The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-27 00:00:00

ZVEN IN k 4 EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM THE hIC,RNING AFERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Tory Journals allege, with as mach confidence as if they expected people to believe it, that the object of Lorca Stanley's registration project is " to complete the Reform Bill:" That measure, a. boon of his Lordship's b,stowing, was ttr a _first instarment of enfranchisement, which he is now desircue to pay up in full. Stanley, the Tory, feels bound in honour to redeem the unfulfilled pledges of Stanl.l the Reformer; and the whole Censer- NIL ivo force of P-rliament must be whipped in to enable him thug to keep his faith with the Irish people. Seen au effort ot magnanimous virtue it is scarcely reasonable to require of any set of politicians, and could only be expected from the me high-souled party which, under Sir R. Peel, in 1;33, evinced its readiness to " carry out the principle of Reform," if the country would have only given their professions a " fair trial." But what is the topstone which they would put upon the renovated teasple of Irish freedom ? Is the Principle of popular rerxesentation, which is the living spirit of all reform, to be carried to its just conclusions ? No ; but the means and facilities of giving effect to that principle arc to be so curtailed and beset with obstruc tion*, that two persons in three of those to whom Lord Stanley himself, dales son quart d'heure de liberalite, de signed to communicate the privileges of the franchise, will be debarred from it as effectually as if they were ex cluded by name. ( Front the Morning Post.) The motion of which Mr. Palmer has given notice in reference to the opium war will unite in its favour every Member of the House of Commons who has the least re gard to national justice or morality. The motion differs from that of Sir James Graham. the one having confined its censure to the negligence and misconduct ot Ministers, by which the actual state of our relations with China had meinly been produced, while the other meets the question of the justice and necessity of the war about to be waged, more directly pronouncing, without reserve or equivoca tion, that the grievance chiefly insisted upon by Ministers and their partisans as a justification of hostilities is wholly insufficient to vindicate that extreme measure. There is little doubt that the former motion would have been adopted by a majority of the House of Commons but for the discreditable trick to which Lord Palmerston resorted immediately before the division, and when he knew that no opportunity would be afforded for reply and expo sure. The manoeuvre by which his Lordship entrapped his magnificent majority of nine, consisted, as the reader is aware, of the production of a letter in favour of the opium war, bearing the signateres of eleven individuals and nine teen firms, which had been suddenly and secretly prepared for the purpose during the same day, in a manner eaten la•ed to create the impression, and, in fact creating it for a moment, that these eleven individuals and nineteen firms expressed the genuine opinion and represented the legiti mateand permanent interests of the mercantile body of the city of London engaged in the trade with China. (From the Morning Herald.) Amongst the numerous able treatises in defence of the Corn-laws, to which the recent Anti-Corn-law agitation bas given rise, the " address " of the Earl of TYRCONNELL to " The People of the United Kingdom" is deserving of especial commendation. The noble Earl understamls tho roughly the complex question of which be treats; and pos sesses, moreover, the art of clothing his able rea sonings in language always eminently appro priate, and frequently eloquent. A wide diffusion of his lordship's " address " might do much to wards counteracting the scandalous misrepresenta tions in which the assailants of the Corn-laws delight to indulge. After exhibiting, by the aid of general rea soning, and by the testimony of Mr. Huskisson, the ulster unsoundness of the views entertained by the enemies of the Corn-laws, Lord Tyrconnel points to the effect on national independence of a system protective of our agricultural resources—points to some of the causes that really de press the English operative's condition—and demonstrates, amongst other things, the delusive nature of the " fixed duty" project. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OP SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) Either the zeal of those who pretend to think our affair of China an opium war is flagging, or the public has become aware of their hypocrisy. For several days advertisements had been issued, and placards exhibited, announcing that a public meeting on the Opium War would be held at the Freemasons' 'Ta vern on Friday, the 24th. Admission to this public meeting was to be obtained by tickets, which must have been sparingly issued or moderately applied for, as, according to the Morning Post, the Chairman began with an audience of " about two hundred and fifty, a large proportion of whonz were ladies," and at no part of the meeting, which lasted five hours, did the numbers exceed " three hundred and upwards." After the sub ject had been so thoroughly exhausted by the Parlia mentary speakers little could have been expected from the tavern orators, and the meeting would be influential only from the numbers of those who attended, and the importance of such as took an active part in the pro ceedings. Three hundred, including ladies, must have looked rather insignificant in the great room as a poli tical assembly, and it is much to be regretted that the Committee did not take advantage of the beauty which graced the hall, and, by calling in a fiddler and getting Up some dances, for which there was an ample space, have given the affair an appearance of cheerful, instead legubrious absurdity. They might have comforted themselves with the assurance that the Celestial Em peror would be as much benefited, and the Government us much injured, by their dancing as by their eloquence. Any comment on the speeches would be waste of time ztud paper. (From the Standard.) We e t )py the following from the Aliorning Chronicle. It seems to he due to our Contemporary to allow it to correct its miFpret, of which, however, we made no use ; and we think that it places, if possible, in a clearer light than before the manner in which Mr. Stanley trifled with tln.: t-uth in his Stockport speech. The revectable Treasury Secretary asserted that a gen tleman (whether Catholic or clerical no matter) had " stated that Sir Robert Peel had repented of his error, AND WAS GOING TO RETRACE HIS STEPS.' And the proof which the Morning Church adduces in support of Mr. Stanley's veracity is the following passage of a speech of the Rev. Hugh Stowell :—" He was sure that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel repented of the fatal act they committed in 1829." And who, giving the illustrious Statesmen credit for the wisdom and patriotism of which they have given so many proofs, can doubt that they repent of the act of 1829? They may be proud of their conduct in the affair, and their high and honourable motives and sacrifices give them a right to be proud ; but still they must repent that by an excess of generous confi , fleece the; l tin a pestilence upon the country. The in nn point, however, is, that Mr. Stowell says nothing about RETRACING OF STEPS, and merely offers his own 0 opinion of the probal.le repentanc e of th e Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, instead of that pro , mist of retractation and that authoritative statement of repentance of which Mr. Stanley falsely spoke. Every tionest man regr.-ts the Act of 1829, and every honest man who had a share in it, we are sure, repents of his part ; but none, save a madman, would think of re. pealing it. ( From the Courier.) TI-re different fa s silion in which claim' sof the subjects of this country are met, evaded, or denied by foreign Powers. and in which claims as against us, or by one foreign Power air dust another arc presented, pressed, and enforced unrelentingly by persevering negotia 'ions. menaces, or direct hostilities, has not to be noted to-day for the first time. There is no class of claims more justly founded, and none so long delayed urdcr one fr:volous pretext or another, than those of British subjects on Portugal. We do not refer so much to those arising out of the political changes in Portugal of late years, which, how ever, b e ing manly for good service done, for service to which the present Government owes its very existence, 4 s hould have commanded respect, and insured priority of settlement over any clash of internal obligations, but I to that most sacred of all indebtedness, growing out of the great war, ivlich P,n.tugai was rescued from foreign sprit and domination at the cost of immense treasure and by the skill and energii..s of civil and mili tary functionaries more valuable will than mere money - ! treasure and above all price. The amount of this de smietion of obligations, still onarrangl'il and unprovided A for, is believ e d no t to b e l ess t h an half a million ster i ing, and payment h as not on l y b een deferred for the ( sp,;(te of twenty-five years, but by every species of c hi„,,,e and delay the final examination and passage of the aecnlnts thein,;elves has been deferred to this hour, • although Cmatwissioners have been named, and pretend to have been ~, t ung in judgment upon them from time to time at Listunt. PRESENTATION TO CATHOLIC LIVINGS. On all sides contests are arisiii t among the English Catholics shunt the right of building Chapels and presenti ng to. tthern_ them, some of the Bishops cla imin g all pswef in these points t solves. As the whole debate is about '. !emporals," it is ex pected to come before the English Courts. Among other cases that of Dodding Green, near Kendal, is not the least inte resting. An excellent living was established there above a century ago, and continued under its trustees to be employed according to the founder's invention, until the Vicar Apos tolic, between thirty arid forty years ago, seized the place, kept it vacant, employed the revenue as he ',leased, and allowed ti.r premises to fall into a state of absolute decay. After many complaints on the part of the trustees, Mr. Rid dell, of Cheesburn, in Northumberland, and Fairhurst, in this i t county, now th e so l e t r u s tee, presented the Rev. Mr. R utter ' the it a few y ears ago , an d D r . P ens wic, then Bishop, granted neeessary in d uct i on . O n M r. flutter's death, Dr. Briggs , claimed a legal right in himself as bishop. After allowing Dr. mitts time t o p rosecute hi s claims lir. Riddell presented the Rev. Charle s B r i g h am , an d Dr. Briggs' not only refused induc tion, but forbad e Mr. Bri , tham, even pending the cause, to ex ercise facu'ties, even that of catechisin g . S uc h i s the present state of the corwregation iressm , or e la n d d'azett'!. at Doddi ng - green. — Letter in the I..,AMIVNTABLE ACCIDENT. --As M r . Lang ford, ttaz,,,r of Thorncomb e , t , a home from Chard market, on Monday, he was thrownsreturning tirnr 4 . m l'', frloni%e.. THE BRIT!%!, horse near For ton, m and front severe injuries received, mediat-ly speechle, , , and died on Wednesday morning.— sdi, ir elved' he w as ~, -t.re borne Journal. vi QC/tr.:N.—The nu m b er of revo lotions the paddle wheels of the British Queen whiling from New York to Portsmou h, asas(-12:ZalileTthiY means of a clock attached to the machinery, w as end ninety-one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight Buster of the paddle wheels thirty-one feet. two hundred ,ha. BRADFORD.—A petition to Parliament by the liberal-minded Churchmen and Dissenters is in course of si; na t u re here, to adjust the Chur ch-rate q uestion, t hat the ant. mosity and bad feeling which have subsisted may cease. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COM. NIITTEE. On the meeting of the Committee at the usual Lour on Saturday, Mr. Sergeant WIIANGHA 5{ resumed his argument, which had been adjourned on Friday—The Committee would recollect that his Friend's argument wa.z. that Long was the agent of the sitting Member, because he was the agent of Mr. Swan, who was the agent of the sitting Member. It was, therefore, a sine qua non that he should establish. There was a body acting as a committee, sitting in such a manner that the sitting Member was responsible, not only for the acts of the body collectively, but of its members individually. Upon the evidence which his Friend had himself col lected, he had shown yesterday this was not the case, and, having done so, he was satisfied to leave it in the hands of the Committee, upon the result of the evi dence which had been given. Looking at the evidence impartially, it appeared there was a bitter political con test carried on for some time at Cambridge. These parties met in contest. What was the result ? Those interested in the battle interested themselves continually in fighting it, for at Cambridge they found Mr. Fisher and others were employed in contesting these matters before the Revising Barrister or municipal officers. It appeared those gentlemen must have be come better acquainted with these matters than the parties themselves who contested the election, and ac cordingly those who had been engaged on the registra tion of any particular parish were those engaged in can vassing it at the election. All of them naturally rushed to the head quarters, the Eagle, where Mr. Twiss, the agent, sat, to give information affecting the election. The confluence of them being so great Mr. Twiss was obliged to quit the large room where they had assembled for a smaller and more private one, to transact the real business of the election. His friend said this secret conclave conducted the affairs of the election. That Mr. Twiss and his clerks did so there was undoubted proof, but how far they were a secret conclave might be doubted. How his friend could persist in calling it so, after the evidence, passed his comprehension, but so it was. It was a delusion on the part of his Learned Friend, or an attempt to delude the Committee. His Friend threw out that Mr. Sutton was at his private apartments at the Eagle, employed in corruption, which was what his Learned Friend called the real sub stantial business of the election : but that turned out to be entirely unfounded, it being proved that Mr. Sut ton had no apartments at the Eagle, but resided at Trinity College. They had the positive statements of the witnesses that this was a room to which the agents ' removed, to avoid the pressure of the numbers in the larger one. Unless his Friend could establish the fact of this secret conclave, he was unable to ascend the first step of the ladder by which he hoped to reach his conclusion. Had his friend brought Mr. Swan into this secret conclave on one occasion ? It lay upon his friend to prove this, but he had not shown this ; and, then, what way had he con nected Mr. Swan with Committee business, or made the sitting Member responsible for any acts he might have committed ? When, then, his friend had thus laboured in vain, would the Committee presume Mr. Swan was there, against all the evidence which went to prove that he was not ? There was, therefore, no connection proved between the sitting Member and Mr. Swan at this secret conclave, and he could not but regret his Learned Friend should have unnecessarily encumbered the case with attempts to prove it. But it was said ho was seen at the Eagle. He (Mr. Wrang ham) doubted if any respectable Conservative in Cam bridge could be shown who was not. Every person felt an interest in the success of their favourite candi date, and all those who were well-wishers of this candi date resorted there, and having gossiped returned to relate any information they had acquired to their friends and partisans. That all these were Committee-men was a conclusion to which he was sure the Committee would not come, and that the Sitting Membe w r as respon sible for the acts of these individuals was an argument his Learned Friend would not use, unless qualified by saying the individual must be connected with the sit ting Member by some act of the latter which consti tuted the former his agent. His Friend had cited three cases, and it might be supposed he was afraid of them unless he adverted to them, which he would there fore shortly do. The Learned Sergeant than referred to the case of tioneywood and Sir Wm. Geary, and contended there was nothing that proved that Mr. Swan was, like Mr. Larkin (th Mr. Swan of that case), Chairman of the Committee, or had, like him, given orders for the conduct of every part of the election. The next case was that of Felton v. Easthope, which appeared to hirn to have no bearing on this case, be cause it was said if an agent bribed a voter, it was not necessary to prove the connivance of the principal. Yes, if an agent did so, no doubt ; but they must prove the man was an agent ; and this they had not and could not show Mr. Swan to have been. The other case was that of Ridler v. Moore which was an action brought by a publican against the two joint candidates for Tewkesbury, for a bill incurred by the order of the Rev. W. Smith, or a committee nominated by him, who was the avowed agent of the two candidates, and the head of the Committee ; and Lord Kenyon held they were responsible ; but were the Committee sitting as jurors on an action brought against Mr. Sutton for the amount of an order given by Mr. Swan, would they find a verdict for the plaintiff, sad compel Mr. Sutton to pay that bill ? Unless they would do so, the case of Ridler and Moore could.not possibly be applied to this case. This was a fair test ; and how did the case stand when they passed from Swan to Long ? An action was brought for goods ordered by him ; was there an lion. Member who, as a juror, would not scout such an action out of Court ? So much then for the cases his Learned Friend had cited. As to Mr. Swan having canvassed with the sit ting Member, that was not disputed ; but Mr. Fisher proved he was not more actively engaged in canvassing than many others ; and if this was an indication of agency for Mr. Sutton, for which he was responsible, it would be making all candidates responsible for the acts of every individual who solicited a vote for them at an election. Mr. Swan's name appeared very frequently in the cross-examination of his Learned Friend, but very rarely in the answers of the witnesses ex cept in the negative. It appeared less in the whole of the proceedings than any other. It was not found among those who were at Miles's rooms—at the room at the Eagle, and even as contributing to the suLscription for defraying the expenses of the election, but then his friend said it was to be found in some bills ; but was the sitting Member to be responsible for the bills of every publican who might improperly, with out authority, place his name in it. Mr. PLUNIPTHE requested the Learned Sergeant to address himself to Skinner's bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM said the wife of the land lord explained that as an order given by Mr. Swan For half a barrel of ale on the night of the day of elec tion. This was a sample of the whole. The bill was received by Mr. Twiss and paid by Mr. Bishop. The Committee would recollect previous to the election Mr. Sutton limits his payments to 3001. for the expenses of the election, subsequently he adds another 1001. to the sum, and pays the 400/, to Mr. Fisher. Subsequently a subEcript!on was made to defray bills which had arisen in the course of the election. Mr. Twiss has to pro- cure this, for which he conceived he was responsible, ler Mr. Sutton, and issues an advertisement to that effect. It was not an advertisement to all parties who had claims in respect of the election, but limited to those who had claims on Mr. Sutton, in respect of the election. The question for the Committee was, what was the extent of the liability of Mr. Sutton ? Mr. Twiss had not made Mr. Sutton responsible for all bills he had received and transmitted in consequence of this advertisement, but simply for those for which be had advertised. Upon its appearance bills of all descriptions flocked to him, with ;ill of which, excepting those strictly examined by Mr. Sutton, Mr. Twiss declined to have anything to do, and suggested they " should be sent to those gen tlemen who knew anything about them," clearly show. ing he did nit and would not incur any responsibility respecting them for his principal. They were accord ingly taken to Mr. Bishop, who, hearing he had been suggested as a fit person, intimated to Mr. Fisher his readiness to undertake them, and accordingly did so. Mr. Twiss had not bean called ; and, in the absence of all evidence, it was not to be assumed that he had made Mr. Sutton responsible for these bills ; on the contrary, everything went to p r ove he refused to have a n y thin g to do with them. With regard to the subscription fund, Mr. Fisher said Mr. Sutton had no control whatever over it. He could not have ; it was not commenced until he left Cambridge. His increased contribution to the oxpenses of the election was solely on account of the expense for the chairing, not for the discharge of these publicans' bills. There was another not immaterial circumstance. How did Mr. Bishop ' have those bills, if they were Mr. Sutton's ? It was not till the London agent went down to Cambridge they were obtained from Mr. Bishop, and no right of pro perty in them was supposed to exist in Mr. Sutton. Was it, then, to be contended, because they had not, to avoid ill feeling, rejected th e i ssue o f the half barrel of beer ordered by Mr. W. Swan, that Mr. Lon; was also an agent, and that upon his acts the sitting Membe r should lose his seat Then there was a bill respecting so me dinner. Did his friend mean the entry, " Dinner Long,"—was connected with the sitting Member ? It was not even shown this individual was the one con nected with this inquiry. Nor yet in Mitchell's bill, for " Flys—Long and Hornsey.” The natural in. ference was, the charfo the nameforewas of Lon some pg, whoseartydri amrennbye a _g ost s - übtoy, as t h e rejoicing pers on driven there. He theref ore p p bills anything ap. asked the - swan as the agent of the sitting peared to connect - " As to Long's being the Member, and still less Long c • ;I" the former agent of Swan, it was a secondary point, .. failed ; but what were the groundsailduced in proofos . tltis‘rwasass noaid Swan had recomme nded him at a meetin g of Tax C omm i ss i oners , a s a collector of ra tes. We l l, h proof. What further ? They were talking I together when Long was arrested. This was so fri -.‘,10 left town on Satur - The Marqui s o f U rrnu ,... " 'f—nuil will pro , day for the Isle of Wight, whence the Noble .....„ ceed on an excursion to the Mediterranean. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, APRIL 25. STOCKD.LR V. HANSARD. Mr. WIGIITMAN moved for a rule to stay the proceed ings in this case under the authority of the statute of the 3d Vict., entitled " An Act to protect persons employed in publishing Papers by the order and under the authority of the Houses of Parliament," by which it was enacted that, upon giving a party twenty.four hours' notice of his intention, and producing a certificate of the Speaker of the House that the piper relativ e to which the action was commenced was published by the order of the House, the Judge should thereupon stay the proceedings,l which should be immediately at an end. The Learned Counsel then produced a ffidavits showing the state of the proceed ings, and also the certificate of the Speaker, certifying that the papers complained of were published by the order and under the authority of the House of Commons, and the Learned Counsel then moved that the proceedings should be stayed and be at an end. Mr. PLATT was instructed to show cause in the first in stance. After hearing him, Lord DENMAN said the act was im perative, and it had been complied with, as the Speaker had certified that the action was in respect of a publica tion issued by order of the House of Commons. The rule must therefore be made absolute. Mr. WIGHTMAN said there was another similar appli cation relative to a case in Hertfordshire.—Rule absolute. BAIL COURT, APRIL 24. LIBEL.--11AWDON V. LAWSON. Mr. V. LER, on the part of the plaintiff, stated that this action was brought to recover damages for a series of lids that had been published in the Times Newspaper of the 12th and 14th December 1838, reflecting on the character of the plaintiff, and which purported to be a report of cer tain proceedings that had taken place at Hatton-garden police-office. The first libel stated, that on the 11th De cember a person named Pardy had applied to Mr. Bur rell, the sitting Magistrate at the above office, for a war rant against the plaintiff, for sending him a letter threaten ing to accuse him of a nameless offence. The libel stated that the applicant handed a letter to his Worship, of which the following is the substance : " The proprietors of the Paul Pry beg to inform Mr. Pardy, that if he will scud them a cheque for 501., they will keep his name out of their paper in future ; but that if he does not do so, they will charge him with felony, and also with the commission of a nameless offence." The libel went on to state that the applicant (Pardy), after the Magistrate had read the above letter, told his worship that the plaintiff afterwards called upon him, and asked what he intended doing respecting it, and that he could prove that the plaintiff was connected with the Paul Pry, and the sending of the letter; and after giving some statements made by Pardy, said that on his requesting the Magistrate to grant a warrant against the plaintiff, his wor ship said that it was an awful case, and that he would take time to consider of it before he granted a warrant, and di rected the applicant to call again in a couple of days. That he did so, and that then Hawdon was in attendance, and that after both parties had addressed the bench, the Magistrates ultimately refused to interfere in the case. The Learned Counsel having read the libels, stated that the plaintiff was a respectable solicitor, in partnership with a Mr. Smithson, and carrying on business in Southampton Buildings, Chancery-lane ; and that even if such an application as that stated in the libel had been made to tho Magistrate at Hatton-gar garden, still, as it was an ex.parte statement made behind the back of the plaintiff, and reflecting on his character, the defendant was not justified in publishing an account of it in his newspaper. But he should prove that no such statement was made, and that the account published in the Times newspaper was furnished to that journal by Pardy himself, through the medium of a reporter, to whom he paid two pounds for sending it to that paper. The plantiff was in no way connected with the Paul Pry be yond being solicitor to the proprietors, and occasionally calling at their office in Wellington-street. Pardy was connected with the other Paul Pry, which was published in Holywell-street After some further observations, the Learned Counsel said he would call witnesses who would prove the publication of the libel, and having done so would leave the case in the hands of the Jury, satisfied that they would give the plaintiff such damages as they thought the justice of the case demanded at their hands. Proof of the publication of the libel having been given, Mr. Rhodes Mole, a clerk at Hatton-garden Police office, stated that he remembered Pardy making an appli cation to Mr. Burrell for a warrant against the plaintiff. Had read the report in the Times of the proceedings on that occasion. It was not altogether correct. Pardy's statement was not made on oath. The letter he handed in was privately read by the Magistrate. Cross-examined by Mr. HUMPHREY—The report did not contain any accusation against the plaintiff that was not made by Pardy. In substance, it was a fair report of what took place. The language was not so strong in the report as that which was made use of by Pardy. Henry Brooks was next called, and he stated that ho knew the proprietors of both the Paul Pry newspapers. He formerly knew a person named Adcock (lately de. ceased), who was an amateur reporter to the newspapers, and occasionally attended Hatton-garden Police-office in that capacity. Witness was at the Flower-pot, Hatton garden (opposite the Police-office), when he heard Adcock say that Pardy had given him two sovereigns to get his (Pardy's) account inserted in the Times of an application he had made to Mr. Burrell respecting the plaintiff. Wit ness saw that account afterwards in the Times. Cross-examined by Mr. HUMPHREY-Pray, Sir, are , you an amateur reporter? Witness—Yes. I was once. Mr. Busspnititir—An amateur? Of what genus—the penny a line? Witness—l wrote and sent occasional con tributions to the papers, but I have left that off. lam a step above it now. lam regular reporter. Mr. HUMPHREY—May I ask what establishment has the beneft of your valuable services ? Witness—The Thoatri cal—(The answer of the witness was drowned in the roars of laughter that ensued.) Witness continued—He knew both Paul Prys. Plaintiff was the solicitor of one of them, and transacted his business at the Paul Pry office in Wellington-street. Plaintiff was now undergoing a sentence in the Queen's Bench prison. When Adcock got the two sovereigns from Pardy, he changed one to pay witness 2s. 6d. he owed him, and immediately afterwards they went to another public-house, and changed the other. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. HUMPHREY then addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. After some observations, the Learned Counsel admitted that, as there was no plea of justification the Jury must find a verdict for the plaintiff, but said ho was sure they would give him as damages the smallest coin in the realm. The Learned Counsel did not call any witnesses. Mr. Justice W Ams, after reading parts of the alleged libel, said the question for the consideration of the Jury was what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to recover. Ile was bound, however, to tell them, that if even (as had been proved) the account published by the defendant was a true report in substance of what took place, yet if he could not prove the truth of the whole of it, the Jury were bound to find a verdict for the plaintiff. The Jury then consulted together a short time, when one of them addressing his Lordship, said, Are we bound, my Lord, nolens volens, to find a verdict for the plaintiff? Must we find a verdict for him even although we should be of opinion that the report published in this paper is correct, and that the publication of it was calculated to effect a public good? Mr. Justice Wiwasts—Gentlemen, you must find a verdict for the plaintiff; but it is for you to settle the amount of damages. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plain tiff, damages one farthing. Mr. HUMFHRICY—I hope your Lordship will certify in this case, that the damages were less than 40s. so as to deprive plaintiff of his costs. Mr. Justice Wiwams—ls that necessary? Does not Lord Denman's Act apply here? Mr. Hu►lrnnsv—That Act has not yet passed. Mr. Justice Wiwasis—Well, I will consider of your application. One of the jury here said that they were obliged by law to return the verdict they had done. It was the law as laid down by the Learned Judge that compelled them to do so. Mr. kit:smuts: r said now that the case was over, he felt bound to state that the report in question was furniAhed by the person who attended Hatton-garden police-office for the Timer, and that the story to the contrary was altogether a fabrication. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 23. ASSIGNEESHIP3.—An application was made at the rising of the Court for the committal of a person who had been an assignee of an insolvent's estate, and had kept in his possession upwards of 8001. which money be had been or dered to pay into Court. Efforts had been made to servo him with a rule to show cause why he should not be committed, but he had evaded the order, and the present application was for a peremptory order for his committal. The provisional assignee made an affidavit of the facts of the ease, which had been some time before Mr. Commissioner Law. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN thought the present motion could not be granted. The party must be served with a rule to show cause. The CHIR P C OM . MI SRIONER concurred, remarking that a very strong case indeed must be made out before the Court could dispense with the usual p roceedin g s. The COUR T refused the application. It should be known that the Commissioners have laid down a rule, in all cases where there are funds in Court, or a sum to be set aside out of pensions or otherwise, nut to appoint an assignee. The provisional assignee acts, obtains the money, and divides the same without any ex pense. By the last Act the Court had the power. There were before a number of instances of delinquent assignees —persons who bad received large sums, and applied them to their own uses, regardless of the other creditors. Yesterd a y, b e i ng t h e first Sunday in Easter Term, the Learned Judges, according to long-established cus tom, attended afternoon service in St. Paul's Cathedral. On their arrival their Lordships were received by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, and by the Ili,hop of Llan daff (Dean of S t. P au l' s ), an d the clergy of the, Cathedral in res id ence. A few minutes a f terwar d s a p ro ces s ion w as formed, and p rocee d e d t o that part of the Cathedral set apart f or pu b l i c worsh i p. L ong b e f ore the time appoint e d for the commencement of D i v i ne serv i ce , l arge c r o w d s o f well dressed persons h a d assem bled in the Cathedral, anxious to get within th e choir, or at least to o b ta i n a s i g h t o f t h e process i on. As soon as the Judges and Corporation functionaries had taken their places, the public were admitted. In the course of a few minutes the church was crowded to excess, and it is be lieved that some hundreds of persons must have been unable to obtain a d m i ssion. BRITISH QUEEN.—We have been favoured with a si g h t of the accounts of one of the shareholders in this nob le vessel, and find that 5 per cent. has been paid on every Instalment from the date of payment. If this has been taken out of he r earnings in the three voyages from July to January, as we un c b rstand it has, it would amount to 9 per cent., on t h e half-vicar. W e have been informed that a ba l ance of 8,0001., or above 5 per cent. on h er cos t (90,0001.) was also in hand on Ist Jan uary; and that s h e h a d nev e r m ade a singl e t r ip without a profit.—Railway Magazine. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., comes to town from D ray t on M ano r at the close of the week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A COAL-HEAVER TURNED SHAVER AND HAIR DRESSER.—The Lord Mayor received a letter, of which the following is a copy, complaining of a gross in novation by foreigners upon the trade of London. The subject has very frequently been reprobated both in the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common Council, but it has not yet appeared before the public in the shape in which it was represented to his Lordship. Ludicrous as the affair may be, several respectable, well-conducted individuals are injured by the practice to which the letter alludes : " To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR. " May it please your Lordship, I will point out to you a very serious evil existing in the city, which is that of allowing strangers from all parts to follow their calling, to the great injury of your fellow-citizens. Those to whom I wish to call your Lordship's attention are in the hair-dressing line, and entire strangers, one being a coal-heaver from Hereford, and the other being a run-away apprentice from Wales. The former keeps a shop near Farringdon•street. I needn't tell your Lordship that such a wretch is incapable of transacting the profes sion of a hair-dresser, or of anyrespectable trade, for such persons never Oven practice upon themselves ; because why, they don't get shaved more than once a week, and then it is by what we call scrapers, that leaves more than half the beard upon the face. The other indivi dual was only a year in the profession, and in course he can't know anything more than putting the head of a customer straight for me or such as me to shave. He lives in a court in Fleet -street, but there is no name whatever over the door. " Now, my Lord, the business is well known to be going down altogether, for it is fashionable for many people to go without shaving at all, so that the loss to the honest citizen who takes up his freedom is doubled upon him by the admission of such vermin. If they were to follow their calling, and not lower the charges (which are, the Lord knows, low enough already, for we charge no more than a penny the half bust), I should not trouble myself about it, but these fellows advertise to go over the whole face for the money, and myself is robbed and my family want, whatever they exact by cheap shaving and hair-cutting. It is enough to make any fair person run mad into the streets, when he sees his old customers go by his shop and he idle, and they with their faces ready for the coalheaver or the dis honest apprentice that run away from his master. " I hope your Lordship will take our case into your consideration, and be kind enough to relieve us from these encroachments. It will be gratefully felt by your honourable and devoted servant.—A CITIZEN OF LON DON, and a Hairdresser in the neighbourhood of Shoe lane." The LORD MAYOR said that he felt for the poor fel low who described the distress to which he was sub jected by the competition of the two rival hairdressers, and he should be very happy to afford relief in such a case, but he could not, as Lord Mayor, do any more than recommend that the parties should be reported to the Chamberlain, whose duty it was to prosecute all parties who transacted retail business in the city without taking out their freedom. He knew that there was an objection upon the part of inquest juries to advise the prosecution of poor persons who were not able to take up their freedom, but the privileges of the citizens should, in his opinion, be always maintained. A hair-dresser, who had been summoned for the pay ment of poor-rates, here assured his Lordship that the business was going down every day ; shaving was now SJ little in use, that a crack person of the trade was actually taking out a patent for making wigs out of beards.—(Laughter.) His LORDSHIP hoped that the ladies would correct the prevailing taste for dirty faces, and that the cus tomers of the complainant would oblige the coal-heaver to betake himself to his own trade. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1840. volous he passed it over. Then Long had the Green Book found upon him. How did this establish agency? That two persons interested in an election should make use of the same book, for the rairpose of furthering the interest of their fa“)urite candidate, did not prove it ; if it did, it proved that Long was not only the agent of Swan, but also of Barker, who had also made entries in it. And, granted that Long used the book for corrupt purposes—that made Long a briber, but how did it make him so as the agent of Swan ? Then, Mrs. Large's letter was found upon him, which, however, if it proved any thing, proved Mr. Large had been offered ten pounds to vote fur the Liberal party, and he could not see, because it was indorsed " Mr. Long will hear what you have to say," how it proved him the agent of Mr. Swan, still less of Mr. Sutton ; Long being, as his friend had said, an Intelligent person living in this neighbourhood. His friend talked of papers Long had burnt at a blacksmith's forge after his apprehension, but this did not prove his agency, but merely his anxiety to scree❑ himself from the charge of bribery made against him. Then with regard to other circumstances of the case. Was it to be an imputation on the other party that when the magistrates had demanded the most exorbitant bail from Long, they said, " whether he be guilty or not we know not, but we will not allow him to suffer this injustice, and will bail him." Had the sitting Member himself done so, under the circumstances, it could not be an imputation upon him ; but Mr. Fisher, who of all others might have been expected to do it, if Long had been adopted by Mr. Sutton's party, had been applied to to bail him, and had refused. On Mr. Fisher's hearing of Long's being about to leave Cambridge, he tells Mr. Swan, who informed him, to persuade him not to do so, for he saw it was a scheme to get something out of him to the prejudice of his friend, the sitting Member, and he accordingly goes to town, and informs the agent of Mr. Sutton. He thought the Committee would scarcely hold that there arose from this a suspicion of agency of Long and Swan. He submitted, his friend had shown no ground to connect these parties as agent and principal, although he had employed all his dex terity for that purpose. He had raked Long's pockets, and spoken of the envelope with Mr. Fisher's auto graph, but how could this connect him with Swan, un less it were shown it came to him from Swan ; and as to his agency to Mr. Fisher, that gentleman had sworn he never directly or indirectly had communication with him for political purposes. The Learned Gentleman concluded by thanking the Committee for the particular attention which they had afforded him in wading through the mass of evidence he bad felt it to be his duty to com ment upon, and expressing the hope that by doing so he had satisfactorily established the point he was contending for, the interest of his client. The room was then cleared for consultation, and on our return the Chairman informed Counsel the Committee were of opinion that the agency of Swan was proved, and also the agency of Long, for the purposes of the election. On the next witness coming to be sworn, Mr. Andrews asked him if be believed in the book in his hand, and he answered in the affirmative. George Smith examined by Mr. COCKBURN—Long came to me to buy shoes, and said if you like to vote for Mr. Sutton I can put a few pounds in your pocket. I said it was a curious question to put to me, as I always voted on the other side, but I would give him an answer next morning. I saw him again on Tuesday morning, when he came to pay for the shoes. He said Mrs. Long wanted a pair, and I went to h:s house in the evening and took change for a sovereign, which he had left to pay for the shoes, and for which I could not then give him change. After I measured Mrs. Long she left the room, and he asked me to take some wine ; and while we were taking it he said " About the election—to cut the matter abort I can give you 101. if you vote for Mr. Sutton." He said he would give me the 91. then for the shoes. I said I should be glad of another such a customer. and said he should hear further from me. I told my wife about it, and next day I went to Royston Market. After. wards I received nine sovereigns from my wife : I marked them, and gave them into the custody of Mr. Eden. I told him what had taken place. He asked me what I meant to do. I said, "To do that which is right, and point them out to the finger of scorn." After that I went to the committee-room, and to Mr. Gunning's office, and on Saturday to the magistrate to give my evidence. I should know the sovereigns again. Cross-examined by Sergeant ANDREWS.--I lived at Cambridge nearly fourteen years, with the exception of a few weeks. Before that I lived at Okeham, in Rutland shire. Long came to me between May and August last. He first introduced politics on 22d August. I did not say much. He stopped about a quarter of an hour. It was I think on a Thursday. I took a note of the day of the month within a day or two after. I made the memoran dum of the date in a little almanack I have. I don't know how many of these almanacks I have had. It was about seven o'clock on Saturday morning Long came to me. He had had a pair of boots of me before for his boy. On Thursday morning he came for a pair for his daughter. On Thursday morning he said to me a vote was of little consequence to a poor man. On Saturday he camo and looked round to see if any one was there, and after some conversation about the boots, he said he could put a few pounds in my pocket if I would vote for Mr. Sutton. I did not tell him I could not give him a positive answer ' then, but that I would give him one on Sunday morning. Whether I would do so or not depended on circum stances. I had made up my mind to give him a positive answer. I should have told him I did not intend voting for Mr. Sutton. I wished him to believe by the answer I gave him, that I was not to be bribed, and that he had not a flat to deal with. I mean to swear I never gave Mr. Long any eneouragemeot to suppose I was a person to be bribed. I told him I should like a lot of customers at the price he offered, and so I should. I should be happy to work for you at that price. I did not mean my vote was to be included. I did not say my wife should go and receive the money. I said " Very well, Mr. Long, you shall hear further from me." I intended to send her for the money. It was that he might take him self in if he were such a fool. Mr. Long called on Wed nesday, and told my wife to go to his house at one o'clock. I had directed her the night before to do so. I told her she was to get 91. I returned about nine or ten on Wed nesday. I saw Mr. F. Eden on the Saturday morning in Bridge-street. I went to his office, but met him in the street, and told him. He is one of Mr. Gibsun's friends. I had made up my mind to go to Mr. Long.'s on the Sun day morning before I saw Mr. F. Eden. I bud not seen Mr. Richard Poster till I went to the Town Hall. It was about noon when I went there. When I went into the Court I saw the Magistrates there, and Mr. Cannon and Mr. Cooper. I had previously seen the superintendent and inspector of pclice. I had also seen Mr. Cannon on the Sunday morning at his house, about the middle of the day. On the Tuesday night I went to Mr. Gibson'. Committee.room. I had not been before. I went after, on being sent for on Thurs day. I had some conversation at the door of the room with Mr. Cannon. I never said that the book on which I was swore was the damnedest, lyingest book that ever was printed. The persons who would say I had are the greatest liars in the world. I know a person named Joseph Dalton. I never said so in his presence. Gad forbid I should have said if any children took took up that book I would knock their brains out. This is the har lest trial I ever met with.— ( Here witness appeared to be much affected, and Mr. Austin said the question was most scandalous). I know a man named Robert Burgess Smith. He was appren ticed to me. I have been in London about a fortnight. During that time I have been in lodgings in Abingdon street. By Mr. COCKBURN—Last was an apprentice of mine. I have flogged him for not going to a place of worship, and for being a thief and a liar. [ made the mark on the almanack of 1839. I have purchased two almanaeks since, one a bock, and one a sheet one. The latter is stuck up down stairs—the one for 1839 is still stuck up where I work. My wife gave me the money she had received of Long the morning after she received it. After I bad marked it, I gave it to Mr. Eden. By the COSINIITTEE—I go to a place of worship some times. Ido not belong to any community of Christians. I have three Bibles in my house. So long as I perform my duty to God I don't believe it matters belonging to any sect. Mrs. Smith—l am the wife of the last tiitness% I know Mr. Long. My husband told me on the 27th August Long had offered him nine sovereigns for his vote, and I might do as I liked about going for it. I went to Long's house the next day, and saw Mrs. Long, who asked me to go into a back room. I saw Long in about a quarter of an hour. Ile then asked me to take a glass of wine, and I did. I said that my husband told me to come for some money, nine sovereigns. lie said I knew what it was about, and counted out nine sovereigns, and told me to take it to my husband and tell him it was better to him than his vote. I took it up. He said the party would call very shortly. After a card was ►eft at our house I left, and when my husband came home be asked whether I had been. I showed him the money neat day, He marked it with a file. By Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS-1 don't know of myself who left the card at my house. I saw Long in the morning between breakfast and dinner. I can't tell what time Long came. I live nearer Mr. Cannon than Long. I did not know Mr. Cannon before he came to live in our street. I knew Mr. Cooper. My husband had done jobs for them, but I cannot say for how long. I don't know how often Mr. Cannon has been at my house ; it is but a very few times. I won't swear neither he nor Mr. Cooper have not been at my house six times, within two months of the election. I have been to his house several times, to the servants. I seldom saw him. When I went to Long's house, the wine was on the table. When ho gave me the sovereigns, he told use to take them to my husband, and that at a future time he should be able to give him a great deal more. I don't often go to church. I have been with my husband. I remember goinr , once at least.—( Laughte r. ) March 27, 1826, at Okeham.'My chit. dren go to a Dissenting place of worship. The apprentice goes to church. He sometimes takes my little boy with him. licannot say where my husband keeps his almanack. help in his business. I work below, and he upstairs. We have a sheet almanack sticking up in the bottom room. What he has upstairs Ido not know. lam sure I cannot sav whether I have seen a sheet almanack in any other room in the house. 13V Mr. AUSTIN—I can't tell whether there is a sheet almanack in the room where my husband works. My husband has only done ni,nding work for Mr. Cannon and Mr. Cooper, although I think he made one new pair for Mr. Cooper. My daughter is about thirteen years old. I have been much abused about going to church since the election business. By the Com miIFEE—My husband did not tell me what he was going to do w ith th e m o ney Long gave me. He said Long had offered him nine sovereigns to vote for Manners Sutton. ( "nmmittee then adjourned to this day. The GUILDHALL. Hester Kernpson, a young woman, was charged with the following cruel robbery. Mrs. Hutchinson, the wife of a city policeman, stated that a fortnight after she was confined the prisoner called on her, and saying that she had just been discharged from her place, asked if she might stay and nurse her for a few days as her nurse was gone. The prisoner was taken into the house, and at the end of a fortnight she wished her to get a place, and the prisoner left the house each day for that pur pose. Yesterday she found that a gold ring and a five pound note had been stolen from out of her box, and the prisoner confessed to have taken it. When she was asked how she had spent it, she stated that she took her sweetheart, who is a common soldier, down to Greenwich fair, where she treated him, and bought him a guard-chain and some clothes. The ring bad been pawned at Knightsbridge, and was produced by the pawnbroker and identified. The Alderman, hearing that no promise had been made to the woman to induce her to make the confession, said that he should send her for trial at the Central Criminal Court. 130 W-STREET. Cornelius Domus, driver of one of the Newbury waggons, was charged with having, through careless ness, caused the death of a man who got into the wag gon, near Maidenhead, but who, as it appeared, was run over facing St. Martin's Church, while the driver was at the head of the leading► horse ; the Magistrate, therefore, discharged the prisoner, whom be did not consider to be at all implicated, at the same time stating that the man would doubtless give his evidence at the inquest. By papers found on the deceased it appeared he was an Irishman, who had kept a public-house at Bantry in Ireland. MARY LEBONE. Eliza Fitzgerald, a well-dressed woman, and the wife of a tradesman in Tottenham-court-road, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in Nor ton-street, between one and two o'clock in the morning, she refused to go home, and was then fore taken to the station-house. The prisoner begged the Magistrate to look over her offence, on account of the misery she had suf fered while in the dungeons by rats, hundreds of which, as soon as she laid down to enjoy a comfortable nap, crawled over her face and bosom, while others of . the detestable creatures began gnawing her new pru nella shoes, which she had bought only a few hours pre viously at a very nice shop in Oxford-street. The in spector said there were not any rats in the place. The prisoner assured the Magistrate that though, as there was neither candle, gas, or day light in the place, she had not seen them, yet she caught hold of the tail of one, which, however, slipped out of her fingers, though she pinched it as tightly as she could. She was ordered to find bail for her bettor behavioUr fur the next six months. Q UEEN- SQ UARE. Mr. George Martin, Inspector of the A division of police, with the six constables who are specially ap pointed to do duty at the House of Lords, appeared by order of the Commissioners to answer a charge made against them by the Earl of Galloway, of 37, Grosve nor-square, for neglect of duty. Much of the Magistrate's time was occupied by the hearing over again of what was very properly called the foolery of " colting" his Lordship's stupid footman, who must have known, had he been no farther initiated into the mysteries of servitude than Mary Stedman, of mutton-chop celebrity, that he could not hope alone to overthrow a custom, how ever ridiculous, which had existed for a century, and to which all the 'servants of the peerage had subscribed. That some of the police witnessed parts of the occurrence there can be no doubt ; that they acted wisely, in winking at what was in truth but a little fun may be questioned ; that they were so culpable as to call for all the parade and fuss which the lacquey, inflated by wearing the livery of a peer, has brought about, few will believe ; even the Magistrates stated that there was not sufficient to war rant him in enforcing against the men then present the highly penal statute which applied to the case ; so far as he was concerned,he said, the men were entitled to their dismissal, though general negligence was certainly appa rent. The Inspoctor respectfully observed that he and the six men had to do the duty outside and inside the House of Lords ; four of the men were outside at the time, And he, with the others, was then in the House, on leaving which he first heard of the occurrence. UNION-HALL. John Mason, a poor, half-famished looking young man, blind of one eye, was charged with wilfully break ing a gas-lamp, for the purpose of obtaining shelter in the station-house. On the previous night the defendant applied at the station•house for shelter, and was told that he could not be provided for there unless he committed some offence. Acting on this information, he immediately went into the road, and, picking up a stone, threw it at the gas lamp over the station-house door, and smashed it in pieces. This act on the part of the defendant had the effect intended, and he was accordingly taken into custody. On being questioned by the Magistrate, the defen dant said he was a native of Scotland, and had not a " baubee," and that he had been without victuals and lodgings for the last two days and two nights ; that being fairly worn out, and being refused admission into the station-house, he certainly did break a lamp to get shelter there ; his object was to get back to Scotland. The Magistrate said that the defendant was not like the generality of his countrymen, who when they once came south were very loath to go ba ck again. The offence with which he was charged was becoming very preva lent, and, to teach the defendant that he could not com mit sucli acts with impunity, he should commit him for twenty-one days to the treadmill, before he was started off for the north. BIRD-NESTING EXTRAORDINARY.—OR Sun day last, three lads, living in North James's-street, were en gaged in the not very laudable pursuit of searching for birds' nests at Comely Bank. Having descried a sparrow come out , from the bottom rf a chimney b elon g in g to one of t he half finished edifices at that place , on e of the lads was poking to find its n es t, and in a hole he fe ll in with a small paper p arce l which on opening he found, to his great surprise, to contain eighteen sovereigns. There is little doubt that this money, which ha s thus so singularly come to li g ht, h ad been placed there by some burglar for s ecurity.—Edinburyh Paper. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT WIMBLEDON. On Saturday evening an inquest was held by Mr W. Carter, Coroner for:the eastern division of Surrey, at the Dog and Fox Inn, Wimbledon, on the body of John Tootling, aged six years and five months, who was shot by another child named Charles Sadler, nine years of age, under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence : Robert Pantling deposed, that he was a labourer, and the deceased child was his son. Oa Thursday evening about seven o'clock, he went to a piece of garden ground in his occupation, for the purpose of planting potatoes, and the deceased and another son, named Thomas, went with him to assist. When he got to his garden, he found another man named John Dorset, and a little boy named Charles Sadler, his adopted child, also there, and he observed a barrow and a gun leaning between the handles of it, and which gun was used by Dorset for the purpose of keeping birds from the crops. The three children got together, and were playing about, close to the barrow, and witness entered into conversation with Dor set ; and at this time they, and the children, were all standing clove to the barrow. An instant after the gun exploded, and the deceased fell down, and exclaimed, " Oh, dear me ! oh, dear me !" Witness picked him up, and observed that the thumb of his left hand was shot off, and he wrapped a handkerchief round the hand and carried him towards his own home, and as they were going along the poor child said, " I shall die." At this time witness imagined that the thumb was the only part that had been injured, but when he got the deceased home he found that there was a wound larger than a crown piece on his side, just underneath the heart. The child died about nine o'clock. By the Jury—The children were all behind me, and I could not see how the accident happened, but from what I have heard, I have reason to believe that the little boy Sadler, caused the gun to go off. He is about nine years old. I have no reason to believe but that the melancholy occurrence was the result of acci dent. I never heard Sadler threaten my boy, neither did I hear any quarrelling between them. I have no doubt it was accidentally done. Thomas Pantling, a son of the last witness, deposed that he was nine years old. The Coroner having ques tioned him as to his knowledge of the nature of an oath, and his answer being satisfactory, he was sworn. Ho deposed as follows :—I went with my father and my little brother, who is dead, to the garden on the evening of Thursday, and we saw Charles Sadler there, and he came to us, and we were all playing together near the barrow where the gun was, and my father and Mr. Dorset were talking together with their backs to us, and Sadler and my brother and me were looking at some dead birds that 11Ir. Dorset had shot, and Sadler lifted up the gun and tried to cock it, and it fell out of his fingers, and the gun went off and shot my brother. One of the Jury here inquired what kind of a gun it was, and he was informed that it had a percussion lock, and that the cock was upon the nipple of the gun when the child Sadler laid hold of it, and it was sup posed that, not having strength sufficient to draw it to the half cock, it slipped from his fingers upon the cap, and so caused the fatal accident. In answer to questions by the Jury, the little boy further stated that he did not think that Sadler knew the gun was loaded. He did not say anything or threaten to shoot his brother, before the gun went off. He did not touch the trigger of the gun, but merely pulled up the lock. The beadle then informed the Coroner that the boy Sadler was in attendance, if the Jury wished to ask him any questions. The Coroner said he did not think it would be neces sary ; but as he was in attendance, it might be as well that the Jury should have an opportunity of question ing him. He was accordingly brought into the room. • He is an intelligent-looking lad. He cried bitterly, and ap peared to feel very deeply the consequences of the thoughtless act he had committed. The Jury having expressed an opinion that Sadler could not throw any better light upon the matter, The CORONER proceeded to address them, and said that it was a most melancholy case ; but it appeared to be clear, from the evidence, that the unfortunate oc currence was purely the result of accident, and that no criminal blame could be attached to any party. He added that if the Jury thought the circumstances of the case would warrant them in so doing, they had a power of declaring the gun to be a forfeit to the Crown. The Jury then unanimously returned a verdict of " Accidental death ;" and at the same time added that as they knew Dorset to be a hard-working industrious raan, and did not consider him at all to blame in this transaction, they should not adjudge him to forfeit his gun. The CORONER then addressed the boy Sadler, and said he hoped this melancholy occurrence would be a warning to him, and that he would never touch a gun again until he was old enough to know its na ture and use. ANECDOTE OF AN ALLIGATOR. The Oriental Herald contains, under the head, " Do mestication of the Alligator," the following interesting particulars respecting a young Alligator which was caught in a stream on the Ganges :—" The Alligator which was about sixteen inches in length, having been secured by a piece of ratlin about its neck, was placed on the deck of the boat, where all had an opportunity of examining the creature. Its first impulse when let loose was to make its escape over the vessel's side, but being checked by the string, it turned round, and opening its jaws to their full extent displayed its formidable com plement of teeth, at the same time emitting a hissing noise like that which is made by the goose. This con tinued until a piece of cane was placed near its snout, when it seized the stick with the ferocity of a young dog, suffering itself to be turned over and over before it would quit its hold. Indeed, when at all disturbed, it would on every occasion draw itself back, and com mence hissing with open jaws, until the cause of annoy ance had ceased. It is singular that during the two months that this animal remained in captivity it was never seen to eat anything that was offered to it, though it evidently increased in growth.—During the stay of the narrator in Calcutta it was regularly, however, put over the boat's side, with the string attache ! to its neck, of a sufficient length for it to reach the bottom of the river, and drawn in again in the evening. On the return trip up the country it was kept in the hold of the boat ; it was on such occasions, p er h a p s , that he fed during the day, but it was invariably thrown into the water when evening came, remaining out all night. In this manner the owner carried the animal to his house, where it was daily picketed on the bank of a large jheel or lake, to reach which it had to walk across a garden which intervened, following, sometimes unwillingly, like an ill-broken puppy, the man who was charged with the care of it. On arriving at the water's edge it invariably rushed in with alacrity, proceeding to the full-length of its tether, which was drawn in at night, when the alligator was brought back to the house. Here, to be more under observation, it was accorded a place in the corner of its master's bed room, where it lay quite quiet, coiled up in the man ner of a dog, from which position it rarely stirred unless disturbed, when it would erect its hack, open its jaws, and commence hissing as I have already described. In this manner it passed about a month, appearing lively, and palpably increasing in size, since the string which had originally been fastened round its neck was getting tight, and would soon have had to be removed, in order to give relief for the respiration of the animal. An un forseen occurrence, however, rendered this trouble unne cessary, and at the same time put an end to this in teresting experiment in zoology. Tile house being merely a bungalow, or one-floored cottage on a large scale, situate in the country, where it is usual to go to rest with the doors, even of the bed-rooms, wide open, on account of the heat, the custom had been followed :n the present instance. It, however, proved fatal to the domesticated alligator, for on getting up one morning a heap of well-picked bones was all that remained of it, a villanous mungoose (Viverra ichneumon) being sup posed to have attacked it during the night, having gained access by the open door."—Scots Times. Parliament re-assembles in the course of the en suing week. Whatsoever it pleaseth Toryism to do in the House of Peers, whether from its caprice of faction, or from the settled, inveterate hatred of Reform and its hallowed Mi nisters, Toryism, abusing its legislative privilege, can doubt less temporarily affect. We therefore pass from this Cham ber, so utterly dissociated from all popular sympathy, and come to the House of Commons. The first measure of importance to be brought before that assembly will be Lord Stanley's Bill for the dectruction of the Irish Reform Act, under the false pre tence of an improved mode of registration. Mr. Stanley (the Member for North Cheshire) most truly said last week, at the dinner given to him by his constituents, that " the battle of English freedom was to be fought on Irish ground." We can add a fact irresistibly confirming that political truth. At a meeting of Peers, held at Apsrey-house, on the subject of the Irish Municipal Bill, a Noble Lord, a truly sincere Tory (in fact, a political bigot—bigots, as Mr. Stanley observes, are always sincere), astonished the noble auditory by his strenuous advocacy of a Liberal franchise in the cities and towns of Ireland. Pressed for an ex planation, he said, " We can make the exercise of that fran chise in Ireland so odious to the empire, that we can thereby pave the way for the repeal of the Municipal Reform Act in England and Wales." Most truly, therefore, did Mr. Stanley say that the battle of English freedom was to be fought on Irish ground. Well do we know that great alarm is felt by the sober minded people of England at the reckless threats of Lord Stan ley ; but really his is only a constitutional hatred of Ireland ; and give him but the opportunity of venting his malice in a good long speech, and he will fall back again until Sir James Graham applies the goad. But, after all, in what a disgraceful plight do the haters of her Majesty's:Government exhibit these. selves. They threaten us with foreign dangers fraa every quarter; and, as a patriotic anode of enabling us to work through them, they not only proclaim to foreign countries that we are weak and without the means of defence from foreign aggression, but they damn themselves eternally by exciting such dom es ti c di s t ur b ance as must necessar il y increase the confidence of f ore i gn enem i es, an d su bj ect t h em selves (foolish bad men !) t o b e aga i n tramp l e d upon b y t h e indignant people of Ireland.-- Observer. The first play ever written by the author of Love, was c a ll e d th e G ypsy , an d played lost, and the late Edmund Kean, at B e lf as t. Th e manuscr ipt was .ost, and the play was not published. EVENING EDITION. A HIT AT THE SPECTATOR• (From the Times.) A week Tory-Radical of the fast-and-loose school, which has systematically earned the distinction qf doing everything in its power to undermine the ultra-Liberal ism it p,•oji'sses to support, has thought fit, we under stand, to read us a lecture upon a recent article of ours, written in anticipation of the city meeting in re ference to New Zealand. From the requisition upon which the meeting was convened, bearing as it did the names of gentlemen known to be connected with the enterprising Land Company, struggling for the ratifica tion of their assumptions in that quarter, we required no extraordinary magic to divine the precise object they had in view, or the drifty character their speeches and resolutions were likely to exhibit. But conforma bly with the decided opposition which this journal has all along given to thei r ar bit rar y a nd unaccredited operations, we took the innocent liberty, a day or two before the meeting, of doing what we could to embar rass and defeat the movement. To effect this righteous purpose, it occurred to us that if we could succeed in obtaining a large attendance of impartial men, fully prepared to expect a demonstration on the side of honesty and justice,we should create such a centre-temp:. for the New Zealand jobbers as might do the country some service. Accordingly we ventured to take a fancy to misundertand the design of their muster , and there fore, dealing with it exactly as we dealt with Mr. \Val' lace's motion about the Glasgow Peel Club, we thought the best way of shaming and thwarting the New Zea land orators was to give them credit beforehand for in tending to expose the iniquities of Polynesian pillage, and so to put them in their proper position before an observant public. But our galling banter, which Mr. George Frederick appears to have comprehended only too well for his own purpose, has been as little understood by the weekly winpenny we have alluded to as if it had been written in Latin. The deplorable owl screeches and solilo quizes as if our sarcasms against the New Zealand far!' eiers, who afford him some harbourage amidst their mouldering ruins, had been let off in serious ignorance of their pretensions. What we have now written will, of course, silence and shame his sightless solemnities. This, we must nevertheless admit, may be doubtful, for the owl is an ignorant owl, as well as stone blind. THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEER. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s s. to s. s. s. s. Carlisle 62 39 1 30 41 43 .!.6 68 32 38 22 34 Morpeth 44 64 29 25 24 20 48 40 38 ,9 Penrith 69 38 30 33 Sheffield 65 38 26 45 ‘ , 4 f, Winchester ..., 66 19 30 38 23 27 42 45 35 "", Per Bushel. s.d. s.d.,s. d. s.d. s.d., s.d. I. 00 9 0 0 0 40! 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 p 0 Carmarthen... 00 Y 2 00 5 0 0 0 29 56 0 0 0 0 00 Cowbridge......... 10 0 11 0 5 0 56; 3 0 36 50 53 00 0 Swansea 84 9 6 0 681 3 4 44 56 6 0 0 0 0 0 Per 8011. Barnardcastle II 6 16 6, 8 0 93 1 7 0 8 8 9 0 12 0 7 6 8 . Durham 126 178 80 90. 6 6 7610 0 11 012 0 1 30 n Richmond.... 12 0 19 0 7 0 90 50 80 90 II 0 90 5t0ckt0n........,13 0166 9 0 99L 6 0 80 7 6 80 0 0 80 116 166! 80 931 7 0 8 8 9 0 120 ' 126 176 80 90 . 6 6 7610 0 !30 120 19 0 7 0 90 1 5 0 80 90 110 !130 16 6 9 0 99L 6 0 80 76 80, WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. I, Norfolk and Suffolk s. 665. to 71s. fine 7 5 " - Lin. and Cam. - Yorkshire -s. 48s. to 58s. fine 62b - NThite ... -s. 70s. to 745. fine 1 77 3 . - Foreign, /led -s. 645. to 68s. fine 70f. White -s. -s. to 725. nne 765. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk i. to 38s. fine 4 56 --- Lincolnshire ---- Yorkshire Wold ' 9s. to -s. fine Vs. - Foreign Beans, New ... 403. to 440. fine 465. - Old 46s. to 48s. tine 500. Oats, Potato -s. to 325. fine 3/ . . --- Poland -s a. to 325. fine :6A, - Friesland and Small -s. -a to fine 304 --- Iv.zaling Shelling Malt -.. -.4 445. fine 48s. per Load. Rapeseed -1. Os. 25/. Os. 261. Os. per Last. Wheat, Red, NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE Red. white. Wheat, Northumberland s6s. 705....... 71s. 764.' Norfolk and Suffolk— ......... Berwick and Scotch 6ls. 655 —l. e l s ' Foreign 6ss. 71a....... 695. . 155 * Rye, Norfolk Sand Suffolk 4os. Vs — l. --s • .-- Foreign 32s, 33s --•s. --.. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 3.8 s 445 —l. — 4 • Grinding and Feeding 2os 325...... —s. ---'• Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 63s 73s ...-1. —' Beans, Small 36s. 405....... -.". —4 : ---•— Tick 42s. 445. —4 l. — 7 Pease, White 42s. 435. .... —a. — •• Gray .. —s. 4 —l. - - s• Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe .......... 3os. 31s. —l. •—•• ...-- --,..—..... Feed -.-= Foreign .......... 305. 311 —l. ** -11 . Flour (per sack) sls. 535....... -- '"4" eibcrdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso ....... Kirkaldy Perth The SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. 70 to SO 50 45 Barley. 28 to 34 10 26 Oats. 46 50 48 65 48 63 63 64 64 72 31 5l to 23 30 ---- Oatmeal. 24 26 26 31 26 49 35 37 34 38 25 29 - 30 W 26 40 43 0 59 32 33 32 34 37:t0 40 40 43 ..... ..... 4 0 42 r rim •••• OW :ow .... 43 " I_ ".. iuntzr• First Second Third Debra. 321 Od —a Od —.. Od First Second Third Beams. 444 404 6cl 38. 04 20 to 25 17 20 17 18 IS 22 23 27 22 26 24 25 19 29 O 2 67 36 33 45 48 60 '4 30 40 25 35 41 44 use of the measure varies throughout the c HADDINGfON CORN MARKET. IWheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. I Pease. 726 Od 376 Od 305 34 44s 01 60s Od 35s Od 27s 6d 40s Od 54s Od 34s Od 25s Od 3.9 s Od ,verage ••............ 0000000000 "21. 194 81. $ 12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 1 Wheat, Barley. Oats. Pease. 75: Oa 39s 64 30s Od 44a 64 02s Od 36s SI 27s 04 40s 6d 40s 01 26i tid Ws tid 386 Od UNREQUITED LOVE.—On Thursday evening an inquest, adjourned from Wednesday for the purpose o f ob taining complete evidence, was terminated at the crown, St. Dunstan's-hill, Lower Thames -street, before Mr. Payne' on the body of W. H. Sweet, aged 23, lately an occasional porter at the Custom-house. It appeared from the a i e , v n e c : of several witnesses that about t wo years ago decease" with Mr. Owen, of 53, Lower Thames -street, and that he was I t at first a steady, sober young man, but that in course time he unfortunately became enamoure d o f his master s sister, who encouraged not his passio n . H e subsequently abandoned himself to drink. In hi s momen t s o f intoxicati on his whole discourse was of Miss O wen , an d some person, whilst the infatuated man was und er th e influence of lige° , persuaded him to write a foolish l e tt er t o h er . The conscious: ' ness of having written this l e tt er , which he dreaded w ould be offensive to Miss Owen and her brother, drove him , he said in a letter addressed t o hi s b rot h er , ma d. He "'- last seen alive on Monday night, a b ou t t we l ve o 'clock, sitti n g alone on the waterman's seat, near the Custom-house stairs. Next morning, at half-past ei g ht, hi s lif e l e:s b o dy was found lying in the mud off the Custom-house. In the letter to his t brother he said he should d rown hi mse lf t h ere a t the time ° l . high tide on Tuesday morning. On the re assembling 0 , 0 the jury several witne sses spo k e to t h e unsound sell of mind of diseased, and one o f t h em w h o k new him vr,c.' o attributed his insanity chiefl y t o Mi ss O wen h av i ng refuse , ' ' marry him. Verdict—T emporary I nsan i ty. BADGER BAITING A T THE FOOT BAR' RACKS, WINDSOR.—On F r id ay t h e f i ne b a d ge r belong in g to the officers of the 2d b a tt a li on : o f t h e Rifl e Brigade wisl. baited in the barrack-y ar d, an d a ff orded, to th o se svh° e t joyed the amuseme n t, a goo d h our ' s sport. A b o x, ab°u t . 0.. yard and a half lon g , w i t h a h o l e 11 i nches squar e, was ur vided for the badger. Several dogs went in, and eon e again with their " tails" between their legs," haring take s . . oo . nothing by their mo ti on . O t h ers would never have be _ out again alive h a d th ey not b een d ragge d ou t. A longing to Li eu t. L ucas, o f t h e Lif e Guards, d rew the ' ' flu the mint" three ti mes i n s t y l e. M r. Cli fton ' s d o g drew red was not badger twice "i n a twinkling." This dog suff er to have a third t r i a l, from the fear that it would absolutely i e. kill the badger. Another day's " sport" will shortly take l'l ac t There is a vacancy in the office of the Master the Court of E xc h equer b y the death of J. Strang er. E, (1 ,.,' barrister-at-la w , an d one • f the benehers of the H on . of Gray's-inn. PRIZE CUPS.--New and Second-hand SILVER PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCE D PRICES , al seleetioa may be ma d e f rom a groat variety, both of S izes 112 Pattsrn9, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith and Watchmaker, 47, Cernhill (Seven Door. fro" Gracechurch-street), London. Drawings of Cups will be fit-warded in answer to a Pot' paid application. It is desirable Letters for Drawings sheuld mention *it'll:: the size or about th e p r i ce o f the Cup •r Cups that outY required. BIRTX;3. Lie ute- On the 21st inst., i n Ely-pl ace, Dublin, he lady o f nant-Colonel H. 11. Farquharson, of a son. of Sir On the 22d inst., at Sh a bd en - par k , S urrey, t h e lady T. B. Hepburn, Bart., M.P., of a daughter. Jas' On the 22d inst., a t Fi tzroy - square, the lady of D r . Arnott, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Connaught-terrace, the 11 ° n * Edward Cecil Curzon, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at East Sheen, Lady Charlotte P enrhYn' of a son, still-born. On the 26th u lt., i n G rolyeL Char les oe-place, th e l a dy e, Orby Wombwell, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th in s t., a t P ar k -street, Grosvenor-square, —ll. Edward Stewart, of a daughter. .211ARRIED On the 22d inst., at_ _the parish ch . urch, Bury, Lancashiitrhe; A. C. Brown, Esq., of Liverpool to Susanna, daughter , E a s q t , D M . a , r o k , f ,, La i n , c e a n s t t o e n r v . e p. S. n ja t m he es 2 C 3r a in ei s s t: late o Punl nett, Esq., of Muswell-hill, to Elizabeth Jane, only daughter the late Patrick Simpson, Esq , Folkestone, Kent. On the 23d inst., at Chelms . ford, Henry William Field, FA" of Blackheath, son of John Field, of her Majesty's Mint, E!_q a ; to Anne, d aug ht er o f t h e late Rev. Thomas Mills, M.A., v ic e of Helions Bumpstead, and of Coval Hall, Essex. On the 23d i ns t., at F ro d s h am , Ch es hire, Henry r•d c w_ r a sh Fawcett, of th e I nner T emp l e , E sq ., barrister-at -law , to Barlow, second daughter of the Rev. John Collins, of Frods , 2: i. On the 23d in s t., at South Stoneham, Hants , Captain II beney, of the 55th Regiment, eldest son of Colonel Daubessef, K. H., of Bath, to Amelia, only child of the late Samuel Davey Liptrap, Esq., of Southampton. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Bickenhill Vicarage, near irmwing filers, ham, B a Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter' of the Rev. Ca aged 18. Burnett, t On the 16th inst., at Portsmouth, Captain IV. bird RIN., Commander of her Majesty's ship Magicionn, _ Br , son of the late Sir Robert Burnett, Bart., of Leys, North tain, aed 42. On the 19th inst., at Shacklewell, Middlesex, Mr. Matt hew Thornhill, aged 81 . On the 20th inst., at Lutterworth, Elizabeth, widow of the late Richard Watson, Esq., aged 61. On the 20th inst., Ann, relict of Alexander Birn ie, late of the Alpha-road, Regent's -park, aged 80. On the 21st inst., at Ramsgate, Mr. Abraham He nr y' 16r• m erly of Haydon -square, aged 50. On the 21st inst., at Mattock, Somersetshire, Alm Patten , relict of Robert Patten, Esq., of Hatton-garden, aged 79. On the 22d inst., at D ar t mou th H ouse , Blackheath, Lady Barbara Newdigate. London: Printed and Published it y YOUN G , . No, Strand, at The Sum O ffi ce, No. 112, Strand ago county of Middlesex.--Illonday, April 27, 1840.