The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-25 00:00:00

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LONDON
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 184].

TRIAL OF XPLEOD.

By the arrival of the George Washington last
night, at Liverpool, we have received New York
papers of the 7th inst., with a full report of the
trial of ALEXANDER M'LEOD to the after-
noon of the 6th, being the third day of
the proceedings. In consequence, we sup-
pose, of the absurd and mischievous bravado of
the Times, and other Tory papers, that
the Jury would be composed of members of the
Society of Friends, who would not return a ver-
dict affecting a man's life, Judge n
.ARIDLEY,
who presided at the trial, allowed no person
to be sworn in as a Juror who 'lid not
first affirm that he was without scruples
as to the infliction of capital punish-
ments. M'LEoD was charged with the mur-
der of AMOS DURFEE, a Citizen of the United
States, who was on board the Caroline the night
she was taken. and burnt by the British invaders
from Canada. He appeared at the bar
well-dressed, and his deportment was mo-
dest and respectable. During the delivery
of no part of the evidence given against
him did he manifest the slightest a' -11
ppre en-
sion , and were we to admit the , legality of

his trial—which of course we do not—the testi-
mony of the witnesses for the prosecution down
to the close of our report, was not so conclusive

as to place his life in any peril. Of eight wit-
nesses examined only two spoke of the identity
of IVPLEon, and one of these so imperfectly, that
no rational Jury could place any reliance on it.
GILMAN A PPLEBy, who received a blow in the
affray, gave the following evidence :

I saw the man that struck me with the sword aslstood
on the companion stairs. There was a light in the gang-
way, just at the head of the companion stairs, so that I
could see his face. The light was perhaps two or three
feet from the door. I then supposed it was Alexander
M'Leod. I had been introduced to him about a week
before at the Eagle Tavern in Buffalo, and knew his ap-
pearance. I was examined the day after this at Schlosser
by a Magistrate, and my attention was called to the per-
son who struck me, and I told every one that asked me
that I supposed that it was M'Leod, but it was done very
quick, and I might possibly be mistaken. I went to
Field's, and in five or ten minutes went to the back and
watched the boat burning.
And SAMUEL BROWN, another witness, de-
posed as follows :
The boats landed below the river on Chippewa-creek,
about 25 rods from the head of the cut up to the creek.
They landed close to the river. There were three
boats. I was at their side. There were ten or twelve
men in a boat. M‘Leod was one, I should say. I was
eight or. ten feet from the boats. Saw all get out of
the boats. Was ten feet from M‘Leod when he got out.
Smith was with ine. They walked ten or twelve rods
to Davis's tavern in the village. I was in company
with them. They were talking of the destruction of the
boat. Others came down where they landed. All
stopped outside the house. Some one said, let us go in
and take a drink. I think there was a lamp outside.
There was a light inside. The door was opened and
shut. I saw M‘Leod there. Don't think lam mistaken.
Was within eight or ten feet of him at Davis's tavern.
I heard him speak. Did not talk with him. lam as
sure that I saw him there as I am that I now see him
sitting before me.

This is the whole of the evidence against M'LEon,
personally, in the report of the first two-and-
a-half day's proceedings. It amounts. to little
more than a conjecture on the part oftwo men who
knew the prisoner hut imperfectly. On the se-
cond day of the trial, during the examination of
a witness named FIELD, the Judge pronounced
an opinion which justified the destruction of the
Caroline. "It appears," said the Learned Judge,
" that there was an armed force at Chippewa,
that there was a hostile force on Navy Island,
and that this force was recruited by men, and
furnished with arms and provisions from the
United States' side, and that the Caroline was
employed in transmitting them." This opinion

clearly places the question of the attack on the
Caroline within the jurisdiction of international
law. FIELD, a witness for the prosecution, ad-
mitted on oath, that " Men and munitions of
war were carried over daily from Schlosser to
Navy Island." He further admitted that he saw
" several pieces of artillery" carried to the
Island byan armed force from the United States.
We do not see, after such evidence as this, how
the Judge can tell the Jury that they have the
slightest jurisdiction in the case of M'LEOD.
From the order observed by the Court, and

the extreme solicitude to obtain an impartial
Jury, we see clearly that the Bench and Bar of
the United States are fully alive to the severe
scrutiny which their conduct upon this trial will
elicit in England. They therefore assume a
gravity becoming the greatness of the occasion,
knowing that the soundest lawyers in the world
will sit in judgment upon their opinions and pro-
ceedings. So far as the evidence extends, it
affects 111‘Lton very little; and if a verdict be
asked—which we are still half inclined to doubt
—we anticipate his immediate acquittal.

The Memorial of the Sussex Shipowners' So-
ciety to the President of the Board of Trade,
is a consolatory feature in the present deranged
state of trade and commerce. Injustice, like
fever and plague, cannot long be inflicted on one
portion of society without sooner or later affect-.
ing all around it. The poor starving Paisley
weavers, the suffering operatives of Leeds, and
the insolvent small shopkeeperS in most• of our
manufacturing towns, will soon have. many com-
panions in affliction. The shipowners, many of
whom.assiSted in restoring to office the Do-no-
thing Government, begin already to cry out that
unless something is done, and that speedily, they
will be ruined. The restrictions on trade, imposed
by our hereditary
,Legislators and a House of
Commons representingonly the wealthier classes,
have depressed British shipping nearly as much
as British manufactures. Foreign vessels are
competing successfully with our own ; and those
engage4,iu..tbe. Baltic trade, in particular, are
'threatened with absolute ruin. It appears that
Of the total number of vessels employed in our
trade with that quarter, nearly two-thirds belong
`.to foreign countries. 4‘ 'This," say the distressed
shipowners, " arises from the fact that Baltic
ships can be built, manned, victualled, and sailed
at nearly one-half the cost of British ships. The
tax alone .on the building material for 100 tons
of shipping amounts to 5001., independently of
the tax on labour and freightage of the,materials
to this country.", But this is not all. The Sound
dues levied on grain imported from some of the
Baltic ports amounts to 'sixty per cent. more
if in British than foreign privileged vessels.
..Under_such
,disadvantages, no skill, enterprise,
or wealth, can save our shipping from ruin.
The depression in one quarter must soon be felt
in another, and in a few years, perhaps months,
we shall find our enterprising shipowners and
hardy sailors, the great bulwark of 'the country,
reduced to a state of bankruptcy and want, not
exceeded even by that of the master manufac-
turers and operatives. Do the nobles and the
landed gentry imagine that they can escape the
effects of this wide-spreading devastation ? Pro-
vidence has ordained it otherwise. "He that op-
presseth the poor to increase his riches, and he
that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to
want."

From a brief account, in another part of
The Sun, of some statements made yesterday by
the clergyman of a Catholic church in London,
it appears that the pestilence has reached the
metropolis, and that the wealthier classes are
obliged to curtail their donations to the poor,
from the want of means. We do not regret it.
However much we sympathise with the suffer-
ings of the working classes, we rejoice that they
are not to suffer alone. The shipping interest,
the landlords, and• the millionaires even, will
take alarm, and compel the Government to
take measures for staying the plague which now
threatens every portion of the community.

The French Journals of Friday and Saturday
have all reached us. They bring the following
telegraphic despatches from Spain:—

" Bayonne, Oct. 21.
" THE CHIEF OF THE MARINE SERVICE TO THE MINISTER

OF THE MARINE.

" The Political Chief of Guipuseoa announces that a bat-
talion of the Bourbon regiment and one of the Vittoria militia,
have risen against the insurrection, several chiefs of which
have been arrested. The others have gained the frontier.
Alcala is marching upon Tolosa."

" THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

" BAYONNE, OCT. 21.—Tbe troops in Alava and Guipuscoa,
officers and soldiers, suddenly made their submission to the
Regent on the night of the 19th. The populations, threatened
by Zurbano and Rodil, have also again recognised the Govern-
ment. The chiefs of the movement have taken to flight. Se-
veral of them have already entered France, and among them
the Marquis d'Alameda. Montes de Oca has been arrested at
Bergara. We have nothing from Navarre nor Biscay."
CATALONIA.
" Perpignan, Oct. 19.
" THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIVI-
SION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
"The Constitucional of the 17th makes an appeal to the French
Republicans, with a view to disturb order in our country, and
facilitate the entrance of Spaniards into our territory. The
provincial deputation has sent an Address to the Government,
demanding the dismissal of such civil and military function.
aries as are abroad."

" Pepignan, Oct. 21.
" THE GENERAL COMMANDING- THE 21ST MILITARY DIYI-

SION TO THE MINISTER 01 WAR.
" The junta of surveillance of Barcelona has withdrawn all
licenses to carry arms. No more will be granted, except
to such persons as shall be deemed trustworthy. It has
THE BASQUE
abolished the entrance duty upon
P R pig OVINCES.s brought into Barcelona."

" Ba4onne, Oct. 22.
" THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIVI-
SION TO THE MINISTER OF :WAR. •
" General Rodil entered Vittoria on the morning of the 21st.
Montes de Oca has been shot. On the 20th liilboa sent to
Rodil to make its submission."

‘4 THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.
" Bayonne, Oct. 22.
" Several refugee Spanish officers arrived last night at
Sarre. Amongst them are Urbistondo, two other Generals,
and three brigadiers. Fresh refugees are arrivity, every in-
stant. The troops of the Regent now occupy the frontier of
Navarre. On the 20th O'Donnell ordered the evacuation of
the citadel of Pantpeluna."
" Bayonne, Oct. 22—Madrid, Oct. 18.
"THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES or FRANCE TO THE MINISTER

OF F. ortuc.br
" The Gazette of this day contains a decree, declaring in

a state of blockade the coast of Cantabria, from Castro de
Urdiales to Fontarabia, with the ex•eption of these two, ports,
and those of Guetaria, Saint Sebastian. and Pas:ages.'

CATALONIA.

" Perpignan, Oct. 22.
"THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIV

SION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR

" The Junta of Barcelona suspended, the day before yester-
day, the formation of free battalions, in order not to throw
difficulties in the way of the quinta. It has sent a million of
reals to the Regent."
In most of the French journals the Chris-
Coo insurrection in Spain is regarded as com-
pletely extinguished.
BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, OCT. 22.

Fleet Highest Lowest Last
1 - .
French 5 per Cents Price Price. Price. Price
114 75 ... 114 80 ... 114 75 ... 114 80
4 per Cents 9B 50 ... 98 50 ... 98 50 ... 98 b?
3 per Cents.... ......
Loan
flank of erance nu) • ...f,340 ...2355 ...3335
Latfitte Bank 1.0001. Sr area 11'30 ...11'35 ...1131? ...1Q.%
5,000 f. Stares 1.050 • ...5052 50 ...5050 ...505) :0
Belgian 5 per Cents.
S per Cenci., 1840 lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 162
ipanish Active 20% ... 21% ... 10% ... 21%
Passive 5 ... 5 ... 5 ... 5
Neapolitan
Rowan
KAU-WAY SHARES.
it. Germain
L.B „....... 2i./5 ... 205 ... 205 ....'O5
Rouen 445 ... 445 ... 445 ... 445
Strasburg tollalr.shares red 2?6 25 ... 236 25 ... 236 5 ... 236 25

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 23.—The demand for
Cotton to-day has been entirely confined to the trade. The
sales consist of 3,500 bales of all kinds. Uplands, sd. to Rd.
New Orleans, 4%d. to 7d. ; Pernams, Bd. to Sid. ; Maran-
hams, 6d. to Bd._; and Egyptians, Sid. to 100.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. X23.—An extensive
business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this day.
The quotations are, Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares,
13i ; Eastern Counties, Debentures, 61 ; Grand Junction,
189; London and Birmingham, 156; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 514 ;
Ditto, New Shares, 231; London and South Western Conso-
lidated Shares, 26%; Midland Counties, 80 ; York and North
Midland, 78.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 23.—Lancaster
and Preston Three Quarter Shares, 181; Manchester and
Birmingham. 21/. 3s. 9d. ; South Eastern and Dover, N ;
Manchester and Leeds Quarter Shares, 21. 14s. 6d. ; Bank of
Manchester, sa ; Manchester Assurance. 9k.
Cape of Good Hope papers to the 15th August have been
received. All was quiet on the frontier.

THE FUNDS.
The intelligence brought by the George Washington from
the United States, although considered to be favourable, has
had but little effect upon the English Stock Market. Consols
are now 87,c 88 for Money, and 88* for the Account; Ex-
chequer Bills, 10 12 prem.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Securities have further ad-
vanced. The Active Stock,which closed on Saturday at 20ii,
is now quoted at 201 21 : Deferred IN V, : Passive 51%;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 2934 ; Ditto Three per Cents.,
17} 18.

HALF-PAST ONE.
There has been but little business doing in the Stock Ex-
change up to the present time. Consols remain firm at 88i j
for the Account, and 87-11 83 for Money ; Three per Cent.
Reduced, 86i I ; Exchequer Bills, 11 10 12 ; India Bonds,
2 premium.

^ln the Foreign Market Spanish Active Stock has been 21k,
but is now :10i ; Belgian Bonds, 102 k; Brazilian, 53k ; Colom-
bian, 181 i 19; Mexican,23l 24; Dutch Five per Cents. 99A i.
The following are the transactions in the Share Market ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 55 ; Great Western, 74k ; Ditto,
New, 544 ; ditto, Fifths, 7i ; London and Brighton, 37a R ;
London and Birmingham, 157 156 k ; ditto, Thirds, 51 ; ditto,
New, 23.1; Midland Counties, Quarter Shares, 19#; North
Midland, New, 32 ; York and North Midland, 74.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 55
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham .. 90
Ditto Thirds
Ditto New ...
London and South Western
Midland Counties ... IOO
Ditto i Shares
North Midland
Ditto New
Ditto Thirds
York and North Midland 5O Mk__ to
QUARTER PAST TWO.
Consols for Account, 884 i ; Spanish, 204 i. Nothing
doing. Markets totally inactive.
QUARTER TO THREE.
The accounts from Spain are more favourable again, and it
is shown that Espai tero is determined to oppose a powerful
check upon any future attempt at insurrection. The
French territory, it is very generally supposed, " will afford
a refuge for Colonel O'Donnell. It is to be feared that
the Treasury at Madrid will be much drained in order to pre-
serve tranquillity.
The Grain Market is higher again on the Continent ;
prices are firm. This proves the existence of deficient stocks.
Our accounts from the manufacturing districts are indifferent.

THE MARKETS—THIS DAY.
CORN EXCHANGE.
Last week's arrivals of English Grain were small, but of
Irish Oats fair. The fresh supply was short. Good English
Wheat is. per quarter dearer, and Foreign firm at last quota-
tions. Barley of good quality sold freely at former quotations.
Beans and Peas rather higher. Oats experienced a small im.
provement in value, with a fair sale. Flour sold readily at last
week's quotations.
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK
Wheat. Batley. Oats. Flour.
English 2,812 qrs. 4,464 qrs. 1,599 .irs. 6,272 sac KA
Irish - -- 1t,598
Foreign 3,740 3,437 1,430 I, C 7 crls
PRICES Olt BOARD OF SPIT'.
Wheat,Red (old) s s ' Beans. Small (new) 360,385.
....--... White (old) —s. —a. ---- (ol 00000 .... 40' 445.
.---- Red(184I) 52g. Wis. -- Tick new)) 30.325.
___—.-- Fine 56s 635. (old) 36..388
Superfine 64a. Cis. --- Harrow (new)......348.355,,
--White (184 I) sis. 58s. ---- (old) :355.422.
--- vine 60s 621 Brank
----Superfine 66s 725. Oats, Feed s—B
—Foreign free 545. 75e. -- Nell 165.235.
Ryc .38s. 40s. Poland s. —.a •
Barley. 265.32. ----_—New 226. 25..
—. Grinding ',es. 325. Potatoe —s .—s.
---- Malting .:328. 368.
Malt .565. 60s, Scotch 26s. 2`9s.
..-- Fine New.. 62a. 655. Irish 16s. ... 19s. Z3s.
Pease, Grey, New 15s 375. Flour Town (per sack)... 56.. 625.
.---, Maple New . Vis. 395. Seconds 50s. 545.
..... White .345. 36., —..... North Country.... M. Ws.
Boilers _

SMITHFIELD MARKET.
The supply of Cattle was large, the trade brisk, and our
quotations were fully supported. The supply of Sheep was
rather short. Fine qualities were much in request, the mid-
dling and inferior sorts a good trade. The supply of Calves
was short. The supply of Pigs was but middling ; fine young
porkers were much in request ; other qualities a good trade.
Beasts, 3,747 ; Sheep, 23,680 ; Pigs, 650 ; Calves, 650.
Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. , Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 6d.
to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 6d.
TEA MARKET.
The market was firm, and a fair business was done. Com-
pany's Gongou, Is. 104 d. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
The market was dull, and former rates were with difficulty
supported. P. Y. C'. on the spot, 475. to 475. 3d. per cwt.
PROVISION MARKET.
Butter in good request, and prices firm ; fine Dutch 1101.
per cwt. Bacon sells freely, prime at 61s. to 635., and heavy
at 58s. to 60s. Lard firm, prime at 745. to 775. per cwt.
HOP MARKET.

The demand was good for coloury sorts, and full rates were
paid; common kinds met with more attention, and prices were
firmer. The duty is estimated at 140,0001. The supply was
by no means large.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING_ (THIS DAY).
LONDON, OCT. 25.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.W.
DEAL, OCT. 21—Wind, S. W., strong.—Arrd. Julius
Caesar, Mitchell, from Canton ; John Harrocks, Singapore :
Platina, Wycherley, Port Phillip ; Grace Darling, Alloa, for
St. Thomas. Arrd. from the River, Regalia, for Rio.
Remain, Thames, Ellen, Tigris. Matthew Pierce, James
Cruikshank, Earl Durham, Superior, Andromache, Reward,
and Cecilia, with others, put back. It blew very hard
in squalls from S. W. last night, and early this morning a large
foreign brig ran on board the Matt. Pierce, carried away head
and cutwater, sprung bowsprit, and did other damage. The
same brig ran foul of the Reward, and carried away quarter
boats, &c. Put back, Flora, Kerr, Sydney, New South Wales.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 23.—Wind S. S. W. to S., fresh. 24.—
Wind N.W., moderate —Arrd Laidmans, Scott, from China,
sailed May 29, St. Helena, 7th ult. ; Grecian, Rowett, Val-
paraiso, sailed July 21 ; Agnes, Puerto Cabello; Jessie, Lo-
gan, Quebec ; Jamaica, Gibson, and Old England, Hodgson,
Calcutta; Ann Mary, Rackham, Valparaiso, sailed July
21 ; • Ann, Africa ; Lynx, Hughes, Tampico ; Lady,
Odessa. Sailed Pilot, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Europa,
Valparaiso ; Rival, Rio Grande ; Emma, Maranham ; Buoyant,
Jamaica ; Rosa, St. Domingo ; President and Charles, Hayti ;
Vulcan, Tampico ; Halifax, Halifax ; William Sharpies, Syd-
ney, New South Wales ; Cigar, Pernambuca ; Success, De-
merara. The Laidmans, arrived here from China, on the 21st
ult., on the equator, got in contact with the American whaler
Delta, and carried away bowsprit, head, cutwater, foretop-
mast, &c., and sprung. foremast. The Delta sprung a leak,
but did not require assistance.
SHOREHAM, OCT. 28.—Arrd.
Etoile de Matin, from Caen,
is a sinking state.
NEWHAVEN, OCT. 24.—The John and William, from Yar-
mouth to Shoreham, was driven on short last night during
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feet water in her hold. The Prosperous, from Shields to
Christchurch, came on shore this morning, but it is expected
she will bers g,
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rd. discharged.
Commodore, for Jamaica • Vernon,
Madeira ; Harriet, Quebec, and sailed for Portsmouth'.
YARMOUTH, 1.W., OCT. 23 —Arrd. Duke of Wellington,
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PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind S. S. W. to W. S. W. , strong
and squally, 24.—W. to S.S.W., do.—Arrived the St. Vin-
cents, Planter, London, for Jamaica ; Seabird and John, do.,
Cape Coast Castle ; Prince Albert, and Governor Reid, do.,
Halifax ; Bunam, do., New Zealand ; Patmos, do., Antigua ;
Andromeda, do., Havannah ; Harriet, Quebec ; est
London, Sierra Leone, &c. ; her Majesty's ship Carrysfort,
Malta. It blew a heavy gale at W. all last night, but mode-
rated this morning.
SHEERNESS, OCT. 24.—The Ardent, from Scilly, got on
Sand, shore yesterday on the Middle but was towed
s taken the
off by
a
steamer, but got on shore on the Nore Sand, and 11a
assistance of a strand lugger.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 24.—1 t has blown
a tremendous gale
States,
during the night. Arrd. Alpha, John, Boston, United
with loss of bowsprit and sails, having be
received in contact with the
eceived damage.
Wm. Alexander, from Shields, which also

HAYMARKET' THEATRE.—A benefit will be
given this evening at this theatre in
altidedoafntdhei Sfiocietir, for
frorWigdows. rZvouirsllit—e
iand other excellent enter-
mproonmsoetrisnganadn
Poulterersa sylum anda
nrde
tiehfe
comedy, of Money, Foreign Affairs,
enter-
tainments are provided for the occasion, and, we hope, will
draw a full house.
An erroneous impression exists as to the see of
Kilmore. It merges in that of Elphin, of which the diocesan,
Dr. Leslie, a cousin-german of the Duke of Wellington, is still
"aalive, prosperous gentleman :" so that the Torieo have not
yet a mitre at their disposal.

E VENING- STY

, CRIMINAL , COUR
OLD T—(TRIS LlfArii);•
COURT.. • 4i a 74
The Sessions at thq Old Bailey commenced this morning,
being the last miler the present mayoralty, before the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Serjeant Arabin, Deputy
Rocorder, the Lord Mayor Elect, Alderman Sir Chapman Mar-
shall, the new Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, and new Under
Sleriffs, and others of the municipal authorities.
The calendar contains the names of 228 prisoners for trial,
four of whom stand charged with the crime of murder.
At the opening of the Court at half-past ten o'clock,. those
portions of the Court •appropriated to strangers were entirely
unoccupied, as there was not a single spectator present further
than those parties who had business with the Court, or had
been summoned to attend upon the Juries.
The Grand Jury having been sworn,
The REcoanEa then delivered his charge. He said the
calendar then lying before him comprised the names of
two hundred and twenty .eight persons for trial, and there was
every reason to expect that an addition to some considerable
amount would be made to their number before their labours
were concluded. The case to which he would more particu-
larly call their attention, was that of Robert Blakesley,. who
was charged with the murder of Mr. Burdon, and against
whom probably another bill would be found, charging him with
the crime of stabbing his wife, Sarah Blakesley, with intent
to murder her. The circumstances of this case, as they were
disclosed in the depositions were such that he felt it to he his
duty to tell them, that it would be, in his judgment, incumbent
en them to put the case in course of further inquiry. He was un-
willing to advert to the particulars of the case, or in any case to
prejudge the circumstances ; at the same time he saw enough
perfectly to satisfy him that the case ought to go for further
inquiry. It would appear that the man had obtained a sharp-
ened instrument with which he had gone and committed the
murder without interruption. If in this fact any mitigating
circumstances should appear, that would be matter for the con-
sideration of the Court.
The Cotter then proceeded to swear in the Common Jury,
and much amusement was caused by the various excuses made
for non-attendance. One worthy Juryman stated as an excuse
that he was extremely deaf, and that his hearing being bad,
his understanding must necessarily be bad also. Under those
circumstances th Court at once excused him.

UNION-HALL-(THIS DAY.
This morning two well-known thieves, of the names of 1171-
liarn Castle and George Johnston, the latter of whom has
been repeatedly in custody for similar offences, were brought
before Mr. Trail!, charged with having committed burglary, at
the house of a lady of the name of Wardale, St. Thomas'-street,
Borough, and stealing therefrom plate to the value of 70/.
Mrs. Wardale identified the stolen articles of plate as her
property, and deposed that she and her family had gone to
church, and at the time of the burglary no person was in the
house. Other evidence to the same facts was adduced.
The prisoners, who declined giving any account of them-
selves, were fully committed for trial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
NEIrMAREET, SUNDAY NICIIT.
LATEST BETTING—CANIDRIDoESMRE STARES.
10 to 6 agst Melody colt—taken
8 to 1 agst the Young-'un
10 to 1 agst Henri Quatre
20 to 1 agst The Corsair
20 to 1 agst Ilion*
20 to 1 agst Vulcan—taken
25 to 1 agst Dromedary—taken
25 to 1 agst Wardan
30 to 1 agst Silistria—taken
60 to 1 apt Half-Caste.
The following are scratched: —Orelia, Roscius, Rory O'More,
Currier, Remnant, Diana, Knight of the Whistle, Belgrade,
The Ruler, Langolee, Scarf, Mustapha, Miss Mary Ann filly,
Clementina, Dey of Algiers, Gibraltar, Stamboul, Bracelet,
Taurida, The Doctor, Calypso, and Sir Hans.
CRITERION STAKES.—The following have paid:—Rostrum,
Teapot, Albion, Revulsion, Curator, Manta c , Rochester, Sea-
horse, Edgeworth Bess, Palladium, Prosody, Lucullus, Moor-
hen c., Rookwith, Fanchon filly, Ca Ira, Patchwork, Dorothy,
Strap, All-my-eye, and all Lord George Bentinck's, Lord
Lichfield's, and the Duke of Grafton's ; two or three others
will be struck out.
The Handicap for to-morrow has closed!with the following
entries:—Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs, 9st ; The Genius, 4 yrs,
Bst 91b ; Buffalo, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ; Scarf, 3 yrs, Est 31b.
Cesarewitch and Belgrade are struck out for their match to-
morrow.
The following matches have been added to the list :
WEDNESDAY.—King of the Peak agst Ca Ira. 50, Is ft.
First of Ab. M.
SAME DAY.—Benedetta, Bst 71b, agst Eusebia, 7st 21b.
100, h ft. T.Y.C.
FRlDAY.—Alenalippe, Bst 11b, agst John o'Gaunt, 7st 61b.
T.Y.C. 150, h it.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Villebois' stag hounds will meet on Thursday, at
Houghton-on-the-Hill—eleven.
Major-General Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, at
Lowood Great House ; Friday, at Hoysbach, Wan-
borough ; Saturday, at Bunningfold—half-past ten.
Colonel G. Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, at Bur-
ton Park ; Friday, at Duncton Hill—half-past eleven.
'rickham hounds, Thursday, Key-street—half-past ten.
Sir J. Cope's hounds, Wednesday, at New Warren
House ; Friday, at the Red Lion, Basildon ; Saturday,
at Holdshot Mill—quarter to eleven.
Heythrop hounds, Wednesday, ht Blenheim ; Friday,
at Bruern.
Pytchley hounds, Wednesday, at Spring Wood ; Fri-
day, at Great Oakley—ten.
Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, at Owston Thursday,
at Brodsworth ; Saturday, at Ringaton Hill—quarter
past ten.

Sir W. Carew's hounds, Tuesday, at Ford Moor Turn-
pike Gate ; Wednesday, at Winkleigh Wood ; Thurs-
day, at Kersham Bridge ; Friday, at Egglesford Bridge;
Saturday, at Colleton Hill—ten.

F. 8.'11., Thursday, at Praze in Crowan ; Friday, at
Kilmanjick Wood—ten.

Whifecross harriers, Thursday, at :parson Hill ; Sm-
ttu•day, at Princes Risborough—ten.
Chesterfield harriers, Tuesday, at Pilsley ; Friday,
at Bolsorer IVindmill—half-past nine.
Perthshire hounds, Tuesday, at Rosemount ; Thurs-
day, at Keithock ; Saturday, at Panton's Gorse—half-
past ten.

Forfarshire hounds, Thursday, at West Drums--hallf
pant ten.

Maydon hounds, Wednesday, at Branch End ; Satur-
day, at Glendue—nine.

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THIRD DUKE OF BEAUFORT.—There '
was
formerly in the possession of Mr. Gimber, fishing-tackle
maker, London, who bequeathed it to his housekeeper,
and which has become the property of a Mr. Lime, the
following curious relic:-It consists of a gold ring with
an oval shield, representing an urn or lachrymatory, sur-
mounted by a weeping willow, and, encircled with bril-
liants. The reverse contains a portion of the hair of the
third Duke of Beaufort. On the inside of the hoop is
engraved, " The enclosed hair was cut off the Duke of
Beaufort's head after being interred 348 years." The
following arc further authentic particulars, extracted
from a document; printed in the year 1775:—" Bury
St. Edmund's. On the 20th of February, 1772 some la-
bourers employed in breaking up a part of the old' Abbey
Church, discovered a leaden coffin, which contained an
embalmed body as perfect and entire as at the time of
death ; the features and lineaments of the face were
maske
eyesof the e iiibaln i -ieg perfect,
materialsNich; was;h e covered
very
colour of
th distinguish-
able, the hair of the head as brown, intermixed with
and
toes• as w
From the place of its interment it
.
some
hg re
ne yli
lorinneg
,s
.;
st
thae t
ur nailseo of
fasttheupon
bedy thea b eut fingerssix
feet,'
and genteelly formed.
mains of Thomas
was soon fohuenmda,
sbyl3? aenauafieirtht,enthtlicrdmsaennutsocriapet,htno
debe Gthaeurnet-,
Duke of Lancaster
castreerlie:t of LadybyhissirthoirthdeDduechsewssi,nrd,
of
ii
,ii
Cathe-
rine Swinford, .
c
lnshire. He took the name of Beaufort from the place
of his birth (a Castle of the Duke's in France). He was
half brother to King Henry IV., created Duke of
Exeter, and Knight of the Garter ; in 1410 Lord Chan-
cellor of England ; in 1412 High Admiral of England
and Captain of Calais. He commanded the rear-guard
of his nephew, King Henry V.'s army, at the great
battle of Agincourt, on the 25th of October, 1415 ; and
in 1422, upon the death of King Henry V. was jointly
with his brother Henry, Cardinal Bishop of,Winchester,
appointed by the Parliament to the Government, care,
and education of the Royal infant, Henry VI. lie
died at East Greegwich 1427, in the sth year of King
lienry VI."
HER MAJESTY.—The interesting event of the
Queen's acsoueltement is now daily expected, and the ne-
cessary arrangements in the royal household are nearly
completed. The Earl of Jersey, the master of the horse,
Earl of Delawarr, lord chamberlain, and the Bari of
Liverpool, lord steward, have now arrived from their re-
spective country seats, and will not leave town until afters
the royal birth, and several of the chief numbers
of the Queen's household will sleep at Buckingham
andr ',_
after Tuesday next. The Archbishop of.Canterberyem_y:e;
Bishop of London whose presence is requisite, hold 9uchsese's
of
The v
in immediate readiness to attend at the palace.
expressly from
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries, to Montagu
Buceleuch, as mistress of the robes, ca me
house,exp t o attend
upon her Majesty. The Court Newsman in
Albert, daily en-
joys a promenade in the gardens attached
on Friday last. Her Majesty, with Pin
r to
the Palace. Sir
James Clark, as physician in ordinary to the Queen, was in at-
tendanceorning. The Right Hon.
in error in
stating the Duke and Duchess to have aeef7eit town for Scotland
at the Palace on Saturday nil
event:
the auspicious
in town in order to be present, at
laIARKET, OCT. 22:--
BRISTOL SUGAR
brisk. and prices still in
continue very
of geed descriptions
cause sugar-markets c
The high rates e
Sir R. Peel, Hart., and the other Minis.te.rs of State, remain
favour of the sellers.
have been taken more readily. In 1
'terior to the wants of the trade
In Bristol the stock, both in
o nteodpba);
ethxe.
uantity, Is se m extensively from other
supplied themselves
that they have latelytossay
was
sordcaeuretid
this necessity seems to increase yearly.
quality
uality maonrde
qattention taodble,paid to inferior qualities, which
ports. We regret
TciIBARBERS.—On Wednesday last
CAUTION
Magistrates
shavinga people on a Sunday morning. llis
penses, for
was, that
le,doiJvn. Shlaaltle,r,aevtd
sity and charity, as he was d •
work of neees going
it was a
to pay his poor's rates, which be did, 1
it to enable him ,
he
next day.-1 reston Chronicle.
a hair-dresser,
dniean
defence, which was not wanting in ingenuity,
the •
of the
baiI,METROPOLITAN YOUNG MAN'S ANTI-MO.
NOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—The Central Committee
above Association met on Saturday evening last at,the
ldthaet thlsetSisltaon‘d,eamrdbeTrl:.efaotrre,thSehopruedrpitecsh: cont.
Committee-room, 159, Aldersgate-street, when, after the
rict committee in that neighbourhood..
business had been transacted, it was resolved that a public
formingium eeent meeting beheld
abe,
next,dihset
FATAL ACCIDENT.--About four o'clock on
from
Saturdayc of
hmond in a boat. ternoon, a party of four persons were returning
from Ri four persons
them, Edward Wir-
liam Hollom, a paper-hanger, insisted upon standing up,
alleging that he was cold. In doing so lie pitched head foremost into the river, and almost instantly disappeared.
A young man in the boat dived in after him, but was not
able to findwaternd the body, 'nor has it yet been taken out of
the .
UNPARALLELED CASE.----At the confirmation
held at the parish church by our worthy diocesan, the Bishop
of Chester, two sisters were presented to his Lordship, for
participation in that sacred rite, by Dr. Whittaker, of the
names of Betty and Ellen Wilcock, who attained the age of
sixteen on the Ist of July last. They were brought into the
world by the Ca sarean operation, and we believe a similar in-
stance cannot be found on record.—Blackburn Paper.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM TIM DAILY P &PEES OF SATURDAY

GLOBE.—The only elEcient mode of Church Ex
tension has been at length pu:, in operation ; end, judg-
ing of the harvest by the first fruits, bids fair ti
incalculable advantages. By an Act passed in the
list Parliament, in pursuance of the Fourth Repel.,
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, certain canon-
ries and prebends in several cathedral and coke
giate churches were suspen • de'l, and their revenues.
devoted to the purpose of augmenting the amount
of stipend derived from poor benefices, especiall:,
in populous parishes—thus obviating the necessity
imposed on the clergy for holding' more than one
cure, in order to obtain a sufficient amount of
income. An Order in Council, bearing date the 6th
hitt., is now before us. By this ,t appears that, under
the provisions of the above Act of Parliament, nearly
100 poor benefices, which combine the largest amount
of population with the smallest amount of endowment,
"lave been augmented by grants from the funds thu.
derived, in sums varying from 1261. to 6/. A gross sun,
of 126,800/. in Three per Cent. Stock has been thus
distributed. When it is remembered that the Act has
been in operation but little more than a year, it cannot
fail to gratify the friends of religion generally, and the
members of the Establishment especially, when they
find the absolutely useless and unsightly appendages
to the Church separated from the structure which they
so long disfigured and weakened, and their revenues
applied to a purpose which every honest heart will ap-
prove—that of affording to the working clergy sti-
pends somewhat commensurate with the labour they
take, an I thus diminishing their anxieties respecting
worldly things, which corrode and distract, and enabling
them to give undivided and devoted attention to the
duties of their spiritual calling. We are not of the
number of " levellers, who wish to see the incomes of
the clergy equalized." On the contrary, we think it
absolutely necessary that the heads of the Churcb
should be supplied from the revenues of the Church
with fluids adequate to the stations which they occupy,
and to the exereise of the virtues that should adorn
them, among which enlightened beneficence and unos-
tentatious hospitality are not the least.
STANDARD.--e' The League" has at length corn
witted itself to the " total and immediate abolition" of
the Corn-laws. Qualification or delay is not now to
be entertained—nothing less than total and immediate
abolition will satisfy, or at least will silence, the con-
federacy. For this unequivocal declaration of the
designs of the millowners the country is indebted to
our old friend Ur. Joseph Sturge, who has em-
ployed to that end the means which are proverbially said
to " make the mare to go." Mr. Sturge, it appears, made
a promise of an annual payment of money (we believe
2004) to aid the operations of the Leaeue—a promise
which caused the eyes of the Sidney Smiths and the Ac-
lands to sparkle with peculiar lustre, and on the faith of
which " they raved, recited, maddened through the
land," unabashed by the groans and hisses of the mil-
lion, and unscared by even the broadest hints of proxi-
mate kerse-ponds. All the while Joseph Sturge was
on his travels in the United States, very properly exert-
ing himself to promote the abolition of negro slavery ;
but, as it is not uncharitable to suppose, now and then
resting his jaded philanthropy by a hasty calculation
as to the probable returns of the American harvest,
and their effect upon the market, with a view to a
different abolition of less certain merit ; for be it
known, Joseph Sturge is an extensive corn-dealer
of Birmingham and Mark-lane. Returned to England
with his stock of philanthropy pretty well exhausted,
but with an ample store of knowledge, useful in Mark-
lane, our meek friend seems to have received a gentle
hint that the performance of his promise would be
agreeable. " Nay," replied Joseph, "my promise was
conditional, wed thee bast violated the condition. Thee
bast united thyself to an Administration that talks of a
duty of Bs. a quarter, whereas I contemplated total and
immediate abolition." As to the scheme for extending
the slave trade, Joseph said nothing of it ; for, as we
have remarked, he had squandered all his philan-
thropy in the New World. For a time the League
seemed to demur to the plea of a condition, and possi-
bly law) ers were consulted ; but in the end they
struck, as all such men will strike, when money is lost
by obstinacy, or money gained by submission. Mill-
owner Cobden and Lecturer Smith declared themselves-
-- " for better for worse,
Still ruled by the man who carried the purse ;"
and committed themselves to total and immediate abo-
lition, regretting, no doubt, that they could not, to
gratify their monied friend, go further than the total, or
begin sooner than the immediate.
COURIER.—We have attentively watched the re-
peal movement, if that which is confined to a small
knot of needy agitators congregating in the Corn Ex-
change can be justly called a movement, from its first
promulgation in 1831, to spite Earl Grey and his col-
leagues for the indifference and contempt they had
evinced towards Mr. O'Connell, to its exhumation last
year for the avowed purpose of embarrassing the Ad-
ministration whose accession to power was then
Been to be inevitable ; and we have no hesitation
in characterising' it as a hollow, heartless move-
ment, neither formidable from the sincerity or
the numbers of those embarked in it. We
look upon it therefore with regard to its ultimately pro-
fessed aim, as supremely contemptible, being solely de-
pendent for the few flickerings of life it has ever ma-
nifested on the energy and influence of the " bold,
bad mart" with whom it originated, and finding sup-
porters and advocates only amongst the merest of his
creatures, and the meanest of his followers. The re-
spectable and intelligent of the people of Ireland, with-
out distinction of class or creed, knowing it to have
sprung from a spirit of heartless, sordid selfishness, have
studiously kept aloof flora the Corn Exchange sedition,
leaving it to be monopolised by bankrupts alike in purse
and character. Even they, if there he any of that class,
who dreem about the glory of Ireland, as a separate
and independent nation, have shrunk from,the infamy
of an association with the refuse of Irish Radicalism
that flock to the Corn Exchange, not wishing to lend
themselves to a scheme for obtaining money under false
pretences—for that is the alpha and the omega of the
Repeal project. But although, as we have seen, it
finds no favour, yet it has produced a world of mischief,
and appears likely to produe.e more. In the first place
it has contrived to preserve in unimpaired distinctness
the broad line of demarcation between different sections
of the community, first drawn by the penal laws, and to
maintain in full and vigorous malignity the mutual
animosities:cherished on either side:of that dividing line ;
and next, to divert men's minds and attention, who had
the will and the power to promote measures beneficial
to that country, from a consideration of its condition,
under the disheartening conviction that, propose what
they would, and exert themselves as they might in the
furtherance of wise and salutary reforms, there was at
work a principle of mischief which would baffle and
counteract them all. It is upon Ireland itself that the
rantic project of Repeal exerts such a baneful influ-
ence ; and therefore it is that we rejoice to find men—
such men as the Earl of Shrewsbury and M-. Sharman
Crawford—coming forward to denounce it as fraught
with mischief to the best interests of that:portion of the
Uniten Kingdom.

HIDEOUS BARBAR,T
A horrible m
ha; just been committed inithYe.;;partment of the Meuse,
I
under circumstances as mysterious
hie district,
ea*th endarmes and by tiro physicians,
the y. The juge de paix as they are extraor-
wP2slicians, proceeded, in ac-
accompanied by
cordance with information
chefs he had received, to the
house of a carpenter named
hold of this house, covered with Un
t°Phw. Upon the thres-
lay the inanimate body Of. a girl-ucf°la-rse and
bloody cloth,
gapingblla•orun
fof enormous size.
of the neck appeared a4d. On the right side
a firearm. The
evidently produced by the d
physicians decided that the
wound was so large that the
murderer, after having fired his gun into the throat of his
victim,
bll..;( iand
to
wound
mmt have driven a knife into the ratna
despatch her. The lips of the wound were black
burnt, clearly proving that the muzzle of the gun
have been laid against her skin. Her handkerchief was in
part coastitued, and, by a most remarkable circumstance,
proving the cool barbarity of the poor girl's assassin, a
piece of her muslin jichn, which had served as wadding
for the gun, was found deeply bedded in her flesh. The
body bore no further traces of violence, and there was
nothing to indicate that the criminal had striven to satisfy
a brutal appetite. The father of the deceased was absent
at the period when the jive de pair.' made his visitation.
He was said to have gone to a town sonic ten miles dis-
tant to collect some money that was due to him. The
mother gave an incoherent account of the transaction—
an account, however, which went directly to criminate
the poor girl's lover. It is impossible to say whether
the young man became a murderer through jealousy, or
through despair, it being generally said that the parents
of the poor girl had refused bins her hand. The young
man has not yet been found.
We understand it is very probable that Lieut.-
Generalh Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary at
the horse Guards, will be shortly appointed to the Go-
vernment of Madras.
Majorm-G_neral Sackville. Hamilton Berkeley
matesof tharr-General Sir William Gomm in the cons-
succeed sir c troops at Jamaica ; and Sir William will
bistriet of England.
Napier in command of the Northern
at the Ca Major-General Berkeley served
tu
of St. Jutr° ()f_ Surinam in 1804, the Danish Islands
- dit'ld St. Croix in 1807 and Martiniquein '
1809, mein and
the siege , of
in filling up
.the vacant command
e siege of Fort Bourbon. The delay
trict has
receipt of a of the Northern Dis
ansen from the Horse Guards waiting the
communication from Sir W. Gomm.
THE NEW COURTS OF CHANCERY.—Work-
men are now aet•
p two new the sittings of thl"lY engaged '
Vice
-Chancellors,
under the Administration of Justice Aceet
the business of
sciueareCourt of Chancery.' rorrbeexpsietceliting
lected is Old-
Lord Chancellor'a co,urkincoln's Inn, at the back of the
CONVERSION op L
TO T
ors
on Frni°lll3 AND LADYHOLLAND
conversion of Lord andl,t-j\Ve rejoice to announce the
Catholic faith, which 7 Holland to the (Roman)
Rome the latter end of gratifying
event took place in
such a circumstance, it i.:• month. In connection with
intelligence has been brought by interesting, that the
man, who went abroad a ProtesYta young English gentle-
t laymen,
a Catholic priest. —Cork Exam: and returns