English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 598, 28 July 1858, Page 3

English and Foreign.

Ths Acquit?^ of CB.^^ABto.--iFroin wHat passea^ iD>the apase: of on^he ; eremWbf 2atd April, it will' : be, seen ,that ; the T)e&y®wertiyisns.baa resolved, to ; :tireiy't^Vpros^tipn-la^^ :The'^mt't^ f /ttf«™Pl»ff! al>^■:^•-^^ t-^^^^sl;»l)eft; "'■'%e'-jtfdidtmen£''fpT::CQnspiraeyi to assassinate " the Einperor:sf with; ' a»d it was this charge that the Attorney.Gene.- . /Ah if in r,reply- to MT^Raebuok? announced his /intention-npti to proceed -withy stating that at i i thfesametime^that.Dr.^erriard" might consider ■■■■-< himself as leritiiely di&h&ged.:; EVery\lpyer I of' juslfnce" Will'! rejoicesit; this; result -but a recollection ;o^ 0 disgraceful' circumstances .attendant on the,, prosecution, and. the ; mode in 1 which it has. been conducted,- will .not; allow; us ta feel the gratitude to,the : Goverainenfc «n ; account of their foregoingtheiriright ftp proceed-upon the indictment! The Attorney/General ,ha»; doubtless been actuated-by a full consciousness^ of the weakness'1 of 'the case against the and notless sp: by a con- : victibh that another defeat (awaited his official prosecutors. Very. .wisely,, therejFpre-,^have the : Goverhrrient, decided "upon 'j riot' •^riliing; their dotib^fuli reputation and;precMious.posinpn by 7;per^yering-in apqurse whiehicouldonjy.endiin ; ireshVdefeat and humiliation.;: Something more, However; was .elicited, thani the ahnbuhce'raent rieferr.ed.;tp.». From the iquestiott 'put-! by Sii'rfß;. ; JBethell.-and the reply'it;drew7!frbm' the'At- ; torney-General, we the p^arfr taken: ref spectively -by the' late1 and present 'iGoyern- ' ments in the prosecution. V.-.-Bjr^he.%rmer, Dr. ' Bernard was indicted for : conspiracy only; but when the Tories came into power, it,was thought possible to advance a step farther, and;; proceed 'upon a. charge of wilful; murder. > From the pointed manner in whic Sir; R. Bethell put his question^ .we may infer that such' is not the course that would have been taken by the Pal- . merston .Government.; In truth', the great mistake,iafter; the atrocious blunder first committed in instituting a prosecution at all, was in changing the form of; the proceedings. For this we are solely indebted to the present Administration arid its legal adviser, tae Attqrney''Getieral, who, when closely pressed on the subr ject, ; admitted that he. was personally responsible' for ; all,;that had.been done since he entered upon., office. The reason he assigns^ for , ,altering;;the; form of- indictment is, that at a later'peridd^fi'eshfacts came duti aridsthat the • magistrate would not-have discharged his duty rif "hehad ript'cominitted Dr. Bferhard upon the : capital1, charged Wh\>. believes, ' however, that Mr;'Bj6dlnn;would1 hafe preferred prthe^^na-; ; gistrate sanctioned the '.capita charge^;.unless r under.' higher, inspiration; ? : ; FroniL the c reply; 'subsequentlyigiven by:Mr. Walp'ole;toiiMr, Ser-i " geant Emglake, i we"; observe;: that: 3 the -I right l;hpnorable^gentleman; racceptS'theiresponsibiHtyJ of;^he;prosecutiotJ'jdiiitly'with~t^erdAttto . General; admitting; howeVerjythat ihe questipni ' of- law still "remains. unanswered. Thai; res.-; ;pdnsibHity, tlie4ight "honprable^gehtleirian may be• assured^ wilY not be fbrgotteii^^iri; the public e3turiate of the^conduct of the \ Tory .Cabinet, i ''A'tTpreserit'.we can only regard' the •withdrawal of the charge as a: bid for popularity, which will Vnot have its intended. effect; from the fact; . that the ■Government, in conjunction with its law officers,'had previously done their utmost to crush '■'-. and destroy an■ innocent,man, and, thanks to the courage and independence of a British jury, had failed in the^attempt.— Daily Telegraph, April 23. Seeious Feuds between Irish and Engmsh LABOEEES.-^-The neighborhood of Black-i hill and the villages in the immediate neigh-: borhood of the Corsett Iron Works has these last few days been the scene of much turbulence; and outrage. It would appear that some dis-; turbance had taken place at the house of Mr. gurry, inrikeepe^,:;BJ^ckhill; 'by some of the contending3^ti^,cppaing in contact, and, of sbme Irishman getting" severely handled for^ having previously'inflicted;summary punishment upon a party of Englishmen.: Nothing i further occurred until Sunday afternoon, when; ereat numbers of Irish began-to assemble in a ; field near to Berry Edge, of which they took i possession; arid' there; awaited1 -the arrival; of: reinforcements; which5 poured in frorii the variohs ,pla6es in the locality; until'the number; swelled :to ;70p^or 800/sPme' say >LOOp. Afte;r i foirmirig themselWs into iriilitary order, they; marbhed-to Blackhill, vowing^engea^nce, against j all^ngUshmen^'and:;seyerely^ one who chanced to come in their way;,; Having arrived .at Blackhill, and collected their numhersVby yells and warwhoops,:they marched about.the village, and: ultimately halted before ■■]Slr;.'Curry'B'-houseV'Avhere'the'commahd;by'oniß :of the leaders " tdgotb wprt"1 was:giyen;:arid in sea instant a volley, of .stones' and other m is:silesHva,s; discharged. ; The ..windpws"'.w.ere:c'om-^ 'pl^yJ^vPckea ouif, and" 'thp <lopr'.pf,:the house the hpuse ', completely .sacked arid pillaged; indeed, a more,perfect-wreck it is im- \ possible, to conceive;' every article;of furniture ; that! could be broken was: done,'so; The.ale ! and:spirits belonging torMr. Gurry were poured \ outilpon thefloor, arid in addition to this, up-: wards of £50 in money was taken front the i place.- Mr. Curry,1 his^ wife,-;arid family' de- \ -fended1 the house as long as they could, until; they were obliged to fly for their own safety,; leave all; to the mercy of the mob. .Mr.: Curry discharged sonic firearms upon the i first who entered upon the premises,, but j they appear to have been: ineffectually loaded; . , '', , . „.' ! After this the mob were about to inflict a | similar attack- upon the house of Mr. Hewitt, I of the same'place,; but the Catholic priest of| BlackhiU" arrived, and the people dispersed.

TJ^foVomng. morning strong reinforcements l-P^-Murhani; county constabulary, haying arrived m the .neighbourhood, Mr. Superintenderit Llhomsonand his officers proceeded to arrest the ringleaders, who were known to them. Np' sooner had they succeeded1 in capturing two ;tnan; the news -flew like wildfire to the various works, which was no sooner told than they werfe deserted by the Irish employed, who betook themselves, to their pld,ce of rendezvous. The alaSn>, was thus increased in'the neighbourhood, :Wj ***?: sf l9P, s. were closed, and business completely' suspended. Numbers of .Englishmen .came ; from;;all, parts, determined, to give battle to their opponents. Application having been kmade.vto.'Resident Magistrates, they lost no time in proceeding to the place, and found it desirable to send jto Newcastle for a-company of the regiment; now stationed there, who have just now- arrived at Shortley bridge, and mar*. ched, in niinibeV: about 250, to Blackhill, the principal scene'.'of: the disturbance. 'They arjj :acc^paniecl.'by;th'e magistrates, and about, 100 ,Pi?^f,-under. Superintendent Thompson, as also ;the" ; respectable, inhabitants in the locality^ all of :,whomj are. using their utmost to have th 6 disturbance quelled, so that each and all may fbllow:their employment with security.—Newcastle"Express. ;

-VBanqtjet ■.. at .Manchesteb to Rajah BBippKE^r-rPn Wednesday evening, April 22st| % putlic'.dinrier was given to Sir James Brooke; "JCC.B., at the Queen's Hotel, Piccadilly, Man-} Chester. Jyiei;Mackie, Esq., Mayor presided • and at-tbet principal table were Sir James; :>Brooke,! Colonel Servante>' R.E., Alderman Sir .James Watts, Mr. Thomas Bazley, Admiral the: iHon. Sir K. Keppel, X.C.8., the Hon. Mrj Alderman, SirElkanah Armitage, and; Colonel Kennedy. The vice chair was occupied by Mr. Thomas Fairbairri. Sir James; Brooke,' in resppiidinjg to the toast in his honor, reviewed! the chief points, of his career in connection -with] Sarawak, and after enlarging npon the great; commercial importance of the place, said: To; advance; the interests of my own country andj to obtain permanency for Sarawak, I wouldi willingly.- have conceded the country, with the! consent of its inhabitants, to the Crown; but! there were serious objections to this concession! —the most serious, probably, being the extra; expense which a new colony would have en-j tailed. The proposition, then which I have! made, as the basis of a future arrangement, is] that England should grant.a protectorate, and! that she should stand in the position of a pub-! lie creditor ■_ to Sarawak; with -a • stipulation! that, on certain terms; she might take possession of the country whenever her interests re-; quired it. This proposition appears to me to; combine- all the advantages of possession, with; none of its liabilities; The nativei Government,; which is suited to the people, and in whichl they largely themselves administer, might be| advantageously continued ; while the possession! de facto, would rest with the Crown. There! are a nbt^ wanting precedents, if precedents bel "heeded, r; for ; a jprotectorate. And for the loanj which is proposed, it is too small almost to be i mentioned in this great city of Manchester, and | it would be secured, principal and interest, upon | the country itself. These are the terms on; which I should desire to make a final; arrange- j ment -with this country, and by which thej greatest of;all permanent blessings would be| secured to Sarawak. But if it was required of; me, I would sacrifice this sum of £40,000 or ■ £50;000—-though it was the fortune which. 11 have inherited, and which I have expended to j bring Sarawak to its present precarious condition. No obstacle shall be raised on my part. I would not allow any selfish consideration to j stand in the way of attaining a great public! object;' for I can stand before you to-night, and always- before my country, with a conscious; pride that my hands are unsullid by the love of^ lucre—that I have given all, and received noth-;

ing.; My tale is told. I will only pay that for \ myself, lam as nothing; for what is a handful of dust compared to the destiny of a people. And the subject which occupies us does involve the destiny of a noble race. You will pardon me, gentlemen, I am sure, if I have been deficient in those complimentary phrases which are often too lavishly used upon upon a festive occasion like this. I have spoken earnestly to men of earnest purpose, and you ivill believe me in siriiple sincerity, that I feel grateful for the "reception ypri have given me in your great city —ra reception which,^whether in good fortune or in bad,-1 shall/ever remember with pleasure . and with gratitude.