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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 1.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westcninwer, before Mr. Jus-
tice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.)
tHE QUEEN V. SEPTIMUS RAMSAY, CLERK.
The court, as yesterday, was crowded to excess wi:h
eager listeners, and although all females had been de-
sired to leave it during the proceedings, there were seve-
ral female auditors in the out-of-the-way corners of the
court. The Bishop of London, Archdeacon Sinclair, and
the Rev. Sir li. R. Dultinfield, the vicar of St. Martin's
parish, in which St. Michael's is situate, were on the

THE MAGAZINES.
FRASER'S MAGAZINE.
The number of Fraser for this month opens with
a heart-rending account of a three days' residence in
the district of Schull during the period of the famine,
by Richard Chevenix Trench, M.A. Mr. Trench's
visit to this unfortunate district was in the month of
April, at a time when fever vs as completing the work
of destruction which famine had begun. Turn we
from this scene of misery to another article in the
same number, " Outlines in Parliament," by
the author of " Literary Legislators "—No. 1.
" Some Members of the Irish Party," and there
we shall find portraits of some men who
oppose the introduction into Ireland of a good and
efficient system of poor-law relief, which had it ex-
isted, would, in all human probability, have prevented
the occurrence of these horrible scenes depicted by
Mr. C. Trench, and which will yet save the people—
albeit it may prevent insolvent landlords from any
longer obtaining money (whether in the shape of rent
or loans), under false pretences. Among the leaders
of the Irish Party figures first and foremost Lord
Monteagle, the " Artful Dodger" of politics, of whom
this writer justly remarks—
" There is not, among the present holders of peerages
or honours created for themselves, one person who has
really done so little to deserve such promotion. Ile has
been, throughout his life, a busy, talkative man; but it
would be impossible to point to any one act of his public
career, legislative or otherwise, upon which one might
rest the defence of his honours. It may be urged, that,
in this country, long and faithful party service is allowed
to confer a species of right to the rewards which, in a
well-constituted community, would be reserved for the
best in intellect and conduct. But of him it may be
answered, that although he served the Whigs much, he
served himself more; and, further, that although his
service of them was zealous, even mean, yet it was on
the whole more injurious than beneficial to the party.
For, during years when the first talent and ingenuity of
the country were employed in undermining them and
rendering them ridiculous, the public conduct of Lord
Monteagle was one of their most vulnerable points, and,
with much exaggeration, no doubt yet at the same time
with more truth, he was held up to the world as a type
of the pretension, imbecility, and political double-deal-
ing attributed to those whom their political enemies then
designated as an incapable faction. As in the case of
one or two prominent members of their present adminis
tration, who have apparently been forced upon them by
family influence, they would certainly have done much
better without Mr. Spring Rice than with him; and it
was by no means an improbable hypothesis that he was
betiuselled with a peerage, and loaded with the
dangerous reward of an odious sinecure, more because
his reputation had become onerous to his colleagues,
than because he had rendered to them or to the country
any commensurate service."
Then comes a sketch of Mr. Frederick Shaw, a man
of spirit and sense, and who, had he less of
the odium theologicum about him would have risen
high as a statesman. The other members of the Irish
party who sat for their portraits this month are Sir
H. W. Barron, the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr.
Bernal Osborne, and the Earl of Roden. Their dis-
tinguishing characteristics are hit off to the life.
There is only one other political article in Fraser; it
is on the Portuguese question. The writer gives a
rapid resume of the history of Portugal from
the invasion of Junot to the present time.
and concludes by expressing his decided disapproba-
tion of the late intervention of England against the
Junta of Oporto. He gives the following as the hy-
pothesis which foreign nations adopt as to the rationale
of that intervention :

Daniel M'Cormack—l am a tailor and deputy-beadle
of the church. On the 28th of January last she sent for
me to a beer-shop in a court in the Strand. Mrs. Em-
tnerson was at the bar with a glass of malt liquor before
her. She opened both hands, and _said, " I'm so glad
you are coining." I went with her into the taproom.
She asked me If I ever saw Mr. Ramsay take liberties
with her. I said, " No, never." She asked me if I knew
whether Hall ever did. She took out a long purse, and
turned out two or three sovereigns into her hand, and
said, " This is not the end," and she took the other end,
and took out a shilling and gave the landlady, which
looked very queer to me. She said she had money enough
yet. She said she was sure it was I who looked into
the vestry. She said she was sorry to say she had not
much witnesss but old Clark, and he was not of much
use. She said she could do anything with Manning.
She gave me 2s. She said, " Recollect, you are a poor
man; look to those that will look to you. Witness the
vestry for me, and I'll be a friend to you for life." " No,"
says [, " I'll die in a ditch first." She said she had
employed Mr. Hobler and Mr. Bodkin, and would nee', r
be satisfied till she had stripped Mr. Ramsay of his

bench.
James Jones—l am a silk mercer in the Strand. lam
one of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, in the Strand.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson were engaged there as singt rs.
I was present at the meeting at Mr. Manning's. Mrs.
Emmerson was called upon to explain the meaning of a
letter that had been received by Mr. Ramsay. She said
she should have no objection to explain it before one
person, and she named myself. I refused, without some
other person accompanying me. and I named Mr. Man-
ning, as being a married m in. lam sure the proposition
of going into a private room came from Mrs. Emmerson.
We all three retired into a private office, and then she
snade a statement. I should not say she made it with
reluctance, but with much boldness and energy. She
alluded to three occasion=. Mr. Manning said the whale
should be disclosed to her husband. On our return to
the room Mrs. Emmerson made the same statement as
she had made in the private room. I believe Mr. Man-
ning put the questions to her. He asked her if it was
merely a trifling kiss. I asked her if she had not pre-
viously given Mr. Ramsay some encouragement by
squeezing his hand, or something of that sort. and she
emphatic illy said, " Never;" but that in the vestry he
had pulled her clothes over her beat. She said if Mr.
Ramsay had paid her the 251. she would not have made
the charge; that it would have been all settled. I have
known Mr. Ramsay five or six years. I cannot hold a
man in higher estimation.
Cross. examined—l never heard anything against him
before. I have been churchwarden three years. I have
heard reports of this before. Mr. Ramsay showed me
the letter Mrs. Emmerson had written to him, anti talked
to me on the subject. I think I might have asked him
whether he had not given her a kiss. These things be-
gin by degrees, and often the overtures are made by the
woman. Mr. Manning said it was a thing that could not
be compromised.
Re-examined—The meeting was held with the greatest
solemnity. Mr. Emmerson made an apology to me, as
he had made an insinuation regarding me and his wife.
Mrs. Emmerson told us that Mr. Ramsay wished to
tske such liberties that no woman would submit to, and
that she would not have minded if he had acted as a man,
and I then boldly put a question to her, to which she
assented.
Thomas Phippian—l am one of the churchwardens. I
have known Mr. Ramsay for ten years. His character
has been very good, and my estimation of him very high.
On Saturday, the 9th of January, I saw Mr. Emmerson,
and he told me he knew the letter his wife had written.
That was iu answer to a question of mine. On the fol-
lowing Monday, at the meeting, Mr. Emmerson denied
any knowledge of the letter. Mrs. Emmerson herself
repeated the charge before all the persons at the meet-
ing, after she had been out with Mr. Manning and Mr.
Jones. She was very cool and bold—very collected.
She said if Mr. Ramsay had sent the 251. she should not
have sent the letter.
Cross-examined—She was at first reluctant to make
the statement before so many gentlemen. It was sug-
geted by Mr. Manning that she should repeat the state-
ments she had made to Mr. Jones and himself, in the
presence. of the other gentlemen. After having made
the statement, she asked the defendant if he denied it:—
He said he totally denied it all. I can't say whether
that was in answer to Mr. Manning's question. Mr.
Manning put questions to Mr. Emmerson before all the
gentlemen.
Re-examined—Mr. Manning told us the particulars
when he came from the private office, and he recone
mended Mrs. Emmerson to have a legal adviser.
Frederick Manning—l am the attorney for the de-
fendant. These gentlemen assembled in my drawing-
room. Mrs. Emmerson resisted my application to ex-
plain the charge; but with considerable difficulty I got
out of her that she would explain it to one gentleman in
a private room. It was assented to, and she named Mr.
Jones, and I associated with him. We went into a
Private room and she made a statement, that Mr. Ram-
say had made several assaults upon her, and had not
acted like a man; that she felt disgusted at his conduct
and repulsed him. She then limited her charge to three
times. She made the statement apparently without any
difficulty, as far as her feelings were concerned. I after-
wards insisted upon her stating to the company that which
she had stated below, and she then stated in general
terms the substance, but did not go so fully into the
detail. Her husband also insisted upon her stating it.
It was not stated as if it were a pleasing duty, it was
with more apparent reluctance than she had exhibited to
us down stairs. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid the
25/. she would not have sent the letter. I never said
anything to her about a kiss. I was too much disgusted
with the whole matter. I have known Mr. Ramsay for
three years, and believe him to be one of the most moral
men in London. He is of a peculiarly nervous tempera-
ment; he can't stand still when excited.
This witness had been in court the whole time, although
the witnesses were ordered out of court.
Martha Ward—l am the pew-opener at this church.
When I am in the church I cap hear any noise in the
vestry. My daughter assists me. lam in the habit of
going into 1. vestry just as I please. I can hear if any
wine is uncorked in the vestry. Mrs. Eininerson once
complained to me that she could never see Mr. Ramsay
alone in the vestry. This was after July, 1845. She
once asked me if I was going to make a present to any
one what I would give them ? and she afterwards told
me that she had presented Mr. Ramsay with a turkey.
She always spoke in the highest praise of Mr. Ramsay,
and said she never could do too much for him.
Cross-examined—l have been there thirteen years. I
have never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay was
alone in the vestry. I did not tell her on the occasion
alluded to that Mr. Ramsay wanted to speak to her in the
vestry. I never saw her go the vestry. I know a
young woman who was formerly in the service of Mr.
Ramsay, who is now in Canada. She went with her
own money. I never had a conversation with Mrs.
Emmerson upon the subject.
By the Juno E—l never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr.
Ramsay had ruined his servant and had sent her to
Canada, and had sent her 50/. to keep her there. I
never told her that if Mr. Ramsay discharged me I would
blow him to the devil.
Elizabeth Ward—l live with the last witness, who is
my mother. I remember a Bible being presented to Mr.
Ramsay on his birth-day. On the Sunday after that I,
saw Mrs. Emmerson. I asked her if she had not given
Mr. Ramsay two purses, and she said she had. I have
heard her speak of Mr. Ramsay's kindness up to last
January, when she was dismissed. I have lived with
Mr. Ramsay as a servant. lie is married, and has a
family. I never saw any impropriety in his coreluct.
Cross examined—My mother and I now live at the
church.
Thomas Edward Wood—l am clerk at this church, and
have been so for seven years. lam in the habit of going
in and out of the vestry just as I please. Any noise in
the vestry can be heard in the church. Mr. Ramsay is
a most upright man. Mrs. Emmerson never made any
complaint to ins.
Alexander Smart—l have known Mr. Emmerson
three or four years. I was engaged by him to sine in
the choir of St. Michael's Church. I sung there first
on the 20th of November, and I continued to do so
till Mr. Jones came into the organ-loft and said the choir
was dismissed. I never signed a written engagement
with Mr. Emmerson, but he sent me one signed by
himself.
Cross-examined—l can't recollect when the engage-
ment took place. If any one has sworn that a me•
morandum was made I should not like to contradict
them.
James Clark—l am the organist at St. Michael's. I
have never heard Mr. Ramsay spoken of but with tho
greatest respect, except by Mrs. Emmerson, about July,
1845. I was expressing a high opinion of Mr. Ramsay,
when she said I did not know him as well as she did,
and that he had kissed her in. the vestry, and that she
had told her husband, who said he did not think the
worse of Mr. Ramsay for it, as it showed a manly
feeling. I never saw the slightest improp iety of con-
duct on the part of Mr. Ramsay. Mrs. Emmerson has
referred to the kissing sometimes during the sermon.
She made no overtures to me.
Cross-examined—l am a married man with a family.
I was on friandly terms with Mrs. Emmerson in conse-
quence of our position, and upon one occasion she made
a point that I should be continued as organist. Some time
afterwards she told me that Mr. Ramsay had behaved
improperly to her when he called at her house, and she
also stated to me that upon one occasion of her being
in the vestry Mr. Ramsay had drawn up her clothes.
She told me all this long before the dismissal of the choir.
I did not mention it to the defendant, because I did not
place the slightest belief in it, and I thought it would be
too offensive to him to mention it to him. I continued
to be on friendly terms with her until the dismissal of
the choir. I Considered it to be slander, and therefore
never named it to any one..
henry Walker—l know Mrs. Emmerson from singing
in the same church with her. She told me that Mrs.
Ward had told her that Mr, Battasay had slept one night
with her and another with her daughter. It was before
last Christmas that she told me so.
Cross-examined—She did not mention tho name of
Braithwaite. I think it was in the chtireh she told me.
When we are not singing we talk in the organ-loft.
William Braithwaite—l assisted in the choir at St,
Michael's Church— Mrs. Emmerson several times told
me that she was passionately fond of Mr. Ramsay, and
adored the ground he trod on i that Mr. Ramsay had
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kissed her in the vestry, and that her husband knew
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about it and laughed at it; but I was not to say anything
to him, because he ?Wald he offended with her about it.
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Cross-examined.—I sing at Drury-lane and Covent-
garden in the chorus. I have not been in the habit of
Ginarrpittekrt,iscuulaera.d. I
Ihave neversu ean tt
to that chtit'ch tipsy, but I was tipsy one Saturday
bight, and I therefore did not go- to the church the
next day, and on the following Sunday I was told to
leave because I had absented myself on the previous
Sunday. Mrs. Emmerson wished me to stay, and I did
so. What Mrs. Emmerson told me was said at various
times. It was a little confidential, and no one else heard
it. One thing brought up another. I told Mr. Jones
of it last year, about the middle of November. I cannot
tell why I told him. If I liked to tell him, I suppose I
might, It was to let him know what sort of characters
he had in his choir.
Re-examined—l told Mr. Jones that Mrs. Emmerson
I thought, and that whatever
was a very base woman'
Leansaedea be ha 4 with her he had better not not do it
their -

gown.
William Hall—l am the bellringer of this church. I
went to sre Mrs. Emmerson in January last year, by
her request, at her house. She shook hands with me,
and asked if I had ever seen Mr. Ramsay and her in
the vestry; I said I had not. She said some one had,
and that Mr. Jones knew who it was I asked her if
she had any witness to Mr. Ramsay'a taking liberties
with her, and she said, " Yes, when he did so at her
house."
J. J. Wright—l knew Mrs. Emmerson in 1843. at the
Tivoli-gardens, at Margate, where I was cash-taker. I
was present when bhe was discharged; it was not in con-
sequence of the death of the manager.
Cross-examined—Mr. Reed succeeded the former ma-
nager. He discharged her.
Richard Reed—l was at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843,
as acting man for Mr. Ashley. Mrs. Emmerson sang
there in 1843. She was discharged in September, when
the gardens were closed, but that was not the reason.
Cross examined—The gardens were opened in a few
days. She did not continue, but most of the others did.
Re-examined—The gardens were closed to get rid of
three performers, but particularly Mrs. Emmerson.
. W. H. Walton—l was master of the ceremonies at
the Tivoli-gardens in 1843. Mrs. Emmerson offered
me a remuneration on what she might receive from all
the gentlemen I might introduce her to; and said that
rich old men were best, and that I should be received
gratis.
Cross-examined—l had been at the gardens two years
before, and am a resident at Margate, at Ivy-cottage.
The season begins in June, and_ends the first week in
October. I had been proprietor of the gardens. I then
had a salary. I challenged Mrs. Emmerson with having
made me this offer. She came at the commencement of
the season, and my belief is she made me the offer within
a fortnight. She came down as " Miss Sugden." Mr.
Emmerson, when loudly applauding her, denied having
any knowledge of her. I don't know now that she is a
married woman. It was within a week after I knew
her that she made me the proposal. It was in the_ball-
room. She used the words " rich old gentlemen and
dashing young blades." I had had no intimacy with
her before. I was a married man. It was on a dull
evening, and there were no visitors in the ball-room. A
Miss Harrington was with her at the time. I deny
having made any proposal to her. I was first spoken to
on this subject a fortnight since. It is false that she
ever spurned me. It is false that I ever made the pro-
posal to her to introduce gentlemen to her. Mr. Em-
merson did not threaten to horsewhip me. I should like
him to have done it. He used insulting language to me
after her dismissal. I can't say that I do know Mrs.
Adams. I do know this woman (Mrs. Adams). I swear
that Mr. Emmerson did not threaten to horsewhip me
in the presence of Mrs. Adams. I did not beg his
pardon.
John Rix-I was organist at Belgrave Chapel. Mrs.
Emmerson was engaged there, and was discharged. She
told me that she was very fond of Blatch, and that he was
the father of one of her children. I would not believe
her on her oath.
Cross-examined--I am a teacher of music at Bromp-
ton. I was engaged at Dr. Thorpe's chapel in 1838. I
first became acquainted with Mrs. Emmerson there in
1840. Mrs. Emmerson indicted me for an assault before
a magistt ate, and I had to pay 2s. for the hearing. I
was discharged, but not admonished. That was in
1843. I have been on visiting terms with her and her
husband. Mr. Blatch is a printer, and now lives at
Bristol. The conversation took place in the organ loft.
Mr. Emmerson was sitting by her side at the time she
made this communication to me. He might have been
four or five feet off. I was telling her that one of her
children was not much like its father, and she said,
" You have never seen its father." I can't recollect
whether it was like her other children. She said, " Mr.
Blatch used to fetch her from the Opera, and take her to
the oyster-rooms and give her supper." I was very often
astonished at her conversations.
C. Peters—l am the collector of the Canada Com-
mittee, and Mr. Ramsay is secretary—the estimation of
him has been most favourable. I sat in the organ-loft
of St. Michael's. Mrs. Emmerson always expressed
herself of Mr. Ramsay in terms most respectful.
Miss Eleanor Fisher—l am the sister of Mrs. Ramsay.
My mother lived in the Old Kent-road, near Liverpool-
street. Mr. Ramsay was in the habit of coming to see
my mother. He returned from Ireland in the autumn of
1845, and he came to see us shortly afterwards.
Jane Clarke—l kept a coffee-house in Burleigh street.
In January last Mrs. Emmerson was in my house, and
told me she had made Mr. Ramsay a present of a purse
like the one she had in her hand.
The Bishop of London—l know the defendant. I
have always had every reason to believe very highly of
him as a minister, and also of his morality. I never
heard a whisper against his character or any reason to
believe he had done anything to the injury of his cha-
racter as a clergyman.
The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, vicar of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields, Archdeacon Sinclair, the Rev. Mr. Auders,
Sir John Bayley, Bart., Mr. Nairn, the Rev. Canon
Dale, the Rev. Mr. Flukes, Sir Walter Clarkson, the
!Jon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Montague Villiers,
the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Wellaston, barrister-at-law,
Mr. Shirley Woolmer, Mr. Frederick Swish, and Mr.
Corbett, jun., all spoke in the very highest terms of the
defendant both as regarded his religious and moral cha-
racter. They had never beard a breath against him.
It was a pride to be acquainted with -hint, and they
never would believe him to be guilty of such a charge.
This was the case for the defendant.
The following witnesses were called in reply:—
Mary Ann Adams—l know Walton, who has been
examined here to-day. I was present when Mr. Em-
merson went up to Walton, and said, " What have you
to say against Mrs. Emmerson?" He said, "Nothing
at all." Mr. Emmerson said " I have a great mind to
give you and Reed a d—d good horsewhipping," upon
which they both begged his pardon.
Cross-examined—l live at Larkhall-lane now.
James Emmerson—l told Walton that I would horse-
whip him in the Tivoli gardens; he said be was sorry
for what heoG GhiaNds, whossid, annodwbeggedmy pardon.
appeared for the defendant,
declined to address the jury upon this additional evi.

" The King of Portugal and the husband of our
Gracious Sovereign, are near relatives. The King is
understood to be more violently opposed than the Queen
to constitutional Government in Portugal. Costa
Cabral, the bitter enemy of constitutional Government,
won his favour by supporting and enriching the German
clique, of which M. Dietz, a man particularly obnoxious
to the entire nation, is the chief; and Saldanha, if not
personally a friend of Cabral, is yet so connected with
him and his party, as to depend upon them for making
up the Cabinet which he may be expected to form. To
place such a man at the head of the Government is, in
point of fact, to bring back with the strong hand the
faction which is pledged to put down both the charter
and the constitution, and had well-nigh succeeded in
doing so. England, therefore, in supporting him, sup-
ports King Ferdinand, Mr. Dietz, and Costa Cabral; in
other words, principle and justice are as lightly thought
of at St. James's as at the Tuileries, when they stand in
the way of family predilections. Now, we repeat,
that this stupid argument carries no weight with us,
nor will it be listened to by any section of her Majesty's
subjects; but is there not just so much of plausibility
about it as to make it mischievous elsewhere?"
We agree with the writer, that this hypothesis is
too absurd ever to gain credence in this country, and
independently of its absurdity, it should be recollected
that King Ferdinand, and Dietz, and the Cabrals,
have ever been the enemies of English interests and
English influence in Portugal ; that they are,
in fact, the chief of the Afrancesado faction who
have been working in conjunction with Christina;
Gonzales Bravo, and Narvaez to render French, or
rather Orleans influence predominant in the Penin-
sula—therefore, we at once reject this theory, as im-
possible; but yet we could have wished that the royal
table had not been the first at which Mr. Dietz had
partaken of English hospitality, after his arrival in
this country from the scene of his intrigues. The
literary contents of this number are varied and ex-
cellent. The lovers of sentimentalism will be de-
lighted with a review of " N infa ;" for the classic there
is a pleasant ramble at the foot of Mount Olympos.
The antiquary will revel in the account of Lathom
House and the Stanley family, and the admirer of
Isaac Walton will be pleased with the sensations of a
summer night and morning on the banks of the
Thames. The lover of horrors may " sup full of
them" in " Death in life," while the lovers of mirth,
fun, and jollity will roar over Sam Slick's admirably
told story of " Seeing the Devil." There is some -
thing to suit every class of readers in the current
number of Fraser.

THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
The public can scarcely be aware of the extraordinary
powers which the Corporation of London are seeking
under this Bill, now in Committee in the House of
Commons. They seek new taxing powers on the public
by imposing a toll on every steam• boat of one halfpenny
per lon per mile above bridge. They ask power to take
all lands over which the tidal waters flow, and if the
owner of adjoining property questions their right, to
put the Attorney-General in motion against him; and
by their Bill they will destroy all the securities granted
by Parliament on existing piers on the Thames.

dence.
Mr. Sergeant SIIEE then proceeded to address the
wtoouhlidm,parned-
jury for the prosecution. He said, when it was
his duty, as counsel for the prosecution, to open
the case against the Reverend defendant, ho had
refrained from saying
judice their minds or interfere with their calm
aileo
rob ipeepi :cods pteoc t sa
ai in
tl ihfae,t
and dispassionate judgment.
a serious nature, and involving
the Church of which he was a minister, in a case of such
anytiliiiengfeltwihtidcuhe
peace of mind, and happiness, and usefulness in the
ministration which he exercised, not to submit any-
thing which would divert their minds from the
with great grief that he was
dispassionate consideration of the case. It was
imputed to him
it was his firm belief and conviction, after all the
evidence which he had heard, that the Rev. Septimus
Ramsay was guilty of the offence
on the record, to the last letter, and that he
was one of the most shameless and abandoned
profligates ever brought to justice before a jury.
—(Sensation.) His Learned Friend Sir F. Thosiger
with a degree of eloquence which he never heard sur-
passed in a court of justice, thong ht proper to draw a
comparison between the positions of the prosecutrix and
the defendant—the woman, he said, was looked
upon with great commiseration by every one
present in the Court, whereas the defendant ap-
peered with prpjudice against him, charged with a
crime which it was almost impossible to disprove.
But he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) considered they would find,
on a comparison of the position of the two parties, that
the reverend defendant had a great advantage over the
prosecutrix. Twenty or thirty witnesses of all classes
of society, some dignitaries of the church, and some
barristers spoke to the high moral and religious re-
putation of the reverend defendant. When look-
ing calmly and considerately at the evidence
which had been produced, he could not help thinking
that they would be of opinion that the rev. defendant
was guilty of the crime with which he had been charged.
It was a matter of experience that even among the
priesthood of the very church to which the de-
fendant belonged there were men who, although
they held a very moral and religious cha-
racter, had been satisfactorily found guilty of
the most abominable crimes. Such men were gene-
rally watchful and wary in their conduct, and were
careful in selecting a moment for satisfying their lusts
and appetites. They put on a saintly apearance to their
congregation and friends, and seemed tot he whole world
not only incapable of such a charge as this, but even in-
capable of the slightest deviation in their conduct, and
it was only by some unfortunate accident that the real
charge was brought to light and the people all
amazed held up their hands in astonishment. It was
impossible for the witnesses, who had been called to
speak of the defendant's character, to know his conduct
towards Mrs. Emmerson. How was the Bishop of
London capable of knowing if he had committed the
crime charged against him? In truth, nothing
was more absurd and preposterous than t o
call a number of witnesses who might per-
haps be the most moral ani religious men in London,
to say that they never heard of the defendant :being
guilty of such misconduct. Two of his Learned Friends
at the bar had given evidence of the respectable cha-
racter of the defendant, and he thought their testimony
was worth more reliance being placed upon it
than of all the reverend gentlemen in London.—
(Laughter.) It amounted to nothing more than this
they never heard anything against him, and they were
the last persons who were likely to hoer of his conduct
towards this woman. These and the other witnesses
should have called upon the young women
who had been insulted by the defendant. The Learned
Counsel then proceeded in a
very pathetic manner to
implore the jury to consider the painful importance of
the case to the young womon,her husband, and five obit-
dren. The prosecutrix was as uniinpeaehed in point of
chador as ally innGeent "Man could 14.—airiughter.)

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson,
Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty

yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians took an
airing yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince
Alfred and the Princess Alice, in an open carriage and
four. Colonel Buckley attended on horseback. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
attended by Lieut. Colonel Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena, walked and
rode in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in an open
carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured
her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening.
The Royal suites consisted of the Countess of Desert,
the Countess Vanderstraten, Lord Byron, Major de
Moerkerke, Cul. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. Seymour.
The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Macdonald
have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss
Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen.
Colonel Buckley has relieved Lord Alfred Paget
(Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to
the Queen, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour
has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry
in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Peter and the Prin-
cess of Oldenburgh visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester
House, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at
Cambridge House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge,
attended by Lady Augusta Ca Logan,
honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton with their
company at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Grosvenor-square.
Commander Rubidge had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements
her ae Present Viscount Mor-
peth, rles Lemon, Sir Robert 11.
had a meeting at the office of the Woods and Forests in
W hiWhitehall-place. -d Colborne
l aocieb. 0 r
nTel:er
Sir
Charles
Inglis, the Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. A. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place.
Captain Russell Eliott (Royal Navy) had an interview
with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the
FXche-
quer yesterday at his official resident in Downing-
street.
Dispatch's were sent of yesterday evening from the
Coloina-office for the Governors of the West India
riolonies.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean atriVed on Tuesday
last at their beautiful residence, Key Dell, in Hampshire,
after a pleasant voyage, by the splendid ship the Swit-
zerland, from New York. These favourites of the public
have made a double professional tour of the United
States, hitherto unattempted by any of our theatrical
visitors. Their success, by all accounts, has been immense.

CARTHORSES FROM BELGIUM.—A Sale of Belgian
carthorses took place at Mr. Dixon's repository on
Friday last. They resembled in a great measure the
Suffolk horses, having small heads, high crests, and very
good legs. They are more active than carthorses of
English breed usually are, and a judicious cross would
probably greatly ....i*nprore our natin stook.

THE sUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1847.

➢Zr. Justice WIGHTMAN then carefully and elaborately.
,ummed up the evidence. He commented upon the
extraordinary conduct of the prosecutrix in having suf-
fered the defendant to take any indecent liberties with
her without communicating the fact to her husband or
to any one; and left it to the jury to say whether, looking
at the whole of the case, they considered the defendant
guilty of the offence imputed to him. The Learned
Judge concluded his summing up at half-past eight
o'clock, and

The jury consulted about two minutes, when
The Foreman turned round and announced that their
verdict was for the defendant. .

Some imputation having been cast upon the paternity of
the children of the prosecutrix—that they were not all-
the children of her husband—they were taken into the
Court this morning, and, certainly they bore more re-
semblance to each other than the generality of the chil-
dren of one family.

KING'S COLLEGE.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
The distribution of prizes among those students who
had distinguished themselves at the recent examination
in King's College took place on Wednesday afternoon in
the theatre of the institution, before a numerous and
highly respectable auditory.
The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and near hi
we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
the Archbishop of Dablin, the Bishop of Lichfield, the
Bishop of Oxford, Lord Radstock, and a considerable
number of clergymen of the Established Church.
The Rev. Dr. JELF, the Principal of the College,
opened the proceedings by offering, in the name of him-
self and his colleagues, their grateful acknowledgments
to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had,
on such occasions as the present, appeared now for the
fourth time within those walls, and at very consider-
able i inconvenience to himself. (Cheers.) He
could assure his Royal Highness that the words of en-
couragement and warning which on each occasion
he had condescended to offer to the students had
not been without their fruit ; indeed no one could
listen to those words without emotion and benefit.
He would venture to observe that on an occasion like
this there was considerable danger lest, in attempting to
give an estimate of the prosperity of the college, he
should fall unwillingly into exaggeration. With such
a brilliant assembly as this, presided over by his Grace
the Primate of all England and Visitor of this college
(and long might he continue to rule the Church, and
to visit this college in the same spirit in which he had
for so many years done), and in the presence of the
illustrious Prince, and of so many noble persons, and
more particularly in the presence of that distinguished
Prelate, whom it was his (Dr. Jelf's) honour to
succeed, and whose principles it was his endeavour to
follow, whose memory lived, and would live, not only
within those walls, but in the hearts of many grateful
generations, and whose name within those walls would
never be received without the strongest feeling of grati-
tude—under such circumstances, it was almost a natural
thing that those called upon to express their approba-
tion of the student's conduct should be led unconsciously
into what was something very like high-flown panegyric.
There was also a corresponding danger on the part of
those that received that approbntion, that they might
be led to think more highly of themselves,
of their attainments, and even of their in-
dustry, than they ought to think. Both par-
ties ought to bear this constantly in mind, and en-
deavour to keep as far as possible within the bounds
of moderation.—(Loud cheers.) He should be
doing injustice to himself and the students if he did not
express his approbation of their conduct during the last
year.—(Cheers.) In many respects that year was full
of gratifying recollections. Exceptions to good conduct
perhaps there might have been, but either accounts of
them had never reached him, or they were so slight
that they passed away entirely from his recollection.—
(Cheers.) From his colleagues and his friends they
would hear a detail of what had been done in the
two departments of general literature and science,
and the applied sciences. He would content himself
with a general statement. He must make his acknow-
ledgments to the students of each department for their
study of divinity, which was the great basis of our pro-
sperity, and he trusted that on this basis they might
look forward to many years of increasing prosperity.
The total number of students exceeded a thousand ; but
his hope for the future did not rest on an increase of
numbers, but was bnsed on the conviction that there was
every depart of the college a true spirit of religion,
without which all science and all knowledge
were in vain—without which, the classical scholar,
with all his knowledge of literature ; the phi-
losopher, with all his scientific acquirements
the engineer, with his practical application of
the principles of science ; the physician, with all his
skill ; and what was still more, that highest of all de-
partments, the divine, with all his knowledge of con-
troversial theology, were all as " the sounding brass
and the tinkling cymbaL"—(Cheers.) Having observed
that the opportunities afforded in King's College for
studying literature, medicine, jurisprudence, philo-
sophy, and theology, was equal to that of any of
the ancient colleges in the world, the Reverend
Gentleman eulogised the industry, talent, and humble-
mindedness of the divinity students to whom no
prizes were awarded, as it would be out of place
to incite them to such motives. As distinctions
were, however, desirable, he thought it essential to the
welfare of the college, that as regards divinity students
there should be such a foundation as would correspond
to the system of our ancient colleges, and it would be
soon in his power to lay before his Grace some plan for
effecting that object. It was also in contemplation to
establish within the college a residence for the various
chts,es of students, in order that they might not only
have the advantage of instruction, but also of college
discipline, college enjoyment, college comforts, privi-
leges, and associations. When that was accomplished,
he should then think the college was approaching the
fulfilment of that destiny which he trusted God's provi-
dence would ultimately bring to pass.— (Cheers.) The
Rev. Gentleman concluded by presenting his Grace with
a list of the gentlemen who had obtained prizes. The
announcement of their names was followed by loud ap-
plause.-
The following gentlemen were then severally intro-
duced to the Most Rev. Prelate by the Professors in their
respective departments, and received prizes from the
hands of his Grace:—
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
Divinity—George Rawlinson, Edwin Ward, Samuel
Flood Jones, Charles Edward Hadow, Edward James
Auriel, Samuel Green.,
Classics—James Fitz-James Stephen, Henry Ware,
Henry John Riddle Poole, Albert Barff.
Latin Prose—Henry Thomas Griffith.
English Verse—Charles Henry Pearson.
Mathematics—John Stuart Jackson, Wm. Middleton
Snell, George Heppe], James- Scott, Francis Harris. •
English Literature—James Fitz-James Stephen,
Charles Edward Johnston, James Seller.
English Essay—James Fitz-James Stephen.
Hebrew—Robert Williams, Peter Goldsmith Medd.
French—Edwin Ward.
German—William Middleton Snell, Henry Macdo-
nald Maughan.
Literary Union—Alfred John Church.
DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES.
Divinity—Wm. Bulstrode.
Mathematics—John Hicks, Thomas Belton, John Cox
Gawler.
Natural Philosophy—Henry Whiteombe, Charles
Innes Spencer, George Schilling, Thomas Bolton.
Arts of Construction—John Phillips Nunn.
Manufacturing Art and Machinery—George Fuller,
William Norton Lawson, George Wells.
- Surveying— William Norton Lawson, Alfred Vaux,
Francis Bowyer Miller, William Frederic Laxton, Henry
Charles Heath.
Geometrical Drawing—Samuel Blunden Daniell, Fre •
derick Augustus Buryett.
Chemistry—John Hicks, George Fuller.
Geology—William Norton Lawson.
Mineralogy—William Norton Lawson, John Hicks.
Work-room—Clement Augustus Scott, Henry Charles
Heath.

SCHOLARS.-=1847.
DEPARTMENT OP GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
Classical Senior, Alfred John Church.
Classical Junior, Edward James Auriol.
Mathematical Senior, John Stuart Jackson.
Mathematical Junior, Hugh Cowie.
DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES.
Senior Scholar, William Norton Lawson.
Junior Scholar, Charles Innes Spencer.

ASSOCIATES.
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
Joseph Ince, William Rogers, Edwin Ward, Theodore
Chambers Wilks, Robert Williams.
DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES.
George Fuller, George:Wells, Henry Whitcombe, Wil-
liam Norton Lawson, John Phillips Nunn.
Certificates of Honour—George Wells, William Nor•
ton Lawson, Henry Whitcombe.
Certificates of Approval—John Phillips Nunn, Alfred
Vaux, John Samuel Fairrie.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in moving a vote of thanks
to the Archbishop of Canterbury for presiding, ex-
pressed the great satisfaction he felt on account of the
testimony borne to the conduct, ability, and discipline
of the students ; but it was particularly gratifying to
him to find that literature had been combined with a
religious education. He trusted that the religious prin-
ciples which they were taught in that college would
guide them through life. —(Cheers.)
The Bishop of OXFORD briefly seconded the motion,

and.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in responding, said
he should have no difficulty in admitting to orders can-
didates who had gone through their course of theology
in King's College, and whose good conduct and pro-
ficiency were attested by the Principal and the Masteil.
The proceedings then terminated.

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Sin,—There is no end to the outcrYtill Wili- -'s- e'
"land of liberty" whenever an infringement is made•
upon the privileges of any of the great men whose
pedigrees state that their ancestors " came in with the
Conqueror," and, in fact, whether the ancestors "came
in" with William I. or William 111. the cry is equally
loud, and generally successful, in vaunting and insisting
on the forms of laws to secure liberty, which forms were
established or re-established by the Saxon ancestors of
the bulk of this nation. Now I, one of the bulk, have
been in prison seven years, charged with being a rebel
and a contemner of the laws, but without having been
convicted or tried. My keeper having certified on the
return to my habeas corpus to the effect that I had been
tried and convicted, I was remanded to his custody. I
brought my action on the case for a false return; he
pleaded "not guilty." and no wher plea, and Lord Den-
man, on Saturday, the 19th inst., before a jury of the
country, hell that the return must be assumed to be true
until it was proved to be false, and that the onus of proof
lay on the party making the charge. Now what would
be the proof of the truth of the return? Simply the
warrant in the keeper's office. What would be my
disproof of the return? Nothing but the same warrant,
which I must produce by subpcela of one of the
de I endant's own officers. I should like to know how I
could prove that that warrant was falsified? I catnot
put leading questions to my own witness ; but he, the
willing witness against me, is open to leading questions
in the shape of cross examination by the defennant, and
cross-examination affords the best evidence.

SIR HARRY SMITH'S PROGRESS.
On Wednesday the hero of Aliwal, Sir H. Smith, and
his lady, partook of a public breakfast at Ely, on his
eay to Whittlesea. A beautiful arch, covered with i.
profusion of flowers and laurels, was erected near the
station, where about 8,000 or 10,000 persons had as-
sembled, and the gallant gentleman's appearance was
greeted with .tremendous cheers. The procession moved
from the station through the principal streets of the
town to the new Corn Exchange, in which a splendid
dejainer a la fourchette was supplied by Younghusband
and Son, of Gerard's Hall Hotel, Basing-lane, London.
The building itself was beautifully festooned with ever-
greens and flowers ; the tables, which extended round
the area, were covered with choice plants. On the table
at which the Gallant General sat was a service of gold
plate, valued at 16,0001. The breakfast provided con-
sisted of every delicacy the season could produce, the
fruit being the admiration of all present. The appear-
ance of the whole called forth an expression of thanks
from Sir Harry Smith.
From the station to the breakfast-room Sir Harry was
accompanied by the Dean of Ely, Professor Sedgwick,
the Rev. E. B. Sparke, son of the late Bishop Sparke,
and William Layton, Req., the eminent agriculturist.
The Dean of Ely presided at the breakfast, at which
there were between 200 and 300 present, consisting of
the elite of the town and neighbourhood.
WHITTLEsEa —On arrivinc, at this town the illus-
trious guests were received by a concourse of 4,000 to
5,000 people, and by them escorted to the house of his
brother, Captain Smith. The bells rang merrily, and
the greatest hilarity pervaded the town. Mr. Booker
read a complimentary address to the gallant hero, and
received a short but suitable reply, Sir Harry Smith
say ing that on the morrow he should have an oppor-
tunity of expressing at greater length his feelings of
appreciation of the kindness of his fellow-townsmen.
THURSDAY, JULY 1.
THE DINNER
was holden in a pavilion, erected for the purpose, in a
close next the rectory. At a quarter before five the
chair was taken by the Rev. Algernon Peyton, rector of
Doddington, who was supported on the right by the
hero of many fights, Sir Harry Smith, Earl Fitzwilliam,
Earl of Aboyne, Lord Milton, J. W. Childers, Esq.,
Professor Sedgwick, Colonel Allix, J. D. Gordon,
Esq., and the Dean of Ely ; and on the left by the High
Sheriff (W. Pate, Esq.), the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord
C. Russell, M.., R. G. Townley, Esq., Admiral
Morris, &c.
In the centre was placed a very handsome epergne, a
testimonial to Sir Harry Smith, purchased by subscrip-
tion. It bore the following inscription:—" Presented to
Major-General Sir H. C. W. Smith, Bart., of Aliwal on
the Sutlej, G.C.8., Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, by
parties resident, or interested in the Isle of Ely, in testi-
mony of their esteem for the eminent services rendered
by him as an officer in the British army during a period
of 42 years, and more particularly for the distinguished
ability shown by him in gaining a decisive victory over
the Seikhs in India, when in command of the British
forces at the battle of Aliwal, on the 28th of January,
1846. Presented the Ist of July, 1847."
Sir Harry was dressed in a general's uniform, wear-
ing the order of the Bath, and several medals. At the
conclusion of the dinner, Lady Smith and a party of
ladies entered the booth; and her Ladyship was re-
ceived with loud cheers, the company standing. Nearly
three hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, which, ex-
cept a plentiful supply of soup, fish, and vegetables, was
served cold.
Grace having been said,
The Rev. CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the
Queen, Price Albert, the Queen Dowager, and health,
wealth, and prosperity to all the Royal Family; the
Duke of Wellington and the Army, acknowledged by
Lord C. J. Russell; the Navy, acknowledged by Ad-
miral Morris.
The CHAIRMAN next, in eloquent terms, proposed the
health of Sir Harry Smith. Among all the recent
Wings, no one day, he believed, would have afforded the
Gallant General more pleasure that that, and should he
tell them so, he (the Chairman) should not doubt his
integrity. He must naturally feel proud of his return
to his home, and native soil, from whence he had set out
on his travels, amid the approbation of his countrymen,
and in receipt of their grateful thanks. He would, if the
ladies would allow him to alter a passage of Shakspere
devoted exclusively to them, say with Othello—" We, as
countrymen and compatriots, do love our General, and
he loves us." He had no doubt the Gallant General
felt grateful for the trophies and attachment they had
that day displayed in his honour. So long as any
Englishman's heart beat convulsively, nothing could be
more endearing to him than the return to his home after
a prolonged absence. As Sterne remarks in his beau-
tiful story of the sword.:--" It seemed as the return to
an old friend's face, which once was given up." But his
(the chairman's) pilgrim's shrine was won, his task was
ended, and the company before the evening was over
would doubtless be quite tired of him. (No, no.)
They were anxious also to hear the Gallant General
himself. The Chairman then (turning to Sir Harry
Smith) said, "I understand, Sir, that you are again
about to seek foreign shows, and whether or not you
meet with opportunities of performing similar achieve-
ments to that which we are now met to celebrate, I, in
the name of this meeting, venture to trust that your
absence will not be long, and that you will soon return
to your native shores, and pass your time among those
friends who are always so happy to receive you. I trust
you will receive this trophy as a slight tribute of the
gratitude of Englishmen, and that on your return from
abroad you will live in health to feel that it was given
in gratitude by your compatriots and those who know so
well how to appreciate your services, your public efforts
in the cause of your country, and your private friend•
ship—l drink your health."—(Loud, long, and most
vociferous cheering.)
On its somewhat subsiding,
Sir HARRY SMITH rose and spoke as follows:
" Lives there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said
This is my own, my native land."—(Cheers.)
Rev. Sir, my lords and gentlemen, and fellow- towsmen
—fain would I thank you for the honour you have this
day done me by thus assembling, and by the sumptuous
banquet you have set before me ; but when the heart is
full the tongue refuses to obey.—(Cheers.) It is true,
as your president has said, that it is 42 years since I left
my native land. On that occasion I parted with an
affectionate mother—(Cheers)—and, gentlemen, by a
curious coincidence, this day is the commemoration of
her birth day.—(Cheers.) Her last words to me were,
" Remember, I pray you, never to enter a public billiard-
room to play, and if ever you should be engaged with
the enemies of your country, remember you are an
Englishman."—(Loud cheers.) Thirty-two years ago, at
the battle of Waterloo, there were three brothers, and it
has pleased Providence to protect them all, although
they were in the heat of the battle. We three, gentle-
men, are the only instances on record in this country,
and we three are here to-day to feel and thank you for
the honour done to myself and family.—(Loud cheers.)
How I fulfilled the first pledge I gave my mother I well
know—l have never played in a public billiard-
room, and what is more, I never was drunk in my
life.—(Loud cheers.) How I have obeyed her se-
cond injunction, my Sovereign, the Duke of Wel-
lington, and you, my fellow-countrymen, have been
pleased to bear testimony, and it becomes me to ac
knowledge the reception I have received. If lam about
to remind you of my services, I believe that they arose
from my being placed in positions that would have been
equally well filled by others.—(No, ito.) Believe me,
fellow-countrymen, it is to my fellow-soldiers I am in-
debted for the honours I have received. I never appealed
to my brother soldiers that they did not respond to my
call.—(Cheers.) I hope war is far, far distant, for although
a glorious it is a horrid profession. Since the wonderful
battle of Waterloo, which established a peace for this
nation which has lasted 32 years, and on my return to
this country, I have observed her marked improvement
in the arts and sciences, the improvement in the morality
and deportment of the lower classes, and the observance
of the Sabbath, which latter, I regret to say, was not
thought of when I left it. To this I attribute all the
good success of our civil exertions. I accept with gra-
titude the service of plate you offer me. I trust that
feeling will be perpetuated in the memory of my family,
and that they will never disgrace that relic of my sword.
—(Cheers.) I have no sons, but have two nephews,
whom I hare seen in action, and who are now in this
room ; they merit the coat they wear—(the uniform of
Sir Harry's regiment),—and if they did not, I would
be the first to strip them of it.—(Cheers.) A word of
the Duke of Wellington. You should have seen as I
have seen him, riding in the thick of the fight, rallying
the disheartened, restoring confidence wherever he ap •
peared, and rendering victory certain.—(Cheers.) My
reception by my Sovereign and my fellow-countrymen
has been far more gratifying than I am able to express,
but I feel it none the less, and only apprehend that my
services and performance of my duties should not in
future merit your approbation. My first military ardour
was inspired in the Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry—
(Cheers)—which I have this day inspected, and which
I am rejoiced to see are in superior order to what they
were in my former days. lam aware, by tradition, a
Minister once said, in alluding to the French revolution;
" If your Majesty is afraid to arm your subject 7 youso
crown will totter to its base;" and in this cop: 170,p1e
long as the nobles are true to the throne anda:b pe .h.
now she
the nobles, so long shall England standihe
stands, paramount and unparalleled amowng
ine to dwell any
(Cheers.) My heart is too full to alelo
ent of the inhabi-
longer on the subject, but believefuir remembrance of this
all vicissitudes, entertain ahfra
nyatlactabym
Harken are around me, and I trust
mates, and fellow-townsmen
that, ofof mthe
nativeree° its laen.d Ma
thanks of their townsman and that, with the othraettr7fhuolnourable gentlemen present, they
will accept th4i3itrry
do
re: cheers.)
erress.
Smith.—(The Gallant General sat
countryman .
The next "Th
toasts were e High Sheriff," who ac-
wiedged the toast; " The Custos Rotulorum the
kno eroeifteßreadtef
:ended to by Lord Charles
Russell ; The Earl Fitzwilliam " (given by the chair-
man, as the health of a nobleman possessed of a large
do nn
she:
property, and who knew how to use it, and duly acknow-
ledged by the Noble Earl) ; " The Lord Lieutenant of
the County, Lord Hardwicke."
Lord HARDWICKE proposed " The health of Lady
Smith" (who had, he said, followed her husband through
all his campaigns), amid much cheering.
Sir HARRY SMITH, in returning thanks, recited what
he designated as the extraordinary circumstances under
A hich he first met his lady, and paid a high compliment
to tho fair sex as generally instigating the opposite one
to deeds of valour. He believed from his Heart Lady
Smith was deserving the honour they had dene,he,f.
' The
" The County Members," " The Chairman,
and
Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," "Calteieives
Major Smith" (brothers of Sir Harry, and bo
meet
of Whittlesea), were successively toasted, and the at
ing separated.

In the times of Charles 1.. so much abused for tyranny,
corruption had not sunk so deep that jailers would cer-
tify matter not in their warrants of commitment, as
appears by the Petition of Right (3 C. 1., c. 1, s. 5); but
it this doctrine that the party complaining of the return
has to disprove it, had then sprung up, the judges of
Charles might have been spared the difficulty and odium
of remanding persons, as stated in the Petition of Right,
who by the returns appeared to have been committed
illegally on vague charges by the Lords of the Privy
Council. If this doctrine is now law, the result of course
is, that the return is never to be supported on oath, and
that I am debarred from cross•examination of the agents
of the officer on whose unsworn statement I am detained,
and that therefore I have no remedy but the troublesome
one of indictment at common-law, in which I nosy be a
witness.
I think, Sir, that this being a matter in which public
liberty is concerned and common sense the test, the press
is the proper quarter to appeal to; and therefore, not on
individual but on public grounds, I hope the press will
respond to this appeal by directing its attention to the
subject, not only in England, but in Ireland and Scot-
land. Lord Denman observed that his opinion was given
in the absence of any authority for my view of the point;
but I hope that the precedent in this case will end by
becoming such authority, on my motion for a new trial,
and on the public opinion expressed through your dis-
cussion of the question.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
WM. COBBETT.
Queen's Prison, June 22, 1847.

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN
IRELAND.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL-STREET,
LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS.—Yesterday afternoon a special
general court of th governors of the above institution
was held for the purpose of receiving a proposition to
elect the Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., to
the office of Vice-President of the hospital. .Alderman
Copland, M.P., having taken the chair, proposed a
resolution embodying the object abovenamed, which
was seconded by Major Moore, and Sir Robert Peel was
unanimously elected by a very full court of governors.
Thanks having been voted to Mr. Alderman Copeland,
the chair was vacated by that gentleman, and occupied
by Mr. W. Fergusson, F.R.S., and after the disposal of
the routine business connected with the charity the
meeting separated. From the report of the secretary,
Mr. Lyon, it appears that the charity is greatly increas-
ing in public utility, 17,850 patients having been treated
during the past year, of whom 1.276 were in-door re-
cipients. It is also reported, that since 1840 nearly
84,000 patients have been admitted without letters of
recommendation, including about 5,000 in-patients.
As Alr.Jones has resigned, it is expected there will
" be no opposition for thesounty;oll3ucliinglain.

The thirteenth report of the commissioners of
National Education in Ireland, for the year 1846, was
issued on Monday morning. It is addressed to the Earl
of Clarendon as Lord-Lieutenant, being the first import-
ant public document in which his Lordship's name has
yet appeared since his appointment. The commissioners
state that, at the close of the year 1846, the number of
schools in operation was 3,637, and the number of pupils
in attendance therein 456,410. The increase upon the
year 1845, was 511 schools, and 23,566 pupils. The
increase of pupils in 1845 over 1844, was 37,294, and
the commissioners attribute the diminished amount of
increase in 1846, as compared with that of the previous
year, to the prevailing distress having compelled parents
to obtain employment for their children upon the public
works. Grants had been promised towards the building
of 335 additional schools, amounting to 11,5011. 17s. 6d.,
by which accommodation will be afforded for 31,461
additional pupils. During the year, 85 schools had
been struck off the roll, and fourteen suspended for
various causes, such as the houses being unsuitable,
want of local contributions, inability to procure sites,
transfers to other places, and other reasons. The model
schools in Marlborough-street, Dublin, continue to be
numerously attended and efficiently conducted; the total
number on the rolls stated to be 1,368. In all the
schools, the arrangement for the separate religious in-
struction of the children of different persuasions, and of
the teachers in training, are described as being carried
on with punctuality and satisfaction. The salaries for
the year amount to 44,177/. I Is. 6d., thus, taking the
total number of teachers to be 4,000, the average
amount is only 11/. to each, but the commissioners say
they ought to be augmented. The maximum at present
is 20L, and the minimum 8Z per annum—low enough,
certainly, for any degree of efficiency. The commis-
sioners also express a hope that the arrangement which
has recently received the sanction of Government for
giving retiring pensions to meritorious teachers in Eng-
land, will, as soon as possible, be extended to Ireland.
During the distress that lately afflicted the country
gratuities were awarded to the poorer teachers, in ad-
dition to their ordinary salaries ; and in this way,
3,0001. were expended by permission of the late Lori-
Lieutenant. The yearly inter( st of Lord Morpeth's do-
nation of 1,0001., is in future to be awarded in gratuities
varying from 1/. to 31., to sehoolinaiters in each of the
34 districts, who are most distinguished by the order,
neatness, and cleanliness observaule in themselves, their
scholars, and their school-houses. The demand for the
school-books of the commissioners is increasing greatly,
especially in Upper Canada, where a similar system of
national education has been recently established. In
connexion with the ordinary schools, there are 99 work-
house schools, and five agricultural model schools ; and
it is intended to establish a school at the fishing station,
near Galway, the pupils of which are to be instructed in
navigation. Many other details are given in the report.
Appended to it are a statement of the year's accounts,
and:a great number of tabular reports and returns, illus-
trating the state of education in every province, county,
and town iu Ireland.

THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
The following is a copy of a dispatch from Mr. Pakeu-
hatr, her Majesty's Minister at Washington, to Viscount
Palmerston, on the subject of the customs' revenues of
the United States under the new tariff, printed by order
of the House of Commons:—
" Washington, March 29th, 1847.
"My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government will be glad
to hear that the session of Congress closed without any
addition having been made to the rates of import duty
established by the tariff of last year. That measure
will, therefore, now receive a fair trial; and I am happy
to say that there are already such indications of its
almost certain success, that it may be considered, as it
were, beyond the reach of danger; I speak with refer-
ence to the amount of revenue produced by it. It was
confessedly for the sake of revenue that the exorbitant
tariff of 1842 was introduced, and it was on the assump-
tion that the moderate tariff of last year would not pro-
duce a sufficient revenue that it was so strenuously
opposed by the advocates of the protection system.
Now, let us see what has been the result, so far as the
experiment has yet gone.
" The new scale of duties came into operation on the
Ist of December last—that is to say, not quite four
months ago, and from the enclosed statement, for which
cytiofYuoinrisgeg',obechoda
I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Walker, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, it will be seen that the receipts
under the reduced scale of duties during the period em-
braced in the return exceed those of the corresponding
period of the year beforerVben the high rates were in
force, by nearly a million of dollars. I think it likely
that by the end of the present month the excess will
amount to quite a million.
" This is a matter of great interest to England at the
present moment, when it is of so much importance that
our export trade should flourish, in order to meet the
heavy demand upon the resources of the country, occa-
sioned by an extraordinary importation of food.
anhseerproduced the same amount of revenue as the 4? ,
" In this point of view, if the new tariff hadld oonnley
the result would ilpllhacaeveinbeeshnevegrayangraotfi
to create the same amount of revenue under
ta reduced
scale of duties it is obvious that a propo.rttionE_L o increase
must ave taken
im-
ported, in which increase England,
tthhaetsth.iestpacetrolordy
eremsburltanoefd thine
thetht
natural share ; but whenweseet the reduced tariff
produces at the rate of 250,000t.dollars per month more
experi-
ment becomes more strikingly apparent..
than the high one, osn;d,
being that immediately following the re-
duction in the duties. does not afford a fair criterion of
what may be. the ultimate working of the measure. But
I do not think that this argument applies
en-
closed '‘
nt
to the case
under consideration,—
"
remthatueYrnfirst place, because we see that the month of
December, the first month of the new system, was not,
by upwards of 100,000 dollars, as productive as the suc-
ceeding month of January, thereby showing that there
was no unnatural or extraordinary influx of foreign
commodities immediately consequent on the introduction
of a lower rate of duty, to be counterbalanced by a fall-
ing off at a later period.
" In the next place, because it should be borne in
mind, that simultaneously with the new tariff, the ware-
housing system was for the first time introduced into the
United-States, which everybody knows has a tendency
to made the iutroduction of merchandise, or rather the
clearance of goods for consumption, steady and gradual.
and proportioned to the wants of the market.
effects of an improved commercial policy, ahnd
etrovatdeessthte
" Upon the whole, my Lord, looking to
.the
the
of general prosperity and well-being:
tura pr_uce at
owiFtwgi,.lcprinp.cipally to
countrytead y
demandat the pfroers eanl tl
o.rt moment,.()t. a g
ricul 1 (.1
remunerating prices, I think !t can scarcely be doubted
that the consumption of foreign merchandise must, for
the present year at least, exceed the average of former
years, and thus help to redress the balance of trade,
now, owing to an unforeseen calamity, unfortunately to
much against us.—l have, &c.,

" R. PAKENHAM."

PENSION TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR G. POLLOCIL.
--On Wednesday, at a Court of Directors of the East
India Company it was decided that a pension of 1,0001. per
annum be granted to Major-General Sir G. Pollock,
G.C.8., in consideration of the eminent services per-
formed by him M India.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 24.—The first division of the
Russian fleet, consisting of six ships of tile line, a fri-
gate, and a steamer, sailed northward from the road of
Helsinger on the 23d. The other division, consisting of
three ships of the line and three frigates, will remain
hue 'owe days longer.

!rely

The borough of Aylesbury will be seve'. con•
tested. Lord Nugent, R. Clayton, Esq., and Peter Deer
tug, Ems, are the CEl4ldideM6