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SUMMER ASSIZES. ROME ClRCUlT—Chelmsford, July 16. The commission for the county of Essex was opened on Monday by Mr. Baron Gurney. The calendar is heavy, and some of the offences are of a very serious character, there being no less than eight charge of arson, and in five of the cases the respective ages of the ac cused are 16, 9, 11, 12, and 8 years. There is also a charge of child murder, and two caws of manslaughter. Ou . the civil side thirteen caus es w ere entered, three of which were special jury cases. The business of the assize commenced this morning at ten o'clock, Mr. Baron Gurney sitting on the Civil Side, and Mr. Baron Parke in the Crown Court. On the . Civil Side the wh o le d a y was oc c u pied in disposing Of an action of trespass, the details of which were of no public interest. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) His Lordship in charging the Grand Jury said, he was sorry to observe that notwithstanding the numerous gaol deliveries in the county, and the operation of the Central Criminal Court, there were so many prisoners for trial at the present assizes, and still more t. see the magnitude of the offences with which a great many of them. were charged. There were several cases affecting the lives of the accused, and, but for the recent altera tions of the law and the amelioration or the punishment formerly inflicted, many others would have been in the same position. The most serious case appeared to be a charge of child murder, and in this case it appeared by the depositions that the usual difficuly- in cases of this description, namely, whether the infant was born alive or not would not, arise, inasmuch as it would be shown that it was three weeks old at the time it was destroyed, and he apprehended that if the facts should be proved, as they appeared upon the depositions, it would be their painful duty to find a bill for the murder. There was another revolting case, in which a father was accused of a fel‘sniuus assault upon his own child; and it was alleged that the offence had been committed while his d'aughter was under ten years of age, which, if made out, amounted to a felony, even if the jury should be lieve that the child was a consenting party. This,'said the Learned Judge, was the most shocking case he had heard of during the period he had been connected with the administration of the criminal jus tice of the country, and it would be the duty of in to their grand jury to take the facts dispassionately their consideration, and see whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant them in returning a bill either for felony or misdemeanour. He regretted to see in the calendar that there were many instances of an offence which was very common both in that and the adjoining county—the destruction of corn and other agricultural produce by incendiaries ; but it was satisfactory to find that, in nearly all the cases, the parties accused were not labourers, who were alleged to be dissatisfied with their employers, or with any particular law, but were children of tender age, in one case the prisoner not being more than eight years old. The law did not hold any one criminally responsible for his acts who was under seven years of age, and, perhaps, in some of the . cases the grand jury might be induced to consider that the age of the accused was so near that fixed by thc law as not rendering them responside, that they would pause before they found a bill, although he must admit that the deposi tions showed the parties accused to have admitted that they were aware they were doing a wicked action, but at the same time without any apparent motive. The Learned Judge proceeded to state that it was not neces sary to prove any malice or ill-will against the owner of the property, this having - been specially provided for by the statute ; and all they would have to consider was, whether, at the time the offence was alleged to have been committed. the party accused was aware that he was committing an illegal and wicked act, to the prejudice of another. In one of the cases it did not clearly ap pear that the stack was actually ignited, and on that the jury could not find a bill for felony, but must return one for misdetneanour, for the attempt to commit the offence The grand jury then retired. There were no cases of interest tried during the day. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Oxford, July 16. CROWN COURT.—( Before Chief Justice TDIDAL.) Richard Elliott was indicted for stealing a banker's parcel, containing 1,500 sovereigns, frsm the Defiance coach, on the 18th of March last. Mr. Keating appeared on the part of the Crown; Mr. Bal lantyne and \lr. Huddle-eon defended the prisoner. As the circumstances of this case have excited considerable attention, we furnish the evidence somewhat more than usually in detail, as elicited from the different witnesses. Mr. Robert Hare (clerk in Coutts's bank, London, corre spondent of the Oxford Old Bank)—l made up a parcel of 1,500 sovereigns in a bag, which I tied up, in order to be t r ansmitted to Oxford. Having weighed them, I delivered the parcel to Quint, the porter, about twelve o'clock in the day, on the 18th of March last. • Richard Quint, porter to Coutts's bank—l received on the d a y in question a bag from the last witness, which I put into a wooden box and nailed down, directing it to Messrs. Robinson and Parsons, High-street, Oxford. The box I then put into a blue bag, which I tied up and carried in a cab to the Gloucester Coffee-house. I had often formerly taken similar parcels in the same way. When I reached the Gloucester Cotree-house, the Defiance, Oxford coach, had not arrived ; it, however, came up in four or five minutes, where upon I delivered the bag to Hobson, the coachman. He put it into the off side of the front boot, as he took it from me. There was no one on the box at the time. Cross-examined—l never left the parcel at all after it was delivered to me until I gave it to Hobson. wini s en Hobson, coachman to the Defiance, which travels the Henley road from London to Oxford—On Monday, the 18th of March, I signed a receipt at Messrs. Coutts's for a parcel of 1,500 sovereigns. I left the Belle Sauvage at noon, with one female passenger. I took up another female at the Bell and Crown. At the Regent Circus I took up two male passengers—one was a lad of the name of Cochrane, the - other was a stranger. I arrived at the Gloucester Coffee-house at half-past twelve. There I saw Quint, from whom I received a bag, which I placed near the bottom, on the off side of the boot. There were several parcels both under and over it, the boot being very nearly full at ..the time. I took up two male outside passengers at the Gloucester Coffie-house. They sat at the back. One, who took his seat near me on the box, was dressed in an old-fashioned blue coat, had his hat pulled over his face, and appeared a very mean person. I next stopped at the Cannon, Knightsbridge, where I took up a male passenger, of the name of Mountjoy. As I lett Knightsbridge the man on the box said something, in conse quence of which I stopped at the door of a ginshop, where a man put his head out of the door and held up his finger. That was the prisoner. Ile got up behind, and sat with his back to the horses. I proceeded to Salt- bill, and saw the bag at Longford, between London and Salt-hill, where I changed horses, which I also did three times between that place and Benson. I had taken up a male passenger at Hammersmith, who stopped at Henley. I reached Benson at a quarter to seven; where I stopped at the Crown. Mr. Shrub's, one of the proprietors of the coach, who had travelled inside, got out at Benson, where I got down, and gave his servant his carpet-bag out of the fore-boot. I then went into the Crown, the coach remaining there about eight or nine minutes. The prisoner then left the coach, aud paid me his fare in the bar of the house. I gave him change for a sovereign, and took part of a glass of ale, which he ordered fur me. I stopped next at Dorchester, to put on an extra horse, but did not leave the coach. I took up the mail-bags, and lighted the lamps at Nuneham ; the man .at the box got down, and had a glass of ale there. I proceeded to the Old Bank at Oxford, bringing with me seven passengers, and then missed the parcel for the first time. No luggage of the prisoner's was ever put into the front boot. I mentioned the loss of the parcel to Mr. Parsons, at the Old Bank, and drove straight to the Vine, but could find no traces of the bag. The man in the blue coat remained there a few minutes, and then walked away. Cross examined—l have been a coachman on the Oxford road many years. I was a little behind time at Benson. I looked about fur the prisoner for some little time, having missed him fur a short time. At Nuneham the horsekeeper lit one lamp, and I lit the other. I had a glass of ale there, which was paid for by the man on the box. I took up the mail- bags at the archbishop's lodge at Nuneham, which is half a mile from the inn. I afterwards got dowEe, and locked up the mail-bags in the hind boot for safety. Re-examined—The prisoner had on a loose great coat. I only piled up for the purpose of taking the Archbishop of York's mail begs, but I did not stop there. When I got down at Nuneham I gave the reins to Cochrane. Dennison Cochrane—l sat behind the coachman, with two f e nule and one male passengers. I got up at the Bull and Mouth, Regent Circus. I did not see the parcel put into the boot at the Gloucester Coffee-house. I stood up behind the box at Nuneham, while the coachman got down, and held the reins for two or three minutes. No one that I saw went near the boot during that time. Cross-examined —The man on the box got down on the near side at Nuneham. William Chapman, servant to Mr. Shrubb, at Benson— On the 18th 'of March, when the coach came up, I was . standints in the Crown Inn. I saw the prisoner get down off the coach there. I saw him put one foot on the splinter bar and one on the wheel, and open the fore-boot. When I came away lie was still looking into the fore-boot, and stand ing in the same position. Cross-examined--I noticed the prisoner get off the coach, but I had never seen him before. I was close to him at the time. 1 know Mountjoy, but I did not notice him there. The man on the box remained there while the prisoner was looking into the boot. Wiliam Carr, horsekeeper at Benson—On the 15th of March I saw obson get down from his seat on the coach, on arriving at the inn door. I saw a man in a light coat with one foot on the splinter-bar and one on the wheel, but I did net notice him. lie was doing something, I cannot say -what, in the front boot. The coachman handed me a carpet bag, which I gave to Chapman. I am certain that only one man (the one with a light blue coat on) went near the fore boot. Martin Mountjey, servant to the Earl of Cheeterfield—On the lath of March visa passenger by the Defiance to ,i-iford -1 got upon the coach, be.`sind, at Knightsbridge. I saw tite prisoner get up. lie sat at Sol , right. He had with him a carpet bag, which appeared nearly empty ; it was put under the seat where we were both sitting. got down at Benson, as did the prisoner also. On returning to the coach I ob served a man who had been travelling on the box at the boot of the coach ; he had on an old-fashioned blue great coat. He was standing with one foot on the splinter-bar and one on:the wheel. I did not observe then whether there was any one sitting on the box, but I saw the man with the old great coat holding a blue bag in his hand. It appeared nar row, about two feet long, and very heavy. He passed to the back at the coach, and then resumed his place on the box. I did not see what became of the bag. 1 was not absent from the coach more theft a minute. I came on to Oxford. Cross-examined —I sat beside the prisoner all the way from London, but did not talk to o him. I had a carpet bag in the front boot, and was watching, lest that should be moved. I walked up and down a few times by the coach, during part of which time I saw the prisoner in the inn. Richard Coster, landlord of the Crown Inn; Benson—l saw the prisoner in the bar. He paid Hobson the fare as the coach was leaving. He staid in the inn, bringing with him a carpet-bag, umbrella, and top-coat. He went to bed early. Lucas, the Oxford city marshal, came to my house that night, and I went with him to the prisoner's room. Lucas searched his clothes, the bag, which was quite empty, being still in the commercial room. We found nineteen sovereigns and some silver in his trousers pocket. He said he was a re spectable tobacconist, residing in Bank-street, or Bell-street, Paddington ; that he had dealt with Lloyd, on Holborn-hill, five years, adding that he was going to Bins (near Bath), when Lucas observed, "If you come with me to Oxford rott will be nearer Box then than now." The prisoner said if he insisted on his going to Oxford he would go, but not other wise. Lucas said he should insist, and requested him to get up, which he did immediately. He said that he must go to *Windsor the next morning, .or he should disappoint some friends. Cross-examined—My house is five miles from the Walling ord-road Station ; the trains at that time were running to London, about eight or ten in the evening. When his money had been taken from him, he asked what had been stolen. Box is on the Great Western Railway. John Lucas, the city marshal, corroborated the account given by the last witness, adding, that while the prisoner was dressing he said that he did not much like the journey to Oxford, having promised to meet two friends at Eton and Windsor the next morning. I went to London the following day. andfound the place referred to by him in Bell-street, Pad dington ; it was a cigar and tobacco shop. Mr. Guy Thomson, a banker in Oxford, of the firm of Robinson and others, in High•street, was examined. Lucas recalled—A man of the name of Burgess pointed ont to me the spot where a bag was found like the on. lost, con taining a box inclosing a stone and somesand. It was about a mile on the Oxford side of Nuneham. This closed the case for the prosecution ; Whereupon Mr. BALLANTTNE proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. After an able and lucid summing up on the part of the Learned JUDGE, the jury remained some time in deliberation, returning a verdict of Acquittal. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before `lr. Sergeant ATCHERIXT and a Special Jury.) BENCH V. MERRICK. For the plaintiff were Mr. Valentine Lee and Mr. Hodg son ; for the defendant Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Alexander. This was an action brought to recover compensation for a breach of promise of marriage, alleged to have been made by the defendant to the plaintiff. Mr. HODGSON having opened the pleadings, Mr. LEE proceeded to state to the jury the circumstances of this somewhat singular case, as they afterwards appeared in evidence. The plaintiff, it seemed, was a young woman of prepos sessing appearance, the sister of a Mrs. Grimes (whose husband keeps the Red Lion Inn at Burford), with whom she lived in the capacity of bar-maid. The defendant whose mother died two or three years ego, and kept the Lamb Inn in the same town, about nine years ago formed an acquaintance with her, and had been in the habit of call ing upon her daily since. Sometimes as often as three times a day, during that period. In consequence of a statement which originally issued from, and seemed to have been indus triously propagated by a Mrs. Street, a tenant of the de fendant, to the effect that Miss Bench was a young woman of immodest character, the defendant discontinued his visits at the Lion. After an interval, however, of some duration, he was induced to resume them, and agreed to marry the plaintiff within six months from the Ist of January, 1843. This, however, he had neglected to do, alleging, as an excuse that the plaintiff had been delivered of a child, as he was informed, when only nineteen years of age. This she did not deny; but at the same time contended that the de fendant had been fully aware of the circumstances for some years, and now only sought to avail himself of that unfortu nate occurrence in order to evade the promise which he had before repeatedly made. It was clearly proved, that ever since the unhappy young woman's seduction by a Mr. Hussey, and it was not pre tended that she had ever been guilty of even an indiscretion with any one else, her conduct had in every way been per fectly irreproachable. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having addressed the jury on behalf of his client, they remained about ten minutes in de liberation, finding a verdict for the plaintiff on the first, and for the defendant on the second issue. The defendant had pleaded, first, that he did not make the promise in the declaration alleged; secondly, that at the time of making the promise, he believed the plaintiff to be a woman of good character and morals, which he afterwards found she was not, and upon these pleas it was that issue was joined. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 15. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice C RESSWELL. ) Richard Cooper, aged 23, was indicted for having, at Bads worth, on the 4th day of June last, felonioulsy stolen ten sheep, the property of Joseph Jackson. Mr. Hall and Mr. Overend conducted the prosecution ; the. prisoner was not defended by counsel. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Jackson that on Monday, the 3d of June, he had in a close at Badsworth a flock of 50 sheep, 48 of which were hog sheep, and two ewes. On the Monday evening they were all safe, but on the Wednesday following it was found that ten sheep were missing. On discovering his loss, Mr. Jackson went over to Ackworth, the neighbouring township, and inquired of the prisoner, who was pmder there, whether he had any sheep" in the pinfold. The prisoner said he had not. Mr. Jackson then inquired if he had had any lately. He replied, Yes, that he had had some on the Tuesday morning, belonging to a Mr. Simpson, a farmer, at Ackworth. Mr. Jackson then went away, but from some information he received he was induced to return to the prisoner's house, and accuse him of having sold the sheep in question at Wakefield fair, the day before. To this the prisoner at first made no reply, but he afterwards admitted he had sold them at Wakefield for the sum of 14/. Mr. Jackson asked where the money was, and the prisoner replied, that he had 11/. of it up stairs, and that if Mr. Jackson would say nothing about it, he would give him the remainder in a day or two. Mr. Jackson got the 11/., and told the prisoner he could say nothing about future arrangements without seeing the constable. They went in consequence to the constable's house, where Mr. Jackson left the prisoner in custody.' The defence made by the prisoner was, that Mr. Jackson had told him to take half a score of sheep to the fair, and to select them as he thought best from the flock in th e fields. He said he had in consequence taken them to Wakefield and sold them for 14/., but that having got drunk and lost part of the money he was afraid to go to Mr. Jackson with the remainder. Mr. Jackson, he said, called on him for the money, and threatened to charge him with sheepstealing only when he found that it was not all forthcoming. Evidence, however, was adduced to show that Mr. Jack son had in the prisoner's hearing stated on the Monday that he was not going to send any sheep to the fair, and that the sheep which the prisoner was seen on the Tuesday morning driving along the road towards Wakefield, were then covered with red ruddle on the rump, so as to conceal as much as pos sible the mark " J.," which was the only one upon them when in Mr. Jpckson's close. The prisoner had formerly been in Mr. Jackson's employ ment, but had left it about four months before this occur rence. The prisoner was found Guilty. A previous conviction for sheepstealing having also been proved against him, his Lordship passed sentence, stating that the prisoner's previous history sufficiently showed that he was utterly incorrigible, and that it was necessary to pass s uc h a sentence as would be a warning to others. To be transported for life. James Bradbury, aged 52, was indicted for setting fire to a certain heath, at Aldmondbury, in the West Riding, the pro perty of George Hinchcliffe. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Pashley conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Bliss. It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution, that on the night of Saturday, the 26th of May, two persons were on the watch in the neighbourhood of a moor, called Good bent Moor, which had, during the spring, been several times on fire. In the course of these several conflagrations great quantities of the game had been destroyed. About twelve o'clock on the night in question, they saw part of the moor, at some distance, burst into a blaze, and they ran off in that direction. They had approached within about one hundred yards of the place where the moor was then burning, when they saw a spark moving about much nearer them, and they• had come within a very few yards of it when it suddenly burst into a blaze, and by the light they saw a man, whom they recognised as the prisonerat the bar, rising from a stoop ing position over the burning heath. He was dressed in dark clothes, with a hairy cap. A scuffle ensued, but the prisoner succeeded in making his escape. Besides this testimony, evidence was adduced of the prisoner having repeatedly used the most violent threats respecting the owners of the moor and the gentlemen who preserved game in the neighbour hood, in which he intimated that Good-bent Moor would he the scene of a " maunce," as it is called in the hill dialect, meaning a mischance, before long. For the defence, it was sought to establish an alibi, which having failed, the prisoner was convicted. Sentence was deferred. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 15. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN.) _ - William Cripps, a boy aged 12 years, was indicted for set ting fire to the dwelling-house of Thomas Horton, in the pa rish of Itchingswell. Mr. Ball prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Saunders. It was proved that on the 18th of June the barn of Mr. Thomas Horton was on fire, which was consumed, together with his dwelling-house. The prisoner had been seen near the place a short time before the fire was discovered, and was apprehended on suspicion. He directly confessed that it was he, and told how he had done it, viz., by putting some fire among the straw in the barn. He further said Sally Mul lings (who, it appeared, was a girl of eleven years of age), told him to do it, and had said, if he would not set it on fire she would. _ _ _ Mr. SAUNDERS contended that it was quite clear that the boy did not know what he was about. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN left it to the jury to say whether he was doli capax. The jury returned their verdict that he was not, which was therefore a verdict of Not Guilty. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Northampton, July 16. This circuit commenced by the opening of the commission at Northampton yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Coltman ; the real business of the circuit beginning this day, the above Learned Judge presiding at Nisi Prins, and Lord Denman taking his seat in the Criminal Court. There are twelve causes in the list, three being marked as special juries. The calendar contains the names of twenty-eight prisoners for trial, but we believe there are two or three others who have been brought to the county gaol aince the calendar was printed. The principal offences charged are, two cases of manslaughter, two rapes, and one case of arson. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, July 15. The commission for this county was opened on Saturday afternoon ; and their Lordships having attended Divine ser vice yesterday, the two Courts were opened this morning at half-past ten, for the dispatch of criminal business, there being no cause list on the Civil Side, and the calendar only containing the names of nine prisoners, whose offences were, for the most part, of a very trivial character. COURSE OF EXCHA: Amsterdam CF. 12 5 Ditto, at sight l2 3 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5i Antwerp 25 90 flamburgh 51.8. 13 13 Altona l3 13i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles 25 90 Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Mains l2li Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 'I rieste, ditto Madrid 37 GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice 47 Naples 39i Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon £4 Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Avres NowYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10i Silver in ears 0 4 11/ Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville METAN'OLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—During the last week much progres., was made in the formation of the new street leading from Oxford.street to Holborn, as above half of the south side has been excavated for the cellars of the new houses to be erected there. In the course of a few days the cellars will be built from Oxford• street to Charlotte street, Bloomsbury, when there will be soon after a direct thoroughfare in that locality. In Holborn, on the north side of the new street, several cellars have been laid down, and the street widened to the intended width, as they have been covered with gravel. There are now but a few houses to be disposed of, to be takim down for the stew street. In a few days the houses in Long Acre, and , 2t. the end of Hanover street, to form the new street from Waterloo .bridge to Broad street, St Giles's, belonging to the Mercers' Company, will be sold, which will leave only two or three houses tp be removed at that spot. It is expected that in a short time the Com missioners for the Metropolitan Improvements will issue their plans for some of the new buildings. T StIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17 1 1644. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) Business contiunes in a satisfactory state in this market. The demand for yarn is very good, and, for some descriptions, especially of water twist, a slight ad vance has been obtained. Goods are also in fair demand; and, with the exception of 40-inch shirting (which, though rather better than last week, are still somewhat de pressed), sell readily at very firm prices. It is satisfac tory, however, to observe that there is an entire absence of speculative feeling in the market. Spinners and ma nufacturers are ready sellers at the market prices, and generaliy disposed to accept orders for future &livery. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 15. — We have bad a very good demand for flannels to-day, but very little change in the prices. Manufacturers complain that they cannot get an advance upon their pieces in proportion to the advance upon the raw mate rial. Wool has been much inquired after ; and the prices are slowly, but gradually, advancing. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE thought that unless these asylums were as numerous as the police-offices, they would be of no use. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know what provision was to be made for those persons for whom there was no room in these asylums? Sir JAMES GRAHAM was afraid that without the insertion of a proviso, the clause might be construed to relieve the unions from the obligation at present im posed on them, of relieving the destitute poor; and in that case, when the asylums were full, the poor would be left without relief. He therefore proposed to introduce a proviso, enacting that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as relieving guardians or relhving officers of unions from any obligation at present imposed upon them by law to relieve any case of destitution or urgent necessity.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, which were inaudible in the gallery, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, if he could ascertain the exact wishes of the Committee, he should be most happy to comply with them. On the whole, it would be as well that the question of removal should be post poned—(Hear, hear)—and that the clause, with the ad dition he had proposed, should be agreed to, in order to meet the immediate ernergeneies - of the case.—(Hear.) Colonel WOOD (Brt con) quite agreed in the pro priety of postponing the entire question of removal until the next session, when they would all be better prepared to discuss and decide upon it. Mr. WAKLEY expressed a hope that the addition to the clause was so worded as not to supersede the liability of the relieving officer to extend help, or the right of the really unfortunate to claim it. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said his intention in framing the clause was precisely that which the Hon. Member for Finsbury desired, and he thought the phraseology would bear out that intention. The clause as amended was then agreed to. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he was now in the hands of the House, and he was willing to obliterate the power of removal from the Bill, or to proceed with the discus sion of the words, givi ng suc h power as t h e majority of the Members might thi n k fi t. Mr.. BORTHWICK considered it better to retain the power. As the Right Hon. Gentleman bad promised to bring in a Bill next session on the whole subject of the law of settlement, it would be very easy then to modify or otherwise alter the power now given, or to remedy any evil which might be found to have arisen in the exercise of it. Mr ESTCOURT agreed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman (Sir J. Graham) that it would be better to abro gate the power, and leave the whole question for deci sion in the next session. Mr. G. BANKES said the question of removal was now never decided by the judges on its merits. He agreed in the propriety of deferring the consideration of the question until next year, when something sound and permanent might be resolved on. All the words giving the power of removal were then struck out from the Bill. Clause 48 was then agreed to. Clauses 50, 51, 52, and 53, were agreed tc o r. Clause 54 was also adopted. Sir J. GRAHAM then gave notice that he should con tinue the consideration of this Bill in Committee to morrow, at one o'clock. He had made arrangements with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Gladstone) for that purpose. Mr. HUME asked if any arrangements had been made with respect to the Railways Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Railways Bill would be proceeded with at twelve o'clock till one, when the Poor law Bill would be taken. His Right Hon. Friend would then state on what day the Railways Bill would be pro ceeded with. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit to-morrow at One. APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL. This Bill was postponed in consequence of the absence of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly. The Bill was then read a second time. LOAN SOCIETIES. The report on the Loan Societies Bill was brought up and received. T. Beech, grocer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Aug. 17—J. R. Spencer, tanner, Halstead, Essex, Ang. 6 W. Little, stay-maker, Liverpool, Aug. 6—K. H. Knight, victualler, Chichester, Sussex, Aug. 6—T. Bastow, sen., J. Jackson, and T. Bastow, jun., brewers, Birmi ng h am , A ug . 6 —R. Lewis, wine -merchant, Mold, Flintshire, Aug. 6 —W. Povey, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Aug. 6—J. Gibson, grocer, Kirton, Lincolnshire, Aug. 6. - PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Van Sandau and R. Cumming, attorneys, King-street, Cheapside—S. Wall and T. F. Wall, ironmongers, Hereford— W. Jones and W. Arthur, braziers, Castle-street. Leicester square—N. Ramsden and G. Beanland, woolstaplers. Brad. ford—T. Ramsden and J. Tate, worsted spinners, Bingley, Yorkshire—J. W. Welch and D. Welch, sizers of cotton warps, Manchester--J. Wood and J. Milner, merchants, Dalton, near Huddersfield—W. Warburto n an d R. W. Stanley, dyers, Leeds—John. Hemingway, James Hemingway, J. B. Heming way, and C. Pearson, contractors, Cardiff, Glamorganshire (so far as regards James Hemingway)—T. Beed and J. Darke, curriers, Honiton, Devonshire—C. Smith and J. Devonshire, shoemakers. Northampton—J.. Stunt and Stunt, shoe makers, Strand—J. Mack and H. Downs, brewers, King street, St..Luke's—J. White and J. Skinner, brewers, Tavi stock, Devonshire—J. Frans and T. Cattell, corn-factors, Aston. near Birmingham—J. P. M'Dougall, J. Hamilton, P. Morrison, M. Meyers, J. M. Douglas. J. A. Galloway, G. Mackintosh, W. Sloane, and H. P. Hope. general wood-cutting company (so far as regards H. P. Hope)—E. Horley and T. Eyre, druggists, Liverpool—T. Woodham, C. Seagrim, R. W. Simonds, attorneys, Winchester— W. Walford, G. Not tidge, jun., T. Greenwood, W. M. Tufnell, W. Walford, jun., and B. Sparrow, Braintree, Essex (so far as regards G. Not tidge, jun. )—R. Otley, W. Janson, and H. Taylor, sail cloth manufacturers, Darlington, Durham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. WILLIAM FIMESTER, builder, Glasgow, July 23, and Aug. 13, at two, at the chambers of Wilson and Leighton, Glasgow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: SOUTHAMPTON RACES—TUESDAY. The Shirley Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 30 added; for two yrs old, .7st ; and three yrs, 9st 21b ; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Last three-quarters of a mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Caffall's Gaiety, 3 yrs. (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Deakins's Caractacus, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Payne's Audrey, 3 yrs 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. Treen's Wild Rose, 2 yrs—Mr. England 'ti Spring-bok, 3 yrs--and Mr. Dockeray's Molly Mogg; 3 yrs. Won by three parts of a length. The winner was claimed. The Southampton Stakes of 20 sous. each, h ft, and 5 ft only if declared, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile and three. quarters. (22 Subs., 13 paid;) Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Glo, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ...(Mann) 1 Mr. Greville's Portamnus, 4 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Burton nd Mobarek, 6 yrs, 7st The following also ran :—Mr. H. Davis's Gorham bury, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Captain Martyn's Emilian, 5 yr s , 7st—Mr. Osbaldeston's The Conqueror, 5 yrs, 7st—Mr. Shelley's Young Lochin var ' 4 yrs, Est 21b. , Won by a neck. , • The Maiden Plate of 30 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each; for three yrs old, 7st 21b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 81b; six and aged, 9st; mares, -&c. allowed 31bs. The second to save his stake and receive Si., and the winner to be sold for 1001. Heats, once round and a dis. (Ten Subs.) Mr. Payne's Audrey, 3 yrs (Esling) 1 3 Mr. Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 yrs Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 5 yrs Mr. Jones's cby Elis, out of Distaff, .3 yrs 3 4 Mr. Fuller's W hitefoot, aged . 5 5 Mr. King's cby Hornsea, out of Slender's d, 3 yrs 6 6 Mr. Bray's The Midnight Star, 3 yrs 2 dr Mr. Etwall's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs- 4 dr Not run out when the train left. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ' LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1844. Entries for the. Stakes, &c., which closed on Monday afternoon. WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sous. each. Extempore, 4 yrs—Erebus, 3 yrs—Princess Alice, 3 yrs—Aristides, 4 yrs—Doctor Husband, 3 yrs—True boy, 4 yrs—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs—Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs—The Bishop of Romtord's Cob, 4 yrs. Plate of 604 for Horses that never won 501. Captain Vaughan's Winter, 4 yrs—,Mr...ll, Thomp son's b g brHiudoo, out of. Sister to /Eolui,s yrs-Mr. J. Owen as• Alice, 3 yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, '3 yrs—Captain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire, 3 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's Atta ghan, 8 yrs—Lord Eglinton's Fitzjames, 3 yrs. rbtrli 12bitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—"I repeat it again," said Sir Robert Peel last night—and indeed he does repeat it, at least as often as modesty tolerates—" I repeat it again, that we have done more, without destroying any existing interests, though they were frightened at first — we have done mere for the relaxation of commerce, and contri buted more to the restoration of commercial pros perity, than any Government that has preceded us." Now, in every point of view, it appears to us Minis ters made an exceedingly bad beginning. In the first place, so far from contributing to the restoration of commercial prosperity, we affirm that nothing could possibly have so much retarded it, as the extreme de gree of distrust they created b 7 their unexpected unset tling of favoured interests. This is what Sir Robert Peel euphemises as frightening existing interests at first. May we ask, how it came to be Sir R. Peel's part to frighten existing interests ? Frightened them he had, to his heart's content, at the measures of his opponents. Taken his stand he had, to all human appearance and understanding, and so had that slippery corn and cur rency convert, Sir James Graham, on the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill—of 1828. Ever since the Agricultural Committee of 1836, at which epoch the Whig leaders in the Commons evinced them ' selves favourable to the substitution of a fixed duty fur the sliding scale, the Conservative leaders had lost no occasion of marking that as a grand point of difference between parties. On the one hand, they presented them selves as the steady supporters of the existing law against even inquiry —and, on the other hand, they pointed to their opponents as men who had shown and avowed themselves disposed to change that law. It is fallacious to accuse the late Ministers as having only bethought themselves of commercial relaxations in the fashion of a death-bed penitence in 1841. For years pre viously their expressed desire for a change in the corn-laws had been worked by their intended suc cessors as one of the most dangerous things about them. Well, no sooner were the elections carried by the alarm against change of the corn-laws, than the new Minister intimated that he was not pledged to every figure of the sliding scale. He had previously stood by the existing law, as something it was sheer heresy to inquire into ! Instant innovation on the existing law l i was his first measure for frightening existing interests. Consistency (save the mark !), however, demanded that the change should not be complete. Something else, therefore, was to be thrown in as a makeweight— a tub to the popular whale. Corn could not, for de cency, be satisfactorily handled, amongst the new " re laxations of commerce." Cattle, therefore, which no soul dreamed of, which no tongue or pen asked for, were to curry favour with the food-appetent public for these "knaves in grain." Here was another "fright" for the interests whom Sir Robert Peel came in to save from being frightened. First he frightened them at the reckless Whigs, who could dream of making corn an object of commerce. N. B. Corn was already so—at intervals of few years—and the Whigs, therefore, in seeking to give its commerce steadiness, were far from seeking to de stroy any existing interest—but, on the contrary, as we are firmly persuaded, consulting for the best, as re garded the lauded interests themselves. Cattle, how ever, was no object of commerce in any one's contempla tion. To begin making it so was to bre a k new groun d ; • to bring in foreign competitors de gaiete de cceur. Eng land is as eminently fit to supply herself with home-fed cattle, as she is eminently unfit to devote her inferior soils to wheat Here then was was a totally wanton and treache rous aggression on the very interest these men declared required to be excepted from common commercial princi ples. Here was an inlet of competition with that interest -opened in an article of importance to it—and the neces sity of importing which had never shown itself in the manifest shape which called loudly for change as re garded the commerce in corn. But not only are these Ministers chargeable (from the protective point of view) with starting unexpected game—with throwing open unasked-for imports—but the admission of these imports was flatly contradictory to their plea for landed protection. If land required protection, it required it pre-eminently for this branch of products. For this is essential to all the rest—en couraging cattle-breeding is encouraging cultivation ; discouraging it is discouraging and impoverishing the very culture Sir Robert Peel still pretends to keep out of the ordinary commercial category altogether. We do believe that nothing more astounding ever was conceived, or perpetrated, by any Government keep ing up the pretence of protecting agriculture—having turned out its predecessors because they would not enough protect agriculture—h a ll oo i ng the hounds of every county on L or d John Russell and his late colleagues for proposing a duty of Bs. on coin, which comes in whether we will or not—and then adopting a nominal duty on cattle—whose manure is essential to corn-culture ! Let any intelligent agriculturists, even who still cling to protection, answer the ques tion, whether Lord John Russell's moderate ap plication of commercial and financial principles to the article of corn, or Sir Robert Peel's unsettlement of corn, ' and new start with cattle, be the more pregnant with ultimate depressing effects on agriculture I We know this, that men of that order think the repeal of the cattle-laws far more mischievous to them than could have been repeal of the corn-laws. Such men say that the small number of foreign beasts hitherto imported supply no criterion whatever of the effect of Sir Robert Peel's cattle clap trap. They say that it required some years' pre paration—which preparation is actively making in Hol land, Holstein, Northern Germany, &c.—to enable foreigners to feed up to the condition required by the demand of the English market. The farmers on the opposite coasts have now provided themselves with the short-horned breed fitted for this market ; and they will find no difficulty in fattening up to the point required, as the greater part of the very cake with which our farmers fatten comes from Hatuburgh, Holland, and Holstein ; and the freight of oxen is less from Ilamburgh than from Aberdeen. STANDARD.—Putting on one side the deep crimi nality of fretting and teasing the temper of a diseased though convalescent population, the Irish grievance mongering of the Opposition in Parliament is unspeak ably contemptible. Mr. Wyse on Monday occupied the House of Commons with the State Trials, already dis cussed in half a dozen different shapes, and upon one occasion, in Fetruary, for nine successive nights. The charge, however, though false was grave, and we hoped that it would remain the well-wearing stock of the Irish grievance -mongers, " As in some Irish houses, when things are so so, One gammon of bacon is hung up for show." We were, however, mistaken ; the House of Lords must have its "gammon" too (we design no vile slang pun), and • last night Lords Fortescue and Normanby pre sided at the beggarly entertainment. The "gammon" which occupied the noble assembly was supplied by the case of Mr. O'Driscoll, whom the Chan cellor of Ireland, having first dismissed from the commission of the peace, as not having at the time (in consequence of recent indisposition) sufficient command of his temper, subsequently restored to the bench, upon the request of nearly all the noblemen, gentlemen, and yeomanry of the neighbourhood.• Un fortunately for the grievance -mongers, Mr. O'Dris coll is not an Orangeman, or even a Protestant. lie is one of the sect which usually supplies them with suffering innocents. Mr. O'Driscoll is a Roman Ca tholic ; but as a loyal, a liberal, and a respectable gentleman, he is considered by the ex-Ministerial party as fit an object of persecution as if he had all his life toasted the battle of " the Boyne," or of " the Dia mond." The charge against Mr. O'Driscoll is cumu lative ; his crimes, if not of a very deep dye, are mani fold. He, it seems, in a rescue case in which himself was the sufferer, sent fur a witness to the rescue to his house, and then forwarded the same witness to give evidence before another magistrate, which other magistrate, dis satisfied with the conduct of the witness, committed him, the witness, to prison. To this vicarious respon sibility for the act of another magistrate, Mr. O'Driscoll added the heinous guilt of impeaching the justice of a decision of his brethren of the bench, and was even reluctant to apologise, though in the end h e ma d e a most ample apology ; lastly, he actually struck with the iash of his riding whip an urchin whom he suspected of having shot a hare before the hounds, which he was at the time following in all the enthusiasm of the chase. All these enormities were duly represented to the Chancellor of Ireland, blazoned of course in that style of eloquence by which the Irish so well know how to bring :out a grievance in bold relief and full effect— an art, by the way, like that which enables the French cook to convert old shoe-soles, candles'-ends, and fish-bones into the savoury_ and piquant " harlequin," eulogis e d by Eugene Sub's Chourineur." The medley accusa tion, duly seasoned by the officers of the repeal con spiracy, was presented to the Chancellor, who lota re perspecta concluded that Mr. O'Driscoll was like many other squires of his age—a testy old gentleman— that a recent indisposition (a fit of gout, we would wager) had lately rendered him more irritable, and that therefore it would be as well to suspend for the present, so the Chancellor's words ran, his functions as a ma gistrate. We are tempted to stop here, and ask whether this was not hard measure—whether there is a 'squire of sixty years of age in . the com mission of the peace in England who has not trans gressed as often and as gravely as Mr. O'Driscoll ? However, the Irish Chancellor was right. Living in a cloud of slanderers and false accusers, he could not be too circumspect. Meanwhile Mr. O'Driscoll's friends and neighbours of all ranks, those best qualified to estimate his sterling worth, felt the slight apparently offered to him as a wound to themselves ; they re spectfully remonstrated with the Chancellor, and the Chancellor complied with their anxious wishes by restoring their old friend to the commisson ; and if the Chancellor had not done so, he would be un worthy of the station he holds. Such was the trum pery case with which the House of Lords was entertained last night, through the whole of its sitting, by the last two Whig Viceroys of Ireland. Trumpery as the affair is, the exhibition to which it gave rise is of inestimable value—it shows out of what sic the Whigs manufactured their Irish Viceroys; it shoes. too, -hew,truly we spoke when we said that Sir Robert Peel's Government lied been niggardly of Irish grievances—niggardly indeed when nothing more pre sentable than the case of Mr. O'Driscoll's restoration can be found. The state of Ireland is unhappily far from one of perfect felicity, much less enjoyment ; but if the conduct of the Government only was concerned in marring the prosperity and com fort of the people, this very grievance proves that Ire land would be a paradise; for if we must set down as a satiated voluptuary one who can complain of nothing but a crumple d rose-leaf on his couch, may we not call that people perfectly happy who have no more serious ground , of dissa 1 tisfactiol than such an act as Mr. O'Driscoll's 1 restoration FIELD GARDENS BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM suggested that this Bill should be committed pro forma, and postponed till Wednesday next. To the principle of the Bill he was decidedly favourable, and he did not think that the course he sug gested was at all hostile to the measure. Mr. MACKINNON advised the lion. Member who introduced the Bill to accede to the suggestion. Mr. COWPER consented. Mr. HUME advocated the propriety of giving la bourers a small portion of land in the same manner as in France and Belgium. Dr. BOWRING instanced the good effect of the large number of landed proprietors in Fran'!e. It was ultimately agreed that the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to sit again, with a view of having amendments introduced, when the Bill would be printed, and the further consideration of it postponed until the next session. IRISH FISHERIES. Sir D. NORREYS, seeing the Noble Lord, the Secre tary for Ireland (Lord Eliot) in his place, wished to ask whether he intended to introduce, during the present session, any measure for the protection of Irish fisheries? Lord ELIOT said there was a measure in a sufficient state of forwardness to be introduced during the present session; but whether it could be passed or not, would depend upon the opinion of the House. He was in hopes that the Bill was so framed as to merit a favourable con sideration; and he showid, therefore, do his best to have it passed into a law. IRISH MAGISTRACY. Mr. SHEIL said there was a sort of understand ing that when, the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill was again before the House, the question of the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll to the commission of the peace would be brought forward. Reflec tion had convinced him that that question was of far too important a character to be discussed thus incidentally. He, therefore, begged to give notice to the Government, that if the Hon. Member for Belfast (Mr. Ross) did not make a distinct motion upon the subject of Mr. O'Dris coll's re-appointment to the Irish magistracy, he (Mr. Sheil) should feel it his duty to de so. The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill went through Committee p7O forma, and the report was brought up. The District Courts and Prisons Bill went through Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Lecturers and Parish Clerks Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Committee on the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, which was agreed to. — The Party Processions (Ireland) Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Trafalgar-square Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the question that the report on the Farm Build ings Bill be received, _ _ •Mr. HUME complained of the apathy that had been displayed by the Government with respect to the incen diary fires that had taken place in different parts of the country. He thought the Government ought to have instituted some inquiry on the subject. He concluded by asking whether the Government had taken any measures to ascertain the causes of these fires, and whether they were prepared with any remedial measures. Sir JAMES GRAHAM believed that information would be afforded to the Hon. Gentleman and to the siso ILA 21uinllh , Outtkollu t and Essex at the approaching assizes, when seventeen persons would take their trials on charges connected with these fire. Sir CHARLES BURRELL denied that the agricul tural labourers were inadequately ;paid. Their wages were 13s. a-week, which was a fair and reasonable rate, according to the present value of corn. Hon. Members opposite would be better employed, if, instead of endea vouring to excite feelings against the farmers and landed gentry, they would endeavour to persuade the labourers to avoid these acts of mischief. Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered 13s. a week very inadequate wages, but in the eastern counties the la bourers could not procure even that amount. It at,- peered, from the excellent letters which bad appeared in the Times on this subject, that the correspondent of that paper brought forward evidence to prove that the wages in Norfolk and Suffolk ranged from Bs. to 9s. a week. Those allegivions had been subjected to the most searching inquiry, and their correctness had been proved ; and it had also been proved that where the rate of wages was 'lowest, fires had invariably taken place. Now, he would ask the Hon. Baronet if Bs. a week was a sufficient remuneration to a labouring man, whether it was sufficient to enable him to maintain a wife and five or six children ? And unless they could live on that scanty p i t t an ce, they must go into the union workhouse. No one knew better than that the Hon. B aronet , t h e feel i ngs o f a bh o rrence with which the labourers regarded these unions. They would rather enter a prison than a union. The report was then received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. HUME wished to know what the Hon. Baronet meant by recomm en di ng H on. M em b ers o n that s i de of the House to advis e th e l a b ourers not t o do mischief. He (Mr. Hume) had complained to the Government of evils which were existing in the country, and had asked them if they meant to apply a remedy. The country gentle men said it was nec essary t h at t h ey s h ou ld have a mo nopoly of corn, in or d er to k eep the agricultural la bourers comfortable. Th ey did not f u lfil their promise, and therefore he pr o p ose d t h at tra d e s h ou ld be set tree, which would enable th e l a b ourers to ma ke themselves comfortable. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MIDDLESEX) BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM, in moving the second reading of this Bill, proposed to take the debate on the motion for going into Committee, which he would bring forward to-morrow at fire o'clock, CRIMINAL JUSTICE. On the order of the day fur bringing up the report on the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Salary Bill, Mr. IIUME asked what the amount of the salary was to be? Sir J. GRAHAM said the Bill only contained a pro vision for a salary—the amount of it was open to the consideration of the House.—Report received. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. Ou bringing up the Report on the Turnpike Trusts (South Wales) Salaries Bill, Mr. HUME said there was no statement of what was to be the amount of the salaries of the Commissioners and the Secretary. _ _ Sir J. GRAIIAM was understood to say that the amount was to be taken out of the proceeds of the trusts. Mr. HUME, on that statement, *mild withdraw all opposition to the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped to see the day when all turnpike trusts would be abolished, and the roads made a county charge. The report was then received. MFTROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. The Louse then went into Committee on this Bill. [LEFT SITTING. 1 TUE SDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. JAMES'S-PALACE, ATLI , 10, 1844. The Queen hae.:been pleased to appoint the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room. of the Hon. Harriet Lister. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 13. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PA RLIA RENT. CITY OF LIMERICE.—James Kelly, of Erina House, in the county of Clare, Esq., in the room of Sir David Ruche, Bart. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds: - Commissions by His Royal Highness the Lord Warden of the 'Stanraries. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Regiment of Militia.— Captain H. Willyams to be Major, vice Alston, resigned, July 11; C. B. G. Sawle, Esq., to be Captain, vice Willyams; C. Raskleigh, Esq., tobe Captain; J. N. V. Willyams, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, July 12. WHITEHALL, JULY 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Freeman, of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JONATHAN PARKIN, innkeeper, Whorlton, Durham. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. EDWARD SWIFT, miller, Chingford-mills, Essex. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BESTOE SMITH, surgeon, Sudbury, to sur render July 26, at two, and Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Marston, Torrington-square. SAMUEL HAMMOND, jun., market gardener, Upmin ster, Essex, July 23, at eleven, and Aug. '2O, at Ate, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Davidson, Bread -street, Ch ea p s id e . EDMUND SYL VESTER, contractor, Agars-field, St. Pancras-road, July 26, at half-past eleven, and August 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Colins and Rigley, Crescent-place, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JAMES GODFREY WILSON, engineer, Standard factory, City-road, July 25, at half-past one, and August 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Nias, Coptball-court, Throgmorton-street. _ _ THOMAS PEARCE, trineman, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, July 28, at half-paid twelve, and August '27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Hilleary and Ca., Fenchurch-street. BARNETT KASNER, jeweller, Old Cavendi•th-street, July 29, at half-past eleven, and August 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. TOM WALTER GREEN, bookseller, Leeds, July 29 and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Bed ford-row, London ; Shepherd and Simpson, Beverley ; Harle, Leeds. WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS, linendraper, Martoek, Somersetshire, July 25 and Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Her naman , o ffi c i a l assignee, Exeter ; Sted man, Aldermanbury, London. THOMAS LORAM GORDON, cabinet-maker, Exeter, July 30, and August 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter ; Clnwes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. JOHN LAMBTON LORAINE, w i ne merchant, New castle-upon-Tyne, July 24, and Aug. 27, at one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Clayton and Cookson, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Claytons and Dunn, Newcastle-upon, Tyne. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. D. Mendes, saddler, Middlesex -street. Whitech a p e l. J. L. Roberts, packer, Salford, Lancashire. E. Inns, North Moreton, Berkshire. E. Halinbourg, milliner, South Molton-street, Oxford-street. J. Turner, butcher, Newcastle-under-Lyme.' J. W. Bar low, coal agent, Liverpool. A Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, Yorkshire. T. L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shropshire. C. W. Bond, eating-house keeper, Long-lane, Bermondsey. G. Garrett, sail cloth agent, Stockton, Durham. R. Copley, farmer, Broomhall, Yorkshire. G. Woodley, artist, Howland-street, St. Pancras. J. Fairall, stamper, Sussex-place, Peckham. H. Nodes, undertaker, Robert-street, Chelsea. H. Brereton, farmer, Uroesfryn, Anglesey. R. Peters, labourer, Viney-hill, Gloucestershire. J. Pray, quarryman, Viney-hill, Gloucestershire. J. Catt, confectioner, Gravesend. H. Archer, wheelwright, Brewood, Staffordshire. 1. Page, painter, Canterbury. W. Alcock, Burton Strather, Lincolnshire. J. Reynolds, joiner, Liverpoo l. G. Mather; organist, Bronti-place, Walworth. D. Duncombe, eoffee-house keeper, Drury-lane. G. Attock, coach builder, Liverpool. R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham, Denbighshire. J. Sawyer, coffee-house keeper, Stratford, Essex. S. Collins, blacksmith, Heswall, Cheshire. E. Morton, Winchester-row, Paddington. S. Lenox, sail-maker, Liverpool. J. Firth, clothier, Leeds. G. Leach, green-grocer, Bingley, Yorkshire. J. Groom, cabinet-maker, St. Clement, Oxfordshire. Rev. J. Williams, clerk, Grove-road, Mile-end-road. T. Greenwood, dealer in woollen-flocks, Halifax, Yorkshire. R. Rushbroo ola k e ,v l et7 m in ak ary er -s , u w rg oo eo iwi, veterinary - surgeon , Essex. C. Bampton , E. Brown, governess, Brighton. J. Breden, shoemaker, Liverpool. J. Cosyn, harness-maker, Redbnrn, Hertfordshire, W. E. Thomas, hair-dresser, Bristol. J. Cherry, joiner, Stockport. Cheshire. J. Robson, butcher, Manchester. A. Morris, pork-butcher, Manchester. W. Wagstaff, cabinet-maker, Liverpool. H. Glaeebrook, coach-maker, Long-lane, Bermondsey. J. Sherwood, stationer, Carter-street, Walworth. W. C. Fuller, green-grocer, George-street, Oxford. street. G. Rownsley, waterman, Scaith, Yorkshire. B. Roffe, baker, Millbrook, Bedfordshire. C. Sewell, shoemaker, Gestingthorpe, Essex. C. Bevill, attorney, Cambridge. J. Lamb, deputy coal-weigher, Globe-terrace, Commercial-rd . G. Newman, usher, Ealing, Middlesex. J. Massey, tailor, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. T. Fancy, licensed victualler, Bear-yard, Lincoln's Inn-fields. T. Friend, cabinet-maker. Canterbury. R. Knights, butcher, John-street, Edgeware- road. J. M. P. Fellingham, clerk, King Edsard-st., Blackfriars. W. Chubb, accountant, Bristol. R. Shaw, shipwright, Gatcombe, Gloucestershire. R. Smith, shopman, Bowling-green-buildings, New-road. J. Burgess, jan., shoemaker, Southwold, Suffolk. T. Sansom, baker, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. J. Cherriraan, dentist, Wells-street, Marylebone. A. Woodroffe, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, T. Lee, inn-keeper, Halifax, Yorkshire. F. Twysden, Bearsted-green, Maidstone. W. Bainbridge, boot-maker, Fenchurch-street, City. J. Mercer, carpenter, Horsemonger-lane, Southwark. M. Burgess, Ade, Norfolk. SECOND NOTICES. J . P. Hillh o use, hawker, Bedford, July 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. Crook, parchment-maker, Witney, Oxfordshire, July 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, of f icial assignee. H. J. Murton, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines, Hill-street, Brompton, July 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T. Sheppard, bricklayer, Woodford, Essex, July 23, at ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. R. Parker, Gravesend, July 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. G. S. Mann, eating-house-keeper, Bucklersbury,Che i p s id o , July 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. S. Stephens, porkman, Blackfriars-road, July 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. J. Clark, baker, Thornton -street, Dockhead, Horsely down, July 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. Ul Guit.lk, July 00, b 6 .IGro., at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Colton, rope-maker, West Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. _ T. Singleton, druggist, She ffi eld, July 19, at elev en , a t th e Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Ward, beer-shop-keeper, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Leed s Di s t r i c t C our t. Freeman, official assignee. J. Tarbotton, provision -dealer, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee. S. Glover, painter, Leeds, Julyl9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. C. Copley, servant, Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, July 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. J. Brasendale, butcher, Liverpool, July 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, offieial assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. S. Gowing, grocer, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Aug. 6, at twelve —G. Park, cowkeeper, Charles-street, Stepney, Aug. 9, at half-past eleven—J. Elliott, innkeeper, Caxton, Cambridge shire, Aug. -9, at twelve—N. T. Smith, jun., Aug. 8, at twelve—b. Moore, woollen-draper, King William-street, City, Aug. 7, at two—D. Sandeman and A. Graham, mer chants, John-street, America-square, City, Aug. 7, at two— s. Sly, engraver, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, Aug. 8, at eleven—J. Sparham, miller , Froston, Suffolk, Aug. 8, at eleven. In the Country. J. King, mercer, Kingston-upon-Hull, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds Di s t r i c t Court—T. Bagshaw, innkeeper, Buxton, Derbyshire, Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Carr and J. C. Carr, merchants, Sunderland, Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court —J. Taylor, coal-fitter, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, Aug. 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Stone, printer, Birmingham, Aug. 14, at half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Arnold, jun., and H. Ar nold, cheese-factors, Derby, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cau se b e s h own to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. C. Lancefield, builder, Augustus-square, Regent's-park, Aug. B—J. Pledge, bricklayer, Vauxhall -street, Lambeth, Aug. 8--J. Elliott, innkeeper, Caxton, Cambridgahire, Aug. 9 , —J. B. W. Knight, printer, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, Aug. 7-0. Johnson, corn-dealer, Maldon, Essex, Aug. 6 C. Hopkins, Miller, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, Aug. B—C. Eieke, iron rivet manufacturer, Rotherhithe, Surrey, Aug. 8 —A. Nicholl and W. Nicholl, worsted-spinners, Halifax, Aug. 9—J. Porter, victualler, Honitou, Devonshire, Aug. 8— J. Arnold, jun., and H. Arnold, cheese-factors, Derby, Aug. 14 —J. Gould, c h eese -f actor , Sheen, Staffordshire, g. 14-. THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Gs. Heats, Two Miles. Aristotle, .5 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs—Trueboy, 4 yrs— The Best-of-Three, 3 yrs,—Philip. 4 yrs—The Currier, aged—Pastoral, 3 yrs—Pride of Kildare, 3 yrs—Wice acre, 5 yrs—Extempore, 4 yrs—Mavourneen, 5 yre— Celeste, 3 yrs—Prizefighter. 4 yrs—British Yeoman, 4 yrs—The Caster,. 4 yrs-- , -Fitziames, a 'yrs--..-Dr. band, 3 yrs.- PR/DAY. The Stanley Stakes, of 15 sous. each. T.YC. Miss Elis, 2 yrs—Fanny Eden, 3 yrs—The Lass of Gowrie, 2 yrs—Dr. Husband, 3 yrs—Pluto, 2 yrs— Godfrey, 3 yrs—Pickpocket, 2 yrs—Master Stepney, 2 yrs—Helmsman, 2 yrs—Hope, 2 yrs--Sweetmeat, 2 yrs—British Tar, 3 yrs—Zephon, 3 yrs, T'Auld Squire, 3 yrs. _ _ _ The Selling Stakes of 5 sows. each, and 60 added. Heats. Winter, 4 yrs—b g by Hindoo, out of Sister to - ...801if5, 5 yrs—Alice; 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3'yrs—The Biddy, 5 yrs —Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Orphan, 4 yrs—Morpeth, 6 yrs— April Noddy, 3 yrs—T'Auld Squire, 3 yxs—Fitzjumes, 3 yrs—Easingwold, aged: GOODWOOD, 1844. , _ Forty-two horses are named for the Chesterfield Cup. •Guntor dos not start for the Goodwood Stakes. Daddy Longlegs does not start for the Cup. YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1844. Acceptances for the Great Ebor Handicap. Aristotle, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Ben-y-Gh10,4 yrs,7st 131 h Lucy Banks, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Pompey, 4 yrs, 7st - 21 h Scalteen, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Mania, 4 yrs, fist 41b—The Caster, 4 yrs, ist 4111--Whistle, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—General Pollock, 4 yrs, ist 21b—Jamie Forest, aged, Est 131 b What, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—FlamingO, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Porto Bello, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Lars, 6 yrs, Est 61b—A11 Fours, aged, 6st 61b—Messalina, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Stopford, 4 yrs 6st 41b—Belle Dame, 5 yrs, Est 41b—Bonny Bonnet, 5 yrs, 6st—Franchise, 5 yrs, 6st—Poussin, 4 yrs, 6st— The Neill. 4 yrs, 6st—inheritress, 4 .yrs, sst 131 b Everton, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Blindfold, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Glossy, 4 yrs, sst 51b—Doctor Husband, 3 yrs, sst 41b— Celeste, 3 yrs, sst—Godfrey, 3 yrs, 4st 61b—Pedometer, 3 yrs, 4st 31h—Ambition, 3 yrs, 4st 21b—Lightning, 3 yrs, 4st—Rowena, 3 yrs, 4st—Consternation, 3 yrs, 4st. The rest pay 5 sovs. each. ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK COMPANY. The general half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders and Proprietors in this Company, was held at the Duck house, Tower-hill, yesterday, Mr. Tooke, in the Chair. After some preliminary routine business had been gone through, a dividend of 2i per cent. for the half year, ending June 30, last, was declared payable on and after the 22d instant ; the amount of income-tax pay able thereon to be defrayed• by the lompany.• A ballot was then taken for the election of Directors for the ensuing year, when the present members of the direc tion were unanimously re-elected. In consequence of the Act of Incorporation only requiring a statement of ac. counts to be submitted once a year—namely, at the January meeting—no formal report was read, but the Chairman stated that the affairs of the Company were in a most prosperous and flourishing condition. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors; and to Sir John Hall, the Secretary to the Company, for the succes tul management of the interests committed to his care, the meeting separated. IMPEItiAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 16. CASE OF MR. O'DRISCOLL. Earl FORTESCUE then rose to move for information respecting the grounds upon which Mr. Alexander O'Driscoll had been restored to the commission of the peace. Mr. O'Driscoll was a magistrate in the county of Cork. It appeared that, while out hunting, he saw two or three boys on a portion of his land, who upon seeing Mr. O'Driscoll, run away. Mr. O'Driscoll pursued them and overtook one of the boys, upon IN hom he inflicted severe punishment with his whip. The matter was brought h.fors, the other magistrate°, and Mr. O'Driscull was fined £2 and costs. Upon this decision being announced, Mr. O'Driscoll declared that his brother magistrates had not done him justice, .and some altercation ensued, and the result was that the matter was brought under the consideration of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Mr. O'Driscoll was dismissed from the magistracy, but was ultimately reinstated in the commission of the peace. It was respecting this restora tion that he (Earl Fortescue) moved for information. Lord WHARNCLIFFE did not think the Noble Earl had laid any Parliamentary grounds for the production of papers relating to this case. He would not, however, meet the case upon technical grounds. He thought it would be evident to every one who had read the letters that had passed between the parties in this case, that much exaggeration had taken place. There could be no doubt that the boy in question had been made a tool of in order to get up a case against Mr. O'Driscoll. There could be no doubt that Mr. O'Driscoll had bee❑ guilty of excessive warmth of temper. It would, however, be remembered that he was interrupted in his field sports, by a lot of boys, and their Lordships must all feel how very annoying it was to be treated in the way these boys had treated Mr. O'Driscoll.—(Laughter.) Mr. O'Driscoll was, however, removed from the bench ; but, after having been suspended for some time,. the Magis trates of the county memorialised the Lord-Lieutenant, praying for his restoration to the commission of the peace. After this it was not thought that Mr. O'Dris coll was unfit to hold a seat on the bench of magistra►es, and he was therefore reinstated in the commission of the peace. lie (Lord Wharncliffe) must, therefore, resist the motion. The Marquis of NORMANDY was surprised at the speech which the Noble Lord had just delivered. lie totally differed from his Noble Friend when he said that no Parliamentary ground had been laid fur the produc tion of the papers. The facts stated by his Noble Friend (Earl Fortescue) had not been at all contradicted, nor had it been attempted to meet them any way ; and therefore he said that ample ground had been shown for the motion which his Noble Friend had made. With these facts before him, he (the Marquis of Normanby) would never have restored such a man us Mr. 01)riscoll to the bench, and lie referred to the course which he had taken when in office with respect to the case of Colonel Verner. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, if the Noble Earl very much wished for the production of these papers, hs wuuld produce them.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of RIPON would not defond the conduct of• Mr. O'Driscoll, but he thought there was considerable palliation in his case. The Earl of WICKLOW eulogised the government of Earl de Grey, and contended that her Majesty's Govern ment were justified in restoring Mr. O'Driscoll to the bench. lie thought it would have been unjust to have subjected this gentleman to degradation for life m erely upon the circumstances which had been detailed With respect to his conduct. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE contended that Mr. O'Driseoll had been replaced on the bench to suit party views and party purposes. He thought there had not been the shadow of an excuse offered for the conduct of this gentleman, and therefore he was of opinion that his rest ,, ration to the bench was unjustifiable, and not to . be defended. The Earl of BANDON said he had signed the me• rnorial to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, praying for the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll, and to that memorial were attached the n a m es o f two Peers agreeing in NU' tics with Noble Lords opposiP:e. Lord CAMPBELL throught from what he had heard, that Mr. O'Driscoll was a pets.,n - who was unfit to be re tained in the commission of the peace. The Earl of GLENG ALL said there were a lot of paltry, contemptible, pettifogging lawyers in Ireland, who were in the habit of fr quenting courts of pettY sessions, in order to pick tip charges against the magie" trates, out of which they can gain something in the shape of costs. Mr. O'Driscoll was one of the men Iv ho had set their face against the repeal agi tation, and the consequence was that he had made himself obnoxious. He asserted that this was a party matter, for the charge against Mr. O'Driscoli had been merely trumped up to suit party purposes. Mr. O'Driscoll was an enlightened Roman Catholic, and he' cause he had opposed the repeal conspiracy, every cir cumstance was laid hold of, in order, if possible, to do him an injury. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL defended Mr. O'Dris coll, as a gentleman who had well performed his magis terial duties for a great number of years, and as a gen' tleman every way calculated to exercise judicial func tions. Mr. O'Driscoll lived in a part of the country where gentlemen were very scarce—(Laughter)—and hence he was looked upon with anything but kindly feeling. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and said that no man had ever ado inistered justice in that country with greater ink" partiality. He was of the same opinion with Noble Lords on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, that this charge had been got up in consequence of Mr. O'Driscoll being a Roman Catholic, a Conservative, and an anti-repealer. It appeared from the papers which had been laid on their Lordships' table upon this sub ject; that the assault on the boy was anything but of an aggravated character. .He did not mean to justify Mr. O'Driscoll's conduct; but this he would say, that a great deal of exaggeration had been indulged in with respect to it. The Earl of RADNOR looked upon this case as a most ,important one, and one upon which they ought to have 'the fullest information. If the boy who was assaulted by Mr. O'Driscoll had assaulted that gentleman, the case would not have been treated as a petty assault, but the boy would have been sent to prison. There ought to be equal justice to rich and poor, and in this matter jus tice had not been obtained. Lord WHARNCLIFFE explained. Lord CAMPBELL rose, but was interrupted by The Earl of WICKLOW, who appealed to their Lordships whether it was in order for the Noble and Learned Lord to address their Lordships twice in the same debate. Lord CAMPBELL said he only rose to explain. The Earl of BANDON said, the memorial to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, praying fur the restoration of Mr..O'Driscoll was signed by parties, of all shades of politics, the numbers being almost equally balanced. Earl FORTESCUE replied. The motion was then agreed to. CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE then moved that the report on this Bill be received. Several amendments had been made in the Bill in Committee, and he confidently hoped that the measure would prove a very beneficial one to Ireland. There were, however, still some amendments which it was thought expedient to make, and for this , • purpose; he would move hereafter that the Bill be recom mitted.' The Noble Lord then proceeded to explain the object of the Bill, which was intended to settle the law with respect to charitable bequests in Ireland. It pro- . vided that a commission Z. , hould be established in Dublin, , consisting of five Protestants and five Roman Catholics, for the purpose of holding charitable bequests in trust. He believed that the Bill would meet with the general approbation of the people of Ireland, and he confidently. recommended it to their Lordships. The Marquis of NORMANBY tendered his thanks .to the Government for having introduced this measure, ' which he considered a very conciliatory one. Lord BEAUMONT expressed his satisfaction with the measure. Lord CAMOYS thanked the Government for having introduced the Bill. After a short conversation the report was received. certain amendments were proposed, and the Bill was ordered to be printed. The Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill passed through Committee. The remaining Bills on the table were advanced * stage, -and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 16; THE SLAVE TRADE, Viscount PALMERSTON said that he wished to make" a few observations on the slave trade itself before he entered upon the motion of which he had giver' notice. It was a subject of great importance not known to that House,*nnd it still continued to engage the atten tion of Parliament and the country. Many of the most enlightened men on both sides of the House and out of the -House had exerted their talents to put an end to slaveryiand they at length succeeded in rescuing this country from the foul stain of slavery, but that great result was not completed without much labour. They must, therefore, look with tenderness on the errors of other countries who had not yet resolved to follow in their footsteps, remembering the long and painful efforts which it had cost them to actin themselves from such pursuits.—(Hear.) If there were thiase who had con tracted relations with them, the object of which wa s the suppression of the slave trade, they would make themselves participators in the crime if they relieved them from the engagements into which they had entered. The in vestigiitions which had taken place, with their disgusting details, had b roug h t round the minds of men in this country to determine that England at least should adhere to such treaties. The details were well nigh forgotten, though perhaps all men had a general notion that the slave trade was a cruel thing ; that it was barbarous to tear men by violence from their homes, their families, and their country ; to transport them across the sea, and to doom them to pass the remainder of their short lives in pain and toil, under the lash of a foreign tyrant : though these things were known and felt by all, yet he believed thereto/ere few who at that time of day had any adequate conception of the cruelties of which the slave trade was the cause. It was difficult to make, with any degree of certainty, a cal culation of the number of persons who were annually taken to the islands and continent of America for the purpose of being consigned to slavery. The returns for which he was going to move would, it was true, furnish some information, but that information was received from their own consular agents.—(Hear, hear.) The Govern ments of the countries into which these negroes were imported published no returns. Although those Governments were bound by engagements with Eng land,- to prohibit the slave trade, yet many of them—the Governments of Spain and Brazil notoriously —set those engagements at defiance—(Hear, hear.) In some places they even derived revenue from the violation of the treaty. Of one thing they must be assured, that all the accounts fell short of the truth.—(Hear, hear.) Exceed it they could not ; and it was reasonable to be lieve that they fell short of it. Now, what were the !lumbers calculated as the annual importation into the islands and continents of America ? Mr. Vandernell, in his able work, compiled from • official documents, calculated the numbers of those annually landed at from 120,000 to 130,000. Sir Powell Buxton, in his most interesting and valuable work, stated the number to be about one hundred and fifty thousand, and whatever calculation they took,what au enormous a mount of human misery and of human crime did that simple statement involve. When they looked at abstract general stetomentg of numbers, represented by figures on paper, the mind was apt not to embrace, in all its details, the extent of the fact thus ascertained.—(Hear, hear.) But let any man consider, in his own mind, what 150,000 people were. Let any man who had seen a large army, amounting to 150,000 men, assembled at one time, imagine that he saw . that number assembled together on a plain; let him consider that they were travelling fast to• wards their doom—that that mass of human beings were going to painful and p remature death, and under every variety of bodily and mental torture. Why would not any man who witnessed such a sight, invoke the venge ance o f H eaven upon the authors of such an enormity ? But if any man looked only at the number of victims actually sacrificed from the population of Africa to the avarice and the cruelty of men —he would not call them Christian men, but men belonging to Christian nations ; he would be far indeed from arriving at the truth. It was calculated, and, he believed, not without good data, that for every negro who had been landed two others had perished in the previous stages of the slave trade that whatever number was landed three times that number had been sacrificed on the passage, and before they reached the ship. It was well known that the negroes did not collect in the immediate neighbourhood in which they were embarked; Many were imported from a great distance, hundreds of miles. Some were taken captive in the wars. Th e greater number was the result of slave hunting_ or man-stealing, which prevailed over the interior ea Africa. When the time , of year came round for sending the slaves to the coast, some peaceful African village; whose unsuspecting inhabitants were buried in that repose which Nature kindly bestows on man to 15 _ 1 ' him for the useful occupations and innocent enjoymen4 of the succeeding day—th a t v ill age i n th e d ea d o f nike e was surrounded by armed ruffi ans , th e p o p u l a ti o n wer e roused from their sleep by th e fl ames w hi c h enveloped their dwellings, and end eavoure d to escape, seT by flight, some by re s i s t ance , b ut a ll in vel°l. for they . were ov e rp owere d, an d e i t h er s l a in ° a captured. Someti mes th e v ill age was on r hill, which afford e d. great natural facilities buried escape, and many o f th e un f ortunate creatures burte:•, themselves in caver ns , b u t t h ese t h ey were compe lled evaeuate, for their inhuman pursuers made a tire at te mouth of the cav ern , so that they had only t h e choic e between suff oca ti on an d captivity. Thus all w ere e# pelled to, yield. _Then Caine the selection. Thuso , - who were pale and unhealthy, children ebt