The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, .FEB_RVAItY 19, 1844.

COURTS OF LAW.

We have perused the first draught of a "Bill for
altering and improving the Proceedings in the Su-
perior Courts of Common Law, as to certain actions
for the recovery of debts, or damages, not exceeding.
201., and as to other actions in certain cases, pre-
ferred and brought on by Mr. JERVIS and Mr.
WATSON, and ordered, by the , Commons, to be
printed, on the 6th of February, 1844."
This appears to be, we are sorry to say, the sug-
gestion of an additional chapter in the code of pains
and penalties, which it has been' often attempted,
for half a century past, and with various success—to
incorporate into British legislation on that most inex-
plicable of social crimes among us—debt. The pre-
amble declares that it is expedient to render actions
for the recovery of debts, or damages, in certain
cases, of an amount not exceeding 201., more sum-
mary and less expensive, and to alter the
practice and proceedings in the Superior Courts of
Common Law in respect of such actions." Proceed-
ings for the recovery of such debts appear to be sum-
mary enough already, so far as the interests of the
bond fide creditor are concerned ; and except where
the party proceeding is disposed vexatiously to en-
force them, it cannot fairly be said that the costs of
ordinary actions for debts under '2O/. are excessive.
The law and legal process are sufficiently stringent
already, unless it be proposed to leave no margin in
the shape of consideration or indulgence for the simply
unfortunate in increasing their pressure on the frau-
dulent and unprincipled. But we have another grave
objection to the Bill before us. It is one of those
plausible engines forincreasing the already overgrown
patronage of our high legal functionaries to which we
must say gentlemen of the long robe, of all parties,
are too apt to lend themselves, in the House of Com-
mons. They seem to imagine, from the easy and
deliberate way in which they give their sanction to
the various Bills that in every session provide, in
some shape or other, professional gratuities or new
salaried offices for barristers, that they themselves
hold some patent of exemption from that suspicion
of interested motives which the world attaches to all
other men under similar circumstances. Individuals
who are for ever devising some means of adding to
the appointments and advantages to be opened to the
profession to which they belong, are shrewdly sus-
pected of a lively hope of participating, in time to come,
in the harvest of the seed crop which they have been the
first to sow. Assuredly this remark does not point
to the respected and learned Members whose names
are endorsed upon the " Bill " before us ; but neither
will their names neutralise its general force and ap-
plication. For what is the case here ? Clauses Ito
25 provide that actions of this class and limit may
be brought by writ of summons—which writ may be
served personally, or by leaving a copy. If defendant
do not plead to writ of summons, " within the time
there specified," judgment may be signed; or, if ser-
vice not personal, judgment may be signed with
leave of the judge. No appearance to be entered by
or for the defendant; " and for the purpose of plead-
ing, the particulars underwritten shall be deemed to
be part of the writ, and may be pleaded to in whole or
in part, as may now be done, at the usual costs of a
declaration." Judge, in Chambers may make orders for
further particulars ; no plea in abatement to be
allowed; judges of the Superior Courts at West-
minster, or any eight of them, the three chiefs being
of the number, to have power to settle form of plead-
ings ; in case of departure from such forms, a judge
may set aside the pleading, with costs. Certain
pleas, however, may be pleaded together without
leave ; particulars to be delivered with plea of pay-
ment or set off; no demurrer allowable for want
of formal, commencement, and no demurrer for
form deliverable without previous leave of a judge ;
judge may permit the defect to be amended; sig-
natures of counsel not to be required to any
pleadings ; if plaintiff do not proceed for a
month, defendant may sign judgment of non
pros.; defendant may take out a summons to stay
proceedings, on payment of debt and costs claimed, or
of a sum to be named; and the judge may make
orders for payment, or give time for payment, not
exceeding one month. Judge's summons to be pe-
remptory in thefirst.instance, and one shilling only to
be paid for it ; in form as per schedule. Then comes
the "patronage" olause, as we shall term it (26),
touching " assessors to be appointed to the sheriffs
of England and Wales ;" followed by clauses 27 to
30, illustrative of the functions, &c., of these new
officers. Clause 26 enacts that the Lord Chan-
cellor shall appoint as " many persons as he shall
think fit, not exceeding twelve persons in the whole,"
to be " assessors to the sheriffs of counties
and cities in England and Wales,"—such
persons to be barristers-at-law of not less
than seven years' standing, or attorneys of one
of the Superior Courts of not less than ten years'
standing, removable by the Lord Chancellor for
misconduct or incapacity, his Lordship having power
to increase or diminish the said number as he shall
see fit, until the end of the year 1845 ; after which
no-more assessors to be appointed without consent
and approbation of the Lords of the Treasury; as-
sessors may appoint duly qualified deputies (for pe-
riods not exceeding two months in any case) on suffi-
cient cause being satisfactorily shown. Salaries of
assessors (amount in blank) to be payable out of the
Consolidated Fund ; such assessors to act as judges on
writs of trial and writs of inquiry.
There are several other clauses relating to the
duties of these provincial judges in embryo, all calling
for notice and consideration ; but we must pass to
clause 40, which really seems to drop all recollection
of the preamble, and to contemplate a serious irrup-
don into the jurisdiction-demesne of the " Superior
Courts at Westminster," and elsewhere; for it enacts
that in any action which, if the amount claimed did
not exceed 201., would be triable by writ of trial,
it shall be lawful for a judge, on the application of
either plaintiff or defendant, if. he shall so think
fit, to order that such action, though for
a debt or damages exceeding 201., shall be
tried by writ of trial, and to name place of trial,
and such writ of trial shall issue accordingly ; and
thereupon further proceedings in the trial shall be such
as if the debt or damages claimed did not exceed 201.
Upon the whole, we think we have assigned tole-
rably strong grounds for the hope, with the expression
of which we conclude—namely, that Parliament will
vigilantly superintend the progress of a measure
which does not appear to us so well calculated to
carry out its professed remedial principles as to prove
a golden egg in the snug nest of Chancery patronage.

•
SOUTH DEvoic.--The weather since Friday last
has assumed a wintry aspect. In several parts the hedge
rows were decked with spring flowers, in full bloom, and
spring, with all its charms, seemed near at hand. A sharp
frost has now set in, which will retard the progress of
vegetation, which was in a very forward state. The
lambing season has been very favourable and grass
and turnips are very plentiful. During the last fortnight
the corn trade has undergone an improvement, and prices
have advanced. Cattle are rather dull at present. In the
manufacturing towns, the woollen trade is going on briskly,
and yolk wool is in good demand at 9d. to sid. per lb.—
Potatoes are selling from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per bag. Wheat 7s. 3d.
per bushel ; Barley 3s. 10d. to 4s. ; Oats 2s. Bd. to 2s. 10d.—
Plymouth Journal. _ _

WILL FORGERIES.—About eight years ago, an at..
toruey of the name of Hyte lived in the west of England,
Barnstaple we believe, who far exceeded the present forgers in
adroitness and wickedness. On one occasion he was re-
quested by a married man to make a will in favour of his
brother, at which his wife complained to Hyte, who told her
he would make all right for her, and trust to her liberality.
He prepared two wills, one in favour of the brother, and
another bequeathing the property to his wife. The first
was read over to the dying man ; but before it was
signed by the testator and witnesses he rang the changes,
so that the widow became the sole object of his bounty.
The brother suspected foul play and fraud, but could not
prove it. Hyte afterwards obtained large sums from the
widow, whom he kept in constant dread of an exposé,
which, however, did not take place until she, on her death-
bed, confessed the whole, declaring that she had never enjoyed
an hour's peace since the foul transaction. The last, among
many acts of forgery which this villain committed, was that
of the will of a person at Exeter. A gentleman, possessed of
large property, was likely .to die, and Hyte inquired of the
wife whether he had made a will in her favour. She replied,
"She was fearful he had made no will." He said he would
prepare one, and trust to her generosity. He called
the next day, and was told it was too late, for, the
man had just expired. He said he had brought a
winess with him, and would manage it. They went
to the bed-side and read over the will to the corpse, and
having done so, he caught a live fly, which he put into the
mouth of the dead man, and took his hand and guided it
to sign the document, and the witness declared that he had
heard the will read to the deceased, who signed it while
life was in him (alluding to the live fly). The validity of
the will, which was so much at variance with the expressed
sentiments of the testator in the latter period of life, was dis-
puted, but no positive proof was manifest of the nefarious
transaction, until at length, partly by threats, and more par-
ticularly from the accusation of conscience, the widow and
subscribing or attesting witness made a full confession, and
being admitted as witnesses for the Crown, the scoundrel
Hyte was convicted and executed in the year 1767.—Sher-
borne Journal.

MONOPOLY AGAIN!

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Monopoly is ,hydra-headed—corn cattle, sugar,
water, coals, all alike, restricted, made difficult, and to
the millions denied I In this vast metropolis—the queen-
of cities and of oolonisation—the focus of a hundred cha-
rities and a thousand schools—monopoly reigns para-
mount. No where else is there such a monopoly in
fire—no where else is there such a monopoly in water.
You did your duty long and ably in attacking the abuses
of the coal monopoly. Do I err in thinking that you
will aid the inhabitants of Lambeth, Southwark, and all
South Londoa, in also attacking the water monopoly ?
It so happens, that all the three companies supplying
South London with water, have in their Acts of Parlia-
ment the same clause, making it " unlawful" to- supply
such water in an impure state, which all join in treating
with contempt. Their customers cannot help themselves;
hence the enclosed petition, which is receiving signatures
in all directions.-1' am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A SURGEON.
[We have received a copy of the petition, but at pre-
sent we cannot promise to find room for it.]

ST. PAUL'S AND WESTMINSTER

ABBEY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR; Parliament being now assembled, I beg to sug-
gest, through the medium of your valuable paper, the
propriety of convening a public meeting, for the purpose
of considering the steps which it may be advisable to
take in reference to the present disgraceful condition of
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, and the Abbey
Church of St. Peter, Westminster, in order to effect, if
possible, the following important objects
First—The abolition of fees.
Secondly—To obtain in these churches increased and
better accommodation for the poor, belonging to the
cities of London and Westminster, and
Thirdly—To get the Pagan monuments, which dis-
figure and profane these holy temples, removed to some
other more appropriate receptacle.
• I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN ENGLISHMAN.
[We know of no Pagan monuments in these temples ;
but we know of monuments to Johnson and Howard, and
Watt, men who adorned and civilised Christian society.
Could there be better places, too, for the monuments of
gallent men who have died in the service of their
country ? In the other two propositions, however, we
entirely concur.]

THE CURRENCY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Sir John Mandeville, who was in the military service
of the Great Khan of Cathay, about the middle of the 14th
century, thus describes the symbolic money in use among the
Tartars :

" This Emperour may despenden als moche as he will
withouten estymacioun ; for lie despendeth not, ne maketh,
no money but of lether emprented or of papyre. And of that
money is some of gretter prys, and some of lasse prys, aftre
the dyversitee of his statutes. And whan that money bathe
ronne so longe that it begynnethe to waste, than men beren
it to the Emperour's tresoune ; and than thei taken newe
money for the olde. And that money gothe thorghe out elle
the countree, and thorghe out elle his provynces ; for there
and beyonde hem thei make no money nouther of gold nor of
syiver. And therefore he may deepende ynou and out-
rageously."
The above passage shows that the Tartars had much better
notions of money than our modern statesmen ; that the
leather and paper tokens of receipt issued by the Great Khan
in return for the supplies levied by him passed current as a
medium of exchange through all the country and provinces,
performing, at a small cost, all the offices that gold or silver
could have done. Our modern statesmen extort from the
subject both the supplies and the gold to represent them !
and in this respect they show their inferiority to the Great
Khan in the article of common sense—as, however, they are
no way behind hand with the Tartar Potentate " in despen-
ding ynou and outrageously," the people of this country have
a fair claim on them for an abundant and cheap circulating
medium. It will be found, Sir, ere long, that Sir It. Peel
" caught a Tartar " when he brought forward his .Currency
Bill of 1819 ; it would have been well for the country had he
deigned to take a lesson from him in the theory of money;
indeed, a few Tartar instructors in that science would be of
great service at the present time ; I could recommend several
pupils, for instance, Mr. Jones Loyd, Mr. Norman, Mr. Horsley
Palmer, and that last light of the age, Mr. John Gellibrand
Hubbard—l am, your most obedient servant,
London, Feb. 16, 1844. Q. T.

MR. FERRAND, M.P., AND MR.
COBDEN, M.P.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—l am a Conservative, aye, a Tory, and a
Conservative, or Tory, who will yield to no man in
an honest and hearty desire to promote the happiness
and welfare of the poor, the farmers, and I may add,
too, the manufacturers, for I do not know that this
class has not an equal right to justice as the other two.
As such I have witnessed with sincere sorrow the
perpetual contests that have been going on between
the two Hon. Gentlemen whose names I have prefixed
to the head of this letter.
Sir, I fear that both Mr. Cobden and Mr. Ferrand
overlook one " great fact," and that that oversight is
the cause of both of them being at " daggers drawn,"
instead of being, as they ought to be, united in one
common assault upon the common wrong that has
been committed, and is sought to be perpetuated and
even increased against the poor, the farmer, and the
manufacturer.

Sir, the fact of maintaining for foreign gold the
fixed monopoly price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce, has,
since the year 1819, nearly. doubled the taxation alike
of the poor, the farmer, and the manufacturer. Pre-
vious to that year the labour of the artisan was at ss.
per day, the corn of the farmer at 10s. 6d. per bushel,
and the calico of the manufacturer at 9d. per yard.
They are now (under gold at a monopoly price) 3s.
per day, 6s. per bushel, and 4d. per yard; and, con-
sequently, the taxation of these classes has been nearly
doubled. Apply this to the case of this country, with
a fixed taxation of 50,000,0001. per year, and it will
be obvious that almost another 50,000,000/. is now
being extorted from the tax-payers of this country
—a sum amounting to at least 800,000,0001., or
the entire national debt since the year 1819.
Sir, the two productive classes—land and factory—
are losing sight of the common enemy. Let them
look to the money laws, and Mr. Ferrand and Mr.
Cobden may shake hands, and rally under the same
banner. Lord Brougham, with 5,000/. a-year pen-
sion, is getting, with corn at 6s. Bd. a bushel, 15,000
bushels of corn per year. Previous to 1819 the pen-
sion was 4,0001. a year, and, with corn at 10s., it was
of the value of 8,000 bushels. The same appalling
increase applies to labour calico, and almost every
other 'necessaryof life. Sir, it extends also to the
other fact of the 50,000,0001. per year; and it is no
wonder that the labourer is poor, that the farmer is
in difficulties, and that the manufacturer cannot, under
such burdens, compete with the foreigner. The pro-
ductive classes must be united—not divided.
Feb.TH
One that wishes to see
EI4,CIABT44.OUT OF THE BAG.
Brighton,

The splendid abode of the Right Hon. the Earl of
Lichfield, in St. James's-square, is in George Robins's list for
disposal. It is accounted one of the most complete mansions
throughout the metropolis.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—On Friday the
large area of ground in Broad-street, St. Giles's, which has
been obtained by the removal of the houses at the north end
of Monmouth-street, was opened to the public, a granite
road-way having been completed and laid down. The demo-
lition of the houses and the formation of the new thorough-
fare have added greatly to the improvement of this locality,
as a very spacious thoroughfare has been made. At the end
of Belton-street, adjoining the same spot, some houses have
been cleared away, which has considerably widened that
part, and which, when paved with stone, will open the com-
munication from Waterloo-bridge to St. Giles's. In Belton-
street (for the line of this new street), nearly half the houses
between Broad-street and Long Acre are taken down, on the
west side. Among the number was the Guy Earl of Varwick
public-house, which was established a great many years ago.
Upon a site near to this house, a chapel of ease to the parish
church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, will be built.
Within the last half century rents have trebled, the
price of wheat has doubled, and agricultural wages remain
about the same. The landlord is therefore the only party
who has benefited by the corn-laws.—Monmouth Merlin.
STATE or TRADE.—Yarns have apin advanced in
price this week. Wools still remain firm. No further pur-
chases of either yarns or goods are now making on specula-
tion, as the general impression seems to be that yarns have
reached their maximum, and that nothing further is to be
gained or saved by any further purchases than what are ne-
cessary for carrying on from w
eek to week. London houses
principle, and consequently buying
are now:acting upon this
sparingly, and only for present wants ; the present business,
therefore, for useful goods is
Wlimited to the actual consump-
tion at present going on. e trust there will be no further
speculation or advances upon material, as in that case, by in-
creasing the risks of accumulating stock, it will have a ten-
dency to throw workmen out of employment.—Leicester
Mercury.
STATE OF THE LACE AND HOSIERY TRADES.—
The cotton manufactures in this district, which have been,
for some time, in rather an healthy condition, are placed in
a singular predicament from an unexpected cause ; namely,
a great rise in the price of both hosiery earn and lace
thread, which has, since the latter end of Novem-
ber, advanced 30 per cent. on the list price, to the great
benefit of the Manchester and other spinners, but
to the loss and inconvenience of the trade of Nottingham.
The cause is attributed to their being an extensive demand
in Yorkshire, where the woollen manufacturers have mixed
cotton with worsted, principally for warp, while others say,
that whole warps are composed of cotton, having a woollen
shoot, which are sold as being made wholly of worsted. A
considerable quantity. of cotton yarn has, for many years,
been exported to Russia and Hindustan.—,Derby Reporter.
DEATH OF LORD GLENTWORTIL—This Nobleman,
after a painful and protracted illness, expired on Friday
morning at his mansion, in Manchester-square. For some
time past the nature of his Lordship's malady was such as to
give not the slightest hopes for his eventual recovery, so
that the immediate family connections were prepared for the
melancholy result. The deceased Edmond Henry Lord
Glentworth, was eldest son of the late Lord, who died in
1837, and grandson and heir of the Earl of Limerick. He
was born 3d March, 1809, and married, Bth October, 1836,
Miss Eve Maria Villebois, second daughter of Mr. H. Ville-
bois, by whom, we believe, his Lordship leaves a young fa-
mily. By his demise the families of the Earl and Countess
of Limerick, Lord Monteagle, Lady Lucy Standish, Mr. P.
and Lady Louisa Pole, Sir Henry and Lady Frances Calder,
Count and Lady Cecil Delafield, Mr. George and Lady Ca-
roline Russell, &c., are placed in mourning.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—There is a Bill
before the House to embank the river from Palace-yard to
Chatham-place, to form a carriage road. This will be a great
accommodation to the public, as it will take much of the
thoroughfare from the Strand. A separate Bill will be intro-
duced for the embankment from Vauxhall-bridge to Batter-
sea-bridge. When completed it will be one of the most
liplendid rides in orround Londop.
.•

THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND ON
THE CORN-EAWS.
• (From the Shrewsbury Chronicle.)
The following letter has been addressed by his Grace
to his agent at Dunrobin, in the county of Sutherland:—
" London, Feb. 12, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—As I learn that in Sutherland some of
my friends and tenants are desirous of having a meeting
to consider, the subject of the corn-laws, under appre-
hension. of the effects which the present agitation of that
subject may have on our agricultural interests, it may be
well for me to say shortly to you what I am diskosed to
believe right and true in regard to it. It is very fair that
the sentiments of any who feel desirous of communicat-
ing them should be expressed ; but it is also desirable
that none should commit themselves incautiously, and
under unnecessary apprehensiOns ; they may probably
find that in this, as on many other subjects, great ex-
aggerations prevail. I take it for granted that none would
think of considering societies for agricultural purposes
as proper instruments for use, as machinery for extend-
ing any determined opinions that any number of mem-
bers may entertain on this general question. This, I
think, should be carefully avoided. Of course, Ido not
urge objections to any persons meeting as a society, for
the special purpose of taking a part for or against a
general measure ; but the societies which 'have been
formed to promote improvements in all branches of farm-
ing should be kept clear of contention, and free from
disputes of this nature.
" My own feeling is in favour of the free current of
national industry—of unfettered commerce--of purchase
and sale generally—without excepting any trade on
which the sustenance of the people depends. lam un-
willing to close the best markets for our supplies, and
cut off from the people the sources which Providence
offers, under the varying circumstances of seasons and
climates, for the produce of commodities necessary for
the enjoyment of life. Ido not think it is a solid good
principle to maintain that a bounty should be given to
the grower by a tax on the consumer—and I believe that
the protest drawn up by the late Lord Grenville on the
subject is substantially sound and just. I also, as I said,
think that in conforming to these principles we shall not
endanger ourselves; though no doubt in many parts, of
England particularly, great improvements will be re-
quired, and under any system they should be enforced.
" Important considerations arise from the artificial
and complicated system which has made our condition so
difficult to understand and manage: our national debt,
complicated taxation, necessities of revenue—all these
make great caution necessary ; and it is no doubt right
and proper that all who have insight into these subjects
should communicate—that agriculturists should express
their sentiments regarding their own prospects and fears
and expectations, as well as other members of society.
But I do not wish to enrol myself among those who re-
quire restrictions interfering with trade and commerce
in regard to the most important articles for man.
" I am, dear Sir, truly yours,
" G. Gunn, Esq." " SUTHERLAND."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

ADVERTISER.—Sir Robert Peel succeeded in muzzling
Lord Lyndhurst while the debate on Ireland was proceeding
in the Upper House ; but he has not succeeded in sealing the
lips of another equally dangerous colleague in the House of
Commons. Lord Stanley, who iast session submitted with-
out a. murmur to the silence which his master imposed on
him, has this session given indications that he will not con-
sent to play the mute any longer. He has, with becoming
spirit broke through the restraints to which the Premier
sought to subject him. "Richard's himself again." On
Friday evening the Noble Lord proved to the House, and to
Sir Robert Peel too, that he has not by the unbroken silence
he submitted to maintain last year, lost any of that hastiness
of temper, or impetuosity of character which he was wont to
display whenever he took part in any of the discussions in
the House. We are glad of this, while condemning the
matter of his speech. We are gratified to see that he
has had the manliness to rebel against the wishes of his Mi-
nisterial master, and that he is determined not any longer to.
compromise his own character by consenting to maintain, at
the bidding of Sir Robert, a.degrading silence. His speech of
Friday is, we trust, to be regarded as an earnest of the pro-
minent part he means to take in the discussions of the session
on which we have just entered. His Lordship's speech on
Friday was a strikingly faithful transcript of the mind of the
speaker. He was as fiery and vehement—as open and un-
guarded as ever. He compromised the Cabinet of which he
is a member by every fifth or sixth sentence he delivered.
His speech was the most damaging to Ministers which has
yet been delivered since the commencement of the debate.
It has done, and will do, the Government of Sir Robert Peel
more mischief than even the speech of Lord John
Russell. Some of his admissions were quite as in-
sulting and offensive as was the application of the
word " alien " to the blood, language, and religion
of the Irish, which Lord Lyndhurst was fiendish
or foolish enough to make, a few years ago. The Colonial
Secretary admitted, for example, that Ireland is ruled by
military law, and that a rebellion is prevented solely by an
exhibition of brute force. He virtually thanked God that
there were troops enough in 'lreland to keep the people in
subjection. Is this, then, a matter for gratitude to Heaven?
Ought it to be a subject of self-gratulation to any Govern-
ment, that an entire nation are so maddened by the measures
of that Government, that to prevent rebellion their country
must be converted into one vast garrison ? We unconsciously
ask ourselves, when we hear such language, in what country
do we live ? In Russia or in Great Britain? Are we under
a despotism, or do we possess a free constitution ? The lan-
guage of Lord Stanley might suit the meridian of St. Peters-
burgh, but it is language which the greatest enemies of Mi-
nisters could never have expected to hear in London.
Does the Noble Lord imagine that this is the way
to conciliate the Irish ? Does he suppose that the
use of such language is calculated to tranquillise
Ireland? The people of Ireland know, because they have
felt it, that since the accession of the Tories to power, they
have been living under a military despotism ; but is it wise,
is it generous, is it safe to strike the iron still deeper into
their souls, by openly proclaiming and in effect glorying in
the fact? Is it not enough that Ireland is oppressed, de-
graded, insulted, by the men now in office, without having
superadded to all her indignities and wrongs, the crowning
insult of boasting in Parliament that, by means of an over-
whelming military force, the party in power can continue to
trample her people in the dust ? 'I he speech of Lord Stanley
will produce a feeling of indignation in Ireland, which may
be attended with results whiek no one can contemplate with-
out fear and trembling. Nothing which the plausible and
cautious Premier may hereafter say, will neutralise the effects
of that most insulting speech. It will rankle in the bosom
of every Irishman who loves his country ; and it will
strengthen and extend the feeling which exists in favour of a
severance from Great Britain. Talk of Mr. O'Connell and
" monster meetings" endangering the peace of Ireland 1 Why,
this single speech of the Hotspur of the Ministry will do
more to peril the peace of Ireland than all the repeal meet-
ings ever held, and all the repeal speeches ever made, in that
country.
HERALD..—We rejoice to find that the agricultural party
aro at length proceeding to take vigorous measures to coun-
teract the Anti-Corn-law League. A meeting took place at
the Duke of Richmond's on Saturday, for the purpose of
forming a Metropolitan Society for the Protection of British
Agriculture, when his Grace was appointed President, and
the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Vice-President of the
Society. There were present at this influential meeting :
The Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, the Duke of Leeds, Lord Beaumont, Earl of
Yarborough, Viscount Ingestre, Lord Rendlesham, Earl of
March, Lord Worsley, Viscount Campden, Lord Newport,
Lord Ossulston, Sir C. Burrell, Sir C. Knightley, Sir J.
Trollope, Sir J. Chetwode, Hon. F. Scott, Messrs. T.
Duffield, Stafford O'Brien, E. S. Cayley, E. Wodehsuse,
R. A. Christopher, E. W. Mundy, C. Turner, A. Lawson, R.
Eaton, R. Gordon, C. N. Newdegate, W. Long, Colonel
Sibthorp, W. Beresford, C. Wyndham, G. Darby, P. Pusey,
C. R. Colville, J. P. Plumptre, Q. Dick, H. S. Waddington,
R. Palmer, T. W. Brampston, R. B. Hale, E. Yorke, H.
Halford, C. Goring, W. B. Ferrand, A. E. Fuller, D. Watts
Russell, W. L. W. Chute, W. Miles, J. P. Allix, and other
Members of Parliament. Resolutions were agreed to, for
the purpose of carrying into effect the great object in view—
namely, the protection of the agriculture of the kingdom,
and a deputation was appointed to confer with those gentle-
men who have advertised a meeting for the same purpose at
the Freemasons"ravern. This is the right course to pursue.
Where unity is strength, it is absolutely necessary that sonic
ceetral association should be formed, with which the various
local bodies, whose meetings we have so frequently of late
adverted to, may communicate.

APPEAL CASES FOR HEARING IN
THE HOUSE OF LORDS, SESSION 1844.
Sc6tt v. Ker (Ist appeal) Scotland
• Scott v. Ker (third appeal) Ditto
Vaughan v. Gronow, abated Chanc.,England
The King v. Trafford, writ
Kings a'
Bench,
heard of error„ plaintiff's council)heard England.
1833 Blake v. Boyle, abated
Attwood v. Small, abated
Johnson v. Thomas, expartel Scotland.
abated
1836 Goold v. Richards
Fully heardf Miller v. Knox • Exch., Ireland
Small v. !Attwood Exch., Ireland
1837 Farnell v. BPGauran, exparte, I Clime Ireland
abated
Ai tken.v. Finley and Another,
exparte, abated
Earl Belfast v. Marquis of
Donegal, abated
Crawford v. Edward, Pauper,
exparte
Andrews v. Walton (time
given to enrol)
Carrick v. Buchanan, exp '
cause remitted with direc-
tions

Scotland

Chanc., Ireland

1539.

Scotland.
Chancery, Eng-
land

Scotland
•
' -
Farrell. v. Gleeson (Ist. ap.)l Exch. Chamb
Ireland "
_Ditto, ditto K2d appe.il)- . , Ditto
Fully heard 'Charter v. Sir J.' Trevelyan Chane.,England
1841 Galway v. Barron, abated ... Each..-,lreland
Adam v. Farquharson Scotland ' ~... -..
. .
Second Sas- Thompson v. her Majesty's)
sion, 1841 AdVocate-General, writ Exch., Scotland
Fully heard , of errer: ''
~.
.}.
.... •
Terbeargad by. istrirCdunSa of a side.
Fully heard {The Skinners'Compitn),l V - anc
a . . - • '.'' .0.h., England
the Irish Society .
Waters v. Groom ' `4l-- Ditt'o' - ! •-' •- •
Fully heard Earl of Rosslyti v. AytotAP-Icotland -
• 1842 1 Druniiiiotid. V. Munro. (or} g ;ti out
Fully hearill ." Ross) ; ''.- ''. ,' '' '..;
•:!.. ?
Duke'of 'Beaufort v.-*Tavler,
...11.:.: -t.,.. •'. Chanc.,Englarik
expert°
Fully heard {Knight v. Sir W. Bouetten -." .- ''' - .. - : '';',
-, ! Ditto! 1; ,„..„...„1
exparte
Sandford v. Morrice • 'Rts.Chan.,Eng
Stockte9._;iiinti.. 'Parlingtort
COinnongle
Itttihtiiy. CAVanx z. Bar-
Engle. tid4:-.'-,
rett, writ of erirot'::-....„ .- '
Byron v. Cooper - - '-' ' lYgielrea..., Fugl
...1t."..-3T..- i :' , '.
Marquis of Waterford v. /.D.... - :- -
Knight taw :, E. ', , ,
Mackenzie v. Williamson Scotland
Drummond v. Walrond and) Di i tto
others v.Woode, exparte
The Society of ontributors.
to the Widows' Scheme
of the Solicitors of the
Supreme Court of Scot-
land, or Ellis v. Henderson,
exparte .
The Ironmongers' Company
v. the Attorney-General
Stirling v. Ewart, abated
Bogie v. Bogie
Murray r. Murray
Lord Blantyre v. 'Earl of I
Wemyss and March i
Fully heard The Queen v. Mills, writ of
error 1
Ditto
The Queen v. Carroll, writ ofj
error
Creed v. Creed
Lindsay v. Earl of Aboyne, et'
econ
.. , . Hatfield v. Phillips, writ of'
' error
Taylor v. Clemion, writ of
error
Brown v. 'Boorm.

1n

r, writ of

error

Ditto

Chanc. England
Scotland
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Queen's Bench,
Ireland

Ditto
Chanc., Ireland
Scotland
Exchequer,
England
Queen's Bench,
England

x. .:hamber,
England.

llammersley v Baron do Biel Chanc:,England
Bourne v. Gatliffe, writ of Com. Pleas,
error
Earl of Bucham v. 'Eiskirie; Scotland
Dryburgh entail.
Earl Buchanan N 7. Erskine
Strathbrook Ditto
Campbell (pauper),ir APLi-
ren v. Fisher (patiper) ex- '
parte ' •: .
Forrest v. . "
Robertson (or Rennie)'
Ritchie • • • ; •,J
Cookson v. Cook Son • • •
Earl Stirling v. Officers of)
State, Scotland
Sir H. Brydges v. Fordyce
Ferguson v. Mlames exprt
Mackintosh v. Gordon (or)
Mackintosh) exparte • f
Provost, Magistrates, and
Town-Council of Aber-•.
brothwick v. Strachaii
Purvis v. Lonsdell • Ditto
The Irish Society, v. the • Exchequer
• Bishop of Derry and Ra-.
phoe, writ of error
Stoke v. Heron, exparte Chanc., Ireland
Vis. Dungannon v. Smith Ditto'
Stuart v. Spottiswoode Ditto
• The Rev. Dr. Gordon v. the Ditto-
Earl of Kinroul, abated
Allen (pauper) v. Glasgow, Ditto
exparte
Beckham v. Drake, writ oft Exchequer,
error 5 England
Hamilton v. Watson
Duke of Northumberlaud v
Viscountess Strathallan, Ditto.
exparte
Fully heard... Ross v. Duke of Sutherland Ditto
Allen (pauper) v. M'Pherson Chanc.,England
Jacks (lessee of the Right
Hon. George Robert Dint- Excheq. Chain-
son) v. APlntyre, writ of ber, Ireland
error
Sheeley v. Lord Muskerry Chanc., Ireland
Ferrier v. Hutchinson Scotland
Abercrombie (or
_Dingwall. Ditto
v. Dingwell
Hon. R. B. Wilbraham v. / Duchy of Lan-
Scarisbrick, exparte j caster
Ferrier v. Dr. W. P. Alison Scotland
Wattles v. Wright, exparte Ditto
Mayor, &c., of Newcastle-
upon-Tvne v. Attorney-)}Chanc., England
General'
Cormack v..Erskino (or Hen-
derson)
Gordon v. Hawden
Cleland (pauper) v. Pater-
son, or Cleland, exparto
Hoare v. Byng, exparte
Harrison v. Stickney, writ of
error
Broadley v. Stickney, writ of
error
Cruikshank v. Lady Cruik-
shank
Hon. 11. Trevor v. Hon. G.
Trevor
Colvill v. Colvill
1844 Campbell v. Sir Colin Camp-
bell

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Chanc.,England
Scotland

Ditto
Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Scotland
Ditto

Ditto

Chanc.,England
Excheq. Cham-
ber, England

Ditto

Scotland

Chanc.,England
Scotland
Ditto

ESCAPE OF A MILITARY PRISONER.—WiIIiam Blake,
a gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery, who had been
found guilty of repeated theft and desertion, succeeded on
Thursday last in making his escape from the Infirmary,
Woolwich. He had been sentenced to fourteen years'
transportation. His escape was thus effected :—Upon
being found guilty he reported himself sick, and was
taken into the hospital, where he was admitted into
the guard-room ward, and during the period of his
confinement managed to. loose the fastenings of the
lock of the outer door of his room leading into one
of the passages At ten o'clock on Thursday night
last he was abut into his room, and a sentry posted over him
as usual, but about half-past ten o'clock he managed to elude
the sentry, and made his way into the passage. The sentry
at the outer door seeing somebody pass from the guard-room
ward gave the alarm, but before any assistance could be ob-
tained the prisoner jumped upon the water-sink and out at
the passage-window into the back-yard, and escaped over
the outer wall, and has not been heard of since. A Court of
inquiry was held in the Royal Ordnance Hospital on Friday
to investigate and.report on the circumstance of the escape
of the prisoner, and the sentry who was over him has been
placed under arrest, but nothing further is known at present.

A shrewd observer once said, that in walking the
streets on a slippery morning, one might see where the good-
natured people lived by the ashes thrown on the ice before
the door.

BEWDLEY.—A days
,ago some workmen were .em-
ployed in removing some gravel from a gravel-pit in Bewdley
Park, adjoining Tickenhill-house, when, about nine inches
below the surface, they discovered a pair of bronze stands
for candles. They appear to be composed of a mixture of
copper with tin • and a little greasy wool was found in one
of the sticks. Ticicenhill-house,was formerly the residence.
of Prince Arthur, son of Henry the Seventh, and these in-
teresting specimens were probably Manufactured about.that
period. They have been kindly presented to the Worcester
Natural History Society's Museum, by Mr. Bryan, bookseller,
of this town.—Ten Towns Messenger.
There is a strong belief, and it is a growing one,
we hear, among well-informed circles in London, that Sir.
Robert Peel's declaration in favour of the sliding scale, on
the opening night of Parliament, was only part and parcel of
the trickery and slippery character for which he is so
famous—neither to be relied upon by the monopolists as a
surety for his faith, nor to be feared by the free traders
as the ultimatum of, his hostility. The idea, in
short, is, that—preparing for the worst in the event
of his Irish difficulties breaking up his Administration
—he was merely renewing his promises and vows to'
the sliding scale, in order to rally the agriculturists once
more round him, in case of a new election as a consequence
of the accession of a Liberal Ministry to power. He knows
that the change in the corn-laws, which immediately fol-
lowed the hustings pledges of the majority of the present
Parliament to the contrary, has caused him to be looked
upon with marvellous suspicion by his rural sup-
porters, and, therefore, he thinks it necessary to at-
tempt to recover his lost caste with them, by assuming
this blustering tone in their behalf, until he again feels
himself upon his legs without them. At all events, such is
the interpretation put upon his meaning; for, such is the
general doubt of the man's sincerity, that every word he
utters is always tried and sifted, with a view to prove that
its signification is directly opposite to its outward seeming.
But let it be otherwise; let Sir Robert Peel really have been
in earnest on this occasion ; what then ? The advocates of
Free Trade are not to be intimidated because he again
declares himseif its foe :—they never calculated upon him as
its friend. We are but where we were before. —Hull
Advertiser.

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GRAND DUCHY OF PosEN, FEB. 4.—Orders have
been received here for all Polish emigrants who took part in
the revolution, and most of whom have come to us from
France, to quit Prussia within a fortnight. In this order it
is' positively declared that no petitions for a mitigation of the
measure will be attendad to. Only those who find it abso-
lutely impossible to settle their affairs here will be allowed
to remain a fortnight longer. This measure will very se-
verely affect many emigrants who have resided for years
among us. Many have been received into the families of
Prussian subjects; others have acquired landed property,
which they will now be obliged to sell at any price. Though
notice was given to all of them, both on their arrival in
Prussia and when they made purchases of landed property,
that they could not by that means acquire any right of set-
tlement in Prussia, yet an order to quit so suddenly seems
very hard. This makes it seem the more certain that our
Government must have some mighty reason for this step.—
Hainbuivh Papers, Feb. 13.
•'• Lord Sandon had an interview with- the Chancellor of the
Eiehequer on-Saturday. .

COURT CIRCULAR-.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen and
Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk, In the
afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness rode out in a
pony phaeton, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Equerry
in Waiting, on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice were taken a carriage airing, and the Princess
Royal rode out on her pony.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma•
,isty and her Illustrious Consort, at the Castle.
This morning her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess'of Kent, and the
Household attended Divine service in the Private Chapel
within the Castle. The Hon. and ReV. C. Leslie Courtenay
officiated.

A Deputation, on the subject of New Zealand, had an in-
terview with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial-
office. The deputation included Mr. Somes, Governor of the
New Zealand Company; Mr. Aglionby, M.P.; Mr. Buller,
ALP.; Mr. Hastie, M.P.; Mr. Hutt, ALP. ; Mr. Harrington,
Secretary to the New Zealand Company; Mr. J. Abel Smith,
ALP., and several of the Directors of the New Zealand Com-
pany.
A Deputation, on the subject of inland bonding, had an in.
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday,
at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Philips, ALP.; Mr. Tatton Egerton' M.P. ;
Mr. Brotherton, ALP. ; Mr. Buckley, ALP.; with Mr. W,
B. Watkins, the Town Clerk of Manchester, and Mr. Gibb,
a deputation from Manchester, on inland bonding. Mr,
Dean, Chairman of the Customs, was present at the inter.
view.

A Deputation from the Committee of Deputies from the
Joint-Stock Banks of England, Wales, and Ireland, had an
interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the Right
Hon. Baronet, in Downing-street. The Deputies, twenty-
'three in. number, were headed by Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P.
The'Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet-
lag .?on Friday.:affenioon, at the office in Whitehall-place.
The- Commissioners present 'were the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Right Hon.
H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. John Nichol, D.C.L., and the
Dean.of Westminster.
Bar* deakncorvo, Portuguese'llinister, and Mr. Murpy,
gexip,an Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-uffice
on'Satarday.
Dispatches ere- received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of the Falkland-Islands.
The Duke of Wellington•attended the early service in the
ChapWßoyal,St. James's, yesterday morning. The Rev.
Povah officiated and preached. The Marquis of An-
glesey, the Marquis of Normanby; Lords Ernest Bruce, Clive,
Alfor11; .-and'eantilupe, attended the daily service in the
Chapel Royal. -• 'lltelfrayers were read by the Rev. W. J.
:Hall c thelessons by the-Rey..J. H. Dakins, and the sermon
wpe.tpreached by the Rey. Dr. Sleath.
Lord,Slanle.y; had a dinner party on Saturday, at his resi-
dence itiStlarue'SV•squpre.. Lady Stanley had afterwards
. ,
an evening parts.- --
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LNESS of the KING of SWEDEN.
The latest accounts of the King's health are from
Stockholm, dated the 6th instant, and- bring the follow-
ing bulletins:— . • -
" FEB. 3, SEVEN, A.M.—His Majesty has passed a
restless night; the redness of the skin, and a slight
swelling of the foot, which remained yesterday, have
rather abated than increased.
5, rac—His Majesty is gradually gaining strength,
though his night's rest has hitherto been Indifferent.
The state of his Majesty's health to-day increases the
hope of progressive improvement. The state of the
foot and leg is not changed. As there are at present no
symptoms indicative of apoplexy, as was feared at the
commencement of his Majesty's indisposition, only one
bulletin will in future be issued every day at one o'clock.
" FEB. 4, ONE P.M.—His Majesty has had a rather
Jess restless night than the preceding; in other respects
no change has taken place.
"FEB. s.—His Majesty has had more sleep since the
last bulletin than during the preceding days and nights,
but his strength has not increased in proportion. At
the top of the foot, near the great toe, there is a slight
abrasion, the skin is discoloured, and without feeling;
thepain in. the leg and foot is but slight, and the swelling
has nearly disappeared.
" FEB. 6.—His Majesty is on the whole, better than
yesterday, the foot remaining as before."
The Crown Prince held a Council this forenoon.

'TILTIIY AND DEAR WATER.
The inhabitants of the parish of Bermondsey have
adopted petitions to the Houses of Parliament, com-
plainini, of the present supply of water—making many
remarkable statements in support of the proceeding,
among them, that a summons was obtained last year
against the Lambeth Waterworks Company, for not
supplying water " effectually purified by means of fil-
tration;" and a sample of the water supplied by the said
Company was exhibited before Mr. Cottinglam, a justice
of the peace of the county of Surrey, sitting at Union-
hall, and several witnesses gave evidence of its general
filthy, unhealthy, and impure character ; and that the
said magistrate declared the case to be fully proved, but
the said Lambeth Water-works Company, by their coun-
sel, technically objeCted that there was no connection be-
tween the clause enforcing the penalty and the said 86th
clause, enacting that water " not effectually purified by
means of filtration should be unlawful," and the said
justice of the peace holding the same opinion, declared
that he was " reluctantly compelled" to refuse the en-
forcement of the penalties as prayed. That the Lambeth
Joint-stock Waterworks Company, triumphing:. in the
trick by which they had induced your Hon. House to
pass their said Bill, on the understanding that they had
voluntarily bound themselves, after four years, to effec-
tually purify the water they supplied by filtration, still
continue to supply " unfiltered water," at increased
rates, in contempt of Parliament, in defiance of repeated
remonstrances and entreaties from their customers ; en-
dangering the health of upwards of 200,000 human
beings, who neither have nor can have any other means of
obtaining water, and in .the teeth of their own Act, that it
is "not lawful" so to do. That by a recent invention, vast
bodies of water can be effectually filtered at one-tenth
the cost, in one-tenth of the time, and less than one-
thousandth part of the space that water could be filtered
when the said Lambeth Water-works Company obtained
their said Act of Parliament ; and yet, though the ex-
pense be so much lower, and the facilities so much
greater, the said Lambeth Water-works Company re-
fuse or neglect to adopt such filtration, but prefer, in-
stead of incurring such diminished expense in making
their water purer, healthier, and better, to increase
their rates, and compel your petitioners to add im-
mensely to their profits while continuing to supply im-
pure, unhealthy, and, according to their own Act of Par-
liament, " unlawful water ;" and praying that Parlia-
ment will be pleased to inquire into the truth of these
allegations ; to take measures to compel the said Lam-
beth Water-works Company, in honesty and good faith,
to be subjected to the penalties of the said Act of the
26th March, 1834, if they do not supply, when called
upon, " lawful water," " effectually purified by means of
•filtration," and to take such other measures to protect
7our-petitioners from being compelled to consume the
Impure and unhealthy water with which they are at
present supplied, as to your Honourable House shall
seem just, wise, and expedient.

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