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FRANCE . gvCBOACHMEsrs oy the Priests . —A fbesli topic of fction las arisCD . which promises to throw addi-= ^ j interest into the ap proaching debate upon the ^ ei S crvice-moncv BilL The Archbishop of Lyons Tv-cn summoned before the Privy Council for tojc of authority . The _ Archbishop assuming a ' ^ fr , ite existence of which T > rill « ertain ] y never be Loosed & France , to condemn by his mand&nent ^ So ok deemed dangerous to the spiritual interests r his itoekf has undertaken to brand with sacerdotal Jsat M- ^ P ™ ' 3 ^ ebratcd work upon the liberr : of Hie KalUcan Church . M . Dupin's work is olie f Mf legaj character , being little more than a ' & Z £ 2 ? SL d S !? & ^
auestion-* jutlientieriy , showing the independence of the Scan Church of the See of Rome . The Cardinal Mt bbEioP < fcals " ^ anathemas upon all those doeu-* ( 5 , asserting that the so-claimed liberties of the SLsihave no foundation ; that the interference of L ^ aicisa usurpation , and , in fact , calling upon the naieh to fling themselves at the feet of Rome , conf ^ disS b ? a dehanee addressed to the Privy Council ^ snsurc hn u . astheyhad no legal power to do so . jjas istbetight-way to go to work ; thesoonerthc Mff ] fd monsters throw off their hypocritical disguise , 3 exhibit themselves in their tone , their unchanged fiaractiii as the enemies of &ee thought and man ' s ^ , ] it . the better for the interests of the many . Such 0 $ z as those played by the Archbishop of Lyons bj soon bring the reaction , and then woe to the
SPAIN . - ( jtl rcou Hojie to xear Kews . — -According to the jfadrid journals of the 10 th and llth , much sensation jgu jifcn a-eated in the Spanish capital by the receipt jfleticrsfrom London , mentioning that General Esjaririo had sent a hostile message to the ' -Spanish imtesador , because of some rudeness to Madame £ 5 psrlero in his Excellency ' s chapel , who" perhaps , BEcoisciousiy had taken po&ession of that part of . jciplleiy usually assigned to" the ambassador .
GERMANY / Fs £ skfobt , Fxb . 14 :-=-An official 'document was sent a few days ago to all the printing offices in Bam-[ 0 v . requiring the proprietors to forward for the Wore , to the office of Censorship , all the manuscripts intended for publication , in order that they may be examined before they are printed . Hitherto only " pogfical journals aad periodicals were subjected to the ceasoship is Bavaria .
UNITED STATES . A-vrj-KExt Movemest 3 . —There appears to be no 4 i «|«! s > iion anioBg the Anti-Renters of Rensselaer couiitjto surrender their organisation , and submit traucjBiliy tothe operationof the laws . The presence cfasn-onginilifcarr force is wanted there , and would lave a tendency to subdue their spirit . —Few York am . Angtses . AnktRexi Octbreak . —The PMladd jtia ]* :
inLancaster . An agent of the Hamilton estate , arrived in ibai ; &ceto collect ground-rents , when some persons cjllce' . H , fonned a procession , and waited upon him at Mshoic ! . . but were unable to procure an interview . They iicn resolved that they would pay no more gnmnd-rent , whieli was received with acclamation . It \ vs ? ia the same county that the meeting was remit ]} ' held , at which they resolved not to pay any mow Stale taxes , unless the State Government should reform , acd its representatives grow more tones . —Bnd .
Tse Cask of Governor Dobr . —The Aloerixes Of Uboue Island . —The Rhode Island legislature luv jwr passed a bltt for the liberation of Governor Vorj . ' pronikd he agreed to take tie oath before lite Svprtme € < mrt to taj-j-ort the present constitution of the fair , and he having refused to comply with these erodSt-ions , the following remarks thereon have appeared in the New York Sim . - — Caje of Governor Dork . —RnoDE Island Cruelty is ? isacsiiCE . —We have already noticed the nonacceptance of the pardon to Gov . Dorr passed by the llhoiie Island Legislature , and several journals have Imx-h loud in assailing him for declining to accept the leuity exhibited « y the Legislature . There are some principles connected with this act of grace which slioiild be known . The pardon is a conditional one .
lie most sircar allegiance to the Constitution of the Stele . - Sow there is nothing wrong in this , excepting its peculiar applicability to Dorr . The people ' s constitution received 14 , 000 votes , and Dorr received tiiat suniber of votes as Governor . Not one of the IUOvO was imprisoned or required to swear to the new constitution . Why select Dorr alone to swear fidelity to it , unless it is to make him acknowledge tLai he has acted wrong in consenting to receive 14 , 000 votes for Governor , and preferring anoilier Charter . But there is a point of more imporiaiice involved in tills pardon , as will be seen by the aiaiesed extract from the Laws of Rhode Island : — "The -3 th section of chapter S , of tLe Act of Jan . lS ) 5 . anilllic 322 nd in the present Disest , enacts
'TJialcvfiy peisoa who shall be sentenced , under any provision of this Act , to imprisonment for life , or fetiis / arm of one year or mor «\ for _ any one offence , sliafi for i-ver thereafter be incapable of " being- elected to any oiicc of honour , trust , or profit in tins State , and hi acting as a freeiaan therein , and of giving testimony ns a witness before any tribunal in this State , unless such sentence be- reversed . '" Kow the senteitc- ias not beer , reversed . A conditional pardon Mi kcu tendered to him , without a reversal of the SKticEee , in case he accepts the pardon . So that he mil be a convict out <» f prison , as much as he was in prise , without right , privilege , or citizenship . If
« i ! i $ -e 2 f uitcawd by the Legislature , it is anvtuing Ml an &-i cfgi-acc Again , section ISO and 181 of CitlieiKW Digest , authorises administration on the coijvkiV estate , aiid provides that in cases of " impmaosic&t for life , such prisoner ' s estate shall be ( fouled ajaoiig his heirs at kw , and distributed In & same way as if he was dead . " Here his estate « seized upon and divided . He is dead in law with a Ji yinjr nanlon hx hand—deprived of property and civil ri&ts : Under this inhuman ban Dorr has sotluw : io giun in aotcpting the so-caj ] cd pardou . lUiodc Mind seems intent upon making herself a sat ei" . Algiers ainosig the States of the eaiih .
( jor . Donn axd the Usurpers . — The usurping aaskuire of Rhode Island have passed an Act offering lo liberate Go % -. Itorr , on such conditions that he would iie entirely deprived of the rights of citizen-» % Of t-onise he has refused , and his father has petitioned the tyrants for the privilege of visiting his son during his sickness , from a complicated disease , which it is feared will end his life ! If Gov . Don- is snacrcd to die in that mison , it will be the foulest < noton : he character ol this Union that it has ever jet received ; and , especially will it be an eternal disgrace on ihe j > oor men of the present age , of whose "use Le is the champion . I know not whether G . 0 Y .
I'orradvofiates ihe ri g ht to land or not , or whether w ercrimd his attention drawn to the subject ; hut I wiow t : at he is suffering for his advocacy of the T ? fe <' J -wtfraae , without which the right * to land « nW i ; ot he obtained without bloodshed , as isevi-« at inrni present piweedings in this State ; and wrttwe I know that it is the duty of all honest ram . acd of poor and landless men especially , to do Wa : jiit-y can to L'berate Gov . Dorr at all hazards , siiouiu Congress aad the Supreme Court £ iil to do so . ia > i-w ;) ampshire associations arc forming to liberate ( . or . Dorr "by force of anas . " — Jew Tori ••« av «» M / u ' t Advocate .
A laitj ) LinEurr . —Some thirteen freemen of j £ » a-, who came here on board of vessels from the «« s : a : cs of the union , were yesterday placed in raaSnecieat by the second municipality police , in Jounce of the Act forbidding free " persons of Wur . « tonie witUiu the limits of the state . Such « n napeninent interfi-nence with our internal laws as y ^ t of which Massachusetts ha : hem guilty but tends : o increased vigilance on the part , of onr police m ihess matters . —Sew Orleans ficauuHe . /* ^
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¦ u ^ i ^ ' ^ Ivqcest . —On Wednesday afternoon *] r - i > 2 Kcr held an inquest at the Adm ' iral JveDpel , iiosto ,, O ] d-to » vn , onthe body of John Bolton , aged and ' ^ . - ' miiiC m ° st horrid state of destitution , Me r ~ V- re P orfed > was a very wealthy miser . im-J ' . Y ' ' i a smjill room on the ground floor of a 1 W " - 0 Tel "i Barrett ' s-Buildings , Iloxton ; on tXt :- ' rT- ? it . it was filthy in the extreme , and was -. ? u , the P ™ tnesna P f « niiturc dirtv "" - > i ^ bottomless chair and a small of c ( i 2 » * r , i ^ . on " ^ 'hieh the body lay , an object ipar " * * ' "iC eJBat"i > tion , one of the ears having- been l £ * .. *?* 2 ! V 7 the swarm of rate that infested
&rnV ' j lc sceiJ 0 was altogether one of the most ou n-,, ie scrJ 1 , tjon . cvervthinff bespoke the greatest fi ^ - S d llmr * ue deceased could have lived in toaj * - ^ aw ' s * atehis remains were found in , was a T 6 * ^' . SMat astomshment to the coroncrandjiu ? ta , i : ' ^? ces ! lowsd thatfor the l ast nine vears he W < " ' i « the habitof asking fish anont the dtfn ' ' " - ^ ncriv , however , he appearing to be in -fcas v a \ *» heing chargeable to St . Pancras , he * dief ' ri ^ tLat ar 5 sa 2 s - & a week M o » t-door ^ dter ? . gently solicited by the neighbours edtvff h self andhis abode ; in fact , thevprofferhe ft l . t ?™» to do so , but he refused . On Sunday ^ ii ? T ? . , 1 ) ein S ^ € ryunweU , bnt would not ftft 9 B « 3 ? fe doct » rto be called to his aid . A ^ S ^ ^ 11 , who lived in the same house ,
^ sa-MT- * I ™* wme tea and toast . At night ^ S-n " etter ' hut on tl : e following morning % W xl W * ft « nd stretched on the floor , quite B on-n ^ n rt ^™ ' ^ parish snrgeon , gave it as Ti *\^ Z tha * aPoplexy was the cause of death . ¦»« T ^ turned a rerdict of-Natural Death . ^ at s ^ A \ HucH ««* - ^ n Friday the coroner ' s J ? s c 4 ch . & ^ of Jennings , an infant , ^ iSSii ^ verdict «¦ rlturned-Tbat V fetCvl of poison , wflfally administered by ^ eTli ^ e Pnrpoae of destroying life . The ^^ Uffiltt issned ^ warrant for tac ^^ ^ the ik ^ er . whoisincnstody .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thuhsdat , Feb . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . A report was brought up that the coniinittee recommended that the standing orders should be dispensed with in respect to the London and York Railway ; and also that the standing orders had been complied with in the case of the Pontefractand Goole Railway . Mr . Cobdes gave notice of his intention , on a future day , to move for a committee to inquire into the operations of the Corn Laws on tenant-farmers . Sir James Gbaham said it was his intention on au early dav to askleave to bring in a bill to settle the law with respect-to orders of magistrates in bastardy cases . This bill had been rendered neces sary by a recent , decision of a Learned Judge ,, who had held that the orders of magistrates were at present illegal .
rlAIXlK REFUGEES . Sir Charles Nafibr wished to put a question to the Right Hon . Baronet opposite vrith respect to a Statement which he had made the other night ^ regarding the , two sons of Admiral Bandiera , and twenty other individuals . The Right Hon . Baronet had * stated that in the expedition in wMch these individuals had been engaged , the Governor of the Ionian Hands and the Government at home had been taken by surprise . He wished to ask the Right Hon . Baronet whether a » y report was made to the Government at home of the circumstances , and whether any instruction
s were given by the Home Government to the Governor of the Ionian Islands as to how he was to act ? He wished to know whether any instructions had been given by the Governor of these islands to prevent them from Landing . If Lord Seaton had acted a humane part , instead of sending a communication to the Neapolitan Government , he should have sent the steamer to acquaint those twenty-two unfortunate individuals , and apprise them ' of their danger . He wished to know whether the Governor had represented to the two Bandiecas , and twenty others , that they had communicated with the Government what he knew of their intentions .
Sir R . Peel said he had stated all he knew of this matter the previous evening ; but , for the satisfaction of the Gallant Officer , he would endeavour to answer his question . No communication , had been made by Lord Seaton to the Neapolitan Government , respecting the intended landing of these twenty-two individuals until after they had sailed . Lord Seatqji stated to the Neapolitan officer that one of the Bandieras had arrived in the Ionan Islands in the month of February ; that he then went to Malta , and subsequently returned to the Ionian Islands , and then he had conducted himself there in a manner not to excite any suspicion whatever ; that on the 12 th , when they sailed , the Governor did not suspect their intentions , because thev left unarmed .
Sir C . Napier said that what he wished to know was , whether Lord Seaton had communicated to the Bandieras , after he had received the remonstrances of the Consuls , so as to warn them of the danger which they were incurring by attempting to land on the coast of Calabria ? Sir R . Peel said that about ten o ' clock in the evening of the 12 th of June the Bandieras had sailed from Corin , and that Lord Seafon had not previously had the least conception that it was their intention to sail from the island . On the 13 th the Consuls had made their representations alluded to . The Hon . and Gallant Officer asked if Lord Seaton had made any communication to the Bandieras
JSow , it was impossible that he couldjave made any communication to them before they sailed , because he had entertained no suspicion whatever of tlieir intwrtion to leave the island . If the Hon . and Gallant O / Scer intended to ask whether Lord Seaton had sent a boat after them to make a communication to them on the subject , the reply was , that most certainlv low ! Seaton had not . Mr . Moxcktox Miures asked if there was any objection to lay before the House some portion of the papers connected with this subject . ( Crieslof All , all ! and cheers . ) It was a matter that had " created an Intense interest throughout the country , and the country would not be satisfied without ' further information .
Slit R . Peel was not aware whether or not the correspondence contained matters which would render it inexpedient to produce the whole of it , He had no objection whatever to lay before the House the substance of it , but it could not be expected that he could pledge himself to produce the whole of the correspondence without having carefully perused the dispatches of Lord Seaton . Ms S . W . Hopje said he might state , from having been in possession of the correspondence , that the Government had received no notice whatever , and on further search he had not been able to find any , of the arrival of the Bandieras in the Ionian Islands ; the only notice of tlieir being there was an application from the Austrian Government to have them delivered up as deserters from the Austrian naval service , which there was no power or wish on the part of the Government to do .
3 Ir . T . Ddscombe . —Did the Austrian Government give you any notice of the Bandieras being at Corfu ? Mr . Hope said the Government received no notice whatever . Mr . T . Dcxcombb . —Why , it was in Mazzini ' s letters !—{ Great laughter . ) Mr . Mackixxon presented a bill to secure the abatement of the smoke nuisance in large towns , which , after some little opposition on the part of Mr . Knight and Mr . Hawes , and speeches in support from Mr . Ferrand , Mr . Milnes , Mr . P . Borthwiek , Mr . Beckett , Mr . Gill , and Alderman Copeland , was laid on the table .
Mr . "Watsox moved for , and obtained leave to introduce a bill for repealing " pains and penalties" on Roman Catholics . During the short discussion that ensued , Sir James Graham stated the fact that the Commissioners for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law were engaged hi consolidating tJie statutes into one ; rrcat code , under two separate and distinct heads . Sip J . Graham briefly moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks and other Officers of tha Courts of petty and quarter sessions of the peace , oyer and tenuinef , and gaol delivery .
POST-OFFICE ESPIOSAGB . On the motion of Mr . T . Ddxcombe the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Post-office inquiry wa 3 read . Mr . Moxcktox Milxes considered the explanation of Lord Aberdeen , as far as the Bandiera family were concerned , perfectly satisfactory . At the same time he admitted that the whole of the proceedings involved a very , serious question ; for if such a proceeding was recognised , the Austrian Government tvouM have nothing to do but to get the sanction of the English Government to iuvadc Italy . It miglit be , that this was part of a great scheme of foreign policy , but he thought that Lord Aberdeen ' s simction to such a proceeding ought to give pain not only to the Government itself , but to every Member of that House . Instead of this secresy , Lord Aberdeen ought to have given notice to
the newspapers that he was aware of the existence of tills conspiracy . Had this been done , this unfortunate conspiracy would , in his opinion , not have taken place . The principle , with respect to the rights of foreigners residing in this country , was very vague ; but it was not so as far the Hon . Member for Finsbury was concerned : and therefore he ( Air . Millies ) was of opinion that tbe gentlemen on his side of the House ought to accede to the request for inquiry made by that Hon . Gentleman . It was but fair and justice to that Hon . Gentleman , and to the country , that this should be set at rest . No doubt it would be surmised what were the reasons which had led to the opening of that Hon . Gentleman ' s letters , as his name had been mixed up with persons who had been brought under the sentence of the law . Mr . Duscombe . —Name them .
Mr . Milxes . —One gentleman was an individual for whom he had himself a very great respect , Mr . William Lovett . He need not mention any others , as one name was as good as another . It could cot but be admitted that the Hon . Gentleman had made himself , if not an object of suspicion , at least a person in communication with suspected persons . He therefore thought the warrant had not been issued unwisely , though he thought the Hon . Gentleman had a right to a full explanation . - Mr . Macagikt said he could not vote for the motion as it then stoodj lyecause it might be taken as a censure on the secret committee , which would be unfair , as that body being secret , were thereby debarbed from'making explanations . He also thought that no further inquiry was necessary , but that the House ought at once to legislate on . the subject . He wooldatill leave the rightofisauing warrants to the
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Smetary of State ; but he would at tuesamctihmv ' e SniiSft . ftei ; / ? ° »« ble time the letters examined , W , l defcam < # J udi ( ^ Purposes , should be dene ed up to the owners , stamped , so as to showthnt iej had been opened . Notwithstanding , he thoiHlt uiow whether his letters had been opened The SSSEtiS ^ - Plana ««> ns in oEr : cas £ why not in this ? Tim was a question of " privilege " W a high and peculiar sense ; for nothingc ™ L 3 S . Membe ? their constituents ™ W ™ s more intolerable than that such a thSrfeT should ^ Ejected to inspection by tlieir political opponents . Mr . Womutr endeavoured to defend ihe Homo beeretary , on the plea that the same thing had been
done by his predecessors . ° Mr . Ward was of opinion that after the speech of Tn , w ^ mb ? L f ° r Fmsbuvy ( Mr . Duncombc ) , the louse would not be justified in refusing inquiry . It lad been stated that the correspondence of that gen-; JK ™ be ?? x ope ? ed •? account of his connection with the Chartists ; but he would ask , were not all public men , and especially Members of Parliament , subject to be engaged in similar correspondence ? Hear , hear ;) Jhc duties which Honourable Members had to perform were as important as the . duties of those who had the care of the functions of government ; and therefore that those gentlemen were from their position liable to have letters addressed to them from ^ suspected" persons . He then enlered at some lengtn into that part of the question relating to the letters of Mr . Mazzhii . and the nrnnpoilinno nf
the Bandiera ; family , respecting which , he partially defended the conduct of the Government , though he nought they were not altogether to beheld blameless . Ihe opening of the letters of Mi-. Buncombe was a stigma on the Government , which could not be wiped away ; and if . that Hon . Gentleman had one spark of manly feeling he would never cease until he obtained the inquiry soHght . Lord John Manners would support Mr . Duncombe if he made his motion for inquiry into his own case ; buthecouldnot agree to the gcneralpropositionbefore the House . As far as the case of the Hon . Member for Finsbury went , satisfaction ought to be given . To have such suspicion attached te him as was implied in the treatment to which his letters had been subjected , was to make him a degraded man . As the question stood he would abstain from voting on the motion before the House .
Sir Robbrt Inulis and Mr . Bokthwick expressed themselves in favour of the proceedings of the Government , and defended the report of the Post-office Committee . Mr . Beriul thought the motion should be more restricted , in which case he should be glad to support it . He was decidedly of opinion that Mr . Duncombe , injustice to his own character , and to satisfy his constituents , ought to have satisfaction by a full inquirv being allowed . " Mr . Charles Buller made a very able speech , in support of the motion of Mr . Duneombc . He recommended that the Right Hon . Bart , should , as one , acknowledge that he had opened the letters in question , as the only means of getting rid of the difficulty in which he was placed .
Lord Howick moved an amendment to the effect that a select committee be appointed to ascertain if the letters of any members had been opened , and if they knew the reason why . He supported the motion m a very vigorous and argumentative speech . M . D'Israeli seconded the amendment ; in doing which he delivered a" very effective speech , and dealt some very hard hits at the Government and Sir R . Peel . Mr . Roebuck said , nothing but the most ample inquiry would satisfy the country on this subject . It was important that the character of the Right Honourable Mcmbor for Finsbury should have justice done it . Nothing biit tne most searching inquiry ought to satisfy him . The matter had been shrouded in such mystery that until a full
inquiry was granted it was difficult to know what course should be taken . He hoped that the House would see the necessity of doing this . If the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary would onlf take a tangible case , the matter could be easily brought to an issue . IF he would only issue a single warrant , and place it in the hands of one man at the Post-office , in order to examine a letter of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and afterwards place the warrant on the table of that House , he liau no doubt but that twenty-four hours would not pass before Mr . Duncombe would institute proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s . Bench to test its legality . After making several other observations on the general question , the Hon . Gentlcman concluded by declaring his intention of supporting the Hon . Member for Finsbury in demanding
an inquiry . After several other Members had spoken , an ad jdurnment was moved , when there appeared—For the adjournment 29 Against it 269
Majority against the adjournment 240 Immediately afterwards a great number of the Members left tlie"IIouse ; ' seeing which , Sir Robert Feel with great reluctance consented to the adjournment , and the debate in consequence was adjourned till to-morrow ( Friday ) night ,
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^ HOUSE OF LORDS , Tht osday , Feb . 20 . The Lords assembled , and having had a petition presented by Lord Campbell , complaining of the stealing of newspapers passing through the post , —a subject which that Learned Lord announced his intention to bring more fuUv before the House ; and after a little small talk" about the tune when their new House would be ready ; the second , and all but powerless branch of our " system of cheeks and counter-checks " adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Feb . 14 . The Ilouse met at a few minutes before four oVlock , at which time the attendance of members was not very numerous , considering the important questions which were to be brought under consideration , and the eai'lj hour ( half-past four o ' clock ) which was announced for tlie commencement of Sir R . Peel ' s statement . The number of strangers in the passages ' leading to the galleries was unusually great ; so much so , indeed , that all the salleries in the House would not have accommodated a tenth of tlmm . . ;
Mr . T . Duncombe presented a petition from Mr . Joseph Mazzini , stating that he had ona former occasion , in the last session , petitioned that House , and complained that his correspondence was opened at the Post-office , his letters read , and resealed with forged seals . He stated that his petition had been referred to a secret committee , which had since made its report , but that he ( the petitioner ) had reason to believe that that committee had been misinformed on" many points . He now prayed that his first petition might be re-considered , and redress given to him , in order that he and other foreigners in this country might know what they had to trust to , and what protection they might expect here . The same Hon . Member gave notice , that on Tuesday next b . 6 would move the appointment of a committee to nquire as to any warrants which might have been issued to provincial postmasters authorising them to open certain letters , and he would also move that tlve report of tlie committee of last session be referred to that
committee . The order of the day was then read , and the Speaker having left the chair , the Ilouse went into
COKMITTEE OF WAT 3 AND MEANS . FINANCIAL STATEMENT . Sir R . P £ ix rose and stated , that though he had had considerable experience in tbe discharge of Official duties , and though he had A-equently addressed the House on matters of great public concern , he could not approach the subject o » . which he had then to address the committee without great anxiety , and a deep consciousness how inadequate and imperfect the explanation would be which he should endeavour to place befereit . But though he rose under some disadvantages as to the period of the year at which this communication was made , yet , after the declaration made hi her Majesty ' s speech , that it was
the intention of Ministers to propose the continuance of the income-tax for a certain number of years , he felt that he had no other alternative than to submit to the House the general news which the Government took of the financial condition and the commercial policy of the country . It would be bis duty to discuss this great question—whether it be consistent with the public interest that the present amount of public expenditure should be maintained , or whether it be not right that there should be in some important respects an increase of expenditure beyond tbe precedent of former years ? If the committee maintained tllC latter proposition , the question which he should then liavc to submit to it would be this—whether it is fitting
that the expenditure should be met from the ordinal ? sources , or whether it is more advisable that tlie tax on income and property should be continued , for the double purpose of providing for the due execution of the public service , and of enabling Parliament to repeal other taxes pressing on tne industry and commercial enterprise of the country ? After referring to the estimate of the probable revenue and expenditure which was made by tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer i : i April last , when he brought forward his budget , and , after showing that the surplus revenue , on which he had calculated for the whole year , had been greatly exceeded' by the actual amount of
revenue received oa the 5 th of January , 1 W * , he proceeded to estimate the surplus revenue which M > uld be in the Exchequer on the 5 th of April , 1845 , at a sum which at the very least , would amount to £ 9 , 000 , 000 . He then submitted to the House an estimate of the probable receipt of the revenue fair the year ending the 5 A of April , 1816 , on the assumption that the House would not motion the income-tax , and calculated that it would ' amount to £ 51 , 000 , 009 ; and , supposing tbe estimates of . the ensuing year to be the same as they were during' tne'laSt i he w' - culated the total'amount of expenditure to be £ 48 , 557 , 000 ; so that there would be ' stUl asurpliisof je 2 , « 3 , 0 M . But
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The Late Horrible Case of Destitution . —The ; •" excitement occasioned by the discovery of a girl , only .. : J ° 10 yeavsof age , in the loft of a ruinous cowhouse in t i .. , ° the Wandsworth-road , in a state of unparalleled \ j ° " ; . destitution , the particulars of which appeared in last ™ ™ ° ! week's Star , has been great ill tlie extreme , ami in- > ™?» quirics continue to bo made daily by tlie gentry resi- J acwvo dent in Gkpliam and Wandswovtli respecting the « P «« eapoor creature ' s condition . It will be recollected thai . " . or when this miserable girl , Mary Loveday , was at" }™ ' ""¦ ; ° mitted into the Wandsworth Union on "We < Wf % ie mooM » last , she presented an appalling- spectacle , b ' ^ * ^ > 'f , frightfully emaciated and horribly infested B » F . ™ f vermin . For many hours her life hung , as it ; % 'Zil »! Lr upon a thread , and had she not ia « t with t *™ ' XSZi with humano and aknost parental treatment < W "PSTUS ? Mrs . King , the master and matron of the , enolo S lcal de ' P ' ?
ment , death must in a short time have - her . sufferings . Owing to their care , haDVASE .-l he public the attention of Dr . Connor and his as , h sincere gratification \ m ken increasing in strength daily . / antiquity , . although so have been whollv exterminated , and thated , is considered by bir lias been removed from the foul yevto a certain extent ot refm » ary . It was stated foihe previaam extant ™ Aanefi * «» the feet of the unfortunate girl of art . At a meeting of the appearance of incipient mortificf ' on Thursday even . ng week nousaigns of a speedy dissolution law of kne . evening ^ address wa ai . d , Wthough tne lotions . a ppliaubject , "" jj , " ^ fg ^ eftectedamore favourable , chat nothing could ^ tore to ^ them ihlvhflexnpcted stillDr Cowt genuine copies lad fortunately as tofe ^ Ste recovery , late Pfohler , the eminent engraver her hi iSoTshe nrast ^ ito beauty , moulded the vase at TJie p «> Sture ' s diet iaiould was put into the hands of Mr . syste&ttetoo'low audfter a certain number ( only a few ) of weakioaAttf'heppasae , it jw » destroyed A few of these -Sooth WnrfS ELKCtttant . Tie Marqjia of Exeter . Mr A , ney Herbert was re-eid he himself ( Mr . Windus ) , pnseu cops , opposition . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ / e intended shortly to exhibit , together with
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if they deducted from this surplus tlie sum to be derived from the receipt of half-a-year's income-tax which would become due in the interim , and from tlie payment of the instalment from China , there would be in that . ease a small deficiency in the revenue as compared with the expenditure of the year . The question ' then arose whether Ministers were justified in demanding , under such circumstances , an increased expenditure on account of the public service . He was satisfied that they were justified . He showed that no saving could be made by the abolition Of offices and reduction of salaries . . A sufficient force of revenue officers must be kept up to insure the collection of the revenue and to give facilities to
the transaction of commerce . No diminution of the army couW be recommended , on account of the extent Of our colonial dependencies , and of the necessity of our sending out reliefs to the regiments who garrisoned and protected tliera . , The army was a- very complicated and expensive machine , which would be dislocated and deranged if due attention . were not paid to Us support . An inn-ease in the army was not a measure which he should propose , but any diminution o ? it would be a measure to which he could not consent . The military estimate for the present year would therefore be £ 6 , 600 , 000 . There were reasons which induced him to propose ahincreasod estimate for the navy this year : and those were to be found in the
growing necessity for a further protection to ' our commerce in every part of-thcglobe , and in the establishment of . three nnw naval stations—one on the coast of Africa , another in tlie Pacific , and a third in the Chinese seas . He should propose to employ this year 4 , 000 men more than were employed in the estimates of last year . That increase would not be for the purposes of war or of aggreSSiOUj but for the protection Of our commerce , and the maintenance of peace . The expense so caused would be £ 184 , 000 . There would also be a vote for always keeping at , © ur command a squadron of eight or nine sail of the line , which would create no jealousy among foreign powers , and another for the purpose of increasing and improving our steam navigation . In respect , therefore , of the vote for the navy , and the ordnance connetted with the navy , there would be in the votes of this
year an incrcas of nearly one million . For this increased expenditure the revenue of the next year would , he thought , suffice , even if the House would not consent to continue the income-tax . It was quite clear , however , that if it did not continue the income-tax , in die year following u deficiency of revenue would be discovered . The question which he must next put to the committee was , whether they would run the risk of that deficiency by malting no provision to meet it , or whether they ' would postpone the consideration of that deficiency till the year idiG ? Her Majesty's Government thought that it would not be a prudent course so to disregard the future condition of the country . Ministers were , therefore , induced to propose the continuance of the property-tax for a further period ; and before he asked the assent of the House to that proposal , he felt it necessary to explain
what were tlieir views as to the appropriation of tlie surplus revenue which would then be placed at their disposal after all the exigencies ot ' tlic public service ¦ wove provided for . He would assume for the present that the committee would sanction the continuance of . the property-tax , and would then give them an estimate of the revenue which be expected to derive from that source , Supposing the property-tax to be continued , the revenue , on the 5 th of April , 1848 , would amount to £ 53 , 700 , 000 , and so long as the other sources of revenue M'ere productive might be calculated at that sum , deducting only a sum of £ 600 , 000 from China , which would only be receivable for one year more . He would , therefore , take the amount of the revenue at £ 58 , 100 , 000 . The public expenditure he had already calculated at £ 49 , 000 , 000 . There would therefore be left on the 5 th of
April , 1810 , a net surplus of £ 3 , 403 , 000 , if the committee acquiesced in the demand of Ministers for increased navsil estimates . lie now approached the most important question of all , namely , what was the mode in which this surplus , or a part of it , could be applied to the relief of taxation ? He would n « t have proposed the continuauce of the income tax If he had not felt the strongest persuasion tiiat it was ' competent for the House , by means of it , to make arrangements with respect to taxation which would be the foundation of great future commercial prosperity , and which would add materially to the comforts of those who were called upon to contribute to it . In considering how they would appropriate any surplus of revenue , several important considerations must always be before them . They , must first consider the claims to reduction of taxation on account of the heaviness of the duties on articles which entered into general consumption ; then they must also consider
what were the taxes which pressed most heavily on those . ra « materials which constituted the staple manufactures of the country . Then , they must consider what were the taxes which required the greatest establishment of revenue-officers for tlieir collection ; and then what were the taxes whieli , if reduced , would enable them to diminish that same establishment , and so to reduce theiv expenditure . Lastly , tlie . v ^ must consider what were the taxes which , if removed , would give new scope to commercial enterprise and occasion an increased demand for for . labour . lie did not say which of these considerations ought to predominate , but they were all of importance . If the property-tax were continued , Ministers intended to make a great experiment with respect to taxation , in the hope that the general prosperity which would result therefrom would fill up tlie void caused iu future years by the cessation of taxation . They did not propose to maintain any material surplus of income over revenue ; but , in the conviction that the Ilouse would at all events
maintain public credit , they proposed the reduction of certain taxes , which wore more onerous than productive . He would first take the taxes connected with the customs , and would submit to the Ilouse a proposition with respect to the reduction of the duty on sugar . He proposed , with regard to all sugars but refined sugars , to make this reduction . On brown Muscovado sugar , which now paid a duty of 23 s . 3 d ., he proposed to make a reduction oflls . 3 ii ., a \\ A likewise to reduce tlie duty to 11 s . Tliat reduction would apply to all British plantation sugar , and to sugar tlie produce of the Mauritius ; but there were certain districts in British India , with regard to which a different rule now applied ; and with respect to them he proposed that they should pay the same relative proportion of duty which they paid at present , and that the duty should be 18 s . 8 d . On free-labour foreign sugar he proposed that the protecting duty should not exceed 9 s . 4 d ., and therefore the duty would be 23 s . 2 d . Any country which had a reciprocity treaty with US could
not , of course , be deprived af any right which it enjoyed at present . As to white or clayed sugars , or sugars equal to clayed sugars , he proposed that the duty should be reduced on British plantation sugars from 25 s . 3 d . to 16 s . 4 d . ; that the duty on sugar imported from India should be 21 s . 9 d ., and that the duty on free-labour foreign sugar should be 28 s ., thus retaining the whole amount of discriminating duty which was imposed last year , but applying that duty in a different manner , giving 9 s . 4 d . as a protection on MuSCOVadO SUgnr , and an increased protection of 11 s . -Id . on the more valuable and co 9 tly article . With respect to the duty on molasses , he proposed to reduce it in the same proportions . As to the admission of refined sugar , he proposed to remove the prohibitory duty on refined sugar imported from those British possessions which were entitled to import Muscovado sugar at 14 s ., and to place upon such sugar a proportionate import duty , namely , on refined sugar 18 s . 8 d ., and 21 s . on double refined . He then gave the committee an estimate of the supply of sugar which hi . considered likelv to
come from our possessions to tins country in the course of the present year , and concluded his observations upon that point by statins that the effect which would be produced Ott the price Of SUgav by this reduction in the duty would be a reduction of ljd . per lb , ; but taking other circumstances , which always accompanied a high rate of duty , into consideration , he calculated that it would amount to a reduction of lid . per lb . He estimated the loss which would be " produced in the revenue of next year by the reduction of the sugar duties ^ at £ 1 , 300 , 000 , He next proceeded to state , that iu the tariff of 1842 he had abolished generally the duty on all exports , with the exception of some few articles , Hu now proposed to adopt as a general rule the abolition of export duties on all articles . He did not propose to except the export duty on
coal . Aftei- having beriefitted the coal-owsiers by the removal of the export duty , he did expect that they would g ive to the people of England the Ml advantage of ¦ the boon which they had received , and that the House would hear no more of their combinations to restrict supply , and to enhance price . The total loss from the reduction of the coal duty he estimated at £ 120 , 000 . He next proceeded to a consideration of the duties levied on and applicable to iaw materials used in manufactures . The tariff now included 813 such articles . He now proposed to remove the duties applicable to 430 of them . By abolishing these duties altogether they would get rid of a number of trouble * some accounts . If fraud were practised in the introduction of these articles , against which some precautions must be taken , by examining them , he must apply to the House hereafter for the purpose of obtaining more stringent regulations against it . One advantage of getting rid ol
these duties would be that it would dispense with the warehousing system . He then enumerated a number ol | he articles to which this abolition of duties would apply , as for instance , the fibrous materials of silk , hemp , and flax ; yarns of certain materials , excepting woollen ; furniture goods ; animal and vegetable manures ; ores and minerals , witli the exception of copper ore ; iron and zinc in their first stage of manufacture ; die stuffs generally , ana certain drugs of a noxious character . There were some articles to which this total removal of duty would not apply . He did not " propose to interfere with the general principles which the Government had applied to the timber duties . . The import of Baltic timber wag how increasing , and the estimate which hehad formerly made respecting itliad not . tumedoutito be incorrect . ' There ; was one article conuected with timber ' -which he propos » d to exempt'fro m dutyi-he alluded to the article
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of staves , -The Government had given : attention to the memorial of the coopers on this subject , arid had determined to permit an unrestricted importation of ataves . for . their benefit . " The length of the staves must , however , be limited , or it would be impossible to prevent tlieir importation for the benefit of other parties than coopers . The abolition of the duty on this article would cause a loss of £ 33 , 000 . to the . revenue ; and the whole loss occasioned by the omission of 430 articles from the tariff WOUld amount to £ 320 , 001 ) . He next approached the consideration of that article of raw material which
was most important to the prosperity of the countrycotton wool . As the impost pressed most heavily on the coarser fabrics , he was prepared to advise the abolition of it altogether . The loss to the revenue upon the article of cotton wool would not be less than £ 680 , 000 , taking the duty upon estimate -of the quantity imported last year . He did not intend to propose any further alteration in the revenue of the Customs , lie had ' reviewed the duties levied by the Excise , with a view of ascertaining what were . the duties which pressed most greivouslyon the interests and industry of the country ; ' Among < these he found , first and foremost , the auction duty on the transfer of property . When a commission was appointed some years ago to examine ., into the Excise duties , they made this recommendation , that the . duties on
auctions should be . the first tax repealed . He proposed to repeal the auction duty altogether ,. in consequence of the advantage which . a commercial country was likely to derive from greater facilities iii . the transfer of property . He likewise proposed that the auctioneers , instead of taking out several licenses at an expense of £ 5 each fov sclling different articles , should take Outono general license at an expense of £ 15 to sell any article they pleased . Their licenses now often cost them £ 25 . . The number oj auctioneers was 4 , 000 ; and the establishment of a £ 15 license would produce a revenue of £ 60 , 000 . He next stated , that he intended to relieve the article of glass from all Excise duty . The amount of duty atpresentimposei on it was 200 and even 300 per cent , on its manufacture . There whs no duty , moreover , which occasioned such vexatious
interference with the manufacturer as this duty on glass . In France , Belgium , and Bohemia , there was no excise duty on this article , and the consequence was , that the manufacture of it had been brought to the highest perfection , especially in the latter country . If the house would consent to relieve the manufacturers of glass iu this country altogether from the pressure of this tax , and to give unrestricted play to their capital and enterprise , be was convinced , that with our command of alkali and coal , they would enter into successful competition with the manufacturers of every other country . He thought that , in point ' even of health , a greater benefit would accrue to the country from the remission of the tax on glass than from the remission of the window-tax . The loss arising from the remission of the glass dutv would amount to
£ ( 5-12 , 000 . Hft had now exhausted tlie list of articles on which he proposed a remission of taxation . The total immediate loss of revenue which the revenue would sustain . by their repeal or abolition would amount to A' 3 , 338 , ooo , which would nearly absorb tlie surplus of £ 3 , 409 , 000 , on which he had already calculated . He didnot deny that the financial scheme which he had just explained to the committee was a bold experiment ; but , responsible as he was to Parliament for its success , he was not afraid to run the risk of making it . lie now proposed to the committee to continue the income-tax for a further limited period of tkree years , because he had a confident persuasion that the reduction in price of articles of great importance , which would follow this proposed remission of taxation ,-would be , if not a complete , yet a great compensation for its burden . He would not say that it might not be wiser to give a-longer time than three years for testing this experiment . He thought , however , that Parliament oiiRlit to have a control over the duration
of such a tax . He hoped that so great a source of revenue would not be dried up before the expiration of three years ; but at the end of that time—such was his confideec in the elasticity of the country—he thought that they would be able to dispense with tbe tax if they thought proper . He had now submitted his plan to the committee . He recommended it to them with a deliberate eonviction that their sanction of it would conduce to the extension of industry , and to the encouragement of enterprise , and that in consequence of that extension of industry , and of that encouragement of enterprise , all classes of the country , whether agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , or parties not engaged in any particular "branch of industry , would either directly or indirectly be benefitted by it , and that every class ' would find its comfort and its welfare promoted . The Right Hon . Baronet concluded his speech at five minutes to eight oVlock by moving a formal resolution-on tlie subject . The House rung with cheers for some minutes after he had concluded .
After a short pause , Sir Robert rose-again and said that be would not ask the committee to confirm his proposition that night ; but he hoped that Hon . Members would be in a condition to decide on the principles of his resolutions on Monday next . Lord Howick considered that the coalownei's were indebted to Lord Powlettfor remission of the export duties on coal . Though he was Member for Sunderland , he disapproved highly of the regulation of the vend , in which the coalowners hatl unwisely concurred . It had been most injurious to the coalowners themselves , lie had an insurmountable objection to the Bight-Hon . Baronet's arrangement of the sugar duties . After a few words from Mr . Bell . Mr . Hume stated that the plan of releasing exports from all duties was so judicious that he could not but approve it . The repeal of the duty on glass would confer a greater benefit on the community than the repeal of the window-tax .
Lord J . Russell thought that they ought not to come to an immediate conclusion on such a subject . He would not ask for a day ' s delay beyond that which the Right Hon . Gentleman bad proposed ; l \ e would then take a view of his whole proposal . He considered the Right Hon . Baronet ' s proposal on the sugar duties liable to much objection . ' Mr . Cqllett asked when the remission of these duties would take place . > . ¦ . Sir . R . Peel . — -At the earliest possible day on which the bills could be passed , excepting with regard to glass , which was placed in a different position from the other articles . , ; Mr . Williams . —Would the Right Hon , Baronet make any allowance on the stock in hand ? Sir R . Peel answered in the negative .
Mr . Liddell tendered his thanks to the Right Hon . Baronet for the remission of . the duties on the export ; of coals and on the manufacture of glass . He vindicated the coalowners of the north from the charge of combination . If any gentleman would move for a select committee to inquire into the operation of that combination , he would second the motion . After a few observations from Lord Clements and Mr . II . Hinde , Dr . BOWHINO expressed a wish that Sir R . Peel had made some modification in the property-tax . . Colonel Sibthoep regretted that Sir R . Peel had not consented to a reduction of duty on fire insurances , Mr . Roebuck considered the source of our revenue to be the income-tax , and he considered the injustice of tbo income-tax and tlie mischief it created to be a great drawback on the plan which Sir Robert proposed . Mi-. Wakley expressed his extreme satisfaction at the proposal of Government .
Several other members made observations on isolated point !; of the plan , most of them expressive of satisfaction with it . Mr . Curteis , however , declared that he would divide against the property-tax , if he could get ten men to divide with him ; and Mr , TV ' arburton surprised the House by asserting , that if you made the income-tax permament , all the objections urged against it vanished at once . Sir R . Peel then moved that the Chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again on Monday . The motion was carried . The House resumed , and immediately afterwards adjourned .
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W ^^ M L ^ z ^ ^ - ^^ . ^ J ^ * . EaoAPE -I'BOM-Tiiy PKisox ; i ^ Off'Wednegd 5 ¥ -night ^ last , a daring escape-was . effected by a prisoner named David Young , a native' of Pertb / or IJundee , aud confined since October ' last , on a . charge of theft by liousebreaking , in order to be tried at-the-Courtof Justiciary . Heoecupied the low cell in the prison , the iron-grated dooy of which is securely fastened on . ' the outside by an iron chain , and locked with two padlocks . On the gaoler entering tlie prison that evening , lie ibund the door of Young ' s cell wide open ,- " and , the , inmate away . The manner in whieli he > C effected , his escape seems to set all gaol security at ' ¦¦ ' ¦ V
defiance , since" it would appear tliat lie broke the two' ' substantial locks of his cell by a board taken from his bed , and afterwards another strong lock which secured the room in which the keepers sleep . Having thus got access into the gaoler ' s apartment , lie changed his clothes , and managed to find the key of the door that leads to the bartizan . He then tore up the blankets ' of his bed , and knotting them together , tied them to an iron bar in a narrow slit in the turret , on which he slid down , and alighted in the old court-iiouse , the windows of which look into the High .-street , and are secured by deals , which he managed to - break aud lean into the street . Officers were despatched in all directions in search of him , and ' through tlieir exertions he was found near Fowlis — Tain Jdiiftial . .
Mill-work . ax » Wachixerv . —On Monday a return printed on the motion of Mr . Cardwell , the Secretary of the Treasury , was issued , giving an account of the declared value of all inillwork and machinery exported from the united kingdom in each quarter of tlie years 1841 , 1842 , 1843 , and 1844 . The declared value of milhvork and .-. . 'machinery- exported from the United kingdom in - the .. year , ended the 5 th of January , 1842 , was , A 551 j 381 ; in the year ended the ' 5 th of January , 1843 , £ 554 , 653 ; in the year to the 5 th of January , 1844 , £ 713 , 4 Y 4 ; and in the year ended the 5 th of January last , to JBW 3 . 187 , showing an increase on every year in the value of niillwork and machinery exported . ¦ v
Snociasa Accident . —On Monday , at noon , the inhabitants of Regent-street , Lambeth-walk , M'ere thrown into a state of great alarm in consequence of a loud explosion on the premises of Mr . Fenwiek , the well-known artist in fire-works , residing in the same street . It appears that a young man named William Hook , a journeyman firework-maker , was engaged in makhi" a quantity of rockets , for the completion of ft shipping order , and whilst ramming one of them with a mallet , the contents suddenly ignited , which
communicated with a large quantity of combustible materials in front of him , the whole of which exploded with dreadful violence , forcing off the voof of the shop , and setting fire to some portion of the building , which was speedily extinguished by the other workmen . The poor man Hook was found lying on hia back , frightfully disfi gured about the face , hands , and chest , and in dreadful agony . He was removed with all speed in a cab to Guy's Hospital , where he was promptly attended to by Mr . K . Cook , the house surgeon . Very slight hopes are entertained of hia
recovery . Paring Burglary ix hie City . —Some time before six o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a most daring burglary was effected in the warehouse of Messrs . M . and S . Hyaras , clothiers , 9 and 10 , ¦ King-street , Cheapside . There were stolen from the premises 180 * yards of silk velvet ; 600 yards of silk surge , in rolls ; 49 Si yards of satin in pieces ; and £ 13 in sold , silver , and copper . A reward of £ 50 was offcreil yesterday ( Monday ) , to be paid on the apprehension and conviction ot the thief or thieves , or on the recovery of the property , or in proportion to any part thereof .-The police are making active search after the burglars ,
Ihe Robbery of Rookrs ' s Bank . —We find the following , with reference to this mysterious transaction , in our Paris correspondent ' s letter of Sunday' 3 date ; but we have authority to state that the notes found in the possession of the arrested parties form no part of the property stolen from Messrs , Rogers . ' This has been ascertained beyond doubt : — "Two Englishmen have just been arrested here on suspicion " of having been engaged in the robbery of the bank ot
Rogers and Co ., in London . It appears that they had been for some time busily occupied in changing English bank-notes into foreigh gold and paper , of which a large amount was found upon them . It is even said that some of the notes stolen in London were in their possession at the time of . their arrest , but this is not stated positively . Information of the affair has been given to Lord Cowley , and an inquiry is going on , whieli it is hoped will lead to valuable disclosures . "—Globe .
Dreadful Murder ik New South Wales . — The same paper ( the Sydney Guardian ) contains the following : —On Friday , the 9 th instant , an inquest was held at Livingston ' s , the Glasgow Arms , in Chureh-street , Parramatta , on view of the body of Sarah . M'Manus , who was found on the previous evening with her skull fractured in two places , her arm near the shoulder broken—literally crushed—and several ribs broken . The deceased was ninety years of age , and the mother of twenty-one children . Her husband , Terence M'Manus , having admitted that he did the deed , was taken into custody , and was present at the inquest . From lm debilitated appearance and
morose manner , it was supposed that he was labouring under insanity ; more especially as he had attempted to cut his own throat a few weeks since ; but from the evidence of several witnesses , and the conduct and language of the prisoner himself during the inquest , it became quite evident that he was perfectly sane : and from the evidence of Dr . Gwynne it appciired that the attempt to cut his throat was only delusive—that it was a mere scratch—and done for some sinister purpose . The prisoner made more than one confession of the dreadful deed . It "WOXlld appear that he must have murdered his wife with a thick door-bar , as such an instrument was found , with
iiesli ^ blood and hair upon it , in the house . M'Manus , who is sixty » seven yoavs of age , appears to be a man of the most ungovernable temper at times ; while at other times he is equally morose and stubborn . The evidence so clearly established an opinion in the . minds of a respectable jury of eighteen persons , that . the husband had committed wilful murder , that they unanimously and immediately returned a verdict to that effect ; and Terence M'Manus was committed for trial upon the coroner ' s wan-ant . Suicide of a Police Serjeant . —At the Worshipstreet police office on Saturday , Mr . Broughton hav- ains of ing taken his seat , Serjeant Ellis , of the G division , „_ « p informed him that
Serjeant John Finlay , one of the j nueg oldest officers in the police , and who had been forl ne aame many years in the habit of bringing the charg /' before the magistrates at that court as an acting foun ) i faui (; spector of the G division , had committed suicide ^ lirn , a \ Van hanging himself . - It was singular that he waijS gf Paul Serjeant who attended there on Friday , and jfe j ^ ^ that a man m custody , charged with robbing t them just - ^ plpyers , had that morning cut his throat ^^ ith shame lying m . a dangerous state in the London ^ j » The occurrence which he then ' reported l . vrom time immeshoek him , but Serjeant Ellis stated % , ntion Dufc afc left the court and quitted the station-hov ^ ' »! ° \ a Ji " tu uia iraiucutc in uaaMHiuccii
-s , < -W noml ,,.-. nWMHPnt v - appeared to be eheerful , as he usually $£ f LV . Jf . ' % ^} * in nine and ten o ' clock at night , hovveve ; a 0 p { ' pother himhangmg to the becUwt . andItr ^^ fl f j | ini 3 Blf was his second wife . The first , wh ^ f t 1 ie „„ . » And when since , was sister to the late ex-Shf . r \ ; i f = „ „ ,. „ nvOycrbial eccentricities . formerly made hin , ^ t ^ jto ! s aj * Jio ^ JJJ England , and , snbsequen ly , ir ^ X propMing to erect died some years back . The ex ™ g co ° TiuS Is refined bad property of large amow-. ^ f Dr 7 s entiu g a half-starving SerjeaHl'inlay entertained 4 f to p' 5 c ln , and soap and succeed ^ to , at least , a hvg » * JJf ^ in f W oflns wife and institute m y ^ . ^^ Commons for its recovers , ' 1 man , ,, <} J ' ™~ . V authority , that an offej- 'ndcr init . -6 >* t _«»> . £ 1000 Mi allow ht o ^^»^ rf ? 5 Sjg *^ gation , but he rejeetr Tims last wees . * „ ,: <»«„* i « < vna length givish by the : d ? d the great agriculturalmeetmg m one to his claim , he vst impressions . ' —ma . more humble cond »' KNATCHBULi- is to be raised to the peerage , appointment , 110 ti elevation the excellent baronet hoped to ge * though to outw } j s not very euphonious name . And so he will : previous cheerf fot wicked wag , Sir Robert Peel , has insisted —mating him Lord Bullock Smithy , of Bullock-. ^ y , hfthecountyoH-hevcia t ^ So SirEdward A ., I . . nks his hat fits him as well as las coronet could do . On tht '_ ( ,. , j £ „„ . iL o " Character ik k Labgh .-IIonv much of character J ° :. , » there in a laugh f You know no num-taj > ou
have heard him laugh-till you know m uuu »« he will laugh . There are occasions-there : are humours when a man with whom we have been long familiar shall quite startle and repel us ^ breaking outintoalausli whieli comes mamtesfly 3 & ™ his heart , and which yet we had never heaid before . Even in fair ladies ¦ with whom I have been much pleased I have remarked the same *> ng .- As m many a heart a sweet angel slumbers unseen tillwmo happv moment awakens it , so there sleeps often m gracious and amiable characters deep m the tack ground a Auite vul S ar spirit , which starts xhlft 6 when something rudely comical penetrates into the less frequented chambers of the iixmA . —Blacl-wood * Magazme . m \ Embaoumxabv NARiuTivE ..-The Ba * rim [ 'lea Times contains a series of remarkable papers , unttei the following title , viz : " The Female Warrior : an :, a ™ . n ., t ;™ , ? n « . otU'P nf t , hi > suffering , singular and Miss
; ur ^ rfe nFadventu ^ of LeonorS Siddons , who , led on by patriotism , joined the Texan armv under Gen . Houston , fought in the ever memorable battle of San Antonio , where she , after seeing all her comrades slain , was shot down and left tor dead . Recovering the following morning , she was captured by the Mexicans , conveyed on board the ship St . Juan , from which she attemp ted to escape with the Burgeon in a storm , but being soon missed from the ship , they were pursued'by ' . six men m a boat , overtaken , and after a terrible etnigsK she was recaptured , taken to Vera 0 m ? , tied tannd 2 cart , ' aud made to walk from therejbarefooted , over burning sand , and beneath ' the iVopicai-sun ) to the city of Mexico , ad / SjHice of over 250 miles , where she Tww . thi 7 >« rri into pr ison , from whence aheescaped , cade a Wyage to sea , and returned to'her-mends in this country in March last . " Foil and interesting particulars written by herself . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1303/page/1/
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