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r!., rf 457 * 4.4 ef A AA/ ".144- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, Westminster Hall, before Lord DEN- MAR and a Common Jury.) COWAN V. CRI73ID. This legs an action, brought by the plaintiff, who was a journeyman cigar maker, living at lied Lion-street, White chapel, agaidet the defendant, who was a butcher, for the al leged negligent driving of a cart by a servant of the de fendant, en the 3d of September, the result of which was that plaintiff was knocked down, and would have been killed but for the interference of a friend; he was, however, very mulch bruised. A witness named Alexander, a cigar maker, deposed that he and plaintiff were standing in the street about a yard out side the kerb-atone, when the defendant's cart came up, the shaft of which struck the plaintiff and knocked him down. Witness seized hold of the horse, and stopped him ; if he had gone on the wheel must have gone over the plaintiff's body ; as the cart was approaching the witness saw the driver reading a paper of some sort ; there was :mother cart passing at the time, and there was ample room ; plain tiff was so much injured that he was laid up for some time ; he could earn about 355. a week. Several other witnesses were celled, and gave testimony corroborative of the above. For the defence the driver of the cart was called, and he deposed that the plaintiff and his companions were standin g in the middle of the street ; that he called out to them, but they did not move. When the accident happened the plaintiff got up and seized witness by the collar and threatened to strike him, but was prevented by his companions. Defendant ap aeared to have been drinking* . Wit ne ss met him a few days fter, and he (plaintiff) danced about and said, " Thae:k God, there is no limbs broken."—(Laughter.) He asked witness for an ox-tail for a little nourishment —(Laughter) — and that he would give him a few cigars. A second witness gave evidence somewhat to the same effect. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. EXCIIEQUER.-(THIS_ DAY). (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Westminster, after Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a ConAmon Jury.) JOYCE V. ROBSON. This was action of debt, brought to recover 160/. for golds sold and delivered, and board and lodging provided on the defendant's account, for one John Hopkinson, to which the defendant had pleaded that he never was indebted. Mr. Atkinson appeared for ti.e plaintiff and Mr. Knowles for the defendant. The plaintiff was a tailor, carrying on business in the City, and the defendant was the well-known sporting character who was connected with the Running Rein affair, in which he came off a loser of considerable sums of money. It would appear from the evidence that some time ago the defendant was staying at the White Horse Inn, Fetter-lane, with a friend named Hopkinson, from whom he borrowed 200/., and, as a return for the loan, it was agreed that Hop kinson should board and lodge with, as well as obtain clothes from, the plaintiff for a specified period, at the defendant's expense. Hopkinson accordingly lived with the plaintiff fur two years, and was amply provided with food and clothing, and supplied with pocket-money at the rate of Bs. per week, end the present action was brought to compel the defendant to reimburse the plaintiff, in accordance with the terms of the agreement made two years ago. Mr. KNOWLES, fur the defence, contended that the case involved a very improbable story, which it was impossible for any twelve men of common sense to credit for a single mo ment. One would imagine that Hopkinson was a helpless lad, unable to Like care of either himself or his money, and that commiseration for his helpless state moved the defendant to superintend the disbursement of his money, and see that be was properly lodged, fed, and clothed. But the fact was not so; Hopkinson was a full-grown man of thirty years of age, and just as capable of taking care of himself and his money as the defendant. At all events, he denied that de fendant was liable for the money and clothes supplied to Hopkinson, although he was ready to admit that he ought to pay for the board and lodging. And this he lied done to the fullest extent, for he had paid the plaintiff 43/., which was more than the bill made the board and lodging come to. The LORD Cur BARON', in summing up, remarked that there was an exceedingly wholesome statute in existence, - namely, the Statute of Frauds, which required that when a party undertook to pay money for another, the agreement should be in writing, and even at the risk of sacrificing a desire to do justice to a man who was money out of pocket, he thoaght it would be better fur them to be guided by the strict letter of this law. The jury then retired, and after a rather long consulta tion, returned into Court with a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 68!. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.] OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wir.u.ors and Mr. Justice CnEsswELL. ALLEGED MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY. Geo-ge Johnstone, formerly captain of the ship Tory, whose case has excited such extraordinary interest, was this day placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason. There were other indict ments, but the charge, in the first instance, was confined to the murder of Reason. The Attorney-General, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clerk, were for the prosecution ; Mr. Jervis, Q.C., and Mr. Huddlestone, appeared for the defence. The prisoner, who seemed in a better state of health than when he appeared before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, was accommodated with a chair, and seemed during the proceedings to pay particular attention to the evidence, more especially where it seemed to go against himself. He is not by any means a man of unprepossessing appearance. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to state the case. He said —My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury, in an important and serious case of this description, involving as it does the death of a fellow-creature, and on the issue of which the life of another person depends,l am sure it will be unnecessary for me to intreat your careful consideration and most patient atten tion. It is possible that many of the circumstances, which have already been communicated to the public, have reached your ears ; but you will not be required to be told by me to distrust these statements, and to act on the present occasion entirely on the facts which will be sworn to by the witnesses. In disposing of the anxious and painful duty which is cast upon me, I have found it extremely difficult, in considering the proper way to introduce the case to you, to extricate from a variety of facts and circumstances that portion of the witnesses' statement which applies to the case immediately before the Court, without wandering into other and less important particu lars. I have reflected over and over Beain as to the proper course that I ought to take , and. with the deepest feelings of the responsibility which attaches to me, I trust that in giving you a sort of connected narration of the whole of the proceed ings, so as to enable you to form a correct judgment on the subject, I shall not omit to mention anything which in justice ought to form part of the case; at the same time I trust that I shall intro duce nothing irrelevant to prejudice the prisoner in your estimation. We have selected as the first case to be ex amined into the serious charge against the prisoner of the wilful murder of Thomas Reason. The circumstance took place on board of a vessel named the Tory, in which the pri soner was captain, on her homeward voyage. She had, it appeared, sailed from Liverpool in 1844. for Bombay and China. Reason joined at Singapore, on her homeward voyage. She was a vessel of some 608 tons and had a crew of 26 men. She had sailed from Hong-Kong in the beginning of May, 1845, with a valuable cargo. The vessel was worth (both ship and cargo) somewhere about 80,0001.—such a charge would naturally make any man anxious to whose care it was entrusted, and this circumstance must be taken into consi deration in weighing the case. When the vessel left Hong- Kong she passed the Cape of Good Hope without touching there, but after doubling it the provisions And water began to fail. The men were put on an allowance of a quart a day of water, instead of a gallon, which was the usual quantity served out. They naturally, under these circumstances, expressed some discontent and dissatisfaction. The captain had intended to touch at St. Helena, but, in consequence of NOM accident to his chronometers, he was out in his longi tude, and therefore missed the island. He afterwards ex pressed his intention to touch at the Island of Ascension, which might bo five to six days' run from St. Helens, and the provisions and water began to fail more and mere. On the 18th of September it was supposed by the captain that they were near the Island of Ascension, and he hove to and remained there during the whole of the night. In the course of that evening Reason, the deceased, in talking to some of the men, said that if they did not make the island in the morning the captain should no longer be Captain Johnstone. I believe that from someting that will appear in the course of the trial it will be seen that these expressions conveyed no intimation either against the life of the captain or against his command in the ship. The Learned Attorney- General then proceeded to detail the facts of the case (facts which have already frequently appeared in our columns, and which will be better understood by the evidence), from the time that the Tory passed the Island of Ascension, the in • creasing dissatisfaction of the men, the falling in with a French barque and the reception from her of some provisions and water and .a cask of wine, the prisoner's increasing par tiality for intoxicating spirits, the c h as i ng Ram b ert, the chief mate, and two other men with a cutlass across the deck, and the chief mate's going overboard, to the death of Reason, from wounds inflicted by the captain in the cabin, on the night of the 24th October. The Learned Gentleman thenco oufl concluded, t d h , e t d o ea la t y h " heave endeavonred, as dispassionately as all:the circumstances of the case b e f or y u of Reason no doubt can be entertained,, no . r r the cau ses which led to it. It is impo ss ibl e f or me to anticipate the defence of the priso ner ma y b e , nor w i ll l iwhat attempt to create a prejudice or prepossessio n in y our m i n d s wfiat course may possibly be tak en on th e presentggestisu ng go before you i n the plainest I wish that all the facts should and simplest way, in order that you may be enabl e d to a dispassionate judgment upon th em . I therefcre wish no .portion of the grounds on which the prisoner may rest his defence to be occupied by any remarks on my part. I have endeavoured to discharge my duty faithfully, an d at the same time fairley. I will call witnesses to prove the circumstances I have detailed, and without further observation or reason on the facts, I shall leave the case to your consideration and judgment." The Learned Attorney-General then sat down.: Arthur Gilmore Spence was the first witness call e d, an d was :examined by Mr. BODRIN,--I was on board the ship T o ry on her voyage from Hong-Kong to England. She be longed to Liverpool, and I was apprentice on board. The prisoner was captain cf her, and the crew consisted, on an a verage, of 27. No. unpleasantness arose on the outward voyage. We left Hong• Kong for England in May, 1845. We had a man named R eason , an able seaman, us at Singapore. The mate. ; were w ho joined Willim Henry Rambert:and William Mars. The cargo was valuable, consisting for the most part of tea. When we had r passed the Cape thewind was favourable, and we made for St. Helena. The captain assigned as a reason for passing the island, that his chronometer were wrong, and that he was , t h ere f o re, out of his longitude. He asked the crew if they were favourable to a r un for scensi on p , an ro d yi t s h io ey n s s a w id er t e he v y - were. , This/might be a run of si x d ays. The aquagratilon. Thee I eras usual . and the allowance allowance is from of watpeCitswastoa laid up at the time, a ß n i d x did n ot hear much murmuri n g among the crew; but they seemed to think that the captain had some private reason for i pass ing the island of Madeira. After missing the . island of Ascension , t he mates were called down into the cabin, and, after a consultation, it ws - mined to proceed on the homeward voyage. I find by the logbosk that this was on the 20th Sept. The allowance of water was, after that, further diminished to a pint a day, and the bread tecLtalf a pound a day, till it was altogether cone deter - in - Inca to was very soon after the captain had a French make for home. We fell in with barqu e at eight on the morning of the 23d. I miler:o , er the fact of e lt e bert's jumping overboard, although I did not myself s we went on pretty com fortably m tl o s°. raTal, at Ave o'clock on the 22d Oclultivh The captain went we gat But from that day made the island Of asliore, and I accompanied him. Henry Thompson, Slack, and the othe°rll' -D avid Johnstone, the boat's crew. I speak to the best of many al l ,n r : n er r t el i z e ud e g , e. wer i e l o e f captain retarnedon board the same day, At this time the harbour-master was on board, in returned also galip. The Am Wm I Hum apps to have been drinking slightly. He always appeared given more to drinking after the death of Rambert. On that oc casion he was rather the worse for drink when he went ashore, and he was with the English Consul for nearly an ' hour and half alone, but whether he was drinking then I cannot say. On the day on which Reason died I was in the captain's cabin. It was late in the evening, nearly bed time. The captain desired me to stop in the cabin. A charge was brought against the deceased Reason by a ma n named Morris. The deceased had said "that he would have law when he came to England," or words to that effect. The captain then desired Reason to be sent for. He came down then. Barry Yelverton and William Dunn, the cook, were in the cabin, as well as a foreigner, Jules Cor diavello. The Captain was more than half drunk. He had been taking brandy and water before. I did not remain ,in the cabin till Reason's death. To the best of my knowledge the captain took hold of him and shook him on the sofa, where he desired him to sit. He struck him over the side with the point of the bayonet. I can recollect that he spoke :some words to him first. I think he said you are a d- mutineer, sir. Reason did not answer. I did not see the captain do anything more while I was there. There were bayonets always about the cabin. He had not a bayonet in bis hand when Morris first spoke to him, but he took it into his hand when RCE.2olltirst came down. There was a boy on board named Glover, and soon after I left he came and called me. I went down to the cabin again, and saw the captr.in end Dunn there. Rea son was lying down alongside the sofa, and the ccok in formed me that he was dead. I disbelieved it, but after wards found that he was dead. The captain looked as if he were more in possession of his senses than before I left the cabin, and he appeared calm and unmoved. The body was carried out and buried ot! the following morning. I read the burial service over him. I find an entry in the log on the 24th Octcber, signed by the captain. J made that entry by the captain's desire, Ile told me that Reason had died in a fit, and Dunn told me so also. I had a conversation with the captain before, and he desired me to say that he had died in A fit. I entered in the log-book what he desired me to enter, although I guessed how the man had died. I think that the other names were signed after Mars died. In general cases the captain and the two chief officers sign the log, but no others. Cross-examined by Mr. JERVIS—This voyage was the first long voyage I made under Captain Johnstone. Nothing particular occurred in the outward voyage. Rambert was a new hand. I cannot say how many new hands were shipped. I cannot say that any of the hands had shipped under false names, or that they had left their ships at Hong-Kong. Rambert leaped overboard on the 25th of September. I did not hear some days before that that there was to be a mu tiny. Rambert was in the habit of treating the men un kindly,.but the captain was not. Ile seemed very attentive to the interests of the owners, and before this time was very quiet. The men were at this time grumbling because they were on short allowance. Yelverton and French made some communication to the captain, that the crew, or part of the crew,lhad sharpened their knives with the intention of taking the captain's 11'e. French accused the cook with a design on the captain's life. This communication added to the captain's excitement. A man named Cole informed him, also, that the crew intended, after taking his life, to sail with the ship to the Continent. Dunn told the captain, in about an hour after the previous statements, that French had sharpened his knife on both sides, and said that he would be one of the first to t,ke his life. He also heard the foreigner tell the captain that Gair, a seaman, had come to him, and pointing a marlinespike at his breast, threat ened to run it into him if he would not assist to kill the captain.. The crew generally were in the habit of carrying tales to the captain of the intention of other persons. The way this was done was, the captain would call down one of the crew, and holding a cutlass over bins, would threaten to cut hies if he would not reveal some thing about some of the other men, and to save himself the man did so. Barry Yelverton, French, and Dunn's commu nications were voluntary ones. After Rambert's death and the arrival of the Tory at Fayal she was boarded by the cap tain of an English vessel, who remained for about an hour and a half, having free access to the ship, and free com munication with the crew of the Tory. After leaving Fayal, French made another voluntary communication to the captain. When the boy Glover called for me the captain was more than half drunk, and he had been in this excited state for some time before. When Reasen was called down the captain struck him on the side e ith the bayonet. Re-examined by Mr. BODKIN—I wrote the false entries because I knew the captain would put an end to auy one's existence who refused to obey him. He said to me " that if I disobeyed him, I should not have long to live. Julian Cordiavello, examined by Mr. CeEnnt—Joined the ship at Liverpool for the outward and home voyage. He recollected the death of Reason some three days after the ship left Fayal on her return. He remembered his being in the cabin at about midnight with others. 'When Reason came in the captain told him to sit down ou the sofa; he had then a cutlass in his hand. He said, then you want law, l'll give you English law, and he struck him on the forehead with the cutlass. He then seized Reason by the collar, and shoved him from side to side. The captain then threw the cutlass on the floor, and called the boy Jenning to bring the bayonet. He struck him: twice with it, and the man died immediately. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—Where did he strike him ? Wit ness—On the breast. He called Dunn, and the man was dis covered to be dead. The body of Reason was thrown over board. Cross-examined—He knew a Frenchman on board of the name of Morris. He was shipped at Hong-Kong. He (the witness) did not know that Morris had been on board the ship William the Fourth, or that he had been accused of mutiny. Witness had never heard Reason threaten the captain's life. The captain in his con duct was very violent, very much like a wild animal. He often exclaimed, "this is the arm that slew the Boyne at the battle cf Bannockburn." Barry Yelverton was next examined, and said he was an apprentice on beard the Tory, and was in her on the voyage from Hong-Kong. He recollected the ship falling short of water and provisions before the ship reached Ascension. The night on which they expected to make Ascension, he asked Reason if he thought they would reach land before the next morning? His answer was, lie did not know; but if they did so, lie would put a blue shirt on the forearm, so that some man-of-war's men would come on board and learn how the men had been treated on the voya , s eby Captain Johnstone. That was all that witness heard ' Reason say. Witness told this to the captain after the Tory fell in with the French barque, from which they obtained provisions. He believed that he told the captain the day after leaving the French barque. The captain called witness into the cabin then, and said that, judg ing from the mate's appearance, he concluded all was not right, and asked him if he had heard anything. The captain had a cutlass inihis hands, and said, " Tell me at once, did you hear any one threaten my life ?" The captain then sent for French, and said to him, • French, did you not hear Reason say, that if the ship did not make the Island of Ascension before morning he would have my life ? ' French said he bad, and that the witness also had heard the same. Witness then told all he had heard, which he had already stated in evidence. French also said he had seen the men sharpening their knives on the grindstone. About an hour after witness went on deck, and saw the captain and several other of the officers armed. The men were all aft, and the captain was cutting at them. Among the men aft were Reason, Lee, and Cone, and these were the men the captain was cutting. at then. They were in irons at the time at the break of the poop. They were cut on the head, and witness saw all the three bleeding. The smile night the three were hauled into the tops, but before this they had an anchor shackle placed on the necks of each. They were hauled into the tops by ropes. Shortly after this Rambert jumped overboard. Ile recollected the ship being off Fayal, and the captain going on shore to the British Consul's. Witness went with him, but remained on shore by the boat till the captain's return. The captain ap peared to be rather intoxicated when he came back, and said something about the crew, but the words he did not recollect. About two days after he recollected Reason, who was now first mate, being sent for into the cabin. At this time the cap tain appeared to be very intoxicated. Morris was sent for a little before, and asked if he had heard of any plot against his ( the captain's) life. He answered all that he had heard .Reason, Cone, and Lee say was, that on arriving in London they would have law for him for what he had done to them. The captain, on Reason coming into the cabin, said he would have his law now, and cut the latter several times on the head. Reason was rent on deck after this, and again sent for about four hours after, and cut at in a singular manner. He also pitched hi m a b ou t w ith hi s b an d s . Reason asked the captain several times to spare him, but he paid no attention to it, and shouted out the expression about the battle of Bannockburn. The captain also stabbed Reason in the left breast twice. About ten minutes after Reason died. The dead body was afterwards placed at the foot of the cabin, when the captain thrust the cutlass into it at the shoulder, saying he would serve the whole of them in the same way. The most of the crew were by at the time, hav ing come down to see the body. Witness the following night heard the captain say he would make the crew walk the plank. The captain drank much more after falling in with the French barque than before. The witness, in con tinuation, repeated in substance the evidence about the entries which he made in the log-book, made, as witness declared, at the dictation of the captain, and the particulars of which were given fully at the time of the examination before the magistrates. Ile made the deposition he then did, because the captain threatened the crew, if they did not do so, he would have their life's blood. The witness was cross-examined at some length, but no thing was elicited that materially affected his evidence in chief. David Johnson called and examined—Said he was a sea man on board the Tory. He joined the ship at Hong-Kong. He remembered the death of Reason. On the evening be fore Reason died the deceased came to witness's berth and said that the captain had called him. He saw a cut across his forehead and the blood was upon it. Reason was called by Julian and went away. After that witness n ever saw Reason alive, but next day he saw the dead body about 8 o'clock, when he saw four of the ship's company carrying it along the deck. Witness saw the body bare and noticed several stabs. Franklin Tucker was next examined, and deposed as to Reason. The last time he saw him alive was on the morning of the day of his death ; he was going down into the cabin, and he had several cuts on his head. The next time he saw him was about two hours after, when he saw him brought up on deck dead. Wi tness afterwards examined the body, and it was much cut on the head and body, apparently with a cutlass. There was nothing elicited in the cross-examination of this witness. Wm. Dunn, the cook of the ship, was next examined—He deposed to the main features of the evidence already given, respecting the scarcity of provisions when expecting to reach Ascension. The witness, in addition, said the crew were very discontented, the captain having refused to run for a sail that was in sight. French he recollected coming to him in the poop with his knife sharpened, and said if the captain touched him he would run it into him. Witness pro posed that the captain should be taken and confined till they reached an English port. Reason, in reply to French, said they conld manage it without murdering the captain. The next day they fell in with the French barque. He told the captain what passed on the 23d, because witness heard that French had informed the captain that he (the witness) intended shutting him in the poop and murdering him. The witness then went on in cor roboration of Reason, Lee, and Cone, being subsequently put in irons, the particulars of the death of the former, 'and as to having signed the log-book, stating that Reason had diedin a fit. He signed the log-book entirelyfromthethreats of the cap. tain. The witness was cross-examined at some length with the object of showing that the witness had freely stated that Reason bad died in a fit, and that he had heard the crew threaten the captain's life. On these heads no mat er i a l point was elicited, otherwise than already given, though he stated he had some words with the captain respecting a woman on board, whom the latter accused him of living with. James Glover, the steward,followed in examination, and d e posed as to the cutting and stabbing of Reason on the night in question. His evidence was mainly in confirmation of that of Yelverfon a nd Julian. into the Henry Slack was next called, e who ah i cabin h brieflyyth e captain on deposed to hav ing heard Reason called the evening before his death. boy, the son of the female Henry James Stephen, a - passenger, Mrs. Thompson, ,: was examined as to the captain threatenin when in Fay-al to "kill th e m all," and also as to g the death of Reason. He did not see Reason struck, but s aw hini after his death. Lie had two rvulds Ou his , James Sinclair, the carpenter, was called, but counsel for the Crown declining to put any question to him, Mr. JERVIS examined him at sonic length. His evidence, which in substance was the same as that given be fore the magistrate, was to the effect—that the men were very discontented, and had threatened among themselves to do some bodily harm to the captain, and that Reason and a man named Curteis were going to take the ship to America. The captain, on hearing the.e reports, became very excited, and on the same even ing he chased several of those whom he suspected round the deck. Cross-examined—Witness did not hear the parties referred to threaten the captain ; he only heard French and Yelver ton tell the captain that these threats had been held out. ' Witness put Reason, Lee, and Cone in irons, and shackles on their neck, by the order of the captain. They were much cut and bleeding at the time. Peter Curteis was called, and denied that he had ever threatened the captain's life, or heard the crew say that they would take the ship to America, as had been alleged. He saw Reason go dawn into the cabin on the night before his death, and he was one that helped to bring the body up next morning. On going down to fetch it, be saw the cap tain standing over the body with the point of his cutlass in the body. Cross-examined—Witness never told the captain that Rambcrt wanted the men to go aft and take his life. What he told him wm, that Rambcrt wanted the men to go aft and make the captain fast. This closed the case for the prosecution. After some consultation, it was arranged that Mr. Jervis should address the jury in the morning, on the opening of the Court. One of the officers of the Court was then sworn to take charge of the jury till the morning, and the Court adjourned TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLOCK. CHESTER cur. 20 to 1 agst Best Bower 22 to 1 agst 'Millstone 25 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 35 to 1 agst Intrepid 40 to 1 agst Salopian 40 to 1 agst Mermaid—taken 40 to 1 agst Cataract 40 to 1 agst Discord DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Sting 15 to 1 agst Brocardo 22 to 1 agst Ingo 25 to 1 agst Spithead 30 to 1 agst,Malcolm 40 to 1 agst Tibthorpe 40 to 1 atilt Humdrum RAILWAY COM IT TEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW- CASTLE-UPON-TYNE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Some other allegations of a similar character were also made out, to the satisfaction of the Committee, and it was ultimately decided that the standing orders had not been complied with. MANCHESTER. AND r. =Mir GRAM RAILWAY. • The next petition called on was that of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill authorising the construction of four important branches from their main line. The branches were respectively desig nated as the Killington blanch, the Macclesfield deviation, the Prestbury branch, and the Northwich branch. The customary proofs having been put in, the Committee declared that the standing orders had been complied with. NORTH STArrOILIDSIIIRE (CHUHNET VAL LEY) RAILWAY. The Committee took the formal proofs in this line, but the leafing of the allegations of a number of petitions opposed to ,be project was postponed till to-morrow. The Committee adjourned at Four o'clock. Sub-Committee No. 2, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) DEZFAST AND COUNTY DOWN 11,AILWAT. In the case of this Bill the Committee declared the stand ing orders to have been complied with. TETE 33LACZDURN, CHOTMEY, AND IXVZIZT E SUN, LONDON, THURS Es A_ Y EVEN INC-, FEBRTJAR I 5, 1816.: POOL naixivLaY, Mr. Pritt appeared fur the promoters of the Bill, and after calling the several witnesses to prove the plans and sec tions, &c., the Committee declared the standing orders had been complied with. THE ST/ZIANCz .5.1`.7D DUNFERIVEZINE 2..a/LWILY. Messrs. Deans, Dunloppe, and Co., appeared for the pro moters. After hearing evidence ' The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders hid been complied with. THE AVR.SHIRZ, BRIDGE OE' I.VEIR, AND PORT GLASGOW 37NCTION RAILWAY. Messrs. Deans, Dunloppe, and Hope appeared for the pro moters. Mr. Connell appeared for two petitions against the Bill. The petitions contained several allegations against the plans and sections. The formal evidence of the books of reference and de depositing of the plans and sections was being proceeded with, when the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, and the Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to morrow. (Sub-Committee No. 3.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) COUTTE-Mll-STMIM cratora Gatrai .11.XLWAY TO CHART, liTnitit 7.:F:r RI), tY KTE lat.llll - CRES TO TU:. :BRIDGE. AND IZTVMRHM,fI.33) Thii Bill was passed, subject to future decision ; and the SOUIII-EASTEEN (CANTERMURY TO DO. VEX) 11.11ILWAY Bill was passed. SOUTII-EASTE=N (ritora MAIDSTONE TO STZOOD, NEAR ROCHESTER) Eanuvris.Y. This Bill was passed likewise. THE LAENZ, nzioe.asT, .111 , 73) 11.11.10GYIYZEN1 mazviv.ely Bill which was unopposed, was passed. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. There Lerdhhips met at Five o'cl. ck. The Earl of S FRADBROKE presented s ;veral peti tions from various places in Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely, and the county of Suffolk, against any change being made in the present protective system. Lord BEAUMONT also presented a large number of petitions to the same effect, and expressing great alarm at the measures brought forward by the vernment. THE PORT OF LIMERICK. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from the corpo ration of Limerick, praying their Lordships to institute an inquiry into the condition of that port, and to make a grant of money to put it into an efficient condition. Lord MONTEAGLE was understood to say that the necessary amount might be attained by lev) ing au adddi tional tollage on the ships entering the part. The subject then dropped. RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. Lord DALHOUSIE said, I have been requested by the Committee appointed to consider the course to be adopted with respect to the various railway projects which will be submitted to your Lordships, to report that they have met and agreed to the following resolu tion :—" That it is the opinion of this Committee that such portion of the Standing Order No. 224, as requires the promoters of a railway Bill to deposit one .tenth of the capital subscribed, should be suspended, with re spect to such railway bills as shall commence in the House of. Lords during the present session. That no such rail way Bill should be read a first time until a further sum of one-twentieth of the amount subscribed be depo sited, and not read a third time until an additional one twentieth be deposited, and that no Railway Bills be received after Monday, the 23d of February." I shall call the attention of the House to the subject to morrow, and shall make a motion in accordance with the recom mendation of the committee. Lord CLANCARTY moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the laws relating to the re lief of the sick poor and destitute in Inland. He would lay before their Lordships the grounds upon which he would ask Noble Lords to grant him this committee. Looking at the present condition of the people of Ireland and the accounts of the agrarian disturbances, assassinations, and systematic attacks upon private pro perty which constantly recal us circumstances which might no doubt be attributed to other causes, but which in his opinion were mainly attributable to the destitution at present existing in that country. Looking at these things he thought that the Committee ought to be granted It was important for Noble Lords to inquire into the operation of such laws as were designed for the benefit of the poor of Ireland. The Medical Charities, and the Poor-law Bills he considered, deserved their mostseriousconsideration. The Poor-law Bill in order to be efficient for its purpose should not only afford relief to the destitute, but should also place persons above destitution. And in such a county as Ireland it might ex ercise if properly conducted a most beneficial influence If their Lordships would turn to a report which had been laid on the table, they would see the abuses and defects of the existing law for the medical relief of she poor. They would see in that report abundant argu ments for legislative interference. He would likewise refer their Lordships to the report of a committee of the House of Commor.s which have laboriously investi gated the subject of medicalcharities. That Committee was appointed through the instrumentality of the Hon. Mem for Roscommon. His Noble Friend, the present Post master-General, who was then a Member of the House of Commons, was upon that Committee, and he would correct him (Lord Clancarty) if he were wrong in stat ingot t a h gr at ee th u e po lom an m y ittee were unanimous in their opinion as to the importance of legislative interference with re spect to the medical charities of Ireland. They were nunanimous statistics that t o t u h ld e Only workhouses for the destitute though ot f h oh e r r am . der re he fer . ence to the poor-law gned sl practically as become r e n h e l o p oo s t of p a k i nt.tlahel the for the treatment of &Tonic and other disorders, and boarding schools, as it were, for the children paupers. He trusted that their Lordships, into the abuses or rather the inefficiency of th ing iustitutions, would legislate in such a manner e a se s would remedy the evils he bad to complain of. i n Ireland there were three institutions fig the benefit of the poor. There were the infirmaries, the fever hos pitals, and the dispensaries, but they were so scattered apart that they were Jl9s of that advantage to the pm which the necessity of cares demanded. Now these institutions were partly supported by grants from the counties, and subscriptions from the chari table. There was also a grant to many of those charities from the Government, but the amount at dis• posal was not only insufficient, but it was not so advan tegeously dispoicd of ns it could be under a well-ma naged system. In 1843, a gentleman spent much of his valuable time in looking into the present state of the medical charities of Ireland, he meant the lion. Member for Roscommon. lie could assure their Lordships, that that Hon. Member would give all the assistance in his power to any reform which legisla tion on the question would bring about. He (the Noble Lord) was of opinion that a rate should be paid by all parties who were rateable, for the support of their re spective districts. He would have the means of medicel relief within the reach of every poor man's cabin in Ire land, and this would be attended witisthe double advantage of affording; a speedy recovery in slight and eases, and of saving the valuable time of the medical men. This object could be effected by establishing a number of fever hospitals, and so placing . them in e ve ry poor-law union, that this should be, as it were, at the door of every poor man. The jurisdiction of a poor law union in Ireland, ranges from within ten to twelve miles ; he believed twelve miles was about the average radius, and it wculd not be doing too much to establish a local fever hospital iu each of these unions. And he w ou ld sug gest also that each union in Ireland should hare an infirmary. Now, with regard to the b u ildi ng o f these in es t a blisheu t, it might be done in many ways. He bad already alluded to an Irish Act of Parliament, which ',gave the medical practitioner in each union workhouse a salary of 1031. a year. and he would propose . that the sum of 100,0001 should be raised partly by public, partly by private subscrip:ion, for the building of infirmaries, and that their medical officers should be transferred to the new es t a blishments. This he t h oug h t was t h e b es t mo de of placing the medical relief of Ireland on a safe and sure footing. It only remained for him to state the manner in which he proposed that these infirmaries and hospitals should be governed. At present the local dispensaries were under the control of the medicalofficers appointed to them by the local autho rities. Now he would propose that the parser of governing the new hospitals and infirmaries should be trans , ferred to a board, to be constituted of the largest rate-payers in the parish in which the institu tions . were situated; and that a donation of 201., or an annual subscription of a smaller sum, to the institution should entitle the donor to be elected on this Board. This Board, conjointly with the Board of Poor-law Guardians, he would suggest, should have the power of electing Medical officers as well as of and auditing the accounts ; and when it was necessary that a patient should be admitted into the infirmary, the board of rate-payers should decide whether his treatment should be at the expense of the institution, or of the patient himself, Having disposed of the principal matter of detail, he now came to the considerations of the proprity of establishing a central medical office, for the purpose of laying down regulations for the guidance of the local authorities, and . fur the inspection and auditing the accounts, and confirming the general proceed ings of the local boards. An officer of this sort would have ample information and suffi cient means for reporting from time to time improve the sanatory condition of the country. He could not conceive a subject of more importance than that of the appointment of a general board of health in Ireland, and he would suggest that a central institution of this sort should be established in Dublin. LORDS' SUMMARY. LORD CHANCELLOR took Lis seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Several petitions having been presented, The Elrl of DiLIIOUSIE brought up the report of the Committee on Railway Bills ; which was to the effect that the standing order, requiring that one-tenth of the amount of capital subscribed be deposited, should be suspended with respect to such railway Bills as shall commence in the House of Lords this session. That no such Bills should be read a first time until one-twentieth of the amount subscribed should be deposited ; and a further one-twentieth before the Bill should be read a t - ird time; and that no Bill should be received after Monday, February 23(1. The Noble Earl gave notice that he should draw the attention of the House to the subject to-morrow. The Earl of CLANCARTY then rose to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the management of the medical charities in Ireland. The No ble Earl went into a detail of the manner in which the various medical institutions in Ireland were supported and managed, he contended that at present those institu dons were inefficient, not on account of the smallness of the sum denoted to their support, but for the want of pro per mananagement in the expenditure of the funds pro vided for their support. He proposed to increase the number of local fever hospitals, which would enable them to dispense wit'n many county fever hospitals. He would have ono in every union in kc'and, and he would also have an infirmary in every union ; and ho would sug gest that the government of dispensaries should be vested in a local Board composed of twenty of the largest rate payers, and of those who gave a donation of 201. to the institution. The infirmaries he would leave under the government of the authorities of the union. For the purposes of inspection and general superintendence ho would give authority to the General Board of Health of Ireland Ls the central governing body. With regard to the poor• law, he did not believe there was any desire in Ireland to get rid of the poor-law He contended that a poor-law was necessary for Ire land, and experience bad shown the futility of the ob jections which had been originally urged egainst it, He considered, however, that some alteration was re quired as to the manner in which the poor-rates were assessed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPZAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock pre cisely. Tile Sheriffs of London (Messrs. Chapman and Laurie) presented petitions from the Lord Mayor, Sheriff's, and Common Council, for certain altorattons in the corn-laws, and for regulatiLn of Billingsgate market. NEW - MENIBER. Mr. FItEWEN took the oaths and his seat for Eas Sussex, in the room of W Mr. WRIT, resigned. NE A new writ was moved for for the town of Bucking ham, in the room of Sir Thomas Fremantle, who has accepted the office of Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. RAILWAY BUSINESS. Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition for leave to Ind an tm i o a nr r. D rdsi d o e. p c o k oo r s ßut t ßil o ttirar t ni h El Birmingham bring in a Bill for making a railway from the West N d p ß et a i i t l io w n ay fo . r the Leicester presented a petition for the So merset and Southampton Railway. Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions for the Man chester and Chester, the Manchester and Leeds, the Leeds and Rugby, the Dumblane, and the Leeds Direct Railways. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition in favour of the Wolverhampton Railway. Mr. OSWALD presented a petition in favour of the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Railway. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH presented petitions from several places in Ireland, praying that the Great Munster Railway Bill might pass into law. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER brought up the report of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Kilmarnock Railway, and presented also several petitions for railways. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought up the report of the Sub-Committee:on Railways. Mi. DUNCAN presented a petition in favour of the Dundee and Perth Railway. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition in favour of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. Mr. ASTELL presented a petition in favour of the Direct Manchester Railway. Sir R. H. INGLIS pr.mosttod a p.tit;.,n against the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. THE DIRECT MANCHESTER AND SOUTH AMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. HOPE presented a petition from the Town Coun cil of Southampton in favour of the Direct Manchester and Southampton Railway. The petitioners, he stated, prayed that the House might order the petition to be re ferred to the consideration of the Railway Committees. Mr. GISBORNE, in rising to move for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of certain parties who had fraudulently inserted a sheet in a petition which referred to this railway, while it was in the offices of the Go vernment, said that he did Hot intend persisting in his motion, inasmuch as the parties offending had made a sufficient apology and explanation. He had much plea sure in being able to do this ; for had not the re quired explanation been given he should cer tainly have called upon the House to visit the interpolation with the most severe condemnation. He in consequence thought the House might waive the matter, feeling the fullest confidence now that it was in their hands, that all the necessary steps would be taken to prevent a recurrence of the kind. The SPEAKER said that the petition may be taken before the Committee, provided the sheet which was added to it after its presentation to that House was withdrawn. In reply to a remark from Mr. H. JOHNSTON,. Mr. GISBORNE said he did not bring any charge against any person whatever. Mr. F. FRENCH said he could call the attention of the House to a case very nearly similar, but that it would not bo necessary for him to do so, as he presumed the matter in question would be referred to a Select Committee. It appeared that these petitions were interpolated, and that words were subsequently inserted in them. In some places these words were written in ink, and in other places in pencil. After the petitions were pre sented to the House it turned out that the additions were made without the knowledge of some of the parties who signed them. He (Mr. French) thought it right to call the attention of the House to this subject, as it was nearly similar to that which had been just detailed by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gisborne). The order was then discharged. Mr. BLEWITT presented a pe tition against the corn laws, but from what lace could not be ascertained in the gallery. 13 TEN HOURS' BILL Mr, cHRISTIE presented a petition in favour of the Ten /lore' Bill. SMELTERS OF LEAD. Mr. TIIORNLEY presented a petition from the smelt ers of lead on the banks of the river Dec Os we under stood), praying for certain alterations in the law affect ing their trade. CORN LAWS. Mr. BANKES presented petitions from Dorchester, and a place in Dorsetshire, praying for a continuation of the laws protecting corn. ROMAN CATHOLIC LAWS. Mr. WATSON presented a petition praying for a modification of the laws affecting Roman Catholics. CORN-LAWS. Mr. ESCOTT presented a' petition from an indivi dual, a large landed proprietor, praying for the passing of the measurea affecting the corn-laws proposed by Sir Robert Peel. EDUCATION IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that, on the 19th, Le should move that a humble address bo presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to direct that an inquiry should be natAle into the present state of education in Wales. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Mr. LIDDELL gave notice that to-morrow be should put a question to the Right Han. Barenet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Govern ment intended to take any steps towurds improving the coLdition of juvenile ofThnders. POOR RATES AND MEDICAL RELIEF. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that he would move for a' return connected with the question of poor rates and medical relief in unions. That return he was bound ,to say. had been prepared with great care and expedition by the Poor-law Commissioners. He would wish to put two questions to the Right Hon. L'art. at the head of the Government, if he would allow him to do so. Ore of the questions—whether they in tended to take into consideration the expediency of plac ing the whole sum of medical relief on the same footing. The Poor-law Commissioners bad intimated that they, in the agricultural parts of the country gave a less liberal salary to that class of officers than they did in the • manufacturing districts. Now that these parts of the country were brought into unhappy collision, it seemed fit that a question of this in teresting character should be definitely settled. The other question which he would put referred to the poor rates, and local taxation generally. It had more imme diate reference to- a person with whom the Right lion. Baronet was intimately acquainted that 'gentleman had edit:al works in the Spanish, German, French, and Ita lian languages—(Laughter)—he meant Mr. Rowbotbam. He had directed his attention in an especial manner to the consideration of the several burdens which he (Mr. Wodehouse) had referred. Now the question he wished to ask was, whether the Right Hon. Baronet had not some time employed that gentleman as a teacher in the under branches of mathematics?—(Loud laughter.) Sir R. PEEL said that, in answer to the first question put to him by the Hon. Member, he had to state that her Majesty's Gorernment, in proposing that the sala ries of medical officers should be borne by the Treasury, felt very anxious to establish a cheque on any system of improvident expenditure under this head. He wished also that it khoun be a subject of annual re vision in Parliament. :A part of it would fall upon the consolidated in part, and it would be partly local. The operation of that would prevent undue expenditure, and would secure better and more efficient medical attend ance. Mr. O'CONNELL gave novice that he should call the attention of the house to-morrow to the state of disease and famine in Ireland. Ile was aware that there were already persons in Dublin making inquiries on all matters relating to this subject, but he wished it to come under the attention of the House. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had received from time to time several communications from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on this subject- Mr. O'CONNELL asked if the Right Hon. Baronet would bring the communication under the notice of the House. Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the Hon. Gentleman would postpone his request until to-morrow, some further information could be given on the snbject. Dr. BOWRING moved for a return of the Harbour Duties. He said that these returns had been ordered to be laid on the table of the House on the 16th of April last. It was found that they were very imperfect, and they were withdrawn. An order was then issund that they should be returned in a complete state on the 13th of July. Since that time nothing had been heard on the subject. He would also take that opportunity of asking a question of which he had already given notice. Had the Right Hon. Baronet received any communication from the Spanish Government notitying any intention to use any inimical measures to the commerce of Eng land, iu consequence of the unfavourable position their sugar held in our tariff, and had any instruction been given to the Spanish colonies which would prevent any indirect communication between them and British vessels. Sir R. PEEL said he had received no communication from the Spanish Government indicating any intention of the kind intimated by the Hon. Gentleman; on the contrary, the tone adopted by the Spanish Government was most satisfactory. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged - that the Right Hon. Baronet would inform him whetber the Government had any further correspondence with the Spanish Governor on the subject of CUBA SUGAR. Sir ROBERT had to state that there had been a farther correspondence, which he would on a future day bring before the House, but that at the present moment there wculd be some inconvenience in discuising the question. Mr. IA ODEHOUSE moved for a return of the amount of money levied in the years 1813, 1824, and 1834, in the shape of poor-rates, showing the ratio it bore to the population, and distinguishing the amount levied on landed property. Mr. lIUTT wished to be informed what was the intention of Government with respect to those prisoners who had been tried and found guilty at Brazils, at the last summer assizes, for a felony, in which the British Government prosecuted. It appeared from the reports that it was the opinion of some of the judges that the question was beyond their jurisdiction. Ho also wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to repeal the Act passed during the last session, in tituled " The Brazilian Felonies Act." Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply, stated that it might be es well to inform the House that there was no appeal from the Brazilian Criminal Court, and that all the judges had met together for the purpose of deciding on the validity of the points raised on behalf of the prisoners. Should it be the opinion of the judges that the points were such as to warrant a stay of the judgment against the prisoners, the Government intended recommending her Majesty to grant them a free pardon. He would, in conclusion, say, that it was not the inten tion of the Government at present to propose any alte ration of the Act of last session. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, he was asked for the pro duction of any correspondence which was presented last year from the Brazilian Government, and he hoped the lion. Gentleman would postpone his motion to some future time. Lord Aberdeen had written to the Brazilian Govern ment, and negotiations were pending, which would re sult, he hoped, in a similar arrangement as that which had taken place in 1835. In answer to a question from Mr. PATTISON, Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the reduction could not take place on seeds until the month of June next. The reduction shall take place from that day, in con formity with the resolution come to by her Majesty's Go vernment. . . . Mr. ELLIS said that he had occasion to make repre sentations to his constituency on the subject of the changes proposed to be introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet, and he could state, that after the manifestation of some anxiety, which was perhaps not unnatural, they generally concurred in the measure which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to bring forward. At the same time they sent a memorial praying that the reduction might not take place till the Ist July. Sir R. PEEL doubted whether the suggested alteration would be productive of any advantage. He was glad, however, that the constituency of the Hon. Gentleman had evinced a concurrence in the contemplated reductions and such a readiness entitled them to great credit. Sir Robert PEEL in reply to a question from Lord John Russell said that he proposed to make the reduction on corn, to take place immediately after the resolution was passed and reported. IRISH SPIRIT DUTY. Sir 11. BARROW wished to ask the Bight lion. Baronet opposite whether any alteration was to be pro posed by which the landed interest in Ireland would have the benefit of the British market for Irish spirits. The reascn he asked the question was, because he had seen that it was the intention of the Government to admit foreign spirits into this country at a less duty than they now paid. What he wanted, in fact, to know was, whether by the proposed change, the Irish landowner and distiller would be placed in a worse position in the English market than they now were. Sir R. PEEL said that Irish spirits were now per mitted to enter the English market upon the same footing as English spirits, and that surely could not be deemed a grievance. —(Hear, hear.) At present Irish spirits paid but 2s. 10d. and 7s• 16d., while fo reign spirits paid a great deal more ; so that it was not likely that Irish spiri:s would be brought into any dis: advantageous competition with foreign spirits.—(bear.) The Hon. Baronet spoke of the subject as if it were a grievance; but ho (Sir R. Peel) really could not see how it could be deemed such.—(Hear.) There certainly would be no proposition to alter the Irish spirit duties for the present. REPEAL OF PENAL ENACTMENTS. Mr. WATSON then moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties on her Majesty's Roman Catholic sub jects on account of their religion. He did not intend to go into the details of this measure, because a very con siderable portion of the Bill had already received the sanction of the Criminal law Commissioners, to whom it had been referred. It was sufficient to say that the ob ject of the Bill was to remove the pains and penalties which had been at one period imposed upon her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects—one of those penalties being the imposition of death if any Catholic exercised his re ligion. It was surely time that such enactments as these were removed from the statute books of England, and therefore it was that he (Mr. Watson) did not expect that he should meet with any opposition on this siioject. There was one part of the Bill to which he begged particularly to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford, and that was the necessity for the repeal of the severe enactments against the Roman Catholic clergy. He did not desire that any discussion should take place that evening, as a future opportunity would be given to any argument " which could be brought to bear upon the subject. But he could not help calling the Right Honourable Baronet's attention to one of time penal enactments, which imposed transportation for life upen the reguler clergyman of th Roman Catholic Church who should curie into this' country after the passing of that particular Act of Parliament. He believed that there existed no one class cf men who did more good in their avecation, and yet, if they carre into that country in the discharge of their duties, they were liable to - transportation. He repeated that he thought it high time that these enactments should be removed from the statute book. It was a perfect absurdity to speak of them as a saSeguard to flat, Church of England, and to argue that as such they should be still kept up. To these few observations he should add nothing further on the sub ject, then but simply move for leave to bring in the Bill:, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that his attention had been called to this motion of the Learned Gentleman in consequence of his (Sir James Graham) being appointe , chairman of the cemmiszion to which the Bill was re ferred. In consequence of what passed at the close of last session on the subject of pains and penalties not only as affected Roman Catholics themselves, but others of her Majesty's subjvct i also, measures were taken to remedy the evils complained of by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. A Bill of such a nature as the Horn:il - Ode Member proposed had been laid on the table of the other House of Par liament by the Lord Chancellor, and every effort had been made by Government to secure the passing of that Bill. He hoped, that in a very short time, that Bill would be on the table of the House of Commons. The measure would be fully as-comprehensive as the one announced to the House last Se2siou. _ . . . Sir R. 11. INGLIS taid that be had determined not to speak On that subject, until after the answer of the lion. Baronet. He rejoiced that he had done so, but only on o•w account. He wished that lion. Gentlemen would leave these matters in the bands of her Majesty's Go vernment. He believed that the advice just given by the lion. Baronet alight, with reason, be given to other Members. Before he coal , ' withdraw his formal opposi tion to this Bill, he wishtd the House to remember that the Bill now put forward was substantially the same as the one introduced last year. It was a Bill to repeal the Act of Supremacy—to enab'e Roman Catholics to assume the Sees of the Established Church—it was a Bill to allow processions of this sect when processions of other sects were prohibited to avoid public disturb ance, and it was a Bill to repeal the Act for the expul sion of the Jesuits. Did any 'Honourable Member remember that a Bill of this nature was ut fi.rwarti in that House on the sth of July last. His Hon. Friend had said, with regard to that Bill, that he did not oppose its going into committee, but he could not agree to all its provisions. It would be better for lion. Members to leave these things in the hands of God, instead of going down to that House night after night and wasting a good deal of time And, therefore, though he d!d not seek that his sugges tion should be adopted, yet he believed that it would be found that the most useful mode of carrying these measures would be to suggest them first, and then leave them in the hands of the Govern ment. As far as he understood—he repeated it delibe rately—that Bill comprehended the five points which lie had already related; nevertheless a Bill substantially the same was to be brought in by the head of the legal profession iu this country which he would again declare went to repeal the Act of Supremacy. COMMONS' SUMMARY. The HOUEC met at Four o'clock. Mr. FREWEN took the oaths and his seat for Eas Surrey. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Bucking ham, in the room of Sir T. FREMANTLE. The Sheriffs of London presented a petition from the Lord Mayor and Corporation, in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Lord G. SOMERSET brought up the Report of the Committee on Railways. Several petitions were presented for and against Rai way Bills. Soreral petitions were presented in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws, and also petitions for protection to agri culture. Petitions were also presented in favour of the reduction of duty on malt. Mr. WILLIAnts gave notice, for the 19th, fur an ad dress to the Crown, with respect to the state of educa tion in 'Wales. Mr. LIDDELL gave notice of his intention tomorrow to put a question to the Government with respect to their intentions as to improving the condition of juvenile offenders. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to-morrow in going into Committee of Supply, to call the attention of the House to the state of famine and distress in Ireland. isOn the motion of Dr. BowBING, returns were ordered with resinct to the harbour duties in the Isle of Man. Sir R:I'EEL, in answer to a question from Dr. Bow ring, said that the Government had not received any in formation of any retaliat')ry measures contemplated by Spain with a view to obtain the introduction of the sugars of Cuba on the same terms with those of Manilla, Venezuela, and the United States, nor did he believe any such measures were contem plated. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether the Government had had any further correspondence with the Spanish Government relative to the sugar of Cuba. Sir R. PEEL said that a further correspondence had taken place, which ho would take care should be laid before the buss previous to any discussion taking place. Mr. WOODIIOUSE gave notice of his intention on Mon , day to move for returns relative to poor rates. Sir JAMES GnAllAm, in answer to a question from Mr. HUTT, said he was not in a condition to lay before the House the grounds upon which the judges had decided in the case of the Brazilian prisoners, that their case did not come within the jurisdiction of the laws of this country. Sir B. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. PerrzsoN, said that, generally speaking, it was in tended that the reduction of duties in the tariff should take place immediately upon the passing of the resolu tions to that effect. The Right Hon. Baronet also stated, in answer to a question from Lord Joint RUSSELL, that he pro_ posed, that after the resolutions had passed and been re ported, that the reduction of the duty on corn should take place immediately. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Sir H. W. BARRON, if any alteration was to be propose d by which the landed interest, in Ireland might have the benefit of the British market for Irish spirits, said that it was not intended to make any such alteration. Mr. WATSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the further repeal of pains and penalties upon Roman Catholics. Sir James GRAHAM said that a Bill similar to that proposed by the Hon, and Learned Member, had been laid on the table of the House of Lords by the LORD CHANCELLOR. It was, therefore, a subject for the con sideration of the Hon. anl Learned Member whether, under such circumstance, whether he would persevere iu his motion. Afier some observations from Sir B. INGLIS and Sir J. G RA RAM, Lord Jour; MANNERS said, if his Hon. Friend per severed in bringing in his Bill, he should feel it his duty to support it, believing that it was not only not beneficial but injurious to the Church of England, to retain those pains and penalties that had been adverted to by the lion. Bart. the Member for Oxford. Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the continuation of a law that punished virtue and devotional exercises. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it was the duty of the House to have the law with respect to Roman Catholics placed upon some reasonable footing, which it certainly was not at present. Leave was then given to bring in tho Bill. Thu LOUD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in two Bills, one to amend the Act 1 and 2 of Vict. 114, and to remove doubts that have arisen as to the interpreta• Lion of certain clauses in that Act, and also a 811 l to provide for the abolition of the exclusive privileges of carrying on merchandise, and of exercising trade in burghs in Scotland. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY DEAL FEB. 4.—The Puckers, Nels'on, arrived in the Downs from Demerara, experienced a hurricane, 17th ult., had decks swept, and loss of sails, boats, &c. PooLE, FEB. 3.—The Falmouth, Mills, from London to Falmouth, parted her chains, and went on shore in Stadland Bay yesterday, but got off after throwing her,ballast over board, and came into this port. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—The John Horrock. from Demerara to this port, is on shore on the main near Leaseover light house, and fills with the tide. The Mary, for Demerara, on shore on the West Hoyle, is breaking up, and her cargo washing our. There is a small vessel on shore on Burbo. The Alice, fur Preston, was not on shore on Burbo, as re ported in the list of the 3d instant. IRELAND. CONCILIATION HALL. DUBLIN, FEB. 2.—The usual weekly meeting of the Re peal Association took place in Conciliation Hall on Monday last. James O'Kelly, Esq., M.P. ' in the chair. The Cminstax addressed the meeting at considerable length on the present political prospects of the country, iu the course of which he expressed his determination not to attend his duties in Parliament. Mr. STEELE next addressed the meeting, and denounced a series nf resolutions which had been proposed in the Ameri can House of Congress, suggesting the annexation of Ireland to that country upon requisition from Ireland. Those reso lutions have already appeared in the London journals; they were brought to Europe by the packet-ship, arrived at Liver pool last week. Mr. S. O'BmEN addressed the meeting at considerable length, and spoke of Sir R. Peel's policy as being wholly di rected to the advancement of English interests, regardless of benefit to Ireland, and asserted as his opinion that 'that would be in a great measure its effect. He contended that the police of Ireland ought to be borne upon the public revenues, without any reference to a corn-law. Mr. O'Brien went on to detail his views upon the corn laws, which are not, as his speech at Limerick will have shown, in unison with those of Mr. O'Connell. But upon one view of the effect of the re peal of the corn-laws, the Mn. Gentleman said there was no difference of opinion, and that was, that repeal of the corn laws would advance repeal. It was certain that the admis sion of Irish corn into England without the imposition of a duty had been bestowed upon Ireland as an advantage, and the Irish people were not so stolid as to give up this advantage without feeling that wrong was inflicted upon their MAtill Th 9 gentleinii AO that gpalaci, obtain her corn from Bremen and Odessa, and her bacc l ! from America, on the same terms that Irela nd hereafter egF, send it into that country, an d they cannot b e content untilc_ they- have security that an Eng L eg i s lature shall not ba the power to deprive themselves and their country of an 114 vantage. Mr. O'NEILL seconded the adoption of the report. After some routine business, Mr. DonExy proceeded to address the association. geld a report ui.ou the subject of Lunatic Asylums in Irelands 5d the course of which he stated that, cf the officers in that association, there were 3,863 Protestants, and 763 Catholics. The week's rent, it -was stated, will be about 270/. THE SCARCITY—PRECAUTIONARY MEASUR%._ We (Cork Reporter) are informed that the extensive been known as the Lee Mills and stores in this city, lia le f ro ot taken by the firm of - Baring, Brothers, of 6 : ldc ' n ' Messrs. Beamish rnd Crawford, at a rent of 600/. It is generally understood that this is part of the pPreere?; ary measures referred to in the Queen's Speech for thstiP;l3% vention of any scarcity of food.that may arise in the ell reason in this country. AWFUL MURDER NEAR PORTUMICIA: Another frightful murder has been added to the. d,' ;b a g creasing list of crime in this country—another vc,' 3l Oa been sacrificed to the vengeance of lawlesi legislati°ll,.goed Wednesday evening last, about five o'clock, as a o¢lei-rat• Madden, who was in the employment of Mr. StelleP ho t by land, was going home from his daily labour , he vas , ate some assassin, in a grove convenient to the entrance:i' no Mr. Stoney's house, near P or tumna. The 055a01.;'00111 fl satisfied with shooting his victim through th e body, a an adoe dashed lie brains out with his own spa de.--' Advertiszr, ANOTHER MURDER. linPF ° ' SHRUEL, Jig. 27, 1846.—A most barbarous fullal, yoked murder was committed in this locality onuesd the 20th ult. The victim was a poor unoffending 01 1, bse was returning from the market of H ea dford, wb ere , of si % been to purchase potatoes for 'his family, consistiuo__, tbio small children. He was attacked a short distance frer„ t he town by five or six men, who beat him so severely:,tio died on the following Thursday. An inquest was betd r u ; d to body on Friday and Saturday, and is further 841°11tbro Thursday. It appears from the evidence given be er we e coroner, that the party who committed them ur ,, t her fs',; told that some of their friends were beaten by env itto osew tion, when they hastened in the direction for the P. rs t - thiti taking vengeance, arid this poor man being the , bg tas f. met, they murdered him without any provocatida 'i s statefroDi One or two other persons are lying in a dang erou wounds inflicted by the same party.—lbid. NEW TARIFF ARRANGFMENTS., t reer 'i s bacon has fallen 45., and hams 2s. since Sir 1 4 'u, i er c tioil new tariff arrangements, in anticipation of the re" - duty on those articles. r , COURT OF LIEUTENA I4 ; ii v i; THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF MILITIA. , ;„ Gait Yesterday a Court of Lieutenancy was hcl" 1116.1 hall for the election of cfficers to fill the vacalic'— declared. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the c . 1 3 . 0 6 , 10 fir The following was at the close of the hu ' l Glared to be the state of the balloting list:" : n ob" - ' Recommended by the Committee to the adopti°" E 4 Court : For Major For Captains T C ,i a e p u t t a e i n n a J nt . .. .. . For Adjutant ..................5g Lieutenant C. /finch Maeken ii.. 6 4 ,.0 Lieutenant James Thorqo •;5 For Lieute iants Ensign W. J. Walker ....... Thorzas IL ath ............ • f ,, James Quallett•••,•Lids / For Ensigns ....... - . Messrs. George Borlase: 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 Jesse Charles 2," 9 1 Theodore Ling:•:'4 s or gS Fred. George S'll-00.• John H a rrison For Quartermaster—Sergeant-Ma' Ward ..... jor Not recommended by the Committee :-- For Major Captain James 13erltle3' •••• Lieutenant Gritton, It•N E ' es 4' For Adjutant Captain Edward 5. , f 3 n 3 ~.• Captain Henry Curtis •i; ,„ Lieutenant Wm. Gun 1‘1,3 For Captains For Lieutenants Wm. J. Lawrence M acau Ensign William Sprott For Ensigns John Charles Butcher For Quartermaster Henry Dive Parrott, SCI. 601 Lieutenant Robert DaMager. 010 4 : 11 ,0 1/ It is proper to state, that all the parties re arc,•,„.sls and not recommended by the Committee , app of very strong recommendations from individu 00 rank and character. bY Captain Henry Curtis, who lost the Adjett r foi l l of Lieutenant W. T. Hall, was supported Po- - 4 several of the most eminent merchants audliiiiietie;• the City of London. Mr. Childs, who had ®s hit' number of votes on the list of Ensigns, is the f‘ ele c tee geonto the police force. declar ed - All recent - mended by the Committee Az r f t CENTRAL CRIMINAL C' OLD COURT. c 1.0 1 (Before Mr. Justice W iunAms-and Mr. Justice I'' e ill TUE ALLEGED MURDERS ON BOARD fury ,- ol eo oe A In the course of the day the Grand s ari Court and returned seven true bills for felony against Captain Johnstone. 0,10 1 , tn Mr. BODKIN said there were a great al l i, ths, e t* to be examined in support of the indiettneli 0 0 ' bs just been brought into Court, and the Attorne):fer6p would conduct the prosecution • it would, th e ; ;- ( ou l ",p 0 a convenience to all parties if ;heir LordshlP' ' ssi' c .; o a day for the trial, and he suggested, with tit e tt el of the Court, that to-morrow' (this day) W° ' DJ convenient ay. M tt, sea Mr. Justice WILLIAS said he bad no objq ti,o.; the trial, therefore, stands fixed fur th is moronic t o'clock. The following prisoners were brought uP„ to the judgment of the Court: —Henry u „ey ! e o Frederick Tyler Russell, who had pleaded g",cet, i so dictments charging them with forgery, wer e s ezese P ov ) be transported for fifteen years ; l'hount s Theel t ;ri James Scott, who were convicted of c oin' g' eel sentenced to fifteen years transportatioa 1111",esij'pe An Flood, convicted of uttering base eoirl',„,l4 0 0 05 vious conviction, was sentenced to eighteen '- prisonment and hard labour. LQ NIGHT SIGNALS, SIGNALS, TO P 1 E C „ COLLISION AT SEA, AND slur\- - 0 „„: TUE COAST. A to f Mr. Better, civil engineer, has forwarde".vgt el; copies of resolutions passed at various al h is pr ci d r shipping interest in Scotland, in favour or P e ptil, code of night signals for the purpose of Fr, c . i v ilt, lision at sea. By means of a red, or green J i b' / PO/ in different parts of the ship, Mr. Better ha? the, tt; code of signals which, if generally adopte d li p ' oo h et cantile marine and her Majesty's nt lll ' t. b le deubtedly tend materially to lessen the latee u) ar t‘ P o d life and property at see. lA ° 0/ A Mr. James Love, of Hamilton, a , t` to has addressed a letter to Lloyd's 0 1 1- pIY ". 1 ;j similar subject. Mr. Love suggests,- in r e e ' feti a l remarks which appeared in this journal since, respecting the necessity of an unir c ,: t .s d signals upon the English coast being ad o rs:e.,, „ .11. 1 vessels of their proximity to danger , eto - '4 small gas apparatus, of a portable construe, 61 jr ducing gas of a very clear and brilliant fl aili t e in tho term of a large lantern, from thr ee to rs square, with exceedingly powerful r eflee i des would throw tho rays of light through glat: l on, ferent colours, having the different signw—seci quired for the object intended. Mr. fA ve der t " blue and red light as all that is necessary 11° he' 4 he is desirous of seeing carried into effect. .. 4 j 5 r The feeling which actuates both writite'; jaer thropic, and the object in view is of g re " - and of pressing necessity. 1 1 ; 1 , ! fectiy , [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness and D e „ ou ntr,,i t il i Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into tb ° 2 - 5 , S l ' i ;e so; post.--39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, a nd Doi'' t , e 0 14: tle-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments' aro , O ti virg, Conductors, when fixed in the cavity e th,of sowef;i l ; comfortable nor more perceptible than bracts 0 p5 . , 01 ,t wool in its place. They enable individuals as dint' IV, and a extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years 0 0 ,50 0 01° i ,i to join in general conversation, and to ca t ' . The o l° 2l distant low speaker at church, theatre, SO* ha t err conversation into the ears to such an extent t 4 1,0 , .t • ' severe cases deafness cannot be observe-•,. Art' f` Coruers, French, German, and Spanist r ipti o ! l o . o $ 1 0 1 and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every d e ., s- rolA. t , ' ,ie• of those instruments have received the gri t ) lic it Royal Soclety and Royal Institution of Greft o , Fla c i newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they 4 •40 16 :, extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to ib, c / e i e ,C o l ) , and original state. Also, Achromatic " s , ari" Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Mes srs. 1 0 mons, Opticians, are not in any way connect' h od , P t i c til, of the same name in - their immediate neighboub, isOriceV part of the country. Te prevent mistakes, Observe—Only to be had at 39, Alberce r t !ttret' eeli ie e -o tr opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South b 4 burgh. • BIRTH'S. „ of " 4 '" t ic On the let inst., the lady of Dr. George A. Fi On the nsbury-sq Ist ivare nst., at Wan, of a daug dsworth, Mrs. G hter. „, On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Mrs. G. Wilde`'loif:tr,ll4) „,.• 1 On the 2d inst., at Kensington, the wife of" t De P e barrister-at-law, of a daughter. the ladf a JO lb On the 2d inst., at Burwaah, Sussex , /4 0 ' Turner, of a son. On the 3d inst., in Bennett-street, St. :r 3 0144 ° Br On theidge, of 3d inst. h , Mrs. Roger Mortimer , of - a daugter. ottiog" 4 , daughter. tf4fe • ons , ),„- MARRIED. i vini 11. On the 27th ult., at Sher borne, Dorset, John ~, late ..,,,,, F.R.C.S., to Emily Elizabeth, only daughter of t+' r P. , 10 ) It, s, Esq., of Siouthsea, Hants. ic Egl'',4 ) 0 3. On the 3d inst., at St. Martin's, Charles Gucivr,7;jtteUa CV Surgeon, to Maria, youngest daughter of the la , ' j,l : t : ivii. Kunturk, county of Cork. tile ilesn'og° / Ou the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, WhitechaPcJ, r i a , ya 4-. z 8.A., Curate of Nuneaton, ' Tooting, ter of the late Paul Storr, Esq., Hill Ilousc , •1 01' fie 0 iD oe de ' JcP Warwickshire. tu ga int. , I DIED. Fra ncis F.) to On the 24th ult., at Edinburgh, Mrs. O ,O le d o f t i iet' Thomas Symonds, Esq. oW On the 28th ult., at Cheltenham , Sarah, -- e i3to Adair (lee, Esq. On the 27th ult., at Preston, Mary -•' -- " A ""' C' Jones, Esq. • ~.., Cocta' 0,11% Ist On the 28th ult., at Manchester, Ifr. Ge°- 1 , 7 ,„000 1, :, o f to J , r , On the 30th ult., T. Brown, Esq., surgecabboro); w ide 01 )1 On the 31st ult., Mrs. Park, of 11 1 0 6 v g 049 ' 2 tV Park. rid ° -1 ,1, • —.lf SU StO dag. LC t On the 2d inst., Mr. Harry Monro, we '" P I , A JI rc l Monro, of Holborn. b „ n on, midg e "' e j On the 2d inst., in Pelham -place, Br°— 1., 0 A ll TO wife of Sir John Stoddart, Knight. ....... vise- e _,, fr; da ughte r °f On the 2d in Vas•lall-road, Brixton, 2 1 .'• 44 0 PM id. r. of the late W. Alidridge, Esq., age d 71 ' e t, porta'''n fsil.• ~'' On the 2d inst., in Upper George-stre . fla cie.„,, ~ , 71 1. Francis Frankum, Esq., aged 18. ~. /in joilrr,,-I•'` .ofilr On the 2d inst., Finsbury -squa r e' '' ') ,Fro'+'. 11 ' ta li On the 2 , 1111 , :i., ...t 1'5.i,..5-1_,..10, LI , '''' 00 10 soli of Mr. Henry Osborn. e ibe il eV. On'the 2d inst., at Busted ParSOTIAZ likfieli --- 'f s j 'ciP Cs worth, D.D., Rector of Busted, with ,rilsi a, o e rr e,d ..., yo. ;A tli ..,4 2 Aftliw - otref r l l 4o. l l ' London: Printed and Published bi r 112, „ m „, jgo. _ 01 Strand, renter, at The Sun __,`"`"; mi' ddle4e o of the Sayer. Ut Vie 091111 , 7 ( 4 ." cy 18462 ~, • ' /