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ic t 'llowing again s t w h a t it was h e was ca ll e d to d e f en d niniself and in what his guilt consisted. In no other construcCon of the law coul•I there be any safety. He f ished to save -4'l 'Series ho mighthereafter beaccused front the delvers aiisirg from the abuse of the law of e ‘ e ,''sPiraey. li e SvOuld . conchide in the elovent words 4 llieli had been : used by an eminent person. in another fen ce— " I " e isli the, la - v nut to be a eivo r edged sword of au and oppr, ssion, but the staff of honesty and the shield ,of innocence." • 11. KELLY a pp eare d f or M r . J o h n O'C onne ll , M r . T . )4 ' 111 3', and D. John Gray, and as his Learned Friends * l lO had preceded bins had addressed their Lordships more or less on all the points which had arisen in the. shotild 'he best discharging his duty by advert -147, principally to tht)se !mime which he thought of vast Ltnport•ance not only affecting the interests of those Anonhe repro sented but as affecting the right, just, end satisfactory administration of the criminal law of this r i ntry lie would, therefore, proceed at once to state first objection, which, if his statement should be sus tained in their Lordships' opinion, would at once appear tu anifestly fatal t o t h e w h o l e j u d gmen t, an d •t h at was , t hat all these defendants had been convicted, and were 6uffering the sent e n ce o f t h e C our t, for a greater number of N tit hences than bad b een f oun d or presented by the Q a nd jury —f or a greater num b er o f o ffe nces t h an t h ey ever pleaded to, or been heard on, and above all for tatlleorrenateorr number of offences than the petty jury were had any authority to try. He ventured to i„ ub ratt to their Lordships this objection, in the first }:,: tl e e e",. bemuse if it were admitted. iv would "tat to the _whole. judgment, and he could t believe that their Lordships would assent to the ex aer"'lieareeproposition which was contended fur on the rt of the Crown—that if there were one good count in t he indictment for conspiracy it was sufficient to sustain .17 judgment,although all the other counts might be it ad in law. But even if that proposition were admitted, ee lv e °llll be no answer to the objection which he was ene n t•to make, which stood out clear, alone, prominent f;sototeennected with any other. He could satisfy their gr e ' t " all .Ps, from a corhparison of the counts of the in -4-t:lnelit and the finding of the jury, that these several Ittrieislints had been indicted for one conspiracy, neces • Bi en ) 'l'll at one time and place, and on one ocea (l . aod thet - they had been convicted of three con- ~s, each separate, and were now suffer xlsnicireet sentence of the Court on three con th ecaeli .in the indictment being charged of e ri3' one conspiracy. To disencumber this part po~the ' s tqeet from all irrelevant matter, he would limit - ''''' ler vat'olis to the first count, which, for this pur nn this purpose onl, he would suppose a good th e a in law. Ho would make no reference to the otoelftineltdeehnatrget.ldes was dead, and they would find that eightdifferent persons with one con petirae,o „ I. do rive different acts, and effect five different s e i:r e a, each of which he would assume to be unlaw the Their Lordships would find, when the count and. eetitillt, else :lin e es, were referred to, and he would refer to througho u t the whole record, that the count 01 ,7 teed eight persons with one conspiracy, and under j e `;' . t count several 'strums w ere found guilty, and had „,(14tneet passed upon them fir three conspiracies. He b ut not go into the first count at any greet length ? T 4 h t he would b r i e fl y state t h e e ff e ct of it. 4EO at count charged 'eight persons, on a day and place , tae — ese with having been guilty of an unlawful 4 0 ponspi -41. do the foll o wi ng five different unlawful acts : Q, to create disaffection and discontent, against the uee n's Government. Secondly, to create be ss,"-con one class of .the people and another. Thirdly, t o caect changes in the Constitution be demonstrations o f Allysical force, for the purpose of i n ti m id a ti on . F ourt hl y, ..o e endeavouring to bring the tribunals into contempt ; fifthly, - for creating disco n t en t and disaffection in je army. Here the count charged eight persons with ette conspiracy to effect five unlawful acts. But the th 44 . l °' efehe jury was wholly different ; that found that tineteiiht defendants . were guilty of conspiring to do t wo j o gs acis--to create - disaffection to the Government j et , t 14- will and jealousy between one class of her Ma te,lB subjects and another. He would class those finding el. s togeth er , an d ca ll i t num b er one. c l_en and e i g h t were found guilty of another conspiracy, oth u _ o e spiraey o f a l together a different charicter, and efreeet_eand different p urposes—namely, a consp i racy to b y hit; e n g e s in the C onst it u ti on b y phy s i ca l f orce an d co llet nll ' 4l ' ol l, and a l so to b r i ng th e t r ib una l s o f t h e ry into disrepute and contempt. or tl ' i r Loan C HANCELLOR—Are the seven found guilty iri n t s L p L i i r._acytodo 1,2, 3, and 4 ? t s 4e„ 3' to o yes ;• do three are found guilty of con -5 ;* that was creating disaffection in of a P t t MI e IY : and therefore those three were found guilty conspir ac i es, 1,2, 3,4, an d 5. Mr yet") CliANCELLOrt—That is to do all ? Te e y es. to aural CHANCELLOR—I think, Mr. Kelly, the t ° „a3" se r a). for you to.have proceeded would have been f 41 )4 were found guilty of doing all • seven were Ni t t e Y of tieing 1,2, 3, and 4 ; and eight were b eea r. ,ei: t tif doing 1 and 2. s u ch Ole I ) , t. admitted that that, perhape, would have G ""•Thzitt or cotirse to have adopted. He would treat enaem se parately,to avoid confusion. The Learned th e au • counts Fo read the finding of the jury on all atwinos t e le ngth. e has already been given several times - wan e ow from those findings it would be found A ce , ll spirV e3 a . re o n t i that ei g ht p erso n s were c h arge d w i t h one IO l e objects, Yat one time and place to effect those ject ! . 'king to the whole question then at once arose lovtes only rerthetterms of this finding, was it . a finding f , ? " guilty of three conspiracies, or o " 4 0th r ? cA3 se. se . KELLY would ratohneer Se te sayconspiracy and part of f,7one conspiracy, he aves necessary to beer in mind the dif wieilloe between the conspiracyand the object of it. ag ee e e n °tie conspiracy was found, Nvhen one unlawful co n 2oent, amounting to a conspiracy, was made, it h.ututed an indictable offence. The question was, a tte et l 3 e,r it was possible, looking at this finding, to put ice; _ ° „ t ner constritetion upon it, than that it was a find tipa ul three conspiracies, where conspiracy only was th e Lg e ed in the indictment. He had already reminded -14 ordships that every conspiracy must be laid with sse. aee 6 aer,, Face- In the first count they would find that w as a charge of but one conspiracy, at one time si„,,°n oree occasion. The first finding was that the tt ,l s 7 vere guilty of one conspiracy to do two unlawful cor e , Was that, or was it nut, in itself a verdict of one st e Plete offence--a crime upon w hi c h, if the record j e 4Ped there, those . eight prisoners might have had tie s eat passed upon them ? He began, then, with eiee: -- There was , in. the count, a charge against the ot t t L t persons of one conspiracy. One conspiracy was telltde,rielnle‘lratshoeotdhieffiegndants were found guilty of one, t from being to prevent the sentence of the Passed upon them for" that offence. ,ia u r; v , teat followed? There - was then the verdict of the to tal , 'ar . seven of those eight persons were guilty of ,eB.), different and distinct conspiracy—a conspiracy teeol'atnect from the first as a conspiracy to murder 1.)y7 Mated e o _, from a conspiracy to rob a garden. The re a , perfect and complete offence, punishable le i n, and within the language of the charge contained ,theldtettnent. this s loe LORD CHANCELLOR—The real mode of trying int o sti oe -.to a count would be to turn the finding of the jury and then see what the count would be. tseest, 'subject would be quite willing to accept that ir" only to this observation, that the count fe l' thr e ° P e ° to this defect, that it would be one count their Lo different offences He undertook to satisfy t t ? b eneo t d ti ships that a count so framed, supposing it not f t"„ s. the objection that it contained a charge o tor , e ut tenet offences, would be a good count tre e tot e ,. se veral conspiracies. What would such 411 " he ? I t would be that Daniel O'Con ereateaed 0 4 • others unlawfully attempted to th e a: " sf re e tt n on, and did unlawfully and soforth, Ofarish st of January, 1844, at Dublin, and in the '' t orte s b a ,, , "3LlSlark's, unlawfully, maliciously, and so on t her, ;,, e e ° ll sPire, and confederate, to and with each tee G uy : to and with divers persons unknown, to bring aspt Guy: and constitution of this realm into con -1 a nd to raise jealuusies, hatred, and ill- Ew e betw ee . Jeet, n different classes of her Majesty's 411 , and also that the said Daniel O'Con thersi'll . the same day, an d (nam i ng t h e s i x eh are d t Dublin &c., did unlawfully combine, &c. tt ° nßt . 161' ' by vio l e n c e and intimidation, the laws and tle utio n ee ontr thi s real m , an d t o b r i ng th e t r ib una l s of 11 4 -(1 Y Into disrepute and contempt ; and that the Y 'el Connell did, en the same day (or it might Ü be - 1 :4 L e e t c afterwards) conspire, &c., to spread disaffec t, klalousies in her Majesty's army. That would i ndict count, or, to speak in the language of cri b -le tthei tt l,eg's, that would be three good counts in any i Y there f or three several and distinct conspiracies 1 1 1 , 1 :Pity t h se teral persons. It was an inconceivable ab tt-' not 4 ; t i fi ve persons should be declared to be guilty ? ewe t n "tY of one an d th e s ame cons pi rac y. I ltul gtell'nELL—You say that the three who are : 3 1 11t1 . 2 x ..,,; 0 4 :_ re n T n 05. 0n 1 c , e 2 . , 3,4, and 5, are found guilty of °f thr ea d 4 4:1 tdsr said that, according to his view, those thr ee been found guilty in each finding were guilty e.tord ss e "sPiracies Ive 't ,, t laa;;;yalP v ,J3Exa,—.Then it would be the answer—and thr :ourable to the applicants--that those three fir ee" tines found guilty of counts 1 and 2. hilts et ' E LLY—Th at is not so ; for eight were found I eonsre 43•t 0 d e elFace-to do certain acts—seven of.conspi eeete otheeertain other acts—and three of conspiracy to separate and distinct act. • etett3, o t t r i e e e n c E o L n L s — pir D aoo jo y s ou say that they are found se 4.lrree. to do 1 and 2 ? titri LLey ee ee e d.that they were not found guilty on those two counts. They were once found tiewtohose two counts, then found guilty on'the fol here were , and, lastly, found guilty on the fifth count. ,pir eeies. rttiree separate findings of three separate con pst her. _ ouepose there were an Act of Parliament 14 ble r te ' e ns guilty of certain conspiracies should be eert ein ~..aspenalty nf 100/., and if, under that statute, Ztes...iej , r ol ons were indicted for conspiring to do several e of the persons indicted were found guilty of tele heacatsets, others of the same acts, and also of cer -11.11 o ft er dei t y„, _cliargcd— and the remainder were further iLieg• to of the other acts charged.- Now, the first 4 ' 4 * e to •z ol to thee penalty, would not the second be the third to 3001, ? If it were under itililLltesieta,ttit; and the plaintiff s i n t hi s appeal were indicted, ve t ,. to Vt of them be liable to the penalty of 100/. each, iTh e - 0 0/. each, and three to 3001, each ? - Aeo n ", esnesceeeon—Would not this be the most etee sogether a w , a Y °I . putt' • in„ it ? Suppose A, B, and C, being v 4spi rillg with , as in this case, were found guilty of iknilid ilty others to do certain of the acts charged, B f conspiring, with others, to do certain placer of th Se gesy, in' the same eime, and in the same 'her, was found guilty of conspiring, with the L e ,e, go one other of the indictable acts. 4relq(!k-;4"lPhELL—Although the acts might bens dif th.! eititTtittheir nature as to storm the Tower, and violate L Y of a woman. eettot4 wooitaDdCuaecuLLoa—You maintain that these be of three conspiracies. Mr. KELLY held that they . were so, end that there ought to have been a separate indictment for each. . The Lone CILtNCELLOIt then left the Woolsaek, .re questing Mr. - I illy to suipend his, argument. for it short es he (the Lord Chancellor) was obliged to leave the House in consequence of a communication which he had just received. • • On the Chancellor's return, _ Mr. KELLY restrned—elie said that he *as willing that this case should be sal jee2ted to every possible test that could be imagined, and therefore he . would venture to remind their Lordships that the very • essence of criminal conspiracy was the existence of one common object—one object common to all— one object to which all and each were party, in which all and each were implicated. But if a less number of those engaged in a conspiracy chose to enter into another conspiracy, the latter object was surely not to he made common •to both. Directly there was a conspiracy, say by three out of eight, and the object of the three proved to he different to the object of the eight; it had no longer the incidents of,thc same conspiracy, and it never, either in law or in justice, could be dealt with .as one conspiracy. But ho (Me. Kelly) would not deal vaguely with abstract points, but reduce the case to the most minute dimensions. Sup pose these eight persons—and he would pur sue the idea of the Lord Chancellor himself—suppose these eight persons to assemble at the same - time, and in the same room, and agree to rob a garden—and that then three out of of the eight—the remainder dissenting—enter into a distinct and separate agreement to break into the house and murder the proprietor suppose (to put the case in the least. favourable way) them to be actually round the same table, was that one conspiracy—or were there two conspiracies? The common object clearly was to rub the garden—not an innocent object certainly—but the atrocious object was the objt ct of the second con spiracy, namely, t, murder the inhabitants of the house. If that be one conspiraey, then was he (Mr. Kelly) most lamentably at fault in his view of the law. -Could any one be so absurd as to suppose that evidence against the whole three, or one of the three, was to be evidence against those who had only undertaken to rob a garden ? Tney must be treated as perfectly distinct=-as separate' conspiracies —or every rule of law, of justice, and of - common cede, would be most grossly violated. Again, there fore, ho repeated that upon a count con taining a charge of one crime, no person whatever could. be convicted of two. He could . not .help calling the at tention of their Lordships to a case which recently oc curred. at the Central Criminal Ceurt, and the hearing of which was presided over by ajudge who had the longest and the largest criminal experience of any one upon the bench. The case was the one of larceny at Buckingham Palace, %here a great variety of things had been stolen. the robbery extending over a very lengthened period of time. But that crime, thus extend ing over so long a period, was put into the indictment as one act of larceny alone, and the Learned Judge very properly instructed the jury that they must find the pri soner guilty of one specific act of larceny and ore only. He would ask them whether a number of persons in dieted' for one crime could be convicted of three several ' and distinct offences ? The address to the jury by Mr. Baron Rolfe on the trial of Mr. Fergus O'Connor and others bore strongly upon this point. That Learned Judge said, that in order to convict all or any of the defendants,- they mnst convict them of one and the same conspiracy. Bet if they found that some of the defen dants had opposed any violence, and that others had used no violence; that one had proposed a voluntary absti nence from labour, they might convict them all,' but on diffeeent counts ; those who had taken part in the violence would be convicted on the counts re lating to violence ; but those who stopped short of violence, on the other portions of the indict ment. He had supposed that certain parties had entered into a plan to rob a garden, and that a portion of them had entered into a conspiracy to murder the inhabitants of the House. He would ask whether that which took place on the same day is the same place would be one conspiracy, or would it be two conspiracies. No doubt that evidence against one of the eight persons to whom he had alluded, as to the conspiracy to rob the garden might might be evidence against the whole, but could it be contended that evidence against three of those eight, those three having conspired to murder the inhabitants of the house without the knowledge of the other .five,, was evidence against the whole eight. five of whom had agreed to rob . the garden ' but had never heard of the design. If on the trial a witness should be called to prove that one of those eight had committed a certain unlawful act, not at all with reference to the object which the eight had in view, but in reference to an act contemplated by three only, the other five having never heard of it, would that be evidence against all the five.? The. judge would be bound to receive the evidence, but he should caution the jury as to applying the evidence to that part of the case that related to the conspiracy of eight, because that evidence related only to another and different conspiracy, bad a different object, and in furtherance of that different object confined to the three. His Learned Friend must contend that if persons are charged in the same indictment, eight with conspiring to do on. thing, and three with conspiring to do another thing, in furtherance of which they were guilty of somewhat more criminality, would the evidence against them be admissable against the eight likewise ? It would be right to admit it if it was one and the samo conspiracy, but he ventured to say it was an abuse of words to say that a conspiracy by eight persons to cause disaffection to the Queen's Go• vernment, was the same conspiracy as a ,conspiracy by three out of the eight to bring the tribunals of the country into contempt, and though he had so far adopted the sunestion thrown out that this might have taken place within the same cham ber, and at the same time, they must remember it was perfectly consistent with the finding of the jury, that the conspiracy of the three might have taken place on the Ist of January, and the conspiracy of the eight had not taken place till the lit of June probably. See then what the consequence was, if this was treated as one conspiracy—an act done by one of three persons who had entered into a conspiracy in January, that act being done in February, March, or April, would, according - to this, be tvidenee against the eight who had never entered into a conspiracy till January. This was one of the many absurdities that would follow, if this was taken as one and the same conspiracy. A conspiracy was either an illegal agreement to obtain some lawful object by some unlawful means, or to obtain an unlawful object by any means whatever ; but one common object was still and always of the essence of conspiracy. The he would say with all confidence that an agreement to obtain one object was not the same thing as an agreement to obtain another and a different object. He would not embarrass the case by any technical illustrations, but he would suppose an agreement entered into at the same place, and signed at the same time by the parties in the same sheet of parchment. (The Learned CounSel was proceeding when our Re port left.) • MOPE kr AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market was rather dull at Liverpool yesterday. In shares a limited amount of business was done and the market closed heavily. Taken altogether, the returns rela tive to the receipts of the revenue are held be satisfactory in the mercantile circles. Indeed, for some weeks past, it was well known that the demand for merchandise of most sorts has been brisk. But however satisfactory the receipts of the .customs and excise, the • time of the " takings," under the head of " property-tax," is referred to with disapprobation. Scarcely any one is there to be found to approve of this item, and who does not express an -ardent wish that it will, at the time appointed, be erased from the quarterly returns by the receipts of the national resources. We have the West India steamer announced. She brings about a million and a half of dollars, besides 31,7101. in silver coin, and articles of value. Her accounts are dated the 24th May, from Tampico, and the 9th June, from Vera Cruz. About 161,000 dollars are understood to be for the Mexican dividend account. New Zealand papers, to Feb.: 3, state that the production of flax was increasing. Captain Fitzroy had visited Wel lington, and received the settlers very well, though, as is said, with something of the " quarter deck" in his manner. Bargains have been made to-day in Consols for next week at 981 to- 99, the dividends being then payable. For the Account day they are 94 to 99—the market is good. Ex chequer Bills realise 745. to 765. premium. Bank Stock is worth 199 to a further rise ; and India Stock, ex dividend, 284 to 2841. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1021 to A ; and the Three per Cents. 99i to The Foreign Market has been very dull, but nominally Mexican •is higher, say 34 A, the news being considered favourable. The Deferred are 15A- to Spanish Actives are nominally 23i, and the Three per Cents. 33 to Brazil Bonds are firm at 83. Dutch Two-and -a-half per Cents. realise 604.t0 61. The Railway Shares are generally firm, and the supposed settlement of the dispute with the * Grand Junction has sent up Birmingham to 125 and 126 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank ....... . . .... .............. 19914 199 3 per Cent. . Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 95% 99 99% . 3)4 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102%% New 3% per Cent. Annuities...-. ..... 101%%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860-- India Stock 9F4 `...8t Bank Stock for Account . 'Consols for Open ng........«..........„.».« ,, Exchequer Bills, I%ci. 1348 1,0001. ..... —..»,«.«..76 pm. 500'..... ......... ..... 74 pm. Ditto Small Dittq Advertised.... — FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, ' 837.5 per Cent. ........ 7)54 Ditto Deferred Stock • 15 1 4% Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent Dutch 2 1 % per Cents CON 61 Dutch 5 per Cents 100%74 PRICES OF SHARES THIB DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester.-- 100 97 .. to 96 Ditto New 17% ...... 24 Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... '7B Chester and Holyhead 4% to Chichester and Brighton Edinburgh and Glasgow ....... 50 ..... 63 Great Western Ditto 14 Shares Ditto kißhs London and Birmingham. lOO .. —256 Ditto 3( Share' ••• 26 % to 26% London and Brighton 5O .... 4 5 % London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham 40 ...... 55)4 North Midland Ditto )4 Shares South Eastern and Dover ......... 32% Ditto New ......... 4 Trent Valley -. . . ......... ....... 2 ...... York and No r th Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ...... 21 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY s.—There is a decided improvement in our market, and a good inquiry for London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, Trent Valley, and Liverpool and Manchester, at improved prices. London an d Birmingham, Quarters, 25 ; Manchester and Leeds, 107 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Canal and Railway, 365. 3d. premium ; Barnsley Junction, 2,1 ; Trent Valley, 104 ; Man cheater and Birmingham, Quarters, 3-i premium. THE LON DO:„I„ SATURDAY EVEN) NG, JULY* 6 tetit. S FA, FIY OF NE V-S AND or Decrease on each head thereof. Vtibitr swothrtvit. " Who runs tnoy read." Ff.bN2N2liik22. The whole of the French Court will go to Dreux on the 13th, the second anniversary of the death of his Royal High ness the Duke of Orleans. On this occasion, masses will be said in all the Catholic churches in France. Madame Adelaide returned on Wednesday to Ncuilly from Auvergne. She slept on Tuesday night at Fontainebleau. The Duke de Montpensier left the Princess at La Charite, in order to come more directly to evilly, and thence to Vincennes. The Count de Si. Aulaire had arrived at Paris. _ . Letters from Rome (20th ult.) state that that morning, at half-p,:st ten o'clock, his Holiness the Pope, attended by a numerous cortege, left the Vatican and proceeded to the Villa di Malta, to pay a visit to the King of Bavaria. On the ap proach of the Pope being announced, the King repaired to the entrance of the villa to receive his Holiness, who stayed A considerable time with his Majesty., The King intends, shortly•to leave the Holy City for: Palermo. Much rain has, of late fallen at Rome, but at present the heat is intense, 25 degrees Reamur (89 Fahrenheit). The Moniteur'publishes the comparative returns of the ge- neral trade of France with her colonies and foreign countries during the years 1841, 1842; and 1843. The amount of her imports during the last - year was 1,186,000,000 f, vfz., 863,000,000 f. by sea, and 323,000,000 f. by land. In 1841 the imports had been 1,121,000,000 r, and in 1842, 1,142,000,000 f. The number of vessels engaged in the import trade iri 1844 was 16,411,-'-viz., 6,106 French, and 10,305 foreign, the former meastring 639,637 tons, and the latter 1,376,240—in all 2,015,897 tons. The exports amounted in 1843 to 992,000,000-viz., 704,000,000 f. by sea, and 287,000,000 f. by land. In 1841 the exports•had been 1,065,000,000 f., and in 1842, 940,000,000 f. The number of vessels -engaged therein in 1843 was 11,585,—viz., 5,325 Fiench, and 6,260 foreign, measuring; the former 565,282 tons, and the latter 665,454 — in all 1,230,736 tons. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed a circular to the Prefects, demanding a report upon all the public works executed in the departments since 1831, and an ac count of what remains to be done. A Toulon letter of the 28th ult. informs us that the whole of the squadron of Rear-Admiral Parieval-Deschines has re ceived orders to proceed to the African coast. It consists of the Ocean, Neptune, Inflexible; and Marengo, ships of the line. A courier who left Barcelona on the 29th, brings official accounts of the resignation of the Marquis de Vil!ma, as Minister. of Foreign Affairs to the Queen of Spain. General Narvaez, for the present, is charged with his portfolio. us'oms : Cons..lidate3 Duties Sugar Duty to Consoli dated Fund Ditto to Suppries Total Customs Excise Stamps Taxes.... Provertv Tax....... Post Ottice rnwn Lands Aliscellanecu; Total Ordinary Itevenae Imprest Monys, Repayments.ofildvances, Total Income Amount applied to Con-1 solidated Fund Ditto, as Advances Ditto, as Ways & Means of the Year Total-. QUARTF:Es ENDED Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, 181 ' 1843 1813 1813 4,647,472 3,274,001 3,193,5E6 3,31 1 ,173 I - _ 262,546 1,252,733 1,206,505 910,099 763,405 5,913,977 4,214,089 4,219,537 4,557,20 3,726,035 3,0.22,103 1,767,373 3, 1 4:l0, 13 1,631,410 1,561,151 1,593,125 1,659,0'0 177,1.37 1,936,103 142,695 1,98 +,331 313,614 257,212 1,: : • 2321 861,%69 1(18,000 141,000 • 144,000 145,000 12,500 40,000 35.000 52,5 0 20,924 21,537 511,556 1,063,524 11,191,197 11,143,763 10,321,522 1., , ,333,' 93 111,070 107197 16,907 6',1E0 180,211 935,247 124,048 133,207 12,285,178 11,1E6,10; 10,469,477 1 13,539,2 j 0 9,04 7 ,500 6,800,014 9,160,269 6,44 06 173,6 141,378 191,501 5, 64,291 4,626,053 6.67,830 6,905,273 12,285,478 11,456,107 10,469,477 13,53),220 No. 11.-Income and Charge of th Quarters ended July 5. 1813 1814 /titles 3,01,473 3,802,521 Permal ble to the Terrii ir Fund 1,252,733 1,006,714 Into res 4,557,206 4,86.9,235 The Ci 3,(113,643 :.1,130,494 Other 1 659,010 1,705,0.?3 For At 1,934,831 1.989,874 ••• 14 N, 000 15N000 3 - 2,500 80,0 4 Y 1 2131),524 938,187 ilea (17,181 49,018 The Al 138;:07 274,557 ant pai , 13,552,810 13,377,881 The Al rl at • . . Account to The Su ciency Bills - 13,55',510_ 13,377,883 YEAR ended July 5, 1E,13 18,9 4,809 11, 45,:,29 6,445,310' 4,!91,1;29 3,317,9'37 598,00.) 120,(kO 1,647,511 46,800,375 '2O ?,254 677,713 47,780,342 .32,110;359 f 06,556 15,163,447 t 7,780,312 Oct. 10, 184 4,276,191 1,253,15'7 5,5t:9,5,68 3,!:66,550 1,6:50,106 191,1 N. 2,017,40 16000 I :0,060 17,714 I Ti,r 86, 172 31,205 230,932 13,8;1,409 1e,!,V,636 )40,000 3,157,773 QUARTERS ENDED Jan. 5, 1&14 3,674,12 L I ,(92,514 3,1130,i71 1,513,653 453,415 1.43,003 20, 0 0 11,9:7 !1,829,551 50,135 ~010 12,211,777 A m l 4 s, 'JT83:145, 3,5::9, 5;,1 420796 6;x1,10•') INCOME. Customs.—Consolidated Duties Sugar applicable to the Consolidated Fund Total Customs ~ Excise Stamps Taxes Prope ty Tax ....... Post Office Crown Lands Miscellaneous Produce of Silver from China Imprest and other Moines Reliayment of Advance, 4,604447 1,852,60 1,f39,011 144,685 1,992,859 17-1,0(Y) 00 41,232 10,513,993 54,244 226,28 t 10,791, -, 11 3,802,521 1,066,714 4,86'1,2:15 3,115,592 1,705, 33 1,989,874 752,V5 155,00 t. 30,000 42,?,167 13,' 39006 7,859,303 f. 91,501 7,6.'5,972 241,000 4,050,353 2,918,539 13,831,409 12,2 t 1,777 i 10,794,511 49,018 271,557 13,3'3 ',' 81 8,994,078 117,270 4,19',627 13,362,9 To Cash brought to this Account to be applied to pay ofr Deficiency Bills THE REVENUE FOR THE. YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JULY 5, 1844. No. .I.—An Ah3tract of the Net Produce of 'the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth Of July, 1843, and sth of July, 1841, showing the Increase YEAR ended . 1 uly 5. 1814 1•4,770,131 103 - ,,C02 6,518.063 4,197,516 5,247,663 ( . 32,0011 143,1 , 00 4T , 14 1 49,969; I 42 187,7C3 1,063,833 50;220,679 35,013,59 :Customs !Excise iStamps !Taxes (Property Tax IPost Office Crown I ands I ;Miscallaneous Total ...1 Vela* ended July 5. i Quarter mite(' July 5. -.. 7 Increase. F 35,319 420,073 72,69 I 6,337 1,929,656 34,000 25,000 3,a23,1CS Imp. M , neys of Adv..., 843,777 Total Decrease. I Increase. 1,154,401 1,151,401 114,551 : 86, 120 312,0:9 85,479 5,043 10,000 3,709,233 g,;.74 Decrease. 9,224 2,500 611,337 1,28p52 C,6,150 t 633,€61 1,269,932 I 2,440,336, Deduct De -1 crease 18,1r2 671;223 Deduct Increase. 1 491,924 )4,359,322 Increase on the Year. Decrease on 1 "„. °in the Quarter a '''""' 50,'220,678 I of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1843, and the sth July, 1844. Quarters ended Jul v 5. 1813 I 1844 8;258,669 616,687 26,6.07 97,422 599,031 191,301 9,791,897 3,760,9 3 13,552,810 8,214,109 5,370 97,597 541,045 1;7,276 10,219,337 3,158,513 13,377,E S 3 4,191,627 3,159,51,1 3,667,317 1,037,(81 4,700,399 LAW 11.1 1, 3'D PDXiXeM. In the case of Halifax and others v. Verner, which was heard in the Court of Exchequer, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, thereby dvelaring that he was not a share holder in the Talacre Coal and Iron Company. At the 'Westminster sessions, Domenico Maestro and Guiseppe Gatte, the two Italians who were sentenced to im prisonment and hard labour by Mr. Hardwick, at Marlbo rough-street Police-court, fur cruelty to Italian boys, in send ing them out to beg, appealed against the conviction. The statements made by the complainants on this occasion having. differed materially from that made previously at the Police court, the conviction was quashed, and the defendants dis charged. The report of the Governor of 'Westminster Bridewell, of the state and condition of that prison, was presented ; and it appears that there are 414 prisoners, namely, 301 males, and 113 females, besides 10 children, all in good health. Mr. W. Burt, many years poor-rate collector for the united parishes of St. Margaret and St John, Westminster, under went a very lepgthened examination, at Queen's-square, on the charge of embezzling upwards of 6001.; the moneys of the governors of the poor of the said parishes. The order was made out for his committal, and the witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the Central Criminal Court, but at the desire of the gentleman who had been engaged to defend him, and who would not be in town for some days, he was ordered to be brought up again on that day three weeks. - - - - _ _ _ At, Union hall, Elizabeth Johnson the wife of a fish-sales man in Billingsgate .market, and residing in Red Cross-street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with wounding her husband in a very serious manner, by stabbing him with a table-knife, while in a passion, arising out of a dispute. The man's life is in danger, and he could not appear to give evidence. The prisoner, who appeared absorbed in grief, said that her husband was in the habit of ill-using her, and that in the excitement of the moment she snatched up the first thing that came to hand, and that was unfortunately a knife, and struck him with it. She added, that no one could regret it more than she did. Mr. Cotting ham said that he should remandthe prisoner until the condi tion of her husband was made known. COURT—rdiSIZZONB.23I.I3. The Duchess of Kent is expected to return to Frogmore House from the Continent on Saturday the 13th inst. The Ladies Patronesses, under whose direction the grand Waverley ball will take place, held their last meeting on Friday afternoon, at Willis's rooms, on which occasion no leas than thirty Peeresses and other ladies assembled to complete the final arrangements for the forthcoming festival. The demand for tickets has been altogether unprecedented. The Marquis of Waterford arrived at Mivart's Hotel, on Monday last, from Curraghmore, Ireland, and has since gone to High Cliff, near Christchurch, Hants, to visit Lord and "Lady Stuart de Rothesay, with whom the Marchioness has been staying during the Noble Marquis's absence in Ireland. The Earl of Devon left Bryanston-square early in the week on a visit to the Venerable Dowager Countess For tescue, at Wier Gifford, Devon. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford gave an elegant enter tainment last evening to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at the family residence, in Cavendish- square. The Royal Duchess, attended by Lady Georgians Bathurst and the Hon. Captain Liddell, arrived precisely at eight o'clock, and was welcomed by the Noble and Gallant Vis count and Viscountess. There were present to meet her Royal Highness the Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Salisbury, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Dun more, Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, &c. The Duke of Sutherland and the Marquis of Stafford have left Stafford House, for the Albion Hotel, at Brighton. - Lord and Lady Beauvale are expected to leave Hyde Park-terrace early in the ensuing week, for Germany. razz c asx.x.,ALisr not( s. The extensive improvements in Woolwich Dock-yard, under the direction of Captain Denison, are rapidly progress ing. On Thursday the last brick of the stupendous chimney intended to carry, over the whole of the adjacent buildings, the whole of the smoke from the newly-erected foundries and boiler-makers' sheds, was laid. In form it is octagonal, with an area for the flues of the furnaces within the base of twenty feet in circumference, and the walls at the bottom are six feet in thickness. The measurement within, at the top within the walls, is six feet clear. To the summit of the brick-work from the ground is 210 feat. It appears from the provincial papers, that there have been copious falls of rain in all parts of the country, and that the crops have been much benefited thereby. The grain is every where well spoken of. The hay ; crop, is a most lamentable failure ; but there will, in many Places, be good second crops. A Cork paper says the other day, when the Ministers were in difficulty, the people had written on the walls of Cork, " Hurrah for repale, boys, Peel's out ;" some one afterwards wrote underneath, " Ali ! but Dan's in." The Summer Assizes for the Northern Circuit will com mence at York on Wednesday next, when the commission will be opened by Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Cres well. There are about sixty prisoners_for trial, five of whom are charged with a murder near Bradford. There are also several serious stabbing cases. The sale of Bibles, formerly the property of the Duke of Sussex, was resumed at Messrs. Lvans's auction-rooms, Pall mall, on Friday. The number of lots disposed of during the five, days' sale is 986, and the amount realised exceeds 2,000/., the principal purchasers being Messrs. Redd, Pickering, Leslie, Thorpe, Taylor, Brown, Longman, &c. Dickins's " Martin Chuzzlewit is in rehearsal at the Lyceum, under the direction of Mr. Stirling. LLOYD'S SHIPPING:-(THIS DAY.) - LONDON, JULY 6.-Wind N.E., light breezes and cloudy. DEAL, JULT 5..;--r.3t. Wind N.E., moderate.--Arrd. Ina, Lakeland, China .; Mohawk, Ferguson, Bombay ; Ohaine, Wilsorf, - Algoa Bay ; Vestal, Trinidad; Skibbelar, Montserrat ; Duncan and Sophia, St. John's. Ski. Tecumseh, Thirteen, and Rolieby, Ichaboe; John Hall, Belize; Laurel, Quebec; Grace Darling, Medina ' and the rest of the outward-bound. PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind S.W. to N.E.—Arrd. Maria Cecilia, LangbOurn, Matanzas. • -Cowus, JULY s.—Arrd. Solide, Enesson, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind N. to N.W.—Sld. Instillia, Ichaboe. FALMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind N., fresh breezes. Arrd. Louise, Follet, Pernambuco ; Adventure, Thomson, ditto ; Chanticleer, Dominica. • Orr WALDEMAR.—Rasunise, Anca, and sailed for Ham burgh ; Eliza Kellick, Gonaives, and sailed for Liverpool. OFF DovEn, JULY 5.--Sheppherd, Nauacott, Swan River, Feb. 23. • OFF EASTBOURNE ' JULY s.—Palestine, Sydney, New South W ales, Feb. 24. PENZ*NCE ' JULY 3.—San Mathews Rodiguez, Maranharn, for Liverpool. Sailed Mountaineer, Quebec. OFF SALCOMBE, JULY 4.—Morayshire, Smith, Port Phillip; Patelina, Strong, River Gambia. BRISTOL, JULY s.—Sid Margaret Parker, St. John's, New foundland. SWANSEA, JULY 4.—Arrd. Britannia, Valparaiso (107 days) ; Eliza Heywood, Fox, and Alexander Johnson, Swan, Valparaiso ; Gipsy,lTurpin, Cobrero, Wood, and Maria Hardy, Metcalf; Cuba. LIVERPOOL, JULY 5.--Wind N.E , moderate.—Arrd. Reso lution, Evans, Maranham ; Wittman, Gibbs, La Guayra ; Carolus, New Orleans; Alexander, Mobile: Sid. General Gafnett, China; Enchantress, Rio; George Canning, Ma ranham ; -Marmion, Jamaica; Mersey, Charleston; British Queen, and 'Severn, St. John's, New Brunswick; Agenoria, Quebec. Off port, Elora, China; Manilla, and Undaunted, Callao ; Sir Charles Napier, Valparaiso ; Cornelia, Mobile ; Prince Charlie, • Montreal; Selina, James Tincan, Ursula, Severn, and Esquimaux, —; Deva, Malabar; John Bull, E. Parvis, and lmaum of Muscrit, IcnAmE.—Arrd: Amy and Joseph Hume, London; Charles, Liverpool ; Robert Kerr, Belfast ; Zenobia, Cape of Good hope. SUNDERLAND, JULY 4:—Sld. Thalia, Ichaboe. OFF rORTSMOUTIT, JULY 4.—Seagull, Trinidad. OFF, EDDYSTONE,' JULY 2:—Louise and Emelie, Vera Cruz. OFF CArE - CLEARi -JUNE Ichaboe. Conic, JULY 3.—Arrd. Sirius, Ichaboe. Off, Argyle and Commodore, Ichaboe. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 6.—Arrd. Thames (steamer), West Indies, left Tampico May 24, Jamaica June 8, Havannah 9th, Barbadoes 18th, Bermudas 20th; has 61 passengers, 1,419,203 dollars, 3171. 10s. British coin, 883 oz. gold dust, 2,2280 z. silver, 2,4040 z. Plata Brata, 203 serous Cochineal, 9 boxes Vanilla,' 91 serons Indigo. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT BRIGHTON —On Thurs day, the 27th ult., a gentleman named Hinde, a retired wholesale chemist and druggist, left his lodgings in West street, Brighton, and a reward was offered for his discovery. He was not found till yesterday (Thursday) morning, when the 'body was discovered in an out-building of an unin habited house at the Western part of Brighton, with his throat cut in a dreadful manner. A Coroner's inquest was held on the body the same evening, when the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." DOG-STEALING.—On Tuesday next, Mr. Liddell will call the attention of the House of Commons to a petition presented last session, praying for further protection against the depredations of the dog-stealers in the metropolis; and move for a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations of the said. petition, with a view to the correction of the evils complained of. It is said the gold and silver plate, at Windsor Castle, is valued at 2,000,0001. A single gold service of George IV. contains all the dishes requisite to dine 130 gueits. 4 lady residing in Stamford received, last week, through the Past-office, a gooseberry pie, which had been sent to her from a young friend at Cambridge.—Stamford Mercury. t ("Itgir'l4l-ition THE FUNDS--(CLOSINO JRICES.) BRITISH Bank Stock 9 3 per Cent. Red ' • 99% FUNDS. Indian Stock .SI Ditto Bonds — pm, 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Rctel ... 102% Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,0004 llid 73 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ......... Jan Irtin 12% Bank Stock for Acct..,. 101) Oct: 185'.1 Consols for Opg. tB% Jan. 1860 — India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ iPortuguese,s per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent, — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Fonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cei.t... Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic ...... ........... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 18,24 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 3 % Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent • 564j French, 3 per Cent. —f —tw. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. — Dutch, 2% per Cent 6l Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 26% Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 76 Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid 24 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 57% Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid Edinburgh and Glasgos , r, 50 paid Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 7 9 1,4 Ditto Fifths, :2 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ihtto New Quarters (s paid) Lon ion and Brighton (50 paid) Imndcsi and South Western (414 6s. 10d. paid) B3 Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 171,E Blanchester and Birmingham North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 40 paid - 47 Norwich and Brandon, 2 paid 74 South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) ._ .. Trutt Valley, 2 paid . ~ II York and North Midland (50 paid) i lO6 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) York and Scarborough Branch (2} paid) „,~, Paris and Orleans (20 paid) • :,9tA THE STATE TRIALS. (THIRD DAY.) WRIT OF ERROR. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN AGAINST O'CONNELL 4 AND OTHERS. Mr. KELLY (in continuation from our After noon Edition) said Still he would ask, would this constitute one agreement or three? Supposing that upon the same sheet of paper eight persons agree to rob a garden, three of the eight agree to murder the inhabitants of a house, and seven of the eight agreed to rob another person on the highway, would it make any difference that these three agree ments were on the same sheet of paper, or entered into at the same time? Would it be one or three agreements? It was perfectly clear they were three agreements, for three different purposes. To carry this a little further, ho would suppose that three persons were indicted fur a conspiracy to compass the Queen's death, and that five persons were indicted for a conspiracy to overawe the Legislature, and that the three were found guilty of high treason, and were pardoned 'by the Queen. If it were one conspiracy the party could not be in dicted over again if he had been acquitted of the charge of high treason or had received the Queen's pardon. In that case the party could not be in dicted again for the conspiracy to commit trea son. Suppose three of the parties had agreed together to compass the, Queen's death, and four other parties in the same room, not knowing of this pre. vious agreement between the three, agreed with them to do certain acts for the purpose of over awing • the Legislature, could it be contended in such a case where three parties had. agreed to do one thing, and those same three, with five others, had agreed to do a different thing, th at i t ails one and the same conspiracy? lle would bring e it to another test. Suppose the Sovereign had given the three a freo pardon for the treason, would that free pardon also be a free pardon for the conspiracy with the fine to overawe the Legislature? Here were eight persons charged with attempting to create disaffection in the army. Five were found not guilty. If it were one conspiracy they were improperly found not guilty, because three •had been 'found guilty. Now, the same couldperson sane conspiracy. Th a t l e d . him to the c h arge w hi c h had been made, o b the guilty 'and not guilty of one and the he jury. If t hi s wer e one conspiracy, as so on as e vid ence h ad been given against all the de fendants, every act done by one was evidence against not the' whole. He would" ask, would evidence against one of these parsons who were proved to have been guilty of conspiring to spread disaffection in the army be admissible against the five, when there was no evidence to convict them with being parties to that conspiracy ? Suppose eight agreed to do /c o s. 1 and 2, seven to do Nos. 3 and 4, and three to do No. s—suppose evidence offered against the three on that charge, could that be admitted as evidence against the remaining five, on a charge of spreading dnkaffection against the Queen ? Would not the judge he bound to tell the jury that the acts done by , t h e three,in furtherance of one conspiracy, were not admissable in evidence against the other five, w ho were charged with a different conspiracy ? The LORD CitaateEn.on—All this was practicable, but difficult. Mr. KELLY—It was so. Learned and able judges had, in similar cases, separated the evidence which applied to one defendant from that which applied to another, but he used this argument to show that this difficulty would not result if one conspiracy only were charged. It was because three different conspiracies were charged that it became necessary to discrimi nate the evidence. To try that question, let them suppose an indictment framed so as to comprise the charges on the findings. By tht4 indictment, eight persons would be charged with conspiring te - do Nos. 1 and 2 ; seven, Nos. 3 and 4 ; and three to do No. 5. If evidence were offered affecting one of the parties to the last conspiracy, the Judge would have to discriminate between that evidence and evidence affecting the whole of the parties to . the other conspiracy. But if they were charged with one eonspi: racy, al act done by one could be evidence against all. But in the case in question, the indictment charged only one conspiracy, and the finding was, for three conspiracies, He would suppoie that any of the eight persons whose names appeared in this indictment were to be indicted over again for the matter contained in the first count, those who had been found guilty of it would be found guilty of but one conspiracy, and it would then be autrefois conviction. If it was but one offence there was upon the same record • conviction and acquittal ; so that if the party was indicted for that one offence, if he be indicted over again o n th a t o ff ence , what was he to do ? Was he to plead autrefois convict, or autrefois acquit ? That was the only way the matter could be met ; it would be a conviction of part of one offence, and an acquittal of another. He hdped if that was so, it would be defined, f or h e cou ld not see what part of a conspiracy was. It was either one offence, .or . none at all : it could' not be split into parts. A conspiracy to rob a garden and burn a house must be two offences, if lie was found guilty of the one and acquitted of the other. Upon evidence being given of conspiracy, ' It must be with resp ec t to one of several unlawful acts ; -the party charged with the several might be convicted, but if that was so, ho must be convicted, not of part, but of the whole crime, because the conspir; Rey was the crime, but it must be well described. They could not split an offence 4ito.parts ; and where a party was convicted of two offences, the indictment was wrong. They might . *subdivide a charge of this hind into a great many part.i and convict on one or more' of any one of those parts ; but directly they had convicted two or more of any one charge, the count was qu it e suffi cient. They could only co nvi ct persons of one offence under one charge. Upon an indictment for burglary, a man might be found guilty of burglary or larceny, but only for one offence. Ten men might be indicted for stealing ten horses, and a great Variety of evidence affecting various per sons might be tendered—the whole ten might be convicted of , stealing the ten horses. There were a hundred different con ceivable convictions under that one count, but still there could be but one conviction. The conviction must be for one offence. The LORD CnaNcmort—Take the case of two parties, A and B, indicted for stealing two horses, A for stealing - one, and B for stealing another. Mr. KELLT7-That could not be; the law would not,:allow it. The charge must be for one offence. , Lord CAMPBELL said there was no doubt that one:count might be drawn. Mr. KELLY —Yes ; but the practice was against it. The conviction must be under separate counts, each setting forth a separate offence. There is an indictment here of one charge for one conspiracy ; under that the whole eight might be con victed of all the acts ; but they could not split up the charge of one offence into a great many offences. In order to warrant this finding , there , ought to have , been three separate counts. . . If these fiiiffings did not imply three several convictions, in what language could they be stated? Ile would venture to say that if his Learned Friends were to sit down to frame an in ictiment for every conspiracy to be found against these seven, eight, and three individuals, they would adopt the very language here held. Again, therefore, a difficulty presented itself. Now, the defendants could plead autrefois convict, or autrefois acquit. A man must either be convicted or ac quitted of the offence ; he denied that it was the language of the law to talk of a part of an offence. The charge here was for a conspiracy, and they must be either convicted or ac quitted ; they could not divide one offence into two or more parts. On this finding they ought to have been at once acquitted or convicted of the same charge. It will result, therefore, when these counts and the finding are carefully considered, that: the grand jury having presented but one offence, one conspiracy to do several unlawful acts, certain of these defendants have been convicted of three con spiracies, which might have been at different times and different places, that might have been committed at intervals of a month from each other, and in which the parties to one offence might be totally ignorant of another. Certain of the defendants had in fact been found guilty of two more offences than that presented by the grand jury. They pleaded to one offence, and three offences were found against them. The petty jury were sworn to try one issue, and they had found no less than three issues against the defendants. Where would any precedents be found like this? In all the cases of conspiracy that had been tried of late years, he should be surprised if they could find one. Lord CAmrnELL---Assuming that the jury had found them guilty of more than was charged by the indictment, was any thing to be found in the books as to the effect of that finding? Mr. KELLY—NO; because he supposed the books presented no precedent for such a fact. The LORD CHANcELLon—In your case, Mr. Kelly, the first finding is the whole; yet you say " as to the residue," now there is no residue. Lord BnouGuAni—And they say " the remainder of the residue." What do they mean by that? Mr. KELLY said that the fact was, the jury had found three offences where only one was charged, and the Court sen tenced the defendants according to that finding. How then could their Lordships say that the first finding included all the others ? How could they reject any one of the other averments of the verdict ? Per haps they might rdect that part of the finding against Mr. John O ' Connell, for which he had already suffered two months' imprisonment. He had referred to the direction of the Judge, which he must say was the very reverse of the direction of Mr. Baron Rolfe, in the case of Mr. F. O'Connor. In the present case, the Judge charged directly for the finding of three conspiracies. The jury found accordingly, and sen tence was passed accordingly. Could their Lordships say, that in atrial at bar before the four judges, under such cir cumstances, the first finding alone was of any importance? The Loan CHANCELLOR—The judgment was given on the evidence. Lord CAmpBELL—The Court could only look to the record, and apportion the sentence according to the number and amount of the conspiracies charged. The Lon') CmuccELLon—That would have nothing to do with the punishment. It does• not practically import that, because found guilty on three counts, they would be punished for three conspiracies. But that does not signify much now. The question before us is not one of punishment, but one of error ; and if there is error, even though on your own sid, all we have to do is to reverse the sentence. If there is error, however technical it may be, you must have the benefit of it. It will not do to say the parties have suffered much. All you have to do is to show error. Mr. KELLY was obliged to his Lordship, and felt a strong conviction that he had done so, and could further do so—for it was clear that the traversers had been found guilty of a greater number of offences than the grand jury had directed them to be put upon their trial for. Here a man was con victed of two conspiracies as to which he had never been put upon his trial—as to which be had never pleaded—as to which the jury had no power to give an opinion. With re spect to the findings, they could not return one and reject another. They must stand together, or they must fall tome thee.. Each taken respectively was good as a count—all taken together were good as counts-'—but on them the parties were brought in guilty of too much. The LonD CHANCELLOR—YOU are now arrived, Mr. Kelly, at a very important part of your argument; and as we agreed to sit only until half-past three, and it is now that time, we will adjourn the further hearing of the case until ten o'clock on Monday morning.—Adjofirned accordingly. PROMISSORY NOTES. The followinz comparative Returns of the Circulation of the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scotland, are for the four weeks ending the 22d ult.:— ENGLAND. Bank of England, Last time Now Decrease Private Banks, Last time Now 4,743,057 Decrease Joint-Stock Banks, Last time 3,680,413 Now 3,665,104 Decrease 15,309 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks, Now Last time Increase .. 76,909 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland, Last time Now 3,488,300 Decrease - 175,200 Private and Joint-Stock Banks, Last time 2,241,722 Now 2,080,277 Decrease 161,445 Bullion in Bank of 'EnBland, Now 15,898,000 Last time 15,572,000 lecrease . £326,000 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel is fortunate in escaping from a storm which was fast gathering, and threatened to burst upon his head at a moment when he would be ill-prepared to meet the explosion. The Bill of Lord Powis, for preserv ing' the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor from being rolled into one, and which the Lords were prepared to pass, malgre the Duke Of Wellington's endeavours to reduce the insurgents to submission, is disposed of—strangled at the moment when it seemed certain of a safe passage to the other House of Parliament. The " manoeuvre," as the Du(le of Newcastle appropriately designated the Duke of Wellington's mode of extinguishing the measure has succeeded.. The "State trick" has - been successfully played off, and the Premier is restored to that composure of face and feeling which has, of late, been seriously disturbed, and was threatened to be yet further ruffled, if ' not incurably demolished. When all hope was gone of 'inducing the Lords to reverse their vote in favour of the Bill ' • and there seemed no means of escape from the mischiefs it would inflict on the Governinent in the House of Commons—where Cabinet Ministers were fettered by pre vious pledges and promises, from which they could not escape, to support the measure—a ray of light penetrated through the thick darkness. Could 'it not be shown that the royal consent was essential, in order to allow the Bill to be discusssed in Parliament? True; the objection, if taken at all, ought to have been taken on the introduction of the Bill. But, then, who would have thought that the Peers would contumaciously refuse to obey the high behest of the Great Duke, whose province it is to enforce order and discipline among them? Better late than never. The Bill must be kept out of the Commons, or the Cabinet, sorely pressed from without, would exhibit the symptoms of internal dissension, which are the certain precursors of dis solution. A Committee was appointed to search for prece dents. The journals were examined with lord-like diligence. No precedent of such a Bill having been introduced without the concent of the Sovereign, first obtained and communi cated, could be found. So far the "manoeuvre " wrought well. Another step, and all was safe. The danger threat ened by the Bill to the official existence of the Cabinet would be averted. The session would then close —without the dreaded debate and division on this most embarrassing mea sure, to oppose which, with all the means at his disposal, the Premier had pledged himself. The Select Committee, to whom the second search was intrusted, dispatched the deli cate business intrusted to it with a rapidity truly gratifying. Lord Wharncliffe, a Cabinet Minister, was Chairman of the Committee. This may account for the expedition with which the Committee brought its labours to a close, and might have some effect on the result of the inquiry. Be this as it may, certain is it, that the Noble President of the Council, as chairman of the Committee, last evening '• re ported, from the Select Committee appointed to inquire as to the necessity of the royal consent being given to the above Bill, that such consent was necessary, and that it had been the cus tom of the House to receive snch consent atvarious stages of the Bill." The Bill was therefore withdrawn from their Lordships' further consideration. Whether the Noble Lord who intro duced the Bill, and the Peers who enabled him to carry its Second reading, will consider the " manoeuvre" which has de feated this pet project for preserving ono of the two Welsh bishoprics from extinction, as worthy treatment from the Go vernment. of which they have hitherto been supporters; or whether there will be aschism among the Lords who occupy seats on the Ministerial side of the Woolsack, as threatening as that .s which exists among the Conservatives in the Com mons, we take not upon ourselves to predict. Mr. Glad- Stone, however, preserves his place ie the Cabinet, which he would have lost by voting consistently with' his known and avowed approval of the Bill. Mr. Goulbourn is saved from the necessity of flying in the face of his constituents, and being subjected to a fate similar to that which befel his chief when he was re- Ucted from being represent a tive i n P ar li amen t f or th e same University, for conceding Catholic Emancipation, which he had, during his previous life, opposed and denounced. The ministerial barque has again got into smooth water; and, though sadly shaken by recent storms, if no sudden squall bursts upon it, may weather the session. The crew which man : it have had several narrow escapes, by getting off the Welsh rocks; that which has just occurred, though it has excited less sensation out of doors than the deliverance from foundering on the West India quick sands, did not cause less apprehensions to those best acquainted with the dangers of the navigation. STANDARD.—Lord Campbell's Libel Lily Amendment Bill was last night rejected in the House of Lords by a ma jority of 33 to 3. The Bill was supported in argument by the Noble Mover and Lord Brougham, and opposed by the Lord Chancellor and Lord • Dorman. Strong as are and ever have been, our opinions upon th e subject of the libel laws, and 'sincerely grateful as we are to Lord Campbell', 'for . his Libel Law Amendment Bill of last y ear ,- '0; 1 cannot regret the failure of the present measure, which was a Bill to en able parties charged with seditious libeL, to produce 'evi dence in support of their seditious allegations. It seems to us, that in treating seditious libels as having any thing in common with what may be called personal libels, a great error is committed. In personal libels the gist of the offence is the making that public in print which it would not be so injurious to communicate privately, and; therefore, it is very proper to allow proof of the truth to justify the publication by showing that the truth has been told, and told without malice, and solely from a good motive. But sedition, excitement to crime, is never innocent; and even if mixed up with truth, it cannot be on that account the more permitted. The printing of his incendiary suggestions may supply evi dence against the disturber of the public peace, but it scarcely aggravates his offence; for this reason we have always con sidered, and often argued, that publications hostile to the public peace, to morality, and religion, ought to be taken out of the category of libels, and prosecuted respectively as sedition, corruption of morals, or blasphemy eo nomine. But would it be endured, or ought it to be endured, that the in cendiary corrupter of morals, or bla s ph emer , s h ou ld make a court of justice the theatre in which to vindicate, by the mouths of witnesses, and by arguments of counsel, his dan gerous or detestable doctrines? Or, is a jury a competent' tribunal to decide upon such an investigation ? These views, if they are correct, show the impossibility of ever adopting a law . like That proposed by Lord Campbell. The Noble Lord has done much for the press; we heartily thank him for what he has done, and we intreat him to persevere in the same line in which he has succeeded, butfin which we assure him there is still much to reform. On Thursday we communicated the case of a Cheltenham journal put to the expense of nine hundred pounds costs in a case where the jury returned one farthing damages. Ought such a thing to be possible? • THE DERBY DISPUTE. • Wool) v. PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am, as the solicitor of Mr. Alexander Wood, the plaintiff in the 'above issue, desired by him to beg you will insert in your Journal the follow ing exculpatory statement : Mr. Goodman being the owner of the horse called Running Rein, and indebted to Mr. Wood in a considerable sum of money, sold the horse with his engagements to Mr. Wood, in consideration of the debt, and of a further advance, upon the terms that if the horse should be the winner of the Derby, Mr. Wood should, in addition thereto, pay Mr. Good man, or his nominees, so much of the stakes as should exceed the amount of the debt, the advance, and subsequent ex penses. This transaction occurred after the horse had been proved, to the satisfaction of the stewards at Newmarket, to be Running Rein, and Mr. Wood was assured by Mr. Good man that there were numerous other witnesses who could prove that fact, besides the one who was examined at Irew • market. The horse having been entered for the Derby in the name of Mr. Goodman, was, upon the sale taking place, transferred into the name of Mr. Wood ; the horse being afterwards alleged to be four years old, Mr. 'Wood caused him to be examined by an experienced person, who pronomaced him to be three, and not four years old. I refrain from mentioning the person's name, as, after he found the tide of public opinion to set in strongly against the horse, he at first wavered in the opinion which he had given, and afterwards retracted it. This and a similar occurrence—of which the public are well aware—respecting Leander, and the assertion of one of the highest veterinary surgeons, published in the sporting journals, that the mouth of a horse is a fallible cri terion of its age, induced Mr. Wood to believe such to be the fact, and that an examination of the horse's mouth would not further the ends of justice. Immediately, however, that it appeared upon the trial, that the production of the horse; was desired by Colonel Peel's advisers, for the purpose of identity, and not the mere examination of his mouth, Mr. Wood de termined that be should be produced if the trial proceeded, and his firm resolution on that point produced the sudden termination of the trial. Mr. Wood's beneficial interest in the stakes being but small, he endeavoured to avoid a lawsuit, and to have the dispute decided by the stewards. But the instant that Col. Peel commenced the action, in which the issue Wood v. Peel was framed, Mr. Wood refused, in my presence, and with my ad vice, as his solicitor, to litigate a matter in which he had so little interest, but being most positively assured, and believ ing that the horse was Running Rein, he, upon receiving a bond of indemnity, permitted those who had a greater inter est than himself in the stakes, to use his name for the pur pose of trying the question, and to employ theirown attorney, the use of Mr. Wood's name being necessary for the purpose. In conclusion, I beg to contradict an erroneous impression, which I hear exists, that Mr: Alexander Wood is the same person as, or related to, or. connected with, the plaintiff in the action, Wood v. Ledbitter, which was tried a few days since. Mr. A. Wood is a corn chandler and coal merchant at Epsom, where he has resided and carried on that business nearly 20 years, and where his real character as an honest and upright man is well known. Mr. A. Wood has been at my office every day this week, for the purpose of seeing and consulting me on the above Matter ' but I have been unavoidably absent, otherwise I should have been present with him at the trial, and have of fered this explanation at a much earlier period. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, 1, Lincoln's Inn-fields. A. R. STEELE. THE REAL METHOD OF SEAL BREAKING. Public attention has been of late very properly directed to the odious system of espionage which has been long prac tised at the Post-office, under the authority of the British Secretary of State ; and many of the journals have pre tended to describe the agency by which the operation of taking fac-similes of seals has been accomplished, but evi dently with little knowledge of the subject. Some of them have stated that the imitation seal was produced by placing a plate of lead on the wax impression, which, when smartly strut*, presented a perfect fac-simile of the original; but this is a palpable absurdity. The operation is much simpler; and by the , process adopted at the Post-office, a score of spurious seals can be produced in a few minutes, and with the utmost precision and certainty. The spurious seal by which it is intended to reseal the opened letters, is taken in plaster of Paris, and with so much accuracy as to defy de tection. It is, in fact, the process by which our beautiful casts of medals and coins are taken, as well as that by which the lower gangs of coiners are enabled to cast exact fac similes of our silver coinage in base metal. It appears that in the secret, or inner bureau of the Post office, the appropriate apparatus for casting is always in readiness. It simply consists of a small cylindrical, annular brass mould, about an inch in height, which opens and shuts like a bullet mould. After the seal has been oiled,.to prevent the plaster adhering,. this mould is placed upon it, and the plaster of Paris, mixed in the usual way, is poured upon it. In about five minutes it hardens, or sets, as it is teclini cally called ; and in about as many minutes more is fit for re-sealing the letter, which has been opened by the applica tion of a hot iron to the seal, and a copy of its contents duly taken. If a wafer should have been used, a little hot water or steam will soon remove the obstruction.—Atlas. A number of Welshmetn arrived at Seghill cu Tuesday afternoon, to take the places of those pitmen for- merly employed at the colliery, but who are at present on strike. A number of persons assembled, but there was nt inclination to a breach of the peace.—Wewcastk paper. STATE OF FOREIGN WOOL TRADE. 'tdp i .._ been an active demand f or irfo g lt wool during the past week, 1:4-.A,S,100.11i4•411 has been extensive. Prices Vit.: g;e4A.lgilg i t ENGLISH WOO L M ARKET , -23 4: has been a greater firmness i i present week, and sales have bee e prices, but the latter ar e still INagiai t iKAßliiii by the growers for new wool. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JULY s.—The prices of wool continue much as usual, and we have nothing different to report this week in any description. LEEDS.—We have this week had two brisk markets for goods of all descriptions, with the exception of thin summer Tweeds. The supply of goods still continues very light at the Cloths Halls, in consequen:e of many of the principal manufacturers being engaged in delivering goods to order. In low goods there is a trifling advance in price, but in fine qualities there is no alteration. There •! have been several of the leading London buyers in the market during the week, ana•the foreign houses con tinue busy. On the whole there is more business doing than usual arthis season, in the warehouses. BRADFORD MARKET, TECURSDAY.—There is a COD sideable difference of opinion amongst the manufacturers tc-day as to the state of the Piece Market ; some are: complaining of a difficulty in effecting sales, while others state there has been a fair amount of business done. Merinos are scarce, and as they are only made in limited quantity, they command full prices. Orleans and Para mattas are better of sale, and prices firm. Contracts for yarn for the month of July have generally been taker at an improvement upon the current rates of the pre ceding month ; this is to be attributed to the advance which has been effected on wool. The wool fairs in the country have gone off more briskly than was anticipated, and tl.e prices realised by the growers range higher. The of has been to produce more activity in this market. Old stocks have been cleared off freely, and at better prices MANCHESTER. THURSDAY EVENING. - The advices received by the Indian mail are not very flattering as regards the sale of cotton piece goods. Though sales have been made to a fair extent, prices are by no means satisfactory, and the consequence is a continued dull ness for those kinds of fabrics, and the market closes with a further downward tendency. Printing cloth is still an exception, the demand being good as well as higher. Had the printers been supplied with water, so as to have enabled them to work full time, these goods must have gone still higher than they are ; many printers are not working more than three or four days a week. The home trade is improving—a sign that in the agricultural districts a fair average har vest is expected. Yarns meet ready sale, but without any sensible change in value.—Leeds Mercury. CHARGE. Permanent Debt Terminable Annuities Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Sinking Fund . The Civil List Other charges on the Consolidated Fund For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bills issued for Advances . Total Charge The Surplus The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1843, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, ISH, after deducting £300,000 paid off out of Sinking Fund The Amount issued in the Quarter ended July 5, 1814, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli dated Fund for Supply Services The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1814 The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1814 RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Meek Total. ended Name of Railway. .E. s. d. June 29 Arbroath and Forfar 202 12 6i 30 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,585 0 10 28 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,925 11 0 30 Brandling Junction 904 13 3 28 Chester and Birkenhead 539 15 2 27 Dublin and Drogheda ......... July 2 Dublin and Kingstown 1,608 2 10 June 30 Dundee and Arbroath 3Ol 16 Oi 29 Durham and Sunderland 364 0 0 29 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,124 0 8 30 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,529 19 1 29 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,411 7 9 29 Glasgow and Greenock 1,004 4 10 29 Grand Junction 8,751 4 0 29 Great North of England 1,730 5 7 30 Great Western 28 Liverpool and Manchester 29 London and Birmingham 30 London and Blackwall 1,413 8 8 30 London and Brighton July 2 London and Croydon 4 London and Greenwich BB2 14 10 June 30 London and South-Western ....... 27 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 836 5 1 29 Manchester and Birmingham 3,244 15 9 29- Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,897 4 6 29 Midland Counties 29 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,901 10 1 30 Newcastle and nirth Shields 462 9 2 29 North Midland 5,205 11 10 28 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,502 7 2 July 1 Paris, Corbcil, and Orleans 1 Paris and Rouen 6,229 0 0 June 29 Preston and Wyre 473 11 64 29 Sheffield and Manchester 625 1 10 July 4 South Eastern June 29 Taff Vale 30 Ulster 4BO 4 1 30 Yarmouth and Norwich 29 York and North Midland IRELAND. IMPRISONMENT OF MR. O'CONNELL. - -- DUBLIN JULY 4.—The Freeman's Journal of this day, says—" The following is the form of prayer agreed on by the assembled Hierarchy to be used upon the 28th inst. through. out the Catholic Church of Ireland : " PRAYER. "O Almighty and eternal God ! Kieg of Kings, and su preme Lord of all earthly powers, be graciously pleased to look down with compassion upon the people of this country, and mercifully put an end to their sufferings. Give them pa tience to endure their unexampled privations, and fill their rulers with the spirit of truth, humanity, and justice. Unite all classes in a persevering love of country, cordial allegiance to our beloved Sovereign, and charity towards each other. Direct our legislators to enact laws founded upon the holy commandments, and make Ireland prosperous and happy ; and as thy servant Daniel O'Connell, who has laboured with so much zeal and perseverance to promote these sacred ob jects, is now detained in captivity, give him grace to bear his trials with resignation, and in thy mercy vouchsafe to restore him to liberty, for the guidance and protection of thy people, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen." SPYING IN THE IRISH YOST•OFFICE. In referring to the debate on Mr. Duncombe's motion, the Dublin Evening Post says :—" We observe that Sir James Graham, in an endeavour to divide the responsibility of the letter-opening system, has lugged in poor Lord De Grey, on the eve of his departure, and has suggested that the Irish. branch of the Post-office should be included in the inquiry We trust that this suggestion, although emanating from the Home Secretary, will be adopted. We have no doubt that the spy system has been 'in operation in Sackville-street as well as in St. Martin's-le-Grand. Indeed, we have heard some curious statements on this subject, referring especially to the period of the State trials." ILLNESS OF CHIEF JUSTICE PENNEFATHER. Saffnders's News Letter says :—" The Lord Chief Justice, being indisposed, will not go the north-west circuit at the ensuing assizes, and the result of this will be the change of several of the circuits which the judges had fixed upon. Baron Richards takes the place of Baron Lefroy on the Leinster circuit, and the latter, it is understood, goes the Csunaught. Mr. Sergeant Warren is unwilling to take the Catty of a judge on himself, in consequence of the illness of a member of his family, and Sergeant Stock being absent, and Sergeant Howley attending thequarter sessions in the county of Tipperary, Mr. Brewster or Mr. Henn are named as tLe counsel most likely to be sent." The intention to encamp a force on the Curragh of Kildare, this summer, is abandoned. . _ LORD lIRYTESBURY'S HOUSEHOLD.—The Evening Mail states that Lord Heytesbury has, " with the greatest kind ness," consented to retain the greater part of the household of his predecessor. It is added that the following officers of the staff go out with Lord De Grey :—Captains Lindesay, Cole, Maude, and Sir William Don. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE JUNCTION RAIL. WAY.—This line is projected to connect the Blackburn suit Preston Railway with the Leeds and Bradford Railway, pas sing through or near the several towns of Blackburn, Church. Accrington, Whalley, Clitheroe, Padiham, Burnley, Comae. Skipton, Keighley, Bingley, Shipley, and Bradford, forming a continuous line from the port of Hull, on the east coast, to the ports of Liverpool and b leetwood, on the west coast, with. a branch at Accrington, through the town of Haslingden, the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway—forming n, direct communication with the town of Manchester., Tht, length of railway to be made, including the branch at Ac crington, will be about 45 miles. A branch to Shipton is also suggested. Sir George Strickland, Bart , M.P. ; Sir C. R. Tempest, Bart. ; R. Townley Parker, Esq.; C. Royds. Esq. ; M. Wilson, jun., Esq. • and other gentlemen interested. in the district through which the line will pass, are members of the Provisional Committee.—Railway Record. THE CRors.—The wheat looks exceedingly well, and an average crop of both winter and spring-sown grain is expected. Barley and oats are said to be also in good condition, while the hay is a complete failure.— Wakefield Journal, July 5. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND JuNcrioN RAILWAY COMPAthE.S.—Deputations from the boards of direction of the above railways met at Birminghan on Wednesday last, for the purpose of arranging the diflicul. ties which have recently arisen between them, and the chair. man of the Liverpool Stock Exchange announced on Thurs. day . , that the deputations had come to a complete ant( amicable understanding The immediate effect was an in. crease in the value of the respective shares to the extent of 51., with the prospect of a further improvement. SUICIDE Of A GENTLEMAN.—Yesterday morning the establishment of Mr. Thurey, of Finsbury-square, was thrown into a state of the most painful excitement by covering that that gentleman had committed suicide, by hanging himself in his bed-room. It would appear that the deceased had attempted suicide twice previously during the night, but failed in consequence of the line breaking. This was known by letters written by thedeceased after each attempt. Mrs. Thurey and family are on the Continent, whither the deceased was about proceeding in a few days. BOAT DESTROYED BY A WHALE.--last week a boat belonging to Orkney, engaged in the herring fishing et the Lewis, while proceeding to sea for the prosecution of t he fishing, was struck by an immense whale, and so much shattered, that she almost immediately sank. The crew clung to • the mast and oars, and were taken up by make boat. —John o' Groat Journal. TILE LATE INCENDIARY FIRES.—A highly Te.• spectable correspondent states it to be his opinion that many of the recent fires which, their origin not having been proved, have been attributed to incendiaries, have occurred from the reprehensible practice of labourers smoking whilst at their work, and at the same.time relates two facts which go far to support that supposition. Not long since a labourer who was thrashing in a barn for a farmer residing not ten miles from this town put a tobacco pipe which he had been smoking into his waistcoat pocket without having completely extin guished the ashes therein. He had not long resumed the flail, when, turning round, he perceived his apparel to be on fire, and with difficulty succeeded in extinguishing it without igniting the straw on the floor. It is a singular fact that a second instance occurred upon another farm, occupied by the same person, very recently. On that occasion a man who was smoking in the stack yard, whilst carting hay, dropped some ashes from his pipe, which set fire to the hay, and but for the timely discovery would in all probability have OMR. , sioned considerable destruction of property, a cause for which would very likely, in quarters where the liberality of the master was not known, have been found in lowness of wages or the new poor-law. Ample necessity is above shown for the strictest orders on the part of masters against the dan gerous practice of smoking upon their premises.—Chelmsford Chronicle. IMPORTATION Or FOREIGN BEASTS.—On Sunday morning last, eleven very fine cows were landed from ore hoard the Emerald Isle, Captain Bouch, from Rotterdam,. —Hull Advertiser. hat in it eir he jell ted ite ial for he Q.