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to buying into the funds, at the risk of their fluc-
tuation but, at their present reduced interest,
they present no adequate inducement to buyers ;
they offer no benefit equivalent to the chance of
having to sell them at a loss, in the event of the
holder having any sudden occasion for the amount
locked up in them. He will,tlierefore, prefer keep-
ing his money at his banker's,ready to be drawn for
at the instant,to purchasing governmentbilts,which
are daily liable to fall in value, from their languid
circulation in the market. With regard to the
scarcity of gold, the inconvenience is in its nature
temporary. So long as the exchange, as at pre-
sent, is against us, gold will be carried out of the
country ; when it turns in our favour, then will
come the re-action, and it will return just as fast
as it flowed out. Those persons whose trade it
is to traffic in specie, care only for the turn of
the market ; while they can sell gold at a profit,
they will export it, and no longer ; the moment
the turn is favourable, it becomes their interest
to bring it back, and all the evils will then dis-
t appear that were occasioned by the want of it.

[MORNING HERALD:]

When it was announced that the farce of the

" Association in Ireland" was to be revived with
" new dresses and decorations," we ventured to
predict that it would not succeed. The conduct
of "the leaders" had already been so marked with
intemperance and political duplicity, that it
would be difficult to imagine any large body of
people so grossly stupid as to be any longer the
dupes of their artifices and ambition. A great
deal of dramatic show and contrivance has been
made use of since the return of Mr. O'Connell

to Dublin, with the view of preserving the appear-
ance of popularity when the reality was gone.
What has been the result ? Only a more decided
and general exposure of the weakness of the
adventurers who were endeavouring to obtain the
importance of notoriety. We are glad to find,
that, instead of sympathizing with the disap-
pointments of the Patriots, the people of Ireland
are attending, in general, to matters of more con-
, sequence to them than the speeches, or antici-
pated silk gowns, of political lawyers. It is
because we wish to see Ireland improved,
the comforts of its people promoted, and
the capabilities of the nation directed to its
own advantage, and the benefit of the King-
dom generally, that we are so anxious
to see the population rescued from the grasp
of all ambitious charlatans, of--whatever
party, who would keep dissensions alive, and
create a dangerous influence for themselves out
of the public distraction. The flood-gates of
talk have been so long open in Ireland, that it is
no wonder the stream of business has run dry.

It would not do for the charlatans that the peo-
ple should have time and inclination to think,
reflection would spoil their trade. They would

then find that it would be of more importance to
keep the weavers and their looms in the country,
than to encourage the incessant manufacturers of
speeches. his, however, a symptom of returning
soberness, that the subject which now principally
engages the attention of the Trish milk( is that of
" absenteeism." The solemn absurdities which
Mr. M'Cu (loch uttered on that subject before the
House of Commons, and which we were the first
to expose, have excited surprise and indignation.
indeed,,may the Irish public be astonished
that a person so ignorant of the first principles of
political economy should have been put forward
to 6' lecture" the Legislature on that science, and
if he is not ignorant, we must infer something
worse from this sycophancy of the absentee Irish
landlords, whom every writer of common sense
and humanity who know and felt for the miseries
of Ireland, has held up to deserved reprobation.

13ANWELL CAVERNS.

These lately discovered cavities are of con-
siderable importance, and alford a fine field for
the researches of the antiquarian, the geologist,
and the admirer of the extraordinary productions
of nature. The smallest of the two caverns is
situated at the N.W. extremity of Banwell-hill,
and open to the Bristol Channel between Weston-
super-Mare, and Breen° Down. The entrance
is by a low, level passage, proceeding under the
hill's elevation about 12 or 14 feet, and terminated
by the Cavern, an almost circular space, about
16 feet over, and in some places ten feet high.
When discovered, the floor was thickly covered
to a considerable height, with the bones of qua-
drupeds. These have now been thoroughly
cleared of the rubbish with which they were
mixed, and are arranged for the inspection of the
visitor. The specimens shown are of enormous
size—antlers of deer, horns of the buffalo—ver-
tebraa of the neck and back of astonishing dimen-
sions. Some of the most valuable have, it is said,
been removed by an eminent professor, for more
minute examination. At the extremity of this
cave is a precipitate descent to an apparently im-
mense,but unexplored, extent, the whole of which
declivity is still covered with bones similarly
situated with those first discovered, and now
purposely left to exhibit their natural situation.
The other cavern, which is situated a few hundred
yards above, contains none of the remarkable
bones, &c. of the former, but its natural ap-
pearances are of a most curious and striking
description. The descent is perpendicular,
through a narrow, artificial tunnel, by two lad-
ders, to the depth of about 150 feet. After quit-
ting the ladders, the descent, though stil exces-
sively steep, is effected by steps purposely
excavated. When the visitor has passed 20 or
20 feet lower in this way, the cavern, opening
to the view, presents a stupendous craggy gulf,
while the huge fragments of rock suspended from
the roof, appear to threaten destruction to the
intruder. The guide now lights a candle at-
tached to a pole, and as he proceeds down, ex-
hibits the sides and roof, which tire finely incrust-
ed with crystallite matter, id many places pro-
truding three or four inches from the sides, and
when a candle is placed behind, appearing per-
fectly transparent ; in other places strangely as-
suming the shapes of animals, and beautiful
arches ; the hollows in the roof, styled " Bells,"
are also finely incrusted. At the extremity of
the Cavern, amidst an assemblage of rocks and
chasms, is a huge fragment of stone, detached on
every part but its base, and exhibiting the seg-
ment of a pulpit. It is most superbly decorated
with crystalise, matter, which resembles beads.
From its singular situation and appearance, this
stone is styled " The Pulpit." The view from
this point is sublime—the candles arranged down
the craggy entrance, glimmering among profound
cavities and ponderous fragments, and exhibiting
the entrance rising to the very roof of the cavern,
forcibly impress the beholder with his own little-
ness, and lead him to wonder and admire the
vast and awful works of Omnipotence. The
profits arising from the exhibition of these cu-
rious caverns are, we understand, to be devoted
o charitable purposes.

OLD BAILEY, SEPT. c 22.

TRIAL OF LADY LAMBERT'S COACHMAN, FOR THE iiI7R
DKR OF NICHOLAS DAWKINS, THE POLICE-orricEtt.
Jarnc: Collins, aged 24, a coachman, was charged with the
wilful murder of Nicholas Dawkins, by wilfully and mali-
ciously throwing and casting him upon the ground, and then
forcing the wheel of a coach he was driving over the right leg
of the deceased, which fractured it, and caused his death.—
The prisoner was also charged on the Coroner's Inquest with
Manslaughter.-111f. BOLLAND stated the case.
The Earl of Westmorland sworn, examined by Mr. Bno-
DERICK, stated as follows :—I was at Lord George Caven-
dish's, in Burlington.house, on the evening of the 23d of May
last. I went from the house about half-past twelve, towards
the fate, and observed two carriages closely jammed together.
I asked for a police-man, whon desired to do his duty : he
spoke to the person whom I since knew to be Collins, the pri-
soner, and then went in front of the carriage the prisoner was
driving. I apprehend the other carriage must have given way,
as the prisoner drove with great velocity immediately after into
the yard. Being struck with his improper conduct, I followed
the carriage, and asked the driver whose it was ; he said it
belonged to Lady Lambert. I then returned to the house, and
told her what had passed. On my return I found the police-
officer lying against the wall with his leg broken ; he must
have been the man I spoke to, to do his duty, but I did not
observe him so closely as to be positive he was the same. I saw
him in front of the carriage, but did not hear what I said. I
saw no violence on his part.
James Porter—l am servant to Lord Westmorland, and at-
tended his Lordship to Lord George Cavendish's ; we got to
the gate, and there were two carriages jammed in it; some
person called a police-man, who went in front of them with a
staff' in his hand, and desired the coachman to move back. The
officer took hold of the reins of one of the carriages, and it gave
way, the other then passed in at a fast trot ; whilst passing
through the gateway, the carriage passed quite close to me, and
struck the officer on the leg : he immediately fell, and I went
to his assistance ; he complained of great pain, could not stand,
and said his leg was broken ; he was then placed on a door,
and taken to St. George's Hospital.
To questions by Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—I don't know
which carriage entered first.
Samuel David Dance—l am porter to Lord George Caven-
dish. 1 recollect seeing a number of carriages come to Bur-
lington House on the night of the accident. There were two.
gates opened on that night. The carriages advanced through
the centre or western gateway: Two carriages were jammed
together, and the coachmen were flogging their horses, when
my Lord Westmorland came up, and desired the officer to do
his duty, who did so, by trying to force them back. One of
them• went back, and there was then a general rush in ; the
officer was thrown down where I stood, about four or five yards
from the gate.
Cross-examined—This being the western gate, was the pro-
per access to the house. The carriage drove the officer in four
or five yards, and he was then knocked down and run over. I
the transaction occurred so suddenly it was
did not particularly notice whether the horses, finding the
passage freed, did not rush on of their own 'accord without
certainly
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nitttle way beyond me ; he was either thrown
down or fell down.
The Rev. Dr. Goodwin—l was passing along Piccadilly, and
saw a number of carriages extending from the gateway to St.
Jatnes's-street they were not in line ; all in confusion. Two
carriages were whipped up furiously together into the western
gate; they were contending for priority of entrance. The gateway.
being insufficient for two they became blocked up ; the coach-
men persevered whipping,. and I told them it was a shame,
as they could not both get in together. They took no notice,
and I repeated,
heard by them,
horses and carriages too." I was either disregarded or not
"anYd otiulesycocuonndtirneulsed, yloatishwinila their l your masters'
stesres
veralpersons exclaimed to me " Bravo, Sir !" I called for
an officer, and some person in.t'he yard called out stand back,
or put back. Both then backed a little, and one of the drivers
renewed his whipping, and darted Into the yard furiously. I
then heard a cry that a man was run over. I did. not see what
took place inside, as the multitude prevented me.
Thomas Dawkins—l am brother to the deceased, and visited
him daily at the hospital after the accident occurred. He was
perfectly acquainted with his dangerous state for two months
previous ; the night before he died, he said he knew be must
go (die.) On the same night he told me to come next morning
early, and he died at half-past nine o'clock ;he said "he was a