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London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, E VENI NG, MA KCII 27, 1844.

Libet cheat • ----- --- .
eA_ eat in the form of flour. This proved
,ts tClige had been precisely in the opposite direc-
as3 tn.' which the Hon. Gentleman assumed. Oh-
-lls', 'gut he taken to the terms of the-lion. Gen-
N °tion, but his great argument was, that
ocular
with the produce of a particular colony in
L, apiti" manner, they ought to e wry out
NL, cOl (!f that, particular enactment throughout
LI by his system. Ile von tured to say
laiin kroposal the Hon. Gentleman would make
ttistit ,nSlies tlian he wou'd remove. If he were
!lii4 bY9 make the system uniform, why had he not
tlotre„llPPlYincs to Canada herself the remission of
'tit? iseeitrte% with respect to grain other than
4 t,s 114 ps he would say that they were insigni-
Csie,ti he apprehended that that was no answer to
Mb en- IN ow, there were other parts which it
iii.o: Well to take into their consideration. The
11411,5 u colonies had the East Indies and the Mauri-
!Niheir markets ; with the Mauritius they had a
Stsse commercial intercourse; and with the nearer
aot reaniring the occasional relief of scarcity; lie
Si theretiii3O was no probability that any extensive
,NI "n would be established between Australia and
,:5n,447- The lion. Gentleman referred to the
si,
tssod 'Hope. The Cape of Good Hope, with
Nit 'n'
li, to this country, was not an exporting colony,
kt 4,;.Lic'ecasionally exported small quantities both of
litirl Wheat, as fine as that of any other colony.
;d 40n• gentleman looked to the returns, he would
kt„hose coloniea were more iinporting than ex-
eoV
untries. lie would find that the statements
re
teitt
.ii Presented them as exporting places were origi-
Y Mere fussy, fidgetty persons, who spoke of
'44, 3' aid not understand. The lion. Gentleman
% all those colonies which were mere importing
1;4 But he omitted that one which was in reality
4i,„ Ing country—he meant. rince Edward's Island.
-y8
.110,;11",-, t to India, he must say that he agreed with
~.„a Gentleman in thinking that every encourage-
i:,,'''!ht. to be given to that portion of the empire. As
,t,h,he price of, wheat in this country rose to 585.,
' tOf India was admissible at a duty of Is. a
111,10 There-was great difficulty in bringing wheat
' sinhn of flour, from so great a distance, and under
t
. , nFes of climate. Yet, in 1841 and 1842, the
A.; °,. . Wheat imported in the state of flour was
01
.14' Parte
rs. In 1843 the quantity imported
islo, More than 4,800 quarters. Looking at
(llie'question, he believed that he had answered
'lutnents of the Hon. Gentleman ; and he did
cceiae that there was any ground upon which the
4,,ISPLiId agrees to the motion.
"tass_--'SOUCHERE had resisted in the last session '
'tkai,:b7ent the policy of the Government as to the
Olisr f Canada. He regretted the interference
Ni'lgislature in the trade of the colonies. But if
Vs were made in favour of one colony, why
°t the boon be extended to all others? What
11:ttsk.the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite was the
i stri ich the success of the motion would have upon
O• irltural interest.—(Hear, hear.) The House was
AA the motion, if carried; would create a panic.
)I;,.'s strength of the agricultural nerves Canada
111.1toellt. •• •If the boon which' was given to
1,71t.:nr maintained, it ought to be extended to all
the colonies. He asked them how they were,
1. , te the case of Prince Edward's Island, Van
,i.lllLand, India, and New South Wales, from that
lgv. He did not think that they would. be. act-
-14 1,1141 tcr the . other colonies if. they did not place
s• ~se Same position as Canada. On these grounds
)_lsla - .
N.,,„,support the motion. .
Nt''l-ANLEY would only detain the House a few'
, ' for the subject had been so often before the
syn!l'had been so ably treated by his Right Hon.
74, •that it had been completely exhausted as far as
l'it'sl was necessary. llis , Right lion. Friend .op-
(1 commented upon the inconsistency of the
taken by his Right Hon. Friend to the left, and
it iii;t-a,epat he believed if the subject was not properly
ilLopa ,it would create great panic and alarm. Now,
L'ksii4Stanley) believed that to accede to the Motion
ki!cli- Member would create far greater panic than
iNter of any other course. The proposition to
okA, of duty, the produce of all the colonies in the
N. empire, including the Indian possessions,,would
P4-,Ze- greatest alarm among the agriculturists,
0, 11•,4 create great confusion and uncertainty.
i' 'at ht . Honourable Friend opposite. had
kVIt the Government had been guilty of
1 .tlief foresight last year, in not being aware that,
lsNts,set granted a boon to one colony, others would
'lisoitt4,_edaving a similar one. Now the fact was that
,1_
,-"ent did foresee that, and when he (Lord Stanley)
Cals,.' „ the Canada Corn Bill, last year, he stated
Nft'nut he introduced it in conformity with a pledge
t?titi:,,ecuntry had entered into with Canada, and that
Nsit !e're, must be considered an -insulated case for
I,,hzgone: -On that' occasion; he stated that the
iTtient was with Canada, and that.only, and that
skisPliment had no intention whatever of disturbing
),41 iii"lng corn-laws with respect to other colonieg.
1 jilt Hon. Gentleman opposite then asked sif it
lNeuded -to apply to Prince Edward's and other
oo he (Lord Stanley) then distinctly stated
o Sit,.._purse the Government had, taken-was in ac-
N,7_ With the engagements entered into. Now, was
ktipp.ue would ask, to disturb an extensive settlement
Nillgement for so . unimportant an object as the
N. .of the Hon, Member for Gateshead ? When
'Nranged high, the- object of the Hon. Member
tLLSO ise obtained-, because, if the price rose to 575., the
N°!l(4 then amount to that sum which the Hon.
K„ n. vished. He would not now .enter further
L '' subject, It was a small and immaterial point.
IN 4 dbe proved that from the colonies they could
.17.1te the deficiency of wheat at home, he should
ilk. st, tight he had made some . case for his motion ;
o4t,,tY4was, he thought a weaker case had not been
Liteli.‘ ny__any Hon, Member.
OiiciAWES considered that the weakness of hisd
tiN ...endN case was its strength. The Noble Lord
Itst-rhave completely overlooked the object of his-
-4,?4141 the justice of his question. e
0h
there
kitst.:,tituricitaii
considering, iie requiredSts
hewasCommittee
did,athat that was essen-
Otsituhl vote for the motion. - . .
could
s read 1w ART felt convinced that no alteration
014:eIrt the corn-law until some emergency arose that
t
Ow most injurious to the an•iculturists. He though
ere bound to do what they` could to. promote the
. . ,r, of India • and he also was of opinion th.atorne-
-4 --Ll°llld be done' for the trade in general. . He felt
.*:tht'li. that the country bad been too strongly imbued,
tes-i '',lald of philosophers the Anti-Corn-law League:
A 41.Iter)--to be content with the motion of 'his
Friend the Member for Gateshead.—(Laughter.)
stead
they ought to follow up the motion of his
by demanding a repeal of the corn-laws
' . Ir*
:t!teptiTT replied, alluding to the argument's used
iittkitilresideut of the Board of. Trade, the Right lion.
.1.410t.411 had stated that only a " microscopic quail-
'is Itn.e°rn'' could he imported from the colonies.
• thought
'toe kil„s -.ought there was the less ground for alarm
1,1,,,x4,rt of the agricultural supporters of the Govern-
, n.,..7ith respect to the assertion that no corn pas
to be. imported from Australia, it should be re-
: C.s; 1;,:° ,that not many years ago it was said
' - L. 31.001 was likely to be imported into this
.10,..tit'-'"Ora that colony, divided from us by fif-
e: %Lund miles of ocean ; yet . this country
ask J tarp
't a,a. imported from that country no less
01,7:'", ,9001bs. of wool. But what were they to think
,lit is of the Board of Trade who undertook to
:taTl,Er_its to human industry ?—(Hear hear.) All
N7c; was that the Government would give the
. ‘I, -56,,6'n opportunity of extending their sphere
.of
. pOe --.. It was their duty to legislate for the colonies
l
e 2 for this country, and it was therefore he corn--
4•orallakf the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colo-
' tti'S :114treated this subject entirely as an English ques-
' ))•,2ke President of the Board of Trade said that the
' Ct :7ere not always in circumstances to be able to es_:-..
EJity-\','_; no country on earth was so ; no country could
itz'stife blessed with plenty. But he maintained that
tlilltlikst Speaking they were exporting countries. Colo-
's sar infant state must of necessity import rather
Port. Canada itself, from which so large a
-Was derived, was once an importing colony.
Iti,r ~...-__,er might be their decision, certain it was the
iLls'illd .not end here, and they would at some
*lri`Y'regret their refusal in the latter hoar of tin-
' CA,.
S ePentance.
-gtio,a era were ordered to withdraw, and the House
•• • ', when there appeared—,
s_'' • Poe the motion 47
Alt ' A •
44.. gainst it . 117
~,.. itY against the motion -70
t The 7IRES' IN TILE METROPOLIS.
Earlltlast, of LINCOLN moved for leave to bring in
ai'tbkle Le-the better prevention of damage by lire. The
ilis'issetit ' "'A merely- moved- for leave to introduce it
14,346,..t5ting the prOvisionsavhich would come before
.
$i p.,0,..!1? the future steps of the Bill.—Leave given.
ilal'ag„,A---THE- LATE DR.: MORRISON.
•stkz.th,t, -,,_4AUNTON rose 'for the purpose of submit-
kiss,_•-""qon of which he had given notice—" That
Will, on an early clay, resolve itself into a,
tan;:i,,g. ii, of the whole House to consider of fol-
tisoole Iress to her Majesty ; that is to say, than an
tle vfh 'r.ess be presented to her Majesty, praying
toll'„_44ree'! the late Rev. DoctOr Morrison, and his
4 'lent yAtne late.• John Robert' Morrison, rendered
t,,,!wonicli'lic services in China, the former for a period
tast_S, sitYd'im years, and the latter for a period of nine
11-lls in the fell a sacrifice to their severe ex-
sat tl'es esti,'" performance of their public duties ; and
Fl his 4e death Of the latter individual was pronounced
tllslbot4,,,uencY Sir Henry Pottinger, her Majesty's
geittitiso---,:81',7- in China, in a public proclamation on
Driy"."atjeit'' °, his decease, ' a positive national calamity,'
4,..115i0n Y be graciously pleased- to direct a suitable
I),",, tor yto be made for the widow of the late Rev.
Cs 01 41.°i30n, and for the other surviving mem-
li:t this 'family ; and to assure her Majesty,
s- . is v.
said h,, House . will make. good the same:
??,sibilit' was very sensible that he incurred- great re-
',s,oissibt In making this appeal to the House. He
risittsfe that snch an appeal in favour of a private
th;agro
AA the.°ll light not to be lightly hazarded. He could
. ouse that he would not have undertaken
ti.Llisit. Ara.'lcl vlethat
fhe had nut the strongest con • t• this
th-"eteZ of 8° strong acharacter, that it couldo not be
~tosintio_avitliolit reflecting dishonour and discredit on
;" hsin„,°- He could speak from his own personal ob-
.", while
. sitl4l4. be ii.. --e serving in China, of the facts, which it
-.,.,141 nehtadduty to submit to the House. The propo-
*r6. ''ith t°
hiing ' forward was strictlyin accord-
it saki the. -I.:____
, • had not adtrucuee best precedents of their history. He
'. Nis been th any of those preeedents to show that
psis, ent. 8, . e policy of this country, when great and
,i•turtieci se v. had been performed, when thoSe who
tars it tuein hadsacrificed
- Iv o their lives to i the fa-
) sui. assti _ survived them a claim on the gratitude of
‘ "" He •',l4.istss, would shortly state the history of
:aka :ht,t):l-'stinguislied individuals whose case he
iPttla s 'Olt forward. Dr. Morrison went to
N't
104ciriginCZ as - •'•
la, a minister of the Gospel.
Or desire for emolument or employs

ment; all he desired was, that he might be permitted to
exercise his sacred functions without interruption. But
he soon possessed himself -of information highly im-
portant to the East India Company, which he served
most zealously for twenty-five years. At the same time,
he Made no mercenary compromise with his own princi-
ple's. He did not abandon the sacred profession to
which he had devoted his life, but continued, to his last
moments, as he had begun—a minister of the Gospel.
He united to the most ardent religious zeal the still
more rare quality of sound sense and discretion; so
much so, that he, was enabled to exercise those two
offices without any. detriment being sustained by either
of them. He had accompanied the Embassy of Lord
Amherst to Pekin as interpreter, without receiving any
special remuneration for his services. Dr. Morrison
had accomplished two great literary works, to which he
would shortly direct the attention of the House. The
first was a most elaborate work. It was. a Chinese and
English Dictionary.—(Hear, hear.) The East India
Company had considered these works of so much im-
portance, that they had granted a sum of 10,0001. towards
defraying the expenses of printing it in China. If it was
of so much importance at the time that only one port
was open to us in China, it became of tenfold importance
when we had four new ports opened to our commerce
and our enterprise, and that work was now in the hands
of every individual who was desirous of availing himself
of the improved state of our commercial relations with
China. That alone gave him a strong claim upon the
gratitude of his country.—(Cheers.) The other was a
work, the value of which could not be estimated in a
pecuniary or a commercial point of view, but it was a
work which had acquired for Dr. Morrison great celebrity
throughout Europe, and had earned for him the heartfelt
gratitude and admiration of a great body of persons in
this country—he meant the translation of the Holy
Scriptures into the Chinese language.—(Cheers.) This
work, he trusted, would, through the blessing of Provi-
dence, lay the foundation of the introduction of the bles-
sings of Christianity and civilisation into that immense
territory, by enabling its inhabitants--constituting, as
they did, one-third of the population . of the world—to
read the word of God in theirown language.—(Cheers.)
At the end of 25 years after Dr. 'Morrison had enteredr
the service of the East India Company,. their charter
expired, and Dr. Morrison would have been justified in
retiring when he would have been entitled to a pension;
there was at that time a fund frdm which that pension
would have been payable ; and if he had died in their
service his widow would have been entitled to a pension.
At that critical moment, however, his services were
considered indispensable, and be consented to transfer
those services from the East India Company to the
Crown without making any stipulations for himself
whatever. The first act of Lord Napier, on his arrival
in China, was to order Dr. Morrison to Canton, at an
unhealthy season of the year, and when the Doctor was
suffering from illness, to conduct that ill-advised nego-
tiation, to which he would not further allude. Dr. Mor-
rison fell a victim to the unhealthiness of the season in
the course of a few days. Lord Napier followed him to
the grave in about two months afterwards. He died in
'the performance of his public duties. He had lost his
claim on the East India Company by the trans-
fer of his services to the Crown ; and by the abo-
lition of the fund from which that pension would
have been paid. No specific allowance was made
by the Government to his widow and family,
but they did that which was equivalent •to the granting.
of pensions ; at least it would have ben so, had Provi-
dence spared the life of the son, whom they appointed
to the situation which had been held by his highly-gifted
father. This young man, although at that time only
twenty years of age, performed the duties which de-
volved upon him with singular ability and great zeal, but
his bodily strength was not equal to the strength of his
mind, and he had obtained leave of absence, for the pur-
pose of returnino. to England to recruit his health, when
the seizure of the opium placed us in hostility with the
Chinese, and, in consequence of the extraordinary crisis
which then arose with regard to our relations with the
Chinese, Dr. Morrison felt it his duty to forego his
leave, and to remain in China. The war broke
out, and the necessity .of having on the spot a secre-
tary who was acquainted, not only with the
language, but with the habits and manners
of the Chinese, became every day more important. Dr.
Morrison, unfortunately for himself, but fortunately for
his fame, and fortunately for the benefit of the English
nation, remained. He lived to take an important part
in the negotiations for the treaty of Nankin; and when
it was recollected that Sir Henry Pottinger, although a
man of great ability, was ignorant of the Chinese lan-
guage, the necessity of. having by his side a man like
Dr. Morrison would be quite evident. When the treaty
was concluded, there was a general feeling throughout
the •whole of the Anglo-Chinese community that some
honours and favours ought to be conferred on Dr. Mor-
riseni and Sir Henry Pottinger accordingly appointed
him one of the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong. He
was thus placed in a situation which would have enabled
him to assist his father's family. He had while he lived
remitted to them various small sums, and had given up
the whole of his share of his father's patrimony to
his sister. But while his family in England
were congratulating themselves on his success, the cup
of prosperity was suddenly dashed from their lips ; for,
a few days after his appointment, he was seized with the
fever of Hong-Kong, and fell a sacrifice to it.—(Hear,
hear.) Sir Henry Pottinger had stated, in a proclama-
tion, that the loss of Dr. Morrison was a public and na-
tional calamity, and he trusted that it would be so felt
by his Sovereign and his country; and in a private letter
to him (Sir G. Staunton), Sir Henry Pottinger had said,
speaking of Dr. Morrison, that no man living could sup-
ply his place.—(Cheers.) He submitted that he had
made out a case for the consideration of the House.
They were two individuals who had performed eminent
services, who had sacrificed their lives in the cause of
their country, and whose families, therefore, had a
claim upon that country.—(Cheers.) He did not bring
forward the case as one of destitution, except as far as
regarded the sister of Dr. Morrison, who was residing
at Newcastle, and who he understood was in a destitute
state ; but with regard to the rest of the family,
although not in a state of destitution, he considered
that their means were totally inadequate to maintain
them in the station which they ought to occupy.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving his resolu-
tion.
Dr. Bowring and Sir John Hobhousc rose at the same
time, for the purpose of seconding it. Dr. Bowring,
however, gave way.
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE did not know if the forms
of the House would permit the motion of the Hon. Ba-
ronet to be put without the consent of the Government.
If they would, he begged to second the motion, for he
could bear his testimony to the great and extraordinary
services of Dr. Morrison.—(Cheers.) They had heard
a statement of those services from the Hon. Baronet
who. had just sat down • and, if there was any one gen •
tleman in-that House, Who more than another was capa-
ble of justly -appreciating those services, it
was the Hon. Baronet.—(Loud cheers.) He had
hoped that the Government would have found
some way of expressing their opinion of the eminent
sevices of these gentlemen. After what had fallen from
the Hon. Baronet, he would not add one word more to
the nature of those services ; but if any one had read the
beautiful memoirs of Dr. Morrison, he would there see
the considerations which had induced him to continue in
his useful—his charitable—he might add, his Christian
career. .The mantle of the father had descended on the
son ; and if the forms of the House would permit of it he
hoped that the appeal which had been made to the Right
Ilon. Baronet opposite, to the Government, and to the
House, would not be made in vain.—(Cheers.)
Sir ROBERT PEEL must, in the first place, admit,
and he did so with the greatest pleasure, the justice of
the eulogium which had been pronounced by the Right
Hon. Baronet, and by. the Hon. Gentleman, on the cha-
racters of Dr. Morrison and his son. They had
both rendered eminent public services.—(Cheers.) They
had both been remarkable for the fidelity with which
they had performed their duties—(Cheers)—and those
two literary works of Dr. Morrison, the father, to which
the Hon. Gentleman had alluded, were works, he must
say, which in' the highest degree merited the public ap-
probation.—(Cheers.) Nothing could have been more
agreeable to his own personal feelings than to have ac-
ceded to the motion ; but there were duties imposed
upon public men, from 'the performance .of which they
must not shrink ; and he would ask them to consider
what must be the consequence of the interference of the
House with the granting of pensions to. public ser-
vants. It had been the custom some years since to al-
low pensions to the widows and female relatives of those
civil servants of the Crown, who had died in the per-
formance of a public duty, but that custom had, for some
years past, been very properly discontinued.. No man
could fill the situation which he, Sir R. Peel, filled
without being aware, how many cases were constantly
pressed by. the widows and relatives of public servants
of the highest merit and distinction, whose petitions it
was impossible to grant. In the whole range of re-
venue services no pension was allowed to the Widow or
relative of the deceased officer, even though he died in
the service of his country. In the case of a clerk in a
public office, a man who had discharged his duty faith-
fully and assiduously for forty or fifty years, and who
might die from over exertion in the discharge of
these duties, notwithstanding these claims not
a single farthing was allowed for his widow or rela-
tive. Parliament did not allow any provision for such
persons. In the case of the army and navy the pension
granted to officers who died in the public service was
indeed very small, and the power very limited. Flag-
officers of the navy, after discharging their duty for
many years, and who might have died in the service of
their country, could only hope for a pension not exceed-
ing 120/. a year for their widows. In the case of a cap-
tain in the Marines who might die in action, the provi-
sion for his widow was limited to 2001. a year. In the
civil service the clerks got liberal salaries, but• it was
expected they would themselves make provision for their
widows and families. If the House once departed from
the course hitherto acted upon, and established a pre-
cedent such as the present motion, if carried out, would
involve, they might depend upon it that they would find
it very difficult to resist the numerous and powerful ap-
plications which would be constantly poured in upon
them. The House must take a comprehensive view of
the question and must look to the future. It became hi& '
duty to state to the House the circumstances of
the present . ease, and if there were anything
to warrant them in departing from . thgrseciaennotrtiii-g-
-nary usage. The Crown was not allowed more
pt he anns
01
n,250, Owthaic- yhe awasr at re
con fseernrte
dfo
or
nt hl t
epruarrpyo
as enfic ofd
men, and with the greatest possible regard to real
merit. He (Sir R. Peel) considered this allowance very
scanty, but it was the allowance of Parliament to the.
Crown, after mature and serious deliberation.—(Hear,
hear.) Mrs. Morrison was the widow of Dr. Morrison,
who died in 1834. She was not the mother of Dr. Mor-
rison who lately died in the performance of public duty
in China. The only immediate relative was the sister,
to whom the Hon. Gentleman had referred. Mrs. Mor-
rison was the widow of the father—the late Mr. Morri-
son was the son of a former wife. Mrs. MurOvn Was
0.1 sir) .r i Ga. •

already in the receipt of a pension of 2001. a-year, which
had been conferred on her when the power of the Chi-nese establishment had been transferred from the East -
India Company to the Imperial Government. She had
been previously in the receipt of 1251. a-year from the
East India Company. She was allowed 251. a-year each
for the maintenance of her five children, which pension
of 251. a-year would continue until these children
reached the acre of eighteen years. The salary of the
elder Dr. Morrison was 1,3001. a-year, and the
salary of his son, who had lately died, 1,200/.
a year, bat the East India Company and the Govern-
ment were of opinion, that the eminent services of
those distinguished individuals, entitled their relatives to
a liberal allowance. Mrs. Morrison was now in the re-
ceipt of 2001. a year herself, and 251. a year for each of
her five children. Nor had the case of her family been
overlooked by the Government. The Earl of Aberdeen
• had appointed her eldest son to an Assistant-Secretary-
ship in China, of 1621. a year, lately increased to 3001,
a year, and with a prospect of increase to 6001. a year.
—(Hear.) Lord Aberdeen signified to Mrs. Morrison,
that as soon as her second eldest son was fit
for a situation he would be forthwith appointed to
one with a competent salary. He thought he had con-
clusively shown that the Crown had not been in any
way indifferent to the interests of the family of Dr. Mor-
rison, and he believed that if the rejected claims of the
widows and relatives of several distinguished public ser-
vants were brought into comparison with the treatment
of the family of Dr. Morrison, the contrast would be
very favourable to the latter. The Government were
anxious to assist the family of the late lamented gentle-
man to the best of their ability, but, notwithstanding
that it gave him much pain to resist the motion, not only
on the ground of a personal respect for the character of
the lamented deceased; but of the eminent public ser-
vices he had rendered, still, filling the office he did, and
recollecting the, pernicious and troublesome precedent
such a concession would establish, he must resist the
motion.

----------
Mr. LYNOSA.Y was understood to say that he would
support the motion. Dr. Morrison was not only a bene-
factor to his country but to humanity, and after his
immediate wants had been provided for by the East
India Company, he established a college in Malacca, for
the instruction of foreigners in the Chinese language.
At the age of eighteen Dr. Morrison was appointed to
act as interpreter to the East India Company, and most
ably did he perform the duties of that situation. Few
men possessed not only so good a knowledge of the
Chinese language, but few were so thoroughly ac-
quainted with the feelings and habits of the Chinese
people. He not not only acted as interpreter, but as the
confidential friend of Sir H. Pottinger, and he hoped the
Government would not overlook the claims of his
widow.

Sir G. STAUNTON replied. The only provision
which Mrs. Morrison at present enjoyed was 2001. a year.
This was irrespective of the salary of the son. He
believed that the health of the son had suffered
in China, and it was probable he was now on his
way to this country. The prospect from this source
was, therefore, not very cheering. He would how-
ever leave the subject in the hands of the Govern-
ment, confident that the Right Hon. Gentleman would
do what was right. He would not press his motion to a
division.

Sir R. PEEL said that there were before him, at
present, 100 cases of other widows, whose relatives
performed important services to the country. Justice
should be done to all parties as far as it was in their
power.
Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether any lands
would be appropriated by the Government for the Morri-
son College.
Lord STANLEY said the subject was at present in
the hands, of the Governor of Hong-Kong, and till he
received his report he could not say anything upon it.
The motion was then withdrawn.
CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.
On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the following Mem-
bers were nominated as the Select Committee on Con-
troverted Elections :—Lord John Russell, Lord Gran-
ville Somerset, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten,
Sir George Grey, Viscount Sandon, The O'Conor Don,
Mr. Pakington, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Charles
W ood, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Loch, Mr. Wynn
and Sir Thomas Fremantle.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARen 22.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Forester, to appoint Edward Turet Carver, Esq., as one of her
Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Hamilton,
who retires.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Benvenuto
Mathew, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Bahama Islands.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas
Myles to the church and parish of Aberlemno, in the presby-
tery and county of Forfar, vacant by the transportation of Dr.
John Crombie, late minister thereof, to the church and pa-
rish of Scone, in the presbytery and shire of Perth.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Samuel Platt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 16.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment °Militia—J.
Scott, Esq. (and not J. Scots, Esq., as inserted in the
Gazette of Tuesday last), to be Captain, Feb. 16.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
G. W. Blaythwayte, Esq. to be Major, vice Browne, promoted ;
H. Barton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Godsall, resigned
March 20.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 14.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bennett Free-
land, Gent., of Steyning, in the county of Sussex, to be a
Master Extraordinary in the Higk Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Mi.acit 18.
The Lord Chancillor has appointed William Way Buckell,
Gent., of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 22.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Nathaniel Cart-
wright, of Dunstable, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

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BANKRUPTS.
ROBERT WEBSTER, victualler, Oxford-market, to sur-
render April 4, at eleven, and May 3, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Ware, Blackman-
street, Southwark.
WILLIAM GOLIGHTLY KELSON, builder, Canter-
bury, April 23, at half-past eleven, and May 14, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turguand, official assignee, Old
Jewry Chambers ; Kirk, Symond's Inn.
THOMAS ANDREW, victualler, Little Earl-street,
Seven-dials, April 23, at one, and May 14, at half-put eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Ware, Blackman-street.
WILLIAM LOTT, grocer, Ipswich, April 2, at eleven,
and 30, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ;
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Bell and Cu. Bow
Church-yard.
EDWARD LEVY and AUGUSTUS LEVY, fruit mer-
chants, Botolph-lane, City, April 2, and 30, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Brown and Martin, Mincing-lane.
ISAAC ECKERSLEY, victualler, Liverpool, April 10, and
May 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Doctors'-
commons, London ; Cornthwaite, Liverpool.
JEREMIAH WILLIAMS, flannel manufacturer, Newtown,
Montgomeryshire, April 3, and May 3, at one, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Sar-
gent, Norfolk-street, Strand, London; Owens, Newtown;
Hughes, Llanidloes, Montgomery.
JOSEPH RIDWAY, fringe manufacturer, Cheater,
April 10, and May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Barker, Manchester ;
Fisher and Company, Aldersgate-street, London.
JOHN WILDEY, jun., upholsterer, Nottingham, April
13, and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lees, Nottingham ;
Motteram and Giddey, Birmingham.
ROBERT HITCHCOCK, miller, Taunton, April 11 and
May 2, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter ; Bailey, Shaw, and
Co., Berners-street, London ; Coles, Taunton.
SAMUEL BETTISON, wine merchant, Leamington
Priors, April 12, and May 1, at one, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Tibbs,
Wrrwick ; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row, London.
BENJAMIN POUNTAIN, wine merchant, Derby, April
4, and May 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Barker and Co.,
Mark-lane, London; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
W. Bell, grocer, Stockton, Durham.
J. Bell, gardener, Norton, Durham.
J. Bone, farmer, Rettendon, Essex.
W. W. Groves, hatter, Gerrarcl-street, Soho.
G. L. V. Grey, beer retailer, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
J. Wilson, cabinet maker, Morpeth, Northumberland.
T. Willcocic, bricklayer, Peter-street, Whitechapel.
F. Eggleston, blacksmith, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.
R. Stott, Blackburn, Lancashire.
J. Holloway, baker, Heston.
M. Bette, farmer, TAandswcrth, Staffordshire.
G. Revill, linen draper, Mitcham, Surrey.
R. H. Morgan, coach maker, New Church-street, Paddington.
W. Wainwright, post-office clerk, Birmingham.
G. Butler, plumber, Stanton St. John's, Oxfordshire.
W. A. Locke, coal dealer, Manchester.
J. W. Wood, Birmingham.
B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Kendal, Westmoreland.
A. Soulby, Blackwell.
W. Hooper, cabinet maker, Bath.
H. Burton, estate agent, Liverpool.
J. Horsfall, beer seller, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
G. V. Rogers, surgeon, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
C. P. Poole, attorney-at-law, Pitt's-place, Old Kent-road.
W. Shoobridge, farmer, Mayfield, Sussex.
C. Cunningham, attorney, Natford-place, Marylebone.
A. G. N. Maleeuronne .teacherof French, Pntney.
W. Mayler, publican, Chester.
F. Crook,_ wine and porter agent, Great Maryle-bone-street.
G. Wallis, saddler, Oxford.
H. Tovey, coach lamp manufacturer, Bristol.
J. Ingram, author, Greenwich.
H. Mahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-st., Westminster.
W. Godwin, briendraper High-street, Stoke Newington.
T. Thompson, farmer, Birmingham.
F. Rumble, artist, Battersea.
A. Jenkins, fishmonger, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
H. Newman, bricklayer, Clapham-road, Surrey.
D. Offord, cutler, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
E. Snell, chemist, Caistor, Lincolnshire.
R. D. M'Manus, surgeon, Wilson-street, Gray's Inn-road.
E. Boothroyd, innkeeper, Huddersfield.
T. Hasler, japanner, East-street, Finsbury-market.
T. Finley, sen , High-street, Newington-butts.
W. Denniff, fruiterer, Sheffield.
T. C. Varley, mattress-manufacturer, Sheffield.
W. Crowther, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, Yorkshire.
D. Long, clothier, Guiseley, Yorkshire.
T. Newell, beerseller, Calverley, Yorkshire.
M. Snow, boarding-housekeeper, Liverpool.
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E. Cooke, licensed victualler, Maeswebonorroemrtiegsethset,rranYhinoirrsokte.srh.ire.
J. cpGragdawdieionnr,di,,psormofaesibsore of fencing, GprreianteeMs-asrtlrbeoerto.uAgihai-dstaree-hitil..
T. sreaaact, Southwark.
S. Drew,. cabinet
J. Kibble, proctor's clerk, Peckham-grove,Camberwell.
W. Bethwick, furniture broker, Tottenha m-court-r 1
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T. Standen, biscuit baker, blaatings.

J. Neale, cabinet-maker, Walcot, Somersetshire.
G. Cordrey, carman, Putney.
S. Webster, Spring-place, Paddington.
T. R. Downes, clerk, Victoria-cottage, Somors'-town.
SECOND NOTICES.

.1. Slade, carpenter, Bexley, Kent, April 16, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
G. Eastwood, dealer in coins, Redcross-street, Cripplegate,
City, April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking-
ton, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings.
F. Jerrald, bricklayer, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, March
30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee.
J. Woods, baker, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, April 1, at
half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee.
T. Clinch, beer-retailer, Albert-place, City-road, April 1, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clinch, official assignee.
H. C. Carpenter, clerk, Coburn-row, Mile-end, April 1,
at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee.
C. T. Oliver, clerk, White Hart-court, Bishopsgate-street,
April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee.
G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, April 1, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
R. Wightwick, journeyman carpenter, Maidstoae, April 1,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee.
J. Marsland, weaver, Bradford, April 3, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee.
T. Turnbull, grocer, Skipton, Yorkshire, 11Iarch 30, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
I. Gwinnett, Ledhury, Herefordshire, April 3, at half-past
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official
assignee.
T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield, Cheshire, March 30, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee.
J. Haywood, clothier, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, March 30, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
E. James, sen., cordwainer, Sheffield, March 30, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
M. Whitaker, clothier, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, March 30, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. Curtis, butcher, Totten-street, Stepney, April 17, at
twelve —T. Morris, builder, Hackney, April 26, at eleven
—H. Southgate and W. M. Robertson, auctioneers, Fleet-
street, April 25, at twelve—J. Middleton, warehouseman,
Bread-street. Cheapside, April 16, at half-past eleven—J. Mill,
merchant, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street Within,
April 16, at two—R. Graves, saddler, Edwards-street, Port-
man-square, April 16, at eleven—C. Robinson, oil merchant,
Great Trinity-lane, April 17, at twelve.

In the Country.
T. and A. Templeton, silk manufacturers, Congleton,
Cheshire, April 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
—G. T. Knowles, cotton spinner, Stockport, Cheshire, April
18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—ll. Bourne,
scrivener, Wolsingham, Durham, April 16, at eleven, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Hilton and N.
Walsh, paper makers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, April 19, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court—H. Hilton, bleacher,
Over Darwen, Lancashire, April 19, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court—D. Nicholson, hatter, Liverpool, April
17, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—C. Humberston
and S. Frodsham, commission merchants, Liverpool, April 17,
at one, at the Liverpool District Court—E. Cooper, E. P.
Cooper, B. Cooper, and J. A. Cooper, clothiers, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—
O. Pidgeon, tobacconist, Shrewsbury, April 17, at twelve, at
the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
M. J. Dyke, innkeeper, Romsey, Hampshire, April 18—.
N. T. Smith, jun., ship owner, Lime-street, City, April 18—
R. Toulson, furnishing warehouseman, Westminster-bridge-
road, April 18—J. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, April
IB—C. Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, Westminster, April
16—T. Balls, iron merchant, Thames-street, April 16—G.
Diack, furniture warehouseman, Regent-street, Piccadilly,
April 27—1. T. Couchman, builder, High-street, Kensington,
April 19—T. and T. P. Trapp, tallow chandlers, Church-
street, Southwark, April 19—R. Freeman, builder, Wisbeach,
April 17—T. Sanders, shoe maker, Ramsgate April 17—R.
Brown, butcher, Sunderland, April 16—H. M. Newton, vic-
tualler, Foolstone, Yorkshire, April 17—S. Billington, woollen
draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire, April 16—T. Higginson, pawn-
broker, Liverpool, April 16—J. and R. P. Clarke, music
sellers, Leeds, April Tildesley, timber dealer, Wol-
verhampton, April 19—W. Taylor, wool merchant, Saddle-
worth, Yorkshire, April 17 —W. Easthope, whitesmith,
Shrewsbury, April 16—J. A shton, manufacturing chemist,
Liverpool, April 16—G. Mitchell, tailor, Bury-street, West-
minster, April 16—H. J. Nixon, upholsterer, Great Portland-
street, Oxford-street, April 16—C. D. Leeder, cattle dealer,
Billingford, Norfolk, April 16—A. and W. Allen, drapers,
South Shields, April 16—R. Evershed, timber merchant, Pul-
borough, Sussex, April 16—W. Havelock, corver, South
Shields, April 16,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. Broadhurst,jun., and J. E. Broadhurst, merchants,
Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire—J. Hudson and I.
Hartley, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire—F. and H. E.
Drayson, civil engineers, Faversham, I(ent —W. S. Toone and
C. F. Robinson, wine merchants, King-street, Holborn—J
Fownes and W. J. Keed, hatters, Coventry-street, Haymarket
—W. Kelly and R. Scott, fancy hosiers, Leicester—F. Ber-
gonzi and J. Cerrito, general merchants, Billiter-street, Fen-
church,-street—C. Purdy and I. W. Manship, grocers, Mar-
tham,Norfolk—D. Cookson, R. Fletcher, and R. H. Yea,
common brewers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (so far as regards D.
Cookson)—M. Hayman, J. Fowler, and J. Lewis, tilers,
Bristol (so far as regards M. Hayman)—T. Routledge, jun. ,
and R. Lucas, jun., terracotta manufacturers, Belvedere-road,
Lambeth—H. Denson and J. M'Neill, wine merchants, Liver-
pool—A. D. lettomley and S. Shepard, agents, Gracechurch-
street—T. Trewell and A. Cross, grocers, St. Martin's-lane,
Strand—E. Stead, M. Simpson, and E. Simpson, leather
curriers, Leeds (so far as regards M. Simpson)—F. Chappuis
and J. Lutostanski, engravers, Northampton-square, St. John-
street-road—E. Hatton and E. Sheaf, druggists, Bidferd,
Warwickshire—H. Drinkwater and W. Hewlett, drapers, War-
wick—H. and M. Mayers, carvers and gilders, Leadenhall-
street—R. Stratton and J. A. Wilson, linen drapers, Co-
ventry-street, Westminster—J. Eyre, J. Greaves, and W.
Ward, fender manufacturers, Sheffield (so far as regards J.
Eyre)—J. Barraclough and E. Brown, worsted spinners,
Bradford, Yorkshire—J. C. Hind and D. Brown, engravers,
Manchester.

gret at the result, and he trusted that if any of the gen-
tlemen whom he was addressing were resident in, or
conected with the district in question, that they would
do all that laid in their power to prevent such disgraceful
proceedings in future. •
JamesGadsden,2l, a young man of respectable appear •
ante, and described in the calendar as a builder, was in
dieted for stealing a mare, chaise, and harness, the pro-
perty of Thomas 4ay.
Mr. Charnock conducted the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor is a
livery-stable keeper, in the .Southwark-bridge-road, and
in the beginning Of the month of February the prisoner
went to the stable of the prosecutor, and represent-
ing himself to be Mr. North, a builder in the
Cornwall-road, hired the mare, chaise, and har-
ness, for the purpose, as he said, of going to
Greenwich. He did not return that night, but the
next day he went again to the prosecutor, and
said that the bad weather had prevented him from
coming home as he promised, and he then produced
some plans which, he said, referred to buildings he had
in progress in the Kent-road, and that he wished to hire
the horse and chaise for a month. The prosecutor told
him he would notelet it to him unless he gave him some
references, and he then went away, promising to bring
the horse home at seven o'clock the same night. In-
quiries were then made, and it was ascertained that his
story was false from beginning to end; and it was at
length discovered that the horse and chaise had been
placed in pawn with Mr. Jones, an auctioneer, in Leices-
ter•street, who had advanced the prisoner 121. upon it;
and it appeared that he gave Mr. Jones a document,
whereby he empowered him to sell all the property, un-
less the money was returned to him by a certain day.
The prisoner in his defence declared that it was a
bona-fide transaction, and that he wanted to have the
horse for a month for the purposes of his business.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, the only question for the
jury was, whether the prisoner really intended to have
the horse and chaise and return it, or whether the
hiring was merely a device to get it into his possession
in order that he might afterwards convert it to his
own use.

The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Henry Stevens, 22, and Henry Grenville, 19, 'were
charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of
Thomas Mickalls, and stealing some silver spoons, and
articles of wearing apparel, his property.
Mr. Banbury prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine appeared
for the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor is
a watchmaker at Reigate, and on the night of the rob-
bery, he went to bed about eleven o'clock, having previ-
ously ascertained that all the doors were properly secured.
He was awoke in the night by hearing a noise in the house,
and he went down stairs, but finding the street-door
safe, he again went up to bed. In a short time he saw
a light shine up the staircase, and heard the footsteps
of men on the stairs, but upon his calling out " Who's
there ?" the light was extinguished, and he heard the
men make off. On going down stairs he found the
lower part of the house had been ransacked, and a good
deal of property taken away; and it appeared that the
thieves had left a hat behind, and also part of a centre-
bit. The prosecutor gave an alarm immediately, and
proceeded, in company with a constable, named
Wickman, in pursuit of the thieves. Upon ar-
riving at the Black Horse, on Reigate-hill, they
came up with the prisoners, one of whom was
without a hat, and had a black silk-handkerchief tied
round his head, and also carrying a bundle. Upon the
constable and the prosecutor coming up both prisoners
darted off, at the same time throwing down a bundle,
which was found to contain a coat that had been stolen
from the prosecutor's house. They were pursued, and
both of them eventually secured, one of them in a wood,
lying upon his face. When before the Magistrates at
Reigate one of the prisoners said he knew nothing
about the robbery ; and the other said that as they
were walking along the road they met two strange men,
one of whom borrowed a hat of him, and gave him the
property, which turned out to be stolen, in exchange.
The jury found both prisoners Guilty.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, March 25.
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.)
Joseph Lakin, aged 16, was indicted for having maliciously
and feloniously, on the 21st of February last, at Sheepshead,
in this county, set fire to a stack of wheat straw, the pro-
perty of John Harriman.
It appeared that a very few minutes before the stack was,
by several persons, seen to be in a blaze, three witnesses saw
a boy whom they believed to be the prisoner go to the gate
of the stable-yard, and open it and walk through, and then
proceed in a cautious and fearful manner to open an inch or
so at a time the door which led immediately to where the
stack was, and go through. They presently saw the blaze
above all the houses, and hastened to the spot, and saw the
same boy running away. The defence was, that the prisoner
had never been in the yard at all, and the only question was,
whether or not the witnesses might be mistaken in the iden-
tity. None of them spoke with any very great degree of
positiveness or certainty, though they appeared to be them-
selves convinced.
The jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt to which
he had referred, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
His LORDSHIP then told him that he had had a very nar-
row escape. He would not allow the belief that he was
guilty, when the jury had said that he was not, but they had
taken a very merciful view of the evidence, and he advised
the prisoner to be very careful for the future not to be again
placed in such imminent danger. Had the jury.found a dif-
ferent verdict, which he thought the evidence would well
have justified them in doing, he should have felt it his duty
to have transported him for very many years.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)
•
Trilliam Beckworth, aged 28, and Reuben Waldrom, aged 20,
were charged with being out on the 29th of February, about
the hour of eleven at night, entering with divers persons un-
known into a close in the occupation of Benjamin Hill, to
take• game.
Richard May, a gamekeeper to Mr. Flood, of Bardon-
park, proved. he was on duty on the morning of the Ist of
March. Observed some men go by his house late at night
and, suspecting they were poachers,' he got up, calling other
men to his assistance. Got into a field, called the Town-
close, when they saw six men, who appeared to be about to
set nets. As he advanced, the poachers began to threw stones.
The prisoner Beckworth:threw one that hit the prosecutor on
the breast. He had a stick also, with which he struck May
a fearful blow on the head. Another witness identified Wal-
drom as being one of the party who assisted in beating the
prosecutor. Beckworth was taken on the spot. Waldrom
escaped, hut was afterwards taken. A previous summary
conviction by the magistrates was proved against Beckworth,
who was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment and hard
labour, and Waldrom was sentenced to twelve month's im-
prisonment and hard labour.
Thomas Kirby, aged 35 ; Thomas Rodwell, aged 23 ; Joseph
Rodwell, aged 22 and John Porter, aged 33, were charged
with having, on the 25th of November last, assaulted John
Laxton and James Farley, with intent to do them grievous
bodily harm.
Mr. Macaulay prosecuted, and Mr. White defended.
. Laxton, one of the watchers on Mr. Hartoffe's estate, at
Burton Lazors, proved being out with Jomes Farley on the
morning in question, between six and seven. They saw five
men and two dogs; oneheing a very light one, and what
they call a snap dog. One of the men had a bag on his
shoulder, which Laxton touched, thinking it contained game
or nets. An assault was immediately commenced upon him,
and he was beaten about the head until he became insen-
sible, and was smothered with blood from the head to the
feet. •Two of the prisoners were positively sworn to as
being of the party of five on the morning in question. The
other two men were seen, in company with Kirby and one
of the Rodwells, coming in a direction from the spot in
question.
Mr. WHITE admitted their identity, but contended the as-
sault would not have taken place had not Laxton, in the first
instance, touched the bag on Kirby's shoulders.
They were found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months'
-nprisonment each, and hard labour.

IRISH ASSIZES.
TIPPERARY (NORTH—Nenagh, March 22.
WILFUL MURDElL—Jeremialt Leary and John Cooke, two
very young men, were indicted for the wilful murder of John
Nowlan, on the 9th :of June last, by a person named Mi-
chael Moylan giving the fatal blow, and that the prisoners'
were aiding.
Mr. BREWSTII/t, Q.C., stated the case—The unfortunate
deceased was the servant of a Mr. Burrowes, a salesmaster in
Dublin, who was in the habit of sending up stock from a
farm he had in the country. Nowlan had been in his em-
ployment for more than twenty years ;. to him was entrusted
the duty of coming to Dublin with stock, and it was his habit
to arrive in town on Thursday, returning home again on
Friday. In June last the deceased went up to Dublin with a
number of sheep, and it would appear that on Friday, the
9th of June, he was on his return from Dublin. When he
arrived at Roscrea, about six in the evening, he went into the
house of a woman named Jenkins, to procure some refresh-
ment. After some delay he left her place, and eventually took
his departure from Roscrea, on his way to Dunkerrin. On
his way lie was seen on the road by a witness who would be
produced ; and about the same time, or shortly before, a man
named John Ford, who had been dressing a lime-kiln, saw
a person lying inside a ditch very near the place where the
murder was subsequently committed. There were on the
left-hand side of the road, proceeding from Roscrea to Dun-
kerrin, two stiles leading up to a townland called Rathna-
vogue, an old one and a new one ; and on the evening of the
murder a girl called Bridget Maher, who had been in Roscrea,
left it about eight in the evening, going towards Dunkerrin.
She had to pass the two stiles which led to Rathnavogue,
and as she came up she saw two men inside one of the stiles.
It would also appear that a female named Jane Ilodgens met
one of the prisoners (Cooke) coming from Dunkerrin towards
the place a short time before the commission of the deed ; and
much about the same period a woman, named Mary Claven,
passing in an opposite direction from Dunkerrin towards
RoScrea, saw the same party who had been seen by Jane
llodgens ; as she came along before him to the stile, the new
one, she was passed by John Cooke, and he had then a cap
on his head, and trailed a white stick on the ground. When
this woman arrived at the stile, she observed two men standing
inside of it, as if on the watch for some person, and one of
them was John Cooke. After she had passed the stile, Mary
Claven met Michael Moylan, the person tried at the last
assizes. She was well acquainted with him at the time.
It would further appear that, upon the evening of the day in
question, a man named Thomas Cahill, who had
been for upwards of a year before residing in Rath-
navogue with his mother-in-law, left that place with
his wife, intending to take up his residence at Roscrea with
his father, and while he sent off his furniture on an ass and
cart, driven by his brothers, he and his wife proceeded a little
after eight o'clock in the evening across the fields by the
path which led to the stiles, close to which the deceased was
murdered. They had reached within about five perches of
the new stile, and it was :then nearly as light as day, when
they heard a sound like the rapping of the stones along the
road, a little towards their right, in the direction of Roscrea.
Cahill ran up to the stile, in consequence of the noise, and
looking down into the road ho saw three men at the distance
of five perches, standing over another, who had been brought
to the ground. On looking towards them, they had their at-
tention attracted to Cahill, and they then ran away. Two
of those men he had known before, and he would positively
prove their being Moylan (who was tried at the last assizes),
and the prisoner Leary, but as to the third he could not
swear positively, he being stooping over the body.
Several witnesses were examined for the prosecution,
whose testimony directly implicated the prisoner Cooke
only material evidence against the other prisoner was that of
' the witness named Cahill.
Judge BALL charged the jury in an able and very feeling
address.
The jury, having been locked up for some time, came out,
and the foreman intimated that one gentleman wished to ask
Cahill's wife a question.
Mr. Hassard objected, in a case of so much importance, to
giving any consent to have a Witl}o63 recalled, and