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by the common law courts of the realm. He challenged ; next week, and when the Bank Chatter Bill would be the Solicitor-General to point out a single instance in proceeded with. which this was not the case, and he also challenged the Sir R. PEEL said it was most incon v enie nt to men- Right Hon. Baronet to instance any case which was tion any time, but he would say the 10th. cognizable by the ecclesiastical courts that was not also he other Orders of the a Q day were then disp osed of, cognizable by the common law courts. an d the House adjourned at n . Sir R. PEEL said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was very pugnacious.—(Laughter.) As the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had appealed to him, he could only say that jurisdictions had been established for the purpose of maintaining order, independent of the courts of common law. Now, for instane, the Speaker of the House of Oommsna exercised a jurisdiction for main taining order ( Hear, hear,)—and he (Sir R. Peel) had never heard that a court of common law could punish a Member for a breach of order in that House. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that his Hon. and Learned Friend was certainly well acquainted with one portion of the law of the land, and that was the law of peremptory challenge.—(Hear, bear.) His Hon. and Learned Friend had challenged him to instance a case which could not be made the subject of an indictment at common law, but which could be brought before the ecclesiastical courts. He had already given one instance, which was that of a man sitting with his hat on in church during Divine service, and he would have thought that many other instances would have suggested them selves to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman him self. Why, there was the subject of brawling itself. That offence might occur when no congregation was assembled, and it was only an ecclesiastical offence in such a case by reason of the sacredness of the place. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman knew that for such an offence there could be no civil or criminal proceeding in the common law courts.—(Hear, hear.) He thought he had answered the challenge of the lion. and Learned Member for Bath, by adducing this instance, and he was Are that others must occur to his ingenuity. With re gard to the Hon. and Learned Member for Kinsale,. he had dealt with him in all courtesy, but he must, of course, be allowed to retain his 'own opinion. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Reuse divided, when there appeared, For the amendment 6l Against it Majority against the amendment —4B Sir G. GREY proposed an amendment in the clause, taking from the ecclesiastical courts the power of impo sing church-rates. Dr. NICHOLL said he could not accede to the amend ment. At present there was no other jurisdiction what ever to decide the question of the validity of church. rates except the ecclesiastical courts, and, at any rate, until that objection were removed, he would not consent to the proposal. After a few observations 'from Mr. COLLETT and Dr. NICHOLL the House divided on the amendment, when' there appeared— For the amendment • Against it .Majority against the amendment —4l Oti our admission to the 'gallery, we found Mr. BULLER on his legs moving an amend ment to the clause, that all testamentary matters should be taken from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiasti cal courts and given to the civil courts. As a specimen of the necessity of such a provision, 'he would refer to the will of-Mr. James Wood of Gloueester. The question upon that will, after going through the prerogative courts, went to the Privy Council, where the will was held to be good, though it was considered bad in the court below. The imperfection of the jurisdiction of the 'Ecclesiastical Court was, a great, absurdity. It decided only on the general question of the' validity of the will it could not adjudge any point connected with se p arate bequests, the administration was obliged to be conducted by the Court of Chancery. This was a` great anomaly, and he had the opinion of the best property lawyers of the kingdom for saying; that it ought to be abolished. These Courts kept up a limited bar, a legal monopoiy of the business of attorneys, under the name of procto rs, wlio were alone. allowed to practise in them, and 'which had merely the • effect of loading clients with additional fees, for persons always entrusted their business• to their own solicitors, who conducted it through a proctor; and the effect of the monopoly was only to create a bad bar, bad attorneys, and bad judges. The mode of taking evidence" by these courts was also very. objectionable; there were many modes of taking evidence' in this country ; in the common law courts it was done viva voce ; in the equity courts it was taken in writing. But the ecclesiastical courts had hit on a mode that cotn oined the disadvantages of both without the advantages of either. There was one defence of these courts which he must allude to; it was often said that it Was-necessary to keep up a body - of civilians, Who, raising themselves Mr above the merelaw. of England, would devote them selves to those • great...prineiples- •of international law which sometimes came-to be argued-before the Court of Admiralty. Now, he did not wish to- speak disrespect fdlly of the doctors; he merely wished to put an-end to them altogether—(A laugh)—and he should wish to do that in a manner that would be the least disrespectful• to their feelings.—(Laughter) But he really thought it monstrous that this body' should be kept up for this pur pose at the expense of the suitors in these-courts. It would be better that they should be salaried and sup ported in some kind of school for the purpose—if it was of any use to the country. It was said that it was necessary there should be a body- of men versed in the principle of the Roman law. Now the Spanish law involved the principles of the Ro man law to a great extent ; so did the Scotch law. Now if there was this great proficiency among the doctors of the eclesiastical courts in this Roman kw, they would be required in the House of Lords when qstestions in volving its principles came before it. But was- - this the case ? He might appeal to the • Learned Doctors in -the House to say whether the public did not always trust to the counsel taken from the other courts ' they scarcely ever saw a doctor retained on appeals before the. House of Lords. He need not g o into all the details of the sub ject, but should Conclude by moving his amendment. -Dr. NICHOLL, -in opposing the amendment, said, neither the House nor the public would consent-to trans fer the jurisdiction of these courts to the courts of com mon law, unless it could be satisfactorily shown that, up to the present time, the business in them had -been in eilficieutly conducted, .or that the change. would be attended with some . singular advantage to the public. He believed that their business had heenswell con ducted, and conflicting., decisions between the ec clesiastical and common .law were extremely rare. The ecclesiastical courts merely decided the question as to whether the will propounded was the-real will of the deceased. The construction to be placed upon that' will was decided by other courts, and it certainly was " convenient that these , questions should be decided by different tribunals. • He therefore thought that it would be well that this jurisdiction should be. reserved to the ecclesiastical courts. Mr. WATSON thought they ought to have some mercy upon the public at large. It was 'all very well for ecclesiastical lawyers, common law lawyers, and chan cery lawyers to wish to have a share in the plunder of the estate of an unfortunate deceased, but really he thought the public had a right to expect that all these questions should, be decided by one tribunal.--a(Cheers.) Now he would put a case. Suppose the Hon. and Learned Geutleman opposite made his will in these terms,ogfl give and devise.all my. estate, real and personal, to-A.8." Lord STANLEY —To iktr..W.atsuu,—(A laugh.) Mr. WATSON. was .much obliged to the Noble Lord for the suggestion.—(Cheers and laughter.) , :Well, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was. gathered to - his fathers, andahen the will was to be proved in Doctors' Commons. Then commenced the most expensive part of the most expensive system known in this most expen sive country. Formerly, there was an inventory pub lished of the property for the information of all the parties concerned ; that, however, was now abolished, in order that the .Chancery lawyers, and the common lawyers might get their share of the plunder.- Well, the will was - disputed—the sanity of , the testator was called In question. Then another system of law came into operation. The common Jaw lawyers came in: In this stage of the proceeding the only legitimate mode of getting at the truth of a question' was adopted. They examined witnesses who gave their testimony viva race, and were subjected to the test: of cross examination. Now, this ' course might be -adopted any time within nineteen years of • the. death .of the testator, although the, estate might have. been sold feur or five -times over. It. ought to be known by country gentlemen, that when they -devised their estates, those devises were open to. litigation for a period of nineteen years, 164 days,. and -some hours. At length the matter was carried into Chancery, where thearassaf t ef the will were to.be litigated. At this time of a day as end ought to- be put to this expensive, tedious, and unmeaning sort of jurisdiction. The Right Hon. Gentleman admitted, that the jdry was the .properstri tunal in one case ; then why should there. not-be' one tribunal teslegislata fur all? At present the ecclesias tical court had one opinion about a will, thescourts at Westminster-hall another, and the Court:of. Chancery . the Lord knows what ; so that the suitor was:in a eon stant state of perpletity and doubt. ' -• Mr. JERVIS opposed , the motion of the Hon. and Learned Memb er for Liskeard, who he-could not-think , was - serious in introducing it on this occas ion ca with. any hope of carryi ng it. - • cia A j l m r e . d ll so U ru M u E: h wo n d ere d .that therse.persons . swhoi ex- Pope should cling • so. tena ciously to this abctra s tion. No sane man •cntild, object: to the ecclesiastical courts being deprived oft due-species of power. Vit,F. ... Dr. ELPHINSTONE supported the amendinent,4nd. said that he thought the Bill would do more good. lima than Mr. - ROEBUCK thought: a system of tegi6 . tration would be very salutary, but he doubted that such could be, rendered:eenapatiblewith the present constitution of the ecclesiastical law. He would support t.he motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard. Mr. C. BTlLLERreplied. , The Committee,then divided, w linn there appeared For the motion • 58 Against it Majority against the motion —63 On our return to the. gallery we found that it had issan moved by Mr. Brothertons that the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again.:' Sir ROBERT PEEL said this was the first day of their meeting ,after the recess, and. he thought the Go vernment ought to be allowed to congratulate themselves upon having passed end ' . The Committee then divided, when there appeared, For report of progress • - Against it r. Majority. , —43 Dr. BOWTtING then moved that the Speaker do Yeas e the chair, . The Committee divided,' when there appeared, • For the motion, • ' Against it... FRIDAY NIGIIT'S GAZETTE. . CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 30,1844. MEUSERS RETURNED TO SLAVE IN THIS ZAZSENT TAR- Lill/ENT. BOROUGH or Bucietuousze.—The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart. .. CITY or CHESTER,—The Right Hun. Arthur Lennox, cons.. monly called Lord Arthur Lennox. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 31. - 6th Dragoons--Lieut. H. Stone, from 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fleeraing, who exchanges, May 31. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet A. Hawtrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colville, promoted in the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment ; C. F. Clifton, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Hawtrey, May 31. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. B. L. Sleigh to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Norton, who retires ; W. V. Greet ham, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sleigh, May 31. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain and Paymaster J. Espinasse, from 29th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Sharp, deceased, May 31. 2d Foet—F. J. F. Payne, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hunter, promoted on the Staff, May 31. 3d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Smith, .from the 17th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Macqueen, deceased, May 31. 17th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. S. Wines, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted in the 3d Foot, May 31. 27th Foot—J. R. H. Becher, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Hamilton, who retires, May 31. 29th Foot—Lieut. J. H. Clay, from 59th Foot, to be Pay master, vice Espinasse, appointed to the Ist Foot, May 31. 37th Foot—Lieut. J. E. Deeming, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Stone, who exchanges, May 31. 46th Foot—Ensign J. E. Spilling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Moffatt, deceased, April 3; Ensign H. F. Sand with to be be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Spilling, whose promotion, on 26th April, 1844, his been cancelled, April 26 ; J. H. Chambers, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Sandwith, May 31. 47th Foot—R. C. Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Peacock, who retires, May 31. 49th Foot—Lieutenant H. S. M. D. Fulton, from 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bartley, who exchanges, May 31. 52d Foot—R. W. Reade, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Robinson, appointed to the Staff, May 31. 62d Foot—Lieutenant W. T. Bartley, from 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fulton, who exchanges, May 31. 70th Foot—Captain J. Brown to be Major, by purchase, vice Taylor, who retires; Lieutenant W. R. B:ereton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brown ; Ensign G. A. Schreiber to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brereton ; G. Ryan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Schreiber, May 31. 73d Foot—Lieut. W. B. Faunce to be Captain , purchase, vice Sandernan, who retires ; Ensign C. Hoghton to be Lieu. tenant, by 'purchase, vice Faunce ; W. Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hoghton, May 31. Rifle Brigade—Captain R. Walpole to be Major, by pur chase, vice Saumarez, promoted; Lieutenant H. 0. Bowles to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walpole ; Second Lieutenant J. F. Beckwith to be First Lieutenant, by purchase , vice Bow les ; A. Lowther, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beckwith, May 31. • Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment--Lieutenant C. J. Colville, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, May 31. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Colonel the HO2. C. Gore, from Major half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Major the Hon. J. St. Vincent Saumaurez, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase, vice General A. J. Goldie, who retires. Brevet Colonel W. Camp bell, from Captain- half-pay 23d Foot, to be Major, without purchase, May 31. BREVET.—Major A. M. Tulloch, half-pay Unattached, Mi litary Superintendent of Out-Pensioners, to be. Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, May 31. HOSPITAL STAFF.--;ASSiStallt-Surgeon W. Robinson, M.D., from 52d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to . the Forces, vice Willis, appointed to 17th Foot, May 31. Messoaesionst.—The Christian names of Ensign Coles, o Ist Foot, are Richard George, and not Thomas George, a s previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant C. L. Fitz gerald. to be Second Captain, vice Robertson, deceased ; Secon d Lieutenant H. A. Vernon to be First Lieutenant, vice Fitz gerald, May 15. • Mesionaivnust.-e-The dates of promotion of the under- Mentioned officers have been altered as follow :—Second Cap tain P. Maclean, April 14 ; Second Captain A. Benn, April 15 ; Second Captain R. M. Mundy, April 28 ; First Lieu tenant Honourable W. C. Yelverton,, April 14 ; First Lieu tenant S.. Robinson, April 15 ; First Lieutenant M. S. Biddulph, April 28. I . WHITEHALL, MAY 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bickley, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ' WILLIAM KEMP, tailor, Waltham, Lincolnshire. 'BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH RIDGWAY, fringe manufacturer, Chester. BANKRUPTS. BENJAMIN LAND, victualler, Hertford, to surrender June 7, at half-past eleven, and July 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Roche, Plowman, and Roche, Upper Wellington- Street, Covent-garden. i WILLIAM DETHICK, lime merchant, Temple-street, Whitefriars, June 14, at one, and July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Humphrey, Keightly, and Co., Chancery-lane. I, HENRY RICHARD HARRADEN, priiitseller, Cam bridge, June 11 and July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank kuptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tarrant, Walbrook ; Lawrence, Cambridge. QUIROGA BOLIVAR VITTORIA, JOHN ANI HMI, merchant, St. 13enet's-plice, Gracechurch-street, une 7, and July 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court of. Bank ruptoy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard Moor gate-street; Cloves and Wedlake, King's-bench-walk. JOHN WHITLY MARDALL, insurance broker, New !4lioreliam, Sussex, June 11, and July 16, at one, at the Court pf flaAsuptey. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Aloorgatel;freet I Rolfe and Edmunds, South-square, Gray's inn • Edmunds, Worthing, Sussex. EMANUEL TYNTALE, wine merchant, Ross, Hereford shire, June 7, at twelve, and July 5, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Washbouriie, Gloucester ; Hall and Minett, Ross ; Stubbs awl Rollingi, Birmingham. ' JOHN MITCHELL, coal merchant, Nottingham, June 10, nd July 11, at eleven ; at., the Birmingham District Court. ittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Cann, Nottingham ; mith, Birmingham. THOMAS NEWTON, cattle-dealer, - Holbeach, Lincoln: hire, June 11, it one, 'and July 5; at twelve, at the Binning am District Csurt. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; taniland, Boston ; Barker and Sons, Birmingham. ROBERT BAXTER, merchant, Sheffield, June 13, and tidy 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District C ourt. Fearne, fficial assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple, London ; Wilson, ,Younge, and Pierson, Sheffield. I FREDERICK. LANE HOMER, merchant, Manchester, une 14, and July 4, at one, at the Manchester District Court. °trim, o ffi cial assignee, Manchester; BI ickhurne, Leeds; dward and Robert William Bennett, Manchester. ~ THOMAS' BEECH, grocer, Neticastle:Under-Lyme, June 0, and July 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. 1 hitmore. official assignee, Birmingham ; Stanier, Newcastle 'under -Lyme ; Smith. Birmingham. WILLIAM LYNN, hotel keeper, Liverpool, June 12, at twelve, and; July 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. plorgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Littledale and Bardswell, iverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. JOSEPH OWEN and SARAH OWEN, merchants, Shef eld, June' 15, and July 3, at elevea, at the Leeds District curt. - Young, o ffi cial assignee , Leeds ; Biggs , Southamp ton. uildingi, London; Haywood and Bramley , Sheffield; Bran on, Sheffield: . ' NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. . M. Danels, schoolmistreis, Turnharn-green. . Perkin, victualler, Bollington, Cheshire. • • .1. E. Ad ams, schoolmaster, workhouse, Marylebone. ,G. Parker, coal dealer, Norwich. E. Phillipps, Albany-street, Regent's Park. , H. Jennings, Princes-road, Lambeth. . W. Jones, saddler, Litchborough, Northamptonshire. !J. Reed, shoemakef, Chearn, Surrey. . IJ. W. Newton, farmer, Moulton, Lincolnihire. ' R. Newton, farmer, - Moulton, Lincolnshire. . G. E. Green, Whalley, Lanca s hire:, I D. Roberts,Roberts,itationee, Manchester. iT. Singleton, druggist, Sheffield. ' J. Lonshottom, woolcomber, Wainstell, Yorkshire. lE. Altif4and, assistant to a publican, Liverpool. IJ. Jshnson, bricklayer, Hudders fi eld. - J. Mathews, tallow chandler, Hammersmith. 1 :J. Seeger, undertaker, Wood-street, Lembeth-Walk. , P. Beer, tobacconist, Plymouth. H. Silley, Shaftesbury-street, New North-road. H. J. Murton, lieutenant-colonel R. 51., Brornpton. J. Robinson, boot maker, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, ' C. Morgan, assistant grocer, Brompton. -J. Jenkins, painter, Praed-street, Paddington. • • W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster. W. B. Plummer, slopseller, St. Alban's. IR. Thomas, victualler, Hertford, , T. Ta3lOr, sen., brickmaker, Aston, Warwickshire. E. Maltby, Sneinton; Nottinghamshire. . G. A. Penton, commission agent, Salamanca-cottages, Chelsea : G. S. Mann, eating-housekeeper, Bucklersbury. . H. Dale, baker, Worthing, Sussef. _ W. W. Bradly, elerk, St. Jamei-cOttage, Old'Kent-road. E. Edwards, builder,•Gravesend. .. J. Johnson, tobacconist, Coburg-place, Old Kent-road: J. Riches,,printer, Norwich. T. H. Johnson, traveller; Shepperton-street, Islington. W. Blake - , carp . enter, Elizabeth-place; Upper Holloway. J. T o wnsend, jun., undertaker's assistant, Charlton. A: Norfolk, porter, Red-hill, Surrey. J; Huntingdon; builder, LiverpOol. . J. 1. Mitchell, tea dealer, Gloucester. G.- Habbijam, jun., Cumberland-street East, Regent's-park. J. Price, jun., grocer, Cotton-street, Poplar. . L. R. Mackintosh, Cleeve, GlOncestershire. W. S. Preston, broker, Rupert•street,.Westininstee. W. Francis, farm steward, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Somersetshire. E. Garnham, butcher, London-road. • ' - SECOND NOTICES. . -. R. Pond, working cutler, Bell-street, Edgewue-road , June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankrnptcy. Belcher, official as. signee. ' . R. H. Thurston, Norwich, June 6, - at eleven,' at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee: '':, , 1 A. C. Bulley, landing waiter, Barriard-street, - Russell square, June 6, at two, at the Court- of -Bankruptcy. ' Whit.: more, official assignee. . . . _ . T, Nixon, plumber, Kettering, Northamptonshire,' June 6 ; at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. - Alsager, official assignee. A. Smith, t a il or , B unga y, S u ff o lk, June' 6, at two, at the Court . of .Bank ru pt cy . Whit more , o ffi c i a l a ss i g nee.- .. Court ' chemist, Harwich, June 6, at one, at the t Bankrupt c y. Al sager official assignee. - W, o Pitito,Warehousemin' s assistant; St. George's-buildings Horton.s , pare, June 6, at half-past one; aithe Court of Bank . ' half - past °' te ge y 's . "-r : °ll Als ' cl 'ag j e n r .n ,io ffi 6i ci a- a t l J. Bonython, furniture brokerSaiisfiury-street,' Portman. m arket, J une 6, at half; past two, at the .Court - : of . Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Taylor, foreman, Meredith -street, Clerkenwell, June 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, , ,A,lsager,Olficial assignee. E. Dolley, manufacturing perfumer; Meard's-court, Soho, J un e 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore official assignee. B. J. Deane, lucifet manufacturei, Sidney-street, Gilme r :. cial-road, June. 6, at - half-past one, at the Court of . Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Brown, cabriolet proprietor, Duke's-mews; Lissonfgrove, June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. • . G. Sinith slate quarry igent Llanbeblik . Cari*rvonsbire, Majority against the motion ... —43 • The CHAinstix then reported progress, by consent, :and the.llouse thea proceeded with the other Orders of the Day. Mr. IIIJAI:E - said that us serierid bills had been post venvd, he•,wvixbod to 11.n.ow_whatt measurea woad wine on It 11 E LO 'DON, SATURDAY, ,MORNING, JUNE 1, , , 1844. June 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Furse, jun., upholsterer, Brighton, June 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Pagden, London-road, Southwark, June 6, at half - pa st one, at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. 1 F. Gooderham, nurseryman, Vassal-road, North Brixton, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. S. Baxter, fisherman, Barking, Essex, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Baker, publican, Watling-street, June 6, at half-put two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. H. Atkey, grocer, Brighton, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. P. Unsworth, butcher, Ltverpool, June 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. W. Dennis, shopkeeper, Nottingham, June 6, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Pennington, draper, Bedlington, Durham, June 7, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. J. Dyer, innkeeper, Kington St. Michael, Wiltshire, June 6, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. T. S. Robinson, publican, Great Neston, Cheshire, June 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. P. Powell, tailor, Southampton, June 21, at half-past eleven—W. Gorton, merchant, St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, June 21, at two—E. H. Foster, tanner, Hathern, Leicester. shire, June 21, at eleven. In the Country. E. Hilton and N. Walsh, paper makers, Over Darwen, Lan cashire, June 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court —H. Hilton, bleacher, Over Darwen, Lancashire, June 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—G. C. Cawood, to bacconist, Sunderland, June 21, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—C. Humberston and S. Frodshsm, commission merchants, Liverpool, June 10, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—W. F. Geach, timber mer chant, June 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. C. Bell, surgeon, Norwich, June 21—S. Saunders, lodg ing-housekeeper, Golden-square, St. James's, June 21—M. Lopez, wine-merchant, Crutched-friars, June 21—J. Powell, jun., scrivener, Quadrant, June 25—R. Southall, jun., mer chant, Birmingham, June 21—J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, June 21—T. Greening, chemist, Worcester, June 21—W. Evans, miller, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, June 21 —G. Thomson, iron -manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 21 PARTNERSHIPS H. A. Hope and J. P. Robinson. carriers, Canter bury—C. B. Curtis, T. Curtis, and W. G. Harvey, gunpow der manufacturers, Lombard-street (so far as regards W. G. Harvey)—.T. Aspinall and W. Lane, iron founders, Smeth wick, Staffordshire—J. Bagshaw, W. C. Braddon, and T. C. Cadogan, merchants, Calcutta—J. S. Stuart and J. I'ownall, fent dealers, Manchester—A. Brown and W. Twort, straw bonnet makers, Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square—W. Winstanley and J. Blinkhorn, painters, Kirkdale, Lancashire —W. Grinling, sen., and W. Grinling, jun., grocers, Laxfield, Suffolk—H. G. Gibson and R. Wilson, grocers, Newcastle upon-Tyne—B. Palmer, S. Bamford, sen., and B. Adams, use iron manufacturers, Birmingham—T. Morris and W. A. Bar row, solicitors, Wigan—T. Homer and J. Blakey, corn mer chants, Darlington—R. Driver, J. Metford, and R. Jennings, ironmongers, Southampton (so fat as regards R, Driver) —NI. Whiting, sen., J. Dixon, jun., H. Whiting, and M. Whiting, jun.. hatters' furriers, Southwark-bridge-road (so far as regards M. Whiting, sen.)—A. Levy, H. Moses, L. Levy, and E. Moses, slopsellers, Aldgate (so far as regards A. Levy)—S. Hulse and G. Robinson, publicans, Hurdsfield, Cheshire—S. Collings, B. Freeland, S. Ker, and J. Lang, merchants, Rio de Janeiro (so far as regards B. Freeland)—F. Prout, T. Preut, and A. Prout, grocers, Tavistock—J. G. Udall and T. Udall, lace-dealers, Church-street, Camberwell—J. Aldam, H. Aldam, J. Aldam, and G. Aldam, butchers, Elmton, Derby shire (so far as regards Jas. Aldam)—J. Levy and T. Fletcher, jun., fruit merchants, Liverpool—R. Robinson, jun., and T. Robinson, lime burners, Sutton, Lancashire—R. Dirom, T. R. Richmond, F. M. Davidson, W. F. Hunter, and W. F. Gray, com mission agents, China—N. Johnson, H. Johnson, and H. John son—A. Repingon and J. More, Cheapside—R. Fleming and J. T. Wilkins, drapers, Manchester—C. A. Wadams and D. L. F. Kirby, schoolmistresses, Datchet, Berkshire—S. Hamer, R. Sutcliffe, and J. Hauer, wholesale smallware dealers, Rochdale. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending May 28, 1844, is 375. 3d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The sentence upon O'Connell and his co-defend ants is now before the public. We shall be excused if we abstain from comment, at least for one day. The astounding severity of the infliction, personal and pecuniary, espe cially upoh Mr. O'Connell, will, we fear, tend to de prive the law of that reverential respect in which even its terrors -should be held. Except in the estimation of the Ultra-Protestants of Ireland,, for whose special gra tification the finale of the State prosecutions seems to have been reserved, as a compensation for the delays of ven geance of which they so bitterly complained, there is no-one, let his party politics be what they may, who will not deplore the extreme severity of the sentence. The effect. upon the public mind in Ireland, will, we fear be dangerous in the extreme. But we will not trust ourselves with the use of those burning words of indignation which are prompted by the vengeful visitation upon a political offen der. It will remind the people of Ireland of tip incarcerations of the reign of terror in that unhapppy, Cogtry ; while in England it will be compared with the int ( i s'of pains and penalties in the days when Castlereagh' es,i4 outh sought to suppress agitation by a severity in wh - t? ' 'judgment was untempered by mercy. It remains to be seen whether the sentence will be carried into execution pending the writ of error. Previously to the sentence being passed, notice was served on the solicitor for the Crown, on behalf of the traversers, that they intended to " apply to the Court, that whatever sentence the Court should think fit to pronounce upon the respective traversers, shall be directed not to commence until such a day as the Court in their dis cretion shall think it right to order, to enable the tra versers to prosecute their writ of error, and have judg ment thereon between the said time of pronouncing the said judgment and such day as shall be 46' 1 4+) pointed by the Court." The law requires that sentifffee should be passed before an application could be made tv . suspend its execution until the writ of error is decided by the House of Lords. To-morrow's post will bring the decision of the Court on this application, and, place the entire proceed ings at the close of the State prosecutions—so far as the Court of Queen's Bench is concerned—in the hands of the public. STANDARD.—The House of Commons re-assembled last night. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly moved for leave to bring in a Bill establishing a Court of Appeal in cases of felony. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman . urged the necessity of an appellate jurisdiction in an exceedingly able speech, supported by many melancholy examples. Sir James Graham, without oppos ing the motion, or unreservedly condemning its object, expressed doubts of the necessity of any change of the law in the particular referred to, grounding these doubts upon the high character of the law of England, his own experience of ,its just administration, and the inconvenience of multiply ing courts and judges. Now, we cannot admit these reasons ;without very considerable qualifications. As respects the character of the law—the law is one thing, the mode Of administering it another—and the law may have and de serve the high character that it maintains, in defiance of any 'little irregularity and injustice practised at Kingsgate street, at the police-offices, or at the Central Criminal Court. We fear that if the law were to be held respon sible for the manner in which cases of life and death are often slubbered over in the last, the law would soon have a very unenviable character. But the charac ter of the law of England has been maintained in spite of its most vicious administration—it flourished even when the administrators of the law applied the peine farte et dure ex hibited the rack, would not allow the prisoner to defend him self by sworn witnesses, while .the depositions of absent wit nesses were heard against him ; when juries were punished by imprisonment and the . pillory for verdicts displeasing to ,the Court, while prisoners were not allowed to be heard by a single counsel. The character of the 'law has, therefore, really nothing to do in the case. Sir J. Graham, again, is satisfied with the general result of the present administration ofjustice ; but Sir James, with all respect, is no competent judg e in the matter ; for he himself it is who produces those results which are satisfactory, not only to him, but, as we gratefully acknowledge, to the country. He may think that every other Home Se cretary would act with the same conscientious dili gence, the same sagacity, and the same humanity which distinguish his administration of the department ; but though the opinion is natural to an honourable, candid, and modest man, it is not our opinion ; ni.,r is it, as we believe, the opinion of the public. We all know that there is nothing, for example, to prevent such a man as Mr. being a Home Secretary ; and we also know that if Mr. month ago, Mary Furley would have been hanged by the neck until dead, on the 6th ult. The truth is, that the appellate jurisdiction, which Mr. F. Kelly calls for as a public tribunal, sits already as a secret tribu.rpl,, and the ad ministration of justice would be intolerable without it. The disadvantages of secresy in such a matter are, however, very great. A secret tribunal may be negligent, ' cruel, unjust, corrupt, which in a free country •an open tribunal can never be ; and though the Home Secretary, in whose breast the constitution of the tribunal lies, will be commonly a man of decent cha racter, it is a rare and a happy accident to bave a Home Secretary as zealous, acute, humane, and just, as Sir James .Graham. The shocking sacrifices of life previous to Sir Robert Peel's accession to office, prove that a very respectable nobleman or genfikman may be a very insufficient court of appeal in criminal cases. There is, besides, another injustice, arising out of the want of a public appellate jurisdiction in cases of felony, which cannot come under Sir James Graham's notice—we allude to the number of improper acquittals. Juries will frequently demand a higher amount of evidence than the justice of the case war rants, when they believe that their verdict must be final, and thus it will happen too frequently that dangerous cri minals are let loose upon society, who would not, so escape were it publicly known that there existed a court of appeal. As to the difficulty of finding judges, we can scarcely think that Sir James Graham will, upon serious reflection, find that difficulty insurmountable. The qualifications for a good judge are, different from those of a great lawyer —some times a little at variance with them. All of profes sional qualification that is wanted for a judge is an ele mentary and scientific knowledge of legal principles good sense, integrity, patience, and a modest diligence will do the rest. The young and comparatively inexperienced men who are sent to the colonies make excellent judges, ab solutely equal, and relatively superior, to the judges of West . minster Hall. Meanwhile, it is satisfactory to know that the Government has promised a candid consideration to Mr. Kelly's proposition. THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT WIMBLEDON: On Thursaay afternoon, at three o'clock, W. Carter, Esq., the Coroner for East Surrey, opened a Court at the Dog and Fox inn, Wimbledon, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Charlotte Hall, aged thirty-eight, who, it was alleged, had met her death by strangulation, by the hands of her husband, who has since absconded. After a long investi gation, in which, however, no facts of any importance were elicited beyond those which have already appeared in our columns, the jury, after nearly an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict—" Died from natural causes." Notwithstanding this verdict the police will not relax their exertions in ap prehending the accused. ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a few mi nutes before nine o'clock, a female threw herself from the second recess on the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge. An alarm being given, a waterman put off from the shore, and succeeded in getting her out, having been in the water about two minutes only. She was immediately taken to Portugal street Hospital, where, on examination, it was found her I left leg was broken. The poor woman appeared to be in a state of destitution. • . . A IT. such as were drawn- upon the regular printed forms of the / MARKET NEW S.- YESTERDi- • Bank. The cheque in question was not upon one of those ; CORN-EXCHANGE. forms, neither was the writing like Mr. Pulsford's. . A very limited supply of English Wheat has come 0 . 11 _ 111 4 Mr. Pulsford, 11, Hyde-park-Terrace, said that. the sign- here since Monday, hence the stands were poorly filled 7 . ',,,, r . ture was not his. .He did no t know anything of the cheque. samples. For most descriptions the demand was very s r t e e!",,, The prisoner's father w as a . clothier in Conduit- street, Re- at fully previous rates. For free Foreign Wheat, the ` c ` l 7 , gent-street, and bad supplied witness with clothing. He did an- improved inquiry, at full currencies. In bonded Pa rc j u not know Mr. Redmayne, of Bond-street. we heard of no transactions. Foreign Barley, which2;aslish Mr Redmayne svid, ' he knew nothing o f an y part of small supply, found ready buyers, at full prices. In Li nctice the case. On looking at the cheque, it appeared endorsed qualitie s but little was doing. Superfine Malt 'was i n l e i ri g . with the name, o f hi s c l er k,.M r . c a w s , b u t th e writing was request, at full quotations, the vs/di *of other kinds b`'_.,„ ,_.,„ widely different, and the name was also differe n tly spelt . (on supported. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite A a . c4 ." the cheque it was written Keats). The prisoners father was with a steady inquiry. a most respectable man, and one of his sons, the prisoner's 1 • ' ARRIVALS. • out younger brother, was in his (Mr. Redmayne's) employ. ! Wheat Barl,y. oats. ~ , i ctf Mr. Cates, cl er k to last witness, said he. knew nothing of English 3,130 qrs. 340 qrs. 2,870 qr ., :l i'::,.. - the draft whatever, neither did he know the young. man at ; Irisli:. ..... ---- 3,760 ....... the bar. ~ _ ( Foreign 10,950 5,!-04) '2, _ YO - . . Mr. LONG said he would . commit him (the prisoner) for trial, and asked if he had anything to say in defence. The prisoner, who was bathed in tears, had nothing to say, and he was removed to the lock-up cell. ➢lr. Burgoyne, solicitor to the banking house of Sir Claude Scott and Co., attended to prosecute, and another professional gentleman, whose name we could not learn, appeared for the prisoner. ..alt; 3,780 qr's. SMITHE'VdiaI. ntili Our market was, the time of year considered, very sc l a s supplied with Beasts as to numbers, while the quality .t inferior to that exhibited for some time past. The pribtalieli'd Scots, 200 of which came to hand, by sea, from Scotland , i —l4 buyers at fully Monday's quotations ; but in other br erere next to nothing was doing. The number of Sheep small, owing to which the Mutton trade was active, e arn 't,s, some instances, prices had an upward tendency: In. the supply of which was only moderate, a fair businel but doing at full currencies. Calves hang heavily- on Ilan"' rat were not cheaper. Pigs moved . off slowly, at late r 3 Much Cows sold heavily, at from 161 to 1915 s each. Per Blhs. to sink the offal. s. s d. to d. t° 3 4 Inferior Beists 2 6 2 Second qualitydltte... 3 3f! Sectin:l quality ditto 2lO 3 0 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 6 4 u Prime large Oxen S 2 3 6 Southdown Wetliers 315 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs 4. 1) „, Prime small ditto Suckling Calves, each 19 0 .28 0 Quarter old - Pigs, eachl6 5 8 Inferior Sheep _3 6 Lambs 4 9 BOW-STREET. Mary Anne Smith was charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing two sheets, two pillow-cases, and divers other arti cles, the property of John Murphy. , The prisoner lodged in the house of the prosecutor, and the articles in question were missed from her room. It was, however, found impossible to trace the articles, as, upon in quirt', it was discovered that almost every pawnbroker in London held pledges from persons of the name of Smith. In the course of the search, it was discovered that some pawn brokers held as many as 500 pledges in the name of Smith. Under these circumstances, it was found impossible to bring the charge home to the prisoner, and she was accordingly dis charged. SUPPLY AT MARKET. • Beasts. I Sheep. I . Calves. I 7, 0 . 5113 I 2,730 . 321 , r. EWG.ELTE A3O D LE.4l..l2olMTrall-m :G • le ib 6 We had full average Supplies'of, slaughtered Meat, vih' , demand was throughout heavy, at barely itationaryprice f i • At per stone, ythe Carcase. 6, OS' s. d. to s. d. 6. Sect', inferior 2 2 • 2 4 Mutton, inferior 3 middling 2 6 2 8 large lar ..... 2lb 3 0 prime g 6 3 ; prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 eprk, ..... 4 ' Vaal .....«.......».,...... 3 4 4 6 .small:... .». . ... 3 6 Lamb. 4s 4d to 5s 6d. lIOILOUGE HOP MAILILZT. . aC From most of the plantations.in Kent and Sussex oat ss counts still continue gloomy, the fly being as Vre iden firp ever, hence the demand here for "all kinds of Hops Is ve r Ld at and prices are well supported. The duty is estimate from 85,0001. to 90,0001. COLONIAL. SUGAR—The market for British Plantation has 3 01 t he very active, but a fair business has been transacted Ire whole, and prices, which were previously clroepi!,,,,g , h hclif shade lower. The private sales amount to about I,auu 0 5$ and at auction 125 hhds, 10 trcs ; new Barbadoe s to readily at 65s to 67s for fine, and, at. 60s to 643 for 1°, 5 6 ,1 good yellow. Refined Standard Lumps have been at 7' to 78s per cwt. • • MAURITIUS AND BENGAL—Owing to the Whl l s uall f oli or : days the public sales have been limited. Privately the oil mer is also quiet, and at auction 1,204 bags of the latter_io at full rates : white 66s to 68s Gd, low to good sound Ye4vit, 57s 6d to 60s, 'and damp and washed 57s 64 to 59s P er C FOREIGN.—There have been no public sales. 5 5 61 MOLASSES.-124 puns Antigua sold at 24s 6d to 2 0. and 155 puns Barbadoes were taken in at 26s to 27 8 P er c o vs COFFEE.-367 casks 115 barrels British Plantatioll‘,3o, been brought to auction, which sold rather slowly 01 ,„ - ` 75$ 858 6d, and 90s for triage to mid Jamaica, and at 383 "":, po l for ord to fine ord Dominica. The market private l Y quite so firm as it was. A small parcel -of. Doming . l.o o at 31s 6d for good. ord, and 1,200 baga of Rio by E. - 0 0 , contract realised 29s to 32s for ord to good ord. sold at a decline, 821 bales realising 71s 6d. to 79 5 fb „grtli greenish to good yellow ; 1,580 bags Ceylon 01 3 !,',c - A tion found Jivers, good ord at 473 sa to 48s; and JO s coloury sorts up to 82s per cwt • 585 bags Singa f t v - e , were bought in at 48s for fine ord,: and 947 bags Jay at OS.. • . RUM.--This article is much the same. got ° Cocoa. 655 bags 18 brls. Trinidad partly sold a t ,„40' 45s for mid red, the rest being • taken in at 425 per cwt. - 6 0 - ' $‘ RICE is firm ; 1,403 bags 1,600 pockets Bengal - Bengal lOs 6d to_lls 6d for mid to good mid white. • 0 SALTPETRE.-2,400 bags Calcutta went 6d loWer .ft , 22s 6d to 265, for 144 to 44 per cent, refraction, 1 3 '• - • 6 1 taken in. . 68° SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea has been steady at 61s 6d I° 4lo for mid to good, TellicheiT Pepper has been soli at 3id for half heavy, and Pimento at 3d to 3id per lb. CO'TTON.—The market is heavy. t V er -TRA.—There are large public sales declared for 11 — day. The market is neglected in consequence. 0 01 TALLOW.-P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt 03 .(Frora the London New Price . Current of Mal .1 4 50, Suca.E.-To-daya large business was transacted in rj e clP,.; of West India Sugar, but at lower rates, making th e It tv, Since Tuesday last Is 6d on low and middling, and Is p er c o ol' the better sorts ; a board of good bright yellow Antigua:: Doc i 4 at 64s per cwt. 7At public sale, New-Barbadoes and s t. t° Sugar of ,the new crop were offered, the former sol d 6.d per cwt under the rates of Wednesday's sale for low e t t.ooe t kinds, but good and fine aorta generally sustained t h t, r, value; , low yellow went at 60s, middling 60s 6d to st' 62s 6d to 64s 6cl;and fine 65s 6il to 66s ; the latter t o the decline previously quoted; , fine yellow at 62s 6,1;E,c,i, good 60s 6cl . to 625, middling 59s to 60i, low 57s 6 d t 0 heds6s good brown 56s to 575, low soft 54s to 54s 6d, and wa s per cwt. • A itlr p j REFINED.-'o-day several purchases were vria- m e ~, fined Goods by the home trade; brown lumps - " - fair standard lumps 78s 6d per cwt. Bonded is held for_..ols gates, 26s paid for large and 26s 3d per cwt for sma ll piet t ' MAunrrius.-Importers have shown firmness , an OF refrained from offering any at auction. This afternonn parcels were diSpoSed of privately at rather lower rates'4l: • EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar filet % ,0 1 good demand at former rates; fine white at 665,t0 670,, 64s 6d to Oa, mid 63s to 63s 6d, damp 6 9 3 to 66 9 6 '''',o o , s yellow sound 60s 6d; and low 545. Madras low brow n , 6 0 *at 24s to 25s 6d, mid 28s to 295, low yellow 30s to mid-32s to 32s 6d, good 33s to 345. - fi FOREIGN SUGAR.-There has been a good doll - 0 013 f white HaVannah Sugar by private contract, gnu fe lts higher rates paid; brown Brazil in small parcels have full rates. • d ` ° o CorFEE.-The market has been largely suPPLe o es West India Coffee this week, 'but importers subinittiss.o reduction on _former rates of 2s NY 3s per cwt has ae e . , e te" 'the demand to to good. Holders of Mocha submititi"'sf reduction on' the rates of, the last public salitsicei, to 2s per cwt has 'tempted 'buyers to purchase of C ° This afternoon there was no public sale of any sort,v_4lo and by private contract little business was done ; f,7470ri nary Ceylon, however, * could not be obtained under are*,::, cwt. The arrivals of West India Coffee this weelt,3o cs 7 • hhds 166 brls. On Tuesday 700 bales of Moch a, ' y „eri° of Jamaica, are declared for auction. TEA.-Fur some parcels of Hyson, Young • Gunpowder, and fine Twankay, full rates have i be ,. 03 4 and the supply is still scanty; but for black Tea t,'' l ; e , Te r has been in a dull state, and , prices are 011 the dee!' the D et day there was scarcely any business transacted In t tat ; market, and parcels could only' be disposed of bu t ei • lower terra's. '• * r b ij '' Cecia.-Prices remain fi rm for Foreign, and a • e ,'„ tee has been transacted privately; West India is leas r" air Hyson, lif o r ro i; but prices are sustained:. . • . beeil 44 MOLA§SES.-By private contract few parcels leavea tag s t JO posed of; Barbadoes bought in at 278 ; A ntigua st,o 25s 6d for middling, and 24s for ordinary ; iosf e ' t at 26s per cwt for good. Prices cannot be quoted is $ East Inda. This afternoon Madras Molasses take n 3 5 s 6d, and Trinidad at 278 per cwt ese o / SPicEs.-Cassia Lignea is not . much wanted at Pr do , the rates accepted are rather under those of th is 1051 4 i To-day black Pepper' met with attention, and " 1 a t a t ;s' Malabar at auction were sold at full rates; goo' - to 441; sea damaged first class 3id, second ditto ditto 3id. Rum e 6 Iseei to Rum, Bruivir, AND Horn axns.-Jamaica per cent overproof is 3s. Id, to 3s4d, 30 to 35 over 4 d 00 3s 9d, good and fine 3s 10d to 4s 3d, superior 4d 'Ssoo Leewards at 2s 24d to 2s 3d, proof strength; a i n „,,,tts er g° parcel:B percent overproof 2s 5d per - Deto Is lld for 150 , puns proof with certificate. A , 0 1 80 strong quality at 3s to 3s 4d per gallon. 13ra ttu iee f “1 4 ' upon lower terms :-Cognac, best brands of the vin. us s ~ hhds 5,3 6d, puns 5s 4d; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 4d, „Pos.?pti : ditto 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns - ss;• ditto 1 841, :a, at F ir puns 4s 11d; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 11d, puns 45 ;', 1 to good mid qualities 3s Id to 43 4d, and low 2 s 0 " 3 , for t e gallon. Geneva at is 8d for shipping, and 25 t c ' s and fine for home consurnptiOn. English Cora at lOs 2d per gallon cash. T o- d ay Cognac best 1 " . , .it 0 vintage ot• 1842, 4s 10d to 5s per gallon. RicE.-Bengal at fully former rates ; au" bo ld ja rather broken at. lOs 6d I Is, good middling s.sf_,lo' lls sd, and damaged lOs 6d per cwt. For Foreigno Rice full rates paid ; for cleaned Rice th 3 dell r Cg ° 6 ,l° creased; 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt Saco.-Rather above former rates ; Sago Flan.rov 20s per cwt. Tapioca fetched 4id to 44d, and Ri o 4d per lb. • die I" t INnicio.-The operations in all sorts of Eas oo 101 been extremely limited, and the home trade ars t!l c ts trl business than they are compelled; some partio:74.les to sell at prices 2d to 3d under those of AP rn .' e rpo e ' co tj‘ The public sale of East India Indi g o held at O s l b for j at a decline of 4d to 5d for snipping, and 3d Per 504 ro sliming sorts. Onts.--Southern Oil, fine quality at 29/ loe u t t° 28/ to 281 15s, and middlirig 271 to 27/ lOs per toyr, at 33/ to 33/ 10s, pale Seal is 32/ to arrive, n and ulias B F r , • on the spot. In Sperm there is little v aation . cw t. er co o on the spot made at 25s 6d to 25s 9d Pe., r 6d P Oil is cheaper; pale 38s 6d, and brown 00 0 , 0; 9 1 for Palm Oil 27s to 28s per cwt. Cocoa Na t doW li g t ry to 30s per 'cwt. In Olive Oil prices are lookil Dsrp t le o lipoli 50/ lOs to 514 Spanish 49/ lOs to 5 0 4,,, nli a a t asI t , e 71 3 0i1 per tun. This afternoon Sperm Oil and ne went offered, and partly sold at lower ra tes ; oi l ,s,ofb to 751105, and Headmatter at 78/ 103 to au; o 1 0 0;;; fetched 2715 s to 3215 s for middling to fla g ' ha s belie V TALLow..: , --F6r Town Tallow tbe market s o , t o cleared at 38s 6d to 39s per cwt, nett cas h .' ' r e 00 A , Petersburgh Yellow dandle at 40s . to 4 os 6 o r r at 4 0 deZr delivery' or the last three months of the Ye_,,d te_olk 41s 6d per cwt: American Tallow has a dowaylise This afternoon New South Wales Tallow , e` went at 41s per cwt (o°. ----- r the I , t es, BIRTRIK the On the 23d ult., at Avranch lady n' 7 ' er • Rev. Robert Plunket, of a son. , r oft" • I On the 27th ult., Mrs. R. M. Smyth, Green - Af. pw, of a daughter. , the • '1 On the 28th ult., at Horham Hall, Ess` — ' i - ' sad' Captain Edward Joddrell, of a daughter. :. 130. 11 - ' On the 28th ult., at Kensington, Mrs Lew. - . . a daughter. ' . . • C d MARRIED. ... ... kirf , 02.0 On the 30th ult., at St. George's, . 01 ° ° "7 event Yna James Fox Bunbury, Esq., eldest son of li t entii9/ I A / jor Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, of Barton kb} 4 , „'' aid if , K.O 8., to Frances Joanna, daughter - 0 i'''''' • '.neor t :o l Esq., of Bedford-place. . r ,_,... n 5 . ton',. - vt,, _4O On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's, V i ." --- Norl d T v M. R. !laggard, Esq., of Bradenhatn. Hall, ' ett 90,.• Lincoln's Inn, to Ella, eldest daughter ot 80, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Portman-aclua ra ' . • • DIED. ' ~,' • •',' Ic! P ir On the 26th ult., at Loxwood Honse, Du ' fb r ose, tot4 ii Esq., many years a Deputy-Lieutenant, all ' Sheriff, of the county. -' ~ t )0! Ou the 28th ult. , Anne , fou rth daugbter d to; Wright, Milton Cottage, South Lainbetl , ae,, v he t, , ' . On the 2 8th ul t , at Carienburrare eqn, .P. - . ar son of Mr. Joseph Charlier , aged 7i- -.- n1.071/' „...tif.. , „' - i London : Printed and Published by MLILI-I,itic.e„st) No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus `104.0.., `;' , „l Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy', ,i, ll. - '..:11'..' Middleaex, Fxiday, - June 1, 1844. ' . --' ''' CI,ERKEIV WELL. A cabman, badge 189, was charged by his employer, Mrs. Penevint, a cab-owner, residing in Silver-street, Bloomsbury, with the following outrageous conduct : It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner had not been more than a few days in Mrs. Penevint's employ ment when he was sent out with a chaise. He left the yard with the chaise at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, and nothing was heard of him until nine o'clock last night, when the complainant was informed that the prisoner was drunk in a public-house. She immediately dispatched Lea Pigeon, her stableman, to bring home the cab and horse, but when the messenger arrived neither cabman or vehicle were any where to be found. At three o'clock this morning the' pri soner came home, in a beastly state of intoxication, without either cab or horse. ' Mrs. Penevint asked him where they were, but the fellow said he knew nothing whatever about them. He was leaving the yard when Mrs. Penevint gave him into custody. About an hour afterwards three strange men brought home the cab and horse, which they had found in Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, without guidance. The prisoner said that he had been very sick, and was not drunk. Mrs. Penevint said she had been informed that the pri soner was in the habit of alleging sickness as an excuse when there were no grounds whatever for it. The prisoner had not given her a farthing for the use of her vehicle although he contracted to pay 9s. The Magistrate sentenced him to pay a fine of 11., or ten days' imprisonntent. A mini named George Welfare, who is employed at the Islington toll-bar, and who has been repeatedly convicted of assaults on the police and on civilians at this Court, was charged with the following conduct : On the previous night, at eight o'clock, police-constable Harris being on duty in Ring-street, was passing a beer shop, at the door of whiclithe prisoner was standing; he.(the prisoner) exclaimed, " Oh, there goes b— Kiddy Harris, but I'll have a mug at him." Kiddy Harris was the flame of a most diabolical character, who was some years ago executed at the Old Bailey for the murder of a young woman under circumstances of extraordinary cruelty; he repeated this offensive language, and haying been expelled from the beer-shop in consequence, followed Harris, seized him by the throat, and thrusting his hand between the leather'stock and the skin ' pressed his knuckles against his windpipe. A poli c ema n fortunately came up and rescued Harris from his grasp. The prisoner, however 'fastened on Harris again, and clung to him with desperate tenacity, he kicked him on the leg, and tut, and bruised the constable's face. Police-sergeant North, 14, deposed that nothing' could exceed the prisoner's violence at the station-house. He was an associate, &thieves and the most depraved characters. Mr. GREENWOOD said, it was very disgraceful that such a person should be employed in such a capacity as assistant at a public toll-bar, and he was surprised that Mr. •Pickford could tolerate it. The prisoner had done his best to injure the constable, and he would send him to prison, without fine, for ten days. A PROFLIGATE WlFE.—Sarah Duck, the wife of Simeon Duck, a French polisher, residing in Kingsgate-street, Hol born, was charged with assaulting her husband. It appeared, from the evidence, that the defendant is a woman of disAipated habits and unfeeling disposition. The husband, a hard-working man, deposed that she frequently scinandered in drink his week's earnings, leaving her three little children in a condition bordering on ' starva tion. She has been frequently brought before this Court, and bound over to keep the peace towards the com plainant. On Saturday night last he gave her a sovereign for the housekeeping expenditure for the week. On Tuesday last she said she had taken two of her little children to Percy Chapel, but, instead of doing so, spent the evening in a beer shop with two low fellows, and returned home at night in-. toxicated, having squandered the whole sovereign except fivepence. When her husband wanted to have the fivepence from her to get something for supper, she flew at him like a tigress, tore his face, and knocked him down. She then seized the poker, which, having been disarmed of, she caught hold Of the tongs. Of these, too, she was fortunately deprived, before she could inflict any serious injury. In default of the payment of fine, she was committed to the House of Correction for a month. , George Rogers was committed for trial for stealing three pounds of tea, value fifteen shillings, and other articles, 'the property of Mr. Jenny, a grocer residing in Hatton-wall, in whose service he was engaged. Thomas Watson, alias John Boyle, a notorious thief, was charged with stealing a necklace, the property of Susan Hone, a poor woman, living in Peter-street, Saffron-hill. The prosecutor was in bed with her children at five o'clock on that morning, when she was aroused from sleep by the prisoner having opened a box in the room, from which he had abstracted the necklace. She screamed, having never seen him before, upon which he said he had come into the house with his brother and a young woman. The story turned out to be false, and the necklace was found, on his person.—He was fully committed for trial. SENTENCE of the COURT-MARTIAL ON SERGEANT-MAJOR W. NELAME. On Wednesday the Court re-assembled at Chatham Bar racks, when the following charges and sentence upon Ser geant-Major William Nelame were promulgated, who had demanded an inquiry, in consequence of certain allegations having been made against him by Major L. C. N. Meyer, Superintendent' of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at Maidstone : Charge 1. For conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having, 'at Maidstone, On the 26th of March, 1844, offered to Major Meyer, - the Riding-Master of the Cavalry DepOt at Maidstone, some bank-notes, saying, at the same time, I have brought you a present, or words to that effect; and when ordered by the said Major Meyer to remove such bank-notes, begging the said Major Meyer to accept them, he, the said Sergeant-Major Nelame being at the same time under the instructions of the said Major Meyer, with a view to qualify himself for the appointment of Riding- Master, to the 12th Lancers, and intending such sum of money as a•bribe to the said Major' Meyer, to report favourably of his qualifications.—Guilty.. An additional charge preferred against the prisoner for having at Maidstone, ill a letter addressed and - sent by him, the said Sergeant- Major Nelame, to the Most Noble Field- Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Forces, bearing date the 2d day of April, made false and malicious assertions, with intent to injure and defame, and to give his Grace the Commander-in-Chief false impressions of the conduct of the said Major Meyer, in the following instances—to wit :- Ist-Instance—ln asserting, en the 7th of December last, " I got a ride to drill, Colonel Middleton and Major Meyer being present. After drilling the ride, I was mounted on a horse, and rode two or three times round the school. When I was 'dismounted, Major Meyer told me my drilling was good, but my riding was bad. Whereas,, in truth and in fact, the said Major Meyer did not, on the occasion referred to in the said letter, tell the said Sergeant-Major Nelame that his drilling was good.—Guilty. 6th Instance—ln asserting that, when all these means (thereby meaning the alleged means mentioned in preceding instances) fail, he (thereby meaning the said Major) makes a report to Colonel Middleton that " I gave him a sum of money for the purpose of getting him to make a favourable report of me to the itorse Guards. How any perion holding the high and honourable position he does could stoop to such a subterfuge shoas me." Whereas, in truth and in fact, such report to Colonel Middleton was not, as insinuated in the said letter, false or malicious; but was a true report, made by the said Major Meyer in the due discharge of his duty.—Guilty. -. . Sentence—To be reduced to the ranks. This declaration came like a thunder-clap upon the Ser geant-Major, who, it was evident, did not expect it. We understand that be has been actively engaged in the service of his country for the last eight•and-twenty years, sixteen of which were as sergeant-major, and two years as regi mental sergeant-major. Upon the stripes being cut from his jacket, he indignantly threw it off, and declared he would never put it on again, although 'he was strongly persuaded so to do, and join his regiment. He subsequently - became so excited and ill, that he was ordered to be removed- to Fort Pitt Hospital, whence he was -conveyed in a carriage pro cured from the town for that purpose. _ - Captain Blair and Capt. Tynmore, arrived in Lon don on Thursday, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's Mail-packet, John Bull, Captain J. P. Corbin, after a fine passage of forty-five hours. We yesterday had to record the arrival of the Monarch, another of the Company's ships from the same place in forty-four hours. The regularity 1G the arrival of this Company's ships, notwithstanding the un settled weather, is remarkable. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON. BRIDGE. —FINDING OF THE THIRD 110 DY.—Thursday afternoon Mr. Baker, for the second time, resumed an inquiry at the Town of Whitby Tavern, Wapping-wall, touching the death of Robert Harrison Thurlow, aged eight years and a half, another of the unfortunate children who lost their lives by the upsetting of a boat at London-bridge, on the evening of Sunday, the 19th instant. The particulars of the occurrence appeared in our journal on the following day. The bodies of George Newton and Caroline Smith, who were also drowned at the same time, have been recovered, and inquests held be fore Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, within whose jurisdiction 'they had been found. That of the deceased was picked up floating off Pelican-stairs, Shadwell, on Tuesday morning last. On the present occasion, George Clark deposed that the deceased was the son of Mr. Edward Thurlow, a printer, residing in Shaftesbury-place, Aldersgate-street. On the evening in question he took the deceased to London-bridge, and entered the boat in which there were-thirteen other young persons, for the purpose of being conveyed to Tower stairs, at one penny a-head. The witness here detailed the particulars of the occurrence, which have already been pub lished. Mr. Cutler;the beadle of the Watermen's Company, stated that a summons had been taken out by that Company against - Williamson, the owner of the boat, for plying for hire -without being duly licensed, which-was to be heard-be fore the Lord Mayor the next day (Friday), when the jury expressed a wish that the inquest should be adjourned, to give them an opportunity of knowing the decision of his Lordship on the case before they delivered their verdict. The investi gation will be resumed on Monday next. - SINGULAR TEN UR E.—King John gave 'several lands at Kipperton and Atterton to one Solomon Attefleld, to be held by this singular service :—That as often as the King should be pleased to cross the sea, the said Solomon and - his heirs should be obliged to go with him to lioldbis MAjesty's head, if there should be occasion for it, "that is, it he should be sea-sick ;" and it appears by the record in the Tower that this same office of head-holding was actually performed IA the reign of EdWattl the' First: ' - • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 31. The Lord Chancellor sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock. IN THE MATTER OF DYCE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC. Our readers will recollect that this matter, which was men tioned yesterday, was ordered to stand over till this morning. Upon the case being called on, Mr. BETHELL, who appeared as counsel for the committee of the person of the lunatic, Mrs. Dyce Sombre, stated that his client, considered it was liecessary and right before the petition was heard, that the medical gentlemen who had given evidence before the Commissioner, should have a fur ther oppprpinity pf seeing ME.,Dyce Sombre. Mr. WALroi,E, - w - ho was counsel together with Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Wakefield for Mr. Dyce Sombre, could not in the absence of his leaders 'give any undertaking, and if any application was to be made he must request the Court to allow it to stand over. Some considerable discussion then took place, after which it was finally arranged that the hearing of the petitioner should peremptorily take place on the first day the Court sat after the and of the present term. The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered that, in the meantime, every requisite accommodation and comfort should be afforded to Mr. Dyce S6mbre. IN THE MATTER OF THE PRINCESS BARLATLNSKI, A LUNATIC.I This matter was ordered to stand over, for the purpose of seeing whether some arrangement could not be made to place the unfortunate individual, the subject of the Commission, in a private asylum. The COURT then proceeded with the other lunatic petitions in the paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSIOA-110USE. George Scott, apprentice to his father, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer the complaint of James Ed ward Cutler, beadle of the Watermen's Company, charging him with having, in a skiff, in the river Thames, ' on Sunday, the 28th of May, at London bridge, eight passengers, the said skiff being licensed to carry six passengers only; and John Williamson was sum moved by the same party for allowing his skiff to be worked in the river Thames, on Sunday, the 19th of May, without first having obtained a license from the Court of the Company of Watermen and Lightertnen. Mr. Cooper, the solicitor to the Company, attended for the prosecution in each case, and Mr. Wolff, from Mr. Flower's office, appeared for the first defendant. The subject caused great interest in consequence of the late loss of life in the river. In the case of John Scott, which was first heard, Mr. Wolff took a technical objection to the summons, which, he contended, was in the form of an indictment, and ought to be as accurately worded. The LORD MAYOR—The precise charge against Scott is that he carried eight persons instead of six. All I require is evidence to that fact. Mr. Cooper proceeded to call witnesses, without inak ing any comments. W. E. Hone, beadle to the CoMpany deposed, that on the day specified in the summons, between 7 and B.in the evening, he saw Scott row four men and four women in the skiff, No. 3,524 ashore. The boat was not licensed to carry more than six. Witness saw those in the boat pay the lad who acted as waterman. The witness, upon his cross-examination, stated that he had seen the boat for about three minutes, and that the ages of the passengers varied from 14 t 18 years. Mr. NVoltf now would she not carry fourteen passen gers comfortably? Witness—Certainly not ; neither comfortably nor safely. Mr. Banyon, the clerk of the Company, stated that the boat was licensed on the 12th of May, 1842, by George Scott, the elder, to carry six passengers. She was li censed to carry six, as that number was the most she could carry safely. Cross-examined—lt was by measurement the boats were regulated as to the numbers they were allowed to carry. Mr. Wolff—Have you never known a boat able to carry eight licensed to carry no more than six? Wit ness—No; I think not. Mr. Cooper—That is my case. Mr. Wolff submitted that there was no case at all to go to the Lord Mayor, as it at least ought to have been proved that the father of the defendant was a freeman of the Waterman's Company. The LORD MAYOR—It has been proved to be a licensed boat, and the Waterman's Act says that the occupier or occupiers shall be liable to penalty for breach of the regulations. The penalty attached to transgressions in this case is stated not to exceed forty shillings. Nothing can be more clear than this case. Mr. Wolff trusted that his Lordship would treat the young man leniently, as the violation of' the Act was certainly committed in ignorance of the law. The boat in question was large enough to hold eight or ten per sons, and that number, he understood, had gone up the river in her, and returned in perfect safety. The LORD MAYOR—That is an instance of excessive violation. The state of the water might have been such that a large number could have gone in the boat. Now that the river is in almost perpetual agitation by the passing of steamers, the danger to life is imminent. I dare say that in Chelsea Reach many a life has been lost in consequence of over-lading. Some of the boats in use are so slight that a man's foot will actually pass through them. It was but the other day a person who fell overboard was drowned, because the other per Son in the boat could not offer assistance to him without en dangering his own life by overturning her. Mr. Banyon observed that the Waterinen's Company had no authority over wager-boatS, which were made of the most flimsy materials. Mr. Cooper—There are bye-laws now before the Court of Aldermen,. which are calculated to remedy the evil arising from the use of boats which cannot be safely used in the present condition of the river. The Loan MAYOR—AII cases of this description, in volving the hazard of human liFe, must be looked to in COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 30. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. BLAKE AND TYE. The following is a fuller report of this case than we gave in our paper of yesterday : This was an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney- General against the defendant, for a conspiracy to defraud the Customs revenue. The defendant Blake was a landing waiter at the Customs. The defendant Tye had been a partner in the house of Sherer and Tye, Custom-house agents. 'That house had been the agents for a great many firms in the City, and as such had received their imported goods, entered them at the Custom-house, declared their value, and paid the duty on them. The case was tried at the sittings after last Hilary Term, before Lord Denman, at Guildhall, when it appeared that these parties had conspired 'to defraud the revenue, and.had effected their purpose through the means of Blake . hiaking false " sight entries," by which the goods were allowed to pass, on payment f the sort of duty which the description of goods mentioned in the sight entry required, when in fact they were properly liable to a higher rate of duty. The fact of a conspiracy or com bination between these parties having been fully established, two pieces of evidence were offered by the Crown. The first was that of an entry made by Tye in the books of Sherer and Tye, to correspond with the sight entry of the same goods at the Custom-house, and relating to a transaction that formed one of the acts done in consequence of the alleged conspiracy. The other was the butt or counterfoil of a cheque given by Tye to Blake, which de scribed the amount in the cheque as Blake's share of the profit made on the transactions in which they had been en gaged. A part of the money received from the bankers was proved to have been afterwards paid away by Blake to tradesmen and tax-gatherers, at his residence. The counter • foil contained a statement of the items which made up the amount for which the cheque was given, divided that amount into two equal portions, and then described the cheque as being drawn to meet the sum so found upon the division to be due to Blake. This evidence was objected to at the trial, on the ground that both were acts done by one defendant, not then on his trial (Tye had absconded), were not proved to have been known to Blake, or assented to by him, and could not therefore be now produced to affect hisn. Lord Denman, on being pressed by the Attorney-General, ad mitted both pieces of evidence, but expressed his strong doubts whether the butt of the cheque was properly re ceivable, since it appeared to him to have the character, not of an act done in furtherance of the conspiracy, but of a mere statement of a fact after the conspiracy had taken effect. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and a rule had since been obtained to set aside the verdict, and have a new trial, on the ground that these two pieces of evidence had been wrongly admitted • at the trial, for that the first of them must be considered an act done by one person, without any proof of the concurrence or assent of the other, and that the butt or counterfoil of the cheque was a mere declaration made by one of the parties, which was clearly incapable of being used to fix the charge upon the other. The Soracrron-GENERAL and Mr. F. Pamocx now showed cause against the rule. Mr. CocKBURN andllr. WARREN, in support of the rule, were stopped by Lord DEsotas—l do not entertain any doubt upon the first point. My impression was at the trial that the evidence there was admissible, because it was evidence of something done in the course of a transaction then going on, which mast be laid before the jury in proof of the, per formance of the act charged, and which would not, per haps, be possible to be proved in any other manner. But with respect to the second matter, I felt at the trial that there was at least considerable doubt on the subject, and I only admitted it when the Attorney-General pressed it on me. The principle on which I thought it possible that this evidence might be admissible was, that it was evidence of an act done, or necessary to be done, in order to give effect to the conspiracy. But it is clear that that was not so in fact, for full effect might have been given without any reference whatever to what was done with this sum of money. The writing on the biitt of the cheque was the same as if the party had stated in a memorandum thathe had paid the sum of 821. to the defendant, in order to put him in possession of the fruits of the conspiracy—a statement which would clearly have been inadmissible. This is an act, or rather a state ment by one of the parties, not tending to the advancement of the general object of the conspiracy. If we were to re ceive evidence of this kind—a mere statement of one of the conspirators as to what had been their object—we should often find ourselves subjected to many causes of embarrassment by his making statements which would go to exonerate himself from all blame, and to throw the whole guilt upon the In the case of the King v. Watson the circumstances were en tirely different, for there the Court required to be satisfied that the papers had been prepared in furtherance of the ob ject of the conspiracy, and had not been put into the room after the prisoner was taken into custody, and being satisfied on that point, admitted the evidence. The paper there was more connected with the object of the conspiracy than was the paper in the present case, and it was in existence before the object of the conspiracy was put in a course of attain tnent. I am, therefore, of opinion, upon principle, that a mere statement made by one conspirator when in conference ivith.a third person, or when he thinks proper to do that by himself, which is not necessary for carrying out the object of the conspiracy, is not evidence admissible to effect any other of the parties charged. Mr. Justice PATTESON agreed with the Lord Chief Justice on both points: There was no doubt that a conspiracy must be established before the act of any one individual mild be given in evidence to affect any other individual charged as being engaged in ithe conspiracy. When that was esta blished, evidence of an act done by one to further the ad vancement of the conspiracy might be given to affect the others. But here the butt of the cheque had not been pre pared to further the object of the conspiracy, but was merely a declaration made after the conspiracy had taken effect. It was, the fore, not admissible in evidence. Mr. Justice Wiwasts was entirely of the same opinion on both points. With respect to the first, he agreed that it was impossible to state any general rule as to the proof that must be given in every case of conspiracy, but this at least was clear, that when the fact of a conspiracy had been established, the detached acts of each of the parties done in furtherance of the conspiracy might be given in evidence. But such acts must be clearly in furtherance of the conspiracy. Evidence of acts done when all the conspiracy was at an end was clearly inadmissible. These two rules decided the present application. The entry in the books was clearly an act done in furtherance of the conspiracy, and was, therefore, admis sible in evidence. The butt or counterfoil of the cheque was no more than a declaration made by one of the parties when the conspiracy had been completed and was at an end, and was, therefore, not admissible in evidence. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE was of the same opinion. No evi dence of an act done by a co-:conspirator could be received, unless such act was done in advancement of the object of the conspiracy. No such evidence could be given of an act done fter the conspiracy had been completed.—Rule absolute. MAY 31. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day, and was engaged the whole morning in hearing arguments relating solely to mere technical points of practice. the spirit of the most searching investigation. As this is the first offence of the defendant I shall be satis fied with inflicting the penalty of ten shillings and six pence. In every other instance proved I shall inflict the full penalty of forty shillings and costs. The defendant paid the penalty, and said that nothing should ever induce him to break the law again. The LORD MAYOR mentioned to Mr. Cooper that the reckless manner in which those who had the manage• ment of the steam-vessels which plied in the river from London to Gravesend called aloud for prompt inter ference. On one of the late holidays a steam-vessel was crowded, and a showt4 having come on many of them on deck crowded into the cabins. Fine weather having re turned a great many more rushed into the vessel, which then became crowded to suffocation. The consequence was that another vessel was obliged to relieve the over burdened vessel of about 150 of her passengers. Mr. Cooper Said the bye-laws to which he had alluded, and which he trusted would immediately pass, were cal culated to remedy that evil, as well as ,the other mis chief to which his Lordship': attention had been called. John Williamson, the man in whose boat the children were drowned at London-bridge on Sunday, the 19th of May, was then charged. Mr. Cooper stated that in this case the penalty was twenty shillings fur working or allowing to be worked a boat not licensed. The difference between the two cases was, that in the former case the occupier or occu piers of a licensed boat were made liable, in the latter the owner or owners of the boat not being licensed were liable, and the difficulty was to find the owner. As a coroner's inquest was being held on the bodies already found, the proprietor became known. The defendant made a rambling unintelligible set of, excuses in which be endeavoured to thro* the blame upon the officers of the Watermen's Company for not having interfered with other people, whose boats were constantly crowded, as if the • servants of the Company could be present at all points where the public are in the habit of embarking. The LORD MAYoß—Have all the bodies of the chil dren been found?—Mr. Cutler (the officer of the Corn parry) said that three had been found, and that one fe male was still missing. The LORD MAYOR—I shall in this case inflict the full penalty and costs. The defendant threw himself upon the mercy of the Lord Mayor, and declared that he had a wife and ,six children to provide for, and little or no employment. The LORD MAYOR having been informed that the in quest was still sitting, said, that as in all probability the defendant would be a Sufferer by the verdict of the jury, in the shape of a deodand, he should limit the penalty to ten shillings and costs; and his Lordship ordered that if the amount. was not. inimediately.paid, a distress war rant should be issued against the goods and chattels of the defendant. - - Mr. Banyon—For seventeen years the Watermen and Lightermen's Company have been endeavoering to ac complish the object of regulating the numbers to be re ceived on board the steamers, and we trust that we shall receive your Lordship's assistance to effect so great a public good. The LORD MAYOR—I. shall certainly bring forward the question at the.next Court of Aldermen. An experienced old smuggler, named Thomas Myers, was charged by. the.solicitor to. the Customs with having been found in possession of five-pounds of tobacco. The defendant, in a whining tone, pleaded guilty. • The solicitor to the Customs informed the Lord Mayor, and Alderman Thomas Wood, who sat in jurisdic tion with his Lordship, that the smugglers were under the impression that; if they . ' '*ere - Caught with no more tobacco In their poiseSSion at one time than five pounds' weight, the Act '' t Parliament could not touch them for a heavier fine than 51. .. The _consequence of such an im pression was that they sometimes made, each of them, a dozen visits to steamers and other receptacles, and smuggled goods every day, supposing that, if detected, all they would have to pay could not exceed that sum. The Commissioners of Customs, however, had the power, by the 6th and 7th of William, to inflict a penalty of , 1001. for every offence of smuggling, however small the quantity smuggled, as had been lately decided in .the Court of Exchequer. The defendant in this ease very plainly showed, upon being apprehended, that he was one of those who acted under the mistake of supposing that he would have no more than . Si. to pay. -" Oh," said he, " I am under the weight." As the old smugglers were making great ex ertions in their trade, it was the determination of the Commissioners to go for the. full penalty of 1001. in all cases, however small the quantity smuggled by the indi vidual.samTeheviLewoaonf Y q O u ß est a io n tL d w A h l i d c e h rm ha a d n T h e . en o HOD taken o h o yk thethe M the A solicitor to the Customs, and his Lordship struck terror into the defendant by. telling him that he was fined 100/, and that lie must stay in prison until that amount should be paid. It is but fair to mention that the statement which was made to the Lord Mayor a few days ago, that 23,0001b5. weight of tobacco had been lately smuggled in Dutch cheeses into this country, was not made by Mr. Davis, or any other person in the employment of her Majesty's Customs. The defendant was committed to prison. • MARYLEBONE. Daniel Wright, the young man who had been remanded from Friday last, on a charge of having received 390/. from the banking-house of Sir Claude Scott and Co., Cavendish square, by means of a forged cheque purporting to have been drawn on the Bank of England by William Pulsford, Esq., of 11, HVe-park-terrace, in favour of Mr. G. Red• mayne, the eminent silk mercer of New Bond-street, was placed at the bar for final examination this day. Baron Larpent, General Lodwick, Admiral Cun- The evidence taken on the previous occasion, and which ningham, Sir Thomas and Lady Butler, Sir Joseph Radcliffe, was fully reported in The Sun of May 25, was then read Dr. and Lady King, &c., were among the passengers that em- over. A brief recapitulation of the principal facts connected barked at Blackwall, en Thursday, on board the General with the case may ,be given. The prisoner called at Sir Steam Navigation Cornpany' r s steam-ship Soho, for Antwerp. Claude Scott'S bank on the 3d May, and presenting a cheque THE ALLEGED AIUnDER: AND RODBERY AT RAT- for 3901., said that Mr, Redmayne would feel obliged if it CLIFF.—On Thursday Mr. Baker and a jury sat for the fifth were cashed for him. Mr. Taylor, one of the clerks in the time at the Town of Whitby public-house, Napping-wall, _to , bank, as Mr.'lttalmayne had an account there; did so, and determine the cause of de a th of Luke Williams. Only one Paid him in six 50/. notes, four 20/., and ten sovereigns in g e ld. witness was examined on Thursday, a cha rit y schoolboy, flamed On the succeeding morning a messenger from the Bank of Lane, who stated that on the afternoo n of Sunda y , the 19th ;England returned the cheque as a forged one ; and on the inst., hearing a disturbance in Bru ns evening of .the same day Mr. Pulsford called , and stated that there, and saw the windows of .Nicholsonwick-place, he went ' s house broken,.and the handwriting was not his. Information was given to the looking through he observed the prisoner Horsted kicking an Police, and one of the officers in the Detective force traced the old man, who was lying on the floor. He also saw Horsted prisoner to Birmingham, and subsequently .back to London, jump on the lower part of the old man's stomach, so violently and at last succeeded in taking him, into custody.in the lio n his heels slipped off the body, and he nearly fell back- ; toria Hotel, near the railway terminus at Euston-square, wards. There were present a short man and two women, ; where he had lived with a companion (a, female) for a few but they did not interfere in any wa y. The Coroner, this days. In his possession was 5/. 4s. lid., and in a bOX belong• being the whole of the evidence, read over the &positions of ing to him was a further sum of seventy sovereigns,' and a the four previous inquiries, and pointed out what constituted handsome gold . watch and appendages, besides several other murder and manslaughter. The jury then retired, and after articles of jewellery. - There being no evidence against the an absence of four hours and a half, returned to the inquest . female she was discharged'on the first examination. It was room, saying that they wished the inquiry to be once more stated on thatpeas t ien t . liat the prisoner had run up a bill at adjourned, in order to see whether evidence could not be the hotel of a6l. in he f„w days he had been there. ' found to implicate some of the other parties as well as The evidence taken this day was of very little-moment. Mr. Arthur Maitland, from the Bunk 'oftEngland, said that Horsted.. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned till Thurs., day next . ' • • - - it was the practice of the Bank to pay no cheques excepting COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 30. (Sittings in Banco.) THE DISPUTED WINNER OF THE DERBY. PEEL. P. WEATHERBY AND ANOTHER, Mr. OGLE was instructed to apply to the Court for an interpleader rule in this case on behalf of the defendants. The application was made on affidavit, which disclosed to the Court that the defendants were the stakeholders of a large sum of money, which was run for at the last " Derby race," and that a horse called Running Rein having come in first, and another, named Orlando, the second, the present plaintiff, Colonel Peel, had claimed the stakes on behalf of Orlando, and Mr. Wood on behalf of Running Rein. The deponent then went on to state that a writ of summons was served by Colonel Teel. on the 25th inst., and that on the 28th .another writ *as.seryed on the defendants at the suit of Mr. Wood; ingte Cotirt r; Common Pleas Under these eircumstatees, as the defendants were most anxious to pre serve their tharaCter for impartiality, they had deemed it their duty to apply to both the Courts for their protection under the interpleader statute, in order that the real parties to the matter in dispute might have an opportunity of testing the merits of their respective claims to the stake in question. The COURT—Your clients are ready to bring the money into Court to abide the event ? Mr. OGLE—Oh, certainly. A similar application will be made to the Court of Common Pleas, the writ in which Court was issued subsequently to that in the present action. The CHIEF BARON—You niay take your rule. SPRING ASSIZES, 1844. The Judges of the different Courts met in the Exchequer Chamber on Thursday morning, and chose their respective Cir cuits on the ensuing Spring Assizes. The following is the arrangement : Midland—Lord Chief Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Coltman. Oxford—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice Erskine. Northern—The Lord Chief Baron Pollock and Mr: Justice Cresswell. Home—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Gurney. Western—Mr. Justice Pattesoa and M r. Justice Wigli tman. Norfolk—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. JuStice Williams. North Wales--Mr. Justice Coleridge. South Wales—Mr. Baron Rolfe. br a . t be J c u h s am ticeA r i s. aule remains in town, and will attend to busi ness 1 116 ' l , TRIA lath .."., tl 14 'd bi ' A r I. ' e b any AtN F are . e t . 'toli ) o n „ tut i,„ 1:111 7,r, h t 1 1 0, e t 1 ' N town It k Itt it kl, ' Ityki