The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

make their escape by cuttin, ac t of the horses, and.
Tiding off ;so that no 't:iue has been obtained of the desti-
nation of
,the erlns or by whom they were sent. It has,
bowe'er, ofv.-n ascertained: that no fewer than ten waggon
loads of a similar kind have passed undetected during
the
last week or ten days. Whatsoever may be said to the
Contrary, it is beyond a doubt that the disaffected meditate
another rebellion ; and we hope that when it does break
out, shirt work will be made, both with the " guilty" and
the misguided."--Montreal Herald.
(From the New York Courier of Oct. 2.)
LOYAL MEETING AT MONTREAL.
Yesterday's meeting did not disappoint expectation. It
Teas very numerous and respectable, and might be taken as
a fair sample, both as to number and quality, of the
British inhabitants of this city. We have not, indeed, seen
it exceeded or( any former occasion here; in those requi-
sites which give weight to the resolutions of a public as-
semblage of freemen. There was nothing intemperate,
nothing disorderly to weaken the effect of the proceedings ;
:and at those parts of them where direct allusion was made
to the painful position the interference of his enemies had
placed the Governor-General in, there was a warmth in
the expression of sympathy by the meeting, which showed
both depth and sincerity. But we will not now enter
into mrticulars, as we hope to be able to publish to-
mor-row a full outline of the speeches, &c.
The Hon. Peter M‘Gill having been called to the chair
by acclamation, and Mr. Thomas Mitchell appointed Secre-
tary, the following resolutions were passed .
Moved by Samuel Gerrard, Esq., seconded by John
Boston, Esq.:—
Resolved I —That this meeting is desirous respectfully
lo:convey to his Excellency the Earl of Durham its firm
persuasion that in the performance of the arduous duties
of his high and responsible office, he has been actuated by
an earnest desire to accomplish the object of his important
mission ; and, to express a deep regret that the proceedings
in the Imperial Parliament affecting his Excellency, and
the feeble and inefficient support received by him from her
Majesty's Ministers, by impairing the moral force of his
Government, have discouraged the hope of its successful
issue, and endangered the welfare of British North America.
Moved by Turton Penn, Esq., seconded by William
Badgley, Esq. :
Resolved a—That this meeting laments his Excellency's
determination to resign the Government of these provinces
at a time when confident hopes are entertained that, by his
Excellency's residence among us, he has acquired accurate
information as to the true cause of the difficulties which
exist, and that these difficulties would be met by some com-
prehensive measure calculated to take from the turbulent
and disaffected the power of using their political rights to
the injury of the peaceable and loyal inhabitants.
Moved by the Hon. George Moffatt ; seconded by
Charles D. Day, Esq,:—
Resolved 3—That this meeting respectfully submits to
his Excellency its settled conviction that, in the considera-
tion of a comprehensive measure for the future government
of the provinces, the Legislative Union of the Canadas,
and the establishment of an efficient Legislature therein,
afford the only means of accomplishing their pacification
and of perpetuating their connection with the empire, and
that any general confederation of the British North Ame-
rican colonies would, in the opinion of this meeting, not
only be inadequate for the attainment of these important
ends, but multiplying the present subjects of discord.
Moved by Adam Ferric, Esq., seconded by Heny Dris-
coll, Esq. :
Resolved 4—That this meeting would consider the relin-
quishment by his Excellency of his high office at the pre-
sent critical period as a public calamity, and respecfully but
earnestly entreats his Excellency to disregard the attempts
made in Britain to prejudice the public mind against his Ad-
ministration, to continue in the exercise of the high func-
tions with which he has been honoured by her Majesty ; and
thereby to secure to himself the endearing gratitude of the
inhabitants of British North America.

Resolved s—That_
a copy of the above resolutions be
presented to his Excellency the Earl of Durham.

His Excellency Sir George Arthur left town on Tues-
day, in the St. George, for Quebec, to see the Earl of
Durham—Toronto Guardian, Oct. 3.
'We have been informed that his Excellency the Earl of
Durham has expressed a wish that Sir John Colborne should
immediately assume the administration of the Government
of Lower Canada ; and that it is the intention of his Lord-
ship during the rest of his residence in the province, merely
to exercise his functions as High Commissioner in British
North America. Colonel Couper, the military Secretary
of the Earl of Durham, came passenger in the Canada
steam-boat from Quebec to Sorel, and it is understood that
his visit to Sir John Colborne is connected with the pro-
posed arrangements of the Earl of Durham.
(From the Quebec Gazette, Oct. 3.)
CURIOUS FACTS.—Lora Durham's Ordinance con-
demning the exiles to death, should they return to the
Province, without leave, is merely a mitigation of two
Ordinances passed in Special Council on the 4th of May,
1838. The one authorising the Governor to grant con-
ditional pardons, and the other for the more speedy at-
tainder of persons who have fled from this Province, or
are concealed therein. One of these Ordinances expressly
provides the penalty of death for those returning
contrary to the conditional pardon ; the other for at-
tainder and confiscation of property for not appearing after
Proclamation ; yet, the Ordinance in mitigation is con-
demned as illegal, and is to be disallowed, while the others
remain in force, without one word having been said against
them. We believe the Lower Canada Ordinances of the
4th of May contain the same enactments as the Acts of the
Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Assembly of Upper
Canada, passed in the last Session, and against them, the
lawyers in Parliament have not said a word.

MEETING AT QUEBEC.
(From the Quebec Herald, Oct. 3.)
Pursuant to public notice, the meeting to address his
Excellency the Governor-General on his proposed depar-
ture took place this afternoon, at three o'clock, in the lower
part of the Quebec Exchange. Andrew Stuart, Esq., was
appointed Chairman, and opened the proceedings with a
long and able speech, which was received with enthusiastic
plaudits by a numerous and highly-respectable audience.
The following are the resolutions, with the names of the
movers and seconders :

Moved by W. Walker, Esq., seconded by J. Leaycraft,
Esq.,
1. Resolved—That this meeting, entertaining the highest
confidence in the firmness, justice, and integrity of his
Excellency the Earl of Durham, and assured that the
powers vested in him would be directed to the true interests
of the people, hailed his appointment to the Government
of these provinces as an additional proof of the lively inte•
rest of their most Gracious Sovereign in the welfare of her
North American possessions.
Moved by J. H. Kerr, Esq., seconded by G. B. Symes, Esq.,
2. Resolved—That they greeted with satisfaction the
arrival of his Excellency, in the gratifying expectation that
whilst measures were adopted for the removal of the more
pressing inconveniences arising from the suspension of the
powers of the ordinary Legislature, and for restoring tran-
quillity to the country, still suffering from the effects of a
wicked and unprovoked rebellion, there would, under the
auspices of his Excellency, be matured such a system of
Government for the Canadas as would re-establish there-
in social order, advance their welfare and prosperity,
strengthen the ties which connect them with the parent
State, and unite them inseparably in sentiment, as they
are in interest, with the powerful empire of which they
form a part.
Moved by A. Gilmour, Esq., seconded by J. Gibb, Esq.,
3. Resolved—That they gratefully acknowledge the un-
remitting exertions of his Excellency, since his arrival, in
the inquiries connected with this large and complicated
subject, and respectfully express their conviction that the
determination of his Excellency to communicate to the pro-
vinces, for their consideration, his plans for an efficient
system of Government within the colony, previous to sub-
mitting them to the Cabinet, is calculated in the highest
degree to contribute to the advantageous settlement of the
grave matters under deliberation.
Moved by W. Power, Esq., and seconded by G. Pem-
berton, Esq.,
4. Resolved—That it is with the greatest concern they
learn, whilst these important labours are in progress, circum-
stances have occurred which may lead to an unexpected
and abrupt termination of his Excellency's official connec-
tion with this and the adjoining provinces.
Moved by W. Chapman, Esq., seconded by W. Bris-
tow, Esq.,
5. Resolved—that they deeply lament the premature
discussion in the British Parliamenttileret ofk the measures of his
Excellency, and the coursethe
influence of
as they
have done to weaken moraldisaffected,
and
to his Govern-
ment, to encourage thei disat •
sions in the minds of toe
.loyal.
Moved by H. Le Mesurier, Esq., seconded by T. Froste

Esq.,
6. Resolved—That entertaining a conviction of the emi-
nent endowments of his Excellency, and of his disposition
to promote the great obiocts confided to his charge, they
cannot but express their apprehensions of the consequences
which may ensue from his withdrawal from the Govern
ment, and the earnest hope, that notwithstanding these un-
looked-for obstructions, he may be induced to continue
to exercise the functions of his high office, until he shall
have accomplished the important ends of his mission, for
the attainment of which his Excellency may rely on their
zealous co-operation.

Moved by W. K. M'Cord, Esq., seconded by ----
7. Resolved—That should, however, his Excellency re-
tain the conviction that he can no lon,&•r govern the
colony wit:, satisFaction to himself, they feel ascuriA that
he will in another sphere, render the information which he
bag acquired by his labours here conducive to the esta-

, ••
enshment of the permanent peace and welfare of these
provinces.
(From the New i'vrk Albion, Oct. 6.)
A general feeling prevails in his (Lord Durham's)
favour throughout the two Canadas, and public meetings
have been called at Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Kings-
ton, Cobourg, &c., at which resolutions were passed ex-
pressive of the public sentiment.

We publish copious extracts from a file of Bombay
papers to the 13th ult., received on Saturday by the In-
dian mail through Egypt. They disclose a state of things
likely to create some solicitude, and even alarm, at home ;
but it will be seen on a careful inspection, that the military
arrangements and preparations, though on a very large
scale, are essentially of a defensive character, particularly
as bearing on the movements of the " great enemy" of In-
dia, and therefore affording hopes, if judiciously pursued,
of ultimately placing our Indian colonies in a much safer
position than they have of late occupied. It is not, how-
ever, to be denied, that the operations now commenced are
of a most delicate and difficult kind—that they will require
consummate judgment and wisdom in the ciril and military
rulers of India by whom they are to be conducted ; end
also, what we fear they cannot, with any safety, rely
upon, intelligent support and counsel from the Mi.
nistry at home. No man can contemplate the pecu-
liar tenure, the mixture of the moral and physical
control, by which our Indian empire is held, without
reflecting that by the commencement of these hostile
movements, a spark is thrown among combustibles
which may lead to a general explosion. The important
point in this Indian affair is the project formed for re-
placing Schah Soojah, an exiled native prince, on the
throne, from which he has been driven, of Caboul, a part
of the Affghanistan territory, lying between the Persian
frontier and that of the most powerful of Indian living
sovereigns, Runjeet Singh. The title of the Schah
Soojah to the throne of Caboul, a point which it has al-
ways been the policy of the Indian Government hitherto
on no account to interfere with, is held by the casuist in
thesematters to be a doubtful one, but the justification for a
departure from that rule, and the support of his claim by a
British force, is the civil war and internal dissension by
which that whole territory is agitated, and the increased
danger thence arising to our Indian Empire, should the
Russians succeed in their designs on Persia, with no other
barrier to their further advance than a country in that dis-
tracted and unsettled state. None of these contending chiefs
could be made available for an alliance, or brought to act with
any degree of concert ; but with a new and strong
Government, formed by the aid of a British force, and
maintained by B:itish connexion, a check would be placed
in Affghanistan on the advance of the Russians, and any
combination on their pa-t between Runjeet Singh or his
successor prevented. This territory, by its geographical
position, equally bars the approach to India from Persia,
to the southward or to the eastward. These are the cir-
cumstances upon which the justification of this great mili-
tary movement is to depend. The force to be employed is
very considerable, consisting in the whole of 30,000 men ;
the names of the regiments to be employed, and other par-
ticulars, will be collected from the extracts we have given.
A considerable portion will consist of British troops,
and a glance at the map will show that their route,
either from Bombay or Calcutta, will lie through an immense
tract of country, difficult to pass, and beset with the greatest
dangers and the severest privations. The whole west° assem-
ble at Kernaul on the 31st of this month, the period at which
we are writing, and proceed by Bhutner and Bawnpore to
C ihoul, Candahar, and such other parts of the Affghanistan
ritory as may be determined on in their progress. We
have given what is stated in these Indian accounts of the
proceedings before Herat, because it is so mixed up with
cthsr matter that it is impossible to separate it, but there
cannot be the slightest degree of authenticity in it. We
have had much later advises from that quarter, which not
only do not confirm these, but lead to much more favour-
able results, by a different course of events as regards the
ascendancy of Russian influence in Persia. Thus the great
ingredient of time is gained on the side of the British ex-
pedition to Caboul, so that its objects may be accomplished
before a different turn to affairs in Persia shall place
within the reach of Russia the means of prosecuting her
designs further. It is also understood, and this is another
material point for the success of the expedition, that the
most friendly understanding exists between Runjeet Singh
and our Indian Government. The accounts from the side
of the Burmese are much more favourable than the last,
and indeed decidedly pacific in their tenour. The new
Resident, Colonel Bens,,n, had arrived at Rangoon, and
met with a most friendly reception.—Times.
We have seldom seen a notice of arrival, leaving out all
consideration of the intelligence brought by it, of greater
interest and importance than that from India given in our
paper of Saturday. It must appear to all dispassionate
and disinterested men, that when a controversy arises, and
various theories are started respecting the best mode of pro-
ceeding for the attainment of a great object, a few facts
may prove of immense use in bringing to' an end disputes
which would otherwise be interminable. We may have
laid before us profound and unanswerable calculations to
show that the cheapest, and the quickest, and the most
certain route to India is by the Euphrates, or Egypt, or by
the Cape of Good Hope, and be lost in a wilderness of
doubt on which of them the preference is to be bestowed ;
but when one of them comes to be tried, and is found
to succeed to a certain extent, and when it is found,
moreover, that the instances in which it does not suc-
ceed can be accounted for by other causes than the
difficulty of the route, then the problem would ap-
pear to be solved which of those routes is to be pre-
ferred, and the theories and chateaux d'Espaane of other
projectors and speculators must fall to the ground and
di-appear. Such facts as these are supplied by the simple
notice of arrival to which we have referred, and we shall
proceed to examine them so as to set forth their bearing
upon the truly great and national question now under coo-
sideratipn respecting the best mode of improving the com-
munication with India. The annexed table will exhibit in
a clear form the results of the notice ;--

London.
9th June.
7th July.

Days.

MAILS OUT.
Bombay.
18th August.
25th August.
MAILS 110 MS.
Bombay. London. Days.
15th July. 26th October. 103
Ist August. 26th October. 86
12th Sept. 25th October. 44
A voyage to Bombay by the Cape of Good Hope, under
the most favourable circumstances, and by the " crack"
ships of the Company's mercantile service, usually occu-
pied four months ; it was sometimes accomplished in less
time, but much more frequently exceeded it. In compa-
rison, therefore, with the worst of the instances here given,
there is a gain of twenty days ; in the best of them a gain of
eighty days. The latter, however, may be shown to be
the true criterion of what is to be accomplished, and regu-
larly accomplished, too, when all the engines which must
be employed are brought into use. The two mails from
Bombay—that of the 15th of July, which occupied 103
days, and that of the Ist of August, which occupied 86
days—have arrived in London at the same time with the
mail of the 13th of September, which only occupied forty-
four days. The first two of these would, it is ascertained,
have made an equally speedy transit with the third,
had they not been delayed either by the arrangements
of the Indian authorities in not passing them up in
proper time to Suez, or by the arrangements of the
Post-office in suffering them to remain at Alexandria.
There are not sufficient materials before us to determine
wih:re the fault exactly lies—that the parties may adjust
between them, and strike as they please the balance of
account, but it is perfectly clear that in those cases the
difficulties of the route had nothing whatever to do with
the delay. The same conclusion may be come to with
respect to the mails from England and Bombay ; that of
the 9th of June occupied seventy days ; and that of the
7th of July only occupied forty-nine days, arriving within
seven days of the first, though despatched a month before
it ; but is obvious that any hindrances which prevented the
bringing up of the mails frem Bombay would equally operate
to cause delay in the return. The evidence, therefore, that the
difficulties of the route bad nothing whatever to do with it is as
clear and satisfactory as possible. The route adopted in all
these eases was through Egypt. It is understood that
duplicate despatches of the earlier mails to England
were forwarded through Syria, in order to afford an addi-
tional chance of early arrival, but that the chance, such as
it is, has been thrown away. The language, therefore, to
be addressed to the functionaries, public and private, upon
whom this trust devolves, should be something to this
effect—" You have accomplished the distance from London
to Bombay many times in between 40 and
5
has been done may be done again, and it must e (sir es ith; er whatbe
done regularly, or a reason given to the world in all eases
why it is not done." If any of these gentlemen who are
here placed before the public as the guardians of an
important trust had become the purchasers of an estate
to which no good road existed, except a very circuitous
one, would they not bestir themselves assiduously to
improve the property, by procuring a better rod to
be male If they make but one-half of the exer-
tion for the public which they would make for themselves,
t'.e thing is done. So far from there being any difficulty,
after the experience we have had, in making the transit to
India trough Egypt as quick as in the best instances
above given, we arc firmly convinced that there is Lot a
merchant in London of the least spirit or enterprise who
would not overcome twice as much 10 open for his house a
new and valuable anonexion in any part of the world. This
mplifies the whole matter wonderfully, and proves that all
the efforts of the trading interest should now be directed
to the completion and perfection of the minor arrangements
which make up the chain of communication through
Egypt ; or to the exposure of those who may fail therein
in their duty to the public.—Times.

idoi:rtentiFlyriiitany-
Although the intelligence received from !In,
night by her Majesty's Government is u
portant, yet it :,,," by no means of a eharactvr to ju-stify the
l'ar:n that hag been itftpork,ntiy excited in eetti+in quarters.
According to an Evening Contemporary, who, however,
acknowledges himself indebted to a warlike newspaper

ally for his information, hostilities have actually coin- ,1
menced between Russia and England. Not only, however,
have they not commenced, but the very steps which have
been adopted are calculated, if we mistake not, to prevent
their commencement. For some tune, our readers are
aware, the Government of India have been adopting very
active measures, in consequence of the position assumed
and persevered in by Persia. In pursuance of these mea-
sures, according to the information received on Friday,
Lord Auckland had determined upon sending 30,000 men,
composed of native and British forces, towards the northern
frontier. This force, according to the same advices, was to
be joined by from 45 to 50,000 men furnished by Runjeet
Sing. The object of this demonstation must, of course, in
the first instance, have been to prevent the absorption of
Herat by Persia, not so much for Persian as for Russian
objects. We announced, however, some days since, that,
in reply to the representations of Colonel Stoddart, the
Schah had promised within three days to raise the siege.
Knowing that a Persian promise has something of the
Punica fides character, we cannot of course calculate with
certainty upon this undertaking being fulfilled voluntarily.
But there can be no doubt that the bold course adopted
by Lord Auckland must produce this result, if it has not
been already obtained. It is said in the newspaper account
to which we have referred, that 30,000 men had taken the
field against the Russians, who were " marching against
Cabul." Marching against the moon ! The writer should
at once have said they were marching against Calcutta.
The error of supposing that a Russian army could
be " marching against Cabul," must be manifest from
a glance at the map. Whence are they to march ?
From the North ? At one time, we believe,
Russia did think of reducing Chiva, and thence
effecting the conquest of Bokhara, after which we might
possibly hear of her " marching on Cabul." But Russia
knows before this the impossibility of transporting an army
even to Chiva. And if Russia were to dream of marching
an army through Persia, it would, we suspect, be against
Herat rather than Cahill. But the idea of the Russians
being " marching" against any place we think is at least
premature. The advance of a formidable British force
must be, at this moment, productive of the best effects in
Central Asia. As the policy of the Schah of Persia seems
to be wholly directed by his notions of his own interest, the
vicinity of 60,000 or 70,000 men will probably convince him
that these interests will be more advanced by an alliance
with England than a subserviency to Russia. At all events
the course adopted by the Indian Government, tending to
erect Affghanistan into a barrier of our Eastern empire, is
such as is dictated by the soundest policy and will be
crowned, we have no doubt, by the most complete success.
—Morning Chronicle.
We would direct the attention of our readers to the im-
portant news brought by the last overland despatches from
India. In addition to the particulars which will be found
in the article of our City correspondent, we give from a
weekly Contemporary another statement, and, as will be seen,
they corroborate each other in all essential points. It would
now appear that what we have long but vainly attempted
to impress upon the authorities of this country—the ne-
cessity of adopting some course to check the designs of
Russia against our dominion in the East—has been at
length forced upon their attention, if the accounts he true,
by something very like actual detection. We have not
room to enter into the subject at this moment, but we shall
take an early opportunity of returning to it for that pur-
pose. Whether Russia will persist in her present policy
to the extent of maintaining it by force of arms, we must
leave for time to determine ; but we cannot help regretting
that an earlier display of vigour on the part of our Go-
vernment did not drive the Autocrat to that alternative
before his plans had been so far matured. The question of
peace or war would not, in that case, have been a matter of
so much uncertainty, or indeed of any uncertainty. From
the accounts to which we refer it appears that the British
force in India is about to be increased with a view to the
pi otection of the northern provinces from the designs of
Russia and Persia. Discoveries are said to have been made
of the existence of a most extensive scheme on the part of
Russia to alienate the native princes from Great Britain,—
al/torn/rig Herald.
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance to our In-
dian empire of keeping Herat from the Russians. Of
course Russia will not attempt for the present to make
Herat her possession, but it is necessary for our security
that Russian influence should not predominate there. We
must have the occupancy of Herat friendly to British
India, and that cannot be if we do not hinder Russia from
having anything to do with it. Herat is in the province
of Khorassan, and on the high road from Persia to Hin-
dostan, or rather to Affghanistan, which lies between Hin-
dostan and Persia. It is between 500 and 600 miles in
a south-east direction from the southern shore of the Cas-
pian, that is from Ferabad and Saree, and about the same
distance from Teheran. There is a direct road from He-
rat eastword to Ghizni and to Cabul, the capital of
Affghanistan. This road also communicates directly
with Attack on the Indus, and thus the way is
opened into Lahore, and the territory of Hindos-
tan. No doubt Russia has long had her eye upon
Herat, which has for years been looked upon as the key
to British India, through which a European invasion, if it
ever took place, must come. " The invasion of India,"
says a late writer of great intelligence," by the army of
Russia setting out from her present frontier to force a
passage to the Indus, and overturn oar empire by a coup
de main, may be assumed to be impracticable, or at least
to demand so large an expenditure and so vast a prepara-
tion as to put the attempt beyond all probability. But the
difficulties of the enterprise arise chiefly from the distance
which intervenes between her frontier and ours, the facility
with which we could multiply impediments on so long and
difficult a line, and our power to throw troops into India
by sea in a shorter time than Russia could march them by
land. Every approach of Russia towards the south is,
therefore, an approach towards removing these difficulties,
and as soon as the resources of Persia shall have
been placed at her disposal, and Herat shall thereby have
become her southern frontier, there will be no longer any
insuperable impediment to the invasion of India." The
possession of Herat, to a Russian army invading British
India, would be of nearly as much importance as the pos-
session of Moscow would have been to Napoleon in subju-
gating Northern Russia. From her present southern
frontier, enormously distant as it is from her northern
capital, Russia could not bring supplies for an invading
army ; but had she Herat for her southern frontier, with
Persia behind her, in which she might at leisure accumulate
her warlike stores, the enterprise of invasion would be no
longer one of such astounding difficulty. And even if no in-
vasion by armed troops were attempted, the inconvenience
and injury of the possession of Herat by the Russians would
still be severely felt in India. As the writer already quoted
has said—" Independently of the danger of actual invasion,
the advance of Russia as far as Herat, that is, the entire
command of the resources of Persia, would disturb the
whole system of the Government in India, even were she
to act towards us with more forbearance and good faith
than she has hitherto done, and send fewer secret agents
into India than she has hitherto sent." The country will,
therefore, observe with satisfaction the active steps which
our Indian Government appears to have taken upon the
northern frontier, and we trust those restless fools who are
said to anticipate with joy the change from English to Rus-
sian masters, will soon feel the chastisement due to their
folly and disloyalty. On the other hand we rejoice that
Runjeet Sing is stated to have brought forward so promptly
the important assistance of his army. The line of the
Indus must be strengthened without delay.—Morning Post

CRIMINAL COURT-(SATURDAY.)

OLD COURT.
Abraham Grout was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary,
his wife.

The prisoner lived with his wife in Frith-street, Soho. On
the morning of the 9th of September they had a quarrel. The
former, being much enraged, knocked his wife down, and in
her fall several of her ribs were broken. The deceased was
conveyed to the hospital, and in the course of a few days died
of the injuries she had received. The prisoner admitted that
he struck the deceased, but said that she bad aggravated him
by her provoking conduct. —Guilty.
John Tate was convicted on a charge of stealing a silver
inkstand, value 171., the property of Sir Josiah Guest.
The particulars of the ease appeared so recently in the Po..
lice Reports, that their repetition is unnecessary.
Sophia Parrott was convicted on an indictment charginc,
her with stealing 191. in money, and some articles of jewel-
lery and wearing apparel, the property of Mrs. Mary Ann
Carrington.
In the case of Barber and others, indicted for an extensive
robbery at St. Katherine's Docks,
Mr. BODKIN applied to the Court for the postponement of
the trial, upon the affidavit of Barber, who stated that he had
been a prisoner confined in White-cross-street Prison for debt,
and that he had only on that morning been conveyed to New-
gate, and been made acquainted with the precise nature of the
charge against him. It was, therefore, submitted that the trial
should be postponed until the next Session.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS opposed the application.
Mr. Baron Goesray complained of the prosecutors in the
case. If they had performed their duty, and had preferr,
the bill before the Grand Jury at ihf• beginning of the week,
the prisoner might have been put in possession of all the in-
formati.,n which he required long since, and the case might
now have been ready for trial. As it was, however, an im-
portant case, it must be postponed.
The trial was then ordered to be postponed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 27.

FARDEN AND ANOTHER V. A CONVICTION BY MR. GREGO-
This was an appeal by the appellants, Thomas Fardell
and Richard the pro;•r;eto.s ()Fan omnibus, titir,st tt,e
conviction of the rf•spoltrlcat, of the ,vl4e istrrit. s :sitting at
the (4,2, r.n.silret.t Office.

ra
pni,NticiAr7 s that this was a Conviction
Act of Parliament which was highly useful and beneficial to
the public, inasmuch as its object was to prevent any obstruc-

don occurring in the streets. The information had been lodged
under the prosisions of the 7,h Gee IV , e 41, s. 77 That
Act. however. did en, fl et the Streen, but ,‘ subsequ et
stature, the 10 h Ge. IV.. sad especial refetence to that ;rut
of the public highway iu the foilowleg words :—" From the
east end of Exeter Hall to Charing-cross."
Mr. C. JoerEs submitted that the form of the conviction was
not good. The words in the statute were, unlawfully left,
&c., " from the east end of Exeter-hall to Charing-cross,"
whilst in the conviction the words were from the east end ofj
Exeter-hall and Charing-cross." It was therefore clear that
the Court had no jurisdiction under the clause of the Act in
question.
The Court considered the variance to be fatal. The con-
viction was comquently quashed.
TIIE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER.SQUARE, V. THE
PARISH OF ST. MARGARET, WESTMINSTER.-Mr. C. JONES
said that the present case would not occupy much of the at-
tention of the Court, inasmuch as he was ire-trusted that the
other parties would consent to give an ute!ertaking to pay the
sum of 121. 15s. 6d. for the expenses incurred.
Mr. PRENDERGAST (interrupsing) observed that his Learned
Friend was rather too premature in the conclusion he had
jumped at. There was nothing of the sort—there was no
consent. The fact was that the case was one of the most
monstrous which had ever been carried into a Court of Law.
His Learned Friend appeared on behalf of the parish of St.
George, Hanover-square, a parish which lie had been in the
habit of hearing held up as a perfect model for every other
parish throughout the kingdom in regard to the admirable and
effective manner in which it carried out the economical provi-
sions of the new Poor-law Act, supporting as it did, as the
Guardians had put forth, their paupers at an expense of fif-
teen pence halfpenny per week each. But it would be his
duty to show to the Court how that admirable manner differed
in cases where the system of economy was to be applied to the
starving stomachs of the paupers when the stomachs were to
be filled out of the pockets of another parish. In this instance
a pauper had been removed under an order from the parish of
St. Margaret, Westminster, to the parish of Sr. George, Ha-
nover-square. Shortly after the removal, however, the former
parish were informed that there was an error in the statement
of facts on which they had made the order, whereupon they
wrote a letter stating such to be the case, and offering at once
to take the pauper back again, and to cancel the order of re-
moval, adding further, that no expense would thus be incurred.
This proposal was at once rejected ; why, it was impossible for
him to conjecture. Now, some time after they came to that
Court, and complained that the removing parish had done
wrong in serving the order of removal upon them, and called
for expenses for maintenance, although they themselves were
to blame for having maintained the pauper, even fur one day.
The other side had determined on the moment, as it were,
to come to the Sessions to get the order quashed. But it
was a great misfortune that they had not looked a little mote
closely into their charter, for the New Poor-law Bill was
regarded by many as a new charter, where they would have
found that it was competent in them to go before a Magistrate
and have obtained an order for the payment of the cost of
maintenance. The 84th section of that celebrated enactment
ran thus :

" And he it further enacted, that the parish to which any
poor person whose settlement shall be admitted or finally ad-
judged to belong, shall be chargeable with and liable to pay
the cost and expense of the relief and maintenance of such
poor person, and such cost and expense may be recovered
against such parish in the same manner as any penalties or
forfeitures are by this Act recoverable; provided always that
such parish, if not the parish granting such relief, shall pay
to the parish by which such relief shall be granted, the cost
and expense of such relief and mainteintoce from such time
only as notice of such poor person having become chargeable
shall have been sent by such relieving parish to the parish to
which such poor person shall be so admitted or finally ad-
judged to belong ; provided al wa) s, that no charges or expenses
of relief or maintenance shall b 3 recoverable under a suspen-
ded order of removal, with a copy of the same, and of the
examination upon which such order was made, shall have been
given within ten days of such order being made to the over-
see, s of the poor of the parish to whom such order is directed."
The Act, it would be observed, made a difference in the
system from that which existed before it had been passed into
a law in regard to the recovery of particular expenses. For-
merly all applications for orders for maintenance were obliged
to be taken to the Sessions, but now the parties went before a
Magistrate to obtain the order. The clause he had read said
" that the cost and expense of the relief and maintenance of
such poor person may be recovered against such parish as was
chargeable, in the same manner as any penalties or forfeitures
ate by this Act recoverable." The Court knew that penalties
were recoverable under the provisiftis of the Act before a
Magistrate. How was it, then, that this parish had not
adopted that course, instead of postponing the matter until the
Sessions, when they come with a demand of nearly 141.,
knowing too all the time that the parish of St. Margaret was
anxious to take the pauper from them, and to relieve them
from any expense ? He trusted that the Court would on that
occasion teach them such a lesson as would prevent the recur-
rence of such a method of procedure. The error had been dis-
covered, and notice thereof sent to St. George's before a single
sixpence of expense had been incurred, and that St. Marga-
ret's were desirous of at once relieving them of the burthen.
But he would ask the Court to remark that the parish must
be making a large profit out of the maintenance of this pauper.
The parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in their printed re-
port, sent forth to the world that the whole cost they were put
to for the maintenance, &c., of a pauper, was fifteen pence half-
penny a week, whilst they did not scruple to charge another
parish as much as sixpence per day.
The CHAIRMAN-Did the Learned Counsel mean to argue
that the Court had not the power to grant the order for the
cost of maintenance ?

Mr. PRENDERGAST would submit that the present was not a
case in which the Court ought to entertain the question of
costs, inasmuch as the parish of St. George had incurred
the whole expense in spite of the offers of the parish of St.
Margaret to relieve them of it by at once taking the pauper
back again.
Mr. C. JONES apprehended that the appellants had pursued
the correct course in the matter.

The CHAIRMAN, interrupting, observed that the case as-
sumed rather a serious aspect when the parish of St. George
had published to the world that it cost them no more than
fifteen pence halfpenny a head, whilst they now charged and
expected the Court to give them sixpence a day.
Mr. C. JONES conceived that the Court would not consider
sixpence a day too much, or indeed more than a reasonable
charge.
The CHAIRMAN inquired how the Learned Counsel for the
respondent had said that the appellants could have got rid of
the order.

Mr. PRENDERGAST—By going before a Magistrate.
The CHAIRMAN— What did Mr. Jones say to that?
Mr. C. JONES replied that in reality he had received no in-
structions other than just a little bit of paper. He had wider-
stood that there was a consent. Would the Court allow the
matter to stand over?

The CHAIRMAN thought it but reasonable that such a course
should be acceded to. There was, in fact, a serious charge
made against the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, which
it was no more then fair ai;d right they should have an oppor-
tunity of contradicting or explaining. Let the case stand
until the next Session.

The Solicitor for St George's parish here complained that
only part of th,- ,orr-spondence had been re.id
The CHAIRMAN—Then let all the coriespondenee be set out
in the affidavits, so that they might be answered. For the
present the decision of the Court was teat the order of removal
should be quashed ; and then, with respect to the cost of main-
tenance, let an affidavit be made, setting forth all the facts as
well as ail the letters, and let that affidavit be answered at the
next Session by the appellants.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

.MANSION-HOUSE.

William Walsh, who was apprehended about a fortnight
ago by Daniel Forrester upon suspicion of having been con-
cerned in the robbery of the Aberdeen Bank, which was plun-
dered of bank notes to the amount of upwards of 16,0001., was.
again brought up for examination on Saturday, but there not
being sufficient evidence against him be was discharged.