The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-11 00:00:00

_EVENING EDITION.

constitutedthe
authorities of the. country, and to lay hands
Ironthe property of others. • Mr. O'Connor had talked
11, the libp,rty of the press. God forbid that it should
Trbe encroached upon, but he thought that some limits
mould be tnade pith respect to such speeches es had been
Ire by alle O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor had also talked
the character of journalists. He agreed with him
tatll they were held in estimation, but in the speeches of
esr. O'Connor all order was discouraged. Mr. O'Connor
radstated that he had published nothing but that which was
itlindsble and justifiable. Now, in older to show bow far
of hwias so, he would draw their Lordships' attention to some
Passages which Mr. O'Connor had considered so
tCs. ewerthtn That gentleman had been going through
country turtre in every direction for the purpose of promotpromoting
th
:it he considered to be a just cause. Mr. O'Connor et
.. trial had not said that there was anything inaccurate
4.111 e report, and Mr. Chilton, who reported it, did not
shlt tnat it was so, but that it was not a verbatim account.
Mr. O'Connor was not now prosecuted for delivering a
°Otte la hut for publishing it hi the Northern Star.
It
„tras difficult to say what Mr. O'Connor meant by physe-
-1:, force; he spoke of a strong pourttait of moral force,
Rich he (the Attorni t-Generl) was obliged to suppose
leant nothing less that, physical force. In. thu news-
ril:Per of the 130'July they
of
O'Connor a
at Rochdale, and it was for their Lord-
selTs 10 say whether or net it sustained the infor.mation--
""ether it was not published with a view to excite insur-
rection in the minds of the people against the Crown. In
that speech he said, " When physical force was brought,gainst the people it would be their duty to give it a warm
s-
'eeeptiore" Was not that direct incitement to the peo-
ie to resist the lawful authority—to take up arms to re.
i)jl
list the lawful constituted authorities of the country ?
e continued—" we have very little to fear from
lirope, the spy, or the traitor ; it can only
our own folly that can betray us." Mr.
O'Connor had boasted that it was on accoent of his
elertisns that the sacred month was not carried into eff et
throu..
ehout the land. Even admitting that such was the
-.liet what teas the motive? In the same speech he said
that the sacred month would be a uselces waste of time, it
Isuld e
to not produce the result he wished, aiel he went on
recommenda different course. eithich Would be more
tergent--more conclusive, than the sacred month. He had
aught forward many eitidavits, ut art, rto slu tthe
• ch„kuti many occasions express, d laudable sentiments-1w
there were lauelsble sentenents uttered but y
*ere
ere uttered in conjunetien eith ttooe of a v•l't
opposite
character. They had a speeinisn of
at in the speech meee by Mr. O'Coenor, and
reported
in his paper of the 13th July ; in that
ee said o Our only object is to obtain- a fair
say'ssc stages forra 44 day's stork ;" that was a laudabie
tltiment glutwas immediately felioweet by;that which
14,, highly
tiph`!ghly censurable: he went on to say th.,:o' the land of
light belonged to the people who, by their labeur, cultivated
right
had a ight to the produce it yielded, and no man had
to more than his fair share of the soil, which,upon
irony principle of justice, belonged to the whole inheb.t
than}
of the country. Such language, toed to people
tceY of whom were in a state of starvation—telling them
laudable the had a claim to the land—entirely destroyed the
character of the preceding, sentence. Such was
thattb Mr. O'Connor called asking only for a fair day's
tcgcs for a fair day's work 1 In the same paper appeared
hee report of a speech made by Mr. Taylor, in which
cit recommended every man to have a finch of bacoe
thone aide of the fire-place, and a musket on the other ;
eYs,thould have the musket to take care of the bacon—
r.ai O'Connor said he had never published anything
imrding to lead the people into insurrection. Let their
dships look to the manner in which the Northern Star
till conducted. Mr. O'Connor makes a violently sedi-
-1:12 speecch,—that is given to the world by
fors newspaper, which is also made the vehicle
en ewaveying the speeches of others that were also seciiti-
ep'' The system appeared to be to collect all the seditious
iv_eereses that were to be found, and publish them in the
4t;' there Star, which, according to the boast of Mr.
Connor} circulated to the number of 37,000. In the same
:1713„hr also was an extract, or a report of a meeting held
'ewcastle, in which appeared a resolution to the effect
that in ease the Government should proceed in dispersing
the
Ng meetings of the people by physical force, the men of
tti4,"2Btie, puffin, their trust in God, and resting upon
cos' rights and the' Constitution, had determined to meet
tent force by constitutional resistance ; and it
recommended
on to give a speech of a Mr.. Ager, who
r'Xtntnended all the people to arm them-
The...s with pikes, with firebrands, and with torches.
saio.'e Were the words put forth by Mr. O'Connor, vet he
uss' that he had never on any occasion couneelle-d the
• of Physical force or other than moral means for
in eobtain-
Charter—these were speeches given to the public
Tr• O'Connoi's publication —speeches which were in-
tendedtl.. to lead to' the universal destruction of property,
et.'ci which if put in force would introduce misery through-
.7l, the land. In the speech made by Taylor and re-
riled in the same paper, that all society, all the institu-
slms of the country, were to fall—to be levelled at a brow,
and that the people would be free if they should wade
Ihrough streams of blood; yet M. O'Connor
coasted that all be did was for the • preserva-
tion and support of the Throne. All those speeches
had only one object in view—the worst possible object—
the raising of a civil war, and a civil war of the very worst
Ind •
—it was setting class against class —setting the rich
against the poor—the workman against his employer—it
tended directly to the destruction of capital, without which
labour
th was valueless. Those speeches having been
"e,and having been given to the world in the news
IPaper of Mr. O'Connor, was it not the duty of
Public prosecutor to bring the autlier of such publics.
a:: before the Curt. This led directly to the subs r-
et,j„e! society and the best institutions which the country
tOr o"?' The number of affidavits sent in by Mr. O'Colo
cap niy showed the necessity of hutting down such Fuld'.
eel .
pcs,. s womb had so poisoned and debauched the
miad. -Mr. O'Connor had boasted . that his
:linteo ,c-sot leMEefL-11,P.,„.M.1431. .tha . pro
'eedings in Monmouth, in Sheffield, or at . Bradford.
11, it certainly he bed not led the thsurrection at I•l,•wport.
lilt he was the person who had persuaded to the commis-
.
on of that must criminal attempt, and he was actually
ttieOre guilty, morally !peeking, than the parties
'nesged it, that traitorous proceeding. The Jury
llgd
• without hesitation, found that the publica-
tions in question bore the character given of them
in the information. Mr. O'Connor complained of
Vries. He did not' know whether in that he had shown
ts respect for the Constitution. In trial by jury be (the
did their
had the utmost reliance, and while they
b then' duty as the jury who tried this case, M. O'Con,
I*, and those like him, would find that the law was too
wrong for them, that justice would be done, and that they
would receive adequate punishment for their crimes.
aft The Judges conferred together for a short time,
the r which, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE pronounced
th. 7 judgment of thd After recapitulating
„c libels charged in the information, his Lordship said—
tut: that information he had been found guilty, and
huai (the Judges) were perfectly satisfied that the Jury
tirtu_ come Le a right conciution, because it was impossible
h_er what he (Mr. Justice Littledale) had read, that they
thoatild not have found him guilty of that intention
crurgei against him in the information, and upon all the
it; tits. If such a state of things had been brought about
chiw_aa pointed out in the libel, the most enormous mis-
teers! inie„ht have ensued. He had been brough: up to
Te the judgment of the Court, and in mitigation of
Punishment he had himself made an an affidavit.—[The
h_Learned Judge then went through the affidavit.)—
nit! could not help thinking that in the very account given
forMotal force in the. affidavit, it was next door to physical
e,e• There could be no doubt whatever that every sub•
dese,', of the realm had a perfect right freely to discuss every
Vviteical subject, and a right to discuss universal suffrage.
.to person bad a right to have his own opinion,
t_ discuss those opinions, and to send them forth
u the public, or to address them to persons
assembled in a constitutional manner, provided that
in these speeches be did not promote a breach of the
Publicth: peace, and use language that a tendency to subvert
tr law and Constitution and the government of the coun-
-01. Besides his own affidavits, there were the affidavits
th a great numbcr of persons, who all stated
i" in the speeches they had heard him
n
'lake, he had always advocated those princi-
r'es mentioned in his own affidavit; but whatever
Might have been his opinions and speeches prior to the 13 Ai
of July, set forth in the Northern Star, the Court was
sorry to observe that, unfortunately, that path had been
deviated from in the speech which he himself made as re-
Ported on the 13th of July. There was no doubt that the
speech reported in that paper was thedefendant's ownspcech,
fur he had adopted it. He had also deviated from the
path' which he had stated he had firmly confined himself
to in having published the speech of Mr. O'Brien, and the
statement made in the two libels on the 10th of July. The
defendant had stated that he never meant to advise
an equal distribution of property among the
people or to resort to physical force, but whatever
he meant it was difficult to say that the great mass of the
People who heard him might not have come to a different
eonelusion. It now, therefore, remains (said
the Learned Judge), to pronounce the judgment
e,i the Curt, and the sentence of the Court
'Me ton is; that for this offence you be impriseeed in her
NI • •
• Caste of York for the space of eigleeen calen-
dar
as months, and that you faire stem-Ay for tour good
uehaviour, toutself in 3001 , and two sutteics in 1501.
each, for the space of two years.
O'Cossoa eislsed tdasirve, AS their
sentenced him to be confined it, the Caste,. of Ysrk, that
'Martin, after his cowrie-en, applied to Mr. Justice Er-
81thle to be imprisoned at Yuck, but that upon application
to the jailor, the Castle was found to be so tuil that he
Could nut be confined there.
Lord DENMAN—We will make an inquiry as to that.
Mr. O'Connor thin said that he had been under the
care of his physician for some time past, anal had not yet
recovered his health. He hoped, therefore, if the Attor-
ney-General did nat object, that their Lordships would
allow him to remain in the custody of the Marshal of the
Court, of Queen's Bench.
Lord DENMAN We shall take some time to consider
whether the custody we hate mentioned is that which you
shall be confined to, and in the moantime you will remain
in the custody of the Marshal.
Mr. O'Connor—l am obliged to your Lordship.

On Friday evening an inquest was held at St.
George's Hospital on the body of Martha Last, aged 17. It
I'PPeared in evidence that the deceased, who was out of place,
Was staying at her sister's, a housemaid in the establishment of
411,11 named Collins, residing at No. 26, Manchester-square.
0
the 29th ult. the deceased went after a situation, and on
r return she had some words with an elder sister also living
tq the same family as lady's maid. She got into a great pas-
*`"n, and went up stairs.
Shortly after she called the house-
-4'11,41 hP stairs and
aidhe had drank some of the contents of
'B'ta,et bottle, pointing to one' which had contained " bug poison."
became very sick, and was removed to the above hospital,
„nf're she died on Wednesday. The Jury returned a verdict
That the deceased (lied through having swallowed a quantity
b"fr roison in a fit of passion, not being conscious of its
t,eaeily. effects."
THE WEATHER.—The fine warm weather
which we enjoyed fcr four or five weeks has been succeeded by
cold east and north winds, accompanied with a little rain—Lan-
raster Guardian.

THE U R

(I'HIS DAY.)

EXAMINATION of COURVOISIER

AT BOW-STREET.
At an early hour this morning, it having been ru.
moured that Courvoisier, the valet of the late Lord
William Russell, had been removed from his Lordship's
house in Norfolk-street, to the station-house, in the
custody of the officers, preparatory to his undergoing an
examination before Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate, the
entire of the street was blocked up by an immense
crowd of people to catch a glimpse of the prisoner on
his being brought from the station-house to the Court,
which is across the way. The prisoner (as will be seen
from a report in another part of the paper) was brought
to the station-house in a hackney-coach between twelve
and one this morning. After Mr. Jardine had disposed
of the night charges Mr. Hall arrived, and had a short
interview with Mr. Wray, the Receiver to the Metro-
politan Police Commissioners, who was on the Bench ;
but as none of the witnesses had arrived, and no orderS
had been received from Scotland-yard upon the subject,
the prisoner was eat brought over from the station-house
until the night charges, which on Monday- morning are
unusually numerous, were disposed of.
Mr. HALL, after holding a long consultation in the
Magistrates' room, with Mr. Fox Maule, and Mr.
Hobler, the solicitor for the prosecution, entered the
Court at twenty minutes before one o'clock.
Mr. FLOWER, the Solicitor for the prisoner was also
in attendance ; but although he made repeated appli-
cations to be allowed to see the prisoner at the sta-
tion-house, he was informed that orders had been re-
ceived from the Police Commissioners, to prevent any
person holding communication with him.
Previous to the examination taking place, Sergeant
Otway, A Division arrived, havng in }lli custody Jarvis
and his wife who it was stated, from the information
given by Gould, who was on Saturday remanded to
Cold Bath Fields, for being concerned in the robbery
of the House cf the late Mr. Templeman, stands
charzA with the murder of the deceased. The pri-
soners ,vane lee keit up in separate cas, and up to the
hour of going to press they were not brought up to
nswcr ,ny complaint, nor (lid the nature of the charge

tra%spire.
At IL:if-post one o'clock the Hon. Captain Byng, the
Compt,r4er of the Hotts4old, came on the Bench,
logy' her with Lord Montford and other genticinee.
At a quarter • before two o clock, Mr. Hobler
hinded to the Bet,ch the Poliee•slvet, on which the
charge agdinst the pr serer Courvoisier was drawn up,
and Mr. Fiower has ing complained that he was this
morning prevented from holding any communication with
his c:ient, which on ail other occasions was invariably

allowed,
Mr. HALL said that unless such a privilege was
allowed by a Magistrate,.particularly under the circum-
stances under which the prisoner was charged, it was
always the ease not. to suffer any communication ; but
as he did not wish to throw any obstruction in the way,
he might return with the prisoner who was during the
time the application was making placed at foe bar.
Mr. Flower was then directed to accompany the pri-
soner into a private room, and, after about five or ten
minutes delay, they again returned into Court. Th
prisoner was then placed at the bar ; he was dressed in
a brown frock coat, and did not appear to be in the
least confused.
Mr. HOBLER, in a few words, stated the nature of
the charge, and proceeded to examine Inspector Pearce,
A division.
Nicholas Pearce, inspector of police, attended at the
house of Lord William Russell on Wednesday morning
last, I went up to his Lordship's bedroom, and saw
his Lordship's body on the bed. He was dead. His
Lordship's establishment, as I was informed, consisted
of a man servant and two maids. The prisoner was
pointed out as the man servant. I spoke to him, and
he told me he was his Lordship's valet. His Lord-
ship was lying a little on his right side. I exa-
mined the body. I turned down the bed. clothes, and
save a great quantity of blood. I did not see the
Wound. There was a cloth over the neck. I saw
blood on the side of his face, and a great quantity on the
bed, also on the floor under the bed. It had soaked
through the mattress. I attended an inquest that even-
ing. I was present when a verdict was given. It was
wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.
I have since then made search in the house, and have
found property belonging to Lord William Russell.
I made a search in the butler's pantry on Friday. I made
a search through the house as well. The prisoner told me
the room I searched was his pantry. I examined the
floor, and at the side of the fire-place, by the corner of
the seal., where there was a skirting-board round, I saw a
small bit of lime or plaster had been moved, and by tearing
away a little I got my three fingers inside the skirting-
board, and by a sudden jerk a piece aboard about
nine inches long and six broad came away as if it bad
been previously removed from its position; it was perfectly
sound; and at that moment I saw this purse (produced)
inside a piece of skirting that led under the sink, further
on. It was about two inches in. There were two con-
stables in the room who sew me. I took it up.

It is in the same state as I found it. I examined it,
and found it to contain five gold coins, one wrapped
in parer, live gold rings, one a wedding ring. I then raw
the Waterloo Ined4l produced, a little further on. I then
pulled away the other piece of skirting, and took up the,
medal and riband produced—the name is on it—
further on I found a 101. note, of the Bank of
England ; after that, in the same room, I foundlif
-
watch ring b,h'nd a 1 ad water-pipe, which was behind
the plate-cupboard. It was about 7 feet from the ground,
and fifteen tact from where I found the other property. I
believo all these things to have been the property of Lord
William Russell. I had heard the prisoner say before
that his Lordship wore rings, and that they were missing.
I communicated to the prisoner I bad found them. 1
went to the room he was in. I laid them on the table and
s4id, " I have found this property concealed in your
pantry," and he said, " I know nothing about them."
I said this in the room in which the prisoner was
in. I had not then found the ring, I told him
I had found them concealed. He said " I kno nothing
about them ; I am innocent, and conscience clear."
He said, •• I never saw the medal before." Everything
was exposed to his.view. I afterwards brought him down
stairs into the pantry, and showed him where the things
were found. His answer was, " 1 know nothing about
them, I am innocent." I continued my search in that room,
and the prisoner remained while I did so for some time,
The prisoner was not in the room when the split ring was
found, nor was it shown to him. Lord William Russell's
late valet saw them, and recognised them as his late mas-
ter's property.
Mr. Hobler—That is all the evidence I shall at present
offer.
Mr. Ham, asked was there any other property found by
the witness?
Mr. Hobler said that other property bad been found by
other officers, but 'he would not go into the examination
to-day.
In answer to Mr. Flower, the witness said that other
perso. s had had access to the pantry. It was not locked.
The prisoner was a foreigner ; he could speak English
fairly, and had always declared his innocence up to the

present moment.
Re.examincd by Mr. Hobler—l searched the prisoner and
found a bunch of keys, about ten, on his person, and in his
right trowsers pocket I found a gold locket for hair, and
some silver, about 63. or 7s. in the same pocket. I was exa-
mining the locket and he said, " that is mine." He gave
no account of it. I searched his box and found nothing,
but in the pantry, in a small box, I bound a hammer and a
chisel and screw driver. I saw the chisel on the bench
on entering the room, and was examining the door,
which had been forced open, and the chisel was handed
to me. I then compared it with a mark on the
drawer in the plate cupboard, and the mark and chisel
corresponded. The screwdriver I found on the bench, and
the hammer in the box. The prisoner was not present. I
mentioned the circumstance to him. He said the screw-
driver belonged to the house, but the chisel was
his. Witness then produced the chisel and the
otner implcments mentioned. On fitting the screw-
driver to marks in the plate cupboard, it fitted them
accurately. The marks of the chisel were on the drawer.
At the back door, where there are marks of violence, the
screwdriver corresponds with some of them.
In answer to Mr. Flower, the witness said he searched
the prisoner on Friday evening. He found the ring on the
same day before he searched him. His boxes were
searched on Thursday. I found nothing in them. The
hammer was found in the tool chest.
The property produced was then banded back by the
Maoistratcs to the officers.
Mr. HOBLER 7,pplied to have the prisoner remanded until
Thursday.
Tne prisoner remaked perfectly composed. and occa-
&omilly gave instiuctions to Mr. Flower's clerk.
Mr FLOWER said that he had no objection to the time
uu by the solicitor for the prosecution, and the
prisoner was remanded to two o'clock on Thursday.
Mr. Flower then applied to the Court to be allowed to
visit the prisoner, and Mr. tlall consented to give him an
order for that purpose whenever it might be requisite.
He was then remanded in custody, preparatory to being
taken to Westminster Bridewell.

CktIMNAL CuURT.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
The Loco MAYOR opened the Court et 11 o'clock. No
case of any interest afterwards came before the Court.

Sir William Brabazon, Bart., M.P., being much
recovered from his late alarming illness, is expected in London
early in the week, to be present on Lord Stanley's debate.
W. Stanley, Esq., has been appointed one of
the assistant secretaries to the Commissioners of Poor Laws for
England and Wales.—Evening Paper.
A few days ago a yellow trout was caught in the
Tay, which measured from the point of the snout to the tip of
the tail, fully 271, inches. It is seldom that a fish of this species
is caught e-.:ceeding 20 inches in length. The curiosity excited
from its extraordinary size induced the person who captured it
to get it stuffed, and it is now in the possession of Mr. Plender-
leith, birdestuffer, at the barracks. The whole of the animal's
teeth are more or less decayed, in consequence, it is supposed, of
extreme old age.—Perth Courier.
LIBERAITY.—We are infotrned that Sir
Bouchier Wecy, Bart., of Tawstock House, near Barnstaple,
has generously given an acre of ground each, to sixty poor peo-
ple for tillage for their own use; and by way of encouragement
the person who cultivates the best will bo further rewarded with
a prize.— Western Times.
The river Teign was never known to be so low
as at present. It.can be crossed near Christow, As
of it
t h on,
elm.
and
miay'places, without wetting the sale e

RATES ON STOCK IN TRADE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sla,—Sir-Robert Peel having given notice that ho in-
tends to ask the Under-Secretary of State, or the Attor-
ney-General, whether it be intended to bring forward any
measure for removing the present obnoxious law relative to
rating stock in trade, it is to be hoped that he will not at the
saute time forget to state that the country is indebted to the
clergy for re-opening this almost obsolete mode of rating.
The Rev. Mr. Joddrcll was the individual who claimed
that his parishioners should be rated on the profits of their
farming, and carried the question from Court to Court,
until be succeeded in his attempt. When the Parochial
Assessment Act was passed, it was considered that
all property was to be rated at its net annual value to
rent, and the clergy in a body were up in arms, with the
Rev. Mr. Tithe-Commissioner Jones at their head, to re-
sist this mode as far as tithes were concerned. The care
Rex v. Joddrell was their glor) ; but when the case Rex
v. Lumsdaine decided that all stock in trade is liable to
be rated, and that all persons occupying private residences,
or property not producing a profit, are entitled to the same
sanding and benefit as tithes, the clergy have been
a little staggered, hoping to get the Legislature to make
an exception as to the.mode of rating tithes without caring
about the occupiers of private residences. Now, Sir, as
the occupiers of ptivate residences have not thought proper
to call fo'r that benefit which the law would seem to give
them, and I am sure they arc ready and willing to consent
to be rated at the net annual value which the property may
be worth to rent, I think that the clergy might also be
satisfied at being rated on the same terms and in the same
manner to which expediency has given consent, viz., the
annual value ; and Sir Robert Peel should rot forget that
two Sessions since a short Act was introduced into the
House to settle the question as to voting, and declaring
that profits of trade, or stock in trade, should not be rated,
but Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Robert Peel, and the high
Church party, so strongly opposed it at that time that it
was withdrawn—they, at that time, little thinking that all
occupiers of private residences were equally interested in
the decision, Rex v. Jodrell, as the owners of tithes.
Let it not be forgotten that we are indebted to the Rev.
Mr. Jodrell for resuscitating the rating stock in trade to
the Poor-rate. JUSTICE.
North Devon, May 9, 1840.

A meeting of hussar officers, convened by Lieute-
nant-General the Marquis of Londonderry, G. CB., was held
on Saturday, at the Clarendon hotel, to make preliminary ar-
rangements for giving a banquet, on a scale of extraordinary
splendour, to his Royal Highness /Prince Albert, Colonel-in-
Chief of the 11th Hussars, on the occasion of his appointment
to the command of tha, regiment. General the Marquis of
Anglesey, G. C. 8., took the chair, and there were also present
the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Londonderry, General Sir
John Slade, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, G. C. 8.,
the Earl of Rosslyn, Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Wilson,
the Earl of Uxbridge, Colonel Sir Maxwell Wallace, Colonel
the Earl of Lucian, and ten other cavalry officers. It was ulti-
mately resolved that a communication should be made to his
Royal Highness through the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Cham-
berlain, requesting to know his pleasure as to fixing a day for
the entertainment.

CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The following beau-
tiful combination of 1 ruth and modesty is the product of the
Cambridge Chronicle : —.4 We are happy to be able to state
that the recept on Sir A. Grant has hitherto met with from the
electors he ha= had an opportunity of canvassing has been most
satisfactory. The supporters of Mr. Manners Sutton at the
last election have received him with great enthusiasm ; and
they stand, to a man, without exception, firm to their prin-
ciples. And so much and such general disgust exists at the
proceedings of the petitioners against Mr. Sutton's return, that
many of the Liberal party have engaged to vote for the Conser-
vative Candidate on this occasion, while others have promised
not to oppose him. If the Liberals should at last succeed in
finding a champion, and should their chaMpion be rash enough
to come to the poll, we can promise him a most exemplary
drubbing—a more complete one even than that received by Mr.
Gibson."
In Friar-street, in this town, is a bill, in a Win-
dow, announcing a Nigt school, from seven to nine.—Stafford-
shire Examiner.
VALUE OF VIRTUE /.—On Friday a fellow,
named Philcox, against whom a verdict of 1501. damages had
been returned for seducing the daughter of a respectable trades-
man, came up to the Insolvent Debtors* Court, in order to take
the benefit of the Act, when the Chief Commissioner, in pro-
nouncing judgment, intimated that, in ordinary cases of seduc-
tion in humble life, 1501. was excessive. We are not precisely
of this opinion, deeming that the virtue of a slaughter is as dear
to the humble as the high—to the respectable tradesman as the
titled Duke.
DEw..---The phenomenon of dew is one of the
most pleasing objects of contemplation in the whole kingdom
of Nature. Its praises have been sung, and not unworthily,
by poets in all ages, affording many a delightful simile. Its
nightly restorative agency upon the parched vegetation of a
summer's sun, is too prominent an object of observation to
need remark even in temperate climes ; while upon those
lands unvisited by the salutary rain, its blessings are as Mimi-.
table as they are indispensable. In Egypt the quantity of dew
produced is immense, literally watering the earth, and yielding
by its decomposition a fine bleak powder—the pabulum of her-
bal life. On the other lisnd, dew exerts a most_ injurious in-
fluence upon the human frame, in degree proportionate in its
amount, being moat deadly when contaminated with the miasma
of marshy intertropical regions. The conducting power of a
damp air to that of dry being as that of 330 to 80, it has an ef-
fect of reducing the temperature of the skin, and air cells of
the lungs; producing more or less derangement of their func-
tions. The spherulous form of the dewdrop is attributable to
the attractive force, whereby particles having freedom of mo-
tion among themselves are collected round a common centre.
According to Farraday not even the lightning flash contains
more electricity than the gemlike drop of dew. The nature,
and artificial formation of dew differs in an important particular!
for whereas in the first instance substances, very imperfect
conductors of heat, arc the recipients of this deposit as vegetable
and animal fibre, earth, good conductors such as metals,..
gLiss, and stone occasion these other.
NEAPOLITAN NAVY.—TiIe whole naval force
of the two Sicilies does not exceed a brace of ships of war of
the first class, and a few frigates. In point of courage, the
Neapolitan sailor is rased much above the soldier. They tell
jot a pleasant story of an encounter between one of these men
of war and an English frigate, in Murat's time. The frigate
lay at anchor at some distance in the bay, and was fired upon
by the Neapolitan, who kept up the attack with great vigour,
the beach all the while covered with spectators, hallooing, quite
cock sure of a victory, and Murat himself among the most
vociferous. s, Inglese" bore all most passively, till just when
they looked for his hauling down his colours, he opened his
fire, and with one well directed broadside nearly sent his adver-
sary to the bottom; and not content with this he took him in
tow, carrying him round the bay two or three several times, to
the infinite mortification of the crest-fallen crowd, and after
throwing a shell into old Castle Ovo, quietly resumed his station.
—Letters to Lord Brougham by Sir Arthur Brooke Faulkner.
CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The Candidates
now in the field arc, Sir Alexander Grant for the Toriesi and
Sir. Starkie, the Queen's Counsel, for the Reformers. The
former was twenty years in Parliament before the Reform Bill,
and sat for one or two distinguished boroughs in schedule A ;
and the latter is the Downing Professor of the Laws of England
at this University, a stanch and well tried Whig of the old
school; lie is otherwise bound to Cambridge by honourable re-
collections, having taken a senior wrangler's degree. The
Tories have had several days' start in the canvass in consequence
of Mr. Gibson's decision as to coming forward or resigning not
having been made known to the electors until Thursday last. •
It was then understood that a Reform candidate would present
himself in the person of Professor Starkie. On Friday night
the Learned Gentleman made his appearance at a greatmeeting
of the Liberal electors held at the Hoop Hotel. The great room,
which is capallle of holding nearly a thousand persons, was quite
full. Most of the leading Reformers of the town and University
were present. At half-past seven o'clock Patrick Beales, Esq.,
was called to the Chair.
Sir Robert Peel gave a sumptuous entertainment
on Saturday evening, in Whitehall-garden, to Sir Martin
Arthur Shee and a numerous party of gentlemen, members of
the Royal Academy. Several noblemen, eminent for their love
of the fine 'arts, were invited to meet the Academicians, the
circle including his Excellency M. Guizot, Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl de Grey, Lord Ashburton, Sir Charles Bagot, Bart., M.
de Norman. Sir Martin Arthur Shee, President of the Royal
Academy, Sir Richard Westntacott, Sir David Wilkie, Pro•
fessor hitstone, Mr. Landseer, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Maclise, Mr.
Stanfield, Sir. Pickersgill, &c. After dinner the party ad-
journed to the picture gallery, which contains a small but well
chosen collection. Many of the modern paintings are me-
mentos of the lien. Baronet's munificent patronage to the fine
arts. Sir Robert has more of Sir Thomas Lawrence's paint-
ings than any other private individual in this country.
Mrs. Cox will give a grand ball on Monday
next at the family mansion in Grosvenor-place. Their Royal'
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ac-
cepted an invitation to honour the ball by their presence.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave
his first public dinner on Saturday last, when the guesl; in-
cluded his Grace the Archbishop of York ; Dukes of New-
castle and Buccleuch ; Marquis of Cholmondeley; Earls of
Galloway, Haddington, Shaftesbury, and Lincoln ; Viscount
Dungannon, ; Lords Northwick, Braybrooke, John
Thynne, Bexley, Ashley, and Norreys ; Bishops of Ely and
Norwich ; Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, Right Hon. 11.
Pierrepoint, Hon. H. Corry, Hon. Wm. Bathurst, and lion.
and Rev. Robert Wilson ; Sirs Charles Ogle, Stephen Glynn,
M.P., Robert Fitzwygram, and George H. Beaumont; Mr.
Shirley, SI.P., Mr. Handley, M.P., Mr. Fellowes, M.P.,
Mr. Packe, 11. P., Mr. Wm. Miles, M.P., Mr. Blackstone,
M. P., Mr. G. Rushout, 51, P., Mr. B. Este( urt, M.P., Mr.
John Ellis, M.P. , &c. Prayers took place at half-past six, •
chaplains, the Rev. D. Mill and Rev. F. Wells. Dinner was
'.atinounced shortly after seven, when covers were laid for
-forty-five:
PRINCE ALEXANDER LIEVEN.— We are
happy to hear that Prince Lieven is recovering from his recent
alai minglieeident, though it is but slowly. It is probable se-
veral weeks will elapse before I.e can be pronounced recovered.
Lady Ward and the Hon. Miss Ward left Mi.
vart's Hotel on Friday last, for Himley Hail, Staffordshire.
The Earl of Burlington, with his family, and
accompanied by Lady Caroline Lascelles, left town on Satur-
day last for Eastbourne, Sussex.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland intend
passing several weeks in the autumn at Dunrobin Castle, their
splendid baronial residence in the Highlands of Scotland, and
will be accompanied by the Marquis of Stafford and the other
youthful members of their family.
The Duchess of Argyll gives a splendid ball to-
morrow night to a distinguished assembly of the haut ton. It
is the first party given since the Duke came to the title, and
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Augusta of Cambridge intend to honour her
Grace by their company.
The Duke of Devonshire intends to rebuild
Beeley Church, Derbyshire, solely at his own expense.
DEATH OF LADY ANNA MARIA LUMLEY.
—Tier Ladyship died at her seat, Arbustus Lodge, near Bath,
on Thursday last. Lady Anna was the eldest surviving
daughter of John, sixth Earl of Scarborough, and sister to the
present Earl, Lady Louisa Cator, and Lady Harriet Ellertun.
We are surprised to see what appears a blunder
in the design of the new postage envelopes, as it regards the
geographical position of the different nations of the globe
pere-
presented round Britannia. The inhabitants of China, Bur.
man, and Hindustan, are placed on the west of Britannia ; and
the North American Indian, withtlbleiebWeesptpelanrdsiatno,
bear are
makingland
on the east. The Laplander in his sledge is seen in his correct
position, as well as the shipping, u
its way through the alley of the north-west.
Air. Fall, of Wath, near Bedale, has had a ewe
sheep which lambed a black lamb, and another which had four
eyes and five ears.— Yorkshireman.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland intend
passing several weeks in the autumn at Dunrobin Castle, their
esidence in the highlands of Scotland, and will be-accompanied
by the Marquis of Stafford anti the other youthful members of
their family,