The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

Januar in the na are invaded by .a powerful fo: move to the United States, as her, NM remain and prove country and homes. t abroa s to obtain any mei Man We received last on Fort Stuart Estate, nea considerable a unt wa contracted ss of the t WEST iz :onsumi a our ca, sure, w _ a t io n nest crop was ) to bav taken pla much e CAPE OF GOOD HOPE• I Hope papers ' l oth Decerc r have ar eneived on Ire about a weer iattcr st. . The Graham's-town Journal, in its co -eastern boundary i not throw much s side of! D '' rd er , or the sta ps seem e d nc n so oisL, whicn ,ne Boers, from Philipolis to the Modder R trating his forces, 3n of there co 3 - much cant CI to pos: at scot :es to ay ?dasage of the river, should they attempt to cross finial boundary. Full credence does not, however to be given to this report, and it is rather treated rating on the part of Mocke, than as uttered 3n of carrying any - st news w at Colessonrg. On the frontier and in rowing. - The farmers will soo n lack to - ess than 4,000 head s above having ne . The Tark a From Lower, w grazing ss nor on daily Albany the accounts were avy drawback of to the Sunda; which had nearly destroyed the young ' • armers fn favourable ; but swarmed th locusts, riian corn. c depreciation. -, .i. Some of these marau d e rs nau ...ea a most bruta l murder near the Fish River Flats, .e person of a young man named William Harden, a dent of Cuylerville, Lower Albany. At Bathurst, and the vicinity of Upper Albany, the robbery of cattle was equents. From Fort Peddie the accounts were regarded as , f an alarming character , arisine from the report that the British had been defeated b y the rs. The Caffres, it is said, were exulting at our misfortune, and contriving plans to attack the colony at its defenceless points. ;le Of Caff ons description of a a NEW September It bas gl easure ,val Is I indosta, 01 -T t into C CHINA 1 frorn Gc the Callk) Nank es government. w poui ti nral in their abuse of Great Britain t of the ; S i den ep t e ml farmer :eiTitOr ks ago a me 9 my To which he rep he determi s the bo The inf what ha lust hay SOUTH WALES ag accounts to the 17th l ained nearly in the same The stock o! Test is of papers from Sydney L Cororoercial affairs r anything, there was an improvemer low ; and, as no goods was very As. .Lopments were expecte from Great Britain, it was generally supposed that a rise i price would take place. The chief intelli of genc n f inte -f the reduction of the rate it -flog of the directors of the gen eo nntellatiOil ! i e the banks for the purpose of considering the ex- The result has been, that the Co. -nd has issued the following fi;iad be! Bank of Van aonths' bill _8 per cent Interest Above c harged on a 3 mon ths.. • -- • - "Is an d r 10 per cent, 10 per cent 10 per cent, •elleWalS tasb crean3. ..... _ Deposit receipts pa _ ...... Pn general satista, tion, as no legitimate trade con .;ed. The 1,1 'so taken ev against the enormous rate hitherto chars ative Council of :Van Diemuseurn's 1.2.- Land had of an y a continues very Brea South Atr working of t a t Sydney ereat effi to . lWection 2e return u. to prevent.it from fa heel ,ers roer to the new i s increa - - ,ate from the rett les from th India, ~.. r ail froze bark on boird the Gre e frigat ling into received from New Zealan --nano and the Governme n had been eichite Calctitta for AT COVE anded by Captain ine from stress. of from Cc and, a snort er Inst, and left on the Ist of being patented just now, tc is unnergomg tae operation. of w in he t r h eb e te ie l p gr n a ls ! gether with several other .improve left on the 30th, clocks, &c. One improvement in the printing tel h • Hope on the 17th of De namely, a m m et e h n o t d s ,ember, whence sum .....-- _- 27tb, a;ia.hotve, tooh.of the utmost importance, up A newspaper in London, Ascension on the 14th of January. Her B ajes y s s ips one set of types, we r simultaneousl to every and print , I Modeste, Blonde, Herald, Columbine, and e le ear m, expected to leave China a few days after h e __ dollars, inpe, thee as fast as the L ee every . town in England and Scotland near ilt Blonde bringing as part of the ransom 3,0 b. 00u 'ned Moneste be one of the mostm steam-engine off the sheets. This w Herald 1,500,000 dollars, and the Colarn 1 age. To mak - raor mrry inventions ever made in a , brought - ^ The Calliope Home nr. -1.,1101.4. 3d, Macao on the arrived at Chusan on Hang October, arrived at Hong Ko. Btb, arrivedpore on the 18th, and at the Cape of Goon ghe sailed on the. ou vpderstancl it,mc 'at a wire was laid down in wic to every other town Lod, and that the e awing I,auv,u, ...ads Lieutenant Purvls (sinGQ mandership) of her Majesty's ship Cambrian, Browd of the Vixen . Drake of the Cornwallis, meister of the Belleisle, and 32 seamen. The Call' ' hard winds since she l eft the Wesstprr, thi as inv and Haff had nected in a peculiar manner with the form of types which w inst ready to commence to, print the John 0' Groat Journi tom a Voltaic b. ry was connected in a proper merit She was ex: tery town with and that a peculiar it has receiv patches the arrive, ) defer sailing until FOREIGN INT.ELLIG.ENCff NEW Yqitx, ton, Captain Burrows The packet-ship George W which sailed from New York t., arrived at sting to t The only proceeding in cong' reader was the progress of to senate. The bill, it will be r .ers in the to f American se, enforcement of the United Q.. Oregon 1 ollected, ection It had -It of sovereigns given rise to long and animated debates. - bill originated, and those who supported structed machine.. containing paper to the v number of copies required, was attached to t _ nese arrangements being mac as soon as the printing commenced in the John 0' Gro Journal• office all the other machines would commence, a continue to throw off copy for copy of the that it would come out at each town same paper multaneously in every town ?ernember, there are no types used except those This, .I hav ievertheles i n ventions.---John 0' Groat Ji EXTRAORDINARY lI7E-EN'S BENCH PI US() seen an•innu d- on Mona from the room which he occu Upon an inquiry og•to Ills e that on Saturday, of the r having Mr. Li work a lof concealm bis escape._ ;mall dimensionie tisfaction, ir.l.tl the e secret .° I bad dir l a l tog ether from a dis' lee from the pr Ihorse and cart, ana a he was told• that, on-his return to the prison, after executlt Ludford did not happen to be ith tk MS Commands, if N churn,: he up the e to the car lon they )t let it sl Undo the fastening wa s par and charg e d ticulany Veucaucuu au LILO 0..„ _ Mr. Webster with having been actuat. ng when he negociated the north-east agai went. Mr. Calhoun made a long speech He showed that the course recommended by the trary to the existing treaty stipulations. and ... temp ted to be carried into effect , it would, i prob. n all l e ad to a war with Eng land ; a war in which, as far a, occupancy of that territory is concerned, she would. have c.. cided and irresistible advantages over the United Stat.es Several of the supporters of the bill combated threason ing of Mr. Colhou n ; while Mr. Rives, agreeing with the in maintaining the unquestionable right to the Oregon territory, thoug ht that the bill ought not to be hurried through the sena te. He, therefore , moved th at it be recommitted• the final vote, however, that " the bill do p ass,"On then' were 24 to 22: majority in favour of the passag? of 2. The votes pro and con. were, it is said, inchse..--- from senators of both political parties. The bill would be submitted to the House of Representatives in due course. Asir. Beaton had offered a ,c.oluGuo. calling on the Presi. dent to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, copies of any remonstrance or protest w hich General Cass had addressed to the French Government i n r elation to the Quintuple Treaty ; and of all correspond hiethis from General Cass to his own Go vernment, ence.,,,, nd from Government to him ; and also all correspond athe British Gov Government in relation to the sa enc e with _ w -ted. matter. The resolution was auop , Great anxiety was, it is stated, manifested at Washing ton in regaid to the subject of a Message which the President bad transmitted to the House of Representatives under the seal The papers were fro m . the War Department. --non of the committee on were under it is expedient to _ f the state of the The depressed con - ..,uting capitalists from em ...oying mei. . _.., ordinary manner, the stock market bad attracted the attention of moneyed men. A brisk demand had, in consequerv-- vn% -my for United Qt...-- nu Treasur one i o not present any reaLui,, «;nn of trade and commer t Sprung Notes were at one Uniteri nt. premium 1862, 101 had The banKs tat named stock for ninety days at the r and 103 ask, for the oer annum, United 5 and the t; ,e Repub . kt New 0 in case aJ ority 1 R r . L heir w een the. rains h a d i g d e tphreotigurcaesus G able to have their e are I! Go •nment Yby copio,u, s FATAL CO mist's On this victory pieet of the att. of Saturday h, dem a on a , the C 1,000,000 f. for s, vote, and carrier jority of 82 vote ay weather a ye port. A. larg I son, hut left alone i left safe on toe je e. he could not be rec ing sons in a that they reached I having been favour k esti a high tariff of custom duties lately issued is Greek trade and customs receipts, and as tl ment cann, s every r to think that ent says, .000,000 the estimates amount of the deficit will be nearly 6,900 Rhally does n and expenses u former only ; h )ses to carry t .sent difficulties by that very to the 1 I as the new and of coin our correspon ceipts will fall short t in all probability t loan of 13,000,000 drachmas A FACT.—A few NI tendance at a house ng as he w native size sta —" Don't CANT:4g SAGACITY about three the farm formed and • evening & t from Abe lives of ( b ,st dical man bei on the eve of w ndred c t's no suaded to go to t tending to be ui owing extra t a farm call t b lat,,week:the bitch was taken ill rhelpOiC‘,.,yv bed,l early in tt d them into a bucket ie a hole in the dune and found that his f had whelped, and dem, iornttig ), when 4 Dian t ati on dos, Ilowing eagerly watched great joy of tt mily, (who excepting the boy, were aware that the pups ha been destroyed) two of the pups were found alive with ill bitch, and are at this time alive. It is supposed, the heat i the stable manure brouhht them to life, and that the bit( night of S PRINTING 1 we have 1 e less 11( )11 to ti contained in a letter .addressed by Mr. Bain to his who resides in Pultene.town.. After alluding to some have the pl to some were e When place ( cart was Lest of d locks orthe other !cared by patent, two da o as to make sufficientl porter had orde to hire 1 nal; an, A At Fal z oppo to ma lod taw ncluded on Sat 55, giving ministers a rc to helf quilibrium bet nient expedient a ne if Eeem a wild idea; ye as I did in ti OF A DEBTOR FROM he was missi LI was nc - e custody, it appeared 'ork in tF that on :audford aol, anc ,ravers into a kind of the ich. he e the interic A in ma s he then proposed going to have a chat ne porter) was instantly to set about and cord which, he and the man belong --en them, and place it in ers, after aiained valuable propert rf the lueen's Prison, on ed in ma Mr. Cl ctrnent e prison :tion with He was then charged upon the coroner's inquts the same offence, to which he also pleaded " Not Guilty A chair was then placed in the dock tor the prisoner, upon which he immediately sat down, and throwing his head back nneared to be asleep ; he remained in the same situation ine the whole of the Solicitor-General's opening address, examination be appeared hey said. Follett) then rose and Lttentively to TOR-GENERA Lords, Gentlemen of the Jury, most solemn her or not the important duty. over at the bar b ❑ilty of the awful trim' with which .men, that I shall best and to the public, on w its 9n J ce to t with Lord Haddington, whom he left at e to Drummond's banking he Admiralty, and proceec louse, at Charing-cross, on his return from which, when sear the Salopian Coffee-house, the prisoner at the bar dis- I a pistol almost close to his person. (The learned - - " Drum r. Drummond t fall ; lingered for some Id esteemed, and valued. He ,a as of a disposition so amia e, that it was impossible he could have any personal ene- eman seemed to t ill naturall ntlemen, what risoner to deprive of life a bt Drummond was not only without any per but he did not fill any prominent situation ore the public. He did not hold that situation in public which would render him obnovious to political enemies, ould induce the r g so un- _ was the private secretary of the principal minister of le crown, an inmate of his house, and constantly passing herefrom to the public offices in Downing-street and the eigbbourhood, about which the prisoner was observed to be Atering and watching. You will be satisfied from the facts f the case, from the threats used by the prisoner before he ommitted his crime, and his declarations afterwards, that it vas not the life of Mr. Drummond that he sought. You will be satisfied that it was the life of Sir Robert Peel that he desired, and that it was his life that he believed he was taking when he discharged the pistol at the person of Mr. Drnmmond. Gentlemen, the nature of his crime is not altered by this circumstance, but it affords a reason for it. I need not tell you that he is guilty of murder, although he might have mis taken the person against whom he discharged the pistol. Of the guilt of the prisoner —of the fact of his having deprived Mr. Drummond of life—it is impossible I can suggest a doubt ; it is impossible that any doubt can be suggested that the crime was committed, and that that crime was murder. But I cannot conceal from yon, because I know from appli cations which have been made to this court, and the deposi tions which bave been made on behalf of the prisoner, that it is intended to rest the defence on the plea that he was insane at the time he committed the crime; and, gentlemen, it will be your painful duty—for painful it must be—to de cide whether he was in that degree of insanity at the time he committed that crime which would render him not a respon sible agent, and not answerable to the laws of his country. This defence is a difficult one at all times ' • for while, on the one hand, every one must be anxious that an unconscious being should not suffer, yet, on the other hand, the public safety requires that this defence should not be too readily listened to; and above all, the public safety requires that the atrocious nature of the act itself, and the circumstances under which it was committed, should not form any ingredi ent in that defence. There are few crimes that are commit ted, and above all crimes of an atrocious nature like this, that are not committed by persons labouring under some morbid affection of the mind; and it is difficult for well regulated minds to understand the motives which lead to such offences in the absence of that morbid affection of the mind. I believe that the truth of this remark will be more especially proved when attacks are directed to persons hold ing high and important stations in the nation. If you look into the page of hikory, and direct your attention to those cases in which such persons have been deprived of life, you will be satisfied of the truth of that proposition. But we need not look far back ; occurrences of our own times fur nish us with sufficient instances for illustration. If you look at a neighbouring country, you will see there that persons in broad day, in the crowded streets of the metropolis of France, without any precaution for their own safety, without the midst of the people, close to King, have discharged heir wea- of the person of the Sovereign of the country. What motive had they ? We know of none but that of an ill-regu lated mind, worked upon by political feeling. We have seen instances in France of parties having laid plans to assist yes in their escape, discharging infernal instruments 3f Paris, regardless of how many or what lives provided they could reach t pons at a person of the ntlemen, to show that rime itself afford no _ ivat the parties committing it are not ) the faws of their country. But I know that defence on the part of the prisoner will not that evidence will be offered to show that :ane state of mind at the time he committed the crime; and knowing that, I feel that I ought in this stage of the case to refer to some authorities, and state my view of the principles of the English law. t will be open to my learned friend, whose powerful assistance I am happy to see the prisoner will have, to comment upon that, and to differ from me if he thinks lam wrong. It has been the custom in theie cases to refer to proceedings of au. thority, and to the dicta of judges who have tried similar questions : not that I mean to say for one moment that it is a question of law ; on the contrary, the question to be de cided by you is a question of fact, a question of common sense and belief. The whole question will turn upon this— 'if you believe the prisoner at the bar. at the time he com mitted this act was not a responsible agent—if you believe that when be fired the pistol be was incapable of distinguish ing between right and wrong —it you believe that he was under the influence and control of some disease of the mind Is for ho rest upon this, t the prisoner_was not in a nted him from being conscious that he was com- witting a crime—if you believe - that he did not know he was violating the law both of God and man, then, undoubtedly, he is entitled to your acquittal. But it is my duty, subject to the correction of my lord, and to the observations of my learned friend, to tell you that nothing short of that excuse can excuse him upon the principle of the English law. To excuse him, it will not be sufficient that he laboured at the time under partial insanity, that he had a morbid disposition of mind, which would not exist in a sane person ; that is not enough, if he had that degree of intellect to enable him to know and distinguish right from wrong, if he knew what would be the effects of his crime, and consciously committed it, and if with that consciousness he wilfully committted it. With regard to the authorities upon this point, observations have been made to the effect that they have attempted to define the law too strictly. That observation was made without regard to the object of the authorities. It is impos sible to lay down beforehand any definition of the madness which will excuse the crime of murder; the disease assumes ,nd such various shapes, and acts in such noosite wayi, that you cannot define it. But you may lay e principles of law which are applicable to it ; and laid down, and uniformly laid down in the same way down t that it is a question for the jury to take into their considera tion whether the party was a responsible agent when he corn , whether he then knew right from wrong, mitted the crir whether he was conscious that he was offending against the law of his country end nature, and whether he did it wilfully. Gentlemen, the public safety is the object of all law ; the public safety is intrusted solely to the protection of courts of criminal judicature, and to juries who administer justice under the law; and it is with a view to the public safety that the law is laid down by legal anthorities principally for . . the guidance of juries who have to decide upon questions of this nature. The learned gentleman then referred to several decisions to prove his statements as to the law of the case, and proceeded to lay before the jury what was known re specting the prisoner during his residence in Glasgow, and which was detailed towards the close of the evidence for the prosecution, and which we subjoin : which has already appeared respecting the unfortunate ifisassination of Mr. Drummond was then given, after which theiollpvving depositions were taken as to the Win Gins; Robert Gordon exam brass founder, resid soner fcr t to the lined by Mr. SVaddington.—l am a at Glasgow. I have known the pri- When first I knew him he car- tied on the business of a turner on his own account. I frequently saw him on the business of Lang and Son, by whom 1 was employed. I afterwards employed him myself till he gave up business, which was about a year and a half ago. 1 was not generally acquainted with him beyond em ploying him. 1 have frequently paid him money, for which he gave me receipts. I never noticed anything particular or stranee in his manner. In the month of November last I came to London, when I accidentally met the prisoner in St. Martin's-lane. I did not, till then, know that he was in London. I shook hands with him and asked him what he was doing in London, lie asked me the same question, and I told him that I was in search of employment, and he then lid that he was in search of employment also. I told him , t I was going to Great Peter-street, Westminster, and he e. We passed through Whitehall and Parlia ..treet to Westminster-hall. The prisoner took me past Robert Peel's house. - "That walked with m , when, pointing to it, he said, Robert Peel stops," and added, " D—n b.. --nething like that. We then crossed to the " That is where all the wealth of or something to that effect. We then went - , urts in Westminster-hall, where we re awry, when he said 'e minutes, and then Went to Westrnins " See how time has live buildin He then left me, and on called upon me at Mr. We svalked away to- where I v itister-bridge, and went to a public- is far as I can re- bout three quarters of an hour, chiefly about Glasgow; but be previous Monday he had )13 in Great Peter-street, arners atif he ry behind in th could tech them somethir porter we had ,t the public-house. I to pay for part of it, but he said—" Oh; that is of no quence, as lam not hard up." On leaving the public- .---,--- __posed that they had had trans -- ~..soner, and that they never observed any ..ar about the prisoner. The curator of the Me luseurn said, that in 1838, 1839, and 1840, the fended the lectures at that institution, and that he a member until September, 1842. )es Douglas said, I am a surgeon at Glasgow, and iabit of giving lectures at the Mechanics' Institute. In the summer of 18:42 the prisoner attended my lectures on. anatomy, and I bad opportunities of speaking to him almost every day, but our conversation was upon anatomy only, and s with t continued Mr. Jam am in the I ing out connnement, Colwell, ju Monday la escape from the isINATION OF MI 41AL COURT, FRIDAY DRUMMOND the last loaner of a cei isoner, Daniel M tly, in same cl ace been ions of c .;itor-General, Mr. VV peared on behalof the prosecution en's Counsel, Wth Mr. Clarkson, Montei retained to C Clerk of the Court Drummond 1 last six year took their seat immediately y n under exa- A to have altered very 1, and Mr. Russell Mr. Cock- prisone firmly replii ierfectly to under a hour a d whilst there, was in the habit of reading b I never observed any thing about him to lead me to suppose - I gave lectures five days iks on anatomy iat his attended regularl The last 1 I saw him in me I sa ie prison , was on Robert Swanson examined by Mr. Waddington.—l am a _ • • the one dated the 7th of .6750, which was for the sum deposited with aequently called and wished to draw out £5, but .1 told him that I could not let him have that sum, but he *night have the whole amount if he pleased, and he gave -;thdrawal : 91 the 2891 of August he drew out the August is for by me us. — He sut notice of v mainder,Towilich the second paper referred, being a receipt for £745. In June last, in consequence of a letter I received from the prisoner, 1 transferred the amount to the Glasgow and Shipping Bank. ced 1 The f o ll ow ing is a copy of the letter :...:—... Veil" d/ elll ntimate to you, that I will require the ten days from this date which I deposited in the Joint Stock Bank through you. The account is £745 ; the account is dated August 28,1841, but is not num bered. As it would put me to some inconvenience to give personal intimation, and then remain in London till the eight days' notice agreed upon would expire, I trust that this will be considered sufficient.—Yours, &c.. " DANIEL M`NA.UGHTEN." William Thomas, examined by. the Solicitor-General.—l am a clerk in the bank of IVlessrs. , Glynn and Co.; the Glas gow and Shipping Bank correspond with us. On the 29th of November I paid the sum of £2O to the prisoner's draught on account of the Glasgow Bank. Thomas Milanige, examined by the Solicitor-General. — I am an agent for advertisements; the advertisement pro duced was inserted by a gentleman for whom I acted ; the letter produced I received in answer to that advertisement, and the note annexed to it is my reply. Mr. Antho n y WNish, examined by Mr. Waddington.— I searched th e prisoner's lodging at Glasgow, and found, amongst other things, a quantity of books an d papers—a list of which I now produce. The advertisement alluded to and the answer thereto were then read, and were as follows : " OPTIONAL PARTNERSHIP.-- Any gentleman having £l,OOO may invest them, on the most advantageous terms, in a genteel business in London, attended with no risk ; with the option, within a given period, of becoming a partner, and of ultimately succeeding to the whole business. In the mean rron; T time security and liberal interest will he given for the loan. Apply by letter to ' B. B•,' Mr. Hilton's, bookseller, Pen ton-street, Pentonville." On the 21st of July the advertiser received from the pri soner the following letter : " Glasgow, 19th July, 1842. " Sir,—My attention has been attracted to your advertise- Spectator newsprper, and, as I am unemployed ne, I have been in ome particulars re- merit i❑ ti at present, tid very you to state duced to write, reques garding the nature of the business which you are eng f immedi ent can be given or otherwise. what Id how . much sort of security will be given for the interest? I maylnention that I hay gaged in busi ander 30 years ness on my own account for a few years, a of age, and of very active and sober habits " The capital which I possess most vigilant industry, but unfortuni the exact sum specified in your advetf been acquired by the ly does not amount to !anent; if nothing less I will be sorry frir it, but cannot help it; if Other ,lse, have the goodness to write to me at your earliest con venience, and address D. M. M.,' 90, Clyde-street, Ander ton, frontland, top flat." The case for the prosecution closed E— wes adjourned to the following day. will do, i and the inquiry SATURDA This morning the judges took their seats at nine o'clock. Mr. Cockburn then rose to reply, and occupied four hours in the delivery of his address. Tne prisoner's father under went a long examination, and spoke to the delusions under which the prisoner laboured as to the persecutions to which he was subject. Several other persons, some with whom he had lodged; and others who had known him for a length of time, declared their belief that he was insane. A number of physicians and surgeons, who have bad for a series of years great experience in the treatment of insane persons, were then examined, and stated their belief that the prisoner was affected by morbid delusions sufficient to account for the act which he had committed. Mr. Wimslow the author of a work on insanity, amongst the rest, said that the prisoner was labouring under a morbid delusion, and was incapable, at the time of commitiing the act, of controlling his actions. Mr. Clarkson then called Dr. B. Philips, and was abodt to examine him, when he wvs interrupted by Chief Justice TINDAL, who asked the Solicitor-General if he had any evidence to rebut that which bad been given by the medical gentlemen who had been examined ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied that he had not Lord Chief Justice TiNnAL..—My learned brethren and myself are of opinion, that, after the testimony which has been given by the medical gentlemen of the state of the pri soner's mind, the case for the prosecution cannot.be legally sustained—that is, if you are not prepared with other evidence to rebut that testimony. The witnesses were hereupon ordered to withdraw, and The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, addressing the jury, said— Gentlemen, I feel that I should not properly discharge my duty, on this occasion, if. after the opinion which has just been stated by the learned judge, I were to ask you to give your verdict against the prisoner. The Lord Chief Justice has intimated to me, that a very strong opinion is entertained by himself and by the other learned judges on the bench that the evidence—especially the evidence of the medical witnesses—which has been brought forward for the defence, shows that the unhappy man, at the time he committed the crime for which he has been indicted, was labouring under insanity. If, therefore, you are equally satisfied on that point, the prisoner is entitled to a verdict in his favour. But, gentlemen, I was anxious to say, that, on the part of the Crown, there was no object—there could be no object— in prosecuting this case, but that of the administration of public justice ; and I believe that I am right when I say that every facility has been given to the prisoner's legal ad visers to enable them to make a defence for him. There was no wish, nor could there be any wish, on the part of the Crown other than that the ends_of ,instice should be attained and satisfied. But, most certainly, when, in the open streets of the metropolis; crimes of this nature are committed, it is incumbent on those who have the care of the public safety to have the circumstances connected with those crimes in vestigated ; for such investigations are necessary to the pro tection of the minds, the persons, and the property of us all. On the part of the prosecution , I felt it my duty to lay before you the evidence which we possessed respecting the conduct of M`Naughten in connection with the ordinary affairs of With the doctrines laid down by my learned friend bblieving them as I . do to be the correct law ; I fully agree, :or he says that the great object, in every case of this nature, is to ascertain whether the party who commits a crime was, when be committed it, a responsible agent, and whether his mind was under proper controul, or whether his controlling powers of mind had been taken from him, and that he was rendered thereby irresponsible for his actions. These are also the opinion; of the lear ned Chief Justice, who will state to you his views in reference to the evidence which bas been adduced, and it will then be for you to deal with the case as you shall think fit. Lord Chia Justice TINDAL then addressed the jury, an d said. the question for them to determine was, whether, at the time the act in question was committed, the prisoner had or had not the use of his u nderstanding, so as to kuow that he was doing a wicked and wrong act. If they should be of opinion that he was not sensible at the time he committed it that he was violating the laws both of God and man, then he would be entitled to a verdict in his favour ; and if, on the contrary, they should he of opinion that, when he com mitted the act, he was in a sound state of mind, then their verdict would be against him. He (the learned chief justice) concurred in opinion with his l earne d brethren beside him , that the evidence of the medical g en tleman who had ex amined the unhappy in" (he called him unh a ppy with re sp ec t to the state of his 'mind), the tendency of which they would remember was all on one side, clearly proved that his mind was in such a state at the time he committed the act as not to render him responsible for the commission of it. If they thought it necessary that he should read the evidence, he would do so; or if they required any further information with respect to the law of the case, he would be happy to give it to them. The Foreman.—l am desired by my brother jurymen to say to your lordship that they do not require to hear the evi- dence Chief Justice Tindal.—lf you find the prisoner not guilty on the point in rcference to which I have given my opinion, then it will be for you to state that you acquit him on the ground of insanity, in which case there will be proper care taken of hint. The jury; without leaving.the box, consulted together for about a minute, and 'emphatically said—we find that the pri soner is " not guilty," believing him to be insane at the time he committed the act. The Solicitor-General. — Will your lordship be pleased to give directions respecting the prisoner's future custody? Lord Chief Justice Tindal said he would of course be kept in safe custody until her Majesty's pleasure should be known respecting him. The court then adjourned at ten minutes to eight o'clock last wif A LEGAL DISTINCTION. — On Tuesday last, at cur country adjourned Quarter Sessions, two men, named Byewater, were charged with stealing turnips. The honourable Chairman, in his address to the jury, stated " turnips, when growing in a field, if stolen, is not a felony." No doubt the excellent Chairman, and most worthy gentleman—for he is esteemed by all who know him—intended to use the word " taken " for " stolen." In either case, what an absurd distinction the law makes, as though taking the property of another, without permission, is not theft. A LEG.—On Saturday evening last one of those adroit s c hemers, whd wish to enjoy the good things of this life without payiriffor them, hit 'upon the following ingenious plan of securing a capital joint for his Sunday's dinner. The fellow, who was well dressed, and of respectable exterior, walked up to the shop frontei a respectable butcher in the Mile-end.road, and, taking a capital leg of mutton off the book, took it into the shop. At the moment, the butcher was engaged in receiving payment for some meat, but as soon as he was disengaged, the " dodger " addressing him said, he had purchased the leg of mutton then in his hand from a butcher a little higher up the road ; and having some misgiv ing that he had been " done" in the weight, he should feel much obliged by his (the butcher's) just putting it in the scale to satisfy his mind on the point.. The. butcher, who is one.of the old school, and remarkable for his bluff John Bull mannerism, replied, that he was not in .the. habit of weighing the goods of his fellow-tradesmen, that he had enough to do to weigh his own, hinted something about the honesty of suspicious persons, and told the fellow, that if he wished to gratify his scruples he must go elsewhere, and that the sooner he took himself off the better. The fellow only observed that he (the butcher) might, at all events, be civil, and walked out of the shop with the leg of mutton. In about twenty minutes after, the lad whose duty it was to watch the shop front missed the joint • and, calling out to his master, asked if he had sold the leg of mutton. The latter replied not, but finding it gone, the mortifying truth at once occurred to him that he bad been "regularly done" out of the excellent joint. of Little Wittenham, Dod son, under the followingrarely, DOUBLE BtaAmv.--O n T ues day last, Richard Belcher. was brought hefore the Rev. N. . c i w r c e u h m o s p t e a , n c t e o s , be w h m i c e h t w p i o t s h s e : — s s :--It appears that in the year 1828, the prisoner, Richard Belcher, was married at Newington, Oxon, to-a woman named Gar acquaintanc_eonl diner, and lived with her u n til the year 1839, when , after two days' y, he married a second person, named Lucy Warren, at S t. John' s Ch ur ch, Lambeth, who had some ce and Belcher) went to Jersey, property belonging to her, and some hundreds in ready cash, where they lived about no doubt the inducement to Belcher. From thence they (the ,ix months, and the first wife came over, and was introduced to Lucy Warren as the man Belcher's cousin, and stayed there [' gland, and resided at some little time, and soon afterwards returned to England alone. Shortly after that, Belcher and the second woman (for wife sheds not legally came to E Little Wittenham, where the first wife was living, Belcher having taken pos declaring to the poor woman Warren, that he was previously married, and living in the same house with both women, the first of whom only he treated as his wife , session of the latter's property. Mr. Navi n, of Jersey, watchmaker, to whom Lucy Warren is related by marriage, suspecting all was not right, came to England, and finding his suspicions correct, succeeded, after a most diligent and Belcher to justice, praiseworthy investigation, in bringing and he now stands committed for trial at the next assizes for Berks for Bigamy.--Berkshire" Chronicle, ers of w year a c n a y ; e o the art were a num le 'habit A over the in- Paritaintutarp tirorttbittO HOUSE OF LORDS.—TnunsnNy I ord BROUGHAM called the attention of their lorpships to the state of the municipal corporation of the city of London, with a view to its reformation. In doing this it was not his wish to speak with bitterness or disrespect of the corpora tion of London. Indeed it would be most ungrateful of him to do so, because on a certain memorable occasion he had been presented, together with his noble friend (Lord Den man), with the freedom of the city, and was in consequence a member of that corporation himself. This, however, could not blind him to the enormous abuses which prevailed in that corporation—abuses, some of which were so glaring that, after his statement of that night, he would predict they could not exist for a single year. The noble and learned lord then entered into a lengthened statement of the abuses he referred to, as well in the mode of election of the responsible mem bers and officers of the corporation, as in the general manage ment of its enormous rever.ue. He denounced the system of city police as dreadful, and said that if the intention was to invent a system the best calculated to promote vice of every kind abetter one for that purpose could not be devised than that existing in the city of London.- The administration of justice in the city was decidedly bad. The aldermen, &c., were a remnant of the old feudal system. The Duke of Lancaster had given up his judicial jurisdiction—in Durham also this jurisdiction had been given up—in fact throughout the kingdom these local jurisdictions had been abandoned, and yet in London two aldermen could try men for their lives at the Central Criminal Court. The aldermen, &c., had also the power ofappointing no less than six judges—one chosen by the aldermen alone, and the other five by the Court of Common Council. Those judgeships were can vassed for, and when Lord Denman contested the common sergeantcy with Mr. Bolland he ran a great risk of defeat, because the latter gentleman was city pleader, and those who wished to succeed him in that office got their friends to vote for his elevation. A similar influence defeated Mr. Hill. Was it right that the appointment of judges should be de pendent upon such influences and motives. The noble and learned lord then strongly denounced the practice which pre vailed of persons asking advice from city magistrates, and thus making exparte statements, when the parties whom they complained of had not the remotest idea that their con duct was to be subjected to such a public investigation. There were a nest of magistrates in the city who were fond of hunting out what they called swindlers; their imperfect knowledge of the law not telling them that swindling is a term unknown to the law, and those magistrates were conti nually listening to stories got up for the express purpose of extortion, from the fear of parties of being dragged before the public, however innocent might have been their conduct. If they persevered in this conduct after this warning, he would tell them that the Court of Queen's Bench would take cogni sance of their proceedings, and put an end to the usurpation which they thus exercised of the jurisdiction of higher courts of justice. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that an address be presented to her majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct the report of 1834 to be taken into consideration, with a view to the re formation of the corporation of the city of London. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that his noble and learned friend should hate given a more definite notice of his object before he sought to pledge the house to an extension of the municipal corporation reform bill to the city. He concurred in all that had been said as to the impropriety of the conduct of magistrates who listened to charges which they had no power to determine, and hoped that what had passed would put an end to the practice. Lord CAMPBELL did not think the city of London so bad as his noble friend had' represented it to be. It was a repre sentative government, and no doubt abuses had crept in, which he hoped to see reformed. Lord BROUGHAM then said he would withdraw his mo tion, and bring it forward in another shape. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Marquis of Towushend, and his brother Charles V. P. Townshend, containing allegations against a person named John Mar getta, who had, it was alleged, falsely assumed the title of Earl of Leicester, although not legitimate. The petition was referred to a select committee, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Sir R. PEEL assented to the production of the papers moved for by Lord Palmerston relating to the Ashburton treaty, with the exception of such parts as were confidential. The right hon. baronet also said he would, on Monday, state the course be would adopt with respect to the question of privilege. Lord STANLEY, in reply to a question from Mr. LABOU- CiIERE, said there was no truth in the rumour that in the measure relating to the importation of Canadian flour a clause was to be introduced for the purpose of excluding flour ma nufactured from grain grown in the United States. It would be sufficient if the flour was manufactured in Canada to con stitute it colonial flour. He did not expect to be able to in troduce the new measure before Easter. Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to Mr. Roebuck's charge of falsehood against the Simia proclamation, in which it was stated that Shah Soojah would " enter Affghanistan sur rounded by his troops, observed, that the proclamation was fulfilled within six months of its date; but, even if it had never been fulfilled, that circumstance would not have im peached the proclamation. Shah Soojah had entered Canda har, " surrounded by his troops," which were partly com posed of Hindostanees and partly of Afghans. Mr. ROEBUCK said his charge was that the proclamation had been drawn up for the express purpose of delusion ; and, in support of this charge, he quoted a letter from Col. Dennie, in which that lamented officer declared that Shah Soojah had not a single Affghan in his whole army. He would ask if that army was not commanded by British officers, and paid out of British funds? Lord PALMERSTON admitted that it was commanded by British officers, but it was paid by Shah Soojah, by means of a subsidy from this country. In reply to a question from 1 1 ,1 r. EWART, Sir R. PEEL said that he was unable to give any further information respecting any alteraiton of the sugar duties than he had formerly given. In reply to questions from Mr. A. SMITH, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Govern ment was in possession of every information respecting the value of the .opium seized in China, and he would lay the whole of the papers before Parliament, in order that an opinion might be formed as to the proper course to be pur sued. In reply to a'iities'tion from Mr. EWART, Sir R. PEEL said that it was not his intention to take any step with respect to monopoly of the growth of opium in In dia until he should have an opportunity of ascertaining the opinion of Sir H. Pottinger. The house then went into a committee of supply, and the navy estimates were proceeded with. A discussion took place as to the propriety of paying more attention to building steam ships of war, Sir C. NAPIER declaring that we had never built one in this country that could be called good, or that could keep the machinery in anything like safety. In fact a cannon ball would go right through the boiler of any of them, and cause an explosion, and the men below would be cooked before they could reach the deck. Captain Rous also condemned the system of giving the command of our fleets to old men, who, from being ashore for 10 or 20 years previously, had lost two thirds of all the nautical skill they had ever acquired. He also condemned the constant violation of the rules of the Admiralty by the captains of vessels proceeding to the Mediterranean, taking with them their wives, families, carriages, horses, &c. The ships in that service being generally in port, enabled the offi cers to reside ashore so continuously, that they became ut terly unfit for service. For his own part, he would rather take any gentleman brought up in St. James's-street for an officer in a ship of his, than he would take an officer brought up in such service as that of the Mediterranean. A discussion was raised as to the propriety of reviving the office of deputy accountant-general of the Admiralty, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Baring, and other hon. members objecting to such revival, the necessity for which was, however, advo cated by Mr. Sydney Herbert and Sir James Graham, who read a letter from the accountant-general proving the neces sity of the revival of the office owing to the great increase of of business in that department. Mr. C. Woon proposed a reduction of the vote in order to take the opinion of the house upon the propriety of the re vival of the office, but on a division Mr. Wood's amendment was negatived by a majority of 124 to 45. The house was occupied with the discussion of the esti mates during the remainder of the evening. THE AFFGHAN WAR. The following scene was enacted in the House of Corn. mons on Wednesday last, during the debate on Mr. Roe• buck's motion for an inquiry into the circumstances attend. ing the origin of the Affghan war. Sir R. PEEL did not think there was any necessary con nexion between the question whether the war was justifiable, and the question whether the house ought to appoint a com mittee of inquiry. He desired, therefore, not to be under stood not as approving the policy of that war because he did propose to concur in the motion for the committee. Even if he coincided in the opinion that there was reason to ap prehend danger from Russia, he considered subsequent events to have confirmed the suspicion he had originally ex pressed, that the expedition into Affghanistan would not be found justifiable. But he could not agree to lend the influ. ence of Government to the appointment of the proposed committee. It had not been the usage of this country that a party acceeding to office should employ its powers to en. force vindictive measures against its predecessors. If he were disposed to yield to party feeling, he might agree to this motion as a retaliation upon the now threatened attack on Lord Ellenborough ; but he would act on no such sentiment. He would rather act upon the consideration' of that which was befitting the Government and beneficial to the people. I must say (continued Sir R. Peel) that some of those who are to-night the loudest in reprobating the principle of the war were at that time the loudest in expressing approbation of it. (Hear, hear.) I remember, Sir, that the chief oppo nent of my views upon one of those occasions was no less a person than the seconder of .the motion now under conside ration. (Hear, hear.) When I made a reserve as to the general policy of the war, and objected especially to the grant of money, the hon. member for Montrose approved of the po licy, and also assented to the appropriation of the money. (Loud laughter.) Mr. HUME.—No, I did not ; the policy was not the ques tion.—(Renewed laughter.) Sir li.. PEEL here very deliberately turned round, and, amid much merriment, produced a volume• of parliamentary debates, previously brought to him from the library by Mr. E. Tennent. Having found the passage he sought for, he continued :—lt I were trusting to my general impression, I might doubt the correctness of my recollection; but I must bring the hon. member to book—(shouts of laughter) —as he gives me so emphatic a denial. Mr. HuNlE.—But I don't deny it.—(Renewed laught er .) Sir R. PEEL. — (shutting the book)—Oh ! Very ,well; then— _ _ _ Mr. IltmE.—Oh ! read, read. Sir R. PEEL.—(re-opening the book.)--nCertainly, I'll read.—(Shouts of laughter.) [Addressing Mr. Hume] : This is all stated, you know, in a good-humoured way. [Turning over the pages] :—I don't know where to find the sentences, I'm sure ; but I suppose I shall find them some where in the climax.—Roars of laughter.) We usually find the strongest points in that part of the speech.—(More laughter.) Oh ! here it is : "lam of opinion that the result of the expedition will go far to strengthen the British power in India." Mr. HUME.—Very good, very good.—(Great merriment.) Sir R. PEEL.-Eh! what did you say ? Mr. HuME.—Oh! read on, read on. Sir R. PEEL.—Very well!—" Having seen the lamentable results of inefficient arrangements, I think the greatest credit is due to the British authorities." (Great laughter.) Oh, but he goes further than that : here's another passage,— " I think the conduct of Lord Auckland is marked by the greatest wisdom." (Roars of laughter.) Then here's ano ther,—now, what will the hon. gentleman say to this?—" I believe that it is an expedition more likely to be beneficial to India than any which has previously taken place." (Re newed laughter.) So. I have struck the hon. gentleman above and below, and I hope he's satisfied (more laughter); but really I only quote this to justify myself in saying that I, who from the first expressed my distrust of the policy of the expedition, have been met in argument by others whom, to my astonishment, I now find opposed to me. (Loud ,peers.) Sir, I know that nothing is more easy than to argue that the House of Commons is the great inquest of the nation—that it is its duty and—its function to institute quiries; and that it is highly desirable it should exercise duty. But where, let me ask, is the limit to such a princi ple? (Hear, hear.) I will tell you what this will end in, — it will end in transferring the executive government of the crown to the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) After a few other observations, the right hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud and general cheering. He had scarcely sat clown before Mr. Hutne rose from his place on the opposition benches, and, stalking across the floor of the house, seized the volume of " Parliamentary Debates" which lay on the right hon. baronet's despatch-box, exclaiming, as he marched off with the prize, " Now, then, let me have my turn at the hook." The incident caused much amusement, and the honourable member for Montrose proceeded to dive into the columns of " Hansard," amid the general laughter and ironical cheering of the house. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE MRS. CLARKE most respectfully announces that her BENEFIT is appointed to take place ON MONDAY NEXT; the 13th instant, on which occasion the celebrated Performers, Mr. W. FARREN, Mrs. GLOVER, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane,!Vovent-garden, and Haytnarket, will make theiriippearance. First Night of the New Drama of GRANDFATHER _WHITEHEAD, the most popular production of the last season at the Theatre- Royal, Hay market, in which Mr. W. PARREN will sustain his original character of " Grandfather White head," and Mr. STUART his original character of " Langley." Mrs. TEkNAN (late Miss Jarman,) of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden Mr. BROWNE, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and of the American Theatres, will also appear in principal characters, and Miss FANNY TERNAN, the Juvenile Actress, only seven years of age, will appear, for the first time, as " Edward Drayton," in the Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD," and will also perform in the Farce of THE YOUNG ACTRESS. g- I N MONDAY next, the 13th instant, w ill be re v ived the V favourite Comedy, called A WAY TO KEEP 'HIM. Sir Bashful Constant .... Mr. W. Farren, the second chafacier performed by him at the 'Theatre- Royal, Covent-garden. Lovemore (first time).... Mr. Stuart. Sir Brilliant Fashion Mr. Browne. The Widow Belmour Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Lovemore (first time) Mrs. Ternan. Muslin Mrs. Clarke. After which, the highly successful Drama, as performed Seventy Nights in succession last season at the Theatre- Royal, Haymarket, called GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead Mr. W. Farren. Edward Drayton.... (his Grandson) Miss Fanny Ternan. Langley Mr. Stuart. Louisa To be followed by a Drama, in one Act, adapted from the " Actress of all work," expressly for Miss Fanny Ternan, called THE YOUNG ACTRESS; OR, THE MANAGER PERPLEXED. In which Miss Fanny Ternan will sustain Six Characters Tickets to be had of Mrs. CLARKE, 1, Houghton-street, Williamson-square, and of Mr. CooKE, at the Box-office of the Theatre, of whom places may be taken from Ten until Three o'clock : no Places can be secured unless Tickets are taken, Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Perform ances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. Gd. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. SecOnd Price at Nine o'clock :—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6,1. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. 11 1111=10.9N1119a. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, &c The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify- ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS, We bad prepared some remarks on the subject of the trial and verdict in the case of M`Na,ghten, but are compelled to withdraw them at a late hour. Ebe Ziturpsal &tanDatt. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1843 We received last night Jamaica papers to the 3d ult., and the Guiana Herald of the 24th, 26th, and 28th January:' A summary of their contents will be found in another column. The papers have been brought by the West India Mail Packet The Forth, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday night, having left St. Thomas on the 7th ult. and Bermuda on the 16th. She has brought 31 passengers, 400,000 dollars, and 227 serous of cochineal. The gentlemen of the League appear to be juBt now in an awful state of perturbation. They are haunted with the fear of "a plot," hatching by somebody or other--they forget to say who—against their maiden reputation; and are elongating their ears, in the direc tion of Lancaster, with an earnestness and trepidation which it is quite painful to contemplate. What Lan caster has to do with them and their agitation it is not so easy to say. The Chartist O'Connor, and others, it is true, are there, upon their trial; but what have virtuous, patriotiC, peaceful people, such as the mem bers of the League, to do with Feargus and his satellites ? " What's Hecuba to them or they to Hecuba?" The Attorney-General, too, is at Lancaster, and a host of witnesses of, and actors in, the eventful scenes of August last are there ; but what have innocent people to fear from these or any such circumstances ? The Secretary of State for the Home Department has been also subpoenaed, and actually attended for three days, as a witness in the trials in question ; but what has the League to fear from Sir James Graham, or from the witness for whose production it seems the right hon. baronet was held as a kind of lien or pledge ? We are really at a loss. The affair is far too mysterious for our ingenuity to solve. There is one thing, however, which strikes us very forcibly. The Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last first raised this novel cry of " Plot—plot," and on Saturday vouchsafed us the information that up to that date it had not exploded —a fact which we were perfectly ready to believe, from the eminently tranquil state of the atmosphere, and other circumstances of a similar nature. Mr. Richard Cobden, too, on Wednes day last, at a meeting of Cockney philosophers, held at the Crown-and-Anchor, in the Strand, raised the same cry of " Plot" and " Conspiracy," and, in fact, almost predicted that something shocking was about to transpire, affecting most seriously the character of the League, against which, however, his hearers were resolutely to shut their ears. Now the thing which strikes us forcibly, as we have above remarked, is this. It is not usual for innocent men to say to their friends or to the public, " You will shortly hear something very dreadful against my character; but don't believe it!" or, " That scoundrel C or D is to be tried this assizes for burglary, and will very likely implicate me as the receiver; but don't believe him I" Such is not the usual course with innocent people—the innocent are proverbially fearless ; and, with all due deference to the superior acumen of the Manchester Guardian, we must candidly confess that our impression of the purity of the League body is by no means deepened by the anxiety displayed to prepare the world for the probable impeachment. " The thief doth fear each bush an officer !" We briefly referred in our last to the result of the division upon Mr. Roebuck's motion, for a committee to enquire into the origin and policy of the Affghan war. We were not disappointed in that result. The member for Bath, admitting the ability of his address upon the subject, and the independence and manliness of his general conduct in Parliament, was not the man from whom such a motion might best have originated. The ground which be took was far beneath the occa- What was, in every sense of th e word, a national crime of the deepest dye, descended, in hie s, into an act of mere rri versator. their ot4ice on the part of the late C,overna-Ueperal of India► • Lord Palmerston, anal Sir John C. Nobhouse; and by the loophole thus furnished, an opportunity was given to Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative party to exer cise that excessive generosity towards their opponents, which, however amiable a feeling in itself, is one the increasing practice of which is fast making shipwreck of the dignity of Parliament, and undermining one of the main bulwarks of British liberty. The policy of the .Afighan war is denounced by every Conservative, in Parliament and out of doors, and by a large majority of the liberal party as well. That it was not a merely mistaken policy—an error- - the result of ignorance or weakness,—but a wrong de liberately committed, in defiance of warning as to its injustice and probable consequences, is more than suggested, for it can be, and, in fact, has been proved. In the pursuit of this injustice an army was sacrificed, and thousands of British subjects savagely massacred; the revenues of India, to the extent of twelve or four teen millions sterling, wantonly squandered, and the safety of that important possession itself—a possession such as no country in modern history has been master of—placed in jeopardy. What, then, we ask, becotnee of the constitutional responsibility of British ministers —that responsibility which the Whig press has of late so sedulously proclaimed—if the authors of such a war, distinguished equally by its criminal origin and the disasters by which it has been attended, are to be kept harmless, unvisited even with the condemnation of Parliament, by the protecting delicacy and forbearance of a Conservative ministry ? What is the precedent thus established, but one of perfect impunity for poli tical crime ? We respect—all men must respect—that amiability of feeling which hesitates to crush a fallen antagonist; but we cannot admit that this was a fitting occasion for its display. The criminal here was not a penitent supplicant for mercy; but a boastful profligate from the bar at which he was arraigned, threw back insult and arrogant justification of his conduct upon his accusers, and upon the very hands which inter posed to shield him from merited disgrace and punish ment. The bearing of Lord Palmerston, in particular, was not one to win. sympathy or forbearance ; and we cannot but express regret, and in so doing we express the feeling of nine-tenths of the community, that Sir Robert Peel permitted any considerations, so trivial as those urged by him on Wednesday, to interfere with the course of justice and the constitutional practice of Parliament. Most assuredly the favour which he con ferred is one not very likely to be reciprocated, should an opportunity occur for its exercise ! After all, however, Whiggery has little to plume itself upon in its escape. The condemnation of 8 5 independent members of the House of Commons, on an occasion when a ministry, which equally condemns the crime, interposed to screen the offenders, is a token not likely to be very gratifying to the conceited ex- Minister for Foreign Affairs, or to his small band of admirers. By the bye, shall we hear more of the threatened impeachment of Lord Ellenborough ? We suspect not ! We have the sincerest pleasure and delight in being able to announce to our readers, that an opportunity is now afforded them of testifying their approbation, and the esteem in which they hold the eminent services rendered to our town and the country at large, by our highly gifted and talented townsman, the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, to whose exertions and manly courage we owe, in a material degree, our present enviable social position. A few friends of the reverend gentleman lately met, and passed a resolution to the effect that "it is de sirable to adopt some plan to mark the sense of the public services of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, and of the benefit conferred by him not only upon the town of Liverpool but the country at large, especially as regards the promotion of religious instruction." After due consideration, it was unanimously agreed to enter into a subscription for the purpose of estab lishing scholarships connected with the Collegiate Insti tution of this town, to he called "The M`Neile Scho-. larships." For further details we must refer our readers to the advertisement elsewhere. We know of no means so pure, so disinterested, and so completely divested of all sinister objects ; and na compliment more likely to meet with the approbation . of the rev. gentlemen, whose high-minded and chival rous notions, and complete disregard of personal advantage, are so well known, where a possible benefit' may be conferred on the community at large. This is compliment worthy of the town to bestow, and worthy' of the distinguished individual's acceptance on whom it is bestowed; and while it confers honour upon him/ it at Abe same time confers a lasting benefit on oar town, and the Collegiate Institution, by offering a sti- - mains to the exertion of our children to contend for" so fair and honourable a prize. The subscriptions are limited to £5 for each indivy dual, and we have not the smallest doubt the call be responded to joyfully : we feel persuaded very man}' clergymen's names will grace the list of contributors and we have the high satisfaction of observing, it is . already honoured with the names of our venerated and' highly-esteemed Bishop, and the Worshipful the' Chancellor of the Diocese, as well as the Members' for the Borough, and the noble champion of scriptural . education, Lord Ashley. LOCAL NEWS. Sir Howard Douglas is nominated, by Mr. Palmer, one or the members of the committee on shipwrecks. The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (WednesdaY) , ' at Darnall; on Thursday, at Bradfield Green; and on Sa' turday, at Tatton Park. William Clayton Green, 8.A., of Clare Hall, Cambridge,' and late of Whitkirk, near Leeds and a student of the Leech' Grammar School, was on Sunday last ordained by th e Bishop of Chester to the curacy of Woolton.. ECCLESIASTI CAL COTIRTS' BILL.—Sir Howard rt vitig presented, in the House of Commons, on Friday night, O petition agreed to at th e recent meet i ng o f the par i s hi o nero on the subject of this bill. The British and North American royal 'mail steamer the Acadia, which sailed hence on the 4th ult., was spoken e ll the 10th, in 10ng.31, haying got " half seas over' ? six days. Her prssn across the Atlantic promised, the" fore, to be sh or t. in lessth ell rm re THE TIIRATRES.—In the House of Commons, on Friclaq Mr. I'. Dun com b e presente d a petitio'j, signed by 6,0 00 the inhabitants of Liverpool, complainiyig of vexatious action which had b een b roug h t against certah parties who had b e en playing at the Liver Theatre, Liverp()ol. The British and North Americas I royal mail steamer t .P.. e r Columbia, C ap t a i n Judkins, saileei, on Saturday last, I n u Halifax and B os t on. S he carried out fifty passengers, a° l°; a l whom wer e Si r Ch ar l es Metcalfe, t he new Governor-General of Canada, and suite. SIR HOWARD DODGLAS.—Our gallant representative , S ir d Howard Dou g l as , pres i ded, on Saturday last, at a „me ta) ! of the subscribe rs an d f r i ends of Vue United Service l es , ti i tti to' tion, held in Lond on . Th e Society, which is most usegte. both services, app ears t o b e in a state of progressive imPf°' ment. ofGeneral Washin g t on , C aptain Marbury, arrived here , of day from New Orleans. She brings letters of the Oeir so o January, being later than those brought from New 0X., a ,„0 . yesterday by the packet-ship George Washington, froni +,7 0 York. Captain M ar b ury has now, for three coniecw voyages, brought the latest news from his ports of loadil*l , VISIT4B AT CROXTETII.—The f o ll ow i ng i s a correc t Il r . of the visitors to the Earl of Sefton during the race week • r Lord Stradbioke, Sir Fred er i c k Batheuse, Sir F. Macgr. Sir Joshua ,§nd Lady Gerard, Sir Richard Brook and no gg - Misses Brook, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Blackburne, Hardy, Mr. Beauclerc, Mr. Payner, Hon. Col. Ar l26 Earl of Craven, Hon. Frederick Craven, Mr. F. Standish' SALE OF LORD STANLEY'S BREEDING STUD.—A I draft from the valuable hunting and breeding stud of by , noble coloni a l secretary were brought to the hamme Lies Tattersalls, by di rec ti on o f his lordship, on the race C o ,„ ;;;ba at Aintree, on W e d nes d ay. The lots comprised the r' rive by Ibrahim, brother to Napoleon, Erin, winner of _ O 4, Anglesea steeple chase; galloways, mares, hacks, Scc., realised good prices. INQUEST.--Yesterday, a n i nques t was h e ld b e f or e 1 - , •" ae l Curry, Esq.. borouh coroner, on view of the body of M Manly, a child of four-and-a-half years old. It appear° t its on Friday afternoon the deceased, who lived with his P" e , in Brick-street, was in the act of running across Flint-sa e de r while a cart was passing, when he stumbled and fell 3/1 to the off wheel, which passed ouer his head. He was takt. the Southern Hospital, where, notwithstanding every 3t *: tea tion, he di e d on the following morning. The surgeon 6 7 ; 0 1 that the d ecease d had suffered a fracture of the skull of I"' he died. Verdict, " Accidentally killed." INCREASE AND DECREASE the imports of merchandise (1842) with that of the preced articles have varied : Articles increased in import. Ashes Brimstone Cassia Coffee, foreign Cotton wool Galls Olive Oil Pimento Rice Rum Shumac Sugar, Mauritius and Ha vana Tincal Tobacco Turpentine iv larrowrs.—On et:m* ol e at this port for the last S'F'; hug, we observe the followl" Articles decreased is inOP 7ll. Bark Cocoa Coffee, British plantatioo Ginger Hides Indigo Dye and Shell Lac Madders Molasses Pepper Palm oil Saltpetre Sugar; Bengal and Bro il Tallow Tar Dye Woods Sheeps' Wool