The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

THE WILLS FORGERIES,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THE SLACK CASE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. W. Page was then examined by Mr. BODKIN—I
occupied the house, No. 8, South-place, from September,
1842, to October, 1843. During that time no person of
the name of Slack lived in that house.

Martha Ann Neville, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I
live with my father, at No. 7, Francis-street, Tottenham-
court-road. In March of last year the prisoner Dorey
came to our house to take lodgings for a lady who was
coming out of the country, about law business, and
she added that she could not give a reference, but she
offered instead to give a week's rent in advance. She
said she would come again in about two hours, but I did
not see her again on that occasion. In the evening I
found that a female had taken possession of the lodgings,
but I did not see her till the next morning. This per-
son was the female prisoner, Saunders. She passed by
the name of Miss Slack, and remained in the lodgings
three weeks or a month, when she went away with Geor-
giana Dorey, who came for her in a cab, and they went
away together. While the second lady lodged in our
house, the prisoner Dorey used frequently to come and
visit her. At this time the prisoner Saunders wore light
flaxen-coloured ringlets, but on my going into he 'room,
I observed that there was dark-coloured hair in halt
comb. She always wore a bonnet when in the house
When Mrs. Dorey came, she used always to ask for
Miss Slack. The prisoner Saunders used to tell me
that if any one came to see her but her lawyer, I was to
say she did not live there. A dark gentleman, whom
she described as her lawyer, used to come and see her
once or twice a week, but I do not recollect his person.
By Mr. STONE—I am sure it was on the 9th of March
that she came to our house, and I did not see her for
twelve months afterwards, when she was in custody. I
had seen Mrs. Dorey before that, in Oxford-street, but
I did not know Mrs. Saunders was her sister until I
went to the Mansion-house. I am sure they were
false ringlets that Mrs. Saunders wore. They hung like
false ringlets, and there was also dark hair in her comb,
which satisfied me they were false. I told this to For-
rester, the officer. I don't know that the officer made a
search for false ringlets at Mrs. Dorey's house. Mrs.
Dorey used to come and visit her sister. She had dark
hair, but I don't know that she had any opportunity of
using her sister's hair-brush. I have always told the
the same story about this transaction.
By Mr. WiLlasis—She did not tell me what the name
of her lawyer was. I never heard her say his Larne was
Jones. The prisoner Fletcher is very much like the
person whom-she called her lawyer, but I cannot speak
positively to him.
By Mr. CLARKSON—The moment I saw the prisoner,
Lydia Saunders, I was sure she was the same person,
and before I had seen her I had spoken about the light
ringlets.
By Mr. Justice WILLIAms—I pointed out the prisoner,
Lydia Saunders, the moment I saw her. As she was
walking past me at the Mansion-house, I said to Mr.
Weare, " That is the person ; I am quite sure she is the
person."
By Mr. CLARKSON—WhiIe she was in our house, I
used to wait upon her every day, both at her meals and
in her bedroom.
Martha Neville, the mother of the last witness, con-
firmed her testimony relative to the circumstances under
which her lodgings were taken by the prisoner, Lydia
Saunders. She spoke positively to the fact of that pri-
soner having lived in her house under the name of Miss
Slack. _ _

By Mr. STONE—There is nothing at all unsual in pay-
ing a week's rent in advance. Did not see the prisoner
any more from the time she left her lodging until she
was in custody at the Mansion-house. She after-
wards went to Mrs. Dorey's house, in Oxford-street, ac-
companied by Mr. Weare, and she recognised her directly
as the person who had first engaged the lodging.
By the COURT—The woman who lodged in my house
wore light flaxen ringlets, and her appearance now is
very much changed, but I am quite sure she is the same
person.
Mr. Justice ThLrAms—This is a very serious mat-
ter, you know Mrs. Neville. Have you the slightest
doubt as to this being the person who came to your
house in the name, of Miss Slack ?

Witness—l have no doubt whatever she is the person.
Mr. Wills, examined by Mr. ERLE—I am a proctor in
Doctors' Commons. The prisoner Barber came to my
office on the 16th March, 1843, accompanied by a female
who was represented as Emma Slack, and who was in-
troduced to me by that name. I have very little recol-
lection upon the subject; but from what I do remember
I I..hould say the prisoner Lydia Saunders resembles her.
The will was produced, and I obtained probate upon it,
and the female who accompanied Barber signed the affi-
davit as executrix. The value which the effects were
sworn was under 5,0001. and I received a cheque from
Mr. Barber for 801. for payment of the stamp duty. I
obtained the probate on the 22d March, and sent it to
the office of Messrs Barber and Bircham.
_ _

By Mr. STONE—The parties were not in my office
more than five minutes, and a great many people came
to me under similar circumstances. I do not recollect
hearing the females speak one word during the transac-
tion.

By Mr. WILLIAMS Mr. Barber's conduct, so far as I
witnessed it, was that of a perfectly honourable and
honest attorney. When the lady was introduced to me
as Miss Slack, I implicitly believed it, and merely asked
the usual questions that were necessary to enable me to
fill up the forms. I had done business with Messrs.
Barber and Bircham before, and always looked upon.
Barber as an honest and honourable man.
By Mr. ERLE—I took all for granted that wasstated
by Mr. Barber. All that Mr. Barber did in thistran-
saction
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The letter applying
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Mr. William Smee proved that, by order of the Go-
vernor of the Bank of England, he re-transferred the
stock to the name of Emma Slack, of Frances-street,
Tottenham-court-road, and that an order for the pay-
ment of the unclaimed dividends upon the stock was
made at the same time. The amount of the principal
was 3,5001., and the unclaimed dividends amounted to
1,1511. 18s. 10d.
By Mr. Waxtris—Mr. Philpot, a stockbroker, identi-
fied the parties.
Mr. Noble, a clerk in the Accountant's-office of the
Bank of England, proved that, on the 7th of April, the
prisoner Barber, accompanied by a woman, whom he
represented as Emma Slack, came to the Accountant's-
office. To the best of his knowledge and belief the pri-
soner, Lydia Saunders, was that person. Mr. Barber
said he came to receive the dividends upon the stock
that had been transferred from the Commissioners to the
name of Emma Slack. Finding that the stock had been
transferred, he told the prisoner that it would be neces-
sary Emma Slack should be identified before the money
could be paid. Mr. Barber then went away, and came
back _accompanied by Mr. Philpot, a stockbroker, who
identified• Emma Slack, and witness then gave. Mr.
Barbera document, which, being signed by Emma Slack,
would entitle her to receive the sum of 1,1511. 18s., the
amount of the unclaimed dividends upon the stock in
question., _ _

By Mr. STONE—This took place on the 7th of April
last year. There was nothing out of the ordinary course
of business in the transaction. He should say -that the
woman was in the office for a quarter of an hour, but he
did not hear her speak at all. He did not see the pri-
soner any more until she was at the Mansion-house, and
he went there for the purpose of seeing her. He re;
marked that while she was in his office the woman
stooped, and appeared suffering under some infirmity.
She had a black veil on.

By Mr. ERLE—He had an opportunity of seeing her
features.

By the COURT—I entertain no doubt in my own mind
that Lydia Saunders is the person who on that occasion
represented herself to be Emma Slack.
Other clerks in the Bank of England were then
called, to prove the payment of the amount of
the unclaimed dividends. It appeared to have been
paid with 6001. in gold, and the rest in notes. •
The several documents connected with the transfer
of the stock, on the payment of the dividends, were
then put in, and read by Mr. Straight.
At this stage of the case, the Court adjourned until
ten o'clock the next morning.
Griffin, one of the accused parties, but who was ad-
mitted a witness for the Crown, was discharged from
custody yesterday evening.
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.NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
At two o'clock the Learned Judge entered the Court, when
Mary Furley, a married woman, thirty-six years of age,lwae
indicted for the wilful murder of George Furley, her male
child, in the month of March last, by carrying and casting
him into a certain navigable canal.
The case for the prosecution was stated by Mr. Prender •
gast ; the prisoner was undefended, but the presiding Judge
adopted the good old-fashioned plan of being her counsel, by
objecting to the evidence where it appeared either illegal or
irrelevant.

Several witnesses were examined, and the purport of their
testimony has already been before the public.
It appeared by the evidence to-day, that some time before
she committed the dreadful crime, she and her two children
were inmates of Bethnal-green workhouse, which place she
left voluntarily on the 20th of March, when she was
paid a small sum of money by the master. After
she left she complained to her friends that the children
had not been kindly treated in the union, and evinced
great distress of mind ; and she told one of them
(Mary Butler) that that day would end her trouble, for both
her and her children would meet with a watery grave. On
that evening about half-past eight she took away her
youngest child, and shortly after she was seen by Mr. Gard-
ner, a bargemaster, at the Regent's Canal, near the Mile-end-
road bridge. He hearing a moaning went to the place from
whence the sound proceeded, when he saw something float-
ing nearly fifteen feet from the bank. lie put out his boat-
hook and caught hold of the prisoner, who exclaimed, " Oh,
my child I" He asked her where it was, and she said "In
the water," and he saw it drop from under her arm while she
was speaking. The witness conveyed them to the Globe
Tavern, and Mr. New, a surgeon, was sent for, who pro-
nounced the child dead, but by means used the prisoner was
resuscitated. After she recovered she attempted to make
away with herself and child, on account of the ill-treatment
she had met with in the workhouse.
Several female paupers who have infant children there
were called by the Judge, and strictly examined as to the diet
allowed to infant paupers. They all declared that the food
and nutrition was good in quality and sufficient in quantity.
Mr. New having deposed that the deceased infant was a fine
healthy child, and that death arose from drowning,
The prisoner was called on for her defence. The unfortu-
nate woman, who is a well-favoured person, and fluent of
speech, arose and addressed the jury for nearly a quarter of
an hour, and detailed some facts relative to the barber to
the workhouse, when half drunk, operated upon the head of
her elder child, and cut pieces of flesh or skin therefrom as
big as 'farthing pieces. In addition to six shillings she had
when she left the workhouse, her friends made some small
contributions to enable her to get employment at shirt-mak-
ing, but she could with hard labour finish three in a day, for
which she received seven farthings each. The day before
she went to the water she determined on laying out her little
stock of money in muslin and ribbon, and making up some
dress caps, but when she got to the shop to make the pur-
chase, she found that some person had'stolen her green silk
purse and money. After a short pause and considerable fal-
tering, she added, " My Lord, I had no prospect before me
but to go to the workhouse, to which I had such an aversion,
that I preferred death to myself and child." She concluded
by saying, " I did not go into the water, but slipped off the
plank at the wharf."
Mr. Justice MatTLE summed up the evidence, and left it
for the jury to say whether they thought; after the declare •
tions she had made, she had wilfully cast herself and child
into the water, or whether she had slipped in by accident,
as she had just said.
The jury consulted ten minutes, and then declared her
Guilty.

I'roclamation having been made by Mr. Miller, the officer
of the Court,
- -

The Learned JUDGE addressed the prisoner with great
earnestness and solemnity, and concluded by passing the
awful sentence of death, after the usual form.
The prisoner clasped her hands together, and exclaimed,
" What shall Ido ?" She was removed from the bar in au
agony of grief.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BOW-STREEI.
_ _

Mr. Edward Lacey was summoned before Mr. Jardine
for having opened his house, the Garrick's Head, Bow-
street, for the sale of wines and liquors at five minutes
before one o'clock on Good Friday morning.
Inspector Mullins stated that he was on duty at fire
minutes to one o'clock on Good Friday morning, at
which time he was passing the Garrick's Head Hotel its
Bow-street. He went into the coffee-room, and he saw
seren gentlemen there. Liquors and water were on the
table. Mr. Nicholson was present, -and he said that the
gentlemen present were members of his establishment,
and belonged to the Judge and Jury Society. Witness
was not in the room more than three or four minutes.
Mr. Wire said that the parties who were in the house
were only gentlemen who bad been invited to sup with
Mr. Nicholson on the occasion of his birth-day. He
then called

Mr. Renton Nicholson, who stated that he was the
manager of Mr. Lacey's establishment. He was in the
house when the inspector came in. All the gentlemen
who were in the room were friends, who had been
invited to supper. No liquor whatever was sold after
twelve o'clock.

Mr. JARDINE—I think this is an answer, and I shall
therefore dismiss the case.
The summons was dismissed accordingly.
Mr. Rhodes, the landlord of the Coal Hole, in the
Strand, was summoned for a similar offence, alleged to
have been committed on the same day, at the same hour.
The case was precisely similar to the last. The
inspector heard yoices in the house, and he knocked at
the door. It was immediately opened, and on going into
the house he discovered three or four gentlemen sitting
in the bar.

Mr. Rhodes, in his defence to-day, called one of these
gentlemen, who stated that the persons who were at the
bar were gentlemen who lodged in the house.
Summons dismissed.

Mr. Rhodes, brother of the last defendant, the landlord
of the Cider Cellars, in Maiden-lane, was summoned to
answer a similar charge.
The case was precisely similar to the last, as was also
the defence.
Mr. JARDINE at once dismissed the summons.
CLERKEN TVELL.
John Robinson was charged with having in his pos-
session a quantity of stolen property, and with attempt-
ing to cut the throat of a young woman named M'Evoy.
Police-constable Baker, 108 E, deposed, that being on
duty in Buckeridge-street, St. Giles s,-that morning, he
heard cries of "murder!" and the violent screaming of
a woman proceed from a house there ; he hastened to the
place whence they proceede4, a back room in an upper
story. When he entered the apartment he saw two
women and the prisoner there. The prisoner, on seeing
witness immediately attempted to conceal a lump of
pewter beneath his dress, and to remove a pan which
had been on the fire, and in which were particles e f
pewter pots, some of them in a liquid and part in solidk
state. The prosecutrix was screaming, and showed wit-
ness two cuts on her throat, and pointed
which lay on the floor, and with which she
declared
prisoner had attempted to cut it. The prisoner
imme-
diately rushed upon her, and, before witness
the could secure
breast and
him, struck her two violent blows on out ;
arae knifethe
kicked her.
Mary Anne M'Evoy, aged eighteen, deposed that she
resided in the same house with the prisoner. Onthat
the woman with whom he
cohabited in a very brutal
morning he was beaticg
butnntehre.
prisoner
eheirntkenreeferheed
her down, kicked her on side, interfered,
fearing he would murder her, Inathe which was quits
k and so sore that she could not touch it. He then
fastened his teeth in
Pack, her head, and inflicted a severe
wound upon it. (The girl exposed the wound). She arose
from the ground, and cried out " murder!" upon which
ke seized a knife that lay on the table, and, throwing
one of his arms round her neck, so as to pull back her
head, drew the knife (which was produced) twice across
her throat—the knife being very blunt did not cut deep,
and she was endeavouring to withdraw herself from his
grasp when the constable arrived.
The prisoner refused to give any account of how he
came by the pewter. The girl, he said, had attempted
to cut her throat, and he prevented her.
Mr. COMBE said he would send him for two months
to the House of Correction and hard labour, for the
possession of the stolen property. At the termination
of his imprisonment, the prosecutrix must again come
forward, and the prisoner would then be dealt with for
the attack upon her.
The prosecutrix, crying, declared she was in danger
of her life from the prisoner's associates, who had threat-
ened to murder her.
Mr. COMBE ordered warrants to be issued against the
parties.

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•
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re—
opectfully informed that there will be an extra Night (not included
is the Subfcription) TO.MORROW EVENING, when will be ',re-
mitted Rossini's Opera Seria, in two Acts, entitled
SEMIRAMIDE.
- Semiramide, Mad. Grisi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idreno, Sig.
Corelli ; Assur, Sig, Fornasari ; and Oroe, Sig. Lsblache (for this
occasion only).
In the coarse of the evening the celebrated Polka, by Mdlle. Car.
letta Grisi and M. Perrot.
To conclude with the Ballet of GI SELLE.
•
Principal Characters.--Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Groi ; Bertha,
Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand • Myrtha, Mdlle.
Seheffer
Wilfiiid, the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Hilarion, M.Coulon;
Waiid; M. Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Vcnafra and Bertram; and
the. Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
OlEce. Opera Colonnade.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will beperformed THE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the
Filth, Mr. Barker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton; Allan ,a-e, Mr. G.
Morncastle; Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison; Murdoch, Mr.
Binge, Polalcolm Grwme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss
Betts.

To be followed by MY WIFE'S COME.
After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN-
RIETTA; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn,l, M. Silvain ; Walter,
Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan Queen Anne. Miss
O'Bryan ; Lady Henrit-tta, Mdlte. Lucile Grahn ; Nancy, Miss C.
Webster ; Mina, Miss Carson.
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Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonis
Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Coldstream, Bart.,
James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia
Sennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby.
• After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST- TO THE
MILL Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine,
Madame Vestris.
To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra-
vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Evening with Pat Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and
Miss Lee.
'To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor
RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed Le Petit Mercure."
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, fis. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper
Gallery. Is. Hall.price —Boxes, Ms. ; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past 54ix, and the Performances
eornmevce at Seven
- Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter
Tea*'e, in the School for Scandal.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box-
olice, from I'en till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will be performed an Eng ish version of OTELLO. Otello,
Mr. Allen Elmiro, Mr. Weiss • Roderigo, Mr. Gardners lago,
Mr. Burdini Desdemona, Madame Eugenia Ga•cia; i-s
E Honner.
To which will be 'added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS
WEAVER.
To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR
*TAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING
WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Belford, Oxb±rry, 'Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue.

ROBERT PEEL said he could not at present lay before ,
the House the papers respecting negotiations between
Great Britain and the Porte, with regard to the exe-
cution of criminals on religious grounds.
Mr. WYsE moved for a return of the names, offices,
places of birth, salaries, and ages of all persons hold-
ing offices in the Customs, Excise, and Post-office
Departments in the United Kingdom. The object of
the motion, it would appear, was to ascertain how
many Irishmen were employed, as compared with
Englishmen and Scotchmen.
Sir ROBERT PEEL had a good reason for refusing
such a return. There were at least 22,000 persons
included in the return required, and he satisfactorily
showed that, so far from any prejudice being exhi-
bited against Irishmen, most of the leading men in
the late transactions in the East, which had conferred
such honour on the country, were Irishmen, and
among others, he mentioned Sir H. GOUGH and Sir
H. POTTINGER. Mr. HUME also opposed the motion,
on the ground that everything that tended to keep up
distinction in the three countries was wrong. The
motion was negatived.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND moved for returns rela-
tive to the working of the Anatomy Act.
Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion. The Act
had hitherto worked well, and he considered any dis-
cussion on such a subject could lead to no good. The
motion was withdritwn.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCHOLISE.EUM LA rE ENGLISH OPERA-
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will to repeated the New Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled
HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear,
F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, Miss Fairbrother and Mrs 'Keeley.
After which, MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr.
Keeley, Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley.
To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters by Mews. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 1 heatre Royal,
Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle que Fairy Extra-
vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha-
racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, :Ntessrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
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Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price —Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, is 6c11.; Pit, ls. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'tier
(holding eight persons), Two Guineas Priva. e Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho ding eight perso..s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable Free Tickets (for the fist forty nights), Three Guineas.
Doors open at Half-past ,ix. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock.

AfITLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
' Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Tfurnphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle.
THIS EVENING. APRIL 17,
Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle
f Hustings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest. Death
of Harold, &c.
Monsieur liege on the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by
eminent French and Bri ish Art.stes.
To conclude with a Favourite Fare..
. .

Mr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs respectfully to acquaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the Battering
success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi-
ciently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an
extensive arrangement with Messrs. Halyard and Nixon, the emi—
nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons' ructing on a magnificent
and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened,
and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp7endid
classic decorations, and 'pigeons apppantments, which, with the
first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining
that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
I*4 season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
stiendid historical effects of the Noinian Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in.
traduce un quailed equestrian talent, and the don le company com-
prise talent of the highest older.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DAYIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY TSEATRE.
This Establishment again takes the lead—Whitetrisrs, with its
splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the theme of ad-
miration. he Theatre has been more crowded than any former
Easter Holidays.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 4,
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong efibcts of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRI A HS,
hi which the entire Company will perlbini.
After which, 'f HE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup ,crtad by all
the leading Favourites of the Establishment.
To which wia be added the Wendel ful Performanca of Herr
HE NGLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled Gimeastiques.
To conclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled
BARAK JOHNSuN ; or, The Blind Witness.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
°lice, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Wil be performed the Popular Play of THE STRANGER. The
Stranger, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent.
After which, the New Popular Drama, called LEONTINE; or
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston; Ar-
thur, Mr. C. J. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Corene ; Leon.
tine Miss Vincent.
With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17.
If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, arc
tiyn.ptoms of success, the Performances of the WIZARD OF THE
NORTH has matte the greatest bit of all the EATER NJVEL-
TIES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty
wonders are of so &tattling a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of
delighted spectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with wonder and
arn• sement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the
MDERN FAUSTUS.
-If the lovers of .. ould O
Ireland," Irbihmen, and Irish Music, wish
to enjoy a treat, they will spend
HOUR IN
with Mr. MALONEAN RAYMOND, IRELAN t
t ahe AD
delphi, whose tales,
songs, and anecdotes of the " Green Isle" have been rightly received
with bursts of laughter 'an i applause. He will appear nightly, be-
tween the puts of the Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs.
MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LIN LEY.
The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove
that there are more strange things in heaven an.l earth, than are
dredmpt Of in mortals' philosophy."
Boxes, 3s. Pit. Is. 6d. Gallery, M. Second Price at Nine o'clock.
D.)ors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Mr. HuxtE brought forward a motion for opening
cathedrals and other national buildings to the public.
Mr. WYSE seconded the motion, which was opposed
by Sir R. INGLIS. After a lengthened discussion,
Mr. HUME withdrew his motion. It would be
difficult to give an outline of the speeches made on
this motion, and we therefore' refer to the report,
which proves that even in the utmost recesses of
cloisters the pressure from without is not disregarded.
Sir A. L. lIAy then moved for an address to the
QUEEN, praying her to confer honours on the sur-
viving officers who served in the Peninsular war. It
was opposed by Sir 11. lIARDINGE, and eventually
withdrawn.

Lord EBRINGTON moved for a return of the num-
ber of stipendiary magistrates, and defended Earl
FORTRSCUR from the imputation of an improper exer-
cise of his patronage.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One.

ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM,
the most magnificent and extensive Collection of litsto-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed
by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 gnlneas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro-
pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the. Duke of
Wallington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very tine
pictures, &0., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to he seen by every one. The price of admis-
sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian
Hail," Piccadilly, daily front Ten till Dusk.

THE WEATHER—St:TN OFFICE, AP/IL 17.
TuramomuTNE, Lowest, 45; Highest, 62 ; Noon, 60.
BAROMETER, 30.28. WIND, S.E.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
f cezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

So, Mr. Tuomas BARING, the rejected of the
London constituency, and the champion of the mono-
polists in their great battle with the free traders, is to
be brought into Parliament for the close borough of
Huntingdon ! That, which the voice of the people
would not do for him, is to be effected. by the means
of private influence ; and the would have been repre-
sentative of the first commercial city in the world, is
contented to creep into Parliament under the auspices
of the protectionist nobleman, who has taken the dis-
comfited citizen under his guardian care. Well, this
is as it should be—the merchant is rejected by mer-
chants, because of his anti-trade opinions—he is
selected by agriculturists, because they cannot find
one of their own body to say a word in favour of the
privileges they claim ; and a BARING supplies their
wants. It is not very clear, how merchants are
interested in restrictions and prohibitions upon
trade ; but the BARINGS have always had the
happy knack of thinking one way and acting
another; as Lord ASLIBURTON generally spoke,
on the contrary side to that on which he voted. It
is no clear indication of the opinion of Mr. BARING,
that he is now found supporting the sliding scale ;
and at his first coming forward for London, it was for a
long time doubted, whether he was not a fixed duty
man. Far better for the free traders that he should
be what he is, than what he was believed to be;—the
fixed duty principle is the rock ahead of the anti-
monopolists, and they have far more cause to dread
the trimmers who would support a fixed duty, than
the thick and thin protectionists of the sliding scale,
as by law established.
Specious as are the arguments that may be brought
in favour of a fixed duty upon corn, they sink into
nothingness before the touchstone of truth, of sound
policy, of real benefit to the farmer, and of sub-
stantial justice to all classes. Why should
there be any protection for the landed interest of this
country, in the shape of a fixed duty upon corn ? Why
should there be a fictitious and not a real settlement of
the corn-law question? Why should not a final and a
permanent adjustment be come to, instead of
a mere temporary and fleeting arrangement ? The
farmer is interested, beyond all men, in knowing the
state of the law upon which his welfare rests; he is
anxious, above all things, for certainty and full
assurance in his undertakings. A complete
settlement is to him invaluable; nothing else holds
out to him any security ; and he has no enemy so
great to fear, as uncertainty. A certainty of
rental, without re-adjustment—a certainty in the
corn market, subject alone to the difference of price
caused by the seasons, and freed from the operations
of speculators—a certainty, that, as tenant, he shall reap
all the benefits of his exertions and improvements—will
amply compensate the farmer for a total and imme-
diate repeal of the corn-law. But any fixed duty, be
it at any scale, however small—be it 25., or more—
is only a temporary expedient—it must and
would leave the certainty of uncertainty—the
conviction of mere momentary arrangement—and
all parties would know that it was only a
fancied settlement, to be unsettled at the very
first opportunity. When Factory Bills for the
limitation of labour are brought in—when they
are supported, upon the necessity of watching over
the poor, who are unable to take care of them-
, selves—and when even Whig legislators shall aid and
abet them—it may well be asked, how is it, while all
this care is taken to prevent the poor from labouring to
excess, that laws shall be so carefully kept on the
statute-book which make labour imperative, or starva-
tion certain ? Why shall the Legislature enact, at
the same instant, a necessity for labour, and a re-
straint upon industry ? Why ?—because a landed
aristocracy seeks to draw the uttermost farthing from
the pockets of the poor manufacturing labourer, and
at the same moment to gain credit for a desire to
raise the price of his labour, by limiting the number
of hours that he shall be allowed to work. In plain
language, to diminish his hours of work, and thereby
compel an increase of price for the diminished supply
• in the labour market. Out upon such pretexts, be
they urged by Whig or Tory. The plain, the intel-
ligible principle of legislation is, to free labour from
its shackles, and to allow free trade in every article
of necessity or of comfort. But when Tories enact
and support corn-laws, and Whigs join in abetting a
fixed duty on corn—when labour is sought to be
restrained by the one party, solely because it is sought
to be left unshackled by the other, we confess that we
I do not impute great honesty to either side ; but we
regret that statesmen shall be found in these days, so
totally ignorant of the true principles of government
as to make bread dear, hard labour compulsory, and
yet claiming the merit of philanthropy, in seeking the
good of the people in every direction, save the only
one in which it can be found.

Wein WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TII:S DAY.
Morning .41ininutes after i I Evening ... 0 minutes after ?.

We believe we may announce, without fear of con-
tradiction, that TIIE GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED
TIIE IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. In our yesterday's
impression, we prepared the public mind for the pro-
bability of this occurrence ; for most certain was it
that no such measure could pass, either this or any
other session, whilst one independent Irish Member
of Parliament sat in the House of Commons. But
what a Government is this country blessed with !---2
Government powerful—no, not even powerful for
evil,that ebauntntoottally powerless for good. A Government
The House of Lords met yesterday for the first
yet anythingeaargryaimantytthheiinrgofppoornethnetisr.
presented, and several motions were postponed, but own party, nor
time after the recess. A number of petitions was
And let us
look beyond their Irish Registration
no business was transacted, and the House rose at an Bill to their domestic arrangements. Their At-
early hour.
torney-General, we say it truly in sorrow, is
In the Commons the South-Eastern, Canterbury,
about to quit England for some months, to find, in
Ramsgate, and Margate Railway Bill, was passedthe genial clime of Italy, that health which, in this
country, he cannot regain. Their Solicitor-General,
also the Manchester and Birmingham (including the
*Macclesfield and Poynton branches).
, out of Parliament, however competent he may be in !
Mr. TRORNELY gave notice that on the 30th of
Who is to do the legal business of the Government?
April Mr. COBDEN would move for a Committee to
How is that to be carried on? The only
frn.l*.e,. 1440 the effect of protective duties on the man who
could have done it, KELLY, was not deemed worthy to
PAtionafteyeiine.
fir self
be entrusted with the task, although the Premier him.
14 atiswer "to a• question from Mr. Hu3iE,
GrAnsiosz said. flies Railway Committee were ex- , self has condoled with him, by letter, upon the sad ne-
: ' pie- ted to brirys the' r investigation to a close in a . cessity which prevented his appointment.
.short tithe, and t. :.' their report would be laid before
..,._Then, again, is Sir JAMES GRAHAM going
:., t troiiss,Vti . '..';elay.
Mr Vrit:: 4'. ERRALL moved for various returns Ito India ? Is it true that the Government,
/It • '.io kin
re ,ie gstown Harbour an I the K.
I. Ingsto wn and the India Board, and the East India House,
tremble for the state of affairs in India ? Is
Atmospheric Railway, which were ordered. it true that the Indian army is unsettled, that
LI =WU to a question froth- Dar. Mluizs, 'it i dissatisfaction prevail; and that El.zsoAocG4 has

SECOND EDITION:

played his game, so as to bring general want of con-
fidence in his talents ?
Do these things reflect credit on the strong Go-
vernment of this day ? And when we see this, can
we avoid viewing it as retributive justice, which,
sooner or later, overtakes all Governments that take
office by false pretences ?

the limits of his duty, when he repressed the insolence of the
English agents at Otaheite. 'We have only to read the re-
cital of the intrigues of Pritchard, shutting up Queen Pomare '
to prevent her from communicating with the representative of
France, and to imagine the position of our seamen, when they
saw M. Toup landing soldiers and establishing signal-posts,
and the flag of the :protectorate obstinately replaced by an••
other flag, hoisted and lowered daily with that of the English
frigate. Suppose, as the Admiral has well observed, any Euro-
pean rower had conducted itself in the same way in China
as England did at• Otaheite, that such Power had induced the
Emperor of China to remove the outward sign of his alliance
with England, and to hoist one showing that he had placed
himself under the protection of that Power, would not Eng-
land in such case have felt that she had a right to demand
from the Emperor of China au account of his conduct, and to
chastise him, by deposing him if she had the power to do so?
What England would have expected from her officers under
such circumstances is precisely what our officers have done.
It is not necessary, however, to go so far as China to find
striking comparisons. England exercises a protectorate
over an archipelago almost at our gates—the lonian
Islands. Let us send missionaries thither, and persuade
the unhappy Greeks to hoist another flag than that of the
Lord High Commissioner, and which should correspond
with the tri-colour flag, and see whether ourneighbours would
disavow the Admiral who should convert the protectorate
into possession. England. in such case could not stop there,
and the unhappy islands would soon be covered with
scaffolds."

Sir ROBERT INGLIS is a kindly, sincere, well-
intentioned man, who never advocates any measure
that he does not really believe is for the benefit of the
people ; but he has a slight touch of intolerance in
his nature, and is apt to be crotchety and led astray
by prejudice on all questions wherein the interests—
or presumed interests—of the heirarchy are con-
cerned. On every occasion of this sort, Oxford never
fails to rise up like a menacing phantom before him,
and scare him from the straight-forward path of obvious
justice and common-sense. Were he to consult the
unbiassed suggestions of his own reason, his votes
and speeches would, we suspect, be very often
different to what they are ; but he is fettered
by the necessities of his position, and entertains
a. lively and discreet recollection of the unceremonious
manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL was cashiered,
when, on the memorable question of Catholic Eman-
cipation, he ventured to set up his own judgment in
opposition to that of his rigid " Church and State"
constituents. Sir ROBERT INGLis has no inclination
to exhibit similar independence. He has reached that
sedate and unheroic time of life when a taste for
martyrdom loses all its relish ; so is content to leave
things as he finds them, and run tractably in Oxford
harness. This is the secret of his decided and almost
solitary opposition to Mr. HUME'S motion, last night,
in the House of Commons, for opening the cathedrals to
the public. Sir R. INGLIS' judgment—at least,we infer
so from the exceedingly lame, clumsy, and sophistical
manner in which he handled the subject—told him
that this motion was a rational one ; but his discretion
compelled him to enter an earnest protest against it.
If there was no struggle at work in his mind between
his convictions and his sense of expediency, how are
we to account for such shalbw, inconclusive reasoning
as the following, which he seems to have urged with
no other view than to maintain his consistency at the
expense of his good sense ?—" The Hon. Member
for Montrose," observed Sir ROBERT INGLIS, "ar-
gued that the opening of the cathedrals would be the
means of enlightening and improving the people ; but
for his own part he did not believe that there was
a necessary connexion between intellectual and moral
excellence, and therefore he did not feel called
upon to support this motion. At the brightest
period of the intellectual world, they had found that
there had existed the greatest masses of public and
private corruption. Many were the instances of great
taste being connected with great personal depravity ;
and for these reasons he was satisfied that, to make
the people skilful judges of statuary and painting,
was not the soundest mode of enlightening them in
the doctrines of Christianity." This is a mere begging
of the question—a palpable evasion of Mr. HUME'S
argument. No one ever dreamed of insisting, cer-
tainly not the Hon. Member for Montrose, that there
is a "necessary connexion between intellectual and
moral excellence," for great powers of mind have in
all ages of the world been occasionally found asso-
ciated with great vices ; but these are merely ex-
ceptions to the general rule ; in by far the majority of
cases, virtue and morality have never failed to follow
in the train of mental cultivation. As regards the
Hon. Baronet's remark, that " at the brightest period
of the intellectual world, they had found that there
had existed the greatest masses of public and private
ccrruption," ancient and modern history alike prove
this to be erroneous. Was there more profligacy
during the Augustan age of Rome, than during the
later and more degenerate period of the CARACALLAS,
the HELIOGABALUSES, the GORDIANS, and their suc-
cessors, when the national intellect had become
enfeebled and corrupted ; when eloquence and
poetry were mute ; when public patriotism and pri-
vate worth were all but extinct; and the " Mistress
of the World," was indebted for existence, not to the
high courage of her own citizens, but solely to the
swords of rude, foreign, mercenary soldiers ? Pass-
ing to modern times, was there a greater amount of
corruption during the highly-intellectual period of
the Grande Monarque's reign, than during the coarser
and more brutalising reigns of the Regent ORLEANS
and Louis XV., when manners, intellect, and taste
bad all equally degenerated from the exquisite tone
of refinement which they possessed but a few years
before ? As regards our own country, was there a.
greater mass of corruption and profligacy during the
Elizabethan period—our Augustan age—than during
that of CHARLES 11., when small wits and dramatists,

and still smaller poets and orators, were all
that Great Britain had to boast, in the
war of national intellect ? There is scarcely

The Journal des Debats has no article on the sub-
ject, but the Globe, a Ministerial paper, thus defends
he Government, and blames the Admiral :

" There was wanting only to justify the conduct of the Govern-
ment in the affair of Otaheite, the report of Admiral Dupetit
Thouars. It will be seen by it-Ist, that at the time of the
occupation by the Admiral, the flag of the protectorate had
not ceased to float over every point where it had been set up ;
2d, that this flag bad never been hoisted at the residence of
Queen Pomare, and that, consequently, it was not neces-
sary- to lower it in order to hoist the fancy flay, composed of
leaves of the palm tree; 3d, that, independently of the ill
feeling, not of the English Government, but of some Eng-
lish subjects, independently of the regret of the Queen,
which is easily to be accounted for, if not justified, the Ad-
miral does not mention a single fact of a nature to compel him
to act as he did act, without waiting for instructions from his
Government."
The Ilioniteur publishes returns of the last quarter's
revenue, which show an increase of 1,007,0001., as
compared with the same period last year, and the
large amount of 7,647,000 f. over that of 1842. There
had been a decrease, however, in the customs' duties.
On Monday the funds, with the exception of the
Five per Cents., remained firm. Large purchases
had been made in that stock, which brought down
the price to 122 f. 90c. The Threes closed at 83f. 40c.

one epoch in history of any moment that does not
prove the fallacy of Sir ROBERT INGLis' assertion.
But his argument is not merely fallacious—it is open
to a still graver objection, for its obvious tendency is
to discourage all attempts at civilisation, and indi-
rectly to insinuate the vast moral superiority of the
dark ages over those which have been more enlight-
ened. In direct opposition to the crotchety Member
for Oxford, we are for throwing open our cathedrals
and churches unreservedly to the public, for the
contemplation of such imposing objects cannot
fail, by the thoughtful and refined habits they
engender, to make the people better citizens
and better Christians. Within the walls
of our grand ecclesiastical edifices, the man of even
ordinary faculties may find the materials of poetry, of
history, of religious and philosophical contemplation.
The hallowed spirit of the past is about him ; voices,
solemn and affecting in their tones, speak to him
from the tombs of the illustrious dead; h:s soul, in
spite of himself, confesses the magic influence of the
spot ; his very tread—and we have seen this not once
but a dozen times—is that of awe and reverence ;
and when he quits the consecrated walls, he quits
them, for a while at least, an altered man.
" Whatever," says old JOHNSON —we quote the
passage from memory, and therefore with hesita-
tion—" whatever withdraws us from the power of
our ordinary senses, and makes the past predominate
over the present in our minds, advances us in the
dignity of thinking beings." Now, none can deny
that the contemplation of our cathedrals—those mag-
nificent monuments of ages long since gathered to
the years beyond the flood—possess, in a high degree,
this salutary—this ennobling influence ; and, there-
fore, we repeat, w.e are zealous advocates of Mr.
EustE's proposal for throwing them open, uncondi-
tionally, to the public.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the 9th inst.
The Gazette contains two decrees—one conferring
the Grand Cross of the Military Order of San Fer-
nando on General RoscALI, who commanded at
Alicant ; and the other the Order of Charles 111.,
on the Minister of the Interior. The General was
daily expected at Madrid.
On Tuesday, the 9th, the Bourse was open, when
the Three per Cents: were done at 36+ for cash, and
37 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 23i at
sixty days.

THE BOURSE—MoNnmr, APRIL 15.

First Highest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents 123 .. 123 .. 122 85 .. 122 85
Three per Cents B3 50 .. 83 55 • • 83 35 83 40
Bank of France..." • • 3lOO •.3100 ••3090 .. 3100
Laffide Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesslss ..5155 ..5155 —5155
Belgian 8ank..•.....
1841....• 1115 ..1115 ..1115 ..1115
Belgian Fives, 1831 •
1840
1842 1071 •• 1071 • • 107; • • 1071
Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... 61 • • 61 • • 61 • • 61
Spanish Three 5............ 371 .. 371 • • 371 • • 377
New Deferred ..... 16; •• 161 •• IGI .. 161
Neapolitan ...... .......... 102 .• 102 10 . • 102 102
Roman lO6 106 •• 106 .. 106

The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with the
dispatch of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, and com-
ments on that singular document. It has been a
God-send to the Opposition. They had got through
all their stock of motions against the GUIzOT Minis-
try, and had no hopes of bringing forward any sub-
ject that could lead to a division, when fortunately
M. REINE arrives with the dispatch in his pocket. It
shows great hostility to the English, and consequently
is held in high estimation both by the TRIERS party
and the Legitimatists. They are determined, there-
fore, to make the most of it, and have entered into a
coalition for the purpose of shaking the Ministry, and
perhaps turning them out. On Monday they met in
one of the Committee-rooms of the Chamber, and,
among other leaders present were MM. THIERF,
BERRYER, REMUSAT, ODILON BARROT, BILLAULT,
and VIVIERS. After some discussion they agreed
that one of them, probably M. BILLAULT, should give
notice of a motion on the subject ; but as they had
not agreed to the exact form in which it should be
made, he resolved to postpone the question till the
following day. In the meantime their journals are
doing everything to excite the Chamber and the pub-
lic against the Court and the Cabinet. The follow-
ing extract from the National is moderate when com-
pared with the statements in some other journals :
" Even supposing the report of M Dupetit Thouars has
undergone no change or mutilation in its passage through the
bureaux of the Ministry, and that it is published just as it
was received, there is still twenty times more than was
necegary to proye that the Adrakal confined him elf within

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