The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-02 00:00:00

VENING EDITION. 0 L Li !i A 3r.1 • T .r.ftEAT DEMONSTR e.1 . 10N OF THE WORK ' lIG CLASSES AGAINST CORN-LAWS —ATTEMPT OF THE TORIES TO BRIBE THE CHARTISTS TO CREATE CONFUSION. The, largest public meeting ever held within doors in Wolverhampton took place on Tuesday last. It was a meeting called exclusively by the working men, eio of whom addressed a requisition to their fellow-workmen, calling upon them to meet for the purpose of petitioning i for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn- laws. The use of the public office was granted for the occasion, and t the hour was fixed for seven in the evening. Long be ; fere that time, however, crowds were observed proceeding \ to the appointed place, and before the appointed hour the. Iroom, which is the largest in the town, was completely filled Crowds upon crowds, however, continued still to arrive, filling the street, waiting anxiously till the heated state of the room had compelled some to retire, and then limmediately taking their places, or else exerting them. selvee and incommoding others in the vain endeavour to obtain admittance. Precisely at seven o'clock, Mr. Robert Willcock, a tin-plate worker, and a man much respected by all classes, was called to the Chair (which office he very ably filled), and the businees of the meeting i commenced. In the first instanci there was some little interruption, owing to the very crowded state of the room within, and to the " pressure from without." There was an effort made to procure an adjournment to some place in the open air, but as this was construed by the meeting, we believe erro neously, into an attempt to defeat its objects. it was Indignantly refused. By degrees the •ast assembly set tled down into something like order, which was maintained to the close, notwithstanding the "hot-pressing" they un derwent. The speeches delivered were excellent, and would have done honour to any assembly. They were characterised by a just appreciation of the monstrous evils which are inflicted by these Devil's-laws, by indignation at the conduct of th e grasping landowners, in thus plunder ing and starving an industrious people, and by a firm de termination to resist to the utmost such robbery, to obtain if possible justice from the lawmakers, and not to submit to what they denominated tyranny, except upon compul sift. There was no violence, no ravings about physical force as an instrument for the redress of wrongs; all was calm, orderly, legal, but determined. The workmen there assenibed invoked the assistance of their fellow-workmen all over the kingdom in this their attempt to obtain justice. They stated that they were in distress, and they implored their aid to obtain untaxed food for their families; they stated that if this aid was afforded them, there could be no doubt of the result ; that if other towns would only exhibit the same determination, and concentrate their efforts upon this point, there would be no doubt of their power to wring from the Legislature, however reluctant, the right tO sell their labour to those who would give them most food in return. All this is exceedingly creditable to the working men of Wolverhampton. Such a rneeting as the present does more in reality to advance the cause of an extension of the suffrage, than all the clamour of the Chartists. It proves that the workmen of Wolverhampton, at least, are deserv. ing of votes, becouse they are capable of exercising them. I Contrast this meeting, notwithstanding the bribes and ex citement to violence of the so-called " upper classes " ifwhich we are about to expose, with the late meeting of the county of Midsiesex, where the Tories were so disorderi!, , as to hare the riot act read in a room, and then let an one ask which was the more orderly, the more respectable, the inure worthy of bring entrusted with power ? There was, however, an attempt made to disturb the meeting at Wolverhampton, which is highly disgraceful to the parties concerned. Durinw the week chick preceded the meeting, bills were plentifully posted over the town, stating that various resoitnions and amendments would ce moved ; one bill, in particular, purported to emanate from the Chartists ; it called upon " Britons to arouse them selves ;" it designated the object of meeting as " The Anti-Corn-law humbug;" it dwelt upon the rights of the People, and that " taxation without representation was tyranny." All thi s was vo l u ntarily denied by the known hartists of the .town, as they stated that they approved of the meeting, and had no wish to disturb its peace; and subsequent events have proved that It issued from the Tories of Wolverhampton. The object was to produce disturbance, and at any risk to cause the meeting to end in tumult. It is a fact that can be substantiated, that bribes were actually offered by cer tain Tories to Cha r ti s t s to i n d uce th em to move and sup .port an amendment, and to the credit of the working men of the town they were refused. The base Tories, how ever, found one man " whose poverty and not hk will conseeited," and him they made their tool upon th - occasion. Upon the petition being put by the Chairman, he rose• to move an amendment, and proceeded to speaL upon Universal Suffrage, and the usual Chartist topics, when a . scene of indescribable uproar ensued. It was in vain that the Chairman and the requisitionists ex erted themselves to obtain him a hearing. The meeting scouted the attempt. Ho was received with shouts of " Bribed, bribed !" with hisses, and groans, and execra tions; and, after a considerable time, was compelled to desist. There were many Chartists at the meeting, but they honestly refused to become the tools of the Tories ; they stated that they adhered to their opinions, but they were not to be bribed into the advoescy of dear bread. With the exception above mentioned the meeting pass, d off vary peaceably, the only other interruption coming from a small knot of people styling themselves " Operative Conservatives," who intruded themselves there, and did all le their power to prevent others from hearing, till a threat of oxpaision, accompanied by very significant movements, seduced these conceited gentry to their native insignitl - This attempt to bribe the Chartists, on the part of the Tories. must recoil upon the party to their utter disgrace. Who could have thought it possible that the self-styled Conservatives could have descended so low as to pander to those whom they regard as the disturbers of society ? Is it possible for degradation to be deeper ? Here was e meeting called for a legitimate object, and the Tories would rather that they should triumph whose views, if carried out would, they believe, result in the disorganization c . of society, than that honest men should get their rights They prefer bribing people to create confusion to coming openly to state their own opinions. Such conduct is as insult to the working men, whose meeting they would have disturbed, and it is a disgusting exhibition of the foulness of party spirit. We give below the petition agreed to at the meeting ; it is couched in language seldom heard in St. Stephens's. " PETITION " To tie Honourable the Commons of Greet Britain ant. Ireland in Parliament assembled, " The bumble petition of the working men of Wo . , verhampton, in the county of Stafford, in public meeting assembled, " Showeth,—That your petitioners have ion; endured and still suffer the greatest deprivations and hariships arisitig from a reduced rate of wages, and an incres4ed price of font, and which they attribute to a limited demand for their laboar, and a contracted supply of the first necessartee of life, " That your petitioners are perfectly satisfied that the Corsi-laws are the direct and immediate cause, of this state of suffering ; and that they cannot but consider the in creased price of food, occasioned by the Corn-laws, a direct ro'obery of the working classes for the benefit of the land owners. g That your petitioners deprecate all legislation for class interests, moro particularly what is called the Agricultural Interest; inasmuch as it stands least in need of any protec tion, the demand for agricultural produce being unitortn and certain ; and moreover, this being an importing coun try, it mast necessarily always be the dearest market for all descriptions of food. '• Teat our petitioners moat humbly, yet firmly, declare that the• eeuld willingly obey the laws fir the sake of law tied order, add for the ..vell-beieg of society ; but con sidering tee Corn-laws, as they do, a direct robbery of the workieg cla'ses, they can only submit to it from physical force, us they would of necessity submit to any other tyranny. " That your petitioners had hoped that the Reform Bill would have so altered the constitution of your Honourable House, as would have led to an immediate repeal of the Corn-laws ; but seeing, as they do, that although the Re form Bill has now been passed seven years, yet this incubus on the labour of the nation is still pressing the people into a state of misery and insubordination; they cannot, therefore, but conclude the Bill has altogether failed in itegreat object', and that the landowners have still an undue influence in elections, and to . great a preponderance in your Honoura ble House, for the safety and just interests of the rest of the community. " Your petiticners, therefore, humbly pray your H mour able Haase will immediately and totally repeal the Corn- laws. Anti your petitioners will ever pray. ----- COMMISSION OF LUNACY. —O n Wednesday the proceedings under a 'writ de lunatico inquirendo, for the , purpose of aseertaining the state of mind of John Alexander Weir, F.,q. ' of l'ope's Hall, Lenham, K ent , an d now an inmate of West on House Lunatic Asylum, St. Pancras, were brought to a conciwi It. The inquiry occupied three wh - de days, and a great number of witnesses were examined. Mr. Hotherin,_ ton appeared in support of the Commission, and Mr. Heath field on behalf of Mr. Weir, and almost throughout the whole of the investigation the unfortunate gentleman was present, and conducted himself in an appar en t! ' rat i onal manner. It appeared that his insanity was produced by intemperance. Mr. Heatlitield, in an ingenious address on behalf of Mr. Weir, attributed his acts to the folly of a seaman to indulge in frolics while under the influence of liquor, and to the ill-treatment he had experienced since his return to England. The Chief Com missioner summed up at considerable length, and the Ju-v re tired to consider their verdict. After an absence of about half an hour, they returned into Court, and Richard Carpen. ter, Esq., the foreman, announced that twelve of his brother Jarors had come to verdict finding Mr. Weir now of unsound mind, and incapable of governing himself and his property, and that he had been so since the 4th of October, 1839, and that the remaining four Jurors dissented from the verdict. It being only necessary to obtain a verdict of twelve, the inquisition recording him insane was then made out and signed. THE LATE AFFAIR AT DLINKERTON.—The Rev. C. F. Bampfylde denies a statement which has been pablished. that the two sufferers at. Dunkerton (the gardener and his wife) " are still lingering in *.he uncertainty of reco ' very er death, and with means wholly exhausted either tot sub sistence or medical aid." The Rev. Gentleman has weekly paid them since, the same wages , s he did p.-ior to, the dread ' ful occurrence, and intends to do so. EXTRAORDINARY MORTA LITY IN CEIORLEY. —lt is an appalling fact that the number of deaths in Charley, sues the Ist of. January last, i 3 100, white in the whole of the eight preceding months, there were only 92 deaths. The pre vailing epidemic has in several instances terminated fatally. Boitan Free Press. CLITHEROL—Mr. Fort, the Member for Cli theroe, has recently issued an address to the electors of that borough, in contradiction of a rumour which has been circu lated, to the effect that it was not his intention again to offer kinsself as a candidate, in the event of a general election. CAItLTON HOUSE.—The Duke and Duchess of Leiseter's grand fete, in honour of the Marqui s of Kildare attaining his majority, is fixed for the 30th inst. After the brilliant festivities in preparation the Duke and Duchess will leave for Carlton-terrace, for the season. Lady Caroline Stan , hope. Lord William Fitzgerald, and Lord Gerald Fit zgerald, ar the family circle at present on a visit to the Duke and anch"-• LA W IN I.II,I4LiGENC:II. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Frs. 27. (B.tore Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) (Sittings at Guildhall) LIBEL.—KNIBLE v. BUNNY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a Bap tist Missionary in the Island of Jamaica, again•t the defendant, the proprietor of the Jain Bull newspaper, to recover damages for the publication of a libel re flecting on his character. Only ten __„..entlemen answering to their names the ATTORNEY-GENERAL on bebalt of the plaintiff prayed a tales. The Jury having been sworn, Mr. COCKBURN opened the pleadings. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this was an action I for one of the most ; wanton and malignant libels ever put in print. It appeared in the John Bull newspaper, of the 9th of May, 1839. The plaintiff was born at Kettering in Northamptonshire in 180-2, and was bound apprentice to a printer in Bristol, where he re mained until the year 1821. During his residence in Bristol he became acquainted with the Rev. Robert Hall, an eminent Baptist minister ; and such were his acquirements, that the congregation of that Rev. Gen tleinan recommended him to the Society in London for an appointment as missionary to the island of .Jamaica ; he was appointed accordingly, and had continued labouring as a preacher and teacher in that island ever since. But he unfortunately had enemies, and this libel was pub.. fished, which, if true, rendered him literally unfit to be tolerated in society. The ►ibel commenced by an ex tract from a Jamaica Newspaper ; then the Editor went on with certain original matter of his own, which was the libel complained of. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read the libel ; the extract from the Jamaica . paper attributed to the Baptist Missionaries the refusal of the people to work for such wages as the planters could afford to give, and the editor proceeded to say in his own character, that he had submitted this extract not only on account of the encouragement afforded to those Missionaries of the saintly underlings of Down-; ing-street, and the hypocrites of Aldermanbury, but because he was enabled to lay before his reader, an affidavit exhibiting the character of the Rev. William Knibbs. There was, said the Attorney-6e neral, something new in the character of libel in placing the libellous matter in the form of a supposed affidavit —nothing could be more ingeniously malignant. It purported to be the affidavit of Thomas Jones, and set forth that Mr. Knibbs was the half-brother of the de- ponent's mother. This was a falsehood. it then set forth that Mr. Knibbs had been an apprentice to a baker at Devizes, had run away, become stage-coachmen, and been discharged by his employers for upsetting the coach when drunk. This Wtt3 false from beginning to end. It then went on to accuse Mr. Knibbs of having stolen a jowl of bacon from a person named Goodwin, at Frome, in Sotners,tshire, and of having afterwards denied it, in consequence of which de ponent's father had turned Knibbs out of his house, and that he had subsequently gone to Jamaica. That 19 deponent had :peen in an hospital in Jamaica, lad applied to Knibbs for assistance, and been refused ! Such was the libel, and if there were any truth in it, Mr. Knibbs was utterly unworthy to he eiv:rusted with the education of :Iny sect of Christians, This action :tad been brought to give the defendant an. opportunity of justifying, if he could. He had not da.re_d to do so. He had not attempted to prove the truth of his assertion, but had contented himself with saying " Not guilty," thereby meaning either to deny the publication, or to say that this was no libel. He should prove, from the Stamp-office, that the defendant was proprietor of the paper. He should call) Mr. Fuller, the printer, with whom the plaintiff had served his time, who would speak as to his high character while with him ; and he knew not bow it could be contended that this was not one of the most wanton, unprovoked, and malignant libels ever put in print, and it was for the Jury to say to what dainatres he was entitled. The clerk to the plaintiff's attorney produced the affidavit from the Stamp-office, of the defendant stating that he was the sole proprietor of the John Bull newspaper. The libel was then put in, and read. _ _ _ _ Mr. J. S. Fuller—Had carried on the business of a printer at Bristol ; knows the plaintiff ; had knows; nim at Kettering before 1816 ; he was apprenticed to witness in 1816 ; he was then about thirteen ; he re mained more than seven years with witness ; he went to Jamaica in 1824, as a Baptist missionary ; his ;nother's name was Mary Dexter. Cross-examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—Doss not know Jones, and does not know whether plaintiff has ever prosecuted Jones in Jamaica ; first knew of this action from Mr. Knibbs' attorney at Bristol ; has not seen Knibbs since. It is a common mode to cut out slips from a newspaper for the purpose of transferring them to others. Re-examined—ls a Baptist, and the plaintiff has never been dismissed from that persuasion. Sir W. FOLLETT, for the defendant, said that he did not mean to say that the editor of every newspaper was not answerable for everything he published, but there was a great difference in.the malignity of a libel whether it was an original invention, or only a copy. This was a copy from a Jamaica newspaper, and an action had been or might have been, brought by Mr. Knibbs against the Jamaica paper, and they were now called upon, without knowing the result of those prove , dings, if instituted, to ;Ivo a ver&ct against the editor of the Julio Bull. No application had been made to the editor of the John Bull remonstrance ; but the first notice he had of this .action was the writ being sued out against him. He could issurc the Jury that the whole was a copy from the Jamaica paper, notwithstanding the Attorney -General :,ad beeninstructed to state that such was not the case. I'he editor of the John Bull had taken up the opinion -hat the labours of the Jiissinnaries in the West Indies vere not productive of good. Now he certainly had a ight to hold his own opinion and comment upon their proceedings. The commencement of the article stated iistinctly that what followed was an extract from the Jamaica Papers. The Learned Counsel then read the commencement of the article, to show that it was an extract from the Jamaica Despatch, and went on :0 contend that if Mr. Knibbs had sustained any damage it was ❑ot by the publication in the John Bull, which had been made mevely for the purpose of showing the people of Eagland what was the opinion expressed by the Jamaica Papers on the subject. No one who had any regard for the character of Mr. Knilahs could have instructed the Attorney-General to treat the affidavit as an original invention of the editor of the Jchn Bull, while it was, in fact, an extract from the Jamaica paper. He could not deny that inpoint of law the plaintiff svas entitled to a verdict. But it was important, i■ considering the question of damages, to know whether it was an original invention or an extract made from a Colonial paper according to the ordinary practice. Surely Mr. Knibbs' friends should have given some opportunity for explanation to the editor of the John Bull. Had Mr. Knibbs sustained any actual damage or actual injury in consequence of such publi cation ? Certainly not. He was not attempting to justify the libel ; he was not contending it was true ; but he was contending that he had sustained no da mage ; and on the part of the defendant he was autho rised to say, that he would, if he had been applied to, have done everything that could be suggested to remedy the wrong which he had committed. Lord DEN'IAN, in summing up, said he saw no rea son to doubt that this was an extract from a Jamaica paper, but if an editor of a paper chose to make ex• tracts from any other paper, reflecting on the character of an individual, he must be held responsible for baying done so ; arid it could not be supposed that any person, not knowing the plaintiff, could read this article without Mr. Knibbs' character suffering in his es- timation. Had the matter related to - occurrences in Jamaica, the observations of the Learned Counsel, in mitigation of damages, might be en titled to some consideration, but when it was recol lected that the libel referred to circumstances supposed to have occurred in England, and was couched in the shape of a voluntary affidavit made before two justices who had no right whatever to suffer any affidavit re flecting on a man's character to be taken before them, he thought the editor of a paper ought to have been very cautious how he admitted such an ar ticle With regard to any application being made to the defendant for explanation, he could not consider that a man who had been grievously injured could be called upon to throw himself upon the mercy of hi% calumni ators, and give him an opportunity, perhaps, of repeat ing the c a l umn y ; b ut h e thought lie was fullyjustified in applying at once to the laws of his country for re tirtss. The Jury, having retired for half an hour, returnci. with a verdict for the tiainiifi—Damages 701. Siltings after Mbry T c • Fra. 29. before Lord DENMAN and a Spi•r.i:+l Jury. ) REDMAN V THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY. In this ca:e the acton was hr iught to recover compen sation in &triages for an injury suvained by the Gil I3laA, a vessel belonging to the pldintitT which had bs en run down by the steam packet Adelaide, the property of the defendants. The Attorney-General, Sir W. Follett, and Mr. Martin conducted the case for the plaintiff; and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Austin, and Mr. M. Smith appeared for the defen dants. The evid , nee, Yi4 in all cases of running: down, wa s o f a very conflicting charactr, tho witnesses for each party im puting blame to the opposing vesse;. Lord DENMAN summed up the whole of the testimony, and left it to t'r.e Jury to sa•; to which set of witness es they were inclined to attach the greater degree of credit. The Jury, after an hour and forty minute;' deliberation, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for salvage, repairs, and incidental expenses; amount subject to a referee. It is rumoured that Prince Albert is very d e . sirous of seeing her :Majesty's Marine Palace at Brighton, and that it is not unlikely that her INlajesty and her Royal Consort. may honour us with a visit at Easter.—Brighton Gazette. CH ICII ESTEEt POST-OFFICE. — The number of letters received at this post-office under the old rate was about 1,462 per week. On the fourpenny rate, the number inereaaed to 1.808. I n the first week of the reduction to one peony, the number of letters received was 3,699. The numbers received for the two weeks ending the 16th and February respectively, were 8,375 iud 3MS. —Brighter, Gazette. I'HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 2. 1840 SPIKI.I` of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FIOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) The present tactics of the Tory Opposition is makin; a species of cat's-paw of a small section of the Liberal party ; and setting Messrs. flume, Leader, and Co to pick their chestnuts from the fire. With this som • what unequally formed alliance (for, were its object successful, the catspaws would simply find then selves singed, while the chestnuts would accrue to the 'fories)—and with the negative aid of di{ occasional or chance absence of another section of th , party who are arrayed against them on every decisiv, vote, the Tories have contrived (pace the Post), t, swindle a few majorities after losing the decisive one or the questions of confidence. What the public have ti consider, in this new play of political faction, is simpl . ‘ whether it tends to promote any besides factious oh jests. If it has no legitimate bearing upon public in terests, the public will do justice on its authors and defeat its purpose. The object, says Si James Graham, is to pass a vote of censor, on Ministers. The object, says Sir Robert Peel, is to secure the independence of Comptrollers of the Ex. chequer. The object, says Mr. Leader, is to establist the principle that Governments shall give offices, not t• their partisans, but to their opponents. Nov which these laudable objects is really served by the resolution of Thursday ? A vote of censure they arc not ; for the, authors thirst not so frame them as to express a direct cen. sure of the pension given to Sir John Newport. They d, not secure the independence of future Comptrollers of th, Exchequer ; because that is secured already by tin' Act on which they are appointed, so far as legislation can secure independence to those who receive promo. tion. And finally, they do not establish the principl, that future Governments shall promote their party op. ponents instead of promoting their friends, because on party, who act on that principle, can ever become, or remain—a Government. (From the Standard) The Ministerial journals, unable to deny the defeat o their patrons on Thursday night, try to palliate that sig nat disgrace by ascribing it to an union of the Conservd tive-and•extreme Radical parties. It may be well tc expdse this fallacy at once, and we can easily do bylw:elerring to the list of the majority. In that list i01.1'" true, will be found the names of Messrs Hume, Leader, Sir William Molesworth, an. IV akky, and, perhaps, one or two other Radicals o lesS note, ,ant certainly so many as nine, Radicals not discesirable in the list—whereas, in the minori ne see, be.iides. Mr. O'Connell and the whole of Tail, without,,. any omission, all the British Rad; cats, except the few we have named, down eve in, the lately elected Radical M , mher for Southwark Mr. Wood, and the Republican Mr. Muntz. If, then, th. Radicals who voted in the majority had abstained alto gether from voting, Ministers would still be in minority of about twenty. If these Radicals had voted with their party, Ministers would have been in a minority of at least ten, and is not a mi parity at tea upon a vote censuring an act of th , Government a sufficient disgrace ? In other times thi Ministers, who upon such a vote could not command majority at least exceeding the number of their place men (about forty) would feel the necessity of resigning and no longer ago than last May, Lord Melbourne threvv up office, or pretended to do so, upon a discomfiture fe less unequivocal than that of Thursday— a discomfiture upon a question too involving no censure upon his Govern meat. (From the Courier.) From the soreness of our friend the Chronicle abou the meeting of Middlesex Freeholders, and the mortifi cation at its result, +ye are led to understand tho parti cular degree of importance attached to it in certaii. quarters. A successful demonstration at the Freema ,ons' Tavern, in a contrary sense, might have atoned, ii seems, for disgrace and defeat in the House of Com mons, and so Chronicle leaders, all fire and tow, were poured forth day by day, to summon and reinforce the confederate band of ruffians for action who before invaded the past and assumed to perform the functions of that re spectable class of men, the Middlesex freeholders. The conspiracy failed, however, and the swell mob and hired bullies at half-a-crown each far the day's job were igno miniously overpowered. The Chronicle, with impu dence most diverting and amid writhing most fantastic on one occasion, denounces it as a " hole and corner meeting," in the face of the advertisements calling the meeting, and the fact that all who desired, and could justify a title as Freeholders, might have procured tickets, and thus obtained an entrance as of right. 'steel" for the nest three months. Several others shared the same fate. TWYFOIID observed that the police were very sue .es,iful in clearing the streets of such a multitude of thieves, ;ho t at this season of the year particularly, are a pest to very part of town. la3pector Black said that a number of men from each iivision were ordered by the Commissioners to be on duty it the theatre, in order, not only to apprehend thieves, but a identify any of them who might not be known to the Anstables in this part of the town. Mr. Twypono said that such an arrangement had the ffcct of preventing any thief, no matter from what quarter is came, to follow his vocation at the theatres, to evade justice ; and he hoped it wottld be follewed with the same .exult on future occasions. LOINDON UNIVLIZSI COLLEtzE. A meeting of the proprietors of this Institution was held on Wednesday, Sir George Grey, Bart., in the chair. From the report, it appeared that one of the officer: had ab sconded with a considerable sum of money, this being the second case of the kind within two years. In the course of a discussion as to the reception of the Report, Colonel L. STANHOPE said he objected to the system of managing the affairs of that Institution, which be deemed to be the great cause o its failure In the first place he found that the IF esich nt, L''rd fir.et-„thom, the Vice-Pr. sulent, the Duke of Soinerset ; and those gent) - men who were candidates for becoming members of the Council, had all been proposed by the Elector-General, Mr. Tooke.--( Laughter.) This was not as things should be. The other management of the institution was like the building itself, all stairs and cupola. or an eagle with out wings. —( Hear, bear, and laughter.) They found by the report that they had only 165 pupils in the faculty of arts. Was not that a failure ?—( Hear, hear)—and if it was, what were the causes? In the first place there was what he could term no other than a species of self-election; secondly, they had made the establish. ment too much of a medical school; and last, thoueh not least, they had determined on carrying out the princi ple of education without religion.—( Hear.) They were in a country 'n which religion was considered, and which ought to be, the foundation and basis of every educational institu tion.—( Hear.) It was all very well for my Lord Brougham to battle this question by stating that that institution was merely a family school but he could not controvert the fact that religion was the foundation of morality, science, and art. They had several- professors, who were earning a scanty pittance; but, nevertheless, be considered that an institution like the London University would never flourish whilst it was without that most essential of professors— namely, a professor of divinity. Mr. WARBURTON, M. P., answered the Gallant Colonel. Mr. Tooke bad acted for the Council in naming a suffici, et number of proprietors to be Councillors against the day of election, as the shareholders had not done so twenty-ono days betor .. the day of general election. As for the poverty of the professors, so much animadverted upon by the Gallant Colonel, he could assure him that 9,9021. w re divided amongst them.—( Hoar, hear.) As for t heir unpo. polarity, he would refer to the legacy of 25,000/. lett the University last year. Was that a sign of unpopularity ? True there ad been a falling ,:ff of the pupils in the me dical department; but this University only participated in a falling off that was felt by every medical school in toa and country. The report I, as adopted, and the meeting proceeded to ballot for the officers of the institution for the present year, the result of which was as follows :---Lord Brougham, Pr, sident : Duk of Somerset, Vice- President ; Tr.., - surer, William 1 ooke, Esq, ; Council, Major-General .1, Alexander, G. G de Hochepied Larpent, Esq., J, W. Milne. Esq., and H. Warburton, Esq., M. P. ; Auditor, John A, Hankey, Esq. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, who returne.l thanks, and the meeting eparated. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT —HERrronD, Tzwaspar. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALI3. ) (;barley Green, aged thirty-six, and William Fleekney, aged gent}-five, were indict:Al for burglariously entering the dwelling house of Charles Lipsconabe, in the parish of Ridge, with intent to steal. Evidence was called, which clearly made out the charge against the prisoners. Mr. Justice LITFLEDALE summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Maria Brice. for poisoning her husband. She will, however, be tried at the next Assizes, upon the Coroner's inquisition. FEES. 29. CROWN CIRCUIT. --- (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.) NIGHT POACHING AND AFFRAY WITH K3E:PEI:S.—George Morris, eged tweht)-three, was indicted tur having, with divers other persons, unlawfully entered a close in the oc cupation of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., armed with guns and other offensive weapons, for the purpose of des roying game; and the indictment also charged that the defendant and others, on the said enclosed land, did offer violence to and assault one William Hatton, a servant of the prosecutor. Witnesses were called to prove the charges, and Mr. Dowling was about to address the Jury for the defence, when one of them was suddenly seized with a fit, and fell senseless in the box. The medical gentleman wbo had lust been examined immediately went to his assistance and he was removed, and after some delay Mr. Watkins, the surgeon, came into Court and stated that the unfortunate gentleman had been seized with an apoplectic fit, and he had bled and done all he could for him, but his situation was such that it would be impossible for him to resume his duty as a juryman. The original Jury was then discharged, and a fresh one empanelled, and the whole of the evidence was repeated. Mr. Dowttiso then addressed the Jury, and said that he should call witnesses to prove an alibi on the part of the prisoner. Several witnesses were accordingly examined for thkt purpose, but their evidence fell tar short of the require,. proof. Mr. Justice LITTLE DALE summed up, and the Jury re, :urned a verdict of Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W- STREET. William Wezion was brought in the custody of 110 A division, charged on suspiciou of stealing a valuable opera glass from the person of Mr. Clare, a musician. It appeared that on the arrival of her Majesty last night at the theatre, a number of well-known thieves made a rush into the pit entrance, and the constable having his eye on the prisoner's motions, he observed, that 0., taking him into custody he dropped the opera-glass produced at ois feet, which was subsequently identified by •, he owner at the station-house, but as he had to leave town he could not appear to prefer the charge. On searching the prisoner two excellent silk-handkerchiefs, a few counterfeit shil lings, and a pair of kid gloves, which had not been long in use, were found upon him. Mr. TA' TFORD ordered him to be brought up again to morrow, when the prosecutor would be in attendance to give evidence against him. Three other thieves, named Allen, Plunter, and Lyons, were also convicted of picking pockets in Little Russell. street. The prisoner Lyons said that he sax the handkerchief lying at his feet, and on picking it up he was instantly seized and taken to the station-house. The prisoner Plumer could give no account of the reason why he was lucked up, except that he looked in the constable's face. Mr. TwYFORD said that be would slve them the trouble of pl)ipg outside the doors of the theetre f, - ,r the next three months, by sending them to bald labour in the House of Correc!ion. Thomas Booth and John Walton, who were well known to the police as the associates of thieves, were detected about half-past six o'clock in Little Russell -street, sound ing the pockets, of several ladies in search of " swag," a n d on communicating the circumstance to Blosset, a beadle of Covent-garden Market, some person passing by made an observation which alarmed the prisoners, who caused them to move their quarters ; but as Blosset had previonsly been watching their movements, he assisted in taking them into eustody. The prisoner Walton made a violent resistance, and it took three men to seen!, him. Having made a riv, bling defenc , , th y wer. , sent to h,trd ,bour for three months. -.- Charles Barrett aid George Fowler were- brought u ht 125 H. who, while on duty in pl. , in clothes in Littje RuP,ll-,treat, found them near to the royal car riages, rubbing down the dresses of several ladies, who came to witness the arrival of her Majesty, but riot succeding, they directed their attention to the pocket of an elderly gentleman, who, however, w as compelled to yield to the " pressure from without" before they had time to reliev! him. They then turned the corner of the street, and Fowler thrust his hand into the pocket of a lady who wss atanding with a gentleman, but befor e s h e could be cautioned of the d.inger she was in the prisoners wer" about to bolt, when they fell in.o the arms of the con stable. Three months' hard labour, Thomas Peak. Edward Duggan, and a third not in custody, were observed by Joseph Tyler, a butcher of Crown street, Soho, creeping with their fingers over the cost tail of An elderly gentleman, with "spectacles oa nose," from whom they took a silk handkerchief, and be_ the garments o f severa l I n di es; fore h e cou ld o b ta i n ass i Etance t h ey pa id their addresses to his n e d s escape, having forced might apprehending that they escape, he clasped his arms round them , but durin4 the strug g l e the the pris oners ' com p an i on stooped down and effected n i t ' hhae th eist am pri soners nner then cnot v e ed offe. m s ho made tehe a violent resistance, . o na y coffee-sho station house, Three months' hard labour. D. Hill, another well-known pickpocket , was also con victed of a similar offence, and ordered to be sent to the MANSION-HOUSE. SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPTS TO ROE POOR SCOTCHNIEN.—. l'he Lord Mayor received several letters on Friday and -iaturday relative to a most inF,enious and iniquitous chrmc to plunder poor scotchmen, upon pretence of siring them pecuiLiary assistance. The best wly of ex ,laining the system is by the introduction of some of the .:ortespondence. " Fanc-street, Aldersgate-street, Feb 29, 1840. "My Lord—l enclose a letter which we have received from a correspondent in Scotland. Your Lordship by reading will see a system of fraud developed which out ekes Joseph Ady and his followers by long odds I have )een to 64. Goswell-road ; it is a miserable, nondescript ,lace, bet: , con a beer-shop and a coffee-house. The other Address, Upper Penton-street, Islington, I can make no hing of. Perhaps if your Lordship were to request the attendance of these trustees and their agents, something •nay he learned. I have no doubt that that this scheme •s taking well through the extreme north of Scotland, and hat Charles B. Stuart and Co., will draw more money 'or band stamps out of Scotland than was ever drawn be 'ore. I put these documents into your Lordship's hands, sell knowing that you will take such steps as will guard the unwary from so palpable a fraud. •• I remain, with respect, " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " B. BESLEY. " Firm of Thoroughgood and Co." " To Messrs. Thorogood and Co " Aberdeen, Feb. 22, 1840. " G•ntlemen,—l request you will have the goodness to •ttend to the following : —About two weeks ago I saw an Advertisement in the Aberdeen Journal, headed • The Douglas Benevolent Loan,' stating that a gentleman .broad had left 10,000/. to be lent to Scotchmea and .omen resident in Scoti and, in sums from 00/. to 2001. for hree years, at 4 per cent., on their own personal security, , pplication to be made (with reference to, or a cerificate . rem , a clergyman) to Mr. Alexander Frazer, 64. Gos cell-street, London. Accordingly I applied to Mr. Frazer it 1001. and have received the inclosed letter it, answer. Vow, those gentlemen who recommend me wiAt me to in iuire if the advertisement be really true, and if you ascer sin that to be the fact, pay the amount for me. You will from this letter that the gentleman to whom I applied 3 Mr. Frazer. but the gentleman who signs the inclosed is Air. Charles B. Stuart. • " Yours respectfully, "3, Upper Pcnton-street, Islington, London. Sir,—The Trustees of the Douglas Loan have reported eavourably on your application. You will, therefore, remit (post-paid) 1/.105., the price of a bond stamp in your case. It will be prepared and forwarded forthwith to a profes •ional gentleman in your neighbourhood, who will witness ! our signature and pay you the money. " I remain, your most obedient servant, "CHARLES B. STUART, " Agent to the Trustees." "N B.—No letter attended to after the 2sth of this tnonth. 1001. In another letter to a friend in London, the cautious •haracter of the Scotehman, and his good sense, are also trongly testified in the following : " I shall remit Mr. Frazer in a couple of days. telling iim that you are to pay him 11. 104 for me. This will give you two days to ascertain the fact before they shall hear from me, and of course you will be satisfied that there is Ito risk of losing thirty shillings. As lam a stranger in London, it is best to be cautious. You, of course, will Jot make the parties aware that I was in doubt about the matter, and I trust that I will have no occasion to think I )eght to doubt. As I have been till lately a journeyman, I could not be expected to have much capital, and 1001. would, for three years, be of great service to me." Letters to the same effect from Glasgow, Kirkcud ,rright, Dumfries, and other parts of Scotland, were also read by his Lordship. The Lotto MAYOR said it appeared that the gentlemen of the London firm for dispensing the benefits of the " Douglas Benevolent Loan " had very largely circulated heir intention of receiving money to pay the expenses of the bond stamps," but he believed they were wrong in their calculations in looking to Scotland for dupes. His Lordship did not think that the scheme, however it might succeed elsewhere, would exactly tell north of the Tweed. He immediately dispatched Daniel Forrester to make in quiries after the " Trustees of the Douglas Charity." Daniel Forrester in due time reported that he had made the necessary inquiries. Ho found that the landlady at No. 3, Upper Penton-street, was a very respectable wornan--she told him that a person, who looked like a gentleman, and called himself Mr. Charles B. Stuart, had called and looked at her 1. ogings, and said that he did not koow but he ahnuld take them; and he asked her whether he could not in the meantime have letters directed to him there. She replied in the affirmative, but finding afterwards that there were some advertisements in the Papers,. directing persons to her , ;louse, she refused to take in any lette-s addressed to the gentleman, and returned fourteen or fifteen of them to the postman. At the beer-shop, which was a place of cours:. .)pen to all customers, he could learn nothing at all of the :rustees of the " Douglas Benevolent Loan " Tne LORD MAYOR said that he had no doubt that pub licity would be given to the villanous project by the Pre,s, the great enemy to vermin like Mr. Stuart end Mr. Fraz?r, and that very little mischief was likely to be done by the firm in the particular way described. G UILDHALL. John Burke, a lad in the service of Mr. Cole, News vender, St Saviour's Churchyard, ssas brought up for re examination before Mr. Alderman K, lly. Hr was en gusted to carry a bag of Newspapers to the General p ogt _ofEce, and purloined one of the Papers before he lelivered the bag, Mr. Cole said he did not wish to press the charge any farther, because he hoped, by that course, to get evidence against a receiver, and because another step had been taken, which would check the practice. Since the last hearing the committee of the news trade had waited upon the proprietors of the newspapers, and explained to them that the root of the mischief was the unfair competition of some interlopers, who offered to supply the public on the day of publication 30 or 40 per cent. under cost price, to carry out which undertaking they purchased stolen papers at three halfpence each. The people in the country natu rally wished to buy the papers at a cheap rate, though they would shrink from receiving such bargains if they knew that they were obtained by encouraging boys to rob their masters, and that the newspapers they bought cheap belonged to somebody who had paid a full price for them, .11(1 who were disappointed and inconvenienced by their iv...arrival. The newspa,•er prprietors, consite t he annoyance occasioned to th! sr regal ;r subscribers. had agreed to eo more advertisements oft• ring to sup ply newspapers at an unfair price. Many people h d been swindled by one of these advertisers, who, by promising to sell a quarter's papers for 1/. ls. ( which cost in the outset 1/. 6s ), soon obtained sixty or seventy orders, with the money in advance. The next step was to advertise a small news business for sale, and the unfortunate dupe who was saddled with it found out too late that the cash had been paid in advance, and if it were otherwise he could not supply the papers honestly, and obtain a living profit. He hoped the Magistrate would allow the boy to be discharged for the purpose of getting at th e receiver. Mr. Alderman KELLY, after inquiring into the boy's previous character, and tdmonishin i .f, him on his miscon duct, released him, on his father's undertaking to product , him when required. UNION-H4LL. John Charles Hinton, a lamplighter, was charged with robbing the house of Robert Carr, landlord of the Blue Anchor, at Peckham, of 271. The prisoner by means of his ladder got into the bedroom window of the prosecutor's house, and breaking open a drawer abstracted a canvass hag containing three 5/ notes and ten sovereigns. The robbery was discovered by the prosecutor knowing the num her of the notes, and tracing them to a pawnbroker in the neighbourhood, of whom the prisoner bought two pair of duelling pistols and gave them in payment. The prisoner then absconded, and was taken in the County of Rent. He made no defence, but said he had thrown one pa r of pistols into the canal. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner for fustier examination. EMIGRANTS TOimportant TExAs.—A very event to E ng li s h em i gran t s to Texas has recently taken place. It appea rs th at t h e A gnes , a British vessel, arrived at Galves ton, Texas, a fete weeks sincr. John Woodward , the Texian M Consul a t N ew York, had sold to a :r. Iken, an Englishman, large quan ti ties of T ex i can l an d s , to which he " had not , " says the M o bil e The emigrants in questio n h a d purc h ase d their lands of Iken, who is not to Chronicle, " the shadow of a ti tle !" blame ; arid the bitterness of their disappointment may be imagined nn finding, when they arrived in Texas, that they had not a 3.ng:e acre of land, and that their titles were mere blank papers. This is (assuming the accounts to be correct in every particular ) one of the most cruel and infamous cases I ever heard of. 'lle people .if Galveston acted in a very proper spirit on the occa sion. They convened a public meeting, with General Hunt a' Preside n t, " to express t h e i r op i nion o f Woodward's conduct." !hey recommend his immediate di-charge, and it is said that the l'exian Congre.s will grant donations of land to the unfor tunate emigrants in addition to their head rights. Persons , in Europe cannot be too cautious in buying scrip, or so called ' titles" to Texas lands. THE POST-OPFICE.—A London correspondent informs us that the Post-office stamped covers for letters are in a state of great forwardness. The penny cover is of a blue co lour, the heavier ones brownish, and the detached slip ( which may be attached to any cover) is square shaped. The engrav ing on all of them is a medallion of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. The Post-office, by way of security for valuable par cels, is to give a receipt for any such, when required, on pay. ment of one halfpenny sterling ; and forms of the receipt are to be furnished, to be filled up by parties taking the letters to the office.— Caledonian Mercury. The Brighton Gazette badgers Captain Pechell with second-hand soubriquets, calling him an " Omnibus Le gislator !" an " O as i s in the Desert !" a •• Naval Parasite! ! !" HORRIBLE, MOST HORRIBLE I .—WE declar e , with perfe c t s i ncer i ty, that we con sider this .übject too awful to dwell upon; for if a more statement of the fact that a Socinian iiibl o h as been de di cate d by p er mis s ion to the Q ueen , do not produce a strong impression upon the public mind, no words of comment could have that effect.—Brighton Gazette. The Hon. Captain Howard, M.P., arrived at Lord Carlisle's, in Grosvenor-place. on Wednesday evening, from Morpeth,:for which borough the gallantolicer was elected on Saturday last. The Earl of Stradbroke has purchased the ex tensive estates of 'Viscount l‘liddlotan, in the county of Water ford, for 96,099!, KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. " Jack swigged, and Bill swigged, and I swigged, And swore there was nothing like grog." A WET SOUL.—The head dish in the " bill of fare" for the day was composed of Mickey Carey, a jolly looking young dog enough, whose exuberance of animal spirits, evidently not a " leetle " aided by a primer of " Paterson's best," rendered him a fit subject for the polite attention of the anti-inebriety police. Micky possessed a decided advantage in the arrange ment of his visual organs, which were graced with a de cided squint, thus enabling him to keep one "eye on the Bench," while, with the other, he scrutinized his op ponent—" A sure indication," as Larry O'Connor would say, that " he was born in the middle of the week, and now looked both ways for Sunday." After executing a prelude of his coughs, and assuring the " in plain English, that he spoke nothing but Irish, Mr. Carey informed the Bench that " all in life he wanted (happy fellow !) was tin and sixpence, which remained due to him as a balance of wages by his master, Paddy Torpy." Mr., Mrs., and Miss Torpy were in attendance, and they one and all stoutly denied the claim, and exerted themselves most strenuously to persuade the Bench that they couldn't b'lieve 'twas day from Micky Carey. He never attinded his religious duties, not he! He thought no more of taking a false oath, than he did of " quenehin' a glass o' sperits;" an' that's the buck-o that the saint work kern easy to ; and as for the wages, he was paid over, and over, and over again, if he would only have the kindness, honesty, and condescension to allow it. Magistrate—You don't owe him the money then ? " Oh ! that I may be happy if l do, your Lordship," replied Torpy, senior, while his better half wished heJ sowl to glory if' such was the case, and Miss T. offered to—" Aye, tin thousand oaths," that the same boy owed her father double the money if every one had his due. Micky Carey now endeavoured to look the family party in the face, and addressing Paddy Torpy parti cularly, he inquired Low he could fault him. " Be gor, then," returned Pat—" I vault you for many's the out-o-ti , e tray caper an' mismanagement, but above all, oh! is indeed, ehove all, your love o' ticket. Sure, bless my sowl, you wor never sober Sunday or Monday, only staggeran', an' hekuppiti', an shoutin', and tightin", Puk_a whble market o' people thro' an fro wid your - ,mis m, de a - it - tors ; thrust for 'roe, God knows—are n 't you foreverca-; rousin' wid Bill, Tom, and Darby ?" Micky—l often seen yourself a thri#e bandised. Paddy—'Tis a good man's case ; but did you ever see me wheelin' a coal o' fire at night in a da , k room till I could light myself' to the bottle ?—(Laughter.) No, you didn't—did you ever see me sthreelin' me toes on the roads an' two oibors houldin' me ondher the ~ x tliers (beg virdon, gintletnen), an' I abusin' the same people fot takire me out o' the dike ?—out you'll never do a day's good : here, show your account, if you have it, an' I'll show mine. This seemed to floor the gentleman with the obli quity of vision, who merely growled a little in reply, and then, taking his hat, levanted. PARIS POLICE. A fine handsome woman, with fair hair, and an as pect of mildness personified, named Madame Chalin, sum moned a few days back, before the Paris police, a gen tleman named Beslin, for an assault. The fair lady stated that M. Beslin was an abominable monster, had treated her most cruelly, and that 900 francs damages would be but a trifling compensation for the treatment she had met with. It was amusing to behold the tran quil deameanour of the defendant while the plaintiff was running on in a lamentable strain against his atrocious conduct, and she herself was so affected by the moving picture she drew of how she had been knocked down, trampled on, and dragged by her hair, that she could not refrain from tears, and a certain degree of indigna tion and sympathy prevailed throughout the audience :nd the junior members of the bar, while the hard-hearted B,•slin remained unmoved by the touching narrative ; which, so far from drawing forth a tear from his eyi., Merely excited his risible powers, for which he was re primanded by the President, who told him that his conduct, if as bad as stated, would be severely punished. The defendant, being called on for his defence, said— If I had acted in the manner related I should be de serving of the severest punishment, for I am a French man, and well aware how cowardly it is to strike a weak and pretty woman—but it is now my turn to speak, and I can do so boldly here, which is far more than I could say were I alone with Madame Chalin, for I should be sadly afraid of losing my eyes. Madame Chalin, who was smelling salts to prevent a fainting fit, was roused by this attack, and with a harsh voice, which made a perfect contrast to the music which flowed from her lips when she first spoke, indignantly exclaimed, " You are a liar !" The defendant repelled the charge, saying that he had not yet spoken, and gave the plaintiffs expression as a proof of the angelic mildness of her disposition. On hearing this the enraged Mme. Chalin rushed towards the defendant, exclaiming—" Were I a man —but, no, my husband is a man—at least, he is called so,—but, no, he is a mere chicken. Go, and bide your self, M. Chalin ; I am ashamed of you." The President, on this, requested the plaintiff to be silent, or else he must order her to leave the room. The plaintiff rejoined, "It. is impossible to he si nt when such atrocious horrors are said against me I" The President here mildly observed that the defon. dant had not said anything. But this was not the opinion o. Mme. Chalin, for she pertly observed, " All men protect each other. There is no justice on calla ; he is a blackguard —a scoundrel—a villain I" and their she hoist into a flood of tears. One of the officers of the Court was ordered to lead the lady out, but as she seemed inclined to resist. he sent one of the municipal guards to perform that offic , , on which the defendant kindly observed that he had better send a dozen, for that it was dangerous work, a , he knew to his ert,t. Poor M. Chalin, who saw that the nervous irritability of hi, better half would, most. probably cluse her to hi oonsuited, then came forward, and contrived to lead his gentle spouse out of Court. Thu Court b , !ing clear, M Beslin continued his defence.— You have now had a specimen of the gen tleness of the fair lady. so I will say no more on that subject. It appears that stormy weather has always great influence over her, and when she called on me to ask for a debt of 7} francs, there must have been a great deal of electric fluid in the kir. She began by praising my politeness, my venero sity, my exactness—l was the very pink of tenants, and so on, till the electric fluid began to act, and at length she entered into a most violent rage. I endeavoured, by soft words, to recal the lady to hersAt, but she flew at my eyes. I endeavoured to protect my face, but she clung to me most pertinaciously, as I attempted to turn her out of the room ; but at length, her strength fail ing, she fell on the ground. I left her there, and has tened back to my room to wash the blood from my face, and to cover with sticking plaster the stretches she had inflicted. The plaintiff being absent, and no evidence produce.l to substantiate the charge, the defendant, whose tale seemed pretty plausible. obtained the honours of the day, and the fair plaintiff was nonsuited, and ordered to pay costs. MACKEREL.—Quanties of fine mackerel were sold at Falmouth and Truro on Tuesday last, six for one shilling. Mit. WAKLEY AND THE PoLit MAGISTRATES. An inquest was held on Thursday, at one o'clock, before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Angel, High-street, Bloomsbury, on the bones of a male child, found on the 22d instant in the beck cellar of No. 55, Monmouth . - street. Two persons have been in custody since Saturday on a charge of child funnier, reinaed..d by Mr. Combo, of Hattoe-garden Pfeice Court, mail ,a-merrow. T it. y have been commitn'd (casaelly so for the present) to the New Prison, Cierken well. The mother of the child, on whose sup posed bones the inquest was held yesterday, and whose name is Frances Brummercombe, of 31, Graf ton-street East, Fitzroy -square, was charged on Sa turday kst by a friend named Mary Christenson with destroying, some time in the month of September last, a male infant, born in August, and depositing the body in the place where the bones were found. The charge was preferred on the mother's own avowal, who, when before Mr. Combo, recriminated on her accuser, and charged her with having poisoned the child. In con sequence of this cross-accusation they were remanded for a week. Sergeant Parke found in the spot indicated by Christenson the bones of an infant, and yester day he produced before the Coroner two witnesses, the one a medical student, who delis ered Brummer combo of a male child on the 25th of August ; and the other a woman who was present at the ac couchement, and who, besides, deposed that in about three weeks after the mother, . accompanied by Christenson, took the child out one morning, anti never brought it back. Mr. Wakley yesterday, unwil- • hng to hear ex parte evidence in the absence of the pri sr - friers, sent a note (adjourning the inquest until tour o'clock) to the Governor of the New Prison, Clerken requesting h]rn to produce them in the Coroner', Court. In the absence of the Governor, his Clerk told the Coroner's messenger that he could not part with hem without. an order from the Committing Magis- ' :e de, to whom the messenger applied ; and was told by Mr. Mailett, Clerk to the Magistrates at Hatton-garden, that ref such. order would be given, aid that the Keeper of the New Prison was eld responsible by them to produce the pr inners on Saturday in their Court. Upon this deter :nination of the Magistrates having been communicated to the Coroner, he said that he had no power over the Theistrates, except by ant of haFeas corpus, and that. as he unoerstood there was no evidence to produce which would prove to whom the le:nes belonged, he ould advise the Jury to re , urn the following verdict : —" That the bones now produced of an infant were mood in a cellar in Monmouth-stre-t, but to whom the.. ealonged, and by whom there placed, there was at pre sent no evidence to show." The foreman, in signing his verthet, said it was unsatisfactory to him and others of the Jury. The Coroner said that there was no help f'or it, and that, if justice should hereafter require it, the inquest could be quashed, and another substituted. DUTCH MAIL. HAGUE, FEE. 23..—1 t is said that most of the Belgians who in the revolution of 1830, as faithful officers, sought an asylum in our country, and immediately found it, and have already obtained annual allowances, will return to their own country. and the pensions enjoyed by them will be suppressed. It is added that they are to be employed, or to receive support from the Belgian Government, and that negotiations have already taken place for this object. Tim HAGUE, FEB. 24.—. The English Ambassador gave this evening a splendid entertainment in honour of the marriage of the Queen of England and Prince Albert. %.list of the members of the Royal Family, the Foreign Ministers, and a great-number of persons oidistinction were present. Orders have been received at Ems, to prepare for the reception of the Empress of Russia and suite. ST. PETERSBURG. FEB. 12.—General Perowsky writes, on the sth (17) of January, that the detachment under his command had left the Ember, after some days' rest, and proceeded as before. in five separate columns, towards the second entrenchment near Ak Boralak, having left a gar rison and the sick at Aty- Yakschi. The cold bad been less severe, being only . 16 to 22 degrees, but the deep snow impeded the progress of the detachment ; the troops bore the fatigue wall ; the number of sick decreases, and the horses are still in good condition. Lieut.-Col. Baimo. hammed Aitchourakoff, .Sultan of the Kerghese Cossacks, had joined with a troop of his Cossacks. There was no news of the' enemy , , who had returned in the direction of Karatamne, after the first encounter with our troops.— Journal de St _Petersburg. THE POLES.—On Wednesday morning a fune ral service was performed, at the German Catholic Chapel, in commemoration of Konarski, Zawisza, Dziewicki, Wotowicz, and some other Poles, who, after the downfall of the last Polish revolution, made a new effort to save their country from the foreign yoke, and being taken prisoners by the Russians, died the death of martyrs. The mass was read by the Rev. Roma nowski. This clergyman was undoubtedly the most proper person to officiate on that occasion. Independently of other ser vices rendered by him, he wrested, in 1831, from the hands of the Russians, at the risk of his like; a distinguished Polish gentlem3n, who at that time was being transported in chains to Siberia, thus depriving the Aggitjaaßlyrai.t of one of his vie , time, an preserving for Poland arm puttee-noble sons. We are happy t o St a t e " - t r hat the DuChess of Kent is convalescent. Her Royal Highness, through Colonel Cowper, has been obliged to decline receiving addresses of congratulation until her health is quite restored. An investigation, which had been twice adjourned, was concluded on Wednesday night before Mr. Higgs, at ihe Queen's Head, Little Pulteney-street. It was to Inquire re specting the death of Elizabeth Powell, aged three years, who had experienced the most dreadful treatment from a Mrs. Miller, residing at No. 2, Brewer -street, Golden-square, with whom she and het sister had been placed at nurse by the mother, a shopwoman. It appeared that Mrs. Miller was in the habit of besting the children very much. On Saturday, about four or five o'clock, she beat them violently, and at ten the deceased was taken ill. At the time of the beating Mrs. Miller threat ened to throw the deceased into the fire. An unmarried daugh ter also beat it. About a month ago Mrs. Miller had the child in the kitchen quite naked, and with no fire. She beat it, and then took it up stairs. On Friday last Mrs. Miller was again in the kitchen, with the child naked under the water-cock, the water running upon it ; she was slapping its head. Mrs. Miller turned it over and then took it up stairs. It was said to be a very dirty child, and almost idiotic. It died on Sunday. There was a large suffusion of blood on the top of the head, and a bruise on the shin. The surgeons were of opinion that water on the brain was the cause of death, greatly accelerated by ill-treet ment. The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Elizabeth Miller. INTOXICATION.— On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. Payne at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Mrs. Isabella Cheston, aged 63. It appeared from the evidence that the - deceased was the wife of a respectable builder residing in Palmer-street, Liverpool-road, Islington, and that on the night of the Royal nuptials she drank more than usual, and becoming intoxicated set her clothes on fire. In that state she ran into the street, but as no aid was instantly afforded her, as those who saw her thought it was a bonfire, until a boy informed them of the real fact, and then by rolling her in the kennel the flames were put out, she was so seriously burned that-she died in the above hospital on Sunday last. Verdict—" Accidental death through intoxication." CHICHESTER —Mr. Hector, the present Whig Member for Petersfield,has expressed his intention of resigning his seat at any future election. Mr. John Bonham Carter, son of the late Member for Portsmouth, comes forward on the Whig interest.—Brighton Gazette. We understand that the Brighton and Shoreham Railway will be opened to the public on Easter Monday. Brighton Gazette. DEVONPOItT, FEB. 24.—A special messenger arrived here yesterday morniz:g with despatches ordering off the Blonde to China, which ev.,s immediately done. The Pylades sailed this morning with further despatches. BEER-TAX.—By one means, and one alone ,ean small public-buses and beer-shops be effectually rendered harm less, land that is by the repeal of the Malt-tax. This, by put t. ng it in the power of all those who have now any money In spend at public. houses, to brew 'their own beer, would (1) more to " regulate" the sale of beer than all the Acts of Parliament that Mr. Pakingtort and such legislators as he, can ever devise. When the Sale of Beer Bill was under discussion during the last Session, we called attention to this view of the;case and then said, what we will now repeat, that the repeal of the Malt-tax would effectu ally abolish the beer-shops and that no other Act of the Legis lature would be required for that purpose. 'I he sale of beer ought to be as free and utstottered as the sale of bread or any other article. The repeal of the Malt-tax would give a stimu lus to agriculture, and would at the same time be a great. bene fit to all other classes. Next to the tax on bread there is no tax we would be so. glad to see repealed as this.— Wiltshire Independent. • EXTENSIVE - FRAUDS IN THE REVENUE.— The Commissioners of Customs have been for several days put engaged in the investigation of a series of frauds committed by persons, many of whom have hitherto stood high in the world, and who hive defrauded the revenue to a most enormous extent. Report states that the Customs have been defrauded of duties on wet and dry goods, including brandies, wines, nux comics, coculus indices. East and West India produce, and othe, merchandise on which high rates of duty are- imposed, to the :mount of 160,0001. Without vouching for the accuracy of this statement, certain it is that the Government has been cheated of duties to a large amount, and we be-lieve it will turn out that the defalcation more than equals the sum above named. It appears that the revenue was de frauded by certain parties taking goods out of bond in the docks, and after shipping them for conveyance coastwise, to be re•bonded, the goods were taken ashore and disposed of without payment of any duty. This system has been carried on for months, with the connivance of persons confidentially employed by one of the Dock Companies, and some individuals employed in other public departments. Various documents were fabricated, for the purpose of carrying on these frauds, and when it was first ascertained that goods had not been re bonded after leaving the port of London, the securities were called upon to pay the amount of the duties and penalties, when it was discovered that the securities were men of straw, O ❑ the discovery of the fraud a person named Grant, a confidential Servant of the London Dock Company, absconded, and several others followed his example. Two of the parties implicated in the transactions have been arrested on Exchequer processes, and were yesterday lodged in prison. The Board of Customs are pursuing their inquiries with the greatest secresy. On one occasion goods to the amount of 20,000/. were got out of the Docks without payment of the duty. under pretence of sending them coastwise to be re-bonded. A small portion of the property has been re-seized, and lodged in the Queen's warehouse.— Sunday Times. The timber fit to cut upon the Marquis of Huntley's Lincolnshire estates, and which is available for his creditors, has been valued at 20,000/. Ihe sale of the Mar quis's life interest, and the clearing off the timber will greatly injure his highly-respected son, the Earl of Abo)ne, to whom offers have been made by a rich gentleman of Peterborough to advance him any sum necessary to purchase the Marquis's life interest. —Lincoln Mercury. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY AT LONDON BRIDGE.—On Friday night, shortly after six o'clock, a young lady, elegantly attired, threw herself into the river from off London-bridge. The alarm was first given by a lad who was sitting in the recess She appeared to be about twenty years of age. and had on a black beaver bonnet and feathers, and a sable boa round her neck. • EVENING EDITION. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The seventh half-yearly meeting of the Grand Junction Railway Company was held on Saturday, at the Company's Office, No 68, Cheapside. The CHAIRMAN of the Company, Mr. Cash, took the chair at one o'clock. and after having ordered the adver tisement ca!!ir;g the meeting, to be read, proceeded to sq that he ivoul:1 not have to detain the Proprietors long, as [)rector- had little or nothing to add to the expl, nations they had given on former occaßions. He thought that, in ordtr to succeed in their objects, they snould, if possible, bring the terminus into the City of London. It was only in compliance with the Act of Par liament they had been called together that day. He could not say what chance might turn up in • heir favour, and he could still only hold out hopes to them for the present. The report was then read, which showed a balance of 4,4551. 13s. 31d. in favour of the Company. Mr. Caaval.no wished to know if the sum of 2001., which had been paid to the Solicitor of the Company, was the entire of his claim against them ? The CHAIRMAN said that the entire of his account was paid up to March last, and his charges since then must be very trifling. Mr. CARVALHO asked whether the balance of 44551 13s. lid. was at interest. and , n is hose bawls, en' at what rate of interest it was ? The CHAIRMAN said the sum 3 500/. was in the L•aa don Joint Stock Bank, a , ,d was ins, -ted a few days ap , for three months, at 31 p,r ce;:t The balance of a•o4il was it, their han , ls also. A PROPRIET“It a.ked whot. in rou d numb rs, was the amount of dvbt in which th Company was up to the pr, - sent morrow - ? The CHAinmaN -aid he h••d no doubt it was 4001. On th- motion being put that the Report be received, Mr. GALLOWAY '.aid, before the resolution was carried, he wished to knew what was the reason the Company bad not gone to Parliament this S-ssion ? He thought they were only losieg time and interest by delay. The CHAIRMAN slid that, having been unsuccessful in the last application to Parliament, it was thought better not to apply again without some better chance of success, which he thought ;hey had not at present. They could not do so, moreover, without an extra call, and thought, under the present circumstances of the country the call would not b:- responded to. A SHAREHOLDER asked if the Shareholders in Mulches ter had paid up their calls, and when the time would ar rive that, if they did not go to Parliament, the Company must die a natural death, and also what would be the ex petite of an application to Parliament? The CHAIRMAN said the cal; at Manchester had been paid up, and t"e Conitnmy would expire in July, 1843. unless renewed by Parliament. The ziOLICITOR of the Company said the expense an applicati••n to Parli,ment would be at leas , 8,0001, for it would be nr•cessary to serve notices on -very occupier of premises on the lire of road, which were about 3,090, ...rid which could not be done for less than 11. each. Mr. CARVALHO said they were told the Company had op yards of 4,000/. in hand, and as they could not divide it he thought they had better spend it in an application to Parliament, which, if unsuccessful, would leave them in no worse situation thn they are at present. If they were successful he had no doubt a call would be responded to. Mr. GALLOWAY thought, as the expense was so great, &tad the chance of success so small, they had better revolve it in their minds against another meeting. He thought many persons would think themselves well paid for serving the notices by 500/. The SOLICITOR said be differed from the last speaker ; for himself, he would not do it under the sum stated. The CHAIRMAN said, though he thought they had no chance of success at present with Parliament, he did not say they might not hereafter have ; but as it appeared to be the general feeling of the meeting that an application should be made, they had better pass a resolution to that effect, and if they and the country shareholders would en courage them to do so, by paying up a call, they were ready to do so. In answer to a question, the Chairman stated a 21. call would be sufficient for the purpose. Mr. CARYALHO said he wished not be understood as ad vocating a call for this purpose—this was not the case. He wished the money in hand to be expended for the purpose. After some conversation on the subject, the Report and the statements of the account were read and adopted. Messrs. Cash, Fish, Edwards, and Haynes, the retiring Directors, were then re-elected for the ensuing three years. Mr. GALLOWAY then proposed that an account should be laid before the Company at its next meeting of the ex-- pense of ascertaining the number of assents and dissents to bringing their case again before Parliament. After some con versation, however, the resolution was withdrawn, it having been agreed on to leave any proceedings on that subject to the discretion of the Directors. Mr. Fin, after strongly eulogising the Chairman's zeal, ability, and impartiality on all occasiorts, proppsed a vote of thanks to him for his services, as well generally as on the present occasion. A SHAREHOLDER seconded the motion, which being car ried with a vote of thanks to the Directors, The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, having expressed his hopes that at their next meeting he should have a better account tc lay baler,' them and the meeting separated. MARKA.I.I TELLIGENCE. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK• . ;34rIev.._1_ .! 7 —... s. to s. . to t ; s. 5 , 4 :35 , 26 68 :32 122 34 44 C 6 22 31; ; '2ll 23 55 40 : 26 3C ' 25 59 Ni; 34 451 23 27 '.3 d. c. d. s. (1. s. (1. ~d. On 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 44 0! 93 00 5O 0 0 29 100 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 40 94 100 4 8 52 . 2 8 34 Beans. Peace. i - er Vuart :,torpeth Pvnrith Sh,.ttield Winchester 'er Bushel. Cai marthen... :..;owbridge......- iwansea Per 8011. ~ arnardcastle Durham....,,.. Richmond Stockton S. 8 41 - s. to to -43 -- '8 40 53 53 42 45 6. ti. 9. cl. 00 00 50 00 50 5 ) 6 0 0 5 42 + s. d. s. d. 0 0 0 00 ( 1 0 00 .00 00 O 0 116 166 80 93 70 98 90 120' 1:16 161170 BO 6 O 81.100 130 12 0 111 07 0 9 0 5.0 80 96 li Oi ,130 10 6 0 0 9 9 6 0 8 0 7 6 SCI rAKEFIELD CORN MARKET-Feb. 25 I, Norfolk and Suffolk -B.oos. to 65. fine 70 ' - Lin. and Cam. -- Yorkshire --s. 50s. to 625. fine 66. - white - Foreign, tted -s. 60s to 653. fine 77'. White -g. -s. to 745. nne 768, Barley, Norfolk ani4 Suffolk - Lincolnshire - Yorkshire %Vold - Foreign Beans, New . 42a to 46a. fine 48r - Old 42s. to 465. tine 49i Oats, Potato -a. to 325. One 3P _ - Poland -a. -s. to 325. fine :04. - 'riezland and SmaP -s. -s. to •235. fine 30). - is sling o ,.. .... 13d. to 14d. per Stone Shelling Malt •..fi. 4(IN. tine 525, per ! oac. Rapeseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.-Feb, 29. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 19.. 73e 7ls 75,1 - Norfolk and Suffolk... e7s 72 , ... 73, 77, -7- Berwick and Scotch ......... ...... 61s. 65, -I. 69:. - Foreign 65,. 71, ... 695. 761. Rye, Norfolk rtnd Suffolk 4os 4's -s. -s• I Foreign 32s. Ms. s. -.5,1,, Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3os. 44s -s. --3. ' --- - Grinding and Feeding. .. 0 2s. 34s Plait, Norfolk and Suffolk... 63i 711, . .-8. -s. , Beans, Small `ifis. 403 - - Tick 42s - 7s 8 88 9 0 9p 9 0 00 80 V'neat, ted -... 4 4s --6. --s. Pi.ase, White 42s. 43 5..... .. , 6. ••.• i .-- Gray Cats, Northumberland, Potatoe 3os. 3ls —B.—s. '----- ------ Feed F oreign Flour (per sack) sls. 536 —s. —s. ITCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans Oatmeal 26 to 40 40 43 7C to 80 27 to 30 24 to 27 —to 28 50 20 28 15 IS 33 35 40 50 24 26 17 IS :30 45 65 26 31 IS 22 22 26 I-- 48 68 26 411 '23 27 40 42 40 42 60 61 05 37 f. , 0 32 48 5 , 4 (15 72 30 36 24 25 32 33 35 47 23 vs pi 2:1 32 :34 62 67 nr, 33 45 48 43 60 ^4 30 40 25 33 41 44 size of the measure variesthr ughout the country. DDINGFON CORN MARKEI'.—Feb.2B. Wheat. Barley oats. Pease. 70s Od 4k 01 j 34, Si I Sea Od 0(1 :4: 0.1 ! 284 Cd 43i 00 54s Od 30, a! 2e , s 00 38, 00 .verage - 43 0.124! s. LKEITI - 1 CuRN MA RKET Whea, ;at ley Isar. . t • ~1 39S 130 31 , 4, 46, 0.• 48 nu Od 37s Oa -2.5 s 0,, 43 00 43.' I •Os 0,1 22, (10 45s 4(1 30 0 30• 0' -- -, - Beans 45s Od 35, Od CONST ITUTIONAL LIBERTY.—Among the isions of the constitution of Texa> are the follo!r• person shall be mprisnned for debt from inability all criminal prosecutions for libel the truth shall in evidence." sensible provi ing :—" No 1 to pay. In a be admitted i SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHES, wi sh or without Warmers. The price of the Set of Four Dishe s and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Eight to 141 Guineas. The War mers are from Five t o Ni ne G u i neas the Set. Engravings of the various patterns will be forwarded , . l application is made, p.,st paid. The dishes are complete IC themselves without warmers, and the handles talcs off, the covers thus forming four extra dishes when requiied. T. COX SA's ORY, Silversmith, &e., 47, Cornbill (Seven doors from irate church-street), London. BIR Tii On the 24th ult., the lady of Thomas Wilkinson, Esq.' °f Warwick-road, Upper Clayton, Middlesex, and Lower Thole" stret-t, of a (laughter. On the 25th uit., the lady of William Frederick Hudg i°° ' Esq., of Grove-place, hackney, of a son, still-born. o f On the 27th tilt., in Woburn- s qu are , M rs . S. H. Lewis , a daughter On the 27th ult.. at Proll-y.Crnchon, Denbighshire..tl: wife of C a pt a i n H. L e i g h Th omas , H on. Company's Iwo' of a son. 414ARRIED. g a sh On 27th ult., at All Saints', Leamington, th e Rev. Bold, Rector of Llanfihangel, Brecknockshire, only son Of *,,d late Hugh Bold, Esq., of Brecon, to Theodosia Frances, sec daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Hutchinson. ter, On the 27th ult.,' at St. John-the-Evangelist's, Weito in .. 6 ,. of Dr. James L. Clarke, R.N., to Jane Lydia, second daught er late John Couch, DI!tP. Jeremiah On the Ist inst., at his residence in Dorset-square, Jere" - Scully, sq. On the 29th ult., at Mr. Gifford s, 104, Strand, Susan" b y.. • relict of the late Thomas Lendefield, Esq., of the Chance(' office, Bank of England. aged 92. sin° On the 17th ult., at Black-castle, M ea th, I re l a nd, R. n h Fitzherbert, Esq., Vice-Lieutenant o f t h e cou nty of bl est aged 65. On the 26th ult., Mr. John Henry Ohrly, of Lans- - ` 4°W. place, Hackney, aged 7. On the 27th ult., at l Grosvenor-place, Camberwell, Th6mis Allen, Esq.. aged 70. 000' On the 27th ult., in B e l grave - square, t h e l a dy of the Colonel Grant, of Grant, M.P. On the.27th ult., Mrs. Henry Dor:ing, of Epsom, elra . .._ - - --- II N i London : Printed and P u bli s h e d b y MEJRDO YO•'" •. 0 e No. 112, Strand, at The Sun. Office, Na 1 ! f'.. :.t , "': - ' county of 1 iidcl i .e,.ex.—Alon: , March :!. 1,-;4(', _....0 kberdeen B rwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso . Kirkaldy Perth Th a HA First Second Third iro ,econd Third f '~; i~~