The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1848.

THE THIRD EDITIONS
OF

"THE SUN"

CONTAIN, AS USUAL,

ber the accusations of atrocious cruelty brought by
the partizans of the defeated Sonderbund against the
Federalists. We were told that the organ of the
Friburg Cathedral had been destroyed by the Pro-
testant soldiers of Vaud, who had also desecrated the
church. The organ is still in existance, and still un-
injured, and the Protestant soldiers of Vaud, instead
of taking possession of the Catholic Cathedral, erected
a pulpit in the grand square, and in the open air wor-
shipped GOD after the manner of their fathers. We
were told that priests were massacred by the Federal
j troops in Friburg. One priest, and one priest only,
was killed, and he was shot as he was in the act
of discharging a loaded musket at a Federal soldier;
the musket, with the barrel yet warm, was taken
from his grasp when he fell. Then it was
said that the Federal troops had expelled
the monks of St. Bernard flom their convent, which
they had afterwards plundered, and that the
monks had been treated with the greatest contumely
and insult. On this subject the explanation of M.
TRIERS is complete and distinct. " Some of these
monks," says M. THIERS, " had been accused of
having been accomplices in some of the most
atrocious acts perpetrated by the counter-revolu-
tionary party. They were not, however, subjected
to any violence, nor did the Government of Valais
direct any measures against them. The Go-
vernment were informed that, fearing that
punishment which perhaps they were aware
they deserved, they had taken flight."
"No measures," continues M. THEIRS, " were
adopted against the convent of St. Bernard. The
Government having heard that a number of the
monks who had retired to Aosta, had employed cer-
tain of the peaFants of that valley to remove the pro-
perty of the convent into Sardinia, sent a force of
twenty-five men to the convent to prevent this spolia-
tion. They found the doors of the convent closed,
and they broke them open. No other violence was
used. The Government summoned the monks to re-
turn to the convent—they refused. The intervention
of the Sardinian Government was then claimed to
induce them to restore to the convent that property
with which they had absconded. This is all that has
taken place." Ex uno diyce oinnes ;—from these in-
stances, we may judge of the reliance that can be
placed upon the Jesuit version of the affairs of
Switzerland. We know Switzerland well; we are
personally acquainted with many of the men who
have been actors in these scenes, not only on the
federal side, but on the side of the Sonderbund also,
and, from all the information we have been enabled
to collect on the subject, we fully coincide in the con-
clusion of M. TRIERS, that at no period has there
ever been a civil war in which the great principles of
humanity have been more respected, and in which
greater moderation has been shown to the vanquished,
than in the war which Get:eral Duroua so speedily
brought to a happy and a victorious conclusion.

It is with the greatest pleasure that we have no.
ticed the subjects of the four Bills which the Attor-
ney-General obtained leave to introduce on Thurs-
day, consolidating and declaring the laws relating to
the local magistracy. It is not by any means all that
is required on that vitally important subject, but it is
a step in the right direction, and when the disjecta
membra are collected, the several enactments bearing
on the question, which are scattered through so many
different statutes, and the various decisions applicable
to the question are all embodied in one code, there will
at the same time be greater facilities afforded to ma•
gistrates for the proper discharge of the duties they
have undertaken, less excuse for those by whom the
extensive powers with which they are entrusted may
be exceeded, and the real defects of the system will
become more apparent, so as to lead to a speedy re-
formation of all existing abuses. 'We do Hot object to
the proposition of the Right Honourable and
Learned Gentleman, that the several Bills, which will
form one complete and comprehensive code, should be
referred to a Select Committee, or that a session
should intervene before going into Committee on the
Bills, because, although the existing grievances are
very great, and a reform is most urgently demanded,
any hasty legislation, which might perpetuate and
possibly increase the evil, should be most religiously
eschewed.

The first of these Bills relates to the duties of
magistrates in the commitment of parties chargeable
with indictable offences. Here the justices do not
themselves directly adjudicate upon the subject.mat-
ter that is brought before them. They are merely to
decide whether there are sufficient grounds to subject
the parties to the inconvenience of being deprived of
their liberty until the case shall be investigated before
a competent tribunal. But that is, however, a very
serious matter, as such an imprisonment, which is too
frequently inflicted on slight and insufficient grounds,
is as injurious in its consequences as if the party
had really been guilty of an offence. It Is very
desirable, also, that the magisterial duties with
respect to committing should be clearly defined, and
) that persons who may be enabled to give sufficient
security for their appearance to meet any charge
that may be brought against them, should not be sub-
jected to needless detention from their families and
business. In Scotland every person not charged
with a capital offence is entitled, "ex debito justitie,''
as a matter of right to his discharge from custody,
on finding two responsible persons willing to become
his sureties, and we have never heard of any failure
of justice in consequence of the privilege. But here
a person, although presumed to be innocent until
convicted of the offence, is dealt with as if the mere
accusation was conclusive as to his guilt.
The second Bill relates to a matter of still greater
importance, and that in which the chief abuses exist,
—the summary jurisdiction of the magistrates. In
this case, also, all the statutes and decisions are to be
collected together, and a schedule of forms and
Precedents is to be annexed. At present it
is not intended to make any change in the
existing law by these Bills. They will
be what is termed " declaratory statutes," merely
stating what the law really is in a plain and
simple form, so as to render it intelligible to the
members of the body who have had no legal educa-
tion. The power of the, local magistracy in this re-
spect have been enormously and, as we conceive, most
injudiciously extended of late years. Scarcely a session
has passed that their jurisdiction has not been ex-
tended and new authorities conceded. The privilege
of an Englishman, that he can only be found guilty
of a crime on the unanimous verdict of twelve of his
peers, is rapidly departing, and on the most trivial
charge he may now be condemned to three months'
imprisonment, with hard labour, at the mere will and
pleasure of a. possibly prejudiced man, who cannot
be called to account if his warrant and conviction are
framed in due form of law, and if malice, actual or
implied, cannot he proved against him. These things
should not be. The liberty of the subject is a matter
of more serious importance than recent legislation
would seem to account it. Notwithstanding all
the protection which the law affords, and the diffi-
culties and impediments which it imposes on persons
who may institute actions against magistrates,
scarcely a week passes in which damages are not
given against members of the body for derelictions of
duty, and the illegal confinement of their fellow-
subjects. We would abolish the possibility of such
occurrences in future, and not continue the power of
summary conviction to any of the great unpaid. If
it is desirable that it should be continued in any
quarter, it should only be exercised by paid officers,
who are well acquainted with the law, and competent
to perform so delicate a duty. More especially
should the adjudication in all cases of alleged infrac-
tions of the game-laws, those social monsters, be re-
moved from the hands of game-preserving squires,
who are directly interested in the very questions
on which they are called on to decide. The amount
of punishment, too, which might be decreed on
a summary conviction should be greatly reduced.
Three months' imprisonment with hard labour, and
perhaps the addition of corporal punishment, is a
matter of sufficient importance to the sufferer, not to
be inflicted save on the verdict of a jury.
The third Bill comprises the provisions applicable
to the holding of special and petty sessions, and in
this there are some new matters. Magistrates will
be enabled to provide at the expense of the counties
fit and proper places for holding their sittings. We
shall not be obliged to see justice! administered
in a tavern, unless the mrgistrates should
desire it. Tl.eir clerks, too, may be paid by
a fixed silary, chargeable on the county rates, in ,
place of being remunerated, as at present, by the

receipt of fees. These are great improvements, but
we regret that the fees aro still to be maintained,
although they are to go for the future to the county
treasurer, in place of into the pocket of the clerk.
The fourth Bill consolidates the different laws ap-
plicable to the protection of magistrates when actions
may be brought before them. Although, as we have
already stated, very few changes of any consequence
will be introduced, we anticipate much benefit from
the inquiry, and from the real state of the law on all
these points being brought prominently forward,
which must lead to its speedy amelioration and ins-
provement, and lead to the abolition of the most
crying grievances.

The Swiss Diet, in its sitting of the 81st January,
passed a decree expelling the Jesuits by Federal Act
from every portion of the Swiss territory. By a
second decree they determined that the money and
valuables found in the treasury of the Sonderbund
should be deposited in the hands of the Paymaster-
General of the Confederation, and charged in deduc-
tion of the debt due to the Confederation from the
cantons of the league to defray the charges of the
war.

Madrid papers of the 29th ult. have been received.
The garrison of Chaflirine Islands have built barn-
coons for shelter from the severity of the weather.
The lines of fortification have been marked out, and
cannon are preparing for them at Ceuta.
There was a heavy fall of snow at Madrid on the
27th ult.

MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 29.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 27 15-16 cash, and a at fifty days ; and
were "4-' buyers for cash at the close. Five per Cents.,
17 at fifty days, and 16- buyers for cash after the
close. Passive Debt, 3 buyers, ;,-1 sellers. Coupons,
12 at fifty days.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
M. Guizor, although suffering severely from the
grippe, addressed the Chamber of Deputies at con-
siderable length on Thursday, on the subject of Swiss
affairs. He defended the conduct of the Government
in intervening in the affairs of Switzerland, and
attempted to ply his old trick of producing garbled
extracts from dispatches, upon M. TUIERS. He read
a portion of a dispatch of M. THIERS, in 1836, to
the Swiss Diet, in which that gentleman had spoken
of the Swiss Radicals in harsh terms. M.
TIMES, however, who was present, interrupted
the Minister, and insisted upon the conclu-
sion of the dispatch being read. It was read
accordingly, and was in these words :—" If the
faults of the Swiss Government should lead to an
invasion of the Swiss territory by an Austrian or a
Piedmontese army, France will not suffer it ;" and
the dispatch concluded by declaring that " France
would not form with Austria a little fragment of a
Holy Alliance." M. Guizor did not continue much
longer to address the Chamber after this exposure of
his bad faith. He relied, like the late Sir WILLIAM
CuaTv, on his majority, and his majority did not
fail him. The paragraph was passed by a majority
of 80—the numbers being 206 again,t 126.
The Prince of SYRACUSE was to have left Paris last
evening, for Naples.
11 The Presse contains the following :
"According to all the communications we have
this day received from Italy, it appears almost certain
that the King of Naples, in engaging to give a con•
stitution to his subjects, yielded solely to a sentiment
of fear, caused by the threatening symptoms of revolt
that were already appearing in Naples, as well as by
very alarming news received from Palermo, where
the insurgents had taken the two important posts of
the Bank and the Royal Chateau."
The King of DENMARK has, according to letters
from Copenhagen) resolved upon convoking the States
IGeneral for the session, with the view of according
a liberal constitution.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Thursday at 74f. 50c.; New Loan, 75f. 30c. ; Five
per Cents., 117 f.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,185 f.;
Rouen, 905 f. ; Havre, 440 f. ; Great Northern, 535 f.;
Avignon, 4552 f. 50c. Vierzon, 512 f. 50c, ; Bordeaux,
480 f.; Dieppe, 255 f.; Basle, 158 f. 75c. ; Paris and
Strasburg, 406 f. 25c.; Tcurs and Nantes, 3861.
25c.; Paris and Lyons, 390 f.; Belgian Two-and-a
Half, 50i.
AlausEir.Lts, JAN. 28.—Marseilles and Avignon,
645 f.; Northern, 522 f. 50e.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Fan. 4.
Northern of France, 11 IA .—Paris and Lyons, 51:2.

MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN.
Potatoes, from Cs to 8s 6d per cwt.; Onions, 2s to
is 3d; and Apples, is Sd to 3s 6d; per half-sieve ;
Walnuts, 8d to Is; and Oranges, 5s to 12s 6d per 100;
Greens, 23 to 3s 3d; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s; Leeks, 9d to
Is 2d; and Carrots, 4s to 6s per dozen bunches; Savoys,
9d to is 3d per dozen; Celery, is to is 9d; Horse-
radish, 2s to 4s 6d; and Brocoli, is 6d to 81; per bundle;
Filberts and Cub-nuts, 8d to 10d per lb; Spinach, Gs
per sieve.

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RUNGERMOND.
Our market to-day for most articles of produce was
heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported.

NZWQATZ AND LEADENSALL.
Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal sold freely, other kinds
of Meat slowly, on the following terms :—Beef from
3. 2d to Ls 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to
Ls 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs. by the carcase.
We had a full average time of-year supply of game and
poultry on offer, and which met a dull sale at last week's
prices. Turkeys, 3s to 8s 6d ; Geese, 4s to 6s
id ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s fid ; Tame Rabbits, 13 2d
to is 10d ; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is Id ; Pigeons,
6d to 10d ; sad roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each. Surrey
Fowls, 5s to 9s ; Chickens, 25 9d to 4s 6d ; and Barn-
door Fowls, 2s to 5s per couple ; Eggs, English, 9a to
10s ; and French ditto, 8s to 93 6d per 100 ; Fresh
Butter, Is Id to Is 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 2s 3d to 3s
6d; Partridges, is to Is 94 ; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; Le-
verets, 2s 3d to 3s 3d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 23 44 ; Grouse,
Is to 2s ; Snipes, 4d to 8d; Teal, is to is 44 ; Wild
Ducks, Is 3d to is 9d ; Widgeons, Is to is 4d ; and
Plovers, 4d to 104 each.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
ARsoN.—A youth named William henry Middle-
brooke, of highly respectable connexions, was in-
dicted for feloniously setting fire to the dwelling-
house of his master, Mr. Ilaliford, the engraver, of
Raherd-street, St. Luke's.

The prisoner was an in-door apprentice to the pro-
secutor, and on Sunday, the sth of December, while
the prosecutor, his wife, and lodgers were absent in
the evening attending Divine worship, there being no
body left in the house but the prisoner, a fire broke
out in the upper part of the premises. The prose-
cutor and his wife were sent for, and on their return
home they discovered that the fire had originated in
their bedroom. Pursuing their examination still
further, they found that a tin box, containing two
Bank of England notes, one for 101., the other for
51., and fire sovereigns, which was usually deposited
in the cupboard, had been broken open and the money
stolen. Both the bedroom and the cupboard were
locked before the prosecutor went to church, but on
his return they were both open, and to all appear-
ances some papers in the cupboard had evidently been
set fire to. The prisoner being the only person left
in charge of the premises, was questioned upon the
matter, but the statements he made were so prevari-
cating and contradictory that the prosecutor gave
him into custody.
A number of witnesses were called for the prose-
cution, but their united testimony did no more than
make out a case of suspicion against the prisoner.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMNION SERGEANT.)
John Connell, aged 47, a discharged seaman from
the navy, was indicted for feloniously trafficing in sea-
men's registered tickets.
Mr. Godson, Q.C., and Mr. Peterdorff, appeared
for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended.
The prisoner was arraigned under the provisions of
the recent Act of Parliament, passed for establishing
an efficient registration of the seamen engaged in the
merchant service, and which makes it felon♦ for a
seaman to sell or part with any ticket that might have
been granted to him in accordance with that
Act. The prisoner for some time past had been in the
habit, with others, of obtaining tickets at various
registration offices throughout the country, and
afterwards selling them to parties who were not
qualified to hold them. A few weeks ago he pro-
cured a registration ticket at one of the Admiralty
offices in the Minories, describing himself as " John
Connell, born at Kinsale, in the county of Cork,
1801," but, as he was suspected, he was watched,
and caught selling it to a Swedish sailor for 4s.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was not
aware that he was acting unlawfully in selling the
ticket.

The jury convicted the prisoner, and
The COURT sentenced him to fourteen days im•
prisonment with hard labour.

MURDER OF A SOLDIER IN THE

BIRDCAGE-WALK YESTERDAY.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Amelia Mears was placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry, charged with the wilful murder of Henry
Ducker, a private in the 2d battalion Coldstream
Guards, by shooting him with a pistol.
Sarah Sexton, a servant out of place, said that yes-
terday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, she was
passing through the Birdcage walk towards Bucking-
ham Palace. She met the prisoner, who was coming
in the opposite direction, and saw her fire the pistol
produced at the deceased, who was with her. Ile fell
dead on the instant. The prisoner threw the pistol
down by his side. Neither she nor the soldier spoke
a word.

The prisoner being informed that she might put
any question she pleased to the witness, asked if she
did not give herself up without attempting to escape ?
The witness replied that she did.
henry llillington, of 4, East-street, Kensington,
coachmaker, who was also passing at the time, con-
firmed this statement. The man tell forwards. lie
pointed her out to a soldier who came up in a few
moments, and she admitted that she shut deceased.
The prisoner here observed that she did not throw
the pistol down, as both witnesses had said, but that it
" fell as it went off."

John Garwood, a private in the same battalion as
the deceased (2d of the Coldstream Guards), said that
he knew the latter, Henry Ducker, very intimately.
Yesterday afternoon, at the time stated by the other
witnesses, about half-past five o'clock, he
was passing through the Birdcage-walk, from
the direction of Buckingham Palace, and
heard the report of a pistol behind him. Turning
round to ascertain whence it came, he saw his com-
rade, the deceased, fall to the ground. He saw him
fall on his face. Did not see any one standing near
him at that time. Did not see any woman there.
Directly he saw him fall he ran to him, and a gentle
man said it was a woman. Saw a gentleman with a
pistol in his hand, but did not know who he was.
Saw the prisoner coming out of the barrack•gate.
She did not speak to him. Had seen her before, but
did not know whether she was acquainted with the
deceased ; had seen them walking► together. Saw
there talking together the night before last, when the
deceased was on guard. Did not know whether they
were on bad terms. Last night she appeared in bad
spirits and downcast. He saw the deceased and the
prisoner together about a month since. They were
then on good terms.
The prisoner, on being asked, said she had no ques-
tion to ask the witness.

Joseph Mills—Was also a private in the 2d bat-
talion of Coldstream Guards. Did not see the de-
ceased leave the barracks yesterday afternoon. Did
not see him at all before he heard the report of fire-
arms. Did not know whether he was acquainted
with the prisoner at all.
Christopher Richards, A. 167—Was on duty in
Birdcage-walk. At twenty minutes to five o'clock
yesterday afternoon he was standing talking to a
brother policeman, when he heard the report of fire-
arm close by. He immediately turned round, and
saw the smoke, and the deceased fall on his face and
hands. He went to him directly, and saw him bleed-
ing from his head behind the ear, where the ball had
entered, and he heard some one say, " Stop that woman,
she was with him." The prisoner was then walking
away. Witness followed her, and took her into
custody. She was thirty yards from the deceased,
walking towards the Palace. She did not speak, but
looked up as if she was going to faint. Witness gave
herinto the custody of another policeman, and went
to look for the pistol. Did not find the pistol. The
person who did took it to the station• house.
Thomas Bishop Paul, A 80, stated that he was in
Birdcage •walk last evening, about twenty minutes to
five o'clock, and was speaking to a brother constable,
when he heard the report of fire- arms. Saw some
smoke, when he cried, " Good God I there's a soldier
shot." Saw the deceased tall, and took the prisoner
into custody, who directly said I did it. Witness
told her to come back with him ; and on proceeding
to the station-house, she again stated, " I did it ; I
intended to do it ; I intended it a long time. Is he
dead ?" Witness said he believed the soldier was
dead, but she made no reply. What be had stated
was all the prisoner said.
Mr. James Beattie—Resided at 205, Regent-street;
was a gun-maker. Had seen the prisoner at the bar
on Thursday evening, about ten minutes before eight
o'clock, at his own shop in Regent-street. She
stated she wished to purchase a pistol to shoot
a Newfoundland dog. She said he was a very
savage brute, and they wished to destroy him. Wit-
ness told her he had not got an odd pistol, and that
his pistols were expensive ; but he thought he had one
at the factory that would he as good to shoot a dog
as an expensive one. She asked the price, and
witness said he could let her have it for 103. Witness
said she had better let one of his men shoot the dog,
to which she replied, that it was too far, as she lived
at Hackney. She said her brother would have come
for the pistol, but he was lame ; but he was quite
capable of shooting the dog. She asked witness to
load the pistol for her, which he did, desiring her to
be very careful of it. Witness loaded it with powder
and a wad upon it, a ball in the wad, and another
wad upon the ball. Witness had bolted the lock,
and put the pistol up in a.brown paper bag, so that it
could not go off. The prisoner then took the pistol
away with her, after paying the 10s. There was
nothing in the prisoner's manner to excite his suspi-
cion ; she was quite calm.
Sergeant Win. Love was sergeant Gf the battalion
of the Coldstream Guards, and knew the deceased.
At a quarter to five o'clock last night he was going
out of the barrack-gate into the Birdcage-walk, when
it was reported to him a man had been shot. He
went on to the Queen-square gate, where he saw a
crowd of persons, and the deceased lying on the
ground, and remained there till the body was laid on
the stretcher. He accompanied the body to the Wel-
lington Barrack guard-room, where it was placed.
Robert Ellis, one of the inspectors of the A divi-
sion, was on duty at the station-house when the
prisoner was brought there. She was charged with
firing a pistol at deceased. Witness tcok the charge,
and on the charge being read to the prisoner, she said,
"I did it," at the same time giving him three letters,
which he produced, and requested that he would read
the large letter. She said nothing more. One of the let-
ters was from the deceased to the prisoner, and another
from the prisoner to the decased, the latter of which was
read, in which the prisoner charged the deceased with
following another young woman because he could get
more money from her than the prisoner, and request-
ing to meet the deceased for the last time. The wit-
ness also stated, that the prisoner took the pistol- bag
now produced from her pocket and gave to witness.
Mr. Joseph Skelton, assistant surgeon to the 2d
battalion of the Coldstream Guards, could not recog-
nise the deceased, the body was so much disfigured.
He directed the body to be carried to the guard-

room in order that he might make some examination.
He had him removed to the guard-room, and it was
there, upon minutely examining him, that he found
he was dead. The wounds were near the eye on the
left side of the head. He inferred from the nature of the
wounds that they were such as might have been pro-
duced by bullets discharged from a pistol. The
wounds were sufficient to cause death immediately
after their indiction. They were the cause of the de-
eeased's death.

This gentleman being the last witness,
Mr. HENRY: (to the prisoner)—Now you have beard
all the evidence against you, do you wish to say any-
thing to the charge ?
The prisoner, whose face was flushed and covered
with perspiration, hung down her head as during
the greater part of the examination, and made no
reply.
The officer having conveyed the question of the
magistrate to her said—She says she has nothing to
say to the charge.—(Sensatioe )
Mr. HENRY—Mr. Bickerstone, does any body know
where she has been living ?
Inspector Bickerstone refilled at No. 40,
Albion-
street. It appeared that she bad left the situation
which she occupied there yesterday morning; her
mistress had stated this to the police.
Mr. HENRY—You had better have her at the trial.
The witnesses were then severally bound over to
prosecute.

Mr. Burnaby (to the prisoner)—You are com-
mitted to Newgate to take yuur trial for this
murder.

The prisoner made no response, and was imme-
diately removed to the cells, apparently much ex-
hausted by the examination, during which she was
accommodated with a chair. She is of short stature,
possesses rather pleasing features, and was rather
smartly dressed.

Samuel Rennie Fulcher, a private, who was sent
for, in order that his evidence might be added to the
depositions, attended in the course of the morning.
This witness said that he knew deceased perfectly
well, being in the same regiment and battalion.
Yesterday afternoon they left the barracks, and
walked together from the barrack-gate to Queen's-
square gate, where they parted. Witness going
through the gate, and up the inclined plane to
Queen's-square. He had arrived at the Broadway,
Westminster, when he heard the report of fire-arms,
but having no suspicions that there was "anything
wrong," did not turn back. He had seen the pri-
soner standing near the barrack-gate when they came
out, and she had followed them at a distanee of about
15 or 16 yards. Ducker must have seen her as they
came out. Witness did not know they were ac-
quainted. They did not speak to one another.
Mr. HENRY inquired whether the sergeant knew
Ducker's age ? The sergeant replied that he was
twenty-one.
Mr. HENRY said that, as the inspector proved the
prisoner's own statement, that she lived at 40, Albion-
street, Hyde Park, gardens, it would be unnecessary
to have any witness brought from that place to
prove it.
This fact and the evidence of Fulcher were then
added to the depositions.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL-ENTRIES FOR THE SPRING CUP

;AND LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
LIVERPOoL SPRING CUP.—Mermaid, 5 yrs—Diph-
thong, 4 yrs—Spectator (h b) aged—Liston, 3 yrs—
Rob Roy, 4 yrs—Lady Lurowell, 4 yrs—Chance, (h b),
aged—Adminstrator, 4 yrs—Brown Fly, 5 yrs—Fern-
hill, 3 yrs—Sir Martin, 4 yrs—Ballinafad, 4 yrs—King
Fisher, 6 yrs—Enuui, S yrs— Peep-o'day-Boy, 4 yrs.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.--Brunette, Chandler,
Pioneer, Mathew, Wolverhampton, Jerry, Richard the
First, the Nigger, Cavendish, Lattitat, Sir Arthur,
Boxkeeper, The Sailor, Father Mathew, Salute, Lope's,
Medora gelding, Hawkesworth, Eagle, Anna, Fortune-
teller, Emigrant, Alexander, Camph int, Pinkeen,
Cheroot, Proton, Irish Bard, La Sy Iphide, Tipperary
Boy (h by Arthur out of Luck's-all), Prince George,
Malvina (pony), Iron Duke, St. Leger, Switcher,
Chatham, Naworth, Red Lancer, The Doctor, Blue
Pill, Blue Bell, Proceed, Repealer, Pioneer, St. Ruth,
Standard Guard, Tim Whiffler, Evergreen, Royston
Gower, Khondooz, Angele, Farnham, Linnet, Ashberry
Lass, Ishmael gelding, The Priest,Azel, The Curate, Dick
Thornton, Aristides, Marengo, Donna Anna, Variety,
Sparta, Fanny Elsler, Mundig gelding, Saucepan,
British Yeoman, Gipsy Queen, Sophia, Declaration,
Abraham Parker, Young Lottery, Miss Fob, Torn
Jolly, Miss Burni, Councillor, Discount, Profligate,
Election.
LEAMINGTON AND SOUTIIAM STEEPLE-
CHASES.

The Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added.
Four miles.
Mr. W. Holman's Edward the First, lOst 13Ib ... 1
Mr. J. Brown's Hip-briar, lOst .
Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer, list I Ilb
Mr. Smith's Unknown, 9st 10Ib ••• ... 4
British Yeoman, 31st—Red Lancer, lOst 61b—Gay-
hurst, lOst 21b —Evergreen, lOst 211)—Dick Lawson,
lOst—Brother to Tom Tough, 9st 121b—Miss Fop,
9st 121 b—and Royston Gower, 9st 211), also started,
but were not placed. 5 to 2 agst Edward the First-5
to 1 agt Gayhurst-6 to 1 egst Red Lancer— and 7 to
1 agst Hip-briar.
. .

Th;. War.wickshire Hunt Cup of 5 sore. each, added to
a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for hunters, 12st each.
Three miles.
Mr. W. S. Crawford's Sharer... (51r. F. Wilson) 1
Mr. Little nd The Miller ... 2

The following also started:—Lord Strathmore's
Speaker—Mr. D. M. Arbuthnot's Vesta—Captain
Allen nd Brunette—and Mr. E. Nunn nd Matrimony.
The Farmers' Stakes of 3 soys. each, and 25 added.
Three miles.
Mr. Taft's The Barber, 11 st ... (Mr. J. Brown) 1
Mr. E. Ivens's Chance, I Ist 71b ... 2
Mr. Mash nd Cogniac, list

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, FEB. 4.
The following Railway Bills were ordered to be
brought in:—
Bristol and Exeter (Glastonbury Navigation and Canal

Purchase).
North and Smith• Western (Harrow to Brentford).
Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation.
Furness Railway.
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension.
Caledonian (Branches connecting the Clydesdale Junc-
tion and Wishaw and Coltness Railways, &c.)
Caledonian (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station).
Wishaw and Coltness (Deviation, connecting Branch, and

Improvement).
Dundee and Perth (Tay Crossing).
Dundee and Perth (Dundee Junction).
Dundee and Arbroath (Dundee Junction).
Arbroath and Forfar (Additional Capital).
Aberdeen (Additional Capital).
Salisbury and Yeovil.

DISTILLING FllOlll SUGAR.
(Act considered in the Committee.)
1. Resolved, That it is expedient to allow the use of
molasses in the distillation of spirits.
2. Resolved, That it is expedient to snake regulations
relative to the distillation of spirits from sugar and from
molasses in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
3. Resolved. That an allowance of twelve shillings and
tenpence halfpenny be granted to every distiller of spirits
in the United Kingdom for and in respect of every eleven
gallons of proof spirits produced from sugar, used by
such distiller in the making of spirits upon which the
duties now by law imposed have been paid, provided that
one hundred and twelve pounds weigh t avoirdupois of sugar
have been sn used in the production of every eleven gallons
of such spirits; but if a less quantity of sugar has been so
used than after the rate of one hundred and twelve
pounds of sugar for every eleven gallons of such spirits,
then instead of the allowance last mentioned an allow-
ance of twelve shillings and tenpence halfpenny be
granted to such distiller for and in respect of every one
hundred and twelve pounds weight of sugar so used.
4. Resolved, That an allowance of four shillings and
sixpence be granted to every distiller of spirits in the
United Kingdom, for and in respect of every seven
gallons and one half of a gallon of proof spirits produced
from molasses used by such distiller in the making of
spirits upon whioh the duties now by law imposed have
been paid; provit led that one hundred and twelve pounds
weight of molasses have been so used in the production
of every seven gajlons and one half of a gallon of such
spirits; but if a I.9ss quantity of molasses has been so
used than after the rate of one hundred and twelve
pounds weight of molasses for every seven gallons and
one half of a gallon of such spirits, then instead of the
allowance last mentioned an allowance of four shillings
and sixpence be gra ated to such distiller for and in re-
spect of every one hundred and twelve pounds weight of
molasses so used.
Resolutions to be reported on. Monday next.