The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-21 00:00:00

LAW ,pITEr4aGECE. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 20. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUELL.) RICKARDS V. COLE. GOING TO THE DERBY.—The plaintiff in tl:6s action is a livery-stable-keeper, and defendant is an attorney residing in Gray's Inu-squaie. The claim was for 151. for the hire of a carriage and four horses to go to Epsom • on the Derby day. Charles Rickards, the plaintiff's son, proved th at the defendant wrote the order himself in the book. He afterwards called on defendant for the amount, when he first said he would pay 71. 103. that evening, and witness was to call again next morning. Subsequently - defendant said he would pay the amount, if 10e. lent to the driver on the course, and 7s. Bd. for turnpikes, was deducted, which witness did agree to. The man offered back the 10s., but defendant said he had no fault to find with him, and would make a present of it to him, and Mr. Rickards would have to pay him for his work. John Seymour, the post-boy, was called. He consi dered that the person hiring paid the expenses on the road. The defence rested wholly on the point whether or not defendant was liable to pay the expenses and turnpikes, amounting to 17s. Bd., and it was contended that the ac tion ought to have been brought in the County Court. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount; and The UNDER•SHERIFF said that in his opinion that verdict carried costs, although the debt was under 20/. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner FARE.) IN RE L. G. JIILLIEN. This was a meeting for the audit of accounts and exa mination of the bankrupt, - a' music seller, in Regent street, and so well known throughout the country for his concerts. Mr. Cole attended for the assignees, and a balance sheet, as prepared by Messrs. Banks, accountants, of Fish-street-hill, ranging from December 31, 1846, to April .19, 184 S, was submitted to the court. The fol lowing is a copy thereof : " Dr. To sundry creditors £12,234 15 1 'Viz. :- ~•• • For goods supplied and ser vices rendered at DrurY- . lane Theatre • ... - ....£9,101 2 2 For repairing and beautify ing the Beethoven Concert Rooms in Harleybstreet, .Cavendish.square ... 1,709 7 5 Foe cash- borrowed ..: 400 0 0 Sundry.. o t her debt* , .4. 1,024 5 6 . . .C 12,234 15 1 To creditor holding security ... ... 2,200 0 0 To liabilities • ... 4,586 2 11 To capjtal withdrawn from the partner ship funds of Messrs. Jullien and Barret 5,363 8 4 To profits made as under— Moiety of nett gains by the promenade concerts, in October, 1847 ... £406 7 9 Nett profit realised on four provincial tours, made with band and vocalists from London .. 2,240 12 10 For conducting the orchestra at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, in the summer 0t,1847 536 5 0 3,183 5. 7 To rent received for the hire of Concert Rooms in Harley-street ... ... ... 68 0 3 £27,635 12 2 Cr. . By sundry debtors, considered doubtful ... £69 0 0 By liabilities Err contra ... ... ... ... ,4,586 2 ,11 By property... ... ..1 ... •.. ... 130 14 11 By property in the hands of Mr. Lewis, a • creditor .... •.• ,—. ... ... ..• ... 2,760 11 6 ' By balance loss upon the Drury-lane Theatre aqcount,as under-stated... ... 15,080 0 10 Repairs,, alterations, and decoratiOns made to the ' • , theatre previous to open= ' ' ' • ing in Decemher, 1847, £2,899 13 4 . ESenses incurred in car rying on the perform ances of the Grand Opera between the 6th of December, 1847, and - ' ' ' Mareh 1, 1848 ... .-.. 21,799 15 7 Expenses in respeot•of the. • perforaiances of the French Equestrian ' - .. . Troupe from the 7th of March, 1848, to April ••• ••• ,14 following 5 905 9 1 ••• • • • £30,584 18 0 Deduct receipts at doors, &c., ♦iz.:— Opera ~. £9,825 19 6 . • Cirque Na:. tOuale... 5,678 - 17 8 15,504 17 _ 2 £15,080 0 10 By sundry other losses ... 3,000 16 2 (inclusive 6f outlay on the Beethoven Rooms and the loss arising from the sale of .the hougehold , furniture and • effects at llarley-street, by the Sheriff of Middlesex.) By expenses - _ By balance deficient on private estate, December 31, 1846 ••• • • ••• ••• Difference ... ... 1,864 17 - 4 125 13 8 17 14 10 £27,635 12 2 ' There being no opposition, the Learned Commissioner examined the bankrupt upon some matters, from which it appeared, that being on a musical tour at Dublin, in April last, he found from Mr. Reeves, that that gentle. man hadby.mistake been arrested for himself. He re turned in consequence on the- 7th of April to London. On the 11th of that month, her transferred his lease of Drury-lane Theatre to Moser:: Beale and Chapped. He had hoped, by means of his friend and solicitor, Mr. C. Lewis, a Upper. Grosvenor-etreet, to have avoided bankruptcy, and had offered 'his creditors a lien upon his professional income for life in that hope. Finding his endeavours unavailing, he had then thrown himself Imo that,Court. The Learned Comietssecnezie inquired why he had not dene that earlier? Here were now creditors to the ;mount of upwards of 12,0001: who would get nothing, whilst ohe creditor (Mr. Lewis) would swallow up teary everything. bankrupt said he had hoped, by the sacrifice of 'n'erYtiiing in his power, and even of his' future inoo'me, to have avoided the disgrace of bankruptcy. - - The Learned COMMlSsrortga-There is no disgrace to a man who acts honestly in becoming a , bankrupt. The wonder *en these days; when a man has no power over his debtors, and when we find (as we so frequently do in this court) that a few secured creditors sweep away everything, Land leave so many without a sixpence, that every man is nova be e e ttipt. The bankrupt intimated a wish that he had acted differently. Mr. Core; on behalf -ef the official assigtee, said that under the distress put in by the sheriff, on behalf of Mr. Lawrence Levi (a relative of Mr. Lewis's and a creditor on two bills of exchango), property of the value of 3,0001. had realised only sou He believed it was the intention of the credit Ors to institute proceedings in a court of law ter the recovery of some part of the bank rupt's property. Mr. Commissioner FANE—I suppose the question to be decided by an action would bee whether Mr. Lewis, being Jullien's solicitor, could hold or retain these se curities. for his own use, without the bankrupt having sanctioned this, or allowed him to do sc, through another attedeneY• Mr. COLE intimated assent. The Learned Coreaussioenti said it wee a hard case for one creditor to get possession of everything, as Mr. Lewis had done, leaving creditors to t h e amount of 12,000/. with nothing. Mr. COLE said ho felt desirous of mentionin g , as a re port was in circulation thet the bankrupt was pc'ssessed rte. of jewels of great va lue, that such report 'mue ,int,tia The only article of jewellery that the ba nkrupt had in his possession of intrinsic value was_ diamond pin 'Oat he had received from the Emperor of R u s s ia. The v a l ve ef that was small. The other articles were mere paste ' trinkets. It will be observed by the balance sheet that the bank mat by his liabili put " rupt's losses have been caused nly g as lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, t he amount betn down at 15,0801. Os. 103. In the creditors to the amount of 12,2341., who are unsecured, the following are the principal amounts : The band (per Mr. Thomson, director of D rur y -l aneßiee Theatre), 741/4 Miss Birch (singing), 3121 . ; C. ld, Upper Wellington-street, for beautifying the s 4 - theatre, 4051.; 11. Berlioz, leader of the ban d, 205/.; ir Henry Bishop (stlay), 150/.; Chapman. Eleoate, and Co., for printing, 941. ; Mr. Chorley, Victoria -square, Pimlico, 2504; Mr. Cole, paper-hanger, 2501.; Equitable Gas Company, 1874; Mr. Francis, for printing, 3521.; Messrs. Foulkes, silk mercers, 444L;Mademoiselle Fuoco (dencipg),, 2004 ; Madame .Dorus Gras (singing), 1,5671.; Grieve, end Felton, scene, painters, 1521.; F. Gye (salary), 189?.; Mr. and Mrs. Leie(singing), 2901. ; Flinch& stage director, 105/.4... proprietors of Drury - lane Theatre (for rent), 6551.; Mr. Seward, buil der, 437/. In the course of the examination a lengthened in quiry was made respecting Messrs. Beale and Chappell taking the lease of the theatre, as also o£ the proprietors of the theatre laying claim to the dresses and decora tions, but it ended where it began. The assignees did not appear to contest these points. The bankrupt passed. POOlV•LAW.—Yesterday was printed, by order of the House of Commons, on the appli ca ti o n of Captain Pechell (Brighton). a copy 0 the order of law board sent to the several unions, uatedthlneewlGpthooori February last. .The order cetifirmed the orders of the Poor-law Commissioners respecting the diet in work houses, With a proviso that alterations might be made, subject to the approval - of the poor-law b oar d. The order Was Sent to 453 !anions set forth in the schedule annexed to the' document now first printed. CAFTURE 'OF A STURGEON IN THE SEYEEN.--:-On Wednesday a large 'sturgeon was caught on the sands at Newnham, below Gloucester, where it had been left by the tele, "by George Jenkins and Daniel Spires, two of the Diglif fishermen, who the following day brought it to Worcester. The fish was kept alive several days, tied to a boat in the middle of the Severn, near Frog-lane, where it was exhibited by the fishermen. It was after wards on view at the Market-boUse. The fish measures aboutefght feet in length, two feet in girth, and,vveighs about - 20011 m =- - - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, July 20. The commission for the county of Essex was opened on Wednesday, and both Courts commenced business this morning at ten o'clock, the Lord Chief Baron pre siding on the Crown side, and Mr. Justice Coltman at Nisi Prins. There were twenty-seven causes in the list, but a great number of them were undefended, and Mr. Justice Coltman got through the greater part of the common jury causes by the middle of the day. CROWN SIDE. William Wade, aged 28, a powerful man, having the appearance of an agricultural labourer, was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Samuel Ham, and stealing some gold and silver money, his property. Mr. Rodwell prosecuted; Mr. T. Chambers was for the defence. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the pri soner was a member of a desperate gang of thieves and burglars who had for a long time infested the county of Essex, and on several occasions committed the most daring outrages. Upon the present occasion it appeared that the prosecutor with his wife and daughter, occupied a small house in the village of Bradwell, a short dis tance from Coggeshall, and between one and two o'clock, on the morning of the 9th of June, the place was en• teied with great violence by several men, and the pri soner, who was one of the gang, went up stairs with one of his companions into the bed room of the prose cutor and his wife. The robbers were disguised by having shirts drawn over their clothes, and their faces were also covered. They demanded money, and one of the ruffians pulled out a pistol and presented it at the prosecutor, and .threatened to shoot him if he did not give up the money that was in the house. The prose cutor endeavoured to get up, but the prisoner thrust him down on the bed with great violence, and his companion then rifled the drawers and took out some money in gold and silver, but they did not take any other descrip tion of property, their idea evidently being that they should escape detection as the coin could not be identi fied. The robbers then left the house, but while the scuffle was going on in the bed-rooin the prosecutor had an opportunity of observing the featufes of the prisoner, and on his giving information to police 'Of the dis trict, he was apprehended very shortly afterwards. He denied any participation in the burglary, and declared that he had been, out all the night in question fishing. This statement, however, was positively contradicted by evidence, which showed that the prisoner and his com panions had actually committed another burglary in the same parish, and within a very short time of the robbery at the prosecutor's on the night referred to, and other evidence was adduced which showed, in a satisfactory manner, that the prosecutor was not mistaken as to, the identity of the proonet. The jury without any hesitation returned a verdiet of guilty, and evidence was adduced to show that he had been before convicted of felony, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment; there were likewise three other indictmentkagainst him for separate burglaries. He was sentence& to be transported for fifteen years. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. ---Huntingdon July 20. The commission for this county was opened yester day, but the business, which is very light, was - not com menced till this morning. The calendar contains the names of nine prisoners, but, with the 'exception of a charge against a man for- the murder of his wife and child, the offences imputed to them are not gravei The cause list contains an entry of one case only. Mr. Baron Parke presides in the Criminal Court, and Mr. Justice Maule at Nisi Prius. CROWN COURT. ' (Befor e Mr.. Baron PARSE.) Charles Burton, a collector of bones, was indicted for the wilful 'mtirder of Harriet Burton, his wife, on the 28th of May last. Mr. Wells conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Couch defended the prisoner. The prisoner and his wife were seen by their neigh bours standing at their own door about eight o'clock in the evening of Sunday the 28th of May, and they con versed about the health of their child, About four o'clock the next morning the neighbours heard a loud scream.' They got up, ran to the window, and saw the prisoner's wife looking out of her own window, and when seen by them she said, " he has killed me and my child; he has cut my throat." The neighbours, man and wife, went down stairs and called the constable. An entrance into the prisoner's house was effected, and he was seen standing in his shirt with his throat bleeding. On go ing up stairs they found the wife lying on the floor quite dead, with three large wounds on the throat, one of them dividing the vessels and , nerves down to the spine. Qa being then questioned ; the prisoner,.who ap peared weak from the loss of blood, though able to stand, made no answer. He was asked whether he had had a ,qtiarrel with his wife, and, being unable to speak, he made a movement with his head, which_was understood to signify that he had not. When , asked whether he had been in trouble, he nodded an affirmative. On going up stairs the bedclothes and carpet were found saturated with blood, and between'the sheets there was found a bloody razor. The prisoner had always exhibited fond ness for his wife and child, and nothing remarkable had been observed in his manner. In the opinion of the medical man who was called in, the deceased, after re ceiving one of the wounds, might have got to the win dow and have spoken. The prisoner was questioned in the evening by the surgeon. He did not appear to be in • a state of excitement,. or to feel sorrow or remorse. He said, "trouble made me do it." When asked why trouble should induce him to take away the lite of others, he replied, " That they might not be in want when I was gone.", He said further, that he had been thinking of committing suicide for a week past; and that he first thought of killing his wife and child at the moment he , got out of bed to de stroy himself. To other questiOns of the surgeon, he replied that he had been unwell of late, and had passed sleepless nights, but not sufficient to apply to the sur geon; and also that he had made two attempts to murder his wife, the first whilst she was partly asleep, and before she went to the window • the other after he had taken her from it, and that whilst she was at the window he had murdered the child; that in the second attempt. ho had held her in his arms with her, back to him, she struggling and resisting; and that then he attempted to commit suicide, add was then aware that he had not suc ceeded. When asked why he had stopped, he said he had no power to do it. The wound was a severe one, dividing the windpipe. ' • The surgeon; who had been called in on the morning of the murder, and had long known the prisoner, was questioned as to the prisoner's state of mind, and a.. posed that in his opinion the whole conduct of the pri soner showed that when he committed the act he had not, from an incontrollable impulse to which a human being may be subject, had control over himself. The perversion of the affections, the desire to .harm those previously dear, was one indication of insanity; theim 'possibility of resisting a sudden homicidal impulse was 'another. There was no necessary connexion between suicidal monomania and homicidal monomania, but it would be more natural for a monomaniac, who had, been contemplating suicide, to kill another than for one who had not, By monomania was understood an affection that, for the moment, deprived a person of all control over himself in respect of the particular matter. Tho prisoner's reasoning power, however, did not appear to be affected; and to the surgeon he had never appeared to be under delusions. The monomania in the prisoner's case was attributed to an impression that he was coming to 'destitution; he had, in tact, been distressed about Some property that blight to have cone ,to him. The prisoner had said that his wife had reproached him be fore he made the second attempt, but that the feeling was too strong for him. In answer to the Learned Judge the surgeon said, "It is my opinion that the prisoner was in an unsound state of mind at the moment he did the act; that is not my opinion in all cases of murder." It was, also, shown that the prisoner had left his razor to be sharpened the day before, and had insisted on having it back on the same day, giving out that it was fur some one else. Mr. CROUCH then addressed the jury for the prisoner. The Learned Gentleman then called witnesses, who showed that the prisoner was entitled to a fourth share of a sum of 700/., the trustee of which (a shoemaker at 15, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square) had invested it in his own trade, and had become insolvent; that the dividend would be a small one; and that this was made known to the prisoner a few days before the murder, and seemed to affect him very much: Mr. WELLs replied. Mr. Baron PARKE having summed up, • The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDkIE then, after a solemn address to the prisoner, passed sentence of death upon him. 1 1 14 E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1848. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-Lincoln, July 20. The Right Hon. Lord Denman and the Hon. Mr. Jus tice Patteson arrived here about half-past two o'clock yestuday, and opened the commissions for the county and elunty of the city. Their Lordships attended divine service at half-past three o'clock yesterday, at the cathe dral, aft,9r which Mr. Justice Patteson sat in the City hall and tried the only case there, one of cutting cer tainly, but Rot very badly, whereof the prisoner was acquitted altogether, and in other respects not of suffi cient interest to justify any further mention beyond the statement that the charge arose out of a public-house squabble or disturbance. The Learned ReCorder had 'holden sessions at an earlier hour of the day, and thereat disposed of four cases. Their Lordships•sat this rooming at ten o'clock at . the Castle, the Lord Chief Justice, presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Patteson in the Crown Court. The list presented ten cases for trial, one of which, the Queen v. Smith (indictment), is fur a special jury, and will be taken to-morrow. i ohny The county calendar p resented the.namesT6h we were r e fifteena .threeerl halfpersonsh av f e o r beentrial, a l r u e n a d d y fourteen dispo sed c , a o s f e , s, of wr o f robbery, one of attempting tO cpaosiseosno,fonbeurogilararyp, e, twoon o f attempting to strangle a child, two of eofoin. bigamy, one of rick -burning, and. tW o of utt e r in g bas CiwßaOrl•iVaNciifCoe,UaßgeTd.-2--I(,Bie,lfzeore M d g r. ul T i u ty sti t c o i P a A,ZE:IO O N. I having, fel on : o u s o l r y i t a ti n e d2uBnthiaowfiku'lelybruaatrteyinlapset i d , a to' G s a t i r n a s n b g o l r e o g u h g e h o r , f s e h tn e s: v e a s e illegitimate. aught i nthchild, fact. w ith intent to murd er it. The sentence was, that she be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. Philip Lowe, aged 30, was convicted of bigamy,,in having, on the 23d of August, 1846, at Bever le y , felo niously and unlawfully married one Mary Thornton, Ann Lowe, his former wife, being still alive. He was also sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the apace of one year. Thomas Austin was convicted of having, oln the night of the 20th of June last, at Glamford Briggs; feloniously and burglariously broken aud,eatered the dwelling-house of Thomas Dawson, and stolen therefrom a watch of the value of 205.,,a watch key of the value of, ldwand four teen cigars of the value of 25., of..the.goodLand chattels) of the said Thomas Dawson. fie was sentenced also to the like imprisonment, with hard labour, for one year. William Harley was convicted of uttering counterfeit coin (sixpences) on three occasions on one day in April last, in the parish of Kesteven, in this county, and sen tenced to be imprisoned, with hard labour, twelve months, threo , months, and one day. Thomas Johnson, also convicted of like offences, on three occasions, at Grantham, in April last, was sentenced to imprisonment, with hard labour for nine calendar months, on the first count, one day on the second, and one day on the third. Mr. D'Eyncourt and Mr. Bowden prosecuted in both cases. The prisoners were undefended. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Robert Booty Cousens, of 4, Bedford-place, Old Kent-road, appeared before Alderman Gibbs, upon a summons "for that he did in this city, unlawfully, di rectly offer to prevent the printing and publishing of certain matters and things touching the complainant, with intent then and there to extort of and from him divers of his moneys against the statute." Mr. Humphreys appeared for the complainant. Mr. Joseph Woods, of 3, Barge-yard-chambers, patentee of the " chronometric governor," used in steam engines; and Mr. Nobler attended for the defence. The matter excited much curiosity, and there were present several scientific men. Mr. Humphreys said, the charge was brought upon the 6th and 7th Victoria, chap. 26, sec. 3, which stated, " That if any person shall publish, or threaten to publish, any libel upon any other per son, or shall directly or indirectly threaten to print or publish, or shall directly or indirectly offer to prevent the printing or publishing of any matter or thing touching any other person, with intent to extort .any; money or security, for money, or any valuable thing, from such or, any other person, or with intent to induce any person to confer on or procure for any person any appointment. or office. of profit or trust, every such offender being convicted thereof shall be liable to be im prisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not excceding three :years.".. Now, the defendant had, by means of the following letter, which was, perhaps, such as had never been heard of before, endeavoured to ac complish that for which . the statute had very wisely pro vided a serious punishment :--- - • " 4, Bedford-place, Old, Kent-road, July 8, 1848. "Sir,--I have written for publication a small treatise on the causes of the inefficiency of steam-engine gover nors, and in investigating the principles Of the chrono metric governor, of which you are the patentee, I find myself compelled to. speak of it in a way which may, perhaps, lessen its value as a commercial speculation. Now, as I write only,fOr pecuniary profit, I am willing to withhold the paper from the public eye if, after per using the accompanying copy of that part of it which concerns the chronometric governor, you feel disposed to purchase it at a fair remuneration. , It is quite immaterial to me whether it be read by many or by one, whether it be preserved in the pages of a scientific periodical or destroyed, if I profit by it. • " It'is unnecessary tosay more in explanation of my object in transmitting to you the MS. copy. I shall merely add, in conclusion, that after Wednesday, the 12th instant, I shall feel at liberty to .forward the original to the publisher,-unless I am previously favoured with some communication inducing me to withhold it. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " ROBT. B. COUSENS. " To Joseph Woods, Esq." Upon the receipt of that communication Mr. Woods sent to the writer a note, to which the following answer was returned by that gentleman:— " Messrs. J. Woods and Co., , " Gentlemen,—ln obedience to your request I have to acquaint you that my paper on governors,' if published in one of the periodicals, will most likely appear in the Civil Engineers' and Architects' Journal; but that I am yet tindecided as to whether it shall appear in a pi riodical or form part of a separate pamphlet on' that and another part of the steam-engine. In alt probability I should pursue the latter course, as being the more re munerative. " I remain your obedient servant, " ROBT. B. COUSENS. " Bedford-place, July 10." After he had received the second effusion, Mr. Woods resolved not to submit to be victimized, and having it in his power to produce witnesses in support of the charge, was advised to represent the case at the Mansion-house. Alderman GIBBS—I cannot see that this letter is a libel upon Mr. Woods, or that it contains matter of which I can take notice, whatever tendency and intention it may have had to extort money.. I shall therefore dis miss the case. • , . Mr. Hobler declared,. that , however imprudently his client might have acted in the affair, there was no inten tion on that gentleman's part to extort money. Alderman GII3BS repeated,-that if it had been the de= fendant's object to , promote free discussion itpon a scien.! title subject, the comaitifitications he had made to Mr, Woods were not well calculated' to accomplish it; and that if he had published his article, instead of endeavour ing to get money by stopping the publication, the matter would have been more creditable to him. GUILDHALL. Mr. Francis Emerton, of No. 57, Bartholomew-close, builder, was summoned for beginning to cut and rebuild a chimney without giving the proper notice to the dis trict surveyor. . •• • • Mr.,John Stevens, the, district surveyor for the wes tern division of the city of London, said the present proceeding was taken tinder the 13th section of the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., which required that where any alterations and rebuilding.took place, two days' no tice should be given to the surveyor of the district. In violation of that Act Mr. Emerton chose to commence cutting into and rebuilding a chimney-breast, at 90, Bartholoinew.close, without giving the required notice, whereby he had incurred a penalty not exceeding 201. Mr. Einerton said the fact of it was, the stack of chimneys had given way, and as he was merely going to underpin it, he did not think it necessary to send the notice; but on being informed that such a course was necessary he immediately sent one. Mr. Stevens remarked that it was not sent until two days after the alteration was commenced. It was very important that builders should know that they could not make any alterations without informing the district sur veyor, for if they were allowed to do so, most serious accidents might occur, as in the instance of a house falling in Fleet-street, which cost the parties between 6001. and 7001. Alderman GIBUS said he had heard enough of the case, and should fine the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs. The fine was paid, and the surveyor gave his moiety of the fine to the poor-boir. IWARYLEBONE. Yesterday, a young man; who 'gave his name James Taylor, was placed at the bar' before Mr. Long, charged with having committed . a robbery at the residence of Charles Tottie, Esq., the Swedish Consul-General, 52, Montague-square. Spittles, a City detective policeman, No. 671, deposed that on the previous afternoon, about five o'clock, as he was crossing one end of Baker-street, Portman square, the priioner passed him, holding up at the same time his right hand coat pocket, which, to all appearance, con tained something weighty. Witness, suspecting that all was not right, watched him into Seymour Mews, when, upon looking round and perceiving that he was followed, he ran off as fast as he could ; he (wit ness) pursued him, and after a sharp chase, succeeded in collaring him, saying, ".I think I've got you right enough now ;" to which he replied, "Yes ; 1 know you have." And he was then taken to the station-house. Witness then searched him, and found upon him six sil ver dessert spoons, and a number of plated articles, con sisting of table forks, a candlestick and extinguisher. He had also in ,his possession a pair of steel snuffers. His lodging was examined, and a skeleton key was found therein. William Warmington, footman to the Consul-General, identified the whole of the property produced as belong ing to his master. The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. A well-dressed young man, named Frederick South combe alias Corking, was placed at the . bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with having conspired, with another person not in custody, in obtaining goods to a large amount from various tradesmen by means of fraudulent representations. Mr. ARNOLD ordered him to put in substantial bail for his re-appearance upon that day week. The prisoner was unable, however, to find the required sureties, and was carried off in the van. WESTMINSTER. Mr. 11. Clarke, of 6, Laurence Ponntney-lane, ap peared to a summons, charging him with cameo-dug and sending a certain letter, containing divers matters and things, to Captain Beauclerc, calculated to provoke him to commit a breach, of the peace. Mr. BURRELL held defendant to bail to keep the peace towards Captain Beauclerc for twelve months. The required sureties were then put in and the parties left the office. MISSION TO THE AFRICAN Jsvrs.—On Wednesday evening a densely crowded meeting of persons of various religious denominations was held in the Wesleyan Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of hearing the parting address of the Reverend Abraham Ben Oliel, a recently converted Jew, and also answers by him to questions relative to his conversion. He is now about to depart as a mis sionary to Gibraltar and the coast of Africa, where he is to labour among the Jews in these parts of the world. As the Rev. Gentleman is a native of Africa, and was converted to Christianity under very singular circumstances, the proceedings of the evening were re garded with the deepest interest 1;)y the crowded audience who were present. Among the minis ters of various denominations who were on the platform, were the Rev. Dr. Bennett, the Rev. Dr. Alder, the Rev. Mr. Freeman, the 'Rev. Mr. Miller; the Rev. Mr. Hoole, the Rev. Mr. Perks, &c. The mis sionary was .addressed by the Reverend Mr. Miller in a most impressive manner, and- the Reverend Mr. Hoot° put a variety of interesting, questions to h im respecting his religious . views, which he answered with great clearne s s, though in imperfect English. He then addressed the large assemblage at considerable o pb f rroe a tiohvurieesnr:y4Eyin attention,._ter l e v st e ing ar n e atu v r e e r . y happy pA length, detailing th e c i rcumstances un d er w hi c h he had been brought to th e kn owledge of the truth, an d l a yi n g before them the motive s b y w hi c h h e was i n fluenced in returning to Africa as a missionary to his Jewish isp ee n e n h d vi th proceedings ase listened to werewit h a t l h to e ge m th o e s r t to have it in our power to state that the operative relief committee have brought their benevolent laboura to a close; and although a few tradesmen are still idle, we have no doubt that all will soon find employment - di 'sbutti-kiiid or' °then-- Glasgow Courier. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMI CTEE. —Morta- LAND AND KIREINTILLOCH, BALLOCHNEY AND SLAMAN NAN RAILWAY (Amalgamation or Sale, or Lease, .and Amendment or Repeal of Acts).—Preamble passed, and clauses considered. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE EXTENSION.—CIauses further considered. GROUP No. 6.—GREAT WESTERN (Birmingham and Oxford Arrangements).—The opposition of the London and North-Western shareholders having been brought to a close, Mr. Burke was heard at great length in reply, insisting that it was absolutely necessary for the interest of the public, as well as the Great Western Company, that the mixed gauge should be laid down upon the Birmingham and Oxford line, otherwise the object of the Legislature in passing the Birmingham and Ox ford line, which was to establish a railway competition between the metropolis and Birmingham, would be de feated. At the close of the Learned Gentleman's ad dress the room was cleared, and their Lordships, having deliberated for nearly an hour, came to the resolution of postponing the decision till to-morrow. GROUP No 7.—FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION (Burnley and Collieries Branches). — Case of promoters and opposition further considered. GREAT Wxs7ERN (Branch from Slough to Wind sor).—The case and opposition of the South-Western Company in - reference to this important Bill hav ing closed, the room was cleared, and the Com mittee, after deliberating for about half an hour, decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported. GROUP No. 9.--WISRAW AND COLTNESS (Amend ments and Deviations).— The object of this Bill is to effect certain amendments and improvements in this line of railway in order to afford better accommodation for the through traffic from the south. It was opposed by Lord Belhaven and Mr. Dickson, two mineral proprietors, who alleged that the increase of traffic' on the line through its connexion with the Caledonian Rail way would seriously increase the risk they ran in work ing the minerals under the railway, the opponents being. under an agreement with the original proprietors of the line, responsible - for all damage done by the working of the mines. They , therefore sought to have the risk, transferred' to the railway company. The Committee passed the preamble of the Bill,• subject tp a clause requiring the company to 'adopt part of the ye ,sponsibility which the original Bill inflicted upon the opponents of the present,measure. With these amend ments, the Bill was ordered to be reported. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. T.hv scrutiny into the.salidity of Mr. Reynolds's majo rity was resumed yesterday, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off five additional votes. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.' HOUSE OF LORDS, July 20. The 'Loup CHANCELLOR took . his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. SCOTCH ENTAIL BILL. Lord CAMPBELEmovedthetiii;f7eading of the Scotch Entail Bill. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE moved curtain alterations in the standing orders relating to private Bills, which were agreed to without opposition. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' BILL. The Earl of GRAN VILLE moved the third reading of the Joint-stock Companies' Bill. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL The Earl of AliEltßilEN presented several petitions against these Bills. - Lord CAMPBELL moved that the report be brought up. The Earl of EGLINTON had several amendments to propose, but he would defer them until the third reading o£ the Bill. The report was then received. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Lord CA NIPBELL presented the report of the Select Committee on the Health of Towns Bill. IRELAND. , • Lord STANLEY sa id that the last accounts frotn Ire land were so alarming that he trusted he might stand excused if he asked the Noble Marquis for the latest information on the subject of the present state of Ireland ; and he wished also to know whether it was •the intention of the Government to apply to Parliament for . additional powers. If the Noble Marquis could not answer the question now, perhaps to morrow he would, be enabled to state to the House full details on the subject. Seven counties had been pro claimed, and he wished to know to what extent those proclamations went. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that those pro clamations went to the full extent of the law. The Go verThifent had some additional measures in contemplation , and what those measures were he would take the oppor:- tunity of stating to-morrow when the discussion would come on, on the motion of the Noble Earl opposite. EVICTED koort (IRELAND) Certain Peers were appointed to attend a conference With the Rouse of Commons on the subject of their dis agreement to certain amendments introduced into this Bill by the Lords. The Earl of MINTO reported to their Lordships the reasons of the Commons fur disagreeing to certain of those amendments. Lord STANLEY hoped that before their Lordships were called on to discuss those reasons the Bill would be reprinted. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock.____ _ LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were eonsidered and agreed to:— Cheater and Holyhead Railway (Power to Purchase, &c., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Hum ber Ferries Improvement at Hull and New Hol land, &c.) m aac h ea ter, Sheffield, and-Lincolnshire Railway (Shef field Canal Purchase). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sta tion at Sheffield and Branch to the Sheffield Canal). Middle Level Drainage Acts Amendment. Plymouth Great Western Dock Act Amendment. Scottish Provident Institution. REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to : Exeter and Exmouth Railway Acts Amendment. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Amendment of Acts and Regulation of Capital). North Wales Railway (Dissolution of Company). NAVIGATION-LAWS. ISLE OF MAN. Mr. PLUMPTRaElterparteisoen in the presented petition from Whit stable against any Dr. BOWRING Presented a petition from the Isle of Man complaining that they were wholly unrepresented, and that they were taxed without their consent, and praying that they might be entitled to the privilege of returning a Member to Parliament. POOR-LAW. • Sir T. BIRCH presented apeiition against the Poor law Relief Act. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the General Convention of Scotch Boroughs, complaining of the jurisdiction, and tho form of procedure in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and praying that some measure might be passed to remedy the evils of which the peti tioners complained. ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING said it was too late this session to give notice of any motion with respect to the Isle of Man, but he hoped in another session to induce the House to listen to the grievances which the people of that island were — sul.jeCted to, and trusted that the House would then grant them some measure Of relief. SALE OF SPIRITS. the attention of the House to the proceedings which took place in Edinburgh on the 3d instant, when the military were called out to assist the civil power without the knowledge or sanction of the Lord Provost, and without there being any necessity for taking such a step. SALE OF IiEER AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Mr. WYLD presented a petition from the borough of Bodmin to restrict the sale of beer and spirituous liquors on the Lord's-day ; also a petition from the same borough in favour of the Parochiul and Audit Bill. Mr. HUME moved for returns connected with the Trinity House from 1844 to 1847, in continuation of former returns.—Agreed to. MINES IN SCOTLAND. Lord MORPETH, in answer to a question from the Earl of Lincoln, said that/ the Government were now in communication with the Lord Advocate, to see whether they should not bring in some measure relative to the law with respect to mines in Scotland, for the purpose of assimilating them to those in existence in England. fl*, however, could not undertake to introduce the Bill in the present session. He could assure the Noble Lord that the action that bud been brought by the . Woods and Forests had been brought under the advice of the Lord Advocate, and that it never was the inten tion of the Woods and Forests to resort to oppressive measures. Although he could not introduce a measure on the subject this session, he could assure the Noble Lord that nothing would be done by the Government till the Bill was introduced. KAFIR WAR. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to recognise the ser vices of the officers in the Kafir war by decoration or otherwise? Mr. F. MAULE, as we understood, said that the Government had no such intention. Mr. B. OSBORNE then gave notice of his intention, upon the first opportunity, to bring the claims of these officers before the House. BONDED SUGAR. Mr. G. THOiIYSON wished, pursuant to notice, to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the re fined sugars of our bonded sugar refiners will be alloived to pay the same rate of duty levied on Dutch refined sugar, on delivery from the dock or a bonded warehouse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not by law the power to do what the Hon. Member referred to, but he proposed to introduce a Bill on a future occa sion to enable him to do so. CORN TRADE. Mr. STUART moved, pursuant to notice, for a re turn of the names of till persons to whom duties on corn imported previously to the Ist day of March, 1846, and entered for home consumption subsequently to that date, have been remitted, and. the amounts remitted to each person ; and copy of any opinion of the Attorney or Solicitor-General on the question whether duty was paid on corn imported before the Ist day of March, 1848, and entered for home consumption subsequently to that day, with the dates of any such opinion. The How. MEMBgn also moved for copies of any cor respondence, Treasury or other minutes and warrants, relative to the remission of duties on 214,000 quarters of grain, &c., imported previous but entered for home con sumption subsequent to the Ist day of March, 1848. — Agreed to. CHAPLAINCY OF MADEIRA. On the motion of_Mr,DISRABLI, certain correspond• ence between her Majesty's Government and the Bishop of London with respect to the chaplaincy of Madeira were ordered. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Lord G. BENTINCIi wished to know from the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, whether he would have any objection to , lay, on the table of the Uouse the memorial and the petitions of St. John's and New Bruns wick relative to the navigation-laws. Mr. LABOUCHERE as we understood, declined to accede to the Noble Lord's request. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to ask the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had made up his mind as to the course that ,he intended to pursue with respect to the difficulties which had arisen in the way of carrying out the sugar duties ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he proposed to move the insertion of certain words in the Sugar. Bill to obviate the difficulty. FO REIGN AFFAIRS. • Mr: C. s'ANSTEY said he had given the Noble Lord...the Secretary -tee --- Foreign -Affairs notice of his intention to put a'question' to him relative to a correspondence which had. taken place with the Italian authorities; but as the Noble Lord was not in his place, he begged leave -to put the question to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It would be re membered that two months ago the Noble Lord promised to procure the correspondence which had taken place with; the Italian, Government with respect to the late revolution in the Italian States, to see whether anrportion of it could' be laid before the House. The question he wished to ask, was, whether the Noble LOrd had procured the correspondence, and whether they might expect to see any of it laid upon the table before the end of the session? The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER was unable to answer the t question, but his Noble Friend would be in his place soon, when the Hon. Gentleman would have an opportunity of repeating the question. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.- Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the M6nber for Taniworth a question of which he had given him notice, namely, whether he in• tended to introduce any Bill this session to amend the law commonly known as Peel's 'law for ,the trial of Con troverted Elections. , Sir ROBERT PEEL said he had no intention to in troduce any such Bill. SALARIES OF THE - GOVERNMENT. - Colonel SIBTLIORP said, he , wished to know whether all the members .0f , the Government were in receipt of their fall salaries. No answer was given to this question. IRISH SAVINGS' BANKS. In answer to a question from an HoN. MEMBER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inti mated, that since be had announced his intention to in troduce a Bill to amend the law relating to savings' banks in Ireland, the draft of a Bill had been submitted to him, but it required to have some slight alterations made in its provisions. He hoped, however, that he should be soon in a position to intro duce it into the House. Mr. REYNOLDS begged it to be understood that he had not withdrawn, but had atilji postponed, his Bill en this subject. CONSOLIDATED FUND (3,000,0001.) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion being put for bringing up the report on this Bill, Mr. NAPIER rose to Move the insertion of the amendments of which he had given notice. The Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by the appear ance at the bar of Mr. BERNAL, whb . Stated that the House of Lords had agreed to have a conference with respect to the amendments made by their Lordships in the Destitute Poor (Ireland) Bill, and had appointed that the same should take place immediately in the Conference Chamber. Several members *ere then appointed to attend the conference. On their return, Sir G. GREY intimated that the conference on the part of the House 118.4 delivered to their Lordships their reasons for disagreeing with the amendments, which had been made by their Lordships in the Bill. Mr. NAPIER continued, and proceeded to contend that the effect of the glause which he proposed to omit would be to enable a person who had a judgment of 201. upon a landowner, to sell the property out and out, with out giving notice to any other person who had a claim upon it. Without the protecting care of the Court of Chancery such must be the effect, and the fact was that any man who had a good claim would have recourse to the first set of clauses, and go through the Court of Chancery in the regular manner, while the man who had a bad claim would have recourse to the second set of clauses, which would free him of the Court of Chancery. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, after commenting upon these clauses iti'detail, proceeded to say, that under them a tenant for life, who had a judgment hang in g over the smallest portion of an estate, might sell the whole, to the prejudice of the rights of those who had future claims upon it. He did not.require any power from the Court to enable him to do so, and might thus, by collu sion with others, deprive all future claimants of their rights and interest in the property. He thought this was a most dangerouSkind of legislation for property of any description, but it was peculiarly reprehensible in the case of land, a de.cription of property, as it was the most valuable, required to be surrounded with the best securities. He did not accuse the parties who introduced these clauses of any intention to injure the rights or interests of future claim ants upon estates, they were of too high and honour.. able a character to have done so intentionally; but look ing at the whole scope and bearing of the codicil they had added to the Bill as it came from the Lords, he con sidered that it was most dangerous. It could not, if carried, be otherwise than injurious to landed property in Ireland, and looking at the care and legal learning which had been bestowed on the first part of the Bill in the other House of Parliament, it could scarcely be ex pected that their Lordships would agree to such addi tions as those contained in the second set of clauses. He would ask whether, under these circumstances, it was wise to provoke a collision on such a question ? Ile considered the provisions of many of these clauses to contain a general attack upon property in Ireland. It was, in his opinion, most unwise to let loose such powers. There was no object to be gained by it com mensurate with, or compensating for, the risk—there was no saving of expense—there was no protection against fraud or collusion, against contingent rights. For these reasons he protested against that part of the Bill. He admitted that it was desirable to intro duce changes in the management of land iu Ire land ; but they must go slowly to work. If they did so, and agreed to co-operate together, they would be enabled gradually to lay the foundation of a better system of things. It was not good policy to encou rage unreasonable expectations of immediate benefits to be derived from specific legislative measures. Such expectations were, in almost all cases, certain to be dis appointed and they ought therefore to have the courage to do what was right, uninfluenced by popular clamour. The Hon. and Learned Member concluded by moving that the Bill be recommitted. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in defending the Bill, re-stated its objects, and the intent of the provisions ob• jected to by the Hon. and Learned Member. The state of Ireland was such a very peculiar one with reference to landed property, that it would justify measures which might startle those who were accustomed to the or dinary proceedings in our own courts of law and jus tice. But he had .not acted on that principle in training these clauSes. There was nothing in them, or in this Bill, which was not based upon analagous processes in the courts of this country. One thing they proposed to deal with was conveyances. In Ireland I Captain PECHELL piFsented a petition from Mt licensed victuallers at Brighton against the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Bill for altering the law with respect to the sale of spirits; also a petition from the brewers of Brighton against the same Bill, and complaining of the liability of licensed victuallers to have' soldiers billeted upon them, and praying that they might be exempted from the payment of window-tax. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition from shipowners at Montrose against any new burden being placed upon the shipping interest at this particular period, and pray ing that the Merchant Seamen's Bill might not be passed into a law. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES. Lord R. GROSVENOR said, in consequence of the " count out " on Tuesday last, he was unable to bring forward his motion with respect to the repeal of the duty upon attorneys' certificates, and intimated that he should now defer bringing the subject before the House until next session. COMMUNICATION WITH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES. Mr. MONSELL presented a petition from the county of Limerick, stating that the port of Limerick presented the best and most eligible station that could be selected for a system of communication between Great Britain and Ireland, and America and the West Indies, and praying that it might be fixed upon for the departure of the American and West Indian mail packets. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from Jamaica complaining r. wcAnDoftEheumteasures passed by the Government with respect to that island. Mr. presented a petition on behalf of the Brazilian Association at Liverpool, stating that they viewed with great alarm the proposition of the Govern ment for the admission of foreign refined sugar, which they considered would seriously injure British refiners. AUDIT OFFICE. , Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would renew his notice fur copies of returns with respect to the Audit Office on the Bth of August next. NEW BOROUGHS. Mr. HUME said, as he understood it was necessary to introduce a Bill into Parliament in order to transfer the two Members who were formerly elected for Sudbury, to the district of Chelsea, Knightsbridge, and Fulham, he should be obliged to postpone bringing the subject under the attention of the House until next session. H e would give .notice to bring it before the House on an early day next session. DISTURBANCES IN EDINBURGH. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice that he would call the cost of conveyances was so great, as virtually to Mr. J. STEWART believed the great evil of Ireland prevent all sales of small estates. What was the effect? was the want of a sufficient tenure of land, but, in his Why, that the number of landed proprietors in all Ire- opinion, there never was a Bill framed more calculated to hula was only 8,000, while half a century ago it was continue, and even add to thatevil,as the present measure. estimated that there were 200,000 owners of land in It was well known that:holders of land there did nut de- this country.—(dear, hear.) Then with respect to sales under the second set of clauses, the provision clauses merely amounted to this, that sales were to take place with the consent of all parties interested, without the previous concurrence of the Court, and the moneys obtained from the sale should be paid into the country for the benefit of all claimants upon the estate. As to the objection that a tenant for life could sell an estate, avid thus deprive others of their rights who had con tingentclaims, there wereprovisions which precluded him from doing so, and, besides, when the estates were sold, all the rights and interests in them ,were transferred to the money in the Court which became its representative. Besides, a surveyor was to be appointed by the Lord- Lieutenant—a Government officer, in fact, whose duty it would be to certify that the price offered was a fair one to pay for the land; and taking the whole of the provisions against fraud, he felt satisfied that under these clauses they would be of the fewest and rarest de scription. According to the wish of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Napier), the expenses which he would wish to fall on the lands would fall on those whom he desired to pro tect, and thus a very serious injury would be inflicted on those incapable of bearing such, and whom, according to his amendment, he seemed desirous to protect. He con sidered that no good could be done to Ireland unless there was an opportunity given to sell the land, for thus. and thus only would a middle class be established, and and thus will the land be emancipated, which is essen tially necessary to the well-being of that country. For instance, he would say, that if land could be sold by ' divisions ot one hundred acres or more, that the ai -1 terest of the country, and the condition of the people would be greatly advanced. He hoped that the mea sure, would be agreed to, because be felt assured that it would prove advantageous to the interest of Ireland. He would wish that this measure should be extended, in a great measure, to this country. ; though he should at the same time say, that such a measure was not so much required for England, considering her cir cumstances. He hoped that the measure would be agreed to, because he sincerely believed that it would work well for the benefit of Ireland. Mr. SADLIEII, said that he should support the amend ment of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Napier), for he con sidered that this amendment would change the character of the measure very advantageously, both to the pro prietor and to the purchaser of land in Ireland. He thought it very wrong to confer upon every description of incumbrancer, as well as upon the owner, the dan gerous power of proceeding to the sale of the pro perty by private contract, under circumstances to which he had already adverted, and without any check or control on the part of the Court. Under the operation of this Act, the negative search for judg ments would proceed as heretofore; but in this respect, as well as in the obtainment cf an account of costs in a plenary suit, and in others, he conceived that the cost of the working of the process wculd more than counter balance any incidental advantage. There were 3,000,000 of people in Ireland occupying holdings under eight acres, and there were 663,235' farms in the country under fifteen acres. Something ought surely to bo done with reference to this matter. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government was constantly vibrating be tween the abolition and the maintenance of those small holdings.- But he appeared never to-have - made up his mind as to what was the best course to be pursued. He believed that though great exertions were being made to sell land in Ireland, under the most favourable cir . cumstances, that purchasers could not be found for small lots. The Bill proposed to repeal the statute of limits tioni, and in this respect 'he believed it would inflict great injury upon infants and others claiming under an obscure or loosely made will. Mr. NEWDEGATE said, that however the Bill might work in Ireland, he should be sorry to see it ex tended to England; and Hon. Gentlemen would utterly sacrifice their regard for the rights of property, if they sanctioned such a proposition. The fact of the case was, that if they commenced upon that principle, they would not well know where to stop. He was willing to assist in meeting the case of Ireland, by facilitating the enactment of any measure sanctioned by, the experience of the House of Lords ; but as he thought the Lords would not sanction the present one, he felt it his bounden duty to vote with the Hon. Member for. Mr. FAGAN said he felt.encouragedU address the • House by what had fallen from the last speaker, not withstanding the many legal technicalities which sur rounded the question. He approved much of the mea sure;' and hoped his Hon. end Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General, would persevere with it until it be came the law of the land. The laud was the great source from which peace, plenty, and employment were to be expected; but how could it yivld them unless it were emancipat ed from the burdens which oppressed it? The question was, which of the two portions of the Bill were best adapted to produce this useful state of things? He would venture to say, that the first portion of the Bill, which had coa.e dawn from the House of Lords was so incurnbered as to be totally inoperative. It would be better and more respectful to the people of Ireland to introduce no measure at all. Let them protect owners and remainder-men as Muck as possible, but'never lose sight of the great object they professed to have in view. . Colonel .DUNNE was or opinion that' property in Ireland ought to be treated in the same manner and on the same principles as property in England.. He thought that any measure that went to a-confiscation of property was bad. He considered that that part of the icheme.which proposed the sale of land in Ireland, in small portions, was objectionable, and that no greater evil could be inflicted on the holders of property than a compulsory measure of this kind.—(Hear.) The Honourable Mem ber for Carlow- had gone so fully and clearly into the whole subject, and had so exposed its injustice, and re futed the arguments advanced in. favour of it by the Attorney-General, and other Honourable. Gentlemen, that it-was unnecessary for him to enter into the details of the Bill. He thought that the introduction of the measure into Ireland would prove a fertile source of litigation in that country. He could not but advert to one assertion that had been made in connexion with this subject—namely, that the disturbances about land in Ireland was one of the main causes of the disquiet in that country; but he was enabled, from knowledge, to say that that was not the case, and that the main cause of disturbances in Ireland was attributable to bad go vernment.—(flear, hear.) Mr. W. P. WOOD referred to the grounds upon which the measure appeared to have been introduced. The object of it, as it struck his mind, was to give effi cient legal rights and remedies to thosewho had positive legal rights. It had been detailed to the House that there were many estates in Ireland, the rental of which yielded eight or ten thousand pounds a year, but upon the improvement of which even 2001. a year were seldom laid out.—(Hear, hear.) Now that was one of the grievances connected with incumbered estates in Ireland. Another grievance connected with the incutnbered estate was the difficulties which were thrown in the way of the sale of them by the operation of the Court of Chancery —which required that a man must sell off the whole of his estate in order to get rid of the incumbrances, in stead of allowing him to sell as much of it as he might think necessary. The object of the present Bill was mainly to obviate the inconvenience. With respect to the allegations about fraud, he thought that the present measure was well adapted to guard against that. He con sidered that the assertion that the measure would lead to a state of things such as that in France as connected with Communism, was unfounded. The grand object of the Bill is to prevent the property from being wasted in Chancery, and have the power of selling it in a more expeditious manner. The Bill will give a summary mode of proceeding. The incumbrancers in Ireland had not the interests of the owners of land, and con sidering the state of Ireland this seemed to him to be the most remedial measure for the country yet pro posed. Mr. HENLEY said there was no difference of opinion as to the propriety of doing something to facilitate the object contemplated in this Bill, but the question was whether this Bill would be effectual for that purpose, and whether it would not do more harm than good. He very much doubted whether it would facilitate the sale of estates, but thought they were chalking out a longer course. He thought that it would have been better to have left this difficult and complicated matter • rive from the owners in ft e, generally speaking, but had leases from third parties, which was, almost on all occa• sions, studiously concealed. He should support the Bill, it it gave a purchaser the power of treating with the tenantry, as deriving for himself, and if they sold other wise, they had leases, sub-leases, and a variety of exist ing relations between occupiers and owners of land, which would throw the whole country into a state of the utmost confusion and litigation in a degree beyond all calcula tion. Suppose there was an incumbrance of an estate created by himself. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL.—Then he can't sell. Mr. STEWART—If that were the interpretation given by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin, who held so distinguished a position at the Irish bar, held a different opinion. The purpose of the Act, if it had any object at all, was to enable persons, who at least thought they had an interest in th*-ir estates, to sell that interest. But the present Bill created new litigation; for the Ist and 10th clauses, which threw the proceedings into the Court of Chancery, would create years and years of litigation, and ulti mately swallow up the entire land of Ireland in law proceedings. There was no man in England better able to form an opinion on such a subject than the present Lord Chancellor of England; but if all the proceedings were to be thrown into the Court of Chancery, he, for one, would not believe the Noble Lord had any band in drawing it up. There was not a man, not even an Irish man--(Laughter, and .` Order")—who would purchase an estate which was open to litigation as it would be under this Bill. • Mr. MAUNSELL said that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who last addressed the House, said he, did not object to the Bill as it came down from the House of Lords, but his .objoctions to it arose from the alteration made in it. by the lion.' and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General. Yet the arguments used by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman were against the 28th clause of the Bill, which was inserted in the Bill in the House of Lords.. In his opinion, the Bill, as now framed, Would greatly facilitate the sale of incurnbered estatei.in Ire land. It was a fact, that the pressure upon the tenants in Ireland, arose from -the pecuniary difficulkes: of the landlords of that country; 'and it was the duty of the House to afford every means by which this eysteth should.be altered. It would tend to the good Of the tenants as well as to the landlords themselves. He re gretted to hear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had• expressed his determination to oppose the proposi tion of the Hon, and Learned Member for liilinarnock, in relation to the abolition of the duties on the sale of small proprieties. Ho trusted the Hon. and Learned Member would persevere in his motion on this subject. The House then divided, when there appearecr— For the amendment Against it Majority - 1(s Sir G. HAMILTON moved the insertion of a clause : " Whereas doubts are entertained whether, when a judg ment affects landi in Ireland, and when the person en titled to such judgment is willing to release's portion of such lands . in order to the sale thereof or otherwise, he can grant such release without nullifying the effect or validity of such judgment upon the residue - thereef, or any other property which it is intend e d s h ou ld remain subject to such judgment, and whereas it is- expedient that such doubts be removed, be it enacted, that the re lease of any portion of lands in Ireland from any judg ment affecting the same, shall not operate or be con strued to extend or operate, so as to nullify, or in any manner to affect the validity and force of such judgment as regards the residue of such lands, or any other pro perty not specially released from such judgment ; but that such judgment shall continue to affect such residue or other property, notwithstanding- such release, in like manner, and with the like powers to enforce'payment of interest and principal, and to all intents and purposes as if such deed of release had not been executed." After a few words from the SOLICITOR-GENE RAL, the clause was agreed to. Mr. SAI?LIER moved several verbal amendments, which were also agreed to. The report was then brought up, and the Bill ordered to be re-printed. • CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. The order of the day for the second reading Of ,this Bill having been read, Colonel SIBTHORP moved as an amend. It that th .menu ,tat Bill be read a second time that day six months• Inde pendent of - the - objections, - he'conaidefed - thatat this period of the session it would be utterly Impbslible to. carry the measure,, which ought to , have .full s , firm`;` and complete eonsideratiOn before it- became - :the - lavrof the land. He was- very anxi ous t o k now w h en they were, to have the budget, which he regarded as of greater importance than the Bill soughtt to be smuggled through Parliament by the Govern ment, than whom there existed not a more incompetent, hollow, and treacherous set of men.. Froth the com mencement of the present session about .. sev'enty t ou,hlic Bills bad been introduced, and forty-four Bills by pri vate,. Members, of which fifteen had:been withdrawn, many of . them of infinitely-more importance than the Corrupt Practices at Elections The - goti:"aud Gallant Gentleman 'having Owl - aerated : the Government measures abandoned .this session, described the Corrupt 'Practices at Elections Bill as, partial inits operatiOnOn complete in its arrangements, complicated,: in its-,ma chinery,. end_involving the principle of second trial for the same offence.. .He. should, no matter what support he received; feel it his - dutrth divide:the llouselig a vant the Bill. • • • - • - Mr. HOBLlOUSE'Secondedthe amendment. • Mr. liAlltEs "Concurred in much, that had fallen from the Hots. and Gallant Gentleman, but could not support the amendment, for he felt - that . ' the Bill was ,, if not what they might desire, at ,least, in the main-prin ciple, deserving of approval. .There were some of its details to which -be couldnot assent; but _to - the present stage of the Bill ho should give his vote. With regard to some of the.places named in the schedule, he was not aware of the demerits which had placed them there. He regretted that under the Noble'Lord's Reform Bill bri- bevy and corruption had become more common -theta under the old system, and he also regretted the Noble Lord had not earlier turned his attention to the sUbjeet. He now, however, had no doubt but they would be able to put an end to this -great evil, although he was sure that the Noble Lord could not think of bringing his measure into operation during the present session. Mr. C. ANSTEY thought at that late hour of the• night, in the presence of an impatient assembly, this was too important' ti measure to be brought on. The House was not in a temper to discuss so important a measure.—(Oh, oh!) And h e wou l d, therefore, move the adjournment of the debate.—(oh, oh!) Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman the Member for Lincoln had repre sented him as being exceedingly anxious to bring for ward this Bill ; but the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman the Member for Dorsetshire had much more correctly represented him, when the Honourable and Learned Gentleman said that he was very unwilling to make himself responsible for this measure at that late period of the session. In fact, for many years past, he had taken a very prominent part in these inquiries, and knowing the invidious nature of a measure of this kind. he had felt more unwilling than otherwise he would have done is bringing it forward. He thought that on a subject of this kind it was desirable to obtain as much agreement in the House as possible.—(llear, hear.) He thought that the measure which he now proposed was sufficient for the purpose in view, and he thoroughly believed the Hon. and Gallant Member who opposed the Bill did not at all wish to promote cor rupt practices or bribery at elections.—(Hear, hear.) With a view of obtaining as much agreement in the House as possible on the subject, ho bad framed the Bill in its present shape.—(Hear, hear.) As be really thought that he had beau so tar successful, and as he believed that the Hon. and Learned Member op posite (Mr. Batikes) and his party were willing to defer their objections to the Bill until the House got into Committee upon it, he thought that it was not a reason able course to move an aljournment at that stage. — (Hear, hear.) It might be unfortunate that he bad to move the second reading of this Bill on the 20th of July, but if such a course of opposition were persevered in, he would have to move the second reading at a much later period.—(liear, hear.) Mr. HUDSON said he had objected to the p to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who would have made rules and orders much more effectual than the machi nery of this Bill, for efft teing the objects contemplated. He should support the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin. Mr. BLACKALL said he also agreed with the views of the lion. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Dublin. What they wanted in It-eland was a facility to sell property, and the power of transfer more easy. There were two points which at this time grievously afflicted Ireland; one, the small proprietors, who were the worst landlords in that country; and the other the middlemen, who were, if possible, worse; and yet these were the two classes they proposed to perpetuate. On that account, and although approving of many clauses in the Bill, he should certainly support the motion the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin, that the Bill be recommitted. facilities in Mr. VILLIERS supported the Bill. All admittedlre- that it was absolutely necessary to give Ire land for the sale of property ; and yet, although t the Bill proposed to do so, the Hon. M ember for Warwick shire opposed it on the ground that it would cotnrntt an in;ustice, inasmuch as it disregarded the interests of those who were remainder men, or held reversionary interests. E i n o a b s G e h r tri v e e c i l e t n h t a d t ewgrheaet thehe saidh rights a o s t , , that it d N id ES n V o p t protect EGAT property. Mr. VILLIERS resumed. The Bill provides suffi ciently for all classes ; and for his own part he believed that every manufacturing district, and almost every town were deeply interested in the passing of th e in Engla nd, Bill, inasmuch as they were heavily taxed to support the poor Irish in this country. He was of opinion the measure before the House was one of the best ever in troduced for the benefit of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The great evil there was that land was entirely neglected, and that the proprietors of property had no money to cul tivate or improve it. Such being the case, and knowing as they did that the land was sufficient to support more than double its population, if it were properly cultivated, he could see no reason why such a measure should be opposed by the evidence or Captain Kennedy, the agent of Lord Devon. This was fully proved, and when they talk of emigration, and sending away the people, they ought rather to enrich themselves by keeping them at home, and giving them plenty of employment. There was enough of capital for the purpose, even in Ireland, for it was notorious that, even during the famine, money in abundance from that country had been sent over, and invested in this. From all these facts he was surprised how any Hon. Gentleman could fur a moment hesitate in supporting the Bill, tormer Bill on this subject, and he also objected to the present. Not that he was opposed to inquiry, but because the in quiry proposed was partial in its operation. If they were anxious for inquiry, let each Member produce's re turn of the money spent at his election—(Laughter)— whether by himself, his committee, or his agents, and then after examining these, they could easily judge what boroughs or counties were liable to be placed upon the . schedule attached to the Bill, and what were not. Hu was himself quite prepared to give in such a return.— (Ilsar, hear.) Let the Noble Lord at the head of the Government do the same, and let other Hon. Members follow that example, and then there would be no dif ficulty whatever in finding out the guilty places. Should they adopt that course they would have his support, but he would not give his countenance to a partial inquiry, such as that demanded.--(hear, hear). Mr. W. MILES supported the second reading of the Bill. Ile believed such a Bill exceedingly necessary. He did not agree with the former measures on the sub ject, but he was ready to give the Noble Lord his sup port on the principle of the present measure. He did not wonder that the Hon. and Gallant Member for Line coln (Colonel Sibthorp) should not like the Bill, as the borough he represented was included in the schedule, as it was one of the defaulters. There was, to be sure, no gross corruption practised in it, but there was a system of " free and easier" kept up, which looked somewhat suspicious. —(Laughter.) But what they had to look to was prevention for the future; and thinking that the present Bill would have that effect, he would vote for the second reading. Mr. NESVDEGATE rose amid loud cries of " Divide and withdraw." He was understood to request Mr. Anstey to withdraw his motion of adjournment. Mr. ANSTEI.7 said, his reason for the postponement was, that when he rose to address the House he was met by a species of noise from the Treasury Bench which be should not attempt to characterise.—(Laughter.) Were he now allowed to proceed, he should state his views on the pi inciple of the measure as briefly as pos sible.—(Cries of "Go on, go on.") The present mea sure was said to be founded on the report of certain Committees. These Committees, it was said, had not fully examined into the corrupt practices which it was alleged had prevailed in the places referred to in the schedule attached to the Bill. But why did not the Noble Lord instruct his Atterney or Solicitor General to institute an inquiry into those facts when they were made aware of them? His not doing so showed that be ' was not anxious to scrutinise into those matters, more particularly as most of the Members against whom such corrupt practices were alleged swelled the Ministeciill