The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-25 00:00:00

EARTHQUAKE IN RHODES.

Advices from Athens, of the Bth, announce the de-
struction of the city of Levissi, in the Island of
Rhodes, by an earthquake.

SUNDAY TRADING BILL.—A public meeting took
place yesterday evening, at the Literary and Scientific In-
stitution, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, for the purpose
of petitioning Parliament against the Sunday Trading Bill;
➢lr. Thomas Cooper in the chair. Mr. Ruffin moved that
the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill now before a Committee
of the House of Commons was both uncalled for and unjust;
uncalled for, because it was a vain attempt to coerc j people
into piety by Act of Parliament; and unjust because it
abridged the liberty of the working man in providing for
his own and family's wants, while the rich were practically
exempt from its provisions This was seconded and carried
unanimously. It was then agreed that a petition, founded
on the resolution, should be sent to Parliament, and the
meeting t.rminated.

Letters from New York announce the departure
of a barque from Cincinatti on a voyage direct to Liverpool.
She has been towed over the falls at Louisville, and had pro-
ceeded on her voyage to the Mersey. She is named the John
Swasey, and will be the first ship to make the passage from
Cincinatti to Liverpool—Liverpool

The deaths in Manchester during the week
ending March 18 (the last return), were 210, exceeling by
two those in the preceding week, whilst the births amounted
to 253.

We regret to learn that the Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Maid of Honour to her Majesty, has been most seriously in-
disposed for the last fortnight, at Paris. The daily accounts
which are received at the residence of her gallant father, in
Burlington Gardens, state that there is every prospect of
rapid recovery.
THE LATE SIR JOHN PIRIE, BART.—The wil of,
the late Sir John Pixie has been proved at Doctors'-commons
and the property sworn under 30,0001.
DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF SALERNO.—A letter
from Naples of the 14th announces the death of the Prince
of Salerno, the King's uncle, which took place on the 10th.
His Royal Highness had been for some time past labouring
under a nervous complaint, complicated with erysipelas,
caused by a tumour on the left thigh. The Prince was in
his 61st year.
BERLIN, MARCH 21.—An accident happened to
the carriage of his Majesty yesterday afternoon as he was
entering Berlin from Charlottenburgh ' • it bad just driven
at a rapid pace through the Brandenburgh Gate, when in
the Pariser Plate one of the hind wheels came off, the axle
having broken. The carriage was dragged for some dis-
tance in an awkward position before it could be stopped.
His Majesty alighted, and waited in the house of General
Wrangel till another carriage arrived.
It is intended to bring forward Mr. Torrens
ITCullagh, at present DI.P. for Dundalk, as a candidate for
the county of Cork at the next election. He will succeed
Dr. Power, who has entirely lost the confidenco of his con-
stituents by his vote against Mr. Disraeles
Morning Paper.
A POSSIBLE PUSEYITE
'43l+ the
extraordinary state of confusion which at present prevails
among political parties, and the possible contingencies
which may occur at any hour. it is right the public should
be made aware of the fact, that the Puseyite party, aided
and abetted by the adherents of Popery, are just now making
most strenuous, though clandestine, exertions to bring about
a state of things which will terminate in the construction of
a Tractarian Cabinet. It is a somewhat alarming fact, that
several of the Puseyite party have been in office before,
though their Puseyism had not then developed itself, and
that, consequently, they possess whatever recommendation
oflicial experience can give them. The persons to whom we
refer are Lord Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Mr. Gladstone,
the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Sydney Her-
bert. A Cabinet consisting of such men would be. to all
practical purposes, a Popish Cabinet. In that case, we need
not say what would become of the Protestant religion in
these realms, or of the Protestant succession to the Throne .
The importance of the matter cannot be exaggerated. It is
well that the country should not shut its eyes to the possi-
bility—we had almost said probability—of such a contin-
gency. As bearing on the question of probability, it must
not be forgotten, that these noblemen and gentlemen are all
free-traders, and that the men of the Manchester school
would rather be disposed, than otherwise, to abet their aspi..
rations after office.—Adrertiser.
PREFERMENT.—The Hey. John Sandford, 13. D.,
vicar of Dunchurch and honorary canon of Worcester, to
the Arclideaconry cf Coventy-, on the resignation of the
Venerable Archdeacon Spooner. Patron, Lord Bishop of
Worcester.
THE EXPLOSION AT JOHNSTONE.—The North
British Mail says—There is li tle doubt that the explosion
arose simply from the over-pressure of steam, and not from
any more abstruse or mysterious agency, such as the sudden
expa sion of highly-heated steam. The fire-box or flue
was a large one, and not strong enough to resist the pressure
to which the boiler was exposed. It is, we believe, rarely
that so simple a case of explosion from over-pressure occurs.
INVOLUNTARY SUICIDE.--In St. Sid well's, en
Thursday, a child, two years old, whilst meddling with some
water in a pan, playfully put its head in, when, losing all
consciousness, it remained in that position some minutes
before it was discovered, and was then death— Western

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE;
'OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Shrewsbury, March 22.
GROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.)
Richard Morris, a labourer, was indicted for night-
poaching on the 13th of January last.
The evidence for the prosecution was, that a party of
poachers, to the number of twelve, being discovered in
a plantation, the property of Mrs. Sarah Williams, by
her gamekeepers, who were only five in number, turned
upon these, and after shooting a dog that aceompanied
them, severely beat them. Two of the gamekeepers
were armed with " Protestant flails," a weapon of a most
formidable character, analogous to the modern life-pre-
servers, and which are celebrated in Scott's novel of
" Peveril of the Peak," and without which it was said
no loyal Protestant could go to bed in security at the
time of Titus Oates's Popish plot. The form is a wooden
handle, about two feet long, with a shorter heavy piece
of wood, well shod with iron, and connected with the
handle by a hook or hinge, so as to swing about freely,
and thus increase the force of the blow. Two of the
gamekeepers spoke to the prisoner as having been one
of the poaching party, the one identifying him by his
voice, and the other by his appearance. For the defence
an alibi was set up, which however, the jury disbelieved,
and the prisoner, being convicted, was sentenced to nine
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
John Latham, William Ignelch, and Thomas Holmes,
were indicted for a highway robbery with violence, on
the person of Michael Hayward, on the 10th of February
last, at the parish of Oakengates.
Mr. lienealy appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Hu!dleston for the defence.
From the statement or the prosecutor it appeared that
he had been to Oakengates market to buy some rum and
groceries for his sister, and on his return about eleven
o'clock at night was attacked by the prisoners; that
Latham seized him from behind by the arms, and forcing
his knees against his back flung him to the ground, when
he was beaten and ill-used by the two others, and
robbed of his rum and groceries, and money to the
amount of 2s. 6d. His cries brought four men to his as-
sistance, and in their presence he charged the prisoners
with the robbery. Ignelch and Holmes were taken a few
days afterwards. The former denied all knowledge of
having ever seen the prosecutor; and the latter said that
a portion of the rum had been given him by the prose-
cutor, and that he did not mind three months, as when
he came out he would break the prosecutor's head. La-
tham absconded, and was not taken till after a fortnight.
For the defence it was urged that it was a drunken
squabble, and that although the prosecutor had been ill-
used by the prisoners, there was no satisfactory
evidence that he had been robbed of his property by
them, and that a verdict of an assault would satisfy the
justice of the case.
The Jury took this view of the matter, and the pri-
soners were sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
This was the last case of the Assizes, ant' closed at
11 o'clock.

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Hereford, March 22.
Mr. Justice Talfourd opened the commission here
this afternoon. There are but three causes entered for
trial, of which two are between the same parties, and
substantially in the nature of cross-actions. The pri-
soners are only 21 in number, of whom 1 is charged with
murder, 1 with manslaughter, 2 with cutting and wound-
ing, 3 with highway robbery, 4 with robbery with
violence, 3 with burglary, 1 with housebreaking, 3
with night poaching, 2 with concealment of birth, 1
with perjury, and 1 with uttering counterfeit coin.
In the case of the murder, which is alleged to have
been committed by a husband on his wife, a feeling
prevails that, for want of sufficient evidence, either the
bill will be ignored by the grand jury, or the prisoner
will be acquitted by the petty jury.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Anglesey, March 20
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
Tae only case of interest was the trial vf seven bur-
glars, recently capture by one policeman. Geerge Robins,
25, Alexander Gough, 30, Thomas Smith, 22, William
Thompson, 25. William Wright, 27, Richard Pugh, 33,
and William King, 26, severally pleaded not guilty, the
three former to breaking into the premises of John Wil-
liams, at Clandensant, in February last, and stealing
therefrom a quantity of drapery, and the four last named
as accessories after the fact.

At the close of volumiuous evidence a verdict of
Guilty was returned.
Robins, Gough, and Smith were sentenced to trans-
portation for seven years, and the four others, after re-
ceiving s caution from the Bench as to their future con-
duct, to six months' impris-nment with bard labour.
Upoa being removed, Robins said, "It is my fervent
prayer, my Lord, that you may sit there till I come
back."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man of respectable appearance, who assumed
the name of James Bond, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, upon tae charge of having robbed Mr. Acton, of
Shoe-lane, emery manufactures, of twelve cheques, a bill
of exchange, and other securities for money, under the
singular circutnetances stated in the following evidence:
Mr. George William Acton, of 72, Shoe-lane, said—l
went to-day, at about half-past twelve o'clock, into the
London Joint Stock Bank, a here I keep an account, and
was about to pay in 961. 18s. ld. in twelve cheques, a
bill of exchange for 2081. 14s. 6d., and a country letter
of credit of 1001. I had placed the cheques and other
papers on the counter, and was waiting my turn to be
attended to, when I saw the prisoner and:lei-11y snatch
them from the counter. I turned round, cried " Stop
chief," followed him, and caught him at the outer door.
He had the pagers all rolled up in his hand, and he
immediately gave them up to rue upon being brought
hick to the office. An the moment he aeiz d. the papers
I was looking for one of the subscription bunks, several
of which are kept en the counter.
One of the cashiers confirmed the account given by
Mr. Acton in its essential points.
The LORD Mavoa asked the prisoner, who stood at
the bar with his hands before his face, whether he
wished to put any question to the witnesses? The pri-
soner—No.
Daniel Forrester, who had been sent for to the Man-
sion-house upon the occasion, said, I told the prisoner
that he was accused of having stolen cheques and a bill
of exchange and a letter of credit, and he said, he had
nothing to say, and that it we's all perfectly true. lie
told me his name was James Bond. I found in his
pocket an empty purse, a penknife, a key, and throe
pieces of paper, on which was some writing in pencil.
The following is the writing upon the three pieces of
paper, which, no dotibt, the prisoner had written in ex-
pectation of being apprehended for the offence he had
been contemplating:—
"Oh God, preserve and bless ray dear loved Mary.
So here am I in London, quite destitute of either friends
or employment. God knows lam willing to work for
an honest living; ay, and to work hard too; but if a man
oannot find the means to satisfy the cravings of hunger,
what, then, remains before him? One of three things—
to beg, to steal, or to go to the workhouse. I feel that
I must steal; but I shall not irjure a poor man. No;
I'll rob the Bank of England, or some other bank. They
are rich enough, and if (which is most probable) I
should be taken in the act I shall have to go to prison,
perhaps be transported beyond the seas. But lam
starving, and must run a risk. As Shakapere has it,
• My life is set upon a cast, and I will stand the hazard
of the die.' If apprehended my name will be given as
James Bond, and my family will never know what, re-
vealed, would doubtless cause maay a bleeding heart. I
am mad." . _ _

Mr. Acton expressed a wish that the Lord Mayor
would deal summarily with the case, but
His LoRDSXIP said, it was one of too serious a nature
to allow of being taken out of the ordinary mode of
prosecution, and committed the prisoner for trial.
GUILDHALL.
Edmund Thomas was brought up before Alderman
Salomons, charged with aiding and abetting the escape
of a prisoner named Cox from the Giltspur-street
Compter.
James Raymond Whithair said—l am the governor
of the Giltspur-street prison. Cox and Thomas were
committed as rogues and vagabonds—the former for
three months, and the latter for 21 days, with hard la-
bour. Thomas's term expired on Saturday last. Cox
had served about half his time. On Saturday evening a
prisoner was discharged who I believed was the priso-
ner Thomas. About an hour afterwards I missed Cox,
and found Thomas in the prison at work in Cox's
place. I questioned him, and he then told me that as
he was very badly off for clothes, and Cox had a better
suit than his own, he proposed to work out Cox's time
in consideration of an exchange of clothing. Accord-
ingly, when the names of those prisoners whose terms
had expired were called over, Cox answered to the
name of Thomas, and was discharged. He had to pass
three turnkeys and me and to sign a book before he
could be discharged. Thomas's clothes were delivered
up to Cox on leaving the prison.
Alderman SALOMONS—Were the two prisoners con-
fined in the same ward? Whithair—They are not clas-
sified in wards, but divisions, and the two prisoners were
confined in the misdemeanour divisions for summary
convictions. I was deceived by the resemblance between
the two prisoner%
J. Spencer said—I am a turnkey in the Giltspur-street
Compter. On Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, I
called nine prisoners from their work to be discharged,
having served their full time. Among that number was
Edmund Thomas. Cos.
answered to that name, and
Thomas took not the slightest aotice. I did not ask the
man at the wheel if Cox wash really the party who ought
to be discharged, because
i o es,, busy superintending a
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gan of convicts working n another part of the prison.
It is no part of my duty the prisoners every day
to `es
so as to know them. I only take care of their clothes
and see to their safe custody on their admission to the 1
prison. I gave him (Cox) the clothes belonging to Tho-
mas; and he signed the clothes-book and lett.
Alderman Sa.eomoris—Have you been able to re-
capture the prisoner Cox? Whithair—Oh, yes, your
Worship, we secured him again the some evening.
Alderman SALOMONS.—There is not the sligheat evi-
dence of his having used any disguise or other means to
aid in the escape alluded to. or course the prisoner's
acquiescing in the other man's escape could not be
justified, although there was not sufficient to establish
the charge of felony against him. The officer, who
admitted it wes not his duty to kno-.v the prisoners in-
dividually, had acted very indiscreetly in discharging a
prisoner under such circumstances.
The prisoner was then discharged.
BOW-STREET.
John Johnson, a well-dressed yourg man, was charged
with stealing 12s. in silver from an omnibus passenger.
The police stated that the prisoner was a suspected
character.
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" .s. Elizabeth Bennett, also of bad repute, was charged
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The prisoner asserted her innocence, and stated that
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Mr. JARDINE committed her for trial.
William Jones, an old man, and John Newman, were
charged with burglary.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Tattersall, a person holding a situation in the
Customs, living in Edward-square, Brompton, was fully
committed, on the dearth evidence, on two separate
charges of having conducted himself in a filthy manner
towards female children in Kensington-gardens.
Edward Henry Poyntz, formerly a captain in the 59th
Regiment, was brought up for further examination,
charged with obtaining goods from Mr. Peat, army sad-
dler, Bond-street, by fraudulent pretences.
The prisoner sent a letter in the name of Captain In-
gall to Mr. Peat, ordering a saddle, bridle, &c. The
goods were sent to the direction, and in a short time
afterwards the imposition was discovered. Inspector
Lester, of the detectives, by a clever stratagem, con-
trived to apprehend the prisoner and to obtain further
evidence of the forgery of Captain Ingall's name.
The Inspector said, numerous letters had been received
from tradesmen complaining of the way in which they
had been defrauded of goods by the prisoner.
Captain Ingall proved that his name had been forged
to the document produced.
The prisoner was ordered to stand fully committed on
this charge, but to be brought up again next Monday.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Thomas Bradley, a middle-aged man of respectable
appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold,
charged with the following robbery upon his employer,
Mr. John Law, a gold-beater in an extensive way of
business at Bethnal-green and Hoxton.
The prisoner was proved by two of the workmen to
have taken several quantities of valuable French skins
and business books at different times, threatening the
witnesses with personal chastisement if they revealed the
fact to their master, aad when they at length did so,
end he was apprehended and his house searched, the po-
lice not only discovered a quantity of goods of that de-
scription, but also two iron presses, the prosecutor's pro-
perty. The prisoner declared the whole was his own,
but he was ordered to be brought up on that day week
for the completion of the evidence, the magistrate con-
senting to accept substantial bail for his future appear-
ance, the prisoner himself in 801., and two sureties in
401. each; but the prisoner could not procure the bail,
and was carried away in the van.
SOUTHWARK.

John Manning, a respectable-looking middle-aged
man, holding until recently the situation of butler in the
service of the Hon. Mrs. Handley, Boxley-house, near
Maidstone, Kent, was placed at the bar, charged, upon
his own confession, with stealing a large quantity of
plate, consisting of forks, spoons, ladles, &c., the pro-
perty of that lady.
The magistrate, Mr. INGErsx, sent the prisoner in
custody to the place where the alleged offence was com-
mitted.

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Inipector Squires accordingly conveyed the accused
to Maidstone.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC WILL CASE.
(From the Observer.)
It will be recollected that during the hearing of the
case of " Metairie v. Wiseman," an affidavit made by the
solicitor fur the plaintiff was read, in which he stated that
Mr. John Athanasius Cooke, the barrister, who had been
employed by the priest (Mr. Holdstock) to prepare the
will and deed of gift to the Roman Catholic charity for the
dying man, had also been occupying himself in a similar
manner for an old lady, whose will he had drawn and
prepared for signature, without the intervention of a so-
licitor, law stationer, or any other responsible legal agent.
It was contended by Mr. Cooke's counsel that this course
was perfectly justifiable. That, in fact, ho was very
greatly to be praised for his amiable conduct in doing his
best to forward the charitable intention of poor old Cart eS,
and this without charging any fee for his disinterested la-
bour, not but what the 501. legacy from a perfect stranger
might be considered by some people as a tolerably
good payment for preparing a deed and will. How-
ever this may be, we cannot but think that the general
welfare of society is better taken care of by adhering
to the good old rule of employing a properly qualified
solicitor to perform these charitable offices, particularly
when the testator disinherits his nearest relatives at
the urgent entreaties of a priest, and is in-
duced to give two-thirds of his property to a Roman
Catholic charity in hopes of saving his soul from pur-
gatory. The case alluded to by the plaintiff's solicitor
will shortly come before the Court of Chancery upon
II a bill filed for the administration of the estate of
an old lady, named Mrs. Ann Tucker, a convert to the
Roman Catholic religion. The principal feature in her
will is the variety of donations to Roman Catholic clergy,
the considerable amount of the legacies left to them,
and at the same time the inconsiderable amount of the
legacies left to all her relations, of whom she seems to
have had a great number. At the present time this case
will no doubt excite an unusual degree of interest, tend-
ing as it does to show the influence exercised by the
Romish priesthood over the aged and infirm, when all the
fears of purgatory are set before their eyes, and also
to show how the nearest relatives of such infatuated
and weak-minded persons may be deprived of their
property by the intervention cf priests and those act-
ing under their authority. The will of Mrs.
Tucker has already been proved at Doctors'-com-
mons, and may be read by any person who chooses to
pay his shilling for the privilege. It is dated July 6,
1849. The testatrix died at the age of eighty and up-
wards. bho describes herselt as a widow, residing at 27,
Holy well-street, Westminster. In the first place, she
appoints the Rev. Monsignor Anthony Magee, priest of
the Roman Catholic Chapel in Romney-terrace, West-
minster, John Athanasius Cooke, Esq., barrister-at-law,
and John "fucker, executors of her will. She then gives
a legacy of 100/. to her servant, and 1001. to the Rev.
John Barnard Palmer, Abbot of the Monastery of
" our Lady of La Trappe." She then gives to her
nephews and nieces and other friends 530/. To the
person who at the time of her death should be
Superioress of the Convent of the Good Shepherd at
Hammersmith, 19 guineas, for the benefit of the convent.
To eight different priests belonging to various chapels the
sum of 1101. for the benefit of schools and other chari-
ties connected with such chapels. To Bishop Bevies,
bishop of the district of Wales, 40/. To Bishop Wareing,
of Northampton, 101. To the Rev. Edward Kenny, priest
of the Roman Catholic chapels at Bridport, 101. To the
Reverend J. Holding, priest of St. George's Roman
Catholic church at Whitehaven, 19 guineas. To the
priest of the Roman Catholic chapel at Maryport, 51. To
the priest of a chapel in Jersey, 41. To the Rev. H. Ivers
priest of the chapel in Kentish-town, 5/. ; and to the
officiating priest at a chapel at Hackney, 51. To four
of her friends, 404; and to each of her executors, for
their trouble in acting as such, 19 guineas. The tes-
tatrix then gives all the property she expected to receive
under a decree in a Chancery suit to her executors, to
be sold and converted into money, and the proceeds to
be held upon trust to pay her debts and funeral
expenses, and such portions of her legacies as the
rest of her personal property should be insufficient
to satisfy, and subject thereto upon trust, as to
two-fourth parts for the said Rev. Dr. Magee, as to
one-fourth upon trust for her mother and sister as
tenants in common, and as to one moiety of the remain-
ing forth in trust for the Rev. J. B. Palmer and the
Rev. W. J. Daly, priest of the Roman Catholic Church
of the Immaculate Conception, at Penzance, in equal
shares, and as to the other moiety of the remaining
fourth part in trust for her five nephews and nieces
equally. The testatrix then declared that in case
any bequest in her will should become void
or inoperative by reason of the operation of
any rule cf law, or by lapse or otherise, the pro-
perty as to which such bequests should so become void,
should not vest in her heir or heirs-at-law, or in any of
her next of kin, but should fall into and become part of
her residuary property, and belong to the person to
whom such residue was bequeathed. And she then be-
queathed the residue and remainder of her estate, both
real and personal, to the said Rev. Dr. Magee, his heirs,
executors, and administrators. The property of the
testatrix will amount, it is supposed, to about 10,0004,
and if such be the exact sum, the relations and friends
of the testatrix will get about 4,0301., and the priests
5,9701, besides what may fall into the residue.

ILLUSTRATION OF THE GAME LAWS.
The conviction of the night poachers at Scarcliff-park,
at the recent Derby assizes, furnishes a melancholy and
striking illustration of the disastrous effects of the game-
laws. Their Draco-like severity leads to an incalcula-
ble amount of crime and misery; and the pecuniary loss
arising from their pernicious influence, in the destruc-
tion of crops and the expense of prosecutions,
is frightful to contemplate. The Scarcliff case
unfolds a :train of calamitous results arising
from their operation, which deserve attentive con-
sideration. First, it will be observed, a poacher
is shot, and dies in a few bouts. Secondly, a keeper is
desperately wounded, and narrowly escapes death.
Thirdly, one of the poachers is transported for life;
another for 15 years; four for 10 years; cne is consigned
to 2 years' imprisonment; and four to 18 months.
Fourthly, an enormous expense is entailed upon the county
of Derby (at least 1501.), in prosecuting the offenders,
and in supporting those who are incarcerated for terms
of imprisonment, and those transported, until removed to
the hulks. Fifthly, a serious expense is brought upon
parishes, for the maintenance of several families, the
heads of which are removed. Sixthly, a heavy charge
upon the country, for the removal of convicts to Austra-
lia. And seventhly, the evil of wives and children being
separated from their husbands and fathers,—some, in all
probability, for ever.
This sort of train of disasters is all clearly traceable
to the inhumanity and impolicy of the game-laws. The
modus operandi is thus. Poaching is not in itself gene-
rally regarded as a crime. The poor man, who perchance
is starving, does not view it as wrong in the eye of
Nature, whatever it may be in that of the law, to ap•
propriate to his own aliment the wild creatures
denominated "game," and meeting with resistance, and
knowing the extreme severity of the law, he employs
force in return, and loss of life is not unfrequently the
result. We do not say the offender is justified in this:
on the contrary, we think his conduct utterly indefen-
sible. We merely adduce it to show how the system
works.
mat alluding to this painful topic, we cannot forbear
making an observation on the extreme severity of the
senten._s. passed upon some of the prisoners in the above
case. The prosecutor might and ought to have con-
woulda
tented himself with proceeding
he
vagainst the chief offender,
Chapman, for felony, and againstbeenn for
thee rest
fast
s tsimplye
night-poaching. Such
ll as
merciful course, for the puut •
shment even of night-poach-
ing is more than sufficiently severe. This, however,
would not suffice. The whole pound of flesh was de-
manded. In olden days, 'twos said,_
,‘ And felons hang, that jurymen may dine."
in modern days, men aro transported that gentlemen
may shoot.
The ratepayers of
n rbyshire have
now a Peculiarly
fitting opportunity to petition tbe Legislature to remove