The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

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TRIAL OF THE CHARTIST
CONSPIRATORS.

lIIIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Befare the AssisTANT-JUDGE.)
Thorns Collins, age 27, and illa)tin Ewil, aged 51,
pviours and mason's were indicted for steal;nff
a quantity paving stones the property of Mr. Chad-
:' Zed:, the contractor, and of Ow Commissioncas of Paving,
Le the city of Westminster.
Mr. PRENDEP.GAST, who appeared for the prosecutors,
sated the quantity and value of property of this kind
which was plundered, far exceeded anything that the
jury, or many in court could be aw,re of. It was
necessarily much expnsed, and it was only the day before
the alleged robbery by the prisoners, that an entire load
of tir,u IL,cics was carried off frcm the same stone-
hasp in Weymouth-street. In consequence of the recent
roLt,eri.F.,, a watch was set, and the pri.;7orms were seen
to wheel a truck up to the heap, and had partly filled it
when they were taken into custody.
Their defence was that another man employed them
to fill the truck, and that they thought it %las all right.
They had both been in the employment of Mr. Chad-
wick many years, and they said he was in court and
could give them a good character.
Mr. Lockie, warden of Westminster House of Correc-
tion, said he knew them well, and they were "-always
alternately in and out of prison," for assaults at d
drunkenness.
Mr. Chadwick did not respond to their appeal, and the
jury found them Guilty.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE: sentenced them to be impri-
soned four months, and kept to hard labour.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Edward Squires was charged before Mr. Combe
with stealing a chair from the shop of Mr. Wits, High-
stree t, Stoke Newington, upholsterer.
It appeared that a policeman meeting the prisoner in
Ole street, not far from the prosecutor's, drunk, and
offering to sell the chair to the shopkeepers and to
passers by, took him into custody, nut being satisfit d
ith his account of the possession, which was that he
l.ad found it in the road.
Mr. Gilts was positive that the chair was in the
shop half an hour before the prisoner was taken,
but wished the magistrate to deal leniently
with the prisoner, as it might be that he took the
chair in a drunken lark ; besides, there were
children about the door, and it might have got pulled
out into the street, which would give some colour to the
prisoner's defence, as he was so very drunk at the time,
and might, imagine it was "treasure trove."
Mr. CONBE said (at first) that Mr. Gilts must con-
vince a jury of that, but at length, in consequence of the
.prosecutor's unvkillingness to press: the charge, and the
fact that the prisoner was drunk when he took the pro-
•perty, anti was not a known offender, he discharged him.

REGISTRATIONS. - (THIS DAY.)
CITY OF LONDON.
The lists brought under revision today were those
for the parishes of Cornhill, Cripplegate Within, Crip-
plegate Without, and Farringdon Within.
An objection was taken to the name of a voter by
Mr. Sidney Smith, on the ground that one of his Chris-
tian names was omitted, and the Revising Barrister
struck out the name from the list.
WESTMINSTER. •
llr. Bayley, the Revising Barrister for Westminster,
held his second Court this morning, for the revision of
the list of voters.
The parishes proceeded with to-day were St. George's,
Hanover-square, St. John's, and St. Margaret's, West-
minster.

BANK OF ENGLAND-(THISDAY.)
The adjourned general Court of the Proprietors of
Bark Stock was held to-clay, at the Bank of England,
for the purpose of determining by ballot whether the
dividend for the last half-year should be as proposed by
the Court of Directors, 31 per cent., or whether it should
be 3i per cent. with a bonus of 1 per cent., as proposed
by Mr. Fielder.
The ballot commenced at 11 o'clock and concluded
at four. The scrutineers were Messrs. Sutton, Greville,
Pyne, and Camove.
The ballot glasses were clescd precisely at four o'clock,
and at a quarter past four the scrutineers announced the
result of the ballot to be as follows :
For the directors' proposition of 31 per cent. ... 138
For Mr. Fielder's proposition of 41 per cent. ... 123

--
CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF CUFFEY,
FAY, AND LACY.
Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Williams took their
seats on the bench at ten o'clock.
Superintendent Rutt (L division) deposed to going,
with a number of constables, to the Angel. Webber-
street, Blackfriars-road, about five o'clock on the evening
of the 16th of August. He found thirteen persons in
the tap-room. Their names were Nilspear, Iron,
Proutten, Conway, Corbett, Taylor, Cocks, Poole, Gibbs,
Herbert, Norton, Corbett, and Samuel Morgan.
Mr. BALLANTINE objected to the reception of this
evidence, as there was no evidence to connect the pri-
soners
with any proceedings there.
Mr. Baron PLATT considered the evidence admissible,
since the meeting at Webber-street formed part of the
alleged conspiracy.
Sergeant Butt said he saw weapons taken from several
Of the parties, and produced two powerful pike-heads,
taken from Conway, who had them under his coat.
There was much contusion.
Cochrane, 108 L, corroborated Sergeant Rutt's testi-
mony.
Harris, 6 L, gave similar testimony, adding that he
found seventy-five rounds of cartridges in a handker-
chief under a seat.
T, 21 proved searching Nilspear and finding a breast
plate between his shirt and waistcoat, and a• pike-head,
which were produced. Found a sword behind the door
of the room. •
Baker, 112 L, proved finding a dagger, a pike-head,
and a screw wrench on Proutten.
Slaymaker, L 124, searched Cocks, and found a card
in his coat-pocket, showing that he was a nu tuber of
the National Chartist Association, April 34 1848.
Collins, L 184; 'was also at the Angel. Searched
Morgan, and found a pike-head and fifteen ball cartridges
in his pocket.
Inspector Rogers L, deposed going to a house in
Market-street, Borough, on the evening of Wednesday,
•the 16th of August. Morgan occupied the first floor.
Mr. PARRY objected to the reception of evidence with
respect to what was found at Morgan's.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered the evidence ad-
missible, but would not press the question.
Inspector Hawes proved searching the house of Lacy,
entitled the Charter Coffee-house, Strutton-ground,
Westminster. Found some books in a club-room in the
first floor, containing names, addresses, and subscriptions.
One had reference to the members of the •' Wallace
Bridgate branch of the Chartist Association"—Mr.
Lacy last. He also found a printed plan of the mode of
organisation recommended by the Chartist Association.
All the books and documents were handed in and read.
Took a person named Jones into custody at the coffee-
house, on whom were found two pistols, loaded with
ball and primed, a canister in his hat containing
pound of gunpowder, a small box of cartridges, a pistol
screw, &c.
Mr. Eagle, jun., proved the hand writing of a plan to
be in the handwriting of Mullins.
Thomas Barry, shoemaker, said he was a member of
the " Robert Emmett Brigade," which held its meetings
at two places—one section met at a beer shop in Shoul-
der-street, and the other in Beer-street, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Edgware-road. had heard Mullins
speak at one of these meeting places several times. The
witness detailed the proceedings at these meeting
places a short time before the arrest of the prisoners.
The prisoner was cross-examined, and admitted having
been committed to prison for a month for poaching, and
for four months for stealing three half-quartern loaves.
Never attempted to induce any one to join the physical
force movement. Was a moral force Chartist. Had
become an opposer against the physical force Chartists,
because be believed they were dangerous to the com-
munity. Went about now, accompanied by a policeman.
After a short adjournment the trial was proceeded

Majority in favour of the directors' proposition of
3ipercent. ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 15
The GOVERNOR stated the dividend warrants would
be issued on the 11th of October.
The Court then adjourned.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.)
A quarterly general Court of the Proprietors of East
India Stock took place to-day at the East India Com-
pany's House.
Sir J. L. Lushington took the chair at twelve o'clock.
MAJOR EDWARDES.
Mr. SULLIVAN. before the regular business of the
Cuurt was gone into, proceeded to call the attention
of the Court of Directors to the unprecedented con-
duct in India of Brevet-Major Edwardes, and ventured
to express a hope that the Court would mark in some
signal manner its sense of the high estimation in which
they held the intrepidity, valour, and determination of
the Gallant Lieutenant—now, ho was happy to say, a
Brevet. Major.
The CHAIRMAN said that by a resolution of the Court
of Directors, on the 13th of the present month, it was
unanimously agreed that Brevet-Major Edvvardes should
be presented with a gold medal—(Elear, hear)—and
that resolution had been most cordially approved of by
the Board of Control.,-(flear, hear.)
HISTORY OF INDIA. •
Mr. Sergeant STonKs wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Court of Directors to purchase the
work of Professor Wilson and others, which was a con-
tinuation of Mr. Mills's History of India ?
The CHAIRMAN said the work was a most expensive
one, and it woul I be for the proprietors to say whether,
in the present state of the Company's finances, which he
was sorry to say were not very flourishing, they ought
to incur such an expense.
TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT.
Mr. POYNDER then brought forward, pursuant to no-
tice, his motion relative to the annual money payment
to the Temple of Juggernaut, and moved that it be dis-
continued.
Mr. MARRIOTT seconded the motion.
Mr. FIELDEN was addressing the Court on the motion
when our report left.

vindicate, under all hypotheses, the rights of justice.
M. Come further stated that M. Raspail had been
arrested en flagrant delit ; that he had been the ob-
ject of an inquiry, and of an arrest warrant ; that
the law was equal for all ; that the Assembly had
maintained it and covered it with its sovereignty;
that if M. Raspail was the only accused, his trial
should have long been over; that the number of per-
sonsoriginally arrested was 300, and that 130 would
probably he brought to trial.
M. Deville, who spoke ntxt, maintained that the
jury alone he.d a right to decide on the offence im-
puted to M. if guilt there was—
[M. Deville Was here interrupted by loud cries of
" Order ! order !" and M. Marrast reminded him that
M. Raspail had violated the National Assembly, and
that he could be guilty of no greater crime.]
Had the Minister of Justice (continued 11. Deville)
performed his duty, M. Raspail would have been li-
berated four months ago. M. Raspail was as respec-
table and estimable a citizen as any member of that
!louse. He had sacrificed his liberty and fortune, and
had been at all times ready to offer his life for the
cause of liberty. In conclusion, he demanded that
the election be validated, and that M. Raspail be re-
stored to liberty, in order that he might come for-
ward to defend himself from the tribune.
Several other members were afterwards heard for
and against the validity of the election, and the Pre-
sident having put it to the vote, the Assembly pro-
claimed the admission of M. Raspail, not, however,
without a most boisterous opposition.
The President then rose and read a requisition
which had just been laid on the table by the Attorney-
General. It stated that M. Raspail was implicated
in the attempt of the 15th of May, which had for its
object to destroy or change the form of government,
and excite civil war ; and, finally, that he had been
Arrested en flagrant delit of rebellion on his way to
the Hotel de Ville.
M. Marie, Minister of Justice, having asked that
the prosecution of M. Raspail be authorised durgence
by the Assembly,
M. Marrast observed that the 63d article of the
rules of the House 'provided that when a Minister
claimed the urgency of any measure it should be put
immediately to the vote. Ile accordingly consulted
the Assembly, which admitted almost- unanimously
the urgency of deciding at once the question.
- M. Marraat aftervvards asked the Assembly if it
consented to authorise the prosecution of M. Raspail,
and the same majority granted the authorization, not
more than twenty members having risen against it. -
The greatest agitation followed that vote, and when
it had subsided the Assembly resumed the discussion
on the Constitution. M. Charles Dupin was left at
the tribune.
General Le Flo has been elected representative of
the department of Finistere. Ile had 24,016 votes,
whilst his opponent, M. Lacoste, had only 7,992. The
number of electors registered for the department was
139,786, so that little more than a fourth exercised
their electoral right.

MADRID AND VALENTIA
RAILWAY.—(THIS ])AY.)
A meeting of shareholders in this company was held
this afternoon, at the King's Arms, Poultry, for the pur-
pose of illiciting their feelings upon the affairs of the
undertaking, with the view of getting back their deposits.
Daniel Whittle Harvey, E-q., occupied the chair, and
after having delivered a long speech in reference to the
position in which the shareholders now stood, recom-
mended them to continue the proceedings already com-
menced in Chancery, as the only means of getting re-
turned the funds in the hands of the directors.
M. SPACKMAN, who was allowed to speak after much
opposition, said he represented a shareholder who held
500 shares, and was prepared with a resolution, which,
if carried, would put an end to all their difficulties, and
which, he was authorised to state, would be acceded to
by the directors. It was to the effect that
a committee of three shareholders should be appointed
to confer with the directors with the view to a settle-
ment, and that it be an instruction to them to ascertain
the amount of funds in hand, and to make arrangements
to enable the shareholders to dispose of their shares at
their actual value.
Mr. WIRE, the solicitor acting on the part of the share-
holders, accused Mr. Spackman of having a personal
motive in proposing the resolution, which he said would
have the effect of enabling him to purchase the shares at
a discount, and by being in a position to make better
terms with the directors, of making something like ss. a

with.
George Davis, of Greenwich, was next examined by
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Wasnot a Chartist, yet had
joined the Wet Tyler district at -Greenwich. Joined on
the 24th of May. Was accepted as a delegate to
meet, with others, at the George, Old Bailey. They
met on the toth of July, the day of the trial of
Ernest Jones. Mullins said at that meeting that
it was a shame the Chartist prisoners then about to be
tried should be allowed to go to prison without a strug-
gle. It was said that Cow-cross would be a good place
to attack the police van conveying the prisoners to Cold-
bath-fields. It was said that a person named Haley
would come out and lead the Irish on that occasion.—
Attended• meetings up-ta the 10th of August, and made
communications to Superintendent Marks the next day of
what happened the day before. The superintendent wrote
his statements down at his dictation two hours after
attendingzthe,meeting,. and signed them after the state-
ments had been read over to him.—(A paper was handed
to the witness, who stated that it contained the informa-
tion he gave to the superintendent of the meeting on
the 15th of August.) He did this, because witness
could not read.
Inspector Marks, of Greenwich, deposed to writing
the statements in the way vouched to by the witness.
Daris was recalled, and said he was at the meeting on
the 14th of August, at the " Orange Tree."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed to put the state•
meat written by Superintendent Masks into the witness'.
bands.
Mr. BALLANTINE objected to its being put into his
hands. There was no precedent for such a course, and
he trusted it would never be made one. What guaran-
tee was there that the statement was accurately taken
down? Evidence of this important kind should be
wholly free from suspicion.
Mr. PARRY followed on the same side.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the evi-
dence was admissible, and cited cases in support of his
view.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS was of opinion that the evi-
dence was admissible, but considered that owing to the
witness having been in court during the greater part of
the discussion, the placing of the document in the wit-
nesses hands to refresh his memory would not be satis.
fnctory.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, then he would exa-
mine the witness without showing him the paper. No
doubt that would be more satisfactory to his Lordship.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS thought it would.
Davis then deposed to the prisoners and Powell (who
went by the name of Johnstone) being present at the
meetin at the Lord Denman on the 16th. The witness
corrobog rated the material facts deposed to by Powell as
having taken place at that meeting. The confirmation
could not have been more complete.
[lt is not likely that the trial of the prisoners will
terminate before to-morrow night ; most likely it will
extend into the next morning. Owing to the number of
technical objections taken during the day, but little pro-
gress was made with the inquiry.]

share.
After some discussion, Mr. Spackman's motion was
dropped, not having been seconded ; and it was unani-
mously resolved that the committee of shareholders
should be authorised to adopt such measures in law or
equity as may be necessary to protect the interests of the
shareholders, on the understanding that the expenses do
not exceed the amount already subscribed for the pur-
pose.
It was understood, however, that any reasonable pro-
position of the directors would be entertained, and, it
possible, agreed to by the shareholders.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman
and to the committee, and the meeting separated.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—Two young men of Torpoint,
Devonport, went out in a skiff ou Tuesday morning,
for the purpose of shooting on St. John's Lake. By
some accident the boat was upset, and both were
drowned. The body of one, named Grylls, whose
father keeps a public-house in Torpoint, was picked up
about an hour after the, accident, but the other has
not yet been found.

his hat, and seeking refuge a barrel. The animal
now became much infuriated, turned off by the a o d
leading from the station o and in Its
course encountered Mr: Claile, the auctiencer, ;-,0, im-
mediately he saw it approach him, endravoili, d to save
himself by placing himself against the w; jl. The ani-
mal, however, attacked hin:, knoek«l him clo•A ti, tore
part of his clothes, and bruited him :eve;:cly about the
head. Fortunately it proceeded with, ut doing him fur-
ther injury, and rushing up Pilgrim-street it attacked
Mr. Nicholson, plumber, and after giving him a toss
with its head proceeded onwards up Pilgrim-street,
where it was shortly afterwards secured. Mr. Nicholson
fell upon his :,Moulder, and, with the excepti of a few
hruis, s. is tot materially injured.—Newcastle JOE, ral.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—In the late session of Par-
liament, commencing on the 18th of November and i.nd-
ing on the sth of September instant, 133 public Acts
received the royal assent.
We are happy_ to learn, as respects the interests of
the Mount St. Bernard Hospice and Leicester-square
Soup Kitchen, in consequence of the pressing demands
on its funds, her 1414jesty the Queen Dowager ye.terday
most munificently forwarded a donation of 20/.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT,EMB/i B 27, INIL

LITERATURE.

THE QUEENS OF I.'"VGIAA'D. By Agnes•
!
Strickland. Vol. XII. and last.
Cordially do we congratulate Miss Strickland upon
the accoinplishment of her arduous and ambitious
undertaking—the " Lives of the Queens of England."
The volume now before us completes a work as in •
structive as history, and as interesting as romance.
The biographies of the Queens of England, while
they are fraught with that individual interest which
is inseparable from biography, have an additional and
almost a peculiar value in an historical point of view.
The history of the royal ladies who have worn the
English crown constitutes a not unimportant chapter
in the history of England. In unravelling the mys-
teries of their domestic lives, we, at the same time,
unravel many political knots which have baffled the
ingenuity of many philosophers. But, apart
from the political interest of the history of
the Queens of England, there is another and
a higher attraction in the perusal of such a work. A
Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston, if we mistake not)
once observed at a scientific meeting that by an ac
quaintance with astronomy men are at once rendered
proud and humble,—proud to find that it is given to
man to discover the mysterious secrets of nature, and
humble by a sense of their insignificance when con-
trasted with the immensity of the universe. A feel-
ing very similar to this is called forth by a minute
acquaintance with the private history of the great
ones of the world. In perusing these royal biogra-
phies, for example, the commonest among us may hold
his
.head a little higher on discovering that, despite
the jewelled diadem and the ermine-robe, kings and
.queens feel and think as he does, while, at the same
time, the proudest may for a moment be staggered
by such a revelation of the instability of human
hopes and the worthlessness of human grandeur,
as is afforded by such a history. Morally, his-
torically, and politically, therefore, such a work as
that just completed by Miss Strickland is valuable
and interesting. The biography of Queen Anne,
which fills the twelfth volume, completes the series ;
that of Matilda, the wife of William the Conqueror,
commenced it. Between these two royal ladies a
group of very various but for the most part attractive
characters intervene, some celebrated for political
glory and some for domestic 'virtues ; toms ...-
spicuous for their poraun ai charms and others for
uen mental and moral qualities. Many incidents
connected with the Queens of England have been
familiar to most of us from our youth upwards—inci-
dents, perhaps, partly traditional and partly imaginary,
but for that very reason more attractive—" beloved
as fable and believed as truth." Who, for instance,
is not familiar with the picture of Eleanor sucking
the poison from her husband's wound, or of
Philippa of Hainault interceding for the burgesses of
Calais? Who is not acquainted with the infamy of
Isabella abandoning Edward 11. to the tortures of
Berkeley. Castle, and then endeavouring to shield
from the just vengeance of her son " her gentle Mor-
tiMer ?" Who is not familiar with the broken
French of the bashful Katherine, when she responded
to the wooing of the royal soldier, as set forth by the
faithful pen of Shakspere ? Who cannot conjure
before him a glimpse of Margaret of Anjou and the
robber in the wood ? Who is not familiar with the
memorable words of Elizabeth Woodville, when
before her marriage with Edward IV. she told
him " she was not good enough to be his
wife, but too good to be his mistress ?"
Who is unacquainted with the seraglio of the English
Bluebeard, or the regal glories of the great Elizabeth?
Who has not been interested in the romantic court•
ship of Prince Charles and Henrietta Maria, and who,
again, that ever once perused the narrative has not
been haunted with the remembrance of Mary of Mo-
dena escaping by night with her infant in her arms ?
By the agency of incidents such as these the Queens
of England are more or less familiar to us all, but this
familiariaty, so far from diminishing, only enhances
the attractions of an accurate and elaborate history of
those Queens such as has been penned by Miss
Strickland. But not only is the theme
interesting and important in itself, the in-
dustry and ability of the fair authoress have
considerably increased and developed its interest and
importance. With a most unwedrying and praise-
worthy patience and perseverance, Miss Strickland
has delved into the hidden stores of antiquity, and
brought to light whatever served to illustrate her
work. Her patience in collecting materials fully
equals her taste and discrimination, in making use of
them. That patience, that taste, and that discrimina-
tion, added to Miss trickland's known eloquence of
style, have combined to render her work a most
valuable addition to modern history, and a most in-
valuable acquisition to that innumerable class
of persons who love to be amused as well as
instructed. In bidding (for the present only, let
us hope,) farewell to Miss Strickland, we have one
question to ask her. Why has she concluded
the " Queens of England" with Queen Anne ? We
are well aware of the delicacy and difficulty which
must have been attendant upon any delineation of
the royal ladies of recent times, even the Queen of
the third George, is perhaps too proximate for his-
tory, and the wife of George 1., the unhappy Sophia
of Zell, cannot rank as a Queen of England—of that
England in which she never set foot. But what does
Miss Strickland say to Caroline, the consort of George
11. ? Her history is not too recent for investigation,
and most assuredly it i 3 a history well worthy of
Miss Strickland's searching analysis. Caroline was,
perhaps, as politically powerful as even Elizabeth
herself. Caroline's name is as much associated with

JERSEY.—'Two hundred and fifty men are now
employed on the works at the new pier, including stone
cutters; the works proceed rapidly, and the filing; be-
tween the walls at the southern head is greatly facili-
tated by the double line of rails, extending from the old
south quay to the new pier head, a distance of upwards
of 200 yards, along which the material of the old prome-
nade is conveyed for filling the new pier. The slip
from Victoria Pier to low water mark will be com-
menced forthwith.—Guernsey Star.
Lieutenant • George F. Ruxton, aged 38, of the
89th Regiment, died at St. Louis, on the 29th ult., of dy-
sentery. lie was the writer of the Blackwood 3, ries en-
titled '• Life in the Far West," and had obtained some
time by his volume of " Adventures in Mexico and the
Rocky Mountains." He arrived at St. Louis a few weeks
previous to his death, with another British officer, who,
supposing him to be convalescent, proceeded with
General Brooke for the Upper Mississippi.
FATAL TERMINATION TO A WAGER.—Yesterday
an inquest was taken by Mr. W.Payne, the City Coroner,
in the board room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
body of Edward Henry Robinson, aged 25 years. The
deceased was in the service of Messrs. Piper, the builders
of Bishopsgate. On Friday he returned from dinner,
and ascended a ladder placed against a scaffold on his
employers' premises. He reached the second floor plat-
form, when he got into a conversation with a fellow-
workman, who bet the deceased a pot of beer that he
would not climb up underneath trie leader s.t,b. las
hands only more than six rounds high. The deceased
commenced the wager, but before he completed it his
hands slipped, and he fell with great violence to the
ground, whereby ho received a compound fracture of the
left thigh. He was removed to the hospital, where he
died on Saturday evening last, epilepsy having super-
vened. The coroner and jury strongly condemned the
system of making such foolish wagers, after which a
verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded.
THE LATE LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.--The Town
Council of Lynn intend holding a meeting during the
course of the present week, for the purpose of adopting
an address to the Duke of Portland, condoling with his
Grace on the death of Lord George Bentinck. Rumour
is already rife with regard to the election of a successor
to the deceased Nobleman in the representation of the
town. The Protectionists are anxious to invite Lord
John Manners, as being one of the leaders of the party,
and as being an intimate friend of Lord George Ben-
tinck. Mr. G. P. Bidder, the engineer of the Norfolk
line, has been spoken of by a section of the Liberal elec-
tors. Mr. Baxendale, who was for a long time past ac-
tively associated with Lord G. Bentinck in the Norfolk
Estuary, has also been mentioned as the deceased Noble-
man's probable successor.
DOVER.— On Monday, Mr. William Davison,
boatman, better known along the coasts of England,
France, Flanders, and Holland, by the cognomen of
" Jumper," from the number of persons whose lives he
saved from drowning, by jumping overboard, departed
this life. His name and exploits were everywhere
known, and have been talked of for years, from his da-
ring intrepidity in going off to the shipwrecked mariners
and vessels in distress, and in crossing the Channel with
dispatches in perfect hurricanes, when no other boat's
crew but his own would attempt to launch and put to sea.
—Canterbury JournaL
Tar SALMON FISHERIES.—The salmon fisheries
north of the Tweed closed on Thursday. The fisheries in
the Tay have been unproductive and unprofitable to the
lessees upon the whole. The takes were pretty fair iu Feb-
ruary, but fell off greatly in March and April. They im-
proved, and were about an average in May ; but from the
beginning of June to the close they have been far under
the average of ordinary seasons. At some of the stations
they were all but a total failure. The principal circum-
stance in favour of the tacksmen has been the high price
maintained throughout the season. This has been with-
out precedent; and although partially accounted for by
the increased demand in the London market, must also
be taken as a proof of the general unproductiveness of
the fishing over the whole country.
THE WEATHER AND HARVEST.—The weather
during the past week has been exceedingly favourable
for harvest operations. Scarcely speck has been
visible on the horizon till yesterday morning, which was
cloudy and dull. The sky continuedtovercast through-
out the whole day, and, about five in the aft moon, a
thick and drizzling fog came up with a moderate bre( as
from the south-east, which gradually veered in an
east rly direction. The fog still continues this morning,
and we fear much that it will, to a considerable extent,
tend to produce heating in the stooks. We trust, how-
ever, that it will blow off in the cot** of the day.
This, we are happy to say, is the first speeimen of foul
weather with which we have been visited since her
Majesty's arrival. The harvest in Lower Deeside is now
well got in, but in the uplands, and on heavy soils, we
are sorry to state that there is still much to do. The
yield of the crops which have been got in has generally
been found to be satisfactory. Turnips aro looking well,
but would be benefited by min.—Aberdeen !Jerald of
Saturday.
EXEMPTION FROM POOR-RATES.:--011 the 31st ult.
an Act was passed (11th and 12th Victoiia, chap. 85)
by which a former Act is continued for a ) ear, exempt-
ing inhabitants from liability to be rated as such in re-
spect of stock in trade or other property to the relief of
the poor.
WEST INDIA Rum.—Arrivals of rum are now
taking place at the port of Dublin, it being compara-
tively a new branch of import trade at the Irish metro-
polis which has taken place since the reduction of duty
upon the article. This is no doubt caused in an impor-
tant degree by the Act last passed, altering the duties
on foreign and colonial rums and shrubs, by which the
amount of duty levied on those articles,
when imported
direct into Ireland, is very considerably less than
when imported into the other portions of tho United
Kingdom.
THE " COMDMARTIN SILVER MINES.'—The silver
lead mines in the village of Combmartin, Devon (pro-
bably the oldest mines in England), which have been
worked at intervals from the time of Edward 1., and of
which mention is made by Camden, who says that the
expenses of the war in France, in the reign of Edward
111., were partly defrayed by the silver extracted there-
from, have been abandoned within this month, with the
exception of the upper levels, where three or four men
are still employed. Why this abandonment has been re-
solved upon we do not know, the yield being from 60 to
250 ounces of silver to the ton of lead ore, which is con-
sidered a profitable return for the working, &c. There
are, besides the facts mentioned in Camden, some curious
historical circumstances connected with these mines. A
cup, weighing 137 ounces, made of the silver smelted
from the ore found in them, was presented by Queen
Elizabeth to Sir R. Martyn, Lord Mayor of London.
This cup was, in 1830, melted down and made into three
tankards, which form part of the civic corporation of
the metropolis. The ancient cup bore a quaint and ap-
propriate inscription, thus.—
"In Martyn's Coombe I long lay hid,
Obscure, deprest, with grosser soyl,
Debased, much mixed, bad,
Till Balmer came, whose skill and toyl
Reformed me so pure and clean
As richer nowhere else is seen."
A letter from Charles IL to Lewis Incledon, of Buck.
lande, county Devon, dated October. 26,.1648, is still
extant, from which it appears these mines were held in
high estimation, and considered of importance ie
thncn
days. ner present Majesty Queen Victoria has various
articles manufactured by Messrs. Ellis, silversmiths, of
Exeter, in her possession, and in the cabinet of Prince
Albert there are some fine specimens of the ore of these
mines. Messrs. Ellis have purchased the remainder of
the silver smelted previously to the late suspension of
the works, which it is to be hoped will shortly again be
in (p..!ration.
MILK Fort THE PEorLE.—There exist on" Long
Island, near Brooklyn, several manufactories of milk—
the process of which should be known. One of these
dairies covers a space of 600 feet front by 300 feet deep,
carefully fenced in, so as to be as private as pos-
sible—the business of the people being to drink
the milk, not to know how it is made—in
which enclosure 400 cows are kept the whole year
round, These cows are fed on the refuse slop of whisky
distilleries, and it is given to them warm. Each barrel
costs six cents., but being adulterated with water and
cheap feed brings the price still less. Such is the fond-
ness of the cows for this vile compound, that after
having fed upon it for a week or more, their appetites
become so depraved that they will take no other food.
The result is, their milk-producing organs are stimulated
to a wonderful degree; they yield enormously, but soon
become diseased; their gums ulcerate, their teeth drop
out, and their breath becomes fetid. Though thus
d
up
oannodt
bfalollat to an
awayiaflesh, but, on the
icontrary,esead:appearance
of
great
fatness; their joints become stiff, so that they cannot
tie down, and rarely or never come out alive.
Bad as this is, the milk is afterwards mixed with
s puff'the)
molasses, water, and whiting, and then sold to the people
of New York for pure milk Any one may observe the
thirty-six vans that carry it round every morning.
It is
of course very injurious to children, who use it in much
greater quantities than adults. Some idea may be formed
of the profit made by computing one barrel of slop to a
cow, costing sixpence, and the milk produced being 80
cents.—/Vetv York paper.
DISTINGUISHED SAVANS.—Two English savans—
viz., Professor Sedgwick and a companion, are on a tour
through the Greywacke district of &Aland. These gen-
.lemen made a short stay at Galastiels on the 15th in-
tent, calling on Mr. Kemp, inquirinw for the localities
hat are most interesting, and where fossils belonging to
that formation were most likely to befound. Professor
Sedgwick, as is well known to the scientific world, pub-
ished, some years ago, a valuable treatise upon the
Greywacke system of Wales. That le is now following
up in the south of Scotland. The sulject possesses high
,nterest, as that ancient rock formatim, so far as is yet
discovered, seems to be coeval witl the first dawn of
life, whether animal or vegetable.—Border Advertiser.

the records of the time in which she lived as is that
of her coadjutor Walpole. It is, moreover, almost
necessary that a faithful history should be written of
this Queen, because different contemporary accounts
render her character most incomprehensible. Her
great ability and her great political influence are
unquestioned, but there are two opinions as to her
individual disposition. For instance, there is a well-
known anecdote told in evidence of her never refusing
any of the King's requests. It is said, that when he
would ask her to walk out with him, when ill-health
rendered her incapable of such an exertion, she would
bathe her feet in cold water, in order to acquire a
little temporary strength, by which she was enabled
to accompany him in his promenade. Some com-
mentators cite this occurrence as an evidence of her
deep sense of her conjugal duties, while others de-
clare it was only an instance of her continual habit of
stooping to conquer. It is to clear up such points as
these, and to furnish us with a correct portrait of this
really remarkable woman, that we call upon Miss
Strit•kland not to pause in her historical labours until
she has added Caroline to her gallery of regal portraits.

DEFEN C.

fIARTINE.

(Con;:nued from 7he Sun of yesterday.)
EIGHTH ACCUSATION.

It is not, however, in these explanations that cast,
be recognised the true motives for the system of non-
exclusion recommended to the National Assembly
by All. de Lamartine, in regard to the formation of the
_Executive Commission. _ Those motives, otherwise
inexplicable, are discernible in the mysterious fact of
the complicity existing between two men.
Let us throw aside all feelings of modesty, and dare
to copy the words which have been actually printed.
`• The Minister of the Interior found among the
p ipers of his Administration written proofs of the
venality of his colleague under the Government of
Louis Philippe. M. de Lamartine was a stipendiary
of M. Duchatel. During the last year alone he re-
ceived no less than forty thousand francs. The re-
ceipt is still preserved. Thrtatened, no doubt, with

the disclosure of such a transaction, one can readily
understand that M. de Lamartine had only the
alternative of alliance or iniamy. This is not all.
M. de L•unartine has dilapidated the public fortune.
On the very morrow of the 24th of Ftbruary he
Abstracted twelve hundred thousand francs, or two
millions of money, from the Treasury. With the
fruits of this exaction he 114 s managed to liquidate
his debts after the manner of Cceiar or Cataline. lle
has purchased lands in France and houses in London."

I condescend to reply to this accusation, not on my
own account, but for the sake of the Republic. The
whole secret of the existence of the enemies of states-
men is, the dark determination sometimes formed to
destroy the men in order to render the institutions
impossible.
Let us at once throw some light upon the first cir-
cumstance. I was a writer. Oppressed with re-
sponsibilities, I earned my subsistence by my la-
bours. In 1844 I wrote a tragedy in the furtherance
of a Calico which has always bven u subject of sacred
interest to myself—the emancipation of the black
slaves in our colonies. I wished, through the me-
dium of sentiment, to gain over, before public
opinion, a cause which had so often failed before the
law.

In the year 1848, a month anterior to the Rey°lu-

tion of February, M. Buloz, the manager of the
French Theatre, offered to purchase my work for the
purpose of displaying it in the most brilliant light
possible, first in his capacity as manager of the French
Theatre, and secondly as editor of the Revue des
Deux Mondes. The full amount verbally decided
upon between ourselves was forty thousand francs.
When we were on the very point of writing out
the agreement, M. Buloz said to me, " I will write
immediately to M. Duchatel ; for the funds of the
Theatre Frangais are derived from two sources—the
proceeds of the theatre itself, and the pecuniary aid
given to the establishment by the Chamber of Depu-
ties. This allowance from the Chamber obliges me

to obtain the approval of the Minister of the Interior
as to the employment of these funds in regard to all
my theatrical engagements." I was until then igno-
rant of this very natural connexion of compatibility,
existing between the Minister of the Interior and the
Director of the French Theatre. But, fearing lest this
might give rise even to so much as the appearance of
a relation, of a monetary kind (remote though it un-
doubtedly was), between me (a Deputy of the People)
and the Government, I refused, on the instant, to con-
clude any agreement in which the funds of the Go-
vernment and the authority of the Minister seemed
to have a participation. The contract between us was
consequently at an end. lf, therefore, there is the
testimony which Calumny declares she can produce
in proof of my venality, let her make her disclosure!
She can only convict me of an excess of scruple, of
delicacy, and of susceptibility. M. Buloz is here to
speak.

NINTH ACCUSATION.
Let us pass on to my next crime :—I hare abstracted
twelve hundred thousand francs, or two millions of
money, from the public treasury. I have paid my
debts ; I have purchased lands in France, and houses
in England.

here I must acknowledge, at once, that I am very
much embarrassed, for I do not oven know, at this
moment, whereabouts the public treasury is situated,

francs, the proceeds of my patrimoni4l estate

Peronne near Macon, sold by me at this period. If
you will, seek further information upon these mat-
ters, my lands sold, my purchasers, my attorneys,
my publishers, my creditors, my deeds, and my re-
ceipts, will, more even than myself, yield a peremptory
and decisive answer.

As to the movement of my disposable fortune since
the day on which the Republic was established, since
the moment of my accession to power even to this
day, behold it ! I have been compelled to borrow
a hundred and ten thousand francs for the purpose of
disbursing a hundred and five thousand. The
money-lenders, the publishers, and the creditors
who have been repaid, are all here to attest the
accuracy of these assertions. lam ready to produce
these witnesses to whomsoever may be now particu-
larly incredulous. Their names alone are a sufficient
testimony of the sincerity and morality of these acts.
It is evident, then, that the source of my partial
disbursements in 1848 was not in the public treasury,
but in the chests of my friends and of my creditors.
I blush at being compelled to reveal and thrust
forward these private statistics ; but the people have
a supreme right to the reputations of their repre-
sentatives. Let us on then, still further.

Shortly before the 23d of February, I had, at
different dates, concluded arrangements with book-
sellers, with publishers, with capitalists, and with pro-
prietors of journals, for the production of
my literary works, past, present, and to
come, yielding altogether the sum of five
hundred and forty thousandfranes. I hoped, through
the fruits of my arduous toils, to pay off my creditors
in a few years, preserving meanwhile my patrimony
to a numerous and beloved family, and to a still more
numerous family of labourers who live upon my
capital. The cares of public affairs and the crisis of
events, which I did not wish to cause any injury or
inconvenience to honest and generous contractors,
compelled me to cancel all these agreements and
forced me to disburse agai❑ the various advances
which I had received. I therefore sacrificed five
hundred and forty thousand francs voluntarily to the
Revolution. Behold then the benefits which I have
acquired from the Republic ! Behold the real trea-
sure which was buried in my conscience in order to
reserve myself in perfect freedom for the labours and
the necessities of my country ! Ido not regret one
iota of this fortune of the man of letters
which has been thus sacrificed by the man of
politics for the foundation of a new order of things.
I would joyfully sacrifice not only the rest of my
fortune, but my name, my liberty, and my life !
Let our properties, our reputations, our very indivi-
dualities themselves, be ground down and pulverized
in the movement of human affairs, so that the Con-
stitutional Republic be founded, so that the People
be aggrandized in knowledge, in morality, in rights,
and in happiness! Behold the sole justice and the
sole recompense which I demand from my generation
and from my country !

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

TUESDAY.
Match 100, h ft. First half of Ab.M.
Col. Peel'sVert Vert, Bst 21b (Nat), beat Lord Strath•
more's Bedouin, Bst 71b.

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Betting-7 to 4 on Vert Vert. Won by a length.
Run in 54 secs.

The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sous. each; for
three yrs old, colts, Bst ilb; fillies, Bst alb. A.F.
(23 Subs.)
_

Lord Clifden's Surplice
Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher

... (Robinson) 1

Betting-11 to 4 on Surplice, who made all the run-
ning, and, without being headed, won by half a length.
Run in 2 min. 24 secs.
Match 200, h ft. A.F.
Duke of Bedford's Malmesbury, Bst 71b (F. Butler),
beat Mr. Muore's Wilmot, Bst 41b, by a length.
3tol on Malmesbury. dun in 2 min. 34 secs.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 5 only if
declared, &c.; for three yrs old and upwards.
Duke of Rutland's Paladin, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (E. Sharp) 1
Mr. Wigram's Keraun, 3 yrr, 6st 121 b
Mr. Bolt's Collin wood, 5 yrs, 9st 41b 0
Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, aged, 7st 71b 0
Sir J. Ilawley's Duc an Durras, 6 yrs, 7st 71b ... 0
Colonel Peel's Vert Vert, 4 yrs, 7st llb 0
Mr. Pettit's Blunderbuss, aged, Est 121 b ... 0
Lord Clifden's Tamarind, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib 0
Mr. Elwes's Antelope, 3 yrs, 6st 61b ... 0
Lord Orford's Craftsman, 4 yrs, 7st 1 lb 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut, 6to 1 agst Due an
Durras, 6 to 1 agst Keraun, 7 to 1 agst Tamarind, 7 to 1
agst Antelope, 7to 1 agst Craftsman. Keraun and Paladin,
with Cocoa Nut and Due an Durres in waiting, made
the running to the cords, where they were jmined by
Vert Vert and Colling wood. A very tine race home
with this lot, ended in favour of Paladin by a head, the
other four so close together that the judge could not
place a third. Run in 1 min. 15 secs.
Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M.
Mr. Greville's Paquita, Sit 4lb (Nat) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Banshee, Bst 4:b 2
Betting-6 to son Paquita. Won by a length. Run
in 50 sees.

if it is nut at the official residence of the Minister of
Finance, a Dlinister with whom I have never had any
communication whatever, and all whose operations
arc submitted to ordonnances and verifications without
number, besides being supervised, figure by figure,
under the Court of Accounts which the Republic
allowed to continuo in vigorous operation—in
such a manner that a single centime could
not be taken from the chests without their
being able to trace it back to its source, or
without their following its vestiges to the hands of
its possessor through the whole labyrinth of the for-
malities and regulations of the Exchequer. My ac-
cusers may therefore remain in perfect tranquillity
If I hare really discovered these chests of the public
treasure, and if I have despoiled them of their ccn-
tents in the presence of the innumerable responsibili-
ties by which they are guarded and encompassed, and
in the presence of the innumerable officials who have
audited the accounts for their registration and verifi-
cation, I shall not long continue quietly in the enjoy-
ment of my millions !
Is it necessary for me to add that I will give all the
fruits of my peculations, more than that, that I will
give all my fortune, and all my honour into the bar-
gain, to whomsoever will point out to me that banker
in London, of whom the Morning Chronicle has made
mention, and who will, moreover, point out to me

The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft; for tw•o yrs
old. Last hull of Ab.M. The third to receive 100

sovs. out of the stakes. (30 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 111 b, includ. 61b extra (Nat) 1
Mr. Wreford's Wet Nurse, Sat 51b 2

Lord Clifden'sCzarina, Bsl 51b

Lord Albemarle's Grasshopper, Bst 51b 4
Mr. B. Green's The Arab, Bst 71b 0
Field-Marshal Grosvenor's His Excellency, Bst 71b... 0
Colonel Peel's lone, Bst 51b ... 0
Mr. Roberts's The White Lady, Sit, 51b 0
Mr. Watts's Andros, Bst 71b ... 0
Lord Exeter's Turban, Bst 71b

these houlgs purchased, these lands acquired, these
debts liquidated.
The truth is, that I had no other moneys at my dis-
posal beyond two hundred and ninety-three thousand
francs of secret funds for the ordinary diplomatic

Betting-6 to 5 agst Glauca, 7to 2 agst Czarina, and
sto 1 agst lone. Ulauca took the lead, made all the
running, and won easily by a length, half a length be-
tw•een second and third, Grasshopper fourth. Run in
53 secs.

purposes, to expend in missions, in informations and
in useful influences of all kinds, at a moment, too,
when it was necessary to see everything with the
eyes of the Republic, to supply the suspended action
of the agents of the monarchy recently overturned,
and when, moreover, I was at one and the same time
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of a Dicta-
torial Government. I shall hare to give a full and
explicit explanation in order to justify the propriety
of the distributions and the reality of the employment
of this sum, appropriated under the responsibility
of my administration in this particular department
of the public service. Yet this is the only portion of
the funds of the Republic from which I have had the
power to deduct these imaginary sums dispatched by
me to foreign countries, or devoted to the payment of
my personal debts ! It my accusers cannot perceive
the moral impossibility of my pretended peculations,
they must at least recognise its arithmetical im-
possibility.
I will proceed further, I will afford a still clearer
explanation to those honest but credulous, men, who
are incapable of inventing these whisperings of
hatred, but who allow them to be buzzed into their
ears without knowing how to reject them or how to
dispute their veracity. A decree of the Convention
commanded all representatives of the people, retiring
from power, or returning from any mission, to render
an account, at the tribune, of their private fortunes,
for the purpose of convincing the nation that they
had not increased their own possessions by robberies
from the public fortune. I love that decree. I will
suppose it to be still in force ; and I will now give an
account of my private fortune, such as the most in-
quisitive might desire, to my friends and to my

enemies.
On the first of last January, fifty-three days before
the Republic, my general fortunes consisted of about
two millions, fire hundred thousand francs, in lands,
in houses, and in moveables such as were derived
from offices and from my literary productions. My
debts amounted to six hundred and sixty thousand
francs. Nothing is more easily verified than these
two calculations, by lands, by contracts, and by mort-