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EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL IN
CORSICA.

• *A: trial of extraordinary interest came before the
Court of Assize of Bastia .(COrsica), on the 30th May,
and lasted ten days. Upwards of 150 witnesses were
examined, and at least 3,000 persons were present in
Court each day. The persons accused were Charles
Morati, aged 39, landowner of I3orgo ;. Dominique
Morati, aged 22, his brother, landowner of. the same
place; Jean CaSabianca, labourer of Vignole, aged 44;
and Jacques Graziani, labourer of Siolea, aged 17.
The. crime with which they' were charged was the
murder of Barthelemy Sebastiani; an old man of con-
siderable wealth, and a large land proprietor in
the commune of Borgo. This gentleman had three
daughters, of whom the eldest was married.to Octave
Alexandriani, a half-paybcolonel, belonging to one of
the highest families in Bastia, the second was the wife
of Charles Morati, the owner of the commune of
Borgo, a gentleman of a most honourable and dis-
tinguished family, and the third was a young girl,
named Louise, not yet married, but exceedingly at-
tached to Dominique Morati, the brother of her sis-
ter's husband. With the old man lived a sister, An-
gela Seba.stiani, who- had inherited a large fortune
from her uncle, the late Bishop of Corsica. This lady
was much annoyed at learning that Louise was in
love ; for she had intended her as her heiress, and had
often declared she would get her,the most brilliant
match in the country. She absolutely refused to
consent to the marriage, and the consequence was
thatthe young people made a runaway match, trust-
ing to time and the good offices of their friends to
obtain pardon. This, however, was withheld by the
aunt, and, on her death shortly after, it was found
that
,she, had constituted her brother sole heir of her
large property, leaving nothing to her niece. The
father, after some time, was persuaded, though
not without some difficulty, to acknowledge the
marriage and receive the young people. At first,
however, he refused to give her any dowry;
but. the witnesses at the trial proved, in the
most positive manner, that he had consented, just before
he was murdered, to -bestow upon her a portion like
the other daughters. At this time all the families
were on good terms with the old man, and paid him
frequent visits. He was exceedingly fond of his
grandson, the infant of Charles Morati, and always
kept him at his own house, declaring that it would be
the delight of his old age to give him a brilliant edu-
cation. In April, 1840, the old gentleman set out on
horseback for one of his estates, and near Terra-Rossa
two shots were fired at him, and he fell dead on the
public road. Two men were seen making their es-
cape masked and wretchedly dressed. Conjecture
was immedialtely busy at work to fix on the perpe- '
trators, and at last public suspicion seemed to settle
on the two brothers Morati. They were arrested, as
well as the other prisoners, and the judicial investiga-
tion was carried on for 14. months. The accused were
then left in prison,' in order, if posaible. to gain addi-
,tional evidence. At' lasi the trial was ordered to come
on, and as the ordjnary court was decided to, be of
too narrow dimensions to accommodate the crowd
that was expecferPttrattend, the church of the ancient
-'convent of the .ifestilts leas fitted up for the occasion;
but even with this additional accOrntntidatiori the
space wttst.,x too circ.MUs4ribadfor the immense crowd
that thronged round the building. The. Prefect. of
t2orsica; the,Secietarrn orthe:Prefechire, the Sub,;Pre-
feet, the iltapi:of Bastin; and-a.ifumber of magistrates
viire'preSient at the blial, and the galleries wereeachday
filigd with the"first" ernaleS in 'the'corintrY.l The eei-
dente against the acc,usec was: merely circumstantial,
,ind of an exceedin,lpieak description. The strongest .
testimony against them bras a Servant, formerly in the
service of -tie Moral,
.named Canari, who. declared .
.tkat he saw two men come to his old .mister's, armed
with guns and pistols,- and that Charles Morati had
said- to them, aifvf along aonfe,rplce, " Take care not
to be recognised.
.. 13ut this witness's testimony was
proye,d,,to be .unworthy of credit by tbe, President
Jourdan, who had, in the, presence of Canari, proved, .
by -a visit. to the pltiee where the words were spoken,
that it was. impossible to heara single word of . what
was said i'rOm the spot where Canari swore lie stood
at the time of- the conversation. Canari, on finding
that he was in danger of being tried for perjury, es-
caped. The Jade de:-Paix.. of Campile deposed that
..he deceased detested the Morati, and that all his
affection was directed towards Mine. Alexandrini, -so
that 'it was the interest of the Morati to get the old
man out of the way before he could make his will in
her favour. This was, however, formally contra-
dicted by the evidence of M. Sebastiani,* cure of La
Porta, and vicar-general, who was on the most inti-
mate terms with the deceased, and knew his every,
thought. He deposed that his brother, on the con-
trary, had; even ten days before the murder, spoken
in the most affectionate manner of the Morati, and
had intimated his intention of leaving his grand-
son
a large fortune, provided, when he grew up, he
married his cousin, the only daughter of Colonel Alex-
andrini. " Could I declare,' said this venerable old man,
" where the murderer 'of my dear brother could be
found, be sure I would point him out. Ido not know
it, but I am convinced that it is the blackest calumny
to say the crime was committed in the family." He
here rose up, and with great energy exclaimed, " No ;
the Morati who were to be heirs of my brother as well
as mine; no, the Alexandrini, who were to partici-
pate. in the same good fortune are not guilty ; I swear
that they are innocent !" , This gentleman's testi-
mony produced a great effect on the Court. The pri-
soners Casablanca and Graziani, .who were tried as
accomplices of the brothers Morati, proved an alibi
by means of the witnesses for the accusation. The .
ninth day of the trial the witnesses for the accusation
were all heard, and the counsel of the prisoners being
called on for the defence, one of them rose and de-
clared "as there was no charge against the prisoners, '
it was unnecessary to produce witnesses. The pri-
soners declined calling any." It was then agreed to
ad,ourn the sitting for the reply of the law-officer of
the Crown. ' The next day, early in the morning,
every seat was occupied, though the proceedings were
not to commence until ten o clock. A line of the
inhabitants of Borgo was drawn up from the prison
to the Court, and throughout their passage the pri-
soners were received with the strongest marks of interest.
When the legal authorities entered the Court, it
was found necessary to send for chairs and seats to
the Alairie, as the public had seized on the places in-
tended for counsel. M. Sigandy, the Procureur-
General spoke for two hours on the evidence given, and
concluded by declaring that he gave up the charge
against the .tlorati, but persisted in. accusing the
others. The counsel of the prisoners then rose, and
said " the innocence of the prisoners not being doubt-
ful in the mind of any person here present, we con-
tinue to follow the same line of conduct that ac-
tuated us in refusing to produce witnesses, and !
now decline making any defence." The jury retired
immediately, and after ten minutes absence brought in
a verdict of Not Guilty. The President then addressed '
the four persons at the bar as follows :—" Casabianca,
Graziani, tnd you, Morati brothers, victims of
calumny, intrigue, and perjury, you have too long
worn the chains reserved for criminals ; your fellow-
citizens have now broken your bonds, and I declare
before these altars, where the God of Truth has fixed
his abode—in the face of the public—that you are
innocent I"—(Loud applause burst forth in the Court,
and cries were heard on all sides, Vive la Justice !
Viveni les jures !) The friends of the accused rushed
forward to congratulate and embrace them, and a full
hour elapsed before the Court could be cleared. An
immense crowd followed them to 'their residence,
flowers were showered on them from the windows,
and blessings were breathed forth on the names of the
jury who had acquitted them. Such enthusiasm;
excited by the power of conviction alone, is, perhaps,
unique in the annals of criminal justice.

MAGAZINES.—CONCLUDE D.
" METROPOLITAN.
The best article in this Number islhe tale of " Sa-
vindroog," which exhibits no ordinary acquaintance
with the manners and customs of some of the native
Indian tribes. The description of the birth-day festi-
val of an oriental eheiftain is as vivid and circuinstan-
tial, as those glowing and accurate descriptious which
occur so frequently in
ib.Captain Taylor's popular re •
manc:?, of " Tippoo Sa" The " Spirit of Song" is
a graceful, unaffected poem, from the pen of Mrs.
Abdy, who throws off an English ballad with great
apparent.ease, and undoubted feeling. The " Bro-
thers" is the continuation of an Italian story, a great
ortion of which has already made its appearance in
the pages of this Magazine. A " Chapter on Names"
is an ingenious little prose essay, something after the
manner of the late Charles Lamb. The " White Rose
of Meath" is a sweetly versified Irish song, by Mrs.
Crawford. As it is fortunately short, we quote it
entire :
She came like a sunbeam, she glided along.
She was all that a poet wont(' weave into song;
The step of her beauty was joyous and free,-
She was more than wild fancy had piciured to me;
And as blue in its tint as the flower of the heath,
Shone:the eye of young Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath. '
But it is not the brightness that beams from her brow,
Nor the shadowy curls that repose on its snow ;
Not the charm of her cheek, with its delicate flush,
Nor her fairy mouth, glowing like morn's early blush,
Nor her bright eye, as blue as the flower of the heath, .
Makes me sigh for yonng.Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath.'
'Tis the soul of affection, the goodness, the grace
That play like soft moonlight all over her face,
That hallow the days of young passion to me,More sweet to my soul than the flower to the bee
0, there's not such a gem in all Erin's bright wreath
As my lovely young Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath."

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
The articles in this periodical are written in a fine,
dashing professional style, characteristic of its gal-
lant contributors. Peril by land and water—in fields
of battle, and upon the quarter-decks of ships of war,
with all their guns run out—are narrated by veteran
eye-witnesses in their own true and impressive lan-
guage. This Number opens with an article on " The
Naval Improvements of the Eighteenth Century," in
which a great deal of valuable information is condensed.
Prom: the article entitled " British Arms as they
were, and as they are," we quote the following ex-
tract, upon a subject well worthy of the attention of
the Government :

The day before yesterday, as a 'man, employed in
attending to a steam-engine at a manufactory in the
Rue des Trois-Couronnes, was oiling some of the
machinery, whilst the engine was in action, his hand
was caught in one of the wheels, and in endeavouring
to extricate it, his left leg was caught and torn from
his body. Having received assistance, he was re-
moved to the hospital, where his hand, which was,
dreadfully injured, was immediately amputated. The
poor fellow died yesterday.
THE PREMIER AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
—The absence of Lord Stanley from the grand banquet given
tp the Ministry by the Goldsmiths' Company, or. Wednesday
eve,piag, remarked as an additional proof of the estrange-
ment whieh still etists between these high functionaries. The
appearance and manner of Sir Itobert.Peel were Oso
the former as betraying a mind ill at ease, and the latter as
constrained and embarrassed. His speech was " stale, flat, and
unprofitable ;" and tended nothing to increase the confidence
of or even to impart a momentary stimulus to, the party which
regards him s.s its head.
sfternnen. intertiek!, tbe House (#
's.4]* CO*ViCw FEA.Neta.—Sir James Graham on
Inh Lord ,
witueLaird CI: Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Pattern, WI
Mr. Baron Gurney, the presiding Judie..., on the trial of Franeis,
when, we understand, the fate of this wretched convict was
finally determined; but it is not yet publicly linown.
The Courrier Francais states that it has received
pews that t4e pore is preparing an expedition against Tripoli.
There is nettling, howepr, in the accounts by the last Levant
mail, or thiough pip gert94:l 44nals, to sanction this
IttAtSEAW.

Military Law.—Admitting the propriety of making
military, law itiberdinate to the civil laws of the realm,
and even, as Englishmen, approving to a certain extent
that nothing in the Mutiny Act should be construed as
exempting any officer or soldier from being proceeded
against by -the-ordinary- course of law, we must confess
we cannot approve of the mode in which this " ordinary
course of law" has latterly been stretched, to the no
small gratification of teo.officious parish officers.
Time was, when if an unfortunate soldier did exceed
-in bis- tions to :Bacchus,. lie was handed over to
receive a soldier's punishment for his offence.—Time is,
that the man, who perhaps for years has been absent
:.from his native land, and on his return cannot refuse to
pledge the health of the warm old friends around him, is
seized on his. coining into the street by a constable or
police•officer ; and the cage is considered a- fit resting-
:,place for theimpruclent wearer of her Majesty's livery.
The following:clay the soldier is brought before a Mazis-
trate, who inflicts a pecuniary fine of several shillings on
the man .who receiees daily but a very few pence ; and,
should the celprit refuse to borrow the money, or should
,his officer object to advance it, the Justice orders the
_soldier to be: imprisoned for a stipulated period.
The harshness, may, we not add absurdity, of this
system %ill not in a single instance, perhaps, be duly
appreciated by any but the victim of ,overstrained civil
power t but let us assume a ease, which, doubtless, often
has' occurred, and a recurrence of which may occasionally
he expected. Let :us suppose a regiment, on whose
banners are inscribed the words Waterloo—Salamanca—
Busaca—Talayera—Vitteria, &c. &c. - the days of which
victories, have .ever been'commemorated by the men who
contributed their share to the success of the engagements,
and subsequently by younger soldiers, who, when those
banners were unfurled, hoped, and inwardly vowed, man-
fully to strive: to add other records,. of valour to those
already emblazoned on the colours of the corps.
John Bull is notorious for invariably displaying his
propensities for edacity,,bibazity, and loquacity, when-
ever called uppn to congregate with his friends or neigh-
bour's on days of public rejoicing, to audit merchants' or
bankers' accounts, nay, even to talk over parish business;
and the gratification of hilarity being equally inherent:in
soldiers, we will presume an instance occurs when twenty
or thirty militants are carousing and enjoying the festive
glass on one of " the immortal days," and that, in conse-
quence of their slightly overstepping the bounds of pro-
priety and moderation, they are incarcerated by the civil
power. Now, we ask, might not the public service be
seriously inconvenienced by this system ?—many of the
men might be required for duties early the following day,
which could not be performed by their more prudent
comrades ; and, supposing the culprits consider they
have been too harshly treated in being fined more money
than would reach their hands in a fortnight or three
weeks (even if they were out of debt for necessaries, &c.),
they are, therefore, determined not to pay the fine, pre-
ferring rather to undergo any sentence of imprisonment
which the Magistrate may inflict. Surely, in such a
case, the hardship of the too severe civil ordinances will
be made manifest ; and we trust ere long that some
modification may be introduced into the civil code, by
which soldiers, for offences peculiary specified, and for
which stipulated punishments are clearly laid down in
the Articles of War, may be handed over to receive, in
the presence of their comrades, such military punish-
ment as may be deemed commensurate with the irregu-
larities they have committed.

" Scenes in America" abounds in stirring anecdotes.
" A Day in Calabria," " Encounter with Bush-
rangers in Van Diemen's Land," and " In Port after
Action," are pleasant gossipping articles, such as we
like to read quietly at the breakfast-table with an en-
joying listener or two of the gentler sex. They make
us feel that there are still fine fellows in the world
who do stranger things than are yet performed by
steam, and that we may claim kindred with them as
our countrymen.

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the zeal they display in relieving them, and
in providing securities against such future calamities, is
worthy of all praise; and will they feel less sympathy, be
less zealous to give relief, when they learn that hundreds
and thousands of their countrymen are slowly perishing
of famine, and great cities are going to waste and ruin?
Leeds, said Mr. WHITEHEAD, is now what Stockport
was 18 months ago, and in about the same time hence
Leeds will probably be what Stockport now is, little
better than a wilderness. So we see town after town,
the seats of our arts, the seats of our learning, the seats
of our science—for neither art, nor learning, nor science,
except the art of agriculture, is, as the rule, to be found
in our rural districts—going to decay. If persons in the
country require to build a good house, they come to the
towns for a plan and for the workmen. But the ruin
which overwhelms them will soon extend to the other
parts of the empire, which derives its prosperity from
their prosperity ; and itis not therefore prudent, it is not
wisely selfish, it is not kindly, not patriotic, not Chris-
tian-like, to know that such dreadful calamities are slowly
creeping over our towns, and not be As zealous to arrest
the march of the evil as to prevent a conflagration or the
overturning of a railway carriage.
As to the proofs which the men of Leeds bring for-
ward of this slow but certain and deadly decay, they say
that the present depression has existed for more than
three years, and is getting worse and worse. " Where
166 gigs," says Mr. AVENS, cloth finisher, ‘• were for-
merly at work, giving employment and good waves to
a large number of hands, there are now only 20 woeking
full time, 42 working short time, and 104 standing a:to-
gether idle." Mr. HOLMES, a linendraper, declares that
of all the ordinary articles of clothing, not connected
with fashions, but garments that are supposed to be ne-
cessary, such as no person will if possible go without—
such as the commonest young women in the factories
think must be worn for decency or comfort—the sale is
not a tithe now of what it was two years ago. This
greatly diminished sale has accompanied, which is very
remarkable, a greatly diminished price. The di-
minished sales of the drapers tell of course
on the manufacturers, and the sum laid out with a
Manchester house had fallen from 3181. to 1961. But that
is only a specimen of what is going on in all branches of
business ; and as poverty assails one town and one. ma-
nufacture, the ruin of another becomes swifter and more
certain. From Stockport it extends to Leeds, from
reeds it goes back to Manchester, from Manchester it
a nnes to London, and must now be felt, we have no
doubt, by those tradesmen in the metropolis who ware
wont to supply Leeds and Manchester'with luxuries.
Other specimens of decay we find in the facts that one
master bootmaker, all whose expenses remain the same,
except the number of workmen he employs, was doing
business in 1839 to the amount of 791. per week; in 1840,
751. per week ; in 1841, 47Z per week ; and, in 1842, 401.
showing a gradual falling off of nearly one-half in four
years. This an index to the general state of the town,
and it was positively stated that the most industrious
and most frugal tradesmen found it difficult to keep their
establishments: on foot. Amongst the second class of
shopkeepers, residing in the outskirts of the town and
the out-township, it is stated that not less than four
hundred failures had taken place duffing the last five
years, and not one had retired from business with a
competency. Of course with increasing distress, sick-
ness has increased, and the "Benevolent, or Strangers'
Friend, Society," which affords relief to sickness
alone, had in January, May, and June, relieved
in' 1837, 403, and in 1842, 606 ; thus showing a very
considerable increase in the number of cases relieved this
year. Independently of the great increase in the number of
actual paupers, no longer consisting of the aged and the
sickly, but partly of able-bodied men, unable to get
work, the money expended in the casual relief has in-
creased from 991. in the week ending June 25, 1841, to
235/. in the corresponding 'week of 1842. We cannot
be surprised that the people of Leeds, whose resources
arc so rapidly diminishing, and whose outgoings for the
poor, and for the State, are so rapidly increasing, should
feel alarmed, and should anxiously cry to the Parlia-
ment, which inflicts these monstrous evils on them, for
help and relief.

All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character,
or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from
the Columns of "The Sun."

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around the cross, offering consolation tai an ti
seeking to participate in her griefs—and Ai._ it I
and most perfectly is the feeling conveys W. music
The choral effects in this composition azitsplue--4 Oro
most astonishing ever produced. - It seems asif -Rossini
had determined to show of what the human voice, unas-
sisted by instrumental music, is capable. This was . a
most trying composition for the chorus. If a - single
individual member of it had sung out of tune, or out of
time, the effect of the whole would hare been spoile d.
Nothing:, however, could exceed the accuracy and taste
with which the chorus performed its duties, and thu a.
perhaps, the gem of the whole composition was, as we) I
as the solo of Staudigl which preceded it, rapturously en -
cored. This concluded the first part of the service. Th e
second commences-with a quartett, " Sancta Mater istu d
egos," by the four principal singers,followed by a (weans.
for the contrako, "Fac ut portem Christi morteni,'.9 given
with great taste and effect, by Mademoiselle I'acini. To
this succeeds an air from the soprano and chorus, " in-
flammattis et Ascensus." This air, which requires gm
power and delicacy, to do it full justice, %vas exquisitely'
given by Demoiselle Lutzer, and loudly encored. Then
followed the quartett, " Quando corpus morietur," by
Demoiselle Lutzer, Mademoiselle Pacini, Mario, and
Staudigl, without chorus and without accompaniment,
This, which is decidedly the finest thing in the second
part, was admirably given ; the voices harmonised
beautifully, each supporting the other, and blending
into one most expressive and pathetic whole. It
was the very perfection of quartett singing. It
is needless to say that its repetition was called for.
It was called for not only by the audience but by the
band and the chorus, who were most enthusiastic in
their plaudits. Then came, as the finale, the grand
chorus, "In sempiterna smile, Amen "—a magnificent
composition, of which even Haydn might have been
proud. Rossini has by his Stabat Mater shown that,
so far from his powers being exhausted, they have not
as yet reached the zenith. It is by far the grandest and
most sublime composition that has as yet emanated from
his pen, and places him at once in the same high rank
as Handel, as Haydn, as Mozart, as Beethoven. He
has evidently studied Haydn assiduously, but he
has not copied him. He can no more be
called- an imitator of Haydn in sacred .music
than he can be called animitator of Cimarosa in operatic
music. It is evident, however, that Haydn is his fa-
vourite among sacred composers, and that he is
thoroughly imbued with Haydn's spirit. But he is no
servile follower ; he is a man of genius, and every note
of this glorious composition is thoroughly imbued with
that characteristic of true genius—originality. Mr.
Mitchell has conferred a great obligation on every lover
of the highest school of music by getting up this splendid
work in the highly efficient manner lie has done. We
hope and believe that his efforts have not gone un-
rewarded, for the house was crowded by the elite
of fashion,

THE REGICIDE FRANCIS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 5;17.11'.
.Sin,—The observations in your Paper of this (ley, on
the attack made by Francis upon our amiable Queen,
has awakened in my mind great •solicitude abort the fate
of that deluded man.
The life of a fellow-creature is at stake, and appears
to be in great jeopardy. He has been convicted, by the
verdict of a Jury, of an attempt to take away the life of
our beloved Sovereign ; but this merely on circumstan-
tial evidence, and, I confess, evidence most unsatisfactory
to my mind. Indeed, I cannot help coming to a directly
opposite cendusion—viz., that he had no intention to
take away the Queen's life. For in my mind, it exceeds
the utmost limits of probability, that a pistol charged
with any subitance capable of destroying life, and pointed
ofithr ede n t o‘fh
ewni tch ionthl
osneevle
An
rfebeutt
ho_f
nteruosed'betweal the Queen
and the pistol, and that no mark should have been pre,-
at
et the
Royaland Queen,
carriage,
ae
rnhr,horse were
shouldwaet r
eab emi
duced by it on the man, the horse, or the carriage.
On the other band, consider the nature of the evidence
on which the Jury ,found the prisoner guilty, the sound
producedby the discharge of the pistol. On such evidence
I never could have given, a verdict of guilty, when, the
life of a prisoner was at stake. I shoUld have doubted
my
,arosf,
cifouprisTeleniatalweletrntitshteedpistolii%o.atisletirce.d
could
It is.
loaded with ball make a. louder report than it' loaded
said, a'nlinodotis, I believe, an 'undoubted fact, that fire-ttrma
without ball. But in Francis's case 'there is evidence that
no mark was to be:found, to prove that" the pistol was
loaded. with ball, ; this: .evidenee .(though 'negative),,
considering the position of the prisoner,,S;e4 at 11,,e
moment of discharging the pistol, .appears to -ine to
outweigh the positive. evidence as to sou.nd.,;..,4And
when it is' considered that the. pistolii.p,4old
be 'fired • without a great degree 'of Surprise, Sand
even consternation at the instant, it appears the most
improbable; that 'a' soldier, however practical in ac-
tual war, "could give it very confldeat opinion, whether-
the
pistol .rwas or was not loaded with ball, or other
matterdestructive of life. But, if Francis purpesed to
kill the Queen, why use any other matter than a bullet?
what else more likely to effect his purpose, and hate easily
.to be procured?
I would here ask whether the degree of sound might
not in some measure depend on the quality of the powder.
and still more on its being rammed down (even without
wadding) with more or less force. Might not the sound
in some degree depend on the structure of the pistol?
Under such circumstances, I would never have found
a verdict of guilty, because there was not evidenea
r lifeti
Isimlui7Norsneotfeanwoo: substance,
abstracth,t theh eeq
to remove doubt from my mind ; and it is the universal
direction of Judges, Courts, that where there
is doubt the prisoner ought' to have the benefit of IL
Nor can I regard the conduct -of Francis on the pr 4..
rn.on the-Menday, what is thereist,oits:r:tort-
ceding Sunday as any additional proof of his purpose
l
that
alf the Phatiailis.r3to
.m•mot
o'lfssolt:incto'ntliyitnldlkot;"ni
probability
g
ust
t the
rg
foan(dm rljb°elnod:e7:l.
d‘tddvjoeleanassstett rriiuotntic ‘tt‘gi.htaile.Eee-esomagannjaumtteeht eeoesmt Sae' d'
sb4o3t' h?
alarm on
eea
Sunday
subjecty
mupejosuiset
sitctoethisne(
)elewe beingmha offenderenntahneallrtoau:a
nature,
Francis
loaded
larewnnai raniddt
transportation
sielphtcoaiairdslntli
aylaistguidgoffeutnb,se,
suffer
ifsr destructive
mrSeoasllit' erelarn:eimdni gee° Icdn' itaaiiennixndcgte thoughexceedingly
rrt diloianr em, I hope that new law will be
fire-
arms presented against our -'lonareh, shall, withont
or other very severe punishment.
ques-
tion, a man should endeavour to divest himself of all
feeling. Disgust, horror, pity, will cloud his judgment.
Bat at this moment I think the public mind i 3 in an ex-
cited state, and, therefore, that the judgment of the pub-
lic is not to be confided in.
There is. another reason which makes me solicitr,us
that the life of Francis should be spared, and that is a
wish to save her Majesty from any of those compunc-
tious visitings of nature which would be the result of a
r s,i t supposeiteiardaenmyself
d tha
future conviction in her own mind that: the man was in-
nocent as tol anyd
no
not
hmurderousibsQinthie :cpcp,catetrolns purpose;
t.
in the awful moment of death ,le should solemnly and
proclaim
it v,,oti cannotN
very-opweb.
last-
ingf
pangs in the I":nder and benevolent heart of our be-.
loved Queen ttAt.she had not extended to him the pre-
rogative t mercy.
To me it is highly improbable that any man of sc,und
firmlythat
sense should resort to murder the Queen ; for who ever
heard a ground of complaint against her ; and sup-
posing a mad ambition could rouse a man to such an
attempt, would he have sunk when the sentence of:
death was pronounced on him, or would he not rather
have gloried in his crime?
As to the doctrine attempted to be set up by the
Crown lawyers at Francis's trial,, that if a case of pre-
sumptive proof is made out against a man, it is for him
to repel the presumption, it appears to inc most un-
English and un-Christian ; and it would be easy to cite
cases of persons executed for murder, whose innocence
has afterwards been established to demonstration, and
yet the presumption, from circumstantial evidence; could
not be repelled. Mr. Editor, as a, subscriber to your
independent paper, I hope you 'will regard with favour
this appeal, and either insert' this letter, or givo such
parts as you deem unobjemie'aable, in such modified form
as you may prefer.—l am, Sir, a lover of justice, and
June 29, 1842. AN ENGLISIIII..kN.

PENTONVILL E PRISON.
( From Last Night's Gazette.)
At the Crurt at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of -lime,
1842, Prerent, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
wlr.:reas by an Act, passed in the second session of Podia-
InejA, held in the fifth year of her Majesty's reign, intituled
'4l‘ An Act for ettOlishing a Prison at Pentonville," it was,
amongst other things, enacted, that it should be lavtful for her
II Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to nominate
, and appoint any number of fit persons, not :being less than
seven, or more than eleven, to be Commissioners for governing
the said prison ; now, therefore, her Majeity, in pursuance of
the said Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy
Council, to nominate and appoint James Archibald L ord
Wharneliffe, Lord President of the. Council; Charles Duke of
Richmond, K.G. ; William Earl of Devon; Henry Thomas
Earl. of Chichester ; Lord John Russell ; the Speaker of the
House of Commons; Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. ; Robert
Ferguson, Esq., M.D. ; Major Jebb, of the Royal Engineers;
William Crawford, Esq. ; and the Rev. Whitworth Russell.
And they are hereby nominated and appointed Commissioners.
for governing the Pentonville Prison accordingly.
WM, L. I3ATHURST.

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DREADFUL DEATH. OF A PUGILIST.—An inquest
was held yesterday before Mr. Baker, at the Mallard Arms,
Grove-street, Commercial-read, East, on the body of James
Vaughby, aged 32. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceased had been in in health for the last eight months on ac-
count of his leading such a dissipated life. He had often
fought prize fights, and about ten months since he had two of
the ribs on his right side broken, but he had no knowledge of
such an accident. On Sunday night last he greatly cons.
plained of a pain [in his cheat, and Mr. Sutlan, su!geon was
called in, but he died on the following morning in dreadful
agony. His body was then opened, and a large tumour, con-
taining about three pints of matter, was discovered. Three of
his ribs were dreadfully fractured. The heart, liver, and the
intestines were in a highly diseased state. from a dreadful blew
on his loins, which had caused death.—Verdict accordingly.

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