The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, P 44.

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THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUMHOUS , I ATE ENGLISH OPERA-
UnderE. the Management of MIS. KEELEY.
Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant !! I
To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extra va
ganza of .. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for
Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation; the Manage-
ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be
repeated every Evening !
THIS EVENING, AUG. 21,
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE.
WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining,
Emery, F. :tlathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner,
Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For-
tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Gloves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with an entirely Original, and much hater than
New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra-
vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Pale, in the Arabian
Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON-
DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very
extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha-
racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan,
J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli age, Miss
E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Miss Carson,
Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes, 4i.; Upper
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s.'; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 21. ;
Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; I'it, Is. Private Boxes on the ii:ilcony Tier
(holding eight persons), Teo Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea.
The Box-oftice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec.
tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Powerful Attraction at
ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
First Week of the Engtgement of the cciebrated Mr. Carter, the
Lion King, with his splendid Collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards,
kc.—Chluese War—Corps of French Equestrian Artistes—Mr.
Batty's b autiful Stud of Trained Horses—New Scenes in the
Circle, forming a Combination of Novelties unequ lied in one
Evening.

THIS EVENING, AUG. 21,
Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MU NGO PARK; or,
The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter,
wh ?rem he will introduce his beautiful performance with his trained
animal lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and on the open stage drive a
lion in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other
new cxtraordin ry feats.
1,1,w Scenes in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians,
Molle. Heline, the French rider. trained steeds, &c.
To conclude with an entire new Equestrian, Military and Naval
Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of
Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, ace.,
to realise therecent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast
0(230 Lanterns.
,kcting and stage.sn inager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
Box-office open from Eleven till live. Lessons in the Art of Riding
by Mr. R. Smith.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Posit. vely the last Ten Nights of the Opera Season.
THIS EVENING, AUG. 21
Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or,
The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts,
Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L.
Hime, S. Cowell, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury,
with double Rand and Chorus.
After which, a New Operetta, written by J. 11. Ruckstone, Esq.,
and comps ed by E. kitzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER
NI( IHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists.
To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
office, from Eleven to Four.

STRAND THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, AUG. 21,
Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWIf. Young Martin
I huzzlewit, Mr. lt !floe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe;
Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Attwood; Montague figg, Mr. Roberts;
Tom Pinch, Mt. Biddies; Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp,
Mr. 11. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope.
After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON-
DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein; an Illustrated Version
of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright;
Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanlcy.
To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN.
Bobby Breakwindivr, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter.

were selected to rule over Catholics, every place of '
trust, of emolument, and honour, was given to the
enemies of seven millions of people, and he then broke
through the rules of prudence, and, as the last hope,
demanded repeal. Had he taken any other subject;
had he taken the gorgeous Church, with 600,000
Protestants, or the poor Catholic Church, the only
guardian, friend, and protector of the native popula-
tion, -without a penny of tithes or public money, yet
administering consolation, and performing every
religious rite and ceremony to a population more
than ten times as numerous, the case would have
been different. But these are only a few of the
real grievances of Ireland, and had Mr. O'CoNNEnn
chosen any one of them, or of twenty others that he
could have easily discovered, he would have found
support both from Saxons and Celts. He has lost a
fine game. In a fortnight we believe he will be set
at liberty, and we trust he will then pursue a course
in which all the friends of independence and the
integrity of the empire can join with him.

We can find nothing in the intelligence from Mo-
rocco which has any tendency to modify the suspi-
cious complexion attaching to the proceedings of the
French in that territory. But the general tenor of
all the advices which have yet reached Paris or
London from the scene of action is well calculated to
confirm the gravest apprehensions we have from time
to time intimated of the duplicity that has suggested,
that conducts, and that will attempt to vindicate, these
hostile operations of the fleet and army of France.
As events evolve themselves, we shall become sensible
to all the extent of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S credulity, and
the moral effect of Lord ABERDEEN'S unmeasured
compliances with the craftily-insinuated wishes of the
French Cabinet. The Earl of MINTo has read his
memorable lesson to our own Government on the
enormous disproportion of our naval force to the exi-
gencies of the present juncture just in time to prelude
the bombardment of the walls of Tangiers by a head-
strong young gentleman, of whose good faith and
honourable dispositions towards this country her
MAJESTY'S Government have not hesitated, up to this
moment, to profess their intimate conviction. 'What-
ever was wanting at the time to give effect to our
ei-devfint head of the Admiralty's masterly expose of
the condition of our navy, has been since contributed
by the evidence of significant facts. Among the
vessels of many European nations which witnessed
this holiday display of French aggression, as neutral
spectators, was one English ship of the line—"the"
Mediterranean " Fleet," probably, to which Lord
MINTO so happily alluded the other day. Flushed
with a pardonable vanity, and in the dangerous ex-
citement of a somewhat equivocal success in his debfit
as a bombardier, the young French Prince, according
to the Spanish papers, is determined to give a series
of these impressive demonstrations, to which the
affair of Tangiers is to serve only as an introduction
—and our flag, we presume, is to have the honour of
giving additional "eclat."
" Tangiers has been bombarded," says the Heraldo,
" and the Prince DE JOINVILLE is preparing to attack
Mogadore and the other forts on the coast of Mo-
rocco lf, ere the Prince again sailed from
Cadiz, he did not receive satisfactory intelligence, he
would proceed to bombard Mogadore, Sallee, and La-
rache, but without effecting a landing or taking pos-
session of any point on the coast." This nautical
Prince is coming out formidably indeed ; and our own
relations with the African ally, whose disgraces and
humiliation we witness in a single man-of-war, as if
we were attending the French Prince as part of his
squadron of honour, must be allowed to be most in-
telligible and edifying. What can it all mean ?
There are two or three preliminary actions in this
strange embroilment which have never been publicly
stated or recognised. In the first place the account
of the grievous injury or insult offered by the Moorish
authorities to the authority and flag of France have
been proclaimed only in such vague and declamatory
terms as leave anything and everything to surmise—
little or nothing sufficiently tangible for discussion.
In the second (as we observe some of the French
journals themselves complain), what the nature of the
ultimatum addressed by the Prince to the Emperor on
the part of France really is, has never yet transpired.
Not even the heads of it have been made known ; and
at this moment the French public are as profoundly
ignorant whether the rejection of the terms which it
may have comprised afford a sufficient justification for
the hostilities which their officers have precipitated, as

wo ftro han no tr. •li• • 'I r- •
of which they speak with so much unction, it would
appear to have been a display involving somewhat less
of personal exposure or peril to the blockading force
than a military sham-fight on a great scale, if we
may judge by the relative casualties generally re-
corded of such exhibitions and of this bombardment.
The largest number reported by the French accounts
of killed and wounded, together, on their part, is but
twenty-five ; the lowest—(and this given on very
respectable and disinterested authority)—announces
that the destruction of two boys of their fleet was the
whole extent of the French loss.

Leaving this bombardment of Tangiers to make all
the noise it will do, we recur to the conduct of our
Ministers, with respect to the general policy adopted
by the French Government, in their dealings with
Morocco, as a very much more important topic.
When Sir ROBERT PEEL was appealed to, at the close
of the session, he declined any statement of the
views or opinions of her MAJESTY'S Government on
the subject. He treated the questions put to him as
if they were urged in the worst possible taste—were
inopportune, and even offensive. He talked as gin-
gerly of the conduct and objects of France in the
. matter as if we had not the shadow of a reason for
. impugning, or even suspecting them. In short, both
, Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN seem still
; afflicted with the same fatuity as they, when members
of a former Government, and their successors in
office assuredly were, on the military seizure and
territorial occupation of Algeria. Even the Duke of
WELLINGTON could assign no better vindication for
his political friends and colleagues, who had allowed
themselves to be entrapped into a belief of the assur-
ances of the POLIGNAC Administration that France
would not occupy, than to predict that Algeria would
prove the grave of many French armies if the design
of occupation were once carried out. It was early
in July, 1830, that Algiers surrendered to Marshal
BOCRAIONT. It was during the close of that session
of our Parliament, and again in the commencement
of the next, that these abrogations of the French
Cabinet were formally announced by her MAJESTY'S
Cabinet Ministers ; and it was in May, 1834, that the
French Ministers informed the two Chambers that
the French Monarch meant to occupy and retain
permanent possession of these African dominions.
In vain had it, meanwhile, been represented to
our Government by many intelligent and leading
Members of the Houses of Peers and Commons, that
we were suffering France to lay stealthily the
foundations of a Mediterranean influence and force,
which in a few years even our possession of Gibraltar
and of Malta would not countervail. These remon-
strances were entertained with as much apathy and
coldness in 1830 and 1834, as their renewal was
greeted with three weeks ago by Sir ROBERT. His
short speech, on this last occasion, was so inane and
unmeaning, that it is to be hoped he will, in the re-
cess, read up (as is his wont, touching subjects for
the abrupt agitation of which he is not prepared) a
little information on the geographical and political
bearings in which the progress of French "acquisi-
tiveness" on the African shores of the Mediterra-
nean, assumes really some sort of importance.
He may find, too, that it would have been an object
of no little moment for the possessors of Gibraltar to
have made some effort to secure the protection of even
so inconsiderable a town as Tangiers, seeing that from
it, as well as from Tetuan and Larache, we derive
large supplies of bullocks, grain, and other indispen-
sable provision stores. There are such things, too, as
extensive British commercial interests to be secured
against the threatened annihilation of Mogadore—if
larger political considerations cannot move the very
comprehensive mind and independent spirit of our
Premier. As far as we can judge at present, we are
compelled to say that the course which Louis Pur-
LIPPE has adopted in this instance cannot be regarded
by honest men without the severest reprobation. Both
his French MAJESTY and M. GuizoT, his Minister,
with the largest professions of a love of peace upon
their lips, and the most philosophical appreciation, in
theory, of its infinite blessings, are really playing a
double game, and fomenting and aiding the war-
craving of the reckless masses of the French people.
It is at all times at once a violation of the received
maxims of State policy adopted by every Cabinet in

Europe, and a signal indecency on the part of the
French Government in respect of Morocco, as a
Power with which we have diplomatic relations, and
extensive trading intercourse, to commit to a Prince
of the blood—a very young one, too—the conduct of
an armament with such a destination, and under such
circumstances, as this expedition against Morocco.
Nor is it possible to run away from the suspicion that
such a charge would never have been confided to such
hands by a man of Louis PHILIPPE'S extraor-
dinary sagacity and cir ;umspection, if he had not
reasoned in his own mind, after this project, as an ex-
cellent means of propitiating the extreme movement-
party among his subjects, with whom he is so un-
popular, without at once breaking through all " his
pledges and responsibilities to the Government and
people of England." "If" (he must have argued)
" these hostile demonstrations produce the effects wt
desire and anticipate, they will not only establish my
popularity with my people, but will secure to my
children and successors the permanency of the throne
I shall leave to them. If, on the other hand, these.
demonstrations fail, the British people and all Europe
will readily accept my plea of having been committed
by the rashness and presumption of a giddy boy.''
Heartily do we trust, that if this notion be a well-
founded one, such tortuous policy on this, as on all
other occasions, may be destined to signal and
disgraceful failure. That it will ,be, we little
doubt, for another reason. The French cannot
conduct successful colonisation anywhere; and
whilst there is this national disability about them, so
long will they furnish a long and melancholy fulfil-
ment of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S prophecy. Al-
geria will be a grave—a charnel-house, which they
will yet be too happy to abandon ; hut which they
will not have left until some of the bravest blood of
France has moistened its arid plains, and the most
honoured bones of its commanders and its soldiery be
bleaching among its rocks and mountains, on its
sands, and among its creeks and bays. The Marshal
BUGEAUD himself; instead of infusing into the bar-
barised minds of the Moorish and Arab population a
respect for the rights of humanity, and the civilising
influences of modern European government, disgraces
his profession and dishonours his country by the reck-
less adoption of all the exterminating processes
of Arab warfare. He borrows from their
ignorance and ferocity the dreadful scourge of
his rehzias, his expeditions of pillage and murder with
fire and sword. He adds the curse of famine to the
sterility of a burning climate, and enhances by the
wanton sacrifice of all husbandry and tillage, their
labour, and their products, new desolation to the
deserts ! Here is the key to the elevated, national,
and high principled career he is pursuing : " All
that we know," says the Correspondent of the Times
(from Oran, under date of the Bth instant), "of
Marshal BUGEAUD is, that he has advanced beyond
Ouchda a considerable distance. On a former occa-
sion he had advanced, and burnt and destroyed every-
thing before and around him within a circle of some
forty square leagues (!) The Marshal will certainly
advance upon Fez, and then proceed with all haste to
Mequinez, where it is pretended that the negro
guards protect a treasure of some 11,000,000 of
dollars.

Madrid journals of the 13th have been received,
and contain the long-talked of decree for suspending
the sale of church lands. It is given in the Gazette
in these words :

" Art. 1. The sale of the property of the secular
clergy and of religious communities shall be suspended
until the Government, in accordance with the Cortes,
shall determine on the most suitable course to be pur-
sued. _ _

" Art. 2. The revenues of the said lands are to be
appropriated to the support of the secular clergy and of
religious communities.
" Art 3. The Minister of Finance is charged with the
execution of the above decree."

This decree has caused great dissatisfaction among
all classes. Original purchasers begin to fear for
their property, and even the clergy receive the boon
with a bad grace, as it deprives them of the admi-
nistration of the property. True it must be sanc-
tioned by the Cortes ; but that is a matter of no diffi-
culty. The elections are going on in favour of the
Government, few Opposition candidates dare show
their faces, and, in all probability, the next Cortes
will be the most obsequious assembly ever sum-
moned.

' Madrid Bourse on the 13th.—Three per Cents.
for 60 &us 9.74- ; Five per Cents. for 60 days. 20 -A- ;
coating Debt of Treasury, 56i at 60 days.

The bombardment of Tangiers has caused a great
ferment in Paris. The war party believe they have
now all but gained their point—a rupture between
England and France, for Morocco and Otaheite are
utterly lost in the stirring scene. The recollections
of the Republic and the Empire alone pervade the
spirit of " Young France," and " Down with the
English" is the, watchword of the enemies of peace.
Louis PflimprE has raised a storm which it will be
difficult to allay, and which may excite anxiety in
the stoutest breasts. The Government writers begin
to see the danger of playing fast and loose, of exciting
the passions of the 'people at one time to war, and at
another of telling them it is all a false alarm. The
leading articles in the Glo6e and the Journal des
Debats of Monday, are sufficiently pacific. If we
are to believe them, Lord ABERDEEN and M. GuizoT
regard the commotion in both countries with the
utmost composure, and have no doubt that,vgood faith
and justice will re-adjust all differences. We will hope
for the best, but certainly during the last thirty
years political affairs have not assumed anything at
all like such an alarming attitude. It is needless
to quote from the Opposition journals, for they con-
tain only a repetition of false statements, calumnies
against England and her agents, and the usual ap-
peals to the youth of France to prepare themselves
for the contest. It will be sufficient, therefore, to
quote from the Ministerial journals, to show the pa-
cific tendency of the Government. The Journal des
Debats thus adverts to the wicked schemes and base,
lying rumours put forth by the Opposition papers :

" We cannot too earnestly warn the public against
being misled by the exaggerations which are resorted
to in order to excite it. It is everywhere repeated
that affairs are daily, and in all parts, assuming an
alarming aspect, and this alarm has reached the Exchange
and depressed the funds. If the cause be sought for,
it is only necessary to read the Opposition journals,
and it will be at once seen that the public mind cannot
help being alarmed on daily finding in them rumours
of the most apochryphal nature, all indeed equally de-
void of foundation. Some find the cause of this fall in
the still problematical abdication of the Pacha of
Egypt. We cannot speak seriously of those who
issue their prophecies in Latin verse, or of those
who announce that Count Nesselrode is gone
to England, to offer Queen Victoria 800,000 men in the
name of the Emperor Nicholas. We are curious to know
where his Imperial Majesty of All the Russias is to find
his million of men ; and we confess that we are no more
disturbed by this perspective than by the famous Irish
brigade which Mr. O'Connell placed at the disposal of
the Duke de Bordeaux. Neithffr oan we find any terri-
fying symptom in the Marsellaise played and sung by
the boys of Paris colleges at the distribution of prizes.
All this may alarm the old women who read the Gazette
de France. They do not fail to spread other reports even
more grave,
that the news of the attack upon Tangiers was carried
but which are equally untrue. They state
to London by, pigeons, and that, on its arrival, the Eng-
lish funds fell 2 per cent. Now, the accounts received
yeterday from London show that the news from Mo-
racco had scarcely any influence whatever on the funds,
and, therefore, that all which had been said on the
subject was misrepresentation. It has also been an-
, flounced that the Chambers were about to be con-
voked, that the absent Ministers had been recalled, and
that the Cabinet was come to an extreme crisis. We are
not surprised that these reports should create some
uneasiness; but we are astonished that they should have
found any belief. There is nothing absolutely within
our knowledge which can afford the slightest justifica-
tion for the alarms which have been spread abroad. The
events which have passed within these last few days
have nothing in them that has not been foreseen. That
there are important questions remaining to be solved
nobody can deny. But matters of equal consequence
have heretofore been brought to a happyconclusion. It is a
great point, a point of the most vital importance, that the
two Governments which have to discuss these subjects of
high interest are both animated with the most concilia-
tory dispositions, the most amicable intentions. When
on each side there is a sincere desire to attain a solution
equally pacific and honourable, it is impossible that it
should not be attained. We repeat, therefore, that no
faith should be given to any one of the reports put forth
only for the purpose of exciting alarm. It is useless to
seek for unknown causes to account for the uneasiness
which has been manifested. The Government conceals
nothing. All facts are made known, and in them we
can find nothing of a nature to justify the fears which
have been expressed on the state of public affairs."
The Globe, in the same manner, attempts to prove
that the danger is past :
" 'lt cannot be denied that the situation of affairs be-
tween France and England has been singularly aggra-
vated during the last fevr days.' Such is the beginning
of an alarmist article published by the Presse, whereas
precisely the contrary is the real state of the case. Our
assertion will not surprise any persons, but those who

are not in the habit of reflection. It is impossible, in
fact, for any man of common sense, who shall have re-
ducted only a quarter of an hour on what is passing not
to be of our opinion. We assert that, within a few days,
the situation of affairs between France and England has
become slightly improved. There arc two affairs on the
tapis —that of Morocco and that of Otaheite. What was
:he doubt, nay, the fear, that might arise in the minds
of the partisans of peace relative to Morocco ? It was
that England should protest against our attack upon
the forts of that country. Assuredly, that would not
have stopped the Prince de Joinville, but it was a
.rave difficulty, with war, perhaps at the end of it.
The Opposition proclaimed loudly that England would
not permit us to bombard Tangiers. Some Conserva-
tives might suppose that she would protest against such
an act. There was, therefore, incontestably, some days
back, a plausible motive for fearing, if not a rupture, at
least an alteration in the friendly intercourse between
the two countries. But the bombardment took place in
presence of English men-of-war. The act which could
have excited the uneasiness of the friends of peace, was
accompliahed without any kind of opposition on the part
of the European Governments, who were present, by
their vessels, at this solemn demonstration. Is it not
evident that the persons who entertained fears have now
uneasiness the less ? How could the Presse declare
that in this respect the situation of affairs has become
worse ? The truth lies quite the other way—the situa-
tion is much better, since it is now known de visu, that
England does not contest, in any respect the legitimacy
of our demonstration against Morocco. Let us now ad-
vert to the affair of Otaheite. Let the first speech of
Sir Robert Peel be borne in mind—a speech which, we
acknowledge, might inspire the partisans of peace with
serious alarm. We inquire if, from the time that that
speech was delivered—which, we repeat, was of
a nature to create alarm, had it not been
,explained by Lord Aberdeen,—all the circum-
stances relative to the affair of Otaheite have no
become less grave and less alarming ? Have not the
facts become better known ? Can it be really supposed
,hat the two Governments do not appreciate them better
it present than a few days back ? What then remains ?
The recriminations of the journals and Methodist meet-
ngs. The English journals laugh at the Methodists,
ind men of sense laugh at the journals, which, though
leclating that a war between France and England on
account of Mr. Pritchard would be a ridiculous war, do
aot the less persist on both sides of the Channel, in pre-
ensions which would bring about this ridiculous war.
Ile two countries are opposed to a ridiculous war, and
old the two Governments will never wage one of that
aature, Therefore, it is true to declare that the gra-
:ity which could appertain to the affair of Otaheite when
she facts were but imperfectly known, and which an
T.nglish Minister spoke of without being well acquainted
with them, no longer exists at present, when the facts
are cleared up and better understood, and subjected to
the judgment of calm and kindly-disposed minds. Thus,
in the midst of all this tumult excited by the press of the
two countries, the two men least anxiously occupied about
it—they at whose feet this tempest of the ink-bottle wastes
its strength—are Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot. The rea-
aon is, that they are well aware that all that is required
to resolve the affair of Otaheite honourably and pacifi-
is good faith and justice."
Marshal SOULT, summoned from his country seat
by command of the KING, had unexpectedly arrived
it Paris, and by a Royal ordinance, issued on Mon-
lay, was restored to his functions as Minister of War.
The French funds again fell considerably on Mon-
lay, and towards the close of the Bourse the Three
per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 15c., and the Fives at
119 f. 75c.

The following are additional extracts :

" The ordonnance for breaking up the Polytechnic
school is severely censured by the Opposition journals.
rhe Debats has an article on the subject, which is an
amplification of what it said yesterday. Whilst it ap-
groves of the conduct of the Ministry, the Debats speaks
with indulgence of the pupils, and expresses a hope
that they will be allowed, under the reorganisation of
:he school on the improved basis, to resume their studies,
ind have an opportunity of pursuing the career for
which they were intended, and which they would other-
wise have compromised by an act of imprudence. The
Globe says :—"l'he Polytechnic School is broken up.
supposing even—which is not the case—that the Go-
vernment had committed an abuse of power in the
.thoice which it made of an examiner, the pupils ought
lot the less to respect the decision of the Government.
It was the Chambers, and not the school, whose busi-
less it was to call the Ministry to account for its con-
luct in this affair. We deplore the ruin of their
lrospects, which now affects three hundred young men,
Ind we feel in particular for their families, who thus re-
;eive a sad return for the sacrifices which they have
nade. But the Government could not hesitate. If the
Oolytechnic School, after such an act of insubordination,
had not been broken up, it only remained to do one
hing—to break up the Government.' "
The Constitutionnel says :—" It is stated as certain
that Marshal Soult, invited by telegraph to return to
Paris, replied by the same channel, that he had resolved
to resign his portfolio, and that means might be taken
to replace him. The nomination of M. de Mackau as
provisional Minister of War, therefore, must have been
the result of this declaration ; but, at the same time, an
orderly officer was sent from Neuilly to St. Amans, to
entreat the Marshal not to persevere in his project."
It is probable that the report given by the Constitution-
net had no other foundation than mere speculation as to
the motive of the ordonnance, dated the 17th, by which the
portfolio of the Minister of War
term to Use minister of Marine. At any rate, it is quite
certain that the Marshal does not retire. It would ap-
pear as if the mere idea of such a report being propa-
gated had sufficed to induce Marshal SOULT to resume his
portfolio, for the Moniteur of this day contains a Royal
urdonnance, dated the 18th, which says "
The interim of the War Department, confided to the
Minister of Marine by ordonnance of the 17th, ceases
from this day, and Marshal the Duke de Dalmatie re-
sumes the signature of his department."
THE BOURSE—MONDAY, AUGUST 19.

First Highest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per C ants • l2O 15 .. 120 25 • • 119 60 .. 119 GO
Four-and-a-Half 112 75 .. 112 75 .. 112 75 .. 112 75
Four per Cen.s
Three per Cents.• • 80 70 .. 90 70 .. 80 15 .. 80 15
Bank of 3025 ..3025 3020 ..3025
Latlltte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso6o 5060 ..5060 ..5060
Belgian Bank .... .... • . .• . 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Flves,lB3l lO3l .. 1031 • . 1031 • • 1031
1840. 104/ .. 104/ • • 1031 .. 103+
Spanish Active ...... . 30 .. 30 .. 30 .. 30
Portuguese Five per Cents 44 .. 44 .. 44 .. 44
Neapolitan • • 97 80 .. 97 80 .. 97 50 .. 97 50
Roman . .. 104/ .. 1041 .. 104 k .. 104/
RAILWAY SHARES.
•--

Versailles, R. 8..
L. 8......• 225 .. 226 25 .. 222 50 .. 223 75
Rouen ......
ltouen to Havre......, 755 .. 735 .. 720 .. 740
Orleans .........
Strasburg to Bale-- • 236 25 • • 236 25 .. 232 50 .. 232 50
Avignon to Marseilles—. 735 .. 735 • 720 .. 720
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST.
Versailles,R.B 3GS .. 365 .. 362 50 .. 362 58
1,13••••••• •••• 227 50 .. 227 50 222 50 .. 223 75
Rouen ..... • • • • • • • .. • •
Rouen to Havre• • • • •
Orleans ..• .• .
Strasburg to Bale. 236 25 .. 236 25 .. 230 . 232 50
Avignon to Marseilles.... 750 .. 750 .. 735 .. 735

COLONEL STODDART AND CAP.
TAIN CON OLLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In the letter which Dr. Wolff was forced to
write at Bokhara, and which you had the goodness to
insert at my request, the King of Bokhara proclaims
to the world that he put to death Colonel Stoddart
and Captain Conolly in the month of Sarratan 1259.
The Christian date is not given in Dr. Wolff's letter,
but for the information of the public I inserted within
brackets what I had calculated as the English date.
I committed a blunder. The correct date should be
July (Cancer), 1843.

Thus one very important fact appears. At the time
I proposed to her Majesty's Government to proceed
at my own cost, and on my own responsibility, to
Bokhara, to attempt the release of Colonel Stoddart
and Captain Conolly, these wretched men were ac-
tually alive

Trusting you will have the goodness to insert this
letter, I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
JOIIN GROVER, Captain Unattached.
Army and Navy Club, Aug. 20, 1844.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN
BANKS.

- - - -
Account, showing the whole Aniount of the Debts and Assets
of the Bank of British North America, at the Closeof the
Year 1843; showing, also, the Amount of its Notes pay-
able on Demand, which had been in Circulation during
every Month of that Year; together with the Amount
of Specie and other Assets, distinguishing each Kind,
immediately available in every such Month, for the Dis-
charge of such Notes. _

(Published pursuant to Royal Charter of Incorporation.)
DEBTS. Sterling. ASSETS. Sterling.
Circulation... £117,379 18 2 Specie.. ... .. £121,005 5 6
Other Liabili- Other Assets 1,593,675 6 1
ties

... 565,877 15 5

Total

£683,257 13 71 T0ta1...4714,680 11 7

• - -- a vi.a1•••,...10 ,k,CIOLI 11
1843. Notes in Cir- Notes of other
culation. Specie.
Banks.
Halifax Cur- Halifax Cur- Halifax Cur-
rency. rency. rency.
X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
January 145,615 15 0 142,928 12 H 27.787 3 9
February 135,552 15 0 147,656 12 10 28,392 1 3
March 127,126 10 0 172,642 7 2 32,037 1 5
April 130,905 5 0 153,150 16 10 32,118 9 3
May 135,781 15 0 125,228 3 8 30,476 1 2
June 141,047 0 0 146,502 10 3 34,965 11 8
July 136,291 5' 0 157,596 11 2 28.564 12 6
August
September 143,132 0 0 162,839 1 5 26,415 3 5
October
November 157,201 10 0 129,887 2 6 25,781 11 10
December. 154,636 5 0 136,567 18 4 37,094 9 9

By Order of the Court,
G. DE B. ATTWOOD, Secretary.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage Of
Capt. R. Bernal, M.P. for Wycombe, and Miss Cathe-
r►ne Isabella Osborne, sole heiress of the late Sir Thomas
Osborne, and daughter of Lady Osborne, was solemnised
yesterday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The
Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence officiated at the cere-
mony, in the presence of a numerous circle of the rela-
tives and friends of both families. The fair bride was
given away by her uncle, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Gran-
ville Proby.

THIS DAYS NEWS

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S.
There was rather a heavy market for Cotton at Liver
pool yesterday, the sales being 2,000 bales only, but
at previous rates. Shares were languid at the following
quotations :—Birmingham and Gloucester, 112; Caledo-
nian, 41 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 314 ; Chester and
Holyhead, 61 ; Dublin and Cashel, 61 ; Grand Junc-
tion, 219 ; Ditto, llalfs, 1091 ; Great Western, Fifths,
241 ; Lancaster and Preston, 39A- ; Liverpool and Man-
chester, 203 ; ditto, Quarters, 501 ; London and Birming-
ham, 2221 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 51 ;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 51 ; Ali !land Counties,
109 ; North Union, 1284 ; Scottish Central, 2:1 ' • Trent
valley, 108 ; Ulster, 371 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 10s.
We have no late arrivals from any quarter to-day.
The decree of the Spanish Government suspending the
sales of national property, has at last come to hand, and
we must say excites a feeling of very general disgust
among those who were credulous enough to _attach any
sanctity to Peninsular State finance documents, however
solemn in form and guarantee. The preamble of reasons
assigned by M. Mon is, of course, only what might be
expected, and will fail to exonerate either himself or
or those associated with him in the Ministry,
for such an act of wanton bad faith. Once
in the ascendant, the Spanish clergy are not likely
soon again to lose ground, and we may bid adieu to
liberalism and reform for many years to come. A sug-
gestion, however, has been thrown out which may de-
serve attention, and that is whether the present decree
is not a mere political ruse to influence the elections, as
the suspension of the sales must be acquiesced in by the
Cortes. Still, it should be borne in mind that if the mem-
bers are returned under the influence of the decree, they
will in all probability be inclined to vote for its confir-
mation.
The public securities are not so flat as they were yes-
terday afternoon ; but it must be observed, that although
the Bears may not be successful in reducing prices to
the full extent of the first blush, when they make any
sudden assualts upon the market, they generally effect
some permanent reduction upon previous rates. Hence
it is that Consols now realise only 981 a for Money and
Time, the Government broker having purchased at
981 to the extent of 5,0001. Exchequer Bills
brought 71s. to 745. premium, being somewhat
firmer. East India Bonds, under 1,0001., are 945. prem.
Bank Stock has been steady, at 199 k. The New Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. arc 1011 to 101 ; the Reduced,
1021 to 101/ ; and the Three per Cents., 991 to I.
The Foreign Stocks rule heavy. Spanish have been
22 to A- for the Active, and 321 to 331 for the Three per
Cents. Portuguese Converted are steady, at 441 ; and
Mexican heavy, at 351. Colombian remain at 131; Bel-
gian are worth 1021 ; and l)utch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 61 to 611.
The Railway Shares have been tolerably good, and
with a moderate business doing.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 19034
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........».».» 994 4
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9834%34
3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl%
34 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10174 10234 101%
New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOl4 4 101
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-.64
India Bonds,l,ooo
Ditto under 1,000 94
Consols for Account ........... VA% X%

Exchequer Bills, 150. Ncl. - -
',OW 00000000 ..•..........." ..».»..... 72 73 pm.
5001..................•.....•»• »».»..... 72 pm.
Ditto 5ma11....... 00000 — ••..... 00000 72 pm.
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 1027
Columbian Bonds. 133
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .... 00000000
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. -
Ditto Converted .64443(
Spanish Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840............... 22
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 32% 33% 33
Dutch 2)4 per Cents • 61%%
Dutch 5 per Cents 000000 ••••••••••• 000000 ••••••••••••••••• 100%

PRICES OF SHARES.THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAIL Pas SLUM
Birmingham and Gloucester..., 100 .........112
Bristol and Exeter .............. .......... 70 79% ... to
Bristol and Gloucester
Chester and Holyhead
Dublin and Cashel ... 2% 6%16 ... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l3s. 4d....
Ditto Ditto (No. 2)
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ....... t. 6%
Ditto 1( Shares
Great Western
Ditto 14 Shares ..... .. ...... ...... 50 ......... 82N
Loudon and Birmingham. lOO .........224 ~.
Dit o 4 Shares 2 ....... 26%..... to
London and Blackwall
London and Greenwich
London and Croydon
Lynn and Ely l!4 4%
Manchester and Leeds 7O 125 ..... .... to
Midland Counties IOO
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21,....... 4814
South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 5214
Ditto New .................. ......... 4
Trent Valley ... ..... . ............ ...... 2
Whitehaven and Maryport
'Yarmouth and Norwich lB ..... .... 29
York and North Midland
Ditto Selby Scrip
Paris gnd Orleans...". ............ .. 20 .... ..... 30%%
Paris and R0uen.•............., ..... ... 20
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 20.—The
market continues good, and a considerable amount of
business has again been done. Blackburn, Burnley, and
Acc.iington, 2f ; Lancaster and Preston, 39 ; Lyme and
Ely, 5f ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 10+ ; Man•
chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 5i i ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 54+ ; ditto, Quarter, .51- ; North British,
565. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 83;1 83 ; Trent Valley,
10 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 10s. prem. ; London and
Greenwich, 9.

Str.A..K ET nib W T. 1.113 1,21.17..)

CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have
been on a very moderate scale, and we had scarcely any
fresh samples of that grain. The finest parcels com-
manded a steady sale, at full prices. In other kinds, only
a moderate business was doing. Fine Foreign Wheat
was held at full :prices, but the business doing was by no
means extensive. Barley and Malt moved off slowly, at
Monday's quotations. The Oat trade was very steady,
and full prices were paid in every instance. Beans, Peas,
and Flour, ruled about stationery.
ARRIVALS.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour
English 1,210 qrs. -qrs. 1,A50 qrs. 2,270 sackl
Irish -- 3,510 -
Foreign 3,500 7,170 17,310
Malt. 2.010 qrs.
WIIITECILA.PEZ.

The supply of meat was only moderate, while the de-
mand was steady at full prices. Beef, from 2s 6d to
3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s Sd ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d;
Veal, 3s fid to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per
Sibs., by the carcase.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(T HIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 21.—Wind N.W., light breeze, and
cloudy.

DEAL,
Aua. 20.—A.3i. Wind, N.W. by W. P.M.
W.N.W.—Arrd. Courier, Thomson, Bahia ; Hanford-
ham, Quebec. Ski. John, St. John's, New Brunswick.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—Wind W.N.W. to N.W.—
Sld. Tudor, Calcutta ; Northumberland, Cape and
Madras.

COWES, Auc. 20.—Arrd. Joseph Duncan, London,
for Berbice, with stern damaged, having been in contact
with the Indus, from Hull to Africa, which has put in
here, with loss of jib-boom ; Halifax packet, London for
Swan River.

PLYMOUTH, Aua. 20.—The Forth has come into the
pool to discharge.
GUERNSEY, Am. 19.—Part of a stern-board, with
" Norma " in white letters on a black ground, supposed
to have been part of the word Normandie, and to come
from the vessel lately wrecked on the coast, has been
picked up.
PWLLUELI, Aua. B.—The smack Jane and Ellen, of
Barmouth, from Carnarvon to Southampton, in leaving
Portnillean yesterday, missed stays and went on a reef
of rock, and is expected to become a wreck ; cargo ex-
pected to be saved. The wind is variable from S.W. to
N.W., with very unsettled weather. A number of
vessels are riding in Studwell Roads..

LOWESTOFFE,AUU. 19.—The Caroline, Bakman, from
Memel to Rotterdam, struck on the Lencon during a
heavy gale yesterday, and fell over on her beam ends ;
crew saved.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 20.—Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrd.
Gardner, Parrington, Mobile ; Laurence Copeland,
Baker, Apalachicola ; Agent, M'Auley, Miramichi ;
Caithness-shire, Richebucto ; Anna, Quebec ; Highland
Mary, Montreal. Sld. Science, Calcutta. Off, Dee,
Africa.

ICHABOE.—Arrd. John Walker, Liverpool ; Cathe-
rine M'Donald, Barbadoes ; Brutus, --. Her Ma-
jesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Favourite of Glasgow, and
Sylvia, to sail June 25 ; Cleofrid, Lines, July 10 ; and
Satisfaction, about July 20—about 49 sail in all.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
There were a number of cases on the paper this day
before Mr. Commissioner Fane and Mr. Commissioner
Fonblanque, but none of those which were heard con-
tained one feature of interest to any excepting the par-
ties immediately concerned.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
A poor half-starved looking man was placed before
Mr. Alderman John Johnson on a charge of having this
morning broken one of the gas-lamps in Fleet-street.
The poor creature, to inquiries from the worthy Al-
derman, said that he was starving, as he could get no
work, and that he broke the glass to get into prison.
Alderman JonNsan—Have you applied to the union ?
Prisoner—l did last night, and they refused me relief.
Alderman JOHNSON—What is your trade?—A glazier.
Alderman JOHNSON—Have you ever been in prison ?
—I am just out of Tothillfields, where I was sent for
begging. I cannot starve.
The Alderman ordered that he should be taken to the
West London Union.

INCENDTARISM.—On Friday last a fire was disep-
vered to have broken out in a straw stack on the pre-
mises of Mr. Samuel Wm. Bacon, of Bull's Bridge farm,
Hempstead, contiguous to a barn and extensive outbuild-
ings, but from the prompt and energetic assistance of
the labourers and others present, was speedily extin-
guished. Sarah Jobson, aged 15, maid servant in Mr.
Bacon's house, was apprehended late on Friday night by
Superintendent Oakley, and taken on Saturday before
W. 11. Layton, Esq., who remanded her to Dunmow
station.—Essex Herald.

ANGLING.—Last week was the best of the season
for anglers. Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., caught 50 sal-
mon and grilses—one day's take in the Inver, amount-
ing to 9 ; another day at the Beauty 5, one of the fish
weighing 171bs. J. M. Campbell, Esq., land 15 from
the Laxford ; Colonel Hay 5 ; and from the Kirkeg
Mr. Maxwell took 8. In the Ness, Sir H. Meux, Bart.,
Richard Anthill, Esq., and other gentlemen have taken
some grilse.—Boss-shire Advertiser of Aug. 16.

TRIAL OF BELANEI

THE STEPNEY POISONING CASE

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS J
OLD COURT.

Mr. Cemmissionerl Bullock took his seat is;
Com t rtly after nine a'clock, when the prisli;
trial during the day were arrainged at the bar. ,
them nes James Cochburn Belanev, the surge*
pleaded Not Guilty, in a firm voice, to the e°
poi- oning his wife, Rachel Many. The_prisoner'
no means a good-looking man, but laswe suer°
sul!en appearance. •
At ten o'clock the Judges, Mr. Baron Gurns
Mr. Justice Wightman, took their seats on the',
when Belar.ey was again placed at the bar, an
in charge to the jury by the Clerk of the Arraigns'f
was accommodated with a seat, and appeared to
the whole of the proceedings with great apathy; 00
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr'
rof
bers conducted the prosecution on behalf of the
and Mr. Erle and Mr. Clarkson appeared for I.'"
soner.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on opening the pros
said that it now became his duty en the part '","
Crown to state the serious and grave charge,"
existed against the prisoner at the bar, and in ;it
that statement he could not but feel the great
sibility that devolved upon him. The prisoner,.:,l
bar was charged with occasioning the death of JP.
by poison. New, in stating this important a?!:1•1
charge to the jury, he must take care on behalf
Crown that every fact, and the conclusions to be to
from those facts, should be fairly and fully states;
jury, in order to enable them to form a correct 017.1
berate judgment on the case; and, on the caber he'
must be cautious that no facts and no circtin;:;
should be unfairly pressed into the case ags,„.
prisoner, that no inferences should be rashly!
his prejudice, and that, in short, the whole iris
be conducted in that fair and impartial manner 10
always characterised the proceedings of the cose
justice in this country. The case that boo
now to lay before them was strictly , uhl
circumstantial evidence. There was no ecci
the death of the wife of the prisoner, s° q
it was occasioned in consequence of her taking efor
tity of prussic acid ; but the important question
jury to determine was, whether it was taken K
take, in consequence or the prisoner having inct,llo;
and inadvertently left it within his wife's PT,
whether he was guilty of the serious offence o'•
administering it to her. The jury on coming ",
elusion upon the facts submitted to them, must
minds and exercise their reasoning pev'esa
cisely, on this most important occasion, in the ss
as they would in the ordinary concerns of ifieds'
would draw those conclusions from the facts sb.
facts ordinarily brought to their minds, and le3
the consideration of those facts they entertain it
doubt, they would give the benefit of
the prisoner. They were not, however, oj
ingenious in suggesting doubts which ye°
occur to them in judging of the ordinary
_,,es
of life. Having made these preliminary rein
would now proceed to state the eircumstance',,,ri
case shortly to the jury. The prisoner at the 701
for some three or four years before the year,"
practice as a surgeon in North Sunderland---h° 0•41
practising under any diploma, and he was ne"The;
state whether be had an extensive practice. 01",
ceased was the daughter of a Mrs. Skerrett, a veitsd
residing in North Sunderland. She was nessiart#
copyhold property, and had also a leasehold ia943,
some lime-works. On the Ist of' February, ls?
prisoner married the deceased, and he then ga:ho
practice of a surgeon, and went to reside with bet
ther-in-law, carrying on, and managing 111'0
business of the lime-works. Mrs. Skerrett did is
survive the marriage of her daughter ; she dietier;
July following. Upon the death of the mother ellP,
soner's wife came into possession of then l'
property, and also of the mines and lime-w°
the prisoner entered into partnership with :0 P.,
named Robson in the mines. In 1843 gr. ed
Belaney attended a Court of the Lord of the 00:4
She was admitted to the copyhold land, and sn,rreo
it to the use of her husband, the prisoner. fOF
tinued to reside in North Sunderland till e",,, s
present year. In the course of that montairatf44
laney signified his intention of bringing his '.'„,selfj
London, leaving her there, and proceeding h'7,44
an excursion up the Rhine. On the 31st of Mat& nro
—mutual wills, were drawn up ; one by the lettl`,l,ol.i
her property to her husband in case she suyealla,
first, and the other by the husband, the pris°,% Ord
ing his property to her in case he should prise
her. The execution of these wills were "
by a farm steward, and a shoemakero'a
prisoner and his wife came up to London, coo
of June, and on the following day they went inso,A,
with a person named Hobson to the house of a, fetvi
pingstall, in Green-street, Mile-end, and hireour,o:4)
weeks two rooms, a front and back pall°, 011:If
which was made into a bed.room. At abotoeje9
four o'clock on that day, Mrs. Belaney apPesr elb:4
perfect health. She and the prisoner dined tofee
friends dining with them. They went out in tueorsy
stating they were going to the Pavilion Th tyt
they did not return till twelve or one o'clock ° 0,2
lowing morning. On Wednesday, the nextco,¢!rj
Belaney ordered his wife a black draught ; the re/
the house shortly afterwards heard Mrs' ill f
sick, and she remained in the housei teji
whole day. On Thursday she seeme. sRri
perfectly recovered ; she went out with her 100
ten o'clock in the morning and did not retail' 0112 i
o'clock ; they remained up till twelve o'clock,_ j; plgo•
peared extremely cheerful and amused herself Ovied
the piano. On Friday she was also apparel :ski
cellent health. It might be right here that ed,nvoi,
stop the thread of his narrative for the purpose, too
,1
that on Thursday the prisoner at the bar wen' o,lo'ol
geon of the name of Donoghue, at Stepner,
had known for three or four years. He told lope)
he was in the habit of taking prussic acid Ineewai,"
and he requested him to get him some, as Abed JP.
could not get it genuine •, besides that be °l'm
ascitate of morphine and some other drugs. 000)-t,
bottle of prussic acid, together with_ the other rail'
had ordered, were sent to him slf,d
He (the Solicitor-General) now came to the ad se
Saturday, the Bth of June. Between si„c‘ „Ord
o'clock in the morning of that day Mrs. Per; seu,lat
the landlady of the house, heard the prisoneeno'44
wife conversing cheerfully together. About se,!ler 01 44
the prisoner rung the bell, and ordered a nn' Atier
water and a spoon to be brought to his roe° taeaa
half-past seven o'clock he was in the parlour' toy'
vent was then dusting the room. He desired Li 064_010
off, as he wanted to write some letters, and rsn 107 el
he would ring when he wanted breakfast. Jo
quarter of an hour afterwards the prisoner th satct,
assistance. Mrs. Heppingstall ran up stain'. ber 17
there found Mrs. Belaney on the bed lying,°-
libe td
insensible, with her eyes closed, and soine_th',, goad
coining from her mouth. Mrs. Heppingste i• 01
prisoner, "For God's sake, do soniethin.go'r;
desired the servant to go for hot 1$ roteseeS
the feet of Mrs. Belaney were Puv 10 eel
pan of it. Mrs. lleppingstall said she ser
no ,Svii
her own girls in fits, but she had ney'',.el:,4elf
like that, to which the prisoner replied, " 7p di' es
is a disease of the heart, of which her mother loser,
months ago." He had a lancet in his band, Ono 0.1
that he would have bled her, but there 119-511 tbe.V
nicht of blood in the heart. Mrs. Hepning, sTiie rep!
" Won't you send for a doctor ?" to which beiee Pr
replied that he was one himself. - Ultimately' foriv
medical man of the name of Garrett waS s'oo
(del"
upon his arrival Mrs. Belaney was no more. se o
Garratt came the prisoner asked him- the ca!lease
A'! V'
to which he replied, that it might be a ths,,,t tt.
heart. The prisoner said, " Very likely, aset„-re- • P"80,1
disease of which her mother died 9 months
nest„ stry
then said that there must be a coroner's inquest was or
prisoner at once assented to it. That inciae 001000
on the 10th of June, but it was adjourned Toe,
.00
a post mortem examination might take P gene
examination was made by Mr. Garrett and g.i less pip
named Furney, and from that exacninationflocient ijer
tained that in the stomach there was a su
tity of prussic acid to occasion death. The we. '` 0.1
ever, was found to be in a perfectly healthYs Latin; t 1
nine on the evening of the post mortem expg %es,'
prisoner, in company with some other Pe' Tiptoed
upon Mr. Garratt, to ask the cause of death• roes., eel
tleman gave him an evasive answer, the sal:041;1
away, and the prisoner called again. He
.tiosPeij
he had been in the habit of taking prussl.ch be a be,
einally ; that he had had a bottle out of 11111,0 do 5,,,,ree
not get the stopper, that in endeavouring 'he Fro io
broke the neck off ; that upon doing s° that wooer
the prussic acid into some water in a glass tlif.,,od •
the bed-room, and that while he went in be P.'
room to get a bottle to put the acid in,A.2.00'000
shriek, and that upon hurrying into the he"oeensooe.rti
Belaney said to him, " Oh, dear, I i!'veTbo ss',.
of that hot drink, give me some water. bottanui
upon being asked what he had done with ti!...,,at g1;00
that he had got rid of it in some hysTbe
Such was this sad transaction, and suf wed, lieet
given of it. Now, if he was correctly inicir the e
would hear from the medical men the fiat .b tae
prussic acid was to cause a shriek, and that hat
shriek volition ceased altogether ; and if be
case, it would have been impossible for
gad
s tbie
sta. OAO
to have said hat the prisoner had A ado' 14'
after she had taken the prussic acid• f'dicat ineofri'
he was informed it was the opinion of' Inutile 0°,091
if proper remedies had been employed, case, ho jet
Belaney might have been saved. The artie°l es 9
was not to be left here—there were other Erder toe tear'
which it was necessary ho should go, ifa ,rnaortangoaere
the jury to form a just conclusion in this vrash psi
No 10,
Atafitneerdtthheataphperhehadenwsirointteonf
tothheispfrriiseonndesr,in_sid
oll_a
derland, and some of those letters he nu,' 1"
The first was dated on the sth of Jun ""
184718
follows : June 5' ev
"Euston Hotel, London, ...ening
do,
"Dear Sir, —We arrived here yesterdaY ejo say, ;pcll
and sound, although to-day, lam sen..);rayell.lusf
Belaney is rather unwell. The fatigue et
awadsisstuanrecet,ontoeldl oaulbutt,letouapocnonhsetrit;utaionnd
to bear up and carry all before tyvi'
eyer, rightta-assealiheibakteeeholgirbss:eostiri.
trti
than her strength was equal to. she win De, -0,00,
in a day or two, after a good rest, A
proceed to e- Osate
again, and we will be able to
er ouch _be _
my brother's. She does not think
.v
..3is easy Td,
she has seen of London. Till"' ~be one
as yet,
ec on
juonyt e
adnfyo.
thin shge
;noatndbeing otrieer
nothing of interest but crowded s r about
,
a:rinitg s,seetori-41.071'"A
leave this hotel, and as I will be rni: letter:. 011°
ed With.°
bpolaockesetiolerfolr
we,h)o-oluhhavaed
arranged
direr b recelT'