The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-16 00:00:00

.nlonsltted is the eimalieretion of the Rouse. whet the
illasurscloge.of slelt la mot, in a national MOO view, an
object of primary importance, and highly Martin its par.
tromp'.
The Committee, with great deference, suliedi the follows.
ing Resolutions ;
Resolved, That additional ditties aught to he laid oo the
lb/bowing article. imported into the United States, viz.
Onzeady made riothiag and millinery, two and one half
per Oat. ad valorem.
On cotton manufactures from beyond the Cape of Good
H^Pet no bed.ilekina, and on cordons vs and fustian., t wz:V,
one half per cent. ad valorem ; and en shat, and other
factures in which lad is the article of chief value, one loaf
cent per poona.
Resolved, That a duty of eight cents. per bushel on im-
ported salt, would_ give eneettragemeet to the asanafactare of
that article in the United State..

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A motion was made, to refer the Report to a
Committee of the whole.
Mr. Suun wished to more to postpone it in-
definitely; but the motion for commitment being
first made, the question on it was first pot.
The motion fur commitment was op!)osed on the
ground that it was useless in name to lay attention
to a subject, which, in fact, could nut be consi-
dered at this late period of the present Session ;
that it war a question which admitted of much
doubt, and probably would excite much debate,
bow far it was proper to force_any part of the ca.
pital of the country from natural channel into
an artificial one.
The motion was supported on the ground that it
was the ordinary course of legislation to refer re-
ports to a committeee of the whole, except they
were so objectionable on the first blush as to be
wholly unworthy of consideration.
After some debate, the motion for commitment
of the lit Resolution was carried by Yeas and
Nays, 77 to 41, and made the order of the day
for the first Monday in August next, 57 to 52.
The motion to commit the Re,nlistion to a
Committee of the whole was negatived, Ayes 35.
It lies on the table of course.

The result of the proceedings on the subject is
presumed to be, that nothing will be done iu rela-
tiou to it during the present Session.

GOTTENBURGII MAIL.

STOCKHOLM, JULY 31.—The following Con.
trenlion has been concluded between Major Gene.
rat Vun Dobein and Baron Krogh, Adjutant of
Division, duly authorised for that purpose, by his
Exc.Henry Baron Von Krogh, Commander-in.
Chief of the Danish Army in Norway.
I. An Armistiee is to begin this day, and to last till the Sd
of the next month of Almost. This Armistice is to last
eight dam longer after the expiration of that time, unless
notice of its being at an end shall be given before iu Druo-
theism, as the part of Sweden, and Hemusaod, oo that of
Horway,
L. The Norwegian troops are to puss this day the entrench-
ments of Hew, and, before the 3d of Anita, the frontiers of
the etsantrs.
3. The tranquillity thus restsred to the people of Sweden,
wW iodensaify them f.r their sulleringx.
Skogen, near Blikasens 15th July 1609.

The following letter (ruin the above.named Ad.
jutant of Division, to Major-General Baron 1)0.
Bela, led to the Armistice :

" His Excellency General Von Kroeh, Commander-in-
Chief of the Norwegian army, has commanded me, by an or-
der which I received this 'moment, to declare to yes, that as
there are straw grounds to hope tiat Peace will soon be re-
stored between the two nations, without ant, further effusion
of blood, all the Norwegian tr.vops in Jemiland and Harje-
daleo, have been indered to withdraw from thence, and put
themselves in motion on the '29th instant, for that purpose.
The brave inhabitants of Ibex, provinces, who always have
been treated with the utmost forbe-ranee, will, theiefore,
now be relieved from the heavy burdens atter-illy arisiag
from so numerous an enemy.
" 1 close this letter with an earnest wish that an honour-
able peace may soon restore to happiness two salamis, which
seemed debtioed by nature to entertain a fraternal allection for
each other.

the 24th July. 11909.
" G. F. KROGH, Adjutiutt of Division."
(Stockholm GessoUe of July it.)

ST. DOMINGO.

Tho following Proclamation of Christopher the
Emperor of Hayti, was received yesterday :

LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE!
STATE OF kIAYTI.

Thursday. May 9, 1909.
There hai been no general order of toe army since the 10th
April. Tne Net of the rebel John Ougotirn, and toe four
tamp, which surrounded it, an. which 'were situated oi• the
plantation Sabawrin. has ja4 been carri •t 1 by a coup-de-
main by Major-General To Irbaint. The defeated owed their
escape only to the quickness of eight over toe precipices,
abandoning their arms and artillery, anionutitioo. effects. Gtr.
Tie papers cootaiiiing the correspondence of John Dugotien
with the Chief of the Rebels, and his register h.aik of letters
h ire been taken. Two pieces of tom cannon, one a twelve-
pounder, the other a four-pounder, a large quantity of am-
mo:ll6.m, cartridges. and implements of artillery, together
with a t umber of pri-owers, own and women, are the fruits
of this brilliant espedition. The corps employed did not
all participate io the action ; only two regimeuts were ea-
gagd.
Tbei.e happy eforts are due to the wise disposition of Ge-
neral Peter l'oussaint, who praises much the intrepidity of
the Commander Francis Victor, and arse Sth regiment, who
so well Seemitlett him.

This Expediiino having so favourably tennlontesi, the
troops have returned to their cantopileut.
Done at Head-ginner, at the Cape. the lath ?day, ex •
mei:bed and approved. Cnief of the Stair,
HINRY LMILISTOPII6. P. ROBIAIff.

A respectable dressed woman was taken into
custody on Monday at Mitcham Fair, for passing
one and two pound notes, purporting to have
been issued from the Leeds Bat►k. The prisoner
had circulated several of them about London,
and had succeeded in several instances at the fair.

A tremendous storm came on at Salisbury on
Thursday evening; the lightning was extremely
Vivid, the peals of thunder loud and awful,' and the
rain descended in torrents. About nine o'clock,
a flash of lightning illuminated the whole horizon,
and was followed by a crash of thunder more loud
and awful than any by which it had been pre.
ceded. The Mercury stage coach, from London
to Exeter,. was then near Woodyat's Inn; a sailor
on the roof was struck dead by the lightning, and
at the same instant one of the horses was killed by
it. A woman, who sat ou the roof, by the side
of tic sailor, declares that the stroke was visible,
that she saw the lightning on his face, and In •the
eagerness of her first sensations, endeaveired to
brash it of with her hand.. The woman was ni.
hurt, as were the other passengers and coachmen.
A tree is the Close of Sarum, in the field.atl-
, joining the Bishop's Garden, was streak by the
lightning, the bark peeled of io n,torenrkable
nay, and scattered to the distance iif 30 eat;
`and four fat sheep, at the foot of *. vv.
struck dead by the lightning. We hem tat
hoard of any other fatal accident. •
•s•'=:.ii:

'HS STA3OMAX.

se•-
SURREY ASSIZES.

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110. ME CIRCUIT.

Monday, 41lugliet 14.
James Cooper and Mary Cooper, his mother,
aged it, were indicted fur the wilful murder of
Joseph Hollis, at Consptuto in this county, on
the 4th day of May last. The first count of the
indictment stated the murder to bare been commit-
ted by fracturing the skull, and the svcond by
cutting of the throat.
Mr. GUINCY and the COMMON SIRJEANT pro-
secutod the case, which was of rather a singular
nature, and depended on circumstances which
were proved by a number of witnesses, and the
investigation lasted nearly a whole day. The de-
ceased was a man possessing more property than is
usual with persons in his class of life. lie lived
in a small cottage adjoining that of the prisoners
—indeed it had been formerly but one cottage, and
had lately been divided into two tenements, but it
was proved that whatever passed in one house
could be distinctly heard in the other, and, as one
of the witnesses stated, the cluck could be heard
to tick. Tee deceased, Hollis, was an old man
of near 70, but was hale and hearty ; he wa4 of
very penurious habits, and had saved money, which
be was fund of displaying. One of the witnesses
described him as always carrying three causes
'WO, in one of which he kept notes, in another
gel and silver, and in a third copper money ; and
if be wanted to pay only • sixpence, he week!
li/Pall the gold and silver into his hand, and the
witness added he had seen him with an hundred
pintuds in his possession. The whole cottage in
whir!) lie lived was his property, and the prisoner
Cooper was his tenant for the part which he occu.
pied. Nobody lived in Cooper's part but him.
self and his mother ; and Hollis, the deceased,
lived alone, a woman of the name of Wisdom
coming to him daily to perform his little house.
hold arrangements. On Wednesday. the 3d of
May, the day preceding Guildford fair, he had
desired a person of the name of Goddard to go
with him to the fair, as he wanted to buy some
sheep ; Goddard told him he could not p with
him, but whimd him to be early. Ott this he de-
dared his intention of breakfasting and setting off
the next morning by four o'clock, and having de-
clared this to Mary Wisdom, he told her she twed
not come to him the next day, as he should be at
the fair ; she therefore did nut on the Thursday
make her daily visit, but on the Friday, about
ten, she sent her daughter, a girl about 13. The
child found the door unfastened, and on opening
it, she saw Hollis lying dead on the floor, with a
great deal of blood about him. She ran out and
saw Moore, the constable, crossing the common,
and he immediately returned with her. A surgeon
was sent fur, and soon several people came. It
appeared he had been attacked while he was sitting
at his breakfast. The body was most shockingly
mangled, the skull was fractured in two places,
the jaw broken, a finger broken, the arms bruised,
and the throat cut so as almost to sever the heed
from the body. Under the body was found a
clasp knife, almost covered with blood, and • po-
ker, which fitted the bruises made in the chimney
piece. As, from those circumstances, it appear.
ed that some struggle had taken place, which the
prisoners must have heard in their cottage, if it
had been done by any stranger, they were appre-
hended on the Friday evening, and their house
searched, but no evidence of their guilt was found.
The trunk of eke deceased had been rummaged,
and as only two shill:rigs were found on his person,
it was pet:alined that the murderer had carried on
his money. The Magistrates, on eraminatiun,
feuding nothing but suspicion against the prisoners,
discharged them ; but on subsequent enquiries,
they were again apprehended, and the following
circumstances were given in evidence :—About
fortnight preceding the murder, the deceased anti
the prisoner James Cooper had been quarrelling,
spun wnich the deceased declared, as Cooked
had not paid his rent, he would have him
out of the cottage, and he actually applied to a
person to distrait' on him. In this quarrel, as
Cooper went tr. noon, he said to his mother, " that
once within a turtnight he 'would be upsides with
him ;"—his mother exclaimed, " God forbid 1"
His answer was, if she did not held her tongue lie
would serve her so too:--fTo which she replied.
41 well, it is no great matter, for nobody likes the
old fellow." In fact, the murder was perpetreted
within that tine.

Mary Wisdom proved, that when the knife was
found in the room under the body, the pi isoner,
Mary Cooper, exclaimen, " that is Old "Lillis's
knife;" uput► which a Mr. Smallpiece, in the
room, observed, " you cannot have seen enough
of the knife to know it ;", ann indeed it was then
so covered with blood that no person could have
recognised it, in its then state. Mary Wisdom
proved ►t was not knife, and that his
knife was found in the corner of the room, pro.
bably knocked out of his hand in the scuffie.
A pursuit of the name of James Wi4inait said,
that he verily [believed the bloody knife to be thu
prisoner's, that he had burrowed Cooper's knife
a few days before, when they were at work toge-
ther, to cut soya tallies, and he verily believed
that the bloody knife produced was the same knife
which the prisoner then lent him.

The poker was then produced, and Mary
Wisdom said, she nevet knew Hollis to hare any
poker.
Another woman, named Elizabeth Hart, said,
she dined twice a week at Cooper's, and she be.
Hewed it to be the same poker which she had seen
at Cooper's, esteciolly as since the murder she
bad missed Cooper's poker.. .
ColingbournC, an Officer, from town, searched
Ilse house again. on Ake. 11th of. May, on which
occasion lie foussd a frock, which had then been
lately washed, and about the sleeves were stains
of blood. This the old woman said was pelaha.
' bly occesioned.ll, her sun's having cut his leg,
bat the son *limns** demicd that any blood is..
!iiptqi,ki. Lippp s haesiCkc a 'esteem Mir') r imam,
M‘rt(lll4Cpaaitiod I. and thee, it was that the
oldwomen made a confesbion to several viitaeswa ;
but es James AO aseistin the presence of her sun,
it Gadd aot-be received In @vides* v. Cu es it