The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

THE CITY ELECTION. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yes orday SPEECH OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Lord J. RUSSELL rose and addressed the electors. He said :—Gentlemen,—l have now to return to you my most cordial thanks for the proof of your confidence which you have just given me ; but before I speak to you in the character which I have now again assumed, of a Minister of the Crown, you must allow me to say a few words in reference to my conduct as a member of that body which was in opposition to the late Govern ment. I ask your attention on this subject because I have, with others, been- accused of faction and combina tion, whereas I believe that there never was so forbear ing an Opposition in the history of this country. (Cheers.) It appeared to me certainly, when I felt myself unable to secure that amount of confidence from the House of Commons which, in my opinion, was necessary to a due administration of public affairs, that it was but right that those who formed a very strong body in the House of Commons—the body next in strength to those who car ried on the Ministry—should hold the reins of Government. I thought that was advisable ; because during six years' they had addressed to a great portion of the country—a ' great and respectable portion of the country—to all those ;who are engaged in agriculture—to all those who are en gaged in shipping—to all who are connected with our colonial interest—language the most inflammatorY ; tell ing them that they had been injured ; t e lling them that the measures of Parliament had done them wrong ; and that, therefore, it was the duty of Parliament to redress their wrongs, and place them again in the state of pros perity in which they had formerly 'been. I thought it was right that those who had used those topics—that those who had addressed those exhortations to the coun try--should have an opportunity of bringing to the test those mighty promises. (Hear, and cheering.) Now let me tell you that I believe there never was an in stance of men who had held out such hopes, or who had at least shadowed forth great measures of redress, who did not at once take one of two courses—who did not either propose to the House of Commons the measures which they thought were necessary for the welfare of the country, or who did not advise the Crown to dissolve that Parliament, and appeal to the people to return men who should better represent their wishes and interests (Hear, hear.) The Administration of Lord Derby took neither the one course nor the other. (A laugh.) Declaring that the country was going to ruin—declaring that the measures introduced by Sir Robert Peel — the measures introduced by the Administration, of which I had the honour of being the head, were reducing men of industry daily to poverty, and that Parliament could redress those evils, they yet proposed to postpone for a period nearly of a year the consideration of the measures which they would lay before Parliament Now, I thought this conduct so unusual—l may say so un constitutional—(cheers)—that I did net hesitate to state to my friends, whom I had assembled in my own house, that I thought they ought to brin g Mi n i s t ers t o a declaration one way or the other —either to propose their measures before the existing Parliament, or at once to call another. (Hear.) We 'were generally agreed as to that course, but we were so forbearing that when the Ministers of the Crown declared that they wished to carry measures which they thought might be carried with utility to the country, and which were then before Parliament, and that they would then meet the new Parliament before the close of the autumn, we acquiesced in that course, unusual as it was, and waited our time for the production of their mea sures. Now, observe that when Sir R. Peel took office in 1834, he at once assembled Parliament together in order to propose to it his measures ; that when Lord Melbourne proposed his measures with regard to corn, sugar, and timber, in 1841, and dissolved Parliament, he at once called Parliament together to judge of those measures ; but the late Ministry not doing that, which I think was but due deference to the people of this country, not considering that this great question of free trade affecting the trade and commerce of the country, should be decided at once, they waited for a period of 10 months before they assem bled the new Parliament, and brought this question before them. And now, I ask you, .was not our course in submitting and acquiescing in that delay, one of forbearance and not one of faction? (Hear.) Then Parliament met, and we looked then anxiously, as the country looked, for a plain declaration on this ques tion —were those who declared themselves to be Protec tionists, Protectionists still ? or, had they ma the contrary seen the errors of their way, and were they prepared to embrace the doctrine and practice of free trade ? (Cheers.) They did neither the one nor the other. The obscure paragraph in the Queen's Speech left us totally in doubt as to what were their intentions and *what were their doctrines, and they did not hesitate to say that they were afraid of an amendment coming on one side from the free traders, and one on the other side from the protectionists, and that, therefore, both parties would be contented, but we thought it was due to the country to en deavour to obtain a solution of that question, that that question which had been under discussion for six years, should at length be settled in plain and intelligible words. Mr. Charles Villiers, whom I am happy now to say holds office under the! Government—(cheers)— drew up a resolution, which was a plain, manly, and explicit de claration on the subject. (Cheers.) I supported him in that vote, but those with whom I am now acting and who are accused of indecent combination, and of being for ward in faction, objected—not that the words were un true—not that these words were not applicable to the , question—but they said they were words which might hurt the feelings of those opposed to them, and they 'would not agree to that resolution. Why, that showed that those gentlemen were willing to give every chance and possibility to the Ministers to adopt free trade in earnest, and to give good mea sures to the country. Well, we were defeated— fortunately defeated—on that question. I say fortu nately, because it gave an opportunity to the Ministers to propose those great measures—to show this wonder ful medicine which was to cure everything—to propose this plan which was to satisfy every one and displease nobody—(laughter)—and it came forth, but a plan so little answering to that description cannot well be con ceived ; because, while the satisfaction was very small — while the farmers, for whose benefit the great part of it was intended, expressed a very doubtful and grumbling sort of assent—(laughter)—the householders of the great towns, who were intended to be sacri ficed—(laughter)— expressed their displeasure in no unequivocal, no ambiguous terms. (Hear.) But, gen tlemen, what was the origin of this budget, and what were its defects ? In the first place, the Ministers had formerly said that they were the friends of protection ; and when they found this did not meet with the assent of the country, they wished to give it up. In the next place, they were to take away all the local burdens which pressed unfairly on the agricultural interest. That was found not to be successful, and that was given up ; but there was a third scheme, which, after those two schemes had been abandoned, was still paxserved in, and that was called the " revision of taxation." Now, gentlemen, I declared here on these hustings, when I last addressed you at the election, that I should be prepared to vote for such a diminution of burdens, and such a revision of taxation as should be fair and equal to all classes in the country ; but it was obvious that the proposal lately made was not fair and equal to all classes in the country. It was obvious that it was intended, although unsuccessful in that intention, to please and satisfy one class at the expense of • ether classes. (Cheers.) I believe, likewise, that it was most unwise, in the view of all statesmen, to attempt? measur e of that kind, which sacrificed so la r g e a revenu e , easily ga th ere d, and easily collected, and which did not create any amount of discontent, in order to put on new taxes, which could not but be felt grievous and burden some. It is our misfortune, gentlemen, to have to pay a large amount of taxes, which are the consequence of wars carried on by our forefathers. If we had merely to pay what we now pay for the military and civil government of the country, one-fourth, or perhaps even ei one-fifth, of our p resen t t axes wou ld su ffi ce ; but we have incurred debts owing to those wars, and those debts must be religiously and faithfully paid. (H ear , and cheers.) B ut when that is the case nothing, can be more unwise than to give up taxes to which the country has been regula tions of which are ma d e easy by expe r i ence and accustomed, the consi deration, in or d er to resort to others w hich must obviously creat e di ssat i sfaction. reasons, therefo re , thi s b udget was (Hear.) For these a most unwise mea sure. (Cheers.) It was a measure the :ate Ministers t o propose, bec au s e necessar y for they had been exciti ng discontent on the s u bj ec t o f lle for six years agricnlai ral grievan ces . Th ey h ad given u c i , :t . r o of their not well to the measures they had hinted at, and they that g i ve up , the third without exposing themselves aectration of being imposters during the whole tieße. They, therefore, were obliged to bring forward measure, and in that necessity they brougdt forwa7dine measure which was perhaps necessary to them, and per: a haps justifiable to them, bait which for the country,i am sure, would be most disastrous. I therefore op p I that measure in its first shape. I oppos e d the houie °set t a x, for I believed there was no necessity for it ; and althougli their house tax was of no great amount, and thotash the house tax, if generally extended, may be a go .-,d neg s ure of finance, I did not think there w as any neees pity ' f or doubling . it, or of interfering with it i n any w nv at the present time. Iv ell, gentlemen, others objected likewise, and because other different parties in the House of Commons objected at the same time, and concurred in the saine vo te, we are accused by the late kind ' to the Prime Minister of factious combination. Why, gentle men, how in all the objections of a similar 2 Ineasure, could they have d one otherwise than concur Let me a s k you to allow me to p ut an illustration of the teries of " Hear hear.") If an omnibus with twelve pagaen 001no* down Ludgate-hill at insid e is a. furio 11 R all ptr, Ness pace, breaking into ' shop windows and • ba . Why, eve ma n con r who are going y man goin g ~,:=l .----e very man going east, and ever y y the eoaehrna.n ge t stopping the omnibus an d tellin g Row surprised all t from the box. (Laughter.) thei r head, wouldb:l P„assengers, with a policeman at is a factious " n b li t. " coachman said, vome are going one Nv:l2. l° '‘,l -- (loud bine for the purpose of) thouah "Why this laughter preventn-talue another, you all com bus into the she s " however, was the Charge against It"1? " 1'n? driving my think you will see we need omni not,es, laughter.) Such, ::,,,,Z ,, a4a o rge which I. ,etuscerned at. 13 :113kt must now come to more necessary that those WZ1181),'3,, because that: V*, having produced, as I mast ‘'netirr,d. laatiirarlt should produce, the resi gnat rj it aea n s see " the f+»,l rik - - ittNTS "s" •i• :~ THE SUN, LOPioN", LAW INTELLIGT_Nak INSOLVENT DEBTORS (Before Mr. Coro inissioner Law.) IN RE AUGP ,STUB GRAFTON. The is a retired major in the East India Company insolvent, s who ser vice, applied under the Prote ClO'' Act. Mr. Lucas arl%:(4.ri)d for five creditors. Three other creditors appeare-a The insolvent person. Mr. Sargood supported. , as r atired major, has a pension of 269/. per and` he has m a d e a p ro p osa l t o pay 301. year ly into year , ofourtj:or his Creditors. His furniture had been sold for his creditors, and 1191. had been paid into court. Mr. Lucas said his object was to obtain a larger pro posal ibr the creditors, and he would suggest that 50/. per year be set aside in liquidation of the insolvent's debts. Mr. Sar goo d sa id his client was anxious to meet the wishes of his credi tors to the fullest extent in his power, and he would endeavour to pay the larger sum. Protection was granted accordingly. (Before I ill-. Commissioner Phillips.) IN' RE JAMES RANDALL. The insolvent, a. timber-dealer, of Bethnal-green, ap plied under the Pr otection Act. Mr. Nicholls opposed; Mr. Sargood supp orted. An objection is taken to the petition on the ground that there were payments within three months which were not in the ordinary course of business. It appeared from the insolvent's examination that he had borrowed a sum of money fron .i his sister, which he had used in the course of his businef is, and that in the course of the three months next precee Ling the date of his petition he had made repayments. His Honour held the objection to lic fatal, and dis missed the insolveut's petition. IN RE ADOLPHUS MAUL. The insolvent was a watchmaker, in Long-acre. He came up for protection supported ; Mr. Duncan op posed for a creditor, and two creditors opposed in person. His Honour held that the insolvent had improperly contracted a debt by representing to a creditor that he was entitled to a 1 egacy, and that he had acted fast .and loose with other creditors. He might renew his appli cation after the lapse of two months. late Minister, should consider whether, after they were called upon by their Sovereign, they could form an ad ministration which might have -the confidence of the Crown, and the support of the House of Commons and the country. Well, now, gentlemen, I must fairly say, that I think, if I had been called upon by my Sovereign to form an administration, and if I had attempted to form it, as my former Administration had been, of one party, I should not have been doing my duty to my Sovereign. Never will lin any way shrink from the defence of the men and the measures of the administra tion over which I had the honour to preside ; but it is one thing to break up an administration, and another thing to form a new administration, which cannot calculate upon that support in the House of Commons which will give satisfaction to the coun try. and which will appear to foreign countries as a firm and strong Administration. This opinion of mine, I must say, I had not concealed. I had expressed it to many of my friends, to whom it was generally known. Well, then, was it my duty to declare that I would not agree to b• part of a combined Administra tion unless I were at the head ? I think I should have been taking an undue importance to myself if I had so attempted. (Hear.) But there were circumstances which induced me tot that the Earl of Aberdeen— a man universally respected, who had stood by Si r R. Peel, who had enjoyed in an important post the confi dence of his Sovereign, and who had been sent for by his Sovereign on a late occasion—was eminently quali fied to preside over a combined Administration. (Cheers.) I should have been better pleased if I could have taken the part of not entering into office, but have given my 1 9111 and constant support to such an Administration. rrhe Earl of Aberdeen was not unaware of my opinions, but both he on the one side, and my own political friends on the other, declared: that they thought it was necessary to the formation of a Mi nistry that I should take office as one of its members. (Hear. hear.) Having received this de claration, I thought it was my bounden duty, being anxious to see the country in the possession of an Ad ministration which should possess the confidence of the House of Commons—l thought it was my duty to assent to the proposal of Lord Aberdeen, to lay my name before her Majesty as one of his Administration. (Hear.) There was one other course, to be sure, that all those who had combined in that vote should decline to form an Administration, and should advise her Majesty to send again for the Earl of Derby ; but there was no prospect, I thought, that the Earl of Derby at the head of the same Cabinet would have been able to enjoy more confidence in the House of Commons than he had hitherto enjoyed. Besides, it is to be remembered that he had already dissolved Parliament, and appealed to the sense of the people, and that that very House of Commons which, in the name of the Crown, he had summoned to advise her Majesty had already declared against him. (Hear, hear.) For these reasons, therefore, I have accepted office in the present Administration. You may be sure that, without giving any pledges, I have taken means to ascertain that upon those subjects in which I had taken a deep interest as affecting the welfare of the country, the noble lord who was to be at the head of the Ministry was a sharer in my views. (Loud cheers.) I found that a year ago he had declared with respect to one question in which I know you take a great interest—l mean the removal of the Jewish dis abilities—(hear)--to those who are more immediately his political friends that, if that question came again be fore Parliament, a measure for the removal of these dis abilities should have his support. (Loud cheers.) Gen tlemen, with regard to another question which has been mentioned, namely, the reform of the department of the Customs, I am well aware that there are many regulations of the Board of Customs which require re vision, and I am sure that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer will examine that subject with that ability which he possesses, and with that impartiality which is his characteristic, and that he will endeavour to place those regulations on the footing most favourable to the trade of this country, while he will take care that the re venue is not sacrificed. There are many other questions :which I will not detain you by referring to. (A voice in the crowd, " The Income Tax.") As a gentleman there has referred to the income tax, I must make a declara tion upon that, nearly similar to that which I have just made. You are aware that Mr. Pitt, when he thought that the imposition of an income tax was a necessary measure, laid down the principles upon which he con ceived it should be founded, and you are aware that the Marquis of Lansdowne afterwards, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that Sir R. Peel, when first Lord of the Treasury, adopted the same principles. But, gentle men, there has of late been much discussion upon a sub ject affecting that income tax, namely, the rate at which different incomes should be assessed. Now, that is a question which the late Ministry undertook, but which they undertook evidently without having a full ex amination ; for when they were asked respecting whether in curing one injustice they did not create many others, the answer of their Chancellor of the Exchequer was, that he had not had time to examine the schedules. Now our Chancellor of the Exchequer, my colleague, means to make time for the examination of those schedules, and he will devote all his time and attention, in conjunction with others, to the subject, be fore bringing forward the income tax measure, in ordettei: , see in what manner that measure can be am'encled,' and in ' , what manner those amendments can be defended. I have always said that I thought that injusticer.lvas inherent in an income tax, and lam so thoroughly believer in that opinion that I do not believe it would be possible for arty man, or any set of men, any more than it was for Mr. Pitt or Sir R. Peel, entirely to expunge injustice from that measure; but, everything that can be done by weighing and examining the different cases will be done, and I do think it is possible, although not to attain just measures, to make a greater approximation to them than the measures which now exist. (Cheers.) Let me say this, however, finally, that if we find upon examination that we are not successful in that endea vour, we will come down to the House of Commons and expose all our arguments and our reasons upon the subject, and ask the House of Commons fairly to judge whether we have not grappled with the question, with a view of making it as just as it is possible, that large portion of our revenue. At the same time, gentlemen, let us not forget, that faulty as it originally was, and faulty as it must be, it has been the means of relieving the country of upwards of 12,000,0001. of taxation, bearing heavily upon the industry of the country—(loud cheers)—and in my opinion if it is borne some time more, a still greater alleviation will be attained, and that in gradual revision, and not in sudden revision, is to be found the true financial policy of this country. (Loud cheers, and a voice in the crowd —"What about the Ballot.") Well, I was not going to refer to that subject, but as some gentleman has men tioned it, I must beg to call to his recollection that when I was on these hustings last a gentleman put to me seve ral questions, and, among others, whether I was in favour of the Ballot. I declared to him, as I now declare to that gentleman before me, that I was against secrecy in everything— (loud cheers)—that as I was against secret trials in our courts of law, against secret debates in our Houses of Parliament, so I was against secret voting by the great electoral body. (Loud cheers.) Let me say, however, that since we last met here, the elections which have taken place in various places in the country, have produced ' eross instances of bribery and intimidation—(hear)—and I shall think it my duty—not adopting the ballot, objecting, as I shall continue to do, to a secret mode of voting—to turn my mind to those other means which I think may perhaps be devised, if not to extirpate, at least to diminish, those scandalous scenes of bribery and corruption which we have unfortunately witnessed. (Cheers.) I will not refer to those various questions to which my proposer, Mr. Dillon, has adverted. Let me say this, however, that while these questions of reform of various kinds, of education, of Parliamentary representation, are all most important questions, I think a Ministry which has any •claim to confidence may claim also forbearance as to the time and manner in which their measures shall be brought forward. I remember a friend who, speaking of . the critics in the reviews, said they always blame an au tiiorfor not e d ya o ht ili aaf g that which he does not happen to be lvhleelifv7ilnytd,e writes theysay attempting. h s ei y s notth a nd v l e i ry gfi h s i e ls ri ab o r u oo s km ar ei g: n i tf m uinll en oi t tf , they wit,A laugh.) So it is with critics o n f o an o Ad c ; Administration. They i t are ! , .., , t t r e v m a p n t d i n g i u p e t r h h e a p c a s uartlsarogfe law.refo It is is immediately e Court o said,an- " Why do not you reform the Church ?" (Loud cheers.) They are treating, perhaps, of the a buses of the Church, and it is, Why don't you look to the faults and corruptions in the representation ? What I ask, and what I think lam Lirly entitled to ask is, that, provided good mea sures may be produced, that Parliament and the country will pay attention to these measures, and if advan tage is to be obtained to the country by passing them, pass them, and if they are not good measures to re ject, but not at the time always to say that something else should be considered, and that that which is not brought forward is the very thing which is essential. (lear, hear.) And now I must say, with respect to the department over which I have the honour at present to preside, that I am happy to say that the terms upon which we are living with all foreign nations are those of peace ;—of course I do not include, as not in my de partment, the war which is now going on in Ind ia, but with respect to foreign, our relations are those of peace and amity. (Hear, hear.) With respect to another (-reation, which of course comes under the notice of the , 'eretary for Foreion Affairs, I think I am enabled to '' a y this, that when' any Enlish subject, not joining in any Conspiracy or making any attempt against the i, in unlawfully internal peace of any foreign country, ~ elf that dosinonnattei• 4;7%11y and wantonly, I will lose no time foreign government. (Hear, before the consideration of that can perceive, that (Hear, hear.) I cannot see my cof those governments which is not are often intrusted with disposed to subordinates rdinates of those governments vex unoffending travellers• a British subject ; but this I for the confidence whiel • But I have again to thank you power to harass and too great belief is that the Admmistrati ! But have reposed in me. My will I have ' joined vantage. b e abl e I taome'ZrYuiteostul rPeubthliaetoatn7airs for the public ad stem of free trade increased pros the system principles of policy of which we have been the advocate'ats civil, which is is likely to lead to furtshteenirai, I believe that that system which we pursue, founded on the ligious, and political liberty, is the tilt " of which the policy of every ministry ought system l)ebuatodu, and I do trust and believe, that not seeking from any foreign nation which they can with justice refuse, seeking only fairness and good will —our 833,U£S3teleel of foreign policy is that which will be coducive to the independence of this country and the happiness of the world. The noble lord then sat down amidst loud and con tinued cheering. The proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs, and three cheers for the Queen. Lady John Russell and her young son were present during the proceedings in one of the side galleries. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Jan. `3. John Paxton and Augustus Wynn surrendered to -take their trial upon an indictment charging them with ob taining money by ffalse pretences and conspiracy. Mr. Reed prosecuted ; Mr. Clarkson defended Ba,xton, and Mr. Robinson was counsel for the other defendant. It appeared front the evidence of the prosecutor, a Mr. Edward Howell, that in August of last year he was de sirous of going into business as a publican, and ira con sequence of an advertisement he saw in one of the -morn ing papers, he went, to the office of the defendant Wynn, who appeared to act as a public-house broker, in Sydney street, City-road, in reference to it, and the defendant gave him cards of two public-houses —one, the Red Lion, in Wild-street, and the other the Golden Horse, in Theobald's-road. The latter represented that the house was doing 701. per month, that the rent and taxes did not exceed 451. per annum, and that it had a lease of ten years and a h a lf, an d that the coming in would not exceed 1651. Thinking that this house would suit him, he went to see it, and 'Mae defendant Paxton, who was the landlord, told him that he had got a, lease of the property, and believing the representations that were made he went again to the other defendant's office, and after a little negotiation he consented to give 1551. for the house, and paid 201. deposit. A few days after this all the parties met at the house, and the mat ter was finally co:ncluded by paying over the balance, and upon this occasion the lease was produced. It ap peared that the prosecutor was des;rpus in the -first in stance to have his own broker. ',to. act 'for him .in the transfer, but Wynn told hiipthitAe` could act as broker for both, and that it would 'save'Vipense if he did so, and he consented that he should act on his behalf. when the lease was produced. Wynn handed it to the prosecu tor, and asked him whether he Would read it hims slf, or whether he should rsad it to him, and as he had known him for five years, and believed him to be a respectable man, he did not entertain any suspicion, and told him he might read the lease to him, and he did so, but ac cording to the positive statement of the prosecutor, he omitted to read one of the provisos in the lease, by which the lessors reserved the right to determine the lease at Christmas of any year by giving six months' notice at the preceding Midsummer quarter, so that in point of fact, al though the lease was nominally for 10 years and a half, in reality, by this proviso, the tenancy was rendered nothing more than an annual one. The prosecutor was then let into possession, and he very soon discovered that the business fell very far short of what had been represented, and in consequence of some circumstances that were subsequently made known to him he instituted inquiries, the result of which was that he ascertained the actual character of the lease, and also that notice to quit had been served upon Paxton at Midsummer, and the prose cutor was required to give up possession of the house at Christmas. Upon these facts he had preferred the pre sept,indictment against the defendants for obtaining the 'mope he had paid by falsely p re t en di ng th a t h e wou ld „ beit possession of the house in question under a valid lease for ten years and a half, when as he alleged, they were well aware that no such term was secured by the lease, but that on the contrary, Paxton knew that he was under notice to quit. Some other evidence of an immaterial character having been given, The jury, after deliberating for about half an hour, returned a verdict of guilty against both defendants, but recommended them to mercy. The Recorder inquired upon what ground The jury said therwere — of opinion that more evidence might have been produced in support of the prosecution. The Recorder said that this was rather the ground for an acquittal than a recommendation to mercy, and the jury had better reconsider the matter. The jury accordingly again deliberated in the box a short time, and eventually retired, and after being absent nearly an hour, they again came into court with a ver dict of guilty. Mr. Reed applied for the expenses of the prosecution. The Recorder said he would not grant the application without consideration. If the defendants had been ac quitted he certainly should not have allowed any ex penses, as he was determined to do all in his power to discourage the proceeding of preferring charges behind the backs of the parties accused, and under the circum stances of the present case he should consider whether the expenses ought to be allowed. Sentence was postponed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 3. John Smith, 35, was indicted for stealing a purse va lue 10s., and 41. 45., the property of Mr. Robert Stirling Newall, wire-rope manufacturer. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant-Judge then sentenced him to be trans ported for seven years. Gwiseppe Luigi De Velo, 53, an intelligent and re spectable-looking man, was indicted for having stolen nine sovereigns, the moneys of Charles Galli, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, a tradesman in Hat ton-garden, casually met the prisoner, a countryman of his, an Italian, and finding him to be clever, intelligent, and a man of ed - cation, he exertad himself on his behalf, and gave him leAors oirecomme ulat;on to various parties as a teacher of two or three laiimm3es. He employed him to teach Mrs, Galli, an E - agliseivroman, Italian, and on the 13th of last month he went as usual to give her a lesson. Mr. Galli had occasion to go to an iron safe in the room where the prisoner was, and having procured whathe wanted, he left without taking the key out of the safe door. Mrs. •Galli was called out of the room shortly afterwards by her servant, and on returning she saw, through a glass door, the prisoner withdraw his hand from the safe, and put something in his pocket. She was so agitated that, as her husband had gone into the City, and had not re turned, she did not accuse him of having done anything wrong, but told him she could not continue the lesson, and he left. When her husband returned she told him what she had seen, and on his examining the safe, he found that nine sovereigns had been taken from thirty which were wrapped up in a 101. note. The note had been torn open, and the sovereigns scattered about. On the following morning the prisoner, as usual, came to give Mrs. Galli a lesson ; and on being charged with the offence, he said he had taken only 51., not 91., and that i e I‘. b,t b,s,v T uei v i ts . h . ewi ne G neneee a ssna s i sa l kot o fle w i deNim e w owed h. himyG transactions, H:teel h h i aehaadanndformer takennassuredt heve a eyt amount eomthiui therefore, any reference rGn,eh y:eicould claimmthpai ot settle etde s tf o olhfe r ora n eri d done it through distress. Mrs. Galli said the prisoner had never represented that he was in distress ; had he done so, she would have been glad to have assisted him. The prosecutor said, in cross - examination, that he had, up to this transaction, considered the prisoner a man of integrity. The prisoner had stated to him that he was a solicitor, and as he found him to be a clever man, he sent him to Turin, to do some business there for him. He furnished him with a sum of money, and gave him a letter of credit on his agent, and found that lie was faithful to his trust. He did not owe him any thin; that he knew of. Mr. Metcalfe said the theft was committed, no doubt, in a moment of temptation—it could not have been de igned—and the opportunity was given by Mr. Galli's in the safe. The evidence was too clear resisted.t le o a b v e ingthekey me T n h d e ati ju on ry found thetomercy,in which guilty, ecu S t V o l t r h a joined. ree om- The Assistant-Judge, after some little consideration, sentenced the prisoner to four months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—CHARGE OF UTTERING A FORGED p C r H e E se Q n U t E. r — es T id oli n n g I B vi l t a h nk m ho r rn . , G d re e a s t c h ri e b a e d d street, Lambeth, was p l ace d a t th e b ar b e f ore Si r P e t er aa t a 5 81; a r e r, Mount t. Laurie, charged with uttering a forged cheque for 101., with a guilty knowledge. Mr. H. F. Wood appeared for the prisoner. Frances Millard, assistant to Messrs. S. S. and J. W, Benson, jewellers, Ludgate-hill, said that the prisoner entered his employer's shop on Saturday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, and selected a gold watch and gold chain, of the value of 61. 16s. The prisoner asked wit ness if he minded taking a cheque. Witness said it was not theeng b a — mary - to do so after banki ng h ours, but if the prisoner would call again in half an hour, he would send out in th e interim for change, and if he obtained it he would let the prisoner have the wat c h an d chain. Th eh e nParnseenoefr glinyw a : e , itness a cheque for 101., d rawn i n Stoate and Co., on the Lambeth branch of the " Royal British Bank," and made payable •to a " Mr. Robinson." Witness then sent the shop boy in a cab to Mr. Stoate (who is a respectable upholsterer, carrying on business in premises adjoining the bank in the Westminster-road), and ascertained that the cheque was not the same used by Mr. Stoate, neither was the signature in that gentleman's handwriting. The prisoner did not return, but about an hour after the witness hap pening to go to the door, saw the prisoner standing in front of the house, next door, and beckoned him in, hav ng previously instructed the boy to fetch a policeman. The prisoner said that he received the cheque from Mr. Stoate on Saturday, after banking hours, but on being told it was a forgery, he said, if it was a forged cheque, he knew nothing about it, as he received it in a betting transaction, but he did not say from whom. Mr. Wood said the prisoner was a highly respectable farmer, and being engaged in extensive betting trans actions and other gambling matters of a similar nature, he had received the cheque in payment of a bet, and uttered it without being aware of its not being a genuine document. The uncle of the prisoner was in Court, who would state what he thought would be a complete an swer to the case. Sir Peter Laurie inquired if the uncle had any account at the Royal British Bank ? ___. .. . . _ The uncle said he had not, but his son had, and the cheque-book used by him was accessible to none but himself. The prisoner had been staying with him since the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington, and could not have been in want of money, as he had property of his own, upon which he was living. Sir Peter Laurie said the number on the cheque was 504, and it would not, therefore, be difficult to ascertain from the Royal British Bank who had the book from which the cheque had been abstracted. It was a great temptation to young men of the present generation to lend themselves to crimes of this description, who flat tered themselves with the idea that if detected they could escape by one of the numerous vessels always lying in the port of Liverpool to Australia, and make their fortunes at the diggings. Ho .. k, in the present case, respectability was no justification of forgery. The prisoner was then remanded, an application to bail him being peremptorily refused. The following note was ilaiß:ed to our reporter by the sitting magistrate, to cm it was adcires,ed :—" Two pounds from a lady for the poor woman whose husband took advantage of Lord Lyndhurst's Act to desert her, because she was the sister of his first wife." SOUTHWARK.—John Stokes, the proprietor of a hardware shop in Kent-street, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. A'Beckett, charged with violently assaulting and threatening to murder Harriet, his wife. The complainant, who had a sickly-looking infant in her arms, on ascending the witness-box exhibited ample proof of the violence exercised towards her, both her eyes being blackened and swollen, and her arms, from the wrists upwards, being in a si m il ar condition. She stated that on Monday morning, at an early hour, while in bed, the defendant beat her about the head, face, and arms. She got out of bed in order to escape, but he again attacked her, and kicked her brutality on the body. She added that he was in the frequent habit of beating her in a very unmerciful manner, and that she was not aware of having given any cause for his acting with such bru tality towards her. She handed in a medical certificate, which described the serious effects on her health, pro duced by the blows and kicks inflicted on her person. Mr. Samuel Gawner, landlord of the Royal Oak, next door to the defendant's house, stated that on the morning in question he was alarmed by hearing cries proceed from the defendant's house. He knew the voice to be that of the complainant, who ex claimed, " Help, help, for God's sake." He im mediately ran into the house, and saw the defendant j knock down his wife, and while she was lying at his feet he threatened to kill her, using at the same time language of the most gross and indecent description. The witness added that he heard the defendant say, in the presence of a Mr. Denham, that he had thrown his wife down stairs on three different occasions. Wit ness on hearing such an Admission said it was a very serious thing to treat any woman in such a brutal manner, upon which the defendant, who seemed to have relented, said, in allusion to his wife, that she was one of the best of wives ; and that in future he should not ill-use her. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that his wife aggravated him by her bad temper, and in the heat of passion he might have used threats towards her, but that he had no intention of seriously injuring her. Mr. Salomon said, that the defendant on a former occasion had been held to bail to keep the peace to wards his wife for three month s , b ut that the time not having yet expired, he had therefore forfeited his recognisances. A'Beckett, having in strong terms denounced the conduct of the defendant towards his wife, inflicted the full penalty of 51. upon him, besides adjudging him to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 401., and find two sureties of 201. each, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour towards all her Majesty's subjects, but more particularly to his wife. WESTMINSTER.—CharIes Parr, a man 40 years of age, was charged with the following h eart l ess robbery:— The prisoner, in January last, was ostler to William Adams, a poor man, striving to obtain a subsistence for himself and large family by driving his own cab. About that time he was thrown off his cab by accident, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, owing to which he was unable to pay the Stamp-office duty for the cab ; and while he was lyin g ill, his wife, being apprehensive that the horses and cab would be seized by the authori ties, parted with many articles from their scantily-fur nished home to raise the required amount, her young children at the time having scarcely bread to eat. The prisoner was intrusted with the money, amounting to up wards of 31., to take to Nlr. Stowell, a receiver of inland revenue, and although he was acquainted with the diffi culties under which his master and family were labour ing, he absconded with it. The prisoner, who admitted that he had spent the money, was remanded, in order that the necessary evi dence might be procured. GREENWICH. —Ai arY Ann Oldham, late a nurse in the union workhouse, was brought before Mr. Seeker for final examination, charged with the following case of refined cruelty towards a child aged six years, named John Hayward, an inmate of the union, by deliberately burning his hand with a red-hot cinder. • It appears that the act had been committed more than three weeks, and had been studiously kept secret by Miss Southern, the infant-school governess, until a mere acci dent brought the affair to the ears of the chairmen of the board of guardians (Mr. Bracknell Carter), who deemed it his duty to investigate the circumstances. The burn occasioned by the cinder had contracted the sinews of the child's hand in such a manner that its use can never be fully restored. Mr. John Wade, one of the guardians, attended to watch the inquiry ; the master, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Saw, the clerk to the board of guardians, being also present. The case created much interest. Elizabeth Ellis, one of the nurses, deposed that the prisoner was head nurse. The little boy was amongst the children by the fireplace. It was three weeks or a month ago last Saturday. The child Hayward was at the fire-guard, and nurse Oldham was poking the fire. She took a red-hot coal from the grate, put it into the child's hand and squeezed the hand close. The child did not scream at the time, but did afterwards. Witness did not learn that evening the consequence of the act. The cinder was taken away, and the sufferer placed by the fireside. The child cried much, but did not say any thing. The next morning the child's hand formed a white blister. Miss Southern deposed that she is the infant school mistress. The children were all under her care. The child is six years old. It was witness's duty to be pre sent at meals. She sat at tea on the following morning, when the prisoner confessed that " she had committed a very cruel act." She said the cinder was on the floor, and she had placed it in the hand of the child, and ad mitted that it was a hot cinder. The hand was red then, but the skin was not broken. Witness would not have let the matter rest if the hand had not healed. Dr. Sturton, surgeon to the union house, said his at tention was not called to the case until Monday last, when there was a slight discharge from the wound. The child was placed in the infirmary, and had been under his care ever since. The hand of the child was con tracted. He (the child) could not close it, nor extend the fingers. Witness thought the child would never have the use of its hand wholly again. Mr. Saw, clerk to the board of guardians, said he was instructed to ask the magistrate for a summary con viction. Mr. Seeker said he could not deal with the case in such a way. He should certainly send it to a jury for trial. The depositions having been read over by the chief clerk, and signed by the witnesses, the piisofaer was fully committed to Newgate for trial. WORSHIP STREET.—A well-dressed middle-aged man, named George Mears, was charged before Mr. IT•tramill with an unprovoked and violent assault upon Mary Anne Wade, a delicate-looking married woman, in an advanced state of pregnancy. The complainant, who appeared greatly agitated, and exhibited acute personal suffering, stated that her husband was a person in comfortable circum stances, but fo r a considera b le period they had lived upon very unhappy terms, and he had recently abandoned her altogether, leaving her with four children of tender age, without the slightest means of subsistence. After enduring the severest privation and distress, she at length received information that her husband had formed a connection with another woman, with whom he had taken up his residence at a house occupied by the prisoner, in Evans-buildings, Shore ditch, where she sought an interview with him on Saturday evening. Not wishing to subject him to need less exposure, she tapped gently on the shutters of the tpin. SheaorlourN window, had indo n w, ino sooner stohoehr done ope-of so,than attracting the his street atrteenet- door was hastily opened, and the prisoner rushed out, and, without uttering a word, seized her by the throat, and forced her back to the end of the street with such violence that she could scarcely preserve her foot ing. On appealing to some of the bystanders for pro tection, the prisoner commenced kicking her in an un merciful manner in the lower part of her person, and ultimately dealt her such a savage kick in the stomach that she fell back in a state of partial insensibility, and was supported in the arms of some person in the crowd until a cab was procured, in which she was conveyed to her residence. She had been over since confined to her bd, and still remain in excruciating pain from the effects of the ill-treatment she had sustained, and which was calculated to lead to results of a more serious nature, as she was on the eve of her confinement. Mr. Hammill ordered the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or to be committed, in default for two months to the House of Correction. 'TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1853, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Galvanism 20 to 1 Richmond 25 to 1 Hirsuta 28 to 1 Grapeshot 25 to 1 The Hatchet 30 to 1 Wedlock filly. 30 to 1 Contentment LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray 16 to 1 Knight of Gwynne 16 to 1 Sir Peter Laurie 16 to 1 Bourton 25 to 1 Lord George 40 to 1 Widow Machree DERBY. 14 to 1 agst West Australian 16 to 1 Cineas 16 to 1 Pharos 17 to 1 Umbriel 18 to 1 Orestes 18 to 1 The Reiver 20 to 1 Sittingbourne 40 to 1 Rataplan 50 to 1 Barbatus 50 to 1 Orinoco 50 to 1 Lord Fauconberg 1000 to 15 Honeywood CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 50 to 1 Indian Warrior. 50 to 1 Muscovite. 50 to 1 Scarecrow. 100 to 1 Little Jack. CHESTER CUP.—ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONI3. Contentment, Friar's Hall, Common Sense (not In cense), Brother to Grey Tommy, Aaron Smith, Hirsuta, Trickstress, Braxey, Madeline, Bit of Blue, Doubt, Auchinleck, Ploughboy, Montague, Bold Davy, Da,cony, Coral, Malice, Ida, by lon (and not Ida, by Don John). (216 subs.) SEPT] RES FOR 1853. Lanark 22 Manchester Newmarket F. 0 27 Northallerton RACING FIXT. FEBRUARY. .. 8 Coventry Spring 17 IVIARcH. Carmarthenshire Hunt. 1 Kiplin Coates Liverpool Spring '2 Leamington Doncaster Spring 8 , Catterick Bridge ..... Salisbury Warwick Spring Abergavenny Nottingham Spring.. Hereford 'RIL. Croxton Park 6 Epsom Spring 7 Newmarket Craven ll York Spring Mahon Newmarket F. S M. Chester 3 Newmarket Sec Sp lO Liverpool Hunt ll Shrewsbury ll . 17 . 28 . 29 . 30 Newton Ascot... Hampton. Beverley, Hull, &c l5 Ju . 19 . 21 . 25 Newmarket Worcester Carlisle (3) Liverpool . 15 Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhanipton North Staffordshire Reading York . AUG Warwick ... Doncaster . Bedford ... Leicester ... Bath l7 Manchester (3) lB Epsom 24 :Bibury 22 Stockbridge 23 Winchester 24 Newcastle 2B 10 17 Stamford Nottingham Goodwood . 19 . 21 . 26 Radcliffe 22 Derby Egham 24 or 25 Eccles 29 Lichfield 3O OCTOBER. Chester Autumn 4 Richmond l9 Newmarket S. NOVEMBER. Worcester.. 1 Warwick Autumn l6 Epsom Autumn 3 Shrewsbury 23 Cowbridge Hunt 9 Aberystwith Last week Liverpool Autumn 9 Epsom ... Newton.. Hereford Carmarthen Liverpool .. Doncaster.. Kirkham .... Abergavenny, Cheltenham.. STEEPLJ JAN :CHASES. :ART. 0 undle ......... 'l9 26 FEBR 18j MA] t.IIARY. 1 Coventry Wetherby ll Chipping Norton l5 Birmingham 2B APRIL. 1 I Epsom 5 Liverpool Hunt.. Nov: 131 BER. Co wbridge H it ll MATRIMONT.—A CHRISTMAS INCIDENT.—In a district in the neighbourhood of Inverness, which of late has become locally notorious for the fickleness of its fair ones, and for breaches of promise of marriage, of contracts, &c., the following incident took place on the evening of the 25th instant. On this occasion, however, it was the swain, a farm servant, who proved faithless. He had, it seems, wooed and wen the affections of a young woman ; her consent to marriage was obtained, and Christmas night appointed for the celebration of the nuptials. A large party of friends and acquaintances were invited to attend the wedding, and the apartments of the principal inn in the district were secured for the occasion—a sub stantial 'supper having been ordered to be ready for all and sundry who chose to partake of it. The day preced ing that set apart for the festivities, however, brought " mine hostess" the following laconic epistle :—" Decem ber 23, 1852.—Mem, yeu will not require to be at the trerible of preparing a weding for me." The party most interested—the int en d e d b r id e — rece i ve d no i n timation of the change which had come over the spirit of her lover's dream, and, consequently, at the appointed hour, accom panied by a batch of friends, she reached the inn. The was also pre a s ina ent, e a e n d d . n brief epistle loudpistlequ w ot e e r d e a t b h o e vehnwp ions asreeatexpressed towards the faithless one, and a number of those present sallied produced, the party became forth to effect his capture and compulsory fulfilment of hisx ert en ed gag h e i m m e se n lf t. to The om While the proceedings narrated were going on, a f arm lad from Forres arrived at the inn, on his way to v i sit exerted his f r iends in a neighbouring strath, an d h av i ng been fleorrtgym thea n unfortunate made acquainted with the whole affair, gallantly "popped the question" to the deserted fair o ne , an d was at once acc epted. The minister was still present, the knot was tied, dancing commenced, and the evening was spent right pleasantly. The matter h as ever s i nce b een the talk of the district ; and it i s h ope d that the spirited young ploughman may never repent his hasty marriage. —lnverness Courier. HORRIBLE TREATMENT OP A HORSE.—The following statement has been forwarded to us by the secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Our readers will, of course, suspend their judgment until the case has been heard :—On Thursday before Christ mas-day a bay cob, the property of Mr. Deane, of the Crown Hotel, Erith, was sent to a brewer named Row lands, in the same village, on trial, with a view to a sale, if the animal suited the work. On the Friday it was tried, when it refused to go round the machine used for raising the water for the purposes of the brewers. It was then beaten most savagely ; when, finding that useless, the human brutes concerned pro cured a quantity of straw, and one of them coolly struck a lucifer-match and lighted a fire underneath the belly of the animal and burnt it shockingly. A rope was afterwards tied round the neck of the cob, and, being fastened to another horse, it was drawn out of the place in which it had been so shamefully tortured and turned out into a field, where it remained without any protec tion from the weather or attention to its wounds until Sunday, the 26th, when it was returned to Mr. Deane in a most pitiable condition from the treatment it had received. A great number of persons have seen the ani mal, and expressed their indignation and disgust at the conduct of the persons concerned, who, fortunately, will not escape exposure and punishment. The case has been investigated by Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who, on Saturday last, attended before the magistrates at Dartford, and obtained summonses against Benjamin Rowlands, .Frederick Townend, and Charles Gamble, who will appear at Dartford on Saturday next to answer the charge. ESCAPE FROM A TIGER.—On the evening of Christmas day, as a young woman was carelessly gazing at a leopard in Batty's menagerie, now exhibiting in Hud dersfield, she sauntered within the reach of the tiger's den, when one of the ferocious animals thrust forth one of its paws through the wires, and seized her by the coil of plaited hair behind the crown of her head. Fortu nately a female, of slender frame, but of heroic forti tude, was standing by, and saw the tiger seize its in tended prey. This woman, with extraordinary presence of mind, seized the girl by the waist, and notwithstand ing the terrific growling of the beast, maintained her hold and pulled with masculine vigour. The tiger's " lusty sinews" still retained their grasp, and it roared and plunged terrifically. At this moment the struggle was a fearful and awful one. The people inside the menagerie set up shouts of alarm, which communicated with the crowd outside, and produced a scene which may be better imagined than described. At length the comb dropped from her hair, the coil unfurled, and the young woman was rescued, leaving the tiger's paw full of her hair, and a silk handkerchief which she had thrown over her head when•the tiger seized her. The unfortunate girl fainted, but soon recovered again, and we are happy to add without having sustained any injury beyond the fright, and the loss of about a handful of hair.—Leeds Intelligencer. DST., :MBER. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, was to-day taken into the dock from which the Impe rieuse was taken out on Saturday. The • Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com mander Belam, had her steam up to-day, and left Wool wich in the afternoon for Deptford to take onboard stores, and then proceed round to Chatham, Sheerness, and Portsmouth. ADVICE TO THE POOR, BY LORD BROUGHAM. Learn to reflect often on the nature of your being; on the duties imposed on you by the laws of the Creator, which cannot be neglected or evaded without future suffering. The treat mass of mankind are destined inevitably to live by labour ; some undoubtedly are exempted from the necessity of working ; they are few, in comparison of the number who must submit to live by industry. But the wealth of the rich has arisen from labour. Capital, money, and property, are no more than the savings made from the produce of labour beyond the portion which was required for the preservation of the individuals who have worked to raise it. Upon these grounds the rich are as fully entitled to their large pos sessions as the cottager to his cottage. There is no man enjoying a common portion of health and strength but he may gain by work more than is necessary for him to consume, for his preservation, and even for his comfort. He may always by forbearance lay by something. This is proved by men being able by their personal industry to support a wife and young children ; the amount of whatever this young family consume might have been saved before his marriage, and might have been laid by for his future use. Marriage is the state to which the poor look forward. It is more necessary to them than the rich : the labourer wants a helpmate ; and his home is miserable without . 22 Begin therefore early to provide for it. Lay by a little money to buy a bed, and the most necessary articles of furniture in a house. Do not begin by getting into debt ; if you do, you will probably never be free from it. It you have ready money you may deal to great ad vantage with tradesmen you can choose the best article at a fair price. The tradesman who permits you to run in debt, permits it only because he calculates by so doing it will be advantageous to himself. He sells inferior articles at the same price as the best ; and as he is aware he will have many bad debts owing to him, he charges those who do pay the more to compensate such losses. The village shopmen always deal upon these principles. Look at their books ; many of the poor owe them thirty, forty, or fifty shillings ; this debt is never cleared, and the poor man, thus involved dares not buy anywhere else. If you have any money beforehand, go to the best market in the neighbourhood, or let your wife go once a week, or once a fortnight. You will there get for seven or eight shillings better articles than you can get for ten shillings at the village shop, and better weight. In a public market the dealer does not venture to use false weights ; at the village shop, most of the poor are in debt, and dare not complain, lest they should be refused credit. Send your wife to market, in preference to going your self. Women are less subject to the temptation of drink ing than men ; they are quick at detecting defects and small differences in goods ; their minds readily seize on the point of view advantageous to themselves • they express themselves wi th rea di ness an d ease ; they dis cover and aim at the weak points of defence in a trades man with a dexterity which it is in vain for a husband to attempt to imitate. A woman is worth on these occasions from two shillings to five shillings in the pound more than a man. A tradesman who could stand firm against the persuasions of a man will often yield to the superior management of a female customer. Sometimes there are found in a village experienced, trusty, and clever females, who will market for several families. This is the cheapest mode. The expense of it is divided amongst many ; often the wife cannot be well spared from the care of the house and children ; and by thus employing another, her time and the wear. of her clothes are saved. SURRENDER OF A MURDERER.—At Stalybridge, near Manchester, a man named Robert Thornley, a muffin and crumpet dealer, has delivered himself up to the po lice as having been implicated in a murder which took place in 1847. He states that the murder was that of James Brooks, of Godley, near Hyde. At that time, he says, he had an improper intimacy with Brook's wife, and that she asked him if he could not get some kind of herbs which would be a slow poison. He told her that he did not know of anything that would act as a slow poison except laudanum, which would act as a slow poison if given in small doses. That she requested him to get some laudanum, and that he purchased some at Oldham, and gave it to her. That she gave it to her husband, but he threw it up, and it did him no harm. worth of arsenic T fr h om at m he r t . h s e o n to p l u iff rc o h , a d s ru ed gg h i e s r t, t s h t r a e l e y p b e i n ind ridg e , which he gave her, and that she told him she had made some puddings ; and that she had put the arsenic into one of them, and given it to her husband. That the husband died at the time, and an inquest was held over him, but nothing was found out, and he was interred at Mottram Church. That the husband did not eat all the pudding ; that what he left was thrown out, and that a quantity of hens belonging to a man named Scott were poisoned by eat ing this pudding. About a week after the death of her husband, he met the wife at Chapel Hill, Dukinfield, when he asked her if she were not afraid, and she an swered, "No, only through Scott's hens being poisoned," and that he replied that he had been very uneasy ever since, and that he married the woman three months afterwards. It appears that, at the time of the alleged murder, a man of the name of James Brooks did die very suddenly, and an inquest was held before Mr. Hudson, coroner, and the jury decided that he died from the effects of a hurt in the head which he had re ceived when working as a collier. The self-accused murderer has not been living with Brooks' widow for the last 18 months, and he now says that he is conscious of the dangerous position he places himself in by making the confession, but that he is determined the woman shall be punished, whatever may be the result. He has been handed over to Mr. Little, constable for Hyde, who has a commitment against him for some misdeme nour ; and Mr. Little is engaged in strictly investigat ing the statements made by Thornley, who still persists that all he has stated, the substance of which we have given, is strictly true. FATAL LEGACY.—We find the following in the Journal des Vosges :—" A few days since, a young girl residing near Charmes (Vosges), on returning from Nancy, where she had been to receive 800 f. which had been bequeathed to her by a relative, was overtaken on the road by a young man and a girl, who fell into conversation with her. She had placed her money in a hand basket, and as the young man observed that she frequently trans ferred it, on account of its weight, from one hand to the other, he offered to carry it for her, which was accepted. The young man, at the same time thrust in some things of his own, and amongst the rest his papers. On reach ingt Cravechamp, th e y a ll en t ere d a pu bli c -house o . take some refreshment, and the young woman l . re ced ceiving the basket from her m a le comPanliem i lL a nl' ie, in it on the table by he r s id e . The mistress of t a metallic sound. She asked what the basket contained, serving them, struck against the basket, which gave out and was informed 800 f. belonging to the young woman. The plan of the mistress of the house was without doubt formed instantaneously, for making a sign to the girl to follow her out, she said to her when in the passage You are not aware with whom you have been walking that young man is a very bad character. Do not think of departing with him. What am Ito do, then ?' said the girl. `Take your basket, and go the rs weredown to the cellar, where you will fi n d my husband. You can remain there until th e others have gone.' mended,The and wwomanhen theactedtravellers t r a as woman aborutnninto depart, they inquired for their • She companion. has gone on before you,' s a id t h e wom an, you will overtake her.' The young man urged the girl who was with him to make all haste she could, " he wanted to recover his papers. After walking on until late in the evening, they overtook no one, but being met gby two genda rmes , were called on by had v them to °an account of thems e l ves. T hey menti on ed what hap pened,rme,so but the whole story appeared to the ge nde r agred to very unlikely one. However, th e gendarm accompany the young man back to the_ou n closed, and • S When they arri ve d th e i r the door was f knocked. The no answer was g i ven to t h em when gild nd found nothing gendarmes a t l as t f orced t h e i r way in, of a suspi c i ous c h aracter i n the rooms above; cellar was di scovere d the body a nd the wife who had per petrated of the young woman cut up into pieces. The husbandt onc e arrested." GAS LIGHTING.—An . petrated the murder were a i m portant improvement is s a id to have just been ma i n France in the mode of puri fying gas for lighting . And Instead of lime, th e i nventor uses peat charcoal acids, which deprive th e gas of the sulphur and m mon. iaThe gas thus pu r ifi e d i s sa i d a to have an addition of 10 per cent. to its illumi na ti ng power, and the m aterials used for the purifi ca ti on o f the gas are converted into a manure so valuable, it i s de clared,sold for mo re th an the • • that it can be original cost. WOOLWICH, JAN. 3. It is in contemplation to form a permanent Board at the Admiralty, to consist of the following naval officers : —Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Captain the Hon. Robert S. Dundas, C. 8., and Captain Alexander Milne. The report of the committee on manning the navy is I most anxiously looked for. We have been assured by naval officers that there are many men at Woolwich and other ports, but they will not enter, as they do not credit what is told them as to their being sure to be well treated and have the restoration of their gill and better pay, as they had plenty of promises b e f ore w hi ch Were never realised. A naval lieutenant, after expati a ti ng on the advantages which seamen will in future enjoy according to the general opinion of the offic ers , was answered by a seaman in the following words :—" If I knew what you say, Sir, to be law, I'd enter this mo inent." It is evident to all engaged in raising men that while the future pay and prospects of seamen remain unknown to them, there will be great difficulty in obtaining men worth having. The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., had her steam up to-day in the basin, and made an excellent start of her engines, a number of naval officers being on board, and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer at Woolwich Factory, Mr. Dinnen, inspector steam machinery afloat, Mr. Hartrees, of the firm of John Penn and Son, the constructors of her engines, and Mr. F. P. Smith. The screw made 54 revolutions per minute, with a pressure of 121 b. per square inch on the boiler:;, and worked very satisfactorily. The Im perieuse will be ready to leave Woolwich for Chatham about the 10th or 12th inst. to have her masts and rig ging put up at that port, where they have been ready some time. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. -- Traffie re turn for the week ending Jan. 1, 1853 £15,076 12 5 Corresponding week last year 12,654 17 9 Increal in 1852 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 1, 1853 Corresponding week last year Total of the half-year to this date, 1852. Total of the half-year to this date, 1851 one. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—JAN. 1. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 46s to 561; red, 388 to 508 ; barley, 28s to 368 ; oats, 188 to 24s ; beans, Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middl e an d sma ll, 34 s t o 38s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. CUELMSFORD—DEO. 31. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 448 Od to 59s Od, new 42s to 57s ; red, old 40s to 49s new 35s t o 453 ; barley, 25 s t o 288; chevalier, 28s to 33 ' s ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55 s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 308 to 35s ; white, 31s to 33s ; boiling 37s to 40s ; dun, new 29s to 33s ; beans, tick, 328 to 3.4 s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 325. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the p or t of London from the ports in Essex, from the 27th December to the Ist January, both inclusive : - • .; • • td m + i oi ai f : 1 73 - .4 c t r 4 ° 4 -- - Colchester - - Harwich Leigh Malden 1260 177 12G 198 113 459 KIRKCALDY— JAN. 1. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. I First M s Od 31s 0.1 22s 6d. Os Od Second I Third 4os Od 25s Od 17 s Od I Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 288 Oct to OS Od. COAL MART Prices of Coal per ton at tl :ET—JAN. 1. te close of the market : s. d. s. d. - Ravensworth W. Hartley 16 6 Russell's Hetton 17 9 Wall's End, &c. Stewart's 19 0 Clennell 14 6 Cassop ,lB 6 Killingsworth E. l4 6 Brown's Deanery 17 9 Eden Main 18 6 Sidney's Hartley l6 6 Braddyll 18 6 Ships at market, 4 I Sold . 22. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been pretty good to-day, and prices are a shade higher than on Friday, and closes as follows :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late Chester and Birkenhead), 221 ; ditto, 22/, shares, 28 dis. ; Eastern Counties, 13A ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85 ; North British, 104 ; South Eastern and Dover, 258 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18g ; Blackburn Six per Cent., 25,. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was somewhat brisker than last week, and a fair amount of business was done. The closing prices were :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 dis. ; ditto. 20/ shares, 2 7-16 clis. ; Blackburn, Class B Preference, 25g ; Cork and Ban don, 181 ; Eastern Counties, 13 9-16 ; East Lanes shire Preference Quarters min. 6 per cent, 9 9-16 ; Kendal and Windermere, 14i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 854 ; ditto, W. R. *Union, 2 5-16 dis. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 31 ; ditto, 10/ Preference, 11k ; ditto, new 6/ Preference, prem. ; North British, 10/ ; North Western Preference issued at 4 dis., 15/ ; South Eastern, 25 9-16. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share business on our Stock Exchange continues to be very limited, but prices generally are pretty well maintained. There were no sales of any importance effected in the course of the day, and quotation's at the close of the market ruled much the same as in London at mid-day. BRISTOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather inactive, but prices fully as high. The sales are Bristol and Exeters, 107/ , Cornwalls, 91. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signthes that the mails are sent from the General Post-office lay the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port When Office, London. Dispatched. duo. --- America (byßrit.pack.N Tan. 7 .. ........ Liverpool ... Arrived America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Jan. 11 ... Liverpool ... Jan. 6 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Jan 5............ Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ... . . 20th of each month Southa m pt on , J an. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ......Jan. 17 2clof February. — Piyreo Ith *D n it c r . ..o ,pe ( ) vir!.. f . Good Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of th e month. Pim° Zia Nov 30 Alexandria* ........:J 19th&30th of mon. Dover ~.... Jan. 18 Belgium ............N Daily.... Dover Daily Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the mouth.. 'outhamy on Jan. 16 California .. ....M .d & 17th of month Southam rton Jan. 1 ,Cape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Cape de Verds ......N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Constantinople... ..N Ithl7th27thof mo. Dover ...... Jan. 10 Central America 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan. 1 Channel Isles .... ....N Olon.Wed.&.Friday Southampton ru.Th—Sa. & 17th ofmonth sonthamptoniJan. 1 France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover rwieedaily Greece* .... • • N 7thl7th27th oflnon. Dover Jan. 10 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London 'rues. , Sat Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat London ..... Stm.Thurs Honduras ...... N 17th of the month. Southampton Jan 16 Ireland ........M &:',N Twice daily ...... Eloiyhead Twicedail India (viaSouthampt.)M 20th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 24 India (via Marseilles) N Stir& 24th of month Dover ...... Jan. 17 India (via Cape of Good 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mediterranean (via Southampton 31 20th of the month., Southampton Jan. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles).N Bth& 24th ofmonth D0ver,...... Jan. 17 Mexico ............M 2nd of the month. Southampton Jan. 1 Madeira ............M 9th&23dof the mon. Southampton Jan 16 7th,170,19th,27th, Malta* ••••• " • " • • &30th of the month Dover ...... Jan. 10 Naples* ... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Jan. 12 Papal States*........N ithlsth2sthofmon. Doveri— .... Jan. 12 Peninsula ..........M Tthl7th27thormon. Southampton Arrived Peru - • ............M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 Tuscany= ....N stlllsth2sthof mon, Dover .... Jan. 12 West Indies .... ....M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made up on the 2d of every altern4te month. Those made up on the 20th and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are sent by sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year they will be sent In steamers. t Malls are also made up on the 2d of every alternate month for the Cape of Good Hope. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet to Marseilles. SERIOUS °USAGE IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CAME , DRAL.—The following appears in the Freeman's Journal : —"At a few minutes to eight o'clock last evening, while the Metropolitan Church, Marlborough-street, was thronged to the utmost verge of its spacious bounds by an immense congregation, piously engaged at the con clusion of the jubilee, the solemn ceremony was sud denly interrupted by the perpetration of an outrage of the most atrocious character. A man of middle age and mean appearance, who had taken his seat at the lower end of the front nave, suddenly sprung up, and jumping on the form on which he had been sitting, with a heavy cudgel loaded with a ponderous iron ferule at the end, struck a gentleman who happened to be sitting before him a tremendous blow on the head—the gentleman fell stunned o n th e fl oor. Th e f e llow then proceed e d t o deal blow s i n di scr i m i na t e ly on those of th e con-. gregation immediately near him, and amongst other s struck down a lady. The scene of confusio n that, ensued was such as may be easily eonceivea. Several of the congregation m ade a rush upon the ruffian ; but it happened , however, that some memb.rft— of ' the police, not o n duty, but taki n g part in the .de votions, were in attendance, and he was quickly seen red by them, as well as, perhaps protected from serious con [ with the Rev. Messrs. Murphy sequences. In a few moments after the alarming con fusion thus created had arisen, the Rev. Mr ' IrWin, people were desired by ofen etrhgeyvtaostalleaoyn and Burke, appeared in the church, and exerted themselves with the utmost ofp g th re e g h a i t g i h on ly . exTchiteedand indignant feelings the clergy to kneel and proceed with their devotions, and they at once obeyed. The persons who were the vestry. In th very strong body of police was as saulted, with several females, who, over Whelmed with_ b een received at the adjoining e o r f so w n h s at fi, l,d O te e rr eu o r r r , e h d a n d av fa in in g ted on the occasion, were assisted int o house, SaCkVille - Pla ce ' 3 static) n quickly on the spot, d blocked up the street w hiwhile meantime, thousands intelligence the neighbourhoo for a considter t rend • able distance so as()difficulty er it nearly impassable. It was with no small that the very large force of assembled could protect the prisoner from t' • police 'tilde while he .o.e in furiated mu lti was being taken to tho sta tion-house, where he was charged ti o n_ , and locked up for the night. It was ascertained that his name is Patrick Feehan , resident at Barry's-lane Blackpits, and a b r ushmaker by trade." . BIRTHS. On twife the Ist , inst. OF A SON. the_ at 21, Bernard-street, Russell-squat of J. R. Butlin, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult at Berne, the wife of A. Bucha , Esq., her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the F.ivi Con f adoration, ias On the 29th MARRIED. ult., at Trinity-church, W es tb ourne-terrace„. E. F. Bui ton, Es q ., o f Gl ouces t er - crescent, Hyde -park, and. . of Chancery -lane, to F rances , y ounges t daughter of William Fanning, Esq. of Gloucester-gardens, Hyde -park. DIED. On the 31st ult., aged 77, Samuel McDowall, Esq., o Esher, Surrey. On the 31st ult., at Peckham, Lieutenant Michael Flaw 1 R.N., one o f t h e Li eutenants of Greenwich Hospital. , J o Ohn n the wler 27th of th ult., e at Worthing, Elizabeth, wife o f M ,:r. Fo, eH On the 29th ult., at Chestnut -lodge, Horsham, Suss ex , Catherine, wife of B. Fox, Esq,, aged 64. _ LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YO [ ii i - '4 G ., of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N` J. ; 1 12 Strand, in the Preci nc t of the Savoy, in the oa j untj c $ Middlesex, Tuesday, Ja nuary 4, 1851