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London, England, 1837-12-18 00:00:00

able loungers,' by walking along the floor, made a noise
that interfered with Divine service, to the indignation of
some pious persons, this Sunday admission is again re-
stricted to the hours of service."
The whole tone of the Report, in short, is that of
arrogance and bluster. The Committee seem to have
thought that the way to success was to proclaim
themselves determined invaders ; and to assume by
anticipation the air of triumphant conquerors. There
is no Institution, however venerable or useful—no
authority, however exalted—which they seem to
think entitled to the smallest degree of respect, with
one solitary exception, that exception being the
London Mechanics' Institution, to which they devote
a very long passage of somewhat fulsome panegyric.
The Report, however, notwithstanding the faults
we have pointed out, is worth reading, as any docu-
ment must be which embodies statements and rea-
sonings upon subjects with which they are well
acquainted of two such persons as the Duke of
Wellington and Dr. Ireland, and which present
such statements and reasonings, as in this instance,
with all the advantages of contrast. The Duke of
Wellington, as Constable of the Tower, was con-
sulted by the Board of Ordnance as to the expe-
diency of affording to the public easier or cheaper,
and therefore more general, access to that fortress.
His Grace gave an able argumentative reply in oppo-
sition to the project. But the authority of Lord J.
Russell, and Mr. Hume, and Mr. Foggo prevailed at
the Board of Ordnance over the official experience and
professional knowledge of the Duke of Wellington.
This is in excellent keeping. It was fit that the
opinion of the Duke of Wellington should be
sought to be disregarded in an affair which had
drawn upon the Dean of Westminster the sneers of
Lord John Russell, sod upon the pious worship-
pers at St. Paul's thoce of Mr. Hume and Mr. Foggo.
It is sufficiently plain that if the object in view be
attained to any considerable extent it will not be by
the exertions of Mr. Hume and Mr. Foggo, or by the
patronage of Lord John Russell, but spite of them.
That, within certain limits, it is a desirable object we
admit. We are of opinion that the public should
be admitted gratuitously to the inspection of our
national edifices, ecclesiastical, military, and civil,
except in such instances as that of the Tower of
London, in respect to which the reasoning of the
Duke of Wellington seems to us to be perfectly con-
clusive and unanswerable. But the gratuitous ad-
mission to cathedrals ought to be so regulated as to
guard against the possibility of disturbance to the
sacred duties to which those edifices are dedicated.
And nowhere ought gratuitous admission to extend
over so large a portion of the day as to deprive those
who are willing to pay for the chance of being mixed
with a less indiscriminate assemblage of fellow-
visitors to our national monuments of that privilege.
-Morning Post.

error, or the cunning which rejoices to smuggle an
enactment—Tam Marte, quam Mercurio.—Times.
There is an advertisement in this day's Morning
Advertiser, to which we beg to point the attentiou of
every Reformer in the United Kingdom. It is from
the electors of 'Westminster, and it is fit that, upon an
occasion of so much importance, not only to the
electors of the United Kingdom, but to the cause of
Reform " all over the world," they should show an
example to all others to follow in their steps. We need
not mention that the object to be attained is the defeat
of the Spottiswoode conspiracy against the Irish Libe-
ral Members, who have been fairly and honourably re-
turned to serve in Parliament the special interests of
their constituents. That what has been attempted by
the Tories in this matter is an unconstitutional pro-
ceeding, no one can doubt for one moment ; but it is one
thing fora proceeding to be unconstitutional, and quite
another to prove by law or by precedent that it is so.
What, then, remains for the Reformers of the United
Kingdom to do, unless a special ex post facto law can
be carried, but to meet one unconstitutional proceeding
by another ? We do not approve of the principle that
evil should be met by evil ; but there are times and
events which will justify its adoption ; and if any event
more than another could justify it, it would be the
attempt on the part of a conspiratory gang to upset
the voice of the people, by combining to raise a fund
for nullifying elections which ought to stand, and to
replace them by others which are wholly unsound.
That the people of 'Westminster have taken the lead
in this matter is a subject of as much gratification to
us as it is an honour to them. It is as worthy of their
high and long standing as the political leaders of
the people of England ; and it cannot fail to afford
the highest gratification to the people of Ireland, as
proving to them the sympathy felt in their cause by
the people of England, and their determination that
justice shall be done to them. The meeting, as ad-
vertised, will be held in a few clays, and no doubt can
be entertained that it willl be numerously attended.
The subscription will be upon a large scale, and no
Reformer ought to withhold his mite. The first men
in the kingdom will support it ; and we know too well
the energy, the determination, and the perseverance of
the people of Westminster, to dream for a moment
that every object contemplated by them, will not be
accomplished.--Morning Advertiser.
Post-office Reform, which we recollect when we
first introduced it, Has anything but a fashionable
subject or one which received that attention, either
within the walls of Parliament or out of doors, which
it deserved, is now becoming rather a favourite question.
Not only has the Corporation of London—a body
which has invariably been the first to come forward
upon every occasion when the amelioration of the con-
dition of the people, or the improvement of our in-
stitutions required its countenance and support—led
the way, but other influential mercantile bodies have
followed its example ; and if the country continue to
perform its duty, and the representatives in Parliament
urge upon the Ministers, not chimerical and unreason-
able proposition's, but substantial and useful changes,
we have no doubt that much real good will in a very
short time be effected. There should be no attempt t.)
advance a just cause by exaggerated statements, or pre-
ferring unfounded charges against public officers in the
employment of the Post-office : in short, nothin;
should be done that could give ground for suspicion
that insult or injury was intended to particular in-
dividuals, rather than the correction of the general
abuses of a defective system. We have been led into
this train of observation from the perusal of an excel-
lent petition which has been presented to the House
of Commons by Mr. Wallace, from that respectable
class of men time publishers of London. The petition-
ers complain, with great justice, of the evils of a SV3-.
tem which is not more injurious to the revenue than
prejudicial to the best interests of society, by checking,
the diffusion of useful knowledge. Is it not a pre-
posterous thing that a newspaper shall be delivered
at Edinburgh, and even remunerate the Government
for the carriage at the charge of one penny, and yet
the London publishers be obliged to pay the large
sum of six shillings and nine-pence for the carriage of
six letters that will hardly weigh so much as time single
newspaper. Of course, we should not expect that the
postage of ordinary letters would be reduced to any-
thing like the small sum charged for the carriage of a
newspaper ; still we contend that the trade lists and
catalogues of extensive publishers should be sent upon
moderate terms, and at a price much beneath what is
now demanded for their transit. We should fondly
hope that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will press
his Post-office Reform Bill with vigour, and leave the
disgrace at the door of the House of Lords, should the
inmates be unwilling to bear it, of again throwing it
out.—Morning Advertiser.
The reports of the meeting held on Saturday of the
Thatched House Tavern of the Committee appointed
to procure free admission for the public to the national
monuments in the metropolis, and throughout the
United Kingdom, will be found curious and interest-
ing. The object for the promotion of which this
Commit tee was appointed by a public meeting held on
the 29th of May last, at the Freemasons' Tavern, is,
WO think, with certain restrictions and qualifications, a
desirable one. Therefore it is that we regret it should
have fallen into the hands of persons of precisely the
manners, disposition, and intellect calculated to ren-
der failure, or delay, to the utmost possible extent
a matter of necessity. This remark applies with
equal justice to the Committee, whose eloquence
and wisdom are breathed through the lips of Mr.
Foggo—and to her Majesty's Secretary of State
for the Home Department—who undertook, as the
ally of the Committee, to urge upon the Deans
and Chapters of our Cathedrals the demand of the
meeting at Freemasons' Hall, that those sacred edi-
fices should be thrown open to the free and indiscri-
minate admission of the public. We would especially
refer to the letter of Lord J. Russell in reply to the
Dean of Westminster. It is an exhibition of flip-
pancy, pertness, and self-conceit, which would have
offended against good taste from whomsoever it had
proceeded, and to whomsoever it had been addressed.
But when it is considered that it is Lord John Rus-
sell, the minutest homunculus that ever filled a public
station in any country, who thus addresses himself to
a very aged Churchman, who has been one of the most
distinguished scholars and most eminent divines of his
day, the arrogance and folly are seen in their most re-
volting and ridiculous aspect. It is not thus that
favours are usually sought by those who are sincerely
desirous of obtaining them, or that men of sense and
experience set about to encounter and subdue what
they believe to be the prejudices of others. It does
not distinctly appear whether the report of the Com-
mittee is drawn up by Mr. Foggo or Mr. Hume ; but,
whoever be its author, he has placed upon disputable
grounds his own qualification and that of the body
whose sentiments he expresses, and whose transactions
he records, to co-operate in any undertaking with the
Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department.
Lord John Russell deals out such sarcasm and menace
as he can to the Dean of 'Westminster, because the
chapter of that cathedral has refused to comply with
the demand of the meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern;
and the report of the Committee of that meeting
irreverendly sneers at the pious persons who are
in the habit of repairing to St. Paul's Cathe-
dral for any other purpose than that of seeing the
curiosities, although the Dean and Chapterof St. Paul's
have done all that they can, and more than they
ought, in order to satisfy the demand of the meeting.
Considering that this Committee have a favour to
ask of the Dean and Chapter of every Cathedral in
the United Kingdom, is there anything like ordinary
discretion (higher feelings or motives we place, of
course, entirely out of the question) in the following
manifestation of its respect for the public service of
the Church of England, by which it shows, at the
same time, its sense of the voluntary condescension
of the authorities who govern the arrangements of that
edifice to its wishes ?
" The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's have ordered
that on week days those who enter freely during Divine
service shall not, as heretofore, be driven out at its con-
clusion, but remain, if they please, the remainder of the
day. The Canon Residentiary has also promised on hour
each week day additional free entrance. The fee is, how-
ever, still levied on those who enter at other times, whilst
no service is being performed. For two or three Sundays
St. Paul's was open the whole afternoon ; but on time
complaint of the Senior Verger (who receives one-fourth
of all entrance fees) that a prodi6ious crowd of fashion.

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CHARGE OF MURDER AT CHELSEA

On Saturday the prisoner, William Jarman, the keeper
of the Haunch of Venison beer-shop, Bu,kland's-lane,
Chelsea, was removed to Kensington for further examina-
tion. His left arm was in a sling, and during the length-
ened examination, a profuse perspiration rolled down his
checks in large drops. The office was crowded to excess.
William Robinson, a surgeon, in Regent-street, Chelsea,
who had been in p,actice about twelve weeks, stated that
he had known the deceased and her husband about a twelve-
month. On Wednesday he was desired by a person, Sal-
feld, to c4ll on the prisoner, who had received a severe con-
tusion on the arm. Witness went, and prisoner told him

that the injury had been inflicted by his wife with a poker.
On again visiting him witness saw Mrs. Jarman also, who
was labouring under erysipelas and inflammation of the
cl est, and, on seeing the state she was in witness suggested
the removal of blood from the arm. The deceased told
him she hal been dreadfully beaten by her husband, that
she was sore all over, and that she had been turned of doors
two successive nights. After bleeding her witness applied
ligatures to her arm, and left her. On going there again
he was informed that the ligatures had given way, and, on
going up stairs, he found her right arm, which had been
blooded, lying under her. The pledget (a piece of linen
folded over the vein) had slipped, which might have been
removed by design or accident. Her arms were bruised in
several parts. When witness left the prisoner was lying on
:he bed. I❑ answer tq further questions from the Magis-
trates, witness stated that some of the deceased relations
complained of his having bled her ; had not the pledget got
displaced by some means or other no further hemorrhage
would have taken place.
Mrs. Esther Sedford, the daughter of the deceased by
her first husband, deposed to finding her mother in a
bruised and bleeding state on Monday, and that the de-
ceased informed her that she had been ill-treated by the
prisoner. Witness then proceeded as follows :—On Wed-
nesday I left my mother, who said that she was very weak
from the bleeding ; she was perfectly sane. About nine
o'clock I again returned, and knocked at the room door.
On opening it I saw the prisoner lying on the bed. I said
" Mother" twice, but received no answer. I then felt her
face, which findin,, cold and clammy, I put my hand down
her stays, when I thought she was in a great perspiration.
On pulling my hand out, however, I found it all over blood,
on which I called out to the prisoner. He jumped off the
bed and called Mr. Robinson. We then got her out of the
bed, which was one gore of blood. I sent the servant for
some tape, which the doctor asked for, and when I came
back held her head on my shoulder as she sat on a chair,
while Mr. Robinson tied a bandage round her arm, after
which she was lifted into bed again. The doctor then felt

her wrist, and said there was no pulsation.
The witness was here strictly cross-examined by the
Bench as to whether Mrs. Jarman's arm was under her, as
described by the witness Robinson, or not, when she per-
sisted that it was not, and that the doctor had, at the same
time, not said anything about the pledget having slipped.
Three other witnesses were then examined, whose evi-

dence proved various acts of violence by the prisoner to-
wards the deceased on last Monday, &c., and
The prisoner then denied 'laving been at all accessory to
his wife's death. He described her as having been of a
most violent temper, which was, however, denied by the pri-
soner's own witnesses, who described her as having been a
most respectable and quiet female.
The Bench then said that the evidence was conclusive
enough to remand the prisoner until after the Inquest had
been held.
The prisoner was then conveyed in a hackney-coach to
New Prison, Clerkenwell.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.-Mr. Ranger, who
plays a Frenchman at this house, is a very
.clever person. He
had, before Wednesday, appeared only in the Romantic Widow,
which, though a very dull and heavy affair, he, by the dint of
his smart, brisk, and unembarrassed style of acting, made to
run a triumphant course of some thirty nights. On Thursday
he had a much severer trial to undergo; a new piece, called
Pierre Bertrand, was produced, by the side of which the Ro-
mantic Widow is a fine specimen of dramatic literature. It is
constructed on the gold-beating principle, its extension ever
increasing its meagreness. Pierre (Ranger) is a reduced
Frenchman, who is compelled to break stones on the road for
a livelihood. He wears a portrait of his mother, whom he
has not seen since childhood, and upon which he dilates for
about twenty minutes. Madame Clement (Mrs. Glover) is a
French lady resident in London. She has been privately
married in her youth, and entrusted a son to the care of a tu-
tor. Of this son she has not heard for mazy years. (Of course
no one can yet see through the plot.) Pierre leaves the
stone-breaking line, turns " wandering minstrel," and plays
a clarionet before house doors. Madame Clement hears
him, and sends her footman, to invite Lim to a
house where a young lady (enacted by Mrs. Waylett), and
whom he had loved in better days, is on a visit. A little ex-
planation takes place. Pierre (who could have guessed it ?)
turns out to be the son of Madame Clement, everybody em-
braces everybody, and there is an end. The dialogue was, if
possible, worse than the plot, and yet Mr. Ranger was clever
to a wonder ; his ,gestures, his accent, his pathos' were ex-
cellent ; then he played " The last Rose of Summer" on the
clarionet, with a feeling and expression which went to the
hearts of his audience, and made them for a moment forget
the drama. It was, however, but for a moment. A gentle-
man in the boxes had burst into a hearty laugh at one of the
pathetic scenes, and on hearing a suggestion from several
parts of the house that he should be " turned out," excused
himself by vociferating, " It is so funny I" The audience,
struck by the critical acumen displayed ix this remark, adopted
the sentiment, and from that moment every pathetic situation
was acknowledged by the heartiest roars of merriment.
Laughter was followed by hissing, and the curtain descended
amid a perfect storm of disapproving sounds, contrasted by a
very small minority of plaudits.
The Moniteur announces that the state of the Duke
de Nemours is as satisfactory as possible. Yesterday the
bandages of the fractured arm were removed by M. Baudens,
assisted, by his own express desire, by Dr. Majorlin, Dr. Pas-
quier, and his son. It appeared that the swelling was abated,
that the setting was perfect, and that even already the point
was capable of a slight degree of movement, whence there was
every reason to expect that the cure would be complete. The
King and the Duke of Orleans were present at the ope-
ration. Their solicitude was anxiously excited, and on the
result being ascertained they both declared their satisfaction to
M. Baudens in the kindest manner. —Galignani of Thursday.
The cup pigeon match, open to all England, did
not come off on Friday, but a snuff-box was substituted. Ten
entered, seven at twenty-five yards rise, and the re nainder at
twenty-one. It was won by Mr. Reid, who ki'led all his
birds (s►x),

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1837.