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-..----' ordi9g tion in roposu a Loc:ii itotunch j u g t 1 the Bole had the peet , rll to 11 t ' ° nd Inge. V" opts:lc!. jell awn ctl fr° lll back 11 , and tllo eele tine how the III )I ly itt 19 , lied, 09 r their and he had accordineiv been dismissed. Mr. Brew eter; a _decided partisan, had subsequently been appointed to the situation. Now he felt that under those circumstances the Government could not lay !ehr. Lo that iiapaeeiality to which they had . at the , oatect of Their eseseer pretended. eigale he fouad Mr. Sergeant Warren and the present Solicitor- General, of the Dublin University, denouncing as cor rupt and uneeriptural the National Educa • ' tion system—that system for the introduc tion of which Ireland was so much indebted to the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanlev). vaenney occurred in the representation Of Dublin, and what was the course adopted by the Government that was pledged to support no party ? This gentle men had concurred in the system of education, and • at the time he was put in nomination the Irish Muni • etp:tl Act was in operation, tart the Castle Inel • already selected a Conservative gentleman to till the the office of • Sheriff. How did the popular pal 1 • ••t act? The r did not ask that a perfy man should be appointed, but that they should put Sir Ed Hurrough out of office, and that the elec tion should be fitirly conducted. Haviin•• read extracts from the memorial presented to the Government on that occasion, he proceeded to say that the Govern . mew n•fitsed to remove the Sheriff from office as re quested, but the Noble Lord opposite wrote a diplo e inatic letter to the Sheriff expressing a hope that the next election would be fairly conducted. This - Air. Sheriff Bieewne had been in office WllOll the Whigs were-in power : and lie had said, if the Government 'e would make him a Knight * , he would do any job for •k• them they wanted.- 1 --( !Lear, hear, and laughter.) This W:l3 said• in a letter to Mr. Eiffe, in which 7ie l • he stated , his determination, let what would happen, to act in all respects in accord '•• mice with the wish of the Gcwerriment. 'When the Noble lord (r.ortl Eliot) had that docu *pent sent to him, he replied to this effect re •ceii ed last night your letter. lam under the neees . city thie day of taking my departure for London, but I.L. Lucas, in whose hands I leave the document, it ..before the Lord Liedtenant, and give d• Y l lll his -Lordship!s answer.'" NO w , he thought ' Noble Lord might a s .• well, before 414 13 ; • le left town have giten, an answer himself to the letter. To be sum allowance was :to be htil 3 ; made for the deviations of men enthusiastically vir thiv,ib tuns on their first coming intopffice. • But he - woUld ask, had the Government * fulfilled their pro Mises ? Lprd De Grey in his answers (and they were nume „ath.iq . to the various addresses presented to him from 5t1 34 4 . 12 "i 41. parts of the country, without, he believed, a single )13 , 3 ' . ' ,,,bllltxception, s t a t e d th at h e was most anxious. for the sa t " L ":: 47 :impartial administratiOn of justice. Lord De Grey's bad s t d ;:Prornises of an impartial administration o f j us ti ce I'3zft 9d 'stood out in high relief. .But why had his Lordship 4 lasi c f,.. )- eleoted that topic ? He appeared to have thought ,Ititit there was occasion fof those promises. He seemed 'to' have felt that, with respect to the administration of :itt inst . in Ireland, that suspicions must have 1, 14 T. ! Ice ./ • • ean entertained, which it was his duty to negative. Lordship had thought, perhaps not unreasonably )1441' T!ten a great change had t a k en pl ace , a vast trans ,fi!T --wl. fir o f power h a d ta k en place in Ireland—when the l Aovernment for the many had been succeeded by the 'dl • 4.3 overnment for th e f ew —f or the Governmentwhich X' 4l espeei a ll y a tt en d e d to t h e m i sfortunes of the smaller ie • n umber—his Lordship e then, perhaps, thought it ee i „, not unre a sone ble that it should be supp ose d th at fae ltt!t Con should find its way back again to the public tree, tribunals—th a t jurors would be selected, and judges ,tehosen,- upon principles repugnant to those upon • I\-hieh he meant the laws should be administered, Wes. .. c i nves t e d w ith great power —power which, Nth if the Noble Lords (Lord Stanley's) Registration .4 1r/ , r l 2 3 Ifili was passed, would be greatly augmented. judicial partisan was a great calamity. When eit went the circuit what exultation on one ales ! 1541 6 and what dismay on the oth th 4;20.4 e xhibited bet ween parties animateder was by feelings ere s ir •ef the d eepest ant i pathy towards each other, 11, hen they saw a man clothed with judicial ,;! . ;authority enter the Court as judge who had • Lorne a part in all the civil feuds of Ireland for years 'Past ! -- -(Cheers.) What did they mean by the impar tial administration of justice ? Justice to be impartially a dministered must be administered by impartial men, and when they placed on the bench men distinguished for their politi ca l partieeenebip, he would as k if th a t • were a verificati on of their professions ? Mr. Justice ec)huson h a d not gone circuit for many years under tl elVhig Government. lie resigned as soon as the ' Conservative Government had been formed, and e s save an opportunity to the Noble Lord opposite to verity the sincerity of his professions with regard to the impartial sarnainistration of justice, and who . evas the successor selected by the ,Noble Lord Vii.._ show the sincerity of his professions, and to secure the confidenc e of the Irish Catholics ?—(Cheers.) If kt e ;' the Government had chosen to elevate Mr. Lefroy to j • the Peerag e , an d t o l et him be engaged in the House aeo e - of Lords in hearing Irish appeals, where his 4441e44reat learning would - have been of infinite service, t i d Svi 'and Where he - Would not have exhibited any partisan lii:aT,Ateling; no complaint would have been heard from eit,lunitAilll (Mr. , Shiel). If they had made an exchange, ~!and sent an English Judge to Ireland, and :-..!,l4.l'&*aised Mr. Lefroy to the English Bench no complaint ir,-,„ . °' 11 4 have been made--if they nad waited until "lie feeling had subsided,and had prepared its Way s - ti ers s olri u-c eoninanying the appointment of Mr.Lefroy with eee d• ie - liberal appointments, th e case wou ld h ave b een ' e ked. But they had, chosen at • once to appoint limn who for years past had been mixed up 1;-_:every political question by which Ireland h a d i l l'* 4 s ' a'Y, excited. He bore Mr. Lefroy no Mr. 47 , 40 - 7 de e jmer' could not be hurt by his attacks, or by the tlo s - . /fts aenee of the Noble Lord. If he thought Mr. Le `ll4,l°l7 would be hurt, his (Mr. Shiel's) lips should at e be sea l e d as far as regarded Mr. Lefroy. t Orth turned from the app o i n t men t o f th e g entleman, to 4' 'Allem he had referred, with, h e trusted, as little t • 4 1 1 erity as possible in treating a subject so deli , r 6k, to th e app o i n t men t o f ju d ges an d j urors . f the system of appointing juries there were two e66 s, which he Would bring before the House, which 4frorded a strong exemplification. He knew English- Z el l would be surprised that they should complain the exclusive in s tit u ti on o f j ur i es, an d t hi n k th a t f3 i le religi on o f men , b y w h om t h ey were to b e tr i e d 11' their lives, was of i m p or t ance; b u t if th e y • 14 :. "ew the real conditi on o f th a t coun t ry , th e y , at ,%•_ould not be su r p r i se d th a t t h ey s h ou ld b e . ; 1 7%ious that their lives and property should not 54 1 ', ! surrendered to th a t c l ass o f men w h o were 3.?" d inerily impannelled upon th e j ur i es . Th e O range ill t 'titutio n was dissolved indeed, but its spirit l es' li abroad. It had left influences of a social and ` • la , teal kind upon the entire frame of soc i e ty i n Ire !1(1, and upon the administration of justic e it acted • e , I , s ' e T a most sinist e r e ff ec t. Th ey m i g ht thi n k "'naps that he s p o k e i n thi s ma tt er as 4, O p mere • partisan. H e wou ld re f er t o th e ~ • 't/,, " 11 011 S of an Irish Judge, delivered many years / 4 t l r , with respect to the administratio n o f j u sti c e i n '• north of Ireland, but much of which was xtt'lieabl e to it at the present time. The " 11 . Member then read an extract from a document • ' t en by Mr. J us ti ce Fl e t c h er , s t a ti ng th a t th ere i l v r ere numb ers o f persons w h o, un d er t h e assume d name (4 lnge veomen, attended the fairs and markets with r• zns in the'ir hands, under the pretence of self-defence, "It in reality for the purpose of exciting their op al, r gents. In a Court of Justice it was sufficient fir,; ) say that suc h a par ty displayed such a colo u r to '• th r o ° tuee au titter disbelief of his testimony ; to another displ ay o f the same party colours instigated e . 4 der and larceny. If this system, or its relics, con fil,4ll°(l, they could not be surprised that the Roman t•-•atholies were anxious that persons of their religion - Hild have a due share in the administration of justice. 1 , - ‘ 2 remembered that when the Hon. Member for Gates ss-e!td attacked the Secretary for the Home Department i‘ h 4 Petiting the constitution of the municipal Magistrates, fie Right Hem Baronet insisted, and the majority of the e ,:buse—those that supported him—insisted that the due , - " t ainistration of justice required that men of both itatties should 1:e placed on the Bench; and the Right Baronet said that he had modified the exclusive e ar acter of the Municip a l M ag i s t ra t es . If th a t were t rue tt " their own country—and he knew it was so with the ' ti ta i Magistrates—how much m o r e powerfully did ftj ,observati on apply to the course pursued in the north !rebind, wh ere a man was put on ,tr i a l f or hi s lif e ? f,` 4 l •i s 4, lit `; unale that observation with a view to account for ex traordinary excitement produced in the north of Is el(01,1b • l' As . y the two cases to which lie was about to refer. , AT 0 men were put upon their trial for the murder of r es l ' 4 `Ardle. The course he (Mr. Shiel) took with q t e . o , t to that case was this. He applied to Mr. 4 1 ' a, a gentleman of high standing at the bar, who 4, 11 e 3 1,-''tely distinguished in a trial at Dublin in which ii,., \ A t on. the Solicitor-General was for the Crown, and Shiel) begged of him to give him a faithful utshed account of what took place at that trial. • Le , t tl eount he had received from that gentleman L eis ' • read at full length, as it would give blouse authe n ti c i n f orma tion upon that subject. -. 'l,latse wo u ld remem b er th a t w h en the case of Mr. re a :l e 1 . 1 1- ' ll O was tried, the verdict was acquittal. The Noble ..aaidt:•cAnressed his astonishment at that acquittal—the %e s : -'11 e , ; " expressed astonishment. The circumstances were . 1) 1'4 1 Wardle was a Roman Catholic 7 -some d!s ;,rf!: lu w e ed a Tosi'. and he took refuge in a house. He was .. te t ; ts ." itti, t 'Y the prisoners, and they demanded his life, and atil'7/1%.4, madpon his being given up. A temporary resistance sti And w . € ! , ( :XpOStUltllloll was in vain, he was sent toi 1 ,; 4 -714.10 eu us •He (Mr. Shiel) had a great quantity of ;seeh, tee !Alts, and the perusal of the whole of them would ~,'lls• He was satisfied that the Right Hon. Ba- T, I:::.ttedetested the .ystem of packing juries as much *4 ' :I an Y Irian, but 4 he (Mr. Slid) was afraid that tea ''' tut M r ; • Burke said long o l eo would apply now. leo r what r Q i and attention was given by the Government to 'tte e k • Pata s t ; s° lung as the subordinates did not act with sym w•di„st, Government was attended with danger and t11: 1 •ii iv i'At on Z• 'This trial was fixed for nine o'clock on the ';', tail e d •• Y i , morning ; at that hour a trifling case was lie ", and a common jury sworn without notice. Sgent of the persons charged would not challenge .Y--be 'WAS content with the Jury in the box. • of b ru e w eonipare that with what took place in the case un the se se, the Catho,lic, at Armagh. The Noble Lord •biumch stated, on that occasion, that the agent for N • TEE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1842. the neat of kiu was satisfied with the j ury, . The agent, , Th e Ri g h t H on. G ent l eman was not there to substan lon the contrary, statt-d that he had rece ived . LIT fiat of iate those eharges„—(Hear, hear.) But though there jurymeri ott the panel the night previous to the trig,. was silence within the walls of Parliament, the organs that he might mark those whom ha thought it his they of the party were not miletth The Liberal papers had to challenge ; and he did, set aLideEeveral who had Leen l':4 . taitiatl those chtcrgcr, and if Hon. Gentlemen believed empanelled, tbc . the p - , , ,rpose chailqginp; ebarg.?s to be 4-Jell foundad, they abandoned their Court the : , . - f-xt; tiay h 3 urged the ne'.:,?slaty of challenging trast by ailmaing . the Government to (Tape so long. those persons ; and the Crown Solicitor hi:nself re- - 1 (1 - 1ear, hear.) Before he proceeded to the charges quested that one of those persons should stand by, nut made by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he the Attorney-General refused to allow any challenge be;:,- ,, ed to acknowledge his courtesy, and the frank and whatever.—(Elear, hear.) Th e s t a t emen t that there manly manner with which lie conducted himself on this was no desire to chall e n ge was certa i nly a mistake. The occasion. Il e h a d given him (Lord Eliot) notice of jury consisted of eleven :ProteStants and o n e Catholic ; the charges he intended to bring against the Govern the ease went on, and th e c h arge o r the Judge was stated meat. which enabled him to give them a full answer. to be such it one as strongly to induce a conviction. The The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had referred i writer of this statenmit t o hi m (M r . Shiel) stated that to a speech made by hint to his constituents in Corn- Mr. Ilohues and hims e lf were counse l f or the next of wall. That speech was a spontaneous declaration of his kiu. Until the very last m oment th e Attorney-General - own feelings. lie was not called on for any declaration would not allow the ag e nt t o re t a i n them. They then t of his opinions, but he thought it proper to state went to the Court i mme di„ tc l y th e y received the views he entertained—views which he entertained their briefs, and, wh en th ey entere d, th e y found long before lie became connected with the office he had the Jury already sworn. Now, was it right to sa:.: the honour •to -Itold.—(Hear, lean) The Right lion. that the counsel for the nex t o f ki n ma d e no o bj ect i on to Gentleman also adverted to the answer of the Lord Lieu the jury ? true, he mad e no oldectiou t but they had no tenant to the address presented to lien on his anival in opportamity.----(llear, bear.) The counsel were pre- Ireland. Now, he would tell the llight Hull. 11.1111 vented from challenging., but the agent fer the next of & ante d Gentleman t h at they lied a dh ere d to t h e deck kin, who was the Lilly poison in .a p os i t i on to o bj ect,. did rato ; ms they made to the letter and spirit.—(llear, hear.) Si), but in vain. S o mu c i r r or t h at ease , t r i e d in Down. .The Right Hon. Gentleman had accused them of it mal 7 He would turn n ow t o th e ease of it c a th o li c , wh o was distritnitio , of . G °rerun:tent patronage, and that they put upon his tri a l a t A rmag h . Th e case h e alluded to ought have given it.without referenco to. religiotts was that of F ranc i s Hes u kh, a Catholic, w h o h a d been lineal feelings. In the general administration of jastice tried three times fur mu r d er ; t w i ce t h e jury could not no one party was allowed to domineer over the other — agree, and up on th e third occasion, upon calliog over the aseendancy of religious feelings wits over—but if the the jury, it was fbund that tell Catholics and two Frotes- principle of the Right Hun. Gentleman tyere cayri-d out, tants only answered to their naineS, and several a them were set aside because they had ex pressed opinions favour able to the prisoner. Were such trausa.!tions to he per mitted ? Thcpanel was proceeded with, and the Crown challenged every Roman Catholic until a jury was thrtned. Now, how many Catholics had been challenged. There were ten of them on the panel, and every one of them had been set aside.—(fl ear , h ea r.) A j ury exc l us i ve l y . Protestant was empanelled to try a man who had already been twice tried for his life ; they found him guilty. An expozAulation - had becti sent to the Castle, calling for mercy ; that expostulation had nut ben listened to, and, protesting his innocence to God, the man suffered death ,upon the, scatfuld.—(Hear, hear.) The brdad, facts stood thus ;—Theiman had been twice acquitted .ten Catholic jurors had been - 'tiet elide on a subsequent :trial, and the man was found guilty and executed. He did not find that th e AttO rne y 7 G enera l h a d • given any. inatructions, respecting the, challenging of„ Roman Ca r tholiojpro . ils ,;abut Mr. Brady 'mid, that -ordinary ,pUbE•, - men'Who.mig4 be suppOsed to be in any ovay . des: pendant on the friends of the guilty parties, should . bi set aside. This was a most reasonable objection, but they might as well call all large wine' merchants publi cans, merely because they had a spirit license: Whether the rest were ordinary publicans or nut, he did not knew, but certainly one of them was of the description he had stated. - Four of them were challenged ;- why, lie could not guess ; they appeared to be men of property and independence, and above the in fluence cf the lower orders of society. One of them, Archibald Macdonald was employed to build tha Roman Catholic Church of Armagh. 'Three of them, lie un- ! derstood, had been objected to on a former trial—that of Woods. He cared not whether such things were dose by Whigs or Tories—the system was radically wrong. He had concealed nothing from them ; he had stated all he knew on the subject. Under a former Attorney- General, whose feelings were more in accordance with those of the people, with two mixed juries, no 'convic tion took place, but when they excluded all Catholics from the jury a conviction was procured. This trial, he could tell them, had created a great sensation in the north of Ireland ; the great mass of the people knew not why these men were eat aside, nor had any expla nation been given up to the present. The Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, Dr. Croly, was nut a man of violent politics, he seldom intermed dled with them, lie was an opponent of the re peal of the 'Union. A petition from such a man ad dressed to this House on such a subject, deserved, and he should have thought would have received, the most so lemn attention. The Government had acknowledged that they had received great assistance from the Roman Catholic clergymen of the south of Ireland, yet that petition had passed the House almost without comment. Dr. Croly said, " a deep sense of wrong would widely pervade the Roman Catholics of Ulster, the equality s secured them by law was violated, and if the Govern ment should make any distinction between them :. and their Protestant f e llow s u bje c t." H e con f esse d that a rash—a worse than rash article—appeared in the Belfitst Vindicator, in reference to this trial,and the Attor ney-General lost not a moment in prosecuting. the paper. From the year 1835 to 1841, when the Wings were in - power, though the Irish Government was subjected to the most virulent invectives, there was not a single pro secution of the Press took place. Since the Tories came into power their Attorney-General, Mr. Francis Black burne, had distinguished himself as much by his alacrity at one time as by his supineness in another. Mr. Biddulph's case was an instance. That gentleman, who was a, Magistrate, had advised the very men whose lives he proceeded against, to abscond, and yet he was not discharged from the commission of the public peace. This was a case which appeared in all the newspapers, and yet Lord De Grey never heard of it. His Attorney- General made no report of it to him. It appeared in all the newspapers, and Lord De Grey had never read it.—(llear, hear.) Here was crassa negligentiu. Mr. Blaekburne, within one year, had instituted prosecutions against the Newry Examiner and the Belfast Vindicator. Let them see what was the , .course adopted by the Crown in the prosecution of the editor of the latter paper. They might suppose that in Dublin, the majority of householders of which were Roman Catholics, that persons of that profession would not be excluded in panneling a jury. But it was other wise. The process of striking a jury was this—out of 48 persons selected, the Crown Solicitor struck off 12, and the defendant's solicitor 12. The remaining 24 were called the reduced list. In the original 48, on this occa sion, nine were Catholics, and on the reduced list only one was left, and that too on a prosecution for a libel in a newspaper commenting on the trial at Armagh, where ten Roman Catholics were struck off the jury. For that no reason whatever_ was assigned. That might not appear to them monstrous ; it appeared to him (Mr. Shiel) to be so. Let them now come to the trial. The Right Hon Francis Blackburne, and the lion. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Sergeant Jack son), who left Parliament to attend the trial, conducted the prosecution for the Crown. - The Attorney-Gcneral said that in that case the truth would be no defence; he would not go into the facts at all. The Judge some times said that the truth was no defence ; but for the Attorney-General to say so, was entirely unwar ranted. There was one Catholic on the jury. He was afraid he approved of this practice, and then the Chief Justice got up and delivered his charge, which he commenced thus :—" Was there ever a more diaboliCal libel than that ? In my opinion never ; yet it is said to have been an innocent publication. I am not to decide that question, but I give you my opinion, that this is a gross and infamous libel, and that is nut mincing the matter."—(Laughter.) He would net follow the example of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, and vote for submitting the charge of Baron Smith to a Committee of the House of Commons. But he (Mr. Spiel) must make one observation on what had fallen from Chief Justice Pennefather. Chief Justice Pennefather and the. Attorney-General both concurred in saying that the Press had not a right to say anything whatever about the Attorney-General— (Hear, hear)—no matter how infamous the Attorney- General might be, no matter how scandalous might be his conduct ; if he were a second Jeffries he was not to he the subject of comment by the Press. Both concurred in stating that the only way of obtaining relief from any misdeeds by the Attorney-General was by petition to the House of COMMOIIS. He would avail himself of . net the patronagoif Government given indiscriminately, it would put an eed to all political combhuitions—(l fear, heer)- T and it was a principle upon which no Govern ment ever lied. acted •or ever could eat. The Right lonourable Gentleman called the attention of the house to the law appointments, and alluded to the case -of Mr. Monaghan. He (Lord Eliot) begged to say, that the retention of Mr. Monaghan would let incompatible with the principles on which the Government acted.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Monaghan was ail advocate kir the repeal of the Ilnitm.—((.•ries of" No, no.") At all events he was a strong partisan, and he believed that Mr. Monaghan would be as sorry to retain his office if ()tiered to hint, as the Government weak! IN wrong in proposing it ter his acceptanee.- 7 , ‘ "Hear ' hear.) .The Right Hon, and Learned Gentleman 'had referred - to Mr. Brewster as an ardent political partisan, and other parties had referred to what was called "an exterminator." • • Now he (Lord Eliot) believed that. those charges were unfounded, and he was happy to have kin his power to contradict them. The Noble Lord here read en,ex tract relative to the circumstances under which Mr: Brewster had ejected certain tenants f.torn his es tate in Carlow. It appeared that the parties ejected were refractory tenants, who were notorious in the neigh bourhood fur the irregularity of their conduct, that they had never paid any rent, and that Mr. Brewster ad warmed them some money on their leaving his estate. With respect to the appointment of Baron Lefroy, upon which the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had laid so much stress, he should first ask the Right Hon Gen tleman whether he would accept that species of political sodality which he sought to fix upon his opponents? He had heard of gentlemen who had been offered high offices whose conduct had been denounced by a speech from the throne.—(Hear, hear.) But he would place this matter On higher grounds; instead of seeking to throw blame on others, he would defend the appointment on its own merits. It was his firm belief that the Govern ment would have acted most unjustly if it had passed over the claims of Mr. Baron Lefroy. He be lieved that no gentleman had higher claims to the con sideration of the Govermnent than Baron Lefroy. For his own part, he had the highest opinion of him, and was satisfied that he would be numbered among those Judges who hail graced the. Irish Bench. The Right Hon. Gentleman had adverted to the appointment of his Noble Friend (Sergeant Jackson) ; in his presence he could not advert to his many estimable qualities, but he was hound to say, with respect to him, that from his official con nexion he had derived the sincerest satisfaction and gratification. • Another appointment that had been spoken of was, that of Mr. Sergeant Warren. Now, with respect to that gentleman, he must say that if there had been any wish on the part of the Government, their in clinations would have led them to appoint Mr. West ; but they thought that professional distinction was entitled to consideration. They considered, however high Mr. West stood, Mr. Warren stood • higher, and therefore he was entitled to the appointment. He did not believe that one of the appointments made by the present Government was influenced by political principle or religious creeds. Let them look, for ex ample, to the appointment of the Bishop of Ossory, whose appointment rested solely upon the fact that he stood pre-eminent above his fellows in knowledge, learn ing, and piety.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gen tleman next referred to the appointment of Crown pro secutors by the Attorney-General.- He (Lord Eliot) would say that those appointments had been distributed without reference to political or religious opinions. There were as many appointments on one side as the other. The Right Hon. Gentleman also referred to cer tain proceedings at the elections, and hinted that nedue influence had been used by a Noble Friend of his (Lord Eliot). His Noble Friend (Lord Jocelyn) was the son of one of the most popular and universally-beloved. -No blemen in Ireland, and he was requested to stand for Dublin ; his Noble Friend was, however, otherwise en, gaged, and though he could not stand for Dublin, he pro mised to canvas for the Conservative candidate. He held a situation at the time in the Lord Lieutenant's House hold, but he (Lord Eliot) was convinced that he made no use of any influence which he might possess from that circumstance.—(Hear, hear.) llis Noble Friend would no doubt answer for hint elf.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to Mr. Gregory, the Government had not proceeded beyond fair and legitimate bounds. The Right Hon. Gentleman had adverted to the refusal of the Government to remove the Sheriff from office. A more monstrous proposition could not be made to any Govern ment. ; what would have been said of any Lord Lieute nant who, previous to a general election, should remove a Liberal gentleman from office, and plain a party-man of their own ? He had also laid sonic stress on a trumpery application of Mr. Sheriff' Browne to the late Govern ment ; but it was made in March, 1831, three or four months before the general election, and without re ference to election proceedings. Several measures had been submitted to the House relating to Ireland, which he hoped would become the law of the land. One of these ; the Drainage Bill, would tend to improve the productiveness of the soil ; another to consolidate various old and obsolete statutes ; and another to give • effect to the intentions of the framers of the Municipal Corporation Act He thereeore thought the taunts of the Right Hon. Gentleman were undeserved. He would now refer to the case of the trial of M'Ardle for murder, and Vi ould read the statement of the Attorney-General respecting it, and he believed he had neither misunder stood nor misrepresented the case. The next case was that in _which it was said a Protestant was acquitted by a Protestant jury, and a Catholic convicted by a Pro testant jury—the case of Francis Hughes. In the last trial nine of those who were set aside by the Crown had been set aside on the former trials. The juror M'Donald, who had been adverted to by the Right Hon. Gentleman, was objected to on account of certain parties declaring that they would not believe him on his oath. Two of the per_ons objected to, it was remarkable, were placed upon a trial—a trial for misde meanour—the day after Hughes was tried; those persons were sworn to try a case of Ribbonism. On the jury were nine Protestants end three Catholics. The case was as clear as possible. Nothwithstanding this the three persons refused to agree to a verdict, and the con sequence was, that no verdict had been given in the ease, and that was a case in which a defendent offered no defence. After Hughes' trial and conviction, a peti tion of mercy was set by his wife, and his (Lord Eliot's) Noble Friend, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. having that suggestion, and ask for a Committee of Inquiry. If the Noble Lord opposite intended to honour him by re plying to him, he would have to enter into minute details, and the Noble Lord would find that the granting of a Committee would be by far the most advantageous mode of proceeding, in order to give the Attorney- General for Ireland the means of reinstating himself ia the opinion of tho House of Commons.—(Cheers.) He would now refer to the case of Mr. St. George. Mr. tit. George had been dismi,ised from tho Magistracy for • writing an offensive letter to the Marquis of Normanhy. When the present Goverment came into ohice, six Magistrates—not the whole of the Magistracy, that was incorrect, but six Magistrates--three of whom had signed a memorial to Lord Nurmanby, had in 1841 sent a peti tion to the Marquis of Clanricarde, praying for Mr. St. George's restoration. Let the House recollect that that high-minded man the Duke of Wellington, hr.d stated that Mr. St. George had been justly dismissed. The petition praying for the restoration of Mr. St. George to the Magistracy, had been forwarded by the Marquis of Clanricarde. The present Chancellor of Ireland, to his great honour—(Cheors)—although differing from the Marquis of Nor7;anby in politics, saw in him the re presentative of his Sovereign, and demanded that some apology or explanation should be offered for his insult to the delegate of the Crown before he should be reinstated. Lord Clanricarde came to the determination of pro ceeding with the charge. An apology was demanded. Mr. St. George declared that he never would give any apology or explanation. Lord Clanricnrde, as Lord Lieutenant of the county, did not enter upon it further. He saw at once that when an apology was refused, the original insult was refreshed.—(Hear, hear.) What was the surprise of everybody acquainted with the de tails and circumstances, that although the apology was demanded—that although Mr. St. George made the most peremptory intimation that he would not retract a single syllable of what he had written—yet the Chancellor and the Government reinstated him in the administra tion of justice, whose functionaries, they were often told, should not be selected from party men? When he (Mr. Shiel) asked the question of the Noble Lord, he admitted the original offence—the extent of that offence—the demand fur an apology—which, when made, was refused. Mr. St. George 17as reinstated, and then he added a subsequent application, to which the Lord Chancellor and the Government gave way. Thu Original offence was no secret, the demand for an apology was no secret, the refusal of an apology was no secret, but the last application was asecret, and it ought to be divested of its clandestine character.and sub mitted to the cognisance and judgment of the House of Commons. He txs pardon for having detained the House so long. The Right H Gentles aon. n concluded with the motion of which he had given notice. ' Mr. J. O'BRIEN seciaithd the motion. Lord ELIOT said he nj, deed that an opportunity was at length offered for the vindication of the conduct of the Irish Government, and of showing that the charges brought against them were destitute of foundation. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member fur Cork, presented a petition to that Home in April last, to which the Right Bon. Gentleman had just adverted, and in that petition the Government of Ireland was charged with tampering with the administration of justice. occasion to leave Ireland, appointed the two law officers of the Crown to act iu his place. The Lord Chan cellor thought it his duty to examine into the circumstances, and he took the utmost pains to investi-' gate every circumstance connected with the transaction. He had a personal interview with the Solicitor for the Crown, also with the Counsel for the prisoner, and he inspected the Judges' notes, and his conviction was that the prisoner was guilty. - (The Noble Lord then read a letter from the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, detailing the circumstances of the murder of Mr. Powell.) The Lord Chancellor having conic to that opinion upon due consi deration, there was no alternative left him but to order the man for execution. lie (Lord Eliot) had endea voured to state the facts of the case, and he should say that there never was a more unfounded accusation than that respecting the impanneling of the jury in the case of Hughes. The Rielit Hon. Gentleman must be aware that in the county of Armagh the majority of the inhabi tants were Protestants, and the Sheriff took the names of the jury from a book without consideration as to their creed. The Government could have nothing what ever to do with it. The next cases to which he would call the attention of the Rouge' were those . of the prosecution of certain newspaper. fur libel. The Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that the Newry Examiner pleaded guilty.' He would first say a few words ,as to the cirumstatices under which those prose- . cutions took place. He thought he '..should be - tible to show to the -Right , Hon. Gentleman that those libels were not mere attacks upon the Government, but they attacked its. administration of jastice in Ireland, and made direct assertions that jl4stict had been tampered with. The .Noble Lord-then reed - the libel, which stated that Francis Hughes had been tried for the murder of Mr. Powell three times, and was at length convicted. It was not their province to pronounce as to whether the man was guilty or not, but what they complained of was, that he had not had an impartial trial. He had been tried as an Irish Catholic, and it' they (the Catholics) submitted to such tyranny they deserved to suffer for ever, &e. The jury, the Right lion. Gentle man would not dispute, were most respectable, and they were of an unanimous opinion that .that was a, malicious libel. He believed that if any gentleman con. nected with Dublin were to refer to the names which composed that jury, he would find tha.t•they were men of the highest respectability ; and those gentlemen believed that the of of the libel was to bring into contempt the administration of justice in Ireland. He would refer the Rie,ll% Hon. Gentleman to a alai which had taken place in ()kennel lately, the jury on which were composed of eight Catholics and four Protestants. He would then refer to the case of Mr. Biddulph, to which he did not attach any very great weight. He did not think it was the duty o f th e l aw officers' to state to the Government any acts of misconduct on the part of Magistrates. He believed the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated 'the facts correctly, but he believed that the recommendation made by Mr. Biddulph was made in order to relieve his sister, who was one of the principal witnesses in the case. He did no t state that in justification of Mr. Biddulph. Mr. Biddulph's mune had, however, been removed from the commission, but Mr. Biddulph was a Whig. He next cam e to the case of Mr. St. George. M r . St. George was a man of high standing, and universally beloved. In a moment of irritation, however, he did address - a letter to the Lord Lieutenant. which ended in his removal from the Magistracy: When the present Government it :applieation Wet! mede to the Gko e . .0 eeifeitafe , M St. Geoee^e. The Chancellor eonzeivcd that an apology or2etraetation cif the letter were necessary. - Mr. St. George stated that he bed not the slightest intention Of exhibiting any disrespect, to her Majesty when he.expressed a disapproval of the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant. When five years had elapsed and the Government which then ruled heel been re moved, he (Lord Eliot) did think that his Eight Hon. Friend would have exhibited some little degree of perti nacity if he bud not consented to reinstate Mr. St. George. His Right Hon. Friend did refuse to listen to the requests to reinstate the gentleman for a con siderable time, nor did he at length consent until he had receiVed an assurance from the Lord Lieetenant. Of Ireland, that he should have been satisfied with the explanation offered by Mr. St. George. Those were the simple facts Connected with the matter. He heed 4 0 "' briefly gone over the whole of the circums steams referred to by the Rig.ht Hon. Gentleman, and he trusted that the explanation %Odell he had offered would be satisfactory to that House, and to the Irish people.—(llear, hear.) Sir W. SOMERVILLE \yes of opinion that there were nem v evils in the judicial urrangements of Ireland. He recolli;eted one circumstance which appeared to him togu a gr''dt wog towards the subversiOn of the high character of their judieial arrangements. It wa.s, that two dodges of a very high character, notwithstanding their very advanced . age, refused to resign until the time should come when two of their own political opinions could be nominated. His Right Hon. .Friend had re ferred tea vateety :of other appointments; he (Sir W. Somerville) should not follow him in this course, but his Right. Honourable Friend had stated that every one was marked - with' a strong party feeling. passed -on 'to wh a t appeared - to h i m to 'He he the praimonee of the charge - against the judicial proceedings, ;Ind that was the charge of partially challenging the juries. The Noble Lord denied The statement, and alluded with great saisfaction to the verdict in Tipperary, where the jury was composed of equal numbers of Roman Catho ties and Protestants. IT the verdicts of that jury were so satisfactory, why not adhere to the course of com wisat; their 'juries of equal numbers of Protestants and Catindieseee(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord, however, did not refer to the charge of the Judge upon that occa sion, whichwas_atated to-have been most partial. Was i 41104 monstrout- thing that an article, which appeared in the . ..llforning-Chrontcle, dared -not be copied into the .Dubliwpapers for fear of the Attorney-General ? The liberty of the Press in Ireland ought to equal to that which was allowed to the Press in lingland.—(Hear.). It was :ten:fuer of satisfaction to him (Sir W.Sornerville) to have hoard these subjects explained by the Noble Lord in 'the manner they had been, and in future he hoped there wotild be cause neither for complaint nor explanation. He did believe that every one of the recent Government appointments had been founded upon the political opinions of the parties. The Noble Lord said, " Would you have us appoint our enemies ?" Certainly not. But he did say, that the only test of fitness ought not to be partisanship, in appointments which required men of vigour, of intellect, or of talent. If the Noble Lord did not appoint men upon a real test of qualifica aim, he would in no way differ from former Govern ments, who had based their official appointments upon the political feeling or the political influence of the can didates. He hoped the Noble Lord would act in an in dependent and straightforward manner, and not adopt a course which would render forbearance impossible. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said, as his Noble Friend had gone over all the points of this question, he would not trouble the House by travelling over the same ground. He was glad that the Right Hon. Gentleman had brought forward this subject. But why was not the Right Hon. Gentleman the Lord Mayor of Dublin in his place for the purpose of supporting the allegations ? Because he knew that it was impossible' to support them. He (Mr. Sergeant Jackson) had never known a case in which a juror had been set aside until the trial of Sir J. Binghatn at Cork, for endeavouring, in the execution of his duty as one of her Majesty's officers, to suppress tithe riots. On that om-asion the Right Hon. Gentleman the Lord Mayor of Dublin, as the Leading Counsel for the prosecution, challenged and put by co less than 60 Protestants. Mr. Justice Moore observed, upon that occasion, that he never witnessed so extraordinary a proceeding. Mr. Bennett, the counsel for the defence, also remarked upen its impropriety. What was the result? The General was convicted. The Judge declared that the age of chivalry was gone when an honest man was con victed of such a crime. 7 here was another case, in which the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Shad) was leading counsel for the pro <pent ion. Mr. SHIEL —Yes, Pierce's case ; six Roman Catholics and six Protestants.;-( Hear. hear. ) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON—Put in that case twenty-nine Protestants were challenged, and put by for their religion.— ( Hear, hear.) In the case which had been referred to at such length by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he ventured to say that not a single person was put by on account of his religicn. He denied the charge, it was not founded in truth ; but those who were found making such a charge ought not themselves to have been guilty of similar conduct.—( Hear, hear.) He could not but regret that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Somerville) whose speeches were generally characterised by so' naue.h pro priety, had lost the weight of his authority in charges of that cha racter. He alluded particularly to the Right Honourable Gentleman's attacks upon Mr. Justice Johnson, against Whose character he had never heard the. slightest imputation. He must say that, on the whole, he never heard a weaker case than that which had been brought forward by the Right Hon. Gentleman. With respect to _ would not have left the matter to the operation of chance, but would have taken care that the parties should have had a fair trial. The language of the Chief Justice in addressing the Jury, was not such as Chief Justices in this country were in ills 'habit of using. (aid not think that an English Jst4ge would use tl words "Infamous libel summing up the case to a jury. That was, however, the language of the Irish judge—language which would create a suspicion that he might have been ac tuated by the passions of the partisan instead of the impartiality which became his station. The course taken against the pro prietor of the Newry Examiner had been unparalleled in this country since the Duke of Wellington's Administration; and such a course was only calculated to bring the administration of justice into discredit. He had ne hesitation in saying that the man who had been found guilty of the libel was a public benefactor, inasmuch as he had called the attention of the em pire to the manner in which justice was occasionally adminis tered in Ireland. He believed that. the Irish Government had done itself no honour by the prosecution in question, and that the course it had taken in these matters could only tend to perpetuate the suspicion which unhappily prevailed in Ireland, that equal justice was not administered to all parties. Sir J. GRAHAM would venture to address a few words to the House on the present subject. He was perfectly assured that-. his Noble Friend at the head of the Irish Government was convinced that. his first duty was to sce that the law should be impartially admini:tered in Ireland. He found that no charge had been substantiated against any of the Law Officers of the Crown in that country , . The first of those Law Officers was a man distinguished by his leg.sl ability and undoubted honour. With respect to Mr. Lefroy, his private character was equally high. It was true that he had taken an active part in politics some fourteen years ago ; but he should remind the House that political partisanship had never been considered as a disquali iicatirin for a seat on the Bench by either of the political parties in the House. The late Government had raised to the Bench such ardent politicians as Mr. Justice O'Loghlin, Mr. Justice Perrin, and Baron Wolfe, all of whom might be said to owe their elevation to their connexion with Tarty politics.—( Hear, hear.) It was complained that members of the Lord Lieutenant's house hold had taken part in canvassing at the public elections, but he would remind the House that appointments in the Royal household here had never been considered as disquali lying their holders from interfering in election proceedings in this country; and it would be affectation to attempt to deny that such had been the case. It was stated that the Crown had stretched its powers in challenging jurors ; but the same right was exercised by. prisoners; and while that was tire case, unless the Crown exercised a corresponding right, they would merely he leaving an impunity for crime under the pre tence of fairly administering justice. He contended that the right to challenge had been discreetly exercised by the present Crown lawyers in Ireland. He said it on the authority of the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland—a man whose character no one could impeach, and whose word every man would implicitly believe—he said it on the authority of that Right Hon. personage that all the Roman Catholics set aside, had been set aside in conformity with the established rules in such cases. The Lord Chancellor had had some doubts with respect to the caie of Macdonald; but he had satisfied himself, in a minute investigation, that that juror had also been properly set aside. So satisfied was the Lord Chancellor of the fairness of the trial, - that though an English lawyer, and one of the highest ernint nce, he was convinced that justice should be put in execution, and that the law should take its course against the prisoner who had been found guilty. He now turned to the prosecution of Doodall ; he pleaded guilty, and there was no trial. With respect; to Duffy who was tried, it was for disturbing existing order in Ireland, and even for preventing the course of justice. Every one who read the article must allow that the language was such as in a country like Ire land could not be tolerated. The Hon. Gentleman had allowed that there were many expressions that could not be defended. Mr. C. BULLER—I spoke of its temper, not its truth. Sir J. GRAHAM—He would attempt to dispose of that too. He concluded that the sting of the whole libel was its falsehood. It was .a Special Jury fairly selected, and it was found that it was a malicious libel, and the Govern ment was bound to follow up that decision. He had not read all the attacks on the Irish Government in the Irish newspapers, but he believed they were not much more mode rate than in former days ; still it. was neither the wish, the desire, nor the intention of the Government, to resent those; but the libel in this case was an attack on the Trial by Jury, which the Government was bound to defend. tlfl- ItO Sergeant Warren, who was there in Ireland that did not admire hs character, public, private, and professional? and with re spect to the appointment of the Chief Justice, he must say there never wa, a better appointment, no man who was acquainted with Ireland but must. admit the truth of that statement. As to the appointMent of Mr. Banns Lefroy, he must say it was the business of Government to seek out among the bar a gentleman for the office of a Judge of . the Court of Exchequer, who was conversant with that branch of law study most re quired for that Court, namely—equity ; and who, he would ask, was so competent, from his high moral character, and fiom his knowledge of equity, to be called to that high station as Baton Lefroy ? and then this very gen tleman who had b.en spoken of as unfit to fill the office of Judge, had been offered promotion as as was well known, under several Administrations, w hi c h h e With respect to the charge of Chief . Justice Pennefather to the Jury on the trial of Mr. Duffey, the editor of the Belfast Vindicator, for libel, and the words attributed in the report of that charge to the Chief Justice, namely--" that was not mincing the matter," he must say that the reporter must have been mis taken, and that if they did appear in the Dublin Evening Mail they were copied out of the other papers. He would not de tain the House by any further observations. After a few observations from - Sir W. SO3IERSILLE and Mr, SIIIEL ' in explanation, Mr, M. .1. O'CONNELL said that the main object of those with wham he thought on polities was to obtain for Ireland that strict and impartial administration of justice in the trial by jury which prevailed in England. With respect to the murder of M'Ardle, he did not blame the Government for the course they pursued with respect to juries ; but what he com plained of was, that the opinion of the people should be allowed to remain, which was, that the object in setting aside jurors was vengeance, and not] justice.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) The question was, whether a man who had suffered the extreme penalty of the law had received a fair trial, He believed he had not. Was that the only case in which the Government had dealt unjustly ? It was not ; they had prose cuted an individual, connected with the Press in Ireland, because he had stated that there was one law in Ireland for the Protes- Lord PALMERSTON did every justice to the good inten tions of the Secretary for Ireland, and no one would believe that he imputed want of good intention either to him or the Lord Lieutenant ; but it was evident they had to administer the Government under the difficulty that had always been predicted ; they were ,obliged to govern the majority according to the will of a minority, clistrusting the bulk of tha people, and in return distrusted by them. Acting on their own political opinions, they chose their legal officers ftom persons agreeing with them, and had they confined tt.eir appointments to such persons as Mr. Wolfe, Mr. Perrin, and Mr. Ball, men as unobjectionable to their political opponents as these, no reasonable fault could be found with them. But whatever might he the legal attain ments of Mr. O`Loghli n . h e cou ld not but think that his ap rointment was an unfortunate one.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that the appointment of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (Sergeant Jackson) was an un fort una.e one also, though no one commanded or deserved more respect in private life. With respect to the com position of juries, and the necessity of exclui4ing Catholics when a Catholic was to be tried, yet there were occasions when those rules might be set aside with advantage. The present debate could not but be useful in inducing the people to think that. there was at least a desire to enforce the administration of the law with justice, and that the juries should be composed with I fairness, so that the Catholic population should be sa ti:fied that they were treated with fairness. Any one who had long sat in that House must be gratified with the different tone that had prevailed during this debate compare.' with that of the debates on Irish quosticna, which used formerly to take place. This was evident on both aides I of the House, and he drew from it an inference that both Lord Vortescue and Lord INormanby had, by their administration, done much to produce this desirable change in political feeling in that country. With regard to the papers for which his lion. Friend had moved, they did not appear to be refused, as , they seemed to be rendered necessary by the very language of the Noble Lord himself. What was desirable should be ex plained was the grounds of the reversal of the (eeision in the ease of Mr. St. George, and for this teason he hoped the papers I would be Produced. 1 Mr. GitEGORY and Sir R. Peel rose together, and the latter giving way, Mr. Gregory proceeded to address the House. lie denied that he had ever made a solemn declaration against the sys:em of national education in Ireland. He same into the House entirely unshackled and unbiassed. But as education had been mentioned as the principal item of the charge against him, he might say that it would be no recommendation to the thivernment candidate for Dublin that the Established Church should have been so undeservedly taunted as it had been the other .night by the n oble Lord the Secretary for Ireland. The petition that had been presented against his return, on the grounds of intimidation, had been abandt.neci ; and he contended that, of all elections for Dublin, this had been the one at which the least undue and unconsti tional influences had prevailed. So far from Lord De Grey having interfered, they had heard that his officers did not exert themselves, and that Lord De Grey had been so cautious, that he ordered his officers not to show themselves in the streets, hat they should be compromised. Lord ELIOT explained. He denied that he had spoken tauntingly or disrespectfully of the Established Church, the other night. On the contrary, he had said that he believed the objections entertained by many members of that Church, to the present system of education in Ireland, were conscientious objections. taut and another for the Catholic. — Theebarge of the ',carried Judge in that case was subversive of alljustice.—( Hear, hear.) The Judges in Ireland laid down law from the Bench that would not be tolerated in this country. If the law, as laid down by Chief Justice Pennefather, was to be taken as sound, Fox and Erskine had laboured for the freedom of the Press in vain.—( Hear, hear.) It was not of the legislative measures that he complained, hut of the manner in which they were car ried into effect by the Executive in Ireland.—( Hear, hear. ) A great deal had been said about open questions ; he wished to ask whether there were not open questions in the present Ca binet, by which important questions were put down? He trusted that the debate would have the moral effect of showing the people of England that they had been forced into a discussion on this question. Ireland had been deprived in a great mea sure of the trial by jury and freedom of the Press. He trusted in future both countt ies would be governed by wise and impar tial laws. i%lr. GREGORY had only read an account of those obser vations, and in that account the word conscientious bad been omitted. Sir ROBERT PEEL hardly expected that the Right Hon. Gentleman would press his motion to a division. The speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman was a denunciation of the Irish Goverutnent in the administration of justice in that country, and an imputation upon their conduct in respect to the ehalleng• ing of jur.es; and the motion by which that speech was followed, was a motion for a correspondence which had taken place with Mr. St. George relative to the restoration of that gentleman to the Magistracy.—( Cheers.) Now at an . early period of the session, the Right Ihn: Gentleman, the Lord Mayo r• of Dublin, had presented a petition on t h e subject of the t r i a l of Hughes, and had also given notice of a motion on the same subject. That Right Hon. Gentleman had since withdrawn his motion, and had returned to Ireland, and now the Right Honourable Member for Dungarvon, after making that case one of the main topics of his speech, made no motion at all on that case, but asked for a cor respondence on a matter of totally a different nature.— (Cheers.) He (Sir R. Peel) had the honour of the per sonal acquaintance of Mr. St. George—he hail known him for many years, and a more honourable and truly respect able man than Mr. St. Geoge*did not exist.—(Cheers.) lie was proud to call Mr. St. George his friend, but still he I considered he was not warranted in writing the letter which he had written to the Marquis of Normanby, the representative of her Majesty in Ireland, and he (Sir R. Peel) thought that the writing of that letter justified the removal of Air. St. George from the Magistracy.—(Cheers.) At the acceision - of the present Ministry to power, no step had been taken for the restoration of Mr. St. George, but a memorial from the Magis trates of Galway, praying his res:oration, having been presented to the. Government by the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the personal friend of Lord Normanby, the Lord Chancellor even took no step, but asked Mr. St. George for some explanation in apology, relative to the letter which he had written. Mr. St. George hesitated as to ' the precise terms ; at last an explanation was offered which the Lord Chancellor submitted to the Lord Lieutenant, which ex planation was accompanied by a disclaimer of meaning any offence to her Majesty. The Lord Chancellor asked the Lord Lieutenant whether if it were his (the Lord Lieutenant's case) he should be satisfied; the Lord Lieutenant replied that he should, and Mr. St. George had been restored. He could not conceive any public object that could be gained by the production of the correspondence, and he hardly expected the Right Hon. Gentleman would ask his friends to concur in his motion.—(Cheers.) He concurred with the Noble Lord in opinion that in Ireland, of/all eountries in the world, it was not sufficient alone that justice should be purely administered, but there must be a confidence on the part of the public that it. was purely administered—( Cheers) — and when the Noble Lord described this debate as exhibiting an abatement, of animosity and acerbity of feeling, he thought that proved that his two Noble Friends, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Secretary, had not failed in the object of their public labours.—(Cheers.) He had been taunted, in 1839, with the .impossibility of making satisfactory appointments in the Government of Ireland. He had been properly told that not his expressions but his appointments would be locked to, and to those he appealed. There was his Noble Friend, the Lord Lieutenant, who would not have undertaken that office without determining to judge for himself. He would no submit to be dictated to by his inferior agents. No man had made greater sacrifices than his Noble Friend had done in the performance of his public duty, and lie would not retain it one hour unless he was at Lord JOCELYN said he had listened to the whole debate with some interest, and he expected that the Right lion. Gentleman would find out something in the administration of the Irish Government which his fertile imagination would magnify into crimes. But he would not have risen on this occasion were it not for the allu‘ion which was made to the part he took in the late Dublin election. He confessed he did interfere in that election, and used the influence of a noble relative in favour of his Hon, Friend who sat near him, and he told the electors that if they voted it would be agreeable to the Irish Government. But lie did not use any official in fluence, or hold out any induce ment to a s i ng l e e l ec t or to vote for his Hon. Friend. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant rid not even know that he canvassed any person, so that what ever r...sponsibility there was in his so acting, it rested on his own shoulders. '1 he Noble Lord then referred to the conduct but t th h i e n of the late Government, and read docume n t s to s h ow t h at t h ey e did so himself yman of Dublin, and that i t t h i t e er Rightf er ed flog. i nforme a r n e c lec L ti c o a n r s n t e r d ir, the Ge C h t i l t in 1831.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. C. BULLER said the Noble Lnrd a d m i tted he used h i s personal influence, and the influence of a nobl e re l a ti ve o f hi s , g to say to the pri• was known to that i ‘ r , a t t t e h c e h l a a r t a e e l t ) e u t b o l t i n t h e i l a e t c House, and publicly, as the Grandm aster of the O r a ng em e n of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord re f erre d t o the cenduct of Governmen t at , former elections, and it was curious that the Noble L ord o pp o s ite (L ord Stanley) was Se cretary for Ireland during a pinion of th e t i me to which the Noble Lord referred.—( Laughter.) noble ti n r e He a e t i hadea,d He thought the Noble Lords opposite ought to settle these thin gs b etween them, and that the differences betwe en the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Sergeant Jackson) and the Noble Lord (Eliot), ought to be made up before they came into f - 1 that - -ouse.—( Laught er . ) The Honourable Gentleman then went into a statement of tha facts connected with the trials of 1114Ardle and Hughes, and said that the perversion of the forms of justice, exhibited at those trials, must. inspire ever y man with deep alarm for the . impartial, a d m i nistration of jestice.—( Hear, hear.) He did not blame the Noble Lord ( Lord Eliot), for whom he had the highest respect, and to whom he gave credit for the best intentions, which were frus trated by the odious . instruments used by the Government of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) lie would not say anything of Mr. Baron Lefroy, who, he was sure, was deser ving of the highest f c3pee. , or of the . other law appointments in Ireland. What lie felt. most deeply concerned for was the tral o f M r. D uffy and the charge of the Lord Chief Justice. i n the article which was the subject of prosecution, there were some ex ' prt ss.ons ; which he slid no t mean to ,justify, justify, but th e whole tone if it, as compared with wh at would be found in an English newspaper under the circumstances, temperate, Was and he believed the real sting which it contained was not in the few expielsions to which he alluded, but was to be found in the ger eral fairness and truthfulness of the charge._( Hear, hear.) The writer of the article had complained of the system of hack it to exhibit the justice of the • it g jui ies, and, es if accusation, le wee himself tried by a jury which he believed to be I pac!ted.— (Hear, hear, hear.) 1 h e H onourable and Leamed Gentleman the Solicitor-General for Ireland • had lead a statement matte by Mr. Kemmts, that the compo sition cf the jury in that case was owing to chance. He (Mr. B.) thought t h at if the Hon and Learned Gentleman had studi.: d the doctrine of Monsieur Laplace he would modify his belief.—( A laugh.) The doctrine of chances would teach him how unlikely it was that eight out of nine Catholics should be set aside on that occasion—(Laughter) —when so few were se aside a ltogether.—(Hear, hear.) If chance could have led to these results, an y prudent administrator of the law perfect liberty to act upon his own judgment.—( Cheers. ) '1 hen, regard to his Noble Friend the Chief Secretary, could he have given a stronger indication of the spirit in which he intended Ireland should be governed than he had given in the appointment of his Noble Friend—( Cheers)—an ap pointment in which his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department had completely concurred ? ( Cheers.) Then w ith regard to the appointment of the Lord Chancellor; that appointment had met with the approbation of all parties in 183 h, and in 1841 that appointment had been again made. Then with regard to his other judicial appoint ments, he denied that Hon. Gentlemen opposite had any right to taunt him with having departed from any engagements he had publicly entered into. They could not have been so simple as to imagine he would make all his appointment s from among his politi. cal opponents, and he denied that he had broken any engagement he had entered into. The first vacancy that had occurred was in the office of Lord Chief Justice, and to that office he had appointed Mr. Pennefather, who had unwillingly, from a strong sense of public duty, only accepted the office of Solicitor- General- Now, that was an appointment made from no politi cal or Parliamentary influence, but simply to give to profes:innal eminence its due reward. He really would advise the House not to trust too minutely to the report of the charge alleged to have been delivered. What a different construction did the phrase '6 no mincing the matter " bear, after they had heard the explana tion of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor-General for Ireland?—( Hear.) But then it was the appointment of Mr. Lefroy. At no period had the Bench ever boasted a higher equity lawyer than Mr. Lefroy. No gentleman had ever ex- ---.—,.......,..........,...............m....1M,......•••••....w...... a , hibited less ac er bit y i n t h at H ouse t h an M r. L e f roy h a d d one . ASSIZE INT ~ 'E'. Lord W e ll es l ey h ad offered him a seat upon the b ench, an d t h at ELLIGEN 'C was the third judicial appointment that Mr.Lefroy had refused. , Bet then he Isel opposed Cetholie E , rancipatier, in 182• ~. Coeld there be gregter intolerence than to inal,e that the ground Ctrybl,Li,____:—/.: h . efore Lead AI - az:GEO and a Special Jury. ) BIDE T, ( 2 1- Maidstone, 7'. —Ma idstone. July 18. Fi , ,iir).:7,o7pi ' z i t i r t il bre l . 'Ul: c r i k eislr ßlT o 2 :. n a t l,,,,. .tz r th . e Sametrelo , of tLe h e j a c el b e C, ,, . of : m .. ~ 1 0 a. very considerable. emcen!. in the garish of ? T ' ente:rd ' e l n ali se li as Involved, some interest seas excited in the caret. -I of ar7iving hire ne t'oat. reeard for professiond eminence to . h , e s came down :pedal's, for the plaintiffs in Letli which he was fairiy:ett titled ; and for the Nob'e Lord who had a L ;ort ' s, sset erjeant Chennell and kr. Bramwell; Mr. The been a party to offering the Cie ief Earonship of the Eershequer e; . • . ~-, to the strenuous advocate of the repeal of the Union—to a gentleman who hail alWays taken the vehement part in polities which Mr. O'Connell alway s h a d ta k en, forthe Noble Lord mg , r and Mr. Pl a tt appeared for the defendants. upon argument the Judees to Irish his indignation on them for the appointment The question involved in these proceedings has been before of Mr. Lefroy to a puisne judgeship in the same Court, was tried on two occasions, and a special ease was directed to he sent Op to the superior Court, but u : were of opinion that the facto had not been sufficiently srme some such instance of assurance—he believed that was a strictly Parliamentary phrase—(A laughl—as that which had enabled the Noble Lord, with a grave countenance, to contra- ante before the Jury, and a new issue was directed, whichhnow tulate the present Government on the positio n w hi c h hi s policy came on for trial. had secured to them in Affghanistan.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Jury having been sworn, Mr. Bramwell was about to Is. was curious to observe in what different lights the characters I opus the pleadings, when he was interrupted by an intimation of men were viewed on different oecasions. When a rumour I teat the cause would probably be arranged without further was circulated that tbe Government was about so send over an liti gation. parties. Englishman as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the party oppo- :en. T. Wilde and Sergeant Channel' then left the Cottle, site wdre loud in the praises of Mr. Lefroy.—( Cheers.) They and were absent for some time, and when they returned a eon had no objection to see him placed in an office which gave him versation took Islam between the Counsel for the respective w Sir T. Wrenn then addressed the Court, and stated that he the appointment of the whole of the Magistracy Of Ireland then, - , °ffi an e t e l :. ..aei happy to inform his Lordship and the Jury that, after soiue b b e u c t a n u o s s e v he he vo la i s i a n cr o a t ins to t c h a e th a o l i s i p c oi E n i f n ed an e c o ip a at n i y ou ju b d i i l c B ia 2 l c, j a , : r l , :T i srhicli Isis Lordship and the Jury would be spared had supported the Government. He would leave the House t o i e d:s u cn e ;sion, they hal come to an amicable arrangement of these say what foundation there was for any charge against the Govern- 1 . ers . • ment as regarded the appointment, and he would as k t h e 1 ~ 'erred investigation. lt was an arrangement which llonse what would have b een th oug ht o f th e G overnment if i t I 11 , " . 1 9 1 l a , O. raids !I' ' I that iU 'c I he beneficial to all parties concerned, for lee j o , ' sant then hanZi d ha7a w i ,i t i o the officer of the Court the terms of the had been so shabby as not to have appointed a gentleman so ! %, thfetioies,., turd she prbozne(elxinhgasues•toAtinuTeihl,etlh-ecarfeneedsiis.,nprls.i. det!ending upon this well quclified as Mr. Lefroy to the vacant judgeship, on the sole ground that twelve years since he had voted against the i ail:a:7:07: r:r Aaiun ~ ~. by a consolidation rule, f honk' not be further • Catholic claims, and had been a supporter of the Government. 1 rina..stinclia.shmilAwas understood to be, that a certain au -(Cheers.) With respect to the appointment as Solicitor- , . ' . e _paid to the rector in lieu of tithe;. and General of his Hon. and Learned Friend Mr. Sergeant Jack- 1 1 b, en stayed ' u lquestion, which had rs . v s e . .oanstitr expressed himself gratified to hear that the pro• son, he thought no man, looking to the high professional and t' a cr ;l l l7i . i'% l::: l ;:eim . e to an amicable and • satisfactory arrang,ement moral character of that gentleman, could a ith any justice object to such an appointment. With regard to the appointment i to office generallv, the principle he gad laid down for his own P retidanee, and that of the Government, was to give no prefe- of b their . respective interests, and therefore, the Jury was ordered to ealisc larged by consent of both parties. rence on account of the religious profession of any man—to look for the person fittest to fill office, of course giving pref erence t o 1 Mr. Justice Coltman fi n i s h ed the Criminal business about men of his own party where they were found possessed of the elevelnside o'clock, and only one cause remained for trial on the .requisite qualities. Of the justice of those principles he was convinced, and according to them he would ever shape his conduct. Colonel VERNER defended the conduct of the law offieers of the Crown in the case of Hughes 'l he Hon. Gentleman went into the circumstances connected with the case at consi derable length, but was perfectly inaudible in the gallery, in consequenne of the impatience and noise of the House. The House then divided, when there aneared— For the motion Against the motion - POLICE IN T E LLIGENCE. illitA'SION HOUSE. A xoung man, named Thomas Fisher, was brought before the Lord Ma3 - or, charged with having attempted to pluck vitt the eyes of John Ogle. The complainant and defendant nre rival newsvenders, of that class who are in the habit of waiting in the neighbourhood of rteam-vessels, and-thrusting newspapers in at the doors and windows of ,omnibuies and other vehicles, with loud eulogium, upon their contents. '1 he complainant had been trading in this way for some,years in the vicinity of London-bridge, and naturally met with severe competition proportioned to the in crease of the steamers' population. He experienced, however, the most unfair opposition from the defendant, who not content with being mare boisterous and eloquent in favour of his own commodities, repeatedly challenged the older trader to fight fur 101, and thus decide the right which each claimed to the most. lucrative business of London-bridge. The defendant finding that his antagonist preferred the legitimate way of doing busi ness, sought various other means of provoking him, and tumbled him and his newspapers in the kennel, but, in performing that feat, got floored himself, and while on the ground endeavoured to gouge or pluck out the eye of Mr. Ogle. Mr. Fisher declared that Mr. Ogle had shown a very paltry spirit of rerenge unsuited to the character of an honousable vender of intelligence, and, instead of arguing upon the point of disagreement, gave him such a dab on the side of the head with half a hundred weight of information, that he lay mo tionless for some time. When he came to himself be certainly laid hold of his assailant, and, in endeavouring to prevent Mr. Ogle from biting off and swallowing his finger, happened to slip his thumb into the eye of that gentleman. A policeman described the corduct of Mr. Fisher as that of a most savage and untutored ruffian. Mr. Fisher was held to bail far the unmanly assault. John Mahony, a paviour, was brought up, charged with having gone to sleep drunk in the street. '1 he policeman who introduced him to the Lord Mayor, found him without hat, coat, waistcoat, or shoes, snoring so loudly or. Sunday night as to wake some of the sober inhabit riots. On being carried to the station-house the man repeated the offence in such a manner that it, was supposed he must be one of the long since paid-off wlttchmen ; but, upon recover ing, he was recognised as a laboUrer is the neighbourhood or the Mansion-house. The Loan Mavoa— Why, Mr. Mahony, this was very bad work to be at. particularly on Sunday. Defendant—Please your Honour, I never drank a drop on Sunday. The LORD Maros—Wh).• you will not tell me you were sober whet' the cfficer took you into custody ? Defendant— Upon my yowl I'll do no such thing, but, ycur Honour, thst was the remains of the alight before. They won't give us any thing to think on Sunday until it is too late. The Loan MAvon—So you got drunk enough on Saturday night to serve you til! Monday morning? Defendant—My Lord, I never was here afore, and I am sure that's what very few of my country men can say, God knows ! The Loan MAYOR—Have you got a family, Mr. Mahony ? Defendant- Oh, then, by my yowl, it's I that has a wife and four as fine babbies as ever you seen. The LORD MAYOR—AniI you leave them to get into a heastly state of intoxication ! How old is the youngest ? Defendant —Sixteen years ould, the Lord be merciful to him. The LORD MAYOR—WeIt; will you promise me not to get into such a condition again ? Defendant—You shall never see me again, your Honour, if I can help it. The Loan Mayox—l shall discharge you now, as lam told you are a h ar d- wor ki ng, honest fellow ; but if 1 catch you in such a state again, I must have security that you will take Father Mathew's pledge before I let you go. The defendant invoked a blessing upon his Lordship's head, and retired. Majority against the motion ..... —7l Sir R. PEEL then moved that the Speaker should leave the Chair. Mr. BROTHERTON would oppose the motion, unless the Right lion. Baronet proposed that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of 'Supply merely pro forma. He thought they should not proceed to pass any votes at all at that late hour. Sir R. PEEL said that he only proposed to take the Militia Estimates in Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME said, that at that late hour (a quarter to one), he did not think they should proceed to the consideration of any votes of supply. He should, therefore, move the adjourn ment of the House. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion of adjournment having been withdrawn, on the understanding that only one vote should be taken in the Committee of Supply. ~i -., ---7 ',/ SUPPLY. The House went into a Committee of Supply, and a vote was taken on the Militia Estimates. The Chairman reported progress, and cbtained leave to sit again this day. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Committee on the South Australian Bill, Mr. HUME objected to going on with the Bill at that late hour of the night. The Bill involved an expenditure of 250,000/. Lord STANLEY said it was very difficult for him to tell at what time he could 'bring it forward, as the Poor-law Bill was fixed for this evening. Mr. IIUME said if it was brought forward that evening at half-past four o'clock, by giving it the precedence of the other public business, all objections would be removed. After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH, the further con siderat ion of the Bill was deferred till this evening. The Prisons Bill passed through Committee. Report this day. The Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill was read a second time.—Committee this day. On the Report of the Committee of Supply beingbrought up, Mr. PLUMPTRE rose to record his protest against the grant voted for the National Board of Education in Ireland. Mr. N. J. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Irish Education question had been left as an open question by the Cabinet ? Sir R. PEEL had proposed the vote this year as he had in 1835 ; the question had never been discussed. He did not un derstand that the Solicitor-General for Ireland had opposed the vote. There were few open questions in his Government. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON had, the other night, distinctly said he should not oppose the vote. Mr. 111..1. O'CONNELL wished to know whether, for the future, it was to be an open question.— ( A laugh.) Captain JONES said the petitions for Ireland were so much in opposition to this grant as to ask for another grant for een-ation, in connection with the Estab!ished Church. In all the Kildare-street schools Scriptural education was given. 11r. LEFROY complained that the Noble Lord had attacked hint pets , nally. the other evening. Lerd ELIOT had not alluded to the Hon. Gentleman at all. The Report was then brought up and agreed to. Mr. EWART moved for a return from the Assistant Poor law Commissioners of the Chaltott Union, near Manchester, showing the results of employing the able-bodied poor in that union, in reclaiming the waste land of Trafford Moss, both as respects the poor so employed and the improvement. of the land. Sir J. GRAHAM said there were no materials for making such a retutri. Mr. EWA RT withdrew his motion. BOLTON POLICE. Mr. GRIAISDITCH moved for an account of all monies levied and raised under the Act 2 and 3Vie., c. 25, for maintain ing apolice force in the borough of Bolton, and of the application of such monies ; distinguishing the amount received and paid in each year, and specifying the amount of salaries or allow ances t., the Commissioner, the Receiver, or Treasurer, and the Superintendent respectively ; and also the wages of the con tables, and the sums laid out in clothing, and other contingent expenses. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the account had been already laid before the House, and the Hon. Gentleman with drew his motion. FORGED EXCHEQUER BILLS REPORT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving fir leave to bring in a Bill for further regulating the prepara tion and issue of Exchequer Bills, announced that the Report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the alleged forgery of Exchequer Bills would be laid cr: the table next week. The remaining Orders of the Day where then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'Clock. ABUSES AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV: SIR,—I . have been attracted by the justice and public utility of certain observations, contained in The Sun of the 9th and 11th inst., under the head of " Abuses at the Custom-house." As a recent tra veller, exposed to these annoyances, I desire to offer you my thanks for the good which these observations are calculated to effect, and to add another corrorro boration to their truth and necessity. In confirma tion of the injustice and inconvenience of the present abuses, I take leave to state a fact, which took place lately under my observation. I was passenger in the Meriai steamer from Ostend to London, on Wednes day, June 22 ; on arriving at Gravesend, the custo mary Excise officers arrived on board, in their formal blue coats and trousers, and took the luggage into their safe keeping. Among the passengers was a cranky, gouty-looking old gentleman, whose outward man bore little note of his rank or pretensions ; and, in further explanation of these pretensions, his luggage was limited to a rickety deal box, that might have disgraced a displaced cook-maid. This passenger in timated his intention of transporting the aforesaid deal box, accompanied by his aforesaid self, on shore at Blackwall, which intention the officer strongly resisted, stating the imperative nature of his instruc tions, until the gentleman produced a card, on which was engraved the "Earl of Orford." This talisman wonderfully altered , the tone of the official ; and, after a short consultation with one of his brethren, the less aristocratic passengers were surprised and mortified to see this homely-visaged peer step into a boat with ' his box and bag under his arm, and exempt from any of the delays opposed to less lordly travellers. A de mocratic passenger remonstrated with the officer on the injustice and impropriety of this proceeding, and threatened to report it to the proper quarter; the official looked vacant—had he been a Frenchman he would have shrugged his shoulders with infinite meaning, acknowledged it was very wrong, but that even the Custom-house would not distrust the. deal box of a peer. The remainder of the passengers, of which I was one, had to endure all the delay, and pay .all the extravagant expense of which you complain, and against which, as a constant traveller in this line, I am glad to enter my protest. Having given a date and a fact that might implicate the officers employed, I beg to subscribe my name, and sign myself, your obedient servant, DENIS SHINE LAWLOR. Tralee, July 13, 1842. MASSANIELLO.—The extraordinary career of Mas saniello, and the copious and strictly authentic nature of the various details regarding him, which have come down to us, make it remarkable that his unparalleled history has not hither to been used as the ground-work of a Romance. The singular capablities of the subject have, however, at length been recog nised, and the reading public may look in a few days for a work under the editorship of hfr. Horace Smith, the author of 4. Brambletye House," which is likely to realise the most vivid imaginations connected with this topic, without falsifying those still more interesting facts, which give their best value to all historical romances. Doubtless, the extraordinary connexion of the accomplished Salvator Rosa with the rebellion of Naples, and with its leader Massaniello, will be taken due advantage of in this forthcoming romance, for the part played in it by the wild and eccentric painter is as well authenticated as that of Matsaniello himself. MECHI'S SHILLING PENKNIVES —These, and the sixpenny tooth-brushes will prove that whilst he has the most elegant shop in London, he is determined to do business on the most reasonable terms He manufactures on his premises, 4, Leadenball-street, London—Desks, Work-bares, Dressing eases, Bagatelle-tables, Table and Small Cutlery Razors, Razor-strops, Brushes, Combs, and everything for the work table and dressing toilet. The St. Cath er i ne ' s Wharf, adjoining the Tower, was, ov Sund a y morn i ng l ast, a scene of the greatest bustle and excit ement . The splendid steam-ship Antwerpen , under the command of Capt a i n Jackson, started thence as usual. and the passengers who took their departure by her were so tremo rous as to amount to 120. A considerable part of them were persons of rank and f ishion, on their way to the Rhine ; and her parents, M. David, and Alademoiselle Rachel, with (idlers of the French troupe, also proceeded by her on their journey to Brussels. Persons qualified to register as county voters, and those who have changed their places of abode during the past year, should remember that to-morrow (Wednesday) is the last day for sending in claims under the Reform Act. EXECUTIONS FOR MURDER. CLONMEL, JULY I6.—This afternoon Byrne and Quilty (the former for the murder of Robert Hall, Esq.. the letter for the murder of a mars named Laffan) paid the forfeit of their lives in front of our court! y gaol, the scene of so many similar melancholy spectacles. There were present at least five thousand persons. Public anxiety was much excited in consequence of the report, which very generally prevailed, that 113rne would make a full disclosure of the fearful part taken by him in the murder of Mr. Hail. He was, however, totally silent upon that topic, although previously to his execution, and whilst in his cell, he occasionally adverted to that horrible assassination, and said the part which had been:" assigned " him in that tragedy by his prosecutors was not that which had been performed by him. The conduct of the wretched man afforded a satisfactory proof of the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood ever convicts of the worst class—the contrition of Byrne having been manifested in a manner which showed how deeply he felt the enormity of the revolting crime for which he suffered. The unfortunate youth, Quilty, who was little more than twenty yf ats of age, Protested his innocence in the most energetic manner, as well in his last moments as repeatedly since his cons iction. He stated that he not only had not been at any murder, but that his feelings recoiled at such atrocities. Both convicts suffered very little after the executioner had drawn the fatal bolt. Amongst the immense crowd assembled it seemed to be the fixed and universal opinion that Quilty was as innocent as the other convict was guilty. But the same im pression of the innocence of Quilty extended even beyond the multitude, and some of the upper classes, without distinction of party, appear to regard it as, at least, a doubtful case. How ever, all speculation is now unavailing. The bodies of the two men executed will be interred this evening in the place allotted for that purpose in the gaol-yard. Three teen were sentenced to transportation yesterday at Cashel Quarter Sessions, by Mr. Howley, the Assistant par rister for this county. Seven persons met the same fate at Nenagh a few eays ago from the same barrister. Notwithstanding the convictions at Cashel, the South Riding of Tipperary (extending in one direction from Clonmel to Thurles about twenty-five miles) has not been more tranquil than it is at present during the last thirty years. The regular Assizes commenced here yesterday by the swear ing in of the Grand Jury for the South Riding, so that the Crown only gained a fortnight by the issuing of their expensive Special Commission. MONEY 3IARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. SUN—The funds during the day have shown a dispositi. , n to advarce, and Consols left off at 904- 90L, for Money, and 91 for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced 91i ; Three and-a- Half per Cents., 100 A, ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1('03• 1004 ; New Three-and-a-Half ler Cents., 99% 994 ; Bank Stuck, 166 167 ; India Stock, 248 249: Exchequer Bills, old, 47, new, 43 45, premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were effected in a trifling degree by the improved state of the English Stocks Belgian Bonds wt re, 101 102; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51A 51t ; the F,ve per Cents., 1011 101 i ; Danish, el k: 2 ; and Brazilian, 64 66. Some extensive business was transacted in Mexican ; the quotation for which at one time was as high as 374; but some I sales having taken place, it receded to 363; 37. The inquiry for Shares ass rather better, but so few are now offering business in them is necessarily limited. London and Birmingham, 180 181; Birmingham and Gloucester, 48 5n ; Great Western 86 87 ; the Half Shares, 61 62 ; South Western, 614 624; North Midland, 59 60; the New Shares, 2930 ; South Eastern and Dover, 2:4 234 ; the New Shares, 3 31 ; Eastern Counties, 84 94 ; Thackwall, 94 10 ; and Brighton, 334 34 per share. The Bonds were thus quoted—Colombian, 214 2;i ; Peru • vian, 16 16 1 ,4; Portuguese Five per Cents., 321 334; the Three per Cents., 19 l 9 ! :, ; Spanish Five per Cents., 9 1 _ 211 ; the Three per Cents., 21. The speech of the Queen of Portugal at the opening of the Cortes has given much satisfaction, especially that portion which relates to the commercial treaty with this country. It is gratifying to ob'erve the progress which the principles of free trade are making, not only here but in other countries. The reduction of 40 per cent. on the duty on British manufac tured goods introduced into Portugal will be a great benefit to our trade, although the former high rates had encouraged smuggling to an immense extent. This relaxation on their part will, it is to be hoped, lead to a proportionate concession with regard to their wines ; and it. is not improbable that it was to this fact that Sir Robert Peel alluded to, when speaking of the prohibitory tariff of Fiance. The accounts from the North mention that the alteration in the Mexican duties have already had a beneficial effect on our manufactures in that part of the king dom. But it must be remembered, that another class will also profit by these changes—the unfortunate cre ditors of the various non-raying States. The last named country have voluntarily placed aside a certain portion of their Custom-house revenues for these parties, which will naturally increase as the imports become larger ; and it is to be hoped that sonic such arrangement has been made for the English creditors with Portugal. It is stated that a financial agent has arrived from America, for the purpose of introducing the new loan into this and the princiral continental cities. May the example of the United States Bank, the bonds of Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and other repudiating States, by which nearly thirty millions sterlin g have been lost by holders in this count r y b y deprecia tion, be a sufficient warning to avoid American bonds as much as Spanish are now detested. THE SOLDIERS AND THE COLLIERS.--WQ undertand from a gentleman who has just left the scene of trouble itt the Potteries, that the military, on receiving their rations, shared them with th e h ungry colliers.A good and a fellow-feeling between these classes may be of un speakable advantage to all. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Ocean, Captain Hast, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house on Sunday, with the Dut c h ma il. Dunmic, JULY 16.--li is currently rumoured to day that A rc hd eacon Packenham, the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, will be ppointed to the vacant Bishopric of 'Meath. Archdeacon Tor ens the brother of the Judge, is also spok en o f as likely to be the new Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean left the 13runswiclt wharf, Blaekwall, on Sunday, in the General Steam Navigaticni Company's steam-ship Wilberforce, for Antwerp. A. Bencuktaette,rohuads a d e longpn t i a n t t i , e o r i r t e fm Ls, L s e i e r ds j a , m h e s e a G d r e a d b a b m 3: at the Home-office yesterday morning. '2,1 1