The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

COAST GUARD.

Appointment—Commander W. B. Oliver, to be Inspecting
Commander, vice Dyer (whose appointment to this service has been
cancelled), to Newcastle; Carthwellan, vice De Courcy, removed ;
Lieutenant J. J. C. H. Tracy, to command a station.
Removals—Lieutenant J. S. M. Watson, from Harwich to Cro-
mer station, ♦ice Cooper, removed; Lieutenant Matthew Liddon,
from Cockbush to Harwich, vice Watson.

ANOTHER CAMBRIDGE
ELECTION.

CAMBRIDGE, JULY 26.—Whether the Tory party here have sent
forth the report for their own special purpose, that Sir John Mort_
lock is about to retire from the Board of Excise, and that the Hon.
Henry Manners Sutton is to succeed him, I know not, but this I
can assure you, that the Whigs here are on the look out for a
vacancy in the representation of the borough. There are those
amongst the constituency, connected with the Liberal interest, who
fancy that this rumour has been sent afloat to throw them off their
guard; and indeed it has been softly insinuated by certain Con.
servatives, celebrated for their electioneering tactics, that if the
Solicitor. General be not disturbed, it will turn out all the better
for the Whigs at the next election for Cambridge. "No petition
now," they say, "no opposition next time." And of course it is
to be inferred that Mr. Adair would have a walk over. This is
anything but certain, as the slippery character of the Conserva-

tires of the town of Cambridge is proverbial. Should the vacancy
occur, the election, whether a contest or a walk over, would not
take place till next year. The session is now drawing to a
close. Sir Robert Peel know■ better than to risk another trial
of strength at this moment at Cambridge, with Adair i■ front
of the Liberal array. Mr Sutton's appointment would, there-
fore, take place during the recess, and the writ would not
be moved for until after the opening of the next session. The
Cambridge Conservatives would in the meantime look to the
registration pretty sharply, although with very little chanee of
increasing their number of votes beyond what they muster at pre.
sent, their strength being two or three dozen below the Whip.
" The Board of Works," as the Cambridge Independent Press
called the choice band of Theban, who " worked" the battle for
the Solicitor-General during the last half hour, and achieved the
victory, are terribly afraid of &petition. There is plenty of ground
to go on ; for the " business" that was going on was notorious.
A Barnwell man, a celebrated dog fancier and dog seller, And
who keeps a fast nag or two for the purposes of other fancy business
udef eguis canibusque), came up to a most respectable man on
the Whig side on Parker'► Piece, at half-past three on the day of
polling, and offered thirty votes of his gang for 51. a-piece. " The
Conservatives," said he, " are giving ten, we will sacrifice five to
our principles, we will sacrifice no more; for, when our neighbours
are getting paid before our eyes for their votes, we casnot afford to
give ours for nothing." This disinterested patriot's offer was re-
lused. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly knew nothing about the work which his
kind friends were engaged in during the last moments of the con.
test. Of course not I You have heard the story of his carriage
having been ordered at half-past three, so sure was the poor simple
man of being defeated. It is no joke. The order was given by
the great man himself, in a tone of forensic solemnity, and with
an air of seemingly sincere distress, quite Kelly-ish.

SUNDERLAND ELEc-rioN.—Mr. Hudson has announced his
resolution to contest this borough, and has published an ad-
dress, in which he gives the following as his political pro-
fession of faith :—" My political opinions are chiefly in ac-
cordance with those of her Mi.jesity's present advisers, but
whilst I shall endeavour to support and maintain unimpaired
our glorious Constitution, 1 shall be ever ready to assist in
reforming abuses, and in effecting all practical reductions in
public expenditure.": He was in Sunderland yesterday.
Colonel Thompson is assiduously engaged in canvassing, and
his friends speak most confidently of his success.

THAMPTON, JULY 27. The
Oriental Company's steam-ship Queen, Captain Russell, arrived in
the docks at one o'clock a Is. this day from Gibraltar, and landed
the Peninsular and Mt diterranean mails in time to be forwarded to
London by the two o'clock a.m. mail train. The dates are Gib-
raltar July 18, Cadiz 19, Lisbon 21, Oporto and Vigo 22, and
Corunna 23. The Queen brings a lull cargo of fruit and some
specie, and 28 passengers. The same Company's steam-ship
Oriental, Captain Soy, came into the docks this morning from the
Motherbank, where she arrived from Alexandria on Friday even.
ing, and the East India and China mails were dispatched to London
the same night. The Oriental left Alexandria July 10, Malta 15,
and Gibraltar 20. She had 48 passengers and a very full cargo.
The following ships were at Malta :—Her Majesty's ships Formid-
able, Polyphemus, Virago, and Volcano. At Gibraltar, her Ma-
jesty's brig Fantome, and Flamer steamer. At Alexandria, the
French steamer Gomer.

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under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, with
Captain Henderson and Lieutenant the lion. W. Yelverton, to
practise with rockets. Major Strangways, commanding the rocket
troop, with Lieutenant Willan and a portion of the rocket troop,
were present to give instruction in that branch of the service, and
the whole of the practice, which was carried on by the non-corn-
missioned officers and men of Captain Turner's company, was ex-
cellent. The rockets were six pounders, from Boxer's tubes, at
600 yards, and a salvo of tour rockets at the same distance. A
number of six.pounder rockets were also fired from the tubes at
700 yards range, aad a number of 12-pounder rockets at 1,000
yards range. The officers in command expressed themselves
highly plumed with the primitive.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, July 28.
The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall today.
IN THE MATTER. OF THE SUITORS—THE MASTERS' CLERICS

This case, which ;toodspe;caliTappOin; af TOTto-day, carte
before the Court upon the petition of thirty-two of the solicitors
of the Court of Chancery. We have already given at length the
statements in the petition, and it will therefore be sufficient in
the present instance to state merely its prayer, which is that
the Lord Chancellor will cause inquiry to be made into the
matters alleged in the petition, and also into the manner in
which the duties of the office of chief clerk to the said Master
Lynch are now, and have been, since the appointment of
Thomas Whiting thereto, executed and performed ; and
that his Lordship will be pleased to order that henceforth the
duties of the office may be performed by Thomas Whiting while
he shall continue such chief clerk in person, and not by the co-
pying or junior clerk of the Master or by any other deputy, and
that in case Thomas Whiting shall neglect personally to per-
form such duties, or shall be found incompetent thereto, that he
may be removed from being such chief clerk of slaster Lynch,
and that in such case his Lordship will be pleased to make order
for the due appointment of some other properly-qualified person
to the office of chief clerk in the place and stead of Thomas
Whiting.

Mr. ROMILLY, with whom was Mr. Palmer, was proceeding
to open the petition, when
The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether the petitioners
had applied to the Master of the Rolls?
Mr. RomitLy said they had not, as it was considered that the
Master of the Rolls had no jurisdiction in the matter. The
Muter of the Rolls had jurisdiction over the Six Clerks, but
not those of the Masters in Chancery.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—That Learned Judge is head
master, and if I had been aware of what the matter was I should
certainly have asked the Master of the Rolls to attend.
Mr. ROMILLY said, on the part of the petitioners, he should
be most happy that the Master of the Rolls should attend.
Mr. STUART said he appeared for Master Lynch ; and so far
as he was concerned, he was anxious the matter should be
heard before the Master of the Rolls as well as the Lord Chan-
cellor. In stating this, he must not be understood as doubting
the jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor : on the part, however,
of Master Lynch, he must say, he considered this a most im-
proper petition, and one the prayer of which he was convinced
the Court would not grant.
Mr. ROMILLT said his clients were most anxious that his
Lordship should have the assistance of the Master of the Rohs.
Mr. STUART was prepared to prove that the petition was
most improper, and one that ought not to be entertained by
the Court.

The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that some correspond-
ence bad taken place between himself and Master Lynch
forrierly on the subject.
Mr. STUART said there were allegations in the petition that
were totally unfounded, and he should be able to show they
were so.

The LOAD CHANCELLOK inquired if there was any dispute
about the fact?

Mr. ROMILLY—Not the slightest.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—It is admitted that the chief
clerk does not perform the duty.
Mr..l. PARKER stated that he appeared for Mr. Whiting, and
showed that the present clerk was not qualified.
Mr. STUART said that the present clerk performed the duty,
that was, he did what he was directed to do by the Master.
He was quite at issue with his Learned Friend as to what the
duties were, but not as to the facts.

Mr. ROMILLY.—We say the Master cannot make the chief
clerk perform the duties of the junior clerk, and the junior
those of the chief clerk.

The Lour. CitAxciLLoa—Who receives the salary ?
Mr. J. PARKER said his client Mr. Whiting did, that he
applied it for his own use and gave none of it to the other
clerks.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then sent t• the Master of the
Rolls, and on the return of the messenger his Lordship stated
that the Master of the Rolls could not attend to-day, as counsel
were at that moment addressing him on a part-heard case ; he
would, however, be able to attend on Wednesday.
Mr. ROMILLY trusted that his Lordship would order the
case to be at the bead of the paper for that day.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—CertainIy. His Lordship
thought that what was done should be with the concurrence of
the Master of the Rolls, considering his connexion with the
office of Master.

Mr. ROMILLY wished it to be understood that there was
nothing like personal feeling on the part of his clients.
Mr. STUART-Oh ! no; except the allegation of incompe-
tence to perform the duty. Mr. Wkiting was stated in the
petition to be incompetent, but that was, doubtless, stated out
of compliment.—(A laugh.)
The matter was then ordered to stand over to Wednesday
morning.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottinghom, July 26.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Baron PoLLocr.)
John Fearn Webster was indicted for feloniousl cutting and
wounding William Watkinson, in the parish of Rasford, with
intent to murder him or do him some grievous bodily barn.
Mr. Macauley prosecuted, and Mr. Flood defended the pri-
soner.

From the evidence, it appeared that in the month of April
last, the prisoner attempted to drive a cart through a garden in
the occupation of the prosecutor. The latter laid hold of the
horse's head and attempted to push him back, when the pri-
soner took up a spade and struck him upon the head, by means
of which he was for a considerable time rendered insensible,
and otherwise seriously injured. The charge with intent to
murder was abandoned, and the question now was, was the as-
sault committed with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm.
Upon cross-examination, it appeared that there was some dis-
pute as to the right of the road.

The CHIEF BARON thought at any rate the evidence as to
the commission of the common assault could not be resisted.
Mr. FLOOD concurred with his Lordship, but he thought he
might put in evidence by way of mitigation. He would prove
that a road had been actually staked out.
The CHIEF BARON directed the jury to find a verdict for
the common assault ; and sentenced the prisoner to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour. _ _

(Before Mr Justice Miturat.)
_Richard Searson, Henry Rouse, and Samuel Morrison,
stood indicted for having, on the night of the 9th day of March
last, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of John Bailey,
in the parish of Bingham, and stolen therefrom a quantity of
cloth, waistcoat pieces, hats, and other articles, his property.
Searson pleaded guilty, and was admitted as a witness against
the other prisoners, who were said to be reputably connected
in that part of the county from which they came.
Mr. Wilmore conducted the prosecution, Mr. Miller de-
fended the prisoner Morrison, and Mr. Macauley appeared on
behalf of Rouse.

It appeared that on the night in question the shop of the
prosecutor was opened by the door being bored by a bracebit,
and property was carried off to the amount of between 401. and
501. According to the statement of Searson, the approver, the
prisoner Rouse came to him and said that he and Morrison
were going down to Bingham to get into Bailey's shop, and they
wanted him to accompany them. At first he refused, but
afterwards consented. They went together, and arrived near
the shop about twelve o'clock. Morrison went a l►ttle higher
up the street, he (Searson) stood on the opposite side of the
road, and Rouse bored a hole in the shop door with a brace-
bit. Morrison had in his possession a pistol, and Rouse had
another. The latter prisoner borrowed a knife from him, with
which he cut out the wood between the holes bored in the door,
and afterwards made off. Searson stated that the property
was afterwards divided between them, and mentioned meeting
a person named Stokes when oa their return from Bailey's
house. His story was materially corroborated by other witnesses
called for the prosecution.
Mr. MILLER and Mr. MACAULEY severally addressed the
jury on behalf of the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence,
The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were all three
(Searson included) sentenced to ten years' transportation.
The assizes terminated at eight o'clock, the whole business of
the county of Nottingham basing occupiel only ten hours !

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 2.5.
Mr. Baron Rolfe arrived in Durham last evening, and the
assizes have commenced here this thy. Both the Learned
Judges were sitting at York until yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Justice Cresswell remained till the middle of to-day, when all
the causes were disposed of but four ; those, by arrangement,
are remanets to the next assizes.

Mr. Baron Rolfe having arrived at the Durham station,
was conducted thence by the Sheriff of the county to the
Court-house, where the commission was immediately opened.
His Lordship then went to the Castle, to the judges' apart-
ments there. This morning, after attending Divine service,
he proceeded to the Crown Court, and the business of the as-
sizes was entered upon.
There are 20 causes on the civil side, and 39 prisoners for
trial. Of the persons named in the calendar one is to be tried
for murder, one for manslaughter, two for rape, one for bur-
glary and attempted murder, one for throwing boiling water
with intent to do grievous bodily harm, three for robbery attended
by violence, two for concealing the birth of children, three for
burglary, seven for stealing from the person, 19 for larceny,
four for receiving stolen goods, one fur coining, one for for-
gery, and one for instigating to csmpound felony.
The Learned JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, made
some observations respecting the case of Goule, charged with
shooting his wife at Durham, and also touching the general state
of crime in this county at the present time. His Lordship
said :—" Generally speaking, the cases do not present any de-
gree of enormity, but are merely such as your duties as magis-
trates will have made you familiar with, so far as their principles
are concerned. No observations of mine, therefore, could be of
essential service to you as far as relates to these cases There
is, however, one general observation which I cannot abstain
from making—that in a calendar containing 40 names, or there-
abouts, one-half, or more than half, have not received the
most elementary rudiments of education—for about one-
half can neither read nor write at all ; and, besides
that, more than three-fourths have received so slight an
education that they scarcely know more than their letters.
Now, that observation cannot but suggest to you, and to
every one, the expediency of encouraging, by all possible
means, the general and more extensive diffusion of educa-
tion, as a means of diminishing crime. It would be absurd
to suppose that because all men were educated they would
abstain from being guilty of offences; but • when one sees the
composition of this calendar, and when one witnesses the same
thing in the calendar of other counties—that the great rusts of
offenders are those who have received no education at all, the
matter is no longer a mere quest ion of theory, but proves, by a
sort of positive demonstration, that to extended education we
must ultimately be indebted for any great diminution of crime.
Turning from that general observation to the particular cases
in the calendar, it seems to me that at least one-half of them
hare arisen since the last sessions, and that, had the sessions
intervened, a very large proportion of them would have been
tried at the sessions. I cannot see that there is anything in

the cases which indicates any great depravity existing in the
county at the present time. There are, however, two un-
fortunate cases, in which persons have lost their lives, and
which present some features which may require one or two
observations. With regard to one case, that of Louis Henry
Gouh',, although it is stated here (in the calendar) that he has
been committed on a charge of manslaughter, it will be my
duty to direct you to charge him wi•h the crime of murder ;
because, according to the depositions, it seems to me that there
is nothing in the case to warrant that extension of the law
which could mitigate his offence to the charge of manslaughter.
The distinction between murder and manslaughter I need
hardly point out to you. Murder is the deliberate and preme-
ditated act of the party ; manslaughter is when the act is the
effect of a sudden impulse. There are other circumstances
that may justify—or, if not absolutely justify, at least mitigate
—the offence in the eye of the law. NOW, among these cir-
cumstances, it has always been held, that it would reduce the
crime to manslaughter—it is stated in the law books as pro-
bable, though it is perhaps a case which does not happen once
in a century—that it a person finds his wife in the act of com-
mitting adultery,—it is said, in that case, if a man, on the
impulse of the moment, were to put to death the adulterer,
that would be an act which the law would consider manslaughter,
not murder. But in this case, although I see from the deposi-
tions that there has been some jealousy, or suspicion, on the
part of the person charged, yet I cannot perceive anything
which calls for an extension of the law to reduce the offence
to manslaughter; because here it would appear that there was
n.,thing at all but a man having concei-ed, truly or untruly,
soaps feeling of jua!ousy as to the conduct of his wife, a cer-
wstirteeedteatetrtmheinitnigmetowghoeotiutthaney had
stoaminepawrotyrdpsasasbi call
that party in, and then the prisoner drawing from his pocket a
passing by by
it, in the
loaded pistol and shooting her, and not having succeded, as he
thought, with that, he fired at her again. Now, in the firat