The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-11 00:00:00

_ SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI NG,

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said the court had no
power to interfere with respect to the subject alluded
to by the Learned Counsel, but he thought it was due
to the gentlemen of the bar that he should hear any
observations Mr. [lorry might choose to make with
resrect to his knowledge of the transaction.

THE KING'S SPEECH.

'Thy Learned COUNSEL then went on to state, at
great length, that on his way here from the Old
Bailey, the woman J)enny was introduced to him,
when she said she wanted him to defend her sos, and
showed him what she thought were the depositions,
but which was only the warrant of committal. He
waited some time in court for the case, and not find-
ing it upon the list, he made some in-
quiries, and found it was a case in cus-
tody. From what he heard, he concluded
that the case had been disposed of, and
he went back to the Old Bailey, where he had
been only a few minutes when Flanagan came in with
some papers, and said Mrs. Denny's son was in the
dock, and he (Mr. Horry) told him it was useless to
return, as the case had been tried the evening before,
and Denny must have been only called up for judg-
ment. With respect to the observation made upon
the subject of the woman calling upon him on Satur-
day, he should say that when she came she was ac-
companied by the same female who was with her at
the Sessions House, when he explained to Mrs.
Denny that the person who had received the four
half-crowns from her was not his clerk ; upon which
the other woman said, "I must do justice to all
parties, Mr. Flanagan sail nothing at all about being
your clerk."
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he did not wish at all
to interfere with the statement of the Learned
Counsel, but he thought a few concise answers to
what he should ask the Learned Counsel would be
the best course. He should take the liberty of ask-
ing the Learned Counsel whether Flanagan was his
clerk or not ?

1 On Tuesday afternooi the ordinary session
of the Belgian Chambers was opened by King
Leopold in person. His Majesty, who wore the uni-
form of a General of the Civic Guard, proceeded on
horseback from the Palace to the Chamber of Repre-
sentatives, passing in review, as he slowly rode down
the Rue Royale, the four legions of the Civic Guard.
On his arrival at the Palace de la Nation, he was con-
ducted with the usual ceremony to the above Cham-
ber, when he took his seat on the throne, the Queen
and the other members of the Royal Family having
previously taken their places.
His Majesty then delivered the following speech :
" GENTLEmEN,—I am able to congratulate myself
on the marks of confidence and of friendship which
I continue to receive from foreign Powers. An inci-
dent has occurred in our relations with the see of
Rome. Explanations respecting that event, which
has excited public opinion, will be laid before you.
" A treaty of commerce and navigation has been
concluded with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It
will be submitted to your approbation. Negotiations
are being carried on, in order to extend our com-
mercial relations.
" The efforts of my Government are directed
towards the procuring of external outlets for our com-
merce. Much in that respect may be expected from
the spirit of enterprise, judiciously aided. A society
of commerce, combined with the establishment of fac-
tories (comptoirs), is one of the measures to be taken
in order to attain that object.
" A postal convention, which has just been concluded
with France, on a large basis, reduces the postage of
international letters, and affords great facilities for the
transmission of foreign correspondence.
" The transport of merchandise and the receipts of
the railway continue to increase in a remarkable pro-
portion. Measures for increasing them still further,
and for introducing ameliorations into the manage-
ment of that important service, are in course of
preparation. Pecuniary advances will be required
from you, in order to finish the railway stations, and
the double lines of rail, as well as to complete the
materiel of transport, and to finally close the account
of the expenses of the first establishment.
"Private industry has gone hand in hand with the
State in bestowing new means of communication on
the country. That industry will always find my
Government disposed to facilitate the execution of its
engagements.
" Your co-operation will be required for public
works of high utility. The improvement and forma-
tion of by-roads (so intimately connected with the
prosperity of agriculture) are entitled to a large
share of consideration, with reference to those works
which shall offer useful resources for the needy and
laborious classes.

Mr. HORRY—Most certainly not.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Do you know whether
Flanagan received 10s. from the woman in the way
described ?

Mr. floanY—l have no knowledge whatsoever
upon the subject.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Did any portion of that
10s. ever find its way into your pocket?
Mr. lloaav—Assuredly not—not one fraction
of it.

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Did you take the brief
with the fee of 10s. ?
Mr. HORRY—No ; I did not.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—And afterwards put it
in your pocket without doing anything for it ?
Mr. floßay—Nothing of the kind.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—There the whole case, so
far as you are concerned, personally resolves itself
into this :—that a person came to you to defend a
prisoner, which you did not do, because you thought
the case had been tried before.

Mr. HORRY—That is the whole case, my Lord.
Mr. Horry was about addressing the Court further,
when

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he thought the matter
might be safely allowed to drop now after the Learned
Counsel's replies.
The Usher of the Court said that Flanagan inva-
riably represented himself to the officer of the Court
and others as Mr. Horry's clerk.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE—Mr. Horry denies that
such is the case.

" Amongst the districts which may justly excite
the solicitude of the Government and the Chambers
we must give the first place to several in our Flemish
provinces. Constant efforts are expected from us,
and the nation will not hold itself aloof from those
sacrifices which this painful situation may impose on
it. After two years of rude trial, Providence has
come to the aid of the poor classes by an abundant
harvest. The immense influence which agriculture
exercises on the destinies of the country is under-
stood by my Government; and agriculture on
its side has proved that it can appreciate
our intentions. The eagerness with which, on
a recent occasion, it responded to the appeal which
was made to it, has testified to its confidence in the
views and acts of the Government. By a happy
coincidence, the exhibition of the agricultural produce
played a brilliant part alongside the productions of
that industry which has revealed notable improve-
ments. Agriculture and industry, far from being
hostile one to the other, should lend reciprccal aid.
Equally useful and honourable, they are equally
worthy of all our solicitude. Very soon a common
solemnity will reunite those who have distinguished
themselves by their labours in those two noble careers.
I shall be happy on that occasion to have it in my
power to bestow, before the eyes of the country, due
recompense upon the labourers of all ranks.
" The forthcoming exhibition of the fine arts will
afford the Belgian school the opportunity of proving
that it continues worthy of its past career, and that
it may bear comparison with foreign schools.
" Public instruction, to which it may be said the
civilization of the country is attached, should be one of
our first presentations. The Legislature will have to
vote the measures necessary for perfecting and com-
pleting its organization.
" The army, that great national institution, conti-
nues to deserve well of the country. Its good orga-
nization, it patriotism, its discipline, and its devoted-
ness, render it worthy of all my sympathy and of the
great interest which you take in it, and of which you
continue to afford it so many proofs. lam happy to
see my two sons enrolled in its ranks.
" Your solicitude for the indigent classes will
induce you to discuss, in the course of this session,
the projects of law relating to pawnbroking establish-
ments (monts-de-piete), the mendicity depots, and
the management of the insane. The penitentiary
system calls for reforms, which I recommend to your
attention.

The matter then dropped, and the Court proceeded
to try felonies, none of which were of any general
,nterest.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
THE LATE GAMBLING CASE.—Andrew William
Barr, Charles Brewer, and Samuel Ralphs, who were
remanded to this day from this day week, on the
charge of conspiring to defraud Mr. §. Julius Carey,
by foul play at cards, were brought up for final exa-
mination this morning.
Mr. Ballantine was not at present prepared with
any further evidence. He proposed that the prisoners
should be committed for trial at once, but, if neees-
sary, should be brolight up again in the mean time, as
the sesiions would not commence till the 22d inst.

Mr. Prendergast submitted that there was not
sufficient evidence to justify the committal 9f Brewer.
The evidence of such a person as Lewis could only
be accepted so far as it was corroborated. Now that
part of Lewis's evidence which affected Brewer was
uncorroborated, and therefore, he submitted, in ad-
missible. Brewer was a gentleman of respectable
connexions, and his character would he much affected
by the committal.
Mr. HENRY said that the case must go for trial.
Mr. Prendergast's argument, if accepted, would
render it necessary that every word of such a wit-
ness's evidence should be corroborated.

The prisoners were then committed for trial. The
same securities were accepted on behalf of Brewer
and Ralphs, and the witnesses were bound over in
their own recognizances for 2001. each.
The offer of bail on the part of Barr was not
renewed.

111ARLBRO'-STREET-7(THIS_DAY.)

Charley Pebloe, a man of colour, was placed be-
fore Mr. Hardwicke, charged with being drunk and
riotous, and assaulting James Nagle, barman, at the
Tower public-house, Tower-street, Seven. dials.

Complainant stated, that on the previous afternoon,
the prisoner came into his employer's house, and
wanted to be served with some gin. Seeing that he
had already indulged too freely, he refused to serve
him, whereupon he (the prisoner) became very
abusive, and swore he would rip him (complainant)
up if he dared to refuse. Complainant requested him
to leave the house. The prisoner said he would
see him d--- first, and called him by a
filthy epithet, and threatened to charge him
with a nameless crime. Complainant, seeing that
the prisoner was determined not to leave by fair
means, proceeded to turn him out. In doing so, the
prisoner struck him twice. He ultimately succeeded
in putting him out, and gave him in charge of the
police.

" As the ordinary resources of the Treasury are
not sufficient to meet completely the demands already
set forth, and to provide for those which are foreseen,
extraordinary provisions are required. Belgium can
the more easily face this situation of affairs, inasmuch
as she has passed through the financial crisis more
successfully than other countries.
" It is desirable, gentlemen, that the Budgets
which will be laid before you for 1848, be voted be-
fore the opening of that year. We shall thereby
avoid the grave inconvenience of provisional credits.
This step is the more necessary, inasmuch as you
will have to examine, in a few months, the Budgets
for 1849.

- The prisoner denied the charge in lobo. He merely
went into complainant's house professionally to amuse
the company with some " bone music," and while he
was so engaged the complainant came and turned
him out.
Mr. HAuDwicKE committed him to the House of
Correction for one week, with hard labour.

" Propositions for modifying, in certain points, the
communal and electoral laws have been announced;
and Bills to that effect will be presented to you.
" In a material and financial, as well as in a moral
and political point of view, this session will, I trust,
be marked by numerous and useful labours. I gladly
look for an assurance of that kind in the active aid
and sincere support which you will give to my
Government."

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
Four railway excavators, James Buttly, Joseph
Jones, Thomas Smith, and William Johnson, were
charged by the master of the Mile-end Workhouse
with having taken up their quarters in that establish-
ment over night, and with having this morning re-
fused to pick the stipulated quantity of oakum re-
quired by the parochial authorities.
It appeared that the four prisoners were admitted
last night as casual paupers—they received a meal
of bread and cheese each, and were supplied with
their breakfast this morning. Prior to these meals
being given them they were informed that in the
morning they would be required each to pick two
pounds of oakum. They gladly assented, but when
the oakum was given them to pick they resolutely
refused to touch it, assailed the master with abuse,
and endeavoured to dissuade the other inmates from
performing their allotted task. Under these circum-
stances they were given into custody.
In their defence, the prisoners said all they wanted
was to be let go on their proper roads.
Mr. BALLANTINE observed that he would mark his
sense of their gross misconduct by teaching them a
lesson which he hoped v%ould operate as a salutary
warning to others. He should send them each to
the House of Correction for twenty-one days, with
hard labour.

His Majesty was greeted on the conclusion of the
speech with loud cries of "Vive le Roi," and shortly
afterwards left the Chambers, returning to the palace
by the Rue Ducale. The troops then defiled before
the King in front of the palace. Although the
weather was unfavourable, an immense number of
persons witnessed his Majesty's arrival and departure.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1847.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 3!6
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 105
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 120
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 281
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 40
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... 85

Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ... ---
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. „, 13
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles „, 11
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ~, 3
Old Age, or Natural Decay ... .„, , 42
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 8
Causes not specified ... 1

STARTLING PROPOSAL OF
MESSRS. JONES LOYD AND CO.
" Our Manchester correspondent," says the Liver-
pool Courier of yesterday, " writing last evening,
says, ' Since this day week we have had several very
considerable failures—two of which will, it is pretty
certain, turn out to be merely suspensions, viz.,
Messrs. Marsland and Veltman, and that of Messrs.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...
••• 1,052

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. In the
1841. West Districts... 301,326 Five Autumns. Week. .
. 146 ••• 151
North Districts.. 376,396
... 184 ••• 207
Central Districts 374,759 ... 196 ••• 189 East Districts ... 393,247
232 ... 221
South Districts .. 502,483 •.. 288 ••• 284
-------

Hargreaves. Mr. Marsland was one of the M.P.'s for
Stockport during the last session, and the stoppage has
done little more than cause surprise and regret, as no
one seems to dream of any loss by the circumstance.
He is supposed to possess large freehold property,
and to have been very prudent in his expenditure,
and these combined make it difficult to account for
the present position of the firm. The Messrs. Har•
greaves are extensively engaged in the China trade,
and are said to be in possession of large stocks of
silks and teas, but which they found it impossible to
convert into cash. Mr. David Ainsworth's creditors
are to meet on Thursday next, and the meeting is
looked to with much interest both by the public and
the creditors.

T0ta15........ 1,948,211 ... 1,046 ... 1,052
Males .••
dr• • -

Females

••• •.• 529
••• ... 523

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ... ... ...

••• ••• ... 682
Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 654

Total

-. -.1,336

THE ROBBERY AND MURDER OF MR. BELL-
CHAMBERS.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford resumed, for the
third time, at the Grosvenor Arms, the inquiry touching
the death of Mr. John Belichambers, who was robbed
and ill-used on the night of the 11th ult. The case
having been stated by Inspector Taylor to be still in the
hands of the police, the coroner again adjourned the in-
quiry to await the result of the magisterial investigation.
Some fresh parties have been taken into custody and re-
manded to this day week.
SEASONABLE MOYEMENTS.—The fog arrived in
town for the season on the 2d of November, and was re-
ceived with the usual lormaliaties. Several boys with
torches were in attendance, holding in their hands those
links of civilization which unite the dark ages with our
own time. Omnibus rivalry was for a time buried in
oblivion, or at least in a fog, and
" Many a cab was made to bump unseen,
And waste its fleetness on an awkward post."
All nature, in fact, seemed to have distributed over the
metropolis one tremendous ticket for soup, with which,
in the shape of the densest atmospheric fluid, London
and the suburbs were indiscriminately served out. We
will not say we hope we shall never look upon its like
again, for it cannot be the like of the late fog, if we are
enabled to look upon it at all.—Punch
A body of police, upwards of a thousand strong,
has been despatched via the North-Western line, to the
scene of the stoppages of the great railway works.

"' The town has been all but electrified by the cir-
cular of Messrs. Jones Loyd, and Co., signifying
their intention, at the expiration of the present year,
to c2nduct their extensive operations on a totally
different footing from that on which they have been
conducted for the last sixty years. It will in future
be simply a bank of deposits and discount. Of course
no advances will be made, as has hitherto been the
case, and on a most extensive scale; though with
prudence,
as events have shown during so lengthened
a period.
"'All parties, therefore, who stood indebted to them
have been required to liquidate the debts due to the
Bank, and this, if peremptorily enforced, cannot fail
to lead to the most serious inconvenience, if not to
more serious results.,

COWES, NOV. 81--LAUNCH OF THE BRILLIANT.—
A splendid brig of 372 tons was launched this day, at
half-past twelve o'clock, from Mr. Joseph White's yard,
intended for a packet to Madeira. She had her masts
slipped, topmasts an end, and yards across, and was taken
in to the Thetis Dock the same tide. She has 50 cabin
berths.

OPENING OF THE BELGIAN ! MAGAZINES, scC: (CONTINUED).
CHAMBERS.

COLRUI?N'S UNITED SERVICE.
Tie first paper in the present number, "Military
Education in France," is compiled from official docu-
rnents furnished by the French Minister of War. It
proposes to give a sketch of the history of each of the
military schools in France, showing the most impor-
tant modifications in its organization, its gradual de-
velopment, the conditions of admission, and requisite
formalities to be performed, together with the studies,
the manner of living, the future prospects of the pu-
pils, the discipline exercised, and the modes of punish-
ment in use in the different establishments. It must
be remembered that in France a very different sys-
tem is in force both with respect to the recruiting, and
providing officers for the army, from that which pre-
vails in thie country. Every young man is subject
to be called on to give his services to his country, or
to provide a substitute, who shall be approved of and
accepted in his place. Few, however, of the wealthier
clas-es are willing to enter the ranks as private
soldiers, although a fair prospect exists for the well-
disposed and meritorious of obtaining promotion to a
higher station. In France the ridiculous custom of
acquiring military rank by purchase does not exist;
every officer must, therefore, either work his way up
from the ranks, or undergo an education suited to,
and which will properly qualify him for, the position
he is about to fill. For that purpose various schools
have been established throughout the kingdom.
That of St. Cyr is described in the present
number. "The Cruise in the West Indies, with some
account of a Slave Captain " is continued from the
September number. We left Guiseppe on board the
Culloden, with Lord Nelson's squadron; on his return
to England he is transferred to the Barfleur. After
some time his feelings are excited by hearing a Vene-
tian air, and meeting a countryman in the master of
the band on board the Ville de Paris ; some time
afterwards he succeeds in escaping from the Barfieur
by swimming ashore. He gets a place on board a
vessel trading to Guinea for slaves, it being previous
to the period when the labours of Wilberforce and
his philanthropical associates had led to the abolition
of that abominable and inhuman traffic. He is, how-
ever, pressed to serve in an English frigate, from
which he again speedily deserted, and obtained a
situation in another slaver, in which he made many
voyages, and finally became a slave captain, in which
capacity he realised a considerable fortune. The
third chapter of "Recollections of Waterloo" details
the proceedings from the evening of the triumph and
on the following days. Mr. Curling, in his con-
tinuation of the " Siege of Oldcourt House," ablyrol-
lows up the promise of his first chapter. The Round-
head troops have been marched to the attack, but are
benighted, and compelled to bivouac in the woodland
surrounding the old hall. A daring reconnoitre by
the young Falconer disturbs them, and he con-
trives to lead them in pursuit of him away
from their path, so as to gain greater time for
his friends in the hall. There are many other highly
interesting narratives, to which, if time permitted,
we would gladly allude with greater particularity;
for the present, we must be contented to say, that
" Recollections of the Early Life of a Sailor," " The
Ruse de Guerre," "The Fusilier, or Bygones of a
Bearskin," " Scenes in the Life of a Foreign Medi-
cal Officer," "Shots from an Old Sixpounder,"
okrbe"ard's Island," are all
"A Leaf or Two
‘f‘roOmriagninOalld: g, ando "Blackboard's
well worthy of perusal, and that the reader must be
Anecdoteso f Nelson," se
fastidious, indeed, who will not derive amusement
therefrom. The remaining articles are of a different
character. From the reasoning of the writer of
" Crime and its Prevention" We dissent Colo cal),
and we must express our unqualified disapprobation
of the sanguinary measures which he recommends to
Government for adoption. He would fain re-estab-
lish the Draconic severity of the criminal code, and
corporal and capital punishments would be rigidly
enforced, the triangles and the gallows would again
be crowded with victims. After a certain number of
convictions for the secondary offences, such
as theft, robbery, breach of trust, embezzle-
ment, forgery, mutiny, desertion, arson, &c.,
he would punish with stern, unshrinking, unmitigable
rigour, by shooting or hanging. The writer seems
to forget the utter uselessness of the examples
afforded by the hecatombs of human victims who
were annually sacrificed in former days, and to ima-
gine that the course which was then so unavailing
would now prove more effectual. God grant that we
may never see many of our legislators actuated by a
similar spirit, or willing to contemplate with such
calmness " the extra consumption of bones and
sinews" which would at first be occasioned, and which,
"in the army, might excite momentary regret !" Of
course, that in the mind of so stern a philosopher
could only be on account of the expenditure of so '
much material, and not for the sufferings of our erring
brethren, who, "as they would be only the wicked and
vicious, we would have no reason to regret." " Naval
Improvements in the Nineteenth Century" contains
much useful information; the present number chiefly,
relates to the new element of power that has been in-
troduced into the service—our steam armament. On
the whole, the number is an excellent one, fully
maintaining the former reputation of Colburn's
United Service Magazine.