The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-27 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. .--- - •-''-'' --- dispute, fr et re this very return, a considerably climi -11.15ba Pr auction of every one of our principal manu facturere ,i a the year 1839, as compared with the year .1 ,& 13 t And ,et we have at the sam e time a consider ar4 increased export of the same manufactures. Are tiA(' 4 , ,) ttio things—a diminished production and aryirel -I='. :eased exhort —incompatible with well ether ? T. Cl,r9 appeal , to tic so, but they are not so in the present att .. eumetonces of the country ; for they are reconctli A th / explained by the one grand cause of bah, name y, extreme depression of our home trade, arsing from the extreme distress of our home population. We have produced a smaller quantity of manufactures, but oven that smaller q uanti ty was more than the nation had the means of consuming. Owing to t o he high price of food, the oulk of the popula tien could not purchase any more of clothing or other articles than were absolutely necessary ; they must en ' deavour to fill their bellies, whatever became of their backs;. and though they have not been able to satisfy the trants of either, yet they weee better able to post pone the demands of the latter than of the former. Our manufacturers and merchants, then, finding the home i population unable to consume the usual quantity of goods, were ce.mpelled to force their goods upon foreign markets, their warehouses were glutted, their liabilities were becoming due, and they resorted to the last. • desperate mode of gaining relief ; ,namely, by seted ing theft' goods for the chance of sale to other coun'cries. There are gentlemen here who are able fr o m per sonal knowledge to say whether these geotls have ac tuality been sold, or whether they remain on hand. I am assured by gentlemen who nave lately re tained from America, that icenvense quantities of goods either remain in the hands of the consignees, or have been forced to sale at a tremendous sacrifice in order • to raise money. Of course there is little chance of a tolerable foreign trade this year ; and a striking feet was stated to me yesterday, proving the bad ' effects of the forced exports of last year ; namely —that one of tle oacket ships from London to New York sailed this week laden with coals for want of a better freight. Thus, it becomes evident that our increased experts last year were not the effects of prosperity, but the reverse.. When increased exports are consequent upon l'hereased, production, and upon a natural demand kr the. goods, they are an evidence of prosperity, But vi en increased exports are the mere effects of distrce a at home, the larger those exports are, the strait, ger evidence they give of that distress. I have sh arm diminished production, and that is a first proof of, climitiebed ability on the part of our population to consume. Our opponents have shown an increased lexport of manufactures, and that turns out to be a second proof of diminished ability on the part of our popu latiore to consume. We not only produce less than we did Lefore, but we are obliged to send abroad even a larger proportion of that lessened production. Thus the increased exports which have been triumphantly quoted to show that the country flourishes under dear bread, in reality prove a double degree of distress among the people. They establish t;': fact which it is our main object here to prove, and which also answers to con ` moo sense—namely, that dear bread diminishes the leaver of the nation to consume the necessaries and • • comforts of life. It destroys their prosperity—it re- ' duces the amouut of their enjoyments—it brings distress into the manufactory, the warehouse, and the shop, :and iaunger and nakedness into the cottage. I hardly need observe, Sir, that the diminished home con i , ~tit ptioa of last year is the strongest practical refute ' tioa of the slily fallacy, that a high price of food is bone fleiel to all classes, even to the manufacturers, inasmuch ae it enables their hest customers, the agriculturists, to purchase a larger quantity of their goods. If this propo sithen were true, the year 18d9 ought to have been one of *eaddeu and great prosperity to the manufacturers ; • etee'horne trade ou g ht to hive increased very largely ; it onight to have been made signally manifest that the CJ se extracted from their pockets by the high price of ix eee lcued its way back again, augmented by the cir c : ,it ii. had taken. But instead of all this, we find the ; came ecnsumption wofully reduced ; we find that wile •, Nee eau have gained by high prices, the hulk of the po peiation have been severely pinched by them ; and the en tnefee'..urers have not merely parted with their money for dear bread, but their customers in return, instead of being micro numerous, are fewer. The " bird in the hand' 0 has been let go, but the promised " two in the bush" i el heve not been taken. It may surely be hoped 4 that the fallacy thus practically disproved will at ;,f ieug.li he abandoned as a mauvaise plaisanterie vet:: ill suited to ro serious a question, and that the . Imeeufacturers will not in future be mocked and insul tee as well as plundered. Lct me, in conclusion, offer a pleun illustration, which may convince even an agri- ettl'Atrist that increased exports may, under certain cir ; cm - eget - lees, be a proof not of prosperity but of eel , eeecy. Suppose a tanner whose land yields on the leetrene one hundred quarters of corn, of which he . sen ks sixty querters to market in order to pay time met enil other expenses, and keeps forty quarters fee the support of his family. Suppose that in an un- 1 feem:reble year his farm only yields 00 quarters instead .9r CO.l bat that, owing to increased necessities, he ecetis 6i quarters of corn to market instead of 60 tv.eeeters---it is evident that this increase of his sales, svlTich I was- cell his exports, is not a proof of proz.- peeity, itit, ef urgeet cud ; it takes place in spite of diecinisbecl production, and it leaves for the consurnp t;oe ofilis family, riot 40 quarter#, but only 25 quarters. ) i Till; is just what has taken piece last y ear in England ; , are have p:oduccd less — we have expo7ted mere ; wet thius in both ways our own censumptioo, that is, our well supply of necessaries and comforts, has ben leierhigod. I am sorry, Sr, to have trespassed upon you so tone ; hut it seemed to me quite necessary to show the real beaming of an official document, which has been, and which might be again, so greatfy mistaken, which might lead to conclusions 4 at variance with the reel condition of the country, and which might thus be used to conceal the pi-ea:cal mischief of the most unjust and op preeeve of all monopolies—a monopoly which makes the 1 chief accessary of life scarce and dear—counteracts the bolety of Providence—limits our foreign trade—forces nattoue who might be our customers, to become our 1 rivals—toads to reduce our maritime superiority—ex- 4 !yeses our currency to ruinous derangement—diminishes the predits of capital—presses with the greatest severity upen the poorest classes—and presents to all other go veruntents and nations the pyrnieious example of the I most commercial nation in the world barring, up the channel , of trade, and foregoing that i nva l ua bl e princi i pie w i hich s the soul of improvement an d t h e b est i Sal . e.g u 9rd of indusiry—freedom. 1 The CHAIRMAN said lie wished to ask whether they 1 ouelit not vo nave published the able statement Mr. iB tiutes bed favoured them with. If such was the opi- I niou of tile Delegates they had better set about it Mime -1 (hate:ly, and have a copy delivered to every Member of Iboth Hoeses of Parliament.—( Hear.) Mr. Aloanis, of Halifax, thought they ought not to separate without a vote of thanks to Mr. Baines, for ithe talent, labour, and peins exhieited in hi; statement. Tiro Mayer of CARLISLE cordially seconded the mo tires, "XLiell was carried with acclamation. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Baines had proved 1 that all our exports of silk, cotton, and wool had di ! taialehed. He believed Mr. Walker, of Wolver hameten, would be able to give a similar statement on i . iron, and thus they should have the fact established as i to the four great branches of commerce. Mr. WALKER raid he could only say, generally, that tlere was a great diminution, but he was not prepared ' to ge into statistics. He believed, also, the demand for the raw material, but not in the same proportion as the ,lerrand for manufactured goods. Lord NUGENT thought they should not confine themselves to circulating Mr. Baines' statement among Members of Parliament. He thought they could not i ae better L o than melee arrangements for its sale at a very : low price, and also for gratuitous distribution all over the country, fur it overthrew what he knew was a very 1 general and taking fallacy, being a fact that appeared to i rest upon returns, to which no answer could be satisfac tory but the one Mr. Baines had just given, He knew the fallacy w a s ex t ens i ve l y circulated, and therefore the 1 mere extensive circulation they gave Mr. Baines' state { went the better.—(H ear , h ear.) He begged lav e to ' move that an Exe cu ti ve C omm i ttee should be appointed, to take into consideration the best means for promoting its immediate and general circulation.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said it was unnecessary to ask who would second the motion, as a ll appeare d to second it, and it was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting he had just hoard that Lord Melbourne had confirmed the appoint meet for to-morrow at half-past three, and that the reiecutive Committee were instructed to prepare the beads of the discussion with his Lordship. Mr. SYDNEY SMITH said complaints were macie that petitions were sent too late in the day to Members of Parliament for presentation in the evening. He begged to urgo upon those Delegates who were intrusted with petitions, to send them as early as possible. The CHAIRMAN said that if they were put into the Bands of Members, or sent to the Vote office, that they would be presented in the evening. He hoped the Delegates would not forget to canvas the Members of Parliament. ilaveral Delegates informed the meeting that with a deputation, they had waited upon Lord jor path, and had reason to believe he would becone a convert to their views. Also upon Mr. Bethel, and they hoped, although he had said nothing expressly, they had done some good by witins upon him. Also upon Ur; Langdale, Memberf a. last year voted against therialen,nhaurtesbwohroouing,tho,rmwehod pair motion, them this year he w ou ld in favour of it. And (won Lord Deere, who was n" convinced of the neeoessity for a change in th e l a , ien leaving the tneetipg, a Delegate i n f orme d us that the name of Mr. Langdal e had been erroneously given For that of Mr. Wrightson' the M ember for , igorthalierton.] The CHAIRMAN wished to call the attention of the Delegates to a paper on the table , entitled " A Voice from the Board of Trade," which he recommended tee their attentive perusal. The meeting then adjourned. In the course of the meeting, it was arranged that the Ex cutive Committee should sit every day at Eleven o'cloe'F and tbr:. general business of the Delegates should coma: cue° c.',; Two. TH.E MURDER AT ISLINGTON.- ADJOURNED INQUEST. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) ATTENDANCE OF THE PRISONERS. 'The CORONER—How do you know that he had no money on the Sunday morning ? '4 - itness—Because he went out without his breakfast, wleirl he never did when he had any money. The CORONER—And from that circumstance you judge he had no money ? Witness—Yes, Sir. The Cososne—He did not say he had no money? Witness—No, Sir. In answer to questions from Gould, the witness stated that he used frequently to go into the wash-house to wash himself and clean his shoes, and that she had about six months ago seen him come home with a black eye or cut face, And that at that time she thinks he was in the habit of wearing the black velvet waistcoast produced. He had it Ott on the Monday, but whether it was an outside waist coet or an inside one she cannot say. The hole where the rsocking was found had always been left open. Witness knew the time at which Gould returned on the Tuesday morning, because she had had her night's rest, and did not go to sleep after he came in, and shortly after she ' saw the morning break. Witness did not ascer. tain that the bundle which she supposed to be stock ings, which she saw on the box on the Monday, were the stockings which she had washed for Gould before Christ mas ; had seen no stockings lying about before the Monday. The CORONER said that he considered this point relative to the stockings to be a most important one, and directed the clerk to be most particular in the manner in which he took the witness's deposition in relation to it. The proceedings were then adjourned for as hour, in order to enable the Jury to get some refreshment. Atthree o'clock the proceedings recommenced by the examination of Charles Allen, the husband of the last witness, who corroborated her testimony as to the events of the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in reference to Gould. In answer to a question from the Coroner, he said there was nothing unusual in Gould asking for a towel, as he had done on the Tuesday morning on his return from the wash-house. I On the occasion of the conversation between the witness's wife and Gould relative to the murder, witness said that he was no man who would take away the life of a fellow creature for the value of 5/. The CORONER—What made you make use of the expres sion, of the value of 51. ? Witness—l had heard during the day that it was about that sum that Mr. Templeman had collected in his rents. The CORONER.—From whom did you bear this ? Witness—l cannot tell ; I was out during the whole day endeavouring to procure information about the murder, and conversing with persons many of whom were strangers. The witness then proceeded to relate the manner of his bolting Gould in on the night of Tuesday. He had never bolted him in before. The CORONER.—What were the circumstances that in duced you to act in this manner ? The witness stated that in the course of the morning he had been informed by a person named Lynch of the fact of some one having been found killed. He said, after hearing that it was a person who usually wore a cloak, surely it is not old Mr. Templeman ? and on inquiry he found it was him. He returned borne, and went into his garden ; this was about half-past one. He continued there an hour. He then went up to the deceased's cot tage, but heard nothing that led to his suspicions. He re turned, and went to the cottage of deceased a second time. Whilst standing against the pales, he observed a woman coming from the direction of White Con duit House, but did not know who she was. Saw the policeman unlock the gate of the deceased's garden, and admit her. He has never ascertained who she was. Asked his wife what sort of a woman Mrs. Jarvis was. He then went up to deceased's cottage, and ascertained that a person named Jarvis lived next cottage to deceased ;he then returned to his own garden. From the inquiries he made he was induced to suspect Gould knew something about it. The Coaossen—Can you name any person who said anything to you that induced you to believe that Gould was concerned in the transaction? Witness—Not a single one. The CCRONEk—Cannot you state any circumstance that induced you to suspect Gould ? Witness—His staying out so late on the night before. The witness then stated the circumstances of the appre hension of Gould. In answer to questions from the Jury, the witness stated that Gould must have heard him bolt him in, and that Gould could have got out of the window if he liked. Gould went regularly to the wash-house every morning, for a cleaner man never entered a house. Gould asked if he might have the evidence given at Hatton-gardeci by the witness read, as it was perfectly different front the evidence he had now given. The CORONER.—In the event of your being sent for trial, the witness will be examined in Court, and the depo sition he has now given, as well as his evidence at Hatton garden, will be laid before the Judge, and you will be entitled to have copies of both depositions hetere your trial. Gould—Thank you, Sir. 1 Thomas Plympey_la the landlord of the Rainbow, in Liverpool rJad. Knows Richard Goulrl ;he was at wit ness's house during the whole of the afternoon of Mon \ diLy, the 16th. Left at twenty minutes before twelve. There were a Mr. and Mrs. King, a Mr. John Sheppard. :slid a man who worked for King, with Gould on the right in question at witness's, and no one else. Gould came to his house again on Tuesday afternoon, and a man present said it was a bad job about the murder, to which Gould (tide some reply, which witness did not hear. He remained until about 7 o'clock. Gould—Do you know who that person was? witr :€s s—Yes, it was a person named Richardson. Wit ness did not see any weapon or stick in the possession of Gould cr soy of the party on Monday. King paid for the beer on that occasion. Gould said that the first person who told him of the murder was a sawyer named Melton ; the witness said that Melton was at his house on the Tuesday. John l'izey is a shoemaker, living at Islington. Knows Gould. Was at the Rainbow on Monday week, and saw Gould there playing at skittles in the evening. They left together at a quarter before 12, with the rest of the party. Cannot tell which way Gould went, or if he had any companion. At about 11 o'clock witness went out to get semc tobacco, and Gould asked him to buy a candle, which he did ; Gould gave him the money for it. Gould put the rushlight which witness got for him into his jacket pocket. He did not see Gould again until after he was in custody. Witness did not see any stick or weapon in 1 Gould's possession, nor did he see any projection from his pocket as though he had any heavy weapon concealed. John Richard inbson, of No. 7, Dorset-street, Spital fields, print-coleurer—Knows Richard Gould, but not by that name. Knows him by the name of Arthur Nicholson. ' Eie (witness) teen related the circumstances attending Gould's visit to 7, Dorset-street, on the night of Friday the 13th of March, for the purpose of asking " Join " for a screw and a " earkey," and his expressing his intention of serving nut an old man in a lone cottage. The evidence of this witness has already been given at considerable length in our Hatton Garden report. The CORONER—Cannot von recollect the words he used? Witness—No I can't; he said he should serve ont or rob the old gentleman on the Saturday, but I can not recollect the exact words he made use of. Ile did not tell Jam what had passed between him and Gould; he did not cell any person until he went to the 1 station-house. Gould wa s very ser i sus w h en h e was talk ing to him. Henry Wright, the potman at the Duchess of Kett in the Dover-road, testified to the fact of Gould's coming to him on the 13th or 13th of March, and calling for a half pint of porter, when he throw down a penny, and said it was all the money he had, on which occa sion, in the course of conversation, Gould said that he had been very ill, had got better, but was now get ting worse for want of money. lie said he had been stop ping w ith Mr. Jarvis. He then went on to say that he knew an old man who had offered 251. for a cottage ; that some female had heard him say no ; that he had seen him flash a 501. note, and that there were more in doors, and that it would be like a gift to him, for he should know where to put his hand upon it, that he should like to have some one along with him just to keep him quiet, but he could do it because he knew wiiere the money was. Witness does not recollect making any remark in consequence of what Gould had said. He did not see Gould again until he saw him in custody. Gould said he bad appointed a person to meet him at the Duchess of Kent the next day. Witness knows that person, but does not know his name. The last time he saw him he was on Londou-bridge with Gould ; that was about three weeks since. The person alluded to lived, witness thinks, in the neighbourhood of Walworth, and is about twenty-five years of age. Gould said that this person had been out of work as long as himself. Mr. WAKLEY then addressed Gould as follows :—There are three or four more witnesses to be examined against you, who arc not here at present. There are certain wit nesses who testify as to the money paid to Mr. Templeman. There is a man named James Rogers, who deposes to a certain conversation which he says he had with you relative to a screw; and a person named Ellis, whose testimony appears to me to be useless, and Bradshaw, the Sergeant of Police, who makes some general statements, It is ins possible this inquiry can be concluded to-night, and when you have retired, after having heard what I have said with regard a tt to the the witnesses to be examined, you will be able to mak e up your mind as to whether you would like to be have to st ate te that you sh ou ld be here ask the witnesses any to the Jury materially sitting. You best know if what they concerns you, and if it is important in con ..seyn questions to hear , o t h r otsoe makest statements, m a n e y n t a s t , a t and ente n t o t hay© consequence of what they may say. You will probably mind, and befor e you thisleaver which t o ma k e u p y o ur determination, a n d I w i ll take plac e , l ot me k now your statement accordingly. When you return you may ma k e any you may thi n k fit to the Jury, in consequ ence of what has transpired to-day, but you are not obliged to make any statement, unless you think proper to do so. Gould was then removed in custody, an d M rs. Jarvis was brought into the Court, care being taken that no Ceetnuiio having betwe enthem. mrs. n Jarvis at n accommodated w i t h a Nebaciur, rne passed he n Francis Caprani, the watchman at the Sadler'a Wells Theatre, repeated the testimony he had already gi ven at s Hetton Garden, as to Mrs. Jarvis and Mr. Templ eman being in conversation at the house of the former on the afternoon of Monday. Mr. Templeman bad paid wit: ness 7s. which he owed him for work, in six shillings and two sixpences. He took the money from a little box on the table, and said he had been to Somer's Town t o r e ceive his rents. Witness saw money in the box-... half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences. Witness had been taken up on suspicion of being t h e murderer, but was discharged by the Magistrates passed between Mr. without a stain on h T i e s tn c p ha ie r rn ac a t l e u tr. and airs. n j o a t hear rvis,f what orir. Templeman was very hoarse, so that what he said could not be heard except by pers oas close to him. Richard Bradshaw, police sergeant, N 20—saw Mrs. Jarvis at her door on Tuesday, chopping wood ; she had I just come home. He asked her if she knew the old man who was dead, and she said, " Yes, I saw him last night, and he told me he was very tired, and was going to bed ear ly." She added, the old man had money. She said, " Yes, this cottage," meaning her own, " was his ; he had sold it for 15/., and was going to buy it. back." The wit ness then proceeded to detail the movements of Mrs. Jar vis, during the afternoon of Tuesday, in nearly the same terms as he had related them at the Police Court in Hatton-garden. Witness saw her husband come home about six o'clock, and heard her say to him, " The old man la dead, they have killed him ;" he said, " I know it— I have heard of it—l feel sick." She said, " Let us ge and have a look at him ;" he said " No," and they went into their cottage together. The witness then proceeded to relate his conversation with Mrs. Jarvis, relative to the murder, and to her visit to her sister on the morning of Tuesday to borrow a screw. The witness then corrobo rated the evidence of Sergeant King as to the finding of the money in the stocking, and stated what occurred on the Wednesday morning, while searching the cottage oc cupied by Jarvis, where he found, in the sieeping-room by the back door, the bag produced, which did not appear to be concealed ;it was marked with blood and dirt. Mrs. Jarvis was then in custody, by Inspector Miller's direction. The CORONER (to Mrs. Jarvis)—Does you husband know where you were on Monday night ? Mrs. Jarvis—Yes, Sir, the whole of the night ; I should wish him to be here. The CORONER—Has he made any statement as to how she was occupied on Monday evening ? Inspector Miller—Yes, Sir; to me he has. The Coroner then directed that he should be sent for. Inspector Miller—He also ,found the shirt produced, spotted with blood on the sleeves. The CORONER-Were these things produced at Hatton. garden as affecting Jarvis, or his wife? Inspector Miller—As affecting all the prisoners, as being found in Jarvis's cottage. The CORONER—Has Jarvis made any statement relating to them ? Inspector Miller—He says he never saw the bag before in his life. The CORONER—Did he state that at Hatton-garden? Inspector Miller—No, Sir, he has since stated so to me. Mrs. Jarvis—My little boy had his band scratched by the cat on Sunday, and I took up something to wipe the blood off, it may have been the shirt ; but I believe the spots to be iron-mould, to tell the truth. The Coroner's Clerk thought the two small spots on the sleeves were iron-moulds. The witness then said, in answer to the Coroner, that Jarvis had been detained in custody from the Wedesday to the Tuesday, but no further evidence was produced against: him than the shirt and bag. Nothing else was found in Jarvis's cottage to induce an idea that they knew of the murder. James Deer, policeman, 269 N, apprehended Mrs. Jarvis on Wednesday, the 18th instant, in the morning. In consequence of information he had received, that she was in the habit of being often with Gould, and that they had been seen together on the day before. He had no other grounds of suspicion. He asked her if she knew Gould, and she said she knew no such a person, but knew a person named Richard, that formerly lived at the Barns bury Castle, and she said she saw him last on Sunday, when her husband was at home, but on recollection she said she had met him in the Liverpool-road about eight o'clock on Monday morning, but did not know what had become of him after that. He then took her to the sta tion-house. _ John Jarvis, the husband of Mrs. Jarvis, was then called in and sworn, and in answer to the Coroner stated that his wife was at home during the whole of Monday night. He left home at a quarter after five on Tuesday morning, and she was then at home. They went to bed about half- ' past eight on Monday night. He got home from his work at about ten minutes after six. Gould did not come to his house on the Monday evening whilst he was at home. He does not believe his wife could have left the house during the night without his knowing it. Does not believe she has ever done so. Mr. Down first told him of the murder. Does not know to whom the bag belongs ; never saw it until he saw it at the station-house. Himself and his wife went to bed at the same time on the Monday night. Mrs. Jarvis said her :mother could explain everything relating to the bag. The CORONER - Were the cases gone into separately at Hatton Garden? Inspector Miller—No, Sir. The CORONER—It is with regard to the bag that you wish your mother to be called ? Mrs. Jarvis—Yes, Sir. It was stated by one of the persons in attendance that Mre. Jarvis's mother had left to go home some time since. The CORONER—You can state, if you please, what your mother would have said about the bag. :sirs. Jarvis—The hag was her property ; she bad taken my little boy to Kensall-green, and had left the bag at my house on the day of the Queen's marriage. She had brought a loaf in it. The CORONER— Was it in the same state then as it is row ? Mrs. Jarvis—lt was not dirty, Sir, as I used it to keep tire wind from coming in at the back door, until the door should be caulked. The CORONER—But what of the marks of blood ? Mrs. Jarvis—l do not believe that the marks are blood marks. I think they are merely clay stains. The CORONER suggested that if any point of import ance turned upon the bag, it ought to be placed in the hands of a chemist, for the purpose of having it ascer tained if they were blood stains or not. Mrs. J,rvis was then asked if she wished to make any statement, to which she replied in the negative, and she was removed in custody. The Coner,Ra then stated that be bad received a mes sage from Gould, eta ing that ha had no desire to appear 1 bntore the Jury any more this evening, and that he had no 1 statement to make ; but that, if the inquest was adjourned to Monday, he should then be desirous of attending. In adjourning the inquest to half-past nine oii Monday, Mr. \VAKLEY observed that the prisoners were to be brought up at Hatton-garden en Tuesday, and that, although the - Al.gistrates could not proceed one step with out the presence of the prisoners, yet the Coroner's In- I quest could go through the whol.; of their proceedings, if thee so chose, without the presence of the prisoners ; how -1 ever, they would be brought up again on Monday, when the proceedings of the inquest would, in all probability, be 1 closed, so as to enable the magistrates to close their pro ; cecdings on Tuesday. The inquest was then adjourned to half-past nine on Monday. The room was crowded to excess during the whole of the proceedings; the stair case arid the passages were so thronged that ingress or egress was utterly impossible, and the house was sur- I rounded by a crowd which frequently became so noisy a 3 1 to call for the interference of the police, it being some ; times impossible to hear the evidence in consequence of the noise outside. The interest in the neighbourhood is rather increased in intensity than otherwise. The pro ; ceedings did not terminate until half-past eight o'clock, and at the time our reporter left, the:tavern and all the ap proaches to it v.ere thronged by people, anxious to get a glimpse even of the van in which the prisoners were con veyed back to the place of their confinement. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CYR CU/ 7'.—Ki.vcsrox, MARCH 25, CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE. ) THE FATtti lIAM INCENDIARIES. —JOhn, IVO/145, 28, and itfundfield, 21, were indicted for maliciously and feloniously setting fire to a certain barn with intent to in jure J. Avenell. Messrs. Clarkson and Chambers conducted the prosecu tion, and the former Learned Gentleman stated the facts of the case, which has created a considerable sensation in this county. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Gazeice defended the prisoners. . . _ Mr. James Avcnell examined by Mr. Cita mriF.as—l am a farmer, and reside at Farnham, where I have a barn and other buildings, called Boxalls. My residence is about 200 yards front the barn. About one o'clock in the morn ing of the 9th of February, I was alarmed by a cry of Fire," and upon looking out, I saw that my barn was on fire. I immediately got up and went to the barn, where I found several other persons. The barn, stable, and shed kvere all in flames. I succeeded in letting out all the cattle, and they were saved. In about an hour and a half the premises were destroyed. All those buildings were my own, and were occupied by me. I saw a person, named James Gadd (the approver), at the fire, and I observed hint immediately after I had let the cattle loose, and he was then engaged in pulling off the thatch to prevent the fire extendibg to a large barn. When the fire was extinguished, I went home ; and directly after wards James Gadd came to the house and wished to see me; end I had some conversation with him, and he made a statement about the fire, in consequence of which I sent for a constable. I gave the prisoner Nlundfield into custody the same morning. Cross-examined—l saw the man Gadd almost immedi- ately after I got to the burning premises. Th e p rem i ses in question a r e divided from the high road partly by a small wall and partly by a fence. The approver, Gadd, was then examined at great length, but as no one gave credit to his story, and the Counsel for the defence did not think it necessary. to ask him a single question, it is needless to give his evidence. The jury acquitted the prisoners. ---- THE PRINTER'S PENSION SOCIETY.—AMOIIg tise many charitable i ns tit u tions in the metropolis there is none which is entitled to more consideration from the humane and affluent than the Printers' Pension Society, which was esta blished in 1827, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, and in order to save them from the cruel necessity of becoming inmates of the workhouse. The Poor-rate s i n this country are felt t o be a grievous burden, and when we see any man, or body o f men, endeavouring to lighten that load by administering to the necessities of those of their own body, they are not only entitled to our gratitude, but to our best assist ance. But the printer in distress has peculiar claims on th e com passion of the lovers of literature, singe it is from his toils, in some measure, that they derive at once instruction and the most refined pleasure ; and it is not too much to ask them, while they are enjoying the fruit, to bestow some nourishment on the tree from from which it springs. Should they be so inclined, they will have an opportunity of doing so at the Anniversary Dinner, which takes place at the London Tavern on the 23d of April, when his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with that generous condescension which forms so pleasing strait in the character of the Princes of the House of Brunswick, has promised to honour the Society by presiding. Earl Grey's cutter yacht the Nautilus was hauled off . the slips at Cowes, on - Friday last , pr e p arator y to under pin s, in from the th' ino 3' w 1 going a thorough repair. Earl Coventry has ordered his \yacht, the Ari e l, t o undergo a refitting by t he commence ment of the nex t aqua ti c sea son. Sir Hyde Parker , B art., and party, arrived off Cowes on Saturday, in the Tur q uoise yacht, dower Yarrow have V h is a c v o e un a t rri E ve x d mo a u t thd friends, Malta, from Naples. fore W noo e n h c a f v t e he th 6 e th pl o e f a!:l p t r e il t o th announce t o h l a e t in tile l give a g ran d vocal and instrumental concert, in the Concert Room of h er M a j esty ' s Theatre. This great artist w h ose fame resound s t h roughout all Europe, has reaped honours, decorations, and great profits in Russia and Germany, where Bul 1 will l he has delighted his hearers. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Mr. William Bode, a well-dressed young person, who stated that he belonged to the Forei g n-office, appeared be fore the Lord Mayor under the foll owing circumstances. Thomas Deveral, policeman 334, stated that as he was on duty, at half-past eleven on the preceding night, he heard a cry of alarm in the Poultry, and observed a horse. and chaise in full gallop without a driver. He then ob served a person lying on the footboard of the chaise, and, apprehensive that some dreadful accident would happen, he ran up and at the risk of his life seized the reins, and stopped the horse. The defendant was lying in an insen- I Bible state of drunkenness en the footboard, with his head out at one side and his feet out at the other. The trace bar was broken and at the horse's heels, and the animal was greatly excited. As Mr. Bode was too drunk to know anything at all about the business, winless took him to the station house, and drove the horse to the stables of Mr. Gray, of Blackfriars, to whom it belonged. The Lose MAYOR-Did any accident happen in the street in consequence ? Policeman—l did not hear that any occurred, but there was great danger to the public as well as to the gentle man himself. It seems that he bad been previously taken to the Black Horse station-house on account of driving furiously, but it appeared he was let go, as he was not considered so drunk as not to be able to take care of himself. The LORD MAYOR—Then I suppose if you had missed the reins when you ran after the horse, your own life would have been in danger? Policeman—Certainly ; in imminent danger. Mr. Bode said that he had hired the horse and chaise at one o'clock on Wednesday, and accidentally drank too much wine. He bad satisfied Mr. Gray, and was obliged to the policeman. The LORD MAYOR said that the defendant probably owed his life to the policeman who had acted with such spirit and energy on the occasion, and must appear at the Mansion House on a future day, in the event of some mis chief having occurred by collision before he was taken un der the protection of the policeman. Subsequently, Mr. Bode having satisfied the policeman that he belonged to the Foreign-office, was permitted to depart, upon his promise to attend in the course of next week, and after having been advised by the Lord Mayor to join a Temperance Society with all possible speed, A girl named Mary Ann Foling, a horn-blower, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by Mr. John Monger, the proprietor of the Baltic Coffee-house, in Threadueedle-street, with having, together with other horn-blowers, obtruded herself into the passages to his house, the subscription-rooms of which were attended by a great number of gentlemen, and with having attempted to play up, and also with having assaulted him. The complainant stated that the female wind-instrument players were a source of great annoyance to him by col lecting a crowd about his house. Being determined to prevent any further repetitions of such a nuisance, he went up to the hand, and desired them to leave his premises. The young woman at the bar immediately exhibited a brass bowl which she had under her clothes, and made an attempt with it at his head. She luckily did not hit where she wished, or she might have broken his skull, but she struck him with the lady•like instrument lower down, and was well inclined to give battle. A policeman, however, interfered, and took her into custody, and the music did not play up for that time. The LORD MAYOR—I have received letters on the sub- ject of horn-blowing. Pray ale you my correspondent? The Complainant—No, my Lord, I would not care about it if the band did not fix themselves in my premises. The Lotto MAYOR—They were bound to leave the place i upon being desired by you, and are liable to punishment under the new Police Act. What have you to say, girl? Arc you a foreigner ? Defendant—l was born in England, but I was brought up in France. The LORD MAYOR —Why did you strike this gentleman? Defendant—Vy, he punch me a big punch in de back, and I punch him a litle punch ; and he punch again, and den I punch again. A gentleman who was present stated that the pulmo nary exertions of the band very seriously interrupted busi ness in some retired places, which were frequented by gen tlemen who got out of the bustle of the public streets to give more close attention to commercial matters. A noisy crowd always accompanied the young women, who blew terrible blasts from their instruments. As they were females, gentlemen did not like to make active war upon them, but the interference of the Lord Mayor would be very desirable. Defendant—Ve go to play in de great hotels, and do never punch us. Ve blows de French horn and de trun bone and de bassoon, and ve gets money and not punch.— ( A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—WeII, you see we can't stand your music in the City—you must go to the West End with it. The complainant having expressed himself satisfied at the interference of the Lord Mayor, and unwilling to punish the defendant, His LORDSHIP said that she was at liberty to go upon her promise not to blow in'premises where her music was pro ' tested against. The LORD MAYOR said he was glad to be able to serve the commercial correspondent who had written to him in such agny on the subject of the street music, by giving public notice of the penalty attached to the violation of the Police Act. For his own part, he iked tat of which such complaint had been made extremely. The opposite taste of his neighbour might be judged from the following additional expostulation with which he had been favoured by the gentleman to whom he alluded : .. 'Tic too bad. Nothing but nuisances in the immediate vicinity of the Mansion House, which should be the scat of justice and propriety. Band of squalling singers 1 • trombone players I organ grinders 1 bells ringing and , tolling, &c. &c.l All very pleasant to a poor distracted i I commercialist, trying to compose! My Lord Mayor, is this right ? Is it possible to be borne ? Pray do say a , word to the police, and oblige, believe me, by such mea sures, your truly distracted neighbour, " H." SHIPPING INTELLIGE'SCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL:The Seagull packet, Fal mouth to Halifax, 2,1 instant, lat. 38, lou. 51, by the Star packet, arrived at Falmouth. Amity, Jdn. 30th, lat. 2 N., lon. °O W. ; Bollard, 31st, lat. 3, lon. 21, by the Cam brian, arrived at Cork. Dahlia, of N ewcast l e , o ft Algeciras, by the Ambassador , arrived at Cork. Seria, New Orleans to Havre, March 17th, lat. 17, by the Antioch, arrived at Havre. Defender (brig), 20th instant, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Derby, arrived at Falmouth. James Ewen, Dec. 21st, in the Straits of Banca ; Christiana, New South Wales to Batavia, 28th, lat. 10 S., lon. 102 E. ; Symmetry, London to Ceylon, Jan. 3d, lat. 16 S., lon. 81 E. ; Martha, Calcutta to London, 14th, lat. 28 S., lon. 48 E. ; Selma, Calcutta to Dundee, 26th, lat. 35 S., lon. 19 E. ; City of London, Cape of Good Hope to London, lat. 3 S., lon. 18 W. ; Inglis, London to Bombay, 15th, lat. 2 N., lon. 20 W., by the John o' Gaunt, arrived off Liverpool. IMPERIAL PARLI A MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, A 'ARCM 26, The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool- sack shortly before Five o'Clock. EXCHEQUER DOCUKENTS. Lord MONTEAGLE moved that a return should be laid upon their Lordships' table, specifying the na ture and character of the Exchequer documents which had been either sold or destroyed. The Noble Lord went into some details respecting those documents, which were not heard in the gallery. Til SUN,LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1840. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of Rosebery, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Clarendon, and Lord Redesdale, presented peti tions from various places in Scotland and England, praying for an alteration of the Corn-laws. Lord FITZGERALD presented a petition from a barony in the county of Galway, against any alteration of those laws. . CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOTLAND). The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from a place in Ayrshire, against the existing system of Church Patronage in Scotland. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented several pe titions to the same effect. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN IRELAND. The Marquis of WESTMEATH, in terms of strong indignation, complained of a wilful and malicious mis representation of what be said on a former evening in a Morning Paper in the Whig interest. He thought that if any of the Whigs of the old time would rise from their graves, they would be ashamed of the conduct which was pursued by those who professed to follow them. He was willing to give every latitude to the facetiousness in which newspaper writers were indulged—and, perhaps, in this free country rightly indulged—and he could make every allowance for their not recording the words which fell from so humble an individual as himself, but there could be no possible excuse for as serting that he had used expressions which were not only inconsistent with what he did say, but in some respect opposite to them. He had said that the interference of the Roman Catholic Priests in the election of the Guardians of the Poor in Ireland had become a nuisance. The paper, of which he com plained, reported him to say that " the Priests were making themselves a nuisance." He never used any words which could be misunderstood so far— he never said that any class of her Ma jesty's subjects were a nuisance. He thought that the intriguing spirit of the Romish clergy was dangerous to civil liberty, and he thought that his opinion was borne out in every page evon of the History of Eng land. He would not, from any consideration of personal vanity, occupy their Lordship::' with a matter which affected hin3self alone, but when he compared the false report with the observations in another part of the paper respecting himself and Lord Rodeo, he was satisfied that the report was intentionally wrong, malicious, and mischievous in the extreme. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Sudbury against the rating of workhouses, and several petitions from Hereford and Gloucester against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. Lord BANDON presented a petition from the town of Bandon against the Irish Municipal Corpora tion Reform Bill. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from Aylesbury against an alteration of the Corn-laws. Lord LOVELACE presented several petitions from Surrey, in favour of an alteration of the Corn-laws. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON presented a petition from merchants connected with Nova Scotia, respecting the Established Church there. The Marquis of BUTE presented a petition from a Union in the North of England, against the rating of workhouses. EXCHEQUER DOCUMENTS. Lord REDESD ALE gave notice that he would to-morrow move for an inquiry respecting the Exche quer Records which had been sold by the Exchequer, and were now in the market. On the motion of Lord DUNC AN NON, the Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Bills passed the Select Committee, and were ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a pe tition from the county of Durham in favour of the existing Corn•laws ; also a petition from the county of Down, in favour of non-intrusion. The Noble Lord said that since he had come down to the House he had beard that the last petition he had presented from the city and county of London derry was not ge nerally signed, and that no meeting had been called 'ur the purpose ; certainly, when he received it be was informed that it was numerously signed. He thought, under the circumstances, and as the Bill must, as he be lieved, be further postponed, his best course would be to withdraw the notice for that evening, and bring it forward at a future period, previous to the discussion of the Bill. He also wished to say he did not think the Noble Earl was justified in having said, on a former occasion, that his Noble Friend (Lord Lyndhurst) was a supporter of the Bill, since this one differed essentially from the former. The Guardians of the Poor-law were actually nominated by the priests who denounced from the altar all who were unfavourable to their views, and it was their anxious de sire that the Bill should go into Committee. He (Lord Londonderry) was originally an anxious friend to the Ca tholics, and bad never been in any shape what was called a high Churchman, but diametrically the reverse ; but he had come to the conviction that great mischief would ensue if that Bill were passed. Lord HOLLAND really did not know the reason of the petition being withdrawn. He understood from the Noble Marquis that it was because it was not signed or not numerously signed ; they bad been summoned there to hear a petition, and he thought it ought to have been prepared before they were called together.-- (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY explained. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE complained of the Noble Marquis having made the presentation of the petition an Order of the Day, when it now appeared that the petition could not be presented. Lord STRATFORD bad had a communication with persons in Londonderry, who had seen the an nouncement in the papers that the Noble Marquis meant to present such a petition. They were really at a loss to know from whence it originated, there having been no public meeting, and the petition not having been left at the usual place for signature. It certainly was not a petition from the Mayor and Cor poration generally ; but he should write to-morrow, and endeavour to obtain further information upon the subject. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said the Noble Baron appeared to forget the difference that existed between England and Ireland ; they were not yet entirely assimilated. In Ireland, it was not always safe to have a public meeting, because the people who attended some times got their heads broke. It was the custom very often to prepare a petition in private and send it round to those who were known to be favourable so it, and he thought it would be in that way of as much weight as if it emanated from a public meeting attended by the mob. The Marquisof LONDONDERRY said that under the circumstances he should for the present withdraw his petition. The petition was withdrawn. The Earl of ZETL AND presented petitions from places in Scotland against the principle of intrusion; also a petition from York on the subject of the opium trade, praying that the House would not encourage a war with China. Lord MOUNTCASHEL moved that the printed in structions issued by order of the Poor-law Commis sioners to the Poor-law Guardians in Ireland, with re gard to the proceedings of Poor-law valuators, should be furnished to the House. The motion was agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 26. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Clyde Navigation Bill, of which Mr. Lockhart moved the second reading. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not oppose the mo tion for the second reading of the Bill, but unless there were many alterations made in the Committee it would be his duty to do so in a future stage. The Bill was then read a second time. Sir J. HOB HOUSE moved the second reading of the Nottingham Lighting Bill. Mr. G. KNIGHT opposed the Bill, and the second reading was postponed till this day fortnight. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG moved the second reading of the Edinburgh Silk Yarn Company Bill. After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE, the motion was agreed to, with the understanding that cer tain improvements should be introduced in it. Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from the Southwark Improvement Commissioners against the London and Greenwich Railway Bill. Mr. KEMBLE presented three petitions from the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, and other parties, to the same effect. On the motion of Lord SANDON, the Chester and Crewe and Grand Junction Railway Consolidation Bill, was read a third time and passed. Mr. DUNDAS presented petitions from Maryle bone and other places in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. WALLACE presented eight petitions from places in London or its immediate vicinity in favour of a total repeal of the Corn-laws. He begged to say with regard to one o f t h ose p e titions, that though it was written in a beautiful character, it was not printed ; and he was induced .o make that remark because a for mer petition presented by him had been rejected by the General Committee on Petitions, who had erroneously supposed that it was not in writing. Major AGLIONBY presented petitions from two places in Northumberland praying for a total re peal of the Corn-laws. Mr. E. BULLER presented a petition from Stone, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Also a petition from Chatbury, praying the House not to grant any money for the extension of Church accommodation. Mr. BRAMPTON presented peg itions from dif ferent places in Essex, against any alteration in the Corn-laws ; also a petition in favour of Church Ex tension. Mr. DUNBAR presented a peti Lion born Perth in favour of Non-intrusion. Mr. .1. FIELDEN presented a la( !tition from Old ham, in favour of the repeal of the (mac ern-laws. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petitioi 1 from the beer sellers of Birmingham, praying that ey might be put on the same tooting as licensed victual] lers. Mr. GREG presented ten petitio as from different places in Manchester, in favour of ti Repeal of the Corn-laws. The Hon. Member also presented a peti tion signed by 300 agriculturists in tli e county of Ches ter, to a similar effect. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG presented similar petitions rom Stoke. Petitions in favour of Non-intrus'ion were presented by Mr. Pringle, from Down, in Ire :laud ; and by Mr. Lascelles. Petitions in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws were presented by Mr. James, from Wigton, signed by 1,060, and another parish in East Cumberland ; and by Mr. Benjamin Wood, from Southwark, signed by 2,000 persons. Mr. BLENNERHASSETT presented a petition from a large majority of the Gran d Jury of the county of Kerry against any alteration i a the Corn-laws. Petitions in favour of the Col n-laws were presented by Colonel RUSHBROOKE ; Mr. _BAILEY, from Brecon ; and Mr. CHUTE. Mr. B. WOOD presented a pi tition from the ped lers, hawkers, and petty chaptwen of England and Wales, signed by 2,180, complain ing of the heavy tax of 41. for each licence, and 41. for e. ach horse. Mr. ORD presented a petitio n from the Isle of Wight, praying for Church Extension. Sir WILLIAM YOUNG presented a petition from a Board of Guardians, in the county of Buckingham, against any alteration in the Coro-laws. Also a petition from Newport Pagnell, lara,ying the House to adopt measures to prevent the gr avail of opium. Mr. WARD presented a petiziou from Sheffield, signed by 12,310 persons above twenty one years of age,whose places of residence were subs cribed, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws ; also a IN itition from New port, in Essex, praying for the release of John Thoro good, and the abolition of the E3clesiiastical Courts. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented ten petitions from the county of Lancaster, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Broughton, signed by 501 persons, also a petition from the inhabitants of Atherton and Tildesley, in the county of Lancaster, signed by 800 persons, for the repeal of the Corn-law-s. Also a pe tition from the Edinburgh Society for t.hc Suppression of Intemperance, praying for the abolition of the opium trade with China. Lord CHARLES MANNERS presented a peti tion from a Board of Guardians in, the county of Leicester, against any alteration in, the Poor-laws which would affect the fundamental. principle ; also a petition against alteration of the Corn-laws. . Mr. WYNN ELLIS presented a petition, signed by 1,800 inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws ; &so similar petitions from twenty-three places in the county of Lancaster. Sir T. D. ACLAND presented petitions from se veral parishes in North Devon, against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition, signed by 600 electors of Dublin, against the Irish Registration Bill. CANADA. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice, that on the 30th instant he would move for a return of those religious bodies which, in the event of the Clergy Reserves Bill receiving the Royal Assent, would receive a portion of the proceeds of those revenues. CORN-LAWS. Mr. PRY ME gave notice, that on Mr. Villiers's mo tion in regard to the Corn-laws he should move the ad dition of these words—" with a view to the reduction of the average prices specified in annexed tables, and accord ing to the respective duties imposed therein ;" and that i this amendment should be agreed to, he would in Com mittee move the resolution of which he had previously given notice. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. Mr. HAWES obtained some returns, but, owing to the noise which prevailed in the House at the time, we could only collect that they related to the building of places of worship ; in what districts, or whether over the whole country, we could not catch. TRADE WITH JAVA. Mr. COLQUHOUN gate notice of a question with regard to the state of the British Trade with Java. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The HoN. MEMBER then asked if the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies could state what mea sures, if any, he was prepared to propose in regard to the disputes connected with the Church of Scot land.—(Hear, hear.) He was the more anxious to know this, as the period had already elapsed when the Noble Lord gave a hope that he would be able to make this statement. Lord J. RUSSELL.—I am not prepared to give any notice on the subject. Mr. COLQUHC;UN—WiII the Noble Lord say when he thinks he will be able to give thi3 information ? —(Cries of " No, no," from the Ministerial benches.) Lord J. RUSSELL—AII I can say is that I am not now prepared to give any notice on the subject. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Wreck Buoy in the track of vessels bound to Lynn and Wisbeach, and also a Buoy at the Ridge at Holy Island, and Newton Rock. The following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's, from the Trinity House, dated March 26, 1840 : Sir,--1 have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, communicating, by direction of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, ex tracts of letters from their agents at Berwick and at Lynn —the former relating to certain dangers in the vicinity of Holy Island—the latter respecting a sunken vessel in the track of shipping bound to Lynn and Wisbeach, and hav ing laid the same before the Board, i am directed to ac quaint you, for the Committee's information, that immediate nstructions were forwarded to the Corporation's agent to examine the situation of the sunken vessel referred to, and to place a wreck-buoy near thereto, should it be found necessary for the safety of vessels. The agent has since reported his having received previous information of that wreck, and that he was prepared to place the buoy, so soon as the state sf the weather should permit the execution of that service. lam further directed to state, with reference to the communication from the Committee's agent at Ber wick, that the dangers therein referred to being situate within the limits of the buoyage jurisdiction of the Trinity House at Newcastle, a letter was addressed to that body calling their attention to this subject ; and I have been this morning favoured with a letter from the Secretary to that Corporation, signifying that my communication of the 31st ult. had been laid before that Board on the 24th inst., when it was ordered that buoys or beacons should be placed upon or near to the ridge at Holy Island ; and also upon or near to Newton Rock as soon as possible. I am, Sir, your most humble servant, ( Signed) J. HERBERT. To William Dobson, Esq., &e. BITTERS AND SWEETS.--The discharge of a man named Rouse was opposed, in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, by Manning, a manufacturer of "bitters." A p rett y expose of th e di s ho n e s t publican's pr ocess of adulteration was given by Rouse, who, atter having sold the " bitters " for years, was lucky enough, on Wednesday, to again taste the sweets of liberty. M ELANCHOLY S UI CIDE , — morning the f o ll ow i ng me lancholy 011 Wednesday to have t a k en p l ac e' : —Miss Elizabeth Reach, age d about occurre nce was discovered thirty-two, an d residing and travelling com p anion for several at 46, Georgo - stree t, Portman-square, had been lady' s years to an eld er l y ma id en lady. During her service she had amassed suffici en t mone y to be considered a m ediocre fortune. Sbe placed it i n th e h an d s o f a solicitor, or agen t, g ivin g him mad directions to invest it in the most secure and profitable manner. Ile obeyed her directions so far, but during her absence lately on the Continent he contrived at different periods to withdraw the whole sum and convert it to his ow.i advantage. On her re turn, a very short time ago, she discovered t he dishonesty. of her agent, which h a d suc h an effect upon her that her mind ever since has been in a state of great depression. On Tues day night she appeared more melancholy than ever, and not descending when the breakfast bell rung on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, her mistress sent a servant to see what was the matter. The servants found Miss Reach suspended by the neck from the post of her bed, and quite dead. THE THREE LORD MAYORS. The Right Hon. William Stephenson Clarke, Lord M a y or of York, at tended th e Queen's Levee on Wednesday last, to present the address of the citizens of York to the Queen, on her marriage. After the presentation, his Lordship was introduced to the Lord Mayor of London • and whilst they were conversin g , the Lord Mayor of Dubli n was ' presented, so that the only three Lord Mayors in the empire met at the Levee at the same time, a circumstance of rare occurrence. —Liverpool Mail. STOCKDALE V. HANSARD. —The nephew of Sir William Gossett, the Sergeant-at-Arms, has been to Hert ford to serve notices on the Sheriff of that county, forbidding • him to execute the writ issued in this cause. The notice is opportunity similar to tho se serve d upon th e Sheriff, Under - sheriff , &c., of Middlesex, and it i s un d ers t o od that the Sheriff of Hertford shire has decli ne d t o execu t e the inquiry until he has hat an The app of applying to the Court of Q ueen's Bench for fur -1 ther directions. ointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate for Woolwich district having been decided on, it is in contem 'dation to erect a public office and other buildings, in which the public business can be transacted, instead of as hitherto, in P publtc-house. BEER BILL. Mr. PAKINGTON would be extremely sorry to interfere between the House and the' adjourned debate of last evening, but the Sale of Beer Bill stood first on the Orders of the Day for the second reading, and he wished to know whether it would stand in the same position to-morrow or Monday evening, as the case might be ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, what he proposed was, that the Government Orders of the Day which stood upon the paper for to-morrow evening should be post poned till Monday, in order to give an opportunity for the notices of motion being brought forward to-morrow. Mr. HODGSON HINDE hoped that the notices which stood in the Order Paper for that evening would have precedence of those which stood for to-morrow, otherwise be should not have an opportunity of bring ing forward his motion until a late hour of the night. Lord J. RUSSELL did not know what decision the House would come to on the matter, but the arrange ment had not been made for his own convenience but that of the Noble Lord opposite.—(Hear, hear, from Lord Stanley.) Mr. HODGSON HINDE hoped it would be under stood that the postponed notices of Thursday should take precedence of those of Friday. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that would be a fair arrangement. He should now move that the Orders of the Day for Friday should be read over, in order to their being postponed. The Order of the Day for taking into consideration the Queen's Message relative to Lord Seaton, was then read, and postponed till Monday, Lord John Russell intimating that he should take it the first thing after the private business had been disposed of. The Colonial Passengers' Bill was postponed till Monday. BEER BILL. Mr. PAKINGTON postponed the Sale of Beer Bill (No. 2), which stood fora second reading to-night, till to-morrow., Mr. WARBURTON wished to know whether the Hon. Member intended to move the second reading before the notices of motion ? Mr. PAKINGTON said that all that he required was that he should stand first on the Orders of the Day. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, noticcs of motion were ordered to have precedence of Orders of the Day to-morrow. IRISH REGISTRATION-ADJOURNED DEBATE. The Order of the Day have been read for resuming the adjourned debate on the Irish Registration Bill, Mr. Sergeant CURItIE rose to address the House, but from the noise which prevailed at the bar, and the low tone in which he spoke, the Hon. and Learned Member was almost wholly inaudible throughout the entire of his speech. He was ready to admit that the Reform Bill as it existed at present in Ireland, and the laws relating to the registry in that counry, were liable to great objections. He believed, too, that some of those objections were of very considerable im portance ; but though the present measure merely proposed to meet those difficulties, it was, in point of fact, calculated to limit or destroy the election qualification in Ireland. He was persuaded that whatever might be the imperfections of the system which it was proposed to amend, the Bill of the Noble Lord would, in many cases, renew them, and that in other instances it would create others in their stead. The number of registered electors in Ireland was small and insignificant, not only as compared with the popu lation of that country, but still more small and insigni ficant when compared with the number of registered electors in England. The state of the population of the two countries, and the number of registered electors was fully brought before a Select Committee of the House in 1834. There were comparatively few registered electors How, in consequence of the great difficulties— the expense and annoyance, and unfortunately in some instances the insult to which parties claiming the fran chise were subjected. If such were the case under the present system, how much would the evil be aggravated by the Bill of the Noble Lord? The Bill imposed on the unfortunate voter the vexa tion of personal attendance at the registry, amidst all the turmoil of attorneys, counsel, and agents, and all the heat and strife of party contests. The slight advantages which the Bill might be supposed to furnish were more than counterbalaneed by the blow it struck at the great constitutional right of the franchise.—(Hear, hear). Then, with respect to perjury, supposing the statements made by Hon. Members on the other side of the House to be true, that perjury was more deeply committed with respect to the registry in Ireland than elsewhere, what remedy did the present Bill apply to it ? In his opi nion the Bill, so far from diminishing the opportunity to commit perjury, increased it, by the facility it gave to its perpetration before the Judge He would shortly call the attention of the House to some of the provisions of the present Bill. By one of its clauses the voter ►would be compelled to specify the (1::te of his lease, the name of the lessee, and the name of lives mentioned in the lease. Every person at all con nceted with Ireland, must know from experience the diffi culty there was in proving whether a person be living or dead. He objected to the Bill, because it was drawn up much more in favour and to the advantage of the rich than the poor. If the Bill passed into a law, the effect wound he to reduce the constituency to one-half. No one offering himself to address the House, stran gers were ordered to withdraw. After being excluded for five minutes the gallery was again opened, and we found Colonel PERCEVAL upon his legs. He was asto nished at the conduct pursued by those who had threatened to make that an adjourned debate. H• knew the Hon. Member who had just sat down was an eminent member of the Irish Bar, but he was asto nished to find that he objected to the Bill, acknowledg ing at the same time that the present law was so defec tive. Pe'rsonally he was aware of the evils of the pre sent system, for in the county of Sligo many persons voted against him, who before doing so had committed perjury, they being tenants depending on leases on the life of the Duke of Clarence. In 183'1 they came forward and knowingly swore, that in that year William IV. was still alive. In that year also he learned that a party was about to come up and vote against him—he was aware that their landlord had died, and if they voted, they must swear that he was alive, and although they themselves had assisted in his funeral, they came up even after notice that they would commit perjury, and voted against him. He believed that there was inter ference upon the part of landlords, but it was not one- twentieth so great as that influence exercised by the Catholic Priesthood. He considered that the opposition to the Bill was got up for the purpose of saving the fictitious votes now upon the Registry in Ireland ; it had worked well for the Government and those who governed the Government, and so it was to be kept up. Although many Hon. Members on the other side of the House had referred to matters which did not come within the scope of the Bill, he bad not beard a single argument against its principle. He was cer tainly surprised that a Government which had ex pressed so much anxiety to amend the registration of voters in Ireland, should have exhibited so much hos tility to the Bill of his Noble Friend. .He denounced the opposition to the Bill as factious—( Hear, hear) it was not an opposition to the principle but to the details of the Bill, and believing it to be calculated to effect much good, it should receive his hearty support. The O'CONNOR DON said the Hon. and Gal- lant Member for Sligo had carefully passed over the various objections that had been urged to the principle of the Bill. He had brought forward a grave charge of perjury against certain voters on the property of Lord Lorton, but the fact was, that although the tenants held the land for the life of George the Fourth, they were told that, being in possession, they were entitled to vote after the death of the party named in the lease. Now, the Hon. and Gallant Colonel stated that no ob- jection had been made to the principle of the Bill; but be (the O'Connor Don) objected to its principle, inas much as it was calculated to diminish and deterioAte from the elective franchise, by rendering its attainment much more difficult.—(Hear, hear.) Few were aware of the vexatious and harrassing nature of the cross examination to which a freeholder was subjected in Ire land, when he came forward to establish his claim. It was, in fact, of such a nature, that it deterred many from registering their freeholds ; and if the tenant were obliged to go through that ordeal of a cross-examination, in opposition to his own claim, every year, it would cer tainly tend to diminish the number of electors in any locality. In addition to this, there was the most unjust and oppressive provision contained in the Bill, that a party who failed to establish his claim before the Judge, was liable to a flue of 10/. He most decidedly objected to such a provision, inasmuch as the spirit of the Re form Bill was to give the most liberal construction to the elective franchise ; and so surely as they inflicted such a wrong by legislative enactment upon the people of Ireland, it would beget a wrong on the part of the people. It was well and truly said by Mr. Grattan in that House, when addressing Hon. Members on the op posite benches, that " the excesses of that country were the spawn of your own wrong."—(Cheers.) It was admitted on all hands that Ireland was, at present, in a state of tranquillity ; he trusted they would make that tranquillity the rule, and not the exception ; but the House might rely upon it that if the present measure was enacted, it would materially tend to dis turb the tranquillity, and retard the prosperity of the country. On these grounds he should certainly vote against the second reading of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said the main argument of the Noble Lord (Stanley) in introducing the - Bill was, that there being a system of annual registration in England, it would be desirable to extend it to Ireland. Now be thought it would have been advisable, in the first instance, to ascertain what the advantages of annual registration had been in that country (if indeed there had been any) before they consented to extend it to lreland.—(Hear, hear.) He could assure the House that, so far as his experience went, there was a decided objection by both parties to the system of annual revision in counties, on account of its incon venient expense. That certainly was the case with respect to English counties, in which the average ex panse to each party was about SOW. per annum, al though he admitted that in some of the boroughs parties were of a different opinion. With regard to the provi sion for appellate jurisdiction, he certainly would not be a party to any extension of its powers in the present case. In Scotland the principle of appeal laid down by all great writers on the subject was strictly attended to, and no matter was allowed to be brought before the Court of Appeal that had not been before the inferior Court. He thought the constitution of Courts of Appeal was objectionable, first, because he thought the Judges should not be employed in political matters, which would ,subject them to the charge of partiality , and, secondly, because he did not think it safe to ine trust the protection of the popular part of the constitu tution to the Courts of Common law. His last reason for opposing the Noble Lord's Bill was, that its acknvv 'edged effect would be the restriction of the franchise. At a time when they were universally called upon to enlarge the franchise, this Bill was seeking to limit. it. He thought it would be extremely impolitic to re strict, more than they had already done, the franchise in Ireland. If they sought to de so, how could they expect to have acquiescence in their authority? Would not the same effects result from it as occurred in Ireland before the passing of the Reform Bill ? For these rea sons—because it had not been proved that the existing system hat worked well in England, on account of the nature of the appellate Court, and because the Bill sought to restrict the franchise ; he should vote against it. Dr. STOCK said the Hon. Member for Sligo, when he came to speak of the principle of the Bill, resorted to the hacknied charge made by Hon. Gentlemen on the other side, that Hon. Gentlemen who opposed the Bill carefully avoided stating any objection to its principle. He (Dr. Stock) objected to the Bill on the principle that, while ostensibly it proposed to improve the s ystem of registration, it cov e rtly soug ht t o str ik e a d ea dl y blow at the exercise of the franchise. This Bill, contrary to the faith of the House and the nation, struck down the entire existing rights of the constituent body of Ireland as secured by the Reform Act. The moment the Bil l passed it would annihilate the indefeasible security--th e certain right they had obtained by virtue of that Act , to be received at the poll for eight years after they wer° once registered, to v ot e f or th e can did ate t h ey pre f e rred. He would not impute improper motives to the Noble Lord, for whose character he had the highest respect' but he might be surrounded by flatterers and ill coup' sellors ; and there was a party whose interest it was to excite and keep up discord in Ireland.—(Cheering .) The machinery of the Bill ; would seem to have been framed for the purpose of throwing every possible imPe; diment ,in the way of obtaining the f ra nchise. Tu e , should not, howev er , b e th e o bj ec t o f a l aw , and was in conformity w ith t h e pr i nc i p l es w hi c h the Nobl e° Lord had advocated in 1832. The Noble Lord be divided his Bill into various schedules, and rendered as complicated as po ss ibl e hi s attac k on the lib er ties °f Ireland. Many of those clacees would, he thought' be attended with th e worst resu l ts, and would have I ', - other end than that of laying captious snares for r e fi ts' try yeelanitmerianatg into s.n s i . e ario H u o a n o . b a je n e d tio L os ea a r g u Learned Gentlema n ' after . the Bill, con c l u d e d b y saying, that, for the reason s m e had assigned, the Bill should meet with his decided op" position in every stage.—(Hear, hear.) • Sir JAS. GRAHAM said that as he felt ewe ere . respect for the House he could not help regrett.tn:s the scene they were now witnessing. After much .l e , e of time and an unnecessary adjournment of the deba te the question seemed to hare advanced very litt l e e i he (Hear, hear.) That afforded a striking proof o ',.a inconvenience of such proceedings as that which '7 l been adopted 3 esterday.—(Cheers and counter chee s r,74 Last night an adjournment if the debate bad been a for on the grounds that a great number of gentlemen_Oss the opposite side of the House were anxious to ex m p'_' to their opinions on the subject before the question c e a. a _ e d a division. An hour, however, had scarcely . 1 , 0 1" ao since they had been on the point of dividing , vill a i re Hon. Member on the opposite side betrayed any ton. ap p address t the o b Gentlemen opposite, as far as he could discover , e t s .P_, ed —( long the debate. At all events no such anxiety. wa l t " ed e a il o great us e anxietyee Hear, h t c h e e r ) p — a rat hear)—and therethe o H_ E o r t on the part of her Majesty's Ministers. He Ind as t ea with the confident expectation of hearing wh at w to - decision to which the Cabinet had come with res d e bean the motion, but in that expectation he ee, l _ disappointed. He had hoard, it was true, of ? Tra de r nion of the Vicc-President of the Board of 44 on the subject, as that Gentleman had last ability' addressed the House with his accustomed aL,__'d But that Honourable and Learned Mcmt•er ir n i : b been so much and so violently mixed up with, u p politics—he had been in the habit of takins i, , c . re such extreme opinions —be having advocated per t, ' ex . sistance to the law, a repeal of the Union, arm 0 t he tension of the Suffrage in the :nost Radical Geese EVENING EDITION.