The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

Churchman,

The Lyons papers state that great quantities of snow have
fallen this year on the Jura, on the country round Bourg,
and on what is known as the Pays de Gex. The wolves
have been forced through hunger to descend from the forest
have appeared in villages at
of the Jura, andconsiderable
distances from their retreats. The road between Lyons and
dange-
Geneva, by the Fort de 1 Ecluse, has been rendered
rous from the drifting of the snow.
....

A HORSE'S CONFIDENCE IN HIS RIDER.—The confidence
of a horse in a firm rider and his own courage is great, as wase
conspicuously evinced in the case of an Arab possessed by the
'ate General Sir Robert R. Gillespie, who, being present, on
ce-course of Calcutta, during one of the Hindu festi-
vals, when several hundred thounnd people may be assem-
bled to witness all kinds of shows, was suddenly alarmed by
the shrieks of the crowd, and informed, that a tiger had es-
caped from his keepers : the colonel immediately called for
his horse, and, grasping a boar-spear, which was in the hands
of one among the crowd, rode to attack the formidable ene-
iger, probably, was amazed at finding himself in
of such a number of shrieking beings, flying from
.in in all directions ; but the moment he p
Robert,erceived Sir
he crouched with the attitude of preparing to spring
at
him,a and that instant the gallant soldier passed his horse
in leap over the tiger's back and struck the spear through
his spme. The horse was a small gray, afterwards sent home
by him a present to the Prince Re t When Sir Robert
fell at the storming lif Kllunga, hiF;:tv.ouriteblack charger,
bred at the Cape of Good Hope,
was, at the sale of his effect
d Hope, and carried by him to India,
of his division, and finally Fs, competed for by several officers
the Bth dragoons, who contircirked down to the privates of
amount of £5OO sterling, t uted their prize-money to the
the
this commemoration of
their late commander. Th:sa
me charger was always led at
the head of the regiment on
:It, and, at the station of
Caw.ipore, was usually indulged
salute
taking his ancient post
at the colour-stand, where the
was given at drill and on revitw;:ii
privates ..,..of passing squadrons
When the regiment was
ordered home, the funds of the sorftinning low, he was
ours, who provided
bought for the same sum by a relative
funds and a paddock for him, where he end his days
to eat,
and the sound
in comfort ; but, when the corps had marched,
and,i3 on the
of the trumpet had departed, he refused
ntrica.ekeparfaroz,
first opportunity, being led out to exercise, i:e'
lit .g r a arse, and, galloping to his ancient station o
ItkekkrArgjling aloud, dropped down and died.—Smith's

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ISCELLANEOIIS

I...ONTROERTED ELECTIONS.—The following Is the
the members of the general committee of elections for tilt
present session :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Loch, Mr. Wilson Patten,
and Sir William Somerville.

Lord Ahinger's health is greatly improved ; but his lord-
ship is still obliged to wear a shade over his right eye, of
which he has partially lost the sight. In the event of the
noble and learned baron's retirement from the bench, which,
however, is not expected at present, the attorney-general is
designated in professional circles as his probable successor.

OYSTER SHELL MANllRE.—Pounded oyster shells have
been advantageously employed as a manure on light lands,
drilled in with turnip seed at the rate of forty bushels an
acre, and this quantity has, in Norfolk, been found equal to
eight tons of farm-yard dung an acre. They have also been
beneficially used for wheat; four hundred weight of oyster
sh

Its and the same quantity of rape dust ha-ve proved of
equal efficacy.

IMPORTANT INTRLLIGENCE.—We are informed by the
Liverpool Chronicle that the Wigan scrutiny is going on in a
most satisfactory manner ; that au abundance of evidence

been obtainec

. and that in a short time Messrs. Stan

and Greaten will take their seats I.—We are very happy to
hear, all this, and we hope that in a short time the two worthy

.heir own

gentlemen will take their seats, by nre-s,
comfortable manner ; for they have a very little chance of
being seated in the Commons as the representatives of
Wigan.— Wigan Gazelle.

EARLY DEATH TYPIFED BY A ROSE.—SO have I seen a
rose newly springing from the clefts of its blood, and, at first,
it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven,
as a lamb's. fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open
its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and un-
ripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline
to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the
head, and broke its stalk ; and at night, having lost some of
its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell, &c.—Bishop Taylor.
NEW COINAGE OF SOVEREIGNS.—We are enabled to
state, on the best authority, that all the sovereigns now in
circulation will be called in for the purpose of being newly
coined. The system of " plugging," and other nefarious
devices which have been resorted to, render this step on the
part of the Mint indispensably necessary. The new coinage
will be attended with very great expense. Some means, it
is expected, will be adopted to prevent the recurrence of the
dishonest practices which have proved so successful.
A party of sportsmen were a short time ago out in the
forest of Othe, near Aix, in the Aube, when one of them,
who was unarmed, and beating for game at a considerable
distance from the rest, roused a wild boar. Though taken
by surprise he did not lose his presence of mind, but hal-
looed to his companions, and determined to keep the beast
in view until they came up. The boar, enraged by his shouts

sprung upon his disturber ; but having a stout staff in his
hand, he struck the animal on the head and stunned him.
He then kept his foe down with one hand, while with the
other he got a clasp-knife from his pocket, opened it with his
teeth, and, stabbing the boar repeatedly with it, killed him
before assistance arrived. The grisly game and its vanquish-
er were carried home in triumph.
THRASHING MACHINE.—A thrashing machine has re-
cently been constructed at Strathead, near Alford. by the
ingenious but unobtusive tenant, Mr. John Mackie. The
invention is, in many particulars, altogether new, and the
friction is so small, that a man, by applying one band to cer-
tain parts of the machinery, can easily put the whole in mo-
tion. It is driven by water, a small quantity of which suf-
fices. It occupies but a small space in the barn, and per-
forms the work to a nicety. The small, but strong water-
wheel is on an improved and novel scale. This curious and
powerful little machine, at the expense of about £7, is the
admiration of all who have inspected it ; and, as one of su-
perior power could nut:be constructed on the same principle,
it is well worthy the notice of the public. The ingenious
method, too, of constructing the dam And water-fall, upon
ground nearly level, is not a little admired by the numerous
visitors.

THE BOY JONES.—This youth who acquired notoriety by
his visits to Buckingham Palace, and whose mysterious ab-
duction was noticed in the public journals some months
since, having subsequently contrived to return to his parents,
was in the early part of January placed in a comfortable
situation, under a written agreement for twelve months,
with Mr. W. Elgar, a respectable tobacconist at No. 17,
Tothill•street, Westminster, and the boy always expressed
himself to be well satisfied. On Friday week, however, the
boy -left his master's service, and was not heard of until
the Monday following, when the father ascertained that the
boy had been decoyed away by a man of the name of James,
and placed on board her Majesty's ship Warspite, about to
sail for America. It remains to be discovered what motive
actuated those who have induced him to leave his home.
THE WHIG LEGACY.—An official document laid before
Parliament. gives a striking illustration of the quality of whig
finance, and as strikingly illustrates the nature of the " le-
gacy" which Lord John Russell boasts of having left to Sir
Robert Peel. The return alluded to relates to the income
and expenditure of the country. Reader, behold and ad-
mire. For the year ended on the sth of January, 1841, the
excess of the public expenditure over the income was no less
than £2,101,369 2s. Id.: the net income having been
£48,084,359 18s. 4d., and the expenditure £50,185,729 Os. sd.
But this is not all. The Whigs have made an addition of be-
tween twenty and thirty millions to the national debt, one
way and another ; they have caused a large increase in the
floating debt ; and have lent out to commissioners, for the
feeding of whig jobs, large sums of money, which will not
come back for many, many years to come, if they ever come
back. Heavy sums have also been expended in India,
China, Egypt, and Syria, not yet brought to book.

A JUNGLE SCENE.—As they penetrated deeper into the
woods, the gloom became more intense, and the deep silence
of solitude more imposing. It almost inspired them with a
feeling of awe. Not a bird, not even an insect, was heard.
It appeared as if no living thing had ever disturbed the 'soli-
tude of the primeval forest. And yet there were occasional
traces of life. The tall rank grass, which grew up to the
height of ten or twelve feet, was in many places trampled

down by the wandering herds of wild elephants ; several
recent footmarks of tigers might be traced along the sandy
path ; and once or twice a jungle-dog was seen ;to glide across
the road, with the drooping tail and stealthy pace which
indicate the prowling savage. Here and there an occasional
opening in the tree tops varied the monotony of the scene,
exhibiting a gorgeous view of the mountains. Their stupen-
dous crags, hanging woods, and sparkling waterfalls, backed
by a sky of deeper blue than even Italy can boast, formed
a striking contrast to the sombre gloom of the forest, and
made the panting travellers sigh for the fresh mountain-
breezes which they had so lately left.—Old Forest Ranger,
by Captain Campbell.

NOBLE WlLLs.—The Duke of Cleveland, has left nothing
in his will, which he had it in his power to alienates to the
conservative heir of his honours. The new Duke has only
the entailed estates, which may be worth about £50,000 per
annum. In these are included the great bulk of the Shrop-
shire property and Raby Castle, in Durham, with the domains
immediately adjoining that princely seat. But the main
territory in Durham, being one of the very finest possessions
in England, and comprising the northern banks of the Tees
for nearly thirty miles, has been severed from the dukedom,
and divided among the younger branches of the family.
Newton !louse, and the whole of the Yorkshire manors in
that vicinity, worth £lO,OOO a-year, and to be left to the
Duchess. The duke's two younger sons are left £-10,000
a-year between them. —The Earl of Westmoreland has
made a still more singular disposition of his property. The
new earl takes nothing with his titles but Apethorp, and the
entailed estates adjoining that vast but dilapidated Castle in
Northamptonshire. The unentailed lands in that county,
the whole Somersetshire estate, the mansion in Grosvenor-
square, with all the personality, including the furniture and
pictures at Apethorp itself, nay, even, it is asserted, the dia-
monds of the present earl's mother (Miss Child, the sole
heiress of the great banker), are left to the old lord's daugh-
ter by his second marriage, the Lady Georgiana Fane. No
notice whatever is taken in this will of the daughter by his
first marriage, the Countess of Jersey—who probably ex-
pected at least to have her mother's jewels. Lady Georgi-
ana becomes thus a great heiress—probably the second in
the country.

THE " CHRONICLE" ANEI THE STARVING POOR.—Soule
radical of Wigan, who is almost as correct in his information
as Murphy is about the weather, has sent a long yarn to the
Chronicle, stating that, " by a most iniquitous law," the
operatives of this town are " half of the whole number un-
employed ; the other half with only partial work, at starva-
tion wages." We know that numbers are out of employment,
and also that many of the operatives are badly paid ; but we
fearlessly deny the statement of the Chronicle, although it
charges us with " brazen effrontery," because we dared to
contradict the radical falsehoods which are sent, for fallaci-
ous purposes, to the Liverpool and Manchester papers. We
like to hear the pretty expressions of our contemporary,
about the brawny muscles of an English operative being em-
ployed in sweeping the streets ; but we think his compliment
to us would have been far more appropriately paid to the
mill-owners, who contracted with the Whig poor law commis-
sioners to send the brawny fellows by wholesale from the
agricultural districts, in order that they might be comfortably
sweated down in factories ! The vile aspersions on the relief
committee are as utterly unfounded as they are unjust. The
base attempts made to check the stream of philanthropy, and
turn the hearts of the poor against their benefactors, are
worthy of the source from whence they spring. We know
that great distress has existed, and does still exist in our bo-
rough ; none regret it more than ourselves, and none are
more ready to alleviate it than the conservatives, who, we
trust, will never withdraw the hand of charity in consequence
of the foul attacks of radical calumniators.— Wigan Gazette.

VoL A L'AmEnicAnsE.—A hearty old farmer's wife, re-
siding in the vicinity of Choisy le Roi, had just come out, on
Saturday, from the Bank of France, where she had received
a sum of 800 f., when she was accosted by two individuals who,
by means of that stratagem so often exposed, and which, one
would think, was now thoroughly `• blown upon," succeeded
in dragging her into a cabaret, where they exchanged her mo-
ney for a padlocked leathern bag, containing a rouleau of sous
instead of double Napoleons ! The two fellows then made
some excuse to go out, and of course never returned. The
poor dupe had no other remedy than to apply to the com-
missary of police. One of the thieves was captured on the
same evening under circumstances of a very curious nature.
An inspector of police perceived two individuals in close con-
versation with a countryman, and suspected that they wanted
to rob him. He followed them, and saw them enter with
their dupe into the shop of a wine-seller in the rue Notre
Dame des Victoires. After waiting a little time the inspector
desired the man of the house to inform the stranger that one
of his countrymen was below. On his appearing, the inspec-
tor warned him of the trick which he suspected the two
sharpers were about to play upon him, and requested him to
change his money with them without hesitation, and to come
out at the same time as they did. On the two sharpers and
their victim descending the stairs, one of them was instantly
collared by the inspector, the other escaped. On being taken
to the police station, he was recognised as an old thief, and
moreover as one of the fellows who had stolen the 800 f. be-
longing to the farmer's wife. He was accordingly com-
mitted to " durance vile."—Gazette de Tribunaux.

SPAIN AS IT is.—The Auysburgh Gazette of the 4th inst.
contains the following piquant article upon men and things
in
Spain at this time :—" Three men at this present moment
govern Spain—Linage, Marliani; and Aston. Espartero
sleepslle s the greater part of the day or plays at cards in bed.
of
a weak and delicate constitution. Linage, Marliani
and Aston are intimate wth one another, and the two former,
goaded on by the latter, -are the declared enemies of France.
Linage, because he thought himself offended by the sending
Soult, for the pmurispsoiosene
of an officer to the
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thus may be seen to possess a sort of chan
spirit of boldness and audacity. The pied)
in the Spanish character are indifference ari(Cl olence ; and
indifference and indolence have ruined Don Carlos. The
double nature of the Spanish kisser alter is very clearly
visi-
ble
in the work of Prince Lichnowsky. Espartero,
n
own side, is the very incarnation of coldness and indoleoncehis
a hermaphrodite nature—a creature born of the absolute
monarchy of Ferdinand VII. For some time he was dis-
posed to treat with Don Carlos, had Don Carlos effected an
entry into Madrid ; and in that case he would have had
rebels shot in favour of Don Carlos, taking advantage of the
extraordinary avarice of Queen Christina, which was the
principal cause of the ill-success of the Christinos in the
army. The nation is one which despises death, and at the
same time is of a joyous disposition.'

Sir Herbert Jenner (Dean of the Arches) has taken the
name of Fust, in addition to that of Jenner, in compliance
with the will of the late Sir John Fust, of Hill Court, near
Thornbury, in this county, to which estate Sir Herbert has
succeeded.—Gloucester Chronicle.

DREADFUL. DEATH.—An inquest was held at Corsley, on
the 7th instant, on the body of Hannah Singer, aged 14, who
suffered from a tumour, situated externally on the throat,
and which appears to have made sufficient press,
windpipe to cause suffOcation.—Bristol Standard
OPERATION OF THE CORN LAws.—Since the present

re on the

iws came into operation up to December last, the
quantity of foreign wheat entered for consumption amounted
to 13,626,315 qrs., and the duty paid thereon has averaged
ss. 3d. per qr. • that portion of it entered the past year was
to the extent of 2,306,766 qrs., and on this the rate averaged
3s. sd. per qr.

FLEET PRISON.—This prison was built on the small river
Fleta, now arched over, and used' as a common sewer. In
the reign of Henry VII. this river was navigable to Holborn-
bridge, and the obelisk in Fleet-street denotes the extent of
it in 1775. The prison for'debtors was founded as early as
the first year of Richard I. It was the place of confinement
for those who had incurred the displeasure of that arbitrary
court, the Star Chamber ; and persons are now committed
here for contempt of the Court of Chancery. This priion
was burnt down by the prisoners, June 7th, 1780.
DEATH FROM THE EXTRACTION OF A TOOTH.—A few
days ago a young man in Edinburgh having had occasion to
have one of his teeth drawn, went to a dentist for that pur-
pose. On the operation being performed, a violent hemorr-
hage immediately took place, which it was found impossible
to stanch, and the young man actually bled to death. Cases
of this kind, we are informed, are by no means unexampled,
and persons of a hemorrhage tendency ought to be peculiarly
careful of having recourse to the extraction of their teeth,
in almost any circumstances.—Glasgow Constitutional.
Portions of the royal christening cake have been presented,
by the command of the Queen, to nearly 200 of the leading
nobility and her Majesty's illustrious relatives, enclosed in
white boxes, upon the covers of which is the following in-
scription, surmounted with the Prince of Wales's feathers,
and the motto " Ich Dien:"—" In honour of the christen-
ing of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. January
25, 1842." The boxes are very tastefully ornamented, and
edged with silver.
We have heard, on what we consider good authority, that
a reinforcement of 5,000 troops is to embark for India, with
the least possible delay. We hope the report is well founded,
for it seems perfectly clear to all experienced soldiers that
even three times that number would not be more than the
necessity of the case appears to call for. On the other hand,
Sir Wm. Parket is said to have declared that a similar sag-
Mentation of seamen and marines is imperatively demanded
for the China expedition.—United Service Gazette.
The Bristol Journal states that a deputation from the mer-
chants of Bristol, the Great Western Railwey Company, and
the Great Western Scream-ship Company, with memorials
from those bodies, on the subject of the establishment of
mail communication between Bristol and the south of Ire-
land, consisting of Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., Mr. Savage,
Mr. Harding, Mr. Guppy, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. C. A.
Saunders, Mr. Brunel, Mr. W. 0. Hunt, and Mr. Robert
Osborne, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, on' Wednesday [week] at his official residence in
Downing-street. The people of Milford are taking the
alarm.

WAR WITH ENGLAND.—CREOLE QUESTION.—TO the
unsettled points with England we now add the Creole ques-
tion, one of the most excitable of any in the south. We have
now the following knotty points to quarrel about :-
1. The N.E. boundary question—Maine and part of New
England.
2. Canada burnings and revolution—Western New York, &c.
3. African seizures—Commercial seaports.
4. State Debts—The repudiating States.

5. The North West Teiritory—Western States

6. Creole case—Southern States

Here is as pretty a kettle of fish as ever was caught on the
Grand Bank, and if a war with England can't be got out of
so many questions, we shall give up ship, and cry " enough"
at once.—New York Herald.
NEW CtIURCHES.—Ten new churches are now building
in various parts of London, of which two are completed, and
only await the consecration of the bishop. Those finished
are the new church of et. Saviour's, Southwark, and the
church on the grounds of the Charter-house, in Goswell-
street. New churches in Gordon-square and Knightsbridge
are in a forward state. Two are building in Bethnal-green,
one at Camberwell, another in the New Kent-road, one at
Chiswick, and one in the Roll's Liberty. The new places of
worship will accommodate 15,000 persons. Inmost of the
above districts new schools are being erected for the educa-
tion of the children of the poor, and will be opened with the
churches.

CORN-LEAGUE RIBALDRY.—The Sun of Thursday re-
ports what is called a " great" meeting of the Anti-Corn-
Law Delegates in London. In the list of these personages
are above a hundred men calling themselves, by a prostitu-
tion of the word, " reverend !!' in the course. of the pro-
ceedings several allusions were made to sacred subjects ; one
of them, from Pope's Messiah, "0 spring to light, auspici-
ous Babe be born !" introduced in reference to the Corn
Bill, was followed, the Sun tells us, by " immense cheering
and laughter," another, a stanza quoted from a hymn used
in many dissenting meetings,
" Come hungry, come thirsty, come naked, come bare,
" You can't come too filthy, come just as you are,"
was received with " shouts of laughter," and we do not find
that one of the reverend agitators ventured a word of reproof
at the gross impiety of the speakers, or of indignation at the
use made of the poetry which is mixed up, in their chapels,
with their devotions (?) Out upon such canting knaves!

SHOCKING" AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. SUPPOSED
CHILD MURDER.—On Thursday afternoon, between four
and five o'clock, a cab was driven up to the entrance of the
Queen's Lying-in Hospital, New-road, and in it were two
females, Mrs. King and a fine young woman about 20 years
of age, named Susan Howard, both of whom had for some
time past lodged together at a house in Davies-street, Berke-
ley-square. The matron made her appearance, and it was
intimated to her by Mrs. King that her companion was in
labour. After some little hesitation about receiving her, as
she was not provided with a ticket, she was at length ad-
mitted, and conducted into one of the rooms up stairs. She
seemed in a very weak state, and was assisted intcbed, when
the attention of the midwife was directed towards a bundle
which she brought with her into the establishment in ques-
tion. She was asked what was in it, and the reply she made
was, "Oh ! that's the child." The bundle was opened, and
in it was found a fine newly-born male infant, dead, and
having in its throat, just below the left ear, a deep and jagged
wound.—London Times.

BERLIN, FEB. 6.—The protest of the Porte against the in-
stallation of Bishop Alexander of Jerusalen, which was
caused by French intrigue, has been withdrawn in conse-
quence of the united representations of the Prussian and Bii-
tish cabinets, through Lord Aberdeen, who signified to the
Porte, in the course of last month, that it was not the inten-
tion of the British government that the Bishop of Jerusalem
should enjoy greater privileges than any other subject of the
Queen of Great Britain. Thus the distrust which was raised
in the Sultan's mind by the remonstrances of the catholic
powers has been removed, and the changes, of which the bi-
shop's appointment is but the commencement, may proceed.
You have no doubt heard that Konigsberg is about to be
made one of the strongest fortresses in Prussia. This measure
is highly popular, as indicating a greater separation from Rus-
sian interests. The last ukase published by the Emperor of
Russia, confiscating all catholic and Greek church property,
will have serious consequences. Such a violation of sacred
rights on the part of a power which desires to be considered
the protector of legitimacy in Europe, must meet with gene-
ral disapprobation, particularly when contrasted with the
conduct of our King, who, by maintaining their equal rights,
is endeavouring to reconcile all sects and parties.

THE WINE TRADE.—FALLING OFF IN THE CONSUMP-
TION OF PORT.—The annual circular of Messrs. Shaw and
Maxwell, wine merchants, for the past year, states, that
" owing to the generally depressed state of trade in this coun-
try, and in all parts of the world, the consumption of wine
has fallen off within the last year upwards of 300,000 gallons.
A very remarkable change has taken place in the use of Port,
which fifty years ago constituted 70 per cent of all wines con-
sumed, but has fallen to little more than 32 per cent. Sherry
on the contrary, has risen from 16 to upwards of 40 per cent.
French wines are gradually becoming better known, and last
year there was an increase of seven per cent, the greater part
of which consisted of Champagne, and various cheap spark-
ling wines under that name ' • but many of the light agreeable
second and third growth red wines, as well as the finest first
growths, have taken the place of Port. Madeira has fallen
about two per cent, and, notwithstanding that there are now
very fine old wines to be had, does not regain its former re-
putation." Rhenish has fallen 15, and Marsala risen six,
per cent. Cape has fallen five per cent, and it was only the
temptation of paying only half the duty of any other wine
that induced the importation of a single pipe. Of the half-
million gallons that paid duty, a large proportion was sold as
Sherry.
The nature of the charge upon which a bill of indictment
was found by the grand jury at the Old Bailey last week
against Lord Ashburton, Mr. Francis Baring, and Mr.
Humphrey Mildmay, is stated by the author of the Bankers'
Circular to be as follows :—The bill was preferred by Mr.
Thomas Kinder, whose speculations in mines are stated to
have been upon as extensive a scale in South America as the
celebrated Mr. Thomas Saunders Cave's were about the
same period in mines .n Cornwall. Mr. Kinder brought
out the heal del Monte Company, whose shares of Zlth)
each were in 1825 current among men of property, at about
ten times that sum. They are now worth £3 or £4 each.
Mr. Kinder, however, cleared a large sum by them, which,
we conclude from what follows, has been entirely lost. Sub-
sequent, we believe, to the realization of this profit, Mr.
Kinder was in Mexico, where he met with a son of Lord
Ashburton, arid conjointly with him entered into purebasc,s
ofland in that country, which caused bills to be drawn to a
considerable amount on the house of Baring and Co.,
London. These transactions, which occurred at least 15
years ago, have been the subject of litigation in our courts of
law. Messrs. Baring (the old firm) hold a judgment-bond
of old date for a large sum against Mr. Kinder, which has
not yet been satisfied. We believe we do not go too far in
laying it down, that any man, with or without just ground,
may indict, or cause to be indicted, other men for a conspi-
racy, with a fair chance of having a " true bill" found against
them, if the proceeding is conducted with suitable instruments
and befitting skill. We have stated a fact which may have
suggested this proceeding; and. without pretending to be
fully acquainted with the circumstances which have, in their
opinion, justified the grand jury in finding the bill, we have
no doubt that Messrs. Barings and Mildmay will treat the
affair with contempt—so far as it may be supposed to affect
their characters. The fact of the unsatisfied judgment debts
shews the animating motive for proceeding criminally in a
case which is fit only to be determined in a court of civil
law."

THE LATE DUBLIN ELECTION.—REASONS FOR THE IgE.
FEAT OF THE RADICALS.—The following extract from a let-
ter from the Dublin correspondent of the Northern Whig,
assigns some curious and interesting reasons for the defeat
of Lord Morpeth :—" Let me honestly tell you the plain
truth, that we should have won the election, had it not been
for the unprecedented bribery of a section of our own party !
This is a shameful confession—it is humiliating—but it is
true ; and I see no reason why the truth should be concealed.
We had funds plenty. We had an acknowledged majority on
the gross constituency of more than 200 votes. We had
everything in our favour, and we would have won the city,
in despite of every opposition, had it not been for the perfidy
of some of our own party—of some of the ward clubs, to
whom much was entrusted ! It has broken down our spirits
—it has bowed us to the dust—it has humiliated and dis-
graced us—with all the materials for specess among ourselves,
thus to owe defeat, not to our enemies, but to a section of
our own party. One fact I will mention to you:—There
were but few taxes unpaid on the liberal side ; and on Mon-
day evening last, the ward clubs were supplied with as much
money as they required, to pay the outstanding taxes in each
ward. This money was not applied to the purpose for which
it was given ; and, on Wednesday, when it was painfully
found that some of the ward clubs were not bringing up their
men, inquiry was made, when it turned out that they had not
applied the money as originally intended, nor had they any
intention of doing so. The consequence was, that, as it was
useless then to refuse, the committee liberally came forward,
and again supplied the money ; and you may judge of the ex-
tent to which this perfidious defalcation was carried, when I
mention, that from one o'clock, yesterday, to four o'clock,
there was paid into the Paving Board for the outstanding
arrears of the paving tax alone, £7oo!—Another man was
entrusted with £100; and when called on to account for its
application, did so to the extent of one ss. ! In fact, plunder
and perfidy were the order of the day. But lam sick of this
subject—we have been defeated. Shame—eternal shame—
on the recreants who have caused it!"