The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

T tIE SUN, LONDON, _ THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17.

half drunk, and was about to take up a small parcel of
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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

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the shopman had just tai-rHd up,
forward, caught up the the tobac...i, examined
the half-crown, called her husband from the parlour and
a. police-officer from the street, secured the prisoner and
gave him into custody. She was prepared with proof
of the prisoner's identity as to the previous uttering.
Mr. TvltwurrT said that in this case the prisoner had
managed to escape, and laughed at his continued sue-
cress. He was one of those persons who followed this
practice as an occupation, and after the lapse of certain
intervals revisited the same shops, when they thought
they would have been forgotten. But the authorities
at the Mint had their eyes upon hire. At present. i!
would bH useless to commit him on this charge.
Mrs. Flack observed that it was very hard the public
si-ii)uld be exposed to such rubbery.
The MAGISTRATE said that the law could not un-
fortunately afford tradespeople like the complainant as
much protection as was to be desired. They would be
much better protected by their own vigilance and good
sense, as was very well exemplified in the case of Mrs.
Flack herself. The prisoner was discharged.

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V•"'..TYNESD.AY, FEB. 16.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.
Order fur Committee read; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to
the end of the Question, in order to add the words this
House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the
said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques-
tion." The House d.vided

MAJORITY-AYES, 186.
Adair, Hugh E. Greene, Thomas Pigott, Francis
Idair, R. ,hafto Gregson, Samuel Pilkington, Jaisies
:ware, Viscount Grenfell, C. Pascoe Price, Sir It.
Aisoc.&, 1110itiai Grenfel , Charles W. Pusey, Philip
Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Raphael, Alexander
Amon, Viscount Grey, Ralph W. Reynolds, John
Baines, M. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Ricardo, J. L.
Barkly, Henry Haggitt, F. It. Ricardo, Osman
Baring, F. T. Hall, Sir B. Rich, Henry
Bellew, R. M. Hayter, W. G. Robartes, T. J.
Berkeley, H. Ileadlam, T. E. Romilly, John
Berkeley-, Grantley Henry, Alexander Russell, F. C. H.
Birch, Sir Thomas Herbert, Henry A. Rutherford, A.
Blackall, S. W. Hervey, Lord A. Saiileir, John
Blake, M. J. Heywood, James Scheletield, William
Bouverie, E. P. Howard, C W.G. Scrape, G. P.
Bowring, Dr. Hume, Joseph Scully, Francis
Bright, John Hutt, William Seeley, Charles
Brockman, E. D. Jackson, William Seymour, Lord
Brotherton, Joseph Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L.
Brown, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Sidney, Thomas
Buller, Charles Keogh, William Simeon, John
Banbury, Edward Keppel, George T. Smith, Vernon
Busfeild, W. Kershaw, James Smith, John B.
Buxton, sir E. King, Peter John Smythe, G.
Callaghan, D. Labouchere , Henry Somers, J. P.
Campbell, W. F. Langston, J. 11 Somerville, Sir W.
Carter, John B. Lascelles, W. S. Stansfleld, W. R. C.
Caulfield, Colonel Lewis, George C. Strutt, Edward
Cavendish, G. li. Lincoln, Earl of Stuart, Lord D.
Cayley, Edward S. Lushington, Charles tuaSullivan,Mrt,
ichael
Lord J.
Clay, James Macnamara, Major
Clements, Charles 31`Gregor, John Sutton, Henry
Clifford, Henry M. 31"Pavish, C. C. Talbot, J. H.
Cobden, R. Meagher, Thomas Talbot, Sergeant
Colebrooke, Sir T. Mahon, O'Gorman Tenison, E. K.
Craig, W. G. Marsh ..11, J. G. Thicknesse, R. A.
Crawford, W. S. Marshall, William Thompson, Colonel
Dawson, T. V. Martin, C. W. Thornely, T.
Devereux, John T. Matheson, Colonel Towneley, John
Drumlanrig, Vis. Melgund, Viscount Trelawny, J. S.
Drummond, H. Milues, R. M. Tufnell, Henry
Duff, George S. Mitchell, T. A. Turner, E.
Duncan Viscount Moffatt, George Urquhart, David
Dunne, P. Molesworth, Sir W. Vane, Lord 11.
Ebrington, Viscount Monsen, William Verney, Sir H.
Ellice, Edward Morpeth, Viscount Villiers, Charles
Elliot, John E. Morison, General Wall, C. B.
Evans, John Mostyn, E. M. L. Walmsley, Sir J.
Ewart, William Mowatt, Francis Watkins, Colonel
Fagan, William Mulgrave, Earl Wawn, J T.
Foley, John 11. Mare, Colonel Westhead, J. P.
Fordyce, A. D. Newry, Viscount Williams, John
Forster, Mathew O'Brien, Sir Lucius Williamson, Sir H.
Fox, W.J. O'Brien, Timothy Wilson, James
Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, W. S. Wilson, Matthew
Gibson, T. 31. O'Connell, M. J. Wood, W. P.
Gladstone, W. E. O'Connor, Feargus Wyvill, Marmaduke
Glyn, George Carr O'Flaherty, Anthony Yorke, H.R.:
' Gower, Leveson Paget, Lord Clarence
Graham, Sir James Palmerston, Vis.
, Granger, T. C. Parker, John
Greene, John Peto, Samuel M.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
GREAT MARLOW.
The Great Marlow Election Committee re-assembled
at the usual hour this morning; Sir John Pakington in
the chair.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, finding that the evidence
at his command would not sustain the allegations of
bribery, said he felt it to be his duty not to waste the
time of the Committee by further prosecuting the case.
In the course of the inquiry he remarked that an insinu-
ation had been thrown out against Colonel Knox, one
of the sitting Members, to the effect that he had been
personally guilty of bribery, but he felt it due to the
Committee and the Hon. and Gallant Member, to state
that such an imputation could not have been borne
out by the evidence.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
Committee having deliberated for a few minutes, the
doors were re-opened, when
Tho CHAIRMAN announced that the committee had
come to the resolution that Mr. Williams had been duly
elected for the borough of Great Marlow, and that
Colonel Knox had also been duly elected.
This closed the proceedings of the Committee.

KINSALE.
The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of
the Kinsale election petition re-assembled at the usual
hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair.
The first witness called this morning was Ann Ryan
daughter of Pat. Ryan, barber, of Kinsale. She stated
that she had for some time been in the habit of assisting
her father in his business, and she remembered being
sent for on the morning of the election, between four
and five o'clock, to go to Mr. Sisk's house, a publican at
Kinsale, to operate upon the chins of a number of free
and independent electors of the borough. She shaved
the chins of no less than 35 voters, not one of whom
could sit or stand from drunkenness. Some of them she
found lying upon straw in the yard drunk, with bottles
and drinking materials placed by their side, while others
were snoosing on the kitchen floor, two or three of them
lying amidst the contents of their own stomachs. The
free and independents were held up by the sober
portion while she shaved them ; but Dr. M'Lel-
lan was in that state that it was utterly impossible
to shave him because he could not be held up at all, he
was so drunk. The consequence was, that during the
operation of shaving, she unfortunately cut his throat
and her own finger at the same time. Mr. Guinness, the
sitting Member, and Dr. Jago, his friend, were present
and assisted in holding up the free and independents,
while she operated upon them. Parson Ryder was
amongst them, and appeared to her to be as drunk as
the rest of them. The process of shaving occupied
from between four and five o'clock till nine in the even-
ing, and immediately after they had been rendered some-
what decent they were marched up to the poll. Parson
Ryder was tho incumbent of a neighbouring parish, and
while the voters were lead up to the poll he supplied
hem with: whisky. and talked about the liberty and
'recdorn of election.

TZILERS.
Anstey, Thomas C.
Arundel, Earl of

MINORITY-NOES, 154.
Arbuthnott, Hugh Farrer, James Alasterman, J.
Archdall, Captain Filmer, Sir E. Maunsell, T. B.
Arkwright, George Fitzroy, Henry Meux, iirillenry
Bagge, W. Floyer, John Miles, P. W. S.
Bagot, William Forbes, W. Miles, W.
Bailey, Joseph Forester, G. C. Moody, U. A.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fox, S. L. Morgan, 0.
Baldock, E. IL Frewen, C. H. Mundy, E. Miller
Bankes, G. Fuller, A. E. Neeld, Joseph
Bateson, T. Galway, Viscount Newdegate,,C. N.
Beckett, William Goddard, A. L. Noel, Gerald J.
Beresford, William Gordon, Admiral Packe, CW.
Bourke, Richard S. Goring, Charles Pakington, Sir J.
Bowles, Admiral Granby, Marquis of Palmer, Robert
Brackley, Viscount Greenall, Gilbert Pennant, Colonel
Brainston, T. W. Grogan, E. Plumptre, J. P.
Bremridge, Richard Gwyn, Bowel Plowden, W. H.
Broadley, li. Halford, Sir H. Powell, Col.
Brooke, Lord Hall, Colonel Prime, Richard
Brown, Humphrey Halsey, T. P. Reid, Colonel
Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, G. A. Renton, John C.
Buck, L. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Richards, Richard
Buller, Sir J. Y. Harris, lion. Capt. Rushout, Captain
Burghiey, Lord Mayes, Sir, E. Sanders, George
Burrell, Sir C. Heald, James Scott, Francis
Berroughes, H. N. Heathcote, Sir W. Seymer, Henry Ker
Cabbell, B. B. lieneage, G. 11. W. Shirley, E. J.
Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel
Chichester, Lord J. Ilildyart, It. C. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Chohneley, Sir.M. Hildyard, T. B. T. Spooner, Richard
Christopher, It. Hodgson, W. N. Starrord,_Augustus
Christy, Samuel Hood, Sir A. Stuart, Henry
Codrington, Sir W. Hope, Sir J. Stuart, J.
Coctrington, Sir W. Herlihy, John Sturt, Henry G.
Cole, H. A. Hudson, George Thompson, Ald.
Coles, Henry B. Ingestre, Viscount Tollemache, John
Colvile, C. R. Ireland, Thomas J. Trollope, Sir J.
Compton, H. C. Jocelyn, Viscount Turner, .George
Connolly, Col. Jollitle, Sir W. H. Verner, Sir W.
Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Vyse, R. it. H. H.
Cripps, William Knight, F. W. Waddington, David
Davies, D. A. S. Knox, Colonel Walpole, S. H.
Deedes, W. Lennox, Lord II G. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Deering, John P.- . Lewis, Sir 11 . Welby, G. E.
Disraeli, B. Lindsay, Colonel Wellesley,Lord C.
Dodd, G. Lockhart, W. Williams, T. P.
Duckworth, Sir J. Long, Walter Willoughby, Sir 11.
Duncuft, John LowtherA, Colonel W7,ld, James
Duo chts, George Lowther, Henry
Du Pre, C. G. Lygon, Gen.
Edwards, Henry Mackenzie, W. F.
Egerton, W. T. M‘lsTaghten, Sir E.
Farnham, E. B. Manners, Lord G.

LOLA MONTES AGAIN.
We learn by letters from Munich, of the 10th, that
disturbances have taken place in that city, of which
Lola i‘lontes was the cause. The following are the
particulars :—Among the students of the University
of Munich, as among those of almost all the German
Universities, associations exist, and they adopt a par-
ticular name and a head-dress of a particular colour
to distinguish them from each other. Five associa-
tions of this kind had been established for a long
time in the University of Munich, under the names
Pfalaer, Schwaben, Franken, Bavaren, and Isaren,
the names, in German, of the five provinces which
compose the kingdom of Bavaria. A sixth asso-
ciation was lately formed under the name of Ale-
mania. It was got up in the drawing-room of
the Countess de Landsfeld (Lola Montes), who
took it under her peculiar protection. Its mem-
bers, fifteen or twenty in number, wore dark red
caps, with edgings of different "colours. The Ale-
manen, as they were called, were " sent to Co-
ventry " by their fellow-students, and declared un-
worthy of obtaining satisfaction for any offence what-
soever. One day, at the commencement of this
month, the Alemanen having presented themselves at
the lecture of a professor, were received with hissings
and hootings, and the professor was obliged to close
the lecture. The next day the authorities begged of
the students to be orderly, and announced that an in-
vestigation would be made relative to the names of
the getters-up of the disturbances. No notice was
taken of this, and the next day the lectures were
again interrupted by the uproar made against the
Alemanen. Prince Wallerstein, the Minister of

TELLERS.
Inglis, Sir R. H.
Law, C. E.

Foreign Affairs, and, ad interim, of Public Instruc.
tion, went to the University, and addressed the stu-
dents in a kind manner. He was loudly cheered,and
a promise was given him by the students that the
lecture should not again be disturbed. Four
Alemanen, however, on leaving the Univer
sity, were followed for a great distance by a
crowd of students, hooting and yelling. On the
9th, the Alemanen were again assailed with
yells of even increased violence, and compelled to
seek refuge in an eating-house which they frequented.
As they were entering the house, one of them, Count
de Hirschberg, who was greatly irritated, drew forth
a poignard, and rushed on the people nearest him.
A gendarme, however, luckily seized his arm, and
wrested the poignard from him; but the gendarmes
did not dare to arrest him on account of his being one
of the Alemanen. After this scene, the Alemanen
wrote a letter from the eating-house to Mlle. Lola
Montes, begging her protection. Immediately on
receiving it, the fair Spaniard started off on foot to
the scene of tumult. On being recognised, the mob,
which by this time had become very considerable,
heaped insult upon her, and at length became so
threatening that she endeavoured to seek refuge in a
house. But every door was closed against her, and
amongst others that of the Austrian Legation. 'The King
having been informed of what was passing, left a fete
which he was giving in the Palace, and wentto the spot
lie there offered his arm to the Countess to protect
her, and led her into a church opposite the Palace.
There Mlle. Lola threw herself on her knees at the
foot of the altar, and cried, "God protect my best, my
only friend !" Shortly after she took a pistol, and
issued from the church, carrying the weapon in her
hand. Meanwhile the irritation of the mob increased,
and cried, "Down with the Alemanen! Down with
the spies of the --1" When the people caught
sight of the unfortunate Countess, they rushed to-
wards her, and a man, after wresting the pistol from
her, seized her by the throat, and so held her against
the wall whilst the mob heaped insults on her. At
length the gendarmes succeeded in releasing the un-
lucky woman, and in conducting her to the military
post of the palace, from which she subsequently passed
to the apartments of the royal residence. During all
the rest of the day the garrison was under arms and
strong patrols paraded the streets. In the afternoon
the authorities ;informed the students that the Uni-
versity would be closed for a year, and that all
strangers to the city would have to leave Munich in
forty-eight hours. In the evening the people assem •
bled on the Place of the Obelisk, and broke down
some wooden palings to obtain weapons to resist the
armed force. In the morning, it is said that the
gendarmes, without warning the people or summoning
them to disperse, charged them, and in so doing
wounded two students, and injured a man so severely
that, as was said, he subsequently died. The muni-
cipality addressed the Bing to obtain a revocation of
the decree for closing the 'University for a year, but
he positively refused to comply with the request.
He, however, subsequently did so, and it was an-
nounced that the University would be re-opened on
the 14th.

ALLEGED MURDER AT ELY.—A very painful
sensation has been created in this district, in reference
to the mysterious death of an aged female, named
Elizabeth Grabb, who, for some considerable time past
had resided with her husband at a place called Little-
port, a few miles distant. The deceased expired on Fri-
day last, somewhat suddenly, but then it was generally
supposed by the inhabitants of the village that her death
was perfectly natural. The suddenness of the deceased's
death made it necessary that an inquest should be held
on the body. Accordingly, Mr. W. Marshall, the
coroner, was apprised of the death, and that functionary
forthwith issued his warrant for an investigation to be
opened on Saturday last. Upon that ocasion the jury
was sworn, and after the body of deceased had been
viewed, evidence of such a startling character was re-
ceived relative to the cause of death, that the coroner at
once adjourned the inquiry until Monday. In the mean
time Mr. Laxton, of Littleport, and Mr. Stevens, jun.,
of Ely, both surgeons, IA ere ordered to make a post
etcetera examinalion of the body. Upon the. re-assem
bling of the coroner and jury the medical evidence
showed that the head of deceased was most extensively
injured from external blows, apparently influtted with
some heavy instrument. There was no doubt ex-
pressed by the medical men that the deceased bad died
irom the effects of violence. The evidence of the other
yr:messes went so far as to fix the guilt upon the hus-
band of the deceased. The jury, therefore, returned a
verdict of wilful murder against John Grabb, the hus-
band, who was forthwith committed to Cambridge Castle
to take his trial at the next assizes.

TO SIR ROBERT INGLIS, 31. P..
AND OTHERS.
se,,n' I 1:0L think it nlcesv.,.. - 'o i
you niy humble remarks on that ali-ab,urbing suo-
ject of the day, Jewish disabilities, was there not, as
I learn by a public print, now a petition on the
Lords' table against the Bill in question.
Declamations become useless against the over-
whelming torrent of the age, and Scripture quotations
absurd when misinterpreted, or at least cited agree-
able to a self•suiting doctrine. He whom the mea-
sure, as its prime mover, will for ever honour, has
eloquently and quite sufficiently shown that the
question is a mere religious one ; but you seem scru-
pulously to think that Christianity is at stake by
fo-giving sinners. Allow me, then, humbly to remind
you of our Saviour's own prayer. How can you hope for
forgiveness if 1900 year; of the most cruel and
humiliating sufferings of those whom you regard as
your religious adversaries cannot produce in you
that sense of common feeling that the time of forget-
fulness is fully arrived ? That same Divine prayer
you repeat in the Creed, in other words, the " hope"
for forgiveness, is become a " belief" in you, and can
it so be when your action denies its truth ?
The foundation of Christianity is " charity," which,
survives, as it surpasses, both " faith" and " hope
how then, allow me to ask you, would you explain
your belief in Christianity, which you so piously fear
to be shaken, when you yourself demolish the edifice
by depriving it of its very foundation ?
Eighteen hundred years long have the Jews been
tyrannically kept as slaves, and now even you seem
little inclined to think of that absorbing question
"Is Israel a servant, is he a home-born slave ?"
Does Christianity constitute or confer a monopoly
either of birthright or place, to be sold, Esau-like,
for a mess of potage ? God forbid! "Make straight
paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned
out of the way, but it rather be healed." " Remember
them that are in bonds, as bound with them ; and
them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also
in the body."
In wandering through the divine Apostle's Epistle
to the Romans, I may, without wounding the sus-
ceptibility of the great University, whose oracle I
needs must think you represent in the matter in
in question, perhaps, be allowed to think that
Paul, though speaking of circumcision, did not
wish to exclude baptism from his comparison, and
putting the simplest construction on the simplest
w-_,rds, we find this remarkable sentence :—" For he
is not a Jew which is one outwardly, neither is that
circumcision which is outward in the flesh." And
the Apostle, justly interpreted, when justly under-
stood, says thus :—For he is not 11 Christian that is
one outwardly, neither is that baptism which is
outward.
I surely cannot be taxed with blasphemy when I
take the broadest view of the broadest subject, of a
subject of humanity, of charity. Blasphemy ! The
very doubt that our Divine Master could wish for the
exclusion either of man or tribe from his earthly and
heavenly blessings amounts unquestionably to the
greates of blasphemies !
Though the question be an international one
Europe has her eyes fixed on you. You have eman-
cipated the slaves, and were reduced to the stern
necessity of yielding to the complaint of your half-
brother Catholics. You expend millions on missions
for promulgating the doctrines of Christianity, and
would you forget at home what you teach abroad—
that charity is the Gospel's vital breath, that by the
action of charity alone, not by its idle profession, you
can alone convince and reform ?
It would be folly to follow the petition above
alluded to in all its steps and erroneous arguments, if
arguments they deserve to be called ; but what proof
does in matter of fact result from a quotation of
Smollet's history respecting the revocation of a former
Act past in favour of the sews ?
Ist. That so many hundred years ago some en-
lightened men felt the necessity to make some con-
cession to unfortunate exiles,
2d. That Parliament inconsistently revoked the
next day what it had granted on the previous one.
ad. Had Parliament not been so inconsistent then,
it would very likely not have become the lot of the
present honourable assembly to be called on for the
execution of so important a measure.
But, to point out more forcibly still the absurdity
of such a quotation or reference, allow me conscien-
tiously to ask you, Who among your religious anta-
gonists should be justified in the wish to see you
burnt alive, on the plea of Smollett's history reveal-
ing to us that so many hundred years ago many of
your religious confraternity shared in so cruel a
fate ?
I will refrain from alluding to the speciality of the
City election, which secured to the Baron de Roths-
child 6,792 votes ; I will not enter into long details
on the present most general manifestations in favour
of the Bill, which manifestations may once more
convince you of " Vox populi vox Dei est ;" and I
will conclude with reminding you that the question
is not one of grace or mercy, but one of conscience
and justice. In this land of freedom you will, you
cannot refuse so just a claim.
London, Feb. 17, 1848.

THE CHEAP NEWSPAPER
RETROGRADE MOVEMEN r.
(From the Leeds Mercury.)
Some time back a number of newspaper proprietors
in Liverpool and other places tried the suicidal ex-
periment of reducing the price of their papers to
threepence, and some even lower. Every person
acquainted with the numerous and heavy charges on
a newspaper establishment was aware that the experi-
ment must inevitably fail. And so it has done very
quickly, as the following article from the Liverpool
Mercury—one of the papers which was led into the
foolish experiment—sufficiently proves:—
" The Blackburn Standard of Wednesday, which
boasts of having been almost, if not quite, the first
provincial journal' to reduce its price to threepence,
announces that for the future the price will be fourpence.
It is stated that the reduction was originally made
partly in anticipation of a reduction of the stamp,
advertisement, and paper duties, and partly to ascertain
how far a paper, brought down to the very verge of
prudence, could, by a greatly increased circulation, be
made to remunerate for the risk run.' The first ex-
pectation was notoriously erroneous; the practical result
of the second is thus announced: —' We have persevered
with the experiment for nearly eighteen months—
longer, by a considerable time, than all, save one or two
of our contemporaries, who were led by similar hopes
to our own to follow our example, and by just so much
greater experience we are authorised to confirm their
decisions by pronouncing the experiment to be, for our
own interest, a failure." We believe,' said the Times
some seventeen months ago, the very hardest, the most
economical view of mercantile transactions, is just that
which suits the relation of newspapers with the reading
public.' We shall, therefore, be speaking in a strain
which all will comprehend, when we say that there is a
point of profit in the newspaper trade, as in every other,
below which it would hardly be worth while to continue
in business. We have nothing to complain of in the
result which has followed our experiment; it has, in one
sense, mornthan answered our anticipations. But the
risk increases with the increase of sale, and the expense
of producing the article is in no respect lessened; so that
while we win the victory, we have to pay all the costs,
and the greater the glory the greater the charge. A con-
tinuation of such fortune as we have hinted at, it may
easily be perceived, would not leave us much to boast
of; and we have, therefore, resolved upon the step an-
nounced at the head of this notice. We shall henceforth
charge a fair price for our labour and outlay—fair to
ourselves, and, in consequence, just to our supporters;
for it is not to be expected that we should continue to
offer an article of similar quality at a loss to ourselves,
whenever we discovered our mistake."
" The Liverpool namesake of the Blackburn PWrs
which, alarmed by the prospective reduction in the price
of another, struck the blow off hand, and came down at,
once to threepence, in spite of loud songs of triumph,'
subsequently sung, from time to time, as to the marvel-
lous success of the experiment, soon saw the expediency
of rising first to threepence-halfpenny, and now tofour-
pence. The person who first commenced the experimer!t
of a threepenny newspaper in this town boasted of his
success also, but soon found it expedient to take
his departure for America, leaving his wife des-
titute amongst strangers, to beg her way to
her native country. A twopenny paper, of.
half size, commenced by our contemporary of
Liver court, soon gave up the ghost. The price of the
Mail, which was reduced to threepence, has lately been
raised to fourpence. Another contemporary came out
two days a week with half papers, at twopence-half-
penny each; he then tried threepence; then half one
paper a week at threepence, and has now advanced to
threepence-halfpenny in a slightly enlarged form, which
still does not contain more than half the letter-press of
the Mercury. Another contemporary, who, a very
short time ago, had the hardihood to declare publicly
his perfect satisfaction with the losing experiment, will
soon have to tell another tale, if ho has not told it
already. Several other provincial newspapers, which
were frightened out of their propriety by the ruinous
competition commenced in Liverpool, have since thought
proper to retrace their steps, and others, who have not
yet done so, have seen or will soon see, the absolute ne-
cessity of a similar movement. For ourselves, although
we partially yielded to the movement for a time, in self-
defence, and for the sake of our advertising friends, we
have never changed the opinions we expressed from the
first; nor, indeed, was it possible that we should do so,
those opinions being founded on a thorough and prac
ical knowledge of our own business."

Dr. Z

THE YARMOUTH BRIBERY CASE,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR' —I have just read your article on the Yar-
mouth bribery case, and, with your permission, I
desire to make one or two observations on that
question.
After expressing your just indignation at the gross
corruption of the voters, whose conduct has brought
disgrace upon the borough, you proceed to ask, " Is
it surprising that the Committee recommends the
disfranchisement of Great Yarmouth ?" Here, Sir,
let me remind you that the Committee only request
the House of Commons to disfranchise the freemen,
allowing the 101. householders of the borough in
future to return the two Members.
This recommendation of the Committee is founded
on justice, and I am sure will meet with the appro-
bation of all the well-disposed inhabitants of Great
Yarmouth.
It may not be uninteresting to state that it has
been the practice for very many years by both parties
in Yarmouth to pay to each freeman for each election
the sum of 21. 2s. for his vote, and a ten-shilling
ticket for drink has been generally added. This
circumstance will explain what was meant by some
of the witnesses saying the " Reds" (Tories) owed
them Si. for previous occasions. It has been the
desire of the Liberal party in the town for years past
to do away with this " head-money," which the free-
men look upon as their inherited right, and the can-
didates know very well they must pay them or lose
the election. In 1835 Colonel Anson and Mr. Rum-
bold lost the election, after sitting in Parliament for
the borough about twenty years, in consequence of
their attempt to break up this pernicious custom.
It is to be hoped that the House of Commons will
immediately act upon the recommendation of the
Committee ; and, indeed, I do not see why freemen
in all boroughs should not be disfranchised at the
same time. Their privilege is an unjust one, and is
productive of much corruption at elections. W hat
right has one man more than another to this pri-
vilege ? which is generally obtained by serving a
seven years' apprenticeship to a freeman, or by being
the son of a freeman: In Yarmouth there are about
1,000 of them, but as about half of them are house-
holders as well, they will not all be deprived of the
franchise.
I w ill not intrude further upon your space, and
shall be obliged if you can insert the above remarks.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A YARMOUTH FREEMAN.
London, Feb. 15, 1848.
[The fact that 500 of these corrupt freemen are
householders is sufficient of itself to influence the
House of Commons in pronouncing the entire die •
franchisement of the borough. An ounce of Parlia-
mentary civit will not sweeten the fame of Great
Yarmouth—its offence is rank, and smells to heaven.
-ED. Sun.]

TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE
CRUIKSHANK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six; I have read with much pleasure of the " con-
templated testimonial to George Cruikshank." He
has rendered the world his debtor. Henceforth every
true friend of popular progress will accord him a high
place on the list of great and good men whom " his
soul delighteth to honour." Whilst we give all due
praise to Cruikshank, let us not forget, however, that
the leading ideas of the work which has immortalised
him, were suggested by a poem entitled " The
Blessings of Temperance," the composition of an old
Irish shoemaker, named John O'Neil.
The world is sometimes strangely unmindful of
its benefactors. The fervid strains of Ebenezer
Elliott awake the
henmids of his countrymen to the
evils of
monstrouscorn-laws. The celebrated
Anti-Corn-law League was the result. The corn-laws
repealed, Mr. Richard Cobden was presented by the
British nation with some eighty or ninety thousand
pounds. Nocv I do not grudge that patriotic indivi-
dual a single farthing of this vast " sum ;" but was it
generous of England to neglect in the hour of her
triumph the brave poet, who had incited her sons to
action with all the vehement eloquence of a Tyrtoeus.
" Bard
Happily the of Sheffield" is in independent
circumstances. Such, Imfortunately, is not the case
with John O'Neil, he is old—afflicted with ill-health,
and I fear the " res angi4tadorni."
Sir, your kind sympathies have ever been with
Ireland. You have never played the Celt slanderer,
you do not live by pandering to the lowest prejudices
of Englishmen. Say, is not the Saxon indebted, and
that largely, to the mental labours of this poor, hard-
working Celt—labours prosecuted under I know not
how many difficulties and privations ? Should, he be
slow to testify his gratitude.
t In conclusion, I think
it right to state that I am
personal-':y unacquainted with `Zr. O'Neil, but, as an
'lrishman, I could, not refrain from writing these few

BAGGING A COBBLER.—At Marylebone Police-
court yesterday L. Jones was brought up on the follow-
ing curious eharge:—On the previous evening the
prisoner, after making an old cobbler drunk, undertook,
for a wager of 2s. fid., to put him into a sack and carry
him to a pawnbroker's in Stafford-street, Lisson-grove.
He proceeded thither with his load, which, on entering
the shop, he threw down upon the counter, saying that
he had brought a speechless " subject" to pledge. Ho
was given into custody, owing to his having collected a
great crowd, and he was therefore conveyed to the
station-house. The sack was untied, and poor Crispin
was liberated. The prisoner was admonished and dis-
charged.
W ooncocKs.—For several years these delicate
birds have not been met with so numerous es formerly.
Some sportsmen think it owing to the want of se "re
frosts in November;. others attribute the cause to the
immense quantities of their eggs gathered abroad in their
native marshes for the market; but, independent of the
great flights that used to cross the seas, there is now as
many bred in this country as occasionally yields good
winter shooting. For instance, during six days of the
last intense frosts, Mr. Stewart, gamekeeper at Balms-
caan, bagged in Lord Reidhaven's preserves 107 wood-
cock, all plump fat birds, such as must have tared well
among the cozy wood-springs of Glen•Urquhart.—ln-
versess Courier.

sentences concerning the claims upon the public of
one who has conferred distinguished honour up )n our

ultimo!) country by im ,uccf,,;s, Sul • :
'oral and intellectual advancement of his kind.
I am, Sir, ycurs very truly,
SAMUEL MURPHY 'LANGLEY.
23, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Westminster,
Feburary 10,1848.

RAILWAY ROBBERIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
ALTON V. RUSSELL.

SlR,—With reference to your report of this case,
on the 9th instant, it is but justice to me to supply
some omissions of evidence in your alo:e report.
First, the " parties whose interference led to the dis-
charge of, and attendant writs by, Mr. and Mrs.
Wareham, were Mr. Pearse and Mr. Maples, and not
Mr. Sturns, whose reiterations of their and of Mr. Rus-
sell's promises of indemnity were made at later
periods, as the correspondence read in court showed.
Second, that this action was brought for the benefit
of creditors, all of whom were such in respect of
Wareham's six actions, and my being left without
proper protection. The amount claimed was accord-
ing to my books and vouchers; and investigations had
been frequently invited of the directors, Mr. Russell,
Mr. Mills, Mr. Sturns, and Mr. Saunders, but for
twenty months (up to the day of this trial) they
resisted every overture, and did deny their legal
liability, which led to all my difficulties exposed in
court yesterday ; and they even put in pleas
denying the Eromises of the defendant, and
alleging that 1 did not go far enough in the
investigations! which pleas they abandoned in court
before I had gone through a tithe of my evidence.
They might have paid money into court, or agreed
on other courses open to them, rather than, as the
correspondence shows, abandon me to my fate, and
neglect to fulfil their promises, and what they ad-
mitted to be their moral liability. In justice to me,
insertion of this is necessary.

I am your obliged servant,
CHARLES NASH,
Parliamentary Agent.

Montague. street, 'Wednesday.
P.S.—I must also correct these particulars :—That
the arrest of Wareham was the result of fourteen
days' excessive exertions, and under counsel's advice,
and not in consequence of information from Maynard.
That the instructions to go on with the investiga-
tions were from the defendant, and not from the
plaintiff. The verdict against me, by Wareham, was
only half a farthing, and the Judge refused him his
costs, thus vindicating me on that unfavourably pre-
sented occasion. For eighteen months after resigning
my engagement I conducted business for the company,
and ensured their successes in the same actions of
'Wareham, yet was refused a single shilling on ac-
count to meet the expenses.

1848.

FEY. li.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents • • • • • • • • 102%
Bank Shares • 1580
Anglo-Russian Loan ...............
Russian•
5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate
Ditto Ist serieslnscription.• •• • • •• • •
Ditto,llope and C0.,3d and 4th series• •
Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • • • .
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •..•
Stinglitz .• • • .• • • • • • • S 6
Spanish New 5 per Cent.. •••••• • • • • •• 13%
Ditto 3 per Cent .. •••••••• • • • • • . • . 24}6 24%
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2)4 per Cent 25
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 55
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.. • . SO
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • 53% 82'0
National Bank Shares •••••••• • • • • • • ••
DUTCH FUNDS.—AXSTEILDAM, FN 15.
Monly. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 5368% b 4
Ditto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 68%
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••••••• • • • • • • •• 84 54%
Arnort Syndic, 3% per Cent
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • 162 162%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent
Exchange on London, at sight . • • • • • • 2
Two months... • • • • • • 11 90
On Hamburgh, at sight .• 34 82
Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 3s 81
On Paris • ••••••• • • • • • • • 56 12
b 5 82

IIdIEBITROM BO:

Two mouths. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

101 IN
101%

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Frs. 9.
b per Cent. 3letalliques • •
4 per Cent. dltto • • • • • • • • • • • • •
3 per Cent. ditto• •••• • • • ••• . • • • • " "
Loan, 1834 • • 152
Ditto, 1839 . • •• • • • • . • • • • .. 112 }r,
Bank Shares ••••••• • • • • • • ..........1673
Esterhazv's Loan .... •• • • •• • .......... 67%
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .. • • • • . 110)1)
Gloggnitz •• • • •••. • • • . ••••• • • • • 107
Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Leghorn• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Pesth •••••• • • • • • •
sienna .. • ••••• • . • • • • •
Grosetto •• • • • • .. • • • • • • • • .
Oldenburg ••• • • • •••• • . • • ••• • • .
Pesth Bridge .. • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Apeunineu .......... •• •• •• • •••• • • • •
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BareeaLs, Fas. lb.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent ••••• • • • • • •• •
Rothsehlld's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four perCeut •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent.. •••••••• • . • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • •
Ditto,ditte,lB4B..•• •• •• •• •• 97%
Ditto,ditto,lB42 ••••• • • • . • 98
Ditto, 1844... •• • • •......... ... 913 E
Ditto, 1838 .... • • • • • • • • • r
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • • • • • • • -
Ditto, 1845 . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Bank ofßelgiarn...• ....... •
•Brussels Papers, Feb. lb.

• 72 yy
59

96
.... 78%

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. . THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY
BarissELs. .Jinx 15. y,terciev the Ce.,e 1 era SOCIETY.
c,frnene,•ci the general discussion 'on the project of The anniversary of this excellent institution, the
law relative to the office of notaries. The Minister object of which is "to allow annuities to decayed mer-
tor the Interior presented to the Chamber three pro- chants, bankers, professional men, master manufac-
jects of law ; relative, first, to the suppression of the turers, tradesmen, their widows, and clerks, and to
law of the fractionnement of the Electoral Colleges ; sing!e females, daughters of persons belonging to
secondly, the election of burgomaster not belonging such classes of society," was celebrated last night at
to the Council ; thirdly, the addition to the list of the London Tavern, wider the presidency of George
electors, of those who are on the jury list. In this , Hudson, Esq , M.P., who was supported on the right
sitting of the Chamber of Representatives another , by the Hon. Mr. Walpole, and on the left by the
proof Ras afforded that a parity of votes sufficed to Dean of Winchester. Among the company were
throw aside another important question. The recog- ; General Caulfield, Mr. Urquhart, M.P., the Rev. Dr.
nization of the Notorial was the order of the day, but I Pocock, amd Mr. Robarts, jun. A number of beautiful
Mr. Ceatmean drew attention to various petitions on and elegantly attired ladies occupied seats on the
the table which occupied the greater part of the day. j platform, behind the chairman, and in the gallery.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 15.—Yesterday evening the Poles About 300 sat down to dinner.
resident here celebrated the martyrdom of the Rus- "Deem laudate" having been chaunted, the Culla-
sian patriots, who were executed in consequence of , MAN gave in succession the usual loyal and constitu-
their insurrection of 1825, against the despotism of 1 tional toasts, which were as enthusiastically responded
the Czar. This day was selected as being the anni- ttoas at any former gathering.
versary of the death of Simon Konarski, the apostle The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Success to the
of the liberty and fraternity of the two nations, who Institution ; and long may it flourish ;" a sentiment
was shot at Vilna. which was received with the utmost enthusiasm. In
WURTEMBURG.—STUTTGARD.—In the sitting of expatiating on the excellence of the objects of the
the Chamber of Deputies on the Bth, the galleries institution he said he regretted his inability to dis-
were densely crowded, and many officers were ob- charge the duties of his office with anything like the
served among the auditors. The Minister of the ability displayed by his illustrious and gifted prede-
Interior presented the projects of law respecting the cessor, Lord Stanley, whose speech he should be
restriction of the marriage of the poorer classes, as content to read them instead of offering any observa-
also the supplementary law to the edict of the tions of his own, if usage did not prevent him from
constitution. According to this latter project, doing so.—(Hear.) It was the province of the society
the term of oLce of the Council of De- to alleviate human woe—to afford consolation to
puties would be extended to nine years, those who, perhaps, from no act of their own, possibly
but that every three years a third of this number shall from too great a reliance in others, or from the course
retire from office. The Government reserves to it- of legislation, had sunk from comparative affluence to
self the right of deciding the election, even if one of the most abject poverty. There was not a merchant
the three candidates for a vacant seat in the Coun- in this great city who could say with certainty that he
cil shall have been returned with a majority of two- should never have occasion to become a recipient of
thirds of the votes of his electors. The project grants charity—nay, even some amongst the company might
publicity during debates on matters of a general by the hand of adversity be driven to seek its
nature.—Algemeine Zeitung, Feb. 11. aid, and therefore it was the more incumbent upon
HAMBWRGH, FEB. 12.—The Journal de St. Peters- those present to spare something from their super-
imrgii contains a declaration, which Baron Kradner fluities to assuage the misery of those who were not
was commissioned to deliver to the Assembly of the in a position to help themselves.—(Cheers.) He
States. This declaration states that the Russian regretted that the institution had not been able to
Cabinet fully agrees to the duplicate of the well- expend a larger sum during the past year than 6121.
known minutes of Austria, France, and Prussia, of in affording aid to twenty-nine individuals; but he
the 18th January, and that Russia conceives it. hoped they would give liberally to-night, for be
self provisionally released from the objection of pro- believed that money was not worth having unless it
tecting the neutrality of Switzerland, and that was made the means of contributing tothe happiness
Russia will suspend its guarantee for this neutrality, of their fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.)
so long as Switzerland mistakes the fundamental A number of other toasts followed, and Mr. AL-
principle of its existence by the disparagement of the DRICII announced that the subscriptions received
cantonal sovereignty, and continues to be the refuge amounted to nearly 1,5001., the Chairman and Mr.
for revolutionists. Charles Dixon having given the munificent sum of
PRE6BURG, FEB. 7th.—The Chamber of Deputies 1001. each.
did not meet for several days, but held private con- The dinner and wines were excellent, as is always
ference respecting the rescript relative to the Comitais the case at the London Tavern. The musical depart-
Administration. It seems that the Opposition has meat was under the direction of Mr. Hobbs. Mr.
split into two parties, and while the moderate party Toole, in giving the toasts, and in keeping order
recognizes its advantage from the constitutional and amongst some disorderly spirits at the end of the
positive declaration of the Government of its care in room, showed himself as excellent a master of his craft
regard to the Administration, others will not give as his late father, who was the first to endow the office
up their agitation against the Government, of toastmaster with a professional character.
and persist in their annoyance. This day The company did not separate until late.
two projects of an address were laid be
before the Chamber of Nobles. The first was from
the deputy Saerteranzi, to the following effect :
" That we beg to offer our thanks to his Majesty
for his declaration that he has at heart the rnainte-
mince of our Constitution, yet that it must be ac-
knowledged that the doubts of the states were not
altogether unfounded; that we demand the realiza-
tion of the promises given, the maintenance of the
dignity of the Supreme Court, and the abolition of
the administrative system. We must further request
his Majesty for the re-establishment of the Constitu-
tional system of the Government."
The upper classes shall for the future not only
conduct the business of the Committee but shall also
have the chief superintendence. It is requested that
in this answer his Majesty may be solicited to give
practical proofs of the promise contained in the royal
receipt during the course of the present Diet, and that
then the States, if possible, will consider the proposed
measures of reform for the welfare of the country.
THE PROJECT OF THE ADDRESS FROM THE DE-
PUTY or BERECIIIER.M. Longuy states that in an
answer to the Address it must be observed that the
repeated mention of the Administration causes much
apprehension to the nation, and that, we will not go
into particulars, as his Majesty promises the main-
tainance of the Constitutional Supreme Court, and
secures to us, only with some exceptions, the nomina-
tion of the Administration, and that the article of
code will soon be re-established in it is true legal force.
FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE, FEB. I.—The heavy
rains, which we have had for several days, at
two. o'clock this: day, caused the masses of ice to
give way in several parts of the river. Only an hour
before, the passage across the Maine had been per-
fectly safe for foot passengers. The river is very
considerably swollen, and in several places has ad-
vanced above the quays, apprehensions of a complete
inundation are, however, we trust, unfounded. The
Rhine and the Mole have been open since yesterday,
but at Mayence the ice was so dangerous that it is
prohibited by the police. Preparations have been
made for resuming the navigation, as a second freak-
ing of the river would. be unparalleled.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, Feb. 11.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER.
We have received the following from her Majesty's
ship St. Vincent, Lisbon, with a request that we will
aid the cause of the subscription on behalf of the suf-
ferers plunged into want by the awful catastrophe, by
giving it a conspicuous place in our columns:—
" The widows, orphans, mothers, and sisters of the
crew who were lost in the Avenger, and by that
event left in distressing circumstances, are hereby
informed that a subscription has been raised for their
relief, and that those requiring relief are requested to
make their applications personally to the clergymen
or ministers of their church, giving a particular de-
tail, containing—
" 1. If widows, their age, the number of children,
their children's ages and sex.
" 2. If mothers, who have hitherto received allot •
merits, their age, whether the father or the son who
allotted is still alive ; if so, their joint means of sub-
sistence.
"2. If orphans, their ages and sex, whether in
service, or capable of assisting towards their own
support.
"4. If sisters who have hitherto received allot-
ments, their age, whether married, and why requiring
'present relief.
" The clergymen and ministers to whom applica-
tion may be made are earnestly requested to give
their kindest assistance to the object of the present
relief, and investigate such cases as may be presented
when the individuals come within the denomination

set forth; and to furnish a statement of the same to
Captain S. C. Dacres, of her Majesty's ship St. Vin-
cent, through the Admiralty, London, or the Com-
mander-in. Chief at Portsmouth, or Devonport;
adding such particulars as may guide the committee
of management in their just distribution.
"The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
having been requested by the trustees of the subscrip-
tion to continue for two months the payment of the
allotments made by those of the crew of the Avenger
who allotted up to the period of her loss, no further
immediate relief can be required.
" H. W. BRUCE, Captain, Queen.
" S. C. DACRES, Captain, St. Vincent.
" THOS. WILSON, Commander, Canopus.
"Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, Lisbon, Feb. 8."

CASINO DE DE VENISE. Yesterday evening this
resort of amusement was completely crowded by an
audience attracted by the prospective entertainments,
for the bent-fit of Mr. J. W. Sharpe and Mr. J. Tedder,
the stage manager. Several well-known vocalists made
their appearance, among whom the greater portion were
of the comic vein ; after which the American Barlow
appeared, and, dispensing with the usually-required as-
sistance of the band, fully succeeded in pleasing his nume-
rous auditory by his characteristic singing and delinea-
tion of negro life. The audience were most uproarious in
their applause, the majority keeping both hands and
' feet (as well as lungs) in full play until their demands
for a third encore were complied with. Mr. Sharpe
terminated the concert by a new song upon the still
discussed topic of the French invasion and the English
defences, which having been encored, the ball com-
menced in good earnest, and concluded a few minutes
before midnight.
THE HAVRE COMMERCIAL BANK. Our Havre
correspondent writes us on the subject of the temporary
suspension of the Commercial Bank of that place
(Director, Mr. Dubois), and states that measures are in
progress by which it is almost certain the bank will be
enabled to resume its functions in a very short time,
probably a few days. The suspension was a measure of
prudence taken by the director in consequence of an
unprecedented run on the bank from people who had
deposits there, and which have been reimbursed in the
course of January to the amount of between two and a
half' to three millions of francs. The committee of
management and several shareholders have looked into
the affairs of the bank and are fully satisfied of its en-
tire ability to meet its engagements integrally. Last
night the New York liner to this port, the New Yurk,
Captain Lines, was off La Hie, and this morning landed
her dates to the 28th nit —Times.
THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER.
—MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY, 5 r.2l.—The adjourned
inquest on this most lamentable catastrophe took place
at the Royal Oak, Downing-street, Ardwick. The
ta i
le,
witness examined was James Harper, police-con
C 20. He deposed to recovering three bodies from the
ruins. On going into the yard he saw
dtwohey
were_ecoans-.
fire hole burning. He got them both
veyed to the infirmary, where they
.(1 n
sisted in getting all the bodies out oft
he runs. John
Hartley, boiler-maker, was nextexam d
been employed to lengthen the boiler three years and a
half ago; and he was of opinion that the boiler was in-
sufficient for the purpose to which it was applied, and
was under examination when our report left. Mr. Monk,
the barrister, attended on behalf of Rolley,