The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clcck. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) We hope the ulterior and undesigned effect of Lord Stanley's Registration scheme, one-sided and party-co loured as it glaringly is, rri!l be to fix the attention of Parliament and the public on the whole system— not as regards Ireland only, but England and Scotland also. In the latter division of the empire there are anomalies full as great, and some of which were alluded to by Lord Stanley himself, on Tuesday, as any which can be adduced as prevailing in the sister inc.l And even in this part of the empire, which Mr. O'Connell describes as enjoying a system ho would accept for Ireland. "as it is, whether for good or for bad"—there are quite enough defects to render an equal amount of legislation requisite as that wherewith Lord Stanley is ready to bless Ireland. Indeed »tore — for, in Great Britain as in Ireland, the franchise re quires to be rendered more simple, and easily ascer tainable, as well as tho registrat'oe more' efficient. Neither object nbe attained fully without the P other ; for we assume as part of the purpose entertained by the legislator, the removal of obstruction and annoyance from parties entitled to the franchise—the saving of ex pense, and the prevention of litigation—and the drying up of the various sources of fraud and corruption which prevail at present—as well as Lord Stanley's one object of keeping out unqualified claimants. That is a leer mate et j ct t ess, pursued honestly—but it is rather un- . fe t nate Lord Stanley's party should aim at it only as rc ea:ds Ireland—only as egards ct netituencies which t'ley are anxious to weed of oppeneuts. Their former t fferts have mail ly gone to swamp the more solid constitt ency with masses of drunkenness and depen dence, unq lab fled for ail public duties, except those preached a' taverns, and paid for by candidates hard ish. Who but the Tories retained sottish vena iitv ant' servile dependence as essential elements of a system which should represent the true public voice? Whem but the Tories have we to thank for the freemen and tenants at-will ? (we beg pardon—we have also to thank some ill judging Liberals.) Who kut the Tories chiefly profit by those practices noticed by Lord Stan !, y, in Scotland, of multiple ing fraudulent votes— where, the Noble Lord said, " parties are on the regis ter without a foot of land in the country—who, as all the world knew, never had a foot of land in the coun try ?" It may be too much for Lori Stanley, in his mil for purging the representation, to aid us to get rid of Ltitiotss freeholders aryl degraded freemen. But is it too much to ask Liberal and rational politicians to look comprehensively at the whole system, and not con fine their views to one corner of it ? Shall it be said that party zeal can crowd the benches of Opposition to pull the mote out of thei- brothel's eye, while a " Heusi:" cannot be made to pull the beam out of our teen eye ? Truly the children of this world (Toryism) arc wiser in their generation than the children of light. (From the Standard.) The Globe of List night commences an arti.:le on the Canterbary and Walsall elections, with the following parag . yipi: . . . _ . _ . " The Canterbury and Walsall elections have resulted in the defeat of the Liberal candidates. We will not affect indifference when we feel regret. We do eincer, ly regret the issue : although, with a knowledge of the power ful influences brought to bear against the Liberal candi ditte at Canterbury, and of the unfavourable circumstances under which the Liberal candidate at Walsall was intro- duced to the field, we are not disappoialed." _ Then follows long dissertation to prove that it was. the ialuence of Canterbury Cathedral which returned Mr. Smy the ; but as there is no cathedral at Wa's not one word is given to explain the defeat of the. Anti-Corn-kw Leaguers in that town. Surly it was not Canterbury Cathedral that returned Mr.. Gladstone. So far from doubting that the clergy of Car.- terbury have indirectly contributed to the restoration of the public mind in the c9ital of Kent, we rejoice to believe in the direct influence of the clergy•. everywhere in bringing back the public mind to what Lord Clarendon calls the ancient good humour and good temper of the English people." By their lives. and their doctrines such a body as the clergy of England must engage the affections of any right hearted people ; and we have no doubt that the hostility against the clergy avowed by Whigs and whig-Radicals has gone farther in crowding tLe Conservative ranks than any other cause. That the clergy of Canterbury, however, bare exercised no more direct influence than that naturally arising from their fidelity in doctrine, their benevolence, and the blame lessness of their lives, is pretty clear from the fact, that no specific charge of interference is made against any clergyman, but the other fact, that until men bad recovered from the reform passion, which prevented their seeing enemies from friends, the electors of Canterbury returned a Radical, and the eitivins have now the enduring rffliction of a Radical Corporation incurred during the same fit. of folly. %And again, we ask a light from Walsall: there was no cathedral there : why may not the same causes which returned Mr. Gladstone have returned Mr. Smythe also ? There is no escape for the Liberals as to the two cases. They must confess that the tide has turned, and that it is making rapidly on the Conservative side. (From the Couricr.) The certainty that the death-blAv of registration frauds and perjury in Ireland is to be struck this Ses sion will be understood, and cannot be better under stood, than by the despairing cries and ferocious appeals of the faction which rankly vegetates only from day to day upon nourishment derived from the peetcerous a'mosphere of that hot-bed of cot-. reption. We need no other proof, indeed, that the last hopes of faction and O'Connell repose on re gistration fraud and perjury, than the ravings of the Chronicle this morning, which does n ot p re t en d to deny the wide-spread existence of these enormous evils, though they are softened down in its columns into the more courtier-like phraseology of the " existing defects of the law of registry," but will not tolerate their attempted eradication by any other hands than those of Lord John Russell and Lord Mor?eth, which is just the same thing as to say that the criminal shall only be tried and sentenced by those who are profiting by the crime. Upon the argument of what is somewhat facetiously still denominated the Re form party, that Lord John Russell, as the parent of the Re'orm Bill for England, was beat entitled aid ought preferentially to be trusted to work out his own measure, so it might be thought that Lord Stanley, as the author and propounder of the Irish Reform Bill, and the detector of the frauds engrafted on the re gistry system as it now stands, should be the man of all others best qualified to complete his own Ithours, and drive home to 'the very vitals of corrup tion tFe wedge first intio - kee - d into the dry rot timbers by himself. This is the just stad common sense , flterpretation of Lord Stanley's principles, and there fore of Lord Stanley's Bii', but therefore it is not that of the Chronicle, by %bleb we are told that in their crusade against his Reform Registration Bill, and in the counter proposed Bill of their own for eluding the Refotm, " Lord John Russell, or Lord Morpeth, is to be cheered and supported," whilst virtually Lord Stanley is to be hissed and hunted down. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord Holland took the oaths and his seat sh)rtly b fore four o'clock. At Five o'Clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took Lis seat on the Woolsack. WAR IN SYRIA. The Earl of MINTO rose in tonsuance of the rotice he bad given to move the thanks of their Lordships to Sir Robert Stopford and the officers arid men who served under him on the coast of Syria. He proposed to detain their Lordships but for a very few momen ts. The events were so recent that it was unnecessary for him to enter into any d : ltail of matte rs that must be fresh in their Lordships memories. It was perfectly true that on many former occasions the British fleet had been called upon to contend with more formidable enemies, and to engage in more sanguinary conflicts; but he was quite sure their Lordships would agree with him in saying that throughout the whole of the operations on the coast of Syria there were abun dAnt examples to be found of the skill, of the bravery, of the reiources, and of that originality of enterprise and character which had always (mtoently distinguished the British navy.—(llear.) But there was one feature so peculiarly distinguishing these operations, which he must be a,lowed to call their Lordships' attention to, meant the singular rapidity of execution, and the small space of time within which was comprised so many brave and gallant enterprises, ending in such im portant results. It was on the 9th of September, after having received the refusal of the Pacha to nee pt of terms that had been offered to him, that Sir Robert Stopford arrived before Beyrote, and without the lo.s of a single day, or even a single hour, he ;eunehed Cummodere Na:iier in that career of victory and success which he had continued unremittingly to pu:oue. It was on the sato:: (lay, th e 9tit of September, that Commodore Napier WAS landed. The contest was brought to a glorious termination in consequence of the reduction of the fortress of Acre. Every , post—every town--from Tripoli to the extremity of Syria had been reduced by one or other of the de tachments of our fleet. Commodore Napier had twice marched forward on shore and defeated and dispersed the enemy, and in the interval between those two action s he had proceeded to Sidon, which he entered, and took by sierra, putting himself at the head of scarcely 1,000 men, Turks, Austrians, and British, and bringing in his train nearly 3,000 prisoners.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") lie (Lord Minto) had dwelt a little upon the extraordinary rapidity with which these ope rations had taken place, because in this contest time had been every thing. It was not oulv most important to the success of their operations, but it must be cbvioUl to their Lordships that if the contest had been protracted to another campaign it might have been at tended with the utmost peril. If ho wanted another example of the promptitude, design, and execu tion which had characterised those operations he would refer their Lordships to the dispatch of Sir Robert Stopford, of the 3d of October, and in that dispatch the Gallant Admiral stated that he had just received the instructions of the Government for the attack of the fortress, an enterprise which he before had entered upon. That re solution was taken on the 29th December, on the 31st, the Admiral wrote that all his arrangements were completed, that he was prepared and, in fact, that he actually did sail on that day, and in three days:from the date of his letter, the fortress had fallen before Bri tish valour. The Admiral was most ably and gallantly seconded in all his operations by Admiral Bandeira, commanding the Austrian squadron, as well as by the Archduke. In his account of the affair at Sidon, Commodore Napier spoke in the very highest terms of the conduce of the Archduke, and at Acre he landed during the night, along with the marines of the squa dron, in order to secure the safety of the town and fortress. To Admiral Walker, too, much was due. His services had eminently contributed to the success which had attended her Majesty's arms—he was in every action, and in all he had proved himself emi nently qualified for the place which he now so ably filled. He felt certain that it was unnecessary for him to add one word more in order to induce their Lordships to concur in the vote of thanks which it would be his duty to conclude by proposing, he would only once more say that throughout the whole of the operations and more especially in the last, the attack upon St. Jean d'Acre, in which the precision and accuracy of the British fire had proved Cult we had added a new element of strength to the British navy, and that the talents and skill of the officers and sailors of Britain had tar from deteriorated.—(Hear, hear.) lie trusted their Lordships and the country would receive this as an earnest of what they might expect should, unfortunately, the fleet be brought into any more formidable collision, and he thought the bravery and actions of our officers and sailors had given the best answer te all those cavils and compleints of the dege neracy and decay of Cie British fleet which had been made in many quarters during the last year. On that head he would not add one word more ; all must feel that the brave men in the fleet lied given a better answer to the calumny than any which he could do. He had no doubt but their Lordships would wil lingly concur in giving the thanks of the House to Admiral Stopford, the officers, end men, for the bravery displayed by them on the 31 of November last. The Noble Lord then proposed that the thanks of the House should be given to Commodore Napier, and to the naval officers and captains of the fleet em ployed upon the coast of Syria ; to the seamen and Royal Marines employed in that service ; to Major-General S'r Charles Smith, and the officers and seamen serving upon the coast ; to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers ; to Admiral Bar ilierra, Commander of the Austrian fleet ; to Admiral Walker for his gallantry in the attack upon Acre ; and that the Lord Chancellor hould communicate the said resolutions to Admiral Stopford. The Earl cf COLCHESTER rose and said It must have increased the satisfaction with which the Noble trl had proposed these resolutions, that he had a son who was one of the officers employed in the late opera tions upon the coast of Syria.--(Hear, hear, hear.) The Noble Earl had so fully described the series of operations which had taken place, that he (the Earl of Colchester) would not trouble their Lordships by lgoing over that ground again. He would only say that ,he fully concurred in all that had been said by the ,Noble Earl, as to the activity and dauntless courage shown by Sir Charles Napier, and in the tribute o' prai e which he had given to the officers and seamen for their gal'antry, and especially their gallantry shown in the attack upon Acre. It had been said that the navy of England had degtneratod.—(Hear, hear, faom the Duke of Wellington.) He (the Earl of Colchester) was not eware that any charge bad been brought against the officers and seamen employed on this service. —(Cries of " Hear, h ear.") He would tyke this opportunity O . ! offering his tribute of 'maitre to Sir Robert Stop ford. Were he to go through the whole of the ser vices of that Gallant Admiral, he would have to recount to their Lordships the naval history of this country for sixty years past. That gallant officer bad received the thanks of that House for his services on previous occasions. On the 11 th of June, 1794, Sir Robt. Stopford commanded one of the frigates em• ploycd in the fleet of Lord Howe ; he then received the thanks of the House as one of the Captains engaged in the naval action fought in that year. He had received thanks for his conduct in the expedition to Copenhagen ; and also by name for his services in the capture of the Island of Java, the latter being an expedition of so much importance that the Governor. General him self took the command of the expedtion. In 1830, full of years and honours, being then seventy years of age, he might have expected to retire from ser vice, but his country demanded his services, and now for four years he had been in command in the Mediter ranean, an employment which, from the political state of the countries on the coast, was one of the must arduous nature. In the hostilities of last summer his former skill and talent had been brought into action, and he had given new proof of tt e skill and judgment which bad ever) characterized him,—the fortress of Acre, which had been deemed impregnable, having been in a few hours [reduced to ruins by the skill and courage of the Britirh fleet under his command. These services, in his humble opiuion, demanded the warmest thanks of the House. Thanks were all that House could give, but he trusted that promotions and decorations were bestowed upon those employed in the capture of Acre, their Commander (as we understood the Noble Earl, who spoke extremely indistinctly) had not received any public mark of his Sovereign's approbation. The Duke of WELLINGTON then proceeded to address their Lordships, but spoke for some minutes before a sentence could be heard in the gallery. His Grace was understood to express his cordial approbation, of the merit of the services performed by the navy in the Mediterranean, and of the motion before the House. His Grace was then understood to advert to an ob servation that had fallen from the Earl of Minto respectirg the time employed in the operations, and to ext r:ss h:s wish that such an expression had not been used on that occasion. That was a matter entirely irrelevant to the present question, for al y had to do was to record their thanks for the services that had been performed by this gloriousexpedition.—(He ar , hear.) " My Lords (said the Noble Duke) I have had a lit t'e experience in these services, and I think it my duty to warn your Lordships on this occasion, that you must not always expect that ships, however well commanded, or however gallant our seamen may be, are capable of engaging commonly ',with stone walls. I have no recollection, in all my experience, ex cept the recent instance on the coast of Syria, of any fort being taken by ships, excepting two or three years ago—no longer ago—the fort of St. Jean d'U,loa by the French fleet. That is, I think, the single in stance, though I believe something of the sort occurred at the siege of Havannah in 1763." (LEFT SPEAIINC.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few Minutes Le!'oro Four o'Clock. Mr. GLADSTONE was introduced by his brother the Hon. Member for Newark and by Sir Robert Bate so,, and tcok the oaths and his seat for the borough of Walsall. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from the Manchester Dispensary, praying to be made a body corporate. RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. H. HINDE moved that the Standing Order, Number 32, relating to Railways, be read. The Order having been read, the HoN. MEMBER proposed that the Standing Order respecting railway Bills, which requires that a sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed to be deposited in the Court of Exchequer, be modified by substituting one twentieth for one tenth. The Hon. Member proceeded to say that he would not detain the Heuse by enter ing into arguments at any length in support of his mo tion ; but he would merely mention a kw facts bearing upon the subject. The House was aware that pre vious to the year 1830 of the Bills that were passed for making railways, a considerable number was confined chiefly to the purposes of local capital ; but after the o pening of the great railway between Liverpool and Manchester a great impetus was given to speculations of that nature, and in the following years several Bills were introduced into the House to enable capitalists to open railways. In the year 1832 four Bills were passed for that purpose, and in the year 1834 five Bills were passed for a similar purpose. In the year 1833, 24 Railway Bills had passed through cc t haas : m p e o r n y . Grand Junction, the North that House, inc:uding the great lines from London t o Birmingham, the In 1836, the number of a Urdon, and the London large, and the atten tion of Parliament teas onl a ie n a ( t l ions Sou s d, been evaded, a particularly directed to the sub j ect in consequen c e of the Standing Orders having in fact, there was strong proof before the House that e y a sians had been practised to enable pa rties to pass i e Standirp , Orders. Notwithstanding that twenty-nine orders 'or the formation of railways had passed the House. In 1837 the number of Railway Acts was fifteen. He admitted that many of the schemes in these three years, particularly in that of 1836, were not worthy of the support of Parliament, and were not brought under the consideration of the House in such a way as would enabl e them to be proceeded with. Out of the large num ber brought forward 44 did pass the House of Commons, and although there was no particular protection, there was not a single one of them could be called a bubble Company, and in proof of it he could state, that of the forty-four twentv-one were at the present period actually fiinisl.;!,l, tin w , .ro pa t ia!ly opened, nine were in progress, and four not commenced. Two of these f our were I r i sh ra i lways, an d o f the pe culiar circumstances connected with railways in that country it was unnecessary for him to say any thing Of the other two the Deptford pier and railway had never been commenced, and the other, the Thames Haven railway, could not be commenced in consequence of the delay in advancing theEnstern Counties Railway. In August 1833 a dtanding Order p seed the House, requiring that a longer notice should be given than heretofore, and in July of the following year the standing order was passed, requiring a deposit of 10 per cent. and both these came into operation in 1838. After the passing of these two Standing Orders there was a remarkable decrease in the number of Bills presented to that House. In 1838 only two Acts of Parliament for new railways were passed, in 1839 only one, and in 1840 not a single Act for a new line passed the House. Surely that looked like putting a stop to them al together, and it would appear, that in taking steps to prevent fraudulent schemes, they had prevented the carrying on of wholesome plans. Among the Bills passed within the last three years the Edinburgh and Glasgow one had been before Parliament the previous year, and therefore the Standing Orders did not apply to it, and another, the %Vest Derby, had beerein progress of formation by another Company, and that also was exempted. The only Bill, therefore, which could be termed one for a to tally new line was cne for a short line in Devonshire, near Torbay, which was not quite three miles in length, so that, in point of fact, only one Bili had passed since the Sanding Order to which his motion referred. Ile did not mean to object to the March notices, although he had, in common with many others, objections to these notices, but he referred particularly to the order :which required the deposit of 10 per cent. He did not believe that the Standing Orders relative to the larch notices had had the eff:ct of p:crenting these being giv. n, because, in point of fact, in 1838 there had been 35 such notices given, in 1839, 29, and in 1840, 30, shessing that these notices had not been much decreased. It might be urged, and not without reason, that the state of the money market had been one of the great causes of the small number of Railway Bills brought forward, and no doubt that had operated to a certain extent ; but he would remind Hon. Mem bers that elthough British capital had not been invested to a large amount in railways at home, yet large sums had been invested by British capitalists in railways in Germany and France, and particularly that one be tween Havre and Parisin the latter country, besides many speculations in the United States. Having disposed of the reasons why so small a number of railway bills had been brought before the House within the last three years, it only remained for him now to meet the objections of Hon. Members, who thought it of little importance whether railways should continue to progress or not, and to these hc would use the strong argument that British capital was being absorbed in these under takings in fo reign countries. Some time ago it might have been a question whether every large town should have a con nection by railway with the metropolis ; but from what had occurred of late years, that was a point on which there could be now little doubt. He would take an instance with which he was familiar, namely. the Great North Road. It was true there was a railway from London to York. but instead of being a benefit to the large towns in a direct line it was the reverse,because in many instances it deviated 30 miles lieu that direct line. A great number of persons were employed upon these railways, but this employment, so far from being a boon to the labouring population, would be a curse it it were to be suddenly withdrawn. Look at the operation of railways at this moment. During the last year, from February 1840 to February 1841, about 600 miles of new railway had been opened in the kingdom. On these 600 miles far more than a moiety of the labourers throughout the kingdom had been employed. It might be asked if he had the means of showing the number now out of employment, and he confessed that he had not. The works, especially the embankments, bad been subject to so much dilapiiation from the state of the weather, and from the railways having been opened with undue speed, that on many lines the same number of labourers were employed in repairing them, as had been employed during their for mation. But as spring advanced, these would be thrown out of employment, for though there were many railways going on, with the exception of the Great Western and another, he knew of none that were going on with spirit. These were the chief causes he had to advance in favour of a modification of the Standing Or der ; but he would point out another inconvenience, namely, the formation of railways without the sanction of Parliament. If persons found generally they could more easily make a bargain with the landowners than by submitting to the restrictions laid upon them by Parliament, depend upon it this system would increase, as saving the expense of an appli cation to Parliament would enable them to give greater sums to the landowners. These railways were not sub ject to the Act of last session for the regula tion of railways, which related only to those formed under the sanction of Parliament. He would only further state, that if the House agreed to the proposition he had had the honour to make, they would only place the Standing Order in that House on the same footing as that of the House of Lords. When these new Standing Orders relating to railways were passed, a communication was made to the other House,:nnder the auspices of theNobleLord then at the head of the Board of Trade to assimilate the Standing Orders of the two Houses, and he believed there was no other difference between the Houses than that the House of Commons proposed a deposit of 10 per cent., and the House of Lords thought this too much, and would assent only to a deposit of 5 per cent. He thanked the House for the attention they had paid to his statement, and submitted his motion for their decision. I Mr. JARVIS seconded the motion. Mr. LABOUCHEHE said, that although he was certainly prepared to offer every opposition in his power to the motion made by the Hon. Gentleman—( Hoar, hear) —the Hon. Gentleman was quite _right in assum ing that he did not rest opposition on any wish to discourage the progress of railways in this coun try—(Cheers)— provided they were real and bona fide undertakings.—(Cheers.) He was as much con vinced as any man could be that it was his duty to give v ry encouragement to the development of the railway system, but he was well convinced that the only way by which they could guard against a practical monopoly on the part of the lines already existing would be by lines more or less parallel and constructed in such a man ner as to offer some competition for the benefit of the pub lic. He trusted therefore the Hon. Gentleman would be satisfied that if he (Mr. Laboechere) felt it his duty to oppose the motion, he did not do so from any desire to interfere with the progress of the railway system. But he really was at a loss to conceive how it could be believed that any railway undertaking could be car ried on, so as to afford a fair and reasonable prospect of remuneration to the silseribers if there were a difficulty in obtaining, a deposit of ten per cent. — (Cheers.) It appeared to him that if there were any difficulty in obtaining a deposit of five per cent. as a subscriber, he should think he had little chance of ob taining the remaining 95 per cent. This subject had often been before the House. The principle had been considered by two Cammittees of the House of Commons, who - had decided against it, in consequence of those disgraceful gambling trans actions which, under the name of railway specu lations h d impotel upon the country.—(Hear, hear.) It would, indeed, be with great concern he should see the House relax their rule, which had had the most satisfactory effect in arresting the progress of schemes which were set up for no bona fide object, but only to in duce inexperienced capitalists to purchase shares and give the advantage of temporary rises in price to the first speculator. The House of Lords had adapted a different principle, and the consequence was that Bills were introduced in that House which subsequently became abandoned, after much Ideas and inconveni ence to parties who were misled I.o' the projectors. To him it toppcared impossible tNfit any parties of character and Olistanee.could-fina.:any difficulty in obtaining a d'e'posit Jso small au akount. But the lion. dentlematr'aaril that fte_afact el the restriction was to arrest thcriiiiiiress ~o f•-eeilreadiiin this country, and to send - - capititt .abraaslset levested in rail way speculatiOrts;infnieigisafttiiiii-6, he (Nlr. L.) thought he foUndaecompleWanswer to that statement, upon examining the notices of private upon which he found in this Session already 58 notices of plans for new railways. He ihougla:theielo're there need be no apprehens'inte. that-parties .who had projects calcu lated to be beneficial to themsetveseandthe public would find any difficulty in making the deposlt e required by the present regulatioa e--(Hear, hear.) C. e .And he should feel very sorrY:if,the House: should plt.tr the determi nation to whiclielit came after so much deliberation. Mr. wAltlimit7ON was so far,iPrn thinking the existing regulai* requiring the deßpsit of 10 per cent. at all excessive; Nis convinced inall honafide schemes no difficulty coulgietUndlti`ennferening to it. Until that was cnacteot4oni . of straw eaiitc beforb the public with ephemeral 101 'good nothing speculations, by which peopl e were induced to invest their savings in projects that could never be attended with the least ad vantage to them or to the public. The Hon. Gcntli nolo then read an extract from tl,c Committee of the tent to ion snaketo specify a d posit. appointed i n 1837, to th e e ff ect t h at t h e on l y means of sit.i ut fora that checking delu s i ve sc h emes was to require that all parties Billpetitioningshould Committee be required noin a particular amount of deposit, and he thought that the subsequent Committee very properly fixed the sum at its present amount. With respect to the Hon. Mem ber's (Mr. H.'s) statement that the effect of the regula tion was to reduce the number of railway speculations, the Hon. Gentleman had himself given the answer when he said that the state of the money market in the last three years had operated to the discouragement of those echenies.—(Hear.) Yet, no less than sixty-eight Bills had passed since the enactment of the present Standing Order, and 55,000,0001. of capital had been ins ested in carrying them into effect,—(Hear, hear.) Ho (Mr. W.) had had the best opportunities of • • • to the iLei its of the C8S!", and lie eras zitti•fod inquffin L 4 I • • , ; , f eguiat.oll was the Deb. LL.L eJUILi that thc.s. exisung be devised.—( Hear.) Mr. BRoTku;RTON had been a member of the THE SCTN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, JB4l. Committee of which his lion. Friend, the Member for Bridport, was the chairman ; and, knowing the nutrbcr of bubble schemes which were brought forward, he thought the present rule ought not to be relaxed. He wished to state a fact which he thought of consi derable importance. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, a year or two ago, obtained an Act for a railway to pass through the borough which he had the honour to represent, and they had con trived to introduce a clause leaving it optional to them whether they should complete the railway or not. The consequences were, that parties who had received notice that the railway would pass through their property were completely tied up from disposing of their land in any way—(Cries of " Hear, hear") — and the Company had the sole power of determining whether the property should be required at any time for the purpose of the railways.—( Hear, hear.) lie did think that Parliament should take every precau tion for having their works vigilantly and vigorously car ried into effect. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to say a few words on the subject. It seemed to him that the regulation, as it stood at present, was, like many others, highly favourable to the rich, and to great capitalists, and that it went to increase the influence of those who wore already possessed of enormous wealth, while it acted injuriously as regarded the smaller capitalist. It had that effect in the country Irene which he came, where there was but little capital. They felt severely in that country the pressure of the present regulation, and he therefore believed it to be his duty to protest against it. All railways were now a monopoly, and he thought it would be he bythe Hon. Member. better, in that e instance,r. to relax the rule, as proposed Lord 110 W ICI.: said that the Hon. and Learned Member who had just sat down, instead of considering the regulation as it now existed as favourable to large capitalists, ought in his opinion to consider it as likely to operate in an meetly opposite way.—( Hear, hear.) Before the regulation had been introduced a great in justice was frequently done to parties having small pro perties in counties through which it was proposed rail ways should pass. Schemes for the commencement cf rail ways were brought forward, and which, as they were never curried into effect had no other result than to put resi dent landlords to the expense of needless litigation. He thought it was the interest of small proprietors that a check should be put upon those who entered into decep tive schemes, by insisting rigidly on the rule as it now ex isted. He was persuaded that all gentlemen connected with landed property would do well to pause before they countenanced the resolution of the lion. Member. He was not hostile to that particular line of railway, in favour of which it was supposed the Honour able Member had made his motion. He was so fir from that that he could assure the Honourable Member, that no one could be more anxious than he was to see a line of railway carried through that county which he himself had the honour to represent. But he felt that whenever a good line could be made out, the regulation they were now discussing would not offer the slightest difficulty in the way of its being carried into effect. On those grounds he would undoubtedly give his opposition to the motion of the Hon. Member.—(Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that they onght to modify the order as it now existed. In his opinion the deposit of 10 per cent. would be sufficient. He did not think that a large per centage should be required before a BM was brought into Par liament. That was the hardship of which he com plained, and of which those who were favourable to the line of railway, referred to by the Noble Lord, must bitterly complain. The modification which he (the Attorney-G mere!) wished for, was that they should require a deposit of 10 per cent. not before the Bill was introduced into the House, but be fore the works were begun. That was the prin&ple which had been acted on in the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and which had been attended with com plete success. It would, he thought, be quite sufficient that they should heave a certificate from a public func t.onary before a spade was put in the ground. In that case they would be sure to have a bona fide under taking that would sufficiently protect the landed in terest, and which would not at the same time discourage those useful works. Mr. FRESHFIELD could not see the benefit of changing the present law. If the undertakings were of a bona fide and reasonable character, there was no fear but capital would be employed on them in this country rather than abroad. The Attorney-General said that a 10 per centage paid before a spade was put in the ground would offer sufficient protection to the public. He (Mr. Freshfirld) was persuaded, on the contrary, that such regulation would tend to encourage improper speculation. It could only tend to encourage dealing in shares, to the injury of the public. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY expressed his approval of the motion. Mr. HODGSON HIN DE, in reply said, that almost all who had addressed the House were . against rescinding the Standing Order. The Noble Lord had said that he considered the Standing Order as most beneficial to the ...ended Interest. Now, he (Mr. Hodgson Hinde) considered, that if there was one Standing Order more injurious to the Landed Interest than another it was this very order requiring a deposit of 10 per cent., for many railroad schemes, after having been brought to a certain degree of maturity, were not brought under the con sideration of Parliament on account of the inability of the parties to make the deposit required ; but these schemes were not on that account abandoned, they were merely postponed to another session, and thus these schemes were kept hanging over the heads of the land owners on the proposed line from year to year, in conse quence of this standing order, without the decision of Par liament. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that. there were fifty-eight notices for Railway Bills this Session— now it was not by the cumber of notices given that they could judge of the effects of the Standing Order, but by the number of Bills brought in, and he would venture to assert that not more than half-a-dezen Bills would be brought in of all the fifty-eight notices. He felt the sense of the House was against him, but he was desirous of recording his vote, because that, at another time, when the number of railway labourers thrown out of employ. ment would be considerable, the House would be glad to rescind this Order. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion - 129 Mr. KELLY presented a petition from the late collector of taxes for the county of Somerset, com plaining that the Government, in granting him com pensation had acted against the law and custom, and praying the House to take his case into consideration by referring it to a Committee. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Dover, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the Plasterers of Dublin, praying for the repeal of the Union. WEST INDIA MAILS. Mr.:FRESHFIELD gave notice that on Thursday next he should move for a copy of the Appendix to the Report of the Committee with retpect to the West India mails. TEXAS. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should that day fortnight move a humble Address to her Ma jesty, praying that she would be pleased to direct a copy of any arrangement between Texas and this country to be laid before the House ; and also that it was his in tention on the same day to call the attention of the House to the state of that country. Mr. KELLY gave notice that he should that day fortnight call the attention of the House to the petition of Thomas Weeks. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved for cer tain returns relative to .railways, which were agreed to. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. Sir R. INGLIS rose to put sonic questions to the Right Hon. President of the Board of Control, relative to the connexion which existed between the East India Compaoy and the idolatrous practices in India. The House was aware that Weal he had a'ked the question last year, that the Right Ilenourable Gentleman had referred him to certain extracts from a despatch of Lord Auckland, partly public and party private, in which it was state d that the system worked weil, and that the objects in view were advancing sloe ly and steadily. Now, although the Right Hon. Gentleman said he could lay ell the docu ments connected with the subject on the table, he had only given extracts from that despatch.—(Cries of " Que,tion.") He wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman would lay the whole of that despatch on the table he having only made extracts from it Next, whether upon any a uthority, %eh , ther public or private, the Right Hon. Gentleman could state upon his own respousibdity that the system had worked well in British India or any of its dependencies? The next question which ho 1+ i 6 bed to propose was, whether the Right Hon. Baronet felt himself at liberty to state to the House if any of the grievances under which British soldiers is India laboured, lied been re moved. If he could not state that, as he feared he could rot state anything s.i.fs'actorily on the subject, whether he had any objection to state that he would take care that those grievances of her Majesty's subjects in India, to which he (Sir R. H. Inglis) referred, would cease on the Ist of January, or at any other definite period. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said that, with respect to the quotations which he made in July last, he had no objection to place them before the House. He had said that those documents were partly of a private, and partly of a public, nature. Ore of the letters which he (Sir J. C. liobhous') bad received on the sub- J• et, WEB a private letter from Lord Auckland. Before replying to the questions of his Hon. Friend, he would beg to state that he believed that those papers or elileh he End moved at 'he c'ose et last SP!sicn, oldfurni,l. his Hee. Air fetich niere awple iutormetion thee L' at pc".3 ,, ut poecessed on this most delicate question. These papers were not printed before the close of last Session ; the Order bad not been re nowed during the present Session ; and consequently they had not been presented to the House. It was his intention that night to move to renew that Order and in add:t . on to move for the production of other papers which he thought would wove satisfactory to his Honourable Friend. With respect to the urther question of his Honourable Friend, whether, he thought that hail anything had been done respecting the settlement of this unfortunate question, for so he thought he was et titled to call it, he had the satisfac tion of stating that he thought much had been done to wards the settlement of it. What had been done in the Presidency of Bengal had been, in Lis cpinion, with one exception, entirely satisfactory ; and when he looked t r ad a, had been done with regard to one pilgrim tax, and with regard to the Juggernaut tax, he thought that much had been done. He should also lay before the House despatches from the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, stating the steps which they hail adopted for carrying out the orders of Lord Cricklend, which he thought would prove satisfactory to his Honourable Friend.—(Hear.) 'firm was one exception, which was, the President of Madras. He would . confess to his Hon. Fri.nd he had been disappointed by what had taken place in the Presidency at Madras. When he had last addressed the House on this subject, he had stated that he had received despatches frem the Govern-General of !lois, stating that he was in hopes that measures could bu adopted for carrying ieto effect his orders on this subject in the Presideue . 7's of 13ornbey and Madras. As he had before stated, those orders had been carried into tff et in the Presidency of Bombay. But his Honour able Friend would find in the despatches a state ment• that the propositions which had been made by the Government of Madras to the Government of India, for carrying into effect the orders of the Government of India were unsatisfactory, and that the Government of India, he was happy to state to his Hen. Friend, had issued such orders as would have the effect of pre venting the Government of Madrass being any ionger behind hand in carrying into effect orders of the Government of India and the desire of the British Parlia ment. It was his duty at the same time, in defence of his Noble Friend Lord Elphinstone and his Council, to state that he believed what had been done by them was owing to a misunderstanding of the instructions from the Beard of Directors and the Government at home. But the Government had since given instructions so distinct that there could be no room or excuse for further mistake ; and tl e Governor of Madras would in future act in conformity with the regulations passed for the guidance of the other presidencies.—(Hear, hear.) He had now answered the quesions of the Hon. Gentleman relating to the three presidencies. With respect to the other matter put to him, namely, ;he attendance of the troops at the re ligious service of the Hitloos, he begged to refer the Hon. Gentleman to the dispatch of 1833, in which it was most pointedly laid down that the troops were not in any way to be compelled to attend at any festival which was not consonant with the principles of the Christian rd gion—(Hear)—and that no Mahome.lan should be compelled to attend at Hindoo religious ceremonies, and no 'Undo° at Mahommedan worship.—( Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend had asked him whether that regulation had been carried into effect in India. Now he could only that he was not aware that it had been violated. He had before hint a letter, statir g that the troops had attended at a Hindoo festival, and had done honour to the ceremonies under pretence r f attending as an escort to the Prince. He was not aware that this was the case. He had certainly not made any inquiry, but no complaint had been made to him. He could state, however, that if such a case were brought under the notice of the Court of Directors they would do everything in their power to prevent its recurrence ; and more than that, if they had reason to believe that their wishes were cot attended to, or their orders not properly obeyed, then they would take the earliest opportunity of sending out such instructi ns as would nut a stop to pract:ces so objectionable. Of course, a great distinction must be taken between the attendance of troops at public processions, and their forming a guard of honour and going into the temples. He had inquired whether there had been any additional information lately from India upon the subject, but bad ascertained that there was not. He believed there was no case in which compulsory attendance was resorted to, and although some disturbance had taken place at Madras between a troop of native infant, y and cavalry, he had not been able to ascertain its cause. He should, however, feel it his duty to make further inquiries. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Sir E. WILMOT begged to ask the Right Hon. the Attorney-General, whether in the reforms contem plated in the administration of justice, there was any intention on the part of the Government to establish a tribunal for the trial of juvenile offender, in cases of pray larceny. He had himself been informed of two cases, one of a chilli for stealing an egg, and another for stealing sixpence, in neither of which could any punishment be Inflicted, the children having been already two months in prison. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would strongly support any proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet to carry such an object into effect, but as there Imo been considerable division upon the subject, the Government had given him no instructions to prepare a measure on the subject. Sir E. WILMOT wished to know whether it was intended to make the Quarter Session Courts in exist ence effective, because in Birmingham they merely met pro forma, and were unable to transact any business for want of funds. All the expense at present fall upon the country, and he would be glad if the. Government would state whether it was intended to make these Courts valid or do away with them altogether. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the question would have been settled long since, but they had been waiting for the decision of the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber on the subject of the Manchester charter. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. FITZROY KELLY begged to ask whe ther it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure fcr the further abolition of capital punishment, and if so, whether it would be as extensive as that which he had the honour to in troduce last Session ? Mr. FOX MAULE said that it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to bring forward a measure on the subject of the abolition of the punishment of death. He was not, however, pre pared to say that it would be coextensive with the measure which the lion. and Learned Member hail formerly introduced. The Hoa. and Learned Member would soon have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the measure, as he hoped it would be introduced before the Impso of another month. Mr. F. KELLY then gave notice that he ;mild, on Tuesday next, bring forward the motion of which he had given notice for leave to bring in his Bill. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS—(IRELAND.) Lord MORPETH stid that he confessed he arose on that occasion with some anxiety, both on account of the intrinsic merit of the question itself as well as the special interest which had been more recently attached to it, from its having, in fact, served as a pivot on which the struggles of political parties of late had materially turned, and from its bringing him into something like rivalry with the Noble mover of another Registration Bill on the opposite side of the House in the way in which riei l-y could alone subs:st between tl oat—that was between the qualities of their respective measures—certainly not bntween the proposers. He would therefore beg that the House would follow him on the occasion with indulgence and attention. Whenever the subject had been before them on pre vious occasions, as they had been correctly re minded by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire on a previous evening, it had been allowed upon all hands that great imperfections and abuses attached to the present question of Registration in Ireland, which both admitted and called fur remedy. As to the precise extent of those abuses, as to the degree in which any fraud was practised, and as to its cowpara:ive extent either in this country or in Scotland, there might be, and lie declared there had been diffe rences of opinion ; but still it had been admitted gene rally that great means and facilities for fraud existed in the present system of registration in Ireland, and it had scarcely been denied by any one who had addressed himself to the subject, that occasional in stances of fraud had taken place. The point which bed been most frequently adverted to, was a system of certificates, and the facilities afforded there by for fraudulent personation of either dead or ab sent voters, and the retention of persons on the registry, who, after they had once been placed on the list were left then without any opportunity for subse quent correction or revision, during the whole period for which the registry remained in force—that was under the present Irish reform law for a period of 8 years. Now those certainly were practices for which no one would stand up, and which every one who had spoken on the subject professed himself anxi tus to correct.— (Hear.) In any measure, therefore, which her Majesty's Government would bring forward, th e y would endeavour to put an end to such palpable and obvious abuses as those to which he referred. The unequal and one•sided sy stem of appeal which was confined to au appeal i❑ favour of the franchise, which was limited to the claimant, and denied to the objector, had also formed a subject of general complaint. (LEFT SriZAKING.) TURN -OUT OF C OLLIERS.— Th e co l l i ers of Wigan and the neighbourhood still refuse to return to their work until their demands have been complied with, which the masters are apparently equally determined to resist. S:me of them, indeed, who have considerable stocks on hand, are quite indifferent whether the roen re turn or not, even on any tei ens. The men have been this wcck di•llo ; iv e r, xr, a e . ropcs tla...tlgh the streets, 4 Wion, aLd byggi:ig fiQuo the I:ll,ibitents.—ilaneigo&ter j'ap6r. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S_THIS EVENING. HALF PAST SIR. THE DERBY. 17 to I agst Pa!remon—t. k in 18 to 1 agst Ermgo—take 20 to 1 18 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 30 to 1 agst Kni3ht of the Whistle—taken 25 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc—take 26 to 1 28 to 1 agst Sir Hans 30 to 1 agst Wellington—offered 20 to 1 agst Soult—offered 3000 to 30 agst Mustapha—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mustapha Tuley 50 to 1 agst Kn;ghtsbridge—offered 1000 to 15 agst Satirist—c,ffered 2000 to 25 agst Morning Star 30 to 1 agst Rosalind—taken 4 to 1 agst Scott's lot—offered 1000 to 40 agst Sir Gilbert's lot—offered 28 to 1 agst Wahab—taken 100 to 1 agst Protection—taken 50 to 1 agst Ermingardis—taken 20 to 1 Agst all the Mares—taken 2000 to 20 agst Lady Strut—taken 1000 to 15 agst Tonquin—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken Very little. betting. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Frß. 3. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice COLE RIDGE and a Middlesex Jury.) STEVENSON V. DONELLY. In this case the plaintiff, who sued in forma pan penis, brought the ite . ion against the defendant, to le cover damages for false imprisonment. It appeared that during the spring of last year, the plaintiff was living with the defendant, Captain Donelly, son of the late Admiral Ross Donelly, as coachman. The Captain resided in Harley -street, in the house of his father, whose guardian he had been appointed, under a Commission of Lunacy. Miss Donelly, the defendant's sister, resided with him, and previous to the defendant's marriage, had had the management of the house. Captain Donelly had, however, married, and subsequently to his marriage differences bad taken place between himself and his sister, who, how ever, continued to reside at the house in Harley street. On the night in question Miss Donelly hail gone to the Opera, and during her absence Captain Donelly had gone down into the kitchen, and repri manded the servants for making a noise. Shortly afterwards Miss Dandy returned, and, on ringing at the bell, the door was operr.d by the defendant, and slammed in her face. The servants, however, immedi ately afterwards let her in by openieg the door of the area. It appeared that in passing to her room she would have to pass the door of the room occupied by defendant ; and fearing that he might rush out upon her, she re quested the servants to see her safely past his door. They did so ; plaintiff, whose sleeping place was in the stable, accompanying them, he had previously been up stairs on a message for one of the servants, but had been ordered down by Captain amelly. After they were all in bed, Captain and Mrs. Donelly got up and left the house, and shortly alter returned, accompanied by the police ; being unable to obtain admittance by the street door, they went round to the stable door, of which the Captain bed the key, and, calling the plain tiff out of his bed, he gave him in charge to the police 'or creating a disturbance in the house, and using abusive language, at the same time giving another servant, named Shepherd, into custody on the same charge, and also on a charge of assault. In the morning, Shep herd, who bad been going up stairs with a pistol, and who said there were thieves in the house, was fined by the Magistrate, and the case against the p!aintiff was dismissed. Mr. THRSIGER having addressed the jury for the plaintiff, called various witnesses to prove his case. Mr. CROWDER, for the defendant, admitted that the verdict must go against him ; but contended that it was a case for merely nominal damages. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in summing up, said that he considered it a case certainly calling for more than nominal damages. It was a gross abuse of the criminjl law for a master to dive a servant in custody of the police, on such a charge as creating a disturbance, and making use of abusive language. If a servant were im pertinent, his master should turn him out of his house —not give him in charge of the police ; for the fact of a man having been before a Magistrate told against him afterwards. It was frequently said of a servant, " Oh, he has been before a Magistrate ;" and this ob servation alone, without any knowledge of the circum• stances, was calculated to inflict injury on a person in the plaintiff's station. The Jury, however, were not to suffer their feelings to carry them away, but were to give such temperate damages as would be a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff, and place him in the si tuation he was in before this occurrence took place. The Jury, on their return into Court, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 701. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (OLD COURT.) ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON INSURANCE COMPANIES. THE CASE OF THE DRYAD. Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace arid Patrick Max well Stuart Wallace, the individuals charged with de frauding insurance companies, under the circumstances that have recently been laid before the public, were placed at the bar this morning. When the case was called on. the Attorney-General, who with Messrs. Clarkson, Bodkin, and Laurie, was instructed on behalf of the prosecution, addressed the Court., and applied for a postponement of the trial. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he was glad that a Noble Lord now formed part of the Court who had heard some of the former arguments in this case. It would be remembered that at that time a question arose as to the validity of the remand of the prisoners by the Massistrate before whom they were taken, hut subsc crently they were committed for trial. The charge against the prisoners was that they had been accessory to the casting away and destroying a vessel called the Dryad, insured from Liverpool to Santa Cruz for the sum of 10,000/. There was abundant proof of the policy being effected, and that no goods were on board the ship, and also that an attempt was made to cast her away; but the difficulty they had to contend with was that there was no proof of the actual loss of the vessel, a witness who could prove that fact being abroad. It would be unsafe to proceed with the trial in the ab sence of that person, and he therefore had to apply for a postponement of the trial till next session, by which time there was every reason to believe that th e witness would be in England. The Learned G,intl man then read the affidavits of Mr. James Philips, the solicitor for the prosecution ; and Mr. E. S. Phillips, the secretary to the Maritime Insurance Society, in sup port of his statement ; and also a statement of the wife of the man referred to, that she had heard him say that the Dryad was cast away and destroyed. The Learned Gentleman, after some further remarks con nected with the facts of the case, moved the Court to postpone the trial. Mr. PHILLIPS, who appeared for the defence, was understood to say that he had no objection to °fret to the course proposed by the Attorney-General. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said that, as this was the caee, the only question that remained was as to the propriety of admitting the prisoners to bail. He should most decidedly oppose such a course, for he feared that if the prisoners were set at large, they would obscoud, and the ends of justice be defeated. Oue of the prisoners had already absconded from the charge, and abandoned his house and family, and he was traced to the sea-side ; and there was every reason to believe that he intended to leave the country. He therefore hoped, that, under all the circumstances, the Court would riot accept bail. Some conversation here took place between the Learned Counsel, and Mr. Phillips said that as the pro aecutors had agreed to the proposition he had made to refund the prisoners a portion of the money found in their possession, he should not press his motion for bail. The. ATTORNEY-GENERAL Said he thought it quite right that the prisoners should be afforded the means of defending themselves, and he saw no objection to a suffieieat sum being given them for that purpose. Mr. Porr.t.trs said it must be understood that he only conssint, d to a post poeetnent till the next Session. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that was all he re quired and the prisoners were then removed. Robert Langston, aged 19, John Edwards, aged 18, and Edward Hopkins, aged 22, were indicted for felo niously assaulting and wounding James Michael Wood, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. In another count the intent was laid to be to rcsi.tt the lawful apprehension of the prisoner Edwards upon a charge of felony. Mr. Phillips appeared for Hopkins. The prosecutor, who had his bead bandaged,and who appeared to be very wetlk and ill, deposed, that on the 20th January he was passing down Duke-street,Water loo-road, where he saw Edwards, who had a bundle under his arm, and another man with him, come out of the house of a person named White. He suspected something was wrong, and he followed the parties, and stopped them and asked them to go back with hin to Mrs. White's, and they did so, and when he got there, he found that she had been robbed of a cloak, and he advised her to send for an officer, and just as he said the words, a number of persons, among whom were the prisoners Langston and Hopkins, rushed into the house, and Langston struck him a violent blow on the head with some instrument which cut completely through his hat, and inflicted a severe wound on his head. Witness held Edwards, and a struggle ensued, and he was dragged into the street, and again kicked and beaten. It appeared by the testimony of other witnesses that a number of picklock keys were found near the spot, and also a " life preserver," with w hi c h the injury had been inflicted. The prisoner Langston was the only one identified as having struck the prose cn!or. The Yury fcund Latigt,t4ti The same prisoners were then indicted for stealing a cloak, the property of Jane White. EVENING EDITION• _—...--.--_ The same facts were again deposed to, and the fur! convicted Edwards and Langston, and acquitted Hopkips: The COURT sentenced Langston to be transportel for fifteen years, and Edwards to be imprisoned sad kept to hard labour for one year. Michael Shaughnessy, aged 25, and John Sha4ll nessy, 30, were indicted for felo niousl y cutting 10. wounding George Mayhew, with inte nt to do bts 0111° grievous bodily harm. Messrs. Phillips and Ballantine appeared for th e prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, t h a t O n the 2d d f , January the prosecutor was walking in the Or r°ll — ha met the prisoners, who wer e total streege7 to him, and one of them exclaimed, a Englishman," and John Shaughnessy kOck,,e, bier , o n 1.1,.' him down, and Michael commenced kicking head and the left side of his body, and broke tsvo of kil ribs. He called .‘ Murder," and John Shaughaessi Om his brother to kick him in the mouth, and Michae l jo,- mediately attempted to do so, but his foot fortunateel. struck against a door-scraper and the blow vial a ver „ t to e " Here eel In addition to the injuries above stated, the prasec— had his left eyelid cut open, an d „s otber t ; then red wise severely injured. The prisoners sway, and the prosecutor went after them , ° P i John knocked him down a second time , 8 :, they both kicked him while he was op t o , vocation v, fo i r tn t c h s e se o s ut w ra e ground. The prosecutor, it appeared, gave 13 . ° 1 , P i the prosecutor's statement, and a medical gen tl e d it described his injuries to have been very s evere , D. 1 51 appeared that he had been three weeks g re e th ex at am w i a n s ed co , committed u poe - in consequence. The prisoners received a good character. dr The Jury found them guilty, but with a recomele° tion T to mercy on account of their good character: 30 The prisoners were again indicted for a s im b ,a offence . upon Joseph Peet, the constable, w, m el assisted in their apprehension, and they were '°- guilty of a commcn assault. labour I C n ij r L tw aT o The ' • e i a corrobora tethe bospi; s y e e n a t r e s n . ced the prisoners to be kept tob: a The Recorder sat in the evening, but the eas es a posed of were of no public interest!' POLICE IN TEL LIGEN Ole A young man named GUILDHALL. Henry Bell, of very I'M lb t l oo appearance, was brought before Mr. Alder man for Je" r t c-examination on a charge of' forgery. ; 05 6 ' I appeared in evidence given at the former in vest' bp. gation, that the prisoner attached the signature° hus i. Harding, a hair dresser and perfumer, carrYieg:jol.• ness in Dean -street, Soho-square, to a draft le r bis and was shortly afterwards given into e usteJl % t o place of business in the Cit Upon being I d° ag before the sitting Alderman, the 3... evience Iwt deemed sufficiently conclusive against the Pris ciner ' was further remanded to yesterday. Upon being again placed at the bar , a Pets" Iceilsr himself tole a clerk in the employment of the or the prosecution, applied to Mr. Aldermen ''°o,ol. to discharge the prisoner, the prosecuto r, the ing, having determined to proceed no further '" f t he cave, as the prisoner had arranged for the atio unt ° draft, and expenses. 1°1! Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said there was "%eta' that the individual making the application was 1: : ; ;; re: authorised by Mr. Harding, and be L od therer; d if wand the prisoner until that ' gentleman at.te.n,clb7:o4 he refused coming forward, a summons migh t to compel his appearance. STATE OF TIRA]DE• (From the .Manchester Guardian.) ~,t hso During the whole of the past week tlin 0 18 , 1 : to f presented the same appearance of dulness an ",:ek. animation that was aarent for two or three . esete° previously; the genera l p disinclination to do L ' ~ abi sive business being, yesterday , somewhat i n ereal i be the unfavourable accounts f the condition ° D oi United States' Bank, which have reacbedi_tcibilocc'ellorls:i through the medium of a passenger 1an0:,,,e d os% from the New York packet , Cambridge. -1 " j it / 111 both for goods and yarn was very limited, an Aucti° difficult to make sales except at a trifling reu vs" ever, m t e prices of the precediog week. }-I°ldetl ' e l ' consequently trifling . firm, and the business dove f Fi lil i 1# ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDA Y ' to ,as,° —We cv have bad a moderate demand for flannel 6 0 ii s n o e m • vhat similar to that of last Monday, but i'l e , eA clfg change in prices. The wool market remajo' !''tbe with prices firm. We regret to state that, durOvdosi past week, a house of extensive business in tb e c i" st trade, we believe the oldest house in that " 6 0 :0 Rochdale, has stopped payment. The eogsge are_said to amount to about 70.0001. , 1 , gb til l ! HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, FEB 2.--itit•l-u- wes— market this day was not quite so animated 0 lo t r e i° was doo good yet uia a respectable amount of business _ .r . c d e le and low-priced woollens and light WO 5 00 11. l' n i .s remain firm, with an upward tendency ia_oiogi and the warehouses there is an average business ' 1 t. orders in hand keep the mills in lull ernplolole° _ SHIPPING INTELLIGENa. (LLOYD'S.) • EAST INDIA SHIPPING• t soul it Arrivals.—Mary, Robertson, from Mauritius. %covet; ampton, sailed 31 October, St. Helena 14 ° 14° iled 2 Lady Mary, sailed from Bengal, off Falmouth, sa tt • Live r. August ; Mary Elizabeth, Corre, from Clainakool:/t; pool, sailed 25 July, Cape of Good Hope 25 , Al on Rotha, Carl, from Batavia, off Dover, swi ll- r Helena 18 December, for Gottenburgh. s°u' l.le IrLl‘ e' Arrivals at St. Helena.—Sarah Scott, 1304'P 17, from Singapore, and to sail 18 for Loud: 1011 1 0r Al lenn:a, Verster, 17, from Batavia, and to sail "AO ' sterdam; W. S. Hamilton, Brown, 17. from '-gyic,„' Singapore, and to sail 18 for London; from Batavia, and to sail 18 to Rotterdam; Sal t , t 1: 1219 ,,' Koen, 18, from Batavia, and to sail 18 10 A" - e Dig o ' Harriett, Kreeft, IS, from Mauritius; from Calcutta ; V,lonica, from Batavia, JAV A e rs Whaling ; Valparaiso, Lockwood, from Manilla' n d Departure from St. Helena.—Wassenaar 90' Lydia, Dec. 18, for Holland. The Dutch barq ue has been seen ( IT the Cape. bf Dec ba ti Arrival at Cape de Verds.—Argyle, Oaten A ' v erl from Plymouth to Port Philip, had experience-13OP weather; Ocean Queen, 8, flout London , cif F i r Duilins, 8, from Bristol to Launceston. Arrival.—Tanjore, late Hopper, from c e ylo. % obe r. Brother., jo, fr is mouth, sailed 14 September, St. Helena 28 No" .....---.----..............,—_ —_- „M l REIGATE ELECTION.—The nonlii,- he to 14 burgess to serve in' the present Parliaments i n ,- ro t w o I l t i , of Lord Somers, took place yesterday, at the - 1 ,, t hree it g r j Reigate. The usual formalities having been g ° , 4 9,d a te;„ f o , Mr. Dixon proposed Lord Eastnor as a ea n ' t ;i o er r,),0 Mr. Price seconded the nomination. Mr. ' ' i n dec I i .,' i f posed Dr. James Bedford ; but, as no one ~,i'e l a o r ('`' motion, the High Bailiff declared Lord oas __, elected, and the proceedings terminated. ------ , ~ do' er ,°' 45 . SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to 5',...' 5 ,.1, , 1 ',41, rability, equal in appearance. able Spoons or I ;.,,:oeft . ,' if b Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, 3s. per dozen; Table ' 3 l - b r s"i $ inches high, 7s. per pair; the particular tre ta s iv t e i v' these articles are made is so like silver, that it ea° ° sca n from it by the stamp; every article made in silve r s I , cured in this material by A .. s tre e if sib hIPPON and RTON, Wells-street, Oxf°f-kende Who, to preve n t i m p os iti on , .online the sale of i t t• • .„,,.. Catalogues of priers gr atit...- a ......____ BIRTHS. lady 0° ticf, On the 27th ult., at Valentia, Kerry, the ° a pt' 1 Blackbthe 31sturn, Esq.ult., at, of a so Axminster, the lady 0- n. f 0,4° v. On Colonel Batty, of a son, who survived only a l eo ' 1100;015Lii On the 29th ult., at Cut-hedge, Gosfiiild, Ess ex ' u of T. T. Fowke, Esq., R. N., of a daughter. pop o, On the Ist inst., at Ilatton, Middlesex, Lodi o r. f . a son. of A jell Se On the Ist inst., at Islington, Mrs. J. E. Tib bs, f th o On the Ist inst., at Takeley Vicarage, the vcif B ° o f $ C. Clarke, of a daughter. f 6s" ' On the Ist inst., Mr. Robinson, of Forest-g a te. sf daughter. , Pi t l uli On the Ist inst., in Abingeon-street, Mrs. r i . - • of a daughter. , r, MARRIND. j . P' late On the 28th ult., at Bishopwearmouth, the Rev. 01° Linskill, A. 13., to Isabella J. E. El,ses, dalig h , t .„ cr o - t ..a,4 o ' Lieutenant John Raleigh Elvtes, of the 71st Relf„"',,,:„llel,P-iiter On the Ist inst., at Broughton , near Newport IT i ai ,- , mog .loin Denne, Esq., Buckingham, to Mary Ann, ell a gn' l o . ol , of the late 'F. S. Hollingworth, ' lisq , of NeoT •rt 14/• 1/r i :•'' On the 2d inst., at St. George's, .13loorrisburY, at e' ° Esq., solicitor, of Dublin, to Julia, the eldest (We , a, )3. Winsland, Esq., of Great Russell-street, Illoonisburlit'oo• Y teo ro t On the 2d inst., at St. Nicholas Church , pr i g,, t ACC S e' Williams, Esq., of Portland-place, to Clara Alog sr- f s q . ' co ol, for , Coventry, third daughter of T. Darby Co Greenlands, Bucks, and Kempt. town, Brightoo• il. 1 - 1. or e. On the 2sl inst., at St. Alphege, Greenwich!n:to Ettr.;l.:i., man, Req., son of Colonel Furman, of Groom's-1'1,0,0e, ' Seymour, second daughter of Lieutenant J. IN T • ' d st t t e ' of of Greenwich Hospital. „ o re, wit i On the 2d inst., at St. George's, H an ov-r-A Luc i, re or 0. Marjorihanks, Esq., of I3ushey.grove, Herts, t° , Joe - the Right Hon. William Lord Rendiesham. 2 °' the late E. R. Pratt, Esq., of Byston. Norfolk. i l i‘ ), the , 3 E O , t q h . , ult., )f I I C , a ah e fi e e r p l i nd DIRT ). , R the . belo v e d 'Pr ire ° I Or" 1. 0 , 0 r the Tower and Sw Vii ut On the 20th tilt ,at Gott' g 1 r Gellert', liiiige-„ Von Arentsschilt, K r * ;1 1 Companion in—en ' 3 ai° - 131.1 4 '' WlP' e ordi:_anitdoftheGneipolifiyoievier °fl ue 44, ll°T , e, Governor of Hannoceerich Murdon, i‘e„ . , ',llla , e ( On the 25th ult., at. North II Nflk IL " a ' I'll' ° ' epps, i or 0 r 30th uh , at Ramridd e near Andover, ' 11 . Bedford-square, L ' ondon. g ' h p 11 ,1 " l ate rector of Tr y os , ton a , ,t. S , u o ff f o e e e y, 3lst ult., at Cavenham Hall, Suffolk, t" - f• the Montague Chohnele B ar Ci"n eji the ihli 31st ult., Mr. T. Lightfoot,f C o antber"l4,, SO "' On the Ist inst., at the Hermitage, lottenharnt J i Esq., aged 52. Jane' reli ct ° the O l n ate th T e . le c t oo in i st e . r , , iEn,(Nii.',eealgce--sdtrwee.t, Maidstone, f . ,p. Easton ,lk'and I. fa CV ' er is On the let inst., at Stockwell, Surrey , W: '; 3 „ 1 : ,, , .' ° 3, : un , 2 - cst son oft ltc lute Col ... ‘r t ~ ,, , e xan pler ,''''''. Lq;L:: Inftaiti . y Vuluoicer, ao tt of 1ir.,'. , , ,,- i;• :1, ''''"'''''' , :te"f bnreother .0 atirii;:_6: SCihro(O:innnmtte London: Printed and Published by .1411)I"'", 0 No. 112, Strand, at 7Vie SUN Office: bray7; P wt. the county of ISliddlesez,....-Th a riday, F • 'Ai To it • L A TH AP} , Ai In fulfill, °lcatio n I ain riiverful Zot trim IY soli "Iv. %A tuti on Vih r , di attonlev id their • alver IL N eon, tlitt 4. st i t It w • t goo t i 4 stit it kit sotial har t k ,