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rtlbunt unworthily, and he dealing most unfairly by . his eagues, if he did not state flare grounds upon w b e ~,5 ehotild give his vote upon the psent occasion. Th . got, Gentleman who had just sat down had said that his a • , tu icatY a Ministers had changed their opinions once I subjec, and perhaps they might change it again. He (Sir James Graham) had come down to the House the Ho a Minister, determined to oppose the motion of „ t at. and Learned Member for Dublin : he had not tr 'Ned Lis pinion, and he should, therefore, vote y the amendment of the Hon. Member for the University at Oxford, of cries of ,I B e ar, hear.") were few things which, The , r re e ought to be me 'artfully in his opinion, 4 the guarded than the independence of the Judges. the Pesent itistance there wasinstance an additional- con tidetationi which to him personally was Nile • utamlenaoce of his own independence and elm still more dear thittroterr•--(Hear, Lear.) If the alleged facts were ee p ed rove t d o kid the C ommittee, the House must pro ro tein f the Crown to dismiss the Learned Judge. And 14u %! all those facts were proved, such . a proposition elttoe 44 to his opinion, be most inexpedient, and a. m . o n s! ,ts. Se thinking, as an honest man, and as dear to ; , : ti uhlke fehiottvever humble, whose character was he mropelled to give the most painful vote ie..", . er g i een in his life ; differing in it as lie d did from e n Wit' had long an tcted P . whom he so lion: -Ming, however, that the arguments of . the 4 , and Learned Member for Finsbury were__ entirely terettatible, thinking the proposition of the H 1614. ed Metuber for Dublin exceedingly dangerou tr o s, er . s e ati o s o trett.. ta . his own private judgment that there own boar .08 for further proceeding , he should betray . his ,elf if Is and character , and should never forgive hr. a Abiehtikuot discharge that exceedingly painful .utyt'thef on - re could acquit himself only by voting against IL% illation. kLoud cries of " Hedr.") as mu ch Rib • . 111j ME .."- u , surprised to find that the d L ue thte.ntmourahle Baronet had been so much F influenced dl e ech of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, for e a ) had e.!lconstitutional and Tory speech he (N r. H (lles r - ", er ,- heard since he bad a seat in that House.— he tin, ; :.' n ° a laugh.) Entertaining the opinion which oe,- %too, 6 14 , e i d of the conduct of the Learned Judge inqGo heti,- butittglot the course adopted by his Majesty's Go at there d id the great honour. It appeareclto him . l e , —sre te e . 11' otud h e - great room for inquiry , i t 4 win,P.rodUctive of the best effects, and would operate their laifris in g t o all Judges not to use the influence of Peter,. a " "tt i'lla for the purpose of spreading their to te --r Political Opinions. He repeated, that the course h i .1 by his „, . Billy L ena atesty's Government on this subject was M. R. u.,.., able to them, "'edam H U GHES could not consent to . consign this teti retterable Judge to the fury . el of re Order,,, of the agitators.— th e s b ,„ order. ) 114ditib4ti t v•• h A e 1( g !te a r saidfiery. a few words, but they were in !La:. 13.GitiS HUGHES, in common with the Right L . " co liar e -n w e b t ; w t ho had done himself so much honour by I j the u a r h e e -e u he had adopted, felt perfectly convinced a t Fina l " argolnents of the Hon. and Learned Member 4 rra r itr Y. The statements of the Hon. Member for of th r :" Proved that there was no foundation for that part I tle i, hoizerhsarge against Mr. Baron Smith which respecte d d As to the political opinions expressed by the osZ e `i d lid ge, they were directed against that agitation Wattle King' s speech declared ought to be put down. k,Ol they bring an individual to their bar for merely of thug a d ec l arat i on which was contained in the speech IBovereign ? t•si ti , d BANDON could not c once i ve anything more th em 'Oaf and discreditabl e to hi s M a j esty ' s Ministers than to u rao which they had taken, after having, according PaCt own statement, come down to the House pre- Pe ar li to r efuse the moti on . Wh a t ne w f acts h a d ap filleted, to induce th em to c h ange t h e i r i ntent i on ? It was Yesr:4that th e l earned and venerable Judge had for thirty hopi e ucen in the habit of coming into Court at late by h': 1 , 1%1 0 notice of it, however, had ever been taken tore,,';taiesty's Government, until now they suddenly taso - 1 round upon him, and, by so doing, proved their elitrr.'.uconsistency. Then with respect to his political the 4 17 b. W all not that all known before ? Was the as th ose ' h ,Pared to impeach any man on such pretences . a It % *- ni . lit had been set up against the Learned Jur ge , he Iteiteireeetett by all parties, and towards whom t a geedC:J ut tice would be perpetrated ir the motion were „ t old Jn t , -m ats ":"N RUSSELL, after the painful circum. heat A r Wh ich bad occurred during the evening, and the . di n , "' the discussion, should feel that he did not do his T he , ;ere h e , not shortly to state the grounds of his vote.. Ita ; ° lite Lord had said that it was discreditable to his toe",!'tra Ministers, having been prepared to refuse the Ite tt t "' i to change their intention and to agree to it. Moti:, his Right Ron . Friend had already observed, the for the' Itself was entirely altered. Instead of a motion removal of the Learned Judge, nankin fe ' • r. inquiry. For his it was now only a Part, although the charges ere certainly grave, yet they were not of such a nature 'a Would induce him (Lord J. th e y prayed, to join in an addresitsutsso ehllieltelvaejnesit•fytthoeryemwoevree : Learned Judeg. Still the charges were grave. What We re Wo o Y ? On the first, which related to late hours, he e i r ° . l l , l not detain the House, as it appeared that there were )ei'tiltatitances which went far in its extenuation. But s taud re* Pect to the second, who in that House would ki t' uP and say that the practice of a judge delivering mile eat opinions from the Bench was a laudable one? e et.luestiou Was simply, whether, by assenting h 1 4% 141 for a Committee of Inquiry, they should w e a d ffix ~Illi e h " a practice which ought not to be . encoura fo g r the go et-er ttw right (as in his opinion it was) . tet te 4e • t° censure as such a proceeding, or by refusing to en- . 4 1) 14 o h t i b . e Proposition of the Hon. and Learned Member Shoul d u o, and acceding to " the previous question," they boti e . d i ay that s uc h a pract i ce should b e passed over un lads .." So d uncond emne d, an d t h at f or t h e f uture t h e • sea o f 1 4 4 the land might indulge to any extent they chose, tt otio l t eiett 'A Political remark which, according to his Pat t i? was anything but suited to the dignity and im thill a ti lty of the judgment seat..—(Cheers.) The ques tlier, L 'eo before them was not, as he before stated, whe te,„'__ueY the course submitted to the House, they should t;710; Baron Smith, but whether, by the course submit- I N t he House, they should check that practice in Ire ten, Which every(soodnirLiti l ea - T o te e d d 1 4n En 1)4.0 . when ember gla °old severely reprehend if at .,Hear, hear.) An Hon: and G o nos Scarlett) had referred to a th_t_d the ...overntnent of the country bad called on trobJedges to assist them insuppressing the political no liseill Which prevailed. He k su n p e p w not what might have aiddi it t n it_ettght of such a course at that time, but this he foe u ws that to the period of the Fiench war—a period t al, e to a h t u rni serY and degredation—to that period, he for lle„'''' only look back with disgust and indignation— tion."4.-eitud continued cheering) —for never was pursecu ttediao re h eartless or more unjust—(Great cheering)- 4 rely e r ll° Ped the House and the country would ever and k dr eadful e'ulr o to draw their notions of Government from h e t ed, o , au era.—(Cheers)—an era, be it remem -4 4 4 p h en it whe at nly owing to the splendid energies ttPtivit--4ktoo t some of the most innocent and (C lres t of man kind escaped death on the scaffold.— teti ‘ats, eh th e ee v rin g.) He hoped that if they wanted pre eleos...( er w l ° old look to purer sources, and to better those , when Judges !le . : . n y o r t i l l o n e d t - h o i ef T l4 t t later periods it of making political harangues. An hot :),:altgawron.Urnbe;t3u;' Of td .P s de onl y on is e 1 2 . i . t , t 2 1 . stated, that if a Judge in England charge in any Court, and spoken there could not be found a man tni:f Practice euiind censure him. If this would be the case h , u g and is 14 ' 4 ' W "Yo he asked, should they not establish the trio L_lttlite, the Ireland o ) He hoped, that for ?—(Cheer' in both coun 6---stliet t , Same practice woul d prevail. v noi the course and administration of justice would ... "Ce n eithes tal Y t he a alne--snot one jot better here than there "'' t ' Put " nor mor impartial. (Continued cheers.) t efee; ° teat word ,‘ e " he feltit his duty briefly to that , Lord vulgar' het,' it the( . J. R. had, for one, man that went 4,2• re Mitt ii ,:e . of a Judge, the humblest as always considered the richest and h ' il !t eno oliw g' cl_ . n as high . a footing _ ' tallt of -u•--(Long continued cheering)—that they did o e t 141 „ invidietuhee superior wealth of the one or make odious C orr ; th at ,_ cOmments on the hapless poverty of the tll nvit nor l ' : 8 ce orMs p lgeoran des eration were neither se e guilt . o ught of, but that the only question was,. t 1"' the Judge°r moooenceof the party accused—the only object ._ -.lli and to administer right and justice with an even Preferred the4o his duty conscientiously.—(Cbeers.) He ll etl'ulai Ont r _ e _se e n u t . .co.urse to one which would involve of _. rt alder e d t he id give his vote cheerfully for inquiry, as f u 4 J.4dge With Prautice of mixing the personal politics . nu ttons ~.. ° the discharge of his high and responsible fro A tt i l r t V: l l3 ° l t ß o l u N f it e, it and pernicious.—(Cheers.) . vve , u o i te oc kz. could not be heard for some time, Ppos e fr " a toned by Members leaving the House. comment,' fro What followed,that the Hon. Member 1 1011 f bleeattl • se N o , ee • ore to , .tmg Government for departing in that ten:tined ; fore of action which they had previously Mr. LITTL E t he Hoe. °ll ros e r e 1 1 , Genti emaa . and, in explanation, said . that t 5 Y len from biro tenet have misunderstood what s this Subject w ' it e hT r • Littleton) had aconver • F. Sha w ) , i n ~ , I e Learned Recorder of Dublin °hoe the reeti o , w illeu he had certainly said he should sotsthou ? f w wch notice bad been given, though 11 )itli h a , , ePresaing his opinion that the conduct of Baron 4 la en reprehesible. And this be should have done if that motion had not since been materially altered. Let Hon. Members look to the Order Book, and they would there find the notice of ni ition was expressly for the "removal" of the Bat°r. Now, it was not until the conclusion of the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin that he a-c , stained the alteiarion ; for by his omission of that word " removal," he (Mr. Littleton's) views were altered, and he sv s most a•suredly absolved from any previous undertaking. The present motion was not for removal, which he would have opposed, but for in quiry, which he thought it his duty to support.—(Hear.) Mr. F. SHAW said the Right Hon. Secretary for Ire land had not stated all which passed between them, nor put the case quite fairly. He said the motion was then for " removal ;" hut he must pardon him if he replied that it was not so. The notice of the Hon. and Learned Mem ber for Dublin was to call the attention of the House to the charge of Baron Smith, u ith " a view," he admitted, to " removal."—(" Oh, oh !) The Right Hon. Secretary had certainly said that he should express his disapproba tion of the charge, but he also said he would not utter a word to wound the feelings of the Learned Judge. On this assurance he had written to the Baron.—(Great noise and confusion.) One fact more.—(Spoke, spoke!) Mr. LITTLETON said, as the matter was personal, he hoped the House would allow the Learned Recorder to proceed. Mr. SHAW said a few more words, which, from the cries of " Spoke, spoke !" were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. LITTLETON said he felt every respect personally for Baron Smith ; and, knowing his anxiety on this sub ject, he had told the Learned Recorder he could write to say the motion for removal would be opposed. But that motion was substantially different from the one before the House, which was merely for inquiry.—(" Spoke !" " Order !" and much confusion.) Mr. BARING resumed—lt did appear to him most strange that no two of the Ministers could be found to agree in their grounds of opposition to the amendment which bad been proposed. Now, in his opinion, no Go vernment could support any motion, unless they were pre pared to support such ulterior measures as might be deemed requisite. The Noble Lord (John Russell) had contended that there were grounds for inquiry, but not for expulsion ; but they could not find one Hon. Gentleman in the House to agree with any other on the natural ten dency and operation of the charges brought against the Baron. One was for zeal in the discharge of his duties, and the other could not even be entertained, according to his own opinion, till the charge delivered by the Learned Judge was laid before the House.—(Oh, oh.) Why, they would not condemn even a tide waiter at the Custom House without evidence of guilt being previously laid before them ; and would they treat a Judge worse than ano ther man ? One gentleman, to be sure, had read a scrap here, and another a scrap there, but otherwise, he, for one, was wholly ignorant of the nature of the offence com mitted by the Noble Baron. The House was called upon at once to condemn a Judge of the land without any evi dence being brought forward, or any of the usual forms of proceeding being adhered to. If the House consented to any such proceeding, he would only look upon it as a base abandonment of the Judges of the land—(Laughter, and " Oh, oh !")—and it would be like giving a notice to the people of Ireland that the great Agitator was their master, and that the Government did not possess the power of resisting his efforts.—(Laughter.) He felt satisfied, if the question had not been treated as a party one—(Great laughter)—there would not have been found ten men who would have agreed in the sentiments so manfully and honourably avowed by the Right Hon. Ba ronet the First Lord of the Admiralty. An How. MEMBER (name unknown) said that the concluding paragraphs in the Royal speech had given the greatest delight in Leland, and been responded to by thousands—(Confusion)—but in proportion as their hopes had been high their disappointment would be greater, when they found the first practical proof which the House was likely to give of their real sentiments. Mr. Secretary STANLEY would just state, that three or four days ago he received a letter from Baron Smith, begging to know the course which he should feel it his duty to pursue in regard to the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, and he stated to him in reply that he was wholly ignorant of the extent of the charges which would be brought against him—that he felt they must be very strong to justify his removal from the Bench, but that before he had heard the charges be must beg to decline giving any other answer than this, that on hearing what could be brought against him, he would decide strictly and justly on the simple merits of the case.— (Hear, hear.) He had that evening heard the case, and though he did not think it sufficiently strong to require his removal from the Bench, he did think it was of such a character as to justify and require investigation. He was not influenced in his vote either by Government or by party, but solely by the substantial justice of the case. Mr. BARRON said the majority of the gentry of Ire land were favourable to an investigation of the case, and if it were refused, they would have no confidence in the justice of that House. In fact such' refusal would give a fatal blow to the connexion between England and Ireland, —(Oh! and laughter.) He hoped the House would chcide the question on its real merits, and not be led away from tl e path of justice because of the political bias of the Hon. and Learned Member who had introduced the motion. Mr. O'CONNELL (the calls being loud and general) rose to reply, assuring the House be would be brief in his remarks. He would wish to bring back the attention of Hon. Members to the true position of the case. He had not moved for an impeachment, or, in other words, for removal ; for be felt that such a course would be opposed, and successfully too. He asked not for condemnation, but simply for inquiry; and this on two grounds : first, for neglect of duty ; and next, for abuse of duty, in mixing up with the performance of it political partisan. ship. He asked for inquiry, because Baron Smith, a Judge of the land, was a partisan ; because he was not an impartial arbiter, or, at all events, was not looked on as such ; because the people would suspect that the sources of justice were not clear—its administration not even-handed. He did it that the law should be respected —above all taint—and above all suspicion. Here was an absolute partisan, in a situation which empowered him to adjudicate on the lives and properties of thousands, and on their opinions, he having previously made up his mind and condemned them. How was it they could be so una nimous when coercion was talked of, and that when justice was asked for there should be a mutiny ? Should it be said in Ireland, that when coercion was asked for, Ministers could at once take the House along with them ; but when the theme was justice, they were deserted by them? He did not mean to say they would negative his motion. He believed they would not ; all he meant to say was, that if they did refuse inquiry, both these deductions would be the natural result—that when Ireland was to he coerced Ministers were unanimous, but when a partisan Judge's conduct was to be inquired into, the noble feelings of the heart were found to obscure the judgment—(Laughter)— and the House sided against the people.—(No, no.) Well, then, all he demanded was a full, fair, and impartial inquiry ; give him that inquiry, and he promised to sub stantiate his charges. Let them, however, pause in the nomination of the Committee till to-morrow—(Hear, hear)—give him a fair Committee for a fair and deliberate inquiry—he asked no more. The defence set up against him was, that he proved too much. The Learned Baron, it appeared, had been in the habit of sitting at unseasonable hours for many years. Was that a reason he should con tinue a practice inconvenient, and in many cases in jurious to the ends of justice? One of the constitu ents of the Noble Lord (Sandon) who had lately ad. dressed the House, a merchant of Liverpool, went over to attend a trial in Dublin—returned without attaining the object he had in view, and was compelled again to visit the Irish capital, to the great injury of his business, in consequence of the late sittings of the Learned Baron, It had been stated that it was the habit of Irish Judges, going circuit, to go into Court late in the morning. This he denied : it was their invariable practice to take their seats on the Bench at nine o'clock. If such was not the fact, why were not the parallel cases of other Learned Judges quoted, and the House asked how it could punish Baron Smith, when other Judges were equally guilty ? They were, however, not so. His was the isolated case ; he it was whose conduct bad justly been brought under the consideration of Parliament. Mr. Sergeant Perrin had obtained an order, and it was his intention last session to have proceeded on i:, if it (the session) had con tinued long enough for the purpose be had in view. He was now unavoidably detained in Ireland, which was the teason he was not the mover of the resolution which be (Mr. O'Connell) had the honour of introducing that even ing. The Hon. and Gallant Member for Armagh had made statements which he was bound to believe—for he would most willingly give credence to all which he asserted had passed under his observation—but, in contradiction to his high authority, he would maintain that a prisoner was forced on his trial at an unseasonable hour. Mr. SHAW—No. Mr. O'CONNELL—WeII, he was put on his trial against his will—(Much laughter)—which reminded hint of the one hundred and fifty recruits, who, when they were observed marching handcuffed, the in•- gluirer was told, with much naivete, by the sergeant in command, they were only volunteers, on their way to join theirregiment.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was told triumphantly he had not accused the Learned Baron 0( any other want of incompetence in the discharge of his judicial functions. True, be bad not impeached him ; but if so, he had not eulogised him. He had never said he was an erudite Judge. Baron Smith was never a lawyer of eminence. He never had practice when at the bar, and he believed that was a me criterion to judge of the merits of the barrister. He did not taunt the Baron with this. No; he went on stronger and more stable grounds; he made out a case for inquiry; he demanded it upon the principle of just dealing ; having obtained it, he would not disguise from the House that he intended to go further.—(Hear, from the Opposition Benches.) It was said Baron Smith pointedly alluded to him ; he did not do so ; 'he was re markably forbearing towards him—(Lau4.hter)—but he did that that could never be forgotten. He made a poli tical harangue, when nothing was to be said—he declared he - sounded the tocsin when the nation was to he warned. He did more—he sought to revive and re-animate religious dissensions. He hallooed the Protestant against the Ca thole—this was the grnvamen of his (Mr. O'Connell's) charge; it might obtain Baron Smith partisans out of Par liament, but within its walls he did not think any one could stand up to justify it. Could the Learned Sergeant, the Member for Finsbury, with what ought to be the dig nity and majesty of the Bench before his mind, contend that such was not prostrating and lowering that ermine that should ever be pure and undefiled ? Was the justi fication to be found in the charges from the judicial seat when French principles were rife, and Judges were re quested to aid the executioner in staying their march, or in the charge of Mr. Justice Bayley in praise of the national debt ?—(Hear, hear.) If inquiry be not granted, what security have you that the peasantry will seek for a justice in a Court, which they may assert is presided over by a partisan opposed to them in politics? In conclusion, said Mr. O'Connell, I demand inquiry on grounds I defy my opponents to contravene—l ask it for the purification of the ermine—l demand it in vindication of the judicial character, for the sake of the Judge, who ought to be an abstract being of law and reason—l call upon you togrant my prayer in the name of justice and the Irish people.— ( Hear, hear.) Lord TULLAMORE rose amidst cries of " Question," and was for some time inaudible in the gallery; when we could collect the purport of his words, we understood his Lordship to say, that the bonds of personal regard united him to the Learned Baron, and he should be guilty of a dere:iction of duty if he did not grapple with some of the charges made against that distinguished individual.— (Cries of " Question, question.") The Noble Lord pro ceeded, amid much interruption, to state some facts rela tive to Baron Smith's judicial interview with the Louth and Monaghan Grand Juries, which were highly comp& tnentary to the Baron. The Noble Lord next went on to animadvert upon what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Waterford (Mr. Barron), who contended, that if a Judge on the liberal side bad made extra judicial charges, his conduct would not have passed unnoticed by the House. What, said Lord Tullamore, has the charge of Mr. Justice Fletcher to the Grand Jury of the county Wexford in 1814 been forgotten ? That was a political harangue of a tendency not to he mistaken, yet was there a motion made in Parliament for inquiries? No such thing. The Government of that day thought public opinion the best corrective, and they were not disappointed. The Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies had stated, if there was agitation in the county in which the Commission was opened, the Judge was justified in raising his warning voice from the bench. He thanked the Right Hon. Gen- tleman for the admission ; true, there was - no crime of a political nature in the Dublin calendar; but, then, in a neighbouring county, Kildare, forty thousand persons were told by an almost a King's Counsel, upon the verge of the Bench, of the enormity of Saxon rule, of the rule of those who had levelled their churches and desecrated their altars. The Noble Lord concluded by expressing his determination to vote against the motion. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers were— AyeB. Noes. Majority 93 On our readmission, we found Sir RONALD FER GUSON on his legs, moving for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent bribery in the borough of Warwick. The Hon. and Gallant Member went into a series of statements proved before the Committee, which went to maintain that bribery and treating existed before and after the election, and on the very day of polling. The Committee felt the case so strong that they empowered him to call for a new Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Lord Lieu tenant of the county. The Hon. and Gallant Member then proceeded to make his motion, which was agreed to, and the BM brought in. Mr. HUME, accordin, to notice, moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the establishment of the Trinity House for England, the Commissioners for Northern Lights in Scotland, and the Ballast Board for Ireland, as regards the Light Houses of the United Kingdom, under their respective charges, and the receipts and expenditure for the same; also, as regards the duties collected, and the receipts and expenditure for light houses in the manage nient of other public bodies and private individuals in the United Kingdom. An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, spoke from the Ministerial side:of the House in favour of Mr. Hume's motion, which, he said, anticipated one he intended making in respect to Scotland. Motion agreed to. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. _ . . Mr. BENETT moved for leave to bring in a " Bill to deprive the freemen of Liverpool of the privilege of voting at elections for Members of Parliament." The circumstances relative to the case of the borough of Liverpool had been _ _ already so often and so fully detailed, that he need not go into them at present. He had, however, he considered, the authority of a Committee of that House to justify him in making the present motion. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by reading one or two extracts of the evidence given before the Committee. Mr. WASON seconded the motion. Lord SANDON said be should follow the example of the Hon. Mover, and refrain, for the present, from enter ing into the details of, the cases. He should reserve his observations for a future occasion, as he should be able to make them to greater advantage when the Bill had ar rived to a more advanced stage.—Leave given. Mr. CHETWYND moved for a return of the number of houses and tenements of the annual value of 101. and upwards, within the towns of Eccleshall and Stone, in the county of Stafford.—Agreed to. GENERAL POST-OFFICE. Mr. WALLACE moved for a return showing whether any and what charges have been made is the establish ment of the Post.office, as proposed in detail in the sche• • - dules annexed to the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st reports of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry. He hoped that there would be no objection on the part of the Go vernment to order the return to be laid on the table of the House. Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion. Mr. V. SMITH objected to the return being made, since it would be impossible to carry into effect the re commendations of the Commissioners contained therein. Besides, without delay, returns respecting the present ad ministration of the establishment would be laid before the House, and then they would be enabled to see, by com parison of the schedules of the Commissioners already al luded to, with the returns that were about to be made, that the:present administration of the Post-office establish ment was more economical than that recommended by the Commissioners would be. It would be found by this com parison, that even in the heads of the department there was a reduction of 1,500/. per annum more than would have taken place according to the suggestions of the Com missioners. In fact, the suggestions of the Commissioners were not to be relied on, since they took so little pains about their inquiry, that they had not even gone over the Post-office establishment. If the Hon. Member persisted in his motion, he should move by way of amendment, for a return of the principal improvements that had taken place during the last three years in the Post-office esta blishment, and for a comparative statement of the present expenses of the establishment to that which they would be, according to the alterations recommended in the schedules aosexeci to the Commissioners' reports. Mr. WARBURTON said, that the Hon. Member for Greenock moved for the papers in question, in order to be prepared for the general discussion that was soon to come l on with respect to the Post-office establishment generally. Lord ALTHORP—The Hon. Gentleman said, that one of the objects in making the present motion was to have those papers before the general question came on. The returns moved for by the Hon. Member for Greenock would be laid before the House before the time of the get. neral discussion would come on. His Hon. Friend (Mr. V. Smith) had not only moved for a return of the ex penses of the present establishment, but also for,tl com plete statement of the expenses that would be caused by the adoption of the alterations suggested by the Commis sioners. There was no doubt but the recommendation of the Commissioners were not founded upon proper inquiry, and that they would be found utterly impracticable and expensive—and this was for him a sufficient motive to support the amendment of his Hon. Friend. Mr. G. F. YOUNG—Unless the general inquiry was postponed it was not inconsistent to require the original return moved for to be granted. Mr. HUME supported the motion for the return, and regretted that the Government of this country had refused the advances made to them by the French Government respecting facilitating Post•off'ice communications between the two countries. He thought the House ought never to stop until it was known what had been done respecting the recommendations of a Commission that had cost the country no less than 30,0001. He contended that the expense of the present Post-office establishment had gene rally increased, while the revenues.in many departments of the establishment, through mismanagement, had decreased. Mr. STANLEY—The Hon. Gentleman who has just sat down has not spoken a syllable to the subject. What he had said seemtd to be a preface to the general attack that was about to be made on the present Pest office establishment ; but he did not doubt but that when that attack was made, his Hon. Friend would be able to defend himself and the administration of the establishment. Be sides, Hon. Gentlemen opposite would find, upon inquiry, that instsad of standing still, improvements had been made in the Post-office establishment of which they had no idea. It was strange that the Hon. Member for Middlesex should complain of a decrease in the Post-office revenues, when he himself had admitted that its administration ought not to be muse a matter of revenue but a matter of accotnmo dation. Now if it were to be made a matter of accommo dation, the necessary consequence was that there must be a decrease of revenue. For his own part, he did not ob kt to having the fullest information given on the subject; his objection was to the mode in which the information was asked for. After a few words from Mr. H. HUGHES and Mr. WALLACE, the amendment proposed by Mr. VERNON SMITH was agreed to. Mr. WALLACE then moved I,r a copy of further evidence taken by the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry respecting the Post-office Dopartment ; also, any draft of a report by said Commissioners and transmitted by them to the Treasury, on the expiration of the Commission. Mr. VERNON SMITH objected to the second return moved for, since it could give neither the Hou. Gentleman nor the House any specific information. If it existed, it was a loose, unconnected draft, and he believed that no fair and useful report of the kind had been sent in by the Commissioners to the Treasury. The Hon. Mover must allude to a rough report that had not been received officially. Mr. WALLACE begged, however, to be allowed to have a sight of this draft, if it was in existence. Mr. VERNON SMITH—If the Hon. Gentleman con sents to psotpone his motion, the draft shall be looked for. The motion was then postponed. Sir RONALD FERGUSON brought up a Bill to dis franchise the borough of Warwick. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday, the 26th inst. . . Mr. G. F. YOUNG had a question to put to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. P. Thomson), in conse quence of an answer of the Right Hen. Gentleman to a question put to him last night by the Hon. Member for Liverpool. The question related to certain Orders in Council, to be issued with respect to ttae China shipping trade. From the Right Hon. Gentleman's answer, nothing distinct could be gathered more than that the sub ject was under the consideration of the First Lord of the who was at present in communication with persons con nected with that trade. He thought the question was one which rather came under the department of the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. P. THOMSON sad that, with reference to what took place yesterday, if the Hon. Member for Liverpool had given him private intimation of the question he was about to ask, he would have been prepared with a more distinct answer. It was neeessaay to have some delay to give a positive and explicit answer on the subject. He repeated that the matter was at present under considera tion, and he hoped to be able, probably in a day or two, to give the information that was asked of him, and be begged to assure the Hon. Member that the Noble Lord Treasury, at the head of his Majesty's Government would pay the same proper attention to the shipping interests that Ise paid to the general commercial interests of the country. In one or two days he hoped to be able to satisfy the Hon. Member that such really was the fact. Mr. S. RICE brought up the report of the Committee of Supply, which was received, and its resolutions agreed to. Mr. S. BENETT brought up a Bill to deprive the free men of Liverpool of the privilege of voting at elections for Members of Parliament. Read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time on Wednesday, the 26th inst. The House adjourned at one o'clock. LIST OF THE MINORITY AGAINST MR. O'CONNELL'S MOTION For a Committee to inquire into the Judicial Conduct of Baron Agnew_, Sir A. Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Baillie, J. E. Bankes, W. Baring, A. Baring, H. B. Barnard, E. G. Bentinck, Lord G. Blackstone, W. S. Browne, D. Bruce, Lord E. Chapman, A. Christmas, W. Cripps, J. Curteis, H. B. Dalmeny, Lord Dykes, F. L. Evans, G. Ewing, J. Fleetwood, H. Forster, C. Graham, SirJ. R. G. Grimston, Lord Halcombe, J. Halford, H. Smith. Hanmer, Sir J. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, J. Hay, Sir J. Hayes, Sir E. Henniker, Lord Hope, H. T. Hotham, Lord Hughes, H. Ingham, R. lrton, J. Jones, T. Johnstone, A. Johnstone, Sir J. V. King, E. B. Lopez, Sir R. Lygon, Colonel Moreton, A. H. Peel, Sir R. Pigot, R. Plumptre, J. P. Reid, Sir J. R. Rice, T. S. Rickford, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robinson, G. R. Ryle, J. Sandon, Lord Scarlett, Sir James Sharpe, General Sinclair, G. Spankie, Sergeant Tullamore, Lord Tyrrell, Sir J. Verner, W. Villiers, Lord Vyvyan, Sir R. Wall, B. Williams, W. A. Welby, G. E. Willoughby, Sir H. Wood, Colonel T. Yorke, J. Young. G.T. Young, J. TELLERS. Shaw, F. Inglis, Sir R. H. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The Romney troop ship has had about 700 sol diers on board for upwards of three months, embarked for Cork. She came in here about three weeks ago from stress of weather. By some unaccounted-for delay she did not sail from here when other vessels went away ; as a proof, two transports, the Orestes and another, reached their destination (Cork) a fortnight ago, and have again sailed for the West Indies with a regiment on board, the 76th. lam informed that the saving and emoluments of the commander (a Master in the Navy), from being also the purser, are fully equal to 41. per day, on the issue of provisions to 700 souls. The Romney, after losing twenty-four hours of fair wind, sailed yesterday evening, and will very probably have to return again, the wind being now all from the westward. The Andromache frigate was kept waiting here for a fortnight, to take Lord Napier to China ; the reason was that there was no cable in this dock.yard fit for her, and she accordingly had to wait for the arrival of a vessel that had left Woolwich six weeks with a cable. Ido not wi ,, h to complain ; but this is not right. You will oblige several of your constant readers here if you will give this a place in The Son. A CONSTANT READER OF THE SUN. Plymouth, Feb. 10, 1834. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland is on his way from Dublin to attend his Parliamentary duties. The Bishop of Derry (brother to the Countess Grey and to Lord Ponsonby) has arrived in town from the Palace at Derry, to take his seat as one of the Irish Representative Prelates. This is the first time his Lordship has sat in Parliament since his translation to the enormously wealthy see of Derry. NEW WORKS.—Just published by Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty : A RESIDENCE in the WEST INDIES and AMERICA By Lieut.• Colonel ST. CLAIR. 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Plates. " Full of interest and adventure."—Monthly Review. H. NAVAL ADVENTURES. By Lieut. W. BOWERS, R. N. " A repetition of the daring enterprises and wild ro mantic adventures which characterized the voyages of the early navigators in the South Seas."—Times. 111. HORACE WALPOLE'S LETTERS to SIR HORACE MANN. Edited by Lord DOVER. 3 vols. Bvo., with fine Portrait. " The most interesting correspondence of Walpole's that as yet has appeared."—Gentleman's Magazine. Iv. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MADAME JUNOT. 6 vols. Bye. , 4 We recommend these volumes to attention."—Quar• terly Review. CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S LIFE OF A SAILOR. New Edition, revised and corrected, 3 vols. " A most animated, graphic, and life-like picture of maritime adventure."—Scotsman. VI. LIFE of SIR DAVID BAIRD. By T. HOOK, Esq. New Edition, revised and corrected, 2 vols., tine Portrait. " Abounding in descriptions of the most perilous ad venture and enterprise."—Morning Herald. VII. CAPTAIN ALEXANDER'S TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES. 2 vols. " A pleasanter book it would be difficult to find."— Examiner. As a proof of the singular mildness of the season, both peas and beans may be seen in blossom in a market garden at lsleworth : and at Bristol market last week gooseberries were exhibited for sale. LEWES MARKET.—Jan, H. Beef 35.6 d. to 4s. 4d. I Veal 4s Bd. to 43. 4 d lntton 4 4 5 4 3 8 4 2 A moderate supply ; trade with the primest Beef and Mutton rather brisk, but otherwise dull. DUNGARVAN, FEB. B.—The election for this town commences on Wednesday next, the 12th, at 10 o'clock. Last night about 3 o'clock t.vo persons on horseback rode through the town with stones in their pockets, and broke the windows of four persons for having promised to vote for Mr. Barron. A large reward has been offered for the prosecution of the persons who com mitted this outrage. The Magistrates and Mr. Crossley, who is a most active Chief Constable, are using every ex ertion to bring them to justice. Not a soldier in town, and only a few police. —Cork Evening Herald. On Tuesday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, the neighbourhood of Bayswater and . the Uxbridge road was thrown into a state of considerable excitement by a perfect human skeleton being discovered buried in the garden grounds of Mr. English, florist and nurseryman there. It appears that some workmen were excavating the foundation of a hothouse, when one of them hit his pick-axe against a hard substance, which emitted a hollow sound. On clearing away the earth, he found that be had struck the point of his axe through the top part of a hu man skull, and, on searching further, the remaining parts of the skeleton were discovered ; they were lying horizon tally, at the depth of about two feet and a half from the surface, and from their position it would seem the body had been carefully buried. From the appearance of the bones, it is concluded they must have been interred for upwards of twenty-five years, and, indeed, the ground, to the knowledge of the present occupier of the premises, has not been disturbed during that time. The screw-end of the ramrod of a pistol was found stuck in the inside of the top of the skull, while all the underneath portions of the bones of the head are destroyed, as if a pistol had been placed under the chin, and discharged in a straight line upwards to the roof of the skull. The skeleton was im mediately taken charge of by the parochial authorities, and notice was sent to the Coroner to hold an inquest. OYSTER POACHERS.—CAPTURE OF BOATS. —On Saturday morning last, a number of boats belong ing to Prestonpans and Cockenzie were observed dredging on the Newhaven oyster bank. The fishermen belong ing to the latter place contrived to procure the assistance of the Dart steamer, and with it and their own boats gave chace to the poachers, five of whose boats, with their crews and apparatus, they succeeded in capturing and bringing to Newhaven. The boats were secured in the harbour, and the dredging apparatus safely lodged with Mr. Pattison of the Peacock Inn. As the Newhaven fishermen have the oyster scalps from the city of Edinburgh, it will likely become a question of legal investigation whe ther any others have a right to fish upon them. By the capture of the transgressors, the Newhaven men have in the mean time decided this question in the negative.— Edinburgh Advertiser. APPREHENSION OF A NOTORIOUS SHEEP STEALER.-At the Surrey Sessions, Newington, last week, a man named John Miller, well known as the associate of a most desperate gang of sheep-stealers in the county of Surrey, was tried for sheep-stealing, but acquitted upon that indictment, under the direction of R. Hedger, Esq., the Chairman, there being no direct evidence of the fact against him, but detained in order that a fresh bill might be preferred as a particeps criminis, the carcases of seve ral sheep being found in his house, divested of their skins. A true bill was found, the prisoner was pronounced guilty, and the Court sentenced him to 14 years' transportation. Since his conviction, the wife, in the hope of a commu tation of the sentence, waited upon Mr. Charles Kimpton, Headborough of Leatherhead, and informed him of the whole facts connected with the charge against her husband, and through her disclosure implicated others. Amongst them was the ringleader of the gang, and terror of the farmers, William Faulkner. Kimpton having satisfied himself of the truth of the woman's statement, procured a warrant against Faulkner, came up to London on Wed nesday evening, and after discovering his haunt, applied to inspector Wilkinson, division M, Southwark Bridge road, and requested the assistance of an intelligent and efficient officer to aid him in the capture of Faulkner. Acting inspector M'Craw was selected for the purpose, and be proceeded to the residence of Faulkner, in Raven and Sun-yard, Bermondsey, and finding there would be some difficulty in obtaining an entrance to the house, they got a sailor lad to take a letter, instructing him, if sny one answered to the knock, to say he had got a letter from Jack Miller, who was in Horsemonger.lane gaol, and was about to be sent out of the country forthwith, and required an instant answer. This plan was successful ; the door was opened, and the officers obtained an entrance, and having secured the doors, proceeded to search the house. All the rooms were empty except one: on entering it, it was filled with smoke. M'Craw and Kimpton made their way to the fire-place, and, upon putting their arms up the chimney, they felt the legs of a man. They pulled him down, and it turned out to he the person they were in pursuit of. While they were endeavouring to secure Faulkner, a dog (such as used by drovers) rushed in to his master's assistance. Kimpton instantly recognised it as Faulkner's, and secured that also, and conveyed both to the station-house. When they arrived there the dog's mouth was examined, when it appeared that the teeth of the animal had been filed flat, so that be could worry sheep without lacerating them, and thereby drive them into any corner of a field his master instructed him, where they generally slaughtered, and afterwards removed tb , an ; nor would anything make the dog bark, however provoked, when in the station-house, so well had be been trained. Kimpton, after having well secured his pri soner, returned on Wednesday (yesterday), to Leather head, and it is believed the apprehension of Faulkner will lead to the discovery of others of the gang. THE MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Feb. 7, It:31, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors the different Citl f S and Towns in England . „ and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat—......4Bs, 1 Id.' Oats 15 , .. 3,1 I 31s. 10d. Barley ~7s 311 Rye .—......... 325. 4d Pease—...... 365. 3d. 111 PE RIAL AGG REG ATE AYE RAGES OF TII E SIX WEEKS PRECEDING, Wheat«.,.....495. Of. Oats 18s. 61.1 325, sd. 10d I Rye 31. Q. I 375. Od. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat.-- 375. Bcl.l Oats 19s. 9d.1 Beans....— 21s. 3d. Barley 4d.i Rye 225. 9d.1 14s. Od, k; , IUNTRY CORN MARKEI'S DURING THE WEEK. NN heat. Barley. Oats. Be. ns. Per quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. Illandford . 53 27 22 38 Brigg 4O 58 36 40 15 22 30 35 Cambridge - 48 26 15 28 Chard Huntingdon 58 63 23 28 14 19 26 33 Long Sutton.— 56 64 17 22 32 35 Louth 4B 54 28 32 18 22 40 42 Lynn 5O 60 22 25 16 20 32 31 Niewark 57 60 29 40 16 22 37 40 Nottingham 46 51 29 33 IS 24 32 42 Peterborough 38 48 25 29 13 21 36 l'iymouth —.—..... 50 64 30 34 20 23 Pontefract 67 43 27 43 Sleaford Uppinghain 42 47 28 32 22 26 36 38 Wisbech 148 62 20 33 14 22 30 35 LEEDS CORN MARKET. Nheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. - York. and Lincoln. 60113." Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ---- Grinding Beans 63lb. .—Feb. 11. 40s. to 575.1 355. t 0 545. eA 28s. to 395 . 275. to 345. 225. to 235. 235. to 355. g 18s. to 225. : 1 :ng. 9ci to 10y,d. per st. 225. to 255. per load. rn, —l. to —l. per last Oats, Potatoe —lllealing, For. 12d. to 13d S elling Rapeseed, English, 2.5/ to 271 Foreij LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Feb. II ‘VfIEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red Scotch, Welch, and Maux Irish, White 7 2 7 6 ---- Red 6 0 6 6 Foreign 7 6 8 0 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 7 2 11 Irish Foreign 2 6 2 7 BARLEY, English,'Malting, per Imp. quarter 32 0 34 0 Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. Feeding 3 4 3 6 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 34 6 41 0 Irish, &c. Foreign . . PEASE, English , per Imperial quarter 42 0 44 0 - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 4l 0 43 0 - Irish 'l5 0 42 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 2l 6 23 6 INDIAN CORN, per 440.1 b. i t Y E, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Feb. 10. Wheat. Oats. I.l3arley Flour. Oatmeal. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I Foreign, Brls.llrish, &e. Scks.l Loads 7,658 5,073 , 1,965 52L ' I 7,471 1,629 SOU MALL MARKET.—Feb. 12. In this day's market, which exhibited a - Moderately good supply throughout, and was rather numerously attended by buyers, each kind of prime meat met with a steady, inferior sorts with a very dull sale, at the following prices per stone of Rib. to sink the offals . _ 3s. 4.1. to 45.4 d. 4s. £d. to ss. Bd. I Mutton 4 0 5 0 3 6 4 4 The foregoing quotations are Beef 2d. per stone dearer than on this day se'nnight ; prices of Mutton, Veal, and Pork, sta tionary. Beasts, 562; Sheep, 1 828; Calves, 39; Pigs, 47. A small portion of the supply left the market unsold RKET.—Feb. 11. RUMFORD MA s. d. tog. d. v. d. s. d. Beef 3 2 4 2 i Veal Mutton 3lO 410 Pork Suckling Calves, Its. to 30s. ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s. to 18s. Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 101. to 15/. 15s. . . . , Supply moderate, and trade wi but otherwise dull. 'ith prime - meat somewhat brisk, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 14. (Before Lord LTNDH U UST and a Special Jury ) COLBURN ?ATMORE. Mr. FOLLETT stated the case. This was an action to recover compensation for the injury which the plaintiff sustained in consequence of A libel which appeared in the Court Journal, of which the defendant W,IR editor. Mr. C lburn, well known as an extensive publisher, estahlished the Curt Journal in 1829. Shortly afterwards the defendant was appointed editor of it ; but, after some time, in consequence of a disagreement between them, be ceased to he editor, and, in the spring of 1831, an agree ment was entered into between them that the defendant should contribute articles towards the New Monthly ,Ifayazine, and receive six guineas a week for 12 months. This agreement was entered into in May. In the Oetotp-r following, in consequence of a vacancy having ..ecurred in the editorship of the Court Journal, the parties entered into ano th er ag r e ement whereby the defendant undertook the various duties of editor if the Court Journal from the 12th of November f, llowing, and devote all his time towards that object, except such hours as were required to edit the County Press, a weekly newspaper, of which he had then been editor. He undertook to prepare the Court Journal for the press, with due diligence, and to the satisfaction of the plaintiff, and to supply one original article weekly, for which be was to receive 101. a week, payable quarterly. It was also part of the agreement that political controversy or party politics should form no part of that journal, and, of course, the plaintiff was anxious to avoid all libels of a personal nature. In January, 1832, a paragraph appeared in that journal, reflecting on the character of the Duchess of Richmond, representing that she had eloped with an officer of the Guards. From the Court Journal it was copied into several newspapers ; and, as the pro prietors of such publications were responsible, both ci , villy and criminally, for whatever appeared in thern, a rule for a criminal information, at the instance of the Duke of Richmond, was made absolute against Mr. Colburn, whereby he was sentenced to pay a floe of 100/. td the King, besides costs, which amounted to 93/. That libel was printed from the manuscript of the defendant. The excuse which he advanced for it was, that he had received it from a Mr. Merle, who had been engaged by Mr. Col burn to furnish articles for the Court Journal. But Mr. Merle did not send the article in question as news or fot insertion; be merely sent it as a rumour to Mr. Patmore in a letter, containing paragraphs for publication, and that paragraph was headed private to distinguish it from the rest. As the plaintiff had put confidence in the defendant, and paid him liberally for his services, he had a right to expect care, attention, and proper management from him ; and as he bad incurred damages by the fine and costs, through the mismanagement of the defendant, he had a right to be indemnified. Wm. Thomas was publisher of the Court Journal. Heard the plaintiff cautioning the defendant to be careful about inserting any libels in that paper. Mr. Merle had been three or four years in the habit of contributing political articles to the Court Journal. Always sent them to Mr. Patmore. On the Friday even ing before the publication of the Court Journal he sent a letter to him, containing this paragraph—" I suppose you • have heard the rumour of the unfortunate Duchess of Richmond. I heard that she has eloped with a Captain of the Guards. I fear that there is too much reason to believe that it is true." This was headed private, which implied that it was not intended for publication. Some time after the publication I saw the defendant, who said what a scrape you have brought me into. I replied you had no business to publish the paragraph ; it was headed private, which implied that it was not intended for publi cation. Mr. Patmore replied that he did not blame me. I failed in dissuading the Duke of Richmond from pro secuting. Cross-examined—Heard the rumour contained in the saragraph from a person of high respectability on the day I sent it to the defendant. I should not insert the para graph in question if it had been sent to me, without pre viously ascertaining the truth of it, particularly in the present state of the law of libel. Lord LYNDHURST—Without reference to the law of libel, you should not publish such a calumny without .atisfactory grounds. Mr. Merle—Certainly not, unless it greatly interested ru l e public. I was then editor of the Courier, and did not insert the paragraph in it. Mr. LEE submitted that the plaintiff should be non suited, as it appeared from the record put in that the plain tiff had been guilty of a criminal act, for which be was tined. The Jury, having deliberated for a short time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1931. Lord LYNDHURST reserved leave for Mr. Lea to move o enter a nonsuit. PATMORE V. COLBURN. Mr. PETERSDORFF opened the pleadings. Mr. LEA, stated the case.—This was an action to re cover the sum of 207/. 125., being a balance claimed by the plaintiff for literary services done for the defendant, under a contract entered into between them on the 28th of May, 1831, whereby they agreed that the plaintiff was to perform various literary works to be thereafter indicated, for the New !fonthly Magazine, fur which he was to receive six guineas per week ; and, in case the plaintiff should not perform his engagement by not contributing towards the New Monthly Magazine an equivalent to six guineas a week, the matter was to be referred to two indifferent literary persons. The agreement W3B binding on both parties for twelve months.— Tne plaintiff continued to discharge his duties, pursuant to the above agreement, until October, 1831, when a vacancy having occurred in the editorship of the Court Journal, the parties entered into another agreement, whereby the plaintiff undertook the various duties of editor of the Court Journal (to commence on or before the 12th of November following) and to devote all his time Ind attention to the said publication, except the hours he had already engaged to devote to the superintendence of th e Hertford County Press. This agreement was to hind both parties fur a year from that period, and the plaintiff was to receive 101. a week payable quarterly, as a compensation for his services. The plaintiff continued editor pursuant to the last agreement until January,lB33, when he was dismissed in consequence of the libel against the Duchess of Richmond. While he continued to edit the Court Journal, he occasionally performed works for the New Monthly, at the request of the defendant ; and the real question in the present action was, whether he was entitled to receive six guineas a week from November,lls3l, when he commenced to edit the Court Journal, until May, 1832, pursuant to the first agreement. The defendant paid 311. 14s. into Court, so that the sum in dispute as 1771. The Jury having heard evidence, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1771. PATMORE V. COLBURN. We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn intends im mediately to move for a new trial in this cause. CAUTION TO INNKEEPERS AND THE PUB- Lic.—A person calling himself Pemberton, aged 25 or 26, representing himself to be a traveller in the iron trade, has been at various places (Derby, Burton-on-Trent, and Unculn), and from whence, after incurring a bill at the inns, he has decamped without paying. There is a strong suspicion that at Lincoln he attempted other proceedings at the Saracen's Head Inn, the waiter's drawers in his bed-room being forced open, and eleven shillings stolen therefrom. It is a singular circumstance that this money is marked with the letters W. V., and numbered. This took place on Sunday last about three o'clock, and he went away immediately afterwards. He stands 5 feet S inches, dark complexion, prominent nose and chin, thin visage, dark whiskers, slender in figure, slightly marked with the small-pox, and a small scar or other mark on one cheek ; is dressed in black coat and waistcoat, and dark grey trousers. He had leeches applied to the right foot at Lincoln. At the Sheriffs' Court, in Red Lion-square, Wednesday, au action was brought by a fashionable tailor against an auctioneer's apprentice, to recover 41. IU for work and labour done in making him a pair of trous:rs with " silk linings and padded calves I" It was stated, in evidence, that the thin-legged and very hopeful ap prentice was only in his sixteenth year ; and his frittds resisted the claim on the ground of his minority, and that the padded trousers were not necessary for him. The Jury, however (having viewed the lad's legs, probably), returned a verdict for the tailor for the full amount. ABSENTEEISM.—It is most lamentable to o ',serve the extent to which aristocratical emigration is at this particular time going. We happen to know that the letters of credit granted to English continental tra vellers by the to o provincial Linking houses in the west eod of London, exceed this year, both in number and v rine, by more than a half those of any preceding year ! —Quarterly Review. On Saturday the appeal of M. Armand Carrel to the Court of Cassation against the competency . of the Court of Assizes to decide upon the question of th e identity of the National with the Notional de 1831 came on to be argued. The Court took four hours to deliberate upon its decision, and delivered a judgment against the appeal, and confirming the comp,tency of the C mill of Assizes in the matter in que-rii , n.—Fren.li Paper.