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• 7 MARCH 13, 1851.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
DIEECTODA.

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Nest week will be published, in 2 vole. post Svo., with a Map and
other Illustrations,
NOTES on NORTH AMERICA. : AGRICUL-
TURAL, SOCIAL, and ECONOMICAL.
By JA hl ES F. W. JOHNSTON, FIt.s.S.L. and E., Ste.
Author of " Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Neology," &c.
William Blaeltwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

t*T. LAMM MintRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Eennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, EAq. *John Shaw, Esq.
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*Ralph Cough, Esq. t*Clmi,lit Tabor, El.!.
*3l. C. Mailer, Egq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
',John Moss, E. 4. ' t*Augutstus Vigne, Esq'

This day is published, price Sixpence,
ASUPPLEMENT to the Second Edition of
LETTERS on the TRUTHS CONTAINED in POPULAR
SUPERSTiTIONS. Bv UERBERT MAYO, M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.,
&c., &c. Containing further Researches on the Odometer, or Divin-
ing Ring.
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AUDITOR.
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PHYSICIAN.
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SURGEON.
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ACTUARY.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500,0001.
The WITIIDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereonthe half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender oue-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.
Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,0001.; the amount covered by Abe Policies- of the Society is
1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to -future banns to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. 50. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 68 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLAP.ED.

GOLDSMITH'S GEOGRAPHY IMPROVED BY HUGHES ;
Containing Xll the most recent discoveries in Astronomy and
Physical Geography, adapted to the requirements of modern edu-
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great Continents and of the Globe incorporated • a now set of Twelve
Mans and Many Diagrams, including a large coloured Physical Map
of the World; and an entirely new series of illustrative Plates.
Edited by EDWARD HUGHES, F.R.G.s., Head Master of the
Royal Naval Lower School, Greenwich Hospital.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lolgmans.

GLEIG'S SCHOOL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
Second Edition, in 18mo., price 2e. Gd. cloth; or in T wo Parts,
price is. each sewed,
THE HISTORY of ENGLAND. By the
Rev. G. R. GLEIG, M.A., Inspector-General of Military
Schools.
Forming the First Work of Mr. Gleig's New School Series.
By the same Author, ju.st published,
SACRED HISTORY. In Two Parts. Part I. Being the Fourth
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of the School Series. 18mo. price One_Shillitag.-
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plication of all Booksellers. The plan of the'Series is prefixed to the
History of England ; and is printed at full length in Messrs. Longman
and Co.'s Annual School Catalogue, which is now ready, corrected
for 1851.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

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1 .ti Annual !Policy! Bonus in Perms,
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nent Re-
Age, oa, Pre- taken; addition Bonus in auction of
..'i g miwal. out in; to Sum Cash. Annual
7../: Assured. Premium.
- -- -- - -
£ s. 4. X s d. X s. d.
1 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1639 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
X X s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
60 100074 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 gll
1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 116 10 10 55 10 10 8 110
1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 6S 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium
ITABLE for RefigenCe
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(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
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Rates of Premium for each class or risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Tire has keen so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
fie true rate of Premium for Fire Insarance can only bo ap-
?roached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted en, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss for so groat a calamity as lire, anti the Insurer
is laeeely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supportieg a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to tire, adopt such rates of Premium as the
feature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as retards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual Investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of ono moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
over),lescript!nn of Preeerty on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause.
reoepectueee. :net every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

Just published, gratis,
THE INDEX to the First Ninety Numbers of
the IIYGEIST and MFDICXL REFORMER, from which
appear the different questions which have come under the observa-
tion of the British College of Health, and of the Society of Hygeists.
May be had xt the British College of Health, New-road, London ;
and (V the duly authorised agents appointed for the sale of Morison's
Vegetable Universal Medicine.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
a..zu Lectures on the Culture and Appliances of Fiax, by Thomas
Beale Browne, Esq , on Wednesday and Saturday, at Two o'clock.—
Lecture on the Preparation and Bleaching of Flax, by J. H. Pep-
per, Esq.—Lecture on the Chemistry of Ignition and Combustioa.—
Lecture by Dr. Bachhotiner on Voltaic Electricity, in which will
be exhi'alted Alltnan's Patent Electric Light.—Lectures en the
Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harpist to the Prince
of Wales), with Vocal Illustrations by Miss Blanche Younge, B.A.
of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Evenings at
Eight, and en Saturday, at Tliree.—The Celebrated Juvenile Harpists
(the Lockwood Family) will perform 'fries under the direction of
Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at.Four.—Exhibition of the Oxy-
Hydrogen Microscope.—New Series of Dissolving Views, illustrating
some of the Royal Residences of Eurve.
Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Eveaing (ex-
cept Saturday) from Seven till Half•past Ten.

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AND MATURITY.
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CIELF-PRESERVATION; a
Medical Treatise on the Physielogy of Marriage, and on
the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
usually acquired at an early period of life, which destroy
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Ob,ervations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of
Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional 'Weakness, Syphilis,
itricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India-
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bers of the faculty in France. 1,171 th Fifty coloured Engravings,
illustrating the B.natosay, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re-
productive Organs, explaining their strxettues, uses, and thulium,
and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary
habits, excesses, end Infeation.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D..
E 7. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., Spc.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and pill Biology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical mau
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to
the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with ad-
vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili-
tated through secret practices acquired is youth, or by the excesses
of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects
of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un-
ceasing misery and regret.
Published by the Author, and may he had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill,
or free by post for forty-two stamps, irons the author's residence, who
may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily,
trnm ton till two aid from six till eight

t Nati.nsl Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
0 Equitable Fire
0 Both Offices.

CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.
The FOURT II ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of tine Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in Englaufi.
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2501.—making
together 7007., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and
the 31st of May, 1150, was more than double the number issued in
the twelve mouths preceding.
.2ropusals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9137.25. Ed.:
of ..bese 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6e.
Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s.
was received by the Company in the shape of premiums.
Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of Juno last,
assurances were effected to the oxslske 110,972/. 125 6d., pro-
-1.441(%
(Wong in annual premiums 3;7,324: r I. .-6d. Of these 54 lapsed,
amounting to 2.3,9901. 16s. 6d., of heo.nnual premiums were
741/. ls., leaving' the yearly incomeM he rat of Juno last equal to
2,9911. 15s.
Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,183/. I ls. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months tinge had considerably extended their business on
the Continent, having ppointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished fur
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal Archbishop ef Lyons, and Monseigneur ?vista, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a cone
amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred.
After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secrotary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prospects.

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INQUEST ON MR. THOMAS RUSSELL,
COUNTY MAGISTRATE.
Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held au inquest at the
Victoria Tavern, Mornineton-road, Camden-town, on
the body of Thomas Russell, Esq., aged 73, a church
trustee and chairman of the bench of magistrates for the
St. Pancras division.
Thomas Smith, Esq., of Haverstock-hill, was chosen
foreman, and the remainder of the panel consisted of
vestrymen and directors of the poor of Sc. Pancras. The
body of the deceased gentleman lay at his late residence,
.53, Albert-street, Mornington-crescent.
Harriet Bloom said that she had been housekeeper to
Mr. Russell, who was a single gentleman, for the last 17
years. lie loft home on Monday morning about eleven
o'clock, and she hoard no more of him until about four
o'clock in the afternoon, when she was infecund of what
had happened, and that his body was on its way to his
late residence. Deceased had an nttack of apoplexy
about two years since, and from that time he appeared
more forgetful, and had but indifferent health.
Charlotte Farnan, the wife of a whitesinith, of Little
George-street, Hampstead-road, gave evidence touching
the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Russell,
as detailed in yesterday's paper.
Mr. John Christian Day said he was a surgeon, resid-
ing at 42, Robert-street, Hampstead-road; he was called
about half-past 3 o'clock on Monday. On reaching the
house in Little George-street he found deceased on his
knees in the closet, and a roan holding him up in his
arms, He was quite dead. He had since made a post
mortem examination. The brain was congested and
' highly vascular. There had been previous inflammation
of the brain, but no sign of recent disease. There was
great opacity of the arachnoid, and the brain was
softened all over. - The heart contained a great mass of
fluid blood, was much dilated, and exceedingly vascular.
Ii was a very large muscular heart. The lungs were
gorged with blood, although no vessel had given way in
the chest. He had no doubt whatever, from the state of
the head and chest, that death had resulted from
enoplexy. Mr. Tunalley, his medical adviser, had
ei,:ed that he saved him two years ago front an attack
by blejding.
The ju,:, returned a verdict of " Natural Death."

ROYAL OS.BORNE SAUCE•
2ropared by her Majesty's Chemist in the Isle of Wight,
hot dally patronised by the Royal Yacht Squadron, &c. Is decidedly
the best and cheapest Sauce extant, excelling all in richnes4, Pi-
quancy, anti fine goUt —there is none like it for creating appetite, as-
sisting digestion, and imparting an exqusite relish to fish, game,
chops, hot and cold meats, gra .ries,&c., and being quite clear, there
is no waste with sediment.
.Agent—Ruinsey, 3, Queen-street-f.ace, Cheapsidc, London. RC-
tailed by Sauce Vendors generally.

APO L L O N I C O N.
Miss Poole, Miss Messent, Misses Emma, Vietdria, and Rosina
Collins, Mr. Grattan Cooke, Mr. Collins, and Master Joseph Collins;
also, the Juvcinle harpists (the Lockwood Family), pupils of Mr.
Frederick Chattertun.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two;
EVENINGS, at Eight.
The Proprietor has great pleasure in announcing the engagement
of the above delightful Artists, in addition to the Apollonicon per-
formances.
Pending the alterations consequent on the addition of The Great
Tuba Mtrabilis to this already extraordinary Instrument, Mr.
Mather will give extemporaneous performances.
itOYAL MUSIC HALL,
ADELAIDE STREET, STRAND.
(AdjOhAug the Lowther Arcade,)
. Mr. Grattan Cooke.
Conductor • •
THIS EVENING.
FROGRAMME,
YABT I.

- Mather.

Apollonicon—lntroduction
Trio—The Misses Collins
Song (Evening)—Miss Poole
Apollonicon (Morning)--- • "
mr• NI rmot
tther-
-4 trite Airs
Song (Morning)—Miss Victoria Collins
Juvenile Harpists (Evening) —TheErnes Lockwood Fa-
mily--Trio, Fanny,
- -
Lockwood - -
Song (Morning)—Miss'Emma Collins
„Song (Evening)—Miss Messent
Solo—Oboe—Mr. Grattan Cooke
Divertissement—Mr., Master, and the Misses Coiling.
PART 11.
Ayollonlcon—Mr. Mather—Overture
Duet—The Misses Rnarna and Victoria Coiling
solo, Violin—Miss Rosins Collins
- Mather.
Apollonicon (Morning)—Fantasia - -
Juvenile Harpists (Evening)—The Lockwood Fa-
mily—Trio, Fanny, Ernest, and Adolphus
F. Chatterton.
Lockwood—Scottish Fantasia -
Song (Evening)—Miss Poole
Solo, Concertina—Miss Rosins Collins
Song (Evening)—Miss Messent
SOP, Violoncello—Miss Victoria Collins
Trio--The Misses Collins—Flute Obligato, Mr.
Collins—Natalie _ J.coniris.
The wonderful mechanical powers of the Instrument will be 11 us-
trilled by its performance of Mozart's Overture to
" Figaro ," cr
Weber's celebrated Overture to "Der Freyschutz."
Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, Is. 61. ; Stalls, 28. 6d•
Doors open at Half-past One, and Half-past Seven.
Carriages may be ordered Mornings, at Four; Evenings, at Ten.

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had of Sherwood,
by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
„weal, Iteercation, and rational Use of Time."
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Onee el -sosht
irbiciej
he tg; ea c h ;
()oNTENTs:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Surenner Altonings—V.l-
- about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
-i,--,.; -'8 ts, Fields, nigh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Night—Evening- at Amp
Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
' OwnpatiOn, &e., ke.
le, .•.-,ase, ~
--riauf
ci_d RThsmoNroac.,-h-aT_heonSetaa—tiaLogn, don at
IT.

F'3 a Gm toy T S FROM THE MOUNRTEA:S:BOI:evE:
Volt
't SIT TO THE LARI.S; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &a,
V3l. 11.
• OF
THE 'alas OF aultAuuyiEsy,

111.
WIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
"That three seore years and ton our course may run.,,
A pepular review of nimost every form (canoe and cure) of r er.
Nms'y-dcbiiitated health and enfeebled conititution, that hara:sea
ttc yout:g, besets the man of pleasure:, bual.tess, or study, and ra_
oitters old age, with tables and rules Mr the diet and physical rega.
ation of every-day life.

EXTRAORDINA Int CASE or •SOMNAMBULISM.—On
about three o'clock, a butcher, re-
Thursday morning wee'k'
me t after ha neighbourcause
lling him up, told
residing about a mile distant,
th about seventeen years of
him that his youngest son,' a you
1
. had just before been at
age, and two others whom he names.
his house, and after calling him out ,r)f bed fired a loaded
eder him. lie was
pistol at his head with an intention to rani
of sL:ich a charge. as
dur in that
expostulated with on the improbability
the son alluded had not been out of the house
night, but the butcher stormed and would not bea‘tisfied, and
went away dechiring he would inform thepoliee and have them
apprehended forthwith. About eight o'clock the accused's
father walked over to the butcher's house to hear the parti-
culars of so serious a charge, but, he not being in the house,
he mentioned the matter to his wife, who seemed thunder-
struck with astonishment and surprise, and said that her
husband was subject to " walking dreams." and on the
night in question she was dirturbed in her sleep by her hus-
band pulling off his clo-bes to get into bed. When she
asked what he had been tieing up at that time of the night,
he replied that ne had been to the shippon to see that the
cows were all right. She thought no more of it. but went to
sleep ; and when she got up in the morning to milk the cows,
was surprised to find them all loose in the shippon, with the
exception of cne, which )ore visible marks of ill-usage in-
flicted with a strong stick-, which ley close by, and which
had been taken out of the: house tha same night. Seeing 1
this, it at on occurred to her that he had had one of his
wjking dreams ; but, what appears more strange, he de-
clares he had not the slights t embrance of the of air,
AT WENTwORTII.
and had as rood a night's rest as' vhe enjoyed in his life.—
Iv. Alanchester Examiner.
nitwortb Thomas
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what Improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Sr BJECT : -Lifo's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The odvsnt %owe, FN ,ner oue Lied a court of inqui:v touching the
attlao passions. Chastity and its infringements. Tho casuaities a —OCElHTlres(Pla°yl,Sa°tNthEeDßl:ci; ill-Tel:l° Aar mEsif, IN , .
q , cor,,
~. , . .
ii;i. , ' old, which
llecaticaumeas and dissipation, with iffilistrations, graphic, narrative •
ti e at-h
of' a- male illegitimiece child, fourteen 3,,
. died from the effects of' laudanutn administe,re "I• by its
and remodiati ye. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.' mother. There was a long inquiry. The mother has. given
THE MARRIAGE STAVE. lairrii to two other illegitimate children. She account: for
,it, msiu.s to the child
"Tobe or not to he, that is the question." the Child's death in this manner. That she was takin:
IhOnnAlora:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re.. some gruel in which was "leudit?titn, when she gave a few
as to age, temperament,
ilgisu regarding marriage, to bo observed by either sex. hose and 5.,0, ~ ,
zhoice, on both sides, eomplexioa, ants • eat h.
h The coronerstrongly condemned the practice of
figure, to scenic healthy IT
o-spring, with the art el rtarlug them. '
Prqsleal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its Wiversioh. not thinking that it would cause
giving laudanum to children, and for some time the jury
COC3, &e. were divided as to whet ter they ought not to commit the
The mother's name is Sarah Ey R. .I. CDIVERwELL, M.D. (1841), M.It.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. mother to take her trial f r • sing the child's death. Even-
. rweety-Ilve years Medical and Forensic ItecCIVO 171 sheen tually, liowe.v -T they ')
c 4-11
' ti.that it died from an
10,0
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overdose poison unwittingly administered by the mother.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE:
HOME ClRCUl7'..iewes, March 12.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PART E and a
Special Jury.)
HART V. BRADBURY AND ANOTHER.
This was ..tm action brought by Henry Hart to recover
damages from Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the pro-
prietors of Punch, for a libel published is that humorous
publication.
Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Ur. thrill, wore for the
plaintiff; Mr. M. Cnambers, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins,
were for the defendants.

only divided 11. 7e. 61. at this time, but I bad another
sovereign soon afterwards. We remained in the wood
until between nine and ten in the morning of the 2,1 of
January, and thee we separate:i, and the two Smiths -.nd
tn:3 Went to GatoziAridge. We had a good deal or Le 'r
at this plsce, and I got tipsy, and dropp,tl
and John Smite took it, and would not return it, nwi I
gave him in charge for it, but th next day I would not
press the charge. I was taken into custody soon after-
wards, and a coat, my mask, some j3wellery, and the 51.
note, wore found in my possession.
The prisoners put some questions to the witness, but
did not elicit anything favourable to tham, and they then
declared, with groat violence, that, all he had said was
false.

There were three counts in the declaration, the first
charging the publication of a specific libel, to which the
defendants pleaded that they bad made the publication
without malice, and had subsequently published an
apology, and had paid 51. into court as damages. The
other two counts charged the defendants with publishing
an ironical earicature-of the plaintiff, and that the apology
was not bond fide, but that it WVIS in reality a continua-
tion of the libel. To both these counts the defendants
pleaded not guilty.
The present action arose out of these circumstances.
The plaintiff, who is of the Jewish persuasion, had bean
taken into custody fur inciting a young man, named
Newland, t 3 rob his employers; and, it will bo recol-
lected, that about the same period another Jew, named
Barnett, was charged with a similar offence. Upon the
trial of the plaintiff, it turned out that Newland had told
a great many lies upon the mattereand as his evidence
was not corroborated, in any measure, the jury ac-
quitted him. The other man, Barnett, however, was
convic'ed, and he was sentenced to he transported for
fourteen years. It appeared that before the trial some
comment hut been made upon the conduct of the plaintiff
in Punch, and it was for these comments that.the present
action was brought. The defendants, it appeared, sub-
sequently published an apology, and in the same number
there was a humorous caricature, reprenenting a Jew
old clothesman, -dealing with a 'little boy, outside a
pawnbroker's shop, and it was contended that the de-
fendants hal made an ironical apology, and published a
malicious caricature, with the intention of still injuring
the plaintiff.
Mr. CHARMERS, in addressing the jury for the defen-
dant, said, that although Punch had now been in exis.
tence a great many years, and bad been read with
amusement and delight by millions during that period,
this was the first time the proprietors of this talented and
clever publication had ever been charged with publishing
a malicious libel. They had exposed the follies and
vices of the day, and had even invaded the domestic
peace of Mr. and Mrs. Caudle, it was true, but no one
had ever yet imputed to them a desire to do more than
expose, in a witty and funny manner, those vices and
follies. No class of the community, from the highest to
the lowest, had escaped, when the circumstances justified
it, the attack of the witty pens of the writers in Punch,
and he had no doubt that among his own profession, at
all events, many gentlemen had winced a little at the ad-
ventures of Mr. Briefless.—(Much laughter.) The only
object they had in view was to expose folly and vice;
and he contended that although in the present instance
the strict limits of the law might have been exceeded, yet
that the injury, under the circumstances, must have been
of the most trifling description, and was amply compen-
satsd by the amount that had been paid into court. With
regard to the two latter counts, he contended that the
caricature did not apply to the plaintiff, but to the other
man Barnett; and with regard to the apology, be sub-
mitted that although written in the humorous style ap-
propriate to Punch, yet that it was truly and really an
apology, and that upon neither of these counts was the
plaintiff entitled to damages.
Mr. B iron Pantos having summed up the case, the
jury, after deliberating some time, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff—D images 10!., in addition to the a paid
into Court.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
THE BURGLARY AT UCKFIELD.
William Brooks, 30, labourer, John Smith, 25, labourer,
James Smith, his brother, 17, basketmaker, Thomas
Morgan, 30, shoemaker, William Hillyer, 25, labourer,
and Joseph Carter, 24, labourer, were indicted for bur-
glariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of
Swan Farncornb, and stealing bank-notes, plate, and
other property, of the value of 300!., and Elizabeth
Oliver was charged with feloniously receiving a portion
of the stolen articles, knowing them to have been stolen.
Mr. Johnson conducted the prosecution. None of
the prisoners were defended by counsel.
Mr. Jouesoen in opening the case to the jury, said
it was one which had attracted a good deal of atten-
tion, not only in this county, but in the kingdom, on
account of the circumstances connected with it, and
the daring character of the offence. It was a
most painful thing to see, as would be made clearly
to appear by the evidence, a desperate gang of per-
sons banded together to commit the most desperate
crimes, and who, he was afraid, would not even have
stopped at the shedding of blood, if they had met with
any opposition to their proceedings. The case would
also exhibit a system of organization among the parties,
a knowledge of the face of the country, and the habits of
persons living in lonely positions, and a rapidity of com-
munication by the different members of the gang, which
was really must surprising and alarming. The Learned
Counsel then proceeded to narrate the facts of the case,
and the following evidence was adduced:—
James Hamilton, who was brought from the gaol in
custody, said—l lived at Christmas last upon Woking-
cemmon, in Surrey. I knew all the prisoners at that
time except Carter. Just before Christmas Hillyer was
at my house, and he went away to a place called Shot-
ter's Mill, in Surrey, to fetch Morgan, and I expected a
man named Jobb Isaacs to come to my house from
Reading. Hillyer and Morgan did not come back as
was ap,reod, but Isaacs did come, and on the Monday
after Cnristmes-day we two started to go to Eden-
bridge, where we expected to meet some other
men. We were to meet at a house near that town, which
was about 30 miles from Woking. Daring the night we
fell in with James and John Smith, near 13etchworth,
and they agreed to accompany us on the errand we were
going. We did not find either Brooks or Carter at the
town, but soon afterwards I saw Brooks, and he took us
into a back lane, were we found Morgan and Hillyer.
Elizabeth Oliver was also there, and she bud a child
with her. We remained in the town till the middle of
the day. This was the 31st of December. While I was
in the barn I SELNY two pistols, one large and the other
smell. They were both loaded with powder and pieces
of lead, which were made flat by the teeth. It was then
arranged thet some of the party should go that night
and rob a house in the neighbourhood, and Morgan.
Hillyer, Carter, John Smith, and Isaacs went away for
that purpose. We went away from that place eight or
nine miles, and the others were to meet us at a house
that night, but they did Lot come. The next morning we
found the five men who had gone away in a wood, sitting
round a tire, and I saw a plum cake and a bottle of
wine, and Brooks said they had broken open a public-
house at Oid Pie corner. He also said that there was
another robbery to be done that night, and we
were all to meet at Crowborough Forest, about three or
We . did all meet again in the
four o'clock that day.
forest, and we then all prepared masks, and it was stated
that at night we were to go and rob a lady's house.
Morgan worn a red mask. Hillyer's was black, and the
other men all had on white masks. When all the pre-
parations had been made Isaacs, Carter, and myself,were
sent to look about if the place was clear. Miss Fern-
comb's house is about eight miles from the forest, and
was lighted up when we got there, and it was arranged
that when we saw all the lights out we were to go back
and join the other men. We did so, and we all got to
the house again between two and three o'clock in the
morning. We went into a little ditch by the side of the
plantation, and there we took off our coats, waistcoats,
and shoes, and put on our masks, and James Smith went
a little way along the road to see if all was quiet. When
I got up to the house I found that the others had forced
open the dairy window, and NYO then all went into the
kitchen, and where some of the men put on coats
that they found there. I put on a, coat and a
woman's white apron, and Carter and Brooks each
put on a female's bonnet, which they found there.
We all li:d our masks on. There were two pairs
of stairs leading to the upper apartments. Issues,
Brooks, John Smith, and me went up one of the stair-
cases, and the other prisoners went up the second one.
We immediately burst into one of the bed
-rooms, and I
saw two ladies. I only saw one first, but afterwards I
saw two. We had all bludgeons in our hands. I don't
know which of the party had the pistols.
John Smith
gave me a candle to hold, and he,. peen ordered one of
the ladies to give him the keys of the drawers that were
in the room, saying at the same time, that ho was come
after money, and money ho would have. The lady
then handed him her keys, and he went to the
drawers, some he unlocked, some he burst open,
and I saw him take up a pocket-heels with a good
many notes iu it. The lady told him that the
pocket-book contained bank notes, and it was all the
money she had in the house. The prisoner Isaacs
then asked for her watch, and the pointed to the
side of the room, and said it was there, and Isaacs said
it was not, ani who told him if it was not, some of his
companions mast have taken it. Isaecs then gave me
the pocket book, and he asked the lady where the silver
plate was. She replied that it was in the pantry, and I
was then left to guard the room while the others went
down to get the plate. I soon afterwards heard another
room burst open, and a lady screamed out, Oh dear, oh
dear; is that you William? I called out, e yes, ma'am,
it is William; there ie nothing use
matter." The
moment I said this Carter presented a pi-tot at me,
and was about to fire, when I made my 'sew known, and
he desisted. I then beard the Itnly ssy in the room,
There is 25E. end a crooked sixpet.ce." The other
men then continued to rummage about the house, and I
heard the lady threatened with violence if she made any
noise. We then left the house, asking with us some
hams, cheese, wine, bread, and other articles of food, and
also a grant quantity of property. We had taken a gun
and cutlass from the house, but we threw them both
away when we had got a short distance. We all pro-
ceeded to a wood, near Crowburgh Common, and about
a mile from the house of a coin named Edwards, where
we had hr, the woman Oliver and her child, and we di
v...ied the booty in the wool. Before vie did this, Isaacs,
ute:tnown to the other:', asken`me to give him the notes,
and ise ensuld net for them, and I
give me half what he
gave hint all of tlean except one, .4 Nell I kept back for
myt,Af. Tire plate was all locked erica It consisted of
forks and spoous, and it was all put into a basket, and I
iunderstood was ti? be Wall to Loudon to be tv)ld. We

Miss Susan Farncornb taid—On the 2d January I
occupied Woodland House at Uckfield, with my three
sisters. I retired to rest about ten o'clock at night on
the let of January, and occupied a room by myself. I
had bran to sleep, and about three in the morning I
heard a breaking noise, and almost at the seine moment
three men rushed into my room, and one of them' came
up to me and said, " Your money or your life," and ho
at the same time added that if I screamed or rang the
bell I should be instantly dead. The men all had masks
on. They brought a light with them. I held out my
purse, and one of the men took it, and said that was
right. It contained four sovereigns, some half
sovereigns, and some silver. One of the men had a
white coat on, but I cannot identify any of the pri-
soners. While this was going on in my room I heard
my sister Mary scream. She was ill at the time. I
begged to be allowed to go to my sister's room, but the
man who was at the door at first refused to permit me,
but at last I ventured to get past him, and went to her
room. I found some more moo there, and heard them
asking her for her money or her life, and I saw her give
them a pocket-bock containing several 51. and one 101.
Lewes notes. I also saw her give theta some trinkets
and rings. One of the rings was a_ very valuable dia-
mond one. It was worth seventy guineas.
The witness then identified some articles of jewellery
found in the possession of the prisoners when troty were
taken into custody.
Miss Emily Farncomb said—l occupied another ro
with my sister Charlotte. Our bed-room door was
suddenly forced ope❑ and five teen with masks on came
in, and I saw a pistol in the baud of one cf them. I
cannot identify any of the prisoners. I gave the men
my dressing•case. It contained 201. in gold and notes of
the Lewes Bank.
Thomas Wood said—l was butler to the Misses
Farneomb at the time of the robbery. About half past
nine o'clock on the night of the Ist of January I secured
the house and fastened the outer gates, and I went to
bed about half-past ten. I occupied a room at the hack
of the house. I was awoke by some one trying to open
the door. I challenged them but received no answer,
and instantly afterwards the door was burst in and five
men entered the room. I had jumped out of bed to
get my gun, when one of the rota struck me on the
shoulder with a pistol and ordered me to get into
bed again. It was a large horse pistol that he struck
me with. I got into bed as they ordered me, and
one of the men then demanded my watch and
money, and I gave them to him. They then demanded
my keys. The prisoner Aster is the man who did so.
He had a woman's bonnet on, but I recognise him by
his voice, and I am sure he is the man. He was left as
a guard over me, and I should think he was under my
observation for an hour and a half. While he was so
engaged, he talked to me, and said he had known me
from a child, and I was no stranger to him. I also re-
cognise the prisoner Morgan as one of the men. He had
a red mask on, but I recognise him by his voice. I am
satisfied he is one of the men, but I cannot identify any
of the others. One of the men was a great deal taller
than any of the others. I have not seen him sines.
They took up a writing-desk, and were about to break

it ()Pen, when I said th-ey had no oceation to ClOthat,a;
I had given them the key, and they replied that they
did not want my keys; they had a different way of doing
businei.s. Some of the men then left my room, and I
heard another door burst open, and one of the ladies
screamed. The prisoner Carter was standing guard
over me at the time, and I hogged him to go and see

that his companions did not hurt the ladies. Shortly
after this one of the mot came back, and he and Carter
pulled me out of bed, and ordered me to go and show
them where the plato was. I asked permission to put
my shoes on, and Carter made use of a vulgar expression,
and said that ho did not wear any shoes, and he did not
see why I should. I then accompanied them down
stairs, and heard the rattle of plate in the pantry, and I
saw some men taking the plate out of a drawer, and put-
ting it into an apron. 'I was then taken up again to my
bedroom, and in about half an hour I heard the men
leave the house, and as soon as I was able I proceeded
to Uclifield to obtain assistance.

- -
The witness was then shown a variety of articles, con-
sisting of clothing and other property, taken from the
premises, all of which ho identified as.having been stolen
on the night in question.
A great number of witnesses were then called in order
to confirm the evidence of the accomplice, end the evi-
dence as regarded most of the prisoners appeared to be
of a very conclusive character. It was shown that they
were all in company at the time in question, and they
were traced in different parts of the county, going in the
direction of the house of the prosecutrix, and it also
appeared that the portions of the stolen property which
had been produced and identified, were found in their
poss?ssion. It also appeared that when the woman
Oliver was taken into custody fifteen sovereigns wore
found concealed upon her person. Mr. Murton, the
superiaterident of the Tunbridge-wells police, and Mr.
Hollington, the chief officer of Guildford, who were the
officers employed in the case, appeared to have been
most zealous in getting up the case, and iu procuring
the necessary evidence.
The prisoners, when they were called upon for their
defence, merely abused the accomplice, and said that
they were innocent of the charge.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury, without nny hesitation, returned a verdict
of Guilty against all the prisoners, and
MS LORDSHIP sentenced the men to be transported
for life, and the woman for fourteen years.
'When the sentence was pronounced, the prisoner
Carter exclaimed that ho would murkier the first men he
came across when he got abroad; and llillyer Laid it
was a very good thing ho was now to be transported,
for he ought to have been transported long to fore.

NOR THERM CIR CUI T.—York, March 11.
CIVIL SIDE —(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
DICKENSJN V. STEPHENSON.
Mr. HALL stated that this Wss an action for the t,t
auction of the plaintiff's daughter, to which the defer.
dant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS stated the ea:,e for the pink.

tiff, and called,
Bethin Dickenson, who said she was the daughter of
James Dickenson, a collier, at Halton, three miles from
Leeds, and was 21 years old. She had always lived
with her father and mother, and helped in the house-
hold affiirs. Stevenson was a farmer and joiner at
Helton, and a man of property. She first became ac-
quainted with him when they went with en old woman
to the Union Workhouse at Carlton, in November, 1849.
Mr. Green, the overseer, had suggested that defendaut
should take her in his tax cart; but the defendant got a
close cab. Witness and the old woman rode inside, and
the defendant on the outside, with the cabman. They
got the old woman there, and left her, and when they
name hack, the defendant got in the inside. After goieg
three or four miles, they stopped at the Wheatsheaf to
bait. They then got into the cab to start again, and
he pulled up the window shutter, and began to teke
liberties with her, and he finally effected his purpose.
She hud a child in August last. The defendant is the
father—she never in her life had to do with any man but
him. She is the eldest of her father's family. De-
fendant is married, and has seven children.
Several witnesses having given this witness a good
character,
Mr. WATSON (Mr. Hugh Hill with him) addressed
the jury for the defendant. He commented 01k what he
called the extreme improbability of the case, and said
he would call witnesses.

Mr. Sergeant WILKINs having addressed the jury in
reply to the defendant's case,
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up, and
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 501.
CROWN COURT.
Charles Darby, 27, and Alfred Boardman, 17, were
charged with stealing a gelding, the property of
Alexander Parker, ou the 21at of December last, at
Heeley, near Sheffield.
It seemed that o❑ the previous day a servant of the
prosecutor's bad placed the pony in a field of bis master's,
and on going next morning to the field he missed it. In
consequence of information, he afterwards went to Mot-
train, and in a field there he saw his master's pony; he
came hack to Heeley, and again started to Hyde, in
Cheshire, where he rigain saw it.
Another witness deposed that on the morning spoken
of he met the two prisoners, each on a horse close by
Mottrani; the witness asked if the horses were ou sale,

the last waggon there was a break van, in which the
prisoner was when the twenty waggons went up.
These were left in a aiding at Bank Top, and the
ngine W4i dispatched to fetch 'up fourtee=n other
waggons, previously lift at the Milford Junction. On
descending the incline this second time, the prisoner
would not take the break van, although it Was his duty
to have done so. When this part of the train was being
drawn up, the coupling-chain, between the seventh and
eighth carriage from the end, broke, and those carriages
becoming detached, wenttlown the incline at a velocity of
nearly 20 miles an hour. At this time the guard was riding
on the engine, contrary to the orders by which lie ought
to nave been guided. When the detached carriages ar-
rived at the Milford Junction, they ran into a passenger
train; which was, unfortunately, standing there. The 3
smashed, and turned over the engine of the passenger-
train, and the &cowed, who was acting as engineer of
the passenoar-train. was thrown off, and the engine falling
• upon him, be was killed on the spot.
Mr. MATIIEWS argued that this was merely an acci-
dent, and that it the guard had been riding on the last
carriage, which was laden with timber, he would not
have been • safe, and that having appended the usual red
light at the end of the last carriage, and having taken
all usual precautions, it swell be bard, indeed, if the
jury should construe that which, after all, was but ar.
untortunate accident, into a case of manshughter. The
rails wet a excessively greasy that night, and it .was
doubtful whether, in any event, had the break been put
on, it would have stopp d the train, though it would
have checked its speed very greatly
The jury, after a short retirement, acvitted the pri-
soner, but, in doing so, expre: sed a strong feeling of
regret that more care had not been taken, when the
train was at the Milford-station, to see that the coupling
chains were properly and safely adjusted.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
PROM THE "Ntorviliva 2:APEES OH' TH7II HAT.
TIMES —To hold ttiee is one thing, to goveri the
c.tuntry is another. (Mice is the immediate gift of the
Crown, sod Governor ns is as immediately the ktift of
the Legislature. The two fuectiens are aiii.frised to be
united in a Cabinet. When the Queen's Ministers the
other day presented themselves to Parliament with the
arstify ing intelligence that, in consequence of the Duke
of Wellington's judicious advice, they had received a
fresh expression of her Majesty's confidence, one part of
their authority might be said to be complete. But, it
was a part which had never been withdrawn, or even
touched, and the other part, viz., their Parliamentary
sanction unfortunately had been damaged and has not
yet been repaired. 'There has been no expression of
confidence on the part of the Legislature corresponding
to that on the part of the Crown. The House of Com-
mons has not sent for the Commander-in-Chief. It has
had recourse to nobody. It has neither taken counsel,
nor subjected its difficulties to any searching and com-
prehensive deliberation. It really has done nothing ex-
cept hearing what was to be said with some degree of
curiosity, as much perhaps as the public in general felt on
the subject, but with no anxiety to arrive at a practical con-
clusion. Up to Tuesday night it might be fairly asked
whether the House of Commons had taken back Lord
John Russell or not, On Monday the tripping way in
which the Naval Estimates ran through to the ninth
vote, with scarcely even anything to call for a division,
looked like even an excess of Parliamentary confidence.
But, on Tuesday there cline the old test—a motion by
an independent Reformer, and at once it was evident
that Lord John Russell could neither restrain his more
impetuous supporters, nor muster his more quiet ones.
His wild elephants and his tame ones are equally un-
manageable. Half his usual supporters are pursuing
their own hobbies, and the remaining half don't care to
stop them. The reins of Government are at the mercy
of any one bold enough to grasp them. It was Locke
King the other day; Lord Duncan on Tuesday; and, in
a few days, as likely as not, it will be any one who
chooses to propose any amendment on any Budget Sir
Charles Wood may happen to select. Such a crisis can
hardly fail to encourage private enterprise, as many a
youngster who would have been rolled in the dust had
he ventured to come across the path of a powerful Mi-
nister may now snatch a triumph with very little
trouble. The wonder is that there are not more aspi-
rants for ephemeral and perhaps permanent distinction.
Before stich facts as the divisions we have lately
witnessed in the Commons, mere speculations on the
causes of this portentous downfall are of very little im-
portance. A man suddenly reduced from affluence to
proverty is seldom 'very anxious to retrace the history
of his ruin. But a glance at the past may help us to the
future. The present Cabinet never had what the French
call an absolute majority. So long as Peel lived and
had followers, they supported Lord John Russell against
the Protectionists, who supported his Lordship on their
part against Sir Robert Peel. The various sections of
independent Reformers also gave his Lordship a sup-
port in the infancy of his Administration, while its
overthrow would probably have involved their own
banishment to the Opposition, which they no longer
feel to be necessary for self-preservation. They may
now be too secure, but they do not seem to think any
great principle at stake in the maintenance of the
Russell Administration. Thus, that general disrup-
tion, or rather destruction of parties, which has left
the Whigs the only body at all competent to power is
itself one source of their difficulties. If the Pro-
tectionists, " Peelites " and Reformers aro severally
too few to be formidable rivals, they are themselves re-
leased from their former apprehensions, and have thereby
lost their chief inducement to a strenuous support of the
Whig Premier. Why should they trouble themselves
about him?—they say. Why needlessly compromise
themselves by supporting a man who is too liberal for
one party, and too conservative for the other? In fact,
Lord John ban attained the safe but inglorious dignity
of a juste milieu Minister, and though that position is
less scandalous in this country than in France, it brings
to Lord John the usual allowance of newton opposition,
common indifference, and precarious support. When the
past and the present both prove that the real malady of
the Cabinet is the want of a party, it is evident that if
anything is to be done it must be the formation of a
party. That Lord John should find himself destitute
in this important respect is by no means surprising
when we remember how much industry, talent,
and good fortune have usually been required for
it. The cry of Parliamentary Reform, or the reac-
tion from an old Tory policy, or " the Church its
danger," or the demand for cheap bread, or some other
watchword, sustained with great labour out of doors, as
well as in the walls of Parliament and in the registration
courts, aro some of the means by which majorities have
been gradually created end organized. Some strong
feeling or some great utility is required for the purpose.
Once in power, the strongest majority will dwindle away,
unless it be kept up by the excitement of a bold policy,
by a constant succession of striking measures, by some
common terror, and last, but not least, by a judicious use
of the patrons ;e et the disposal of Government. Even
if Lord John had possessed an absolute majority of hie
own, we question whether be has done his utmost to
cherish it; but as he never had such a majority, and
has only held his place by neutralizing other forces,
his want of industry and tact as a leader have
told with still more serious effect. The party has
all along been weak, and has been gradually dissolving.
But what is to be done? A party must be made. This
operation is of course a branch of State craft, and can-
not easily be prescribed; but it will not be accomplished
by seeming to sit still, by being a visible obstruction in
the way of improve meat, by resigning great measures to
other hands, by laying down no general line of policy,
and leaving the public wholly in the dark, except so far
as is wanted for the explanations of the measures in
hand. But, besides the higher duties of statesmanship,
there is ono matter of busiuess, without which they are
all useless. A party in the British House of Commons
must be collected man by man, and express promises of
general support must be secured, to gather such ten in-
sight into private opinions as may guide the Minister in
his treatment of minor questions. Now, we do not be-
lieve that has been done with moderate care in the pre-
sent instance. It must be done now, if a party is to be
organized, and the present Cabinet is to reconquer its
position. But, whatever the past omissions and present
duties of Government, the general body of Lord
John's supporters share the blame of its position.
They, know not to what wails they expose their
principles and the State by the capricious nnoer-
tainty of their Parliamentary support. Of course,
1 they have opinions of their own, but they were not re-
turned to Parliament just to vote for their own hobbies
and leave everything else alone. Nearly all are pledged
up to the throat to support Lord John Russell, and no
creditable reason can be given why that
pledge is not
more diligently observed. After a lapse of tour yearswae
pledge possibly loses its virtue in some minds, but
suspect that the weakness of the pledge is
e y
generally
owing rather to the years that remain than to th
that have lapsed. The immediate prospect of a gen eras
election would soon wake up
I side of the
House. Yet the course it notvehes:Aakilensisit:r}:eadlong for a
dissolution, about as inopportune and unfortunate an
t this moment. They
event as could possibly
happentlis6solution—and no smell
who are driving thin
proportion of our representatives to
paaitatives are doing so, are ha-
zardingPreps'', erity; this. coil:ere for
the peace sod
the-mr ;rPe c tat of a d;e. We don't
speak (I‘.flotnhgediliyinnovrtidia.e clinger to public tranquillity,
nor- yet of the 2,000,000!. ci.pnied to be ,atot and
swilled
on every such oectstou, but we refer to the aimi le
f
,ct that the constitteion of 3 Parliament elected uade-
s oleo circumstances would present tenfold greater dif-
firculties than wh .3 we are now suiferkp,,, ten times
treater disruption and confusioa of iserties. ased ten
times less prospect of a moderate but powerful Adminis-
tration.
HER ALD.—Wo rejoice that an interval is suffered
to take place between Lord Stanley's honourable and
chivalric announcement of his policy, and the assumption
of power to which his Lordship is destined to be called
by the unanimous voic of the people. The country
and the Minister will both be gainers by the short
delay. The former will have time to weigh the en-
lightened policy of a statesmen actuated by national
and patriotic motives: the latter is enabled to mature
the plans suggested in the 'neat of an unexpected crisis,
and to adapt his principles to the varying necessities of
a mixed commut,ity. A fail
period of reflection triune.
to lead to a better understanding. For the first time,
as it wire, the future Premier and the nation have been
brought face to face, and viewed together in the spirit
of conoilisttiou and justice ;the gigantic interests with

and Darby answer ed that they were, and lifter some fur- I
ther conversation the witness bought it for 21. 54. bridle
and all. After the sale the two prisoners went on
wards Ashton, and the witness took the pony home.
When apprehended, on the 11th of January, and hqving
had the charge made, Darby staled that he had sold the
pony. and that 13ourdosan had stolen it. and had give!,
him 10s. to sell it. The other prisoner made ex setly the
like statement when he was taken.
Mr. SEYMOUR endeavciured to siinport tl.e story told
by his client, but failed, (Ind the jury convicted both
prisoners.
The prisoner Darby was tried upon another itidiettnent
for a similar offence, that of stealin.l a mare. the pro-
perty cf James Callagh;in, at Shafield, on which he was
rgain convicted.
On being seater ced his Lounsnre trans,p;irted Darby
for ten 3'C,-r5, and ordered B:Airdinau to be imprisoned
or six months.
Edward Grimiton wai indicted for the manslaughter
of ,•I("ePn Garrick, at. Milford, on the 2nd January last.
, „it uPperei that on the 23d Decemb, r luggage train
Pun York about four, P.M , the prisoner aetteg as guard;
~xtire t ,fehtv--two wag•gons, variously laden, two of
which had timber on them. The train got safely to the
old Milford Junction, where the Leeds and Selby Railway
joins the York and North Midland; there they loft twu
waons and went up the incline with the remaining
twenty to bank Top, a distance of seven milts, Behind