The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

tbirb labition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The New York packet-ship, Fidelia, Capt. Yeat4 has arrived. She sailed on the 16th ultimo, one d ay -.later than the John R. Skiddy, which reached t his port on Monday afternoon. Although the news frc.x.a the United States is meagre and unimportant, ' the intelligence from Mexico will be perused with it z*e rest and attention. The steam-ship Cambria had not arrived out at New York when the Fidelia sailed. The Fid€ tilia does not bring any specie. MEXICO. An arrival from Vera Cruz, at New Orleans, brin g intelligence that the attack made by the guerillas o n Colonel Briscoe, of the United States army, and a small party under his command, had been successf to a certain extent, inasmuch as the former captur I the mules belonging to the Americans, and burn e d most of the waggons. Colonel Briscoe was compel! f-4:1 to leave his killed and wounded behind him, and int ,Le Ids way to Cordova. The latest advices from the city of Queretaro st ate that all was quite there, and that the idea of epe( dy peace was the all-engrossing topic with the people of all classes. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There is not any striking news under this hero 1. The New York Express of the 16th contains the f lowing : Freights are very dull. Cotton is taken to Liverpo st 5-32 d, Grain sd. Exchange on England is dull t.t 1091 to 1094. The money market is tight. Stocks have fallen c and there is less disposition to purchase. By the last official return of the Secretary of t Treasury, viz., 21st February, the amount then • an hand subject to draft, in all the Sub-Treasuri vitas only 2,097,188 dolls.; the amount in ti its city was 188,499 dolls. This is running the balant 'es down very c:ose. It shows one thing pretty deal that, although the Government may receive a lar k ; e amount of specie, it cannot keep it long. In this city t! i a balance has at certain periods run up to two millior a;, but its vaults have reta!ned it but a short period. T a-e Government can now afford to run its balances clot er tan usual, as they can turn their stocks into morn instantly. A large amount of money has been lying idle to . 1 al , investedin the loan of the Government , an d the putt.. 7.. not being successful, are now directing the amount other objects. A large batch of merc hants' paper w. taken to-day at nine per cent. per annum. BELGIUM. The Brussels Emancipation of Tuesday contains a variety of information on the affairs of the continen of which, however, the greater portion has bee 11 anticipated. It appears that the tumultuary pr( )- ceedings at Ghent and elsewhere have temporaril y subsided, although Lars were entertained of renewe 6isturbances on Monday evening, when the opera,. tives out of work were expected to assemble in th 13 place publique. On Monday, the KING received a deputation is f Belgian boatmen, who complained that they cool cl not obtain any employment in consequence of thli e commercial crisis. His MAJESTY replied that Ei would examine their demand with the most scrupu. lous attention, and that it should be referred to am consideration of the Government. Many Germans, Pales, and Italian refugees le Belgium on Monday and Tuesday, taking the direc tion of Rhenish Prussia. They were decorated wit I the national cockades of their respective countries. At the sitting of the Chambers on the 31st ult., thi Minister of War laid on the table a project of law for: the granting of an extraordinary credit of 9,000,000. E • From the tables annexed to the exposé of the Minister., it. appears that the grand total increase of the effectiv 4' force amounts to 23,740 men and 2,000 horses. ITALY. We have letters of the 30th ult. from our corre spondent in the city of Milan. The King of SAn at the head of nearly 20,000 regular troops, was close to Marshal RADETSICY, in the vicinity or Crema ; and if the latter means to fight an engage ment so imminent, our correspondent believe s; that the Marshal must capitulate. Venice has re nounced the Republic, agreed to follow the exampl t' of Milan, and wait till the Austrians be expelled t diicuss the future form of government, so hav , ! Brescia, Bergamo, Como, Lodi, Creme, , .Pavia Sondai, and other towns. The barricades of Mile)] are removed.—Times. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The National Convention re-assembled this morning: at nine o'clock ; Mr. P. M'Grath in the chair. The Government reporters sent yesterday again at•. tended this morning. The hall was crowded to excess. The CHAIRMAN requested the delegates to abstain: from the expression of such terms as were but too, commonly indulged in yesterday in reference to his own, particular duty, which had been designated as harsh and! despostic. He would endeavour to fulfil his duties im-. partially and fairly, and give every man a fair hearing.. ADDRESS TO THF. COUNTRY. Mr. KYDD then brought forward a motion that an. address be issued to the country, laying before the, working classes the social condition of the labouring men throughopt the empire, and the necessity that exists for improved legislation on the part of the Govern-. meat. _ _ _ Mr. FUSSELL seconded the motion. Mr. FRANCIS and other delegates supported the motion. Mr. CUFFAY did not see that any necessity existed for the promulgation of such an address. The condition of the working classes was well known, and it seemed to him that it would be premature to issue it (even if thought otherwise advisable) before Monday or Tuesday, when they would be better able to say whether or not it would be necessary at all. Mr. Clarke, Mr. Ernest Jones, and Mr. Gleniston supported the proposition. After some discu3sion, the proposition was carried, and a committee was appointed to prepare the address, consisting of the following delegates, Ham West, Doyle, Marsden, G rant, L-acb, nd Wild, FROST. WILLIAMS, AND JONES. 1 Mr. FEARCUS O'Cossoa wished to know what peti tions were received, or preparing, i n t h e diff erent districts praying for the restoration of Fr os t, Wi lliams, anu Jones? He also moved that a committee, consisting of three persons, be appointed to prepare a petition to be signed by the members of the Convention for the same purpose. The following were named as the committee:_ Messrs. Reynolds, Wild, and Dixon. RESOLUTIONS OF TUE CHARTIST EXECUTIVE. Mr. Clarke then read a series of resolutions proposed by the Executive Council to be adopted by the demo crats throughout the country, in the event of the petition being refused. The first resolution—That in the event of the petition being refused, her Majesty be memorialised to dismiss from her councils her present Ministers, and to call to her aid men whose principles would be in consonance with the people's charter. Mr. WHEELER seconded the resolution. Mr. ADAMS, by way of amendment, proposed that the Conference should consider the steps necessary to be taken previous to the presentation of the petitioe. He thought it would be premature to think that the petition would be rejected at all. In the event of its rejection lee would be prepared to go on with the majority of the Convention, were it even to the scaffold. Mr. Ctereez said that the sub-committeead in London HattPrepared the ceremonial required for conveying the petiti m e . o , co en to the Houses of Parliament. this or.casion.l'lllrt said that he had not been idle on 20 feet 4 incheysttnloene had prepared two carriages, one for the conve g, decorated with flags and mottoes, the carrying of the of .the deputation, and another for 12 horses. Petition. These would be drawn by Mr. W EIEELEn thought, issued to the shopkeepers oten--''toletanaddres s should be them of the determination line of route,assuring every exertion fur shut Convention to use h ops durin g propert i t., e bpuastsirneg commending them totheir s t ' °t. of the procession. Mr. ERNEST JONES thought that _c,i.eil,,goapt:sloodieuri t e adv iin e t. srldress which recommended that tl t i l :. a- J or tlon of the shut should be withdrawn. Several the same request, and gtdoo nwthenaselves Mr. WHEELER expressed his readiness Mr. M'CAuzur objected to their t 4 kir a , the duty ofithe police. These were tee tion cf the lieges, and be thought that)i thle;slithoeulpdtb3s all )wed to conduct their own duties. The proposition for an address was carried with two dissentienevoices. On.y Mr. WILD reminded the Conference that by taking motions handed in by delegates, they were throwing the resolutions proposed by the Executive. aside Mr. CLARKE again read the res o l u ti on which had been aside by the introduction of Mr. Wheeler's motion,f and moved that it be adopted. Mr. WHEELER seconded the proposition. Mr. REYNOLDS thought they should have no more submission, no more procrastination. If the p eople ' s petition were rejected they should consider it a declara tion of war against the country ; constitute themselves is people's Parliament, and if necessary copy the example of that Parliament that sat in the reign of Charles I.— (llea , r, hear.) He was therefore opposed to this resolu. tion, and proposed instead that the conference should be permanent. Mr. CUFFAY supported the amendmeue execu tiye shrank from the responsibility imposed upon WEER now that the crisis was come, instead of being prepared, as they ought to have been, to lead the Chartists of the country to the death if nediessary. Mr. BRONTERRE O'BRIEN dissented both from the programme and the mode of Mr. Reynolds' amendment. He maintained that they only represented a small section of the people of this country. There were vast numbers of the working classes who placed no dependence npon Mr. O'Connor or himself. These men should be in vited to join them, and for that purpose he proposed that this Conference should be held to be only the pre cursor of a truly national convention to be called at some future time. Mr. LoWRY seconded the amendment proposed by Mr. O'Brien.—(Hisses.) Mr. FEARGIIS O'Cortwon denied that the Executive desired to shrink from any responsibility that might attach to them. So far from it, he declared that he was prepared to abide by the decisions of the majority of this Conference. The object of the Executive was not to retard or delay this movement, but to secure and strengthen it. Did he wish to retard this movement ? Was be not to be found always in the front of danger ? Would be not be the first mark for the finger of the law, or the mark of the enemy ? Some men looked to posthumous fame rather than to the ease of an ignominious life, and so help him God, he would rather die a martyr than live a slave.—(Cheers.) He prayed them now, and he felt that he could beg it on his knees, not to damage their good cause by any pre mature step, which might be found irretrievable. Mr. CHILD rose to move a third amendment—That the motion now before the Conference be adjourned till after Monday next. Mr. DONOVAN supported the original motion. Mr. TATTERSALL said that this question was more important than many members there seemed to consider it. It was simply a question of peace or war. If they said war, were they prepared for this ? Lord John Russell was, to all intents and purposes, king of England, Scotland, Ireland, and W ales, for the Queen would not oppose his and the Cabinet's wishes. Were the Conference, then, prepared to thrust themselves forward in opposition to the Government. He represented Lancashire, and he knew that the lads of Lancashire, if the petition were rejected, would say, " We'll fight for it;" but he did not wish this. He would, therefore, move another amendment:—" That the people should hold meetings over the country on the 12th of April, to consider their present circumstances, and to give instructions to the Conference for their future guidance." Mr. LINNEY seconded the amendment. Mr. E. JUNES moved onother amendment—" That in the event of the petition being rejected, the people should hold !simultaneous meetings to demand the disso lution of Parliament and the dismissal of Ministers ; to elect delegates to a now Convention, and to instruct this conference to sit permanently until the meeting of the new National Convention." Mr. CLARKE seconded the amendment. Mr. STEPHENSON supported it. He protested against any sacrifice of human blood when they were not pre pared to carry out their intentions successfully. Mr. LUNN supported Mr. Tattersali's amendment. Mr. ERNEST JONES, Mr. SHIRRON, and other dele gates, supported the amendment proposed by Mr. Jones. The Conference afterwards adjourned. At the re•assembling of the Convention, at half•pnst two o'clock, the discusbion on the resolutions and amend ments before the Conference was resumed, and each delegate who i addressed the meeting gave his reasons for supporting one or other of these. Towards the conclusion of the sitting Mr. 'Tattersall and Mr. Child withdrew their amendments, ::nd gave in their adhesion to that proposed by Mr. Ernest Junes. Mr. CLARKE withdrew the resolution proposed by .he Executive, and accepted instead the same amendment. The whole series of resolutions as amended was after wards agreed to. The Conference then adjourned till to-morrow at nine o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV - NING, APRIL 6, 1848. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET DAY.) The annual meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was this day held at the London Tavern, for the purpose o f transacting the ordinary business of the company . The chair was taken at one o'clock by A. Colville, Esq. The notice convening the meeting having been read, the Secretary proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that there had been an increase both upon the receipts and expenditure during the past year. The charges for cost, freight,] and other expenses for coal, as well as those for wages, port charges, and pilot age, coal sacks, and office and law expenses, although with an augmented business, were in the aggregate 6241. ss. 6d. less in 1847 than in the preceding year. On the credit side of this account there was a decrease in the homeward freight, arising from diminished ship- 1 ment of specie in Mexico, and there was less receipt from intercolonial and homeward passage-money, which was also chiefly to be attributed to the hostilities in that country. The total receipts, however, from freight and passage. money in 1847, exceeded those of the previous year by 5,8451. 9s. 64. The balance upon the profit and loss account for 1847, after charging the dividend declared in October last, amounted to 74,018 L 13s. 5d., subject to the payment of the forthcoming dividend. New boilers had been re quired for the Severn, new side levers and iron beams for the Avon, as well se extra repairing and materially strengthening the Teviot, amounting in the whole to 13,5651. Bs. 7d., and were charged in the profit and loss account as not being properly chargeable to the working account of the year 1847. By the balance-sheet it would be observed that the sum standing to the credit of the insurance account, after deducting the cost of the Great Western, purchased to supply the place of the Tweed, amounted to 49,9634 is. 2d. The investment on this insurance account, how ever, had not been diminished, amounting on the 31st of December, 1847, to 74,2811. 55., to which was added in January last the sum of 25,0001., making a total of 99,281/. 55., invested in the purchase of 105,8681. 7s. 7d. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock; the general in vestment of 55,0001. remaining as at the end of the year 1846. The directors announced their intention to assimi late the working account, in future, to the method in which the annual accounts were prepared, as the effect of the company's operations would by that means be more distinctly exhibited. Since the last general meeting was held, an arrangement had been made, giving to the West India Colonies a direct monthly postal communication with the Northern States of America, by which the company's operations were extended to New York ; and this new line, cis Bermuda, would be commenced on the 7th of next month. The company, however, were at liberty to dis continue this branch of service, should it be found hereafter that, contrary to expectation, it could not be maintained with advantage." The directors having taken into consideration all the circumstances of the company, recommended that a dividend of 2/. per share, exclusive of;income-tax, the same to be payable on and after the 10th instant. From the statement of accounts laid before the meet ing it appeared that the total receipts of the company for the past year amounted to 412,9621. 73. Bd., the dis bursements to 300,6611. 18s. 10d., leaving a surplus of 112,3001. Bs. 10d. 'The total balance in favour of the company. after deducting loges and extraordinary out lays tor the year 1847, was 99,9881. 13s. sd. The balance in hand from the year 1846 had been appropriated for the payment of the dividend, declared Bth of April, 1847, amounting to 25,9701., and had carried to the credit of the reserved fund, the sum of 56,5941. 153. 11d. The following general balance-sheet was also laid before the meeting:— Da. To eost and outfit of steam-ships, &c., Dec. 31, 1846 ... ... 803,748 13 3 Add the Conway... 39,745 17 11 843,494 11 2 Deduct the Liffey, sold ... •.• 4,000 0 0 .C. 1. d. To stock of coa l s, coal sacks, &c 09 374 0 9 To stock uf boilers, engineers' and other stores ••• •" ••• ••• 21,711 17 8 To London an d Southampton pre mises, Jamaica wharf, and Pacific Treasure houses ... To insurai.ce i nvestment i n Three- 4,591 16 9 and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock ... 74,281 5 0 To general investment ••• ••• 55,000 0 To ships' pending voyages ... ••• 10,081 13 1 To bills receivable and cash balances 39,433 3 1 To Contract money due this day ... 60,000 0 0 £1,133,988 7 6 Cn. s. d. By capital stock, Dec.3l, 1846 £888,835 Arrears of calls recad. in 1847 150 ---- , 0 By dividends unpaid ... 888 ... ••• 3,1 985 34 1 0 3 By insurance account ... ... ... 49,963 1 2 By bills payable and outstanding ac- counts •• By reserve fund By profit, and luss ••• •.. 47,267 15 2 ... 70,619 16 6 ... 74,018 13 5 .£.1,133,988 7 6 The CHAIRMAN moved tho adoption of the report. A PROPRIETOR moved an amendment, to the effect that the dividend be increased to 2/. ss. per share; the motion, however, found no seconder, and of course fell to the ground. Some discussion took place upon the amount of remu neration paid to the managers of the company, after which the report was unanimously agreed to. Masterman and Captain Nelson were re-elected directors of the company; a gentleman was also el ected a dir . c etr in the room of one of the directors who re cor:pa'nyn of d Captain H u i s h as elected auditor of the __The thanks the meeting; were then voted to the Chairm an , and t h e meeting broke up. D A Y . ROUSE OF LORDs.—(THIS ---' The House sat to day to hear appeals. Ti=e Peers dpresent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, an the Earl of Bandon. LAPSLEY AND OTEIERS a. GuERST(,N AND OTDEPS. The arguments in this part heard appeal were re sumed and concluded to• day. The case came before their Lordships upon an appeal against any interlocutor of the Court of Session in Scotland, and the question at issue was whether the appellants were the lawful born children of one John Lapsle Neared th a t i n y, of G lasgow. It ap the year 179 °:;e Willi..ta Lapd a. grocer in Edinburgh, di e d. I n 1792 k .:,, , he had - cuted a tr ust• di sposition and settlement, lay which exe he con voyed his herit a bl e property situat©d in virgin a street, Glasgow, in favour of trustees in behalf of his children, William, Robert, James, and John, in life rent, and to their children in fee and property, equally among them. The sons Robert and James died without leaving any issue. William, the eldest son, settled in Montreal, where he married and died, leaving two children, William and Sarah Agden Lapsley. In February, 1819, these two parties were served and returned nearest and lawful heirs of provi sion to their grandfather under the trust disposi tion. William and Sarah, therefore, their uncle, John Lapsley, not having left any lawful issue, were in feft in the heritable subjects in Virginia-street. In the course of time, the property was purchased of their guardian, with their consent, by the father of the respondent, for 1,4001., and until 1834, the respondent remained in quiet possession, at which period the ap pellants, as the children of John Lapsley, who had died in 1810, claimed an interest in it, and contended that William and Sarah had no title beyond one half. The appellants raised an action of declarator of legiti macy and putting to silence. The respondent, on the other hand, had brought a reduction of the service of the appellants, and in these conjoined pro cesses the judgment appealed from was pronounced. The mother of the appellants, and who was alleged by them to have been the lawful wife of John Lapsley, their father, was a woman of the name of Janet M'Kinlay. This female originally married a baker of the name of Kidd, and upon his death she afterwards united herself to one William Paul, who subsequently went out to the United States, in conse quence, as it was imputed, of the intemperate habits of his wife. Paul went away in 1801, and settled at New York, leaving his wife Janet in Glasgow. This last letter that had been received from Paul was to his brotner Thomas, and bore the (late of 21st of May, 1804. From this period it would seem there had been no tidings of him. After Paul had been gone some time, his wife contracted an intimacy with John Laps ley, and of this connexion the appellant Robert, and the mother of the two other appellants, were the alleged offspring, their statement being that, from the year 1807, those parties had cohabited as man and wife, and were habite and repute married parsons. When the matter had come before the magis trates of Glasgow in the month of April, 1810, three months after the death of John Lapsley upon a memo rial from Janet M`Kinlay, praying for aliment for the children as the lawful issue of the deceased by herself, the respondents had opposed the applica tion on the ground mainly that there was no evidence of the death of Paul, her former hus band. The magistrates directed aliment, and gave a. commission to America to take proof of the death of Paul, of which fact at that moment, they said they had no satisfactory evidence. The aliment, therefore, was awarded to her children as the illegitimate issue of John Lapsley. The matter was subsequently carried before the Court of Court of Session when the Court pro nounced an interlocutory judgment to the effect that the appellants were not proved to have been the legiti mate issue of a legitimate marriage, and therefore, that the two children of the eldest sou, William, were the sole parties entitled to an interest in the property in question. The present appeal was, therefore, against that interlocutor. Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Anderson were counsel for the appellants; and Mr. G. Turner and Mr. Rolt supported the decision of the Court below. Mr. S. WORTLEY concluded his reply to-day, and Their LORDSHIPS postponed giving judgment till Thursday next. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES AND ELECTION FOR RE PRESENTATIVE PEERS FOR SCOTLAND. The House will sit in a Committee for Privileges on Tuesday next, April 11, for the purpose of taking into consideration the resolution of the House of March 21, with respect to the election of Representative Peers for Scotland; also to consider the cases of The Saye and Sele Barony; The Crawfurd and Lindsay Peerage; The Marquis of Drogheda's claim to vote for Repre sentative Peers for Ireland; _ _ The Earl of Lanesborough's claim to vote for Repre sentative Peers for Ireland; and _ _ Lord Dufferin and Claneboy's claim to vote for Re presentative Peers for Ireland for Ireland. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. STABBING .—Yenry Parker, a tailor, aged 26, was found guilty of dangerously wounding Mary Ritchie, a young woman with whom he had cohabited for some time, and by whom she was in the family way at the time. The case must be fresh in the recollectio❑ of our readers. The woman had left him, and gone to her mother, and because she would not come to him when he came for her to her mother's house, although he had previously told her he would see her no more, he rushed into the room, where she stabbed her several times, and then similarly assaulted her mother. The prisoner was found Guilty.--Sentence was de ferred. THE CHARGE AGAINST LORD KINGSTON.—At fi ve o'clock this evening the grand jury at the Central Cri minal Court ignored the bill charging him with inde cently assaulting George Call, on Friday last. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) BODMIN. The rest of the day was taken up with Mr. Sergeant Wrangham'sl summing up on behalf of Mr. Lacy, and Mr. Wordsworth's reply to the case of the petitioners on behalf of Mr. Wyld. The Committee adjourned at four, till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS. The General Committee of Elections re-assembled this afternoon at:two o'clock; Mr. Fox Maule in the chair. The parties engaged in the prosecution of the Chel tenham, Walsall, and Leicester petitions (being the three cases which stood for nomination to-day) having been called in, The CHAIRMAN announced that in consequence of the Election Recognizances Bill not having yet passed through the Lords, they were not in a position to justify their striking any :petitions to-day, and as there would be a further delay before the Bill could pass into a law, the Committee had determined to adjourn the appoint ment of the Cheltenham and Leicester Committees till the 4th of May, and the Walsall, Dublin, and Longford Com mittees till the:Bth of May. The Committee then adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - - - - - The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. ODD FELLOWS. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented several petitions from the societies of Odd Fellows, praying to to put on the same footing as Friendly Societies. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Eat! FOR T ESCLTE, the Lord Steward of the Royal Household, brought up her Majesty's answer to the addr,:,s of their Lordships, congratulating her Majesty on the birth of a Princess. The following is the answer : " Lords,—l have received your affectionate and loyal address with the truest satisfaction. I sincertly thank you for your congratulations on the birth of Princess, and the regard which you express on this occasion for my person and family." NAVIGATION -LAWS. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Glasgow against any alteration in the navigation- laws. DENUNCIATIONS FROM THE ALTAR. The Earl of MOUNTCASUEL presented petitions from different parts of Ireland against denunciations at the altar. Earl FORTESCUE presented petitions from several societies of Odd Fellows praying to be put on the same footing as frirndlysocieties. . _ Lora BEAUMONT presented similar petitions. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented petitions from Winchester and Salisbury against the duty on charitable bequests._ EASTER RECESS. Lord STANLEY wished to know from her Majesty's Government at what period they intended to propose the adjournment of the House for the Easter recess, and for what duration; he also wishsd to know whether, sup posing the Jewish Disabilities Bill came up from the (louse of Commons before Easter, it was their intention to proceed with that measure before the Easter recess? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not see any reason, at present, why the usual coarse should not be adopted, of moving the adjournment of the House on Tuesday in Passion Week, till the Tuesday week following, nor did he see any reason why the measures alluded to by the Noble Lord should interfere with the adoption of the usual course. PROPERTY TAX BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to move the second reading of the Property-tax Bill. The Noble Marquis wont at some length into the provisions of the Bul and the exigencies of the State that required the re-enactment of the property•tax for three years, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The Kettering Small Tenements Rating Bill and the Leicester Cemetery Bill were read a third time and passed._ ___ Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lei cester signed by 4,000 persons praying for the abolition of the present law for rating, and the adoption of the national rate. Sir THOMAS BIRCH presented a petition from Liverpool, complaining of the usurpation of the ec clesiastical courts of civil rights, and praying for redress. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Mr. LASCELLES, the comptroller of the royal household appeared at the Bar in the Windsor uniform with his wand of office, and brought up the answer to the address of congratulation of the House of Commons to her Majesty on the birth of a Princess. The follow ing is the answer : " I return you my hearty thanks for this dutiful and affectionate Address, and I cordially receive 3 our con gratulations on the birth of a Princess. "I gratefully receive every additional proof of your cordial attachment to my person and family." Mr. FOX MAULE presented petitions from different parts of Scotland in favour of the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. Mr. F. ty nine del ega t es i n National Convention assembled, Lad reprosenting five millions of people, praying for tLe liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL apprehended that the petition could not be received, inasmuch as it stated that it came from the '° National Conventii , n." Mr. F. O'CONNOR reminded the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that similar petitions were allowed to be received under Sir Robert Peel's Government, and as a convention of 49 delegates was recognised by the law, he could not see what objection there could be to the re ception of the:petition. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was decidedly of opinion that the petition was not legally worded, but he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press its recep tion till he had had time to look into the authorities upon the subject. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said the request of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, coming as it did from the first law officer of the Crown sounded very much like a command but Its a matter of courtesy to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he would not press it. The petition was accordingly withdrawn. LYIIIE REGIS ELECTION. Mr. HUME gave . notice that on an early day he would call the attention of the House to the Special Report of the Lyme Regis Election Committee with the view o f instruction bring given to the Hight Hon. the Attorney-General, to prosecute Mr. James El - for the bribe,y set forth in the Minutes of Evi dence. IRELAND. Mr. HUME gave notice that immediately after the Easter recess he would move a resolution to the follow ing effect—That the time had arrived when all just complaints on the part of the people of Ireland ought to be remedied, and when the promises made by both Houses of Parliament in the year 1833, ought t. be tulfilled ; namely, that the burdens of the Church Esiabli,,hrnent revpecting all vested rights should be mitigated; that the Parliamentary suffrages of the people should be placed on the same footing as England and Scotland; and that a sathfactory Registration Bill should be brought in, and that the same franchises should be given to the municipal corporations of all towns, boroughs, and cities in Ireland that was enjoyed by the municipal corporations of the boroughs, towns, and cities of England and Scotland; that, lastly, that the grand jury laws should be amended, so. as to lead to a general equalisation of the rates now imposed upon the people. MANUFACTURE OF PIKES IN IRELAND. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland relative to the report of a case that had ap peared in the Dublin papers, and in which the manufac turing of pikes was traced to a subordinate of the police. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. DIV:LTT moved for account of all fees and emoluments received by each of the messengers of the Court of Bankrui,tcy in London and in the country; showing the date of the fiat, with the name and descrip tion of the bankrupt, and the number of days allowed for possession in ouch case, on taxation of the messen ger's bill, for the last five years, ending the 25th day of March 1848.—Agreed to. Mr. COWAN presented a petition complaing of the treatment the Rev. Mr. Shore had received at the hands of the Bishop of Exeter. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL then replied to several questions that had been asked of him in connexion with this matter. lie could not say whether the question would be reported by the Bishops to the Court of Queen's Bench ; and it was not Ms intention to introduce any measure on the subject, as the whole question of ecclesiastical procedure was under the consi deration of the Government. JOINT-STOCK BILL. In reply to Mr. HUMS, Mr. M. GIBSON stated that this Bill would be pro ceedcd with as soon as the public business would allow. unmsti GUINEA. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to know from the Hon. Gentleman:the Under Secretary for the Colonies if the statement in the lieyal Gazette of the 7th of March, which arrived yesterday by the steamer from the West Indies, to the tfrect that the Court Policy had come to a resolution to postpone voting the supplies until the 15th of May, in consequence of the dis tress that prevailed in the colony was true ? Also whether the free labourers who had left their employ ment at Christmas had yet returned to it, and whether the tillage of the sugar crop, and in fact the tillage of the entire land, had not been in a great measure re tarded in consequence? Also, whether he would have any objection to lay a balance sheet of the revenue and expenditure of Ceylon for 1847 upon the table of the House? Mr. HAWES replied, that it appeared by the Royal Gazette that the suspension of payments until the 17th of May had been agreed to. The suggestion was made by the Council to the Governor, and he assented to it. From the last dispatch received from the Governor it seemed that the labourers who had left their work had not then returned to it ; but there was a confident belief that everything would be arranged to their satis faction, and that the tillage of the land would shortly be resumed. He should have no objection to lay a balance sheet before them with respect to the financial condition of Ceylon up to June, 1847. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Mr. OSBORNE wished to call the attention of the House to a question affecting its privileges. Perhaps Hon. Gentlemen were not aware that yesterday a reso lution was moved by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose, which would have the effect of preventing any expression of opinion upon the order of the day. The SPEAKER said, the Hon. Gentleman was not entitled to bring the matter forward as a question of privilege. Mr. OSBORNE then gave notice that he should to morrow move the rescinding of the order. CENTRAL AMERICA. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should to-morrow ask a question with respect to three Britlsb vessels which had been attacked (as we understood) on the coast of America. Earl LINCOLN moved for a return of all new places created, and appointments made since the 19th day of March, 1845, whether under any Act of Parliament, or by any other authority, and of the names of the persons each, ap poinatnedd theto them; estimateds stating separ a t e ly, expenses of the estab gnnua separately, the salaries of hshments in connexion with such appointments (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 595, of session 1845.)—Agreed to. CHARTIST DESIONSTRATION. Sir J. WALSH wished to know from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he had received any information with respect to a num ber of persons called Chartists to meet at Kennington Common on Monday next, for the ostensible purpose of forming a numerous procession to move through the streets of the metropolis, and presenting a petition to this House in favour of what was called the six points of the Charter; and if the Go vernment had had its attention called to these circum stances, were they prepared to take those measures which might be necessary to secure the independence of the House from being overawed by any meeting calcu lated to intimidate them, and likewise to aid in the pro tection of the peaceable and loyal people of London. Sir G. GREY said—l now hold in my hand a notice) which I believe was published yesterday, si g n e d by th ree individuals, one of whom declares hi mse lf t h e secretary, I presume, of the Chartist Association, in which he states that a Convention, eonisisting of forty-nine delegates, will assemble in a particular place upon a given day, and some following days, for the purpose of superintending the presentation of a petition to Parliament, and to advise the adoption of such other course as they may think tit for the purpose of securing the enactment of the People's Charter. A great metro politan demonstration will accompany the petition, and persons are invited to attend at Kennington-common, where the route of the procession would be prescribed. The attention of the Government having been called to this notice, and other information, having reached me respecting the intended proceedings upon Monday next, the Government have directed a notice to be issued, which they hope will be published in the course of half an hour, pointing out that, by the Statutes of the Common Law of these realms, such procession is illegal, and warning all loyal and p eacea bl e su bj ects o f h er M a j est y t o a b s t a i n from taking any part in the proceedings, and to give their be s t k id i n maintain i ng or d er an d pr even ting an y breach of th e peace that may ensue .—(Loud cheers.) Mr. F. O'CO NNOR said that t h e cou rse pursued by the Gov ernment would be taking the people utterly by surprise. Ther e were severa l p r ecedents in favour of these p rocess i ons. In the year 1831 a p rocess i on o f 100,000 or 150 ,000 persons marched down to this House p and presented ' • in favour of the Reform Bill. In 1834 a procession of 100,000 a l so marc h e d d own t o this House w hi le it was sitting, an d presented a peti tiona petition i n f avour of the liberation of t h e D orc h es t er la bourers. A l arge demonstrat i on o f sa ilors also walked this House a s h or t t ime since. Those persons who h ave put their - names to the d ocument re f erre d to by th e R ight h onourable Barone t, h ave t hi s day p asse d resolutions that every man who joined th e procession should be a spec i a l consta b le himself, a n d they pledged themselves not on l y to pre• serve the p eace, but to take any man into custody who might attempt to violate the r i g ht s of property. It was not th e intention of the peo pl e to come down to th e d oor of the House, t h ey were to h ave gone over W estminster bridge. He h a d never i n hi s life attempt e d to palm a falsehood upon th at House, a n d had he tho ug h t that the p as ties had any sinister motive or view, o r any ulterior desie-n, he would not for a mo ment have l ent his sanction to t h e proceeding, or joined in that procession.'4 He believed that it was a constitu tional right o f the peopleand he tru s t e d that the to assemble in that menuer , Government would not further interfere upon the occasion than to preserve peace. He hoped t h at the people would be allowed to come down in procession as was intended to the House. lie should consider himself unworthy a seat in that House if h e lent himself to any demonstration calculated to in- I can o n ly say , t h at at the earliest moment th eitethe p eop l e to the slighte s t infraction of the react , . Sir G. GREY —With respect to the people being teeien by surprise, at which th e G overnment could liberate after they re ceived the information, they directed the notice to which I have before referred to be issued, and it may no doubt be in the posseesion of the Eon. Member for Not tingham this evening. —(Cheers.) That notice will state what, in the opinion of the law advisers the law of the land is upon the subject, and, without reference to pre cedents, I a m sure, after having aoowe d t h e op i n i ons he h. se, e rl-: r s; cot to the ee ,d een. - 'e. el il.e p.e, lee r.^ 1 n 1:;, i tail sla t ' , be at., 1,,,,t,,,,,t to seeeurege any buy lof men summoned to join an assembly to violate the law. Mr. BUMF said that on is former occasion it had been asked if a peaceable procession was illegal, and Lord Melbowne's Government had stated that it was not, and they refused to interfere. He (Mr. Hume) thought that it would be dangerous for the Governtn(nt to interfere at the present time, and he hoped that they would be induced to withdraw this notice.—(Cries of " No. no.") PROTECTION OF THE CROWN AND GOVERN- MENT. Sir G. GREY—I beg, Sir, to give notice, that I shall, to-morrow, move, before the other Orders of the Day, for leave to bring ina Bill to provide for 'the better se curity of the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom.—(Loud and long-continued cheering). MEXICO. Mr. URQUAHART gave notice that he would, to morrow, a.k her Majesty's Government whether they had taken auy steps to secure the interests of the British bondholders in Mexico, in case of the cession of auy of the territory belonging to that republic to the United States. CROWN OF BELGIUM. The HON. .AIEMBER also gave notice of his intention to ask her Majest.'s Government whether they had given any gu trantae for the Crown of Belgium, or had, in constgthlice or the recent events on the Continent, entered into any engagement to maintain the existing order of things in that kingdom. CENTRAL AMERICA. The HON. MEMBER also asked whether, by consulting the law officers of the Crown, or obtaining the authority of the Privy Council, the rcqnisite steps had been taken to legalize the hostilities carrying on in Central America. A '7IIIVI • ECCLESIASTICAL OOURTS. Mr. BOUVERIE postponed his motion relating to the Ecclesiastical 'Courts till ;titer East€r. WASTE LANDS OF IRELAND. Mr. F. FRENCH then rose to bring forward his motion for leave to introduce a Bill to facilitate the reclamation of Waste Lands in Ireland, and said the time had come when that House must attend to the hitt rests of Ireland, the time had come v. hen the people of that country would take no excuse for any neglect of their wants, and he therefore trusted the House would indulge him wish its attention while he pointed out a plan by which much of the misery and suffering of Ireland might be mitigated.—(Hear, hear.) At the present moment there were upwards of half a million of agricultural labourers out of employ in Ireland, and if they did not adopt some such a measure as the one he was now about to propose, how they were to find employment for this large multitude. Emigration could not be resorted to, for the people were not disposed to emigrate, nor would the inha bitants of the British colonies receive them if they were. What better course could be adoptet under these circumstances, than by doing what had already been done in this country to a large extent, namely, setting the unemployed to reclaim the waste lands? All the Committee that had been appointed to inquire into the matter had agreed in opinion that the greatest good could not fail to result from the reclama tion of waste lands. The Committee of 1830 stated that 5,000,000 sf these lands might be profitably re claimed. It had been stated that bog land which was reclaimed would, after a given time, return to its original state ; this had been proved by practical experience not only in Ireland but in Sweden and other parts of Europe. Such a measure as this would prove of the greatest advantage—it would reduce the rates and save the property of the country; and, in order to see that the money to be voted was properly ex pended, a central Commission should be appointed to superintend the expenditure in the different localities As an indivividual Member, he had no power to provide by his Bill for the raising new rates, but he proposed to establish two unpaid Commissions, who should be added to the Board of Works, and that the funds to be raised for carrying on their operations should be provided by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, advancing money to the counties upon the same terms and same principles that the Russian Government advanced money to their land banks. The establishment of such land-banks in Ireland would prove of great benefit to the people, while it would avoid the necessity of making any demands upon the public Exchequer. Without, therefore, troubling the House any longer, he begged to move for leave to intro duce the Bill of which be had given notice.—(Hear.) Mr. P. SCROPE sympathised with the views of the I Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward the subject, and he had great pleasure in seconding the motion. Blready Committees of the House bad recom mended a similar proposal, and had Government in 1846 employed the starving people upon the waste lands, the effect would have been the preservation of many lives, the raising of large sums of money to this country, and the improvement of the condition of the Irish people. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S-TI - 11S EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Jericho 8 to 1 agst Cracow 8 to 1 apt Rat-trap 10 to 1 agst Tufthunter 11 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 12 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 12 to 1 agst Maid of Lyme 14 to 1 agst Snuff-box 20 to 1 agst Walmgate Bar Without 20 to 1 agst Remembrance 25 to I agst Inheritress 30 to 1 agst Bacchanalian 40 to 1 agst Moscow 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 2 to 1 on the field CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst War Eagle DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Springy Jack 10 to 1 agst Glendower 11 to 1 agst Surplice 15 to 1 agst Loadstone 40 to I agst The Fowler 40 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 40 to 1 agst Sesostris LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 5. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE JOSEPH WILLIAAIS. The bankrupt, the late proprietor of concert and billiard-rooms in the Westminster-bridge-road, applied for his certificate. Mr. Duncan appeared for the bankrupt, and Mr. Bag ley opposed on behalf of Mr. Batten, and another cre ditor, named Day, a carpenter. It appeared by the balance-sheet, which embraced a period of about four years, that the debts were 2,1361., and nothing has been yet realised to meet this amount of debt The profits amounted to 3,1601, and trade ex penses 3,554/. ; private 4751., and losses 4811. It further appeared that this was the bankrupt's own petition, and that the case was before the Court in February last, when it was adjourned to this day, in order that a nego tiation should be entered into between the assignees of this estate and a Mr. Smith, which was supposed to be very beneficial for the creditors, he (Smith) having swept away the whole of the bankrupt's property, it having been assigned to him, he having also been in possession of a warrant of attorney since the year 1842 and a bill of sale in 1843, but that had been ineffec tual. It was next alleged that the bankrupt had volun tarily transferred wine and spirit licenses, which were of great value in the vicinity within which the business was carried on, to Smith, and after the bankrupt had ex pended 3,0971. in the alteration of these premises, and it being expected that the Westminster-bridge Company would take the house, and pay a large amount for it, all his interest in it (one half) was also transferred to Smith. The charge of Mr. Batten was, that having been employed by the bankrupt to do certain pewterer's work, and stating that he (the bankrupt) was a " ready money man," he gave a bill for two months, which was never paid. Witnesses having been examined at some length, His HONOUR said, he considered that it would be getter to adjourn the case, in order to ascertain whether Mr. Smith would give up that property, or part of it, for the benefit of the creditors, and therefore it would be useless for the Learned Counsel to reply. Ultimately the case was adjourned till November next. Protection was granted. IN RE WILLIAM RAY. The bankrupt, described as of Rolls'•buildings, Fetter lane, coal merchant, applied for his certificate. The balance-sheet embraced a period of three years, and showed that the bar.krupt had commenced business with a capital of 1,700/., and now owed 8781., to meet which the assets were stated to be, good debts 5311., and doubt ful 500/. The profits amounted to 8321.; the trade ex penses being 6421., domestic 6241., and losses 1,7431. His HONOUR suspended the certificate for six months, on the ground of improper book-keeping and extravagant expenditure. Protection was granted. IN RE STAPLETON AND CO. These bankrupts, described as of Whitefriars, sca vengers, came up to pass their adjourned last exa mination. No opposition was offered, and the bankrupts passed. CITY SMALL DEBTS COURT, April 5. (Bel ore E. B ULLOCK,. Esq.) COLE V. DINGLEY. The plaintiff in this action is the secretary of the Me tropolitan Benefit Society's Asylum Fund, and claimed the balance of an account for theatrical tickets delivered to the defendant. The plaintiff said that the society took a benefit at the Victoria Theatre in 1846, and the defendant, who was one of the committee, requested to have some tickets left him for sale or return, and he sold some and kept the rest. 'the Learned JUDGE asked whether the society was enrolled, or was undt4 Act of Parliraient or Charter ? The plaintiff replied in the negative; it R as a friendly society, and be com.idcred did not require enrolment. The Learned JUDGE SSA it must be shown that the plaintiff, as secretary, had a right to sue. The plaintiff said the defendant, as one of the com mittee, must have been well aware that he (pl a intiff) had the tickets t o d e li ver out, and was answerable for them, and be, in fact, took the house for the night. The Learned JUDGE said, although it might appear hard to nonsuit in such a case, the plaintiff had not shown his right, and must be nonsuited. LAFOREST V. CATCIIPOLE. The plaintiff in this action is a tavern-keeper in the City, and defendant a solicitor. The action was brought to recover the sum of 3/. 17s. fur wine, spirits, &c. The defendant did not appear, but The Learned JUDGE said he reuQt strike out the items As the law was so strict on point, liconsect victuallers ought to get paid at the time. The plaintiff said that was next to impossible. A. verdict was given for the plaintiff, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. 11011 IE CI RCUlT.—Kingston, April 4. (Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. MITCHELL. This was an indictment for an assault upon some officers of the Queen's Bench Priion, in the execution of their duty. Sergeant Shoe and Mr. Ballantine were for the prose cution. The defendant, who is a lady-like, middle-aged per son, conducted her own case. This prosecution arose out of some proceedings taken against a prisoner in the Queen's Bench, named Her ring., the circumstances connected with which have been frequently before the public. It appeared that upon the flay in question the person referred to was taken upon a habeas to the Bail Court, and - on his being brought back in a cab it was alleged that the defendant placed herself in the way of the officers, and obstructed them. The defendant conducted her own ease with a good deal of skill, and occasioaed much amusement in the Court by the ingenious manner in which she cross-examined the witnesses, and objected to questions being put by Mr. Sergeant Shee for the prosecution. The defendant, at the close of the case against her, addressed the jury, and called witnesses to show that she did not commit the acts imputed to her. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. CHADWICK V. ARCHER. This wa3 also a special jury case. Sergeant Shoe and another Learned Gentleman were for the plaintiff, and Sergeant Channel' for the do fendan t This was an action for libel. The plaintiff was the Chairman of the North Wales Railway Company, and the defendant, it appeartd, had formerly been in the service of the company, and on his b.ing removed he published a pamphlet, entitled " A Black Book with a White Face," in which he made a variety of charges against the plaintiff, connected with the management of the railway. 'The defendant pleaded a justification as to some of the charges, but he failed in supporting the pleas. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, TOOL The business of this circuit concluded with these cases. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, April 5. THE QUEEN V. GUTTERIDGE. The various events giving rise to this transaction hav ing been gone through, a number of witnesses were called to speak to the habits and mode of life of the reverend prosecutor, eon - min - icing with the Bishop of Worcester, who spoke in the highest terms of his reverend brother. The evidence of the Bishop of Worcester was taken yesterday. This morning the case for the prosecution recom menced vvitli a witness named Blitekister, who deposed to having been acquainted with the Bishop of Man chester for more than twenty years. Considered him a singularly temperate person, almost amounting to abstemiousness. Had been very intimate with him, but had never seen anything approaching intemperance. The Rev. John Garbett, rector of St. George's, Bir mingham, and dean of the rural deanery called the Deanery of Birmingham, has known Dr. Lee, since 1838, intimately, and been at his house at all hours. Believes him to be a man of great temperance. Witness, Dr. Lee, and Captain Tindal were on the committee of the Blueceat School. The Rector took a very active part with those gentlemen. Dr. Lee had an affection of his eyes, producing at times the effect of partial blindness and giddiness.. Cross•examined—King Edward's Schcol is one of the largest endowed schools in the kingdom. There are about 1,200 or 1,400 scholars. Dr. Lee was head master, and had a visitorial authority over the elemen tary schools, of which there are five. The Bishop of the diocese has no power in the actual management of the school. Mr. George Harris, a solicitor, and Samuel Buckland, a surgeon, at Rugby, had been very intimate with Dr. Lee, and spoke in high terms of his temperance. The Pp.'v. Mr. Hastings, curate of St. George's, Bir mingham, was a pupil for three years and a half of Dr. Lee, and resided in the house during the whole of that time. He was an early riser, and read prayers to the boys nearly every morning. Considered him as most sober, temperate, and abstemious. Mr. Charles Evans, of Trinity College, Cambridge, who had obtained distinguished honour s t h ere l ast y ear , and was a pupil of Dr. Lee's, gave similar testimony. Captain Charles Tindal, brother of the late Lord Chief Justice, was a Commander in the Royal Navy, and now manager of the branch Bank of England at Birmingham. Was well acquainted with the Bishop and knew his character. lie was a sober man. Never saw him other wise than sober, or knew of his being 80. He was scrupulous with respect to statements at public meetings, at which he often spoke. Had remarked him as being particularly so—always very careful. This (the en dorsement on the envelope before adverted to) is not the Bishop's writing—most decidedly not. Mr. S. 11. Amphlett was a surgeon at Birmingham and to the General Hospital. Had well known the Bishop, almost from his first arrival in Birmingham, and attended his family at all hours of the day. Always found him quite sober. Never knew him at all otherwise. Cross-examined—This (an opinion of Sir F. Pollock's) belongs to me. I got it from Mr. Wbately—perhaps you will allow me to have it again. I have lust it several years. Captain Constantine H. Moorsom was intimately ac quainted with the Bishop. Had long been so. Corro borated the other testimony. George Bennett was servant to the Bishop during the time in question. Susan Smith WAS so also. These witnesses were asked no questions, and put into the box only for the defendant to cross examine them, which he declined to do. Mr. Richard Tapper Cadbury was a member of the Society of Friends. Well knew the Bishop. He was a sober man. Never knew of his being otherwise, &c. Cross-examined—" We have often me: at the hos pital." "Thou sayest it, and Ido not den:, it." " There have been stormy discussions in thy presence." The Loan CrIIEF JUSTICE—We must not get into irrelevant matters. _ The witness—l hope that rule will be observed. Cross-examination resumed—l did not say at a meeting, on account of illegality of proceedings, " Then let us make a law." I called on thee. Thou gavedst me a written document. I did not at all approve of thy document, although I suggested an alteration. I did not wish the contest to be stopped, but I knew at the same time that could only be by thy acknowledging thy great errors. I was very much surprised at thy calling on me at all. I suppose thou didst so because I tun a man of peace. [Nearly every answer of this witness was received with roars of laughter, from the imperturbable gravity with which he gave them, especially when the gave his imprimatur to the remark of the Lord Chief Justice.] This closed the case for the prosecution at about twelve o'clock this day. The defendant then proceeded shortly after twelve o'clock, to open his address to the jury, which was con cluded in about two hours and a half. HALF-PAST SIX. Mr. Gutteridge is at present examining in chief the schoolmaster of the Blue-coat School, who is speak ing positively to the intoxication, about which he made communications the next day to the authorities. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 4. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL.) Octavia S'araliWyatt, alias Lady Ada Al:ce Wyattvillc, 28, was arraign* 1 on an indictment charging her with having, at Cheltenham, on the 17th of December last, feloniously married one Thomas Hinckley, her former husband, Henry Wyatt, being then alive. .. Mr. Greaves:with Mr. Ings,condueted the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke defended the risoner, who app eare d f ar advanced in a " certain state," and was allowed a scat in the dock. It appeared that on the Bth November, 1838, the pri soner was married at Kensington Church, in the name of " Oetavia Sarah Moore de Bellone, daughter of Henry de Bellone, Marshal of France," to Mr. Henry Wy a tt, the witnesses to their marri age being Francis Brothers, the clerk of St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, and a Mrs. Murray (then Miss Cully), who officiated as lady's maid for the prisoner, and accompanied her and Mr. Wyatt to Boulogne, where they stayed one night. The next day he put the two females into a Dieppe diligence, and left them, since which time no com munication appears to have taken place between them; for what reasons he adopted so extraordinary a mode of action is involved in mystery. Frem Dieppe Mrs. Wyatt went to Havre, when Miss Cully left her and returned to England, Mrs. Wyatt not again visiting this country until the end of 1839. In May, 1847, from an account in the newspapers, Mrs. Murray went to Marlborough -street Police-office, where she saw the prisoner, who, although it did not appear to-day, was then before the magistrates at that office en a charge of having intermarried with Anthony Joseph Collard, an artist. A few days after this the two females met by accident in the street, and had some conversation, Murray telling her she had seen the procession pass on the day the Duke of Wellington's statue was put up, and saw Mr. Wyatt on that occasion. Prisoner said to her, " Did you speak to him?" The witness replied " No, another gentleman was with him, and .1 did not like to." She then asked her how she came to marry Collard, knowing Wyatt was living, which she evaded by stmo light remark, and again asked, "Ara you sure you have seen Wyatt ?" In the latter end of 1846 the prisoner told Mr. Tyler, an assistant of Mr. Collard's, that she had been before married to Mr. Wyatt, who was after wards knighted, and became Sir Henry Wyatt , that she had met him in the streets since her return from France, and that he h a d di sca rded her. In the autumn of last year the prisoner went to Cheltenham, and mixed in the first society there, under the designation of " Lady Ada Alice Wyattville," residing at No. 14, Victoria-street,in which house also lodged Mr. Thomas Hinckley, a civil engineer (whose father is clerk of the peace for the county of Stafford). The young gentleman was fasci nated by the blandishments of the "Lady Ada," who was described as a rich widow, and on the 17th of De cember last: they repaired, in an unostentatious manner, by no means suiting the high sounding title and aristo cratic appearance of the lady, to the venerable church of St. Mary, where they were married by the Rev. Mr. Geneste, an accountant and a chamber-maid from the Queen's Hotel being the witnesses. But they soon found that happiness in this world is but transitory. A cloud hung over their prospects, and burst upon the astonished husband and adventurous wife, transferring her from his arms to the county gaol. Mr. Hinckley, sen., not ap proving of the marriage, and h av i ng some suspicious circumstances intimated to him, prosecuted inquiries, came to Cheltenham, and caused the prisoner to be taken before the magistrates, by whom the veil was removed, the title vanished, and the " L a d y Ad a Alice Wyat villa" appeared to-day as plain Octavia Sara Wyatt, to take 1 - a.r la; • It uppeartd that after the tabt wtdukng cnerepast was partaken of at an humble bonnet shop, and it was elicited that the three husbands had all been staying at the Lower George Inn, in this city, during the assizes, ,n I that the marriage to Collard took plate on the 22 r of June, 1847, at St. James's Westminster. Mr. COOKE made an ingenious and feeling address t • the jury, contending that it was doubtful whether she knew her first husband was living at the time she mar ried Ilinclll6y. Then the fact of the three husbands staying at one house, End seeking, as it would appear, to get her banished from the country, showed, that with all her faults, she was more sinned against than sinning, and he confidently asked for a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was Acquitted, and no evidence offered by the prosecution on the other two indictments. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PRO3IISE OF MARRIAGE—PHILIPS V. CHARLES. In this case Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, with Mr. Godson, Q.C., and Mr. Cooke were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Whately, Q.C., represented the defendant. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was a lady of 43, the sister of a merchant at Cardigan; and the defendant, who was 46, was an attorney in that town. They had known each other for nearly twenty years. What was remarkable in the case was, that after the wedding-dresses, cards, and. cakes had been prepared, the breakfast ordered, the day fixed, and a wedd:eg party invited, the defendant, without •any previous intimation of his change of intention, married . an invalid old woman of seventy, just two days before the day fixed for his marriage with the plaentifi. sirs. Margeret er was the wife of a commission agent, at Bristol, and the sister of the plaint:A The paintiff kept house herself at Cardigan, and ber brother, who was a matster, lived with her. Was at Caxdigan in August last. The defendant called at plaitteiff's house at seven in the evening of Thursday, the sth a August. There was a pie-nic party the next day on Cardigan bar. A Mr. M.Cord and the defendant went before the party to melee arrangements. Saw the plain tiff and the defendant together there. They walked abe at together, and came up to near where I was. I heard gr. Charles ?, say, he hoped I would not place any obstacle in the way of his marriage with my sister. I replied," 1 never dictated to her in my life, but ha Ne always looked to her for advice." He made no rem ark, but ho wished the marriage to take place immediately—on the following Tuesday. My sister said, " No, I will take time to consider it." He did not become pressing. I do not recollect anything further. I then separated for a short time from them. We met again at dinner. After dinner the plaintiff and defendant walked away together, and again came together to tea. after tea the defendant joined me and renewed the subj ect, and expressed a wish that the marriage should take place on the Tuesday. He talked of his property, sale' he was worth 9,0001., and would settle his landed proVerty on Mary, and his personal property too, if she w.shed it. I said she would no doubt be satisfied with any arrange meat he might make. I was the first to name the place where the marriage should be solemnized. My sister wished to have one of her sisters to be pre sent at the wedding. Elizabeth Jordan is her other sister. .Mr. Charles said he had not the slightest objection to go anywhere. After that we went home. Ore the next day, Saturday, I saw him about one o'clock, at my sis ter's house. He said he called to apologise, and hoped be had not offended her the day before. I said she was not very well pleased, but I would go for her. That phrase referred to his having been excited the day be fore. He had been excited after the dinner, just as we were leaving. I went for her, and brought her to him, and he then expressed his sorrow. He generally called her Mary. I went away, leaving them togethe r. They remained together for half an hour. Before I loft I saw him trying a ring on her finger. He came again the same evening. Mr. M`Cord came with him. He still wished the marriage to take place immediately. lie said it was useless to spend longer time in c o ur t s hip. My sister said she was not prepare—she was in mourn ing—she wou d take time to consider—and would never marry until she could do so as it suitedkher station in life. It was then arranged to postpone it, and that she should come to Bristol. I was to go the marriage trip with them to Paris. They remained together some k hours that evening. My sister came to Bristol on the e Ist of September, and resided at Clifton with my sister, Mrs. Jordan. The 16 s of September was named for the marriage. Dresses, cards, and cake were ordered and prepared. Bridemaids were spoken to, a wedding breakfast was prepared. Mr. Charles was expected in Bristol on Tuesday the 14th. Called on Wednesday on my sister. He had not arrived, and she could not tie count for his absence. After it was clear on the Wed- 1 , nesday that he would not come, the breakfast was coun termauded, and the guests were apprised of it. My sister was deeply depressed, and felt insulted, and her health appeared to suffer. The cards were ordered and printed. Cross-examined.—My father was a spirit . merchant. k Spirits could be had at his shop in small quantities. After his death my sister kept the shop for a year, or year and a half. She also let lodgings, and continues to do so up to the present time. Mr. M.• Cord keeps a spirit shop at Cardigan. My father was also a shipowner. He had shares in several coasting vessels. He was not a fisherman in early life. The pie nic had been fixed A week before the sth of August. It was on that evening the defendant was invited to join it. After the pic.nie there was some brandy drank. The defendant did not become so drunk that he was brought home in a donkey' cart. He rode home part of the way in a donkey cart. I left the next day. The defendant lodged at Miss Williams's for some years. I have not seen her for 20 t years. When last I saw her she was far advanced its years. My sister told me that Miss Williams sent her a message that the defendant could not marry her while she (Miss Williams) lived. Miss Williams was the lad,' r. the defendant had since married. Mr. Charles gave utf sister SOL to buy wedding favours. Re-examined.—The 501. was expended in the purchase of wedding favours. After defendant, in returning from , the pic-nic, had ridden tor a short distance in the don key-cart, he walked home with me. The bar was three d miles from our house. Mr. Henry Brown Jordan (the brother-in-law of the plaintiff), proved that the marriage was arranged to take place at his house, and that the breakfast was ordered. On the 14th witness and the plaintiff went to the Cum berland-dock to meet the defendant, who was expected by the Swansea packet, On the next day he was ex' peeted by the mail, but on his not appearing the break' fait was countermanded. On the Thursday morning letter came from witness's brother-in-law, Mr. Philips► stating that the defendant had been married to Miss Williams. Plaintiff seemed to feel acutely the defer' dant's conduct, and suffered severely. She was decidedly distressed. Cross-examined—l went by her direction that verf morning to an attorney's office and the next day a writ was issued. Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan, the wife of the last witness proved. that she was present when a letter from the de tendant, dated the sth of September, 1847, in an env°. lope, addressed to Mr. Jordan, was received. The letter was read, it commenced thus:—." My dear Maria,—ln answer to your kind favour, which relieved my mind of some anxiety, we had a storm here last Tuesday." This singular opening created some laughter in court. The letter then went on to describe the story' and the casualties arising out of it, and then to request a few lines " to know if our plans are altered; if not, I shall start by the mail this day week for Swansea, and thence on Thu rs d ay b y t h e packet to Bristol, and on Thursday week I hope to be happy for ever. Cardigan has been very flat sinca you left. In the mean time, after dinner, I study to be steady and domestic. I smoke one cigar every evening in my small garden to while away the time. The old maids begin to think that you have given me the slip, as there is not a word said about our getting married. Mr. Morgan invited me to spend the Sunday at his house, and offered to take me in.his chaise, but I declined, as you did not seem inclined to like my going. Mr. Lucas called but did not notice our affair. Mr. Nugent calls almost every day, generally in his usual state. Ile has no encouragement from me. Drinking in the morning is ungentlemanly and dis• graceful.' Elizabeth Bradford, a dressmaker, at Bristol, proved that she made the wedding dresses; and when about a month after the time fixed for the marriage she at tempted to fit on one of them she found Mi ss Philips very ill, greatly depressed in spirits, and considerably thinner. _ _ The Rev. J. Thomas, the clergyman of Cardigan, knew the plaintiff and defendant for many years. She t ; was a regular communicant. On the 13th of September the defendant applied for a license to marry Miss Wil liams; on which the witness said, ho was very moist' astonished at the application, as he understood he was to be married to miss Philips, and desired him to re- ! collect what he had said in the week about his intention to marry Miss Philips, and told him it was a serious thing to say the week before that he meant another person, and asked him, did he feel comfortable? He said he had quite altered his mind and would marry Mrs. Williams. That he had lodged with her for 29 years. The witness added, I told him ho• had a solemn oath to make before my granting the license, and I handed to him the printed form of oath and the license. He carefully and deliberately read both over • I said, " Mr. Charles, you will see, on reading these, whether your way is quite clear." He was married the next day, the 14th of September.—(His bride was called by the witnesses Mrs. and Miss Williams indis criminately). Cross-examined--Have known Mrs. Williams for years. She was brought into church to be married a sedan chair up to the steps of the communion.table. She cannot walk in her own room without crutches. She appears to be about seventy. She has been for years an invalid. She had been a sort of mother to Mr. Charles. We frequently called her his mother. Re-examined—Did Mrs. Williams' infirmities increase or diminish your surprise that he should so insult the plaintiff? Witness—l cannot say, as lam not a medical man. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. WHATELY having addressed the jury in mitiga tion of damages, His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury, after a few moments' deliberation , returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages, I,OOOZ The Court was engaged the rest of the day with an action of replevin, to try a right of common. BIRTHS. On the 31st ult., at Milton, Peterborough, the Viscountess Milton, of a Eon. On the 25th ult., at Larnaca, Cyprus, the lady of Niven Kerr, Esq., of a son. DIEB. Oa the 19th ult., at Corfu, Geraldine Frances D'Aquilar, the wife of George Bradford Ellicombe, Esq. On the 25th ult., at Lambeth, Clements Vincent, third son of the late Anthony Bertolacci, Esq., aged 39. On the 30th ult., at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland) Thomas Clennell. Esq., eldest son of the late Thomas Feu wick, Esq., aged 82. _ - London: i'riuteu dud. i)y at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1:24 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, April 6, 4848.