The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-26 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. For the Motion Aga'nst it 122 Majority Mr. O'CONNELL begged to know whether the Bills Which bad been passed by the Legislature of Jamaica would be latl upon the table of the lious? Lord J. RUSSEL'S answer did not reach the gallery. Mr. HUME was most anxious that these Bills should be laid before the Ifouse. lie found that the object of tome of them was to restrict the labour of the free negrees atid to keep up the system of monopoly which had so long existed in the \Vest Indies. The Bill then went through a Committee, and the House resumed. COUNTY CONSTABULARY. On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the County Constabulary Bill was re-committed. Mr. FIUME wished to correct a mi,representa tion of what he had said when the Bill was in Com mittee on a former occasion. Ile had referred to the opinion of Mr. Bennett, who was anxious that the consta bulary should be placed ' under the Secretary of State as a centralizing power. There was nothing he wss more opposed to than such a system. He had been represented as having supported that system of centralization, which was quite contrary to the fact. On clause 21 being read, Mr. F. MA GLE moved the following amendment : To insert, after •' be it enacted, that," " Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act of the last Session of Parliament, the constables or watchmen appointed in and for any parish under the said Act of the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty, or in and for any town or any place under any such local Act as last aforesaid, and not discontinued before the passing of this Act, shall con tinue to act in their respective appeintments, and shall be subject to the same authorities as heretofore ; and all such Acts shall continue in force until it shall be notified by the chief censt,ble of the county in which such parish, town, or place is situated, to the Inspectors, Commis sioners, or other persons having authority over such con. stables or watchmen as aforesaid, by writing under his band, that he is ready to undertake the charge of such pa rish, town or place, on some day to be specified in the notice, which notice shall be published within such parish, town, or place is such manner as shall seem fit to the chief constable, for the purpose of making the same to be generally known, and upon the day so named the watchmen or constables appointed within such parish, town, or place, under the the said Act of the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty, or under such local Act, shall be discontinued as a separate force; and all powers for assessing and levjing any rate in such parish, town, or place, the whole or any part of which shall be applical_;_e to the payment of such - watchmen or constables, or any expenses incident there-. unto, vial' cease so far as such powers relate to any e hole rate so applicable, or to that part of any rate which shall be so applicable, except for such purposes as arc herinaftcr mentioned." And at the end of the Clause, " Provided also, that where any parish, town, or place in which constables have been appointed under any such local Act shall be situated in more than one county, such notice shall not be given by the chief con stables of either county to the Commissioners or other persons having authority over the constables in such pa. • risb, town, or place, until after the constables shall have been appointed under the first recited Act, in each of such counties." After a few words from Mr. DARBY and Lord G. SOMERSET, the amendments were agreed to. Clauses 22 end 23 were agreed to without discussion. On the reading of the 24th clause, Mr. BRUGES objected that the clause would deprive the Magistrates of certain counties of a very necessary power of control over the constabulary. He moved, there ore, that the whole of the clause which disqualifies the Magistrates of Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, and Surrey from acting in the execution of the Constabulary Act, 2 and 3 vie., c. 93, be omitted. Mr. FOX MAULE defended the clause. He said the object of the clause was, to prevent the Magistrates who had property in those counties, from being out-voted by Justices who had none. Lord GRANVILLE SOME R S ET opposed the clause. Sir GEO. STRICK LA ND thought the elastic ought to be made more general, as it was unjust that a Magis trate should have a power of taxing a district where he had no property. Mr. G. PA LMER supported the amendment. Mr. HA WES said, that as the clause only applied to four counties, it ought only to be looked to in its re stricted operation. After a few words from Mr. SLANEY, Mr. DARBY, and Mr. PR YME, Mr. FOX MAULE said that he had introduced the Clause solely for the protection of Magistrates living in the rural parts of the country. When, however, he consi. dered the opposition offered to it he deemed it his duty to withdraw the clause. Clause 24 was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. On clause 23 being put, Mr. PR YME moved that the Matistracy of the Isle of Ely should he exempted from the operation of the Bill. Mr. FOX MAULE had no objection to accede to the intendment. The• clause as amended was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, some new clauses were agreed to, on the understanding that they Should be considered on the bringing up of the Report. • Mr. FOX MAULE then brought up a clause, to pie ,ride that each district should payfor its own constables. Mr. LANGDALE wanted to know whether the Bill • was to be re-committed. Mr. FOX M AUL E said, Nl. At that period of the Session is would be impossible to get through with that • . Bill, if that course were to be taken. The House resumed. The Report brought up ; to be considered this day week; the clauses to be printed in the mean time. The House then went into Committee on the Railways en the motion of Lord Seymour. The Bill went : ' through Committee without remark, and the Report or. '"..,dared to be received on Monday. Mr. P. MA ULE moved the Order of the Day for going Committee on the Chimney Sweepers' Bill. '' The House went into Committee, Mr. PRYME in the r, Chair. 'll, Clause I was agreed to. bf! On clause 2 being proposed, Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know what was to be done : 4 4 old houses. He, for one, would not like to pull down sis house. Mr. F. AIAULE said ne doubt some inconvenience and - expense would be the effect of the Bill, but he thought that would be as nothing, compared with the humanity of the Bill. Sir R. INGLIS said he believed that of old chimneys lot one in 2,000 but could be swept by machines. • Mr. GOULBURN said he happened to be one of the unfortunate individuals who possessed the one chimney out of 2,000, but still he was not prepared to oppose the motion. Mr. FOX MAULE said with reference to the notice given by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, of a motion that Counsel should be beard at the bar against the Bill, he Was informed it was his intention to withdraw it. Mr. HE ATHCOTE said he should be a sufferer by this Bill, but he thought it so desirable the cruelties now Practised should be abolished that he felt it his duty to support it. They were in the habit of seeking for cruel ties practised abroad, while it not unfrequently happened that cruelties as (Treat were practised in their own houses. He begged to thank the Hon. Gentleman for introducing this Bill, and lie thought, considering his numerous official occupations, the having done so was very much to his honour —( Hear.) Lord A SHLE 1* said he had no notion cruelties so barbs !°o.s could be perpetrated in any civilized country as had been recently brought under his notice as perpetrated in re lation to the subject of this Bill. It was a fact within his own personal knowledge that at the present moment a child of 4 i; years, another at 6, and others of a similar tender age, svere employed in sweeping chimneys. The fact, also, that 23 climbing-boys were now confined for various of lencos in Newgate, was sufficient to prove the bad moral effects of the system.—( Hear.) After a desultory conversation the clause was agreed to. On clause 3 being put, which enacted that no person under the age of 16 should be employed in the chimney sweeping trade, Mr; ELLIOT thought such a provision extremely hard, as it would have the' effect of preventing a father from employing his son under 16 years of age, even to carry the soot-b.:g, or any other article connected with the • trade. He should therefore move to strike out the word 16 for the purpose of inserting 12. Sir G...GREY suggested that no boy should be ap- Izi , prenticced to the chimney-sweeping trade under 16 years o age. Mr. ELLIOT concurred in this suggestion. M. SLANEY and Mr. LANGDALE opposed the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet. It would not be a full protection to the boy. After some further conversation, strangers were ordered to withdraw. No division, however, took place, and we understood that the suggestion of Sir George Grey was • agreed to. On clause 5 being proposed, • Mr. HANDLEY moved that the word " re-built" be left out. Mr. F. MAULE tl.ought the Bill would be very much deteriorated by the omission of the word. Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested, that the words " if practicable" should be added after the word " re-built." Mr. HANDLEY agreed to the suggestion, but seve ral Hon. Members objecting to the adoption, The Committee divided, when there appeared, For inserting the words ll Against it 74 Majority against inserting the words 63 The remaining clauses were then agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up this day. The Frivolous Suits Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Arms (Ireland) Bill then went through Committee. In bringing up the Report upon the Glass Duties Bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the Bill would not come into operation until the 15th of August, instead of the Ist of that month, as had gene rally been supposed in the trade. Mr. R. STE UA RT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to authorise and empower the Lords Commissioners of th *Treasury to grant a lease of the Caledonian Canal for storm cf years, and to regulate the future management thereof. Lord HOWICK moved for a copy of a minute in Council of the Governor-General of India, respecting the issue of pay to her Majesty's troops serving in India, dated May the 7th, 1834. Copy of any warrant, dated subse quently to the !st day of January 1840, for regulating the issue f pay to her Majesty's troops serving in the terri tories of the East India Company ; also of any instruc tions upon the same subject which have been forwarded, since the above date, by the Direetois of the East India Company, or the Secretary at War, to the Civil or Mili tary Authorities in India. Statement, showing the quan tity- of pure silver in the rupee coined by the East India Cerepany, and .the value thereof at the present market . price of silver, Statement, showing—what changes, if anv were made by a warrant of his late Majesty, dated th 20th day of March 1837, in the rates of pay appointed by previous warrants to be received by his Majesty's troops when serving at home or abroad. Sir JOHN H OBHO 1.7 Sp. stated that, O 3 the instruc tions hed not been sent out until the 4th of April, it would he inconvenient to make the return required by his Noble Lord HOWICK withdrew his motion. . _ _ Tile other Orders of' the Day were then disposed of, ar.d the house adjourned at One o'clock. THE CASE OF MR. CLEAVE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Islington, June 23, 1840. must be gratifying to the public generally, whatever diversity of politics may exist, to know that the Government, who had been driven into an objec tionable course of persecution by that Chrisiianlike and most beneficept gentleman, the Bishop of Exeter, has liberated Mr. Cleave from prison, to which he had been consigned for the space of four months, because he had, in the exercise of his calling, as a bookseller, sold a copy of, undoubtedly, a most objectionable work, at tacking the Christian religion. The truth is, and the Government must have felt this, that in the present day every bookseller, however high and respectable he may be is the trade, is compelled to sell works that are highly objectionable in their object or tendency, and that the only way to put down such works is to have them to be answered and refuted in the free dis• cession that exists, and daily increases. Mr. Cleave has, therefore, been liberated, but he has had to pay his fine of 201., and his law expenses, amounting to at least as much more. I think this should not be. What is his case to-day, may be the case of Longman and a hundred more to-morrow, and, therefore, these persons, and the public generally, should, as a matter of duty, not less than of policy, come forward, and relieve Mr. Cleave from the heavy burthen he is at present baaring. A small subscription would raise the money, and, I do hope, Sir, that you, who so generously spoke upon this prosecution while it was going on, will use 'your ready and powerful aid to promote such a sub sorption. I shall be most happy to contribute my milk, as will many whom I know. Your obedient servant, T. S, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you have ever proved yourself the friend of the oppressed and the determined foe to the oppres sor, no matter what might be his party, be it Whig, Tory, or Radical, I with confidence beg to call your attention to the treatment to which a fellow-citizen has been lately subjected. If is in the recollection of your readers that Mr. John Cleave, of Shoe•lane, was tried convicted, and sentenced to find and imprisonment for selling Haslam's Letters. Shortlx after the sentence of Mr. Cleave, Mr. Heywood, of Manchester, the printer and publisher of the offensive letters, was also indicted and found guilty of the same offence. But he (Mr. Hey wood) was not sentenced. He was merely required to give bail for his appearance to receive sentence when oal:ed up for judgment. How different the treatment of Mr. Cleave, who, in comparison to Mr. Heywood, was an ignorant accessory, for a page of the work be never read, as he declared upon his solemn oath. Mr. Cleave was sentenced to three months' im prisonment, and a fine of twenty pounds. Part of the imprisonment he has suffered. At length Government yielding to the remonstrance of a memorial against such a partial administration of justice as was evinced in Mr. Cleave's case, remitted a portion of his time for imprison ment, but enforced the fine, and compelled Mr. Cleave to put in bail to the amount of 2001., to keep the peace, &c. This, while Mr. Heywood, the principal in the crime (if crime it can be called), escapes harmless. Exclusive of the fine, Mr. Cleave has incurred a debt of upwards of 601. in law expenses, and lost upwards of 50 guineas in his trade by his absence. Surely Go vernment, as an act of justice, is bound to return the penalty, and a grateful country, in order to signify its sense of the gross injustice practised against Mr. Cleave, should indemnify him for the losses he sustained in law expenses, and in his business by his absence. There is little doubt that the gravamen of Mr. Cleave's crime was his having been a member of the different National Conventions. The country is now aware of the circumstances in which Mr. Cleave is placed for having advocated its cause ; and if he is allowed to sustain a farthing loss, it will only prove the ingrati tude of the men whose representative he was in the National Convention. JUSTICE. MORE PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASFIIEMT.—On Friday " True Bills" were found by the Grand Jury at the Old Bailey against several of the wealthy booksellers for selling the polished Atheism of Shelley, contained in Momin's edition of the Poet's works. Warrants are issued against Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, Sanders and Ottley, Fraser, and Mr. Moxon, the proprietor of the book pro secuted.—Dispatch. The following extract, relative to the release of Mr. Cle4ve, is copied from the Dispatch " RELEASE • OF MR. JOHN CLEAVE FROM THE COMPTER. —This ill-used man, after an imprisonment of about four weeks, has been released from confinement in the Comp eer, by an order from Lord Normanby. Sonic time since a memorial, numerously and respectably signed, praying for a mitigation of punishment, was presented to his Lord ship by Mr. Grote. Mr. Grote was attended by Mr. Pat tison and Mr. Lowe. The former gentleman fully stated the case, and urged the Marquis to remit that portion of the sentence which related to imprisonment. Mr. Grote also pointed out to the Marquis of Normanby the fact, that Mr. Heywood, of Manchester, the printer and pub lisher of Haslam's .Lctiers on the Bible, had altogether escaped punishment, the Government being satisfied with calling upon Mr. Heywood, to enter into his own security to appear, when called upon, for judgment ; whereas Mr. Cleave, who had merely sold the letters in the way of business, and who was entirely ignorant of their contents, was sentenced to fine and imprisonment ! The Marquis of Nor manby received the deputation with great courtesy ; pro nsi xd to communicate with the Judge who tried Mr. Cle,ve ; and, moreover, to acquaint Mr. Grote with the result of the interview. This Lord Normanby has done ; and Mr. Cleave is now at large ; but he had to discharge the fine of 201., and lie is still held in sureties for his good behaviour for two years ; and this while another indivi dual, who not only published the Letters, but printed them, has escaped scot-free. It would seem that Mr. Cleave has not been punished for the offence of selling a book, disputing the truth of Holy Writ, but fur having taken a prominent part in the proceedings of the late Convention. The fact, therefore, that Mr. Cleave is still held to bail ; that he has expended 70/. in this affair, and has been under the necessity of quitting his business, are matters sufficiently grievous, and betray a great want of feeling on the part of the Whigs. A remission of a portion of Mr. Cleave's sentence implies that he has been hardly dealt with, and which is acknowledged by the Judge liberating him ; and the sooner the restrictions now placed upon his conduct are removed and the fine paid back to him, the greater will be the credit due to Govern ment. We may take an opportunity some day of showing that the Jury who tried this case were totally unfit to en tertain its merits. Indeed, the fact that they decided upon patches of evidence, is convincing proof that they were guided in opinion solely by the observation of the Counsel for the prosecution." THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg you will take the earliest opportunity of correcting the following errors in the report of the observations addressed by me to the Meeting at Exeter Hall yesterday. I did not state that slave trade had increased in our colonies, but I stated it had increased in the Spanish colonies since the abolition of the trade on the part of Great Britain two-fold, and since the abolition of the slavery in our colonies about 20 per cent. In the next place, there is an error at the conclu sion of my observations. What I said was this—" the principles of this Society, sanction the adoption of no other means for the abolition of slavery than the em ployment of moral, religious, and pacific measures. These, I take it, are to be carried into operation, and to be looked to for success, by a steady perseverance in two great practical objects pursued by all legitimate means-- namely, the depreciation of the interests of the slave-trade, and the exposure, and denunciation of the true character of slavery. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, It. It. MADDEN. June 25, 1840. THE CASES OF MESSRS. VIN CENT, SIIELLARD, EDWARDS, AND OTHERS TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sir,—l request permission, through the columns of The Sun, to lay before the public the case of Mr. Henry Vincent, now removed from the Peniten• tiary, London, to Oakham Gaol, Itutlandshire. Much misapprehen,ion exists on the subject. It is generally believed that the nature of his imprisonment is now such as was usually inflicted on persons convicted of political offences. This is not the case. Being, as I am proud to avow myself, a personal friend of this virtuous and intelligent man, I have re ceived from him, in answer to my inquiries, an account o! his present condition, which being more likely to ar rest the public attention than anything I could say, I give in his own words:— " I thank you for your congratulations on my resto ration to bunion society.' The change is certainly a pleasing one, albeit I am still labouring under cruel privations. You desire to know my situation : I wear my own clothes—am permitted to write to my friends— but otherwise I am subject to the diet and regulations of convicted felons. My food consists of gruel, potatoes, bread, and one pound and a half of meat per week! I am not allowed a knife to cut it with, but have to tear it with my fin gers ! I applied to the Magistrates for the use of a knife ;it was refused ! I applied for permis sion to purchase a little food for ourselves—my request was refused ! I assure you, that after so long con finement, 1 feel the want of more nutritious food. I open feel gnawing pains in the inside and weakness. Edwards and Shellard have been very poorly, and Sh e '. Ilan], in particular, weak and ; must not omit to tell you that we hare no books but a few trashy things lent u s by th e parson." it must force itself upon the minds of alt, even the most indifferent to the sufferings of those who are persecuted for opinion's sake—that there is much that is degrading, and, there fore, unjust—crud, and, therefore, criminal and disgraceful on the part of those who inflict it, in thus subjecting a virtuous and disinterested man, whose cha racter is an honour to his specks, to privations mental and bodily such as are described in the simple state ment of my friend Vincent. That statement relates insults and indignities which ought not to be inflicted on any but hardened criminals ; and "gnawing pains in the inside and weakness," arising from insufficient food, are sufferings to which no MAN would sulajcct even a brute. Now, Sir, remembering and deeply regretting the fact that there are many poor victims of political per secution whose ill usage is still more severe than Mr. Vincent's, I think, that if Feargus O'Connor, barrister at-law, and the Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens receive better food and other indulgences, the treatment of Mr. Vincent. and of the poorer and less influential political prisoners ought to be the same. Relying on the impartiality and public spirit which I am in the habit of observing in the management of The Sun newspaper, not only for the publidation of this letter, but for the powerful aid of the editor's pen in removing the inequalities complained of, I am, with great respect, ARTHUR DYSON. Kingsland-road, June 24, 1840. ABORIGINES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l know too well the extreme difficulty to which the reporters at public meetings are subject, not to make every allowance for mistakes and inaccuracies that must at times unavoidably occur ; and I should not feel disposed generally t request a correction of any thing which fell from me on that account. But really, in the report of the Aborigines' Society's meeting, I am made to state what is so palpab!y wrong and absurd, that I respectfully solicit the favour of correction. In speaking of the noble conduct of the Indians in Canada, during the troubles existing in the two provinces, I stated that in Upper Canada they assembled in num bers to defend the authority of the Crown, and that not one act of violence or bloodshed was committed by them during the whole struggle ; they confined themselves to the capture of the rebels, proving that they were cc humane as they were loyal. Thank God, they ALL returned alive. In Lower Canada they captured the rebels at Caughuawaga, disarmed then, and brought them in prisoners to Montreal. With reference also to their treatment in the United States, I spoke of their driving the Cherckces from the lands of their Chiefs and fathers at the point of the bayonet—of the base violation of all honour and humanity in the capture of Osceola, whilst protected by a flag of truce—the re cent massacre of the Camanche Indians by the Texian pirates—and, lastly, the bloodhound war in Florida ; I also spoke of their improvement in Canada, at the Rice Lake, Moravian Town. Bay of Quinte, and on the Grand River, where the Rev. Mr. Nelles, one of the most godly and apostolic missionaries amongst them, had recently received the present of a carriage at their hands, of their own entire manufacture. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOS. ROLPH. THE SUN, LONIMN, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1840. CORN-LAWS-MR. VILLIERS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 23, 1840. The address of the inhabitants of Deritend and Bor-. desley, in the iserough of Birmingham, presented by Mr. Alderman Jenkins, on Tuesday last, to Mr. Villiers, presents an entirely new feature, and is of no ordinary kind. In a short period of time there were upwards of one thousand and three hundred signatures attached to it, consisting of many of the most respectable characters in society. The bumble classes have signed numerously, and the middle classes generally, as also Magistrates, Gentry, Clergy, Dissenting Ministers, Aldermen, Coun- cilmen, Guardians, and Overseers of the Poor—in short, it comprises much of the wealth and intelligence of the united hamlets, sinking and forgetful of minor differ ences, all making common cause in the expression of thankfulness to him who has laboured so zealously in the cause of the countless multitude, in the cause of the poor and destitute, in the cause of the widow and the fatherless, and them that have none to help. The address and answer is enclosed herewith. TO THE HON. CHARLES PELHAM VIL LIERS, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR WOLVERHAMPTON. We, the undersigned inhabitants of Deritend and Bordesley, in the borough of Birmingham, men of va rious politics, and many of us unaccustomed to interfere in public affairs, rather preferring the quietude of home, are desirous of expressing to you our high sense of obli gation for the clear, distinct, and statesmanlike views you have taken of the Corn-laws, as well as the ener getic efforts you have made in the Commons House of Parliament to repeal those iniquitous exactions—Laws made by men to deprive their fellow-men of the bounties provided by their Creator—Laws sacrificing the inte rests of millions at the shrine of comparatively a handful of the landed aristocracy. Junius says, " The first principle of natural justice is violated when interested parties are judges in the cause." We are impressed with the conviction that according to the constitution of the present House of Commons there are parties to the cause who will never concede a question of such vital importance to the best interests of the country as long as their own pecuniary affairs (as they suppose) are to be interfered with by such legisla tion ; therefore we feel the present House of Commons an unfit tribunal either to alleviate our sufferings, or redress our wrongs, contemning our petitions and re gardless of our distress. We have no predilections to indulge, no resentments to gratify, no objects to obtain, except those which arc for the good of our country. We now tender you the expression of our warmest thanks, and an assurance of cordial co-operation in any way you may deem most conducive to a total abolition of those Laws which re strict the food of man. ANSWER. I acknowledge with feelings of great satisfaction the address of the inhabitants of Deritend and Bordesley. I That my humble endeavours to obtain the repeal of the laws that limit-the amount in order to raise the price of our daily food, should exrecsipteectLe)lenotpieeresoannsdinviheocthathve a e srg p ri r e o d v' t i l l ti o s f t a - d i c i l e ru i s iig is h t l O me a subject of great pride and pleasure. Unconnected as I am with Birmingham, I cannot but regard it as offering fresh proof of the progress of opinion on the subject of the Corn-law, thus offering to the opponents of that law the best encouragement to persist in the course they have hitherto pursued. But though the progress of opinion is certain it must not be forgotten what force is arrayed against it, and how important it is that the sentiments of the people should be distinctly expressed on this question. In no other case are their feelings so grossly belied—in no other are their friends in the Legislature so few. It is repeatedly urged, in apparent solicitude for the poor, but really in artful defence of monopoly, that to increase the demand for labour (the first and certain conse quence of free trade) is to diarnish the wages of la , hour. Let the people then repudiate this silly and mischievous fallacy ; let them openly avow their opinion on this vital soritter, and determine at once to stop the wicked and fruitless attempt to disturb the order of na ture by confining the increasing profits of the country to-the diminishing supplies of its limited land. Ready at all times to aid the people in-this righteous struggle, I remain their humble and faithful servant, CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS. MEETING OF RADICAL REFORM- ERS AT HALIFAX. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A numerous meeting of the Radical Reformers of Halifax was held on Monday last, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on behalf of all persons confined for political offences. Resolutions and petitions, embo dying the same, were agreed to to both Houses, that to t at : an : eda the i L eiliseu o t ytrdi,f Commons congratulatory be A ddr Address entrusted tsas v ,s, ae was gle.oo t ar o tneLordht ed r rya fr l3o acclamation oeu r cre d u tl Brougham, ri ej m s, cl , and escape apetao from that her p assassination ; this, with the petitions, were s i gne d b y t h e Chairman on behalf of the m ee ti ng . It is worthy of re mark that neither Whigs nor Tori es h ave stirred hand or foot to address her Majesty in Halifax, alway s consi dered, and we believe, truly so, the most loyal borough in England ; nay, the Tories held thei r annual dinner'' on Thursday last, and the most sup er fi c i a l observer would have thought that they could not possibly .6 Jib' , fer decency sake, but, think it, they did— " Oh I no we never mention her, Her name is never heard," &c, & e . sup pose, u t i h m a t t shallas they ewye are ey generallyfother lt Whigs s ? simply, we in the fi e ld , and "everybody's businessis nobudy's business ," th a t th e affa i r had not been and it was left, it appear s , for th e c mooted, Radicals, the poor, despised," shoeless," " s hi rt l ess, " " vagabonds," and, who did it in a way too that their richer brethren may look up to, to step forward and rescue the " good old town" from the approaching brand of disloyalty. It is also worthy of more than a passing notice, the fact cf the population of this town, though the bulk of them a r e not i n full empl o yment, and for a long time past fair game for the peculating political agitator and the police spy, that they are still sound —nu, more, if the pleasurable and right hearty manner in which they testified their feelings relative to her Majesty and the " Monarchy" signify anything, they are not de sirous of change, hut determined to support the form of a mixed Government, if they may only be admitt e d t o Itheir shar e i n th e re p res entation, so unjustly withheld. Cottle it twist ; staved off it may be, year after year ; but, remember, a tremendous responsibility will rest somewhere if these are not granted. A seeming fixedness (to obtain the suffrage) seemed to pervade every soul at the meeting, and recollect this is but a true picture of the whole of the labouring population, with a great and an increasing number of shop keepers and others, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and nearly the whole of the North of England, and many parts of Scotland. THE LATE - KING OF PRUSSIA'S WILL. OFFICIAL. TO THE MINISTER OF STATE. BERLIN, JUNE 19.—1 order two precious docu ments to be publish e d, which, according to the will of my late Royal father and Sovereign, were put into my hands on the day of his death, one of which is healed " My last Will," and the other begins with the words " On you, my dear Frederick," both of which are in his own hand-writing, and dated Dec. 1, 1837. The heroic King of our great per',od has departed, and gene to his rest, and lies by the side of the bitterly lamented and never-to-be-forgotten --.# I pray to God, the ruler of hearts, that he will cause the love of the people, which supported Frederick William 111. in the hour of danger, which cheered him in old age, and allayed the bitterness of death, to pass to one, his son and successor, who has resolved, with the help of G to walk in his father's ways. Let my people pray with me for the preservation of the blessings of peace, that procious jewel which he gained for us with the sweat of his brow, and che rished with truly paternal care. This I know— Should that jewel ever be in danger, which God for eid,--iny people will rise up like one man at nip call, as his people did at his call. Such a people is worthy and qualified to hear royal words like Ciese which are here subjoined, and will perceive that I cannot mark the commencement of my reign by any more worthy act than the publication' of these. (Signed) FREDERICK WILLIAM. Sanszonci, 17th June, 1840. MY LAST WILL. My time in trouble ; my hope in God. "On thy blessing, Lord, all depends. Grant it me now also, for this work. When this my last will shall come to the sight of my ardently beloved children, of my dear Augusta, and my other hyloved relations, I shall no more be among dean, but he in the number of the departed. May they, when they see the well-known inscription, Re member the departed,' eee., remember me too in love. " May God be a merciful and gracious Judge to me, and receive my spirit, which I commend to his hands. Yes, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. In another world thou wilt unite us all again ; may thou in thy mercy find us worthy of it, for the sake of thy dear Son, Christ our Saviour. By the same decree of God I have had to undergo heavy and hard trials, as well as i n what personally concerned tne (especially), when 17 years ago he deprived me of that which was the dearest to me, as by the events which so heavily afflicted my dear country. But, on the other hand, Go'l (eternal thanks to him for it) has permitted me to live to witness glorious and happy events. Among the first I reckon above all the struggles gloriously endured in 1813, 1814, and 1815, to which the coun try owes its restoration. Among the latter, the happy and consolatory, I especially reckon the cordial love end attachment and the prosperity of my children, as well as the especially unlooked-for providence of God in having given me in my fifth decenniuni a com panion for life whom I feel myself bound publicly to acknowledge as a model of faithful and tender attach ment. My true, sincere, last thanks to all who have ved.the state and me with judgment and fidelity. My true, sincere, and best thanks to all who were devoted to me with affection and fidelity, and by their personal attachment. I forgive all my enemies, even those who by malicious language and writings, or by deliberate misrepresentations, have en deavoured to deprive me of the confidence of my people, which is my greatest treasure, but God be thanked, very seldom with success. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Berlin, Dec. 1, 1837. "To you, my ,dear Frederick, the burden of the Government now comes with the whole weight of its responsibility. By the position in which I have now placed you in respect to this charge you are better prepared for it than many other successors Ito thrones. It , is now your part to fulfil my just hopes and the expectations of the country, at least to en devour to do so. Your principle and feelings arc a security to me that you will be a father to your subjects. Beware, however, of the love of in novation, now so general : beware of impracticable theories, so many of which are now in vogue ; but, at the same time, beware of an equally fatal obstinate predilection for what is old ; for it is only by avoiding these two schools, that really useful changes proceed. " The army is now. in a remarkably good condition since its reorganization. It has fulfilled my expecta tions in war, so also in peace. May it never lose sight of its high destination, but may the country likewise never forget what it owes to it. " Da not neglect to provide for, as far as lies in your power, concord among all the European powers ; but, above, all, may. Prussia, Russia, and Austria, never separate from each other. Their union is to be re garded as the keystone of the great European alliance. " My dearly beloved children all give me reason to expect that they will distinguish themselves by a useful, active, moral, pure, and godly life, for that alone brings down blessings, and in my last hours this shall give me comfort. " May God guard and protect my dear country. " May God guard and protect our homes now and forever. " May he bless you, my dear son, and your govern ment ; may he grant you strength and judgment to carry it on, and give you conscientious councillors and servants and loyal subjects. Amen ! (Signed) .4 183 .4 7” The FREDERICK WILLIAM. Berlin, ( D Queen Louisa i s meant, but no substantive is mentioned in the German. The adjective being in the feminine sufficienty points out who is meant. TUNNEL UNDER THE CHARENTE. A tunnel is about to be formed under the bed of the river Charente, below Rochefort. The great road which communicates between the south and west of France is there intercepted by the river, and, owing to the difficulty of constructing a bridge, the plan has been under contemplation almost since the commence ment of the Thames Tunnel. In 1839 estimates and plans made by M. Masquelcz, chief engineer in the Office of Bridges and ltaads, were laid befere the Mi nister of Public Work s , and favourably received. The city of Rochefort offered to subscribe 250,000 francs (10,0001.) towards the expenses, and the Government have ordered a new survey, for the purpose of having a double road way in place of a single one, as was first intended. The stratum through which it is to pass is extremely favourable for the operation, as it consists entirely of calcareou s rock, of sufficient depth for the construction of the gallery. Many of the French newspapers have taken up the scheme with great spirit, and the French public, anxious to rival England in so many respects, are pressing the Government to go on with the undertaking. Why, they say, should not the Executive imitate the English Government, and construct a work which shall be the boast of France as the Thames ,Tunnel is the boast of England? The length of the proposed tunnel, from bank to bank, is about 820 feet, the depth Mow the right bank of the river 66 feet, and below the left 49 feet, the difference being caused by the inclination of the stratum of rocks in the bed of the river WAR. The following sarcastic recommendations are given 1,- Dr. Benjamin Rush, an , eminent American physician and philanthropist who died about thirty years ago :-- " In order to impress more deeply the minds of the citizens of the United States with the blessings of peace, by contrasting them with the evils of war, let the following inscription be painted on the sign which is placed over the door of the war-office at Washington, namely : An office for butchering the human species. A widow-and -orphan-making office. A b ro ken-bone -making office. A wo oden-leg-making office. An office for creating public and private vices. An office for creating public debt. An office for creating famine. An office for c reating pestil e nti a l di seases. An office for creating poverty, and for the destruction nthe wounded soldiers, u o ocean,nded of liberty and national hap p iness. fire, ships with sink sick g in and In the lobby , let there be p ainted re p r esentations of the common in struments of death ; also, h uman skulls, broken bones, hospitals rivers (i villages on o yed with blo od, and extensive plains without a tree or fence, or any other object but the ruins of de serted farm-houses. Above this group of woful figures, let the follo w i ng words be inserted in red characters , to represent hum an blood : NATIONAL GLORY !" Monday,willhave an other the oO t h of July. o n o t t i l ek t i l ngh iat almterpalkliacaej, onnesoty It S is tat tl e il ß a a e ll rS a t t An admirable family hotel has recently been erected, and opened, opposite to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Vauxhall, which will be found to possess great advantages to persons travelling by this line. A pier, from which steam-boats are constantly plying to all parts of the river, is immediately in the rear of tile premises, and coaches and omnibuses are constantly running from opposite the establishment. Its immediate contiguity to the Railway must prove of great comfort to the weary traveller ; and the excel lent arrangement of its cuiBin6 departtnent i 3 a stroll addi• timid recoraniendation. .. .. , LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Juxi 24. (Sittings in Banco.) ~...... THE QUEEN V. THE PRESIDENT AND CHAPTER CF TILE C 11... THEDRAL CHURCH OF EXETER. Lord DENMAN delivered judgment. In this case a rule had been applied for that a mandamus might be issued to to the dcfcndar.ti, commanding them to proceed to the election of the Rev. Mr. Grylls, as canon of the said cathe dral church, in order to:qualify him for the appointment of Dean of the said church, and then to proceed to elect him to that office. The situation of Dean appeared to have been created, and the office endowed by the Bishop, in the reign of Henry 111. That was subsequent to a charter of King John, by which the Chapter was authorised to elect the greater and the lesser canons of the cathedral. This deanery itaelf appeared to be the last which had been founded before the dissolution of the monasteries. By the terms of the charter of foundation he was to be elected by the chapter, subject to the confirmation of the Bishop. Subsequently it was proviled that he was to be one of the Canons and a Prebendary of the Cathedral, and the practice had prevailed that he should be one of the Canons Residentiary. In this manner he was in form elected by the Chapter, subject to the confirmation of the Bishop, who confirmed him if all that had been dove was done re gularly. The Dear, thus elected, then took the oath of the Canons to obey the orders of the Bishop, who then took him to his stall, and he was inducted into and con firmed in his office. In the fourteenth and fifteenth cen turies the Bishops regularly collated the Deans into office. In 1550 the Crown, fur the first time, interposed its autho rity, and claimed to appoint the Dean ; but Edward VI. died before the appointment thus attempted to be made was completed, and the accession of Mary changed the course of proceeding in these matters. In 1559 Eliza beth sent her mandate to elect a Dean. The answer of the Chapter was, that the members thereof could not, by the Statutes, elect a Dean who was not a Canon Residen tiary, and they therefore prayed either that her Majesty would direct the election of a different person, or would grant a dispensation of the statutes. There were three other cases of which no exact accounts had been preserved, and then they came to the year 1629, when Charles I. re commended for Dean a Prebendary, who was also resident. The person thus recommended was elected. in 1661, the office being vacant, Charles 11. scat a letter recommen datory of another person. The particulars of what then occurred were not before the Court. In 1761 Charles 11. cave the appointment to Anstey, who was not a Prebend. The letter recommendatory sent in that instance stated that the deanery belonged to the Crown. The Bishop g,;ar,ted the letters appointing the person thus nomi nated by the Crown to the office of Prebend, and Mr. Anstey was elected and instituted to the deanery. Four. teen elections had taken place since that time, and of these it appeared that nine were strangers to the Chapter, but on the nomination of the Crown the Bishop made 'them Prebendaries. Such being the ancient and modern practice with regard to election into the office, the deanery occame vacant in 1838, and the Crown made a presenta tion to the Chapter, the members of which returned that they could not, by law, elect the person so presented to them, for that he was not a Prebendary nor a Canoe Residentiary of the cathedral. The Crown then nomi nated Mr. Grylls, and suspended by statute the rule as to the Prebendary, declaring that every spiritual person upon collation should be a Prebendary or Canon Residentiary of such church to all intents and purposes, and so qualified to be elected of such church. Immediately after the passing of the Act, namely, on the 12th of June, Mr. Grylls was again appointed, and was by such appointment qualified to be elected as if he had been, in fact, a Canon Residentiary. No step was taken on this intimation of her Majesty's plea sure, but on the 27th of June the Chapter elected the Rev. Mr. Lowe, who was Canon Residentiary, to fill the office of Dean, following the practice of ancient and mo dern times in the election of Deans in all respects, ex cept that of adopting the recommendation of the Crown. In this state of things the present rule bad been applied for, and the Court had been desired to treat Mr. Lowe's appointment as null and void, and to command the Chap ter to proceed to a new election, by first qualifying Mr. Gr)lls to take the office, and then by electing him into - it. The appointment by the Crown in virtue of the statute of last year carried his qualification with it, and the Chapter could not prevent his election to the office of Dean on the ground that not being a Prebendary, or a Canon Residen tiary, he was not by the statutes of the Chapter qualified to fill the office. This first step, therefore, having been taken, the question was —whether it would now be followed up by the order of the Court, compelliug the election of Mr. Grylls into the office of Dean. The Act of last year restored the law in this respect to what it had been before the sth and 6th of Wm. IV. What, then, were the rights on which the election of Mr. Grylls was disputed? They were the rights of the Chapter. The . members of the Chapter asserted the right of Choosing their own president. In making that choice they had followed the practice of ancient times ; but the Court was no:; asked to say that all that had thus been done had been badly done, for want of the lettere recommendatory of the Crown. It was asserted, in fact, that the right, which in the most ancient times of the deanery had been exercised by the Bishop, was now trans ferred to the Crown. Such a transfer ought to be supported by clear proof, and in this in stance it was said to be borne out by the opinion of Mr. Hargrave, in his notes to Coke upon Littleton. His Lordship here read Mr. Hargrave's observations, and the authorities on the subject, and expressed the opinion of the Court that that learned writer had been mistaken on this subject. Tho statute of Henry VIII., which gave the appointment of Bishops to the Crown, did not Men tion Deans, and the right to appoint the one by no means conveyed the right to nominate and appoint the other. No one could say that a Judge could, in. such a case as the present, direct a jury to presume an Act of Parliament on a matter which must have been the subject of legislative interference within two hundred and fifty years, there being no trace of such legislative proceed ing, in the journals of Parliament, in the proceedings of the courts of law, or in the works of text writers. This, then, put an end to the assumed right of the Crown in consequence of an Act of Parliament. Nor did the Court see that that right was better established .by the existence of any ancient composition, or of a practice consequent upon such composition. If the Deanery had been a donation of the Crown, the letter recommendatory would have conferred at once the right to the office, with out any intervening election. Yet the right to elect and the form of election were not denied to exist. Under these circumstances the Court did not see that the right of the Crown was made out. But if it was still believed that that right existed, then it was clear that the Crown had other and better means of trying the right than by this writ of mandamus. The Court was, therefore, of opinion that the rule for the mandaMus must be discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. JUNE 25. NEGELEN V. MITCHELL,. This was an action brought by a foreign artist residing in this country against Mr. Mitchell, the printseller, of Bond street, to recover a sum of money for the copyright of a portrait of Madame Grisi, and the value of fifty prints that the plaintiff contended Mr. Mitchell had contracted to deliver to him. The jury found their verdict for the defendant. (RIM. CON.-DANIEL V. FAWKES. This was an action for criminal conversation. Mr. KELLY st,tad the plaintiff's case. The plaintiff, Mr. Daniel, was a lieutenant in the 7th Dragoon Guards. fhe defendant was a lieutenant in the 88th Regiment of Foot. The unfortunate subject of this inquiry, Mrs. Da niol, was the daughter of a Mr. Gossett, a gentleman pos sessed of considerable property in the island of Jersey, but who resided chiefly in London. The parties were mar ried in September, 1830, at the church of St. Clement Danes ; but the marriage was not with the consent of Miss Gossett's parents, who were not present at it. After the marriage they became reconciled, received plaintiff as a son in. law, and everthing proceeded happily, and with the best prospects of a continuance of that happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel resided at different places after their marriage, chir fly at Cheltenham, and had two children, the eldest a girl, now nearly nine years of age; the second a boy, about four years old. About the conclusion cf the year 1838 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel went to reside in France, and be came acquainted with the defendant, who was received by the plaintiff and visited his house upon terms of confidence and friendship. The plaintiff and his wife removed from Paris to Versailles, and afterwards to Dieppe and Boulogne, and at all those places they met the defendant ; but this circumstance excited no suspicion. In the month of Oc tober Mr. Daniel, having business in England, proceeded - to Dover, leaving his wife for a few days after him in Bolus logne, whilst he was making arrangements for her recep tion at Dover. He accordingly took a house for his family at Dover, where Mrs. Daniel joined him. After staying there for a short time Mr. Daniel was called away' to town upon business, and left his wife at Dever, and during his absence Mrs. Daniel, forgetting her duty to her husband and children, eloped with the defendant. The first inti mation which the plaintiff had of his wife's departure was through a letter from Mrs. Daniel's sister, informing him that Mrs. Daniel had left Dover, and gone to Boulog ne, in consequence of the illness of her d aug ht er , w ho had been left at a boarding-school at Boulogne. This letter occasioned Mr. Daniel much anxiety, but it excited no suspicion. He was satisfied that Mrs. Daniel had gone across the Channel for the purpose of attending to their child. A few days, however, brought another letter, which was unfortunately but too explicit, and reduced the unsus pecting husband to misery and despair. The letter was addressed by the defendant to the plaintiff, and was as follows " October 2 4, 1839 " You will no doubt be extremely surprised on reading this, but I feel it better that you should know all, even from me, as soon as possible, than be left in suspense about the fate of Mrs. Daniel, who is now under my protection. Of course I can have no objection to give you any satis faction you may require, and should you wish it, a letter, addressed to Mons. Dalton, No. 7, Rue de Clichy, will be forwarded to me, and answered by the earliest oppor tunity. Should you prefer proceeding in another Hay, I suppose this letter will be sufficient evidence against me, though I shall of course ernoravour to excuse, as far as possible, the injury I cannot deny having done you. 1 have the honour to be, &c • " E. FAWKES." After the receipt of this letter it was but too plain that Mrs. Daniel had for ever abandoned her husband and chil dren, and, at the same time, her station in society. Under these circumstances it was only for the Jury to consider to what damages the plaintiff was entitled. Having married Hiss Gossett without the consent of her parents, the rfter his marriage, made a settlement, under which Mrs. Daniel, if she survived him, would have the power of leaving a considerable fortune, to which she was entitled, to any of her children she thought fit, and, as it was understood she was now pregnant , this tortune might be left to a child, the legitimacy of v hich was unfortunately not doubtful. Mr. TIIESIGER, for the def:ndant, was instructed to deny the fact last stated. Mr. KELLY did not well know how to understand his Learned Friend's denial. At all events , under the settle ment generously made by Mr. Daniel, after his marriage, his pecuniary interests . rnight be seriously affected, A re . laden of Mrs. Daniel had: 4180 generously allowed her 200/. a year, and her parents 50/. a year, snaking together 2501, which bad ceased since the elopement. The injury which Mr. Daniel sustained could not be compensated, but yet the Jury could only award pecuniary compensation; and, in estimating the damages, they should take into ac count that Mr. Daniel was deprived of the pecuniary ad. vantages he enjoyed, and was left viith two young children to support and educate. Witnesses were then called to prove the marriage, and that the plaintiff and his wife had lived happily up to the elopement. The probate of the will of the defendant's father aas put in, from which it appeared that the defendant to a sum of about 13,0001. under his father's will. Mr. Daniel, a barrister, the plaintiff's brother, also proved that he was in the habit of passing a part of every year with the plaintiff and his wife since their marriage, ' and that they lived on terms of great affection and cor diality. He admitted, ea cross-examination, that be dis approved of his brother asking a person known as " Hand some Jack " to his table at Cheltenham ; and also re monstrated wiih his brother upon leaving his wife, who was remarkably handsome and attractive, at Boulogne; and that his brother in consequence immediately after sent for his wife. Mr. MESMER addressed the Jury for the defendant, contending there was too much reason to suppose that the plaintiff had stolen away from her home and her family a young lady not more than seventeen, for sordid purposes, and not from affection. It was easy for persons who met the plaintiff and his wife in public to talk of the happy terms on which they lived, but it was quite clear enough that Lieut. Daniel treated his wife with coldness and in diffarcnce. Mr. Fawkes had committed a crime ; but there was no evidence that the defendant had ever been under the plaintiff's roof, that he bad abused any confidence or hospitality, and under these circumstances small damages would satisfy the justice of the case. Lord ABINGER left the question of damages to the Jury, observing that a man who took a young girl away from her parents' roof and her mother's care, though for the pur pose of marrying her, was afterwards bound to be moro than ordinarily cautious in guarding her from temptation. It was for the Jury to say, under all the circumstances, if they considered the plaintiff had conducted himself in all respects as a careful and affectionate husband should have done, and to estimate their damages accordingly. The Jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Kirby, Relieving-officer of the Strand n, waited on Mr. Twyford to request his assistance in releasing a child from confinement, which he had reason to suppose had been reduced to a state of idiotcy in conse quence of the ill-treatment she had received from her pa rents. He stated that having received information from several persons of the circumstance, he went to 27, Ship yard, Temple-bar, and finding the door fastened, be looked through a window and saw a grown girl tied with ropes to the bed-post, with a vessel of water beside her. On ques tioning the lodgers in t'..e house, he was told that the girl's name was Elizabeth Bates, and that her father, who was a porter in Hungerford-market, and her step-mother, were constantly beating her, and not content with denying her the common necessaries of life, they prevented her ever going outside the house. He hoped there would be no ob jection to force open the door, and bring the poor creature out for the purpose of hearing her own account of the treatment she bad received, and to afford her protection. Mr. TWYFORD instantly directed an officer to accompany him, and, if the parents were not in the way, or refused to place her under his protection, to break open the door and bring her to the Court. Mr. Kirby thanked his Worship, and in a short time en tered with the girl, carrying in his hand the rope with which she had been tied, together with a cat-o'-nine-tails, which she pointed out to him in the room, and with which she was in the habit of being severely chastised. There were also several people in attendance, who seemed anxious to confirm the account by what they had repeatedly seen and heard. Mr. TWYFORD said that he would not pre-judge the case, and would grannt every redress to the poor girl, as she was then under the protection of the parish authorities. The girl said that she was about sixteen years of age, and from the frequent complaints that had been made to her father by her step-mother, he treated her in the most barba row: manner, by kicking her and flogging her with the cat- Mr. TWYFORD observed that the poor creature was evi dently in fear of the consequences of the complaint about to be made against her unnatural parents, and the most prudent course to adopt would be to place her under the care of the medical person belonging to the workhouse, until the parties would be present to answer the charge, but, in the mean time, the door of the room should bo fastened. Mr. Kirby said that he had shut the door, but finding that the girl's body was bruised all over, be was anxious to take proceedings against them as soon as possible. The girl said, that the last ',eating sbe had got was 'or untying the rope, which her father had found on returning home. Mr. TWYFORD asked why he had beat n and ill-treated her at different times ?—The girl said that she had pro. miscd to clean out a room fJr a woman lodging near to her, and her step-mother having told her father of it, he flogged her. Mr. Kirby said that the parents seemed to him very comfortable, for they had a good: feather-bed, although they obliged the girl to lin on a straw mat. In answer to other questions, the girl said that she had never baen to school, nor was she ever taught to say her prayers, and she had eaten nothing during the entire day. She had been in Barthlomew's Hr.spital, end. her father beat her lately because her step-mother told him that she wanted to go there again. Mr. TWYFORD having ordered her to be sworn, she said that the whole of the Recount was true. Mr. Kirby said there were severe bruises on her back from the kicks she had received from her father, and it was in consequence, of his repeated ill-treatment, that she had to be sent to the hospital. Mr. TWYFORD considering the case worthy the attention of the parish authorities, directed that a warrant should be issued, and that the father should be brought up to-morrow (this day) to answer the charge. Q UEEN-SQUARE. James Arrant appeared at this Court, z•esterday, to an swer a summons obtained against hint by the secretary of the Holborn Joint Stock Loan Company, for having ne glected to pay the sum of U. 10s., being the balance of a loan of 15/. advanced to him by the Company. Thomas Alsop, clerk to the Company, proved, that on the 26th of January, 1 532, the defendant applied for, and received the loan of 151., to be repaid by instalmeas of 6s. per week, and an additional 4'. which went to defray some of the expenses the Society were put to. At the time of payment, the interest, five per cent., was deducted. Defendant paid his instalments somewhat irregularly up to the 6th of last December, when he ceased paying. Mr. BURRELL asked defendant what he had to say to the claim made upon him ?—Defendant said be thought he had not only repaid the loan, but had greatly overpaid it. lie would admit having, on one or two occasions, been behind hand in his payments, but he made it up afterwards by paying the whole sum due, with the fines imposed by the society. Though he had applied for, and nominally re ceived a loan of 151., he never actually received more than 91., for which with charges made for inquiring into the respectability of the sureties, writing letters a l '- proving or disapproving of them, visiting others, and he knew not what other matters, more than one-third of the 151. was taken from him, and found its way into the pcckets of the society. When he made a back payment of 305., with the five fourpences, he was in formed that no more than 245. could be entered in his book, as the rest went for fines for irregularity of pay ment. This happened more than once. One time he sent his wife with 245., and Is. 2d. for four weeks' pay ment, and they only credited him to the amount of 18s. Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk, addressing the secretary, said—lt appears very odd that this is not the first or se cond time that poor people whom you have brought to this office, have complained of their: having been overcharged in this way by your society. Mr. Tayler, the second clerk, pointed out sem al irre gularities in the book in which the society had professed to et tcr the sums pa .d by defendant. Mr. BURRELL asked what the extra fourpence per week was paid foi ? Also,' said, for the expenses of the office. Mr. Edwards—But you make charges against the poor people in ti:e shape of fines as defaulters. The clerk said their rules, which were enrolled accord log to the Act, gave them full power to impose those fines. Mr. Edwards.—The fact is, that when the instalments are brought in, you make what entries you like in the ap plicant's bock, and by these entries they must abide. The clerk make no reply. I Defendant repeated that he had never benefitted more 1 than 91. by the loan society, and he left it to the Magic.- trate to decide, whether they had not already got enough I out of him. The clerk entered into an explanation, and asserted that the defendant had not during the whole time paid more 1 Is. or 12s. in fines, and what fines had been levied were according to the rules, the nature of which defendant could be aware of before contracting the loan. Mr. BertnELt. was of opinion that defendant must have known he was bound to abide by the rules, and he, there f ,re, considered that he was bound to pay the sum claimed. Defendant was ordered to pay the sum sued for, and costs, amounting in all to 325., in three weeks. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF Tills DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We have had within the last few days some edifying illustrations of the boasted unity and vigour of the Tory, or soi-doisant Conservative party. We have seen, in the House of Lords, the Bishop of Exeter at loggerheads with Lord Lyndhurst on the Irish Corporation Bill ; and in the Commons, Sir Robert Peel at daggers -drawing with Mr. Plumptre on the question of Maynooth Cullega. " Verily it is a goodly thing for brethren to dwell togethei in unity." There is reason to suspect that on the subject of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill itself, there is anything but unanimity of opinion between the Tories in the House and their friends and advisers out of doors. The s pectators of the game, it has often been remarked, sec more occa sionally than the players. Our contemporary, the Stand nocbovui ag us leyms e e n e t s reason for dropping the lan g ua g e of signifi cantly termed " waantder " t u li p " o g n in t g he i w io h p a c t s of is carrying this nefarious measure. The Standard of last evening has the. following passage, manifestly intended as a febri fuge for the ard our of the Tories in Parliament :—" Some such Bill as Lord Stanley's must and will pass sooner or later. For ourselves we should prefer to see it left . for a better House o f Commons, as it would be thus a better Bill." Th e grapes are out of the Standard's reach, and therefore, like tEsop's fox, he pronounces them sour. He has no wish to pluck the fruit of Lord Stanley's vine this Session; he prefers waiting for "a better House of Com mons to ripen them. The present House is n t worthy c h o nour of passing so divine a Bill. EVENING EDITION. (From the Times.) It would be difficult to imagine greater skill or temper than the Noble Member for North Lancashire has exhi bited during the guidance of his measure through a reeky and sinuous channel to its present anchorage in the pre dominating favour of the House. The. roadstead may be an exposed one, but there is good holding ground at bot tom. Lord John Russell has obviously felt i.is own con dition with regard to this measure to be mere precarieus every day, and has therefore relaxed in the sternness of his original hostility. At first he could scarcely mea sure the heat of his expressions. He cannot without diffil culty now inflame them up to party pitch. Nur can we refrain from congratulating the Nobl: i'di. nister for the Colonies, on this his approximation at least towards a spirit of justice and impartiality upon a subject of such transcendent importance. What lie, a member of the house of Russell, a member, and a distinguished one, of the aristocracy and statesmanry of Great Britain, could or can ever gain for himself or his n e• l i i u en ntry fa b o y tio p n l , ayi w ng nos in o to o t n h l e y hands s i sot of add n a t n apduvreprossee ansodemarst to be—first, to tear away from IrelancL the crown of England, and next to subjugate it under the triple crown of Rome, and this, too, in the name of civil and religious liberty I—what Lord John Russell could gain for his country, or his own character, by pandering to a project like ibis, we declare before Heaven our faculties do net enable us to conceive. Yet with all this is intimately blended the resistance to Lord Stanley's measure. (From the Morning Herald.) The Old Bailey Bench bids fair to beeethe a fashionable lounge, and the languor and eu'l ceremony of morning tails are likely to give place to the more exciteable visits to the felons of Newgate—to the more stirring orations of a cri minal court. .The morning concert is positively put in dart ger by the superior attractions of the morning trial—music gives way to murder; and the strains of Rubini and La blache, with the wonderful fingering of a Liszt are eschewed for the withering denuncia•ions of Adolphus or Bodkin, and the professional sophistry of Charles Phillips. We know no greater, no more melancholy evidence of the spirit of the times—of a spirit insatiate in its cravings for coarse excitement—than was presented by the array of female rank that—would we could say it I—graced the trial of the murderer Courvoisier I We ask, is the delicacy, the tenderness of the female mind enhanced by a familiarity with such scenes? Is it for woman to forego. even for a moment, the native sanctity of her nature, and voluntarily to associate herself with men convened for a most loathsome, though most necessary, investigation ? with men, who, however, indurated by practice, bronzed by custom, are yet accessible to the deepest emotion, when taxed to their last melancholy duty? Is it for female tenderness to make a fashion of the bench, where the gray-headed Judge weeps as he dooms his fellow-man ? Is the Court of Death to become the place of bon ton? Is beauty to sit with opera•glass to her dry ryes, scrutinising the felon face of the arraigned murderer with the same collected glance bestowed on the circle of a theatre? Surely the proper sphere of woman is a far different place —her duties of a purer and more sacred nature. Monday week, it is said, is fixed for the execution of the murderer of Lord Russell. On that day, the hangman—instructed by the wisdom of the times—will give a practical leeuro on the sacredness of human life, by taking life. Movdsy week will be a holiday, a fete day, to all the licence of the metropolis—the Old Bailey will be crowded with its thou sands, gathering to see a show, rot to take a warning. The schoolmaster will give lessons from the gallows, and, verily, a British populace will be instructed. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. GRAND SAILING MATCH. The first prize given by this liberal club for the present season was contended for yesterday by several of its mem bers. The Regal Sovereign steam-boat was engaged as usual to accompany the yachts. She left London-bri:!ge at ten o'clock, for Greenwich, where she anchored opposite the Hospital, whence the start always takes place, for the purpose of allowing the Commodore of the Club to Pre sent the prizes to be sailed for to the Governor, Agmiral Fleeraing, who is its vice-patron, and at twelve o'clock the yachta took their stations, preparatory to the start. The following tivere the yachts, with the names of their owners : FIRST CLASS Yachts Tons Port Owners' Names Colours Widgeon 20 London T. E. Sncok andJ. R e d w i t h / H. Cassell, Esqrs. S White Star. Success 20 London R. Hope, Esq. Blue evil. Red Sabrina 21 London Lard A. Paget White be fore Red. SECOND CLASS. Lady Louisa 13 London T. Smith, Esq. Blue Alarm 18 Poole T. Wanbill, Esq. Red with White Cross ight Ada Jane 18 London JG. Reynelland E Egan, Esq. Star R-d W. Gs on White. At a few minutes past twelve, the signal for starting was fired, and the Sabrina got away clear ahead of her competitors, the Lady Louisa and Widgeon being the next boats in her wake. Tire Sabrina kept the lead gallant'y all the way to Gravesend, where she rounded the flag_ boat at about eighteen minutes past two, followed by the Widgeon three minutes afterwards, and the Alarm about two minutes later. After this the yachts bad to contend on their way home against a very strong wind; and some very pretty sailing was exhibited on the part of the leading vessels, and particularly the Sabrina, which boat was admira bly handled during the whole remainder of see con test which she maintained with the Alarm, that beau tiful vessel having, soon after rounding at Gravesend, come up to her, and challenged her to beat her if she could. The efforts of each were surprising, and a better match was never witnessed. The Alarm, however, fir,tt arrived at Greenwich, beating her formidable adversary by half a minute. The Widge.n was third, the Success fourth, the Ada Jane fifth, and the poor Lady Louisa sixth, last, and nowhere. Soon after the termination of the match the prizes were given on board the Sovereign to the two successful competitors, the first prize to T. Wanhill, Esq., and the second to Lord Alfred Paget, both of whom drank the health of the assembled company from them, and expressed their intention of winning a few more such on future occasions, and the day's sport was then brought to a conclusion. We ought to mention that the Club are about to present addresses of congratulation, through Admiral Fleming, to her Majesty, their patroness, and to their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, on her Majesty's happy and providential escupo on a recent occasion from the bands of the assassin. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CGIIREOPONDENT. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. JUNE 20:b.—Reindeer cutter, J. Moore, Esq., from Lon don, and proceeded for Liverpool. Fresh breeze W. S. W., and fine. _ . 22d. —Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchcster, from South ampton, and proceeded for Weymouth ; Brilliant schoont.r, G. 1-I. Ackrrs, Esq., from Dartmouth; Cynthia cutter, Rd. Frankland, Esq., from Cherbourg. Fresh breeze W. N. W. 23(1.—Amczrm cutter, Sir John B. Walsh, Bart, M.P., from St. Helen's. nesh breeze W. S W., and E qually. 25th.--Arrow cutter, Lord Godolphin, from HarlOch. Fresh breeze N. W. 5 r,m. The Kestrel yacht, Commo dore the Earl of Yarborough. SAILINGS. 24th.--Fanny cutter, F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq., for Cherbourg. Fresh breeze N. N. W. 25th.--Brilliant Fchooner, G. IL Acker!, Esq., for Southampton. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Brillia..t, Noma, Ariel, Hawk. Cutters—Ariel, N.lutilus„knn, Alarm, Lord of the Islet, Liebe, Emerald, Forest Flt, Phebe, Spider, Aurora, Elizabeth, Arrow, Cynthia, Adelaide, Rowel - 1.1, Colum bine, Amazon, Ganymede, 'Midge; and Albatross yawl. Lord Corry is expected at the Sixth Cottage in the Wkiit Cliff on Wednesday next, and the Earl of Belmore cn the 7th. Mrs. Menzies, who was found guilty of forgery at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to faurteen years' transportation, may be better known to some of cur readers as Miss Lidiard. She for many years kept a large school for the education of young ladies at West Cowes. Mr. Menzies attended. it as dancing master. COURT CHRISTIAN, NORWICH. BUNGAY ST. MARY—CHURCH-RATES. On Monday last Mr. Charles Childs being called oa to put in his counter allegation, said, addressing the Judge, " At the last court I applied for an order to inspect several documents of a public nature in the hands of the plaintiffs. I was aware that I had a legal right to see them, and ;you were good enough to express an spinion to the same effect. I was plso morally entitled, because tine plaintiff; hold these books, not in their own individual right, but as trustees for the parishioners, of whom I am one. " I was, however, assured from the feeling they have manifested aao fcstedrd me li n in these, aaneedominoda antecedent tion proceedings, that they would which I did not wrest from them by process of law, and I was unwilling to com plicate this case with the irritation of proceedings else where. " I therefore applied to you, Sir, for an order, and al though you had not the power to make this, you expressed what I should have imagined to be more stringent, a de cided opinion that I ought, and a strong recommendation to the plaintiff's proctor that I should, be permitted to see these books. That recommendation was, however, dis regarded, and they have repeated their refusal. Ido not complain of this, because it would be folly to complain of anything in such a . place, and from such parties, but as their answe r to rry appisation was delayed tor a fortnight, I have to pray that aother Court may be given for putting in my alleg ation. I would not willin g l y retard the sui t , but the delay has b een entirely the act of the other sid e , Th e JUDGE—I think, Mr. Childs, 0 4 IC of the books i n question was the vestry-book. Now th i s has been rt , a3e au exhibit in this suit, and therefore , independently an y right you may have at common law, you are entitled to inspect this book at all times. Has this been refused? Mr. C. Childs—Yes, Sir. The vestry-book was one of those I mentioned at the last Court, and of which " Rackham then took account. :llr. Rackham—l communicated to my clients the re commendation of the Court, but they declined to accede to it. The JUDGE —Th e plaintiffs were allowed to take this book home with them, as it might b e requ i re d f or u se in the vestry ; but it is in their possession exactly as if it were deposited in the Registry, and must be accessible at all times. You had better, Mr. Rackham, communicate this immediately to your clients. I have no power to do more as to the other documents, than to express the opinion I did ; but you, Mr. Childs, arc fully en titled . to see tire vestry-book, and I have no doubt will m eet with rro farther obstruction. You will, under these oireumstEinc,..e, FAY till the next Court to p u t i n your allegationo The next Court was fixed for Ali 13, a r* - I,llti. tiler ;titu gi icb of !rlf 0- no- aid pll. ler