The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Bais.-rot, Nov. 24.—Yesterday morningan intima-
tion was conveyed to the Coroner for this City, J. B.
Grindon, Esq., that a man named Samuel Brittan,
who resided in Little Ann-street, St. Philips, had
died in consequence of some wounds which were in-
flicted on him in the early part of last month, by the
landlord of a public-house in Mendip, on the road to
Wells, called the Hunter's Lodge. Upon receiving
this information the Coroner promptly issued his
warrant for holding an inquest on the body, and a Jury
was summoned to meet this day at the New Inn,
Lawford's -gate.
The nature of the wounds having been defined,
John Day deposed that he was a hawker, and re.
sided in Dean-street, Bedminster. Was intimately
acquainted with the deceased. On Saturday, the
15th of October, they were together in company with
John Angle, a butcher, residing, in Pinnel-street, at a
public-hOuse called the Hunter `s Lodge, at Mendip,
between this city and Wells. While they were there
a quarrel' arose between Angle and a man who was
present, and who was a stranger to witness's party.
After the dispute was all over witness and deceased
and Angle left the house to go to Bristol. After
they had got about 200 or 300 yards from the
public-house they were attacked by fourteen or
fifteen men, who rushed out from the Hunter's
Lodge, and also from the fields thereby. The landlord
of the Hunter's• lodge was one of them, and he struck
the deceased over the head with a cart-trigger ; it is
what is used to support a cart in going up a hill to
prevent. it running back, and had an iron crook and
a staple attached to it. Deceased was knocked down
by the blow into the road, and the landlord struck
him again as he was lying on the ground. Six
or seven of the men surrounded John Angle, and
kept striking him with large stones which they had
in their hands. Witness went across to the deceased,
in order to prevent the men from striking him as he
lay on the ground with the stones, and the landlord
immediately struck him with the trigger on the head,
and knocked him down also. The dispute had been
about the reckoning at the house, part of which they
were wanted to pay twice over. They had drank
between four and five quarts of rum and milk at the
Hunter's-lodge in the course of the day, and were all
of them affected by it more or less.
The CORONER here stated that it was desirable that
the parties implicated should be present at the in-
quiry; and as it was most probable that they would
be present to-morrow, it would be better to adjourn
the inquiry.

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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
A shocking fatality occurred on the 23d inst. at
the paper manufactory of Mrs. Mary Crompton, at
Collyhurst, Manchester. The sufferers were Eliza
Jenkinson, 28 years of age, house-servant to Mrs.
Crompton, who was killed on the spot, her body being
literally torn in pieces, and Mrs. Crompton herself,
who lost her left arm.

It appears that Mrs. Crompton was at the time en-
gaged-in " putting in "to one of the calendars, for
Ann Horrocks, a female in her employ, who had just
gone to dinner; the deceased servant came into the
room to deliver a message. The room is nearly filled
with the machinery. On the left of the entrance was
a large water-wheel, and on the right was the calen-
dar at which Mrs. Crompton was employed, a narrow
avenue, only sufficient for a person to pass, being left
between them. Up to this avenue came two cog-
wheels, and in passing the cog-wheels the deceased's
clothes were caught by the teeth of the lower
wheel. The wheels going at the rate of twelve to
fifteen revolutions in a minute, the poor creature
was instantly drawn into the hole under the
wheel. Mrs. Crompton, perceiving her danger,
Mrs,
Cromp-
ton, render her what assistance she could, but bduetesehaestedds,oleht was
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entangled. The assistance of some of the men being
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severely injured,
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was torn from her body. She was conveyed
and efforts were then made to release thepoor girl.
The body presented a most frightful spectacle ; she
was lying under the hole of the wheel ; all her clothes
were torn off; her hod?, was literally cut in two, from
the lower part to the lead ; her entrails were torn
out, and lay upon the floor ; part of her face was torn
away, and almost every bone in her body was broken.
One of her legs was found on the opposite side of the
wheel. The body, thus shocking mangled, was con-
hvezdedontothte sameheAn drew's Arms, where an inquest was
Evidence of the dayoccurrence hccuerfreornectehewabsorgoiuvgenh,
butCo there
was
no proof of blameable neglect, except that the cog-
wheels might have been partitioned off.
The Jury found that the deceased " died from la-
cerations and fractures accidentally received from a
cog-wheel," stating that had it not been for the in-
juries received by Mrs. Crompton in trying to extri-
cate the deceased, they should have imposed a very
heavy deodand on the machinery.

DEATH OF LADY MOSTYN.--ThiS lady expired
on Friday morning at the family residence in Ser.
mour-street, after a very protracted illness. The de-
ceased was third daughter of the late Sir Roger Mos-
tyn, Bart., and was married in February, 1794, to
Lord Mostyn (then Sir Edward P. Lloyd, Bart.), by
whom her Ladyship leaves issue, the lion. Edward
M. Lloyd Mostyn, born 13th January, 1795, and
married 20th June, 1827, to Lady Harriet Margaret
Scott, eldest daughter of Thomas. second Earl of
Clonmel ; the Hon. Elizabeth, b9rn 19th August,
.1796 ; the Hon. Essex, born 18th April, 1798 ; and
the Hon. Thomas Price, born 4th August, 1800.
ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—The works of the new
building erected on the site of Astley's Amphitheatre
are in a state of at forwardness. The external
portion of the building has been for some time com-
pleted, and the interior nearly so. The artists in the
decorative department are busily engaged in carrying
forward their operations, and there is no doubt that
the whole will be completed before Easter

INSURRECTION AT BARCELONA.
We extract the following :accounts of this deplo-
rable event, from the Barcelona journals of the 17th
and 18th instant :
The Con.vtitucional, which had been obliged to sus-
pend its publication, or publish a flying leaf, on the
15th and 18th, excuses itself towards its suscribers by
stating that most of the printers, belonging to the
National Guard, had responded to. the appeal made to
tbefn by their chiefs, and had remained under arms
since five o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th. In its
number of the 15th, it says that the disorders which
broke out in the night of the 13th had riot at first an
alarming aspect, and that it was with great astonish-
ment .they found, on the next morning, the utmost
agitation pervaded the city. During the whole night,
individuals•who had long laboured to disturb tran-
quillity, industriously spread false reports, for the
purpose of indisposing the soldiers against the people.
The tumult originated at the Gate del Angel, in a
dispute between a peasant and a port officer, and the
bystanders having sided with the former, the armed
force was obliged to interfere. One of the military
having ill-treated a woman, the agitators availed
themselves of this circumstance to excite the multi-
tude against the troops, and a collision immediately
ensued. A soldier who sought refuge in the quer-
ters of the sth battalion of the National Guards, was
claimed by the revolters, but the officers on duty re-
fused to deliver him into their hands. Bands of people
traversed the streets during the night; the most
sidister reports got into circulation ; shots were fired
in .the vicinity of the old prison for the mere
sake of creating confusion ; and a number of officers
of the army were stopped in the streets by a party
of young men, who brought them prisoners to the
quarters of the 3d Battalion of Militia. Early in
the morninz of the 14th several writers of the &pub-
ileun journal were arrested. The remainder of that
day was employed in erecting barricades, and the
confusion was such that the editor of the Constitucional
declares that he could not ascertain whether the pre-
parations in progress were intended to support or
oppose the authorities. Several houses were fortified
by the National Guard ; and stones and flower-pots
were placed in the windows and balconies to be
thrown on the troops. ,
In the meantime, the Political Chief, the Captain-
General Antonio Van Helen, Generals Zurbano and
Zabala, having met, summoned before them the Com-
mander of the National Guards and the Municipal
authorities, to communicate to them a proclamation,
about-to 'be issued by the former functionary, and to
know from them if they could rely on the co-opera--
tion of their respective corps for the re .establishment
of order, as, otherwise, martial law should be imme-
diately proclaimed.
Our readers are.already acquainted with the occur-
rences of the 15th, and the ultimate retreat of the
'garrison. At seven o'clock on that day the firing had
ceased, the prisoners had been liberated, a popular
junta had been installed, and, according to the Inzpar;
cial, " all the - Barcelonese were unanimous, without
any distinction of party, and union really prevailed
, among them." The soldiers, who had capitulated at
the Atarazanas, and in the building of the University,
fraternised with the patriots, and it was expected that
the garrison of Menjuich would follow their example
OD the 19th.
The daughters of General Van Helen, and the wife
of General Male, who had been detained with Bri-
gadier Chacon by some National Guards' of Barcelo=
neta, just as they were embarking, had been claimed
by the French Consul and placed under his protection.
On the 17th the Provincial Junta published a pro-
clamation, in which they invited the Catalonians to
form a close union with all Spaniards who sincerely
loved liberty, and had at heart the welfare of their
country, and who hated the tyranny and perfidy of a
Government which had brought the nation to its pre-
sent state of ruin and degradation, without any dis-
tinction between the political parties composing the
great liberal communion. They proclaimed the inde-
pendence of Catalonia from Madrid until the re-esta-
blishment of a just, protecting, free and independent
Government, which would grant a frank and just pro-
. tection to Spanish industry, Commerce, agriculture,
and to all the industrious and productive classes of the
population.
The Junta next_ proceeded to state, that with a
view to attain those desirable objects, they felt it ne-
cessary to surround themselves with men of intelli-
gence and standing, and that it would immediately
appoint a consulting Junta, whose names should be
published on that day. They then called on the
valiant Catalonians to unite in bonds of brotherhood
with all free Spaniards and informed them that the
troops of the army who remained in that capital had
espoused their cause,- which they trusted would be
soon embraced likewise by the whole nation.
The Imparcial, of Barcelona, of the 17th, says :
.
" The imprudence of the Government; and of some
of its agents, in continuing to provoke a whole people,
was the only cause of the untoward events whiclewe
have to deplore. The day before yesterday tlfe heads
of the -National Guard demanded from the Political
Chief that the citizens whom he had arrested arbi-
trarily, some because they were editors of the Re-
publicww, should be conducted to a place of surety
and tried before the proper tribunals. The authority
was deaf to-their prayers, displayed unnecessarily an
imposing parade of forces, and ordered the drummers
of the National Guard to be arrested when beating
to arms, without even inquiring whether they were
authorised by the municipal authority. Many soldiers
were seen to shed tears at finding themselves obliged
to fight against their fellow-citizens.
"5 in the Evening.-,-.-The crisis continues, the can-
nonade resounds, bombs are.bursting in the air, and
we are forced to suspend our account, being natu-
rally in the utmost anxiety at beholding the struggle
become so desperate as to convert this fine city into a
heap of ruins. •
"Half-past 7 o'clock in the Evening.—The firing
has ceased, because an assault, it is said, is in prepara-
tion against the citadel. The fort of Montjuich,
where General Zurbano happens to be, has begun to
fire its cannon. on the city. The prisoners have been
set at liberty, and have received arms. All the inha-
bitants of Barcelona, without distinction of party, are
unanimous; union really prevails ; the streets are illu-
minated ; the inhabitants are full of daring. It ap-
pears that another Junta is about to be appointed
with a consultative character"
The linparcial of the 18th adds :
" The troops of the quarter of the artillery and the
fort of Atarazanas have capitulated honourably
:
hlontjnich alone bolls out. Generals Zurbano and
Van Helen are at Sarria, and manifest a desire to
enter Montjuich, with the intention of attacking the
city. The Junta, however, has adopted energetic
measures. We learn from Gerona, November 16,
that General Aristizabal had left that place, and that,
with a few battalions, which are to join bins on the
route, he will form a junction with General Van
Haien. It appears that the provisional and directing
Junta, on learning that General Van Helen was pre-
paring to bombard the city from the fort of Mont-
juich, assembled with the provincial Deputation and
the French and British Consuls, and came to an un-
derstanding for the prevention of so horrible a catas-
trophe. A deputation had been sent to General Van
Haden, composed of the Consuls, a member of the
Provincial Deputation, and. one of the Junta. To-
morrow we shall be able to communicate the result.
" P.S.—General Van Haden, with the troops under
his command at Sarria and its environs, has com-
menced his march for St. Felice de Llobregat. Our
city is tranquil. We hear no other noise than the
All's well of the sentinels." •
The following proclamation was published on the
17. th
" cataloelans !—The persons forming the Junta,
hitherto provisional, placed at your head, are anxious
to retire into the bosom of their families, now that the
danger is over. But the general cry is against this
step, and obliges them to constitute themselves into a
Central Junta of Government, which will assume all
the Power, and will direct its energies towards the
population of the province of Catalonia, in submitting
them to the following conditions' being always ready
to retire itt the slightest indication from the people:—
" 1. Union awl pure nationality among all free
Catalonians and. all Spaniards sincerely desirous of
liberty, of the positive welfare and honour
otlourof their
country, and who hate the tyranny and perfidy of the
power that has reduced the nation to such a deplore
ble, ruinous, and -
degrading state, without admitting
amongst us any distinction of political colour or party ,
and regarding only the great community of liberal
Spaip.
" 1 The independence of Catalonia, with respect
for the Court, until there shall be established a just,
protecting, and -tree
.Government, with nationality.
honour, and intelligence; by uniting ourselves closely
with all the people of the provinces of Spain wh-,
know how to proclaim and obtain this independence,
by imitating our heroic example.
"3. As the natural consequences of the preceding
bases, frank and just protection of Spa iish industry,
consnwrce, agriculture, the productive classed, order
in the Governinent, justice for all, without distinction
of (.lass or category, integrity and justice, in order to
justify in the eyes ()fall Europe the purity of your in-
tentions, the nationality and grandeur oP the senti-
ments which animate you, and give you zeal for the
aecomplishineet of this difficult task, which is worthy
of a free and laborious people, as valiant as intrepid
awl invincible, tl3- generous as 'honourable. Such are
the general bases on which repose the most ardent de-
sires of the great people of Catalonia.
" To accomplish this object the Junta, being desirous
of surrounding it with enlightened men, will imme-
diately appoint another auxiliary and consulting junta,
the names of whose members will be published. The
Provisional Junta is convinced that it is the faithful
organ of your sentiments, and is confident, that with
the active co-operation of all persons who, without
distinction of political colour, are able to assist and
second it from 'this momentaitavill be able to accom-
plish.the grand, enterprise which it has ,commenced
with a glory which can never be dimmed by malevo-

lence or imp3sture, while facts speak for themselves, t
and your conduct is your justification in the eyes of
free nations, although in the honourable triumph
-which you have gained, it is lamentable.to think that
the precious blood of valiant Spaniards has been
shed, through the conduct of an abominable and
imbecile Government, or rather through the want
of Government, which has incurred public execration.
Union, valiant Catalonians, fraternal union ! The
troops who remain in the capital embrace our cause.
Let us regard them as brothers. Let there be an entire
oblivion of the past, and confidence in the happy issue
of your holy cause—the cause of the people and of
the entire nation, which will not delay to follow
your example, by imitating your striking valour.
" Dated Barcelona, Nov. 17, and signed by the
members of the Junta."

The National observes, that "the nature of the
insurrection at Barcelona is precisely marked out in
the details published by ' the Messager, and particu-
larly in the proclamation of the Directoral Junta.
This proclamation confirms what we have already
stated. An incident caused the disturbance, and the
imprudence of the Political Chief developed it, and
amongst the causes which excited the courage of the
inhabitants, must be added the ferocious proceeding
of Zurbano, who in the midst of the disturbances,
promised the troops the plunder of the street occupied
by the goldsmiths of Barcelona. The exasperation of
the inhabitants then became irresistible. The troops
fought courageously, but the issue of the battle was
inevitable, and a city containing 180,000 souls, cannot
be subdued when the inhabitants are driven to despair.
" Unless some new complication should occur, we
have no doubt but Espartero will triumph over the
city of Barcelona. We must, however, add, that, in
cur opinion, on this occasion, moderation would be
more efficacious than force. If, instead of consolida-
ting public order by prudence and by a just apprecia-
tion of the facts, the Government should create a re-
action, the peace will be but precarious, and
.we may
expect new calamities.
"We are happy to learn that M. Olozaga and his
friends are determined to accept office. The more
difficult the period, the more those persons are bound
not to retreat from the danger. It is very probable
that the re-construction of the Cabinet will be the
best means of re-establishing order in Barcelona; and
we trust that there will not be any necessity for fight-
ing another battle, and again shedding blood in the
streets of this city, which is both wealthy and indus-
trious, and devoted to the success of the revolution
which originated within its walls."

FRAUDS IN THE COFFEE TRADE.
Friday a meeting of those interested in the co-
lonial and foreign coffee trade was held at the Com.
menial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, for the purpose of
receiving a Report from the Committee appointed to
consider the best means to be adopted to redress se-
rious grievances to which the trade has for a long
period been subjected. The Chair was taken by Mr.
Ed wards.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had had
interviews with the Directors of the principal docks,
who had promised every assistance in remedying the
evil complained of. He moved that the Report of
the Committee be read.
The Hon. SECRETARY then read the following Re-

port :
" That in pursuance of the desire of the trade,
they have solicited and obtained interviews with the
Directors of the East and West India, the London,
and the St. Katherine Dock Companies, and have laid
before them statements of the losses constantly sus-
tained, in consequence of the delivery weights of
coffee being seriously short of the landing weights,
on which payments are made both for coffee and duty.
They have also drawn the attention of the several
Directors to the great discrepancies which are shown
in the delivery weights, and have ventured to express
doubts as to whether such discrepancies can be solely
the effect of natural causes.
" That the Directors of the several Dock Compa-
nies have declared their readiness to act in any maniier
which may be suggested, in order to prevent such
losses, and to exercise the greatest care and vigilance,
so that deficiencies may not be the result of want of
attention, or any other cause' which such care and
vigilance may prevent.
" That not any of the Directors seem, however, to
subscribe to the opinion that any other cause but that
of absorption by atmospheric influence has operated to
produce the losses complained of.
"That notwithstanding this conviction on the part
of the Directors, the Committee cannot but retain
their former opinion, that many cases show discre-
pancies quite irreconcileable with such conclusion,
and also that the business of weighing and taring
packages on landing is frequently carried through so
hastily as not to insure proper security to the buyers;
and that many coffees are landed in packages not suf-
ficiently strong to bear farther transit, and which the
Directors of the Dock Companies state that they have
no power to alter, but with the sanction of the im-
porters, which, as entailing expense, is generally
withheld.
"Alfa that the fact of the trade being called on to
pay duty on what does not exist is unjust and unrea-
sonable, and the. Committee feel assured that on a pro-
per representation being made to the Government,
this grievance will speedily be remedied, Coffee being
one of the articles named in the Customs Act as subject
to some deficiency from natural causes, and being kept
in the custody of their officers in warehouses of spe-
cial security.
" The Committee, therefore, suggest that a meet-
ing of the trade be held, to take into consideration the
necessity of memoralising the Government on the
present mode of paying duty on coffee, and to devise
any other means which may be considered likely to
prevent loss to the parties on whose account clearances
are made ; for which purpose the Committee propose
that a general meeting of the trade be held at the
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, .on Friday
next, the 25th instant, at twelve for one o'clock pre-
cisely. " EDWARD EDWARDS, Chairman:
" JAMES C. QUICK, Hon. Sec.'
"21st Nov. 1842."
Mr. MOFFAT rose to move a resolution that the
Report be adopted. He expected no redress from the
Doak Companies, and thought that Government ought
to be applied to, in order that the trade should not be
charged on the landing weights. Recently, in a par-
cel of five bales of .Mocha coffee, there was a loss of
53 lbs. One bale was deficient, in another purchase
he had made, of 27 lbs.
Mr. CHENERY and other parties spoke of great defi-
ciencies, that could not arise from natural causes.
The Report was adopted.
Mr. CONDOR had been thirty years in the trade, and
in the last two or three years the decrease in the
weight of bales of coffee had augmented. He moved
a resolution in favour of applying to the First Lord of
the Treasury against the levying of the duty on coffee
at the landing weight.
The resolution was carried, and the Committee was
strengthened by several parties of influence in the
trade,
to give weight to the representation to the
Government.
The thanks of the meeting were given to the Com-
mittee, and the meeting adjourned.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the rc..mth prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize

Week Name of Railway. Miles Total.
ended Opened. R. s. d;
N0v.19 Birmingham & Derby Janet. 48 1,168 8 9
18 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,640 16 0
19 Brandling Junction 95 870 2 9
18 Chester and Birkenhead ..
20 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 164 186 19 9}
19 Edinburgh and Glasgow
20 Eastern Counties ......
19 Glasgow and Ayr ..
19 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22} 664 11 1
19 Grand Junct., Chester&Crevve 113 6,451 13 9
19 Great North of England 45 1,257 9 2
20 Great Western
Oct. 22 Hayle . 18 232 7 0
N0v.19. Hull and Selby
Lancaster & Preston Junction 20}
18 Liveipool and Manchester 3l 3,850 17 11
19 London and Birmingham ll2} 13,808 18 2
24 London and Blackwell 34 455 0 11
19 London and Brighten
Ditto Shoreham Branch
22 London and Croydon lo} 208 14 10}
24 London and Greenwich
20 London and South Western ... 93 5,168 12 1
17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 585 11 6
19 Manchester & Birmingham ... 31 2,039 15 1
•19 Manchester and Leeds
19 Midland Counties s7} 2,260 12 3}
19 Newcastle and Carlisle ......
17 Newcastle and North Shields 7 326 10. 4
20 Northern and Eastern ......
19 North Midland
18 North Union
Preston and Wyre ..... -........ 19}
19 Sheffield and Manchester...... 7 197 11 8
24 South Eastern
19 Taff Vale
20 Ulster 24 364 3 11 I
19 York and North Midland 2B 1,465 10 4

THE NEW " NAVAL CLUlL"—This new yarn, or
rather this whole hank of new yarns, from the inex-
haustible manufactory of the celebrated" Old Sailor,"
will furnish table-talk to all the Clubs throughout our
club-ridden island—but especially to those professional
ones, of both the services, from which its infinitely
amusing details are drawn. The rich fund of. naval
and other anecdote it displays, the unmistakeable por-
traits, the capital scenes from all grades and circum-
stances of naval life, and the tales of strong and stir-
ring interest, which form the staple portion of
all these features promise to insure for it an unusual
degree of popularity. Its author, Mr. M. 11. Barker
-universally known to the reading world as " The
Old Sailor"—is awing the most witty and humorous
of our naval writers ; and he has never shown himself
more so than " The Naval Club."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.

GLOBE.—The simultaneous attainment of the
objects for which hostilities had been directed against
China and Caubul, and the restoration of peace with
those countries, together with a payment of four mil-
lions and a half -sterling to Great Britain by the
former Power, constitute a change so gratifying in
our relations, and secure so large a sum to the reve-
nue, that Sir Robert Peel is bound, by his own ad-
missions and engagements, to take the earliest oppor-
tunity after:the meeting of Parliament, to announce
his intention of moving for the repeal of the Income-
tax at the close of the first year of its operation—if,
indeed, the gratifying announcement be not made a
distinct communication in the Royal Speech at the
opening of the session. To prove that the expense of
the Chinese expedition, and the probable protracted
duration of the war, formed the main ground on which
the levying of a tax on income was made to rest, it is
only necessary to quote Sir Robert Peel's own state-
ment ; it is, indeed, well worthy of attention
Estimated expenditure to April
5, 1843

" Estimated income... ..... 48,350;000

" Leaving a deficiency of

£2,469,000

" But that deficiency is- on. the votes of the year, for
the expenditure to be provided for within the year.
To it, therefore, must be added the charges incurred
on account of the Chinese war, for which I do not.think
it vill be necessary to provide within the year. These
charges will amount to about 500,0001. additional, to
be added to the expenditure. But he would form
an inadequate estimate of the expenses likely to be
incurred in the war with China, who would con-
fidently calculate on their being confined within
the limits which I have specified. The expenses
of the Chinese expedition stand thus :—the amount
due to the East India Company up to the Ist April,
1841, is 708,7.35/. A grant was made in the session
of 1840, of 172,442/. This leaves arrears of former
rears to be provided for to the amount of 535,313/.
The estimate of the expenditure to the Ist April, 1842,
is 658,3791.; making the total charge to April, 1842,
nearly 1,193,6921. There is to be applied to this charge
a grant of Parliament made in 1841, amounting to
400,000/., and money from the ransom of Canton,
amounting to 618,4301. You have, therefore, to settle
for the cost of 1841 thus :—Against the charge of
1,193,692/., there is to be put an" actual payment of
1,016,430/., and the arrears now amount to 175,26.2/.
If the House look to the expenses:of the preparation
which has been made for Chinese warfare, I do not
think that it can estimate that the expenses which
may be incurred for the year to the sth of April, 1843,
for that purpose, can amount to less than 1,400,0001.
or 1,500,000/. But take the ultimate cost of the
Chinese expedition at 1,200,0001., an estimate as low
as can be taken, there will be a deficiency some time
to be provided for of 700,0001. Therefore, to my es-
timated deficiency of 2,570,0001., you must not lose
sight of a probable demand of 700,000/. or 800,000/."
Sir Robert Peel's estimated annual account -from the
Income-tax was as follows :
" Schedule A
Schedule B .. 150,000
Schedule C...
Schedule D
Schedule E . 155,000

£3,771,000"
This estimate is generally admitted to be far below
what the tax will realise. We have heard, in
quarters likely to be well informed, a million added
to this estimate. Take, however, the amount at
4,000,0001., which add to the 4,500,0001. to be paid
by China and an aggregate of eight millions
and a-half is exhibited—an amount beyond the
deficiency for which Sir Robert Peel deplored
the necessity which his public duty laid upon
him to provide for, by means of a tax which
nothing but dire necessity would have induced
him to propose ; and which, if there be truth in him,
or he be desirous of keeping up its counterfeit, in the
absence of the original, he will hasten to relieve the
nation from the exactions and annoyances of this
iniquitous and insulting engine of State. The nation
must, however, be prepared to do its duty; lest Sir
Robert Peel should take encouragement from its sup-
posed indifference to prolong the existence of the
measure, after the necessity which he pleaded as his
justification for its introduction has passed away.
STANDARD.—What was the plan of the late
Whig Government with regard to the Chinese war, if
indeed they had any plan, must remain a secret.
What was not their plan we, however, know; and that
the plan of the late campaign was not theirs is plain
from the fact that having, for successive years, the
very same opportunity of executing it enjoyed by
Sir R. Peel, they did not resort to this plan, but
to other plans inconsistent with it—the reduction
of Canton, for one example out of many. That the
present Government continued the naval and mili-
tary officers whom they found in command we
'admit, and the country has reason to be grateful for
their, in this respect, departing from the practice of
their predecessors in office, who never thought of the
public service when an opponent was to be injured
and insulted, or a dependent provided for. Sir
Robert Peel continued Sir Hugh Gough and
Sir William Parker, because he was resolved to
give the country the benefit of their experience, be-
cause he had proof of their skill and gallantry ; and
if more than these were wanting to determine him, he
had had evidence of their judgment and energy in the
remonstrances they had made against the folly and
vacillation of their Whig superior at the commence-
ment of the military operations. Happily the opportu-
nity did not offer to ascertain whether, after the notice
of Captain Elliot, these gallant men would have
been continued in command by the Whig Minis-
ters. Sir Henry Pottinger, too, was properly con-
tinued as an untried man, and upon the spot, because
his functions are in fact purely Ministerial, he
is merely the organ of the Home. Government,
to communicate its will—and doubtless he has
received orders that when called upon to
act upon any emergency not provided for
in his instructions, he shall consult the
military and naval commanders, instead of
brow-beating and thwarting them like his
Whig predecessors. The forces, too, are the same.
No doubt, the personelle of a British army seldom
needs to be changed : you can hardly' im-
prove by change upon the discipline, zeal,
and gallantry of any British force. But though the
men are the same—though their bravery, disci-
pline, and zeal are unchangeable, and, therefore, un-
improvable ; still there is something in the dif-
ference between despair and hope. British men
will not move less resolutely ',under the influence of
the former than of the latter feeling, but they
will move with less of that spirit of energetic en-
terprise which is the assurance of victory. The
force under Sir H. Gough and Admiral Parker
would certainly be more efficient, expecting to
return in triumph from a glorious campaign, than
contemplating the certainty that their bones must
whiten the Chinese soil, as the bones of their
brethren still supply, in the deserts of Affghanistan,
the monuments of Whig folly or cowardice. The
probable result, perhaps the probable reward, of his
exertions, makes a difference in the spirit of the bravest
and the best man. And thus it is that the bare faot
of a wise and just Minister succeeding one of an op-
posite character has greatly augmented the efficiency
of the force in China.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
FRIDAY.
DERBY.-81 to 1 agst A British Yeoman-20 to 1 agst
Winesoue-20 to 1 agst Murat —2B 'to 1 agst Progress
c-30 to 1 agst Aristides-40 to 1 agst Newcourt-
-40 to 1 agst Lucetta c-40 to 1 agst Napier-40 to 1
agst Parthian-50 to 1 agst Chesterfield-50 to 1 agst
Mahomet-50 to 1 agst Dumpling-5 to 1 agst Scott's
lot-=l4 to 1 cast Sir G. llcatheote's lot-20 to 1 agst
Dawson's lot.
OARS.-8 to 1 agst Maria Day-10 to 1 agst Wee
Pet-14 to 1 agst Testy-20 to 1 agst Laura filly-25
tO 1 agst Sis. to Satirist-25 to 1 agst Sis. to Coronation.
COURSING.-
LETCOMBE BOWERS MEETING, NOV. 24 AND 25.
The Cup was won by Mr. Wasbrough's Wedlock ; the
Goblet, by Mr. Durnsfold's Doubtful ; and the Gravy
Spoons, by Mr. Ensworth's Earwig. The Leteoinb
Bower Stakes of two sous. each, (8 subs.) were wc.n by
Mr. Warman's Wreath ; the Red House Stakes, by Mr.
Darnford
r io
'Daphne
r; and the %Vantage Stakes, by Mr.
Parkinson's
_

BELFORD MEETING.—The St. Leger Silver Cup
(7 dogs) was won by Mr. Scott's Sweeper, beating Dr.
Hed ley's Archer.

SUMMARY CONVICTION.----The name of the commit-
ting Magistrate, in the case of the girl sent to North-
leach gaol for being modest and virtuous, is Wm. Gyde.
IGNITION OF COAL FROM FIRE7DAMP.—OR Tues-
day last a miner, in the coal-pit of John Fitzgerald,
Esq., at Pendleton, having lost or mislaid an axe,
very imprudently went in search or it in a part of the
pit not at present worked, taking with. hi:n a naked
candle. There having been shone accumulation of
carburetted hydrogen gafi, iu this part of the pit, the
introduction of the lighted tandle exploded it, burn-
ing the man and another individual, though, we
believe, not very severely • and a valuable horse,
which was near that part of the .pit, was suffocated
by what. is termed the choke damp (carbonic acid
gas), generated under such circumstances. The ex-
plosion of the inflammable gas was followed by
another consequence—the ignition of tha coal in that
part of the pit ; and we understand that it continued
c
burning on that and the two following days, and
for anything*we know to the contrary, may be still
on fire. Are believe.
it -has only -led to a partial
stoppage of the, working, the hands in other parts of
the pit continuing at their emploYment.—Manchester

RETORT.—A clergyman was censuring a, young
lady. for tight lacing--" Why," replied Miss; "
cou)d not surely recommend loose habits to your
parishioners.", The clergyman. smiled,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEE.A'S BENCH. Nov. 26.
(Sittings in Banco after Term.)
THE QUEEN V. KENRICK AND ANOTHER.

This was an indictment against the two defendants,
father and son, for a conspiracy to defraud. While
the proceedings against them were going on, and be-
fore the day of trial, the younger Kenrick died. The
elder Kenrick was tried alone, and convicted.

Mr. BYLES had obtained a rule nisi in arrest of
judgment, on the ground that the indictrmnt was bad,
on the grotind of its being too general, and on the
ground of a mis-statement ; because if two parties
were indicted for a conspiracy, and one was acquitted,
the other could not be convicted. In this case one of
the defendants had died before the trial, and therefore
it. was contended that the other could not be convicted.
Mr. DIESIGER this morning argued at great length
against the rule, and Mr. ERLE in support of it.
Lord DENMAN said the matter was one of very
great importance, and that, therefore, the Court would
take time-to consider its judgment.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 26.
BROWN v. SHEARSLET.

This was an action of trover, brought on rather
novel grounds, namely, to recover the amount of the
value of a dead horse.

It appeared that the plaintiff is a cab-driver, and
the defendant the keeper of a livery-stable in Somers-
town. In the month of June last, an accident hap-
pened to a horse of the plaintiff, and the defendant
gave him leave to remove it to his stables. The horse
died on a Sunday; and on the following day the de-
fendant refused to allow it to be sold, unless he was
paid some rent, which he claimed of the plaintiff.
It seemed that the horse was then detained
in the stable until it became of no value.
A knacker, who was produced as a witness on the
part of the plaintiff, stated that he had offered 50s. for
the horse on the Saturday before it died, and it would
have been worth as much if sold immediately after it
had been killed ; hut, after a day or two, it would be
worth nothing. This witness was understood to ad-
mit, amidst the laughter of the Court, that the price
of horse-flesh had risen since the passing of the new
tariff, since the introduction of American pork.
Witness.—lf the horse had been pickled after it died
it would have been of more value.--(Laughter.)
Tl.e Jurxrreturned a verdict for the plaintiff, in the
sum of five shillings, but the Court refused to certify
in his favour for the amount of his law expenses.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 26.
IN RE JOHN WALKER.

The insolvent in this case was opposed by Mr.
Cooke, for Messrs. Flint and Taylor. It appeared
that the attorney for the opposing creditors had
brought an action against the insolvent to recover 331.,
to which he pleaded, and the matter went to trial ; but
a mistake having been made in the service of the writ, a
rule for a new trial was obtained, and the insolvent
also defended it, whereby costs were accumulated to
the amount of 701. 16s. In his examination by the
Learned Commissioner, the insolvent admitted that
he had omitted from his schedule twenty-three debts,
which he had assigned over to a creditor named Todd,
as security.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS ordered the case to be
adjourned to complete the sch!dule, which was now
very imperfect. He thought he could not entertain
the question of vexatious defence, after so many mis-
takes had been committed on all sides.

The insolvent was then removed in custody.
IN RE JOHN MALLINGS.

The insolvent was opposed on the part of Mr.
Loder, who became one of the joint securities for him
to the Scottish Widows' Association in the sum of
3001., the other bail having become insolvent, and he
(Mr. Loder) being, therefore, liable for the whole
amount.

Mr. Loder having applied to the insolvent, who was
then residing at Uxbridge, was informed that his pro-
perty had been made over to a person named Grange,
and also found out that some of the creditors had been,
under this arrangement, paid ss. in the pound. 681.
had been paid into Court.
Mr. Commissioner HArials ordered that the sche-
dule should be amended by adding the names of
of those who had already received the dividend of 55.,
who, of course, would be the last, as in bankruptcy, to
get a share in the further dividend.