The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-28 00:00:00

ben
he op
the
drug ? Mr. Bright speaks of the intricacies of title
of himself and of the Lunacy teoes • id
and the difficulties of conveyancing. He appears It 19 shoe
disregarding it more especially it iotanoesrts
appeared Georg
es f
to think that these things exist for the benefit of Prisoner eoLe
the rich, on whose estates they are a heavy burden, perfectly sane. y.
these reel e under
fortunate, therefore, that Sir ?
and that the landowners are in a conspiracy to keepthe cart. ea 1 ,
have neglected so lon to elicit •dost oity
the. ma who signedd
them up in order to prevent themselves from sellingrep, that
their own land, should they feel inclined to do so. ea • - bee least
eo thenPr°' -ieeea'
So little is Mr. Bright acquainted with this subject, which he acted. If he had one
Is that Tow t that
is
Thus it seems that two grave The first or
so entirely has he confined his attention to that • ne
te 1
part of it which may serve to breed discontent and been committed ess.
nley would never ha' a
in this butin °nets te°
ill-will between the poor and the rich, that he G;orng. e The gat 0
the judge displayed weakneee IL c Grey Ws°. is
both; the second is that Sir.
does not seem to be aware that the ,very Parlia
- hasty in acting upon the ce But Ole°
meat which he reviles has taken a nieasure d by
bad, and ought to be amended.lie
of unexampled boldness in order to facilitate be app
the sale and transfer of land. Observing the ex- ment may, it requires to
le edict y, rtificait • too it ll°
treme simplicity of the title to funded stock, the pre- of firmness and discretion.
sent Parliament has invented an elaborate ma-
chinery at great public expense for extending the
same facility of transfer to land, so far as the differ-
ence between land and money allows the thing to
be done, and any landowner who chooses to submit
his title for investigation may henceforth convey
his land to a purchaser with the most perfect ease
and security. That more may be done in the same
direction cannot be doubted. The question is not
as to the propriety of simplifying title, but as to
the means of doing it. It is a business of close
thought and painstaking investigation, scientific
rather than political, to be settled, not by great
orators bawling on platforms, but by learned and
laborious men in quiet chambers. We have in this
whole transaction a very good illustration of the
way in which, notwithstanding much oratorical
ability and considerable public services, Mr. Bright
has contrived to dispose of what might have been a
great political reputation. He begins by reproach-
ing the laws of the country, without giving himself
the trouble to ascertain what those laws really are,
with the poverty of a portion of the population.
Challenged to specify the remedy to which he points,
he takes two months for consideration, and then
propounds one so ridiculously inadequate as to prove
that it is an after-thought invented to meet the case ;
and yet, with all this time to get it up, he cannot
avoid showing bow very little knowledge he has of
the grounds on which he presumes to censure the
Legislature of which he is a member. If the affairs
of a nation could be put to rights by personal abuse
or vague declamation, Mr. Bright would long ago
have extirpated every evil under the sun. It is
became' their remedy requires care, patience, and
application that these groundless invectives have
recoiled on their' authors, and that while seeking to
discredit the instituthe ns of their country they •Ittve
damaged nobody but thenewlves.
DAILY NEWs.—The ultimate fate of Townley is
still undetermined. Sir George Grey has publicly
declared that the unfortunate man has been respited
by being removed to Bedlam, but that his sentence
has not been commuted. Under the Act of Parlia-
ment which has been called into operation, Sir G.
Grey has power upon the certificate of two medical
mon to remove Townley back to prison. In an
ordinary case this course would not be followed, for
it seems to be a standing rule that after sentence of
death is once delayed it is never carried into exe-
cution. But the circumstances of Town ley's case
are so peculiar that it is just possible Sir George
Grey might feel himself justified in making
it an exception to the ordinary rule. At the same
time the tenderness for human life is a feeling
so natural that it will surprise no one if Townley
escapes the doom which he certainly deserves.
But whatever be Townley's fate, it is of vital
importance to the public to ascertain upon whom
the blame rests for this miscarriage of justice. The
manifestation of feeling which took place on the
occasion of Wright's execution proves clearly enough
that the public are keenly alive to the manner in
which the law in such cases is administered. Capital
punishment cannot continue to be inflicted, unless
it be inflicted with strict impartiality. The poorer
classes are deeply impressed by the contrast exhi-
bited between the fate of Wright and the fate of
Townley. If there are people who believe Townley
insane, there are quite as many, perhaps more, who
believe that Wright was only guilty of man-
slaughter. Nor would it he easy to persuade mast
men that if Wright had had the assistance of influ-
ential friends and an astute attorney, he might not
have produced an effect upon the Secretary of State.
These considerations ought to make that Minister
especially cautious; and even although under ordi-
nary circumstances Townley ought not to be con-
signed to the hands of the executioner, the conduct
of Sir George Grey in the case of Wright may com-
pel him to adopt a different course. As in all serious
cases, it is, of course, by no means easy to ascertain
who is really responsible for the respite of Town-
ley. At the trial, Mr. Baron Martin, the presiding
Judge, delivered himself to the jury in a manner
which was evidently intended to ensure a convic-
tion, and the conviction was obtained. When he
delivered his charge he seemed to entertain no
doubt whatever of the guilt of the prisoner, and of
his responsibility both at the time he committed the
crime and at the time of the trial. So far, there-
fore, it would seem that the Judge was free from
blame, and did his duty without flinching. Sir
George Grey declares that he entertained no doubt
of the sanity of the prisoner. He did undoubtedly
reprieve him, but in so doing he insists that he
acted in strict conformity with. the Act of
Parliament which he could not disoLtey. The
two certificates which were forwarded to him
were in accordance with the provisions of tLe
statute, and in obeying it he merely acted
ministerially. All this seems clear enough, and
the only conclusion would seem to be that the law
must be altered, for the law only has been in fault.
Bat, unfortunately, this is not the whole story.
Baron Martin had scarcely delivered his vigorous
charge to the jury who convicted Townley before
he sat dowa to write a letter to the Home Secre-
tary, requesting him to make inquiry as to whether
the prisoner was then sane. This, as it seems to
us, was either a mistake or an act of weakness. It
was a mistake if Baron Martin believed that the
prisoner who stood before him was insane, because
he had power himself to inquire into the state of
the prisoner's mind. And even although,the jury
might have believed him to be sane at the time of
the murder,the judge ought not to have pronounced
sentence if he believed him insane at the time of his
trial. To pronounce the solemn sentence of death,
with such a conviction in the judge's mind, would
have been an outrageous mockery. It was an act
of weakness if the judge, having doubts as to the
sanity of the prisoner before him, but thinking that
no such doubts existed in the minds of the jury,
withdrew this question from the legitimate tribunal,
and threw the responsibility of the execution upon
the Home Secretary or his medical advisers. It the
judge at the time of the trial entertained the same
o.oe
-lets which he entertained a few hours later, he
ought to have stated them boldly to the jury, and
not reserved teem for a letter to the Secretary of
ble for the Home Secretary to
State. It is impose;
ignore the suggestion to a judge who tries a pri-
soner. If Mr. Justice Blackbuti n had displayed less
firmness than he did display in the case of Wright,
that criminal might have escaped the penalty of
death, If Baron Martin had displayed mote firm-
ness or more openness of conduct he would ih'tve I Walls End.
tettintained better the dignity of the Bench.
It was certainly quite right that Sir George
Grey should direct an inquiry into the sanity of
Townley; and if the result of that inquiry had
been that in the opinion of those appointed to
make it Townley was insane, Sir George Grey
would have been justified in acting upon their
certificate. But a very different course was
pursued. At the very moment when the Lunacy
Commissioners were conducting their inquiry at the
instigation of the Home-office, other persons were
conducting a similar inquiry on their own account.
At the very moment when Sir George Grey was
told by these self-appointed inquirers that Townley
was insane, he was told by his own nominees that
Townley was responsible for his actions, and ought
to suffer death. Under such circumstances what
eseiitli any reasonable man do? Believing, as he
..as he must, that the opinion of the
tion—believing,
did himeeLe. that the insanity of Townley was a fie_
deserved great weight, and
Lunacy Commissionei:
o ioners,
,
that even if the Derbyshit: certificate were acted
upon it might be overruled by re'
:
Commissioners,
what was his duty? Ought not Sir orge
to have paused ? Ought he not to have nuet.4Grey.
.° in;
quiry ? Ought he not at least to have ascertainet.
that the magistrates and medical men who signed
the certificate were acting bona fide, or acting at all
events with full knowledge of the on
putting their names to such a documentcseyenlcteswaosf
well known to many that strong opinions were en-
tertained in some quarters that Townley was insane,
and surely Sir George Grey has had experience
enough in the Home Office. to know that those who
desire the abolition of capital punishment use every
case as a lever to promote the object they have in
view. That Sir George Grey believed in the neces-
sity
plain, for of
in this very
inquiring into the history of such certificates
magistrates who signed it easte hoee hasxpla ca led
explain their uponcan hdatcte.
Tt ahe pity is that th is step was not taken earlier. If
it had been
might have felt some difficulty in acting upon it.
It can scarcely be literally 'true that 'under the
statute any certificate, provided it be signed by
any two magistrates and any two physicians or
surgeons, must be obeyed by the Home Secre-
tary. Those who sign it must surely understand
what they are about. But Mr. W. Hugh Scott,
one of the magistrates who did sign, distinctly says
that although he thought Townley insane, "he
was unaware of the effect" of the certificate "as
regarded" the Home Secretary. At all events, it
seems tolerably clear that if, upon inquiry, the
Home Secretary believes that those who signed the
certificate are either closely connected with the
prisoner, or have expressed a strong opinion in his
favour,
he would be amply justified in poetically

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Jan. 26.--No business of (03 opioeril
has been effected lo day in the yarn-market, hut to fore)
are tolerably firm, and do not eviDce any de but
oh ie
sales. The demand for all markets, home and fo re oh
ke without animation. Where there has been et. liost
sition to business the tendency of prices has been ill we
of buyers. In home trade yarns manufacturers vio,
shown less disposilion than ever to effect purebe-see* V.
...., I
ners are quoting last week's prices, but so rest '..0:11"
the discouragement from buyers that it is said Molt trio it
ners are returning home with the resolution to vier.toile
imillsu less time than they are now doing, and 000311040
enfte don of stopping their machinery altogether. vPrciisse
10,000 extra applicants for relief to boards a glow
and local relief boards were reported on the boards
. 0„,,a.
sequencei of mills closing. A still larger addition vie robr
hu.rthe week ending on the 18th, and there hi elergfert
i ity that by Monday next the hands thrown out 0,0
35,00 to 701
inAnd yet
short space of one month will be
yet the crisis does not appear to have reached its 00
point.
The cloth market to-day is quite as 1110°1°0e
hernyearns, and more looms as well as more spin
d° set
s likely to be stopped as the result of to- the Joe)
riencef ofa the market. Things are not worse iu .tla S/
' market than they were last Tuesday; indeed, it 11113.1
difficult to conceive them worse. From Calcuttesrl 0111
the
the last letters to hand read -very discouregiugljoser
of eammaolnletary difficulties incroa sing and some failure% be`"
shippers to those markets are making
them concerns) in the bazaar. With such accoun ii 00
and those they have made have mostly bewiegnitiotafegetrgipialtr°i,°earill'etet°o°ooediff°l..,
toat mheemetewanitdh
tchoensfiedaerraaatiroiani.hgTouhte
opfrosPect of dearer ad
on the continent have also a tendencyr tioitrice3etilriceltliirt.
a LEEDS, 26th.—For a Tuesday's market, there: VI
mount of business done in the cloth-halls todel' 4,0'
gooLis, both plain and fancy, were in moderate recluTaifr
tho ag:l;regate bulk of those and ordinal febell,:°lollAgelsi
cated that there is a slight improvement ill 'I," ard
woollen tra 'le of the town. Prices of both 0e1,„,,,- 011.,t,'
are firm. Ti'e flax trade is steady and late Pr"cr 9'
and threads, a's well as of the ;
Gosef
tamed.
hadN OTTINSFIUM, i2,,lth.—The warlike news from alis $t
a very depressx.ng effect upon businese 6,ti min
change hall to-day. I;.eee yarns met an exeee'tion;etster,
sleale, and in some cases holders weraeviw
msasd e
n. money—indlbneiohosiery
s:quiet. For
in3ta.nces, hfiorwtnisetv. ehre,dt:o3etnaoit;
a rnF
osr tbhrt:llwnase also Teri haleOh A
anddanemd,aPirficaensywthei
ROCHDALE, 25th,—The flannel). AI,"
rneg,upnrciliceasnwgeedie..
it.,Nao. alteration fil,'
active to-day. Purchasers bought' °Par'' ° '
inso .. 0 cheolotitt,
and fancy goods, being
operations by the prices demmanedniedear‘r+be /331: f diej:
who are seeking soma advance in corrsecrb. 1.ell;r ° illi: tilt
.1
pricera of the raw material. Yorkshire gooll6 ~f3t, P:00°
dealers were
The wool trade was rather 4,,-.lupstw
narket,b,sew f botiii.tor
were very firm in their demands, at faul

prices,
- - -
COUNTRY ItlAitgos.
MONMOUTH—Tusailr' ..$
end's iteell
Rather mild weather has again set l .008 110
are able to proceed with agricultural operatisrpts,d4
terruption. The atteriance at the localArasote 0,61
moderate, with an average business, -2 to 14
deney in prices.
..... . gr ad
I
Wneat, white..sB Od to 5s 9d Barley.' ..go
.
Ditto red...... ..0s Od to Os Od Oats .....
411
SOP Vio'
MELTG.T MOWBRAY--V otO
...-140,4
The following were the currencies • ~,s fr./
43s Od to 458 Od ; new i'ed, 40s Od to aot 36s ra.
beans, 368 to As for old ; ne sorts/ 3,38 to 30s IF:
barley, 34e,t,t0 3681f0r malting and 20024 stone,
grinding; new oats, lbs„ to 22S Pcl Per
to 28s. 00,
Ore

HULL—TuEspAI• yeh ;0007,,1!
At this day's market the show of -51,13g4144.41,,ett6r,
rather short, and in some instances is Pe rathlg
last week's rates was given. Foreign u', flr
Batley fur grinding in fair demon°, buil" d ,il Pf;
gone quite neglected. Oats were firm. a nA tO 5
Beans sold better, but peas very dui" 42.5 vo-a Pro 5
Wheat.... Old white per qr .......... 409 to 5
Old red
ad
New white
New red
Barley.... English malting ............ 49 oa to 41,0 d
Grinding .................. to "OPO
Saal and Oderbruck ........ 300 oa ,740 )
Holstein and Danish ...... • • 20 04 to '
Grinding .................. 228,0c1t°,1315
Oats English, old ............... Os' to "001,1
Archangel and Riga, per st•' olgia 000 5
Friesland and Dutch ..... 00,;',140 Of Ai
Swedish and Danish ........ 40 v„-A
Beans English, old, per qr. ........ 420 XA
New pigeon ........... 40 ;id to 449 ';11
New tick .......... 30 -0--a
....
Egyptian .......... 32.8 od V /41
Peas .......
Foreign boilers ....... ocl
Dd
Grinding. .................. „A to ,6,5
Tares •• • • Spring. ................... 3ao vo:i to p,
Indian Corn .............. 002, 0 g
..........
Linseed, feeding .................... • 40! to Pa O. 0
crushing .............. ••A ... un to 0
Linseed cakes (Hull) ............ 0010 #
Foreign; ............ 6 6
v 0
Rape cakes ........ 6
Bones ..........................

kir)
_.........-- t f'l4
unchanged. he fe
LYNN—TuESDO'Low of if vieeX,, cite
met
tt to-day's market there was a fair sad tastrrioa' 1
an inactive sale,_ and the prices boatP to,
rendes. so". 30°14/
White
Oats and other articles at i' .540 p
43s to 45s 8ar1et::.....: •.15 to f
Red..
Beans .#'
.33s to 35s Oats.* ';,..•'
New 35s to 37s J POI "'

Itef'
---...... „for,
00
COAL 142)-11 ot tile 4 0. tl
.„ woe OPI ' ig
Pripet§ of Coal per 'Von at the - W r
s. d., ...1.19
Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 0
Lambert's West Hart":-15 ° ,A.,.....,. is
Byass's Bebside West gellgil ''....". •• ' ..19
Hartley
South lie
_,
.......... 0
ley 14 9 IlartlePu'i„ • '1.....19
e110e..'008,..'......0
Walker Primrose 14 3 Itidde,ll' ;tieKtop. . I'll
Cowpen Hartley.. 15 0 Bast ,P'A; Se,,l lei °II
Hastings Hartley l5 0 Britt:lan 1.110,- .•'l,)
Holywell .. 19 0 TeiradoAs
......,:,,„0
I\VVYesiatmWylam
69 110:tstowoe....•::::::::::?big:
17 6 TaDstaill .0 ".. /19
•.. • •

lEvdeesnt
HM
arintley 18
15 0 Caradoc .100.,,, ~., 7
,
I -a2.lleld Moor 15 6 South flet' . ..,
08.580p....6?....
North
11$1
)3yron
ships
at
market, /fi32ot
0 01,
.0
/
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[ADVERTISEMENT.I--330110WaY'S o,,tilioellteletkiri 'sir.
Instant Relief.—Sores whic maybecla"Josted Ili1)211/.
which are hourly deepeninr, ,srr,:joy ace pay,/,,
turing progress, and induced to take Pe'",., tbes-0:0,
plying this heating Ointment and takttltoote , riet
Pills. It soothes all distempers of, and ebe las: tbodoll?
humours from, the skin. Old ulcers 01'000 logo: of Y 1
tions caused by varicose veins,
limbs, can sensibly ea d di.ittsbd
se an ~, reprv'tt 40P,
way's never failingintroent, whic,'„,ervoto, 011a0r.41
and stimulates sluggish vascular fool, ", Tistof,, tll'iov
constitutions breaking down under pilefLtfoos L',,,01)
octrtli etir-ea44o eS.:O7 .l
similarly painful maladies, a fevz apPlllraigtetw
ing Ointment will give comfort, and AP'
will effect a cure.
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Births. d ll9°°%
GORDON.—On the 23d inst., at De-°01,31,-• Gds
Guernsey, the wife of Lieutenant-Colo COP
,),
a daughter. ~ to
LALAING.—On the 24th inst., at Bruose") DI V
Lalaing, of a daughter. CO° 00
.„,ffe o „ oto 4,
LocxwooD.—On the 27th inst,, the " ~d e, r
wood, E,q., of 16, Ilighbury -place, eh' 1,011
'lll- court, of a daughter.
2.- ...hal Ir°47I:6PIOPI
y0,,,0„—0n the 26th inst., at Pi- - -c
nyoung, oi.a eon.

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Marriages. oi Jo'
BATTISCOMBF.—BriAIaiLf,...-.011 tho ~''' of Op '
nab fotl6oo P
ininnstfieiri: Walter E. S. 13attisoonibe, P4,:i 00 fc),
gitnent, to Agnes J. Branfill, datigliter "
Clit3tr:roN—ETso4;l3:.--11101)nratittriset2e6rriolls.to at ii;17111.1!„,•;di410/111:!r4lif:
G o:Guijocenshhildaael
reriddi
,NTEoordcitd a ao,r of solicitor,otounnsdhi
ei r. e Ow r" e ii Is le tI?
ton, of 'London 'to 18;bellop -
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EVANS.—On the 26th inDste.,aattbs:l4, lkforYieba-e I°"°
A If
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erf t9olol'
aged 81. Evans,iefagl2e,dT9h4;,-
f /, OillhatrrOf
KINDURsLEY.—On the 27th iris 13--006"" 1f(64
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(I,ens, Diary Anne, the wife of the 4,,
e ll:iptg•CU f Arred
Richard 'l. liindersley, aged 61. 005, r
M Gr:D,vyeTnitor..sqounaret
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sae
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Loll iiert. ter
Seabrook, Esq., aged 62. • wood 11-Adetil 1:;i'
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Viti(3)AnT—On the 25th inst., at Chleltsvt.: to-
.'4,
Sir
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