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London, England, 1842-03-02 00:00:00

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HERTFORD, MARCH I.—The Commission of Assize for the
county of Hcrts, opened this day with the usual formalities.
There are about twenty prisoners for trial, and one of the cases, in-
volving a charge of manslaughter against a ci.devant pig.jobber,
f?r having doctored the wife of a respectable tradesman to
death, under very singular circumstances, atttracts a
good deal of interest. There are several other
serious charges in the calendar. The cause list is not more heavy
than usual, and the most important case, that of the Queen v.
Webster, arising out of proceedings connected with the St. Alban's
election, when the Earl of Listowel was the first time returned for
that borough, is expected to occupy some considerable time. Both
the Courts will proceed to business this morning at ten o'clock.
Mr. Baron Alderson will sit on the Civil side, and Baron Gurney
will preside in the Crown Court.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CORN I) U TIES.
Whitehall, Feb. 22, 1842.
Sir,—l am directed by Sir Robert Peel to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of 19th instant, transmitting a
copy of the resolutions adopted at a Public Meeting held
in Cork with reference to the proposed Corn duties.
I ath, Sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Sugrue, Esq. W. H. STEPHENSON.
Whitehall, 22d Feb., 1842.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 19th inst., communicating certain re-
solutions which have been passed at a Public Meeting
of the merchants and others at Cork, on the subject of
the duties proposed to be levied upon oats under the re-
solutions now before Parliament.
I beg to state in reply that the attention of her Ma-
jesty's Government has been, and will be, carefully
directed to the consideration of the relatiod between
the various kinds of grain, and of the protection
afforded to each ; and the Government are most de-
sirous that no one description of grain should be placed
in a situation, so far as the law is concerned, of compa-
rative disadvantage.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant, R. E. GLADSTONE.
Charles Sugrue, Esq.

FIRE.—The premises of the eminent printer, Mr.
O. H. Dividson, in Whitefriara, were last night destroyed by fire.
The property was not insured, and the loss is very considerable.
DEATII OF THE REV. CHARLES BATHURST.—We
regret to announce the death of the Hon. and Rev. Charles 13a.
thurst, LL.D., Rector of Siddington, Gloucestershire, youngest son
of the late, and brother of the present, Earl Bathurst, which took
place on Sunday night last at the Abbey, Cirencester, the seat of
Miss Master, where he had been staying a few days on a visit. He
was born cri the 21st January, 1802, married July 31, 1830, the
Lady Emily Caroline, youngest daughter of the Earl of Abingdon,
and has left no issue.

WOMEN AND THE CORN-LAWS.—The women's me-
morial for the abolition of the Corn laws had already received
210,000 signatures—namely, in Edinburgh, 30,000; in Southamp-
ton, 3,000 ; in Leicester, 17,000 ; in Bolton, 22,000 ; in Man-
chester, 81,000; in Warrington, 6,400; in Stockport, 8,000;
in Acrington, 3,000; in kipton, 4,000; in Southport, 1,700; in
Rochdale, 6,000, &c. ; and there were numbers of other places
continually sending up signatures, or sending out canvassers.
The work was not yet done. It was expected that the memorial
would receive 300,000 signatures before it was presented to the
Queen; and it was intend: d to canvass all who signed it to sign
the pledge of passive resistance. —Liverpool Times.
A great Anti-Corn-law meeting was held at Aber-
deen on Wednesday last. Our northern contemporary, the
Aberdeen Herald, has given an excellent report of the speeches
extending to nearly six columns, for which we regret we cannot
find room.

A farmer, in ploughing his field, at ilerouval, near
Beauvais, in the Oise, turned up a few days ago a number of
bones, some antique rings, and other ornaments of metal, which
had been deposited in tombs, in one of which he found a tine-
-1 ' rary urn, arid a large boar's tusk. During several years similar
relics of the ancient Gauls have been discovered near the same
spot.
A letter from Naples, in the Federal of Geneve,
states that a Bernese officer, in one of the Swiss regiments in
the Neapolitan service, has absconded, ncder suspicion of
having murdered one of his sergeants,
whose
horribly mutilated.
Bath gaol is so crowded that a house close by has
been taken for the debtors.—Bristol Mercury.
MR. COBDEN'S SPEECH ON THE CORN
body was found
A letter from Stock 6 The S hof Mr. '
Stockport says : 6 peec
on the Corn-laws, last Thursday wght, has plessed .
with a very
stituents greatly, and has been re-printed here,
brisk demand."
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I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Sir R. Peel's reply last night to Mr. Hutt
question—as to whether Lord Ellenborough would r
ceive the annual compensation for the sinecure he hel
since abolished by Act of Parliament, would continue
be enjoyed by him while in the receipt of hiss
lary as Governor-General of India, forcibly ,re-
minds us of the days when Tory Ministers regard('
the public revenue as their legitimate inheritance, to .1)4i,,
portioned out among themselves and their supporter,
with reversions and remainders to their heirs and sue.
cessors. The facts, as admitted, are few, but forcible
Lord Ellenborough, who has been selected to fill tht
honourable
nthereceipt 'and lucrati
of paveost of Governor-General °
India,
as compensation for a sinecure office, 5inc3,2021.e
to which he was presented by his father when Chie!
Justice of the Court of King's Bench. Was the
WithNoli Noble Lord
handrd
to receive
lie
vebottho
cep tlliveievnesion and the salary
r.
from the British revenue, and with tlllielnovtahredrs
What is the!
year from the East India Company ?
reply ? The first thing which strikes us, on reading till
Premier's answer, is the struggle between cupidity 110
shame which appears to have taken place in the boson!.
of Lord Ellenborough, on having the Government 01
India proposed to his acceptance— 21,03401.e/01
" When he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to his Noblne
oFarrdiceionuodtft
then a Cabinet Minister and, President of the
Control, this appointment, his Noble Friend
to his notice the Act of Parliament, and said it woul .11
g
bard, in the performance of a public. duty, in accepttbi
. the office which he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to him, t
siden
his compensation, together with his office as Pre
of the Board of dontrol, should be forfeited."
;ti d that
How much is Lord Ellenborough to be f
he could not retain the Presidency of the "°-",sile
Trade, and appoint a deputy to perform its duties,
" public duty" called him to the honours and ell-hip
meats of Governor-General of India
• His Lorts
point%
be
duty,
had been so long familiar with salary without hard
that it seems to have been regarded as soniewhaa,t •ern-
that he could not retain his place in the while
merit at home, or at least its salary', the
governing in another and ,distant part °fe se.
globe I The pension, however, it was hoped, might hoe
cured, although the post in the Government 0t a for
must be relinquished. " The compensation reeelYe
the office," said Sir Robert Peel, 6. must be continue
He had looked at the Act, and he apprehended the Tre:e
been
been could not stop the compensation." We should beeett
been surprised if compensation-pension could have ~-
suspended under such circumstances. That which Jo'.
tice to the public and a respect to the suggestions de ail
men sense alike prescribe, is generally disregarded iu
-such arrangements. the
STANDARD.— The conversation that passed the
House of Lords last night holds out a hope tb,s;issi
country may at length have an important step
t bad
reform, beginning at the right end. A cheap aisi
simple process for the recovery of small debts, to
tha redress of slight injuries—if not rendered rot
prompt and peremptory in operation (the ertis
into which law reformers have often fallen, buefit,
very serious one)—will be of itself a very great he with
But the good effect of such a process will not stop jf
plaintiffs and defendants in such inferior seder:oll
the erection of tribunals for the recovery 0' of
debts, and trifling damages be accompanied',lag
course it will be, by a new arrangement of Wen ell
of costs, throwing the burthen of expense 01),°;. jit•
who unduly make demands in the courts of hig"end to
risdiction, the consequence will be to put an s" ,
those grossest abuses of the law—speculative °art/
Suppose, for example, the jurisdiction of the neW court/
fixed at debts and damages of 401. or 501.—and skald
form will be worth but little if it goes much lowel.;;
suppose, also,.that a artyp bringing an action Or los
matter what sum, in the superior courts, to reecttioe
than 401. or 501., or whatever the limit of juris"-icleh
may be, be rendered liable to the costs on both s,
few excessive demands would be heard of in the stiP,
nor courts, and there would be almost a perfect dial!
rity against the vindictive and extortionate procce itired
and against those which are approbriously bee me
" attorneys' actions." Men would think twice ordef
they would incur the risk of heavy costs, ottr
to persecute, or to bully into submission; an deft'
nate defendant ; and attorneys would see the hich
ger of speculating in cases like those in i:Acc) set
at present, parties are put to the expense of hun"..upQs
pounds, with a moral certainty that the damages ":I,ools'
be assessed at more than a few shillings, because
ever party wins the day, their booty is secure.
relief afforded to the superior courts, too, by
,tben, 404'
0
drawal of the vast multitude of petty causes 'O4 t°
jurisdictian, must have the best effect in putting anuses,
the ruinous delays that now occur in weightier co
properly coming under their cognisance. Wei_ltrnellt
however, ignorant, that a great deal of the ee6-00 to
any reform like to that which the nation has. rigs',ana
expect, must depend upon the details of the cbsegnatet-
npon the qualifications of the new judges to be ItAvitty
ed. We have already hinted at the danger ogad ;visa
ting process ins the matter of small sums
damages. ht in the
COURIER.—The brief discussion last nigi.,--liasnient
Lords on the introduction of a bill for the est,'"„" by the,
of Local Courts, coupled with the assurance give";„hle e'
Lord Chancellor that he was about to lay on the fullY
the House a measure having a similar object NV' t'td is
satisfies us that at length something real substut.ll,olall
about to be done with respect to the recovery '9'4l°ol
debts, and the administration of justice, by meat/ Q
and comparatively inexpensive courts. It were,
n life
work of supirerogation on our parts to show,,Ve'sre-arcil
instances how many have been deterred froso • upon
every step of their progress, or how
for justice by the enormous expense
the s fro
has irretrievably ruined. This mainly arises case
the fact of being compelled in almost every and
to resort to t+he courts at Westminster, daad
their cumbrous and costly machinery. In tiros('
and Scotland the case is very different, each c!mciellt
portions of the State having the advantage of 5011,
Ceunty. Courts. where the process of recoverilt,
debts is simple, economical, as well as regtl'4, pre'
speedy in its operation. The Irish Quarter Sessi°„ll.vesr.,
01:1317nding
each
sided over by a Batrister of not less than sere''''pesis
standing, are yearly rising in public estitnatien;- rle
from th decisions given are as a consequence yeaveGo•
creasing in number. One great blunder of the let also
vernment was the making Assistant Barrist‘r3 ticei
revising ones. The pob, er of determining • u,co do
on civil bill process had nothing whatever ..tect of
with the business of resistration,• and the
mixing them up has beep to give in many instal; 06
partisan chafacter to these Courts ; but althoug pill
Whigs had, so far as the operation of the
went, done their utmost to prejudice the public efWi'
against them, they were not able to impair thieirnartiol
ency.or lower their character for sound and I°l4oo
decisions. We see no reason whatever why ail! 60;
courts, with analogous functions, should not In and
blished in this country, but a variety of Ravel'
cogent ones for their establishment.

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THE FIREWORK EXPLOSION IN LAmßrril. t filP
The clearing of the ruins still continusql yesterday, bg000,:
imminent danger to the workmen, as a vast number 0' coici'
ploded maroons are still in different parts of the preinises:he es'
a slight blow or pressure would ignite. The noise of 'ej biy.
plosion, which was heard as far as Greenwich, was caueoic"
the simultaneous bursting of various{ fire-vrork paelsage!'rt,(l l
in the course of another hour were. to have been 511' 0 firedm
the Southampton Railway to Portsmouth, to have bee
in honour of her Majesty's visit to that vat on MeedaYles 0
Count Leon de Potozki has arrived at :OP
er
Envoy from the Emperor of Russia.
of 1:P1:4,
A Berlin correspondent of the Gazette tier, '
G ermany writes on the 13th inst.: --•4 Affairs on the iron Col,'
tween Prussia and Russia, are assuming a serious 800'6'0°;
tinual conflicts are occurring between the peasants of the o„arte',;
thins, and they are so inveterate that they give each other n°i's where
It is said that the troops are to besent to Auch of the P°i°,o,o4:
these battles are most frequent, in order to. put an end to 1,3 oier•
gling and the incursions of the Cossacks over the Prussian n?000'
The Rhone, according to accounts from 1v,70,1
is so low, that the steamers have for thirty-three l'aibtfrt„
unable to come
_down the river from Lyons. A,
het, re"
have, with some difficulty, made theirs ay throug
St. Esprit, and reached Avignon.
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following are the weights recommended, but the erti- el
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oz. s. d' to 4
12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons .....30 at 7 " „I. I 0 0
12 ditto Dessert ditto ...............20 7 :... 10 s 4
12 ditto 'fable Forks ................30 7 .:" lii il
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I ditto Soup Ladle lit 7 ~g''' fip 0
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BIRTHS. .Ai'af the
On the 23d ult., at the Rectory, Latta hton, the '
rt
Rev. T. H. Sotheby, of a son.
On the 24th ult., at Royal Crescerrt, Ba th, the lady e'
Brooke, Esq., of a son. red°tieh
Al
On the 25th ult., in Grosvenor-streeit, 11frs. f
of a daughter. ~,,• SO'
On the 26th ult., in Hyde-park-terrace, the
Raikes Currie, of a aughter.
BIRTHS.
On the 9th ult., at Beachley Lod I, ' Gloucestershire' tl2.
lady of R. C. Jenkins, Esq., of a son. ik
On the 23d ult., at Bury St. Edmunds, f
Mayhew, of a son. 1011
On the 23d ult., at Burgate House, Hants, the
1.011
Brymer, Esq., of a son.
On the 24th ult., in Chapel-street, Velgrave-nesrgeo'
otper
Duff Gordon, of a daughter.
On the 25th ult., in Hamilton-place, the Countess
of a son. ifeord,
On the 23d ult., at Belgrave-squar,n, Lady Foul
of a daghter.
B. cord*
Oft tuhe 21st ult., at Putney, the lady of J. •
Esq., of a son, still born,

MARRIED.the nerf'gr.
On the 28th ult., at All Saints, C.lchester, bY toig°' t,3,
M. Tucker, M.A., It. S. Nunn, Esq., surgeon oft thisroHydro, is
Turner, daughter of T. J. Turner, Esq*,
the same county. Omnia vincits amor. ^. mas Letts,
On the 26th ult., at St. Mary's, Newington, ••'°ood, thiri_4
daughterEs, of
of Perry
the
IHouse,ate FrederickSyd en hßaemrt, oEsEgin: a /I "Iv Bed
r°lll-
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DIED.
On the 23d ult., at Edinburgh, Sir Richard ll' I.
Duna'
man, Bart., of Armadale aGr
nd temsay. .11. • o swl
On the 22d ult., at Kensington-Gore,
met, of South Audley-street, aged 54.

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