The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

THE SJN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1866.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS'.

to is 9d; lamb's, is 2d to is 41d; handwash,O, 1, 7,1 •
pieces, lld to is 31d ; grease, lld to is 2d ; other kinds, is
2d to 2s. Cape—Clean sheep's, is ld to 2s 2d ; lamb's, is
4d to is 9d; handwashed, is Old to is 3id ; skin, is sd;
grease, 10d to is Old per lb. Privately the market is firm
as to price. Last week's imports were 820 bales from
Algoa Bay, and 180 from the Cape.

TALLOW
There is less firmness in the demand for fallow, neverthe-
less prices are fairly supported. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot
is selling at 52s to 52s 3d ; for the last three months, 52s
per cwt. ; rough fat, 2s 91,-,d per 81bs.

1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860.
Stoc
rY.C.Stock this 10,641 12,577 11,716 .21,525 86,681
Price
53s 6d to 65s Od to 4980 d to 55s Olto 526 Od to
I 53s 9d —s Od —s Od —s Od 52s 3d
Delivery last week 1,503 1,873 2,810 1,799 1,893
Ditto from June 1 23,059 16,359 12,354 11,153 17,981
Arrivals last week 405 2,581 304 965 2,266
Ditto from June 1 15,991 15,792 16,503 20,697 27,568
Price of Town .... 55s 9d 66s 6d 50s Od 55s Id 55. Od

STATEMENT OP TALLOW SHIPPING AT VT. PETERSBURG.
Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1860. 1859. 1858.
to July 18, 0. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks
poods to the cask) 36,881 23,855 15,157
In ships loading and lighters 7,063 2,916 1,689

Total loaded offfrom St. Petersburg,
July 20, 0. S 43,017 26,771 16,846
Do. after this date

Total at the close of the navigation

88,022 112,012

London
Liverpool 1,688 313
Bristol
Other English ports
Scotland
Germany 409 732 552
France

Total

36,881 23,855 15,157

MR BRIGHT AND THE PRIVILEGES.
OF THE COMMONS.

The following curious statement has been for-

warded to us for publication :
" Constitutional Defence Committee, 25, Birchin-
lane, London, Aug. 6, 1860.

"To THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE.
" Gentlemen,—A small section of the Execu-
tive Committee you appointed, comprising the
proprietors, the editors, writers, contributors, and
partisans of the star, having betrayed and
virtually abandoned the cause you intrusted to
their hands, have now determined that you shall
not be convened to hear an account of their pro-
ceedings. I think, however, it is due to you as
well as to myself that you should know the truth,
and so be enabled to Judge for yourselves, and to
act as you may think fit. In my opinion an execu-
tive is appointed to carry out the objects of the
general committee, and has no right to surrender
those objects, or to terminate or suspend the pro-
secution of them, without their sanction.
" The agitation, you will remember, was com-
menced by Mr. Bright, and he at once became its
leader, and the 11Iorning iStar its principal organ.
The prominent part thus taken by the' Manchester
Party' certainly gave a rude, impulsive, and reck-
less vigour to the movement, but this was accom-
panied by a lamentable want of judgment and
capacity for the accomplishment of a successful
issue. It had, moreover, the effect of repelling
many of its warmest friends, several leading Lon-
don papers, and many of the towns, even in the
north, who could not sympathise and would not be
identified with what they consider the sordid and
detestable tenets of that school.
" When Lord Palmerston's resolutions appeared
it was clear that they did not deny, but, on the
contrary, as plainly as words and phrases could
imply admitted, both the power and the right of
the Lords to impose taxes, provided the power were
not unduly exercised. That was the critical
moment—the turning point in the contest—when it
became the obvious and paramount duty of this
committee to denounce so fatal an admission. And
what was the conduct of Hr. Bright and his party
then ? At that moment, and before this committee
could meet, we saw with utter amazement and
consternation that Mr. Bright and the Star had
accepted the resolutions under cover of the
audacious statement that they were at least so good
' that the whole Conservative party to a man
would oppose them.' Either they believed that
statement or they did not ; to believe it exhibited an
amount of ignorant credulity which would render
any party contemptible—not to believe, and yet
to publish it, exhibited an amount of impudent
imposture which ought to render any poli-
tical party infamous. They had their choice,
and they have it still. They urgently pressed
this Committee to abstain from denouncing the re-
solutions, on the pretext that they were to be fol-
lowed by some action which would effectually neu-
tralise them. They were warned that there was no
appearance or probability, and certainly no guar-
antee of any such action, and that if they believed
in it they were being duped and imposed upon;
but they still persisted in appearing to believe it,
and they had a majority to back their credulity.
Mr. Bright at the same time used his utmost exer-
tions and influence to get all amendments with-
drawn, and to prevent all opposition, and so not
only failed to stand by the Constitution himself, but
seduced and betrayed others into the same position.
Thus the press was silenced—this Committee was
silenced—the independent party in the house was
silenced and disorganised, and the public stood
aghast at the manifest treachery, but knew not
whom to accuse.
wa's' Laotrd Palmerston,libertytosay e
w hraltiehreed from
pleased,aal op
and
ddpecolsaiitmioend,
without reserve in defence of the Lords and in dis-

paragement of the privileges of the Commons and
the rights of the people, amid the plaudits of the
Conservatives and the ill-suppressed murmurs of
the betrayed followers of Mr. Bright.
" On the second night of the debate this Com-
mittee addressed letters to 20 members of the Libe-
ral party, entreating them to use every means which
the forms of the house would permit to get the de-
bate adjourned, so that the country might have
time to express its opinions on the subject, and
several of those members strenuously endeavoured
to accomplish that object ; but again Mr. Bright
exerted himself to the utmost to paralyze their
action, and ultimately threatened to divide against
them if they persisted. And so the resolutions
passed unanimously—the whole Conservative party,
instead of opposing, supporting them, and avowing
that they did so bocause they clearly admitted the
right of the Lords—and so the journals of the
House of Commons, after an elaborate investiga-
tion of precedents, are made to bear that damning
testimony to posterity.
"No -action followed=none was ever intended-

perhaps none was ever really expected—Mr. Bright
having first betrayed his followers, then deserted,
and ultimately disowned them, his friends denying
that he had ever been, or wished to be, their leader.
Endeavours were made by this committee, by Lord
Fermoy, Mr. Whalley, and others to stimulate some
action, but all of them were frustrated by the same
party and by similar means, under the pretence that
any pressure might endanger the Ministry, and
prevent the completion of the French Treaty, in
which the Manchester Party have a special and
peculiar interest. Even if the preservation of such
a Ministry or the completion of such a treaty could
be compared in vital importance with the disastrous
concession of a power in the House of Lords to tax
the people, it is indubitable that those were not the
objects for which this committee was formed, nor
the purposes for which the public subscribed.
I; The present popular apathy and political demo-
ralisation arise mainly from the political dishonesty
of our public men, and it is fraught with great
national evil. It renders the people powerless and
the middle classes indifferent, for they know not
whom to believe or whom to follow, and it leaves
the ruling powers to run riot in their reckless ag-
gressions, extravagant expenditure, and vicious
legislation. And it is tending to something infi-
nitely worse.
I cease to represent the committee from this
day, but shall be glad to receive your sentiments
upon the subject, and your sanction of the course
which, in justice to you, I have adopted, addressed
to me at. my office as above.—l remain gentlemen,
your faithful servant,

" HENRY BROOKES,

,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER BETTING-SATURDAY•

We did not see a single transaction booked on the St.
Leger, and speculation on the Great Ebor Handicap was
not of an extensive character. Satellite was fairly sup-
ported, 9 to 1 not being obtainable at the close. Gladiolus
and Moorhen were also in demand at their respective prices,
but as will be apparent from the quotations, there was no
great amount of business done. Closing prices :

EI3OR HANDICAP.
9to I agst Satellite (taken and wanted)
9 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
11 to 1 asst Underhand (taken)
12 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken)
12 to 1 agst Defender (taken)
20 to 1 agst First Lord (taken)
20 to 1 asst The Pedlar (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst The Baronet (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (offered)
sto 1 agst Satellite and Moorhen coupled (taken:

ST, LEGER.
3to lon the field (offered)
4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
100 to 6 agst Stampedo (offered)
25 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (offered)
66 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (offered)
100 to 1 agat Nightingale (offered)

LI IF EV TELLIGT .N C. E .--(T HI 8 D/1 31

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth,
Lords Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, and other peers.

FIICENIX LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY Y. SHERIDAN.

- ----....._ ...
This was an appeal from a decision of the Exchequer
Chamber, reversing the decision of the Court of Queen's
Bench.

The plaintiff claimed £l,OOO under the policy on
the life of Charles Frederick Albert Limbird,
who died in 1856 within the year of the policy.
The Exchequer Chamber held the claim good as an annual
insurance. The Court of Queen's Bench held the claim
void in respect of nonpayment of the quarterly instalments
of insurance. The annual insurance was £33 payable
in quarterly instalment of £8 ss. The first quar-
ter was paid, the second quarter was not paid when
he died, and the question raised was whether there was any
insurance. The annual premium was not paid, and the
quarterly instalment was not paid atothe time of his death.
Mr. Prentice was heard for the appellant.
Mr. Millwood and another were heard for the respon-
dent.
The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of the Ex-
chequer Chamber, and affirmed the decision of the Court of
Queen's Bench,
The othernoble and learned lords unanimously concurred.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COU.RT—(This Day).

OLD COURT.

The August Sessions of the Central Criminal Court
commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Recorder,
Sheriffs, and Under-Sheriffs.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said—The
number of cases in the calendar was not considerable in
numerical amount, but rather fewer than might have been
anticipated from the time that had elapsed since they last
met. But while they did not amount to a great number,
the charges were of a more serious description than had
ever yet come under his notice. The first case to which he
would refer was that of a person named Youngman, who
was charged with the murder of no less than four persons

--namely, his mother, two brothers, and a young woman
named Mary Streeter, and the question the jury was called
upon to decide was whether there was sufficient evidence
to call for further investigation. The learned recorder here
related the details of the murder at 16, Manor-place, Wal-
worth, and then went on to say that the prisoner Young•

man was the person who killed his mother, there could be
no question, as ho admitted that he did so in self-defence,
but the next question that arose was who killed the other
three. From the depositions, it appeared that the first
that was heard of the melancholy affair was a scuffle, and
afterwards a slight scream from a child, but not such as
was calculated to lead to the supposition that a mortal
contest for life was going on between two persons. Taken
from this point of view it would appear that the child and
not the mother was the last person killed, for in a
very short time after the scuffle and scream, the
prisoner was met by one of the inmates of the
house, and the whole of the four unfortunate persons
were discovered to have been murdered. The version of
the tragedy given by the prisoner would, he was sure, re-
ceive their most serious consideration, and while they were
so engaged he was sure they would not forget to think of
the time the murders were committed, and the silence that
followed. The next case of importance to which he would
advert was, that of a charge of manslaughter against two
persons named Vivian and Slater, who, until lately, had
been engaged as keepers in the Colney_ Hatch Lunatic
Asylum, and the person whose 'death they were
accused of causing was an inmate of the insti-
tution, Darned Swift. Great interest was manifested in this
case by the public, because the defendants, from their posi-
tion, compared with that of the unfortunate inmates, were
possessed of great power; but, at the same time, the jury
must not forget that they were continually open to have
charges made against them by persons who might appear
to be perfectly rational. A great deal of the evidence to
prove the charge would be that of lunatics, so the jury
would be required to devote their best attention to the sub-
ject. Another circumstance that would tend to render
their task more difficult was the fact that there was
a great difference of opinion amongst the medical witnesses
to be examined, as to the time at which the injuries

that produced death were inflicted. On the one side it was
contended that the injuries that caused the death of Swift
were received some days prior to his being given over to
the 'custody of the defendants, and therefore they were net
responsible for his death ; while on the other it was said
that the injuries were of such a serious nature that death
must have taken place in a very few hours after. H they
should be of opinion that death had occurred shortly
after the injuries were inflicted, 'then they would
see that the evidence of the two inmates of the
asylum bore very strongly on the case, as they spoke
to having seen the defendants and the deceased a short time
before in the " padded room," a place where violent lunatics
were at times confined. A fall and an epileptic fit had been
spoken to as having been the cause of death, but witnesses
would be brought before them who would state that the de-
ceased was not subject at all to fits of the nature spoken of,
and also that a fall forward could not produce the extensive
injuries by which death had been occasioned. The next
case of manslaughter was that against a person named
Singleton, but as it did not present any particulars
he would pass it over by merely remarking there was no
suggestion that death had ever been intended ; if so, it
would have become murder. A female, named Sophia
Payne, was indicted for causing the death of her infant child
by neglect and want of proper nourishment, and the ques-
tion they were called upon to decide was, whether the
mother had means to provide the nourishment required to
sustain the life of her child, and from the depositions it ap-
peared to him that it 'had not been proved that
she had. On the contrary, it seemed that she
had been subsisting :on her friends in the hardest
manner possible, so, before they found her guilty
the question of means of obtaining nourishment for her
dying child must be first considered, and they must be of
opinion she possessed those means before they found her
guilty. There was a charge of attempted self murder against
a foreigner named Mohammed Ali Khan, who it appeared
had arrived in this country for the purpose of prisenting
some petition or other for the purpose of obtaining notoriety
or drawing particular attention to his case; he attempted self
murder at the bar of the House of Lords. The attempt to
commit murder they knew was a crime, and the crime was
Rot altered by :the circumstances that a person made
the attack upon his own life. The other serious cases were
those of Elizabeth Wickstead, who was indicted for drown-
ing her own child ; and that of James Ratley, who was
charged with wife murder. There was one charge in the
calendar of a revolting nature, namely, that of a school-
mistress ill-using and ill-treating one of her pupils. No
doubt a governess had the power to punish her pupils, but
the barbarities that were alleged in this case were, he be-
lieved, without precedent. This and the charge of arson,
which was still regarded as a capital crime in this country,
would conclude the cases he should bring under their notice,
and if in the discharge of their duties the assistance of the
Court was required it would instantly be given them.
The grand jury then retired to their room.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAT

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SAD DEPRAVITY OF A YOUNG GIRL.—CASH-BOX ROB-
BERY.—Matilda Baker, a girl of 14, was charged, before
Mr. Beadon, with stealing, from the cash-box of her
master, Mr. Benjamin Pullen, tailor, 303, Oxford-street,
the sum of £l2, in gold.
Mr. Pullan said the prisoner, who had been his servant,
absconded on Friday morning, and in the afternoon, on
going to his cash. box to deposit some money, he missed
£l2 in gold. On Saturday night he found the prisoner at
Knightsbridge, she having just changed a sovereign to pay
for something for a soldier, and he then got a constable
and gave her into custody. On her being searched only
£3 19s was found upon her, and a some articles belonging
to his wife. He asked the prisoner when she took the
money, and she said, while her mistress was down stairs,
seeing the bunch of keys, she unlocked the cash-box and
took the money.
Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said he had ascertained the prisoner
had got mixed up with some soldiers. Her mother was the
cook at the Homcastle Union.

Prisoner said she had spent some of the money with a
soldier at the Wellington Barracks.
A constable said he had seen her with another soldier on
the previous night.
Sergeant Cole here produced a fashionable black straw
hat and feather, and some articles of jewellery the prisoner
had bought, and said she had bought a crinoline and other
articles of dress. She had been discharged from a previous
situation for talking to soldiers.

Mr. Beadon said it was a sad case, and but for her youth
he should liave dealt very severely with her. Committed
for three months with hard labour.

An official document states that the consumption
of coal in France is 11,000,00') tons yearly—three-fifths of
it in manufactories. A large portion of the whole is
brought from abroad-1,100,000 tons from England
2,700,000 from Germany, and 700,000 from Prussia. In 1858
the quantity supplied by England was only 500,000 tons,
by Belgium 1,700,000, and by Prussia 20,000.

The Niagara Falls Gazette says that a day or
two ago a drayrnan threw his dog into the rapids near Goat
Island- bridge, and immediately afterwards went to the
foot of the ferry stairs and found him but little injured by
the tremendous leap. The cruel experiment was tried to
convince some incredulous persons.—i New York Iforald.

TIIE QUEEN'S PRISON.—An act has just been
passed to amend the act relating to the Queen's Prison.
Prisoners sent to Bethlehem Hospital under the former
act may now be removed and be dealt with as if they were
persons of sound mind. All lunatics removed to places from
Bethlehem Hospital are to be under the provisions of the
Lunacy Act.
LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH,--By an act of Par-
liament just passed the expenses of local boards constituted
burial boards may be paid out of the general district rate
or by a separate rate. Where any parish or place has been
divided into two or more districts for ecclesiastical pur-
poses, and any one part has a separate burial ground, it is
not to be lawful to appoint a burial board without the con-
' sent of the Secretary of State.