The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Her royal highness the Princess Sophia continues residing
at Broadstairs, where she intends remaining until November.
A cargo of potatoes from Guernsey has been disposed of in
Bristol this week, at about 3s. per sack, or 3d. per 201bs.
We are happy to say that Sir William Geary, formerly
M.P. for West Kent, who met with the extrordinary accident
which we mentioned last year is now out of danger.

Pope's works have recently been translated into German
by Adolph Boettger and Theodor Oelkers ; the former the
successful translator of Byron, the latter of Moore.

The Brighton harriers on Wednesday, in pursuit of a hare,
rushed over an embandcnent on the railway, into a cutting
upwards of 30 feet deep, and several were lamed by the fall.
BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.—M. Negrier states, that the
hemorrhage may be almost instantaneouly checked by raising
the arm on the same side as that of the nostril from which
the blood flows.

The Great Liverpool, which sailed on Saturday for Alex-
andria, took out several omnibuses for crossing the desert,
and an iron steam-boat to ply on the Mahmoudie canal.
Mr. Edwards, postmaster of Castle Cary, has been com-
mitted for trial on a charge of abstracting from a letter,
written by a young lady to a person in France, a £5 note.
It was deposed that he paid the note to a Jew for goods.
NEW MAGISTRATE.—At the quarter sessions held at the
court-house, on Thursday, W. Hargreaves, Esq., of Broad
Oak, near Accrington, took the oaths and qualified as a ma-
gistrate for this county.—Preston Pilot.
There is a well of good fresh water at Newton, near Porth
Cawl, Glamorganshire, and within a quarter of a mile of the
sea ; but, strange to relate, when the tide is full the well is
dry, and when the tide is out there are six or seven feet of
water in it.

It appears that the duty on about 123,000 quarters of
foreign wheat has been paid at this port during the last two
weeks, and it is estimated that three-fourths of the quantity
is still in granary.—Newcastle Journal.
There is now growing in a garden at Barnard Castle, Dur-
ham, belonging to Mr. James Rose, a very fine bed of straw-
berries, perfectly ripe. being the second crop this season ; the
same garden has also produced an extraordinary crop of
onions, one of which measured 17A inches in circumference.
A gentleman of Black Torrington has an otter that is quite
domesticated, and so tame that it accompanies him about
like a dog. The animal is so under command that it will go
into the river, catch fish, and bring them out to his master.
—Weatern Luminary.

GOOD FRUITS OF THE INCOME TAX.—A few cf the ab-
sentees are coming back to evade the payment of the Income
Tax. The Marquis of Clauricarde and the Marquis of Ely
have arrived, others of our nobility are coming, and several
of our gentry have already returned.—Waterford Chronicle.
FEROCITY OF THE BOAR.—Mr. Charles Matcham, of
the Globe Inn, Andover, lost a valuable cow on Monday week,
which had been so seriously injured by the attack of a boar,
literally ripping open the poor animal's stomach, that it was
obliged to be immediately killed.
FOREIGN POTATOES.—Amongst the imports of the present
week have been half a cargo of potatoes, brought by the
Francisa Maria, from Amsterdam. We have heard that the
quality is well spoken of, and we suppose we may now set
down our Dutch neighbours as regular competitors in this
market.—Hull paper.

PENzANcs.—The schooner Earl of Devon, which was
sunk in the Bay on the 3d of February, 1841, and was pur-
chased as she lay for 200 guineas, baying been raised and
brought into the pier with great labour, and at a cost of from
£1,200 to £1,400, was brought to the hammer last week, and
knocked down for £26o.—West of England Conservative.
Sir Charles Bagot, the governor-general of Canada, in his
reply to the address presented to him by the ministers of the
Wesleyan church in Canada, formally recognises them as a
distinct church, and not as a branch of the British Wesleyan
connection, from which body they have formally seceded.—
Patriot.

DEANERY OF FERNS.—His Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry
Newland, D.D., to the deanery of Ferns, some time vacant
by the demise of the Very Rev. Peter Browne. The deanery
includes a benefice of the value of £B5O per annum, besides
other advantages.
We are happy to state that the Right Hon. the President
of the Board of Trade, Mr Gladstone, has quite recovered
from the effects of his recent severe accident at Hawarden
Castle, but be is still obliged to carry his left arm in a sling,
having, as already stated, had the misfortune to suffer ampu-
tation of the forefinger of that hand.
The price of butchers' meat, with the exception of that of
beef, has fallen materially in price at several of the provincial
markets within the last few weeks. At Berwick, lamb is
selling at 4d. and 41d., mutton 5d., and pickled pork sd.
per lb. At Newcastle, mutton and lamb are still selling at
6d., and beef at 7d., per lb.
THE CHARTIST CONVICTS AT CHESTER.—We have been
informed that a petition to the Queen is in the course of
preparation, praying for a remission of the sentence of such
of the prisoners as had been somewhat severely dealt with,
the ground of the petition being that the judge, in his address
to the grand jury, had prejudiced their trials.—Stockport
Advertiser.

A clergyman, residing at Ilchester, when collecting tithes
of a farmer, understanding that his wife was lately confined
with twins, took them as the tithes of the farmer's progeny.
This occurred several years back, and the children are now
living under the care of their benefactor, receiving an educa-
tion that will ultimately enable them to aspire to respectabi-
lity of station in life.
MILK, HALLO I—A Chesire farmer, residing near Crewe,
in consequence of the fall in cheese, determined to discon-
tinue manufacturing that article, and instead to send genuine
milk to Liverpool, and actually, by contracting with the
railway company, now conveys this nutritious article a dis-
tance of 43 miles, delivering the same by half-past eight
o'clock in the morning.—Chester Chronicle.
DEATH OF THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.—We
regret to announce the death of the Right Hon. Sir William
Rae, Bart., which took place on Tuesday evening, at his
residence, St. Catherine's, near Edinburgh. He had been
for some time in a weak state of health, and was advanced
in life. He had filled the appointment of lord advocate from
the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office.

On Sunday week, his Grace the Archbishop of York
preached in the chapel at Bishopthorpe to a numerous con-
gregation, the chapel being full, as it was understood to be
the last sermon the bishop intended to preach, in consequence
of his very advanced age, having on Monday last completed
his 85th year. The text was most appropriate—" The night
cometh when no man can work."

We rejoice to learn that the Wasp corvette has been com-
missioned at Chatham by Captain Drew, who so gallantly
'distinguished himself during the revolt in Canada. The
Whigs, with all their bluster, stood too much in awe of
Brother Jonathan to do justice to this gallant officer. It was
reserved for a Conservative Government to give him the well-
merited and long-withheld reward.—Brighton Gazette.
THE PRESTON GUILD ROBBERY.-At the Knutsford Ses-
sions, on Wednesday last, Eliza Bayley, who was committed
from Birkenhead, for the robbery of Mr. J. Marquis, at the
Preston Guild, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to seven
years' transportation. The prisoner, who was weeping bit-
terly, exclaimed, as she was being conducted from the bar,
" Oh! have mercy on me—think of my two poor dear chil-
dren." The trial occupied about five hours.

A FAILING CAUSE.—The circular addressed by the Mid-
dlesex Reform Registration Club to the parties whose votes
have been objected to, contains the following significant post-
script :—" You will incur no expense by accepting this as-
sistance, unless it be your pleasure to assist, by a donation,
to defray the travelling and incidental expenses of those gen-
tlemen who have come forward to defend the liberal electors,
now that the clubs have abandoned the county."
DOWNFAL OF AN OLD TREE.—We regret to state that
the fine old acacia tree, standing between the chapel at
Magdalene College and the President's lodgings, fell to the
ground last week. It has again been raised, and an attempt
made to preserve the venerable occupant of perhaps more
than 100 years' standing, by lopping off its top branches and
supporting the trunk ; but we much fear that the attempt
will prove ineffectual.—Oxford Herald.
The Earl of Wilton and the other gentlemen on a mission
to invest the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter
performed the ceremony on the 4th instant, at the Palace in
Dresden. The King was seated on his throne, and was at-
tended by the Queen, Prince John, and the Dowager of
Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, and surrounded by his ministers.
In the afternoon there was a grand court dinner in the
Throne-room.
NEW YORK STEAMER BRITISH QUEEN.—We are in-
formed by the London agent of this steamship, that orders
have been sent out to New York for her not to leave the port
before the 10th to the 12th instant, instead of the regular
day, the 7th,—this being her last voyage this season. We
are requested to make this announcement, in order to tran-
quillize the public mind, as she would in the regular course
he due at Cowes about to-day, the 22d, whereas she is not
to be expected for five or six days longer.—Timer.
THE HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY.—We have very high
authority for announcing the important and highly gratifying
fact, that our most gracious Sovereign is in that delicate and
interesting situation, the intimation of which cannot fail to
be received with the most heartfelt interest by every loyal
subject in the dominions of her Majesty. Sit James Clark,
one of the physicians in ordinary to the Queen, has paid fre-
quent visits to her Majesty of late at Windsor Castle. Her
Majesty has not taken any equestrian exercise for some time
past.—Morning Herald.
SUDDEN DEATHS.—Three afflicting cases of this nature
have lately occured in Salisbury, within the short space of
five days. Friday, a respectable inhabitant of Fisherton,
named Heasall, was struck with death, after having been in
conversation with a neighbour and apparently in perfect
health, only a few minutes previously ; and on the day fol-
lowing, a case almost equally sudden occurred in St. Ann-
street, to a widow of a tradesman named Higgins. On
Tuesday morning, at an early hour, Mrs. Wyatt, a shop-
keeper on the new canal, expired suddenly, having been en-
gaged in her business almost up to the moment of her death.
VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON.—In consequence
of some alterations which are now taking place at the Pavi-
lion, and the preparations required to be made previously to
the arrival of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, it is now expected that the departure of
the court from Windsor will be postponed for a week beyond
the period originally fixed upon. Although the directors are
most anxious that her Majesty should proceed from London
to the Pavilion by the Brighton Railway, it is not considered
probable that the Sovereign will avail herself of this mode of
travelling to the coast of Sussex.
THE. MILLENIUM.—A t the twenty-first anniversary meet-
ing of the Norfolk and Norwich Association for Promoting
Christianity amongst the Jews, the Rev. W. Wollaston Pym,
M.A , Rector of William, Herts, in the course of his speech,
stated,. that according to the different prophecies in the Bible,
the chronologists had calculated that the time which God
had appointed to set the children of Israel free was fast ap-
proaching, some of whom stated that it would take place
between 1840 and 1850, while others fixed it from 1844 to
1847, which latter time the reverend speaker believed in.
He thought that the Christian churches should unite together
in the great undertaking, the conclusion of which he felt
persuaded was fast approaching.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—Last Wednesday a shocking
accident happened at Cooksbridge, near Lewes. One of the
inhabitants, named Lashmar, after spending the day in
shooting, was cleaning his gun, when finding the breach re-
sist his efforts to unscrew it from the barrel, he sent it to
Baker, the village blacksmith, to get the parts separated.
Baker, neglecting to ascertain whether the barrel was
loaded or not, placed it in his forge fire, when the powder
ignited, and sent the charge into the thigh and abdomen of
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severely hurt by the recoil of the barrel.

An inhabitant of Saint Omer, supposed to be worth several
millions of francs, went a few days ago to Abbeville with his
daughter, who is between 12 and 14 years old, with the in-
tent of placing her at a boarding school. The morning after
their arrival, while they were at breakfast together at the
Hotel d'Angleterre, the father was struck with apoplexy, fell
from his chair, and died in a few minutes. The state of the
young lady, thus awfully deprived of her parent, and left
alone among strangers, may be imagined. The cure of the
cathedral, hearing of her distress, went to her, and took her
to a school, there to be protected until her own relations
should arrive.

EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER.—On Tuesday morning
last the inhabitants of the town of Middlesbro' were alarmed
by the explosion of a large boiler, used at the iron-works of
Messrs. Bolkow and Vaughan, around which a great num-
ber of workmen were engaged when the dreadful catastrophe
took place. Three men were killed, and about eighteen or
twenty wounded ; one man was sent with considerable force,
by a piece of the boiler, into a mass of fire, and was seen to
expire in the midst of it. Little hopes are entertained of
many of the sufferers.—Leeds intelligencer.
On Monday week, at 11 o'clock at night, Mr. Abraham
Gale, 24 years of age, left the Chequers Inn,
' near Chippen-
ham, on horseback, on his way home to Biddestone. The
next morn;ng his body was found dead on the road near
Beckell Wood, not far from his house. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict of "accidental death." There appears to
be a remarkable fatality in this family—the father of Mr.
Gale having been accidentally killed in riding home from
Chippenham market about three years since, and a younger
brother of the deceased having been also accidentally killed
six or seven years previously.—Devizes Gazette.
MACHINE FOR MEASURING THE VELOCITY OF THE PIS-
TON.—This ingenious machine, the invention of the late
Capt., Tregaskis, was explained by Mr. Philips, of Tuck-
ingmill. Its necessity arose from the fact of the piston
moving with variable speed. Ranged round the inside of a
circular box were fourteen compartments which passed under
a stream of sand flowing through a small hole in the bottom
of an inverted cone, as sand in an hour-glass. These being
connected by a cord with the piston, the whole fourteen
would receive a share of the falling sand, in proporiion to the
rapidity of its movement beneath it ; and it was only neces-
sary to weigh the deposits of sand to ascertain the compari-
tive velocities, the velocity being, of course, in an inverse
ratio to the weight of sand. Thus, as the piston at first
moves slowly, the first compartment will receive the largest
quantity of sand. The greatest velocity seemed to be at the
point of time at which the fourth compartment passed ; and
the least velocity at the last, the motion beginning to be
retarded at the sixth division.
GLOOMY PROSPECTS OF THE IRON TRADE.—The October
series of iron-masters' quarterly meetings are just ended.
Gloomy and dull as the season they have been ; the business
done has been comparatively trifling, and the future prospects
of the trade are disheartening in the extreme. Consequent
on the late stoppage of the works, a rise on the then ruinously
low price of iron of £1 per ton was attempted, and, in many
instances, paid, but prices have again receded, and the at-
tempt to maintain in the current quarter a rise of 10s. will,
no doubt, prove abortive. The demand created by the
stoppage of the works is supplied, and the orders now issued
will only be for such quantities as are required for immediate
use; what this will be may be inferred from the fact that the
chain and trace trade is nearly at a stand still, while the de-
mand for nails is daily decreasing. Some idea may be formed
of the extent of the reduction in the make of iron, from the
fact that one work, which has usually paid from £l5OO to
£l6OO for carriage per quarter, has not incurred an expense
of 1:70 on the same account in the one just ended.— Worcester
Chronicle.

CATTLE AND PROVISIONS AT HULL.—The importations
of prime Holstein cattle continue undiminished at this port,
with every appearance of an increased business. Last week,
for the half-yearly fair, there arrived, by the steamers from
Hamburg, 92 oxen, 44 cows, and 21 swine. This week we
have had from

HAMBURG. Oxen. Cows. Swine.
By the Tiger. 5O 0 4
Transit 43 4 0
Manchester 4O 0 0
ROTTERDAM.
By the Emerald Isle . .. 0 2 0

Total
And the Leeds is expected to arrive here for the first time
to-day, with another consignment of cattle; so that, as the
means of transit increase, so do the importotions, the supply
at Hamburg being abundant.—Eastern Counties Herald.

PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN TILE METROPOLIS.—III Ox-
ford-street, Tottenham Court Road, Shoreditch, the New
Cut, Lambeth, Lambeth and Vauxhall Walks, and the prin-
cipal thoroughfares, provisions are at present selling at the
following moderate prices, viz.:—Prime legs of mutton at
6d. and 61d. per lb. ; shoulders, 53/4d. per lb. ; necks, 4d.
and 41d. per lb. Beef—roasting pieces, 60. per lb., coarse
pieces in proportion. Westphalia hams, 71d. per lb. ; York-
shire, from 6d. to 71d. per lb. Prime Wiltshire bacon, 6d.
per lb. by the half side. Berwick pork, from 41d. to s'd.
per lb. ; dairy-fed pork, from 51d. to qd. per lb. The best
household bread can be had at 61d. the 41b. loaf, and some
rather coarser may be bought at .51d. and 6d. the 41b. loaf.
Butter at Bd., 9d., 10d., and the best Dorset at Is. per lb.
Gloucester cheese, 6d. to Bd. per lb. ; Cheshire, 7d. to 81d.
per lb. ; Dutch, 43d. to s'd. per lb. Although the foregoing
arc the general prices, still inferior articles can be purchased
at a much lower rate.—London paper.
Such a long continuance of drought at this season has not
been experienced for half a century ; and the consequence is
that there are now few miles in the country, driven by water,
which have a sufficient supply, and many are completely
stopped. Our own line of works upon the Shaws Water. we
regret to say, have to a certain extent been affected by the
scarcity, as they were yesterday put upon short allowance,
and are to work only half time until the watery influence re-
gain the ascendancy. It is but proper to state, that this
stoppage would not have occurred, even from the protracted
drought, had it not been that the sluice on Loch Thom be-
came, from sonic cause or other, unworkable a short time
since; and to repair it, it was necessary to run off a depth of
about 26 feet of water, being fully equal to three months sup-
ply ; still leaving abundance, under ordinary circumstances,
to meet the usual wants of the mills, had the customary sup-
ply of rain descended this season.—Greenock Advertiser.
RAPID VEGETATION.—Some surprise was expressed by a
correspondent, the other week, at hearing that a second crop
had been obtained from the same ground in one year by Mr.
M. Brown. This was most satisfactorily explained by Mr.
Brown.; but we have something still more surprising for the
ears of our correspondent—namely, the raising of a third
crop from the same ground ! This has been done by our
worthy friend Mr. Moor, of Houghton, in the garden of Mr.
Stordy, of Cross-hill. After taking two crops of potatoes
off the ground, he planted a third in the first week in Aug.;
and on Thursday last we had the pleasure of partaking of a
dish from that planting ; and certainly finer flavoured pota-
toes we never tasted. They were of large size, and the crop
is abundant. We were also shown by Mr. Moor a sample of
new potatoes grown from seed raised this year !—a circum-
stance, we believe, almost unparalled. They were planted
the second week in August, are already of a good size, and
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pear is called the English Ball, has but recently been intro-
duced into this country from America, and can be kept in
perfection till March or April.—Carlisle Journal.
FATAL CoLusioN.—A dreadful collision happened on the
night of Monday last off the eastern coast, between Whitby
and Stockton, which unhappily terminated in the total des-
truction of a vessel and the loss of two lives. The vessels
which came in contact were the Despatch, a schooner be-
longing to London, and the sloop Margaret and Ellen, of
Leith. The accident took place between seven and eight
o'clock within a few miles of the village of Runswick, situate
seven miles to the north of Whitby, during a heavy sea and
a gale of wind from the westward. Both vessels were in full
trim, and scudding through the water at a rapid rate—the
schooner bearing down to the north, and the Margaret and
Ellen progressing on her passage, in a southerly direction to
London. Upon the vessels nearing, those on board the Dis-
patch exerted every nerve to avoid coming in contact ; they
altered the course, and shouted to the crew of the Margaret
and Ellen to do the same ; instead of which—no doubt con-
fused—they brought her in direct opposition. The result
was that in the next moment the sloop ran upon the schooner
with tremendous violence. The crash is described to have
been terrific. The consternation of those on board the
schooner and sloop was of a description easily imagined, and
upon it somewhat subsiding, the latter was discovered to be
fast sinking, and her crew were exclaiming " 0, God save
us, we are going down." By that period the Dispatch had
disentangled itself from the rigging of the sloop, and was not
within space to allow the unfortunate crew to get on board.
The master however, with several of his men, set about
launching the ship's boat, but by the time that was accom-
plished, a period not more than three minutes, the sloop
went down, carrying with her two of the crew; the res tmi-
raculously saved themselves by springing to a rope that was
hanging over the bows of the Dispatch at the moment of their
vessel sinking.

The following is given from an official statistical return of
the convicts at the Bagnes on the Ist January, 1842 :—The
total number was 6,908, of whom 271 were invalids. Their
ages were-156 between 16 and 20; 1,868 between 21 and
30 ; 2,204 between 31 and 40 ; 1,663 between 41 and 50 732
between 51 and 60 ; 285 between 61 and 69. There were
4,139 bachelors, 515 married men without children, 534 with
one child, 1,351 with several children, 117 widowers without
children, 77 with only one child, and 175 with several chil-
dren. 4,128 could neither read nor write; 2,012 could read
and write imperfectly ; 650 could read and write well, and
114 had received superior primary education. The crimes of
which they were convicted were, attempts to commit murder,
175 ; conspiracy, 72 ; fraudulent bankruptcy, 11 ; bigamy, 5 ;
cutting and maiming, 109; malversation by public officers.
24 ; political, 3 ; desertion after pardon, 4 ; poisoning, 69 ;
extortion of money by acts of violence, 15 ; forgery, 192 ;
coining, 116 ; perjury, 6 ; arson, 139 ; resistance with vio-
lence to legal authorities, 13; obtaining money by threats,
3 ; murder, 867 ; parricide, 18 ; plunder in bands, 13 ; rebel-
lion, 9; selling military accoutrements, 3; rapes, 314: rob-
beries, 4,546 ; accumulation of crimes, 182. Duration of
punishment under 5 years, 22; from 5 to 10 years, 3,097;
from 11 to 20 years, 1,268 ; from 21 to 30 years, 570 ; from
31 to 40 years, 58 ; from 41 to 50 years, 26 ; from 51 to 60
years, 6; for life, 1,861. Among the various stations in life
filled by the convicts previous to their condemnations, 12
were anatomists, physicians, or surgeons; 50 veterinary sur-
geons or farriers; 30 hotel and innkeepers, and masters of
lodging-houses ; 32 jewellers arid goldsmiths; 26 makers of
lace and embroideries ; 9 coffee-house keepers ; 15 chasers
and engravers ; 1 comedian ; 22 restaurateurs, &c. ; 220 do-
mestic servants ; 7 druggists and herborists ; 5 ecclesiastics ;
6 public functionaries ; 12 opticians and mathematical instru-
ment makers ; 2 u,en of letters ; 3 men of law; 27 school-
masters and professors ; 37 watchmakers and mechanicians ;
105 military men ; 7 musicians ; 9 merchants ; 7 notaries;
39 proprietaires, or men of independent property,
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF IMPRISONMENT UNDER
THE BANKRUPT LAW.—A printed circular has recently
been published by a Mr. John Dufrene, complaining of the
injustice of an imprisonment in the Queen's Bench Prison,
of which he has been the victim, of upwards of 30 years. It
will be perhaps the best to quote the words of the circular
itself, because that document sets forth the case of the pri-
soner in his own words :—'' Mr. John Dufrene, a respecta-
ble merchant or Leeds, was declared a bankrupt in the year
1812, the petitioning creditor having sworn to a debt of £6OO,
whereas Mr. Dufrene states that the petitioning creditor was
indebted to him £670. When he was brought before the
Commissioners he disputed their authority to proceed against
him without a petitioning creditor's debt; but they took his
property from him, and committed him to prison. He then
appealed to Lord Chancellor Eldon, before whom his case
had several hearings without any decision. His last hearing
in Chancery was before Lord Brougham ; and the report in
the Times newspaper of September, 1833, states that " The
Lord Chancellor rose without giving judgment." His Lord- '
ship, having afterwards resigned the Seals of Office, lost all
judicial authority to grant an order for a supersedeas of the
commission to which Mr. Dufrene became entitled at that
hearing. His friends being all dead, by whom he was for
some years well supported, his health and life have since
been, and are now, placed in jeopardy. through extreme pri-
vations connected with his support in the Queen's Bench
Prison, where there is no regular gratuitous allowance to sus-
tain life." This statement is concluded by an appeal to the
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public for pecuniary aid in order to obtain redress, and states
that subscriptions will be thankfully received by the Rev.
Dr. Pye Smith, Homerton; Rev. John Burnet, Camberwell;
and by Messrs. Carlisles, Pitman, andCo 11, Bow-lane,
fre:
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sonment, it is impossible for any unprejudiced person to
form a judgment from an ex parte statement coming either
from himself or from those opposed to him, and it can only
be in a court of justice, upon a full investigation, that the
truth can be arrived at. But, at the same time, it is suffi-
ciently apparent that the case demands, without delay, an
investigation that shall give him his liberty, or, if
. he have
acted dishonestly, define his punishment and inflict it. The
very fact of a man having been 30 years in prison upon any-
thing but a final adjudication of his case, is a disgrace to the
laws of the country, and an evil that should at once be reme-
died.