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      _$ 0 lttf _W _# *« _f _^ _~~ _^ _ygj _Ojj SOUSE . _4-rnaor _* x Swans . —Isabella Batcliffe , mW " _spirit-broken by _ageand poverty , was -L 8 WS _^ re * k « I _^ d _3 feyor , charged with attemptmg fa - _^« truction . Samuel Perkins _deposed-that he was a _SKSs _rcmlto , _Thames-street . last night _y a _quar-Koreniueo ' clo _^ _drfmdantiiamedownandattmpteu _toffiroiv herself off the pier into the water ; he rushed forward , secured her ,. and prerentedher _** _mte self . thev _^^ _on _^ mSe _^ _'a : na _^ B _^ L 1 a _^ _aeattonpnodro-rn _-beBelf ; Her late hush _* md-tuidbeen a resident in _Aldgatc parish for many years . She had heen a widow for fhe last twelve years , and was reduced to ereatdistres *! , which made her very unhappy . "His lordship humanely ordered the policeman to take her to Aldgate workhouse , and present his compliments , -with a request for her admission . He also presented Perkins iritb half-a-crown for saving the poor woman ' s life .

      Chasge or Embezzlemekt . —Frederick AJger , a res _***(* teble-lool'ing young man , was placed at the bar , charged -with embezzlement . John Chatfield deposed thathe "was a wholesale grocer , residing in Aldgate . The prisoner was in his employ ; he had suspected for a long time that he had been robbed . In consequence of his suspicion he had marked a half-sovereign and given it to Mr . Price , a butcher in the Ifinories _, and requested him to _sendtohis shop withitfor groceries . He then went to "Woolwich , and whenhe left home there was a sovereign and a half-sovereign in the fill when he returned there were two sovereigns and two half sovereigns . He did not find the marked half-sovereign there . The gold was dropped into a locked till , of which thc prisoner did not possess the key . T . T . Price said he was a batcher , ia theJIinories ; he received the half-sovereign from Mr . ¦ raiaJfieiamarked itand gave it to a female to go to Mr .

      _, , _Chatfidd-s shop for goods . Ann "Milton deposed tohavii _* received the half-sovereign from Mr . Pnce , and to _SS & _slike shopof Mr . Chatfield ; theprisoner _X _, edher , hepu tthehalf-sovereigninto the drawer-she j _^ _notnotice any mark or marks ou the money .--Mr . Inspector "McLean deposed , that in consequence of an application from "Mr . Chatfield , he proceeded to the shop in Aldgate , and took thc prisoner into custody . On the prisoner ' s person hc found the bag now produced , containing eighteen sovereigns , ten half-sovereigns , " ; five halfcrowns , tlnrteen shflliugs _, and seven _sisjenecsj a alter watch , and other _things . * Mr . Chatfield immediately selected thc half-sovereign no-w produced as the one he had marked ; he did not identify any of the other things produced . — "Mr . Chatfield pointed out ine mark he had made on the coin . —Mr . Price also pointed out two marks he had made . —The brother of the

      prisoner , a master grocer in the City , stepped into the witncss-bos and said , Mr . Chatueldkad only made thecharge because the defendant was leaving his service for another situation ; and he had given the prisoner a character for irreproachable honesty and integrity . —Mr . Chatfield admitted having given Alger a good character , and likewise Ihat hc had said he hoped the prisoner would have remained with him for many years . —The prisoner said if his lordship wonld permit him , he would explain the -whole circumstance . He had been collecting money From shops thathis employer supplicd , hisbro * dier amongst the numher , from whom he had received a considerable quantity of silver . lie recollected the -woman coming iu to fhe shop , and being desirous of gettiogrid ofthe silver ; he took the half-sovereign , for which he put ten shillings into the till : when the woman said he put the half-sovereign into the the till _shtmafc a mistake—at _ths moment he placed it alongside the scale , in which he had weighed the goods hc had supplied her -with . His lordship , taking into consideration the good character the prosecutor had -given the prisoner , aud the probability of thc truth of the prisoner ' s statement , dismissed the case .

      GUILDHALL . MosnAT . —Sin William Magna ? Ann His Sebvants Acais . —William Court , coachman in the service of Sir Wm . Magnay , Bart .,-was hrought hefere Mr . Alderman CbaUis , charged - " -nth stealing a quantity of hay from his -master ' s stables , in * Whitecross-street ; and Arthur "Webb , a coal-dealer , ia _the-rirauity _.-was charged with receiving the stolen proper * - */ . Sir Wm . Magnay stated that having reason to suspect the _-prisoner Court was robbing Ms horses of their food , he caused a watch to be kept , and he found that the prisoner having converted the trusses of hay into _haybands , sold them in that shape to the other prisoner . Maiy _^ Martin stated that she resided over the -town-clerk ' s stables , _ufiar the City green-yard , and her window commands a view of the loft She knew the prisoner . She saw a van draw up to Sir "Wm . Magnay ' s stables , and sonic haybands were thrown into it . Bad seen haybands _taken away twice before . Bid not see -who threw thc bands out of thc loft . Could see who was in the

      loft , if the door was open . Could not see who was there -unless the party came to the door . Mary " Wardle , the ¦ wife of a City puhceman , said she also lived in the mews About half-past two o ' clock on Saturday she saw tbe van draw up to Sir William ' s stables , and she saw several bundles of haybands thrown into it from theloft . When it moved off , her husband followed it . Court was about the stables before and after that time . On the 5 th of May , about seven in the evening , f he van took away another quantity , and again on the 7 th . There was the name of John Webb on the side of the van . Thomas Hunt , City policeman , 4 ' A , said the bands were of the same description as they had in the loft . "Webb said , at the station , he had purchased fourteen dozen bands , at 2 _Jd . a dozen , and he had six dozen before . lie produced a sample ofthe haybands seized , and said the onc he held up was neither long enough to go round a truss , nor strong enough to hold . Tbe prisoner Court was remanden for a week , and Webb was admitted to bail .

      MAELBOEOreH-STllEET . _Satuhday . —Accident to mE Doke or Wellington . —The Duke of Wellington attended on Saturday at the _Marlborough-street Police-court , for the purpose of preferring a charge of furious driving , whereby liis life was endangered , _a-i-ainst Henry "Woods , driver of one of the Fulham carriers' carts . —His Grace having been sworn , said , I was walking , on Tuesday last , between two and three o ' cloci , iu Park-lane , on the left-hand side , going out of Piccadilly , and when near the Duchess of Gloucester ' s house , a very heavy four-wheeled cart passed me . I endeavoured to cross the Jane , to get to the pavement on the other side , under the protection of this heavy cart . I got as far as the right-hand wheel of the cart , keeping thc cart at iny left hand , when 1 found myself struck on the j shoulder , and "knocked forward . It was a severe blow , I and I funnd it had been given by another cart , the driver j

      of which did not attempt to give warning by calling out , until he had struck nie . I did not fall : if I had , I must have been under the wheels of both carts . Now , I havo no further complaint to make against the man at the bar , who drove the cart , than thathe was goingat such a monstrous pace , that lie had no control over his horse ; indeed , hc came along so fast , tliat he got the whole length of Park-lane without my having perceived him ; and the pace he was going at was such , that it ivas impossible hc could stop his horse . This is my complaint ; and I bring it forward on \ iublic grounds , -because 1 think it is not right that carriages should go along in the public streets at tliis great rate . Thc cart by which I was struck was a heavy , tilted cart ; the driver was under thc tilt My groom was behind with my horses , and I called liim and desired him to follow the cart My groom trotted as hard as he could , Inn hc was unable to overtake the cart until

      "he had got as far as South-street . This will prove the rapid pace at whicli the driver of the cart was going . — Tiie defendant said he was truly sorry at i * hat had occurred , bnt lie declared the whole circumstance was accidental . He saw a _gentleman about to cross the road , and he called out to warn him , but he was not aware that he had touched any one . He was not going at very great speed , fur liis horse was an old one , and could uot accomplish more than seven miles su hour , and at the time when he passed lus Grace , he was going uphill . His attention was directed to the vehicles in the carriage-road , and this prevented hini noticing what was doing on the foot-path . — Mr . llardxxick ; Jt appears from the evidence tbat yon were driving , if not at a furious , still at a rapid rate ; but as you were going up hill at thc tune , had you used the ordinary precautions in driving along the public streets ,

      and if you had proper command over your hers ? , this accident cauld not have occurred . This case I shall _uSSl -with as a case of assault . You have committed several serious offences—first , furiuus driving ; mat , endangering life and limb ; aud lastly , eommittiug an assault , for running against the person and striking that person with the cart is as much an assault as if the blow were given by hand . For the assault , wliich is clearly proved , you will _jiay a fine of £ 4 , or one mouth ' s imprisonment—The defendant was then locked up . [ Would this prosecution and decision have followed , had the parries been reversed ! Suppose "the Duke" had been "furiously driving , " as dukes oftentimes do , and knocked down Woods , when attempting to cross thc lane , would he have been locked np for a month ? Such a result never yet followed : but then "justice is blind . " !

      awtoks . _—Atjtogbaph or _SniKSPEARE . —Mr . "Fletcher , book auctioneecr , Piccadilly , accompanied by Mr . Taylor , and several bookseUers , came into court to give an account of the possession of a small volume placed in liis hands for sale by a book-dealer , named Howard , and now claimed by Mr . Taylor as having bceu stolen ftoui his library . The hook in question had suddenly assumed not only a high money value , but also a priceless value in the qres ofthe literati , in consequence of tiie recent discovery of an autograph of Shakspeare , presumed to be genuine , onlhc outside ofthe volume . Mr . Taylor said he had conclusive evidence thatthe volume in question was his property . He had for many years been engaged in collecting rare and curious foreign hooks , and nearly half a century ago he picked np the volume at a book stall for 66 * . It the book was closely iuspectea , some short-hand pencil characters , together with his name , would be fmnd

      on one of thc pager . He had also a small meniorandani book with liim , in which the date of liis purchase was registered . He had occasionally sent books for sale at Mr . Fletcher ' s rooms ; bnt he always kept an account of the transactions , and , on looking over his hook , he could find nothing to show that the book in question had been sold er _i-arted with by hhn . He believed he last saw the book m his possession about a year ago , but he was unable to _sj * ak with any exactness as io the time . Mr . Howard said he would account for thc possession of the book . He found it on the shelves ofa book-dealer in Hoxton , named Alexander . Be bonght it with other books and some pnnis for 7 s . Ue made the purchase of the book in consequence of the signature , which he discovered in faint characters outside . The signature had been shown to good judges , and it ha . l been pronounced genuine . He considered , admitdng the authenticity of the autograph to be midh-puted , that the book was worth upwards of

      £ 100 . If the autograph was pronounced to be a forgery , then the book would not he worth more than a few pence . The book was here produced by Mr . Fletcher ' s clerk . It was a thin vellum-bound volume , five inches long by abeatfour "broad . It was called "I Quattro Libri della Phiiosophia _Xatturale die _Giavan Saruvia , 1565 . " On tiie cover the name of W . Shakspeare , in the old style of penmanship , was plainly to be deciphered . There was some writing about the signature , but itwas totally illegible . Mr . Taylor said he conld account for the faint appearance of the _-reritin-- _* . "When he bought the book the covers were m a very filthy condition . He had them washed , but -ttongn he noticed there wassomething in writing brought wit liy the process of ablution , his attention was not par . _-UcMmIj attracted to its signification . Mr . Howard said * Re _^ _TJ , " ° 1 t - _^ autograph _**& ¦ _* _*<* i . pronounced _Kfe _^* _^ _*»*> a * le ** ***** ***» the means _^ tn _^ _^ a reKc S 0 _Estimable , _whigh , « » e * r _4 _KS fl _? _^ LT have been _Covered , he occasion . M _?^ ffc _^ , _* _£ _«"" _- _* _* M «* to benefit by the

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      as tbw » se -was not formally before him ; but , if fhe parties chosetoapear in court on summons , he would then go more fully into the evidence . Mr , Taylor agreed to t _^ _suggestion , andthepartie 3 leftthecourt [ Theparties subsequently agreed to divide the proceeds of the sale . The whole case makes a " very good puff "—and is as much calculated to draw a "good price" as if it had been planned on purpose J

      " _H'ORSHIP-STItE'eT . _Mosuav . _—Cmmujal Assault . — Mr . Jacob Magnus , a person reading on TrafaJgar-terrace , Hackney-road , was surrendered by his bail for final examinatiou before Mr . Broughton , charged with having criminaUy assaulted a girl fifteenyears of age , named CharlotteEmma Robinson , the daughter of a poor woman living at _< Greenwich .-ine excuse by which the defendant inveigled the prosecutm to his house was , that a friend of ws , a . _sohcitor named Moss , residing in _Queen-street , Cheapside , wasi in want . of a nursemaid , and that if the mother of tiie prosecutrix would send the latter to his ( the defendants ) house by a time he appointed , Mrs . _Uaguus , his mother , _wooldmboduce the girl to Mr . Moss ' s family , and procure her the _raeant situation . Itwas also _««^^^ _L ? i _* : fendant and his professional adviser had quitted the court nnnn flie second examination , that some female _fr-end oi ananermouier

      thedefendanthadfollowed fteprosecutrrs , and not only offered them a purse of fifty sovereigns , but dm engaged to permanently provide for tiie prosecutrix , if her _family would consent to forego any further steps in the _prosecution . -Mr . Broughton severely animadverted won the attempts made by the friends ofthe _defendants temper with the witnesses for the prosecution and thwart the ends of justice , and said that , had they been _inrther nersevered m , he should have certainly felt called upon to St once commit the defendant to prison , and refuse any baa that roighthavebeen tendered ; bnt , asit did not now appear _thatxwvj subsequent attemp t of thekmd had been She should send the defendant for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court upon the capital cha _^ c , hut would allow the bail formerly put m to be extended till the trial , the defendant tamself m > £ 200 , and two responsible sureties in £ 100 each -The _muu-ed bail was immediatel y enteredinto , and the defendant left the court with his friends .

      _ClEItliENWEIiL . Thobsda ? . _—Tae I ovehs- _Poisomno Case . — Daniel John Cock , a young man , was charged with having attempted to poison himself . It appeared from the evidence , which was voluminous , that on Monday night _thd prisoner and a young woman named Hannah Moore / who has since then died from the effects of pohon , lured an apartment at 26 , Cross-street , Hatton-garden , They passed as man and wife . On the following morning both seemed in very low spirits , and left tbe house without _eatang «* < MnWng anything . They said they were going to the west end of the town , and would be home early . At seven o ' clock they returned to thc house and appeared much agitated .. They entered the parlour , and the woman soon after complained of illness .

      They proceeded to the bedroom , and the woman complained of violent pain in her head , exclaiming she was very ill . The prisoner endeavoured to sooth her . She appeared as if she had been crying . About an hour after they entered the bedroom , the prisoner came down stairs and asked for a pot of boiling water . It was supplied to him , and he hastened upstairs with it . He soon after came down again in the same haste , and anxiously inquired for the residence of the nearest physician . He went for Mr . Pollock , a surgeon , who returned with liim , but the woman was quite dead on their arrival—foam was oozing from her mouth , and all the appearances exhibited of death from poison . When the prisoner found she was dead , he fell upon his knees and cried bitterly . He exclaimed , after a moment , "We have both taken potions alike , "

      and , taking little packets from his pockets labelled " poison , " gave them to the doctor ; thc papers contained a white powder . He also handed the doctor a letter . The doctor gave him into the custody of a police-constahle , 74 G , whom the prisoner asked , on Ms way to the station , if he thought he would be hanged , and admitted that he bought some of the poison . He exclaimed , " What a very foolish young man I have been , " He was very ill at the station ; the stomach pumps were , however , used with effect by the police-surgeon , after which he was conveyed to the hospital . Upwards of £ 2 in gold and silver were found upon him , and a paper containing some of the same white powder , and marked "Poison . " To Inspector Penny at the station-house , the prisoner said that the deceased had told hhn what sort of poison to bny—saying her father was a boot-maker , and

      _usedjixalic acid to clean the tops of boots . The prisoner , after the usual caution , having been asked if he wished to say anything , made a long and rambling statement , of which this is the substance—that both he and the deceased had been servants at the Bell and Crown , in Holborn , whence they were summarily discharged on Monday ; that they went to the Horse aud Groom , where the deceased took out her money , laid it on the table , and declared she was going to make away with herself . She then ran into the room ; he pursued , and caught her : upon which she said she would throw herself into the Thames . He told her she should not , and they walked into Holborn , where they went into a coffee-shop and had some coffee ; they wcre refused a bed there , and went to the Coach and Horses , where they were accommodated . In the morning shejumpedoutof bed , and seizing a knife which lay npon the table , attempted to stab herself , bnthepreyentedher . They went

      out to a coffee-shop and had breakfast , where they read in a newspaper the account of a young woman having destroyed herself by oxalic acid , whicli made a deep impression npon her . They walked up towards Islington ; he asked her if they could do nothing else but destroy themselves . She said not , and that she was resolved upon it They bought four pennyworth of oxalic acid at different places ; went into a public-house in the Cityroad , and had some gin and water ; here he wrote a letter which he gave to Doctor Pollock . It was at the Coach and Horses they took the poison , where thc deceased mixed it in two tumblers . Hc asked her to kneel down with him and pray . She said she could 1 not pray , and drunk _of-lfce potion , which he likewise did , saying he would pray for her , and much of the poison came off lus stomach involuntarily at the time . When he found she was dying he went for a surgeon . ( Tho prisoner was frequently convulsed with grief whilst making this statement . ) He was remanded .

      MARYLEBONE . _Fbioat . _—MonnEHone Assault . —Charles lindsey , a horsekeeper , employed at Hanson ' s stables , King-6 trcet _, _Portman-square , was placed at thc bar before Mr . Long , charged with having committcda most murderous assault upon Harriet , his wife . Banister , 85 D , deposed that on the same morning , about one o ' clock , in consequence of nformation communicated to him . that the prisoner had dreadfully ill-treated his wife , he repaired to 11 , Croydon-strect , Lisson-grove , where the parties lodge , and on entering the passage he met thc poor woman , whose head and face were cut in a shocking manner ; she was covered with blood , and was crying out , " 0 , God ! what shall 1 doV The prisoner who was in his apartment up stairs , said it served her right , and on witness going into the room , he asked him ( prisoner ) how he could think of using his wife so cruelly , but lie made no reply to tiie question . Hewas then taken to the station-house , and the prosecutrix , notwithstanding the horrible usage she had received from hini , was very

      reluctant to press the charge against Irm . Witness added that he assisted the sufferer to the residence of Mr . 7 ickcrs , surgeon , in Baker-street , when her wounds were dressed , and she was afterwards removed to her home in a most deplorable condition . The leg of a table with which the poor creature had been attacked was here produced : there was a portion of hair adhering to it , and numerous marks of blood . "The room , " said witness , " had the appearance of a slaughterhouse .- "—Other witnesses corroborated this statement , and the magistrate directed the wife to be brought up . It was with much difficulty the poor woman could be prevailed upon to say anything against her brutal partner , but she at length admitted that he struck her with his fists , kicked her and beat her about with that part of the table of which the constable took possession . She added that a quarrel had taken place , and perhaps she was in fault as well as her husband . Mr . Long observed tliat the outrage was one of a most serious and lamentable description , and that it was his duty to send the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court .

      THAMES , Tcesdat . —Robbeet . —WiUiam Jolly , a -flax-dresser , residing at No . lo , Arbour-place . Stepney , nenry Jolly , his son , Phffibe Jolly , his wife , and Mary Ann Jolly , his daughter , were placed at thc bar for final examination , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the younger male prisoner , Henry , had been in the employment of the prosecutor , Mr . John Kewliug , draper and tailor , No . 21 , Sydney-place , Commercial-road , for the last fourteen months , during which period a large quantity of property had been missed from the premises . On Saturday week he took the materials of a jacket , ready cut for _stitcliing up , toatailornamedBaldock , residingiii Churchroad , St . George ' s in tho Sast , who was in the habit of working for Mr . "Newling . Baldock not being satisfied with the _acco-int which the lad gave of his possession of

      the materials , took tliem to the prosecutor , who recognised tliciu a ? a portion recently cut from a piece of cloth , his property . He upbraided the lad with his misconduct , and paying him what wages were due , instantly dismissed him from his service . From subsequent information , however , he went on the following Monday to the house , No . 10 , Arbour-place , where in every drawer , locker , and box , the policeman who accompanied Iiim _ discovered portions of his property , consisting of the various inatci-iais in his shop and warehouse . There were doeskins , kerseymeres , alpacas , silks , fustians , Sic , with a quantity of trimmings , and some stationery , consisting of bill-heads , which were found in a box which the elder prisoner said was his , and added that no other person had access to it . There were also found in thc house several duplicates relatine to property which the complainant

      identified as liis , and wluch were proved to have been pawned by the female prisoners . Mr . Newling , on taking stock after Christmas , missed amongst other property 2 _J yards of black satin , 10 J yards of black cotton velvet 2 _\ yards of kerseymere , the same of check tweed , 2 } doeskin , 1 | black ditto , 4 $ of trousering , If of blue cloth , 2 _J of lavender-coloured kerseymere , 2 J of stout grey ditto , 15 yards of black silk sur _^ e , 4 pieces of white calico , 2 p ieces of black linen , & c . In addition to these Mr . Newling has ascertained the loss of a vast number of other articles , of which he yesterday recited a catalogue . Various articles of wearing apparel , newly made up , and corresponding in every respect with the stock in Mr . Xewling * 6 premises , were found in the house occupied by the prisoners . Some of them were rather

      shewy-looking articles , sneh as the alpaca dresses , and a rich Levantine silk scarf . In tlieir defence the father , who it appears has _hitharto passed as a very sanctified person , and is connected witli several religions associations , denied all knowledge of the transaction . His son amnmted to him for the possession of some new garments which he had by stating that his master had made him a present of them , and as Mr . _Newling had given the lad clothes on a previous occasion , he ( the father ) believed the statement to be true . The mother also denied any participation in thc plunder , or that she had pawned any of the articles identified . The girl admitted buring pawned some of the things , and the boy , with a seif-devotedness which would have dune honour to abetter cause , endeavoured to shield the rest of the family by taking the whole of the blame upon him-

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      self . He particularly endeavoured to exculpate his father , who heartlessly prompted him to the effort which drew down on him the indignant observations of the magistrate . The whole ot the prisoners were committed for trial .

      GREENWICH . _Toesoat . — Mubdek at Sea . —Mary Grigg , an aged widow woman , who gave her address No . 15 , George-street , Albany-street , Rotherhithe , applied to * Mr . Grove , the sitting magistrate , for a warrant to apprehend Richard Williams , captain of the brig Esther , now lying in the West India Docks , recently retuvnedfvom a voyage in the South Sea , for shooting her son on board that vessel in the Western Ocean , under the following circumstances . —John Brown , an able seaman on board the Esther during the voyage , said the vessel , which had been at sea twenty-one months , was now in the West India Docks , where it arrived on Wednesday last . On Sunday , October 1 , 1843 , during the passage across the Western Ocean , the captain called for a gun ; three were immediately brought by one of the mates , with one of which he shot John Grigg , who fell lifeless . There was no mutiny on board . The men had complaiued of being obliged to keep to the forecastle , _-narticiilnrl v ¦ _tafbo _rnhnnce mm used between decks , Whicn

      caused the heat to be so intense that no one could bear it . They were also very badly provisioned and otherwise lUtreated by the master . On the bng arriving at Rio , the captain appeared before the authorities , and waB ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 500 and the chief mate in £ 200 , to meet the charge on thc vessel ' s return to England . The captain sent home threemen as prisoners , and three others as witnesses , since which nothing whatever had been heard of them , except one , who it is said ran away . The vessel had been engaged in the seal fishery and collecting furs , and belongs to a member of the Society of Friends , residing in Southwark . The deceased was a good seaman , active and able . The master is a very intemperate and violent man , —Mrs . Grigg said she was seventy-two years of age , and in very distressed circumstances . —Mr . Grove said the case should be gone into fully , and without avoidable delay , and they might have summonses for as many of the crew as wcre at present with the vessel .

      Weohesda ? . —This day , Richard Lucas Williams , of Faraeise-street , Rotherhithe , master mariner , appeared to a warrant , atthe instance of a poor widow named Grigg , charging him with murdering one John Grigg , herson , on the 1 st of October , 1813 , on board the brig Esther , in the Western Ocean , whilst on her passage to the South Seas . —John Brown deposed that ho left London in the brig Esther on the 17 th of August , 1813 . Six weeks afterwards , on the 1 st of October , they were near the lino in the Western Ocean , when a man , named William M'Gregor , would not turn out to his duty , the galley being in the forecastle , and the weather very hot . It was much too hot , and very rainy . They could not bear the heat . M'Gregor wowW . not turn to , The captainwantcd the men to beat him _flowi * ., and put him in irons , fhe crew did not say they would not do so , but they did not attempt—they paid no attention to thc order . ' The ship ' s officers knelt on and

      secured him ( M'Gregor ) . John Grigg , the deceased , came down from the mast-head and said , " Give me a lance , and 1 * 11 release him . " Witness was standing by _andlooking on when deceased said this . He ( witness ) laid hold of deceased bythe shoulder and said , "Jack , that is not right . " Deceased listened quietly to this , aud remained on deck . A moment after , Captain Williams seized hold of a musket , and shotdeceased in the side , near liis back . Witness remembered Charles Lambert ( a seaman ) , and did not refuse to do his duty . M'Gregor was the only one who woul d not take turn . The captain read the ship ' s articles to M'Gregor , who replied tbat they were not the articles he had signed . The captain then ordered the crew to put M'Gregor in irons . M'Sregov _thenvan forward , followed by the mate , lie told the mate to keep his hands off , and as the mate would not , he tried to trip him up , M'Gregor was secured after this , John Grigg ( the deceased ) then asked Captain AVilliams if he intended to release the man . Thc captain said he must do his duty , Lambert struck Ms feton the vessel and said , "By God , we will make

      you let M'Gvcgor go . " Grigg never said or did anything after witness stayed him , and was perfectly quiet when shot . —Mr , Traill said tiie prisoners , M'Gregor and Lambert , had been tried before Lord Abingerin March , 1844 , when M'Gregor was found guilty and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , and Lambert was acquitted upon evidence very similar to tbat at present adduced by the witness Brown , Under these circumstances he declined going on with the case . The deceased's mother , if so advised , could prefer a bill of indictment before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court ; this , Captain Williams washable to ' until the last day ofhis life , but he would notrecommend such a step . If Mrs . Grigg was still not satisfied , the course alluded to was always open to her . — A person from the owner ( Mr . Sturge ) said that gentleman was anxious that the unhappy affair should he thoroughly investigated , — The wan-ant against Captain Williams was then discharged . The widow left the court , hoping that friends would come forward to enable her to bring the , case before a jury _.

      SOUTHWARK . Wednesday . —Theft . —Hemy Smith , who described himself as a hawker , was brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination , charged with having in his possession several pieces of India handkerchiefs , stolen from hosiers ' shops in the city . Hc was committed for trial .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , _Mosday , May 20 . Lord CoTTBNHAM moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastic _^ Courts Consolidation Bill . The noble lord , after explaining that this was not a new measure , caned tho attention of the house to thc multitude of these courts , and the anomalous nature ofthe matters subject to their jurisdiction , and proceeded to give ap outline of the changes contemplated in liis bill . With respect to the jurisdiction exercised by these courts over wills , nothing could bo more inextricable than the confusion into which the diocesan courts , and the lesser jurisdiction of decanal and vicarial courts had fallen , so that , de facto , almost all business found its way to the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury . The proposition he intended to make

      was , that a central court should be established in London , to which all wills should be sent , and that it should have surrogates acting in the towns where the diocesan courts wcre now held , who should grant probates when thc amount of property was small , but he obliged in every case to send tho will to London to be registered , so that in future time every man ' s testamentary dispositions might bo found in the metropolis . In questions of divorce and excommunication this central court would retain the power ofthe old courts . In the matter of church-rates , over wliich the jurisdiction of these courts had caused so much ill-will , he proposed an appeal to quarter sessions , wliere the rate had been illegally levied ' , awd in that oi * tithes , he thought the power of these courts _should-be abolished altogether , and that pending suits should be transferred to the Court of * Chancery . He intended also to do away thc criminal jurisdiction pi ' these courts , which now had tho power of punishing for

      defamation _, incest , and . quarrelling and brawling in church yards . None of these propositions were his own , for each was founded on somo recommendation oftho many committees appointed to investigate the subject _, lie had waited for some Government measure , but as none had been brought forward , he hoped the house would sanction the one now before it . The Bishop of _Lincoln objected strongly that tlic proposed court would be a lay one , aud yet would have powers of divorce and excommunication . The feelings of members of the Church would be outraged if sentences of divorce were pronounced b y a purely lay tribunal . Lord BnouoHAM thought these objections unsound , because the jur ' tsdistion in question had been exercised by laymen in the cases of Sir J . Nicholl and Sir W . Scott . It was right that such anomalies should cease , and that the Crown should appoint these judges as it appointed all others . Lord Winchilsea doubted -whether the new bill would not give vise to more discontent than t . ' ie

      old . ' the Loan _Chasm-lioh and Lord Campbell expressed their approbation of the measure and the bill * was then read a second time Several other bills were forwarded a stage , and their Lordships adjourned till Friday ,

      _* -- _•* - HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wednesdat , May 23 . The house met at four o ' clock , THE LEEDS AHD WEST HIDING JUNCTIOX Kill'S ' Ay TALI , On the motion that the amendments ( made in committee ) to this bill he read a second time , Mr . C . "Wood objected to tiie motion , and moved as an amendment , that it bo referred back to the same committee . The groundson which he moved this amendment were—first , that the company had not kept this pledge they had mads tothe public with respect to thc charge per ton per mile for the carriage of coals . In this respect there was a great discrepancy between some of the clauses as to the rate of charge . In one . clause the charge was set down as 3 d . per ton per mile for coals , and in another clauseit was stated to be only 1 Jd . per ton per mile . The second ground of objection was , that tlic company had got the lease of a canal , which was a contract that the Legislature would not sanction to a railway company .

      Mv , I ' li , Stewakt ( who was chairman of the committee on the bill ) seconded the amendment for referring it back to that committee , Mr . Entv / _isie defended the bill as it now stood , and contended that there were no inconsistencies in the clauses , and that the company adhered strictly to the offer they had made to the Board of Trade in the _fr-st instance , After a few words from Mr . P . 51 . Stewart , Thc amendment was agreed to , and the bill sent back to the committee .

      SANATORY LAWS , Lord Duncan asked at what period of the session it was the intention of the noble lord who had charge of the measure to introduce the third and l « i of the sanatory bills which werc promised , and which were founded on the report ofthe Health of Towns Commissioners , alluded to iu the speech from the throne . Thc Earl of Lincoln said that the greater portion of the bill was prepared , seme clauses alone being under consideration ; and behoped , at an early day , to be able to give notice of the day on which he should propose the second reading . BOMAN CATHOLIC BELIEF BILL . Mr . "Vf _atson _' _s bill for the repeal of the Penal Laws affecting Catholics was , after a short discussion , read a second time _.

      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . The adjourned debate on the resolutions of Lord John Eussell was resumed by Mr . P . Howabd , who said he did not feel liimself justified in voting for the nine abstract resolutions of Lord John Russell , because he was convinced , that , though in a multitude of counsellors there mi ght be wisdom in a multitude of resolutions there could be nothing but confusion . With respect to Lord John Russell ' s resolution on protective duties , he thought that the house would not be doing justice to the new tariff ) and to the principles on which it was founded , if it did not wait for their practical _oporation , before it proceeded to legislate on the remain-

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      ing restrictions left upon our commerce . As to the next resolution , which was aimed against the Corn Laws , he thought that _I-ord 3 . Russell was not proceeding with the caution due to all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , when he proposed to lower the duties on the importation of foreign corn to a fixed duty of 4 s ., 5 s ,, or 6 s , a quarter , Referring to the resolution whicli called upon the house to revise the law of settlement , lie expressed his hope that it would be found practicable to combine a birth settlement with some plan for giving a settlement to those who had for some time previously been

      resident in a given place . To a systematic plan of colonization he should offer r . o objection , provided that it was not compulsory . He then expressed himself in favour of the allotment system , wliich he contended had exercised a favourable influence , not only on the feelings , but also on the practical condition of the people . On the subject of education , he knew tbat the Executive Government was fettered in the course which it might be inclined to pursue by the great number of conflicting religions in this country . He trusted , however , that if the vote for educational purposes were increased , a portion of it would be Extended fo tbe Reman Catholics and to thc Protestant

      Dissenters of tho country . Alluding to the amendment on the nine resolutions proposed by Mr , S . Crawford , he observed that at the present moment there did not appear to him to be any extensive feeling in favour of the extension of the suffrage . Having thus stated soroo of the reasons why he could not accede either to Lord John Russell ' s motion or to Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment , he concluded by declaring that hc had still another reason , and that was , tbat if either the one or tho other were _intruded as a censure on the present Ministers , and if the passing of such a censure would lead to their resignation , be could not give it the slightest support , because we had not at present a compact body of men to supply tlieir places .

      Mr . B . _Eucott was not surprised to hear that the gentlemen opposite were not quite ready to take office , but was surprised to hear that that was the reason why they would not support these resolutions . Lord John Russell , after lamenting over the condition of the labouring classes —a question which had made more way in the feeling than in the judgment ofthe country—had adverted to the necessity of establishing a better system of emigration , Now , in his opinion sufficient encouragement had been already given to emigration . The time for encouraging jt was before the house gayp its sanction to the strict provisions of the Sew Poor Law , and not now , when those strict provisions were in foil operation . As to the practical substance of all the resolutions—the eventual introduction of foreign corn duty free—Lord 3 . Russell , who

      but four years ago proposed a fixed duty ot 8 e . a quarter , now proposed a fixed duty of 4 s ,, or 8 s ., or 6 s . a quarter ; and , as if there was to be no end of his inconsistency , brought it forward within six weeks after his celebrated declaration that " protection was the bane of agriculture , " For whose benefit , then , was it that ho left this amountof protection ? Por the benefit of the mercantile or the labouring classes ? Mr . Escott then proceeded to contend that on the subject of the present Corn Laws her Majesty ' s Ministers had acted not a selfish , but a generous part , and to find fault with those-who called themselves the farmers ' friends for the manner in which they attacked that law , after giving it their warmest support in Parliament , He showed that by the unskilful manner in which they had entered into collision with the opponents of the Corn

      Law they had knocked out the main stones which supported the arch of protection , and laughed to scorn then' unavailing attempts , during the present session , to prop it up again with osier twigs for timbers , and with lard for cement . There was , in his opinion , only one rational way in which protection could be defended . If it could nob be defended as necessary to secure a domestic supply of corn for the people at a cheap average price , it could not be defended at all * for to say that it was defensible because it put money into the pockets of the landowners , and enabled tliem to pay their mortgages , and to make their jointures , was an insult to the common sense of an intelligent people . Indeed , with sucli speeches as had been made on this subject from the day when Siv Edward Knatclibull made his celebrated declaration down to that on which the Duke of Buckingham made one of a similar character , it would be impossible to defend protection much longer , Believing , as he

      did , that the course which the Government had pursued on the subject of the Corn Law was the best that they could have adopted under the circumstances in wliich they were placed on their accession to office , lie should ill perform his duty if hc should vote in favour of the resolutions ; but he could not eonceal from her Majesty ' s Ministers that the time had come when they must go further than they hitherto had gone , He protested against thou * standing on the doctrino of finality , which on this , as on every other subject , was the most absurd tliat thc wit of man had ever conceived . All that any Legislature could do on matters of trade and commerce which ivere intended to provide the largest supply of food for the people on the best and cheapest terms , was to stand by its measures so long as they attained that object , and no . longer . When they failed in attaining that object , it muse have recourse to others to obtain that great end of all good Government — the largest and cheapest supply of food for the greatest numbers .

      Captain Pechell complimented Mr . Escott on his able speech , but regretted that Lord 3 . Russell was not to have the benefit ofhis vote as well as his argument . He corroborated the statement made on Monday night by Lord J . Russell , respecting the want of education among a part of the labouring population of Sussex , and reminded tiie house that the noble lord had not singled out Sussex as being worse , than ihe other counties of _Englandand Wales , but had especially referred to Staffordshire , and some other counties , as being equally negligent of the _moval and religious . instruction of their inhabitants . Thc gallant Captain concluded his speech by making several observations in defence ofa relaxation ofthe Corn Laws . Sir Jo it :, - 'Walsh complained ,, that the introduction of so many difi ' _e _** cui topics cither rendered the debate vague , dcsuHoyy _, and inconclusive , or else induced the speakers

      to run . oil into party topics , to thc disparagement of those which ' were more naturally united with it , In one of the many resolutions which Lord J . Russell had propounded _. —namely , that in favour of colonization , hc concurred to a very great extent . He regretted , however , tliat the noble lord ,. had not given encouragement to colonization as Secretary of State , when lie might have administered a strongliiipuisi * in its favour . He could not , however , assent to Jiis _rcsoh . uions either on protecting duties , or on tlic Corn Laws ; ami for this reus u—that both of them wcre contrary to tlic evidence of facts , and to the testimony of experience .. He then entered into a long detail to prove that protection , so far from being injurious to agriculture ,, . _liail been the cause of the improvement which Jiiid _jGeen so remarkable in agriculture for the last few years . ¦ -

      • _Lord-HomriCK defended tlio policy which Lord J . Russell had-recommended to the adoption of the house in . these resolutions , aud contended tiisit tiwtpolicy _lintl been met by arguments singularly inconclusive _^ He had expected that * * ii' . lames _Civnham , _whsn he rose to speak in behalf of-, her ' _Molcsty's Government , would have said either that- the condition of the labourer was satisfactory , and tliat _tlie-. interference of Parliament was therefore u » _UMesst * . vj * i . ovthatit fell short of what every man de . sired , ¦ but that any improvement of it was beyond the reach of the . _Legislature , and that : t was therefore better for Parliament not to interfere , lest its interference should encourage hopes which must be ultimately disappointed . He had expected , he said , that Sir James Graham would have adopted one or other of these courses ; but Sir James

      had come down to the house , and made a speech filled with de . _tails-and arguments , not refuting but confirming every statement of Lord John Russell , and bad concluded it , totiies . _urpriscofcrerybodyjbyinoringtlicproviousquestion . . That . coat'sc amounted to nothing more nor less than that her Majesty ' s Government would neither alfirm nor deny tliat there were measures which were calculated to improve the state of the labouring population . He regretted tliat a nuestioti of this importance should be discussed in so thin a house ; but still more the absence of Lprd Ashley , who ought to have been present to support Lord J . Russell in bis attempt to ameliorate the condition of the labouring population . All the grievances of wiiich Lord Ashley complained , and which he wished to redress , _arosefironi _tiieinabilily of _tbelabourcr to command

      sufficient remuneration for ms labour ; and the object of the _pvcstivt r . _' . _' _-tion was to obtain from Parliament a recognition of tie existence of a state of tilings in which its interference was absolutely necessary , It had been said that these resolutions embraced too wide a field ; but in that opinion he could not concur . Tiiey were important , not only for the propositions which they included , but also for the propositions which they excluded . They wore also closely and inseparably connected with each other ; for the country was suffering at present botli from tbe mora ! effects of mental ignorance , and from the physical effects of individual poverty . Poverty was too often the result of ignorance , and of tiie improvidence which ignorance created ; ou the other hand , it was often the cause of ignorance itself ; for how could it be expected

      that a population suueriug Irom hunger and distress would ever tliink ; of obtaining thc blessings of education ? Lord J . r . ussell had pointed out thc measures wluch he thought would prove tiie best _combination for remedying the double evil under which the country was now suffering . He was well aware that any attempt to raise wages by Parliamentary inter / _creiice would only tend to aggravate tlic evil which hc deplored . The measures whicli Lord J . Russell looked forward to as the means of mitigating the distress of the labourer were sucli as would free industry and labour from the restrictions under which they were fuftering at present . He confessed that some of _tiiose restrictions—for instance , those by wliich you prevented those who produced clothes by manufacture from exchanging their produce with those who produced corn—appeared to him to havo been framed almost with the intention of thwarting tiie designs of Providence , The

      noble lord then proceeded at great length to point out the impolicy of supporting the existing Com Laws ) for the protection , as some asserted , but for the ultimate destruction , as ho contended , of the agricultural interest , and to show that the repeal of those laws would increase trade in every part of the country , and thus benefit all the industrious classes of the community . Such were the views whicli he entertained , and entertaining them , he gave his cordial support to the resolutions on the subject of protective duties aud of the Corn Laws ; but he would not conceal from the house that he went far beyond Lord J . Russell in the conclusion which he drew from his facts . He thought that the time for compromise was gone by , and that the conclusion to wliich Parliament ought now to come was , that the system of restriction which takes the bread out of the mouths of the labouring classes ought to be completely abandoned . Sir John Hanmer said , that if this were a Com Law debate , which it was not , he should urge various reasons

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      which would militate , not a little , against the conclusions of Lord Howick . He was conviucedthat whenever Parliament came to the settlement of the Corii Laws , it would base them oii the principle ' of a , moderate fixed duty , not for the sake of protection , ' but for trie sake of revenue . He had observed , that whenever the duty was taken off from any article of foreign produce , the cost of its production increased on the other side of the water ; and he mentioned that fact'to show that a moderate fixed duty might be imposed on foreign corn for the sake of revenue without injury to the labouring classes . He could not , however , vote for the resolutions of Lord J . Russell , because in so doing he should be guilty of gross injustice towards Sir R . Peel and his colleagues ; for he

      should be affirming that they had paid no attention to the condition of the country since their accession to office , when thc fact was , that their measures had been attended with the most beneficial consequences . 'He could not support the resolution respecting colonisation , because he saw no prospect of colonisation being undertaken on the principles on which he wished to seo it conducted , The last report oftho Poor Law Commissioners showed , that during the last year _one-cighth of the population had been receiving parochial relief , This was an announcement which ought to attract the serious attention of Parliament ; and he merely noticed it at present to suggest that a trifling alleviation ofthe difficulty thus experienced by the poor might bo found in giving in future to them and to theu children some education in art and

      science , Sir R . Peel denied that there was any apathy in the house to the distresses ofthe people , and admitted that , if such apathy existed , a stronger proof could not be given ofthe incompetence ofthe house to discharge its duty towards the countiy , But thc absence of Lord Ashley and other members , upon which Lord Howick had commented so severely , was not owing to apathy , but to the deep and prevailing conviction of the house that Lord J . RusseU had not brought forward this subject in a manner likely to lead to any practical result , He was not going to discuss aU the various measures contained in Lord J . Russell ' s resolutions , because each of tliem , if justice were done , would require considerable time for discussion , Ho should have thought that those measures were sumcientiy numerous ; but some gentlemen , following the

      course to which tbe noble lord had invited them , thought otherwise , and proposed to add to them the subject ofthe Poor Laws and universal suffrage . Independently , however , of the number of measures contained in these resolutions , he objected to any abstract resolution upon any one of them , witliout knowing something ofthe substitute which Lord 3 . Russell intended to provide for the present law . After making some observations on the noble lord . ' B resolutions upon colonisation and education , and after justifying the recent proceedings of Government on both those subjects , he called attention to the wide difference existing between Lord John Russell and Lord Howick on the subject of the resolution on the present Corn Laws . Lord J . Russell proposed a fixed duty of 4 s ., 5 s ., orGs ., but Lord Howick was against all duties whatsoever , aud was for a perfectly free importation of foreign corn ,

      because he thought that nothing else would tend so much to restore a healthy condition to the labouring classes . He ( Sir R . Peel ) did not wish to wider-rate the importance of this object , but he must say that if the house should agree in these resolutions , and should determine to' communicate them in an address to thc Crown , it would evidently imply distrust in , and pass a censure upon , her Majesty ' s Government . It was for the house to decide whether the Government deserved sueh a censure . The Government had relieved industry from many of its burdens , and had made greater efforts in three years to relieve the social condition oftho working classes than had ever been made within the same time by any preceding administration . Theimprovement of the country was admitted on all hands ; but some gentlemen asserted that it was not owing to the measures of the

      Government , but to tho favourable seasons of the last few years . He admitted that the seasons had been _favourable £ but he pointed to the tariff , and to the remission of duties which he and his colleagues had made , as a proof that they had not been remiss in the discharge of tlieir . duties , Ifthe house were determined to enter upon the discussion of the Corn Laws , ithad better do so when the motion for their repeal was regularly brought before it by its able and consistent advocate , Mr , Yilliers , for a partial discussion of them could be productive of no advantage . With regard to Lord J . Russell ' s resolution for the abolition of protective duties , hc believed that his object would be more successfully obtained by pursuing the cautious and gradual course proposed by her Majesty ' s Government . In pursuing theu- cautious and -gradual course , the Government , according to Sir J . Tyrell , had

      forfeited the confidence of the agricultural interest . He did not know whether Sir John Tyrell was authorised to speak as the organ of that interest ; but even if he were , he ( Sir R , Peel ) would not purchase back again the confidence which ho was said to have forfeited by uttering thc slightest expression of repentance for the course which he had pursued . When he contrasted the condition of Eugland in tho winter of 1842 with its condition at thc present moment , he never would admit thathe had pursued any other course than that which became him as a Minister of the Crown , and as the head of the great Conservative party , Hc was not prepared to alter the existing Corn Law , He had proposed it after due deliberation ; and nothing could be more mischievous to the country than to bo always tampering witli such a subject . He believed that that law had been beneficial ,

      so far as it had prevented any increase in the price of corn , The welfare of the proprietors of land did not depend ou the nominal pvite of thc quarter of corn . If he could read to the house the accounts whieh he had received in \ W , of the distress , privation , and crims which prevailed at that time ill the ' manufacturing districts , lie could convince thc most decided advocate of tlielanded interest tha tit was ihrcntencd with greater danger from tho continuance of that distress , privation , and crime , than it ever had incurred from any other cause . He _Icneiv that the decision of the house woidd be governed by higher motives than its hopes of pecuniary remuneration ; but if it were not , ho should emphatically declare that tho state of things in 1842 could not have continued long without affecting' most materially the interests of land . It was said tho G overmnent had lost the confidence

      of its supporters without gaining that of its opponents . If that were so , it could not last long ; but he once more repeated , lie would not , to regain the confidence which he bad lost , utter one expression of regret for having proposed the mcasuves which had induced that loss of confidence _. The principles on which those measures were based were sound , and to tliem Government was prepared to adhere . They would carry them into execution with deliberate caution ; but , for the protection of individuals , and for the promotion of the cause whieh he and Lord J . RusseU both had at heart , they would avoid that precipitate course which these resolutions recommended , but which was unsanctioned either by prudence or by justice . Lord Jons Russell , in vising to reply , observed that the sole question then before the house was this , whether _ifitwereneeessavytomakean alteration in our

      protective system and m our Corn Laws , it was wise to make it « ow _,-m a time of political tranquillity , or to iv _. iit for a time of clamour and distress ? It was evident , from the course , not only ofthe present , but also of many a preceding debate , that the cause of protection and of the Com Laws was even now tottering to its fall ; and it was , therefore , incumbent upon the house not to be taken unawares , when that full should take place . Sir "ft . Peel had admittedth . it if lie had lost Hie confidence of his own supporters , hc had not obtained the confidence of his opponents . As Sir R , Peel had himself adverted to that subject , he would be frank , and inform him at once , that lie ( Sir R , Peel ) had not gained his ( Lord J . Russell's ) confidence . He disagreed with Sir J . Tyrell , when he said that tlic introduction of thc tariff and the existing Corn Law had been injurious to thc farmer * but when the hou . baronet went on to assert that he had been taught by Ministers , when in opposition , to expect that they would be iu favour of protection and against Free Trade

      he was prepared to contend that Sir John Tyrell was perfectly justified in such an assertion . At the same time , he would add , that if Sir John Tyrell wcte to propose a vote of a want of confidence in her Majesty ' s Ministers , lie would not support it ; for what ho had now to consider was how he could best carry the measures which he deemed conformable to his own principles . If ho and his friends were to propose measures similar to those now proposed by Sir R . Peel and his colleagues in the Government , he knew that they would be opposed by Sir J . Tyrell and many of the gentlemen who wcre now in office . He , therefore , thought that the best mode of carrying out his own principles would be by opposing Sir John Tyrell on any such motion , and by leaving measures founded on his principles to be proposed and carried by the party now in power . Tliere could be no doubt that Whig principles were better carried out at the present moment by the opponents of the Whigs , than tliey could bo by the Whigs themselves .

      After a fow words from Lord Clements , The house divided , when tliere were—Por Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment ,,, . „ 3 g Against it 253 Majority against it ... _. „ _, „ . •*«•} Sir James Graham then moved the previous question , Another division took place , when the numbers were—. Foi the previous question 182 Agaiust it 104 Majority for it , , 78 Lord John Russell's resolutions were accordingly lost _. The house then adjourned .

      _Tdubsoav , mat 29 . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock , The Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Bill was read a third time and passed _. The Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill was also read a third time and passed _. Dr . Bowriko presented a petition , numerously signed , from Bolton , in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill .

      PRIVILEGE . The Solicitob-Genebal brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the case of the action of Howard v . G osset . The . report stated that ou Tuesday Inst judgment was obtained against Sir Vf Hliam _Gosset and a verdict of £ 200 returned , execution upon whicli would be levied on the 2 nd of June . The Committee recommended that a writ of error should be brought on the judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . As the execution would not prejudice the proceedings in the writ of error , the Committee did not feel it expedient to prevent the levy . The _Solicitob-Gek-eiul then moved that the report be printed . " Mr . Hume thought that some day ought to be mentioned upon which to take this report into consideration ,

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      He thought that the privileges of that house were not properly protected . - Jle / thoughtth _& _tims had now com when they ought to ascertain whether- they had any w leges or not , t , _.-. The Solicit ' or -Geneeal thought that it would be bet , ter to wait , so as to give further time for . consideration They might , it was true , take the other course , and ho was quite willing to follow any suggestion the house might make , but he thought that there was some further information whieh might be laid before the house b ? thus doing , the house would effectually interfere , without being . committed to any course . Mr . T . Duncombe said they had got a copy of the jud _* _. ment , but they wanted a copy of the warrant and of thi record to enable them to proceed rightly _. The Solicitor-General said tliat the copy of record was being printed , and he would lay copies of Ron _th « table in the morning , and he moved tiiat the _renort Z taken inio consideration to-morrow .

      ACADEMICAL EDUCATION BILL , _Loi-d John Russell , seeing the righthon . baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department in his pC wished to ask him if » was his intention to move « 2 order of the day to-morr * w for the second reading of Z Irish Academical Educational Bill , Sir James Gbaham replied , that if the discussion of _pnvdege extended to any great length , which it was Z unlikely to do , he should not-move the order of the _Z for the second reading till Monday . *

      LAST NIGHT ' S DEBATE , Lord Ashlei rose , and said that he wished to trespass on the house for a few moments only , on a matter personal to kimself . He had understood thathis absence from last night ' s debate had been very severely commented upon . He had last night taken the chair at a _meetinc in a remote district of Lambeth , for which he had 6 ecn « gaged for several months , and where he had been d » tamed for several hours , and he did not think that at that late period of the evening it was necessaiy to attend that house to take part in a division upon a motion which , whether it were successful or not , could lead to no ' practical result ,

      IMPRISONMENT FOB DEBT , Mr . II , Bebklbt moved for a select committee t 0 inquire into the operation of the bill past last sessions of Parliament , having reference to small debts undw _Xlj That measure had been attended with very bad _consei alienees to tradesmen , placing them entirely at the-mercy of fraudulent debtors , Itwas necessary that some pro , tection should be afforded to those parties who now com ] plained . He was not in favour ofa return to the ' old law , but he considered some medium course might "be adopted to meet thc hardships of the case . It was on this account that he wished the committee tobe appuinicd From one extreme the house had gone to the opposite , ' Under the old law , the debtor was entirely at tlic mercy of the creditor , but under Hie present law thc ease was reversed ; thc creditor was the victim of the debtor , After a few further observations , the hon . member con . eluded by moving the appointment of the committee , Mr . Kemble briefly seconded the motion _.

      Sir James Graham said that if he properly understood thc hon . gentleman who had made thc motion , the object he sought to be achieved by the Committee was how thc Act of last session regarding small debts had _opevntta upon the circumstances of tradesmen . Werc that the end in view he did not see any good that was to ba effected ; he could not apprehend any benefit that would result from such a committee . Certain defects in the _, \ ct complained of had been under the consideration o £ the Lord Chancellor , with the object of devising a remed y ; and that noble and learned lord had _introduced a bill into tlte other house on tho subject . The bin , gentleman intimated that he had no desire to repeal

      the law of last session , but to effect its improvement , He ( Sir James Graham j rejoiced at tbis , as it was his firm opinion no 6 tep could be taken so indicative of a want of sympathy and consideration as the repeal of that law for the working classes . The measure had , on the whole , worked well . No complaints had been made bj the great body of the people : the complaining parties werc tradesmen , who had thc remedy in tlieir own haiiils if they chose to exercise it—thc withholding of credit . There were , no doubt , defects in thc old law , still it had been introduced after great attention and consideration had been bestowed upon it . It was no such piece of crude legislation as had been affirmed .

      Mv . Hawes _didjiot wish a renewal ofthe hardsliijis imposed on debtors formerly . He considered the only effect of appointing the committee would be to cushion the measure coming down from thc other house of Parliament . He would , therefore , object to the appointment ofa committee , as he believed it would impede the imprisonment that was meaning to be made in the bill , and wliich was under the consideration of the other house _. The _Solicitor-Gekebal said the abolition of impri . sonment for debt upon formal process , under £ ' . ' 0 , had been effected oecause of thc miseries to which pour debtors had been subjected . He was now willing to he . lievc , from the experience of tlic present law , that the creditor was not sufficiently protected , and if any further protection could be given him it was desirable ; at the same time , they should be cautious about placing in the hands of the creditors any arbitrary power . He hoped the lion , gentleman would withdraw his motion till'lie saw what the bill from the Lords proposed .

      After a few observations from Mr . Spooner , Jlr . Berkley , and Colonel Itawdon , thc motion was _wittidtawn . The house was shortly afterwards counted out on a motion of Mr . Sergeant Murphy for thc repeal of the tax imposed on tho inhabitants of certain towns iu _Ireliunl , called ministers' money ,

      _DoKcojffiE TEsnMONiAL .--Ccntr . il Committee of _Ira-les , & c , 72 , St . Martin ' s Lane , _^ _Veifncsiiav Evening , May 28 th ; Mr . J . Grassby ( Carpenter ) ' in the chair . —Mr . T . Barrett handed in . - £ 8 os . ijil ., being tho third subscription of thc United _Corkcutlen-, and makine * a total of £ 34 15 s . 6 ii . received from that body . Mr . T . M . Wheeler forwarded £ 1 Is . on behalf of Mr . Cavill , of Sheffield ; also from two Carpenters , 2 s . Mr . Jones , Chichester , forwarded fis _., being the result of a penny subscription in that town , Mr . E . Stallwood handed in £ 4 , being tlic third _hiiIiscription ofthe Greenwich and Deptford Local ( . _' orainittee . —The Committee rcspectiully announce tliat their labours will be brought to a close on _Wcdiiesilnj

      evening next , June 4 th , and thev earnestly inipfcs . i upon all who may still hold hooks or monks on Iwhdi of the Testimonial , to remit the same on or before that date , to lt . Norman , Ksq ., general treasurer , * or tQ Mi * . J . Syme , general secretary . A balance-sheet will be published for the _infiiniuitiou of _subscnfai's . a Sisoolah Voyage , —Deimhtuue oi * a . Siiii- yon Davis ' s _Stuaits in Search of AJisKiwLS _.-rOn . Thursday week the brig fsla _, Captain Robertson , belonging to Aberdeen , sailed from Stvorancss foi ' Davis ' s Straits , in search of black lead and other minerals abounding in that icy region . She is furnished with a mineralogist . Thc ls ! a is also prepared [ or whaling , having two boats aud a crew of twenty hands .

      In ** New Market at _Uirkishead will , it is expected , be _ojicncd in about six or eight weeks . The interior , which is extremely light ami elegant , _hus two fountains in it . —Liverpool Paper .

      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , May 27 . —Althoug h 1 our reported supplies are small , some few vessels $ from thc coast havo made their passage , and tlic ' _w ( samples are sent up from below . Thc wheat trade e this morning has assumed a considerable degree of «' firmness and fresh qualities obtain an advance -of ii fully Is . to 2 s . per quarter , but the attendance of if buyers ia only thin , and tho market closes rather Ml . 1 In tho value of barley there is no change . 13 can * is must be quoted Is . per quarter higher . Oats , sholl- II * ing , aud other articles steady in value , with a Sitf . « demand .

      LivBOTOOT , Corn Market , Monday , May 17 . ihere has been a fair supply of flour from Ireland , ul , but of other descriptions of British produce or mauu- iufacturc thc _iarrivals have been light . From abroad Aid -wc have onl y two or three cargoes of Baltic wheat , at . The only alteration in the duties this week is a dc- decline of ls per qr . on beans . A continuance of cold , » H , unfavourable weather throughout thc week has _reu-cndered holders of wheat and flour less anxious to stUsell their stocks , and prices of both articles have been wall vol maintained , with a slight improvement of value in an a few instances . The best samples of Irish red _loivuevi wheat have brought « s M to Gs 10 d per _701 _' js ., attiiamJ good marks of Irish flour 35 s . to . "Cs . per 2 S 0 lbs . lbs

      The best mealing oats , which arc uot _olmUfvil , _ha . _i'JAU been held for rather more money , but tho demand _li't _** l " still been limited , * good Irish may be quotedafc 2 s ] 0 a ) 1 to 2 s . 1 . 1 Jd _,, and choice at 3 s . per 45 lb . ? . OAi'i-e-diihas had astcady sale , and 2 _« ls . 9 d . per 210 lbs . casilyisi made for the best cuts . Thc transactions in _barlejU'le beans , and peas have been quite of a retail cliiu _* acler , clt at late rates . __ Some speculative business lias oecmT _^ _vr in bonded articles : one or two cargoes of the lowerow qualities of Baltic wheat have chauscd hands , atnl a about 1500 barrels of United States flour , at ISs . _$ ,, i to 19 s . per 1 * 90 lbs . A small cargo of Egyptian bc . " . _fls _* c . " was sold , on Friday , to arrive , al 27 s . ( 3 d . per ISO 11 »/ lb cost , freight , and insurance .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Mosday , May 26 . _—^^ have little or no alteration to quote in the state ot ' outrfoi cattle market of late , thc supply being fair for _t-Iift-tl time of the year , with a numerous attendance eke buyers from all parts . Thero was a brisk sale , at Ins t hi , prices . Beef Gd . to 6 Jd ., mutton , Od . to _Tld . > _'V 7 d . to HA . per lb . Cattle imported into Livcrpo « i > trom the 19 th to thc 26 th April : —2410 cows , 51 _calv-fah -1520 sheep , 33 S lambs , 7868 pigs , 42 horses . Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Mav 24 .- _^ . - had a tolerable supply of grain inour market _to-ufo-u- " Wheat sold from 5 s . Od . to 7 s . oats 2 _s . 6 d . to 3 s . 2 ' - _s . 2 « barley 3 s . 6 d . to 3 s . 9 d . beans 4 s , 3 d . to 4 s . Gd ., P W _., I bushel .

      Pr Inted By Dougal M'Gowan , Of 17, Grea...

      Pr inted by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Great _Wiii'tin-liii'to street , Haymarket , in tho City of Westminster , _'rt' _-V , a * * Office in the same Street and Parish , for _¦* " _** - " _*•'•* - ¦ ' prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq _.,. iiid pubUshed » ishe < Wumah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Bi _* i «« J * ane _stroet , Walworth , in the Pariah of St . Mary , Newinijlewi ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No _. _^ Nc Strand , in the Parish oc St . _Mary-le-Strand , in " _* _, « - City of Westminster Sataday May 31 , _184 B .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31051845/page/8/