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FROM THE EVENING PAPICRII OF YESTERDAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 26.
GLOBE—There is no defeat of the present Government (Before Mr. Commissioner Gouesomert.)
which we have witnessed with more satisfaction than that of IN THE CASE OF ROE AND BLACKFORD.
the " holier than thou" Mr. Gladstone, in the matter The bankrupts, who had been acting managers of the Joint-
of Sunday third-class railway trains. Trains ought either Stock Bank, Newport, Isle of Wight, applied to-day for their
to be permitted to run at ail on Sundays—or they ought not. certificate.
If there should be no Sunday trains, we need not an Oxford Mr. Montague Chambers with Mr. Sturgeon were present
logician to tell us there should be no third-class ones. But, on the part of the bankrupts ; and Mr. Edwin James with
if first and second-class trains should run on Sundays, a Mr. Sturgeon were retainedby the Directors and Shareholders
fortiori should third-class trains. We shall endeavour to of the Bank to oppose them.
show this to the satisfaction of a student of Aldrich (who The evidence taken on a former day having been read at
would do well to study Wheatly). Those who are truly at- the request of Mr. Lucas,
tacked (among whom we beg to rank ourselves) to Lord's- Mr. JANES rose to oppose the granting of the certificate.
day observance, admit—such of them as admit the pro- He said that he would briefly lay facts before his Honour
priety of sanctioning Sunday trains—that there are cases to prove that both the bankrupts had acted in *the most
in which Sunday travelling may be a work of necessity flagrant manner, both in their capacity of bankers and more
or mercy. How can that plea be less applicable to third lately in that of servants, and he was sure that his Honour
than to first or second-class travellers? Nay, how can it would be well able to discriminate whether the one was
fail to be applicable more frequently to the former than the more faulty than the other. The case was a most important
latter—first, in proportion to the larger constituency of whom one, and he should detain the Court but a very short time,
they are representatives—and secondly, in the ratio of their as his friend Mr. Chambers would no doubt address it after-
mere frequent and urgent occasions? And why, when some wards at length, and with great ability', in behalf of the
errand of necessity, or mercy, occurs to the poor, man, bankrupts. The present opposition was not entered upon
should he be supposed abler to pay a second-class fare from any vindictive feelings to the bankrupts themselves,
than at other times ? Nay, how should he be sup - but ftons a desire to do a duty to the shareholders of the
posed otherwise than less able for extra expenditure? Joint-Stock Bank, and to the general public. It
It will be observed that we have taken the narrowest appeared that the bankrupts Roe and Blackford
ground in favour of the decision of the House against Mr. had succeeded to the banking business carried on in
Gladstone. We have adapted our argument to the scruples Newport, Isle of Wight, under the firm of Sir Richard Bassett
of the most scrupulous Sabbath observers. Perhaps a larger and Co. In 1842, this bank was considerably pressed, and
necessity and a larger mercy might have been pleaded for in fact insolvent. A number of gentlemen unaware of the
the case of pent artisans and their families in the town fact, however, proposed to amalgamate, if he might so say,
labyrinths of daily toil. However, we have no occasion to into a joint- stock bank, the operations and business of the
argue that question at present. The running of Sunday rail- other. These gentlemen were of the highest standing and
way trains was already a foregone conclusion. The sole point in respectability in the island, and the bankrupts at once ac-
dispute was, whether theiraccommodation shouldextend to the ceded to their proposition although they were then, as was
poorer classes. That point the House of Commons, creditably subsequently discovered, actually insolvent to the
to itself, carried against the Government. We have nodisposi- enormous amount of 50,000 or 60,000 pounds.
thin to ascribe oppressive motives to Mr. Gladstone or his col- He (Mr. James) would direct his Honour's attention
leagues. We regard him as the smooth shopman, who dis- to this fact, fully confident that that alone would afford suffi-
plays his assortment in the church-line to the beat advan- cient reason for refusing their certificate. But there was
tage. Neither do we charge him with insincerity in his recom- something of even a deeper dye than this non-discrosure of
mendations of it. Recent police reports have brought to light their insolvent condition. Mr. Blackford,_ on being asked
a practice existing in the drapery line of what is called shaving whether a true statement of the assets of Bassett's bank had
the ladies, and receiving a per tentage from employers foe so been furnished to the directors of the joint-stock • bank, said
doing. That Mr. Gladstone " shaves the ladies," and the . that he was not aware such was required. He (Mr. James)
lady-like portion of the public, from any other than the most would prove by witnesses that Blackford had said that that
orthodox motives, we do not for one moment believe. That statement should be furnished every hour; but it never
wicked wit, Sydney Smith, is said to have once accused was furnished, and the most paltry excuses were alleged for his
him of " rather a retail manner." But we entirely ac- non-compliance in this respect—such as that the customers
quit him of retail practices. We believe he repre- of Bassett's bank would
'feel aggrieved if their private
sents with good faith official religion—or what is left of affairs were exposed, &c. ',Yet all this time Blackford knew
it. Believing Mr. Gladstone honest in his scruples, that he and his partner were insolvent; and he still stated,
we believe him feeble and vacillating in his mind. What a not once but often, not to one person but to many, that the
point, to be sure, to court defeat upon, for the orthodox organ bank was perfectly solvent. The shareholders and directors
of a strong Government ! Mr. Gladstone thinks that work- of the joint-stock bank were grievouslydeceived, and a debt of
ing men would rather travel oniSaturday than break into 63,000/ was saddled upon them, in consequence of the bank-
Sunday. We dare say they would, if they could afford to rupts' misconduct. The joint-stock bank paid off a sum of
lose the time, and to lose the pence. We have already said, Glyn and Company for 21,000 e, thus purchasingethe business
however, that we will-not enter into the general question of of the old banking-house, and they then placed benk-
Sunday travelling. We only denounce the inconsistency rupts in the confidential position otinanagers of the seeneern.-
(of which'the House showed its sense by its vote) of treating The bankrupts had now entered upon a course of crecettili net
first and second-class trains ae good, and denouncing on third- communicating the state of their affairs, and is order .t 0;-
class Anathema Maranatha. 'screen themselves from the just indignation of the directorse
STANDARD.—The narrative o? the progress made to- they tried all manner of shifts, some of which he should lee°
wards the suppression of the slave-trade, last night, given before his Honour. They had pledged a number of secii's
by the Earl of Aberdeen with so' much- clearness and rities, as decide, promissory-notes, and so forth with
so little pretension, will highly gratify the people of the Messrs. Currie, to an amount stated to repre-
this country and the Christian community throughout sent thirty!two • thousand pounds. This they had no
the world. The average annual importation of slaves right to do, for the property was that of the joint-steck bank ;
from Africa to Cuba and the Brazils has been but the bankrupts' motives were simply to pitch up the
reduced from nearly 100,000, in the years between falling credit of Bassett's bank, and they did so for a time
1835 and 1840, to 28,000 in the last three years ; by this contrivance. His Honour would find that, on the
and this latter average would have been much lower, (the 14th of November, 1842, a letter was written to the Meserae
number imported in 1842 being, in fact, but 17,000) but for Currie and Co. by Mr. ;Blackford, stating that he " would feel*
the violent changes in the Government of Spain, and the obliged if Messrs. Currie would fofward promissory notes of
substitution in the government of Cuba, for the humane Bassett and Co., as per- other side," and he signs this as
and intelligent Valdez, of a person of-la different stamp, manager of the joint-stock bank. Those securitieer-were
O'Donnell. It , was, however, stated by Lord Aber no more theirs than they • were his (Mr. Jarlies's),
deem that the British Government had succeeded in and the Messrs. Currie thought that they were pelted with
wringing from the Government of Spain, though to the joint-stock bank. On the 21st of Novembeies similar
not until after a lone delay and a stubborn re- circumstance occurred, and again a third in December, mak-
sistance, a law forbidding Spanish subjects to embark in ing in all upwards of 9,0001 got in this manner, which he
the slave trade. The effect of this law must be promptly to (Blackford) took credit for. They were eall this time
extinguish the abominable traffic, for, as the Noble Secre- insolvent, and they knew it; but when certain of
tart' for „Foreign Affairs explains, the Governments of France • the old'' customers to Basiett's bank wished their sums,
and of the United States are disposed to co-operate cordially or nominal sums—for there were no assets to. meet
with Great Britain in her noble purpose. This need surprise the eleens of creeitork—to be transferied*to the joint-stock
no one. As far as the Government of France is concerne(Lwe bank, the' , bankrupts did so, thug, in fact, saddling
may confidently anticipate from the wise and good Xing of Leper epbts pn the shareholders and _directors, whose confi-
the French, and from the prudent and benevolent statesmen delve they had so sadly •abused 1-A might continue the
who happily till his council, whatever is just, and humane, calenear• of their misconduct, but zhe thought he had said
and generous, and France, as well as the American Common enongle to make his Honour pate Before granting the bank-
wealth, have even a nearer and more immediate interest the mate certificates, andhe,wouldefiow call witnesses into the
we have in the suppression of the slave-trade, for thii very box to prove these allegations._
reason, that they have hitherto found it atfecult, if not ha-
possible, to exclude slavery from the dependencies of the
one, and • from territory of the other. As -between states
cultivating the same produce in a tropical clialuee, we
have unfortunate proof that the use of slavery gives soinesiul-
vantages ; but as between states using. slavery in such
climates, the practice of the slave -trade gives incomparably
greater advantages. If, therefore, it is reproached to Great
Britain that, upon commercial grounds, she wishes an end
put to slavery every where (she gave noble proof twelve
years ago of a higher mot ive)—it may be said—not in the way
of reproach, but as a reason for trusting their sincerity—that
all States which still use stare labour, but do not soil their
hands with a slave trade, must upon commercial grounds des
sire an end put to the execrable traffic in human beings, be-
cause the slave buyers and slave butchers can always undersell
them, as the slave butchers of Cuba and the Brazils do,
in fact, undersell the United States planters and the
French colonists, as well as the British colonists,
Thus there is a gradation of interest happily enforcing the
common duty, and tending to its ultimate accomplishment.
The free-labour countries are deeply interested to put
an end to slavery; the intermediate countries, which
admit slave labour, have a still deeper interest in
extinguishing the slave trade. When we see the
first commercial nation on the face of the earth at 'the
head of the aeries, and the next in order of wealth, in
telligence, and commercial importance, occupying the inter-
mediate station, we cannot doubt of the result, even could
we doubt of' the benignant purposes of Providence. For our
own part we have never been able to understand why Spain,
Portugal, and the Brazils, have not been compelled to termi-
nate the slave trade—compelled not by a desultory war of
cruisers, but by bold language, boldly spoken in their capitals,
enforced, if nscessary, by the voice of artillery in their
ports. We are no friends to interference with indepen-
dent States; but for interference in this matter, we have
the justification of successive treaties all shamefully
violated, and the authority of numerous precedents—Algiers
in 1816, Greece in 1828, the Netherlands in 1831, and
Spain and Portugal themselves from 1830 to 1838. Ques-
tionless it is more satisfactory to obtain the desired end as
Lord Aberdeen is likely to obtain it, by mild and peaceful
negotiation ; but it may be as well if all parties are reminded
of the robust right which the humane and enlightened mains
011 have in reserve should negotiation fail.

1.1.114,4kR ASSIZES.
1-10 M& CI ,l'UlD.—lllaidstone, July 25.
.CIVIL
7SIDE.-=-401Etfore Mr. Baron PARKE and a Spe-
. icial Jury.)
. •
cet.g. CON.-R.ING V. NUNN.
-This wtis'an'tietion 'brought to recover compensation
in dad es An' the seduction of the plaintiff's wife by
the deremtio.
Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill were for the plain-
tiff; Mr. Platt, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr. Peacock,
appeared for the defendant.
Sergeant SREE addressed the jury, and said he had the
honour to appear for the plaintiff, who sought their assist
ante to relieve himself from a load of shame and dis-
honour too great to be borne, and to which no man
ought to submit. In form he asked them for damages
for the seduction of his wife, but he would at the onset
inform the'jury that damages were.not so much an-object
as-that he might be enabled to found an application to
the Legislature upon their verdict, to dissolve a con
nexion which he felt, after what had occurred, could
only henceforward be a source of misery and disgreee;•
and that the friends of the plaintiff wooed be satisfied
that it was not a frivolcus charge, and that he was well
entitled to the relief he sought 'for. The Learned
Counsel said he should now inform the jury of the cir
cumstances under which - the action was ' brpught
against the defendant. The plaintiff had carried on,
with his brother, a very extensive business, as a'
wine-merchant and grocer, in the town of Abing•
don, in Berkshire ; and he lived in that town in a posi-
tion of the highest respectability.. At the time of the
marriage with his present wife he was about forty-eight
years old, and a widower, his first wife having died
about ten years ago. He admitted that in his eon!
nexion with the lady now in question he had evinced
some little indiscretion, but this could, not, in any
way, be an excuse for the conduct of the defendant.
Three years ago- the plaintiff betanie acquainted
with the lady whom he now had the misfortune
to call his wife. • She was the widow of a
small tradesman at Birmingham,.-and her position
.in
society was certainly not equal to that of the .plaintiff:
He, however, was struck with her beauty and manners.
and after a short courtship, he proposed himself as hei
husband, and was accepted. He was aware that • the
connexion would not be a satisfactory one to his friends,
and the marriage was therefore solemnised in private, at
All Souls' Church, Marylebone, no- one being
-present hut - the clerk, and a young woman, a
stranger to
,both parties, who were requestec't to for-
mally witness the Marriage. After it had taken place the
plaintiff and his wife proceeded to Hampshire ; and in
one short month, the film fell from the plaintiff's eves,
and he found that Tie had been seduced by the beauty
and accomplishments
,of the • lady to enter into a con
nexirm, which it Wa-s impossible, from the-viohnt temper
of the lady, could 'produce happinesS. Atthis time there
was not the slightest imputation upon her chastity, but
Mr. King found that his wife had such a violent temper,
thatit was impossible for him to live with her. He was,
however, stilt attached to her, and hoping that ie
time he . might be able to renew the connexion, a
deed of separation was drawn up, in which he agreed
to allow his : wife 50/. per annum, but which deed at
the same time-a!so contained a proviso, referring to the
probability of their being together again, in which.case
the annuity was to cease. After the separation, the
.plaintiff returned to Abingdon and resumed the business
which he had given up on his marriage taking place,
and -very Soon afterwards he received information
which induced him to believe that Off conduct of his
wife was.not what it ought to be. and that an occur-
rence had taken place which would prevent him from
ever again thinking of living with her, or treating. her
us his wife. 'flee Learned Counsel then proceeded to
say, that after. Mr. King hail returned to Abingdon, his
wife went to live in Providence-row, New Kent-road,
near which place the defendant carried on the busi-
ness of a cigar dealer, and he had also a coachmaking
establishment in the Westminster-road. He should
show that at this period they were intimate, but there
was no proof of any. criminality. However, after this
the intimacy increased, and he apprehended there
would be very little doubt, after the evidence he should
lay before them, that criminal intercourse did
eventually take place between the wife of the
p'aintiff and the defendant, who, he should inform then!,
was a married man and had a family. He should show
them that the defendant had engaged a public-house,
called the Shades, mar the Corn Exchange for the
plaintiffs wife, whom he represented to be a .widow,
and acts of gross indecency would be proved to
have taken place at that house, which could leave
no doubt of the guilt of the parties. He should be
also able to prove similar proceedings
. in other place,
and he felt satisfied the jury would say that the
plaintiff was entitled to their verdict. The next ques-
tion would be that of the amount of damages, and al-
though he admitted it was not a case calling for heavy
damages, yet he did expect substantial damages from
the defendant, who, there could be no doubt, had in-
flicted grievous injury upon the plaintiff. Witnesses were
called who fully confirmed the statement of Counsel.
Mr. PLATT then addressed the jury, and observed that
it was now his duty to make some observations to them
on behalf of the defendant, who, he must say, was placed
in that position under very extraordinary circumstances,
His Learned Friend, in his address to them, evidently
felt that he Was in a difficult position, and that he could
not hope to raise much sympathy for his client, and it
was pretty clear that the case would not admit of it.
Did the jury ever. hear of such an extraordinary mar-
riage as the one that had been spoken to? The plain-
tiff first induced his wife to consent to a private mar-
riage, and then took her to the church, and had the
marriage solemnised in the presence of the clerk and
a woman, both of whom were perfect strangers to
them ; and then, almost the very next fact in
the case, was the deed of separation, about a month after-
wards. Why did not the plaintiff take his wife home to
his own house, and treat her as his wife ? What expla-
nation had been given for his not doing so ? In general,
in cases of this description, some evidence was given of
the manner iu which the parties had Eyed together,
but here all aas a blank, and the jury were left to form
their own conclusions upon the subject ; and he submit-
ted that, for all that appeared to the contrary in the
case, the marriage had never been consummated. The
;object of the present proceeding was evidently to
enable the plaintiff to get rid of . his wife,
and to cast her upon the world without any resources.
after having lioleinnly made her his wife. The Learned
Counsel. went on to say that it was amusing to see the
terms of the declaration which charged the defendant
with .seducing the wife of the. plaintiff, and depriving
him of the comfort, society, and assistance of his wife, i
but, in point of fact, he had never received any of'
these enpyinents, He had certainly married her,
but he did not take her home, or introduce her to his
friends, or treat Ler as a wife ; and after a month ;
had Aspsed, and his passion was probably gratified,
die turned w off 1140 wirable pittance of 091

MOYEY illAlatET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.•
TIMES.---A decree has just made its appearance in
Holland or great importance to the holders of the diffe-
rent descriptions of stocks to which it refers. By thi's
document the holders of the New Dutch Five per cen.s,
(the " speckle-backs") are informed that interest on this
loan-ceases on the Ist of September next. Parties de-
sirous of receiving. money fur their bonds, are to present
them in 'Amsterdam to be stamped prior to the 20th of
August, otherwise they must take a Four per Cent.
,Stock at 95.1; in exchange, ,receiving 44i per cent. diffe-
oence in money. The holders of the old Five per Cent.
• , isrmt.-.15 have the option of declaring from the Ist to the
20th of !A-ugus.; next whether they will exchange their
bonds for Four per Cents. at 95k, receiving the difference
of 4-1 per Cent. in money. The holders of Dutch Four
per C.itits.; if they desire Government bonds, and not
inscriptions in the "great book" of Ilolland, must give
notice t etate the 31st of August next, and present th..i.-
provisionel certificates forthe purpose.
A correspondence between the ChaneePor of the_ Ex-
chequer rani tlle South Sea Company, containing the
propositions whicii will be submitted to the general meet-
ingor the latter IMT the 31st instant, and clearly showing
.`he intentions of the Government, has just been pub-
lis `led.
the substance of the matter is this :—The Govern-
ment will make good the Guarantee Fund by the transfer
to the, company of 610,4641. Three per Cents., and by
thin th-vy• will get from the Company 3,7201. customs,
being the ,compensation for South Sea duties, all the
unclaimed diyidenth on the South Sea Annuities (not
stork),. with thk. exception of 10,0001., and 13,7641., the
.unclaimed residue of certain capital stock, long since
'Tani off, and which -goes by the technical name of the
-‘ annihilations." The expense of managing the pubic;
edebt by the South Sea CoMpany is by the present syste:n
4,1,9001. per annum, which will be :educed to 3 1001.,
aking the charge the same as that of the Bank of Eng-
tat id, or 300/ per 1,000,0001, and this is all that the
Cot. ipany will receive from the Government.
ence a serious question arises to the proprietors.
The expenses of the South Sea House, including diree-
tor z' s.alaries, clerks' salaries, and contingencies, amount
toy 24201. per annum ; and this expense is, it seems, by
the n ew arrangement, to be kept up, while the Company
receiv, 'IA only 3,1001, being a dead loss of 6,000/. per
annum. Many of the proprietors are therefore anxiotn,
that. the reform should be carried still further, and that
the old st. 'ggestions of transferring the annuities at one'
to the Ban It of England should be adopted. This wouiu
get rid of tl ve expense, and leave nothing but pensiocs to
.be provided, for which, it is said, the Company possesses
weans amply L'ufficient.

in:ORTAIATY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of "A Table of lVfortality
MeQ•opolis shoving the Number of Deaths from
all C.'t uses registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
20th u L July, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATU

Weekly
Total. Average o'
Five years.
178
111
157

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 251
Diseases 01 'variable or uncertain seat Bl
Diseases of 'the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 154
Diseases of . the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiratii al
Diseases of t bie Heart and Blood-vessels 26
Diseases of i Jie Stomach, Liver, and other •
Organs of Diestion ..
Diseases of t}.% 1 Kidneys, &c lO 5
Childbirth, Dili ....aSee of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the. Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6
Diseases of the i Skin, &c, ... — 1
tralDescay ..
51 ' 71
'Old Age, or Nit
By Violence, Pri% ration, Cr Intemperance ... 19
~ 26
Causes specified '
Deaths from all CA uses.-- .. 896 946
DEATHS FROM TH_E PRINCIPAL DISEASTA ISCLUDED UND.E
THE ABOVI., HEADS.

Weekly Averego
FiYa Year
147
34
79
35
33
4 31

\ Total
Consiunption ... 129
Scarlatina b... 72
Pneumonia ..•
43
Dropsy ..... .. .. ..... .... l6
Ho roping Cough .... ....... .. .. l'
Typ 12us .. 3
Sinai..` Pox 37
Diseas, of the Heart
Measles:
17
plexl
Apo Diseases 6 -)f. the Brain .... 9
Diarrhoea., ...
Sudden Deaths ......... ..... ... 10
DIVI:ItierS.

West
North
Central

rk.:W
; l7 I
257
Pp
TIAV-at

1..".“...,-•• 896 946

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