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London, England, 1832-03-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Nothing can be more illustrative of the difficulty
of making laws for Ireland than the opposite con-
structions whiCh have been put (and in almost
every instance by well-meaning men) upon the
measure about to be brought forward by his Ma-
jesty's Ministers for the settlement of the tithe
question. Settled, indeed, we are sorry to say, it
cannot be by the law now on the point of being in-
troduced, if the law be framed in precise conformity
with the resolutions of Lord- Lansdowne; because,
no arrangement can be durable or final which limits
its provisions to the interest of the Established clergy,
and leaves out of the question that of the Catholic
priesthood and of the helpless poor. In reading
over the debates of the two Houses on Thursday
evening, it is impossible not to be struck by the
analogy between the parties within the walls of
Parliament, and those which agitate and distract the
wretched country which furnished the subject
matter of Lord Lansdowne's arid Mr. Stanley's
propositions. On one side were the Duke of Wel-
lington and Lord Eldon, ringing the changes on
agitation, spoliation of Church property, &e. ; while
on the other Messrs. Shell, Grattan, and others,
were vehement in their denunciation of the plan of
Ministers, on account of its threatening to coerce
the people into a payment of the arrears of tithe.
There is as much unfairness in this last attempt to
throw blame upon the Government for its resolution
to vindicate the law as it at present stands, and
to claim the arrears due by those who have dis-
obeyed it, as there is a folly in the assumption, that
if the tithe be but meddled with, the Church is of
necessity " despoiled." All are agreed that the
existing clergy ought not to be stripped of their in-
comes : it follows, therefore, that they must be in-
demnified for their arrears of tithe. But then comes
the objection of the anti-churchmen. " Although
we do not oppose your intention of paying these
distressed gentlemen (what is due to them from
their parishioners) out of the Consolidated Fund,
you must not think of assigning over their right
of recovering such arrears of tithe to the Crown—
you must not dare to exercise such a right,
even though it be to replace the sums which
with our consent you dole out to the clergy ; that
is coercion, and the Irish must never be coerced."
Now we have not skulked from declaring our own
opinion that tithes must at once be got rid of. It
is the worst mode possible by which the clergy can
be maintained, for it is that which, of all others,
tends to their unpopularity with the Irish (and, in-
deed, with the English) people. But if the arrears
due to these unfortunate clergymen are to be paid
out of the Consolidated Fund, we should like to
learn front what source the Consolidated Fnnd itself
is to be indemnified ? Must a new tax be imposed
to supply the loss ? If so, the unoffending body of
tax-payers, who are guilty of no wrong, will have
to pay the tithe of the parochial defaulters. Is it
not more just and upright to insist on the recovery
of tithe-artear from those who have illegally with•
held it, than to saddle the community with a
fresh tax for their especial benefit ? This is
obviously quite distinct from the question whe-
ther tithe ought not in future to be abolished.
If, however, the specific plan to be recommended
by Ministers shall contemplate nothing beyond the
maintenance of the Established Church, we fear that
they lay the ground-work of incalculable discontent
and trouble. The abolition of tithe will go but a
little way towards the satisfaction of the people of
Ireland, if a substitute for tithe, applicable exclu-
sively to the same invidious end, viz., the subsistence
of an alien priesthood, should be the immediate con-
sequence. Of the Catholic part of the Irish nation,
the sagacious will not be caught, nor the restless
tamed, by any such expedient. They will regard it
hut as tithe under another name, and it will be-
come a similar pretext for the machinations of the
demagogues. We are aware of the difficulties now
pressing on Ministers from various sides, and
deterring them naturally from an encounter with the
whole of this arduous question ; but the day will
come, and it approaches rapidly, when the relation
of the Government towards other Churches, besides
that of the existing Establishment, and to the poorer
classes of its subjects likewise, must be finally fixed.
As for his Grace the Duke of Wellington's
theory, upon the cause of these national disturbances,
and their remedy, it has the merit at least of being
simple. His Grace assures Parliament that the

It was to be expected that our articles of Wednesday and
Thursday last, in relation to the supposed prospects of the Re.
form Bill, would bring forth a great deal of querulous re.
monstrance on behalf of personages whom, on the whole, we
are far more inclined to treat as objects of respect and confi-
dence than of censure. In representing our expressions, how.
ever, the volunteer defenders of Lord Grey's understood policy
would have served his Lordship better, had they confined their
justification to those topics on which we had declared our fears
that he might really stand in need of it. We have never de.
scribed Lord Grey to be " wanting in all the qualities necessary
to the Prime Minister of a country like this." Let his advocates
who have raised the phantom, lay it at their leisure. We never
spoke at all of Lord Grey's bsing "forced out of afficc,,ar thought
of his resignation, but as a subject of the deepest alarm. He alone
can expel himself from office. Our great object was to impress
upon his Lordship and on the people the dreadful calamities
which must result from the failure of the Reform Bill; of
which calamities, the first, though assuredly not the last,
would be Lord Grey's downfall. But if Lord Grey have not
the moral courage to adopt such means as are in his power,
and as are likewise essential to the success of Reform, then,
and then only, do we agree that it would be infinitely more
desirable for his Lordship to resign at once, in favour of some
less timid and hesitating statesman, than to wait until after the
actual miscarriage of the Bill, when his successor must be
chosen not by him, and from among the reforming ranks, but
from those of the enemy, and in spite of him. Is this
hostility to Lord Grey ? No, but honest devotion to that cause
on the success of which his Lordship has staked his political
reputation and existence, but from which cause in its immortal
triumph over corruption, our anxious and earnest hope still is
that the name of Grey may be inseparable. It is not true that
we "insinuate distrust" of Lord Grey ; we have declared, with.
out circumlocution, our distrust of the efficacy of the means
which he proposes. As for the charge of " vanity" against us—
which is a pitiful retort—what shadow of ground can be shown
for it in this our painful effort to compel the performance of
other men's duties, that they, not we, may be shielded from
eventual disgrace ? As for " jealousy" of Lord Grey ! how, in
the name of wonder, can such a chimera visit the brain of his
advocate ? An obscure private gentleman, a humble jour.
nalist, jealous of a first Lord of the Treasury ! Again, it is
from "treachery" we have admonished the Noble Earl. Is our
counsel fitted to promote the success of the Bill, or to defeat it ?
Answer us that. Then let the blame' of "treachery" rest on
him who offers, or eagerly grasps at, advice, by which the public
cause must, ere long, be abandoned to the mercy of its bitterest
assailants, or the final decision be transferred from the
floor of Parliament to the field of battle. We are told
that when Lord Grey shall really " connive at the mu-
tilation of the Bill, or enter into any disgraceful com-
promise of its principles," that in that case certain
persons will be among the first to condemn him as unworthy of
public confidence ; but till then, that they will not shrink from
giving him their most zealous and steady support. Now we
waive all question of comparison between the zeal and steadi-
ness, and efficacy of support, which it may have been our for.
tune to afford Lord Grey's Administration since its first instal.
mcnt in office, and the assistance which it has received from
other quarters ; but as to Lord Grey's connivance at the muti-
lation of the Bill being the condition on which Reformers were
confessedly justified in withdrawing their support from him,
we shall say thus much,—Lord Grey has been engaged in
confidential communications with sworn and irreconcile-
able opponents of his own Reform Bill, nor do we question
his right of so communicating ; but when it is gene.
rally known, on one hand, that the plan of Tory operation
announced, without disguise, to Lord Grey, is to let the Bill be
read a second time, for the sake—first, of avoiding the odium
which would accrue to the Tory party by their rejecting the
principle of Reform ; second, for the sake of enabling them to
work the destruction of the Bill more effectually by extirpating
every mite rf it, most popular and essential provisions ; and
when, as is acknowledged—nay, boasted of by Lord Grey's ad.
vocate—there is to be no creation of Peers, until after the whole
damage projected for the Committee shall have
.been accom-
plished—we ask (although deliberate Connivance may be out of
the question for a man of Lord Grey's known honour), will not
all the effects of the most wanton and iniquitous connivance
be produced ? They talk of making Peers in time Par
bringing up the report of the Committee, and so re.
storing the eradicated clauses. But can the choice of such
a time have been seriously reflected on by the Noble
Chief of the Cabinet ? Is he prepared to yield such
tremendous vantage-ground to the enemy ? Is he blind to
the enormous accession of encouragement, ascendancy, and
power, which must result to the Anti. Reform faction from a
series of victories over the most important principles of the
Bill, gained night after night by repeated majorities of the
Tory Peerage ? Is not the preference of remedy to pre.
vention in such a case equivalent to the fabrication of diffi.
culties for the pleasure or glory of overcoming them ? What
is it but unhinging the whole mechanism of national confidence,
alacrity, and comfort, for the sake of striving to repair it
in the midst of confusion and dismay ? After the Lords
shall have actually thrown out the Anti- Tory clauses—
the metropolitan clauses, the equality of household franchise,
and the county vote of town freeholders,.—after, besides, they
shall have restored the second Representative to all the raise.
table boroughs of schedule B, and deprived the lesser towns in
schedule D of their franchises—is it not obvious that many
half-reform Lords, arguing with no mean portion of lordly
plausibility, will say, " The House is so pledged to these great
changes in the Bill, that although we voted against them, and
with Ministers in the Committee, note that they are carried,
it would be childish to disturb them ; so that, on the report, we
shall deem it our duty to oppose the :Ministers, and defend the
alterations?" What, then, is the consequence? Why that many
supporters of Government in the Committee will, from motives
of alleged decency, turn against them on the report, and thus
compel Lord Grey to make 100 new Peers instead of perhaps
40 or 50, who might suffice were the creation to take place im-
mediately after the third reading of the Bill in the House of
Commons ! We, therefore, who cannot flatter Lord Grey, do
supplicate and conjure him, by his natural zeal for his own
Reform,—by his predilection for a moderate, over an inordinate
addition to the Peerage,—by his value for the unaltered love
and veneration of his countrymen, and, finally, by the confidence
with which at such a time as this it is his bounden duty, apart
from all considerations of personal interest, to inspire the people
of England in the resolution, decision, and stability of the ex-
isting Government, to do boldly and speedily what must be done
at last, but what will lose somewhat of inherent advantage with
the delay of each passing hour. If this be the language of
jealousy or treason, let the present race of mankind judge; for
sure we are, that if Lord Grey so regards it, posterity will take'
hut little trouble about his Lordship's reputation.—Tinos.

As the period approaches for the introduction of
the Reform 13111 into the House of Lords the public
anxiety naturally increases. Though not without
our apprehensions (and how many accidents may
nfluence the result!), being unwilling to say any-
thing at all calculated to shake the public confidence
in Ministers, we have remained silent on the subject
of the means to be adopted by them for carrying the
great measure of national regeneration in a hostile
Aisembly. We have taken it for granted that Earl
Grey, after the lesson which he already received,
will no longer attempt to cut blocks with razors—
that he will not incur the contempt of the present
and every succeeding generation, nor abandon his
country to the calamitous consequences which would
necessarily flow from a second r4-jection. An
esteemed Correspondent, who does not seem to
share our confidence in Earl Grey, writes to us
that—

" At present hope and fear alteraately govern the anti-
cipations Of the Reformers. At such a moment (he says)
it may be useful to know what is going forward in the
enemy's camp. It is not only lawful to gather instruction
from the enemies of Reform, but becomes a duty to make
public their hopes and intentions, in order to defeat, ;f
possible, their machinations. I therefore, awe, without
fear of contradiction, that the most influential of the
moderate Anti-.reformers say, they will allow Ministers
to have
a majority on the second reading of the Bill,
amounting to nearly thirty, including Proxies; that on
this condition Earl Grey has agreed to abstain from en-
larging the Peerage, although pressed by his best friends
to create a sufficient number to ensure the safety of the
Bill. The Anti-Reformers thus confidently hope to
Burhe the Bill in Committee, by depriving it of its most
popular clauses ; and thus they will turn the tide of public
indignation against its authors, who declined the only
inn anti by Which they must have known it would be car;

" And now (says the reviewer) we must address a few
words to a party which seem to have of late separated
themselves in some degree from the Anti. Reformers, and
whom we hope we may venture without offence, and fur
want of a better word, to call the Wartrers. Those
Nohlemen and gentlemen are, generally speaking, nearly
as adverse to the Reform Bill as the steadiest of the Anti-
Reformers ; they dislike its principle—they detest some of
its details—and if they do not look to its consequences
with quite the same despair, they at 1:: :.tat. contemplate
them with the same painful alarm. Yet still they are in-
clined to submit to what they consider an inevitable ne-
cessity, and to give the Bill a trial, by advocating, or at
least consenting to its receiving, a second reading in the
House of Lords. This course, as far as we can under-
stand, is grounded by its advocates on that kind of expedi-
ency which men of timid tempers call moral necessity:
they allege that they have no option ; that by letting the Bill
go to a second reading they have a chance of extracting
from it some of its fatal provisions; and that if they
should fail in this, they still may reject it on the third
reading. This alleged necessity they infer, we are told,
from the supposed fact that the King has consented to per-
mit hes Ministers to make as many Peers as may be neces-
sary to carry the Bill—' so that (say the Waverers) not
only will our opposition be unavailing, but it wilt have
caused so fatal a breach in the Constitution as the creation
of a mass of Peers to overwhelm the sentiments of the ex-
isting Ifotiaz.' Now, to us it appears that this argument
is pusillanimous, and unbecoming men of honour ; im-
moral, and unbecoming men of conscience; and illogical,
and unbecoming men of sense. We reply to it, in the
first place, that we will not, cannot, believe that the King,
or even his Ministers, could be brought to so desperate a
step—a step that, even in the opinion of the Waverers
themselves, would be a death-blow to the Constitution.
But, we ask, how long has it been a law of the Court of
Honour, that the menace of an insult or an injury is to
induce the person threatened to be injured or insulted to
submit quietly to the wrong, and save their adversari.-s
the trouble and disgrace of perpetrating it? . „ .
Is it certain that the Ministry will dare to create these oc-
casional Peers? or, if they do, it it calculated how the
House at large—how even some of the Reformers in either
House—may be affected by such a measure? We have to
much reliance on the honour and spirit of the Peerage, as
to believe that such an attempt would probably produce a
vast revulsion—that for every ten Peers so created,
twenty of the ancient Nobles would secede, and that the
rest would show such a spirit of discontent and disappro-
bation, that no Minister, even though bolder and more
reckless than we believe the present unprincipled Govern-
ment
to be, would venture on so desperate a career—con•
vinced, as we are, that no King would sanction it."
What a satire on Reforming Peers, to suppose
that if Ministers took a step which, by the showing
of this Reviewer, is essentially necessary to the car-
rying of the Bill, they would turn against them !
We say boldly that such a seceding from the na-
tional cause would produce a separation between the
Peerage and the nation never to be healed. To
delay Reform by means calculated to destroy all con-
fidence in the Peerage would never ersect the object.
the Peers, who should thus sacrifice the people to
their own vain glory had in view, Such a course
would not be displaying courage, but the foolhardi-
ness of insanity. But in the above passage our
readers will have remarked, that the Waverers count
on destroying the Bill on the third reading, if they
have not destroyed it before. What security have
Ministers that they will net at the very last moment
do their utmost to destroy a Bill, which they sups
pose would destroy the corruption in which they
live, move, and have their being? Who would rely
ott a victory to be achieved by the consent of this
enemy ? Beware of the Waverers ; they may be
fi m when Ministers least think of it. No, we can-
not think so poorly of Earl Grey, as that he will
thus allow himself to fall into art obvious snare.—
.Morning Chronicle.
In reference to the French expedition to Ancona
an Evening Paper—the Courier—has the following
passage, which it gives upon the authority of a letter
from Paris :—" The great leading Powers (says our
authority), clearly understand that the maintenance of
Casimir Perier's Ministry is essential to the peace of
Europe, and that, surrounded as it is with many
enemies, it is necessary to do something to control
the national feeling. The French expedition to
Ancona will, it is thought, do this, by flattering the
French nation, as it will, at all events, have some
weight in Italian affairs. The smallness of the num.
her of French troops cannot give cause of jealousy
to Austria; and it is observed that as the French
Ministry will, in all probability, be strongly attacked
on the foreign Budget, it was requisite to have some
popular feature on the side of the Minister." This
statement, whether true or false, evidently .;-,ones
from a quarter friendly to Casimir Perier's Adminis-
tration;and,iftrue,what doesit amount to? Only to this,
that Casimir Perier, as we have more than once, from
the evidence of circumstances known to all the
world, declared, has an understanding with the Holy
Alliance to conduct the Government of revolution-
ised France on principles of which the despotic dic-
tators of Europe can approve, and which principles
mu,t be, of necessity, hostile to the liberties and
civil prosperity of France, as well as to the inde-
pendence of nations, and the progress of political im-
provement throughout the civilized world. Only
think, reader, what would have been the condition
of England if the Ministry of William 111. had so
stulted the principles of the Revolution of 1688 as
to have conducted the. affairs of this country in timid
and abject subserviency to the then great despotic
Powers of the Continent. Then would Louis XIV.
have realised his dream of universal Monarchy, for
he would have been left at liberty, as the Emperor
of Russia is now, to crush the free States of Europe,
while the British lion crouched at his feet, and no
vindicator of the honour of England and the rights of
nations would have wielded the thunders which scared
his criminal ambition, and crushed his guilty pro-
jects on the fields of 131enheira and Malplaquet. For-
tunately for England and the world, this country
had not then a Casimir-Perier Administration. The
system of " peace at any price" is precisely the sys-
tem that encourages insult and invites aggression.
Mr. Canning was aware c,f that when he used the
language of salutowy intimidation to the Holy Alli-
ance, instead of bribing Russia with somc millions of
English money to be pleased not to disturb the
peace of Europe. But Casimir Perier does not
think it prudent, it appears, to he the avowed agent
or tool of the despots whom he courts. He wants
a " popular feature" to his Administration, and,
therefore, he obtains permission from the despotic
Powers to send a military force to Italy, pretending
to the French people that it is to be a check upon
the Austrians, but assuring the Austrians that it
is to co-operate with them in setting tip the arbi-
trary authority of the Pope. This is not governing
a nation by either wisdom or policy, but by that.
low cunning, trickery, and mere deception, which

The question of the Glove Trade was yesterday
brought before the House of Lords by Lord
STRANGFORD, in a very able, elaborate, and con-
clusive speech. The arguments employed by the
Noble Viscount, and the facts which he stated in
proof of the unpreceden•ed distress now afflicting
that branch of our manufacturing industry, must
make their due impression upon the hearts and upon
the minds of all men, excepting the professors of
political economy. But this vain science, to which
our present Ministers are so blindly attached, appears
to render its disciples callous to the ordinary feelings
of humanity. If, according to the theories on
which they pride themselves, any trade or ma-
nufacture ought to thrive, they refuse to look fur=
Cher. Satisfied with the conclusion to which their
theoretical reasoning leads them, they resolutely
shut their eyes to its practical refutation. When
the fact of the distress that exists is forced upon
them, they either deny it, or contend that sufficient
time has not yet elapsed for the benefits of their
system to develope themselves." Wait," say they to
the ruined manufacturer, and starving artisan,
" wait, and you will soon experience the happy re-
sults that must ultimately arise from the plan upon
which we are acting." Our manufacturers arid
traders have waited, and year after year they find
their situation growing worse and worse. Aver),
if inquiry ho granted, as in the recent case of the
silk trade, it is granted avowedly for the purpose of
taking advantage of the opportunity to aggravate the
cause of the distress,by reducing still furthee the duties
on importation. As regards the glove trade, on the
other hand, all inquiry is obstinately refused, though
:t is certain that there never was a case more impe-
ratively calling for it. Such is the pertinacity in
error, the injustice, and the inconsistency, of pc-
lineal economists, and of a Whig Reforming Go-
vernment. They who profess to be, par e.reellence,
the friends of the people and the guardians of their
interests, are the very men who refuse to advance
one step, or to concede a single point, when the im-
poverished and degraded condition of large classes
of their industrious fellow-countrymen is brought
under their consideration. The people must nst
length open their eyes to the true character of tile
philosophers who have unfortunately established
themselves fora time at the head of affairs. They
are men of high-sounding doctrines, but not of sense
or judgment ; of great promises, but of no perform-
ance that tends to good. Their quack nostrums in
matters of trade and commerce are precisely of the
same quality as their great quack nostrum of Be-
form. All are on the same level of utility, The
theories they have been pleased to adopt leed
them to judge that the glove trade and ti.e
silk trade ought to be in a flourishing con-
dition; practice, however, proves the reverse.
In the same manner they attempt to show
by theory that the ancient British Constitution is
faulty in all its parts, and is utterly unsuitable to
the country, though it has, in practice, raised us in
power and glory above all other nations in the
world. Is modern philosophy, in its application to
the Government of a great empire such as this, more
likely to prove beneficial and successful than in its
application to the affaits of trade and c tmmerce
it may be said that the system to which we trace
the depression of the manufacturing inttre-ts origi-
fluted with a farmer Administration. Strictly speak.
ins, this is true ; but it was forced upon them by
the Whig party, and was in effect the work of a
Whig Member of the Government. Looking,
moreover, to the present time, we find the Tory
party—they who are stigmatised as the borough-
mongering oppressors of the people—urging the ne-
cessity of that inquiry into the real grievances
of the people which a self-styled Liheial Mi-
nictry is stedfast in refusing.—As regards the
question of the glove trade, we must notice one
argument of the economists on which they appeat
mainly to rely. The quantity of skins imported
has increased, and therefore, they contend, the glove
manufacture must be in a state of ineteas,d acti.
vity. Now this argument assumes that all the skies
imported are employed in the glove trade, than
which no assumption could be more tenacious.
Without enumerating the multiplicity of articles in
which these skins are used, we will mention one in
particular which will come home at once to the
apprehension of the M nistry. We allude to the
bags in which official despatches are conveyed. The
endless and unwearied diplomacy of the present
Government must have effected an immense CoQ.'
sumption in this way ; and, since the Belgian Treaty
has engaged their attention, whole hecatombs
of sheep must have been sacrificed as propitiatory
offerings to Russia, Austria, and Prussia. In con-
elusion, we earnestly invite attention to the excel-
lent speech of Lord Strangford, and to the subse-
quent observations of the nuke of Wellington, set-
ting forth as they do the merits of the question in
the strongest light. The motion for inquiry was
negatived by a majority of eight.—ellorning Post.

The character of the Duke of Cardigan, in
the new novel of " The Opera." and the scenes at Cardigan
house, in which a certain priina.don3a and some of the noble
directors of the King's Theatre are so amusingly brought for.
ward, may all be identified without the possibility of mistake,
His Grace, it is said, is more sensitive to this satire than to any
in which be has hitherto been made to figure, not only on sc.
count of the enemy
of its stylo, and the singularity of its inc.*,
dents, but because it is more eagerly road by pa.son, in hi,
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SPRING ASSIZES. ~ 1 the title of Earl of BalearraS, and an English Peer by the title of COURT OF CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
Baron of Wigan ?—Yes.
_-,.....—_____ . Mr,Williams—And your Lordship sits in the House of Lords, _-........---
___
NURFOLIC CIRCUIT—HUNTINGDON March 'I and votes as an English Peer by the title of Baron of Wigan ? BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
—I do, .5.1r,..b5r virtue of my right and title.
CitICEIvED Tins iAtoiNitst; ) Mr. STARKIE submitted that the statement of his Lordship doSoirnEYsientidar. EN_ wished to know what his Derdship meant to F
CHARGE OF-MURDER AGAINST THE LATE GAOLER sitting and voting in the House of Lords was no evidence to The LORD CHANCELLOR intended to tit in the House
show that his Lordship was an English Peer. of Lords.
. .'- , OF THIS COUNTY. Mr. WILLIAMS intimated to his Learned Friend that he was Sir E. SUGDEN was aware of that, but he was desirous of
•:- (ireFoRE NiR. BARON VAUGHAN). Aware that the sitting in the House of Lords did not prove that knowing what was to come on in the House of Lords, because e
his e.,
The trial of the late Gaoler, fixed for this morning, created his Lordship was an English Peer, but he was in possession of a the Bar never was in such a state of ignorance as
itwas O
great interest, and no sooner were the doors of the Court-house ,irrect copy of his Lordship's patent creating him a Peer of tt,e moment, respecting what was going on, or to be tak en, int tthe In
opened, than the greatest efforts were made to obtain seats, but realm. Lords.
it was impossible to give accommodation to more than a small _qv. STARK IE said if that was the case, and the document The LORD CHANCELLOR—That's no business of mine. All H
number of the app'ieants. The rush that took place was tre- sworn to, it would be sufficient. I know is, that lam to sit in the House of Lords on Monday. , PI
menthols and it was some time before order could be obtained. The Earl of Balcarras having proved that the frank was a for. Sir E SUGDEN—Yes, but we wish that you will he so goo. ,
Silence having been restored, the prisoner, Henry Russel, w. gery, eat down, the learned Counsel for the prisoner declining to as to name some particular days on which you will take certain s,
placed at the bar, and indicted for being accessary to the murder cross-examine his Lordship. cases there.
of Sarah Wormsley, on the Ist of February last, in this county. Dr. C.. 1. Roberts sworn—ls a physician, residing at 31, Br idee- The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes, hut it is most irregular tl
The two sisters and the mother of the deceased Sarah Wormsley, street, Blackflies?, London. Knows the young man at the bar per- to have any thing said in this Court about the House of
al
were the first witnesses called, and their evidence went to prove fectly well . The letter produced in Court is the same which at all. It never was the practice before, and no Lord Chancellor ci
that the deceased had lived as servant with the prisoner for some witness received from him on the 9th of September last, and he who has sat before me ever would allow a word to be said here a,
time ; that she was residing at home at the time her death took thinks it is in the prisoner's handwriting, but cannot swear that it about the proceedings in the House of Lords.
si
place; that the prisonercalled to see the deceased, and talked with is, having never before received gi .tter from him. The letter Sir E. SL'GDEN—Then I shall never do it again.
tier on the road opposite their cottage on the Tuesday, and on produced had been out of the witness's possession some months, The LORD CHANCELLOR—I can't have complaints
i made
Wednesday the deceased died ; that the youngest sister observed hut he can swear that it is the same. here every day against me, respecting the proceedings n the ii
something white upon her lies the morning of her death ; that John Cooper, an officer of Wigan, said that he apprehended House of Lords.
she denied having taken anything, oc being questioned, but that the prisoner, and, in returning from the Mayor's office, he dc. Sir E. SUGDEN—Your Lordship quite mistake,' me. I am 5
she soon after got very sick and vomited ; that her lips and face tected him in attempting to do something with his watch seal. not complaining nor thinking of complaining of your Lordship, g
were much swelled, and her eyes very red ; that the stuff she Witness prevented him, and took the watch and seals from him. nor shall I ever mention a word here again respecting the
Ipro- o
vomited into the pot was carefully preserved, and was given to The seal upon his watch and the impression upon the letter ceedings in the House q,Lords, but I shall do so in another p ace. tl
Dr. Ward. perfectly corresponded, with the exception of the impression The LORD CHANCELLOR—I cannot hear these corn_
plaints, nor can I take upon myself to discharge Mr.
Dr Ward—l was shown a pot into which the deceased had being defaced a little.
vomited, and observed some sedl • ent like wet chalk ; I ordered Mr. George Brown, of Wigan, knew the prisoner perfectly Crsurtenay's business. All I know is, that when we were last in a
it not to be touched till it was brought to me ; I prescribed for well. Had often seen him write, and the letter produced is in the House of Lords there was a case part heard which was an. h
the deceased, and wished her mother to bring the contents of the prisoner's hand writing. nuunced at the bar to begone on with when we should meet again. t,
the pot soon after to me. I intimated to none in the house Mr. STARKIE, on behalf of the prisoner, begged to say Sir E. SUGDEN—WeII, we did not know that.
my suspicions of what the girl had taken. I said she that, from the date in which the letter was put into the Post- The LORD CHANCELLOR—WeII, but the suitors knew it, i
f)
was dangerously ill, bet I expressed gm) opinion. In con- office, it could not be inferred that there was any intention and it is their business to instruct their Counsel.
sequence of what the mother said I applied to the Magistrates to defraud the Post-office ; and as to thesuperscription "Wigan," Sir E. SU GDEN then observed that it had been the habit of the o
to go to the house. I analysed the contents of the pot par- that was the name of the town from which the letter was sent, as Bar to inquire both of Lord Eldon and Lord Lyndhurst, while ,
tially the next day, and again on the 24th, in company with well as the title of the Noble Lord. sitting in this Court, what it would be convenient to go on with
Air. Deck. Five grains of arsenic would, lam decidedly of A great number of witnesses were called to character, in the House •; and this was found to be a very convenient mode t
opinion, kill the strongest man. The day after the deceased and amongst them the pnsoner's school master, and the Rev. of proceeding, inasmuch as the appeals there (particularly the c
died, on the Od February, I analysed the stomach, and it ex_ Mr. Marshall, who all gave the prisoner an excellent character. English appeals) were generally very heavy, and the papers in
hibited red patches on its mucous coat, produced by some irri- The Jury. after consulting for some time, expressed a wish to them required a great deal of reading.
tating cause. 1 found no other morbid appearances in the body. retire, which they did, and having been absent a quarter of an The LORD CHANCELLOR was not aware of this, and he r
The arsenic would be ejected from the stomach if the vomitting hour, returned with a verdict of acquittal on both counts. The certainly had thought Sir Edward's object was to complain of his
I
was copious and frequent. I ascertained that she was, to the verdict was received in Court by the clapping of hands. conduct respecting the proceedings upon appeals in the Lords, S
best of my judgment, four months in a state of pregnancy. I Mr. Justice ALDERSON almost felt glad at the result of the
should say that she was not quick with child, with regard to which he could not be answerable, and knew but ,
verdict, for if the prisoner had been found guilty, he should have very little of what appeals were or were not, and when or when }
Examined by Mr. K ELLY—I am decidedly of opinion that passed upon him the sentence of transportation. not, to he brought on.
arsenic was the cause of her death. A notion prevails among the The prisoner bowed respectfully to the Jury before he quitted
lower classes that arsenic can be used for a certain purpose, but the dock. POTOSI MININGBACORTM.PAANNDY.—ONTVHAELRBSU. RN ts INGILBY,
1
I believe that arsenic cannot be used in the smallest portion William Andrew, who was yesterday convicted of killing bee.S.ir
pEu.t SiUn defendantsGuptEhelerbailplpebyartedhefodreftehnedapnlatisntiff.TheA
without endangering life ; even two grains will do so. I saw the his wife Anne Andrew, was sentenced to-day to six months
prisoner on the day the young woman was ill, before she died. imprisonment.
It must have been near five o'clock ; the Magistrate was present George Phillips, convicted of sheep stealing on Saturday, was mgiuvernrern,oatinede the
et
Lethaeiyneddidcnooutnmseelanhatiol
had, therefore, apply 1
demurrer
had ~
at the time. I saw him afterwards on his way home, and I saw this day sentenced to transportation for life. for the orderof the Court overruling the demurrer. 2
to sus
onlyta sustain t tone d e _
no attempt on his part to run away. I was in the room at the Order made overruling the demurrer on the usual terms. 1
time that some statement was made in writing, and afterwards ROBBERY OF THE
ROCHDALE MAIL. Several cases stood for judgment at the rising of the Court. 1
two or three questions were put by the Prisoner to the deceased Greenwood, Wardlewcrth, and Taylor, were indicted for hay-
in the presence of the Magistrates. The deceased was much ex- in robbed the driver of the Gig Mail between Rochdale and '
hausted, and was not disposed to speak, and that state was the Manchester. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
nstural effixt produced by the poison. The case was fully proved, an the Jury found them Guilty.—
This witness was re-examined by Mr. A NDREW9, for the pro- Sentence of death was recorded against them. His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS disposed of
secution, and stated that a paper was read over to the deceased DELICACIES FOR TRAVELLERS.—SIMPSON 11. DEAN. several Consent Cause Petitions of no public importance. After
when the prisoner was present, and she was sworn to the truth The plaintiff in this action is a butcher residing at Blackburn, which, Mr. Pemberton proceeded to reply in the part-heard case
of it ; and that the prisoner put some questions to the deceased. and the defendant is a market-looker for fish and flesh. It ap- of Blaquire v. Hutchinson. The Learned Counsel had not con.
Isaiah oeck examined—Stated that he was a chymist at Cam- Peered that the plaintif killed a cow, which he exhibited for eluded his address when our Reporter left.
bridge He described the several tests to which he had subjected sale in Blackburn Market. 'The market-looker thought,
the contents of the put brought by the last witness, and from his from the appearance of the meat, the fat of which was exceed-
VICE-CHANCERY
several examinations he had no doubt that arsenic was present. ingly yellow, that it was unfit for human food, aid he seized as COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
He aid he thought that there were 60 grains of arsenic in all. much as the butcher had upon his stall. The plaintiff was of
.elattnew ensile, the turnkey of the gaol, was next examined opinion that the meat was good, and brought this action against This being the sixth Seal, his Honour the VICE-CHANCEL-
and stated that he recollected on Wednesday, the Ist of Fe the defendant for its value. An inn-keeper, for the plaintiff; LOR took motions to-day, but up to the hour of our leaving no-
bruary, receiving a warrant from Sir John Arundel for the pi-is said that he had purchased a round of beef off the same beast, thing of interest had occurred.
toner. That he went with him to the cottage of the deceased's and it ate exceedingly well. Other witnesses proved that the
parents, but did not tell Russel that he had the warrant ; that food was unfit for use, and the Jury returned a verdict for the
he told him that they said Mary had been taking i oison, defendant. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
and that he had given it ; and that the prisoner then asked if she The actions brought hitherto in the Nisi Prius Court this —.es-- -
was dead, or if she had taken enough to kill her. One of these Assizes have been entirely void of general interest.
Nothing occurred in this Court this morning worth eeporting.
two things the prisoner said, but he could not positively say _—.......--_
which. He said there were no rats in the gaol, but there are
some mice ; that he followed Russel from the cottage to the WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, MARCH 8.
CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT.
gaol, where he (the prisoner) remained all night in his house, John Holmes, aged 25, was indicted for having entered the or-
which is within the gaol. On his cross-examination the witness chard of Wm. Famor for an unlawful purpose ; and, on Fantor -----ellse---___
acknowledged that he had had a quarrel with the prisoner about attempting to apprehend him, did maliciously cut and wound CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
a week previous, and that the prisoner had then told him "to him with some sharp instrument, with intent to do him some
look out for himself." bodily harm. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
An unsuccessful attempt was made to prove an alibi. DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES.
Mary Ann Wormsley, another sister of the deceased, was next
called, and underwent a long examination. She stated having Verdict Guilty. Sentence of death recorded. - ...
been called to her sister on the day mentioned, and was present Thomas Stanley, aged 20, Peter Tines, 19. and John Ellison, :17.; .
1 Ti ..; Za •J
77 `4 - g g .
when the prisoner came • that she was holding her sister's head, 23, were indicted for setting fire to a rick of straw belonging to c a e e, .....
.1 0 es
oos 0 o
when the prisoner stooped down, took hold of her hand, and Mr. Goddard, at Swindon. Places and Date. 'O oCO O •
1 e'cia 4ci
said, " Don't be too harsh, Mary;" when she (the witness) took On their being arraigned Vines pleaded guilty ; but through ''"
'1 1 ° 35 5
her sister's hand out of his, and said, " Let her alone." The pri- the persuasion of Mr. Justice Park, he retracted his plea, and p. f,: __. x
~.. ~. .a , v, 2 e
soner told Dr. Ward to do what he could for her, pleaded not guilty ; and they were all acquitted of that charge in 0.1 5...:, lon les es 1 B tir.,-.E ..
Sir John Arundel, a magistrate of the county, and his clerk consequence of a defect in the indictment, which set forth that
Mr. Sweeting, were next examined relative to the examinations they had set fire to a o rice of straw," whereas, it appeared by Sunderland, March 8 ... 0 2 1 0 1 1 538 '204
taken of the deceased. the evidence that it was a "rick of stubble." l
Mr. Sweeting's evidence occupied a considerable time, and at They were then indicted for having set fire to a cow-house be- Newcastle, March 8 ......3 1 0 0 4 979 303
its conclusion a long discussion took place between Counsel longing to Elisabeth Bradford, at Swindon, on the sth of No_
relative to the reading of the depositions. The Judge decided vember ;in support of which charge there was very little evi- North Shields, &c Mar. 826 0 0 3 23 1337 96
that they should be read—and, in substance, they stated deuce beyond their own confession.
that the deceased had received the arsenic from the prisoner ; Mr. GUNNING, for the prisoners, submitted that the charge South Shields, 'March 8... 2 0 0 0 2 14 6
that she did not ask him to give it to her, and that he did not tell did not come within the Statute, which referred to a dwelling-
her what it would ao ;that she was with child by the prisoner, house, a barn, or an out-house only. This was a cow-house, not Edinburgh, March '7 0 10 0 1 37 13
and that she had taken two teaspoonfulls of the arsenic in some within the scintillage of the dwelling-house.
The Jury;Acquitted Stanley,and found the.other prisonersk, March 7 5 0 0 0 5 11 5
tea in the morning. two Greenock,
Guilt
The apprentice of Mr. Bates, the druggist proved
con-
proved the fact of y.
Mr. Justice PARK deferred passing sentence until he Glasgow, &c., March 7
the prisoner having bought the arsenic at the stop. 116
The case having been closed for the prosecution, a great num- suited the other Judges on the objection advanced by Mr. Linn_
Per of respectable witnesses were called, who spoke in the highest ning ;he himselfhad a strong opinion in favour of its validity. Goren, C :)larch 7 2 2 1 2 1 9 4
terms of the prisoner's character. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINcoz,,,y, MARCH 7.
William Skiptoorth was charged with *-ng fire to four stacks Paisley, March 7 .....
The Judge commenced summing up the case at eight o'clock,
and concluded about half-past nine, when the Jury retired. of corn, the property of a farmer of the name of Hill, residing
It is doubtful whether a verdict will be returned to-night. at South Thoresby, in the parish of Lindsey, on the 19th of April Falkirk, Feb. 93, March 7 5 4 2I 1 6 18 8
last.
______sessepeeeas..- The Jur) returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, March 7. Kilwinning, March 6, 7 13 010 I 6 7 el 5
1 I—t-- —, --
BROTHERTON AND WIFE v. WHEIOLHOUSE. Total 1104 30 23 119 9•2 2361 855
Elizabeth Brotherton deposed that she was the daughter of the KILKENNY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. Total from places where the disease has ceased,
plaintiff and his wife, and lived in Burnley-lane with her father and from which no returns have been this day;
and mother. Her father played the violin. About nine o'clock received 3645 074
in the evening of the 4th of March of last year, the defendant The trial of the persons in custody for the murder of the pc, —.•••••-•• ---
knocked at the door. He then opened it and came in, asked lice at Kuocktopher, is to take place to-morrow at nine o'clock, Grand Totsdoe .....
Mrs. Brotherton how she did, and went past and sat down on the before Baron FOSTER.
sofa. Mrs. Brotherton said, you have the advantage of me, 1 The prsoners were arraigned today at half-past four o'clock, ---reoe----_
LONDON —MARCH 9, FIVE P.M.
do not know you. He said, "my name is William Wheelhouse, and pleaded Not Guilty ; but Mr. O'Connell, leading Coun-
and that the plaintiff had often asked him to call and take a glass sea for the defence, not being in Court, the trial was allowed to les ewith him, and the last time they met defendant had treated plain- stand over till to-morrow...a . Sies
tiff with a bottle of wine at the Holly Inn, and he must see the The Attorney-General and Mr. Greene have been sent down P. 1 k ll J 'a,4,1 E 5
plaintiff that night." Mrs. Brotherton said her husband was not specially by Government; and Mr. O'Connell, who came from Districts.
'' st L' ' * .a -'`'t,'-`1
at home, but if he would sup with them she would send for him. T. London (specially retained for the prisoners), arrived about nine
which he said .. No •he would take a glass of beer." 'Witness o'clock last night. He has not, however, made his appearance E n f 1 Z p, I§. -2 §
was then sent to the No;
of York for her father, to tell him that in Court yet. \Lel Z \ s'a' \ m \i-o::: `g \ ,r!__, 4.^. t
the gentleman was waiting for him with whom he had been It had been rumoured for some days past ,in this and the ad — ,-- —.— ——
drinking abottleof wine. Witness went and told him. During jacent counties, that a Grand or Petit Jury could not be found City 0 2 0 0 2 4 n 9
the time of the conversation with her mother, witness held to perform the business of the county. This, however, is not
the defendant's horse at the door ; after which they hung true ; for there appeared to be no want of Grand Jurors, and Afloat in the River 5 4 1 0 S 30 18
the bridle to the snitch of the door. The door was then a little though, on calling over the list of Petit Jurors, a great number
open. Defendant said " shut the door." Witness was absent did not answer, there still seemed to be enough for public duty. Poplar 2 0 0 0 2 3 1
about twenty minutes ; her father was playing a tune when she It must be observed, at the same time, that Baron Foster gave
went to him, and did not like to leave off till he had finished it. notice that he would have those gentlemen who may not appear Shadwell ... 1 3 0 0I 4 4 I 0
They both returned and went into the house together. The at nine o'clock to-morrow, called on heavy fines.
horse was still standing at the door. When we got in, father was The state of the Calander is, 22 for murder; 10 for burglary, Lioneho use 1 0 0 0 1 16 13
about to shake hands with the defendant, when mother said, and 21 for insurrectionary crimes.
" Don't shake hands with such a villain as that, he has used me Rntherhithe 20002 7
worse !than a harlot." My mother's cap was torn to pieces,
blood was runing down from her, and she was bruised all over. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Southwark 4B 21 15 10 46 926 183
Father talked very severely. Defendant said nothing but, "Do
----..."-- 9 2 1 0 10 43 19
forgive me—may I go home to-night ?'' Mother said " Begone, Newington Butts
thou villain—begone," and flashed the door in his face. He semi BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY))
he would go down twenty times on his bare knees if they would Philip Barnard, a young gentleman, of elegant exterior, re- Lambeth
forgive him. Mother sail he might take the lash of the law. siding at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, was brought up' charged
Father went to the inn to fetch his fiddle, and I saw the blood with being found in the honse of Mr. Maclean, No. 14, Teen Christchurch 3 1 1 0 3 1 19 12
running down my mother's thighs ; she was bruised all over, stock-street, Covent-garden, at three o'clock this morning, and
most about the thighs and arms. I washed her with warm water, with breaking sundry windows. Westminster 3 0 0 0 I 6 3
and got her to bed. She had no sleep all night. I was in her Mr. Maclean stated that he had unfortunately let the first floor
St. George's, Hanover-sq. 0 1 0 0 1 2 1
bed ; she disturbed me many times, and was worse on the e stun- of his house to a tarty of a certain caste, and was unable to rid him-
day morning. self of her. This morning, at three o'clock, he was disturbed in
Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, for the defendant, declared it was his bed by a noise in the house, and on going en to the Merylebone
truly the most extraordinary case of assault for a particular pur- staircase he perceived the defendant approaching thelady's room,
pose which he had ever heard, according to the story of the preceded by her maid servant with the candle. He demanded Paddington Canal. 0 11 1 0 0 1 1
plaintiff's daughter, upon whose testimony alone the whole of the what brought him there? when the gentleman flew into a violent
ease rested, and which, if her evidence was true, represented a paroxysm of passion, and a struggle ensued between them; in the S. Giles's 3 0 0 0 3 18 8
memnbarbarous state of society at Burnley which could only be course of which several windows were broken, amounting to 128.
equalled by absolute savages. It reminded him of a certain Mrs. He (Mr. Maclean) called the police, and gave him into custody. Whitechapel .....-
Waters, in the History of Tom Junes, who during a whole night The defendant admitted being in the house and breaking the
lay as snug and as silent as the grave beside her male compa- windows. He had gone to visit the lady, and had been admitted St. Georges's East
3 7 4
pion, but when in the morning a stranger happened unfortu- into the house by her servant. The complainant behaved most
et
nately to pop into the room, and caught her in bed with a man, rudely to him. 6 5
S . Luke's n 1 0 1 0 1
then she immediately set up shouting murder, and rape, and The Magistrate told Mr. Maclean, if he allowed such ladies to —l-1-1-1-- ----
every thing else she could think of, as loud as she could. He live in his house he must abide the consequences. Total. lO6 149126 I 15 1114 457 I 232
would show, from the mouths of a number of witnesses, that no The defendant was then discharged upon paying the amount Cases from places before reported
ouch violence, or at any rate no such resistance, could have taken of the damage done.
place. MANSION-HOUSE. Grand Total ` 490 260
_..-. .....-“, c. a I\l Secretary.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, March 7.
BROTHERTON AND WIFE v. WHEvLHOUSE.
Elizabeth Brotherton deposed that she was the daughter of the
plaintiff and his wife, and lived in Burnley-lane with her father
and mother. Her father played the violin. About nine o'clock
in the evening of the 4th of March of last year, the defendant
knocked at the door. He then opened it and came in, asked
Mrs. Brotherton how she did, and went past and sat down on the
sofa. Mrs. Brotherton said, you have the advantage of me, I
do not know you. He said, "my name is William Wheelhouse,
and that the plaintiff had often asked him to call and take a glass
with him, and the lasttime they met defendant had treated plain-
tiff with a bottle of wine at the Holly Inn, and he must see the
plaintiff that night." Mrs. Brotherton said her husband was not
at home, but if he would sup with them she would send for him. To
which he said " No; he would take a glass of beer." Witness
was then sent to the uke of York for her father, to tell him that
the gentleman was waiting for him with whom he had been
drinking abottleof wine. Witness went and told him. During
the time of the conversation with her mother, witness held
the defendant's horse at the door; after which they hung
the bridle to the snitch of the door. The door was then a little
open. Defendant said "shut the door." Witness was absent
about twenty minutes ; her father was playing a tune when she
went to him, and did not like to leave off till he had finished it.
They both returned and went into the house together. The
horse was still standing at the door. When we got in, father was
about to shake hands with the defendant, when mother said,
" Don't shake hands with such a villain as that, he has used me
worse !than a harlot." My mother's cap was torn to pieces,
blood was coning down from her, and she was bruised all over.
Father talked very severely. Defendant said nothing but, "Do
forgive me—may I go home to-night ?" Mother said " Begone,
thou villain—begone," and flashed the door in his face. He sae'
he would go down twenty times on his bare knees if they would
forgive him. Mother sail he might take the lash of the law.
Father went to the inn to fetch his fiddle, and I saw the blood
running down my mother's thighs ; she was bruised all over,
most about the thighs and arms. I washed her with warm water,
and got her to bed. She had no sleep all night. I was in her
bed ; she disturbed me many times, and was worse on the s atur-
day morning.
Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, for the defendant, declared it was
truly the most extraordinary case of assault for a particular pur-
pose which he had ever heard, according to the story of the
plaintiff's daughter, upon whose testimony alone the whole of the
ease rested, and which, if her evidence was true, represented a
memi.barbarous state of society at Burnley which could only be
equalled by absolute savages. It reminded him of a certain Mrs.
Waters, in the History of Tom Jones, who during a whole night
lay as snug and as silent as the grave beside her male compa-
nion, but when in the morning a stranger happened unfortu-
nately to pop into the room, and caught her in bed with a man,
then she immediately set up shouting murder, and rape, and
every thing else she could think of, as loud as she could. He
would show, from the mouths of a number of witnesses, that no
such violence, or at any rate no such resistance, could have taken
place.
William Satiliffe lived about 50 yards from the defendant. On
be evening in question a man named Yates called him to look
into plaintiff's window. The shutters were not closed, nor the
curtains fully drawn. They heard shuffling about in the part of
the room they could not see, and heard the plaintiff's wile talk-
ing to some one. A candle was in the room, and a horse at the
door, which was a little open. Soon after plaintiff came, and wit-
ness saw him shake hands with defendant. The next day Mrs.
Brotherton was out in her best Sunday clothes, going towards
Colne, five miles and a half distant. She walked well enough.
Ellen Howarth—Lived next door to plaintiff, and has a cup-
bo and separated from his room by only a thin partition. Could
have heard any outcry if there had been any. Saw Mrs. B. out
the next day. On the 'Tuesday following she set t for witness,
who went and found her in her bed very ill. She said "Oh !
the villain ! I'll make it cost him a sum of money before I have
done with him." No man had ever taken such liberties with her
before. She said " How liked d you not come in when I struck
and screamed ?" Witness said she did not hear her; to which
she replied, " I struck and screamed as long as I could, and, if
folk came to inquire, you must say so by all means." Witness
said " I will not." .t few days after I was distressed for rent.
Cross-examined—Brotherton put in a distress the next day for
91- 15, I paid it, and left the house.
Francis Anderton, a publican at Burnley, saw the plaintiff the
Wednesday after, and told him that Wheelhouse wished to settle
it with him: Plaintiff said it would cost defendant 1001., but they
had forgiven him, and did not want his money. IJefendant
asked if he might make a present to the little girl, and he gave
her 51. Plaintiff then followed him to the door, shook hands
with him, and told him to think no more of it. Sirs. B. said she
wondered he had taken such an advantage of her. They after-
wards met again, and plaintiff said he could not settle it without
his wife. They went to her ; she was in hed, and said she would
have It/0/. W.en !3S offered her lel. on behalf of defendant. She
said that was to, small ; it should cost him 10)1, She had
made one parbefore, and would make him pay. Witness and a
person named Baldwin went to the lied Lion in Burnley, where
plaintiff came to them ' • but they could not settle it. He men-
tioned then 3 ,
0/ and then '204 We then went to the Spar-
row Hawk, and he followed us. We settled it there for 181. fhe
Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages is.

Humphrey Blackburn was charged with battering and bruis-
ing Peter Row, cobbler, in his own stall. The assault arose out
of a grudge of some years' standing, between Peter and a rival
" translator," the defendant having fought the good fight—not
on his own account, bat on his father-in-law's. Peter, it appeared,
had set up an " hopposition" stall in Bell-yard, within one door
of the defendant's father-in-law, upon which he had painted in
conspicuous letters, " The Old stablished," to the unutterable
indignation of his brother snob, who immediately assured the
nubility and gentry, by placard, that his was the only original
shoe-mending establishment in Bell-yard. From that time up
to the present, an enmity has( existed as inveterate as it was pos-
sible-for rival cobblers to entertain ; anti the Magistrate has been
more than once called upon to bind both over to their good, if not
peaceable, behaviour. The present assault was detailed by Peter
as follows :—I vas at vork at von o'clock on Thursday
arternoon, vith my vinder open, yen this here chap shoves his
head in and says, "Do you know ever an old man ?" Yes
(says I), I does. " And do you know his sons I" says he. Says I,
I knows no good on any on 'em. " You do'nt!" says he; "then I'll
learn you summut ;" vith that, he ups vith his fist and knocks
my head With such werigeance actin my lapstone, that I may say
it's been almost twice as thick ever since. Being a sitting in my
stall, I could not either tight or run away, so he leathers me till
he was tired, and then he valks off:
I suppose, said Sir C. MARSHALL, the old man you speak
of makes shoes as well as yourself.
He make shoes as veil as me ! said Peter, mistaking the ques-
thm ; vy, he arn't fit to hold a candle to the likes o' me. I
flatter myself, for vetting a pair of Wellington's, or wamping a
pair of tops, there arn't my fellow in the neighbourhood.
The Worthy Magistrate settled the matter by giving suitable
advice to both parties, and mulcting the defendant in the
expenses.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _

(Signed;

Grand Total..,
WM. MAC L

260
,EAN, Secretary.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

BREVET PROMOTIONS—NAVY.
RETURNS of the Number of OFFICERS of the ROYAL
NAVY and ROYAL MARINES, who have been PRO-
MOTED by BREVET since the Accession of his present Ma-
jesty stating the Number of each Rank, and the Amount of
additional PAY and ALLOWANCES which the Officers of
each RANK will receive in consequence of that PROMO-
TION, and the Total additional EXPENSE Annually by such
Promotion.
I.—ROYAL NAVY.

Annual Increase of
half pay by promotion

Admirals, to be Admirals of the Fleet 31
Vice-Admirals, to be Admirals
Rear-Admirals, to be Vice-Admirals
Captains, to be Rear-Admirals
Commanders to be Captains
be Co- -Inlanders.

d.
s.
383 5 01
.z• 2 173 7 0
27 136 17 6
47 191 12 0
30 36 10 0
48 54 15 0
'4 01 301

Lieutenants, to . _
Midshipmen, to be Lieutenants B4,

Total Annual Increase X 1

2.-ROYAI. MARINES.

- Yesterday the coachman of the Countess de Grey attended
before J. L. CON ANT, Esq., to answer the complaint of George
Biss, a common informer, for drawing a caravan belonging to
her Ladyship along Regent-street, without having the letters of
her Ladyship's name on it in letters of the length prescribed by
law.
The defendant said that the vehicle in question contained
some papers of importance belonging to Viscount Goderich and
Lord Grantham, her Ladyship's nephews, which he was directed
to convey to the seat of the Countess, at Putney, and the de-
fendant seized it just as he quitted the residence of her Ladyship
in St. James's-square, and conveyed it to the green-yard, where it
was there detained.

Number of Officers Promoted.

1 Colonel Commandant, to be Major-Ge_

LANCASTER, THURSDAI; March S.
(RECEIVED THIS MORNING.)

FORGERY OF A PRANK OF A PEER OF THE REALM.
James Park, a medical student of highly respectable appear-
ance and connections, stood indicted with having, at Wigan, in
the county of Lancaster, forged and counterfeited the Sand
writing of the Right Hon. James Lindsay, Earl of Balcarras and
Baron of 'Wigan, on the superscription of a certain letter to be
sent by the General Post, in order to avoid the payment of the
postage, thereof; and in a second count with writing and sending
t y the post, the same letter, the superscription thereof was so
forged and counterfeited.
Much interest was attached to this case from the recollection
of the severe sentence of Mr. Halloran for a similar offence, Corn-
initted about eleven years ago, in forging the frank of Mr. Baron
(farrow when Attorney-General, and the Court was crowded
by friends of the prisoner, and others, anxious for the result of
the tr' al.
Mr. WILLIAMS, the Attorney-General (with whom was
Mr. AI)JLPHUSa stated the case for the prosecution, from
which it appeared that the prisoner was most respectably cis-
nected, and was studying medicine as a professson. He resided
with his uncle in the town of Wigan, and on the 6th of September
last he put a letter into the Wigan post-office, addressed to Mr.
C. S. Roberts, Medical Lecturer, 31, Blackfriars-road, London,
which letter purported to bear on the left hand corner the super-
scription of Baron :Wigan, viz. Wigan, which would be: proved
in evidence by his Lordship to be a forgery of his superscription.
The letter, however, had not the effect of saving the postage, for
the Post-mistress of Wigan, upon receiving it, doubted the super-
scription to be that of Baron Wigan, and especially as sentord_
ship, a short time after the letter wasp ut in the post, tw o
letters bearing his signature. In consequence of these suspicions
arising in the mind of the Post-mistress, she enclosed the letter to
Sir Francis Freeling, at the same time stating the circumstances
under which she received it, which led to the apprehension of
the prisoner.
The Earl of Balearras was sworn, and the letter alluded to was
handed to him. The superscription, Wigan, was not his hand-
writing, but it was something in his style of superscription.
Mr WILLIAMS—I believe your Lordship is a Scotch F:arl by

Mr. CONANT inquired how it was that the informer had
taken the cart to the green-yard ?
The informer replied that the Act authorised hint to do so.
Mr. CONANT'—The expense would have been much less had
you taken it to the livery stable. I shall expect you to bring the
caravan to the office, or otherwise how is it possible for me to
decide unless I see in what manner the letters are painted.

Biss accordingly proceeded forthwith to the green-yard, where
he was required to pay 9s. or 10s. fees for the caravan, before he
was permitted to bring it away.
The Magistrate inspected the caravan, and found that the
letters of the Countess's title were painted about the eighth of
an inch under the size which the Act of Parliament required,
and, under these circumstances, he told the defendant he should
convict him only in the suns of half-a-crown.
The informer looked aghast at this decision, and observed that
he had paid 10s. for fees at the green-yard out of his own pocket.
Mr. CONANT—I have settled the case; the defendant is
tined half-a-crown.

Fifteen-pence, the moiety of the informer's share of the penalty,
was then handed over to him, and he walked away minus seven
or eight shillings.

LORD ERSKlNE.—Absence of mind is fre-
quently the heritage of men of talent. Lord Erskine was af-
flicted with this malady. He one morning called upon a friend,
and was scarcely shown into the parlour when he exclaimed,
" Curse those hackney coaches I seldom put my foot in one
of them that I do not lose something." " What has your
Lordship lost ?" "My great coat, and very provoking it is,
for it was quite a new one." " Does your Lordship usually
wear two at a time ?" inquired his friend, who perceived his
Lordship had forgotten he was hearing the lost garment on his
bark

neral
3 Lieut.-Colonels, to be Brevet Colonels.-
3 Majors, to be Brevet Lieutenant-Colonels
20 Captains, to be Brevet Majors, at 2s. per
day
N.B —This officer by his promotion sus
tained a decrease of pay th the extent of the
difference between the full pay of his former
rank and the Unattached-pay of Major-
General ; the latter allowance, however, oc-
casioning an additional expense to the coun
try of 11. ss. per day, or

To each
Class of
Officers.

.£ s. d.
1,149 15 U
3,814 50
3,695 12 6
8,586 7 6
1,095 00
2,628 0 0
7,665 0 0

(To each
I Officer.

X s. d.

36 10 0

Total Annual Increase of Expen:
JOHN D'

Xt
ER, Chi

'To each
Class of
Ofticero.

£ s. (1.

730 0 0

Admiralty-office, Feb. 29, 1832.

456 5 0

1,186 5 0
ief Clerk.

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Messrs. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington street :.-1 Me-
moirs and Remains of Lady Jane Grey, by Sir Harris Nicolas,
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2/. 55.-4. Memoirs of the Life and Times of the great Lord
Burghley, with extracts from his Private Correspondence and
Journals : by the Rev. Dr. Nares, the second and third volumes,
completing the work.-5. The Private Correspondence and
Diary of the celebrated Dr. Doddridge, now first published
from the original manuscripts, by his great grandson : the 3d,
4th, and sth volumes, which conclude the work.-6. Memoirs
and Correspondence of David Garrick, now first published
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