The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR THE TRIAL OF
THE YORKSHIRE RIOTERS.

In the Crown Court at the current Yorkshire Assizes„on
Thursday last, before Mr. Justice Maule. the Hou. Mr.
WORTLEY, Q.C., rose to make an application founded upon
an affidavit which he held in his hand. The affidavit was
made by the Solicitor to the Treasury, and the learned gen-
tleman's motion was that the several prisoners who had been
committed to York Castle since the opening of the Commis-
sion of Assize, charged with riots and other offences com-
mitted during the recent disturbances in various parts of the
West Riding, might remain in custody in the Castle, on their
commitments, until the proclamation of especial commission
which it was the intention of Her Majesty's advisers to re-
commend her Majesty to issue. The affidavit of the Solicitor
to the Treasury stated that there were already one hundred
and eleven prisoners committed for trial, besides fifty-six
othets who had been committed to York Castle for further
examination on the Ist of September next ; in addition to
others who were in custody, and who were expected to be
committed for trial la a short time. The deponent also
stated that there had not been time to transmit the whole of
the depositions taken before the committing magistrates to
the Home Office, from which depositions alone a proper
classification of the cases could be made. In addition, the
deponent anticipated that further important evidence against
some of the prisoners would be obtained. but which, from the
shortness of the time, and the disturbed state of the district,
it had been impossible to get together. Now he (Mr.
Wortley) apprehended that tbete was nothing extracirdinary
in a motion of this sort—for per sons to be detained upon their
commitments, itnd their trials to be postponed—when justice I
was likely to fail for want of time to procure evidence.
Although his lordship was sitting there under a commission
to deliver the gaol, yet a discretionary power was possessed
by him in circumstances of a special nature like these. In
the ease of the special commission at Derby, in 1817, the
commission, under which her Majesty's Justices sat, was one
of general gaol delivery •, yet the judges on that occasion pro-
ceedtd with the trials of the state prisoners, leaving the re-
mainder of the prisoners in the gaol on that occasion upon
their commitments, until the regular gaol delivery. No ob-
jection was raised on that occasion, and lte humbly hoped
that the same course would be followed now.
Mr. Justice M MILE said that having .sat for a fortnight,
and with the probability of sitting for another fortnight, he
had 'no wish to prolong the assizes ; but he did think the
affidavit insufficient to justify the application, as it did not
specify any particular prisoners, nor did it state, except in a
loose way, that other evidence was likely to be forthcoming.
It merely stated that it was believed that important evidence
might be expected, but it did pot ihew the existence of any
grounds for expecting it. This arnoiinteTteribiliing at all.
Mr. WORTLEY said the affidavit alle*eff tlifit'there had not
been sufficient time to obtain cople7,'orillcdepiiiitions, to
peruse those which had been hs to classify
the
• 'r
cases and to prepare the indictrnenti necessary to prosecute
the several prisoners.
Mr. Justice MikuLE said that certainly one circumstance
in favour of the application was that a special commission
would be promptly issued, and that the prisoners would not
be kept long in custody. There was a difference between
the case referred to by Mr. Wortley and the present, as at
Derby the ordinary, prisoners only were left upon their com-
mitments at the close of the special commission, while here
it was sought to detain persons at the close of an ordinary
gabl delivery. He did not think he could make any order,
until he had heard what the prisoneri referred to had to say
upon the subject, and thetefore the mot_ ion niust stand over
for the present. —Leeds Intelligencer.
[The application was renewed on Friday, and refused,—
Mr. Justice Manic saying that there could be no donbt of
his being sufficiently tired of these protracted assizes by the
time the ordinary calendar was disposed of, but he was sit-
ting under a commission now in active operation, which
charged him to deliver the gaol, and he felt that he was in
duty bound to do so, as long as his commission existed and
there were prisoners for trial. He had consulted Lord Den-
man, who was of the same opinion. No doubt the power
that set them in motion could stay their proceedings, but
he could only proceed till his duty was by some memai-pro-
perly terminated.]

THE CROPS IN IRELAND.'
.
Throughout the entire of this county the bustling activity
of the harvest is visible. Nothing can be more delightful
than the weather; and thanks to Providence, there appears
to be every prospect of the crops proving fine and abundant.
In some districts wheat and oats have been cut, and the
fields present a busy appearance, thronged as they are with
troops of the sturdy peasantry. We have the authority of
an old and experienced agriculturist for stating that the pro-
duce of the wheat and oat crops will be above the average ;
and we may confidently calculate on a supply of potatoes,
the staple food of the labouring classes, at least twice as
great as that of last year. Generally speaking, they are of
the finest quality imaginable—large, dry, and mealy. In
many patches the wheat looks thin, but then it is heavy and
plump about the ear, and likely to yield most abundantly, in
proportion to the quantity of straw. Haymaking is nearly
all over, and the produce of the meadows has given the great-
est satisfaction. It has been ricked and cocked in the best
possible condition, without one hour's hindrance from un-
propitious weather. Well, after all the distress and destitu-
tion that the poor had to contend with, ought they not to
feel most grateful to the Omnipotent Dispenser of all Bless-
ings? Turn where you_will, abundance meets the eye, and
the cheering prospect of plenty fills one with the brightest
hopes for the future peace and prosperity of the country.
With but few exceptions, indeed, the labouring population is
employed. Men, women, and children Work from morning
till night levelling the crops, with nerve in every arm, light-
res in the heart, and a dash of industrious determination in
PALE IN eYe."-Castlebar Telegraph.
THE PRICE OF PROVISTONS.—There was an
aban
turday, somed
nt sup 1 of excellent potatoes at our mark on Sa-
the pofywhich, tdescription, were sold at
he inferior
unprecedented low rate of 14d. per stone. The very
best (plan e
Probabl with some difficulty brought Is. 4d. per cwt.
y thttl rat:eery oldest inhabitant of the town does not re-
collect to
quantities o" seen so early in the season such abundant
the yield is thisefavourite esculent. The venders state that
prime in quality,e times greater than last year. Oatmeal,
cwt. ; but thety,
demand abundant in quantity, sold at Hs. per
to the absence of the country was exceedingly dull, owing perhaps
led " the great fair riountry folk at what was formerly cal-
in good health y condition, beans." Oats, which appeared
Other descriptions of provisions
gave way about ls. per cwt.
prices.— Castlebar Tel maintained their former
PROLIFIC WHEAT.—poVr•
heads of wheat, a fair sample
of 12 acres, have been sent to
cholson, of Stramore-bouse. this office, by Mr. R. J. Ni-
richness, are probably unsurpassed beads, for fullness and
„_
_eT,he seed was imported
..udnerlirthscutf;:oolinfieca;y—
from Scotland ; it is called ~
Telegraph. .
The leather continues most
all the
wheat crops in this district have been
Turoftoes will he
fields of oats were visited by the sickle, ir n, and several
abundant ; the bay crop rather short.
is
report t
rior, and in many places two years' consumptiorivavy
that the
cut and saved. The merchants in this city
at market is superior to
new grain appearingany foreign
corn, both in quality and weight. Mr. John Abraham:Of
No. 8, George-street, yesterday sent to our Office a sample
of Hopetoun oats, which was sown from seed which he ito_
ported last season, from the growth of which this superior
corn was produced on ten acres of reclaimed land bounding
the demesne of the Earl of Clare. The produce is most abun-
dant, and it is expected will average 350 stones per Irish acre.
The straw is 6i feet high, and remarkably fine.—Limeeick
Chronicle.
The fine weather which we have been so long blessed has
produced an abundant supply of most excellent new pota-
toes, and brought down the markets very considerably. We
hope Providence will continue its favours until the oat crop,
which promises well, be gathered in.—Boyle Gazelle.
Never, in the memory of that questionable personage
" the oldest inhabitant" of our locality, had we a finer sea-
son, or one that promised more abundantly to repay the
trouble of the farmer, than the present. Accounts from all
quarters of the country crowd upon us of the excellence of
the crops, and the very forward state of the harvest ; indeed,
from the samples of oats sent to us for inspection, we can
with truth pronounce that nothing of the kind ever before
Already
met our view.the-sickle is busy at work—here and
there in favoured fields, but not general. Nothing could ex-
ceed the luxurious appearance of the country, or tend more
to cheer the sonsisofilnranthe prosecution of their labour.
The potato crop tbeyond former years, and the
plenty exhibited in our markets gives promise of a cheap
year—the best qualities can be purchased at from 24d. to 3d.
i
per stone. The bay harvest is finished, and farmers are now
busy in drawing to the haggard. The present very fine wea-
ther favours all out-door operations well as promotes the
maturity of the crops. " Long life and success to the
fernier.' —Westmeath Guardian. ,

CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.-DEFEAT OP THE
QUEEN'S TROOPS.

Papers to the 19th June have been received from the Cape
of Good Hope. They contain a despatch conveying the un-
fortunate information of a defeat having been suffered by the
troops despatched against the settlers at Port Natal. Under
any;circumstances such an event would have to be regretted,
but more so in the present instance, when the relative situa-
tion of the parties is considered.
These men, descendants of the original Dutch colonists.
feeling dissatisfied with our rule, removed, and located them-
selves in another district and set all authority at defiance,
claiming to be independent, upon'the ground that having first
settled upon the land, though British territory, they thereby
obtained an exclusive right to it. Although every privilege
was offered them, both by the home and colonial govern-
ments, they determined to act on the defensive ; and now,
in the first encounter, they have been successful.
The improvement in commercial affairs which the intelli-
gence during the last few months has noticed, still continued;
and as labourers became more numerous, so it would appear
the prospects of the colonists brightened. The Africans who
had arrived were found to be extremely useful and willing;
but the want of European emigrants was still much felt.
The intelligence and superior strength of these latter render-
ing them tar more valuable assistants than the former, in
consequence of its being unnecessary to teach them every-
thing, whereby much time was lost, by the necessity of a
constant' supervision. Every inducement was afforded to
promote immigration.
The following is the official account of the despatch above
alluded to : " Port Natal. May 25.
" Sir,—lt is with feelings of deep regret I have the honour
to communicate to you the disastrous result of an attack
made by the force under my command on the emigrant
farmers congregated at the Congella camp at this camp.
" In my last despatch I detailed the various steps taken
by the farmers to annoy the troops, and my determination to
abstain, if possible, from hostilities, if it could be done with-
out detriment to the honour of the service, in the vain hope
i of conciliating these misguided people, and smoothing the
way to the quiet settlement of their long-disturbed position
as regards the government of the Cape. But the receipt of
an insolent letter, demanding that the force I commanded
should instantly quit Natal, followed by the removal by armed
men of a quantity of cattle belonging to the troops, rendered
it absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken in
order to prevent the repetition of such outrages.
" I therefore determined, after mature consideration, to
march a force and attack their camp at the Congella (a place
about three miles from our position, v.-here they have been
for some time collecting,) and set apart the night of the 23d
instant for that object. As the road leading to the Congella
from the troops now occupy lies for the most part through
thick bush, I thought it best to cross the sands at low water,
as; by this means, I could avoid annoyance from their farmers
until within a short distance of their station. Fitting a ho-
witzer, therefore, .in a boat, under the superintendence of
Lieutenant. Wyatt, of the Royal Artillery, and leaving it
under the charge of a sergeant of the same corps, I gave him
directions to drop down the channel to within 500 yards of
Congella, and await the troops, in order that they might
form under the cover of its fire, aided by that of two .six-
pounders, which accompanied the force I took with me.
This consisted of one subaltern, and 17 privates, Artillery ;
one subaltern, one sergeant, and two privates, Royal Sappers ;
two captains, two subalterns, five sergeants, and 100 rank
and file, 27th Regiment ; and two mounted orderlies of the
Cape Rifles. , •
" Having previously sent out a picket to feel the skirts of
the woodin front of our position, in order to prevent our
movements being discovered, I put the whole party in mo-
tion at eleven, p.m. (it being bright moonlight), and arrived
without molestation till within nearly eight hundred yards of
the place I proposed to attack. To my great mortification I
found the boat had not dropped down the channel according
1 to my instructions ; but, as I considered it imprudent to
wait the chance of her arrival, I was forced to make the
attack without the valuable assistance a discharge of shells
and shot from the howitzer would have afforded me. Giv-
ing the order to advance, therefore, the troops had just
moved to where the termination of a range of mangrove
bush opened to a level space in front of the Congella, when
a heavy and well-directed fire from the bush was poured do
them ; upon which they immediately formed, and commenced
a fire in return, while the two six-pounders were loading.
Unfortunately one of the draught oxen being shot
caused some interruption, but this being soon got over, a
destructive fire from our guns silenced for a while our oppo-
nents ; but several more of the oxen being wounded, on
escaping ont of their traces, rushed among the troops, and
caused much delay and confusion in the ranks. This cir-
cumstance again favoured the Boers, who, taking advantage
1 of it, opened a renewed fire with their long pieces (much
more destructive than a musket), and a loss among the troops
was the consequence.
_...

" Finding, Chen, that I was not likely to accomplish the
purpose for which I had put the detachment in motion, and
that the men were falling fast, I thought it expedient to re-
tire; effecting this object after some delay, the partial rising
of the tide rendered the road difficult. The troops, how-
ever, reached the camp about two o'clock in tolerable order,
leaving behind them, I regret to say, the guns, which the
death of the oxen rendered it impossible to remove.
" Thinking it probable this partial success of the farmers
might induce them to make an immediate attack on the
camp, 1 made such preparations as I thought necessary, and
found my suspicions realised shortly after by a large body of
them opening a heavy fire on three sides of it. This was met
by a spirited resistance on our part, but they did not finally
retire until about an hour before day-break.
" Such, I regret to inform you, has been the result of this
attack, and the consequent loss has been severe, the total in
both skirmishes being such as detailed in the enclosed re-
turn. One great cause of failure I attributed to the mis-
management of the boat, in which I had placed the howitzer,
by the shells of which I had hoped the farmers would have
been thrown into confusion •, but she dropped down too late
to be of any use, and even then took up a position too dis-
tant for her fire to produce much effect.
"Among the Many matters connected with the subject of
this report, and awakening the deepest regret, is the death
of Lieutenant Wyatt, of the royal artillery, who for the two
previous days had exerted himself much in making the
necessary arrangments. He was killed early in the action.
Of the zealous exertions of Captain Lonsdale and Lieutenant
Lunnard, of the 27th regiment, 1 was also deprived, both
these officers being severly wounded. In fact, under the
trying circumstances in which`the detachment was placed,
I have only to regret that, with such willingness to perform
the duty assigned to them, the result should have been so
unfortunate.
" Theloss_ on the part of the Boers it is difficult to esti-
mate, but I atif told it has been severe. The wholdof this .
day they have made no movement, but I have to give, them
the credit of treating such of the wounded as fell into their
hands with great humanity. These, with the bodies'of those
who fell, they sent to the carnri in the course of the afternoon,
and to-morrow the sad duty of interring our departed com-
rades will take place.
" What steps the farmers may take I cannot at this mo-
ment surmise with any degree of certainty, though I think
it probable they will again demand that I quit the territory
they call their own within a certain time. 1 shall, of course,
do what I can to maintain myself in my present position ;
but, considering the number of the disaffected. and the
means they possess of molesting the troops, I beg to urge
the necessity of a speedy reinforcement, as I scarcely con-
sider the troops at present stationed here sufficient for the
performance of the duty to which they have been assigned.
I have the honour to be, sir, your most humble servant,
C. J. SMITH,
"Captain, 27th Regiment, commanding.
"His honour Col. Hare, C.B. and K.H,.
Lieutenant-Governor," &c.
Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, belonging to the
Detachment under command of Capt. C. J. Smith, 27th
RegiMent, on the night of the 23d and morning of the 24th
qf May, Sre.
Royal artillery—Killed—Lieut. Wyatt; gunners, Spring-
hold, Speed, and Hawkes. Severely wounded—Bombadier
Sadbrok. Slightly wounded—Gunner Stubbs.
Royal Sappers—Slightly wounded—Privates Burridge and
Sebbs.
27th Regiment—Killed—Privates A. Callaghan, J. Fitz-
patrick, S. Greeson, J. Griffin, W. Grime, R. Kerr, W.
Bowles, and J. Bowne.
Ist and 2d Companies—Dangerously wounded—Haycock,
J. Fitzpatrick, and James Fitzpatrick. Slightly wounded—
H. Stuart, J. Baker, J. Glaney, and W. Gallaghan. Severely
wounded—D. Donohoe, James Kelly, and J. Sullivan.
3d and 4th Companies—Severely wonnded—Captain Lons-
dale, Sergeant Clynn, Privates J. Carroll, J. Ford, J. Kane,
and Doherty. Dangerously wounded—Privates Kerberry,
H. Coyne, T. Higgin, and J. Mulvey. Slightly wounded—
Sergeant Armstrong, Cogan, J. Ford, J. Kane, and J.
Keane.
Missing—J. Breslen, 2d Company.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE

FINE ARTS.

We have seen in the Athenceum of last Saturday the re-
port of the Commissioners appointed to inquire whether ad-
vantage might not be taken of the re-building of the Houses
of Parliament for the promotion and encouragement of the
fine arts, and we now lay it before our readers :
" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
. _

"We, the Commissioners appointed by Yoirr Majesty for
the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be
taken of the rebuilding of Your Majesty's Palace at West-
minster wherein Your Majesty's Parliament is wont to as-
semble, for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the
Fine Arts in Your Majesty's United Kingdom, and in what
manner an object of so much importance might be most effec-
tually promoted, humbly report to Your Majesty that we
have taken into our consideration the matters referred to us,
and have given due attention to the Report of the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons in 1841 on the Fine Arts,
together with the opinions of various other competent per-
sons on questions relating to the special objects for which
the present' Commission was appointed, and have consulted
the Architect as to the manner in which various kinds of in-
ternal decoration would affect his intended architectural ar-
rangements ; and we beg now to report our opinion that it
would be expedient that advantage should be taken of the
rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose of
Promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the United
Kingdom.
" Having thus come to an opinion on the first point to
which our inquiry was directed, we have, in conformity with
the instructions contained in our commission, proceeded to
consider in what manner the above-mentioned purpose could
best be accomplished. With this view we have in the first
place directed our attention to the question whether it would
be expedient that Fresco-painting should be employed in
the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament, but we
have not yet been able to satisfy ourselves that the art of
Fresco-painting has hitherto been sufficiently cultivated in
this country to justify us in at once recommending that it
should be so employed. In order, however, to assist us in
forming a judgment on this matter we propose that artists
should be invited to enter into a competiton in Cartoons, and
we have prepared the draft of an announcement on this sub-
ject offering premiums of public money, to which we request
the sanction of your Majesty.
" In framing this announcement we have felt that although
the competition which we at present wish to invite has refer-
ence chiefly to Fresco-painting, vet if we were to confine our
notice entirely to that method of painting, an inference might
be drawn therefrom that we intended to recommend its ex-
clusive adoption for the decoration of the new buildings.
We nave, therefore, inserted in our announcement paragraphs
intended to explain that the future attention of the commis-
sion will be directed to the best mode of selecting for em-
ployment artists skilled in oil-painting and in sculpture, and
papers treating
msrisobitayearsrauttiopn will be given to other methods and
ALBERT—LYNDHU
with the subject of Our inquiry.
_ r
,INcotN—ABERDETE.
--PALMERSTON—M
in
jdoepitlnaicilaabnle to decoration generally.
various considerations connected
• -SHTHERLAND—LANSDOWNE
RUSSELL—F. EGERTON
SHAW LEFEVRE—Rog,°,I4=4E--COLBORNE—CH AS.
,lIEL---j. R. G. GRAHAM
--ROBERT HARRY INGLIS
—B. HAWES, JUN.—HENRY _.sz Appendix
t ° this Report
--GEORGE VIVIAN—THOMAS
ziennethe rr Gwydyr House, Whitehall, April 22,1842."
—S. RoGERS
All that is of interest is, of course, contained
objects
Ii,247A.:LsYL,AGmA LLy KNIGHT
Appen-
dix, which includes an able summary on the
of the Commission, considered in relation to ther State and
Prospects of the English School of Painting, by Mr. East-
lake—the Statements of Cornelius, relating to the proposed
Decoration of the House of Parliament—Communications
on Fresco-painting, from Professor Hess, of Munich, the
Messrs. Wilson, and others—Methods of Fresco-Painting,
&c. As the subject is one of engrossing interest, both to the
artists and the public, we shall probably return.to it in ournext.

THE PRESENT CRISIS CONSIDERED,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—Your Correspondent "T. 8.," .whose letter dated
Islington, appears in your paper of the 20th instant, seems
to me to be more that of a speculative theorist than a prac-
tical observer. lie assunws for a fact, that cheap food is to be
secured to the consumers by free trade, which he explains to
mean exemption from all but nominal duties, and that with
cheap food there would be no limits to thedemand for la:
hour. As regards his first position, whilst those countries
that usually have corn to spare for export provide by protec-
tion for the encouragement of their incipient manufactures,.
and the exclusion of ours by high duties, it follows, that if
we are to depend on drawing supplies of food from such
sources, we must pay for them with the precious metals, for
which our means to do so continuously are altogether in-
adequate. Trade can only be said to be free with recipro-
city, and experience has shown that no such reciprocity ex-
ists with those countries. As long as it suits their conveni-
ence they will,sell us their surplus corn, and take our money,
but not our goods, in payment. Were our wants to exceed
such surplus (and. we never in our most deficient seasons
have been able in any of them to obtain, even at very high
prices, a supply equal to one-eighth part of our own growths)
so as to interfere with their home consumption, to call for
more, even with money in our sacks to pay for it, may be
expected to be met by prohibition of export ! Whilst on the
other hand our home growers receive their payment in goods
on the principle of reciprocity, which appears to me to prove
that it is for the best interests of the manufacturers and their
people to protect that source of certain supply.
Moderate prices for food are usually attended by reason-
able rates for labour ; united they stimulate production,
which is followed by lower prices and increased consumption ;
but that increase is gradual, and, to support it, the supply
ought also to be so ; but experience has shown that the capi-
tal, enterprise, and other resources of ;this country are such
as at times to carry the supply beyond the demand, to a de-
gree greatly to exceed and outstrip it; and that this result
has been more accelerated when food is comparatively
cheaper than when the prices are such as to remunerate those
who produce it.

Production beyond demand is in the first instance followed
by the accumulation of stock, which causes the holders of
them to look for new vents and additional purchasers ; to in-
duce such to come forward, they reduce their prices ; this for
a time answers their purpose, but the effect soon again be-
comes supply beyond demand, their stocks accumulate afresh,
when, if possible, to secure a profit to themselves, whilst fur-
ther reduction in price must be submitted to, the wages
of the workmen are lowered, these being only fairly remune-
rating; further reduction is resisted, which brings the peo-
ple into a state of conflict with their employers. Such a
state of things, aided by other circumstances, might be post-
poned by lower prices for food, but come it must, as in the
pres'ent instance, when similar consequences will follow.
I contend it is with the master manufacturers alone to
prevent these evils, by regulating their productive powers in
relation to demand ; they ought for a time to abstain from
building additional mills, and regulate the produce of those
they have in operation ; to attempt to do more, even with a
view of giving employment to the people, is to farce an in-
crease of trade, by lowering the rates of wages to keep pace
with those of goods, which can only involve them in difficulty,
and produce disappointment.

Tlie constantly increasing redundancy of population with
which our manufacturers are surrounded, is most serious and
alarming; but that must, if possible, be kept down by pro-
viding outlets, or finding our means of employment, and
until this can be effected through the acts of the legislature,
and the exertions of the government, the master manufactu-
rers have no choice but to endeavour to provide means to
support those whose increased numbers are the fruits of
their enterprise and exertions in the pursuit of wealth ; low
prices for food would enable them to do so at less expense
for a time, but it would not produce permanent good ; the
artificial state in which this country and its internal resources
are placed is such, that to persevere in promoting measures
for diminishing remuneration for the labour of production,
is to enhance the value of money, to increase the pressure of
taxation, to render more difficult the collection of the public
revenue, and thus to hasten the advance of adversity and that
distress Iwhich has been anticipated by many : in the best
point of view we are surrounded with difficulties, but they
must be grappled with, and I trust overcome, although all
the wisdom and foresight of our government will be called
upon and required to effect it. At least, such is the view
that presents itself to my mind, be it right or wrong. I beg
to thank you for your prompt attention to my request by the
insertion of my former letter, and am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN GLADSTONE.
Fasque-by-Fettercairn, Aug. 22.

FINAL EXPLOSION OF. THE SOCIALIST COM-
MUNITY IN HAMPSHIRE, .AND FLIGHT OF
ROBERT OWEN.

Socialism is at last, by the confession of its dupes, declared
to be impracticable. The whole scheme in Hampshire has
failed, and after having spent £37,000 ! in the half formation
of their Grand New Moral World Establishment, that during
the present year was to astonish us all, they are at length
compelled to admit that the whole matter was founded i❑
folly. The workmen have been discharged—Robert Owen
has fled—and the parties sent down to wind up the affair
announce that Robert Owen is " childish," and unfit for the
office of New Moral World Manufacturer. He left the
" New World" on Sunday, the 10th of July, driving him.
self off in the fine carriage presented to him by two silly
women named Pierce, whom we have before referred to, and
whom he has left minus £7,000 ! They make the most
bitter lamentations, and declare themselves completely ruined
by the loss.

'Owen, it is believed, has taken himself off to America, from
which place be is not likely to return to England. We sin-
cerely pray it may be so, and that even yet, although with
him the harvest is past, and the summer ended, that now, in
the eleventh hour, he may be led by God's grace to see his
awful condition, and like the thief on the cross, seek the
Saviour's intercession.

We also learn that after all their boast of possessing land
and estate, they have not yet even paid the deposit money for
Rose Hill? A farming gentleman livinz in the same parish
writes, in reference to the bad state of their crops—" To
those who may have observed the manner in which they
dressed' and behaved to their land, it must be evident that
some extraoftlina'ry power must have been exerted to.pre-
vent their prospering—or, at least, that His blessing, without
which nothing prospers, has been withheld in the present
instance." No expense was spared in cultivation, and all
that human labour and human skill could do was done, yet
are the crops singularly bad. They, like the fig tree, bear no
good fruit, theTefore are they dried up and withered.
They are now so completely destitute of funds that they
cannot even employ labourers on the necessary farming ope-
rations. Thus have all their, prospects been nipped in the
bud. They have not been permitted so much as to enter.
upon the new arrangements, but they have been permitted to
waste all their strength in erecting what they can never
occupy, and effecting improvements which they can never
enjoy. Verily, "There is that maketh rich, but it tendeth
to poverty." " Oh, that they were wise, that they under-
stood this, and would consider their latter end."—Antidote,
a monthly magazine for the Refutation of Modern Delusion.

LEICESTER, AUG. 26.
ARREST OF COOPER, THE LEICESTER CHARTIST.
This morning, Superintendent Cotterill, of the Newcastle-
unde-Line police, and Superintendent Rhodes, of the Hanley
police, arrived at Leicester, by the 9 40 p.m. train, with a
warrant for the apprehension of Thomas Cooper, the leader
of the Leicester Chartists, on a charge of using seditious
language and exciting the mob to acts of violents. The war-
rant having been backed by the boroagh magistrates, Sergeant
Wright, of the town-police accompanied by Francis Smith,
police constable, proceeded to execute it. Upon arriving at
the shop occupied by Cooper as a place for vending the pub-
lications issued by the body of which he is a member, and
also as a " ceffee-room," for the assembling of parties con-
nected with the Chartists, he looked at the publications dis-
played in the window, when Cooper, looking over the blind,
said, " Sergeant Wright, I don't want you here • you have
no business with these papers, so move on." Wright went
on a short distance, when he beckoned to Smith, with whom
he entered the shop, and after reading over the warrant, took
Cooper into custody. After hearing the charge against him,
he said to his wife, " I'm done now, my wench," kissed her,
and after telling several of the bystanders that he was going
to gaol, proceeded, handcuffed with Sergeant Wright, to the
station-house. A letter was found on Ills person addressed to
a man named White, a Chartist orator at Birmingham, which
he said he " would rather should not have been discovered."
A number of letters aad papers were found in a desk in the
shop, the whole of which were secured. A private investi-
gation took place before the mayor and a full bench of ma-
gistrates, at the Town-hall, which ended in Cooper being
committed to the custody of two officers, who came after
him, and he was removed from the police station to the rail-
way in the George omnibus, guarded by a body of the bo-
rough police. The intelligence of the prisoner's apprehen-
sion spread rapidly through the town, and hundreds of his
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tyrants." yourAt spirits,the corner of the Market-place the crowd was
so dense that the omnibus was obliged to be stopped, and
numbers of the people took the opportunity to thrust their
hands through the windows of the carriage to bid good bye
to their " General." Upon our reporter entering the police
station, Cooper said, " Well, you see me in the position that
you have so long foretold, at last." He appeared to be rather
depressed, and attributed his "persecution" to malice, occa-
sioned by the part he had taken at the last election for the bo-
rough. From the statement of Rhodes, the policeman, it ap-
peared that after Cooper had addressed a large mob at the
latter place, on Monday week, the people left the town, and
proceeded to Burslem, after which they returned to Handley,
and set file to several mansions in the town and neighbour-
hood, particulars of which appeared in our publication at the
time ; the apprehension caused by these proceedings was
such that the inhabitants generally removed their plate, and
buried the money in their possession under the flooring of
their houses, Rhodes (our informant) doing the same. After
these acts- had been committed, Cooper called a meeting, at
which be said, "This is the best day's work you have done;
go it, my lads, and we shall soon obtain the Charter!" After
the breaking up of the meeting other outrages took place, of
which particulars have already appeared ; several individuals
were taken into custody, and after examination, committed
for trial. A solicitor in Leicester asked Cooper whether he
would be defended ? He replied "No ; he should depend
upon the righteousness of his cause, and conduct the cause
himself." The train having left the station, an attempt was
made to " get up " a crowd in the Market-place, but without
success, and the meeting broke up after giving " three cheers
for Cooper."
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During the time Cooper was at the station-house, he com-
municated the following particulars of his " life," which we
give in the first person
.singular :—" I was apprenticed at
Scarborough, in Lincolnshire, a cordwainer, and over the
master
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subsequently became editor of the • Green h zinc Gazette, but,
my ideas being too liberal, I left it, and engaged as reporter
to the Leicester Mercury, which situation I vacatedfew
months, and shortly afterwards took the lead 1 at
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Chartists, whose rights I will advocate, even if it lead me to
the scaffold."

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at a meeting on Monday, determined, in order to prevent
any other persons from precipitating themselves from the
top of this pillar, to place some strong iron bars, fixed soft_
ciently close over the head of the visitor to leave no chance
of squeezing through. The additional railings will be painted
white, so as to be invisible at a distance. The surveyor
of works was directed to proceed with the alteration imme-
diately, and till it is finished the monument will be closed. •