The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-01 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o' Cloth.

Every day reveals ?futile atrocious proceeding en the
part of the Mali Government. The old spy system,
which flourished in lrellnd during the rebellion of I 7'28,
is revived under the auspices of Lord DE GREY and Mr.
BLAcicaunN; whose agents first make Ribbonmen, End:
then transport them. The infamy of these tools of al
corrupt Government was exposed, in all its revolting den,
fortuity, at a late trial of persons accused of the crime of
flibbunistn at Armagh. Five of them Were found guihy:
on the evidence of a spy, named 11:tc:AN, and a policeman
named Cox, and sentenced to be transported for seven
Mr. WHITESIDE, a liberal Tory, defended the
prisoners, and denounced the conduct of the Govern=
meat as atrocious. In his cross-examination the spy
HAGAN gave the following account of himself‘ We

.years.

qua: hi's evidence from that really italepentlent journal
the Newry Examiner :

" I took the temperance pledge, but broke it on the ' doc-
tor's authority ;' I kept it as honestly as Father Mathew fur a
year. I was ' nabbed' in September last. 1 was eight days in
' crib.' The first I spoke to about Ribbonism, after 1 was
• necked,' was Constable Johnston, and told him to go for the
Provost of Sligo, which he did. When I had conferred with
that gereletnan, 1 was let out on heavy bad. After thut I
reiterated meetings, made passwords, Ribbonmen, and all that.
I made Ribbonmen by the hundreds. The police knew that
was the business I went on. 1 was ' out' from September
till February. I did not expect to be wanted by
the police till about Patrick's Day—till the . assizes
time. When I returned, I told them about the
meetings. ' By the word ' them,' I mean Mr. Faw-
cett, Provost of Sligo, and the Alagistrates. While I
was out at gaol, 1 concocted about SIXTY-SIX ittanoN
ro Peas, AND SCATTERED THEM ABOUT as well 'as I could.
The Magist-ates knew all this. During the time I wrote
several letters to people, and gut answers. I took the oath of
- the Society, once, twice, thrice, four times—aye, foarteen
' times—l had -no further to go, or I would have sworn more..
I AM THIS MOMENT BREAKING THEM ALL. I get my sup-
pose from the Government. My conscience stretches some-
times. -During the six months I was ,out I was as busy as ever
at the 6 old trade.'" "1 WROTE THE RIBBON LETTERS,
&C., DISTRIBUTED /THEM, AND CANVASSED RIBBONMEN.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MAGISTRATES, but not of
the police; the former were: perfectly aware of what 1 was
doing."
'rise Government which employs such a wretch as this
to make criminals, for the purpose of prosecuting them,
covers itself with infamy. No honest, impartial man
could believe him on his oath. In the policeman Cox,
the other witness, he found a worthy -colleague. Cox in
his cross-examination said :
" I told the party that I was from Termonbarry, in the
county Roscommon. ,Vrat was a lie. I told other lies on the
occasion. It was arsotKr lie to say that a man from Stokes-
town was to have met me there. I may have told other lies
then. "think it quite right to tell the lies. It would not an-
swer me tell the truth always. I consider it was only my duty
to tell the lies. When it comes in my way as a policeman, I
don't think much about telling a lie. The pubtic good cirri only
be eff;:clect by that:" . .
1:ox has evidently imbibed the Machiavellian spirit of
the Irish Government. He believes with the author of
the " Prince," and Mr. Attorney-General -BLACKBURN,
that the public good is only to be effected by lies, and so
he tells them, and swears these,, and transports those
who are credulous enough to believe him. Except in
Russia there is not, out of Ireland, a Court of Justice in
Europe in which th.s testimony of such monsters
would convict any man of a crime to which
:t penalty of five shillings attached. But _under
tie parental Government of Lord DE GREY,
• . :heir evicts nee is sufficient to send ',scores of Roman
. Catholics taiM
Norfolk Island.- Judge CRAPTON, who .-
- • • • 'presided at the trial, admitted that the conduct of I
the witness, HAGAN, as described' by himself, was •
strange," find "at ' variance With" . the spirit .of the.
t lie •
C m Christian religion,".bslid not tell them, as we cun- . •
. t,.-41rlit.was.hiStlute tohavt'done,that these witnesses were
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• . not to be believed upon their oath. Mr. WRIT..ESIDE W•dl
six posed - the 'base conduct of the Government. in ens.
• • ttloying . sash wrettihes, to ,betray ' innocent, 'men into
"'',htz,i,nie 'flit; the purpose of prosecuting. their,. We regret
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, '6.41114 we r.Barr only 'Mae come' for' the'roilov‘ing extract.
....viahlititnitis'kpetrett :-7-
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evole•-': "1 never kneW that fe`was the duty of any'Government not to
Use their most strenuous,. their ineessant, their undivided cam,
sdal",tions to guard agains....the perpetration of crime, but rather to t
.v tuff...Stake criminals, in *der that they might shine their vigilance
10 oni‘inthe joianishenint o‘r the offenders of their • men ' creation. • - --------------
ban ilchievee'kiiew th aat Government could not only tolerate, MUNE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
+(fiats irtrt absoltitelia sanction- the mission of te, tutored spy, who CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
was let .olit on the people: in .order to 'entrap , into his. The Funds have again improved to-day, and the business lat
as-AoTfireifihr; liiiioceni - and the unwary. Many have doubted been very extensive, conducted chiefly by some of the moat in-
the prnpriet er receiving the evidence of a villain steeped ' fluential brokers. Consols have advanced to 911 91a for Money,
•gninaniu,iq '''Monster, On • feared not, it might he, to and- for the Account; Three per Cents. Reduced 92 92k-;
v.newefillifitiii Wills in the blood, of his fellow-man, or (as in I Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011011 ; New Three.
Iv/
,id (IRV lye* 05.4,0 who was a participator, according to his ' and-a-Half per Cents., 100 1004 ; Bank Stock, 169% 170% ;
ateoiegtgirse&*kit, 'in the offence with whreh the prisoners, at the India Stock, 249 251 ; India Bonds, 322; Exchequer Bills,
asembirairiabargetl-I ,say many have doubted the propriety of ; Obi, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 premium.
alagiffsijiloft the evidence of that corrupt accomplice against, Attention being chiefly drawn to our own market, Foreign
ed itirselikil and liberty of his fellow-man. However, I dome" Securities have been 'comparatively neglected, transactions
ifin brill it, nor do I object to juries acting on such testimony, have been, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51%; the Five
filtf9Stilitided •it receive full corroboration from faith- 101%.
per Cents.,
•-titilerdittri witnesses. 1 could have had no objection, if, i Mexican bonds are quoted 36b for Money, and 36 for the
Ais4;freli" Hagan was first apprehended,' a trial against Account.
"''th'eSe' unfortunate men had been instituted ; then by The Share Market has been firm, with but little doing.
—his evidence, let the case either stand or fall ; but Great Western have been sold at tio ; the Half Shares, 631;
when it is well known that the information he then possessed j Brighter,, 34; South Eastern and Dover Scrip, 8; Eastern
--was not sufficient to obtain aconvietion—when it was found that Counties, 61. 9s. 2d. ; the Debentures, 10/. 9,. 2d. ; Northern
with his whole stock-in-trade of news, no sane person would be 'and Eastern. 17; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4734 ; and Paris
presumptuous enough to bring a prosecution forward—when it and Rotten, 181.
was found that, as matters then stood, littlemore than patched• Some transfers have taken place in the shares of the Austra-
up stories and a superabundance of villany could be de- lien Loan Stock Banks; those of the Bank of Australia at a
tected on the 6 conscientious' scrape-grace—they invest him premium of 4/. per share, the original shares of the Union
with new powers, full impunity is awarded to him, he is decked Bank IA 4/. 35.. and the New Shares 1/. 2s. 6d. premium.
out with all the ability to deceive, to decoy, to allure, to - Spanish Bonds only are quoted to-day ; the Five per Cents.
betray, those upon whom he can foist his villainy ; and when at 20L. 21, and the Three per Cents. 20X 20g.
he has made a rich harvest, he returns home, parading the Letters from the manufaeturing districts, received this morn.
long list of his victories, and from a 'paternal' Government ing, are of 'a more satisfactory nature than those of late. It is
claims honours, rewards, and patronage, us proportion to the stated, from Manchester especially, that some extensive orders
amount of crime which he has the unparalleled, monstrous hail been received, and that the execution of them will cause
audacity to pride having perpetrated, during his cursed career, the employment of many men now out of work. It is admitted
on the lives and properties of those whom it was the duty of a that the prices are exceedingly low, but still sufficient to reran-
wise Government to !protect and fipiter against the wiles of nerate them. A
better feeling appears to prevail, and the
iniquity, instead of letting slip on them the organised, pre- masters, it is said, are now convinced that it is far
inco'llerted, and deep-h.-lid treachery of a tutored spy !" more to their interest to wait for orders, than to
What is Mr. O'CoNNEto. about that he does not bring manufacture on speculation. Much of the present dis-
tress may be' traced to this system, encouraged at
the. conduct of the Irish Executive Government befbre
. first by reckless advances from the Joint Stock Banks,
I):Arliatnent ? It is impossible that Sir HOBERT PEEL in the immediate neighbouthood and subsequently, when they
and Lord ELIOT can know and sanction such sum abomi- I were broken u-a, by parties, who for the sake of the commission
noble system 'as is here denounced by a most respect- continued the plan by drawing upon their connexions in other
able Tory barrister. Lord ELIOT is incapable of sanction-
countries. The result has been that foreign markets were
completely glutted with English goods, which could have been
ing the entrapping innocent men into crime, to fill the purchased at a heavy discount upon the cost prices. It being
pockets of Crown lawyers, and supply blood-money to impos ible to effect sales in order to meet the bills when due,
failures oacnedu rfrreodm, and
the tliineteelil
eins
cen orwe
cbe
ie,:gdn ndiun gi to
duty of some of the Liberal Irish Members to brio spit s and informers. We, therefore, hold it to be the
nwuomrkeriots"owfan
g the the last month,' from most foreign ports, it appeal!
question before the House of Commons. that speculative consignments having ceased, the heavy
1 stocks were being gradually diminished, and prices
I consequently improving. This is more particularly to be
noticed at Rio and Australia, more especially at the
latter place. It is not twelve months since when cottons
were selling there at from 25, and in some instances 30 per
cent. below the invoice ; and it was calculated that there was
sufficient, which, if it were all taken off, would have required
twenty-two pounds from every individual, whether convict or
free, of the whole population of the country. . This state of af-
fairs is now happily at an end ; prices had risen to something
like a remunerating point, and orders had been sent home, but
coupled with a strong injunction not to exceed the extent of
their improvement, were to continue.
MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, fJucv 30.—There is
no material change in prices, and not much stock offering, but
vte do, not consider our market to be firmer than yesterday:—
North Midland, 591; Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter
Shares, 20it ; Leeds, 77 to 78; ditto, Half-Shares, 331 to 34,
Grand Junction, 184 to 185.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS

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--. That y.iseyeti--- .. 'MIA
—."--_—__.---(1,40) lolk
1.4... ti of City, V-3'2,4 per Cent l,3i
Sreletl of Commk,rce,4!,perCent... 66
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 73
I'4 Ilonal SfiCiely .. —
Exeltarge ran Londen (short) -
-_Brussels Passers, July 29.
AUSTRIAN lUNDS.—.VIENNA, Rio( 21.
fiteper Cents. Metalhques
Font per Cents.
Three Tr,r Cents.
bant.sharrn:._ ......
______ =v.__ _ _
_........

_... ...... ......
HA MBURGH BORSEN HALL , H..ix t 29.
tills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares... it 31 1629
Analo-Russian Loan 14%94 ii 9
Russian 3 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3 102%
Inscription, Ist series
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series ' 93 9714
Ditto in Certificates 9B 9754
New 4 per Cent. (1840) B9 t 134
Dutch .‘ctual Debt, .46 per Cent
Ditto a per Cent.
Polish Bonds .....
New Tickets l6B
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 79 78%
Spanish, New 5 rwr Cents.
EXCHANGES ON LONDOIO.
HAMBURGH, JIILY t4—.13 94, Two months 13 7%.
PaTecsaufw,JULY 22.—Three months, 35 pence.
ItIGA, JULY 3. ...Three Months, 384.

There is not much political news in the French Jour-
nals of Friday.- and Saturday, received this morning.
In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday an exceedingly
tumultuous scene took place on the report relative to the
e'rvtion of M. LAROCHE-JAQUELIN, for Ploermel, being
pre:sentco., Solite objections were made against the return,
but the bureau proposed uisnnimously that the lion. De-
puty should be admitted. M. BILLAUT rose, not, he said, to
oppcse the admission of M. LAROCHE-JAQUELIN, but to
complain of the conduct of the Ministry in the elections
in general. lie accused them of' having supported the Le-
gitimist candidates against. the Dynastic party, and
founded his accusss:ion on a letter written by M. DE-
L tTouc:n the Sub-Prefect of Ploerinel, which de-
clared that the neutrality imposed on him by the
Ministry, with respect to M. DE Slyer, M. LAROCHE-
AquELlN's opponent, not having been guarded, he
had considered himself released from any further obliga-
tion, and had voted for that opponent (M. nI. Stvav).
The Minister, M. BILLAUT argued, had acted thus be-
cause a Deputy of the Extreme Right was less dangerous
to the position of the Cabinet than one of the Left
Centre. The Minister of the Interior denied that the
statement just made was founded on truth ; the
Sub-Prefect had forgotten his duty to the Go-
vernnient if he had voted for M. DE SIVRY,
M. ODILON BARROT said that there was this difference
between the Government and himself, that he was not
ashamed to acknowledge the support lie gave to any
particular candidate. M. BERRY ER declared that,
%hailer in elections or other political matters, he had
never looked at anything but the interests of his country.
M. LAROCIIE-JAQUELIN was then admitted to take the
uath and his seat. f
The Theatres Royal will be closed this evening, and will re.
mail so until Wednesday evening inclusive, on account of the
ob-equies of the Prince Royal. The other theatres ,will be shut
ogle on this evening and Wednesday.
The King and Queen of the Belgians will remain in Paris
until after the funeral and interment of the Duke of Orleans.
On the occasion of the death of the Duke of Orleans the
Polish refugees have presented an address to the King. Among
the signatures are many eminent names.
According to a Royal Ordonnance of the :.'4th of July, the
family council or the King's gnindsons, the Comte de Paris
and the Duke de Chartre-s, will be presided over by the Chan-
cellor, and will be composed of the Princes when they have
attained their majority, and the following persons in addition,'
viz.:—Marshal Soult, Marshal Gerard,° M. Portalis, First
President of the Court of Caseation ; M. Dupin Proeureur.
General and M. Barthe, First President of the Court of
Accounts!"
'Letters of condolence have been recziyed by his Majesty
from the King o; Sardinia, the Grand Duke of Baden, the.
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and the Grand Duke
of Saxe Coburg)), in auswer to the notifications of the death of
the Duke of Orleans.
The body of the Duke of Orleans will be removed from the
church of Notre Dame for Dreux, on Thursday morning at
four o'clock. It will pass through Sevres, Vert:ailles, POnt-
chartrain, and Haumian. The prefect of the Seine-et-Oise
has ordered that, as the funeral car passes through the towns
of hit department, the line shall be formed by the National

Bulk Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ........ 92 Ditto Bonds .......
A per Cent. C0n5....
3,1 per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities... -
A,M, 31 per Cent .. lOO/ lEx. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 52 pm
N'w 5 per Cent I Ditto 500/...... 52 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 52 pm
Jan. 1860 ... l2l Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1559
Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct....... 91}
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent. —i Portuguese, 5 per cent. 55
Belgian, 5 per cent ;Ditto, New Ditto 33i
Brazilian Bonds... — !Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 'Russian, 5 per cent ll4/
Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Meta11ic...........
Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2Ol
Ditto, 1824 — ,Ditto, Deferred.....—
Danish, 3 per cent — !French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — 'Exchange --f —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 3f
,French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2/ per cent. 514
Pei uvian,lB2s, 6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101/
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 27
Emiern Coanties Railway (2. I aid) ... —
Ditto New Shares ( paid) .... 6l 10s Od
D tto Debentures .. .... lO/ 9s 2d
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid),..... ... 47?.
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64
London and Brighton (50 paid) . '.;3'.
London and Blackwall ( paid) 9i
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ......
Ditto New Shares ( 30 paid) 344
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
Midland L.ounties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) . 17
North Midland Railway (tut)) ..............
Paris and Rouen (18 paid)
lbi
;,oath Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ............
Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) - ..... 8

Bell's Life in London of yesterday contained four
of their long folio columns of the Goodwood Races, with an
En' raving of the Goodwood Cup, designed by Mr. Cotterill,
drawn by Mr. Herring, and engraved by Mr. Orrin Smith,
Bell's Life also gave nearly two folio columns of the Grind
Cricket Matches between the Eleven Gentlemen and the ElevAn
Players; the Eton, Harrow, and Winchester Contests; The
Eight-oared Match of Eton: and Westminster; and a full re-
port of the Pugilistic Affair at Woodstock between Maley and
Cross. Bells Life of Jtily 31 will be kept en sale Ell the
vieek, at the Office, 170, Strand; the prices