The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-12 00:00:00

MURDER AT NOTTINGHAM.

Soon after one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the inha-
bitants at the bottom of Beck-lane, Nottingham, were
alarmed by cries of" murder," and a report was soon spread
that a man had perpetrated that horrible crime upon the
body of his wife, at the house of Mr. Peck, two doors from
the sign of the Plough, in Beck-lane. A. concourse of peo-
ple immediately collected, and soon afterwards a man
dressed in a fustian jacket, light striped waistcoat, cordu-
roy trowsers, with a white shirt open at the collar, and the
whole saturated with blood, was brought out of the house
in custody ; he appeared much agitated, and was conveyed to
the House of Correction. The prisoner's name isW.Hinkley,
whose father resides at No. 4 Court, Bold-lane, Derby.
He was married eleven years ago, to the unfortunate
woman whom he has driven thus untimely into the
presence of her Maker. They had lived very unhappily
together, and six years ago she left him, and came to Not-
tingham, and cohabited with a man named William Bull,
who, we are informed, was acquainted with her previous to
her marriage. About Christmas last the deceased returned
to her husband, at Derby, and the latter set up a small
eating-house ; but on Monday last the unhappy woman
again quitted him, after taking all the money and various
articles, and returned to Bull, who lodged on the first floor
in Mr. Peck's house, in Beck-lane. The husband, deeply
irritated by this double defalcation, came over to Notting-
ham by the coach, and went into a house opposite that
where his wife then was, and bitterly complained of her
conduct. He then went over to Peck's house, and walked
up stairs. Soon after one o'clock, as Mr. Peck sat down to
dinner, he heard a heavy fall upon the floor above, which
was instantly followed by shrieks of murder. He directly
hastened up, and saw Hinkley with a clasp knife in his hand,
cutting at his wife's throat.

Ongoing up stairs, as we have stated, Hinkley and his
wife were down upon the floor, near to the door, and the
former had hold of the woman's neck with his left hand,
and was cutting her throat with his right hand. Peck
(who is an elderly man and well known in our market as a
seller of confectionary), immediately grasped him by the
collar, and in his efforts to disengage him, dragged them
both towards the window, but so determined and desperate
was the infuriated man, that he would not quit his bold,
but kept stabbing and mangling the throat of his victim till
she ceased to exist. Mr. Burrows, a constable, came in and
struck him several times on the arm, and at last stunned
him by a blow on the head, before he would relinquish the
knife. He was then secured and sent to the house of correc-
tion, as we have stated. At six o'clock in the evening, a
highly respectable jury was empanelled, at the house of
Mr. Woolley (the- Plough), before Mr. Dunn, coroner,
who was soon afterwards joined by Mr. Enfield. The
jury, after having gone to view the body, returned to the
Plough, and had the prisoner brought in. He appears to
be about thirty-four years of age (the deceased was about
thirty), strong and muscular. He betrayed no signs of
levity, but was cool, calm, and collected ; and during the
examination paid great attention to the evidence, frequently
correcting the witnesses, and putting questions with the
utmost deliberation.

Evidence having been adduced, a verdict of Wilful
Murder was returned. The prisoner heard the verdict
with but little emotion, and was then conveyed to the back
door of the Plough, nodding to several persons as he
passed along, and was put into a fly, which conveyed him
to the town gaol, when he was delivered up. His behaviour
was firm till Mr. Jackson was about to quit him, and then
he seemed to give way a little. He has been twice in the
House of Correction before, about five years since, for want
of sureties to keep the peace towards his wife. The last
time he was in prison six months.—Nottinghant Journal.

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, -JULY 12, 1834.

Our contemporaries who assert that Lord MEL-
BOURNE has been employed in forming an Admini-
stration, are in error. No one has received such
authority. Lord MELBOURNE, as his MAJE,sTY's
Secretary of State, has been commanded to communi-
cate with various persons who were not of the late
Cabinet, and ascertain whether they are disposed to
join in a coalition Administration. It is understood,
that in obedience to his MAJESTY'S commands, his
Lordship made that communication yesterday. If
any answer has been returned, it has not tran-
spired. In our opinion it is an impracticable
attempt. We venture to assert that none of the late
Ministry would join in it ; and we believe that even
the Tories would reject the proposition. One Gen-
tleman, who is not a Tory, but who has lately sepa-
rated from his political friends, on a question of vital
importance, is said to have declared that he would
be no party to such a coalition. We have little
doubt of the result. The Administration must
either be purely Tory, or entirely Liberal. If
an attempt to form a coalition Ministry were to
succeed, it would end in the loss of character and public
confidence to all those that embarked in it. Coalitions
are never popular and seldom in the end successful.
That of Mr. Fox and Lord GRENVILLE, though the
least exceptionable of any that has occurred in modern
times, was in its consequences injurious to both ; and
the impression it made destroyed for many years all
confidence in public men. Better even that' Tories
should undertake the Government than that both
parties should lose their character. Confidence once
lost is not easily regained. In times of jealousy like
the present, no one should allow his principles or
honour to become for an instant the object of suspicion.

We hear that the Conservatives have had a meet-.
ing, and that the Right Hon. the SPEA KER of the
House of Commons is of opinion, that a Tory Govern-
ment may be formed if his MAJESTY should desire it.
A declaration, is, however, now under signature at
BROOKES'S, and which has, we understand, already
received the signature of Mr. HUME, Mr. O'CON-
NELL, and a vast many others, which is calculated to
appal even Mr. MANNERS SUTTON. The House
of Commons is no longer under the control of Peers
and a few wealthy commoners, but (certainly no
thanks to the Tories) it is now the great security
against misgovernment of any kind. No administra-
tion could last a week which had not the confidence of
the House of Commons ; and a dissolution ,of the pre-
sent assembly, at a crisis like the present, would be
absolutely fatal to either a Tory or a coalition govern-
ment, not only now, but for ever.

There might be some distant chance of a successful
attempt on the part of the Liberal Members of the
late Government to form a junction with Sir ROBERT
PEEL, provided the Right Hon. Gentleman can make
up his mind to accord in liberal measures, but Mr.
STANLEY is just now utterly out of the question. Sir
ROBERT PEEL has not pledged himself like the latter
—he has some estimable qualities as a Statesman—he
has much practical knowledge—is a skilful and
ready speaker—possesses, to a considerable extent,
the confidence of the Commons, and, above all, is not
so vain as to allow his own individual opinion to stand
in the way of the peace and security of the country.

THE. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 13.1.

His yielding on the Catholic question was creditabl? to
his judgment, and may be taken as an earnest, that in
other points, on which the public are not less anxious,
he might show the- same disposition. In order, how-
ever to make such a coalition beneficial, he must ad-
vance just as much as he would have to re-
cede if he joined with Mr. 'STANLEY. But the
junction of Mr. STANLEY with either party at
present appears utterly impracticable. He would
be a dead weight upon any Administration
that could be formed. He deserted his colleagues on
a point en which the great body of the people of Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland have made up their minds;
and if the House of Commons were pliant enough to
give up that question for the session, they could not
more grievously offend their constituents. It is im-
possible, however, for them to give it up. They are
tacitly pledged to Mr. WARD'S motion, and on the very
first opportunity after the formation of a Ministry,
Mr. WARD or Mr. HUME will put them to the test,
and the great question as to the disposal of surplus
Church property will be decided once for all. Out of
evil often cometh good, and this is one good which
will arise from the dissolution of the Ministry. The
question otherwise would not have been decided this
session. It would have been retarded for nearly a twelve-
month—it will now be placed on record, and the people
of England will have a pledge, that when the abuses of
the Irish Church are redressed, the English Church
shall be the next to undergo the ordeal for purifica-
tion. Mr. STANLEY left the Cabinet on this very
question ; he cannot now change his opinion ; and if
he did, the House of Commons would not trust him.
Any attempts to bring him into a Cabinet are vain.
He has raised a barrier which it will require years to
remove. He cannot work with a liberal Administration ;
and with the Tories, he would only add to their unpopula-
rity. Both he and they count too much on his readiness
in debate, his quickness in reply, and his "thimble rig"
speeches. These might occasionally gain a few votes
on one division, but they would be lost the next. The
House of Commons now look to matter, not manner,
and are no longer to be diverted from their purpose by
the plausibility of Sir R. PEEL, the acrimonious dog-
matism of STANLEY, or the sarcastic wit of CROKER.
No leader of a House of Commons ever had fewer of
such qualities than Lord ALTHORP. Yet PITT with
all his eloquence, and all his Borough-mongers at his
back, never had more influence over the members—
and why ? Because they knew Lord ALTHORP'S
unbending integrity, because he was guided by the
good of his country and not by factious motives ; and
because he had never falsified any one great prin-
ciple on which he had entered public life. We
should consider Mr. STANLEY'S accession to
office at present, one of the greatest calamities that
could befal the country. It would throw Ireland into
the most violent commotion ; and to put it down, he
would have only the alternative of resignation, or
bloodshed, and unmitigated hostility. The people of
England would not support him in any such crusade,
and he and the Irish Protestant Church would go
together. Great distrust, however, always attends
coalitions, and we therefore confidently hope that the
Whigs will either form a purely liberal Administra-
tion, or none at all.

, The following appeared in our Second Edition last
night :,--

We have just heard, and heard with the deepest
regret, that some insidious enemy to the liberal and
enlightened party who carried Parliamentary Reform,
has been base enough to counsel his MAJESTY to
inquire, through one of his confidential servants, whe-
ther Mr. STANLEY, and some of the leading
Tories, are willing to join other parties in the
formation of that, which the people of England
never approved, and now actually hate the idea
of a Coalition Ministry. We need hardly say,
that the great and good men who are yet in the Go-
vernment, and who have a character to lose, will
never be induced to ally themselves with those, who,
either by resistance to:Parliamentary Reform, or by a
treacherous attempt to prevent Church and Corpora-
tion Reform, have shown themselves to be adverse to
the rights, liberties, and improvement of the people of
England.
Let the Tories try what they can do to enslave the
free men of a free country, but they will have no help
from just, enlightened, and generous persons. The
Parliament ought instantly to carry its opinion to his
MAJESTY ; and the Reformers of England should
meet without an hour's delay, and inform their repre-
sentatives, that they will not consent to be cheated out
of the benefits of that Reform Bill which was carried
after many a hard, painful, and noble struggle.

The social salvation of the country depends in a
great degree on the speedy passing of the Poor Laws'
Amendment Bill ; and we are glad to be able to state,
from the conversation which took place in the House
of Lords last night, on the motion of Earl GREY for
the second reading, that the majority of the Peers are
strongly in favour of the measure. Even the most hos-
tile opponents of the Government in the Upper House
acknowledged the obligation which they were under
to those who advised and brought forward a Bill of
such immeise importance to the country. The Duke
of WELLINGTON, Lords ELLENBOROUGH, WIN-
CHILSEA, and HAREWOOD, all advocated the prin-
ciple of the Bill, and expressed their conviction of
the danger of allowing it to stand over to the next
session. The sentiments of these Noble Lords,
are not only those of the majority of their own
House, but of the country ; nor can we at this
moment conceive anything more calamitous to the
labouring population of England and Wales, than
that the present measure of pauper relief, framed on
the suggestions of the Poor Law Commissioners,
should no‘be carried into immediate effect. But we
have the. fullest confidence in the wisdom of their
Lordships. We are quite sure they will despise the
insidious suggestions of a Morning Contemporary,
who advises the sending of the Bill to a Committee
above stairs, in order to delay the passing of it, at
least, for the present session. Knowing, as their
Lordships must, the present wretched state of the
labouring population in the agricultu'ral districts,—
aware, as they likewise are, of the danger to all pro-
perty consequent upon the presence of a mass of un-
employed poor, lost to all sense of shame from the
operation of a demoralizing, degrading system of parish
relief—we feel assured that they will not hesitate in
giving their earliest attention to a measure, which if
properly administered, will ameliorate the condition,
and elevate the moral character of the poor themselves,
while giving security to the property of the country.
Earl GREY agreed to postpone the second reading
till Friday next, as there is not yet a responsible
Minister ; it being unusual to press forward important

! bills during an interregnum of the Cabinet. This neee.s- i
sary delay will allow those Pecr.-; who rompla.in of a I

want of time, an opportunity of judging for themselves
by looking to the Bill itself, instead of hearkening to
the clamour of the enemies of the Government.

ORIGIN OF THE QUADRIPARTITE TREATY.

A letter from Madrid, dated 29th June, inserted in the
Renovateur, gives some curious information respecting the
origin of the treaty of the quadruple alliance
" M. Martinez de la Rosa, being convinced of the impos-
sibility of putting down the insurrection in the Biscayan
provinces, and fearing besides every day the entrance of
Don Carlos into Spain, went one morning to M. de Ray-
neval, and in a pretty decisive tone made him the following
declaration :

"' I come to inform you, Sir, that we are positively de-
termined to enter Portugal with a body of troops, in order
to drive Don Carlos from the frontiers, where he keeps one
of our armies in check. This movement is arranged with
Don Pedro, whom we shall afterwards aid in pursuing
and expelling Don Miguel.'—' But,' replied M. de Ray-
neval, it is a violation of territory.'—' We know it,'
continued M. Martinez de la Rosa, but if we do not
venture it, I shall be hanged, and the Queen will pass the re-
mainder of her days in a convent, which we are neither of
us disposed to do." But,' resumed M. de Rayneval, if
the Cabinets of London and Paris oppose your resolution?'
They will not hinder it,' said M. Martinez de la Rosa,
for our troops will enter Portugal before they have time
to oppose it. Do, therefore, what you please, but we shall
not recede from our determination, for the safety of the
Queen is at stake, and mine also.' "

M. de Rayneval, like a skilful diplomatist, seeing that
there was no means to oppose the intervention of Spain,
conceived, with Mr. Villiers, the. English ambassador at
Madrid, the project of acceding to the treaty concluded
between Spain and Portugal, in order not to lose all influ-
ence in the affairs of the Peninsula. A plan of a treaty
was immediately drawn up at Madrid, and sent to the Ca-
binets of London and Paris, which were but too happy to
sign it immediately. Don Pedro alone delayed the ratifi-
cation for a time, in consequence of his personal apprehen-
sions of the English influence in Portugal.
Events, however, followed the impulse which had been
given them, for it was independent of the treaty of quadru-
ple alliance, which, notwithstanding the activity of M. de
Rayneval, was not yet ratified at Paris, when its execution
had already been accomplished in Portugal.
Such was the origin and the conclusion of this quadru-
ple alliance, the merit of which has been given to
M. de Talleyrand, but of which, as you see, he is wholly
innocent. M. de Rayneval has all the merit, for
in these times it is a great merit in statesmen to
to yield to circumstances.. He has had the address,
with his English colleagues, to set a price on the accession
of London and Paris, by getting secret clauses inserted,
which stipulate that the persons of Don Carlos and Don
Miguel shall be respected ; that they shall be permitted to
retire on board English men-of-war, and that a pecuniary
indemnity shall be granted them by the Governments of
Madrid and Lisbon.

A LARGE FLEECE OF WOOL.—Mr. Bliss, of the
Bull's Head, Oakley, Bucks, lately sheared a long-wooled
theave, which had not had a lamb this season, and was of the
pure Leicester breed, yielding the extraordinary weight of
fourteen pounds and three-quarters of wool.
EXPLOSION OF ONE OF THE MAIN WATER-
PIPES IN OXFORD-STREET.—Last night, between nine and ten
"'clock, one of the extensive main water-pipes which run
along Oxford-street, belonging to the West Middlesex Water-
works, suddenly burst, and the water instantly poured forth in
torrents. Immediate information of the accident was commu-
nicated to Mr. Miller, the superintendent- of the turncocks,
who also were instantly sent for. A numerous body of la-
bourers were set to work, and, by all their united exertions, did
not succeed in suppressing the immense loss of water until
past twelve o'clock. and that by turning it off at the various
districts. Had a fire broken out in the vicinity of that part
of Oxford-street, the consequences (from the accident of the
pipe bursting) would have been truly distressing. The loss of
water to the Company must have amounted to many thousands
of hogsheads. The utmost praise is due to Mr. Miller and the
men under his directions for their unceasing exertions in sub-
duing it.

" You are not going to stop payment already," said
a London buyer to a Greenock draper, who refused to settle
his account, and who bad lately commenced business on his
own account. " Not at all," was the reply, "I am not going
to begin them."— Western Independent.

NOTHING.—A man who had lost all his money at
play was seen by his comrade shedding tears. He asked him
what he had to weep for. " Nothing," replied the gamester.
" Why then do you weep ?" said the other. " Simply be-
cause I have nothing," replied his friend.

GLUTTONY.—Habitual gluttons may be reckoned
among the monsters of nature, and even punishable, for en-
deavouring to bring a famine into the places where they live.
King James 1., when a man was presented to him, who could
eat a whole sheep at one wal asked " What work could he do
more than another man ?" And being answered he could not
do so much, said, " hang him then" for it is unfit that a man
should live, that eats as much as twenty men and cannot do so
much as one."

CLEARNESS OF VISION.—On a fine sunshiny
forenoon lately, two Irishmen were standing on the Steam-
boat Quay, with their eyes directed towards Dumbarton Castle.
The one observed to the other, that from the clearness of his
eye-sight he could perceive a midge sitting on a projecting
point of the rock ; the other remarked that he was right, for,
by the powers, he saw it winking I—Greenock Advertiser.

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STRAW PAPER.--Some very successful attempts,
it is said, have lately been made at the Mills at Anderghem,
near Brussels, in the manufacture of paper from straw. Ex-
periments of this kind have been frequent in England, though
we believe no article, from the material in question, has yet
been produced, of a sufficiently fine texture for even the ordi-
nary purposes of printing.

CLIMATE OF ENGLAND AND NAPLES.—By
comparison of the true mean dates with those in England,
we find that near Naples the elm is earlier about nine weeks,
the beech six weeks, the lime three weeks, the oak nearly
four weeks, and the birch only one week, than with us.—
London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine.

MODE OF MAKING GOLD LEAF.—In the pre-
paration of gold leaf, the metal is first reduced into long thin
strips or ribands by means of steel rollers ; it is then cut into
into little pieces, which are beaten on the anvil and afterwards
annealed. * * Two ounces and two pennyweights of gold
are delivered by the master to the workman, who, if very skil-
ful, returns 2,000 leaves, together with an ounce and six pen-
nyweights of waste cuttings. Hence the contents of one book
weigh 4•8 grains ; and as the leaves measure 3•3 inches the
thickness of an inch is 1,282,000dth part of an inch.—Zard-
ner's Cyclopedia.

An American paper (the Mercantile Journal),
which gives an account of a public meeting at Philadel.
phia, remarks—" This meeting was honoured with the pre-
sence of our clerical friends from England, Rev. Messrs.
Reed of London, and Matheson of Durham, who favoured the
audience with remarks. They were very happily introduced
by the Rev. Mr. Codman of Dorchester, and commended to
the -,hospitality and christian courtesies of New England.
Their manner was simple, solemn and impressive ; they stated
that they came here as a deputation to visit our country, and
examine our benevolent, literary and religious associations—
they were glad to press the dust consecrated by the pilgrim
fathers, their countrymen and others—much representation
was abroad concerning this nation—they had come from their
father-land and ours, to look for the harvest of that which was
planted by the pilgrims."

MODE OF MANAGING AN UNRULY LEADER.—
On Wednesday last the new Tally-ho coach, on its way from
Manchester to Chesterfield, broke down in the neighbourhood
of this town, in consequence of the axle-tree breaking. After
some delay a fresh coach was procured, and the passengers,
&c., proceeded on their journey. Soon after leaving Buxton
one of the wheelers and the leader commenced kicking, and
the coachman appeared unable to manage them. In this di-
lemma a soldier, belonging to a Huzzar Regiment, who was a
passenger, and who happened to have his spurs on, jumped off
the coach, mounted the leader, clapped his spurs into the
horse's sides, and dashed along " Tally-ho" at a rapid pace
to Bakewell, amidst the cheers of the passengers of several
coaches which they passed on the road. The leader which
the Dragoon rode, it appeared, had been an old trooper.—
Stockport Advertiser.
FACTION FIGHT.—The Lawlors and Cooleens,
clans which have been at feud for half a century, met at the
races of Ballyheagh, near Tralee, in Kerry, on Tuesday
week, and fought a pitched and long-appointed battle with
sticks and stones. One thousand men were enaged, and the
officers and soldiers of the 69th regiment, who were ordered
out, felt their efforts to keep the peace utterly vain. The
Riot Act was read, but not listened to ; men came many miles
for the pleasure of the fight, and that against persons whom
they had never before seen. The women gathered the mis-
siles in their aprons, and made battle music with their cries,
" More germanorum." The Lawlors were victorious, and
many of the Cooleens were drowned in attempting to escape
across the river. Twelve bodies have been taken thence, and
eight or ten died of the pelting and beating.
COURT OF REQUESTS.—James Brenan, and se-
veral other Irish emigrants who had taken their passages in
the ship Tropic, for New York, appeared before the Commis-
sioners of this Court, to support their claim against Becket
and Co. for maintenance from the 16th inst., when this ship
ought to have sailed from Liverpool. The defendants did not
attend, either in person or by deputy, to dispute the de-
mand ; consequently an award was issued against them for
the amount due to each passenger, at the rate of one shil-
ling per day for adults, and sixpence for child, en, from the
16th of June to any period that the vessel may be detained,
in fulfilment of the agreement entered into by the managers
of the Tropic with those persons. The Court, on the sug-
gestion of Lieutenant Low, the Governmont emigration agent, '
directed that no fees should be taken from the emigrants for
the award in their favour.—Liverpool Paper.