The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-10 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

In the House of Lords, last night, the Royal
Assent was given by Commission to the Bill " for
Suppressing Unlawful Societies in Ireland."—
That Bill is now law. The Commissioners were
Lords Eldon, Winchester, and Bathurst ; and
there were four other Lords present, Lords Cath-
cart, Courtown, Corbury, and Radnor. The
Speaker was attended by eleven Commoners--
Mr. W. Peel (the Home Secretary's brother), Mr.
D. Gilbert, Sir Edward Knatchbull, &c.—
There were only six or eight strangers be-
low the Bar, but none of them were of any
distinction. Mr. O'Connell passed down the
passage of the House of Lords, from the Com-
mittee Room, just as the Bill was receiving
the Royal Assent, but be did not go into the
House. This was the first Bill that has received
the Royal Assent this Session.—ln the Commons
Mr. Hobhouse expressed his disapprobation of
the " Peruvian Mining Company" Bill, and said
the House ought not to sanction such a measure.
He should oppose the second reading. The Pasco
Mountains were 13,500 feet above the level of
the sea ; the mining of them had been tried over
and 'over again ; then, he asked, what could be
expected from the scheme ? The " Metropolitan
Fish Company" Bill was afterwards read a
second time. Mr. Calcraft designated it as
a measure to authorize certain persons to
" catch" 300,0001.; and observed that the par-
ties had already proved what good use they
would make of the Funds, by appointing an
agent at 2,0001. a year. " That (said Mr. C.)
is the first job." lie declared that he would
make the promoters of the Bill prove in the
Committee, that the truth of their Prospectus;
If they failed to establish its truth, he would
" blow them and their schemes out to sea."
—Mr. Secretary Peel obtained leave to bring
a Bill to " consolidate" the laws regarding
Juries, and to regulate the appointment of
.')pecial Juries. This is the first Government
measure for the consolidation or classification
of the laws ; and Mr. Peel expressed the hope
that so much success might attend it that it would
encourage the Parliament to acquiesce in other
consolidations of the laws, for instance, respect-
ing larcenies, &c. In ;his Bill, he proposed
some alterations of the existing laws touching
Juries, particularly cc Special" Juries ;—an ex-
tension of the Special Jury Book or List, in
the several counties, by directing the names
of "Jlankers," " Merchants," &c. to be placed
there, as was the plan in the city of Lon-
don. Ile instanced that in Warwick, on the
occasion of the late trial of Major Cart-
wright, there were only fifty-three names,
exclusive of those of the Grand Jury who had
found the Bill, out of which the required forty-
eight names were to be selected. That showed
the necessity of extending the Book. The next
amendment was regarding the appointment of the
Special Juries. He proposed that against all the
names in the Book, there should be figures, as
1,2, 3,4, and so on, that there should be cards
with corresponding numbers, but with no names
on them ; that those should be put into- a box
and that the 48 cards taken out of the box should
constitute the first list. The list, when4B names had
been so obtained, was to be reduced as heretofore,
This system of ballot in civil cases, and where there
might be a succession of causes, might be depart-
ed from on written consents being given on both
sides; but in trials for political offences, Mr. Peel
said his plan proposed that such regulation should
never be departed from. Dr. Lushington ap-
plauded the proposed amendments, and expressed
the hope that they might be extended to Excise
cases. Mr. Ilobhouse also eulogized the intended
ballot, and observed that it must delight all the
friends of the liberty of the subject; and declared
that the Bill would introduce one of the most
salutary reforms witnessed in this country .for
many ages.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
Much sensation was excited yesterday in the
City, by the receipt of intelligence from India, of
the mutiny of one of the native regiments. The
first version of this unpleasant affair was marked,
as is usual in such cases, by gross exaggerations;
and under the impression of the first alarm, there
was a heavy fail of India Bonds ; and Consols de-
clined nearly one per cent. However, as the
truth began to be known,confidence gradually re-
turned, and, in a day or two more, there may not be
a trace of the panic. In confidently calculating
upon a re-action, we do not wish it should be
inferred, that we look upon the news from India
as unworthy of serious consideration, but such
is the stability of the market, in consequence
of the prosperous state of our affairs generally,
that this intelligence, unpleasant as it is, will
have no other effect upon it than breathing would
have upon the surface of a bright mirror.
In another place, we have given such particulars
as have reached this country, and from them it will
be seen, that the mutiny was confined to a single
regiment of Seapoys, though, at the time, there
were two other regiments of the same description
at Barrackpore, where the mutinous troops were
stationed. This circumstance has materially de-
tracted from
the importance of the affair ; though
it is a question whether the mutinous spirit would
not have spread, if it had not
been for the
prompt and energetic manner, after ordinary
means had failed, in which it was put down.
The mode was, certainly, the most 'm-
it was also the most
other courge, efficacious, as well as the
lent and summary that could be adopted ; hut
safest. Any all probability,
would have occasioned a far greater loss of life,
besides confounding the innocent with the guilty;
whereas
we have 0111 Y
to regret the Loss of

two lives on the part of the troops employed to'
coerce the mutineers ; and this too the effect of
mere accident. Otherwise the consequences might
have been such as no one could contemplate with-
out shuddering ; no lEss, in fact, than a communi-
cation of the mutinous spirit to the whole of the
native troops, and the placing of our Indian
empire in imminent jeopardy. When we consi-
der what might have happened, lye cannot say that
we regret the remedy, sharp as it was; for, in this
case, if the treatment do not exactly correspond
with that generally used in the case of a bite of a
rabid animal, there is little or no chance of sub-
duing it. The part, which is infected, must be cut
out promptly, or the fatal virus is sure to commu-
nicate to the whole body. This remark more
particularly applies to troops in the field, and to
the Sepoys more than to any others, for reasons
that are intelligible to every one. Our empire
in the East is of one opinion, in a higher degree,
than belonged to any other, ancient or modern ;
and therefore it must be administered with a
more firm hand.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

AYLESBURY, WEDNESDAY, INIARcu 9.

THE MELANCHOLY AFFAIR AT ETON.

At about half-past four o'clock Lord Nugent, Col. Browne,
and Sir John Dashwood King, Magistrates for the county, Mr. -
Rickford, M.P.,' Colonel Wood, and several Gentlemen of dis-
tinction, entered the dock with Master George Alexander Wood,
'son of Colonel Wood, and Master Alexander Wellesley Leith,
who stood charged, on the Coroner's inquisition, with killing
and slaying the Hon. F. Ashley Cooper on the 28th of February
last at Eton, in a pugilistic contest. The young gentlemen
having surrendered, were placed at the bar to take their trials.
The Jury having been empanelled, the Clerk of the Arraigns
called on the prisoners by their names. who answered by holding
up their right hands. They pleaded " Not guilty." Mr. Wood
is a youth of elegant appearance, apparently not more than 14.
Both his eyes were very much contused, and the right sleeve
of his coat was ripped, in consequence of the injury he re-
ceived in the fight. Mr. Leith, we should suppose, is about
19 years old.
On the arraignment of the prisoners, Mr. Justice GASELEE
asked who conducted the prosecution.
The Clerk of the Arraigns said, no gentleman appeared on
the part of the prosecution.
Mr. Justice GASELEE.—Indeed! Then call Christopher
Teasdale, (the name of the person who gave evidence before the
Coroner at Eton). His name was called three times, but he
did not appear.
Mr. Justice OxsELEE asked if the Coroner was present ?
Mr. Chearsley, the Coroner, came forward, and, in answer to a
question from the Learned Judge, said_ he had given the wit-
nesses notice to attend. Mr. O'Reilly, surgeon, and Dorothy
Large were then called on their recognizances ; and not answer-
ing, the recognizances were ordered to be estreated.
Mr. Justice GASELEE said, there being no prosecution, the
prisoners must be acqttitted. A verdict of Not Guilty was ac-
cordingly returned, and the young gentlemen and their friends
quitted the bar.
An application was made to the Court to read Mr. Wood's
defence, but it was understood that the Learned Judge refused
the request.
Colonel Wood and his son immediately left for London.
The following is the statement of Mr. Leith, which he in-
tended to offer in his defence, had the trial proceeded :
" 3.11" LORD —I am anxious to state a few words, which must
not be considered as an attempt to justify the part took in the
late unhappy event, but arising solely from the very great de-
sire I feel to remove some impressions which have been cir-
culated to my disadvantage in the published reports of this
most lamentable transaction, which 1 feel I do not merit, and
which are calculated to increase very materially the distress of
my present situation. 1 never can enjoy happiness again till
these impressions are removed, anti 1 hope therefore that your
Lordship will allow me to make a short statement of a fact
which has been so cruelly misrepresented : that I did admi-
niver brandy to the unfortunate deceased is true, but the ex-
aggeration of the quantity in the public prints has been a
source of much disquietude to my mind, and I feel my-
self called on to make the followins.; statement, in justice
to my family and myself :—The quantity of brandy brought
into the field did not originally exceed two small wine
glasses, of which the lamented school-fellow sipped at inter-
vals,
but in all not more than one small wine-~;lass; in proof
of this, I must mention, that I wetted my handkerchief to rub
thelface and hands, and none was given by me without the
knowledge and approval of his other friends. I beg lead also
to observe, that in former fights at Eton I have seen (and which
can be proved by witnesses now present) spirits given to the
parties ; this will prove that the giving it in this instance was
not a novel practice. I have, my Lord, further to remark, that
I was not the only second to the unfortunate and much-lamented
deceased ; that, in point of fact, I only gave him a knee the two
first rounds, and that, for the last ten minutes of this unhappy
fight, I was employed entirely in keeping the ring. I acknow-
ledge I was very:much interested that my brave little companion
should obtain the victory, and it is probable that this anxiety may
have led to the expression used at the Coroner's Inquest—that I
was the avowed second. Having expressed my anxiety that my
brave liitle. companion should obtain the victory, I cannot omit
this opportunity of bearing testimony to the generous conduct of
the adverse party in this fight. I shall conclude my observations
on this point with declaring most solemnly that 1 was never se-
cond to any boy at Eton, except once for a couple of rounds, and
those the two last, when 1 gave in for him, seeing lie had no
chance; and I appeal, with confidence, to the whole School,
when I say, that under the peculiar circumstances in which I
was applied to to attend as second, by and with another, whom,
for obvious reasons, Ido not name, I could not refuse being so
in this case ; and I beg leave to add, that during four years I
have been at Eton, 1 have never fought with one of my school
fellows, though on one occasion, when I thought a little boy had
been ill-used by a man, I naturally took his part and fought the
man. As if misrepresentation had not already been sufficiently
used, n
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hasn
thisbee statedh ead ho
),ctthot I wasugb,party to a co
indeed, justicehndasiscit neebee
done a
between
two boys of a marked disparity of age : this was not the case;
and I only advert to it now, lest there should be some here who
had seen the imputation, and not its reftttation. In conclusion,
I have
attachesonly
tom
that ;
abdymni
there means
does,intenda n
and most
assert e thateply do
no
blame
I lament that a shadow of blame should do so. But, my Lord,
let me not bear the whole blame ; and to whomsoever it may
attach, let it be attributed to the real cause—inexperience."

THE MURDER AT ASTON CLINTON.
John Allen, aged 30 ; Thomas Reeves, aged 22; and Thos.
Collier, aged 34; were put on their trials for the wilful murder
of a man named William Morris, at the parish of Aston Clin-
ton, on the 19th ult.
It appeared by the evidence that the deceased and another
man had followed the prisoners for some time, who were on a
drinking party, and that a scuffle took place, in which Morris
received- such a deep wound on the head as caused his death.
All the witnesses swore to precisely the same facts. They
all heard the blows and the scuffling, but none were present,
nor child they from the darkness of the night distinguish any
of the party but by.their voices.
The prisoners being called on for their defence, they severally
addressed the Court, declaring that the deceased and William
Reeve followed, and not only pulled them about, but attacked
and beat them. It was a kind of running fight for some dis-
tance, when, as they termed it, " the unfortunate accident"
took place.
Several witnesses were called, who proved that the deceased
and William Reeves, one of the witnesses, had been the first
aggressors, and not only challenged the prisoner Allen to fight,
but grossly insulted him ; some of the witnesses gave them all
a most excellent character.
Mr. Justice GasE LEE summed up the evidence, and the
Jury found the prisoners Guilty of Manslaughter.—Allen
transported for life, and the ()diets for 14 years each.

CHELMSFORD, MAncn 8.
John Taverner was indicted on the statute of 57 George 111.
c. 91, s. 1., for being found armed with intent to kill game, in
the night time of the Bth of December, in a wood at Kelvedon,
the property of Charles Canis Western, Esq., one of the County

The prosecutor's gamekeeper,
ano-
ther witness, proved that on the night in question he was on
the
,watch for poachers in his master's woods, and hearing some
shots fired, he went to the spot and saw the prisoner and two
other men. The vrisoner was who was confirmed by
armed with a gun, and on seeing
the keeper, drops his weapon and r,n ofr. He was pursued and
s.:cured.

The Jury, upon the proof of these facts, without any evidence
to the contrary, found the prisonergoi/ty.
The Learned Jtrpor:, upon
being informed that the prisoner
had been once con, f s
icted of stealing, and had on another
occasion suffered three months' imprisonment as a poacher,
sentancect him to seven years' transportation.

FOR THE SUN.

LOGAN STONE.
MR. EDITOR—In a moment of folly and of
vanity, it pleased an Officer of his Majesty's Navy
to level with the ground a monument of anti-
quity, which had for ages been the pride of
Cornwall, and the admiration of each succeeding
generation. The rash end silly act was•univer-
sally reprobated, as it well deserved to be ; and
the perpetrator of it, either awakened to a due
sense of his unpardonable folly, or impellod.by
superior orders, set about repairing the misc-hief •
he had wantonly committed. This Wes all the
atonement in his power to make, and the anti-
quary has reason to rejoice, that through the in •
tenuity and skill displayed by Lieut. GoLD-
SMITH, the Logan Stone is replaced upon the ,
commanding spot which it had so loog and
so proudly occupied. But Lieutenant GOLD-
slum', duly anxious of effacing the rernetn7
brance of his former fault, has performed a task •
not less difficult, and equally acceptable to the •
antiquary.

Near Penzance once stood the .Lanyan Crowe.
Zech, which weighed not less than thirteen tons.
This Cromlech was blown down on the Lgth of
October, 1815, during a most violent and des-
tructive storm of wind. By the indefatigable
exertions of Lieutenant GOLDSMITH, and of a
Captain Ginny, and with the assistance of the
same tackle and machinery employed in replac-
ing the Logan Stone, the Lanyan Cromlech has
been restored to its former station. As I took
an early opportunity of reprobating the conduct
of the gallant Lieutenant upon the first occasion,
I think it an act of justice to notice the service
he has now rendered to the antiquary, as soon as
it came to my knowledge.

A. P.

The Earl of ROSCOMNION has resumed his
claim to the House of Lords, which has been considered in
previous Sessions, to vote for Representative Peers for Ireland.
It is referred to a Committee of Privileges, and such Com-
mittee is ordered to meet on the 24th instant, further to consider
the claimant's petition and prayer; and Mr. Eustace Stawell
and Mr. Thomas Raymond Alsop are ordered to attend the
House on the 23d, to be sworn preparatory to being examined
by the Committee.

On Monday last, the ceremony took place of
laying the first stone of the new Church of LITTLE HAMP-
TON. The building is to be erected on the site of the old
parish church, but on a larger scale, in order to corres-
pond with the increasing population of the place, and for
the better accommodation of visitors. The stone, in-
closing the coins of his present Majesty's reign, was laid
by R. Watkins, Esq. in the absence of the Duke of Nor-
folk, the Lord of the Manor. His Grace, however, has sub-
scribed 1001. in aid of the building, and several other subscrip-
tions have already been received for the same purpose. The.
ceremony concluded with an appropriate address by Mr. Wat-
kins, and a prayer by the ilex. A. P. Kelly, Vicar of the
Parish. The company afterwards dined together at the Dol-
phin Tavern.

• Accounts from Copenhagen of the 221 tilt. state,
that in the tempestuous night of the 3d February, the North
Sea broke through the narrow slip of land near Ilerboote, and
joined the narrow Bay of Lymfjord— a very remarkable event
which may. be attended with important consequences to the
inhabitants of Thye. The Canal which the North Sea has
thus opened is said to be thirty ells broad, and seven or eight
deep.

l'Ap.tvoiNE, the murderer, has since his con—
demnation had several paroxysms of fury in prison, so that they
have been obliged to put on hiM the camisole de fer (the iron
waistcoat). Ile at first obstinately refused to appeal to the.
Court of Cassation, saying, " I should wish to die to-morrovi
the sooner it is over the better." But M. Paillet, after repeated-
supplications, at length wrung a consent from him, by saying,
if he refused to appeal, his mother would die of grief. When
the iron waistcoat was loosened for a moment, to allow him to
sign the necessary instrument, he fell into an excess of rage.
his hair stood an end upon his head, he vociferated the most
horrible imprecations upon those around him, and menaced
them in the most frightful and convulsive attitudeS. Ile -even
made a desperate effort to rush upon the two sentinels that
watch over him. He has declared his intention not to sea. .
Priest.

About ten days ago, a dish of excellent new
potatoes were dug up in the garden of the old
Academy, Annan—a remarkable instance of the
mildness of.the season.

DESTRUCTIVE 11 IR E.—Yesterday morning a
most alarming and destructive fire broke out in the shop of Mr.
Whiting. a Venetian blind-maker, in Rose and Crown-
court, Moorfields. The flames obtained such an ascend-
ancy, as communicate with the house of Messrs. Knight
and Company, . tea-dealers, corner of Broad-street-build-
ings, then to the house of Mr. Debrek, merchant, No. I`3,
Broad-street-buildings ; and even the opposite houses in
Broad-street-buildings occupied by Mr. King, City Surveyor
and Architect, and Mr. Allford, Sock-broker, also fell a preY
to them. A woman and two children got out of Mr. Whiting.s
dining-room window, on the leads, and were rescued from
their perilous situation by the exertions of the people, No lives'
were lost•

Last week, while a mason at Bantaskine House
was driving a stone out of a wall with a pick
hammer, a labourer was passing behind him, and
just at the moment the instrument was thrown
back to give a blow, the sharp-pointed end struck
the poor man in the eye with such force a 5
knocked him down, and totally destroyed his
eye ; part of it being forced out of the socket,
was found fixed upon the point of the ham Mer
after the accident.—(Stirling Journal.)

COAL MARKET, MARCH 9.
Ships at Market. Ships sold Price.
.4
8 Newcastle . - 4i -31 s Od to 34i; DC:
1 Sunderland - 1 - —s Od to 41s 0-

BIRTHS.
On the Bth inst., at Sussex-cottage, Kent-road, the lady or
Mr. William Jones, solicitor, of Threadneedle-street, of a son:. '
On the 6th inst., the lady f Sir Thomas Farquhar, Bart., 01
a daughter.
On the Bth inst., at her father's house, St. Leonard's, Na'
ing, Essex, the lady
of Captain Caulfield, of a daughter.