stances, war be impolitic and indefensible, and unless our contemporary's argument goes this length, it proves nothing. For it is but a truism to state that a nation ought never to enter into a war that is either unnecessary or unjust. While deprecating all such ambitious and oppressive, wars as corrupt Governments, aided by unre