The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

SECRETS OF THE COALITION.

(From the Standard of Saturday night".}
The Times of- this morning, with its usual indis-
cretion, charges the Conservative party with a
conspiracy with the Irish Brigade the object of
the alleged conspiracy being to obtain the defeat
of the Ministry on condition of exempting Ireland

the statement in the Standard, those names have
rung-in- every-club in town. It would-be affects;
tion to deny that we have not directly pointed at
the -right- honourable official, who retain his old
office, presumes at what we may believe is found
the most efficient centre of unity, the identity of
the new party with the old. There can be no
longer any reserve in the affair. What has been
whispered in secret has been published on the
house-tops. •- Explations, we anticipate, rather
racy ones, must be elicited from all: parties in the
course of the coming debate. Then arises the ques-
tion whether Parliament can do 'nothing to check
such a system of wholesale traffic in the votes of
legislators ?—.:whether, in fact, the whole negotia-
tion be not a high misdemeanor and contempt of
the privileges of the house, which calls itself a de-
liberative assembly ?
We do not undertake now to answer these grave
questions. We, at least, have done our duty. We
have laid the facts as we believe them capable of
being substantiated before the British public, and
we conclude as we began by declaring our convic-
tion that the annals of political profligacy supply
no instance of an intrigue more entirely unprinci-
pled than that to which we must not forget each
individual member of the Aberdeen Cabinet is at
this moment personally indebted for his place and
his salary as a Minister of the Crown.

from the income tax.
We are now in a position to disclose the follow-
ing revelation of the means by which the majority
of December last, against Lord Derby's Govern-
ment, was obtained, and our readers will probably
judge. to :whom the charge of conspiracy is ap-
plicable.
A. few days before the division on Mr. Disraeli's
Budget, which drove Lord Derby's Ministry from
power, a meeting of the Irish Brigade was held, to
determine the course which they should pursue.
One of the stipulations demanded by some of that
..ty was, that in the event of a change of Minis-
try, an income tax for Ireland should not be pro-
posed by their successors.
A right honourable gentleman who now fills a
high office conveyed a pledge to that meeting that
an income tax would not be proposed by the party
then in opposition, in the event of their accession
to power. The pledge was conveyed to the meet-
ing by three Irish members, one representing a
western county, the two others representing south- (From the Daily News.)
ern boroughs.
_I The anger of Toryism is kindled against Minis-
We can further inform the Times that within the ters because they propose to reform the legacy
last 24 hours, when the right hon. gentleman was duty. For
upbraided with the violation of-- liii:'-pledge his exemptions from the tax successions by death
reply was, that he had pledged himself for the old and instead
1 generations land has enjoyed unjust
on ;
of being grateful for all it has hitherto
Whig Ministry, and had given none for the Cabinet enjoyed by grace especial, and conscience-stricken
now in power. I and silent on the announcement of its discontinu-

Comment upon this transaction would be thrown
away.

(From the Morning Herald.)

ance, Toryism aftects a tone of injured virtue, and
threatens loudly to take vengeance upon those who

would put an end to its unvirtuous privilege. Con-
scious' however, of the utter weakness of its cause
in this particular, Toryism naturally prefers to take
issue upon other ground. The unamended income
tag will in many respects serve its purpose better,
and upon this, therefore, the chiefs of the Carlton
have, it is undek-stood, determined to offer battle.
`This battle of the session begins to-night, and
will probably last some days,. To what extent a
counter-coalition may have been formed between the
Iris 4 Catholic party and the TDerbyites, we do not
undertake to. say. But we record the numerical
strength, 'or rather weakness of the former, and can
thqefore be neither by its own gasconade, nor by the
affectation: of fear, somewhat clumsily assumed
respecting it in certain quarters. The entire con-
tingent that acknowledge the leadership of Mr.
Luoas hardly exceeded a score, and there are about
as Many who have given in their adhesion from the
outset to the Coalition Ministry. The votes of
,seineThalf dozen Irish Whigs may be doubtful, but
most of them will either stay away altogether or
support the Government. Admitting, however,
that from sixty to seventy Irish members of all
creeds and opinions concur in declaring that they
do not wish to pay the same tax upon incomes
which, for ten years, has been exclusively borne
by the people of England; how much nearer will
that bring Mr. ForbeS. Mackenzie to his former
Fist of Secretary of the Treasury ? An evening
contemporary tells, with all the air of circumstan-
tial gravity, a story respecting the arts which are
said to have been used to gain a decisive majority
against the late Administration. Certain Irish
meinbeis continued, as the story goes, undecided
until the last moment ; no genial arguments or
blandishments could fix their waverin- resolve, un-
less Mr. Hayter could obtain for th%m a pledge
_from the coalition chiefs that, were they in office,
they would not extend the income tax to Ireland,
these intractable gentlemen would not help to
turn Mr. Mackenzie out and to put Mr. Hayter
in. After some negotiation, the pledge, it is pre-
tended, was given ; and now these gentlemen, ac-
cording to the Standard, are fully justified in mak-
ing-reprisals by voting against the whole Bud-
get, or any part thereof they do not happen
to like. The story is only worth repeating as
illustrative of the state of decadence and despair
which pervades the party now in opposition. If
they had any_ great principle or any, great cause to
invoke, we should not hear of such tales of broken
faith, or of appeals to such miserable motives as
these on the eve of a great party conflict. It is
pretty well understood, however, that the more
sensible men among Lord Derby's followers have
no desire to reopen the old quarrel between town
and country. Many of them have concealed their
regret at having been misled into desertion of Sir
Robert Peel, and since the humiliation to which
they were exposed in December last, when at the
end of a six years' mutiny they heard every prin-
ciple of that illustrious statesman practically adopt-
ed by Mr. Disraeli, these sober-minded gentlemen
have made no secret of their determination never
to be run away with again by any insurgent
genius. They feel that in the main the order
to which they belong has everything to lose and
nothing to gain by setting itself against the
common sense and general interest of the com-
munity at large. Free Trade has already begun
to convince even them of its compensating ad-
-vantages. The price of agricultural produce has
not for a long time been so remunerative, and
even country gentlemen are beginning to under-
stand that low and just taxation is better for every-
body than high and, unequal imposts. We believe
if such persons were to speak the thought which is
uppermost in their minds just now, it is an un-
feigned regret that the Peelites were not induced
to join Lord Derby in the place of Lord John
Russell. Between Mr. Gladstone's scheme for the
renewal of the' income tax, and that of Mr. Dis-
raeli there is no. substantial difference, which re-
commends the latter to the approval of country
gentlemen. Whatever faith they ever may have
had in their Arab chief, utterly died out within
them before Christmas last, and of the two, they
would infinitely rather follow Mr. Gladstone as
their future leader than his more venturous rival.
To this it may some day or other come, and mean-
time we shall not be surprised at finding the names
of many respectable county =embers missing in
the list of the division on the renewal for seven
years of- the income tax. • Like the tax they may
not, but they like the notion of a dissolution less,
and will not easily be induced, therefore, to neglect
their " heavy colds " or " urgent private business"
in the country to come to town in order to precipi-
tate a ministerial crisis.
If, upon the other hand, there be some gaps in
the ministerial ranks on the present occasion, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer has only to thank
himself for causing them. He knows as well as
any man the strength and intensity of the objec-
tions so long entertained out of doors by men of all
shades of opinion to the undiscriminating tariff of
incomes. He knows full well the justice of such
objections ; and he must feel that, sooner or later,
they are destined to prevail. But he seems in this
and some other respects more anxious to walk in
the shadow of Peel than to emulate those practical
qualities of flexibility and adaptation which so
eminently characterised his master. There was no-
thing of detail; of shape, or form which Peel was
not ready to sacrifice sooner than endanger a great
object. Mr. Gladstone admits—as'lt is impossible
indeed, for him to deny—the prevalence and ear-
nestness of the opposition to an indiscriminate
rating of incomes. But, sooner than forego a literal
and unreasoiing adherence tothe formulaof the tax,
as originally cast by Peel, he offers to dribble it away
year by year, and at last to abolish it altogether.
Nobody, except Mr. Gladstone himself, seriously
believes that the latter -result is likely to arise in
our time.- 'Long before 1860 many circumstances
will haveoccurred in the natural progress of events
which may.render such an abolition imiiassible ;
and long before then we doubt not that we shall
See the just and natural principle asserted of dis-
crimination between fixed and fluctuating incomes.

It is our duty this morning to bring before
our
readers a transaction which, take in all,
froite
of a
its inception to its end, from the giving discre-
ditable promise to its still more discreditable v'ola-
tion, edo not designate too strongly when we say
that it constitutes an intrigue as disgraceful as any
by which power was ever obtained through the
secret machinations ofpruoflitgeaot e n et
are now in a position to n
least of the underhand conspiracy
ye n l
which,oe portion l a
Decem-
ber last, plotted and accomplished the overthrow of
Lord Derby's Administration. We proceed to lay
the
narrative of the transaction before our readers,
and Englishmen will judge whether we have applied
to it expressions too strong.
It now appears that in December last, upon that
vote on the budget which we have been so often
assured was the result of no factious combination,
but the pure and disinterested and accidental agree-
ment of different hostile parties to reject an unwise
measure of finance—it now appears, we say; that
the vote rejecting the proposals of Mr. Disraeli was
obtained by the employment of that peculiar ma-
chinery of political negotiations of which the con-
venience of party assigns the management to the
gentleman -who fills, or is expected to fill, that very
delicate office, the duties of which are not very in-
distitctly, although very decorously, expressed by
the title of " Patronage Secretary to the Trea-
sury."

Our readers are aware that under the ancient
regi►ne of Lord John Russell, the official duties of
the post, for which the above is the plausible euphe-
mism, were ably and efficiently discharged by the
Right Hon. Win. Goodenough rlayter, the repre-
sentative of the borough of Wells. They know
also that, under the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen,
he has returned to his former office, and still makes
his gentle suggestions in the lobby previous to a
division in the evening, and still dispenses in the
morning at Whitehall the small favours of " tide
waiterships," and " clerkships," and " gauger-
ships," and all other little " ships," by which inde-
pendent supporters of the Minister are so marvel-
lously gratified for their country's good.
Premising so much, let us ask the attention of
all honest men to the revelations which elsewhere
we transcribe from the columns of our admirable
contemporary the Standard. We do not seek to
shelter ourselves behind the high character of that
journal. We repeat the statement on our own re-
sponsibility, as we were in possession of the facts
on Saturday afternoon, and as we would have
stated them this morning, whether we had been
anticipated by the accident of the hours of publi-
cation of any other journal or not. _ _

The facts are these :—ln December last, a few
days before the division on the budget, a negotia-
tion was opened between the leaders of the Opposi-
tion and that particular section of the House of
Commons to whom we long since affixed the now
familiar desigua.tion of " the Pope's Brass Band,"
the object of that negotiation being to induce these
respectable gentlemen to add their moral weight
and numerical influence to the motley levy of divers
tongues and nations—the gathering of the clans,
which was then organising to destroy the Ministry
against which they had but one bond of union—a
common hatred of Conservatism.
All the terms of the treaty, unhappily, we are
not able to disclose. Among the stipulations, how-
ever, insisted upon by some of the Irishmen, was a
distinct pledge that in the event of their combining
with the expectant placemen to drive Lord Derby
from power, his successors would not propose an
income tax for Ireland. The result was, that at a
full meeting of those Irish members who chose to
call themselves the popular party, three of their
body were authorised by a personage " now and
formerly holding high office," to give, on behalf of
the opposition leaders, the required pledge, and on
the distinct faith of that pledge " the Irish party"
voted against Mr. Disraeli's budget, and the Minis-
try of Lord Derby fell.
The pledge, we need not say, has been wholly
disregarded. One touch, and one only, is still
wanting to complete this exquisite picture. When
the " personage in high office" was taxed with the
breach of faith, to the indignant upbraidings of the
bearers of his message he is said to have replied
that he had pledged himself, indeed, for the Whigs
if they succeeded to, power, but that he had no
authority to give a- pledge for the present Cabinet
or Mr. Gladstone.

Nay, something still more amusing is behind.
On Saturday morning the Times had the indescrib-
able folly to assail with rather gross vituperation
the members of the Irish Brigade, and charge them
in terms distinguished by the usual courtesies of
the Ministerial journal with conspiring by falsehood
and lies with the Conservative party to exempt
Ireland from the income tax. It must not be won-
dered at if flesh and blood could not stand this. It
-was bad enough to have been fooled ; but after this
to be reviled I ! The admirable discretion that
dictated the coarse attack of the Times will be per-
fectly appreciated when these wretched conspirators
for place shall feel the full consequences of the
scorn and indignation that must follow the provoked
exposure of their unprincipled intrigues.
Some lessons, indeed, there may be for all par-
ties in these revelations. For those Irish gentle-
men who suffered themselves by such miserable
pretences to be drawn into a combination against
the only Ministry that has existed of late years
disposed to do justice to their country, we confess
we have very little compassion, either under their
betrayal or the revilings that have been poured
upon them. From right-minded men they will
probably receive very little pity of any other kind
than that which we have heard more than once ex-
pressed for them in a homely phrase, which uncere-
moniously refers them for a redress of their griev-
ances to a personage not more particularly to be
named. The Irish people may perhaps be entitled
to a little more pity, and be somewhat more capa-
ble of instruction. We doubt not that many of
those who were taught at the hustings to shout
" Down with Lord Mummery Russell," will be a
little perplexed when they discover that the patriots
for whom they roared had scarcely reached St.
Stephen's when they were caught in the verycentre
of a nice little negotiation to restore the said Lord
Mummery to power.
Even grave John Bull, we suspect, may rub his
eyes with amazement when Lord John Russell is
detected in the very fact of sending billets-doux to
the brass band. It will not be forgotten that it
was from the Russell section of the Cabinet that
this negotiation proceeded. We have been already
assured by a Lord of the Treasury that between
abuse the
Brigade and that miserable faction who
(.37:relLiin beorame of Peel, the closest and most
existed.cor-
We confess we should have
been slowtoelieve that the writer of the Durham
letter would have been been the author of an embassy to
political catch the alliance ce of the nominees of Car-
dinal Wiseman an
The people of the wholePr_eopaolem. may learn something
hd i cahn tah e
nofattihone wisaymiannwe
interrupted
of this great
Lord Derby was driven from office,ud by intriguers.
measures were disapproved of by lt not because his
Com-
mons, but because the Whigs had the good of
fortune
to have a negotiator of tact and dexterity
to win upon the favour of his opponent
,Inde tie
cause,the Whig leaders were unprincipled enough
to authorise him to give any pledge that might be
demantlel by the n minees of the Irish priests as
the pie.) of their support.
We may all, perhaps, learn something of the
blessings of a united Cabinet, when we find that
the authorised official of the Ministry exculpates
hin 531 f from the violation of a distii.° and solemn
ledg, by the excuse that lie gavo it for one sec-
tion of the Ministry
P ' but not for the other.
hope, will not be
earnestly
The matter, let us .
not thought it right to
e-e Ito rest. We have
su Irish members who
of the three
print the nara:s
the assurance ; but since
were employed to convey

THE RECENT MANSLAUGHTER AT CHELTENHAM.—
We reported a few days ago the circumstances attending
a brutal attack made in the streets of Cheltenham, upon
a man named Richard Mann, by two women and a man,
who beat. and kicked him in such a manner that he died
from the injuries. It will be remembered that the out-
rage was committed between ten and and eleven o'clock
at night, and that although the disturbance occasioned
by the affray occupied at least half an hour, no police-
man was to be found ; and the unfortunate deceased re-
mained bleeding in the street until three o'clock next
morning, when a policeman found him insensible, but
left him in the street for another hour before he had him
removed. These circumstances coming to the knowledge
of Earl Fitzhardinge, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire,
through the medium of the newspapers, his lordship di-
rected that an inquiry into the conduct of the police
should be instituted by the magistrates of Cheltenham.
Accordingly this inquiry has just taken place before
eleven of the local magistrates, his lordship being pre-
vented from attending by an attack of gout, Mr. Lefroy,
the chief constable of the Gloucestershire constabulary,
was also present. It appeared the outrage occurred on
the night of the Cheltenham Steeplechases, and nearly
the whole of the police force were in attendance on the
race-course all day, so that the night police did not go
on duty until after ten o'clock, and the town was left
for at least an hour without a single policeman being on
duty. After hearing the statements of the police, the
bench came to the decision that on the night in question
the town was not protected by the police in the way in
which it ought to have been, notwithstanding the ex,U e
about their engagement on the race-course. They a S.
resolved that "it steeplechase races again take place in
the vicinity of the towant,titili.e stewards or parties pro-
moting them should,
own expense,
co npdruoevtiedde. the
necessary means for their being properly
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this
WOLVERHAMPTONWOLVERHAMPTONTAE
line, from Evesham to Wolvercot, near Oxford, will be
opened on the 7th of May, instead of the 2d, as recently
announced. The delay
has arisen from the consequence
of a slip at that great difficulty on the line, the Mickle-
ton tunnel and embankment.

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GENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
Subjoined are the standing and proposed engagements
for this meeting, which commenced to-day.
- The asterisks indicate the horses which are now at New-
market.
TIIESDAY.--The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas for mares ;
four-yr-olds, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 81b ; six and aged, 10st.
R.C.

The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a Subscription of 100
soya each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and
fillies, Bst 41b ; the .owner of the second horse to receive
back his stake. R.M. 36 subs.
*Sittingbourne *Filbert
West Australian *Cobnut
*Ninnyhammer - *Nr tpecker
c by War Eagle— *Hazlenut
Rigolette Barbatus
Mr. Sykes *Exhibition
Singapore The 'Adjutant
*Constantine Towton
*Cheddar Milesian
The Friar Oxonian
Umbriel The Lion
Erycthon King David
Sir Walter Youthful Days
Sweepstakes of 300 sous each, 100 ft, for four-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. B.C. 4 subs.
*llex *Hugo *The Carrier (paid

Lens

*Warwhoop
Pindna
Amazon
Osiris

Break-o'Day-boy
The Iteiver •
Orinoco
North Pole
Mustang
Lasedles

Pensioner (paid:

Match : 100, h ft. First half of Ab. M.—Duke of Bed-
ford's *Hesperus, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Senorita, Bst.
WEDNESDAY.—PIate of 50 sovs ; for three-yr-olds, 7st
71b ; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 51b ; mares and
geldings alowed 31L. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs,
if demanded, &c. D.M.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of
mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b ; only one

allowance. D.M. 9 subs.
Mocassin (31b) Filbert *c by Mary Owen—
cby The Emperor cby the Emperor Nell Gwynne (31b)
—Coral (31b) —Mandane (31b) Magnet (31b)
*Nutpecker *Dabchick (31b) Aneroid (31b paid)
Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of
mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b ; if both,
51b. A.F. 8 subs.
*Petrel (31b) • *Cobnut (31b) *Husk
*Diomedia (51b) *Speed the Plough *Alamode (3 lb)
br cby Lanercost (31b) *Sittingbourne
—an Actaeon mare
(31b)
The One Thousand-Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100
BOWL each, h-ft, for three-year-old fillies, Bst 71b. The
• owner of the second filly to receive back his stake. D.M.
40 subs.
*Mayfair Miss Emma Hybla
*Lady Margaret _ bf by Dot: John *Estrella
Auld Acquaintance Physalis *Glenavon
Incense *Exhibition *Koh-i-noor
f by Theon—Aliena Frenzy *Eugenie
*Tell-tale Vaultress Amazon
Miss Tennyson Nicotine Bounty
Elspeth *Valour Mentmore Lass
Margaret cf Anjou Charity Bloomer
*The Nut Honeydew Strawberry Hill
*Noisette bf by Bay Middn. Bridget
*Mrs. Nutting --Mangosteen *Comfit
Kernel Illusion Belgravia (d, pd)
Nutgall Sylphine Oxonia (paid)
Match 100, h ft:- First half of Ab. M.—Duke of Bed-
ford's *Hesperus, Bst 101 b, agst Mr. W. E. Hughes's *So-
phistry, 7st 71b.
Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-yr-
olds ; colt's, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; those by stal-
lions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed
41b ' • only one allowance. A.F. 4 subs.
Athol Brose *Tartuffe Speed the Plough (41b)
Invasion (4114

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of
mares that. never bred a winner allowed 31b ; only one
allowance. D.M. 3 subs.
TrtuRsDAY.--The Queen's Plate of 100 gs ; for four-yr-olds,
9st 81b ; five, lOst 71b ; six and aged, lOs 121 b. R.C.
Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for
three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b. The winner of the Two
Thousand Guineas Stakes to carry 51b extra. D.M.
6 subs.
*c by Don John Po- cby Tearaway—Mar-

tentia
'llardbake

garet
*Filbert

FRIDAY.

*Hazlelut
Veteran

The NEWMARKET STAKES, a Subscription of 50 sovs. each,
h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst
21b ; the owner of the second horse to receive back his
stake. D.M. 22 Subs.

*Molasses
*Tartuffe

*Filbert
*Cobnut

*Stone Plover
Bright waltham
*Dabchick
*Constantine
b c by Libel—My
Dear

b f by Old England
—Mrs. Bull

The Major
Orinoco
Veteran
North Pole
Friar nick
*Rumour

*lllusion
Pindus
Gavotte
William Rufus
*Extacy
Rataplan

Match.-200, h ft., A. F.—Duke of Bedford's *Diomedia,
Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's f by Don John, out of Con-
spiracy, 7st lllb.

RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.
The arrangements to meet the requirements of the public
will be found very satisfactory.
On Tuesday (the Two Thousand Guineas day) a cheap
train will leave at 7 a.m. ; due at Newmarket about a
quarter past 10, and will return from Newmarket the same
day at 7 p.m.
On Friday a special train consisting of first-class car-
riages will leave Newmarket for London one hour after the
last race. Other trains from London each day, except
Sunday, at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 30 a.m., 2 30 p.m., and 5
p.m.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 23.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Galatea from Guernsey ;
Prosperous, St. Michael's ; St. Maria, Emden ; Tom
Cringle, St. Mies ; Frederich Johanna, Groningen ; Idea,
Rotterdam ; Brunswick, Guernsey ' • Johannes, Ditzum ;
Frau Margaretha, Carolinensiel • Antina, Hamburgh ;
Secundus, Alexandria ; Woodville, Konigsburg ; George
t.nd Elizabeth, Rouen ; Barham, Calcutta ; City of Bou-
logne, Boulogne; Thornsey, Swendborg ; Star, Antwerp;
Minerva, Hana ; Tarbet Castle. Escomlorera ; Christina
Johanna, Groningen ; Jeune Josephs, Dunkirk ; Jenne
Victor, do. ; Gezuster Ball, Groningen ; Seine, Boulogne ;
Ceres, Memel ; Sophia, North Sea ; Anna Henrietta, Ham-
burgh ; Hawk, Dunkirk ; Panther, Ostend ; Salvator,
Porsgrund ; Venice, Charente ; Juno, Wyck Hilkea ;
Johanna, Hamburgli; Aurora, Seniaesand ; Apollo, Dram;
Flora, Sarpsborg ; Hoffnung, Hamburgh Claudine,
Struer ; Mette Catharine, Copenhagen ; Marie Agnetha,
Cullenborg ; Haabets Anker, Christiansund ; Lamine,
Emden. . .

ENTERED OUTWARDS. FOR LOADING.—The Tiger, for
Hambro' ; Forfarshire, Madras ; City of Boulogne, Bou-
logne ; Imtra Giezen, Rotterdam ; Thornsung, Copen-
hagen ; English Rose, Bremen ; Victoria, Cape of Good
Hope, and Australia ; Ingram, Cadiz ; Ire, Stockholm ;
Agneta, Harburg • Panther, Ostend ; Ruby, Elsinore and
St. Petersburg ; Poblana,j Bilboa and Sentander ; Joseph
Freidlander, Rio Janeiro; Queen of Britain, Trinidad.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Equator, for
Algoa Bay ; James and Emma, Brussels ; Herman, Ham-
burg ; August Adolphe, Dantzic; Attwood, Prince Ed-
ward's Island ; Bonne Marie, Nantes ; Eliza and Maria,
Oporto • Condor, Rotterdam ; Ocean, Havre ; Countess of
Lonsdale, Hamburg ; Thames, ditto.; Batavier, Rotter-
dam ; Earl of Auckland, ditto •Albion, Boulbgne • Diana,
Amsterdam ; City of London, Dunkirk; Lord John Rus-
sell, Harlingen ; Calabar, Adelaide ; Highland Lad, Mel-
bourne ; Ocean, Hamburg ; Antwerpen, Antwerp ; Foyle,
Jersey and Guernsey ; Bullfinch, Elsinore.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Tigris, from Calcutta for Liverpool, March 1, lat. 17
S., long. 4 W.
The Scotia, from Bombay to London, April 5, lat. 13 S.,
long 9 W.
The Meridian, from Ceylon for London, March 7, lat. 9
S., long. 12 W.
The Seringapatam, from Bombay for London, March 10,
.at. 5 S., long. 21 W. .
The Fleet, from. Liverpool for Melbourne, April 17, lat.
19 N., long. 7W. ' •
The Leon, from London for Madras, March 13, lat. 1 S.,
long. 20 W., with damage in her upper works.
The Nora, from London, April 4, lat. 35 S., long. 13 W.
The Clara Anna Maria, from Cardiff to Shanghae, March
16, lat 2 N., long. 21 W.
The .Alliance,_ for Calcutta, March 7, lat. 18 S., long.
30 W.
The Baroness, from London for California, March 8, lat.
16 S., long. 31 W.
The Medora, from Plymouth for Port Philip, April 15,
lat. 46 N., long. 9 W:
The Elizabeth, from Cardiff for New York, April, 3,
lat. 44 N., long. 41 W.
The Pallas, from Clyde for Quebec, April 15, lat. 55 N.,
long. 10 W.

SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE RIVER, AND Loss OF
PROPERTY.—Thursday afternoon, between 12 and 1
o'clock, a most serious collision took place on the river,
under the following circumstances :—lt appears that for
some weeks past a number of mechanics in the service
of the London Dock Company have been, at suitable
intervals, engaged in repairing the outer gates of the chief
entrance at Wapping. It was, therefore, necessary to
have the use of a patent diving bell, which was placed
on board a barge, and was generally made secure to the
Dock Company's moorings abreast the gates. By some
means yesterday the brig Tom Cringle came in violent
collision with the diving-bell barge, which soon filled and
went down with the whole of the costly apparatus. The
barge in several parts received extensive damage, but
fortunately the men were at dinner, or the loss of life
must have been very serious. The whole affair has to
be fully investigated before the magistrates at the
Thames Police Court ; but at present sufficient time has
not transpired to enable the officers of the company to
make the necessary inquiry. The officers oftkie Thames
Police, under the direction of Inspector White, are also
making inquiries into the real cause of the accident.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A'remarkable case of dispute
and decision came before the Nottingham magistrates on
Tuesday last. It appeared that a man named Oxpring
was taking a walk accompanied by his dog, when a
young man of the name of Reuben Harrison accosted
him, and claimed his canine companion. High words
arose, and a policeman being near, fearful of worse con-
sequences, took possession of the animal, and advised
the men to appear at the police-office, and allow the dis-
pute to be settled by the magistrates. This was agreed
to, and at the appointed time and place each of the
parties appeared, and produced witnesses. The magis-
trates, however, being unable to settle the matter by
their own judgment, they determined to leave it to the
decision of the dog. The men were seated apart from
each other in the justice room, and the dog was intro-
duced with all due ceremony. After searching about
some time, and passing Harrison and his witness with
the most contemptuous indifference, the dog perceived
Oxpring, to whom he at once hastened, joyfully wagging
his tail, placing his feet on his knees, and attempting to
lick his face. The testimony of the dumb witness was
considered conclusive, and Oxpring was declared to be
the rightful owner.
CHEPSTOW TUBULAR BRIDGE.— This structure is at
length completed, and after having undergone an exami-
nation by the Government Inspector of Railways has
been certified to be fit for traffic.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-APRIL 23.

IN RE THOS. HENRY CA/SfABAH, AN AFRICAN PRINCE.

HABEAS CORPUS.
In this case Mr. Hance had obtained a rule for a writ
of habeas corpus before Mr. Baron Platt, at chambers,
to bring up the body of Thomas Henry Camabah, a co-
loured youth, about seven years of age, now in the care
and custody of Mr. Swinton.
It appeared that the youth was the son of an African
chief, called King Camabah, whose territory was near
Sierra Leone; and with whom Mr. Swinton, the captain
of a merchant ship, now residing at Liverpool, had had
some commercial transactions, and his father had en-
trusted the boy to the care of Mr. Swinton, to get him
educated in England. Some correspondence had passed
between them, by which it appeared that Mr. Swinton
had demanded, in one of his letters to King Camabah,
the sum of 2501., which he alleged to be due to him in
some business matters, and threatened, unless it were
rp,aid, to keep the young prince and make him his ser-
vant. The writ of habeas corpus was obtained at the
instance of Mr. Wilcox, hon. secretary to the Countess
of Huntingdon's Society, who have a missionary station in
the dominions of King Camabah, on the coast of Africa,
and who alleged that they bad authority to obtain posses.
sion of the child and educate him in the Christian faith.
The rule was made returnable in the full court, and Mr.
Swinton now presented himself with his youthful charge,
who was of perfectly sable hue, and appeared to be an
interesting and intelligent boy of his age.
Mr. Willes showed cause against the rule, and said
that Capt. Swinton never for a moment entertained the
idea of making the boy his servant, although he might
have used such a threat to his father. He had about 2
years ago, undertaken to get the child educated, and
had been instructed by his father, the King, not to pay
attention to any application respecting him which did
not bear the impression of a seal. The authority to ob-
tain possession of the child produced by Mr. Wilcox was
written by a person on behalf of the father, but did not
bear the impress of the necessary seal. An application
had been made to Prince Albert, with a view of obtain-
ing for the boy a nomination at Christ's Hospital.
Mr. Hance having been heard in support of the rule,
and having urged the importance of the society obtain-
ing possession of the ybung prince, in order that they
might educate him in the Christian religion, with a view
to its being promulgated and adopted eventually in the
dominions over which he might be called to rule.
The Chief Baron, and other members of the court,
conferred with the young prince, who spoke broken
English, to ascertain his feelings on the subject ; and
ultimately decided that he should remain in the care of
Capt. Swinton, who should undertake not to remove
him out of the jurisdiction of the courts of the kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland.
The parties then withdrew.
RENEAUX V. TEAKLE.—LIABILITY OF A HUSBAND TO
PAY DEBTS CONTRACTED BY HIS WIFE.—IMPORTANT
CASE.

This was an action by a milliner to recover the amount
of a bill for goods supplied to the defendant's wife. It
appeared that the defendant resided in the Acacia-road,
St. John's-wood, and had an income of about 3001. a
year. He allowed his wife, who lived with him and
took care of their children, 301. a year to provide her-
self with clothes, and the plaintiff was aware of this fact
One of the witness at the trial swore that the defen-
dant's wife was in the habit of dressing herself very
finely after her husband had left home in the morning
and going out, always returning shortly before he came
home, and then changing her dress. The defence at the
trial was, that the goods had been supplied to Mrs.
Teakle without the defendant's knowledge or authority.
The jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff for
the amount claimed. Mr. Baron Platt at the trial re-
fused to admit evidence of many similar claims having
been sent into the defendant, amounting altogether to
150/.

A rule was subsequently obtained to set aside the
verdict, and for a new trial.
Mr. Brewer now showed cause against the rule; and
urged that'the defendant was liable, the goods obtained
having been suitable to Mrs. Teakle's station of life.
The Chief Baron—Supposing a gentleman of ascetic
habits chose to say that his wife should wear only surge,
the tradespeople to whom he had given notice of it had
no right to supply her with anything she might order.
Mr. Baron Martin—lf a man tells his wife, " You
shall not have such a thing ;" she cannot pledge his
authority for it. •
Mr. Brewer said it had been decided by Lord Ellen-
borough that where a man was living with his wife, he
was liable for any goods he permitted her to receive.
The Chief Baron—A tradesman is not entitled to trust
a man's wife without his authority.
Mr. Brewer—But see, my lord, what the consequence
of such a doctrine would be, if tradesmen were to refuse
to supply ladies entering their shops with goods without
first making inquiry of their husbands whether they had
given them authority to do so or not.
The Chief Baron—lt may not be necessary to make
direct inquiry of the husband ; but a tradesman may
find out who the' lady is before he gives her credit ; and
whether she is in a position of life to warrant her pur-
chasing the goads she had selected.
Mr. Baron Martin—lf a respectable woman goes into
a shop, it may be presumed that she has authority to
order goods fur herself and children ; but if the husband
says, " I gave her no authority to do so, and supplied
her with other goods," the tradesman cannot recover.
It is a question of authority, the same as with any other
servant.

Mr. Gray, in support of the rule, quoted "Benedict
v.lMontagu," (3 Barn. and Cres., 631) in which Mr.
Justice Holroyd laid down the doctrine that where a
tradesman supplied goods to a wife, without ascertain-
ing whether necessity for her having them existed, he
supplied them at his own peril ; and the burden of the
proof of the assent of the husband lay on the party sup-
plying the goods, and who acted upon the supposed au-
thority of the husband.

The' Chief Baron—We are all of opinion that there
ought to be a new trial.
Rule absolute.

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.—APRIL 23.
THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH BROOKS.--A WIFE RECEIVING
STOLEN GOODS FROM HER HUSBAND.
This case was sent up by the Recorder of Liverpool,
before whom the prisoner had been convicted, of receiv-
ing goods knowing them to have been stolen ; and the
point for the determination of the Court was, whether a
wife could be convicted of such an offence, she having
received the goods in question from her husband, by
whom-they had been stolen.
On behalf of the prosecution, Mr. Brett contended
that although the presumption of law in such a case was,
that the wife had acted under the influence and control
of her husband, yet there might be evidence to show
that she had acted, voluntarily.
Mr. Baron Parke said it was perfectly clear that a wife
receiving stolen goods from her husband could not, under
any circumstances,, be an offence. The conviction must,
therefore, be set aside.
Conviction quashed;-