The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

Virb Vlbitiot SUN OFFICE, Severn o' Clock. VENICE. • ___ Tlzs Gasotici do Yenlsla of the 4th contains a lart fs • number of important documents, including an addres a of tbe Proeisional Government "to the United Pro . vinces of the Venetian Republic," assuring the!: a 'that they shall ail enjoy equal righs and advar L tages ; 2d, an important commercial decree, abolisi l ing the duties on cotton yarn and cotton many factures, mixed and unmixed, within the Custor 1- house territory of the united provinces of the 13 e public ; .3d, a decree ordering the formation of .a regular cavalry corps of 200 soldiers to serve for fo xr , years ; and, lastly, a multitude of addresses of f Se Provisional Government to the States of Its ,fy and other Foreign Powers. The first, addres: ,es 1 to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Papa. 1 States, declares that the title of Republic has be tet assumed by the Government of Venice as conformal )1e with ancient traditions, but that the Republ lin, although extended as regards its institutions, never cross its frontiers to disturb the order .0 f adjacent states, or to create discord where there is 'the greatest need of harmony and affection. The address to the Government of Great Brif;ai n observes that a nation like the English, whet e respect for traditions is a sort of social dogal2,, ought k) be sensible how sacred the ancient remi niacenses of Venetian history must necessarily be to the Republic—that a constitutional Governmen t in the actual state of things might become a source of danger—that every established Government will be respected, and that the Republic hopes that the Venetian flag will be invariably hailed with a friendly salute by British ships, &cc. HAMBURGH MAIL. The Borsenhalle of the 15th says that from the offi cial list the loss of troops on the 18th and 19th of March, at Berlin, amounted to three officers and seee:e teen soldiers killed, or who had died of their wounds up to the 12th of April, and that the number of the wounded amounted to 14 officers, 14 subalterns, 225 privates and sergeants. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AND RENDSBURG, APRIL 13. — It s:ead of the official report respecting tee engagement of the 9tb, the Vagieb'uot contains merely the following notice :—" Although the results of the last engagement am very melancholy, the General in command feels him self called upon to make honourable mention of the valour of the troops." Here the various companies are enumerated. T eee did all that could possibly be expected from a well-disciplined army, and painful as the sacrifice his been to the country, the heroic example of those who fell wil serve as a noble stimulus to their fellow. soldiers. APRIL 12, 4 O'CLOCK, P. 31. _Yesterday a Danish corps of 800 men arrived at Schleswig. The leaders of the political party arrived here early this morning to avoid being sent to Denmark. Count Reventlovv von Farve, who has been appointed Ambassador of the Provisional Government at Vienaa, hays also arrived here. RENDSRLTRG, APRIL 12.—Major Michelsen, of the sth Jager corps, lies at the Flensburg hospital severely wounded. On the evening of the 12th Flushing wes brilliantly illuminated. The Danish standard way un furled on many of the public and private residences. The Rendsburg Jageblatt says that the Brack]cw Volunteer corps arrived there on the evening of the 12th, together with the 6th company of the Rantogan corps of yolunseere. consisting of Brunswickers, under the com mand of a Stoltfeld. A half. battery of Prussian mounted artillerf likewise arriv e d a t Al tona, an d proceeded towards their destination. HAmauseEt, i PaIL l4.—Yesterday evening 800 in. fantry, and one battery, of eight Hanoverian pieces, arrived here, and this morning about an equal number of Brunswickers, together with artillery, arrived at Altona. The troops have, however, as yet no; re ceived any orders to advance further. The cause of these continued delays remains inexplicable. The train this morning has brought no further intelligence either from Kiel or Rendsburg. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 12. —The Copenhagen journals state that his Majesty was received with great demon strations of joy at Flensburg. The Dannevirke and Fadrelandet state that the Schleswig-Holstein main army at Flensburg consisted of from 7,000 to 10,000 men, which were put to flight in the utmost confusion, when the valorous Danes stormed Bau and other strongholds; that at noon the Duke and his brother fled, followed by masses of troops in the greatest confusion ; that the Duke and other princes wh• ooeupied the city previous to the engagement were seized with a panic and took to flight, and only escaped the hussars, who pursued them, on account of the extreme swiftness of their horses, although the Duke had dec!ared on Sunday morning that he would remain in Flensburg as long as a single house rainained standing, or an individual German stayed in the city. The Berlinqsha Zeitung is of opinion that the affairs cf Flensburg have routed the insurgents and disorganized the army. The less on the Danish side at Bail was eight or ten killed and wounded, among whom was Captains Stigemann, Linden, Crone. The Dannevirke gives the loss of the Danish killed and wounded at 100 men. In the reports of this journal a fieree engagement is likewise mentioned as having taken place between the liaderslibon volunteers of thirty men and a German corps of volunteers bearing the insignia of the death's head, consisting chiefly of University men, of the wounded brought to the Flens burg; seven Danes and twenty-four Germans have died. Among the Danish wounded officers are Captains Hohe beg, Hegermann, Landencrone ; Lieutenants Heckscher, Prunat, Fogh, Meyer, Regenburg, and Weyede, and 68 subalterns. Among the Germans are Captains Michelsen. Hedeman, Smith, and Vasmer ; Lieutenants Lntaau, Alice, and Matheson; and of the aristocrtic ♦o lun'teer corps the two Counts, Ranzan Baron Gylden and Baron Von Rosen; seventy-four subalterns, besides a considerable number of wounded, who were carried off by the insurgents. The Fadrelandol greatly censures Colonel Baggeson, for having demanded grace for Captain Michelsen. One hundred and twenty-one prisoners of war, who have arrived at Copenhagen, have been con veyed to tho Dropping marine ship of the line, which has been fitted up for a prison, and where they will be examined The frigate Gifern is to sail to-morrow, and the Thetis will follow speedily The Flora corvette of war, of 22 guns, sailed A, estorday for Prussia, with sealed dispatches. It is reported that she is to take up her station at Swine Minste. The Thetis, of 78 guns, is to be ready the day after to-sorrow, and will probably take the same course. The Swedish students at Upsal have received the intelligence of the Danish victory with the greatest joy, and have requested the permission of the Kin; that they may be trained in arms. The students 4s l Lund have requested permission to enter the Danish corps of students as volunteers.—Hamburg Borsenhalle and Hamburg Correspondent, April 17. THE MURDER IN WESTMINSTER WESTMINSTER POLICE-COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Sergeant Wright, 10 B said—About a quarter to one he was walking down Regent-street in company with some other constables. Having been informed that a worsen had been stabbed, I proceeded to the spot, and found a woman lying on the ground. I gave directions to hay, her taken to Mr. Pestle's. She was taken, and I saw that gentleman examine her ; he pronounced her dead. I h a d h er t a k en to the dead-house of the workhouse. Whilst there a young woman whom I know to be an unfortunate girl came up, and I a-ked her to look at the female on the stretcher. She did so, and said her name was Maria, id gave me her address. Wright and I went to the residence of the prisoner, 7, Vincent street. His father looked out of the window, and we told him we wanted his son. He came down and opened the door, and showed us into the parlour, where we found the prisoner in bed apparently in a sound sleep. Wright called him several times by his name, but he did not answer. I clapped my hand upon bits, and he sprang up in bed, and said to the constable who was with me, " What do you want, Harry ?" The constable told him he had been ill-using " Maria." Ile got out of bed and sat on the side of it. He then asked the question "Is she dead ?" twice. I told him she was. He asked where she was, and I replied in St. Margaret's Workhouse. He then threw himself on the bed in agony and grief, and exclaimed with his hands together, " Oh, my God, I have done for her 1" (The prisoner here asked for water, which was fetched him by toe gaoler.) After a minute or !::?, we induced him to dress. Seeing the "a ' t e 01 excitement his was in, I took the precaution to search his clothes. In the right hand pocket of the jacket he blade has now on I found a knife, the p o i n t o f th e aw ayw f i n u ich was covered with blood. W e t oo k hi m where eta__ and as we passed the end of th e s t ree t not g o % wo raan had been fou n d h e sa id h e cou ld God! Y that place; he exclaimed, " 0 my stands le e kt't go by that pl ace; th ere s h e induced him Cc: at me.e After a little persuasion we said, "Th ere, n oWhen he had passe d the street he that soldier, b ut pethwzill go w i t h you. It was owing to on th e way to the sta t ionbe will be sorry for it now." house he saicl—" The knife bss done it for her, a ei . The prisoner did not ant t , h t e n'pe must do it for me." t, 133 B, corroborated Police-constable H enry \ ; ) ,,*'lt l, any questions. the evidence of the last witness. Inspector Cumming corroberated th e evidence of the hal two witnesses, with this additioisia,dha,t when he met „;_You have got the prisoner in their custody he him. To which the prisoner replied, have done it." I told him not to criminate himself. Mr. BRODZRIP—A prisoner should be told the charge against him, acd shou ld be then left either t o speak Zr Is.-At silent, as he ma y think fit. Any ot h er course might impede the ends of justice. It has not done so in this case, but ienaig'nt have done. Examination resumed— r ifle prisoner said, " Oh, Sir! if you btit knew what I have suffered fn. some time." I reed the ' charge to Elm. He said nothing, b ut Crouched as it he wished to avoid my sight. I took him i n t o me private room, and caused him to undress, it or& r that I might examine him. I found blond on his left ban e on the palm and the two middle fingers. Whiist I was examen* ti e right hand, he ,pat a piece of tobaceo fro= his mouth into the loft hand. I fond blood on his right, and said to Mr. Keene, loud enough for the prisoner to hear, " This is blood," to which the prisoner said, "It is tobacco juice, it is not blood." I then had him conveyed to the cell. Mr. BRODERIP—Do you wish to ask the witness any questions ? Prisoner—Yes. Was there any tobacco juice on my hands ? Witness—Yes, there was. Prisoner—Was there any blood ? Witness—Yes, there was. Prisoner—No, there was not—there was nothing but tobacco juice. You looked at my left hand and said there ' was blood upon it. You then asked to look at my right, and I then chucked the tobacco into my left, in order that you might do so, and you said there was blood on that—it was tobacco juice. Mrs. Harriet Darling; said the female, Maria Eden, whose person she identified, had lived at her house about nine weeke last Saturday. She said she was a married woman, and that her husband was a brewer, and worked at Thorne's brewery. She said he would pay the rent. The prisoner came home with her when she took the room, and remained every night with her for a fortnight, but she never knew him to take his food there. After that he came only occasionally. They sometimes had a few words, but they were very trifling, and generally made it up soon after. Never heard him use threats. She was a very sober female. Never saw her tipsy. They had some words last Friday. The female laughed, and she heard something said about being hung at Newgate. Prisoner—l only stopped two or three nights. I did not sleep every night. Witness—You did not stop many nights, if you did any. Prisoner—l used to stop sometimes on the nights I got my wages. She used then to turn out and get some money for herself. You are telling a story when you say you never saw her drunk. Witness—l was always imbed when she came home. I never saw her. A more qit girl never lived in any house. Mr. George Pearce, the surgeon, of 5, Regent-street, Vincent-square, was next examined —The female was brought to my place about one o'clock on Sunday morn ing. With the exception of the loss of her bonnet and neck handkerchi f htr cloth , s were not disordered. I examined her; she was quite dead. She had a i elizont .1 wound about three-quarters of an inch in length above the lower end of the second rib. I passed a probe into the wound. It ex tended vertically downwards about two inches and a half. I tore open her dress before and behind in order to see it there was any further wound. I did not find an v. Mr. BRODERIP—In your opinion was the wound you viewed sufficient to cause death ? Witness— I cannot say whether any vital part is injured without a post mortem examination. About two ounces of blood trickled from the wound. Mr. BRODERIP—WeII, sir, you say the wound was above the second rib. I suppose you have studied anynsid e d r o i n u g h t thathe vitalthe wound parts was in tthatthe you have l me co a lo n c a a t l o it m y y , — if death? Mr. Pearce—l have a doubt upon the subject. Mr. BRODERIP--Now, surgeon, that is your answer. Mr. Pearce was about to explain. Mr. BRODERIP—I don't want any other answer • • , write ter a down what he has said. (Af pause)—What, then, caused her death? Mr. Pearse—l believe the wound did. Mr. BRODERIP—WouId such a knife as that cause such a wound? Mr. Pearse—lt would. Mr. BRODERIP—And that is the answer? Mr. Pearse —lt is. Inspector Cumming said that was all the evidence. Mr. BRODERlP.—Prisoner at the bar, if you wish to make any defence lam now ready to hear you. Have you anything to say.ZPrisoner (in a low voice;—No, sir. After the depositions had been read over, Mr. BRODERIP said, owing to the doubt on the sur geon's mind as to whether the wound was the cause of death, it would be necessary to remand the prisoner on this charge of wilful murder until Wednesday, in order that some competent medical man might be appointed to make the necessary investigation. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday. The court was very crowded. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Before Mr. Ju)tice COLERIDGE and a Common jury.: BROWN V. 31.1.EAN. This was an ection of assumpsit, brought to recover 501., to which the defendant had pleaded that the was not indebted. The plaintiff was a mariner, and the defendant the relict ard administratrix of a merchant whe formerly carried on business at North Shields. In 1846 the plaintiff was the master of a vessel belonging to the deceased McLean, called the Esther, of London, and he agreed to purchase half of the vessel for 2001., paying 50/. and giving a good bill for the balance of 1501. The plaintiff went on a voyage with the vessel, and upon his return found that 11bLean was dead, and that the defendant's widow had resold the ship. She agreed, however, to refund the 50/. paid by the plaintiff to her husband, but had neglected to do so, and the present action was instituted to compel her. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) POTEZ V. GLOSSOP. Mr. CHAMBERS appeared in this case to show cause against a rule, obtained last term, to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff, on the ground of misdirection, and im proper rejection of evidence. The defendant in the case was a clergyman residing near Clifton who, having seen in some of the papers advertisements offering to advance sums of money upon personal security, made application to the parties. A correspondence ensued, and the defendant was ulti mately induced to give his acceptance upon two bills of exchange, upon the representation that the money should be immediately forwarded to him, or if not, that the acceptances should be returned. The de fendant of course never received the money, and all efforts to obtain the return of the acceptances were fruitless, and upon the bills arriving at maturity the present action was commenced by the plaintiffs who alleged that the bills had come into her possession through having advanced some money upon them. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. liumfrey appeared in support of the rule, and contended that upon the trial of the cause evidence was tendered which would have shown that the plaintiff was not the bona fide holder of the bills, but that such evidence had been refused. Rule absolute. CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The delegates met at the usual hour this morning, when the chair was taken by Mr. Cummings (in the absence of Mr. M'Grath). Only 18 members of the Convention were in attendance. After the names of the delegates were called over, a long letter, thanking the Chartists for their exertions, was read. It recommended them to insist that mono polies of every kind be at once abolished; to demand that the six points of the Charter be immediately passed into a law; that the military be disbanded, and a National Guard established which might be called out two or three days a week for exercise and the wse of the " rifle;" that the Protestant Church be made entirely dependent upon voluntary contributions for its support; that all church lands be sold, the interest on the national debt reduced, and that the people be declared entitled to choose that form of government which was most likely to produce tha greatest comfort and happiness to the greatest number. They were not to agitate for civil war, but it was evident that the motive which ❑fluenced the present Government was self-ag grandisement. The writer cot eluded by again repeating that he did not wish for a civil war, but, un the con. trary, for national peace. Mr. CIITTAY wished to know the name of the writer to the letter which had been read. The CHAIRMAN said, it was an anonymous communi cation. _ _ Mr. CUITAY—Then it cannot be received. We receive no anonymous letters here.—(A laugh.) A number of letters were read, expressing confidence in the Convention, and one signed a "Tradesman's Daughter," whieh recommends that the delegates should turn their attention to the important question relating to the currency.—(A laugh.) The writer advised the members of the Convention to change all their 51. notes into gold, and thus create a run on the Bank of England. —(Laughter.) The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. T!{E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL l7, 1848. THE MONSTER CHARTIST PETITION. Mr. CLARK said he was anxious to call the attention of the Convention to the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of the National Petition. It was represented that that petition was an attempt to impose upon Parliament, and therefore it required some explanation should be given. He believed that all petitions presented to the House of Commons were inspected by a Committee appointed for that purpose. Now, in the pre sent",instance the principal part of the signatures were not obtained until Friday and Saturday before the meeting; therefore it was impossible to count them. Petition sheets from Leeds were stated to contain 54,000, Man chester 170,000 signatures, which was taken as granted to be correct, and he believed the numbers were cor rect.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. O'CoNwon made his report of the number of signatures from a written statement, which was handed to him shortly before he went down to Parliament, therefore he could not be blamed. It was impossible to prevent improper names being placed to public petitions, and with respect to indecent signatures he felt confident that they were affixed by enemies of the Chartists. Delegates could not be responsible for names attached to a petition. He believed similar charges might be brought against every public petition which had ever been presented to Parlia ment. There might have been some negligence on the part of those delegates who prepared and conducted the petition, but there was no criminal misrepresentation.— (Hear.) A great error no doubt had been made of the number of signatures to the petition, and therefore he thought they ought not to be ashamed to acknowledge it. They had not wilfully made a false representation to Parliament, and therefore he moved for a committee of inquiry. Several delegates stated they were of opinion there could get the mons. must Setae ra . the House istake on the part of the Committee of Mr. AluarrEilticin back Chartist would sign?lfi anadgaiagain expressed to ex am a in w e i i s t h . _ that (ii e t a h r e . y ) of Wellington to a course there is a mistake. What With respect to their petition calling peti e ti nam e of that bad man the Duke but had a sufficiently larg ee for the people's rights? Q.ueen she was a good girl, about petitions; her familysignature After not to trouble herself which it is a. well out to ,notice, Ur. Murtield moved that a committee be ap 'jointed to draw up and publish a statement which would I convince the public of the pure intentions of the Con vention, and set their motives right with the world. H : here was any misrepresentation respecting the petition, iC :arose from error, not design. 21r. CHILD said it seemed to be the desire of the Rowse of Commons to starve and degrade the people. Not hing that was true or just emanated from that place. Thy people had hearts and souls, but they had not food. He thought it was not worth while to take any further notice of the misrepresentations which had been made resf .ecting the National Petition. Nix. CLARK believed the Committee of the House of Cot nmons had made a mistake as to the number of sig. tin% , a to the petition, and therefore he wished for a stat ement to be published, to set the conduct of the Con v en tion right with the public. II Ir. ASHTON was curtain there was quite as much r ea.:son to believe that the petition was signed by up rai ds of five millions as that the number was under two D ail lions. Mr. CocnnANE said their own constituents were sat isfied with the signa tures to the petition, and there ght. men s liitrti.ngC at St. Steph en ' s that. then ind u l ge d i n a for e he did not see why they should trouble themselves l or l fi embers of the C ommons, who, he ttie:econvince delegatesnt a bt ise a of bwo the ee con tended, when they returned. from the House half Clru nk, indulged in the streets in much more obscene end disgusting language than appeared in the Chartist I set ition. What did they think of Colonel Sibthorp to \ wit ?—(Cheers.) Jr. GRAHAM said he was informed yesterday that it ras the son of a Baronet connected with her Majesty's r t tit i nepo c i: rnl%i Ilion, p r oea u n n Htm, resolution (ie e , nb s tatementnbn o t eoirlxdi w eei hvor:uot. believed w haas • uan e t i bt t ol t i e c e thr b ieg e hastpi signatures ai regarded eu t evrdeasrtdoet to draw etr n d ahe t tseihpyruoneempdacepstmcautenhndet f d iai o cg w tn l a tu( d ri i ei ff es e a r rt : o n h t teha s er t . r p) e e e t t i s . cot .duct of members of the Convention, was agreed to by M a r. m c aj l a o r r k i t e y , o m f r l : t w t o h e -t i ler, and Mr. Graham, were no minated to draw up the statement. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six e'CLocx. 2,000 GUINEAS STARES. 6 to 4 agst Blaze 2 to 1 agst Flatcather 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lola Montez 15 to 1 agst Attraction CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst War Eagle 16 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 16 to 1 apt Lightning 30 to 1 agat The Magnet 30 to 1 agst Enchanter 40 to 1 agst Gisell• 40 to 1 agst Mrs• Taft DEBUT. 8 to 1 agst Surplice 10 to 1 agst Springy Jack 12 to 1 agst Glendower 12 to 1 agst Loadstone 17 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 25 to 1 agst The Fiddler 30 to 1 agst The Stinger 28 to 1 agst Besborough 28 to 1 agst Fern 30 to 1 agst Sponge OAKS. 15 to 1 agst Queen of the May 16 to 1 agst lodine 16 to 1 agst Attraction DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the 'Woolsack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented several peti tions praying that the society or Odd Fellows might be put upon the same footing as other benefit societies. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several peti tions with a similar prayer. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from certain persons against the Election Recognizances Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from various lodges of Oddfellows, praying for the legalization of their society. LEASES OF MINES (IRELAND) BILL. The Leases of Mines (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee. IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table certain returns connected with the operation of the recent Coercion Act for Ireland. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the at tention of the House to the fact that arming :was going on extensively in Dublin, and yet the Lord-Lieutenant had not put that Act in force in the city of Dublin.—(Hear.) With regard to the purpose which these armaments were intended :to bring about, there could be no doubt they had Already been explicitly declared by Mr. Mitchell. — (The Noble Ear) here read several extracts from the United Irishman, for the purpose of showing that these armaments were going on for the avowed object of levying war on the English Government in Ireland.) The students of Trinity College and the Dublin Society had oflered their services to the Lord-Lieutenant, but his Lordship while accepting their offer had urged upon them the necessity of not arming. Now, if while enmity on the part of those seeking a subversion of the empire was to :be suffered thus openly to go on while those who were anxious to support the Government were prevented from arriving, there could be no doubt but that the friends of order and good government would be disheartened when they found themselves surcounded by those who were:armed for their destruction. If we suspect that a compromise was intended when a question, which ought to be the subject of compromise, and vast numbers of them would cease to be true to the Government, from the moment that the Government ceased to be true to itself; and the consequences would be irre trievable ruin to the empire. It was not sufficient for the Government to support the Union, they must support everything connected with the Union— (Hear, hear)—and they therefore ought to be pre pared to give their support to all the loyal subjects of the empire. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could assure the Noble Earl that the matter to which he had alluded had been the subject of anxious consideration both to the Government and the Lord Lieutenant, but as the Act alluded to was to be put in force by the Lord-Lieutenant he thought that it ought to be left to the Lord-Lieutenant's discretion to decide the time, the plan, and the mode in which he Ni ouldezercise these powers. It was true that the manufacture of arms was going on to a great extent in Ireland, yet still implicit credence ought not to be given to all the statements which had been made on the subject. Many of which were greatly exaggerated. The common law of the land gave the Lord-Lieute nant ample powers of seizing all collections of arms and ammunition which he might have reason to suspect were made for an illegal pur pose. With regard to the answer of the Lord Lieu. tenant to the deputation of those who had waited on him to offer their services, he had to state that in those instances in which he had thought it advisable, he had caused arms to be given to the persons apply ing for them. Lord BROUGHAM had great confidence in the Lord Lieutenant, yet still he thought it advisable that every encouragement should be given to the loyal subjects, while discouragement should be given to those who sought to create disunion. He believed that none but agitators and demagogues desired a repeal of the union. The great majority of the property, of the good sense, ay, and of the population of Ireland was opposed to a repeal of the union. Still he thought it necessary that the loyal subjects should encouraged. He should like to know the composition of the body to which arms had been given, and whether or not their ser vices bad been accepted. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that that body was composed of men of all shades of politics, but he declined to state any further particulat a. SCOTCH PEERS. The Earl of EGLINTOUN then rose to draw the attention of the House to the claim of Lord Colville to vote for Representative Peers of Scotland, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPBAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS Mr. TOWNLEY for Sligo, and Mr. CURTEIB for Rye, took the oaths and their seats. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Folkestone Waterworks Bill. North of Scotland Fire and Life Assurance Company (Incorporation of Company) Bill. Worcester New Gas Light Company (Additional Capital and Amendment) Bill. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were further considered anti agreed to : Patent Galvanized Iron Company (incorporation of company, with powers to hold lands, to raise money by loan, and to purchase letters patent) Bill. Tadcaster and Halton Dial Turnpike Road (diver sion, &c., of the road in the parish of Tadcaster) Bill. PROTECTION OF TIIE CROWN AND GOVERNMENT. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Loughborough against the Bill for the better protec tion of the Crown and:Government. Col. TIIOMPSON presented a petition from Sun derland, praying for an extension of the elective suffrage, &e. The Earl of MARCH presented petitions against the duties on attorneys' certificates. Mr. COWAN presented petitions from various parts of Scotland against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Mr. H. BERKLEY presented petitions from Bristol, complaining of the decision of the Court of Arches and the Privy Council in the case of a person named Banes, against clergymen seceding from the Established Church and becoming Dissent ing clergymen. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin praying for a repeal of the legislative union. Sir J. YARDE BULLER presE nted a petition from a place in Devonshire pra3ieg for the restora tion to their families of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON presented a petition from Clitheroe, signed by upwards of 1,000 persons, against the Bill for the better security of the Crown and Government. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from St. Pancras in favour of the People's Charter. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from Glas gow against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Mr. HORSMAN presented petitions in favour of the alteration of the law with respect to ecclesiastical courts, and in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Penrith, praying for the general enfranchisement of all church property, and a better provision for spiritual destitution. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from Lymington in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition, signed by the chairman of a public meeting, held at Manchester, at which the greater number of persons present were shopkeepers, who had recently enrolled themselves as special constables. They stated that they believed that the discontent existing in the country arose from the consciousness among the working classes that they had no voice in the legislature, and they prayed the House to pass a measure similar is its principles to those embodied in a document called the People's Charter. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition against the Bill for the better security of the Crown and Go. vernment. Mr. BERNAL wished to correct a mistake which had occurred in the reports of the proceedings of the House. Some newspapers had stated that he had presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of the city of Rochester, against the Bill for the better security of the Crown and Government, whereas the petition which he had presented was against the Health of Towns Bill. WEST INDIAN COLONIES. Mr. HUME said, as the Committee had not yet presented their report, he begged to postpone his motion with respect to these colonies until after the recess. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Mr. HUME—Sir, I beg to give notice that after the recess I shall call the attention of the House to the representation of the people—(Hear, hear)—and take the sense of the house upon the question. DERBY. Mr. EVANS moved that the Clerk of the Crown be directed to issue a new writ for the election of two burgesses for the borough of Derby, in the room of the Hon. Edward Strutt and the Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson Gower, whose election had been determined to be void. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion. Mr. ELLICE oppsed the motion. He said he was a member of the Yarmouth Election Committee, before whom it was proved that great corrup - tion had existed for years among the freemen ; and the House, at the suggestion of the Committee, passed with acclamation a Bill to disfranchise the freemen t c h o e r r r e u ro t re, se so acted did not deserve to be longer entrusted with armed o of the t h at principle b()rough. that the elective franchise. He had taken the trouble to look through the evidence adduced before the Derby Committee, and he was quite prepared to say that the corruption in the two cases was precisely parallel. The evidence upon which the House claimed the right of disfranchising the freemen of Yarmouth was to be found in this instance, and the House would be doing an act of injustice it it disfranchised them and allowed the freemen of Derby to go free. Sir J. HANMER said it was exceedingly diffi cult to oppose a motion for issuing a new writ for the return of representatives for such a borough as Derby. He supposed that in all England there were very few towns which had greater or more essential claims to be represented in that House than the borough of Derby. It was an ancient borough, and possessed all the rights that prescription could give to it. It stood upon one of the great lines of communication, and was a very industrious and populous town. It stood in the immediate vicinity of a large manufac turing district, and altogether Derby had as good a right to be represented in that House as any other town in the kingdom. But, independently of these considerations, it was exceedingly diffi cult to oppose the issuing of a new writ after what took place the other evening in reference to Bewdley, and he certainly did not intend to oppose the issuing of the writ on this occasion. Still, how ever, he could not suffer this motion to pass by with out calling the attention of the House to the present state of the law in reference to these matters. If the House persisted in issuing writs for these corrupt places, and iisiting all the sin upon the heads of the gentlemen who should be returned for them, and none upon the heads of the electors, they never could get rid of these abuses. This borough had long been represented by a gentleman who was largely connected with it, and who was highly respected by all parties, and yet although he had taken every means in his power to have the law of 1842 observed, what had been the result? Why he was petitioned against and the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition, discover that the grossest corrup tion prevailed amongst the freemen of the borough. Now he did call upon honourable gentlemen and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to turn their attention to this state of things, and see if some remedy could not be provided for the evils.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") No doubt there were a good many Chartists, and he had little doubt that these abuses would have a strong tendency to augment that body. At all events seeing these corrupt freemen rolling in the gutters in a beastly state of drunkenness, must naturally create discontent amongst those poor and industrious inhabitants of towns who were not in the enjoyment of the franchise.—(Hear, hear.) He did not rise now to oppose the issuing of the writ, but to entreat the Government to turn their attention to a subject which more than any other at the present moment required the consideration of the Government. He reserved to himself the right, after he had heard the discussion, that he had no doubt would take place on the motion, of either voting for it or against it. Mr. HUME opposed the issuing of the writ at present. He had on a previous occasion sug gested that in all the cases where bribery had been proved to have taken place the writs should be sus pended till all the Election Committees had been disposed of, and that then they should be referred to a Committee appointed for the purpose of con sidering them. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the case of Derby was almost a parallel one with that of Great Yarmouth, and he did not see why the same course should not be pursued, as had been adopted with respect to it. He should vote for the suspension of the writ until an inquiry bad taken place. The Earl of LINCOLN said that he should most certainly vote with the Hon. Member for Montrose, in favour of the suspension of the writ. He thought it a most unconstitutional proceeding to suspend the issue of any writ, unless the House had some definite object in view. —(Hear, hear.) His reason for voting for its suspension was, that he indulged the hope and strong conviction that, as soon as the case was brought under the notice of the Go vernment, the Noble Lord would take this question in hand, and in some form or other take care that justice should be done in the case, as well as in those which the Noble Lord had already taken up with so much spirit. He had read the evi dence given before the Committee iu this case, and so far as he could form an opinion on the subject, be thought that it would be most unjust for the House to disfranchise the freemen of Great Yarmouth, and to take no notice whatever of the long-continued mal practices of the borough of Derby. By some means or other the proceedings of the House with respect to the issue of new writs had the appearance of partiality or inconsistency, but he did not think that it was now too late for the House to retrieve in some measure its character, and hoped that some means would be devised to provide that when a special report was presented to the House, on the corruption of any borough, measures would be pdopted to provide uniformity in its proceedings with respect to such cases. Evident testimony had been borne to the admirable manner in which the law relating to con troverted election had operated in the inquiries before the Committees, the decisions of those Committees had been considered by some persons as some what too severe, but that was a fault oc the right side, and If the House did not treat the reports of such Committees with impartiality, great evils would result.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Strutt, in his address to the electors of Derby, had stated that he was entirely ignorant of the proceedings which were pursued before the Committee, and he did not think that it would at all tend to check these corrupt practices of the House merely confined its punishment to the unconscious Members, and continued to reward those persons whose mal-prac tices had brought suc h re s ult a b ou t.—(Cheers.) No doubt the individ ua l s w h o rece i ve d the bribe were now looking forw ar d t o a new h arves t.—(Bear.) c an did a t es , h e un d e rstood, now in the field, and II; hoped to ut th e y would each of them tully resolve to discour age a repetition of these practices. He therefore most earnestly trusted that the Noble Lord would take some further measure with respect to the burgh. He believed that the number of persons bribed at the last election were :not less than 400. Mr. CHILD ERS wished, as the chairman of the Committee, to say a few words to the House. The Committee reported that the evidence adduced before it was not such as they could rely on, and Mr. Holmes, whose evidence had been much commented on, was a person upon wh( se testimony the Committee entered with considerable suspicion, as it appeared he was formerly agent to the Whig candidates, but at the last election tor the Tories. The Committee con• sidered that the franchise should be taken from those freemen who had taken bribes. There were 500 freemen, 200 had been proved to have taken bribes ; but 1,500 of the electors were entirely free from any charge of the kind. The brieery was not direct, but consisted in the payment of certain parties who had votes for their services, and the practice having grown upon them, had become almost proverbial. The Committee thought it desirable to disfranchise the freemen who had so acted, but they did not consider that they could place implicit reliance upon the evidence that was adduced before them. He was not prepared (as we understood) under these circumstances to oppose the issuing of the writ. Mr. .A GLIONBY thought that the House should support its sessional orders. They should inflict punishment where it was due, and thereby uphold the respectability of the House. 'This was the first session during which Committees of the House had gained the credit of acting fairly with respect to re turns petitioned against. The general opinion enter tained out of doors was to the effect that they had done their duty. It was said that the recent Members for Derby were ignorant of the practice that prevailed of paying electors for whatever services they performed. Why, the very fact of the existence of such an abuse of the trust reposed in them showed that they were no longer fit to be entrusted with it. If sufficient information had not been obtained on the point further inquiry ought to be made, and if the electors were as corrupt as they were stated to be, they ought to be disfranchised. If the Government declined to do so the house should take the matter up. In fact there ought to be a public prosecutor appointed to deter mine whether cases of this nature should be prose cuted or not. That would be the most con• stitutional mode of acting, and not at the expense of the candidate, but of the public. Whenever a prima facie case was made out to show that further inquiry ought to be instituted into these corrupt practices, it ought at once to be gone into. Who was there that was not acquainted with the venality of freemen of boroughs ? In one borough that he was connected with, he saw at the last election but one freeman brought up to poll in a hopeless state of intoxication, and while these corrupt practices were allowed to prevail, who could wonder at the discontent manifested by the non-electors.—(Hear, hear.) He should therefore vote fur the non-issuing of the writ, if Government were prepared to prosecute the case further, but if Government or some Honourable Member were not, he did not think it would be right upon his own judgment to vote for the suspension of of the writ.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said, with regard to the par ticular case, it seemed that the Committee came to the resolution that only certain freemen had been bribed, but there was sufficient evidence adduced before them, which led to the impression that an extensive system of bribery had prevailed amongst the freemen of the borough, and they pro perly found that the two gentlemen who had been re turned could not retain their seats.—(Hear.) Now with regard to this part of the decision of the Com mittee, he could not agree with the Noble Lord opposite, that such reports as these were highly unjust and inexpedient, because the very obvious results of the reports of these Committees would be to make electors more cautious in future, and the guarded severity with which committees had vie wed acts of bribery and treating in the present Parliament would inevitably make it the interest of all parties in future to avoid these acts of corruption, or they might lay themselves open to being disfranchised. This feeling would naturally induce electors to take care that such a return was made in their behalf as could not be set aside ; and, therefore, the practice of visiting these acts of bribery and corruption upon the Members themselves was of great public importance.—(hear.) The Committee appear to have found in this case that an exclusive system had prevailed amongst the freemen of Derby. We understood the Honour able Chairman of the Committee to state that the bribery affected a considerable number of 500 freemen of the borough, but only a few of 1,500 ten pound householders, and he really did think looking at this state of things, that it was right that a further inquiry should be instituted into the case.— (Hear, hear.) He did not, however, agree with his lion. Friend the Member for Cockermouth that the duty of instating a further inquiry ought to devolve upon the Government. In 1819 when he was an independent Member of the House, he en treated an inquiry with considerable advantage into one or two cases of corruption, in reference to the franchise, and if the Noble Lord opposite, or some other Hon. Member would apply his attention to this case he should feel himself justified in recom • mending that the issuing of this writ be delayed. —(llear, hear.) At the same time, it would hereafter become a question for the House to decide for how long a time the suspension of these various writs should be suspended or the end of the Session would creep upon them, and they might break up without those !places where corruption had been proved to exist having any representative at all. Sir R. PEEL had heard the statements of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government with great satisfaction, as they agreed entirely with his own views on the subject. He thought the writ ought not to be issued until further inquiry had taken place. He rejoiced greatly that there was now an opportunity afforded of teaching large constituences that the same measure of justice and punishment would be dealt out to them as had been adopted with respect to small ones.—(Hear hear.) Many persons had run away with the notion that prac tices that had been carried on for years in boroughs did not partake of the character of bribery, and lie thought that the time had now arrived when they should be told that such practices would not be allowed in future.—(Hear, hear.) One practice that had existed was that of giving head-money, a practice that had been declared by Act of Parliament to be bribery and according to the report of the Committee on this case, that practice had been most extensively practised in the borough of Derby. He would not give any opinion as to the course that ought to be pursued ; he would not vote for a Bill to disfranchise the borough at once, but he would vote for the appointment of a Commission to go to Derby to inquire into the subject. Ile hoped the Government, if they thought that Commission was required in the case of Sudbury, they would at once adopt the same course with respect to Derby. Mr. W. EVANS said that he was the last man to object to inquiry, but as he could not ascertain that there was any intention to oppose theissuing of the writ, or to institute any inquiry ; he considered it to be his duty to move that the writ be issued. Unless he felt asssured from one party or the other that some steps would be taken to promote an inquiry into the subject, he should most certainly feel it his duty to divide the House upon his motion. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that he believed that the large majority of the electors of Derby were entirely free from the charge of bribery, he did not think from the report wf the Committee that more than eighteen persons were implicated in the charge. The question then which the House had to decide was whether the House would punish all the innocent electors of the borough for the sake of punishing the few guilty parties. He thought, therefore, that the better course for the House to adopt would be to allow the writ to issue in the usual manner. Mr. STAUNTON said that , although the I:e n w m er i e nd at thatleast twoone b n e u r m y ber and of electors reported prtoovcdtheto House g ons ;uilt u y as of vberriy hundred persons who had received bribes. With o sm f athile wstiitlnlesistesmsutsattedbethabtortnheei justly respect to the other portion of the electors he believed that it was a constituency of which any Ho nourable Member might be proud, for the Learned Counsel of Mr. Strutt had been instructed by that gentleman to state that the whole expenses atte ndin g his rec ent election had no t amounted to 5007.—(hear, a ar,lahrge ear.)borHoeugdhidlnikoe t think that there was an y Hon. M e mber whose return had been entered whose expenses had amou n t e d to so like Derby of its right to be r e p resente d i n that House in consequence of the bad cond uc t o f n i ne l smallc unjust sum to Lv a L s that. Ede pr tought that it wou l d he most ilr. b person s, for it was only nine person s w h o were re ported by the Committee to have been bribed. Mr. MACKINNON explained the course he had a iss s li ta in te g m o e f n statement to w s r h i o t. w that a d oisr te . d i3 w o i l t v h ß re i s i,4 p,e G ct t r o ea t d he two hundred of the electors were bribed. Mr. STAFFORD said none of the Hon. Gentlemen who had spoken had suggested the adoption of any practical course. (LIFT SPEAKINeI.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received 201. from "G. H." The same will be paid into the Ex chequer. Tux REGULAR Mom—A return obtained by Mr. Humc, M.P., shows that the regular army of all ranks in the United Kingdom on the Ist of January last con sisted of 66 417 men, of whom 35,421 were stationed in England, and 3 1 v 996 in Treland Th.• tnt.4l eluding the Colonial forces) amounted to 123,992 rank and Lilo. The number of recruits last year amounted to 18,02 against 23,871 in 1546. MURDER OF A FEMALE AT WESTMINSTER. Considerable excitement was created throughout yes terday, in Westminster, in consequence of a report that a young female had been found murdered, at an early hour in the morning, within twenty yards of the spot where Mr. Bel!chambers met his untimely end a few weeks ago. The following particulars of the transaction, gleaned from the most authentic sources, may be strictly relied on : At about twenty minutes to one yesterday morning, Mr. Kean, an engineer, living in Page-street, Millbank, was on his way home, near Vincent-row, Regent street, Westminster, when he heard a sup[ressed scream from a female, and immediately afterwards saw a man come from the spot from whence the cry had proceeded, with a large open clasp knife in his hand, and hastily disappear. Mr. Kean immediately acquainted two shopkeepers in the neighbourhood, and while one party was engaged in hastening to cotienunicate the intelligence to the police, the others went to the spot to which Mr. Kean's at tention had been first attracted, and there found a young female in an ap?atently dying state. They lilted her up, assisted by a police-sergeant and con stable, who were promptly on the spat. and conveyed her to the residence of Mr. G. Pearse, surgeon, Regent street, Westminster, a few doors only from where she was found. Mr. Pearse, who had been hastily aroused while the ill-fated woman was being carried to his house, met her at the door, and immediately pronounced lite to be extinct. Those who had first assmaed in raising the poor woman from the ground were not for some two or three minutes aware of the cause of her apparently life less state, until in the act of lifting her up previous to conveying her to the medical gentleman's, they observed blood inside the bosom of her dress, and on an examination Mr. Pearse discovered a wound just above the left breast, three quarters of an inch in length, and two inches and a half deep. It may be as well hero to observe that the unfortunate woman never spoke from the time she was first lying on the ground, but groaned slightly two or three times. Mr. Cummings, the inspector on duty at the Rochester-row station, who at once proceeded to the spot on hearing what had occurred, gave directions that the body of the lifeless woman should be conveyed to St. Margaret's workhouse, and having taken a description of the man who had been seen coming from the direction of the woman with the knife in his hand, and who had been ob served about five minutes before the tragical occurrence talking to her, close on the spot where she was after wards found by State, 157 B, was pre:etering to dispatch it to the various police-stations. In. consequence of some observation that fell from one of the constables, with respect to the woman, Mr. Cumming, who had expressed his opinion that he had recently seen the woman somewhere before the tret,eical occurrence, at once remembered that she was charged in com pany with a man, about a fortnight ago, with some trivial offence, and en referring to the books, found that he was correct. Re then took down the address of the man then charged with her, and was proceeding towards the place w ith a constable, in order to ascertain whether he was the perpetrator of the outrage, when he met the man, William Tomkins, a man in the employment of Mr. Thorne, the extensive Westminster brewer, in the custody of police sergeant Abraham 'Wright. The latter in company with a constable, also named Wright, both being on duty in the immediate neighbourhood, had from some information or conjecture eu their part that Tomkins was the culprit, proceeded to his residence at 7, Vincent-row, close on the spot where the murder was committed, and taken him into custody on suspicion. On meeting with Mr. Cumming. the prisoner exclaimed, Oh, sir, I have done it now." On searching him a very formidable clasp knife, stained 'with blood, was f, and iu his pocket, and there we:re also marks of blood upon his left hand. It having been ascer tained by the police, to whom, throughout this transaction the greatest credit is due for their intelligence and alacrity, that the name of the murdered female was Maria Eden, and Mr. Kean having identified the accused as the person he saw leaving the spot where the woman was found, wish a clasp-knife exactly corresponding with the one found upon the pri soner, the charge was entered against him upon the police-sheet, and on being read over to him, the prisoner who appeared in a very low dejected state, did not offer a word in reply, and was immediately conveyed where he was closely watched, the inspector being apprehensive from his despcnding condition, that he- might attempt to destroy himself. It may be necessary to remark, that the prisoner was also recognised by State as the person he saw talking to the female a few minutes before the fatal transaction. The age of the murdered female is about twenty years. She had formerly lived in service in Holywell street, Millbank, but has of late been resid ing in lodgings iu Cooper-street, Deere street, West minster. She was a good-looking girl. The accused is a short thick set man, twenty-five years of age, and his family, who are industrious hard-working people, have been for many years resident in the neighbour hood. He was in a very low desponding state through. out the whole of yesterday, and could scarcely be pre vailed upon to take any food. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court , Basinghall-street. J. T. Jay, Acle, Norfolk, sill-gem and apothecary, May 5, at twelve—J. Atkins, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, wine and spirit merchant, May 5, at one—J. Jillings, Woolpit, Suffolk, draper, May 9, at one—T. Weston, Southampton, plumber, glazier, and painter, May 10, at eleven—J. Rogers, Northumberland-street, Strand, oil and Italian warehouseman, May 9, at twelve—J. K. Kent, Craven -street, Strand, money scrivener, May 10, at one —H. S. Brazier, Oxford, tailor, May 10, at twelve—J. Notting, Poole, Dorsetshire, currier an I cordwainer, May 10, at eleven—J. C. Staines, Oundle, Northampton shire, tailor and draper, May 10, at twelve. In the Country. J. Clarke, Leicester, Lutterworth, and Melton Mew bray, Leicestershire, and Uppingham and Oakham, Rut landshirerbanker, May 12, at eleven, at the Court, Not tingham—J. Philips, Leicester, Lutterworth, and Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and Uppingham and Oakham, Itutlandshire, banker, May 12, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—W. Coulter, Birkenhead, Cheshire, grocer, May 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Buckton, Darlington, Durham, grocer, May 5, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—G-. Bagnall, New castle-upon-Tyne, music seller, May 11, at eleven, at the Court, Newcatle-upon-Tyne—F. Marshall. Sunderland, chemist, May 8, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Hudson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dealer in marine stores, May 11, at twelve, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—A. Keir, North Caw, Yorkshire, timber merchant, May 17, at half-past ten, at the Town hall, Kingston-upon-Hull—F. Stamp, Kingston-upon- Hull, stockbroker, May 10, at half-past ten, at the Town hall, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Oxtoby and W. C. Oxtoby, Wansford, Great Driffield, Scarborough, Bridlington, and Beverley, Yorkshire, miller, May 17, at half-pst ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull—E. Lilley, King stoa upon-Hull, timber merchant, May 17, at half past ten, at the Town- hall. Kingston-upon-Hull. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Reeve and R. Reeve, New Bond-street, upholsterers, 3s. 3d., on Saturday, April 15, and ts% o subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the (Ace of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Bell, Finch-lane, Cornhill, newsvender, 3s. 6d., on Saturday, April 15. and two subsequent Saturdays, be. tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. W. Day, Gracechurch-stret t, oilman, 70., on Satur day, April 15, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed wards, Frederick's• place, Old Jewry. R. Ensoll, Broad street, Bloomsbury, draper, 9d., on Monday, April 17, and two follewing Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. J. Ellis, jun., Beresford• square, Woolwich, boot and shoe maker, ls , on Monday, April 17, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. S. Davies, Bankside. Southwark, and of Wilton-road, Pimlico, coal merchant, lid., on Monday, April 17, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. R. Peck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, Bs. 6d., on Saturday, April 15, and any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. S. Langdale, sen., and S. Langdale, jun., Stockton upon-Trent, Durham, and Yarn, Yorkshire, corn dealers and flour merchants, id., on Saturday, April 15, or any following Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. J. Perrin, Hereford, grocer, 2s. 3d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. Parker, Ludgate-hill, City, woollen draper, May 8, at half-past one —H. Mocket, New Snoreham, Sussex, merchant, May 8, at one—W. Pearce, Croydon, tailor, May 8, at h a lf- p ast twelve—J. Miller, Ipswich, Suffolk, licensed victualler, May 5, at half-past eleven—T. Free mantle, Bedford New-road, Clapham-rise, builder, May 5, at twelve—ll. Hicks, New Bond-street, saddler, May 5, at one—H. Hill, Gray's Inn-lane, brewer, May 5, at one. In the country. W. Curtis, Cheltenham, auctioneer, at the Court, Bristol, May 5, at twelve—E. Whitehall, Newport, Monmouthshire, watchmaker, at the Court, Bristol, May 5, at eleven —Ellen Edwards, Bristol, banker, at the Court, Bristol, May 10. at eleven—J. Ramsden, Halifax, Yorkshire, woollen draper, at the Court, Leeds, May 9, at eleven—J. Robinson, Huddersfield, and Addle• street, City, merchant, at the Court, Leeds, May 9, at eleven—J. F. Fletcher and H. Fletcher, Over Darwen, Lancashire, cotton munufacturers, at the Court, Man chester May 5, at eleven—H. Morris, Liverpool, lice nse d victualler, at the Court, Liverpool, May 4, at eleven— J. Wallace, Liverpool, corn merchant, at the Court, Liverpool, May 5, at eleven—W. W. Baker, Birming ham, engraver, at the Court, Birmingham, May 10, at halt-past ten—W. Carter, Exeter, innkeeper, at the Court, Exeter, May 11, at one—D. Hawkesford and J. Hawkesford, Bilston, Staffordshire, ironfounders, at the Court, Birmingham, May 17, at eleven—S. Beddoe, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, draper, at the Court, ' Birmingham, May 16, at eleven. At the Court of Review, May 5. W. H. Mann, Maiden-lane, Queen -street, Cheapside, lead merchant—W. D. Collard, College-street, Chelsea, slater—S. H. Gurnmer, Bridport, Dorsetshire,attorney— R. R. Fretwell, Jersey, and Greenwich, shipowner—T. Cox, Manchester, wine merchant—R. Blake, jun., Nor wich, soap manufacturer —G. Cork, High-street, Isling ton, livery stable keeper —J. R. Gamble, Exchange buildings, City, electri c t e l egraph manufacturer—G. B. Wa - 1•1%, sq G. Morton, Leeds, paperstainer—E. Gough, Wetn, shrophire, druggistf-11 Williams, Birkenhead, Che - shire, builder—J. Adams, Finsbury-square, surgeon—. J. Moseley, Neath, Glamorganshire, watchmaker —J.. Shaknshaft, Tranmore, Cheshire, licensed victualler—. G. Smith, and D. Smith, Birmingham, leather sellers. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Cooper, R. Sharp, and T. A. Sharp , Owston, Lir- so colnshire, hemp sacking and sheeting manufacturers ( ar a:, regards T. A. Sharp)—W. "lender and W. BrOWn, Callington, Cornwall, surgeons and apoth ecaries-- G. Buck and G. Thomas, Great Bussell-stresr, Bloomsbury, drapers and mercers—T. Deedle an!! J Fryer, Exeter, joiners and builders -4). Zoucri draper s and R. B. Evans, Newport, Monmouthshire, nport, J. , and M. Stott, Chadderton, Lancashire, Daven cotton po rt spinners —T- Brodi.e and Beevers, Oldham, Lancashire, wine and dealers—P. M. Wilmot and J. Wilmot, Leicester, con mon brewers—J. Thomas, W. Stretch, and J. Stretch, Warrington, Lancashire=, patent tube manufactuerss E. Cooke and J. Harris, Wolverhampton, if ine, se brandy merchants—G. Sharman and M. SbarmnPuf derland—F. S. Jones, J. Jones, and J. P. Jones, Lceaf,'.o s pirit iron founders—J. Salkeld, J. Lockwood, and T. SaL ma n keld, Huddersfield, silk, cotton, and waistcoating facturers (so far as regards the said T. Salkeld)-- Angus and T. G. Angus, Newcastle-upon-lyne, Ain ca°. r riers and leather sellers—G. Gimson, T. Yates, J. worth, and J. J. Collier, Staleybridge , Cheshire, iron, founders (so far as regards the said J. J . Collier) u Rowe, jun., Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire , and J. RIZ: Cullompton, Devonshire, eurliers—J. Burnham RI Burnham, Potion, Bedfordshire, chemists--vTwins;el er and W. Twinane, Canada and the United S tates, gen and commission agents—H. L. Gintherr, Clop.arokviissill,roet; City, and W. Carruthers, Philpot lane, City , merchants—B. Manuel, M. Moyssi, 11. Panagiotti, Moyssi, H. Christo, H. Moyssi, Elia, IL Moyssi, Ala cheater, commission merchants—J. Trey ers, sere.' J. Trevers, jun., Gloucester-place, Old Kent-road, cO, penters and builders—W. H. Ambler and W. Ile mond, Bishop Auckland, Durham, mercers. INSOLVENT PE nTIONERS. John Butcher Stephens, Westrip, Gloucestershire' CO°. tractor. Francis Careswell, Aberystwitb, Cardiganshire, ill°. keeper. William France, Liverpool, surgeon. Frederick aral; Ramsgate, e.t fishermanth. park, Lancas hi re , wheelicright. John Cook,c P u Henry Lewis, Birmingham. • Joseph Walker, Birmingham, cabinet-maker. John Revell, Huddersfiel, York Joseph Greenwood, Carl d ton, ne s ar hire Slipton, Yorkehiref stonemason. Evan Davies, Dowlais Ironworks, Glamorg anyb i ret i 1 313. keeper. Thomas Quant, Foston, Lincolnshire, driver. Allrrd Baler, Albury, Surrey, bricklayer. William May Matthews, Tur, Devonshire. moi re! William Sewell, Cirencester-place, Maryleboner -- and gilder. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. pod R. Reid, Denhy, baker, to meet within the Zet - ~ . rrns Inn, Falkirk, April 20 and May 11, at one. .„ 0 1 W. Wilson, Wallace-town, Ayr, merchant to s ;of within the Crown Inn, Ay r , April 19 and MO I on Ll e. . R. Russell, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, bank so n d o in ; surance agent, to meet within Mrs. Llutton's Doh fermline, Aril 20 and May 11, at telve. W. Steed p man, Leith, merchant, w to meet viltP l , - , A t Royal Exchange Coffee-room, April 19 and MaY t wo D. M'Corkle, Glasgow, ship owner, to meet W I , the Star Hotel, Glasgow, April 19 and May 99 V' LAW INTELLIGENCE . 15 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, AP"' -' (Sittings in Banco.) the il sti This was the first day of E aster Terra, but L3K O breakfast with the Lord Ch ance ll o r not having„-Dect place, the Judges, Lord D enman , Mr. Justice ?s k i the ir Mr. Justice %V ightman, and Mr. Justice Erie, t°°' - seats at ten o'clock. • DUNN V. LIND. Dina' nV This was the well-kno wn act i on ag ainst Je l l"; 001. 0 in which the jury award e d t o th e plaintiff, ''- dam ages. ly The ATTORNEY•GENERAL was instructed - t °, SI P ,bo the Court fur a rul e ca lli ng upon t h e plaiatiTootild cause why the verdict s o g i ven f or th e Oaf° nt i that not be set aside and a new trial bad, on the grow ootia, the damages which had been awarded to the,,,P o derca t were excessive. A bill of exceptions had bee ° id n ot sho o t.e at the trial as to certain points to which he to t" now further allude, but he should confine himsel f were er question of the damages, to show that they, rney cessive. 281. would defray the expenses of We l d to the from Berlin and back, and this being adde u n otiag amount of the cost to Mr. Fitzball, of t ra , 2 - 0 /. arid printing the opera, would only be e tbs' to the other portion of the damages, therefor could only be taken upon a calculation of what til e r : o 4 tiff might have received, had the defendant P e r he Jeri her engagement with him. In order to induce the to give heavy damages, it had been contended te' ll eo' manager of Drury-lane Theatre had cleared ! og ee gagement with Malibran some years tine© b e d for 4,0001. and 5,000/., although she had been engag with 35 nights at 150/. per night. The engage Jenny Lind had been to sing for 20 n i g hts. for o o§ which she was to receiv e 50 L ou i s -d' ors a night. It of evident that the jury had b een l e d away b y t his 0 3 ° „Jeri treating the subject; but the st a t e o f t hi ngs, as regt these two parties, was v er y different; because' Ma„ °3 6 y Malibrau could speak and sing E ng li s h , whereas Lind had declared her inability to learn the langese t o and there was a very inferior company to p e rform t a d her; besides, Jenny Lind's success in this country P he not then been tried, but Malibran was at that time t' greatest favourite of the day. Lord DENmeN did not think the Court could inter ior with the verdict. The jury could only speculate u Pbs ii the evidence adduced before them, and the Court that; their conclusion correct.—Rule discharged. 5 1 ' MARY LEBONE COUNTY COURT, _APIII (Before A. ABRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Judg e •) COPE v BISEWEa. - - This was an action brought by the trf o s t tee n o h f an t a h e co S o s: te Equitable Loan Society, John-street, T road, to recover from the defendant the sum ' 4 4;0 0 arrears of instalments due upon money borrowed "- that society. Mr. Keene, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiff: The case having been stated, rv itti The JUDGE examined the rules of the socie t y' jfia the terms upon which the money was borrowed; t or Honour ask e d, was it i n t h e f orm o f a n agree°, -11 „ort. contract that the money was lent? He, for bit,: he thought it w as a contract , an d l oo ki ng a t the ter a bet was of opinion that the whole thing was illegal. jot? was the rate of interest charged for the nion e i Why, 10 per cen t. f or t h ree wee k s, ma ki ng 170 Pe! C d to per annum. B u t th a t was not a ll . B orro wers .%ing pay Is. per mile to the society for the trouble of lov e s fo r after the securities, and that, together with the fi n ,, - non -payment of the instalments within three wee" — . 6 o of they became due, with other charges, made the r " - 01. interest amount to no less than 250 pe cent . per 1 1111/1 : 0 11 He was of opinion that the contract, if it Wore e rte ' tiba illegal, and therefore null and void • but, as the cl u tjer was one of importance, he should take time to O n his decision. h e O i l; FROM THE " OBSERVER," APRIL ~,n „ • rous readers of the Übserver are aware that we Ej - c l o tiV last Sunda) 'a journal the most comprehensive 11 , 11 % - yserS plete account of all the Chartist movements en° 133 , 4 : t l3l connected therewith, extending over twelve „" ; "„ 0 Observer folio columns, and in our Monday's ec 11 "; # 01°, added two folio columns of particulars of the wa re " all Kennington-common, abandonment and dispersi °ll „:ol brought down to the hour of th ree o ' c l oc k on ~Itt - r f or afternoon. It may b e as k e d— w h y i s the bet ter enabled on every popular occasion to do so ranc h than other journals? The reply is, that the e sta- o ther [Bent of the Observer is equal to that of all ;b e ailorf Sunday papers put t oge th er . S o f ar as rega rds t hat and reporters, the Observer is on an equality ff it : r eeli, of nearly all th e d a ily newspapers. There is •a l l a club-house, institution, library, or news-room England, Scotland, Ireland, the Continent, 11 ,, 61 1 - tat West Indies, &c., in which the Observer is not ta k e ph' and frequently' duplicate copies. The extensiv e 1 0 lication of the Observer commences at six and 0 11 ,e:ipso at ten o'clock on Sunday morning. A Monday's eu d i fi tti with that day's markets, best adapted for the . ., o " n dsl and abroad, is published at four o'clock on 2 °- ° ' afteraeen. a keil gGREAT NONSIIN SE.—lt has been foolishly reF l , — r ees ° that the practice of laying wagers is likely to I° 6o o o with the spread of education; as at present man,' P e ' eel refrain from it solely because they don't knoll better.—Puppet Show. rrila A CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND DISORDZ..-_-_,, g vo!‘ xamts SF HOLLOWAY'S Plus.—Persons whose stomachs 11P 'iuro t '" disordered for years, occasioned either by sedentary habite , i n ,Joi climates, or an unusually delicate state of health, and can 0 4' 1 , O A T real relief, may be permanently cured by using HollovraY' s ,' s>p greatly benefited alter the first two or three doses. This th clue is known to be superior to all others for liver conW,' —n it o ; where there is weakness, languor, or debility • and in cr e .",„fell imparts strength and vigour, and this so quickly as to a5.".. 4. - at most unbelieving. It may safely te taken at all tin 3,1 1, — ,0 114r ages. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's •'" went, 244, Strand, London. 81.FITEM. OS On the let inst., in the packet, on the Pass 6l g e bii ° Jamaica, the lady of the Rev. Colin Maclayertit island Curate of Port Royal, of a daughter. n , ito fj ; On the 9th inst., at the Court House, St. 4 4 -rv a L 'bt e ' . mouthshire, the wife of the Rev. John Graham, Of 4 '7: Sw" On the 9th inst., et B a lli nas l oe , th e l a dy o f CaPts van, of the Royal Scots Greys, of a daughter. Ea s t s tree t ' On the MI inst., biro . 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