The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

12.

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" 1T 7w T-uns ;nay read."

According to accounts from Paris, Marshal Soult still
remained at his country s, at in the South. It was re-
ported that he was to restn the effice of Minister of
War, but that he had eon -ented to remain as President
of the Counctl without a port
The Minister of Commerce has returned to Paris from
Vichy.
A letter from Mt tz, or the 24th, says :—" The weather
has again become frightful, the rain rot having ceased
falling since last t vetting. The orders given for the
Movement of the troops are not (le less maintained, anti
the greater number of the soldiers will arrive here on
Monday. Everything is in an active preparation for the
commencement of operivions on Wednesday. Deputa-
tions have arrived from the garrisons of Bavaria and
Austria. to witness the ul erations. The Duke of Saxe-
Weimar and his sons are expected ; they are to alight at
the Prefecture. The Duke de Nemours and the Duke
de Alontpensier continue t visit the military establish-
Merits."
A letter from Marielles of the 23d states that as the
Pharamond steamer entered the port with the news of
the victory of Isly, she di essed herself ot.t with flags,
and fired three shots to annource that she was the bearer
of happy intelligence. 'l lie greatest excitement imme-
diately prevailed, and the newspaper offices were be-
Sieged by the crowd, anxious to learn what had
occurred. In the evening the public buildings were
1114minated.
The Moniteur Parisien says :—" The Moorish army,
'Which attacked our troops on the banks of the Isly,
reckoned 24,000 cavalry. The enemy must, in addition,
have possessed a numer, us irregular infantry, and pro-
°Ably some regular troops, to (HI nd and work the artil-
lery. Marshal Bugeaud, as has bt en already stated, had
Under his orders only 7,600 infantry, 1,400 cavalry, and
12 pieces of cannon."
The Moniteur Algerien of the 20th has come to hand.
It states that official documents had been received on
that 4lay at Algiers announcing the victory of Isly.
The-,
add nothing, however, to the details given in the
dispatch already published. On the 16th the guns at the
fors of Oran fired a number of salvos in honour of the
signal advantage gained by the French army.
The Constitution/1d says—" The King's journey to
4ngland is posToned. Orders, it is said, have been dis-
patched to the ports to delay the preparations. The
period at present named for the embarkation is Octo-
ber 17."
The Augsburg Gazette mcntions a repart from Trieste,
that the Bellona, Austrian frigate, on board of which is
Admiral Bandiera, had received orders to sail for Mo-
Fete°.

A letter from liamburgh announces the arrival in that
city of a number of Poies, who had been recently trans-
ferred from Posen to Ala;:deburg. They have received
Permission to proceed to England, and are on their way
to that country. _ _ -

- LAW ATCD POLICES.
In the case of Worley v. Yardington, which was tried
betore Mr. Secoxdary James, and which was an action
brought by a meat salesman against a butcher residing
King's.road, Chelsea, who mold meat for him on corn-
Itission, the jury found for the plaintiff, with 20/. da-
in
feagis, being the amount advanced by plaintiff to de-
At for which defendant had not accounted.
Liverpool, th cLuse of Wood v. Monk came on for
trial before Mr. Justice Cresswell, being a erim. con. ac-
k,ieq brought by a tavern-keeper against a medical man.
„e defence was, that the whole was a conspiracy on
:'ne Part of plaintiff to get rid of his wife. Ultimately
it was agreed that a juror should be withdrawn.
On the Crown side Timothy O'Brien was convicted of
eutting and wounding W. Jones, with intent to do him
stut e grievous bi dily harm.
now den alias Lamb,:the actor at Sadler's Wells, who
Lired of forgery, pleaded guilty to the charge just
the closing of the Central Criminal Court, and
sentenced by the Recorder to two years' imprison-
oiett.

At
Mansion-h euse, yesterday, William Laidler, the
seaman who appeared betore Sir John Pirie, on Satur-
tellY, to complain against the supercargo of the ship John
ltnpbell, for bloody and desperate proceedings on the
"
"cf Africa, appeared before the Lord Mayor, ac-
cording to his Lordship's appointment. Sir John Pirie
Bat with the Lord Mayor tip,n this occasion. The Lord
Mayor having sated that, from the accounts received
from
1144 Liverpool, it appeared that the supercargo had acted
h proper zeal, spirit, and discretion, and that the
ZIA crew were in a state of mutiny, Laidler himself
tng one of the chief mutineers, that individual at-
empted to justify his conduct, when he was warned to
key care that those whom he had calumniated did not
make him, responsible for his conduct. The manner of
furnseaman was brutal and menacing in the extreme,
pathetic an extraordinary contrast to the gentle and
description of his sufferings and feelings on the
Isi7ico of his first application to Sir J. Pirie. Sir J.
intilj 'cost unequivocally expressed his opinion as to the
raenlns°4s conduct of tie crew, and hoped that the state
cha which had gene r.broad had done no injury to the
racter of Mr. Burnley.
Years of age, named ll,nry Smith, whose threadbare gal •
I!tents, attenuated frame, .and care-worn countenance,
ndicated extreme distress, was brought before the
magistrate, at Queen-square, charged with begging. The
defendant was a native of the Cai e of good Hope, and
bad received a liberal education, but had been brought
up to no profession or calling, and had been unexpectedly
reduced to absolute want. He had a wife and family.
The magistrate gave him some temporary relief, and
stated he would consider what could be done for him.

A summons was issued against a pawnbroker named
harding, residing in York street, Westminster, for re-
fusing to pe! mit the examination of certain articles by
91n yulice, the duplicates relating to which were found
111 the possession of a man committed for robbery.
A man named Watkins was tined 5/. at Marylebone,
for
,t,,ha'ing sold half a li,ad of hay in Cumberland market,
11,.' neglecting to enter the same in the book of thed.erk
(1' the market.
,h'iat'lln Briggs, a pauper in the union workhouse, Milo
en—"NeW Town, was charged with staling a valuable
~,
ring, the property of the master of the workhous...
siZprisonec had always expressed a desire to go to New
je.„ll, Wales, and had been heard to say he woul Herob a
re,,,—"'s shop but what he would go abroad. was
zib:4 Union Hall John Leigh, an engineer, charged with
hrtttniding with the wire of Jilin Townsend, a linen-
oNer, and stealing various articles, his property, was
u to bail to answer the charge of felony.
Peter M'Walter, a young man of fashionable appear-
; nee, Was charged with plundering the King's Head Inn.
tl,l the Borough, and th,, Hero of Waterloo Tavern,. in
the
Waterloo-road. At both 'laces he arrived in the
; ning, with a carpet bag, ngaged a bed, and in the
11.rght plundered the house and decamped. He was re-
litanded until Saturday, in order to give parties who had
en been robbed under similar circumstances as those above
r.tioned, an opportunity of attending and identifying
Lnn.

The Insolvent Debtor? Court will sit on Tuesday
,srle,lt, the 3d of September, for hearing of bail cases and
11er matters. Since the operation of the Act to
!Mend the law of bankruptcy, insolvency, and execution,
;I,lh business of the Court has materially decreased.
,e bail list for Tuesday contains only forty cases,
Ii number is not more than a fourth of the applies..
'194 in August last.
c OUNT—F.A'SZEION.S.B7.I3.
Prince William of Prussia is not expected to take his
departure for the Contirent until after the christening of
inthoerirnofwant Prince, which is understood to be fixed for to-
se'nnight, the Gth of September, at Windsor
Castle ; the Duke of Wellington, and the Ministers and
great officers of State, ::re also expected to attend the
august ceremonial ; and a few days afterwards the Prince
leave town for the Prussian dominions, paying the
"juke of 'Wellington a short visit at Walmer Castle.
The Marchioness of Clanricarde has returned to town
fromf Becket House, Berks, where her Ladyship has been
4
hthe party assembled there on a visit to Viscount and
4ceuntess Barrington. The Noble Marquis is visiting
3„,°&tates in Ireland.
he Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford are mak-
i '
a tour in Germany.
nThe Marquis of Bristol has left town for Ickwortb
ark. near Bury St. Edmund's. Earl and Lady Kathe-
Jermyn and family have joined the Noble Marquis
ILLt that beautiful seat. Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., by
tne last letters had reached Pau, where Lord and Lady
Charles, Hervey are residing, having cn route visited Lord
William Hervey, at Paris.
The Dowager Countess of Erroll and Lady Hay have
arrived at Brighton for the advantage of the sea air.
The Countess of Glengull and family have left
Grosvenor-street
for Brighton.
CThe Earl and Countess of Hardwicke have arrived at
irepole Hall, Cambri.lgeshire, from towst for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Brownlow, and the Ladies
aNutt, have left Bagr;•ve-square for the Continent. The
,i.3lJle Earl and Countess purpose visiting the German
ay for the benefit of the Countess's health, which since
tho earlier part of the spring has not been so satisfactory
" could be desired.
The Earl of Gosport has returned to this country after tour
of three months in Germany.
V4countess Ashbrooke and the lion. Miss Flower left
townr
a on Wednesday last for a tour in Germany.
dY De Clifford has left Carlton House-terrace for
I,ellnard's on-Sea, and purposes to reside there ft r
'Me time to come, for the benefit of her health.
p?tul.:inergsd and Lady Morley have entertained fashionable
at their noh!e mansion, Saltram, Devonshire,
the week, and the following distinguished guests
n,-..e been on a visit to the Noble Lord: —Lord and Lady
rott and Miss Lygen ; Sir John and Lady Yarde
tiller, and Miss huller ; Sir Samuel Spry, Mr. and Mrs.
orteseue • Mrs. Parker, of Whitewey, and Mr. Parlby,
of Mune-don.
OrLord Charles Wellesley, leaves Apsley House in a day
wt..!ve to go into waiting as equerry. Lady Charles
'Qsley will accompany the Duke of Wellington to
It'eeer Castle.
ford'
who
of Armagh and the Hon. Miss Beres-
;:s who have lace on a visiting tour in Scotland, have
lZftgh Highlands for the archiepiscopal palace at Ar-

WYXS e M.L3LANEOVS.
The British institut'on doses on the 31st inst.
ri The Dutch steamer Batavier arrived at the St. Kathe-
rife Stearn-vkharf yesterday morning early, in perfect
ezta etY,With a fair complement of passengers and a full
rgo; comprising a quantity of fruit, cattle, &c.
nthe liawaub of Sorat, splendidly dressed in richly
x!arnidered Oriental costume, with three attendants,
V\
II bAted I\rooluieh Garrison on Tuesday afternoon, and
conducted over ilte Larrack-rooms and mess-room by
teutenant-Colonel Coltiuhoun, Major Sandilarids, and

Brigade-Major Cuppage. The Nawaub afterwards pro-
ceeded in his carriage to the Marshes, and witnessed
ricochet firing, and from long ranges, and rocket prac-
tice, with which he was much please-d.
On Wednesday last, the first stone of a new Church,
to contain 250 sittings (all free), was laid at Coton in the
}lns, in the parish of Lul!ington, by Lady Wilmot
Horton.

We have heard it mentioned, as from authority, that
Dr. Murray, Archbishop of Dublin ; 1)r. Healy, Bishop
of Carlow; Dr. Kinsella, Bishop of Ossory; Dr. Blake,
Bishop of Drotnore; the Right Hon. D. B. Pigot, and
the Right Hon. R. A. Blake, have been named by Sir
Robert Peel as the Catholic Commissioners under the
Charitable Bequests (Ireland) Act.
The public-bouse known as the Ship and Blue-coat
Boy, in the Welworth-road, was burnt down this
morning.
It is feared that some vessel has been wrecked on the
coast of Guernsey during the late tempestuous weather,
inasmuch as, during the early part of last week, the fol-
lowing articles were picked up to the northward of the
island :—A pipe of brandy, two hogsheads of wine, a
Fmg-boat 30 feet in length, and a mast 30 feet long. In
the neighbourhood of Turteval parish, one hogshead of
wine ; and in that of St. Saviour's, two hogsheads of wine.
The premises of Mr. Watling, 6, Mount-row, West-
minster-road, known as the Canton Tea Mart, were this
morning considerably damaged by fire.

IRVINE HORSE AND CATTLE FAlR.—lrvine Au-
gust fair took place on Wednesday last, and was pretty
well supplied with both cattle and horses, the good de-
scriptions of which sold well, particularly the horses,
which brought rather better prices than et present mar-
kets. Good draught horses sold from 181. to 301. In the
cattle department there were several lots of Ayrshire
queys and calving cows, but the demand was not brisk.
A few Highland beasts for grazing were also shown, but
they were of an inferior description, and sales were very
slow. This used to be a noted fair for harvest men and

women, but on this occasion fewer handlers of the hook
appeared than fur many years past. A good deal of
business was done in the sale of ryegrass 'seed, to seeds-
. . _ _

men, the demand for it being vet.; brisk at from 12s. to
14s. per boll.—Ayr Observer.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, AUG. 24.
Our district reports to-day are rather favourable, and
the duty has an upward tendency, 16,0001. to 17,0001.
being new the current estimate. There is a general in-
quiry for all descriptions of hops, especially good fresh
old olds, which are bought freely at 40s. to 565. per cwt.
The best runs of 1843's are worth 1245. to 128 s. per
cwt.— Worcestershire Chronicle. _ _ _

The High: Constable and churchwardens of Brigh-
:on, in compliance with the request of the magistrates,
lave issued a notice of their intention to put in force
provisions of the law against Sunday trading.—

Brighton Gazette.
DEPTFORD DOCKS ARD.—Orden were received on
Wednesday in the dockyard at Deptford that the steam-
frigate Terrible, now building in that yard, should be
prepared for sea as speedily as possible. To complete
the work, 80 shipwrights have been engaged during the
present week, 30 of whom were taken on on Wednesday
morning. The orders are that she shall be launched by
the conclusion of the present year, and not delayed until
the spring quarter of 1845, as was originally intended.
BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This fair commences next
TuesdAy, but nut the slightest interest is taken in its an-
nual return, even by the licensed victuallers of Smith-
field, who formerly derived so considerable au advan-
tage from it. It will, as last year, be solely restricted to
stalls for the sale of gingerbread and toys, and, judging
from appearances, the fair will have a very scanty show
of each. All swings and performances will be strictly
forbidden.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY Ex-
TENSION LINES TO LIMERICK AND CORK.—Over 1,700
shares have been taken in this city since Thursday last.
The greatest avidity prevails to purchase shares, which
augurs well for success of the enterprise. We perceive
by the London and Dublin papers that the deposits of
21. 103. on each of the original shares in the Dublin and
Cashel Railway are now selling for 61. 10s. each, being
nearly treble.—Limerick Reporter.
THE NEW PRISON FOR MIDDLESEX.—A Corn-
mittee of Middlesex Justices met at the Sessions House,

Clerkenwell-green, this morning, to adopt the necessary
steps for pulling down the present prison and erecting
another in its stead on the old site, in which the separate

confinement system of prisoners before trial may be car-
ried out, pursuant to the direction of Sir James Graham,
and under the provisions of the 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 71. The existing prison, which is most inconve-
niently adapted to prison discipline, was built in the
reign of James the First, although it is still called the
New Prison, Clerkenwell.
PADDINGTON TO THE BANK IN ONE DAY !-It may

be interesting to travellers to know, that the journey
from Paddington to the Bank is now accomplished regu-
larly in one day. An omnibus leaves the Yorkshire
Stingo at 8 a.m., and, proceeding leisurely down the
New-road, stops at the Regent's Park to take up fresh
passengers. It then proceeds at a rapid rate to the cor-
ner of Tottenham-court-road, where another halt is ne.-
cessarily made to enable the coachman and guard to
have a little refreshment. No other stoppage is made
after this till the omnibus reaches the King's-cross, where
a little delay sometimes occurs to allow the passengers
the opportunity of observing the picturesque confluence
of no less than six distinct thoroughfares. The half-
way-house is the Angel at Islington, a noted house for
beer and accommodation, at which the coachman and
guard always stop to dine. This does not take, upon an
average, more than an hour. The omnibus then pro-
ceeds at 2 p.m. on its way down the City-road, and,
after stopping at the Grecian Saloon to take in cheroots,
reaches the Bank (the wood pavement permitting) a
little before dusk. What would our grandfathers say to
this wonderful rapidity of travelling 7—Punch.
ALARMING FIRE AT LAMBETIL—This morning
shortly after 12 o'clock, the neighbourhood of the
Marsh-gate, Lambeth, was alarmed by the sudden out-
break of a fire of a very destructive character upon the
premises known as the Canton Tea Mart, belonging to
Mr. Samuel Watling, situate No. 6, Mount-row, next
door but one to the National Swimming Baths, West-
minster-road. The discovery of the fire was made in a
very singular manner. It appears that Mr. Craddock,
who resides in the next house, had his attention sud-
denly arrested by a strong effluvium, evidently arising
from combustion. That person at first thought his own
house was on fire, but after making a diligent search he
perceived smoke in dense bodies breaking through the
walls which divide the two buildings. He immediately
raised an alarm, and commenced knocking violently
at Mr. Watling's door, and was after some time
answered by some one from the second floor window.
In the mean time some of the officers of the L division
started for the engines. The Waterloo-road brigade
and West of Eng.and engines, with strong bodies of
firemen, were at the scene in the course of a few minutes,
and were, under the direction of Messrs. Connorton and
Hamilton, set to work from an excellent supply of water
from the Lambeth fire mains. No sooner were the doors
of the building forced to let the water through, than the
flames and smoke shot out with such force as to almost
knock the firemen down. Whilst the men were busily
engaged subduing the fire, a cry was raised from some
part of the premises which caused the crowd to believe
that several persons were in the house, and in the course
of a fi w seconds ladders were raised in front of every
window, into which the firemen entered at the risk of
losing their own lives, to rescue the parties. Fortunately,
they had escaped through the skylight along the roofs
of the adjoining buildings. The Southwark-bridge-road,
engine next arrived with Mr. Henderson, the fireman of
the district, and was followed by Mr. Garwood, with the
County engine. The firemen continued to work inces-
santly until half-past one o'clock, when they at last got
the mastery of the flames. The damage done is con-
siderable, but Mr. Watling is fortunately insured in the
Royal Exchange Fire:Office. The police arrangements,
under the direction of Inspector Stannard and Sergeant
Fenton, were most admirable in keeping the many thou-
sand persons out of the reach of danger. The origin of
he calamity is unknown.
MURDER ON BANBURY RACE-COURSE.—InfOrMa-
_ .

tion has just been received at Scotland-yard, of the
murder of Samuel Newman, a hawker, a few nights ago,
on the above race-course, by two men and a woman,
who are well known as frequenters of race-courses and
fairs. They brutally assaulted him, and after they had
rifled him of everything, threw him into a river near the
spot, where he was discovered. A verdict of wilful
murder was returned by the COroner's jury against
them. One of the man is known by the name of Glou-
cester Bill, stands 5 feet 10 inches high, dark com-
plexion, dressed in a shabby black coat and trousers.
The other man is 5 feet 5 inches high, stout made, and
marked with the small-pox, dressed in a fustian suit.
The woman is known as Gloucester Eliza, and is always
in company with the above men.
SINGULAR ESCAPE.—On Tuesday a woman from
Haydock, whilst walking round the Clarence Dock, acci-
dentally slipped off the quay into the water, but, fortu-
nately, her clothes having become well inflated in her
descent, she was completely buoyant, and apparently sat
in the water ; and, to the surprise of the bystanders, did
not manifest the least fear or concern, but quietly held
out her hand for a rope, which was lowered by a flatman,
by whom she was safely landed, evidently amazed with
what had taken place.--Liverpool Albion.
" THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN
SMOOTH."—Amongst the present numerous visitants to
the romantic beauties of Windermere and the surround-
ing scenery, is an individual of the male sex, who has
this week attracted considerable attention. He comes
from Lorton, in Cumberland, and sports a crutch, but
from delicacy shall be nameless here. He, to make a
story abort, has fallen desperately in love with the fair
(laughter of a fisherman, who plies the trade with her
father, and resides on the Lancashire banks of the lake.
Last Sunday, as the morning light was springing in the
golden chambers of the East, and gleaming beautifully
on the quiet surface of the lake, two persons might have
been seen walking along its banks, about a mile below the
Ferry Inn, of opposite sex, in serious converse ; and seri-
ous it seems they were, for the hero of our tale having
asked the fair Ann to marry him, and being pointedly
refused, plunged into the water, saying he would end
his existence by drowning himself; as he could not live
without her, and succeeded in scrambling—crutch and
all—to where the water was too deep for him, when he
began lustily to call for assistance. At this juncture,
Ann, like another Grace Darling, rushed into the waves,
and having dragged her despairing lover to the shore,
had him conveyed to her father's house, where he was
nursed by his unwilling Inver, and in the course of the
day was himself again. The fisherman, however, sent
his daughter out of the way of the desponding swain,
and told him he would have the pleasure of her company
' no more. The feelings of the owner of the crutch, at
this intelligence, shall be left to the imagination of our
, readers. If this should meet the eye of any of his friends,
they would do wall to look after him, as he told the
fisherman he was resolved on " doing the deed."
Brrums e? FOITC3IE.—Mr. Conyers, formerly an
officer in the 36th Regiment, is an inmate of the Lime-
rick Workhousemw,An h ottern

LORD BROUGHAMSINSOLVENLY

LAWS.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

" The children who have eaten their cake, are the natural
enemies of those who hare their cake to eat."—BENTIIAM.

It is the vice of lawyers that they cannot under-
stand or ever see a new principle, much less see the
time when a new principle must be known and ap•
plied. They saw, and rightly enough, that the old
insolvency-laws were brutally severe, but, instead of
taking the old procedure all to pieces, and devising a
rational one in place thereof, they only meliorated the
old plan by applying egregious absurdities thereto.
W bile they were justly horrified at the hanging of
men for offences (as bankrupts) which deserved a
much milder punishment, the lawyers went on
patching and patching, and still their work remains
an incorrigible heat) of inefficient errors. The ad-
justment of bad debts was made a subject of equity
jurisdiction, burdened with the cumbrous and ex-
pensive machinery of Chancery, or a punishment was
inflicted at once on the alleged debtor without due
trial and proof. As well might men be charged on
oath with stealing watches, and then be consigned to
prison until they or their value were refunded, 33
when it was found the prisons were crammed, and
when countless indiscriminating acts of oppression
were committed, the odd device should be hit on, of
having a periodical goal delivery, and that failing, to
construct a court for the regular relief of pickpockets.
Relief from indefinite punishment, afforded to men
who had been merely charged but never tried, and
yet had endured a certain sum of imprisonment!
Yet such was the remedy hit upon to cure insolvency,
which has been since improved further by Lord
Brougham, not only by liberating all indiscriminately
who had been as yet untried by any court, but by
shutting the prison doors almost entirely against all
insolvents. From a wild and unconstitutional punish-
ment, the Legislature has run into the opposite error
of no punishment at all. Thus giving practical im-
punity to all persons who, no matter what may be the
cause, did not fulfil their promise and pay their just
debts ; for, except in rarest instances where the in-
jured creditor is animated by vengeance, a very rare
fact, there are no means by which a debtor can be
punished, he who is, in almost all cases, deserving
punishment. All this arises from an unwillingness to
expound the principles on which insolvency laws
should be founded.
These principles are—

1. All men who make contracts, if they be lawful,
should be required to fulfil them, being liable to
certain sanctions if they do not.
2. Ile who receives money or goods from another,
under bargain or contract to restore the same at a
fixed time, should be bound by law so to do, and
should be visited by puishments of due severity if he
do not, unless he act involuntarily.
3. He who incurs a debt, makes this sort of con-
tract, and he must pay the whole debt, or being
unable to pay it, he must do so to the utmost extent
of his ability ; and
4. He must endure punishment, in order that other
people may be deterred from breaking the like sort of
contracts if, as the evidence shows, is almost univer-
sally the case, he has voluntarily rendered himself
unable to do so, that is, by acts over .which he had
more or less control ; and
5. He has done so voluntarily, who has become in-
insolvent, because he has been idle, has neglected his
business, and not kept proper accounts; or who has
been extravagant, and has enjoyed more pleasures
than his own means would allow ; or who has been
dishonest, and has concealed and removed beyond re-
covery all or part of the effects, without his creditors
incur an expense equal to, or greater than the value
to be recovered.
_ _ _

Vv
The evils the insolvent has inflicted on society are
great indeed. Ist. He has misapplied the wealth, the
produce of other men's toil, and with which other men
have entrusted him, and in violation of his solemn en-
gagement, thus rendering property insecure (except
that protected by special laws) ; he has weakened the
motives to be industrious, and to accumulate, and thus
diminished the quantity of wealth in the land; he is
a public enemy. 2d. He has wasted the wealth he
should have husbanded and productively invested.
3d. He has forfeited voluntarily his word, and thus
diminished confidence between man and man ; but it
is of the very greatest importance that in all cases
the simple word of a man should be absolutely received
with confidence, especially in a commercial nation.
The baneful act of the insolvent (a modification of
stealing) is felt all through society to diminish that
indispensable confidence, and laws which do not punish
him encourage a social pestilence. 4th. He injures
directly, trade and commerce, because in order that
there may be national prosperity it is desirable that
the greatest number of persons should be in the highest
credit, so that they may obtain any amount of credit,
at any time, on their mere word, "I promise to pay;"
which should in all cases (as in millions of cases it
does) pass with the same value as coin. The labours
of Lord Brougham (who is in a state of stolid igno-
rance on the subject he has legislated about) would
not be more mischievous if he had repealed all Acts
relating to forgery and to coining, and the uttering
, of base coin, and told the people (as he has done with
regard to that much more universally circulated me-
dium a word-of-mouth-promise-to-pay) that they
must mind what coin and what notes they accept, for
the law shall afford them no protection any more than
if they were in Negroland.
It these principles be true—and they are incontro-
vertible; Lord Brougham can no more disprove them
than he can disprove the law of the triangle—it fol-
lows that our commercial code must be constructed
by other hands than those whose " frantic" presump-
tion has, and is continuing, to confiscate the treasure
of the middle classes, whose very social existence 1.,
placed in peril by bad insolvency-laws, just as that of
the lower classes has been destroyed by long continued
bad laws. Insolvency-laws are to the middle classes
what poor-laws are to the lower classes.

CLOSE OF THE CROWN BUSINESS AT LIVERPOOL.
—Yesterday afternoon the Lord Chief Baron disposed of
all the cases in the calendar. As his Lordship has
declined, most probably on account of the fatigue
he has undergone upon the circuit, to take any
of the Nisi Prius causes still standing over for trial, he
will leave for London this morning. It is worthy of re-
mark that, at the present assizes, no prisoner has been
left for execution. We believe it is quite impossible that
the assizes can terminate before Monday or Tuesday
next the soonest, as, at the rising of the Court last even•
ing, there were no fewer than twenty-four common and
twelve special jury causes remaining over for disposal by
Mr. Justice Cresswell. His Lordship has, therefore, e
formidable amount of business yet to get through,
although he has now been sitting for nearly a fortnight,
many of the undisposed-of causes being of considerable
length.—Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.
A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO HARES. On Easter
Sunday, in the afternoon, as I was proceeding with my
brother-in-law, Mr. Carr, to look at a wild duck's
in an adjacent wood, we saw two hares fighting with
inconceivable fury on the open ground about 150 yards
distant from us. They stood on their hinder legs like,
two bull dogs resolutely bent on destruction. liming
watched them for about a quarter of an hour, we then
entered the wood, I observing to Mr. Carr that we should
find them engaged on our return. We stayed in the
wood some ten minutes, and on leaving it we saw the
hares still in desperate battle. They had moved along
the hill side, and the grass was strongly marked with
their down for a space of twenty yards. At last one of
the sylvan warriors fell on its side, and never got upon
its legs again. Its antagonist then retreated for a yard
or so, stood still for a minute as if in contemplation, and
then rushed vengefully on the fallen foe. This retreat
and advance was performed many times ; the conqueror
striking its prostrate adversary with its fore feet, and
clawing off great quantities of down with them. In the
meantime the vanquished hare rolled over and over
again, but could not recover the use of its legs, although
it made several attempts to do so. Its movemements
put you in mind of a drunken man trying to get up from
the floor after a bard night in the alehouse. It now lay
still on the ground effectually subdued, while the other
continued its attacks upon it with the fury of a little
demon. Seeing that the fight was over, we approached
the scene of action—the conqueror retiring as we drew
near. I took up the fallen combatant just as it was
breathing its last. Both its sides had been completely
bared of fur, and large patches of down had been torn
from its back and belly. It was a well-conditioned buck-
hare, weighing, I should suppose, from seven to eight
pounds.— Waterton's Essays on Natural History.
Burnt or TWINS AT SEA.—On Monday afternoon
the steam-ship Royal Adelaide, Captain Allison, arrived
at St. Katherine's steam-packet wharf, London, from
Leith. During her passage she unexpectedly received
an accession to the number of her passengers. Whilst
beta een Flainborough-head and the Dudgeon, Mrs.
Currie, a second-cabin passenger, was suddenly taken ill.
Fortunately there happened to be a medical gentleman
(Mr. M‘Leish) among the cabin passengers, who, on being
informed of Mrs. Currie's indisposition, instantly ten-
dered his assistance, and in less than half an hour after-
wards communicated the result of his labours—Mrs.
Currie's safe delivery of female twins. Mrs. Currie was
proceeding from Leith to London to join her husband,
who is a respectable tradesman. He was waiting his
wife's arrival on the St. Katherine's-wharf, but not eb-

serving her among the passengers on deck, he made in
quiries of Mr. M'Callum, the steward of the second ca-
bin, if she was on board. He received an answer in the
affirmative, and, moreover, that she had brought to him
two presents, but that neither Mrs. Currie nor they could
be handed over for at least a day. He looked unutter-
able things, and exclaimed, " Has she been seized with
smuggled whisky ?" "No, not exactly so," replied Mr
M'Callum ' • " you'd better come down and see."
husband did so, and found his better half with two beam
tiful babes lying beside her. His surprise may be easily
imagined. On Tuesday afternoon the mother and in-
fants left the Royal Adelaide, where every kindness and
attention was paid them by Captain Allison and others
on board, for Colnbrook, near Windsor, in a private
carriage and pair, accompanied by the husband and Mr.
Warwick, the obliging steward of the first cabin, and
arrived safely at their destination the same evening.
We understand the twins are to be baptized respectively
" Adelaide" and " Allison," the former being the name
of the ship, and the lstter that of her kind and attentive
commander.— Caledonian:Mercury.