The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-20 00:00:00

COLONIAL REFORM DINNER,

On Wednesday about fifty gentlemen, friends of colonial
reform, dined together at the Trafalgar Hotel, Green-
wich. The company included many of the chief friends
of an improved colonial administration. Sir William
Molesworth, M.P., presided, supported by Lord Lyt-
telton, Lord Monteagle, Lord Naas, M.P., the Ho-
nourable F. Baring, Mr. Miles, M.P., Mr. Baillie,
M.P., Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., the Honourable F. Scott,
M.P., Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Milnes, M.P., Mr. E. G.
Wakefield, Mr. Horsman, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr.
Aglionby, M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Bass, Mr. M.
Gibson, &P., Mr. Monsell, M.P., Mr. M. J. O'Connell,
M.P., Mr. Mangles, M.P., Mr. Godley, Mr. Higgins, Mr.
Mackay, Mr. Micheli, &c. Lord Lincoln, Lord Talbot,
Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Stafiord, and
Mr. Napier were unavoidable absent.
The usual loyal and constitutional toasts were first
drank. The toast of " The Army and Navy" was not
spoken to, but several gentlemen amused themselves with
calling for Mr. Cobden.

Sir W. MOLESWORTH, in proposing " Prosperity and
good government to the Colonies," noticed various
circumstances which were causing colonial affairs to
occupy a very considerable portion of the attention of
all classes—the great amount of emigration, the change
in our commercial system, the writings of eminent
and distinguished men who had carefully studied the
subject with a view of relieving our economical difficul-
ties, and the demands made of late years upon the public
purse in respect of the colonies; in the last twenty years
we had expended 100,000,0001. upon our colonies,
and yet they did not contain above 1,600,000 Eng-
lish or Irish people. In the past session
more questions than ever affecting the colonies were
brought under consideration. The Hon. Baronet briefly
ran through the history of them, concluding with the
Australian Colonies Bill, the postponement of which he
conceived would produce great discontent and dissatisfac-
tion, especially in Van Diemen's Land. Year after
year the most solemn promises of free institutions had
been made, but only to be broken.—(Hear, hear.)
There was a conviction in this country that there were
grave errors in our system of colonial goverment,
a system secret and irresponsible, a system
that must be said to be characterised by ignorance,
negligence, and vacillation.—(Hear, hear.) How was
the system to be reformed? Why, free institutions must
he freely bestowed upon all colonies which were fit for
self-government. The distinction must be carefully
drawn between imperial and local questions, and the lat-
ter must be left entirely at the disposal of the local Le-
gislature.—(Hear, hear.) He would call upon Lord
Nlonteagle to respond to the toast—the Noble Lord who
founded the free colony of South Australia.—(Hear.)
Lord MONTEAGLE begged to say that, without dis-
puting the charges of ignorance and negligence brought
against the Colonial•office, be must, as far as he was
concerned, repudiate the charge of vacillation, for he wus
not at the Colonial-office long enough to allow of his
changing his mind.—(Laughter.) If he had a pleasant
recoll,ctton of that office, it was connected with South
Australia. He " sat by its cradle," and had watched
its progress--
"From good to better, daily self-surpass'd."
Those were strangely mistaken who referred its pros-
perity to its mineral and other productions. There was
something in it superior to copper, or silver, or gold—.
(Hear, hear)—something without which its mineral
wealth would be but dross.—(Hear .heir.) The Noble
Lord concluded by proposing " The reform of our
Colonial Policy," requesting Lord Lyttelton to speak to
that toast.

Lord LYTTZLTON presumed that both himself and
the Noble Lord were supposed qualified to discuss the
delinquencies of the Colonial-office on the principle
"set a thief to catch a thief."—(A laugh.) The over-
whelming multiplicity of details in that depart-
ment was such as to make it impossible for the
Colonial Secretary to form a well-considered opinion
upon the subjects that came beforq him. Everything
was referred to that office, to be tinkered and patched
here. It was becoming absolutely necessary to lay down
some limitation and rule us to what matters should be
reserved for imperial control—a question surely not
impossible to be settled, with the aid of the writings of
such men as Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Roebuck, and the
example of the United states, and indeed of our own
Government, when framing constitutions for New Zea.
land and tor the Australian colonies.—(Hear, hear.) The
Noble Lord proposed "Local self-government for our
Colonies."

Some toasts then f llowed, having a more particular
and special reference. Mr. F. Baring brought before the
company the case of New Zealand; Mr. Godley respond-
ing. Mr. M. Milnes rendered a graceful tribute to the
memory of Mr. C. Buller. Mr. Aglionby proposed
"the Health of the Chairman;" Mr. F. Scott "Success
to Emigration ;" Mr. Baillie, " the Better Government of
the Crown Colonies;" Mr. Horsman " Successful Emi-
gration from Ireland ;" Mr. Adderley "Freedom to
Australia." The case of Canada was appropriately com-
mitted to Mr. Mackay.
The proceedings lasted to a rather late hour.

ACCIDENT TO MR. COWAN, M.P.—We learn that
this gentleman met with a severe accident on Thursday
was on his way to dine with
last. Mr. Cowan, it appears,
the Town Council at Kirkhill, the country residence
of the Lord Provost, when the horse upon which he
was riding either stumbled or fell, when we regret to
say, he was thrown upon the road with such violence,
that he lay for some time ka a state of insensibility. He
was carried into a house in the village of Carrington,
and medical aid being promptly at hand, the Hon. Mem-
ber soon recovered so much that he was enabled to
return home that evening, and we understand that he is
now nearly well again.—Scotsman.
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND THE AMERICAN
POLICE.—On inauguration day the arrangetn, nt was to
admit no carriages at the north gate of the capitol
(Washington), and the Foreign Ministers were obliged
to alight and enter on foot. All did this with becoming
grace until the arrival of Bodisco, the Russian Minister,
who, in his excessive dignity, ordered the gate to be
opened to admit his carriage. Nobody obeyed. " Send for
the police!" shouted the exasperated Russian. An offi-
cer presented himself. ." Open this gate directly, sir!"
Police: " Shan't do it, sir."—Bodisco: "I am a foreign
minister!"—P.: " Can't help that, sir."—B.: " I em
the minister from the Russian Court!"—P.: " The Pre-
sident of the United States can't drive his carriage
through this gate to-day, sir."—B.: " I shall report
you, sir!"—P.: "Report and be d—d, sir!"—B.: "How
shall I get in?"—P.: "On foot, sir." So the discomfited
minister Wll3 compelled to alight and foot it ingloriously
through thecrowd.—New England Washingtonian (U.S.).
COINING BY WHOLESALE.—A Frenchman, named
Joseph Forcade, was examined before Colonel Elwood, at Cuckfield, Sussex, on Saturday, on the double charge
of stabbing a policeman and uttering counterfeit coin.
According to the evidence, the prisoner went into the
Green Cross public-house and called for a glass of ale,
in payment for which he tendered a half-crown. The
landlord at once discovered that it was a counterfeit, and
;he prisoner then paid for his ale with three halfpence.
Information of the circumstance having been given to
the East Sussex constabulary, one of the constables,
Tullett by name, went after the prisoner and took him
into custody. The prisoner attempted o ttu
ohressctaspeal and
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drew a knife, with which he made two
mischief
besides side.
officer,
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and
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On being searc his clothes
ed there were finind on him two
halt-
sovereigns, 19 half-crowns, 27 shillings, and -four six-
pences, besides a number of threepenny and fourpenny
pieces, all counterfeit. He had also in his possession
80 pieces of counterfeit Austrian coin, and a book and
papers giving instructions for imitating various metals
and casting spurious coin. The examination was carried
on through the medium of a niece of the magistrate,
who acted as interpreter. The prisoner was committed
for trial on both charges.
LEISESTER TRADE.—The firmness in the worsted
and cotton yarns we noticed last week is fully main-
tained—cotton yarns, indeed, have advanced a shilling a
bundle, and there is an upward tendency in worsted.
Employment also continues general, and we are glad to
hear that the Leicester glove-hands, having
come to an
arrangement with their employers, are returning to Work
at advanced pricese—Leicaterohire Mercury.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsjord, July 18.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a
Special Jury.)
BAKER V. BUSK.

This was a penal action, brought by the plaintiff,
John Baker, to recover from the defendant, George
Rusk, two separate penalties of 5001. for unlawfully cor-
. rupting Edward Saxby, a voter for the borough of Har-
wich, to give his vote to Mr. Atwood, at the election for
that borough in 1847.
Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Bramwell, and Mr. Rodwell
were for the plaintiff ; Sergeant Shee, Mr. Edwin James,
and Mr. Willis were for the defendant.
Mr. CHAMBERS. in opening the case, said that the de-
fendant was charged with having committed two dis-
tinct acts of bribery at the election for Harwich for
1847, first by promising a voter, named Saxby, to pay a
debt which he owed, upon condition of his voting for
Mr. Atwood; and, secondly, by actually paying the
amount he had promised, with the same object. Mr.
Atwood was a candidate for the representation of
Harwich in 1847, and at this time it appeared that
one of the voters, named Edward Saxby, was indebted
to a person named Grice, in the sum of 411., and a boat
which belonged to him had been seized as security
for the debt, and was in the possession of an auctioneer
named Hales. This voter was applied to to support Mr.
Atwood at the election, and he had some conversation
with another voter named Trundell, and it appeared that
some application was made to Mr. Atwood respecting
the position of the voter, and before the election took
place Saxby went to London, and he saw the defendant
at an office in Birchin-lane, and the matter was there
talked over, Mr. Atwood being, as he was instructed, in
en adjoining room, and aware of what was going on,
and the result was, as he had no doubt he should be able
to prove by evidence, that an understanding was come
to, that if Saxby voted for Mr. Atwood his debt should
be paid, and his boat released. Shortly after this in-
terview, the defendant wrote a letter to Mr. Hales, the
gentleman in whose charge the boat was, wherein he
stated that he had accidently seen Saxby, who was a
perfect stranger to him, and that as he seemed to be au
honest man, it would be a pity that his boat, which
he represented to be worth a great
.deal more than
the debt, should be sacrificed, he offered to pay a
aura of 101. down, and to be answerable for the
pay ment of the remainder of the debt by instalments of
5/. per month. The Learned Counsel proceeded to state
that this offer was acceded to, and the money was paid
as agreed, and the boat was delivered up in pursuance of
the corrupt agreement that had been entered into, and
when the election came on Saxby voted for Mr. Atwood,
who wig returned one of the Members for the borough.
In all probability nothing more would have been heard
respecting the transaction if it had not been for the fact
of a petition being presented against the return of Mr.
Att wood. When it became known, however, that a pe•
tition was to be presented with a view to unseat that gen-
tleman, it appeared that the defendant applied to Sax by
to givehiA'n a bill of sale of the vessel, and on his making
some objection to do so, the defendant told him that he
need not be alarmed, for it was only a matter of form,
as the transaction otherwise might affect Mr. Atwood's
seat, and the payment of the money would never be
enforced, and upon this understanding Sax by executed
a bill of sale to the defendant. Saxby was subse-
quently examined before the Committee of the House
of Commons, and the result of the inquiry was
that -Mr. Atwood was unseated, and then, the voters
found the danger and mischief that was incurred by
being mixed up in such transactions, for immediately
the result of the decision of the Parliamentary Com-
mittee was made known the bill of sale was put in force
against him, and the boat was sold for 201., and Saxby
was thus prevented from obtaining a livelihood. It was
under these circumstances that the present action was
brought against the defendant, and although the witness
Saxby, upon whose evidence the case would mainly
depend, undoubtedly stood in the position of an accom-
plice' and his evidence ought therefore to be confirmed,
yet, he said, it appeared to him that it would receive
sueh material confirmation as would satisfy the jury that
the defendant had committed the acts imputed to him.
The Learned COUNSEL having called Saxby and
several other witnesses, closed his case; when
Mr. Sergeant SHEE took a technical objection, which
Mr. Baron Alderson held to be fatal, and a verdict was
returned for the defendant.

OXFORD ClraGUIT.— Worcester, July 17.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.

William Williams, 51, 'was indicted for haviniob-
tained 15L by false pretences from Thomas Holland, at
Upton-on• Severn, on the 23d of June, with Went to
cheat and defraud him of the same.

Mr. Cooke prosecuted, and Mr. Skinner defended the
prisoner. _

It appeared that the prisoner went to the prosecutor,
a solicitor at Upton, who scorned to judge men by their
appearance, and requested him to become his attorney,
agent, and the receiver of his rents, as he was come into
possession of a fine estate, called Llandissilloo Hall, in
Denbighshire, with an income of 8,0001. a year, and
was about to purchase property in the neighbourhood for
4,5001. He also said that Mr. Temple, Q.C., of Salt-
ney, near Chester, had forty thousand pound, of his
(the prisoner's) money in his hands. This took place
at the house of Mr. Goodman, the surgeon, and after-
wards other conversations between the parties oc-
curred at Holland's offices, the result of which was
that Mr. Holland was induced to let his " client"
have the sum named in the indictment to pay his work-
men until he received a remittance from Temple, who
was in the Isle of Man. Mr. Holland afterwards awoke
from his dream, and desired the prisoner to accompany
him to Saltney, which he did, where they saw Mr.
Temple, who at once negatived the prisoner's statements,
and said he had never heard of him until about a fort-
night previously, when a Mr. Dalgaisb, of Dudley, called
on him with a similar tale, but he had never seen the
prisoner before in his life, and no doubt he was a
swindler, so that the prosecutor had been imposed
upon ; on which Williams said, " Well, and I think I
have been impost don myself." It seemed that the whole
of the people of Upton were labouring under a want of
mental perception at the time, as he was designated "the
Squire," and was courted on all sides. He said the
estates were recovered at the previous Denbigh Assizes,
and he had spent every shilling he was worth in trying
to obtain them. When taken into custody he had not a
penny in his pocket.
After a defence from Mr. Skinner, the prisoner was
found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, July 17

Jelin nomer, 38, was indicted for attempting to dis,
charge a loaded gun at Henry Collins, with intent to kill
and murder him, on the 4th of December, 1842.
It appeared that on the night in question three keepers
(Lane, Smith, and the prosecutor Collins) went out to
watch the preserves of their employer, J. J. Farquhar-
son, of Langton. Hearing parties about in the wood
they separated, and Smith entered Hernsgrove Copse,
where he found (as he swore) the prisoner and another
man under a hedge. They instantly attacked him, beat-
ing him about his head with the butt end of a gun, and
atterwards kicking his teeth out. He called for assist-
ance and Collins came, at whom the prisoner presented
a gun and snapped the lock, fortunately without the con •
tents exploding. He and his comrade then went off,

leaving the gun behind ; and the prisoner was seen no
more until about a month since, when he was pointed
out on coming out of a Methodist chapel at Fontmell,
and was at once apprehended. The gun was shown to a
carpenter named Edwards, who recognised it as one that
he had put a new stock to at the request of the prisoner.
On his behalf, however, it was shown that on the night
of the transaction there was no moon, and that when he
returned into Dorset, men who had known him for years
could not recognise him. The gamekeepers had never
seen him before the night in question, and he received a
very good character.
Verdict—Not Guilty.
Considerable interest had been manifested in this
county to hear the trial of the cause " Hingeston v. Sir
Fitzroy Kelly," which had been sent down again by the
Court of Exchequer, and which (our readers will re-
member) was an action against the ex-Solicitor-General
for services rendered to him at the late Lyme election.
The cause, however, was compromised.
A labourer named Georye Lush, 48 years of age, was
indicted for committing wilful and corrupt perjury.
Although the assignment of perjury was comparatively
insignificant, the consequences of it had been very
serious.

It appeared that at the Dorset October Sessions a
girl named Eliza Brockway was prosecuted by the pri-
soner for robbing him of some money on the 19th of
August. He wAs the sole witness, and the girl was
found guilty and sentenced to seven years' transporta-
Lion. tier solicitor, Mr. G. Chitty, in a very praise-
worthy spirit, got up a case and carried it to the Home
Secretary, who commuted the sentence of transporta-
tion to twelve months' imprisonment, and on the girl's
innocence becoming clearer, gave her a free pardon.
Ile only point upsn which perjury was assign,d was
the question of the prisoner's condition on the day men-
tioned, The question whether he was robbed by the
girl was not raised.

Several witnesses now disproved his statement, and
the girl Brockway swore that she did not rob him, that
sbe did not even see him on the night in question.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and having been
four months already in prison, he was sentenced to a
further imprisonment of eight months.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yorh, July 17.
CROWN
Thomas CO
Proctor,. t 'l'
a.
youth—(B fore fho roer ;181
,r. Justicewas c ha
charged
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with
athe)
manslaughter of his brother, William Proctor, at Huns-
let, near Leeds, on the 24th of March last.
The prisoner and the deceased were brothers, and at
the period of the unfortunate occurrence were employed
as farm labourers at Woodlesford, a distance of three
miles from their own residence. The deceased got up a
few minutes before the prisoner, and having finished his
breakfast desired the latter to come off to his work. The
prisoner said, " Thou hardly gives me time to swallow
my meat." This gave rise to a quarrel, and the de-
ceased, after doubling up his shirt sleeves, came round
and struck the prisoner five or six times. The latter
having the knife with which he was in the act of finish-
ing his breakfast still in his hand, unfortunately struck
his brother with it, and the blade, after passing through
the lower part of the left ear, entered the neck and
I pierced the carotid artery. Instantly that it was seen
what had happened, the prisoner ran off for a surgeon,
and from the moment of the occurrence he has sincerely
and deeply regretted the effects of the blow. Sentence
deferred.

CIVIL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESOW and
a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. GLEDOW, DOND, AND °TIERS.
This was an indictment prosecuted by the Solicitor
of Customs against the defendants, for conspiring not
to adze a vessel called the Rising Sun, in which a large
cargo of tobacco had been smuggled on the 25th of
July, 1846.

The defendants pleaded Not guilty.
Mr. Martin (Mr. WM4911, Mr. ORer, and Mr. ey-

mour) stated the case for the Crown. He said the de-
fendaut Gledow was a tide-surveyor at Hull, under Go•
vernment; that he agreed with Bond not to seize the
vessel, but to suffer bee to escape, on the 26th of July,
1846; that he seierel the tobacco, end agreed to share the
reward. Enormous quantities of tobacco were seized
near Hull, but seldom any vessel was seized. Bond was
the registered owner of the Rising Sun. On the 29th
of July she came to Aldborough; and it was Bond. the
owner, who gave the information. She contained
4,0501b5. of tobacco. Burton superintended the run-
ning of the tobacco, and GledoN came upon him while
doing so.
Mr. Thomas Wright said he was a collector at Hull
for eight years, and till April last. Gledow's duty was
to board all vessels, and to seize uncustomed and prohi-
bited goods. Many seizures were made in 1846 and
1847. He knew he was the owner of the Rising Sun.
The tobacco from the Rising Sun was brought to the
Custom-house on the 29th of July. Gledow said it
came from Aldborough; he said nothing of the ve,ssel it
came from. The rewards tor seizure may be 3s. 21(1. per
pound if the ship, men, and tobacco were seized, Is. Bd.
if tobacco alone. Gledow was removed in 1848. Gledow
said that he got the information from Bond about the
tobacco. Gledow got 2891. 93. by that transaction. If
the vessel and crew had been captured, his share would
have been 6351. He bore a good character, and most of
the seizures of consequence were made by him in 1845,
6, and 7.
Thomas Burton, a chemist, said he was engaged in
smuggling transactions in 1845, in the Rover. She
brought in a cargo of tobacco in that year to Ferriby.
He had known Gledow many a year. Shortly after the
above transaction he met him at North Care. Witness's
wife was with him. Gledow came to the inn where
they put up. Witness was not in, but afterwards met
him at a public-house. He said he could have seized
the Rising Sun, the waggon, and everything, if he had
thought proper. He said he wished witness would call
at his house. Afterwards arrangements were made to
bring a cargo of tobacco to a place near Aldborough,
about twelve miles from Hull, on the sea-coast, sad the
Rising Sun did arrive on the 29th July, 1846. She lay
about 100 yards from shore. Witness and seven or eight
men besides the captain, mate, and four men of the ves-
sel, were engageu in unloading. Twenty bales were
landed there, and the rest was to be landed about a mile
below. Gledow appeared on the cliff in sight of the
vessel. He cried, hello! is that you? He said, Burton,
I have a dead information against you; you are in bad
hands; if you will lend me every assistance to seize the
goods it will be a good thing for you, and I will hold you
harmless. Witness said he would leave them, and went
away. He af.erwards saw the defendant, and asked
him how many bales he had seized. He answered forty-
four. Witness told him there were many more, and
if he would give him the reward, and hold him harm-
less, he would show where they were. Gledow pro-
mised, and he pointed out where there were 20 more.
Defendant said, if witness ever did anything of the kind
again, the best mode of proceeding was to tell him, and
whether he seized or not it should he the same thing
to witness, he should make a handsome profit. He left
witness in charge of the 20 bales, and soon after a
waggon came, tied witness and defendant's man loaded
it with the 20 bale-, and took them away into Ald-
borough, and thence to the Custom-house at Hull. The
vessel lay near at anchor, and in a dead calm. Shs
could eesily have been seized, but no attempt was made '
to meddle with it or the men. The Coast Guard was
not celled on to interfere at all. About two months
afterwards he saw detendant, who said, Burton, I have
a warrant for you ; he said he was compelled to do
it, he did not wish to do it. Witness said, very well,
walk on, and I'll follow, and he followed him to the
Sheriff's-office, and the defendant went out and got bail
for him.

Other evidence having been given,
Mr. Sergeant WuxiNs submitted there was no case.
Mr. Justice P ATTESON said it was proved that Gledow
got his inturmation from Bond, but he could see no evi-
dence of a previous conspiracy between them, on which
the defendants were Acquitted.
Mr. MARTIN then proceeded with a second indictment,
" The Queen against Gledow and others," but after the
examination of William Marfield, the owner of the smug-
gling vessel in that case, which ought to have been
seized, he declined proceeding further, and the defendants
were acquitted.

There were three other indictments against Gledow
and others, on which the de!endants were acquitted pro
forma, no evidence being offered, and thus ended these
five expensive prosecutions.