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a vene practitioner of the Ed c l es ia st i cal Courts named Burnaraby ble ' The salary proposed originally, by Dr. Nicholl (in his Bill). as the • annua l remuneration for the duties of this sinecure, Was 1,2001. We now find the sum of WV. suggested, as a sufficient salary: Thus the aged. Dr..Burnabris to do the work hitherto perforrned by his very -much-junior brother Nichol!, at 700/. a year less than was modestly proposed by •Dr. Nicholl for himself r The public are so :far-advantaged. . The substitution of 5001. fot 1,200/. per annum causes a re duction, in favour of the public, equal to 7001. yearly. • As the office is one that involves no work, the holder has no right to complain. The change, howeVer, - suggts a ues tion which, we thi n k , Dr. Nicholl sho u ld bo calleeed upo q n to arisiVer viz.- 7 ,1f Dr. Burnaby be 'doornail quite as capable as Dr: Nicholl of doing nothing, why is the difference now made' in the contemplated remuneration of a Vicar- General ? Was the difference—viz, . per annum—to • be a " con s id erat i on " to Dr. Nicholl for his- Parliamentary support'? arid is Dr. Nicholl willing t o a d vocate 5001. a year as the sa l ary to a man in every respect his superior, when he (Dr. Nicholl)_ considered 1,200/. a•year the proper re*ard for his own services in the very same post ? Dr. Bal7likAk will scarcely apply to him the words of Horace:— . " Liberura Inunivit iter, daturus • Plura relictis." - We will at present add no more on this subject than the expression it our:best wishes for Dr. Burnaby's good health ; and that, neither by his death nor " resignation, ' the °Mee of Vicar -General may be re-opened to the acceptance of its late holder: And so much for the first of the two points to which we have adverted. We have materially damaged the scheme ofj Ling contemplated by the authors of the Ecclesiastical Courts Reform Bill ; we may, pogisibly, even at this stage of the awaits" shame the sen s iti ve P remier i nto a consent to modify some of the more p rom i nent objections involved in the c on struction of the second point, to -which we have referred. In many •of the country towns there is found a species of the genus lawyer, which certainly cannot be likened to the animal which its exhibitor described as " a hanimal wet couldn't live in the water, and died on the land;" inasmuch as the members of this tribe contrive to live everywhere ;in everything; and on everything : they are omnivorous an d ü bi qu i tous. In fine, they are both proc tors and attorneys; or, like the Centaurs of old, two distinct species in one undivided body. Has a case of assault oc curred ? They are ready to conduct the cause at common law. ITas a lady called another by a naughty name? They are equally ready to follow u p th e offender in a suit-for defazna tion in the Ecclesiastical Court. In fact, whatever be the subject of litigation, whether horse causes, assaults, defama tion, slander, breach of promise, divorce, murder, larceny, sub traction of tithes, chorchfrates, lay-baptism, or what not; in ,each and all of these,, half-and-half kind of practitioner is at all' hid ; and to:fight the battles .0111 N elielirs.if Clianmyk.cptunicoi4aw, criniinal-law, ecele, it - the sessions, or before the poor-law gdar7 deans --in fact, anYwhereorhere•law in any shape-whatever obtai ns .,-- Jack-of-all-trades, and very frequently master of pone ! The grand feAtnrc of these gentlemen is, however, their active agency , . at 'Mr] ianientary elections —most efficient when trOrking, like the mPle, under ground. This pertains to the second principal Objection we have urged against this Bill: By Sir R. Peel's iichesipe to, or consent to modify this part of -- the measure, the public will be prepared to test the sincerity of his soleinn asSeyeration,--" So help me God, I have no interest in this 'measure !" The. Bill, if it pass in its present shape, is so Craned as to throw a very great increase of business, and, .consequently of, profit,. into, the hands of the 'Centaurs of the, legal . profession in country towns. To ad- , "vantage these, : and these only; the public is ,to be , d;ivett out of the, old arid accustomed course, which 'ha..4 - always been open to them, of having recourse 'for probates of wills, &c., to the fnuutain-head at once, if they shonld 'think fit so to do. By this Bill .they trill, ?zoleqtes avientes, be forced to go with the wills of their de - - - funct friends to some outlandish country EcclesiaStical Court, without the choice being permitted to them ofapplyin g direct to the Central Court at. Doctors': Commons. And why 7 Simply because Sir Robert Peel wishes to 'conciliate the country p r octor - attorneys, and th us buy off their threatened resistance to othmparts piths Bill. These are the two points o n which we have principally rested our opposition to this production of .combined wisdom and virtue, by a Cabi net, which, as the Times says, " is compii4ed of a snug party. of independent gentlemen, with a good deal of leisure time on their hands." _ impedimen. Jis speech; which prevents him from speaking for some moments, entered, into a rambling and incoherent statement, which had little or nothing to do with the offence with which he was charged. • • :.He was fined 5/. for each offence, or, in default, to be committed for two months. Samuel. Digby, who was charged on Monday with indecently assaulting a little girl, between seven and eight years of age, was brought before Mr. Bond, yesterday, having been remanded until that day, when he was fined 0/., and in default of payment he was com mitted for two months to the House of Correction. _ --- 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 : Chaige 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 Repot 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 Nelanie being at the same time under the instructions of the said Major Meyer, with a view to qualify himself for the appointment of Ridiug- 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. As additional charge preferred against the prisoner for having at Maidstone, in 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 lest, " 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 M a j or M eyer did not, on, " the occasion referred to in the said letter, tell the, said Sergeant-Major Nelatne that his drilling, was good.—Guilty. 6th Instance--In 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 Camel Middleton that " gave him a sum: of money for the purpose of getting him to make a favourable report of me to the Horse Guards. How any person holding the high and honourable position he does could stoop to such, a subterfuge shocks 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 e v id en t, did not expect it. We understand ;hat he 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-maj o r. Up on th e 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 Fart ritt•Hospital, whence he was conveyed in a carriagepro cured from the town for that purpose. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED LION-SQUARE.—Yester dtv, at the Sheriffs' Courr, Red Lion-square, it being the licljottrned•Cotinty.Court day, Hemp, the Sheriff's' offteer, made prochtmations.of outlawry against the fol lowing persons, at the suit of the several creditors :- IV:lliatu R. A. Tilney Long Pole :Wellesley, J. Davis, Wiliam Wood, J. R. Elmsley, : Charles Francis Addy, Montague George .Srnith, Walter Wright, Tharnas Reed Kemp, Sarah Gregson (at , three ,several suits), 'Edward Tuke, Augustus 'Villiers, George Hawkins, Matthew Ruesdaol, Ilagh 'Mills Banbury, Francis Whitworih Sykes, .Frineis Burr.-1 Phipson, Harriet Massey, Sir Thomas :I - lowland Robarts ' Bart., W. Leigh Hay (at two several su it s ) , W . Hilton, George - Jackson, W. Barnes, Charles James Viner,. Francis .James Nugie, Jdines :Whitworth Arundell, Francis , Bertre A.mbrosee, John Salmon, W. D. Ryder, Gilbert Bolton, W. Pyn e, W • Walter, J. A. Stackpole, and John Davis. ARCADIAN TRAFFIC—BURLINGTON AND LOWTIIER. —Last week there passed through Burlington Arcade 580 gentlemen, 4.32 ladies,•and 92 children ;• whilst 360 gentle-- men, 880 ladies, and 1,184 children passed through Lowther Arcade; thus giving the latter, notwithstanding a ;slight falling off in gentlemen, a clear majority .of 448 ladles and I,o92 , childrem :This return satisfactorily *settles the :long pending disputes of the' rival Arcades of Burlington and LOwther. - - The - toy commerce' of the litter has, since the Whifstie holidays, , wonderfullyineressed OPERA ROUSE ARCADE.—Thia • 'Arcade- is suffe r i ng sa dl y f rom the want -of -rain: The traffiCi - in consequence, has been limited, for the last three monthi, to the daily visits of the lamp?ighter; •It is ''proposed. liowever,in wafer to faCilitate the navigation of -this dangerous passage,' to have beacon lights burning all the day, and to lay on a policeman, by way of a Prei-entive Service.: Thieis 'expected to double at least the present . traflic.—finch:, : APplt ELIBNSION es A' BURGLAR.—Ever since the discoveri of the fire and' robbery at :Mr. Driver's, : the sur veyor to the Commissioners of Woods and Fortes, 8; Par.: liament-street, for which the butler and a young wernan had been apprehended at Pennenden=heath; near Maidstone, and remanded at'BoW-street, the police of the A division haye been in-constant search of a third man, who had been stated by the Male prisoner to beatlarge, and 'upon' whose appre hension he had made his 'confession contingent: It appears that when the butler way left ill charge' of the house on the Sunday of the fire a'nd' rolibery,lie was seen-in 'company With a man taller than, himself,habited in a light greatcoat, and thin in the face; that this man had been into the house on the night` of the occurrence, and farther,that he had been seen in company with the two Prisoners on the 'day after wards, proceeding in the direction' of Maidstone: • Inspector Pearce and Sergeant Thornton of the A diviiion have been engaged most earnestly in'searching for the 'third party, and have atlast succeeded in 'capturing hini, at an hotel at Guild ford, where he was himself. Amongst the property which was taken from Mr. Driver's, 'were nine golden guineas, and 'seine of these were found on the person of. the Thomasthird prisoner, who could give -no account of them. Hi s name is Tho Chandler, and he - will be brought up before' the magistrafe',,Aen the other prisoners are brought up on their rem-an - ft Evidence will be. produced to show 'that he 4thriitted having received the - guineas from the male prisoner, r nr and n. and d se evt,e arson.rwyhn nearly r ir f t hi; ae b so um: completely anct that he was m his company on , the day previous to the leted in iry.tsaret Batted, p th a e rs ! l o a T b e in Par- P r e; U abm i b l t ee MONUMENT IO THE EARL OF DURHAM.--Prepare= tions have been actively en tered upon for the erection of the cOnteMplated memorial in honour of the late Earl of Dur ham, 'On Penshar • hill, nea r the base of which rims the great northern line of railway. The materials will be con veyed up the , aelivity by a temporaryAy:l 3 ting railw fiched of which will form a permanent car r i age drive w-e'ti the building i 3 completed. The design is. an appro-kirnatfo'n to the temple of 'Theseus, and is to consist of a rectangular, base or solid masonry, Q 7 feet long, and 54 in width, ' rising 10 feet - above the platforM of the hill, and surtnounted by eighteen lofty, open, equidistant coltimns, supporting at each end a magnificent pediment, and'on each side a broad, deep entablature, which will serve as a proinenade. The edifice will be at least - 70 feet in height, and will be visible from t poition of a grea • the surrOndingoountry.• The trench fa' the foundation has-been dug down to the solid limestone POLIC:rI INTELLIGENCE; ( Y ESTERDA.Y.)" - CLERKEIVIVELL. Jameslllahony.,acaNnei.maker, res idi ng i n Harrisen street, Gray' s Inn-road, of dissipated appearance, as charged-with an assault on Mary his wife. It appeared from th e ev id ence of the wife, a delicate, brokenhearted looking creature, and her testimony *as confirmed by several Other witnesses, that they were married in Ireland about six years ago,and have three children. Daring the list three years . his treatment or her has ber,syritematically cruel.. lie usually remained . out until three o'clock in the morning, associating vilth the most profligate charaCters, and when he returned bpat the eoniplainant severely. lie at times threatened :to . murder her', and the poor woman, with,tears in her eyes, eleclared that herself.and her : little children were hall starved. About. threemontlis ago' he beat and kicked her so cruelly that..her body was bruised all over; and 4he was eonfined to 'her bad for a .week. in consequence. (in the .previotis night about twelve o'clock, when he came home she was sitting with Mr. Whitter anti his wife, who lolge in, the upper . p a rt o f 'hiS house. On hearing Lis foot she h as t ene d to hi m, b ut on reaching the foot of the. stairs he knocked her down with a blciw, and Ricked - her while lying on the ground until she was almo4 insensible. She bled profusely froth the nose and nr.utle-recdfelt quite lame in the morning frorna kick.he Lai given her on the hip. Mr. Wilson, a licenSed victualle r , and 101 E, rushed into the house on hearing serearns of murder ; they swore that, when they .arrived the tvoman,was bleeding profusely from the mouth, and • that the prisoner, seizing a screw-driver, made a thrust of it it 4lr. %Vilson's tliroat, but he fortunately parried the.blow.- The prisoner th en 't ore th e coat off Mr. Wil ola's brier; and the waistcoat and stock off anoth er per to the son. It was w i th the greatest difficulty he was conv e y e d - station-home. 'Mr..oai:Ev.woon asked Mrs. Maliony how she could ,Inpport hey ‘ self, and children in case be sent the prisoner to the ;House of Correction? The poor woman, crying, said She would return to Ireland with her children, in hopes that her relatives would support her. The prisoner, when, asked for his defence, sullenly ob served that his wife was continually accusing him of kecpinghekl PomPanY , Mr. GinIF;EN*OOD Said it was very little wonder she should (Li's°. —The present was a most brutal and shoek ing assault..He would : fine theyrisoner or siX'Week s imprisonment forihe assault, and 7s, or- a week's ire.- prponment and'hard labour for the wilful damage. Not having the money, ho,was committed. . ' A boy named Rozimmtn, aged about 16 y ears, . was elarzed with stealing from, th e eminent watchmaking establishment of Mr. F. T. Dent, in the Strand, a, geld watch, chain, and.seal, value forty guineas, the property of Lord Canterbury, the late Speaker of - the :House of Commons. Mr. Williams attended on behalf of the prisoner. It appeared from the evidenceg a (Treat number:of witnesses, that on the 25th of April; abot; ten o'clock ;in', the day, the pris oner we nt . intk",-Mr. Dent's shop, and asked-if au errand-134y Were wpting; he was answered in the negative, but still lingerpd in the shop, near the ccunter. The watch, which had, been just called for by the ()Wrier; who was sitting' in the shop at the time, had been placed upon the counter by Weatherly, the Shop =an. About two minutes after the prisouer left the shop, the watch was missed, and has never been found slues. A day or two after the robbery the prisoner was committed for trial at this Court on a charge of robbinr, the Nation a l S chool in Hatton-garden, of a •quantity"o"f OChool books, and he was then identified by rock, and in a short time the foundation stone may be ex- pectOd to be laid.—Durham Advertiser. SPIRI T r (;t:ilie PUBLlo4. o Therly an d C o l ter Mr ., pent,htnitti l iiii anti porter, ' , twin TIM .I',EN'ING PAPE.III3•'O ' f ' FiiiERD4Y , as the person who had lfddli in the shop t just before the - STAN - D4RD,--It ,is tettneing to 'renintl ;,the shifts to robbeey, / 1 1 1i6 'wrisoner was uitted the charge pf which the Leaguera are d r i ven to exfentidie - he. & IA i gnite hook-st p ealing at the -Middlesexacq sessiens„ of hut wee ', 4 gAiii their defeat,* .south:Lancashire: -They tfthilly rely up on I arr es t e d an d brought before ,the Makittrate h ere , w h en the lees majority b y wh i ch Mr. Ents,,,4+ gof lihs been returned 1 he acknowledged lia.viiig . stolen the watch, but said he than that by which Lord &allele tfteiton and Mr. Wilbra- ' had gisesc it td a tish-seller, named Tom Richards, who bans Were returned res'en . ye a rs... age, but .theaq jfeopt- a shop in Baldwin's-gardens. Search - was made siverlook the- east . that if • the-- Cons4tTative i itiliOiltlr , -- In 1844 is it'ss .than: in 1 " 7, 6.0 ..i gggatt - -, ' 6l - - ..(51(s 'butpeen sine captured -9 fitet slikh re sets ho credit on polled, And the' - registry are :much itSSV - algo i Ihrely they aught not, When exulting in'the Montilltona' fact that Mr. t' the:: cigiliihe4s O.! the iff* Is' o ice. A tiurnad; pLeed lik. , iig in 48, Baldwin'S;gardens“etiosed -that P.ntwisle has polled ninetyselght ;Oates lesitliiiii returned the riecW /ate Member (and this is the whole reduCtiOn) to forgt - th.Z - 16- prisoner - offered - Tor sale to tildi a gold watch, chair!, recent and constarit boast et their eaii' tAgue tloinessSt ees , „and seal, corresponding In all respects with the stolen that they had Actually struck - Off 2,801 V4ilktVatire votes 'one, and tilltdl 5t I Oil', for it. Brown said he was sere ‘ freak the,. registry-s -a• reductiok 'fleet ;;light to have mach, it thlsthave been stolen, and refused An buy it. :The 41 501114%141V greater diffeeettee than ninety-eight vistti. boy said it had been etplen by another person ; and . Arr. &Alden, who hurried . to - town last i nights to console Brown suffered iiiiii to depart. With 'the watch; having the Leaguers at Covent-garden, and to aisnre them that previettsly, however, taken its number„ aod made the Vz . clr defeat was a great victors. aictitissi all the success of ._ . the C,onservatives 'to landlore influence. Now lanatad. Utiowinn. entry " Gold watch, N,.a. 0;i t% Dent, maker, infltience .is about as powertlll in South. Lositil4hire as , • St : ti -' ra d'- iig-' ' the .ideitital Words . - and figures engraved , . on lord.CanterbtirY's Watch. it is in Middlesex.; and the . return of 'die renowned 1 ..• is goose some years age will tell what land- . Tisi...te facts having - been deposed to, depositions fur lent influence is in the visetropolitan . county. , 'li). trial were taken down, and the witdestes bound over to correspondent of the morning Chrostie/e, tee:, more prosecute at the ensiling seSsions of the Old Bailey,' but honest then. ..I.lr.'.Cubden, admits that . the Conservative. the prisoner will be again brought up, that Mn Dent's landlords y:sry handsomely declined the exercise .of any in- teatittiolly may be. added. to :the' abort. • . Suence.:. , This -correspondent, howtVer, has' a solntioa ef . . QUERIVISQVARE. the defeat, and a somewhatdroit one--Alie landlords weie Pas- , Charles, Clach, tvpainter, was charged by Mr. Thomas, thee, and their principal agents•were`pussiie, teat the : bailiffs. the rebeving officer of St. ' Margaret's parish, ]Vest :awareandgame.keepers " have done it all." the not at all mieeter with deserting his three children, the eldest of of the' power arid' popularity of these 'classes, Whom ' ! is fourteen years of age, and-the youngest four in London, indeed, we know-that the. bum-bailiffs]ceasti tate a formidable body, particuLarly ia the subtirben districts, months, who , thereby became chargeable on that parish s - and for that reason - Mr. Thomas Slingsbv .Dancombe very ' The defendant said he wool& haVe supported . his justielonsiy invited to sit as Chalrinan of hls'prineipal Com.- children if he had had work_-he did not - desert them ; mittee a bum-bailiff of extensive practice, though how Mr, he had only been employOd four days since the 6th inst. Duncombe could know anyttqag of stich• a funetiCinary Mr. Thomas Said ho might have had relief and em nnist.The of course a riddle. We do . not, however, see .pkymetit, .if lie had applied to him, . ... that this .influence of the buni-boitifrocraty in Fins= ne defendant said' the b e en he had obtained bury—formidable as it may be to , lin! Danconttte.sii , work that assistance Would have been discontinued. . . supporters—affords any analogy' ' for 'the settlierity He ..... ). , committed to the House of Correction for a of under-bailiffs (farm •balliffs we presitnie) in South ~„,..--„,..eh1"41 etMlnil Lancashire. . The farin-billiff has no .huthority save what he derives from his employer, and ilia gamekeeper bilta -steali ng :Edward Houghton was charged with a Prayer no concern except with poachers, Ilut it* will not be re- D book and aßible from the new church which' has lately tended that such noblemen as the Earl of Derby, Lord Ad.. been erected in the Broad Way, Westminster. . mersdale, stc., professing neutrality theldaelves, would be Prom the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, who guilty of the meanness of:allowing, their influence to be em- had been previously seen in the church, came into the Kayect for.a part, y purpose be their lowest serVititts. The: snared edifice the previous evening about twenty minutes hyeothesis is not more insaltri• than absurd. . before the evening service usually commenced. He sat . GLOBE. —The Ecclesiastical Conde Bill will—in accord- down in one of the free sittings immediately 'adjacent to ante with the arrangement propoeed by Sir Robert Peel —be two we rented-b Mrs. Cook. There were only three y discussed re-morrow evening, on the motion that the Speaker WS -keeper, tersons in the church at the time. The vestry tlo leave the chair: "So help me od, I have no interestin . ar t ' Mara, observed the defendant staring :tit her, and this ineasure I." was the Right Hon Baronet's solemn dechtras 81 tiers when the measure' was on a former occasion before she went up ta him, thinking that he hed something to the . tlouse. This .unusual] y strong disclaimer of "in- say about au insane man who is . in the habit of attending tercet," in a Bill introduced to Parliament by the Governs the church, but he did not speak to her. Shortly after anent, naturally excited some surprise, It was commented wards she missed two books which were in Mts. Cook's upon at the time it was uttered; and will dottbtless be pew a few minutes before. 'She mentioned the circiiiii rememliered, if it be not - alluded to to-morrow evening, when. stance to the defendant, who said he had not seen the , the principle and details of the 7.neaspre are under diseusSiell. books.. From information which she subsequently re- : With alt due respect for the as disinterestedness of • . . ceived,.the defendant was asked to step into the vestry, Sir Robert. Peel, , we still consider it our tidy to press . • the clergyman informed him• that he had been where upon the attention both of the House of Commons •arid . pointed out by a member of the congregation whO the public, two points in the Bill, which certainly wear the appearance - of one of those jobs by which the law re-. believed that he had Secreted the books on his person.. forms of the present Ministry have acquired for their authors The defendant immediately acknowledgeol that he had a bad pre-eminence. The first of these two, points is, the taken the books, and produced them from some part of provision of an - income of 1,200/. a year. for Dr. Nichol!, his clothing, and said he took alma through distress. X.?. for Cardiff,' one of his own supporters. The second, When taken into custody nineteen duplicates were found la ,to the sop thr own h y the Bill t o a hybrid class of in his possession, three of which were for eleVen books prOfessionals in the provinces, . who exercise the double which had been pledged. avocations of :tw_. proctor and attorney --occupations differing The defendant who had nothing to say to the charge, . idelY, in regard to the education. necessary for • , : • d f trial,but ordered to be brought up was,tommitte or their respective followers, as midwifery and horse-dealing. ' again on Thursday next ' The . ..ehdeayoars we have hitherto -':employed to ex- again of ale, afflicted Pose .the .palpable jobbery sought to be perpetrated in John Dixon, a man about thirty ye ,,,,,. _ favour of Dr. Nicholl by means of this Bill, have been par- with,: paralysis, was charged with a violent, and appa- Citify successful. Dr. Nicholl within the last' few clays hag, , redtly unprovoked, assault upon a woman a question deemed it prudent or decent—or he has possiblybeen advised able virtue, named Harriet Martin, and on Adam Sather by one or more of the superior, Members of Government, land, a policeman who had him in custody. possessed of more discretion than' hi ms elf --to resign his p os t The defendant, who has an Jip-- it ir , ' • of Vicar-ge nera l. That office is no w h e ld b y a se-- - - - ...—........--ees--- he Went to th e J u d ge 's private resider the middle of the night. He wa s with all the ectirtesy which distineen-iii, Learned Judge, but his application was in short, after five fruitless applications, whet! ; Is) le about to suffer death, he (Mr. Fitzroy he" , ll l ,k for the sixth time, on the Learned Juc l g e ' wo o urged, or rather insisted, in terms wili°ll th t 6' tainly not have been justifiable under any o e chie f, stance, on the propriety of writing to the L0rd., 0 11, , ' tice of the Queen's Bench, or the Lord C h to have their opinion as to whether there w as al:lces. the point which he urged. At length sented, and he communicated with Lord Tf!' . ' d ie.., the Lord Chancellor. Both of these learned in be i ar, ~ thought the point ought to be reserved — ( fie r t h e 7 and efaht hours before the period fixed fo 0 the execution, he was respited. The point was> Q . , ot tO lowing term, argued before eleven of thejudge; 00 .: the I .e y , whom was the Learned Judge who tried tl; bo p they were.all unanimous that the point shoe.isiot,. reserved, and that the indictment was not sit a pa` (Hear, hear.) Here was a case in which h ot; had been saved by m ere chance ;, then Le, :;, a , rt, told that the judge would, o n every occas- - ieo , a point for argument, if there was anYi,j; however eminent or learned that judge ' - ':" re I (Hear, hear.) The man was now livinguclool person, and a good member of society. " f poet}' state of the law when there was a verdict of ,turned, and when, to every impartial Wi s t i tb e i reasons urged by the prisoner's counsel ni b r , s t sufficient, still the judge might be ine x°r !in e el°;ii unfortunate accused, although innocent, a° in So , case, might suffer the punishment of death t he i!,j contrary -the conviction might have been f t he J l 5 the land, yet still it rested upon the fiat °f hrao) whether the prisoner might not suffer elt i n . f etisj even death itself.----(Hear, hear.) He ask ed l a cov e + of things , sho u ld be allowed to continue i n out, where the law was fairly administered 7 ter tes w i where the Learned Judge was disposed to e . 6 ,1 0 01° objections urged, the remedy—if rem edy 1 ' • 1 .. .; called—was of a most unsatisfactory chsralioa was the course when a man had been ce", bed crime, and when the objection of his- counsei the j, reserved by the judge for argument ? Fit o f ,) entertaining the objection at all was a matte r' ro gence, and not a matter of right. So that the be tte r might be indebted for his life, not to the lal i h e dO l a i kind and merciful discretion of the judge. ' — li ` s 7#l speak in any manner disrespectfully of the h en i Yt . .v .was a well known fact in Westminster Hal l ',,, a h °LI of the judges would entertain objections w'',," 417) would absolutely refuse—so that it was "'„151 matter of accident, whether or no the pr isone. i > tes et # or guilty, should have the point which his c° a nt. honestly raised in his favour argued at all e r s re: i i even, as he said before, where the point It trod" what was the proceeding ? The judges . In i e e ssesiqf not in open court, as on objections in a cifn 4 0% 0 in some private room in Sergeant's Inn, or l oa strio and there counsel was heard, and heard, h e „, 0 0 1 , 4 4 after a most irreg u l ar manner . I t o ft e n haPrivee counsel for the Crown was no t employed on these. 09 l y and it sometimes occurred that the pi:isen e ' r oot able to fee counsel, Then in this private,_. o' 9 > judges met, a n d th e p o i nt was d ec ided wh.' e re , ',# grant liberty or inflict d ea th on a f e ll o w-cres „ ; fors',; civil case, on a like occasion, all the custonia r f e gt4 our courts of judicature would be gone th te t s 0 ' vi what was still more valuable, the arguolbe 5 , 1 i counsel and the reasons of the judges won i i 0 pi,'" before the public ; but in this case the itn`g o e e,tos reasons at all, but it was made known in ° ga ll ; t Y or conventional manner to the prisoner's ce . - he ' lb e „V, the result of the judges' deliberations svas ---: be ' l ,, man's life was saved, or whether it was i° eto th erre re away. Thus no a dditi on cou ld b e ma de 1 0 , id the common law of the realm—no d ec i s ions be 04; corded, or reasons published, which nlig ht is e 11. 4 hereafter in lik e ma tt ers . I n fact, at present oitV digested body of criminal law at all ; and it 7, c lePy master mind of the indi v id ua l w h o h a d now u o de, t y it, to reduce our criminal law to an intelligen t .4(l ef A other course left open f or a p erson con victed a bler il criminal law wa s s till more objectiotistate, to by application to the Secretary of _ reo co l y there was a strong case ma d e out f or interf c to ed i Secretary of State referred to the judge r y , be stat illt man, and in most cases th e S ecre t ar y 01 glis l i i guided by th e o pi n i on o f t h e j u d ge . Thus o div"oi man's life depend e d on t h e w ill o f a sing le A , r ther_l i st'. But suppose the Secret ar y of State went 1 " - ecr', r i' demanded the evid ence t o consider; hence the, ft'? of State was certainly placed in a position to f oe er sponsibility. Well, then, he received a coil ° , o cb t p deuce from the judge's notes—he must receive e el ~, dence as was laid before him—he bad 11° ,„ i 'bo u .,,,K demand any other--7-it might -be false, but of sate.` power to examine parties on oath—no mean s - , 0 c7.t' ing himself whether the statements made w e ' r otto t o' or incorrect ;' and yet upon tbese slender g ileo se tir f must come to a decision upon the life of a fe s e cre t i Lure.—(hear, hear.) But in most cases the re so 4 , of State rested satisfied with the judge's bare r e fbe c ,`,o tion, and acted accordingly.—(Hear, hear.) ....im , ,;;t. sequence of these things was, that theme _ i g'T(P f i) escaped, and the innocent often sufferet",,, e se to s hear.) It was to provide a remedy for T o tl tj o r r that he submitted the present measure to !_ 11 1 . 9 try Where there was an erroneous verdict, or ym e ea tls i e was a misdirection of the judge, or good el v e det f i supposing either, h e pr o p ose d b y thi s Bill to re res eil z mode of appeal the same i n cr i mina l as i n civi speeli at least as ne ar ly so as p oss ibl e , taking their.oo',;t difference into consideration. H e pr o p ose d ths',4 o otto criminal trial, whether at the C en t ra l C r i m inal `' es si'if before the going jud ge o f ass i ze , or at quarter,' e per °i # or any other cri m i na l t r ib una l, to ena bl e t he Pri to '4o his counsel, when there was a verdict of guilt)'' fn, in any of the sup er i or cour t s a t W es tminste r t t er show cause why the verdict should not be ° s he' l l why there should not be a new trial, and wil d °t A ft diet not guilty sh ou ld no t h ave b een reterne o ' e set the judgment sh ou ld no t b e reverse d ; and wh e t l eer court was satisfied, either upon affid a vits ° ira pre . ci, review of the evidenc e , or u p on a belief tha t .,,erli evidence had been received upon the trial, or pst? deuce rejected, or w h ere w i tnesses were brougi' oe el b e t suddenly, and whose testimony the prisoner e ,ire l !'ff satisfactorily disproved if due notice bad been the where the Learned Judge had misdirected of • c il • g tiP ci in point of law, or in an erroneous sunsuit° ie it ho facts, in all or any of these cases, a s ,• oo o , l t of actions, he proposed that it be at the discreoverdle be Court to grant a new trial, or to order that ° e t 0 0 0 guilty be set aside and a new verdict of ° o ld b e t , 0 recorded. He al so p ro p ose d t h at there sh ° o t he `l it ,lit power to move f o r a n arres t o f judgment' ' l d s 034' in civil cases, appeal to the House of Lc' _ c ot> dr made, which he presumed would very seldom`,i e r pr°:,l nevertheless, resort s h ou ld be had to it 00 d so dote restrictions. The mode by which he proP c l o oh' .en' out this - part of the measure was by giving - d th, c : o o power, in all cases of conviction. to suspeT Pp' tence until the appeal should have been dec i ° Toe soil absolutely necessary that th e j u dge should P os ed j o cretion upon this subject. What he Pr°l9o trio et that in all cases where a judge should li 3 bo p ris e d, prisoner, and he had been found guilty, t rei ssn i e e ife should declare, before the sentence was P wo uln o rrio; that it was his intention to appeal ; and he tee -power to the judge either to pronounce 3 , t ee ar'ite sentence, to take effect on the termination 0> _ t ro e e . if the convictio n s h ou ld b e con fi rme d , o r to pc' 'fie Ye sentence until the motion had been hea rd i e pst, se er posed to leave it to the judge either at once ra steiv e 'rn tence, or to order the prisoner to remain i n eni" - tec r to admit him to bail, either upon his own r ec° Pes t id' or upon good and sufficient bail, until the a r P e rei, ec tli,i! tion had been decided, when, if this apeeal," l „ e eteP h ' a Y' the sentence should be pronounced. Un" Q ` 0 t 'j f et j part of the measure was open to the object ° he J o, would still be in the power of the judge,_,le ver:ibie perversely determined to carry into effect 'l in es:it to refuse to respite the sentence. But it wa s , e e etP;o l to guard against mischief in all cases, and ' ag e as ' the i 100 J thought the matter might safely be left to a o til'' the land; unless the thing were so clear that Aa lee o f being could entertain a doubt about it, the j n ee "utie n e f in all capital cases, postpone the e % ere 0 0' the sentence ; while, if the sentence ~,,, i ( i, ,,Nl cuted, except in cases o f lif e an d death, w r 0 ; b , that could h a pp en was t h at th e Pr is° ,: e s 0 0 ; 0 0 0 suffer impriso nmen t, or un d ergo t h e first stan dn o fo s portation, until the ensuing term. But be ha 10 l a tis that, practically, if thi s measure p as sed into t t: fr i f e so . tice would always be done. In cases where ris s 01 objection was ra i se d, t h e judge !nig ht wher e or t tence; on the o th er h an d, in cases „ /01_, ot serious doubt exi s t e d, either upon a matter o f no ttc` d ol matter of law, or the verdict of the jury, ur ° oo ted s 7o o '' appeal being given it might be taken for g ne , . t i u o the judge would postpone or arrest the sen r , s ' ie o bjc` A ' , 0 he was at a loss to understand what reasonau:, u rge : 00 3' could be made to this measure. It had bee .,, j. c h c it `sf" an objection to the power of appeal under th u e Och re s: , stances, that it would give an advantage t° , to PP - , ' the poor ; that the rich would always be do ; t ll , 6 t he r and that the poor could not afford to el°, oo d ae`llf would be in fact making one law for the ricti oo m el vei v, for the poor. He thought that objection:vgash r,ela apply to the . power of appeal in civil case.i.;,, an d tiers_: tages were incidental to the nature of 01 .11.F ni ° per; t he not be avoided. But, looking at the pr,ti v cr og O%W of the measure, he saw no reason for belie,,,_ not c`l e on c ! rich man would enjoy a privilege which 'ir o ro t o , te e possessed by the poor man. The judge,w t at or der e i oal to admit the rich man to bail. He tnig n Ace ided; jibe' remain in prison until the 'appeal were " i , r et h e , a re: the poor man, if unable to obtain bail, In n b h i a 0 0 0 , b isti o rated,-at the discretion of the judge, tiF o case in to in .. cognisances. Now, there' was only ° . n , o ' oe r to °: In': he desired to give power to the pr.ip r „ c oot. , _ o, respite of his sentence at an earlie 1e,.....-errep,t -it could be obtained in other c ' upo n etis c.; luded, of course, to tal charges. He proposed that i n _ iso rer bo d o if the 'judge before whom the ri rison er ' be P a indictments such 0 f tried refused to allow the appeal, the V__ hea rd vreo l o upon giving notice, have the right to °' ; rovis -Qn d 0 5 . •0 the recorder and two judges, and 'this might urge, h i e , I t extend to the judges of assize. It he inp ' re ee is objection to his measure that it would d with the aprc.ej. the oftresen state of td's courts, an f rerou s a ril ,re c 'us sure "' „erei c is whichnumber He'must take leave to say that if this . e to the ve t0.14;', and expedientin itself, it was no ansytiof pub ,; o lge ,, made upon the Legislature, on the par the tpoluoepiot.seti:lfs w th; nu WIC-lit:00i in,..t. II that it would create a necessity for some . he e ou , I ',.' a c Pe be n l s i e e.l. "° e_ Ao tib o n e t teel, i t if t . if ill f. ll ( a H nd ou t r h , u h s ea ca r. u ) se ß a u n t a n dd e it d io id nal u e o x t necessity would be found to exist. _ s u e °i' t wo ulur o d tp:' appeal were to take place in eYe r Y C 4 ' did ; 0 13 ,)i half the time of the'court. But theY . ,ii e ase s , Av e, cr_ul e sit s* ji a l if rd re d 5 : 1 dop e ' then, should sh o ( f m l l a d w t in h u oy nda uu te t d io w ip i: t h u appe ii, als in eeo c ti l t in re cases ? The Bill would be ((sand to ,'_ had been cases of a criminal nature where injusttee___4. ply and in no case could it be seriously 4131.1vw soon after the Chancellor of the Exchequer offered the claimaints one moiety of the balance then due to them. The offer was accepted, and it was considered to be a full, satisfaction of all demands. .The amount of . the claims of these fifty-five persona was, 227,000 Z . Having received by the award of the Commissioners, in 1811, 105,000/., a balance was still due to. them of 122,0241., and they received exactly half of that aum. Nolx,,:he asked the House whether, after this subject had been fully discussed in 1821 . and. 1825,. and _ a _.settlement had been - made, they would permit the question to be again re-opened ? 'By . agreeingAOiliis they would open all the other clainis, and revive a question which had been settled 25 years ago. The parties had accepted one moiety of their claim in full satisfaction ~of their demands ; and he thought . tha:t there e4iila' be nothing more unwise than reopen ing a .question that had been satisfactorily settled. He Must oppose the motion. Mr. VILLIERS did not know that the claims, had l ever been satisfactorily settled. • 'The Hon. Baronet said that nothi ng cou ld b e more unwise than re-opening, this question ; but he could not see, that it would be unjust. The claimant was' not a distant connection of :Mr. Powell ; he was his grandson, and the representative of the last of the claimants. So that the objection that . allowing his claim would open that of the others, did not hold. The settlement of 18(12 was opened again in .1821. • Colonel Powell 'did renew his claini every year; and the Exchequer did not Say that his claim was unjust, but that there were no, rilearis of satisfying it. Sir G. CLERK said that from 1815 to 1821 the in terviews of Colonel Powell with the Chancellor of the Exchequer were much More frequent than once a year. __ Mr. --- ,fIUM said that. nono of the parties had ever considered their claims as satisfied. He was one who ad vised them to take what the Government offered. If the relative of Colonel Powell was declared entitled to this claim. the relatives of all the others would have a claim also. He was much averse to refusing justice to any individual, and he thought the Government bad. in many cases acted very badly —as in refusing the Danish claims, and the compensation to the. British merchants in China ; but he should advise his lion..Thiend not to press tis motion to a division, as the House was in a state of ignorance on the subject. • Mr. JERVIS replied. , • The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place.—The. motion was then negatived without a di- Talon. • Lard CLAUDE HAMILTON presented petitions from some Wesleyan congregations in Tyrone to 'the same effect. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from a Wesleyan congregation in Cheshire to the same effect also a petition from the board of guardians of some union in Cheshire against the bastardy clauses of the new Poor-law Act. Mr. NEVILLE presented a petition from Windsor, against the. Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Baptists of Lowestoff, against the Dissenters' Chapel Bill. MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY BILL. - The Manchester Royal Infirmary Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion, which stood for Tuesday next, till Tuesday, the 25th of June. BANK CHARTER. Mr. HAWES gave notice that, on the second reading of the Bank Charter Bill, he should move that no suffi cient evidence bad been given to justify the House in interfering with banks of issue. Sir WILLIAM CLAY gave notice that on the Bank Charter Bill being read, he should move to omit clause 5, and other clauses which directed the substitu -titirrof Bank - of England notes for country notes. BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH. Mr. W. O. STANLEY gave notice, that on the 22d of June he should move for a Select Committee on the Gth .and 7th William IV., chap. 27, with a view to repeal so Much of the Bill as related to the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. Mr. HUME gave notice that, on the 25th of June, he should move for returns with respect to the Royal Academy. , DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. CFIRISTIE postponed his motion with respect to the Danish Claims from Tuesday next to Tuesday the ,18th of June. COURTS MARTIAL (EAST INDIA) BILL. 1 On the motion of Dr. NICHOLL the report on the Courts-martial (East India) Bill was brought up and received. CASE OF J. 'IL R. CHICHESTER. Mr. JERYIS said he rose to bring forward the mo tion of which he had given notice, " That this HoUse will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee:to consider of the following address to her Majesty, that !is to say, that an humble address be presented to her Ma jesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into consideration the claim made by. John- Hopton Russell Chichester, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, as,_ sole executor of Robert _William Powell, an uncompensated American loyalist, deceased, and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to advance to such claimant the amount of the balance due to the estate of the said Robert William Powell, for losses in curred in consequence of his adherence to his allegiance, as ascertained by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, and to assure her Majesty that the House will make good the same." He had hoped that it would not be necessary for him to make any lengthened observations to the House, but as he understood that those who were interested in matters of this kind thought that a sufficient case had not been made out to warrant an acquiescence in the motion, he would proceed to satisfy the House that the gentleman for whom he appeared had a good case. It involved no political question. Mr. Powell, the grandfather of the gent - man whose case he advocated, was a man of considerable property and influence before the breaking out of the American war, and he had embarked forty thousand pounds in mercantile speculations. At that time it was of importance to secure the good feeling of those who were inclined to British connexion. In several of the speeches from the throne com.pensa tion was promised to those who might sustain injury in consequence of their allegiance to the Crown. Mr. Powell was one of those who remained faithful ; he raised a regiment of militia, and as colonel of it, ren dered the greatest services to the Crown. Of the whole claim that he had to compensation he only was enabled to establish a claim to 19,0001. ; in 1823; - he - out - of - that amount, received 10,1751 A large portion of the money belonging _to the lce y alists had been expended in royal excursions to Hanover, to Dublin, and to Edinburgh, leaving ,only a balance of 1,000/. for the despoiled loyalists, -.The principle was recognised by sev era l vo t es o f t h e H ouse of Commons ir 1766, and in the following year, that the colonists who. suffered, by their. allegiance should be indemnified. In 1775 Lord Cornwallis issued, a proclamation assur ing the loyalists that they should be indemnified. In the House of Lords the Earl of Carlisle had pro tested against the abandonment of those deserving men to their enemies ; and the Government of that day had admitted that it would be base in the extreme to aban don the. American loyalists. At the expense of one year's campaign, thes e l o y u li s t s could have been restored to happiness and prosperity ; and yet they had been abandoned. Surely those who had .sacrificed their property in the service of their country were en titled to compensation. The article in the treaty re specting the American loyalists had been designated by. Lord Mulgrave _as a national disgrace. The House should blush for shame if it did not make good the solemn engagements entered into with these men. Let them recollect that this was a matter which might again occur. It might again become of importance .tb retain men thus situated in their allegiance. Could the' trust again to solemn engagements to hold them harm less ? No ; for in this instance they had not only the promise of the Crown, but an Act of Parliament, and the solemn engagement of the House to make good to, the uttermost farthing every loss they bad sustained. 'lf they were prepared to violate the solemn engagements they.had _entered into,_and, in -the teeth of them, refuse those claims, they might depend upon it that, whenever they made promises in future, they would be judged of by their foriner actions, and the integrity of this country would be questioned in every part of the world. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE seconded the motion. The SPEAKER having put the question, - Sir GEORGE CLERK rose to oppose the motion. In doing-so he was not at all disposed to underrate the merits of the American loyalists during the American war ; but it must be remembered, that those claims arose some 60 or 70 years ago. He was surprised that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should have selected one particular case to bring before the House. On the treaty of peace, ample and full compensation had been given, and it was stipulated that no impediment should- be thrown in the way of any just claims. Certain Coins missioners bad been appointed by Lord Grenville to ads judicate upon the claims. Two of the Commissioners were Americans and two were English, and. they had power, in case of difference, to choose a fifth Commissioner. When however, •cases were nearly ripe for decision, it was in variably found that the two American Commissioners receded, and the result was, that it became imposiible tO come to any decision. In 1802, Lord Liverpool put it to the claimants whether they would have a renewed Commission or accept a fixed sum ' in satisfaction of the whole of their claims. After some consideration, the whole of the claimants. acceded to the latter' alternative. They agreed to accept a specified sum which was to be paid by America in full of all demands-600;0002 was acs cepted by this Government, and paid by the American Government in full satisfaction of those claims. The claimants felt dissatisfied with this sum, as being inad&- quate to liquidate their just demands. A Commission was however appointed • in the year 1804, to adjudicate on, the claims, and to divide the 600,000/. It was very remarkable that in the only stipulation which was made by the parties in answer to the propos sition, of Lord Liverpool, in 1802, 50 per cent. was re quired on the amount of -the claims. In 1811 the Commission made its award and distributed the money. In 1812 some American claimants presented a petition to that House, praying for further compensation. A Seg. lect Committee was appointed in that year, who went into a minute ineestigation of all the matters to which the Honourable and Learned Member re ferred. A resolution was proposed in that House declaring that these American claimants had made oat a case for compensation, but that , motion was negat i ved on the gr oun d t h at the parties had elected to take the alternative of making the best terms they could with the American Government. Now, a year or two afterwards, a certain class of claimants, of .whom Mr. Powell was one, put in a. claim for further compensation, stating that although the sum of 600,0001. had been equally divided, yet there were a number of native Americans who had not been engaged in commercial speculations, and whose circumstances entitled them to make a peculiar claim. That petition was brought un der the consideration of the House by Lord Devon, who proposed 'iv motion somewhat similar 'to that of thb Hon. Gentleman. On the division there were seventy seven for the motion, and seventy against it, Very APPEAL IN CRIMINAL. CASES. Mr. KELLY rose pursuant to notice to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to provide an appeal in criminal cases. It was almost incredible that while i n every case - of a civil character, no matter whether the question involved a large or a small amount of money, the law as it stood at present gave an appeal. A person who felt himself aggrieved either by the v er di c t o f a j ury or the decision of a judge, could appeal from that verdict or that decision, and carry the case even before the highest tribunal of the land. But in a criminal case, which must involve a questien of character, property, or even life, there. was no appeal, according to the law of England, against the verdict of the jury, however erro neous, or the decision of the judge, however mistaken. In every country. in. Europe, and throughout every, civilized country in the world, an appeal was given as well in criminal cases.as in_civil, and the error of a jury or a judge .must be rectified by appeal ; but in this country the state of the law was such, that no matter howglaring and palpable might be the error into which the jury might have been led, or however mistaken the judge. might have been in point of law, there was no remedy for the , party injured, though his liberty, his character, his property, or even his life might be in jeopardy. To remedy such a,. state of things he now asked for leave to bring in a Bill—the guiding principle of which .was that it endeavonred to assimilate as far as was, practically possible the law and practice in criminal cases, to the law and practice in civil cases. The Ho .nourable and• Learned Gentlemen then went on to show what the practice was with regard to civil cases. In all civil ,cases any pers . = who thought himself ag grieved, either by an error in the verdict of the jury or - by an error in the statement of the law as made by the judge, had an o pp ortun i ty of appealing, first of all to a, court composed..of four or five judges, next to a court composed of double that number of judges, and ulti mately_ to--the House of LOrds. The consequence was that, in the administration of the law in civil cases, any errors which' were committed were remediable, were cor rected most frequently, and ultimately, justice was done. The result was, that in all civil cases , there was the ut most poefidence throtighout all classes of the com munity that justice was done in courts in civil cases. It was, gluiest without an example that any attempt had ever been made either in Parliament or by the press to impeach the judgments of courts of law in civil cases, because all were agreed that if a party acquiesced in an unjust decision it was his own fault, because he pos sessed the power of appealing, if he chose to exercise it. In criminal eases, however, the state of the law was -directly the reverse, and it was inconceivable, looking at the constant improvement which had taken place in our laws, and to the anxiety which the. -Legislature had manifested to amend the defects, it was inconceivable that century after century such a state of things should have been suffered to exist, when the remedy was so plain, so easy, and so certain. In civil cases, in w hi c h property alon e was affected, an appeal was allowed, but there was no appeal in criminal rases, in which life itself was sometimes at stake.- He proposed to remedy this evil ; but before he drew the attention of the House to the remedy which he proposed, he must take the liberty of observig that he did not believe that such a state of the law would have been sufferedio exist if the Members of either House of Parliament had been as liable to be indicted for • crimes as all were to be -parties in civil actions.—(Hear, hear.) It- happened that the criminal law applied more frequently against the humbler classes of society; but if the Members of the Legislature had been as liable to have their characters, their liberties, their property, and their lives placed in jeopardy by the criminal law,.as their property , was in civil cases, he felt assured that the .same _remedy would have been provided in criminal cases that was at present provided in aihcivil cases. It was impossible to conceive any state of the law more opposed to the due administration of justice than was the state of our criminal law. A man was in dicted—he Was tried, evidence was adduced, as in other cases, on the one side and on the other. By a modern improvement, which, strange to say, had been much op posed, counsel might now be heard for the defence in criminal as well as in civil eases, which he acknowledged was a great improvement ; the judge summed up the case, and the jury returned their verdict. The verdict was returned ; there was only 'one of three courses which - could be taken, whatever doubts might exist as to' the propriety of that verdict, or as to the correctness of the learned judge in stating the case to the jury. After a verdict of guilty was once pronounced against a pri soner, however convinced the counsel might be that that verdict had been- procured by means of false evi dence—although the prisoner might know it was wrong, —although all present might be convinced that the pri .soner-was-innoeent---although all lawyers might feel as sured that the judge, in his charge to the jury, was mis taken, there was no appeal allowed by which this mis take could, be 'remedied. There was no means of ob _Wining a reviewal of that decision but in two- ways, which he would state to the House. But before doing so, he would observe that, upon a verdict of guilty, even if the evidence was ever so untrue or misrepresented, if the Learned Judge was satisfied with the verdict there was no remedy. ; he passed - sentence, and it was carried into effect even to death ' itself.—(Hear, hear.) No one familiar- with the practice of the criminal courts of this country could entertain a doubt upon the fact that there had been a great many cases where the verdict had-been wrong or the charge of the judge wrong, inasmuch as there was no power of correcting if injustice was doneand the innocent suffered death. He could mention many cases to prove what he had stated, but as he'did not wish to trouble the House at length he would only advert to one. Nine years ago a man named Chalker was indicted with another man at Suffolk, for the murder of a gamekeeper in a wood. The trial came on before an eminent judge now no more ; evidence was given that Chalker was in the wood at the time of the murder, blood was found upon his clothes, and there was circumstantial evidence more or less strong of his guilt. The Learned Judge had early in the trial taken an impression against the prisoner; he summed the case up most clearly and impartially, but most ingeniously. Chalker was convicted, and his fellow prisoner acquitted. He declared that his fellow prisoner was as innocent as him self,and the counsel - for Chalker being convinced of his innocence, took the greatest trouble to establish that fact, and having collected a mass of evidence on the sub ject, he laid it -before the judge, in hopes, at least, of obtaining a respite for some time of the sentence of death that had been prononeced on Chalker, but the Learned Judge adhered to the opinion he had formed, declared himself perfectly satisfied of the prisoner's guilt, and refused to interfere. Chalker -suffered death ; but it had since transpired that the man who had actually committed the murder, who had seen the miserable vie tim executed, had• come forward and confessed his guilt, declared he was the murderer, that the man who was executed was innocent, and gave himself up .to jus tice. This was, one among , many instances which time brought forth, of persons being convicted of crimes, and suffering punishment, - because there was no appeal from the sentence passed upon them. There was no-remission of the penalty, because thqe was no appeal by law. It might be said that whenever the cit.- cunistances warranted doubt of the prisoner's guilt, whenever there was any serious objection raised, that no judge would refuse an inquiry, which might be had by applying to the Secr e t ary o f State for the Home Depart ment ; and whenever a legal objection of weight was put forward in the prisoner's favour, it could be argued in error, before twelve or -fifteen of the judges. In answer to these arguments, he replied that thero was nothing to compel the judge to reserve these objections ; and most learned and eminent judges had, over and owl' again, refused to reserve objections which subsequently appeared to have been well founded. Ho remembered a casein point among his •own 'extremely: limited practice in criminal law. A man was indicted in the county of Huntingdon some years ego, and tried before a Learned Judge now no more. Evidence was given ; the case had closed ; he (Mr. F. Kelly) was counsel for the prisoner, and sub mitted with great confidence to the Learned' Judge cer tain very strong points in -the prisoner's favour. He submitted that although the man might have been guilty of a very gross offence, which would have amounted to a misdemeanour, and perhaps rendered -him liable to transportation, still, according to the,terms of the indict ment, he was not guilty ; he should have been tried on an indictment differently framed. His offence, he sub mitted, was not a capital one, and -he should not be punished for it as such. He urged these points on the Learned Judge in Court with all the force and earnest ness he was capable of, but the Learned Judge decided in a most' peremptory manner • against reserving the ob • jection. He again pressed upon the Learned7Jedge. in Court the propriety of suspending the execution of the prisoner, but was again refused in the same peremptory manner. Feeling the strength of his objection, :> THE SUN, LONDO, FRIDAY EVENLN,G, MAY Bl, 1844. THE CASE OF LgANDEIt; To. TvgD2 - ron rl THE suit erliequence or remarks which ,appeared in your papers of Monday, yesterday, and this day, headed " Lean der and his Jaw," I hope that, in justification of my con duct and in justice to my feelings, pu will insert the fciliclit: ing plain statement Of fAtta, which will; I. trust, entirely . exonerate Hie,inthe Minds of all honodrable men, whose good opinion alone I covet, and to, the, troth of Which state:. sfient,ll Ant to lie sworn.:-During the GdOdviciod i;4o„it'efa of 1842 tale Messrs. Lichtwald sen t th ree h orses to my Stables to be broken in and trained, with their pedigrees ilritten and - signed by themselves ; they were the following, - viz., br. f. by Muley Moloch ?, out of ,Barbara ) siatee named Julia'; a b by, Setinithider, sister td MiisstilmAti, Shied nanied Leander; and a b. c. by Velocipede, out of Fair Jane ; accordingly they were broken in, and in, due tinie commenced . their training. O w i ng to. My, being detained in town dating the early part or the Winter by ill health, I. did not see the horses until the end of December following, when I pronounced the Scamander colt to possess the appearance and points of a racehorse. He had an engagement at Ascot; for which he was pt pitied; and Which he wen. game Asa , vatloib Were mack on the race-course about his being a very big horie, and looking. more like a$ dr riven a 4-year old than a 2-year old; grid Soriie ,effort time'afterwards Messrs: Liclitivald Went down to Mitchell-grove, and my son took the oppcirtunity of stating what he had heard, and further said that these remarks were very unplea sant to his and my feelings, and that if there were anything wrong about the horse he should not remain at my stables. They both protested to him that he was- the right age that they bred him and had the certificate of his age, and that he need not annoy himself on that head. The horse afterwards ran twice at Goodwood, but owing to his' havitig been.arniss, and in consequence not fully prepared, he lost both races. He went on better some time afterwards, when I tried him, and 'found . him to be an extraordinary good horse, but owing to his being an uncertain horse, and having been several times lame, I strongly advised the Messrs. Lichtwald not to back him for the Derby, but to Jet, him 'getlhrough the whiter. He was then Intended to run for the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket, but ran away with, the boy and fell larritin the hock the vet ) * day , before lie was to have started-; the post-horses, which had already arrived, to convey him in the van, were consequently sent b ac k, an d my son wrote t o me at Newmarket, and , went up to town himself to see the Messrs. Lichtwald; they had backed their horse, and they told hint that if he was not very bad indeed he should 0, and they returned to MitChell-Frove with him to see the horse. They then determined, against his and my head man's - advice, that he should go, and they started him on their own responsibility the next morning. On -my road from Newmarket to London I met the van, and on exa mining the horse and finding him to be very lame, I ordered the postboy to return to Hockeril, and went up to town to state to the • Messrs. Lichtwald that it would be ruination to their horse if they ran him. In consequence of that opinion he was sent back to Mitchell-grove ; he then went on in gentle work during the winter, and in the month of January, owing to there still existing some doubt as to his soundness, I wished to have Mr. Wood's opinion, and after .consulting together we agreed that he should be blistered in the stifle and hock. Soon after, for my own satisfaction, and in consequence of unpleasant rumours that I had heard, and reports that I had seen in the newspapers about the correct ness of the horse's age, I took an opportunity one day of ask ing him to look into the horse's mouth and tell me his age; he did so, and told me that he was a 3-year old, and I have an impression that he further said he had a very backward 3-year old mouth, as I told my son so when he came over the next day. After this opinion I felt satisfied in my own mind, and paid no attention to the ungenerous remarks which were constantly made in the sporting papers. From this time, after being blistered, the horse went on straightforward and well in his work up to the day of his running. My son, in the early part of the present month, happening to be in town, saw the Messrs. Lichtwald s and spoke to them of the un pleasant remarks which were continually made in the weekly sporting papers relative to the horse's age, and said that they ought to put a stop to them, as they had it in their power to do so. They then declared to him that they could swear he was the right age, and, before several persons, showed him the German stud-book, which appeared to be perfectly cor rect; and it was his opinion, as well as mine, that the Messrs. Lichtwald knew their horse to be a 3-year old, and could prove it, otherwise I would not have trained him. In your report of the case in Monday's paper, it is stated that I said "I had been grossly imposed upo i sbY the Messrs. Lichtwald, and that it was only the vicious temper of the horse that had prevented an earlier discovery of the fraud. &c." I beg to say that this is erroneous. I should not be' justified in saying that I had been imposed upon by the Messrs. Lichtwald until I am convinced that he was a 4-year old, and that they knew him to be so, and I certainly am not at pre sen t conv i nce d on that head, and most sincerely hope they will yet send over a complete refutation of the charges brought against them ; and with regard to the vicious temper of the horse, &c., and the subsequent remark, " that it is strange so experienced a trainer should have been so slow in satisfying himself upon the point," I must observe, that his temper was not at all vicious, and that he would have allowed any person to look at his mouth ; but I contend that it is not the duty of a trainer to examine the mouth of any horse that is sent to his stables, but merely to manage him and to train him to the best of his abilities, and that this is the only instance in my life of my sending for a veterinary surgeon to examine a horse's mouth belonging to another party, and I even go so far as to say that I exceeded mr duty in this instance, and my only excuse is, that I did so, in con sequence of remarks most annoying to my feelings which had.feom time to time appeared in the newspapers. In your paper of this day there appears to be a doubt en tertained whether Mr. Wood examined the identical Leander, or an animal prefessedly Leander. To clear up any such doubt, I herewith send a copy of a declaration made by me this day before Mr. Hardwick, magistrate of Marlborough street Police-office. • I am, Sir, your very obedient, humble servant, 240, Oxford -street, May 29. JOHN FORTH. (Copy of Declaration.) "I, John Forth, of Mitchell-grove, in the county of Sussex, do hereby solemnly declare that in the month of February last, in consequence of certain rumours as to the age of the colt Leander, the property of Mr. Lichtwald, which I then had in training for the Derby, I caused the said cold to be examined by Mr. Wood, the veterinary surgeon, of Arundel, in the said county of Sussex, and that the colt which Mr. Wood did examine and alluded to in the annexed certificate, was the same colt Leander that ran for the Derby in the present year; and I do further declare that in consequence of the said rumours I questioned Mr. Lichtwald as to the fact of the said colt's age, and he always positively asserted that the said colt was no more than three years old, and that there would be no difficulty whatever in proving the same ; and I do hereby further declare, that I believed the asser tions so made by the said Mr. Litchtwald to be true, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act 'made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., entitled 'An Act to repeal an Act of the present session of Parliament, entitled, "An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations, taken and made in various departments of the State, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more en tire suppression of voluntary and extra judicial oaths and 'affidavits, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths."' "JOHN FORTH. `" Declared at the Police-court, Great Marlborough street, this 29th day of May, -1844, before me, "J. HARDWICK, "Magistrate for the Metropolitan Police District." , (Copy of Certificate.) - "Arundel, May 27. ".I hereby certify, that in the month of February last I examined privately at Mr. Forth's request the horse Leander, and pronounced him to be three'years old; at that time he had a decided three-year old mouth, and the tushes had not shown themselves. " J. WOOD.' "S. T. HARMAN." INCENDIARISM. It will be recollected that at the Kingston Spring Assizes, a young man named George Elderfield was charged with an act of incendiarism, committed in the neighbourhood of Guildford, of which town he was a resident. As is usual in cases.of this descrip tion, the evidence was entirely circumstantial, and •consisted of proof that the prisoner was seen near the barn that was fired immediately before the fire was discovered, and that when the alarm was given he was seen' running away from th e s p o t. It was like wise proved that a day or twa before the fire Elder field purchased two boxes of lucifer matches; bat when. he was apprehended he denied having done so: There, was no such evidence against him however, and at the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Baron Alderson, who was sitting in the Crown Court, expressed his _opinion that there was not sufficient evidence 'to go to the jury, and therefore directed an acquittal. The prisoner, upon his being set at liberty, returned to Guildford; but in consequence of the strong impression which - prevailed that he was the guilty party, a watch was kept upon his movements. A few nights back the town of Guildford and the neigbour hood were again alarmed, by a fire breaking ,out in the farm-yard of Mr. Bicknell, an extensive farmer, residing near the town of Guildford. Fortunately, assistance speedily arrived, and two large ponds of water being upon the premises, the dwelling-house was saved, but a barn, which contained a large quan tity of wheat, beans, and oats, a stable, and some sheds, with three fine-calves ' which it was f oun d im possible t o r escue , were wholly destroyed. Suspicion at once fell upon Elderfield as the author of the fire, and upon the poliee'making inquiries at the house of the old woman' where he lodged, it was found that he had been absent from home during the whole night on which the fire took place, and he was immediately sought for, and taken into -custody: After having undergone one or .two private examinations, in the course of which no ma t er i a l evidence wasbrought forward to inculpate him, the prisoner voluntarily confessed his guilt to the officers who hid him in charge., and by the direction of the -- magistrates he was taken to the spot, and he then showed the con stable Where he had concealed himself during the evening of the fire, and said that he lighted the stack by means of a lucifer match ; that the first he tried went out without doing any mischief, but a second one put-it in a blaze. The prisoner is a young man of weak intellect,. and .upon - the former trial it was proved that his mind was continually wandering, and that he frequently talked in &most incoherent manner about fires, and he had. several times disturbed his landlady in the night by giving an alarm of fire, which turned out to have no foundation. When before the magistrates Elderfield repeated his confes sion, but he did not assign any motive for the com mission of the desperate act, or appear to feel any dread for the consequences. The magistrates, after careful investigation, resolved upon committing the prisoner to take his trial at the summer assizes, and he was accordingly conveyed to the county gaol. 1 complaining of the monopoly of the Bank. of. Ireland, and praying the House not to renew the charter. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a Petition from' Ireland in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill; also a petition from a congregation of Weileyan MethO dists in the county of Down, and a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists in Newt°Wiiirds ' against theßill. Mr„C , OBDEN presented a petition from a congrega tion of Dissenters in Scotland, against the Dissenter's' Chapels Bill. Mr. G. PALMER presented a petition from a Dis 7 - senting congregation in Berk Shire, and one from a con gregation in Buckinghamshire, to ,the same ,effeet. • - . Lord HARRY 'VANE presented a petition in favour of, and a petition.,against, the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Sir R. IgGLIB presented a - petition from the Arch deacon and ; clergy of Oxford, against the union of the' sees of BangOr and St. Asaph ; also a petition from the clergymen of the Church of England, residing in New- Pastle-on-Tyne, against the Dissenters' Chapela Bill. Mr. BERNAL presented petitions from several places in Dorsetahire, against the Disgenters' Chapels Bill 'Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the metropolis, in favour of art-unions ; and another from Devonshire, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr.: BRIGHT presented a petition from a congrega tion of Protestant Dissenters at Swindon,. in Wiltshire ; also, petitions from the counties of Norfolk and Durham, from Soho, and other places, praying that the Dissenters' Chapels Bill might not, pass into a law. . . Mr. WALKEY presented ' petitions from several places, complaining: of .the state .of medical- law. ;The -Honourable Member also presented a petition, signed by one hundred inhabitants of New ;Plymouth, in the -colony of- New—Zealand, stating—that-the - district in which they were lbeated .was one, of the ,most, fer— tile in . the colony, but that they had the greatest :ditNiilty in , procuring labour, because many of the proprietors of land were absentees ; and also a petition from the inhabitants of various dis tricts in. the metropolis,. praying that the Waterloo, Vauxhall,' andSouthwark-bridges might be thrown open to the public. .Mr. - OWE presented a petition from some place in Wales, against the union of the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from the trus tees of the savings' banks in Bath against the Savings' Banks Bill. Mr. GRANGER presented a petition from the Wes leyan Methodists of 'Durham against the Dissenters Chapeli Bill. IMPEIRIAL PARLIAMENT , The LORD CHANCELLOR feared that such a change would entail exrenses upon prisoners in the I - moval of •witnesses, which they could ill suitain. A better division of the year seemed most practicabl e , by making the summer circuit begin at a different period.' I Lord BROUGHAM appreh en d e d that no inconvO nience had been experienced in Scotland by making tke venue transitory. It was accomplished by a 'small ad ifance of money. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the county gentlemen would object to any such charge being made_ upon the county rates. The Duke of RICHMOND remarked that if the a§ sizes were to commence in August, that was the mond) in which in his part of the country the harvest usually began. The return was then ordered. CUSTOMS BILL.' .On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, die Customs Bill was read a' second time.--Committee to morrow. ENDOWED SCHOOLS. Lord WHARNCLIFFE Moved the second reading of. the. School Endowment Tim explaining that the pur pose of it was to give greater facility to the Privy Coun cil in the endowment of small schools in poor neigh bourhoods. Lprd COTTENITAM said the object of this measure giving the large p owe r s w hi c h might were be contained attained without Bill. in the • Lord BROUGHAM said there were very many cases in existence in which the funds of public schools were misappropriated. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was his inten tion to introduce a Bill in the course of the present ses sion upon the subject. After a few words from Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Wharn cliffe, and Lord Cottenham, the Bill was read a second time. The 'Marquis of NORMANBy gave notice that he should call the attention of the House to-morrow to a contradiction of certain facts, stated in a letter from Mr. Hamilton, the Crown Solicit or f or the North-East Cir cuit in reland, in a matter mentioned by a Noble Friend the other night, for as the allegations in that let ter'seriously affected the character of individuals, he felt it right to give the same publicity to the contradiction which had been given to the charge. Their Lordships then adjourned. - HOUSE OF CaIIIMONS, May 30. .• The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. ' Lord ARTHUR 4ENNOIC took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Chichester. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE took the oaths and his seat on his re-election fur Buckingham. The Salisliury Uraneh,liailwit.y.Bill. was . T read a .third time and passed. • DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Mr. RASEILEIGH presented several petitions from Cornwall against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Col. GORE LANGTON presented similar petitions.' Mr. , BOYD presented five petitions froni dissenting congregations in Ireland, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. congregation of Wesleyan Methodists, assembling in t l y r. of SC EO Fl n O d L 6n E d F er lE ry i , , t D o . t, p h r e e s se am nt e ec e l ff a ect p . etition from a Cherry-street Chapel, Birmingham, to the same effect. Colonel ROLLESTONE presented nine petitions from • Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire ? •to the same effect. • . Mr. BARCLAY presented a petition from Newcastle upon-Tyne, to the same effect. Mr. THORNELY presented three petitions —one from Liverpool; one from Stafford, and one from a con gregation of Baptists, assembling in the parish of Dudley, in the county,of Worcester, in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. . . Mr. E. TENNENT presented petitions from the Wes leyan Methodists of the counties of Cork and Antrim, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the metropolis, in favour of art-unions. Sir JOHN HANMER presented a petition against the Dissenters' Chapels NIL ' Mr. MASTERMAN presented. several petitions from the 'rower Hamlets, to the same effect. . , Sir WALTER JAMES presented two petitions,, to the same _effect. Mr. COLLETT presented a petition from 431 trustees of chapels, to - the same effect. . An HON. MEMBER .presented four petitions from the • . On ,Wednesday , Mr. Baker held an inquest at Mr. BAILEY presented a petition to the .same effect.. the "Louden Hospital, on the body of Susshnah Day;'aged 88, - Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from Mr. G. B. a widow, "residing at 24, Skinner. street; Bishopsgate. 'Her counl% Ry • der the Chairman of the Chelsea Board of Guardians; complaining of the removal son said that she was very much afflicted with spasms 'in the - , from the.i stomach, and that at times they were so' painful as' to drive •—• , o f a; pauper in August last, her to distraction. On Friday morning he went out 'Withtensington Union Workhouse_ . to the Chelsea some some wo r k ho h a d flnished,, leaving her in bed. On hi s re - he Workhouse, during th e ti me that was i . n , a dying turn, to his g rea t surPrise, he foundlier sittinc , on a chair state covered with blood, ' and on dose examination he f oun d th a t was ordered to be referred to the Medical Relief Com !On the motion of the Hon, Member, the petition sistance, and she was promptly taken to that hospital. Mr. she had severed her throat with his razor.' He procured as- ' mittee. , Sir W . c . t C , LA l Ypresented . a . . . . woUnd in the throat, - four inches long and two deep, andpet it ion D. Carter,ho use•surgeon, said deceased was admitt e d with a tion of Wesleyan Methodists ' Pop lar ; Against the Dis -111 senters 'ape s Bill. , •.),‘,.• .. froth a c0n777- , completely dividing the windpipe and, gullet. It was '" 1111 f her to • d 4 Mr. M. J. 0 CONNELL presented a petition, signed possible for survive, and she died in a few hours. ' • Verdict, " Temporary insanity." . by 60,000 inhabitants of Dublin and the neighbourhood, HOUSE OF LORDS, May 30. Their Lordships re -assembled for the first time after the Whitsuntide holidays. Messengers from the Commons brought up several , The Duke Of RICHMOND presented a petition from Inverness i praying that the operation of the Savings' Banks Bill niight,not e x t en d to Scotland. The - Marquis of NORMANBY from a petition . fro certain farmers i n Norfolk. The petition stated that de the lwir at present „stood with respect tocoursing, a person being present at any coursing meeting, pro vided the proprietor of the dogs was not actually present, Wia subject to a penalty. The petitioners, therefore, prayed fOr an alteration in the laws' The Duke of RIMIOND said, the hardship not only existed with respect to coursing, but also with re spect to hare-hunting. The petition was then laid on the table. CHRSTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that a Select Committee be appointed to con Sider the Bill which was at present before Parliament for the construction of a railway from Chester to Holyhead. The reason Why be wished this Committee to be appointed was, that ~he understood th a t it was t h e i ntent i on of the Government to advance a large sum of money for improving the harbour of Holyhead. They had, no guarantee that the bridge over the Menai Straits would ever be erected, and in case it should not be erected, of course a great portion of 'the money expended by the Government in improving the harbour of Holyhead would be thrown away. He understood that it was proposed to lay out 600,0001. upon these improvements, and he thought that was a sufficient ground for the apppointment of a Committee. Lord KENYON thought that no delay ought to be allowed to take place in the passing of this Bill, inasmuch as he believed that the Chester and Holyhead Railway would be of great public advantage. ' Lord MONTEAGLE objected to the appointment of the Committee. - — 7 r / s he - Duke — of WELLINGTON said he had not anti cipated this discussion, and, therefore, he' had not been able to inform himself fully of the subject, and he sug gested to his Noble Friend (the Marquis of Clanricarde) the propriety of postponing the consideration of the question for a few days. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then gave notice that he should on Tuesday next move the suspension of the Standing Orders, with a view to the appointment of a Select Committee on this Bill. After a few words from the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the subject dropped. ' Lord CAMPBELL postponed the Committee on the Law of Libel Bill till Friday week (as we understood). The Noble Lord presented several petitions, praying that Presbyterian Marriages in Ireland might be legalised: The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should be pre pared on Tuesday to lay on the table a modified Bill upon this subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON begged to ask the Nobe Lord opposite (Lord Monteagle),.if he would have any objection to postp one a mo ti on w hi c h h e h a d on the paper for Monday, as it would be Trinity Monday, when many. Noble Lords would be absent? Lord MONTEAGLE expressed his willingness to accede to the request of the Noble Duke. Several other notices were also postponed. DIVISION OF THE CIRCUITS. Lord BROUGHAM' moved for a return of the num ber of causes and prisoners tried on the various circuits for certain years. The. unequal division of the circuits was one of the great grievances of Westminster Hill. The northern circuit had nearly as much business asi all the others put together. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no objection to the motion, which might be made the. foundation of future inquiry. It would, however, be quite impossible,to make any alteration until the next spring circuit. Lord BROUGHAM said it had been suggested .that part of the northern might be advantageously given; to the midland circuit, but he apprehended that the better course would be to divide the northern circuit to send two judges into each division.' The subject ought to; be considered and settled before the next spring circuit. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that, great in convenience had been felt during the last spring assizes. lie had, h owever , commun ic a t e d w i t h the Home Secre tary upon 'the subject, and found that there would be ex treme difficulty in making any change at present. • The Duke of RICHMOND hoped that in case of any winter circuit being ordered, especially in the county of Sussex, due notice of such an intention would be given. Lord BROUGHAM adverted to the great anomaly, which he hoped to see speedily corrected, that whereas within the district of the Central Criminal Court,' a prisoner could not be imprisoned more than a few days before his trial, in some counties there might be, and frequently was, an interval of from six to nine months between a prisoner ' s committ a l an d hi s t r i a l. He Was averse to increasing the the number of the judges, acid he trusted that this great evil could be otherwise re e= died. H e a l so state d hi s strong objection to a partial gaol delivery, according to which some counties were re lieved of their prisoners, while others were not visited by the judges, and he read a list of counties in which no causes nor prisoners had been tried, owing to the want time.. Lord CAMPBELL would respectfully suggest that much good might be done by dividing the circuits mcire equally in the year; by rendering the interval between the assizes in one case longer, and in the other case not so long. In Scotland the summer circuit began in Au gust and September, and although such a change in England might interfere with the shooting season, Or with trips to France and Italy, be believed that the bar in general would be willing to make the sacrifice. Lord BROUG HAM recommended that in criminal cases the venue should be made transitory, so that pri soners could be tried elsewhere than in the place where the offence was committed. f ished