The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

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eirticularly expressive
.countenance.--(Cheers aryl ! ll:eeriest, and the most virtuous people on the face of the
Mughter. The modesty of the lan•llords is trele s glebe. ' (The Hein. Gentleman sat down amidst the most
Most
remarkable. They think us unreasonable • enthusiastic cheering.) because' we Seek not to be ocercharged - for I . The enamour; then came, forward and said, I beg to
our bread, and required to pay the landlord tax out of remind you that ourmeetings will be held on Wednes-
our own pockets. I should like to .see the Minister of I day evenings -until, further notice. 1 eta sorry to have
these'landlordi.come down to . the louse of Commons, ! to say, that in consequenee of the alteration in the er-
and demand that the manufacturing' furtion Of. the . rengements, many parties who came • a long distance
.eormuunity,should pay the taxes which should in just, ce ! (rem . the .country to .attend last week's meeting, not
fall upon the farmers-perhaps I am wrong in usine having paid sutlicient attention to
.the. alteration, were
the
,word farmers ; it should, more properly, be ' the Ldieappointed. I propose that' wenow. close the proceed-
. landlords. Lord Beaumont was also at that meeting.- ing of this very interesting meeting by giving three,
(Laughter, and hisses.) You have often heard before.' cheers for the gentlemen who have addressed us.
,of silly . lords-(Laughter)-but these Anti-Legg-tree! ' Three hearty cheers were then given, and the mlet-
.
ineetingS seem entirely to be got up for the purpose of ' ing separated at ten o'clock.
, making exSibitions of all these unfortunate individuals.; - . • . • • . (Cheers and laughter.) Lord Beaumont .said . that
the' theory of free trade was a very. beautiful . one, hut SPIRIT' of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
, still it was only a theory, and - therefore could' , ADVERTISER.-We are surprised to find that some of
not be perfect. I always thought that such a our Liberal Contemporaries imagine they can discover ground
. sentence as this would, amongst any ~ reason- of hopei for.lreland, in the speech of Sir-Robertou Peel. They
ves. We
• able set of men,. be put down as sheer nonsense: -IncartdisecoP:etsr persons of
quicker
that
tthan
rsel
and varied
nothing in speech. lengthened.
for
If free trade.be a theory, and that it -be beautiful I • • , as it. was, which -affords the slightest foundation f
hold that '
it must be said to be perfect. We' have ,no any such hope. It bears on. its face the , impress
authority to show that a restriction of industry. and of cunning and deceit. Its . conciliatory expressions are
Commercial intercourse with other nations ever confer- only intended ,to mislead. NO. - distinct avowal is made
1 . hred the slightest benefit upon this country, while we -of . any intention to. - abandon that oppressive and
ave the authority of some of the most eminent, men in insulting policy which has has driven- Ireland to the
• , the kingdom to prove that it would be attended with the verge of rebellion. Now, can any one who knows-the cha-
Most beneficial results. He said that the profits of the ratter of the Premier, suppose for a moment that had he
manufacturers were admirably protected in this country; contemplated the adoption of a conciliatory policy, he would
not have taken carp make an explicit avowal of his inter-.
• yet three quarters of all our manufactures are exported bons ?On all previous occasions--his tariff, - for example-
. to foreign countries ; and if Lord Beaumont tells us haw when he intendedP '
to introduce measures of concession, he has.
Par •
liament gives to any goods in China, the Brazils, and not
nonoly.proclaimed his purposes in terms which could admit
America any protection I certainly shall say of' him of misconception, but with a pompousness of manner. pet
lie is a wiser Lord than ever it has been my good fortane culiar to himself, and which was almost as significant as the
to meet before.-(Leughter.) Why; I know ' many. language he employed. If Sir Robert Peel had intended to
• Weavers -in my country would not argue with, but alter the course of his procedure •in Ireland, he would not have .
laugh at such aristocratic reasoning as this of my Lord studiously abstained from all reference to Mr. O'Connell's
thrice-repeated question-"'How are you to govern Ireland r
Beaumont's. These monopolists, when talking of the
rate of wages, always take their parallels from Poland, In his silence as to his future policy we clearly discern an in-
. • Russia, and such places, but they never make the tention to pursue the perilous path which he is now treading.
Instead of intimating h's p pose to relax the severity of the
. . Brightest allusion'to that great country at the other side- law, he avows his resoluitionurto uphold it. No one can miss of the Atlantic, where the labolirer is paid at' the rate take the meaning of this. In. the Premier's vocabulary it
of. 4s. a-day. Neither do they ever reverse the picture, signifies that, while he is in power, Ireland will
continue to . • and. turn to Ireland. On the last night When We be governed by military force. But we are not left- to mere
assembled in this , building we were addressed- inferential deductions • respecting the future Irisk policy of
by
, the ' representative of, if not the whole, . at. Sir Robert. We have sure grounds for our tonviction. i
least three-fourths of the . Irish - nation-(Tre- One unguarded expression escaped Sir Robert in his late
mendous cheering and waving of handkerchiefs)- speech, which indicates, in a manner not to be mistaken, that
a policy-of coercion, not of concession, is that which Ministers
and he showed the ratio of prices doled ont to the un-
fortunate labourers in that country.-(Cheers.) A r-, have detennined to pursue- towards Ireland. Sir Robert
, peavowed his intention to, uphold the Protestant Establish-,
' eou named Godfrey Wentworth got up at that meeting, ment as it now exists inethat conntry. On this. point .he
, to move that a committee should be formed for the 'pro- was more explicit than we ever remember to have heard
• ft tion- of British industry. What a misnomer ! . F9r .him. He did not qualify his language in any way. The
11ritish. industry ? It should have been for the'protec- -determination was proclaimed without any conditiOna.
~.tion of British idleness-to protect the "do-nothings."-e-,. He left no loop-hole, no back-door, through which, in case
•• (Cheers and laughter.) Thereis another Noble Lord to an . emergency should arise, he could escape from his
'1- whom I alien allude, although I know that he does. not pledge. No measure which
,can in the slightest degree in-,
)
terfere with the Irish' Church, can ever be proposed by him.
Stand very high in the estimation of the audience now
colleeted in this theatre-I mean Lord Winchilsea- Not,' if any such measure be proposed by others, can it re-
(Hies , . . .nd ,
1,, es.)-who called them a bloody a revolutionar ceive his sanction. With that Church he has inseparably
Y identified himself: with her he is prepared to. stand Or fall.
'• ZY•-(Groans-) If he meant to refer to the term Rather than touch her most trivial privilege, or suffer another
-.
_ reign of terror," -which -prevailed at one tithe in ato do it, he would see his Administration perish before his
• neighbouring country, the sense in which it was then eyes. Now, if, as is admitted on all hands, the ProteStant
nu erstood and acted on, the Noble Lord . is much Church in Ireland be, in her established capacity, the monster
kistaken ; but I believe that in a literal sense evil of that country, and if the Premier has declared his detete-
' the term is applicable, for -I believe the Anti Corp- urination to uphold that Church at all hazards-must not
- . '11)" League is bringing on a reign of ' terror they be credulous persons indeed who expect any measures-
4goinst certain monopolising classes in this country.- of aConciliatory nature from him ? His speech, as before
• (Cheers and laughter.) The man who conies to this remarked, does not afford the shadow of a ground
on which to rest any such expectation. But even. if tweeting; and who positively shudders, may be said
to havesomething 'of t - h• Certain
ee error upon nn.light- did, even if he had given an explicit pledge of his inten-
tion to ,do justice .to Ireland, we would have reposed no
"hgered gentry feel the same kind of terror when. those faith in , his 'word, after hearing him proclaim
his
reso-
- Men who . . wn wear large blue coats, and -who ive-argirdles ration to maintain, under , all circumstances, • existing
round their waists, make their appearance.---,(Laughter.) and contingent, the Protestant Establishment of Ire-
' wile monopolists ; accuse us of using harsh language. land. So long- as the Irish Church is \suffered to exist,
113', men •do not - take straws to cut down oaks.- Ireland cannot know what peace or prosperity-means. She
(Cheers.) Why . should those who are in earnest go is not only the . crowning evil, but the parent of nearly all
''` ,fhout " with bated breath; and whispering hum- the other evils which are felt in that country. •It is not
merely that, being the religion only of a few hundred thou-
. uleoess" before men who trample -on the people
sands of her people, she constitutes a standing insult to the
4! •this -country' ? Evet. ' one knows the charac-
"et' of- the - l• tarmillions who are of a different creed, but these millions,
• te- ... lisle. . monopolists-every We is e7ev.ery one knows
that • • • •
while maintaining their own ministers, are ground. to • the
.1„ Y.- clutched the • ex,stence of the -people. earth by the heavy imposts laid upon them .'for the :support
irey have -for years held in their grasp the property of of this hurche It were bad enough that they should be
• l,:industrions classes of this empire. They are men obliged to support this Church, even did they conceive her
'.;°;lnO are remorseless for what - they have done-who are doctrines, her discipline, and her copduct to be harmless ; but
,;, asrdless of the cruelty they inflict upon the poor, and it is a double act of injustice and oppression, when they con-
-4,"4o:iarie determined. that, .whatever the result may be, sider her creed to consist of most perilous errors; and her cen-
wie ' • •
duct to be dangerous, if not destructive, to the souls of men.
/ .3' Will perpetuate the injustice of which they have so Nor, insuperable as' are these objectionsin lin of he
49tlig b.c/I:Xttirtyl;'*.thiii .prpuror which is to be seen in the - , catinies to
t tasParroetesta"nt stablisment 3'e
the'
Ireland; 'aret.
alliditin f- th d
ee,.._. ...o . ousan s-aye, of: millions of this they the. only ground of their hostility towards that Este-
' /2_7rY..-(Cheers.) Oh I :they are a., sensitive class-3 blishment. Their averson to the Church is deepened by the
ba=se
there- was a motion brought forward in the fact, that throUgh her' door all must pass who are•atn-
b,:,''"e or. Commons by certain
exentleinen who bilious of sharing in. the honours, end
.partaking. of the
it': a•• great- affection for Don -earlos. -(Laughter.) advantages, which the State holds out to distinguished, :e Ct fiVe-lyears of the • time-the valuable time-of talent and meritorious conduct. , The avenue to civil dis-
ill, Collective °wisdom" of , the country was expended tinction and civil; emoluments is shut against, the 'Roman
.. unit' debate-upon' the merits of that very respectable and Catholie. - -His talents may be of the highest order, and
i fettunate I. Piiiiee..,-(Laughter.) - There was, a great his conduct invnlnerable to the shafts of calumny, nnd
rpfin sposition evinced to - hear that debate on the part of yet., because he is a Catholic, he is ineligible to any civil, ju-
dicial, or political office of any importance. La us not be
Wand•there was -a still greater indisposition to hear told that the Relief Bill of 1829 established civil equality
mate. whi t.
re,„___,. • c.e..w.as expected to come on after the one between Catholics and- Protestants. It did no such thing.
wheat
Don . Carlos, upon a proposition to allow In appearance, or in theory, indeed, it may be said to have
1.41,t and flour to come from the Cae, the East done so ; in reality it has not, . What is the existing state of
1:8) . and Australia at - the same , duty as 'matters in Ireland? What has been the state of matters in
•is • !tt ••• and- . flour enOw - comes ' from. • Canada-that that country since the aceession of the Tories to power? Are.
iettiet.--tto• duty-- at..•.a11.-(Lond chee It was not the Catholics a proscribed class'? Are they not studiously
.- be, tll,c!cd:that tb,:inotion.resPecting Don Caries should excluded from all offices of emolument and trust? Is not the
1)0, rown overboardi•irt order therefore- to throw over- brand of degredation prominently and permanently impressed
- .. rctee
their brow? Ate they not insulted in every conceivable
on . . .
tineeel he other motion, :which they considered a little
way-grossly and gratmtously insulted by the ministers and
tictieerl!i:of the. cornaaws. But, 'however, it so hap: members of that Established Churcl, to the maintenance of
n, that there was -something else -to talk about, which they ate compelled to contribute? And yet, though Sir
eie • .. .. • .
....taut .19 certain fictuins, which go by the, name of qui Robert Peel avows hiS deterMination to uphold a Church
-q 'tetionS in- whiehecertftin Noble Lordsand Hon. which is ' • '
.. eete„,_ , . , , . _
--:trs u:Tell are fieeply concerned, owing to some mat- evil which converts a country,'which would else be a paradise,
tart zi; tery reputable, which are connected with the into a. political and social pandemoniuM-there are personae:-
ete siti„"hci horse-racing:- It was amusing to. see what s en- persons in the, ranks of the Liberals,- too-who are credulous
'..
'eness- there • ' to believe thatpolicy
he contemplates a conciliatory towards
,s 0) etbu .
....
.. vi ea._.shown , With . respect to
',,, :,,the Propriety WIT.. bringing wheat from India and , Ireland. We are of no such easy faith. We will not believe
ea that any man can entertain the intention of doing justice to
'.
,:i!in,...., Pe,---(Hear, hear.) The monopolist; were seen' in
who does not the workofconciliation by
Inland,
eetia'"arenttittideS'aind postures, and with expressions of
abolishing the Protestant Establishment in that country.
'ntenalice.which could betoken little -less than a
se
CHRONICLE.-So, it.. appears that M. Guizot - flings all
perm, Conspiracy against the State. They tried to
the blame of the non-ratification of: he treaty with Pomare,
to wade each other that it would be a dreadful thing
Queen of Tahiti, not upon her Majesty's
_repugnance,
.but
fre„",eng wheat from India-that freight all the way
upon the Admiral Dupetit Thouars ; and the .211.6mteur orders
thr".' Calcutta was a matter not to- -be considered, and 'the Queen's restoration. It is evident that Lord Aberdeen,
e_aut if this motion should be carried then . agricultural though he admits the French protectorate in
.Tahit.i,. refuses
eve[tection would receive a ".'great blow andseVere die-
to recognise the sovereignty, which, for a pacific Minister; is
"ill'ese.
feel eetnent."-(Cheers.) Well, now I confess that I strange enough; for it means neither more nor less than this
of ,unmitigated and unspeakable contempt for that class -lie adjourns the question of sovereignty to. a future war.'
is 'who go into -either House of Parliament, and who He.dethea the right. of the Fiench. to levy duties, prohibit
that iLerery motion and every Bill with an apprehension ships touching, and to exercise rights. of sovereignty. Yet
reet,u'l some. trick or other it is' likely to diminish their, the real influence, the practical exercise of sovereignty, he
admitS. We have no hesitation in saying, that such a state
pe4: °Y some very small sum. The Ministerial Party ap-
vi I,'' now firMly compacted. They are cemented by of things eis
tuistoaytTfoadt:YcloTri:t
nusbeewusrlzeaguneeeds,;
and foi
the slf;f
,Selfeinterest. Their country is forgotten, all
one
jealousies,mo r
couldYnot have been established. The protectorate
tikoat, ertngs of the _poor are unheeded, and they bind ht tO hre been (*sed and prevented in - the first ba-
the. selves together to maintain their own interests, and - s°tuagnCe. For in.*, the Mhole current, of rancorous opposition;
=tat't own
class. They are not disjointed as they were greedy of ,subject that stirs national pride, will clamour for
Oh, it ?sion, but they are a happy and united family. 'the fall s-OVereignty of these petty . islands, denounce every
1114 , 's delightful to see brothers dwellin tother in Minister, like Guizot, as a poltroon that shrinks from offend-
the ,1--(Cheers.) You have no doubt often passed ing England_ in_ the, enforcement of rights upon- them, . and-
'zt,„,.,ational Gallery • YOu must have s the !`Happy • -
end by making it a sine qua non with any new ,_Minister, that
three''lly," pent -..* . Seen he annex the Friendly Islands in name, as well as in reality,
thee r.., up in a cage there,- 'I saw yesterday
to the French
,Crown. st.,"t3---(Lotid laughter)'-nestling and warming .
other :Ives under the warm fur of a cat, which, tinder . TIMES.--Sir R. Peel .is unrivalled at dropping' facts into
fk ft; e'renteetenees wen=d have been their deadly enemy, their right places. But it must be confessed that even he
kev'eend of mine who was with -me asked the tee - ''•
oer sometimes:drops thein.wrong. His late speech on the state
Of Irelatidwas -an instance of .unmixed success in this de-
Are -..e managed to suppress their natural instinct and
partment -of political art:' On Tuesday night lie was not so
ekteasities, and make the o temp and frie dry t '
fr. - Oth 111 5 ---- . ,-.- ,S, ~ ° happy tehe dropped his fact, to our taste; singularly awry.
r• teed cr. "Do yotr starve them. into it ? said My eirettenere.apropos, we presume, of the late unfortunate
ed th " Oh, no, your,
_honour, I feeds 'em well," re-. misdemeanour of the Irish Attorney-General, begged to know
t,? come man.-(Lond"cheers.) This is the secret of *heftier it was theintention of her Majesty's- Government
-vnQ -Paetness of the Ministerial corn-law majority. "-to bring' in a Bill for' the more effectual prevention of
Plae Party .
„, 4, ,luxuriate in the enjoyment of power, and duelling? and Sir It.' Peel;' in-disclaiming any such inten-
•'`aton -4,.i1d . patronage, which . they widely di tribute tion, thought it advisable to take credit for having. refused
' kiti tr,,nelr foliowers whenever the•opportunit occurs,: the: usual pension to the widow. of the unfortunate Colonel
-
Oiy Inakenew whenever there is the ightest
ill ery
places Fawcett. Sir Robert Peel doet not often utter what is emi-
Ulf, ° nee ; - •• - - nentlyand completely illjudged: But this, we think, is the
to r pauseb essay e while the others bind themselves Loge- least that can he said of his answer to Mr. Turner. "lf
. hit 47..... Sir R. Peel has promised them, or they say the practice stillexisted,he said, and truly, "it was tot from
, , •
• `4l4a -1 confess.
Iv en__ s. I should not be inclined to place anY any defect in the- law, and her Majesty's Government doubted
tirinie e;:.l,nt his prOMises made iu his character as whether any good object could be promoted •by altering the
Ott he'2..1.. ister-they - say Sir Robert Peel has corn law." We,agree with,law, is as severe as need
5.,%01g 0.71,11 maintain the corn-law, and .the e-law- be; To change it, even for the better, would•.not touch
till_tes t"oen.elltsis of their high rent rolls, they bind them- the root of the evil. The !. ' leges sine ntori#:l3" are just what
they ere ° trier, and they are a happy. family, because we have already. •It is the feeling of society itself which
er well feel
4 e,i,, v.,, .-e(Loud cheers and laughter.), But has- to be changed.- Society has to leani-that patience and
ere
wrikreat insecurity amongst them.. They do not forbearance are' not mortar sins ; • and we hope, with. Sir
Robert Peel, that society is learning this, and is beginning to
Y I '" confidence in the Houses of Parliament, but too Peak i„. e__,:recognize its own guilt and absurdity in attempting ito en-
la
Aft_ in so_ `. bold terms when they are in some snug force upon all its members that honour"mimic of ven--
I;re sue, tai inn at Aylesbury, or at Buckingham, or geanee,involved in the " code -of hon. '" Due
he
tt,;!.ty I,;!_Pyriftce, but they will not do so in Parliament. told the House; " was fast declining-the feeling of society 11`)J.tongsis" that, there is a spirit rising up. was against the practice, and would, therefore, produce a
Th •be . • ",..,People .of this country • which . will salutary effect,' SO far, so good.. , But the great.Parliaraen-
etl hie, `Tned, • and which cannot be deluded. tary speaker-the .watchful politician--could not. be Content,
eerset,
.ee lately had a proof of it in the county pf So- with disposingof the question. He could not resist ; clainie .
e(Letie,;`,tea meeting called. by themselves. To get that ing for Government the, credit of moving along with the
Public feeling. " Her Majesty's Government had availed -
goy"etie the
turned the county • upside down. The
. themselves of an opportunity during the recess of exercising
t4a4 kwag held in a small town °celled and sus- • •
Ns -' 'I four ' their influence
_and authority in, discouraging-the . practice
thou., 4,,, ur or five thousand agricultural inhebi- as far as they could." Colonel Fawcett, he told the House,
" Yet, 1 a fi,y, t,e. declare, upon the most respectable au- "was -a man of great military reputation, and had distill-
, ~,?he of
a": a majority of eight or ten to one voted in guished himself in the service of his country. He was. un-;
17:a44,
e..
~ote of thanks to the Anti-Corn-law League. fieunately killed in a duel ; and when his widow applied for
eale sneers.). The publications which the . Anti- that pension. to. which she would have beenentitled had he
tlitip!lTtite7etiett are iseuing, to the world with so' much lost his life in any other way than by the hand of his .adver-
,.. get'u4tr , assert that seven-ninths of the population of eery, her Majesty's Government felt. themselves compelled
. - eilrlotare with them. But, notwithstanding 'this; to refuse 'td 'grant 'that ,pension. ... . . The widow of
the deceased. officer having been refused the pension, and
. • Ati hard= get a unanimous vote, nay, they' can
the survivor superaeded, he thought • her Majesty's Govern-.
e:!eii.,i, hick bare majority in favour of the
matt had sufficiently evinced their willingness to exercise
lqatidhol they :wish tosecure, and Which their legitimate power and influence against. the practice. of
,111
to ders are voting • . Why,
let
to maintain. -them -duelling." We are very far from wishing to revive a clamour
Vkberje°,ttr metropolis. We have 57 OillaWkistered • 1 Irish G. 1 'll t excuse h
414 itre s-t.r. the League in London.-(Great' cheering.) umtnustuitutipepyeaiAr Attorney---e-h
Zi egtlL-elsVawceeststttsltisltifee the; Cooh, ~v,47ig.ers freinAancashire, top-(Cheers)--a We have spoken our minds on both eases, and abide by what'
toteee•4l'ecteei ° Toted' leer Mi. Taft:is* while none of we have, said. . But. the merit of Government in thit exer-
Ty !altile cle,e-tacre,hants gave him any ppport ! . The .tion " 4thsir legitimate power andinfluence" should really
hoe- stile
t.„-'B,le,s; ) titer 'iiid ' were nntiiltilibe League. 'be-illustrated by a comparieen of these two cases. Mr. Smith,.
'l4- `wtri),,,-,.`:"'s is, that 51 000 Of the inhabitants of smarting, we allow, under a series of most ungenerous insults,
1:),,-; paiti t-iis. have fair] 'themselves, , but still, it.DittSt be remembered,- engaged in the very act of
y. registered . and hot te" thes4Ohis, .f.- -solemnly. vindicating the law by a Government prosecution
ct4t b4ve /eation4
Anti-Gorr-law
rertering their names as mom- of the deepest moment-himself . a lawyer, and almost. in
e 46 b 3'141 se much butti- c'rn-law League. I should the face of the Judges of the Country-with
everything
r_ipaki. coatis, ,_ , that - I have been 'driven to around him to deter, and nothing beyond the mere sense ot
'est 'relae e find that there is still in this country insult to force. him upon such. ith act--flies in the face of
th
gran)', rererenee - f
LN , sith,. or even the bad amongst the, every kind:of law, moral and political, human and divine, by
Vas eVildtle, ",:ligh your conduct May make sore° of' -challenging the lawyer who has affronted him.• , What is the .
1t• ' 14°1 " "'C.A. 11 .ridresult ? llii. Smith's ability, integrity, firmness, knowledge
lin atry ,„ a get of this false and Worth-
eat .40t the '-"At-lieers.) It is bowing d Baal, 'of 'his work, e and, finally, Mr. Smith's. present success, and
u, the 1,,0_
saki hip of intellect, *d own
and
.
romiseof Arture service, give him a clam on the defenc„nof
t`c):_i.e ,u4T.elp of
pompand tn u.stry an . virtue
is party.: Ministers made a brilliant. and generoue-apology
1,0 (I inSt rtllgB of the , l riches-riches obtained out for his " indecorum." :fables are 'turned. .He appears 'him,.
s_
'two e. I have no hostility to the die; 'het e.h. ns of the country self amidst the cheers of the Ministerial benches, lays befOrel,
~_ t the 104, if.,,_
.. ountry,-but .I-vvill always (1)-, 'the Houk a manly eXpOsition of his conduct and expiession,
I:.e. 4,1_ Peopiene 3,,,ntinued,
,i he
•-•..; -u.lieve, will. seine. time, of regret for his' inisdemeenour, and sits down, not only un-.
til: <‘,:r .e ttexiou"'s Lnaols country much further than they . censured by those whose praise he :courts, but triumPhant--,
4,, ttubo, vindicate' r•--,--(Cheers.) .We obey the absolved, by the " prolonged'applause' of the House, .
,ith when ''nlent of tile law, when that. law is " Non Winn ctiliele vertu:it, opprobrio quoque culine"--- • .
__ d teh_, it is i_ just principles. We reverence the I and rather advanced, than impeded on. his road to the Chief
`i_atte"_heit is i_IL accordance with Christian princiPles,. ilistieeslq: We do not mention , this ' to complain. .of
19,1 tIi,J,,P 11. t
..u,gioerdenee with the interests of our -it.' But •et us' lookr at the
,parallel . case. An . o.fficer
,1r
g'o'rretts, or'pLz_it.rll),„ aristocracy that we see walking 'whohim
sellilus
taleso, . Si
his-Robert r7l says,
"distinguished
~giB, g.„. -the service ofcoun ry, is e a enge . e
nu titer • . Mae •e in their .carriages, and entering 'd t fight, h 'll 1 caste •h'
.does 110 e will lose in is profession-nay„ he
ng e-th, sions, end Lakin • •' • • . '
is , , ato g their seats in the
C ,will be lucky if he be• not publicly disgraced by the formal.
no, e, who - atm Nebo
'ivory ',est a scorn ..3._ , are never knoWn to do any; - decision Of a military tribunal. The last West Indian mail
ket tk.y or y and
esefuLlhnecause you do something, that brought Mine news of a'eourt-martial. held upOn au officer of
Ne N Loft rr wcrsbi ese men, I tell you, are not 'the English artillery, against whom one of the charges was,
ill Astin at flu P and respect, and the sooner, you" '-thatle had omitted. to "take notice'• of insulting language."
pe ed iato se and '
a‘,,,,, 014
of, to. ;... mischievous principle, Which This "distinguished officer". then went out-whether- he ill-. 114 oppr,, r this 6.,' YQur childhood-the soonettwilt "141' 9r-ftiqultieti to take 4-11° 34-0:0-44.4t1YerearY. we
You i's then; -untrY shake ff . ' - . 'clu-inct Enow, ter e- fell.afthe.ftl'it-fire. Guilty as his actiwas,
Rot to -1 and t o the burdens v&ich
stand , t.ey .
..ay then d forth, no one can say he went unpunished. As far as he was con-
- 'oral, the
greatest,
stand as cerned, justice might be thought to have been even too
t the freest, the .
i sadly, too grievously, satisfied. But here, what is the re-

suit? The Government, which has just got off its lawyer, ! , FASHIONS FOR MARCH.
Mr. Smith, comes- orward ostentatiously to state, that it has !,
had the virtue to inflict an additional penalty on a woman (From the London and Paris :Ladies' Magap'ag
of rciabion.)
who, if she has erred atall in this matter (which there is,no
,purlish_ Under the name of robes de cliambre, very Pretty'
morning Itig,ligti dresses. are Made, *of plain'- cathemire
reason to suppose), has incurred at least a sufficient
ment in the death ef, her husband by the hand of her bro-
ther-in-laW. _ Itiaziat...on the seconds, who are, we believe, lined with gaufr6 satin, which is a pretty novelty.for,
still in her Majesty's army, that this righteous vengeance this purpose ; they are ornamented by two bieis, one'
falls—scarcely on the priticipal criminal,
.who has virtually matching the lining and revers, the other of dark velvet; withdrawnliimself from the service—but signally and direCtly i with gimp- between•; they are alSo' made of 'Printed-orl
'en the widow of a man whose. crime is this—that he allowed. Braganza velvet, Closing from top' to boitom with bran-
denbourgs.: the slenve.s. are wide and long, with euffk..or
himself to be made a sacrifice to a false professional sense .of
ItOrientale to the elbow, and tight under' ones of the .
honour, to which obedience is not wilyeneouraged, -but en-
forced, under pain of ruin, by the Commander-in-Chief's
material; acing up so as to show the one of Mus-
; the open s eevesoyith under ones, are so generally
office, for the working of which that Government is reason-
samef
sible. It is actually the same authority with a different face hit
which disgraces the officer if he will not fight, and fines his in.
use now, that much attention is paid to the make o
widow if he happens to fall. Andfor this Sir Robert• Peel these white ones ; some are of guipure or rich lace, but.
' praises himself and his colleagues on the score of stern morn - many are .made of :inlets,' one row of which is almost
lity. We really wonder he did not proceed to eulogise it on tight over 4 ribbon, the other row forming bouillon ;
the plea of economy.. the caps fashionable - with this toilette are of em-
GLOBE.—The Custom House frauds, which have broidered • India "muslin Ariiiinied with Valen-
already excited so much attention and surprise, were on cienneS lace, having - double brides of ribbon,one
Monday again the subject of inquiry in the Court of pair - tying; the Others . loose, -or of guipure lace,
Queen's Bench. The form of the proceedings were inthis the only ornament being lappets of the same. - Gimp
instance different; but the facts adduced in evidence were and braid are still .mucliused, •as well as embroidery,
nearly similar to those elicited on fernier trials. • The on • dresses; there is. a new style of, braid, with the
mode of prOcedure was by indictment; the charge was edges pearled, which has a • richer effect ; some
conspiracy to defraud the Clown of certain duties upon indoor redingotes are ..made with revers, showing
goods imported by the fabrication of false entries, and the chemisette made •of • inlets and chnnes or
the insertion of the leaves on which these' false entries work ; the • shirt Is • altti with
. revel's, which if not
were made into the Blue - Books; in which the " sight joined shows the :tinder. shirt full trimmed. • -For
entries" were. made by the landing-waiters„ and on
.carriage . dresses the - high bodies are ornamented
which the ditties were charged. By tie connivance and with braid or brandenbourgs. Walking dresses are
aid of Homersbam and. Burnby, two of' these officers generally plain in the skirta; though fashion tole-
(theformer since dead, the latter the principal witness rates a double flounce of moderate width, or , a
against the defendants on this trial),. Messrs: Mottram plissé of ribbon down the front,> the corsages high
and Williams, who carried on business in Wood-streett and -tight, as well as the sleevea ; the principal
Cheapside, as silk-merchants, and their clerk, Horsley, thing observable in ball dresses is, that the cor-
indicted with them, had carried on a eourse of fraud sages are worn higher, some even .what are termed
on the revenue for a considerable time, and to a large half :high ; drapds• and Grecian corsages are
extent. The present indictment was, necessarily, limited fashionable, the sleeves are short, and frequently entirely
to one transaction—the fraudulent entry upon two cases covered by ()Howe' *sleeves of lace and the berthes are
ofgoods imported by the ship Belfast, from France; and worn so deep as often to cover the sleeve ; for dancing the
by which the Customs branch of the revenue was de- skirts are shorter, ethers continne long, double and treble
frauded of the difference between 417/ 15s. and upwards skirts continue in favour, but, the newest style is a single
of 1,100/. Williams pleaded guilty ; Horsley had ab- skirt en biais for tulle, white, pink, blue; green, &c. The
sconded. The other defendant (Mottram) was convicted. hair is-much ornamented by flowers, mounted either en
The facts elicited by the examination of the witnesses couronnes, with bunches forming diadem, or twisting
exemplified most forcibly the oft-repeated observation, round the - coiffure ; ringlets or bandeaux are equally 'that the pulabobusiness of the country is worse con-; fashionable. Many resales of gold or silver are twisted
ducted, and that protection against frauds upon its round with gauze or velvet, in the turban:style t. some
reienues is far less effective, than those of private &lichens of cachemire or crape lisse with silver fringe
commercial establishments. The Attorney-General are merely fastened on the head with two diamond
in his opening
.explained
.the course pursued at the - pins. Dress hate of black lace, with bugles, or of
Custom-house ; and, certainly, had .. the Honourable blond, or pearls, Or-pink crape, hare a bouquet formed
Commissioners desired to afford facilities for fraud, they of tips-of feathers, fastened by an emerald brooch.,
could not have invented a practice better adapted for the The spring bonnets have not yet appeared in great
purpose. The importer who contemplated fraud; variety; the forms-continue of Moderate size, one of the
'had only to come to an understanding with one or newest trimmings is fluted ribbon round the front,
two landing-waiteis, and, by purchasing their aid with- which is frequently lined with guipure on the
a share. of the proceeds, he was secure. The Cita- capotes, with wide runners ; lace often replaces. the
toni House authorities, by their mode of transacting,. ribbon. Capotes of pale-coloured satins are often covered
business, had done he rest . " Landing-Waiters,"- with black liee, and ornamented by a drooping marabout
said Burnby, in his evidence, "were stationed at cer- -
taro quays ; and the importer might land'goods 'where
he pleased." The officers-of the Government, employed
and paid by the public to preVent fraud, perverted into
the hired agents of the fraudulent traders, were sure to
be in their places. No interchange with officers on other
stations; no checks upon the old jog-trot mode of doing
business ; no 'special examination., pf, the "Blue
Books," in -which the • entries were made, to
ascertain their .genuiness—nothing of this kind
was ever thought of. Had not Mottram and
Williams become bankrupts, and certain entries of a
-suspicious. appearance in their books excited the suspi-
cjon of the accountant employed to prepare their balance-
'sheet, led to inquiry, the system, which had been so
productive of fraud, would have probably continued to
diminish the receipts of the Exchequer, and to swell the
gains of the fraudulent importer. The fair trader would
have still found himself undersold ,in the market ;
would have witnessed his gradual decline of business,
• until insolvency. and ruin overtook him ; while his dis-
honest neighbour would have risen, from one step to
another, in the scale of what the world calls respecta-
bility," until he retired with an immense fortune, to
.checkle over the clumsiness of the Custom House,
which had ministered to 'his dishonesty and success.
-The witness Burnby, stated, as a fact, what will -ex-
cite general suspicion. "He made certain disclo-
sures to the Commissioners"—not, however, until some
inquiries were being made in consequence of the. pays.
terious entries in Mottram and Williams' books. "His
disclosures were not caused by remorse. If the Com-
missioners have represented that the disclosures ema-
nated from remorse, they were in error." And--
deeply steeped in villany as he was—this avowal may
be safely credited. He was absolutely frightened at
the extent of his transactions—terrified at the amount
of his success. - - Business increased upon his hands to
such a degree—his clients were so numerous, and his
profits so large, that he became tired of the trade:-4 My
motive was to stop the frauds when I found they had
arrived to such a pitch as 400,000/. or 500,000/. a year
—that was my motive. I had no fear of being dis-
covered. I could have carried it on to this day ; but-
when I saw the frightful extent of the fraud, I deter-
mined to stop it." Another part of his evidence was
equally astounding. The public ought to know whether
it has been plundered by wholesale, in the! way de-
scribed,:—" It is a common practice of all landing-
waiters .to purloin what they can get from the
docks.e They have large coats for the purpose.
I hail a large coat with very large pockets."
There .are two circumstances connected with the-
witness Burnby, which will strike every one who
reads the report of the proceedings of Monday with sur-
prise. The first is, the very large pecuniary allowance
paid to him -by the Customs in the lieu of salary :—" I
am. not now in employeaent. lam living-on my own pro-
perty, and on Iss. a-day allowed me by the Cuatorns. - I
made these disclosures in November, 1842. I have had
15s. asday since." Five guineas a week, in addition to, the
interest derived from his own property, the produce of his
frauds, kerns rather like a bounty upon guilty participa-
tion in the transactions he described, than anything like
forfeiture of pecuniary advantages, as a punishment for
crime. The Other circumstance was the protection sought
to be cast around him by the .Attorney-General, by
which the , fellow might obtain impunity from! ptinish-
Men t for imputed perjury. TWO indictments for perjury
had ,been, returned "true. bills" by the grand jury
and the Attorney-General applied to the Court of
Queen's Bench for permission to enter a nolle :prosequi
in each case ; and thus stay all further proeeedings
against him on those indictments:- For the credit'' of
our judges we are hippy to -add that this 'extraordi-
nary application was refused, and Burnby- will ;have to
answer the indictments in the ordinary course of Uri:.
The proceedings of Monday were, as we have said;
by indictment. The conviction will, therefore, be unpror-
ductive to the Crown; so far as ,restitution of any part
of the duties of. which the revenue has`heen defrauded
is concerned. The witness Burnby, estimated the! amount
of the fraudulent practices at from 400,0001.- to 500,000 L
annually; and from 1837 to :1842, as the extent; of time
over 'which the • transactions 'spread. , SeVeral Verdicts
for large penalties have been obtained by the Crown in
the. Court of Exchequer; but, if report speak truly, the
proceeds derived froM thote verdiets will be miserably.
It is worth while for some Member of. Parlia-
ment to move for returns upon theie cases, as well as
for all papers likely to cast light on these extraordinary
transactions.
.STANDARD.—Among a variety of notices iof mo-.
tions given last night, by different Members of the
House of -Commons, is one by our old friend Mr.
Thomas •• Slingsby Duncombe, representative of - the
borough of Finsbury, in which the Standard is concerned.
The motion is for a return of all money paid to .the
proprietors, the managers, conductors, and agents
of the Morning Herald -and Standard newspapers, for
the information furnished by them in reference
to the late. agitation in Ireland. How the - Ministers
may treat thatmotion, we are, of course, unable to an-
ticipate ; but,ave • could most earnestly wish that her
Majesty's servants may feel justified in granting the re
turn. It is true that, in every case in which- we have.
been in possession of information that it might .be im-
pertant.to the public, service to place in the hands of the
Governinent, whether such information related to foreign
Or dennestic affairs, we have been careful so to place it,
without a moment's delay, because we consider that our.
connexion with the -press does not in any manner re-
lease us from the duty common to all subjects. 'While
important events were occurring on the continent
of - Europe, and - -during the troubles in Canada,.
we had, by means of our expresses, frequent oppor-
tunity to render this service, and we always rendered it
promptly and cheerfully, without the least regard to the
political party to which the Ministers might belong.
Of this we have abundant proof, in many, courteous
letters • of acknowledgment • from Lords Glenelge
Palmerston, and other Whig- Ministers. Of late our
'opportunities have been much less frequent, for the pre-
sent MiniSters are wonderfully sparing of the materials
upon which newspapers exist—war and commotion,;
but, whenever we have had the opportunity of commit-
nidating information to the Government of Sir Robert
Peel, or of facilitating its acquisition of information, we,
it may be easily believed, have as- cheerfully rendered.
Such assistance to the present Government as to the
Government: ,Qc
.Lord .Grey or Lord Melbourne.
This is one side of . the . account. Now . for the
other ;. . and _ before- presenting it to Mr. Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe, warn- him that it will gratify
.himeas little an a 'bona fide balance-sheet
,presented by
some fashiopable persons that we could name to their
`too -long. expectant' creditors, or as- the answer to the
bearer of a" cheque, the effects to meet which had been
previously taken out by the drawer. The debitside of our
account, then, with all the Governments that have existed
since the Standard has exiited, is nil, nil, nil -Whatever
we have done for the pUblic service, we have never re.
eeived one _farthing for_ it, and in justice- to all - the
Governments-of- the last seventeen -years, we gratefully
acknowledge that not one' of theM ever insulted us
by the offer- of one farthing, or one farthing's worth:
This. may astonish Mr. Thomas Slingsby Duncotnbe,
but let him quit hiS present party, and he.
will learn that men" . may• be zealous and sincere,
may he honest and - independent, without eternally
mouthing Liberal common places—may even wish to save,
their country without. a corrupt :consideration. If we
had been in possession of infortnation which conk' aid
in suppressing the treasonable agitation in Ireland, any
Government might 'have had it upon the cheapest pos-
sible terms—had. -it - for -nothing—had it pressed
upon them ; •or if 'we saw any way to
such - information -we should 'not have delayed
one moment to look for it-Land still the return would, be
payment nil. Our readers will excuse our saying so
much, as this may be our last fitting opportunity ; for it
is by no means improbable that, having used his privi-,
lege of .P.arliatnent to insultpersons connected with the
Standard, as he has done on- the average twice a year
for the last -five-or:six -years, Mr.- Duncombe maitmeas
has found it convenient to -do....lsefore,l.4eithd'
motion.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF t'HANCERY, Feb. 28.
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's-inn Hall to-day, and,
n the course of the morning, stated that it was his intention
do so every day during the present:week.
THE CORPORATION OF DAR-mount v. HOULDBWORTH.
JUDGMENT..
The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
case, which was argued Some time since before the Court
upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of
England. His Lordship observed that the suit was insti-
tuted to set aside a bond that had been executed by the Cor-
poration of Dartmouth in favoirr of a gentleman named
Houldsworth for the •sum of 1,200/. The ground upon which
the plaintiff insisted that, the bond should be delivered up to
be cancelled, was, that it had been obtained by fraud and
misrepresentation. The circumstances of the case were, ge;
nerally, the following:—The defendant, Mr. Houldsworth,
was a member of the Corporation of Dartmouth, and had
great influence in that borough. The principal offices in the
Corporation were filled by friends and connections of his,
and he represented the borough in Parliament"; in short, in
general, at elections, his recommendation was attended
to ; and he was what was usually called the
patron of the borough in less pure times than
the present. Certain proceedings -were instituted by the
opposite parties in the borough, for the purpose of calling in
question the title of many of the corporators, some of the
leading members of the borough ; thirteen or fourteen quo
warrantos were obtained, and in consequence of this, a meet-
ing of the Corporation was held, after notice, at which it was
determined that these rpm warrantos should be defended.
Mr. Houldsworth was present at this meeting, and he was
requested to attend to the defence, and to do what was neces-
sary. He went up to London, in order to see that the de-
fence was properly carried on. Ultimately it was discovered
that no effectual defence could be made, and judgment of
ouster was pronounced against the different members of the
Corporation. These Proceedings were conducted by the
Town Clerk, and the Corporation having a very scanty
income, only about 7001. a-year, Mr. Houldsworth advanced
money from time to time to pay the expenses, which
ultimately amounted to 1,290/. Mr. Houldsworth applied to'
the Corporation to •be reimbursed that sum. The Corp Or-
ation met upon the subject, and, after consideration and inquiry,
a bond was given to Mr. Houldsworth for the amount, and
the Corporation seal was affixed to it. For two •years
the interest was regularly paid on the bond ; at last, however,
came the Municipal Corporation Act, and then a new set of
men became members of the Corporation, and being influenced
by purer motives than the last members, they refused to pay
the interest upon the bond. Upon this, Mr. Houldsworth
brought an action against them, which was tried at Exeter,
when a special verdict was found, which declared the bond to
be a perfectly legal instrument. The Corporation, not satis-
fied with this decision, filed their bill in this Court, for the
purpose of having the bond delivered up to be cancelled. On
the case coming on before the Vice-Chancellor of, England,
he thought The plaintiffs had no equity, and dismissed their
bill, and•from that decision the parties appealed. The Lord
Chancellor, after going at considerable length into the facts-
of the case, and observing upon the transactions 'that had
taken place, and the evidence given by some of the witnesses,
stated Ins clear opinion to be, •that the judgment of the Vice-
Chancellor was perfectly correct, and must be affirmed with
costs

COOPER V. EMERY—:—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CIIANCEti.OR also gave judgment in this case;
which was an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor of England,
ordering the production of •certain documents. His Lord-
ship affirmed the judgment of the Court below.
The remainder of the day was-oceupied by the arguments
in a part-heard
.41131)641. emotion and appeal, which possessed
po
no point of any interest except to the parties concerned.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN Feb, 27.
Mr. Justice Colttnan:was'oc4pied to-day ,in trying several
cases or rape, the details of Which are niifitfor publication.
o'clock in
the' CiVil Court „Mr. taron Rolfe was. Occupied; till five
or!! Dinn v. iDiun and Another," nearly the•whole of which
hearing the evidence
consisted of proof of acts of ownership exercised by the de-
fendants, over a slip of- ground nint feet -Wide, alopgside a
watercourse, bnt italsO involved the right to the unrestricted
use of the water which supplied a large cotton factory of the
defendants, called the Denton Holme-mill.
The details were as uninteresting as such cased usually
are, depending as they, do upon the evidence of a multitude.
of witnesses. to 'a few facts of the same kind, rather than upon
a variety of incidents.
Mr..lVatson, Mr: P. Thompson, and Mr. Hill Were .the
counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Mr. Temple, and
Mr.,Unthank for the defendants.
After summing up the. jury shortly returned a verdict for,
the detendants. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• . (YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-110[1SW.
The folloiring remarkable case, which was brought be-.
fore- the Lord Ilayor on Tuesday, was disposed of yes-
terday. • •
A man named Josh. Barnet was apprehended' by In-
spector Todhunter of the City police, on a charge of
having stolen three bills of exchan,,e from Mr. Samuel
Yates, solicitors, of Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe.
Mr. lltimPnams,. for the prosecution, stated that Mr.
Michael's, of .11ounsditeh, had placed three bills of ex-
change, which he had discounted, in the hands of Mr.
Yates, for. the purpose •of suing the parties, as parti-
cularly detailed by the prosecutor. -
Mr. S.. Yates said, that in the summer of 1843, .he
was retained by Mr. Michael's to sue on three bills of
'exchange, the ',first bill dated 14th February; 1840,
drawn by Henry Orchard upon and accepted by Enoch
Price, for 34 L 75.. payable two months after date, endorsed
by the drawer Morris Myers and JacOb Valentine ; the
second bill dated 29th December, 1840, drawn by Samuel
liraham, accepted hyrchociva Wolf, for 38/. 185.3 d., pay-
'able two months after date, endorSed by the drawer and
Edward Kelly, for procuration for Mr. Myers; the third
bill, dated Ist November, 1842, drawn by Moses
Myers upon and aCcepted by Joseph Cohen,
for, 151., 17s. 6d. payable ' three months after
date,' endorsed hy the drawers and 'Jacob
Valentine. He sued Morris Myers on these three bills,
and after various proceedings the cause at present stood
for trial at the next assizes for the county of Surrey.
In the usual course of busineSs the elerk•was, on the
:26th inst..preparing the briefs in that cause in the office.
Witness did not know the prisoner. He knew a man
-named Sydney, who had been employed on former
Occasions by him, but was not a' regular clerk. Sydney
Called on him on Monday; and gave him such infor-
mation that he sent for Inspector Todhunter, and made
some arrangements with that officer relative thereto
Between three and four o'clock in the evening he was in
an inner room, and, according- to the arrangements made,
he opened'' the: door, and- found Barnet and Sydney
together. • fie asked them what they were about, but
no answer, Was returned, and the inspector entered, and,
upon searching the prisoner, found upon him the three
bills described above pinned to'a pieCe of paper. -
Cross-examined -by the prisoner-.--I -last saw the bills
my,elerk'S desk, near the fire-place.
What did 'gr.' Sydney say to you? Witness—He
came to my office, and said he wished to speak to mein
private. I took him into my private Memo 'lle said, I
want to speak te you: about some . bills. I have got a '
paper, in my baud. It was given to the by Joe Ba,rnet.
They'veheen at:me.all the week to try to get these two
bills (referring to two. of the bills found 'upon the prih-
soter).- -Barnet said I= was to have- 30L.' to be' put on
board ship, and to he sent comfortably .away. proVided I.
got the bills given up, and that they should be burnt, and
-nothing whatever 'would be -heard of them. I asked-
Sydney who Joe Barnet wns. He said he' had never
seen Joe Barnet until last Monday, when he (Barnet)
addressed him in the neighbourhood of
_Petticoat-lane,
or , 'Goldstone-street, and Lawyer I want to
speak to 'yen. We then went to a coffee-shop in White,
chapel, vvhere he treated. me with coffee and a bit of
gave .tenpence'in.money. He theasked me illconleuldabu
get two then bills 'of; exchange from Mr.
Yates's office, and Saidithat.if I could, it would be the
making of. me. He then took a pocket-book out of
his pocket, tore' out a bit of paper,' and wrote..
upon it, as if Were Writing from
.• another
paper in book. I. eideolvilvd
,what he
Said me' ttafni.;44l, Ive-ArittgEtaxoett Azgaiu, thet
following evening.'' On the Tuesday we met at the
Same place, and Barnet took me up a passage leading
from Whitechapel, and there I saw Joseph Myers
(Morris Myers's son) who said, Now Sydney, this is a

Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office,

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goad job for you, and-no money will be wanted. It will
all come out of my pocket.
.3ify father:. has nathingt)
do with this. Barnet then .said to me, We can get some
money out of Myers now, if you say you are indebted
to. Jukes.• • Mr. Yates's elerk says that you cannot' go 0
the office unless you have got the money to payhira.,
Barnet told Myers, and Myers appetded, to me, and said
it was correct, and some money passed from Myers to
I3arnet. After 'some other interviews on the subject,
Barnet on Sunday night said to me to-inerrow is' the
last..day, and I -said that I had seen one of the:young
Yates's, who told me there was _a writ to.serve, and that
it would be a good opportunity to gb between three
and four, as-at-that time the family-would be at dinner
and the office would be alone. . -
Mr, .Yates added that ,he wished.. 0 observe that
Sydney was related to him by marriage...
Inspector Todhunter stated that he 6 was on. Monday
sent for by Mr. .Yates, between three And four. o'clock,
He secreted himself in an "inner" room, which Com-
manded a view of the office, and there waited for a sig-
nal. In abont ten minutes he saw the prisoners Barnet
and Sydney enter. Barnet went to various parts of the
office and took up different papers, which he looked at
and laid down again. Shortly afterwards, having heard
a noise, witness went into the office and searched Bar-
net, and -found on him the bills produced.:. He was hold-
ing them in his hand in his left coat-pocket. Witness
also found upon him- two pieces of paper. one of which
had " Myers,. 161. 17s. 6d. on Cohen" on it.
James. A. Jukes, clerk to Mr. Yates, said that on
Monday he was preparing the briefs in the cause to
'which the bills related. 'He saw the hills about five or
ten minutes before the prisoner was'takett into custody
lying en a desk on a small table in the office, pinned to-
gether. In consequence of an arraneernent witness se-
creted himself where he commanded a view of nearly the
whole of the office, and afterwards saw the prisoner and
Sydney in the office. When they first entered they be-
gan to turn over the papers,. and after looking-on other
papers the prisoner came to the desk on which' the
bills were lying, and, catching hold of them, put them
into his pocket. . Witness -then gave an alarm, and the
inspector came in.
John Isaac Sydney stated that he wasout of employ-
ment, but had been formerly
.employed by. Mr. Yates to
serve writs and' notices, and occasionally attended his
office for that purpose. ,He was employed there last
about three or four weeks ago, and knew there was a
cause in the office of " Michaels against Myers," having
. served the writ. On Monday week he saw the prisoner
in a coffe-shop in Petticoat-lane, who, after some intro-
ductory observations, asked him to get hold of the bills,
according to the statement of, Mr. Yates, tee whom wit-
ness subsequently mentioned the particulars' of the pro-
posal to him. I
Cross-examined by the prisoner— WaS never in
trouble. Had never seed the prisoner before last Monday
week to his knowledge. -
The prisoner was committed for trial.
The LORD MAYOR requested that . the newspapers
would acknowledge for him his receipt of half a L.
note for the service of the daughter of the physician who
died in India, with the initials L. M. in the note en-
closing it, and also half a 5L note for the orphan children
of the late Mr. Harris, in a letter signed R. NI. H. Chat-7
mouth. His Lordship likewise intimated his intention
to advertise the lists of subscriptions receivelfor the ob-
jects of charity in both cases in a few days.
',MRS HIP- S TREET.
HeArrn.v.ss SEDUCTION.—CharIes Clare, alias ,S:tvinburn, a
good-looking young man, who is supposed to b a deserter
from the 12th Hussars, was charged before Mr Broughton
with having stolen a large quantity of wearingapparel and
other articles, the property of a young woman named Eliza-
beth Keeley, and Ann Pain, a vendor of cat's Meat and an
alleged fortune-teller, was charged as an accessory to the
robbery.
The case excited considerable interest on account of the
number of unfortunate young women who had fatten victims
to the perfidy of the male prisoner. !
The complainant stated that she became acquainted with
the prisoner some years ago, at which time he was a private
in the
,12th Hussars, and in quarters at Hounslow. She
afterwards entered the service of a family at Brighton, and
saw no more of the prisoner until about a month ago, when
she received a letter from him requesting to see her, and
stating that he was no longer in the army. She unfortu-
nately complied with the request, and after a fete meetings
the prisoner induced her to leave her situation and accom-
pany him to London, under a solemn promise th t he would
marry her immediately on their arrival. He f led to per-
form his promise, however, and after living to ether at a
public-house in Tooley-street, until her small stoc of money
was expended, the prisoner persuaded her to ap ly for as-
-1
sistance to her friends, who resided at West Moulsev, in
Surrey. She accordingly proceeded thither, leaving three
boxes containing everything she possessed unc the pri-
soner's charge, but on returning back a few days ago, she
found that he had left the public-house, and had taken
the whole of her property away with him. After anxious
t
search she discovered that he was living at a coff : -house in
Horselydown, with a young girl whom he had subsequently
seduced, and thathe had given part of her property to a third'
unfortunate creature whom he had brought up from Binning-
ham, and who was staying at the house of the female prisoner
in Golden-lane. On repairing to the latter place In quest of
her property, she accidentally met the prisoner in the neigh-
bourhood, and gave him into custody. i
Police-constoble Hayward stated, that in consequence of
information he had received that the female prisoner had
caused the complainant's property to be. removed from her
house on hearing that Clare was in custody, be arrested her
that morning as an accessory to the robbery. Thei two other
young women who had been betrayed by the prikner were
in attendance to give evidence. I
Elizabeth Woodcock was then called, who stated that she
was twenty-three years of age, and had reside with her
friends at Birmingham previous to the month of ovember
last, when she became acquainted with the prisoue , who in-
duced her to elope with him to London under a promise of
marriage, which he had never fulfilled. They performed the
whole journey on foot, the fatigue • consequent nn which
brought on a violent fever, which obliged her to go into the
hospital. On her -recovery she heard that the! prisoner,
Clare, had gone to B,righton, and she had since supported
herself by making caps, and had lodged with the female pri-
soner. On Wednesday last the prisoner, Clare, came to the
house, bringing with him a quantity of female wearing ap-
parel, which he directed witness to pledge, and which bad
been since claimed by the prosecutrix. Soon after his arrival
he was introduced by the female prisoner to a young servant
girl, whom he invited out to take a walk, but neither of them
returned to the house afterwards.
Caroline Stiles, a very pretty and simple looking country
girl, stated that her father *as a farmer in Essex; and she
had lately lived as a domestic servant in a family in Chis-
well-street. She left her place on Wednesday last, and went
to visit the female' prisoner, with whom she was slightly ac-
quainted. She was introduced by the latter to the prisoner
Clare, who persuaded her to accompany him to the theatre,
on leaving which he took her to a house where he effected her
rein. Tay had since then been living together at :a cofee-
house in Horsleydown, until the prisoner was taken into
custody.
In answer to questions from the Magistrate, both the last
witnesses stated that the female prisoner " told them their
fortunes" on separate occasions, and said that they were des-
tined to be united to a tall, fair man, which was an'accurate
description of the male prisoner. i
In answer to the charge, the female prisoner denied all
knowledge of the robbery, and the prisoner Clare Paid that
he was obliged to dispose of part of the Property to enable
him to defray the bill that bad been contracted at the pub-
lic-house in 'Tooley-street,. and that he meant to have re-
stored the rest of it to the complainant. .
Hayward, the officer, . stated that the prisoner, on being
taken into custody, denied 'that he had ever been in the army;
and he, therefore, strongly suspected that he had :deserted
from his regiment. . .
Mr. Bnorairrox- desired the officer to make the necessary
inquiries on the Pullicet at the Horse Guards; and after some
remarks on the flagrant nature of the case, he remanded the
:prisoners for a week,' but consented to accept bail for the ap-,
pearance Of the woman:

• •THAMES POLICE.
hum DISTILLATION.—EIizabeth Reynolds, a girl about.
nineteen years old, was brought before Mr. Brederip, ckarged
under the Excise laws with .being found in an unentered
place, where a private still was in full operation.
Mr. Kay, an officer of Excise, stated that be went 'that
morning, in company with a brother official, named Jackson,
to a small tenement, situate No. 4, Alfred-place, Stepney,
where he "found, in a back parlour, a large copper still, set in
brick-work, with ir 'fire under it. A quantity of spirits bad
just-been worked off .and rim into a pan containing three or
four gallons. The spirit-wash had also been drawn off, and
the still was about to be charged again, as there was a pail
of wash standing close by ready to go in. The bung was
out, and the funnel in the still ready for the wash to he
poured iii. There were two tubs containing about forty gal-
lons of molasses-wash' in a state of fermentation, and 'several
other tubs, coolers, pans, and everything necessary fin' car-
rying on illicit distillation on a large scale. He asked the
prisoner, who was the only person in the house, to whom the
-still belonged? She at first said she did not know, but after-
wards said it belonged-to a Mr. 'and Mrs. Johnson, and de-
scribed their persons to him. He asked her where they lived,
and she said she could not tell him. She stated in answer to
other questions,: that she had. only been at work upon the
still for a fortnight, and she received three shillings a day
for her trouble. There were a few articles of furniture in a
front parlour, but the upper part of the house was quite
the
empty, end it did not appear that any one had lately slept in
The prisoner, on being called on'':for- her defence, began
crying, and said she *had 'nothing further to say, only that
what the Excise officer said was thetruth.
Mr. BRODERIP said he had no doubt the girl was an in-
strument in the hands of designing persons to work the still
and defraud the revenue. The law gave him no alternative
whatever, and every person found in an unentered place,
where illicit distillation was being carried On, was liable to
.the penalty. lie sentenced -the prisoner to pay a- fine of
thirty pounds, and, in default, committed her to. the House
of Correction for three Months,. there to be kept to bard la-
bour.--The poor girl was removed, -weeping loudly.

FRANCE AND OTALIEITE.—" The Ministers," says the
Courrier Francais, " maintain a most unaccountable silence
respecting the 'affairs at Otaheite. They must have received
long,since
.dispatches from Admiral Dupetit Thouars ; how
does it happen that they have.not yet published them,? Does
Eneand.refuseto'recognise the sovereignty of. France over
the kingdom` -of Queen Pomare, and is there any fear that the
. cordial understanding should split on a rock of the Polynesian
geas? If this be the case the silence. of M. Guizot is easily
accounted 'for.' Placed' in the alternative of incurring the
anger of public opinion by disavowing the conduct -"of our
admiral, or the discontent. of England by not disavowing
it, he tremblea- and remains silent. It is always the same
• tactigue and .the same weakneSs.,' When the Cabinet shall
have sacrificed .the rights of France :to . the Jealous
ambition -of the , Cabin-et of -St. James's, ,it will
,Come- forward to proclaim the necessity Of -accept-
, accomplished • facts and extol the great policy
which precludes its quarrelling with a powerful na-
tion for such miserable interests. Thus are matters alwaYs
managed, and the Angttage of:the. English papers prepares-
US.for, that result. The Cahinet must, nevertheless, give the
country some explanations. France has protidly applauded
:.the resolution of M. I.)upOit Thouars--shall his lirnin6ss end
in ,anotheract,of shanasless pusillanimity .
A man, named' Maw, sixty-fpur years of age, the.
owner of a 'horse in' whith he liv,ed`sit Coinconif, in the Oise'
setifire,: a , few :days lign; . -the: :house, and,'-whilst. it was
burping, weßt to- an adjoining. barni.yr.and also set iire to it,
imtnediately offer which he . hanged himself to one.. of the!'
previiiusly barriCaded`the whietheilig;
EbraAen body! -wag 11MCoveied,1 It-apelirs
tWat Msse.:44.l)el) '',Qllll)gittifklbi4elitrp.)l,4eliscoacornii
'itiTeiintri4igenkitt—bs, *limb the property was to go from
him to his children, and that, to prevent their enjoying it, he
had committed this diabolical act. It is reported that some
time . ago he poisoned his wife-and another female, and one
of his children, but escaped punishment by the want of legal
evidence of those crimes.— Galignani.

THE CORN-LAWS.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

THE . ANTI-CORN-LAW— LEAGUE;i
• The AntisCurn-law League is 'not yet extinct. It
still' '
lives. NordoeS it exhibit the ;slightest ;Symptoms of any- ' THANKS TO THE SINDIAN ARMY.
dimioution of its vitality. On the contrary., if there be. any I Yesterday a Special Court of the Proprietors of
"difference, it 'is inera..vignreiis ;sow thanit was heir iyeeks ago, 1 East India Stock, was held at the East India House, con-
when the Preinier'sdeeranition in favour of the present systemnot
tovened . by the. Court of Directors, for the purpose of
was supposed by the monopolists (the wish was father tothe laying before Vie Meeting resolutions of thanks adopted
61i "by the Executive body of the Corporatien, reference
thought) to be in effect the passing Of sesitence of death
,the -recent military operations in Singe. The Chair
the League. The League is made of.sterner stuff..lt is
taken by Mr. John Cotton, and the minutes of tho
to be thus easily annihilated. " It has not, it is true, the seeds
of immortality in it. When Its work iideneit will williagly ii
last" Court were read.
The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that since the
diSsolve itself; but, until it have aceoinplished the objects for
"'Th'ere' 'last meeting-various papers relative to compensation, &c.,
itshes been established,- it 'will continues not only to
flee; but to flourish in,more than, its .Wonted vigour:
have been dark intimations.in dome of the 11,1inisterial prints, hack been, presented to Parliament, copies of which were
and in the speeches of monopolists at county meetings, of au now laid on the :Proprietors' table. He (the Chairman)
intention On the part of Government to put down the League. said he had to acquaint the Court of Proprietors, that it
Let Government dare attempt to carry the; menace into effects had been specially summoned to -conaider resolutions
The League Would rejoice to-seethe effcirtmade. It invitescol-- that had been passed by the Court of Directors, which
lision. With Ministers. - It has already defeated the monopolists
in.argionent ; it will triiiinpli over Ministers should they ad- would now be read.
The Clerk then read the following resolutions
venture on' the bold step of eodeavoushig
w. put it dOwn by „
At a Coiirt of Directors, held. on Tuesday, the 20th of
fercible Means. Let them, if they can screw their courage to
.the sticking place, attempt to deal with the League as-they " Resolved, by the ballot—That the thanks of this Court
February, 1844
have done with the Repeal-agitation in-Ireland let them,
if they have a mind, issue a Coyent-garden "proclamation," be given to Major-General Sir Charles Napier, Knight Grand
-in imitation of their Conti& "'proclamation ;" let them do Cross of the Most Honourable,Order of the Bath, for the emi-
this, and see what will be the result. One -infallible conse- ,nent Skill, energy, and gallantry displayed by him in the re-
, spienee of the -collisiOn that will ensue will be, that the Mi-
nistry and the corn monopoly will fall together. It will be. cent military operations in Sinde, particularly in the two
well if these be the Only results. Providence be praised, the decisive battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad.
to that condition of "Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Court Liberals of England are not yet reduced ,be given to the several officers of the arms', both European
helplessness into which centuries of oppression have brought' and native, serving ander Major-General Sir Charles Napier,
the people of Ireland. Here wehave a power, as well as the for their unwearied zeal and conspicuous gallantry.
disposition, to vindicate our rights, should they be unconstitu- " Resolved unanimously—That this Court loth highly ap-
tionally assailed.- Ministers know this, and will not there- prove and acknowledge the brave and meritorious conduct
displayed by the non-commissioned officers and private col-
a game at which Governments have too often played diem, both hiropean and native, engaged in the operations of
with success in Ireland, is one at which DomeSinde ; and that this resolution be signified to them by the
•
Secretaries and Colonial Secretaries, despite their won- Commanders of the several corps."
drousvalour, dare not attempt to carry too far in England. , Gentlemen, when we last met in this Court we were
We have no fears for the League; has none for itself. It engaged in it:discussion of the policy and justice of the
will receive no mole:station at the hands of Government. It late proceedings in Sinde. We are now met under dif
will quietly, but steadily, proceed in fulfilling its righteous ferent circumstances. I am not ahout to say one word
-and merciful mission, until that mission has been fully worked as to the policy of what has been done • that
i s sncoewr ta'nly
with
out. We know not whether it be worth while to advert to a
beside the present question. My duty
t_ipecies of - molestation of another kind, with which the
• military ervices,military services alone; and
s • and with
League is threatened from a different quarter. But for the
frequency of the allusions made last night- to the new mono-
in that view I desire to present to your notice Major-
polist League, we should have Passed it over In silent con-
General Sir Charles Napier and the gallant force,under
tempt. The organization of that 1)60 is the desperate effort his command in Sinde You are all aware, that after a
of desperate men. It is a mere flash in the pan. It will end , most distinguished career in the Peninsular war, Sir
in smoke. The money collected will be soon spent, and then Charles Napier was placed by her Majesty on the staff
the whole affair will tome-to a cloSe. What do these landed of the army in India, and that he was removed in Au-
Leaguers mean to be at.? Is itnot enough that'they have the gust, 1842, from the quiet station at I'oonah, to the
Ministry and the Parliament—a Parliament' Of their own important command of the British forces in Beloochistan
selection—at their beck? Ho* will Sir Robert Peel relish and Sinde. Whilst executing this military command,
the _kind of aid which they propose to afford him ? Will ,
he' had to send his troops against the Beloot- hees, and,
he not resent this new agricultural organization as an insult
to himself? Will he not look on it as the embodyment of a need I say, what has been admitted and declared by the
suspicion still lurking in all landed breasts, that he cannot be highest military 'authorities
duty he displayed remarkable vigour
in this country, that in the
depended upon, but must be goaded on to the performance of performance of
his duties to the monopolists? What is the new League, in and skill, and undaunted courage, and obtained brilliant
reality, but an instrument of torture, to be held in terrorem and decisive victories over large bodies of a brave and
over the head of the Premier, and to be applied without 'determined enemy, under circumstances of unusual
mercy to his back whenever he shall betray a diiposition to difficulty and danger. The particular exploits 'are so
deseit • the landed oligarchy? There must be no snore
tariffs; no more modifications of the corn-laws—not even of familiar'to* you and the public, that it would be an un-
the slightest kind. The rod now placed in the hands of these neeelsary occupation of your time to enter into a detail
of them.
Monopolist Leaguers, will keep him in check. The appre- Suffice it to say, that the battles of Meeanee
pension of its vigorous application will teach him the neces- and Hyderibad may be considered as worthy of being
sity of not meddling in :future with " vested agricultural ins ranked among the most brilliant achievements of the .
terests." We are right glad to see the humiliating position British army. must further add, that the staunch
in which the Premier is placed. He has no claims on our pity. qualities of the British soldiers and sepoys were seldom
He has not the manliness to resign himself to the impulses of exposed to greater trials, Or more successfully -estab-
his own mind, and get rid for ever of the monopolist crews•bY lished, than in those ' battles, and the medals for dis-
pitching them overboard. He had not the courage, though he tinguished services in the field were never better or
might have done it with the (greatest ease, to keep them in more gallantly earned than those which are to be con-
due subordination. The result has been, that they have ferred on the brave troops engaged on these memorable
mutinied against him. They have now achieved the mastery occasions. Gentlemen, the motion which I have to
over him. He is- allowed nominally to remain at the helm ;
Clerk read the motion, which was an echo of the submit' to you shall now be read.
The
but only so long as he steers in accordance with their wishes.
The. Duke of Richmond is the only captain whose authority. y
the Court of Directors.
the monopolists recognise, and whose commands they obey. resolution passed b
His Grace is in reality the Minister of this country. How Sir JAMES LAW LUSEINGTON rose to second the mo-
long will Sir Robert Peel submit to remain in this degrading tion. As having been connected with the army of India,
position? We can hardly believe it will be long. He must he had great pleasure in supporting the resolutions.
still have spirit enongh remaining to burst asunder the fat- To ensure unanimity the resolutions had been framed
tersavhich hold him in so ignoble a thraldom. A breach so as to avoid discussion, and that the thanks to Sir
between him and the imperious landlords must be at hand ; Charles Napier, and the army of Sinde, might be passed
aud when it comes it will be irreparable. Sir Robert will without. opposition. For himself he could not suffi-
then, of necessity, throw himself into the arms of the free •
traders. The monopolist League cannot fail to contribute ciently express his admiration of the undaunted
materially to the acceleration of this event, and therefore we courage, skill, and perseverance that had been displayed
rejoice in its organization and operations.—Advertiser. by that gallant officer.—(Cheers.) lie had indeed shown
himself a master of the art of war. His Grace the Duke
of Wellington had expressed himself in the strongest
terms as to the manner in which Sir Charles Napier had
conductecj the great.operations in Sinde. That gallant
officer was not only entitled to the thanks of the Court
of Proprietors, but to the lasting gratitude of the coun- -
try.—(Hear.) The promptitude that had been exhi-
bited in the attacks of the Sindians at Meeanee and
Hyderabad, without scarcely an hour's delay, deserved
the utmost praise. He (Sir J. L. Lushington) hoped
there would be no dissentients to the motion. As to
the valour of the troops, both European and native, there
could be but one -opinion.—(Bear.) Their courage
had been equal to that of the-best of the British army.
Mr. SULLIVAN said he must object to the resolutions,
to which he would give his most strenuous opposition.
The Hon. Proprietor then went into the history of the
Sinde war, and the conduct pursued towards the Ameers.
He quoted copiously from the " Blue books," but as the
matter has already.been sufficiently referred to in the
debates in Parliament, and at the East India House,
.it is not necessary to report this portion of his address
to the Court. He contended that Sir Charles Napier
had the option of preserving peace, but he preferred
war. The Gallant General held the pen in one hand,
and the sword in the other. He (Mr. Sullivan) ap-
sp!aeided the Neill and valour of Sir Charles Napier, but
condemned his policy. lie hat resoled to attack the
Ameers wherever he found them. The war was a bloody
and 'wanton one, and therefore he could not thank Sir
Charles Napier or his army. There had not been, he.
'contended, the least necessity to move a single troop.
He trusted the Proprietors would not stain the records
of that Court by having inserted upon them the resolu-
tions that had been come to by the Court of Directors.
He should move a direct negative to them, and wished
to ask for the proceedings of the Court of Directors on ,
the subject.
Mr. FIELDER asked if there were any dissents among
the Directors to the proposition ?
The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. It was not
usual to produce the proceedings of the Court of Direc-
tors upon matters brought before them. He should ob-
ject to the reasons being given.
Mr. WEEDING said had he known the course the Hon.
Proprietor (Mr. Sullivan) intended to adopt, he would
'have come prepared to rebut the statements that had
that day been made. A perusal of the papers that had
been presented relative to the affairs of Sinde, had con-
vinced him (Mr. Weeding) that Sir Charles Napier de-
served praise for his humanity as well as for his military
skill.—(Hear, hear.) In one of the dispatches he wrote
to the Governor-General that he kept up the strictest
discipline, so as to protect the people of' the country.
At he battle of Meeanee, while emerging from the
desert, he had to perform the most extraordinary duties.
After the 'battle of Hyderabad, the wounded Be-
, loochees,: who fought under the belief that no quarter
would -;7be given, were collected, while the sword
had scarcely been, put into the scabbard, and as-
sistance rendered to those unfortunate individuals.
Under all these circumstances, he (Mr. Weeding) was
surprised at the mawkish opposition of the Honourable
Proprietor.
Mr. MARRIOTT was opposed to the vote of thanks. The
Gallant General was bent on war. That was his animus.
The agent of Sinde was sick and tired of war, but his was
a moral illness. CEgrotat anima magis plant corpore.
Mr. FIELDER held that this was not a political but a
military .question.--(Hear, hear.)
Mr; Twr&Dat expressed regret that a unanimous vote
could not be come to; There had been a combination of
military skill and humanity, which was so distinguished a
feature on the part of English commanders. The highest
complinient had: been, paid to Sir Charles Napier by the
Duke lir Wellington, whose military career commenced
in India, and was:crowned at the battle of Waterloo. He
(Mr. Twining);would most cordially support a vote of
thanks to Sir Charles Napier, and the gallant officers
and soldiers under his command.
Mr. SULLIVAN, in explanation, observed that lie had
not: denied the military talents of Sir Charles Napier, who
might have hadpeace if lie had not have preferred war.
Sir n: CANPBELL (a Director) condemned the policy
of Lcird 'Auckland, but his excuse might be the example
set by his predecessor ; and he (Sir Hebert) considered
Sir Charles Napier felt himself perfectly justified in the
eourse he had pursued.
Sir JEREMIAH BRYANT contended that this was not a
political question. He strongly .eulogised the character
of the Sepoys.
Mr. HoLT MACKENZIE considered there was no diffi-
culty in separating the military from the political ques •
ti,U. He thought' that the civil acts of Sir Charles
NOpier could not be approved of, as they had led to the
necessity of military operations. He, therefore, would
give the Gallant General thanks for his military, but
not for his civil acts. The Duke of Wellington had
committed a political blunder at Vienna, but no one
could dispute his glorious military career. No army
would 'accept thanks if' a leader such as Sir Charles
Napier was excluded.—(Hear.)
General :GALLOWAY (a Director) spoke in favour of
the motion, though he did not approve of the conduct •
of Sir C. Rapier.- if ever they had a great military man,
such a man was Sir Charles Napier.—(Cheers )
The CHAIRMAN then directed the clerk to read the
first resolution of the day.
On the question being put, the resolution was carried
by a large majority.' Only four hands were held up
against it. The second and third resolutions were car-
ried' unanimously.
Mr. SULLIVAN gave notice of motion for the next
Court, for the production of the minutes of the proceed-
ings in the Court of Directors on this subject, &c.
The Court then, adjourned:

We had, at Bridlington, the other day, the anomaly
or novelty, call it which you will, of a Pro-Corn-law
meeting on Radical principles. The League was re-
ceiving its accustomed round of abuse from some of
the agriculturists present, when a voice exclaimed,
" Let it die ; let the League alone, and it will ex-
pire." This opinion, however, which is a decided pla-
giarism from Sir Abel Handy's notion, " that, perhaps
the fire might go out of itself," did not receive much
support from the assembled farmers, and the ,following
amusing discussion ensued upon the subject
The Chairman begged to draw the attention of the
meetinz to an observation of Lord Stanley's, the
other day, when dining with Sir Tatton Sykes. His
Lordship said the Ministers must obey the voice
of the country. If the League alone and its supporters
petitioned the House, and petition they would, for
total repeal, the House must hear that petitibn as the
voice of the nation; but, if the agriculturists peti-
tioned also, their voice would be heard. The Ministry,
he said, were desirous of supporting the agrictilturists ;
but, if the agriculturists intended- to support them, they
mustiet their voice be heard. If, after this. entlemen
should say I Let the League alone : let it die,'! it would
not be Lord Stanley's fault if the League won the day.
" Mr. Joseph Barough—The Ministry expects sup-
port, and without it cannot stand. Ours is 4 popular
Government.
"Chairman-Petitions have seemed to do tlo .mood;
they have either been thrown over the table or lunder it.

—(Laughter;) But yet it seems our duty to petition.
" Mr. I3arough—The people of England govern them-
selves. If the majority accede to the Anti-Corn-law
League, that majority will carry the dlty; but, if the
majority are in favour of the corn-laws in their, present
state, they will not be repealed."
To use a vulgar phrase, it is putting the issue on the
" pull devil, pall baker" principle. In plain words, it is
making public opinion paramount in the matter, and
leaving the decision to its voice. This is all fair and
very sensible in the farmers, and they do well and wisely
to act upon Lord Stanley's advice. But, at the same
time, the hint, we hope, given by his Lordship, will not
be lost upon the Leaguers and free-traders. het " the
-voice of the nation," which he speaks of as so reAstless,
be heard, in a tone of thunder, on this subject.",
. But, while talking of the sayings. and doings of the
agriculturist; we must not omit to chronicle the follow-
ing, which occurred on Monday evening, in the House
of Commons

"Sir John Trollope presented a petition from Hol-
beach, in Lincolnshire, against the Anti-Corn-law League.
The petitioners prayed that the House would not listen
to the delusive schemes of 'self-interested parties.—
(Greatlaughter.) " • •
We hope the " great laughter" opened the eyes of the
blind Baronet to the true reading and understanding of
"the mote and the beam."—Liverpool Alliion.

AN ADROIT SIVINDDI3R.I;—A fellow is going round
,he.neighbourhood of the Hampstead-road; dressed as a
respectable groom, ringing the changes.uponthe people
in' the following. Manner called upon a respectable
'widow who lets furnished lodgings, and represented he
had authority from his master, with whoni he had lived
some years, to take. apartments for him ; and after the
little preliminaries were settled, she asked for a deposit,
and he readily agreed to leave 55., and gave her half a
sovereign, she returning him a half-crown, two shillings„
and sixpence... lie then said, it was nothing but right to
mention. his master was a great drunkard, and when in
that state extremely boisterous and unruly. Of course,
the widow declined taking him as a lodger, and tendered
the fellow the half sovereign back again, when
turned her a half-crown, two shillings, and sixpence,
and left the house. Soon after he was gone, she. found
the half-crown wits abad one,
PoAcnING AND
.RounEttr.---The neighbourhood
Of.Strood,..near Rochester, is infested by a gang of dCsperadoes
—half Poachers, half thieyes—who have for .1r- long time
eluded the vigilance of the police. On Monday morning
one of this fraternity, a fellow named James Miller, was
brought before the magistrates of Rochester in Petty
Sessions, charged with having on the- 18th of December
lastoin company with four others, poached upon land belong-
ing to Mr. Manelark, at Strood. The prisoner had since
evaded capture. , -The case was fully proved against him by
Samuel Gray, a labonrer,whosaw theprisoner and his friends
catch a rabbit. -Ile was sentenced to one month's hard labour
at Maidstone. At the conclusion of-the case; the superinten-
dent of the Rochester police, preferred the following charge
against him :—On the night of the 17th November last,
.the detached shop of Mr. sash', a wheelwright, at Shore, was
broken into and robbed-of a large quantity oftools; but no
suspicion fell on the prisoner. On the Ist .of January the
prisoner was suspected of having robbed a barge upon the ;
river Medway, . and . in consequence -the Superintendent
searched the prisoner's,lodgings, and there found a quantity
of centre bits and other' tools, stolen from Mr. Xash's shop,
which - were produced. William Nash; of Shore, identified
part of the tools
.as -some of the, stolen property. The pri-
seller was committed to Maidstone gaol to take his trial.
TUE IVEATnin.-7-We hate, during, the, list few
days, been visited with-a storm Which rivals the severity of
mid-winter in its angriest aspect. The snow of Tuesday and
Wednesday was followed by a still greater fall on Thurs-
day night and Friday; and up to Sunday evening it may
be said to have continued with very slight intervals. The
frost has, at the same time, been very intense. During
Thursday, large masses of ice floated down the river, and
the harbour at one time became so densely filled, that the
steamers could with great 'difficulty force a passage out or
in ; and on Friday morning the space between the bridges
was one unbroken sheet of ice, having been completely
frozen over in the course'of the previous night, nowitlistand-
ing the strong current and the action of the tide. Yesterday
morning at an early hour the fall of snow increased in heavi-
ness, and continued till mid-day, accompanied by a tempestuous
wind from the north-east, Which caused a severe drift, and
rendered it the Most Unpleasant winter-like day we have ex-
perienced-this lieaSon.' The London mail was, notwithstand-
ing, only about twe hours beyond its usual time of arrival.
In the north, however, the downfal has-been very consider-
able, and the Perthmail has, in consequence, been much de;.
layed.—Glasgow Argus of Monday, • •• •
SPbENDID AcT OF -has beep found
th4E:the Ministers who, have left the EstabliShment area
legally entitled to retain the rights of their. widows and -
families, in .the Widows' Fund Scheme of the Church of
Scetland.• It is. necessary for this purpose, however,. that the
irenilinnS' should be. regularlypaid up, Which; in the ease-of
a congidetable inmiber• of the- outgoing clergy, it appears,
harnoA beet; done since: the. disruption Ire these circum-
stances, Mrs. Ditty wally Fordyee„ofAberdeenshire,.it is said,
ham:come forward and paid up the-arrears of all the defaul-
ters. To appreciate fully this act of benevolence, it is urine-
cessari to add that the,sum in arrear.was nearly 1,330/.
EptcArtoN ANDTClitm.E.:—The ;calendar of the
tresentlittterinkfiate sessionsfor the hundied of
Co ,Saifordi'con-
t 445 4ai34e:131 • Y
itiVArer peisotavivi btu-e. .be.ivi,
'Mafia Oil'elitirgei of felony, of whom twenty-four can neither
read nor write; thirty-seven can read, or read and write ins-
perfectly, and four onlycan read and write well. There are also
six persons:for trial on charges of misdemeanour, two of whom
can read, or read and write imperfectly, and four can iseitlrf
read nor write.—Manchester Guardian.

„
UOLBURN'S NENY MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOE MARCH.
—The utmost that need be said of this number of Mr. Col-
burn's popular periodical is; that, both for variety and inte-
rest,.it even surpasses the two preceding Numbers of the pre-
sent year. The opening paper is a Legend of Languedoc, by
” Ingoldsby," entitled "The Lord of Thoulouse," spiritedly
illustrated by Leech,ia which magic and teetotalism form
the subjects of the writer's facei.!ous powers. This legend is
one of the best Ingoldsby
.bas yet 'giyen us. The third part
of the carious " Talleyrand Papers" dcr.izl
igne:s the secret
his-
tory of the intrigues which led to the ap e and imprison-
meat. of the Spanish Princes at Valeneay. Th.
M.af her chio
visits
iless
of Londenderry describes in a very lively mune..
c
to the Mosque of St. Sophia and the Seraglio, and.,
el; pre-
sentation to the Sultan. Mrs. Trollop° concludes her spiajtd
'history of " The' Butt," the denouement of which will greats;'
surprise her readers. The •" Letters from Hong-Kong and
Macao" are also concluded in this number, and give a very
characteristic' picture ,of . the condition of the population of
China. "-The Old Forest Ranger" contributes some stirring
passagesfroin his -Indian diary ; And Mr. •Lamas Blanchard
gives us one of his-pleasant papers called "Enquire Within."
mrraii%ll49StillSseefi'4llitifnelf,TieShtieerifeiiifsts-8114r1.Agin I'll 4 IlSrriillekolfaiiMdi7 Ca
"k
capi-
tal nouvellette entitled "The Genoese Mask," and a highly
humorous article embodying sundry " Hints to Peace Socie-
ties." The paper, however, which is likely to attract the
greatest attention is • that on the Censorship of the English
Drama, as exemplified in the prohibition by the Lord Cham-
berlain, of the hiitorical comedy of " Richelieu in Love."