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1 ' eoretted that one of its provisions most unriccessiily and unjustly restricted tlic Catlioiie . He rhciuld FiisWvoar * in committee to modify that part of the biHj so that there should be one form of oath forall . ' The Earl of "Wixcoti-sea . solemnly adjured their lordships not to pass the Ml , which was dictated only l > y a spirit of lufidelity too characteristic ot their legislation for the last twenty years , lest they should incur the awful condemnation of those who openly rejected the Messiah . The Duke of Argtu . contended that the admission of the Jews would not affect the Christian
character of the country or the Legislature . They could not secure the Christianity ^> f any assembly by the oaths imposed . The other llouse of Parliament was not Christian in the high sense of the -word . Even amon their lordships they had no means of guaranteeing the realities of the Christian faith and character . They might inherit the graces and piety of a "Wilberforce or the scepticism of a Boluighrotp . Having admitted to parliament every Sect of religious faith , and every school of philosophical opinion , some of which were essentially un-Christian , sneh as the Unitarian , they could not m intai t the disabilities affecting the Jews .
Earl Xelsos and the Earl of Desaht opposed the hill , which was supported by the Earl of Wicklow . The Bishop of Oxford drew a wide distinction letween admitting the Jews to social position and civil power by permitting them to administer the liw as magistrates , and giving them seats in the legislature to make Laws for a Christian Church and people , which , if true to their own profession , they could not do . There being no Jewish csustituencies in this country , there was great danger in opening the doors of parliament to a mere money power , apart from all other considerations . They could neither measure the interest which Jews had in seeking admission to the legislature , or the means they had at command to obtain seats in Parliament . If they destroyed the groundwork of Christianity upon which their legislation was based in order te gratify for a time a handful of ambitious men , they would destroy Christian England , and ruin the asylum of the scattered Jews . *
Lord JJrougimm ridiculed * "the alarms of the Bishop of Oxford as the most extravagant of all chimeras . Having accorded to members of the Hebrew persuasion judicial functions , official station , and the elective franchise , witb . power to canvass and spend money at elections , it was absurd attempting to draw an impassable line between those concessions and their admission to seats in the Legislature . The Earl of Cakusle having replied , their lordships divided—Content ... ... 70
Sot-content ..-. 9-5 Majority against the bill ... —25 Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — Poor Belief ( Irexasd Bnx . —The House met at twelve o ' clock , vent again into committee upon the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Dill , and was engaged in the discussion of the first clause until nearly four o ' clock , the hour for suspending its sitting , when an amendment proposed hy 3 Ir . Stvtobp to increase the maximum tale from 5 s . to 7 s . "was negatived on a division . The Sr-JEiKEB resumed the chair at half-past five , when
Sir "W . Moleswortii moved an address to her jMajesty to appoint a commission to inquire into the administration of our colonial possessions , on the ground that there were grave defects and errors in our system of colonial government , which required revision , for the purpose of a searching inquiry into the colonial policy of the empire . Ee first stated what in his opinion had produced the belief that such errors existed , their character and effects , and urged that his motion should be agreed to as thfcjegitiniaie sequence to various motions which had received the approbation of a majority of that House—namely , those of Mr . Baillie , of Mr . Adderley , and , as he contended , of Lord Lincoln . These and ether less successful propositions showed the state of public opinion respecting our colonial
administration , and Liid a valid Parliamentary ground for his motion . He then explained the nature of the inquiry he proposed , and the ol-jests to -which it should be directed , classing them iradir three heads—aaaiely , colonial government , colonial expenditure , and emigration or colonisation . The system , he observed , worked il ! , net because it was ill-administered , but because it was so essentially faulty that it could not be well-administered . He censured no individual ; he censured the system , which must he thoroughly revised and reformed . Sir "William sketched out the scheme of a commission which , he suggested , should be composed of a member from each of the four great divisions of that House , 'with the addition of a fifth member selected from amongst the most eminent political
had economical writers of the day . 3 fr . Hume seconded the motion , and inveighed against the sreneral system and spirit of the colonial administration , which was managed too much with a view to patronage , without regard to the capacity of governors or to the interests of the country . Mr . IIawes opposed the scheme as an impracticable one , and protested against delegating the inquiry into great- Imperial questions , which ought to he discussed iu the House , to five gentlemen " who , though of discordant political sentiments , were expected , when brought together , like a " happy family , " to forego alf their antipathies . He maintained that Lord Grey had laid down larger principles of commercial policy than any other Colonial Secretary had done , and that SirW . Slolesworth , whose speech was full of exasperations , had laid no
ground for his motion . He then proceeded to justify those parts of Lord Grey's policy which had been assailed by Sir W . Moleswoith , and with respect even to the AVest Indies , said to be mined by the policy of the Colonial-office , Sir . Iiawes showed that ths success of the free trade policy was already manifesting itself . There were , no doubt , subjects of gcat importince affecting the interests of the colonies , which deserved consideration ; hut were all these ingredients—the effects of the abolition of slaTe .-v , tbclbim ? and thi cost of colonial government , waste lands—to he throvn iuto one common cauldron ? Such a comprehensive inquiry , which must involve the consideration whether or * not our colonial empire was worth retaining , would excite hopes and expectations which could not be realised , and paralyse a great executive depariant-nt of the state .
Jlr . Gladstoxe excepted to the terms of the motion , which seeaed to contemplate a minute inquiry into the governments of the different colonies , and all complaints and grievances there , and against the Colonial Department . But Sir W . Moleswoith did not propose to inquire into abuses of detail , or the conducs of individuals . Great , as he admitted , were the merits of Lord Grey , he had been led into serious errors , which called for measures of prevention ; and , looking to the general scope and object of the motion , he thought the time had arrived when an attempt should be made to improve our colonial system , founding his opinion , not upon one
single consideration , but upon the joint result of mauy considerations . He obviated some of the objections offered b y 3 ir . Uawes to the apsoiutment of a commission to inquire into tliesc ' sunjects , ¦ which a Colonial Secretary , overburdened and distracted Tjy so many duties , had not suffieii-nt time to consider as he ought ; and he believed that a commission appointed by the Executive Governratnit , and acting in harmony with that government , would afford it uWiul extraneous aid , and , so far from this being an extraordinary , it was a usual course , ; md one followed in other eases by the present government . Mr . Gladstone adverted to
various questions connected with important branches of our colon i al policy which called for inquiry , and might be fitly investigated by a well-chosen commission , and he therefore supported the motion . Mr . Laboucheub opposed the motion , which was grounded upon a sweepinsr , indiscriminate censure of the whole colonial policy of the empire , alike impolitic and unjust . The three classes of subjects to which the iuquiry of the commission was to be directed comprised almost the whole circle of duties belonging to the Government and Legislature with Teferenceto the colonies . However convenient it
might be to get rid of responsibility by shifting it upon a commission , he objected , as unconstitutional -to delegate to a body of this description functions which should be exercised upon their responsibility fcySfinisters of the Crown . He showed the distinction between a standing commission , contemplated by Sir W . Moleswortu , and commissions appointed for special and defined purposes , whose inquiries were of practical utility , whereas nothing could re Suit from the former but disappointment . The motion was supported by Mr . Scott and Mr . AdDEHLEX .
Lord J . Htjsseia was at a loss to know what were the definite objects of the proposed commission , -whose inquiries , in the terms of the motion , were so vast as to be beyond the power of any commission . It was an objection fatal to the whole scheme that , having such a multiplicity of subjects to inquire into , the commissioners could not possibly arrive at any rational conclusion as to any , and if they attempted to carry on the ordinary business of adjuinistratioa for the colonies , they would interfere \ ritu the functions of the exocutivegovernment , and might open fresh sources of complaint in the colonies , lie showed that an attempt to define the
limits of imperial and local questions might lead to disputes , and that the adjustment of the forms of colonial government by abstract rn ) es mijrht cause dissatisfaction . All questions of aihuiitiiuauuu were to oe uiciie . 1 by certain fixed principled , but in applying them the circumstances of the country must oe considered In such ? . commission all the responsibility of the government would be merged ; instead of this , it would be better to leave this like other questions , to be dealt with in the first instance by the responsible ^ Ministers of the Crown , and afterwards by the control and supervision of Parliament , which was in accordance with the free constitution of this countrv .
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After a short reply from Siv W . MoiEsvroirra . tlxq llouse divided , when the motion was negatived by 103 against 89 . . . „ The other orders having been disposed of , the Jlouse adjourned at one o ' clock .
¦ WEDNESDAY , Jr . \ -E 27 . . nOUSE OF ¦ COMMONS . —Sew Writ for Loxdos . —On the motion of Mr . J . A . Smith , a new writ was ordered for the City of London , in the room of Baron Lionel de Rothschild , who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . Pnisox DrsGiPiEfB . —The adjourned debate on Mr . C . Pearson ' s motion on the subject of prison discipline was resumed by Mi -. Bbothebtos , who quoted statistical details
showing- the great increase in the consumption of ardent spirits in the United Kingdom , contending that this was also the cause of the great increase in the amount of crime ; and till they struck at that all their efforts at improving prison discip line would be unavailing . Such a consumption of intoxicating drinks was not necessary for the' sustenance of life , and if the higher classes would only set a good example by giving encouragement to the sober , a great expenditure of money on account of criminals miffht be saved to the country . -
Sir H . Halford defended the separate system as " curative "—one of the terms employed in the motion—the best proof of which was to be found in the fact that the number of prisoners had diminished wherever that system was established . The hon . baronet concluded by moving as an amendment , that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the system of prison discipline at present applied to prisoners un der confinement in England and Wales . Mr . Fbewex supported the amendment . Mr . Alderman Sid . net thought the plan suggested by Mr . Pearson a speculative one , and considering the separate system the most beneficial , should vote for the amendment .
Lord Mauox complained of the needless voluminousness of the prison returns , and suggested their curtailment . Considering the plan involved in the motion as pregnant wieh difficulties , he could not support the motion ; neither did he think the amendment , if adopted , however desirable inquiry might be , could be useful at this advanced period of the session . Mr . B . DESISON spofce in favour of the separate system ; expressing his hope that the motion would meet with a direct negative , and that the amendment would be withdrawn for the present session , because no report worth reading could be made in less than two months .
Capfc . Hahkis and Mr . EoBEjirPALMEB bore testimony to the advantages resulting from the separate sy .-teai . ¦ . Sir G . Gket expressed his gratification at tho favonrablc testimony which had been that day given to the system of solitary confinement , one which the best information confirmed , as combining more than any other the two great objects" of deterring from crime and the reformation of the criminal . Bqwcver desirable an inquiry into prison discipline might be , he thought it would not be attended with anyfavourable result to appoint a committee till next
session . Mi \ IIbme contended that the present system was wholly futile for the purposes of reformation , and urged that the appointment of a committee ought to be the first act of the ensuing session , -with a view to the prevention of crime . It would be found far less expensive in the long run to educate children than to prosecute and maintain grown criminals . Sir . Adkekley advocated the expediency of an entirely new system of classification of criminals , cont nlmgthatat present there was no essential d gtinction between virtue and vice , education and punishment , nor between emigration and transportation .
Sir . J . Wja . Msi . Es expressed his entire concurrence in the necessity for the extension of education as a preventive of crime , and stated with referrence to juvenile delinquency , that in a gaol with which he was more particularly acquainted he had found from 300 to 400 boys and girls , of from eight to twelve years of age , brought in on successive charges from eight to ten times a year , a circumstance not to be wondered at when it was known that on their liberation they had no homes to go to but those of the infamous panderers to crime who waited at the prison gates , on the expiration of their imprisonment , for ths purpose of giving them the only employment they could obtain , namely , in re-enacting the very crimes which had before led to their incarceration . The expense to the country of juvenile criminals , in their prosecution and iiopri sonment , until some more signal crime led to their transportation , was infinitely greater than the cost of preparing them for a trade .
Mr . woranousE concurred in the expediency of extending education . Sir J . Pakixgtox , after the opinion expressed by Sir G . Grey , that inquiry was desirable by a committee , trusted that both motion and amendment would be withdrawn . Sir H . Halford withdrew his amendment ; and , after a reply from Mr . C . Pearson , the motion was withdrawn iilso , _ Bankrupt axd Insolvent Members Dim . —lhe House then went into committee upon this bill , when
Mr . Golbourx suggested the expediency of proceeding by resolution rather than by bill , which would subject the privileges of this llouse to the decision o ' f the other House ; a suggestion which was strongly ui-ged by Mr . Wtjot , and , after some conversation , tlic Chairman was moved out of the chair , in order to afford time for considering the course to be pursued , which appeared not without difficulty . The Benefices in Plurality Bill , which stood for second reading , was-withdrawn at the suggestion of Sir G . Gni : r . The General xsd Quarter Sessions Bill passed through committee . Protection of WomexBill . —Mr . Sfooxer moved the second reading of this bill , the object of which he explained , observing that the bill had been prepared with , great care by one of the chief legal authorities .
Mr . Anstey opposed the bill , which was onesided , and whilst inoperative for good it would be productive of harm . He moved its rejection . Mr . IIcme had always understood that the common law was sufficient for tlic protection oi women ; why , therefore , was new legislation called for ? The Attorney-General had no answer to give to this question , and he pointed out the defects of the hill , which he thought would weaken and relax the existing law . Mr . Spooxer said , the great object of the bill was to put an end to the trade of procuring , which the common law could not do , and ho professed his readiness to amend its defects in the committee . Mr . Ellis , Mr . Law , ' and Mr . Newdkgate , supported the bill .
SirG . Grey said , his obj ? ctii us to the bill were so strong that , unlesbe had a distinct assurance that they would be obviated in committee , he could not supsort it . Mr . Spooser gave bis assurance in the mest distinct terms . TJpan a division , Mr . Axstet ' s amendment was negatived by 130 against 0 . The discussion upon the original motion was resumed after the division , and continued until the hour of six arrived , when the Speaker quitted the chair .
( From our Second Edition ofw last eek . ) THURSDAY , JffiVE 21 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —State op the Nation —Tn compliance with a request made to him by Ml' Disraeli , Lord Jonx Bcsseix set apart Monday , Jul y 2 nd , for the discussion of the hon . gentleman ' s motion on the state of the nation . Equalisation of the Pooh Rates . —Lord Xugent , in a speech of details illustrative of the inequality
of rating for the relief of tho poor m various parishes and districts , moved for tiie appointment of -a committee to inquire into the practicability of better providing for the indigent - poor of England and Wales , by an equal ana general apportionment of the burden of the same . Mr . Baises considered the proposition of throwing the relief of the poor upon the general revenue to be a most mischievous one , and calculated to have a pernicious effect upon the country , and called upon the House to resist the motion .
Mr . Mackixxox and Mr . Broiuertox opposed the motion . Mr . Wodehodse supported the motion on the sole ground that the sanctioning the free-trade policy of 1816 had rendered a revision of the public burdens necessary . ¦ ¦» «• ¦ « - After some observations from- Mr . bPoosER and Mi-. Slaxet , in which they suggested the withdrawal of the motion , and aspeech from Col . Draws , having reference to Irish immigrants to Liverpool , Lord Nugext replied , and strangers were ordered to withdraw , the motion ultimately being negatived
without a division . - ¦ 2 £ atzo ! ml Education ( Ibelaxd . ) — Mr . G . A . Hamilton , in a speech illustrative of the difference existing between the National Hoard " and the Protestant clergy of Ireland , on the subject of cduca tion , moved , " That an address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct that such a modification of the system of Xaiional Education iu Ireland liwy bo made , as may remove the conscientious objections which a large proportion of the clergy and laity of the Established Church entertain to that system as at present carried into operation ; or , otherwise , tliat means may be taken to enable those of the clergy and laity of the Established Church who entertain such conscientious objections , to extend the blessings of Scriptural Education in Ireland . "
Hi . Xamer seconded tho motion , which was supported by Lord Bekxabd , Sir A . Brooke , Mr . Newdegatu , audLord Claude Hamilton ; and opposed
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bV sirWSoMEnvnICMr 7 MoohB , Lord John Itus-SEU-, and Mr . Reynolds . . . ' On " a division the motion was negatived by a majority of . 60 , tho numbers 102 to 102 . ¦ , ¦ ¦ TWO HOW bills were introduced , and others advanced a stage ; a division taking place on the Marria ges ( Scotland ) Bill , which went into committee , but without any progress being made , and the House resumed and adjourned . ( From our Third Edition oj'last week . ) FRIDAY , June 22 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —The report on the Inisn Encumbered Estates Bill was brought up with
amendments , and on the motion of Lord CAairBELL ordered to be reprinted , and to be recommitted on Monday next . ' , Affirmation Bill . —Lord Penman then moved the second reading of the Affirmation B : ll , the object of which was to extend to all non-jurors the liberty of affirmation at present enjoyed by Quakers and Moravians . A smart debate ensued , Lord Brocoh-am , opposing the bill , in which course ho was followed by the Earl of Wicklow and Lord Abinoer , while the Duke of Argyll and Lord Campbell
strenuously supported it . ... The bill was ultimately thrown out on a division , the numbers being—For the second reading 10 , against it 34 . Majority , 24 . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The French Intervention in Rome . —Mr . Roebuck put a question , in order to ascertain from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any disapprobation ha < been expressed by the government of the proposed bombardment of Rome by the French . The hon . member made an interesting and powerful statement of the facts , and condemned in strong language
the proceedings of the French authorities . Ue called upon the Foreign Secretary , on the pait of England , to express his strongest reprobation of all that had occurred . , ,.,,,. Viscount Palmerston , after referring to the delicacy of his position , said emphatically , and . amit « eneral cheering , that the government had witnessed the circumstances referred to with very deep re ° rrpt England was no party to the transaction ; and we La 1 strongly deprecated these uafovtanate proceedings from the first . The House then went into Committee of \ V ts and Means , when
The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to make his Financial statement , ne commenced by saying that although not so favourable as it would have been had it been made earlipr in the year ,-he trusted his statement would not be wholly linsatisfac'tory to the country . The affairs ot the continent , the famine in Ireland , and the interruption of our trade with the Baltic , had all combined against us during the past year , lie then referred to his budget of last year . The actual revenue of the year had been less than he then anticipated , owing to an unexpected
falling off in the receipts from stamps . His estimate of the expenditure for tho past year had also been exceeded owing to payments on account of Irish distress , and for an excess on ' naval expenditure . On the whole , however , there had been an actual surplus of income over expenditure during the past year . He felt himself perfectly warranted in taking the ordinarj sources of revenue for the ensuing year at quite as high a rate as in preceding years . There was an improvement in the manufacturing districts , money was easy , there was a good supply of bullion in the country , and he saw no reason whatever for anticipating any decline of our present prosperity . The right Eon . gentleman concluded by putting a formal vote into the hands of the chairman of
committees . Various members addressed the committee in succession and on miscellaneous topics , after which the resolution was agreed to . The Transportation for Treason ( Ireland ) Bill Committee . —On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair , ' Mr . Moore addressed the House . He asked whether a parliament which had just sanctioned the principle of compensating rebels for treason in Canada , would sanction such a monstrous bill as this ? If the Crown had not the power to
transport Mr . Smith O'Brien now , ought that power to be conferred by ex 2 > ost facto legislation ? It was a mistake to say ' that the object of the bill was to substitute mercy for rigour . In effect , it imposed transportation for imprisonment , a severer for the lig hter punishment . The House having gone into committee , Mr . Anstey charged the Irish members with want of sincerity , unanimity , and " pluck , " in opposing this measure , and declaimed against it in violent language for upwards of an hour . He moved the omission of words in the first clause rendering the bill a declaratory enactment .
The Attorney-General and SirG . Ghev opposed the amendment ; which was supported by the Irish members and Mr . Muntz . The object was stated to be to pave the way for other amendments denuding the bill of its ex post / actooperation . The amendment was rejected by 151 to 27 . Mi - Reynolds moved another amendment , with a view to remove the retrospective operation of the bill . This amendment was also rejected , the numbers being 140 to 2-4 . A third amendment of Mr . Anstey was also rejected on a division . The bill then passed through commitee , and the third reading was fixed for Monday next , and the House adjourned .
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THE EX-DUKE OF BRUNSWICK v . THE WEEKLY DISPATCH . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , Tuesday , June 26 . The ex-Duke of Brunswick said , this was an action brought by himself against the proprietor of the I Vccldy Mspatch newspaper , to recover damages foi a scries of libels published in tiiat paper respecting himself A-om the year 1830 down to the present time . This was not the first occasion on which he had come into : \ n English court of justice in order to vindicate his character from libellous imputations , and he had already been successful in putting down the Age , the Satirist , and other newspapers , which had made him the object of their attacks . His Highness then proceeded to read at length the libellous articles of which he now complained , one
of which , published in the Dispatch on the 26 th of September , \ i ¥ l , described him as the "Duke of Brunswick who had been dismissed by his outraged and indignant subjects ; and another , * published on October 3 rd , 1847 , spoke of George IV . as having enough of his own crimes to answer for without answering for those of the Duke of Brunswick . The libel on which the plaintiff appeared most to rely , and which he contended showed the animus of the later libels , was an article published in the year 1830 , giving an account of the causes which Jed to the revolution by which the inhabitants of Brunswick expelled the " reigning Duke , tho present plaintiff , and substituted his brother in his place . In that article he was described as a " wretch" who hud exhausted the patience of his subjects . , and as " guilty of every sort of robbery anil fraud , " and
one supposed to bo callable of any crime ; and it concluded with expressing a hope that the Holy Alliance would not interfere to reinstate " such a monster . " lie ( the Duke of Brunswick ) understood that the defendant meant to-day to justify these publications on the ground that they were comments upon a public character , but that argument was untenable , for public men were liable to bo exposed to hatred by libellous attacks upon their political as well as upon their private conduct . Such attacks , also , were especially calculated to expose their persons to danger . His Highness then read several letters which he had caused to be written to the defendant , expostulating with him on his conduct , the only result of which was the publication of other articles which the plaintiff also complained of as libellous .
Evidence was then given of the publication of the several libels , one of which , originally published in 1830 , was republishcd by the defcndant ' buly . ' asliort time since , by being sold to a person sent to the Dispatch office by the plaintiff , to purchase the paper . A copy of the number required could not lie found on the first day when the party called , but the people at the office having made diligent search found one the day followihg , when the messenger of the Duke of Brunswick again called , by appointment . The publication and proprietorship of the paper were then proved , which completed the plaintiff ' s case .
Sir F . Thesioeu addressed the court for the defence . The case was a remarkable one , for it began with a charge of libel , alleged to have been published so far back as 1830—nineteen years ago . Probably the person who penned the article was dead . Indeed ' , the duke ' s course was not a little remarkable . He said " It is true that from 1830 down to 1847 nothing appeared in the columns of the Weekly Dispatch of which I have a right to complain , but in the year 1847 I find the words ' outraged and indignant subjects . ' . In 1848 I find tho words ^ ' ruthlessly hurled from his throne . ' " He ( Sir . Frederick Thesiger ) found in tho same paper that it
was stated that other exilos had favoured this land with their presence ; but the ingenious way in which the publication of 1830 was made to speak , at the present day , since it was riiiso « l us the weans of « i : ikii : ij or . t thu publication of iiiii autl 1 S 4 S , this was the most remarkable mode of making a person accountable for libel that ho had over heard in a court of justice . If the action stood merely upon the articles of 1847 and ISIS there would be no pretence for alleging that they were libels , so that it was only by making them * point to what had appeared in 1830 , and making it interpret what had been published in the lalteryoars that the duke could seek damages at their hands . But he thought if they were to consider tho article of-1830 as making part of this inquiry they would bo much mistaken , since the < iuestiou thev would have to
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dceWwouia be one ' of a very different character . They : would have to say whether a journalist was or was not entitled to discuss matters of public ant ffcnoral importance . - He asserted and vindicated the right of tho public-press- * right to . attack the public characters of public men , and to express its stron g iuid honest opinion upon all pubic events . They were matters of history upon which every man had a right to form , and to express his independent opinion in this free country ; and he would venture to say , that if they looked carefully into the columns of the newspapers that were presented to their notice , they would see nothing but remarks upon the public conduct and public character of the duke , which he assorted , the public press of tins
country had a right to animadvert upon in any terms , however strong , provided they were satisfied that it was not done with any private malice or with the view of assailing his private reputation through the medium of his public one . Notv , the events with which the Duke of Brunswick was mixed up were events of great public and political importance , and had become , . therefore , part of the common property of the history of Europe . It was perfectly clear , from the letter of Mr . Odtly , which had . been put in , that he was compelled to leave his country , as a revolution took place there , tliat his palace was set on fire , and that he was obliged to escape ; that his brother was now seated upon tho throne from which this iournal asserted he had been driven .
The public journalist took different historical events into his consideration , and expressed iiisopinion how revolutions were effected of an unexpected character , and his opinions upon those who were the principal actors in them . If the proprietors of the Weekly dispatch believed that the Duke of Brunswick had acted the part of a traitor , that lie had excited the disgust and hatred of his subjects , that they rose indignantly against his oppression , that _ they hurried him from tho throne , was there any thing in the constitution of this country or in law , as applicable to the press of this country , which could restrain the cxpresssion of those opinions and feelings which he mig ht think proper to express upon the occurrence of such events ? The learned gentleman
then enumerated the attacks which had been made by the press of this country on Louis Philippe , Charles Albert , " ifec . He now came to the real question between'the plaintiff . and tho defendant , and the liberty of the press in this country . He denied that the defendant had published any attack whatever on tho private character of the duke . The duke , by his secretary , said he was not sent away —that he left voluntarily , and that his subjects in order" to show their regret made a bonfire of his palace . But the Weekly Dispatch took a different view—it thought and said that this palace was not set on .-fire" in order to li g ht a beacon' to guide him on his jury . But the duke , in his secretary ' s letter , had libel ' led and slandered the dead and living iv
relatives of the dead , saying that ueorge . naa enough of sins of his own to answer , for without taking the additional weight of his ( the Duke of Brunswick ' s . ) The duke knew that the letter could not be produced in evidence , baing written to the editor of tho paper . Ho therefore commenced his action , and made the purchase of the very paper in which the letter had appeared , the ground of Jus proceedings . Such a course was unworthy nnd ungenerous . They could have no doubt that this action was brought " in order that the letter assailing the character of the living and the dead should be produced—otherwise why was the matter allowed to slumber for nineteen years . He contended that the editor of the Dispatch could not be hold
liable for a publication of a letter of tho plaintiff's . A letter sent to a private individual could not be held a publication unless sent with the view of committing a breach of the peace . What was the argument used ? Why , because the articles of 1847 and 1848 contained the very common word " outrage , " which also occurred in the article of 1830 , that the writer of the latter articles must h < ivc had the former letter in his mind . Such was the slender foundation upon which this superstructure was based . Tho alleged libel likened the plaintiff to the " village despot" and " common pelted sovo-s reign , " the Duke of Lucca . But tho Duke of Lucca had not thought proper to brine an action .
It went on to say that the plaintiff carried off his jewels , and it must be said that such an act was one of a pi-irate rather than of a public nature , and therefore it was a libel , but , with Dogberry he might say , " Comparisons are odious . ' Then another of tiie alleged libels consisted in a . long article , in which the name of tho plaintiff was not mentioned , except that he was " driven from his throne by his outraged and indignant subjects . " The Duke said ho was not . The Weekly Dispatch said ho was . They woro not there to try the merits of the revolution in Brunswick , whether the Duke \ vas driven away for his misrule by the popular indignation , but they had to say whether a public journal had a right to remark upon public
objects , and whether it had a right to assert its views for the benefit of those to whom the publication was addressed . But if they fettered tho press in the expression of its judgment on matters of this kind , the liberty of the press must be at an end . He ( Sir F . Tbesiger ) held that the plaintiff was a fail' object of criticism , and that the Weekly Dispatch had acted properly in what it had done , fie should like to know whore they were to stop if the Duke of Brunswick was to bo allowed to come into an English court of justice to gag the British press , and to prevent its expressing its opinions honestly and fearlessly with regard to the public events that happened in his kingdom , and to the circumstances which led to his bailiff driven from it . Whore were
they to draw the line ? The Duke of Brunswick was not to have a monopoly in those actions ; he was not to be the only public person who was . to bo exempted from the attacks of the press . The same principle wbjck applied to the Duke of Brunswick to-day would apply to every other reigning or exiled monarch to-morrow ; and tho result would be that it would bo quite impossible to express any , opinion on public nwttei's , except in that mincing way which was far from desirable in a public journal , lie , therefore , stood upon this ground ; he utterly denied th . it there had been anything like the publication of an article in the year 1830 " for which the defendants were to be held responsible to the' Duke of Brunswick , or that in the article of 1847 or 1 S 48
there was anything which , m the slightest degree , reflected on the private character , or the Duke of Brunswick . He ( Sir F . Tlicsiger ) did most earnestly and anxiously assert the right of this or any public journal to express fearlessly its opinion of the Duke ' s public conduct , if it thought that conduct was obnoxious to public comment ; and if the jury , by their vei'diet , should lay down a contrary principle , they would do more to destroy the liberty of the press than had been done for many years before . He thought this public journal was completely defended in this action ; and he certainly looked with some anxiety to the result of this investigation , but not without a most sanguine hope that that result would be a verdict for the ' defcudant .
Lord Denjian' then summed up the evidence to the jury , and said that probably the later libels published by the defendant would not have boon made the subject of complaint , if the plaintiff had not been led to discover that they were but a , continuation of a series of libels tue publication of which Commenced in the year -1830 Tho defendant had pleaded the Statute of Limitations as to tliat libel , but that plea would not avail him , inasmuch as there had been a fresh publication of that paper . Tho questions for the jury then would be , were the publications libellous ; ami , if so , to what amount of damages was the plaintiff entitled . lie ( Lord Dcnmaii ) thought that in this country a writer had no ri ght to charge a public character with being a
tyrant by his public acts , unless ho was prepared with proofs to show that the charge was true ; and the article originally published in 1 S 30 , and recently l'o-publisbcd by the defendant , did not , in his ( Loril Denman ' s ) opinion , fall within the limits of political remark , It accused the plaintiff of having outraged the feelings of his subjects , and refused them a constitution sanctioned by George IV ., and that he had needlessly continued in time of peace the taxes imposed in time of war . It declared that he oppressed his subjects and punished them without trial , and then described him as n , wretch who had exhausted the patience of his subjects , and had been guilty of ovory sort of robbery andfraud . His lordship then read several passages of . i similar import from tho
paper iu question , and said that the publication was not protected by _ the Statute of Limitations . His lordship then said that the article went on with considerable eloquence to declare that this country stood in the proud position of being the sole haven of peace and safety in which exiles from foreign lands could take shelter . That statement was true , and it was a proud thing for this . country that such a statement could truly be made respecting it : It was , however , the duty of journalists not to attack those persons who sought refuge in this haven of repose , by accusing them of crimes which , if true , ought to subject them to punishment . His lordship then left it to the jury to say whether tho publications were libellous ; and , if so , what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to . The Jury retired , and , on their return into court , gave a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 500 damages .
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TnB FiKAwciAii Reform Association of St . r . in-Cras have addressed through their secretary , to Sir B . Hall , a copy of a- resolution , passud at a meethi" ' of the association , calling upon him to resign his seat in parliament . Tiiolion . baronet , in his reply states that he has represented the borough for more than eleven years , and during that time has always been at the service of his constituents ; he therefore considers it unreasonable , when labouring under bodily ; sickness , to which even a member for Marylebouo is subject , that ho should be called upon iO rcsijmhis seat , and he accordingl y replies "I have no hesitation in delaring that I shall not aocede to such a proposition . " n Tir a Chief use of a bachelor , according to the Ualtvnorc Anwkan , is . to count one iu the obnsus .
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Goodman ,-the chief-clerk , stated . -that upwards of 4 , 000 siuninonses had been , issued against them within the Jast year . THAMES . —Jonathan Webb Clarke , a biscuit baker , and William Clarke , liis son , who had been liberated on bail , surrendered before Mr . Yardley to answer a charge of setting fire to the premises of Messrs . Gordon nnd Godfrey , carpenters and siu > ioiners , iu Orange-court , Groat Hermitage-street , Wapping , on tlic night of Saturday , the 14 th inst . —Mr . yiu-dley said that Mr . Pelhain had not advanced his case since the ' first examination , when lie had decided there was not sufficient evidence to call upon the prisoners for a defence . They would therefore be discharged .
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CORN . ¦ Mark-use , Monday , June 25 ,-Our supplies of both Enclish and foreign wheat were very short this morning . En glish wheat sold readily at an advance oi 2 s to 3 s per qr ., anSfine foreign , particularly Dantzig , 2 s per qr on last Mondnv ' s prices , inferior sorts ot foreign dull and without alteration , l'lour readier sale at improved rates . Grmdinir barley met with more buyers , and was Is per qr . dearer . Beans and peas at rather higher prices . The oat trade , owing to the small arrivals , was Cd to Is per qr . Wither than this day week , with an improved demand . Forei" -n rye dull sale , and Is cheaper . Lmsuitd und cukes very dull . The weather is extremely fine ami warm , and the crops of-hay are being got in in fine order , and yield abundantly . _ _ .. ¦¦¦ -. „ . . . „
tornsB . -yrhttit-nsscx , Suffolk , . and Ivcnt , red , 40 s to 48- ditto white , « s to « s , Lincoln , Norfolk , ami Yorkshire red , 39 s to 47 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 39 s to 44 s ditto red , 87 s to 45 s , Devonshire and . Somerset " shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , ' 24 s to 30 s , Scotch , 'Us to 28 s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s iwle o - 2 s to 5 tis . peas , grey , new , 30 s to 32 s , maple 30 s to 84 s vhite , 25 s to 27 s , boilers ( new ) , 29 s to 31 s , beans , large , new , 25 s to 28 s , ticks 2 Cs to 29 s , harrow , 26 s to 29 s , pigeon , 28 s to ois , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 17 s tolUs , ditto Poland and potato , . ] Ss to 22 s , Ucvuick and Scotch , 18 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , ISs to 21 s , Irish feed , and black , 10 s to 19 s , ditto potato , 183 to 21 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseetf , Kssex , nuw , £ 20 to £ 28 per last , earraway seed , Essex , new , 20 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to JE-llOs per ton , linseed , £ . ' ¦) 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , flour ner sack of 2801 bs . ship , 31 s to 32 s , town , 40 s to 42 s .
Foueign . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 50 s to 5 Gs , Aiihalt ana Marks , 40 s to 4 Gs , ditte white , 45 s to 50 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to Ms , Rostock 42 s to 50 s , Danish , Ilolstein , ana Friesland , 36 s to 42 s , Petersburgh , Archaugel , and Riga , 30 s to 44 s , Polish Odessa , 37 s to 42 s , Marfanopoli , and Herdianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 3 Ss to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Snlouica , ' 33 s to 30 s , Egyptian , 24 s to' 2 ( is , rye , 21 s to . 23 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , l » s to 23 s , Danish , . 20 s to 24 s , Saal , 22 s to 20 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , 10 s to i " s , Danube , 16 s to 17 s , peas , white , 20 s to 28 s , new boilers , 28 s to 30 s , ' beans , horse , 25 s to 2 ( is , pigeox , 30 s to 826 , ' Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 13 s to 10 s , ditto , thick and brew , IGs to 20 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 149 to 17 s , flour , United States , I ' . er lUOlbs ., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburg 22 s to 23 s , Dautzig and Stettin , 22 s to 24 s , French per 28 Ulbs ., 33 s to 35 s .
June 27 . —With still very limited supplies of grain , and an improvement in prices of Wheat in most of our country markets , the trade in Mark-lane is very firm to-day . Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 590 quarters ; foreign , 4 , 340 quarters . Barley—Foreign , 4 , 450 quarters Oats—English , 1 , 880 quarters ; foreign , 12 , 070 iniurterE . Flour—English , 1 , 470 sacks .
BltEAD . The prices of wheatmi bread in the metropolis , are from rd to 74 d ; of household ditto , oa to via per 4 ir > s loaf .
CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , June 25 . —The supply of Foreign beasts in to-day ' s market was small ; but that of sheep , lambs , and calves was extensive . We were tolerably well , but not to say heavily , supplied with home-feu" beasts , tho time of year considered . The general quality of that description of stock was prime . The attendance of both tow * and country buyers being good , and the dead markets weil cleared of their " hist week ' s supplies , the beef trade was firm , at an advance in tlie quotations paid on Monday last of quite 2 ( 1 per Slbs . A few of the primest . Scots produced 4 s ; but the general top figure for beef did not exceed 3 s lOd per Slbs . At those currencies , a good clearance was effected . The numbers of sheep were ngaiu extensive , and of excellent quality , The line itrime downs on offer sold at full prices , Viz ., from ds 10 d to 4 s per Slbs . AH other breeds moved off slowly at unaltered quotations . Lambs were in full average supply , and heavy demand , at Friday ' s decline iu value of 2 d per Slbs . —the top price for down qualities not exceeding 3 s 3 d per Slbs . The veal trade was in a sluggish State , at last week ' s quotations . The demand lor fat pigs was heavy , at barely late rates .
Head of Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts * .. .. 3 , 0171 Calves .. .. 309 Sheep .. .. 80 , 420 1 l'igs 240 Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offitlj . Beef .. 2 s Cd to 3 s 10 d I Veal .. 3 s Od to 3 s lCd Mutton .. 3 s 2 d .. 4 s Ud I Pork .. 32 .. 4 O Lamb .... 4 s Cd to 5 s 8 d . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadeniiall , Monday , June 25 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 < 1 to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Cd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; largo pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s Cd ; inferior mutton , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; middling ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s ( id to 3 s Sd ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s Sd ; small pork , iis Sd to is 0 d ; lamb , 4 s Gd to 5 s 8 d .
PROVISIONS . Losdox , June 2-3 . —Our market is healthy , and the prospects rather more encouraging . There was a good business done in Irish butter last week , and the prioes current Aiere for Ciirlow , Gt ! s to 72 s ; Wnterfwd , CGs to GDs ; Cork , G 8 s to 70 s per cwt . landed , and at corresponding rates on board . Foreign in fair request ; but the increased supply and hot weather occasioned : t reduction of 4 s per cwt . on the finer descriptions . Uneon was liberally dealt in at an udvuuceofi ' sto 4 spci <(!\ vt and prices closed firmly for Irish at from aOs to 72 s ; American , 44 s to 52 . Scalded middles attracted more attention , at 34 s to 4 i 5 s per cwt ., as iu quality and kind . Hams found buyers at from DCs to 78 s per cwt . Lard sold slowly ; bladders at 50 s to G 2 s , and kegs iit Ufis to Us per uwt . E . s ' glish tfUTTER Market , June 28 . —Our trade opens heavily to-day at declining prices , the sli ght advance made last week being now completely lost . Dorset , line weekly , 78 s to 80 s per cwt . ; du . middling , CCs to 70 s ; Devon , do ., CSs to 70 s ; Fresh ISuckinghamshire , Ss to 10 s per dozen ; do . West Countrv , ( is to 8 s .
FRUIT AM > VEGETABLES . - Coyest Gabdex , Monday , June 25 . —Asparagus Is Cd to 4 s par bundle ; strawberries -hi tolsnci' pottle ; peaches , 3 Ds per dozen ; cut'umbers , Od to 2 s Ud per brace ; green peas J Od to Is 3 d , green currants 4 s Ud to 6 s Od , gooseberries 2 s ( id to 3 s Od , old onions 4 s to 4 s Cd , per half sieve ; Summer cabbages , Cd to lOd , e ;; uliflowers , 2 s totis . and horseradish Is 6 d to ;' s jkt dozen wends ; tumliis s ' s to Ss , arnvts 4 s to us Od , onions Is to 2 s Ud , turnip mulshes tid . to Sd , and greens 2 s lid to 2 s ad per dozen bundles ; pine apples Us to 7 s , hothouse grapes 4 s to 8 s , cherries 3 d to Is , and new potatoes i tl to Gil per lb ; oranges S 3 to 15 s , lemons us to 10 s , and forced French beans Is to Is M lier him-( U-ed ; mushrooms Cd to Is per punnet ; cos lettuces Gil to Sd per score ,
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Loxdon-, June 2 G . —The sugar market has opened with a . very firm appearance , 4 S 0 hhds . of West India sold ut the extreme prices of last week to lid advance ; 7 , 000 bags Mauritius sold with spirit in public sale , at rather higher piices than the currency of last week : yellow , 37 s toSUs ; ! ind 2 , 5 U 0 bags Bengal , white Benares , 4 Us to 42 s . Ud . Keh ' ned market firm ; grocery lumps , 51 s ( id to 53 s . C ' ofi'EE . — A further advance of Cd lists been established on good ordinary native Ceylon . 3 , 000 bags sold in publio sale ; good to very good , 35 s lid to 30 s Cd ; inferior , 34 s to 35 s . Tlisse prices show an i- . dvanee of fully Is on tlit ; public sale prices ot" Friday last . About a , - . ' 00 bays of this description were exported last week , which is a novel feature , and induced the trade to huv froelv to-day Rice . —Senrly all of the 7 , 300 bags llwigjil offered to-day were bought in b y the importers at full prices ; about i ) 0 l > bags low white mixed with broken sold at Ss Ud to Us .
COAL . ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) London , . tune 20 . —Market heavy in anticipation of further arrival*—BuiKUVs West Hartley , Us ; Carr's Hartley , l « 's yd ; Walker ' s I'rfmrose , rjs ; Eden Main , lus HilvoMSWOrlh West Uartloy , Us ; Wall ' s-cud il-. swulJ llis ( id ; Wall ' s End lletton , IGs 3 d ; Wall ' s End Lmubtou ' lus yd ; Wall ' s End Stewart ' s , 10 s Ud ; Wall ' s End Toes , 10 s 3 d ; Lltingenneeli , 22 s lid . Shins at market , 198 ; sold , 126 .
WOOL . Crrr , Monday , June 20 . —The imports of wool into London were lavgu ugnin last week , and there will be a goud choice at the July auctions . Prom i ' ort l'liilip tlic ijuah-Ut v received is S . ISU bales , from Van Uiciueu ' s Land 1 , 9 US bulus , from Germany 479 bales , liuinios Awes 8 G bales Turkey 142 bales , iiombay - jm bales , Italy 8 us bales , &c . ' Liverpool , June ' . 'S . —Scotch . —There is no new feature in , pur Scotch wool market this week , manufacturers having a supply sufficient for immediate wauts , will postpone increasing stocks at present rates , exueetin" toaotthe new wool somewhat lower in price , Laid Highland Wool , per 24 Jbs .. G 0 to 7 o ' IVirite Highland do . .. .. J ' J 10 C Laid Crossed do ., unwashe d .. 8 < J 10 0 Uo . do ., washed .. .. .. 8 0 12 ' 0
Do . Jheviot do ., vinwashed ., !) D 12 0 Do ., do ., washed .. .. 1 + o i 7 r ¦ White Cheviot do . do . .. " J | n ' " o Imports for the week ., ,. G 8 bag ' s Vrmmtij this year ., .. 4 , 4 Sluags . Foreign—There has been more doing thivJveek ' bv nri vate contract , with rather a better tone cvuVm W tL l \ vourable results of the fairs iS GmnSm Imports for the week .. ° i 518 bale
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WESTMINSTER— Violent Assault . —Margaret DoXrfcv . " « i short thick-set woman , between 30 Snd fears of age , was charged with ttofoUowing . unprorokod and violent assault-lhe complaint , John M'AWra , a very rospectablc-iooKing elderly man , stated , tliat . on the Fevi ? us " ng he was standing at the street door of his house in White Lion-street , Chelsea , when the defendant , who was a perfect stranger to him , came up to him , and requested that he would giro her a tew halfpence to procure some drink with . He repiiea that , as he was perfectly unacquainted with her , it was not likely that he should comply with her request , and , upon her repeating it , positively told her that he should not give her anything . He then walked in-rloors , when defendant followed , and havin <* again importuned him , with ho better success leave Uie
than before , declared that she would noD place unless he acceded to her request . He again refused , and with some difficulty succeeded in puttin * her out of the house , when she commenced knocking at the door very violently , and upon lua opening it she inflicted a desperate kick upon his shin , causing a wound from which the hlood flowed so copiously as to completely saturate his stocking . She then seized him violently , and tore the tail of his coat completely ofl . The arrival of a policeman fortunately put an end to further violence on-her part . —Benjamin Poole , 143 B , said , that on going to the door of complainant ' s house , Jio found the defendant , who was under the influence of liquor , creating a considerable disturbance . Complainant was bleeding very much from a wound on the leg . — Mr . Burrell asked the defendant what she had to say ?—She replied that she had taken a little drop to drink : but it was not true that she had kicked
complainant . He must have hurt his leg , she was sure , in a fall . —Mr . Burrell remarked , that her conduct was unprovoked and most outrageous . She had , while in a state of drunkenness , applied to a stranger standing at his own door for the means of providing herself with more liquor , and upon his very properly refusing she had been guilty of the violent conduct detailed . He should , therefore , fine her £ 5 for the assault , and in default of payment commit her for two months . —She was sent to ' prison . ' _ ' _ „
Ruffianly Conduct of a Soldier . —T . Shoesmith , a private in the 1 st Life Guards , was charged with being drunk , neul-cting to pay a cab fare , commuting two vi 'lent assaults , and resisting the poiu-e in the execution of their duty . —E . ward Dobson , an elderly man afflicted with deafness , stated that the prisoner got into his cab on the previous night neat the Lying-in Hospital , Old-street Road , and ordered him to drive to the top of Sloane-street , Knightsbridge . On arriving there the defendant , who was very drunk , was asleep ; and complainant having succeeded in waking him , alighted , when complainant demanded his fare , 2 s . 8 d . Defendant walked away towards Brompton , when complainant followed and repeated his demand . Defendant replied , " I'll pay you in a minute , " and suddenly turning round , struck complainant a violent blow in the mouth , which nearly knocked out all his teeth . Defendant made a second blow at him , but he
formnately succeeded iu avoiding it . A . number of persons came round , and he gave the defendant into custody . —Joseph Fowkes , 203 B , stated that on his taking the defendant into custody , he struck him violently in the chest . He was drunk , and made so desperate a resistance that it required seven or eigsit other constables t » convey him to the station-hotlse . —Defendant at first'saM that he paid the driven half-a-crown before he got out of the cab , but he afterwards stat ' d that he paid him ss he was getting out . lie was drunk , but he cou'dn't believe that h « struck an old man like the cab-driver ; he must have pushed him or-something of that sort . —Mr . Burrell observed that the defendant ' s . conduct had been most violent , and ordered him to pay a fine of £ 5 , or be committed for two months for the assault on the cabmau , and in additiim sentenced him to a month ' s imprisonment for the assault upon the constable .
CLERKENWELL . —An Eanoft— EUsn Abbott , a handsome , well-dressed y-ung woman , was charged by Mr . J . Burns , of Griiid . illhall , Cumberland , on suspicion of stealing £ 40 in Bank of England notes . Mr . Burns , on Monday e-ening , arrived in London by the railway , and having repaired to a tavern , and secreted his pocket-book , he took a stroll about the town , and meeting some friends drank rattier too freely . As he was returning to his hotel he fell ill with the prisoner whom he accompanied to a house where they remained together about half-an-hour . Being intoxicated at the time , he feli into a sound s ' eep , and on awakening felt in his pockets , and not
finding his property , he charged the prisoner with having robbed him . She denied it , but he gave her into custody , when she was locked up . In the course of the night it came to his recollection that he had placed the pocket-book and notes under the bed at his lodgings , where he found them all safe . — The prisoner cried bitterly , saying it was a very hard case to be charged as a felon when she was innocent . —Mr . Burns expressed his do * p regret that such a mistake should have occurred , and he was willing to make the prisoner every reparation in his power . — Mr . Combe said it . was the least he could do , and he hiinded to the prisoner two sovereigns and a hilf , and she was discharged-
-WORSHIP-STREET . —Mr . James Edwards , a managing clerk in the service of a wholesale glass manufacturing firm in Ghiswoll-street , appeared , upon remand , to answer tho charge of having grossly insulted several ladies residing at Hackney nnd Dnlston . —About eight o ' clock in the evening of Tuesday se ' nnight , Holland , the warrantofficer . was proceeding through a secluded lane leading to Hackney-grove , when his attention was attracted by loud screams and cries of "Police , " and upon hastening to the spot he found two ladies in such a state of distressing agitation tliat they were unable to speak to him ; a maid servant , however , who accompanied them informed him that a person in the dress of a gentleman had" shnmciuHv misconducted
himself towards them , and having pointed out tho path ho had taken , the officer started in the same direction , but had only gone a short distance ivlien to met two other ladies , who complained that they had been subjected to similar indecency . Observing the prisoner at the same moment * . proceeding leisurely along an adjoining pathway , the officer called upon him to stop , on which the * prisoner instantly took to flight , but . after a sharp and protracted pursuit he was overtaken and secured , when the disordered appearance of his dress presented incontcstible evidence in confirmation of the charge . He was perfectly sober at the time he was taken . Holland intimated that , he had experienced great difficulty ia inducing the ladies wiio hud been so
insulted to come forward in support of such a case , but bad sucoeded ultimately in securino- the attendance of two of them , who felt that thoy were performing- a public duty , and protecting their own sex h . v appearing to prosecute . - Two respectable female witnesses were then called , and deposed that tho prisoner had not only acted with tho grossest indelicacy to themselves and three ladies whom he had separately followed for the purpose , but had pursued tlic same disgusting conduct towards a- little girl six years of age , and afterwards followed a fourth lady , whom Iu ) personally assaulted in the most infamous manner . —Mr . Heritage , ' who appeared for the defence , cross-examined tho witnesses with a view to show that they were altogether incorrect in the opinions they hail formed with regard
to his client ' s conduct and intentions ; hut they both denied tliafi such was the case , a . tid persisted iu their original statement . —Mr . Arnold considered that the case had been clearly established , and sentenced tlic prisoner to be conimitted for three months to the llouse of Correction , as a rogue and vagabond ; at the expiration of which he was required fo ' putin substantial bail for his good behaviour for the further term of six months . —Upon hearing the sentence the prisoner became greatly agitated , and entreated the magistrate to direct his ' officers to afford protection to his wife , to whom he had bcen ' only recently married , and who was so painfully affected at the degraded position in which he was placed , that unless some means were adopted for her safety , he felt satisfied she would destroy herself .
' MANSION-HOUSE . —Tmcks op Osixibus Conductors . —G . Hoe , the conductor of an omnibus which runs irom Bayswatcr to the City , was summoned for laving unlawfully deceived Mr . E . Sharpe , of Marklane , as to the destination of the vehicle . —Mr . Sharpe , it appeared , got into the omnibus at Bavswater , having observed the words " Blackwall lailway upon the flag , and intending to be . set down there . When the omnibus reached the Bank some of the passengers got out , but Mr . Sharpe said ho wished to be put down at the Blackwall station . The omnibus then went along Cornhill and into Leadenhall-streot , and stopped to set him down at the corner of Billitor-stroct instead of taking him to Fenchurch-strcet . Upon bcin" expostulated with tho conductor merely said "You may as woll walk a dozen yards to save me . rouble , and refused to convey Mr . Sharpe any far ther . —Thj ) . defendant said the direction upon his oar to
flag wasj ' . ^ . the Blackwall Railway . "—Aid . Carden having examined the flag , observed that the words "Blackwajl Railway" were in large letters , but the words » near to" were in letters not visible at even a , very short distance , and quite invisible to near- sighted persons . It was polpablv a trick , and no napped to bo aware of tho existing practices ainonpt conductors and drivers , and was determined , upon every occasion on which an offeuce of the kind should be proved before him , to inflwt the ftedtf /\ - , -Thc 0 W ?? thc onmibttssubto X ? i ? V }™ would not P emit bim to go to the Blackwall station .-The Alderman said that epubhe vroro much indebted to Mr . Sbarpefor etroiiblo te bad taken . The ' Alderman thenfinS the conductor in the full penalty of 20 s , and coate .-whi i L UVpe P 111- . ^ ? n ce of ^ o summonses , to wiucU ho was entitled * in the poor box -The public may form 8 omo id « a of tho extent to which impositions of all kinds , aro carried on by omnibus conductors and drive *? , when they we Informed Uwt Mr .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 30, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1528/page/8/
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