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ebtrb SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) VALLANCE AND BIERLEY V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. In this case a rule had been obtained by Mr. Sergeant Byles, to set aside the taxation of costs with regard to 801. 108., the payment of which was alleged never to have been authorised by the Duke of Brunswick, and also with regard to that portion of the costs which re ferred to the case of Barnard Gregory v. the Duke of Brunswick and Mr. Valiance, for which it was alleged Mr. Valiance was equally liable with the Duke of Bruns wick. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD now showed caused against the rule. He expressed his regret that it should be ne cessary to enter into this case, but thought he should be able to show from the affidavits of the plaintiffs that the Duke -of Brunswick was labouring under a mistake when he denied that he ever authorised the payment of the SOL 10s. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the affidavits of Mr. Valiance and Mr. Bierley. It stated Chat Mr. Valiance acted as solicitor to his Lordship from 16-41 to November, 1843, and it denied the affidavit of the Duke of Brunswick and his equerry, Count De Witts, that he (the said Duke) had forbad the payment of this 801. 10s. or that he had said he woul d not per mit it to be 'made. On the contrary, he had autho rised the payment, and knew for what purpose it was expended, he being told of it by Mr. Valiance. The avoney referred to consisted of money paid to a person mimed Banks, for making inquiries respecting the case against the Duke by Barnard Gregory, and certain ,extracts which were printed at the request of his High ness, several copies of which came into the hands of his Highness, and for which 351. was paid by the plaintiffs. Mr. Valiance stated in his affidavit that Count De Witts was not present at the conversation which was sworn to have taken place on the 3d of November ; but that in the month of October the Count De Witts called on him at his office, and proposed to him to participate in the profits of his costs, which he'(Mr. Valiance) refused to accede to, as it would be both illegal and immoral. Se veral interviews and conversations took place afterwards. Chi one occasion, on the 20th of October, Mr. Valiance deposed that the Count De Witts called at his office toed offered him 501. for his costs; and upon Mr. Valiance expressing his surprise, the Count took a second 501. out of his pocket, which he offered to Mr. Valiance, which was likewise refused. The Count then said that the Duke desired him to offer 501. to Mr. Valiance, and if he did not accept that to offer him the second 501.; but, if he did not accept them, to bring back both. Mr. Bierley also deposed that during a conversation he had with the Duke, De Witts offered him 1001. to satisfy Mr. Valiance, which he (Bierly) refused to accept. On the 21st of October Mr. Valiance attended the Duke, at his request, at his house in Bryanstone-square, and after informing him of what took place respecting the offer of the two 501 notes, he was paid 1501., which formed part of 800/. which had been paid by the Duke, and for which credit was given him out of the 1,6141, the amount of the costs. On the 27th of October Mr. Valiance received a letter from the Duke of Brunswick, showing that he still enjoyed the confidence of his High ness. He called on the Duke on the 3d of November, the day on which the conversation took place at which the Duke was said to have rejected the payment of 801. 10s., when the Duke produced a book of solicitors' charges to him, which he purchased in Chancery-lane, according to the charges in which the Duke required that Mr. Valiance should make out his bill of costs.—{Laughter.) This Mr. Valiance refused to do, as the book was of no authority. Three days after, he had a conversation with the Duke, in the presence of lie Witts, and on the 11th November, he wrote a letter to the Duke, on which day he received a summons from the Duke, requiring him to deliver his bill of costs to Mr. Graaf, who was henceforth to be his Highness's attorney. On the 13th, Mr. Val iance received a letter from the Count De Witts, refer ring him to Mr. Graaf, who was now, by his (the Count's) advice, the attorney of his illustrious master. Mr. Val lance was most reluctant to bring the matter before tln. public, and before the bill was taxed by the Master. 40 wrote to his Highness, reminding him of all he went through for :him, and all the vituperation aitid slander to which he was subjected on account of the relation in which he was placed towards his Highness. With regard to the second point, he (Sergeant Talfourd) admitted that his client Mr. Val lance was indiscreet in going to the theatre with the Duke of Brunswick, when Barnard Gregory appeared to play the part of Hamlet ; but Mr. Valiance was made a defendant in that case, entirely in consequence of his relations with the Duke; and the affidavit stated that the Duke of Brunswick promised that he would bear all the expenses of that action, and that Mr. Bierley was his attorney in that case. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL said that the rule was moved for on two grounds. The first related to the 801. lOs , the second ground was, whether the Master, in taxing the costs, ought to have taxed them against the Duke of Brunswick alone, or whether Mr. Valiance should be considered as liable to pay jointly with him. It was sworn that there was a promise of indemnity made by the Duke which he should have an opportunity of answering. The matter must therefore go before the Master on this point. Sergeant WILDE said that they should be certainly desirous of having an opportunity to answer the second part of the rule, though he thought lie _could give an answer from the affidavit of the plaintiffs themselves. His client the Duke of Brunswick was subjected to an action in consequence of his attorney appearing with him at the theatre, where he ought not to have ap peared. But now he was not content to bear any part of the responsibility which grew out of his own act, and We Learned Friend moaned over his client, because he eoulci net make any profit of the matter. With regard to the first point, the Duke of Brunswick swore that he never authorised the payment of the 801. The matter was referred to the decision of the Master. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE ETENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The Irish State Prosecutions are progress ing ; but at a pace so truly snail-like, that they baffle all attempts of the moet skilful to form an idea as to the time of their termination. The wordy war commenced .on Thursday last. Mr. Whiteside, .who is counsel for Mr. O'Connell, occupied the Court two days.. .11i% ...yeech was worthy of the high reputation he earned fur , himself OR the trial, by which he has de itidedly placed himself first on the list of advo-' ca `es at the Irish bar. By an arrangement, en tere 1 into between the counsel on the part of the Crown and those engaged for the traversers, with the consen:t of the Court, four :counsel on the part of the latter n ere to be heard in support of the application for a ne.s , trial. The Solicitor-General then to reply. Four snore counsel for the traversers aro then to address the Court, in support of: the motion, and in reply to the Arguments adduced on behalf of the Crown. The. whole argument to be wound up by the Atorney- General. ISe-- -verai days will thus be occupied in this stage of the pre ceedings. Term elpaes on the Bth of May (next Wed nesday week). The interval will, therefore, scarcely ad mit of doing mere than bringiug the argaMent toa•close within the term. It is probable that the judges will wish f it tithe to consider the points on which the appli cation has been submitted, and postpone their decision to the text term. Should the Court, however; pronounce its d ec i s i o n. on the motion instanter, and that decision ne gative the application, a motion in arrest of judgineirs will follow. A very considerable.portion of the ensuing term would be exhausted_ by the argument on this new impediment to the final issue.. It' on both motions—that for a new trial, and that in arr,.st of judgment—the Collrt• Should decide against thetraversers, a writ of error to the House of Lords, as the Court of final appeal, will be a pplied for, and will be granted as of course; but the H o use will not then be in session to hear and deter mine the appeal. As the case proceeds, strongly confirma tors, evidence of foul play with • the jury-lists, by seine party or other having access to the lists, .is discovered. Affidavits have, we understand, been sworn by severed persons who were.admitted 3S jurymen by . the Recorder, .but .vhose names were, never placed „on the jury list.. These erifidavits, with one of great importance, sworn •by Mr. P. afahony, one of the solicitors for the traversers, were not ,obtained in time to be used on the new trial motion. Thf 7 will be available, however, in other stages ; wed will, we have reason to believe, be used by Mr. Wyse, in the motion .for Parliamentary inquiry, of which he has given notice. If doubt exist among the most emi nent English lawyers as to some of the ether points on which the traversers and the Crown lawyers in Ireland are at issue, no difference of opinion exists as to the va .llJity of the objections taken to the charge of the Learned Judge • who presided at the trial at bar. Without spe cifying the names of the counsel who have' ad the whole case subreNed to them for their opinion, as lawyers; we state, ad, 'isedly, that the most eminent counsel at the English bar, 01 ' both political parties—whose names have been supplied t o us—concur in pronouncing the grossly partial, and mania. 'say unconstitutional, charge of Chiek- Justice Pennefathe r as fully sufficient to sustain the writ .of error, and thus to . "ender void the entire proceedings. Sentence must be pr ork ounced on the, traversers by the Court before the writ of a .vor can be acted upon. It does rot, however, follow tin, t;. though sentence be passed, it should be carried into .effect. While the judg ment' of the Court below is liOale to be reversed and the proceeding§ quashed, it would be monstrous—involvine not merely absurdity, but pesitiv a • inj us ti ce — t h at t h e parties, legally, if not morally. unjustly convicted, should suffer the penalty of alleged guilt. The punishment fur . misdemeanor, as fixed by the law, is fine and im prisonment—either, or both. Should imprie menent form a part of the sentence, the period assigned would have been endured before the judmnent of the House of Lords could be pronounced upon the writ of error.. If that judgment were in favour of the appeal—to say :nothing of the positive wrong thus inflicted on the parties wrongfully punished, and fe r which no adequate reparatiiin could be made — what position would the Government, in such case, occupy in tho eyes of the Irish people ? Already' regarded with jea lousp—and dislike—because, as a• party, identified with the policy to which the pea k 1 e attril mite their former wrongs and prosent v i eva n i •es—th , w would then appear, in th e e y es of the Rennin Catholic popu lation o f I re l an d, persecutors and , (Telma 'ss()rs who, under the pretext of " judging " O'Corn. 'elf. and his co - defendants, " after the kw, had cauet..4 them to he s • effect of mitten contrary to the , law." The such a manifesta • tion would 'be to kindle bens of Irish discontent into' a flame. the em-. A topic fraught with fearful power, when applied to tl'e excited te mperament of the Irish people, won ld be sup plied to the orators cf the Conciliation II The cause of repeal would be re-invigorated • w ith giant strength, and world pro d g 'with giant sti ides. Its leaders would be i nve s - te not of heroic patriotism, merely with the ,influence n the estimatioi a of their ffollowers, had imp e ll e d and enabled them t oe udure suf fering for their country they would then he s reverenced as martyrs. In attempting to crush repeal agitation, • the Government would itself be crushed. If the result terminated here, this would be of small moment. It would, in our view, be beneficial rather than injurious to the empire generally, but especially to Ireland. But the probability is, that the frame-work of society would be shaken, if not shattered, in the madness of triumph. Surely, there is nothing so magnanimous in the act of punishing before the legal question is set at rest, lest the Repeal leaders should be ultimately found to have been illegally and unconstitutionally convicted, as to induce the Government to peril its own existence, and to jeopardise the national peace, in order to enjoy the satisfaction of placing a political opponent within the four walls of a prison! We know we speak the sen timents of moderate men of all parties, when we say that it would not only be more just, but more politic, because more safe, to allow the sentence upon O'Connell and his co-defendants, if passed, to stand suspended until the appeal made to the House of Lords is determined. The defendants would be, of course, held in their recogni zances to appear and abide the judgment, should the writ of error be set aside. We, however, anticipate the discussion of a question which is yet future—a contin gency which, in all probability, will never happen. STANDARD.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer will this night make his financial statement. The Budget this year presents itself under very favoUrable circum stances There is, for the first time during a long series of years, a bona fide surplus to be disposed cf, instead of a demand to impose new burthens or a lame apology for " a bottomless deficiency." We doubt, however, whether the difficulty of the Finance Minister's position is much alle viated by this happy change in the financial condition of the country. It is often as perplexing and as invidious to make a selection for the awarding of benefits as to make a selection for the imposition of burthens ; indeed, if the benefits or the burthens, as the case may be, happen to lie in a small compass in propor tion to the number of persons to which either is open, the distribution of benefits is the less likely to prove satisfactory ; for in •that the majority must suffer dis appointment and what they will think unjust neglect ; in the imposition of burthens, the over-looked majority will be thankful for their escape. We have already heard one hundred different claims for the remission of particular taxes in consideration of the surplus ; indeed, we believe there is hardly one tax in the schedule of the public revenue, for the reduction of which a claim, supported by excellent reasons, has not been put in. This is the natural course of things. Swift, in his instructions to servants, lays down this rule : Ascertain your employer's income, and then consider that the whole of it is to be sp.nt—whether you are cook, coachman, groom, footman, lady's maid, or anything else—in your own particular de partment. And this is just the way in which men reason with reference to the income of the public. This, however, is not the way in which a statesman can safely reason ; he must first look to the security of the inf ome of which he proposes to dispose, and calculate with a little more caution than one of :our Contem poraries, which contends, that because the !existing taxes afford a surplus this year, less than the exist ing taxes must affbrd a greater surplus next year. Basing obtained a tolerable assurance of the sum to be disposedi of,: the prudent statesman will then consider not the claims of this interest or of that interest, but the claims of all ; and in acknowledging the claims of all, he is pretty sure to disappoint every one. Unhappy office of a finance mi nister, who, however he be called to act, is sure to be unpopular, unless he be dishonest. Mr. Burke truly says, it is as impossible to impose taxes and be popular as to "love and be wise;" and with equal truth may it be added, that it is impossible to take off taxes without giving offence to the majority, probably to all ; for if the reduction affect all universally, " their common shares in such pro portion fall," that the relief becomes a mockery. We say these things, not that we know, ur pretend to know, what will be pro posed in the Budget, for the secret has been kept with remarkable care and with unprecedented success. No one in fact, even hazards a conjecture—but we speak in anticipation of the grave,' and probably, in appearance, well-grounded complaints which will be offered to morrow, whatewer the proposition opened to-night ; complaints almost sure to be loud and angry in propor tion to the good policy and the justice of those pro positions. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) H OUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool. sack shortly before Five o'Clock. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented two, petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a peti tion from Newtown Lemivady, in the North of Ire land, praying the House would adopt some measures to legalise the marriage by Presbyterian ministers. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord BEAUMONT laid upon the table a Bill for the purpose of removing certain disabilities which pressed upon Roman Catholics in the case of grants being made to them for corporate purposes. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. RECAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. Lord COLCHESTER wished to put a question on a subject of vast importance to the Noble Duke near him—namely, whether the communication of the Court of Directors announcing the recal of Lord Ellenborough was accompanied by a statement of their reasons for that act ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said that there was no doubt that the Court of Directors had given such reasons as they could advance, and which reasons had been most, decidedly at variance with the opinions of her Majesty's Government, and therefore her Majesty's Government , did not concur in the measure—nay more, he should say, that her Majesty's Government did strongly remon strate against .the • measure, and. pointed out in a marked manner to.the Court of Directors the error which they had committed. At the same - time he felt bound to say that he was aware the Court of Directors possessed the power of removing the Governor-General in a strict point of law, for that power which existed - aince 1784 was again renewed, or rather retained , in - 1833; by the 3d and 4th Wm. IV. But he felt bound to say that this body was like every other body, and every other individual was bound to exercise their powers with discretion.— )Cheers.) He would say to their Lordships as a person who had had considerable experience that he thought the conduct of the Board of Direc tors" was most indiscreet. (The Noble Duke here spoke with considerable warmth, and laid much stress upon thb hiS't word'of the sentence.) Although the Court of Directors possessed the, power of recalling the Governor 'General, yet,,they had no power .to nominate his successor, nor, indeed, to do anything,: except under the direction of the Board of Control. Lord 'Ellenborough had been.only two years in India now, and had afforded the greatest satisfaction to those from whom he re ceived his. instructions in every instance. (LEFT SPEAKING.) - HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE presented a petition froth .a Presbytery in Scotland against the abolition of tests in colleges. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from the British and Foreign: Anti-Slaver7. Societies at Chester-le-street, Newton Abbott; lielstone, Corn wall ; Darlington and vicinity ; Reigate, Surrey ;. Torquay, and Oswestry, against any fiscal iegulations being adopted that will admit of the introduction of the produce of slave labour into this country ; and praying that fiscal regulations be adopted in favour of the pro - duce of free labour. ' • MI...MUNDY presented a petition from Scar borough, in Yorkshire, in'favour of agricultural pro tection. Mr.. HINDLEY presented a petition from the Anti-Slavery Society, signed by the venerable Clark son, against any alteration in the duties on foreign sugar, which would tend to admit the article from countries wheie slave labour was allowed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented three petitions from Liverpool, Dublin, and Bradford, complaining of the prevalence of the truck system, and praying that the House would take the matter into its serious consideration. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from certain operatives connected with factory work in Belfast, signed by 8,300 names, praying for the re striction of ten hours' labour daily to factory work. Mr. R. HOWARD presented a petition from Car lisle against the Masters and Servants Bill, and stat ing that it was harsh in its provisions, and trenching upon trial by jury. Mi. ROSS presented several petitions from Pres byterian congregations against the present marriage laws as affecting persons of their religious persuasion. Mr. HARDY presented a petition in favour of agricultural protection front a tilace in Lancashire. _ Mr. FERRAND pr es ented a petition from the West Riding of York hire against the Masters and Servants Bill. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY presented a petition from the Chairman and Board of Guardians of a place, the name of which we could not catch, complaining of the clause in th e P oor -l aw Amendment Act relative to the burial of paupers • also, a petition from the Isle of Wight again s t the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Captain PLUMRIDGE presented a petition from Falmouth, on the subject of the Small Debts Bill. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a pe tition from Preston against the Maiters andiServants Bill. Mr. MILES presented petitions against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Also a petition from the Deanery of Bath and Wells, praying th e House to address the Queen for the purpose of ob taining. for the clergy the right of meeting in con vocation. nsAtolkderme_upsonn.TrPenEtLaAgNainD presentedstanyfurthaepregrtitaniont f t r o oli t m he College of Maynooth. Mr. STAFFORD O'BR:IEN presented several petitions from the county of Kent against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. HAIL-STORM POLICIES OF INSURANCE. Petitions, praying for a repeal of the Stamp Duty upon hail-storm policies, were presented by the Earl of March, Mr. Blackstone, Mr. Yorke, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Round, Mr. J. Round, and Mr. Hussey. Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that he should to morrow bring forward a motion with respect to poor laws in Ireland. SAVINGS BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation of savings banks. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES THE S T UN, LON,D,,ON, MONpAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1844 AND THE ZOLLVEREIN. Dr. BOWRING wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government, whe ther he would have any objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence which had taken place between the British and Prussian Governments on the subject of the late treaty concluded between the United States and the Zollverein. _ _ _ _ Sir R. PEEL was understood to say that he had no objection. FACADE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. M. MILNES wished to put the question of which he had given notice, to the Right Hon. Gen tleman (Sir R. Peel), respecting the new fagade of the British Museum. He wished to know whether the plan proposed had been definitively agreed upon ? Sir R. PEEL begged to state that he considered there never was any architectural plan which received more mature consideration than the present, and the decision of the trustees had been always understood to be final and complete. So long ago as 1822 a re solution was moved in the House that no plan for the British Museum should be proceeded with on the mere consent of the trustees,' but that the consent. of Parliament should be had. In 1823 all of the trustees had approved of the plan now in course of being carried into execution. The plan had been submitted to Committees, one in the year 1836 and one in 1838, and it received the implied sanction of both. Some courses of stone had actually been laid according to the plan, and no devia tion from the plan could be made without causing considerable. expense ; under these circumstances he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would see the necessity of not disturbing a plan which emanated from a most ' eminent architect, and had received the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury, and subsequently of two Committees of the House of Commons. GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA. On the motion that the Order of the Day for going into Committee of 'Ways and Means be read, Mr. ROEBUCK rose. He begged to solicit the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government to the questions which he was about to put to him. On Friday, in answer to a question from the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh (Mr. Macaulay), the Right Honourable Baronet had made it clear to the House, and to the country, that the Court of Directors of the East India Company had recalled the Governor-General. As that was a matter which might be attended with very im portant consequences, he was now induced to solicit the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to his question. He (Mr. Roebuck) understood that on Wednesday last a dispatch had been sent from this country to India, on the receipt of which the Noble Lord at the head of the Indian Govern ment would cease to be Governor-General, and the government of that country would be transferred to others. The question to which he solicited attention was, who was now to be considered responsible for the Government of India ? Whether was it the Government of this country, namely, the Administration, the members of which he saw oppo site to him, or the parties who had the power of dis missing the Governor-General, who were to be considered responsible for the government of that country:? He wanted also to know if the Right'. Honourable Baronet were able to give him an answer, and he should be sorry to put the question if an answer were at all inconvenient, as he had not given the Right Hon. Baronet notice of his motion, though perhaps the Right lion. Gentleman was not wholly unaware of his intention to put it. A dispatch went from this country which would alter the whole nature of the Go vernment of India, and anybody , who knew anything of that country knew that from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas the greatest commotion—(Cries of " Order, order," from the Ministerial benches, amidst which Sir R. Inglis rose to " Order" and immediately sat down.) Mr. ROEBUCK resumed. He had so often been subjected to this species of interruption, that he could not but believe that there was some meaning in it.—(Hear, hear.) They were now on an Order of the Day for Supply—for a Com mittee of Ways and Means—which involved every question interesting to the state of the nation—so that he was perfectly in order, and he was astonished that so old a Member as the Hon. Gentleman opposite should have interrupted him. He was about to re mark, that any one who knew India must be aware that the reception of news such as that to which he had alluded would create a great sensation among all the native powers from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas. Now nothing could be more dangerous to our dominions in India than the effect which might be produced by such a dispatch. He therefore wished to know from the Right Honourable Baronet whether he was prepared to maintain the policy which had hitherto been maintained by the person representing the Government in India; and, with respect to the Government of India at the present time, considering the extraordinary and anomalous position in which it was placed, he was anxious to learn if the Right Hon. Baronet was prepared to take upon himself the responsibility of carrying out the policy of the Directors of the East India Com pany. He was aware of the difficulty of the piestion, and he admitted that he had not given notice of his intention to put it. Sir R. PEEL had not known of the intention of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to put the ques tion on the important subject to which he had re ferred, and he (Sir R. Peel) should certainly have wished for a little time for consideration. In the first place, with regard to the provisions of the ex isting law, the House was probably aware that the relations of the Executive Government with regard to the administration of the affairs of India were extremely anomalous. The respective positions of the Government and of the East India Company were not very well defined. The Crown and the Eagt India Company had each certain powers ; but with regard to the nature and extent of those powers,'he must refer to the acts of the Legislature. The East India Companylposs.esaed the power of appointing the Governor-General of India. That power could only be exercised subject to the approbation of the Crown .—that approbation was signified by the sign -manual, counter• signed by the Secretary of State. That was the exact provision of the law with respect to the appoint ment. The appointment was made under ordinary cir cumstances, by concert and mutual understanding, be tween the Government and the East India Company ; but the letter of the law was that the right of nomi nation was with the East India Company, subject to the approbation of the Crown. The right of the East India Company to remove the Governor- General, without the concurrence of the Crown was, he apprehended, unques tionable. In the last Act, which comprised the charter of the East India Company, and extended it for a certain time, there was a proviso that nothing in that Act should be construed in any degree to diminish or in terfere with the power of the Board of Directors to recal the Governor-General of India. Now, all that he was at liberty, consistently with his sense of public duty, to state on that cccasion, was that the Court of Directors had, in the case of the removal of Lord Ellenborough, exercised the right which they unquestionably possessed under an Act of the Legislature, to recal and dismiss at their will and pleasure, the Governor-General of India.-- (Hear, hear.) The determination to recal was taken by them on their undivided and exclusive n. actt if `Withoutrecalan d was concurrencea that n act sanction which of a h t ( d el e the The o s w a r sn e eo s rt p v o ar n ne s te i se b io i v l f i e t td y h concurrence the act was unquestionably a legal and a valid act. 'With respect to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, whether her Majesty's Government con sidered itself responsible for the government cf India, he must, under present circumstances, decline entering into any discussion of that question.—(Hear, hear.) All he could say was, that with reference to the fact, whether her iMajesty's Government did or did not coincide with the Court of Directors, their sense of public duty would induce them to take that course which shodld appear to them best calculated to diminish the risk of embarrassment and danger which they foresaw from the act of the Court of Directors. Sir R. INGLIS said he had no wish to interru pt _ the Hon. Member for Bath unnecessarily. He thought, however, that great inconvenience wou'd arise, if Hon. Members persisted in exercising their right in a case like that before the House. Mr. FRENCH said he thought there was another question which ought to be put to the Right Hon. Gentleman at ths head of her Majesty's , Go vernment. His answer would leave the country under the impression that the Court of Directors had taken the Government by surprise. Now he wished to know whether it was not true that they had had considerable notice of the intention of the Court of Directors to remove the Governor-General of India ? Sir R. PEEL thought he had not said a word from whin any Hon. Gentleman could infer that the Government had been taken by surprise. The Go vernment most certainly was not taken by surprise ; but they had had the opportunity of stating their views to the Court of Directors, who had certainly , given a fair and full consideration to their repre- Mr. NV ILLIAMS said he had another question to put to the Right Hon. Gentleman.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He had been informed that a very large amount of money had been laid out by the Commis sioners for Reducing the National Debt in the pur.. chase of Consols. He understood that something like from 150,0001. to 200,0001. per week had been expended for some time past. He wished, therefore, to ask how much money had been laid out by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt since the commencement.pf this year, on ac count of surplus revenue—on account of savings' banks, and on account of money received for the pur chase of Government annuities, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was sorry that he could not give the Hon. Gentleman the figures he required at the moment, not having had the slightest expectation that the question was about to be put to him.—(Hear, hear.) He would be, however, perfectly ready to give the Hon. Gentleman the required information to-morrow. THE BUDGET. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER the House then went into a Com mittee of Ways and Means—Mr. Greene id the Chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said :—Mr. Greene, the motion I shall have the honour to put into your hand is for a vote of Ex chequer Bills, to be appropriated to the exchange of other Exchequer Bills, which will cline due, in the ordinary course of business, in about six weeks time ; and I think it desirable to avail myself of this oppor tunity of bringing under the consideration of the House the view of the financial condition of the country which the House' is eptitled to expect, and which it must be anxious to receive at the hands of her Majesty's Government. It will be in the recollection of the House, that when, in the course of last year, I made a simi lar statement, there was, on the part of some Hon. Gentlemen, an expression of great surprise as to the actual state and future prospects of the country. We were told that the country was still labouring under the severest distress, and that it was not likely to re cover from its state of depression. We were also told that, notwithstanding the imposition of heavy addi • tional taxation, the year had still closed with a deficiency of revenue. The explanations given by the Government were not satisfactory ; and there were those who argued that a similar depression would be observable in the coming year. On my own part, I was disposed net to invite rash expectations "to future pros perity, nor to draw an overgrown statement of public fear, but I then took the liberty of stating to the House, that there were indications of improve ment which led me to 'anticipate a revival of in dustry, and an extension of commercial enterprise, and which must of course lead to a considerable im provement of the financial condition of the country. I am happy—and I am sure those Honourable Gen tlemen who differed from my views will be happy also—that the views which I then entertained, have been since realised, and that the alarming forebodings which were indulged in have turned out to be ground less. lam anxious, Sir, not to encroach upon the time of the House, and I therefore will not detain p you ree e ebdy at further eee ete statewhat prefatoryt observations. I will was the re v enue a n d expenditure of last year, and then I will go to , the revenue and expenditure of ,this. this.. It will be. neces sary, however, before Ido so, to call the attention of the House to the situation in which we stood when this question was last before pa Coventryr t icul ay Mr. Williams) the r( , to explain •fo the u H s e ; n. and in Member par ticular circumstances with respect to the . China opium debt, and the East India Company , to or f e ol '• which he has just adverted. The balance-sheet, to which he has referred,, comprises all the actual payments made in the year, and all moneys received within the year. Therefore, on the one side, 2,000,000/. have been received from the East India Company and the China opium claim ; and on the other side,: is; the expenditure: for those tvvo objects. But the House will: be kind enough to understand that in the schemes of finance, I excluded those state ments from the debtor and creditor side of the account. And the Hon. Member for Montrose was perfectly correct in stating that I was then charged with having done so in order to make the appearance of a surplus when it was not the fact. The estimate *which I made of the public income during the course of last year, has undoubtedly been very greatly ex ceeded. I stated at that time to the House, that after the depression we-had been sustaining, and the disappointment of previous expectations with respect to that income, I had endeavoured to make my statement of such a character that at all events it should not err on the score of being beyond what was likely to be produced. If there was any error, indeed, it was quite in the contrary direction. The estimate which I made of the amount of revenue from the Customs for tisp-year to came was 19 , 0 00,0001., taking for my guide the amount that had been produced by the Customs during the preceding year. But in the course of the past year the amount that has been received from the Customs is 21,426,0001., instead of the 19,000,0001. at which I had estimated it. This arose, in a great degree, from the following circumstance :—I had not anticipated that there would be any considerable importation of corn ; that article, however, has produced 800,0001. I speak in round numbers, in order to save trouble to the House. A further sum was produced-to the revenue by a great improvement in the wine duties arising from the termination of those negotiations which had laid a sort of paralysis on the trade. The amount derived from this source was 350,000/. Other items of the Customs exhibited that a general im provement had taken place ; - the most remarkable items in this increase arose from the duties on sugar, amounting to 200,0001.; upon tea, 300,000/. ; both satis factory indications of th revived power of consumption in the labouring population of the country. Lastly there was an augmentation in the duties on cotton wool, amounting to 200,0001., an indication of in creased activity in that department of industry on which the happiness of so large a portion of the manufactur ing. ing population of this country depends. In addi tion to these items, which make together a very large proportion of the' excess on the Customs' revenue, there have been several minor articles, which have exhibited, generally speaking, an uniform augmentation, keeping pace with the extension of our commerce and the greater employment of the population. The estimates which I made with respect to the; Excise have turned out to be nearly as accurate as it is possible for estimates to be. The estimate I made of the Excise revenue was • 13,000,000/., and the amount it has yielded is 12,900,0001. ; that, th ere f ore , calls for little ' observation, farther than this—that as upon all the leading articles of the Customs there has. been an increased consumption, so upon all the different articles of Excise there has been an improvement. sssNot equally early, but as surely indicative of the improving state of the country. In the year ending at the last quar ter there was an increase in every article of this kind. The House, therefore, will perceive that the increase has been progressive in every respect. With respect to the estimates, the calculation I formed is as nearly as possible accurate. The estimate of 7,000,000/. in the Excise produced 7,101,000/. The taxes, which I estimated at 4,200,0001., produced 4,192,000/., and the • only observation I have to make on that branch of the revenue is this—that there was an apprehension expressed that the income tax would lead to the diminution of other taxes, espe cially the assessed taxes. Now it will be found that 'that has not been the case, and that there has not been, in that branch of the revenue, the pressure that was supposed. With respect to the Post-office, lam happy to say that the increase from that source exceeds the amount of the calculation which I made by. 28,000/. sentations before they took the step in question. , The estimate I made was 600,000/. ; the receipts Now he must beg to decline answering any further have been 628;000/. With respect to the Crown lands question. He had given the House all the informa- there - have been similar results. I estimated the re.• tion that could be expected from him, in answer to a venue 'from that source at 130,000/. ; the amount has question of which he had not notice, and he trusted i -been 147,0001. The miscellaneous estimates I esti that the House would not suppose that be acted with ' mated at 870,0001.; the receipts were 803,0001. The disrespect in declining to answer anything further. total, therefore of these several items is, that the revenue THE CHINA COMPENSATION. which I had estimated for the year at 50,150,0001. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that, before the Chan- i has produced an income of 52,138,8401., being an cellor of the Exchequer proceeded with his exposition i increase to the extent of 2,700,0001. beyond my cal of the Ways and Means, he should beg leave to ask culation. With respect to the expenditure of the Right Hon. Gentleman to explain how it was the country, it will be found that my esti that the money was borrowed upon Exchequer Bills, mates have literally been exceeded. The to pay the opium compensation, whereas the revenue I expenditure in last year for the army was 6,188,0001., of the last year exceeded the expenditure by a very being a reduction of upwards of 500,0001. for the large sum ? expenditure from the last year ; but it is due to the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said House that I should state this, that they should not that the amount of the opium compensation was labour under the impression that it was the case, 1,200,0001., and the expenses of the war 800,0001., that we have not been able to make the reduction. making in the whole 2,000,000/., which would be re. The difference arose from another cause, namely, that paid by the Chinese Government, and from that fund in the course of the last year the Indian Government the Exchequer Bills (as we understood) would be made larger payments on account of the debt it owed paid off. The loan was made for the double purpose to the Crown for the military service, and also from of paying the compensation and the defraying the the further circumstance that,' peace being restored, expense of the war. there had not been the same necessity to keep funds Mr. HUME said his Hon. Friend was not aware in the commissariat chest. The expenditure in the that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to course of the last year has been reduced by 500,0001. have a surplus income, had borrowed the sum of two The reduction in the navy is not one to be taken as a millions upon Exchequer Bills. Had his Hon. reduction of expenditure, because the payments on Friend consulted him (Mr. Hume) upon the subject, account of that service are made at uncer he could have explained the matter to him —(Laugh- certain periods, and it is impossible to calculate ter.) His Hon. Friend, however, was quite right what payments may be required for that service. As in putting his question. He (Mr. Hume) was I was in error with regard to the amount of the aware that last year the Chancellor of the Exchequer revenue which produced 2,700,0001. more than I did explain this matter, and the late Chancellor of the calculated upon, so in consequence of the decrease in Exchequer pointed out to the House the cheat that the expenditure to which I have adverted, there has the Chancellor of the Exchequer was then putting been an error in nearly the same direction for upon the public. But he (Mr. Hume) perfectly 650,000/. less than I calculated would be required, understood at the time the money was borrowed that when I made my statement to the House last year, it was to be paid as soon as the remittances from was expended. Taking these; sums together it China were received. will appear that I had calculated on a surplus of 700,000/., the total surplus in the year will be a sum of 4,165,0001.—(L0ud cheers.) It will be in the recollection of the House that, at the close of last year, I had to announce to the House a very considerable deficiency of in come to meet the expenditure, amounting to 2,400,000/. ; and, as I then stated to the House, that I believed that deficiency to be rather apparent than real, I recommended to the House to make no provision for the payment of that deficiency— not to raise means by loan for the purpose of getting rid of it, but that it should be defrayed out of the surplus of future years, as cir cumstances, from time to time, might allow ; and I am happy to be able to announce to the House that the deficiency of 1843, which amounted altogether to 2,749,0001., has been cleared off and discharged out of the produce of the revenue of the present year, and after the discharge of the debt incurred in the course of last year, it will enable us to present to the public a surplus of 1,400,0001. on the Ist of April just passed.—(Cheers.) So far then as the past year is concerned I believe the House will agree with me that my statement is satisfactory. We will now proceed to consider the estimates and prospects for the year on which we have entered. Mr. COLLETT (Athlone)—What is the amount of the property-tax? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER -5,315,0001. which is somewhat larger than the esti mate I had made last year, in consequence (as we understood) of there being a larger return from Scot land than I had anticipated. Now, Sir, in making an estimate for the year on which we have entered, I have adhered to the rule I laid down for my self on a former occasion, that of not being be trayed into too sanguine expectations, which the future would not bear out. I therefore content myself with taking the Customs at little more than the amount they have actually produced last year, viz., 21,500,0001.; and remembering that last year we derived 800,000/. from corn, and not being certain at at this period of the year what may be the state of the harvest of the country, I have thought it better to take the estimate of the produce of the Customs as not greater than what they pro duced last year ; and I therefore take the estimate, as I have already said, at what 1 I took it last year, namely, 21,500,000/. With respect to the Excise, every account I have been able to derive, from those best conversant with the affairs of the Excise, I do not apprehend that there is just ground for fixing the estimate for the Excise at a higher rate than I estimated it in the year gone by, namely, 13,000,0001., which is the amount I propose to take this item at. I mean to take the stamps at 7,000,000/., the assessed taxes at 4,200,000/., and the property tax 5,100,0001., which is about the amount produced in England last year. To these I will add the Post-office at 600,000/. only, and, for this reason, the revenue ofthe Post-office made some little progress in the course of last year, and I doubt not that in the course of next year it will make a certain progress also. But at the same time _there are several arrangements now pending at the present moment with respect to the postage of foreign letters, and there are some negotiations going on with foreign countries with re spect to the postage of letters in foreign parts, which will necessarily lead to considerable expendi ture. Therefore, I do not think it safe to take the estimate for the Post-office at more than 600,0001.; the Crown lands,l which I would: take at 130,000/., and the Miscellaneous estimates at 250,000/., making together a total estimate of 54790,000/. With respect to the expenditure of the country, the first item to which the. House will naturally, expect I should call their attention is the payment on account of the National Debt. The payment for the last year was 29,300,000/.—for the present, 27,697,0001. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") But it will be necessary for me, in making this statement, lest the House might labour under a delusion in sup posing that there really was such a decrement in the expense of the national debt. The deficiency of what must be paid in the present year, as compared withlast, amounts to 1,400,000/.; but, as I said before, the House must not be led into the delusion that that is the real decrease. When I recommended the reduc tion of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., I suggested, with a view of equallising the payments, that the new Stock, which was previously paid in January and July, should be made payable in April and October. The real diminution of the debt, in the present year, is one-half of the benefit derivable from the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., being 313,000/. I am anxious to impress this on the House, lest they might run away with the idea that the surplus is so much greater than it really is— lest they might believe it to be what they might at first naturally suppose, 1,100,000/. The charges, however, for the year on account of the debt and con solidated fund amount to 3,097,000/. Mr. HUME—The Exchequer-bills ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER — This includes the Exchequer-bills, and the interest thereon. The estimate for the year has been already, for the most part, before the House ; and the House is sensible that there has been not a considerable, but a certain reduction in the total amount as com pared with last year, and a considerable reduction as to the preceeding year. I am far from saying that the reduction has been carried to the extent to which the peace and tranquillity of the country must lead the House to expect ; but it has been carried to that point in which up to the present moment, upon a most careful review of the circumstances of the coun try, I believe it would be possible to carry it with safety. The estimate for the Army amounts to 6,616,000/. The estimate of the navy to 6,250,000/. instead of 6,380,0001., as in the preceding year; and, in this expenditure, provi sion has been made for great national warks. The ordnance to a sum of 1,842,000/., and the miscel laneous estimates, which have not yet been all voted by the House, I calculate will amount to somewhere about 3,000,000/. There are also, during the present year, several extraordinary sources of expenditure to which I wish to draw the attention of the House. It appears to me that it will be necessary during the course of the present year to make provisions for the payment of several extra ordinary items, and the House ought to be made aware of those items. The first item to which I wish to draw the attention of the Houle is one connected with the late hostilities which have been carried on in China. The accounts which were presented to the House, last year, carried the accounts of the disbursements payable to the East India Company, on account of the war in China, up to a pe riod of six months shorter than that for which the East India Company claims. I have not yet been able to procure the accounts of the whole amount which the East India Company claims, but I calculate that the sum which we shall leave to pay to the East India Company, in addition to the accounts already laid before Parliament, is about 400,000/ and I have reckoned that sum in my estimate of the expenditure for the current year. Another item of expenditure arises from the operation of that measure which I had the honour to submit to the House a short time since, I mean the reductien of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. The House will, no doubt, bring to mind the large amount of debt on which we at that moment operated. I am sure I am bound to return my thanks to the House for the cordiality with which they expressed their approba tion of that measure, and supported the views which I proposed to them, and which mainly contri buted to the happy results of that mea sure—(Hear, hear.)—and to that support is mainly attributable to the feeling of universal satisfac tion with which that measure was received throughout the country - . It was naturally to have been expected that there would have been a considerable body of dissentients, which would have demanded to be paid off. That expectation, I am happy to say, has been falsified. The amount of dissentients in England amount to 60,994/., and in Ireland to 13,280/., of those whose assent is required to be expressed. I mean those who hold stock of 1818, the amount of stock held by those who have not expressed their as sent amounts to 172,8411., so that the dissentients on a question involving the conversion of an amount of stock of 250,000,0001., amounts only to the trifling sum of 247,1111., and these is contained in that portion of the holders of stock who are residents abroad, and in the colonies, and who may within the time limited be expected to avail themselves of the opportunity of signifying their assent Now, Sir, it has been customary, on former occa sions of this nature, when the amount to be paid off has been considerable, to raise money by loan for the purpose of paying off that amount; but I think, considering the small amount of the charge to be paid off, considering also the state of the revenue, and on other accounts, it is desirable that we should make provision for the sum which is neces sary to pay off these dissentients ; and, therefore, I propose to take a sum of about 200,0001., which I conclude will be about sufficient to pay the charge, and which will form a part of the expendi ture which I have to lay before the House. There is another matter which requires some expenditure, but which I think is likely to re sult in future economy. The House is aware that in the year 1815 an engagement was entered into with the South Sea Company that they should continue to receive an annual interest from the Customs, together w;th an annual payment from the country on account of their establishment, until the guarantee-fund of the Society was received. The history of that Society I need not now state at any length. I may shortly state, however, that it was originally vested with peculiar and extensive privileges connected with trading to the South Sea ; that those privileges were repealed by the Act of the 55th of George 111., to which I have referred ; and that by that Act they were assured that they should receive from the public an addition to the capital of their stock. as the price of the surrender of their privileges, equal to one-sixth of the stock which they at that moment possessed, being the sum of 610,000/. In order to provide this guarantee fund a sum was annually paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and invested with a view to its accumulating for this society. It has now pro duced about 300,0001.; and there is a deficit of 239,0001. required to make up this gua rantee fund, for which the public are, in fact, paying an interest of 11,868/. a year. There are other advantages beyond this saving of interest, which may result from making an arrangement at the present time with the South Sea Company. So long as the Funds were low, it was in fact nearly impracticable to make any useful arrangement with the Com pany to relieve the public from the charge to which it was subjected. Whatever terms we might have made with the holders of this stock, they would have been entitled to demand from the public the full amount of 1001. for every 1001. of stock which they possessed. And, therefore, so long as the funds are lower than par, so long it is impracticable to effect that further reduction which may now, in the result of the funds coming to par, be bene ficially effected. Therefore, Sir, I think it is now necessary for the Government to be placed in a position, that if the opportunity should arise for making such a reduction, it might be able to take advantage of it by paying off the remainder of that debt, namely, 239,0001., thereby laying the foundation of a future considerable saving.—(Hear.) The total expenditure of the year for the ordinary service is -17,700,000, and for the extraordinary service to which I have lately adverted, amounts 846,000/., making a total of 17,546,000/. So that, if you add that sum to the debt, which is 30,097,1701., the total expenditure of the year will be 48,643,170/. If that be deducted from the gross amount of the revenue, that is 51,790,000/., it would leave an apparent surplus (subject to the reductions which 1 have before alluded to) of 3,146,0001., but if you make allowances for that por tion of the debt which will be due next year, that will leave the surplus 2,376,0001.—(Hear, bear.) In a country like this where every one has the means and uses the means of in forming himself of public affairs. It is not other than could be expected that it has been for some time generally known that the result of this year's revenue would not be different from the an ticipations which had been held in every quar ter. I find, in consequence of that anticipa tiion, that I have been assailed by communications from various parties recommending that the increase of tha revenue should be made available for reductions of taxation on almost every article of consumption. I can assure those Hon. Gentlemen, many of whom I see now, that nothing could be more gratifying to me than to yield to their application. Nothing would be more gratifying to my feelings, if I felt it consistent with my public duty than to make those large and general remissions of the taxes which I was requested to do. But, Sir, when we consider of the remission of taxation, w most also consider the nature of the burdens which exist at the time that remission is to be made. I would beg the House to bear in mind that when I told them that we had at present a surplus revenue of 2,370,0001., that that revenue is not a per manent annual excess ofregular and permanent revenue over the constant expenditure of the country, but it is the result but for one year of the receipts of the revenue of the country over the expenditure, which has been incurred in the course of that year. That it is a fund upon which, for the present year, we may rely, but it is not a fund of constant and future annual occurrence. The House must also bear in mind that, in the present year, that fund has been produced by the imposition of an extraordi nary tax in the year 1842, and which produced 5,100,000/., which is the main ground of sur plus which, this evening, I have announced to the House of Commons. Now, I will call the attention of the House to the circumstances under which that tax was imposed. It was imposed at a period when the country had been labouring for a considerable number of years under the evil of the revenue of the country failing to equal the expenditure, and when there was the necessity for great exertion in order to make the revenue sufficient to bear the necessary charges of [the country. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 27. WILKINSON U. EARL LICHFIELD. This was an action brought by Mr. Peter Richard Wilkinson, of Queen-street, Cheapside, stationer, to re cover the sum of 1,200/., the amount of a promissory note, dated the 21st of September, 1811, payable three months after date, bearing the name of the Noble Earl as the maker and indorser, but both signatures were de nied in his Lordship's pleas. The cause was tried in London on Wednesday last, before Mr. Justice Maule, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant MANNING now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The Learned Sergeant, in re capitulating the evidence, stated that although the tea tiniony principally relied upon for the plaintiff was that of the cashier of Stephenson and Salt, formerly his Lordship's bankers, who swore positively that he believed the signatures were in Lord Lichfield's handwriting, yet, on the other side, there was Colonel Anson, defendant's brother, who must well know Lord Lichfield's writing; hut more particularly Mr. Blots, inspector of franks, and other witnesses engaged in the General Post °lice while the noble Earl was Postmaster-General; all these were of opinion that the handwriting was not that of his Lordship, and those in the Post-office, who must have seen his Lordship's signature many times a day, must better know the handwriting than the banker's clerk. The Learned Judge in summing up drew the attention of the jury to the latter circumstance. The note bore the indorsement of " Margaret Edwards," of which probably their Lordships would not take judicial notice ; but she was very well known out of Court. No reason was assigned why the note had not been presented before, nor was it stated how the note came into plaintiff's pessesdon ; and the jury, after being absent; an hour, came into Court, asking if the - bill::,11ad been noted and payment demanded, and , thet4,.lvere absent another hour before returning their y,elfitat . or the plaintiff. The Learned Judge, in *pm( up,. intimated that though plaintiff was not legitllylinpid;* it would have been better to have shown'thgOrisideration, as well as how he became possessed of the,note ; sind he (Mr. Ser ee9nt Manning) believed Mr. Jiistice Maule was dissa tisfied with the verdict. The CoURT decided on consulting Mr. Justice Maule before granting the rule. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 27. EARL OF CARNIRVON V. VILLEROIS. In this case, in which a motion for a new trial had been made sometime back by Sir T. Wilde, the Court gate judgment. The question was as to the party in whom rested tho right of a warren situated in the manor of Highclerc and 13urghcler, in the county of South ampton. The COURT was of opinion that the rule for a new trial must be granted. Some other business of no importance was disposed of, and their Lordships rose at two o'clock, to meet the other Judges in the ExcheqUer Chamber. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, April 27. The Judges, after two o'clock, sat in this Court, when they heard the arguments in the case of TEE QUEEN V. BANNIN. It appeared that the prisoner had bean convicted at the late assizes of having forged a die for making base or counterfeit coins. It was sub mitted that as he had only sent to a die-sinker, who was named Carter, at Birmingham, to have a die made for him, and which Carter did make for him under the sanction of the Mint, that he ought not to have been indicted on the charge of which he was found guilty—namely, that of forging a die. It appeared he had never sent fur the die which Carter had made for him, and yet he was taken into custody, tried, and con victed of the offence mentioned. It was contended that the prisoner was wrongly indicted, and that the charge to which he was amenable—namely, that of inciting an other to make the die, was only a:misdemeanour, whereas by the verdict that stood at present recorded again.% him, he was pronounced 'guilty of a felony, and had been sentenced to the punishment of a felon—transpor tation for life. At the close of the argument their Lordships rose. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoner if he was de sirous of saying anything ?—He said, in a very cool • manner, "It's all true." Mr. GREENWOOD—Where is the 101. note ? Pri soner—l paid some debts, and spent the remainder of the money. He was remanded, that the officer might make fur- , ther inquiries. Three lads, under 14 years of age, of the names o Greenwood, Jones, and Bowman, were charged with stealinc , some books from the National School in Baldwin's-gardens, St. Andrew, Holborn. The premises in question were, it appears, entered by means of a pick-lock key during Friday night, and about four in the morning the prisoner Bowman was seen at the window of the establishment throwing books to the other prisoners, who were in the court leading to it. Two policemen received information of their goings on, and captured them. Mr. Martin, a solicitor, in Lincoln's Inn, who is Secretary and Treasurer of the National School, identified the books as the property of the schools and the prisoners were ordered to be committed to New gate. 136 - wman was then charged with stealing a gold watch worth 40 guineas, from the shop of M r . D e nt, the watch-maker in the Strand. The prosecutor's foreman stated, that on Wednes day last the prisoner entered his master's shop, an& asked if an errand boy was wanted, and before wit ness could give him a reply, being at the instant en gaged with a customer, he (the accused) seized from the counter a watch of the value mentioned and es- caped. Witness gave a description of him to the po lice, who informed him of his apprehension for rob bing the National School. Slr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say anything to this charge ? Prisoner--4 took the watch. Mr. GRXENWOOD—Whers is it ? Prisoner—Ton Richards has got it. A man named Simmons stepped into the witne box, and said that he saw the watch in the tiara:, of the prisoner, who told him that he had stolen it. Mr. GlMENwooD—Then why did you not. detain him, and give him into the custody of the police? Simmons looked confused, and said ha didn't know.. Bowman—You wanted me to sell it to you, f.z V. 10s. Simmons denied the assertion, and said that Bow man offered him the watch for Mi. GREENWOOD told him that his conduct had been very strange and unaccountable, and remanded the pri soner for further examination, ordering the officer to look after Tom Richards, who is well known. LAMBETH-STREET. Daniel Dearlove, the young man who has been in custody since Monday night on a charge of robbing his uncle of bonds, securities, bank notes, and cash, amounting in the whole to nearly 10,0001., was again brought before Mr. Henry for further examination. When placed at the bar, the prisoner said Its expected Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and Mr. Ashley, the solicitor, to appear on his behalf, and should there fore request his examination should be postponed until their arrival. Mr. Henry complied with his request, and the case was put off for some time. After the lapse of nearly an hour, Mr. Gude, a so licitor for the prosecution, addressing Mr. Henry, said that, under any circumstances, it would be his duty to apply to his Worship for a remand.; and, as Mr. Ashley, on behalf of the prisoner, consented to $ remand, •it would prevent the necessity of the wit nesses and others in attendance waiting any longer. - Mr. Ashley said he had no objection to a a remand to a future day, upon which Mr. Henry remarked; that a remand could in that case make no difference, as he (Mr. Henry) had made up his mind to com mit the prisoner to take his trial on Use charge. Inspector Ruff, who has the case in hand, in reply to the questions of Mr. Henry, said that a policeman , employed on the Eastern Counties Railway could give some important evidence in the case, but he un- • fortunately was engaged down at Colchester on that day, and could not, therefore, be in attendance. Mr. Wood, a sugar refiner, residing in Clevelander street, was in attendance, and stated that himself and his family had been from home on Sunday evening last, and he could not, therefore, say whether or not the prisoner had called at his house. The prisoners he said, had been in his employment some six or eight months ago as a traveller, but since then he knew no' • thing of him, nor was he aware of any business b 0 had in calling on him on Sunday evening. The prisoner, it appears, had been brought up to the grocery business, had b een marr i e d a b out eig h t months ago to a respectable female who possesses ss income of 1001. per annum, and who is much o lder than himself, and, with whom, it seems, he lived on very bad terms. Aft er his apprehension , and while a t the station-hou se , a circum s t ance occurred which cen; siderably strengthens the suspi c i on t h at he s l ° "6 was who carried off the property. A friend of his uncle was speaking of the great hardship of the ease on the part of the prosecutor, and particularly bis losing the deeds and securities, which could be of little service to the thief, upon which the prisoner re plied, " I dare say he'd have them back." It also ap pears that he has been in custody before on a charge of felony, and had spent six months in Newgate.- - He was again remanded. SouTn-EArrera RAILWAY.—The Dover terminu 9 buildings of this line are now rapidly progressing to wards completion, and when finished, they will combine elegance and symmetry of architecture with comfort and accommodation, in a manner at once highly cre ditable to the architect, Lewis Cubitt, Esq., and the spirit of the company. We have before us an excellently executed engraving of these buildings as they will pre - sent themselves from the South Pier. It must b e ob vious to the most casual observer that the railway works. hare much improved that portion of the sea front of Dover they at present occupy ; and when the noble' buildings and the lofty c l oc k and bell-tower that wil k o'er-top them (with which they are to terminate at the eastern extremity) are completed, they will give a finish_ to the whole that cannot fail t o p ro d uce a most striking and beautiful effect. The waiting-rooms and other apartments at this terminus are t o b e suc h i n po i n t ...0 4, splendour, as:may well accommodate oven Royalty itsslP —Dover Chronicle. • , CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office to day, at two o'clock, wkiell was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wel - ' lington, Sir James Graham, Lord Stanley, tit& Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,. the Earl of Ripon, Lord Haddington, Sir H. Hardinges, • Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Gladstone, and the Lora Chancellor. The Council was summoned on Saturday evening, by direction of Sir James Graham. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—We are exceeidine happy to hear that Sir William Follett is daily proving in health and strength. Acting, however, untie; the wishes of his professional a d v i ser , th e H on . a nd' Learned Gentleman has not resumed his profee sional duties, since his appointment to the office of torney- General ; and it is not expected he will come down to Westminster Hall during the present term. Sir James Graham, Sir George Clerk, and Sir Thomas Fremantle had interviews with Sir Robert Pees , ' at the Right Hon. Baronet's residence in Whitehall-gar" dens, this morning. RESPITE OF MARY FURLIT.—On Saturday, abetA four o'clock, the Sheriffs received a communication, Troia the Secretary of State for the Home Department, vtating that her Majesty had been pleased to respite. the segr i tence of death passed a t th e l ast sess i on o f the Cent " ' Criminal Court, on Mary Furley, daring her M a jesty' , royal pleasure. When the respite arrived at Newgete' four of the Aldermen of London and a:Member of Pe r liament, distinguished for his philanthropy. were Pre sent, anxiously awaiting the result of their exertions' The moment the important information arrived, it Wl° at once communicated to the wretched woman, by the Ordinary of Newgate, and other official personages, The poor creature, on receiving the information that her would be spared, burst into R flood of tears, and eiheA t she had somewhat recovered her self-possession, 40' pressed her gratitude in the warmest terms to the, gel" tlemen who had so kindly interested themselve‘ . ., in b_ A er behalf. It is not at p resent k nown what her r,eauetute"' sentence will be, but it is expected that she will underie a very short imprisonment. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an int er view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on,Saturdel' • MARRIED. On the 28th of. March, at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, G e or ge • Lee Cheesman, to Mary, daughter of J o h n Robert BOP" Esq., late of Port-au-Prince. C. On the 25th inst.; at • St. Cuthbert's, Wells, the Ric;,j Ward, Rector of Maulden, B e df or d s hi re, to Elizabet h, child of the Rev. A. Foster, Vicar of Kingston, Somarset-_, 4 ,. On the 25th inst., at Cleved on Ch urc h , Th oma s 007 phorus Tyndall, Esq., of th e F or t, Bristol, to Caroline Ltl'- „, Ar t daughter of Sir C. A. Elton, B ar t., o f Cl ove d o n-c° Somerset. On the 25th inst., at St. George's, Blo oms b ur y, Mr. Honor Parker, of Argyll-square, to Mary, y ounges t clautP of the late Captain Pock, of Liverpool. On the 25th inst., at Trinity Church, Surrey, 11- Bradley, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Samuel Esq., of Bermondsey. DIED. On the 24th inst., at Warwick House, Worthing, G o° Frederick Jones, Esq., barrister, aged 43. thild On the 24th inst., at Hoveton Hall, Norf o lk, William son of H. N. Burroughs, Esq., M.P. art" On the 25th inst., at Baker-street, New-road, M Jane Owen, aged. 77. On the 25th inst., the Rev. J. Kendall, Vicar of Budlooeker Warwickshire. On the 25th inst., Mr. John Brown, Old Broad-stree On the 25th inst., at Cadogan-street, Chelsea, Nich"" — Cleak, Esq., late surgeon of the 88th Regiment of Foot...,_ri, On the 25th inst., at Bedford-square, John Herman luu vale, Esq., Commissioner of Bankrupts. Jane On the 26th inst., at Queen-street, May-fair, youngest surviving daughter of the late John Christiv,sr-'`i On the 21st inst., at Torquay, Devon, Mr. Thomas B lef Adelaide On the 23d inst., at Woodhill, Ripley, Surr e y , Elizabeth Anderson, youngest daughter of W. 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