The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-09 00:00:00

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
The following is the tenth report of the Commis-
sioners of National Education in Ireland; for 1843 :

SPIRY( fs;:•' the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TEE EIT.S/NG PAPERI3 OF SATURDAY.
STANDARD.-e-The more we reflec on the late
unconstitutional abandonment, by the Hoase of Lords,
of its jest nod important functions as a fi ,a 1 court of
appeal in criminal cases, the more extraordinary and
indefensible does it appear. It was a course neither
Justified by precedent nor warranted by expe-
diency, and one, the adoption of which (the re-
suit being certain), has rendered the whole of the
We proceedings before the highest tribunal of the
• country not merely nugatory, but absolutely pre-
-- yosterous. Ilitherto the restriction of the decision
• -of a case of appeal to the law Lords, has never
•'' been suggested; and cases have not been of unfre-
quent ,occurrence in which there would have been
' no law Lords present to decide them. Now as no
provision is made by law for their special attend-
: .. •
ahce on such occasions, it may fairly be presumed,
that however desirable their presence may have
• been considered, it' has not bsen regarded
as' indispensable ; still less has it been deemed
• thecessary to confine the decision of such ap-
peals exclusively to them. Were it otherwise,
why invite for them the opinions of judges of in-
' tenor rank, and then set those opinions entirely at
• defiance ? The pretext alleged for the non-inter
ference of the lay Lords in the late decision, that
• they had not heard the whole of the evidence,
would apply with equal force to every instance of
appeal that has ever come before their Lordships.
They were not called upon to try the case anew, but
merely to record their opinion, strengthened, or
rather founded upon that of the most eminent
judges of the land, who had been invited to assist
them. They had heard the arguments in support
of the writ of error, were well acquainted with the
nature of the appeal, and as competent, so instructed,
to decide upon it as upon any other appeal ever sub-
mitted to their judgment. Eleven judges out of
floors, awl lAvo of the most eminent law Members of
the House of Lords, wee decidedly of opinion that
the judgment ought to be affirmed (a simple majority
its ordinary oases of appeal is usually considered deci-
sive, and has consigned many a less criminal and mis-
chievous offender than Mr. O'Connell to :he gallows).
Two judges and three law Lords, however, were
in favour of the reversal of the judgment; and
whilst the lay members in the House of Peers
were virtually prohibited from giving force to the
opinions of this large majority, the small minority of
the law Lords were permitted to decide the question.
It has been suggested, and with good reason, that
many lay members of that House are as well ac-
queinted with the practice of criminal law as Lord
Cottenham, whose experience has never extended
beyond a court of equity ; and that even Lord
Campbell, whose failnres in that line have been
so conspicuous,. might have found his equals in
knowledge on such subjects among them. We say
nothing of Lord Denman's casting vote, because,
although we entertain the. highest respect for his
Lordship's motives and character, we cannot over-
look the fact, that his chief ground for the reversal
of the judgment was an opinion wholly at variance
with that of all the other Judges! But supposing
these noble persons to have been in possession of all
the wisdom attributed to them by their party, what
possible right could they have had to control the
deliberate opinions of eleven other judges, no one
of whom is inferior in legal knowledge or expe-
rience to the best informed of the triumvirate. A
case has been suggested by the Morning Herald as
possible, even in these •days ; namely, that there may
be no law Lords in the: Upper House, or that if
there are, they may (in the absence of any means
of compelling their attendance) happen to be away.
" The Crown," it is added, "is under no constitu-
tional necessity for creating law Lords, and law
Lords are under no official necessity of attending
Parliament." In what predicament, therefore,
in such an event, would the appellant be placed ?
Would the House declare its incompetency
to• legislate in his case ? We know that
it would not, because we have several pre-
cedents in which lay Lords, unassisted by the
paramount power new sought to be erected, de-
cided, and decide i wisely too, on such occasions.
If, however, the authority of the lay Lords is
to be wholly set aside for the future, the only
alternative would appear to be a competent legal
tribunal drafted into the Upper House, from
the most eminent lawyers of the age—a tribunal
whose number should be sufficient to prevent a
court of three from controlling the judgments, not
only of two members of their own House, but of
an overwhelming majority of the most eminent
and experienced lawyers of the country. As, how-
ever, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to
find a sufficient number of lawyers in the lower
courts qualified for the peerage, our only resource
is to fall back upon the.practice which has now been
abandoned, of allowing to the lay Lords the jurisdic-
tion to which their rank, intelligence, and privileges
entitle them; especially. when their opinions are in
harmony with those of a majority of the most dis-
tinuished lawyers of the age.
(,LOBE.--The Ministerial journals continue to
indicate the bitter disappointment which the reversal
of the judgment of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench
against. O'Connell, and the rest of the Repeal leaders,
has inflicted on the Government, and on the entire
Tory party. As when an army is defeated in the
field, amid the confusion which ensues, mutual recri-
mination adds bitterness to discomfiture ; so, from the
depths of humiliation - and bewilderment into which
the failure of the prosecution against O'Connell has
plunged them, we hear not ing from the Tory jour-
nals but reproaches and denunciations. The means
which they affirm ought to have been taken to avert
the event they agree to deplore, are such as plainly
show that defeat has • deprived them of reason.
To secure a party triumph, they would not
merely depart from -the established principles
and invariable practice of the House of
Lords, when sitting as a court of appeal , they
would risk the consequences of a subversion of all
constituted rule for a temporary triumph. They
would reverse the maxim, Fiat justitia, ruat ccelum.
Instead of exclaiming, " Though ruin ensue, jus-
tice must be done;" their cry is, " The judg-
ment against O'Connell ought to have been sus-
tained, in opposition to law and justice, even
though ruin had ensued !" The reversal of the
judgment against O'Connell and his co-defend-
ants is impugned -and denounced by the Post,
be cause the decision of the House of Lords on the
writ of error was lithited to the votes of law
Lords, instead of being decided, as the Post con-
tends it ought to have been, by the votes of the Peers
who were present when, the vote was taken. Lord
Wharncliffe, the President of the Council, is es-
pecially the object of our Contemporary's wrath, for
having suggested that—in this important case, which
had excited so much public interest, and in deliver-
ing the final judgment,' upon which the proceedings of
the House would lse viewed with jealousy and
scrutinized with severity—there should be no depar-
ture from their Lordships' practice in ordinary
appeals from the judgments of inferior Courts.
In such cases, the law -Lords, who have heard the
arguments in the cause, -deliver judgment. The
questions raised are questions of law—the errors
assigned are upon the face of the record—laymen,
though Peers, are not presumed to have the re-
quired knowledge to render them competent to
decide amid the intricacies of litigation, even though
they had attended the sittings of the House, and
heard the arguments of counsel, pro. and con., in the
cause. They, therefore, very properly leave the deci-
sion with those whose'education and experience qua-
ky them for the work. The Post complains, in most
bitter terms, that this practice, though consecrated by
time, was not departed from on Wednesday. When,
from the opinions delivered by the five -law Lords
who were present, it became obvious than the judg-
inent of the Court below would be reversed by the
votes of three to tass, a movement among the lay Lords
whom curiosity had stimulated to be present on the
occasion, showed that political feeling was about to
operate against established practice. to prevent a result
which, as partisans, they thought their votes might
avert. They had not attended the House during the
arguments. Had the"), done so, they would not, pro-
bably, have understood them. Their object was,
eleePly, to secure the full infliction of the sentence up-
onO'Connell
and his. defendants ; and thus prevent
the
political defeat which the threatened reversal of
the indgment would occasion. Lord Wharncliffe
gaw thi*: and he saw also thei calamitous conse-
quences to the administration of the justice of the
country which such'
a procedure would occa-
sion. The moment was critical. Though the failure
of the prosecution was fraught with mortification and
embarrassment to the GoVermnent an d Lord Wharn-
cliffe, as a member the
Government,
and
,embarrassment.—hi-
ship participated
in in that mortification
ship had discernment , enough to see that theses
were
.of comparatively trifling moment, and of merely
temporary inconvenience ;- while the course which
men less cautious would plunge into would create
• perils and involve results, the effects of which would
be calamitous and permanent.

. GAME..LAWS.—As a proof of the injury the tenant-
farmer sustains by these iniquitous laws, we may men-
' tion tho case of a tenant on the estate of a wealthy
...Baronet; near Ipswich, who, within the last three
'years, has lost 7001. from the ravages made upon his
crops by his landlord's hares. The redress he has
Obtained is leave to quit the occupation a year before his
.' lease expires, which was gladly accepted, and he now
Waits anxiously for the day when he can escape from the
boasted " protection" under which he, with others of his
brother farmers, have been so sadly fleeced.—SuP/k
Chronicle,
o,#The whole of the branch railway from Brighton to
Lewes has been set out; and its line is marked by flags.
Considerable inconvenience having been occasioned by
the mischievous removal of these land-marks, which
necessitated a second survey, the directors have offered
a reward for the apprehension of any such offenders,
whom
they. ems proceed against under their Act for a
~pe may o 20/ —Brigl ton H • Id
• o•a .
_ .

I. We stated in our last report that, unless the
annual grant were raised, we could not undertake to
contribute to the building, or even to the support, of
additional schools, although many were wanted and
applied for; nor could we take those steps which we
deemed essential for giving due efficacy to our system
of local superintendence. 'We added, that the num-
ber of schools under us had about doubled since the
present number of local superintendence was fixed ;
that unless it were augmented, the duty of inspec-
tion could not be adequately performed, and that we
must consider this a ver v serious evil.

As the grant has no f since been augmented, we
have been unable to meet the increasing desire of the
public to establish schools in connexion with us ; and
many applications which have been made to us for
aid now stand over.
We have also reason to believe that the number of
applications made to us falls short of what it would
have been, had not the country been aware of the
exhausted state of the funds • that many who have
schools conducted upon principles different from those
of the national system would prefer it, and embrace
it, if they did not fear that by doing so they might
lose some of the contributions which they now re-
ceive from individuals, without being compensated by
assistance from us ; and that the people of those dis-
tricts from which aid is withheld feel deeply aggrieved
at finding that they are excluded from the benefits of
a boon which is professedly intended for the whole of
Ireland, but from the advantages of which they are
practically excluded.
It has also been matter of regret and disappoint-
ment to us that we have not had it in our power to
provide for that strict and frequent inspection of the
schools which we have already adverted to as so es-
sential to their efficiency.
We have, therefore, learned with the greatest
satisfaction that her Majesty's Ministers intend pro-
posing such an addition to the funds confided to us as
may enable us to increase the number of our schools,
and of our superintendents.
To leave the great unaugmented would in effect be,
not to leave matters to go on as heretofore, but sud-
denly to stop the spread of a great good at a certain
point, and thus to snake it the means of producing
discontent instead of satisfaction through the nation.
We say a great good, because the tendency of the
system is to produce peace, and that knowledge of
men's true interests, the want of which is so likely to
lead to disaffection and crime.

We have shown this in former reports, particularly
in our last, and we have the gratification of observ-
ing, that those unfounded impressions upon the sub-
ject, which we have on former occasions had to
notice, are at length rapidly dying away.
11. We have now to state our progress during the
last year.
At the close of 1842 we had 2,721 schools in ope-
ration, which were attended by 319,792 children. At
the close of 1843, we had 2,912 schools, which were
attended by 355,320 children. The increase in the
number of schools in operation, therefore, amounted
within the year to 191 ; and the increase in the at-
tendance of children to 35,528.
Your Excellency will thus perceive, by compari-
son of the foregoing numbers, that the increase in the
number of children educated is more than propor-
tionate to the increase in the number of schools, by
above 13,000.
To most of the new schools we have been able to
afford aid only by grants of books ; but we have
undertaken to give them further assistance, should we
be enabled by an augmentation of our funds to do so.
111. We trained during the last year 195 teachers,
of whom 134 were males, and 61 were females. Al-
though we give a training of abont twenty weeks
only to the teachers we bring up from the country
(to which time we limit it, that we may the more
rapidly extend its advantages to the whole), yet we
find, short as it is, that it effects a very great im
provement in those who receive it; and the reports
subsequently received of them are, in general, highly
satisfactory. We propose, should our means be ade-
quate to the purpose, to have in future a certain
number of paid monitors in some of our best schools,
and that they should be educated for the office of
teaching. We intend that they should be selected by
the local superintendent, and when of a suitable age,
that they should be received at our training esta-
blishment, from which they might be sent to under-
take schools as opportunities offer. We hope in this
way, without any considerable increase of expense, to
provide gradually a supply of teachers of a superior
description, and thus to add most materially to the
benefits which the national schools are already con-
ferring upon the country.
IV. The receipts from the sale of our school books
continue to increase, although we have been enabled,
by a reduction in the cost of printing and-binding, to
make large corresponding reduction in their price.
It appears, from returns had from the patrons of the
national schools, pursuant to an order made by the
House of Commons the last session, the Scriptures
were read in 944 of the national schools, and that the
Scripture extracts which we have published were
read in 1,307. We have to add that the school books
which we have published were read in all, and of these
we beg leave to repeat what we said in our last report :
—" The books we have published for the use of the
national schools, and which, though not forced, are
adopted universally in them, contain several lessons,
upon the subject of religion. They give an epitome
of sacred history; they dwell on the original sin of
our first parents, and on the promise then made that in
time one would come by whom sin should be over-
come ; they show how that promise was renewed, par-
ticularly in the covenant with Abraham ; and they
point out the fulfilment of it in the coming and suf-
fering of our Lord;- they dwell also on the giving of
the law to Moses ; they state that it is commonly di-
vided into three parts, the moral, the civil, and the
ceremonial, and that the moral is of perpetual obliga-
tion, because the duties which the creatures of God
owe to him and to one another can never have an end.'
The duty of Christian charity is set forth as enjoined
by the precepts and example of our Lord himself; and
a lesson which is thus inculcated is hung up in every
national school?'
RICHARD DUBLIN.
D. MURRAY.
FRANC. SADLIER.
A. R. BLAKE.

POOLEY SHOULDIIAM
HENRY, D.D.
ALEX. MACDONNELL.
JOAN RIC RD. CORRAL LIS.
KIM) tRE.

ROBERT lIOLNIES.
RICIID. W. GRBENR.

Dublin, Marc 21, 1844.

- - -•--
REPRESENTATION OF NORTH L ANC AS lIIRE.—On
reference to our latest intelligence it will be seen that on
Thursday evening a motion was made for a new writ
for North Lancashire, in the room of Lord Stanley, who
has been called up to the House of Peers in the life-
time of his father, the venerable and venerated Earl of
Derby, by a patent of creation. From the explanation
given by Sir Robert Peel, it appears that his Lordship
will continue at the head of the Colonial Department.
It is understood that Talbot Clifton, Esq., will be the
Tory candidate. The Liberal candidate is not yet
named, but that the Reformers of North Lancashire will
promptly select a good man and true" to oppose the
monopolist, admits of no question. In the meantime,
we earnestly exhort the free-traders to buckle on
their armour, and prepare for the contest.—Lancaster
Guardian.

FALMOUTH AND PENRYN FLOATING HARBOUR.—
The projected conversion of Penryn Creek into a that-
ing harbour has baen, this day (Thursday), submitted
to, and unanimously approved by a large and highly re-
spectable meeting at Falmouth, Sir Charles 1.1,1n..11,
Bart., M.P., presiding. Capt. Holland, the projector,
laid before the meeting a long and able statement of his
plans and estimates, and of the anticipated advantages
to be devised from the completion of the project ; the
t; hole of which was received with marked attention
and satisfaction. The first resolution, affirming the
propriety of undertaking the work, was moved by
E. W. W. Pendarves' Esq., M.P., and
.seconded by the
mayor of Falmouth, S. Brougham, Esq. It was carried
unanimously, as were also the other resolutions for
taking immediate steps to ascertain the feasibility of the
measure, for the appointment of an engineer, and of a
provisional committee. A subscription towards the
expenses of the proposed
.preliminary measures was at
once opened, Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Pendarves
giving 20/. each.-7- West Briton.
THE EXCURSION TRIPS ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—A writer in Keene's Bath Journal complains
that the Directors of the Great Western Railway have
allowed only one clear day to such of the citizens of Bath
as may wish to avail themselves of the facilities of a
cheap run to London ; whereas they have allowed the
Londoner a week to enjoy the pleasures of the country.
The editor of the Journal, too, expresses a hope, that in
future the trips will be so timed as to allow of an in.
spection of the British Museum (now closed) and other
public exhibitions ; and that Sunday will be " included
in the term allowed between going and returning,
in which case one-day of such excursion will occasion no
loss of wages." We have no doubt that the Directors
and officers of the Company are anxious to give the
greatest possible amount of accomodation, and that they
will be glad to attend to any reasonable suggestions.—
Railway Record.
THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE BOROUGHS...—.The Li-
beral party of Montgomeryshire are preparing with
more than customary activity and vigilance for the ap-
proaching registration courts. We understand that ob-
Jeetions have—bee&nade at their instance on all the
improper entries on the register of each of the adverse
c biy utaries • and every available means will be taken
trtrirr purify :list of voters. The Conservative party
oa rf e
Nael swo t
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nt ha alert,
sixty-eight
objections
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madeborou borough
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Liberal electors, and it is reported that in the parish of
Newtown a much greater number of notices have been
served on parties, but owing to some irregularity, no
official list has been published. The general unpopu
larity of the sitting Member, even in those of the con-
tributaries who are decidedly favourable to his politics,
renders it almost .a matter of certainty that he would
not again be returned in the event of an election.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar left London on Saturday morning for Ostend,
by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship
Venezuela.

SUPERSTITION among SAVAGES.
In Dunn 's " History of the, Oregon TerritOry," we
find the following fearful description of the supersti-
tions some of the savage tribes of North America :
The chief, who is supposed to p)ssess the " right di-
vine" of governing, ant to be the intermediate agent
between the great solar spirit—the Creator and Su-
preme Ruler—and his creatures here below, retires at
times, whenever he fancies himself summoned by the
Divine call, from the tribe, without giving them any
previous intimation of his mission, and takes
up his abode in the lonely woods and moun-
tains, taking clandestinely with him a small stock
of dried salmon for sustenance. :When he is missed
by his family, the report is spread abroad, and then it
is known that he has gone to hold familiar converse
with the Great Spirit, who will, within a short time,
descend to give him an interview. Intelligence has
then been procured from the Indian who saw him
last on that day as to his route, and the district of the
woods and hills to which he is likely to confine his
wanderings ; and a sacred boundary line is drawn
round this district, within which it is a crime of pro-
fanation to pass on hunting or fishing excursions, on
pain of death. Should any unlucky Indian even meet
this compound of chief and priest in his excursions,
he is sure to be put to death, either by the chief himself—
for he must be perfectly passive in the infuriated chief's
hands ; or, should the chief in his abstracted mood
not attack him, he must, on his return to the tribe
acknowledge the guilt, and resign himself a voluntary
victim. Should he conceal the fact of his meeting
the chief, and should the chief on his return charge
him with the fact, then he would undergo the most
shocking torture. The duration of the chief's ab-
hence on this mission is irregular—at least it is
long enough to exhaust his small stock of food,
even with the utmost economy. It is often three
weeks. When hunger pinches him (and he generally
selects the most desert and dreary region, des-
titute of esculent fruits or roots), his imagination
becomes inflamed, and what was before religion or
superstition becomes now frenzy—during which the
fancied interview with the Great Spirit occurs. He
returns at last to the village the most hideous object
in nature, with matted hair, shrunken cheeks, blood-
shot eyes, and parched lips, his blanket, which is his
sole covering, all hanging in shreds about him, torn
by boughs and brambles, his face all begrimmed
with filth ; animated with all the unnatural
ferocity of a demoniac. His return is by
night, and as uncertain as his departure. He
does not first arrive, generally, at his own house, but
rushes to some other, according to the blind caprice
of his wildness; and, instead of entering it by the
door, he ascends the roof, tears off one of the cedar
board coverings, and plunges down into the centre of
the family circle ; he then springs on one of the full-
grown inmates like a famished wolf, wrenches with
his teeth a mouthful of his flesh from his limbs or
body, which he convulsively bolts down without any
process of mastication, but barely chopping the lump
once or twice for the purpose of easier deglutition.
No resistance is made ; for the sufferer thinks that he
has been ordered by the Great Spirit to yield up a
part of his flesh and blood as a sort of peace or sin-
offering to the priest. The chief then rushes to an-
other house in the same way, and makes the same
hurried repast. He continues this process along
other houses, until, in a few hours, he becomes
exhausted from the quantity of human living
flesh that he has devoured. He is then
taken home in a state of torpor, and thus remains,
like an overgorged beast of prey, for a couple
of days. After his resuscitation he is languid and
sickly ; and, as he must not partake of his usual food
for a certain time after he has got his fill of the hu-
man sacrifice, he goes on but slowly to convalescence.
I have been more than once in close connexion with
one of these chiefs after his restoration, and his breath
was like an exhalation from a grave. The wounds in-
flicted by his bite, though held as sacred trophies, often
proved mortal. Their mode of cure is this :—They ap-
ply eagle down as a stiptic to check the haemorrhage,
and then apply a plaster made of pine tree gum.
Several of the wounded and consecrated persons,
after we established our fort, finding their own mode
of treatment ineffectual, came to our surgeon (apply-
ing to me first as interpreter) to have their rankling
sores healed. They used to present a most hideous
appearance, being jagged and torn, and often showing
the clear indentations of the human teeth ; and
besides, the fetor issuing from them was most
obnoxious. The daughter of one of the chiefs
(who practised this abomination), the wife of one of
our men, told me that her father, on his return
to the village, after his sojourn in the woods and
mountains, met an Indian, on whom he flew, and whose
side he continued to bite and devour until his bowels
protruded. The Indian made no resistance ; and
when the chief ran off, he crawled to the village; and
though every effort was made to heal his wounds,
they were found to be too mortal for human remedy.
He died soon after, in their idea a consecrated person.
So much importance and pride do these Indians
attach to these lacerations, that the youngsters who
have not had the good fortune to be thus scarred,
apply lighted gunpowder to their limbs, and use other
means to produce a holy gash."

TIIE NEW STREET AT WHITLICHAPEL.—Wednesday
twelve houses, besides two spacious warehouses, situ2ted
in Dock-street, on the east side, adjoining the London
Docks, were sold by auction, to be taken down for the
new street leading from Spitalfields Church to this spot,
there being now only three houses in that neighbourhood
to be disposed of in order to make the entire line of road

from the sacred edifice. In pursuance of instruc-
tions from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests a
sewer is now in course of formation from High-street,
Whitechapel, to the north, along which formerly stood
Essex-street. From the excavations now made, it ap-
pears that the ground around the spot has been raised
above twenty feet, as the whole •f the soil is what is
called made earth, being composed in a great part of
broken bricks, mortar, &c. Several foundation walls of
great extent have been dug up at from ten to twelve feet
below the surface. A considerable length has been dug
for the formation of the vaults of the houses to be erected.
A new church for the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel,
is to be built to the south of Wentworth-street.

ALMOST A VERY TERRIBLE DUEL.—A good deal
of excitement was produced, on Friday last, amongst
the eminent tragedians of the minor theatres, the ballet
girls of Niblo's, and the litterateurs of the Park-row
taverns, by the intelligence which was whispered about
that a duel was to be fought between two very distin-
guished young gentlemen well known on the steps of
the hotels and ihthe lobbies of the theatre. The subject
of the quarrel was, of course, a lady—in fact, one of the
most especial favourites of the fashionable and crowded
houses at the little Olympic. Whether a remark re•
fleeting on the colour of the lady's eyebrows, or the
perfect adaptation of her flesh-coloured continuations,
originated the serious difficulty, we are not prepared to
say. But the quarrel did take place, and bood alone
could wash out the stain which the fair fame of the

'avourite, the especial favourite of the "brilliant,
fashionable, select, awl overflowing houses" at the Olympic,
had sustained. A field immediately adjoining Greenwood
Cemetery was the place selected for the hostile meeting,
the second 3, with remarkable foresight and sagacity,
having made that choice for the very sensible purpose of
saving the time and trouble otherwise necessary in tran-
sporting the carcases of the combatants to that very
elegant, recherche, poetical, and charming place of in-
terment, as it is expressed in the hand-bills and reports
of the highly enterprising, company which manages the
affairs of that Necropolis. At the appointed time one
of the parties, his second, a surgeon, a friend, and a large
bottle of brandy, were on the ground. The antagonist
of the punctual gentleman was, however, not forth-
coming. He had, in fact, mysteriously eloped from the
care of his anxious relatives that very morning, and has
not since been heard of. After waiting for half an hour
the other parties left the ground, after emptying the
bottle of brandy ; and it was remarked that on his re•
turn to the city the " gentleman," who had really ap
geared on the ground, was not afflietc.d with the ague
which had been so annoying en his journey to the vicinity
of the cemetery.—New York !Jerald.
The rector of a parish in the north part of the
county has been committing the most daring and sacri-
legious outrage on his church. Not content with bring-
ing all the pews, as he would wish to bring the con-
sciences of his congregation, to the same level, he has
also pulled down two very spacious galleries, which were
not long ago erected at a very great expense to the
parish, and sold the materials by auction to the public ;
so that what was the d .or of Mr. A.'s pew, is now the
door of Mr. P,'s pig-sty. The flooring of the gallery is
being laid down in Mr. B.'s tap-room, and some part, in-
deed, has already been applied to a morn degraded pur-
pose, whilst the handsome columns which formerly sup-
ported it, are propping up the back wall of Molly Gum-
mow's Mumpers' Inn. Some people are foolish enough
to say that the rector has driven away all his congre-
gation, and, therefore, has no need of a gallery. Slan-
der ! West Briton.
LEICESTER STATE OP TRADE.—The demand is
brisk for all kinds of goods, and the price of wools and
yarns remains firm. The value of wide frames, which
make the lower• kinds of goods, has materially increased,
indeed they were never known to be higher than they
arc now; they may safely be estimated now as 50 per
cent. higher in value that they were eighteen months
ago.—Leicestershire Mercury.
NAUTICAL ADVENTURE.—As E. Watson Lloyd,
Esq., was returning to l'arkgato from a cruise in the
yawl Horatio, on Tuesday last, on falling in with the
Fairy, John Lloyd Jones, Esq., a salute was fired from
the Horatio, when, unfortunately, one of the brass can-
nons burst into splinters with a tremendous explosion.
The sails were much cut by the fragments. but although
nine persons were standing by when the gun was fired,
we are happy to state that no one received the slightest
injury.
Partridge shooting commenced on Monday, and
many parties left this city before daylight, to get to
the scene of their exciting sports. Some delayed their
return till dark, having but a beggarly account of empty
bags to show as the result of the day's labours. How-
ever, many crack sportsmen bagged a great deal of game,
birds being plentiful. The heat of the day furnished a
providential excuse for the unsuccessful; because it pre-
vented their. dogs from being up to the wonted scent.—
Western Times. .

The hop picking commenced at Orchard Port-
man, near Tauton, on Tuesday. The crop is not abun-
dant, but rather favourable than otherwise. The quality
will be excellent.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

On Saturday Mr. I?ubinson, of the ts,rse Repo-
sitory in Little Britain, attended before \lr. Alder-
man Gibbs and Mr. Alderman Johnson, to answer
the complaint of Mr. Sims, a coachmaker, in Great
Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and show why he
should not give up a gig, the property of Mr. Sims,
lawfully obtained from him by one B. Shoesmith, and
unlawfully pledged with Mr. Robinson.
Mr. L. Norton, on behalf of the defendant, first
objected that the power to cause restitution was
created by the Police Courts Act, and was limited to
the learned magistrates appointed by the Secretary of
State to those Courts.
Mr. Wire, for the complainant, referred him to a
subsequent statute, 3 and 4 Victoria, c. 84, by which
two justices of the City are invested with all the
powers conferred on one magistrate sitting in a police-
court by the statute Mr. Norton referred to.
Mr. Sims then deposed that, on the 7th of August,
Shoesmith applied to him for the hire of a cab for
five or six la eeks. He presented his card, describing
himself as a farrier and veterinary surgeon in Hanover-
street, Long-acre, and said he wanted the gig for a
customer, whose horses he always shoed. An agree-
ment was made for 365. per week for six weeks cer-
tain, but before delivery, Mr. Sims ascertained that
Mr. Shoesmith was occupying premises let to him at
1001. a year. He required no further reference or
security. Shoesmith brought .a well-dressed person,
wham he re[rsented to be the customer, and who
examined and approved the gig.
Mr. Sims, senior, stated, that in consequence of in-
formation that his gig had been pledged at Robinson's
Repository, he went there on the 27th of August,
and found it was placed out for sale that day, though
it did not figure in the catalogue. Mr. Robinson
stated that the chaise was brought to him on the 7th
of August, by Shoesmith, who had an advance of
201. on it. Mr. Robinson showed him an entry in a
book of the payment, with a condition that if not re-
paid the gig might be sold on the 26th of September.
Mr. Robinson said he had had some transactions with
Shoesmith before, and the clerk said he had known
him for. several years. Mr. Robinson admitted ho
had made an advance on another carriage brought by
Shoesmith, the sale of which had been forbidden by
the owner. Was sure that, though the entry respect-
ing the gig was that it was not to be sold tilt the
26th of September, it was actually about to be sold
on the 27th of August. Mr. Robinson offered to give
it up on payment of 101.
Mr. Norton cross-examined the witness—There
was no disguise about the gig being there. Mr. Ro-
binson said he wished to avoid litigation, and would
lose half the sum he had advanced.
Mr. Wire put in the catalogue of sale. It con-
cluded with an intimation that advances were made
on horses, carriages, and harness.
Mr. Norton apprehended the magistracy were not
authorised to sit there and try causes which properly
belonged to the courts above. The 27th and 40th
clauses of the Police Courts Act were to be construed
together, so as to limit the jurisdiction to cases where
the value of property was not more than 151. It was
not intended that they should decide respecting pro-
perty of any amount. Here the value of the gig was
stated to be 501.
Mr. Wire said the cases to which the two clauses
referred were obviously distinct. Where there was a
detention of property not exceeding 151. under a
colour of right, the Magistrate was to decide sum-
marily, but where there was crime—where property
was unlawfully obtained or unlawfully disposed of,
the Magistrate was to order restitution without limi-
tation of amount, upon such terms as he deemed just.
The object was to avoid litigation.
Mr. Alderman Grans and Mr. Alderman JourssoN
consulted, and decided that the clauses were not to be
construed together.
Mr. Norton said this was a most important ques-
tion to persons in business. If Messrs. Sims had
been negligent they were not entitled to recover their
property without paying at least a portion of the sum
advanced by Mr. Robinson. Shoesmith represented
that he was an L-nporter of cigars, residing in Mary-
lebone-lane, and gave his card. He might therefore
be supposed to be the owner of the gig. There was
no evidence that Mr. Robinson knew it was borrowed.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS said the magistrates were
clearly of opinion that they had jurisdiction, and they
ordered the gig to be restored, or that Mr. Robinson
should pay 401. as the value.
Mr. Robinson was then called upon to answer a
like complaint made by Messrs. Hale and Pope, coach-
builders, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square.
Mr. Wire conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Norton defended Mr. Robinson.
In this case Shoesmith borrowed a phaeton for a
week, paying the hire in advance, on the 15th of
August. He took it to the Repository the same day,
and obtained an advance of 17/. upon it. Mr. Robin-
son offered to restore it on repayment of half the sum
lent, but Mr. Hale preferred appealing to the magis-
trate, conceiving that Mr. Robinson ought not to
make an immediate advance on property brought to
him for sale.
The Alderman ordered the phaeton to be restored,
or 501. to be paid as its value.
Mr. Norton thought due weight had not been
allowed to his observations, and gave notice that he
should appeal against both convictions.
BOW-STREET.

On Saturday the " gentleman living upon his for-
tune" who figured at this office the previous day, and
who was committed to Bridewell on declining to give
his name or to produce bail for his appearance at the
next sessions, to answer the charge of having inde-
cently exposed himself to a girl of fifteen, in St.
James's Park, at mid-day, was discharged from cus-
tody, on furnishing the required security. He gave
the name of Charles TVilulhant, and stated that he
was an officer in the army. He entered into his own
recognizances of 1001., and Messrs. Cater and Son,
the army accoutrement makers, of Pall-mall, were
his bail in 401. each.

James Carruthers, a young man presenting an ap-
pearance of the " shabby genteel," was brought be-
fore Mr. Jardine, charged with attempting, by means
of false, pretences, to obtain 1001. from Messrs. Coutts
and Co., the bankers.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution,
detailed the circumstances of the case which were
shortly as follows :—Towards the end of August
Messrs. Coutts were favoured with a letter from some
good-natured friend, apprising them of the existence
of a terrible gang of swindlers who were conspiring
together with the determination of robbing them
to an inconceiveable extent, by a deeply-concerted
plan only too sure to effect its object whenever carried
into execution. The writer, in an " unguarded mo-
ment," suffered himself to become a party to this de-
sign, and, upon his oath, solemnly promised never to
disclose either the nature of the proposed robbery, or
the names of those by whom it had been contrived.
Subsequent reflection, however, caused him (the
writer) to lament most bitterly the engagement he
had entered into; and feeling how seriously it
would involve the respectable and unoffending parties
.upon whom the attack was about to be made, he
went and entreated his unworthy colleagues to adan-
don their design. They refused, of course, to enter-
tain such an idea, except on one condition ' • namely,
that he (the writer) should procure for and give to
them the conspirators) the sum of 1001. The rest
may be told in the space of a nutshell. The object
of the letter was to obtain the 1001. not for the benefit
of the philanthropic writer, who would scorn compen-
sation for such a service, but to " avert the dreadful
blow" which had been levelled at Coutts and Co.
The writer would not stop to contemplate anything
so unreasonable as the refusal of this demand, at such
a critical moment; and therefore proposed t:t once that
Messrs. Coutts should immediately indicate their
anxiety so to purchase a speedy deliverance from the
hands of their unknown enemies by inserting the fol.
lowing advertisement in the Times newspaper :
" C. U. informs T. T. that his requEst has been fully
complied with." 'I he writer of the lette.• further pro-
posed that Messrs. Coutts should station a boy at:the
base of the Monument, at half-past nine o'clock P.M.
on the .day in which the advertisement appeared, with
the 100/. " in solid gold," wrapped up in brown paper,
at the same time causing no other party to be present.
Accordingly, Messrs. Coutts inserted the notice in
the Times of the 30th ult., and in the evening of that
day sent a sharp little boy to the Monument with a
quantity of lead rolled up like so many sovereigns,
and neatly enclosed in brown paper—a marked half-
crown having been also placed inside. Two police-
officers were also stationed within sight, and at the
appointed hour the prisoner at the bar appeared at
thehis
constablespost, a nd
frgorne
teedd h
ii y r, ans
not
t t e d theany brownpurpose,
paper
o
parcel, with which he was about to make off, when
how-
ever, as by some unaccountable bungling he was suf-
fered to escape.
A few mornings afterwards Messrs. Coutts were
actuality again addressed by the same party, who,
atter infortnine• them of the paltry contents of the
parcel,oe litriltii,T uat:eidlhoiwl to e
s willingness
firm essto, believe that one of
their
had
freak upon hint. He exhorted them tobepalt"ed this
in
mindi
that the present was not the time for trifling, and as
he was still willing to afford them another opportu-
nity of saving themselves from the inevitable destruc-
tion that would be the result of inattention to the
proposal which had been made to them, he named an-
other place and time for the re-enaction of the farce
of the little boy, the policemen,and the brown paper
parcel.
Precisely similar proceedings were taken on this
occasion by the Messrs. Coutts, with the same result,
except that the constables were more " wide awake,"
and the man, who proved to be the prisoner, was
taken into custody.
Evidence having been given of the foregoing facts,
Mr. JARDINE, previous to remanding the prisoner,
asked him if he wished to say anything.
The prisoner, who spoke well, said :—" I would
rather answer the evidence when presented to your

worship in a collective forrii, as it would be difficult to
sever-my statements from-trahsactions which will, no
doubt, be deposed to hereafte-i, and which I must na-
turally anticipate. Ido not deny the truth of the
substance of the evidence, so far as it has gone ; but
I must beg to repeat what I stated to the policeman,
when taken into custody, that I was not the original
instigator of this affair, but acted merely under the
direction of another person, known by the name of
Thomas Thornley."
The prisaner was then remanded.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. •

On Saturday Ayrecl Walker was brought before
Mr. Maltby for further examination, charged with
having stolen nearly 500/. in money, and also a quan
tity of jewellery, the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Tar-
box, from the residence of the Earl of llarrovvby, in
Grosvenor- square.
Some of the servants having been examined and
nothing material elicited,
Inspector Pearce said, he had other evidence to
offer, but he could not produce it until Friday, to
which day he wished a remand.
Mr. Crouch, for the prisoner, protested against any
further remand, as the evidence now tendered, in•
stead of strengthening suspicion against the prisoner,
rather went to diminish it.
Mr. MALTBY said, taking all the circumstances
into consideration, he was bound to comply with the
application of the police, and therefore the prisoner
must stand remanded till Friday.
MARYLEBUNR.

Mr. G. Gilbert, a livery-stab!e-keeper in Frederick-
mews, near Albany-street, Regent's-park, was on
Saturday summoned by Mr. E. "winter, 342, Strand,
under circumstances which from the subjoined evi-
dence may have the effect of pu,ting the nobility,
gentry, and others on their guard with resi.ect to
purchases of vehicles.
It appeared from what transpired, that a man
named M'Carthy was employed by Mr. Painter to
look out fur a carriage of a particular description,
and after going to several places he at length
went to defendant's stable, where he looked at a
phaeton, and a man in attendance asked thirty •
five guineas for it. Mr. Painter subsequently offered
301. for the carriage, and that amount was ultimately
paid. The phaeton was sent home, and it was then
discovered, that the axle-trees were of a quality and
make much inferior to those upon which the earriega
rested when the purchase was made.
Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he
never intended to sell the carriage for 301., with the
axle-trees which were in the first instance attached
to it, but he ha I no objection now to take the vehicle
back again and return the money rather than have
any more dispute about it.
Mr. Painter signified that he was not at all desirous
of settling the matter in that way.
Mr. RAwLINSON
.said he could come to no other
conclusion from what hail been sworn to than that a
gross fraud had been committed, and he regretted that
he was not empowered by law to adjudicate in the
case, but advised. Mr. Painter to bring an action
against Mr. Gilbert.
Mr. Painter expressed his intention of doing so.
WORSHIP-STREET.
On Saturday a respectably-dressed German, named
George Oberhausen was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton for re-examination, charged with stealing
a great quantity of choice and expensive colours and
inks, and numerous brass taps and copper bolts,
forming parts of machinery, the property of his em-
ployers, Messrs. De la Rue, Fry, and Co., the exten-
sive cardtnakers and fancy stationers in Bunhill-row.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. De la Rue
and his son, Mr. W. De la Rue, that they have suc-
ceeded in bringing to a high state of perfection cer-
tain colours, two of which are a rich carmine and a
peculiarly delicate Chinese blue, the latter being
generally used for stamping the finer descriptions of
Irish linen and other such purposes. To manufac-
ture these, engines of 30-horse power and very ex-
pensive machinery are requisite, and portions of the
machinery are dismounted and replaced by others, as
occasion may require • and part of the articles above
spoken of as having been stolen by the prisoner were
some of these dismounted pieces. The prisoner had
been in the service of the firm for a long period as a
colour-maker, and, from his being an excellent work-
man and a very intelligent man, the greatest confidence
was placed in him until Monday morning last, when
a man who had been formerly in Messrs. De la Rue's
service, but is now in that of a rival manufacturer,
entered their counting-house and anxiously inquired
for the senior partner. Mr. De la Rue, sen., was
sent for, as the man refused imparting his business
to any one else, and on his arrival the workman
told him the names of several parties to
whom he had discovered that the prisoner had
been for a long time past selling their colours and
Government envelopes, Messrs. De la Rue having a
contract with the Government for a certain descrip-
tion of envelopes, for every one of which they are
obliged to account, or make good its value. As there
could be no doubt of the truth of this man's informa-
tion, a searching inquiry was thereupon instituted,
and the result was the discovering of a most exten-
sive and organised system of plunder, carried on by
the prisoner and other workmen and work women, of
whom the prosecutors have more than 200 in their
employment. Communication was instantly made to
Inspector Shackell, and by his directions Sergeant
Brannan went to the house of the prisoner, in Nor-
man's-buildings, St. Luke's, at a time when the
prisoner was at home, and, on being admitted by him,
searched the place. The prisoner hesitated as to hav-
ing anything belonging to his employers, but at
length acknowledged that he had a little blue in the
lower part of the house, and on going there the ser-
geant discovered in the back kitchen a barrel contain-
ing half a hundred weight of Chinese blue, besides a
great quantity of large brass taps, copper bolts, and
other articles, the whole filling a large truck. These,
of course, were taken possession of, and the prisoner
forthwith placed in custody and examined at this court
on Monday.

The prisoner then, in defence, said he was carrying
on a small manufacture of colours on his own ac-
count, that he had purchased part of the taps pro-
duced, and that the others and portions of machinery
he had borrowed from his employers without their
knowledge, to enable him to manufacture fur himself,
and intended to restore them, but unfortunately,
having conducted the affair at his own house in secret,
he had no witness to 'produce to prove that he did so.
Both the Messrs. De la Rue positively identified all
the articles produced. The brass taps were worth
14s. each, and then actually had their colour in them.
The cask of Chinese blue was intrinsically worth
Is. 61 per pound, but in reality a great deal more,
from its scarcity and the difficulty of its manufac-
ture. The copper bolts, as farming parts of their ma-
chinery, had an adscititious value scarcely estimable,
but still considerable ; and as to the prisoner's state-
ment, of manufacturing for himself, any workman
so doing, as the prisoner well knew, would be in-
stantly discharged upon its being discovered.
The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday last,
when Mr. De la Rue, senior, again attended and pro-
duced a large bundle of letters which had been de-
livered to him by another wcrkan who was in fear of
being apprehended, and gave them up on the promise
of not being prosecuted. These letters had passed
between the prisoner and other workmen in different
houses engaged in the same business, and their con-
tents, which were highly critninatory, disclosed an
organised and widely spread system of robbery in al-
most everything the; prosecutors manufactured, and
showed that, where • this could not be effected, mate-
rials manufactured elsewhere had been brought to
the prosecutors' premises to be glazed and coloured
by their machinery, so as exactly to resemble their
goods.
Some other evidence having been offered, and .Ser-
geant Brannan produced another cask of Chinese blue
and a quantity of carmine, which were identified by
the prosecutors,
Mr. De la Rue stated, that from the information he
had received, he had reason to believe, that what had
been as yet stated was only a portion of what he
should hereafter be able to prove; and, as be was de-
termined, .if possible, to put a complete check upon
this ruinous and wholsale system of robbery, against
which no fair profits in trade could possibly stand,
he trusted the magistrate would again remand the
prisoner, to enable him to trace out its ramifications.
• Mr. BROUGHTON said he should most certainly do
so, and remanded the. prisoner for a week ; but con-
sented to take substantial bail for his future appear•
ante, if he could obtain it.
The prisoner, who still protested his innacence,
said he could find the bail, and was then removed.
LAMBETH-STREET.
On Saturday the Hon. G. C. NORTON requested
the reporters pfesent to acknowledge the receipt
of the following sums for the poor woman whose child
had been so cruelly ill-used, as detailed in the police
report of this day week :—Post. office order, No.
1,412, 11.; James Singleton, Esq., U. ; E. E., ss. ;
Post office order, anonymous, 1/. 103.; a lady, 1/. ;
J. Bateman, 35.; and Mrs. C. H. S., los.
THAMES POLICE.
On Saturday Henry John Burhett, a little withered
and wrinkled old man, who keeps a general shop in
Salmon's-lane, Limehouse was charged with assault-
ing an interesting and intelligent-looking child named
Harriet Collenbourne, not more than ten years and a
half old.

The prisoner was brought up to this Court on a
similar charge no later than Tuesday last, on which
loccasion Mr. Broderip held him to bail, himself in
1001., and two sureties in 50/. each.
Though the case was nat reported at the time the
circumstance got circulated in the neighbourhood, and
on Wednesday the fither of the present complainant
mentioned it to his wife. Alarmed lest her own child
might have been tampered with (for they served the '
prisoner with milk, and the little one had frequently
been the messenger), Mrs. Collenbourne said to her
daughter, " I hope, Harriet, Mr. Burkett has offered
no insult to you," to which the child replied, " Yes, ,