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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1848.

ranks from Mitchel's conviction and transportation of
thousands who have heretofore opposed their move-
ments; and if, after rising in arms, they can but hold
thoir ground for five or six weeks, their example will
assuredly be followed by the Chartists, and the result
will be the downfal of the great tyrant of the universe,
one of the most corrupt, tyrannical, grinding,
and despotic Governments that Providence ever
permitted to afflict a world. In this downfal
the nobility and aristocracy, the well-fed pup-
pets of the Government, they who have lived
on the fat of the land, and revelled in luxury purchased
by the sweat and anguish of a nation, will be crushed to
atoms.' The gagging Bill does not say we must not
read, so you see I like to do everything according to
law. Brother Jonathan says again,: By the last arrival
from England we have some indications of the
policy which England has shaped, and which from
all appearances she is determined to pursue. It
is not a direct, open, and honest policy, such as
Russia has marked out, but a mean, pitiful,
sneaking, and underhand system of petty intrigue and
:Machiavellian deception, which has always charac-
terised her Government from time immemorial. Fear-
ing the powerful Republic, its increase, its stability,
:and its future greatness, and knowing herself
to be powerless to oppose any obstacle in vs
way, this wicked, atrocious, and diabolical Govern-
ment has embarked in a policy wisich would disgrace the
Kings of India. She dare not meet the Republic in the
field, and there manfully and honourably dispute the
spread of the principles of free government in Europe.
The first shock of battle would show her nakedness
and prostrate her. But she eta play the assassin. She
can stab her enemy in the back, as she has done en
former occasions, and as she is attempting to do so again;
but it will be seen with what success eventually. The
policy which she has determined upon is to send
abroad her agents for the purpose of intriguing the
people and with the Governments of the continental
nations, of putting the people against the Governments,
and the Governments againet the people—of inciting
the masses to rise for their rights, and inciting the Go-
vernments when the masses have risen, to massacre
them, as has been done in Naples. There is not only
every probability, but it is almost a moral
certainty, that the late dreadful massacres in
the city of Naples were the work of this trea-
cherous and mean Government through the agency
of its intriguers. At the present time there is no doubt
that England has her agents scattered throughout all
Europe, whose missions are of this character, and who,
if successful, would deluge Europe with the blood of her
people, and re-establish, amid carnage and desolation,
monarchy in France, and prevent the progress of the
principles of free government from making further
headway in Europe. These are the despicable
and underhand means which this assassin Go-
vernment has resorted to 'to overthrow France,
not daring, as wo have before stated, to measure
lances with the giant Republic.' Now, there is an
important question in this bill. Is Ireland up ?' I
think she has been down long enough, and another
thing you will own, too, that it is time she was up, and
it she does not get up herself as one man, serve her
right for being down, and serve any one right that kisses
the chains that bind him. It is a shame that those who
pant for liberty should still be in bondage, whilst some
are slaves at heart ; but I hope that Ireland is not a
slave at heart, and the time is fast approaching
perhaps at this very moment she is at it, and if she is,
God of the suffering poor defend the right. Tyrant:,
have reigned in Ireland for seven centuries nearly, and I
hope that those who have mocked her sufferings
and starved her may now meet with the reward
they merit, whoever they are. ' But what would
Ireland do if she had her nationality?' say some;
people. The Irish have a right to govern themselves. Let
the Irish nation, as every other nation, govern itself by
its own laws. Some people say what have the English
to do with it ? The English, I consider, if they are
democrats at heart, have to do with everything. that is
oppressive and unjust; they have raised their voice
against injustice and oppression in Poland. Why not
raise their voice wben injustice and oppression aro per-
petrated in Ireland ? I say the Government are
acting either very roguishly or very insanely ;
and, therefore, I say openly and advised!),
that neither a roguish Government nor an insane Go-
vernment ought to exist. lam ready here to assert
that there is something rotten in the political state of
England; that from the crown of the head to the sole of
the foot there is nothing but wounds and putrefying
sores; that monarchs, aristocrats, lords, free-traders,
special constables, and blue devils have all done that
which they ought not to have done, and have left un-
done that which they ought to do. Ono in seven has
has no voice in this country, and while that is so we are
virtually slaves. I advise you to read the Black Book
of England,' and you will find that Lord John Rus-
sell was very foolish, and told lies too, when he
stated that the people of England wanted no reform.
There are too many bishops; there is too much aris-
tocracy; there are too many
.drones to live upon the
bees. I wish to God they would emigrate. I say
that a system of emigration is a very good thing,
and the sooner those fellows emigrate the
better. I always like to say what I mean and
mean what I say, notwithstanding the consequences that
may ensue. The truth ought to be spoken. I reiterate
the sentiment that Ireland is justified" in rising up in
arms against those who have oppressed her ; and God
grant she may win; and I say in the language of the
poet :

" Down with aristocratic slavery,
Up with Republican bravery.' "
The speech was received by the audience with much ap-
plause, and there was a deal of excitement. Having ad-
verted to the effect and tendency of that speech, taking
Into account the excitable state of the audience addressed,
the Attorney-General stated that the prisoner was a
person of a very dangerous character and it was neces-
sary that his career should be stepped.
Mr. James White, short-hand writer, proved attend-
ing the meeting in question. The chair was taken by
John Shaw. The witness then read the speech of the
chairman, and also that of the prisoner, which is given
above.
At the conclusion of this witness's evidence a copy of
the Times was put in evidence, and the additional com-
ments upon the extracts from the New York Herald
were read, it being alleged by the Attorney-General
that those comments had been altogether omitted by
the prisoner when he read the quotation from the Ame-
rican paper.
This closed the case on the part of the Crown.
The prisoner addressed the jury in a quiet, inoffensive,
and fluent speech, which was listened to by the Court
with considerable attention. He avowed himself a con-
scientious Chartist, and stated that whether the speech he
delivered was seditious or not it contained his honest
and deliberate opinions. Every man had a right to
express his opinions openly, freely, and fairly, and he
contended he had done nothing more. If he were guilty
of sedition in quoting a passage from the Times, in the
hearing of about 800 people, the newspaper was still more
so by publishing it to the world. The prisoner then
asked the jury if the miserable condition of the labour-
ing classes, to whom he belonged, and the injustice and
the oppression they had to submit to, was not a sufficient
reason for the expressions he had made use of, and the
course he had pursued. In the course of his speech he
complained of not being allowed to consult Goldsmith's
" History of England" and the Times, for the purpose of
preparing his defence.
Mr. Baron PLATT said the prisoner ought to have
informed him of that when ho was arraigned. He should,
however, make inquiries into the matter, that the public
might not be induced to think that any obstruction had
been placed in the way of the prisoner's defence.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then replied in a very
eloquent and impressive speech.
The Learned JUDGE charged the jury,
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
By the direction of the Learned Judge, James Max-
well Bryson, George Shell, and Robert Crowe, the other
Chartist prisoners, were placed in the dock, together
with the prisoner Bezer.
Mr. Baron PLATT having severally addressed
the prisoners, proceeded to say that they
had been und guilty of uttering seditious
speeches for the purpose of disturbing the peace
of the country, and inciting the people to insurrection.
They had been fortunately stopped in their career, for
it the Government had allowed them to pursue their
guilty course, and they had arrayed themselves and
their party in arms, they would assuredly have been
found guilty of high treason, and undergone the extreme
penalty of the law. It was a mercy, therefore, that
their evil course had been stopped. They called them-
selves the people, and said they advocated the rights
of the people, but they must know full well that the
people were opposed to the objects which they and the
persons who joined them had in view. They might
have been actuated by motives of vanity in the course
they had taken—they might have expected to have
been dealt with as martyrs, or to be kept in
comfort out of the purse of those confederated to-
gether; but whatever might have been their objects,
it was the duty of the Government to put down such
practices as those of which they were respectively guilty,
in order to preserve the public peace. It is now, said
his Lordship, my duty in wielding the sword of justice
to make an example of you as tar as the law gives me
power to do so. Men were indicted in this place on a
former occasion, but it does not appear that the
sentences which were passed upon them are
sufficient to deter other wicked and vain people
from following their example. It is, therefore, clear that
the sentences upon you should be sufficient to restrain
others from pursuing a similar course hereafter. The
sentence upon each of you respectively is, that you be
imprisoned in the House of Correction for the space of
two years ; and you George Shell, Robert Crowe, and
John James Bezer are to pay a fine to her Majesty the
Queen of 10/. each ; and you James Maxwell Bryson, a
fine of 204, and to find securities respectively to keep the
peace fur the space of five years, and until the fines are
paid and the securities are given you will be confined in
prisons. The amount of your recognizances must be,
yourselves in 1001., and two sureties of 50/. each.
Bezer wished to know in what prison he was to be
confined?
Mr. Baron PLATT said he would be confined in some
prison in the district where the offence was committed.
Bryson took an objection to the form of passing
sentence, on the ground that he ought to have been
asked first " why the sentence of the Court should not
sß"laruopnonhm."PLATT--That
mbeikTsPdhltsre: is not necessary in a caso of
The prisoners then left the dock, one of them crying
out,' Come along, brother Chartists."
beet

MA.naiAGE.—At Desertrnartin, on the
18th ult., Mr. John Dunlop to Mrs. Nancy Macdonald.
They were accou3panied to church by about one thousand
people with drums. horns, speaking trumpets, &e. It
Was the fifth marriage for the bride, and fourth for the
gay Lothario. Their united ages amounted to 170 years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

John Dan was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having stabbed John Conway with a knife.
From the statement of Conway, it appeared that he
had been employed on Saturday, in Upper Thames-
street, to unload a van, a job which the prisoner, if sober,
would have had to perform. He afterwards went into
a public-house, in the tap-room of which sat the pri-
soner, who immediately called him an undermining vil-
lain, and at length proceeded to the use of such language
as was quite intolerable. Conway found it necessary to
give the prisoaer a blow, which he supposed put an end
to the disagreement. He was mistaken. The prisoner
let loose at him again with a still fouler tongue; and,
after having been earnestly expostulated with on the
danger of using such lausr,uage, received another blow,
which was returned with a stick of a knife. The instru-
ment penetrated Conway's arm to a considerable depth,
and completely disabled him. The prisoner had been
cutting bread and meat just before the transaction. The
words used by him were just such as might be expected
from a dissolute man who had been cut out of his work
by a sober man. A policeman who was passing walked
into the house, and seeing the blood pouring from Con-
way's arm, asked the prisoner why he committed so des-
perate an act, to which the latter, who was cutting meat
with his knife, replied that the complainiint had struck
him three times, and he had used the knife in his own
defence.
The prisoncr—So he did strike mc.
The LORD MAYOR--YOU deserve to be struck for
having used such horrible language.
The prisoner—It was undermining conduct in him,
and I am a mush older and a smaller man, and he should
not have struck -me.
The LORD MAYo:l—That will net eXCIISO the use of
the knife. lam sorry to see that such an un-English
practice is gaining ground. If ye: are the smaller man
that is no reason you should have struck at the man
with a knife.
The prisoner—After he had struck me twice I held up
my hand to defend myself, and then he struck the knife
and wounded himself.
The LORD MAYOR—It is an offence which must be
dealt with in the most serious manner. I shall commit
you for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
The prisoner was accordingly committed.
John Henry was brought up for final examination
upon the charge of having attemited a burglary in the
house of Mr. Willey, cutler, of Fish-street.
The prisoner had been seen a few nights ago endea-
vouring to openithe dour of the house by turning a key
of his own in the lock,• while a confederate acted as a
blind by standing before him. Upon being taken into
custody a skeleton key was found upon him, and he
dropped in the station-house a piece of black war, such
as housebreakers are in the habit of using in taking
im-
pressious of keys for their own purposes. Two nights
previously an attempt had been made by three persons to
get into the same house, but they were disturbed by a
neighbour, who, however, could not swear to the ideetity
of the prisoner as one of the gang. The prisoner had
been two years ago charged at Worship-street with hav-
ing broken into a house. He now adhered to the rose-
:ution he had formed upon being first brought before
the Lord Mayor, not to disclose his address, from what
he called tenderness for the feelings of his mother, who
never could bear the idea of such a shameful accusation;
and upon being reminded that lie had before labqured
under a similar charge, he declared that he was as in-
nocent of the one as of the other.—(A laugh.)
Sentenced to imprisonment for two months.
MARLBOROUGH- S7'I?EE T.

Christopher Lewis and William Lewis were charged
with having assaulted police-constable Lynel of the C
division, and with having attempted to get possession of
the constable's cutlass, for the purpose el doing him some
bodily harm.
The constables within this district have been re-
cently armed with cutlasses a hen on night duty, in
consequence of the number of Irish clubs established
in venous localities, and the threats pot forward by
the members of these clubs 'if disturbing the public
peace, when a favourable opportunity presents itself.
The constable said he was called to quell a disturb•
once in George-yard, about ten o'clock last night. Wit-
ness fourd the prisoner, Christopher Lewis, fighting
with anuther man. He desired the parties to desist.
The prisoner said he would see him d—d first, and
witness was proceeding to take him into custody, when
William Lewis came up, and tried to rescue his brother.
Failing in this object, William Lewis seized his cutlass,
and attempted to get possession of it, swearing that if
he succeeded, he would run him through his side with
it. Another constable came up, and after a severe
struggle, both prisoners were conveyed to the station-
house.
Police-constable Peckham corroborated the statement
of the first constable. He saw William Lewis first at-
tempt to rescue his brother, and then try to get the con-
stable's cutlass, threatening to run him through if he
succeeded. Witness seized the prisoner Lewis, and after
being assaulted several times he overpowered him, and
took him to the station- house.
The prisoner denied the charge.
Mr. BINGHAM said such violent language and such
violent conduct on the part of the prisoners could not be
passed over. He should therefore send them to prison
for ten days, without a fine.
MARY LEBOLVE.
George Hockley, John Jones, and Edward Wilkinson,
the three men who were remanded from Monday last,
were again brought before Mr. Broughton for final
examination, charged with having stolen three blood-
hounds, oF the Cuba breed, valued at 2001., also a box
containing six ferrets, the property of Lord Alexander
Russell.
Mr. Parry, the berrieter, attended for Hoekley; Mr.
Gilham, for Jones ; and Mr. Robinson for Wilkinson.
The facts of the case, as developed on the first ex-
arnine,ion, were briefly these:—Oa the night of Tuesday,
the 15th inst., Metcalf, Lord Alexander Russell's ser-
vant, who had come up by
.the railway from Bristol,
had the three dogs in question looked up in some stables
attached to the Mint Hotel, Paddington. He saw them
safe in the said stable at ten o'clock the same night, and
at six the next morning he discovered that they were
gone. He directly, on discovering his less, gave infor-
mation to Inspector Wiggins, who adopted such means
as speedily led to the apprehension of the prisoners.
The management of the case was entrusted to Sergeant
Hughes, of the D division, who, in conjunction with his
Lordship's servant, succeeded, after much trouble and
manoeuvring, in effecting the restoration of two of the
clogs, for which 41. was paid. After the payment of the
latter sum his Lordship's servant went away in haste to
join his Lordship in Scotland. The third dog was sub-
sequently taken from Ilockley, by Yewer, 219 D, at a
public-house in Lisson-grove. The ferrets have not
been found.
Mr. Fell, the chief clerk, now read the whole of the
depositions taken on a former occasion, and which were
very voluminous. The following fresh evidence was
adduced:—
Alexander Metcalf, his Lordship's valet, who was not
present at the last examination, was now in attendance,
and stated, that on the 15th inst. he came from Bristol
by railway, with the three dogs and box of ferrets in 11 s
possession. He took a stable at the Mint Hotel, in
which- he placed them. He saw them safe at ten o'clock,
when ho fed them, and the following morning he was
awoke by a man named Wills, who told him that the
stable had bcen broken open during the night, and the
dogs and ferrets stolen therefrom. He proceeded to the
police-station, and saw Mr. Wiggins,
the inspector on
duty, and informed him of the robbery Mr.4Wie. 'ns
.
it
directed witness to Sergeant Hughes. Witness.
went
g
with the latter constable to several places, and at length
succeed in tracing the animals into the possession of the
crossd-egxiavmeninaatiwonritbteyoMdor.oPoolaroroyt,
twointnoeosksiaodymte
.
prisoners.
iu h
that
liaising, if the dogs were restored, he should receive pro.
61.
and no further proceedings would be taken against
him At the time he wrote he (Metcalf) fully intended to abide,
by that promise. He never instructed the police to entrap
the
en.rap
the prisoner.
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Gilham cross-examined this
witness, from whim] they elicited some facts
.favourable
to their clients.
Yewer, 219 D, who was instrumental in getting pos.
sion of the third and mast valuable dog, was examined
touching his share in the transaction, and it did not ap.
pear from anything that transpired that he in any way
laid himself open to blame.
Police-constables 113 1) and 212 D, as also the pri-
vate watchman on duty, corroborated each other in the
fact of the prisoners !laving been seen in the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the stable from whence the dogs
were
,stolen at a late hour of the night, prior to the dis-
covery of the robbery.
These witnesses were severally cross-examined, but
nothing was elicited to shake their testimony in the
least.

Mr. Wing, solicitor, who attended to watch the pro-.
ceedings on the part of Lord Alexander I;,ussll, and
who had paid great attention to all that transpired be-
fore the Bench, observed, that as his Lordship's servant,
from the admission which ho had made, coupled with
the written document produced, to n hick he had affixed
his signature, promising that in the event of the dogs
being restored, no further proceedings of any kind would
be instituted, he (the Learned Gentleman) thought that,
taking the whole of the circumstances into consideration,
the ends of justice would be answered by dealing with
tiethe ease summarily, instead of sending the accused par-
s l.

Mr. Baoucwrox reviewed the case in all its bearings,
and in the most lucid manner gave his opinion upon
the whole of the facts developed iu the course of the long
investigation which had been gone into. Sergeant
in some mew: ;re, exceeded the strict
Hughes had, perhaps,
line of his duty, with regard to his being a party in the
negotiation of the affair ; but he was a good and clever
cfficer, and had no doubt acted according to the best of
his judgment, and with the.best in:entions. Mr. Brough-
ton ultimately came to the decision that the case was one
with which he should not feel bittisr•lf justified in deal.
ing summarily with, and comrnittrd the prisoners for
trial. Good and substantial hail would, however, he
taken for their appearance to answer the charge at the
sessionF.

Mr. Broughton received 11. worth of postage stamps
from "S. H . ' 21. from " A. 8., Hampton Wick," and 1/.
from "M. F." Mr. Fell, the ebi,f ekrk, also received
sovereign from "J. R," On Is hole of the said &ma-
tions being for the benefit of the Parry family, whose
distressing case has excited zo great Z degree of public
sympathy.

MONEY ORDERS.—Edenbridge, in Kent, having
en constituted a post town, the post-office there will
be opened for the issue and payment of money orders,
on and after the Ist of September.

THE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.--From a Paper
printed on Saturday, it appears that the amount of Dpc_
can prize money realised was 68,67,3C6 sicea rupees, find
the interest realised was 44,13,755 slew% rupees,

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
HORSHAM.

The Committee were again occupied the whole o
yesto7diy in receiving rebutting evidence on belialf o:
Mr. Fitzgerald, the sitting Member.

_ •
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
BATTLE.--.The hops are still: looking well, but the
weather is probably against them, as they aro in want of
more sunshine, and if it continue so much longer, it is
likfly there may be a great portion of the seed iraper•
feet, so that they may be very light in proportion to mag-
nitude; time will prove this conjecture.
HEATHFIELD.—The general opinion in this neighbour-
hood is that the duty will, come out far below what it is
currently stated at. Many gardens are beginning to look
quite 3-elow and sickly for want of sun, and the burr is
very tardily developing itself.
HURSTGREEN.—The hops in this neighb:,,vrheorl have
improved very much since last week, and n,,w &low for a
good average crop. Many gardens promise a ton per
acre, if the weather proves favourable.
NEWICK.—Our crops are going on favedii-ably, re-
quiring only warm weather to bring them to perfection.
lIoTHERFIELD.—The hops in this district generally
are improving; picking, it is supposed, will cow, wenee in
about three weeks' time in the early sorts, w I.ch have
ce me very rapidly into hop, and in many cases are look-
ing remarkably well, although upon the whole is is not
likely we shall grow so many as in the previims year.
RICK—The continued unpropitious state of L,e wea-
ther operates very much against the hops, %ill retards
their progress towards maturity. They art- l‘,tatil to
be very uneven in the same gardens—on some hills
being quite half grown, and on others but just eLnerging
from the burr. It is probable that another reek will
more accurately
.decide what the growth ail be. In
the neighbouring parish of Iden mould has mad:, its ap-
pearance, which, it is feared, will rapidly increase should
the present humidity continue. The wheat and other
crops are also suffering from the prevalence of rain, and
the potatoes are•daily getting worse. Fine warm weather
would now be a great blessing.
SALEHURST.—Tho crop in this neighbourhood will
come short of last year.

UCKFIELD.— We are inclined to think we 4h ell get a
good duty at last with fair weather.
lIIAIDSTONE. The bine; still appear sulky, the burr
not coming into hop freely, and the weather being very
much against them. Although they do not retrograde,
their advancement is unpreccdentedly low. The general
opinion here is that the duty is overact.
MEREWORTH, WATERINGBURY, TESTON, AND NET-
TLESTEAD.—The hops have grown and improved much
within these ten days, but th' mould has luspc pace with
the improvement. OU Saturday bets were against
180,0001. Sunday was a fine day, and hopes were ex-
pressed that, should it continue so, the hops might beat
the mould and other enemies; but yesteroay the wind
and rain did the hops irreparable injury.
lioasmoNDEN.—Unless we speedily get fine sunny
days, the condition of the hops will prove very inferior.
CANTERBURY.—The cold showery weather of the past
week has retarded the development of the burr, while
the mould is increasing, which will occasion a great de-
ficiency in what was expected. The duty has receded
to 180,0001. General accounts state the burr to be
coming into hop but slowly, owing to the cold weather
for the period of the year.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, AUG.
21.—Althuugh the weather has again been unfavourable
during the last week, we perceive an amendment in the
green bine of the grape hops. We had a fine day yes-
terday, with a higher temperature, and it we get a few
more such we think we shall get a good crap.
WORCESTER, AUG. 18.—The continued unsettled
state of the weather up to yesterday has very much
retarded the progress of the hop plantations, and unless
it is in some Early warm grounds, the plant has been
quite at a stand still. The duty is still called 180,000/.,
and should the weather become. more fivourable, which
there is an appearance of this morning, it may be rea-
heed. The market is 6s. to Bs. dearer from the lowest

ANEW SORT OF HOP.—Mr. Apps, of fan-smonden, has
succeeded in introducing a hop which ripens a month
earlier than the original. The set take❑ trom parent
stocks, which he planted on the 16th of March last, are
now growing over twenty and thirty feet poles, with a
fair sprinkling of hops. They have been examined by
a gentleman well acquainted with the Yop, who pro-
nounced them to be different from any that no has seen
before. Mr. Apps has given them the name of " Prince
A !I3rt."—Sussex Advertiser.

DISCOVERY OF MORE HOR-
RIBLE MURDERS BY POISONING.
SATURDAY.--Another must atrocious
murder, by secret poisoning, has, within the last two or
' three days, been discovered in the neighbourhood of
VVix, connected with which are some unpleasant state-
meats, implicating one or more females with other mur-
ders, and which have led to the most painful excitement
throughout this part of the country. The particulars,
as far as we have been able to collect them, show that
the wretched woman, Mary May, who was executed at
Chelmsford gaol, on Monday week, for the murder of
her brother, at Wix, for his burial fee s, urged and ad-
viskd the commission of the dreadful cricles' one of
which, at least, has been clearly establisher!. Some ant.•
prise has been manifested at the course the authorities
adopted in not investigating other charges u murder in
which Mary May was said to be implioutt.d, and a ge-
neral opinion is held amongst the polic:.? Clat she not
only disposed of her former husband by the same hor-
' ribie means, but also several of her chikircn (she had
must of them died suddenly). Nothing appears to
beve be c: dune, lion ever, in th. matter until Wednes-
day, o hen Mr. Raison, inspector of the constobulary
stationed in the district, received II warrant from Mr.
Co.id, one of the coroners for the county, directing the
disinterment of the body of Thomas Ilaw, then lying in
the burial•ground of Tendring Church, in the vicinity
This party was the husband of a sister of
industrious man, and
had accumulate MaryHe
ap [li
el
rj;
s,
two whose
d haves
al e
beentl e nt
aoo took place in April last year.
et
ey a
;dy
his
wire,
however,
nut so frugal, being rather irregular in her conduct.
Haw quarrelled about a man named Southgate, and soon
afterwards he was suddcdly attacked with sickness, and
died in a few hours. There was no inquest held, his
death, like the other suspected cases, being registered
'as from natural causes. liis remains were interred in
Tendring Church, and exhumed, as before stated, on
Wednesday. A coroner's jury was impanuelled on the
same day, and Messrs. Manthorpe and Son were directed
to secure the stomach for analysation by Professor Tay-
lor, who is an eminentm lecturer on chemistry at
Guy's Hospital. .A.o.clay the authorities received in-
, to the effect that he had
yiathe intestines to account for
ffoourmndatsi uonffict
death. In consequence of that discovery, the suspected
party has been arrested, and awaits the close of the "
coroner's inquiry. The police have also received in-
structions to exhume other remains.
ireon from
arsenic Mr. Talor,

THE FORGERY ON MESSRS HENRY AND CO.—
On Wednesday, the 27th of March last, a eh! quo for
3,450/. bearing the signature of Messrs. Henry and Co.,
was presented at the Branch Bank of England, in Man-
chester, by a young man named Francis M*Natighteu,
and having obtained the money, and offered three 500/.
notes to be changed at Messrs. Hey wood's bank, his
youth (not being of age) excited suspicion, and he was
told to call again, and then, if all was found to be right,
the money would be changed. M`Naughten, however,
did not return, but, in company with two friends, John
immediately proceeded to
on afterwards apprehended,
Liverpool. Pow n 1 l
and
po Hughwoen Brady,
was
s o
but on giving a satisfactory account of his connexion
with M‘Neughten, he was discharged. The other two
were not heard of in spite of all the vigorous efforts to
to discover them by the police, both in this country and
America, until Sunday morning last, when Mr. Berwick
received a letter from St. John's, the capital of New-
foundland, stating that the prisoners were in custody
fur presenting one of the stolen notes (the numbers hav-
ing been published) at the bank there on the Ist August.
The prisoners had taken the names of William Phillip
O'Kelly and Thomas Bradshaw. It is expected that
one of the Manchester detective . force will be dis-
patched as soon as possible, for the purpose of bring-
ing_ the prisoners to England.—Manchester Times.
ATJTOGRAPII MANUSCRIPTS or LORD BYRON.—A
few interesting, autographs of Lord Byron occurred in a
sale whiCh took place on Saturday, at the rooms of
Messrs. Puttick end Simpsonvthe auctioneers, of Picca-
dilly. We extract from the -Catalogue the following
lots:—Lot 863, " The Curse of Minerva," 13 pages 4t0.,
entirely autograph, sold for 101.; 864, the well-known
" Maid of Athens," the original MS., 2 pages 4t0., en-
tirely autograph, sold for 41. 45.; 865, the poem " Wa-
terloo," from the French, 4 pages 4t0., entirely auto-
graph, sold for 41. 155.; 866, Lines written on a Cup
o ando),e
rS.
Aciost esh.
iloletvhieewsearlse,
formed of a Skull, 2 pages 4t0., sold for 71.; 867, Lines
Sulfa nAa tu-;:(1"tigi missals;
on the Elgin Marbles, 2 pages folio, sold fur 31.; 869,
three leaves, being the opening lines of " English Bards
s atif: e;
soldsom efoirn
of these the most worthy of notice were-855. an Illu-
minated Missal, exhibiting a combination of Frtnch and
Flemish twhich "wB;•ecre"
sold for SO guineas; a:1,1 851, a
small Book of Hours, illuminated by a FlerniZa artist,
which sold for 251. There were some other i'lae^inated
books of lower pretensions, which sold equally e ell.
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD BRIGADE.—The r: salt Of
1 the practice of the three Artillery companies when they
fired from 9-pounder guns in the Marshes at 750 yards range,
gave six shots entering the target from the guns of the first
company, ten shots entering the target from the guns of the
second company, and six shots entering the target from the
guns of the third company. Previous to the commencement
of the practice one guinea was promised to the best gun, and
it was gained by No. 4 of the second company, that gun
having entered six shot into the target out of the fourteen
rounds served for it, being very excellent practice at the
length of range they were fired. The three Artillery.
companies•assembled on Friday afternoon, at the Dock-
yard, under the command of Major Jenkins and
marched at three o'clock to the Royal Arsenal for practice
with balls from small arms, tired at targets set up at the butt.
The firing was first carried on at fifty yards die ance, and
remarkably
s
afterwards at eighty yards; and the firing wa •_
good, nineteen balls having perforated the sniall o
bout
canvass
target of a sub-division of the 3d company, out f a
forty balls tired ; and twenty-one balls entered the target at
the second round, from the same number of men. Sir Gor-
don Bremner, K.C.8., K C.H., Colonel Commandant of the
Dockyard Brigade, arrived at the Royal Arsenal to witre-s
the practice, and appeared greatly pleased win
ch th, result.
The targets were in some cases so riddled wit b- Ils that it
was necessary to suspend firing until they were again fixed
to the iron reds on which they were stretched.
OAKEN GATES RAILWAY TUNNEL.— A WFUL Ac.
CIDENT AND Loss or LIFE.—On Wednesday evening last
shortly before the navvies were leaving work for the day, a
great body of earth, of many tons weight, suddenly fell in
upon them. One young man, named Thomas llayrard, was
got out only just alive, with his head and face sadly man-
gled. Two other men, navvies, were got out from the fallen
earth, quite dead; the other poor fellow said, " I am going
to leave , you," and then died.—fAidowci; Shropshire
Journal.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP LORDS. August 28.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
The Sheep and Cattle Importation Bill was read a
second time ,)n the motion of Earl GRANVILLE,.
The Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time on the motion of the Marquis-of CLANRICARDE.
• The Petty Bag-office Bill was read a third lime and
passed on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR.
The Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers Metro-
polis Bill was passed through Committee.
The Commons Inelosure Bill was read a third time.
PAROCHIAL DEBT AND AUDIT BILL.
Lord BEAUMONT complained that the Earl of
Shaftesbury had, in his rapid meal for legislation, passed
this Bill, so that he did not know it had been
\passed
until the House had adjourned.--(Laughter., He
should, therefore, to-morrow move that the standing
orders should be suspended, in ord©r to enable him to
bring forward his amendment. He should do this in the
form of a new Bill, which might be carried through its
staffs in one day.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he had proreplul
with the Bill in the ordinary form. The Noble Lord
was not present to move his amendment, and the Bill
was therefore passed without it.—(flear, hear.)
SUGAR DUTIES BILL.

Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill,
the object of which was to alter the existing sugar
duties as they were settled in 1846. The measure,
which had been fully debated in the other House of
Parliament, arose out of the present condition of the
West India planters, and it was intended to extend the
period of protection to the sugar grower beyond the
time limited by the Act passed in that year. The Noble
Earl said at this late period of the session it wes unne-
cessary that he should enter at length into the subject,
and proceeded to refer to dispatches from Sir Henry
Light, the Governor of BritishlGuiana, and other docu-
ments, to show that undue extension of cultivation
under the stimulus of protecting duties had proluced
an artificial competition for wages, and raised them to
an extravagant amount ; and contended that
such wages instead of promoting the teal
welfare of the negro, had rather tended to his
demoralisation. It was proved also that such en extent
of cultivation arising from the system of mutual compe-
tition among each other by the planters, and stimulated
by protecting duties, had been carried on under
enormous charges which returned an ordinary and usual
mercantile profit, but altogether insufficient to preserve
the planters from ruin. The same observatince applied
to the Mauritius, where the protection had ben increased
more than sixfold in 25 years. There had been an in-
crease in the last two or three years in the Mauritius of
66 per cent.; and while this enormous increase was going
on—during the whole time from the year 1822 to the
present period—there bad been constant complaints on
the part of the planters and merchants of' that colony,
of extreme distress and embarrassment. He had no
doubt that such complaints were well grounded. and why
bad they arisen? Simply from this eircumstanct : by
the existence of protecting duties in this country the
producers in the Mauritius were taught to expect that
they should obtain extraordinary profits, and therefore
capital was sent out from this country to a great amount,
and cultivation was pushed, not to a natural. but a spe-
culative increase, by parties who calculated upon the
profit that would arise from the protecting duties which
existed. And in this manner wages had increased,
in spite of the enormous importation of labourers, to
the number of 890,000 within the last few years. The
demands for their services, however, were increasing in
more than an equal ratio. Employers were bidding
against each other, and by doing so were raising the
cost of production, and at the same time exceeding the
quantity which this market could carry off at the price
which they calculated on for their remuneration—and
the consequence was their ruin. This increase had been
going on not only in the Mauritius, but in Malaece, Sin-
gapore, India, and elsewhere, and it had been carried on
' principally by borrowed capital, the merchants at home
trading to a great extent upon credit. He did nor, how-
ever, blame these parties, but the two Houses of Parlia-
ment, for having fostered this unnatural system, which
could lead to no other result.—(hear, hear.) With
reference to the prospects of the future, there was
no reason for despondency. There was no ground
for assuming that slave labour was cheaper than
free labour. He believed, on the contrary, the reverse to
be true. He admitted, and deeply deplored, the extreme
severity of the existing distress of so many respect-
able parties; but he saw the prospect of improvement in
the future. The Noble Earl then referred to various
documents, in order to show that free labour was cheaper
than slave labour in the Mauritius. In referring to the
subject in February last he had said that when things
were placed on a more natural footing wages would
fall, and his prediction had partially been realised; but
they had decreased less in the colonies, where the
highest amount had been paid for labour, than in others
where the remuneration had been more moderate—thus
proving the bad policy of the system to which he had
referred. In Demerara, for instance, the negroes had
'strenuously resisted a reduction of their wages; but in
Baibadoes, Antigua, and some of those colonies which
possessed greater natural advantages, and where wages
had not been forced up to such au extraordinary height,
the reduction had been effected most amicably. The
Noble Earl read extracts from various dispatches to
prove these facts, and also to show that the reduction of
wages had brought more labour into the market. Im-
provements in the cultivation and manufacture of
sugar had been carried on more vigorously than before
Sir H. Light stated that from an experiment which bad
been tried in Demerara, it had been proved that by good
drainage the land would produce one hundred per cent.
more than by the old system of cultivation, and Lord
Harris stated that in Trinidad experiments had been
tried in the manufacture of sugar, and that by Dr.
Mitchell's process the quantity of raw material, which
ordinarily produced sugar to the value of 365., would,
without additional expense, produce sugar to the value
of 475. In spite of all discouragement, he found that
there had been an increase of production in Demerara
during the first six months of this year, as compared
with the corresponding period in 1847. In the latter
year the produce had been 19,120 hogsheads, whilst in
the first six months of this year it had increased to
21,528 hogsheads. The export of rum in the same pe-
riod in 1848 had been 11,600 puncheons, and in 1847 it
had been 7,200 puncheons. The export of molasses for
the first six months of 1848 had been 4,167 casks, and
in 1347, 6,552 casks, being a decrease of 2,385 casks,
which was a strong proof of the adoption of an im-
proved process in making sugar.—(Hear, hear.) The
Governor of Trinidad stated, in a dispatch dated the 19th
of June in the present year, that matters had reached
the worst, that there was great improvement in the ma-
nufacture of sugar, and that things were beginning to
look better. He had stated, moreover, that up to July,
1847, there was great facility in obtaining money and
bills in Trinidad—a fact which he (Earl Grey) merely
mentioned to show the inconsistency of the statement of
those who attributed to the Act of 1846 the ruin of the
West India colonies. The Governor of Antigua was
also of opinion that the worst was passed, and, although
himself in favour of protection, he admitted that its
withdrawal was not an unmixed evil, as it would lead
the planters to look for more extraneous assistance in
improved modes of cultivation and manufacture.—
(Hear.) The editor of a Barbadoes newspaper spoke in
cheering terms of the spirit which prevailed in that co-
lony among all classes of society and their determination
to use active exertions for the restoration of prosperity.
The establishment of central sugar works in the colonies
was spoken of, and he (Earl Grey) thought such a
plan would be very desirable, with a view to afford every
facility to improved manufacture. "There was no ground,
then, for despairing as to the future prospects of these
colonies. He had succeeded in proving that the former
system was essentially unsound, and the return to a bet-
ter, although necessarily attended with considerable
pressure and difficulty, during the time of transition, did
yet afford fair grounds for hope.—(Hear, hear.) The
object of the Bill, as he had before said, was to grant a
longer period of protection to the sugar grower; and
he thought, notwithstanding the sentiments which he
had just expressed, that the Government were jus-
tified in bringing forward such a measure, partly on
account of the panic which had existed amongst the
planters, and which it was necessary to check. They
had been taught to look to protection as their sheet
anchor by their injudicious friends in this country, and
by the practice of Parliament; and unless the pre-
sent Bill had been brought forward to extend that
protection a little longer, sugar cultivation might
have been discontinued to a considerable extent; and if
abandoned for a year or two, it could not easily have
been resumed.—(Hear, bear.) Another reason in favour
of the measure was that the amount of advantage in-
tended to be secured by the Act of 1846 had not been
practically enjoyed by the planters.—(Hear. hear.) The
consumption of sugar on the continent of Europe, and
even in this country, was diminished, in consequence of
what had taken place in several continental states within
the last few months. For these reasons he thought that
they were justified in affording protection for some time
longer to the West Indies. The Noble Lord then pro-
ceeded to read the proposed scale of duties, by which
the duties were lowered at the sometime that protection
was continued to the West Indies. He believed that
the effect of this general reduction of duties would be of
the utmost importance to the British growers. He did
not believe that it would injuriously effect the revenue,
because the reduction of the duties was to be gradual,
and therefore time would be given to allow for that in-
crease of consumption which would make up any loss
that might be at first occasioned by the reduction of
duty. A great advantage was also given to the West
Indians in the reduction of the duties on rum. He be-
lieved that if they had attempted more for the benefit of
the West Indians they would have effected less. He
hoped that the colonists would accept this measure in
the spirit in which it was proposed, and that they would
not be led away by those who told them that their wel-
fare and prosperity was not an object of haterest to the
Government. If he believed that protection was for their
real benefit, he for one would be for retracing their
steps, notwithstanding that all his opinions were against
that:systein. It was because he believed it to be fur the
real benefit of the colonists themselves, that they should
not go ly.cle to a• system of protection, that he refused
to do so. They must not depend on what the Legisla-
ture could do for them, they must rely on their own
exertions for prosperity; and if they put forth all their
energies as they ought, he believed that prosperity
would be the consequence. He was persuaded that any
agitation in the colonies on the question of protection
might have a powerful effect in preventing the influx of
further capital from this country. It might have a
powerful effect in keeping up alarm and uneasiness; it
might have the most fatal effect in this manner; but
there were blind observers of passing events, who for a
moment believed that such proceedings could have the
effect which was hoped from them, of inducing Parlia-
ment to alter that policy which it had. deliberately
adopted. lie was convinced that that policy was the
right and the true one; it was one to which Parliament

was finally and irrevocably pledged, and ono from which
he believed they would never depart.—(Hear, hear.)
Even those of their Lordships who might differ from
him on this point would agree with him that even if this
policy was to he altered it was not to be dune by ill-
advised' measures intended to sow discontent and dis-
satisfaction in the colonies.—(Hear, hear.) With these
observations he begged leave to move the second reading
of the Bill.
Lord REDESDALE thought that many of their Lord-
ships must have heard the latter portion of the Noble
Lord's speech with regret. He thought it was rather a
heartless proceeding, on the part of the Noble Lord,
to speak as he did in the latter part of his address, see-
ing that he was the Minister who proposed that sys-
tem which brought upon the colonists irremediable, and
he believed, irretrievable distress. The Noble Lord said
that the former system was a bad one; but, at all events,
that system had enabled the colonists to produce a very
large quantity of sugar, and led to a very large immi-
gration. The Noble Lord said that the new system was
much better; but he was inclined to view with suspicion
a system which began by lending 500,0001. which never
would bs repaid. He thought it was a very bad system
to reduce the duties to the lowest possible amount. It
seemed that they had a deficiency el' 2,000,0001. which
they wore to meet by borrowing to that amount. But
how was that deficiency produced? He believed it was
produced by the reductions which had been made in va-
rious articles. He thought that the Government were
greatly to blame for not bringing this measure under
the notice of their Lordships at an earlier period. At
the prceent late period of the session he would not di-
vide the House.
Earl GRANVILLE was of opinion that the antlci-
pated loss to the revenue would be made up by in-
creased consumption. He agreed generally in the re-
marks which had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite
respecting the lateness of the time that the measure
was brought under the notice of their Lordships. Ho
admitted that the West Indians were suffering great dis-
tress, and that they were placed under disadvantages
with regard to labour. They were also placed under dis•
advantage by the measures which were adopted under
the influence of the anti-slavery advocates in this coun-
try. For these reasons he thought they had a claim to
some favour, but he would not support a system of pro-
tection to the injury of the people of this country.
Lord DENMAN was glad that this measure was
about to pass without opposition, because it was in
direct opposition to that measure which was introduced
two years ago, and which he looked upon as a most dis-
graceful one. It was said that that measure was to be a
final measure. and was to last for ever, but he was glad
to find that it had only an eternity of two years and
seven days.—(Laughter.) He hoped that this measure
would be the forerunner of the abolition of slavery,
without which the West Indies could not prosper.
This was a question of vital importance, and was
pressing more and more every day. It might be
said that he had a strong feeling on this subject,
because a person nearly related to him was con-
cerned. The professional reputation of that individual
was able to take care of itself, and his feelings were cer-
tainly not engaged in the question on that account. The
Noble and Learned Lord then defended himself from an
attack which had been made upon him for injustice and
illiberality- on this subject by a daily paper. The Noble
and Learned Lord said he could not believe that Mr.
Cliff had ceased to be a slave trader from motives of
humanity. He would not refuse to hear the evidence of
such a man, but ho certainly would not take his counsel
as to the best means of suppressing the slave trade. In
alluding to tl.e proceedings of the Committee of the
other House, he said he knew that many papers offered
by those witnesses who were anxious to put down
the. slave trade were refused. It was of immense im-
portance that the nation at large should rightly esti-
mate the character of the evidence by which the Com
mittee had been guided. Ho had called Mr. Cliff a
pirate because he was a slave-trader, but he ought to
apologise to pirates for placing them in the same category
with slave-traders, who were guilty of a more atrocious
crime. The question returned, how was this infamous
traffic to be put down? Not by our remaining passive
spectators. There were serious grounds for apprehend-
ieg a general insurrection of the slaves, and the mas-
sacre of all the whites—a catastrophe which could only
be averted by the timely extinction of the slave trade.
Till that was effected there would be no prosperity for
the colonies.

The Duke of ARGYLL said that free trade was not
the only element in this question; the :lave trade ought
also to be considered; and in this respect there had
been a great omission in the speech of the Noble Earl
(Grey). The protection had been taken away from our
colonies solely to make sugar cheaper; and if the colo-
nies succeeded in competing with the slave states, they
would owo no thanks to the Government, who had aban-
doned them to the fiercest competition.
Viscount ST. VINCENT regretted that the Govern-
ment had not taken into account the difficulty which
our colonists had in obtaining a supply of labour. Till
that difficulty was removed there could be no fair com-
petition._ _ _

Earl GREY, in reply, denied that there was any op.
position between this measure and that of 1846. The
difference was only one of time. The measure of 1846
proposed that our colonies should be put on the same
tooting as other countries in 1851. This measure de-
ferred that equality for three years longer. There was
no difference of principle whatever in the two measures.
The main object of the Bill of 1846 was not, as had been
represented, to cheapen sugar, though undoubtedly that
had been a collateral result. So far from the revenue
being sacrificed, it had been increased by the Bill of
1846. In the last year of protection, 1845, the total
amount received from sugar of all kinds was 3,574,0001.,
while in 1847 it was 4,404,0001., being an increase of
nearly 900,000/, and that too in a year of great commer-
cial depression. The system of protection had held out
false hopes to the colonists. Under this system they had
largely mortgaged their estates, and the result had been
disappointment and loss.

Xfier a few words from Lord REDESDALE, in ex-
planation,
The Bill wns read a second time.
POOR-LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) Bill.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the resump-
tion of the adjourned debate on the third reading of this
Bill.

After a conversation, the Bill was read a third time,
and passed.

The House then adjourned at Nine o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 28.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. )
ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM BILL.
The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow, at twelve o'clock.

SLAVE TRADE (EQUATOR) BILL.
The third reading of this Bill was postponed until
after the other orders of the day were disposed of.
SLAVE TRADE (MUSCAT) BILL.
The receiving of the report on this Bill was postpor.ed
until after the other orders of the day were disposed of.
TAXING MASTERS, COURT OF CHANCERY