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LONDON :
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1837

from noticing more at large the very able address of
the Hon. Gentleman.

We direct the attention of such of our readers as
are incredulous respecting the influence which one
honest Reformer may exercise in the removal of the most
deeply-rooted abuses, to the speech of Mr. CHARLES
PEARSON, at a meeting of the Lord Mayor and Com-
mon Council of the City of London on Thursday,
which will be found in another part of The Sun.
The object of the meeting was to present Mr. PEAR-
SON with the thanks of the Court for his valuable ser-
vices for a period of twenty years, accompanied with
a splendid piece of plate, to the purchase of
which every member of the Court had been a sub-
scriber. Never was tribute better merited—though not
so much from the Court of Common Council, as from
the great body of the citizens of London. When,
twenty years ago, Mr. PEARSON took his seat in that
Court, he found it literally little better than a " den of
thieves." Justice was bought and sold. The City
Judicial Officers were the mere creatures of the At-
torney-General. The Lord Mayor, in too many In-
stances, was the puppet of the Premier; and for a
title, or a Government contract, was frequently ready
to barter away the independence of the City. The
Court of Aldermen imitated the conduct of the
civic Chief Magistrate, and the Court of Com-
mon Council followed respectfully in the wake of
that worshipful body. Mr. PEARSON declared
himself the enemy of this system from the • outset,
and though at first fighting single-handed against hun-
dreds, the cause of truth and justice prevailed. His
friends, it appears, predicted otherwise, and among
them Lord ERSKINE, who advised him to prefer
his own safety to a martyrdom, which would prove
unavailing to his fellow citizens. " Young man,"
observed his Lordship, addressing Mr. PEARSON,
" mark my words—the good you seek to achieve will
be spread over so large a surface that no one' will ac-
knowledge the obligation ; the evil, on the con-
trary, will be felt by the few who now profit by
the system, and they will never forget nor forgive
your interference." We rejoice, with the honest
civic Reformer to whom these words were ad-
dressed,- to be able to record how greatly Lord
ERSKINE was mistaken. But the error was not in his
Lordship's misconception of the hostility of the per-
petrators of abuse. There he was perfectly right.
His prediction went for nothing, because lie under-
rated the talents, the energy, the perseverance, and the
honest consistency of the young Reformer to whom
he addressed himself'. He looked upon Mr. PEA R-
SON as a yotmg man of ardent temperament, but no
very mature views, who would either be overwhelmed
by the hostility of thre abettors of abuse, or in a few
years be bought over by them. Had Mr. PEARSON
been an ordinary individual, his Lordship's prediction
would assuredly have been realized ; and that it has been
reversed, is the best proof that can possibly be adduced
of his sterling itir.lits. Let us therefore hear no more
about individuals being able of themselves to effect
nothing in the way of reform. One individual, if he
have but talents, honesty, and consistency, may re-
move momitains—may effect all diet politicians call
impossibihties.

It will bc seen by a letter from Mr. O'CONNELL
to Mr. HENRY CoPPock, Town Clerk of Stock-
port, that the lion. Member for Dublin has readily
accepted the invitation to dine with the Reformers of
Stockport, on Monday, November 13. The dinner is
to be given in honour of the presentation of a piece
of plate to HENRY MARSLAND, Esq., M.P., and
IL COBDEN, Esq., the unsuccessful candidate at the
last election. Mr. O'CoNN ELL'S letter contain many
excellent points worthy the consideration of all true
Reformers ; and we cordially join with him in the
wish that there was a Reform Association or Club in
every town, city, and village in England. It is only
by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether,
that a complete Reform can be achieved.

Among other satisfactory signs of the Times, we
may mention the establishmeet of a new weekly
Liberal Paper, the Mertkyr and Cardiff Chronicle,
which has within the last few months been established
in the centre of one of the most Tory districts in
South Wales. Till this Journal appeared, the only
one in Merthyr, and for some miles round, was the
illerthyr Guardian, which was supported, of course,
by all the high Tory party, especially the Parsons,
who made a point of zealously recommending it to the
notice of all over whom they exercised the slightest in-
fluence. The establishment of the Liberal Chronicle
will go far to remedy this state of things. It is conducted
with considerable ability, by a gentleman well qualified
to discuss the great political questions of the day—as
he has already proved by his various leading articles—
and is cordially supported by all the leading Reformers
in South Wales. When we bear in mind what the
Principality was some years ago, when the WYIsTNES
ruled the roast in the North, and the DYNEVORS and
MORGANS in the South, it is impossible not to be
struck with the rapid strides that Reform has made
throughout its length and breadth.

In another part of The Sun will be found a highly-
interesting report of the proceedings at the grand
dinner given by the Reformers of North Cheshire to
E. J. STANLEY, Esq., their talented and deservedly-
respected Representative. This celebration took place
at Staleybridge on Wednesday last, and is, it appears,
to be followed by another in a different quarter of the
northern district of the county. This, taken along
with other things, does not look as if the general re-
action which, according to the Tories, has done
such wonders for them, had yet made much
progress in the North. Indeed, one of the most
unaccountable characteristics of this noted General
is the capriciousness of his movements. He
is said by his friends always to be actuated by motives
not of a local or partial nature, but supplied to him
from the common source of all Tory grievances, the
mal-administration of public affairs ; and yet it is re-
marked as a curious instance of what some philoso-
phers call " invariable sequence," that the conquests
made by the General in the English counties are uni-
formly in proportion to the extent of the territorial
possessions of the party in whose service he is em-
ployed. What can be the reason of so extraordinary
a coincidence ? Will the organs of Toryism expound ?
Mr. STANLEY'S speech at this festival will be read
with great interest. It is manly and eloquent. While
the Hon. Gentleman does the Government the justice
to which they are entitled for having done a great deal
of good, and intended much more, which they could
not do on account of the obstacles thrown in their way ;
he lays on the lash, with cutting but just severity, upon
the back of that pestilent faction, by whose unprincipled
machinations the course of Reform has been obstructed.
The Hon. Member in alluding to the deceitful misre-
presentations of the Tories on the subject of the late
elections observed--and who can deny the truth
of the observation—that the character of the county
constituency had been so altered by the admission
of 501. tenants-at-will to the franchise, that the
conclusion drawn from the state of the poll at
a County Election, which would have been just before
the passing of the Reform Bill, would not be so now. I,
To remedy the evil of this dependent state of the
greater portion of the County Constituency, Mr.
STANLEY looks to the public opinion. We con-
fess that we look to something more. We have a
sincere respect for public opinion. We know that it
can do great things ; bnt we also know that there are
ome things which it cannot do, and one of these
is to make a Tory landlord blush. We would
avail ourselves of this mighty engine, but we would
not trust to it alone. We would assist and accelerate
its operation by such legislative enactments as House-
hold Suffrage, vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parlia-
ments. We would also, in order to give the desired
effect to these and all other reforms, take immediate
steps to enlighten the people by a general and com-
prehensive plan of education, by which the masses
might be instructed in their civil and political, as well
as in their moral and religious duties.
We are sorry that our limited space prevents us

There is a trial in our paper to-day to which we beg
to draw the attention of our readers. It spews, be-
yond any case in our recollection, the extent to which
a person calling himself a gentleman, and moving in a
sphere of life in which the feelings of a gentleman are
generally supposed to be imbibed, can dispense with
the laws of honour. Happily, the sting which he
aimed at the bosom of the innocent has pierced
his own.

The Glasgow Chronicle of Saturday last contains
the report of the proceedings at a public dinner given
by the spirited Reformers of Ayrshire to their excel-
lent Representative Captain DUNLOP, of Dunlop,
which we regret to say the crowded state of our co-
lums prevents us from extracting. Six hundred staunch
Reformers sat down to table, including Mr. WAL-
LACE, M.P. for Greenock; Sir JOHN CUNNING-
HAM FAIRLIE, Bart., the Rev. Messrs. WILSON
and CAMPBELL, and most of the other leading Re-
formers of the county. The speeches of Captain
DUNLOP and the Rev. Mr. WILSON, were fraught
with good counsel, and dwelt on the necessity, civil,
religious, and moral, of supporting to the utmost the
Melbourne Ministry. Captain DUNLOP, in addres-
sing the company on the policy which he deemed safest
for the country, said—

It is because I seek to promote those measures that
you have supported me, and it is because I leave I believe
these to be the objects of Lord Melbourne's Administration
that I have supported him, and will continue to support him.
I admire Lord Melbourne's conduct as a Minister, because I
believe him to be an honest and straightforward Reformer,
who is sincerely anxious to do all in his power to strengthen
and purify our institutions. On our desire to promote reli-
gious instruction no pains has been spared to misrepresent
our motives, and impress the public with a belief that the
measures of Government will have a directly contrary
effect. We have been called Atheistical and Popish,
and I doubt not if there was any other word which
they thought would be more likely to alarm the se-
rious mind, it would be used. But what are the
measures of Government, and wherein does their un-
belief consist ? Many of you, I have no doubt, when you
were told that the measures proposed by Government had an
infidel and Popish tendency, would naturally think that Minis-
ters proposed to make some alteration in the standards of our
Church or in the doctrine which it teaches. No such thing.
It was not on the doctrines or discipline of the Church they
intended to make alterations, but they were determined to re-
gulate and control the revenues of the Clergy. Their infi-
delity consisted not in any disbelief of the doctrines of the
Bible, but in this;—they did not believe that a Clergyman
would teach religion better by being overpaid for doing
little, while another is underpaid for working hard. They
do not believe that Christian harmony is promoted by
insisting on a litigious Church-rate, rather than a, pay-
mentfrom the hands of Government. These are some of the
articles in the Tory creed, and for denying the truth of which,

BE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1837.

and for seeking them to reform those abuses, we are branded
with the name of Infidels and Papists. Our opponents spare
no pains to make you believe that the measures of the Libe-
ral Government intended to spread education, religion, and
peace through every part of Ireland, would only produce ir-
religion, disaffection, and bloodshed. Believe them not—
examine the subject for yourselves--acknowledge the difficulty
—mark how they have been met, and to a certain extent over-
come—rally round your leader—put you trust in the justice of
your cause, and look up to that bar which will ever direct the
course of those who stretch forth the arm of simplicity to the
weak and the oppressed, and fear not that we should add to
the, glory of having conferred freedom on the slave, the honour
of having secured equal rights to every native-born subject of
the British empire.
These sentiments were cordially applauded by the
company, but no speech delivered in the course of the
evening produced such a powerful effect as that deli-
vered by the Rev. Mr. WILSON of Irvine. He
placed Conservatism in a new light, and attacked it on
the ground of being the upholder of that system which
it pretended most strongly to repudiate namely,
Popery. He electrified the Meeting by first de-
claring, and subsequently proving, by arguments
the most incontestable " that at this very day there
is issuing from Oxford alone more that is hostile
to Protestantism than comes directly from Rome."
We cannot now enter into an analysis of the Rev. Gen-
tleman's masterly speech, but we do trust that the fol-
lowing brief extracts from it will meet with an attentive
perusal. They will be found to embody the substance
of one of the best speeches yet delivered on the sub-
ject of the Irish National Education System :
These Conservatives do not fear Popery as a system of
religion. They fear it only when it presents itself in the form
of a political system adverse to their own ascendancy in tke
State. Protestantism they regard, not as a system of religion,
but as a political test and watchword ; so that if men will only
unite with them in maintaining the domination of the few over
the millions of the British Empire, they care not how near
others approach in doctrine to the mystery of iniquity.
I ask, Sir, if the prevalence of this political Protest-
antism does not indicate the advance of Popery as a spiritual
system? In my opinion it is the duty of all true Presbyte-
rians to take a position of moral and political defiance against
a system which is not more inimical to religious than it is to
political liberty. It is gravely maintained that her Majesty's
Ministers have laid down measures which are intended and
calculated to hasten the progress of Popery. When we ask
them for the proof of this charge they tell us with great
earnestness that Lord Melbourne has thrown them into
great consternation by declaring that the measure which
he has brought forward will deal a heavy blow and prove
a great discouragement to Protestantism. Here, Sir, the
evidence is decisive. It is decisive of Lord Melbourne's
intention. It makes it sufficiently clear that his blow
is intended to fall on that political Protestantism which I have
described, and on those Conservatives in politics who have no
aversion to the sentiments of Popery, and who regard Protes-
tantism only as the political test of those who would support
their domination in the State. The Conservatives, who are
thrown into such consternation under the apprehension of this
blow—who founded Maynooth College—and who counte-
nance the religious system of the Catholics in England,
because in politics they are of their own party—these men
tell us most earnestly, that, as Protestants, we should op-
pose the present Ministers, because selsetions from the
Scriptures are read, instead of the entire Bible, in the
national schools of Ireland.—( Cheers aed laughter.) The
plan of these schools proceela on the general principle that
it is not the pros iiice of human legislation to enforce the
adoption of a human creed. The rectitude of this principle
is undeniable. No other course is compatible with the renun-
ciation of the right to employ force in religion—and this re-
nunciation the spirit of Christianity demands.—(Tremendous
cheers.) The plan is not merely the only plan practicable
on sound principles, but it is the only plan that has ever been
devised by a British Government with the direct view of ex-
tending the blessings of education to all classes of the com-
munity in Ireland. Many historical parts of the Old and
New Testaments are put into the bands of children, to.
gether with the whole Gospel of the Evangelist Luke.
Surely this training cannot lead to Popery. The na-
tional schools tend to clear the way for private exertion by
the removal of much ignorance—and for these facilities
they are indebted to those l`blinisters of State %%horn po-
litical Protestants would displace, on the plea that their mea-
sures are favourable to Popery.—(Cheering.) The plan of
these schools proceeds on a right principle. The system is
not secular, but moral and religious in its bearings—and
Scotchmen at least cannot view as unjustifiable the appropria-
tion of ecclesiastical funds, in promotion of such an end. The
bitter cries and the piteous wailing-s that we have heard upon
this point, are not -likely to meet with sympathy from sound
and right-minded Presbyterians. As a Protestant, as a Pres-
byterian Minister, as a religious man, I have no hesitation in
avowing my solemn conviction, that for the security of the best
interests of Protestantism as a religious system, we should
countenance her Majesty's present Ministers, and do all in our
power to prolong their enlightened administration _ (Loud
and long-continued cheering.)

The whole of the French Journals of Thursday have
been received. They bring the details of the capture
of Constantine, the whole of which will be found in
another part of The Sun. The following extracts in-
clude all else in their columns worthy of notice. No
news of the slightest interest from Spain :
The Messager publishes this morning two pieces of intel-
ligence in a form nearly official, and which appears to us to
merit some attention. We find in it—
" When the cannon announced yesterday the taking of Con-
stantine, the members of the diplomatic body hastened to
leave their names at the residence of the President of the
Council. The first who entered his name there was Lord
Granville who was followed by the Envoy of Denmark,
but it is remarked that the Russian Ambassador did not call.
The Ottoman Ambassador followed his example."
And a little further on, a letter from St. Petersbugh of the
10th October says, that a rather warm altercation had taken
place between the Vice-Chancellor, Count Nesselrode, and
Baron de Barante, on occasion of the affairs of Tunis.
The relations between Russia. and France are daily be-
coming less and less friendly. The closing of the Darda-
nelles against French ships-of-war continues to be im-
periously demanded by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and
the Porte appears but too much inclined to yield to it.
Letters from Copenhagen, of the 16th, say that M. Wal-
licha, a Danish merchant, has just been appointed Danish
Consul-General to Algiers, and that he is on his way to Paris
to get his exequatur from the French Consul-General.
The Temps, quoting from the Messager the paragraph
relative to the visits of the diplomatic body to Count Mole,
says—
" We do not know whether the congratulatory 'visits were
made in this order, but what we do know is that since 1830,
there has not been any communications of this kind with
Russia. If no family or other news is communicated to it, it
has no answer to make. Why then should we be surprised at
its silence or its absence ?"

FRENCH FUNDS.-Psais, OCT '26.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 55c. 60c. 70c.
Faur per Cents., 100 E 50c. Xoc.
Three per Cents. SOf. 9Uc. Sif. 81f. sc.
Bank Actions, 2,465 f.
Bente de Naples, 99f. 20c.:25c. 30e.
Roman Five per Cents., 102.
Spanish Actives, 21% 21 203 e.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Belgian Loan. Five per Cents.. 102%.
Brussels Society, 1,6651.
Belgian Bank, 1,470 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 22X
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 47%c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 32%c. ; money, 25f. 30c.
Authenttaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 70c.
Three per Cents. 81f. sc.
Bank Actions, 2.405 f.
Roman Five per Cents., 102.
Belgian Bank, 1,470 E
Brussels Society, 1,665 E
Portuguese Three per Cents., 22%.
Spanish Actives, 20%.
Spanish Passives 4%.
Spanish Differes 6}4.

VALPARAISO, JULY 8, 1837.—(Extract from a
private letter.)—The expedition has not sailed to Peru
yet, and an attempt at doing it away was made, by the
Chief of the military forces having revolted. It was
quelled, however, a battle having taken place between
them and the troops of the town ; and he, with some
seven more, have been shot in this town. He himself
previously shot the Minister of War and Marine, who
was then with him, and was the chief, and indeed,
principal mover of the war.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, YESTERDAY.—
The demand has been moderate throughont the week, and
the market steady, without change in prices. Notwith-
standing the dull state of trade in the manufacturing dis-
tricts, our stock being now. under that of last year, and no
large supply expected until the new crop makes its ap-
pearance, the holders are firm in their demands. Specu-
lators have taken 500 bales of American, and exporters
250 American and 950 Surat. The sales to-day are about
3,300 bags of all kind's.
Amongst the most successful shots at the shooting
party at the Earl of Leicester's, Holkbam, during the last
month, was the young Lord Coke, the venerable nobleman's
eldest son, now in his fifteenth year. The Earl and Coun-
tess have three other sons and one daughter, Lady Mar-
garet Sophia Coke.
The spacious edifice in the Stable-yard, opposite
the Duke of Sutherland's mansion, and so many years the
abode of the late Earl of Harrington, will be razed to the
ground in a few weeks. The commissioners have sold the
materials, and the workmen will soon commence opera-
tions. It is intended to construct on its site an additional
wing for the accommodation of the Princess Augusta and
her household.

---- -
Love letters once caused a lady to exclaim, " When
the Devil's very desirous of ruining a man or a womon, he
a'ways pokes a pan in their paw !"

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
MURDER.—George Smith, a soldier, aged 24, was indicted
upon the Coroner's Inquisition, for the wilful murder of James
Chaplain on the 11th of the present month. The prisoner was
also charged upon the finding of the Grand Jury, with man-
slaughter.
Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. BODKIN appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. CHAMBERS, after going at some length into the law
with respect to murder and manslaughter, shortly detailed the
facts of the case to the jury and called the following witnesses:—
Robert Burroughs examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—Was a
private in the Coldstream Guards. The prisoner belonged to
the same regiment and company. On the 11th of October he
received his discharge. Went with his brother and a man
of the name of Bruhdall to the Three Horse Shoes, Hamp-
stead, on the evening of that day. There were two other
soldiers in the public-house, together with the • deceased,
James Chaplain. In the course of the evening the prisoner
went and fetched in half a gallon of beer while the reckoning
was going on. There was a dispute about who should pay
the reckoning, the prisoner saying he should not pay anything.
A fight took place between the witness and the prisoner, and
Chaplain jumped over the table and struck the prisoner. A
severe quarrel took place, but afterwards they were all com-
fortable together. The prisoner and his brother left in about
a quarter of an hour; Chaplain remained there a quarter of
an hour after that. Witness considered George Smith very
much advanced in liquor; Chaplin was not so bad.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.—Witness had been in
the company of Chaplain only three or four times. Had heard
that he was a fighting-man. Smith had given Chaplain no
provocation, and did not even return the blows he gave him.
Witness was not the worse for liquor. When Chaplain struck
the prisoner, he staggered back against the fire-place. Did
not see anything the matter with Chaplain, but could not say
whether he was sober enough to go about his business.
Wm. Stringer, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS.—Was at the
Three Horse Shoes on the 11th inst. The prisoner and
Chaplain were there. There were also some other soldiers
at the Three Horse Shoes, who were the worse for
liquor; Chaplin was sober. All was quiet till the prisoner at
the bar called Borroughs a lobster, when a fight commenced,
during which Chaplain struck the prisoner. The prisoner and
his brother, fearing that a farther disturbance would take
place, left the house. The landlord detained Chaplain till he
thought Smith had got home. Directly he was released,
Chaplain jumped over the table, declaring that if he caught
him, he would serve the out. The prisoner had no
side-arms, but his brother had.
Cross-examined by Mr. BODKlN.—Chaplain was perfectly
sober, and the prisoner Smith was most drunk of them all.
In consequence of Chaplain attacking the prisoner in the way
he did, the landlord dragged him out of the room. The pri-
soner and his brother said they would go home, to get
out of the noise ; and immediately left the house. Chap-
lain attempted to go after them directly. Chaplain lived at
Minerva-place, Hampstead, which was higher in the town
than the public-house. Church-lane leads to the barracks.
At the corner of Church-lane there is a public-house called
the King William. If Chaplain had gone the direct road home,
ho had no business in Church-lane or the neighbourhood.

George Ware, the landlord of the Three Horse Shoes, saw
Chaplain strike some one in his tap-room, in consequence of
which he took him away, but allowed him to return on his
promising to make no further disturbance.
Stephen Walker corroborated the evidence of the other wit-
ness as to the disturbance at the Three Horse Shoes. When
he left the public house he went straight to his house, No. 2,
Church-lane. He had been at home about a quarter of an
hour, when he heard a disturbance in the lane. He looked
out, and saw the prisoner and his brother ; shortly afterwards
he heard another noise; went again to the door, when he
heard a bayonet fall on the ground, When he went out lie
heard a perso❑ calling out " Police, police.—a man's stabbed ;"
before he heard this, .a man cried out, " Why don't you come
back and pay your reckoning ? Did not know whether it was
Chaplain's voice. After he had heard the cry of " police" he
discovered Chaplain lying in Church-lane, within a yard of
the bar. Witness went to him, and found he was wounded.
Chaplain's hat was lying about 20 or 30 yards from where he
was.

Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS. —STBHII was drunk, but
Chaplain was sober.
J -hn Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—Resided at No.
6, Church-lane, Hampstead. Was at home between nine
and ten o'clock on the evening of the 11 th of the present
month. Upon hearing a disturbance in the lane he went out.
He heard voices towards the fields, and blows like a man's
fist. He heard some one say " Take that," and in about
half a minute he heard, he believed, the same voice say " He's
stabbed me."' Directly afterwards a person ran towards him,
who turned out to be Chaplain. On coming up to witness he
cried out "I am stabbed, lam stabbed." Witness saw by
the light of the moon persons running in a contrary direction.
Chaplain then turned round the bar and fell. Witness then
called the police, and assisted them in going after the persons
who had run away. On taking the prisoner into custody the
policeman took a bayonet from him. The prisoner was
very tipsy.
Joseph Bowers, who also resided in Church-lane, corrobo-
rated the evidence of the last witness. He went in search of
the prisoner, whom he soon overtook accompanied with his
brother. On witness attempting to take him the prisoner
flourished a bayonet over his head, and swore that he would
not be taken by anybody, as he had done nothing. Witness
then called for assistance, and the prisoner and his brother
made off; witness followed them, and upon his getting up to
them again the prisoner attacked him with the bayonet and
ran off. Witness was joined by a person named Manning, and
he again went in pursuit ; upon overtaking them he tripped up
Smith, who fell, and was taken into custody, together with
his brother. There was a hole in witness's coat, which had
been made with the bayonet, and there was also blood on it,
which he believed came from the prisoner, who was wounded
in the hand.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.—Had been in the Po-
lice, but bad been discharged about two years ago, for going
into a public house while on duty. Had been for two years
out of employ, and got his living by doing any jobs he could.
A gentleman whom witness knew had drawn up a paper which
certified that he had given his evidence in a praiseworthy
manner before the Coroner. This paper was in the witness's
possession before he gave his evidence. The gentleman
thought such a paper might be of use to the witness, and en-
able him to get back again into the Police. Witness, at the
suggestion of some gentleman at Hampstead, endeavoured to
raise a subscription to reward his bravery, but succeeded very
indifferently.
Charles Hayes, a groom to Mr. Longman at Hampstead,
stated that he saw the deceased at the Mews on the evening
of the 11th instant; he came to inquire after a man that
worked with him. Witness told him that he was not
there, and advised her to go to his house, near Golden-square.
Chaplain left, and shortly afterwards witness heard a noise and
a scuffle but could not distinguish what was said. Shortly
afterwards heard Chaplain cry out that he was stabbed. The
road that Chaplain took, was not the right one to Golden-
square. Witness assisted in taking Chaplain to Mr. Lord's,
the surgeon.
Ann Hicks, a person residing in Church-lane, heard a noise
there on the evening of the 11th of October. Saw Chaplain
there, and two other persons. Heard Chaplain say he would
fight, and afterwards cry out he was stabbed.
William Simmons, a policeman, who was on duty at Hamp-
stead on the night of the 11th of the present month, took the
prisoner, who was very drunk, into custody. The prisoner
was lying down at the time he took him. Witness also took
the prisoner's brother Richard into custody.
William Sims, another policeman, assisted the last witness
in taking the prisoner. As they were going along, the pri-
soner cried, and said, " Poor fellow, I am sorry that it has
happened."
William Aggs, the inspector of the S division of police,
was on duty when the prisoner and his brother were brought
to the station-house. The prisoner's brother had side-arms,
but the prisoner had none. Both were very drunk. Witness
asked the prisoner what had become of his side-arms, to which
he replied that he had been discharged that morning. On
Bower producing the bayonet witness observed that there was
blood upon it. The appearance of blood might have been
caused by drawing it through the hands of a person, if it cut
them. There was blood on the face of the prisoner. Wit-
ness afterwards went to Mr. Lord's surgery, where he saw
Chaplain lying on the door. Witness assisted in taking him
to the North London Hospital. Took the prisoner and his
brother there, and when confronted with Chaplain, the
latter said, pointing to George Smith—That's the man.
Smith was near enough to hear what was said by Chaplain.
The prisoner did not say a word to this. Chaplain was quite
sensible, but in a state of great exhaustion. When Chaplain
repeated That's the man, witness said, Well, what of it ?
to which Chaplain replied, That's the man who stabbed me.
Witness said the Magistrate would be there shortly to take
his depositions, and added, you will recollect the man, Chap-
lain said Yes—that's the man who stabbed me. The prisoner
and his brother were then taken to Clerkenwell. In conse-
quence of the deceased saying that he thought he should get
better, his deposition was not taken.
Hamilton, the porter of the North London Hospital, deposed
to having seen Chaplain the morning after he was admitted
into the Hospital. Chaplain died on the Thursday following,
at eleven o'clock at night.
Mr. Taylor, one of the Surgeons of the North Loudon
Hospital, saw Chaplain shortly after he was brought in. He
had a wound on the right side of the belly, which appeared to
have been made with a bayonet. The cause of his death was
the wound in the belly. The bayonet entered on the right
side, and protruded on the left below the pelvis. This closed
the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Anooexus addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner.
Considerable prejudice existed in the public mind against the
practice of soldiers wearing side-arms when not on duty,
and, had it not been for that prejudice, lie was confident
no Coroner's Jury would ever have returned a verdict of
Murder against the prisoner at the bar. He hoped the gen-
tlemen of the Jury would throw aside all prejudices, and de-
cide the case before them upon the facts adduced in evidence.
Upon that evidence he felt convinced the Jury would feel
themselves justified in acquitting the prisoner not only of the
capital charge of murder, but of the minor one of manslaus.,,hter.
The Learned Counsel called witnesses who proved that the
deceased had given great provocation to the prisoner, and
also corroborated the facts admitted by the witnesses upon
their cross•examination, relative to what took place in the
Three Horse Shoes public-house before the prisoner left it.
Several witnesses also gave the prisoner an excellent character
for humanity.
[lf the Verdict be returned in time, it will be published in a
Second Edition.]

NEW COURT.
Mary Cooper, mother, and Mary Ann Cooper, the daugh-