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fourttTibition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. HAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY-By EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Hurst Cup of 40 sovs., in specie, free for all ages, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Once round and a distance. Mr. Stanbrow's b h Isleworth, 5 yrs, won the first heat. Mr. Balchin's Crocus, 4 yrs, a good second. (Tho other heat had not been decided when our .Express left.) ROUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) THE SUSSEX PEERAGE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) "Thursday is our day. You know to-morrow is exactly three weeks, my soul, that we have been married. How time flies `away when one spends it happily. I trust all the others will 'run in the same style, to our mutual satisfaction." • " I will be quiet, and hope that our Thursday will still be 'consecrated to happiness, as till now, since our marriage, it has ever been." - " This is the hour I ought to be with my dearest Augusta," land, after some passionate exclamations regarding his wife, speaking of himself, he proceeds thus] " he makes no merit of climbing over houses to come to her. What would he not do for her ? 13tit at the same time he must add she ought to reward him with a sight of her—a dear sight of his own amiable Augusta, which suffices to make him happy, and - ever will do so " I own it is very hard to be forced to conceal our mar riage as we do, but prudence requires it. " I own I think it most prudent to remain a couple of days at home; suspicion might make them curious, and the discovery, though it would be of no use, might be attended with some disagreeable consequence or another for us. It.is better to submit quietly to such an inconvenience, in order to enjoy ourselves the better, and more securely. Do you not think so, my dearest Augusta? Is there not reasoning in this? " If I cannot contrive to go to Florence you must remain as long here as you can, for if. I cannot go there I shall not move from this place, for here he cannot, he shall not, prevent my seeing you, and some months passed will put the whole business to an end, and then complete what we have so luckily succeeded in executing." . . . . . " Wednesday morning.—My soul I trust has reposed well, and is longing for her husband. Well, my treasure, Ido not promise to come to-night, but if every one was to go I would ace how to settle this. .So pray let me know this afternoon at what o'clock your mother goes out, that I may see if we can do any thing. The weather irtruly desperate; but if I can come it shall not prevent me from visiting thee, my heart's delight; I am dying for it " I have not promised quite to come, I will do what is in my power, but more you cannot expect from me." " On coming home, my dearest Augusta, I read the news papers through for safety sake, and found the report of our marriage refuted, which gave me great pleasure. However, as I thought it not safe to fall into my gentlemen's hands, I burnt the paper, after 'cutting out the paragraph for my wife's instruction." • " Saturday morning, April 1793.—5T0u must send me Lord Hervey's letter this morning, that I may answer it; for it - will require some little difficulty to answer it in such a way as to give no cause for suspicion, and at the same time not entirely to assert the contrary, My only reason for making it a secret at present is to get something to live upon inde pendent, else I should not care to make it known imme diately ; but as that is not the case yet I must be a little cautious. It pains me to act so, for, in one point of view, it Makes me act as if wronging you, whilst, indeed, c'est autant votre interet que le mien to conceal it still for some time." " October the 26th, 1793. "My intention-is, as soon as you are arrived in London, and that I know of it, to take an apartment for you here; but you must change your name for the time, and follow exactly all my directions; for your own welfare, as well as mine, depend most entirely upon it. My mind is not accus tomed to deception ; but if we wish to work for futurity we must carry on the deception for some months longer. I have most minutely examined every thing here, and find this most prudent. You may repine at this, my soul's dearest delight I but your Augustus, your own Augustus, who must solely think for his-own Augusta, after mature consideration, has found this absolutely necessary; therefore my dearest 'wife will submit to it with readiness: You must desire Lady Dunmore, if she loves me, to conceal her arrival as much as possible, to see very few people in London, and you none at all, for fear-of a discovery ; and then, while she goes into the country, I will contrive your coming here; but, my Clearest Augusta, you must not expect to see much of me, except in the afternoon." " My dearest Augusta knows that I have but vervfew mo ments to myself, wherefore she will not be angry, f trust, to find my letter short, but take will for the deed. That you are got quite well makes me very happy; at least je me Platte that you by this time are so, and intend informing me when I may have hopes of seeing you. My dearest Augusta will, without doubt, believe that I most anxiously look forward to that epoch which, though not in all pro bability a very long one, will yet be pleasing, and give us a great idea of what future times will be, when we never shall part. 'We will certainly employ our time well when we are together; won't we, my dearest wife? We must settle .everything. together, that after your being brought to bed we may join immediately. With what pleasure 1 look forward to that moment, my lovely Augusta! words cannot tell, but my actions shall prove it; as also that I am worthy of possessing her in my own house, who has only a right to be there, and to be second in - command." "It had been my intention, my dearest Augusta, not to have wrote to you before my letter had been de livered to . his Majesty, and an answer was returned. As this is not yet done, though my letter is finished, I write to you now, and inform you of the reasons which have kept me back from doing so, and not coinciding with your wish, so desirous as I am, and must be at all times, to make everything that concerns you happy and our little offspring. No sooner, my life, did I get your letter than I set about (ill as I was) preparing one for my father, Which when finished, I carried to my sister E., who you know is most warmly attached to me, and is informed of every thing that is going on. She seemed very much agitated upon my reading the letter, when I told her my intention was to leave the letter behind, and secretly to come up to London. This was first approved of, but afterwards I resolved to re main here. She promised me before the end of the evening to send me some information of the remarks she had made List night. She sent me a note, desiring for God's sake I would not deliver in my letter, from the following reasons :—` That every person who shall knowingly or wilfully presume to so lemnise or to assist or to be present at the celebration of any marriage with any descendant of George the Second, or at his or her making any matrimonial contract, without the King's consent, shall, being duly convicted thereof, incur and suffer 'the pains or penalties ordained and provided by the statute of provision and premunire in the thirteenth year of Richard the Second, which is transportation and confiscation of pro perty.' My sister seems afraid that the King in his anger - would resent my behaviour, and revenge himself, not only upon me, but upon you also, which would be the ruin of us both. That I had much better not say a word till when ?-ou are gone abroad, and of course out of danger. These are the motives that have kept me back. ;Should you still wish, my Augusta, I will present the letter to-morrow to the King the moment your answer arrives. If it is your desire, and you care not for the consequence, I am .ready to submit to everything, for I can have, and truly have, but one idea, that of making y ou h appy as far as is in .my p ower. I see the motives which engage you to make the 4demand. I honour, I respect, I love them as much as you do; but consider, p ray cons i der, whether we ought to cautious or not. Our whole future felicity depends upon it. I will be soleland entirely guided b - ou, lever I may suffer or endure, - When it. is for y y A y ugusta a or to make her comfortable, I will risk with pleasure. m Should ' 'they not choose to acknowledg e my children here, I can al -ways settle that ab roa d , and though they may not he able to live, in England, I am sure of their being • able to do so abroad. In short, whatever can make you happy, Augusta, I will do. I s m rn danger and every thing to make you ap py. I your husband and protector. Without 'you: I cannot live, and with you, and f or you only, -will I live. I trust in some days to be better, but I am, as yet, most dreadfully weak. In six nights I have only slept one ; but Farquhar, whom I have consulted, assures me that any asthma is nothing but the debility and irritability of the nerves; and that with care I shall certainly get better, and -entirely cured. I would give the world, my dearest Augusta, for to see you and comfort you. Pray write to me to-mor row, and let me know your desires, and I will arrange myself accordingly. I got your letter last night, for - which I return my warmest thanks. Sorry, very sorry, was I- to find von complain so, and though all my bag gage is on board a ship, yet should you want me to stay, Augusta, I will, Coute gut coute. May Heaven protect—may the Almighty shower his most benign blessings upon thy bead, my adored wife May guardian angels protect thee from every danger, and every stone that may be under thy feet', and may I see thee soon, is the constant prayer of him who subscribes himself, With truth and till death, your ever devoted and attached husband and friend, Windsssr, Jan. 9, 1793. " AUGUSTUS FREDERICK. ~“ Psay send me an answer to-morrow, or to-night, and G irl' aitto my friend Barton. It will certainly come safe." _." P ortsmouth, Jan. 15, 1794 . —1 n any other situation, my 'dearest A ugusta, it would have been impossible for me to have -parted without taking leave of you, but as such a circum =stance might have endangered your life, it was not to be thought of. The very night that got the infor mation of your being brought to bed was the l as t I was ao spend in England. Nothing in the world I was orldcoul as d o g r o s t h )d oW a t s l have prevented me from seeing - you you; and my word. At leaving the little infant, I kissed and blessed my boy —our boy. I prayed form y wife—for . thee, nay angel !—and returned yvearensisestt thanksgivings to the Almighty for his peculiar goodn me at all times. My preceding letter, which you have not read yet, will show you my confidence in the Almighty, and you 's Ido ceived. The Lord is a cm rock which eenevearrnginvoest -way; whoever rests on Hisa never falls, but is constantly supported. You: see, my angel I the Lord has protected us en all occasions, and has done so now; therefore, my own cleareSt Augusta, do not forget yourself, but rely on the Almighty, and that will: 'make us soon meet. Gunn is to call once a week to knots if you have any orders, and is to bring you, from Major Price, by my orders, three hundred pounds, which is all I ct.n afford till you come to Bologna, and there you shall find money at Sir Robert Harris's banker; whose name you will have upon paper ; for I ghoul I advise you to send your money to that banking house, and get notes from him to that amount, by - which, wherever yeusgo s you will always be able to get the coin of the country, and to lose less. My friend Domford will tend you au account of the road as far as Augsburgh, which you must pass, in order to get through Tuttle, and from Gibraltar I will send you your route as far as Rome. Gunn is to attend you always, and to be your servant; a courier you must have, arid find out yourself, for else you will be cheated beyond description. Domford is to get you your !passport, also, under the name of Mrs. Stuart, for two servant maid=, two wo servants, and our little boy. Therefore, whenever I write to you abroad, I shall always direct to Mrs. Stuart. Your first letter to me, directed at Leghorn. Stopford talks of my being there in sixteen days, which will give me great satisfaction. • " Rome, April 4,1794.—8 y your own account, my love, and which I most firmly believe, you must have wrote many letters 1 have never received. This is peculiarly unfortunate, and most Partieelarlv so at this moment, when I -wish to k noW....every Sentiment of your heart, in order to give you consolation, and ro wife that that confidence she co s ti ins:her husband he Y deserves. Without vanity, I t s~tal l4 I bwaNids,iiinevilear :deceived ray Augusta, and never she s i tb e ha ft en ni td, fund etfirhieteons admire t me h ih e r samehonest mmi eset: / 4 ”*" 1-4 ° 441 ) .P l ; e l t h - fife >Ad for wllisa'hchun tr. The next piece of documentary evidence put in was a volume of Shakspeare, containing the following entry, in the hand-writing of his late R oya l Highness :—" April 4, 1793 This moment I have come from my Augusta. She is mine to all eternity. God has given me her. She depends hence forth upon me, and upon no one else. Oh! Lord, protect us and bless us with all godline§.s 0 serve - thee, who liveth and reigneth with the Father and tbr-Holy Ghost, world without end." A volume of Blair's Sermons was then put in, containing the following entry, in the hand-writing of his Royal High ness, " Augustus Frederick gave this book to his dear wife Augusta, May 22d, 1793, at Rome." , Another volume of the same work, containing the words " Augustus Frederick and Augusta," was also put in. A will, in the handwriting of his late Royal highness, and sealed with the royal arms, was then put in. It was regu larly attested, and was dated " Berlin, sth Sept., 1799," and it stated that the testator was duly married on the 4th April, .1793, at Rome, to the Lady Augtsta. Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, and that the ceremony of marriage was again performed between the parties at the parish church of Only hasten to my arms, my charmer ! and I will acknow ledge you in spite of Parliament, and in spite of every thing that does not feel the same warmness, the same adoration I do for you, and which shall never cease but with my death. I mention this with superlative pleasure to-day, as this very one makes a year that our souls have been un it e d together ; and with the greatest truth, and satisfaction to myself, I can add, my dearest Augusta, with that sincerity every man must pronounce his fate on the last day of judgment, that my* affection haS never one moment cooled towards you, but has hourly augmented, and does so still, for which I ant most grateful to the Almighty, and which gratitude I hope to prove to my Creator by my conduct to wards you. I will fight for 'you, my Augusta : I will die thy husband. Nothing ever can, ever shall, alter my affec tion for you, which was formed by an admiration of your amiable qualities, and ripened by my respect for your vir tues. Our bonds were united by the most sacred ties ever religion could invent ; and I defy the power of profane hands to break them "Should the annulling of our marriage take place, which I doubt, my Augusta, it will make no difference in my senti ments, my charmer: On the contrary, it will increase my love for you. My grief will augment my endeavours to make thee happy, which, God knows, I have ever in view. Come over then, and I will acknowledge you ; for I will not live in any country -where I cannot live with you.. God has given me my Augusta, and nothing but the Almighty can take her away from me. She will always be the- same ; loved and respected by me. I shall ever consider her and acknowledge her as my wife. Whatever she desires shall be my desire ; whatever may be tier pleasure shall be mine also ; what can I say more, what can I do more, to prove the sincerity of my affections towards you, my Augusta? Speak, and it shall be done; for I live only with the thoughts of making you happy. Whatever may happen, I shall never absent myself further from here than Florence or Lucca. No consideration in the world, except . your own peculiar desire, will ever engage me to leave Italy. No place is better calculated for my health, nor is any one safer; for, at least, no one can lay hands upon me here. I shall not write again after this, as I shall begin to expect you ; for you will have received my letter from Leghorn, and the money also, after which, I trust, you will se t o ff. A s for me, I have received no letters from any one of the family; and considering this asa silent ordernot to write, I shall certainly accede to it." " Rome, April the 19th, 1794.—M05t happy did thy two dear letters of last night make me, my truly amiable Augusta. The last post missed, so that I got two at once, my trea sure, which more than compensated for the anxiety my wife's -silence Faye me. You tell me, my soul, that' this mouth your trial is to come on. I tremble for it, because my best half is to endure the whole attack which pride, envy, and malice can invent, whilst the other is at Rome, incapable of rendering her any service. Oh, my Augusta! my angel ! what persecutions you must endure for me ; indeed, my soul's delight, it will ever-be - the study of my life to prove to you my gratitude on every occasion, but never shall be able to do enough. Words cannot suffice. nor action ; but if I see you in some manner happy, that is all I can de sire. Let the courts determine what they please, you are al ways my wife; the dearest one I could ever have, and the only one I will have. Acknowledge thee I ever will, and whoever won't look upon thee as such shall never enter our house. What is sacred, no one can break ; and tho' for a moment our child may be persecuted, a time wilL come when he shall have justice done him, and my name he shall ever have, yours also, for we are but one. . . . • • • • " Augusta, my dear wife, mind, in spite of every profane law, that by the sacred you are mine, and mine only, till death us do part." " In short, whatever may happen, my dearest Augusta knows her duty, that she has promised to be my wife; and that though the judges on earth do not acknowledge it, the Great Judge of all, to whom every one must once give an account of his actions, has received our mutual promises, and inserted them in a book from which no spiritual or profane hands can ever blot them. Secure in this truth, I care not for anything; and once joined by my Gussy, my own wife, I shall brave the insults and attacks of every one, and rest attached to her, to whom both duty and 'inclination solely and most strongly bind me. Yes, my. Augusta, my dearest wife! trust to my honour. Never will I deceive you." " My dearest Augusta, " Though your letter of yesterday forbodes me no good, by informing me of the unfortunate sentence that will for the moment condemn our cause, yet it is so replete with affection that I cannot but feel grateful for thy kind expressions, and more resolved than ever to acknowledge thee for my. wife. That you are so by the law of God no one for a moment doubts ; nay, the most scrupulous allow this, which gives ease to my wounded breast " The decision of the powerful for a while must be sub mitted to ; but my Augusta may remain assured that as soon as I can strike a blow with security my utmost efforts shall be employed to that purpose. For this reason I must most particularly intreat thy departure from England, and joining me ; for till when we have maturely consulted about the matter I cannot act, as both circumspection and deter mination must be used in the cause." • " Your letter, which you talked of in your last, and which I had not received before, my dearest Augusta, is now come into my hands. My angelic wife !—for that you are, and shall ever be as long as I live, in spite of all laws,—the horror I felt in reading it cannot be so easily described ! I conceive your anguish, and pity you from the bottom of my soul, my own heart's delight I On sue you may rely, my angel and be assured whatever is in my power I will do, and with pleasure that I will be constant to you ; that I will acknowledge you for my wife youniay re main assured of. If you can have one moment's - uneasiness on that head, my lovely Gussy, you wrong me greatly; for instead of this affecting me- it only makes me stand by you more resolutely, and makes my love more violent, by teach ing me the greater obligations, in showing me all what you suffer on my account; for thy love for me. Never for a mo ment have I, never for a moment will I, forget thee and our cause, you may be assured." " The newspapers mention the sentence of Doctors' Com mons, which I do not conceal, as also my intention of defend ing thy cause, and endeavour, as soon as it is possible, to get justice done me " I trust my letter to my father will raise in him senti ments of affection and esteem. I wrote with delicacy, and yet with a certain determined character, which my situation and circumstances require " I cannot describe to my own charming wife the strong desire I have of seeing our dear little boy." Major Roche Lee then deposed to the following letters being in the hand-writing 'of Lady Augusta Murray : " To-day my beloved Prince took a sacred, a solemn oath ; called on Heaven to witness it ; swore before the Almighty on the Bible never to have any wife but me, and in future to look upon himself as sacredly promised to me. I accepted the religious promise that the Bible had witnessed—that had been addressed to the Almighty, and gave mine in exchange. I must record this day as the forerunner of, perhaps, many happy ones. 0 Lord, Creator of all things, lam not worthy of the mercies you lavish upon me, but yet I dare not trust to them." After again swearing to the Almighty never to marry any man but Prince Augustus, after swearing to look upon myself as sacredly bound by these oaths, and those I had taken to him, which I did with great fervour, upon reading over again those with which he binds himself to be my hus band, I answered the dear letter his servant brought me. I thanked him with gratitude for the repeated proofs of love he gives me ; but I dare not yet thank my Almighty for having me a husband who will ever love me, and whom my ardent wishes to make happy may make so. I dare not yet trust to his being mine according to the rights of our Church. And what are oaths unsanctioned there? they bind the honour able, but they do not satisfy the world." "I am now come to the more serious part of your letter, my dearest love. You tell me you will speak to Mr. Gunn about your intention of marrying, and not name me ; but I think, when you do confide in him sufficiently to tell him one thing, you ought to tell the whole. You will not disclose any part of your business to him without insisting first upon his sacred word of honour never to mention the subject ; consequently, the confidence must be full. If you tell him you are resolved, and do not tell him who the woman'is you mean to marry, he may imagine it some low person, some Italian, or, in short, anything; and that the whim you dare not avow will soon pass, and he will most undoubtedly refuse having any thing to do with it. Then my treasure, you say you will talk of honour to him. There is no honour in the case if there is, I will not marry you. I love you, and I have rea son to hope and believe you love me; but honour, in the sense you take it, is out of the question. I cannot bear to owe my happiness to anything but affection, and all pro mises, though sacred in our eyes and in those of Heaven, shall not oblige you to do any thing towards me that can in the least prejudice your future interests. As for honour, with the meaning Mr. Gunn will annex to it,—l am ashamed to fancy it,—he will imagine I have been your mistress, and that humanity, commonly termed honour, now induces you to pity me, and so veil my follies by an honourable marriage. My own beloved Prince, forgive me if lam warm upon this subject. I wish you to feel you owe me nothing; and whatever I oive you I wish to owe to your love and to your good opinion, but to no other prin ciple. Tell Mr. Gunn, my own Augustus, that you love me; that you are resolved to marry me ; that you have pledged a sacred word ; tell him, if you please, that upon the Bible you have sworn it; that I have done the same; and that nothing shall ever divide us; but don't let him imagine that I have been vile. Do this, my only loVe ; but pray take care of the character of your wife, your Augusta." " My dearest and now really adored husband ! you are but this moment gone —the, sacred words I have heard still vibrating in my ears—Still reaching my heart. Oh, my prince ! my lover! and now indeed my husband, how I bless the dear man who has made me yours. What a precious, what a holy ceremony : how solemn the charges ; how dear, and yet how awful. Do you feel happy, my only love Tell me you do, that I may bless my destiny. To be your wife is the summit of my wishes; I have attained that summit; but if my loved, my adored, husband has one moment of regret my happiness is fled, and despair returns. But do I talk of despair when joy ought to be my only theme,—when it fills my whole soul " Shall I hear from you to-morrow morning, my only be loved ? Will you write to your wife ? Will you tell her how you have gotten home, and whether the coming out has given you cold ? "Your dear note is just arrived, my dearest husband I I will observe all you tell me, and assure you I feel happier than words can express." Among the documentary evidence tendered was a volume of " Young's Night Thoughts," on a leaf of which was the following entry, in the handwriting of the Lady Augusta Murray :—" A present from Prince Augustus Frederick," after which appeared the following, in the handwriting of his late Royal Highness :—" April 4, 1793—Augusta lost the name of Murray for one more dear, Augustus Frederick." The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that with regard fo the journal, Mr. Waddington should look it over and see if it contained any other passages applicable to the subject, Mr. ERLE thought it right to state that the journal com menced long prior to these transactions, and contained ob servations made during a tour in Italv, an account of the first introduction of his Royal Highness to the Lady Augusta Murray, and also the declaration that they were husband and Rife. Mr. WADDINGTON would look over the journal. Mr. Eutu then tendered a prayer-book in evidence, on the blank leaf of which was the following entry in the hand writing of the Lady Augusta :—" By this prayer-book I was married at Rome to Prince Augustus Frederick, on the 4th of April, 1793, by the Rev. Mr. ---- " " St. George, Hanover-square, by banns, on the sth Dec., 1793. The next document tendered was a will, dated 1800, in which the testator declared that he had been solemnly, le gally, and duly married to Lady Augusta Murray at Rome, on the 4th of April, 179,3 and afterwards at St. George's, Ha nover-square, and also that the claimant, who was born in the parish of Marylebone, was his true and legitimate son. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the admission of the last document, because it contained an admission that thh marriage had been declared to be null and void. Mr. Sergeant WILDE said he did not apprehend that the objection of his Learned Friend was founded in fact. There never had been a dispute as to the only point as to which the will was produced, namely, a marriage in fact. The words were " Notwithstanding a decree has since passed the Court of Doctors' Commons to declare the marriage unlawful and void, yet I feel and believe myself bound," &c. Lord CAMPBELL thought it would be contrary to all esta blished rules to admit this document, when it contained a declaration that this marriage had been declared to be void. Lord BRouGmtm and Lord DENMAN concurred in this view. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered that the only declara tion of this nature which could be admissable was a declara tion of a legal marriage. After a short discussion, it was decided that the evidence could not be received. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know when the return of the convictions under the game-laws during the year 1843. which had been moved for at the beginning of the session would be laid on the table. Sir J. GRAHAM (as we understood) replied that the returns would be laid on the table without delay. Sir G. GREY wished to state, with regard to the Charitable Trusts Bill, that he had no wish to offer any obstruction to the - measures of the Ministry merely for obstruction's sake; but it should be recol lected that this was a Bill of very great import ance. It had not yet been introduced into the House of Lords, it could not by any possibility be in the House of Commons before the latter end of July or the beginning of August, and he protested-against the Bill being - hurried through at a late period of the session in • a thin House ; and if it should be necessary . to propose amendments in that Bill, he claimed to himself a right to propose those amendments, .and to discuss the matter fully without being charged with offering wilful obstruction to the measures of the Government. SHIPPING INTEREST. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that there was a no tice on the paper of a motion of the President of the Board of Trade for a Committee on the subject of the shipping interest. That motion must give rise to dis cussion. He trusted it would not be introduced at a late hour. Mr. GLADSTONE would not introduce it at too late an hour for discussion. AMERICAN LOYALISTS. Mr. HUME wished to know when it was the intention of the Government to move for a Committee of Supply, as on the motion that the Speaker do leave th e Ch air , he intended to direct the atfehtion of the House to the case of Mr. Cooper. • Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that it would be better for the Hon. Gentleman to give notice of motion on the subject, as he could not, undertake to move the Com mittee of Supply for the purpose of affording the Hon. Gentleman an opportunity, of bringing forward his motion. Mr. HUME would then give notice that he should, to-morrow, on the moving of the first Government order, bring the case of Mr. Cooper before the House. BANK CHARTER BILL. of deputations, without, in any degree, interfering with the ordinary discipline of the prison, " I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN.' Mr. ERLE then proceeded to read letters from the Duke of Sussex to Lady Murray, written on board the Endymion, in January, 1801,.as to the manner in which she should be treated; and a letter to Sir Augustus D'Este, containing advice as to his condtict. Letters from Lady Murray to the Rev. .Mr. Gunn, and from the latter to the former were also put in; and Mr. Gunn, the son of the Rev. Mr. Gunn, was called to identify those written by his father. Letters of ordination by the Bishop of Norwich, admitting the Rev. Mr. Gunn to priest's orders, were also put in evi dence. A letter of his Royal Highness to Lord Erskine, was then about to be read, dated 1798, stating at full length the liti gation which bad gone on with respect to the marriage, and desiring his assistance; but it was excluded on the same ground as the will. A officer of the Ecclesiastical Court produced a copy of the proceedings there, which was received in evidence. Lord Northwick, examined by Sir T. WILDE=Had fre quently visited Lady Murray and his Royal Highness in Lower Grosvenor-street in 1600. His Royal'Highne,ss al ways treated her, Ladyship as his consort, and she was called the Princess Augusta. • The Rev: Mr. Crow examined by . Sir T. WILD.--De posed to having officiated for the. Rev. Mr. Gunn in 1792, on account of his going abroad. He returned to England in 1793. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bank Charter Bill having been read, Mr. B. HAWES rose to move, that no sufficient evi dence had been laid before this House to justify the pro posed interference with banks of issue in the manage. ment of their circulation. The question they had to discuss was one of such vast importance, and involved such a number •of details, that he must at once ask for the consideration and indulgence of the House while he endeavoured to state the grounds on which he ventured to oppose the further progress of this Bill. It should be recollected that if this plan should be rejected by the House, the plan of 1819 for regu lating the currency, and 'the •principle of 'the Bullion Committee of 1810 would still remain in force. Against these plans he intended '•iio opposition. All that the Right Honourable Baronet had stated with regard to the standard of value, the necessity of having promissory notes being payable in .gold, and of the necessity of maintaining the convertibility of notes, he as cordially agreed in as the Right Hon. Gentleman himself. The Right lion. Baronet intended that the circulation of paper should be governed by that of gold, —was it to fluctuate as that. fluctuated ? The Right Ho nourable Gentleman had so clearly explained the objectS of his Bill that he need hardly refer to it ; but , it was so important tbat he should not hesitate to repeat the Hon. Baronet's own words. (The Hon. Member read an extract from the Right Hon. Baronet's speech' in reference to this point.) He thought these things ought to bo well considered before they were adopted ; and if they were not it was the fault of the parties and not his.--(Hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) would be glad to know one single authority of practical experience that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) could produce to contravene the opinions he had just quoted from Mr. Deacon Hume. But how did they attempt to prove the existence of this excessive issue of paper, upon which they laid the blame of every evil, and which they made the justification of their present measure? For this asserted over issue had been made the ground for change in 1811, and it had been made the ground of the measure of 1819. What was the proof—where was the proof in these two years of the depreciation of paper ? In his (Mr. Hawes's) opinion they were bound to show that there had been an excessive issue of paper, and that this had led to a depreciation of the currency and to an increase of prices. Again, he said he defied the Right Hon. Gentleman to show that the paper currency had been depreciated by those issues, and that the prices of commodities had been so affected by this. In the evidence before the Bank Charter Committee there was not a tittle of proof of this effect ; nor did he believe that any valid expression in sup port of it would be discovered in the various pamphlets and, other publications upon the subject. They had had assertions in abundance, but they had had no facts. He, however, would, not give them asser tion against assertion ; he would . show them that the amount of circ u l a ti on had produced no direct effect upon the variation of prices, and he would defy any one to prove the contrary. If it was asserted that the amount of circulation pro duced a direct effect upon prices, he asked them to show the grounds upon which they, rested that assertion. Where was the evidence. to prove that an increased cir culation had been invariably followed by high ,prices ? He would refer to the work of Mr. Tooke on prices, to show that such had not been the case. There was no proof that the variation in prices was referable to the variation, in the circulation. Let them take the year 1838, when there was the highest amount of circu lation—there were thirty millions of local cir culation. The amount of bullion in the Bank was ten millions, and the rate of discount was 24 per cent. If this theory were correct, the rise in price should have been coincident with the increase in the circula tion •, but, on a reference to Tooke, it would be found that such was not the case. Then there was the theory of Mr. Jones Lloyd ; if that theory here correct in the year 1834, the depreciation of Bank paper as compared to bullion, ought to have been 75 per cent. Such, however, had by no means been the case, and therefore the Right lion. Gentleman was mistaken in adopting that theory, for at that period the circulation had been preserved safe from depreciation. It should be recollected that the Right Hon. Baronet did not deal with the paper credit contained in bills of exchange to a small amount ; he limited bank notes only, and left other securities untouched. He referred to the rage for speculation that had prevailed in the. United States, the embarrassment caused by which was remedied by compelling the banks to resume cash payments. By a fact introducing the principle of the Bill of 1819. The not limiting the amount of the paper credit issued by the country banks in the shape of bills of exchange and other securities, we leave them f ree to i ssue what would take the place of promissory notes, which would be a much more dangerous state of things. In point of fact, it was not correct to say that the-coun try bankers did not regard the state of the 'ex changes in the management of their business more than they' did the snow upon "the mountain. The country bankers were governed in their dealings primarily by the state and conduct of the London money were the opinion s o nc e, and number o of years upon this cf m ohr a a r n k ga e e t s , v e b r u yN t wu,lti greatmw h a ultimately by the state of the ex subject of the Right Honourable Gentleman oppo site, Sir James Graham. That Right Honourable Gentleman had been one of the most able advocates of the small note system, and, 'therefore, he (Mr. Hawes) thought he had aright to claim his vote upon the'present occasion.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) That Right Hon. Gentleman had said beware how you in terfere with the • small note circulation—(Loud laughter)—and in the Bank Committee he had put leading questions to Mr. Rogers, with whose opinions, the Right Hon. Gentleman then acknowledged himself fully to concur, in order to draw from him upholding testimony to the . value of the country cir culation. One of these questions to which the anti cipated affirmitive response was given was this:— "Do you not think that any interference with the small note circulation will cause a great shock to credit ; affecting both bankerandcustomer.' —(Hear, and a laugh.) These were distinctly the opinions of the Right Hon. Gentleman, who now however, was a supporter o f th e scheme of the other Right Honourable Gentleman (Sir Robert Peel) which was avowedly to end in one bank of issue. —(Cheers and iaughter.) He (Mr. Hawes) had therefoee now only to congratulate the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department on the intrepidity with which he had forgotten his former opinions, swallowed his intermediate scruples, and sub mitted himself to the wisdom and , the will of his Right Honourable Colleague.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) There was no man who wished to adhere more strictly, to the principle of a metallic currency, with a paper cur rency convertible at will than Mr. Tooke. For himself, he stood by the Act of 1819. He thought no case had been made out for any further interference with that Act. No case of excessive issue had been shown. (TAFT Evidence was gone into for the purpose of showing, by carrespondence, that the Rev. Mr. Gunn was at Rome at the time of the marriage. Sir T. WILDE said he now proposed to prove a declaration made by Mr. Gunn, in reference to the marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. He did so on the ground that the individual had peculiar means of knowledge, and that it was his interest not to misrepresent the fact. He had already offered evidence as to Mr. Gunn's being at Rome at the time of the marriage. In 1831 Mr., Gunn was required to giVe evidence on certain Chancery proceedings, and he declined to answer the interrogatories, on the ground that he might thereby bring himself under the penal conse quenceS of the Royal Marriage Act. He proposed to show what declaration he had made on the subject of the marriage. He had an interest to suppress his own share in the matter, and he was, as he (Sir T. Wilde) was preparedto prove, in a state of alarm on the subject up to the time of his death, to such an extent that his health was affected. Ac cording to the rule, therefore, in such cases, he contended that he should be flowed to examine the 'witness, to show what declaration Mr. Gunn. had made on the subject of the marriage. . . , Mr..ERLE followed on-the same side., The principle of the law turned on the-question, whether the party-had a motive to speak the truth? and in this case the party being'tnider the greatest appreherisiiin i ,declaration.s,ought to be re ceived. The Lows CstAriCELLOli said he thought •theiiropOsitioil laid down at the bar could not be maintained: Ho - would suppose,this case :—A was indicted for murder 'B, on his death-bed, made • declarations that he was present at the murder committed by A. Was it possible to, say that, on the indictment of A, the , declarations of B might he received against him ? Id the case of the Berkeley Peerage evidence of this kind had been rejected. It was not true that declarations must always be received when they are against the interest of the party by whom they were made; and he was of opinion that in this case the declarations were not made under circumstances which rendered it necessary that they should be received in evidence. Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Denman, and Lord Langdale, concurred in the opinion expressed by the Lord Chancellor. The evidence was accordingly refused. Lord Macclesfield, examined by Mr. EntE, deposed to having seen the Prince with Lady Dunmore and her daugh ter at Naples, in 1793. A register of the baptism of the claimant was then put in. The further hearing of the case was postponed until Tues day week. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'Clock. The Marquis of EXETER presented 140 petitions from various places in favour of protection to agriculture. The Earl of SEFTON presented a petition against the Birkenhead Docks Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti tions in favour of protection to agriculture. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions from Nor:olk, praying for an alteration in the laws re lating to coursing. The Duke of RICHMOND inquired whether there was any objection to the return of the number of convic tions under the Act alluded to by his Noble Friend ? After a tl,w words from the Earl FITZHARDINGE, Lord WIIARNCLIFFE said ho was not aware of any objection to the returns. MORROCCO AND FRANCE. The Earl of CLARENDON begged t;;;11 the atten tion of the Government to the occurrences which had re cently taken place in Africa. The friendly disposition of the Emperor of Morocco to this country, and his constant deference to the advice of England, had not prevented his proclaiming the "holy war" against another European power, the ally of England. It could not be supposed that the Emperor had taken that course with the sanction of the British authorities. However, it was now beyond doubt that he had made an invasion of the French territories in Africa, and that the war had commenced. With respect to the murder of the Spanish Consul at Tangiers, it was the fact that the man was killed in an affray brought about by his own con dnct, and for which the authorities were not in the least responsible. It had been supposed, but he did not mean to say that it was the case, that the Spanish Go vernment had been incited to declare war by France ; but it was a curious coincidence that, after this, relations of a hostile character should so soon take place between France and the Emperor of Morocco. They might have been the result of acccident, but they gave a colour to the idea that France desired to see Spain engaged in hostilities with Morocco. It was most desirable that the line of coast now possessed by the Emperor of Morocco should be in the possession of a friendly Power, because it was from thence they derived their supplies for Gibraltar. (LEFT SPEAKING.) • HOUSE OF COMMONS. The'SPEA.A.KEit took'the Chair at Four o'clock. The. Glasgow and Coatbridge Railvvay Bill was read a third time and passed. Petitions against the:Bank Charter Bill were presented by Col. Sibtborp, Mr.. Allix, Sir John Trollope. and Mr. Wallace. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Sir R. Inglis, from Anglesea, and other places; by Sir R Phil lips, and Sir George Staunton, from Hampshire. Mr. COLVILE presented petitions from Derbyshire against the Gilbert Union. Mr. GREENE presented petitions from Hampshire to the same effect. Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. • HAIL STORMS. Captain POLIIILL gave notice that on the 2d of July he should ask leave to bring in a Bill to exempt from the payment of stamp duty all policies of insurance on farms and farming stock against damage by hail. POST-OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, to-morrow, he should present a petition from certain parties, complain ing of the opening of their letters at the Post-office, and praying for redress. IRELAND. ADDRESSES TO MR. O'CONNELL - REFUSAL .TIS ADMIT DEPUTATIONS. DUBLIN, JUNE 11.—A number of deputations from various parts of the country arrived is Dublin to-day, to present ad dresses/to Mr. O'Connell and the other State prisoners. In dividual visitors were admitted; but it would appear, depu tations were excluded from the prison. The following addresses were received by Mr. O'Connell this day, but not through the deputations appointed to' pre sent them :—From the Corporation of Dublin, Four Courts Ward, College Ward, t own o f Galway, parish of Caltry, ccoiounnfitynioaf, m Ga tm lw i a c y ip , a t l o com town of ils'sriiomq,erspaorfishuesmof; the parish of Lisnariffy and Ahascra ; parishes of St. Peter's, Drum, and St. Mary's Athlone ; parishes tOf .Rollestoirn and. Oldtown ; Belfast ; town commissioners of . Loughrea, and the repealers of Loughrea. Frvr. O'CLOCK, r.lr.—The Evening Post, just published, contains the following A deputation from' Bruff, in the county of Limerick, having this day proceeded to Richmond Bridewell, for the purpose of presenting an address to the State prisoners, they were refused admission. Mr. Smith O'Brien, as Member for the county , Limerick, immediately addressed the following letter to Sir James Graham:— " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES JAMES GRAHAM, BART. " Dublin, June 11, 1844. " Sin—Having been call e d upon, on the part of a portion of my constituents, to accompany a deputation, with a view to present an address to Mr. O'Connell this day, I was in formed by the Governor of Richmond Penitentiary, that the board of superintendence have given directions that no depu tation be admitted to present addresses to the State prisoners. "'Taking for granted that the board of superintendence would, in regard to such a proceeding, be willing to conform to the desire of the Secretarvof State, I take the liberty to ask whether the exclusion of persons wishing to testify the respect ..and affection of their fellow -countrymen to Mr. O'Connell, and the other State prisoners, bas your sanction. " I may, perhaps, be pe rm itted to add, that the local ar rangements of the prison a re suc h a s to allow of the reception THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1844. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS. The movement caused by the incarceration of Mr. O'Con nell is extending over every district of the country. We sub join some of the accounts received to-day : COUNTY OF CORK.—CHARLEVILLE, JUNE 10.—An address of the inhabitants of the parish of Charleville to the Libe rator, was voted at a public meeting held yesterday in the chapel, Daniel Clanchy, Esq., in the chair. Nothing can equal the popular enthusiasm. Over 404 repeal rent has been collected here. [The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains reports of vari ous other meetings held in that county.] ROSCOMMON.—Meetings are being held in every parish in this part of the country. The people are redoubling their exertions and their subscriptions. O'Connell in prison has enrolled more patriots under his banner than he would, if at large, in twelve months. Castlerea meets to-morrow, Ros common to-morrow week.lioseommon Journal of Saturday. Ktutusn..—There was a repeal meeting in Kilrush on Sun day; the chair was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Kenney, P.P. The speakers were—the Rev. Mr. Meehan, Doctor Foley, and Mr. James M‘Carty. The object of the meeting was to get up an address of condolence to the traversers, now in gaol. A sum of 30/. was collected in the rural districts of the parish. —dare journal. TuLutmoitE.—On Sunday last there was a most numerous and influential meeting in this town, at which a gentleman of considerable wealth and long standing, Michael Molloy, Esq., presided. The Very Rev. Dr. O'Rafferty, J. P. O'Flanagan, Esq., and all the leading Liberals took part in the proceedings. THURLES.—One of the most important meetings during the present crisis took place in Thurles, county Tipperary. The clergy and people of this district assembled in great numbers, under the presidency of Samuel Cooke, Esq., of Brownstown. THE CLERGY OF KILLALOE.—The Clare .Journal says '• The clergy. of the diocese of Killaloe have resolved tc send, through their enlightened patriotic prelate, their sub scription to the Repeal Association in the course of the next week." - - THE. REPEAL RENT. The Evening Post of this' day contains the following : "The Repeal Association yesterday held its second meeting since the incarceration of Mr. O'Connell ; and the repeal rent, which the Evening Mail assured the judges would be extinguished. by an " exemplary sentence upon the tra versers, advanced to the unprecedented sum of 3,229/. " Even whilst the 'monster meetings' were in progress, the largest sum ever received within one week at the Repeal Association was 3,1031., acknowledged on the 19th of June, 1843, and 1,0081. of which was from Clare, contributed at the meeting held in Ennis on the 15th. An American remittance of 401. was also included. " Yesterday, without any such large remittance as that from Clare, or any contribution from America, the weekly return was 3,229/. ! This far surpasses anything witnessed during the agitation for Catholic Emancipation. The largest amount of money ever received at the Catholic Asso ciation was 2,7004, acknowledged during the week of the Clare election. " Such are the first fruits of State prosecutions, jury management, and the whole system of Orange misgovern ment." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) THAMES POLICE. Yesterday, Mr. John Cockburn Belaney, the writer of a work upon falconry, and who represented himself as a sur geon, was brought up in custody of police- sergeant WCardell, No. 4 K, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife Rachel, by administering to her a quantity of prussic acid on Saturday last, at the house 46, Green-street, Stepney. The prisoner, who leant on the front of the dock in a very dejected manner during the inquiry, appeared to be about 43 years of age. Previously to the inquiry being entered into, the prisoner requested a postponement of the case, as he had sent for counsel to conduct the defence. Mr. BRODERIP said, that any evidence which might be taken could be read over on the arrival of the barrister, who would then have an opportunity of putting any questions to the witnesses which he thought necessary. Prisoner—ln my position, Sir, under the present circum stances, the complexion of the case is very dark. Mr. BRODERIP—I must view it as a complete blank, which is only to be filled up by the evidence brought before me. Mrs. Matilda Hippingstall, 46, Green-street, Stepney, stated that on Tuesday week the prisoner engaged two apart ments in her house on the ground floor for himself and his wife. About twenty minutes before eight o'clock on Satur day morning last, the prisoner called out, "Mistress ! Mistress I come up, my wife is very ill." She did go up, and found the deceased lying on the bed apparently in a strong fit. Witness raised her up, and said " She is very bad indeed." The pri soner said, "Pray try something for her; put her feet in warm water," and the wafer was at once procured. The prisoner and a servant girl proceeded to rub her feet, and witness said, "Oh ! send for somebody." A Mrs. M'Eachern and a Cap tain. Clark, friends of the prisoner and his wife, were then sent for, and ultimately Mr. Garratt, a surgeon, was called in. At that time the upper part of the deceased's body was dreadfully convulsed. The prisoner said he was himself a medical man, and would bleed the deceased, but that she had no pulse; lie added, that he supposed she was labouring under an affection of the heart, of which her mother had died nine months previously. The prisoner and Captain Clark rubbed the deceased's legs, the Captain using a clothes brush, the operation seemed to revive her a little, and a mustard plaster was then applied to her chest ; but witness could not say whether by the Captain or by the prisoner. The deceased breathed about twice after Captain Clark came in, and died with a convulsive gasp upo n w it ness ' s shoulder. Her death occurred about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes after the witness went up ; but it was difficult to point out the precise time of her death, there were such long intervals be tween the gaspings. There were two tumblers on the table by the bedside, and the nearest one seemed to have been full of a clear liquid, which witness neither tasted nor smelt. Witness saw no phial, except a bottle in which, she under stood, a black draught had been brought for the deceased. She saw no broken glass in the place. So far as she observed, the prisoner and his wife lived happily together. She played on the piano for him. They had been at the theatre together, and had had friends to visit them. She was a pretty little woman, twenty years of age, and about seven months advanced in pregnancy. Their intercourse seemed to be more like that of father and daughter than of husband and wife. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Charnock, the bar rister, and Mr. Hicks, the solicitor, appeared for the defence. Sarah Williams, serva n t t o th e ast witness, deposed to the affectionate terms upon which the deceased and the prisoner appeared to live. On the Wednesday after they came Mr. Belaney sent the witness for a black draught, and then brought out a basin which he requested her to empty. No medicine was purchased by witness after the Wednesday. About 7 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the prisoner called for a glass and a spoon, which witness took to him, and he then said that he was going to write. , At a quarter to 8 a.m , the prisoner called ou " Mistress! Mistress my wife is very ill Witness went up, and saw she was foaming at the mouth, but she was not convulsed. The prisoner bathed her feet and legs in hot water, and said he would use the lancet, but that she had no pulse. He then sat down and cried, saying that she was in a fit, and that he feared she should not get out of it. Witness saw one tumbler on the table half full of clear liquid. Mrs. Hippingstall being recalled,said she never heard any thing unpleasant pass between the deceased and the prisoner. The tumblers stood on the side table at the head of the bed, and both appeared to have been used. The furthest tumbler had nothing in it. She saw some salts and a teaspoon on the table, but nobody, as far as she was aware, tasted the liquid in the glass. She emptied and rinsed out the glasses but not at the prisoner's bidding. Sarah Williams, being re-called, stated that she found a I glass stopper under the piano, in the front parlour, on the Saturday after the death •of deceased. The prisoner appeared much distressed, and rubbed the face of the deceased conti nually with vinegar and water. Mr. J. B. Curling, surgeon, of New Broad-street, and Lon don 'Hospital, made a post mortem examination of the body on Monday, in the presence of Mr. Garratt, another surgeon. He found no disease of the heart, but there were traces of an old disorder on the upper part of the lungs. On examining the contents of thestomach there was a strongsmell of prussic acid, and its actual presence was discovered on analysation by Mr. Leithby, an experienced chemist of the London Hospital. The amount found in the stomach was quite sufficient to de stroy life. In his cross-examination Mr. Curlingadmitted that hydro cyanic acid was frequently prescribed in small quantities, to the amount of four or five drops of Scheele's Dilution. One accustomed to it might increase the quantity with impunity, but not in the degree that one taking opium might increase it. Witness was not aware that medical men were in the habit of using this medicine, and had never used it himself. He saw the unhappy gentleman at the bar after the post mortem examination, but did not mention to him what he (witness) conceived to be the cause of deceased's death. On analysing the contents of a stomach he did not look for any traces of Epsom salts, having satisfied himself that death re sulted from the presence of prussic acid. Mr. M. B. Garratt, of No. 3, New-road, St. George's- in-the- East, was at the post mortem examination, and confirmed the statement of the last witness as to the appearance of the body. He was called in at about five minutes to nine in the forenoon of Saturday. The prisoner rose when he entered, and, though they were strangers, shook hands with him. On hearing the particulars of the case, witness suggested to Captain Clark the propriety of having an inquest held, to which the prisoner, when it was mentioned to him, at once assented, requesting witness to proceed with it in the regular course. Witness never stated to the prisoner his opinion as to the cause of the death of the deceased. Captain Clark and a Mr. Hobson, a bookseller in the Commercial-road, called on the witness late on Monday night, and, after a short conver sation, the prisoner, who was waiting outside, came in, and voluntarily made the following statement :—" I have been in the habit of taking Prussic acid for indigestion, at about three drops in the dose. On Saturday morning I was about to take my usual quantity, but found some difficulty in removing the glass stopper from the phial. I took the handle of a tooth-brush, which I used with some little force, and in so doing the neck of the bottle broke off. Some of the liquid was spilled, and the remainder I poured into a tumbler, placing it on a dra wer on th e ot h er side of the room. I hen went out into the front room to write to some friends in the country, and I heard a scream from the bed-room : I proceeded at once to the spot, and found my wife in convulsions. She said " Dear me, I have taken something hot or strong o u t o f th e t um bl er : g i ve me some cold water . " Mr. Garrett proceeded to say, that he re mained silent as to the cause of the deceased's death, until the examination before the Coroner had taken place. Mr. Charnock, at this stage of the proceedings, said he would rather reserve an y ev id ence h e had for a future in quiry; but at the same time he hoped his Worship would allow his client an opportunity of being brought up at the Coroner's inquest. Mr. BRODERIP could not interfere with the proceedings of another court; but the evidence before him fully warranted him in remanding the prisoner. As he said before, his mind was a tabula rasa, only to be imprinted by the evidence. The case was adjourned to this day week, and Sergeant M'Cardell was desired by Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, to collect whatever additional testimony he could procure in the , interim. The prisoner, who appeared exceedingly dejected, under the advice of his counsel declined making any defence, and was then locked up. • of t T he h Rev. Grammar-school, romm . a G r- e so o h r o g o e M l,m ozin nou g t t h o , 7 l , B vaso . n A h Monday on e d a ay d master Vicar of Bitteswell, Leicestershire, in the room of the late Rev. James Powell, 55 years incumbent of that parish. Pa trons—The Haberdashers' Company of London. THE BITER BITTEN.—A farmer who resides in this neighbourhood, and who is on very bad terms with another farmer, whose fields adjoinlis own, a few even ings since found a number of stray sheep in his wheat field, and believing them to be his neighbour's, he im mediately had them driven to the pound. It turned out that, instead of the sheep being his neighbour's, they were actually his oven. The unlucky man has been compelled to pay the expenses connected with -their being im • pounded.— Somerset Gazette. CORN-LAWS. Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented nineteen petitions from places in Worcestershire against any alteration in the present system of corn-laws. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, what had been the cause of the delay with regard to the introduction of the Charitable Trusts Bill? It would be in the recollection of the House, that the Right Hon. Baronet had promised that the Bill would be introduced by the Lord Chancellor in another place. Three weeks had elapsed since then, and no steps bad been taken with reAtrd to its introduction. If the Bill were delayed till July, when the House was thin, he should feel it his duty to throW every obstacle in the way of its passing. He wished to know when the Bill would be introduced ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Lord Chancellor was entrusted with the Bill, and he had every reason to be lievt it would be proceeded with forthwith. Sir G. GREY wished to know whether the Goierii ment had any intention of passing the Bill ; and,, if so, at what time it would come before the House ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the power of introducing Bills was in the hands of the Government; the power of passing them rested with the House. It was impossible for him to say within what period the Bill would come on. Mr. CHRISTIE said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not only promised that the Bill would be introduced, but that it was the intention of the Government that it should be passed during the present session; and he wished to know whether there was any change in the in tentions of the Government with respect to the passing of the Bill ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the power of passing Bills rested with the House. If there was any change in the intentions of the Government, it arose from the circumstance of the delay in passing the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the Right Hon. Baronet had told them that the. Bill was to be introduced by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. Now, nothing that occurred in that House could be a reason why the Bill should not be introduced before the House of Lords. Sir J. GRAHAM could only repeat what lie said before. The Government were desirous that the Bill should be passed, but it was in the power of that House to decide whether it should pass or not. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY asked when it was pro bable that the Bill would be introduced. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the' matter was in the hands of the Lord Chancellor, who had prepared a Bill on the subject, and who would introduce the Bill which he bad prepared into the House of Lords forthwith. IMPEitIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 12. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Mr. VIVIAN presented petitions against this Bill. IRISH CHURCH.—(ADJOURNED DEBATE.) Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down would, it seemed, most gladly make a provision for the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, which was not wanted by them, and which they refused—(Flear, hear) ;z--but he would not give them that to which they were justly entitled. The time was when they would have gladly accepted such a provision ; but the Honourable Baronet might thank the party with which he, at present acted that their proposal was not received. He thought the allusion to the want of interest mani fested upon this subject was more infeliCitous, bee cause it could not be supposed that, after listening to a long discussion on the mode of preser v i ng d ea d bodies, they cou ld g i ve a very rigid attention to the important motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield. They had already induced a state of despondency in Ireland ; by their vote that night they might super induce a state of despair, and what would be the result of that it was impossible to say. Consenting to go into a Committee on this subject at this late period of the session would be a matter of much importance. What Irish measures had been introduced in this session ?—(Hear.) The Irish Registration Bill had convinced the msjority of the people of Ireland that the Government intended to limit, rather than extend, the franchise. The Municipal Registration Bill was, if possible, still more offensive, and if it ever came to be discussed h e believed that would be proved to be the fact.—(Hear.) He alone had presented, during the present session, more than 300 petitions again s t th a t measure. ow, they had an opportunity at present of exciting the gratitude of the Irish people by going into Committee on this subject. The State trials were over. Had they checked the influence of the conspirators ? Had they not at this moment a cry throughout Ireland fn. the great mea sure of relief which it had been their effort to preclude. In the same district, where Archdeacon Lacy re sided, and where he died, possessed of the wealth that had been mentioned, the Catholic dignitary died, after fifty years of labour, possessed of only tenpence-half penny, and the expense of his funeral was defrayed by subscription. It was incumbent on them to do something for the Catholic people of Ireland. The memory of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, seemed to have failed him regarding the language used by him on the subject of the Catholic oath. His observations were most injudicious and ill-timed, and rankled in the minds of tbe people of Ireland. Their attempts to . prop up the Established Church 'm Ireland were only sapping and under mining it, and it must, ere long, tumble about the ears of its supporters, if they did not make a material change in their policy. The people of Ireland were now in a state of the greatest political excitement ; and there was an immense number of troops which they could not at present withdraw, whatever their exigencies might be. Within the last two months a pamphlet had been issued from the French press which had excited general attention—it was the pro duction of the son of the King of France, and it had sunk deeply into the minds of the French people. Suppose the amicable relations with France became disturbed, which was not at all unlikely, and that the plan of the Prince de Joinville was carried out, that war steamers and gun-boats were sent to the coast of Ireland, let him ask the Government then to whom would they trust for the defence of the country ? Was it to the Established Church, or to.the Protestant clergy, or was it to the stout hands and warm hearts of the peasantry ? Well, he really thought, notwith standing the high opinion the Right Hon. Baronet seemed to entertain of the strength of the Protestant squirearchy,•they would make but a feeble defence against a formidable invasion.—(llear, hear.) Were they willing to give the people some earnest that they intended to legislate on principles of equality and jus tice ? If they were, they should begin in time, and not wait until it might be too late —until the enemy was at hand, when no doubt they would be lavish enough of promises, but when promises would be useless. He would not trespass further on the time of the House. Mr. HORNBY opposed the motion, and dwelt upon the necessity of maintaining the Established Church in Ireland in its present condition. No thing would more tend to weaken the connection between the two countries than impairing the strength of the Irish Establishment. Mr. DILLON BROWNE, after a preliminary observation on the reason which induced him to come forward, proceeded to say, that he regretted the Hon. Member for Sheffield had not made his motion more definite, and had not aimed a more determined blow at the Irish Established Church. The speech of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, had extinguished all hope of the Government making any change in the present system. He declared the Church must continue a fixture—that it was an irreproachable monument of the wisdom of their policy, and that not a ray of truth or inquiry should penetrate into the darkest of its recesses. In his native parish, Glencoville, forfortyyears,there had not been .a Protestant Church nor a Protestant rector, and vet his tenantry were obliged to pay tithes, or rent-charge, which was the same thing, although they all went to mass, and though there was not a single Protestant in the pa rish. His father was a Roman Catholic ; his mother and sisters were Protestants; but hi s mo th er an d sisters had travelled eleven miles to church every Sun day. They might have gone to the next parish church, but there they would have heard along sermon, in which Roman Catholics were attacked in the coarsest and most vituperative language, and they did not like to listen to a sermon in which their father and bro • thers were denominated infidels and idolators.— (Hear, hear.) Archdeacon Marley, of the parish of Anaghdown, in Galway, had no other congregation than hi: clerk, and he was a Roman Catholic.— (Laughter.) Once the Archdeacon was invited to dinner on a Christmas-day by a parishioner, and ex cused himself for delay on the ground that his clerk had been at mass, as it was Christmas-day.—(Re newed laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet seemed to applaud himself for the more equal division of the re venues of the Established Church, which had recently take place in Ireland, but what was it to the people as long as they were obliged to pay the same money, whether the remains were given to few or many ? It was little satisfaction to the man who had been robbed by several highwayman, that the spoil had been equally distributed among them. Before the French Revolution broke out, M. Necker, father of Madame de Steel, to o k th e t ax o ff the hati to put it on the shoe. The French people laughed at him; and be fore they guillotined the Monarch, they caricatured the Minister. He approved of Lord Howick's no tions on the Irish Church, and thought that, if car ried into operation, they would be productive of the greatest benefit to. the whole people. The Executive Government of Ireland were persons who were inca pable-of performing the functions which had been en trusted to them. flow could the people of Ireland be contented under the present system of government in that country? It would be contrary to nature to expect it. fhe Church Establishment must perish sooner or later. Even if repeal were not carried, such an Establishment could not continue with the sanction of such an intelligent population as the inha bitants of this empire. The mind of Ireland had be come too elastic and buoyant to sink under so unna tural a burden. Mr. HAMILTON regretted that the Hon. Mem ber for Sheffield should think it his duty to make an annual attack upon Church prop er ty in Ireland. The time was gone by when the question of the Church of Ireland was likely to be an engine to be used for party purposes. He believed that the maintenance of the Church of England in Ireland was calculated to maintain religious truth. It ought to be kept up be cause this was a Protestant State. He would ask whether 2001. a year was too great an income for a gentleman of education to enjoy who held the situation of a beneficed clergyman ? yet this amount was that which would only fall to the share of each clergyman of England if the annual income of the Church were divided equally amongst them. Considerably more than one half of the benefices of Ireland were less than 3001. a year, and only about twenty-six were more than a thousand a year. These facts were shown by the reports of the Eccle siastical Commissioners. The Hon. Gentleman then read a statement of the amount derivable from several benefices in Ireland. He was sure that the more the question was discussed the better situation the Church would stand in. —(Hear.) Sir C;NAPIER thought that they would never do justice to Ireland as long as they were in a state of peace ; it was not wise or politic to let Ireland re main in the state she was. He thought great consi deration ought to be given to the pamphlet of the Prince de Jonville. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, and on our re-admission to the gallery we found Mr. P. BORTHWICK addressing the House in opposition to the motion. He regretted extremely that this motion should be brought forward annually, as he considered it calculated to excite irritable feel ings between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants. The real grievance of Ireland was not in the Church, but in the poverty of its people and the bitterness of party feeling. Even the cry of repeal had carried but little weight, till the magical words " fixity of tenure," had been brought to its support. Then was it that the multitude rushed to the support of Mr. O'Connell, and that the isle was flighted from its propriety. This " fixity of tenure" was that which roused Ireland, and not the connection between Church and State—a connection which he (Mr. Borthwick) maintained was a desirable and a neces- sary one in any country. Only a short time ago an illustrious individual in another place had declared that every man, whatever his belief might be, was inte rested in maintaining the principles of the k►eforma tion. He contended that the religious sentimentri_en necessary to insure the stability of every Gov!! e' Lic h He thanked the House for the attention with v :",, they had heard him, and apologised for obser rom made in so crude and ill-digested a manner. Air. - VERNON SMITH congratulated the Gentleman on having, on this occasion, becotw.. saviour of the Irish Church ; if he h ad not risen_r. he did, they would certainly have carried time t p mittee, but the Hon. Member had very or n ot displayed his great powers of information, ne„.teh say, on every subject except that more im . n et t i_: oo before the House, and when that failed hire '_ or y kin lly supplied with refreshment from the Tr , 4 sth ) benches— (Laughter)—which he (Mr. I T • °I 5 1 0. m ore, 3 ort i hoped was merely a forerunner of other stantial favours from the same quarter..ial,';ol Stanley, .during Mr. Borthwick' spech Lord A. Lennox to the lobby of s the Nou , se for as orange, which the Noble Lord handed to the lion•taiblo, ber.) The lion. Member had certainly establishtect_thol self as one of the first speakers against time in e 4 d ti t ever appeared in that House. It often haPr,.'" r d ee la. topics of importance were made an occasion io 3ttie . mation, and he was not surprised that mangy' fc"00 men had voted this question a bore, and iw be cts down to listen to the discussion. But other.t: J oe of equal importance had been neglected 10 the manner in that House, and yet they had hee n y et basi carried. On the question of Parliamentary nshea he believed the House was counted out a %'V at h e lic time before it was carried. The question or 1150 01 Emancipation was for a long period e e s than rather as a thesis for young speaker nosed' as a practical measure, be fore it roalLi It was highly necessary that theY vie of pay attention to this measure, for tha n preserving the peace of Ireland, which was ' froc a nent danger. It might be broken either ionic failure of the potato crop or the firing " rt ib•it gun in Europe. He believed that, if the refg: h s hip Admiral Dupetit Thouars had sunk a n En fhe at Otehaite had been true, the question of 'eoeesitf, Church would have been settled, from t he > n they should have been under of calling in the ee the their fellow-countrymen. He wi-hed to s. tb t his way in which the Ministry intended to deal ;1%1 question. The Irish Church was always t e on' cult y that stood in the way of establishing' al es tsb' ment in Ireland. When the late Governine° church lished the system of national education , t he w ere was the greatest opponent of it, and r tl i e ' s ystee l ; still the greatest opponents of that usell' ln tion o ' The Church stood in the way of the adinitutt c alti,' justice, as the Government knew from the 0 7d e fen°' with respect to Catholic juries. They talk' v. a fie ing the Church on the score of defending . on pro' of property. Why, they made greater inn alters, a lter perty every day than would be caused hY .A neillfr e e i tion of the Catholic Church. Every railt ° 7; right s t duced a great and compulsory change in tw e cou ld property. On the ground of religion_, be , its's' see how they could maintain the Cluiro nsa ti present existed. It had t o t a lly failed in P A r luot,g" the Protestant Church in Ireland. Be got "' la i re ; prove of an universal voluntary , systeni73 luata r j land the majority of the population ha d 61501°1 ono system, and the minority had a colnP?be That was the very worst position in whir" ° bo la could stand in this respect ; their ohje ct :weea 7 8 , to produce something like an equality freve n- e Churches. He considered that the amount ° an d t!' t enjoyed by the P ro t es t a nt Churc h, d w ith i tt ' i conduct of individual dignitaries conne cte ee nsici et , s were minor points of the question. lie , On the Church rather as a religious ri in Irk g_eVan C- b pecuniary one. He considered the Cburc. and land as an anti-Protestant Establishment. 1 . , /e such he was prepared to deal Ivi t " t i re ly u e ' wished to see the Catholic clergy r iot re. ve d pendent on their congregations, es it dier,aince fret of their moral independence, while an a t . T h° v ` ho alri ie the State would secure their loyalty: A be clollerA go into the means by which this might "; w oi o " fe• did not anticipate that any great rnovetn en " 0 0 313 : ,„' made by the Government in regard to thisinost '"" 0 " . Seeing how they were supported it wra s t° dot possible for them, even if they wished h Cli a le All their support was derived from the 11 ,4 f i g s h P e k e l, P l party in this country. The D n b — but *.e were generally moderate and quie t ' hicli had their period s o f excitement Iv eie ctior i nerally occurred at the septennial,' it ao, and he could assure the Government thabtrofert.; not do to go to the constituencies with t h ,f, e Col t tariff, their Ecclesiastical Courts 8i11+ 3 ,,,"i 0 re11,), - ; Courts Bill, or such a question as that or ' d w hio ye , tension, which had done nothing as yet, e n In $ p ) believed would end with doing very Ste cent debate the Noble Lord opposite (L er Cal b , ° t. fic had introduced the question of the Rome° o fpo ti re oath, and read it at the table, for the puretliey ic e ing out the subjects on which he though' bound not to vote. Lord STANLEY--I said the very Oe tr t lfl etice th Mr. V. SMITH—It was of vers , little e i. ° hr011, 3 4P what the Noble Lord had said : why bed l e d iloct forward and read the oath at all ? ll odorbali over the debates on the Catholic Relief It' u 'id no' i be" it was propcsed that Roman Catholics se° l oelit , t • allowed to vote on questions affecting the li vi d n e, Right Hon. Bar - met opposite said he `void be e s f.. allow that any Member of that House sn e ",., .rimy PR - 0 . eluded from forming his own judgment ° :" e the `"„ 0 .. titular case, and he was unwilling to dePr' : e man Catholic Members of that liberty cif I , fre iong et ' t he mon, and the exercise of judgment, which i'e let i to to every Member of Parliament. He 'aPP ° hetbe r tir recollection of the Right Hon. Baronet o' did not use language to this effect, for he n `f Smith) was not prepared with any u s ' aP la sa . rd. He did not know what object 1" ba it' rived from maintaining this oath. It ws s ,:„ l ", fit, for the Established Church, for sinc e ,. i t for w ee . enjoined every Member was to interpr e ' cte of 3 . ", th self ; and it should be left to the good t3fn the Gentlemen whether they would throw i t (i l ia 0 0t ;%• of Roman Catholic Members, that tbeY otd d he d here to it. He did not think that ouc h c ,, u est l °".. e at pected from the present Government on a "I the t he this nature, but if then wished to renn A fe nc lend ao . source of discontent in Ireland they svou,'" t hat r° present state of the Estsblished Church 10 try.—(Hear, hear.) ori Mr. BORTHWICK explained. , & to ° cc t he Sir J. GRAHAM said he WAS unw ll "% e eing • et l the time of the House at any leegthembsracteT..„ apparent weariness and langour whi ch a rasn ue o ho the present debate in so remarkable iview her out (Hear, hear.) He thought the o°"' c iderah le , t ioo introduced this subject had very con e desto,'; n ot stripped public opinion in seeking for bi je 01."' in to of the Protestant Church in Ireland• spolie lo st Ile follow the Right Hon. Gentleman wh°„o.tic oaths, to the rather irrelevant subject of the Cat'L in her t he agreed with him, however, that each Di.c as to, ; ota' be bound by his own conscientious °P."' for n° the interpretation of the oath, and it waseording to Member to ask of him to interpret it ae .3, he ar.) eo r view which he took of it himself — O-fern on , he c oo - Roman Catholic Members were plete understanding that the obligab. be i n g e ; a , was binding on their consciences, and ti n ' • o terPr. ht 'row° ' f was left to each individual to put thei . 3. , the v . o• tion on the oath. He also agreed "li" d if6c l ." f ol d Hon. Gentleman with respect to t ha ..,.A i re d iarf dealing with religious subjects in reg" . 7 st ipen tiin ,ht admitteodo also so I where there was a voluntary Church , „..t . t t he J*o Church, and an Established Church. B ut i o ten; o t Hon. Gentleman had asked what were,w_ Fro tesL_ t i f of the Government with regard to tn o r frec iar o ° 4 4 l Church. He (Sir J. Graham) had , s en h i lons, 4 ,oo debated this subject, and expressed h i c on t. Gent w as regard to it, that from him the Right t it' believ e could expect but one answer, which v e L it was d of also the opinion of his colleagues—that!. of / r i ta n resi datinf t, i t desire to purify the Established Chure every abuse, and to strengthen it hY urifie a ta b. discipline and practice; and, having 50 4 the PTV was their determination to support as d pia lished Church of Ireland.—(Minsteria 3 _, ect ha 0 , Hon. Gentleman who introduced the 5. 11 %, v ery that the Established Church in Irelankwenneurreude, efficient, and had made no converts: t'thlnt the opinion of Mr. Buxton, who, gi ses °f t he to t he dared it as his opinion that the abu di t nenta , lished Church were the great inn ) ! in Ivo!. no spread of the Establishod Church __ s ree dity,, en , (Hear, hear.) He and his colleag ue . n ffice or I mh o mitted that; and, whether in 0 Churc h in they did their best to remove thes.ehaebduses. Gentleman said that the E MarY• did ot lan 3 d ir w . a l s vA th i e lD wor s s a t id Ch h u e rc d h ii i i ? no hl t :is s t a e ; dso : • t hink e quoted the opinion of Queen • Sir JAMES GRAHAM se e d protestant 42uee that it could be expected that the i opin to the Mary could be very favouraP e A til ° of 16 9- ' Church. marl tio wife of William 111. Mr. WARD meant the Queen Hon in a din pardon ; but, at all even i t n events, than the Rev e _ e of Sir J. GRAHAM begged. ethelvas that within a period a little h rea G dY entle i n ili tion it, w • C er b e lirel t l d thererelan Ireland ewriej bich u in it which none of it a cent " imperfections to remove those .tie 00, were ses a in ditsgeracEes. ta_blli.isshreredrie d$ sv was passed hYt'3,•3-ohle last quarter of bu ses. by los 3c, d introduced , e w " n vernment of Earl Grey, Another ewviesrhy taoffsneret important hadbu t wi beent mhi ma s ta u hd r ee e diminished time Protestant Friend the Member for North Lanro hlf ' 1 01 ; recautions in i go and they took ample pointed °s an d for the University of sinec ure a_ P e , • reducing t , o f Ir against sinecures and pluraPlivsts and both the otit the effect of those measures in . chutc. be hierarchy of the cooding h ii r s t e tend°n" ° ' t o°'ll r no, oath hui eh _ of th epluralities. believed that the ministers of t Protestantfaith. They parison withvia.enryereEirdfolti:isstnedrs dive