The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE.

This sport, which is amongst the first—if not the
first, of the kingdom—commenced on Monday. The
place of meeting was a large green, at the Forth Banks,
below the Infirmary. It was spacious, and competent
to accommodate the immense crowd that had assembled
to witness the amusement. There could be no fewer
than a thousand people present, a goodly proportion of
whom had come by rail from Carlisle, Penrith, and other
places in the west. The sporting world was there in
full force, and seemed to back their respective favourites
with much spirit. Halliwell, the winner of the 11 stone
weights, is a thickset hearty looking Englishman.
Messrs. J. Thompson, of Allonby, and J. Jameson, of
Newcastle, were the umpires, and Mr. J. Walker, of
Keswick, referee, who conducted the proceedings with
the utmost fairness and impartiality ; their conduct
givinc, the fullest satisfaction.
The first prize of 251., for men of llst., produced 2
competitors, for whose names we have not space; suffice
it to say, the 46 who stood were reduced in the second
round to 23; the third round exhibited the following
names :
I bird Round—C. Harrington and J. Nelson, T. Roper
and J. Palmer, J. Iverstone and E. Little, A. Nicholson
and T. Bones, J. Whitehead and H. Bragg, J. James
and I. Gibson, J. Bvers and W. Bramwell, J. Halliwell
and J. Elliott, W. Tyson and J. Renwick, W. Park and
G. thorough, J. Langhorn, odd man.
Fourth Round—A. Nicholson and J. Langhorn, J.
Halliwell and W. Tyson, T. Roper and C. Harrington,
J. James and A. Park, J. Whitehead, and J. Iverstone,
W. Palmer and J. Byers.
Fifth round—T. Roper and A. Nicholson, W. Palmer
and J. Whitehead, J. Halliwell and J. James.
Sixth Round—J. Halliwell threw Roper, Palmer odd
man.

Seventh Round—The final struggle lay between Hal-
liwell and Palmer, the odd man. llalliwell threw hie
mantwoiefethwe multitude.ittl
Second Prize—A Standing Leap—The competitors
were William Burnett, Alnwick; Robert Angus Mauls,
greatea se, and won the prize, amid the
cheers
ditto; Thomas Roper, Lammerby; William Smith,
Swindle; Alexander Jemison, soldier in the Dragoon
Guards; William Stanley, Keswick; A. Macdonald,
Keswick; and Tindle, Penrith. The prize was well
contested, Roper beating the field, and jumping four
feet eight inches. Burnett was second.
The first round of the light-weights finished the sports
of the day.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—As the subject of the adjustment of taxation
is exciting attention here as well as at the gates of
Paris, it is right to be making progress in the exami-
nation of the practical measures within reach, with
an understanding that advantage shall be taken of
such discoveries as in those other schools of learning
may at any time arise.
The objection made to taxing articles of consump-
tion by value and not by quantity, is that it is impos-
sible to distinguish the different qualities, or to make
the owners declare them. All excuses are good to
the lazy, and still more to the unwilling. The temp-
tation to raise a revenue by the summary method of
extorting from the numerous and the weak, is too
great to allow of the representations on this head
being received without sifting. There is no
doubt of its being vastly easier for a Govern-
inent to raise a given sum by such an organi-
zation. But inasmuch as the many have az
interest in the other direction, and are
moreover in a better way of having their interest at-
tended to than they were three months ago, it is a
season for asking whether all has been done that
might be. For example, is there not a principle ap-
plied in other branches f the Customs, which might
be usefully tried here ;—the giving a power to take
the goods for the Government at the valuation set on
thstn ? I remember this being applied to me, in the
case of curiosities brought from Egypt; and
why should it not be applied to tea ? It would
imply inspection of the cargo by an officer; for it
clearly could not be done by sample. A lesson or two
on this head would effectually teach the dealers to divide
their teas into, at all events, three unmistakeable
classes,—the ordinary, middling, and superior, on
which duties of one, two, and three shillings might
be laid, or otherwise as determined. There is no
man who could not go into a tea-shop, and in a
quarter of an hour make himself master of the mys-
tery. What is wanted is a will, and the want will
continue till the people's will is taken into council.
The difficulties in the way of allowing every man
to deduct a given sum from his chargeable income,
would be found of the same kind. Prodigious will
be the outcries of impossibility, till the greater im-
possibility of leaving things as they are, acts as a
stimulus behind. At the same time the matter is not
so easy as may look on paper; and cannot finally be
effected without some trouble to all parties. In the
case of incomes under 1501 a year at present, there
is necessity for a cumbrous process of declaration,
which though it might perhaps be arranged so as to be
more convenient than it is, must evidently be made at
some time, and can be made at no time without
trouble. If the Government finds a man in posses-
sion of 1401. a year from a particular source, as for
instance the funds, it has no means of knowing ex-
cept by some subsequent process, that this is all he
leas; for a man may have income from a dozen diffe-
rent sources. The Government therefore would
have to extend to all cases, something like the pre-
sent practice in these. It must in the first instance
claim its three per cent. er as the case may be, from
all incomes that come under its cognizance ;
stopping it, as is at present done, in the cases
of incomes from the funds and rents. And then
it must leave the payer to make out his demand for
the return of 4/. 10s. from some or other of the offi-
ces that have received it, in a form akin to what is
now used in the case of declarants to less than 150/.
a year in all ; accompanied with a statement of his
various sources of income, for the purpose of facili-
tating discovery in the event of his claiming in more
places than one, and a fine of 50/. in case of attempted
fraud. The business is simpler than might be thought.
For it has nothing to do with the absolute amount
of the income; it is a mere demand for the recovery
of 41. 10s. Some complications might be necessary
where the income was made up from a number of
sources, no one of them producing 150/. ; but these
are nothing but what must have been provided for
already, in the case of income from various sources
not amounting to 150/. in the whole.
An
theexpense
tthis a
processconsiderableof
recovery.one, mo
virtually uns
r One
way
tabe
madefor
way to meet it would be by makingcharge
of the recovering parties; but as this a
would
a yon
wouldthe
spurbomp oirt titoon
itto hisas a pdoevdeurct
tyi3O
as
proceeds of the tax, or else meet it by an
fbafraieuegrmaemrtteahfe.tation of the rate. With this allowance, and
perhaps
a further one for the degree in which an in-
crease thet re at e
rate m iagnhdt
t h e sharpen
l alterationsen's wits or cou-
rage were eompa-
to attempt evasions, it would appear as if, so
long
as
small, the proceeds of an income-tax ought
of
both h
rto bative nearly
ely in proportion to the rate.
In another letter I will endeavour to enter on the
much contested question of the effect of an income-
tax on temporary incomes.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOAIPSON.
Blackheath, London, April 26, 1848.

MEXICAN PRIVATEERS.—A letter from St. Do-
rcingo, March 19th, says:—" The brig Harp, loading
here for Liverpool, was chased off Mona Island, by two
suspicious vessels, one a herm, and the other a fall-
rigged brig. On the announcement of the fact to the
Dominican Government, they fitted out two armed
schooners, of 6 guns each, to go in quest of the two
above-named vessels, and after having titted them out,
declined sending them, affirming as an excuse, that they
had received information that the two vessels were
Mexican privateers."
HOY INTELLIGENCE.—MAIDSTON➢.--Tbe last week
of cold and wet weather has rendered the prospects of
our hop plantations much more gloomy in every respect.
A cold ungenial spring is more to be dreaded in grow-
ing hops than most other crops, and should this continue
a tew days longer, we expect to see it show its effects on
the Borough market prices of this article, which are now
below the average of what they can be grown for. The
shoots the plants have made are stunted, and in most
cases will be pulled away as useless.—Maidstone Journal•

OUTRAGESemBRITISH SUBJECTS
AT CANTON.
(Continued from The Sun of April 22.)
" COMMISSIONER KEYING TO SIR JOHN DAVIS.
"Keying, High Imperial Commissioner, &c. &c., sends
the following communication:—
" I, the Great Minister, heard on the 29th of the 10th
month (6th December) that six Englishmen, on the 28th
(sth instant), about noon, went to some villages in a
boat, for a walk, and that it was not known what had
become of them. At this I was greatly surprised, and
ordered the local district soldiers to proceed with the
utmost expedition in search of them.
"I also received a communication from Consul Mac-
gregor, stating that on the 28th (sth instant), about
noon, six Englishmen proceeded in a boat on the river,
in a northerly direction, for recreation, but nothing had
been heard of them up to the present moment. He had
only heard a rumour that some foreigners had had a
fight with villagers either at Hwang-chu-ke or atiPeite-
shwuy. He therefore had addressed the .Natihae and
Pwanyu magistrates on the subject, and also begged
that both might be ordered soon to adopt measures of
protection.
" When this reached me, the Great Minister, I ascer-
tained that those men had proceeded up the northern
branch of the river for recreation, and on the second day
not yet returned, for which there must evidently be a
cause. It is, therefore, necessary to institute search.
I therefore reiterated my orders to the Pwanyu and
.Nanhae magistrates to adopt immediately with all pos-
sible energy measures for the protection [of those Eng-
lishmen], and to make inquiries about them.
"These magistrates have now gone in every direction
to find them out, and heard a very vague rumour that
some Engishmen engaged on the 28th (sth instant) in
a fight with villagers, without ascertianing the real facts
as to the place and village where the quarrel with the
English took place, nor could they arrive at satisfactory
results.

" I therefore dispatched the Prefect of Canton with
tlie district military, to order the gentry all round to
assemble to investigate what had really become of these
six English, and with all haste to find out [the culprits],
seize them with the utmost severity, and when appre-
hended punish them according to the extreme
penalty of the law. These villians act with total
disregard to the regulations, and create disturbance.
Should they not submit, soldiers will in-

stantly be appointed to surround and apprehend them
and not one individual shall escape. Thus the national
laws will be vindicated, and the hearts of men will re-
joice. The honourable Envoy need not entertain any
anxiety on this point.
" Whilst wishing you every happiness I address this
communication.
To his Excellency her Britannic Majesty's Plenipo-
tentiary, Sir John F. Davis, Bart., &c.
" Taoukwang, 27th year, 10th month, 30th day (7th
December)."

The latter communication was followed by two from
tie, the Imperial Commissioner, in which he states:
" Whereas with reference to the case of six Englishmen
having been put to death, when on an excursion on the
river in a northerly direction, fearing that the prefect
and district magistrates might take their measures laxly,
I further appointed the provincial criminal judge,.in con-
junction with a colonel, to proceed at the head of an
additional number of soldiers and militia to the place
in question, to urge on the proceedings. Since then,
in the afternoon of this day, the body of an English •
man has been obtained by dragging ; and I am
now superintending the giving of orders to work-people
to. continue the dragging night and day for the
other bodies, which I have insisted must be obtained.
In this case the villains concerned have acted in a most
lawless manner, in carrying their violence to the
excess of beating to death a number of individuals ;
and I shall not fail to give strict orders to the
officers who have the conduct of the proceedings
to get the whole number of the bodies, and at the
same time to seize every one of the murderers
and to punish them with the utmost severity of the law,
as a satisfaction for the injuries and barbarity they have
committed. Should I in this matter commit myself to
the slightest degree of partiality or connivance, and
fail to proceed with rigour, or to use every exertion
to search for and apprehend the criminals, it
would not only be impossible for me to meet your Ex-
cellency, but I should also be unable to face the mer-
chants and people of the different countries." Two
days afterwards he writes to state that the five other
bodies had been obtained by dragging, and that the
most active steps had been taken for the apprehension of
the murderers.

On the 11th, Sir John Davis writes to Commissioner
Keying:—" This is perhaps the most grievous outrage
that England has experienced from the Chinese ;
and if it is not immediately and fully redressed,
war will be inevitable. It depends on your
Excellency, by doing speedy justice, to prevent fu-
ture calamities. If you do not immediately seize and exe-
cute the murderers, I shall not be able to restrain
my people. Should your Excellency be unable to
coerce the populace, I ha►e plenty of force to assist you.
I come in person, in order to secure that punishment
be at once inflicted, and that I may report the
same to my Government by the next mail. Having
so deeply resented the mere ill-treatment of
two sailors on a former occasion, what detes-
tation and resentment will be excited by the
inhuman murder of six Englishmen at once. I cannot
leave Canton until the guilty have been publicly exe li
-
cuted." On the following day he again observes to
the Commissioner, " I cannot leave Canton until de-
puted British officers have witnessed the execution of
all the criminals at Hwang-chu-ke
therefore propose that your Excellency fix an early
day on which all the numerous murderers shall be
executed at Hwang-chu-ke, when I will depute officers
to proceed and witness iL The three villages should
then be razed to the ground as an example of the punish-
ment of extreme w ickedness. I have abundance of force to
act as a guard, and prevent disturbance at the execution
if you so please."
In a dispatch to Viscount Palmerston, the Governor
of Hong-Kong sa) s:—
",CANTON, DEC. 14, 1847.—1 consider the enclosed
proclamation from the provincial judge of Canton as
important, corroborating as it does the declarations of
Keying to myself, regarding the steps taken against the
three villages concerned in the late murders. It was
issued on the Bth instant, previous to the discovery of all
the bodies.

"The annexed note from Keying reached me last
night. It states that a Chinese was killed and another
wounded by pistol-shots in the affray previous to the
death of the six young men. Reasons are offered for
the apparent delay in the infliction of capital punish-
ment, and my proffered assistance is declined on the
ground of no opposition being made to the Imperial
Commissioner on the part of the three villages.
" In my reply enclosed, I observe that the apparent
delay argues a want of power in his Excellency to do
what is necessary, and that, if this is the me, I am ready
to afford him efficient assistance."

The following are the enclosures adverted to:—
PROCLAMATION OF THE PROVINCIAL JUDGE OF CANTON.

" Le, by Imperial appointment, Chief Justice for the
province of Kwangtung, makes proclamation.
" Whereas the penalty of the statute is always life
for life, the inhabitants not concerned in the present
case need not hurry about moving their property in tre-
pidation and anxiety. Do you, the gentry and people of
the several villages in the neighbourhood of Keaou-
Peano, Kang-keiciaoull and fiwang-chu-ke, who are men
of reason and ctty, hasten -to inform the civil and
military officers of the place in which the corpses are
concealed, that they take, possession of them as
soon as Possible ; and mdoayyou also deliver up the authors
of the disturbance. Bee likewise speedy in bringing in-
telligence of the two who were killed, of the
surname of Chin and Le, an inquest may be held
upon them. You can then dwell in tranquillity, and
joyfully pursue your avocations,and both natives and
foreigners will have repose,
motivetre is ;to weserve
all your villages unharmed [or en
yourselves. These are my command. Do not deceive
" Issued on the Ist of the 11th moon
"COMMISSIONER KEYING To slit JOHN DANIS.
(Dec. 8, 1847.")
(Translation.—A communication.)
~ Ke, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of
the Two Twang, &c., hereby makes a co •
mmunication in
reply :
" On the 12th inst., at about four o'clock, and to-day,
I have successively received your Excellency's dispatches,
with the contents of which I have made myself fully
acquainted. On receiving your Excellency's dispatch
yesterday referring to this case, I communicated to you
in reply the circumstance of Leang-a-lae and others
having, on being interrogated, admitted that the villagers
had beaten the Englishmen to death, they themselves
being on the spot, and witnessing the affair with their
Own oyes; and that the Englishmen had wounded several
of the natives; also of orders having been given to sub-
ject them to another interrogatory, and to force the
delivery up of the principals in the murders."
"Since then the Commissioners in the case, and the
local authorities concerned, have presented a report,
stating—
"On the 12th instant, a widow Chin, of the maiden
name of Ho, of the Hang-keaou village, and a widow Le
of the maiden name Mo, of the Keaou-pettou village,
Severally_. reported for inspection their respective sons
"441-a-Chin and Le-a-Keeq, who they stated had been
0, .
shot by foreigners in the outskirts of the Ilwang-chu-ke
village. It was
Chin-a-chini found on inspection that the body of
breast, which i:;`,l' a shot wound on the left side of the
Keen had a shotd really caused his death, and that Le-a-
which had a
verwound in the fore part of t'he right side,
him speechless. •
ThKerarve appearance, and had rendered
separately entered intoest;tilets of -the inspection were then
the shrouding of the dead
.forms, and orders given fox
ment of the wounded personlTY, and the medical treat-
"ln reply, I gave orders to e."
urge
gorously, and to use the utmost dill
the proceedings vi.
-gentry and elders to deliver u diligence in forcing the
cipal murderers who beat the Epu
g eivery one of the prin-
order that they may be prosecuted and to death, in
au
" On examination I find that theCdlinese
laws on
punished,
giving life for life in cases of murder are very
and as this case is, morever, one affecting
the severe;
between the two countries, it will, still less than relations
permit of the slightest degree of perversion others'
e
mess. The whole of the inhabitants of the villagesr
s-
however, not alike, there being among them bothgoodere,
and
bad; and in this affair justice will not be rendered for tht
dead, nor a warning given to the ignorant and foolish,'
unless we succeed in inflicting condign punishment on
the true and real murderers. And the real murderers,
again, can be only ascertained with truth, apprehended
and delivered to the authorities by the gentry and elders
.-of the public halls. Hence, I ordered the civil and mi
Mary
.commissioners in the case to lead troops to the
place in question, and establish themselves there, as also
to close'np'theancestral halls of the gentry and people,
and thus force them to deliver up the murderers with
all speed. The commissioners have now reporte to me
that the gentry and elders, having yielded obedience to
their commands, are using the utmost diligence in I
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searching out the murderers in order to deliver them -np,
and that they will probably be obtained within a few days.
As soon as they have been conveyed to the authorities
they will be rigorously punished in accordance with the
laws. Decidedly there shall not be the slightes', delay
or remissness.

" The villagers in question became all afraid as soon
as the authorities commenced their proceedings, and the
gentry and elders have agreed to deliver up the mur-
derers without having dared to make the least contu-
macious opposition. a proof that the people have a sense
of the laws of their Sovereign. I shall therefore be able
to coerce them, and your Excellency need not cause
yourself trouble with over anxiety on my account. For
this reason I make you a communication in reply, and
take the opportunity of expressing my hopes for your
abundant happiness. A necessary communication.
" To his Excellency Sir John F. Davis, Bart., &c.
"December 13, 1847."
On the 15th of December Sir John Davis observes,
that ten days have now elapsed since the murders were
committed, and no redress has been obtained, notwith-
standing your own declaration that, without giving full
redress, you could not face myself nor the representatives
of other nations. It is time that I should now fix a
limit, beyond which I cannot communicate on this
subject with your Excellency. I have therefore to state
explicitly, that unless the murderers are executed at
Hwang-chu-ke, in presence of my deputed officers before
the 22d inst., I must cease my correspondence, and in-
form my Government that proper redress cannot be ob-
tained.
In reply to this, the Hon. Baronet received the fol-
lowing singular communication from Keying, in which
an attempt is made to reduce the dealing with the mur-
derers to a matter of arithmetic:—

COM3IISSIONER KEYING TO SIR JOHN DAVIS.
(Translation.)— A communication.
" Ke, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of
the Two Kwang, &c., hereby makes a communication in
reply.
" Yesterday I received and made myself fully ac-
quainted with your Excellency's dispatch, in which you
say, with reference to the case of the murder of six
Englishmen by the natives, you bad to state explicitly
that the murderers must be executed before the 22d
inst., &c.
" On examination I find that murderers in giving
reparation for life must forfeit a life for each life they
take. This is a pervading principle of justice of both
ancient and modern times. In the present case the
Englishmen have wounded two Chinese with fire-arms,
'sne of whom has already died, and it is uncertain
whether the other will live or die; while the Chinese beat
six Englishmen to death. Now, in consequence of my
rigorous orders to the commissioners and local authori-
ties to examine -;the captured criminals day after day
with torture, four of them have been convicted as prin-
cipals in the murder, and it is proper that these be forth-
with severely dealt with, their punishment being • -
tty onceb
e settled triedex easentenced,f
o rAe sthtoe
creased in degree. They will therefore be taken bboundcnudt executed.
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will
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ignargoaaul nnpdbr,
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2.3 d inst. When the fixed period a • rrives, I will give you
information of the proceedings
`° Further, I have twice n another dispatch.
i already memorialised his
Imperial Majesty, by speedy with reference to
this case, with the view of el)s.ess,
attaining its certain settle-
ment, of which circumstance I have also to inform you.
For this reason I make you a communication in reply,
and take the opportunity of wishing you constant hapr
ness, &c. A necessary communication.
" To his Excellency Sir John Francis Davis,
Bart.,
&c. &c.

"Dec. 16, 1847." _
In his reply to this communication, Sir John Davis
wrote:—

" Canton, December 17, 1847.
" I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Excel-
lency's letter dated yesterday. In this yeu state that
because one of the villains who attacked my countrymen
was killed, and another wounded by them, you will
execute only four of the murderers.
" But these villagers had often openly declared that
they would kill any foreigner who came there; and the
six persons murdered by them only defended themselves
when they were attacked with weapons. Your
Excellency talks of their being beaten to death; but
they were some of them deliberately tied up, and then
put to death with weapons, as appeared on examination
of the bodies.
_ _

-;;The British Government will certainly consider
your present proposition as only an addition to the in-
jury, and as no better than mere mockery. It is im-
possible for foreigners to remain at Canton if they cannot
go out of their own precincts without being murdered,
The first article of the treaty has been daily more and
more grossly violated, until no safety or protection
remains.

" I have already told your Excellency the very least
that will satisfy the British Government and nation.
The murderers must all be executed where the crime was
committed, in presence of my officers, and Hwang-chu-
ke be destroyed as an example to the other villages; it
will be better to do this How than hereafter. I will not
trouble you to put to death these four men at the execu-
tion-ground; it will be no satisfaction whatever, and of
no avail. Any four criminals indifferently might as well
be substituted in their places.
" The wrong committed by the Imperial Commis-
sioner Lin was not greater than the present. You either
cannot or will not protect the lives of British subjects by
proper control over the country people. It is now time
for the British Government to require not only satisfac-
tion for the past, but security for the future.—Accept,
&c., (Signed) " J. F. DAVIS.'
In a dispatch to Viscount Palmerston, dated Dec.
24, Sir J. Davis states that, " On the afternoon of the
20th I received Keying's assent as to the place of execu-
tion, and it was agreed it should take place at seven
o'clock the following morning, in the presence of my
officers. The Pluto accordingly proceeded, at daylight,
on the 21st, to the village, having on board Mr. John-
ston and a number of officers, with the light compan' of
the 95th regiment. The ground was kept by the Chi-
nese and English force, and an immense crowd was col-
lected at some distance, though in perfect silence and
order. The four chief criminals were brought forward,
one by one, to the centre of the square, and their heads
struck off, while their stout and healthy appearance
proved that they were countrymen recently from their
work, and not criminals out of gaol. Indeed it is im-
possible to imagine that, in the presence of the villagers
themselves, the Government, for its own- sake, could
degrade itself by such a gross subterfuge." He adds,
" Keying has forwarded me the following account of
the trials and sentences of all the fifteen prisoners, but
the facts are evidently perverted."
(Translation.)—A communication.
-
Is.e, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of
the Two Kwang, &c., hereby makes a communication.
" Whereas with reference to the case of six English-
men having been put to death by the villagers at
Hwang chu-ke, lat the first, on hearing of the affair,
appointed high civil and military officers, having under
their direction the local military and inferior special
officers, together with the prefect and district magistrate
to proceed to the place in question, hold an investigation
and take such measures as might be necessary. They
obtained the bodies by dragging, and successively cap-
tured and forced the gentry and elders to deliver up a
number of criminals, of which I have given your Ex-
cellency information in several communications, as is on
record.
" Having found on examination that in this case a
total number of seventeen criminals, Leang-a-lae, &c.,
had been captured, I gave orders for them to be de-
livered over to Commissioners to be rigorously tried and
punished, and I have now received the report of the
Commissioners, stating:—
" ' In obedience to your orders we had the criminals
brought before us, and subjected them to a most strict
interrogatory.
" ' Two of them, Ho-a-wei and Le-a-ying, were, on
being interrogated, found not to be concerned in the case
and therefore entitled to be liberated. _

" ' Leang-a-lae deposed that he was 24 years of age,
Chin-a hae that he was 40 years of age, and both of
them that they were natives of the village of Hwang
chu-ke. Le-a-ying deposed that he was 22 years of age,
Hwang-a-man that he was 39 years of age, and both of
them that they were natives of the village of Hang-
keaou. They all deposed alike—that in the afternoon
of the sth December, six Englishmen carrying pistols
entered the village, and that on the villagers shouting
and pursuing them, two of the Englishmen flred, killing
pouf rtshueem and
Chin- and wounding Le-a-keen, who fell to the
ground; that they, the deponents, incited the crowd to
killed beathy the Englishmen,
gelishwmeeennd,son,Aeitohf
swordswhom each
of
accom-
panied
in
ey t
hLee a
hopeng-
spears; and that after a consultation with and accom-
a-uerfhetxhteleygethisrheiwe theth
ebtorda bodice intoe theirthe
,crime—allieaegw-ah.igethdeeypedeclared t
heto bwgeatah4eotr3u,teha.r a
of
age,
and a native of the village of Keaou-Peaaotue, and that he
had followed Leang-a-lae and the other
beat the Englishmen, one of whom he had
putpisu
irte
deeath.
" ' Wang-a-ling deposed that he was 38 years of age,
and a native of the village of Hwang-chu-ke ; that Le-
a-keen was his grandmother's brother's son ; that on
seeing him receive a wound , and fall to the ground, he I
advanced to assist and protect him, and that he threat-
ened to pierce the Englishmen with a spear, in doing
which he happened to wound one of them so as to
kill him.
"4 Chin-a-hae deposed that he was 31 years of age,
and Ho-a-shing that he was 30 years of age. Both
case that they had
deposed alike—that they
.werentahtievees of the village of
Hwang-chu-ke, and that tt. was
assisted Leang-a-lae, &c., in inflicting wounds on the
Englishmen.
of Hwang-chu-ke, and that
and a native of the village
" 'Leang-a-urh deposed that he was 33 years of age,
thethe six bodies into the river.
to assist them in putting
that he was 33 years of age,
he had complied with. request of Leang-a-lae, &c.,
" ' Ho-a-teen deposed ,
years of age, Leang-a-e that
Chin-a-keun that he was 23
-wan that he was 29 years
he was 35 years of age,
were natives of the
They all deposed alike—that theythat
of age, and Leang-a-fungChtliina.ta
they had complied
village of Hwang-chu-ke, and
he was 32 years of age.
with the request of Lean-a-lae, &c., to
giveo,l their assist-
ance in carrying the bodies of the En,
river and throwing them into it, which he declared to be
the truth.
"`We have to present this report, that you may
examine into it and take such measures as may be
necessary.
"After
examination,
Leang-a-lae e -
the Englishmene.,
first commen'"lr-a-hae, Le-a-ying, and Wang- a-man,
I find that as the four criminals
inciting the' crowd to- pursue and beat
case ; the circum:Zethe
wounds, thus and then put them to death-by repeated
matter to beCome a serious
comparatively grave attendant on their crime are
, ans
fenced, in accordance with ttill'i
d
at if they merely be sen-
confirmation by the Criminal- law, to decapitation after
sufficient for a public w
arninßoard, such would not be
hare, thgefore, been senten„t These- four criminals
_ ,
-- _ _ , ~,, with additional severity t

,

to immediate decapitation, the sentence to be executed
at once.
" Le-a-man, who followed them and killed an En-
glishman, has been sentenced in accordance with the
law against intentional homicide to decapitation, awaiting
in prison confirmation of his sentence by the Criminal
Board.
" Although there is something excusable in the offence
of \Yang-a-ling, who, on advancing to the assistance
and protection of his grandmother's brother's son,
wounded an Englishman with a spear-thrust so as kill
him, still, as he has committed a homicide, it is inexpe-
dient to show any lenity by decreasing his punishment.
He has, therefore, been sentenced in accordance with the
law to strangulation, awaiting in prison the confirmation
of the Criminal Board.
" Chin-a-tao and Ho-a-shing, who gave their assist-
ance in beating and inflicting wounds on the English-
men, have been sentenced in accordance with the law, to
military transportation to the distance of 2,500 leagues.
Leang-a-urh, who complied with the request to help
in throwing as many as six bodies into the river, has
been sentenced with severity to transportation for life
to the distance of 2,000 leagues.
" The six persons, Ho-a-teen, Chin-a-keun, Leang-a-e,
Leang-a-ke, Chin-a-wan, and Leang-a-lung, who as-
sisted in throwing away bodies that were afterwards
found, have been sentenced, in accordance with the law,
to be punished with 100 blows with the greater bamboo,
and transportation for three years ; the criminals to
receive the blows after the legal computation, and to be
settled on their arrival at the place to which they are
transported. . . .

" The eleven criminals,' from Le•a-gan downwards,
will all await the reply of the Criminal Board, by which
their cases will be separately considered at the autumnal
trials .

" The four criminals, Leang-a-lea, Chin-a-hae, Le-a-
ying, and Wang-a-man, will in the meantime be imme-
diately executed, as a public warning and a caution for
the future.

" With reference to the rest, I shall memorialise his
Imperial Majesty, requesting their cases to be delivered
over for the consideration of the Criminal Board, the
reply of which I shall await, and then deal with the
criminals severally in accordance therewith.
" I have now to give your Excellency a communica-
tion containing the particulars relative to the trial and
settlement of this case; and take the opportunity to
wish you all happiness. A necessary communication.
" To his Excellency Sir John Davis, Bart., &c.
" Dec. 20, 1847."
On the 25th Sir John Davis directs the attention of
Keying to the following inflammatory notice, which had
been circulated in the neighbourhood of Canton, the
names of the authors of which he did not require, but
stated that it was eviFlently the cause of the murder

(Translation.)
" On looking back, it appears that since the barbarian
merchants first came to our city to trade, up to the
present time, there is not one of the ethers that has not
shown a trembling obedience to the laws'and customs of
our Government, nor have they ever taken occasion to
cause trouble; as at present among the merchants of
instance,
there Portugal, Holland, and France,
for
there is none who does not pursue his calling in peace,
and conduct himself aright, or who avails himself at all
English,
of pretexts
to g
rfaotri vi
ynogu ar n noy ance
wolf-like. Iht
eiasrotsn,lyunyboruidled and
without fear, encroach audaciously upon the confines of
our empire, who are truly detestable.
" Our Sovereign has already bestowed upon you the
whole' of Hong-Bong to let you set your commerce on
foot; you English devils are unaware of his extraordinary
bounty, and of the anxious desire of his whole heart to
show tenderness to those from afar. You have now,
too, usurped the old and new China streets, and some
in Ronan and other places, to erect therein your devils'
hongs. Your greed is insatiable, and indeed beyond
the reach of either the feeling of human nature or
principles received from Heaven. We, the gentry and
scholars, therefore, feel an indignation and excitement
not to be appeased ; and the gentry and scholars of the
whole city, as well as the elder of the villages, have
flocked in crowds to the Hall of Assembly, hereby to
proclaim to you barbarian merchants, that the Braves
collected and trained in the:hall are not less than 100,000
strong ; they dread not your muskets and cannon, they
shrink not a hair's breadth in fear. If any of you Eng-
lish barbarians have the courage that man may not face,
just make ready your muskets and cannon and collect
your barbarian forces, and come, we pray you, to the
Shing-ping Hall of the 48 villages (of Keang-taun, a
place about ten miles to the north of the city, at which
this hall is said to be), presuming upon your awful
valour. It matters not that your muskets and cannon be
good (lit. sharp), or what the number of barbarian
troops, we will not let so much as a fragment of their
mail return, nor a single devil go back ; and if' you
should have the good fortune to prevail in the fight,
we shall, of course, directly present you (with ground
on which) to build your devils' hongs, and
the tens of thousands of taels which are to meet
the wants of our force, all must we present to you
for the supply of your army ; we, the gentry
and scholars, will certainly not break our word. You,
the English barbarians, must henceforward conform
only, to our customs, nor must you go outside rambling
and laying hold of pretexts to induce disorder. Neither
will your encroachments along the river bank be tole-
rated; but if you are audacious and insist upon them, as
soon as your new devils' hongs shall have been erected
there (the gentry, &c.), of the hall will either. issue a
table of high rewards, or lead on their forces in person,
and will assuredly consume them with fire, and utterly
exterminate you. Though you be able to secure your-
self for the nonce, you cannot certainly guard against
the future; and after that the merchants of our city will
never more trade with you, the barbarian English; and
though you, the barbarian English, bring your merchan-
dise to the city, you will gain nothing. Although your
dispositions resemble those of the tiger and wolf, we of
the hall, in drawing up these articles, are just and ho-
nourable, and in no respect selfish. As we have said, so
will we do; this is positively no vain determination.
You, the English barbarians, will do well to give it your
mature consideration—examine and decide. In sorrow
reform your past errors, that they entail not repentance
in the time to come.

" The joint.manifesto of the gentry and elders of the
hall of the nine districts (districts merely with reference
to the Hall of AsseMbly)."
(To be continued.)

SEIZURE of TWO ILLICIT STILLS.

On Saturday night a seizure of an illicit distillery,
under very extraordinary circumstances, was effected
by the officers of Excise. Mr. Edward Thomas,
accompanied by Messrs. George Fenn and John
Edward Joy, officers of Excise of the Hoxton dis-
trict, proceeded to a house, No. 56, Wenlock-street,
City-road, where, from certain appearances, they had
reason to believe illicit distillation was carried on.
Mr. Thomas went to the front of the house, while
the other two officers watched at the back. After
knocking at the front, a woman made her appearance
in the area, and to questions as to her husband being
at home, she answered confusedly in the negative.
Mr. Thomas then informed her that he was an
officer, and requested that the door might be opened.
She immediately disappeared, but only for the pur-
pose of still further fastening the door. Mr.
Thomas, upon this, ordered the other officers to
force an entrance at the back, which was
effected with considerable difficulty, during which
time a man was seen going upstairs to get through
an upper window, and ran along the tops of the
adjoining houses. An alarm being given, and all
parties on the alert, the man was kept in this situa-
tion for nearly an hour, not being able to get down,
although making several bold and perilous attempts
for that purpose. One of the officers then went for a
police officer, and who, after various stratagems to
take him, eventually got into an unoccupied house,
and by this means was close upon him. Further
retreat was now hopeless, and, as a last resource, the
man ran to the back, taking a leap of the most fright-
ful description. He soon recovered himself and ran
away, and after a long chase was secured by Mr.
Thomas, and handed over to the police for safe
custody. The man being thus disposed of, attention
was directed to what had become of the woman, and
it was discovered that during the confusion
that prevailed in securing the man, she
had, unperceived by them, made her escape which
she accomplished by leaping through a window on
to a water-closet, from thence upon a wall, and finally
into a back garden. It was the
,opinion of all persons
who witnessed the spot, that two bolder or more dan-
gerous exploits had never been attempted, and it was
nothing short of a miracle that either of them escaped
with their lives. Upon examining the premises they
found two stills fitted up, each capable of working 50
gallons, with molasses, fermented wash, and the usual
utensils used in distillation.' In fact, everything was
prepared for carrying on an extensive trade. They
also found a small quantity of spirits made from
molasses wash, but there can be no doubt that a large
quantity was on the premises when the officers went,
but that it was thrown away before they entered, as
the room had every appearance of such being the case.
The man gave the name of Davies, and said he was a
bricklayer, and had merely called there for money
owing to him. The officers having procured vans
conveyed their prize to the Excise warehouses in
Broad-street.

BANK ROBBERY.—Yesterday information was for •
warded to the metropolitan and city police, that on the
night of Friday last, or early the following morning,
some person or persons burglariously entered the pre-
mises of the Chippenhana Branch of the Wiltshire and
Dorsetshire Banking Company, and by means of skele-
ton keys opened the cash chest, and abstracted notes of
that bank of 5/, 101, and 201. to a large amount, besides
some valuable securities. The notes were signed, "B.
Pinniger, manager." A reward of 2001. has been
offered for the apprehension, and conviction, of the
offenders.

ATTORNEYS.—The number of persons applying to
be admitted as attorneys in Trinity term i
There are fourteen notices of admission to be adidsedl6t2c;
the list, pursuant to judges' orders. The applications for
admission in the present term, in accordance with the
judges' orders, amounts to four; eight applications are
lodged for the taking out and renewal of certificates on
the last day of term, and there are twenty notices to
apply to a judge at chambers on the 13th of .May next,
to take out and renew certificates, making the. number
of persons applying to be permitted to practise as at:
torneys 20S.
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elected one of the members of the Legislative Assembly,
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LAW II‘•TTELLIGENCE.
CONSISTORY COURT, April 23.
(Before Dr. LUSIIINGTON.)
KENWAY V. KENWAY.

This was a suit of divorce promoted by the wife
against the busban,3, and as it was undefended the
Court granted the prayer.

JEFFERIES V. JEFFERIES.

This was also a suit of divorce, and also undefended,
but promoted by the husband against the wife. Here
the prayer was likewise granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A letter-carrier named Henry Manning, whose ap-
pearance when placed at the bar evidently denoted
that he was out of his mind, was charged under the
following circumstances :
James Watkins, No. 31, of the City police, stated
that about half-past three o'clock that morning he
met the prisoner in Moorgate-street, near Finsbury
pavement, in a very excited state, and with only his
trousers, shirt, and hat on. He had in his hand a
truncheon, and wrapped up in a handkerchief a large
carving-knife. On questioning him he could get no
further information from him than that he was on his
way to the Lord Mayor, and was a special constable.
The prisoner several times called out, "Is Mr.
Jameson here ?" and proceeded in a rambling manner
to declare that he had been robbed, and his wife and
family taken from him the previous night. He had
been sworn in before the Lord Mayor as a special
constable, and Mr. Jameson was trying to get him
dismissed.
Alderman FINN'S directed the constable to convey
the poor fellow to the City of London Union and give
notice to the medical officer respecting him.
Shortly after his removal one of the inspectors from
the Post-office attended, and informed the Alderman
that Manning was the prisoner's right name, and he
had been informed by one of his brother letter-car-
riers that he had
unable oe
amd l painedandt o dehlaitdvheerg.
given
eH previousHe had
de
lettersdaayw of
wife
absenavcdekrfaewmphiliayeihnsiihveiinng was
sshc
in the neighbourhood of Hackney.
Alderman FINMS thought his wife ought to be
communicated with.
The inspector said that on his return to the Post-
office he would get the address and write to Mrs.
Manning, informing her where her husband was.
Alderman FlrNis asked what sort of a man he was
when he was in a sound state of mind? The in-
spector said he was of a most excitable temper.
Alderman FINNIS thought it might be better, if it
was only a temporary fit, to give an order for his
admission into Bethlehem Hospital, where he would
be cured. At present, however, he should order him
to be brought up to-morrow (this day) for the pur-
pose of hearing his wife's statement.
BOW-STREET.

MR. COCHRANN AND THE POLICE.—In the course
of the day Mr. Cochrane entered the court, accom-
panied by Mr. Pointer, surgeon, of George-street,
Euston-square, and applied to Mr. Jardine for a war-
rant on a summons for the appearance of Edwin
Farebrass, an inspector of the A division, for having
committed a wanton and unprovoked assault upon an
aged man connected with the Poor Man's Guardian
Society, on Easter Monday.
The applicant said that the assault was of the most
fearful and unprovoked description, and was com-
mitted in the presence of Mr. Pointer and other per-
sons while he was in his carriage. He had waited
upon the Commissioners of Police, who informed him
that the inspector was not on duty on the day in ques-
tion, he being only in charge of the stores, and when
the assault was committed, the wheel of his
carriage got locked with another, when the
police improperly interfered, the inspector having
used exceedingly insulting language to hi:n,:threaten-
ing to drag him from his carriage, at which time
the porter, who was in his :service, was present.
They had then proceeded, and when opposite the
National Gallery, no noise or confusion occurring,
when the inspector came up using threatening lan-
guage, and, seizing the porter, struck him on the
stomach and head with his truncheon ; and he was
desired, at Scotland-yard, to apply at this court for
redress.
Mr. JARDINE immediately ordered that a summons
should be issued for the inspector's appearance.
Mr. Pointer said that the poor man had received
several contusions, and it would be some time before
he could attend.
Mr. JARDINE said that, if he could not attend on
the day named in the summons, it might be postponed.
Mr. Cochrane was then s worn to the truth of his
statement, and directed le the clerk's office for the
summons to be made out.

Inspector Otway, A division, then entered the
court, and said he Lad been sent by the Commis-
sioners to say that Farebrass was then ready to meet
the charge, and to acquaint the Magistrate that he had
no orders to be on duty at the time in question.
Mr. JARDINE said it would be better to allow a
few days to elapse, as the injured man was very ill
at present.
MARYLEBONE.

Daniel Rogan and James Ball, labourers, and
James Mills, a master chimney-sweeper, living in
Little Grosvenor-street, were placed at the bar before
Mr. Broughton, charged with having in a most savage
and brutal manner assaulted several officers of the D
division of police.
On the previous night Hogan was drunk in East-
street, and as he was creating a great disturbance,
Porter, 55 D, who was attracted to the spot by the
noise which he heard, desired him to go away ; he
replied that he should not de so, and exclaimed,
" You've been to Trafalgar-square to-day, and I'll
Trafalgar you ;” at the same moment striking him a
terrific blow on the mouth. He (Hogan) and some
others then knocked him down, and kicked him upon
the head and body. He was injured most severely,
and for some minutes it was thought that the last
knock;down bloW, which had rendered him insensible
at the moment, had deprived him of life. Further
assistance opportunely arrived, and Hogan was pro-
perly secured. He appeared to be almost mad, from
the effects of drink, and kicked and threw himself
about in all directions. The other two prisoners
were proved to have been participators in the outrage
ther.
given
s i.
upon Porter ; and three more constables, all of whom
were assisting to release Porter, whom they believed
h d
him, mortal
were
with
in tjhu
assaultedr injury
efar
regard
dtmh kicksthemselves.
stelhvee ands.
At
other blowsp
station-house the prisoner Mills assaulted constable
more evidence was gone into, and
Bewley, who had put him out of the place for im-
properlya;ntAeerrgas. aart rceine:du eel rafler interfering
review of the evidence adduced the
worthy Magistrate came to the conclusion that the
nature of the assault was such as to call for very
severe punishment. He thought that the case ought
to go before a jury for trial,
Inspector Black was spoken to upon the subject, as
were also the officers, and their wish was that the
case might be disposed of summarily.
Hogan wss sentenced to months'atnhdrelleuliswereen
imprison-
ment, being one month for each of the three assaults
committed by him ; and Bu
to be imprisoned for a month. stenced
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. Edward Marshall, a tradesman in Clifton-
street, Finsbury, and Elizabeth Marshall, his wife,
were charged, in conjunction with two seafaring men,
named Charles Thew and Arthur Robertson, with
violently assaulting a Polish teacher of languages,
named Isidore Szrwinski, living in Duncan-street,
City-road.
The complainant, one of whose eyes was very
much contused, stated that he had been lodging
with his brother for some time in the house of
the defendants, and that upon entering his apart-
ments at a late hour on the evening of the 15th inst.,
he was followed by the female defendant, who abruptly
demanded the immediate settlement of a trifling
amount of rent he owed her. Upon requesting her
to wait till the morning, when it should be at once
paid, she positively refused to do so, and assailed him
with the most abusive and insulting epithets, to which
he made no reply, and having exclaimed that if be
hg
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ne
do, n
who,e
to
makewould
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with the two other defendants, ran instantly upstairs,
commenced thrusting him about, and insisted upon
his leaving the house forthwith. Witness, to avoid a
disturbance,. consented to do s 6, and quietly pro-
ceeded towards the door, but was there intercepted
by the first defendant, who then demanded security
for his rent, and witness, it being too late to obtain
any money at that time, delivered up to him his coat
and boots, which the defendant accepted, apparently
satisfied, but immediately upon his attempting to go,
and without the slightest provocation on his part,
struck him a violent blow upon one of his eyes,
which was immediately succeeded by an outrageous
attack from the female defendant, who grasped him
clothes from collar,
damaged his coat, and nearly tore his
his back. Witness attempted to escape
by the
from the house, but was instantly stopped by the
other defendants, who forced him back, and in the
struggle which ensued he lost a valuable breast-
pin, which he had purchased on the Continent. The
two other defendants also exhibited extreme violence
towards him, and one of them (Thew) having asked
the others to let him get at him, and threatened to
cut him in pieces, witness became so alarmed for his
safety that he rushed in great terror to the winduw,
which he threw up and called loudly for the police,
when a constable who happened fortunately to be
passing and heard his cries made his way into the
house, and having rescued him fr,)m further ill-usage,
he subsequently attended at this court and obtained
warrants fo
After hearing the defence,
Mr. II
mAllfa. said he considered that no circum-
stances of justification had been made out for such a
violent attack, and, as the charge had been fully
established,sentenced the first defendant to pay the
highest amount of penalty it Was in his power to

L„.;ita tn.t4

impose, namely, 51., or in default. to undergo two
months' imprisonment in the—House of Correction,
and ordered the other three defendants to pay penal-
ties to the Queen of 21. 10s. each, or in default to
stand committed for a period of one month re-
spectively.
The fines, to the aggregate amount of 121. 10s.,
were immediately paid, and the defendants thereupon
liberated, and upon a subsequent application by their
solicitor for a commutation of the penalties, it was
decisively refused.
WESTMINSTER.

The Baron De Linden was summoned to appear at
this court yesterday to answer the complaint of Ellen
Morris, a very respectable looking woman, residing
at 2, Wilton street, Belgrave-square, for assaulting
her. _ _ _

On the case being called on, it was stated that the
Baron was not present; and Mr. Cotton, a highly
respectable solicitor who attended on his behalf, inti-
mated that the Baron was attached to the legation of
Wurtemburg.
Mr. BRODERIP, having examined an official docu-
ment relative to the matter, stated that such being
the case he had no jurisdiction.
Mr. Cotton observed, that although he had con-
sidered it his duty to his client to object to the magis-
trate's jurisdiction, he should be most happy to go
into the case with the gentleman on the other side,
and do everything that was right in the matter.
The legal gentleman wbo attended with the com-
plainant expressed his regret that the matter was not
gone into before the magistrate in the usual way.
Mr. Cotton having repeated that his duty to his
client made him object to this jurisdiction, but that
he was prepared to do everything that was right,
Mr. BRODERIP observed, that Mr. Cotton had only
done his duty in protesting against the jurisdiction of
the magistrates in which he was supported by the
law of nations. Mr. Cotton had exhibited every dis-
position to go into the matter and do what was right,
and he (Mr. Broderip) therefore suggested that the
gentlemen should retire together.
-The gentleman who accompanied the complainant
expressed his surprise.. that the Baron should have
allowed them to come to the court that day, as he
might have given them notice that he did not intend
to appear. ' Had it been • known that the gentleman
was the attach 6 to the legation the summons would
not have been taken out against him.
Mr. BRODERIP remarked, tha t had he been aware
of the fact he should not have granted a summons
I against the gentleman.

Mr. Cotton and
.the• other gentleman then retired,
and soon adjusted the matter.

THAMES.
John Driscoll, a powerful young man, aged 22
years, was charged with assaulting police-constable
Watts, 351 K.

It appeared from the statement of Watts that the
prisoner and others were making a disturbance in
Shadwell at a late hour on Monday night, and when
required to be more orderly the prisoner left his com
panions, and without speaking a word struck the
policeman a violent blow on the side of the ear and
knocked him down. The prisoner immediately
ran into his house and was followed by Watts, on
which, the prisoner finding himself closely pursued,
got through the opening of a trap door on to the roof
of the house, and was making his way over the tiles
to the next house when some of them gave way. He
rolled over and was precipitated into the street. He
was stunned by the fall, but soon recovered himself,
and was taken to the station-house.

The prisoner said, he had been holiday making
and got intoxicated, and that he was very sorry for
what he had done. He had sustained a serious in-
jury by the fall, and he exhibited his knee, which
was severely cut ; and Roche, the gaoler, said it was
a bad case indeed.

Mr. YARDLEY—I am only astonished you did nol
break your neck. What is'the height of the house 1
Prisoner.—Three stories high, sir. I, am in great
pain.

Mr_ YARDLEY—I dare say you are. If you get
into this excited state again, you will jeopardize your
neck in more ways than one. I won't suffer the
police to be knocked about by any ruffian in this
manner, but in consideration of the severe injury you
have met with I will, discharge you this time.

THAMES.
William Brett, proprietor of the Globe and Friends'
public-house, Morgan-street, Commercial-road, was
charged with assaulting Maria Kuble, a woman
residing at No. 9, London-terrace, Commercial-road.
Some singular disclosures were made in the course of
the proceedings. The complainant Stated that at an
early hour that morning she, was in the Globe and
Friends, when she saw the prisoner call in a police
constable, to whom he gave a pint of liquor, composed
half of beer and half of gin. The constable drank it
off, and it produced an immediate effect upon him.
The prisoner then went out and locked the door,
leaving the constable inside,. and returned shortly
after with another constable, to whom he gave the
first in charge for being drunk. The complainant
accompanied the party, and on the way to the station-
house said to the prisoner, " 'Tis a shame for you to
hocus the man and then give him in charge." Upon
which the prisoner shoved her three or four times,
and threw her against the wall.
Sergeant Eve, who took charge of the constable
(Younger, 100 H) at the prisoner's house, made a
statement which was calculated to throw some light
upon the matter. It seems the Globe and Friends is
a house at which the Chartists are in the habit of
assembling nightly. On the previous night, when
the Chartists were leaving, one of them created a dis-
turbance, for which he was locked up. Younger
reported the affair to Sergeant Eve, who remon-
strated with . Brett on the impropriety of having
persons come out of his house who caused a disturb•
ante, and the subsequent result he presumed was in
consequence; On the way to the station-house to
prefer the charge, Brett, who was accompanied by
a Chartist delegate, did push the woman with some
violence.

The prisoner said the constable, Younger, entered
his house drunk at six o'clock that morning, and when
ordered to leave he became noisy and troublesome,
upon which he t(Brett) called in Sergeant Eve, and
gave him into custody. On the way to the station-
house the complainant said to him, " You b-- old
h--,'tis you made him drunk."
Eve denied that such words could have been used
without his hearing them.
Inspector Scott, who took the charge of assault
against the prisoner, said the latter was drunk at the
time, and so violent that it was with difficulty the
complainant could make herself heard.
Mr. YARDLEY—Is the constable who was charged
here ? Sergeant Eve—No, sir ; he is in an unfit
state—almost in a state of insanity. When lit to
appear, he will be taken before the Commissioners.

J. Taylor, a shoemaker, residing at Palmer's Folly,
who was in Brett's house at the time, and went with
the party to the station-house, swore positively that
the complainant used the offensive phrase described
by Brett.
Mr. YARDLEY said he would not then observe upon
the grave charge of drugging the constable, as it was
not then before him; but, in a moral view, a much
graver offence than the assault with which the prisoner
was charged, and which appeared so slight that it
would leave been better not to take the charge, but
refer it to the magistrates. As, however, instant bail
had been taken, the prisoner suffered no inconveni-
ence. There was no reason to disbelieve the witness
Taylor, for Sergeant Eve might have been so engaged
with the constable as not to have heard the offensive
words alleged as a provocation. The assault was so
slight a one that he (Mr. Yardley) would dismiss the
charge, but without pronouncing any opinion on the
other parts of the prisoner's conduct. It is expected
that the affair will undergo a further and fuller
scrutiny.