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er birb Mbttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub• Committee No. 1. (C'mtinued from our Afternoon Edition.) THE EAST AND WEST-nvxma. DOCES, AND lintmnrrizam JUNCTION. Thiy.) adjourned case was the next called on. Ttie CHAIRMAN said that with regard to the allegations, Vtich had been submitted to the Committee on a former day, 'as to the powers proposed to be taken by the Birmingham Company to borrow 300,0001. for carrying out the works, the standing orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the promoters had not given proper notice of applying for such intended power. In another instance, also, where the sum of 50,000/. was proposed to be raised, the standing orders had not been complied with on the same grounds. .Several allegations of an unimportant nature were then sub mated, but many of them were overruled and a few sus tained. Another allegation was sustained inasmuch as the section did not show th e li nes o f ra il s i n j unc tion with the Birming ham line at Camden-town, where it stopped short, not show ing the building of the existing line at that point &wend allegations were abandoned. The Committee decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in the instances sustained. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub •Committee No. 2. This Committee met to-day at the usual hour. Present, Sir J. Y. Buller ; Messrs. Kemble, Bell, and Brametone. LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS DIRECT. There were several petitions against this Bill, namely, from Messrs. Armitage, York , Rudd , I. B. Hollins, three from certain owners and occupiers of land along the line, and one from the trustees of the Whitehall turnpike road. Mr. Parkes appeared in support of the petitions, and Mr. Pritt on behalf of the promoters of the Bill. It being half-past three o'clock when the Committee en tered upon the consideration of this Bill, there was only time to enumerate the several petitions, and to proceed with a portion of the formal evidence. The object of the Bill was to form a communication from Liverpool to Leeds ; the length of the line was 33 miles, and the cost of the undertaking 300,0001. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 6. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (BIRMING- HAM EXTENSION). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) All the evidence, with the exception of that of Mr. Earle having been heard, the case was postponed until that gentle man was forthcoming. LEICESTER. AND BIRMINGHAM. This was a postponed case from last Thursday. The object of the Bill is the construction of a line of rail way from Leicester to Birmingham. The length of the line is thirty miles, and the cost 570,0001. Engineer, C. Vignolles, Esq. ; agents, Messrs. Burke and Co.; solicitor, L. S. Baxter, Esq., Atherstone. Standing orders complied with. SIZEITIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EX- TENSION. The agent to this Bill applied to the Committee for leave to tender the evidence of a witness who was obliged to leave town immediately on important business. The Committee complied with the request, but the case was not further pro ceeded with, inasmuch as it stood lower down on the list. EAST COAST (No. II). It is intended by the promoters of this Bill to construct a railway communication between Lynn and Boston, with branches from Holbeach to Spalding, and from Long Sutton to Wisbeach. The length, including the branches, is 45* miles, the esti mated cost 500,0001., and the amount subscribed 399,0001. Parliamentary agent, Mr. Webster; engineer, H. H. Tul ton, Eq. Standing orders complied with. The Committee then adjourned until twelve o'clock to morrow. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GREAT LEINSTER AND MUNSTER RAILWAY. After hearing the usual evidence, The Committee reported that in this case the standing orders had been complied with. THE CARLOW TO KILKENNY AND KILKENNY TO CLONMEL RAILWAYS' Were also reported to have fulfilled the standing orders. WATERFORD AND TRAMORE. The Committee, after a lengthened examination of wit nesses, decided that in this case the standing orders had also been complied with. The Committee adjourned at half-past four o'clock. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. 25 to 1 agst Best Bower 30 to 1 agst Fitzallan 30 to 1 agst Hope 30 to 1 agst Miss Burns 40 to 1 agst Columbus 40 to 1 agst Clumsy .50 to 1 agst Weatherbit 50 to 1 agst Advice DERBY. 9to 2 agst ting 17 to 1 agst BroClrdo 25 to 1 agst Tibthorpe 40 to 1 agst Malcolm 40 to 1 agst Humdrum IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at Five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A messenger from the House of Commons brought up several Bills. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented several peti tions from places in Staffordshire in favour of protection to agriculture, and against the Government measures. They complained that the attempt a now made to re peal the corn-laws was a breach of faith with the agricultural interest, as the measure of, 1842 was re presented to be a final settlement of the question. They also complained of the compensation proposed, which they considered altogether inadequate. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the hop growers of the county of Sussex, against the measures proposed by the Government, which the peti tioners stated would be ruinous to their interests. The Noble Duke likewise presented upwards of thirty peti tions from the county of Derby, praying that protection to native industry be not withdrawn. He also pre sented petitions to the same effect from different places in Devonshire. NUNS OF MINSK. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know from the Noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether he had recently received any further intelli gence rispecting the persecution which three indivi duals had undergone in Russia. He had seen in the newspapers of that morning, some additional par ticulars respecting them, and he wished to know if the Noble Lord had received any documents ? The Earl of ABERDEEN had seen a copy of the re port referred to by the Noble Marquis, which appeared in that morning's papers, and he had every reason to believe that that statement was correct. When the subject was referred to by a Noble Lord, a few even ings ego, he took the liberty of saying that it was one with which they had nothing to do, and he considered that it would be most unwise in them to take any steps in reference to it. At the same time he expressed, and further declared, his belief that there were no grounds 1 whatever for the accusation. There might be ecclesias tical severity, and religious persecution, but he did not think that there were any of the atrocities cammitted which were alleged. The very existence of the persoa in the present transaction was called in question, and it was ascertained that there was no official deposition made at Rome, similar to that which had appeared. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said it was a source of great satisfaction to him, and it would to the country, to hear the statement of his Noble Friend. Lord BEAUMONT said he would wish to say one • word upon this subject. He did not wish to say now whether he believed these statements or not ; but he quite agreed with the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign affairs that this House could not interfere in the matter. LAWS OF MORTMAIN. Lord BRALIM.ONTsttid he had a petition to present, signed by a large number of very wealthy inhabitants of Durham and Northumberland, praying that to steps might be takenrestrain the power of tha Roman Catholic Bishops in the law of Mort main, or else the result would be oppressive of the clergy and injustice to the lait • Lord BROUGHAM said he was aware that many highly respectable Roman Catholics, of very elared that they large property indeed, who had thought the law of Montmain dida notwasgo far enough in re that some affecting real property only. of those persons were worth five and six thousand a a year lie was desirous of obtaining the same advantages in the law of England as is obtained in the provision of the French law ; to the agency, he believed, of the code of Napoleon it was devised that n o clergyman, m edical officer, or solicitor, wh o WO in attendance during the last illness P h i s any will i n .. dividual, should take any bequest without a very explicit declaration of his feelings, and he thought too great care could not be taken in this country, or the subject. Lord CANIPBELL could not refrain from expressing the very high satisfaction he felt at the general good sense his Noble and Learned Friend had just now evinced. Ile believed that it was highly necessary to obtain the advantage of securing an individua in a case of severe illness, from solicitations to rob his own family, from what was generally termed pious purposes. It was the law of every other country in Europe, and the regulations of those laws were, if pessible, most stringent, and the greatest care was taken to hinder the attempts of interested individuals from interfering with persons who were quite unable to think for themselver, for he was quite assured no such attemt could ever result from acto ju is, and he thought that any measure that might be determined upon on t h e p ar of Government would be in the highest degree satis factory. CORN LAWS. The Duke of ItUTLAND presented several petitions against any alteration in the corn-laws. SCOTTISH SCHOOLMASTERS. The Duke of RICHMOND wished to inquire whether any steps were likely to be taken by the Government to revive the Commission of last year for providing any suitable dwellings for the schoolmasters in fkotland, It was well known that the Commission of last year' led to no result. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that the Committee of last year was likely to be revived this season, but it waited for the attendance of several Noble Lords that reside in Scotland, and whose assistance it was desirable to obtain in that Committee, the subject had not escaped the attention of Government, and as soon as they ob tained the report of this Committee they were prepared to act. He hoped in the course of a day, in conse auence of the attendance of Noble Lords to whom he alluded, to move the reappointment of the Committee. Lord DENMAN said that he would proceed in the shortest possible manner to state to their lordships his views with regard to the Coercion Bill for Ireland. In the first place, he had herrd with abhorrence and regret the statement which had been made in that House the other night, when its sanction to the bill had been so licited. He did not mean to enter at any great length on the bill, but he believed that the less stringent the Bill was in its nature, and the less it inter fered with the ordinary feeiings of mankind, the more likely it was to be efficient. With regard to the first clause giving to the Lord Lieutenant the power of placing any district where a solitary offence had been committed, under the operation of the Act it was altogether too great a stretch of authority. It appeared that where any murder or attempt at murder had been made, or any assault, with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, had been perpetrated, that that solitary fact was to be sufficient ground for calling this measure into action. The House was aware that such crimes were occa sionally committed in every country, and yet the com mission of a single crime was to be a justification for using this Act. He had suggested to their Lordships that the justices of the peace in every county should make a representation to the Lord Lieutenant, in the event of this measure being necessary, but that pro position was not approved of. He had, however, found on inquiry that the Lord Lieutenant had sufficient information from the ordinary police reports, and he (Lord Denman) could not see the objection to giving his Excellency the power of calling this Act into opera tion, on his own responsibility, as such a course would be preferable to the present system.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the transportation clause, where any person found out of his dwelling after sunset and before sunrise was liable to that punishment, he confessed that he could not help feeling a very strong reluc tance to an Act granting such a power, with out the fullest proof of the necessity for it. He owned that the mere right of taking up indivi duals who have been found out after sunset and before sun-rise, was, in in his opinion, giving a very extended power to the Executive Government. He thought, therefore, that the person so taken into custody should be allowed to make an explanation before being taken to prison ; and he was glad to find that this clause had been altered; in the Bill for this purpose the person being taken immediately before the petty sessions. He was sorry to find that there was one con dition in that clause which pressed rather hardly upon the individual—he meant that which provided that if only only one magistrate were sitting at the ses sions the person should be taken to prison. Ho thought the liberty of the subject ought not to depend upon the accident of only one magistrate being at the time at the petty sessions. He regretted also that the puntsk ment consequent upon the offence was so severe. He felt a repugnance to transportation for fifteen years, or (as it was now reduced) seven years. He did not think this severe punishment would be attended with any good effect. Their Lordships were perhaps aware that a transportation for seven years was in many cases a transportation for life, because persons in that humble station of life could not always command the means of returning home. He was told that transportation was a punishment they dreaded, and that they cared nothing for imprisonment ; but the power of apprehending was a power for the prevention of mischief for the time, at least, and let the House depend on it that imprisonment was not a light punishment to a labouring man. He had been induced the other day to speak to the Noble Lord who had introduced the measure, with a view of making the punishment proportionate, that was to say that the individual should be slightly punished for the first offence, more heartily punished for the second, and when offending the third time that he should be held contumacious, and sentence of transportation be passed upon him. There was the other subject to which he would refer. It was that which related to the change of venue to another country to that in which an offence was com mitted. If a strong case was made out for this act at all, then ought the power to change the venue be given, in order to put down such schemes and associations as were supposed by the Act to exist.—(Hear, hear.) The law which existed in this country on the subject ought to be extended to Ireland. lie could not agree with the Noble and Learned Lord behind him, that it was a great privilege for parties charged with offences to be tried by their neighbours there were many cases in which it would operate injuriously for persons to be tried within the limit of small jurisdictions ; and there were many instnnces in which it was much more convenient for offenders to be tried out of the county in wnich the offences were committed those in it. There were many parts in Lan cashire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, in which it was found much more convenient to try persona in the adjoining county. If a case was made out for such an Act as the one proposed, they might it was a great consolation to him (Lord Denman) to learn that the Noble Lord (the Earl of Ripon) in his statement the other evening, did not state that juries were intimidated in the discharge of their duties. still he (Lord Denman) could not - but think, that such must Le case if the violence and insubordination state d to be the foundation of the Bill, had an exi.tence. It would be better and safer in his opinion, however, that instead of introducing the power of changing the venue in any particular Bill, like the one he was considering, to introduce the principle into a general Act of Parlia ment, so that the practice might be the same as Ireland as in England. The practice of the Court of Queen's Bench, in his opinion, ought to be made gene ral, and he would, therefore, submit this point to the consideration of her Majesty's Government. With regard to the 20th clause, he had evory objection to its becoming a part of the Bill, for it appeared to him that it should not be a local or temporary Act. It was one of the greatest offences which could be committed, and he did not see why they should hare the odium of making it a particular instead of a general act. He had great regret in finding that particular circumstances rendered it necessary that it should be applicable to any part of the United Kingdom ; but he submitted that it was an offence which should be made the subject not of a particular but of a general law. He also felt that the punishment of trans portation was one which ought not to be lightly in flicted. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with some of the obser vations made by the Noble Lord who had just sat down, and he especially agreedin every opinion he had expressed that the law should be general, not particular. Ile would not now refer to his own amendments, but would come to the punishment of transportation. Now, he denied that the punishment of transportation was one inflicted for a light offence. In the first place the case was one where a discretionary power was given to the Judge who would try the pri soner, and it could not be inflicted unless the individual apprehended was arrested under suspi cious circumstances. To be convicted even then, it must be proved to the satisfaction of a jury that the individual was out not on a lawful occasion. Unless the jury were satisfied that such was the fact they could not: act on it. It had been said that there would be no possibility of a party proving the lawfulness of the occasion on which ho was out, but it was not from being out that a man would be taken up because he woutd not be under any apprehension unless in a district that had been proclaimed, and in such a district nothing could be easier than for a man to provide himself with evidence by which to prove the lawfulness of the occa sion. —(Hear, hear.) The fact of a man being out merely, would not be sufficient to warrant his arrest ' • but if a man were found with a pistol or a bludgeon, or a dagger, and with a band of fifty others, then indeed he would be liable to be arrested, and should account for himself. Why, the fact of being out with others under such cif cumstances, would render any individual liable to the imputation of being out for treasonable purposes. Ile did not seem to say that this being out would amount to a treasonable act, but he could not but say that many a lesser act had amounted to rebellion against Queen's authority. The individual charged was not to be liable to transportation for being out at night, bat for being so under suspicious circumstances. LORDS' SUMMARY. The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions on the subject of the corn-laws were presented. In answer to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY on the sub ject of the alleged persecution of the nuns of Minsk, The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had received an official communication from Russia denying the truth of the rumours in circulation on the subject, and stating that the depositions alleged to have been taken at Rome were gross fabrications. Lord DENMAN then rase to draw their Lornships' attention to the amendments which he proposed in the Irish Pacifica tion Act. He objected to giving the Lord Lieutenant the Power ol.p r magistrateso c l proclaimin g and thought it would be better to require a requisition f rom three a preparatorycounty for the commission of one cr i me , to proclaiming a county He also objected after nightfall with punishing a person found out of his house many cases muat h.ransportation for seven years, which in be transportation for life. He thought imprisonment a such an offence. e tushment quite grave enough for wished to see a power given to change the venue, but this ou ght law, applicable to to be made th e su bj ec t of a general every Part Then with regard to the 20 t h el of the United Kingdom.ase' for persons intimidating witnessue providing punishment also should be made the witness e s, he thought that that able to the whole kingdomsubject . a general law applic- Lord BROUGHAM denied that transportatio n ment to be inflicted fo r a ni g ht off ence. It :a Bwl a punish that the person sho uld be found to be out under eunecessary circums t a nces, and not upon his lawful occasions, nsAcious if so convicted, the punishment was left to the discretion of the judge, besides the being out must take place in a proclaimed district, which gave to every one going out warning that he was to provide evideLce that he was out upon his lawful occasions. He thought there was no great anomaly in this enactment, and that unless they beli out the tenor of transportation the Act would fail in effect. It was contrary to natural justice, and it was to make the possession of weapons, the baing disguised, or the being assembled in multitudes, a distinct offence. The case which the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham) who had undertaken the advocacy of this clause, required a great deal of bolstering up, and he could not congratulate the Noble and Learned Lord in his success of his advocacy. The Bill was for three years, but if it did not produce tran quility then, it would be their duty to have recourse to more stringent measures. Earl GREY argued spinet the clause punishing absence SUN, LONDON, MONDAY BYRN from home at night by transportation, as one subjecting every Irish peasant who might desire not to be confined to his mi serable cabin for 16 hours to the punishment of transportation. Lord BROUGHAM explained. The Earl of St. GERMANS felt obliged to the Lord Chief Justice for stating his objections. With refennce to the proclamation of a district he thought that proposed measure rejoicing that the Lord-Lieutenant should not have the power of proclaiming a district unless a crime had been committed there was rather a check on the power of the Lord-Lieutenant. With regard to the change of venue he agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord, as also with regard to the 20th clause which he would leave out if he were certain of some general measure passing on the subject. Then with regard to the punishment of transporta tion for absence from home, that had been so ably argued by the Noble and Learned Lord that he would not allude to it further. The misdomeanour itself was one characterised by such different degrees of guilt that he thought the pun ishment ought to be left, as proposed by the Bill, to the discretion of the judge. The Earl, of STRADBILOKR thought that persons out at night not armed should not be subject to a greater punish ment than imprisonment, and that those found out armed hould be subject to transportation. (uct-r sirruict.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed, viz.:— Dundee New Gas Dover and Deal Railway Upwell-cum-Welney Rectory Northumberland Docks Congleton and Crewe Railway Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Ex . .-- _ tension (No. 2) Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway ..._ (Branches to Thornliebank, Househill, and Hurlet) Ely and Bury Railway Southport Improvement Dundee Gas Amendment Colchester Navigation and Improvement Bury Gas Bury Waterworks Monmouthshire Railways Rugby and Huntingdon Railway Derby and Crewe Junction Railway Woodstock Roads Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham Railway (by order) London and Birmingham Railway and Birmingham Canal Arrangements (by - order) Eastern Union Railway—Ardleigh to Colchester (by order) Gravesend and Rochester Railway Great Western Railway Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Manchester and Leeds Railways Amalgamation _ _ _ Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation Mitcham and South-Western Railway (by order) General EVANS presented a petition, signed by 170 shareholders, praying that the Great North and South Wales Railway Bill might not pass into a law. NEW WRIT. Mr. YOUNG moved for a new writ for the borough of Windsor, in the room of Ralph Neville, Esq., who has accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. ENTWISLE presented a petition, signed by the Mayor, 10 alderman, and 199 of the principal in habitants of Manchester, in favour of the West Riding Union Railway Bill, and praying that the standing orders might be dispensed with. Several other lion. Members also presented petitions to the same effect. THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the North Riding of Yorkshire against the measures proposed by the Ministry. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the county of Clare praying fur the establishment of a loan office in that county. FREE TRADE. Mr. BRIGIIT presented several petitions in support of free trade. PUBLIC FUNDS FOR HORSE-RACING. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from a place in the north of England, the name of which we did not catch, against the granting of any public funds for the encouragement of horse-racing. Also a petition against the West Riding Union Railway Bill. Sir J. TYRLELL presented a petition from Cogshill against calling out the militia. THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the proprietor of the Sentinel newspaper (as we understood) complaining that when any inquiry was entered into by that House with respect to the Post office, the Post-office authorities withheld information. He also complained of a publication called the Post- office Directory, by which he said the public were injure. Mr. Kelly, the proprietor of that publication, had stated that the :profits of the work amounted to 1,2561. per annum, whereas the petitioner was prepared to prove that they amounted to 10,0001. per annum. He, therefore, prayed for inquiry. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a meeting pre sided over by Sir E. Codrington, praying for an inquiry into the state of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, with a view of founding some substantial and proper establish ment, which would include all merchant seamen, and ap plying the funds, which were now disposed of, in five or six different ways, to their proper purposes. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. The HoN. Mia:MBER presented a petition from an As sociation in Dublin, praying for an inquiry into the cir cumstances which had led to the deposition of the Raja, with the view of removing the injustice which seemed to have been exercised in his case. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA Dr. BOWRING begged to put the question of which he had given notice, namely, whether any measure had been taken in order to give to the colony of Australia the advantage of steam navigation ? Mr. CARDWELL said the subject was a most im portant one, and the attention of Government had been directed to it, but he was not then in a position to inform the Hon. and Learned Member that Government had determined on any fixed plan, with regard to the afford ing steam communication to Australia. FAMINE IN IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the House would allow him to correct a mistake into which some of the news papers had fallen respecting the statement which he made on Friday evening concerning the failure of the potato crop in various parts of Ireland. On that even. ing he produced a letter from the Rev. Mr. Doggett (as we understood), which set forth that the potato crop had failed in many parts of Ireland. He (Mr. O'Connell) also stated that he had received a communication from Queen's County, with respect to which he was reported to have said " that he regretted the absence of the Hon. Member for that County (Sir Charles , Coote), than whom a better landlord did not exist, because he would have been able to corroborate the information which he had received, that his tenants had lost half of their crop." He stated this much because nothing could be more correct. He was then reported to have said that "whole families were com pelled to subsist on the charity, for it was well known that an Irishman would share his la.it potato with his unfortunate neighbours." He did made such a state ment but, it applied to other parts of Ireland. The Right Hon. Baronet to whom he referred took care that his tenants were not dependent upon charity lor their existence.—(Hear, hear.) [The mistake arose from the low tone of voice in which the Hon. and Learned Member spoke on the evening in question., Sir CHARLES COOTE thanked the Hon. Member for the correction. OFFICERS IN THE DUBLIN LAW COURTS. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the names and salaries of all persons holding offices in the law courts in Dublin, and of the names and salaries of those, if any, who discharged their duties by proxy.—Agreed to. EAPORTATION OF;SALT. An rim MEMBER moved for a return of the quantity of British salt exported during the past year, with the ports from which the vessels sailed, which was agreed to. THE COMMERCIAL POLICY OF THE COUNTRY. Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention to-morrow evening to move for the production of various returns illustrative of the commercial policy of this country with Belgium, and of the effect of the reduction of the duty on flax ; also for various returns connected with the importation of British and foreign sugars. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the Right Honourable Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade when he proposed to bring in the Merchant Seamen's Bill ? Sir G. CLERK was unable to give any definite or positive answer to the question of the Honourable and Gallant Member. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL rose to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet opposite with respect to the state of the potato crop in Ireland and the consequent distress it had entailed upon the people of that country. Be fore, however, he put the question ho wished to say a few words upon the &abject, and to assure the Right Honourable Baronet that the accounts he had received from Ireland were real].) frightful. In the county which he represented the distress was very extensive, and he had accounts from men of experience detailing the rapid progress and increase in the potato decay. He wished to impress on the Government the fact that this falure of the potato crop would have a fatal effect on the people of Ireland ; and also that the sums of money already voted by Prrliament would not suffice to give relief to the people of Ireland. He begged to be understood that he was not sueing, in forma pauperis, for money from this country ; he concluded by asking the Right Hon. Baronet whether he was prepared to lay upon the table of the House a statement of further mea sures intended to be taken, in order to obviate the im pending famine in Ireland ? Sir H. PEEL was sorry that the statement read by the Hon. Member did not at all vary from the impres sion which had been made upon his mind with reference to the probable pressure that would be felt at a later period of the season, and the inability o bha e f eacrd t übe that hietnsanht recentlyraetbheieteais received e t damriteenolcaetnhi iho provide edm ;y mon t hs ans factsthwell of themselves with other arti ticles of su b s i stence. He had reason to believe from the would from cutlodb er follow.those andN which Nove mber, elsmh e- Hon. Member was aware that the first act of the Government had been directed towards providing subsistence for the people by the best means, he alluded to employment. He considered that it would be far more satisfactory to the feelings of the people who were suffering under the scarcity to enable them by payment for their labour to pay for their . food. Ile believed, in justice to. wards the labouring classes, of those who were in the greatest destitution, that it would be more agreeable to their feelings to give them an opportunity of earning their subsistence by labour than trusting to charity. The Hon. Member was aware that the first acts of the Government, preliminary to that measure, which will be brought under the discussion of the House this even ing, was to submit to Parliament three or four measures for the relief of Ireland. They had made advances in those measures towards erecting piers and harbours upon the south and west coast of Ireland, in order to enable the inhabitants, with more security, to carry on their fisheries.—(Hear.) They had also proposed to give to the grand juries of Ireland the power of raisin.. money. The sum of 100,0001. had been advanced out of the public funds to encourage the grand jury to make presentments for public works. These measures involved an advance of public money, which he believed would facilitate the means of giving more employment to the people than was in general to be obtained. If, however, the measures proposed and the sums advanced by Government should not be sufficient for the purpose, while the Parliament was sitting there would be no difficulty in making fresh advances ; and even if the House should not be sitting, sooner than the people of Ireland should be in a starving condition, he should not hesitate to take upon himself the responsibility of making further advances to obviate the mischief. Nothing could be easier than obtaining renewed and enlarged powers. The Honourable Member, however, would agree with him, that it was not wise to be too liberal, because, after all, the great a,sistance must be derived from local efforts. He had every reason to know that it was used in the United States very generally for the purposes of food, and it was admitted that Indian corn was a most palatable article. The Government had provided information as to the best mode of preserving it for use, and had adopted every measure in their power to avert the dreaded tamine in Ireland. In the month of November last, on their own responsibility, they ordered a very large quantity of Indian corn, and it had since arrived, and every facility wou'd be afforded for supply ing it to those districts where it would be required to avert the dangers likely to arise from a scarcity of food. He hoped the Honourable Gentleman would not require him to explain further at present, as it would not be prudent at the present time to enter into details. It would be most important, and he was sure it would be fully accorded, the concurrence of the landed proprietors, who should use their exertions to aid the Government in the carrying out of their intentions. He did assure the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. O'Connell) that every exer tion had been made, and every precaution taken, not last week, or the week after, but many mouths ago, to avert the threatened famine in Ireland. In reply to a question put by Sir R. H. INGLIS, Sir R. PEEL, who spoke with his back to the gal lery, and in a low tone, was understood to say that in the event of the present Corn Bill receiving the sanction of the Lords and Commons, the duties on corn which shall be received in the meantime should be repaid to the importers. Dr. BO WRING wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, whether any inquiries had been made by the Government as to the late potato crops in such countries as usually imported that article of food to this country? Sir ROBERT PEEL said that it had been found that there had been a great failure in the potato crop in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, some parts of Prussia, Prince Edward's Island, Nova Scotia, and other countries. No dependence could be placed on any importation, as the root was very likely to become diseased upon the voyage. Mr. M. GIBSON wished to know with reference to the articles of maize, rice, and Indian c nn, whether the new duties should take effect after the passing of the measure. Sir It. PEEL said that as soon as the resolutions had passed he proposed to issue a Treasury order, permit ting the importation of those articles duty free. WINDOW TAX. Viscount DUNCAN intimated his intention of post poning his motion in reference to the window-tax to Thursday next. CORN DUTIES. Sir J. TYREELEInsted that the House would not be of opinion that he was unnecessarily detaining Hon. Members when he took the liberty of reading a letter which he held in his hand. He could assure the House that he did not wish to interpose delay to the business of the evening, and he felt certain he would be best con sulting the convenience of the House by proceeding at once to read the letter. But in the course of the other evening the worthy Alderman the Member for Stoke, made a statement in the course of his speech, which was cheered most loudly by a Ministerial gentle man. He :(the Hon. Baronet) had a letter in his hand which went to contradict that statement, and he trusted that the importance of the statement would cause the house to bear with him while he read it. The letter was from an Essex farmer, and as they were very often alluded to in the debate, he felt assured that their opinion would be of some consequence. The Hon. Baronet then read the letter, which said that a statement having been made by Alderman Copeland in that House, to the effect that a farm of nine hundred acres was let to an Essex farmer at an increased rent of 2001. per annum, notwithstand ing the decrease which was likely to take place in the value of land by the introduction of the Goverment mea sure. The Hon. Member had not, however, stated the whole facts of the case, and he (the Essex farmer) hoped the House would be put into possession of the facts, as it would serve the cause of the farmers.— (Laughter.) The statement of the worthy Alderman .had a tendency to damage the cause.—(Great laughter.) 'The farm had been taken from the company to which :it belonged, at the increased rental, because they were determined not to take less.—(Laughter, and cries of *" Hear, hear.)" The company, however, had allowed tthe tenant greater privileges under the lease, and that more than counterbalanced the increased rental. 13ut above all, a clause was inserted in the lease that in the event of agricultural protection being withdrawn, then the tenant might be at liberty to quit the Sarin, and in the event of its operation being to Peduce the price of his produce, and should his Yeandlord not agree to let it him on such terms, as he DlJight feel safe in continuing the occupation, .b.e might be at liberty to leave it. Now he (.;iir J. Tyrrell) regretted that the worthy Alderman was not in his place ; for although the statement had made was not exactly trne, he must do the Vi worthy Alderman the justice to say that it had been `ft ry well invented, and it was like faces in some respects —to give them the slightest twist was to alter their ex pression. If the Hon. Member for Stockport had be an in his place, he (Sir J. Tyrrell) would have alluded to another Essex farmer. respecting whom a statement his ►d been made as unfounded as that of the Worthy A lderman. Mr. LIDDELL said it was not his intention to give I.lla Right Hon. Baronet any trouble on the timber cit tties.—(Cheers.) He might state that when he moved th at the petition should be printed with the Votes, ►.t was his bona fide intention to move that the House sb ould express an opinion on the subject of the timber dt ties, lie had thought it was his duty to do so, No ce use he knew perfectly well what was then the feeling 40f the shipping interest upon this subject. But he sseas bound to say since that period so many petitions had be en presented to that House in favour of the pro p! sed change, and having received six petitions against it, that he now considered the shipping interest could not be opposed to that change. He wished to set the Right Ilion. Baronet right as far as he (Mr. Liddel) was eon :ned. . _ . Sir 11. PEEL—After the severe remarks which my lic , n. Friend made on me for proposing the commutation of these duties ?—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) :Lord G. BENTINCK was understood to withdraw his opposition to the propositions of the Government, on the understanding that he should again bring them for wa rd in an advanced stage of the Bill. .Mr. MILES said, from what had fallen from the Right Ho a. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), "he understood him to say the .t he would take care to introduce some alteration in the , resolutions before the House, in order to limit the importation of buck-wheat into this country. If he had understood him rightly, this would withdraw a vast deal of opposition on his aid eof the House. By introducing a few wcrds stating the t the importation of buck-wheat would not take place for three months, say the Ist of July, or some otb er time, the Upper House would not take the wt ole business of the tariff into consideration. without any unnecessary delay, which, according to his not ion would not be the case, if the duty duty on that art isle was proposed to be remitted on the passing of the Bil L He hoped the Right Honourable Baronet would adopt his suggestion because he would per ceive from the disposition shewn by the section of .the House to which he (Mr. Mills) belongs, that it was not their intention to offer any obstruction to the importation of food into Ireland, for the re lief of the peopla of that country free of all duty, and that they, therefore wished to meet a tempo rary evil with a tomporary remission of the proteJtion duty on that commodity, instead of voting avi ay nearly all the duties on articles imported into this country. sir R. PEEL--I wish to explain what my proposition is. I propose that by law there should be a permanent reduction of the duty upon Indian maize and corn, and upon buck-wheat and rice ; that the duty shall be reduced to a mere nominal amount ' • and that this shall be the permanent law of the land, and shall take effect so soon as this Bill shall have received the coneent of the Legislature and the Royal assent. With respect to buck-wheat and Indian corn, I propose when the resolution respecting these articles shall have been reported, to issue a Treasury order, remitting the present legal amount of duty toga nominal rate ; such Treasury order not to have effect until the Bill shall have passed both Houses of Parliament and re ceived the royal assent. First leaving the duty upon buck-wheat and upon maize to be removed by a Treasury order, in order to meet the emer gencies of the country, instead of leaving the matter to .the decision by which great delay cannot fail to be occasioned ; but I cannot consent to alter the determi nation, by inserting the words suggested by the Hon. Member. I propose for the permanent law of the land that the duty upon Indian corn or maise should be re duced to a nominal duty, but that the immediate opera tion of the measure should be merely temporary. (LEFT SPEAKING.) ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Chelmsford, March 6. (Before Baron ALDERSON aad a Special Jury.) FITCH V. CUTTS. This was an action biought by the plaintir, who is an autioneer at Steeple Bumpatead, to recover from the de fendant, a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Witham, the sum of 1401., for a quantity of wine he had purehtuted at a sale, but which he afterwards refused to WG, M NCH 9 1 1840, receive. There were several pleas put upon the record by the defendant, but the principal one was that the sale in question had been conducted in a fradulent manner, and that the wine did not belong to the person whose property it was represented to be. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Petersdorff were for the plaintiff ; and Sergeant Shee, Sergeant Jones, and Mr. Rose for the defendant. The trial commenced on Friday afternoon, and did not conclude until late in the evening. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Coun sel for the plaintiff, that in the beginning of last year a gentleman named Stevens, who kept a large establish ment called Bower Hall, in this county, died, and on the 31st of March, there was a sale of his furniture and other effects. at which the plaintiff officiated as auctioneer. It would seem that at the time of his death, Mr. Stevens had only a small quantity of wine, some twenty dozen or so, in his cellar, and as it was necessary to pay 101. for a wine licence, the auctioneer obtained the consent of the executors to " introduce" some other wine, and accord ingly nearly two hundred dozen of port and sherry were introduced into the catalogue. When the sale took place, there was a large assemblage of buyers, and among them the defendant and, as Mr. Stevens was supposed to be a great connoisseur in wine, some considerable com petition took place to possess it. According , to the evidence for the plaintiff, as soon as Mr. Stevens's genuine wine was sold, the auctioneer publicly stated the fact, and at the same time told the company that the wine he was then about to sell would be disposed of by sample, and that they would form their judgment upon its value. It was represented that, after this, the defendant tasted the different samples, and eventually made purchases to the amount of 1401., but on his being afterwards applied to to take his wine away, and pay the value, he refused to have anything to do with it, and, after some negociation, the present action was brought, to compel him to fulfil his contract. Upon the cross-examination of the witnesses, it ap peared that in the catalogues and advertisements of the sale, the whole of the wine was described as being the property of Mr. Stevens, and a most glowing descrip tion was given of it, the port being mostly described as fine rich old port, in bottle ; the sherry of first quality, &c. &c. ; and it also appeared, that at the time the wine so described was not actually even in the cellar of Mr. Stevens, but was only brought down from London three or four days before the sale. An auctioneer named Surridge, residing at Cog geshall, who had been instrumental in getting up the sale, admitted in cross-examination that shortly before the sale he held a judgment for 1401. against a person at Coggeshall, and that he went to a wine-merchant in Rood lane and gave this judgmennt, and about 501. or 601. in money for a hundred and fifty dozen of port and sherry wine, which was taken down very privately in the night and placed in the cellars of Bower Hall, and afterwards figured in the catalogue and at the sale as " fine old wine" of Mr. Stevens. _ _ Sergeant SHEE, on behalf of the defendant, urged that the proceeding was a disgraceful fraud on the part of the auctioneer, and that he had no right to recover in this action. It was all very well for him to tell the company at the sale, after the genuine wine had been disposed of, that the other wine did not belong to Mr. Stevens, but this fraud consisted in publishing to the whole country, that there were two hundred dozen of fine wine, the property of a gentleman, who, it was well known, would not have anything but a genuine article in his cellar, when the plaintiff was perfectly well aware that the greater portion of it was mere rubbish, pur chased for the occasion. Witnesses were then called, who proved that they went to the sale under the impression that the wine was the property of Mr. Stevens, and purchased some of it under that impression. They likewise stated that they did not hear the plaintiff say a single word about the wine not being the property of Mr. Stevens, but they said they did hear him repeatedly declare that "the wine had been in bottle ever since the devil was an infant." Th( se witnesses admitted, on cross-exami nation by Mr. Chambers, that Mr. Cutts was present at the commencement of the sale, and that he tasted nearly all the samples before he bid for them. Mr. CHAMBERS, in reply, argued, that without at tempting to justify the conduct of the auctioneer in introducing the wine, it was quite clear that the defendant had not been deceived. He had tasted the samples, and bid for them according to his opinion, and it would be monstrous under such circumstances to allow him to go hack from his bargain. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, tho jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed ; at the same time, expressing their opinion that it was a very improper proceeding for an auctioneer to place property in a sale under such circumstances. CROWN SIDE —(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) William Spence, a Trinity House pilot, surrendered to answer an indictment, charging him with the man slaughter of William Ingram Emery. Mr. Rodwell conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ryland appeared for the defendant. From the evidence it appeared that on the 14th of August, is last year, the defendant, in his capacity of pilot, was conducting a Portuguese vessel, calied the Duarte Quarto down the river, and when in the north channel off the coast of Southend, where there were a number of boats with fishermen in them pursuing their avocation, the vessel ran down one of them, in which were the deceased and another person, both of whom were drowned. The defence was that the prisoner had given the proper orders to the man at the helm to avoid the boat, but in consequence of his not understanding English, he put the helm in the wrong direction, and thus caused the accident. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Ryland, on behalf of the prisoner, submitted that there was no case to go to the jury, inasmuch as it had not been shown that the death of the deceased was caused by any act done by the prisoner, and that, on order to constitute the crime of manslaughter, it had been held by the Judges in recent cases that a mere omission to perform some act which it was his duty to have per formed, and whereby death ensued, was not sufficient to subject a party to a charge of felony. Mr. Rod well argued that the present case came within the meaning of the decision referred to, as an act had been committed. The prisoner was acting by the man at the helm, who had no will or direction of his own, but was subject to the control of the pilot, who gave the order which resulted in the death of the deceased. If that order was given in so careless a manner as to cause the man at the helm to steer in an improper course, he was criminally responsible for the conse quences of such negligence, and in point of fact the act of the man at the helm was the act of the prisoner. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICI having consulted Mr. Baron Alderson upon the point of law, said he should not stop the case. Mr. RYLAND then addressed the jury upon the facts, and called several witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excellent character for good conduct and skill in his pro fession. The jury returned a ♦erdict of Not Guilty. ,Ai i iturday, March 7. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Spe , cial Jury.) LEWSAY V. WILLIS. This was an action to recover damages for an assault committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Lush for the de fendant. In this case it appeared that the plaintiff was the son of a farmer residing at Stabbing, and the defendant, who was the churchwarden of that parish, was charged with committing an assault upon him in the gallery of the church at that place. It appeared that on the Ist of June the plaintiff, with some other young men, was in the gal lery in question, and in consequence of some proceedings that had previously taken place, the defendant was re quested by the vicar to remove the plaintiff, as ho appre hended a disturbance to divine service if he was allowed to remain. The defendant accordingly requested him to retire from the gallery, and upon his refusing, he laid hold of him and a scuffle took place, which was the ground of the present action. The defence set up was, that a party of young men belonging to the village, companions of the plaintiff, were in the habit of going into this gallery, and con ducting themselves in such a manner as to annoy and interrupt the congregation, and shortly before the Ist of June, the seat had been taken from the gallery in questioa to prevent their going there. Notwithstand ing this the plaintiff, on the Sunday, proceeded to the gallery, evidently, as was conjectured, for the purpose of creating a disturbance ; and, with a view to prevent scandal, the vicar directed that ho should be removed; and it was contended, that the defendant, as church warden, was perfectly justified in the steps he took to effect that object. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, the jury found for the plaintiff. Damages la. (Before Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.) PIGOoTT V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a farmer, in the neighbourhood of Kelvedon, to recover the value of some sheds and other property which had been destroyed by fire, owing, as was alleged, to the neg ligence of the defendants. On the part of the com pany, it was denied that there had been any negligence, and they, therefore, pleaded that they were not liable. Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Bovill, were for the plaintiff'. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Alcock for the company. From the evidence adduced for the plaintiff, it ap peared that his land and premises adjoined the railway, and on the 27th of last August, im mediately after the down mail train had passed, a spark, or piece of ignited coke, was thrown from the engine, which set tire to the thatch of one of the sheds, and eventually spread to the building, and before the fire could he extinguished a great deal of property was consumed. The onv evidence in support of the plea of negligence was the evidence of Mr. Farey and Mr. Hoinersham, engineers, who stated that when engines threw out fire to any extent, it was a proof that they were ovens orked, and were not sufficiently power ful for the load they had to convey, and that the throw. ing out the fire might be prevented by turning a wire guard over the top of the chimney, or else a plate perforated with holes in the smoke box, neither of which contrivances, it would appear, were made use of by the company in question. Mr. Sergeant SIZES, at the close of the case for the plaintiff, submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury in support of the plea of negligence. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said he thought the case must go to the jury upon the point whether ti e company had taken the reasonable precaution to prevent such accident, and whether their neglecting to employ the wire guard, or the perforated plate amounted to negligence. Mr. Sergeant STIER then adressed the jury, and said he should contend with great confidence that the corn- pany were not responsible for the injury that had been done to the plaintiff's property in the present instance, and he submitted that there was au entire absence of proof of anything like negligence on their part. The Legislature had sanctioned the formation of this line of railvray, being well aware that the trains tould only be propelled by engines set in motion by fire and steam, and the company were merely carrying out the powers given. them by the law; and if by accident the engine so made use of did cause any damage, it would be monstrous to charge the company with neglect. The real question was, had the coy pany done any more than they were entitled to do, or had they in any way shown a want of due care and caution?. It was said that they ought to have made use of a wire guard or a perforated plate, but the witnesses who had been called upon that point had admitted that some fire would stilt escape, and that they could by no means certainly prevent it ; while, at the same time, it was admitted that either of those con trivances would, to a certain extent, by reducing the draught, diminish the power and speed of the engine, and thereby deprive the public of the benefit of that in creased velocity of locomotion which had now become such an important desideratum. The driver of the engine on the day in question, and some other witnesses, were then examived ; and from their concurrent testimony it appeared that this engine was one of the most powerful belonging to the coin • pang, and that on the day in question, so far from being overworked, it had a very light load, there being only eleven carriages attached to it, and it had frequently taken a much heavier load up the steep in cline at Brentwood, at the rate of twenty miles an hour. It was likewise deposed to, that before the train arrived near the plaintill's farm, the steam had been shut off, and that it passed, there being an incline at that spot, by its own momentum, and that no fire at all issued from the funnel. It was also sated that wire guards had been tried, and that owing to their wearing out so rapidly, from the great heat and draught to which they were subjected, they were found to be of very little use. Mr. Sergeant CItANNELL replied. Mr. Baron ALDERSON then summed up, and left the the case to the jury, who, after deliberating about twenty minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. JONES V. WATTS. This was an acti; - brOUghtbY the plaintiff, who had been engaged as a clerk upon a railway speculation called the Irish West Coast Railway, to recover from the defendant, as one of the provisional directors of the company, compensation for his services in that capacity. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bramwell were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. _ The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, at the rate of seven shillings a day for seven weeks. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury, March 6. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARRY..) MURDER. —Francis Fleet was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Ray, at Dunton,:in this county, by adminis tering to her two drachms of corrosive sublimate on the 26th of June last. Mr. Sanders was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Power defended the prisoner. From the testimony of the various witnesses examined in support of this most serious charge, it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were fellow-servants at Dunton, the former being the shepherd and the latter the only female attendant of a Mr. Duncombe, a farmer in that village. For some time before the date of this transaction it had become known to their fellow-servants that an illicit connexion had sprung up between these parties, and it was suspected that the deceased was in the family-way by him. On the 26th of June the prisoner was work ing with some other men in the rickvard till one o'clock, when lie went into the house, as he said, to get some bread and cheese from " the gal." In a few minutes, however, he returned, and calling one of the labourers to him told him that " the gal" was taken ill, and asked him to go in while he went for assistance. On going into the kitchen, the poor creature was discovered in great agony, vomiting dreadfully, and complaining of a burning sensa tien in her throat and stomach. For some days she con tinued to suffer much, ulcers having appeared in her mouth and on her tongue,—and during all that time the prisoner evinced great anxiety on her account, making frequent in quiries after her condition. On one of these occasions, he was taxed with having given her " some stuff," when he replied that "he had not compelled her to take it." On the 9th of July the deceased was removed to the Winslow Union in a gig, and soon after that exertion she grew rapidly worse, till one of the ulcers broke, and she died of exhaustion. During her illness the prisoner was taken into custody, and she made a deposition before a magistrate in his presence, from which it appeared that on his coming into the kitchen on the 26th of June, he had put some white powder into a glass of water and told her to drink it off, declaring that he would not leave the house till she did so. This she declined to do at first, but being at last persuaded by him she swallowed it, and on the instant was attacked with the sickness and pains which had been deposed to by the other witnesses, and were attributed by medical testimony to her having taken a quantity of white mercury, or corrosive sublimate. The de ceased also swore that she was then two months advanced in the family-way by the prisoner, who knew that fact, and had on a previous occasion caused her to take something to do away with the child, but without effect. In addition to this, she stated that the prisoner had some more of the same stuff by him, and on being searched, a rag was found in his pocket, containing a small quantity of corrosive sublimate, an article which appeared to have been kept on the farm for the purpose of application to the sheep under prisoner's care. Mr. POWER having addressed the jury, liis LORDSHIP summed up the case to them with great care and perspicuity, telling them that if they should be of opinion that the prisoner had administered this noxious sub stance to the deceased with the wicked design of procuring abortion, he was, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder, even though there was, in fact, an absence of any malice towards the unfortunate object of his practices. If, there fore, they thought that he had administered this poison with that design, and that her death ensued from her having so taken it, it was their duty, however painful it might be, to return a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner at the bar. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and ulti mately found that the prisoner had administered the poison to the deceased to procure abortion, and that she had died in consequence thereof; on which a 'verdict of Guilty was recorded. Mr. Baron PAICKE then put on the black cap, and pro ceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law upon the pri soner; after which the jury begged to recommend him to mercy, as in their opinion he had not contemplated any in jury to the deceased. Ilis Lordship then intimated to him that he should take care that the recommendation of the jury should be conveyed to the proper quarter, though he could not take upon himself to hold out any prospect of mercy in this world. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, March 8. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) CHARGE OF MURDEll.—Margaret Stoker, a girl 23 years of age, was indicted for having. on the 24th day of Novem ber last, at Pattington Hallgarth, wilfully killed and mur dered Hannah Stoker, her child, aged 13 months. Mr. Monteath and Mr. A. D. Johnstone appeared to con duct the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins defended the prisoner. Isabella Davison—On Sunday, the 23d of November last, Margaret Stoker came to our house, between six and seven •'clock at night. The prisoner had not a child with her then. I heard one of the people in the house ask how she had wet her gown, and she said she had fallen down. Her face was dirty. I saw her again between eight and nine next morning. She said a woman had put her child into the beck. She appeared distressed, and cried much. I went to the burn side with her, and lifted the child out. It was quite dead. It appeared to have been so for some time. When I took the child out of the beck I placed it on the grass. I then saw that one of the hands was eaten off. I thought it might have been eaten <Any the water-rata. The flesh was all jagged and torn. Prisoner said she was bet with the child ;it was too much for her. The same after noon she told me she had tossed it into the beck herself. Other witnesses were examined; after which The jury retired for about ten minutes, and then pro nounced the following verdict—Guilty, but with the strongest and most earnest recommendation to yuur Lord ship's mercy. The Learned Junor then passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. The prisoner was much affected, and shrieked as she was removed from the dock. ALARMING FIRE. Shortly after two o'clock on Sunday morning, a fire of rather an alarming nature broke out upon the pre mises in the occupancy of Mr. W. H. Carlin, tobacco nist, carrying on business at 25, Ludgate street, adjoin ing the Daniel Lambert Tavern, St. Paul's. The first discovery was made by one of the female servants in the Daniel Lambert. Smoke which she saw issuing from the lower part of the adjoining premises satisfied her that the building was on fire. Having raised an alarm, she was quickly joined by a body of police with Mr. Inspector Woodruffe. The first thing that was sought to be accomplished was the arousing of the inmates, but that was not done without considerable trouble, and not before the flames had made such fearful havoc in the back portion of the premises as to cut off all means of escape by the st4ireases. The residents, however, having succeeded in getting upon the roof of the building, passed along the same, and escaped through the adjoining houses. By that period the whole of the back rooms were on fire from the basement to the roof, and it was strongly feared that the contiguous premises would likewise have been consumed. The engines from Faringdon-street, Watling-street, Holborn, and the West of England stations promptly attended, as well as numerous others of the brigade, and the County Office. An abundant supply of water was speedily obtained, and the fireman at once took advantage of the same, and a copious stream was dis tributed into tho It was past three o'clock before the flames were ex tinguished, and not before the whole of the back por tion of the building and the contents therein were destroyed, and the adjoining premises damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire could not be learned. Mr. Carlin was insured in the Imperial Fire Office. The front part of the building has escaped de struction. _ _ The Royal Society for the Protection of Life from fire had one of their escapes speedily at the scene, but the Inmates having previously escaped, its services were not required. Liz WIEST MAlL.—Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the West India mail arrived at Southampton per the Tevoit, Captain Allen. The Tevoit brings 470,282 dollars, 66,102 of which are from Vera Cruz and Tampico, on account of the dividends. The latest dates are, Jamaica, Feb. 7 ; Barbadoes, Feb. 9 ; and Bermuda, Feb. 20. The Tevoit brings no political intelligence of importance from Mexico. Under date, " Tampico , Jan. 21," there is the fol lowing paragraph :—" Several officers arrived this evening from Matamoros. They state that the commander of the battalion de Zapadores, stationed at that place, had i pro nounced for a plan which General Ar ista has formed, n op position to the President Paredes, and as they would not acquiesce, they asked and received their passports for this place. General Arista's plan consists, according to the on dila in a separation of the northern states of the Mexican republic from the southern, or rather a kind of federative system, but as yet nothing is certain. The conducteur, with 2,000,000 dollars for the Tevoit, had net arrived at Tampico when she left; an unfo unded report that the Texians were to attack Tampico, kept the sonducteur from coming on the coast." Report says that two cavalry regiments and six infantry regiments are immediately to be sent to India, in full strength. The regiments named are the Bth, trotn Potts mouth garrison ; the 24th, from Curk; the 34th, from the Mediterranean; the 65th, now en route to New South Wales ; the 99th, from China ; and one of the regiments now at the Capit—la r amphin Tetsgraph. MI -,.....,,,,,,................./....moevis. -- B - 400.4.6"04er5evage d ' i , i .... 4 a URGLSS' ESSENCR of lactioVl ..,- _ T 0.4- Wsrehoww, lei, SaliAl4ll, corner in' ilia Satef- St 01.• .. 1 e 0 JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of Oa nuu_,'",,,, t y,ir deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious artic 4 . B .f tb. make, feel it luctunbeut on them to request the attentl , n sl , public, In purchasing whit they conceive to be the or i gig_ .7,0,51 serve the Name and Address correspond witk the above. 7; er rat appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive,,,iloifial gtiarded ; and, for their detection , J. B. and Son, subinit tias ," V.! cautious:—liome are in appearance at first sight, '• the kevu oi ` - of ici, without same or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of A n Jok' cud others " Burgies's ;" and many more without Burgess and Sou, having been many years honoared a te g al til tinguiehed approbation, feel every sentiment of respect i 0 7 . .„ 10 0 to publie, and earnestly solicit thorn to inspeot the labial 7,1 0 sif 4 purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, whic h will prevent many disappointments. ,g PO ° ,,, e BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes , haY l- 7, - I . rec• -. great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by therm, Ag',„,i ifl''' mended as a most useful said convenient sauce ; will keep l'' altastes. 1,0 4.11. Warehouse, 101, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-104Ft, The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. addreseo. 0, or - .. -----j:jL--------------- ° f v, CURE of COUGH and IMPROVEI‘-'7„.0. , P the VOICE by Dr. LOCOCK'S ULIIONIC TV 4 '.' . I DO; " Sir,—l cannot but recommend Dr. Locock's WOKS , b en efi t fro, realised myself, and seen in my family such marks; eiociti them in Coughs, Colds, and on myself in particuW; 1 1 - a ble , Hoarseness and strengthening the Voice I find them in v .,'" DR. LOCOCK' (Signed) " WILLIAM IiA3ILY=4, 0, 8 ; AF 7, E A R l s hi g on iv - e pla ii c . e t , Asthma, Coughs, and all disorders of the Breath and Lu • Ve ,' i ali' '..ant To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are . 11v , „low a illOrot [O, u.., clearing and strengthening the Voice, and they hav e. taste. Price Is. I !id., 213. 9d., and lls per lrs.—Ageui: wojio and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, Leudon ; sold by vendors. a N i % i r t ; r l w e ° i e r f t 11; Oct I i .r3itli'i,al,s!°:: ROWLAND'S ALACASSA-- NS fs etlo It preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents r , ft o aolee „) , eon ett or turning grey ; restores grey hair to its origin , ' front scurf and dandriff, and renders it soft, silky, oarly, e id oe r „ —facts abundantly preyed by innumerable teatimessle,,,oc, IL open for inspection at the proprietors. As a atild stlen',ol l `' 4 restive, and preservative agent, ROWLAND'S 3 1 L 4 ` -- 's COO 41 has the exclusive patronage of the several Sovereigns se Europe, and with rank, fashion, and diseernmeh t • sapete • iolo preparations if professed similar import. small 1 01W _ : „'' use r d, rallies each bottle of Rowland's Maeassar Oil, where , . r iofte hints and advice will be found en the culture of the O il. ? ,01 .1 and en its preservation and beauty throsgh the See ellu 1 human life. 0 01 0 __l., 0. - CAUTlOff.—Unprincipled shopkeepers, for Ike Il u , 0,1040 trifle mere profit, vend the most spurious trash us'''. to yld "Ilacassar Oil." It is therefore imperative en parcharet ewe t the words BOWL &ND'S MACASSAR OIL, are 110,4••• on the wrapper of each bottle, and on ir s Pricewrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing l oo v as. 6d., is. Family Bottles (equal to four sm all), A, 4,/ double that size, 21s. per bottle. — Sold by th e Preprietelloon LAND and IiON, 211, Hatton-garden, Louden , aid eY C Perfumers. e,,,e All ether Macassar Oils are Fraudulent CO"' TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, Doncaster, September at " : 10 1 Sia,—The following particulars have been handed request that they might be forwarded to you, with , w their publication, if you should deem them w orth y of encpests7d J. BROOKE and Co" co ot, 7 0 " Blizabeth Brearley, residing in Duke-street, Pc114,400:41 between forty and fifty, was severely aftli c ted with Rbit — t e t!', l js confined to her bed for a period of nearly two months, `",,ter the power to lift her arm ; she was signally benefited Lei two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC FI L 0 .4 C finishing two boxes was te quite recovered. is ' rot 0. The above recenttestimonial a rurther proof o f the g 1 , 0 of this valuable medicine, which is the mo st effee,'rtioe,;l, ti Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Dolorolll,o gees Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and ft''' . Rheumatic Tendencies. +. the ~ 1l t joe It Is also gratifying to have permission to refer 4 1t. gentlemen, selected from a multitude of others, ono le; 17 society has contributed to advance this popu lar the n "" l esteem :—.l. R. Mandan, Esq., Coroner , Doncaster' veep( Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Mr. Miskie , j. oiltkije maltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Litton ; Je l)3 0000 0 Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; Willia m Cel" el Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Station, lient i V ii elie!0( 1) have received benefit by taking this medicine , and Its 'best. proprietor the privilege of publishing the same for the sPe r ole' afflicted. j be . 1,- Sold by Thomas Front, 220, Strand , London an d „i mint by all respectable Medicine Tend , krona"' 0' Kingdom. Price 2s. Set. per Sea '4l"' 1,0 0 Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC the name and address of " Thomas Prost, 251, 1 7, 4 •11"' Eirrnesnd upon the Government Stamp aria& $ Genuine NI edgings. 4. 611. Elegant Pocket Edition, price Is., by PI; - :10 - D R. CU LVER W ELL ON Inn its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIO,-,;00 Or " To be or not to be, that is the question."—ShalWas.,,',/,, Contents :---On Matrimonial Eligibility and Velit'S , , Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternl",,edico, Infelicitous and unproductive Uniens—Curiositiee Of ante, Cases, &c. &c. ? cst 1 °', 4 100„,1f fi g! , ~,,, Also ;mittsCopanion to the same, price Is. bY t . 4 , or ~ CHASTITY ABUSES and DISE ISE ' S (7 1 `;,,Ifor i tteo, t ' These two Interesting little volumes are not BAWL., the "or discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offere d `,,,. Oa ' consideration of those who may be more legitinsat" ,Jr„ painfully interested. I rise`,oo% 147 , t he . Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carralho, ..,,o it) ............„....„." Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct i 70040, '2l, Arundel-street, Strand. At Ileum daily till 2 ; i'' or , on FOURTEENTH el FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FR . „,o )P 6 Frailty, with Coloured Engraving s ' e51 , , , ,,f1i Jest published, price is. 6d., free by post (in a seale d ' I %1' ",e 10 , T HE SILENT FRIEND ; a Med ielli • i l" - . e 0 se P the Infirmities of the System n both sexe , ~,,, i t, ',i of of the reproductive powers, with means of rester effects of indulge- ce, &c., are Dilly pointed out. . 1 ' f , poe gravings; followed by observations on Marriage- ___. a oriS , 'i rj e By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Sd.', tiler ln Published by the Authors, and may be had A' s l i d 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. An a CF co cif Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hansd,, r l 1 036. 0 4,4 ford-street ; Gordo', 146, Leadenhall-street ; ..7 1 re; o ~p street, Seko ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and T o d,' ,00 9 " We regard the work before us, the ' Silent grid ol d till o s embracing meet clear and practical views of S'' „el 'PI hitherto little understood, and passed over by a ca L 001 , 'r, ,, f7,00 , (Beal profession, for what reason we are at a loss to 0 0 e t oi l however confess that a perusal of this work has le ft ~g, at impression on our minds, that we net only recoron a 'e e rint 0 31 , "" wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or ' 3 ,-40, din/ cretion, to profit by the advice contained to its page' s ' ifey 0 '.4 .1 0 10° V A The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is -- . L 00ed,,, , ,, to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, We",,, - t ios m ot r e petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and deb., o f r o jee excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 Is., or the oua n ,. ti ,, t ,o' sa 4 bottle for 331„ by which lie. are saved. The ' T ` - ' 4.4 be had as usual. i ,., t vg,. Dl , '"X' v The CONCENTRATED DETERSITE 55 _,..,' star', „ i t s t e ",; for searching out and purifying the blood fre.', 4 tsvi tO fr on the head, face, and body, ulcerations , x'„,,,ots ° ,io, affections arising from improper treatment or the e O O e' 64 , removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of , 0.,/ lle. and 335. per bottle. gs'' Or rid ". o A oo e PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, P air; i t and 11 s. per box, are the most effectual remedy' O r " ,n, t eo mutton, gsc., without hindrance to business. o f co - 0 , / • Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail be 0 1 , ' P ,,p. f ' n of 011. oy ,f, Messrs. It. and L. Perry and Cip., surgeons, „ H e. ..A 0_ usual, at 19, Serners-street, Oxford-street, L o _,°; :y PI; X' 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday', Fr2n r, ' and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Man , n''' ' i t) Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. /-• .4) , r ~ie'li, F ie• LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUS-',..;ya5, DISORDERS ARISING FROM EX , ' - ` " He, who In pleasure's downy a11 5 , ° ,41 , Ne'er loot his health or youthful cii• - il'' A hero lives, and justly eat .. es 9f e 0 Exclaim, in me behold a man l" . , p. Af.,o-4# Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edit,, A- id. , Or , sent by pest, free, to any address , ' 4. o laf I trod , : SELF-PRESERVATION : a F ° P f oittrA pi ; these concealed disorders, originating _,iS oD ,l_,;ool' ancl terminating in Nervous Debility, L0c 5! „,,,i P - iell Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties , ":, ' afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate $' 4 ..,40 /1 0 ° ," Observations on Marriage. Se- 0 , es By SAMUEL LAMERT, Censultind,r, I , „ ,a 0 rsCAP'afrisg . 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-8-s t .itob I,l' Jr Matriculated Member of the University of " ga ol' tli!oi Member of the London Hospital Medical ''. ~St' ° o ',os Apothecaries' Hall, Landon, kc. d 1 1 ' ' j r4 111 1 OAP otu t o " The various positions of Lover, Husband , „ r i. ~.,1 herent privileges if mankind, are frequently 1n7,,,,,, _,',etar through the follies and frailties of early indiscre n " 01 '4!" - j ilt others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its Pe. - ~pr ~ tilv . , 0 1 may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of S. or 'O 4 Att e✓„„l „ most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. ...., of °",,, ' t ee' "Long experience in the treatment of a e ls 'ibe $ l. OO l 0. , , neglected and most imperfectly understood by „ r otor , ~,S pr, medical profession, has enabled the writer 10 ice, e jel otto , Concealed causes of Nervous Debility in exis {e „ L ijad yillile'o routine practitioner would never dream of e n.. e t de ~, e to certain habits, forming the most secret , Y ol eler . .4 51 / springs of domestic misery, and prematur e i n Or flii Journal. ~,,,i bi g ..o o c ' l o Peblished by the Author, and sold in Les. --- e t, (2. - 14, 0. 52, Paternester-row ; Starie, 23, Tichborne - s tr s - o,le , 1 01 18 0. street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; 1,0 }po o p alto Gordon, 146, Leade,nhs.ll-street ; and U t 11 14 g i At home every day till Three, and frogs , G. „,,,, s o , 0 THE TWELFTM EDITI,,,e, all 4 v,,,, • 25• ."'' 6 4 ' elf;✓ir r Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price ; , es. fog I# o o 4o receipt of a tot - entice Order , t• iar A 0 10 1 ,4 .i l MANLY HEALTH : a r ° o l ecil ° ,o 6e.v it t°l o ' : the Concealed Cause of its premature to o visi e ro l . - 0 0 , 0e tons for its Complete Restoration. Addreesed,sigeeN'Ordir°, the destnictive consequences of excessive in`,ole ssl oo'ori Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Censti,reDeDootf digestion, and Consumption. Including I ° °/1P v. De on MARRIAGE, Incoatine a ce, and Celllssl, „es f i Cases, tee. P'. o A ' By NC... 60, J. Newman-street, - and str e. t C , 0. , Con gul t e i t '',‘V i s ' 4 1 .'4.41 4 Oxford - s t" . J. 6 And sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-ref ' rt h Oe _, ego P ~,,, denhall-street ; aid all Booksellers. li i, 01.' 1 c rtfi' ~,, CAUTlON.—Complaints having reache d 01 , , li„. effilD ii o ,l wishing to purchase our work, entitled " ) 11 „ t of s_,,'" tli_,° it b eal placed in their hands a fraudulent infringer ac 'd weit'''se jest 0 0 duced by illiterate and dishonourable m y e si b iu ,o 4 ....et.s ; I s oVs of , r,or. ,,i a close resemblance of title, is utterly by way if protection, to caution tke public )011?-4'00°,4 such base imitations. lt 1 ' ,e ,- ..,# 0;0 yror ' t . i s „, Persons desirous of obtaining the Above ~ insure C rl4, , ~1, apply to a bookseller for the same, may , ' ,:d., ,' an d le o i direct tram the Authors, by enclosing 3c ' i t r ienc'; t er , ~,,, °,,, " The best of all friends is the professions ere' : et v '''' ' e sen g til l l , fr f r can he be consulted with greater safety' 50d, yes DO ~, - , i s, ir,i on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Wee' - ' - a fro , ~ vs 'o o ' Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulterooeiscojeo4o from Five till Eight in the evening, at tho c i o otrY?, s ' s man-street, Oxford-street, London, An d t heir successfully treated, on minutely describ ing . 7- to ,,ltri the usual fee of If. for advice. .„--- , - li' ~ --- An ti° 14 ' On the 16th ult., at Liege, 1 - 11 e iti g rinlim3 i vi t i h e e : l ud a i. : 0 1 0 ° :l e , :: : ,11: 14 j 4 :o ' Brownless, eta son. On the 27th ult., the wife of the Ile • the 0 es, 11 0 Minlngsby, Lincolnshire, of a son. _A•s.Oll - . 5 ue j On the 3d inst., at Martha, St. Leonaro r OO li t 4 Gilbert, Es q., surgeon, et a daughter. .411i011 1' Ko f. k h e i w tl i i c e h 3cl E i s n q s . t , ., ,, a f t . P . e a a n t t n h o t r e e r , . Devon, la yeott, et t t yle , ,3 ( On the 3d ill St., at Epping. Aire. - 0 . __,,. Ir, P -p.., o , On the Sth inst., the wife of the I , e •11 Inn' s to bjf f of a son. L o ( N ) ?e t 1 1 the , use, 10 A ir di Ott the sth inst., at Bruntsfleld Uo i r in , e ; 0 4 0 . 41 . 1s on i . est., at Swinten-street, G7- e. riociol:rio, r T. J. Miller, of a daughter. xes, i jyde-Ps r ''' oS' CP On the sth rosy'., in Oxford-terra . D elni t os 4 C. Edwards, of a daughter. - las( 5. or . i t.f I' ri.o o , da t i t e t t r h h i , e e :k 5 5t tlh h i Ri t e l .i s it t .. .. l , 1 i n hE t es C wq . a i, f in e° f p o d a : snineh..llrl, : 1 i r) 104 ~.: :41.1: ot' , ;0, Csn' be ' .. o° ' , Camberwell, of a son. ~, li e ' ‘et" „i ir, ~,,,,,sito, Nelsen, oOit.thhe:fsatsl:Bl°lrnisi:tl.l,lsi"t ;It Albany j. HARRIED. jwilnete.p.,o , i‘ "' On the sth inst., at St. Mary O' A ) 1 ' r 01 Pll O . ~„d, C• 10° i iio o7 f?' ,of P i f• r 1 wife - es tll' olf' Liege , Be l,, ' a ' iitilieelotwhainrsiit:,.gaeteE7l3ford limit 51 :7 - o,e Dlin , , Gr O Oe i vn i the 24th ult., at t o Da tl , or Brownless. 5ay.... ,L, ,E, , ) , r9D. , oteot ocrl:_reaoi s l o , , ,, i , a ‘ ,. third c: , Sy On the ~.tt i l ii i ei e ult i o s et t i iii i iu t: : s to t . . ,: , ~,, a.tg,dPalerrn Compton, 0, ,,!. 13 ,... :1 a ...% ; : : .: ; .tci,t.b,i,,‘,, r. :A o arri co. ;; :oce ,;, t !i f o; Commodore Sir Gordon Breiner,h-i.`'_,-L.eds,:ii,D64. to 0, # On the Ist inst., at \Voodhouse;rire i et, C sl's ,. 1; 54 ' , ir•W 0 :0 On the 2d inst., in 11elles- e „, e sei , Jo el ,01 r or J. 1 1" "Mild 01 Mackintosh, eldest daughte ... 1 „,, t c ~,,ye, ' 44 On th• 4111 inst., Edward, You' e 0 -04' e ,,t, t, Fortin 0 IS 0 00 Leawood House, Sussex. wt.c,knst,lilaetseo.ifitthset.G, r i e n .. M u r i T e a r, n c l t u n a i r l :,!:. reet : iton road u Jet :; l' ... / , aJ , , ~„„. lfred Frost, Pl , ' / 1 # '''. 4 0 ',10 ' h hist William A . . i , 0" (ill tile at -•, • rg e's Lsst• _.. ,0 f r Suntavern-fields, St. Geo ~ - --- ill. , D e pi On the 5111 inst., ...............:......___:„............, . iv r.p0,, r00 1 1 , 0 410 in Par,c-terrace, Br , ......e eo ~ 0 , sun oitce, I , Q..,' Saes, Louden spos,ftrlastnh4dii. Printer,Psr i a ntd ataign, E el u e b l c i s h d v b Y . 2.' ~. ie Goa tact ha l itut I+l,t Wlli C ap , HE ,, „ th-t