The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-18 00:00:00

CHOLERA IN AMERICA.

(From a Second Edition of the Liverpool Standard.)
The Boston Gazette gives the following extract of a
letter, dated Matanzas, June sth :
" You can have no idea of the gloom that prevails here in
consequence of that dreadful scourge, the cholera. In the
cities it has nearly ceased, but in the country its path is marked
with desolation and ruin. On an estate having one hundred
slaves, every soul perished. Another with sixty lost fifty-five.
A slave ship lately landed four hundred miserable wretches,
of whom all but three died. Eight negroes were taken down
on an estate sixteen miles from this town a few days ago. The
proprietor, Mr. S., an Englishman, an old acquaintance of
mine, immediately came to town to our house. His servant
was taken down after he got in, and died in the yard under
my window. The old gentleman returned to his estate the
day before yesterday, where he found thirty-eight out of sixty-
nine dead. He was immediately seized himself, when a black
boy was despatched to us with a note stating that his master was
dying, The boy had scarcely delivered the note when he
staggered, fell on the floor, and in a few hours was a corpse.
The old gentleman is dead, and the estate entirely deserted.
This is a picture of many other estates.
" HAS ANNAH.—A postcript to a letter from Havannah of the
:;th instant, states that the Government had then resolved to
suspend the granting of clean bills of health."

INQUEST ON JOHN WOOD, WATERNI AN

THIRD DAY,-JULY 17.

At two o'clock this day, the inquest on the body of John
Peacock Wood, the waterman, whose death was alleged to have
been caused by the violence of a party of the K division of
police, stationed at Lower Shadwell, was resumed at the Wheat
Sheaf public-house, Star-street, Lower Shadwell, being the
third day of the inquiry. The Coroner and the Jury having
assembled,

William Butler, letter K, No. 48, on the morning in ques-
tion, went to the Green Bank station.house, where he was in-
formed by Sergeant Watts that he had the deceased in custody,
and instructed him, should deceased recover, to discharge him,
there being no charge against him other than that of being
drunk,--it being a plan in the police regulations not to take
the ordinary " drunken cases," unless aggravatcd by other cir-
cumstances, before the magistrates.

Mr. George Bctson, surgeon, was present with Mr. Millard,
the demonstrator of anatomy, when a post mortenz examina-
tion of the deceased was made, and coincided with that gentle-
man in his opinion that severe injuries had been inflicted on
the deceased's head, probably by the stroke of some heavy
round stick, as there was a compression of the bone on the
anterior part of the head as if so produced, and that injury
must decidedly have been the cause of his death.

By a Juror—Now, Mr. Betson, would it not be possible,
had the blow been struck with the extreme end of this stick,
to produce such a wound ? Mr. Betson admitted that it would.

By a Juror—Now, Mr. Betson, do you think that a person
labouring under such a fracture as that inflicted on the de-
ceased, could have gone into a public-house, and partaken of
any beverage? Most certainly not.
T'ae Jury—That is most important.
Mr. Garland, in answer to a Juror, stated that Fagan called
on him on the Friday night, and remarked " that he was
afraid that some of his men, in conveying the deceased to the
station-house, had been using some violence."

Fagan thought that Mr. Garland must be mistaken, as he
had no recollection that he had made such statement.
The Coroner then took the names of the men who carried
the deceased to the station-house, namely, Sergeant Partridge,
Hawkridge, Halpine, Douglas, Edwards, Nicholas, Peter
Costello, and George Freeman.
The Jury on this said that they should have every one of the
police examined, together with the man who was suspected to
have struck the blow.

The skull was here produced. The Jury then compared the
end of the policeman's truncheon, which they had in the room,
with the fracture (which was about the circumference of a
penny.piece, but of a rather oblong shape,) and it applied in a
corresponding degree with the fracture.

The CORONER had no feeling either one way or the other ;
and to prevent any excitement or bad feeling out of doors, he
would have the men produced in open Court.
This decision gave great satisfaction, and prevented the
tumult, which otherwise was apprehended, taking place.
After a lapse of nearly an hour, the policemen in question
arrived, and the men were introduced into the room by their
superintendent Mr. Smith, who arranged them in single
rank order in the room. Bennett having looked at them
closely, could not recognise any one of them as the man whom
he saw pursue and knock the man down as he had stated.
The witness, after inspecting the men, was further exa-
mined by the Coroner, with reference to his having stated that
he had seen the man who was knocked down " run a distance
of forty yards from towards the White Hart before he was
knocked down by the policeman or person who pursued him,"
and corrected his statement by saying that he saw the person
in question first rising, as if from a fall, opposite the White
Hart public house, and then having run about forty yards, saw
him pursued by the policeman, who, having come up with him
opposite Mr. Hanneykey's, struck him the desperate blow
which knocked him down ; the blow, he added, was sufficient,
he thought, to knock a bull down ; and after it had been
struck he did not see the man rise or stir ; there were several
women present, and they cried " Shame ! shame ! you have
murdered the man."

This statement produced much strong feeling in the room ;
on which the coroner warned the witness to be cautious how
he was proceeding, and asked him " if he had been tampered
with, or if he had been reading the newspapers ?"
The old man replied in the negative. The Jury insisted on
his statement being taken down ; and the Coroner declared that
he would not take it down, or break in on his former testimony.
—(Much confusion )
A Juror—Mr, Coroner, if inspector Fagan was under ex.
amination, you would afford him every opportunity of correct.
ing his evidence, and make opportunities for him; but you
will not allow this poor old man to correct his statement, be-
cause it is opposed to the police. This, Sir, is the case ; and
I, as a Juryman, standing on my rights, am sorry to see such a
course of proceeding.

The CORONER—I care not for those observations; lam now
determined to exercise my authority in this Court.
Mr. Flower would not stand by and see the old man corn.
pelted to put his name to a statement such as that which the
Coroner wished him to sign.

In this objection Mr. Flower was supported by several of
the Jury. The Coroner, notwithstanding, persisted in his re.
fusal.

The witness evinced a strong disposition not to sign the de-
position, unless in the amended shape; but the Coroner prov-
ing resolute, some of the Jury cried out—" Let him sign ;
we know he objected; and the press, we have no doubt, will
notice it."

Mr. Flower still pressed his objection, and urged the impro-
priety of the Coroner requiring the witness to put his name to
the deposition as it stood; on which the Coroner addressed him
warmly, and said—" I will commit you, Sir."
The confusion here became very great, and the Coroner rose
and threatened to adjourn the Court.

A Juror—You may abjourn and adjourn, Sir, or step here
until to-morrow night if you please, or until the sun stands
still—we shall be of the same opinion that we are now.
The old man then signed the deposition.
Much excitement still prevailing in the room, the Coroner,
at a late hour, adjourned the inquiry to two o'clock this day,
when it is thought the proceedings will be brought to a close.

MANCHESTER COTTON MA RKET,JULY 16.
—The Cotton market is very firm, 4,000 bags sold bee•
terday, and yarn in very general request, with, of course,
great reluctance on the part of buyers to give a corre-
sponding advance with that of Cotton.

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1833.

Some degree of anxiety still exists with respect
to the decision of the House of Lords, notwith-
standing the conviction which has for a day or two
been gaining ground, that the opposition to the
Irish Church Reform Bill has been neutralised by
the secession of a part of the Conservative body,
and a prudent resolve of another part, in which the
Duke of WELLINGTON is included, to abstain from
voting upon the question at all.
Lord GREY, in moving the second reading of
the Bill, made a most luminous statement of
its objects, and the manner in which it is pro-
posed to carry those objects into effect. We
propose at present to confine ourselves to a few
remarks upon one or two of the leading argu-
ments urged against the Bill. As the topic of
most prominent interest, we will first notice the de-
meanour of the Bishops. In a preliminary discussion
which arose on the presentation of petitions, the Bishop
of LONDON made some remarks which would lead
to the belief that he at least sees the true course
which the crisis requires to be taken. We trust.
we may not be mistaken in the hope his words have
led us to entertain. We are the more tempted to
catch at this grain of comfort, inasmuch as it was
the only one that fell from the episcopal
bench during the evening. The two Bishops
who took part in the debate (DURHAM and
ROCHESTER), opposed the Bill, taking to the let-
ter the advice given them by the Duke of New-
CASTLE, who urged them to do so " without look-
ing to the consequences." They cannot have looked
at the consequences of their conduct, or if they have,
we must conclude that they are concerned in the
conspiracy which Lord FiODEN gravely assured the
House had been far some time hatching against
the Protestant Church. The Bishop of EXETER
will open the debate to night, having risen imme-
diately after the Bishop of ROCHESTER to move its
adjou-nment, and certainly not before it was time,
the hour being one in the morning, a great stretch
for their Lordships, who generally make a point
of adjourning early enough to have time to dress
for dinner. What course his chamelion Lord-
ship will take, we will not undertake to say;
but we deem it a toss up whether he does not dis-
cover that Church Reform, if not a very good
thing, is riot so very had. The Bishop is a shrewd
man, and knows that Exeter is not the richest see
in the gift of the Crown. It was Lord RODEN
who led the opposition to the Bill, moving
that it be read a third time that day six months.
He objected to the tax on clerical incomes; he ob-
jected to the consolidation of ten bishoprics, and he
objected to the nature of the commission to be
appointed for carrying the Act into effect. It is
upon these points, then, that we may expect the
Ultra Church Conservatives to take their stand in
Committee. The whole of these objections may
he disposed of in a very few words. No income
not above 3001. per annum is touched, and those
only are taxed in order to raise the incomes of those
who have less than 2001. per annum. Now, unless
his Lordship can show that it is advantageous to the
Church to have some of its Ministers paid enormously
and others very scantily, we cannot see on what grin-
, ciple he rests his opposition to the plan proposed
for doing away with this inequality. With respect
to the second point, instead of the difficulty lying
with Ministers to prove that the reduction of
ten Bishops is necessary, it rather lies upon them
to show why the number reduced is not greater.
We say, that looking to the duties performed by
the Archbishop of YORK in England, twelve Bishops
must be infinitely too large a number to discharge
the duties imposed upon the episcopal body of
Ireland. Seeing what is done in England, it is for
Lord RODEN to prove that there is work for the
present number of Bishops in Ireland. One of the
circumstances which must have most gratified all who
wish to avert a shock with the Upper House as long
as possible, was the Earl of WICKLOW, who usually
acts with the Conservatives, turning round upon
them, or rather acting up to his princip!
es in an
enlightened spirit, by declaring that he supported the
Bill, as calculated to strengthen and support theln-
terests of the church. We fear that unless some
arrangement be come to during the approaching
vacation to make the Peers harmonize with the
House of Commons, and not undo all the good the
latter attempts, a violent collision between the two
bodies cannot be delayed beyond the next session ;
but we earnestly hope that for the present, at least,
many will be found to take the same proper view
of this question that is taken by Lord WICKLOW, and
that the Ultras will, at the close of the debate to
night, find themselves in a minority too con-
temptible to give active operation to the feelings
stronger than contempt, which the appearance of
their success would not fail to rouse against them.

We understand the very point to which we have
last adverted, with reference to the Bank Charter
now actually in discussion between the CHAN-
,
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and the Bank Directors,

who contend that, according to the terms of the
bargain they have made with the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, Joint Stock Banking Companies,
though they do not issue notes, cannot be established
in London, or within sixty-five miles of it. We shall
be curious to see this Correspondence, which, no
doubt, will be submitted to the House of Commons
by the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER. We are,
altogether at a loss to conceive how the Bank Direc •
tors can pretend to make it out that, according to the
terms of a bargain, which related solely to their ex-
clusive power of issue within sixty-five miles of the
metropolis, they are to be allowed to prescribe by
whom the business of banking, even without the
power of issuing notes, is to be carried on. To us
it appears that they might as well contend that no
Company, composed of less than six partners, not
now existing, should carry on the bUsiness of bank-
ing, in the metropolis or its neighbourhood, during
the next ten years, as that no Joint Stock Banking
Company should be allowed to carry on such busi-
ness during that period. We are glad, however,
that the Bank Directors have raised this point. If
anything can open the eyes of the country to the
spirit by which they are actuated, this attempt at
further exclusion surely will.

Despatches were received last night by Prince
TALLEYRAND, from Paris. We understand that
they do not contain any account of the reported
recognition of the Portuguese Regency by the
French Government. From another source, how-
ever, we learn that the Duke de BROGLIE is be-
come very pressing with our Cabinet, as to the
propriety of such recognition taking place imme-
diately, and has repeated the offer made by General
SEBASTIANI, when Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
allow Great Britain to take the lead in all matters
relative to Portugal, the French Government under-
taking to concur in and support any measures that
may be considered necessary by our Ministers
for the pacification of that country. Con-
sidering that at the period when SEBASTIANI
made this offer, very important and exclusive com-
mercial advantages had been promised by Don
PEDRO to the country, as the condition of our re-
cognising his daughter as the Queen of PORTUGAL,
the conduct of the French Government on the pre-
sent occasion is highly liberal. It is to be hoped that
Earl GREY will no longer hesitate to take the
necessary steps for securing the triumph of consti-
tutional principles in Portugal, and the enjoyment '
to our merchants of the privileges which have been
offered to them. That his Lordship's views on
this subject have been opposed by a portion of the Ci-
binet is well known, but he need not fear to take the
responsibility upon himself. Should he remain in
office, the Houqe of Commons will support him,
and should he retire, he will have placed the cause
of the Constitutionalists beyond the open attacks of
the Ulm.-Tories, or the intrigues of the moderate
Conservatives.

The French Papers of Tuesday contain no intel-
ligence of-interest. Several arrests had taken place
at Paris of parties suspected of a design to create a
disturbance at the approaching anniversary of the
revolution.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, JULY 16.
Five per Cents., 104 f. Isc. sc. 104 t:
Four per Cents., 94f. 50c.
Three per Cents., 77f. sc. 77f. 77f. We.
National Loan, 103 f. 95c.
Bank Actions, 1,760 E
Rente de Naples, 91f. 90c. 75c. 80e.
Roman Five per Cents., 91% %
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 15%.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 45% 44', %.
Royal Spanish Loan, 86% 86.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents , 72% 73 72%.
Belgic Loan, 1831, 94%.
Haytian Loan, 280 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 6')c.
Three months, paper, 25f, 55c. ; money, 25f. 50c.
—Cours Authentique.

Brussels Papers contain nothing worthy of cm-
ment. The Allgemeine Zeitung mentions that the
interview between the King of PRUSSIA and the
Emperors of AUSTRIA and RUSSIA, which is ap-
pointed to take place at the beginning of next month
in Bohemia is chiefly for the purpose of discussing
the affairs of Poland.
VIENNA, JULY 6.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 951; Four
per Cent. 86k ; Bank Shares, 123.51.-4//gemeine Zeitung,
July 11.

The first conference on the Belgian Question
took place yesterday. Nothing, however, has tran-
spired respecting it except the fact that the instruc-
tions of General GOBLET are much more positive that,
they were expected to be. One diploma-
tist observes, that they are tranchans, and that
unless one party or the other should give way, the
conferences will extend far beyond the present sum-
mer. We shall probably be able to-morrow to
say something on this subject from an authentic
quarter.

Several Members of the House of Commons as-
sembled to-day at Lord ALTHORP'S office in Down-
ing-s►_reet, and held a long conference with his Lord-
ship. Lord ALTHORP subsequently waited on Earl
GREY, and communicated the result of the confe-
rence with the Members of the Commons to his
Lordship.

We are informed that active arrangements are
making to reinforce the constitutional army in the
Algarves. It is thought, however, that there is an
ulterior object in view—an expedition against Ma-
deira.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, JULY 17.