The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-22 00:00:00

NVENING EDITTON Oh Monday cext.4s. E N C .0 E ; or, TIM FATE OF THE NIACDOINALDS. Tragedy, in Five Acts. rdward a,ver-street. is clay is published, Second Edition, in I vol. medium Svo., Illustrations on Wood, by Bewiek and Williams, IL Is. cGth, T HE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND, By WILLIAM HOWITT. _ By the same Author, unifcrm with the above, VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES—OId Halls, Battle Helds, and Scenes illustrative of striking Passages in :English History and Poetry. One volume medium, beauti ully Uustrated with Engravings on Wood, price One Guinea, cloth t tereed. _ Ms°, 7HE BOY'S COUNTRY BOOK. Bs. COLONIZATION and CHRISTIANITY. 10s. sti. London: Longman, Orme, an6l Co. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., with Portrait, MEMOIRS of BE THOVE N. By his Friend, A. SCHINDLER. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Ilarlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. MRS. I%IABERLY'S NOVEL, t)n urday next, in 3 vols. 1 ost Bvo., with Portrait of Emily, MIL Y; OR, THE COUNTESS OF ROSENDA LE By Mrs. MABERLY. Henry Colburn, Pui)lisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries. SPORTING IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, Price 18s: bound, rirHE SPORTSMAN IN IRELAND, and the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND. By A COSMOPOLITE. " A most well-informed, humorous, and agreeable travelling companion. The leading features are all, more or less, of a sporting nature, and in this point of view the work has un common interest. The details the author gives of his various " experiences ' in the beautiful lands which he passed over, e; ;not fail to send hosts of sportsmen thither who never before contemplated such a visit, and many more who would scarcely have ventured such an undertaking without the guide here placed at their disposaL The work is embellished with very many spirited and interesting sketches of remarkable localities, and is altogether one of the most readable and amusin books cf its kind that we have had for many a day."—New Monthly.' Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TTIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY P'. , .E3IIUMS, which (thoozh they are NO LOTTERIES) ; .. 2r many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchas?, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order ,the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAIMBUTIGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISIIIIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND. EIMIT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FOUR HUN DRED, TWO HUNDRED, ON HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, anmuntins, , to £72,170 Sterling,. THEATRE ROYAL, Co VENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MA 7AOEMENT OF MADAME VEST RIS : THIS EVENING, MAY 22, Will he performed the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia. Mr. Copper ; Sir Rupert of torch, 11r. J. Vininz; Hilon, Mr. Anderson ; the Giu,ite.is of Eppen stein, Miss Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. To conclude with the New Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled frul founded on that popular Nuner:, Talc, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Eland, Madame Vestris, Miss Itainforth, Mrs. C. Junes, Sec. Sce. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second l'rice, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doers to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat qs for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had , 41y of Mr. Andrews bookseller 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. mrnensity of attraction. Mr. Elton for Six Nights more. Two New Dramas, and Fifth Week of Hainc's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," the success of which has surpassed the most sanguine expectations. THIS EVENING, MAY 22, Will be acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S! DAUGHTER. Realization of Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progrtss." After • hid' a New Tragic Drama entitled THE CAVALIER ; OR, A TALE OF TRIALS. Hargrave, the Cavalier, Mr. Elton. To conclude with a New Comie Drama, called EVERYBODY'S RELATION. Supported by the Comic strength of the Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE :NECROMANCY, MAGIC, AND IMPROVISATION. SIXTEENTH WEEK OF THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH HOLDING HIS MYSTIC COURT. Redoubled Success of the Great Wonder. worker—his Temple is nightly crowded with Seietiez, Literature, and Ilcauty—ail must see the Mighty Wizard of Necromantic Fame ! who performs such wonders, if only heard of would never be believed, anu, when seen, all are delighted; yet his mysteries are incomprehensible to all. The inanimate at his command is animate. All nature seems to be at variance with the Wizard. On MONDAY, and every Evening during the Week, 'he GREAT WIZARD will perform his Thou'and Incom ; hensible Delusions; and Mr. CHARLES SLOMAN, the r.v English Improviratore, will nightly POETISE EX TEM PO RA NEO US L Y. 1. B. J. H. A. begs to state he has refused the offer made to him by the Emperor of the Celestial Empire—never will he turn traitor to his country. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ERUPTION OF HECLA ! MONDAY AND THURSDAY. Thu earnest and unceasing endeavours which have been made during ,the winter, to increase still further the magnificence of this unparalleled Spectacle have been crowned with the most romplete success, fully demonstrate ti on each Evening of its Exhibition, by the unanimous and enthusiastic delight with which each portion of the gm genus display was hailed as it pro eezdeil by the thousands assembled On those occasions. In corn ,,iance with the expressed wishes of great numbers of the visi t.a.s. it will be rep steel on Mimday and Thur:,day, May 251 cemmen i ig shortly before dusk. The Panoramic M Fresco. of Alount Hecla, entirely eproduced by "'dr. Danson, the original Artist, is exhibiting !aid from ten till du-k, with the Menagerie, which is now in the.finest order, and has lately received many nalortant addi tions.—Feeding H ,ur, Five o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. f-1 A'f ET.t AT LONT)ON l'13(;I: TO- NI oti ROW. In Itt,T 6 Evenin ......5r nffiitite: a!ter ti TO CORRE - :PONDENTz. We cannot insert the letter interded for the Timer, as it. is con trary to our practice to pub:ish abusive letters addressed to other Journals. T c Publicztion of the Evening, Edif'pn SUN corn• rnenced at 40 trAniites after Three. sCrr,' .7" ,:,r • ( 2 1 -/-1-),e LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1840. In the Lords, last night Lmd PORTIIIAN announced his intention of asking a quest . on to-Light, concerning rating stock in trade. We presu ne the Noble Lord is averse from the exemption the ATTORNEY-GENERAL is to propose. The poor Marquis of LONDONDERRY has the unfor• tunate knack of spoiling everything he takes in hand, and even the claims of distress introduced by him assume a ridiculous appearance. Such was the case last night, when he wished to present a petition con taining some answers to a speech of Lord CLARF N 'pox, which th e N o bl e i vlarquis had been unable to answer. The petition was withdrawn, an d t h e poor Marq u i s complained oft e h r e s of tie many i applicati ons which his a d vocacy o f the suff er Spanish Le gion has drawn on him. Viscount MELBOURNE de clined to give him any other informatio n than that ne gotiations were in progress. Lord LYNDHURST draw attention to a petition from certain French claimants, who wished to have an oppor tunity of appealing to the Privy Council against a de cree which overruled their claims, but which they were too late in making. Nothing. was done or promised. The Insane Prisoners' Bid was read a second time. The Earl of RIPON moved tor some financial re turns, in order that he might make . a speech on the state of the revenue which the Noble Earl described as most unsatisfactory, because no provision was made for a surplus, or taking more out of the people's pockets than the Government wants. The more revenue there is tin more the Go vernment expends, and the surest way to keep down extravagance, both in parishes and State', is to Lep down the supplies. Viscount MELeourne replied to the N,ble Earl, ard stated t h at the surplus 1 - v is given up, for the best of all possible reasons, that it cow(' net be maintained. The Noble Viscount also del.nded the present syst em o f f i nance, and denied that ti - in less the revenue was so great as had been .repre?.ented. Lord ASH BURTON det,ralPti th sur plus, and r e fe rre d to Mr, edoct r i ne o f a HUSEIS SON to show that a notion could not be independent without a sur plus revenue ; b u t bath Ar l . li USKISSON and the Noble Lord seem to have forgotte nilll the sur plus which every just G ove rnmentwill in the resources of an att ac h e d people. Ir a ‘tvhaey y s h fi n d ave a surplus, the Government may rest secure that it will be forthcoming when required. When they have no surplus, when they are ground down to the extrem e verge of destitution by Corn-laws, and by vile financial schemes to keep up vibl;o er?dit or the price of stocks, by taxing them, then the Government has reason to dread, for then the people have nothing to spare for it, a id would rather see it destroyed than maintained. The Lords adjourned at Eight o'Unck. THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY. MAY 22, IA4O. En tIlt• C 1 ,111C110115, a great number of petitihns were p res p.w e d, chiefly for and against Church Extension. PoweßscouaT pi.esetited one from Bath, sighed, he said, arnonst others, by Colonel NAPIER, praying •he House to take mea,urEs to suppress the National Aqgneiation of Dublin as a seditious asserni.dy. Mr. O'CoNNELL said the allegations of the petition were falso. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice that he would move t of tie Canada Government Bill, when it was brought forward ; and Mr. HUME said that he should, on the same occasion, move to restore the Habeas Corpus Act to Canada. To-morrow Lord J. RUSSELL is to move an adjournment till Tuesday, on account of her MAJESTY'S birth-day. A new writ was issued for Coekurmouth, in the room of Mr. HonsmAN, become one of the Lords of the Treasury. In reply to Mr. PAKINGTON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he meal it to bring in a new Bill for settling the question of the Clergy Reserves in Canada, but he did not think it would be ready before the (liseussion on the Canada Government Bill came on. Mr. WARBURTON has presented a petition to the House of Commons, and given notice that he will call attention to its statements, from persons confined in Chester gaol, for political offences. We publish it entire, in order that the public at large may know what such offenders are doomed to suffer, that the timid may not tread in their steps, and the bold be incited to a more indig nant and vigorous opposition to a system full of injustice and cruelty. The petitioners are not accused of having even attempted to injure the person or property of any human being, yet are they treated worse than felons, kept on a more miserable diet, and literally doomed to disease and slow starvation. They are now locked up in their ceiis eleven, in the winter thirteen, consecutive hours every night, which is enough to wear down the strongest constitution. They are petmitted only to communicate with their friends once a week, and some inquisitor—by what right ?—examines their letters, and withholds them if they contain a political .allusion. They are thus debatred from serving their families or putting out to use the talents with which GoD has endowed them. They are not permitted to have any books or newspap•rs but such as Mr Inquisitor approves of—who con fines their reading, as far as newspapers are con cerned, to the LONDON " TIM Es,' "a daily paper wholly opposed to their views." To be so patronised by the country gentlemen, to be forced on the attention of political prisoners, for the sake of the principles it inculcates, must be highly flattering to the limes. It is a testimony Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should move an instruction to the Committee on Lord STANLEY'S Bid to define the existing. franchise. Sir R INous withdrew his motion relative to Church Extension till after the Whitsun holidays, on account of an intimation he had received from the SPEAKER, that as the motion involved a grant of money it must originate in a Committee of the whole House, to move for which he must give a regular notice. The delay will enable the public to form a correct opinion of this new scheme for plundering the p , ople by law. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the petition of Mr. HERCULES BRADSHAW, complaining of the loss he bad suffered by his manufactory of beet-root sugar having been suppressed by a tax, be referred to a Select Com mittee ; but subsequently, has ing understood that the matter might be settled, he moved to adjourn the de bate to Tuesday, which took place accordingly. A Bill for taking the Census was ordered, on the motion of Mr. F. MAULE, to be brought in. Mr. F. FRENCH moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the case of Mr, ROBERTS, who complained of having been deceived and ill-treated by the Hon. Member for Bridport. Mr. ROBERTS is, we believe, a person who has found out a means of so preserving dead bodies as to make fewer subjects necessary for the anatomists, and Mr. WARBURTON, on this being represented to him, undertook to recommend Mr. ROBERTS to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, for a grant of money, which lie afterwards declined, on learning that Mr. ROBERTS made it his business to decry the Anatomy Act. After a brief conversation the Hon. Member withdrew his motion. On the Order of the Day for a Committee on the Sale of Beer Bill being read, the House, on the motion of Generfd JonNSTONE, was counted out, and adjourned at a Quarto. past Seven. to the completeness and the success of its political apostasy. We offer not ourselves for the patronage of these Magistrates, but the Post, the Herald and the Standard have a good right to complain of their partiality. We have, in conclusion, to say that one of the petitioners is Mr, M•DouALL, whose admirablu defence proved him ,o he a man of a humane dis• position, and of sterling We stated yesterday the substance of Sir 11. INGLIS'S motion for extending the power of the ptieta.liood, and we now publish, in another part of The Sun, Mr. HUME'S amendment to that 'no tion. It is full of facts and valuable information. 1 3 :;rhaps it is too long to submit to the House as a ' motion, but the facts it contains cannot be too widely known, nor too deeply impressed en the public mind. Sir IL INGLIS was unable last night, on account of an informaliiy, to bring on his mo tion, which will afford tune for considering the bearings of the information which Mr. HuME has so opportunely and so comprehensively laid belene the public. Before we discuss it, we wish to direct public attention to a great and beneficial change in the mode of conducting public business. There has, of late, grown up a practice, both in the Lords and Commons, of printing all the motions, reso lutions, &c. —except those for altering taxes— and all Cie amendments to them, and to Bills of any importance, some days be fore they are discussed. Every Member, therefore, who pleases, can make himself well acquainted with the subject before it is actually debated in the House; and it has of late frequently happened, particularly in the Lords, that voluminous amend ments to Bills have been carried by common con sent, after being thus made known, without much discussion. Tile practice is a great improvement, and may be extended with advantage, though that will not redound to the honour or promote the elo quence of Parliament. It will cause, as it is ex tended, the most important business to be trans acted with very little debating, and make all the oratory of Parliament overflow on such factious and disgusting brawls as have been forced on by Lord STANLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Lord DARLINGTON'. • The French Papers of Wednesday are as barren of interesting intelligence as those of I be- three preceding days. The only fact they announce is the receipt of letters from the Duke of ORLEANS, complaining of the blundering; warfare of Marshal VALLEE, and stating that his Royal Highness would embark on the 23d ins,. for Toulon, on his way to Paris. Hunting Arabs is not an employment altogether to the Duke's taste. We fiat' in the Coustitutionnel of Wednesday, and the Madrid Cutreo Nacional of the 13th inst., an official account of the efforts of the Carlists to resuscitate in surrection in the Basque Provinces, and they would to some extent have succeeded but for the vigilance of M. TRIERS and the French police. The first important seizure were CABRERA's despatches to Don CARLOS. In thent he recommended that one of the young Princes should be sent to Spain. The 4,000 Spanish Carlists in France had orders to escape across the frontier. The French police, however, prevented their movement. General ELIo was arrested at Bayonne. General ALZAA was taken in the disguise of an ecclesiastic at Dax. Colonels ITURMENDE, ALTAMIRA, ÜBAGO, LANZ, Cure ZABALA, &c., were also arrested. Colonel GAETA, an aide-de-camp to CABRERA, was arrested at Toulouse, on his way to Bourges. At Perpignan, a Carlist junta was discovered, and its papers seized. Amongst them r.ore notes for three millions of reals, signed LALANDERS, Minister of Don CARLOS. Father CYRIL has been closet) , watched at Montpelier, MA NUEL ONATE at Marseilles. Amongst other reports on this subject, is that of removing Don CARLOS from Bonrges, to the Castle of Blaye. The Madrid Journals are of the 13th, but they, too, bring no news of interest. _ Turning now to Mr. HumE's statement ; it is there set forth that the average gross annual -e -venue of the Church of England, in the three years ending 1831, was upwards of 3,750.0001., exclusive of glebes, and of the amount of fines on the renewals of leases, fees, Easter offerings, &c., &c. But since 1831 the Tithe Commutation Act has been passed, which has added considerably to the revenue of the priesthood. Moreover, it ap pears from a return just made by the Treasury, and mentioned by Mr, HUME, that since 1809 the sum of 2,750,000/. has been advanced out of the public taxes for the extension of the Church, or, more , justly said, to swell the power, pomp, and wealth, of the priesthood. Fo► the augmentation of poor livings alone the people have had extracted from them, since 1809, 1,100,000/. That has all gone into the pockets of the priesthood. Looking at all these items, we cannot doubt for one moment that the annual income of the priesthood is at least 5,000.0001. Tile chief reason assigned by Sir R. INGLIS foc demanding more money is the increase of popu lation, which, as we yesterday stated, is about three-fold since the Revolution. We must now ad l the then amount of the revenues of the presthood, and its subsequent increase. In " Wade's British History," it is stated on the excellent authority of Mr. GREGORY KING, that the income of the Spiritual Lords in 1688 was 33,800/. ; of eminent clergymen, 144,0001. ; of lesser clergymen, 400,0001.; total, 577,000/. ['his includes the whole priesthood then in the kingdom ; and it therefore appears that while the population has increased only three-fold si7ce the Revolution, the wealth of the priesthood has aug mented more than eight-fold, and yet they are not contented. Properly husbanded, and properly ap plied, if the wealth of the Church at the Revolu tion was sufficient for all useful purposes, instead of not being sufficient to provide spiritual instruc tion for three times the amount of the then popu lation, it should be sufficient to provide for eight times as many. Now mark what Mr. HUME says of the effi cacy of this wealth-laden priesthood. Every per son knows that the curates and the resident rectors constitute the efficient and working clergy. In 1838, however, 4,307 incumbents out of 10,742 were non-resident. In 1831, 5,230 curates ac- The Phare des Pyrenees of the 10th has the following letter :—. PERTHUS. AZAv 14.—The bands of the Cabecilla Fetip have passed so near to Olot, that the cannon of the place fired on them. Two moveable columns are going to be organised in Lampourdan, to check their depredations. The main body °rale faction has been vigorously attacked by the columns of Genera! Clemente, comitut from Ma niesa, and of General Salcedo, who was at Vich. The partisan Boquica is at Villalong,2l with 600 men. The Army of the Centre is shortly to go into Cata lonia, to put an end to the insurrection in that province. Espartero intends to proceed against Berga towards the middle of June. "— Le Commerce. BOURSE.—.PAkts, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. . _ First H ighest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price ranch 5 per Cents ll6 5 ... 116 10 ... 115 63 115 65 4 per Cents lO5 ... • 1 5 ... 105 ... 105 3 per I 'erns sa 10 85 10 ... 85 5 85 5 :lank of erance 3295 ...3:11 5 ...3395 Lattitte (tank 1,0001: Sli ll OO ...IP , : ...IPA) ...II 0 5,000 f. Sh stlo ...5‘200 ..520n Belgian 5 r.cr Cents 1044 ' ... 10314 10356 8 per Cents 76 20 76 20 76 10 ... 7fi ..0 New York ... Uhio lOl ... 103 ... 103 103 ani,h Ac tve. 9 3 19i4 Passive • ••• 7 % —• ' , :ea! °tit,' tirtian 1134 ... 11356 ... Ii 34 1143 N, RAILWAY SHARES. (iermai , Versailles. R. B l7O ... 770 7 7CO 0 ... 577 1.0 577 ... 57? 50 572 50 L.B. '?81 21, Orleans .. •tr_isburg to Bale AECHIMEDES STEAMER. PORTSMOUTH, N:AY 21, 1840. Yesterday the Archimi des steamer arrived here from Southampton, having made the passage to the harbour's mouth with sails alone, • going nine knots per hour. This day at noon, having taken on board Sir Edward Codrington, Naval Commander in-Chief, Admiral Bouverie, second in command, Lord Dundonald, Sir Thomas Hastings, Captain of the Excellent, Colonel paisley, Royal Engi neers, Captain Mitchell, R.N., of the Magi cienne, Captain Basil Hall, R.N., and about twenty other naval officers, together with several scientific gentlemen from the Royal Dock-yard, she started with a fair wind for St. Helen's, under sails, without any fires lighted. She afterwards luffed up, and made several tacks through Spithead ; and finally, taking in all sails, lighted the fires, con nected the screw, steamed into harbour, beating both the Isle of Wight steamers, though they had steam and sails, and the Archimedes had steam only. As a finale she kept threading in and out among the line-of-battle :ihips, backing and turning in every direction. Sir E. Codrington, and the other leading men expressed their entire satisfaction at the result of this experimental trip. tively employed received on an average 791. per annum each ; showing, as Mr. IlitmE states, that nearly one half of the whole duties of the priesthood were performed for lcss than 420,0001. a-year. Consequently, an additional 500,0001. a-year, or at most a million in all, on the scale of remuneration which the rectors bestow on the curates, and which, according to their estimation, is enough fur a clergyman, would pay for all the duties actually performed. Instead of one million, however, the priesthood has five millions ; four mil lions being employed to support the pomp and splendour of the hierarchy, to foment and sustain avarice, and low-minded worldly ambition, and to spread demoralization through the land—and four millions for this encouragement of vice is not suffi cient for the priesthood ! 'When we find such a large proportion of the national wealth devoted to e c r i e e nc e y o oft thesuch obj ects, we cannot be surprised at that in a s priesthood crime, w hieli testifies a moral police, to th the a i i n t d e ffi to- the evil effects of takin g such an immense sum from the people to minister to their luxury, splendour, andpomp. r he busines s of the Government and Legislature is to provide for the security of life and property, ' and the physical wel—beingChurch of th e w h o l e people. ' No one has ever def en d e d Establish ments 1 : except as a means of promoti ng t h e morality of th e people, and so rendering life and property secure.' At present, however, the peoule are su ff er i ng from poverty, while the priesthood are w a ll ow i ng in l t h 0 ex torted wealth ;anditisastotliurde from astoundingly impudent t o propose to take something nopeople b and (live something more to the priesth oo d. The Bishop of LONDON, for example, has nearly 14,000/. a year ; the labourers at Foothill, at Tewkesbury, at Nottingham, at Preston , &c., have, as they e m ph a tically say, not as much as "the keep of a d 0, ,." The working classes, to the extent of _ their sugar,cotton,hie h t theirhe night, their consumption, are the great tax payers. Their bread, tea, are all taxed. Ttilli a h r t l , es be . . ‘ f ,!; re the gallery was opened, as Lord Howick and Mr. Immediately after the division on Wednesday tan observed°,dthsa.e t ro ,s re t l i i o rir o i gt from the .t H h ou t se, Mr. Henry . Grat- CHANCELLOR of 012 EXCHEQUER is about their i r additional beer, their taxes w' to levy will fall heaviest on them. 11l pro- binson Crusoe and his man e FiZ'l . It ij y o , r he . w at ool lu e s o t de r o e v ti o r u e r d t i o n ;t r.- - portion, their coarse cotton garments, the i vent the Bill making the slightest further progress. coarse tea they cen,um , , pay more to the State than the fine cotton garments and the fine tea of the opulent. Induce!, it may be said that the labourers pay' all the taxes ; and, white the great .nultitude are in _a state of destitution,—while the land is full of complaints that men cannot get a fair day's wages for a fair day's work,—while the just grievances of the people have excited almost univer sal disccntent, which threatens the existence of the State, Sir R. INGLIs pioposes to lry additional bur dens on them to build more churches, while those we have are only half used ; and to endow more priests, while the half of those now in existence do nothing for the riches which the law extorts from the rightful proprietors and bestows on them. This example of the impudence of unchecked dis honesty was never exceeded, and its impolicy is quite equal to its impudence. THE MARXETS-(Ti-hS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain hove been small ; of Irish Oats and Foreign What. good. The trade for Wheat dull at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease unvaricd. Oats well maintained their former terms. Flour meets a moderate demand, at no variation in value. SMITHFIELD. A large supply of Sheep and Lambs, and the trade is very good, at 4d. per stone advance. The Beef trade was also good at last week's prices, and Pork and Veal sold equally as well as then reported. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, ss. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 4.5. 4d. to ss. 4rl. ; Lamb, 63. 6d. to 7s. -W.-Beasts, 707 ; Sheep and Lambs, 9,090 ; Pigs, 326 ; Calves, 267. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies to day, and a fair trade ; prices steady. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, 3s. to Bs. ; Soles 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 104.1. to 4s. ; Mackerel, 4d. to 10d. ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd.; Haddocks, 6d. to Is, ; Salmon, lid. to 4s. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. This department is still very dull, and the nearest price of P. Y. C. 495. 6d. TEA MARKET. Very little business done. No current prices could be named, but perhaps the nearest price for Company's Congou was 2,. 21,-d. cash. COLONIAL MARKET. Very little done either by public sale or private contract. Raw Sugar very firm, and the prices tend upwards. B. Y. sold slowly at 595. 6d. for brown, 645. for middling, and 71s. 6d. to 725. for fine; Relined Standard Lumps, 845. to 665. ; 2,200 bags Mauritius sold at 58s. to 70s. ; 5,150 robins Malabar Pepper went in part at 3i, for the best; Coffee very flat, and prices uncertain; 5,000 bags Saltpetre sold in part at 225. to 275. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LITERPOCL Corros MARKET, THURSDAY.—The sales of this day are 4 . 000 bates, hviders rather stiffer at ycstcr• day's prices. DESTk CCTIVE Fl IN OR h ryIINS . ! ER. Accounts have been received in town this morning of a second and stiil more destructive fire than that kindled by Martin in this megnificent and venerable cathedral. About nine on Wednesday an alarm was given that the Minster was on tire. The alarm was raised by two or three boys, who observed a light in the belfry of the building, which they considered a remark able circumstance at that hour of the night, and imme diately intimated their suspicions to the passers-by, amongst whom was one of the bell-ringers to the Min ster. The alarm was found to be too true, the fire bell teas rung, and the news " The Minster on fire!" ran through the streets with a perpetual echo ; messengers were instantly despatched for the fire-engines, the sol diers, the police, and the officers connected with the cathedral. In a short space of time the Yorkshire, the York and North of England, and the barrack engines were on the spot, arid a special railway train was de spatched to Leeds for engines from that town. A plentiful supply of water was instantly at hand, and by the excellent arrangements made, the crowds which were immediately attracted to the spot were alike pre %related from risking their own lives and retarding the operation fire-engines. On investigetion it was found that the fire had origi nated slid was very rapidly spreading in the belfrey of the Minster - , at the south western end. To this part, therefore, two of the engines were instantly sent, but notwithstanding their exertions, the flames advanced so rapidly that within an hour that elegant part of the ve nerable building was reduced to a mere shell, the falling of the bells carrying along with them the floor and wood work, materially increasing the conflagration, and causing alarm and dismay amongst the owners of the adjoining property. At first it .was hoped that the fire might be confined to this part, but the hope was soon found to be vain. In a very short time the roof of the nave was in a blaze, and the lead with which it was cc verud poured in red-hot masses on the marble floor below, several of the windows being broken, and the wood work seriously injured. Great fears were next ex pressed for the great lantern-towers, which, it was stated, contained highly combustible mate-ials, and which, if ignited would have caused the destruction of the entire fabric. The firemen were accordingly di rected to play on the roof along which the flames were spreading, to prevent them from reaching this tower, and, happily, the unremitting exertions and cou rageous conduct of the firemen secured the object. For three hours the flames continua d without abate ment, presenting, amidst the darkness of the Hight, a grand and awful spectacle, far exceeding in sublimity that presented when this venerable pile was before partially destroyed by the hand of the incendiary fanatic Martin. About two o'clock yesterday morning the flames were partial) , got under ; but the engines were still on the spot when our account left York. The Lord Mayor, several of the magistrates, the dignitaries of the cathedral, and other highly influential gentlemen were promptly on the spot, and did all in their power to prevent the cathedral from becoming a heap of ruins ; and the inhabitants generally assisted with cheerfulness and pleasure in working the engines, and otherwise endeavouring to extinguish the fire. The damage done must be immense, but its amount cannot, of course, be at present estimated. The in terior of the building is, however, greatly injured as well as the exterior, and many thousands will be re quired to render this Minster again what it was in former days. Indeed, this it never can be again, as its ancient architectural decorations never can be sue ; cessfully restored. The belfry tower, the roof of the nave, many of the windows, and some of the interior, are destroyed, or left mere skeletons, relics of their for mer grandeur and beauty. As to the origin of the conflagration, that, at present, remains i mystery. Workmen from Leeds have lately been repairing the clock, and one of those, it is stated, was at work on the evening shortly before the fire com menced, in the belfry, where it orig;nated. But it is generally supposed from the rapidity with which the flames spread, that this is the act of an incendiary. It is somewhat singular that at the very time this fire commenced, a great Protestant meeting was being held in the Festival Concert Room, at which about 1,500 persons were present. During the proceedings an announcement was made that a fire had taken place in the city ; then a gentleman stated that this was a hoax, upon which the audience cheered and remained. It being whispered, however, that the Minster was on fire (which but few were credulous enough to believe), the Lord Mayor went out to ascertain the fact, when he returned with the painful declaration that the ori ginal announcement was true. The auditory instantly rose and rushed out of the building, many of them being afterwards most actively engaged in extinguishing the flames. At present suspicion attaches to no indi vidual. During the night the streets have been crowded, and hundreds of individuals have poured into the city from the adjoining district. On the fait fire in the cathedral the choir and cast-end were destroyed ; this time the conflagration has been confined to the opposite part o! the budding. The fire - was extinguished at seven o'clock yesterday morning. anoAier account the following description of the awful scene is given :—The flames illumined the inte rior with more than midday brightness ; the light pour ing through the crevices threw aHaney over the scene which imagination cannot paint. The fife at this time was wholly confined to the tower. After a space of halt an hour the flooring of the belfry in the tower began to be forced by the falling bells and lighted beams. At this period the noise and grandeur of the scene was extraordinary. The shouting of the firemen, the roaring of the flames rushing up the tower with the rapidity of a furnace draught, sounded in the high and arched space awful and terrific. The falling masses of wood and bells sounded like the near discharge of artillery, and were echoed back from the dark passages, whose gloomy shades and hollow respon- es seemed mourning at the funeral pile that burnt so fiercely. • In one hour the tower was com pletely gutted, and masses of burning timber lay piled against the south-west door. The upper and under roof', composed principally of fir timber, covering the nave as far as the centre tower, had by this time be come fired, and burnt with extraordinary rapidity. Tne firemen, by a well-managed direction of the water, pre vented the flames passing through the west windows of the centre tower, and continued their exertions at that spot until the whole of the roof had fallen in, and lay in the centre of the long aisle a sea of fire. The west doors had now became nearly burnt through, and planks were brought to barricade them, prevent the rushing of air to fan the embers to ti,tmes, which might have communicated to the organ, and thence throughout the whole plc of buildings. The greatest regret, as might be expected, is felt in York, and will be telt throughout the country, at the irreparable damage done to the noblest Gothic cathe dral in the kingdom —we may say in the world ; but we sincerely hope that the description of the injury sus tained is exaggerated, and that the next accounts will be more favourable. BOW-STREE.T.-(THIS DAY.) THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL RE-EXAMINATION OF COURVOISIER. This morning, at ten o'clock, wai; the time fixed for the re-examination of the valet Cou,voitier, charged with the wilful murder of the ill-fated Lord William Russell. All the avenues to the Court were crowded at an early hour. The doors of the office were opened at ten o'clock, and a rw.h took place, which immediately filled the bcody of the Court. At ten oVock Mr. Hall took his scat on the Bench, and immediately afterwards Francois Benjamin Cour voisier was placed at the bar. We observed on the Bench also the Master-General of the Ordnance, Lord Blayney, Major Anderson, Sir Felix Agar, and several other Ma gistrates._ - Sarah Maned! recalled. Mr. HALL—You recollect telling me you entered your master's room immediately after the prisoner. Did he call to his master, and endeavour to assaken him ? Wit• inns No, Sir. Whorl I came into tho room, I said— " My Lord, my Lord ;" and he said " There he is." Mr. HALL—At what time had he opened the window? Witness—lle was opening it, Sir. Mr. HALL—WiIy did you follow him into the room im mediately: waaass_Because I was anxious to se. where his Lordship was. I had my dread about me, knowing his Lordship was an old man, and seeing he was unprotected. His Lordship was in the habit of burning a rush. liht. I put up a whole rush light that night myself. Nut more than ten minutes had elapsed before I went Into the room the second time, after giving the alarm. Ido not think there was any one up stairs Outing the interval. I have had a conversation with the prisoner about his Lordship's money. About a week before the murder the arisoner said, old Billy was a runt old chap, and if he had his money he would not be long in Ent - 214nd. I said his Lordship was not rich. He said, old Billy has got money, and if I had his money I should not be long in England. There was no observation made as to where the money was kept, nor was any allusion made to the trinket box. No thing mere passed at that time respecting money. I heard him repeat that at different times within a week before they went to Richmond, and after their return. No corn. plaint had ever been made of any plate being missing be fore. I did not on the Tuesday observe any marks on the door of the back yard. The lower bolt was never fastened. It would not catch. There was a fire always left in the kitchen when we went to bed. It was made up the la , ,t thing. I did not go into the kitchen when I first went clown on Wednesday. I did not hear the prisoner go to bed on Tuesday night. I have seen him come down without his shoes, and with them, but this morning he had his shoes on. Whe n I ! knock e d hi nt up the first time, I did not hear him answer. I •Asked him afterwards if he heard me; he said he had, and that he thought he would begin to dress. This was in the course of Wednesday. I never saw any razor in the prisoner's room, nor do I know where he kept them. I do not know how many shirts he had ; he always kept his boxes shut. I have seen him wear a pair of dark kid gloves, but cannot say whether he was in possessio n of any others. Mr. Flower did not know whether it was stated in the repositions that the prisoner eamo down with his shoes on that morning. He thought it material it should appear in them. THE CHINA QUESTION. Lord Brougham has, we understand, returned the fol lowing answer to the Corporation of Merchants at Edin burgh, who sent him a petition to present, against the opium war : GRENOBLE. GENTLEMEN,—I have received here, on my way homeward, the intimation that you did me the honour of entrusting your petition, respecting the unhappy war with China, to my care; and as 1 cannot arrive in time to present it before the discussion comes on, I hasten to apprise you of this circumstance, in order that you may apply to some other Member of the House. I feel very sensible of your kindness in making the first application to me, doubtless because you are aware how deeply-rooted my opinions arc upon such subjects, and you may well suppose my habitual hatred to war would become stronger than ever, at the sight of a con test such as you describe the present to be. Whether or not your statement is borne out by the documents, I am, of course, unable to juflge, having not as yet had access to them ; but if it is, and if the people of England show themselves patient of such a war for sueh objects, I can only say that it will prose a bitter mortification to those who, for so many years, have been endeavour ing to spread amongst them the information, and to inculcate the principles, which it was fondly hop :d would make all unlawful wars, that is, wars not waged in self-dePoce, a thing only known in the past history of national crime F. Fur the comparative ignorance of the :acts in which I unavoidably speak, and for the absence which occa sions it, I am well aware that I owe )ou an .Tology. It is the fist instance of my being detained from the discharge of pubic duties, unless %hen pr vented by id ness. Th e c i rcumstances are not un k nown to you, which have now disposed me to a temporary intermis sion of those exertions. IbaveibeConour to be, Your hiithful and obedient servant, (Signed) BROUGHAM. THE FUNDS Our chief arrivals this morninif, are two packet ships from the United States, the St. James, from New York, of the Ist of May. and the Siddorts of the 25th ult. By the former the intelligence from New York is not of that fa vourable description as by the previous - accounts in respect to commercial affairs. Business was very dull, money plen tiful, and could not be employed The Exchange rather low, r, 71 to 8 ; United States Bank Shares also declined to 74. The Papers by the above arrival do not bring any political news of consequence. Consuls opened thin morning at the same quotations they left off yesterday, 921 /, both for Money arid the Account ; for July, 93k; Exchequer Bills higher, 25 27 preen ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176 177. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active a shade lower, 284 1 ; Deferred. 13 4 1 4 ; Passive, 7k i ; Portuguese same as they left off, 351 1 ; Three per Cents., 24 . ,i 1 ; Brazilian, 75i- 76 ; Colombian, 264 i; Mexican, shade lower, 324 ji : Dutch Twc-and-a-H.rif per Cents., 541 i ; Five per Coots , 1011 1. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 176 India Stock ... ...... ... 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cints. Con. 1125433 South Sea Stock 34 per Cent. ... 994 Old Annuities ... Ditto Red too4 994 New Ditto — New 35 per Cent. 1013•5- 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 New 5 pe: Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. ... 25 pin. Jan. 5, 1860. .. 13 13-16 Ditto Small ...... ... 25 pm. Oct. 10, 1859. Jan. 5, 1861. ..... Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1880. ... Jan. 5, 1870. OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT QNE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds ... ...... 76 Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds .. ...... -.- Ditto Account Ditto Account 283454 Danish Bonds ' Passive Ditto Account Deferrod ... 1 34 Greek Bonds ... — French,s per cent...ll4f. 75c. Ditto Bonds, 1825.... —— 4 per cent... —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Exchange... 25f. 40c. Ditto Account ...... .. Dutch, 25 per cent ... Ditto,6 per Cent-- Ditto Account . Ditto Account .. Ditto, 5 per cent lOl4 Neapolitan ....,. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. X. s. d. Z. a. d. X. s. d. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 9O l7B Ditto i Shares London and South Western 3Bl 53 Manchester and Leeds (New Sh. ) 25 ...... 36 North Midland ... 100 Ditto New ... South Eastern and Dover lB JOIST STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 smuts. Brazilian Imperial (at 5/. pm.)... 20 - 31ISCELLANEotIS. , Canada Company ,.. ... ...... 32} 36 DUTCH FUNDS.—A3ISTunDan, MAY 19. Money. Bilk. Actual DM, t 254 per rent Ditto, ditto i, per cent. ;m‘itt Syndic, -li per rent.. 'Ditto, Cato, 3,1' 2 per cent 7l;i4 76% Commercial Company, 4 , .. per cent 1 ,20t6 I S2 att, (1A33 and 183.3) 5 per cent. Ditto 1. 4 37, S per cent. lOO% 1 1111 4 LESS 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month i I 92!.,i Two months "WOW 11 85 —Dutch Papers, May 20. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MAY 16. __ , Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares -- /F 6) A w 10-Ittissian Loan . PIN IC9 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cartiticate Inscription, Ist Serias lo:4i Russian 5 per Cent. Hop e and Co. 3d and 4th Se i.: s Ditto in Certificates Dutch ,ctual Debt, 24,1 pe Cent 52 51.3 e I)ittn 5 per Ceti. 9B .- Poli,ll Bond- New • icket Anl , aiiish Loan, 3 per Cent 76%, 76% Norwegian Loan, Is3l, 4 per Cent....,., ll2 lilx, S t anisll, New .3 per Cents. PRUSSIAN FUN DS.—BERLIN, MAI' 18 Bills. Mone y ' St. Schuld. Sch., 4k., per cent - 11)3% 102% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 10 }:xcl,,lnge on London, three months... 6 19% —Prussian State Gazette, May 19. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols continued during the morning at 92i fog the Account ; Money, 92e.; Exchequer Bills lower, 25 7 4 5 prem. ; India Bunds. 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 176. In the Foreign Market, scarcely any business doing. Spanish Active a shade lower, 2S ; Portuguese, 35 ; B,zilian 76 ; Dutch T - .vo-and.a-H.ilf per Cents. a shade lower, .5.11; Five per Cents., lola. The Shave Market continues firm, at very little varia tion. Blackwall and Brighton rather higher. Mr. Harland, the Member for Durham (City), ap. pears to have given some offence by his vote on Wed nesday, on the Irish Registration Bill, he having voted against, when he was expected to vote !or, Lord Stan ley's Bill ; and it is mentioned that he is in consequence likely to tender the resignation of his seat. Mr. Hawes and Miss M. B. Hawes's Concert took place last night at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover square, and amply fulfilled the expectations of those who had anticipated a high musical treat. The subjects had been se lected with great taste, and were admirably calculated to dis play to advantage that native talent which it is the patriotic and praiseworthy object of these annual exhibitions to en courage. We have not of late witnessed anything more excellent in its various parts, or more perfect as a whole, than this concert. A great many of the performances i' were encored by a crowded and delighted audience, and though it is difficult to particularize where every thing was so good, we must assign the palm to Miss Hawes, in the ballad of " Al lan Water," during the singing of which the tears of the au dience bore the best and truest testimony to the extraordinary power which this highly gifted lady can exercise over the feelings. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The nomination took place yesterday. Sir Alexander Grant was proposed by Mr. Harris, and seconded by Mr. cameßarftil:e respltt.llerc.tilvle candidates y id t a h t e e n s came fo:ward, an d prop ose d Thomas Starkie, Esq., " a man of irreproachable secodent the e t haacte n r om an i d na b t r io il n li . , ant talents." Mr. Alde rman Foster having addressed the assembly, the Mayor called for a show of hands, and declared it to be in favour of Sir Alexander Grant. Upon this a poll was demanded for Professor Starkie, and the meeting then ~nietly dispersed. a ase ~ ,. t .ne. c . e h r O t l e r ,.. o a .ms l t . h b o el u tt g i:. h es PRINCE'S THEATRE.—Sophr's opera of Faust d w e a t s ac p h r e o ( d i u i c i e e d ces last h a v night—the ec fir h s e t ar t d irn in e generally supposed to be Sophr's greatest work._lf this re presentation for the due appreciation of its beauties. . 1 d until we shall case, more time is required than what is afforded by t aofiurrsto3i.hnai( v i e of ,,n c it p s p d o e rt ta u i n ls ity m c i f is i t ie t a h r e in re g fore be pottpone splendid. The cast of characters th :—Faust, Schme- Eike; Mephistophiles, Herr l'oeck ; Count Hugo, Herr ewmasagasalfno.llowTshe dresses Herrwere I 1 hi to o Madame aCmuensigeuhnucmlaa, Schumann Madame e Fischermost o f whom Sc hw a g r a z y b e o c f k r 0 ; $ tai%ncel proofs Hose, i being first-rate praeical musicians. The song c p u h m i 1 e s s t a a n t c t e h e t o be e opening attr i b o u f t t e h d e , third rd t h act ti was pl t a w c i c e . e t e o n h t c h y o e r A e b d i a- novel, beauty cir cumstance the composition, which is singularly characteristic. and and, in the second, to the admirable way in which it was sung by Poeck. At its third conclusion, an enthusiastic German ii , the gallery shouted out in his own language , " H imagine, a compliment to the singer which cannot , we be sur passed for epigrammatic point. Heavenly devil, —Yesterday (Monday), about half-past elev _ , EXTRAORDINARY TUMULT AT LIVERPOOL.e k a serious dis forenoon, at tile west side of the Prince's Doc hi of the Ame turbatice took place, owing to a disputed ownership p P roceeding to rican vessel Victoria, Which was on the i forty and fif ty Lien claim on the Victoria, employed bet sea. Captain Sharpe, conceiving with a view to keep Lien to go on board and cut the rigging, himself to have some sub stantialrreant him detaining in strument from London, which would wa the vessel, unbent her by civil process. 'these men boarded her in this port until such time as he could- cocure a legal ce, when the captain, more active steps to incapacitate her for seed in repulsinet the vigorously backed by his crew, i succ in the act of"haul cks were boarders, and having cleared the Le d party having received a the s a ils, cut the hawsers, and were proceeding to take still ing out of port, when the discomfite 1 to preclude the across the entrance of the dock, so as en c ourse, the Victoria. ingress or egress of all vessels, including, of ult and excitement It is almost impossible to describe the turn ing to the shipping in considerable accession to their numbers, drew the Dido brig which prevailed among the sailors belong . . with the except' scene. We are glad to learn, however, bellige rents-- by th e tion of a few bruises and contusions sustained . no accident of a the Prince's Dock during the progress that,ts extraordinary during the first attack on the Victoria, _ serious nature occurred. The Victoria s ailed yesterday moyn ing.--:Liverpool Times. RITE W 1 NG r,,r)TTtow. C. HALL said it should be taker, down 6,rrari ,‘Aitoc,l, .eiou - recalled, stated, in answer to Mr. Hell, that she thou ht the Lehaviour of the prison; r was vary odd. Oa the Thursday, at breakfast, witness ' was eryintr, and the prisoner shook so that he could not hold his saucer, and looked in a very peculiar manner at witness. He had a pocket-handkerchief of his Lard,hip's iu his poeket on the Thursday, and when I asked him for it, his conduct was very peculiar, Mary Hemmed, the cook, recalled and examined by Mr. HALL--I always left a fire in the kitchen at night. I went into the kitchen on Wednesday morning, about half an hour after I got up. I did not light the fire for see; ral hours after. I did not observe anything particular about the fire-place, as if anything had been burnt. I did not bear the prisoner come to bed. I did not usually heir him. I bolted the area back door. I did not observe any marks on it on the Tuesday. The lower bolt would riot catch. I never heard the prisoner make any allusion to his Lord ship's money. I observed nothing particular in the pri soner's conduct on Wednesday. I never heard of any any plate being missing. Never bad any conversation about the triaket box with the prisoner. 1 recollect hear ing him once say old Billy was a rum old chap. and if he had his money he would not stop in England. No amount of money was mentioned. I did not go into his L rdship'a room when the housemaid went out to give the alarm. When I first saw the prisoner, he was in the act of coming down stairs. This was after the housemaid had given the alarm. She was just come back. I did not go up stairs, until the arrival of the police. Thomas Selway, examined by Mr. Nobler-1 live with Mr. Cutler, 15, Norfolk -street, Park-lane, in the house adjoining Lord William Russell's. I remember the morn in fe r of Wednesday, the 6,11 of this month. I got up about seven, and heard a noise in the house of Lord W. Ritssed. I put my ear to the wall ; I heard a screaming of a female voice. I came down stairs, and went to the house of Lord W. Russell ; the door was open. I saw the house maid and cook standing in the passage. I did not see any other person in the passage. I observed a blue cloak ; an opera glass, and a small box, with a glass-clotle and some things tied up in it, in the passage. The cloak appeared folded carefully. These things were close behind the front door; they were close to the wall, so that the door could be opened. I then went into the dining room on the ground floor. I saw the prisoner there; he was sitting, on a chair behind the door, between that and the window. li appeared to have his hand to his mouth ; he got up and asked me to go to 100 in Park.street, and request the butler to come ua. The things in the;dininis-,oom seemed st awed bes•—the plate, some with paper on it, and other t tinge. The prisoner was much agitated when I spike to nire. He spoke as if his words were chocking him. Two of the police then came in, and I returned home. I went on my return to the drawing-room, which commands a aiew of the back of both houses. There are two ranges of leads at the back of our house. The higher one would be the one that any one would climb over to get to Lord William's. Any one coming from the back must have got over them to get to Lord William's. The higher leads of the two houses are on la level, and any one to have got into the back-yard of Lord William's premises must have got over those leads. I did not observe any footmarks on the leads. I could have done so if there had been any. I must have seen them there had beee'foot-marks, by dust that was on the leads. There had been no rain for a week before. The dust was not in the least disturbed. The walls at the back are, whitewashed. I did not observe any mark of any person having climbed on those walls. It was impossible for any person to have got up or down those walls without disturbing the dust on the leads. There is no door of communication between Mr. Cutler's premises and Lord William's. There could be no means of communication at the back between the two houses, but by getting over the wall. There are stables immediately at the back of Lord \Sid. lianee premises. They are bounded bi a wall forming the back of the premises; that wall is in the same line with the wall of the stables of No. 15. It is twenty or twenty. five feet high. There is no door in that wall communicat ing with Lord William's premises. Any person must have come over that wall. I know No. 13 ; there is no communication between that and Lord William's house, No. 14. There are no means of passing from any houses on the other side of Lord William's house into the back yard, except over the roofs or over the water-closets. I cast my eyes in that direction, bat could see no marks. I looked to see, but could see no marks of any description. I could command a view of those premises from the drawing-room window. Cross-examined by Mr. Flower.—The screaming I heard was from a female, as it' suddenly alarmed. That alone did not induce me to go, but I heard screaming in the street. The first person I saw was the housemaid ; she spoke to me first; the cook was with her. I did not see the coachman. The housemaid said, in answer to me, that the prisoner was in the dining-room, and I went in. They all seemed agitated and alarmed, as well as the prisoner ; they were agitated in the extreme. Mr.: Flower, said he should not ask the witness any further questions. He should like to have had en oppor tunity of examining the locus in quo, and then he should have cross-examined him as to the leads. Mr. Hobler said he should have that opportunity. Wits, ss stated that the other servants did not appear chocking when they spoke. W. York—l live at No 2, Weaver's -court, York-road, Park-lane, and am a coachman. I have lived with Lord William Russell four years on the 6th of June.. I re member Tuesday the 6th of May. I live out of - the house. His Lordship had a groom also. He did not live in the house On the 6th of May I went to the house, about half-past nine o'clock in the momiag, but . only stayed two or three minutes. 1 went again in the afternoon, •bout half-past two o'clock, but did not remain any time. I went again about ten minutes after 6ve o'clock, and saw the prisoner, I was to have bren ordend at five o'climk, bu r isier bad forgotten it. He told me to ?o toßrooke's directly. I didso, but his Lordship bad left. His Lordship had a dog at the stables which was accustomed to be brought to the house at half-past nine in the morning arid seven in the evening. It was my duty to fetch the dog away a , night. The dog never slept in the house. I took him away that night about a go:ill:er before seven. I did not return to the house again that night. I came to the house next morning a little after nine. In the passage I saw the housemaid, the cook, and the butler from No. 23, orpesite. I did not seethe prisoner at that time, Young, the butler, said, " York, let us go up stairs." He bad previously told me his Lordship had been murdered. We went into Lord William's room. I was the first to enter; Young followed. I went to the front of the bed, and Young to the further side, near the window. Young pulled the sheet on one side, and acid—" Well enough they might cover him up." The prisoner was not in the room. The police entered the room a few moments after. I saw some blood on the pillow. There was a towel over his Lordship's face. I remained in the room until Inspector T. dman came, and by his desire I went for a doctor, and brought Mr. Elsgood, the surgeon, with me. We returned to the room together. The prisoner was there, sitting in a large aim-chair behind the door. I heard him say, " Oh, my God 1 what shall I do I" I remained a few minutes, but did not converse with prisoner. I next saw him about eight o'clock, but nothing passed between us. I saw him several times in the course of the day, but said nothing. I recollect his coming into the service of Lord William, I have seen him shave himself. Two or three times. He shaves himself both with his right hand and his left hand. He uses his lett hand quite as well as his right. By Mr. HALL—He kept his razors in the pantry. He had two those. They were white handled razors. I saw them a few days before the murder. By Mr. Ilobler—On seeing him shave with his left band, I said I could not do so if he would give me 100/, James Leich-1 am coachman to Mr. Fector, who is at Cox's Hotel, and ash° resides at Andover. I know the prisoner. He has lived in Mr. Fector's service as foot.. man. He left Mr. Fector about Easter. lie was accus tomed to wear white cotton gloves when he went out with the carriage. I have seen him do so several times. He was a fellow-servant of mine nearly two years. I have visited him at Lord William's. I was not there on Tues day, the sth of May. Emanuel Young, butler to Mr. F. Latham, 23, Nor folk -street, Park-lane—I recollect the morning of Wed nesday, the 6th of May. I was called up about seven o'c'ock by a ring at the bell. I answered it, and saw Lord W. Russell's housemaid, and in consequence of what she said I went at once to his Lordship's. She said his Lordship was murdered, and the house robbed. By her desire I went for the police. I returned in about five minutes, and went into the house and saw both the maids, but not the prisoner. I afterwards saw him sitting on a chair behind the dining-room door ; he was resting his elbow on the table and his hand to his head. I asked him to accompany me up stairs, to ascertain if his Lordship ware dead or alive. He said he could not go, and added " What shall we do? They have murdered my Lord and robbed the house." The coachman had come into the . house at that time. I had sent for him. The coachman and myself went into his Lordship's room. We went into the room, at the foot of the bed, and saw blood on the towel and on the bolster and pillow ; the towel was thrown over his Lordship's face. I went round to the side of the bed next the window. His Lordship was lying on that side with his face towards the window. I removed the sheet that was over him. I then laid my hand on his Lordship's, which I found quite cold. 1 did not remove the towel. Inspector Teduian came in and examined the body of the deceased. The rrisoner came in afterwards ; he came to the foot of the bed, and instantly fell back into the arm-chair near the door. He said " What shall we do ?" and appear° I very touch distressed ; he sat there about ten minutes. and rose apparently quite collected ; he began to examioe his Lordship's dressiog-case, which was standing on a table ; he took the inner part of it, which he put into the cupboard by the fire place; I e then told me that he had been in his Lordship's service only five weeks, and he did not know what he should do for h s character. I remained a short time and left after assisting Mr. Elsgood to move the body for him to ex amine the wound. I did not csbserva any razor or knife by his Lordship's side or anywhere near him. His Lordship's left hand was lying by his side with the shirt grasped in it. A dark pocket-handkerchief was ling at the back of his Lordship under ha head. I did not see it masked with blood. There was a good deal of blood in the bed. His Lordship' s appearance was very composed and his eyes were closeo. The prisoner was in the room all ih's time. I examn , d the c iodlest:ek whica I found at the side of the bed or, a cheff.mier ; it was a flat one, standin between the two windows. I saw no candle in it. I looked to the stamp and ascertained it was silver. I observed a ru3hlight in a shade on the ftior between the fire-place and the foot of the hod ; the rushlit.iht appeared to have been burning an hour. I ,aw Inspector Tedman examine the house, and afterwards left the room and went down stairs. The prisoner followed me. Ou the first examina tion, Inspector Tedman found nothing in the purse; on the second, he found half a sovereign. On going down stairs, I went to the housemaid in the back drawing-room. She showed me how she had found the room. I then went to the bott om o f t h e h ouse occupied by the l then ;aid " Oh, here i s w h ere t h ey came i n ,' l T is an o . d n , kei. He directed the reet the K c o,,r ed my attentio n t o t h e d oor o f the area at t h e t.), house. H e wa lk e d as fix as the door, ti li ng l in his hand, and returned I examined the door. He merely crely took th e d oor i n hi s han d an d l e f t i mme thateyo exa mined the d oor , an d lik ew ise the window, where I per- ceiv,:d a slight,Leek. I urned to the kitchen, and umi th pris.ohr 01),CI VCd a work-box on the ti:ble. I reap.ined there until Superintendent Baker said ail gun:geis must go out, and I left in consequence. HALL—I have never sp..ken to the prisoner but once before tins cretured. I that asked him if he was cenifortable in his situ..e.io:l, ..nd he said pretty well. (arcs , -examined by Mr. Flower—l know but of one p;2:so , i who left the house with me. When I first went in tbere uele no strangers there. I did not see any person there in paitieular, with the exception of the servants of the house. I brought a person with me when I went for a surgeon. I knew all who were in the home when strangers were ord, red out, exct pt the police. John Baldwin, police constable, C 113-1 recollect the morning of the tith May. I was on duty in the neighbour bond of Norfolk -street. I was in Green -street, and saw a great many people crowding round a house in Norfolk street. I went to the house No. 14, and went with an other constable. We were let in by a female servant. She said the house had been robbed. I went with her and po llee constable Rose to the parlour. It was in confusion. I inquired if there was any man servant in the house. She said e Ca, sitting behind the door." I saw him there, with his band ovtr his face. I did not see his face. I asked what in the world he did sitting there when the gnus.' was in that state. lie nevcr took his hands from his face, nor gave me any answer. I inquired about the loss of the female servant, and she could net tell me what was lost. I again spokf, to him, and asked him what he sat there for when ' all the things were lost. He made no answer. I ad ' dressed him the third time, and said Wny don't you move, and he made me no answer, nor did he take his hands from his face. I tuned to ray brother officer, aid said, There is something strange in this, be must know something about it. I never saw his face. I then went into the kitchen, mid saw the back door open, with marks on it. I es amiaccl it, and said to Rose, This has not been broken into, and I aei of that opinion still. No one could have got in that way. I went into the butler's pantry, and saw a man sitting th. re with his elbows on his knees and his hand kerchief to lea taco. I told him he had made a devil of a pretty mesa of this, for he knew all about it. He did not. at seer. I did not sec his face, but I believe him to be the same person I had seen up stairs. I then went and examined the back area and the top yard, and could not see any marks whatever. I got on to the wall, and P ut up the st, ps, and got on the wall betwen 14 and 15. The leads join it. There was dust on the leads and wall, and no mark of anything whatever on it. The dust was thick; you could mark it with your fingers. I tried it, and my hand left an impression. Rose was with me the whole Cale. I examined the back walls of the yard; they were whitewashed. There was not the slightest mark in the world. There must have been if any man's toe or body had touched the wall. Rose got ud, and went round the adjoining premises. I waited until his return. We went into the house, and accompanied Mr. T T:..dinan into the bed-ro om . I saw the same person I had seen in the dining-room and butler's pantry, sitting on the chair behind the door of Lord William Russell's bed-room with his handkerchief up to his face. lam sure it was the ;me perm. a, although I never saw his face. I went up to IL. foot of the bed, and saw there was a towel on his Lord- S ip's face, Some one lifted it up, and I saw his Lordship was dead There was blood upon the sheet. I then went to call Mr. Baker, and did nut go into the house for s w-ek after. By Mr. HALL—A man could not rest his foot on the Nall to get into the yard. I did not notice any cobwebs. No man could drop eown without touching the wall. The depth of the area is about eight feet, it might be nine. William Rose, police constable, 124 D—l was at the house of Lord William Russell on Weds', sday, the 6th of May. I saw the housemaid, when I entered the passag e ' Baldwin and myself came about the same time. I inqu•ri d about the things which had been lost. I saw the prisoner in the Louse, sitting behind the parlour door. I saw his lace. I spoke to, hint several times. I asked him ,why be did not g..t up and assist the females, and he made net answer. I found several articles strewed about the floo r in the parlour. I saw pr i soner leave the parlour. I wen. , down stairs and saw him sitting behind the door in t he pantry. Baldwin was with me, and saw him also. 9puke to him several times in the pantry and he made Da • answer, I afterwards, with Baldwin, examined the back door, and we observed it had been broken open from OOP' ide, we afterwards examined the walls of the back area. I went everywhere with Baldwin. and I observed no marks of any person having got in. I went upon the leads seps- • rating 14 from 15. I found dust on them. I I °° ked for foot-marks but could find none. I afterwards got on the wall at the back part of Mr. Cutler's pre mises, adjoining Lord William Russeli's I examined t he ' roofs of the stables, at the back, carefully ; I found no footmarks on any of the leads, gutters, or parapets, at tbe back. I walked along those places and over these stables as far as I could each way. I returned and observed that I myself' had made marks on the walls and dust on the leads ; before then there had been no marks on those places. Oa my return into the house I found the Inspector hA come. I saw the prisoner down stairs ; he followed us up to the Sergeant. He came behind all of U. We went into Lord William's bed room. I saw his Lordship in the bed. I went to the side nearest the window. I saw the Sergeant pull the curtain back. -. I saw the prisoner sitting in the chair between the door and the fire-place. I remained at the door until Mr. Elsgeorl came. The prisoner remained there also. Mr. Teuman spoke to him. I afterwards left the House. Cross-examined by Mr. HALL.—There are smell pieces of slate over the top of the wall of the back area. to prevent the rain running down. They did not appear disturbed, but I did not examine minutely, No one could have got Inspec down t,rj the. Tedman, wall without pdivis d io is r t i tir ot hin fi g oli t c hm e e , . examined t \ h v e l imiaonrinißogussoefilt,h ein6tNhoi,niosti.k.lstwreeent! t b o y t M h hou r. se cr.— of L ° or n d t a h t about edour ha dour, i d t i t a y s ,, t osrel,e three o'clock. r l eepersons f in ttheienpda,,tsfaiegep.risorwerens: down-stairs, and saw the cook arid housemaid near the kitchen-dour in the passage. I asked the c ook which " 1 they got in, she pointed to the doer of the back area. I exam ined the door, and it appeared to have been forced open by some blunt instrument from the outside, or else to have beaten, after the door had been opened; both the floor-post and door. I continue of that opinion still. 'The entry did not seem to have been as a housebreaker would have done it. The bottom bolt was useless, and there appeared to me to have been great force used where that useless bo't was. By Mr. HALL—I went into the back area, an d stood outside. If y ou t ouc h e d i t i t gave way . Any person touching it out s id e w ou ld p erce i ve t hi s, an d t h at there was no necessity for usi ng force there. On applying a chisel I think the marks might h a ve be en ma de; there was a mark in the post o f a sma ll c hi se l , b ut i t did no t corre spond with th e d oor . Th ere were no mar k s near t h e hi n ges. By Mr. Hobler—Wh en I returne d i nto t h e house the housemaid said, " Nly Lord is murdered." I " 114 her where the man-ser van t was ; s h e sa id h e was sitting in the pantry. The prisoner was the man. I said to him, " Conte along with me, and show me where h is Lordship lies." We went up stairs, and the prisoner fol lowed us. He came in almost directly. The bed curtains ere partly drawn, about one quarter; two of the window shutters were open, the one pointing to his Lordship's face was only partly open. I walked round the bed, and opened it, and observed that the bed appeared as if sows one were asleep in it, not disturbed. A towel was over his Lordship's face. His Lordship was completely covered up. His arms and shoulders were covered by the bed clothes. I removed the towel. There was blood on the bottom part of it, underneath the shirt, within the f o ld, tuc k e d i n part l y. The left s id e o f his Lordsh'ip's face first presented itself to my view th at side of the face had no blood on it ; his eyes were clos ed, and lie appeared as if h e was i n a sound sleep; hi s mouth was closed, with the t ongue protru di ng a b out a quar ter o an inch from betwee n th e lip s T he r i ght side o f hi s face was lying on the pillo w , rat h er l ow i n the b e d ; t h e right cheek was all covered with blood, as well as the pillow and bolster. I moved the clothes a little way doyens and put my hand under his chin; I observed very deep gash in his throat, apparently seven or eight inches in length and depth down to the bone of the neck. The prisoner was in the room at this time' standing at the foot of the bed. Wheu I moved the clothes he suddenly fell back into the arm-chair, and said' " Oh, dear, it is a s h oc ki ng j o b , an d I sha ll l ose my p lace and character." The housemaid was there. I sent for surgeon. I felt his Lordship's arms and legs, and found them cold and stiff. I observed on the bed the miniature , of a lady upon a small box, and a purse. I produce then'. —(the articles were here put in.)—l observed them 0 1 the bed when I opened the shutter. The box had the lid off as it has now, with the medallion. They were. lying, so th a t a p erson i n bed, :,y putting °U his hand, could reach theta. They were lYi n g meth atrid ht side. I h e head of the brn which was teehTdcew:hlaaelwsen stance'stphreb( property attention a d "dat ,c,titiat:ch.bkietedwa not o o eit n fle t e ndht r hret wreere.owtu%til, janscaidaishpkaarpen.ti gs ere anything nbs l ooi o lwi s ikt t . , hri a iolrn i d ls h ekl aseesdesaasnpi any g one?" prisoner, ,soo ` on ' nee T ir.,; h i, e r, l l B o( t f in - co t t h it i i tL i a f conic." Gb t rl i td, :l l l: aa t s y a s u t a n n i i i i d eo c li t ey ;twined then, and said " Yes, there is a'lol. and a gone. He said, " saw them in the silk case 51 c ote the box safe yesterda. It did not appear that any violensc t l b t, t asked spo l t i . i m f if e tshaeirdein it. hal been offered' to the box. There was no key was l a d n o ,s a r t other ti ; i npkro there pert y m is.is s g f , f ; r x °: ll .. mined the box now produced, and found in it a gold ring,i,„, a silk purse, and a spectacle case. The ring "" IY h".". open in the box, as it is now. There were two tout . picks and two turned boxes in the second box now P r e % duced. Both b oxes were open, but no v i o l ence appear to have been used to either. 13y Mr. 11ALL.--1 re-examined the back-room in the presence o f t h e pr i soner an d t h e ot h er servants , and . 50 t : .1 4 7 r " some of you in the h o use have done this." Pi lso _. said—" If t h ey h ave I h ope t h ey w ill b e found ?ut. I said__" I do n o t thi n k t h ere i s muc h danger of th a_... Prisoner made no turiber observation. room, between the window and the bed, I observed By Mr. Iloblcr—On the floor of his Lordship's, ?e . ,_d: bo , ilt produced open, wilt the spectacles lying on it," „ 1 asked prisoner how the book got there ? He 58 :? 0. ...” left his Lordship reading it when I went to bed last ni n „ i n t t . • _ Mr. 1?,lsgood came about this time; I !hewed hi be The body, and requested him to examine it He did so. enable Mr. Osgood to make his examination, I did prisener was ar me. I os , tated in raising the body to not in cluing so find or see any i ns t r ument capa ble of pro:lotting death ; nor did I see stay such instru- I nor upon any spot within his Lordship's reach. t rent upon or about the floor in any previous sea rcl ! left Mr. Eisgocd, and continued my examination of the, roo m ; the prisoner was with me . I examined the top or the hook shelf, it is about three feet from the floor, it stood between, the two windows, the one nearest the bed and the midrib: one. I found in it the small Russia leather tray produced, containing these:cases in the state in which it new appears, Open, there was eothing in them. I found also this silver bed candlestick, with the extinguisher loose. There weis a b t of snuff in the bottom of tine socket, ap pearing as if burnt out. The tray belongs to the box. The prisoner pointed this out, and said it belonged to the box where the money was kept. ( To bo, continued in our SECOND EDITION.) \ 44 0 I I I