The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

THE MONSTER PETITION.

This petition, like the great demonstration got up
for Monday last, turns out to be a veritable hoax.
The number of signatures attached to it amounted,
according to Mr. Feargus O'Connor's statement, to
between five and six millions, and he claimed atten-
tion to it mainly on that ground. We under-
stand from the very best authority that so
far from the petitioners numbering five millions,
they fall short of two, whilst the credence
attaching to the veracity of the signatures, may be
judged from the fact that not only is the name of
Queen
Victoria appended to it, but the Duke of
Wellington is attached nearly twenty times. Almost
every slang name known to Englishmen, such as
Snooks, Pugnose, and other nicknames, figure
in thousands, and the very coarsest words,
of the most vulgar and disgraceful meaning, are
found in most unholy abundance. It is the duty of
the officers of the House of Commons to report the
numbers fixed to every public petition, and in the
discharge of their duty the above facts have been
disclosed. We learn that to such an extent has
the fraudulent system of affixing false names been
carried in this instance, as to render it matter of
doubt whether inquiry will not be absolutely requi-
site to prevent the House of Commons being again
imposed upon by hoaxes so heartless and yet so dan-
gerous as fraudulent petitions presented under cover
of great public meetings.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
HULL, 10 A.M.—All remains tranquil.
LEEDS, 9.59 A.m.—No signs of disturbance here.
YORK, 10.10 A.M.—All perfectly quiet.
LIVERPOOL, 10 A.M.—The town is perfectly quiet, and
business, which recent events had suspended, is resumed
with increased vigour. The great rise in funds gives
additional confidence.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF COMMONS, Aprill2.

CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL.
Mr. REYNOLDS (in continuation from our After-
noon Edition of yesterday) said—He believed that
the opponents to this measure ,would be found
to be the representatives of by far the largest
constituencies of the country. He had not the least
objection that the man who wrote treason should be
transported, but he did not think that any Go-
vernment ought to be invested with the power
of depriving any British subject of his right
of speaking fully and openly his opinion upon
all subjects. The sixth clause of this Bill also
made a person liable to a punishment of two years' im-
prisonment for attending any meeting where such
speeches were made.
Sir G. GREY thought that it would be much better if
the discussion upon the words objected t• were to take
place in Committee, instead of at the present time.
Mr. HUME said that he thought the Noble Lord
and his colleagues ought to inform the House whether
they were determined henceforth to throw behind
them all the principles contended for by the late
Mr. Fox. The Noble Lord had frequently made
it his boast that he was a disciple of that great man,
and expressed a hope that he would ever continue to be
so. The Hon. Member then proceeded to refer at some
length to the case of the prosecution of Mr. Muir and
others, and contended that similar results would follow
from the passing of this Bill. Most sincerely, there-
fore, did he advise the Government not to hurry the
Bill through its stages so rapidly, and to allow the
people of the country an opportunity of expressing
their opinion upon the subject. At all events he trusted
that the Government would allow the Bill to stand over
till Monday next.
Lord J. RUSSELL then rose, and said, I should cer-
tainly have been better satisfied if the Hon. Member
who has just sat down, and the Hon. Member who had
spoken on the subject, had been content to go into Com-
mittee for the purpose of hearing the reasons which
might be urged by her Majesty's Government in sup-
port of the clause which they have so loudly
condemned. The Hon. Member for Montrose asked me
upon what principle we proposed to act. I say now, and
shall ever say, that with respect to general principles of
politics, with respect to the great mass of the constitu-
tion, I believe Mr. Fox to have laid down the true
doctrines upon that subject.—(Hear, hear.) But, Sir,
we are now living under extraordinary circum-
stances—(Hear, hear)—in a time, Sir, when persons
think it their duty to call together councils and confe-
derations, in which they declare that war ought to be
made against the Sovereign—(Cheers)—that the forces
of the Sovereign should be seduced or bribed, and, if
seduction or bribery did not succeed, that they should
be opposed by force of arms—(Cheers)—a time, Sir,
when persons are advised to arm themselves, and told
that if they procure those arms they will gain a signal
victory, and that the soldiers and the police will not
be able to withstand them—a time when persons think it
advisable, even in this House, to show in what manner
they mean to proceed, and how they shall advise their
countrymen to devise the measures necessary for the
success of rebellion.—(Loud cheers.) I believe that,
according to the spirit of this constitution, a great lati-
tude of discussion should be allowed—(Hear.
hoar) -
and that inflammatory language should be per-
mitted—that language which may excite indignation
against our monarchical institutions should be permitted
to proceed to a great length, because I know that with-
out allowances of this kind the liberty of discussion
cannot be maintained ; but, Sir, instead of being re-
proached with having interfered intemperately and
hastily, I believe that the general opinion of this country
is rather that we have waited too long.—(Cheers.) But,
Sir, having some to the opinion that it is necessary to
take measures of precaution—that these measures of pre-
caution may defeat the designs of traitors—(Cheers)—
that these measures of precaution may prevent a part of
the United Kingdom from being deluged with blocd by
those who have advised the commission of acts the most
atrocious—(Loud cheers)—and who have sat down
actually in their closets to show how, by various
infernal engines, by pouring cold vitriol, boiling
oil, and other means, they may procure the
deaths of their fellow subjects—l say that under
these circumstances I should be ashamed of myself
if, when I see the danger approaching, I am so fettered
by Mr. Fox, so afraid of having Mr. Fox's words quoted
against me, that I will desert my duty, and will not
take those measures of precaution which I believe to be
necessary. That, Sir, is my answer to the Hon. Gentle-
man who asks me upon what principles we pro-
pose to proceed.—(Cheers.) I think that the
Hon. Gentleman has shown that he will not come
to the discussion of the Bill, and I think that he has not
fully understood the meaning of one portion of the Bill—,
I mean that which relates to Ireland. The Hon. Mem-
ber has taken the trouble to read to the House at some
length the indictment framed against Mr. Muir.
That indictment charged Mr. Muir and his asso

ciates with having used words calculated to excite
disaff,Ttion, and to alienate the people from the
constitution of this realm, and which were also of an in-
flammatory character. I should have thought, Sir, that
to transport a person for an offence of that kind, an
offence _which must no doubt be very mischievous, but did
not go beyond the offence of sedition, would be very
oppressive and unjust at the present time. For my part I
have always been of the opinion that the conviction of Mr.
Muir and his associates under that indictment was very
unjust.—(Hear) There is, however, a very great diffe
rence between using language of that kind and language
tending to excite to the levying of war against the coun•
try or producing insurrection therein ; and it is the latter
which must be the intent under the Bill which we now
of the
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brought forward on a trial for high treason,
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cure others to make an any person who by any advice
shall excite, encourage, or pro-
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a milder punishment. There is
upon the statute-book by which,
this country, and publishes, any writing
to cause or levy any war, he may be found
high treason, and capitally punished. That isgasuthikletylf
of this country by statute, and I would
Honourable Member whether it is fit that one perstohne,
who sits down to write a newspaper, which he after-
wards publishes, and in which he commits this offence,
should be punished capitally, and that others, his con-
federates and his allies, should advisedly and with pre-
paration make, day after day, speeches seeing that the
reporters of the newspapers are before him,whom he knows
will report every word he says, that these words should be
equal to if not of greater
other allies,eatermaligni antythd whantie the one
shall which
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shall be found guilty of high treason and capitally exe-
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unconstitutional changes in the law when reducing the
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respect to the other, considering them to be in point of
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country
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its penalty from death to transportation, and that that
portion of the Bill which extends the whole Act to Ire-
land should be maintained permanent, as we propose it,
we are ready to concede that those other parts of
the Bill with respect to open and advised speaking,
and, which is new, shall have only a temporary operation.
—(Loud cheers.) For my own part I believe that
the enactment will be a right one, but that of
which I am most deeply convinced is that such
an enactment is necessary, if we mean to keep away the
danger by which we are threatened. The Hon. Member
has referred to precautionary measures which are pro-
posed to be taken against aliens. In a few days I expect
that Bill will be before the House, when I shall have
an opportunity of stating its objects, and the reasons
which have induced her Majesty's Government
to bring it forward. Thus much, however, I will say,
that any measures which are introduced now are intro-
duced under the deep conviction that the peace of this
country is worth preserving—(Loud cheers)—that the
institutions of this country—its monarchy and its consti-
tution—are not to be lightly given up, and the trust being
in our hands we will endeavour to preserve them intact.
Mr. HORSMAN said that there were many law
authorities on this question. He had heard with great
satisfaction the statement of the Noble Lord, that the
operation of the Bill would be, in its general bearing,
limited. The Noble Lord had quoted the authority
of Judge Blackstone. He (Mr. Horsman) would
also quote the authority of that eminent judge.
The Honourable Member then went on to quote
authorities. The Noble Lord had said that the words
themselves were not to hold a party guilty, the words
must be attended with an intention " to compass or
design." He was perfectly confident that neither
the Attorney- General nor the Solicitor-General
would contend that these were sanctioned by
precedent; he believed that they would concede that
they were opposed to all precedent and to all law autho-
rity. In one of the most interesting books published of
late years—he meant the "Lives of the Chancellors,"
by a Noble and Learned Lord, one of the present
Cabinet—in the, life of Lard Eldon, the Noble and
Learned Author says that when that illustrious judge was
Attorney- General, speaking of the Treasonable Attempts
Bill,he opposed,it as extending the power of the Crown to
an unwarrantable extent, and the Noble Lord himself did
not hesitate to oppose the granting of those powers. There
seemed within these few days to be engendered a state of
alarm for which he saw no warranty. In the year 1796 7,
when there was greater cause for alarm than now, and
when Mr. Pitt wished to obtain similar powers to those
asked for by the Noble Lord, Mr. Erskine raised his
voice against the concession of them. Mr. Fox, on the
same occasion, said that they had heard of popular in-
surrections and popular revolutions, but were these
owing to the freedom of popular opinion or the liberty
of discussion? No—they were opposed to these; and
he quoted the reign of Charles I. in proof, a period when
freedom of discussion was fettered by the severest laws.
He believed the effect of the recent violent speeches
made in Ireland and elsewhere bad been to call down
the indignation of the well-disposed upon their utterers.
People knew in this country that they could obtain
their rights, because they did not merely depend upon
Government majorities, but upon public opinion.
(Hear.) But if public opinion was to be disregarded
if speeches made in public were to render the utterers
liable to transportation—a great change in the con-
stitution of the country could not fail to be the result.
Ho regretted that the Government had thought proper
to introduce measures which even Pitt, in the zenith
of his power, dared not pass, and Lord Castle-
reagh, in the height of his unpopularity, had not
the courage to propose. It was indeed a matter for ex-
treme regret that the Government had deemed such a mea-
sure necessary for the unhappy country of Ireland.
There never was a time in the history of the country
where they had less cause fer alarm, because the greet
mass of the people were not desirous of any great or
sweeping change.
Mr. MARTIN rose to move as an amendment, that
" open and advised speaking' be left out of the
clause. He did so, because he believed the pre-
sent law stringent enough, and because he
wished to see it maintained. A written libel had
been always made a criminal proceeding, but spoken had
nets but they would be under this Bill. The 36th
of George 111. made a written libel a criminal proceed-
ing, but spoken words only a misdemeanour, unless
repeated more and more. All the great writers—
Blackstone, Coke, Hale—were of opinion that this dis-
tinction should be made between written and spoken
words. And were they, in 1848, to enact a more
severe enactment? A speech could only be delivered
to a limited number of persons, for the human
voice would not extend to many; but written words
might extend to vast numb.-rs. Montesquieu said
words often admitted of more significations than one,
and if they were to be made punishable as treason, he said
there would be an end of not only liberty, but its shadow.
He put little reliance upon repeated statements; and ho
did not think there was an Hon. Member in that House
who wuuld undertake to repeat the words delivered by
another, nay more, the sentiments. (Hear.) But
suppose they had to deal with a panic-stricken
jury, sitting last Monday. (Hear, hear.) How
could they depend upon the liberty of the speech ?
How, then, were they to prosecute ? He gave the
Government full credit for having shorthand notes taken
of the speeches of persons who were rendering themselves
liable to prosecution; but he had no faith in short-hand
notes, and the most eminent judges on the bench were of
the same opinion as the Learned Judge. He appealed to
the Attorney-General if this were not so.—(Hear.)
A Learned Judge had endeavoured to put an end to
legalised short-hand writing, because he had been so
repeatedly misrepresented in his charges to juries.
How, then, if this were the opinion of the
Judges, could they depend upon such testimony ? He
neesia cugge.ob thou the offclatA: of rpeahtiig " open anti
designedly" should be rendered a misdemeanour, and
that it should not be rendered a bailable offence, on the
understanding that the person should be tried in a month.
—(Hear, hear.) He would follow the Noble Lord at the
head of the Government to the " last gasp with truth
and loyalty," but he entreated him to follow the example
of Pitt in 17911.—(Hear.)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if parole evidence
could not be relied upon at all, why let the punishment
be light indeed.—(Hear.) But he should have
gone further, and in his zeal for the liberty of
the people, proposed the abolition of all punish.
ment for sedition.— (Hear, hear.) If the sugges-
tion of his Learned Friend was adopted with re-
spect to the trial of such offenders special commissions
would have to be appointed, as the courts did not sit
once a month.—(flear, hear.) The punishments for
felony and misdemeanour were nearly the same—
imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Mr.
Justice Foster laid it down that the speaking
of words against the Crown was an overt act, and might
he punished accordingly.—(Hear.) He thought the
words should be retained, though they might not be
made permanently applicable—indeed such was not the
intention of the Government.
Mr. MARTIN explained that he did not say that
parole evidence could not be trusted.'
Mr. M. MILNES read the words of Mr. Justice Foster,
and said the words read by the Attorney-General were
those of Mr. Attorney-General Follett, which, however,
he did not make out to the satisfaction of the House.
Mr. AGLIONBY supported the amendment.
Sir F. TIIESIGER wished, in the first instance, to
correct his Honourable, but not Learned Friend, the
Member for Pontefract (Mr. M. Milnes). The words
stated by his Learned Friend, the Attorney-General,
were the words of Mr. Justice Foster, and not
those of the Attorney-General Sir W. Follett.
Having said that he wished to correct the statement of
his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Pontefract
(Mr. Martin). The indictment under this clause would
be not for words spoken, but for'compassing and imagin-
ing the different objects specified in the clause.—(Hear.)
Ile regretted that the Government had given way
es they had done, and consented to make those provi-
sions temporary, which he thought ought to have been
made perpetual.—(llear, hear.) He thought the Go-
vernment, by the course they had pursued had destroyed
all the vigour of the Bill merely for the sake of appeasing
the opposition to this measure.—(Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Mr. HuME, and the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL in explanation of the word "compassing,"
Mr. P. WOOD supported the view taken by
the Attorney-General of the word used by Mr.
Justice Foster. He should, however, be sorry
to see the statute-book cf this country stained with
the making of speaking a felony equal with writing.
—(Hear, hear,) He thought they ought to be careful
how far they altered the law, for by doing so they
might create a sympathy in a wrong direction.
For these reasons he should rote for the expunging of
the words.—(Hear.) He was greatly rejoiced that her
Majesty's Government had conceded that the provisions
of the Act in the respect alluded to by the Noble Lord
at the head of the Government should be only temporary.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL had no faith in the statements
of the Noble Lord or the Government, that the povisions
of the Act with respect to speaking would be only tem-
porary. A fair trial could not be had in Dublin.
Mr. GROGAN rose to address the House amid loud
cries of " Divide, divide," and withdrew, amid which the
lion. Member sat down without uttering a word.
Mr. MOWATT then rose to address the House and
was received with loud cries of "Divide, divide," and
"t`hloiurg.
thought
Grogan, Mr.
was the
Grogan." The Hon. Gentleman
gave Way, and.
Mr. GROGAN addressed the House, denying that it
hwoaasr.i)mp,olsfsibthlee [lei have a fair trial in Dubin.—(Hear,
insertion of a
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clause in 'the Bill, providing that
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than attending the House.—(Hear, hear.) Apciedrertmo
this, he did not think this was a proper time to discuss
such a question as this.
Mr. PEARSON suggested that the amendment should
be printed, and further time given to consider it.
Mr. BRIGHT thought that a longer period ought
to be given to the consideration of the measure. The
discussion that had already taken piece had changed
the opinion of many Members with respect to the Bill,
and even those of Ministers themselves.

On the question being put that the House resolve
tself itself into Committee on the Bill at twelve o'clock

to-morrow,
Mr. MOIVATT mom], as an tilllQncluaent,tlu4 th

House do now adjourn to Monday next.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. FAGAN, at two minutes to six o'clock, rose
to second the motion amid much laughter.
The hour of six o'clock having arrived during the
Hon. Member's speech, the House adjourned.
The effect of the ruse will be to postpone the Com-
mittee on the Bill either to a late hour to-morrow
night or till Friday, and the House will not meet to-
morrow till the usual hour.

CHARTIST CONVENTION,

gthe chair,
of the delegates yesterday after-
AFTERNOON SITTING.
At
noon,
The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a vast
number of letters giving accounts of public meetings
tile.
the
.aGs sreamt
hb li inn
held at Lynn, Liverpool, Clitheroe, Southampton, Ben-
i no
bury, North Shields, Carlisle, and other places, at which
unanimous resolutions were passed pledging themselves
to support the Convention.
Mr. HARNEY said he had to state a fact concerning
the conduct of the working men at the Deptford dock-
yard, which had been overlooked entirely by the re-
porters who had given accounts of the uproarious
loyalty of persons in the employ of Government.
These men, he said, unanimously refused to act as
special constables on Monday last.—(Hear.) The Times
had suggested to-day that the whole of the working men
who gave their assistance on that day to preserve the
peace in case of an outbreak should be treated to a
" blow out " at the expense of the aristocracy.—(A
laugh.) But instead of giving the working men a feast
once in a hundred years, the Convention intended to put
them in a position to have a good feast every day.
The motion of Mr. Adams, that it be an instruction to
the committee, that the number of delegates to be elected
fur the different districts throughout the country should
depend upon the extent of the population, irrespective
of anything else, was then brought under discussion.
A great number of delegates spoke upon the subject,
some allegir'e that the suggestion of Mr. Adams would
have no good effect—that the present Convention was
quite sufficient to represent the working classes—that it
was all moonshine to have electoral districts, and increase
the number of delegates; and that if the Government
happened to pounce upon them it would only have the
effect of bringing a greater number of Chartist
delegates into trouble. Others, that if they wished
to act upon the democratic principle, they
should not attempt to narrow their sphere of action. but
increase it, and that if they were desirous that the Con-
vention should be, in truth, a National Assembly, an
appeal ought to be made to every man in the kingdom.
One delegate said, unless they acted upon the electoral
district principle, it would be absurd to call this
a National Convention. It was observed by another
that it would be advisable to have a partial selection, so
that such places only might be fixed upon as would return
men true to the Charter.
Mr. GRAHAM proposed an amendment, that the towns
mentioned in the schedule which bad been drawn up,
should send delegates to the National Assembly, and, at
the same time, every other district containing a suffi-
cient population should be at liberty to send a delegate
if the people desired it.
Mr. JONES suggested that, in the event of the Govern-
ment refusing to make them any concession, the Con-
vention should issue a manifesto to the people, calling
upon them, by virtue of their will, to send delegates to
a National Assembly. He wished every town in the
kingdom to send a delegate that wished to support the
Convention.
Mr. ADAMS said he had proposed the motion in order
that they might ascertain the real opinions of the people
of this country. They would only sacrifice themselves
and the Charter if they placed themselves in a position
which was not backed by the majority of the people;
but if they had their support they might defy the
strongest Government which ever existed in the country,
should their rights be withheld.
The amendment was then put but negatived, and the
motion of Mr. Adams was declared to be carried.
ALIEN DILL.
Mr. KYDD gave notice of a motion protesting most
decidedly against the Bill proposed by Lord Lans
downo in the House of Lords, to expel foreigners
who were supposed to have political objects is view
from the shores of this country, as being despotic in
principle and directly opposed to a wise system of na-
tional intercourse.—(Cheers.)
CHARTIST CONSISTENCY.
Mr. DIXON proposed a motion to the effect that the
delegates should pursue one and the same kind of policy
at meetings and other places, in accordance with resolu-
tions which might be come to by the Convention, and
not act in opposition to each other. He believed that
their procession would not have been interfered with on
Monday if the rabid nonsense had not been circulated
which some of the delegates had thought proper to utter
during the last week.—(Hear.)
The motion, at the suggestion of several delegates,
was, however, withdrawn.
THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
Mr. LEACH suggested that the Convention should pass
a resolution disapproving of any resolutions condemna-
tory of the middle classes as a body, and stating that
they considered it the duty of the Convention to con-
ciliate, as far as possible, all classes, and to induce them
to support the measures which the Convention had been
called to forward.—(Cheers.)
After some discussion, the further consideration of
the motion was postponed until to-morrow.
ADDRESS WITH RESPECT TO SI3ICTLTANEOUS ELECTIONS.
On the motion of Mr. CLARKE, a committee was ap-
pointed to draw up an address to the country.
The Convention then adjourned.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The apprehensions of in-
ternal disturbances, arising out of the threatened
Chartist demonstration in London yesterday,
and the unsettled state of Ireland, have seri-
ously affected the demand for the home trade
during the last few days; and, as there is no
revival of demand from the continent, the busi-
ness done here has been on an exceedingly small
scale, with a general though slight decline in prices,
particularly in yarn, which feels the effect of increased
supplies of cotton to the American ports.
We understand that the purchases of goods made last
week for the Mexican market are likely to be affected by
one of the clauses of the treaty of peace with the United
States, which provides that all merchandise imported
into Mexico within sixty days after the signature of the
treaty, shall be entitled to entry at the low rates of duty
imposed by the American Government. This period of
sixty days, though quite long enough to enable the mer-
chants of the United States to send supplies of goods,
will bo somewhat too short for shipments from Europe,
which,ighe r ont
es q may probably be subjected to much
The mercantile letters received by the Cambrian from
higher of
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duty.
the United States do not exhibit quite so much alarm on
account of the recent revolution in France as might have
been expected, considering the extensive commerce be-
tween the two countries, and especially regarding the
large imports of cotton which have been recently made
from the American ports to France. Apparently the
merchants at New York did not contemplate the utter
prostration which has fallen upon the commercial and
moneyed classes in France ; but the next arrivals, when
the truth would have become more fully known, and
when there would have been time to hear from the sou-
thern states, will probably be of a somewhat different
complexion. We understand [that shipments of cotton
from New Orleans to France are not unfrequently paid
for, in the first instance, by drafts at sixty days, on New
York, which, when approaching maturity, are provided
for by drawing on Paris, and selling the bills in the New
York market. A credit of nearly four months is thus
obtained, and the amount of paper in circulation at any
one time is considerably increased. The consequences
of this mode of negotiating will, we fear, be exceedingly
houses at New Orleans
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on Paris prospect of meeting acceptance
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ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—To-day has been one of the
dullest markets we have had this year. There has been
a thin attendance of buyers, and but few pieces have been
sold, and those at reduced prices. There has been little
or no business in the wool market, and prices may be
quoted a shade lower.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Rather more business has
been done to-day in fancy goods, but there is no general
improvement, and no expectation of it until political
affairs become more settled both at home and abroad.
For yarn, there is an almost entire suspension of demand;
and the short, time the mills are now employed is adding
to stock. No wool is changing hands, and prices are
merely nominal.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—But very little doing to-
day, either in the Cloth-hall or warehouses. Manu-
facturers are heavy in their complaints, especially those
connected with vestings and light fancy woollens.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We are unable to report the
slightest improvement in our cloth market; there was
fully as little doing to-day as there has been for some
time past, and our merchants continue to be exceedingly
cautious in their purchases, taking care to buy only for
immediate want, which certainly is very trifling.—
Manchester Guardian.

DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW-BORN CHILDREN IN THE
STREETS.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bed-
ford, at the York Minster, Dean street, Soho, on the
body of a new-born female child, found on Saturday
night last, in Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Mr. Jones,
the parish surgeon, made a post mortent examination by
direetion of the Coroner, and it was his opinion that the
child was born alive, but he was unable to state the
immediate cause of death, or how long it bad lived.
There was no evidence to prove its identity. Verdict—
" Found Dead." In the course of the morning informa-

tion was received by Mr. Bedford of the finding of the
body of a new-born male child by the police, in the
neighbourhood of Belgrave-square, on the previous
evening. The body was conveyed to the workhouse,
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, to await an inquest.
VICTORIA THEATRE.—Very extensive alterations
and improvements are being made in this theatre prior
to its re-opening at Easter. An entirely new stage,
buiosisdtessudriplirgiesnintgly
with all the means and appliances that have been sug-
gested by modern science, has been laid down, and will
give scope to the introduction of scenic effects of the
and from our inspection
portico is also in course of construction in place of the
somewhat plain and unsightly edifice which so long
and startling nature. A handsome
formed the front of the theatre. The painter, the de-
corator, the carver and gilder, and the upholsterer, are
this favourite theatre wi11,3
when re-opene , d be found one
of the most
elegant of the many temples of the dramatic
employed,
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that
art in this metropolis.
i.l'he Chancellor of the Exchequer has received
from an anonymous correspondent 301., " due for income-
!ax, arising from profits since the commencement of the
IncoLue-taZ." It will be paid into the Exchequer.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCES.
The following is a list of the sentences passed during,
the sesion:—

Death—James Parker, for stabbing Eliza Burgess.
Transportation. Fourteen Years Harris Bishop,
John William Thompson, for the gold dust robbery ;
Henry Brown, George Lower, Samuel Mainey, Thomas
Snead, Georgo Payne, Henry Baily, James Taylor, and
Benjamin Prophet. The last eight formed a portion of
the Kennington rioters.
Ten Years—Thomas Brill, Henry Stare, Horace
Brown, Thomas Schull, Thomas Schenk alias Barnhard,
Maria Hodges, James Dewey, William Brown, Henry
Bryant, Edward Foy alms Chandler, Ann Handley-, Ann
Dickenson, William Poore, William Boxall, and William
Barret, another of the Kennington mob.
Seven Years—William Smith. George Anderson,
George Parker, John Smith, William Dixon, Eliza
Phcebe, William Harris, William Ashton, George Jack-
son, George Lane, Johanna Bradshaw, James Mason,
Daniel Eagleton, James Mayhew, Henry Nicks, James
Ryan, John Asbury, C. Rawlings, Wm. Johnson, Ellen
Ryan, John Whittaker, James Hastings, Edward J.
Keitch, David Conway, James Perry, a.ilthony Finlay,
Thomas Howlett, David A. Duffey, Thomas Walker,
John Williams, George Smith, Thomas Horsely, Wil-
liam Males, and Samuel Morgan, the last nine forming
another portion of the Kennington gang.
Imprisonment for Two Years—John Fletcher, Thomas
Ingrain, John Lloyd, William Chick, and Alfred
Holmes.

Eighteen Months—Charles Empey and Andrew Green.
Twelve Mouths—Joseph Primmer, James Rae, John
Davis, H. Csyton, ItobertHall, Robert Brockley, George
William Rowley, William Cantrell, Thomas Bailey,
Alexander Pickett, John Bartholomew Brookes, William
Davis, James Day, William Smith, James Hewett,
Thomas Wilson, John Roberts, John Ruse, George
Treadway, James Badman, Ellen Ormond, George Wil-
liam Rowley, Benedict James Kriezac, Henry Bates,
William Barrett, John Denmore, Robert Archer, and
Henry Davis; the last fiva prisoners being the remainder
of the Kennington rioters.
Nine Months—BenjaminHarris, James Davis, Thomas
Marshall, Thomas Christmas, John Still, and John Hall.
Six Months—Charles Watson, James Cripps, Richard
Thomas, Edward Jones, Nicholas Purday, Richard
Melhuish, Juhn Saunders, Thomas Chislett, James
Smith, Robert Harley, Eliza Green, Wm. Rogers, Ann
Wiggins, Charles Wadham, Thomas Edwards, Sarah
Allen, John Ware, John Brown, John Stevens, Henry
Smith, George Barber, Wm. Hadaway, Julia Morgan,
Josh. Rost, Fred. Jones, Eliza Walker, Elizabeth
Brown, Eliza Brown, Wm. Day, John Miller, Charles
Smith, Wm. Parsons, James May, Alfred Clarke, John
Roe, Richard Williams, Matthew Hayley, Joseph Jen-
kins, Alexander Macdonald, George Evans, and Ed-
ward Walter.

Two Months—James Meyers, Wm. Thomas Gent,
James Smith, Mary Miliner, and Elizabeth Tipson.
Three Months—James Hager, James Corbett, W.
Austin, G. Taylor, G. Button, Mary Welch, Mat
James, Frederick Anderson, Chas. Howard, H. Baker,
Frederick Baker, Richard Hall, Ellen Macarty, W. Lam-
bert, and Maria Puizl.

Two Months—Jas. Rock, Samuel Brewerton, W.
Loder, John Gall, and Richard Stratton.
One Month—Robert Brown, Rebecca Osborne, Lydia
Ironmonger, Ann Murray, and Laurence Bennett.
Fourteen Days—Wm. Ross, and whipped, and Philip
Salmon.

Ten Days—Sarah Ann Fake, and Wm. Smith, and to
be whipped.

One- Week—John Harry, John Holden, Richard
Stratton, Michael Miley, E. Purday, and C. J. Warder.
Acquittals—W. Clare, D. Macarty, C. M'Andrews, J.
Killeyway, Ellen Field, J. Eddington, Fanny Attwoud,
J. Cauley, Ellen Kern; ay, T. Larley, Bessy Spottis.
wood, John Spottiswood, David Thompson, Fanny
Marks, Abraham Cali, J. Dobbins, T. Wilkinson, Ellen
Farrell, W. Hollis, Thos. Potter, Eliza Reed, Eliza
Johnson, Edward Etherington, Jas. May, Juhn Bell,
Thos. Harman, F. T. Chick, Daniel Bea die, Henry
Deacon, Chas. Richard Oakley, William Thomas, J.
Keitch, Thos. Conan], Rebecca Hastings, Rich. Webster,
Jos. Burden, Wm. Brigdon, J. W. P. Newman, Thos.
Mears, A. Gardener, Geo. Sharp, Maria Burton, Wm.
Sabine, Tim. Hurley, Jas. Ratelift
Judgment Respited—Edw. Hancock, John Bull, Geo.
Powell.

The Court, at its rising, adjourned until May 22.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mrs, Mary Haddington, who gave her address, West-
bourne-grove, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged
with having stolen a pair of gloves, a pair of stockings,
and a collar, from the shop of Messrs. Phillips and Co.,
mercers, Regent-street.
An assistant to Messrs. Phillips, named Edwards, said
the prisonercame into the shop that day, and maden selec-
tion of some articles, which she wished to be packed in
a parcel, and sent to a Mr. Roberts, of Carlton- terrace.
Witness suspected the prisoner, and on watching her
closely, he saw her take something from the counter,
and place it beneath her shawl. As she was about to
leave the shop, she was stopped and charged with the
offence of stealing. When searched at the station-house
the property now produced was found in her possession
The prisoner, who was very genteelly dressed, in a
very rambling, incoherent way, begged the magistrate
to send for her aunt, and she would tell him all about
it. She said her husband had gone to the Bank to re-
ceive some money, at the end of a Chancery suit, and
she had contrived to leave home without the knowledge
of her family.
Mr. ILtanwrcu asked the witness Edwards, if the pri-
soner exhibited the same incoherence when making pur-
chases?—The witness said, certainly not. The prisoner
was as collected and sensible as the most rational of the
customers.
Pence-constable Mould, C division, said the prisoner
certainly did not exhibit the same eccentricity of man-
ner when he took her into custody.
Mr. HARDviicx said it would be as well to make in-
quiry of the prisoner's friends, whether the present irra-
tional manner and speech were only assumed, or whether
the prisoner really laboured under disordered intellects.
He should direct the police to make the requisite in-
quiries before he finally committed the prisoner.
The prisoner was then removed, and when in the
lockup cell she gave her address, No. 2, Mountford-
road, Westbourne.road.
MARYLERONE.
A considerable degree of interest was excited at this
court in consequence of its having been the day ap-
pointed for the re-examination of Mr. Thomas Buxton
Baynes, surgeon, Thaxted, Essex, who on Friday last
was brought up by Inspector Tedrnan, of the D division,
upon a warrant charging him, the said defendant, on
the oath of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, " with having, on
the Ist of April instant, at the parish of Paddington, in
the county of Middlesex, unlawfully taken an unmarried
girl, to wit, Marian Frances Jane Harvey, she being
under the age of 16 years, out of the possession of and
against the will of him, the said Thomas Harvey, her
father."
The particulars which previously transpired require
no more than a brief statement by way of allusion to
them, inasmuch as the subsequent inquiry (to-day) will
put the public in possession of the whole history of the
transaction. It may be observed that after the young
lady was missing from her parents' dwelling the Rev.
Mr. Harvey repaired to Thaxted, accomnanied by some
friends and Inspector Tedman, and that after a deter-
mined struggle she (the young lady) was brought from
the defendant's house and taken up to London, where
she was safely lodged in her father's house. The pro-
secution was instituted under 9th Geo. IV., c. 31.
To-day the defendant appeared pursuant to the recog-
nizance which he entered into on Friday, as security for
his being forthcoming, and he took his seat by the side
of his legal adviser, Mr. Wilkin, Furnival's Inn.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the prose-
cution.
Mrs. Harvey and her daughter, who arrived at the
court soon after one o'clock, were accommodated with
seats in the magistrate's private room, and it was gene-
rally imagined that the young lady would have been
called upon to give evidence. This supposition was the
cause of a number of ladies flocking to the Justice-room,
in the anxious expectation of obtaining a sight of her,
but their wishes were not realised.
The Rev. Thomas Harvey, examined by Mr. CLARK-
SON—I was curate of Thaxted, and quitted on the 14th
of last month. While there I became acquainted with
defendant, who was first introduced to me by the vicar.
He was upon terms of intimacy with us, received hospi-
tality at our table, and he was treated by us in every
respect as a friend. My daughter was fifteen years old
on the Bth of last month. Her age was known to the
defendant. Some time before she was in a delicate state
of health, and was under his care. The nature of her
complaint was such that he recommended equestrian
exercise. I have permitted him to accompany her in her
rides. When I lett Thaxted I went to live at No. 30,
Queen's-terrace, Bayswater, and my wife and daughter
went there with me. Defendant knew where we had
taken up our abode. On Saturday, the Ist of April,
my daughter was missed from the house at about half-
past seven in the morning. On the previous day the
defendant had dined with my family. When I missed
my daughter I found a letter upon her dressing table.
The letter was here handed to the Rev. Gentleman by
his counsel, and he identified it as being the same to 1
which he had alluded. It ran thus :

" Friday.
" Dear Sir,—l suppose I shall merit your eternal con-
demnation.. I need not refer to late events. I place all
my happiness in the society of Fanny. An uncon.
trollable feeling of regard, which neither you nor Mrs.
Harvey could have bean insensible to, has led me to abuse
your hospit tlity, and break the bonds of friendship and
honour, and make me entirely at your mercy. I wish to
take all the blame upon myself ; Fanny has received
an earnest and urgent solicitation from me. I cannot
tell how this affair has come about, nor can she.
I believe, though there is a fearful disparity in
our ages, tha t there exists a mutual regard and affection
of the stronge at kind. It would have been useless to
have asked your consent—ghat question has been dis-
cussed over and over again. I love Fanny to distrac-
tion. I will work hard for her support, her happiness,
and comfurt. Do not blame me. I will consult all her
wants, svady her wishes, and treat her with that con-
sideration and delicacy which is her due. It will be
useless to pursue us—such would be an endless labour,
and would tend to make public those circumstances
which would not be worth the trouble you would have
to encounter. Arrangements are made which will pre
vent any possi Wily of detection. You shall hear from
us to-night. if you wish to communicate with us,
insert a short advertisement, in French, in the
to-morrow mon ling. Bear in mind lam no adventurer.
You have this ,to consider—you cannot undo what has
been done. Fssnny is happy; but I feel that I have
abused your kinadness, and am unworthy your consider-
ation, I hope. for your forgiveness,

"T. B,"

P.S. I risk fearful consequences, but it matters not
what becomes of me; if you separate us. I can but make
short work of it, and I would Lear death at soon as
disgrace."
Mr. Harvey, in continuation, said—l have since suc-
ceeded in regaining possession of my daughter, whom I
found at defendant's house at Thaxted yc sterday week,
at about three in the morning. She was then in bed. I
was resisted by the defendant upon my insisting upon
entering into his dwelling, and in a struggle which took
Place at a back door of his house, a pistol fell from his
person. I also found another pistol under my daughter's
pillow; both of them turned out to be capped and loaded.
(The pistols (sere here produced by Mr. Tedman; they
were small, but of exquisite workmanship.)
The Rev. Gentleman, in reply to a further question
from Mr. Clarkson, said —Upon my catb, it was not in
any way with my sanction or will, that my daughter
went away with defendant, and I would rather see her in
her grave than she should have done so.
By Mr. Wilkin—On the Friday, he might have come
to my house at the request of my wife, hut I don't know
that he did. (A letter written by Mrs. Harvey was
brought forward and read ; the purport of it was an
invitation to dine with the family on the Friday, the
day preceding her daughter's abduction.) I have no
knowledge of my daughter's portrait having been taken
by an artist, at the request of defendant; and until yes-
terday I never heard that she had accepted from him
either a riding-hat or a ring.
Another letter from Mrs. Harvey, and which was ad-
dressed to the defendant before the family left Thaxted,
was read by Mr. Wilkin. The said epistle assured de-
fendant that she (Mrs. Harvey) and Fanny were much
attached to him, and that by the aid of steam he might,
in the space of an hour, be with them.
Cross. examination by Mr. Wilkin continued.—l have
not seen defendant walk in the garden with my daughter,
but if I had seen it I should not have objected to it. I
never heard the defendant had been stopped by a high-
wayman some time ago, and that ever since he had car-
ried pistols about him by way of protection.
Mr. Wilkin here produced a number of letters alleged
to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Gentleman's daugh-
ter, and was about to read some of them, when—
Mr. BROUGHTON asked if the young lady was to be
called as a witness for the prosecution?
Mr. Clarkson.—Certainly not.
Mr. I3noucetToet then decided that the letters could
not be read.
Mr. Clarkson--Now, Mr. Harvey, I ask you this
question, upon your solemn oath, did you ever consent
m any way whatever to your (laughter leaving home
with the defendant, or had you the slightest idea that
he was courting her?—Mr. Harvey—Certainly not.
Mr. Harvey, in answer to Mr. Wilkin, said I recollect
Mr. Barnes having asked me to allow him to have Fanny's
portrait taken, and I acceded to his wish. The likeness
was taken by Mr. Gee.
Mr. Clarkson, at this stage of the proceedings, ad-
dressed Mr. Broughton, to the effect, that after the evi-
dence which had been adduced, he thought that there
would be no hesitation with respect to the defendant
being called upon to find good bail for his appearance,
to answer the charge at the next session of the Central
Criminal Court.
Mr. Wilkin trusted that the Magistrate would not do
so, unless he felt that there was a chance of a con-
viction.

Numerous cases were brought forward by Mr. Wilkin,
who conducted the defence in a very able manner, and
he contended that no proof had been adduced as to any
offence having been committed by his client. Letters
which had passed between the parties clearly showed
that there was a strong feeling of affection existing be-
tween his client and th Rev. Gentleman's daughter, and
that there was not the slightest ground fur imagining
that she had quitted home otherwise than with her own
free will and consent.
Mr. Clarkson argued, pro contra, at sonic length, and
asserted that the defendant had, by his own letter ad-
dressed to the complainant, fully established his guilt.
The Learned Gentleman also produced the certificate of
marriage between the parties at St. Margaret's Church,
Westminster, and it was already shown that the de-
fendant had sworn that the young lady whom ho had
married was above the age of 18, and that the alliance
was with the full and entire consent of her parents; thus
showing upon the face of the said document that he had
committed the crime of perjury.
Mr. BuoucatTole, who ab ibitio had paid the greatest
attention to the ease, and a great deal of whose time
had been devoted to researches into authorities bearing
upon the circumstances connected with the case under
inquiry, reviewed the whole of the evidence adduced,
upon which he expatiated at some length. The conclu•
sion which he ultimately came to was, that it was his
duty to send defendant for trial on the charge of ab-
duction.
The defendant was then committed, but he was allowed
to put in bail to the amount of 1,0001., viz , himself in
5001. and two sureties in 250/. each, for his being forth-
coming to meet the charge at the sessions.
LAMBE TI!.
flekert Mcrdie, the young man who has been in cus-
tody for some days past on a charge of violating the
person of Miss Rebecca Sophia Yarwood, under circum-
stances of great brutality, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Elliott for final examination.;
Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the accused,
whose friends were said to be respectable.
The prosecutrix, a genteel, but delicate looking young
woman, who was so affected on seeing the prisoner
as to be unable for some time to go on with her
evidence, stated that she had been acquainted with
the prisoner for about a month previous to the
present occurrence, and he paid her attentions with
the view of marrying her. On the evening of Friday,
the 31st of last month, he called at the house of
her parents, Agnes- street, Waterloo-road, and requested
her to accompany him for a walk, the evening being
very fine. She, with the consent of her mother, went
out with him, and they crossed the Westminster bridge,
passed the Houses of Lords and Commons, the Millbank
Penitentiary, and Vauxhall-bridge, and proceeded so far
in that direction that both lost their way. The prisoner,
at her request, went into a public-house to inquire their
way, and being desired to take the second turning to the
left, they proceeded in that direction. They walked for
some time, and at lecgth came to a narrow bridge, when
the prisoner said he was then quite aware of the neigh-
bourhood and where he was. They crossed the bridge
(Battersea, it is supposed), and on getting over the
night became dark. The prisoner took her along some
new buildings, arid on to a piece of ground which ap-
peared to be laid out for building, and the place
was so dark and lonely that she dropped his arm
and refused to proceed any further in that direc-
tion. The prisoner asked her if she was afraid of
him, or if she thought be was some villain going
to deceive her? She replied that she did not'think
he had any intention to harm or deceive her, and he
declared that, on the word of a man, he would not. He
then asked her if she saw some lights at a distance, and
on her answering in the affirmative,:he said it was there
his men worked, and he had to go there daily. They
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struggled as well as she was able to get away from him,
but was so weak and exhausted that she fainted, and on
her recovering the prisoner was in the act of lifting
her from the ground, and searching her pockets for a
smelling-bottle. She proceeded with him a short dis-
tance, when her head became so affected that she was
nearly falling into a butcher's shop, and she did not
recollect anything that occurred until she got near
home, when she felt in a wretched and feeble state.
The prisoner then said, " For God's sake walk, if you
can ; my arms are so tired that I cannot get them
to my head, for, in fact, I have beers carrying you
for the last hour. He also asked her to have
some brandy, arid said that though having no mono}
about him, he should make it all right by leaving some
article for its amount. She declined having; any spirits,
and on getting to the top of the street where she lived,
the prisoner remarked that her bonnet was much bruised,
and requested her to take it off and put it into proper
shape. He also entreated her to conceal what had hap-
pened from her mother, and conceal her clothes, so as to
prevent suspicion, and, further, requested she would see
him on the following evening, but she refused to do so.
He then said he should pack up his clothes and start for
the country on the following morning if she persisted in
her refusal, upon which she promised to see him, but this
was solely for the purpose of preventing his going out
of town in the morning, havingdetermined in the interim
to make her parents acquainted with the manner in which
she had been treated. The prisoner parted with her
near the door, and on going into the house she imme-
diately fainted.

From her replies to the question of Mr. Elliott, as to
the condition in which she found herself on her being
restored to consciousness, as well as to the state in which
she found her clothes on returning home, there could be
no doubt that the treatment which she had experienced
at the hands of the prisoner was of the most brutal de-
scription.

Mr. Humphreys, to the witness—Has the prisoner
frequently promised to marry you?
Witness—Yes, he has.
Mr. Humphreys—Well, if he is willing to keep his
promise, which he always has been, are to
you willing
marry him ?
Witness—lf he treated me with the cruelty which he
has done, I should be afraid to marry him.
The mother of the prosecutrix was the next witness
called, and was about to give evidence of what her
daughter had told her on her return home, when she was
stopped by Mr. Humphreys, and her testimony was con-
fined to the shocking state in which she found her
daughter on her return home, and the dangerous state
in which she remained for some days-after.
Mr. Wagstaff; the surgeon who examined the prose-
cutrix on the morning of the occurrence and afterwards,
deposed that when he first saw her she was labouring
under a slight concussion of the brain, occasioned by
some violent injury on the back of the head, and for two
or three days she was in a highly dangerous state. In
conclusion, Mr. Wagstaff said ho had no doubt the v;.ola-
tion of the prosecutrix had been effected, and wit con-
siderable violence.

Mr, umphreys, in reply to the charge, said the pri-
soner had always intended, and was s':111 willing, to
marry the young woman.

ELLiorr—said he feltit his duty. to send the pri-
soner for trial, and the charge agarust him was of so
inseriousail for a character that he did not feel justified in accept-
The b him.
prisoner was fully committed.

RESIGNATION OF THE GOWN OE BREAD• STREET
WARD.—At a Court of Alderman held on Tuesday the
Lord Mayor read a letter from Alderman Hughes
Hughes, resigning the gown of Bread-street Ward. The
resignation was, after a high eulogium upon Mr. Hughes
Hughes, in which all the members joined, accepted, and
a copy of the resolution of the Court, expressive of their
ter, Wiw ordered to be forth-
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