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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TUB EvILNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—We have inserted elsewhere the views of
a correspondent favourable to the proposed Maynooth
grant ; and we have no intention of excluding from our
columns any considerations which can fairly be urged
in its favour. At the same time, we must still be of
opinion that neither is the proposed mode of pro-
ceeding such as can be satisfactory to the
public opinion of this country, nor its extent satis-
factory to those it is intended to satisfy. As to
the proposed mode of proceeding, we should very
much wish to be informed whether there is any pre-
cedent for a large and permanent public endowment,
without reserving to the public any power of inspecting
or superintending its application ? The Roman Ca-
tholic hierarchy may please to assert its independence
of any such jurisdiction, while it receives no public
aid. But the preponderant sense of the nation is dis•
tinctly adverse to every imperium in imperio—to every
pretension, on the part of any communion, to borrow
the secular arm, or aid, without admitting the secular
authority. This was recently proved by the failure
of the Scottish Non-Intrusionists in their appeal to
the general opinion—so far as regarded their attempt
to set themselves above the power of the civil courts.
We are now told that the Irish Roman Catholic
Churchmen distrust the civil authority so completely,
that they will not take any grant at its hands, unless
the application of that grant is to be wholly removed
from its cognisance. Now these ecclesiastics may dis-
trust the State on party or general grounds. If they
distrust Sir Robert Peel's party so thoroughly that his
beaux yeux cannot win them to any other request
than Jaques'—" I do desire we may be better
strangers"—we can only say it is a pity the chief of
such a party should undertake permanent endow-
ments, though compelled to concede them, without
the slightest security for their right employment. If,
again, they distrust Government simply as Government
—simply because they claim that hierarchical indepen-
dence no country in Europe admits any longer, and no
country in Europe has rejected more signally than our
own—then Sir Robert Peel is sacrificing to his new-
born ardour of conciliation the whole moral conquest of
the last three centuries—the e hole decisive distinction
between the dark ages and modern times. Will it be
said that the Maynooth system has proved, in all points,
so unexceptionable as to warrant enlarging and stereo-
typing it, without any security for improvement,
and requiting the most declared distrust with the
most unconditional confidence ? Will this be said ?
We shall wait to hear it said from the present
official benches. We shall wait to hear it said by the
former colleagues of the Eldons and Percevals. Our
objections to the project are founded on no bigotry
against Roman Catholics. We object to it be-
cause (as hitherto advised) it appears to us based on
a false principle. It proposes to place public property
beyond public control,—to bestow (pc) Santo) an inde-
pendent
footing, at the public expense, on a body of
men who refuse recognition to the authority which en-
dows them—who reject that control (which indeed it is
not made worth their while to acknowledge, but) the
acknowledgment of which every other Power in Europe
exacts in return for patronage of any body of men en-
trusted with the disckarge of any public function.
STANDARD.—We have copied from yesterday's
Examiner an excellent article upon the subject of the
trial, conviction, and punishment of the miscreant
Tawell. We hope that the reasoning of this article will
not be without its just influence upon the minds of all
who may be called to act as judges or jurors upon the
trial of similar cases. The Examiner has at least
satisfied us that the murder of Sarah Hart '• was
suggested by the monstrous acquittal of a party prose-
cuted not very long ago upon a charge in all respects
similar•. Let us, however, protest against the Examiner's
injustice to an amiable and able man, Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly. Mr. Kelly's speech was a weak speech, be-
cause h's case would afford no better to an honest
man—though a dishonest advocate might very easily
have made a stronger case, and a more efficient speech.
There have beets, we will not say that there are, men at
the bar who could have at least raised a doubt, by sug-
gesting hypotheses, which, however, one instructed
in the case must know to be false. It is, however,
strange, as it may seem not improbable, that Mr.
Kelly believed his client possibly innocent. The
most acute minds are often the most apt to mislead
themselves, and in the belief that his client might be
innocent he would not resort to it line of defence
suited only to a desperate case—if indeed such a man
as Mr. Kelly could bring himself to the attempt to
shield a criminal in a clear case of guilt. An
honest lawyer will avail himself of every point
of law in favour even of the worst offender ;
he will put forward even, in the case of such an offender,
all the truth that can seem to bear favourably on his
case ; but he will not pervert the truth, or suggest what
he knows to be false, even in the case of a man whom he
believes to be innocent. An honest lawyer was, how• ever, the advocate for Tawell, and, therefore, Mr.
Kelly's was a weak speech.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT—Kingston, March 29.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.)
DOE ON THE DEMISE OF NEWTON AND OTHERS V.
littooxs.—This was an action for the purpose of ejecting
the defendant from the possession of certain premises,
situate in Stoney-Street, Southwark.
Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Willes were for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Charnock fur the defendant.
. _

Mr. Sergeant SHER stated the case, and said the plain-
tiffs were compelled to adopt the present proceeding, to
recover possession
of certain property leased to them by
the Bishop of Winchester, and which had been taken
possession of by the defendant, or by a person named
Cox, who acted under him, but neither of whom had any
more right to it than the greatest stranger in Court.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state that the
lease was granted to the plaintiffs by the Bishop of
Winchester in 1835, and they made use of the property
fur some time, but it became unoccupied and remained
so for some time, and at length a person named Cox
obtained possession, and without the slightest right-or
title whatever persisted in remaining there, and set up a
title to the property. The present proceedings, therefore,
became necessary to remove him.
The lease granted to the plaintiff in 1835 was then
put in and formally proved.
Lord DENMAN—What have you to say, Mr. Char-
flock, on behalf of your client ?
Mr. CuanNocK—Does your Lordship think that the
lease is sufficient proof of the plaintiff's title ?
Lard DENaraN—Certainly.
Mr. CuanNocK—Thou, my Lord, I have nothing to
say.—(A laugh.)
Lord DEN3IAN to the jury—Well, gentlemen, the de-
fendant admits he has no title, and therefore, you will
find for the plaintiff.
Verdict accordingly.
TOOVEY AND ANOTHER V. SWEENEY.
Mr. Sergeant Shee was for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Petersdorff for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE said, that this action arose out of
a case of a similar character to the one just disposed of
by the jury. The defendant without any right or tit!e
had taken possession of a house of considerable value,
and he could not be got rid of but by an action of eject-
ment, which was accordingly brought against him, and
at once decided in favour of the plaintiff. The present
action was to recover the sum of 251. incurred in that
action, and also the amount of rent to which the de-
fendant was liable during the period he was in posses-
sion of the house.
Mr. PETERSDORFF said he had no answer to the plain.
tiff's case, but he wished the costs to be taxed.
Serg( ant SUEZ said he had no objection.
A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.)
EVELYN V. WORSFOLD.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, who is Lord
of the Manor of West Cott, near Dorking, to try the
liability of the defendant to pay a certain fine upon his
coming in as one of the copyholders of the manor.
Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Dawson were for the
pla'ntitf. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Peacock ap-
peared for the defendant.
The ease was one of a purely technical character, and
eventually a nominal verdict was taken by consent for
the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court upon
certain points of law.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, March '2B.
CROWN COURT.
Joseph Yeomans, aged 23, was charged with having
stolen, on the 20th instant, one wether sheep, of the
value of IL, the property of Mr. Thomas Morris,
Guilty, to be imprisoned twelve months.
James Pritchard, aged 30, was charged with breaking
into the dwelling-house of George Willim, for whom he
worked, and stealing therefrom a quantity of bacon,
bread, and cheese. Verdict, Guilty. The prisoner, being called up fur judgment, protested that he was in-
nocent. Imprisoned twelve months.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before the CWEF BARON.)
FRETWELL V. BLISSETT, CLERK.
This was au action brought by a land surveyor, re-

siding near Ensham, in Oxfordshire, to recover the\sum
of 147/. 4s. for work and labour done for the derendant,
the Rev. Mr. Blissett, residing at Lefton, on the banks of
the Wye, his estate beinc, surrounded, as it were, by a
perfect peninsula, formed by the windings of that river,
To obviate this by alterations, cuttings, and improve-
ments, had long been the wish of the reverend defendant,
but several obstacles prevented the accomplilinent of
his design, a portion of the property to be cut through
.belonging to the Cor:ewall family estate, the heir of
which, being a minor, was a ward in Chancery, but having
at length obtained the necessary consent, the work was
commenced, and the plaintiff was employed to superin-
tend and direct the operations, remaining at one time as
long as 42 days at Lefton, and consequently being un-
able to attend his own affairs in Oxfordshire, where he
has two large farms. The defendant pleaded that he
never was indebted beyond the sum of 591., which he
paid.into Court, and upon this issue was joined, the pre-
sent action being brought to recover the remaining items
in dispute. It appeared that a portion of the work of the
plaintiff had reference to the commutation and valuation
of the defendant's tithes.

Several letters were put in, and read, which had
passed between the parties on the subject, one of which
terminated thus—" bell going for church, and a glass of
cold grog to-morrow ;" and another from the Rev. Mr.
Blissett to plaintiff, concluded—" The old fool is gone
down the river, God knows where, to look for two planks
and a trestle, not worth a pound."
The epistolary evidence having been adduced, the
verbal testimony of several witnesses was then given, to
the effect that the plaintiff was there from the 22d Sep-
tember, 1642, until the 23th November following, super-
intending the works and paying the men, giving his
attendance all day, from six in the morning until the
same hour in the evening.
Mr. WHATELEY addressed the jury for the defendant,
contending that the attendance of Mr. Fretwell was ren-
dered as a return fur kindness he had received from Mr.
Blisett's family, and that nothing more than the amount
paid into Court was due.
Two witnesses, Messrs. Freer and Marsh, civil en-
gineers, were called on the part of the defence, who
stated there was no necessity for the attendance of Mr.
Fretwell.

The brother of the defendant, Mr. Charles Blissett, a
merchant of Bristol, deposed that on several occasions
plaintiff told him that he should make no charge to his
brother, out of kindness for what he had done for him,
as he once got him out of difficulty, and he would not
therefore leave Lelton until after the last barrow of earth
was thrown on the works.

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having delivered a powerful
speech in reply, on behalf of the plaintiff, his Lordship
summed up, and the jury retired from the box. On
their return into Court in about two hours, the foreman
said eight of them were for the plaintiff and four for the
defendant.

The JUDGE —I wish the Counsel were here, perhaps
they would agree to withdraw a juror.
The Foreman—My, Lord, eight of us are of opinion
Mr. Fretwell should have his wages and four the other
way.
Mr. SELFE here entered the Court, and said that in
the absence of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd he did not know
how to act. The plaintiff cared nothing about the costs,
but he felt it was a just claim, and that his character was
at stake.

The JUDGE, emphatically—The defendant's is far
more so. The plaintiff might have made a mistake, but
the defendant cannot, and if he is unjustly defending
this action he is doing that which no clergyman or gen-
tleman ought to do.
The defendant, in person—l feel myself exactly in the
position your Lordship has described.
After some further consultation, the foreman said from
the information my Lord has given, we are all agreed
to find our verdict for the defendant. _

Verdict for the defendant entered accordingly.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.7=Liverpool,March 29.

CROWN COUR —(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
Benjamin Anderson, 21, stood charged with an attempt
to administer poison, namely, sugar of lead, to his wife,
Sarah Anderson, and her two infant children, at
Manchester.

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attempt to administer a certain deadly poison, known by
the name of sugar of lead, to his own wife and children,
by introducing it into the sugar which they were about
to use for sweetening their tea. The prisoner, so far as
his instructions went, had not been in the habit of act-
ing towards his wife with cruelty ; he was, however,
when in liquor, cross and abusive. The prisoner fol-
lowed the trade of a millwright, and was in the employ
of Messrs. Fairbairn, who carried on business in Canal-
street, Manchester. For some time previously to the
6th of January last, which was the day on which the
occurrence took place, he had been drinking for several
days, having only worked half a day since the previous
Tuesday. About three in the afternoon he came home,
and said he wanted some tea. His wife replied, " the
tea will be ready presently," upon which the prisoner
took the kettle off the fire, which at that time contained
the water for tea, and after making use of some offensive
expressions, turned his little boy and wife into the street,
with the sugar basin in his hand, at which time, it is
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supposed, he was mingling the poison with the sugar.
One of them went to the window, and he put his hand up
to prevent them seeing. In a short time he came and
unfastened the door and let them in. The little girl then
came home, and prisoner's wife began to make the tea
for herself and children, and sweetened it with the sugar
from the cupboard. After the tea was sweetened she
found it a very bad taste, in consequence of which it was
thrown away. The tea was made a second time, and the
sugar again used, but the same bad taste prevailed.
Having some of the same quality of sugar in a piper, the
prisoner's wife put it into some coffee which she then
made, and found it quite palatable, and she and
the children partook of it. The sugar which
was in the basin had been used at breakfast
the same morning. A portion of the bad sugar
which had been preserved in a small bottle, was handed
over to Mr. Davis, chemist, of Manchester, which,
on being examined by him, was found to con-
maintain sugar of lead. The Learned Counsel argued
that the conduct of the prisoner at the time of the occur-
rence showed he was aware of the consequences of such
an atrocious act. The prisoner left the house about four
o'clock, previously to the tea being made, and proceeded
to a beer-house, where he stayed a short time, after
which he got up suddenly and went to the door, observ-
ing to the person who kept the house, " You will hear
of a row." He afterwards returned home very drunk,
and said, "If there was meal in the house he would do
it again." Shortly after this the police having become
acquainted with the circumstances went to the house and
took the prisoner in charge. At that time he was asleep,
and on his being awoke he said " They are not still yet,
but they soon shall be." At that time no charge had
been made. Afterwards, on being taken to the police-
offic; and told what the charge was against him, he said,
"It is a bail job it has nof been done." The police
twice told him he was accused of putting sugar of lead
in the sugar basin, and he replied, " I suppose you wish
to know where I got it, but I shall not tell you." About
three days before, namely, the Friday, the prisoner,
bought an ounce of sugar of lead, at a chemist's in Man-
chester. Some of the same kind of poison was found in
some meal which had been got into the house for the
use of the family. The Learned Counsel concluded by
observing that he should call witnesses to bear out the
statements he had made, and leave the result in the hands
of the jury. _ _

A great number of witnesses were called, the principal
being the wife and child of the prisoner.
Mr. John Davis, chemist, of Manchester, depofled to
testing the portion of sugar sent to him, and found it
contained a quantity of sugar of lead. lie declined giv-
ing an opinion as to its operation on the human system,
and the quantity required to produce death.
Mr. Walker Golland, surgeon, had examined the con-
tents of the basin, but was of opinion that there was not
sufficient to cause death, if taken all at once or in small
quantities.

Mr. J. POLLOCK, in defence, called the attention of
the Bench to the Act under hich indictments for of-
fences of that nature were laid, the worth of which were,
" shall administer poison or any other destructive thing."
It had been shown by the evidence of the medical men
that the whole quantity of sugar of lead found in the
sugar basin would not be sufficient to produce death,
either in one dose or repeated doses, and consequently
could not be a destructive thing, although it was un-
doubtedly obnoxious. The charge, therefore, he held,
would fall to the ground.
His LORDSHIP said, that if the verdict went against
the prisoner, he should reserve the point for the consi-
deration of the twelve Judges.
Mr. POLLOCK then addressed the jury upon the evi-
dence at considerable length ; and his Lordship having
summed up, the jury, after a short consultation, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The trial lasted eleven
hours.
John Burgess, aged 22, was indicted for the offence of
manslaughter in killing William Swindles, at Staley-
bridge, on the 20th of Februury.
Mr. Brandt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Wilkins for the prisoner.
The deceased was a lad who worked at a mill in Sta
leybridge, and on the evening of the day in question he
was leaving the mill along with some other lads there,
when they saw the prisoner at the bar sitting against the
gates of the mill. He appeared to be asleep or intoxi-
cated. One of the lads kicked his clog, and desired him to
get up, and another shook him. He then rose up and
ran after the deceased into another shed. The deceased
then fell; but what it was that caused him to fall, could
not, it appeared, be at all explained. One of the wit-
nesses, however, said that the prisoner kicked him on the
heel ; but another said that he fell from catching the
kerb-stone with his toe; and a third thought that he
fell down without either of those causes. He uttered a
cry as he fell, and while he lay on the ground it would
appear that he had been struck by the prisoner, either
with his fists or his feet, if not with both. This also
seemed quite uncertain. After the fall the deceased was
not observed to stir at all, until the prisoner left him.
Ile then stretched out his arms, as if in a convulsive
state, and remained on the ground for some minutes,
till the prisoner himself began to be alarmed, and raised
him. Finding that there were no signs of life, the
prisoner asked the people standing by to fetch him some
water, and said he thought the lad was iu a fit ; but it
was soon ascertained that he was dead. He was
examined by two medical men, who could not tecount
for the death, and who found no marks of violence,
while another medical man stated that the brain was in
such a state that he could say the lad had not died of
apoplexy. There was no effusion, and no symptoms of
disease about the body. It was said, however, that there
might have been blows on the abdomen without their
being perceptible, and that these might have caused a
shock to the nervous system sufficient to occasion death.
Mr. Pearson, who first examined the body, was of

opinion that the lad's death was to be attributed to
apoplexy, and considered that such might have been the
case without any effusion.
Verjict—G why of a common assault.
Sentence—To be imprisoned for one month.

THE TRADES' DELEGATES
CONFERENCE.
The labours of this Conference of Delegates from the
working classes, held at the Parthenium Club-rooms,
St. Martin'i-lane, closed on Saturday evening, and the
following outline is the result of its deliberations :-
Ist. The formation of a society, to be called " The
Association of United Trades for the Protection of In-
dustry," the leading objects of which are to be—first ex-
ternal, having teference to the influence of the Legisla-
ture on the condition of the working classes; and second,
internal, or the efforts made by the trades to improve
their own condition,
2d. The establishment of a central committee, t)
carry out the object of the Association, and the forma-
tion of a fund to defray the necessary expenses.
3 d. The collection and diffusion of information as
to the means by which the capital, skill, and labours of
the trades can be applied to their own benefit, and espe-
cially to the profitable employment of redundant hands
in the labour market, so as to keep down competition
for employment, and the consequent reduction of wages.
4th. The establishment of trades, manufaCtories, and
stores.
sth. The holding of an annual moveable Conference.
These general-principles being agreed to, a Provisional
Committee was appointed from among the delegates, of
which Mr. Duncombe is constituted president, to draw
up a detailed plan of organisation founded thereon, to be
submitted to an adjourned meeting of the Conference
which is to take place in the last week of July.

FALL OF A BUILDING AT POL-
LOKSHAWS-FIVE LIVES LOST.

Early yesterday (Friday) Morning, a most melancholy
accident occurred at Pollokshaws, distant about three
miles from Glasgow, which has created a great
sensation, and thrown the inhabitants of that dis-
trict into deep and heartfelt mourning. Some time
ago it was proposed by the Old Trades' Society
of Pollokshaws to erect a building in the Main-
street of that town. This building was commenced,
and on Thursday last the maso work of it was
finished, and the scaffolding removed the same even-
ing;. Close to this building stood a thatch house
of one story high, occupied by Poor but respectable
tenants. The occupants of this humble dwelling,
seven in number, had, it appears, considerable doubts
as to the stability of the building erecting adjacent to
them, and, during the course of this week, remained
two nights in a lodging-house, being afraid that the
building would fall upon them. On Thursday even-
ing, while the wind was blowing a hurricane, the
inmates entered their habitation, still under the
same fears. They congregated themselves around
the hearth, and sat there listening to the storm
raging without, until far in the morning. Thinking,
then, their fears were groundless, and danger dis-
tant, they all retired to rest ; but, as stated to us,
they were not ten minutes stretched upon their beds, to
close their eyes in sleep, than down fell upwards of
twenty feet of the gable and chimney-stack, which was
very high, of the building, crushing beneath it the humme
domicile of these unfortunate beings. The crash was
heard in an adjoining house, the inmates of which instantly
rose and procured every assistance in their power
to have the sufferers removed from the awful situa.
tion in which they were placed. Two of the seven
were speedily got out, and found to be little injured,
viz„ Mrs. Rann, or Catherine Muter, a young
widow, and her child, a little girl about ten
years of age. It required upwards of two hours,
however, of great exertion, before the remainder of
the sufferers could be reached. After being dis-
covered, they were all found to be lying in
their beds, with life totally extinct. One of the five,
named Betty Brown, a young woman aged nineteen
years, had her head mangled in a most dreadful man-
ner ; and a little boy named William Rann, about
twelve years of age, was severely injured about the
breast, having several bones broken there. The
other three, who thus met with an untimely and
melancholy end, were John Muter, an old man, aged 79
years, and his wife, who was upwards of 75, along with
Catherine Rann, daughter of the young widow, Mrs.
Rann, above alluded to. All of these unfortunate suf-
ferers were much respected in Pollokshaws, particularly
the old man and his wife.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette.