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Mr. ITU:M:11El said he would get rid of that difficulty
by praying a tales, and moving that tho Sheriff do make
an immediate return of jurors,
Whereupon a long discussion ensued as to the legality
of such a course, but his Lordship ultimately decided that
it was legal, and the sheriff's representative immediately
made up a jury by insisting upon the twelve indi-
viduals in the body of the Court who were nearest to
him entering the box, whether it was agreeable to
themselves or not.
Mr. MARTIN, being still anxious that the case should
not be disposed of at that period of the day, offered to
allow the venue to be changed, so that the case might be
tried on the first (lay of next term.
Mr. llttstraEv declined to accede to this without the
defendant paid the costs of the day.
Mr. MARTIN said he would consent to no such pro-
posal, but, if the case were proceeded with, he should
throw every obstacle in its way, and take every possible
objection to the proceedings. In the first place, he
would have the jury sworn individually, and he should
object to those who were not qualified to serve.
Several of the gentlemen who had been so precipi-
tately hurried into the box were found not to possess a
single qualification for jurymen, and now the sheriff's
representative evinced as much eagerness to drag them
out as he had previously done to push them in, and,
with unblushing effrontery, told them they ought to have
known better than enter the box without any qualifica-
tions. After a good deal of bustle this courteous func-
tionary succeeded in scraping together a jury, and the
case was opened nearly three-quarters of an hour after it I
had been first called on.

POLICE INTELLIGEN CE.

GULDHALL.
Mr. George Robinson, a student residing in the Tem-
pie, and one of his friends named John Ross, attended
to answer a charge of assault which had been preferred
against them by Mrs. Jane Fish, of Gloucester-street,
Queen-square. A woman who had passed as Mrs. Ro-
binson (and who was recently tried at the OW Bailey,
for stealing a piece of silk from a tavern at Norwood,
while she was out for a day's spree with Mrs. Fish
and Mr. Ross) did not surrender to meet the charge,
though she was aware she was included in the warrant.
Mrs. Fish stated that she is the wife of John Fish,
who is now lying dangerously ill. On the 10th of No-
vember she went to Mr. Robinson's chambers in ths•
Temple, having received a note inviting her.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked if it stated for what ob-
ject ? She said she believed it did not, but her solicitor
had it. She supposed it was to receive her rent, as she
had sent in a bill for 51. 12s. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson
had lodged in her house three weeks. She found Mr.
Ross waiting in the court, and detaining her a few
minutes he showed her up to Mr. Robinson's rooms,
where she found Mrs. Robinson.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why Mrs. Robinson
was not in attendance ? Mr. Robinson said she was not
his wife. She was living with him some time ago.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked if she had not been
living with him since as well as before she went to pri-
son ? Mr. Robinson replied she had left him, and he
had no control over her.
Mrs. Fish continued her statement--On entering the
room Mrs. Robinson asked her if she had brought the
rest of her clothes. Witness said she had not, because her
son was not at home, and she said she wished she had
never seen Mrs. Robinson. The latter flew at her
immediately, and began beating her furiously.
Mr. Robinson interposed, and forced his lady back to
the sofa. She rushed upon witness a second time, and
was again pulled off by Mr. Robinson. Mr. Ross had
locked the door, or she could have escaped. Mrs.
Robinson renewed the attack, though Mr. Robinson
stood to keep her off; but she got at witness, knocked
her down, and kicked her, and tore her face. She was
black and blue from head to foot.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why she had included
Mr. Robinson in the warrant? She replied, because he
levelled a gun at her, and threatened to shoot her if she
cried out, and Mrs. Robinson was then beating her.
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked what Ross did? She
said he, by command of Robinson, put a chair against
the door, and stood against it to prevent her from leav-
ing the room till Mrs. Robinson had done beating her.
At last she heard something said amongst them like,
She has had enough of it now." Sho had not yet re-
covered the use of her arm, and was suffering from an
internal rupture.
Mr. Robinson asked her if he did not use every exer-
tion to prevent Mrs. Robinson from beating her, and if
he did not pull her off four times? Mrs. Fish said he
did so only twice, and then let Mrs. Robinson beat her
as she pleased; and he said he would be revenged if he
went to the bottom of hell for it.
Mr. Robinson replied th at he could not say he recollected
using any expressions of the kind. He also denied that
Ross locked the door by his order; as also that he
levelled a gun at her. lie did his utmost to prevent the
affray; but Mrs. Wilmore, who was called Mrs. Robin-
Ms was a tall And rery poraful woman. Vint Am

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 23.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
His HONOUR heard cause petitions to-day, taking the
unopposed first. None of the causes that came before
the Court possessed any points of interest except to
the parties concerned.

IJANGATE V. G iSCOIGNE.
In this petition the arguments were concluded, and
His Hoxoun gave judgment, giving the parties liberty
to file a bill of review on the payment of the costs.
The Court rose at three o'clock.
His Honour will not sit again till the 12th of January,
1846, the first day of Hilary Term. The Court sits on
that day at Westminster. at ten o'clock.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 23.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, before the Loan CHIEF
BARON and a special jury.)
LAMERTE V. HEATH.
This was an action on the case brought to recover back
a sum of money paid in respect of certain shares which
subsequently turned out to be fictitious, to which the de-
fendant had pleaded, denying his liability, and upon this
plea issue was joined.
Mr. Jervis, Sir. M. Chambers, and Mr. Woolstock
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin and Mr. Mills
for the defendant.
The plaintiff was the well-known dentist, and an ex-
tensive share speculator, and the defendant a share-
broker and a member of the Stock Exchange. The ac-
tion was instituted to recover 4321. 10s., which the plain-
tiff had paid to the defendant for 280 shares in the Kent-
ish Coast Railway, but the scrip certificates for which
shares subsequently turned out not to be genuine, It
would appear from the evidence, that the Kentish Coast
Railway first originated in 1844, with Mr. Curling,
a solicitor, who induced Sir John Ayre, Mr.
Daniel, the chairman of the Blackwell Rail-
way Company, and several other gentlemen well
known in the City, and of unimpeachable character, to
allow themselves to be published to the world as the
provisional committee of the undertaking, and it na
turally ensued that the application for allotment of
;shares in the project were exceedingly numerous. The
shares were allotted in due course, bat only a few of
them were paid upon—indeed, only some 8001. upon
603 shares—and the result was, that a meeting of the
Directors was convened, and a resolution come to, that
the scrip should not be issued ; but, at the re-
quest of Mr. Curling, the originator of the
project, the Directors abstained from dissolving the
Company, or rather agreed to rest upon their oars till
the Board of Trade reported upon the line, the plans
having been made and deposited as previously agreed
upon, at the expense of Mr. Curling himself. In the
meanwhile, however, some of the Directors learned, to
their great astonishment, that the scrip of the Company,
which ought to have been signed by two of the acting
committee, had been issued by Mr. Curling and Mr.
Richardson, the secretary, signed only by the latter, and
was actually being largely dealt in upon the Stock Ex-
change. This circumstance, conjointly with an adverse
report of the Board of Trade, led to a second
meeting of the Directors, and at this meeting it was
resolved to repudiate the scrip issued by Mr. Curling,
upon which the deposits had been paid directly to the
Secretary without passing through the hands of the
Company's bankers, to refund the 800 L paid in the usual
and proper course upon the 603 shares befere alluded to,
and to put an end to the Company altogether. Now,
the plaintiff had purchased shares of the defendant in
this Kentish Coast Railway, but it afterwards turned
out that the scrip certificates delivered by the defendant
for these shares were portions of those repudiated by the
Directors, which, becoming worthless upon the formal
dissolution of the Company, the plaintiff determined to
bring the present action to recover back the amount he
had paid to the defendant for the shares, as money had
and received.
Mr. MARTIN, in his address to the jury for the de-
fence, said the case involved a question of considerable
importance, which had never yet been before the Courts,
namely, what was the extent of responsibility a jobber
upon the Stock Exchange incurred in selling scrip
certificates for railway shares. He apprehended and con-
tended that he incurred no responsibility at all, because
the certificate itself contained no contract, and the
broker warranted nothing beyond the signature to
the certificate. With respect to the solvency or likeli-
hood of the scheme being carried out, he had nothing
whatever to do, for the purchaser had the same means
as the broker himself of ascertaining the prudence or
imprudence of a perchase. The question was one of
law, and for the Court to decide; but there was a second
question in the case, which the jury would have to de.
cide, namely, had not Mr. Curling, in issuing these cer-
tificates, acted as the servant of the Directors, and were
they not bound by them, and liable to refund the plain-
tiff the money he had paid for them?
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said a stock-
jobber was liable in the same way as other parties who
bought and sold. There was no mystery in dealing in
shares any more than there was in dealing in cotton. A
man bargained to buy cotton, the vendor was bound to
deliver the same, and that was the case with shares.
For instance, if a man bargained to buy a cask
of brandy, which had passed through many hands,
and it subsequently turned out to be water, it was no
defence to say, " The dock company delivered it as
brandy, and you must recover from them." All the
cases in the books supported this view, and the only
question the jury had to decide was, whether the shares
delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff were the shares
of the Kentish Coast Railway or not.
The jury, after retiring for upwards of two hours and
a half, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
DEBNEY V. BERGONZI.
now TO GET er As JURY.—On this cause being
called on,
Mr. LIUMFREY rose, and said this was a special jury
case, but the jury had only been struck, and not sum-
moned. He was, therefore, willing to try the case with
a common jury.
Mr. MARTIN said, at that advanced hour of the day
he should certainly object to such a course.
The summoning officer intimated, with the view no
doubt of saving time, that there was not a common jury
present.

RETIREMENT of LORD STANLEY.
We are assured that Sir Robert Peel will be enabled to
retain the co-operation of all his former colleagues, with
the exception of Lord Stanley.
Lord Stanley, we regret to learn, feels himself com-
pelled to withdraw from her Majesty's service. his
Lordship acted throughout the late painful and pro-
tracted discussions with perfect fairness and openness.
All the other colleagues of Sir Robert Peel will re-
main in office. They are influenced, no doubt, by the
same motives by which Sir Robert Peel was influenced,
when he informed her Majesty, on Saturday last,
that he required no time for consultation or delibera-
tion ; that on the instant he should resume the
functions and responsibilities of Prime Minister.
The question to be decided at the Council, summoned
at short notice on Saturday night, was simply this—
shall the Queen and the country be left at such a crisis
without a Minister and without a Government?
The decision of the Duke of Wellington and of those
of his colleagues who had, in the first instance, dissented
from the views of Sir Robert Peel, was not to leave him
to pursue his arduous and patriotic course alone, but
to share the burthen with him, and give him
all the aid which their high station, their known abi-
lity, and disinterested integrity NO well enabled them to
afford. The position of Lord Stanley was peculiar; and
acting on strong conviction and on his sense of public
duty, he resolved on retiring.—Tory (Evening)paper.
THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " The Queen
of Denmark," edited by Mrs. Gore, should rather be placed
in the catalogue of Memoirs. There is a love story running
throughout; but it is in reality a series of intrigues, conver-
sations, and incidents. The work is cleverly executed, full
of ancedote and lively scandal, and valuable for the graphic
pictures which it gives of Danish life and character. The
unfortunate Caroline Matilda, sister of our George 111., and
wife of the weak-minded Christian VII., is the leading per-
sonage in the romance; and, her character is fairly repre-
sented, and in some parts completely vindicated. In the
scenes of violence and treason which preceded her banishment
to Zell, when begirt by enemies, she is described as acting
like a Queen, and on all occasions she appears possessed of a
warm English heart and a cool English head. The Count
Struensee, that miserable poltroon, who, to save his worthless
existence, had the baseness to accuse his royal mistress of
criminally intriguing with him, is too favourably drawn. The
minions of the Court, and the chief officers and statesmen of
the time, are sketched with a free pencil; the bale masques,
the private gossippings, the caballings, are described with
accuracy, as well as all the details of the royal pageants and
ceremonies.—Morning Post.
The Marquis of Headfort's second son, Lord Robert
Taylor, has entered the Household Brigade as Ensign and
Lieutenant in the Scotch Fusilier Guards.
=The Marquis of Ailsa is indisposed at his villa, St.
Alargaret's, t w Richmond.

her to question her as to some exorbitant items she had
charged in her bill, and to confront her with Mrs.
Wilmore, in respect to some statements she had made to
her prejudice. He began to talk to her about the bill,
but the affray began, and Mrs. Fish retired as soon as it
was over. •
Mr. Alderman WILSON asked Ross if he wished to say
anything? Ross replied only that he had taken no part
in the assault.
Mr. Alderman WILSON said it was altogether a eruel
and disgraceful assault, and he should send all the
parties to the sessions. Mrs. Wilmore should not escape
if she could possibly be found. The two defendants
could and might have prevented Mrs. Wilmore from
continuing the assault if they had been disposed, but it
seemed that the complainant was enticed to the cham-
bers and locked in for the purpose of being cruelly
beaten by a tall, strong young woman. Ross had not
even made a show of protecting the complainant. All
the parties were equally bad. He had supposed that
none but gentlemen were allowed to occupy chambers in
the Temple.
Mr. Robinson trusted he had done nothing unworthy
of a gentleman. As Mrs. Fish had now made her
charge, he trusted she would return the 301. she had
taken to forbear doing so.
Mr. Alderman WILSON insisted upon knowing all the
particulars of this compromise.
Mr. Robinson declared he brought the parties toge-
ther merely to obtain some explanations, but as a
fracas had occurred in his chambers, and he felt his pro-
fesional reputation to be in jeopardy, he authorised Mr.
Games, a solicitor, to tender full amends for the assault.
Mr. Games saw the solicitor on the other side, a Mr.
W. C. Ward, and he ultimately paid 30/. to Mrs. Fish,
4/. to her doctor, and 71. to her lawyer. The sum de-
manded showed the spirit of extortion in which the
charge was made.
Mr. Alderman WILSON thought 411. was a large sum,
and was surprised that Mr. Ward, after getting the war-
rant, had thus made use of it to extort money. What
had he done in obtaining the warrant to deserve 71. ?
Mrs. Fish said her lawyer had not so used the warrant.
The offer to compromise did not come from him, but
from the defendant, and was made direct to her husband,
and as he was on his dying bed she thought she had
better avoid the expense and anxiety of further proceed-
ings.

Mr. Alderman Wrmote observed, that it was clear his
warrant had been most unjustifiably used, and he would
not say what he should do in the case till Mrs. Robinson
was brought before him.
The parties then retired.
BO W-STREET.
Thomas Bennett, a letter-carrier, of Camberwell, was
charged with stealing the contents of two money-letters,
posted at the receiving-office, on Camberwell-green.
Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, attended.
It was proved by Mr. Walter Sculthorp, president of
the district post-office, that in consequence of the number
ofcomplaints made at the General Office in St. Martin'ssle-
Grand, respecting the non-delivery of certain money-
letters posted at the Camberwell receiving house, he was
induced to make up two letters, the one addressed to
Mrs. Fisher, of Elm, near Wisbeach, and the other to a
person in Liverpool, inclosing in each a sovereign and
half sovereign (marked), and in the former one a gold
pin, also marked. These letters he posted at Camber-
well, on Monday last, and in the evening of the same
day awaited the arrival of the bag at time General Post-
office. The two letters, however, were not in the collec-
tion, and Mr. Sculthorp, accompanied by the inspector
of letter-carriers, Mr. Cole, and Peake, the constable,
proceeded to the receiving-house, at Camberwell-green,
where they were informed that the prisoner had been
intrusted with the duty of taking the letters from the
box, and forwarding them to the Kent- road and St.
Martin's-le-Grand. He was accordingly sent for and
questioned, and on Peake's searching him, some of the
marked money was found in his possession. The next
morning he acknowledged his guilt, requesting Peake to
communicate the fact to the Court, as he should not be
able to do so himself.
Mrs. Blunden, of the Camberwell branch-office, Mr.
Cole, and Peake, having been also examined as to the
above facts,
Mr. jARDINE committed the prisoner for trial.
The prisoner, who was considered a respectable young
man, had some appointment in connexion with a place of
worship at Camberwell. He kept a tobacconist's shop,
and had been married only about six months.
MAULBOROUGH-STREET.
The final investigation into a charge of assault, alleged
to have:been falsely made against a bootmaker, named
William Hierons, living in Meard's-court, Wardour-
street, by a woman named Elizabeth Cox, took place
before Mr. Maltby.
About ten days ago the woman appeared at this Court,
and stated that as she was passing through Meard's-
court, about two o'clock that morning, the defendant
(Hierons) came up to her, accosted her indecently, made
improper proposals to her, and on receiving a repulse
struck her a blow on the face which knocked her down
senseless. A stranger who was passing at the time, and
who witnessed the assault, assisted her in causing the
defendant to be taken to the station-house, and having
signed the charge-sheet promised to attend on her behalf
in the morning. This person, however, had not come
forward.
The defendant said he knew nothing whatever of the
assault, and called a witness, who said that the defendant
was not the man who struck the blow.
The woman said she was positive the defendant was
the man.
Mr. MALTIIY immediately inflicted a fine of SL, which
was paid.
In a short time afterwards the defendant came into
Court, and said he had accidentally met with a witness
who could prove he was not the person who had assaulted
the woman,
The witness, a neighbour of the defendant, but a
stranger to him, told the magistrate that she was at-
tracted to the window by a disturbance in the court
bete een a man and a woman. She locked out of the
window and saw the man knock the woman down. She
further saw the defendant came up to protect the woman,
and then she saw the man who had committed the assault
make his escape, and the defendant immediately after-
wards given into custody.
The defendant said this was a true statement of facts.
He had just reached home, and was about to put his
latch-key to the door, when he saw a woman knocked
down. He ran forward to her assistance, and was given
into custody as the person who had committed the assault.
Inspector Aggs (who booked the charge) said he had
no doubt he should be able to produce the person who
signed the charge-sheet on behalf of the woman.
This witness was found, and brought into Court. He
said he certainly signed the sheet, but it was only as a
witness to show that the woman had been assaulted.
He had never pointed out the defendant as the man who
had committed the assault ; on the contrary, he had no
recollection of having seen the defendant in the station-
house at all. He did not attend as a witness the next
morning, because he understood from the inspector that
his presence was not necessary.
Inspector Aggi said he was certain the witness had
pointed out the defendant in the station-house, other-
wise he would not have been admitted to sign the sheet
as a witness.
The witness had asked if he were obliged to attend
the next morning, and was told it was usual to attend,
but be might do as he thought proper.
Mr. MALTBY appointed yesterday fur the woman Cox
to at tend before him.
The woman, who appeared to be still suffering from
the effects of the blow, when questioned, said the blow so
stunned her as to render her incapable of speaking posi-
tively to the person who had inflicted it. She had been
induced to swear that the defendant was the man from
his having been pointed out to her by persons who saw
the assault as the man who had struck her. Since she
was before the Court, she had heard so many persons
declare that she was mistaken that she was now re•
luctant to swear that the defendant was the an who
had assaulted her.
Mr. MALTBY said, the case having now assumed an
aspect so different from that which it presented in the
first instance, when the woman swore so positively to
the identity of the defendant, he should order the de-
fendant to be paid back the 51. flue.
The defendant wished to know if he could not have
compensation for loss of time, and for expenses in pro-
curing witnesses.
Mr. MALTBY could not comply with the rem•

Alexander Sinclair, the carpenter, next called, was
I examined respecting the origin of the transactions on
board the ship and relatis'e to the death of Rambert.
The ship was quiet until they passed the Island of As-
cension, about the 23(1 of September. They were short
of provisions and water then. The quentity had been
limited for six or seven days to a pint of water per man.
A gallon a day is reckoned the allowance. Several of
the crew were dissatisfied and grumbling. It was re
marked that there could have been more water obtained at
the last place they called at. There had been no disturbance
that he was aware of up till that time. He recollected
bespeaking a French barque, about five or six days of er
leaving the parallel of Ascension, and three days before
!lambert jumped overboard. They got some water
and provisions, and a cask of wine, from the barque.
About this time the captain found fault with the mate
about the boat being damaged. Witness heard the mate
say that if he had not a wife and family he would have
jumped overboard. Witness did not hear the reason of
his saying so, as he was only passing along. The
same night they bespoke the barque witness over-
heard Barry Yelverton tell the captain that Reason
had said, "if he (the captain) did not make the Island
of Ascension next day, there would be no more Captain
Johnstones." This was alleged to have been said the
day before the time when the ship should have reached
Ascension, but it was not told the captain till after be-
speaking the French barque. Witness afterwards
heard the captain call Ilanabert, and tell him
that there were intentions amongst the crew against
him. 'lambert said he did not know of any at that
time. The captain then ordered the first and
second mate, and witness, and the three boys to take arms,
and they all did so. This was about nine o'clock at
night. The watch, comprising eight men and a boy,
were down asleep at the time. The other watch was on
duty and all orderly as far as he knew. Up to this
time witness heard nothing of any mutiny but what he
heard Barry Yelverton tell the captain, and the captain
saying, when he ordered them to be armed, " That he
believed the crew had sharpened their knives to take
his life." Several other questions were put
respecting subsequent proceedings, but the answers
were mainly corroborative of the evidence of the
other witnesses, fully given, as to the manner the captain
had acted towards the deceased. The only point ma•
terially differing from the former examinations was re-
specting the conduct of the captain after Rambert
jumperoverboard. The witness stated that on Rambert
jumping overboard the captain called the crew together,
and asked if they should try to save him ? but the crew
were of opinion that it would be of no use,
the ship being under such a crowd of sail. Wit-
ness at the same time heard Curtis tell the
captain that Rambert was the cause of all the
disturbance, as he wanted to take the ship to America.
Peter Curtis examined—He said that the mate
came to him about two hours before he jumped over-
board. Ile was all cut about the head and face. Wit-
ness told Burton and others to go aft, and make the
cabin fast, as the captain would murder all hands.
Witness took iron belaying pins, and so did another of
the crew, and went aft with the mate, as far as the
break of the poop. French told them not to be foolish,
and so they went forward again, throwing down
the iron belaying pins. He saw French forward with
a pistol loaded, who threatened to shoot Rambert if
he did not go aft to the captain. French had a bayonet
in his hand as well as the pistol. Witness also beard
the captain threaten that if he did not bring the mate
aft, he would take his (French's) life. Rambert went
aft, and the captain struck him several times on the
head with the butt•end of the pistol, and cut him with
the cutlass about the head and face. Rambert
wast
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theen a n
pdut
witness in
wi irons,ht s"' a
but immediately after re-
leasedthe captain chase him
round
drawn cutlass in his hand,
deck
when the mate jumped overboard. Before Rambert
jumped overboard witness did not tell the captain the
mate intended to seize the ship and take it to America.
He did not hear any one say so but the captain. The
only reason why he wanted to seize the captain was for
their own protection, on account of his going about the
deck pricking and cutting the crew with a cutlass and
bayonet. The attempt he had named was the only one
made by the crew.
Mr. Hayward said this was all he had to offer
ncharges, and he would now
o proceedthe threeto ca principal
l evidence
respecting
the proceedings 01
the captain when the ship arrived in the Channel, re-
specting the cutting and wounding of the crew.
Beresford, Curtis, Tucker, Blackdon, Spence, Glover,
and Alison, being the remaining portion of the crew that
had not been examined on the fourth charge, were then
called in, and, with the consent of Mr. Humphries, and in
order to economise time, Mr. Hayward confined the
examination to the actual injuries each had received from
the captain, without going into the general case on which
evidence bad already been fully taken. Beresford said he
bed got two cuts on the head and one on the wrist,
and was made to kiss the sole of the captain's foot. Curtis
stated that he had been cut in several places about the
head and body with a cutlass, all hands being down in the
cabin at the time on their knees. Tucker deposed that
on the 7th of November he had been called down to the
cabin and ordered on his knees, and that while in
that position he was fired at by the French, through
order of the captain, on the face, the captain standing
by at the time with a cutlass over his head. He was
afterwards cut and fired at while on deck. The state-
ments of Spence, Blackdon, Glover, and Alison, were
of a similar character.

The evidence being closed, the depositions were read
over, and the witnesses severally bound over to appear
and give evidence against the prisoner at the next ses-
sions to be held at the Central Criminal Court.
Mr. BRODERIP, then addressing the prisoner, informed
him that, after a long and careful examination, it was
his painful duty to commit him for trial at the ensuing
session of the Central Criminal Court, on three capital
charges of murdering William Rambert, chief mate of
the ship Tory, Thomas Reason, second mate, and Wm.
Mars, common sailor; and also on the charge of feloni-
oucly catting and wounding the crew of the same ship.
The prisoner was then removed in a most exhausted
state, and thus terminated one of the longest and most
extraordinary magisterial investigations upon record.

andconvicts
the
governor of Newgate, Mr. Cope, she made a full admis-
sion of her guilt. Of course no questions were
put to her, nor anything said to induce her
to make such an avowal, but as she appeared
really desirous of making it, and did so of
her own free will, she was allowed to make the statement. She said that her only motive for the commission of the
dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that
which she believed to be a 51. Bank of England, but which,
as it turned out, was only a "flash" note, or one of the
" Bank of Elegance." It should be stated that the pri-
soner can read and write very well, but she says that she
never had an opportunity of fully seeing the note until
after the crime was committed, and she declared that there
was only one note, and not two, as was represented at the
trial. She said, that being determined to possess herself
of the note, she considered the means, and at length re-
solved to take the old lady's life, as being the readiest
mode of attaining her object, and that she would effict
this by strangling her with the cord which was in her
box, and fixed upon the Sunday night for
that purpose. Accordingly, in the middle of the
night, she got up, and cut a portion of the rope off,
and then, while the unhappy deceased was asleep,
she twisted it twice round her neck, and be-
gan to pull it violently. The old lady awoke in the
agonies of suffocation. She struggled slightly, and had
just sufficient power to exclaim, " Murder, murder; what
arc you doing?"—an expression which was spoken to by
one of the witnesses who occupied an adjoining room—
and that almost immediately she expired. At this
moment, she says, the person referred to came
to the door, and inquired what was the matter.
She was then standing over the dead body of her un-
happy victim ; and she states that it was with great
difficulty she was enabled to procure an answer to the
effect that nothing was the matter, and thus induced
the party to return to her room. She then remained
upon the bed with the dead body until daylight, when
she examined the box of th' deceased, and took out of

l• THE ALLEGED MURDERS ON
THE HIGH SEAS.
' ADJOURNED EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN
JOHNSTONE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
William Dunn gave evidence to the same effect, that
' he signed three or four papers, but it was through in-
; timidation. It was after the death of Mars and Reason
they were signed, and in consequence of the captain say-
ing, if they did not, " He would cut their hearts out, and
make them sign them with their hearts' blood."
Some of the witnesses not being present to complete
the foregoing evidence,
John Lavis, surgeon of the Westminster House of Cor-
rection, was called to give evidence as to the state of the
crew when the Tory arrived. He said he examined,
on the night of the men being committed to
prison, Nelson, Gair, and Barton. This was on the
evening of the 17th. The others, of which he had the
names in a paper before him, he examined next day. The
three first men appeared scarcely human, their wounds
had not been dressed or washed for several days, their hair
was dishevelled, arid they were very dirty. By his orders
they were put into the infirmary. The next morning he
made a particular examination of all the men. The
witness then read a paper which he drew up at the time
and signed. It stated that Nelson had an incised wound
on the scalp, and another on the collar-bone and
back of the neck. The side of the neck and face
was burned and disfigured as if by gunpowder. There
were several wounds on other parts of the body. Gair
was the worst wounded, having his head scared in seve-
ral directions with wounds. His face was much dis-
figured with gunpowder, and he had several wounds
on the body. There were about twelve other of the
men who were wounded, some of them very extensively,
but the two named were the severest cases. Alison
had a severe wound by which his ear was almost
separated. The wounds iiad, however, healed vary
readily, and might be considered more extensive than
severe. This was the substance of the written paper. The
witness continued, and said he examined the captain after
he was taken into custody. Witness found a punctured
wound on the back of the leg. Since then it had been
attended with severe erysipelas inflammation. The
captain was much depressed when he was taken, and in
a bad state of body, which might have been the. cause
of the inflammation. The prisoner had no symptoms of
recent drinking. The wound named was the only one.
William Clapp, second surgeon at the Seaman's Hos-
pital, was next called, and examined respecting Morris,
who had been taken into that hospital. He corroborated,
as far as that party was concerned, the statement of Mr.
Levis.

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Yesterday the following was the result of the pol
for the several Wards for the election of common coun.
cilmen

BILLINGSGATE.—*PhiIIipps 55, *Williams 42, Curling
55, Old 50, Bower 58, hail 50, Johnston 50, Roberts 53,
Barnes 37.

BREAD-STREET.—Maughan 60, Hawtry 55, 'Duncan
52, *Laurie 51, Bridge 53, Dignum 48, Laurance 47,
Poland 46, *Mutrie 22.

BROAD STREET.—Carney 88, Gadsden 85, Jupp 83,
WartGn 81, Marriott 79, Foster 78, White 74, *Baker
71, *Casterton 33.

DowaATE.-Brown 36, White 35, *Kibble 34, Prior
32, *Harker 31, Cousins 27, Gandell, 25, Mortimer 24.
FARRINGDON WITHOUT.-Bedford 134, Edkins 134,
Bui n 131, Williams 127, Obbnird 127, Isherwood
Stokes 121, Andertm 121, oLynets 118, Harding 118,
Buckmaster 115, Charles 114, Hodgson 112, Barnard
105, Taylor 102, Ramshaw 88, Prendergast 77.
PORTSOKEN WARD.-Wrigtht 90, Christie 86, Parker
81, Judson 77. Hayward 73, Danford 62, Killby 82,
Thompson 68, *Vile 37, *Scoones 37.
QUERNIIITHE.-Gow 40, Acocks 40, *Rathbone 40,
Tyler 39, Curtis 38, Sykes 24, *Simmons 16.
The new members have an asterisk attached to their
names.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE

(From the London New Price Current of Dec. 23.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was an improved demand fur West
Li-Witt Muscovado Sugar for the scale and pan. Merchants
displayed firmness, and obtained full rates for all descrip-
tions. The total purchases amounted to 450 hhds and
tierces, including a public sale of 100 hhds Barbadoes, which
fetched the full worth. The market has decidedly a 'brisker
appearance for home trade Sugar.
Rua:rms.—To-day Refined Goods sere purchased with
caution by the home trade, brown grocery lumps at 63s to
63e 6d, and standard lumps 64s to 64s Gd. Bonded crushed
Sugar is less wanted, but first quality is not to be purchased
under 34s per cwt.
MAURITIUS. —This afternoon there was more desire shown
to purchase Mauritius Sugar, and 443 bags at auction
fetched full rates; that is to say, good yellow 525, middling
47s 6d, fine brown 465, middling 425, washed 463 to 50s 6d,
and syrupy 46s to 48s.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white and yellow Bengal
Sugar met with more attention, and fetched full rates, but
brown was purchased with caution, and rather lower rates
were taken. At public sale 3,898 bags were all disposed of;
and at auction 1,125 bags were mostly sold at the former value.
FOREIGN.—To day 112 cases 2 boxes 1 barrel and 1 cask
of damaged Bahia Sugar were submitted to public compe-
tition, and sold is to 2s per cwt under the valuations ; fine
brown went at 20s, good 18s to 198, middling 17s to 17s 6d,
low 16s to 16s Gd, very low 15s to 15s 6d, and one lot of
scraping 4s per cwt.
SEEDS.—Hitherto very little has been done in either white
or red Cloverseed, speculators having deemed the prices
asked too high, and the consumptive demand having not yet
begun. Canaryseed was again rather cheaper. Linseed has
been purchased with caution, and prices have assumed a
downward tendency. Rapeseed is wanted, and fetched
former rates, the supply being small. Linseed Cakes are
heavy of sale, and cheaper.
COFFEE.—This afternoon 1,174 bags of Padang Coffee were
submitted to public competition, and taken in rather above
the value, viz., good ordinary brown rather mixed with a
few blacks at 245, sea damaged first class 2ls 6(1 to 225;
second, third, and fourth class 18s to 21s; a few lots of sea
damaged and repacked were, however, sold at 19s 6d per cwt.
In Ceylon only a limited business was transacted privately,
but good ordinary pale native was not to be obtained under
48s per cwt.
TEA.—lmporters show firmness notwithstanding the heavy
stock of Black and Green, and they still refrain from offering
any at public sale. The quantity taken fur home consump-
tion was less in the past than in the former week, and
amounted to 457,8001b5. The quantity arrived since last
Tuesday has been trifling. Congou has sustained former
rates, and purchases to a fair extent have
been made by the town and country trade.
In Pouchong a fair business has been transacted. Twankay
is held with firmness, the supply being small, and the trade
in want of it. For Ifygon prices do not improve; there has
however been a better demand. In Imperial there has been
more business transacted at about former rates.
Of Gunpowder a large quantity has been sold, but
not at any improvement in prices. The value of good
and fine scented Orange Pekoe is 2s 8d to 3s per lb.
The accounts come to hand from China state that in Twan-
kay, Hyson, Young Ilyson, Hyson Skin, Gunpowder (Can-
ton), and Imperial (Canton), no transactions have occurred
Teasto of the
warrant
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crop
quotations;
are thearrn,
gqualitythious reportedprices
can se
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good.
be quoted, as the market is not fairly opened.
Sricas.—For Nutmegs there hoe been leap demand, and
rather lower rates have been taken privately. Mace is lees
wanted, and former rates cannot be obtained; at auction
6 pkgs were taken in at 3s for middling quality. Ginger is
not to be had at any further decline in prices, but there aro
few buyers to be met with. Of Batavia Tamarinds 102 casks
were bought in at 8s for low quality. Holders of Black Pep-
per are less inclined to realise, and refrained from offering
any at auction, the operations privately having been on a
more extended scale, but not at better prices. White has
been disposed of to a fair extent at 4d to 7d. There are few
buyers of Cassia Lignea. Pimento is wanted, and full rates
are offered, but the market is still scantily supplied. Cin-
namon is held for last quarterly sales' prices, but the orders
have become few for any description. Cloves have been sold
to a fair extent.
Smnrrs.—For Leeward Island Rum 28 to 2s Id per gallon
are the rates insisted upon for proof, but there has been little
business transacted. Calcutta has been purchased with cau-
tion at is lid to 2s proof with certificate. For Demerara
former rates are asked, but there are few purchasers at the
present time. Jamaica has been purchased with cau-
tion by exporters and the home trade, but holders
for the most part refuse to reduce their prices.
In Brandy several purchases were made, and full rates given.
Geneva for exportation has been sold to a fair extent at 2s Id
to 2s 2d for common quality. The value of fine for home
consumption is 2s 6d to 2s 10d. British Corn Spirits are
wanted at lOs 9d, nett cash. Gin at Os 3d for 17 per cent,
9s 2d for 22 under proof, and at 12s 9d to 13s 6d per gallon
for Malt Spirit, according to quality.
Rica.—To-day Bengal Rice met with little attention, and
481 bags at auction sold at a further decline in prices of 6d per
cwt, good clean pearly bright white selling at 16s, and one
lot 16s 6d. 41 bags of Java sold at 15s 6d for middling
whits rather broken, and first class, sea damaged, 138 6d per
cwt, which is rather cheaper.
FRurr.—Although there are sellers of Currants at the
moderate rates of 478 to 48s for new Zante and Cephalonia,
47s to 49s for Patras, and 46s per cwt for old, still the pur-
chases asade have been limited. The market has a dull ap-
pearance for all descriptions of Raisins, and there are sellers
upon low terms. Figs move off slowly at 34s to 70s per cwt.
The stock of Fruit is unusually large, and there are several
ships yet to come in.
SALTUTEE.—lmporterx of Rough show mere firmness,
and have refrained from offering any at auction ; buyers have
been more inclined to operate, and purchases to a fair extent
made privately, principally by the home trade, and at stiffer
rates. For Nitrate of Soda the demand has been only for
small parcels.

,
Hors.--Until the return of the year, it is not expected that
we shall have much doing in Hops; but we hope then to
have more activity prevailing. Prices keep tolerably steady.
011s.—The business transacted in Cocoa Nut has been upon
a more extended scale privately, but not at better prices;
Rape Seed Oil is wanted, and several parcels have been dis-
posed of at 378 6d to 38s for pale, and at 368 641 to 373 for
brown. Palm has been sold to a fair extent, but not at better
prices. Linseed Oil has been in extensive demand on the
spot, and advanced rates have been given. For delivery next
year several contracts have been entered into at 25s to 260
per cwt, according to the period of delivery. Olive is held
with firmness, and a good business has been transacted.
In Cod the operations are upon a more extended scale. Seal
has been purchased with caution, notwithstanding the low
rates that prevail. In Southern purchases to a fair extent
have been made, but not at better prices. Sperm is little
wanted.

TALTTow.—Russian has not brought previous rates, but the
demand on the spot has been brisk. Home made has been
in excellent request at 42s 6d per cwt, nett cash, but the
market is better supplied. For other descriptions the demand
has been good privately, and previous rates are sustained.

[ADvarrantawr.]—The Earl of Aldborough and
Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure by this miraculous
Medicine after every other means had failed. See extract of
his Lordship's letter dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21.
1845. "To Professor Hollowly. Sir,—l bog to acquaint
you that your pills have effected a caws of a disorder in may
liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at
home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect.
Nay, not even the waters of. Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed)
Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of
the liver and stomach. —Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at
Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand and by all
medicine vendors throughout the civilised world.
THE NEw Timos.—The publication of this poem,
or rather poetical satire, has been hitherto deferred in con-
sequence of the state of political excitement. Some copies,
however, that had been privately circulated among the
author's friends having got into the hands of the reviewers, it
has been determined to publish it without further delay.

- the housewife that which she believed to be the 5l note;
and, without attentively looking at it, she placed it in
her own pocket, and considered of the best mode to
escape detection for her horrid crime ; and at length
the thought came across her to make it appear that the
, deceased had committed suicide. With a view to this
she tied the cord in a knot, and then lifted the body
from the bed, and placed it on the box by its side in the
position in which it was afterwards discovered.
In the morning sh• gave an alarm, as appeared by
the evidence, of the old lady being ill, and went
out to inform his daughter of it, and to request that she
would come to see her. Upon the prisoner being asked
how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead
body from the bed and place upon the box, she said, " I
think the devil must have helped me, but I did it." The
prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances
narrated in the evidence, and said that the statements of
all the witnesses were correct, with the exception of that
of the surgeon, which she declared was not so in ftwo
particulars, wherein he stated that he was the first me-
dical person who saw the deceased, and that:when he did
so her eyes were staring and wide open ; but she de-
clared that his. assistant saw her first, and that
her eyes were closed, and her face appeared per-
fectly composed, when he saw her. She stated that,
having resolved upon the course she intended
to pursue, she made the statement she did before the
coroner with a view to show that the deceased destroyed
herself, and which had that effect. She stated that by
this time she had discovered that the note was of no
value ; and she said she should never have attempted to
make any use of it, if she had not been pressed by the
old woman's daughter and her husband to lend them some
money ; and she said she went to the public-house with
the pretended purpose to change it, in order to pacify
them, and on their insisting to know how she became,
possessed of it she did not know ri hst to do, and
actually- told them the story about her haying received
it from some person in Bedford-street, in the Strand.
When she found that the witness Gaze determined upon
accompanying her to. Bedford-street, she became quite
beside herself, and felt that she could no longer support
her position ; and she said she did not recollect the in-
coherent expressions imputed to her by the several wit-
nesses, although she had no doubt she had made use of
them. This was the substance of the statement of the
unhappy criminal, and after it was made she appeared a
good deal more composed, and ever since her firmness
has appeared to increase, and she is evidently perfectly
resigned to the fate that awaits her. The execution
will take place on Monday, the 15th of January.

The resolution was put from tho chair, and carried
unanimously.
Mr. PARIS then moved the second resolution—" That
in the opinion of this meeting the longer upholding of
these prohibitory corn-laws will prove perilous to the
nation's peace and welfare, and that the discontent and
misery daily occasioned thereby amongst all classes of
society is calculated to produce anarchy and confusion,
and also those numerous calamities attendant thereon,
which (in the present crisis) it may be unwise to
predict."

It was seconded by Mr. MAISE, supported by Mr.
CRAMP, and, like the former, carried unanimously.
Mr. HUMPHRIES, in proposing the third resolu-
tion, " That this meeting, therefore, respectfully,
but most earnestly, calls upon her Majesty's
Ministers to suspend immediately the operations
of the Corn Bill, and to submit to the Legis-
lature, at an early period, a measure for the entire
abolition of the laws which restrict the free supply of
food ; and that a memorial, signed by the chairman on
behalf of this meeting, be presented to her Majesty's Go-
vernment," said that they were undersold in every
market of the world because of these iniquitous laws,
and ho thought the prosperity consequent on their re-
moval would even convert those who were then opposed
to them.

Mr. HOWARTH seconded this resolution, which was
also carted.
thaaka -having been given io t sneakers of the
Anti-Corn-law League for their exertions in the cause
of the people, and to the chairman for his impartial con-
duct while in the chair, the meeting separated.

THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Neither you nor your readers must for a mo-
ment suppose, because you think proper to give long
reports of League aggregate meetings, that the free-
traders are the only parties throughout the country who
possess the power of eloquent speech--of "thoughts
that breathe and words that burn." No sensible man
will deny them the best of the argument ; but for elo-
quence and research—oh! and for originality of thought,
too, and invention, they are far indeed behind the wise-
acres of agriculture. I have been reading the copious
report you published of the League meeting in Covent-
garden Theatre on Wednesday last, and I cannot help
remarking, that though the speeches of Cobden, Bright,
and Fox are plain, straightforward, and earnest, yet they
possess none of those remarkable points in which Punch
so delighteth—points of brilliancy, like those which
emanate from the real diamond, and distinguish it from
its counterpart, paste. Why don't these orators strike
out something new—something equally startling and
beautiful as the facts with which "Jockey of Norfolk,"
Peel's new Dean of Westminster, and (which brings me
at once to the reason of my addressing you), one Mr.
Robert Everard, of Spalding, in this county, delight to
interlard their speeches!? I have just read in the Lin-
colnshire Chronicle a report of a meeting held last week
in the above highly intellectual town, and which, being
in the centre of this division of Lincolnshire, I have no
doubt had collected together all the brilliancy and talent
of that clever race) of people who, at the last general
election, evinced their shrewdness by rejecting a Hand-
ley and electing a Tumor! This Mr. Robert Everard
was the "great gun" of the meeting—" the star of that
goodly company"—and a few of his "sayings" I take the
liberty of forwarding to you, from which your readers
may conceive what, if his party were in power, his
" doings" would be.
Mr. Robert Everard, in the plenitude of his pity at
Lord Morpeth's lathes, in joining that wicked conspiracy,
the League, tells the meeting that "he would call their
attention to the words used by Cataline, the celebrated
Roman, who said, that ' when men of unblamable cha-
racter became familiar with the arts made to oorrupt
them, they soon resembled and fell in with them."
There, think of that, " uneducated" Cobden and " un-
learned" Bright Are there no grammar-schools in
Spalding? or (it being holiday-time) was there no
school-boy from the second form to tell this erudite
habitant of the Fens that Cataline was notorious, and
not celebrated ; that nothing of the kind ever fell from
his lips, or flowed from his pen ; and that the stricture
which Mr. Robert Everard was evidently " cudgelling his
brain" to remember, was spoken of, and not by, Catalina?
We next find that Mr. Robert Everard, having got
out of his depth in the classics, next tries his hand on
"dry land" (dry enough, in all conscience !), and in the
middle of a calculation as to the produce of a farm of
300 acres, gives utterance to the following piece of un-
meaning and unintelligible nonsense:—" The best culti-
vation would produce sixteen coombs—(of what, I
should like to know?—there is no doubt what produces
coxcombs)—and taking the medium price of wheat at
515., and the price of oats at two-fifths the price of
wheat, the gross proceeds of such a farm would amount
to 1,960/. per annum." Now, it seems to me, that if 16
coornbs per acre is meant, the produce would be 12,2401
per annum; or, if only 16 coombs for 300 acres, it
would only be 40L 16s. Matt Ito " data at two-fifths
the lice of wheat" has to do with the matter, no cue
can possibly conceive.
But Mr. Robert Everard—(ever-hard, indeed !)—is
not, like Michael Cassio, "a great arithmetician ;" for,
a few lines afterwards, he calculates that, "with rents
reduced 33 per cent., land, which now lets at 40s. an
acre, would then be 375. !!" Great consolation, cer-
tainly, for the landlords, although, unfortunately, act
" aocording to Cocker."
I apologise for troubling you at such length, but,
looking upon The Sun as the only luminary beneath
whose searching rays the fake awl witted bread-tax 111

REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.
MEETING OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF ST.
ANDREW, HOLBORN, AND ST. GEORGE
THE MARTYR.
A general meeting of the inhabitants of the above pa-
rishes, and, indeed, of the borough of Finsbury gene-
rally, was advertised to have been held in the Hall of the
Workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, yesterday, permission to that
effect having been given by the governors and directors,
but owing to the determined opposition offered by the
board of guardians, the gathering was adjourned to the
Queen square roams, Theobald's-road, when the pro-
ceedings commenced at seven o'clock.
Mr. Churchwarden Hunt, who had promised to take
the chair, sent a note of apology at the eleventh hour,
and the meeting was, in sonsequence, presided over by
Mr. George Taylor.
The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the honour
they had done him in calling on him to take the chair.
They had been called together in consequence of a re-
quisition, signed by fifty-one of the most respectable rate-
payers of the united parishes, and he only regretted that
they did not, as originally intended, assemble in the
Workhouse-hall, because it compelled them to meet in
a room which might, as it were, be deemed extra- par°.
chial. He had now to inform those assembled that he
held in his hand a letter from their esteemed represen-
tative, Mr. Thomas Duncornbe. The letter was dated
from Copgrove, Boroughbridge, and was addressed to
111 r. Tidmarah, whn had acted as chairman of the com-
mittee of management in that matter. He would read
the letter to them :
" My dear Sir,—Your favour of the 20th instant, in-
viting me to a meeting of the inhabitants of the parishes
of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, to
be holden to-morrow evening, on the subject of the corn-
laws, has been forwarded to me in Yorkshire.
" Nothing, I can assure you and the committee, would
have afforded me greater pleasure than being present on
the occasion, had it been in my power to have had that
honour ; rest, however, assured of my intention, let
whoever may be Minister, or whatever party may be in
the ascendant, to continue my humble exertions in
favour of the principles cf free trade, which I have ad-
vocated during the nineteen years that I have had a seat
in the House of Commons.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) " T. S. DUNCOMBE."
—(Cheers.) He had also to inform the meeting that
their other representative, Mr. Wakley, had promised
to be present shortly after eight o'clock. He would not
detain them by any arguments in support of his own
opinion that these laws should be abolished, but at once
call upon other gentlemen, who had to propose certain
resolutions for the approval of the meeting. He would
first call upon Mr. ridmarsh.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TIDMARSH, in a short speech, advocating the nn-
conditional repeal of the obnoxious corn-laws, proposed
the following yesolution :—" That, in the opinion of this
meeting, the present corn-laws are impolitic, inhuman,
and unjust ; that while they in effect operate only
for an alleged benefit to one class, they are, OR the other
hand, the cause of privation and suffering to a majority
of the population of this country, of far greater extent
than description could pourtray ; that in times of scar-
city they enhance the price of most of the necessaries of
life beyond the means of the poorer classes, and by en-
couraging undue speculation in all kinds of food, produce
uncertainty and danger to the financial and commercial
interests of the community."
Mr. Minna recapitulated the j?rincipal events in the
history of society mice the fleet phissing of the sum-lave
in 1815, and argued therefrom, that while the rents of
land were increased to an amazing degree, benefiting
the proprietors only, the farmers, for whose protection
it was ostensibly said to be passed, now realised 80s. per
quarter for their produce, because Providence had blessed
the country with abundant harvests, which rendered
nugatory the attempts of the Legislature to altogether
crush the people.—(Cheers.) Therefore he contended
that the only object the ultra-Conservatives had in
their present opposition, was the very same object which
had actuated them throughout—namely, to continue the
high rents, which really went into their own pockets,
and into theirs only. There was indeed a time when
agriculture might be considered the staple of the country,
but for the last hundreds years manufactures had made
such giant strides, that the forme* could not for a
moment be placed on the same level.—(Hear, hear.)
Surely then, at that time, every interest had a right to
protection. But they required no protection now; and he
was fully of opinion with Lord John Russell that pro-
tection in any case was a political fallacy.—(Cheers.)
He cheerfully seconded the resolution.
Mr. DUNCOMBE, after animadverting on the conduct of
the guardians in refusing the workhouse for the purposes
of the meeting, and prompting the rate-"payers to oust
them at the next election, proceeded to explain the ruling
principles which influenced the landlords in their conduct
to their tenants—a principle which he contended had
given birth to the Chandos clause—that monstrous ano-
maly in the Reform Bill. But their power was coming
to a termination, and it seemed a special dispensation of
Providence to send the potato failure upon the country,
in order to show the fallacy of depending on themselves
for food. The landlords could not swallow these potatoes
at all—(Laughter)—and therefore it was that the pre-
sent curious " cabinet making" was going on.—(Con-
tinued laughter.) He (Mr. Duncombe) felt pity for the
position the Queen held among them.—(Cheers.) The
speaker indignantly repudiated the expressions used by
Mr. Alderman Farebrother, when he stated that the
Anti-Corn-law League were increasing an unnecessary
agitation by prophecying that a famine was coming upon
the country. He them paid a just tribute to the exertions
of the League, and concluded by supporting the resolu-
tion.