The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-20 00:00:00

the .Ist October," so says the demi-official
" our position before Shumla is the same,
without alteration." It is possible that die dates
of the Bucharest letter may have been juror-
rect. The Russians may have retreated to Je-
nibazar—Hussein Bey may have followed—and
Wittgenstein, as Schwartzenburg did in his fa-
mous march upon Paris in 1814, may, by a
dexterous movement, have retraced his steps, and
taken up his old position, leaving the Turks in his
rear. If the disorder of Wittgenstein's corps was
so great as it Ras represented, such a movement
was very like to be facilitated by Hussein, who may
have, as indeed some accounts say he did, sent for-
ward his right and centre to the relief of Varna,
while his left pushed on to Silistria, in order to in-
tercept Wittgenstein in his retreat, and to complete
the destruction of Roth. The letters from Vienna
of the 7th state, as a rumour, that the Russians had
teturned to Shumla, which, while it gives cvedibility
to the Berlin account, confirms, at the same time,
the retreat announced by the letters from Bucharest.
There are other difficulties in the Berlin accounts
which we in vain attempt to solve. The &giro
from Varna are of the 23d September t those from
Silistria of the 28th Aug. Now as the accounts
from Bulgaria reach Berlin through Lemberg and
Warsaw, it is strange, not to say incredible, that the
letters from Varna should be of a later date than
those from Silistria, which a simple inspection of
the map will show, not only to be a great deal nearer,
but directly in the track of the Varna courier. There
is one way of explaining the contradictions in the
account itself, and its incompatibility with those
that had previously reached us, namelyy by supposing
that some error of date had crept into it ; and we
rather think that the !text arrivals will show this to
be the trove key to these difficulties.

The accumulating and almost monstrous wealth of
the Aristocracy, increases upon us like- an oVer-
shadowing power; threatening us With a renewal of
the feudal darkness of other times it not crossed in
its monopolizing purposes, or precipited from its dun=
gerous eminence within the arena of Government by
some prompt and vigorous counteraction of the public
spirit. The enormous revenue of the tottntry is
made to minister to this overgrown Oligarchy, inas-
much as the heads of tontines have little to do hut
support themselves and aggrandise their resources;
contriving to shoulder the other and younger
branches) by aristocratic influence, on one depart-
ment or another of the State. The natural and
wholesome operation of things, which went to divide
large estates between a large family would, do gbod
but here the iniquitous law of primogeniture
steps in; and caresses and nurtures the " first-
orn " alone; throwing off the remainder of the
breed, as a supernumerary refuse of State pauperism.
We might point out numerous instances Nvliae the re-
venue of a nobleman is not less than from two'to three
hundm-1 thusand per all7llOll ; yet who has his younger
sons placed in sinecure offices, or other pensioned
posts; and here, the very means which should render
such a proceeding both ZIPJICeend/ And indecent, are
able to influence this ittiproper disposal of such offices.
It is this perversion of all just dispensation of places
of emolument, that is contributing to create an un-
known and misshapen power in the State ; which;
in the hour of peril, will constitute a dangerous
weakness, by tempting the cupidity of desperate
men) in speculations of plunder; and tend to involve
the nation in anarchy from the worst motives. The
insolence of enormous wealth; and the unsocial
and outlandish hauteur, which travels in this train of
things, have completely changed the old social rela-
tions between the higher and middle classes in the
Country, into ill-disguised hatred and mistrust.
Poverty, desperation, and discontent, have hence ex-
perienced a congenial and corresponding growth, as
though Providence were preparing the thunder-bolt
destined to strike the weak tyrant of his kind,—in
the very nucleus of his tyranny. This country is
experiencing at the present moment the most con •
flicting and opposite weaknesses. The great ex-
tremes of society are becoming )ictier and poorer--
more oppressive and mole discontented, Super-
stition is marshalling its ranks, prompt for vengeance;
and sounding its call through all the dense ranks
of ignorance. We are glad to see that shine of bur
contemporaries are cerretting a little their sanguine
expectatitths from the " Schoolmaster" that is said
to be " abroad." That capacity of the human mind
which is able to slough off the prejudice and bigotry
incident to early impressions, is not exactly the work
of the " Schoolmaster ;" nor books, not Mechanic
Institutes; you may find bigots in all grades of
Common knowledge ; and in all the stations of
scientific attainment—amid the extremes of poverty
and of wealth; and among Poets, Moralists, and
Mathtimaticians. The men who think fdr themselves,
and who tape nothitlg for granted, are few in number,
aid ever have been in all ages of mankind. It has '
been properly said that "you may be learned with other
men's learning; lint you cannot be wisewith other men's
wisdom." In the formation of the Brunswick Clubs,
we see the learned ac'rgy pre,eminently distinguish-
ing themselves by appealing from the commonest
maxims of political prudence, to the worst and the
last resources of desperate faction and ignorance.
Such a set of Reverend Firebrands, under any en-
lightened and powerful Government, ought to be
stript of their gowns; and handed over to their
Clubs for their means of a. livelihood. Can the na-
tion be justly called on to pay men extravagant sala-
ries, or any salaries at all, who are seeking to place
themselves in a position of etUtddiona/ allegiance?
No ; let the Throne banish for ever from its employ,
and from its favor, the desperate and ungrateful knot
of bigots, who derive their very power to be fermi:.
dable (if formidable they be), front that source of
honor which they would betray when they failed to
coeeee it. This phalanx of bigots will. prove the
most dangerous faction of the times, if the weakness
of the Throne give way to it ; and the King should
dream fora moment, because it wbilid in naive iden-
tify itself with Royalty, that it has any object in view
hut to become Royalty's master; and make the
Crown the subservient instrument -of the Priest-
hood—views worse than Popish, in all their intents,
and in tendency—though promoted under the mask
of Religious Freedom, and as effected in Contraven-
tion of Popery ! And what is the great Achilles of
the State doing, during all this unmolested mar-
shalling of provisional Governments, and separate
jurisdictions of power ? Literally " nOthlng)".as
-
the Times says; but then there may be powerful rea-
sons for that. To " do" to-day, might be only
finding work for somebody to " undo" to-morrow ;
and it has transpired through some of the crevices of
place, that this state of things will last As long as iti3
master! Thus is the vessel of State driving at
randoni before the wind; and beaten about in the
gulph of conflicting currents ; and we may perhaps
consider ourselves better off, even at the mercy of
winds and tides, than as directed by ignorant pilots;
How long we are tO remain in this incertitude,
Heaven knows ; but we should hope, until either
choice or necessity shall throW us into competent
hands.

(FROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER.)

►
In another column will be found the. report of a
case which occurred at Mariborough-street on Sa-
turday, and which We beg to recommend to the at-
tention of those of our readers whom it concerns.
The Abstract of the new Licensing Act, to whleh
the report refers, appeared in this and Other papers,
but the clause. restricting the operation of the Act
to such licences only as should be granted under it
was omitted ; and for two reasons ; first, because, as
the Magistrate states, no one would have thought of
looking for an express enactment in a paragraph
whose object is the repeal of all former enactments;
and secondly, because in the clause immediately fol-
lowing that in which the exception against those
kalding licences under the old Act, there is ttn express
provision in direct contradiction to it! According
to one clause of the Act, in fact, Mr. Dyer was
authorized to convict; according to another, he not
only had no authority, but was expressly forbidden
to impose a penalty ! Lest our readers, however,
should imagine that we are merely joking with them,
here are the words of the Act itself. After pro-
viding for the repeal of all preceding Acts, it goes
on to say,—" Except only such parts of any of the
said Acts as repeal any former Acts or pm of Acts,
and except also, that all licences granted and re-
cognizances entered into under the said Acts hereby
repealed, or any of them, or under an Act passed in
the third year of his present Majesty's reign inti-
tided An Act for amending the Laws fur regulating
the Manner if licensing Alehouses in that part of the
U nited Kingdom called England, and for the more ef-
fectually preventing disorders therein, shall remain in
full force and virtue until the end of the terms for
which such licences and recognizances respectively
have been or shall be granted or entered into.; and
all offences against the tenor of the said licences, or
in breach of the conditions of such recognizances,
and all offences committed against the said recited
Acts, or any of them, before the commencement of
this'Act,, shall and may be prosecuted, heard, deter-
mined, and punished, as if this Act had not been
made ; and all such offences committed after the
commencement (j. this Act shall be prosecuted, heard,
determined, and punished under the provisions of
this Act." Nothing can be snore precise than the
last clause,. which states that " all offences com-
mitted after . the passing of this Act shall be
determined and punished according to the pro..
visions of this Act ; and these provisions ex-
tend only to keeping riotous and disor-
derly company, and to selling exciseable li-,
quors during the usual hours of divine service.—
Mr. Sweetman, therefore, according to this clause;
ought not to have been convicted; according to the
one preceding it, he was liable to a conviction ; but
as many houses have been licensed under the new
Act, and many more have been licensed under the
old, common sense, we think, would dictate the
propriety of dealing impartially with all, which can
only be done by rendering all amenable to the same
law. Those who have been licensed under the new
Act have, in fact, an unfair advantage over those
who obtained their licences under the old; and as u
few months more or less can be of little value in
such a case—more especially where the Meaning of
the Act is liable to be disputed--we would venture
to recommend to the Magistrates the carrying of the
new Act into immediate effect, as the best means
both of saving themselves trouble, and of fulfilling
the intentions of the Legislature,
(triton THE NEWS.)

THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY,—EFFECTS OF REE
G lOUS DIFFERENCES.
" Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who surrey
The rich man's joys increase, the poor's dr,:ay ;
'Tis your's to judge how wide the limits stand
13.. tween a splendid anti a happy land."—GoLnsmrrit.

(FROM THE ATLAS.)
During the pabt Week, the arrivals at the Corn
tXchange have been considerable; and some of our
contemporaries congratulate themselves on what they
term an extraordinary supply. Of wheat, the receipt
of 38,000 quarters is acknowledged, 20;600 attar;ters of which are foreign; also, 21,000 sacks of
flour, 6,300 quarters of barley, and 23,550 quarters
of oats, of which 18,950 are British—principally,
we believe, Scotch. Some of the Journals, drawing
their conclusions from the temporary fall in prices
during the week occasioned by this unexpected sup-
ply, consider that we arc now quite secure froth the
chance of a scarcity. But we again warn the public
not to be deceived: The quantity Of Oaio received
during the week inconsiderable, in com-
parison with the quantity demanded for -consump
tion, that, although prices may vary and decline
for two or three weeks, the anticipations we ex-
pressed in our last must ultimately be verified; -Orden
our proposition is adopted by the higher arid middle
ranks. On Friday the state of the market was so
unsettled that our contemporaries are unable to fix
the average sales ; some affirming that wheat might
be noted at from 4s. to Gs. lower than on Monday,
others making the reduction Bs.t. "and some bringing
it down to 103. This unsettled state of the sales Iti•
a proof of a want of confidence between buyers and
sellers; and these who are best acquainted with the
actual condition of the harvest, and the probabilities
of supply from abroad, do not hesitate 'to assert that
prices will as suddenly ascend us they have abruptly
fallen. There is no reliance to he placed on sudden
re-actions ; our protection is in our own hands. The
public may rest assured that the information upon
which we ground our conclusions is drawn from
the best sources ; and that when we earnestly recent-
mend a diminution in the domestic consumption of
bread-flour as the only means of averting a great na-
tional calamity, we urge an advice which has been
maturely considered, and not offered until all other
remedies appear to have failed. The supply of the
past week, we repeat, can at best afford but tempo-
rary relief.

Empires have usually fallen amid all the gorgeous-
ness of that magnificence which is incident to luxury
and egotism ; and when the obligatory relations in
society between high and low have become only
nominal. In such cases, there ceases to be any na-
tional coherence; and in the absence of this main
principle or cement of the different orders of the so-
cial compact,—individual wisdom, knowledge, or
courage, become powerless or valueless. A State
may thus rock and totter, like old Rome, for a cea-

:ury and a half; as though waiting only to be struck
at ; when the ponderous mass falls into incurable
ruin, with a helplessness that astounds and amazes
mankind ! 'I here does not appear to be any subject
that so fatally distracts a people; dividing and driv-
ing public opinion into hostile ranks, which regard
each other with a superhuman horror,—as that of
Religion. This fact has puzzled the philosophers
and moralists of all ages ; but example seems to be
nothing with nations. Goldsmith, who was one of
the most practical Christians of his time, attributes
the chief decline in the power of Rome to the
change in the National Religion; and the moml dis-
sonance that arose, When thb enormous fabric that
had existed for so many centuries, and which had
been built and formed on pagan principles,—was to
be converted to fresh and strange uses; and guided
and ruled
in,by nnre‘avpminanxnienhish.ig ltlot,isthiisiosttatitteatofEthugnliagisit!
rnstances are in
onthtehceooupr:eratoiofnsdoe-f
is exactly
public knowledge. 1
ciNrvclutich will soon surprise those minds
bvealtopit?iaennyt,
that t
ph
raevsee
nt calculated
stag e andt o If,
go
rnedel y f
The prospect of
invasion "by foreign force could
not non, rally the asiii) irit of the country, as it did in the
time of the Addington Administration; and the rett-
son would be found in those changes produced
of party; though
continual and unremitting habitude
b y the
the same laws affecting the Catholics existedidethben
as exist now. Au invasion of Ireland wou
hailed by the great body of the people as 'a boon
from the Gods. In England, the commercial and
manufacturing public arc almost without exception
opposed to the general policy of the Government;
and the agricultural population,—between the op-
pression of the Game Laws and the new system of
Letting Land, subject tu discounts instead of re-
duced rents adapted to the times,—feel no longer that
common interest with their landlords which marked
Other (1834; but even the farmers regard themselves
as servants,.working by a sort of commission; with
the chalice to lose; but little to gain ; and not cer-
tain of the indemnity of discounts where it is best
understood as a kind of °‘ secret article " in the

Treaty. The country is not therefore, as it stands

at pieseiit, prepared to meet any of those shocks
which are the test of the entireness of nations.

fires, in well-carpeted rooms, and supplied with all
the other comforts of life, may easily allow theist.
selves to be defrauded for a few months longer, but
those who are pining and wasting away in cheerless
hovels, under the double privation of food nod
warmth, feel •the delay inost bitterly. The state of
the labouring classes in this country is a fearful one.
Poverty is increasing, crime, its necessary conse,
quence, is augmenting. Let the rich and powerful,
the torn-law making landholders especially, look to
these. things ; they threaten serious consequences,
which, to say nothing of the claims of humanity and
justice, a provident self-interest would alone instruct
them to avert:

ithtx BULL.)

It seems that after the sacred performances in the
Minster of York, there was given, at so much a head,
a public fancy ball ; we last week had the pleasure
of making a few extracts from the account of that at
Manche ter, which serve to .enlighten tree unin-
itiated as to the extent of the tom-foolery; and it
seems that at the fancy ball at York there appeared
a considerable number of Clergymen; the Committee
having cautiously and kindly itatified that the
Cl`rgi) iVere not expected to appear in character!"
thus leaving the clerical body distinct specks upon
the splendour of the spectacle, so many black sheep
among the bleating flock, in all the conspicuous mo-
desty of plain clothes. To this fancy ball seventeen
clergyrneii resorted, whose names were printed and
published in the Yorkshire Gazette of Saturday,
Sept. 27, and which our correspondent forwards to
us. We are unwilling to detail them, because such
an exposure, however thoughtless and harmless the
conduct which leads to 'it, might git-e pain to the
families arid Connections of the exhibitors; but there
are two out of the seventeen, who, having ,waived
the right of appearing in plain clothes; abandoned
their own characters, and appeared, one, the Rev.
C. Forge; of Mapleton; as a Master of Arts—(our
correspondent charges him with appearing in his
clerical robes—this is not exactly thy case, because
the dress of a Master of Arts is peculiar to the j
University degree, and not to the sacred office of the
Ministry—still the absurdity is great)—and the
other, the Rev. Mr. Blanchard, in a "fancy dress."
This we presume to be indefensible; and we sincerely
hope that the reporter for the Yorkshire Gazette
was in error—we can haidly believe it. The great
body of the clergy of England are hot to be excelled,
we would say equalled, in learning, piety, and Chris,
tian endowments, by any other boy of equal extent
in Europe ; but. it is painful, indeed, to find one of
that class forgetting the sanctity of -his office, the
duties of his calling, and the decency of his station,
tricking himself out in all the fantastical trappings of
a mime or a mountebank, and kicking his heels
about in the midst of the lollies of French quadrilles,
jor the grosser indecencies of the sensual waltz. It
appears, too; that the Chaplain of Earl Howe was
present ; it is presumed in official attendance upon
his Lordship, who was dud of the stewards. Surely
the Bishops will resume their dormant authority, and
interpose to prevent the Clergy of the Lstablish-
merit from reducing themselves to a level with pub-
lic mummers; and if they cannot cheek the extraor-
dinary propensities of the few unworthy members of
the church by other means, enforce, as thep
the wearing the Canonical dress upon all occasions;
this would be the most effectual correction of the
levities of the irregulars. Neither cricket nor. fox-
hunting could well be performed in such vestments,
and it would be a sight not likely often to be seefi
to witne3s a clergyman ready dressed for the pulpit,
making up his book on INewmarket-heath, or beat-
ing out a prize ring on Moulsey Hurst.

(ilto3t THE stNbay

Mr. Lawless, who headed a Catholic mob of 20,000
persons, some weeks ago, at Ballibay, has been ar,
rested and held to bail: Of the propriety of suck a
proceeding, on the part of the Oovernitient,dilf&eut
opinions will, undoubtedly, be entertained. For
our own part we have only to express our regret
that thelime was not better chosen. Of the ille•
gality of Mr% Lawless's eondticti and of its tendency
to a breach of the peace, no doubt can be entertained
by any rational and sober-minded person ; and had
the Government, or the local authorities acting under
its direction, seized that opportunity of making an
example of Mr. Lawless, they would have not only
acted iii eonForinity with the law, but done n pUblit
service to the community. Mr. Lawless, however,
was then allowed to go at liberty; arid now, after
the issuing of a proclamation against such unlawful
assemblies, and the complete restoration of peace
throughout the country, he is somewhat extraordi-
narily seized by a judge and held to bail ! Such
proceeding cn the part of the Government can only
be justified by its dealing with equal impart;ality to-
wards those who ale so busy in endeavouring to
collect similar tumultuous assemblies in this country.
Let it next arrest the agitators oh Ptiientleit Heath,
and the arrest of Mr. Lawless will not be brought
forward as an instance of its hostility to the Catho-
lics. But, on the other hand, if it manifests its dis-
pleasure towards the one, and allows the other to
pursue a course-equally fraught with mischief to the
country, the consequences are such as we dare nat
even hint at. Though Ireland is now quiet, it is
only the quietness which precedes the storm, and
which the slightest manifestation of hostility and
partiality on the part of the govertittient disturb: The
public peace, in fact, may have already been broken ;
and if broken, what blood must not be shed before it
can be restored !

DEATH BY STABBING.

(From the Suffolk Chronicle.)

A report having been current on Monday, that a
female domestic in the se► vice of William itodwell,
Esq. solicitor, Ipswich, had -been stabbed by the
butler, and another report on the Tuesday morning
that she was dead, the town was thrown into a con-
siderable state of anxiety to learn the truth of the
matter. About twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning
a respectable Jury assembled at the Bear and Crown
Inn, where the following evidence was given before
them :

Maria Bishops servant . to , Wm; Rodwell, Esq.
has khoWn Elizabeth '3qUirrell, the deteaged, dbolit
a year. She had lived with Mr. Rod well as house-
keeper since witness first knew her. Has heard the
deceased and Churchyard quarrelling frequently ; but
they have been on good terms lately. On Saturday
Churchyard and witness rPturtted from Bury with
the family ; no quarrel took place between the de-
ceased and Churchyard that day. Witness and the
other servants were all comfortable on the Sunday;
in the evening about eight o'clock, Elizabeth Squir-
rel! returned fibte wefi, and '.3he din not appear in
a Very good humour, but it was not with any par-
ticular person. Witness went
,to bed about half-
past eleven on Sunday evening; about. half-past
nine witness went with the other servants to hear a
sermon in the parlour, and when they 011ie Out about
ten, Churchyard 'took the stiper intO thei parlour.
When Churehml had taken toe supper tningsbach
into his pantry, the deceased went there. to take
away the dishes. Witness heard 110 conyersation
between the deceased and. Churchyard. Some few
minutes after, Churchyard came into the room wherewitness was, and taid, " Are you ready.?". , Hy7nness
" Whet, •to go to pi4ees e said,
Witness went into the kitchen, and
@MOH THE Churchyard went to lock the outer EXAMINEIv.)
t;
To the great mass of the' population; the price had not se
4iyciitseo during this me. neceaseA
mdoor, Witness
see that the
of •coals is always important—to the very poor it is came into the kitchen while witness was standing at
of the utmost moment. We arc therefore sorry to. the fire. She said she bad been, and ttill waS qi,!/
Magistrates do not proceed with sick, It W 8 hot More than ten minutes from the
greater despateh in this matter. Therpriee of bread) titne the Witness had previously seen the deceased
it is manifest.,
and continued frost takes place, ':vrreillythis winter be enormous. Sup- till she came into the kitelrol. Dvces'sk'd tj'6'
pose a hard
coals fore complained of beinis- s!‘,itt sire said she still felt
will then,when wanted most, be also extravagantly very.sick inqe'cd, and *requested witness to get her
dear; and thus the poor half-starved, shivering II a little brandy, which she did ilia tea-e 4; and
creatures, who Swarm ire this metropolis, will be led it with water, and deceased drank it. .141 A.
exposed in a more than usual degree to two of the Nvell's bell rang •; deceased requested witnetls to at-
greatest evils that can Alia hunianity--4unger and tend it, as she felt ver sick. Witness afterwards
Id. No time should be lost M seeing teat the asked deceased how she felt she Sid? !!!(..'l‘
co
mischief of high price is not augmented by that of but thought she,„tould be better. Deceased slept
deficient measure, when it is shewn that fraud ; with Elitahetlitiaylor the laundry-maid, and two
thus systematically and most extensively prac- ; other servants slept in 'another bed n the same room.
tised in that respect. Persons sitting before goad ; Witness did not ee deceased Swain ,ntil shorn three

o'clock on Monday morning; When she was called up.
Elii. Taylor Went to witness3s room and begged her to
get ttp as Squirrell Was Very bull; Witness ittitne-
diately Went to the deeeaSed as stint] as sht.i went
up to her, deceased said, " Oh, my dear girl, I asp
dying ! - (The witness here became much affected,
and was not able to proceed for some time.) Wit-
ness said, " Don't say, so; you'll be better soon."
She was sitting tip in the bed supported by Charlotte
Stephens. Witness took hold of the deceased ! itc
screamed, and said, " You must not touch my
side." Witness was going to take hold of deceas-
ed's shoulder, when she said her side was bursted;
it was her 10. t side;. Witness asked what was the
matter, and looking into the lied saW a great triantity
of blood. Witness instantly said, send for a doctor:
The upper nurse came into the room, and then
called for her mistress. 'Before Mrs. Rodwell
entered the room, witness sent one of the servants
to call Churchyard: onie tine asked deceased what
Was the matter with het side; she said she would
tell if all left die room but Sally and Chttrellyarth
Witness and Other ser-Vants left except Churchyard
and Mint Wilson f the latter is called Silly by the
family. Witness with others returned in about a
minute ; did not hear the conversation pass in the
room. Witness does not recollect if they were
called back. When witness and others returned,
Churchyard left the room ; nothing was said
about the cause of deceased's- illiiess. shortly rafter
Mrs. Rodwell came into the room and spoke to
the deceased, asking her if any thing made her un-
happy. Sally said to witness, " Shall I tell my
mistress \vhat is the matter ?" Witness said, " Yes,
conceal nothing-2' Sally called Mrs. Rodwell out
Of the room. Nothing afterwards passed between
witness and deceased ; the surgeon soon after came;
deceased died about half-past two in the morning.
Witness went down stairs with the tipper nurse in
search of Churchyard, who came into the kitchen;
he appeared much agitated. Witness left him there,
and returned shortly after to Churchyard's pantry;
this Nkas jtet before -daylight; he was in his bed-
room
adjoining; when he came into the pantry he was
crying, and appeared very miserable. Witness
asked Churchyard how this happened, alluding to
the deceased, and also if he was in a passion at the
time ; he said yo, they were both in a passion ; it
was about a tray which had beet; carried into the
parlour; deceased had said lie had taken the wrong;
he said some words followed, and also dial deceased
was in a great passion, and took a knife out of the
tray and darted it at him, or ;Vas going to do so;
he said he was in a great passion;'and took up the
knives and dashed them at her feet to frighten her;
they were small knives out of the tray; but he did
not know that be had stabbed her; he said deceased
was closer to him than he thought at the moment.
Churchyard said deceased told hint he had cut her,
but he thought it was only her foot ; he said de-
ceased bled, and wanted a hndkerchiel; Church-
yard also said he asked deceased to let him go for a
doctor; but she would not ; he also said he wanted
deceased to let him tell the witness before she went
to bed, but she would not, and ;aid she should be
better soon.. Churchyard appeared greatly agitated,
and witness asked hint if he would take any thing.
to drink; he said he did not want to drown his
thoughts lit drink. Witness at length persuaded
him to take a little brandy. Deceased had said she
did not know she was wounded till she saw the
blood, as she only felt the handle of the knife
strike her.

During the cAtnination pf this witness, a message
was sent into the room, aiitionnting that the knife
was found in ,the body of the deceased. This ex-
cited a feeling of horror and astonishment in all pre.
biin: The jury immediately repaired to the room in
which the body cif the deceased was lying. The
surgeons, in examining the body, had just found the
knife hi the situation afterwards described by Mr.
A. - It lied entered in nearly a horizontal
direction, the point slightly raised, and was com-
plete!) embedded in the stomach and intestines.
_ _

Mi. A. H. Bartlet, surgeon, examined---About
three o'clock on Monday morning witness was called
to attend the deeeased found her in her bed partly
undressed ; inquired what was the ;tatter with her;
deceased said she had a violent pain in her body;
witness examined her side, and found a transverse
wound about an inch in length on the left side ,
between the hip•botte and lower rib ; witness dressed
the wound, and endeavOttred to alleviate the pain and
abate the sickness : deceased vomited dreadfully;
witness asked Churchyard for the instrument with
which tho wound had been inflicted ; he said it was
a. knife similar to several he showed to witness
(ivory-baiidled dessert knives). Witness said it was
impossible to tell the face that had been used by
looking at the wound ; witness examined the clothes
is ascertain the quantity of blood on them. Witness
attended the deceased ; left her about half-past one
the morning ; witness has since opened the body,
and found the knife in it; it had entered the cavity
of the body, penetrated through the stemaeh and one
of the small intestines and into one of the large ones,
and which, witness has no doubt, caused the death
of the deceased. [The knife was here identified :it
was a dessert one with a ivory handle, and consider-
ably worn and sharp at both edges of the point.]
Witness said the inflammation occasioned by ouch
injury was the immediate cause of death.

-1%.1-r. A, H, Bart4et, re-examined--iras present
when the declaration of the deceased was read on
Monday, and witnessed it; Mr. nodwell read it
over to the deceased; witness is of opinion she ArAff_
in a perfect state of mind, and was well aware of
what she put her hand to. The following is a copy
df the declaration

" Ipswich, Oct. 12, 1828.
" In.the event of my death front that injury I received
last evening, I hereby solemnly declare that the wound
was inflicted by a knife thrown at me by Thomas Church-
yard, and that I do not believe he was actuated by any feel-
ing of ill will or malice towards me, but that he was acting
under sudden provocation that I might unintentionally have
gWeli i and f ffeely forgive him, as I hope in Almighty
God to be saved through irstiS Christ.
" Witnesses, " The mark of Y. SQUIRRELL.
" Alex, Bartlet,`

" Alex. Henry Bartlet."
Wm. Rodwell, Esq.—Witness asked Churchyard
if th 4 de.eased had struck him. Witness thinks
Churchyard replied, deceased was about to strike
him. Witness saw the deceased, and asked her to
tell .him the whole truth. She replied, "
Thoma 3 be hung if I die?": Witness believes the
deceased was, during the whole of this conversation,
impresied With thb idea that she should not survive.
Witness replied, that it der &Wed entirely upon the
circumstances, which only she and Thottlas knew,
WittietiS theit asked the deceased how.it bad oc.
cuffed; sne.replied that the injury was inflicted • by
a knife thrown at . her by Thomas. Witness asked
deceased if she had given him any provocation; she
replied not that she knew of, or words to that effect.
Witness particularly ,asked the deceased if she had
struck Churchyard. She said, " No." Thomas
Churchyard was preseut when witness asked the
deceased Whether she had struck him. The deceased
addressed herself to Thomas, alit! said, " Did I
strike you ?" Thomas's reply was, g. "jilt you
know you had your hand on a knife, and were going
to strike me." Deceased distinctly said " No;" to
which Thomas replied, " I thought you were going
to strike me." Witness asked deceased if she
thought Thomas had any malice against her; :The
" No." Witless then asked her if she thought
• such a wound; she said
Thomas intended Mum.. s
'
" No?' ;r
Witness then asked herforgave him;
if s
she said, etquite,"
After the eVidente was concluded, the prisoner de;
Otted
.asking anir questions; or saying tiny thing in
his defence. he looked pale and .dejtetedi bid did
hp
net betray the least emotions either When the fatal
.knife was prodticed, or any other time during his stay
iii the Verdict; " Manslaughter against
Thoiitas Clinrehytird :" dud •he was cdminitted on
the Coroner's warrant, and soon afterwarda relitoVed
in a chaise to the Borough Gaol. The prisoner is
ars of ay.- • he has a wife and two children.
Th© deceased was about :31 years of age. A consi-
derable number of persons were waiting in and about
the inn-yard, uxious to learn the result of the in-