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upon it

Sir J. GRAHAM said the hon. member should be more ac-
curate in his statements, for more than one minister had
spoken upon it. There was no danger that the measure
would not be fully discussed after the notice Lord J. Russell
had given that he would take the sense of the house upon
every stage of the bill to be brought in.

Sir B. HALL said that they were justified in availing them-
selves of the forms of the house to prevent the rig,ht hon.
baronet forcing a resolution upon the house before the people
could have an opportunity of petitioning the house upon the
subject.
Sir R. PEEL said he had not wished to treat the house with
any want of courtesy by remaining silent, hut the truth was.
he had said all he had to say upon the measure. He had, to
complain that it was only half-past eleven o'clock when the
motion was made for adjournment, and at that time it did
not appear that any other hon. member was desirous of con-
tinuing the debate.

Lora WORSLEY said his constituents were to meet upon
the subject of the income tax on Thursday, in order to trans-
mit their sentiments to parliament, and he therefore hoped
this resolution would not be forced on until after Easter.
Mr. BROTRERTON made a similar statement as to his con-
stituents.

Mr. DUNCOMBE announced that it was the intention of
the minority to go on dividing, and the right hon. baronet
would save time and trouble by consenting to the adjourn-
ment, instead of using such indecent haste in urging it for-
ward.

On a division the motion for adjournment was • negatived
bya majority of 241 to 91.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE again moved the adjournment.
Sir R. PEEL said he would not be a voluntary party to the
postponement. If the sense of the country was against the
measure, it could be effectually declared in the future pro-
gress of the bill. If compelled to postpone the discussion,
he should again resume it on Wednesday evening. He
should offer no further opposition to the adjournment, pro-
testing, however, against it, thinking as he did that the
house was then in a condition to come to a decision upon the
subject.

After some further discussion, the CHAIRMAN was allowed
to report progress, and ask leave to sit again.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY

Mr. C. WOOD attempted to present a petition against the
income tax, upon which he was informed by the Speaker that
no petition could be received against any tax which was
under the consideration of a committee of the house.
John Ashworth, who had been committed for interrupting
the proceedings of the Clitheroe election committee, was, on
his expression of regret, admonished by the Speaker and
discharged.

Sir C. NAPIER drew the attention of the house to the
state of the navy, with a view to its improvement. He
referred
tothe exercise of government patronage under
successivevari-
ous administrations, and more particularly to that
of Lord
Minto,nephews and who had not only ransacked Scotland for
Cape of Good friends to promote, but even went as far as the
Hope for that purpose. The gallant officer
contended that the pay and pensions to the navy should be
better, and that the ships should be better manned, and
concluded by
should be a movingnaval resolutions to the effect that there
getter
at the head of the Board of Ad-
miralty, and that oettei: provision should be made for the
service generally.
Sir J. GRAHAM denied
the absolute necessity for having
a naval officer at the
head of the Admiralty Board. To lay
down any rule of the kind would be to limit the choice of
the crown within the narrow circle of the few naval officers
fitted to direct that im nt branch of the public service.
Independent of this objectit:
section, there was another of a seriohs
character. If a naval office': at the head of the board,
he would be likely to allow his feelings
old brother officers with whom hAlliugs of affection for leis
old served to interfere to
an extent that migt be unfaierq,uandlerate injuriously to the
promotion of other officers,
meritorious, with whom
11 said that Eng-
he might be unacquainted. It had beenowr(;
uerd if she only kept
land had no occasion to fear the wholeeqw
well filled. She
her navy well manned and her each
had now her navy well manned, and it only
into
alp
rosper
severe in endeavouring to get the exchequer lemained to per-
condition. The right hon. baronet concluded by moving, ous
as
an amendment, the previous question.
Captain BERKELEY contended that a naval officer must
know more of naval affairs than a civilian, and therefore
more the
more likely to be competent to the situation of First Lord
of
the Admiralty. There were so very few appointments in the
navy, that those which fell fairly within its sphere should be
appropriated to those who dei..erved well of their country. Re
should, under all the circumstances, vote for the motion of
Sir C. Napier.
Lord INGESTRE said he should vote for the resolutions of
the gallant commodore, thinking them well worthy of the
consideration of the house
Captain PECHELL Sip
pier

'ted the resolutions of Sir C. Na-

Sir R. PEEL took the same v;evir of the resolutions as that
laid down by Sir James Graham, and protested against lay-
ing down a principle which would restrict the ehoice of the
crown, and, however valuable might be the services. of a civi-
han,prevent the country from availing itself of such a person
as First Lord of the Admiralty The comparison between
naval lords and civilians, in the former. history of our country,
would not bear out the argument that our navy would Lei
likely to be better equipped °under the former than under the
latter. He concluded by expressing a hope that Sir C. Na.
pier would not press his motion to a division.
Mr. C. WOOD defended Lord Minto's ad- mini
the affairs of the Admiralty.

tration of

Sir T. TROUBILIDGE thoughtit would not be wise to con-
fine to the navy the selection of First Lord of the Admiralty.
Sir H. HARDINGE, in reply to some observations which
had fallen in the course of the debate, said that no undue pre-
ference had been given to the military over the naval profes-
sion. Indeed, if a preference were to be given to either ser-
vice, considering the insular positionof this country, he would
wish to see it given to the navy.

Sir C. Nartea replied, and said he would not press his
first resolution, relating to the office of First Lord of the
Admiralty to a division, but he would take the sense of the
house upon the remaining resolutions.
The first resolution was then negatived without a► division,

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subsequen.

also for co

pies of all cor-

taken place between the
went and various parties relative to the death of

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was denied

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ously doubtful that Fla

Lord ELIOT would not oppose the motion. When he first
saw the account of the occurrence he ordered inquiries to be
made, and the result was an opinion on the part of the govern-
ment that the coroner's jury had come to a proper verdict.
That jury consisted of twenty-one persons, and a stipendiary
magistrate was present during the whole period of the in-

quest. The noble lord then -stated the facts of the case as
they were communicated to the government, and added that
the gentleman at whose house the occurrence took place (Mr.
Magan) had brought an action against Mr. Dunlop for libel,
it being in his paper, the Dublin Monitor, that the accounts
of the transaction first appeared.
Mr. C. POWELL was of opinion that it was the duty of
the government to have the matter thoroughly sifted.
Mr. V. STUART thought that as far as they had gone, the
government had appeared to pay every attention to the un-
fortunate occurrence.

Mr. WAIELEY said he had seen the whole of the papers in
the case, and was surprised that the parties who felt dissatis-
fied should not have preferred an indictment before the
grand jury, taking no notice of the coroner's inquest.
The motion was then agreed to.

Mr. T. DONCOMBE moved for copies of all letters and
communications that have passed between the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, the chief constable, or any
magistrate of the county of Norfolk, or city of Norwich,
from October last to the present time, relative. to the con-
duct of the rural police of that county in the apprehension
of a man of the'.name of Smith on a charge of vagrancy:
The hon. member, as the groundwork of his motion, gave a
history of the treatment of Smith, which appeared to have
been unnecessarily severe.

Sir 3. GRAHAM thought the case one which required in-
vestigation, and would therefore not oppose the motion, if it
was only in justice to the parties who were concerned in
these transactions, actil whose reply should he heard to the
e„c parse statement of the hon. gentleman.
The motion was then agreed to.
Captain PEcuaLLinovealor, a return of each parish and
township in. England and Wales, in whi(

:a Gilbert

the poor arc
!orge I 11., cap.
shins whether

incorporated in any union or governed separately; and stating
the population of each parish or township, and of each union
respectively, according to the last census. Also for a return

of each parish and township subject to the provisions of an)
local act, for the management of .its poor, wit'

the amount

of population. according to the last census

Sir-J. GRAHAM had no objection to the motion, but sug-
gested the addition of the return of the population according
to the census of 1831 also.
The returns thus amended were then agreed to.

Lord STANLEY moved for a select committee to inquire
into the state of the British possessions on the west coast of
Africa, more especially with reference to their present rela-
tions with the neighbouring tribes. Also for a select com-
mittee to inquire into the state of the different West India
colonies, in reference to the existing relatidns between employ-
ers and labourers, the rate of wages, the supply of labour,
the system and expence of cultivation, and the general
state of their rural and agricultural economy. The noble
lord stated that it gave him great pleasure to be able to
state to the house that in every colony in the West Indies
the emancipation of the slaves had been attended with the
best results. Their mode of living was wholly altered, their
comforts largely increased, their moral character much im-
proved, marriages much more frequent, more attention paid
to the education of their children, and, in fact, much mote
independent and free from oppression than the working
classes of most other countries. It was still more gratifying
to find that their prosperity had led to increased habits of
industry, and to prudence, in turning the results of their in-
dustry to the best account, in the purchase of estates. Still
the planters were labouring under great loss and suffering,
and therefore it was that he felt it necessary to m3ve for a
select committee to ascertain the cause of that suffering, and
to devise, if possible, a remedy. There were two means of
doing this—one by ascertaining if there could not be adopted
a less expensive mode of cultivation ; the other by an exten-
sive system of immigration, in order to lower the rate of
wages; but this immigration must not take place from Eu-
rope, for the suffering and destruction of life amongst the
European immigrants was found to be so fatal in Jamaica
and Demerara that those islands would not permit it to take
place. He thought if a more extensive intercourse could be
adopted between the negroes of Jamaica and those of the
west coast of Africa the difficulty might be obviated ; and it
was to inquire into this that he proposed the appointment of
a select committee.

Dr. BOWRING suggested that the committee should extend
its inquiries to the east coast as well as to the west coast of
Africa, and also into the causes of the failure of the late
Niger expedition. He hoped, as high wages were the reward
that the negro received for his industry in the West Indies,
that care would be taken not to allow immigration to go to
such an extent as to destroy the prospects of the working
classes in those colonies.

Mr. V. SMITH thought it was most important that the
growing prosperity of the negroes in the West Indies should
not be interrupted by too extensive a system of immigration.
This would be a difficult subject for the committee ; but it
was one of the utmost importance, and which he hoped
would not be overlooked in their very proper anxiety to afford
relief to the planters.
Mr. WAKLEY was afraid that the contemplated interfe-
rence would be injurious to the negroes, who were now pro-
gressing to prosperity. It was said that the planters were
unable to provide labour to cultivate their estates ; but then
they had received compensation in the shape of twenty mil-
lions of money. ,

..
. .
After'a few words florn 'Mr. HIITT and Mr. DICKENSON,
the motion was agreed to for the appointment of both com-
mittees. '" ,

The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY.

The royal assent was given by commission to the Conso-
lidated Fund Bill, the Loan Societies' Bill, and several
others, which had previously received the sanction of par-
liament.

Their lordships subsequently adjourned until Thursday,
the 7th of April.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY

On the proposition for the house resolving itself into a
committee of ways and means, Mr. BLEWITT objected to
the Speaker leaving the chair, on the ground that the pro-
jected income-tax was pressed forward with most unnecessary
haste. Ultimately, however, the house went into committee,
and

Lord H. GROSVENOR contended that the chief objection
to an income-tax was, that it fell heavier on the landed pro-
prietor than upon the trader, the annuitant, or the profes-
sional man.

Mr. C. BULLER complained that Sir R. Peel had exhi-
bited more than usual of party feeling in bringing forward
his present measures. His measure of finance was undoubt-
edly a bold scheme, such a one as could never have emanated
from a narrow-minded man ; but boldness seemed to be its
greatest merit. He did not disapprove of a property-tax,
but he strongly objected to an income-tax, on account of its
amazing injustice, its . inquisitorial nature, and the demoral-
ising consequences to which it was calculated to lead. He
contended that the imposition of such a tax at the present
time was wholly uncalled for by the circumstances of the
country, and that a tax, which however obnoxious to the
people, would have been borne patiently in time of war,
never would be submitted to in time of peace.

Dr. BOWRING was a friend to direct taxation, but would
prefer a legacy duty, or a tax on property, to an income-tax.
The new tariff, he admitted, was a great improvement, but
he regretted that a more liberal system of duties was not
adopted upon the admission of French produce.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN acquiesced in the general principle of an
income tax ; but they ought not to tax in the same ratio in-
comes arising from trades and professions, as incomes ari-
sing from property. As a whole, however, he was willing to
give the proposition of the right hon. baronet his support,
though if any hon. member would, in committee on the bill
move for a lower rate of tax upon incomes from trades and
professions, he would support such a proposition.
Mr. R. PALMER said no one could feel a greater objection
than he did to an income tax, but he felt that a time had come
when a great exertion was necessary, and when great sacri-
fices must be submitted to. He admitted, however, that it
appeared to him that it was not just to tax in the same ratio
incomes arising from trades and professions, as incomes
arising from real property or from money in the funds. He
suggested that only two per cent, should be levied on trades
and professions, which would only diminish Sir R. Peel's es-
timate by the sum of £400,000, an amount that might be
otherwise provided for.
Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT said, that the right hon. baronet
(Sir R. Peel) bad no right to designate his proposition a pro-
perty tax. Its true and proper name was an income tax, and
the country was called upon to pay it, in order that the West
India and corn monopolies might be sustained.
Sir J. REID said, that although he disliked as much as
any man the payment of the income tax, yet, in the emer-
gency of the country, he should lay down his quota, with
reluctance, certainly, but..still readily, in order to relieve
the nation from its.,diflieutieSi Alereautile.,men were quite
in • favour of the right hon., baronet's proposition, from
which he sincerely
.hopekhe would not recede.
Mr. `YARD said he should prefer to have a tax of five
per cent. than almost rob the poor by taking articles of
consumption to the extent to which they were taxed in
this country while wages were falling from competition
stimulated by numbers and by commercial inactivity; but
it was not a property tax that the right hon. baronet pro-
posed, or ha would have hailed it with the utmost gratifi-
cation. It was an unjust, and odious, and unequal income
tax, the inquisitorial nature of which was such, indepen-
dent of many other serious objections, that it was hateful
to the country.
Mr. M. AITWOOD was of opinion that the propositions of
the government required much more time for consideration
than had yet been given to them, and this applied more par-
ticularly to the income tax. He was himself a government
annuitant, and could therefore speak accurately of the injus-
tice of an income tax falling as this would fall, upon capital
•as well as profit. Still, if the government was resolved to
carry it in its present shape, he would support them, because
whatever it migtft cost them, he reflected that the emergency
was great, and he would not abandon the party with whom
he had always politically acted. Nothing, however, could
induce him to support the proposed duties on coal, and the
alteration of the duties on timber, for he must oppose any
party which attempted to interfere with the commerce car-
ried on by the thousands of British ships which covered
every sea in the world. The hon. member then contended
that an income tax was
bynot necessary, for they might have
merely referring to the fact
increased the revenue othertba means, as was proved by
£80,000,000, and by additionat
when the right hon. baronet
tdaxationof onthaert
commenced his career the taxation
con-
sumption, might have been raised its amount was only £4B (700,0t000 ;Co
r104:0:500(
,10( countryicles
ot. was.
had never reached the extent of indirect tax6ioiCito;
country ; the more they taxed the more the people
00010,1
aOwt
chit: Theyl.taeiiai
and
they !should have resorted to taxation before visiting the
idtproposition tax.
A ic. with
cthe
bo of the right hon.
baronet was plain, straightforward, and
country
Rooac nx income
s ota
The house
had now before it two plans—one, that of thenleasstt. govrnment,
the other that of the right hon. baronet, to which he would
re ive and
bhensroved
for
give his ineed of approbation, as at once cm
intelligible. Still he. must say that the mode by he
proposed to levy that direct taxation h entirel entirely zsap
corn
of. The people were taxed indirectly, in their
the
benefit of the landowner, and then when the income of
the
country came to he taxed for the support of government, the
landowner paid back as his share what he received by means
of the corn law, from the people, and thus escaped the in-
come tax altogether. The injustice of taking labour in the
same ratio as property was so monstrous, that disguise it as
they might, nothing could conceal its deformity. It was a
gross and cruel injustice to perpetuate such an oppression,
for no other reason but because the parties so oppressed were
weaker than the landed proprietors who legislated for them.

',inlet' Mtn t 9 tesiiiita

op that putt; t tIIPY
• a hon. gentler:l:l4h
ted to the failure of the middle classes to keep the
conservatives in check, unsupported by the labouring classes
of the people, tram which they might see how necessary it
was once more to win the confidence of those whom they had
betrayed.
Sir R. PEEL said, that in submitting his proposition to the
house, he had endeavoured to avoid everything which could
give rise tol arty feeling, and he was told that his measure
would be considered upon its merits, and without any refer-
ence to party. .Notvvithst: riling this on the second night's
debate, he must say thtt he never heard a more bitter party
attack than was made upon him by the late chancellor of the
exchequer. Under these circumstances, he_had vindicated
his measure; and. canvassed the motives which influenced
-those by whom he was opposed. The right hon. baronet
then proceeded to show there was such a degree of financial
difficulty as called for the imposition of a property tax, for
the measures proposed by the late government would never
have raised a sufficient tax to meet the pressing emergency.
He then proceeded to contend that it would not•be fair to
exempt professions and trades from the income tax, or tax
in more than its fair proportion the lauded property of the
country. If they thought that any distinction should be
made according to the nature of the source from whence the
income was derived they had better abandon the tax altoge-
ther. The tax, if not equally levied upon all kinds of in-
come without distinction, should, as was said by Lord Al-
thorp, not be attempted at all. He could not, there-
fore, consent to make any difference -on account of the
source from whence the income was derived. The right
honourable baronet then proceeded to defend the proposed
alterations in our commercial tariff, and said that, if valid
objections should be raised against any portion of it, instead
of feeling ashamed to admit that he had fallen into error, he
should feel proud at endeavouring to repair it. He was quite
cli conscious of the diffi ` yof the task he had undertaken in
assuming the governm tof the country at a time when it
was involved in circums races of considerable embarrassment.
The government bad, however, applied itself diligently to the
task ie had undertaken ; and he had no hesitation in stating,
that the government staked its existence upon the success of
the financial measure which it had thought it right to submit
to the consideration of the house ; and if it should be over-
ruled by the House of Commons, he should retire from office
quite contented that he had proposed a measure which, in the
words of one of his opponents was a bold, a direct, and an
honest proposition. The right hon. baronet resumed his
seat amidst loud cheers.
Lord J. Itusscee contended that any warmth of feeling on
his side of the house was drawn forth by the tone and temper
which t":.e right hon. baronet hid shown when he formerly
spoke upon the subject. The noble lord then said, that he
thought the-right hon. baronet was right in not attempting
to remedy the unequal pressure of the income tax. If there
were but one inequality it might be remedied, but there were
so many that it would be impossible to deal with them, and
they must therefore consider the proposition as it now stood.
The noble lord then pioceeded to contend at considerable
length that there was no necessity for an income tax ; and
that it would be far better to resort to the assessed taxes
which had been repealed upon two and tour wheel carriages,
' riding horses, servants, &c., from which a revenue of £700,000
had formerly been derived: He believed the opposition to
the income tax was not likely to succeed, because the country
• was not aware of its nature, was ignorant of the.inequality of
its operation, of its inquisitiveness, and in short of all the
evils which inevitably attended its infliction.
• Mr. B. Woon condemned the inequality with which the
income tax must press upon different kinds of income. He
stated the case of a friend of his, who, while the former in-
come tax was in operation, had in one year derived a profit
of £25,000 from some mines. In the same year, he lost by
mercantile speculations over £25,000; so that be wus a loser
on the whole ; and yet he was called upon to pay the tax upon
the £25,000 gained from the mines; and that tax, amount-
ing to £2500, he (Mr. Wood) paid for him.
Mr. COBDEN moved the adjournment, it being nearly one
o'clock.
Mr. V. SMITH hoped his honourable friends below him
would not persist in the adjournment.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the reason for adjournment was
as strong as ever, that reason being to give time to the
country to understand the nature of the measure.
Lord Howlett lamented the course pursued by some ho-
hourable gentlemen on his side of the house, and which, in
his opinion, was calculated to weaken the opposition to the
measure. .
Mr. \VARLET thought the opposition one of such enor-
mous magnitude, and so pregnant for good or evil to the
country, that it was only just and reasonable that time
should be given to the country to understand it.
Mr. CURTEIS supported the adjournment, in consequence
of a letter be received from an agriculturist, who stated,
that the whole of his neighbourhood were panic stricken at
the proposition of Sir R. Peel.
On a division, the motion for adjournment was negatived,
by a majority of 200 to 87.
A second adjournment was then moved by Mr. BERKELEY.
Mr. CURTEIS intimated that he would continue dividing
all night upon the adNurnment, unless the right hon. baronet
gave way. •
On a division, the'adjournment was again negatived, by a
majority of 225 to 'B4.
Sir R. PEEL protested against the, justice of thus forcing
adjournments, but said he knew, if persevered in, he must
give way, and he would not, therefore, again divide the house.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again.

THE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT STOKESAY.—At the
Shrewsbury assizes, on Tuesday, John Jones was indicted
for stabbing and cutting with intent to murder Diana Briggs,
at the parish of Stokesay, on the 9th of February. He was
also indicted for attempting to commit a rape on the said
Diana Briggs. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the latter of-
fence. The facts were reported in the STANDARD at the
time. It will be remembered that the prisoner knocked at
the door of Mrs. Briggs, and asked for a drink of water, but,
on bearing that her husband was not in, proceeded up stairs,
and was guilty of the most brutal and indecent conduct. He
was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for fifteen
years.

lIIGDWAY ROBBERY AND SINGULAR RECOVERY OF
Noyes.—On Thursday night last, a clothier from Idle, who
had been at Bradford market, was returning home, and was
attacked a short distance from the Spotted House by seven
men. He had that day got a bill for £lOO cashed, and after
paying an account hatt £7O in notes, four sovereigns, and
some_ silver left. Whilst scuffling with the men, he contrived
to take the notes out of his pocket and drop them on the
ground, with the exception of four, which he thrust into the
hedge bottom ; and when they had obtained the £4 and sil-
ver, they left him. He then picked up all the notes from the
floor, but could not find the four which he had put into the
hedge bottom, and went to call the people at the Spotted
House up, telling what had happened ' • but they, thinking it
a hoax, took no notiet, and at length the man went away.
One of the servants, however, searched the hedge next morn-
ing, and found the notes, which were claimed by the owner.
—Bradford Observer.

THE CHIRAC MERDER.—At the Shrewsbury assizes, on
Monday, John Williams and Joseph Slawson were indicted
for the murder of Emma Evans, on the 16th December last.
The particulars of the case appeared in our columns at the
time. The jury found Williams guilty, and he was imme-
diately sentenced to death. Slawson was acquitted of the
murder, but afterwards tried and found guilty of the robbery,
and sentenced to seven years', transportation. The follow-
ing is an extract from Slawson 's voluntary confession :—" It
was on the 15th, the day before I met with Williams at the
bottom of the town-end in Wrexham, and we made the bar-
gain to go and rob the house of Emma Evans; so we agreed
we would see one another again at night; so I met with Wil-
liams about five o'clock, at the bottom of York-street, in
Wrexham ; and he said he would go home for his tea, and
then we would start about six o'clock. I think it was on the
Wednesday evening we started out of Wrexham ; so we went
on till we got to Rhuabon, and from there we went to Chirk ;
so we went on till we got to Bronygarth—when we got there
we thought it was too soon to do anything at the house ; we
proposed to go and lie down somewhere for an hour or two ;
we went into a barn belonging to a farmer there, and slept
till three o'clock the next morning ; so then we thought it
was too late to do anything; we came up to the lodge again
and went into a stable talent and slept till night ; we got up
about fire o'clock in the evening, and went on towards
Bronygarth again, and we went up to the house of Emma
Evans ; so we stood a little in the road, and Williams went
up to the kitchen door and me lust behind him, and he
' knocked at the door, and he asked her if she had got any
tobacco, and as the woman was going to the shop, I suppose,
sir, he caught hold of her, threw her down, and shouted tome
to come on, and I went in'and shut the door and locked it;
and he was holding her down on the ground, and I began to
search for her pockets ; so Williams could not hold her
quiet—she began to scream out; so with that I jumped up
to the door again and unlocked it to hear if anybody was
coming, and Williams still had her on the ground, and I
could hear him as I was by the door either knock or kick
her ; I could not tell which ; I could hear the blows ; so he
quieted her; with that I got over the rails and went into the
garden ; Williams came outside the door and closed the door
after him, and he got into the garden, and hearing every
thing quiet he went into the house himself, and he came out
again in two or three minutes, and he came to me and he
said—" I have finished her," at the same time drawing
the blood off his knife with his finger and thumb ; hearing
every thing quiet, we both went into the house again and we
fastened the door, and Williams went to her pockets and
took out two sixpences, and we both went into the shop ;
we found from four to five z•lallings in copper ; I cannot say
which ; and we got no re Ai- money ; we then bundled those
things up you seed in Criti: place ; we then began to search
the house and we found nothing but them silver spoons and
a pair of shoes, and what yeu saw in that bundle—that was
all ; so then we ti
ATROCIOUS' ATTEMPT --AT MCRDER.—One of the most
daring and extraordinary attempts at murder that ever we had
the painful task of recording, occurred in the neighbourhood
of Whitehaven, on the afternoon of Saturday last, between
one and two o'clock. The unfortunate man who had so
nearly fallen d victim to the shot of an assassin, is Mr. Wm.
Irving, of Arlecdon, the overseer of the extensive iron mines
of Messrs. Tulk and Ley, situate at Friziugton. The assail-
ant is a person who had hitherto moved in a respectable
sphere of life,. named Matthew Russell, a stonemason, well
known in this town and neighbourhood. It appears that
Mr. Irving had, on Saturday morning, come down to White-
haven, as usual, for the money to pay the men their wages ;
and when on his return, at no great distance from Acrewalls,
encountered Russell, who, there can be no doubt, had been
lying in wait for him. Whether the assassin was concealed
at this place, or had. followed Mr. Irving for some distance,
; but the latter was first made
is as yet a matter of conjecture
aware of his presenc4 y hearing a foot behind him, and, on
aet a ,
fiesw thatse coynodus
turning round, perceiving Russell walking swiftly up to him
?'a'fterwards as the two,
Matthew, however'
said,made oWanswer
Matthew,
; tbtluiw
continued walking on in silence, discharged a ho, as
at
his unfortunate victim, and lodged the contents in the upper
part of the back and neck. Mr. Irving, being a powerful
man, though staggered by the shot, was not prostrated, and,
turning round to his opponent, he demanded the reason of
so monstrous an outrage,. Rusrll's only answer was, that
it was " a d—d bad job ; ' meaning, of course, that he had
not killed his victim outright, and immediately proceeded
to re-load the pistol. On seeing this, and suspecting his in-
tention, Mr. Irving sprung upon his assailant, and after a
struggle succeeded in wrenching the weapon from the hands
of Russell, who immediately leapt the wall, and fled to the
adjoining moor. With great difficulty, and with the assist-
ance of a neighbour whom he met on the way, Mr. Irving
succeeded in reaching home inn.
Intorma a state of great exhaustio
tion of the outrage having been sent to Whitehaven
with all despatch, Mr. Clarke, surgeon, with praiseworthy
alacrity • • led to Arlecdon, and, on probing the wound,
soon 'moire(
ascertained the pistol to have been loaded with she's,
which were afterwards found to be
pieces of lead and the
heads of horse-shoe nails. Mr. Mitchell, surgeon, in com-
pany with Mr. Tulk, soon after arrived; and, under the ju-
dicious and able treatment of these two medical gentlemen,
we are happy to hear that the wounded man is not likely to
suffer any serious or permanent injury.
The offender was
traced to Scotland, and was followed by police-officer Wood;
who was so close in pursuit, that, oil one occasion, theoth-
cer entered a house in Annan almost immediately after the
fugitive h tad quittedit. Here the officer appears fora short
time to have been thrown off the scent,. which, however, he
again recovered at Dumfries, 15 miles beyond which the fu-
gitive was finally captured by Wood. There seems little
doubt that plunder was Russell's object, as he well knew
that it was Mr. Irving's custom to come to Whitehaven tor
the workmen's wages, On Saturday ; but it is hard to be-
lieve, that a sane man would have made such at, attempt in
the broad face of day.— Whilehaven Herald

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LATEBT FROM CARTIIAGE),,ZA.---(4 way of perniutia)
—The following are particulat-s of the capture and destruc-
tion of the Carthagenian fleet by the British man of wur
Charybdis. A Colonel Gregg nod some other British sub-
jects, either for some real or imaginary offence, were incarce-
rated by the Carthagenian government. The colonel, having
applied to the British consul resident there for protection,
that functionai y interested himself on his behalf, but
in-
tercession proving unsuccessful, he communicated the parti-
culars to Lieut. de Courcy, of her majesty's brig Charyb-
dis, then in the neighbourhood. Lieut. de Courcy des-
patched a messenger with a letter to the commodore of the
squadron at anchor in the port, demanding the release of the
colonel and the_other British subjects. This letter; because
it was not written in Spanish, was treated with contempt,
and the bearer with much hauteur. On the officer's return
to the Charybdis and reporting these circumstances to his
commander, Lieut. de Courcy immediately entered the port,
and when proceeding to an anchorage he was fired into by
the commodore's vessel, a corvette, and the forestay of the
Charybdis shot away. Lieut. de Courcy then took up a po,.
sition, however desperate such a proceeding may have
appeared orkhis part, in so small a vessel against so apparently
overwhelminta force, he did not overrate the bravery of bis
little band, fokafter a short fight, the corvette surrendered,
the commodorelind 25 of his men having been killed. A
brig and three schooners, that came to the assistance of the
corvette; were attacked in turn by the Charybdis. In five
minutes after the Charybdis brought her guns to bear on the
brig she was sunk, and the schooners soon after surrendered.
The Charybdis carries but three guns, one long one amid-
ships, and two carronades,.and her full complement of offi-
cers and men is but 55.

The cause of the tight above alluded to was, that the brig
Jane and Sarah, while lying at Sapote, in company with the
sloop Little William, was, on the 6th ultimo, boarded by
Gen. Carmona's squadron, both vessels plundered to a large
amount of gsoftls and specie, crew imprisoned, and Col.
Gregg and taw other, passengers of the Jane and Sarah
shot.