The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

Vbtrb Via . ition. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSA.LUS. (THIS EVENING•) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. . 13 to 2 agst-Miss Mowbray. Bto 1 agst Bourton. 9to 1 agst Oscar. -12 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. 14 - to 1 agst View Halloo. 20 to 1 agst Peter Simple. 26 to 1 agst Carrig. 25 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader. 30 to 1 agst Benedict. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Contentment. 15 to 1 agst Lampedo. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 40 to 1 agst Truth. 40 to 1 agst Newminster. 2000 to 60 agst Bracey. DERBY. 9to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 15 to 1 agst Orestes. 20 to 1 agst Umbriel. 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer. 46 to 1 agst Orinoco. 40 to 1 agst Vanderdecken. 50 to 1 agst Ethelbert. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at five o'clock. Lord VERULAM presented petitions from St. Albans and. Sudbury, against the tax imposed on coals entering those towns by the corporation of London. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Edin burgh against the University Tests in Scotland. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from Rungo Bapojee, praying that the heir of the Rajah of Sattara should have his property restored to him, or that the petitioa should be referred to tho committee on Indian territories. The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions from the Isle of Wight, and other places, in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to literary in stitutions. The Earl of DERBY presented several petitions against any interference with the clergy reserves in Ca:nada. SUITORS IN. CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. Lord' ST. LEONARDS moved the second reading of this bill, and suggested that it be referred to a select committee. . The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that referring the bill to a select committee was the only expedient course that could be adopted ; but in assenting to the second reading for that purpose, he wished to be under stood as not assenting to all its details. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time. LAW OF LUNACY The Lunacy Regulation Bill, the Lunatic Asylums Bill, and the Lunatics Care and Treatment Bill were severally read a second time. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. This bill was also read a second time. • . CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Lord CAMPBELL said he trusted that a change would be introduced into the bill to postpone its coming into operation until the whole of the new code of th criminal law was completed. . Lord ST. LEONARDS did not agree in the propriety of delaying the operation of the bill until the entire criminal law was codified. He thought the better course would be to let it become law at once, for the experience which would be acquired as to its working would ma terialiy assist those who were engaged in digesting the remainder of the criminal law. After a few words from Lord LYNDHURST, the LORD CRANCELLOR, and Lord BROUGHAM, the bill was read a second time. It was agreed that all the above bills should be re ferred to a select committee, which was thereupon ap pointed. WAR WITH AVA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked whether her Majesty's Government had any objection to lay before the house a letter from the secret committe of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Governor- General in Council, dated in September, 1829, giving instructions as to the line of operations in any future war with Ava ; and whether her Majesty's Government were prepared to lay before the house any papers explanatory of the present objects of the war with Ava, and of the measures whereby it is proposed to attain such objects. From his intimate acquaintance with the Duke of Wellington, he was convinced that he could not have assented to the late course of operations in Ava—operations which in volved the necessity of employing troops in the interior of the country, at a great distance from their ships, and where they had no animals to assist them in their move ments. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE Ol' COMMONS -(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. H. HERBERT wished to state to the house that the committee appointed to try the petition against the return of the Attorney-General and Mr. Wilcox, the members for Southampton, recommended that the in quiry should be postponed to the sth of March, in con sequence of the absence of a material witness. The postponement was agreed to. Several petitions were presented against the grant to Maynooth, and against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from the University of London, praying that that university-should be re presented in Parliament. Several petitions were presented from various places in favour of an augmentation of the salaries of the letter carriers. Mr. L. KING presented a petition. from certain elec tors of Norwich, who had presented a petition against the return of the sitting members for Norwich, complain ing that their petition had been withdrawn without their consent, and praying that the order discharging the peti tion might be again put on the orders of the house. The petition was read at the table. . Mr. H. DRTJMMOND said that if Mr. Locke King did not bring the subject matter of the petition before the house, he would do so. Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from a place in Worcestershire, against the admission of the Jews into Parliament. BLACKBURN ELECTION. Mr. DEEDES brought up the report of the commit tee on the Blackburn election, and the report stated that the committee were of opinion that bribery and treating had been committed by the agents of Wm. Eccles, Esq., the sitting member, and that the election was void. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he would this day fortnight make a motion with respect to colonial postage reform. Mr. OTWAY moved for copies of all dispatches, mi nutes, or other documents (not already laid before Par liament) relating to the attempts of Dhackjee Dadajee to bribe the Bombay Government and its servants, &c. Agreed to. Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that he should at an early day move for a select committee to inquire into the advisability of substituting declarations for oaths in courts of law. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should on Tues day fortnight bring forward a motion with respect to colonial postage. • Sir H. MADDOCK presented a petition from the Ithadoe inhabitants of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, for themselves and the other Hindoo inhabitants of the said provinces, complaining of the operation of an act passed last year. AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Mr. K. SEYMER asked the First of the Ad miralty whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment;to take any steps,with a view to enforce . ,the due an d more punctual performance of the existing contract for the c onveyance of ma i ls to Australia, via Cape of Good Hope. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the contract for the car riage of the Australian mails hid not been carried out with sufficient strictness, but it was the intention of the Government to enforce punctuality for the future. CHICORY. Mr. HUME wished to ask the right hon. gentleman , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were the inten tions of the Government with regard to the subject of / the Treasury minute on chicory. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa i d, when he came into office the three mon ths' ha d just ex pired which the trade had been allowed to get r id of their stock on hand before the minute came into opera tion. The trade was at the time in communication with the Treasury on the subject, and when he became ppssessed of the seals of office, he took up the investiga tion where it had been left off. He found that nothing had been done to put the Minute in force, and upon a reconsideration of the whole circumstances of the case, he consented so far to modify the Minute as to allow the trade to sell the article of chicory mixed with coffee, the 'article itself being distinctly labelled with a statement that it was a mixture, while in all other instances of the sale of coffee the terms of the minute were to be strictly observed. Mr. HASTIE asked if the labels were to state the pro portion of chicory and co ff ee. I .tilk, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied .c 3:' ASii the negative. Al,' •,:-.'' -1 -01.N : 4... 4 4 1-13 ARING asked if the amended minute was to • r . - '''-'' A 6 c 4 034% i hlcrilt d• • ..„ . , - , -... 4 ,. 0 ,.„ . .me late operation. 4" ...,41f-ti,VidI•NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not • 1,-.e „ ,5 45," . I .,....Aathti , „,th_e_r_e was an y reason for delay. - , e, "'e1A W 4 4,2k1.,,q-' . 1 1.-E asked if the same privilege was to bo % ---:: r ' , - , e, xk : ._49P, 6 1,: , . the dealers in coffee ? . lu,* . ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER eras not At ~ .ti .5.•• aware that it was possible to mix chicory with pepper ; but if the hon. gentleman mean to refer by his question to the mixture of rice with pepper, he begged to say that he could not allow any thing of that sort. Such a mixture would be an adulteration, and a deterioration of the article, which the mixture of coffee with chicory was not. (Oh, oh I) were cheerful, it was whilst eating the joint, or "toad in the hole," which had just come from the baker's. (Laugh. ter.) The case rested entirely upon the evidence of the father. His brother Allen had made a very eloquent speech upon the position and the rights of women ; but although it might suit the pride of man to call woman the weaker vessel, they would bear in mind that Anthony bad succumbed to Cleopatra, and that in nine cases out of ten the ladies were more than a match for them. (Laughter.) His learned brother had, indeed, been very eloquent ; and he had no doubt that the ladies in court would go away with the impression that his brother Allen was quite " a - duck of a man. (Laughter.) It was said that this young lady had great personal charms, and that being so, some little flirting had very likely taken place between the plaintiff and defendant, and this might, perhaps, have ripened into love and mar riage but for the interference of that perfect extin guisher of all love—an attorney. (A laugh.) The learned counsel further contended that there was nothing to show that the time for the marriage was fixed for October, and that at all events the time between the 12th and 15th January was not a reasonable time for the performance of the promise. He, however, believed the consideration of these matters would be unnecessary, inasmuch as the jury would be of opinion that no promise had been made by the defendant to marry the plaintiff. His Lordship directed the jury that the two points for their consideration were—first, whether the promise had been made ; and, if so whether a reasonable time for the performance of it had elapsed before the com mencement of the action. The jury expressed their opinion that no promise had been proved, and a ver4ict was entered for the defen dant. LAW REFORM. Mr. KEATING wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the plan announced by Government, for the arrangement and consolidation of the Statute Law, is intended to comprehend any measures for ensuring greater uniformity, clearness, and conciseness in the framing of future acts of Parlia ment. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to reply in the affirmative. . THE FOREIGN SECRETARY. Mr. CAYLEY wished to ask the noble lord the member for the City of London two questions. He wished to know in the first place, if it was true that the noble lord'no longer held the seals of the Foreign-office, and secondly, if that were so, was the noble lord con nected with any office to which a salary was attached ? Lord J. RUSSELL said it was true that he no longer held the seals of the Foreign-office, nor did he hold my office in the Government to which a salary was attached. Mr. CAYLEY gave notice that on an early day he should move a resolution to the effect, that o, salary should be attached to the office of leader of the house. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1853. the treasurer stated that for two years the defendant had been receiving Lawton's pay at the rate of 55., while ho paid him but 4s. per day. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to hard labour for 18 calendar months. There was an indictment against the prisoner for felony —stealing a carpenter's work bench—but it was not pro ceeded with. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET.—The Rev. J. S. Angley, who was fined 20s. by Mr. D'Eyncourt, the magistrate sitting at this court, on the 7th inst., for an assault, and ob structing two police-constables, has received the follow ing letter from the Home-office, to which he appealed against the decision of the police magistrate : " Whitehall, Feb. 22, 1853. Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to inform you that his lordship has made a full inquiry into the com -1 plaint of the police, which you addressed to him on the Bth inst. Lord Palmerston has considered the conflicting evi dence which was given at the Police Court, and is of opinion that the decision of the magistrate cannot be supported ; and his lordship has therefore directed that the fine which was imposed shall be returned to you. Lord Palmerston directs me at the same time to admonish you that you were wrong in interfering with the policeman on the spot ; and that if you thought he had exceeded his duty, and the case was one which required notice, you should have repre sented the matter in writing to his lordship, in order that the proper and necessary steps might be taken. It was not at all necessary for this purpose that you should take the constable's number, as Lord Palmerston could easily have ascertained what constable was on duty on the spot at the time.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON." WESTMINSTER.—George Stansbury, the conduc tor of a Chelsea omnibus, was charged with exacting more than his legal fare. Mr. Joseph Robert Nichols, of 6, Globe-place, Chel sea, stated that about 12 o'clock on the night of the 14th inst., he got into the defendant's omnibus at the top of Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, and rode to Church-street, King's-road, Chelsea, where the defendant demanded 6d. and refused to take less. There was a large figure of 3d. ou defendant's window, and upon complainant stating that he should summon him for the overcharge, defendant replied that if he did he would have to pay his day's work. Defendant, in reply, alleged that he had not been guilty of any overcharge, and produced a copy of the table of fares which were fixed, as required by law, in side the omnibus, and which, amongst other things, con . " . tained the following item— all fares 6d. After .- 10 o'clock at night Mr. Arnold felt reluctantly compelled to dismisi3 this summons, because it charged the defendant with having taken more than his legal fare, when, in point of fact, according to the table of fares inside the omnibus, placed there as required by law, he had not. He at the same time thought that placing the large " 3d." ,in the win dow, which was not required by law, in a prominent and conspicuous manner, with the comparatively small cha racters around it, was a great fraud upon the public, as leading persons to infer that 3d. was the fare they were to pay, there being no time for persons to make particu lar inquiry at the time of their getting in. This prac tice of small ticketing was extremely reprehensible, and, had complainant refused to pay more than 3d., and been summoned for the other 3d., he (the worthy magistrate) would certainly not have compelled him to pay it. The summons was accordingly .. dismissed. Defendant applied for costs for his day's work, but the magistrate refused to allow it. MARYLEBONE.-77tomas Mackett, against whom a coroner's jury has returned a verdict of wilful murder, was again examined, charged with drowning Eliza Lee. The former examination had been adjourned for the production of a bargeman. This witness, Thos. Ducas, now deposed—l am captain of the Cornelius barge. I remember the day upon which the alleged murder hap pened. I was in my barge on the Regent's canal,Jew's harp basin. While in my barge at half-past six I heard some one exclaim, " For God's sake, Tom, don't ;" and I think the exclamation came from a female. I also think I heard the words, " Don't drown me;" but I can not be positive about that. The sound seemed to come from the direction of the Regalia. I have often heard such cries, and did not leave my barge to see what was the matter. The night was very foggy. The magistrate did not deem it necessary to have the evidence of the witness Ducas given in with the other depositions, as the prisoners could not have been the party to whom the cries of " Oh, don't, Tom," were di rected, inasmuch as he and the deceased were drinking tea together at a house in Pratt-street at seven on the night of the drowning. The prisoner, who by the advice of his solicitor had nothing to say, was fully committed. Mary Anne Griffin, a delicate-looking young woman, aged 22, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for re-examination, charged with the wilful murder of her male infant, by cutting its throat with a pair of scissors. The prisoner was housemaid at Mr. William Hart's, 7, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. • Some particulars connected with the shocking affair have al ready appeared in our paper. Mr. W. F. Cooper, solicitor, New Church-street, Edgware-road, attended for the prisoner. Harriett Mitchell said—l am lady's maid to Mrs. Hart. Prisoner was housemaid there, and I had no idea that she was in the family way. On Thursday, January 27, the nursemaid came to me, and in conse quence of what she said I went up stairs with her, to the prisoner's bed-room. She (prisoner was sitting on a chair, apparently very ill, and much excited. I asked her what was the matter, but she gave me no direct answer. From the change in her appearance, I told her I thought she had given birth to a child, when she said she had not, she had only miscarried. I told her I was afraid it was something worse than that ; and at the same moment I heard a kind of gurgling noise in her box. I asked her for the key, which, without any hesitation, she gave me ; and on opening the box, I found a hand basin filled with stained cloths of different kinds ; and in a bundle close by, was a child wrapped up in two petticoats and a gown, which the prisoner had on when I last saw her. I and the nursemaid then took the child out of the box and sent for a doctor. I laid the child on the floor, when the head fell back, and I saw a gash in its throat. The prisoner attempted to stab herself with a pair of scissors, declaring that she would destroy her self. I and the nurse knocked the scissors out of her hand, and put them away. The prisoner and the child were on the following Monday removed to the Padding ton workhouse. Susan Burford, the cook, said—At about three in the afternoon of the 27th of January, I went up to the room with Dr. Golander. Prisoner was then lying in bed. The lady's maid had in her lap the child, whose throat was cut ; it was bleeding profusely. On the same evening at half-past seven, I went up again to prisoner, and held the infant till a nurse who had been sent for came. The prisoner told me that it was her intention to have killed herself and the child too. On the next day the nursemaid showed me a pair of scissors which she had picked up from behind a box. There was blood upon them, but it has since been wiped off. I went to. the prisoner once or twice a day after wards, and she seemed very fond of the baby. I ob served blood upon her petticoat. I did not see any baby linen in the room. Sarah Clements, a nurse in the workhouse, and Ann Ridley, a pauper therein, deposed that when prisoner was brought into the house she said, " I've done it ; I've done it ;" but she was unable to account for the way in which ie child's throat was cut. It lived ten days after its admission into the workhouse. It took a deal of nourishment, and swallowed well for many days before it died. Mr. Cooper declined to cross-examine either of the witnesses in the present stage of the proceedings, and, as the medical gentleman was not present, the prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next. CAREER OF A GOVERNMENT EMIGRANT TO AUSTRALIA. —One of the chief master builders in Melbourne is a native of Hampshire. He served his time to a cabinet maker in Ramsey, in that county, and afterwards worked as a journeyman to a master builder and cabinet maker at Andover, in the same county, where he got an insight into the carpentry business. Three years ago he was .sent out to Australia as a government emigrant. This was before the gold discoveries. He settled at Mel bourne, where he got work at his trade, and earned 8s a day. He soon saw that housebuilding would be a profitable occupation, on account of the influx of strangers, and the want of house accommodation. He accordingly worked as a journeyman for a twelve month, saved up money enough to build a house, by which he did well, then he built other houses, and did better. The gold discoveries were then made, and such was the madness of everyone to rush to the diggings, shat the Hampshire c ar p en t er f oun d hi s t ra de wortll nothing, because he could get no one to work for him. At the beginning Of this year he had purchased a large supply of timber for building houses, but he could not proceed for want of hands. He, therefore, and four more persons, went to the diggings ; and in three months they returned to Melbourne with about 1501. worth of gold a piece. He now re-commenced business, got eight or ten journeymen to work for him, whom ho paid something like 20s. a day each for labour, and is getting on swimmingly. imnminHglye. has sei a s nd rel h a a ti s ve th s three c Hampshire a very handsome sum of money as a present. Such is the success of a man who three years ago was assisted by the government to emigrate to Australia. sent is a recently married m t o a LooKING-GLAssBS. The manufacttire of looking glasses in France has of late years made a remarkable, progress. What was originally an object of luxury is now a matter of necessity. Thus the factory of St. Go bain, which thirty years back furnished about 200,000 square feet of looking-glass, has extended its pro duction to 500,000 square feet. Its shares, which in 1830 were worth 10,000 f., had risen in 1835 to 30,000 f. The factories of St. Quirin and Cirey, esta blished at a later period, and afterwards united to that of St. Gobain, gllowed the same progress ; their shares, from 7,500 f., rose to 17,000 f., so marked was the improvement in the article produced and so much greater its quantity. In Belgium, the manufactory of St. Marie d'Oignes presents the same M o medal consumption,tel d u a c n i , atn thetay h lastqu ntiexhibitiont y results. Capitalists from Paris havi ng a ff or d e d i t the aid of their funds, it quickly advanced i n p rosper i ty, and the 1,0001. shares are at p resen t wor th 1,835 f. ein two which de livered years from 5,000 square metres to 12,000 . ; p I n ar fi is n e in , i t tl h sB e 4por,o manufactory tsthteo English of estab lished, obtained the silver m e d a l a t th e ex hibi tion of only London lyinB 150, has 1851. in beheld its This s als increase establishment, wic A " CALORIC ENGINE" IN SCOTLAND.—We lea,rn`from the Dundee A dvertiBer that the foundry works of that town were between 1843 and 1845 carried on with a Calorie engine, STEAM-PACKET SERVICE. In reply to Mr. H. BERKELEY, Sir J. GRAHAM said it was true that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company had memorialised the Admiralty to be relieved from a part of their contract for carrying the mails, and the memorial was now under the consideration of a committee, of which the Postmaster- General was the chairman. PUBLIC BUSINESS. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was proposed to take the army estimates to-morrow, the ordnance esti mates on Monday, and the Clergy Reserves of Canada Bill to-morrow week ; but this latter arrangement was not to be considered final. Mr. SPOONER--But the Clergy Reserves Bill will not be brought on before to-morrow week. Lord J. RUSSELL replied certainly not. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Col. Dickson, complaining of the withdrawal of the petition against the return of the sitting members for the borough of Norwich. The hon. member then proceeded to call the attention of the house to a question of privilege. His attention was drawn to this subject by an advertisement in the Times newspaper, in which Colonel Dickson stated that he was ready to prove at the bar of the house that a breach of privilege had been committed by Mr. Brown, a parliamentary agent, in withdrawing this petition. Brown was no agent at all of the petitioners, and had no right to withdraw the petition, and if that wore the case, a decided breach of privilege had been committed. He would therefore move that Colonel Dickson and Mr. Brown be summoned to the bar and questioned on the subject of the petition. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME deprecated the course his hon. friend had taken in bringing forward this motion without notice. Mr. W. PATTEN had no wish to strangle the mo tion of the hon. member, but considered that the matter would be better disposed of by a select committee. Lord J. RUSSELL considered that the petition should be printed, and then it could be considered by the house. The SPEAKER said that it appeared to him at pre tent that no breach of privilege had been shown, and that the motion was out of order unless the house decided to the contrary ; but after some conversa tion, Mr. DUNCOMBE consented to withdraw his origi nal motion, and moved that the petition be printed, with the votes, with the view of founding a motion upon it hereafter. The original motion was accordingly withdrawn, and the motion for printing the petition was agreed to. NEWRY ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. LASCELLES brought up the report of the Newry committee, which was that Mr. Kirk, the sitting member, had been duly elected a burgess to serve in the ffesent Parliament for the borough of Newry. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Sir' J. PSKINGTON rose, pursuant to notice, to coil the attention of the house to the state of the Austra lian colonies, and the question of transportation, and to move for copies of the dispatch from Sir John Pakington to the Governors of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, dated 15th December,' 1352, and his dispatch to the Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land, dated 14th December, 1852. The right hon. baronet refered to the manner in which the discoveries of gold had stimulated both the energies of the colonists and increased the interest felt for the colony in the mother country. Not less than ten millions sterling had been produced from this colony." Emigration, how ever, to that colony had not been attended with the most happy results. (LEFT SPEAKING.) NEWRY AND BLACKBURN ELECTION COMMITTEES. Decisions were given this afternoon by the vote of these committees—in the former case, declaring the sit ting member duly elected, in the latter unseating him. A fuller report will be found in our Parliamentary volumes. ORIGIN OF CERTAIN WORDS. All the words of dignity, state, honour, and pre-emi nence with one remarkable exception (to be adduced presently), descend to us from the Normans—sovereign, sceptre, throne, realm, royalty, homage, prince, duke, count (" earl," indeed, is Scandinavian, though he must borrow his "countess" from the Norman), chancellor, treasurer, palace, castle, hall, dome, and a multitude more. At the same time, the one remarkable exception of "king," would make us, even did we know nothing of the actual facts, suspect that the chieftain of this ruling race came in, not upon a new title, not as overthrowing a former dynasty, but claiming to be in the righful line of its succession ; that the true continuity of the nation had not in fact, any more than in word, been entirely broken, but survived in due time to assert itself anew. And yet, while the statelier superstructure of the language—almost all articles of luxury, all that has to do with the chase, with chivalry, with personal adornment, is Norman throughout with the broad basis of the language, and therefore of the 1116;his otherwise. The great feature of nature, the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, the water, the fire, all the prime social relations, father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter—these are Saxon. The palace and the castle may have come to us from the Norman, but to the Saxon we owe far dearer names, the home, the hearth, the house, the roof. His "board," and often probably it was no more, has a more hospitable sound than the other's "table." His sturdy arms turns the soil ; he is the boor, the hind, the churl ; or if his Norman master has a name for him, it is one which on his lips becomes more and more a title of op probrium and contempt—the villain. The instrument used in cultivating the earth, the flail, plough, sickle, spade, are expressed in his language ; so, too, the main products of the earth, as wheat, rye, oats, bere, i. e., barley ; and no less the names of domestic animals. Concerning these last it is not a little characteristic to observe, and "Walter Scott has put the observation into the mouth of the Saxon swine herd in Ivanhoe, that the names of almost all, so long as they are alive, are thus Saxon, but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman—a fact, indeed, which we might have expected beforehand, for the Saxon hind had the charge and labour of tending and feeding them, but only that they might lie on the table of his Norman lord. 'Thus ox, steer, cow, are Saxon, but beef Norman ; calf is Saxon, but veal Norman ; sheep is Saxon, but mut ton Norman ; so it is severally with swine and pork, deer and venison, fowl and pullet. Bacon, the only flesh which may ever have come within his reach, is the solitary ex ception. Putting all these together, with much more of the same kind, which might be produced, but has only been indicated here, we should certainly gather, that while there are manifest tokens; as preserved in our language, of the Saxon having been for a season an inferior and even an oppressed race, the stable elements of Saxon life, however overlaid for a while, have still made good their claim to be the solid groundwork of the after nation as of the after language ; and to the justice of this conclusion all other historic records, and the present social condition of England, consent in bearing testi mony.—Trench's Study of Man. FRENCH PLAYS.—M. Ravel took his benefit here las night. Re appeared in L'Etourneau and Rue de la Lune, in both of which pieces he was frequently and enthusias tically applauded. A numerous and fashionable audience filled the house. FORFARSHIRE ELECTION.—The day of election for a member to serve in Parliament for the county of Forfar has been fixed by the sheriff to take place at Forfar on Friday next, the 25th inst. No opposition has at pre sent been offered against the return of the Hon. Col. Lauderdale Maule, the late member. Forts are to be erected at Carey's Sconce and War den's Ledge, at the western extremity of the Isle of Wight. Batteries existed on these spots three hundred years ago. EMIGRATION.—The Waterford Chronicle states that, on Friday, nearly 400 emigrants left that city for Liver pool, to take shipping for America. MURDER AND ROBBERY.—At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday, John Williams was convicted of murder and robbery, having on the morn ing of the sth of December last, on the turnpike road, near Cleekhimin, in the parish of Lauder, Berwickshire, attacked Andrew Mather, tacksman of the toll-bar there (with whom he had quarrelled in a public-house in the neighbourhood), and cut him with a knife, besides in flicting severe wounds on his face, head, and body with stone s , M consequence of which he soon afterwards died. Besides the fatal assault, which was accompanied by these and other circumstances of barbarity, the prisoner was found guilty of the theft of a snuff box, a tobacco box, and a pipe from the person of his victim. Williams was sentenced to be executed on the 14th of March next. He is stated to be an American. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—in our piece hall to-day there has been a very slender attendance of buyers, and scarcely any goods, either plain or fancy, have been disposed of. The yarn market is firm, but not active. The manufacturers purchase somewhat readily, but the export houses are very shy of giving out orders. Wools are very stiff. Lincolnshire wethers, which are greatly in request, have realised higher prices, but for other sorts there is no change in the quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market has been quite as brisk last week, and low goods of an y ki n d go off well. Manufacturers continue well employed to order. We have had a good many foreign buyers" in town to-day fOr 'Continental ordtis. • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT, OAKHAM, FEB. 22. Mr. Baron Parke opened the commission for this county yesterday evening, and this morning sat in the Crown Court and disposed of the only two cases. In one the grand jury ignored the bill ; in the other, which was a offence, the prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to one year's srge imprisonment. ing to commit an abominable NORTHAMPTON, FEB. 23. The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas arrived here yesterday afternoon, and opened the commission for this county. Mr. Baron Parke presided on the givil side ; but the cause list contained an entry of two causes only, and of these one was undefended. The calendar gives a list of 31 offenders, but the num ber of charges is only 21. These include one case of murder, one shooting with intent, one of cutting and wounding, one of child murder, two of attempting to conceal the birth of a child, one of rape, one of bigamy, one of arson, two of night poaching, three of burglary, five of robbery with violence, and one of assault. In one of the cases of the night poaching ten men are jointly charged. (Before Mr. Baron Parke and a Common Jury.) ALLEN V. STEVENSON. This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Miller and Mr. Hayes appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Field for the defendant. The plaintiff is a comely widow of 30, who keeps the Watts Arms at the villacre of Hanslop, in this county, and the d e f en d ant a respectable farmer in the same neighbourhood. It appeared that the defendant, who had become'a widower for the second time, and had four or five children, was, during 1851 and 1852, in the habit of frequenting the widow's house, that he was voted into the landlord's chair, appeared to be on very intimate terms, used expressions as to his wish to marry her, and had presented her to some friends as his intended wife. But in June of last year he absented himself from Hans lop for a short time, and then informed the plaintiff that he could not marry her, and in fact married a sister of his deceased wife. One of the plaintiff's witnesses cre ated considerable amusement by the high terms in which he spoke of the plaintiff's personal appearance. He stated also that he had on one occasion said to the de fendant, " How comes it that you are paying your addresses to that fine . made, noble, high-mettled woman ?" to which the defendant replied, " Nothing venture nothing have. I have thousands on thousands, and the settlement has done it." The same witness also swore that in August, 1852, after the defendant had mar ried his present wife, he (the defendant) had stated to the witness that the reason of his not marrying the plaintiff was that she had been too intimate with Mr. Bull, and three other men, whom he named, and all of whom were now called as witnesses to repudiate that imputation. On another occasion, in July, it was sworn that he had said, " Mr. Bull's dog was lying one night outside the widow's chamber door, but where was Mr. Bull ? I will subpcena Mr. Bull and his dog." Bull and the defend ant were drinking together at the time ; and the defend ant had previously said that there was not a more " var tuoup" woman in the world than Mrs. Allen. The defendant had a farm of about 200 acres well stocked, and also some interest in a mill in Lincolnshire. Mr. Macaulay, in hi.; address to the jury, on behalf of the defendant, denied that he bad ever intended seri ously to cast the smallest imputation upon the plaintiff's character, who was, no doubt, a very good-looking and agreeable women. He could not deny that the defend ant had committed an imprudence_ anclbound himself by an engagement which he was unable to fulfil ; the question of damages, he submitted that the buxom landlady of a thriving inn, justly popular among her neighbours, who never appeared to have professed any violent affection for the defendant, could not be sup posed to have sustained any very serious loss, because a ' man who farmed under 200 acres of land, had had two wives before, and had five children living, had failed to perform his promise to marry her. The learned Judge summed up, and The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 1501. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Feb. 23. (Before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant-Judge.) Frederick John Baselton surrendered to take his trial on an indictment in which he was charged with having obtained from the treasurer of the Haymarket Theatre several sums of money, with intent to defraud Benjamin Webster of the same. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Parry for the defendant. The learned counsel, in opening the case, said the prosecutor was Mr. Webster, the lessee of the Haymar ket Theatre, and the defendant was engaged by that gentleman as master carpenter at that establishment, he having previously been a working carpenter. The situation of the defendant was a very confidential one ; as - he had the general, superintendence of all the carpen ters' work at the theatre, a great deal of money passed th ro ugh his hands. He had the engaging of the subor dinate carpenters, and the regulation of thir wages, and he had to make out his account to the treasurer, who paid it without inquiry, the greatest confidence being reposed in him, and the utmost reliance placed in his integrity. As was usual, the defendant at the close of the last season left the theatre, under the impression that, as formerly, he would return to his situation when the theatre reopened,but from circumstances which came to the knowledge of Mr. Webster in the interim, that gentle man declined to re-engage him, and appointed another person in his place, but not from any circumstances con nected with the subject of the present inquiry. He thought it right that he should mention that the defen dant brought an action against Mr. Webster on a claim for which there was not the slightest shadow of founda tion, and it was abandoned by an order of Court. Sub sequently to this an inquiry was made into the accounts sent in by the defendant to the treasurer, a task of some little difficulty, in consequence of lapse of time ; but, with the aid of the treasurer, Mr. Webster went through with the investigation, and it was found from informa tion given by persons employed about the theatre that the defendant had been guilty of that conduct which had led to the present charge being preferred. Mr. Benjamin Webster was then called. He deposed that he was lessee of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The defendant had been about 'five years in his employ as head carpenter, his service in that capacity having commenced in 1847, and continued to August, 1852. The defendant's wages were 2/. 10s. per week. He (wit ness) did not take him on at the next season after August last. It was the defendant's duty to superintend the workmen, engage them, keep their time, ascertain what they had earned, and report to the treasurer, who then paid him the amount, and he paid the men. Witness had nothing whatever to do with the details of those payments—he gave cheques for gross amounts. He owed the defendant nothing at all. The inquiry which resulted in this case was commenced two months ago. Francis Cave deposed that he was a carpenter. He was employed as such by the defendant to do some work at Mr. Webster's residence, at Brompton, and also at 68, Regent-street, 'for Mr. Harrison. the singer. He worked three days four hours at Mr. Harrison's, and earned 18s. That was just after quarter-day, in Septem ber, 1851. The defendant paid him for what he did. at Mr. Harrison's. He received only 18s., not 11. 16s. Bd. He never received that sum from the defendant. He never made seven days and a quarter in one week. James Bumpas, a labourer, was employed at Bromp ton. He began his work on a Saturday, and made a full day, for which he was paid by the defendant 3s. He did .not receive 18s. The day's work he was paid for was the day that the work commenced at Mr. Webster's, and the 3s. mentioned was the first payment he received. Edward Cooper, another workman, proved that he began work on a Thursday afternoon, and the amount he earned that week was lls. 9d., which amount ho re ceived on the Saturday from the defendant. Samuel Ayton, a carpenter, gave evidence showing with other evidence, that the defendant had charged more time for him than he had worked, and that he had been paid by the prisoner only for the time he really had made. William Lawton, another workman, proved that he had been engaged by the defendant at 4s. per day, and that he had received from him that rate of pay, with one or two exceptions, when he was paid at the rate of ss. per day. On the first of these occasions, he returned the shilling a day in excess, but on the others he kept it. The treasurer to the theatre produced and proved the accounts of the prisoner. It appeared that he had charged 11. 16s. Bd. in his account for the week when Cave was at work at Mr. Harrison's, as his (Cave's) pay for that week. He charged and received a full week s pay for Bumpi - s when he had only worked one day, and for Cooper, for the wee k i n which he only earned 11 s. 9 d. , he:charged and rece i ve d a full week. He charged and received ss. per d a y f or L aw t on . Several witn esses gave the defendant an excel le n t cha racter. The jury reti re d, an d a ft er some deliberation found the prisoner guilty. In answer to an inquirl , made by the Assistant -Judge, LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF CHANCERY.—FEB. 23. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) IN BE FUSSELL-LUNACY. This is a petition for a commission. It was opened on Wednesday, the 16th ; the arguments were continued on Saturday, the 19th, and they were concluded to-day. The alleged lunatic is Mr. John Fussell, a manufacturer of hardware at Frome, and who, in addition to other property, has made a successful speculation in Australian Land and Bank Shares, and is supposed to be worth more than 200,0001. The petitioners for the commission are his two brothers and his nephew. They are opposed by the wife, who, with his two daughters, are deeply in terested in the result, in consequence of Mr. Fussell having recently executed a will and codicils, which gives them all his property, in the form of life interest to the wife, and the reversion of the principal money to the daughters. The petition, which alleges that Mr. Fussell is incapable of taking care of his person and property, is supported by the affidavits of Dr. Winslow and Dr. Green, and is opposed by those of Dr. Connolly, Dr. Seymour, and Mr. Morgan. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Glasse, and Mr. Prender gast are for the petitioners. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Sandys, contra, were heard to-day, and contended at much length that Mr. Fussell, although in a very delicate state of health, and labouring under paralysis, was yet perfectly competent to the selection of persons who were to be entrusted with the manage ment of his affairs, although not in a condition from bodily weakness to manage them himself. The Solicitor-General, in reply, adverted to an alle gation he bad been instructed to make in opening the petition, that the codicils to the will were improper in struments, and procured by improper representations, and not calculated to benefit the family. The Lord Chancellor said cases like that now under consideration were equally difficult and distressing. The Court must arrive ate two conclusions ; first, that the object of the petition was insane or non compos; secondly, that the insanity was of such t o nature as to render it imperative on the Court, for the protection of person and property, that it should issue its authority for a commission. The line of interference under such cir stances was difficult to draw. Much mischief might be done in one case, by a too hasty interference —much injury might accrue in another by neglect ing to exercise it at the proper time. If the pro tection of the Court was withheld danger might arise to the person or the property of the alleged lunatic ; and yet, if the Coutt did, on the other hand, interpose, there was the other danger—that of alarming and exciting the object it wished to protect, and thereby producing most mischievous, if not fatal, results. There were cases— and this was represented to be one of them—in which the state of the subject of the petition, and the circum stances in which he was placed, were of such a nature that an inquiry, through the machinery of a commission, might, probably, much aggravate his delusions. These were the considerations and consequences his lordship felt he had to battle with in deciding the question at issue ; and, as it required a most careful and attentive examination of all the documents and evidence in the matter to guide him to a safe and satisfactory conclu sion, he thought it most expedient to take due time for that purpose ; and he therefore deferred his judgment on the petition till that day (Wednesday) week. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—FEB. 23. :Sittings at Nisi Prins, in London, before Mr. Justice Talfourd and a Common Jury.) WILLIAMS V. RODWAY.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an action to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage • and the defendant in his pleas, de nied the making of the promise ; and denied that a rea sonable timefor performing it had elapsed before action brought. - • Mr. Sergt. Allen, in opening the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff, Miss Ana / Williams, was the daughter of a builder, carrying on busines at Notting-hill ; she was now about 24 years of age, and was possessed of con siderable personal charms. Some years ago she accepted a situation as lady's maid to Lady Erskine, and lived with her ladyship, in Wales, for about four or five years, and whilst in that situation her conduct was in all re- spects satisfactory to her ladyship. In the beginning o Nov., 1851, her father, who is a widower, had fallen into difficulties, and the plaintiff consequently left her i s l i e tu bb a . tio T n home ja t e o oh ma ß nage his house and busi ddeftenndtant, h a p p y l o a u in n t g iff man kept wasa and d ou w t a 3 s o a fearfulbak er ' s sh h o ea p n , in Windmill street, her cousin, and n e T d e Tottenham e Y n T ' h am-court-road, peersanon of age, a some sub e s e t t a , that her father would be unable went to to m a e r e e t la so ti m on e engagements, and - she left - andhome, ert the defendant's sister, and she did to go on a visit to been there about•a month, the defen o d . t, When b she had named- Izzard, who advised h that opportunity of going to see her her a r h e n la s tion is s, ter in hercountry, position, and and d e plaintiff; manage d duringthe took the defendant's house, and attended to his, business.. Durinc , this time, occupied theoffer and promise of marriage, upon which' the action was founded, b ad pas s ed were be m t we a e d ; between the tb e although parties, p yoie,nitthitveheiscase no letters believed he should most be able to show, in the manner, the pro mise made by the defendant, and that the understanding that the marriage was to take place existed between them for a considerable period of - tine Of course a promise of this kind was not likely to be made in the presence of third persons, and in the present state of the law,. lie had not the power to call the plaintiff herself •i , s a witness. The jury therefore would not expect direct s testimony on this point, but they would find sufficient to how that the defendant intended at that the plaintiff. Her father called upon him, and he re ceived him •in the kindest manner, and as a person under such circumstances would do. It could not be shown that the defendant, on any occasion, said " Yes, I will marry your daughter;" •but he had made statements On one clearly showed that that was what he meant. occasion he said he understood his father objected to the marriage, but he should do as he liked. The marriage was fixed to take place in October, and, pre vious to that time, the plaintiff's father said he was, breaking up his establishment, and they had better see what part of his furniture they wou ld like, and they, in accordance with this, selected a number of articles. On one occasion they all went to Wi ndsor to see the plain tiff's brother, who was assistant to a linendraper, and he gave the plaintiff a pattern for a wedding dress ; and afterwards he sent up a sky-blue silk dress and a lace veil, for the purpose of being worn at the wedding. Thera would, under the circumstances, he apprehended, be no difficulty or doubt as to the promise ; and as to the second plea; that sufficient and reasonable time had not elapsed to perform the promise, he apprehended there would likewise be no difficulty.. The contract, he understood ' was not issued until to marry in October ; and the writ until the middle of January ; and this, he apprehended, was quite sufficient time. The q uestion, he apprehended, pprehended ' purpose they come to be on e of dama g es, and for this u they would look t o see what the p laintiff had lostincoonse- sequan ce of the defendant breaki n g his p romise. She had lost the participation in those means which they should think, upon the evidence, the defendant had; but this was not all. She had lost those feelings of affection which, in a man might be easily excited, but which when once crushed in a woman, could never return, • She had also in her family and in her own little world, lost caste. She had been represented as the chosen wife of the de fendant, but now she was cast aside as no longer fit to be his wife ; and for all these causes, she asked, and he had no doubt she should receive, a temperate, but ade quate compensation, at the hands of the j ur y . Mr. .Robert Williams, the father of the plaintiff, stated that in NoVember, 1851, the plaintiff came home, and she kept his house until the end of the following July, when she became afraid that he would not be able to meet some engagement, and that his home would be broken up ; and she removed her property, and went to a relation named Izzard. This lady recommended that she should go upon a visit to the defendant's sister, and she went there about the end of July. In conse quence of a communication from his daughter, plaintiff went, in company' w ith his brother curr E d manuel, th to the docca e- fendant's. Nothing particular oce on is sion, but when he went again defendant said he 'had saw by his uncle Emanuel's quizzical appearance, that he been telling him abo ut his intended marriage. On an other occasion, the defendant said he had received a en ter from his father, w ho did not seem pl e ased at his tended marriage. He also said he wished the matter • had been kept quiet until his sister's return to London. The plaintiff said she would decline the matter rather than there should be any unpleasantness in the family ; but he said he was his own master, and he would do as lie liked. He said he had written. to his friends t as o in form them of it, out o f respect, but he should was do tternhe liked. When they we nt to Windsor, the pa id produced in defendant's p r esence, but it was not dress. At the that it was the pa tt e rn of the wedding but beginning of September the plaintiff came home, she afterwards again returned to the defendant's. About the end of October he told the defendant if there was any part of his furniture he liked they might have it ; and the plaintiff chose some tea things, tea trays, sauce pans, &c., and she and the defendant took them away. There was an easy-chair, which the defendant seemed to fancy, and witness said he witness give it to him nth and the defendant said whenever came to visit m ' he should sit in it. Whilst the plaintiff was at home, the defendant came to see her every Sunday, and gene rally once a week besides, and she always let him out, and occupied 5 or 6 minutes in so doing. Cross-examined —The .plaintiff finally left the defen dant's house on the 12th January, and on the 15th of that month the writ was issued. He never gave instruc tions to the attorney to write, before issuing the writ. Henry Williams, the plaintiffs brother, and Emanuel Williams, her uncle, were also examined, and they in part confirmed the foregoing evidence. As to the defendant's circumstan s tated that the de- ces, ircumstances," Robert Izza rd, also a relation, wa s called, and he fendant was, in his o p inion, in "decent c and he offered, on a recent occasion, to lend witness 3001. or 4001. • This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Serjeant Wi lkins then addressed the jury on the part of the defendan t, and commenced by observing that 'the speech of his learned brother, in opening the case, reminded him of a conversation t o ld him tha he had hadt w he c ould h ould that celebrated cook; M . Sayer, who make a quart of good soup, fit for a meal for a labouring man, for three farthings ; and he thought that when thhoughey came to analyse the sp eech of Mr. Sergt. Allen, al they would find plenty of skill, they would find that the m aterials were abou t as substantial as those which com posed M. Soyer s three-fa r thing soup. (A laugh.) ' It was a rather str an g e circumstance, that although his had not client was burni n g with affection, y e t he wr itten a single let ter to the object stood The plaintiff's broth er had prove d about noth in g , and the uncle, who rejoiced in then namyruel, said that the plaintiff and defdant were of E cheerful at dinner, Now 7 if there was one time at which peoplif THE AFFRAY AT SIX-MILE-BRIDGE. ENNIS, TUESDAY EVENING. —The commission was opened this morning, in the Criminal Court, by the Right Hon. Judge Perrin, at half-past ten o'clock, and the grand jury having been sworn, His Lordship proceeded to deliver the following charge :—Sir Lucius O'Brien and gentlemen of the grand jury of the county of Clare, the calendar is very heavy, and presents severalcases ofserious charges, several of homicide and other offences. There is one case which has been the subject of a great deal of observation, con versation, and discussion in the journals of every part of the empire and elsewhere. In the case to which I refer, unfortunately and deplorably, a number of persons lost their lives ; and there are, I believe, nine persons charged. eight soldiers and a gentleman who is a magistrate of' your county. The soldiers were bound, and were there under orders. There was nothing illegal in their pro ceeding through the crowd with the freeholders, pos sibly like any other body of freeholders and their com panions, but doing and offering no unnecessary violence, nor were they to be subject to any violence from others. They had no right to force a way through the .crowd by violence, nor to remove any obstruction by arms, still less by discharging deadly firearms. They had no right to repel a trespass on themselves, or on the escort, by firing or inflicting mortal wounds. You will observe the distinction I take between removing an obstruction and repelling a trespass in another part of the case. They had a right to lay hold of, as every subject of her Majesty has, and to arrest persons guilty of any assault or trespass, or other act tending to a riot, either to re strain or make them amenable. There is no distinction between soldiers and others in that respect, Lord Mans field says, and his attention was veryimuch called to this subject, touching the military engaged not as soldiers, but, he says, as citizens, and I say, as subjects of her Majesty. No matter whether their coats be red or brown, they are employed not to subvert but to pre serve the laws which they ought to prize so highly, taking care not to commit any unnecessary violence, or to abuse the power vested in them. Every one is justi fied in doing what is necessary for the faithful discharge of his duty, although he is deeply culpable if he wan tonly commits any illegal act under the pretext of law. If assaulted, oestruck with stones, they had a right to repel force by force, but not with deadly or mortal weapons ; though if provoked by blows, so as to lose the command of their tempers—though more forbear ance, perhaps would be expect e d f rom so ldi er s than from others—if they did, when so provoked, use the mortal weapons in their hands, not with any previous premeditation on their parts so to use them—and I have marked the distinction between soldiers and others under such circumstances—in such repulsion or affray, the law, in consideration of the provocation and the frailty of human nature, reduces the crime which would otherwise be murder to manslaughter. And if it should still further appear that, having been so assailed and attacked, they having been guilty of no aggres sion, and repelling force by force, the violence proceeded so far that, without any misconduct on their part, their lives were threatened, and in actual danger ; and if it appears that, in order to save themselves and their lives, they were obliged to fire, and did fire, in the defence of their lives, and slay, the homicide is excusable and jus tifiable. But in order to warrant that finding by the jury, or that proceeding by the soldiers, you must be convinced by actual proof that their conduct had been all through correct, and by actual proof—not the sayings nor the opinions of any individual--that their lives were in danger, and were saved by the firing, and only by the firing. In order to warrant such a finding as that, you must entertain that conviction founded upon the evi dence given before you. The facts evincing danger im minent to their lives, and which could be prevented only by the firing, must be established by clear evidence, de monstrating that such danger existed, and could be pre vented only by resorting to that deplorable remedy. In considering that matter, you will recollect that there were of the party forty soldiers fully armed, with fixed bayonets, under the , command of two officers and two sergeants ; and further, that it is at least doubtful whe ther there was any legal command upon them to fire. No command was given by their officers. I think that is admitted on all bands. And, further, you must recollect that the firing cannot be justified upon the ground merely that otherwise the freeholders might either have escaped or been withdrawn. That would afford no justification for slaying the assailants. You will also consider where the matter occurred—in this respect favourable to the ac cused—a narrow lane. In another point of view (but this is a matter for inquiry), it is said to have been near the court-house, and near an open road where there wag a large body of police and a strong detachment of soldiers stationed, and where several magistrates were in attend ance. Yon will consider the matter I have before taken into consideration, whether the soldiers fired without orders, and whether they showed the steadiness and for bearance that they ought. I need not again repeat to gentlemen of your intelligence that when I state any thing I merely state what I have been informed ; and I will not state a word as to that, but you will look to the evidence before you. If it shall appear to you that shots were fired, and some persons were killed, at a consider able distance from the lane, and out of that lane, and by some of the soldiers who had occupied and immediately came from it, and gained the open ground without any continued resistance—where there was no pretence of danger to their lives, and the persons were some at a great distance, and some of them with their backs turned—if that state of facts appeared, without previous excitement and previous provocation, it would amount to a case of murder. If you should find that the homi cide was of the worst description, and that they had un necessarily, and without provocation and excitement to excuse, and also a warmth of blood, for which there is an allowance made, you could not visit their act upon the whole body ; and, therefore, it will be material for you to ascertain who those individual persons were. With respect to those slain in the lane, if you are con vinced that the soldiers were not the aggressors, but that when they fired they were unlawfully assailed, so as to be in real danger of their own lives, and could not otherwise save them—as I hefore mentioned, it. would amount to justifiable homicide, and ought to be so found. But if you think that, though they were not the aggres sors, and that they were assailed and struck, and being thereby provoked, repelled force by force, with the affray thickening, and they receiving blows, either from weapons in the hands, or stones cast upon themthat they were provoked so, and repelled force by force, so as to get their blood so heated that they fired and slew them—l think, then, you ought to find a bill of manslaughter against all, that is against every man who is proved to you to have dis charged his musket on that occasion. • but you must have such pioof, of course. And • whatever you find with respect to those slain in the lane- -manslaughter or homicide in self-defence —you ought to find a bill of manslaughter, at the very least, against every soldier who is proved to you to have fired in the broad street, called Lodge-road. The grand jury then retired, and, previous to the ris ing of the court, they came into the box, and Sir L. O'Brien, the foreman, on handing in some bills, stated that it was too late then to enter on the consideration of the Six-mile-bridge case, and accordingly it was post poned until to-morrow at eleven o'clock. There are twenty witnesses to be examined. STATISTICS OF DRUNKENNESS IN THE METROPOLIS.— i A Parliamentary paper has been published in return to a ' motion made by Mr. Hume, showing the number of persons taken into custody for drunkenness and for dis orderly conduct by the metropolitan police force, with similar returns relating to the city of London, and to the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. This interesting paper throws a favourable light on the progress of so briety and good conduct in the various districts of London. In 1831, when the metropolitan popula tion amounted to 1,515,585, there were 31,353 persons arrested for drunkenness, and 10,383 for -disorderly conduct; of the drunkards, 11,605 were women, and 19,748 were men ; among the pe rsons who conducted themselves in a disorderly manner there were 7,287 women and 3,096 men. In 1841, when the population had increased to 2,068,107, the numbers of the same offences were still enormous, the total for drunkenness being 15,006, and for disorderly conduct 15,810 ; there were among these totals 5,123 female drunkards .and 9,883 males, and among the disorderly there were 7,913 women anal 7,897 men. In the same year the city police took up 2,313 persons for drunkenness and 802 persons for disorderly conduct among a population, as shown by the census returns, of 123,563 persons., In 1851, when the population of- the metropolitan dis tricts had increased to 2,399,004, the total number of persons arrested for drunkenness had decreased to 10,668, 6,207 of whom were men and 4,461 women, and the total of disorderly persons arrested was 6,138, 2,556 of whom were men and 3,762 women. In the city the numbers were in 1851—drunkards arrested, 280 ; dis orderly persons arrested, 681. Edinburgh, with 140,000 inhabitants in 1841, shows 4,824 arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in that year, and in 1851, w h en the population was 166 , 0 00 the arrests were only 2,793, while Glasgow, with 333,651 inhabitants in 1851, had in that year 10,012 arrests for the reasons ' mentioned above. SIR CHARLES WOOD AND FRANCE-- Sir Chas. Wood has now doubt received a severe rebuke from his col leagues ; and it is unquestionable that, whether de manded. or not, a sufficient apology has been tendered to and accepted by the representative of France, which for the present terminates the affair. But Sir Charles Wood must be taught to bridle his his tongue. When Chancellor of the Exchequer, his great fault was that he scarcely ever ut tered a sentence intelligibly, and that his bud gets were confused and incomprehensible jumbles. In this instance he was unfortunately but too distinct, and his reiteration of the "gagging " phrase which appeared so to delight him, only confirms the general tenor of his remarks, and makes us, wish that, for once at least he had been the subject of his remarks, and makes us wish that for once at least, he had been the subject of his complaints, and that himself, like the French press, had been " gagged." Sir Charles Wood will be more discreet for the future ; or, in the words of Sir James Graham—another sinner, by-the-bye, in this very same matter—the public , will know "the reason why."—Edinburgh Advertiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills for Invigorating the Weak and Strengthening the Debilitated.—These wonderful and efficacious pills are the only medicine adapted to invigorate weakened constitutions, persons of low and nervous habits, or those who are suffering from bad digestive organs, or others whose health has become deranged by bilious affections, disordered stomachs, or liver complaints. Those affected with coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath, should have recourse to these invaluable pills, as their mighty powers will be found a certain and efficacious reined' for all these complaints, imparting at the same tlin strength, new life, vigour and buoyancy of spirits to the afflicted, and may be taken with perfect safety at any period of life.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 20, Strand, London, CO U. TS, EDINBI7RGH MEAL MARKET—FEB. 22. There were in the market to-day, 5 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold at 30s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- FEB. 22. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 5s Od to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones Iron ; wheat do., 58 Od to 6s 6d ; barley do., 45 Od to 50 Od• Hay from 8d to 10d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—FEB. 21. There were in the market to-day 39 bags o atmeal and 9 bags of barleymeal ; sales ready. The top oatmeal 6d per bag up, second quality 9d per b ag up ; barleymeal the same as last week on the top ; no pot-barley in market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs I3s First. I Second. I Thir a 7 l impe_ial ~....fi Oa Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto _ 4od i — — s s O od d _ ii oa Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto 00s Od--s oa —s ,- KIRKCALDY—FEB. 19. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. I 54s Od 35s 01 23s 6(1. I Os Oa 50s Od 3ls Od 21s Od ; Os Od 46s Od I 29s Od 19s Oct I Os Od atmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Oct to 00s Od. First Secoh Third RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB.P. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The market for shares improve d to-day, and prices for Midland and Leeds have advanced one per cent. Although prices of other stocks have also advanced, the amount has not been so great. The followMg are the quotations :—Aberdeen, 15i ; Eastern Countrs, 13 7-16 ; East Lancashire, 19 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 78,1 ; ditto Fifth shares, 4} dis. ; London and North Western, 120 i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 30.04 Midland, 78i ; North British, 9 1-16 ; North Staffordshi re, 4 5-16 die. ; South Eastern and Dover, 24 ; York and North Midland, 304 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln 10/ shares, 11; ditto 6/ new shares, 9.16 prem. ; Northern. Union B, 177. MANCHESTER, FEB. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a. fair business a,t improving rates. Eastern Counties, 134 ; Leeds, 77tt Midlands, 784 • Caledonians, 31i ; Dovers, 2 4 4 ; Sheffields, 30i ; ditto Pref., 11; ditto New Pref., 9-16 prem. • Man - chester and Birmingham C Quarters, 1 9-16 prem. ; Fleet woods, 6 , 1 dis. LEEDS, FEB. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market on the whole is a shade better this morning, though by no means buoyant.. The following are the closing transactions o n 'Change :—East Lancashires, 191; York and North doMid lands, 30 ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 7 8 1 ; mans, 31X. 31g. 131111SIINGHAII, FEB. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market ywas dull to-day, with little business doing. The quotations were :—London and North Western stock, 120 n ; St 4ur , Valley 10/ 8s 9d; South Staffords, dis. ; Shrewsbury Birmingham Guaranteed London and North Westoill stock was done at 72. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS, Feb. 22. TEA.—There has been rather an improved demand for common congou, at 10d to 10 i ld per lb. for good coraninV, and at a sale held last week of about 2,000 packages (dal e with all faults) nearly the whole found buyers at full rates. The market closes pretty firm to-day. COFFEE has been operated in to some extent duri n g the week, the sales consisting of fully 2,000 bags St. Dousing,, e t chiefly at 42s 6d to 445, 200 bags Laguayra at 538 57s 6d, 100 bags old Java at 48s, and 150 bags Rio, to ar rive, at 46s per cwt. Sugar has continued in extensive request, particulsrlY East India and foreign descriptions, at stiffer prices ; , the transactions comprise • 150 hhds. chiefly Demerara, at o'IP 6d to 408 6d for vacuum pan, with Jamaica and Barb adnee within the same range ; 7,000 bags Bengal, including Benares, at 358 6d. to 38s 6d ; dates, at 35s to 3 6 s 6 d ; nell Khaur at 295, and Madras at 32s 6d to 348 6d. 11,300 bags Pernams and Paraiba, chiefly at 1 7 0 to 18s, 'IP os to 22s 6d for white ; 500 bags Ceara, at 218 ; and 650 bog Havannah, at 20s per cwt. Of molasses no sales. Of rum, about 250 puncheons Demerara have been toke n ' at about previous rates. RICE.-700 bags fine table realised at auction to -day 131;; and 1,100 bags Arracan have been disposed of at 100 pe Cwt. DYEWOODS.—The market keeps very firm, and only moderate business has been concluded since our last r e p ort ' DRYSALTERIES. — Of argols the supply being small, Pr e vents business ; onlylimited sales of berries, without chang e ' The transactions in madders and roots are only small, a t pro vious rates; 25 bales Bombay roots are reported at 43s &l i" t and 800 bags Palermo sumac taken at 14 s to 14s 3d per ow l Higher prices are asked for brimstone, and 200 tons 11 brought 6/ to 6/ 7s 6d per ton. Of saltpetre scarcely 1 bags have been sold, at 26 s 6 d to 298 ; 100 chests shell lo° are reported without change ; 100 bags sago fl our , a t 22! j 250 bags Baltimore quercitron bar k, at 9s ; 40 bags gll°l. gedda, at 31s 6d ; a few casks of tartar, at 74s 3d to 83to; 400 slabs Straits tin, chiefly for arrival, at 107 s 6d " — t , 110 s 6d in store ; and 150 tons nitrate of soda , at 180, "or a small lot at 18s 6d per cwt. OILS.—For olive oil there is rather. more inquirl , 50 tuns taken at very fill rates. Only a moder ate in bn, ness has been doing fish, at last prices. L inseed realised 33s 6d, and spirits of turpentine 65s to as Per TALLOW.—The market remains quiet, w ith P.Y.C., , "2, ing at 45s 6d. ; 220 pipes South American are reportedy6'2'; 40s up to 455. American lard is nominal'y w orth 60s to j per cwt, b theret k is very very gym,rylittle clo and require advan Ing• c e(' JUTE.—H olders ° prices, reported, consequently no sales. 50 bales Manilla hemp sr d, at 41110 s per ton. 150 bags black pepper have bro ug ht Sid t o 3sd ) bags pimento 5-N per lb, and 50 boxes pearl sago 0 5 Pe cwt. SEABORNE MALLS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General POl. 4..oftic by the night—and II by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what ' 4l ' e i r a COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due -- Office, London. Dispatched. ' America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Arriced. - America (byynited Ste. packet) ..........N Feb. 24.......... Liverpool ... feb. 24 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Mor c h 4 .. S ou thampton Feb. 26 Australia (via South- e n 4 ampton) ••• • • •...11 4th of March .... Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March .... Dover • • AP r ' n Ditto (via Cape of Goad 3C Hope) ........N 22d of February .. Plymouth .. M arc I 2 3C (West Coast) ../4 23rd of the mouth. Plymouth .. Feb• 29 Alexandria..........N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Feb•M 4 Alexandria.. .. ..M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton t. Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Southampton Ist Belgium Daily_ Dever ...• • • D n 'th li 16 M 9th of the month.. Southampton 111ar'; 1 6 Buenos Ayres —ll 9th of the month.. Southampton Mani 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • • I . lto 30 Cape of Good Hop e ..N 2 n 4 of Apr i 1 ....., Plymouth ••• ign . 26 Cape de Verde N 14th of the month. Plymouth Feb• Celon (see India) Ceylon .. ........ ....N 14th of the month Plymouth • • Feb 96 Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Chili ...... . 2d & 17th of month Southampton March China (see India) b. 30 Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .... • • r e e l, 4 Constantinople ......3I 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton blaricedaiir cont. of Europe 111 & N Twice daily Dover ... • • • lvf Egypt (see India) France •••• • . • M& N Twice daily... .. Dover ••• .• TW 26 Gibraltar .. .. Greece (see India) 1 Greytown ....M 2nd & 17th of mon. outharaPtOn Hamburgli ilavannah Holland ........... .M Wednesday & Sat. London ..... M ate 16 Honduras .......... AI 17th of the month. Southamp ton . 750 India (viaSoutnampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton c av i l I India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover .....• lonian Isles (see India) Twice ° lj • Ireland & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead .• • 4) , 26 Li P ) d ,. n i ,:„" • • • • • • 7,9, 17, & 27 of tn. Southampton f.,`,„.01 16' 11-- " • • •• • • .. ...M 9th of the month Southampton 7 0 42 12 Madeira .... • 23rd of the month Plymouth • • Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover ...... eb. 29 Mauritius (see India) 26 Mauritius 14th of the month Plymout h • • f t o f nlo " Mexico •••• 2nd of the month.. Southampton 1.0.21 Naples..... ......N sthlbtli2sthofmon. Dover ...• •• ; l och I, New Granada • ......M 2d & 17th of month South am p ton , nce rtal New Zealand... y private ship .. Variotb portc . fitrc h ....... Papal States ........N 5 Bthlbth2sthofmon. Dover .... • • ; e t, 96 Peninsula 7 thl7th27thofmon. Southampton I Peru m id & 17th of mon. Soutbsunpton " e ; 26 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth • • o ral 9 Sicily sthlsth2sthotmon, Dover • • • • • • mach 2 Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ••• • • • Ar ch '• Venezuela ..m 2d & 17th of month Southampt on Van Diemen's Land (see 16 Australia) West Indies ........34 2d& l7th of month SouthiunPlc° ....--- the 1411 DISTRICT SCHOOLS OF PRACTICAL ART ~ .- v l egg TRoroLis.--It ought to be generally known that Lb partment of practical art, upon receiving requisitio from parochial and other authorities, are now P re P en a t re l ' ; to aid in forming district schools of art, and &gl . drawing classes. A suitable room or roonis w ith 11 g b o i the h ° l , ing and firing, will have to be provided authorities, towards defraying the expenses °f 12 i certain fees received for instruction may be aPP lie ' the department will appoint, and guarantee the 531 1. 4 , Y : a suitable master, and assist in providing a s II P P i 3 ti copies, examples, models, &c., for the use of the dents. This is a step forward.—The Builder. ... ---.0%.g. -- BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 22d. inst., at Dnlwich-c mop ~~• F' - ' J iv a il ' om , • son, of twins. OF A DAUGHTER. „ S. 14 9:1 * On the 22d inst., at Brighton, th e wile ° f Es M.P th . d On e 20th inst., at Effingham -lodge) 14°11r1)° wifo of S. T. Clarke, Esq. MARRIED. Fre da On tho 22d inst., at Clapham-churc h, Win,, old, Wilkinson, of Old Bond-street, to Harri et ` — s ilt• daughter of Mr. Thomas Townend, of ClaPharwPwilli ° On the 19th inst. at the parish church , StePD°ss Esq. , youngest son of at late Morgan Williano, Yo st, Escl't Cheapside, to Claxa, fourth daughter of Jan es Fr of Shadwell. MED. , A • AsWe On the 13th inst , at Peckham, J. T. Pull en ' - ed 5 . lodge, and Union-Court, Broad-street, s olici . T to o r n , i g ati - 2 ,, e f aa rr ii : On the 14th inst., at Blackheath - Pa rk, the widow of Charles Tyrrell, late of Sion Cellege't glister' On the ISth inst at an advanced age, gerg6rs List/' of 37, Claremont-sq"uare, lentonville, reli ct 0f . '6 Esq., soli c it or . St Al ba 4 On the 19th inst., at London Colney, • near. . A. . . Herts, Elizabeth, widow of W. Roberts, 5(1. ' A , Thoro Lincoln's-inn. 1; EL= P9 ......_ : ......... ..........—.------' ---------k-Place' amlet, Esq., aged 34. St.janles's ...".. 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