The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

4, 1849.

-7-1161V—ibe cried and sobbed when he asked h-r
to copy there papers. So she had, poor thing; but
not for the reason she had given. No! The fact was
that she feared he was going to marry again, and the
letter in em stion related to the subject of her fears. She
had told them that he expressed great anxiety that it
should not fall into the hands of his children. Lord of
I leaven and earth! to be sure he had! Would it not be
worse that a letter of such a kind should fall into the
hands of young children than into those of a stranger
almost? Though never mar, loved wife mere truly and
faithfully than he had loved Emily Sandford, she always
thought he was going to get married and to leave her.
Well, but if her story were true, where were all her
fine feelings and her sensibility at Potash farm? They
had had no crying or sobbing there, and yet it' her story
was true he had asked her to copy and sign papers which
she must have known to be false—all her three deposi-
tions agreed on that point. Had she not the same feel-
ings then as before? And she must have known the name
of Isaac Jermy to those papers was a forgery, and yet
she neither sobbed nor cried, nor expressed the least dis-
inclination to sign them. It was not very likely indeed
that he would ask her to do so if she had exhibited all
those fine feelings before. jVhichever way they looked
at this story they would find that it was totally false.
" Murder would out," and he had no hesitation in saying
that the real facts of the case at Stanfield-hall would
soon come to light. He hoped God Almighty would
convince Mrs. Jermy of the truth, and that she would
be at last brought to feel that what he stated about the
interview with Mr. Jermy was correct. If be was going
out on any bad intent, or on such a horrid deed that
night, he would have taken care to have been seen by
some of his men, who could prove where he was out, and
that he said he was going out after poachers. The
basest lie that ever was said on God's earth was that he
ever drank anything out of a bottle. It was what he
called a fifth or sixth edition, and her statement as to
this fact varied in her evidence, but in every shape it
was untrue. She would make the jury believe that he
was drunk. Most people who knew him could say that he
suffered wonderfully from bilious headache at short
intervals, and the reason why he told Emily Sand-
ford to leave the room on the night in question
very probably was that he was ill at the
time, and he had heard that a man who was in difficul-
ties was taking away the game by wholesale, and that
was one reason why he went out earlier than usual on
Friday night. As to the pair of stockings that were
" muddy," they all knew it was quite ridiculous to talk
of such of such a thing. They were introduced merely
to give the Learned Gentlemen an opportunity of getting
up their case. Then they make all this fuss about his
going to Felmingham, and about the closet being
burned. Why, it really was the case that the closet
where the papers were kept was set on fire accidentally
by the servant. But what had that to do with the
case? Yes, they wanted to make it appear that papers
had been burnt. It she believed him guilty of the
charge, whom had Emily Sandford to look to? Her
friends had not a farthing. They must consider, then,
what a great temptation she was under, and how many
motives she might have for all her story. Sho had said
he was not well that night. He was, indeed, wonder-
fully hurt because he had refused her going to the con-
cert, and she took it so gently, and that made him
seem unwell. He would be on his oath, if he was
dying, that it was an hour after tea before he went
out. At first Emily Sandford spoke the truth, but
she deviated from it afterwards; and if she had adhered
to what she told the magistrates (which was the fact),
they would see it was impossible for him to hsve done
so foul a deed in the time. What was the meaning of
all the talk they had heard about fires at Potash and
fires at Felmingham? She distinctly contradicted her
first statement when she said the fire at Potash was
bright and good that night. Next, let them look to what
she said took place when he came home. Emily Sand-
ford could have seen him if she pleased when she
opened the door, but she did not do so. As to the
things which were found in the House, he never locked
them up or made any secret of them. All her depositions
agreed that she went to bed at nine o'clock, or half-past,
and the time was impressed on her because she must
have looked at the watch when she wound it up. The fact
was, he told her to wind it up, and she had done so; but she
denied it, as well as all the questions he had asked her about
unfastening her dress, because in her examination before
the magistrates she said she had only been in the
room for a minute; when she asked what was amiss, he
said something had happened, and that he would tell
her as soon as she gut into her own room. He had
done so. (The prisoner became confused for a moment).
No, he would not say that; but he would take his oath
he told her something had happened at Stanfield-hall,
but she said she did not want to hear it; and it was all
owing to his not insisting on telling her that so much
trouble had followed. No one could possibly think that
ho had committed so foul a deed on such evidence as
had been adduced, and he never for a moment imagined
that she could have thought him guilty of it, or he would
have insisted on telling her. He was sure that every-
thing of importance to him had been rubbed out and de.
stroyed in his pocket-book. Where, too, he asked, was
the pocket-book of 1847? His firm impression was, that
there were more people seen, and that the servants would
not explain the reason why the fact was concealed. This
was another proof that the evidence had been manu-
factured. Watson, who had most time to observe the
man, might have imagined that he looked as described,
and all the rest have taken their story from him. With
reference to the evidence produced to establish his hand-
writing on the copy-book by Jesse White, it was a ter-
rible thing for a man to screw up his courage to swear
as that man had done. White; had, said that he
would give up the figures, but he might as well give up
the letters to, pour fellow. He contended, as to Gar-
void's evidence, that the fact of his hand shaking so that
he could not cut a small slip of paper, proved clearly,
that he had sworn what he was not sure of. But this
was the way in which the whole case had been got up.
For example, that fellow Cann brought for examina-
tion against him a man like Howe, one of the worst
characters in London.

The prisoner was still proceeding with his defence at
half-past seven o'clock.
The JUDGE said, that as the jury appeared quite
fatigued by their long sitting, he wished to know how
long the prisoner's defence was likely to last ?
The prisoner said, some hours longer.
In consequence the Court, at eight o'clock, adjourned
—the prisoner having been about ten hours and a half
on his legs.

Eliza Chestney has had a relapse, owing to the impru-
dent announcement of the death of a brother. The worst
consequences were for some time apprehended, but hap-
pily she is now again convalescent.

Rush summoned a witness from London last evening,
by electric telegraph. The gentleman arrived here by
the first train this morning.

NAVAL IN TELLIGh.ItiCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.— The Reynard screw-
steamer, Commander P. Cracroft, arrived this morning
at Spithead, from Gibraltar. Last night, after passing
through the needles (no opportunity from violence of
weather and other uncontrollable circumstances having
before presented itself), at about 11 45 P. M. she
" beat to quarters," the ship under all possible sail, stud-
dings ails slow and aloft, cast loose, and fired three
rounds and both broadsides once, and secured the guns
again in thirteen minutes ! This was done in pur-
suance of an Admiralty order, which enjoins that once
ut least in six months the commanders of all ships
specified in the order shall take their crews by sur-
prise, by exercising at general quarters in the night,
test st
this
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into to
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efficiency,
refit for foreign service.

The St. Vincent, Penelope, and Polyphemus, are
hourly expected at this port, where orders to be paid
off immediately have been some time awaiting them.
The Hibernia and the Queen will be paid off at De-
vonport.

The Planet freight ship, Captain Booth, with detach-
mAits of Royal Artillery and the 42d Highlanders, for
Bermuda, sailed this morning.
Wind, N.W., light brez,-!s and dark cloudy weather.

CASE OF MR. SHORE.
(From the Western Times.)
The Right lion. Earl Fortescue, Lord High Steward
of the Queen's Household and Lord-Lieutenant of Devon,
has contributed the sum of 20/. towards the fund for the
relief of Mr. Shore, which the Noble Earl transmitted
in the following letter:—
" Clovelly Court, April 2, 1849.

_ .
" Sir,—Understanding that some of the friends of
religious liberty, who, at the late meetings at Exeter
and in London, expressed their sympathy for your
sufferings, have followed up that expression with some
exitributions for your relief, I beg to add the enclosed
for the same object. In doing so, however, I wish
not to be misunderstood. As the legality f the pro-
ceedings against you has been affirmed by every
court, civil as well as ecclesiastical, to which they haze
been referred, I cannot impugn, though I may regret, the
conduct of those by whom such proceedings were insti-
tuted, but I have a right to denounce the inconsistency
and injustice of that state of the law under which, as we
have so frequently seen of late, clergym€ n seceding from
the Church of England are allowed to undertake the
ministry of the Church of Rome; whilst those who,
like yourself, desire to devote their services to a dissent-
ing congregation, subject themselves thereby to prosecu-
tions and costs.

" I hope that the just and tolerant spirit of our Legis-
lature will soon remove this blot from our statute-book,
and that all seceders will be protected alike in following
the dictates of their conscience, and in doing what they
consider their duty to God.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
FORTESC OE.
"Rev. J. Shore."

EirrEE-HALL.—A
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music was given last ,g
Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest, and Haydn's
oratorio, the Creation. The principal attraction, which
drew together one of the motshteCrOpwredceidneatsudioe
fne Eesxettheart
ever congregated within
Exeter-
hall. was Mdlle. Jenny Lind, who sang the soprano part
in the Creation. The main object of the performance
was a charitable one.
Mdlle. Jenny Lind accorded her
services gratuitously, and
after the band, chorus, and
principal singers are paid, the surplus will be divided
of
among the Royal Society Musicians, the Society of
Female Musicians, the Choral Fund, the Royal Academy
of Music, and the Governesses'
e, Benevolent Institution.
gd
The receipts averaged, we understand, between 1,4001.,
and 1,500 L; which will guarantee at least 8501. for the
benefit of those institutions. The performance was
honoured by the presence of her Majesty and Prince
Albert, who were attended with a numerous suite.
Mrs. Barrow (late Miss Julia Bennett) has retired
from the stage. We are sorry for it, and hope that she
may yet change her mind, as we can ill spare, in the
present state of the drama, one of its fairest ornaments.

rr-E-RrGirr HON:LORD JOHN
RUSSELL, M.P., &c. &c. &c.
My Lord,— Most sincerely do I congratulate the in-
habitants nut °lily of Ireland but of Great Britain, that
your Lordship and Lord Clarendon have convinced "Dr.
Arnold's One eyed Men." and that the Cabinet have
at last reco;znised the principle, " That there is a dis-
tinction in the present anomalous condition of Ireland
which calls for appropriate remedies, however contrary
they might be to the principles of sound policy ur.der
ordinary circumstances." I quote the spirit, and as far
a; brevity will permit, the letter of your Lordship's ob-
servations to the deputation of Irish Members.
Your Lordship proceeded to indicate three of the re-
medies on which the Cabinet are agreed, viz., assistance
in the formation of railroads in the destitute districts—
lending more money to Irish landlords, enabling them
to employ the people—and arterial drainage; all most
excellent, but yet, as a matter of fact capable of the
strictest proof, not combining the maximum of employ-
meet with the minimum of expenditure, to the extent
the reclamation of waste lands would have done; but I
suppose it was politic to soften the fall of your Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer.
However, the principle that interference by the Go-
vernment in the employment of the people, is, under the
circumstances, a matter of duty, being fully admitted,
it will be comparatively easy to apply that principle as
occasion may require—following Lord Stanley's states-
manlike view of the wisdom of applying to different
distressed localities that remedy which is most appro-
priate: to one, arterial drainage; to another, encourage-
ment of fisheries; to a third, th reclamation of waste
lands; to others, the formation of harbours, railroads,
and emigration.
Bat I warn your Lordship to be very careful how
these remedies are applied. Remember that the plan of
Lord Besborough was most excellent in theory, and un-
doubtedly would have worked well, if the Government, in-
stead of waiting so long for the return of the potato,
had given proper consideration to the detail—keep closely
in view the fact, that however unprofitable pauper labour
may be, when employed by the union, it is infinitely more
so when in the service of the State, and do not forget the
Shannon job.
Sir Robert Peel, always at the-fag end of the right
view of every question with which his name is con-
nected, having at last discovered the truth of that
which Cobbett advanced nearly half a century back,
now calls upon the Irish nation to give up waiting for
the potato—modest request, forsooth, from him I—the
truth being that no bog trotter in Connemara has more
anxiously waited for the return of the potato than Sir
R. Peel and those Members who opposed your Lordship's
measure for the reclamation of waste lands.
But " truth is great and will prevail." Had Sir
Robert Peel made this notable discovery when he was
in power, the first year the potato partially failed, what
misery would not have been averted, what money saved,
and how infinitely better would have been the condition
of the Irish people I
For it was Sir R. Peel who, while waiting for the re-
turn of the potato, introduced the withering plan of
giving food without work, finding it less troublesome to
do this than to devise, as a statesman should have done,
some means of meeting a national calamity other than
feeding the people in idleness, and whistling for the
potato.
It was the introduction of this pernicious practice by
Sir Robert Peel which was one of the principal causes of
the failure of Lord Besborough's plan. The labourer, who
had been demoralised by receiving food without earning
it, was not likely to make an efficient workman in the
succeeding year; however, Sir Robert is now expiating
his sin by travestying Lord Bacon, and proposing to colo-
nize a country teeming with inhabitants.
When your Lordship introduced the measure for the
reclamation of waste lands, Sir Robert Peel, still gaping
for the return of the potato, untruly described it as the
draining of bogs, and ridiculed it as undeserving of con-
sideration; yet let him compare the following table with
his colonizing scheme:—
SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PLAN. RECLAMATION OF WASTE
Purchase of 10,000 acres LAND.
of land, rent varying from Purchase of 10,000 acres
20s. to 40s. per acre; free of waste land, rental vary-
rental, after deducting poor ing from 2s. 6d. to ss. per
rate, say 20s. per acre, acre; free rental, alter de-
-10,000/., at 25 years' pur- ducting poor rate, say
chase or 250,0001. 1,5001., per annum, at 25
years' purchase, 37,5001.
So that Sir Robert Peel's colonizing scheme would re-
quire above six times the capital to take the first step,
viz., to acquire the property; and after this, the reclama-
tion of waste lauds would require far more capital ex-
pended in the employment of the people than the im-
provement of laud could possibly absorb—in truth, Sir
Robert Peel's plan is nothing more or less than a plan for
the benefit of the mortgagee, caring nothing about the
Irish landlord, the Irish tenant, the Irish labourer, or the
pockets of the Mash people.
I have the honour to remain,
Your Lordship's moat obedient servant,
Corwar, April 2, 1849. RIGBY %VASON.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On the subject of Savings Banks, and the
question whether the Government did or did not hold
out the existence of Government security for money
lodged in them, I beg to copy the following paper, or-
dered by the House of Commons to be printed:—
CHELSEA PENSIONERS (IRELAND).
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Com-
mons, dated 13 March 1849 ;—for,
COPY " of a CIRCULAR addressed from the War Office to the
Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Subject of Disposrrs is
SAVINGS BANKS by CHELSEA PENSIONERS, dated the 23d
day of September 1843."
EXTRACT from a CIRCULAR Litmus from the Secretary-at-
War addressed to the Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Sub-
ject of DEPOSITS in SAVLN4II6 BANKS by CHELSEA. PEN-
SIONERS, dated the 23d January 1843.
" For this purpose, when the Staff Officer observes that
any Pensioner is in receipt of wages sufficient for his support,
he will point out the propriety of putting aside a portion of
his Pension in a Savings Bank, to meet the contingencies of
sickness and want of employment, when they may happen
to occur; and in order to afford the Pensioner every informs..
tion which may induce him to do so, the Staff Officer will
place in some prominent part of his office the Rules of the
Savings Banks, and explain to every Pensioner in full em-
ployment, that for whatever sums he may lodge there,
Government security will be afforded him for repayment,
with interest. If the Pensioner consents that a certain por-
tion, per month or per quarter, of his Pension shall be so de-
posited, the Officer will facilitate the arrangement by every
means in his power.
It is hoped that by due attention to the interest of the
Pensioner in this respect, without, at the same time, exercis-
ing any unwarrantable degree of interference with his private
affairs, much may be:done to ameliorate his condition, and at-
tach him to his Officer, by a feeling of gratitude for thus pro-
tecting him against the risk of destitution when suffering
from sickness or the want of employment."
N. B.—There was no Circular from the War Office of the
23d of September 1843.
War Office, 23 March 1849.
172.
On Monday the 2d, and on Tuesday, the debate was
continued on the Rate in Aid (Ireland) Bill, which was
read a second time, by 193 against 138. Mr. Herbert's
amendment for substituting an Income and Property
Tax to be raised in Ireland in addition to any taxes of
that kind already raised there, is to be moved in Com-
mittee; which will give an opportunity of testing the
strength of the desire to see the charge more fairly laid
on wealth.

F. MAULE.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, April 4, 1849.