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disinterested, and will endear them to the people stil . more.—(Cheers.) It has been said that I have adopter Om opinions which I have expressed to you on thi snhject, solely for the purpose of promoting my elec tion. In the face of this meeting, and before tbr world, I repel the falsebood.—(Loud cheers.) I have ever entertained these opinions, and occasions have arisen in the course of my life, in which . . I hay( acted upon them in the settlement of ministers.— (Renewed cheers.) There is another subject to which I feel bound to allude, and I do so with pain, be cause it concerns myself personally. It has been as serted in this county that my professions of attach ,ment to Protestantism are false, and that I am ; Papist.—(Cries of " Shame.") This is a most wicker' ;falsehood. In your presence—in the i presence of Al .mighty God—l solemnly declare that am not a Catho lie, nor ever have been, and that in the faith of Pro testantism, in which I was born, and in which I hay( ever held, I trust I shall die.—(Tremendous cheering.) Once only, since I began my canvass, have I beer asked if I were a Catholic ; and the question, which was put to me in anything but a straightforward manner, was proposed, I afterwards learned, by a per son who is neither an elector in the county, nor resider). in it.—(Cries of " Drummond hens him.") Another libel has been published against me. lam alleged, ai 1 a dkner given to my late brother by his tenantry, to I have spoken insultingly and disrespectfully of thr Church of Scotland. My committee at once gave the falsehood a distinct contradiction, and I now declarr it to be a b ase an d malicious calumny.—(Great cheering, and cries of "We believe it.") I merely stated what was the opinion of the Chore , of Rome—that she consia'ercd herself the mother of all Christian Churches, and that she re garded the Church of Scotland as part ~i her spurious progeny. This, Gentlemen, is what I sal. and I have retained the friendship of all who were pre sent on that occasion. The Elder of the Church wit presided a t teat d inner i s h e w ho seconded my nomi nation this day ; the clergyman whom I was said tr have then insulted continues to be my most intimate am. valued friend, and, since I became a candidate for tlh represent a tio n of your county, came forward, voluntarily and unsought, and pled .ed himself to vote for me.— (Prodigious cheering.) Now, I put it to .-, , 0u whether this excellent clergyman, had he been insulted, a s ab leged, would have continued in warm friendship with his insulter ?—(Cheers, and cries of " Answer that, Drummond.") I have been most foully and falsel) attacked, but let my assailants come publicly for ward, and publicly will I answer them.—(Lout cheering.) I have been accused of audacity in soli citing your suffrages. It is said that lam an untried man, and that I have not ability enough for your re presentative. No man is a very good judge of his own talents ; but I do not ask too much when I solicit you to try me, and see whether I do not possess the requisites that you need in a Parliamentary guardian of your interests. If we are to act upon the prin ciple that we are only to elect " tried" men, the House of Commons will soon become rather a curious place. —(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Home Drummond has sat in Parliament, but it was before the passing of the ' Reform Bill, and as a great change has since then come over the House, we stand much in the same position.— (Continued cheers.) Gentlemen, I have frankly and unreservedly stated my opinions, and it is for you to judge between us--whether you will have a Reformer or a Tory for your Representative. Whatever may be the issue of this election, I shall never regret that I have offered myself as a candidate, for I have been received throughout the whole county, in places where I had never before b een , w ith a ki n d ness an d c ordiality which I shall never forget ; and if I have afforded to the electors as opportunity of recording their votes in fa vour of the party whom I am anxious to support, whe ther I gain the election or no, I shall feel that I have done my duty to my country, and to my native county. —(Cheering.) I stand here as the advocate of civil and religious freedom, and allow me to express my firm conviction, that if the Church is not soon completely re lieved from her present difficulties, she will receive a blow from which she will not very speedily recover.— ( Here some person called out, " What is your opinion of the Corn-laws r) Mr. Stewart replied—My opinion decidedly is, that an alteration and modification of the prescnt Corn-laws is imperatively necessary; and as I have already pledged myself to employ every effort, if returned to Parliament, to promote the moral and phy sical we'fare of the people, I think you may trust me that on this question I shall carefully look to their in terests. Mr. Stewart concluded his speech amidst pro longed cheering. Mr. DRUMMON D next presented himself, and was greeted with storms of hisses and groans, and cries of—" Of, off—go home—Baird and Hardie," &c. The noise hardly abated for a moment through out his speech, and his voice being weak, we could not, at the distance at which we stood from him, catch much of what he said. He began by observing that he had no explanations to offer to the gentlemen on the opposite side, for he had never, either publicly or privately, said one injurious word of the public or private character of either of them. He felt some degree of embarrassment on this occasion, as he felt he was quite unable to fulfil the expectations of his friends. All he could promise was, to displayin dustry, honesty, and zeal in their service, and he felt confident that he should be returned on Saturday by a very decisive reajority.—(Tremendous hissing, and cries of " Never, never.") He had never resisted im provements, but had lent his assistance on many occa sions to introduce and perfect changes which had been admitted to be beneficial, and he was willing again to contribute his endeavours to this end. He then re ferred to the Non-intrusion question, and said he did not know if the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie of Cornrie were present or not, but he hoped he was as the re presentative of the Church militant.—(Hisses and con fusion.) This Rev. Gentleman had applied language to him (Mr. Drummond) which he should be sorry to use to him ; but whether he got his support now or no, he was sure he would receive his approval in the end. Mr. Drummond then alluded to the Corn-laws, and repeated the sentiments on that subject which he express• cd at the meeti ng i n t h e G eorge I nn on Friday ; and which, having already reported, we do not recapi tulate here. With reference to the trial of M'liin lay, he said he did not imagine he should have been called upon by a gentleman of Mr. Maule's rank and knowledge to defend himself against such a nonsensical charge as had been made. If Mr. Maule, by using the word " tutoring," meant to allege that any attempt was made to get Campbell to give a particular kind of evi dence, or to speak anything but the truth, he gave the assertion a denial as strong and indignant as the English language could express. The witness himself swore that no attempt of this kind was made. Nothing was done but what must be done in every civilized coun try, namely, to give assurances of personal protection to witnesses, or how else could evidence be got, or convictions obtained ? In the trial of the cotton spinners this was done ; and numbers of the witnesses were sent out of the country.—(Hisses and confusion, and cries of " Government spies.") It' these were Government spies, I know nothing of them.—(Cries of " That 'ill no tak'.") Even my opponents, concluded Mr. Drummond, must be satisfied that I did nothing morally wrong. Mr. Ma ULE—I must publicly say that Mr. Drum mond has not given a satisfactory explanation of his conduct in the trial of M‘Kinlay.--(Cries of " No, he has not.") I never taxed him with putting words into the mouth of the witness ; but that he made such pro mises to the man, as prevented him from swearing that he had not received a reward, or pro:nise of reward.— (Cheers.) The case had to be abandoned, and no ver dict, save one of not proven, was obtained. I dis tinctly guarded myself from saying anything of Mr. Drummond's private character ; but with his public character we have a right to meddle ; and I ask if there had been no reasons for supposing that the pro ceedings in M'Kinlay's trial were highly improper, would Lord Archibald Hsmilton have made a motion in the Hou se o f C ommon , on the subject ?—(Cheers.) With respect to Mr. Drummond being elected by men I of all parties to represent Stirlingsliire I have t o fi,rm you th at S t i rlingshire was then a'rotten b i boroug h el the simply Mont rose f amily, and it was to tteir influe nce t h at M r. Drummondwas so a supported, u r Upon the passin g o f t h e R eform Bill Stirlin slairechos; a better Reform er f or its representat' g representativ e . Mr. DRUMMOND—But, M r . M au l e, the question is, would those gent l emen i n S t i rlingshire have brought me forward and supp o rt e d me , it a taint had rested on my character ? Mr. Drummond went on to say, that slips of paper, concealed in small rolls of tobacco, were secretly conveyed to Campbell, while he war in the Castle of Edinburgh, by the friend of M‘Kinlay, courr selling him to say that he had received promises of re ward, and by this means to save the prisoner. Mr. Drummond immediately left the hustings, but some of his friends still remained. Mr. B. S. CAMPBELL, of Cloichfoldich, said the Hon. Gentleman who has proposed the Tory candidate on the present occasion (Mr. Campbell of Monzie), had been placed to attack me, and 1-as stated that I appeared at th e h o l e an d corner meet i ng which the Tories held in the George Inn on Friday, as the Whig agent of a Noble Lord. It is true that I forced my way into the Tory camp, and that there I put a series of questions to Mr. Home Drum. mond, but I deny moat explicitly that I appeared there as the agent of any party whatever. I am a free and independent elector of the county of Perth. As such, I attended the meeting referred to ; and, as such, I appear here this day to give my humble aid in asserting the civil and religous liberties of the people. But I do not doubt that Mr. Campbell of Monza at tacked me w;th the same sincerity with which he is . now maintaining the High Churcb principles which he professed, when he stood forth as a candidate to repre sent Argyleshire in 1837. I have not forgot that he then held himself cut as the champion of the Church, and yet we now see him to-day proposing a candidate who would deny to the people a voice in the selection of their spiritual instructors. I trust that this will not 111 lost Upon the clergymen and others in the counties of Perth and Argyle, who arc fighting for the spiritual indepen dence of the people. I can tell Mr. Campbell of Mon. tie, that vilien he shall next venture to solicit the suf- ' 'rages of the electors of Arglesnire, 1 shalt b. th.,re meet him, and then and there I shall call upon him ti• •-ender an account'of the condor( hr. loss oorsued with re ference to the Church. But to leave this subject ; anc vith reference to the denial of Mr. Home Drummoni hat he tampered with the witness Campbell, previous t( he trial of APKinlay in 1817, I shall take th liberty of bringing that witness before you, and you sh .11 ju(4 , For yourselves whether Mr. Home Drummond did, or did lot, bribe the witness, and make himself art and part t( perjury, and that, too, for what purpose ? To tak( .way the life of a fellow-creature ! I hold in my hand he evidence which Campbell gave, and I will read it it sou. ( Here Mr. Campbell read to the assembled multi -.ude the parts of Campbell's evidence in which Campbei swore to the scenes and conversations which took plac. between Mr. H. Drummond and the witness while confine(' in Glasgow Gaol and in Edinburgh Castle, in which th. .vitness swore to the offers of reward which . Mr. Hcm( Drummond made to him, provided he would give sucl information " as would please the Lori Adrocate," an( in which the witness swore that Mr. Home Drummon( was warned that he was attempting to make the wit• aess perjure himself.—(Cheers.) Mr. Campbel oroceeded)—Now, that is not the evidence of m, witness—it is the evidence of Mr. Home Drummond )wn witness, whom he put into the witness box to sweat away the life of another man ; it will not do, then, fo, Mr. Home Drummond now to tell us that what that witness swore is not true. We are entitled and bourn to hold that it is true. And now I would ask al who hear me, did Mr. Home Drummond, or did h , not, bribe the witness ? Did he, or did he not d , o, knowing—because he had been forewarned b • Sir William Rae—that he was leading the unfortunat can Campbell to commit perjury ?—yes, Mr. Horn Drummond indicted IM.lnlay before the High Court o .I.,:sticiary in 1817, and I now indict Mr. Home Drum mond at your bar. You shall be his jury, and I ask yoi now to return }our verdict. Is Mr. Home Drummon( ; or is he not guilty ?—(This was responded to (he most tumultuous cheering, and cries of " He is ! he is guilty'.') Then, Gentlemen, I ask you, i this a fit man to represent the free and honourable coo stituency of the County of Perth ?—(Cries of " He i not, he is not.") No, Gentlemen, he is not ; and I trus that the result of the poll will show to Mr. Home Drum• (nond and his friends, that we will not be representet by any gentleman capable of the atrocious deeds, or ra ther mis-deeds attributed to him. Several rounds of cheering were then given for Mr. Stewzlrt and Mr. Mule, and three cheers to thi Sheriff ; while most " awful" groans were awarded tc the Tory candidate. The hetet nse crowd then quietly dispersed. A great assemblage of people, however, collected in from of the Salutation Hotel, from a window of which Mr. Maule addressed them in a spirited an stirring speech , and concluded by urging every Reformer to fly in stantly to his post, and use every effort in his power t( rescue the representation of the county from the keep ing of the Tories. CHURCH RATES. (From the Doncaster Gazette.) A question of considerable importance was brought before the Magistrates in Petty Sessions, at theyudges . lodgings, at Lancaster, on Saturday week. Six Ma gistrates appeared on the Bench ; Thomas J. Knowlys. Esq. in the chair. Thomas Eastwood, Esq., a Catholic gentleman, who is a Magistrate for the borough anc ' county, appeared to answer a summons taken out against him, for non-payment of Church•rates, by Mr. G. Hoyle, Churchwarden. Mr. Hoyle having been sworn, Mr. East wood asked—ls this statement in the summons, which says that I have refused to pay unto you, G. Hoyle, om shilling and one penny halfpenny, being the amount due for Church -rates, correct ?—Yes. And you swear that I have refused to pay unto you that sum ?—Yes. Whet did you demand that sum of me ? Mr. Hoyle—Oh, that has been shown already. Mr. Eastwood—Mr. Hoyle, I have asked you a very plain question, and I expect i. plain answer. On the question being repeated, Mr. Hoyle acknowledged that he had never demanded the rate himself of Mr. Eastwood, but that be had em ployed a man of the name of Garnett to collect for him. —Mr. Eastwood, addressing the bench, said, Mr. Chairman, I presume that this summons must be dismissed ; since I have shown, from the mouth of th 4 Churchwarden himself, that the asseveration which he has made is false. This summons states that I have refused to pay to George Hoyle the sum of one shilling and one penny halfpenny ; and George Hoyl, now swears that I never did refuse him, as he never demanded that sum of me. Mr. J. Sharp—But h, asked you through his deputy. Mr. Eastwood—There is no mention of it in the summons. Mr. J. Sharp— Your appearance does away with the informality. Mr. Eastwood—lnformality ! My argument is, that 1 have shown, on the oath of the Churchwarden him self, that the charge contained in the summons i• false. Mr. J. Sharp addressed the Bench. As Mr. Eastwood knew that Mr. Hoyle was churchwarden, he ought, as he refused to pay the rates to the Collec tor, to have taken the money to Mr. Hoyle. Th.: Bench was of a different opinion : and the Chairman atter consulting the other Magistrates, expressed a wisi. that the parties should retire.—Upon the parties beim. recalled, Mr. Knowlys informed them that thelllagis trates would postpone their decision until the following Saturday, as they could not then make up their mind• whether the churchwardens could collect the rates by a deputy cr not. Mr. Eastwood said that that was not the point he understood left for their consi• deration. He maintained that the summons must be dismissed, and he prayed the decision of the Ma gistrates on that point.—The Chairman replied that the question of the churchwarden's right to ap point a deputy would settle that.—Mr. Eastwood-1 must then beg leave to take an objection to that dc. cision, and request that Mr. Wiliam the Magistrates' clerk, may make a note of it, as I may perhaps take the opinion of another Court upon it.—Mr. Milan was or dered to take a note of the objection.—lf the bend will allow me (said Mr. Eastwood) I think I shall b, able to show that the churchwarden has no power t( invest another with his authority. The bench assented. —Mr. Eastwood then quoted the 53 Geo. 111.. c. 127, a. 7, which runs thus :—" If any one duly rated shall refuse to pay the sum at which he is sr, rated, it shall be lawful for any one Justice of tilt Peace, of the town, county, &c. where the church i• situated, on the complaint of any churchwarden, whc ought to receive and collect the same, to convene lac warrant the person so offending," &c. There can. therefore, be no doubt (said Mr. Eastwood) that thr churchwarden is the person who •6 ought to receive and collect" the rate. No other person is named in the Act who has that power ; there is no allusion to any de puty. Any person may present himself to me, and say. “ sir, I am sent by Mr. Hoyle to collect your church rate." What assurance have I that be has been sent b 3 Mr. Hoyle?—Mr. J. Sharp : But Garnet had the books with him.—Mr. Eastwood : What of that ? Ant I bound to examine the books? Suppose I had paid a rate to a person representing himself as authorised to receive it, and afterwards Mr. Hoyle called for it, would Mr. Hoyle b( satisfied if I should tell him that I had paid it ? I think not. The churchwarden has not attempted to show that he has any right whatever to appoint a deputy. I therefore submit that this information must be quashed. The Bench, after much discussion, con sidering that this was a question of such great im portance, and one which, to the best of their know ledge, had never before been raised, fixed the following Saturday on which they would give their decision. (From the Lancaster Guardian.) After a manful and spirited struggle against the im• position of a Church-rate in Lancaster, the poll was declared closed by the Vicar on Thursday night, when some hundreds of votes remained unpollcd, and the fo- lowing was declared to be the state of the poll : For the Rate Against it 961 Majority for the Rate ... -175 The whole proceedings, almost from the commence ment of the Vestry Meeting to the close of the poll, were marked by so much blundering, informality, and illegality, that the opponents of the rate entertain very , confident expectations that they will be enabled to u`- set the rate altogether. Meanwhile we must deem it, a subject of congratu lation that Lancaster, a town essentially Church of England, compared with most of her neighbours, should have offered no less than nine hundred votes against a Church -rate. We refer our readers to what took place at the polling booth, that they may see how much heart burning and angry feeling the Church by law esta blished is exciting against herself, by the refusal of her clergy to abolish this fruitful source of discord. The Dissenters and the friends of Liberal principles have, however, with the valuable assistance of Alderm; Eastwood, Mr. W. Jackson, and one or two other stanch Reformers, " fought a good fight," although they have not been ailed to the full extent that mig • ht hate been expected by Church men o f liberal ideas in other respects. __ We are fully per:waded that, if the example set l the Liberals of Lancaster were generally followed throughout the country, Church -rates would soon be extinct. A petition against Church-rates, got up in the present state of public feeling, would, we are certain, he very ge nerally signed and approved of, even by th ose who have voted for the present rate. Aftet all, execrable and mischievous a 3 it NV:V., ' the Frew+ revolution has not been without its advantages Lands in mortmain , over g rown estate and feudal ri g ht s , " re . monstrous clogs upon public industry ; and id these France has got rid for ever. The means were infamous ; bet the end is salutary, and might have been attained tette as effectu a ll y without a single crime , or a single act of injustice. The State has an undoubted right to the property of the Chateh, after the d ea th o f the incumbents ; feudal rights might have been made subjects of compensat ion ; and as to the great estates, they are s ure to crumble away fast enough by the folly of their Possessors, if you do but give them a right of telling.—Lera D mdieY's Lett,rti. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIFF. DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) Sir Robert Peel Mr. Macaulay, and Lord John Rusi.ell, -.st night, rendered it impossible to n 'stake the na urn of ne position which the House of Commons asumes in propos og to legislate on the Privilege question. They do not !oncede one iota of the privilege already possessed by them ; hey do not abandon their power to assert that privi ege independently ; they merely seek a remedy, by the concurrence of the entire legislature, for the inconveni ences which attach to their present mode of proceeding. If that remedy is refused, they will be not weaker, but •tronger, for having sought it ; they will be strong in the strength of the vast majority of the constituent body of this ‘mpire ; they will be strong in the strength of a cause which it will be thenceforth impossible to regard as asserted )y mere esprit de corps, without the moderation of justice. ( From the Standard.) " Extrereurn hunc concede laborem." We entreat a •areful perusal of last night's debate in the House of Commons, even though it arose upon the " still vexed" luestion of privilege. The result, the discharge of Mr. Sheriff Evans, under a promise to attend 'gain in a month, and the promise that this edious and tormenting discussion is near its close, must ie highly gratifying; but the triumph of common sense, iberty, and justice, affords higher ground for exultation. Nor do we undervalue the inestimable advantage of again ;inding the great Conservative leaders in their proper dig ofied position, and therefore once more encountering the urious rancour of the Radicals. (From the Courier•.) A very large majority of the House of Commons, b) ssenting to Lord John Russell's Bill, has confirmed he public belief that this body would nut act incon istently with the course which it has hitherto pursue , l n stepping between the people and the Courts which •ere designed to protect them from wrong. The Bill aking its character from the mouth of its parent, is in ended to insure impunity to transgressors against the laws ; ut we do not learn from parent or sponsors that there i, ny provision by which this new and alarming infringe. .ient on public liberty by the creation of a privilege may e restrained from abuse. THE ARMY.-IRELAND. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, having on board lie depot companies of the 24 - h Regiment, arrived at move on the 2d inst., from Portsmouth, whence she sailer .n the 29th ult., and the troops have disembarked and ,ccupy barracks at Cork. The depot companies of the ilst Regiment, no in Cork, under the command of Lieut.- colonel Forbes, arc to embark immediately on board the Cyclops, which will land them at Southampton, for further rocecdirig to Winchester, to await the return home of the ervice companies, now daily expected from Ceylon. The Horatio transport has arrived at Cove, from Dept ')rd, for the conveyance to Corfu of the draft from the lepot companies of the sth Fusiliers destined to join the .ervice companies, and will be roauy in a day or two to re :eive the troops on board. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Luard, of the 21st Fusiliers, ate Military Secretary on the Staff at Madras, has beer ppointed Military Secretary to the army in the Presi 'ency of Bengal, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Beresford, of the 3d Foot ; and Lieutenant Ferdinan , i Whittingham, of the 67th Regiment, has succeeded Lieu tenant-Colonel Luard as Military Secretary at Madras. Lieutenant H. Bates, of the 82d, and Lieutenant T. Dundas, of the 79th Regiment, have been appointed Aides le-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir F. Whittingham, K. C. 8., on the staff of the army in the Madras Pre sidency. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MINCX 6. TAYLOR V. HASTINGS. Mr. K .11aar BarcH applied for an injunction to re train the defendant, Robert Hastings, from publishing Ind selling any copies of the second and third numbers if a work called " The Chemist," containing any of the Irticles copied from the plaintiff's work, called " The Phi osophical Magazine." Mr. STEERE opposed, on the ground of his client, who .vas the bookseller, having no interest in the work, and de sired to be placed under terms until he should communi cate with the author. _ _ The VICE-CHANCELLOR granted the injunction, and itated that as it was obtained only against the publisher, :.he author would not be bound. SECONDARIES' COURT, MARcir 6. ( Before Mr. Secondary POTTER and a Common Jury.) SUDBURY V. WOLLERTON. EXTRAORDINAKY CASE OF CRIM. CON.-Mr. PHIL LIPS, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that his client, Daniel Sudbury, was a general agent, residing in South xark ; and the defendant, John Wollerton, was an iron nonger, and a man of some property, carrying on business .1 the Blackfriar's-road, and residing in Nelson-square. The action was brought to recover damages for the seduc tion of the plaintiff's wife. There was one circumstance of aggravation in this case, namely, that the wife of the plain. tiff was the sister of Mrs. Wollerton, and therefore the de :endant had committed the revolting crime of seducing his Jwn sister-in-law. Elizabeth Sudbury, a respectable looking young woman, was then called, and in consequence of becoming over powered with grief, she was placed in a chair. She stated .hal she lived with her father and mother up to three years ago. They did not live very happily together in consequence of her mother's propensity to drink. The de fendant used to visit her parents. About six months ago ler mother left the plaintiff. She visited her father the dad before he parted from her mother, and she saw a female ,amed Ann Davis in the house. Sarah Adams was then called, and proved that she lived .t a house of ill fame, kept by a woman named Richmond. No. 26, Tower-street. She knew the defendant, who ha. epeatedly visited the house in company with Mrs. Sud eiry. On the 17th of January ha was there, and retired Nith Mrs. Sudbury to a room up stairs. The plaintiff afterwards came in, and saw his wife and Mr. Wollerton to ;ether. He returned down stairs for the purpose of fetch. ng a policeman, and the defendant and Mrs. Sudbury, in the mean time, got into another room where there was company" also, and secreted themselves under the bed. The defendant requested witness to get him out of the louse, and she told him he could only leave by the front loon; upon which Mrs. Sudbury, who trembled, and ap peared to be alarmed, begged witness to conceal the de. fondant. The plaintiff went into the parlour, and insisted upon his wife coning down stairs; and as she did not so to went up, and found that she and the defendant had locked themselves into the room. Mr. Sudbury threatened to burst open the door, and his wife then came out and left vith him. Mr. JAMEI, in his address for the defendant, said the shameless conduct of the plaintiff in bringing up his laughter to record the infamy of her own mother, he (Mr. James) felt assured was sufficient to induce them to mark heir strong indignation in this case, and to award the plaintiff the smallest coin in the realm. The plaintiff's laughter did not even know where he lived, and he (Mr. James);was sure the Jury would not allow Courts of Justice to be polluted by actions of such an infamous nature, which were merely brought for the sake of putting coats into an attorney's pocket. If the plaintiff had valued the chastity of his wife, would he have stayed outside the brothel for twenty minutes after she and the defendant had entered and been the witness almost of his own dishonour without resenting the wrong at the time ? lie would leave the case in the hands of the Jury, satisfied that they would scout such actions out of Court. The LEARNED SECONDARY having summed up, the jury ietired, and after about twenty minutes' absence, the) returned into Court, and expressed a dethe to return a verdict for the defendant. Mr. POTTER said ai the defendant had let judgment go by default the plaintiff was entitled to their ver dict, and the jury then again consulted together, and awarded him one farthing damages. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, M.lncm 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.) IN ALFRED BUNN'S BANKRUPTCY. Yesterday a meeting, under the estate of this bankrupt. who was the late lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, was held for the pu-pose of auditing the accounts of the assignees The recent fiat issued against Mr. Hammond occasioned the attendance of some of the corps dramatiquc, who evi. dently expected that there would appear some circum stances having a bearing on the recently instituted pro. ceedings against Mr. Hammond, but they were disap pointed, the assignees stating that no mor—ys had curtly to their hands, eonsequeruly no audit was required but thi pro forma submission of the accounts before the Commis sioners. The day appointed for the appointment of assignees. nnd-r the fiat issued against Mr. Hammond is the 16th instant. IMPORTANT TO BAKERS.-On Saturday-, at the Kensington Petty Sessions, Mr. John Day, baker, - of the Kensington-gravel-pits, appeared before Messrs. Barlow and Plkington, the Sitting Magistrates, on a summons at the i n .. stance of a common informer named Hicks, charging,that he gtht: didw i,gohn it,the w? t i h t i h n ult., t m b i y i e o l f l i theng a 1 R y a a f o E f x b e r h e a a t n i gaen,d infringerefusi provisions of the Act 3 Gco. IV., cap. 106, and incur a pe r ti rv a ca l h h t not exceeding 51. Search, the informer's witness, p rove d pur chasing, on the day in question, a two - pound loaf of the servant of the defendant, who was with a horse and cart in Church street, u street, Kensington. for fourpence-halfpenny. He asked the man to weigh it, but he said he had no weights or scales with him, and on his subsequently weighing it he found it two ounces short. The defendant did not deny his servant hav ing sold the loaf, and Mr. Sasso, an influential member of the trade, begged before the bench came to a dec'sinl on the point that he might be permitted to offer a few observa tioos. By the 6th and ith sections of the Act, its operation was limited to two years, and as the severrl portions of the Act ought to be construed together, he begged to submit, and th e impression on his mind was, that the term in the followin , clauses, " within the limits aforesaid," applied as well to time as it did to space. It would otherwise be a perfect anomaly that bread was not to be weighed when sold in a shop, unless demanded be the customer, while, if taken out in a vehicle drawn by horse, mule, or ass, it was under a penalty of Si. The bench having referred to the Act, decided, that the term " limits aforesaid," only applied to space, viz., ten miles from the Roval Exchange, and that, although by the tenor of the ith cla - use bakers were in their shops, aftdr the expiration of the two years therein named, not compelled to weigh bread un less demanded so to do by a customer, yet they were when sending it out in a cart for sale, bound to carry a balance and weights with them. Notwithstanding the special pleading of Mr. Sasso, they felt bound to convict the defendant, but would mitigate the fine to onlv 10s., and 2s. 6d. costs. CHURCIIISM V. PUS EY I SM.—A memorial signed by Members of the Church of England. has been presented to t c h T e he li spae rch rmt d i e ee a mu c ioa o ri. n lyi a i n isa d tlsi Clergy t of e ßath, calling upon them to re moveand ce f r r e o m m o a n l y l I;r a o r t t e a s k t i a n n g t Churches Romanin their Catholicdistrict fo every rm o f fo r wor ship,mhurch of England w ph i removal of be taken away. The " Lord a e lyd t . u re r tm e e s tati a en n r dbei consh m i a n g dd e ei s rf . ho ß v i t t h tmh euGycahpzreoalfyl the u p , a ,t ck re e a t ch Penzance, on Thursda y Saturday.— West Briton. ti last, and did . sailedtlieislandfrsotrnill CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. GOLD DUST ROBEERY. The trial of Lewin Caspar, recommenced on Satu: day mo.ning at nine o'clock, when the Recorder expressed to the Jury his regret for the inconvenience they had been ut to by being detained all night. The case did not ter minate until halt-past nine in the evening, when the Jury, after retiring for about twenty minutes, returned with a verdict of Guilty The Recorder then sentenced the pri sorter to seven years' transportation, at the same time• ex pressing his regret that the law did not empower him to inflict a sentence more commensurate with the enormity of the crime. NEW COURT. (Before tlao COMMON SERGEANT and Ald. J. JOHNSON.) ATTEMPT AT ASSASS'NATION.--./arks Dodds, a tailor, aged •)7, was indicted for feloniously assaulting George Martin, and striking, cutting, and wounding him en the wad, arms, &c., with intent to kill and murder him ; the second count stated the intent to be to do some grievous bodily harm. The evidence differed in some respects from that taken at the office. _ _ George Martin deposed as follows-_I am a coffeehouse keeper, and live at No. 187, Church -street, Shoreditch. The prisoner had lodged with me for 14 months down to the 26th of February. I got his tea on the evening of the 25th, and he went to bed at nine o'clock. I went at eleven, and my wife soon afterwards. About three o'clock my bedroom door opened, and I saw the prisoner enter tvith a lighted candle. Before I could speak to him, he struck me a violent blow with a hammer on the left :ide of my head. I put up my hand to ward off the twit blow, and he struck me violently over my left arm, when the iron head of the hammer flew off, and a scuffle ensued, in which be gained the mastery, and beat me with the handle. He then went to the bed, and pulled the clothes off, and our child out of bed. He then beat my wife with great violence. I went up, and s t ruc k t h e pri soner on his nose. My wife said, " What villain is this who is going to murder us ?" I said, " It's Dodds." As soon as he found I knew him, he left the room and ran lown stairs. I always leave my door unl oc k e d t or my son .o come in early in the morning. I saw the prisoner •inctly when he entered. I never had an angry word with -inn, nor did I ever know that he was subject to aberration of mind. I have clubs at my house, and the prisoner knew :hat I kept their money as well as my own in my bedroom, and that I had sold a clock on the previous day for 31. Maria Martin confirmed her husband's statement in every material particular. The prisoner struck her several :imes, and almost dragged her off the bed ; she held up her hands to shield the blows from her head. As soon as the prisoner absconded she went down stairs and opened the door, and gave an alarm ; she had previously screamed murder and alarmed the inmates. Thomas Martin, the son of the above-nanwd, deposed that on the previous evening he saw the prisoner take some matches out of the lucifer-box just before he went to bed. When he went down stairs he found his father bleeding profusely. he prisoner said there was nothing remarkable in his taking up some matches. The COMMON SERGEANT said it was material to show he had the power to procure a light. The point against him was striking and wounding. Robert Foster, H 182, deposed that he found the pri soner halt a mile from the prosecutor's house, without his hat, shoes, and stockings; witness took him to the station house, and found two skeleton-keys on him. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said that he had no recollection of striking Mr. Martin and his wife. The Jury, after two minutes' consultation, returned the following verdict :—" We find the prisoner guilty of the intent to murder. The COMNIoN SERGEANT said this was a most grievous case, and he should take time to consider his judgment. It is expected that sentence of death will be recorded. There were two ether indictments against the prisoner —ono ter attempting to murder Maria Martin, the other for a burglary in the dwelling. house of George Martin. The prisoner will be brought up for judgment this dab., APPLICATION OF MR. STOCKDALE.—EarIy in the after noon the Governor of IN ewgate presented a paper to the Common Sergeant and Alderman Copeland, which the Learned Judge having perused, said he did not under stand, but it might be read by the officer of the Court. I suppose (addressing Mr. Cope), Sir, this person was com mitted to your custody by some warrant ? Yes, my Lord, Mr. Mosley, the Clerk of the Court, then read the do cument presented, of which the following is a verbatim copy : " To the Hon. Judges of the Central Criminal Court, &c. " May it please your Lordships—l have long been il legally detained in her Majesty's gaol of Newgate under an order contrary to the law of the realm—that the keeper of the gaol should safely keep my body during certain pleasure—and feel it my duty to apprise your Lordships of the fact, and to represent that were such monstrous commitments against law, and transfer from one gaol to snother, to be tolerated, the most innocent, nay, praise worthy, and useful individual may, by the exercise of a despotic and irresponsible usurpation, be, for sinister purposes, by committals and transfers from one prison to another, conveyed to the uttermost confines of the world, and be finally lost and destroyed beyond the power of human recovery. I therefore pray your Lordships, ere you adjourn the present gaol delivery of her Majesty's prison of Newgate, to inquire into my case, and allow me to be heard in person before your Honourable Court. Applying the words of Jesus Christ to the most humble and unworthy, and persecuted but faithful of his followers—" If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me ?" Should your Lordships not order my discharge on this application, I beg uermission to receive my wife and family on Sundays at seasonable hours, not interfering with the Divine Service performed here on that day.-1 have the honour to be, &c. " JOHN JOSEPH STOCKDALE. "March, 7, 1840." MIDDLESEX COURT of REQUESTS. HAPPY JERRY AND THE " HEDGE" BONE OF BEEF. Happy Jerry (for so his better half called him, ac cording to his own confession), a running butcher, was summoned by John Bewdley, for the value of an aitch hone of beef, which Jerry had bought of him. Jerry was one of that class of casuists who argue amiss= quod ncscitur non ainittitur, which, familiarly para phrased, means— " He that is robb'd, net knowing what is stol'n, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all;" or, to descend to the vulgar tongue, may be explained in the language of the Jew to his graceless son : " Ma tear poy, rop any potty ; but, per villin, tont rop ter peepclsh." " What have you to say to this demand upon you ?" inquired Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS. " Don't owe it," answered Happy Jerry. Mr. Commissioner Duaots—Did you have the beef? " earn% deny but what I did," replied Jerry. " Then, you must pay the money," observed the wor thy commissioner. " Not so be if there's any honour in this here court," said Happy Jerry, rather sharpy. " Ho;IOUr said the Com Missioner, smiling ; " why what has that to do with the matter, Mr. Jeremiah ?'' " A goodish deal," replied Jerry, giving his head a knowing shake, and looking at the plaintiff, " as Mr. Bewdley knows." Mr. Commisssioner DUBOIS—You ought to have re turned the meat if you had any objection to it. Happy Jerry—l had a wery heavy objection to it, but there vos a pertikler circumstance as perwented me taking the hedge bone back. The case, yer wor ship, was as this :—Vun Saturday afternoon I vos on the look-out for a hedge-bone as vos bespoke on me, and as I vos a passing Mister Bewdley's shop, 'twcen the lights, I see vun as I thought as 'ud suit me ; but sen I comes to handle it, I ses, ses I, Mister Bewdley, I werry much 'spects as this here aint hox beef, and with that, ses he, " honour bright," ses he, '' better never vos ;" and so I agrees to give him 3s. Bd. a stun for it. Vell, yer vorship, I hadn't got no money with me, but as Mr. Bewdley knowed as I vos a tradesman of hintcgrity, vy, ses he, " gi' yer short credit for it." " Thank 'ee," ses I ; and yer vorship, I claps it in the basket along wi' some other joints as I'd got, and gets away home ; btst directly I pulls it out of the bas ket, and claps it on the block. my old ooman, ses she to me, ses she, " Happy Jerry's done for vonst." •• Viteh vay ?" says I. " Vy," ses she, " that ere hedge bone is reglar bull beef ;" and I'm glowed, yer vorship, if the old Oman v o shn't'zakly right. All this may be quite true, said Mr. Commissioner Dußois, b u t why did you not take the meat back to the plaintiff? " Vy," said Happy Jerry, scratching his head, " that ere's the werry pertikler cercuinstance as I vos aspeak ing to y er vors hi p a b out. Yer soe as this, I'd ker tracted (contracted) with the landlord as keeps the Vite Ho ss f or a hedge bone as I sass to let him have at .ix o'clock, ens the werry hidentical bit of meat vos vonted for supper agin nine o'clock." Mr. Commissioner Dußoss—And you were obliged to let the landlord have it? " In course," said Happy Jerry. Mr. Commissioner Dußois--And he paid you for it? Ha t' n s- ,nv Jerry—ln course, 45.8 d. a stun. Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS—A shilling more per stone than you b oug h t i t f or ? " Zakly the case, yer vorship," said Jerry. Mr. Commissioner Dußois—Then what is your ob jection, Mister Je rem i a h, f or rea lly I cannot perceive it r Happy Jerry—Vy, the kertract (contract) as I made rith the landlud of the Vite Hoas aint nuthen to do vith Mister Bewdley's a putting bull beef off on me for box bsef. That's agin all reglation in the trade. " Oh," said Mr. Commissioner Dußois, ‘. I perfectly understand you now. You mean that however you im posed upon the landlord of the White Horse, Bewdiey was bound not to impose upon you. Happy JerrY—V, that's your vay a putting on it, but I means to say as this—butchers kno ws vo t meat is, but. our customers don't know nuthen about it. Now, then, y er vorship, its a worry hobwious consekvence as ve's a right to mske rot re can out ut our customers as don't know nuthen, but ve aint got no right to cheat vun another, as does know all about it. " Argued like a philosopher," said Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS. The plaintiff denied that the " hedge" bone was bull beef, and eventually happy Jerry had a verdict given against him. 1 " Veil," said Jerry, in a very desponding tone, " this I kervite stuns me, it does. If so be there aint to be no honour among the butchers. Newgit Market 'ell soon I look precious kerveer." And nodding his bead, Happy Jerry left the Court. BOROUGH couRT of REQUESTS POTTER V. LOGAN. A WAY TO GET MARRIED.—The plaictiff, Mrs. Katharine Potts, was a lady, fat, red-nosed, and forty, as she described herself, a " widder without incum brance ;" and the defendant, Mr. Logan, a strapping Irish. - nan, and her " single young man lodger." It appeared from the plaintiff's story that she had been a " lone widow" for the last two years, her first husband having killed himself by falling from a scaffold ; since which she had obtained a livelihood by taking in washing and letting her house out in lodgings. Ahaut six months ago, the defendant, an Irish corn-porter, bargained with her for a " first floor down the chimney," at 48. per week, which he honourably and regularly paid every week until within the last fortnight he occu pied the apartments in her house ; when he went away, he left Bs. in her debt, which she now sought to recover through the medium of this court. COMMISSIONER (to t he plaintiff—Did he ascribe any reason for going away in your debt ? Mrs Potts—None whatever, Sir ; but he's done some thing worse nor that a good deal. COMMISSIONER—Indeed, what is that ? Mrs. Potts—He promised me marriage, the deceit ful wretch ! COMMISSIONER-Oh, now I begin to see through it. Pray which are you the most anxious for, the recovery of this Bs., or that he will keep to his bargain ? Mrs. Potts east a sheep's eye at the Irishman, but refused answering the question. COMMISSIONER—WeII, Paddy, it appears you have been making a fool of this p oo r woman ? Defendant—Fait, yer wurtchup, not a bit iv it. COMMISSIONER—How came you to promise her mar riage and afterwards run away in her debt ? Defendant—Would yer wurtchup have rason ? COMMISSIONER—Oh. yes, as much as you like. Defendant—Yer wurtchup must ondherstand that I tuk lodgings in Mishtress Potts's house. Well, I hadn't bin there a wake before she kim into me room and ses to me, ses she " Its very cowid this morning, Mishter Logan." "By me sowl it is," ses I ; wid that, yer wurtchup, she tuk a bottle iv gin from her pocket and axed me to drink. So we had a dhrop iv the cra thur wid aitch other, and talked over ould times. COMMISSIONER-W ell, cut the story as short as you can. Defendant—l'll do that, yer wurtchup. Afther the gin we got talking about our friends. " I've bin a widdy two year kim the time, Misther Logan," ses Misthress Potts. " Faith, I've bin widdy longer than that," set I. " Its a very lone uncomfortable life," ses she." That's true agin," ses I, be rason iv which she thinks I'm in love wid her, yer wurtchup. COMMISSIONER—Is that all you have to say to it? Defendant—By no means at all ; atther that she kims into me room agin, and tells me I was welcome to some hot wather for me breakfast out of her tay kettle. Well, I agrees to that ; but she axes me the next day to take me breakfast wid her, and then one tay pot would do. Well, your wurtchup, I did that same, and Mishtress Potts fell over head and ears in love wid me at once. COMMISSIONER—You are a lucky fellow. Pray what occurred after this? Defendant—By my sowl I got no pace iv me life, She made love to me so onrasonably.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—So I suppose you ran away to escape her importunities? Defendant—The ounly rason, belave me. COMMISSIONER-But you should have paid her what you owed first. Defendant—She agreed to thrust to me honour, but I fancy she winted to see me once more, so she sum moned me. COMMISSIONER—That appears to be the case. In my opinion, you two would make a very good match. Defendant—Faith, your wurtcbup, I begin to think so meeself. COMMISSIONER—Mrs. Potts, have you any desire to press this case? - Mrs. Potts (eagerly)—None whatever, sir. The summons was accordingly dismissed, and the " lone widow," Mrs. Katharine Potts, left the Court, resting on the arm of the tall Irishman. COURT OF RbQUESTS—TOWER HAMLETS. LORD DURHAM'S COAT.—" We are all born, but not buried," says the adage ; and those at the top of the tree cannot tell how soon they may be at the bottom. Shakspeare could extract " sermons from stones." On the same principle a threadbare coat or a superannuated pair of inexpressibles would often furnish matter for a three-volume romance. When a fashionable West-end tailor sends home a coat in all the resplendency of su perfine Saxony, Genoa velvet, and double-gilt buttons, to grace the aristocratic person of a Lord or a Duke, it probably seldom occurs to him that the identical gar ment may, at no very distant period, serve to protect the attenuated frame of a beggar from the chilling wintry blast. There can be no doubt that when Lard Durham first cendescended to encase his person in a certain " long-tailed blue" he little thought that it would ever become the outward covering of Tobias Grumps, a tra velling tinker ; yet such is the fact. The plaintiff; a Jew dealer in second-hand wearing apparel, named Moses Solomons, residing in Rag-fir, summoned the defendant, Toby Grumps, a pug-nosed tinker, for 55., the balance alleged to be due to him for a coat he had supplied the latter with. It appeared that the member of the " peeplish" had some knowledge of the tinker, and, on the strength of that, consented to let him have a " slap-up coat' for Sunday wear, which he was to pay for by instalments of a shilling a week. The tinker kept to his bargain until the debt was liquidated within 55., when he refused to pay any more, in consequence of one of the sleeves of the coat having parted company with the body. The Israelite, being determined to "have his bond," summoned him for the remainder. " Yer vartships," said the Jew, " dis coat vas von dat pelonged to my Lord Durham." CommlssioNEft—Then, how did it get into your possession ? Jew—For dis reason vat I shall tell you. My shon, Shamevill Sholomons, pless de poy, for he's a goot lad to his old farder, vas oat mit his pag looking for pargains, Yen de wallet of de Noble Lord shells him coat vat vas sohnevat de worse for year, and vonted turning. Yer vartships, de gra id lord's coat vonts turn ing shometimes as veil as de poor man's.—( Laughter.) COMMIS,IONER-1. suppose you clobbered and wire brushe•d this el'! coat up, and made it better as new. Jew—S'help ma cot, yvr vartships, de coat was not clobbered, nor vire-brushed, but only turned, as Lord Durham had yarn it threadbare ; beshides it vas out at elbows.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—I can't think Lord Durham would wear his coat so bad as that. Jew—As cot's ma shudge it vas as bare of nap as dis vat 1 years. Veil, as I vas shaying, yer vartships, de coat vas turned and done up mit new buttons, yen it looked quite shuperb, poshitivek and if his lordship had ownly sheen it, he would a vonted it back again. De pody sat yell, and de tails were wary long. COMMISSIONER—You're making this a very long tale, pray come to the facts as soon as possible. Jew—Shartinly, shartinly, yer vartships. I vas a walking at my own toor on Shunday maurning, yen 1 shoed dis man (the defendant) valk up do " fair" look ing apout him. " Vant to puy, young man," I shay to him ; so yer vartships he valks into my shop, and ye pargains at vonse. Vell he pays me all but de 55., so I shummonses him for it. COM3II3SIONER—What is the reason you refuse to pay this money, Grumps ? Grumps—Cos it's more nor its walee. It arn't vurth more nor half a bull (half-a-crown). Vy, afore I'd had it on many times, the sleeve come clean out. COMMISSIONER—He says it was a good coat, acd belonged to a nobleman. Grumps—lf any nobleman wore rich a shickery, seedy consarn as that, ho must be a wery poor un, but that's only old smouchey's gammon. Jew—Vat you cull me smouchey for, you black willin ; ee coat wus ownly too handshome fur yer ugly pack. Grumps—Shut up, you old rag mop, %ill yer, it was a rewular bite, and you knows it ; vy don't yer vt.rk onestly for a livin, and not live by cheating poor men COMMISSIONER—How much have you paid for it al- together ? Grumps—Seven bobs, yer honours, and a preciou, Guy I looked in it, so the old 'oman said. It lords' coats are like that, I'm blowed if I vant any more on 'em. The Commissioners were of opinion that the full value of the coat had been already paid, and therefore gave a verdict for the defendant. " Alishter Sholomons" upon hearing this decision, fired a volley of abuse in Hebrew at every one present, much to the amusement of the defendant Toby Grumps, who, as he left the Court, offe►ed to sell the remains of Lord Dur Lam's coat for a shilling. WIDOW MURPIIY.—It appears from the fol lowing notice in the Dublin Evening Mail that Lord Lorton has not yet done with the widow. f hus decorously does the Mail allude to the poor woman, and thus fairly represent the ease This is the lady (says the Mail's man) w hose fanciful wrongs and whose ideal sufferings have furnished such fruitful topics of bewail men t t o ag it a ti ng demagogues, and supplied the materials for so many a plaintive Jeremiad in the Radical press. The si m pl e f acts of - the case stand thus :—An ejectment was brought and the record tried at the Spring Assizes of '39, when the defendant, Mrs. Murphy, obtained a verdict. This result was effected by the production of a lease, which afterwards turned out to have been a forgery. Subsequently the verdict so obtained, and under such circumstances, was set, aside by (we believe the unanimous decision ot) the Court of Queen's Bench, and a new trial directed. upon the present trial, the co nsel for the defendant refused to produce the lease, and suffer it to go before the jury for their decision ; but raised a point of law against the plaintiff, which upon argument proved successful with Mr. Baron Foster, before whom the case was tried, who ruled the p o i n t i n his favour. This decision by no means affects the merits—leaving these just as they before stood ; and conse quently another appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench will be come necessary ! ! !" KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. RUSTIC RIVALS.—Kat:y Meehan's friends resolved, and Kai ty herself seconded the resolution, that she should not pass this '' shroff" (Shrovetide) without, a mate, and accordingly overtures a In Prince Albert were made to Master Pat Riordan, wt o, nothing loth, came forward, in fancy phrase, "to wake the match." But this case added another to the thousand tnd on , illustrations of the adage " the citurse of true love never did run smooth " " A clean-skinned liktly little girl of the Healys," as her friends daseribed her, though, she had a prior claim on Paddy Riordati ; so taking the first opportunity that offered when she met Miss Meehan with Mr. Riordon and the other contracting parties in a public-house, of ventingher ire, the " littl girl o' the Healys" fastened upon Katty's head gear, and after disarranging it sadly, and drawing a crimson stream from the saucy nose beneath it, she contrived to kick up what the host called "sick a shindy," that loved and lover, wooed and wooer, kinsman and kins woman, ()Tonne/used each other most elegantly, and Paddy Riordan—heartless swain as he was—received a " Victoria" behind the right auricular, that left him for a time quite incompetent to hear or adjudicate on the merits of either claimant. Mks Meehan was requested to describe the assault committed on her by her fair rival, and she did, to the effect that " While she was sittin' wid her back to the room doore, in Johnny M'Auliff's tap-room, not thinkin' o' nothin' only a small taste ov a .Tandy o' punch that Pat Riordan, an' he sittin' hard by her, was coaxin' her to swally—Biddy Healy kern behind her, and grabbin her be both airs, hint her down all ov a sudden, till her self, an' the table, an' the glasses, an' the formus, an' Biddy Healy, an' Paddy Riordan, an' Pady Riordan's Lather, an' her own mother, an' the man o' the house, rowled over each other, threnahela—glory be to the Lord, as if 'ttvas a tundherboult hot 'em down out o' the Heavens l"—(Laukliter.) Magistrate—Y ou had no conversation with her pre vious to that ? Katty—Not a tittle, indeed, sir ; I met her comin' out n' last mass on Sunday : " How arc you to-day, Biddy ?" says I.—" Ax me elbow," says she " you in vaig.in' schemer, that's eomin' betheunc your betthers." That's all the conversation we had, an' twas too short an' sweet to go on wid it, surely. Some desultory skirmishing now ensued, in the shape of a smart exchange of compliments, in the Irish lan guage, between the various frie: ds of the belligerents ; and this being got under, Miss Healy was called on for her share of the " great palaver," and before commenc ing she turned aside and emitted— " Oh, too convincingly dangerously dear, In woman's eye, th' unanswerable tear." and declared that Paddy Riordan an' herself wor all but joined for lite, when Batty Meehan threw in ; " an' sure, your reverence," continued Biddy, " whin I reasoned cases wid her, and tould her the boy had a fancy for meself, she said he was her fancy likewise. Right -go-wrong, Biddy Healy, he'll be mine,' says she, an' you may go marry the d—l's son an heir, an' live in the house wid th.t ould couple.' "—(Great laughter.) " Oh .► holy Queen o' Heaven !" exclaimed Katty. elevating her clasped bands in pious horror, who ever heard me say the like ? but, call Johnny M'Auliff." Johnny M'Auliff didn't wait to be called twice, but came forward at once, wearing a chilly look, soiled shirt, and red nose, and deposed that " his hoUse was turned topsy , turvey through the means o' Biddy Healy's jallosy, and that 17s. 6d. would be far from payin' the damage done on the occasion.' This occasioned anoti:; - Outbreak of angry feeling; so the parties were bound to the peace. METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Paulton delivered a Lecture on the Corn-lavc , Fallacies, in the Physicians' Hall, Warwick-lane, in the Ward of Farringdon Within, to a very respectable and enthusiastic audience. Alderman Kelly took the chair at a quarter past seven, and before eight o'clock the Hall was completely crowded. At the termination of the Lecture, which was re ceived with repeated acclamations, a petition for the total repeal of the Corn-laws was sanctioned and very numerously signed by the persons present. On the following evening, Mr. Paulton delivered another Lecture on the bearings of the Corn-laws, as they affected the commercial. manufacturing, and agri cultural classes, which was still more numerously at tended. and received with repeated bursts of applause. At the termination of the Lecture an elderly gentle man rose for the purpose of moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Paulton, and after expressing his earnest sym pathy with the cause, and thorough acquiesence in every sentiment uttered by the lecturer, generously volun teered a donation of five guineas to the funds of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law League, and expressed his willingness to double the amount as often as the exigencies of the good cause might require it. Several gentlemen followed his excellent exampl e ; and the unani mo u s th an k s o f the meeting were-enthusi astically voted to Mr. Paulton. The petition had re ceived nearly five hundred signatures before the meeting separated. We noticed in our paper of Thursday, the successful results of Mr. Smith's exertions, at the Hail of Science, City-road, on Monday evening, and his effectual dis comfiture of the basiard alliance of Tory and Chartist opposition at Bethnal-green, on Tuesday. On Thurs day evening the same gentleman again faced the emis saries of these two factions in the Hall of Science, fiethpal-green, but the indignation of the meeting was so thoroughly aroused by the disgraceful attempt to carry their measures by a mere ruse, that both parties wore almost unanimously scouted, and three cheers for total repeal carried amidst the enthusiastic shouts of the assembly. Such was the disposition of the meeting in favour of Mr. Smith's object, that he was spontaneously invited by the persons present to give them another lecture on the following evening, which he did to an equa:ly warm and authentic audience. On Saturday evening Mr. Sin;th again lectured in Peter -street, Bishopsgate-street, to a very hearty and respectable audience. Public attention is on every hand directing itself to this great question, and we trust that such displays of public opinion in the metropolis will shortly show to the Legislature that the active zeal and energy of the friends of Justice, have developed a moral power that must be listened to, and obeyed by the Council of the nation. FALL OF RAIN.—At the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, a statement was made of the quantity of rain which had fallen during the last six months of 1839, and January of the present year, with the number of rainy days, and a comparison of the averages for the same period for the last fourteen years, from which it appears that during that time the nearest approach to the bygone season was in 1836, when the quantity of rain that fell was 19.29 inches, and the number of wet days 119. During the last season the number of wet days was 122, and the quantity of rain 20..09 inches. The smallest quantity that fell during these years was in 1826 and 1834, in the former the number of inches being 69 and in the latter 63. The barometer is higher at present than it has been for a great many years. On the 14th November, 1837, it was nearly as high, being 30.708 ; yesterday it stood at 30.710. By the Parliamentary P aper N o 419, S ession 1834, it appears that in four years the cases of corporal pun ishment inflicted in the Royal Navy amounted to 7,ol3—that is, upwards of 7,000 seamen were tried by Courts-martial and flogged. By another Parliamentary Paper, it appears that, during the five years ending December, 1836, 1,227 soldiers-- that is, 245 soldiers yearly, of that part of the army within the United Kingdom, were subjected to corporal punishment. By the same return, it appears that, during the same period, 332 marines underwent the same punishment, and that of these 1,539 persons, 242 were flogged a second timO, and 44 a third time. Parliament have lately put an end to flogging labourers in the West Indies. Is it not high time that our military and naval cruelties were also abolished ?—Scotch Times. Died at Patna, on the 18th of NovPinber last, beloved and respected by all who knew him, Henry Douglas, Esq., Chief Judge of Appeal at Patna, son of the late Admi ral Sir James Douglas, Hart., of Springweod Park. aged 82. Mr. Douglas was a civil servant on the Bengal Establishment, and had resided in India upwards of 60 years, 57 of which were spent at Patna, in the province of Behar, where he held, du ring the w h o l e o f t h at per i o d , hi g h j u di cia l stations, and for many _years, officiated as Fist Judge of Appeal at Patna. Ile possessed, in a singular oegree, the love and reverence of the natives, over whose minds his strict integrity and mild benevolence gave him unbounded sway. Mr. Douglas was justly distiugushed for his extensive knowledge of Mahometan law and the regulations of Govern ment, as well as for high attainments as nn Oriental scl.o!ar, and soundness as a Judge ; anti his memory was so retentive and accurate, that, after hearing a long case read, together with the evidence, he could, with the greatest perspicuity anti precision, dictate, in person, a summary of the whole proceed ings, although he took no notes. without making the slightest mistakes in dates or names. llis retiring unassuming manners shrunk from any display of those various accomplishments of mind known only to his intimate friends. The general respect in which he was held by all descriptions of persons could only be exceeded by the warm affection of those who were admitted to that privileged circle, with whom his memory will ever be honoured and gratefully chic ished. BUCKINGHAM. —Distressed as the people are by the high prices of provisions, the amount of taxes imposed, and the gre,t competition in trade, there are individuats iu this town silly enough to be gulled by the Duke into the be lief that votes of money fur Church extension will not incre,se the national burdens, and that the high protective tax on corn will not raise the price of bread. A fortnight ago we had to expose the jobbing, hole-and-corner, petition for Church ex tension. presented by Sir Thomas Fremantle, said to emanate from the people of Buckingham. This week we have to point the finger of scorn at the poor fools who have been influenced by the all-powerful Frank Coley to sign a petition for keeping up the price of bread, by retaining the present iniquitous Corn lay s, at a time when even the middle class people find it difficult to keep their fami'ies well fed and respect:o,lN clad. Like the Church extension petition, this Corn•law affair was got up in a sly and under-hand manner. Frank very correctly a , •ted the pact of " creep mouse"—a sobriquet he has lately ac quired by his creeping propensities—by stealing. like a thief in the night, to several public houses, and inducing men half drunk to affix their names to the " Duke's paper." Yet these are the fellows, an d t hi s t h e party, who daily cr y ou t a gainst secret voting, and p ronounce the Ballot to be un-English The Buckingham sillies complain of the pi essure of taxes, and ask for Church extension! cry out for cheap bread, and support the Corn-l aws !! d enounce the Ballot, and get up petitions on the sly !! ! M en o f B uckingham ! see what a silly d ance you are being led by your great leaders, Richard Plantager.et Bridges Temple Grenville Duke of Buckingham, and Mister Frank Coley.—Aylesbory News. London: Printed and Published by AIUItDO VOL No. 11'2, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, !`•tr" (l ' county of ttliddleFex.—Monday, March 9, 1840. THE COURSE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. The Leamington Chronicle supplies the suhjoieted account of tho course and fences : The course was, with some few deviations, the same as that of last year. Those who are acquainted with the Aintree course are aware, that, looking from the Grand Stand, it is n irrow in front, extending consider ably at each end, but more particularly to the left. In iront the course is bounded in the whole length by a road leading over the canal, which forms its boundary at the left hand, or northern extremity. The ,•artieg point was in a ploughed field immediately beyond this road to the right of the course. From this point four ploughed fields, with pretty stiff fences, led in a line inclining to the left, to a flight of posts and rails an hedge, with a running brook beyond, with a wide cinch and a considerable fall leading into a grass field. A:ter this the line turned to the left, with a high bank surmounted by a hedge presenting itself obliquely ; this led into a ploughed field, the corner of which was taken off, and a fine grass field was entered, the line there turning considerably to the left, and running nearly at a right angle from that of starting. At the end of this field another sharp turn to the left brought the line again over the same brook which had been crossed a little way before, the canal being close on the right hand, a flight of artificial rails had been placed on the edge of the brook on the taking-off side at the top of a slight bank, and the brook was dammed up to the very top of the bank. This was the place which Mr. Bechcr's horse pitched him into last year, and at which Dictator fell just before he died, and the cele brity it then acquired had brought an immense num ber of persons round the spot. Still it could not be said that it was very formidable, is it led into a ploughed field, and the ground on the edge of the water was soft, without being miry. Beyond this a ditch with an artificial flight of rails led into another ploughed field, at which place Sweetheart was killed last year. The next field was grass, and beyond this was the road bounding the race-course. This being crossed, the fences into and out of it not being serious, and the course entered, a line of flags led to the left towards the Grand Stand, inside, and for a consider able part of it parallel with, the usual running course, presenting nearly half a mile of fine racing ground. Im mediately opposite the Sand was erected an unce mented stone wall, 4 feet 8 inches high, very com pactly built, with turf placed along the top. Directly after this, a short turn to the left was taken, and the road bounding the course again crossed. The hedge leading into the road was cut down, and on the other side was a ditch, with a bank, of very abrupt ascent, nearly seven feet high, and fringed by a low hedge. This brought the line to the starting-point, and the ground we have described was again traversed, except that on entering the course a second time, instead of taking the line of flags to the left, the usual racing line was entered, which continued up to the front of the Grand Stand, immediately beyond which, was the winning-post. Abou. a hundred yards before reaching the Grand Stand, was the last fence, consisting of a row of hurdles, covered in vll parts with branches of fir. The grass land in the whole of the line was sound and in good order, and the ploughed part was very light and dry. TIIE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEE► . Beans. 1 Pease Per 'Juane' Carlisle M irneth Penrith Sheffield Winchester Per finshel. Cardiff: Carmarthen-. Cowbridge_ Swansea 'Jheat Barley O Its S. to S. 11. to S. s. 58 35 26 .•6 63 32 38 22 34 44 60.32 36 20 23 55 40 26 63 37 I 25 1 56 80 25 23 23 27 I s. d d. c. d. ...1. 1 5..1. 00 9 0 0 0 40 1 0 0 44 00 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 29 100 11 0 0 0 56 Ott 40 34 9:5 48 52! 2 8 34 S. 8 41 II 6 16 6 8 0 93' 7 0 88 90 120 136 16 6 7 0 8 0 6 0 80 1 , 0 130 120 19 0 7 0 9 0 5 0 8 0 9 0 II 0 130 16 6 0 0 9 9 6 0 80 76 8G WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET f, Norfolk and Sufrolk ...... —... Os. to 65. fine 76.. - Lin. and Cam. —s. file. to 66. fine 73.. . Yorkshire s Los. to 625. fine 66 • White - to 703 fine 80 . Foreign, Red —s. 60s. to 655. fine 68'. White —... —e. to 743 nne ;83 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, New Old 42s. to 465. fine 48s Oats, Potato —a. to 325. fine 34'' -.- Poland --s. —B. to 32.. fine f 65. Friezland and Small ............. tr.zaling ... ..... ..... 13d. to I4d. per Stone Shelling Malt Rapeseed .... 41 40 42 it, 41 00 II 0 5 6 00 50 5'3 6 60! 5. to 5. 43 - :'..2 42 35 3' sA s d. 0 0 0P 0 0 P 0 00 0 0 00 00 Per 8011. flarnardcastle Durham - Richmond ..... 5t0ckt0n..,,.,,.., 7 $0 86 90 9n 90 00 80 ►'neat, Red , NEWCASTLE CORN MCCHANGE. - Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland .. 495. 735. 7ls 75,' Norfolk and Suffolk o7s. 72,. 13.. 77.. -- Berwick and Scotch.... ..... Foreign 653. 71.. ... 69‘. 765. Etye, Norfolk and Suffolk Qs 425 . —s. —s. Foreign 32s. 335....... —s. —s. Barley, Malting. Norfolk and Sutfblk Sbs. 445....... —s. --s. Grinding and Feeding P2s. 34, Malt, Norfolk and Suflolk..--- ..... -- 6.3. 73a --6 —s. Beans, Small 34 408....... --a. --11. Tick 42s 44s ... —B, --S. Pease, White 42s 435. .... —s, . G , Gray . • —s —8 —.B —s. Oats, Northumberland , Potatoe ...... ... 308. 31s. --g• --1 . ...--.. ------• Feed ............ 28s Ds —s• —4. koreign Flour (per sack) 30, 3ls —B. - - s , 518. 53a, ..-8. --& SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Oatmeal. 9bcrdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness „, Kelso , 7C to 80 27 to 30 24 to 27 -- to -- 20 48 YO 28 15 18 33 35 46 50 24 26 17 18 -- 30 49 65 126 31 18 22 22 26 46 68 23 49 23 27 40 42 60 61 35 37 23 32 48 59 65 72 30 36 24 25 32 3A 35 47 23 '26 10 23 32 34 62 67 36 33 45 48 60 '4 30 40 23 35 41 44 size of the measure varies throughout the c HADDINGEON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 776 (34 50s Od 40s 84 50s Od 04s Od 40s 03 29s €d 43s Od 58s Od 36s Od 26s Od 08s Od .verage ... 3l. 4s. t .1. 6 12ths. DA I.KLITH CORN MARKET. IWheat Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. 77s ou 42s fid 234 4d 50s Od 60s Od 36s rid 26s 8,1 46s Od • Os 64 21s Od 24s Od 3.53 s 09 34i tv 40 40 43 ..... .... -. -:-._ 4 - 5 42 ..- .... Perth /1".. Thu _ -.. 43 - First Second Third First Second Third Beam. 5O Od 4€l; 0. 1 Od LEWES ELECTION.--EXTRACT OF A LET TER.—General Trevor has gallantly thrown himself inte the breach to rescue the town from the disgrace, if possible, of being represented by a Tory in the place of our late excellent Member, Sir Charles Blunt. The Tories aro exerting them selves with the zeal and enthusiasm of bigots. Many o f the electors will be obliged to give their voice in favour of the Tory candidate, when their heart. is with the old veteran ; but they well know that ruin to their families would be the result of following the dictates of their own conscience. They 10 0 k, upon their wives and child ren an d s i g h , an d k now that a ll which persecution can do will be done to injure then!• There are many of the Tories who are amiable men in pri vate life, but they are unfortunately so blinded by bigotry that they , cannot perceive that they are always acting in the very spirit of the bitterest Roman Catholic persecution in the worst persecuting ages. No reasoning can impress upon them that to force the consciences of men is to act contrary to the liberty of the Gosp e l, th e t rue s pi r it o f Ch r i st i an i ty, and against God himself. I have pointed out to some electors the misfoi- tunes that have fallen upon some wh o ac t e d con t rar y to their consciences, and that others who h ave partially suffered by their conscientious votes still hold up their heads and do well. This has had its effect upon a few. Shelley had associated with the bats and had partaken of their blindness, but he has shaken the film from his eyes, and he is now nobly exerting himself in tilt cause of freedom of conscience and good government.— Brighton herald!. The words " quite safe" arc used in different senses. There is quite safe to win, and quite safe to lose. The Brighton Gazette says Lewes is quite safe—to be lost? LADY'S GOLD NECK CHAINS may be selected from of several patterns, price, wtight of four sovereigns, Five Guineas ; weight of five sovereigns, Sit Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Guineas. The weight is given by comparison with the weight of sovereigns , being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and &cis. The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is workol int* articles of this description. T. COX SA\ ORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Cornhil (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), London. Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent post free, if I, l' plication be made post paid. B IRTII.C. On the 28th ult., at. Paris, the lady of Captain ,Manners , R.N., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at. Puddington Lodge, Creditor, the lady of C' Noel Welinan, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., at Kempston Vicarage, Bedford, the I ' l9l of the Rev. henry Clutterbuck, of a son, still-born. On the (ith inst., at Alb ion - street, Hyde-park, taelad}' of Wilson Hetherington, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., in Glocester-terr. ce, Regent's-park, t he lady of 1). B. Chapman, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Brockley House, Kent, Mrs. W. 11. Jackson, of a son, still-born. - Eccles nth L3 ,e2l,eh, 27th ult., at I. lL he il C ß a ß th i o l lie D " Chapel, J an c Esq., of Ashton, near Warrington, to Mal Ann, third daughter of George Roskell, Esq., of Flint. On the sth inst., at Ardrossan, Joseph Duncan 11I'Vicca r i Esq.. of Liv er p oo l, t o J ane Al nn t gomer i e , e ld es t daughter of Robert Hunter, Esq., of Ardrossau, Ayrshire. On the sth inst., at St. Alardebone Church, Adderlcy Howard, Esq. of Long Sutton, to hlary Jane, eldest daughte r of P. S. Cuitois, Esq. , of Witham House, Lincoln. On the 7th inst., at Trinity Church, Clotitlesley-Frio r _ e ' Henry Waketiehl, Esq., of Aibion-place, to Mademoiselle 'it' Henriette Grande champs, of Mecklenburgh-street, burgh- square. DIED. On the sth inst., at Blenheim, George Duke of Marlborough' aged 74. On the 4th inst., at Barnes, the Lady Alicia Hope, daugh ter of John, fourth Earl of Hopetown, aged 18. Hud-; Lately, at Paris, Marv, the eldest dau g ht e r of Edward dleston, of Purse Caundle , Dorset, Esq., and niece of Richara liuddlet-ton, of Sanston-hall, Catnhridge, Esq On the 4th inst., sudden'y, Mr. Robert Jupp, of Portman' place, Edgeware • road, aged 68. On the sth inst.. James Barnes, Esq., of Botyhtonunder- Bleat]. Kent, aged 75. On the sth inst., Mrs. Brownell, of Elm-grove, Peckham' aged 62. On the sth inst., in Maida-vale, Mr. Shenton Willett Flood, of her Alajesty's Customs, aged S 6 On the 6th inst., Alfred, youngest son of Mr. Butterfield' of Norfolk-wharf, Strand. Beans iuntry. Beans. 4•s Od Od —5 Od EVENING EDITION. I'HE SUN, LONDON,' MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1840. EVENING EDITION