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      GUILDHALL . — .. _innviT AS » BIS _StBVASTS Mo _^ -Sib _^«^^ h . -He service of Sir Wm . _Xat _VMy > 3 _*^ _££ _Jfo " a quantity of hay from his C _^ _tatwt _^ s-- _*« t _;? _ndArti * wWe _^ _^ _f _? , _^ . _^ _thetidmry . _was charged with receiving _£ _^? o _^* e <* _¦***» _frisoner Court -u _whtog his J _!^ rfihdr _^<> d , hec 7 iiasedatvatchto bekept , and he S _& the prisoner having converted the trusses ot tSrhay ba 5 ds , _sold them in that shape to tne other prisoner . Mary Martin stated that she resided over the _Smi-clerk ' s stables , near the City green-yard , and her _trindow commands a view of the left She knew toe prisoner . She saw a van draw up to Sir Tl m . Magnay ' s mattes , and some _haybands _v-eve ftaowa into it . _llaseen havbands taken away twice before . Did not see who thre » r the hands out of theloft . Could see who was in the loft , if the door was open . Could not see who was there _i ™ _JIUk die party came to the door . Mary Wardle , the

      wife ofa CS _^ F policeman , said she also lived in the mews . Abou t h ? lf-past two o ' clock on Saturday she saw the 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 yth of May , about seven inthe _cvemng , the van took away another qnanritVj and again on ihe 7 di . There was tbe name of John Wehb on -the side of the van . Thomas Hunt , City policeman , 4 hi , said the hands were of the same description as they bad in the loft . Webb said , at the station , he had purchased fourteen dozen bands , a : 2 id . a dozen , and hehad si * dozen before . lie produced a sample oi the haybands seizei _Jmd s = !« the one 3 : e held up was neither long enough -so _go ? wnd « -rass , r . or strong enough to hold . _fhipmomr _CauTr wai - _Mdedfei- a week , ami Webb-was sdicitteil to bail .

      _MARLBOROTJGH-STREET . _SATCUnAT . —ACCIDEST TO THE DCKE OF Wztll _? GT 0 —The Duke of Wcllimrton attended on Sannday ai - _* * _- _Marlborough-street _Pokee-court , for the purpose of preferring a chaise of furious _ihwne , whereby his life was endangered , against Henry Woods , driver ol one u * _*** C _Piuham carriers' carts . — lEs Grace having been sworn , said , I was walking , on _Tuesday last , hetween two and three o ' clock , in Park-lane , on the left-hand side , going out of Piccadillv , and when near the Duchess of Gloucester ' s house , a very heavy four-wheeled cart passed me . I endeavoured to cross the iane , to get to the pavement on the other side , under the protection of this heavy cart . I got as far as tiie right-hand wheel of the can , keeping the cart at my left hand , when 1 found myself struck on the shoulder , and knocked forward . It was a severe blow , and 1 found it had been riven by another can , the driver

      of whicli did not attempt to give _waniingbjri-alkng-out , until he had struck mc 1 did not fell : if I had , I must have been under tlie wheels of _i-odi carts . Xow , Ihave co further complaint to make against tlie man at the bar , who drove the carr , than that he was goiug . it such a _monsirors nace , that he had no control orer his Iiorse ; indeed , he came along so fast , that fie got the whole length of rark-iane without my " having perceived him ; and the pace he was going at was such , that it was impossible he oould stop hU _horts . ihis is my complaint : and I bring it forward os public- ground ? , because 1 think it is not right that earriages should go along in the public streets at this great rate . Ihe cart hy which I was struck was a heavy , tilted cart : tlie driver was under the tilt . My groom was behind with my horses , and I called him and desired him to follow the can . My _gi-oom trotted as hard as he could , hut he was unable to overtake tlie cart until

      he had got as far as South-street . This will prove the rapid pace at which the driver of the car t was going . — The defendant said he was truly sorry at what i ,., d occur * _, red , hut he declared the whole cimui . sr . inee was accidental . He saw a gentleman about to _erosi the road , and he called out to warn him , but he was _ao : aware that he had touched any one . He was not going at very great speed , for his horse was aa old one , and could not accomplish more than seven _siiles anhour , and at the time when he passed his Grace , he was going up hill . His attention was directed to the vehicles in the carriage-road , and this pi cvenied him noticing what was doing on the foot-path . — Mr . Hardwick ; It appears from the evidence that jou were _driving ' , if not at a furious , still at a rapid rate ; hat as you were going up hill at the time , had you used tlie ordinary precautions in driving along the public streets ,

      and if yon had proper command over yonr horse , this accident could not have occurred . Tliis case I shall deal with as a case of assault . Yon have committed several serious offences—fest , furious driving - , next , endangering life and limb ; and lastly , comanirisg an assault , for running against the person and striking that person with the cart is as much an assault as if the Mow were given by hasd . Por die assault , which is clearly " { . roved , you will pay a sne of £ 4 , or one month ' s imprisonment . —The defendant was then locked up . [ _Would this prosecution and decision have followed , l ; ad the parties been reversed ? Suppose "the Duke" had been ' furicusly _driving , " as dukes oiUinimes do , and knocked down "Woods , when attempting to _tro' rs the iane , would he have heen locked up for a month ? Such a result never yet fol lowed : hut then "justice is blind . " }

      Mosbat . _—Aciggbaph o ? SnASSPEi . SE . —Mr . Fletcher , hook auctioneeer , Piccadilly , accompanied hrMr . Tavlor , and several booksellers , came into court to give an account of ihe possession of a small volume placed in his hands for sale by a book-dealer , named Howard , and now claimed by Mr . " Taylor as having been stolen from his library , fhe book in question had suddenly assumed not only a high money value , but also a priceless value in the eyes ofthe literati , in consequence of the recent discovery of an autograph of Shakspeare , presumed to be genuine _, on the outside of the volume . Mr . Taylor said he had conclusive evidence that the volume in question was his property . He had for many years been engaged in collecting rare and curious foreign books , and nearly half a century ago he picked up the volume at a hook stall for 6 d . If the book was closely inspected , some short-hand pencil characters , together with his name , would be fimnd

      on one of the pages . He had also a small memorandum hook with liim , in whieh tlie date of Ins purchase was registered . He had occasionally sent hooks for sale at Mi . Fletchers rooms ; but he always kept an account of tl : e ¦ _transactions , and , on looking over his book , he COUld find nothing to Show ihai lhe boo ! : an question had hceil sold or parted with by him . He believed he last saw the book in his possession about a year ago , but he was unable to speak -with any _exactness as to the time . Mr . Howard said he would account for the possession of the book . He found it on the shelves ofa book-dealer in Host on , named Alexander . He bought it with other books and some prints for 7 s . He made the purchase of the hook in consequence of ihe signature , which he discovered in faint characters outside . The signature had heen shown to good judges , and it had been pronounced genuine , He coinaderSi , admitting 13 k authenticity of the autograph

      to he undisputed , that the book was worth upwards of £ 100 . If the autograph was prononneed io be a forgery then the book woidd not be worth more than a few pence . The book was here produced by Mr . Fletcher ' s clerk . It was a _tltiu vellum-bound volume , five inches long by about war broad . It ivas called " 1 _Quatiro Iibri _della _FliilorOjiJija Xattnrale die _Giovan Saruria , 1565 . - * ' On the tover tne nnme of W . Shakspeare , in the- old style of penmanship , was plainly to be deciphered . There was some -writing shout the signature , but it was totally illegible . Mr . Ta-,-lsr said he could account forthe faint appearance of the writing . When he bought the book the rovers were in a veiy filthy condition . He had them washed , but tbo ; : gh he noticed there was sometliing ia writing brought out bv the process of ablution , his attention was not pav .

      _tictdarly attracted to its signification . Mr . Howard said —Certainly not The autograph had heen pronounced genuine by high authority , and , as he had heen the menus of _rcstorins to tlie world a relic so inestimable , whieh , without his means , would never have been discovered , he conceived he was die parry best entitled to benefit by ihe ceasion . Mr . Malti _* y said he woidd not give a decision , as the case was not formally before liim ; but , if the parties chose to apearin court on summons , he would then go _inoie folly into the evidence . Mr . Taylor agreed to thissuggestion , _andthsparticsleftthec < Jurt . [ Thepaxties _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 5 f it had bfen planned-on purpose . ]

      WORSHIP-STREET . Mosdat . —CEiHiKii , ASSAULT . —Mi * . Jacoh Magnus , a person reading on Trafalgar-terrace , Hackney-road , was surrendered by his hail for final examination before Mr . Broughton , charged -with having criminally assaulted a . _girlfifleenyeaTS of age , named CbarlottcEniraa llobinson , tte daughter of a poor woman living at Greenwich . —The excuse by which the defendant inveigled tlie prosecutrix to his house was , tliat a friend of his , a solicitor named Moss , residing in Queen-street , Cheapside , was in want of a nursemaid , and that if the mother of the prosecutrix woidd send the latter to lus ( lhe defendant's ) house by a time he appointed , Mrs . Magnus , his mother , would introduce the girl to Mr . Moss ' s family , and procure her the vacant situation . It was also complained , after the defendant and his professional adviser bad quitted the court upon tlie second examination , that some female friend < . f tiie defendant bad fuiiowed the prosecutrix andhcr mother ,

      and not only offered then ; a purse of fifty sovereigns , hut also engaged to penaaneatly provide for the prosecutrix , if her family would consent to forego any further steps in the prosecution . —ilr . Broughton severely animadrertcd upon the attempts made hy the friends of tlie defendant to tamper with the witnesses for the prosecution and thwart the ends of justice , and said that , had they been further persevered in , he should have certainly felt called upon to at once commit the defendant to prison , and refuse any bail thatmighthavebeen tendered ; but , as it did not now appear that any subsequent attempt ofthe kind had been made , he should send the defendant for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court upon the capital charge , hnt would allow Ihe bail formerly put in to be extended till the trial , the defendant himself in £ 200 , and two responsible sureties in £ 109 each . —The required bail -was immediately entered into , and the defendant left the court with his friends .

      CLERKEKWELL . Thcksday . —The _Loves' Poiso . visc Case . —Daniel John Cock , a young man , was charged with having attempted to poison himself . It appeared from the evidence , which was voluminous , tliat on Monday night the prisoner and a young woman named Hannah Moore , who has since then died from the effects of poison , hired 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 the house without eating or drinking anything . They said they were going to the west end of the town , and would be home early . At seven o ' clock tliey returned to the house and appeared much agitated . They entered the parlour , and the weman soon after complained of illness . They proceeded to tile bedroom , and the woman complained of violent pain in her head , exclaiming she was wry ill . The prisoner endeavoured to

      sooth her . She appeared as if she had been crying . Ahout an hour after they _entered the bedroom , the pri socfr came down stairs and _ashei for a pot of boiling _wattr . 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 _sui-feon . who returned witli him , hut the woman was quit-2 dead on their arrival—foam was oozing from her mouth , Hia aii _tj , appearances exhibited of death from poison . " When the prisoner found she was dead , he fell npon his kt ; ees and cried bitterly . He exclaimed , aft _^ r a moment , "Vie have both taken potions alike , " - _^ taking _EtsJe packets from his pockets labelled « poi-*•» , * rave them to the doctor ; the papers contained a _nrnte powder . lie also handed the doctor a letter . The _Ug " _PC ? - _? _^ _*» to * S _*•* _pohce-constable , if te moZh _^ PnSTOer a £ ? : ea 'oa _W * _waJt 0 fte _station , Sl _& _XSte _S _treha " ' _* _atofcteathathe E _tte P 0 JE 0 D ' He exclaimed , " What a very

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      foolish young man I have been . " He was very ill at the 6 tation _" ; 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 him what , sort of poison fo buy—saying her father was a boot-maker , and usedj > xalic 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 , ofwhich this is the substance—that both he and the deceased had heen servants at the Bell and Crown , in Holborn , whence they were summarily discharged on Monday -, that they went to the Horse and Groom , where the deceased took out her money , laid it on the

      taUe , ar » 4 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 toid her she should not , and they walked into Holborn , where they went into a coffee-shop and had some coffee ; they were refused a bed there , and went to ihe Coach and Horses , where they were accommodated . In the morning she jumped out of bed , and seizing a " Unife which lay upon the table , attempted io stab herself , butheprcventcd her . They went out to a coSee-shop and had breakfast , where they read in a newspaper the account of a young woman having destroyed herself by oxalic acid , which made a deep impression upon 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 _Tollock . It was at the Coach and Horses they took the poison , where the deceased mixed it in two tumblers . He asked her xc kneel down with him and pray . She said she could not pray , and drunk of the potion , which he likewise did , saying _ae would pray ior iter , and much of the poison came off his stomach involuntarily at ihe time . When he found she was dying he went for a surgeon . ( The prisoner was frequently convulsed with griei whilst making this statement . ) He was remanded .

      THAMES . Toisdat . _—Robbsh _*** . _—William Jolly , a flax-dresser , residing at 5 o . lo , Arbour-place , Stepney , Henry Jolly , his son , _Thu-be Jolly , Ids wife , and Mary Ann Jolly , his daughter , were placed at the bar for final examination , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the younger male prisoner , Henry , had been in tlie employment of the prosecutor , Mr . John _Newling , draper and tailor , So . 21 , Sydney-place , Commercial-road , for the last fourteen months , during which period a _large _guaiitiiy of property liad been missed from the premises . Oil Saturday _wcDkhetook the 3 > iaierlaU of o jacket , ready cut for _sntching up , to a tailor namedl 5 ahlock , residing in Churchroad , St . George ' s in the _Sasi . who was in the habit of working for 5 Ir . _Newling . Haldock not being satisfied with tlie account which the lad gave of his possession of the materials , took them to _theiproseeutor , who recognised them as a portion recently cut from a piece of cloth , his property , ile upbraided tlie lad with his miscondaet _, and paying * hhn what wages were due , instantly dismissed him from his service . From subsconeivt information ,

      however , he went on the lollowmg Mondav to the house , No . 10 , Arbour-place , where in every drawer , locker , and box , the policeman who accompanied him discovered portions of his property , _consisting of the various materials in his shop , and warehouse . There were doeskins , kerseymeres , alpacas , silks , fustians , itc . with a qnantity of trimmings , and some stationery , consisting of Wll-Ueads , which were found in a box which the elder prisoner said was his , anil added that no other persun had access to it . There were also found in the house several duplicates relating to property which the complainant _ideij . tilled as his , and wliich were proved to have been pawned by the female prisoners . Mr . _Sewling , on taking stock after _Chrisnnas , missed amongst other property - % yards of black satin , lOf yards of black cotton velvet , 21 yards of kerseymere , the same of check tweed , 2 J doeskin , 11 black ditto , 45 of trousering , 1 J of blue

      cloth , 2 * oi lavender-coloured kerseymere , " \ of stout grey ditto , 15 yards of Wack silk sur ,: e , i pieces of white calico , 2 pieces of black linen , & e . In addition to these Sir . _Xewling has ascer tained the loss oi 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 fhe stock in Mr . Xewling- ' s premises , were found in thehouse occupied hy tiie prisoners . Some of them were rather shewy-look ing articles , such as the alpaca dresses , and a rich Levantine silk scarf . In tlieir defence the father , who it appears has _hithwto _jmssed as a very sanctified person , aud is connected with several religious associations , denied all knowledge of the transaction . His son accounted 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 . _Xewling had given the ladelothes on a previous occasion , he ( the father ) believed the statement to be true . The mother also denied any participation iu the plunder , or that she had pawned any ofthe articles identified . The girl admitted having pawned some of tlie things , and the boy , with a self-devotcdness wluch would have done honour to a better cause , endeavoured to shield the rest of the family by taking the whole of the blame upon himself . He pavticulavlv endeavoured , to . « c \\\ pa ** _fti > is . father , who heartlessly prompted him to the effort wliich drew down on him the indignant observations of tiie magistrate . The whole of the prisoners were committed for trial .

      _GREESW'ICH . Tuesdat . _—Mi-jcder at Sea . —Mary Grigg , an aged widow woman , who gave her address Xo . 15 , George-street , Albany-street , _Rothcrhithe , 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 returned from a voyage in the South Sea , fov shootii !*? her son on board tliat vessel in the Western Ocean , under the following circumstances . —John _Ei'o-. _vjt , .-m able seaman on hoard the Esther during the voyage , said the vessel , wliich had been at sea twenty-one mouths , was now ia the West India Docks , where it arrived on Wednesday last . Or . Sunday , October 1 , 1813 , during the passage across the Western Ocean , the captain called for a gun ; three were immediately brought by one ofthe mates , with one of which he shot John Grigg , who fell lifeless . There was no mutiny on board . The men had complained of being obliged to keep to the forecastle ,

      particularly as the caboose was used between decks , wliich caused the heat to be so intense that no one could bear it . Tliey were also very hadly provisioned and otherwise illtreated by the master . On the brig arriving' at Itio , the captain appeared before the authorities , and was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 500 and the chief mate in £ 200 , to meet the charge on tlie vessel ' s return to England . The captain s _« nt 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 fisheiy 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 riolent 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 ofthe crew as were at present witli the vessel .

      _"WipsESDAv . —iliis day , It ichard Lucas Williams , of Paraeise-street , Botherhithe , master mariner , appeared tu a warrant , at the instance of a poor widow named Grigg , charging him with murdering oue John Grigg , her son , on the 1 st of October , 14343 , on board the brig Esther , in the Western Ocean , whilst on her passage to the South Seas . —John Brown deposed tliat he left London in the br ig Esther on the 17 th of August , 1 S 43 . Six weeks afterwards , on the 1 st of October , they were near the line in the Western Ocean , when a man , named William _M- 'Gregor , would not tarn 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 would not turn to . The captain wanted the men to beat him down , and put him in irons . The crew did not say they would not do so , but they did not attempt—they paid no attention to the order . The ship ' s officers knelt on and

      secured him ( M'Gregor ) . John Grigg , t iie deceased , came down from the mast-head and said , " Give me a lance , and I'll release him . " Witness was _slandingby and looking on when deceased said this . He ( witness ) laid hold of deceased by the shoulder and said , " Jack , that is not right . " Deceased listened quietly to this , and remained ou deck . A moment after , Captain Williams seized hold of a musket , and shot deceased in the side , near his back . Witness remembered Charles Lambert ( a seaman ) , and did not refuse fo do his duty . M'Gregor was the only one who would not take turn . The captain read the ship ' s articles to M'Gregor , who replied that they were not the articles he had signed . The _eaptain then ordered the crew to put M'Gregor in irons . M'Gregor then _VBIi forward , followed by } _lie 'rate , He told tlie mate to keep Ms hands ofi" and as the male would _r . vl , ft ? * TM t ° trip him up . M'Gregor was secured after this . John Grigg ( the deceased ) then asked C . _iptain Williams if he intended torel _** _- _** _** _** ? _'henjan . The captain said he must do his duty . Lambert struck his fist on the vessel and said"hy Godwe will make

      , , yon let M'Gregor go . " Grigg never said or did anything after witness stayed him , and was perfectly quiet when shot . —Mr . Traill said tlie prisoners , M'Gregw and Lambert , liad heen tried before Lord Abinger in March , 1844 , when M'Gregor was found guilty and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , and Lambert was acquitted upon evidence very similar to that at present adduced by the witness Brown . Under these circumstances he declined going on with the case . The deceased ' s mother , if so advised , eould prefer a bill of indictment before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court ; this , Captain Williams was liable to until the last day of his life , but he would not recommend such a stop , 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 be thoroughly investigated— The warrant against Captain Williams was then discharged . The widow left tlie conn , hoping that friends would come forward to enable her to bring the case before a jury .

      SOUTHWAHX . _Weusesdat . —Theft . —Henry . Smith , who described himself as a hawker , was brought before Mr . t ' ottinghain for re-examination , charged witli having in ids possession several _pisccs of India handkerchiefs , stolen from hosiers ' shops in the city . He was committed for trial .

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      - " » i C _*** _***! . _* - - _** - _» ---. _s _* r _+ _**\ _+ r * r _< _i _* _+ _*<~ i _i'r * e _+ _*** i _> _r- *—* ' _-+ _* _' _~* % m _* _r _¦«•—*** s _^ . ' . _^~ . HOUSE OF LORDS , Mo . _vdat , May 2 G . Lord Coitekham moved the second reading ofthe Ecclesiastical Courts Consolidation Bill . Tlie noble lord , after explaining that this was not a new measure , called the attention ofthe house to the multitude of these courfi , and the anomalous nature ofthe matters subject to their jurisdiction , and proceeded to give an outline of the changes contemplated in his bill . With respect to the jurisdiction exercised by these courts over wills , nothing could be 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 were now held , who should grant probates when the amount of property was small , but be obliged in every case to send the will to London to be registered , so that in future time every man ' s _testa-

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      mentary dispositions _mightbe found m the metropolis . In questions of divorce and excommunication this central court would retain the power ofthe old courts . In the matter of church-rates , oyer which the jurisdiction of these courts had caused so much ill-will , he proposed an appeal to ( niacter sessions , where the rate had been illegally levied ; and in thai of tithes , he thought the power of these courts should he abolished altogether , and that _pending suits should be transferred to the Court of Chancery . He intended also to do away the criminal jurisdiction of these courts , which now had the power of punishing for defamation , incest , and quarrelling and brawling in churchyards . None of these propositions were his own , for each was founded on some recommendation ofthe

      many committees appointed to investigate the subject . He 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 _Ldjcojln objected strongly that the proposed court would be a lay one , and yet would have powers of divorce and excommunication . The feelings of members ofthe Church would be outraged if sentences of divorce were pronounced bv a purely Jay tribunal . Lord Brougham thought these objections unsound , because the jurisdistion 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 Y _/ ikchilsea doubted whether the new bill would not give rise to more discontent than tiie

      old . ' ihe Loitn Ceascelior 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 .

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      HOUSE OT ? _COMMONS , _Wednesday , Mai * 28 . The house met at four o ' clock . WE LEEDS AND WEST BIDING JUNCTION RAIIWAT Bill . Ou the motion that the _aracnilaicpts ( made in com » mittee ) to this bill be read a second time , Mr . C . Wood objected to the motion , and moved as an amendment , that it be Tefevrcdback tothe same committee . The grounds on which he moved this amendment were—first , that the company had not kept the pledge they had made to the public with respect to the charge per ton per mile for the carriage of coals . In this respect there was a great discrepancy between some ofthe 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 clause it was stated to be only l _$ d , per ton per mile . The secona ground of ohjection was , that the company had got the lease of a canal , which was a contract that the Legislature would not sanction to a railway company .

      Sir . r . M . _Stewabt ( who was chairman of tbe committee on the bill ) seconded the amendment for referring it back to that committee . Jfr . _Entwisie defended the bill as it now stood , and contended that there were no inconsistencies in the clauses , and that the company adhered strictly to th « offer they had made to the Board of Trade in the first instance . After a few words from Mr . P . 11 , Stewart , The amendment was agreed to , and the bill sent back to the committee .

      SANATOBT LATPS . Lord Duncan- asked at what period of the session it was the intention of tbe noble lord who had charge of the measure to introduce the third and last of the sanatory bills which were promised , and which were founded ou the report ofthe Health of Towns Commissioners , alluded to in the speech from the throne . The Earl of Lincoln said that the greater portion of the bill was prepared , seme clauses alone being under consideration ; and he hoped , at an early day , to be able to give notice of lhe day on which he should propose the second reading .

      SOMAN CATHOLIC- _KELILF BILL . Mr . Watso . v ' s bill for the repeal of the Penal Laws affecting Catholics was , after a short discussion , read a second time .

      STATE OF THE COONTBT The adjourned debate on the resolutions of lord John Russell was resumed by Mr . P . Howabd , who said he did not feel himself justified in voting for the nine abstract resolutions of Lord John Russell , because he was convinced , that , though in a multitude of counsellors tliere might 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 uot be doing justice to the new tariff , and to the principles on which it was founded , if it did not wait for their practical operation , before it proceeded to legislate on the remaining restrictions left upon our commerce . As to the nest resolution , which was aimed against the Corn Laws , he

      thought that Lord J . Russell was not proceeding with the caution due to all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , when he proposed fo lower the duties on the importation of foreign corn to a fixed duty of 4 s ., 5 s ., or Gs . a quarter _. Referring to the resolution which called upon the liouse to revise the law of settlement , he expressed his hope that it would be found practicable to combino a birth settlement with some plan for giving a settlement to those who had for some time previously bnen _resident in a given place . To a systematic plan of colonization he should offer no objection , provided that it was not compulsory . He then expressed himself in favour ofthe allotment system , which 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 that 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 to the Roman Catholics and to the Protestant Dissenters of the 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 io him to be any extensive feeling in favour of the extension of the suffrage . Having thus stated some 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 he had still another reason , aud that was , that if cither the oue or the other were intended as a censure on the present Ministers , and if the passing of such a censure would lead to tlieir resignation , lie could not give it the slightest support , because we had not at x > rcsent a compact body of men to supply their places .

      dr . B . Sscott 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 v . _'ould not support these resolutions . Lord John Russell , after lamenting over the condition of thelabouring classes —a question which had made more way in the feeling than in the judgment ofthe country—bad adverted to the necessity of establishing a better system of emigration , _Sow , in his opinion sufficient encouragement had been already given to emigration . The time for encouraging it was before the liouse gave its sanction to the strict provisions of the Kew Poor Law , and not now , when those strict provisions were in full operation . As to the practical substance of all the resolutions—the eventual introduction of foreign corn dutyfree—Lord J , Russell , who

      but four years ago proposed a -fixed duty of 8 s . a quarter , now proposed a fixed duty of 4 s ., or os ., or Cs . a quarter ; and , as if there was to be no end ofhis 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 he left this amount of protection ? Por the benefit of the mercantile or the labouring classes ? Mr . Escott then proceeded to contend that on the subject of thejpresent 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 _fannars ' 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 their unavailing ¦ attempts , during the preseut session , to prop it up again with osier twigs fov timbers , and with lard for cement , There was , in his opinion , only one rational way in whieh protection could be defended . If it could not be defended as necessary to secure a domestic supply of com fov the people at a cheap average price , it could not be defended at ah ; for to say that it was defensible because it put money into tho pockets of the landowners , and enabled thein to pay their mortgages , and to make their jointures , was au insult to the common sense of an intelligent people . Indeed , with such speeches as had been made on this subject from the day when Sir Edward Knatclibull made his celebrated declaration down to that on whieh 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 which they were placed on their accession to office , he should ill perform his duty if he should vote in favour of the resolutions ; but he could not conceal from her Majesty ' s Ministers that the time had come when they must go further than they hitherto had gone . He protested against their standing on the doctrine of finality , which on this , as on every other subject , was tlie most absurd that tbe wit of man had ever conceived . All that atiy Legislature could do on matters of trade and commerce which were 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 must 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 J . Russell was not to have tlie benefit of his vote as vell 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 the liouse that the noble lord had not singled out Sussex as being worse thau the other counties of England and Wales but had especially referred to Staffordshire , and some other counties , as being equally negligent of the moral and religious instruction of their inhabitants . The gallant Captain concluded his speech by making several observations in defence of a relaxation of the Corn Laws . Sir John Walsh complained , that tlie introduction of so many different topics either rendered the debate vague ,

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      desultory , and inconclusive , or else induced the speakers to run off into party topics , to the disparagement of those which were more naturall y united with it . In one of the many resolutions which Lord J , _Bnsscll had _propounded —namely , that in favour of colonization , he concurred to a very great extent . He regretted , however , that the noble lord had not given encouragement to colonization as Secretary of Slate , when he might have administered a strong impulse in its favour . He could not , however , assent to his resolutions either on protecting duties , or on the Corn Laws ; and for this reas n—that both of them were contrary to the evidence of facts , and tothe testimony of experience . He then entered into a long detail to prove that protection , so far from being injurious to agriculture , had been the cause of the improvement which had been so remarkable in agriculture for the last few years .

      Lord Howick defended the policy which Lord J . Russell had recommended to the adoption of the house in these resolutions , and contended that that policy had been met by arguments singularly inconclusive . He had expected that Sir James Graham , when he rose to speak in behalf of her Majesty ' s Government , would have said either fhat the condition ofthe labourer _xvas satisfactory , and that the Interference of Parliament was therefore unnecessary , or that it fell short of what every man desired , but that any improvement of it was beyond the reach of the Legislature , and that it was therefore better for Parliament not to interfere , lest its interference should encourage hopes which must be ultimately disappointed . He _iind expected , he said , that Sir James Graham would have adopted ono or other of these courses ; but Sir James

      had come down to the house , and made a speech filled with details and arguments , not refuting but confirming every statement of Lord John Russell , and had concluded it , to the surprise of everybody , by movingtheprevious question _. That course amounted to nothing more nor less th . in that her Majesty ' s Government would neither affirm nor deny that there were measuves which were calculated to improve the state of the labouring population . He regretted that a question of tliis importance should be discussed in so thin a house ; but still more the absence of Lord Ashley , who ought to have been present to support Lord J . Russell in his attempt to ameliorate the condition pf the labouring population , All the grievances of which Lord Ashley complained , and which he wished to redress , arose from the inability of the labourer to command

      sufficient remuneration for his labour ; and the object ofthe present motion was to obtain from Parliament a recognition of the existence of a state of things 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 . They were important , not only for tho propositions which tliey included , hut also for the propositions whieh ih _^ - excluded . They were also closely and inseparably connected with each other ; for the country was suffering at present both from the moral effects of mental ignorance , and from the physical effects of'individnnlpoverty . Poverty was too often the result of ignorance , and of the improvidence which ignorance created : on the other hand , it was often the cause of ignorance itself ; for lion- could it be expected

      that a population suftering from hunger and distress would ever think of obtaining the blessings of education ? Lord J . Russell had pointed out the measures which he thought would prove the best _combination foi * remedying the double evil under which the country was now suffering . He was well aware that any attempt to raise wages by Parliamentary interference would only tend to aggravate the _tvil which he deployed . The measures which Lord J . Russell looked forward to as the means of mitigating the distress of the labourer were such as would free industry and labour from the restrictions under which they were suffering at present . He confessed that some of those restrictions—for instance , those by which you prevented those who produced clothes by manufacture from exchanging their produce with those who produced corn—appeared lo ' bim to have been framed almost with the intention of thwarting the designs of Providence . The

      noble lord then proceeded at great length to point out tlio impolicy of suppoiting the existing Corn Laws , for tho protection , as some asserted , but for the ultimate destruction , as he contended , of tiie agricultural interest , aud to show that tlie 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 which he entertained , and entertaining them , he gave his cordial support to the resolutions on the subject of protective duties and of the Corn Laws ; but he would not conceal from lhe liouse that he went far beyond Lord 3 . 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 which Parliament ought now to come was , that the system of restriction which takes the bread out ofthe mouths ofthe labouring classes ought to be completely ab . _ii ) doae ( 3 _.

      Sir John Hanmeb snid , that if this were a Corn Law debate , which it was not , he should urge various reasons , which would militate , not a little , against the conclusions of Lord Howick . He was convinced that whenever Parliament came to the settlement of the Corn Laws , it would base them on the principle of a moderate fixed duty , not for the sake of protection , but for the sake of revenue . He had observed , that whenever the duty was taken off from auy 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 tlie labouring classes . He COUlll llOt , hOWe ' , VOtU for tho resolutions of lord J , _RllSBCll , because ill so doing he should he guilty ot" gross

      injustice towards Sir R . 1 ' eel and his colleagues ; for he should be affirming that they had paid no attention to the condition * of the country siuce their accession to office , when the fact was , that their measures had been attended with the mo st 'beneficial consequences . He could not support the _resolution respecting colonisation , because he saw no prospect of colonisation being undertaken on the principles oil whicli ho wished to sec it conducted , The last report uf tlie l _' oor Law Commissioners showed , that during tho last _J- ' ear _ono-eighth of the population had been receiving " . parochial relief , This was an announcement whiclj ought to attract the serious attention of Parliament ; aiid he merely noticed it at present lo suggest that a * trilling hlleviation ofthe difficulty thus experienced by the podr ' iuigli tbe found in giving in future to them and fo their 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 iipathy existed , a stronger proof could not bu given ofthe incompetence of the house to discharge its duty towards . tho country . But the absence of Lord Ashley and other members , upon which Lord Howick had commented eo severely , was not owing to apathy , but to the deep and _prevailing conviction of the house that Lord J . Russell had hot brought forward this subject in a manner likely to lcatlto ahypractical result . He was not going to discuss ail ' the various measures contained in Lord J . _Russtll ' s resolutions , because each of them , if justice were done , would require considerable time for discussion . He should have thought that those measures were

      sufficiently _niimcWiVs ;* but some gentlemen , following the course to whicW ' th _' tt noble lord had invited them , thought otherwise , _lindprbposed to add to them tho subject of tlie PoorLh ' _tts aiid-universal suffrage . Independently , however , of the' number of measures contained in these rcsoluiions , lieobjected to any abstract resolution upon any one of them , without knowing something ofthe substitute wliich Lord J . Russell intended to provide for the present law . After _maljing some observations on the noble lord ' s resolutions upon colonisation and education , and after justifying the recdnt proceedings of Government on both those subjeets /' lre called attention to the wide difference existing between Lord John Russell aiid Lord Howick on

      the subject of the resolution on the present Own Laws . Lord J . Russell proposed a fixed duty of Is ., 5 s ., or . Is . but Lord Howick ivas against all duties whatsoever , and was for a perfectly free importation of foreign com , hecause he thought that nothing else would tend SO much to restore a healthy condition to the labouring classes . He ( Sir 11 . Peel ) did not wish to under-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 the Crown , it would evidentl y imply distrust in , and pass a censure upon , her Majesty's Government . It was for the house to decide whether the Government deserved such a con .

      sure . The Government had relieved industry from many of its burdens , and had made greater efforts in three years to relieve the social condition of tlia working elasscs than had ever been made within the same lime by any preceding administration . The improvement of the conn _, try was admitted on all hands ; but some gentlemen asserted that it was not owing to the measures of the Government , but to the favourable seasons of the last few years . Hi admitted that lhe seasons had been favour _, able _£ but ho pointed to the tarlfF , 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 their duties . If the house were determined to enter upon the discussion ofthe Corn Laws , it had better do so when the motion for their repeal was regularly brought before it by

      its able and consistent advocate , Mr . Villiers , for a partial discussion of them could be . productive of no iiiV . - . i » tage . With regard to Lord J . Russell ' s resolution for the abolition of protective duties , he believed that his object would be mere successfully obtained by pursuing ihe cautious and gradual course proposed by her _Majesty ' s Government , In pursuing their cautions and gradual course , tlie Government , according to Sir J . Tyrcll _, had forfeited the confidence of the agricultural interest , lie did not know whether Sir John Tyrell was authorised to speak as the organ of that interest ; but even if he were , lie { Sir It . _feel ) would not purchase bach again the confidence which he was said to have forfeited by uttering the slig htest expression of repentance for the course which he had pursued , When he contrasted the condition of Eng land in the winter of 1 S 42 with its condition at the present moment , he never would admit that he

      bad pursued any other course than that which becamo him as a Minister of the Crown , and as the head of the great Conservative party . He 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 thau to be always tampering with such a subject . He believed that that lav * hud 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 on tlie nominal price of the quarter of corn . If he could read to thehouse the accounts which hehad received hi 1842 of the distress , privation , and crime which prevailed at that time in the manufacturing districts , he could convince the most decided advocate of the landed interest that it was threatened with greater danger from the continuance of that distress , privation , and crime , than it ever had incurred from any other cause ,

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      He knew that the decision ofthe house would be ' governed hy higher motives than its hopes of pecuniary reinunera * tion ; but if it were not , he should emphatically declare that the state of things in' 1842 could not have continued long without affecting most materially the . interests of land . It wns said the Government had . lost tlie confidence of its supporters without gaining that ' of its-opponents . If that were so , it could not last long ' ; but he once more repeated , he would not , to regain the confidence which he had lost , utter one expression of regret for having proposed the measures which bad induced that loss of confidence . The principles on which those measures were based were sound , and tb them Government ivas prepared to adhere . They woidd carry them into execution with deliberate caution ; but , for the protection of individuals ,

      and for the promotion of the cause which he and Lord J . Russell 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 Jou . N Hossell , in rising to reply , observed that the sole question then before the house was this , whether , if it were necessary to make an alteration in our protective system and in our Corn Laws , it was wise to make it now _^ in a time of political tranquillity , or to wait fov 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 Corn Laws was even now tottering to its fall ; and it was , therefore , incumbent upon the house not to be taken unawares , when that fall should take place . Sir U . Peel

      had admitted that if he had lost the confidence of his own supporters , he 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 the introduction of the tariff and the existing Corn Law had been injurious to the farmer ; but when the hon . baronet went on to assert that he had been taught by Ministers , when in opposition , to expect that they would be in favour of protection and against Free _Tvade , 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 were to propose a vote of a want of confidence in hev Majesty ' s Ministers , he would not support it ;

      for what he had now to consider was how he could best carry the measures which he deemed conformable to his own principles . If he 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 were now in office . JIo _, therefore , thought that the best mode of carrying Out liis own princip les would he hy opposing Sir John Tyrell on any such motion , and by leaving measures foundedon his principles to be proposed anil carried by the party now in power . There could be no doubt that Whig principles were better carried out at tlio present moment by the opponents of the Whigs , than they eould be by the Whi gs themselves . After a few words from Lord Clements , The house divided , when there

      were—For Jfr . S . Crawford ' s amendment 33 Against it 253 Majority against it — -220 Sir _Jjimes Gbaham then moved the previous question . Another division took place , when the numbers were—For the previous question ... 182 Against it *<>* Majority for it — " 8 Lord John 1 U'SS £ ll _' _s resolutions were accordingly lost . The house then adjourned . Thursday , Mat 29 , The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . The Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Bill was read u third time and passed . Tlie Exeter and Crediton _JJnihvay Rill wns also read a third time and passed . Br . Bowrixg presented a petition , numerously _signed , from Bolton , in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill .

      privilege , , The _Soiicitoh-Genieai . brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the case of the action of Howard v . Gosset _. The rupori stated that o ; i Tuesdaylast judgment was obtained against Sir William Gosset , and a verdict of £ 200 returned , execution upon which 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 _Sohcitoji-Genhui , then moved that the report be printed .

      Mr . Hume thought that some day ought to be mentioned upou which to take this report into consideration , He thought that the privileges of that house were not properly protected . . He thought the time had now come when they ought to ascertain whether they had any pri leges or not . The SoLiCiTOit-Gi . _NEiUL thought that it would be better to wait , so as to give further time for consideration . They might , it was true , fake the other course , and he was quite willing to follow any suggestion the house might make , but he thought that there was some further information which might be laid before tlie iiousu ; by thus doing , the house WOWhl _eflbetiialJy interfere , without being committed to any course .

      Mr . T . Dc . _vt'OMDE said they had got a eopy of the judgment , but they wanted a copy of the warrant and of the record to enable them to proceed rightly , The _SoLiciiOR . _ttE-f-Eiui , said that the copy of record was being printed , a _* nu 3 ie would lay copies of it on the table in the morning , aud he moved that the report , be taken inio consideration to-morrow .

      _ACAiirinciL education _sitt . Lord Jons Russell , seeing the right hon , baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department in his place , wished to ask him if it was his intention to move the order of the day to-inonw for the second reading of the Irish Academical Educational Bill . Sir James GiunAM replied , that if the discussion of privilege extended to any great length , which it ivas not unlikely to do , he should not move the order of the day for the second reading till Monday . last night's debate .

      Lord Ashley rose , and said that he wished to trespass on the _hoise for a few moments only , on a matter personal to himself . He had understood that his absence from last night ' s debate had been very severely commented upon , He had last night taken the chair at a meeting in a remote district of Lambeth , for which he hod been engaged for several months , and where lie had been detained for several hours , and he did not think that at that late period of the evening it was necessary to attend that house to take part in .. division upon a motion , which , whether it were successful or not , could lead to no practical result .

      _IJirr _. _lSONJIENT FOB DEBT , Mr , II . Bejikiei * moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation ofthe bill past last sessions of Parliament , having reference to small debts under £ 20 . That measure had been attended with very bad consequences to tradesmen , placing them entirely at the mercy of fraudulent debtors . Itwas necessary that some protection should be afforded to those parties who now complained . -He was not hi favour ofa return to the old law , but he considered some medium course might be adopted lo meet the hardships of the case . It was on this account thathe wished the committee to be appointed . From oue extreme the house hail gone to the opposite . Under the old law , the debtor was entirely at the mercy of the creditor , but under the present iaw the ease was reversed ; the creditor was the victim of the debtor _. After a few tether observations , the hon , member concluded by moving the appointment of the committee . Mr . Kemble briefly seconded the motion ,

      Sir James _OnAiiAM said that if lie properly understood the lion , gentleman who had made the motion , the object he sought to be achieved _byjthe Committee was how the Act of last session regarding small debts had operated upon the circumstances of tradesmen , Were that the enj in view lie did not see any good that was to bo effected ; he could not apprehend any benefit that would _vesult from ' such a committee . Certain defects in the Act complained of had been mulcv the consideration of the Lord Chancellor , with the object of devising a remedy ; and that noble and learned lord had introduced a bill into the other house on the subject . The hon , gentleman intimated that he had no desire to repeal

      the law of last session , but to effect its improvement . He ( Sir James Graham ) rejoiced at tliis , as it was his firm opinion no step could be taken so indicative of a want of sympathy and consideration as the repeal of that law for the working classes . Tlie measure had , on the whole , worked well . No complaints had been made by the great body of the people : the complaining parties were tradesmen , who had the remedy in their own hands if they chose to exercise it—the withholding of credit , There were , no doubt , defects in lhe 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 ns had been affirmed .

      Mr . Hawks did not wish a renewal of the hardships imposed on debtors formerl y . He considered the only effect of appointing the committee would be to cushion the measure coming down from the other liouse of Parliament . He would , therefore , object to the appointment of a committee , as he believed it would impede the imprisonment that was meaning to be made in the bill , and which was under the consideration of the other house . Tho _Solicitob-Gej-eral said the abolition of impr-i somnent _Tur debt upon formal process , under £ 20 , had been eilected uecausc of tho miseries to which poor debtors mid been subjected . He was now willing to believe , from the experience of the present law , that the creditor was not sufficiently protected , and if any furthev protection could be given him it was desirable ; at the same time , tliey should be cautious about placing in the hands of the creditors any arbitrary power . Ile hoped the lion , gentleman would withdraw his motion till he saw what tho bill from the Lords proposed .

      After a few observations from Mr . Spooner , Mr . Berkley , and Colonel Ilawdon , the motion was withdrawn _. The house was shortly afterwards counted out on a motion of Mr . Sergeant Murphy for the repeal of the tax imposed on the inhabitants of certain towns in Ireland , called ministers' money .

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      _SuB-iv-JAra-vi * _Espxbsiav is Limekouse Re vot In consequence of an announcement that an attenin 7 would be made oh Monday to remove , ' by means of gunpowder , the Whiting Shoal , which for a Con siderable period has greatly impeded the _navigation of the Thames , in Limehouse Kcach , aa _deteimincd on by the City authorities , a great number of _personi despite the unfavourable state of the weather -Z scmbled near the bank ofthe _i'iver , for the wvmZ of witnessing the operations . The Government lighters and the usual apparatus were in comnWo readiness , but , unfortunately , owing to the stora v character ofthe day , the process was deferred for { more favourable opportunity . The shoal in _onestinn extends nearly half a mile in the centre of the chin nel , and at low water has only a depth of seven few It was considered at first that it could be in some wt displaced _^ ' the usual dredging machines that _clewl the bed ot the river , but on that scheme _bcinjrresorM i

      w , « , w « s o . ma mac tne snoai was _ofstich a hardened description , like a kind of concrete of "ravel in Wi that the _woi'king of _themaehmcshSlSKS ft upon it . The _coi-poration were at length _infoi-inK alien tenant m the navy , it is understood , S it could be removed b y the means of gunpowder _-ind accordingly , operations were immediate v adontc " so as to carry out the project . . The first _aUeuJ was made last Tuesday , and m even * way Jn _trahv successful . A hole _rs bored some distance " in tic shoal , in wluch was deposited a fin case containing 451 us . of gunpowder , anil _wasfiretl by a galvanic _battel from one of tho Government lighters , under the com mand oi Captain Fisher , the harbour master The effect is described as being very singular . A Im *» e body of vatcv was thrown up . in a dome-like f orm

      and the shock was plainly felt on both sides of the river . After the operation it was found that sumo 40 feet ofthe shoal was displaced . ie EsiRAORBiSAnY _K . _* E _* MiKiscEsc _* Es . —Wednesday at the police court , a respectably-dressed and _intellig ent man of _colonr , named John Thomas B _) enm . in , ° an . pearcd before Mr . Rushton , to prefer a claim for wages to the amount of £ 1710 s ., alleged to be due fo him by Messrs . Rintoul and Zimmerman , of this town , owners of the ship Vitula , Mr . Davenport ap . peared for the claimant , and Mr . Collier ( of the _fii-ni of Davenport and Collier ) for the defendants . The complainant stated that he sailed with the Vitula , Captain Fielding , from this port , on the 2 nd of 0 otober , 1842 , bound to Buenos Ayres ami Valparaiso .

      and was , as steward , to receive .- £ 2 10 s , per month . The ship reached Buenos Ayres , and proceeded to Monte Video , whence she went round C . ipc Horn , and _fmnlly reached Cnllao . From the last-named port she went to the Chincha Islands , about 100 miles off , in the Pacific . There they took in guano , but fhe Peruvian authorities said tliey were stealing it , . _iHil a _Peivrian schooner , formerly a _msn of war , captured the ship and crew . The captain and crew were taken to Callao in custody , when they were driven on s _* borc , and very ill used . The Vitula was seized , and sold by the Peruvian Government , and tho claimant added that the sum stated was due to him as wages . Mr . Collier cross-examined the witness , who said he had received no advance or

      payment beyond a month's pay on starting , and a dollar afterwards . Mv . Collier explained to Mr , Kushton that his clients had unfortunately given the vessel in charge to Captain Fielding , with instructions to proceed to Monte Video , aud thence to Valparaiso , at which last port he was to do his best for their interests _. In place , however , oi complying with these instructions he had , on his own account , taken the vessel , to the islands named to get guano . He was caught In tlie illegitimate act , and the ship was seized and sold . ( The witness read a letter , from which it appeared that the sale brought 1 , 5 , 001 ) dollars . ) Mr , Rushton inquired of the claimant whether he had ever applied to the British consul for his wages , and the reply was . that he had . He added that the

      captain ol flic Vindictive , British vessel of war , then thero , know many of the circumstances , and he believed was now in this country . He ( claimant ) being in expectation of receiving his wages , remained in the country for fourteen months , serving on board of a Peruvian steamer , from which he produced his discharge ; but as there were political commotions and warfare going on all the time—with three successive presidents—he deemed it advisable to return to this country . He wished to get to his home in Barbadocs as soon as possible , and would work his passage if lie could mid aship . Mr . Collier said _r-haihiselieubJiaii no wish lo withstand a fair claim for wages , but as they had received no official account relative to the sale of the vessel , they naturally inferred tliat the crew had

      been paid their wages by the consul , who , it was to be presumed , would look after that matter . He requested , on their part , that the further hearing of the case should bc _' posiponcd until a reply to a letter to the Secretary of State should be received , as to whether any information on the subject had been transmitted to him by tlie British consul at Peru . Mi : Puishton said he considered it but reasonable that a fair time should be allowed for sueh inquiry by return of post ; but the _pmnrt / a « c facts were such that he thought the roan entitled to his wages , unless good cause was shown to the contrary , and that scon , Ife should ( as iic was going Out of ow . ) for few days ) in the meantime or & et payment on Saturday next , unless hy that time such evidence were adduced by the defendant as

      would justify a departure from that award . To this Mr . Collier assented . The facts connected with the Vistula arc of painful reminiscence . Captain Fielding , in place of attending to his instructions , went to obtain , surreptitiously , a cargo of guano at the Chincha Islands , without leave of , or the customary payment to , the authorities . He was caught , his ship seized , and himself , amongst others , imprisoned in Callao , and treated with , so far as wc have lieard , great severity . He contrived , however , though strongly manacled , to _chule the vigilance of his Peruvian keepers , and got on board of thcSaladiii , a passenger , along with his son , a boy . While in that vessel he formed a conspiracy , wi ' th a great part of the crew , to murder the master ami mate . These

      two were accordingly murdered , as were also eight of the crew . After that horrible transaction , six ofthe crew survived , including two who had taken no part in the transaction . These , after they had been some time at sea with Fielding , became fearful- for their own safety , and secured , as far as they could , the knives and arms in the cabin -, and , continuing to be still more and more alarmed , they determined to make away with him . They secured him and bound him down to the cabin floor for two days , after which they threw him overboard . They then held a consultation as to the ( lite of his son . which ended in his

      destruction in a similar way . All this was tho work of four out of the six survivors . The ship was afterwards , in her homeward voyage , overtaken by another vessel , and taken into New Brunswick , where the four aggressors were tried , and , being convicted of _fne murders , executed . Tho full details appeared in our paper last year . The claim for wages made by tlir steward ( Blcnman ) on the owners of the Vitula is t !« first that has ever been preferred ; and he states tint there is but another man , the second mate , who * an make any claim , the two alone being the onh ' meii who accomplished the voyage , until the seizure , tlio others being shipped at Valparaiso . — Liverpool Standard of Tuesday .

      Royal 1'Olvtech.Nic Institution .—It Is ...

      Royal 1 ' olvtech . nic Institution . —It is now some time since Professor Ryan commenced a series of lectures on economy and management of steam-engines , paiticularly adapted for the instruction of naval officers who might be appointed as steam officers by her Majesty . When these lectures were commenced we took the opportunity of attending , and were exceedingly gratified at tlio manner in which the learned -Doctor explained the uses to which steam power may be Applied , and . it the illustrations by means of models , ou a very large scale , of the whole apparatus employed in steam navigation . A great number of officers in the 11 oyal navy , soma of them of very higb rank and reputation , have been among Dr . Ryan's pupils and auditors , and have expressed their satisfaction at the manner in which tlie instruction has been imparted , This testimonial , coming as it does from such a quarter , is highly honourable to the professor , showing that his efforts have been appreciated .

      _Xitr Strand Tmatbe . —We visited this pretty little theatre on Friday evening , for the first time since the production of Mr . Leman Rede ' s new drama , the Saloon and Cellar ; or , Vpsand Downs of Life . Wo expected something superior from the pen of Leman Rede , and our expectations were more than realised . The characters were well sustained—so well hy all , thai it would be invidious to single out particular actors or actresses for laudatory notice . Clairvoyance followed , and kept tho audience in good humour throughout its performance . The new three act drama , entitled London

      by Eight , was the next piece ; in which figures a motley assemblage of London flash men , rakes , piemen , bailiffs , sweeps , baked- 'tato merchants , and other knowing characters , male and female , who are to be found flourishing in Loudon bj ; _JViglit , The whole concluded with the extravaganza of Pobinson Crusoe , or the . _Meciiliircs of a Friday . A very respectable audience was * present , and the whole of the performances elicited universal applause . For an evening ' s entertainment of the right ' sort we can warmly recommend this deservedly popular theatre .

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette, May 3...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , May 30 t ? i , 1845 . ; Francis William Searle , Upper Gloucester-place , Clielsea—Thomas Wenman _, Birmingham , merchant—William M' Al pine , Liverpool , tailor . dividends . June 21 , _N , T . Smith ,-jun ., Lime-street , City , shipowner —June 20 , ) . Pirn , _Clapham-common , liivemlraper—June 20 , J . Finlaysoit , Ranelagh-street , Piinlico , grocer-Jan * * 20 , J . Innes and C . S . ISracher , Earl ' s-eourt , Old Brompton , brewers-June 24 , E . Gibson , Kendall , builder-Jitfie 25 , E . Hilton and J ) , Walsh , Over _Darwen , Lancashire paper-makers .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of It, Great Windmill*

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of IT , Great Windmill *

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      street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , at the Office in the same Street and Parish , for the Pro * prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Eaq _., andpublishea _^ Wixuah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Brando * " - - street , Walwwtb , in the Parish of St . Mary , Newing * ton , in tho County of Surrey , at the Office , No . * - ** - * Strand , m the Parish ot St . _MaryJe-Strand , _«» '• " * City of Westminster Saturday May 31 , 18 « ,

  • 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/ns4_31051845/page/8/