The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-25 00:00:00

I EVENING EDITION. MAP OF CHINA. AT WAR WITH CHINA-WHERE IS CHINA? VERY _FEW CAN TELL. The Sun Newspaper will ioon answer the question by publishing a Ikaui iful, Large, and Highly Correct MAP of CHINA, with a Complete History of that Ext ensive Empire, and its Singular People. T HE MAP will nearly occupy a page of The Sun. It is got up under the special Superintendence of the celebrated Mr. JAMES WYLD, Geographer to her MAJESTY the QUEEN. It comprehends also a large poi Lion of India, from the Mouths of the Ganges—the Islands in the Bay of Bengal-- %malt—Assam —'Tibet Nepaul Cochin China —Canton, and the immense Islands and Bays along the coast of China to PEKIN, actuated One Hundred and Twenty Miles inland from the confines of the Yellow Sea. 411 e next Nevs from China is expected to be ex ceedingly interesting, and decisive. The Island of CHUSAN, the first point of attack by the expedition, commands the great Bay of Nankin, f rom which the Imperial Canal communicates with Pekin, the Capital of the Empire. Chusan 4 about half way between Canton and Pekin. ORDERS FOR 44 THE CI-11NA SUN " `lay be given to all News-agents, or sent direct to t he Sun Mice, 112, Stranc#l, London, where Prompt attention will be paid to each communi cation in the order it is received, and the Paper duly forwarded. sending Orders should write their Ad =; dresses distinctly, to prevent mistake. On former occasions several letters had been received with- Out either Name or Address. The Price of the CHINA SUN will only be S IXPENCE, which can be sent by post FRE E. I‘l.l3 ---No EXTRA Charge to Regular Sub scribers, who will receive their Papers in the 1141 4 course. 44 Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 11, 1840. t i n e ' WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. ..... 23 minutes after 3. I Evening tO minutes after 3. Tilt l' -------- tiblicatio n of t' c Evening Edition of This SUN COM. %\%...,_ .....__ manced at 10 minutes after Three. _ i, _ Ir-'). r 4 r - -- ,=<':::,_41:4 7,4 ' , \‘:=4-• - 4 4 m. -- 'N) , 41 4 , , , ): . - 4,„ Zin icy' 01 LONDON: W EDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1840. It not worth our while to take notice of the tis a h ne pomp ousness and silly self-praise with which t-e .illorninr> Post commenced a long article yester 4eY' Partly insetted in The Sun, which appears to directed against some remarks of ours. We 411 allow it unanswered to be very vapid about the dignity of literature," of which it has no other Nception than that all terms of condemnation t tt to be on one side ; about " learning and its de itt'tl'c' which are never more outraged than when it assumes that em pty i gnorant se lf- pra i se h as i n j either learning or decency; and about "Whig Ra thtltlrnals, whi c h w ill ne i t h er k eep s il ence " ( to save th P M from mortification), n or p reserve any; h iri g like correctness and decency of argument," en the business on hand is to expose hypocrisy, hallci wness and humbug, under whatever solemn throbes t hey may attempt to palm themselves off on ; all such vapid and silly diatribes are ti e , / Illot Y unworthy of notice, but not so the renewed ati ons from Mr. GLADSTONE in the Post, k its d e f ence of the demands of the Churc h . it I liit s own d ear , an d not to b e touc h e d person , v, 4 Y s, " e fulminate no new anathemas, we in ''ot W new shackles for the words or the actions t o m en ' All th a t i s a tt em pt e d i s a p resen t a ti o n 01 4. t i" mod ern pu bli c o f t h e pr i nc i p l es o f t r , , Bti rt/ 1 antiquity, accompanied by arguments, p r i ‘ lt 'w th a t t h e pract i ca l wor ki ng o f t h ose the tlei liles in our day would greatly contribute to 1)4 reli g i o , , and moral, and political, and social happiness, and strength of the community." e 4 re tWO very distinct propositions—first, that a o , i, ' Ol. the pri es th oo d, i nven t no new s h ac kl es ; ha g ec c'r)(l, that to act on the principles of Chris 4;''ticlulty would be extremely beneficial. The Pr i t ' s de filed. What arc all the restrictions the I,4.le'fliood insist on imposing on occupation and 14, 11 ,', en lent on the sabbath ? New shackles. What `ue4' denunciations against Catholics and Dis ba te ts, and those who do not have their children \V P h tized- -by the priesthood ? New anathemas. th e a d ar_. the imprisonments of men for not paying p rie u e 3 whi c h t h e pr i est h oo d demand, and the t . )4 4t hood e n f orce, for Church-rates ? New restric thii the acti ons o f men. What ate the new r_ches they d emand, for which the public mustis y New power and new emoluments. What e Bishop of t_ What are the p r : s o e ;z e o s N co s i o no re e s t t il l l e g ssly zealous for irieingthuep Bishop e w f l a r t !) i new doctrines of EXETER and his . the old arms of intolerance for, 1,1 1 . 1 0 secure the priesthood new and enlarged l 111'114m over the hearts and minds of men ? da y be consistent with the " dignity of literature " 44 " th e decencies of learning" to pander to the I: ll 4 , bit i o n and avarice of a very selfish class o f men ; 41:(1 we thi n k i t at l eas t more cons i stent w i t h j ustice, a ln tire ben e fi c i a l t o t h e p u bli c , t o d enounce t h em .itost mi3ecinly tian44 to the secon d propos i t i on, t h e wor d s " C h r i s- C l .anti quity ought to mean that period when follwas on earth and the period immediately (!li ° r • wal tg it. Amongst the principles of that iat . ‘v a j a „ antiquity were these—that no person Bo ors I : c ould be cons t ra i ne d by the civil power to iNi"IP with the Ch r i s ti ans , nor was any man p ur et ed il l hi s civil rights, or his person, or hi s A p t ,. 't, fur not f o l lowing the teaching o f e i t h er ti t th o r PAUL . The voluntary system was We r . , ac ted on amongst the Christians. There Re seers _ no ri c h Bi s h ops an d A rc h b i shops, wit h fl eece and ..tarving flocks. There w e r e no over -11; vt • 'Jut midi as the flocks approved of. The forced a Ppointment s of th e Ap ost l es were not en - To Y , or a conge d'elirc, but sanc ti one d by hen6inntary o b e di ence o f th e congregat i ons. t.(l th who had wealth g a v e i t a ll licoe'' tho„ P o or, and l oo k e d to the Loan f or a recom lfiu Penes, T hese principles of Christian anti qu i ty , a of being 'ta 40W ed taught and practised by th z en hamo Pri est h ood, are despised, scorned, and , Pled under e foot. Principles o f Ch r i s ti an an ti q uity which th e y rt tta -r ' tl seek t o f o ll ow , are t h ose o f t h e GREGO tht.p.abd the HILDEBRANDS, the principles of t ti t tsY. , : when, by th e a id o f re li gio n, it had kti " . ed the. topmost height of secular dominion, ~attwed tile power of the CXSARS in the j " •r " ic the Carpenter's sou. Our priesthood turn rdr. ss 3' F 11.1 r di! is S. ...-•-•".. )o,f , f a. Ida di' ~;~ !r.t; hack their longing gaze to a period subsequent to the apostolic ages, and vehemently and wickedly denounce the nation because they do not possess as much power as the Romish priesthood in the days of their splendour. They hunt up traditions— they claim a power to interpret them—they deny, like the Romish priests, that men can be saved except through them—they demand a convocation to give efrzct to their views—they hint at the resumption of the estates which have at any time belonged to the priesthood, and they and their deluded followers labour to restore the Papacy, in substance and spirit, under the forms of the Protestant Church of England. The Post proceeds to charge those with " igno rant irreverence," who prefer experience, even in matte's of faith, to antiquity ; and it enforces its views by a quotation from Mr. GL AD STONE'S J book, in which it is said that his object, and the object of his school, is, to bring back that which our forefathers once had"—" to ex plore an old way, not to survey for a new one ;" and the two gentlemen together, the Editor and Author, combine to assert that, in matters of faith, we are to refer everything to antiquity, and not to consult experience. With all deference to them, pompously as they write, and thoroughly satisfied as they are with their conclusions, they have not, we must assert, sounded the depths of the question. What is meant by experience? The combined, recorded, transmitted, and possessed knowledge of all mankind. That general term embraces and in_ eludes the knowledge of antiquity in matters of faith, as far as it is handed down to us, and our own knowledge. It signifies all the fruit of all the faculties of the human race at all times. It is not opposed to what Mr. GLADSTONE and the Post call matters of faith in antiquity, any more than the general numeral one thousand is opposed to the lesser numeral five. No man in his senses would discard the knowledge of antiquity, but every man in his senses, we believe, will say, or ought to say, that the knowledge which was possessed at any antecedent period (and the more remote the more absurd becomes the assertion we controvert) ought not to reign paramount over all the knowledge sub sequently acquired. The persons from whom we derive our knowledge of antiquity were fallible men like of rselves. What was faith to them is knowledge to us. The means through which it has descended to us are also of a very fallible nature. The language in which it was first recorded is vague and indefinite ; and it has been transmitted to us subject to all the errors of miscopying, mistranslation, and being misunderstood. Moreover, much of this faith to the first recipients, and knowledge to all their successors, was not written at the time, but was handed down for many generations by tradition. Before it could be written a new language had to be created, for written language is totally different from spoken lan guage. The question then is, not whether this small portion of human knowledge, originally possessed by a very few persons in a remote corner of the globe, shall be taken for what it is worth, but whe ther that alone shall, in the most important of all human concerns, be assumed as an all-sufficient guide for this present generation. Mr. GLAD STONE and the Post verbally contend that it ought, and that society ought to reject modern experience, ought to explore and hunt out only this little bit of human knowledge, and when it is found ought to tie down all its faculties to it. We say nominally, because, in fact, these gen tlemen do not act as absurdly as they write. They are not content with that antique knowledge for a guide. They seek other helps in morals and in politics. They go to profane books to learn what the sacred books mean. They employ all the art of modern criticism to clear up doubtful passages. They join in framing codes of morals and of lrws for society not known to antiquity. They are far from resting satisfied with the light which they de rive, even in matters of faith, from this little bit of knowledge. When Mr. GLADSTONE and the Post, therefore, place faith in opposition to experi ence, it is clear that they do not know what they write about. Let us, in conclusion, add, that we are firmly convinced, notwithstanding Mr. GLADSTONE'S rhodomontade about the " doctrine which the uni versal Church (what does it mean ?) has ever drawn from Scripture," that his wish to regulate modern society by his little bit of knowledge, can only lead to infinite disorder and infinite misery. But this is Mr. GLADSTONE'S new nostrum for the future government of society ; on this he grounds his hope of its regeneration ; and for en tertaining such a hope we beg leave to say that he and his abettors are far more foolish visionaries than ST. SIMON or Mr. OWEN and their followers. In the article which we have copied from the Herald, relative to the affairs of the East, lan- guage and sentiments are ascribed to Lord PAL MERSTON which cannot possibly be true. Lord PA LMERSTON, it Says, " states that it is the de termination of the Conference to hold no terms with MEHEMET A Li." Now the Conference are at this moment communicating with MEHEMET ALI, and, so far from holding no terms with him, are actually, accoi ding to the Herald itself, ordering Admiral STOPFORD to propose all ultimatum to him. The Herald contradicts itself. We place on this account no reliance on its as. sertion that Lord PA LmERsTON has threatened the PACH A " if he delay a day in making his sub mission, ...the Great Powers will support his de cheance at the Porte, and that instant measures will be taken to dispossess him of Egypt." Such an arrogant project on the part of Lord PA L mERsToN, couched in such arrogant language, is wholly inconceivable. He must know that the people of England, much as the Morning Chronicle has laboured to excite a prejudice against MEHEMET ALI, and beget a quarrel with him, will not coun tenance such a course of conduct, and he has too much good sense to adopt it. The Noble Lord is singularly unfortunate. He is misrepresented by both friends and enemies. The language used by the Morning Chronicle, supposed to be with his approbation, which we are sure it is not, is full of fire and fury, and emboldens the Herald to charge him with a design which seems shadowed out by the Morning Chronicle. We have, in deed, positive authority, as well as internal evi dence, for asserting that the Herald has done Lord PALMERSTON a great injustice. It is admitted by the Herald that the note was intended to remove disquietudes in the French Mi nistry, and the Noble Lord begins by expressing re gret on perceiving that his note of the 2d of No vember has been misunderstood. In the teeth of such a declaration, however, the note goes on, ac- Cording to the Herald, to insult France more than she has ever been insulted yet by the Conference, by declaring that — The Conference must take care that France does not create any preponderance or influence for herself, by being suffered to take part in the settlement of the question. So that if France were willing to act with the Allies she is studiously to be excluded. Who can believe such an assertion, when it has been the de sire of the Conference all along to have the co •ope ration of France in bringing the matter to a suc cessful conclusion ? In fact, at this very time the good offices of France have been solicited and pro mised, in order to influence the PACHA to withdraw from Syria. The pretended revelations of the Herald are a tissue of absurdities, of which the concoctor has not seen the bearings. The strangest of all the assertions, however, is THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN ESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1810. this- We also understand that means have been taken to foment an insurrection in Egypt against the Viceroy, and that the news of his being deposed, and possibly strangled, is &lily expected in London. From London then, where the news is expected, means, it is insinuated, have been employed to foment an insurrection against MEHEMET ALI, and to take his life. This is not merely an ab surdity, it is a gross calumny, without the shadow of a foundation. We could not allow these statements of the Tic raid to go uncontradicted without being liable to create a most unfavourable impression against Lord PALMERSTON both here and abroad. In opposi tion to both the Ministerial Journals, and to the Tory Journals, we l , .ave maintained all along that Lord PALMERSTON was desirous of peace, and was only driven to take an active part against MEHEMET ALI by an overpowering conviction that it was necessary to inter fere with the affairs of Turkey, in order to pre vent Russia from settling them single-handed. That object attained, he will neglect nothing, w e are sure, to preserve peace with France, and re establish friendly relations with that great Power. It has been, through his whole administration, his darling policy to form with France and the Penin sula an alliance in the West to counteract the alli ance in the East, and he will not now be faithless to himself. At this moment, too, when M. GUIZOT has great difficulties to struggle with—when, for the common interest of France and England, it is Lord PALMERSTON'S duty to strengthen M. GUIZOT all in his power, it is not credible that he should take an arrogant, insulting course towards that distinguished statesman or towards France, and so render M. GUIZOT'S retention of office as a Minister of Peace, impossible. The Government of England, and the people and the Press of England have, for the moment, no higher duty to perform than to smooth the difficulties —not exasperate them, by insulting notes an d in sulting language—which lie in the way of M. GUIZOT successfully accomplishing his noble 11l ISSIOII . We seldom publish letters impugnin2 the manage ment of contemporary journals, but as we gave in sertion to the letter of Mr. SPOTTISWOODE on the Bible Monopoly, and the letter of Mr. CIIILDS addressed to the Times, is on the same subject, we illingly, independent of other circumstances of great importance, make it an exception to the gene ral rule. It shows what value the Scotch Tory Mo nopolists, the SPOTTISWOODES, the STRA 11ANs, the BLAIlts, and the whole gang put upon the diffu _iion of the Gospel, and indeed the diffusion of any knowledge, when they charged on Acts of Parlia ment one hundred per cent., and on the Word of GOD, the book of the poor, fifty per cent. more than they were entitled to. Since Parliament in terfered, Bibles can be had twenty-tive per cent, cheaper than those distributed by the Bible So ciety, reckoned the cheapest ever published. The Tory press cry out against this cheapnesss of the sacred Writings, not because the Bible will do harm, but because the reduction may affect some of these overgrown monopolists who assist them in getting up Associations, like that formed by the SroTTISWOODE Gang, to put dow❑ a Liberal Go vernment. If Bibles were more diffused, and the best way to diffuse them is to make them cheap, readers would be increased tenfold ; but the good of the people, and particularly of the poor people, this patty never cared a rush about. What a pity it is that LOUI JOHN RUSSELL has not done with re spect to other reforms what he has done for cheap printing ! Honest men would then bare been pleased to stand by him against an unprincipled and hypocritical party. FALL OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE. We have received, with the Paris morning papers of Monday, the Messager and the Moni• teur .Parisien of Monday night. In the former, which is now the official organ of the Cabinet, we find the following important intelligence from the East : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. '• Toulon, Nov. 22, Three, r. m. (This despatch only reached this day on account of the Eau , of the atmosphere.) " THE MARITIME I•REFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. '• The English steamer Phoenix, arrived at Dlalta on the 12i1), has announced the taking of St. Jean d'Acre. This news is given by the captain of the Eurotas." St. Jean d'Acre was the strongest fortress of MEHEMET ALI in Syria, and before the ap proach of the Allies, was pronounced by several French military officers in the service of IBR.Anim PACHA to be impregnable. We await the arrival of the details of the capture of this fortress with some impatience. The attack itself appears, from the following extract from a letter in the Presse of Monday, to have been anticipated in Paris. The letter purports to be written by a Frenchman in Syria, but we have no doubt that it was manufac tured in the French capital by some opponent of the pacific policy of the SouLT-GulzoT Cabinet. The conclusion of it is a barefaced fabrication, but still plausible enough to suit the purposes of the National and the Commercs, who will not fail to trumpet it forth as an unquestionable proof of English perfidy. We verily believe, that were it gravely set forth in the French Journals that England had entered into a conspiracy for depriving France of a sight of the sun, moon, and stars, there is a party in France so blindly credulous in their silly hos tility to this country, to whom it would appear as undeniable as the fact of its own existence. The following is a paragraph in this pccious concoction of malevolence : A portion of the British vessels left Bcyrout on the 19th of October; it is generally thought that they are going to St. Jean d'Acre. If the latter place can only hold cut for one month, there is reason to believe that in that case the English will be compelled to abandon the siege, on account of the bad weather, which is beginning to be felt. 14 lti; their intention, during the winter, not to static: out very far from the coast. They do not reckon on the Turkish garrisons which they have installed in the towns l t a h d y e t d o , o k is , n a o n the td sufficient en numbertfor them of f British to o ab a s nd l o d rs t h e l m h a . t have The number does not exceed 3,000 men. an x h ave a c ted lear nt from thefr()rn Sultan, t authentic an, as n guarantee thate for her England eit has . perses, and the money which sho is supplying at the pre sent time, the island of Cyprus as a mortgage. Whence it may be inferred that, as the Sultan will never be able to pay, the island of Cyprus suits England too well for her to let it slip through her hands. She wanted a station for her steamers to put into at the limits of the Mediterranean, on the passage to India by the Euphrates ; Cyprus, a fer tiletsnhgi itself,i s B h ri e t i ii t sr a n d ion e t ro l wvt a esi n oir, n e n, .to d ln.ty e n p i o o t h o o r l c d o a t fl a s ; e a a t e n n d t i h t i r h l u d s , but des o l ate i s l and, easy to d efend, will be very soon e e s s i o nt o t u t o b r o r o d k b e y n tthrough sword. x some an that unites worn out snarl, The first part of the following despatch, bring ing the latest news from French Africa, appears in th e Moniteur of Monday morning, but being in terrupted by night the conclusion is given in the Messager of the same evening " Toulon, Nov. 20. " TIIE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE M RIFE. " Two Razias, one from the 2d till the 4th, and the other from the 8:11 till the 10th, undertaken against the Beni limners, have procured tia 2,000 me t r i ca l quintals- of barley and a heat. We had ten wounded and f our kill e d . The Marshal has thrown into consternation the Arabs of the province of Oran, who in the environs of Medeah and Miliana have lost a great number of men. A great many belonging to the moat 'narked families have been carried to Mascara either dead or wounded. The trib es o f the west have been left without provisions, and hopeless of being able to sow their lands. The plundering, b urn i ng, or carrying off their Silos are the most frightful disasters that can befal them, and they loudly declare that they must abandon the cause, if they continue to be thus ba raiw o. On the 10th and 11th a considerable body of Arabs made an ineffectual attack upon Cherchtl, Tho Marshal's ex- peditionary: corps entered Blidah on the 11th, after bar irig relieved the garrison of -- " Miliaria, and victualled the place till the Ist of May. He has destroyed all t h e establishments of the Rega and of the Hadjoutes. The column was to have left Blidah on the 15th for Medeah Ist of May." , which will also be victualled till the How beautifully affecting were the lamentations of the French Opposition Press over the miseries inflicted by the Allies on the coast of Syria, and yet with what callousness of heart do they chronicle the heart-rending distresses of the victims of French aggression in Africa. To reduce a brave people to subjection by hunger, as a shopkeeper would starve rats, has nothing in it appaling to a French phi lanthropist. And yet there is some difference be tween an onslaught, however terrible, of three hours continuance, and a devastating, desolating, relentless war of ten years' duration. The following telegraphic despatch from Lyons will afford unmixed pleasure to every friend of humanity : " Lyons, Nov. 22. " THE PREFECT OF TILE RHONE TO THE MINISTER OF TILE INTERIOR. " The Rhone has nearly resumed its level. " The Saone falls remarkably." The proprosed address of the Chamber of De puties, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, will be found subjoined. It is exceedingly pacific in its tendency. But what we now look forward to with interest is the debate upon it. • CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Nov. 23. The sitting commenced at two o'clock, and the public tribunes were immediately filled to overflowing. There was also a considerable number of Deputies present. The Minister of the Interior demanded a supplementary credit of 700,000 francs (2S 000/.) for foreign refugees, of whom there arc at present 31,800 in France. The President then read the following project of ad dress:— " Sire—We thank your Majeaty for having convoked the Chamber before the customary period of meeting. It is more especially in eventful periods like the present that it behoves a King to be surrounded by the representatives of the country, in order to make known to them the situa tion of affiirs, and to &mild t4eir advice and assistance. " The measures which have been taken by the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the Kin , of Prussia, and th e E mperor o f R uss i a, i n concert with' the Ottoman Porte, to regulate the relation between the Sul ten and the Pach s, have excited the deepest interest in France. France has narrowly watched all the phases of this crisis. Prudence required that your Majesty should provide against all contingencies by armaments and pre cautions. Ex•raordinary credits have been opened to meet these contingencies, and we can appreciate your motives. " In this state of things, Sire, you will have our fullest support in favour of an honourable peace, or a just war if necessary. Peace without dignity would never be accepted, neither by France nor her King. An unjust war, a violent aggression without cause or object, would not be in ac cordance with our ideas of progress or civilisation. Peace, then, an honourable and certain peace, which will preserve the equilibrium of Europe, is our sincere desire. " But, if events should render this impossible, if the honour and rights of France were menaced, if her territory or interests were compromised, speak the word, Sire, and at your voice all France will arise, and will cheerfully make every sacrifice, and then the national concurrence is assured to you. " We have ardently desired the pacification of Spain. Interested in the cstablishmcnt of her constitutional Go vernment, it would cause us sincere regret to sec anarchy triumph over the work so courageously undertaken in the name of liberty. " France again reminds Europe of the rights of the Polish nation, which have been so repeatedly stipulated for by treaties. " You have our follist support in the orders which your Majesty has given for the reinforcements which have been despatched to Buenos Ayres to demand reparation of the Government of that country. " Our armies in Africa continue to reap fresh laurels, Your sons, who never have been found wanting on any oc casion on which they could display their courage, have shared the glories and dangers of these expeditions. We request, Sire, that your Government should institute a strict inquiry into the state of our affairs in that country, in order that our brilliant feats of arms may not be fruit less, and that the country which we have so dearly bought and so gloriously conquered may become a support to us instead of a source of weakness. " The Boulogne attempt was as insensate as it was cri minal. Nipped in the bud by the courage of our citizens, it has been condemned by the law of the land ; justice has swayed her impartial sword, the offence committed against society has been justly dealt with, and this last hope of the factious has been blighted at the very onset, by the devo tedness of the citizens ; it has been condemned by a so lemn judgment ; justice has had its free course ; the offence committed against society has not been treated with im. punity, and hope of factions of various grades has been signally disappointed. --" We shall devote our utmost attention to the law on the budget. It is in consequence of States being exposed to various changes that strict economy is always necessary. At other periods the Chambers, from t h e great difficulty it experienced in diminishing the taxes which press on the country, were bound at least to recommend the maintenance of a balance between the receipts and expenditure. As, however, this balance is de facto broken, we shall consider the means of re-establishin g and of preserving it in future. " The other laws which may be presented to us shall meet with our serious inquiry. We already have to con gratulate ourselves for having responded by an unanimous vote to the demand made by your Majesty for a grant in aid of the sufferers by the late inundations. " The union of the great Powers of the State is the surest guarantee for the maintenance of peace and public tranquil lity. Order preserved at home by the energy and perseve rance of Government is the first element of strength abroad. We only express the wish of France that it firmly desires both. Have confidence in your destiny (votre etoile), as we ourselves have in the perpetuity of your dynasty—( Laughter from the Left.) Another son has been born to you, and the same Providence which lately preserved you will con tinue to throw its shield over France and screen anarchy. B e watchf u l t h at your surrounded by enlightened and faith fulher throne from may thebe always evils counsellors ; depositories of your authority, they will be answerable for its exercise--upon them (knives the entire guarantee of the inviolability of your person. May probity be honoured and religion be respected—( Laughter from the left)—lct us lend out assistance to morals and the law. Material interests have been too much studied—let us revive in all hearts a disinterLsted love of our country, which may inspire great devotion and generous sacrifices. Honour and our co llllll y, these are the true sources of civic virtue, and which constitute the strength of nations and the durability of states." on cqnsulting the Chamber, atinounc: d that the on th e Add ress was fixed fur Wed nesday. The pr the following paragraph : l : isP d r i e s e e s s s u id e s t s h ' i n o a t n: We arc assured that the recal of the English Com missioner who was entrusted with the negotiations relative to the Treaty of Commerce to be concluded between F rance and Great Britain, was impressed with a political character, which seriously affects the pending negotiations. supposed that in the diff erences now irac tit may existing between easilyetw'ee nthe two nations, questions of the H y e i r n e s t Island siie hope t o f i . t o i b s ta b ii. highest importance absorb all secondary interests ; a ccord _ At the ingly for three months the Treaty has been wholly laid aside." The Toulonnaisc of the 18th says:—" The squadron Hugon is still at the tiered, however, that it will come to Toulon in a few d ays . o All the works in the fortifications of Paris have been search is rn k . lwatri stopped, on account of t h e badi weather, of Admiral Royal redoubt in the park of Neuil y thieves have stolen the w h o l e o f t h e wheelbarrows that Were in the trenches._. Le Comm:rce. The Prexsc says that the delay IV hi.ch has taken place in passing sentence on Darmes is occasioned by the disclo sures which he is said to have made, a int? for a . certain number of accomplices. The Rev. M. Jaeoupy, Bishop of A r ,„ ,_ ing his pardon. It is added, that On ''' n, has just re nounced his Episcopal functi°" s . '-'n the lith of No vember hc quitted the diocese over whi c h h e has presided No fu 40 years.—Lc Constitutionnel, The French fleet reinains at the island or Ilyeres. The Abbe de Lamennais and his publisher, Im. Pagnerre, were condemned by default to the maximum, namely, tw o years' imprisonment and 5,000 francs fine each, The number of refugees now in France amounts to 31,800, of whom 26,400 are Spaniards. The French Government in Monday's sit ti ng of the Deputies proposed a Bill to grant 700,000 f. for their subsistence. 13OURSE:_Pa_ , Els, st MoNb ss. N ov. _ ~ N 23. " ki , l ghest Lowe st I Price .'rice Pricer, ~ast ~, 1)0 ... p. , • 1 rice French 5 rer Cents ............ "` 103 .., illi'z,o ... ii 51:1 434 per Cent 5......... „, „.,, ... lis ... 10:1 ... 1 10350 4 pet Gent 5............ ",7 ) ,`, ) , , 5 1 ... 7 ,, 80 7 . _97 50 3 per Cent 5............ 2301 -.3110 .. 19 51; ''' 79 50 stank 01 trance ........ 7 ..... 100 ...10,__ ... moo ... 3310 Lattitte Lank I,ooof. S' l. "• ow ... 51 1 U . , ... 1081 _l m o 544. ,„ff, St arcs t).20 ... ,2,-, 50 :: 5 , 50 ...SIM Iteigian Bank .................. ~, ... 1,3 . 917 a., ... 50 5 per Cent,............ . .2 5 ., Ir_ ... f, o 5 ... 98 . ... . s , 3 per Cents ............. ' ,:, 4 a ... ,_ 4 - ... 6 , 9 1,, ... 6.., `..5 Spanish Active ...... ... ........ 5 , .., .1 ,4, ... .. ... ..:, . Passive ................ ‘23 - 's ~3 ... 4 5_ ... . ).0 • Cc" ' ..... 103 40 • - ... 21 „ 23 l'ortugne ,,, 3 per ..... ••• 1, 340 . /03 40 . 0 3 40 Nea t .olit,in ........................... , o , . 100 g 9 '" ,' " Ss ... WA: lie nun ..................... v, ' .l s.. , R . RAIL '' 'l ,3 o "4 . 1 .. .. E • Versailles,R. 13 .................. „„, ... g S J ... 390 ... 390 L.B. .................. i5, , ,',0 . ... 4,0 ... 305 ~.. 305 Orleans .. ......................... 1,":4 ....2 ... 85 .. 4 , 55 SA'asbura to Bate .............. ~c - AslsTe "750 .• 257 50 DUTCH FUN .i. , • IMAM, Nov .,. its, Alone 3. Mits. per Cent ............... Ictilmrs.nt, '-:'74 .t .................... 51 (0 ! ., i , - )irto, ditto 5 per , ce,• ,. . cent ..... . ............... I) 98% A „,„, t syndie,4 Percente .................. '• ! 3 , 1 , 1 4 . 8 ;% Pato, ditto, 3 3'4 P , 4 Per eeni .......... ''' l,l 755 4 Commercial Company,,. r .......... 11 '5 \ 166% i • 8.37) 5 1 ,t ' Ditto (1535 an. . . cent... .. ....................... ••• 71, Lose 1 ,- '37, 5 Per ce nt One month ....... ...... ‘:,-_,,- u'si Ex c hange on London, Two months ................. ii - 9 6 Dutch Papers, Nov. 24, PRUSSIAN 11-IN1)S••••14ERLIN, Nor., 01. Bils I‘loncY• cm , ' ' h 41- y Per ... .............103 1, St. Sohuld. Sc h., ~ , . 0 ..,, . 1,, , . ~ 103 Prussian Engiisli La..: i " ,,, c " , 4 ,k c•rit. ____ iV% 11;xchinge on Londo.n,•,,nr e_nnit,tis...---... 6 17 '_Prussian Slate (7 , ,zelte, Nov. 21, ...------ .............--,,..........................- - lira. M A JEsv;.—The two foll ow i ng paragraphs will show our readers what foo l ish hopes the T or i es enter tained, and what malignity they use d in expressing them. This part of their conduct, however, is only of a piece wi,th the Bradshaw and Molesworth insults, and proves #:nat they are ready to do and say anything but the tinth. A short thiaO ago the Dublin Evening Mail Pu:olishcd the following : " TnE QuE E N,...WO regret to learn, from private let. tors received this morning from London, that consi derable doubts arc entertained—and, as it is stated, within the precincts of the Court —as to the pro bable realisation of the nation's hopes, in reference to an expected event in which the deepest interest has been felt by the whole community. If the rumours that have reached us be true—and our readers will recollect that this is not the first time that a doubt upon the subject has been expressed in the columns of the Evening Mail—culpable blame is attachable in some quar ter. Nothing could be more unworthy than th e counte nancing or the practising of such a fraud upon her Majesty and her people ; and we are sure all parties will concur with us in requiring that some official announcement should be made, either confirming the boles anticipated, and at once contradicting the rumours which are hourly gaining ground; or, by a candid admission of the misapprehension that has occurred, leading her Majesty's loyal subjects to the conclusien that the hope is only deferred for a season." A number of provincial jourmals published a similar paragraph. We copy it from the Bath Chronicle : " THE QUEEN.—We regret to say that rumours are pre valent, to the effect that the anxicus expectations of the people of England relative to her Majesty's situation, are likely to be disappointed." These scribes will now be disappointed ; the people of England are no longer anxious, but are highly grati fied. So may the malignant Tories, the friends of Cum berland, be for ever disappointed. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all Grain since Monday , have been small. A little business was transacted in Foreign Wheat at last quotations; the few samples left of tender English remain unsold. Barley very dull. Oats unvaried, but the factors were firm for this article. Flour dull sale at Monday's re duction in prices. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a good supply of Meat, but the demand was not equal to the supply, and prices were barely supported. Beef, 2s. 10.1. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal, 31. Bd. to ss. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. 2d. per stone of 81bs. Alt kinds of Game and Poultry were in large supply, trade inactive, and prices the same as quoted on Saturday last. Eggs dull of rale at 3 4d. to B.=. per 120. COLONIAL MARKET. There was no public sale, and by private treaty little business was done, either for home use or exportation, and prices had a downward terdeney. The arrivals have been small, but many ships are near at hand. TEA MARKET. Prices were firm for Free Trade, but little was done; for Company's Congou 2s. 3:id. was asked, but few sales were made. Some parcels were announced for auction next week. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were firm for P. Y. Candle, and a fa'r business was transacted at 473. 3d. on the spot and 483 for delivery in spring months. The stock is nearly equal to that of last year. IETAL MARKET. Prices on the decline fcr both Iron and Lead, and the market in a dull state. Spelter held firmly, but few sales have been made. Tin offered at lower rates. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOcir. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been confined to 1,800 bags, chiefly Americans, without change in prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, Nov. 24.—Grand Junction, Quarter-shares, 52 ; Great Western, Fifth-shares, 81 ; London and Birmingham, 164 ; Quarter-share, 26 ; South Western, 62f. No news of the President or Oxford. " A part of the English ships had left Beyrout on the 19th October, and it is generally believed are going to St. Jean d'Acre. If this place can but hold out a month the English w ill be obliged to abandon the seise, owing to the bad weather which commences about this period." But the telegraphic despatch, however, received this marning fr.= Paris, announces the capture of the place. THE FUNDS. Gas3ls opened 'this mnining;t9ok, afterwards reached 901 2, both for Money and Time; Exchequer Bills, 3 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 161 163 ; India Stock, 240 242. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 23i ; De ferred, I 1 i'; Portuguese same as they left of', 351 36; Three per Cents., 224 2-; Brazilian, 741 7. ; Colombian, 25126 k ; Mexican, 301 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51 1; Five per Cents. 9$ 99. SHARES—Great Western Railway, 19 21 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, 12i 4 dis. ; Blackwall, 44 4 dis.; Southampton, 52 53 per share; Croydon, 111 per share; Greenwich, 6i- per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 12 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Cheltenham and Great Western. 55 Great Western Ditto New ... 4O Gosport Junction London and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O 167 North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 HALF-PAST ONE. The Batavier Dutch steamer bas arrived, bringing the Dutch prices from Amsterdam, of the 23d November. Consols are not so good as in the earlier part of the morning, when they were 901 for the Account ; at pre sent they may be quoted at 89Z; Money, 89k. This heaviness may be attributed to the puts and calls which . take place about four o'clock, - as well as the settling of the account against to-morrow. Money is rather more easy. Exchequer Bills 1 3 discount, par; Bank Stock, lower, 160 159. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which was in the morning 23.4, has since receded to 22C; this depression is owing to the manifesto of the Queen Regent of Spain. as well as to the report that the speculative account in Spa nish, of Wright the banker has been sold out; Portu guese also lower, 341 • Three per Cents., 221; Colom bian, 26 ; Brazilian, 741% Mexican, 30 ; Dutch Two-and. a-Half per Cents., 511 I. The Share Market is rather better. London and Bir mingham have risen 31. to 41. per share ; North Midland, 11 per share. No intelligence as yet of the arrival of the President from New York. Consols just done at 90 to 90k for Account. The steamer called the Antwerpen, which left on Sun day morning, is said to be totally lost off Margate, and every soul on board has perishes'. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. HIGGINBOTHAM. In this case Mr. Col•bett had obtained a rule nisi fcr a certiorari to remove a conviction of the defendant, by Mr. Maude and Mr. Walker, of a penalty of 201., under the Act 39 George 111., for taking money for the admission of persons to the Hall of Science in Manchester, at which placo a lecture was delivered by Mr. G. A. Fleming, on the Formation of Character, such room not being licensed agreeably to the Act. Mr. CEESSWELL having been heard against the rule, The COURT, without hearing Mr. Cobbett in reply, made the rule absolute. THE QUEEN V. ROSS. Sir W. FOLLETT applied for a rule calling upon a Mr. Ross to show cause why a quo warranto should not issue calling upon him to show by what right he exercised the office of Alderman of the borough of Bridgwater, he holding, as it appeared by the affidavits, a lease of lands under the corporation for fourteen years.—Rule nisi granted. DEWRY V. lIOUNCEFIELD, CLERK. In this case Mr. Newton had obtained a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why he should not be compelled to accept the amount of his debt which bad been tendered to him, and why the defendant should riot be dis charged from prison. The defendant, a clergyman, had been imprisoned for some years in York Castle on a judg ment obtained against him by the plaintiff, who had it taincd a vesting order unffer the provisions of the statute for the abolition of imprisonment on mesnc process, and the defendant had been ordered by the Court to file a schedule. His wife tendered the amount of the debt and costs to the plaintiff, who refused to accept the same, and the defendant was consequently still in prison. Mr. CRESSWELL showed cause against the rule, and said that an application ow the subject had been made some time since to Mr. Baron Parke, who had refused to take upon himself to discharge the prisoner, as it would enable him to get out of prison without filing his schedule. The defendant had then brought an action against the plaintiff for false imprisonment, in which he had been non-suited, and a rule for a new trial had been refused. Mr. Cress. well contended that there was no proof but what the money tendered was the property of the prisoner, and that therefore it was vested under the vesting order i the provisional azsignee, and would be recoverable from him by the assignee had he received it. He therefore sub mitted that the rule should be discharged with costs. Mr. MARTIN followed on the same side. Sir W. FOI.LETT in support of the rule, argued that the plaintiff could be in no worse position by accepting the tender, even if the provisional assignee should recover it from him than he was before, inasmuch as he could then come in for his share with the other creditors, but he had tl.e remedy in his own hands, for be might apply to the Insolvent Co: rt to do away with the vesting order, which be himself had obtained. This tender had been made be fore the fourteen days allowed by the Act for the filing the schedule had elapsed, and, therefore, the defendant was not in contempt of the Insolvent Court. lie, moreover, submitted th.t upon the affidavit of the de fendant's wife it appeared that she had obtaked the money with which she had made the tender from a Mr. Anderson, of York, and that there was no proof that it was the defendant's money, and therefore recoverable by the provisional assignee. [lc, therefore, submitted that the defendant must be discharged out of custody. The question was a most important one, as to the construction of the Act for Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt, it being neither more nor less than whether by a creditor obtaining a vesting order he could deprive the debtor of that right which, previous to the passing of this Act, he had pos sessed, viz, the being discharged from custody on payment of the debt and costs for which he was detained, without being compelled to pass through the Insolvent Court. Mr. NEWTON followed on the same side. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) COMMON PLEAS.-( fiii S DA Y.) This being the last day of term. the Court, at its sitting, proceeded to give judgment in the special cases. LITTLE V. NEWTON . In this ease, in which it will be remembered that the award (in 4,0001. damages for the plaintiff) was impugned by the defendant, on the ground of informality in itself, and also of a breach of faith in the selection of arbitrators, the Court enlarged the rule to set the award until next term, to give the plaintiff an opportunity of bringing big action, if he prefer to do so, or, in the meantime, the de fendant choose to abide by the awa-d. FERGUSON V. SPENCER. In this:case, which was brought to try whether the assig nee under an Irish Commission of Bankruptcy could pro ceed against debts and property in England, the judg ment of the Court is, that the assignee has the power. LORD MANSFIELD V. BLACKBURN. This was an action of covenant on a renewal of lease of certain salt-works in Cheshire. The verdict was for the plaintiff, and the Court now held the verdict to be good, anddischarged the rule nisi, previously obtained, to set it aside. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) BROWN V. IkePIIRRSON. This was a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged from custody, hc having been arrested at Liverpocl for 50/. upon a pro cep issuing from this Court. It was argued early in term, and stood over for judgment. The question to be decided was whether the Judges of the superior Courts had power to issue writs for the arrest of persons sworn to be about to leave the country, which have effect in the county palatine of Lancaster. Upon reading the Act of Parliament the Court had no doubt of their having such power. The rule, thercfme, must be di:Tharged, but without costs. HARWOOD V. LOW. Mr. CRESSWELT, upon a former day moved for the discharge of the defendant, who was in custody upon an execution issued against him as the public officer of a joint stock Lank, upon the ground that it did not appear on the face of the proceedings that he was a member of the Company at the time the execution issued. The COURT, in giving judgment, said the state of the law upon the point was very confused. The first case which occurred was that of an Alderman of Dublin, who being in London upon some public business, was taken in execution upon a judgment which had been obtained against the St. Patrick's Assurance Company, of which he was a member. Ap - lication was made to the Court of Queen's Bench, End the party was discharged, the Judges holding that there ought to be a suggestion entered upon the Re cord. The Courts hal since laid it down that in such cases a scire facias ought to issue ; but that was for the purpose of making the judgment and the execution con sistent with each e'hcr, for otherwise the judgment might be against A., and the execution against 8., without any cause for the inconsistency appearing on the iceord. In this case the defendant had not made it appear in his affi. davit that he had ceased to be a member of the Company at the time that the judgment had been obtained. That ought to have been made clear; as it was not, the execu tion ought to stand against him. Mr. Baron PA:IKE did not quite agree with the rest of the Court in their judgment in this case. He had consi derable doubt whether the defendant ought not to have a scire facias, so that it might be fairly tried, by a Jury, whether he was or was not a member of the Company at the time the judgment was obtained. Barons GURNEY and RoI.FE agreed with the Lord Chief Baron. The rule was therefore discharged. JOHNSON V. M`DONALD. Mr. KELLY showed cau_e against a rule for setting aside the writ of capias ad satisfaciendem which had issued in this case. The defendant had given a bond to cover the payment of 2901 , the consideration for the good-will of a public-house, judgment upon which had been entered up in 1833. At that time 1051. was paid, and this year the writ was sued out to recover the balar.ec.. It was sworn in his affidavits that the 1051. was paid only in part satin• faction, and was not accepted as in full sat'sfaction of the bond. - Sir F. POLLOCK and Mr. PEACOCK, in support of the rule, contended that justice would not be done, but that great injustice would, if it was not made absolute. They had four affidavits, which showed clearly that in 1833 a son of the defendant came forward to assist his mother in getting rid of her difficulties ; that he advanced the 103/ , which, after a long negotiation, was accepted by the soli. citor for the plaintifi in full satisfaction of the bond, at the time showing a letter of authority to settle the action then pending between the plaintiff and defendant. It was a fit case for an issue or a reference to the Master, in order to see on what side the facts were. The defendant was an old lady, inwards of seventy-two years of age, and had been now some time in custody, and as th re was so much difference with respect to the facts, justice could not be done without a jury. The COURT did not think there was any irregularity in the case, nor could they think the sum of 1051. was taken in full satisfaction of a sum of upwards of 3001. The rule must therefore be discharged. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice I:3SANQUET.) TRIAL CF MR. PEARSE FOR ATTEMPTING TO MURDER lIIS WIFF..-Arthur Legcnt Pearse, aged 38, surgeon, was capitally indicted for shooting at Elizabeth Pearse, his wife, with intent to murder her. Mr. PIIILI.IPS and Mr. BALLANTINE conducted the pre sceution ; and *Mr. CLARKSON, with Mr. C. Jones, defended Ihe prisoner. Mr. Pnit,Lips stated the facts of the case, and called the following witnesses : Mr. Joseph Rose deposed that he was a surgeon, and had been acquainted with the prisoner and his wife, who, in the month of October last, resided in Bedford-place, Kensington. On the 16th of that month witness called at the prisoner's house, and was invited to dinner, and they dined about two o'clock. Mr. Pearse was present at din ner. Witness banded a mutton chop to Mrs. Pearse, and the prisoner took one and threw it about in his plate for some time, and then suddenly jumped up and ran to the window and threw it open, and said it was very sultry. The prisoner then addressed his wife, and said, " You have been trying to poison me for several days." At the same instant Witness heard the report of a pistol, and Mrs. Pearse swooned and fell from her chair. Witness engaged the attention of the prisoner while Mrs. Pearse made her escape from the room. The prisoner was then in a very agitated state, and said he had been poisoned,:and would be dead in three days. Its a short time he went to Mrs. Pearse, and found that she had been wounded, and that her clothes were on fire. The prisoner being asked to give up the pistol, at first refused, but he subsequently gave it him, and he ascertained that it bad been recently discharged. The prisoner was shortly afterwards taken into custody. Cross-examined—The prisoner bas three children, and the youngest is still at the breast of its mother. Believed the prisoner had been married about four years. The prisoner's eldest son was in the room when the pistol was tired, and he was standing near his mother. Never saw anything in the conduct of Mrs. Pearse but that of a kind. I:earted, affectionate person, and the prisoner appeared to act affsctionately towards his wife and family. The pri. toner never showed me his boots, in consequence of his supposing them to be saturated with arsenic. The prisoner then asked the witness some questions, to which the witness replied that he could nut recollect that the prisoner's wife told him that he was mad. Prisoner—Was there not a conversation of a peculiar na ture before the act occurred. . Mr. PHILLIPS here interposed and said he did not think this could be material. Prisoner—lt is very material. It was that conversation which misled me. The witness then denied that any such conversation took place. Amelia Crutchley, the prisoner's cook, proved that she searched the room after the occurrence took place, and found a bullet, which she gave to a gentleman named Coley. Cross-examined—Was not aware that Mr. Pcarse kept loaded fire-arms about the house, lam not aware of the slightest impropriety of conduct between Mr. Coley and Mrs. Pcarse. The prisoner used to say that witness was one of his bitterest enemies ; but he had no foundation for such an opinion. By the prisoner—Witness recollects that, two or three nights before this took place, the prisoner and his wife had some altercation about the plate, and the prisoner accused his wife of an intention to decamp with it on the following morning. She refused to let him sec the plate at that hour of the night, and told him that he was a mad man. Witness did not hear her call him an " ugly pock marked old hound." Never heard the servants say that Mr. Coley was the mistress's friend and not the master's. Prisoner—Was not my jealousy of niy wife notorious ? Witness—Not that lam aware of. The servants did not talk about it. The prisoner kept his door locked, because he thought Mrs. - Pearse wanted to poison him. Mr. Samuel Taylor deposed, that he was a surgeon, and between two and three o'clock on the 16th October, lie was called on to see Mrs. Pearse, who was brought to his house. Upon examining her person, he found a pistol shot wound under her left arm. He found nothing had entered the wound. The injury was not of a severe cha racter. The prisoner came to witness's house shortly after wards in a very agitated state, and asked witness whethe r Mrs. Pearse was hurt. Witness told him she was, and he requested to sec her, but witness refused to allow him to sec her. The prisoner then said that she had been poison. ing him, and that they would both be dead in three days. Witness searched the prisoner's pockets, and found a pistol in one of them. The pistol had been recently dis charged. Cross-examined Had known the prisoner three or four years, and had attended his family professionally. From October, 1839, to January in the present year, the prisoner was very ill, and laboured under fever and great excitement, and was evidently in a state of delusion upon several subjects ; and was attended by Dr. Harrison, Sir Charles Scudamore, and other professional gentlemen. The prisoner had delusions with respect to his malady. Ile told hint upon one occasion, that he, unfortunately, did not agree with his wife, but he did not make any particular complaint in reference to her con duct. In witness's opinion, Mrs Pearse's conduct was most unexceptionable, and there was not the slightest foundation for the suspicion entertertained respecting her by B th y e t p h r e iso l n3 r e i r. Prisoner.—You had a servant in attendance '' eversee Mrs Pear s i iles s bedroom upo p n ri saw her be her there once.duringys Prisoner —Did l r e i Di hlgsdscya?yoroudurN that' V t eAs Mrs I p c c e a r T t s e a i r has I acys in a n independent ot complai ne d o f M rs. Pearse dip. r. mss y — I chi b ld av ie e n h c i a ri rd eo y l o d u fortuneprisotn)fe Tiniav-cy e l a ‘sc'aotmerplat the winter time? of it. I do not know the fact really occurred. PNVinigtne and Pr t i re n' e r h — ild i r l e r i ° l? y(3u Wi t t i n li cs ii L Et i te a n m. dance upon Mrs. Pearsc Prisoner—Are t h ey a ll well? Witness—T h ey are. The children unusually se. George I)-)naldson, a police constable, proved, that he took the prisoner int o custo d and, upon se arching him, he found a pi sto l w hi c h hady'been recently discharged. He afterwards searched the prisoner's bed• room, and in a drawer he f oun d anot h er pistol loaded with ball, which he now produced. Robert Hor n e deposed that be vas a police : sergeant, and on October 16 he was on duty at the station-house, about eleven o'clock in the morning, and the prisoner came to him and told him he wished to speak to him in EVENING EDITION. 11 private, and they went into an inner room together. The prisoner then told him that his wife had been endeavouring to poison him by putting poison into his coffee and into his pudding, and he wished witness to go to his house sad search lizr boxes. The prisoner also told him that his sheets were sprinkled with water during the day to damp then, in order that he might catch cold. Witness told him that he could not interfere in the matter, and he must apply to his solicitor; and the prisoner then went away. On the afternoon of the same day he received informs tion of the occurrence that had taken place, and he sent Dunbar to take the prisoner into custody, and he was soon afterwards brought to the station-house, and witness put some questions to him, and when the pistol that had been found in one of his drawers was laid upon the table, and he was asked what he intended to have done with it, he replied that if be had killed his wife, he should have shot himself with i:. Witness afterwards went to the prisoner'B house, and upon examining the room %she' e the shot was fired, he found marks upon the wall, which were evidently made bs shot. This was the case for tho prosecution. Mr. CLA RK SO N then addressed the Jury, and in a powerful speech submitted to the Jury that they could come to no other rco th n o ci a u c s t io ‘ n va t s ha n ii to tl i r n at h t i l s ie ri p g r h is t o s n e e n r s a c t s. the time he com mitted Jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. ACCIDENT ON 'THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILW A Y . adjourned JiffiußesNt INQUEST.oEnDtiiebo..,,i,„of The the two unfor tunate men, Joseph Simp son sod William Darrsan, who were killed on the evening. of the I2th i nstant, was re sumed this morning at the Queen's Head Tavern, Harrow. At a few minutes past ten o'clock the G,roner, Mr. Wakley, having arrived, the Jury were called over, and the usual proclamation made. Mr. ROTCII, the Foreman of the Jury, said he had since their last meeting received a very .improper anonymous letter; its bin; anonymous showed that the party was ashamed of his conduct. He was glad to say that the let ter abused the Coroner and himself (the Foreman), at which he was very much plezved —(A laugh.) It shovre,d that their proceedings were right. He should add that he would not communicate the contents of the letter till their verdict was delivered, because it might otherwise ap pear that they couli h~ influenced in any way by such a letter. lie would say that from t!ie tenour and sty le of the letter, and its diction, no one connected with the railway can'd have had anything whatever to do with it. The CORONER said it was evident the letter was not very complimentary ; he was in the habit of receiving numbers of such letters, but he never paid the slightest attention to them. When they mct on the first occasion, towards the conclusion of the inquiry lie had considered it his duty to suggest the propriety of calling some engineer before them of competent skill and ab.lity to give his opinion as to the cause of the fatal occurrence. It was afterwards venal. dered most desirable to have Sir Frederick Smith, he having been employed by the Government to investigate catasti ophes of this kind. lie had in consequence ad dressed a letter to the Ilaard of Trade, and had received an answer from Mr. Labouchere, in which be stated that Sir Frederick Smith would attend the next meeting of the Jury and give any information in his power. Sir F. Smith here entered the room, and was accommo dated with a seat near the Coroner. The CORONER said he had just communicated the con tents of Mr. Labouchere's letter to the Jury., and he was ving- to add, that he now consiJered it useless to examine Sir F. Smith. At the outset it appeared that they were to hay? no witnesses but persons in the employ of the Railway Company ; and it seemed to him that they had not that clear view of the accident which would be satis factory to the Jury, or give that satisfaction to the public which was required. He felt that they were in a difficulty, if not an extremity, from that circumstance. The only witnesses they had were persons who might be deemed by the public interested pames--that was, parties who in some respects might be deemed culpable or negli gent, and consequently there ryas not that candid and im partial evidence which it was so desirable to possess in an investigation of that kind. But at the conclusion of the second day's proceedings, the .veil which hung over the cause of the accident had been completely lifted up and re moved, and he thought it impossible for any gentleman of the Jury to have any doubt now as to the source of the calamity. Consequently they were relieved, in a great measure, from the necessity of seeking that kind of evi dence, which in the absence of any other it was so de sirable to obtain. The witnesses connected with the rail_ way had certainly given their evidence without any pre varication or concealment, and that in the presence of their officers—their evidence was distinct and clear as to the cause of the accident, and under these circumstances, considering the pcsition occupied by Sir F. Smith, and the report he might have made to the Government, which might place him in a situation of some difficulty, he did not think there was any necessity for examining him. He should, however, be governed entirely by the decision of the Jury. . . . The Jury having intimated that they did not think there was any necessity to examine Sir F. Smith, Sir P. Smith begged to be allowed to say one word ; he had of course read with great interest the proceedings at the Inquest, and he thought it lead been carried out in so searching and satisfactory a manner as regarded the safety of the public and the Company, that it was almost impos- sible for any person to add anything to it. lie certainly considered himself rather a new man in the Railway :de partment, although he had been twelve months employed by the Government. But he believed if they had got the most experienced man in England, be could not add any thing to the information they had already obtained. Sir F. Smith then retired. Mr. Horace Jago here addressed the Coroner. He said he attended as the agent of Lord Nortbwick, the lord of the manor. Lord Northwick held tho manor by charters coming down to him from the earliest of the Norman kings. Thu CORONER—I cannot hear you on that subject. Li may be all true; but has Lord N athwick held any in. quests here within the last 50 or 60 years? Mr. hgo—l cannot say; but the whole of tae goods and chattels of a murderer «•ere given up to him in 1812. The CORONER—If there be a d7odand, you may apply to the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Jago said no court of any kind could legally take place without Lord Northwick's content. The CORONER—If he does not give his consent, he cannot get tho deodand.—C A laugh.) Mr. Jago merely felt it his duty to put is his claim on behalf of the Lord of the Manor. The CORONER—I think you had better nait till the in- quest is over John Jones was then called, and examined as follows : I live in Newton -street, New North-road. I am employed by Pickford and Co., the carriers. lam guard to the luggage-train. I was wi',ll the luggage-train on the evening of Thursday, the 12th inst , the night the acci dent happened. 13rown and Simpson were the drivers of the luggage-train. Simpson was the 'engine-driver, and had the management of the train. There wire two engines. Simpson's was No 82 engine. I was at the back of the last waggon. George Adams, one of the Conmany's brcaksnien, was vita me. I don't recollect the time we left Wolverton or Leighton. We stopped at Boxmoor, but nut at Watford. I heard nothing at any of the sta tions of an accident having occurred at Woodcock-hill. I did not hear of it tiil some time after the accident had happened at Harrow to the train I was with. We were near the carriage-shed at Harrow before we heard them shouting " Hold on." The night was rather foggy, and we did not see the red light till afterwards. Adams put down the break as soon as he heard them shout out. Mr. WAK Y —Adams's statement was that he saw a red light 500 yards before he came to the policeman, who was about 300 yards from the station. Witness--When a ted light is seen by one, he gene rally communicates it to the others. I have been two years employed on the line. I lave never known a driver disobey the red signal, which is an order to stop. I can't tell whether the steam was shut off from the engines or not. The whistle is the noise we can best hear on the railway in case of warning. I never knew the noise of the train on the road to prevent me hearing it. I think the luggage train makes more noise than the passenger train. When the steam is shut off, the waggons bump laghaaivnestoretaecnti b o e t e h n e b with u t s m felt very . r l little of ght h t i ha t m bping. sometimes rather a random driver. I never made any complaint of him, as it was not my business. I saw Simpson's body under the carriage. I don't know the number of that waggon. James Unsworth—l live at Wt;, l .verton. lam an engine driver on the Birmingham Railroad. I was employed in driving an engine on the night the accident happened. It was a passenger train. We started from Woivcrlon eight or ten minutes past four o'clock. We stripped at Tring and Watford. We stopped at Watford because there ergs a train before us, lut we do not usually stop there, it might be twenty-five minutes past five when we stopped at Watfurd. I heard of the accident at Woodcock Hill when we got to Harrow. I was told by one of the policemen. He said the luggage train was off the line akeut a mile rr a mile and a half from the station. He desired me to cress to the other line. I was stopped by a red light at Harrow. I saw three red lights there. The first was about quarter of a mile from the station—that was the policeman's light. The other two were one opi:osite the station, and the - other on the near s id e . I %as ha i;• a m il e o ff w h en I sear the first light. I was go i ng - about tlii,:.v miles an hour when I saw th e first light. When I (40 near the e policeman I saw the other lights. I ga' . P 1 alarm with the whistle when I saw the first red light. the told the fireman to hold on the break, awd steam off. We stopped at the bridge. " rbe en e gi s n ta pperl just the other side of the bridge. We could hav us. '" sooner, but the Aylesbury train was behind The A;lesburf on to allow it to stop at the station . The but sca did train stopped always at the Harrow shu e t wa train at the first sigma. not. 1 could have stopped the . Id put on the break, guard saw the red light first th I told the policeman to and we should soon feel th h a e ' r down the line, till I bad where the policeman was s tatro e ne w il ell if_ I pleased. If the stop the Aylesbury train further was as soon as ho told me the crossed at the p about a hundred yards from the Aylesbury tram stopped beard there had been any accident at Bar row, If I he If I saw luggage train come on very quietly. s L l o a ff m tbe line. The policeman did so, and the row, I should my train was to sto p s t a tion, whether n earest n ot, and give notice of it. The instructions a n accident on av the line, I should stop at the there °r • he of gently accident—to notice and attend to all signals. had received from Mr. But were to go i ii n e ca bl e d been two years and a-half an engine driver. Before that he had worked with his father, 4 blacksmith. I was before that an extra fireman on the Manchester line. I had been out only three or four times. I had no other experience in the management of railways before I came on the Birmingham line. \Vas for seven or eight months acting as fireman on the Birmingham line. As fireman I bad twenty-five shillings a week. I have 21. 2i. as driver, and paid for Sundays extra. I can see the red signal •_ mile_and a quarter from the station if there be no fog. The printed instructions now banded me were shown yr me twelve months ago. There is another for s ignals, which I had also. (The Jury had not retu rne d a v erdict when we went t o press) iS• re- US E- gr• as * First