The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-08 00:00:00

NIOrtN IN(4 SUN Xellts It - Was desirable that any measure affecting the ! allow the Member foiathe - COuniY to h a ys;-..,.istai- ; svit - iiiites iNe,lrlacteo.ju.nr,ri diction ofthe Judicial Committee of the speech in reply to his.—(Hear, 0) 3-' 1 -' . -L ' i g ji-.) Did c.si shnuld be postpmed for the present. ' the Hon. Member eonsitld that the practice which he j , . E: ?_,,.,i , . , . a. It ic. l o ri nt the inc iitAt . l e c e: ‘ a yr l n :: s I le } "diev 4 1 iE r n t A i a tk i n ; c t ! si T e e tor b y us s i t n a e t s e s . o f th e ! wished ti:, ti': l A4.blish. would (if his own, Pij l4 ',Ve I'veile WITH TEXAS. tarried out to - the fullest extent) entirel,A , destrby the k tv?!..9;:cONNELL wished to ask if the Commefb- gislative functions of the Rokis ., I Cor it was not possible til t ~ .t.ygt- r t y. en toored tos,bEltdiie Government,_ c. in the course - a 'atltilie that they could do anything e -Xernibto of " been conr-rmed by.the ~ but diteUSS petitions ?—(Hear, hear.) . But, after all, v ".` - What benefit would the Hon. Member's friends in Kelso Present(;.— _... ;;Sir Tvirt ? for instance, derive from a six hours' debate upon the • rEI!.:Li;--:No, I think not petition ?—(Hear.) The Hon, Member thought they do '• A_IA . ULE wished to ask if it was the inter- modewould of doing , Cininen OF SCOTLAND. indirectly benefited by the public attention being brought to their case. But the legitimate .4 ,4 lV_ l clP i l.9ght Hon. Baronet, or some other AleMber (Hear, that was by . a specific motion.— hear.) The number of petitions presented i.7_(,,.,i11‘ri-c,leSty's Government, to briugl. in any meat- the year before last was upwards of 18,000, and their ftliuTV reference to the state of the Church of Scot- titles alone occupied a folio page closely printed. Now, -131 r ,013EPT PEEL would, when he had arty , "t , • istu.Llycnize-Artsre in contemplation if the discussions upon each of these occupied only two minutes (and he was sure that the frorn. he t i. llc. 7A - , 11 - omurable Member for Greenock, would nst be 0f.1154L0,6.1.,c,a1l - upon . give milk notice °V • contented to 'restrict even his own speech to that time, ft, ta ° je P s P ty ol s it ' i c un eN .? It was hartilY ' say nothing of' an answer), what other business could ernmaest to admit , be got through ? If the Hon. Member had no sympathy si)aettetite""rin!ttie".naeantureTllenndtei°d".. of. trlnging' forward a men- : for the 40 or 50' Bills brought in last June and July by ft(il'i;et l i l ts iti n tr 'co. Should any such measure his friends, the lateMi Ministers sters surely he might have some for o, (l l ° .a n ct b- i Lv..'ould give ample notice of it be- the private Bills of his own friends in Scotland. Besides there was an understanding that petitions of importance For himself, he must admit • ht be iacloded in the Votes and discussed. But a M10. 110 ° 7 °7, at prese - nt arinst theintroductron of an y , raig „ , . , easure.—(H wir, large majority of those so printed had never been brought ear.) al T CIIL RCH EXTENSION. on. On all considerations he should oppose the motion. h l -,,, 1 r ' 1 1{ - 41 VLS was about to put a question to whichhe Mr. ROEBUCK said the sole argument brought 1 ,4:t it . e shOuld obtain - a more definite answer than had • ' f • Hou. Friend • that 't against the proposition o his mi.was,i . /,‘,..- given by the hi ht Hon. Baronet to his Right I Would cause an absorption of the time of the House. Now he would suggest to the Honourable Gen a;e•urtatior.ie,ndp_ ( r .t..aughter)--and so was desirous of : tleman opposite a course that he (Hr. Roebuck) (hfa ra In 'rem the lion. Baronet, the Member for might now pursue under the present regulation, if lie p. 91161 '2 i fs..t WaS his intention to bring under the were desirous of absorbing the time of the House. 411 i, e,l'ation. of the Rouse, during the present Ses- Whenever a petition was proposed to be laid on the -il,tinteos-übject of Church extension ? table, he might divide the House on the intenti e BE RT INGLIS said it certainly was his question that it' "do lie" on the table ? to the n t 6 call the attention of the present Parlia- On that point he might divide the House, as he might that of t s i l i l e b ieet of Church extension as he had done ini his late Parliament ; for Ire had never wavered wish to pia his vote on the records of the House. The Hon. Gentleman also said that he had a right to make but llr opinion as to th ' - ' Clerk read every petition presented to the House,. i . t • B l A - 1 „ e iMportance of that measure. Sir R . iv ," ES—During the present Session ? was it ever done ? The Hon. Gentleman truly said it Sess• GINS --In th' - `the lon.was physically impossible Gentlemen .. in this respect e course of present were -regulated by the - feelings of the House, and would not come forward to discuss the subject matter of petitions contrary to the feeling of the House. He . would-put it to the Honourable Gentleman whether he was not much more likely to obtain a clear and pro per understanding of the Opinions of the people of - this country, if the proposition were adopted. Every man in that House did not fancy him self a speaker, and was not prepared to come down to the House with a set oration ; but he does come down with the petition of his consti tuents, ang prepared with their statements as contained in the petition : he gets ready those statements in a certain form of words,' and is able to ex press them to the Members of the House, and the people l of state that country. He comes prepared to much, and not to make a set oratioh ; and thanks be to God, he did net.— (Laughter.) He come t s to set forth the opinions of his constituents, . and .that was much better done viva voce; than by the bare form " let it lie on the table." Under the present regulations, the people of this country do not petition—(Hear, - hear, and laughter)—he would even say that they cannot petition. The Hon. Gentleman had said that during the laSt year there were 18,000 petitions ; how many of them were on one subject ? That of Church Extension, perhaps, or on the Corn-laws? Did he suppose that - if ha (Mr. R.) h a d 20 petitions to present on the Corn-laws, he - should make twenty speeches.—(Hear, hear.) But i t if the Hon. Member was impressed with the peculiar importance of the petition, he ought to come forward and state . it. It was said that he might state the substance of the petition, but that would not answer the purpose. The substance of . the petition merely stated the grievance complained of, but did not state why-- - --did not state the reasons of that com plaint. Three minutes would often be sufficient for that purpose, but the present practice put a stopper upon Persons trying to make the petitions of the people heard. He would go further, he wonld say that no question could be thoroughly discussed either by the House or the country, but upon - the old established principle. He would appeal to the Hon. Member for , Oxford for his assist ance. That Hon. Member was a. Conservative—now the principle of Conservatism, as he (Mr. Roebuck) understood it, was an acting upon the precedents of former times, an abiding by the usages of our ancestors. Now, since the Reform Bill, a new practice had been introduced in regard to the petitions of the people, one somewhat smacking of the • times in which we lived, and yet the Honourable Mem ber for Oxford had suffered it to pass unnoticed. He (Mr. R.) was now arguing, upon Conservative principles, for a return to the wholesome practice of our ancestors, and he trusted that, for consistency's sake, the Honourable. Baronet the Member for Oxford would vote with him: The wants of the people Would never -be made known to the House while the pre sent practice was - persisted in. The newspapers could not- make them known' to the House the House knew - nothing of newspaper?. He was there; as the representative of his constituents, to state their griev ances to the House. :It was said-he might make a motion. To this. he would reply, that lie might not have an opporttinity, lie m igba not be able to speak ; although per fectly able to -state the feelings of his constituents to the House, he might not have the courage to make a set oration. SPANISH CLERGY. • . Lord J., IIANNERS wished to know whether it Vas th ' i n tentio n i of the .Right lion. the Lord Mayor '1 1-)s11..,11 _e:to,, submit. any motion to_ the House on thc2 laish , i , i o e j r e t t th at persecuted body of men, i e Cg the Spa to::'ffrir' he b titled to the s y ra pt h h e y lse o W f t a ' s h Cl er i N j ed EL L said it was his intention to do no c u las se s . of men more en- COLONI.A.f., INiApp,,°T DUTIES. lir• L k BOI.T ' - CHERI] , lied the Hon. Gentleman Oh, Gladstone) - what c ourse a: ' he intended to pursue with re stone) to a.,noiiee,tvh;ch he saw his name 4Ct4elled, fort o-Morrow respecting the duties payable c 9 .allfeles imp -Sited into British Colonies. He at that he only intended to lay his plan on . the of the &Ouse and not to ask the House to ;), (P 0 , r 4 e5 ... 8 a n . cTinion On it. This was the usual and the the'"uktenent , course, and he apprehended it was ''lle thy, non. Gentleman intended to adopt. . 11site • GLADSTONE said the Hop. Gentleman was 1 • correct in .his supposition. He should lay "'T_. Plan fully before the House before he asked it to h e alt vote . on the subject. roil ,-`l,l3Propriation Acts . Amendment Bill went ,tiit,Bll Committee, ta.'tionitio.Gf lIT 01? 11,,tiobas [l;7 4r • WAL consi- D ISCUSING PETITIONS. de . LACE rose to bring under the had House the motion of which he ts.e4 notice, relative to the right of discussing ther- People at the time of their presentation. I ) B.'l- leave, in the first place, to state the former j act lee of the House. He had had a seat in that House t ' , 1 1 ,,, 11ee t he year 1 833, and it was the custom, for some i at e subsequent to that period, for Members to enter_ Ilet'iltletails respecting the opinions advanced in'the .. aw I° l ls of their constituents. That had been the qlip A : f r „years, and it had prevailed under . the Speaker :,l. th at lr Manners Sutton. He did not mean to Pkr r „,, great inconvenience had not arisen from rue4;_e-rsPtlshing this privilege beyond the bounds of to ap_."-ee, while he did mean to say that the refusal tl,„ `7" :Members to speak at all upon the presenta ; i,tot petitions was unjust to their constituents, and n th at p-au irnproper suppression of public opinion course, la s t ku u-Se• It appeared to' him to be a selfish Tere I‘ , ad of a direct discharge of a public duty. h Nit' n° doubt, many persons in the. House ty t 0 that their time should not be occupied thc,-, Presentation of petitions, but who Wished that at w all ho 01:1,i1.1,11°11:1(1 -.merely be laid on the table go w a ' few words of th,l with ere ready, at most, to allow Now of the Rouse, that was not k IN I tc, 0 i l l i , , la itl tNI:, Il l' e r h ay th e e r, to be read. wi s h', be treated --(Hear, hear.) Y e- the table, people expected T t h hei c r petitions 'Lad , e se e them lyin g in hufidieds upon did not t.ttie-'lllnied into a bag, while not the slightest at- Intetied4 had been pa ' id to ' their contents. lie 1 t of th c h. 4tio feo,mplain• i n . ,any way . - of the . ,conduc . duty tra- Posm e Clek, ,who duty discharged the Quile he him. It was the Act of Parliament of__wlli n c s h e. that theree°lliplained. He had already told the House Perv, had been a time when the petitions .of the laEt •i,were treated with the greatest respect. But- the nallv. aP,iarnent--a Parliament to, which he irld.w' par'. 'et it was no honour to belong—a do-nothing, f w hi ch alla inefficient . Parliament, ikv he. was • ex •• dingly sorry that t 0 . the . he labours b o hadur s • qedhi, • . Lee Parliament it was 1 , z 1 ; c1 , ~ -4 tinui and his health—that tit•(.l.l ~.);i-li,Ped the rights of the people in regard to 44 4 : 4 ' sk 'n of their petitions in the House. He the Ii nle an• to advocate any waste of the time ' l litie,' cu l the contrary, he wished to dischar t g o e his ` '" t lstit 4 far as he was concerned, with justice muzzled, 1111,1 tr eats ; but he did not wish to be iillce tiltui.zled in that House he- had been He had de ;leasrseid the 7th of ° e f t) .I'. ehruary, 1839. t of each preceding ti.4l°:seelitotthhautt I s te ,: wmo u l ld enee c m all en the attention of the 1) I"'l.lorit un cleet, but he had had such r in es e p i le f t ro fo in r Il es sin g i t Y of the Rouse, that he had refrained arliata ..uPon them He no sooner 14 no e•- '' s'Leeeed ' which' w• as was strong tha t , her to d ed by another,saw the late c. O • e re so . 0 what it might .under the ii-aritisidcratirj , Nerl to bring this question. which deem expedient, 11, 01 , 1 41 %I s l. ' qf the House. The Parliament_ __ e -pt‹. IN yes the taken away the the 0t,?,-..„' s hag rsgnated a Whig Parliamen liberties Parliament; the th rip that "Nriated a Tory Parliament. 1 most or ' e t for theu'A:lit would show which had mt!etitiotiin hiherty tO le ges. k w uieh he held to be one of the hi g hest at of the subject—for the right h e _Pres cilt . ,. hat new Members might observe O e xpe cted tune was no criterion as to what might . e-;11N i, at a later. period of the session. At 11)---tre; ,Z,5e.r...? upon their good behaviour—(A ot . ti, ii , , the, 1, ,,_ . 7 only at the - commencement of the to ti . 'ilte s ' had not got into that immense . run t tre • ,which rila,d • Member anxious ‘l, anoth er _ e every der heathe , . out ef hi, way, The time cashed un it the Astitions of ti-e people would be Pus- 1 • in a manner that would quite Ile w 1 `able i ' . ' would come itly:-etlihers. ma nn r , a• twlt I was quite aware how eas , 11 ~, t h e public busin e s should hetbe. L.:rilotAD:eo.O secured their pasre kali.r Possible, a n d he w as a : - nn • important astonish commerle that that object ci 6- e t e l l e e:: :rhs-ein-xpuir°ffieus anxious t Ministers of 1)1.4,4, li ` was still more anxious that the rights . t coUld . possibly d 4 illt tp. bes of the people should not be infringed upon. A takj ,f,,,e Period of the session when the months of June (1. 11 'Y ha • •-' ' 50 to 60 I s a ' arrived, there would be from buN loonth brono•lit b , f' • the 'House at least, if, rl pre s , 4t , ~,.. b° fore (loll k.rovernment acted their predecessors . as . Pet' • e' MAI NI I • ld be told that when . ~,, it t , o4 , • i em iers won it ''Rht I, "a 8 d esiNd to be particularly considered th at h . -e printed with the Votes. He begged to tell them _ tall?)., disputed to have them printed had been success , /Vilt.ell he pre in the last Session: In the case petition°fda that it 'tishoulii he i.,P;reented from Kelso he move ordered 11. e t:r•i ' t ed with the Votes, and it was S' • se; his upon the list, but the Niott iv as - name was put had oPPcu•- tunit \-,as turned over, and he neveran Ili •Y C't brin r ' ' petition. It sometimesl ) l).li ed , :. bulg on the . Od from 1"; e0 tla i ,•• d 'lequentl,y with the petitions presen ~. ''l)al' '1 ; 11 4 the Clerk was unable to read the names. 's' Ally ' . F the places frAil fll,fin tell hire that if the names o , tlltie'ty•lcuee 'petitions had been presented were not read me ""'- "se distineily, d if Hort. Members did not un fro67,..i-what the nam'easnwere, or where the places . were, n'e,b, si , .said t , , len petitions were presentet., 1 that it could (1 1,1„ 1 ,,,, that tiny were properly presented? If the House lii)t.l::.ki,uow where they were presented from, it could f iN - 1 1 -44 ... 1 that petitions were presented at all; thep , „ 41 11 .pet.": (Mr. Wallace) desired that in presenting •he bet ,Blons to the House, for the future, there should lk a dis cus strinp,;ent rule, no matter whether there was to he th s'll%ion upon the subject or not. The rule should v . • at th , en erai , . ose wbo presented petitions should , state, titi tis, '3, their conten ts , the prayers of those pea s thouiciaind the i.bjet s or wishes of the petitioners. That w4tkne striQtly the right of the Members of the House, Pi4 e ,. l• a collision of opinion or a discussion had taken th at ,lle (NIL 'Wallacedid not - hesitate in saying , th ' Pre f d eal • .**l the rirhts of the ' Pr?eple sent mode oing ni.,l lc.,li s , Iv a' unjust towards them, end inconvenient to the for ~' 44,1 he hoped that they should he attended to tl ) set T houg,h he was not in a majority he would take sen se of the House upon the subject, he would b 4tch e to th e the of motion he had given, and would een t ,,, "ge a word of it. An Honourable Member then tav „anicated something to Mr. W allacceproceeded to shl.;-..' ' 44 1. he would adultthe sca r gestion ighis Honourable l ieud wh 1 . g . oal,{ : o lad just told him that the rule of th! Hou_se thr,"o)e read ea the subject of presenting petitions; he 1 141 , i_ere submitted that that was the ' proper time to th,„ the rule of the House read, and lie wished lacalier would direct the Clerk to do so. Itspeetit4eY having read the Order of the House with 4 1 ,. „? !he presentations of petitions. Nit,,,":4LLACE said that he thought-the most co i n- . 1 ti, 4 .1' uay would be for him to move that that reso u ti,) 4 .: li , euld be rescinded, as that would bring the ques- 41-", re properly before the consideration of the House. Sir ,-;1,9E13111Cli. seconded the motion. tictoaill'uEßT INGLIS thought that the Hon. Gen t ~ was no aware of the absorptioa of the time . of e Horse 1 1 ., _ v. would be occasioned if his motion 1,,.t ~,,neressful. The number of petitions. presented `'tip -'slon was 16,801—(Hear)—and. if each of these a.‘•-• • . • . i,-Lu.lipttuted bv only one speech, of two minutes, ' Would be • .I'l .f ki _ in.ipossi e or the House to attend to i„...T, other• busness. • But surely if the Hon attend Member . 1 vr"elitetaTetition from lielao he could not refuse to • . He would make use of the argum - entnm ad hominern to the Hon. Member for Oxford, and claim his vote for this motion upon Conservative grounds, as a return to the practice of our forefathers. Mr. BROTHERTON' thought it necessary to give his reason for voting as he intended. He had as great a regard for the right of petition a 3 any Hon. Member could have, and would be the last to say anything to abridge it, but he was sure the present motion would not answer. the purpose proposed. He had seen this House, before he was a Member of it, when the prM)oSecl plan was in full operation ; and he could . state that at that time it turned out a per fect failure. The petitions were neither noticed by the newspapers nor by the Members of the Honse; the time of the - House was occupied by a few loquacious Members, so that it was utterly impossible for the majority of the Members to present the petitions entrusted to their care. Ile felt bound to declare that he had attended in that diouse ten days successively, and he had never hadan op portunity- of presenting a single petition; at this time he had seen a great number of Members with petitions, which they were anxious to present, and a feeling of justice erevented him from presenting those that he had. He considered that it would ber quite impossible that a presentation of petitions could be carried on if every Meinber was allowed to make a speech upon every petition—(Hear, hear, hear). With respect to the observations that had been made as to the disorderly manner in which petitions were generally pre sented, he must be allowed to say that he considered the manner in which petitions had been presented latterly was most orderly. Every Member had an opportunity of stating what were the contents of the petition which he had to present, and he thought that that was quite sufficient ; but as to supposing that every Member was to state his own opinions on these petitions, he considered it quite absurd. He was of opinion that the people had a right to have their petitions heard and attended to, but he did not think that that could be effected by allowing Hon. Mem bers to make long speeches upon their presentatiop. Mr. O'CONNELL considered that the petitions of the ! I people were treated in that House with a levity which I was unbecoming. He admitted that the late practice in the presentation of petitions was an inconvenient one. He thought that a middle course should be adopted, be 7 cause he could not but think that the practice at pre sent adopted was insulting to the people at large. The House ought to refer the question to a Committee, which would doubtless devise some meae3 of giving a more substantial hearing to the petitions of the people, so that no one should have a right to complain, as at present, of the mockery and insult of throw ing bundles of petitions together on the table,— (Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, that the House would rescind its resolution, and follow it up by some plan which would neither trespass upon the public time nor give the people reason to complain. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that if any insult were offered to the people through the present mode of pre senting their petitions —if there were a mockery of 'cere mony, to use the words of the Honourable Gentleman, by throwing bundles of petitions on the table, that was the fault of the Members who so presented them— (Hear, hear)—because the rules of the House imposed no such necessity. ,He would refer to the rules which had been adopted by the majority of the last Parliament. The rules said that any Member presenting a petian must state the place whence it cane, e 3 that if an Honourable Member were not able to pronounce the names of Irish and Scotch places,the rules gave h im liberty to learn to pronounce them properly—(Laughter)—which it was his duty to do, not that of the Clerk.—(Hear.) The Member presenting a petition was bound also to state the number of signatures and the material contents of the petition. If the petition complained of personal violence, and re quired immediate redress, it might be entertained and discussed forthwith.—(Cries of " Hear.") And if the subject were of a special nature, it might be printed in the Votes, and a notice of a motion on it be given. Now, if they were to return to the late system, there would be no limit to the presentation of petitions.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that, in the abstract, every petition had a right to be read by. the Clerk, and attended to by the House ; but it was clear, that if the Clerk was to read every petition, their whole time wouid be absorbed, and if Members would listen carefully, all he could say was, that this would be different from their usual course. —(Laughter.) But now the question was, did the increased.eoulede the n ot infer from During adopted th ea e t t h e t N, n , Since mode diminish the confidence of the people ? , s e r h ag ad e 7 4 0 1 0 the e aeh increase 8' number was o um S b e e ss r io *o n f s p th et e i i t r io a n N essi o o n f . pet C it e io rt o a s i , nl t y hat th th ey e petitioners were dissatisfied with the present mode of pro ceeding. He (Sir It. Peel) rbe ;eyed there was no alternative between adhering to the rule and the complete relaxation individual of it. If th e y permitted Members to exer cise their discretion the consequence would be con tinued debates on the presentation of petitions. Members an would be much less anxious to do justice to the object of the petitions entrusted i to own individual an d them, than to state their personal opinions. That would necessarily prov o k e reply; reply would provoke re joinder, and th e y would b e involved in the same diffi culties as they experienced from th e same source so me twelve or thirteen y ears ae Mr. ROEBUCK here made o some o b serva ti on a cross the table, which w as not heard Sir ROBERT PEEL proceededin the gallery. order was made in February, i 832, to say the present ship of Mr. Manners Sutton,' during the Speaker to lead to the prevention of debatest the intention of it was. question, however, really was, what on petitions. The conform able to public feeling and topublic should be As far public feeling was policy on this score. concerned, lie (Sir R. Peel) - j-------- p e tition froo p r esent 103. 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INGLIS then moved the appointment of the seesAnland; Colonel' poc, teas those who formed the cl ass of petitioners to that • f o ll ow i ng Members as a Select. Committee 'on public. pc - House, w ou ld w i s h them to devote more of their time to titions : —Mr. - George William Wood, Sir Edward debating, and less to the performance o f p ract i ca l busi- Knatelibull, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, -Mr.,Greene, Mr. sumed in Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Can nes& If it was found that night aft e r n i g ht w a s con- , Edward Buller, Mr. Brotherton, Mr e Owen Stanley, Mr. preliminary discussions leading to the postpone- ; Pusey, ment of legislation, he (Sir R. Peel) did n o t b e li eve that lain Jones, Lord Viscount Duncan, Sir Charles Douglas, the people. would be satisfied. It was for them to strike Lerd'Fitzalan, and Mr. Buckley. - - a balance between the advantages and disadvantages, and MaWAK LEY trusted that his Hon. Friend the Mem from the experience he had or the wo r ki ng o f th e pr e_ - h er f o r Coventry would not obeect to have his name in sent rule he would give it his support. seated in the list. As the C4riniittee was now consti- Mr. WAKLEY said there was a mode of redressing totecL the petitions were - - not - likely to receive - very fair the grievance complained of, whi c h was by co n e „iti„ g or gene r o us treatment unless his lion. Friend were more the feelings of the' people. If this were d one amongs t the number. After the statement that he was these would be far fewer petitions presented ; b u t, ac ti ng I o ft en the only Member present, he hoped his Hon. Friend in opposition to the - - people, the co ns equence was would accept the office, though perhaps he would not find that they must . pet i t i on. The R ight Honour- it very profitable. • able Baronet considered that mi n i s t ers h a d little I m r . ROEBUCK said - he believed he was perfectly cor er no peculiar interest in discussing ,th e p e titi ons of r e c t i n stating that under the old rule respecting the the people. Yet there were no persons in the public petitions. there were four separate stages in which House who were so deeply interested .in discussing they might bee - discuseed ;he believed he was only stating their grievances as the Ministers of the Crown. The what was known to every M em b er, w h en h e sa id that . late Ministry cons id ere d t hi s t h e i r d ut y , and they most lno question was ever propounded excepting that of an minutely examined them. Numbers of petitions were adjournment without a debate. presented against them, a large nurnber praying their re- Sir R. PEEL said, that in the observations .he gals moral. They could not have been pleased to hear or discuss made, he had referred not to the forms, but to the usage, those petitions. In this case the Right Hon. Baronet of the House. According to the forms of the House, on stated that they ought to look a t th e question practi- a motion being 'made that a petition lie upon the table, tally ; they should do so, .and with a view to 'the jute-. a Membe r might, if he were so inclined, - asail himself of rest of the community generally. He Would ask if the his privil e g e . It would be-seen on referring to the de mode at present ad o pt e d were cons i stent with the views. bates in Parliament, that there had: been very 'few debates of petitioners ?He had seen a large bundle of petitions, upon the presentation of petitions thirty in number, presented by an Hon. Gentleman, all Mr. WILLIAMS did •not- - • i phis wish to persist inswing relating to one subject, and this occupied but half a mi- name withdrawn from the list. cute. Considering the anxiety of people out of doors on The Committee was then appointed,five be the to public questions, the expense of petitioning, and the quorum. great expectations entertained of the results of their On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, the following Select discussions, what would be the feelings of petitioners, Committee on Printing was appointed—Sir Geo. Clerk, when the grievances and opinions of thirty public meet- Sir Robt. harry -Inglis, Mr. Pusey, -Mr. Vernon Smith, ings were presented in half a minute, scarcely the names Viscount Mahon, Mr. 'rufnell, and Mr, Patrick Stewart. of the places being mentioned ? This was altogether far- COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS. meal, and unworthy of that assembly. There was a mode Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, having moved 114 'of lessening the number of petitions, as well as improv- the' House should resolve itself into 'a Committee of the her their practice, and that was shortening the duration whole House to take into consideration the laws affect oeParliament. They should go back to their constitu- ing the Copyright of Designs for the ornament of arti ents more frequently. At present they had a lease for Iles of manufacture, - seven years, and the unfortunate persons who sent them Mr. WILLIAMS said that it was not his intention to have to pray of us to alter our proeeedings, but when take up the time of the House at that stage of its proceed they come with their complaints no discussion takes ings ; but as he had during the last session taken a place. This is the House of the people; and this the very decided course in -opposition to any alteration of course they take ; but what is the .course of the the present law, he could not allow that opportunity to other House, who, as an .heredi.ary House, do pass without stating that he - Still entertained the same not pretend to, represent the people .? In this hostility to such a change. He was persuaded that the House those who pretended to represent the people Hon. Member for Belfast, if he had been thoroughly ac were gagged and muzzled, and were not allowed a single quainted with the. eubSeet, or. if he 'had been a man of comment upon' a petition,•unless it contained what was business,would never have interfered with the existing law. called a personal grievance ; then, if it did contain For forty years no change. had taken place, and it was a personal grievance, it was requisite to bring very remarkable that during the depression of last year a motion before the House upon that, and it was this branch was the one in which -the exports for the notorious to Hon. Members that such .a motion was last year exceeded those of the preceding. He should set down night after night, and week after week, before not be so anxious if the Bill of the Hon. MeMber only it could be entered into,. yet nothing wss done to get rid affected the home trade, but he feared his proposition of so crying a grievance. He had seen personal griev- would strike at the root of the foreign trade also. He vances brought forward in both Houses of Parliament, on believed that the Bill'Would have that effect, if it resem - the same night ;in the House-of Lords, - those motions bled, as he was led to think it did, the Bill which the would be entered into and considered, 'whilst in this Hon. Gentleman introduced last Session. • House no notice would be taken of them He remem- The House then resolved itself into a Committee of bored, some time ago, that a motion of this kind was t h e w h o l e H ouse. brought forward by his Hon. Friend, the Member for Mr. E. TENNENT said that present Bill was the Westminster, in that House, and by Lord Brougham in same in effect as the one of last Session. There were, the other House. In the House of Lords Lord Brougham however, some alterations, for he meant to extend the. was allowed te_state his grievance, and the account of it time of the continuance of the copyright to nine months, occupied three columns of the morning newspapers ; and not a twelvemonth, as in the former Bill. Some whil-.t, in the House of Commons, a few minutes was all alterations in the details, as suggested . .by the Board of the space alloWed to his Hon. Friend, the Member for Trade, would also take place. The - lion. Member con- Westminster, for the recital 'of his grievance. He eluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend (Mr. Wakley) should 'in future entreat the people nut to and consolidate the law relating to the Copyright of present any mere petitions to the Ho* of Commons, Designs. but to take them all to the Upper House. It was An HON. MEMBER, whoSe name we could not there they would be heard and lietened to ; it was here learn, objected to the Bill as being injurious to the menu that they could not be considered. 116 (Mr. Wakley) facturers who lived at a distance from the registry-office. was one who had taken , upon himself, in the year After a few words from Mr. GREEN, which were in -1836, the responsibility of recomMending that an audible in the gallery, amendment of the practice of the House should take place. I)r. BOWRING said there were many difficulties in If the - Speaker's time were so much occupied, a deputy this country which did not exist in other places. In Speaker might be appointed, • that they might sit there France, for example, the Prudhommes undertook the re nt an early hour to consult on . measures for the interests gistration of designs. It had been found in this country of the peopla that the cost of obtaining redress for those whose inven- Sir WAL'ER JAMES then rose, amidst loud cries tions had been interfered with was so great as to render of " Divide." He 'would only take notice of one re- it almost impossible for designers to,ebtain redress. He mark which had just - fallen from the Hon. Member op- (Dr. Bowring) Wished to have two evils remedied—first, posite (Mr. Wakley). He had, indeed, stated several that there should be a means of general registration; things in which' he (Sit W. Janice) could net concur. and, second, that there should be economical means of He - could agree with the Hon. Member opposite that redress in cases where inventions had been invaded. that House ought to represent the people, and that they Mr. MARK PHILLIPS stated that he had been on ought to, study- the wiehes and interests of the people ; the - Committee last year, -and he could only say to his it was their business to look after the people's interests, Honourable Friend that time and reflection had con and the question now . was, whether they were to conduct firmed him in the justness of the views which he then en their affairs in a business-like way, or to delay their tertained. lie should offer no objections to his intro affairs in a tedious and vexatious way ? duction of the bill—he could only hope that a ques ti on o f Sir V. BLAKE supported the motion o f th e H on . so muc h i mportance s h ou ld b e fairly brought before the Member for Greenock. The ancient right of the peo- House. ple, relative - to the presenting of petitions, had been Mr. EMMERSON TENNENT, in reply, stated that curtailed in that House, and he thought there should be he thought it would be the most convenient course to every reasonable license for discussing them, on. their postpone all disc u s s i on as to the details of the measure presentation. until the second reading of the Bill. Mr. WALLACE rose amidst loud cries of " Di- The resolution was then agreed to. . vide."' He was well aware that the House at that mo • - The House resumed, and leave was given to bring in meat - was against Jilin. In :reply to certain objections the Bill, which was accordingly brought in, and read a which had been made to his motion, lie begged to ob- first time. serve that never had there been more 'business done than EXPIRING LAWS COMMITTEE. in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. when the right to On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, the Select Com discuss petitions. was exercised and admitted. He be- mittee on Expiring Laws was nominated .—Sir George lieved that the time of the House would not be uselessly Clerk, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas wasted in debates on petitions. What the people com- Fremantle, the Attorney-General, Mia Pigot, the So plained of was the monstrous practice of delaying a sin- licitor-General, Mr. Sheil, - Lord Eliot, Mr. Baring,•Mr. gle point for four or -five nights, for purposes of party Wilson Patten, Sir George Grey, Mn'. Charles Wood, triumph. He had no doubt but that the leading parties- Mr. Greene, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Home Drummond: on each side of the House had already arranged bet Ween —Five to be the quorum. them the weeks' debate, which was to be continued - from NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Monday till Friday next, as they used to do last I)r. BOWRING moved for a return of the number of Session.-- e (Hear.) New that was the abuse of time of stamps issued to the ,different neWspapees in the months which /he public complained. The people did not ob- of October, N o vember, and December last, and a return ject to the time spent in doing their own work, but the of the amount of advertisement duty paid by each.— time consumed in Ministerial work and trickery. The Ordered. people should have their political food. given to them day The House then adjourned at Half -past Seven o'Clock. by day, or they would not take it at all. He was ter- tam he brought before the House a proper proposition, but as it had been overruled by the Speaker he should abide by that. He thought the matter should be re ferred to a Committee, from which he expected the greatest good. He begged to tell the Right Hon. Ba ronet opposite that he did not wish to take up the time of the House, and that he would be content himself not to occupy more than two minutes on presenting a peti tion, which he thought would be sufficient for all persons who had not very dull brains.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He adhered to the motion which was put, and he would divide the House - upon it. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and, the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 5O Against it Majority against the motion — 187 LOAN SOCIETIES. Mr. M. SUTTON obtained leaVe to bring in a Bill to explain and continuo, until the Ist of August, 1843, the Act to amend the laws relating to Loan Societies. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. • Sir R. INGLIS moved the re-appointment of the Library Committee.. Mr. WILLIAMS commented on the needless expense' in printing a number of Reports and documents which were read by nobody, and were generally Sold.for waste paper. He should wish to call the attention of the Hon. Baronet to this sukect. He also wished to be established an entire new system of appointing the Committees of the House, as a different plan was very much needed. As an example o f a better system, he would take the plan adopted by the House of Representatives of- the United States. There they appointed Committees at the commencement of the session, and there was no in stance of the same person being appointed on t wo Com mittees. In thi s H ouse, if any Hon. Member wished for an inquiry into any subject, he moved for a Conimittee, and he takes care to place on it a majority of Members entertaining his own views of the question ; he selects men of the best abilities, and the best conversant with the subject on his own aide, but, topreserve an appearance of impartiality , ,some men of opposite opinions were se lected, but they were generally taken from among those who were likely to pay the least possible attention to the subject. The consequence is, that the Committees had not that weight and influence with the House which they ought to have, as many of them were merely moved for to gratify some crotchet of a particular Member, without havit ' e any practical object to c arr y ou t. Sir R. INGLIS said that the House had concurred without discussion in the course which he had proposed for the last seven years: The objections of the Hon: Mem ber for Coventry did not apply to the present practice of the House in respect to Committees. It used to -be the practice to appoint the same Member upon several Com mittees ; as, for instance, his Right Hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury, used to be appointed upon every Committee ; for his services, however short the time he could devote to each, were considered of the highest value. But now no Member was appointed to two Committees. There .used to be .sometimes forty Members on a ComMittee, but lately the number of Members on each Committee was not more than fifteen or sixteen ; and on the Library Committee there was no necessity for so many, as their functions were very few. Yet it was necessary to re-appoint them every Session. With respect to the second Committee, he could say that he should have no objection whatever that the name of any other Hon. Gentleman should bekubstituted for his. As for the third Committee, that on printing, the Secre tary for the Treasury generally nominated the Members, composing it, and would doubtless give the best expla nation respecting it. He (Sir R. Inglis) had no objec tion whatever to withdraw from this either ; but he pre ferred that some one else should state why he should be on the Library Committee. ----- - SUGAR MONOPOLY. In comparing the price of Sugar produced in foreign plantations with that of Sugar made..in the British West Indies, it has been usual to take as a . basiS of calculation their respective values in the Mineing4ane Market—that is, after certain charges, such as freight, insurance, dockage commissions for 14 been added to the prime cost of the Sugars. This mode of comparison answers wel:enna:teignihentct) and demonstrate excess of price the Su gar monopoly compels t h e B r i t i s h sale, e. , have what to pay, over and above the foreign consumer, for an ar ticle of a similar quality, and in every respect of the sane value, in the markets of Europe; but it fails to show the actual per centage advantage the British West India Planter enjoys over his foreign competitors; the extent of this advantage should, however, be clearly ascertained in order that the public may understand the quantum of protectioniwhieh the contemplated alteration in the Sugar duties will confer on British colonial interests. For instance—Sugar raised in Porto Rico (superior in quality to the bulk of Sugar imported from Demerera, Berbice, and the Leeward.lslands), is offered in Mincing lane for 18s. per cwt., which price includes the charges alluded to, while the Gazette quotes the average price (the like charges also included) of Sugars imported from the British "West Indies at 38s. per cwt., exhibiting an excess of 20s. per cwt. in favour of the latter, or about 110 per cent. ; but if the charges which have been added to the prices of these Sugars, be again deducted, the per centage difference will very considerably exceed 110 s.: per cent. Assuming frOm the proximity of the two islands, Jamaica and Porto Rico, that the charges of importation into Great Britain are of an equal amount, and taking that amount from the British West Indian's own statement to be Bs. 6d. per cwt., we proceed to de duct Bs. 6d. from the ex.duty price of both kinds of Sugar, as above quoted; by which probess the real price to the respective producers, before the Sugars are put on hoard ship for Great Britain, will be ascertained. Thus, from 18s., the price per cwt. of Porto Rico Sugar, is to be deducted Bs. 6d., leaving 95.. 6d. ; and from 385., the price per cwt. of British Plantation Sugar, Bs. 6d., leaving 295. 6d., exhibiting a per centage difference in favour of the British over the Porto Rico West Indian planter of inure than 200 per cent ; the monopoly, there fore, confers, and has, from time immemorial, conferred on the British three times the valve the foreign 'West Indians obtain for their Sugar ; in other words, a planter in Porto Rico will sell three hundred weight of Sugar for the same amount of money which, his British compe titor in Jamaica obtains for one. In apportioning the duties on Sugars from various parts of the world, this view of the case cannot be too that ba e b strongly urged on the attention of the Legislature, the more especially as the West Indian Proprietors will not fail to clamour loudly for what they will be pleased to designate "protection," meani n g , all the time, per mission, through the powers of an A ct of Parliament, to plunder the community at larg e. Prote ction ! indeed, on what plea can the West I ndians ask f or protection ? Their old story about the extra costs of free labour having n : i llnot ab n u o n l i v ati g t o ly down e with to cultivate their plantati ons b y free than b y slave labour. Let these monopolists le arn to protect them selves. Let i t t h i e s far pu cheaper for them able writers them. if they wish to thrive, relinquish the luxuries en joyed through an extensive and ruinous system of ab- - senteeisin. Let them proceed, forthwith, to the West Indies, reside on their estates, and superintend the work ing of them. While they rema ii . i in this country, apinn• their betters, any pecuniary aid would be w orse than useless, for. it would, in fact, be taking 80 much money from the industrious and deserving to encourage with it the, indolent and careless. February 8, 1842. Dr. BOWRING complained of the very bad attend ance of members of the Committee on petitions last year. The Committee on printing, however, was regularly at tended. He thought that every Member nominated to the Committee on . petitions should give a pledge to attend, if chosen, for the matters referred to it were of very great importance. Sir R. INGLIS said that when he was Chairman of that Committee, he read every petition that was referred to them by the House. Mr. EWART bore testimony to the conscientious manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet discharged his duties. He (Mr. E.) thought the reduction of the num ber of Committees from 40 to 15 was a good, rather than an evil, as it increased the responsibility of the Mem bers; and if the latter number were reduced to seven it would be a still greater improvement, for the same reason. No gentleman ought to be appointed a member of a Committee who had not first promised to attend to the duties of it, and he thought that no person ought to be a member of two Committees at the same time. On the motion of Sir R. INGLIS, the following Mem bers were then appointed:—Sir Robert Harry IngliS, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, Mr. Baring, Mr. William s W ynn, Mr. Rutherfurd, Mr. Shaw, Lord Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Feb. 7, , a medical man, re. __.--------- 'S BENCH LAW INTELLIGENCE. BR AY V. COURTBNEY, This was an action brought b y Dlr. Bray, i COURT OF QUEE N the ; • P antaf, who is a grocer, to recover damages from the defendant siding in Great Marlborough-s treet, for an assault. Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Chadwic k Jones conducted the case of the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence of plaintiff's witnesses that the . defendant's mother was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 81. , that the plaintiff had gone to defendant's house to ask for he r address ; that the defendant, who was at dinner with some friends, was called out, and told the plaintiff that he knew nothing of his mother's address, at the same time ordering him to leave the house, which plaintiff was about to do, a nd was goin g to take his hat air a form when defendant knocked plaintiff down, and turned him out of the house, in doing which his hand was eut. Mr. THESIGER, for the defendant, contended that no more via fence had beets used than was necessary to turn 'the plaintiff out of defendant's house, and that therefore the verdict of the Jury must be for defendant, as he bad a perfect right to turn plaintiff out of his house if he refused to go oti being desired so t o do. It appeared that defendant and his mother were not on friendl ; terms. The Learned Gentleman then read a letter from the plaintiff's attorney, offering to compromise the action, if defendant would pay his mo ther's debt, pay plaintiff the sum o f 21., and the attorney his costs. This defendant refused to do, as he felt that the whole affair had been greatly exaggerated. C n ' Defendant's witnessed ou e sei swore that rto— gy never lima ;Mr. Bray . At all, but that Bray followed defendant to hiSdining roomiafter defendant had desired him to gd ; cti vrhish defendant seized plaintiff by the collar, and swung him out of the docif. ft was distinctly denied that defendant struck him. Mr. JA RVIS replied. Lord DENMAN summed up, and said if defendant had desired plaintiff to leave the house, and he had refused to do so, he would be justified in laying hands on him to do so ; but he would not be justified in knocking him down. Mr. JEavis submitted that the declaration charged plaintiff with wounding defendant, and that had not been justified by the p!ea, and therefore the verdict must be for the plaintiff, as plaintiffs witnesses proved that plaintiff's hand was cut, consequently there was a wound. Mr. MESMER submitted to the Court that the declaration was met by the general plea, not guilty. Lord DCNMAN apprehended not. The other acts were specially justified, and the wounding ought to have been justified also. The Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages, 101. COYLE V. DRADBURN. This was an action of trover to recover the possession of a deeuc:. en tin th, hands of the defendant. Mr. CHAMBERS stated the plaintiff's case, who is a lady, the widow of an officer in the Spanish Legion, killed in the late civil war in that country. She had obtained from the Spanish Government two certificates, one as a pension, and the other for arrears of pay, amounting to 141/. 7s. 11d. She entered into an arrangement with the defendant, who ad vanced her 351. upon the latter certificate. When the price of the certificates afterwards rose, she applied to the deendant, who informed her that he had sold the certificate, and that he had her own authority for so doing, which the plaintiff denied. The defendant was asked to show the authority upon which he made the sale, which he refused. A tender of 351. with inte rest was then made t' the defendant, which he would not accept. John Holloway, managing clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, proved the demand of the certificate and the tender of the money. Mr, Goraldo, a clerk to the Spanish Cummission, proved that a certificate was granted to Mrs. Coyle for 1411. 7s. 11d., on the 31st of December, 1839. Upon similar certificates, three instalments had been paid. The whole was to be paid in six instalments. _ _ The plaintiff's case having closed, Mr. CURRY addressed the Court for the defendant, and read a letter of the plaintiff to the defendant, desiring him to do the best he could with the certificate. Charles Black, an agent, proved that the value of Spanish c-ri ificates w not more than from 20 to 30 per cent. in Fe bruary, 1840ebut they rose considerably higher after. Three instalments had been paid, and the other three may be worth from 60 to 70 per cent. The price rose after some discussion which took place respecting Spanish securities in Parliament. Dr. Barry proved that he bought Spanish certificates in March, 1840, for 25 per cent. Did not know the value of those instalments which remained unpaid. There was no market for them at present. They were a mere " fancy ar ticle." He dealt considerably in Spanish certificates. William Smith, a clerk to the defendant, proved that he was authorised to sell certificates for him. Could not say if the certificate in qyestion was among those he sold. Had a con versation with Mrs. Coyle, who expressed dissatisfaction at the sale of her certificate. He did know where the certificate was now. The plaintiff's case having closed, His LORDSHIP summed up, and directed the Jury to find for the plaintiff, but to what amount it was for them to determine. She was clearly entitled to the three instalments which were paid, though there appeared no nzala fides on the part of the defendant, he having paid the full price for the certificate at the time he got it. It did not seem that the plaintiff's letter was sufficient authority for him to sell it. Verdict for the plaintiff 1221., minus the 351. originally paid by the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 7. THE COMMISSIONERS OF LAND•TAX FOR TUE CITY OF LONDON V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF LAND• FAX FOR THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH. WLRK, This suit was instituted for the purpose of ascertaining, under a statute of the Ist of Victoria, whether certain premises on the Southwark side of the Thames were within the jurisdic tion of the Commissioners of Land tax for the City or the Com missioners for the Borough. The premises were formerly the site of six houses immediately adjoining Old London-bridge, and were now occupied by Fenning's Wharf. The case bad pre viously come before the Court, and it was then directed that the issue should be tried by a Jury. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT (with whom was Mr. Erie) stated the case for the plaintiffs. The Learned Gentleman then called several witnesses, who deposed that the premises had been always consi dered, as far as their knowledge extended, to form part of the City of London. The entry-hooks of the City were produced by the clerk, Crom which it appeared that the occupiers of the six houses in question had, since the year 1760, regularly paid the taxes to the Commissioners of the City. They had also voted for Com. mon Councilmen, and were universally considered as forming part of the Bridge Ward. Two of the former occupiers of these houses con firmed the accuracy of these records. Lord AnINGER observed that the case was certainly well sus. taincd, and it would require very strong evidence to defeat it. Sir FREDERICK Pottocw (with whom was Mr. Platt) admitted the justice of the assertion. He had some evidence to adduce in in favour of the defendants, but it was not certainly so strong as that produced by the plaintiff's. He had not been aware what the nature of that evidence would have been, as he had not had access to the City entry books. After a short conversation among Counsel, the case for the de fendants was abandoned, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs. BENNET V. RHODES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of 40/., the balance of a sum of 50/. claimed by him, for services per. formed for the defendant, who was the proprietor of the Coal Hole Tavern, in the Strand. Mr. PLATT (with whom was Mr. Lee), stated the case for the plaintiff. It appeared that in the summer of the year 1839 the defendant became acquainted with the plaintiff, who was at the time a steward on board one of the steam.vessels in the river. He was known as a very civil, clever, and attentive person, and the defendant, on becoming acquainted with his character, was dc. sirious of engaging his services for the management of his tavern. Accordingly, in the month of November, Bennet entered the ser vice of Mr. Rhodes, and conducted the business of his kitchen and presided at his table. He went to market, bought the meat and vegetables, and was especially remarkable for his skill in purchasing kidneys—a delicacy for which the hs.use became famous. Ile en deavoured to make himself agreeable to the guests, and he had the additional merit of singing a very good song. The house, which was celebrated for its conviviality, was not usually closed till two or three o'clock in the morning ; and these late hours, together with the fatiguing nature of his duties, soon affected the health of the plaintiff, who was obliged from indisposition to leave the este. blishment in the month of April, 1840. During the time he had been with the defendant he had never been able to settle his terms of remuneration with him. The defendant constantly told him that every thing would be arranged to his satisfaction. He re.. ceived nothing until he had left the house, when the defendant en closed a ode for 10/. in a letter, in which he added that he hoped on seeing him, to propose something for their mutual advantage. The plaintiff, however, had never received any further remunera. tion ; and the present action was brought for the recovery of a sum of 10/. a month for four months, the plaintiff admitting the money he had received to be a sufficient payment for one out of the five months he had been in the service of the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was now engaged at the Exeter Hall Tavern, in the. Strand, at a salary of three guineas a week. Henry Probat deposed that he had frequently beet, at the Coal hole while the plaintiff acted as manager or superintendent there. He presided at the ordinary, which was at six o'clock in the even. ing, in the absence of the defendant; and the defendant seemed much pleased with the manner in which he performed his duties.. Elizabeth Parker stated that she was now bar-maid at the Exeter Hall Tavern, in the Strand. She had filled the same office at the Coal.hole Tavern, at the time the plaintiff was there. The plaintiff used to buy the meat and vegetables consumed in the house, and presided over its general management. Mr. Rhodes seemed much pleased with him; and on one occasion witness heard Mr. Rhodes say that if he had known him sooner, he should by that time have made a fortune. • Mr. CROWDER, in addressing the Jury for the defendant, at tempted to show that the plaintiff stopped at the tavern merely as a friend of the proprietor, and he had no regular engagement as a servant. Thomas Burke stated that he had heard theplaintiff say that Mr Rhodes had lent him 5/. while he was with him, and that he was anxious to repay the money. The plaintiff appeared to him to act merely as the friend of the defendant. Wm. Rissen and Frederick King, waiters at the tavern, stated that the plaintiff went in and out as he pleased. He was under no restraint, and he acted as he liked on all occasions. Lord ABTNGER. having summed up, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of 101. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 7. I)OYLE V. O'DOHERTY. This was an action for libel, alleged to have been published in an affidavit before the Queen's Bench, under these circum stances:—lt appeared that the plaintiff, having received a challenge from the defendant, declined to accept it, on the ground that the latter had been dismissed from the British service by court-martial, and was not entitled to be considered as the plaintiff's equal. Sir John Doyle also filed a criminal information against the defendant for having sent the challenge. The defendant, in showing cause against the rule, put in an affidavit, in which he stated, first, that the circumstances under which his own dismissal from the British service took place were trivial, and in no degree disgraceful; and, secondly, that the imputation came with very bad grace from Sir-John Doyle, who had been himself ignominiously dismissed from the service of Don Pedro, for submitting to a severe personal castigation at the,hantkof Generallßaeon. This statement was the alleged libel. Thetefendantpleaded that the affidavit being published in the course of a judicial proceeding was privileged, and not actionable. The plaintiff, in replication, affirmed that the state ment was false, malicious, and irrelevant, and therefore action able. Upon this, issue was joined ; and alter a long argument be tween Mr. Knowles and Mr. Millar for the defendant, and Sir Thomas Wylde, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. James for the plaintiff, the Court decided that the affidavit was relevant, and that an action could not be maintained. Verdict for the defendant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 7. IN RE JAMES SOURER. The insolvent's discharge was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Messrs. Robert Currie and Richard Earle Warwick, who were landlords of some certain premises held by him. Having consented to give up possession, the Court, with the con. sent of the Learned Counsel for the opposing creditors, ordered his discharge upon his giving t*o days' notice subsequent to Messrs. Currie and Warwick receiving possession. IN TOE MATTER OF JAMES EALES. The insolvent had been a job and cab master, and was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe on behalf of Sir Henry Richards. It appeared that he had rented somelpremises in Carbuiton.street, Fitzroy-square, under Sir Henry, and having fallen into arrear of rent, the property, consisting of cabs, horses, stabling, and furni ture, were removed, when an action was brought, as the insnlvent bad refused to surrender possession of the premises, and judgment wail allowed to go by default. The chief grounds of opposition were, that at the time the action was brought the sum of 401. alone was due, and before its termination the rent owing accumu. lated to upwards of 150/.,and also that he had neglected to file the lease and keys of the premises in Court. Mr. Commissioner BowEN said it was much to be reprobated in insolvent circumstances like the present one, the retaining pos session. of premises, when it could neither be of use to themselves nor to the landlord, and in all such cases the Court was determined to inflict a proportionate punishment. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was that the insolvent be remanded for nine calendar months from the date of his vesting order. TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM : Week ending Jan. 23, 1842 • . 4,058,683 Week ending Jan. 24, 1841 • . 3,684,023 Week ending Nov. 24, 1839 • . 1,585,973 Increase since 1841, on the week's letters • • • • . I ncre ase since 199, on the week's letters 374,660 • • • 2,472,710 We are sorry to learn that our spirited and ex cellent representative for the county, Mr. P. M. Stewart, has been unable to proceed to the discharge of his Parliamentary duties, owing to severe illness. The Hon. Member is now so far recovered as to be able, in all likelihood, to take his place in Parliament in the course of next week.—Renfrewshire Re /own THE COILN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. ,qtrt—T. most entirely concur in all that you have written upon the iniquitous Corn-laws, and would now more particularly direct your attention to the subject. In three short days the Ministerial plan will be deve loped, gild we must carefully watch any alteration in the mode of taking the averages. Let it be clearly and distinctly understood, that any alteration which will lower them will be a benefit to the landlords only, but an injury to the starving people. I was in the Park when the Queen went in state to open Parliament, and heard the cry of "We're all starving," and it is these starving people whom it is our duty to relieve. I am very glad the subject has now become a reli gious question. We are told in Scripture that, "he that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him," and cursed will those Ministers b e , w h o ac t con trary to Scripture. The Duke of 13 tick i ngham complains that the farmers will not exert themselves, and he can do nothing without their assistance. The fact is the far mers begin to understand that high rents neither be nefit them nor the public. But alas! our selfish and ignorant Tory landlords have already done irreparable injury to our trade and manufactures, for no repeal of the Corn-laws can now restore a portion of our lost prosperity. Our best artisans have left our country in hundreds, and we have compelled the Americans and other nations to manufacture in self-defence ; and though the disorder may be checked, it cannot be cured, even by the great Tamworth physician himself. Your most obedient. servant, A WHIG LANDLORD. Feb. 7. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT• Archibald Leslie, whose case was reported last week, and who was convicted of obtaining goods and money by means of false re presentations and forged documents, was brought up to-day for judgment. The RECORDER said th it a more aggravatel case than the one before hiss had never come under his notice. The sentence of the Court was, that he should be transported for seven years. John Grannie was charged with embezzling and stealing the sum of It. 3s. Rd., the property of Mrs. Maxton, his mistress. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the prosecutrix kept a baker's shop in Spencer-street, Clerkenwell, and on the 25th and 26th of January last, the prisoner was sent out with bills to col lect. He accounted for some part of the money lie received, but did not mention having received the sum stated in the indictment. On the next day he absconded, and was apprehended in his fa. ther's house. The Juin - found the prisoner Guilty, and The Comm sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. John Brown, 17, was indicted for feloniously stealing some silver monies, the property of William Wells, from the person of Mary Wells. It appeared in evidence that the wife of the prosecutor was in a park-shop, making some purchases for the family, when the pri. soner adroitly turned out her packet and took away the money. The offence was clearly brought home to the prisoner, and the Jury found him Guilty. The Canal' sentenced him to be transported for ten years. The prisoner is a most dexterous hand at robberies of this de. scription. When he was arraigned on Saturday evening, he actu ally contrived to pick the pocket of the female turi:key of some money. She shortly a!terwards missed some of it, and wondered how she had lost it. Another prisoner subsequently gave informa tion of the prisoner having committed the robbery. Thomas Et eer, 14, and Thomas Jones, 11, were convicted of stealing some bacon. Mr. Cope informed the Court that both prisoners had been pre. viously convicted of felony, but he had reason to believe that their positian was such as to drive them to exist by plunder; the father of one of them had left his wife and was living with another woman, and had turned the boy out of doors to get his living as he was best able, and the other boy also had no home to go to or any one who took the least interest in his welfare. The RECORDER asked Mr. Cope whether the prisoners would be received Into the prison of Parkhurst ? Mr. Cope said they would take them in at that establishment if a sentence of transportation was passed upon them. The RECORDER said it was melancholy to see mere children like the prisoners placed in such a position, and the Court felt that the only hope left for them was to pass, in terms, a sentence of trans portation upon them. The effect of that sentence, however, would not be to remove them from the country, but they would be placed in the establishment at Parkhurst, where they would have an opportunity of learning a trade and becoming useful mem bers of society, and it would only be in the event of their showing themselves to be incorrigible that the sentence would be fully carried out. The prisoners were then sentenced to be transported for seven years, but the Recorder instructed Mr. Cope to make a special note that the sentence was passed upon tho express understanding ►hat the prisoners should be sent to Parkhurst. Mr. Cope said that he would take care that the humane intention of the Court was carried into effect. NEW COURT. FRAUD ON LORD STANLEY.—lfilliam Esworthy, aged 26, a person of respectable exterior, was charged with obtaining, on the 27th of December last, the sum of al. 4s. .sd. from Thomas Dods worth, with intent to defraud him thereof. Messrs CLARKSON and BODKIN conducted the prosecution, and Mr. PA VNF appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON briefly stated the case to the Jury, and called Emma Norman, who stated that she was servant to Mr. Dods. worth, the officer and storekeeper at the Colonial Office, Downing-st. On the 27th Dec. the prisoner brought a box to the office, wrapped op in matting, addressed "The Right Honourable Lord Stanley." He stated that there was 3/. 4s. sd. to pay on it, and presented some printed papers to that effect. He said further the box contained a chandelier sent to Lord Stanley, by the Right Hou. James . Alex. Stewart M`Kenzie, Governor of the lonian Islands. Witness saw the prisoner again four days after, in Thames.street ; did not know him at first, but when his hat was removed, immediately recognised him to be the man who had brought the box and received the mo ney. Witness had no doubt that the prisoner was the person who brought the box ; never doubted it after his hat was removed Eliza Wray ,a fellow.servant of the last witness, confirmed her evidence; was in the hall with the prisoner for ten minutes, and had no doubt as to his identity. W. Djdsworth examined—l am office and store keeper 'at the Colonial.office, Downing.street. On the 27th of December was informed that a person bad brought a box to the office, directed to Lord Stanley. Paid him 31. 4s. loci. for it. Believe the prisoner to be the person who brought the box, and received the :none/. Cross. cxamined by Mr. PAYNe—It is my sit), to take in all parcels left for Lord Stanley, and to pay the demands for carriage or porterage. Sent the box to Lord Stanley's private residence. The butler to Lord Stanley proved the opening of the box ; it contained nothing but 'tones cordially wrapped in straw; he thought it was a funny chandelier.—(A laugh ) Acustom.house officer examined the receipts and papers left by the prisoner. Such papers were used at the Custom.house, but ►►ever for so small an amount. William Cook, a police.constable stated, that in company with Emma Norman, the first witness, he apprehended the prisoner, in Thames-street. Witness showed prisoner the layers before re. ferred to, but he denied all knowledge of them, and stated that so far from ever having been at the Colonial. office, he d d not even know where the Colonial. office was ; he was at the Ship Tavern, Water-lane, the whole of the evening in question, playing at cards and drinking. _ _ . Thomas Warren, coachman to Lady Hope, of Patk.street, Westminster, stated that on the evening of the 27th of Septe:nber the prisoner called at her Ladyship's residence with a box for Mrs. M`lienzie, a friend of Lady Hope's, and demanded 3/. 4s. sd. for carriage. Her Ladyship, however, desired the prisoner to leave the box till she could examine it, and call again for the money. This the prisoner refused to do, and he went away, taking the box with him. The landlord of the Ship Tavern, and a foreign waiter at that house, appeared to negative the prisoner's assertion relative to his having been there on the night in question. A gentleman from time Government office produced a copy of the appointment of the Right Hon. James Alexander Stewart M'Ken zie to the Governorship of time lonian Islands; and another wit ness, residing in the house of time noble prosecutor, stated his Lordship's:style, title, and dignity to be" The Right Hon. Edward Geoffrey Smith,. commonly caned Lerd Stanley." Mr. PAYNE addressed the Jury at considerable length on behalf of the prisoner, mid submitted that this was entirely a question of identity; he should call several witnesses, who would prove that the prisoner was otherwise engaged on the evening in question, and who would state where he was during the whole of that night. Mr. Payne then called five or six witnesses on the part of the pri. sorer to prove an alibi, but no one was forthcoming. Tne COMMON SERGEANT briefly summed up. There could be no doubt as to the identity of the prisoner; the evidence, be thought, was quite conclusive. The Jury at once found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to be transported beyond sea for the term of seven years POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A lad named Daniel Donovan, was brought up charged with having picked the pocket of Mr. ltidler, a law student. . . - Mr. Ridley begged to be allowed to withdraw the accusation. Alderman Gross—What is your reason for declining to prosecute ? Mr. Ridley—l have inquired about the lad, and tind that' e is not an experienced thief. I have been told that he is an industrious person. Indeed I told the policeman who took him into custody that I should not prosecute him. Mr. 110BLER—You ought not to have been in so great a hurry to decline presecuting, for it happens that the prisoner is well known here as a thief, so that by re fusing to prosecute, you do the public wrong without rendering any benefit to the person who robbed you. Alderman Grnns—No doubt of it. Let the gentle man bo sworn. Mr. Ridley—l have an objection to be sworn. Alderman Gmns—What is your objection ? Are you a Quaker ? Mr. Ridley—l am not a Quaker. I object because I consider that to swear is to commit a breach of the higher law which distinctly says "Swear not at all !" Alderman GIBBS, after consulting Mr. Hobler, di rected that the policeman who took the prisoner into custody should be sworn, and intimated that if the - liceman's evidence proved sufficient he should not require` that of Mr. Ridley.. The policeman made his statement of the matter, but without the testimony of Mr. Ridley, who actually de tected the prisoner in the act of stealing the pocket handkerchief, the evidence was extremely imperfect, and Alderman GIBBS declared that the case must go on, as whatever the objections of Mr. Ridley might be to be sworn, the public were too much interested in the dis posal of the prisoner to admit of any compassion on ac count of the gentleman's disinclination to perform so ne cessary and serious a duty. Mr. Ridley repeated his objections, and said that he had determined from the commencement not to prose cute, and had told the policeman that he had no inten tion of the kind. Alderman GIBBS—You can serve nobody by such a course. This person is known here as a bad charac ter. I shall ask him a question, however. Prisoner, was that your own handkerchief which you had in your hand? Mind, you are under no obligation to answer me. Prisoner—lt was not my handkerchief, my Lord. Alderman GIBBS (to Mr. Ridley)—Now, Sir, I must call upon you to prosecute the prisoner. You must go into the next room and be bound over in the usual way. Mr. Ridley then went reluctantly into the adjoining room to be bound over by the Ward Clerk. MILNATHORT.—The weaving trade has re. vived a little within these few weeks, and the tartan weavers, who, about three months ago, were reduced to half work, and, of course, to half pay, are now working full time; but there are many still without any employment, and h ave no prospect o f any at the present tirne.—.Edinburglt Weekly Chronicle. MORNING S EIN EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSES. " THE So N" NEWSPA rER.—Too much praise cannot be ac corded to the spirited proprietors of this paper, for their exer tions in securing and diffusing early intelligence of every event of importance throughout the kingdom. On Friday (4th inst.) the latest edition of that journal, containing the Queen's Speech and the debates of Thursday evening, was forwarded to the north by express. Haring reached Lancaster by the mail train in the morning, the Engineer coach, which ntinallt has but three horses, was started with four, and reached Kendal, a distance of 22 miles, in an hour and twenty minutes, being nearly an hour earlier than the arrival of the mails.-4Cendei Mercury. ENITERPRISE or "THE Sum."—The enterprising pn. Mann ', ithi about fifi e " n prietors of this exc ellent p a p er sent down an Express Edition. by railway train , yeste rda y , containi ng the closeo N f e t w he sp d a e p b e a r t_r in the House I of Lo rds and Commons on the previOus evening. Nine columns of ne w matter were re p orted, se t up in type, ate m he ilos dt hours—a feat in newspape r dis p atch, certainl y of the m ost ex traordinary character. Su ch enterprise deserves to be hono ured about anddi XIO W -.I rewarded. —Leeds Times. "Ti._ close of the debate in the H ouse of Co mmons , Su' t "—By an Express Edition of this spiri' ed Paper, we " L ee-- ~rd Melbourne in the House of Lords , con and toe specie., 0, con sides before the arrr, al of the Morning Papers yesterday.— : Leeds Mercitry. Young, the proprietor OPENING or PaitiAANCKN'T. sent na the whole of of The Sun, has, with his usual activi t y , the debate in Parliament, but, as we didnotreceive it until near five this morning, we can only give the follulring. —Not; tinghant Review. MEETING OF TORY NIEVABERS, A meeting, as is reported, took place this (y esterda y ) morning, at 'Mr. Eseott's house, of the Duke of Buck ingham's Members to deliberate and determine Upon the course to be adopted by them with reference to their duty to their illustrious head. There were present, the two Members for Winchester, the three Mem bers for Bucks (co.), the two Members for Ayles bury, and the two Members for Buckingham. So far as the proceedings of the meeting have transpired, we are enabled to state that the utmost cordiality pre vailed. The bold and decisive conduct of the Duke of Buckingham was warmly eulogised; and a resolution was adopted to the effect that those who owed their seats to his Grace's influence, were bound to enforce, by their speeches and votes in the House of Commons, his Grace's policy. That, while on all other questions the most effective support would be given to the Government, to the projected change in the Corn-laws the most decided and uncompromising opposition would be given. It is further rumoured that Sir Thomas Fremantle considers himself bound in honour to follow the example of his patron ; as the former resigned the Privy Seal, and thus withdrew frori the Cabinet, on this great question, so the Hon. M em b er Buckingham regards himself as bound to e hi s p l ace Secretary to the Treasury, to show tli s a hom he represents in the House resign he , like the Duke ;:' of Commons, is " the farm, 7s' friend." Mr. Bonham is spoken of as new Secretary of the Treasury—to be appointed so soO: 1 as he can obtain a seat in Parliament, for which he is anxwusly looking. -- Liberal Paper. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNA,LS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE—There is discord already in King Agra 'limit's camp. The dupes are finding -out, that they are dupes, as we told them they would, long ago. The organs of monopoly in the press are repeating • what the mouthpieces of monopoly in the House were muttering last Friday evening. " A sovereign shame so elbow'd them," as they elbowed each other, and sat marking the subdued but significant hints of desertion of their cause by the Premier, that they have ever since been denouncing him as about to repeat the game of 1829, and abandon their acres,ps he betrayed their religion. The landed organs, London and provincial, seem tending towards the same course. The Herald grumbles " If, in addition to the impolicy of considering the Corn-law as an isc. lated subject, there are indications of a design to con sider that law improperly, then ought the sensitiveness of the nation to be doubly aroused." The Bucks Gazette, his Grace of Buckingham's particular organ, thus accounts for his il'signation The Duke o f pledged himself to the agriculturists to maintain, in or put of office, such an amount of phe considered ity on foreign corn as . ade quate protection to the home grower. 11 - Ov, had such an amount been proposed and carried in th.: Cabinet as the Noble Lord deemed protection, he would, of cO7set have assented to it, and remained a Cabinet Minists.r. The fact of his resignation suffices to prove that the re ' duced scale proposed was not 'protective in the Duke's estimation, and that therefore he resigned. The agricul tural body have much to regret in this result, for it augurs no good to their interest, by which the Duke has stood unflinchingly and consistently since he first commenced his public career, We shall not speculate on the pre cise oltjections made by his Grace to the scale proposed, but we may be sure that, with his desire to preserve thz unity and strengthen the plans of a Conservative Admis •• nistration, he would have given way had such a course been consistent with his determination to stand by • the '- farmers. And we do fear that when the reduced 'slid ing scale' shall be made public, that the agriculturists will soon detect the grounds of the Duke of Bucking- ham's refusal to acquiesce in it." Another Buckinghamshire paper, in the Liberal in terest, the Aylesbury News , gives the following account of the effect produced on ihe Tories of that county by his Grace's resignation : The Buckinghamshire Tories, ever since Tuesday last, have' looked dreadfully chapfallen and disconsolate. IVllether this is because they fear that they have lost a share of the Government patronage, or because they fear that they are again to be sacrificed ;' or because they dread the effect of the change in developing the character of their ducal leader, and causing disaffection in their ranks, we cannot say. It is certainly true that the Tories of this county, whatever the country gene rally may think• of the affair, feel the resignation of the Duke of Buckingham to be a heavy blow and great dis coaragement to them and their hopes. What the effect may be on the constitution of the great Tory party in this county, time will show. To us it is a matter of deep regret that there is no organised party of Liberals in Buckinghamshire to take advantage of the split which must soon necessarily take place in the dominant faqion of this county." • STANI)ARD.—Who does not remember the so lemn warning given against the prosecution of this . Affghanistan war by the greatest military authority living, or that ever lived—by one, too, who had spent his youth and formed his manhood, and reaped his first laurels, destined to 'be overshadowed by the brightest wreath that ever adorned a conqueror's brow, in Asiatic war ? Who does not remember the Duke of Wellington's solemn and earnest, and . )st .angry remonstrance against the prosecution or hostilities at a distance so remote from our re ssurces as Central Asia ? We cannot pretend to recal his Grace's words—and at the moment we do not know where to look for them. This was, how ever, the spirit of the warning You will succeed • in the first instance ; of that there can be no doubt, when you have British officers and British troops—. butt° what will your success conduct you ? How will you, at such a distance from your resources, muster a force large enough to occupy the country, or how will you bring back so large a force in safety dud with honour ?" This was the warning given by the . Duke of Wellington, a man whose transcendant • military genius those who have most frequently questioned his views in civil policy admit without reserve—a man who, often blamed for sacrificing . party interests to a sense of duty, determined by lns. personal judgment, has never been even once sus pected of proffering an opinion for a factious-.or even,. '- a party purpose. This was the warning' solemnly and - importunately pressed by such an authority-and such a man. It was despised by,. se firmly helie„ - . the -674y,individuals living sufficiently destitute :ASf, 'Modesty A The .late O ,wisdom to despise it. - Ministers despised the military authority- of the • Duke - iff 'Wellington; and now the country pays • the penalty of enduring such Ministers so Vittg. . confess that we cannot dwell upon the disastrotse theme with the temper in which it becomes us to ad- dress our readers ; the lives of the late Cabinet were not worth the hundredth part of the calamity that has already visited the British arms, solely through their criminal stupidity and self-conceit—solely, we say, through their stupidity and self-conceit ; for here, mark, there has been no blunder of commanders or diplomatists, no treachery of allies ; least of all has there been any slackness or cowardice on the part of the soldiers engaged. All the subordinates have dis charged their duties not merely well, but nobly; the seed of defeat and disgrace was in the original concep tion of the plan of the war, as the Duke of Wellingtori said it was, and for that none can be in the slightest degree responsible but the late Ministers. STATE OP THE NOTTINGHAM HOSIERY • ..en.,I.A.cE TRADES.—It is painful to state, that notwith staedingthe month of February has arrived, the demand f o r both hosiery and lace goods is rapidly decreasing; shops that some time since had half employment. now wholly stand, whilet a fever for emigration prevails amongst the young men, and it is only for the want of means to pay their passage that it is not general. In the midst of this distress, we are sorry to state that the manufacturers of both hose and lace are conti nually compelled, through the influence of the Corn-laws, to meditate reductions in the wages. The wrought cotton hose hands have submitted almost without a struggle to the reduc tion of 3d. per dozes on their wages. Another very large house has given notice of its intention to reduce the price for making cut-up hosiery.—Nottingham Review. The Lace Trade of Chard continues in a de pressed state, or rather is increasingly depressed. This trade Las occasionally been like a green spot in the desert, while all around has been unproductive, but at present, we are sorry. to sat, it partakes of the general gloom. What is the doetOr going to prescribe? Unless some effectual remedy be shortly administered, the patient will certainly be in an irrecoverable state.—Somerset Gazette. failuresTßADE report O ed F d e b y a t s o aherto several parties in aggravated distress. Wakefiel d has but the been favoured more than its neighbouring here e W th A is WAKEFIELD. — Some involve - a sufferers. — may stop. Some of the corn-factors are h blow is struck at last, and it is difficultctoies say w here n h Leeds Mercury. —Tit E Poo u WoRsHrP-sTREET ; re d a donation of 51. f r om ti.,,, wireeitiheweerri were Box.—Mr. Brough ton E. applied at the discretion of the Skinners' ConlPanY' to the poor. (Monday.) — Box.—Mr. Three hundred inhabi tants of . e d on Saturday to Clerkenwell. Court, for poor sates, and ordered to pay them in seven days, - . .- ' Magistrat.as to therelief o f r" : p Sates,