The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS

OLD COURT.
ustice
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and Mr. J
CROMPTON).
ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.'"'-'l3e.'l°
Mayo Argenti, 30, described as a sailor, and ra!losic°
Morati, 26, also a sailor, were indicted for feloniously
'colluding Peter Getland, with intent to murder blot-
a place out of the dominions of her Majesty, they being
two of the crew of a British ship called the Alberts. d
Mr. Bodkin, with whom waR Mr. Clerk, opPeare
for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the

primsorn.
BODKINer opened the case. The prisoners, exiledhe saicl,
fsohripApenaderoiensb.board thapepArolabcehrtiangat Liverpool, and
quarrel arose amongst the crew, athned AthpaetrwicosapricsOotisnetro a
,
for the sake of peace. were lashed to the mizen-naet be
order of the captain. They remained in this 'situation for
some hours, but, on their expressing some contrition,
they were liberated and allowed to return to their ehltl•
Two days after the ship arrived at Mobile, when the
prisoners were heard to remark, that in America a nil°
could only be imprisoned a few month for killing a nntr)„'
and they were determined to have their revenge eV"
some of those who lashed them to the mast, Peter G(!tl;
land being one of the parties. Accordingly, irbi
quietly seated
vesaereamntteedd hbieinmhisnetdhlfewhiitinfho7an axe, literati drew hie
knife, and they advanced upon Gotland, who was
, it upon the head felled '
man, inflicting a severe wound, and placing blip
within an inch of his life. The two prisoners veers then
placed under arrest and removed to this country 1"4
Quebec, and they were answer for their
ship. HAeiulerfrtayL.iveor raoipfsaedrttheXtinsatubxseep,osthoiihopird
now required to
eonduct.
James llelwall deposed that he was the steward of a
1850,
between Getland
on board the Alberta, in company with the "v° pri-
x
his knife and
the
open,
slo‘rnacurks and Peter Getland, who was then known as
Liverpool otl
the
en
15thehe loaft dAayproilf
aJanuary,
quarrel ores
and one °I the
latter havingptain came of
and ordered them to be taken abaft and lashed to the
twothperisoensers,
In due
of the 17th
mizeu-mast. They were afterwards liberated.
course the ship anchored off Mobile, and in the eyeful)!
the two prisoners ou the light-heads of the topgshae":
forecastle, with Peter Getland on the larboard side osr
the windlass-wheel below the forecastle. G
_etland wa. ,
the captain went on shore. He then, sa.
about seven feet from the prisoners, Fitting underneath_
and he appeared to be smoking, when the prison".
Argenti struck him over the bead with an axe. Moretti
at this time was with Argenti. The sharp edge of the,
axe struck the head, and tho wound, which penetratel
to the bone, bled very much. Getland was carried
abaft, and the two prisoners immediately afterj
wards made their escape to the foren
Bail,
where they remained all night, making a sort of
bulk-head to prevent anything being thrown at theln.
In the course of the night, one of them dropped a knife
upon deck, which upon being taken up turned out totter
he.
long to witness. The next morning a revenue-
bo:srded us, and the officer in command gem) them five
minutes to come down or he would fire at them. One
of them replied that they had no objection to obey an
American, but they would not ccme down for a b----
Englishman. On the 18th the man Gotland was carried
on shore, and witness never saw him afterwards.
The axe was here produced ; it was a very formic!'
able-looking weapon, and identified by the witness. only
Cross-examined—The prisoners were not the
foreigners on board, nor were they teased about being
foreigners. Previous to this occurrence they appeared to
be peaceable, inoffensive men.
John Wilson, one of the seamen on board the Airilo ,
confirmed this evidence. The ship remained in Mob
for seven days after the occurrence, but Getlaod never
came on board again. The ship sailed from
Quebec, where the prisoners were given into the custody
of the British authorities.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the defence.
He admitted that the instrument produced must have been
used, and the man Getland eeriously wounded, but he,
asked the jury if they could believe that the assault V 7:,.
Mobile to
committi d without some previous provocation.
..r,e°_
reigners on board a ship, when alone, were but too
hoot;
01o;
treated in the same manner as a new boy ( "ft° of
they were generally "put upon" more for the sake
fun than malice, and much angry feeling
.w" rojthei*.
engendered on the ono side, and much levity, en the 0 had
In this case the prisoners were two foreigners ev_he bad
been placed in such a situation as that which b
attempted feebly to describe, and being unable to, 01) t t,
into their heads that Getland was urging en
or understand the English language, they had
ucgoro 0
the
bile
do them some injury; and, no doubt, it was /v.: struck
bouring under that erronious feeling that Argen`,, they
this horrid blow. He, therefore, coeteoded ."
ought to do no mere than find him guilty' °;.g.t-ed
i. eiconemen
assault, while with regard to Morati, be ins'' and as to
case whatever had been made out against
hill:1.1141g for
his case, the Learned Counsel concluded with ca
verdict of acquittal. le Os° pith
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS Summed up the
whole
consults-
unusual perspicuity, and the jury after a bri
assault
with
lion, found both the prisoners Guilty of an
intent to do grievous bodily harm.
k in reference
that no
Mr. BALLANTINE wished to rerear lb,
to Morate, that he had already
in prison. to be trans.,
The COURT sentenced the two Pr
ioners
ported for the period of ten
dtmbfouears. Op
d dumbfounded at the eenteen
The prisoners appeare i been fifteen moo
and had to be forcibly removed from the dock.
----------
ILLEGALLY FAWNING. Henry Mills, pianoforte
MARLI3RO'-STICBET—(THIS DAY.)
t,
tuner, was brought before Mr. Bingham, on a warren
charging him with illegally pledging a pianoforte, be
longing to Mr. W. J. Street, 20, Saint Mark'e-cresent,
Regent's-park.
The complainant stated that, on the 6th of December
10aistt„utnhinegdeafepnidaannotfocratlel.ed
the keys, he said the instrument did not want tuning,
but repairing, and he was al-
(defendant), accordingtY,
lowed to take it away for that purpose, and witness had
not seen it since. On applying, Aftertt at his r
uhnonuisneg, forhis tbhaeupdus rpo orseer
prisoner for the instrument, he told him that he had
pledged it at Mr. G. Doll
short time ego,
24
10s. Witness
ree's for 1 . to
never gave the
defendant any authority whatever
pawn it.
The defendant admitted pledging the instrument, but
to the
pleaded that he was in distress, and the pianoforte out
of repair. If he had time, he would redeem it.
Mr. BINGHAM said he could not understand why the
defendant should pledge the pianoforte because it wog
out of repair, and asked the defendant whether he could
redeem it by Monday next.
The prisoner said he could, and was remanded
till
Monday next for that purpose, on his own recognizanees
of 401, and two sureties in 201. each.
CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
THE MARINE STORE•SUOPNUISANCE.—James Marsh,
any clothes upon his back, and Ca-
tahebgewliit'harbbaurrdtolyn, a keeper of a marine store-shop ill
Field-lane, was charged before Mr. Corrie, the first with,
stealing and the latter with receiving some goods whico
had been stolen from a pawnbroker.
Police-conetable G 96 stated, that last night the male
prisoner came to the station-house and said be bad
stolen some thinks from a pawnbroker in Bath-street,
City-road, and that he had sold a gown to the female
prisoner on Saturday last. He took the prisoner to
Sa-
the
shop and asked her if she bad received a gown on
turday, and she said "No." Ile asked Marsh if be sad
certain, end he replied in the affirmative, and then sai
that he offered the gown to the bueband, but be
wif e said
out
he
would have no " truck" with him, but called his
of the parlour, who asked him what he wanted for it,
and
be said 45.; she offered him ls. 6d., but subsequently esid
if he would tell her vt here ho got it from, she would give
him more. lie then told her he had stolen it from Bath-
street, when she said
bas idd was stolenit , she
vr
nold only
if
give him a shilling; bet aed, thatike
they would come all that way for it. Upon his leaving,
she told him that she would always buy anythivg that he
might bring.
The Inspector of the G division said that the female
was well known, and lived in the midst of ono of the
worst dens of thieves of London.
d the
stated was true; hut the female most lustily denibe
The male prisoner, in defence,id
sa that what e keel
charge.
events until Monday, it being a very bad case. Mr. CORRIE said he should detain the female at all
The prisoners were then remanded till Monday next.
N 1.111

The present Lord Chancellor Sugden
arrived in town WI A Visit to Ur. Mackinnon,
Mask-plAget

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
A divertissement producad last evening at this
theatre, under the title of the Star of the Rhine, m(t
with complete success. The plot i; not very intri-
cate. Mademoiselle Plunkett displays a world of
vigour and agility in front of a very pretty Rhenish
view, and the whole piece is too light and graceful
to be tedious. Indeed, Plunkett danced her best ;
and her best, we all know, i 3 something very beauti-
ful and winning. In one paiticular pas she rivalled
Fanny Elssler herself in the delivery of close twinkling
steps, involving the most elaborate intricacies of the
:,,Art, coupled with a steadines., sharpness, and elegance
that seemed to leave nothing in the way of dexte-
rity unachieved. • The staid and puritanical burgo-
master (W. if. Payne) might well be overcome by
such freaks of foot; and we could not marvel at his
infatuation when he lurched to and fro, inspired by
the good-humoured face and wonderful roads de
jambe of the nymph with the pink legs. The worthy
functionary having broken his own law, and even
stamped upon it with his own heel, superintends, with
a new-born zest, a variety of other dances. He is
regaled with a Pas Espagnol by Sunbeam and the
aforesaid swain in tights—a Valse Tyrolienne by the
hisses in the village—and a galop general. Sunbeam
having thus vindicated the glory of the art of which
she is the " genitiP," slides up the slope into the bush
from whence she came, and is seen no more.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
The most picturesque and effective melodrama ever
Produced upon the English stage was brought for-
Ward at this theatre last evening. It is adapted from
the French, we believe by Mr. Bourcicaulr, and en•
titled the Corsican Brothers. If the interest be not
altogether so enthralling as in Pauline, yet, from the
novel nature of its details and the unprecedented
excellence of the stage effect, it is rendered more im-
' Presaive on the mind of the spectator. As a piece of
"breathless interest" it cannot fail to prove supremely
attractive. Every one will go to see it, and most
Will repeat the visit. To say that its success was
triumphant conveys a faint notion of the extraordi-
nary enthusiasm manifested by the house last night,
and Mr. Kean may well feel proud of having given
to the public one of the most unexceptionably charm-
ing and originally constructed dramas that has ap-
Peared on the boards in any country.
There are two very singular features in the Cor-
sican Brothers, the supposed simultaneous occur-
rence of the first and second acts (the one being laid
till Corsica, the other in Paris), and the personation of
„i 6 twin brothers by one and the same actor. The
plot is not complex ; it is founded on the supernatural,
Which is made use of in a way totally free from any
element of repulsiveness. The first act shows us
Fabien dei Franchi (Mr. C. Kean) in his own cha-
teau in Corsica, to whom a Frenchman brings a letter
of introduction from his twin-brother Luigi dei
• ;rauchi, who is in Paris pursuing his studies. Fa-
blen
.s in a depressed state of mind, having a secret
rlUesentiment of some fatal danger impending over his
Qistant brother, there being not only the moat tender
affection existing n
ous sYmpatlay, that each is instantly forewarned,
it were, of any misfortune which may affect the
Iher. After an episode introduced to present a specimen
t, n,„` a Corsican feud, and the formal reconcilement
14 a vendetta between two factions of the island,
r ab•
With
on whom his forebodings continue to press
PM increased weight, determines to write off to
war,is. Whilst inditing the letter, alone, and at mid-
-4;0') the apparition of Luigi rises with a gliding
11'tion from the floor, with the mark of blood upon
1.," breast, and stands by the side of the awe-struck
tiabien• The wall of the apartment opens and dis-
n?'es a tableau representing a fatal duel in a forest
11 "ea Luigi stretched at the point of death
ant the arms of his friends, and his adversary
bittilliing a little apart calmly wiping his fatal
411 e. This scenic effect held the beholders
aPellhound ; in the gradual and noiseless
:PPearanee of the phantom there was something
feeling of astonishment found relief in a thrice re-
d round of vehement plaudits.
The second act ovens in the Opera at Paris during
linl.,ntiked ball. Luigi, who had been enamoured of
t„aunme de Lesparre (Miss Murray) previous to her
(i'rrriacte, falls into a quarrel with Chateau Renard
sb:r; Wigan), who has been casting his lures around
hi,„,;;cl.Y, and actually makes her the subject of a
stin'esa wager, engaging to bring her to join 8
her IT Party at the house of a bachelor friend, which
10,,,,e",eQrs under pretence of conducting her to see a
16 mat sister. Discovering at once that she has
bran duped, Madame de Lesparre places herself under
Which Protection of Luigi as an honoured friend,
calls a challenge trom Chateau Renard. Again
14;‘see the fatal tableau, now recognising the actual
Parties, whilst behind, the chamber in Corsica opens
de the view, with Fabien gazing on the scene of
Precisely
80 that the last scene of the first two acts are
areetisely the converse of each other. In the third
oft) Chateau Renard, flying from the hands
b justice, is overtaken by Fabien, who
%V hastened to Paris to avenge his brother,
sand on the very spot where Luigi had
ullen a desperate encounter takes place. Renard's
litre,
is shivered, but Fabien, determined on the
bine, breaks his own, and with the fragments of the
.4clea the combat is continued till Renard falls be-
teeth the hand of the avenger. The spectre of Luigi
again
I rises, and announces to his brother that they
foil! meet in heaven. Mr. C. Kean's double per-
4ance is characterised by that ease, correctness,
bid impressiveness, impressiveness, the combination of which renders
the atinaPproachable in this peculiar department of
rebrrama. The part of Chateau Renard was admi-
eoz4 Y sustained by Mr. Wigan. The unscrupulous
I.
Le. „) the cold-blooded duellist, yet, as a foreboding
hi'
fate affects him, bids the friend of his last field
,afepreak th tidings gently to his mother. It was a
to:Bfudiede , finished, and fitly-appreciated perform-
tuh— The minor characters were irreproachably
vPorted. Miss Murray, as Madame de Lesparre,
and
Vining, Vining as the Baron de Montjeron, Mr. Ryder
al
skis
of•. Meadows, as the Corsican peasants, the
th, their respective factions, Miss Leclercq, as
the ~„Principal of the coryphies, and Mr. Addison, as
in °"-cutter, did their several subsidiary duties
a"
As torntianher that cannot be too highly commended.
Ilaedial Masque, it was a " tremendous hit."
of th illusion was complete, as the spirit and variety
red,:tievolution of the " fast and furious" maskers
113aatt(lbs greatly to the credit of Flexmore in his
the Ri",,,of ballet master. He was conspicuous among
and bs`‘`'Y throng, as an indefatigably agile Pierrot,
Mack `l4e4th their disguises Madlle. Auriol and Cola
fancy might be recognised by their dancing. The
cell • teases were capital, grotesque, and rich, and
befoanal
sY such a stage masquerade has never been
in a 'Jebel& The scenery in this, and the succeed-
Igscene (representing "the Lobby of the Opera
_usa .
Charles) both by Lloyds,
was moat artistic. Mr.
ern Kean never received a more hearty tribute
atAPProbation than when called for at the conclusion,
popublever did he more amply merit marks of the
" favour. His skill as manager, and his re-
pre_ excellence as actor, give him a prominent su-
ses'n yin the profession. Mr. Wigan bore off the
tLeond honours of the night. The " mounting" of
ue Corsican Brothers•
va
-131..ance the pa,„t„ss
be fitly conveyed by de-as•-a a notion of
the most striking which cannot
11_,eviption, being, in particular,
witnessed. It
will be repeated
effect we have ever
Flexmore's benefit), and, on Thursday evening
In
co t"ree times a week for months to presume, two or
.

STATE OF TRADE.
I(From the Manchester Guardian of this clay.)
Proteoctione-
- STER TUESDAY.—The resigeatiun_ fth
Ila;", c"-- - ' ccession of
jug 41'1. Cabinet, and the a the
nt nerplexin ,
- Le • the present • - 5. condition
Of
both thee' in continental a
Veet ,liritish and ffairs, have had the
erutions of buyers. we
Lue of restricting the °P ,_-_y, of the active
°Perat;ll°t a continuation,
Reek,io us
but a disposition
rathneua of last
execution of any but the
4104'. to defer the even
however, the slightest
abate Pressing orders. There is not,
Me
Many are
of meat of firmness amongst sellers.
°W tan venture at-
ratehiz that Lord Derby will not upon an
Pt r reimpose on the
every band,
that' ~ Perfect confidence is 'expressed, on
undertaking,
the it he should enter upon so insane an
and districts
Quehltaroercial and manufacturing towns
would scare
Illea -rhititantly assume an atlitude which
him
from
Pow ,r°ll3 his purpose and speedily drive .
0,,
Con.
l' r ea
-t.; The subject has formed the great topic t
of
11;)1 li—Orl on 'Change during the day; but the absence_.c
apo,.enr of ultimate danger to the free-trade policy
peeve which the country has so successfully entered,.
ttit.4nts that depressing effect which might otherwise
tir)w4°' and as producers, especially those of yarns, are
b4ekraere extensively under contract than for some time
been
show themselves quite at ease about making
Qee Bales. Such being the case, the buyers have
Of obliged to pay the full prices of the most lively part
Wattatlt, week for any yarns and goods they may have
than'ecu- This they have done more readily for the former
tat, '9r the latter. Indeed, the highest
,demand then
1)4: ter I6's to 24's water-twist and to: 40 s mule have
ii`or.4eeeded to to-day.
kerlt,linALE, MONDAY—Wo have had another dull
Dre,4, With a small amount of business transacted at
tot,
better do-
katd ~-3 Prices. There has been a rather _
pr tor Wool varying from ;ad. to Is. per lb.,
toe, 1, s, . . . . and good
t wools are
rather have been obtained, as these qualities o •
Ai aearee at present.
13'-'I:IAeeLtBIIELD, TI:ESDAY.—The business that has.
port
htransacted in our market Finer) our last re
ll'etr --tl5 not given increased stimulus to the mantifte-
ebi* atie ? "tend operations. for the moment; but they
'jev 1,1-°t1313, looking forward for a considerable im-
,'LetulZat in the spring demand; and we hope thefine.
`it. will to some extent have a tendency to realise
Wettv:Peetations. A large portion of our hand-looml
4%1%1.3 ceLtinue to make complaints of want of emp oyn-
tlN deaLised by manufacturers being compelled, i
shoo_ eseriptions theods to avail themselves of cheapersi,s
'Ur markets in remote districts. Thrown Silks
Gis fair, with rather an improved upward
°4 c Nl' fine China and Bengal h was Italians,
they Cantt ro •
.WY elf bit a li“le wetikueis in Price,
I

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SUN,

the great advance that has taken place in this silk
rendering manufacturers cautious. Thu deliveries of
silk to be thrown continue good; but the prices are
scarcely remunerative, and are much complained of.
Raw Silk—A large business is again reported in China
silks, since the past sales, at a slight advance. The
quantity of this silk that has changed hands during the
last four weeks exceeds 5,000 bales; and the total ad-
vence upon the prices of last November is Is, to is.
per lb.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The demand for worsted
goods is very limited, both in the piece ball and in the
warehouses; and scarcely anything has been done to-
day, except in a few fancy goods of low quality. The
depression of the yarn market increases; and, as the
prices are ! wholly unrcmunerative, the spinners aro
greatly curtailing the amount of production. There is
not much doing in wool, and the
quotations arc gene-
rally maintained, though there are instances where the
staplers seem more ready to meet the offers of the con-
sumers.
HUDDERSFIELD, TEESDAV.—Thero has been very
little inquiry for any hind of goods, either plain er fancy,
in our market to-day. The manufacturers in the hall
complain much—not being able to close bargains with
the merchants at their prices, on account of the high
price of the raw material. Wools continue at about the
same rates as last week, though there has net been quite
so much doing.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCLIESTER—TUESDAY.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.-2 to 1 agst Surprise (take
5 to 2), 7 to 1 ai.;st True Girl (t), S to 1 aget Snowdrop
(t), S to I rgst Cardinal Wiseman (t).
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.--1 Ito 1 aget Victress
(t), 11 to 1 agst La Gazzi Ladra (t), 15 to 1 agst Miss
Mowbray (t), 16 to 1 agst Hardwick (t), 20 to 1 agst
Bourton (t), 20 to egst %Varner (t)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-10 to 1 agst Ilesse
Homburg (t), 16 to 1 agst Wryneck colt (t), 20 to 1
agst Miss Aun (t), 20 to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (t)
CHESTER CUP.-18 to 1 egst High Sheriff (t), 20 to
egst Confessor (t), 25 to 1 agst Black Doctor (t), 33
to 1 agst Scarecrow (0,40 to 1 agst Cockcrow (t), 50 to
1 agst Surprise (t), 1,000 to 15 agst filly out ot Sorella's
dom (9, 1,000 to 15 apt Mountain Deer (t).
DERRY.-5 to 1 agst Hobbits Noble (t).

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CLXXVI.
THE SUTTON STEEPLECHASE, &c.

TO THE LDITOII OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The first essay that the Sutton people made at
estsbl:shing a steeplechase was an uncommonly suc-
cessful one, which has induced them to try another day's
sport on Friday next. It is not my present purpose to
touch upon any other than the Grand Open Steeple-
chase, which closed with thirty-two nominations, of
which nineteen have accepted, although one, Rattrap, is
by his owner declared a non-starter. The list is headed
by Peter Simple, at list 81b; I should hardly imagine,
however, that he will go for such a small affair us this
with Liverpool so close at hand. The General, 1 Ist,
will probably be the highest-weighted runner. Hischance
would seem to be a very fair one, notwithstanding the
weight he has to give to some very good animals in the
entry. Young Lottery, at lOst 41b, also reads very well.
Bullfincher, at the same weight as the preceding, may
run forward, but is no winner. Mystery, lOst 21b, is
without a chance, in my opinion. Verax, lOst, if meant
for this affair, is decidedly the best " in " of any, and
without doubt ought to beat the rest into fits; but as it
does not seem very clear whether mischief is meant or
no, with respect to his chance I must put in a proviso,
to the effect that if they intend him to win, he can ! Bus-
cot, lOst, is held perfectly safe by Verax. Ten. and-six-
pence, 9st 121 b, like Buscot, if Verax runs, is with-
out a chance. Boundless and Kossuth, 9st 121 b
each, together with Oily Gammon, 9st 101 b, and
Charley, 9st 91b, are of no account whatever.
Sir Alexander, 9st 81b, may run up into a place, but I
hardly imagine he will turn out to be the winner. The
Rector, 9st 81b, Susan, 9st 71b, Orange Girl, 9st 71b, and
The Abbess, 9st, have their chances fettered by Mis-
chance at 9st 71b. 'rhe race, I opine, will lay with THE
GENERAL, YOUNG LOTTERY, and VERAX; the last-
named for choice, if meant. Should there be any parti-
cular " moves" between now and to-morrow morning
concerning this Steeplechase they will be published to-
morrow.
A clever little work on the Spring Handicaps, by my
rhyming contemporary " Priam," of the Racing Times,
has just been issued from the press. It contains a table
of the acceptances of the five great Spring Handicaps,
namely, the Chester Cup, Metropolitan, Northampton-
shire, Newmarket, and Flying Dutchmen, by which the
comparative weights may be ascertained at a glance;
also all the performances of ell the animals engaged, with
some sterling remarks on their present condition, Fac.
The book altogether to the sporting man is indispens-
able, and is decidedly the best of the kind that has as
yet been published.
In the City latterly some curious games have been
played off with several of the favourites in the spring
races; a short time since, for instance, Hesse Homburg
from her position of first favourite for the Metropolitan
was sent to forties to ono without any reasonable cause,
and within the last few days the Confessor, for the
Chester Cup, received the same treatment, being sent
from twenties to fifties. Both, however, have recovered
their former places, nothing of consequence having oc-
curred to either, or any change taken place in their
owners' intentions.

I am, Sir, yours, ke.,
THE SPIT OF THE TURF.

Feb. 25, 1852.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD

REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—l told you how things were going, and that
if these men would not come up to the mark of what
the House of Commons desired, somebody else would.
When a patient dies of along course of what is some-
times called good living, it is not the last glass of wine
that is to be charged with his overthrow; it is the glasses
administered by what styled themselves his friends,
in days when a wiser conduct in all might have en-
abled him to set at defiance the present risk of death.
It is among observable phmnomena, that the same
Government which had a majority of 92 when a
charge was brought against it, was in a minority of
11 on a disputed question of policy. The reason is
plain enough. When a charge is brought, men of
integrity will go great lengths with the principle, of
viewing it as a question of whether they think on
that charge the Government ought to be turned out.
But they will not do the same when the question is
whether a regular or a local militia is best calculated
to prevent or repel invasion. Some may go to some
extent ; but the extent and the number will be vastly
reduced, as was shown in the present case.
Indeed there would be few things more unreason-
able, than to expect that a man with any touch of
personal acquaintance with a subject, and
conse-
quently responsible to his own opinion and that of
associates for honest conduct, should deliberately vote
worse better on a practical question, out of a
theoretic fear that a Government should thereupon
imitate the bearing of the proverbially headstrong
animals, who in days of old "ran violently down a
steep place into the sea."
My own opinion is (to parody the title of an article
I used when a boy to pursue through the numbers of
the " Arminian M4gazine") that this is " God's
Revenge against Murder and Adultery" committed at
the Cape ; for Adultery substituting the burning of
Mission houses, which happened to be " the sin they
had a mind to." An insane Gessler demands to put
his toes upon a black chieftain's neck, and thus rouses
a war to the knife between the races. An equally
insane department of Government at home, expends
three millions in support of the toes, and then says it
never wanted anything but a naval station. There
was some added cant about Christianity and civilisa-
tion (meaning thereby the burning of the Mission
houses), which, if my theory be true, must have
helped to turn the scale to the side of retribution.
And now you have got it. Every shilling's worth of
damage done to a Kafir's bullock, is likely to be taken
threefold out of West-Riding looms. You will say,
it hits the wrong men. And so it does. Retribu-
tion always hits the wrong men; by way of showing
to them, that they must lift up their voices and spare
not, and what is more, must do it in time to prevent.
You must pay now, because you did not forward
your Memorial from Bradford halt a dozen years ago.
tGhoevyehrna
The Free Traders in Parliament have got what
Government. They
long heen hhaandkearliwngya.fte:, a Protectionist,
that of the ma who should say,aifs heocmoeuldthoenolryy con-
trivelike to set his house on fire what a nice new one he
men who by this ;*
would build. shall see what comes of it. The
stand upon,—Whom ought not to have had a leg to
jest to suppose holdinga t
a, up
should have been a joke and a
their heads as statesmen
and public men
arethnow set on horseback,
co
with every chance of having
could
dest enemies are in
your
rpoen his mouth
the end of their race. Your choicest will
of
you before
to
try
defendersh
the saddle. Every man who
ofornrcethe besyt ; hie hand
upon against you in parliament, while
otnhceeretolßdhuzatuds
thwatayl,
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you,
no
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may
princess
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Of, " I could have had my
have been more hats left upon the field."
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, 25 Feb., 1852.

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t(l2lueeeenxfortion of
Spain, a
MerinoTfor SPANlSHeattenli-LpEt
et Madrid. A
Dr. Di ler,
cast of his head was taken by D •
has been placed
copy of this cast has arrived in Paris, and
in the Museum of Anatomy, in the co
GtoiCalfsrnaAtef_tteli.rde.
great criminals.
We understand that the -office of
Fust, has
collection
notetahne hoefa d
the
f
Arches, vacant by the death of Sir Herbert Jenner
been conferred on Sir John Dodson, Queen's Advocate. Dr.
Twiss has been nominated Queen's Advocate.
The mercantile letters from Paris mention an ex-
pectation that the Bank of France is about to take the un-
usual step of reducing its rate of discount from 4 per cent. to
3 per cent.
TUE FIFESIIIRE MURDFII.---From a communica-
tion received yesterday (Sunday) by the 'authorities here
from the police-superintendent at Cupar, we learn that the
murderers of the old woman, Margaret Maxwell, who was
deprived of life in such a barbarous manner a few days ago,
have been apprehended. The watch which was stolen from
s ea
tine
de i tni mt
he e beenr
dreer-0
the house by the wretches has at the
covered. There are three parties implic
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LON DON,

EARL GREY AND SIR HARRY
SMITH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sits,—Zrhatevei may have been the indignation felt
by this Gallant General, on the receipt of the Colonial
Secretary's dispatch of recall, dated the 14th of
January—however, great and just may have been his
anger upon the occasion, and although strong, no doubt,
was his dh-gust, and bitter his contempt as he read that
disgraceful document—Sir Harry Smith can now well
afford to, and no doubt does by this time, entertain no
other feeling towards his Lordship than those of pity
and of scorn; but let me not wrong Sir Harry Smith—
the brave are always generous—and the praise he has
received from the Noble Duke, will incline him to pardon
the injury attempted by the Earl. I do not, Sir,
mean to say that Sir Harry would bo displeased to enter
heaven, except in the company of Earl Grey, but so
long as they are on earth together Sir Harry Smith can
well indeed afford to smile on Earl Grey. In fact, if
we examine the matter more closely, we shall come,
I think, to the conclusion that Sir. Harry has
much even to . thank him for, inasmuch us
his Lordship has given the occasion—first,
to call forth the spontaneous, unasked—for support
and praise of the Noble. Duke, and next, to awaken the
attention of the public more particularly to the peculiar
and harassing circumstances under which Sir Harry and
his gallant companions in arms have bad to act: a feel-
ing, unfortunately, had become very prevalent in this
country, that there was some fault at the Cape, and that
neither general nor tho troops were doing their best. It
is too often the case, that " gentlemen in England,"
from being so much accustomed to hear of a handful of
their bravo countrymen in arms accomplishing the most
extraordinary teats of valour in all parts of the world.
and with almost invariable success, become sadly disap-
pointed at anything like a failure, and hardly give them-
selves time to reflect on the causes of any reverse; and.
Iherefore,tintil the Noble Duke rose up in the House of Lords
on the sth, the idea prevailed that it was, not the activity,
position, or strength of the ICafirs, but the want of proper
exertion-aed energy on the part of our own General and
this subordinates, that was the true cause of this pro-
tracted warfare with the barbarians in the Cape; and
had the Cabinet, therefore, to save Earl Grey and
itself from blame, sacrificed Sir Harry quietly; had
the decisio❑ . been conveyed to that gallant
officer in those terms any gentleman of high and
generous feeling would have, on such an occasion,
used to another, however unfairly Sir Harry would
even then -have been treated, the country would hardly
have given sufficient attention to the affairs of, to their
minds, an unsuccessful general, as to have properly
understood the poSition; and poor Sir Harry Smith
might, perhaps, ultimately have gone to his grave, with
his bright laurels tarnished, and his heart broken. But,
Sir, Earl Grey's' evil genius, or, rather let us hope, Sir
Harry's good one, produced the dispatch of the 14th of
January. This, as we have seen, was laid on the table
of the house of Commons on the 3d of February, called
forth the Duke on the sth, The Sun, on the 7th, fol•
lowed by the rest.of the press on the 9th, 10th, 11th,
&c., arid Lord John Russell has not bad the temerity to
answer the Member for Lambeth, that the dispatch in
question was " seen and approved" by him—he has not
dared as yet to say that he had read it. Thur, Sir,
we have seen'that, as under the able directions of the
General, volley after volley of musketry mowed down
the dangerous foe at Aliwal, so the repeated peals of
thunder issuing from a generous press, and fully appre-
ciated by an indignant public, will show the rulers of
this country that the would-be detractors of her hero's
merits will inevitably, sooner or later, meet their just
reward.

Up to the present moment Earl Grey stands alone
responsible for the tone and the contents of his dispatch,
and he will be a bold man if he dares to appear before
the tribunal of his country, saying, "Alone I did it."
But here, Sir, let 'us pause for a moment to reflect how
painful arid serious would have been Sir Harry Smith's
position had sickness or any other cause prevented the
Noble Duke from appearing in the House of Lords; that
he would hare been carried there, like Chatham of old,
I have no doubt, to defend his country or his man; but
alas! Sir, old age creeps on apace; none of us, neither
the best nor the bravest, are immortal, and the fates
might have decided against Sir Harry.
Is the Duke gone? might have been the question; and
the only answer, " Then is your cause gone, too."
Thank God, Cfestir is with us yet; and Sir Harry's
laurels are in sate keeping.
It is indeed melancholy to see the inefficiency and un-
popularity of this Government, and that each individual
of it should, as you justly remark, as he is weighed in
the balance, be found wanting; but is it not sadder, Sir,
to find one of the descendants of our ancient pillars of
the State thus prominently brought forward as flailing,
not only in the qualities of a statesman, but in the
common practice of a gentleman? But there is no help
for it. Earl Grey must be made to answer to the people
of England; he is responsible to them, and to their
most Gracious Sovereign, for the advice he has given
and for the conduct he has pursued. Earl Grey says to
Sir Harry Smith, in his dispatch of the 14th January—
" I must remind you that the first error which was
committed, and to which, I believe, the failure of a policy
other% ise sound, and the calamity of the war, are
mainly attributable, was the premature reduction
of the British force under your command. 1 must take
upon .myself a share of the blame for this mistake, inac-
much as 1 had probably too often and too strongly,
pressed upon you the importance of reducing the num-
ber of troops as soon as this could be done safely.
Indeed, Earl Grey I—take part of the blame—but the
punishment?— tf at is all for Sir Harry. Is it—we
shall see!

I have said this, that but for Earl Grey's dispatch of
the 14th January, the public might not have given
themselves the time or the trouble to have examined the
monstrous blue-books, with which it is the custom now
to blind and bully or bamboozle the people. They
might never perhaps have read Sir Harry Smith's dispatch
written on the 18th December, but received, recollect,
after the dispatch of recall, was, alas! for Earl Grey,
beyond recall. Read the following extract, Englishmen,
and compare Sir Harry's treatment with Sir Harry's
services and difficulties: —" The Burghers would not
turn out in any force, and thus arose the
lamentable evils and the misery which have attended
the depredations of the enemy.—evils which I anticipated.
in my proclamation of the 3d ult., and which have, as I
, Burghers--
Sir, who caused discontent at tha Cape
atahtnredone
istpmyr. :Nst
amongst
ods.,,
the. been accompanied by every act of
withheld the constitution?—Earl Grey. or Sir Harry
Smith? However, Sir Harry continues in his dispatch
___.. I enclose a return of her Majesty's troops at the pe-
riod in question; they had to carry on a desultory war
over an extent of country twice the size of Great Britain !
and Ireland I ! overrun by a most enterprising horde of
savages, and they had also to occupy twelve forts, the
maintenance of which was indispensable. Had one re-
trogade step been made, the whole country would have
been in a blaze." Sir, I will not continue the extract
further from this highly and interesting dispatch, but refer
your readers to a perusal of it--leaving this painful sub-
ject for a time.--I um, Sir, &e.
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
Feb. 19, 1852,

BURSTING OF A BOILER AT OLDHAM.—On Tues-
day morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, a 20-horsepower
high-pressure steam-engine boiler burst at the Diamond Cot-
ton-mill, West-hill, 01(lbain. The mill belongs to Dlessrs.
Nuttal and Clough, who let off power to cotton waste cleaners,
and the boiler was placed outside the premises, so that in ex-
ploding it did no inischief to them, except that it destroyed
the brickwork extending over a third of one side of the mill,
which is only two stories high. It overthrew the chimney,
however, forty feet high, which fell upon a row of cottages,
and destroyed two of them, besides knocking out the windows
and doors` of three others. Mary, the wife of Thomas New-
ton, one Of the cottagers, and Sarah Ann, his infant daughter,
were.severely bruised and scalded, and died within a short
titne,of the accident. Mrs. Wright, who was in Newton's
house, was also struck on the forehead, and so seriously
wounded that she is hardly likely to recover. James Howarth,
the engineer, and John Gartside, a workman in the factory,
are both badly hurt, and it is doubtful if they will recover.
The boiler was lifted up in exploding, and carried a distance
of forty yards east, while the back end of it was carried over
a double row of cottages to the west. The boiler had been re-
cently purchiSed, but was an old patched up one, and pro-
bably gave way from inequality in the strength of the plates
under a high pressure.

The Belgian Government has authorised an Eng-
lish company to lay down an electric telegraph between
Ostend and London.

The electric telegraph on the Great Western
Railway is now completed to Bath, and will reach Bristol in
about a weak. It will then be immediately proceeded with
from Bristol to Exeter, where it will be brought into con-
nexion with that on the South Devon line, and thus Plymouth
will be at last united to Paddington.

21r. Morrison, ofo F ore-street,
ree,
the firm
City,M i
Morrison,
treaty Dil
flono,r
theand
w Co., warehousemen, of
splendid estate Earlof
of
Appuldurcombe, in the Isle of Wight, the
property of the
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vourite amuSernent of
at 150,0001. The
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i his father, has induced him to wish to
l-s a ri
OF WATER•FOWER TO BELL-
NoyEr. APPLICATION.
in the morning and ten in the
EINGiIiG. —Tide hours of six
part with Appuldurcombe.
from the spire of St. Peter's
evening are regularly ru
complicated piece of machinery.
of water-power to a
—Oa
Church ,Dundee, by
CONVERSIONS FROM THE ERRORS OF ROME.
' Sunday, the 22d instant, twenty-seven persons renounced
a chimetlg of bells, produced by the appli-
cation London.
LIFE IN WELDECK-
the errors of Popery, in the church of St. Paul, Bermondsey,
THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF „,
s-raELT.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, A . ~
inquest on the body of
Marylebone workhouSe;the adjourned
who was put
James Joseph Webster, the unfortunate man
Iw
'erndly,
into possession of the premises occupied by A r.
No. 47, Welbeek-street, and who
perished in the file which
I P resumed at i!,E.
Occurred in the same house a few hours after he went to bed.
Atter additional evidence, the jury retired, and having been
locked up for nearly half an hour, they returned and stated
that twelve ojat of the thirteen were unanimous in returning
A ;verdict to the effect, "That the deceased was burned to
death in the said tire,'but how the fire occurred there was
not sufficient at to enable them to decide." The
Coroner said that WAS just the verdict he should have re-
turned had he been a. juror. The inquiry occupied nearly
six hours.

EAst KENT ErAcTIoN.—At the declaration on
I‘tonday the numbers polled were announced to be—for Sir
Brook Bridges, 2,480; Sir Edward Dering, 2,289; majority
for Sir Brook Bridges, 191; and who was, therefore, declared
duly elected.`" The Hon. Gentleman was afterwards duly
" cliairtd"? ''.Xhere is a talk of Sir Norton linatchbull offer-
ing himself for the representation in the event of a future
vacancy. Considerable support has already been proffered
tint. •

'ANTIQUITIES FROMNINEVEIL—The vessel Appren-
tice, from Thissorali, has brought, be.ddes the antiquities for
the l3ritish Museum, which have been safely deposited in that
national establishment, a considerable quantity of ancient
marbles from the same interesting quarter for Sir John Guest,
on whose account antiquities of this kind from Nineveh have
before been brought to this country