The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1840.

reason, and that the agitators will swallow their own
spittle and be choked." Though there is now no chance
of the Syrian question becoming a cases belli, yet, from
the aggressive sentiments expressed and applauded too
by many in the Chamber of Deputies, it is desirable
that no means should be left untried to convince the
war party in France, if they be not altogether insen-
sible to conviction, that their country, whatever might
be the result of an European struggle, must be sure to
suffer, in common with others, the losses and horrors in-
separable from war, under the most favourable contin.;
gencies. It is a game at which all parties must lose,
for it is not territorial aggrandisement, or the subjection
of other nations to the sword, that ca❑ ever compensate
for the sacrifice of blood and treasure, and the interrup-
tion to the progress of the arts of peace, by which war
must achieve its triumphs.
" Peace bath its triumphs as war bath - ;"
but we cannot concur with the poet in the opinion,
that " both alike are glorious," or at least if both be
glorious, their glories are far different both in character
and degree. Which of the European nations, for
instance, have gained by wars incidental to the French
revolution ? What has been the result to Great Bri-
tain, the party successful in the struggle? What but
an amount of debt which nothing but her incalculable
commercial resources could ever have enabled her to
maintain, and which has since rested with most per-
nicious effect on all her commercial efforts. It
is folly to expect that territorial aggrandisement
by the sword will afford an equivalent for the in-
terruption of commercial relations. States held
in subjection by arms must ultimately prove a sub-
ject of less rather than of gain to those attempting
to pursue a policy of aggression. It is only as a mea-
sure of defence that an aggressive policy can be regard-
ed either as just or judicious. A State held by commer-
cial ties, no matter whether in a dependent or independ-
ent relation, must prove of mutual advantage ; while
one held by military domination must, on the contrary,
be a continual source of mutual loss. Great Britain
has exp.2rienc..tl the truth of both these positions, more,
perhaps, than any other nation, and in no instance more
remarkable than in that of her North American colo-
nies, which have proved infinitely more advantageous to
the parent state since they established their independ-
ence, than when held subject to military despotism. This
is a lesson teaching a most instructive moral to all
nations, and one which we trust even France will ob-
serve, however some brigand factionists may goad her to
its violation.

( From the Morning Post.)
It is very seldom that one finds anything funny in the
Morning Chronicle, but there is an article in the last
number of that journal on the Carlow election, which,
in spite of its assumed gravity, is eminently facetious.
It begins with the solemn assertion that the Carlow elec-
tion was lost through the absence of all agitation. This
is admirable. Absence of agitation at an Irish con-
tested election ! Gentle, peecdable Father Maher,
hear how the chosen seat of your labours is spoken of
in London ! This sally is copied from the fun of that
most facetious rogue Falstaff.; who declared that he was
hoarse through the singing of anthems! But the Car-
iow election was not " lost "at all. It was the very
reverse. It has afforded a most useful lesson to the
whole country. Not, as this wag would have us be-
lieve, because there was no agitation, but because the
agitation was frustrated by a better understanding In-
tween landlord and tenant than has for some time past
existed in Carlow. To return, however, to the fun of
the article in questioni. The writer affects to lament
that every Carlow vote; vas not " excited " into voting
against Colonel Bruen, though the consequence would
have been that " his and children would be house-
less and dying of want in. a diph." After this very
affectionate and people-loving lamentation he breaks
into the following jocose strain of prose and rhyme :
" Th?, Vice stupid is a hard one. But the Whigs have
~r-cn peen stylucimprecticable. Satisfied with the ho-
d4.4glottheirfintiftions, they are but top apt to forget that
success depends on a correspondence between the end and
means. Now something mere than mere honesty of inten-
tion is necessary. When the concurrence of the people is
requisite to enable men to give effect to their inten-
tier,s, the means necessary to obtain that concurrence
ought to be adopted. The adage says—
' Cats would fain fish eat,
Bat do not like to wet their feet.'"

Dear disinterested Whip. Yes, truly, they are
" satisfied with tiie honesty of their intentions," and
therefore do not trouble themselves about appearances
which 6trangely enough indicate soyeiling very difFe-
-rent. 13,1rhap3 it is to show how it* satisfies them
th.it the Whigs are "satisfied withilie'honesty of their
intention." What was it made them give up the." ap-
propriation clause" for Ireland ?

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SA PtiP.DAY.
(Fr.an the Globe.)
The organs of the " great national party," who pro,
scribe a third of the nation, find that the principle of
expelling the PapistS from Ireland has been laid down
rather too broadly, and they now try to back out
by treat:pl.!: the question as one of good husbandry
only. Ti: Post asks—" Da our Liberal Con-
temporaries mean to allege that when a landlord
wishes to substitute good tenants for bad tenants,
and has the opportunity, Ise must reject the good
tenants ii they happen to be Protestants ?" We
do not think that az:y Liberal is likely to make
such an allegation, and whenever it is shown that all
Protestants arc good and all Papists bad farmers, we
will consent to empower the landlords to administer the
oaths of abjuration and supremacy to every tenant before
he puts his plough into the soil. Had the Orangemen
at their public dinners dectaimed against- bad farming,
and deprecated the practice of letting land at nominal
rents and keeping the tenant poor and in debt, we should
have expressed our hearty approbation ; but the Tory
press would have left such speeches unpraised, or have
given them the same notice that they would to a remark
on under-draining, or the comparative merits of long:
horns and Alderneys. Sir Arthur Brooke is a witness
that Roman Catholics may be good tenants. We ob-
jected to the principle as originally laid down by the
standard, and we still object to allow rural economy to
be made a cloak for religious intolerance. The Times
tells us that " the baffled destructives are so blinded
with their olvn rage that they are wholly unable to com-
prehend why the Conservative candidate for the county
of Carlow should have been the popular one." It
is not easy to say what the Times means by " popu-
lar candidate," but if the reports given in all the
papers be correct,, the way in which Colonel Bruen was
received on the day of nomination was not that which
is usually treated as evidence of popularity in England. i
(From the Standard.)
The restoration of the remains of Napoleon seems
to excite in Paris a ferment of which no other part of
France affords any symptom. In the metropolis this rage
takes the form of resentment against England. The
Courrier Francais says that the funeral of Napoleon will
be " a Protestation against England—a cry of ven-
geance echoed by a million of spectators." By why
against England? What part has England acted in
the history of Napoleon, after heating him at Waterloo
in a fair fight ?—and we suppose Frenchmen are too
generous and high-minded to remember that resent-
fully. Why, when Napoleon fled from that capital
penalty which his invasion justly incurred under that
same law under which he had unjustly put to death the
Duke d'Enghien and'others, England afforded an asy-
lum to the vanquished man of blood, and was at the
expense of maintaining him (a cost 'of 12,0001. a
year, besides much annoyance) during six years. In
sparing the life of the fugitive, England acted upon
the suggestion of her own humanity, and in maintain-
ing him splendidly, upon the dictate of her own
generosity ; but in keeping him a prisoner she
acted upon the request of France, and for the
sake of the peace of France ; yes, of that same
France which condemns up to this moment the whole
Napoleon race to exile, and holds Prince Louis
safely shut up in the fortress of Ham. Whc
the French people reclaimed the ashes of Napoleon,
their request was complied with in the most respectful
manner, amid a great deal of cant, the hollowness of
which those who did not see at the time must sea now ;
and there the history ends. Where, then, is the
ground of protestations against England and vengeance
upon England ? Napoleon was our enemy, and a
Litter one--we beat him, pardoned him, and placed
him in Elba, on condition that he should not molest the
tranquillity of France. He broke the condition, and
for the sake of France, which he invaded, we beat him
again ; but still generous and merciful, we snatched him
from the avenger of blood, and took the trouble to be
his keeper, restoring his ashes upon the very first re-
quest. Let not Frenchmen, then, quarrel with us for
their own acts.

(From the Courier.)
Freethinking education systems act practically, as •
we showed yesterday, more as nurseries for the exten-
sion of crime than the encouragement of virtue ; and
exactly in proporticm as the co-operation of :eligious
culture is disclaimed as an active agent therein, so is
that reverence weakened for law and order which knits
society together, and is indeed the cohering principle
by which it is maintained in its duly-balanced centre of
gravity. Utilitarian theories, by which morality is
to be inculcated and enfcrced solely as a matter of cool
calculation in the .slape of eventual scilinterest, can
never strike deep into the heart, or produce those
convictions which, stronger than all human laws, restrain
men from the commission of crime, and chain up by an
internal agency, of
whiJi the workings, though invi-
ible, are not unaccountable, the will impulses of will
and passion in which crime, ever in its cnnimeneing ca-
reer, originates. Belief in the great truth of a Power—
a tribunal of la:;t, resort—of higher and other origin
than human laws—and human schemes, presumptuous
proportionally with the shallowness of intellect by which
engendered, can alone bethe corner-stone on which to
build up education, and to construct and perpetuate a
social systemwhich shall contain the vital innate prin-
ciple of fear and reverence, which alone imparts to laws
and institutions the character of stability, and imbues
the people with leiabcirotspolifif
(3cabeictillutlhce a
bctsltietne of obedience.
.n.These
truths are sadly x
tneuthshire and of the coal and iron mining districts of
South Wales at this moment. I'M2 heartless doct:ines
of a low Uuitariadsm it is well known prevail there to

an alarming extent, and the inherent vice of their de.
structiveness is shown in the rooted hatred of the uu-
happyi people towards all the classes above them in the
Material and social scale. Frost indeed pretended that
no invasion of the rights of property was contemplated
by the insurrection which found its term as its outbreak
at Newport, but there is neither• Magistrate nor man in
those regions, with oppoytunities of information as to
the direction of popular opinion, who is not satisfied to
the contrary upon the most conclusive of all evidence—
that is, the familiar tali of the common people among
themselves.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEL.A'S BENCH, DEC. P.

TALBUTT V. MEGGY AND OTKERs.

This was an action brought against the proprietors of

the Chelmsford Chronicle newspaper, for a libel upon
Edward Talbutt, a clerk in the employment of the East-
ern Counties Railway Company.
Sir F. POLLOCK stated the case. It was an action
for a libel published in the Chelmsford Chronicle of the
7th of February last. The article, which came from a cor
respondent, stated that a respectable female called a-
the Romford station of the Eastern Counties Railway
on the evening of the 25th ult. (January), and asked
for a third class ticket to Ilford. She tendered a half-
crown, and received a shilling and a second class ticket.
On pointing out the mistake, the clerk gave her a third
class ticket and 3d. more, end, after having taken her
seat, a policeman came and asked for sixpence more. She
refused, saying she had already paid threepence too
Much. She was then asked to go to the office
to the clerk, but refused, and in the meantime
the train started. The Learned Counsel observed
that there was no member of the bar who more highly
valued the extreme importance of the public press in its
influence over general and public subjects. Next to the
valued institution of trial by jury he estimated the salu-
tary poll er and control of the public press, but he ut-
terly denied that in the present case there was any
ground for its interference iu the manner in which the
defendants had thought proper to refer to it. The
Directors called upon the plaintiff to vindicate himself',
and having no other means of doing so, and rescuing
himself from impending infamy and ruin, he we's com-
pelled to bring the present action. The defendant
had pleaded a justification, that the statement in the
paper was substantially true. He knew not what ac-
count the young woman would give of the matter, but
if there had been any overcharge or impropriety of con-
duct, she had merely to state it on her arrival at the
next station, and it would have been entered in the
complaint book, and immediately investigated. The
plaintiff sought not to recover damages of large amount,
all he wanted was the vindication of his character from
the dishonest imputation that had been cast upon him,
and left the case with cofidence in their hands.
The publication having been proved,
Mr. Nathaniel Davis proved that the plaintiff was
the only clerk at the Romford station on the night of
the 25th of January last. He could not be absent
from tha station without witness's knowledge. Mr.
Talbutt is still in the employment of the Company, and
stationed at Romford. .
Mr. THESIGEa then addressed the Jury for the de-
fendants. His Learned Friend had lilinitted that the
paper had always been most respectably conducted, and
that was merely the truth. He had also said that if
there was only some slight acknowledgment of error oe
the part of the defendants, that he would be satisfied--
marching out with all the honours of war. The plain-
tiff had rashly dared to call upon the defendants to
justify their statement, and he believed they would be
able to do so moat fully and satisfactorily. Consider-
ing the situation in which the proprietors of these 'E-
-1
way Companies stood with regard to ~ filbi% e
believed it was essential that the ' shout aL e
the most vigilant' and jealous sere Mil sir
conduct. In that the public was mos deeply
interested, inasmuch as . parties had now
almest a monopoly of t
.i 4 .of e traffic of the
cor :try. The person wh; ;7 . . . a case in quei.tion
bcea, through inadvertence ..-I'':e nedly, imposed upon,
was a poor girl, who ha. the means of obtaining
redress, and that furnished a. iuditional ground for the
interference of the public press. The Directors having
applied to the newspaper, the fullest information as to
the party making the communication was furnished to
them. Oa the 7th of March a paragraph appeared in the
same paper stating that they had refused to pahlish the
article of the 7th of February until they had ascertained
the name of the party by whom the communication had
been made ; that they had since received a lett, r from
the solicitor of the Company, stating that the Manager
had instituted a strict inquiry into the matter, the result
of which was that the charge was altogether unfounded.
Nova no name having been mentioned in the original
article, the only party who could ba aware that Mr.
Taibutt was the party referred to were the Directo:s ;
they had investigated the matter, pronounced him
blameless, anti, as it appeared, had not lost their confi-
dence in him, as he was still in their employment.
There was no ground, 'therefore, for saying that he had
sustained any darnaee avhatrver, and under these cir-
cumstances he tansted,Alie Jury would find a verdict for
the defendants. - -
Mary Anne Werren.—Ll was a servant in Mr. Pol-
ly's employment in January last. I went to the Rom-
ford station at seven o'clock in the evening. I went to
the station, and saw a dark, and asked for a third
class ticket to Ilford. I gave him a half-crown, and
he returned me a shilling and a ticket. I returned it,
saying he had made a mistake, He then gave me a
third class ticket and threepence more. I went to the
train and got in. After being there some time a , po-
liceman came and said
.the clerk sent him for sixpence
more. I said if he wanted sixpence more he must
come to me—l had paid threepence too much already.
The policeman asked me to go to the office, and a gen-
tleman said I should not go, let the clerk come to
her. The train started as the policeman was return-
ing. On Sunday (the following morning) I made a
complaint at the office, and told my mistress on my re-
turn on Tuesday.
Cross-examined.—lt is eight miles from my mistress's
house to the station at Ilford. I walked there. I re-
turned the first ticket, because I knew by the change
he had madeamxisetankcee more.
mistake. policeman did not say
why he wanted
sixpence
The reason I did not
ask for the threepence, overcharged, was that I was
almost too late for the train, and I was in a great burry.
Mrs. Mary Polly corroborated the evidence of the
last witness. It was she who had addressed the letter
to the defendants detailing the circumstances.
Lord DENMAN could not help thinking that they
were losing a good deal cif time. He did not see how
the plaintiff's character ccel'd suffer front the statement.
Sir F. POLLOCK had no objection to any course the
Court would point out.
Mr. TIIESIGER said they were nearly at the end of
the case.
Lord DENMAN—I don't think you are. On the
other hand, one can hardly say that a newspaper would
not insert such a communication when it was ascertained
to come from a respectable source ; and then, when
the manager contradicts the report, and requests the
newspaper
asked
i ia
cation, it is hardly fair to bring an action against the
newspaper.
After some discussion between the Learned Counsel,
the case proceeded.
of the policemen on duty at the Romford
T
station deposed that he had no recollection of having
se
money
netdo so, and that it inserts that communi-
cation,
from Mary Anne Warren on the night of
the 25th of January.
e two guards of the seven o'clock train deposed
that they had not asked for any money on the same
occasion.
4hueorsai.
en 1
A , Jury e, er and Sir Frederick Pollock severally re-
plied upon the evidence.
rAlrhre.
T returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages

OW WITH A WOODEN LEG.—About
five months ago, a cow
very heavy in calf, the property of
Mr. F. Kearscy, dairyman, Cheltenham, was galloping
down a hill near l3ednal Wood, when she broke the mas-
ter sinew of her
of Lockhampton, being called in to attend her, amputated
near fore-leg. Mr. J. Ballinger, farrier,
the foot at the fetlock, and supplied a wooden one. About
a month after the first aeciden't, her foot caught in the
ground; and her leg was broken short off at the knee. Mr.
Ballinger then supplied her with a wooden leg. She has
since calved,
and has continued to give milk up to the pre-
sent time. She is now kept in a stable near Mr. Kearsey's
house in Cheltenham.

General HarrlsOn has been elected President of
the United Staten by a yer__yarge majority over Mr. Van
Buren. The Morning Herald states that the latter was
of Great the deadly enemy Britain." Such, however,
was not the opinion of cur diplomatists, who may be pre-
sumed to snow something of the matter. By them he
was considered a friend to peace. The new President is a
plain old soldier, of no particular note, who, living quietly
on his farm in Ohio, was chosen by his party as the man
most likely to concentrate the greatest amount of support.
His popularity is mainly
of a negative character ; he never
having committed himself upon several of the question; of
domestic interest that divide the Union. Backed, as he
has been, by the. capitalists and mercantile classes, the pry.
hey of General Harrison's administration may 63 expected
to be decidedly favourahie to commerce and Public credit.
As the inhabitant of a Western State, his Pro.Tariffpredi-
lection cannot be stroog. Let us hope that oar Government
will take advantaqe of his Presidency by proposing new
commercial relations with the United States, which
shall contemplate a fair and free exchange of British
rnaLufactures for American corn. The exicao Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs has published a docu-
ment recommending his countrymen to adopt a monar-
chial firm of government, Unless it be an absolute
monArellY—which is rather difficult to maintain in an
impoverished country, containing a heterogeneous popu-
lation—we apprehend that the Kingly' sytt:ip will prove
as decided a failure as the Republican. It is, however,
hardly possible that any ciiange can be for the worse.
In the estimation of the people of Texas, Mexico is as
ill adapted to be a Republic as noisy and unrcisoning
Ci,e.rtistz are tor the exercise of the suffrage. t:e trz!e
of bas never tdcon firm root in America, un;ess
when planted by men of British blood, and free institu-
tioos will not prosper in Mexico unless they are intro.-
on the advancing tide of Aoglo-Aii.e;iu.n
zati,;al,—lltlll Advertiser.

POLICE EN 917,.tiLl.GrEZ.';. CE.

4 MANSION-HOUSI3,
Wallace and. Stott were again brought up for exami-
nation, on Saturday, on the charge of having been con-
cerned with others in the destruction of the ship Dryad,
, which was insured fora considerable amount at several

offices. Sir Peter Laurie presided.
Mr. Clarkson stated, for the prosecution, that since
he and his Learn: ?' nd (Mr. Bodkin) had appeared
before Sir Pete • in this important case, some
4
important in J.l d reached them connected with
the transacts --.. .- tated, from which it appeared
to them that ,:ii,
•.- • • Id the charge of felony be
substantiated l'-:i
.4,7 prisoners, but that other per-
sons would be i• "N. -- • the guilt.
Sir P. LAUR ' the captain of the Dryad known
to be dead ?
Mr. Clarkson said it was believed that Captain Looze
was dead ; but his observations referred to other indivi-
duals. It appeared that the brother of the prisoner
Wallace had, on the night of or after the first examina-
tion of that individual, suddenly:dismissed his servant,
and decamped with what he could readily remove from

his house, leaving the door open.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Was that brother implicated ?
Mr. Clarkson said that there was no doubt of that fact,
and he had alluded to the person in his statement as far
as he considered himself warranted in alluding to one

whom the police were, at the instance of the prosecutors,
making every effort to apprehend. Wallace's b rother
appeared as part owner of the vessel, and his sudden dis-
appearance was of itself, at such a time and under such
circumstances, presumptive evidence to them that he
was concerned in the matters with which the prisoner
stood accused. The policeman, upon finding the door
open, entered and found the house empty, and at pre-

sent was in possession.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I saw the name of the person
you allude to in the bankrupt list this morning.—Mr.
Clarkson stated,that the prosecutors had sent to all the
out-ports messengers with instructions, and they trusted
that their object would be completely accomplished.
They bad succeeded in tracing out one of the seamen,
who had been on board when the vessel was lost, but it
would be impossible to produce that.important witness
at present. It would be therefore necessary to have
the case postponed until the 4th of January, as the sea-
man was in another country, and the prosecutors would
have to obtain the assistance of the Government to
enable them to bring him forward with all possible ex-
pedition. He trusted that in this stage of the proceed-
ings Sir Peter Laurie would not require him to disclose
the place in which the seaman was.
Sir P. LAURIE said, that there had been produced on
the last day of examination evidence enough to induce
him to remand the prisoners ; indeed, it appeared to him
that there was quite enough proved to justify him in
committing them for trial. He had considered all the
points of the evidence, and he thought them very strong.
He was willin wever, to hear any objections which
might he t n Y- s Learned Friend (Mr. Phillips.)
Mr. Cla son saidlhat the seaman's wile had been
applied to, sd such intognation obtained as would en-
able them tee'ing forwiresi the witness probably in the
time for the quint to which application was
male to the Magistrate.
Mr. C. Phillips said that he appeared to request that
Sir Peter Laurie would take bail for Wallace. Per-
haps it might turn out that, notwithstanding all that
had been said, Sir Peter Laurie might think it neces-
sary to discharge the prisoners.
Mr. Chambers submitted that his client, Stott, had
merely acted as a broker in the affair, in which charac-
ter he had efleeted the insurances. There was nothing
in the evidence impricating him in the charge, and he
was ready to give bail of the most undeniable respecta-
biiity.
Sir I'. LeuniAald there was no new fact stated_ ss
Mr. Chambers to show that bail ought to be taken.fdit
Stott. Mr. Hohler, jun., that. prisoner's soricitorehed
already pressed the point urged by the Learned Conn::
soh He (Sir P. Laurie) did not think that the Govern-
ment would be likely to render any assistance as to
bringing witnesses-from other countries.
Mr. Clarkson said that the Government had been..
memorialised on the subject, and no doubt was enter-
tained on the matter.
Mr. C. Phillips stated that the fact appeared to be
that the seaman alluded to was on board a man-of-war,
and that Governmeut had been applied to on the sub-
ject of enabling the prosecutors to bring bins forward,
and there could he no doubt as to their willinguess to
render every facility.
Mr. Clarkson said that it was net his intention to
say where this man was, or anything more about him
than that he would probably soon appear. He should,
however, give intimation that everything should be
done to prevent tampering With wisnesses. Au attempt
had already been ra ?Ale us regarded one of those who had
been examined, and he cautioned those who heard him
how they repeated any attempt of the kind.
Mr. Chambers agein applied to Sir Peter Laurie to
discharge Stott.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that it was quite impossi-
ble that he could take bail in a case of so heavy a na-
ture. He could not conceive any offence more serious
than that with which the prisoners were charged.
Stott—l consider, Sir, that lam most cruelly used.
There are other brokers in the same situation with re-
gard to the vessel, and they are at large, and about
their business, while lam imprisoned. It is really most
cruel treatment. I have hare some of the most respec-
table men ready to bail me, and you refuse.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that the prosecutors ought
not to show favour to any, but proceed against all con-
cerned.
Mr. Clarkson said that the prosecutors did not re-
quire any suggestion on the subject from the prisoner.
They were perfectly aware of the nature of the transac-
tions and all the parties implicated.
Stott—l feel, Sir, that lam most cruelly and un-
justly treated.
The prisoners were then remanded till the 4th of Ja-
nuary.
The case, which has made more noise in the City
than any accusation which has been brought forward
for many years, gathered an immense crowd in the jus-
tice-room and adjoining halls.
John Jennings, 'Valiant Quinlan, William Thornhill,
and David Bowen, were brought up for final examina-
tion, charged with having robbed Mr. Goss, ship-
chandler, is the Minories, of a hogshead of brandy, and
a quantity of tea.
Mr. Goss stated that Quinlan and Jennings were in
his service, and the other two prisoners were in the ser-
vice of other merchants. He discovered that Jennings,
jointly with Thornhill, had robbed him of a hogshead of
brandy some time in October, and shipped it on board
the James, Captain Snell, for Barbadoes. It had been
in bond in the London Docks in witness's name, and
Jennings nod Thornhill signed a bond for exporl,ation,
with false addresses. Witness knew nothing at all
about it ; Jennings had written it off in the bonded
book, witness believed with Quinlan's knowledge. Va-
rious papers connected with the delivery were produced,
which Mr. Goss stated had been filled up by Jennings.
Mr. Montefioreeof Leadenhallestrect, prodoeed a bill
of lading for a hogshead of brandy, purporting to be
shipped by Thornhill. Thornhill had. asked him if he
would allow it to be shipped, to his house at Barbadoes ;
and stated to him that if he would consent it would put
something in his way. Witness said that it was not
usual with him to do anything of the kind, but as he
knew Thornhill by doing business for the house in which
that person was engaged, he would consent. He then
lent Thornhill Si. on the bill of lading.
Mr. Goss stated that there was no entry of the
transaction in his books. In Quinlan's pocket-book
was found the bill of parcels in that person's handwriting,
and in witness's book were found false entries, in Jen-
nings's handwriting, accounting for the same.
With respect to the tea robbery Mr. Goss stated,
that he, found three canisters of tea had been taken
from his bonded stock, and shipped on board the same
ship. Witness had no orders to ship stores for that
vessel. The orders for the delivery, &c,, of the tea
were given in and had been filled up by Jennings, and
a paper containing an account of the stores furnished by
Quinlan to the ship James, was tilso produced. It re-
ferred to the tea belonging to the prosecutor and in
bond. The paper was in the handwriting of Quinlan.
Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, and Mr. Hobler, jun.,
attorney for the prosecutors, stated,' that Jennings had
, explained the whole of the transactions which laid open
this nefarious system of plunder, in which all the prise-
' ncrs were concerned, and they were desirous to receive
him as an evidence for the prosecution.—Mr. Clarkson,
for Thornhill, and Mr. C. Phillips, for Bowen, objec-
ted to the proposition to receive as Queen's evidence
the testimony of the person who appeared to be the
most guilty of all. Mr. nobler, then said that Jennings
was the youngest of all the prisoners, and was led into
the iniquity by the others.
The Loan MAYOR said he could not think of letting
' Jennings escape, but he should discharge Bowen, against
whom no evidence whatever had been produced.
Jennings, Quinlan, and Thornhill, were then commit-
ted for trial.