The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-25 00:00:00

PIEDMONT.

The new Cabinet of Turin has published a decla-
ration, in which it declares that it accepts the
armistice as a military contract, but not as a basis
of peace. The members of the late Cabinet have
published the following protest :
" The undersigned Council of Ministers, strictly re-
specting those duties imposed on it by its title, has ab-
stained from making known to the public the acts which
have distinguished its administration. But now that the
same considerations can no longer restrain it, it feels
itself compelled to publish a statement of its operations,
reserving to itself, according to the custom of free coun-
tries, to give to the national Parliament those ample and
minute explanations which may be demanded from them.
It accepts to the fullest extent all ministerial respon-
sibility; it is ready to answer for all its acts, and to
prove that so long as it was in power, it never failed in
any of those obligations which was imposed on it by
the state of the country, and the serious situation of cir-
cumstances.

•` Even after having placed its resignation in the
hands of the Prince, it did not consider that for the
few remaining days in which it still remained in office
it should discontinue to give all its care to the prin •
ciples and to the interests of Italian nationality, the
idea of which from its first declaration had guided all
its acts.

"In consequence its first care was by every means in
its power to recognise the army, to increase the dipos-
able forces, to mobilise the National Guard in such a
manner that by the beginning of September next oar re•
giments would have been not only complete, but better
disciplined than before.

"it adopted the necessary measures to enable the
finances of the State to meet the expenses demanded for
the maintenance of the national honour, and without the
weight of those expenses falling too heavily on the tax-
payers.
"It protested to all free Governments ageing the il-
legality and political nullity of the convention of Milan
of the 9th August, signed by Count Salesco. It formally
demanded a judicial investigation into the conduct of
the military chiefs who had taken part in the late dis-
orders.
" It decided on demanding the assistance of a foreign
army on just and honourable conditions, and which should
not expose our institutions to the dangers of a political
propagandism. For that purpose it addressed itself to
France, a generous nation, which had not forgotten her

OLD COURT
CHARTIST TRIALS.—At ten o'clock this morning Mr.
Baron Platt took his seat upon the bench.
The case of George Shell was immediately eallcd on. The
indictment charged the prisoner with having in the presence
and hearing of divers subjects of this realm uttered certain
seditious, scandalous, and inflammatory words concerning the
then present state of Ireland and her Majesty's Government,
the tendency of which was to alienate from her Majesty the
Queen the affection and loyalty of her subjects, and to excite
them to tumult and insurrection against the said Government.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr.
Clark conducted the prosecution.
The ArrousEv-GENERAL, in stating the case for the
prosecution, observed that he had hoped that the clear and
lucid explanation of the law which was then given when he
last appeared at a public prosecution in that Court would
have deterred persons from following the example, and thereby
incurring the responsibilities of those whose conduct is as then
brought in question. He regretted, however, to say that
the hope he entertained had not been realized, and that he
was obfiged to appear again in his character as a public pro-
secutor and as a law officer of the Crown against other in-
dividuals. The cases that would be brought before them
were precisely of the same character as those he had re-
ferrea to, and they would fearlessly discharge the duty they
were now called upon to perform, and would not allow the
invaluable rights of the people of this country to he so far
abused as to become an instrument in the hands of those
who made it a pretext for the dissemination of disloyalty,
and for exciting tumult, disorder, and probably insurrection.
The Attorney-General then proceeded to state what
amounted to the crime of sedition as laid down by Chief
Justice Tindal at the special commission at Monmouth, in
1839, and by Mr. Justice Pattison in the month of June last,
and other learned functionaries. In judging of the crime of
sedition the circumstances surrounding the commission of
the offence ought always to be taken into consideration ;
because, what under one set of circumstances, would not
be sedition—would, under another, amount to that crime,
and would absolutely demand the intervention of the law for
its suppression. He should therefore call their attention to
the circumstances under which the crime in question was
committed. It would be recollected that a person of the
name of Mitchel, whom the prisoner in his speech
called "the patriot John Mitchel," was convicted of
felony in Dublin, and soon after that event the
state of Ireland became alarming, in consequence
of the fatal doctrines which had been promulgated
and urged by that person. A telegraphic dispatch, which af-
terwards turned out to be a scandalous and wicked fabrica-
tion, appeared in the different newspapers, stating that the
troops had been defeated, the railways in the possession of
the people, and the whole of the south of Ireland in a state of
rebellion. On the following day a meeting was held, at
which the prisoner delivered a speech of a seditious character.
A person of the name of Bryson was elected chairman. The
meeting was held at a hall in Webber-street, Blackfriars-
road. The prisoner made a speech, in the course of which he
proposed a resolution condemning the conduct of the Go-
vernment in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act,
expressing a determination to assist the mob—who
were then supposed to be in a state of open
rebellion—when.the hour of trial should arrive, commend-
ing the conduct ofFeargus O'Connor, and those who opposed
the measure in Parliament. The prisoner, in his speech,
which was of a violent character, abused the Government,
and insisted upon the right they possessed to assist their Irish
brethren, who were struggling against their oppressors. He
termed the convicted felon Mitchell an honest patriot, but
was it honest patriotism to call upon the God of Battles and
of the Barricades to assist the people in their unlawful pro-
ceedings? Was it honest patriotism to incite the people to
erect barricades in the streets, and to defend them with the
risk of their lives ; to incite the people to streakthe streets with
broken glass, to cut and maim the feet of soldiers and of
horses; and to exhort women to pour vitriol from the house•
tops upon the military and authorities below? The patriotism
of Mitchel vias the advocacy of a system of spoliation and de-
vastation, and of anarchy and bloodshed, and yet the prisoner
at the bar held it up as an example for his hearers to follow.
The meeting consisted chiefly of Irishmen, who
appeared to be ' very excitable, and the pri
soner exhorted them to act like men when the
time arrived, and told them if they did not do so they ought
to go howling through the streets like a cowardly race of
men, and he prayed God Almighty to grant them victorious
over their enemies, who he hoped soon would be compelled
to hide themselves from the indignation of the people, whilst
itvheeulpdeolp,el eahville ot
oh alidv
ebeienntshoelsiig oppressedenjoyinehteivihi be free,
t'hoautlibett they en
had been so long struggling for. Thank God (said the
Attorney-General) that juries in this country were not to be
deterred from fearlessly discharging their duties, and whilst
on the one hand, he hoped they would protect the invaluable
privileges which the subjects of this realm enjoyed, he trusted
that they would show by their verdict that those privileges
should not be used for the propagation of doctrines which
were calculated to lead to disaffection, tumult, disorder, and
insurrection. The Learned Attorney-General concluded by
stating that the jury would take into their serious considera-
tion the whole circumstances under which the prisoner de-
livered the speech, and if they were of opinion that the
motives of the speaker were such as had been attributed to
him, namely, to excite feelings of disloyalty among the
people, and hatred towards the government of the kingdom,
they would find him guilty of the crime of sedition.
William Counsel, examined by Mr. WELSBY—I live in
Camberwell, and am a short-hand writer. I was present at a
Chartist meeting in Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, on the
evening of the 28th of July. There were about 200 present,
and they appeared to consist of working men. A person of
the name of Bryson was elected chairman. The prisoner
Shell spoke at the meeting. Three persons spoke before he
did. I took a short• hand note of Shell's speech. A person
of the name of Kean spoke at the meeting. Shell moved a
resolution, condemnatory of the conduct of the Government
re
in proposing the suspen;ion of the Habeas Corpus Act,
turning thanks to Mr. Feargus O'Connor and to other Mem-
bers
pledgingofth
the
g to o give
Parliamentmeeti
meeting
for their ir
every opposition t
supportoand the measure,assistance
in
and
its power to the unfortunate Irish in throwing off the thral-
dom of English misrule. The witness then
in detail. Kean proposed a resolution to the effect
ee the
meeting viewed with distrust and alarm the
• lemeasure adopted
red that the Irish
retthat the
speech
by her Majesty's Government, and considered
ought to have a free and independent Parliament,
they offered their Irish brethren their cordial
The prisoner, who was undefended, asked no important
question of the witness.
t
sympathy.
and
ily. that
Mainwaring, police-constable, said he apprehended the
prisoner on the 2d of August as he was coming_his out of a
Chartist meeting in Webber-street. He searched
in Southwark, and found a hook which he now produced.g Inlgles
lod
also found a letter upon his person.
Mr. Law said he was the landlord of the house in which
the prisoner lived, and proved the finding of the book in the
prisoner's room.
The ATTORNEY-GINZRAL read the following extract from
the book :—" Proposed by Mr. Cuffey, that every district
should send four inen to Cartwright's coffee-house to arrange
a plan of communication."
Richard Dennis produced a copy of record of conviction of
John Mitchel, which was read.

Beet

3,910

220
Malt. 1,570 qrs.
SZTITHWIEX.n.
With Beasts, the general quality of which was by no
means first-rate, our market was seasonably well sup-
plied to-day. On the whole, the Beef trade was in a
very sluggish state, at prices about equal to those paid
on Monday last, the highest figure for the best Scots not
exceeding 4s 2d per 8 lbs. As will be seen by our re-
turns, the supply of foreign stock was tolerably exten-
sive. There was a considerable fulling off in the number
of Sheep compared with that shown on several preceding
Fridays, owing to which, the demand for that kind of
stock was somewhat active, and, in some instances, the
primest o!dvDowns produced a trifle more money.. In
Lambs a steady business was transacted at extreme
rates of value. Calves moved off freely at an advance
of quite 2d per 8 lbs; but Pigs were very dull in sale.
Mitch Cows sold at from 151 to 181 each, including their
small calf.

Per albs. to sink the offal. •
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts...., 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4
4econd quality •. • 3 6 3 ti Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8
Prime large Oxen 310 4 0 Southdown Nether 410 5 0
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 3 0 310 Large Hogs ...... 310 4 2
Prime small ditto
-lockling Calves • l7 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 22 0
Inferior Sheep .. ,3 10 4 2 Lambs .... •••• .. 4 0 S 0

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. heep.
1,186 I
58.350 I Ca4l6v3es. I P3ln.
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
1,490 209
SCOTCH.—Beasts, 190 ; Sheep, 360.
NEM/GATE AND LEADENHALL.

Beasts.
197

These markets were very firm, and prices were well
supported in every instance,
At per stone by the Carcaae.
s. d. to e. d. s. d. to P. d.
,inferlor...... 2 8 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 310
middling 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4
primelarge .. 3 4 3 6 prime .... 4 6 4 8
- prime small .• 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.... ••.. 3 6 4 2
Veal•• •.••••• • • • .• 3 4 4 4!- •• •••• • . 4 4 4 6
Lamb. 4s Od to 58 Od.
BOROUGH HOP MAILICET.

Although most of the reports received this morning
represent the mould to have shown itself in neerly the
whole of the plantations in Sussex in Kent, the state of
the bine is considered to have somewhat improved. A
moderate business is doing in the best Hops at fully last
week's quotations. Otherwise, the demand is in a very
sluggish state. Duty, 180,0001. to 185,000/. Sussex
pockets, 212 s to 2165; Weald of Kent ditto, 214 s to 21
10s; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 218 s to 51 55.
COLONXAX.

SUCAL—The market has been rather fully supplied

with West India, and prices have been in favour of
buyers. The sales yesterday were 700 hbds and trcs,
being larger than on previous days of the weeks.
REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 52s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-2,441 bags Bengal, nearly all found
buyers; fine white Benares at 43s 6d to 445, mid
40s to 41s, and low 39s 6d. Khaur was taken in at
30s to 31s 6ds-per cwt.; Madras, 4,506 bags wasi nearly
all taken in at full rates, mid damp yellow, 32s to 32s
6d, and good brown 30s 6d to 31s. Singapore, 31 cases,
brought 39s 6d for fine yellow, and 10,037 bags Mauri-
tius partly sold at about former values ; fine yellow, 39s
6d to 40s 6d, and ord as 36s ; 10 baskets Batavia went
at 39: for fine damp yellow. Java, 1,389 baskets, was
chiefly taken in at 38s 6d to 42s ; for mid to good dry
and strong, part selling at 37s to 39s for mid brown to
good mid yellow.
FOREIGN.—Cuba has been taken in at 18a 6d to 21s
for yellow, and at 27s 6d to 303 for white. Porto Rico,
good and fine, has been • sold at 42s to 445, and low at
36s 6d to 38s. Low brown Pernambuco has realised
15s 6d per cwt. Havannah has been taken in at 37s 6d
to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow, and at 399 to 41s 6d for
good and fine; white has been held at 29s to 31s for good
and fine.
COFFEE.—Jamaica low quality has been sold at about
previous rates; fine ord 405 to 425, and good ord 288
to 31s. A superior sample 91s per cwt. Ceylon has
been cheaper. Native low good ord 28s to 295, mid
and good 503 to 665, fine and fine fine ord to low mid
40s to 48s 6d and pea berry 48s 6d to 56s
5d per cwt. In Mocha and foreign very little has been
done. Costa Rica, 4,290 bags, sold however at full rates,
fine 59s 6d to 60s, mid 50s to 541, and good ord 27s
tso,
28s. Of Rio 5,376 bags were offered, but the sound
was taken in at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for good and fine ord,
and the damaged sold at at 18s 6d to 24s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 38s 6d to 408 for
ord to mid, and at 40s 6d to 44s for good and fine St.
Lucia was taken in at 38s to 40s per cwt. ;
SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold at aid to nd per lb.
for mid to good. Malabar pepper has been taken in at
21d to 2id per lb. Mace has been sold at 2s 4d to
2s 10d for mid to good, and Cloves at is 2d to Is 7d fur
good. Nutmegs •2s 2d to 3s for mid to good.
COTTON.—A limited business has been done.
RICE.—An extensive business has been done at higher
rates privately, and, at auction, Bengal middling white
has realised 13s to 13s 6d; good middling dusty white,
148; Arracan good yellow, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—Rough has been firmer; low to fine
248 6d to 27; per cwt.
Rust.—The market has been dull.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 448 per cwt. on the spot.
TEA.—The following are the prices current :—Bohea,
2d to 3d ; Cocgou ord to good ord 74 to 8d ; ditto best
mid Bid to 93- ; blackest leaf is Id to Is 4d ; Pekoe kind
Is 6d to is 10d ; •Souchong, good ord to best mid 9d to
Is ; ditto, mid to good mid is 2d to 2s 9d ; Flowery
Pekoe is 2d to 3s; Orange Pekoe 7d to 10d; ditto, scented
Is Id to is 10d ; Caper 8d to 10d; ditto, scented Is Id to
Is 6d ; Twankay, good ord to to best mid 7ici to 8d ;
ditto mid to Hybon kind 104 to la id; ditto Canton

kind 21d to 4d ;. Hyson good to best mid Is 2d; to Is 6(1,
ditto mid to good mid 2s to 3s 9d ; Young Hysen is 3d
to 3s 2d ; ditto Canton kind 66(1 to is : Imperial is 2d
to 3s ; ditto Canton kind 10(1 to Is ; Gunpowder is 6,1
to 4s 6d, and Canton kind is 2d to is 6d pQr lb. The
market has been steady.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL.
On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
Sir J. TYRELL said he had been accused of being
an anonymous libeller of the Roman Catholics of De-
land. He denied that ho was so. He, therefore,
wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he had any ob-
jection to procure the name of the constable who posted
the Queen's proclamation on the church-door at Tem-
plemo) le.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that there would be no
difficulty in obtaining the required information. The
Lord-Lieutenant, if requested by the Government,
would obtain information upon the whole of the circum-
stances.
Sir J. TYRELL said, so far frcm making statements
without authority and anonymously, he would next week,
if the House wished it, produce his informant at the bar
of the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL went on to say :that he did not
conceive the adoption of the course pointed out by the
Hon. Gentleman would be of any advantage. If he
would furnish the Government Kith all the information
of which he was possessed, he would remit it to the Lord-
Lieutenant.
Mr. SPOONER rose, ho said, to oppose the further
progress of the Bill. He blamed the Goveinment for
pressing it on when not more that 100 Members were in
town, and said, if it were passed, it would not have the
credit of having been passed by the House of Commons
in its collective capacity, but by a " tyrant majority."
He and others could not be blamed if they invoked all
the forms of the House to their aid for the very purpose
for which those very forms were made—namely, to con-
fute measures which were, like this, of the most uncon-
stitutional and dangerous character—because she Bill
would directly interfere with the Bill of Rights and the
Act of Settlement. The Noble Lord had not made out
any urgent necessity for the passing of this measure. It
was generally believed that there was more behind the
scenes—that the Government bad for some time carried
on secret negotiations with the Pope, with a view to get his
consent to certain clauses, and that the negotiations basing
failed the Noble Lord was obliged to proceed with the
measure without any aid from that Potentate. If he
was factiously opposing this measure, by availing him-
self of the forms of the House, he dared the Noble Lord
to alter them, and prevent his doing so. This Bill was
another blow against the Protestant religion, and
another step towards recognising the jurisdiction of the
Pope in this realm. The surest way to obtain the
blessing of the Almighty and secure the safety of the
Throne was by maintaining Protestantism in all its
integrity.
Lord J. RUSSELL said ho had postponed proceed-
ing with the remaining clauses until to-day at the
wish of several Honourable Members. He did not
think it was consistent with the ancient usages of
the House to start another discussion after a Bill had
been read a second time and been in Committee.--
(Hear, hear.) The forms of the House admitted the
utmost liberty of speech, but if they were abused it
might become a matter for consideration whether it
would not be expedient to alter them.—(Hear, hear.)
The divisions on the Bill had been three to one, and he
believed, notwithstanding so many Hon. Members were
absent, that the same comparative numbers would be
found. The time of the House had been occupied by
discussions on other Bills: it could not, therefore, be pro-
ceeded with at an early period. The Bill simply sought
to establish diplomatic relations with the only Sovereign
of Europe with whom they had heretofore had no such
relations. He could not but think that the Bill had been
amply discussed—(Hear, hear)—and considered that the
prophetic warnings of the HOD. Gentleman were wholly
without foundation.

Sir J. TYRELL advised those who opposed the Bill
to withdraw their opposition, as it must be obvious to
them that it was altogether fruitless.—(Hear, hear.) He
should offer none.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that the Bill would
be deeply offensive to the country. A strong feeling
prevailed against it. Those who opposed it had only
done their duty in awaking the people to the great
danger that was impending over them, and the proba-
bility, should the measure pass, of the destruction of the
establishment to which they were so much attached.
Sir R. H. INGLIS justified the invocation of all the
forms of the House against so dangerous a Bill as this.
After a few words from Mr. ANSTEY,
The House went into Committee.
Mr. ANSTEY proposed the omission of the word
"not " in the second line. The effect of the clause
would be, that it would be unlawful to receive a Jesuit
as an ambassador at the British Court.

The Earl of ARUNDEL then proposed the omission
of the entire clause. In doing so he repudiated the
truth of the statement of the Honourable Ba-
ronet (Sir J. Tyrell), that he was in the habit o
reading a " disgusting and filthy book."—(Laughter.)
The book in question was entitled the " Garden of the
Soul," and contained 7,a series of questions for the ex-
amination of the conscience. The questions, though of
the most moral nature, were not such as should be read
in an assembly like this. He should, however, have no
objections to repeat the questions to the Hon. Baronet,
leaving him to give the answers.—(Laughter.) Passages
of a similar character were to be found in the Bible.
They should either enter into negotiations with the
Court of Rome, or they should not—there should be
no medium—the relations should bo on equal terms.
Lord PALMERSTON defended the clause, which,
he said, was inserted by the other House. It could not
have a prejudicial effect upon the powers at Rome.
The House should recollect that the Government of
Rome was now a constitutional and secular, or lay
Government—(Hear, hear.) and that, consequently,
the objections of many Honourable Members to the Bill
fell to the ground.—(Hear, hear) They had Ministers
is Switzerland, Tuscany, and Greece, without having
any representatives of either of those nations here, and
the time was not far distant when they had a repre-
sentative at Constantinople without having any Turkish
Ambassador here. Great good had resulted from having
Ministers at these places, and it was but reasonable to
suppose that similar good would accrue from sending an
Ambassador to Rome. He should, on these grounds,
oppose the amendment. _ _

-Sir J. TYRELL produced a copy of the " Garden of
the Soul," and was about to read some passages, but the
House called out " No, no." He said he Nvo u d give
way if it was the wish of the House. It was right, per
haps, that he should not read them, since they were of
the most objectionable nature. He merely wished to
state that he was ready to accept the challenge of the
Noble Lord. Was he to accept it or not ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said the work had relation to
matters of faith which were entertained by many Hon.
2.l:embers, and had nothing to do with the subject before
the House.—(Hear. hear.)
Mr. DRUMMOND opposed the clause, on the ground
that it was an insult to the Catholics, and that it would
militate against the working of the Bill.
Colonel THOMPSON thought it would be well to ac-
cept the Bill as it stood, even with this objectionable
clause, as they could not obtain it without it.
(LEFT SITTING.)

THE LATE EXPLOSION IN ALDANY•STREET.—DIS-
INTERESTED KINDNESS.-At the conclusion of the in-
quest on Mary Bentley, the unfortunate sufferer by the
explosion in Albany-street, the following interesting
circumstance was publicly communicated to the coroner
and jury by Mr. Sudlows, jun.. the solicitor for Mr.
Loten, the proprietor of the house where the explosion
took place. Mr. Sudlows stated, that on the night of
the explosion Mr. and Mrs. Loten were from home, and
on their return after the occurrence, they were met by
Mr. Clarke, a tradesman in the street, but who was a
perfect Stranger to him. Mr. Clarke broke the unfor-
tunate news out to him, and then, in the most disinte-
rested manner possible, told Mr. Loten to make his
house his home, and his purse his also, as long as he
thought proper. Mr. Sudlows said he had been re-
quested to mention the circumstance thus publicly, as
such disinterested kindness from a perfect stranger
ought not to go unnoticed. The Coroner said it re-
flected the highest credit on Mr. Clarke, and he was
very glad the circumstance had been mentioned.
THE RECENT COLLISION ON THE LANCASTER AND
PRESTON RAILWAY.—The investigation of the circum-
stances attending the death of Hemel Airey, the untor-
tunate woman who was killed on Monday evening last by
a collision between the London express train and one of
the Lancaster old company's trains, as reported in this
paper, commenced at Lancaster on Tuesday afternoon.
After the testimony of the medical witnesses, the most
important evidence was, that both the express and the
other train were considerably out of their regular time.
A respectable witness, named Dunderdale, deposed to
seeing the engine-driver of the express train endeavour-
ing to check its speed when the signal of danger was
flying at the Bay-horse station, by letting off the steam,
and having the brakes put on, but in vain, owing to the
slippery state of the rails from the wetness of the wea-
ther. On the part of the Lancaster and Preston Com-
pany it was also shown that the usual care had been ex-
hibited in displaying the proper signals at every station
as the express train came up. The inquiry was then
adjourned till Monday. Captain Laffen, one of the in-
spectors of the Railway Board of Trade, and the repre-
sentatives of the London and North Western, Lancaster
and Carlisle, Lancaster Canal, and other companies in-
terested in the result, were present. Miss Bland, one of
the sufferers, is in such a state as to engender the worst
apprehensions. Some of the others, it is expected, will
have to undergo amputation.

A HAPPY MEETING.—At Lieutenant-General
Lord Hardinge's dinner party on Wednesday, at Cruise's,
Limerick, to Major-General Napier, Colonel Cox, Colo-
nel Doyle, and the officers commanding corps in garri-
son, a distinguished guest dropped in quite unexptctedly,
who came from England to see his Noble Friend, Lurd
Hardinge, and this was Sir Henry Lawrence, Governor
of Lahore, and a field officer of the Bengal Artillery.
He was received in the most cordial manner by the gal.
lant host, who introduced the welcome visitor to his
guests, and subsequently proposed his health in the
most complimentary terms, declaring him to be one of
the very best and most efficient officers in the India
Company's service. The company enjoyed a most
festive evening, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. Law-
rence, K.C.8., left Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle's residence
on Thursday for London, en route, overland, to India, to
accelerate from Lahore the expedition ordered to pro-
ceed against the revolted province of Moulton, where
two British Commissioners were assassinated by the na-
tives. General Lord Gough is expected to command in
person the British force. •

SUICIDE AT GREENWICH.
Yesterday evening Mr. C. J. Carttar held an inque6l
at the Greyhound Inn, Greenwich, to inquire into the
circumstances attending the death of Mr. James Core,
late or the firm of Messrs. Corss and Roberts, clothiers
and outfitters, 63, Shisreditch, who was found weltering
in his blood, with a pistol by his side, at that inn. bff'
James Corss, sen., identified the body of the deceased
as that of his son, aged 22 years. The deceased, Who
was engaged in the business of the firm, left home about
ten o'clock on Tuesday morning to purchase goods "a
warehouse in Wood-street. Witness found that de-
ceased had purchased several hundred pounds worth d
goods, which were sent home that day. Never saw the
deceased afterwards.

Thomas Roworts, the waiter, said deceased came in
soon after ten o'clock cn Tuesday night, and engaged •
bed, and then sat for about twenty minutes in the coffee•
room, when he went to bed. He seemed low and de•
sponding. In the morning witness was called up stairs
by the maid servant, and he found the deceased lying
undressed, prostrate, and bleeding from a wound in the
head.

Mr. John Sewell, surgeon, proved that death had
been occasioned by the deceased's shooting himself with
a pistol. The ball had lodged in the head near the left
temple.
The following is a copy of a letter which was foiled
upon the person of the deceased:—
Greenwich, Monday Evening.
"My dear Father,—My madness has at length cal;
quereci me. Now, when in possession of everythine
wished, all around me seems nothing but gloom. Thal
great defect of my character, want of determination-4
defect that I have laboured day by day and hour by hour
for the last three or four years to cancel—grows upon
me and spoils me in everything I undertake. I dare
not look to the future, for I see it there making a beggar,
of me. For myself I care not, but time must reconcile
those whom I wonld rather undergo any torture than
bring into trouble. It is the certainty that this day
would come, sooner or later, which determines me 00W,
while unfettered, to end all. Did I, my dear father, see
one ray of hope for improvement in my nature, I would
live. The only future that I can paint to myself is a
wife and children beggars, and myself hearing theirs
and the world's curses for bringing them to that state.
Be it cowardice, or be it laziness, it is not to be erg&
cated. How many times have I tried, and how mail
times have I flattered myself improving, and yet it remsias
an indelible black spot, as even at school. It it
the same in America to a great extent, be
since I have been home the thing becomes
worse and worse. I cannot write—it unnerves
me for that which I now feel to be my duty. I had
intended not to have written, but felt that I owed to 6"
who might otherwise have thought themselves in souls
way connected with my determination. I state spill
that my only reasons are the feeling of thorough inconv
petency to grapple with the world in business—a feeling
of disgust for m) self every day, for doing so little, so that
my brain wanders, I can scarce see what I write. Give,
my love to all. I could not bid them good bye. Lei
Lizzy have the disposition of my things, and ask her to
see to the letters and journals. I die, as I have lived'
the wretch of the family.—Good bye! Good bye!"
Mr. Corss, after hearing the letter read, said it was
mere delusion of the brain, as not one young man in 6
hundred had better prospects or more domestic comforts.
The family were united, and lived on excellent terms'
The deceased, who laboured at times under great depver
sion of spirits, left home one morning, and the next tiuie
he heard of him was by letter dated New York.
Dr. Coulson, of the Old Jewry, in a letter, said that be
attributed the act to physical causes, constitutional d.
fects which had been coming on for a length of time.
The CORONER remarked at some length upon the case'
and said that after reading the letter in the deceased's
own hand there could be no doubt as to his state °l'
mind.
Verdict—" Insanity."

-
COLONIZATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I think Ministers have come to a wise detertni'
nation in not attempting to conduct a systematic einigry
Lion and colonization. It they had undertaken to remove
our surplus population, they would have found it as ior
practicable as the French Government has done to pro'
vide employment for those who could not find it for
themselves. The unfitness of Government to do LO7
thing of the kind has been clearly shown, for during the
last twenty-three years nearly 900,000 of her MajestYl
subjects have been almost furced, contrary to the wishes
of a majority of them, into the United States, there t°,
increase the wealth and power of our great rivals, wid"
out an effort being made to assist or induce them to go
to our own colonies. It is creditable to Ministers that
they have refused to turn so importsmt an affair into
mere job, which it would have become in their hands•
or in those of any other administration. Places repro-
sented by the most subservient and time-serving charac-
ters would have got their redundant population removed
at the cost of the nation, whilst the application of an ill-
dependent Member would have been disregarded. That
we must have emigration to a very great extent is ob-
vious. The svelter° of the mother country de-
pends on it quite as much as the prosperity
of the colonies. The plan I suggested last month in
your valuable paper I believe would effect the object—s. e.•
for Government to give large tracts of land in the
colonies to the parishes or poor-law unions of the United
Kingdom where there is any unemployed population,
with this stipulation. that ten acres each shall be given
to such poor men as find their way to the colonies •at
their own txpense, and the same number of acres, leased
with the power of purchase, to every poor man who
cannot pay the cost of his own emigration. A distinc-
tion must be made to encourage people to go out at their
own expense. had this been done some years ago, when
the increasing population became pressing and alarming,
the poor-rates would not have been half what they are,
and the employment for capital in the colonies would
have been so great, that British money would not have
been wasted in foreign loans and foreign railways, be•
cause it could not meet with remunerative investment in
the British empire. Let every parish people a district,
which it might do to its advantage, for its rates would
soon begin to decrease, and the land it obtained from
Government would improve in value as settlers were
placed on it. We should then have such a systematic
colonization as no Government could produce.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, •
Hull, Aug. 14, 1848. T. N.

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the Ebor Handicap, as well as of four other races 0
York. Be sure and purchase this rapidly rising facoili,
and sporting journal of August 26 and 27, which Will
give you full particulars of the meeting, and a peep At
the St.'Leger. Follow " Touchstone" (who has foretold
nearly fifty winners this season) On your betting, and a
fortune will be your reward. Order of all newsmen,
price 6d. Office, 3, Catherine•street, Strand.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—Since the committal of
the Chartist prisoners yesterday, two more, nameßogers and Royal, have been taken into custody. TWO
only of the whole number have been able to obtain sulli;,
cient bail, Mr. Wm. Burton, umbrella-manufacturer, c'
Oldham-street; and James Leach, printer, of Rochdale*
road. The remainder, 23 in number, were this dtl
conveyed to Kirkdale prison, where of course they I,ll'
have to remain till the next Liverpool assizes,. The feel"
ing among the Chartist body is strong and bitter in 111!.
extreme on account of the amount of bail required IDY
the magistrates.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ha
joined the Duchess nod Princess Mary at Gothic Lodge'
Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The Earl of Jersey has left town for Longshail
Lodge, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Duke of Rutlam"
The Countess and Lady Clementina Villiers ham gee°
to Scotland, on a tour of visits.

The Earl of Pomfret has arrived at Kiluschevref
his shooting quarters in the Highlands, where his Lord'
ship is surrounded by a party of friends.
Lord and Lady Ashley have left town for Scotland,
to make a round of visits.
Lord Seymour and the Lord Advocate of Scot.
land arrived at Alton Towers on Monday last on 0
visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who art:,
about to receive a succession of guests at their splendid
chateau.

SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT."'
This Court will sit again on Tuesday, to hear and de•
termine applications for bail before Mr. Commissioner
Harris; and the sittings of the Commissioners for the
hearing of cases will be resumed on the 14th of Sep'
tember.

BIRTII9.
On the 24th inst., at Grove-house, near Leeds, the lad, °f
Joseph Middleton, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Lieutenant
Burstal, R.N., of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Little Cressingham Rectory, N 0,40114
the lady of the Rev. S. B. Warner, of a son.
On the 21st inst., the lady of the Rev. Adolphus Trfarni
ton, of a daughter.
On the 22d inst. (under the influence of chloroform), Sr'.
J. 0. Smith, Brighton, of a daughter.
wife of
On the 22d inst , at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the
Captain G. Rippon, Bombay Army, of a daughter. Short'
On the 22d inst., at Harley-street, the wife of J. H. Esq., of a son.
On the 23d inst., at Upper Grosvenor-street, the wife of
Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, Esq. of a son.
On the 23d inst., the wife Of James Gibbs, Esq., Bombay
Civil Service, of a daughter.

On the 22e inst., at theMARK
parishlED. church of West Tiv)l
Dl°rd4,,,,t
Edmund Burke Roche, Esq., M.P , to Eliza Caroline, e,,,
..,17-
daughter of J. B. Boothby, Esq., of Twytord Abbey, '''.
dlesex.
On the 22d inst., at St. John's, Oakfield, Isle of Wight'
John Johnson, Esq., of Vernon-villa, near Ryde, to MerY,
eldest daughter of J. Percival, Esq., of Woodlands.
On the 22d inst., at St. Michael's, Stockwell, E. Charleton,
Esq., of Grove-house, North Brixton, Surrey, to Eliza Flet-
cher,__ youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Ross, A.M.
of Crawford, Lanai kshire.
John
LuOtrn,
Esq.,tl
of 22d inpsitu.m, at St.
.Ncoicnhnolotias
,Ctho surcpar,3 Warden,P. ujn
nieco
of Major H. D. Warden, of H. M. Cape Rifle Mounted Corps.
Graham's-town.
stead'

DIED.
On the 20th inst., Colonel Henry John Freke, Of
Hannington-hall, Wilts, one of the the Deputy Lieutenants
and a magistrate for the county, aged 72.
On the 19th inst., El:en, wife of E. Paddon, Esq.' of Fare-
ham, Hants, and fourth daughter of the late C. llagnaf'
Esq., of East-hill, Wandsworth
On the 21st inst., Alexander Young, M.D., Tranent, second
son of the late W. Young, Esq., merchant, London.
On the 21st inst., at :yid Rock, Yorkshire; Lieut.-General
George G. C. L'Estrange, .C. 8., Colonel of the 61st Regiment.
On the 22d inst., at Bath, aged 81, James Edward Jer-
ningham, Esq., second surviving son of the late E Jerning
ham, Esq., and nephew of Lord Stafford.

London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUIVG• st
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Mee, No. 112.
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoyt 04. 4;9lintY Qi
Aliddlesn, Friday, August 25, 1848.

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