The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

THE HONOURABLE MR. NORTON.

The Hon. Mr. Norton has published a letter,
appending to it a copy of a memorandum signed by
his solicitor, Mr. Currie, for the purpose of show-
ing that, in bringing the action against Lord Mel-
bourne, he (Mr. Norton) was " acting upon Sir
W. Follett's advice." Mr. Norton also explains
his mis-statement with respect to the appointment
which Ile received from Lord Melbourne, and thus
concludes his letter :
" I had not, at the time of writing my former letter,
refreshed my memory by reference to documents con-
nected with this point, and, in writing about a transac-
tion which happened upwards of twenty-two years ago,
I was led into this most unintentional mistake."
The following is the memorandum alluded to :
MEMORANDUM OF CONSULTATION WITH SIR W. FOLLETT,
APRIL 28, 1836.
Sir William at first, said, " I did not think the case,
although one of the strongest suspicion, and that you
are now on the right track, strong enough in evidence
to enable me to say that you will get a verdict on it, as
witnesses of the description you have in this case are
so likely to break down on cross-examination." It will
be observed that in the statement laid before Sir Wil-
liam the character of the witnesses is strongly observed
on, and I thought it right, therefore, to state that the
result of their further examination and of subsequent
inquiry was to lead me to think better of them than
I had done when I prepared the case ; and although
I doubted Flook's general character, I thought his state-
ment to be correct, and that he would not break down
on cross-examination. Sir William then asked if the
question had been put pointedly to the witnesses, whe-
ther their suspicions were not excited by what they saw,
and if they watched in consequence ; and I told him
that such question had been put, and that the women
stated that, from the colouring which Mrs. N. gave to
the acquaintance with Lord M., and her free manners,
their suspicions were not excited, and that Flook's an-
swer was that he had no doubt of the fact, but he thought
Mr. N. designedly shut his eyes to it. The result of
further conversation was that Sir William thought,
with a very little addition in confirmation, the evidence
would do, and he thought that it was a gross case on
the part of Lord M., and, after conferring on the ne-
cessity of taking some step, rather than admitting, by
not proceeding, Mrs. N.'s innocence, he said that what-
ever might be the result 'of the action no one could
doubt the fact, and that Mr. N. would be justified to
the world by the exposure. In the end, he said that if
the evidence could be strenghthened, it was desirable,
and a few days should be employed in doing so, and
that on the whole he thought the writ might then be
issued. He thought it important to prove by a better
class of witnesses than the servants the extreme inti-
macy with Lord M., and the fact of visitors being de-
nied when Lord M. was in the house, by any such vi-
sitors. (Signed) J. CURRIE.
In consequence of the publication of the letter
above referred to, Mrs. Norton has made the fol-
lowing, reply :
It is not my intention to pursue further a newspaper
controversy with Mr. Norton. He says, in his yester-
day's letter to the Times, respecting statements which I
proved to be utterly false in his first letter, that he ad-
mits their falsehood ; but had not "refreshed his me-
mory," and in writing of transactions which happened
so long since, was "led into unintentional mistake." I
entreat those who are to judge of my conduct on his
assertions, to pause over all accusations dependent on
so faithless and mistaking a memory.
The question "prominently before the public," is not
whether Mr. Norton should allow his wife an income,
or even the amount of that income ; but first, whether
a gentleman barrister and magistrate, daily sitting in
judgment on poor men's offences, should himself break
a formal covenant, to which for his own advantage he
urged a solicitor to obtain his wife's signature ; and se-
condly whether, breakiog that covenant, he should en-
deavour to distract pubic attention from the fact of his
fraud, by a great public scandal ; such scandal having
for its original groundwork the pretence of a stipula-
tion, which he has since been compelled to admit never
existed, and which he has denied in print he ever as-
serted did exist ; though his denial is proved false by all
the printed reports of the County Court proceedings.
That is the portion of these miserable matters which is
before the public, and on which, in a man holding a
public situation, the public have a right to pass
judgment.

- In conclusion I Will only observe, that lam perfectly
willing to abide by the letter against me, written in
October, 1836, by that frank-hearted gentleman Sir
John Bayley, who was then utterly ignorant of the real
circumstances of our quarrel. lam more than willing,
I am eager, to seize this last opportunity of justifying
myself; by one more of Mr. Norton's own admissions.
I find in the letter of Sir John Bayley of October 3,
1836, the following sentence :
"If that principle is once broken through and access
allowed, I see no valid reason arising out of that part of
Mrs. Norton s conduct with which I am acquainted why
Mr. Norton should not live with her again himself; a
g ra
ya da
andt i o n
J. 'u'
In thef June,"
step which would reduce Mr. Norton to the lowest
Mr. Norton wrote those letters beginning
following the date of that sen-
tence,
"Dearest Carry," and signed "Greenacre," which
urge my return home ; being his first attempt at re-
concild iation. On that sentence, then, I for ever take a
stageo
sad and scornful farewell of my husband and his scan-
dals against me. On that sentence (which he himself
dMe
has published), I for ever leave him the choice of his al
ternative. Does he consider that when he wrote those
caressing letters oyeconciliation, he " sank to the lowest
stage of degradation,,,
or will he admit that disbelieving
those' scandals, he now reiterates them to cover his breach
of faith about a money covenant?
Let the public (before whom my name has once more
been dragged in the mire of false accusation) choose for
him, or let him choose for himself ; from one or other
of these alternatives there is no escape ! And now, I
will answer Mr. Norton no more. There is no story so
false, no scandal so foul, that it shall wring from me
any further reply. I have too strong a faith in English
justice to deem further reply necessary.

CAROLINE NORTON.
I append a reprint of Sir W. Follett's denial at the
time of all responsibility of advising Mr. Norton. It is
the only fit comment on the memorandum Mr. Norton
has published ; in which it is admitted that Sir W. Fol-
lett strongly commented on " the character of the wit-
nesses," but that " after conferring on the necessity of
taking some step, rather than admitting Mrs. N.'s inno-
cence, by not proceeding," the trial was brought, even
with doubt of success, for the sake of the " exposure !"

[Extract from the Times of June 25, 1836.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Having seen in the Times of this morning that
the action of "Norton v. Lord Melbourne," was advised
" by the able and upright counsel who conducted it,"
we think it is due to Sir William Follett to state, that
the action was not brought under his advice, and that
although he was retained so far back as the 25th of April
last, the evidence was not in a complete state for his brief
to be delivered to him util the 14th of June inst., and
when no course was open to the parties but to proceed
with the trial of the cause, which had been fixed for the
present sittings.—We are, sir, your most obedient ser-
vants. (Signed) CURRIE AND WOODGATE.
Lincoln's-inn, June 25, 1836.

DEATH OF Mn. BLEWITT, THE COMPOSER.—The death
of this public favourite, both as the composer and singer
of sprightly and humourous songs, took place in Lon-
don, early in the present week. Mr. Blewitt is stated
to have closed his days in great poverty, leaving a
widow and family of children to depend entirely upon
eleemosynary aid.
THE COMMAND IN IRELAND.—It is said the successor
of the present gallant Commander of the Forces in Ireland
(Sir E. Blakeney) will be Major-General Cathcart, the
Governor of the Cape, who has just completed the con-
quest of the Kafirs.
SCOTTISH SECRETARY OF STATE.—Notice of motion
was given at the last meeting of the Glasgow Town
Council, that at their first meeting the council would be
moved to petition her Majesty to confide the adminis-
tration of Scottish affairs to a Secretary of State for
Scotland.

BALLOT DEMONSTRATION AT SOUTHAMPTON.--A pub-
lic meeting was held on Monday evening last, in the
Town-hall, Southampton, for the purpose of aiding in
the movement for securing the ballot as a feature in the
promisei reform measure of next session. The meeting
was convened by the Mayor, pursuant to a requisition
presented to him by a considerable number of the rate-
payers and inhabitants of the !town. Shortly after the
hour appointed for the meeting the Mayor, who was ac-
companied by several influential gentlemen of the town,
took the chair. Resolutions which affirmed the neces-
sity of introducing the ballot as a feature in the Minis-
terial Reform Bill, and the importance of taking practi-
cal steps for securing that object, were adopted. Before
the conclusion of the meeting, a local committee was
appointed, with a view of taking such further steps as
might be deemed necessary for promoting the ballot
movement.

MEMORIALS OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN AND AUGUSTUS,

—At Peironell, a Hungarian town on the Danube, there
has just been found near the castle of the Counts of
Abensberg-Traun, an uncommonly fine mosaic pave-
ment ; also, not far from the spot where the pavement
was found, a military order of the Emperor Trajan was
discovered. Petronell is the ancient Cornuntum, and
near it are the remains of triumphal arch, raised by the
Emperor Augustus to Tiberius, in memory of the con•
quest of Pannonia.

MONEY MARKET

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

ENGLAND.

lbs.
bush.
lbs.

Hops
Malt ...
Paper ... ...
Soap...
... ... ,
Spirits . ls
Spirits from the Channel
Islands ... ... gals.
Sugar ... ... ... cwts.
Beer exported ... ... brls.
SCOTLAND.

Malt Z.
Paper ...
Soap
Spirits ...
Sugar...
Beer exported

IRELAND.

... bush.
... lbs.

gais.
cwts.
brls.

. bush.
~ lbs.

Malt
Paper
Spirits
Sugar
Beer exported
UNITED KINGDOM.
Hops ... ••. ... lbs.
Malt ... bush.
Paper ... • . lbs.
Soap ... „
Spirits
... gals.
Spirits from the Channel
Islands gals.
Sugar •
cwts.
Beer exported brls.

... gals.
... cwts.
... bris.

1852.

21,729,317
53,516,451
87,767,513
4,674,302

2,098,291
15,336,6G7
11,411,088
3,147,300

967,043
3,530,725
3,615,732
90

24,794,651
72,383,843
99,178,601
11,437,334

1853.

22,322,066
61,607,159
58,961,723
5,024,409

2,411,246
17,846,297
6,015,938
3,046,849

904,398
4,136,815
3,882,023
1,196

25,637,710
83,590,271
64,977,661
11,953,281

1,196

The following memorandum is from the Com-
mittee of Mexican Bondholders :
" His Excellency Senor Don Castillo y Lanzas, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico
at this Court, has communicated to the Chairman of
the Committee of Mexican Bondholders the following
letter from his Excellency the President of the Re-
public, with a view to its being made known to the
Bondholders :

(Translation.)
" His EXCELLENCY DON JOAQUIN M. DE CASTILLO Y

LANZA%

" "Tacubava, Aug. 1, 1853.
My esteemed Friend,—The news which have ar-
rived by the packet that reached Vera Cruz four days
since have afforded me much satisfaction, as I find that,
in spite of the panic produced in London by the fears of
a war between Russia and Turkey, Mexican bonds have
risen 4 to 5 per cent., in consequence of the news of the
formation of a national bank, which was to take the
charge of punctually paying the interest of the debt.
" This project is not, as you will conceive, even on ac-
count of its very importance, free from inconvenience
and serious difficulties ; but as it has been received so well
in England, and as my efforts and those of the Govern-
ment are directed to nothing else than to re-establish
and create the credit of the Republic, and to secure the
regular payment of the interest, particularly to bond-
holders who have always behaved so liberally towards
the Mexican nation, we shall certainly not cease to oc-
cupy ourselves in the endeavour to perfect these good
ideas, and to interest our capitalists in their realization,
who are perfectly well-disposed to co-operate in sustain-
ing my Government, and removing difficulties. I have
not, however, yet decided on the report which the
Minister of Finance has lately presented me on this
subject.

"Animated by the most ardent desires for the felicity
of my country, I shall not rest nor retire from the Go-
vernment until I see established a railway, a bank, and
a good system of government and finance. Please to
make this known to the Mexican agency, and to the
committee of bondholders."

•
"The whole republic enjoys the most perfect tran-
quillity, and I receive daily from all parts of it the
most evident proofs of its adhesion to, and respect for,
my Government.—Your faithful friend,
" A. L. DE SANTA ANNA."
There is no improvement in Public Securities
this morning, and the partial rally which occurred
towards the close of business yesterday has not
been maintained. The conflicting statements about
the Eastern question, the variable weather, and
the reports about foreign loans, have all given
confidence to the speculators for a fall, but it
is precisely on account of these considerable sales
that a future rally would be the more probable and
decided, in the event of good news arriving. Con-
sols, which, " after hours," yesterday, were 97 to
have this morning been 96a. 1 for Transfer, and
961 to 97 for the October account. As the dividends
will be payable next month, it will interesting to
ascertain whetherthe usual purchases will be made in
anticipation, or whether the unsettled state of
affairs will partially if not wholly restrain buyers.
It should be remembered that there has been a
marked fall since Parliament was prorogued, and
hence the greater temptation. The New Three-
and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been at 99 to par,
and the Three per Cents, at 971 Exchequer
Bills remain at 2s. dis. to par, and Indian Bonds
are 7s. to 10s. prem.
Foreign Stocks have been dull, but not materi-
ally different as to value. Mexican Bonds have
been quoted 251 to 264--, and Grenada 22. Brazi-
lian Stock was done at 1021 for the Small. Dutch
Four per Cents. improved to 981 and 99.; Spanish
Deferred Bonds have been at 22/ ; and the Cer-
tificate has receded to 6k and 6 • Portuguese Four
per Cents. have been at 44 ; Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. are 99.

The Railway Share Market is again worse, and
the Bears press sales. The French lines have
been weak, and have not supported the advanced
rates obtained late yesterday afternoon.
The Gold Mine Shares are all very feeble, as
well as the Land Companies.
The Australian Bank Shares have been very
fiat.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
( From the Official List.)

Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... shut 974 a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .... 961 3 with div. for mon
New 3f per Cent. Annuities lOO 993
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 shut
Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th 0c:,., 1859
India Bonds, £lOOO
South Sea Old Annuities
.consols for Account 13th October
Exchequer Bills, Id.
£lOOO
••."
£5OO •
2 d par
Small 2 d par
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Grenada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 26-
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent -I
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 221
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 BDividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41 per Cent.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. .

Consols .......................
Ditto October Account ...,

HALF-PAST TWO.
96a i
96i if

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY).

(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE DOWN-MISCHIEVOUS RESULT OF ANONYMOUS

LETTERS.
This bankrupt was described as of Taunton, grocer,
and to-day was appointed for consideration of his certi.
ficate.

Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees and stated
some facts to the court, and complained of the imperfect
book-keeping, and that the bankrupt had given an un-
due preference to one of his creditors.

The bankrupt explained the latter point by stating
that he had only done it through fear of an undue pres-
sure caused by the circulation of anonymous letters by
another grocer in the town, some of which had been sent
to him by his creditors. His credit was therefore greatly
diminished, and he was threatened with proceedings be-
fore debts were due, on the allegation that he was about
to quit the country, whereas his object was to give up
the wholesale and confine himself to the retail trade, and
after he had raised 2001. on the bill of sale above the
amount he owed, he borrowed 8001. of a relation, and
paid it away to his creditors.
His honour said the books had been badl ket, but ,
the bankrupt was entitled to an immediate certificate of
the second class.

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart , M.P., has arrived
at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--Yesterday forenoon, a young
man named Henry Mossop, aged about 18 years, while
on a ladder at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street,
painting the cornice work, lost his equilibrium, and fell
from a height of nearly 60 feet to the ground with a fear-
ful crash. He was immediately removed to St. George's
Hospital, but he is still in a very precarious condition,
and but very little hopes are entertained of his recovery.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK_.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American
were taken for export. The market was heavy, at
previous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 Ame-
rican, 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 6,1 d. to 74d.;
500 Egyptian, at 51d. to 9d.; and 400 Surat, at
31d. to 40. per pound. Railway shares were
very depressed, at a decline of 1 to 2 per cent.
During the week colonial produce has been in
improved demand for the principal articles. Sugar,
being in large supply, has ruled somewhat cheaper.
Foreign afloat is still wanted. Coffee has further
advanced, and there have been large purchases,
the quantity on offer not being greater. Tea has
been heavy at the public sales, at about the former
rates. For Pimento there has been a strong de-
mand, and cotton has been more asked for. Tal-
low is again noticed by speculators. Jute has
been at full prices, and hemp has sold well.
The official account of the quantities of several
articles retained for home-consumption during the
half-year ended the sth July has been completed,
and is as follows:

LATEST FOR,EIGN NEWS

FRANCE.

It is already known that the Emperor expressed
his displeasure at the manner in which the note of
the Powers was modified at Constantinople. He
is now said to have declared, very recently, that
nothing would induce him to engage in a war at
the present moment, all his energies being directed
to the procuring food for the people ; and, further,
that he would devote the last franc in the Trea-
sury for that purpose.
It is said that a deputation from the principal
railway companies is about to proceed to Dieppe,
to wait on the Emperor, to assure him that the
Directors enter most heartily into his views with
respect to the conveyance of provisions, and that
they will forthwith reduce their charges for that
purpose to an amount almost nominal, in order to
aid the Emperor in-his exertions to relieve the less
affluent classes. It is added, that the address will
be presented to the Emperor by M. Charles La-
fitte, chairman of the Havre Railway Company.
The Government candidates for the representa-
tion of Lille, Vilaine, La Lyonne, and Le Loiret
have been elected by the constituencies of those
districts.

There were riots at Bar-le-Due on Friday and
Saturday last. On Sunday tranquillity was re-
stored. Similar riots, produced by the high price
of corn, took place at Chateaugiron, near Rennes,
and at Rancourt, in the Pyrenees.
The Bourse opened with much firmness yester-
day, the speculators being convinced that even
should the Emperor of Russia not accept the ma-
difications proposed by the Porte to the note pre-
pared by the Conference of Vienna, the peace of
Europe would not be disturbed. The Three per
Cents. opened at 78f. 25c., and rose to 78f. 50c.,
but a submarine telegraph despatch having an-
nounced about 2 o'clock that Consols had fallen in
London, the Three per Cents. fell to 78f. 5c., and
closed at 78f. 10c. for the end of the month. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 101 f. 50c. ;
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,090 f. ;
Havre, 520 f. ; Great N
Northern, 877 f. 50c. ; Paris
and Strasburg, 932 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 942 f.
50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 787 f. 50c. ;
Western of France, 745 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
625 f. ; Great Central, 542 f. 50c. ; Lyons and
Geneva, 555 f. ; Sardinian, Victor Emmanuel,
500 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 825 f.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
In the letter of the Paris correspondent of the
Times, dated yesterday evening, there is the fol-
lowing paragraph :—" It was positively stated this
day at the Russian Embassy in Paris that the
Emperor has refused to accept them. It is added,
that when he was informed that the Porte had mo-
dified the note of the Conference of Vienna before
accepting it, he observed in a tone of much mode-
ration that he would willingly make concessions
for the express purpose of meeting the wishes of the
European Powers, but that he would not humiliate
himself in the eyes of the world by submitting to
propositions proceeding direct from the Sultan."
A. letter from Shumla of the 15th inst. states
that the army of Omer Pasha consists of 65,000
men and 180 pieces of cannon. He was daily
receiving reinforcements, whilst the Russians, it
was said, had lost 13,000 men by typhus and
diarrhoea since their entrance into the Principalities.
The Russians, to the amount of 5,000 men,
pitched their tents on the 10th at Totragem, on
the left bank of the Danube, so that the sentinels
of the two armies are within musket shot of
each other. Colonel Skender Bey, with several
officers, had quitted Shumla to reconnoitre
the movements of the Russians. Two superior
English officers had arrived at Shumla from Varna
on the 11th. They paid a long visit to Omer
Pasha, and proceeded the next day to visit the
fortifications. General O'Donnell arrived at
Shumla on the 13th from Constantinople through
Varna,. He had an interview with Omer Pasha
which lasted two hours. He quitted the camp on
the following day, accompanied by an Aide-de-
Camp of Omer Pasha, to visit the line of the
Danube. The spirit of the troops is said to be
excellent, and they desire ardently to have an op-
portunity to distinguish themselves in the eyes of
Europe.
_

A letter from Vienna of September 5, says,
Baron Meyendorff and the Russian party here are
still of opinion that no new difficulties will be
raised at St. Petersburg, but the public cannot for-
get that the Emperor Nicholas demanded the un-
conditional acceptance of the note. On the other
hand, it is by no means probable that the Porte
will consent to send any envoy to St. Petersburg
until some positive assurance relative to the
evacuation of the Danubian Principalities has been
given. Credible information has been received here
that the Emperor of Russia will arrive at Warsaw
between the 9th and 13th ; but we are at a loss to
know whether his presence in Russian Poland
must be considered a good or a bad omen.
Letters from Constantinople, of the 25th, state
that the city is tranquil, but that preparations for
war are still actively going on, fortifications re-
paired or newly constructed, and fresh levies
called out, and finally that the Turks are prepared
for the worst.

The Asseniblee Nationale, which passes for the
organ of the Russian party, says the Emperor of
Russia is dissatisfied with the changes effected by.
the Porte in the propositions of Vienna. The fol-
lowing is an extract from that journal :—" Accord-
ing to letters which have reached Paris, the first
impressions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg are
said not to have been favourable to the modifica-
tions of the note of the conference of Vienna,
which have been proposed by the Porte. But
these impressions appear to relate to the first and
naturally very summary communication, which
was addressed to St. Petersburg to make known
that modifications were proposed ; and it is pos-
sible that the feelings of the Russian Cabinet may
change when it shall have known the precise terms
of these modifications. We shall doubtless have
some positive information on the subject in a few
days. Whatever may be the resolution of the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg, the question ought
to be considered coolly, and without entertaining
alarms which may be without foundation. We
may remark that, in case that Cabinet should re-
fuse to adhere to the proposed changes, a recourse
to Constantinople will remain open."
Intelligence received from Odessa, Aug. 26, is
to the effect that the Russian army in the princi-
palities was daily receiving reinforcements, and
that the settlement of the Oriental question was
not so near at hand as was generally believed.
The number of vessels at Odessa was not sufficient
for the transport of the corn purchased by foreign
countries, particularly France.
A letter from Bucharest, of the 22d ult., states
that the prices of provisions there have, since the
arrival of the Russians, augmented one-third.
From Bucharest, Aug. 23, we learn that the
Russian troops are practising and manoeuvring
every day. No fresh troops have marched in for
some time past, for the Danubian Principalities
are already completely overrun with soldiers.
Fieldwork; and fortifications are thrown up and
constructed with the greatest activity, especially
on the banks of the Danube. It is believed that
the redoubts are being constructed after a plan
which has long since been prepared, and that they
will remain even after the departure of the Rus-
sian army.