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i, and pPs erba —( Cheers. ) ht appear pro ents made 1 9 1, rd, he would 7 0 ' 'w Moments. ".; )(laced the consular estab l . solar body ret:e': or a ttend to the tow e Hon. Alembe r i o vointrnent, ifiu a div"'°' come when it was necessary to legislate on this subject.—(Hear, 11 .,! 1, .) He thought no one would dispute that the health of e cumtnunity and the decencies of civilized lib required that , a space for bu r yi ng t h e dead in should be appointed w i thout tne walls of cities. He could not see what danger there was that a monopol 9 could result from an inquiry, as the Hon. Member for `flshtary apprehended, for thaugh an enactment was necessary, he J. Graham) did not pledge himself to adopt the legislative Measure which the Report of the Committee might recommend. The measure which might be passed must be first well considered, 4 2' 4 . It ought to be preceded by inquiry, and he was sure Isis Hon. a'nend would be careful in formir.g the Committee.—(Hear.) M A CKINNON explained. His object was to ascerta i n the 33 .: Is 51 ' the cl ergy, t h e extent of the injury done by the presen t 1 " , , and then what sort of legislative measure might be ne c'etsary. LAW OF MARRIAGES. le a Lor d F RANCIS EGERTON rose, according to notice, to ask serest bring in a Bill to amend an Act, intitu led an Act to render • • ,tai tans marriages valid, and to alter the law with respect to cer . 4 ,,!°idable marri ages, an d to d e fi ne t h e pro hibited degrees of atß s„ " i tY• If be cou ld th i nk, that after show i ng t h e nec essity of ' '"ale Measure on this subject , th e House would give their sanction "Mg his Bill on the table, without pletsging themselves to ass ' adoPtion at any future stage, he would be content o s, " t' l that prospect, and would compress his introductory "ervations as much as possible. But he feared his Bill would not The allowed to be l a id on t h e t a bl e w ith ou t ser i o u s opposition. tmeretore he must beg leave to go back a little, and he hoped his rts would direct the attention of lion. Gentlemen from party LOORICia to a measure of the most serious intereSt, and of most uni. L erkil i mportance. He must, therefore, carry them back to a period e n Years since, as, since that time, three general elections had • . - ' 4l sed more than an average amount of changes into the comp°. • sc s eition . of the House. It would be in the recollection of most Hon. tleMen that, in the year 1835, a most important statute was Se by • the House under somewhat peculiar circumstances, and 'itS ! , ‘ "la"attslY Without that deliberation such a subject demanded, and I, s i '" dl -rt that measure affected a material portion of the marriage law of „!„..P.,tstioteviciaalurtrityh. A considerable portion of that measure was retrospectiv e. the prospective part of that Act that. he came forward de al; and he should freely confess that if, at the time the mea. re'suerei::: been Passed, he had been in possession of the knowledge 330 had since acquired, however much he might have concurred in its object that of preventing litigation in families—if he had s in Possession of full information on the subject, he did not think he shouldhad have approved of the measure in the form in which it received the sanction of the Legislature- The Act had been Passed in the year 1835, at the latter end of the month of August, Without a careful deliberation on all its bearings, and with an ins 'l'ed Promise that at an early period of the following Session the atten tion of Parliament should again be called to the suhject. r 'even years, however, the question had lain dormant. ItH • 'night be asked why he now undertook to bring forward such a sutee • s t• In replying to such a question, he would pass over any conside rations as to whether a person like himself, unlearned in the, law, and d es ti tute o f influence and authority upon such a mat. ' e t, was entithA to undertake its introduction to Parliament. He wo uld only say th a t p articular circumstances had induced him to ac cede to th e wishes of those who proposed that he should submit th e question to the consideration of that House.—(Hear, hear.) li e would not undertake to say that the House ought to pass the -.. "' u3 0, which it was his intention to introduce; but he would s aY that it was not only discreet, but that it was absolutely neces. l arY that the attention of the Legislature should be directed to the s ubject in all its bearings. Tina law of 1635 had not gone forth to the country, with the sanction of a law duly and attentively considered; and it did no. therefore carry with it that weight to which it might have otherwise been tntitled. It had consequently been evaded by many pasties who could not be consider e d pro fli ga 6 or professed lawbreakers. He believed he might say it had been evaded by persons of education, and by Pers ons had no other moral slur or taint upon their characters than an evasion of a law which they considered unjust and un. might be expected to leave. That was alone, in '° at)s ° Pinion, a sufficient reason for reconsidering the subject, • order that the object of the measure might be attained, namely, prevention of much domestic unhappiness, and of expensive litiga tion an respect to the rights of inheritance. He did not think the Proposed object of the Act had been attained. He found that per 'Mrs resorted to Scotland in order to evade the law ; and he did not t teli eve that lawyers were agreed as to whether that evasion should be considered successful or nst. He belie. ed that there was no subject upon which such widely different opi. ''ions prevailed among the highest law authorities in the country. „ Vie should, th ere f ore, t hi n k t h at i t was d es i ra bl e th e ma tt er should oe settled. They should not sit quiet because the subject was a d elicate one. He had documents before him, which, however, he should not quote in detail at that late hour, for the purpose of show. tog that lawyers of eminence were every day consulted as to the means of evading the present law in some of its parti stars.s The solicitors of London and of other towns "ad petitioned in considerable numbers, not for the Bill rUch he p roposed to i n t ro d uce, b ut for a remedy for the uncers n "inty which now prevailed upon the subject. He thought that the , pinions of solicitors were entitled to great con sideration upon such a question. They were, probably, better aceua inted with the course of society, and with the current _ the stream of life in this country than any other body of men, and they might be considered in some respects as the con -4 '' or s of families.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think that I heY could be suspected of being influenced by motives Of Personal advantage in petitioning against the existing law, as hey were thereby acting directly in the teeth of their professional inter est. Ile remembered a story of two fox.hunters who bad fall en into a quarry, where they were lying disabled ; upon which doe of them told the other to lie still, and they should soon have °°i npanicin s in misfortune. Now, that could not be said to be the ease with the solicitors in the present instance, because the exist. to g law could on l y ten d t o pro d uce a p l en tif u l crop o f liti ga ti on . 'se ventured to say that such would be the result of the law, and that result i t was his object to prevent. Without enter i ng i nto the u etails of the measure he proposed to introduce, he might state I t t lt s at , "e of its principal provisions, and the one perhaps most likely to lead to discussion, wasrthat a widower should be allowed „iitzraer n r:t e sister of his deceased wife. Now that was a very -,mPortant subject , and one upon which he was aware great • Peon of op , inion might prevail. It might be looked th . two points of view—it might be looked upon s tl;s4, sti a religious point of view, and secondly in I egard to its - 1 4 , 5 a 7, e s i s al expediency, or what he might ca . It ft . s . consequences, 12 °1 1 s;, u° ,t this side the grave. With regard to the religious part of the sd .1j 8 .1 1. ""tion he felt that he should tread highly upon such sacred t (ltas °a nd in such an assrinbly as he 'was then addressing. He ° T I IY endeavour to show the House that he had seriously ''S 31 s `"'s de red that p ar t o f th e m a tt e r. He hoped the House would hial credit for sincerity when he stated, that if he considered '4V j ,: a !, i nnseded by the revealed Word Of God, whose authority ;ti114,.,..„ he - s e acknowledged, from bringing forward such a proposal, snould never have said a word upon the subject.—(Hear ) % 4 e b elieieal the objections were principally derived from a parti ) {X ' - • ,2" a r Portion of th e Old Test a ment, co n t a i ne d i n th e b oo k o f L ev i. ' eu i• He Vowed that, upon carefully considering that very difd '4l cult d •t eared to him that the law contained ,o ya an abstruse passage, app In that p art o f t h e sa cred volume was not binding upon them under :t1 flab . t he Christian • d i sp ensation , so as to influence their legislation in this prepared ultimately, - "s. ! natter. That was an opinion which he would be if necessary , to defend. He was fortified in it by the circumstance "sslhat Pro testant communities in general had acted upon the assump. that There was nothing in the Word of God to prevent such an t eed te a tie; allianCe. He had no reason to suppose that that body to whose ttijtt ;; e 1 4,..thority he should feel himself obliged to bow, the clergy of the 'ittt o c slaturch of 'England, would oppose the measure on that ground. 1 . f .. „ft4 their opinion been expressed against the proposal, he . 7° l lld have considered himself bound to observe reverential ' he nce upon the subject. He came now to the other question— that of expediency, a nd of consequences on this side the grave. . I oW his view o f th a t was, th a t there was nothing in the probabi. 4i ties of the case which would entitle them to interfere with the c hoice of mature age—tl.at liberty which abstractedly every man °f mature age and understanding ought to enjoy in so solemn and serio us a matter, as that of choosing a partner for life. His ° Pluion was, that the balance of advantages would be in favour the. Permission to 'a widower to marry the sister of his deceased L i fe would interrupt that intimate intercourse which now existed een parties so interested. In some cases it might be dif fi cult cal. elate the precise effect of the measure. Some monster ' fli ght exist who would deliberately attempt to seduce the sister of • his loving wife, with the idea of marrying her after the latter's eat -- 11 and there might also be some wives who would harbour e f l intis and suspicions of the most injurious character. He con ceived, however , that it was impossible to legislate for such mon strous cases. It had been supposed that a measure of that kind night diminish that sincerity which was now supposed to exist in • lel d e sister of the living wife. It appeared to h i m that there were eg r ess or . shades o f t ur pitude in the most licentious transa c tions, , -o .s, t ';ss s ai l' d he would b e the last to dim i n i sh t h ose d i st i nct i ons ; but it :71, 4 • :. a nd to him that they depended upon the same sort of 't • •e, on which the law punished a domestic servant, th 0 robbed his master, with peculiar severity. It appeared to h int • . heirs .sto at depended t hey depend upon considerations totally independent of any ~ h -ss , . e which might be enacted upon the subject, though he was ot ut d; s 'tp s. , j ai "Posed to say that for those additional shades of guilt it At not be advisable to provide by penal statute. There was an ,:;:tses‘t,:* 74°,.r...ca5e. which had been mentioned with rega rd . to the inter. . ss s . yea 4 which was supposed to subsist between the sister of the de. attraction were ctio rs wife and her husband. Take the case of two persons of ore either side, who ;might be expected to marry if they l owed e nabled by law to do so. If two parties so situated were al. t° marry they would derive advantage rather than any pre , : frorn an enactment which gave them that power. But ta he h ad before observed, these were matters which could not be pow! in to consideration ; when legislating on that subject a case of te ti : e Pediency must be established to entitle the Legislature to in. kved r er , e I le had taken upon himself to state ttat this statute had been ease", and that it did not meet with that respect which was paid ete ties of consanguinity. He believed that four or five tioh of evasion had occurred at Manchester. That would enable la w i itt / d r ebe . rs to form some opinion as to the extent to which the "sled to excite respect in this country: He thought it ' It ;ore likely to be evaded in the lower classes than in the upp d er. ' • theWea not always easy to put themselves in a position to consi d er of ' • Blab and feelings of individuals . There was one argume nt tiir np ° ly P Jewel on this subject to which he would advert. It was fre tit in ts— ° The world is wide, and there ate other pee -1 befor whom you may choose a wife." "Ihe . world Pse s ( "Mee t e them where to choose. ° But what consolation did : i ssi aw am and variety of choice bring to them when they saw the '‘ilis t ,7is . eq..' °f the angel flourishing over the gate which was closed for 4 11 w against their Did they not feel that to them the ,N, odd return "a s s a desert ? If in such cases the yoke of It h S, w as silent, was it for man to speak out l e ; ttieleas Lar d to pron ounce w h at change of scene—what length of 'h k• Wa s „ fl'll g h t mitigate regar d , or d ea d en th e affection of one who 1 "llall Y ° f M. - half an age when, as Mr. Burke said, " passion had lost 4i. tions whi rev andch grossness but not half itsed power "—one who felt affec rekrninided t° ward s ha w ye ar en crush by domestic afflictions,revived 1 . 4 .or th san object, legitimate in his conviction, and ho y pea „' 3 ns warm est regard. If t h ey wou l d an d mus t bl as t t h e an individual in a position such as he (Lord F. E.) alluded they conceived it to be demonstated to be socially expedu nt • s af God more if they th oug ht t h a t R eve l a tion and the law ' • *Pa enjoined them to adopt such a course , let them at least re w ess, , tob ,ss• oo th e ir cold and insulting consolation. Let them preach s s s ss ••• "iey would , let eM reason with him let them threaten him. If le them tell him of Basil, Theodosius, and the Cour, • thei r !ni ght obey their dictates ;he might perhaps submit to 'stfe: • Wo uld W but he (L or d F . E ger t o n) feared that hr Is t Su e t, ett resort to every expedient to evade the law. , 3 / 4 1. Whi c h he and wine as theirs would but fester in the wounds with ' 's View which Was afflicted. Cases daily occurred to strengthen the -114 . he (Lo d s Un temis r . Egerton) took of the subject. In a com . a mt s a o ld le i n an n Isients ooe T t rich he had received from an Holt, Friend there was , ••• Prof s .., e case of a gentleman of character acid reputation in his ion, who • had received from the lips of his (lying wife Injunction to commit her six children to the wedded . • of betty hthtziamp, o uy f st th swa e ays sis t t hn e ao r tt a i t om the le ft beh e i n n t d ir . el If, then, the ease f ; cti e xpedien, 11,,_lilch he ha:l demonstrated to their satin_ to coine it was a frightful responsibility trneeaeolvteodwhom he had just referred and the injunction • "et *Liu from the death.bed of his wife. This was a sub ' a • °sight ecti ow _ _ not to be treated with haste; it called for mature re tie°, it jannotholehbetation, and they were not entitled to legislate though at the m anner in which they had in the year 1835; al , • but elime it was confessed that the legislation was not final, - •• s t ° ° L a n u s • had bro • Ai on on all the bearings of th e . case, priolr ;light them before the House. He did not 2k It • stratute of 18315 of hose °iv duty t o go Which ethecanons t narria gek into the history of the law ons were enacted against the contracting of such 0 well 3 known that, up to the period of the hose prohibitions rested merely on the authority tibi s h o „ , which embraced the prohibitory decrees of Effect of • The Only legislation they had confirming the 'thel.ean; weoucals.l":i was thswe andpromhai the enactment of 1835. The' Bill st atut tL"°l F . Fs pro • lallgUlrlilv posed would remove the effect of that forth in the schedule the degrees of con all:ea.' affinity, which he wished on every inituained. It should be his object to rtes'' t t ° hat be b y in a spirit of ;Ines strictest distinct ~. as possible. He careful consideration—by dealing with the th at which the , wish justice, they would strengthen reelin g which i on ev er y to maintain—they would fortify that moral n ISS:!ry ground they were bound to support. ' 44v.,!4 He need hardly mention the state of the law in foreign countries on the subject. He believed that in most Christian communities these marriages were allowed, but under various restrictions. The restrictions in the Protestant States of Germany were directed chiefly against the crime of adultery, and with that view they had invested the Sovereign Power with the authority of disposal ion, with which in the Roman Catholic religion the Pope was invested. Them'asure which he would propose would remedy all the various evils connected with the subject. He trusted that whatever might be the decision of the House, justice would be done to the interests of society in all grades. He would conclude by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Marriage Act of 1835. Mr. P. BORTHWICK seconded the motion. The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir 11. H. INGLIS said, regretting as he did, that the subject had been introduced at all—(Hear, hear)—he doubly regretted that it had been introduced by one—he would say nothing of hiss acquirements or station, but whose character was sufficient to give additional weight to what he (Sir R. Inglis) believed to be evil. There was one consolation which he had in rising after his Noble Friend, and that was, that he already knew, and the Housr knew, not only that he was dis posed to hear with respect whatever fell from his Noble Friend, and to imitate thecalmness with which he had discussed the subject, but also that he (Sir R. Inglis) was not influenced by party feeling, in any way whatever upon the matter. His Noble Friend had said that he would not rely on the introduction of his measure upon the theological merits of the question. Neither would he (Sir R. Inglis) enter upon that subject, because he felt that the House, unfit as it was to entertain theological questions generally, was still more unfited to discuss in detail acts relating to the present subject. He would follow the example of the Noble Lord, and not enter into any theological discussions. He wouldnot go into the con,idera tion of the question whether these marriages were prohibited by the Word of God or not. It was sufficient for him (Sir R. Inglis) to state that they had the concurrent testimony that it had alw iys been the conviction of the Universal Church that those marriages which the Noble Lord now sought to legalise were not in the sight of that Church sanctioned or adopted. Thst was a position which he thought the Noble Lord himself could not dispute. Win ther those marriages were or were not contrary to Scripture, cer tain it was that they had never been sanctioned by the Church. The Universal Church, for fifteen centuries, had decreed that such marriages were not expedient, and he thought that where they found that such restric tions had been the universal practice of the Universal Church, it must be held that such restrictions had originated in a con viction on the part of the Church that such marriages were contrary to Scripture. The Noble Lord ha I re ferred to the Council of Illeberis. Now, be (Sir R. Inglis) could refer to other authorities, but he would repeat his proposition, that there was no instance of the Christian Church authorising those marriages which it was sought to sanction by the proposed law. When they found these marriages were repudiated alike by the Church of Rome and the Church of England; when they found that these two Churches, which differed in so many other points, agreed in refusing to sanction these marriages, he thought they might fairly conclude that there was good reason for presuming that these marriages were contrary to the will of God. But it was not necessary to rest the question on the ground that these marriages were contrary to the revealed will of God. He (Sir R. Inglis) believed there 'were social, practical, and politi cal grounds of objection sufficient to induce the House to refuse its sanction to the proposed measure. The Noble Lord had stated one cause of hardship of a husband who had been desired by his wife, on her death-bed, to confide her children to the care of her sister, and to marry her. He (Sir It. Inglis) did not deny that such a case might eat. But for one such case of hardship he thought he might produce 49 cases of greater hardship, in which parties now received the sister of their deceased wife into their houses as the best friend and assistant they could have in bringing up their children, and who were regarded by them in the same light in which they would their own sister.—(Hear, hear.) In the records of the Courts of Law in modern times, he be. neve.' there was only one instance of any alleged im proper intercourse taking place between a husband and the sister of his wife? And why was this ? Why, because there . was not one man of well-conditioned mind who did not regard his wife's sister as ha would his own.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no.") He hoped that that denial did not mean to say that there was any man either in the House or in the country who regarded the sister of his wife in any other light than his own ?—(Cheers.) He considered that if he even limited his view to the single con sideration which his Noble Friend had adduced in introducing the measure, he showed sufficient grounds for his opposition. When ever he Law upon the face of a Bill what he con , i :rred a valid objection to it on principle, he always thought it his tatty at once to oppose it, and to afford the House an opportunity of at once de. ciding on the principle; and in the present case he thought there was sufficient ground to refuse the motion of his Noble Friend, for not only did he propose to legalise the marriege with the sister of a deceased wife, but he proposed to add a schedule of other mar riages which might be allowed. Lord F. EGERTON—Disallowed Str ROBERT INGLIS—That would'arnount to the same thing ; for whatever was not included in the schedule would be so touch withdrawn from the prohibited degrees of kindred as established by the liw of the Church of Rome, of the Church of England, and of the Greek Church. His Noble Friend had said that in relation to that subject Heaven was silent, but man had spoken ; but what se curity would they have if they consented to his Noble Friend's mea sure that the schedule itself would not requite some alteration, and that in seven year's time they would not have some new law 1 roposed on the subject of marriage. And he would ask was the subject of marriage one of so little exciting a nature, that the House could renew that discussion of it every seven years 7 He felt that there were sufficient grounds in the announcement of the Bill to autho rise him to take the sense of the House on the subject ; and he trusted that that sense would be expressed so effectually and so clearly as to prevent a renewal of the discussion.—(Hear.) Mr. MONCKTON MILNES regretted the intention- of the Right Hon. Baronet to take the sense of the House on the bringing in of the Bill, not because he had not a just right to take the sense of the House on the principle of the Bill, but because this was a very peculiar case, and it was but right that every Member of the House should take the case into his thoughts and into his conside ration, and not decide till he had maturely considered the subject. He demurred to ahe grounds assumed by the Right Hon. Baronet. The Hon. Baronet said that the decision of the Catholic Church was clear. He (Mr. M. Milnes) knew all that had been said on the subject of the canon law, but he also knew that the canon law had always provided and permitted a system of dispensation.--( Hear, hear.) But the cation law welt further with regard to the prohibited degrees; it prohibited the mat iages between second cousins, and to declare at once on this subject, that they would not legislate because the Church of England had chosen arbitrarily to limit the decrees of the Catholic Church in this matter, without giving any right of dispensation, was a piece of gross tyranny, which neither Church nor State ought to sanction. They ought not to consider this question merelyin relation to their own feel. ings, or those of that class of society in which they habitually moved. No doubt, considering merely' - the habits of the upper classes, any change in the law on this subject would be disagreeable. But they should consider bow the law operated upon the middle and lower classes.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that neither loyalty to the State, nor devotion to the Church, required that summary dis missal of the ques' ion which it was the determination of his lion. Friend to propose.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HOPE would give his cordial support to the motion of the- Hon. Member for Oxford. He had heard with great amazement the speech of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lincolnshire, who panegyrised persons who within the last seven years had transgressed the laws of the State and of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) The prohibition of such marriages as the Noble Lord wished to legalise took place in the earilest days of Christianity, and ought not to be abrogated for such rash, slight, and unsatisfactory notions of advantage as the Noble Lord had expressed.--(Hear, hear.) Be.. sides the religious view of the question, the Noble Lord had di rected attention to the social views. Now, a step-mother might be either a good one or a bad one.—(Roars of laughter). NotWths standing their laughter he would go nn—(Renewed laughter)—and if a man married his wife's sister, she would be, to the children of his sister, either a. good step-mother or a bad one.—(Renewed laughter.) If she were a kind woman she would take care of the children, if she remained unmarried to their father; and it was not wise to place her its a situation in which she would be likely to have children who would be their rival?. — (Laughter, and loud cries of " Hear, hear, He called upon the House, not by a precipitate measure like the present, to put the Church in danger, and to hazard the honour of its clergy. If they granted this step, by and by they would be called upon to sanction the marriage of an uncle with his niece, and shortly afterwards a brother with his sister. _ _ Mr. CHARLES BULLER wished that this question had been brought forward at a time when the House might have had a greater opportunity of discussing it. The question was one of great importance, and he trusted that the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Oxford, would postpone his opposition to a future stage of the Bill. He thought it a most inconvenient course to discuss the question now.--(Cries of "Go on, go on.") He wished that Honourable Gentlemen would consider the Importance of giving that due deliberation to a question like the present, bearing as it did upon all the relations of rocial life. He trusted that the House would allow the debate to be adjourned, and for the purpose of taking the sense of the House on that subject, he would make that motion.' The SPEAKER having put the question that the debate shoUld be adjourned. Mr. PLUMPTRE honed that the Hon. Member for Oxford would withdraw his opposition and take the discussion on the second reading. Sir R. INGLIS could not agree to such a proposition. Mr. BORTH WICK hoped the House would see the propriety of the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite fur the adjournment of the debate. Dr. NICHOLL believed that the law applic tble to this case was not the law of 1663, but the Statute law of the realm. Sir R. PEEL, while he admitted that it was competent to the House to discuss the present question on a motion for leave to bring in a Bill, thought that if the Hon. Baronet had entered his protest agairst the introduction of the Bill, and taken the discussion on the second reading, that would have answered every object he had in view. He, for one, wished this not to be considered in the light of a political quest:on. He thought it was due to the importance of the subject, that the discussion should be full and ample. Upon the whole, he thought that the course least subject to objection would be to adjourn the debate, although at the same time he must express his willingness to take that debate on the second reading. Mr. CHARLES BULLER wished to know to what day it was the intention of the Right Hen. Baronet to adjourn the debate. Sir IL PEEL said that it was diffi, ult for him to mention a day ; it was his intetAion to-morrow to bring forward the Corn-laws, Thursday he had no control over, and on Friday he should bring forward the great question of which he had given notice. After a short discussion the debate was adjourned to Wednesday next (this day week). - PETTY SESSIONS BILL. Mr. BANKES said, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill to snake further provision for the holding of Special Petty Sessions, and for providing that in certain cases, where persons accused shall voluntarily desire to plead guilty, it shall be competent to the Ma gistrates at such Sessions to award the sentence of the law, for the purpose of shortening the periods of imprisonment before trial, and of preventing unnecessary expense to the public and inconvenience to witnesses, he should move the second reading of the Bill early in May, in order that the Bill might be inspected by the Ma. gistrates of the country. Mr. HARDY seconded the motion, and after a few words from Mr. CURTISS and Sir EARDLEY Lsfor, The SPEAKER, having suggested an alteration in the motion, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, and the votes were agreed to. MUTINY BILL. Sir H. HARDINGE brought in the Mutiny Bill, which was read a first lime. The other Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 7. SUPPLY—( In the Committee) : MINORITY of Fourteen (Tellers included) who voted for re ducing the sum for defraying the charge of her Majesty's Land Forces from .E3,L81,575 to £3,517,657 : 'Blewitt, Reginald I ' , widen, J. Wawn, John T. Brothel ton, J. Morris, David Woo.', Benjamin Buller, C. O'Connell. 1). TELLERS Cobdes, Rickard I O'Connell, J. Bowing, 1)r. I Curteis, EL B. : Villiers, Charles P Williams, Win. MINORITY of Ni, - ed) who voted against the Grant of uteer Corps : Berkeley, C. Villiers, Charles P Blewitt, Reginald Wawn, J. T. Brother ton, J. Wood, B. Buller, C. Busfeild, W. Cobden, Richard Curteis, H. B. keteen (Tellers include C 82,458 for the Volm Fielden, J. Hai ford, Summers I - froward. C. W. G. Martin, John Morris, David Napier, Sir Charles Powell, Caleb TELLERS. Bmt ring, Dr. Williams, W. " I've buried my friend," as the undertaker said when he buried the quaekdoctor. TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING-, MARCH 9, 1842 SPRIIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—As in former days of Tory Government, Orange Jurymen now choose rather to "lay perjury • upon their souls" by violating the oaths they took on watering the Jury-box, to return verdicts according to the evidence, than to d e sert, in the ho u r of peril, a few indiscreetly zealous Protestants, who have manifested their devotion to their religion by murdering some poor lefenceless Papist peasant, whose only crime is that ae professes the ling-proscribed creed, • and is there 'ore deemed a fit victim for their murderous vengeance Such is the sad exhibition which the Irish Journals mave recently presented of the predominance of p2rti- Annship over justice in the administration of the .laws. i'he subject was brought before the House of Commons last night by Mr. O'Connell ; and, as will be seen by he report of its proceedings in another column, Lord on the part of the Government, admitted the ;orrectness of the statement, and expressed his lingua 41e,', surprise and regret -at the result of the trial, :howing, as it did, the deplorable state of society n the part of the country in which the occurrence took -lave. The circumstances of the case, as fully substan tiated by the evicHice_ adduced for the prosecution, and which was not shaken by the Counsel for the defence, .;ere shortly these :—A . young man named M'Ardle, was in a public-house at Rathfriland, in the county of Down, on Christmas-day. quarrel arose between a friend of his and an Orangeman present, and he endeavoured to pacify the disputants. A party ,f men had been shooting at a mark with ball car ridge in the neighbourhood, and were in a barn drink .ng, with their arms regularly piled. A message came 0 them, stating the quarrel between IlPArdle's friend and the Orangemen ; they immediately proceeded to the public-house, and demanded that M:Ardle should i turned out to them. He, however, contrived to escape, but the house was " wrecked " M'Ardle escaped to another public-house, but that also was " wrecked," and the unfortunate victim was dragged out from a limekiln, where he had taken refuge, and shot lead. Several persons were brought to trial ; but. in the face of the most point blank evidence of their having prticipated in this deliberate murder, they were ac pitted ! Lord Eliot's frank and forcible condemnation of the party spirit of the jury, which had frustrated the course of justice and thus given encouragement to future rinte, by inducing a hope of impunity in criminals, is worthy of, commendation. Lordship's professions if impartiality we believe to be sincere—his desire to :lave the Government administered with a due respect to ..he laws, we have never questioned. Thee mix- l COURT OF CHANCERY, Mardi 8. THE CLARENCE RAILWAY V. THE HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY COMPANY. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed to-day. The matter came before the Court upon motion to dissolve an in junction granted by the Vice -Chancellor of England, restraining the defendants from carrying their line across that of ti.e plaintiffs. The argurnenis had not concluded when his Lordship rose to attend the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT, March 8. Short causes came before his Lordship in the early part of the day, after which the part-heard motion of JOHNSON V. TODD was resun - ied, and engaged the Ccurt for the remainder of the day. It was a motion to set aside the verdict found on the trial of an issue, directed in this cause by this Court, and for anew trial. The issue had been tried before Mr. Justice Wight man in August. last at Newcastle-upon-T3ne, and was to ascertain the next of kin of Robert Marshall, who had acquired a large pro perty in the West Indies, and at his death in 1820 bequeathed, with the r xeepiion of some legacies, all his property to persons ho, it afterwards appeared, had died during his life-time. As the next of kin becam e , in consequence, the persons entitled to the property, it became necessary to find out who they were. The Master's report found the pla!n tiff the next of kin by the mother's side ; exceptions to that report were taken, and an issue was directed. '1 ho J ury found that Peter Marshall was the next of kin of the testa or Hobert, at the time of his death. .ortune for Ireland is, that no such administration be supported by the Orangzmen, who can always lefeat the designs of such a Government, unless they be The argulnents in the case arc likely to engage to-morrow (this clay) also. .ontrolled and restrained by vigilance. VICE.-671114.NCELLORS' COURT, _March 8. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND. IGLVDC.ES V. BRA NEIL. STANDARD.—In the llonse of Commons NIT. Ftr rand replied to the defence of the mill-owners in a style ao less bold, forcible, and triumphant, than that of his niginal charge. He showed that the disclaimers of the The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this morning, and occupied the Court during the whole of the day. , (Before VICE-CHANCELLOR KNIGHT BRUCE.) PARKER v. MARCN4NT. his Honour delivered judgment in this cause, which came before the Court on further directions. His Honour said that the questions in the case were upinn the will and codicil, dated, respectively, in 1829 and 1830, of Mr. Parker, who died in the year 1837. With respect to the codicil he was of opinion that the legacies given by it were general pecuniary legacies, payalde in the ordinary way out of the general personal estate, and not otherwise, and that the legacy claimed by Ann Rolf, und e r the bequest to " the other servants" of 50C/. each, was due. She was admitted to have been under that descrip tion when the codicil was made, and the words of the bequest did not import that the service was to continue until the tes tator's death. 'I he first point upon tl:e will was, whether the testator had disp ised of the beneficial interest in the general residue of his personal estate, or whether he had so far died intestate. That turned upon the meaning to be attributed to the words " g oils, chattels, and effects," having regard to the_ pu ition in which they were found in the will, and having re gard also to the whole c , ntents of the will. The words, goods, chattels, and effects contained in the bequest wer4. suf ficiently large to include anti pass the absolute interest in the whole personal estate; and it was incumbent on those who contended for a limited construction to show that a rational interpretation of the will required a depatture front that wh:ch ordinarily • and prima facie was the sense and meaning of the words. The te-tator, after diret-ting the paymt nt of his debts andproperty, which his wife takes alife is concluded lautied his%villihus:—" And I do furthe r c d o fli give and hequeath to my said wile, all my jewels, plate, linen, ns, eatriage, winos, and oiler goods, chattels, and effects, as her own goods, chattels, and effec s. for user, and I do hereby constitute her, my said wile, sole executrix of this my ss ilhe This was the whole of th.s clause now in ; q and firs, that it did not eon tauieus any tiol limitation rl na t ins pointofbste locality .ry secondly, that th e lar ger , l and generic terms, 6 , goods, chattels, and effects" followed the Specific terms, j aaa is, plate, linen," s & c ., an d were t h e l ast of gi tibse enumerated gu nt part j of t the ollit, ; or t i that there wa s ne t i n any codicil, any disp os iti on or cares-ion ilenotiitg a belief in tl.e t es t ator ' s m i n d t h at there was an} thing not ex p t es ,ly given to som e o th er person, w hi ch the cis iinl the!y, clause in question would not carry to the wife ; fourthly, that tLe gift lo her was followed by his being appointed soh, execu tor in that part of the will where the dis,,osi sun of the re venue, if any, would be expected to be found. These considera tions wese only met by a rule, certainly of bequent, but not of universal application, confirming such a general term as "goods, chattels, and effects," following and specify ing a part cular enu meration of artic'es ejusdum generis. His Honour, after citing several eases, said he conceived that he was justified in the present ease at deviating t ont the general rule, and there fore he could not accede to the argument against the wife's right to the residue. The next question was, whether the ph.iutifi was sight iu contending that the testator's debts and • : pecuniary debts were payable, not in the ordinary course, but cut of the ready Money, securities for money, and monies in the funds. 'I he gcner.l rule, which was in this in stance against the plaintEs claim, must apply, unless upon the will "and codicil, or either of them, a contrary intention was rnatilest.. Th firt e s passage in the will made the estUte..iable as'equitable issct to the payment; of all debts which otherwise would not liave been primarily or purl possu, it it had been - rrsonally tint Specifically bequeathed. Looking at the whole will, at the particular part of it in which these legacies were found, and, at the language of the final bequest to the testator's w ife, he was of opinion that there was to he found in the instrument an intention that the ready money, securities fur money, arid monies in the fund should be primarily—if not ro'ely—charged with these legacies, and he must (leotard aceardin g - Y The next question was, as td the meaning of the term "ready money." The con tention had been whether certain sums mentioned in the Master's report wr 3 re or were not included in that term. There was a sum described in the report as 6,0 - 241. Os. lOd., balance clue to the testator at his death, its the hands of Messrs. Hobhouse and Co., bank Bath, andof 16 6151 bankers, at another , . 15s. Id described in the report to be at that period in the hands of Messrs. Child bankers,in London. His oral Co., Honour, after examining what was the meaning of the words "ready money" in their ordinary:sense, said that in case it included the money at the banker's, which w s to be made available fur any emergencies which might arise, as to the chattel leasehold property,l • of • 'that his Honour was opinion a case should be tried for the purpose of settling that question. The question in the case would be, whether the leasehold proper ties passed under the will to Sir Timothy, and Sir John Shelley. The case was then ordered to stand in the paper, to be men tioned upon the minutes on this day -rink system — all proceeded from mill-owners in a few ,!reitt' towns, where, from the competition fur labourers, ind the rivalship of shopk( epers, the system could not possibly' be worked ; or from persons who had used tlie precaution of putting the names of brothers, - yr sons, or servants, over the truck-shops, He' re marked that the system of rent truck had not been Acnied, and then proceeded to verify to the letter every char g e that he had made, by documents, which he oiihred to show to any Member that might wish to see them, and oared .to prove his facts on oath before a Committee, if the mill-owners would call for one. Among other proofs Mr. Ferrand produced a sample of the paste work cotton of which he had previously Token. mentioning that he had sent similar samples to Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel. We too have been fortunate enough to obtain a sample, purchased in the ordinary way at a shop in Liverpool, and its utter worth lessness passes belief. At the first view it appears a elo.ely woven, fine, and smooth piece of cloth ; but let a drop of water fall upon it, and you have, as far as it is wetted; if not a hole, a piece of hungry net-work, that looks just like a hole at a yard':; distartte. We are confident that two-fifths of the weight of the articles are supplied by flour-paste, and by- flour-paste only. We hopQ that some one will submit to experiment a larger sample than that which we have obtained. Now it is impossible to conceive any purpose of utility to which such stuff can be applied. It will not wear, and in the washing-tub it must dissolve. It can ix.l only " male to sell," like Peter Pindar's razors— that k made to cheat. But when such articlos find (heir my into foreign markets, is it surprising :hat English goods - lose their character? It may be answered, that the stuff is sold at a low price ; but v. hat this ? \\That is really of no value is not worth any price, and the purchaser is cheated if he pay tile lowest unagi ,able amount of coin for it. lint this stuff is pur-. chased, er it would not be manufactimd. The cheat ing mill-owner sill it to the cheating foreign mer chant—we hope IM•lish merchants have nothing to do with it—the cheating foreign merchant sells it at a profit to the cheating foreign retailer, who sells it at a profit to the simple purchaser, ..ho pays the accumulated price to the conspiracy of knaves, dis covers that he has been cheated, and then swears that he will - never again have anything to do with English good , . - It is the same, more or less, in other manufae, turi?s, as Mr. Ferrand proved ; and thus it, is that .‘e are losing market after market. But the cup of villairy seems to be nearly full. Mr. Fieldcn, arta other honest manufacturers, have already begun to acquiesce so Mr. Ferrand's views, and more will folloW. • CUU BIER—lt is really refreshing to sea the sound sense of the country reacting everywhere against the demoniacal furies of the Anti-Corn-law League Mo 'wits, and in favour of the equitable scheme for the arrangement of Corn-laws propounded by Sir' Ito. bzrt • Peel. For this we are first and foremost 'in debtcd to the eminent ability, the unalterab!e equani laity, and the exemplary moderation of tone and argument with -which the subject was approached and disetuss:A in all its phases by, above all we may be allimed to say, the Premier and Mr. Glad stone (the Vice-President of the Board of Trade), by whom he was so admirably seconded ;' by them, because on them fell the brunt of the debates and the ar duous to k of.. arbitrating betwixt contending interests. Let us. not, ,However, be unjust towards one of those interests, and WO mean of course the agricultural. If the task of Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Gladstone were arduous beyond description—if they had to encounter a storm of opposition; a virulence of lan guage; a defiance of demeanour; threats, undisguised, of appeal to popular vengeance within the house; and with out its doors to brave the outrages of hired rullian mobs of the Anti-Corn. law League, which with true ihagnanimity ,of mind, inspired by the conscientious convictions of duty and patriotism, they could afford to pass over with the faith ful forbearance of Christians, who should say with the great Founder of our Faith, " Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"—not the less arduous was the task, not the less commendable the self-com mand, not the less exemplary the extraordinary pa tience and unupbraiding quiescence under insult, in jury, calumny, and vituperation of the great agricul tural interests daily slander( din Parliament, the Press, and in public meetings. One only man conde scended to answer the pestiferous crew of leaguers and libellers—one only ; and it is now confessed that even in the small measure of retribution so justly dealt out by Mr. Ferrand, no man has deserved so well of truth and his country. The standing provocation has keen, not of days, not of months only, but of years. The worthy Member for Knaresborough, in one onslaught only, has rooted the host of liars and slanderers in a day. SE CONDARIES' COURT, March 8. The Court sa t this day i n t h e C our t o f Q ueen ' s Bench, Guildhall, and di s p ose d of a few uninteresting cases. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 7. CRISI. C ON. — WALLIS V. FRANCIS. This was an action for criminal conversation. The record set forth that the defendant, William Francis, "contriving and wrongfully, wickedly, and unju tly, intending to injure the plaintiff, and to deprive him of the comfort, fellow ship, society, aid, and assistance of Louisa, the wife of the plaintiff, and to alienate and destroy her affection for the plain tiff," di d on, Stc., to the damage of the said William Wallis, of ten thousand rounds. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and a writ of inquiry to assess the amount of compensation due to the plaintiff wts appointed to be executed to-morrow (this day) before Mr. Under-Sh er iff I lurchell, but i n or d er to avoid ex posure of the circumstances which gave rite to the action, and are said to be of en extraordinary character, the affair has been settled, and the suit was withdrawn yesterday afternoon, by Messrs. Green and Co., of Lincoln's Inn-fields, the plaintiff's solicitor. INSOLVENT _DEBTORS' COURT, March 8. RE BARNETT JOSEPH. The insolvent in this ease, who was a member of the Jewish persuasion, and who described himself as a metal stripper and dealer in metal, carrying on business in Horsham, and at No. 50, Middlesex -street, Aldgate. His petition was supported by Mr. N iche,lls, and opposed in person by two creditors named Peid and Raybold. William Raybold stalled that the insolvent had been in the h,bit of pierchasiee g ,ode fre.m him fur ready money, and some time ago called and looked out gouda to elm amount of 471., for vtltich it was agrecd to pay upon delivery, but the insolvent re ceived them during his ( llaybold's) absence. The insolvent, in his examination by the Court, said that upon the day after receiving the goods from Ray boli he sod them to another Jew, named Lazarus, for the same price at wh eh they were purchased, and paid over the amount to Aaron Benjamin, his father-in-law, on account of a bill of exchange he held for 491. Mr. Raybold caused him to be given into custody on the charge of obtaining the goods fraudulently, when he was committed for trial at the sessions •at the Old 'and acquitted last Wednesday, Before getting the on the part of Reid arose from .g ß o l d e s y, f,orn Raybold, he executed a bill of sale in favour of a person named Belton, on account of money lent, but never told tither of the opposing creditors of the fact. s imilar v,,ere r t ia L t o u t re l:el.y strong, owing to the d.te Mr. Nicrioi.Ls having addressed the Court on behalf of the insolvent, Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said, in the case of Reid the s oorta o apposition(a oppositionr nearly y len-oplapwosrnags creditor, got his goods, and circum stances ro T u h il g at which the debt vas contracted ; however, with respect to Possessed of a bill for 49/. ; the transaction with Raybold, he thought it as clear a case of fraud and dishonesty as ever came under the consideration of with the proceeds pays the amount of the bill. It was a clear case Ilaybold, for the • of defrauding lir dwh purpose of making good the claim if a relative, an ' en the Court came to pronounce judgment, it would order such a remand as might mark a stron. sense of such dishonest and fraudulent conduct on the the C io o so u l i v t o . ot Hviesoftattloretb . part of the insolvent. . d he was n t Mr. Nicironts sai . 0 aware that any circum stances had transpired during h t e case to induce an adverse judgment. Had lee th e least a pp r ehension of suc h h e s h ou ld have cross-examirwil the opro i..g creditor. The Lear. ed CHIEF COMMI SSIONER said, although such a course after the a nnouncement by the Court of the course in. tended to be adopted was irregular, yet h e wou ld a ll ow t h e opposing creditor to b e recalled to the witness box. Ray bold was then cross-examined_ by Ml. Nicriou.s, and said he had been himse lf tried at the ad Bailey on criminal charges. Could not say how often, or what were the subjects o the indictments. H e might have been tri. d two or three times ; and once it was for being possessed I.f some Govern ment sores, which were marked with the broad arrow. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said that the insolVent had been tried on criminal charges, so had the opposing cre ditor, and he would put one fact as indicative of character against the other. Still that slid net in the s'ighte t deg, e. alter the opinion he originally formed, that it was a trans ictiqn by which goods were fraudulently obtained from one party for the purpose of paying the thbt contracted whir another more favoured. The insolvent was then o tiered to be remanded to prison until such time as the Learned Chief Commissioner returned from circuit, when he wou l d g iv e judgment. . M. Grtithi?r, 1 - m iker atAnger s; w h o was l a t t iy sentenced by the Correctional Tribunal of the town to twii years' imprisonment for b:ea , ...11 of confidente, was on the 26th ult. di dared bankrupt, and condemned to another detention of the form e r p er iod. twa years, which, hordver, merges in LAW INTELLIGENCE. t: CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. HO :51 , 2 OF LORDS, March 8. j OLD COUR7'. Tne House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Lords present j George Willes, 42, agent ; Wm. Saint, 26, weaver ; Wm. were, Lord Brougham, Lot d C. ttenham, Lord Cainrbe.l, Clark s 32, the "aver ; James Davis, 33, harnesF-maker ;• and Earl of Sheffie:d, and the Earl of Itoseberry. George Lloyd,' 22, uphobterer, wer e indicted for stealing three CLARK v. SIIITIL bills of exchange, and half a 5/. bank-note, the property of This was. an appeal from the decision of the Court of Chan- Jacob Ruffy ; and George Cunningham, 26, fringe maker, and eery in Ireland. Ile only question in the case way, whether George lAA were indicted for feloniously forging and utter a lease that had been granted was w arr a nted by the leasing ibig an endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to de power contained in the settlement made on the marriage of fraud Charles Munro Johnson. Thomas and Mary Palm, r. Upon the case first coming Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Phillips defended the pri on before the Court of Chancery in Ireland, a case was directed soners Lloyd and Cunningham; Mr. Payne appeared for the by that Court for the opinion of the Con' tof Common Pleas, other prisoners. and that Court, after a rgument, d ec i ded i n f avour o f t h e lease, The case was very complicated, and possessed no features of the Loid Chancellor of I re l and, a;:ting Olson that judgment, general interest. A - robbery had been committed on the pre cohfirmed the validity of the lease, and from tha.; decision the raises of the prosecutor on the 26th of December last, when present appeal was brought. several bills of exchange were stolen. Shortly after the rob- Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arguments, post bery the bills were found in the possession of the prisoners, ported their judgment. who were attempting to negotiate them to Mr. Johnson, the CARTER V. SIR. W. H. PALMER—JunumEN* endorsements Waving been forged subsequently to the robbery. Lord Co - I'l'EN isA NI gave judgment. nt in this case, affirming the Mr. Pliswes and Mr. PAYN E h av i ng a d ressed the Jurydecision of the Court below, with costs. for their clients, THE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY V. THE 3tAßQuis The RI:coa l -4m summed up the evidence, and the Juty re- OF QUELNSEURY. . turned a verdict of Gu lty against William Saint, William Lord COTTENHA 31 also gave judgment in this appeal, affirm- Clark, James Davis, and George Lloyd, and acquitted the ing the decision below. other prisonerr.—Sentence deferred. • Mlles, Lloyd and Cunningham were then indicted for fe loniously forging and uttering an endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to defraud Charles Munro Johnson. The hill in question was the one alluded to- in the above transaction, and the forgery idiputed to the prisoners was the placing the name of Mr. Ruffey upon it, when it was taken to Mr. Wood. The evidence was the same as in the foregoing case, and Ruffey prove 1 that h.s name upon the bill was a forgery. Mr. PA YNE again addressed the Jury. on behalf of the pri sone..s, and The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against them all. The RECORDER then ordered the prisoners to be planed at the bar, and after a suitable admonition sentenced them to be tr nsported beyond the seas for the term of 15 years. ASSIZE.: INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIR CUI T.—Chelmsford, Miirch 8. The commission for the county of Essex was opened en Monday, and this morning both Courts proceeded to bu iness. Mr. Baron ALDERSON in the Crown Court, and Baron GURNEY at Nisi Psius. There are ninety causes set down Co. trial, four of which are spoeial juries. The calendar con lains the nacres of seventy prisoners, and the offences are of a serious description. _ _ CIVIL SIDE. (Before Baron GURNEY and a Common Jury. ) BURTON V. HENSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought, under rather curious circum stances, to recover compensation from the defendant, for hav ing assaulted the plaintiff, and with violence ejected him from the church of North Weald in this cuinty. Mr. Sergeant Shea and M. Peacock were for the plaintiff, and Mr. 1 he*i , er and Mr. Ma sh for the defendants. he LearnecrSERGEANT, in his address to the Jury said, that his client was an aged man, and he had been forty years parish clerk • o North Weald, and he now sought compensation from the defendants, or.e of whom was the churchwarden, and the other the overseer of that parish, for having, without any just cause, outi aged his feelings, in the face of the parishioners, by wham he had been known and respected for so many years, by causing him to be violently ejected froalt he church. The Learn( d Sergeant proceeded to say, that the office filled by the plaintiff was a freehold office, from which no one could remove him ,:ithout going through the neces ary forms required by the law ; but it appeared that in this kstance the Rector had thought fit to dismiss him and appoint another person in his pi ace, and upon the plaintiff attempting to take his place in the church, a policeman was brought by the defendants, and he was publicly removed in the presence of a number of re si,ectable inhabitants who hid come to attend divine worship. The Learned Gentleman then called. witnesses, and after long speeches from Counsel, as well as a tolerably long sum • teing up from the Judge, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—D a mages, O ne Farthing. HAMBURGII MAIL. FROM THE MAINE, FEB. 24.—According to letters from St Petersburgh, it is expected there that in the celebration of the 25th anniversary cf the marriage of their Imperial Majesties, in course of the summer, a very comprehensive amnesty will be published, allowing all the exiles, without exception, to return home, and to have their estates restored without any re friction. So much is certain, that this gene. ous order must have been long since contemplated by the Government, because, all the eni.tiscated estates are under the management of a SpeciAl Commission, and not the smallest portion has yet been disposed of for donations.—(Query, on what Polish estates arethe nume rous dotatiors to Russian Generals founded —which have been mentioned in so many official rep,:rts ?) HA Nova a, MA twit I.—llis jesty has unhappily been indispo: ed for some days, but he will, notsvithstdndieg, sot tut for Berlin this evening, in order to avoid being hero on the birth-day of the late Queen. BERLIN, 111 A Ri:II 2. —His Majesty the King has been plea-ed to confer the Order of the Black Eagle on his Royal Highnes-i Prince Albert, consort of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain.—Prussian State Gazette, March 2. 53N ussim• , Mann 5 102'4 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 13% R Ai rt t h uL tigh li t ) l Ae d b ' N fi t L 3 / 4 1) 11 1)14 , el) s r l SC e —e r lE; C ta s;n t Sper Cent. 72 3 . 4 AO) lo;t% Loan of City, 1:22,4 per Cent 5 3celetynt Commerce, 4 %per Cent-- 52 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Bl% tfationalSeciety • • ........ ........ Exchange on Londeis (shot t) —Bru;sels Papers, March 5. A US'l RI A N FUNDS.—VIENNA, Fee. 2C. I Yiveper s. Metalliques Four rer Cents Three p ir Cents. 1637 Blink Mares HAMBU RGII BORSENHALLE, MARCH 4. ills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Shares A tiglo.Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., let series, Certificate 10 3 ,4 Inscription, Ist series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co , 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates 9 New 4 per tent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, ..:34 per Cent. ......... 51% 50% Ditto 5 per Cent. - Polish Bords 153 New Tickets . - - , Anglo-Danish Loin, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5p r Cents. EXCHANGIN ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MART U 4.-13 9.—Two months, 13 7 1 4 PETURSOURGH, F en. 21-. Two months, 38 1-16 pence sTneicumm. FEB. 25.-.Seopoty-live days, 12, IS. VIENNA, Frig 21.-1 hree months. 9. :A/ ?RUSSIAN FUN DS.—liektut+. Al,at u 1. Money St. Scbuld. Sch., 4t,, per cent 195% .04% Prussian English Loan, MU, 4 per cent 103 1044 I,..schange on London, three month, z 2 1,4 —Prussian State! Gazette. March 2 The Tories are about to try, on a small scale, an exper:ment which, when attempted by the Whigs, was de nounced as a virtual revival of the Slave-trade. Her Majesty's Government have determined to allow a flee emigration of Hal Coolies and other labourers to the 'Mauritius. Our own people leave our shores in thousands, and no man troubles him- Of further as to their wh . ereabout. The only object is to get them away, and then, since they can no longer increase the public burdens, they may . sink or swim. The miserable black challenges no emotion . of pity or kindly feeling in Amer ica: all commiseration is reserved exclusively for " the sons of the pale faFes.' . In England, to preserve the balance o' humanity, the white is searcely con s id ere d , w hil e t h e negro has univei sal regard. Let it be kn own , t h at a tr ib e ti nge d w ith the hue of the torrid zone i s lik e l y to su ff er wrong, an d s t r aight the milk of human kind ness fl ows a b undant l y ; w hil e w hite paupers may be shipped away by thousands, to be s t down amongst swamps , sandbeds, kangarocs, tigers, or an thropophagi. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Carlisle, March 5. Mr. Justice Wightman arrived in this city yesterday, and after opening the commission with the usual formalities, heard prayers at the Cathedral. This morning, at ten o'clock, he proceededto the Court, and charged the Grand Jury. The calendar consists of only eleven cases, all of them, with the exception of a charge of forgery, of a very minor character. The only case pozsessing any interest was that of an old man, seventy-three }ears of age, of venerable appearance, who . e head " was silvered o'er sv,th grey," who was charged with stealing 141bs. weight of pea-stra.v. lie had had the misfortune while in gaol to break one of his legs, and was brought into Court on a man's back, and placed in the dock in a chair. When mile.' upon to plead, he answered in a very firm ton "I am not guilty." tie was possessed of a field, a stable, and cow-house. tie had not any counse 1, nor did he apparently take any concern in the proceedings, but seemed to trust to the consciou ness of innocence, and calmly waited the result. The ev:drtice against him was extremely slight, and the Jury im mediately pronounced an acequittal. The Judge directed the keeper of the gaol to discharge him as soon as he found it convenient to go; and he was borne away en the same m nner as he was brought. The verdict appeared to give general satisfaction. The cause-list contains fourteen calves, three of which were disposed of at intervals (luring the day as undefended, and more of the same character seem to remain. The Assize is, there fore, likely to Le brit f and comparatiVoly unimportant. their heads and backs put over the r heads to prevent their necks from being hurt by what they may be carrying knots have been facetiously termed " Porters' wigs." The prosecutor commenced in the first place by informing the Court that he was a rig'lar porter at Common-garden market, vich he vos a standin in the market atween seven and eight o'clock last night, with his precious knot a layin by his side ; the prisoner was also a standin by, and seemed to gaze ' with a longing eye upon the knot, vich vos a beauty, k-rite a new un, so thick and so soft, and rich had cost him only 'tother day 3s. 10d. and a pint o' beer. Veil, as he had said, the prisoner vos a standin by vich he (the prosccu ter) vI nt away, for about five minutes to the best o' his knowl e d ge ; y en h e comes back the knot vos 6 , non est WENTUS" (inventus)—the knot vos gone. He says to his mate, ses he, "Jim, I've lost my knot." " Ah," saye Jein, "and you won't never see it no more." Another porter was then ailed, who expressed himself with great dignity in the following terms:.—" I see this wery man, yer Veriship, go avay vith a knot from the market, vich, he ar'n't no porter o the market, ho ar'n't not a lit or, it; I hidentifies him, howsomdever, as a comin' werry hoften to the market a cadgin' aboet, and a seem' wot he can catch. I cer'nely see him with a knot, but vether it vos his'n or tether it vos my mates vet stands here I v..ii't undertake to say, cos I can not. The prisoner, in defence, stated that the facts was, as these here porters had entered into a conspiracy most foul a e ,win him, cos he went to Common-garden sometimes to try and yarn a few pence, they got jealous on him and vos always a finding fault with him ; as for the knit he knowed nothink whatever about it Mr. JARDINE---There is not sufficient evidence here to commit upon ; the prisoner is discharged. SEDUCTION AND DESERTION.—A respectably attired, and very good-looking young girl, probaLly about twenty bears of age, who stated her name to be Emma Dufour, was brought up by a police serjeant of the A division, under the followin; cir cumstances :—The policeman stated that about half-past two yesterday morning, as he was going his rounds in St. James's Park, he saw the prisoner sleeping on a seat. He asked her what she was doing there, and after a good deal of hesitation-she stated, that she belonged to Hull, where she lately lived with her aunt, Mrs. Smith, at N. 17, Parham , nt street; about six mouths ago she became acquainted with a gentleman e (lull, a master brewer (whose name we abstain from giving at present), by whom she became pregnant ; the gentleman persuaded her to come to London with him, promising if she would do so, that he would protect and support her. On the faith of his promise the poor girl consented to accompany him to the "mighty liibylon," where they arrived last Monday week. They took up their abode at a house which the girl said she believed to be at the corner of York-street, Whitechapel-road. Her seducer re mained with her four days (until Friday morning), when the unfortunate girl was ireornard by the landlord of the house that he had left the place. Upon this the p' girl who had no money nor one artic'e of property with her, save the clothes upon her back, also left the house, and from that time till the policeman found her she hid been earelering about the streets. In answer to an inquiry from Mr. Jardine the girl stated that her case, as related by the policeman, was strictly true. Mr. JARDINE said he did not think that at present any thin gbetter could be done with h er th an to remove her to St. Mar garet's workhouse, until the matter could be inquired into, and it could be ascertained whether her story were true. Of the result of this inquiry he should be happy to hear; and if any difficulty were made as to receiving the girl into the work house, he should wi s h th e overieer to call upon him, and h e would explain the case to him. The girl was then removed in charge of the policeman. WATILBOR UG STREET. AN IMPOSTER.— EIiza Lovelock, a good-looking young woman, but very poorly clad, and without bonnet or shoes and stockings, was charg,d under the following circumstances : Pelice-constable No. 56 C, stated that about eight o'clock on Monday_ night information was received at the p o li ce station house in Vine-street, that a female itt a deplorable state of dcsti!ution, was sitting at the step of a door in Piccadilly, ap parently in such a state If extreme exhaustion as to be unable to walk. Witness proceeded thither, and found the girl, who pretended to be very ill, and steed that she was starving and utterly destitute. He therefore conveyed her to the station house. Mr. Meirev, on looking at the prisoner, immediate l y re cognized her as having made application to him at this Court a few day s since, stating that she was then in great distress, and wished to get to St. Alban's, where she had a sister living, vs horns she had no doubt, would receive her into her family, when half-a-crown was ordered to be given her out of the poor box to assist her on the toad. The prisoner said she certainly was the party, and had, as she promised, proceeded to St. Alban's the same afternoon, and arrived there late at night, but on applying to her sister she refused to assist her in any way, and hut the door in her face. She therefore had no resource but to wander back to town, and after walking about the treets all day was at last so overcome by weariness and hunger, that she sat down on the steps where the police-constable found her. Mr. Ma vrev-1 have reason to believe that you are a very gross imposter. I ha-re received a communication from Mr. Itawlinson, of Marylebone Police Court, of the fact that you were apprehended on the sante afternoon that I gave the half crown to sou, for being drunk and disorderly in the pubic streets, and that when brought before hint on the fellowing morning he was induced, by your tellic.g a pitiful tale, and allegin that you had lost the money 1 gave you, to give you another half-crow n, you then stating that you should immediately proceed to St. Albat.'s, which it has been ascertained you have not done. The prisoner rersisted that she had been there, and ulti mately :he was ordered to be locked up, Mr. Maltby observing that he was determin .d to make an ex am pl e o f h er . WE S TERN CIR C T.— Salisbury, Mare!, 5. LAMBE TH . - STR EE All the nisi prius bu s i ness having been finished y; sterday, Yesterday Mr. nomas Garr, a flashily •dressed ysung man, Mi. Justice Erskine sat in the Courts of nisi prius to try pre- who described himself as an articled clerk, was charged before sailers. Another Court was also opened, over which Mr. Mr. Henry, with assaulting his wife, to whom he had been Rogers presided ; so that three Courts have been engaged all mart ied scarcely three moAtIP.. day in trying prisoners. A great number still remain to be The complainant, a modest and re pectable-looking woman, t rind. deposed that ,since her marriage, which took place three CROWN CO UR T. i months ago on that very day, her husband had con t inued to W Clark and Richard Townsend were indi c t e d f or h av e treat her wile the.greate s t unkindness and harshness, and be ing burglariously broken. open the dwelling-house of a Mr. yond this, he inflicted even personal chastisement. On Sa.- George Gumtn, who resides in the Chapelry of Seend, near turd ty night, after she had .waited up for him until a late Devizes. This case presents, perhaps, one of the most open hour, he came home drunk, and alter assaulting her, he and impudent burglaries that we have had to record for many • e , obliged hems. leave the hou se , and w a lk ; b ou t th e s t ree t f or years. - I several hours. On Sunday night he again assaulted her while Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ball defended in a state of intoxication ; h • also assaulted her even in the Town,end ,• Clack was undefended. presence of the police constable whowt she had called on to George Gurnm, the prosecutor, was first call e d. He stated protect her, and she was ultimat e ly co mp e ll e d t o g i ve hi m that he - lived in the Chapelry of Seend, and that he and his into custody. sister were the only inmates of his house. On the 4th of Janu- In reply to the questions of Mr. lIEN Rl', Mrs Carr ackaow ary he was disturlsed by hearing a noise at the back of the house, I, deed that she was aware her husband was much given to as if some one was breaking through the well. His sister also dr ink before she married him, but added that her property was heard it, and got up. She went down stairs, followed by wit- , vested in the hands of trustees for her own exe usive interest ness. When they got to the passage they heard the parties leave l e evious to her marriage. She exp.-essed her willingness to be the back part of the house, and come round to the ft ont separated from the prisoner for life, and to give him up all the door. They knocked and demanded admittance, which being things belonging to him then in her house. refused, they immediately inserted an icon bar under the , The prisoner said he was willing t-s part from his wife on dooe, which by this means they tore from its fastenings. An the terms she proposed, and an ()Riser was sent to see that his entrance h sing thus been gained, a little dog ran in, followed clothes were delivered up to him, and to prevent any breach of by the prisoners and another man. Atter using some violence, I ths peace between them. Clark went up s airs, followed by witness and his sitter, who ; llr OR Sll IP- S TREE 7. were followed by Townsend. It was moonlight, and witness Robert Ramsdale, a young man of my stylish at pearance, was able to see the prisoners distinctly in his bed-room. Clark, vv as charged with having annoyed the inhabitants of Durham with a chisel, broke open four boxes, and took all the money he place, Hackney-road, by knocking at their doors, and also with could find; among which there were some guineas, which having assaulted a policeman. witness's sister had hoarded. Having secured all they thought From the evidence of a policeman of the K division, it ap 'wooer to take away, they left the house. On examining the peared that at a late hour on the preceding night, his attention wall the next morning, at the back of the house, a large hole I was attracted by a loud knocking at the door of one of the was found not nuite through the wall, by which the prisoners houses, and, on going to the spot, he perceived the prisoner, had first intended to have effected their entrance. Witness who, on being asked what he wanted, said that "he was a gave information to the police, with a description of the men, gentleman, and would knock at any door he pleased." and the prisoners were apprehended, with another man, who is The prisoner then saluted the door with another supposed to have remained down stairs, a n d w h om th e w it ness volley of knocks that resounded through the neigh and his sister were unable to identify, and who was therefore bourhood; and the owner of the house looked out of the discharged by the Magistrates. windox, and desired the policeman to remove him, This evidence was confirmed by the witness's sister, who, hich he attempted to do; upon which the prisoner began to ts gether with her brother, presented a true picture of the abuse and threaten him, and finally knocked him down. The simple-minded yeomanry of olden times. policeman called for assistance, and two other constables Wm. Hall, Inspector of Police, proved that he had seen the having arrived, the prisoner was conveyed, with much prisoners on the night in quest , ,n, about eleven o'clock, at difficulty, to the station-house. Nlelk‘km, accompanied by a little dog, and that they proceeded In answer to the charge, the prisoner admitted having taken towards prosecutor's house. He had apprehended both prison- more wine than prudence dictated ; and said that having left ers. lie found a little dog With Townsend, which prosecutor his umbrella at one of the houses, he went to recover i t, an d identified as the little do g that had entered , the house before aecieentelly pocked at C.e wrong door. theirste men. Tt dog was carried before the Magistrates, and on Mr. BING HA M said that had the prisoner been a poor man g Clark immediately gave signs that he knew himeby he should have fined him 20s. for disturbing the neighbour jsmping about him, and exhibiting other marks 'of canine hood, and an additional 20s. for assaulting the policeman ; but affection. Witness had intended to have produced the dog in as he was a " gentleman," he should make a distinction in favour Court, but although it had followed hiin very well for some of his rank, and require him to pay the sum of 40s. for each time previously, just before he arrived at Salisbury the dog offence. against h master. Miss Mary Care, a dress-maker, living in Beauvoir-place, Clark, on the day after the burg pg, p hat at his Kingslan l-road, was b r o ug ht before Mr. Bingham upon a shop, and paid for it with a guinea. lary, had bought a warrant charged with h av i ng v i o l en tl y assaulted Susan Sells, a housemaid, in the service of the Rev. J o h n Si m p son S urgrove, Mr. BALL addressed the jury in behalf of Tow nsen d, and of Dalston-terrace, whereby one of her ribs was fractured. call. d his son to prove that at the time of the burglary his Mr. Wadson, a solicitor appeared for the defence. father was at his own house. The complainant stated that the defendant had been em- Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the case in his usual ployed to make a dress for her master's (laughter, her charge clear and perspicuous manner. tor which became the subject of dispute, her master de c li n i ng The Jury, after a very short consultation, fou n d b o th th e prisoners Guilty. to pay more than 18s. for the dress, while the defendant de mantled 11. 2s. On the 10th ult. the defendant ca ll e d a t th e 'I he Court sentenced them to be transport e d f or lif e . house and requested to see Mr. Surgrove, who came to her in the hall, when she urged her demand, and on his refusing to give her more than he had previously offered, she became very abusive, and called him by several opprobious epithets. He requested her to withdraw, and on her refusing to do so he re tired into the drawing-room. Witness remained in the hall with the defendant, and as the latter positively refused to leave the house, and continued abusing her master, she opened the street door for the purpose of calling a.ppliceman, when the defendant pulled her glove off her right hand, and struck her a violent blow on the left side. She suffered severely all day from the effects of the blow, and as she became worse next morning, Dr Rogers was sent for, who ascertained that one of her ribs was broken, and she had been ever since under the care of that gentleman, and of Mr Robinson, a surgeon. A certificate from Dr. Rogers was handed to the Magis tarte, to the effect that the complainant's rib had been frac ,tured, and that she had sustained other internal injuries pro duced by violence. Mr. Robinson, the surgeon, then stated that he had attended the complainant since the 16th ult., who had not yet recovered, and was likely to continue ill for some time longer. In answer to the charge, the defendantdenied most positively having assaulted her intentionally, and felt the utmost regret for the unfortunate result. The MAGISTRATE recommended the parties to settle the affair among themselves, and the defendant ultimately agreed to pay 101. damages. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Li consequence of the application of a woman of respectable appearance, named Langford, the Loan Alnyok sent for Mr. John Porter, commander and owLer of the ship Joshua Carroll, to account fur the absence of her sun, who had gone out in that vessel to the coast of Africa, but never returned to this country. Mrs: Langford said that her son Edward had been engagad by the Commander to go a long voyage as second mate, and that, open the return of the vessel to this port, neither her son nor any one of the crew that went ont in the Joshua Carroll, appeared. As she could not understand from the Commander, to her satisfaction, for what reason so extraordinary a disappear ance had taken place, and as she naturally felt alarmed for the fate of her child, she had, she said, been advised to represent the matter to his Lordship, as he had done infinite service to the mothers and widows of poor seamen whose fate was either doubtful or dreaded. Captain Porter said that he had alrealy 'given the applicant a 1 the information he could give. upon the subject He had 7.-ne to the Mr of Africa for 130 or 140 free labourers, and tell in with the Lily ;loop-of-war, of 18 guns, which mistook the J. shwa Carroll for a slaver, and took her into the Cape of Gcod Hope. At the Cape it was soon found that the Joshua Carroll was an honourable trader, and she was discharged with out being brought to trial. The Lily, however, thought proper to keep for the Queen's service the whole of the able-bodied crew of the Jo-hua Carroll, and amongst them Edward Lang fo-d, and no doubt the men were, at the present time, in ship. of oar, but he could not ascertain where, or anything about them. BRUSSELS. MA !wit s.—The Moniteur Beige of this morning publishes, under the dates of 2d Feb and 3d March, the following laws:- Ist. Grant the Government three sums, amounting together to 1,9-o,ooof. ; Ist, for completing the purchase of the British Queen ; 2d, for covering the expense of fitting it for service , :3(1, for paying the interest and the redemption of the sum paid for the vessel. The LORD MAyox—How did you work your way home from the Cage? Captain Porter—The Lily gave me some o' her men to Work us home. lam a serious loser by the mis hap. The money lam out of pocket by being taken by the Lily amounted to 2,040/. The Loan Kayo ii—But if you apply at the Colonial-office you certainly will obtain redress, upon inquiry into your case especially ss you were dismissed by the authorities of the Cape without even the ceremony of a trial. C must ap g ta o n bef l o 'o re rter said that the p he couldobtainrest r i o t c u e ti s o s n, th N r v o o u u g w would necessarily liich he be extremely dilatory. The Loan MAvoit told Mrs. Langford that the Captain's statement was a straightforward one, of the correc'ness of which there could be no doubt. The supply of good seamen on board her Majesty's ships was indispensable, and it was no unusual thing to strip vase's at sea Of their best men to sus t a i n t h e naval (haracter. His Lordship then assured the applicant that be would write to the Board of Admiralty on the subject of the destination of . her son, and gain fo r h er every possible intelligence about h im and he requested Captain Porter to scud to him the son's distinct accounts as t) his pay, Er the at sfac.ion of the mother. Captain Porter most willingly acqui esce d, an d t h e poor woma n went away much comforted by his Lordship's kind and so, thing interference. 2d. The budget of the Department of Public Works for 1842 is fixed at 10,610,823 f. d. A supplementary credit for 817,000 f. is given to the Department of Public Works. BRUSSELS, I .llAacir 3 —Yesterday afternoon at half-pa•t four o'clock, the City of Edinburgh steamer, Capt. Hest, en tering the port of Ostend, was driven by the waves against the Alusoir ; the shock made it recoil and deviate from its course. About half-past seven it was got tff the sand-bank on which it hail struck, but u happily the wind became so viohnt that it was impossible to stet r the vessel, whic:i ran aground opposite to Fort Napoleon. We learn that the crew and passengers are saved, but it is probable that the vessel and cargo will be Another letter says :—" The last accounts from Ostend say that all the cargo of the steamer was saved yesterday It con• sists of wool and indigo, and is much damaged. The ves,el has six feet water in the hold, and it is supposed will be totally lo,t. The passengers, 33 in number, were saved with great difficulty. An honest man's face is a letter of reconnuendation written by God himself. At the meeting of the County Magistrates, held in September last, in Preston, it was iesolved to disband the Ru ral 'Police of this county ; but, as the Act requires si x mon th s ' notice of the intention to dismiss the force, after having been once adopted in any county, the motion will have again to be brought forward, at the County Meeting of Magistrates, to be held d uri ng the present month, in Preston.— Liverpool Albion The Maria Theresa steamer, which was built in England for the Neapolitan Government, has arrived at Napes, and has commenced her service as a Post-office packet between hat city and Palermo. 13 011 7 -STREET. A stout young man, with an interesting squint, and altogether of a most fascinating exterior, was charged with stealing u hat is technically caled a" knot," from one of the .porters at Co v.!nt-garden Market. rout' benafit of )ur readers, who may n)t, happen know wha' a knot is, we should, perhaps, explain that it is a.something com posed of straw, or hair, tightly stuffed into a canvass covering, which men who are in the habit of (tarrying heavy weights on S -45::117 _ FROM LAST NIGHT'S • V4rti.P' 4 CROWN.OFFICE, MARCH . —. '" 2 -. 4 itt..,R MEN! !SCR S RETU RNED TO SERVE IN THE PRE LP f,:,.. ...., County of Salop, Southern Division. —T alitte" r--14; lan to George Ch ar l es B r i dgman, commonly alleff,.. tra illii. . 1- \-----." count Newoort, in th e room of the Right Hogpusawlietvc4 S: Vane, commonly call e d E ar l of Darington, now Diti of Cleve ‘ . land. WHITEHALL, 111AxcH ...,. r e The Lord Chancellor h as ap pointed Thomas Rawli ns, Cerne Albas, in the county of Dorset, Gent., - N at C ree ir i, Londo n . to be of a Master E x t r aordinary in the Ifigli Court o f Ch ancery. DAVIDDBEICI)ItIERAAD, Tl%?.aNrehouOFsolnNiaSOßLVaEd n, BANKRUPTS. ELIZA HAYES, picture-dealer, Pickett -street, Strand. to surrender March 22, at half-past eleven, and April 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Temple and Bonner, rurnival's Inn. GEORGE ROBERTSON, JOHN GABROW, and JOHN ALEXAN MAI, ship-chandlers, Liverpool, March 19, and April 19, at one, at the Clarendon Rowms, Liverpool. Duncan ar.d Radcliffe, Liverpool; Adlington, G•egory, Faulk ner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. JAMES ALEX AN DER, dealer and Chapman, Newcastle u, on-Tyne, April -1, at eleven, and April 19, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Harle, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. ANN LEACH, JOHN LEACH, and JAMES LEACH, builders, Brick-lane, pitaifields ; March IS, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Dickson and Over bury, Frederick's-place, Old Jevvry. RICHARD LOXIIAM, printer, Wigan, March 24, and April 19, at eleven, at the Swan-inn, Ilolton-le-Moors. Arm strong, Staple-inn, London ; Lord and Ackerley, Wigan- SAM UEL LEWIS LA Z. A lt US, coach proprietor, Jermyn street, St. James's, March 17, at eleven, and April 19, at half past o ne , a t t h e C i.urt o f Bankruptcy.Whitmore, Basinghall street, o ffi cial assign , e; Gilbert, Craven-street, Strand. THOMAS • STEN! EN SON, coach maker, Manchester, March 24, at ten, and April 19, at two, at the Cmilmissioners'- rooms, M rid:ester, loughby and Jaquet, Clifford's Inn, London ; Cooper and Wray, Manchester. • • WILLIAM WALKER and JAMES GRAY; cloth manu facturers, Leeds, March 22, at twelve, and April 19, at ten, at the Commissioners'-i ooms, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square, London ; Payne, Eddisnn, and lord, Leeds. • THOMAS GALES, WILLIAM JOHN GUEST, JOHN FOIISTER N AISBY, and 'MATTHEW KIRTLEY, ship builders, March hi, at twi lye, and April 19, a t e l even , at t h e Bridge Hotel, 11i4up Wearmouth. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London; Wilson, Sunderland. JOSEPH CARLISLE draper, Bury, Lancashire, March 24, and April 19, -at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Swan Inn,• Bolton-lc-Moors, Lancashire. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Grundys, Bury, Lancashire. WILLIAM. HOLMES, silk gauze manufacturer, Friday she( t, C;le'pside, London, March 18, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court e.f Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Reed mat Shaw, Friday -street, Cheapside. JOAN THOMAS, Bucher, Ramsgate, March 21, at four, and April 19, at ten, at the Royal Oak Inn, Ramsgate. Austin and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn ; Arercei and Ed. wards, Ramsgate. EI)WA RD MULLINGER, ironmonger, Southampton, March 26, at three, and April 19, at tour, at the Stir Hotel, Southampton. Chaplain, Gray's Inn-square, Stubbs and Rol lingst Birmingham. 11' II.L I A CIIAItNOCK, plumber, Albion-grace, Wandsworth. road, Surrey, Marelt 22., at half-past twelve, and April 19, at c:, von, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, a,signce ; Bcbb, Argyll-street, Regent-st. GEORGE ANN ESLEY 1110AIPSON and BENJAMIN JAMES - THOMPSON, iron founders, Wylam, Northum berland, March 31 and April 19, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission-morn, Newcastle upon. Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's road, Vedford.row, London; Brockett and Philipson, Newcatic-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. . At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basin hall-street. Al. Co.; lac, man, Goldsmith -street, Wood-street, Cheap side, March 30. at ow—B Marshall, tallow melter, High Hol born, March 30, at twelve. In the Country. 'l'. Buckle, draPer, Itirmard Castle, Durham, May :3, at three. et the Waterlto Bat trxrd Castle—J. Jervis, draper, Wells, Sorneisetsliire, Marti 31, at twelve, at the Mitre Inn, Wells —S. S. Chancel!or, jun , bal.cr, Margate, 111 arch 29, at eight, at the London !Lott], Margate—J. R. Fletcher, wine merchant, Grantham, l.incolnsl.ire, April 1, at two, at the Hotel, Newark-uivir-Trent—T. Burbey, IL Loe, and J. Loe, banker*, Portsmouth„Airil 18, a three, at the George Inn, Ports mouth—J. l'lowcs, meri hant, Leeds, April 1, at four, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-11. and IL Hildyard, wine mer chants, Ilrigg, Lincolnshire, April IS, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Brig;-_ 11. Re3nolds, druggist, Liverpool, March 30, at one, at ihe Claretulm.-moins, Liverpool—G. A n d rews , wool stapler, Sturininster Mar-hall, Dorset.hire, March 29, at tee, at the Greyhound Inn, Illaildfoid I'm urn—A Clapham, soda manufacturer, Friars G we, Durham, March :9, at twelve, at the Bankrupt CommisAon room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Bentley and T Broun, merchants, Alanchester, April 1, at twelve, at the Cow t-house, adfor Hudson, victualler, St. Peter the Apostle, Isle of 'llia let, April 11, at seven, at the Albion Hotel, Bain gate--J. Morris, victuall. r, Birmingham, April 1'), at i ne, at the Wilted, o -looms, Brid.rewater, victualler, Birmingham, March 2.9, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—.l. Nit hull, worsted spinner, Sowcill-bridge, Yorkshire, April 25, at eleven, at the White I ion tun, ILd i f, x _s. Shingle'. and S. T. James, linen drapers, Liverpool, April 27, at one. at the Clarendon- rooms. Liverpool - T. and 11. 'noun, linen drapeis, Wakefield, Yorkshire, April at cle-en, at the Commissimiers'-rooms, Buckley, Jh 13uckl,y, and 11. Buckley, c .tton manufacturers, Manchesier, A prd z 2, at two, at the Cornmissiou ers '.. r . ionis, Manchester— li. IL Walker and It. J. P ee l, M anc h ester ware housemen, Manchester, April 2ti, at te n , a t the Gimmission e.s' rooms, Manchester—J. Haigh, merchant., Motley, York.. shire, March 31, g rleveu, at the Black Bull Inn, Bristol—lL Coleman, Mainliester, April 25, at twelve, at the Cour •Maiieliester—N. Fraley and J. E. Mer chant, linen dr.pt rs, Bt . stol, Mira 1, at txelve, at the Com. mercial-roams, PriLtol. • - CERTIFICATES -I\l licit '29. 'l'. Bcturoie, grocer, Spalthig, Lincolnshire - J. 11. Fletcher, wine merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire J. Copplestone, grocer, Plymou h-J. L. Shepherd and H. Drew, innkeepers, Scathamo.i. - 11. ( oleinan, stock broker, LiverpoJl. I'AR.INERSHIPS DISSOLVED, E. Lewis, S. F Leo is, and F. H. Lewis, dress makers, IlarkLey-C. J and J. Dyer, cheesem9ugers, Shore ditch-J. CI ipl s and J Taylor, drapers, Le.cester-,-.1. and W. G. or e, tanners, Wincant o n, Somersetshile-W. Edwardeand W. Smith, gas manufficturers, Whitchureh 'Shropshire -J. and 'l'. Lea, dial ers, Middle...kit, Cheshire-A. Elewsnap, C. Lowe, and' C. Parkin /1, it,nnia metal manufacturers, Sheffieid -J. li. 'fining avid h. Channel!, wine merchants, Southamp ton-B. Walken sen., J. Walker, It. Walker, jun., J. S. Walker, Ii Smith, and R. Hacking-, machi n e ma k ers, B ury, Lanallas:re (s , ) far as regards It. Walker, sen. )-R. Walker, sen., J. Walker, R. Walker, 'jun., and J. S. Walker, iron founders, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards R. Walker, sen.) --W. Budd and F. Wood, b oo kbi n d ers, Cornwall -road, Lam verpool-it, Evars, Js. Cross, rn n ‘gi d st,o J ns . I,l ( i‘ : iv r )bo o ou s Cross, engravers, ta Scilly-W, Bruce and 11. t u c A t r u a r r u i r ' Y s s -1 , , Lam beth-T. Cubbire and G. Batchelder, watch-case makers, Li. Leeds-W. C. Alarkham and J. M. Stevens, post masters, Chester-dreet, Grosvenor..place-.1., Simco and J. Douglas, soda-water manufacturers, Northampton -J. Walker and .1. Butler, builders, Preston, Lancashire-D. White and A. Morton, commission merchants, Lilerpool -E. S. Clegg and E. Hughes, governesses, Chcctham-hill, Lancashire -A. I'. Jameson and G. Coates, commission agents, Manchester -T. Fowler and W. Jeff, rson, paint manufacturers, Kingston upon-hull-T. E. Wells and W. Bradshaw, manufacturers of joiners' tools, Sheffield-C. Horwood and 'l'. Grant, omnibus proprietors, Kensington Gravel-pits-R. Jefferson and J. Tur ner, wine merchants, C'arlis'le-J. Cumpston and J. Leighton, bat manufacturers, Littl Lant-strect, Borough-C. and J. Bennett, linen drapers, Cheltenham-A. and B. Blakesley, box makers, Friday-street-11. Clark and G. Bury, surgeons, Farnham, Surrey-W. Taf and J. Stephenson, grocers, Liver pool-C. and G. Bur;,c,s, paper makers, Bungay Trinity, Suffolk-J. Fairbrit'ge a d 11. Doughty, farmers, Middlesbo rough, Yorkshire-S. (lards aff and 'l'. Frost, grocers, La ther-lane-G. AndreW, sen., J. 13ruckshaw, and T. Andrew, jun., cotton spinsters, Comp'tall, Cheshire-G. Willett and J. Bonnett, carvers and Older', Water -street, Arundel-sheet. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN ANNAND, grain dealer, Burghead, March 14 and April 4, at two, at the Gordon Arms I nn , El g i n . THOMAS GEMMILL, merchant, Greenock, March 12 and April 2, at twelve, at the Tontine Ilotel, Greenock. JAMES RODGER, grocer, Dairy, Ayrshire, March 12 and April 2, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Irvine. JOHN Al A CPHA IL, rrerchant, Dingwall, March 12 and Apr.l 1, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dinga all. JOAN RIDDELL, innkeeper, Paisley, March 11 and • April 6, at one, at the George Inn, Paisley. SCOTT, MUIR, and CO., merchants, Glasgow, March 14, at two, and April 5, at twelve, at the Office of Knox Ktollay, Royal Exchange Court, Glasgow. JOHN HALDANE, innkeeper, Selkirk, Maricst..l6 AFIIO . April 6, at one, at Mitchell's Inn, Selkirlo , • HORRIBLE PROOFS ot;IIISTICESS. - . TO THE EDETOI? OF THE SUN. Stu,- I received the letter marked No. I, from Master Brown, of Buinly, March 4, containing a statement that such is was the distress of the poor in fondle Fopest, near:. Burnly, that a deal cow had be en disinterred and eaten for food.:Tife statement was so revolting to my feelings, though requesnA to 'C• publish it, 1 could not help suspecting that iLwas either a fabri- ." cation or much e aggerated. I therefore wrote to say that if Mr Brown would get me a certificate of the fact signed by six respectable persons, I would take care that it was inserted in some of the Lothhin papers, that the country might see the wretched condition to which Englishmen are reduced by mo nopoly and misrule. I received the answer, No. 2, in reply, inclosing the certificate of the horrible fact, No. 3, all of which I entreat you will give to the public.-1 am yours, JOS. LIVESEY, 28, Church-street, Preston. It is necessary only to give No. 3, certifying the' fact in these words lIIGHAM, MARCH 3, 1842. " This is to certify that 1 homas flizne, of this place, had a Cow died on Wedresday the 23d day of February last, which he buried, and that it was afterwards taken up to use for food. " As witness our hands, " THOMAS LORD, " THOMAS HORNE, owner of the cow, " THOMAS AUTY, weaver, " JOSEPH WOOD, grocer, "JOHN A SPDEN. farmer, " JOHN LORD, weaver. *CHARGE OF PARTIALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—An occurrence has taken place at the'Lent Assizes for the county of Wil s, which are now being holden in this city, that I have no doubt will occasion astonishment both lb you and every other terson connected with the Press. It ap pears thAt on the commencement of the trial of the prisoners who committed the desperate burglary and robbery of the dwelling-house of Mr. Awdrey, at. South Wraxall, in this county, .which case came on for hearing this morning, and in which the public throughout the county took the greatest in terest, no person was admitted into the Court but a few of the personal friends of the High She r iff, C a pt a i n Rook, .t a single inhabitant of this city being ..ble to gain t s i i ' z i e t tance. Now, Sir, it has never been usual at ourn either A hitherto to require any interest to obt a in a dmitta u nc w ill have the to Court, except upon the bench. If, therefore, goodness to draw the attenti o n of your read ers your spirited journal, you will be doing a greYt°o a t service to the the subject in public, and likewise very much oblig e . AN INtIABI r OF SALISBURY. TA.N Salisbury, March 7, 1842. „ . B E RTFoßt).—Thou o g rte l i i mi t i l ki i sn e do h evic e ieeti a a l s t ; h ; TIM ALlngt Is 01 of the late .11arquis hail long been in a precarious b state, his fi da d t i l n i g w i a , i s ifi s s ° „Tf e b",l l , 3 e t r, 8 U h t t ije d i t i: t C rililLe:l:4, d ads Without e Dorchester House late in the or consent of his medical attendants, to take a trip to Rich ,atiz.lnaefttiertopparotrackiii fb7oeulgh6ft nth:in:l:rani mo rt z , i, , u i c , c „i ng . This act of indiscretion speedily !nation, which. cti❑l: oa a complication of disorders, soon st Isioft e ” e ta i ble l , li ;:e 'l ; terminated fatally.