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in go many diffe-ent shades and phases the principles of f ree tra d e, and thrown upon them t h e mo s t dissi milar tints and colours, will prove their eternal just ress —the sh o w ers w ill descend—the sun will shine, and knowled ,, '3 e end truth, which belong to that iireat Power a l one , will continue to advance their light, penetrating even to the dome.gic hearth, and dispel ling the clouds of ignorance. Everywhere the solid advantages of free-trade principles v, ill be felt, for they alone can renovate the condition and ensure the permane n t prosper i ty o f t hi s coun t ry . 'Chose meetings will be suspended—the mysteries of life and death will hold on in their course—every day the ap pointed thousands will be born, and thousands more Of mouths m us t b e f e d b y th at so il w hi c h i s now said to be inefficient to supply the wants of those already In existence; every increase of the population will furnish an additional argument for the necessity of that great change. Death will 'continue as well as life —monopoly will have its victims, and free trade must sometimes lose its champions—others will follow that excellent being whose loss made Manchester one great place of mourning —(Hear, hear) —be fore we again assemble here voices that now join in cheering shout must be mute for ever ; but if it be so, as it is wise that it should be so, and if they leave the world better than they found it by the advancement of the great cause—it will be no unworthy consolation for them, on the bed of sickness and in the anguish of death, that they assisted in making it so.—(Loud cheers.) And when the liberated principle of vitality rejoins the great majority, should it meet there with those spirits of justice, who, in their day, laboured and struggled for the good of the human race—who wrote, in defiance of calumny and persecution, some grand work of philanthropy and improvement, let them be told to gladden even them that the seed they had sown while on earth had sprung up, bringing another harvest of their philanthropic spirits which pervad e the w or ld i n might and majesty—that an other battle h as b een fought here and well fought for truth and peace—for ri g ht an d j ust i ce , an d th a t an otherwon vict ory , one of the most splendid of all, has been , and that those obstacles to man's enjoyment of nobility o f character andutility to his fellow.men and hopefulness, for which his Creator destined him, have been e n ti re l y removed.— cheering.) The ( C HAIRMAN addressed the meeting in a few words, colgratulating them on the order and decorum which had always existed in their meetings, and ob serving that th e ass i stance of a single policeman never w as required. He concluded by expressing a hope, that they would all meet at no distant period, and by callin g on them to give three cheers for the Anti-Corn - law League. Three hearty cheers were given for the League, and the meeting separated at ten o'clock. FREE-TRADE BAZAR. MEETING OF LADIES, CAMBERWELL. ectable A numerous] attended and highy meeting of ladies resident at Camberwell Tu in v‘ that dis rqtesepheld on esday at the Mansion-house Chapel, it v. John Bur trict, for the purpose of hearing the Bur nett deliver an address in support of the objects of the Fre e -t rade Bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre i n May next, and explanatory of the prin ciples o f f ree -trade, and of the views of the great na tional Anti -Corn-law League. A. L. Saul, Esq., of the League was present, and took part in the proceedings. T he Rev. Mr. B U R N ETT called attention to the greatness to whi c h this natio had arrived ; but this gre atness was not owing to the existence of the corn laws, but had been brought about by the indomitable en .ergy and th e i ngen uity of its inhabitants, in spite ot those laws. By its commerce and manufactures had thi s country attained the position which she now Maintained. By agriculture no country could become great. Agriculture supplied the subsistence neces sary for mere animal life, but the various works art which tended to advance men in the scale of civilisation were supplied by manufacture. O ne hundred men engaged in agriculture could pro euce more than 100 men could consume. Those who c ould not find employment in agriculture must use their strength an d s kill in some other occupation. Renee, manufactures, with all the elegancies and con veniences they produced—hence great contained. The at cities, and all y the w on d rous di sp l ay o f i nte ll ec t they Rev. Gentleman then went on very clearlyand beauti fully to explain the rise and progress erce, and having paid a high neef foreign coin rn compliment to Lords i &c., for their Fitzwilliam, Kinnaird, Radnor, ro support, by their voices and pens, a n of the free traded that even the present First Minister o cause, and f sh tile Crown, although he had turned out the late Ministry on the question of the corn -laws, begun himself to deal with them as 4 ° o ll as he came intooffi ce province,hurgedewhen it marred thatGmoverredn rnent was stepping beyondits the trade and industry of the nation ; that it was in stituted for th e protection of the people, and that it acted unwisely when it set one portion of the corn lounity against the other. The Rev. Gentleman !lien directed the attention of his gentle auditory to ,Loe bazaar, and expre s sed an ardent hope and a be 'lei that they would work for it, and contribute whatever their taste, skill, and ingenuity might dic tate, and were capable of accomplishing. He assure c d . Th era that anything from their hands would he „ s 'elatable by the League as a "free-trade offering. - Mr. S AUL entered into some interesting details r! helve t o the proceedings in favour of the bazaar in different parts of the country. He affirmed hat sfornewhere about 50 distinct stalls would be furnished t vraortnietays many Provincial towns. He enumerated a of articles which, it had been intimated, would tl 3 e sett to the bazaar, and created much amusement he i s comments On the various articles as he announced „,, 11 . He then produced an ingeniously contrive which (supposed to he from the hands of a lady) Ins,lnn had been left at the League-rooms that morn t4 and which was intended to illustrate the advan te_Os of cheap bread. At first sight, the article ap azred, only like an ordinary label, such as is used in Th: rs sh ops, and bore the words " 41b. loaf, 7d. .. sa speaker then drew a thread, and the inscriptio cdoittaPPeeared, and in its place a comfortable labourer's of coLpresented itself. All around wore the aspect fro m thetmrrit and peace, and the thick curling smoke was chimney that betokened the warmth and comfort the price of within.bread was low, Mr. Saul then explained that when better the labourer was • as indicated by a label, it wa s high, for not portion of his earnin having s condition than when he could surround to expend so large a e. vvith many 7 f the first necessary of life, Which he would be other with deprived. comforts The Gentleman then caused lustrative label," and another change in the " i h. Learned. ofl- an inscription appeared " 41 I°aL9(l-;'' and this gaveplace to a view of "a poor man's home" when bread was at this price. The view represented a miserable cottage, with broken thatch and dilapidated walls, the windows shattered, and altoge ther Presentin g a t a h scene o l f . wretchedness and woe, The speaker , 4 e n x r p m a s i n n e . pe pri a c re of provisions rose, the poor the s comf a o; ts disap in 9. Another change was made in the label. An li s c i er . l P ti ",n appeared indicating that the 41b. loaf was repress picture picture associated with this inscription blastedr 8 nted a barren, desolate wild, and on a shattered, The sPeaker , appeared the wor d s " gone to the union. " corn-la,, , "perations of the of whati7ere two-f o ld ; i t not only raised the price of the 0 l e had to b uy, b ut it diminished the value °f ine se j l e Y commodity he had to sell—his strength of the no,,e_and his skill. He said, of the issue s peedil Whether rt ie Lati ° ll there could be no doubt . and riv e success which he anticipated should ar at least, d Y, or be delayed, would, in some measure leoder t o e ePe d on the assistance which they might "ad bee n undertaking to which their attention accelerate called. They had it in their power to . achie ved. t he great triumph which was about to be The prncee Proeounu atte . dings w ere li stene d to tbroughout with nti on. A lioittti, •siq ty . .. I'a CASE OF MATRICID . E. al l i ' ‘.--Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of 6,.. 1) ..0f Old Batton were thrown into a state oft respected greatest f K th E e N t D oNs A rn l i , o'tre.ment by the fact that Mrs. Sim son, their iglit)our, had been murdered. Suspicion the murdered lad„11Pon Mr. Richard Simpson, the son of .. ma . , • Earlyimmediately in the evening the respected ministe h r as o t "' Mr. Whaley, accompanied by a friend, a () s I(end al• They waited upon the Coroner, hastened ii the ed wlio [tro ll ed his warrant for holding an inquest, on the body, QC, E ! jury was summoned to meet at Middleshaw House, se 4 ilatton. Prom the statement of one of the female (he 8 rvattS of the deceased, it appeared, that Simpson t c)ti) lirLd gone horn: , on Saturday, the 30th ultimo, h rl ed a state of intoxication, and found his mother . in ii ' upon which he insisted on her getting Which she refused to do, when he pulled . i„ 0 4 to the floor, and abused her in a most brutal -..it n „ h "er Last Saturday, being in a similar state, he re reatsd , u s ,. ins inhuman attack, but in a more ferocious man with' and seized upon the poker, and inflicted several blows Ho f ," that weapon upon her. lie left her lying upon the bed,' 'whence she was removed by the' servants to ti t On being informed Yesterday morning that hit batT_othr Was in a very dangerous state, and that she was not ti%Pected to live long, he made an unfeeling answer. He 41iriwards gave the servant some ruin, and ordered her to Fo.;s„ e her wounds, and said in the roughest language, that oon come rourd again. The family is one of dr:olzrcBPectability, but the supposed murderer has been a t .,, i‘ , en and dissolute character for many years. After the l io `,7 4 lee of the servant had been lward, the . coroner said cr o ught it his dut) to adjourn the inquest till to-morrow tait,'„esdiaY), that a post mortent examination of the body might 110,-.l3'aee- The prisoner was then conveyed to the Kendal ti le r of Correction. —At ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. 4, wpuest was resumed, when the jury returned a verdict of th en Hul Murder" against the prisoner. The prisoner was ti ctil c alled in, and informed of their verdict ; he was par th,o443' !idnionished by the Coroner not to say anything t o 84 1 0 his defence, to which he replied he had not anything se nt Y'. It may be remarked, that one of the surgeons pre kill said that he had seen the body of a man that had been (At r ed hi Prize fighting, and that the body of the deceased The S impson inapson) was much worse bruised than in that case. ,prisoner throughout maintained the greatest indifference. 11.04"As.'aPatches from the Governor General of Canada, and ha T .. 41 e Governor of the Cape of Good Rope, were received 4i,r r iY at the Colonial -office. Dispatches were also re e frora the Governor of the West India Colonies. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE, OF COMMONS, April 9. The SPEAKEI took the Chair at Four o'clock. RAILWAYS. Mr. ALDAM prescmted a petition in favour of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Lancaster Railway Bill. DUBLIN PIPE WATER COMPANY. The SPEAKER announced that the Committee on this Bill reported that the Standing Orders had been complied with. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The SPEAKER stated that the Committee reported that the Standing Orders had been complied with in the Grand Junction Thilway Bill. EREWASH VALLEY RAILWAY BILL. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN moved the second reading of the Erewash Valley Railway Bill. Sir F. TRENCH sail he would not oppose the second reading of this Bill; but at the same time he should say that unless some arrangement were made by which pro tection would be aGrded to those whose property would be very seriously and deeply affected by the line, those parties should endeavour to protect themselve4. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN did not know why his Hon. Friend should have made this statement, for no petition had been presented against the Bill. BRIDGEWATER NAVIGATION RAILWAY BILL Mr. DIVETT presented a petition against this Bill. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BILL. Mr. PARKER presented a petition against this Bill the petitioners j.rayed to be heard by counsel. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition against this Bill HARROGATE AN!) RIPON JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against this Bill from the North Riding of Yorkshire. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY EXTENSION. The SPEAKER said that before the conclusion of private business he wished to state to the House that his attention had been drawn to the provision in this Bill, which had escaped the observation ir,f the Committee on the Bill, and which appeared to have done so by sums surreptitious management. The Bill had been read a first time, and stood for the second reading to night, and it was for the House to judge whether the order for that second reading should be discharged, in conse quence of a violation of the standing orders of the House. By the 15th clsuse of that Bill a power was given to owners of land within rive miles on each side of the railway to dig for coals, limestone, and other minerals, and form railways for carrying them to the main trunk of the line. If this power were given to these land owners, they would obtain authority for taking the lands of others on each side of their own at the valua tion of the jury. Under these circumstances, it was for the House to consider whether the order for the second reading should be discharged. . . _ Mr. — GREENE said the r i his attention had been drawn to this Bill, and he thought that, under the circum stances, it was a duty to move for the discharge of the order for the second reading. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would be glad to know whether this railway had been favourably reported on by the Board of Trade, for without that report he supposed it was impossible that the Bill could have come into Par liament; and he thought that so gross a violation of the standing orders ought to be inquired into in order to ascertain how far the Board of Trade had a share in it. Mr. STRUTT said that he was anxious that the order for the second reading should be discharged, for not only was he Chairman of the Committee on the Bill, but he was also, he found, a landowner within the prescribed distance of the line. It was utterly impossible for a Committee to read through the whole of the Bills presented to them, and there was nothing, he presumed through the omission of the Parliamentary agent, in the marginal readings, as was usual, to draw the attention of the Committee to this provision of the 15th clause. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the atten tion of the House ought to be turned to the conduct of the Parliamentary agent, that it might be inquired into. He believed that Parliamentary agents were employed to comply with the standing orders, and if they were to have no responsibility laid on them, the sooner the sys tem was altered the better. He did not suggest what the House should do, but he hoped they would do some thing to punish such conduct. M. ENTWISLE said he would take another oppor ;unity of calling the attention of the House to this Bill. The order for the second reading was then discharged. BANKRUPTCY LAWS. Mr. SHERIDAN presented a petition praying for an alteration in the laws relating to bankruptcy. The pe tition, in consequence of its being lithographed, could not be received. MAYNOOT il. Mr. BROTHERTON and another Hon. Member pre sented petitions against the grant to Maynooth. COPPER ORE. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition, signed by the pincipal merchants of Manchester, for a repeal of the duty on copper ore. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The How. MEMBER also presented a petition in favour of the Small Debts County Courts Bill, introduced last session by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Hone Department, and praying that a similar mea sure might be introduced this session. Mr. IANNERMAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland against any alteration in the Scotch system of banking. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston, signed by 700 persons, against the sale of intoxicating drink on Sundays. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented several petitions from Lincolnshire against the grant to the College of Maynooth. kr. B. FERRAND presented a petition from the wood-sawyers of Manchester, Salford, Paisley, and Bury, in Lancashire, complaining of the privations they suffered from the existence of saw mills ; and two pe titions from Glasgow, in favour of a Ten Hours' Fac tory Bill. _ . LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition from two guardians of the Newbury Union, against the new law of settlement intended to be introduced into Parlia ment this sessitin. Several Hon. Afembf,rs presented petitions against any 'urthQr grant to Alaynooth. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the in habitants of Glasgow, praying for the limitation of the time of labour to ten hours a day. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. O. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against the proposed grant to Maynooth. Lord BERNARD presented a petition from the grand jurors of the county of Cork, praying that the national funds for the education of those belonging to the Estab lished Church may be respected. He presented petitions from Cove, Churchtown, Bandon, and several other place , , to the same effect ; and also a petition from Youghal against the intended grant to Maynooth. Mr. BARING presented a petition from the Wes leyan Methodists, against the Maynooth grant. Mr. HAMILTON presented three petitions against the increased grant to Maynooth ; also eleven petitions in favour of Church Extension. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Kent, signed by 19,000 persons, against the increased grant to Maynooth ,• also several petitions from other places to the same effect. Mr. WARD presented seventeen petitions to the same effect. Some of the petitions opposed the grant to Maynooth, on the ground that it was but a step to wards Popery ; others on the ground that the Roman Catholic religion was idolatrous and unchristian; others because they were opposed to all State establishments. Mr. HINDLEY presented forty petitions from the following places against the Maynooth grant :—From the inhabitants of Prettswell. Essex ; Southend, Essex ; Pershore, Worcestershire ; Whetstone, Middlesex ; the Independents of Pendleton, Lancashire ; the Protestant Dissenters of Marlborough, Wilts ; Grove Chapel, Cam berwell ; Wivinhoe, Essex ; Wingham, Essex ; Salem Chapel, Leeds ; Braintree, Essex ; Burton-on- Trent, Staffordshire; Primitive Methodists, Slade Cha pel, Ilkstone. Leicestershire; Langley, Hants; Baptists, King's-road Chapel, Reading ; Lymington, llants ; the Committee and Teachers of the Sunday School Union, Colchester ; Bewes, St. Mary's, Suffolk ; Halsted, Essex ; Lion-walk Sunday School, Colchester ; Helveden,Essex; Mawrington, Essex; Stockwell Chapel, Sunday School, Colchester; Laye Breton, Essex; Ded ham, Essex; Hoelgate Chapel Sunday School, Colches ter ; Tollesbury, Essex ; Great Oakley, Essex ; St. Osyth, Essex; Grinstead, Colchester; Harwich, Essex; Nayland, Suffolk; Wesleyan Sunday School, Colches ter; Brightlingsea, Essex; Baptist School at Thorne-le- Token, Essex. Mr. S. WORTLE Y presented petitions from places in Yorkshire, against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE pre. ented a petition from Stoke Newington, against the grant to the College of Maynooth. Alr. FORBES presented a petition against the Scotch Central Railway Bill. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from Hereford against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. IMPEACHMENT OF SIR R. PEEL. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would, on Friday evening, present a petition, signed by 2,000 members of the Dublin Protestant Operative Associa tion, charging Sir Robert Peel, the First Lord of the Treasury, with high crimes and misdemeanours—(Great laughter)—and praying for his impeachment.—(Renewed laughter.) AUSTRALIAN CORN. Mr. lIUTT moved that the petition which he ht'd presented from the merchants of London, on the subject of Australian corn, be printed. PAUPER LUNATICS. Sir C. NAPIER moved that the petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of St. Marylebone, for inquiry into the treatment of pauper lunatics at the Asylum at Hanwell, be printed. LUNATICS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. F. MAULE moved that the petition from the Prison Board of the county of Fife, respec ing criminal lunatics in Scotland (presented Bth April), be printed. INTER'SIENT IN TOWNS. On the order of the day being read, Lord EBRINGTON said that the subject of inter ment in towns had recently occupied the attention of the House and the country to a considerable extent. He wished to read some extracts from a report of the Com mittee of that House regarding churchyards in this metropolis.—(Order, order,) The SPEAKER, said the Hon. Member was not in order. The suhject was then dropped. THE NEW ZEALAND COMMITTEE. Mr. AGLIONBY requested the attention of the Hocse to the subject before mentioned. An article had ap peared in the Times newspaper reflecting on his (Mr. Aglionby's) conduct as a Member of that House. These remarks were founded on a letter written by hip] to the Chairman of the New Zealand Company. Ile hoped the House would bear with him whilst he made a short statement. He did it with regret, and would not upon merely personal considerations have intruded the matter on their notice. He did it because' when a leading newspaper commented strongly and severely on the character and conduct of the Members of that House, the honour of the House was as mach, if not more, involwed than the character of the in dividual Member. He held in his hand the letter upon which these remarks in the Times were founded. It was an extremely long letter, and the article itself was of a more serious nature. The article alleged two offences against propriety—that he (Mr. Aglionby), being a shareholder of the Company, should not be an arbiter in the affairs of the Company. He was not conscious of any impropriety in this respect. He had done his utmost t' avoid being a member of the Committee, on the ground of bias and interest. He had mentioned his objections to the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Lincoln), to the Under Secretary for the Colonies, and numerous other Hon. Members, but he was told that he could not avoid being a member of the Committee ; that it was necessary for the conve nience of the Committee that he should be a member of it. He then proposed that he should not have a vote, but that, too, was rejected. He did not act in that Committee either as a partisan or an advocate, and he believed that every member of the Committee would bear him out in what he stated. The second charge against propriety was, his having an interview with one of the witnesses who was to be examined before the Committee. Every Honourable Member must know how desirable it was that witnesses whose testimony was unimportant should not be brought before a Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Now if he had sought an interview with au individual to induce him to alter or vary his evidence, it would have been highly improper, but the fact was, he had never done anything of the sort. He certainly did see Mr. Carrington, but not about his evidence before the Committee, although that gentleman frequently alluded to it. Mr. Carrington had a claim against the New Zealand Company, and he was extremely anxious that Mr. Carrington should obtain justice, and he saw him over and over again on that subject. Captain RODS said that Mr. Carrington had gone out at the request of the New Zealand Company, and had done his duty in every respect to the satisfaction of the Company, when, without any fault even alleged against him, the Company had thought fit to dismiss him from their service. They alleged that their expenses were increasing while their funds were decreased and de• creasing, and for that reason they were under the necessity of dispensing with the services of Mr. Carrington. Now, the Company had at that time the sum of 100,0001. in their pockets. With respect to the letter, all he could say was, that if the half of that letter was true the New Zealand Company had forfeited their Charter. He. conceived that whenever any person was attacked in this House, it was the duty of every Member to get tip and defend him. Mr. AGLIONBY said a few words in explanation. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The detention and opening of letters at the Post-office was last night again the subject of an in teresting debate in the House of Commons. All at tempts having failed to obtain redress, through the medium or Parliament, for the individuals who had com plained of the serious infraction of their rights by the in terception and opening of their letters, the necessity for terminating the practice by legislative enactment becomes the more necessary. Mr. Thomas buncombe —whose prudence and perseverance in the manage• ment of this great controversy with the Government merits commendation—last night brought the question before the House, on motion for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the inviolability of letters passing through the Post-office. The debate was conducted with singular calmness and dignity. The acerbity which on former occasions was painfully perceptible in Sir J. Graham, and which was, doubtless, caused by the severity of the animadversions to which his conduct in the trans actions had been subjected, was no longer visible. The question hall, in a great degree, become divested of the personalities which were mixed up with former discus sions ; and the high constitutional principles involved in the practice sought to be abolish( d were brought out with prominence and effect. The debate was thus rendered both dignified and impressive. The warrant of the Secretary of State secures indem nity to the Post-office authorities against the conse quences of detaining and opening the letters of indi viduals. The production of the warrant would be an answer to any action or criminal proceeding insti tuted in consequence of detaining and opening any given letter committed to their charge. But this does not establish legality to the Secretary of State's warrant. That point is still questionable. The Chief Justice of England, from his place in Parliament, has given it as his opinion, deliberately formed, that a general warrant issued by the Secretary of State, autho rising and directing that the letters addressed to an indi vidual specificially named shall be detained and open( d at the Post-office, is an illegal warrant ; and that a special warrant for the opening of each letter is necessary to authorise the Post-office authorities to detain and open the letters of any person in their pas sage through the Post-office. While the law of the case is doubtful, the practice is universally condemned. As a measure of police— to which the Governments of former days had recourse under extraordinary circumstances of peril to the public security, and when the ordinary police was far less efficient than it now is—the power claimed is no longer necessary ; while the extension of informa tion, and the jealousy which pervades the public mind on all questions relating to personal liberty, render the employment of such a power a source of disquietude and alarm throughout the community. The removal of the invidious and odious power which is now claimed and exercised, would also relieve the Government from the applications now made to it by the am bassadors or agents of Foreign States, to intercept the correspondence of individuals in this country whom they may suspect of carrying on a secret correspond ence with persons in their territories. The answer to such applications would be prompt and decisive. Mr. Duncombe put this point with considerable effect : " If any minister or agent of a foreign despot should come slandering and sneaking to their doors, the Go vernment would be able to say to him—' This power no longer exists.' Whatever redress or protection he might demand, that they would be able and willing to give, according to the law of England and the law of na tions ; but with regard to this species of treachery, should he solicit it at their hands, they would be able to say—pointing to the new Act of Parliament—' Such power is no longer at our command.'"—(Cheers.) Sir James Graham admitted the odious and justly un popular character of the power possessed by the Exe cutive, but was not prepared to consent to its abrogation. The entire tone and tendency of the Right Hon. Baronet's speech were subdued and con ciliatory. It is obvious that though the law remain un altered, the practice has received a death-blow. No Government will again risk an exposure and disgrace so humiliating as have been caused to the present Ministry by the detection of the practices to which allusion has been so often made. STANDARD.—The important, but extremely diffi cult question raised by Mr. Mackinnon's motion, will continue to recur in Parliament until it shall be satis factorily set at rest by some law for the regula tion of interments in cities and large towns. We can scarcely hope that horrors like those of Spa fields can be obviated by prosecutions under the existing law, when we see the monstrous obstructions thrown in the way of the prosecution now depend ing. We cannot help thinking that the first step to be taken is scarcely a step in legislation, though it would do more to correct the present abuse than any law—it is to provide a sufficient number and extent of decently inclosed free cemeteries, if not actually in, at least conveniently near to, the metropolis. The excess once drained off in this way, there would be little difficulty in making arrange • ments for the existing churchyards and cemeteries ; but without some such drain as we speak of, we defy the wit of man to guard by law against abuses. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLDL APRIL 7.—The weekly meeting of the Repeal As sociation, which took place as usual, in the Conciliation-hall, to-day, was very much crowded, and most of the leading members were present. Upon the motion of Mr. O'Connell, Mr. J. O'Brien, M.P. for the City of Limerick, was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. Towards the close of the Chairman's observations Mr. IL G. Porter, the author of a pamphlet on Federalism, which was published last year, and attracted much attention at the time, entered the hall, and was received with prolonged cheering. Mr. O'CONNELL said that he had much happiness in mov ing that Mr. Porter, who had filled the office of High Sheriff* of the county of Fermanagh last year, be enrolled a member of the Association. The motion haring been carried by acclamation, Mr. IL G. PORTER said that he would lay before them, plainly and briefly, the reasons which induced him to join the Association. He had joined it with no feeling of ani mosity to the English people, but, on the contrary, with the strongest desire to prom o t e h arm ony and intercourse between the inhabitants of the t wo coun t r ies.—(Hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN, M.P., put forward by Mr. G rey P orter , and declared himself an un conditional Repealer expresse d dissent from the views . Mr. O'CONNELL concurred with Mr. O'Brien in thinking that the union should to be got rid of in the fi rst p lace ; when that was accomplished, h e was ready to talk with Mr. Porter, and those who thought like him, respecting what they would take instead of it.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that now he might expect that the union would be repealed, and that Sir R. Peel would be the man to bring in the Bill which would effect that obj ec t . Wh en they called to mind the manner in which Si r R . P ee l b a d acted respecting Catholic Emancipation, their conv i ct i on of the approach of repeal would be strengthened. H urr ah! then for Peel and re p eal ! —(Cheers.) On the l as t d a y of meeting he did not hazard any opinion with respect to the proposed Maynooth grant, and lie had intended to be cautious this day, but having just read the Bill, he had no hesitation in pronouncing it to be most excellent, and the speech by which it was accompanied was as fair and manly as the plan itself was admirable. The sum of 30,0001. was to be at once granted for building ad ditions to the college, an d otherwise improving, and that without any restriction or limitation whatever. The sum of 6,0001. was to be given to the president and profes sors to enable them to remain in the college, instead of going away to country parishes, and the students were likewise liberally provided for. It was done in a noble and generous manner, and lie was grateful for it. He repeated that the Bill was excellent in a ll it s details, and quite satisfactory and unobjectionable. The increased grant was to be given without restriction of any kind ; but would that make them give np their agitatio n f o r repeal? — (Cr ies of No," and loud cheers.) He firmly believed that for that very grant he ought to say, " Thank you, agitation ; and Conciliation hall I am obliged to you ; and Repeal Association, Maynooth ought to pray for you."—(Laughter and cheers.) Sir R. Peel was well aware of the favourable impression which the Bill would produce on the minds of the people of this country, and accordingly the evening of the bringing it in he set the Americans at defiance.—(Hear, hear.) If he persevered in his present line of conduct towards this country Ireland would set them at defiance too. If justice were done to Ireland, America w ould not dare to attack Eng land.—(Hear hear.) He wante d Sir R. Peel to buy the Irish people from' him. He had do ne some good by the May tang h rant, let him give them an adeq_uate representation and extension of the franchise in the House of Commons, ( and see how many more mout hs he should stop by that.— Laughter and cheers) Mr. O' Connell p roceeded to ur g e the necessity of labouring for the repeal as the only way to obtain concessions to this country, and concluded with an earnest entreaty to the people• to desist from outrages, the perpetration of which could not fail to retard their approach to the goal of nationality. Messrs. Grattan, M.P. , J. Kelly, M.P., and J. O'Connell, M.P., subsequently addressed the meeting. Mr. O'CONNELL announced the repeal rent for the week to be 3331. Os. 7d., and the Association adjourned to Monday next. Araaln“leha:ns at the office of Mr. NIGHT'S GAZETTE. D A Iy Y IDENDS DECLAI t ZE rf. I2I I . O y e o 1 wing Wednes inachine maker, Oldham —first and final div. Burton-upon-Trent —a div. of 13v T ; U 5scv E l S et D n ornunadn,ufAaeptruilre9r,, Whitmor©, Birmingham. W. Wood, screw manufacturer, Burton-upon-Trent —final div. of 7 1 V. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. IL Port, sere: Whitmore, Birmingham• dav, at the office of Mr. Putt, of 6%d. in the pound, any Tuesday W. Wood and H. Port, screw manufacturers, Burton-upon- Trent—a div. of 4s. 6d. in the_pound (upon new proofs only), T esday at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. any u , DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Hook, contractor, Nine Elms, May 1, at one—L. Watson, smith, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, April 29, at one—W. E. Gould, carver and gilder, Finsbury-place South, April 29, at twelve —J. Palmp-, draper, Lynn, Norfolk, May 1, at one—T. Herridge, builder, Wharton-street, Clerken well, April 29, at twelve —J. Davies and 11. Edwards, linen drapers, Westminster- road, Lambeth, April 29, at half- past twelve—G. Fielding, ironmonger, Theme, Oxfordshire, April 29, at two--B. Reynolds, silk printer, Mitcham, April 29, at half -past eleven—H. Thompson, timber merchant, King street, Clerkenwell, May 2, at half-past one—R. W. Robin son, sen., and R. NV. Robinson, jun., grocers, B e df or d, M ay 2, at half-past one. In the Country. T. Cartwright, banker, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, May 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Howell, bookseller, Liverpool, May 2, at half-past twelve, at the Li verpool District Court—J. llawksley, merchant, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, May 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. C. S. Haward, grocer, Colchester, May 2—W. E. Gould, carver an d Older, Finsbury-place South, April 29—J. 'Thorley, glass dealer, Northampton, April 29—J. Mandeno, market gardener, Groye -street, Hackney, May O —S. Smee ton, cattle salesman, Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, May 2 S. Rugg, carpenter, Southampton, April 29—C. Lee, miller, Wakes Colne, Essex, May 2—W. Belines; sculptor, Osna burgh-street, New-road, May 2—T. Smith, hackneyman, Burrowes-mews, John-street, 131 ackfriars-road, April 29 J. Hall, cowkeeper, Wallsend, Northumberland, April 29 P. Wright, grocer, Leeds, May 2—J. Scott, paper dealer, Li verpool, Blay 2—B. Hill, currier, Exeter, May l—J. Dalton, TWA; SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY4/EVENING, APRIL 10, 1845. joiner, Salford, Lancashire. May I—G. E. Lanham, builder, Southampton, April 29—J. Clark, carman, Brunswick-cot tage, City-road, April 29—A. Francis, W. Davey, and M. Francis, ironfounders. Aberystwith, Cardiganshire, April 29 —W. Moyes and T. Moring, carmen, Camomile-street, April 29—G. Bartlett, plaster manufacturer, Wellinton•street, Goswell-street, April 29—J. Curwen, cheesemonger, Bridge place, Vauxhall, April 29—W. 131inkhorn. manufacturing chemist, Little Bolton, Lancashire, April 29-11. Wehuert, tailor, Leicester-square, April 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Naylor, M. Merrall, and J. Wood, machine makers, Bradford (so far as regards J. Wood)—A. I'. S. Dodd and E. Leech, surgeons, Chichester—W. Milner, J. P. Morley, and W. P. Morley, silk manufacturers, Leek, Staffordshire (so far as regards W. P. Morley)—H. Jones and E. Hughes, licenced victuallers, Hosier-lane, West Smithfield—C. P. Pitt and C. Breese, japanners, Birmingham—J. Dawson. T. Curtis, and J. Haigh, cloth finishers, Leeds (so far as regards J. Daw son)—R. Crathorne and J. Stephenson, millers, Beverley, Yorkshire—W. C. Fig. es and IL Hallett, ironmongers—A. 11. and W. Cuckshott, chemists, Bradford—G. Buckwell, A. Buckwell, and C. D. Buckwell, timber merchants, Brighton —IL and. J. Bayley, packers, Friday. street—E. Ackrovd, y M. F. Wilson, and E. J. Newton, colliers, Gildersome, York shire—J. Whitaker and H. Worsley, silk dealers, Hudders field—W. Major, James Radcliffe, and F. J. Gill, manufac turers, King-street, 'Cheapside— G. Davison and G. Roles, tailors, Sheffield—J. Moon, E. Moon, R. Moon, W. Moon, and C. Hopley, merchants, Rio de Janeiro—T. Haigh and C. Bell, stock brokers, Bradford—J. Brown, W. Morcom, and J. Stone, Manchester—C. E. and W. C. Bernard, West India merchants—E. Thorp, J. Thorp, J. Terry, M. Terry, J. Thorp, and H. Thorp, sawyers, Bradford (so far as regards E. Thorp)—W. Webb and S. Barker, nickel refiners, Bir mingham—P. L. Simmonds and F. Clowes, publishers, Corn hill—E. and M. Harrison, oil merchants, Liverpool—W. Bray and H. Edmonds, clothiers, Bradford—P. Craig and B. Saunders, milliners, IVadebridge, Cornwall—ll. Deighton, W. 11. Deighton, E. Maude, and J. Deighton, wine mer chants, Otley, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William Henry Keltie, grocer, Glasgow, April 11 and May 2, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Monteith, Glasgow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Apil 9. (Beforia Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN RE JOSEPH BEAUFORT CULLEN. This insolvent came up for his discharge this morn. ing. He is an Irishman, and formerly resided at Norfolk street, Strand, and latterly at Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square. By giving himself out to be a gen tleman, and by the use of accommodation bills, he managed to get into debt to the amount of 5,1691. 16s. 23. For several large sums included in this amount he had legal proceedings instituted against him, and, judgment boing taken out, he was thrown into prison, where he lay till the 24th of December last, when he made application to the Court for its protection. He was then opposed by several of the creditors, and, after an adjourned hearing, he was ordered to be detained till the present. He now came up for his discharge, To-day he was again opposed by two of the creditors, Mr. Malims appearing for Mr. Day of Bull street, Manchester-square, and Mr. Sturgeon for John Clements, solicitor, f Fenchurch-street. Mr. Cooke appeared for the insolvent. The objee tion urged by Malims was, that the debt of 74L 10 :. owing to Mr. Day, his client, was on an accommodation bill drawn by the insolvent, and accepted by a Mr. Rayner on behalf of the former. It came out in examination that this was not altogether the truth, and the objection was overruled by the Court. The ob jection taken by Mr. Sturgeon was of a similar character, the Learned Gentleman representing the insolvent as a person without visible means, raising money when ever he could upon accommodation bills, for which, in some instances, he was in the practice of allowing almost cent. per cent. discount. There were no assets to meet the debts set forth in the schedule. Mr. COOKE, on behalf of the insolvent, entered into a long statement, how the latter had been involved in some unfortunate trading expeditio❑ to India in 1842, which laid the foundation of his subsequent embarras ments. His HONOUR did not think the insolvent had acted from fraudulent intentions, but that he had been exceed ingly imprudent. The punishment he had already re ceived he thought sufficient, and he would therefore grant him his protection from that day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, April 8. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.—Raymond Gashes, aged 48, was indicted for that he, being an ap o th ecary and man-mid wife, so negligently, carelessly, rashly, and feloniously con ducted himself in his attendance on one Jane Mary Lovett, in her delivery, as to inflict divers mortal wounds on her body, whereof she died on the 9th of January last, at Cos tessy, in this county. Mr. Evans and Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Prendergast and Mr. O'Malley defended the pri soner. From the evidence of Honor Mortar and other witnesses it appeared that Mrs. Lovett had had nine children before the occasion which terminated fatally, and that on former occasions a difficulty had presented itself in the removal of the placenta, the danger from which was well known by medical men to increase with each labour. On the 19th of January the poor woman was taken ill, and the defendant called in to attend her at eleven o'clock. For some time the difficulty anticipated did not arise, but it did at length, and the nurses suggested further advice. The defendant, how ever, declined it, saying that "if there was a room full of doctors they could do no more than he was doing." After this he seemed to be using great exertions with the view of relieving the patient of the placenta, and after a while a round substance came forth, such as had never been seen before by the nurses in their experience, and be was then seen to use his scissors under the clothes. At that in stant the features of the sufferer underwent a sudden change and shock, on which the "doctor" observed "she was very sadly, and he would go and fetch some medicine." So say ing, he placed the substance above mentioned, and some other thing which he had afterwards taken from the bed, in a vessel, which he took away with him. In the course of half an hour afterwards the patient died in great pain, and, being duly buried, nothing more would, perhaps, have been heard of the case, had not the defendant, when interrogated by her mother, stated that the substance he had taken away was a tumour, weighing three ounces and a halt; and that he had taken it to Mr. Crosse, the well-known surgeon in this city. This was, for the time, satisfactory to the in quirer, but afterwards a suspicion was excited that the de fendant had not conducted himself properly towards the de ceased ; and her body being exhumed under the direction of the Coroner, was submitted to examination by Mr. Crosse and Mr. Francis, who ascertained that the uterus and a considerable quantity of the large intestines had been torn away. The evidence of these gentlemen was given to day to the above effect, but as its details were of a purely profes sional character, it may suffice to state, that they gave it as their opinion that great blame was attributable to the de fendant if the removal of those parts was ignorantly effected by him, and still more so if it had been accomplished know ingly. At the same time, they admitted that the case was not one of every-day occurrence, and that no stronger term than ignorance ought to be attached to his treatment of the patient, while the most skillful surgeons and operators were known to have " made mistakes." Mr. PRENDERG AST, on behalf of the prisoner, contended that the course pursued towards him was somewhat harsh, as it was unfair to expect from every man embarked in so critical a profession the consummate skill of an Astley Cooper or a Dr. Conquest, whose book on midwifery he largely quoted. Mr. Justice PArrEsoN, in summing up the case, thought that the question was not whether the defendant wilfully had removed the parts in question, for no man in his senses could do that; but it was for the jury to say whether, under all the circumstances, he had done more than fall into a mis take. For a mere error of judgment he did not think that a medical man ought to be made criminally responsible, unless he had displayed gross professional ignorance or inattention to his patient. The nurses all bore testimony to his kindness and attention, and it would therefore be for the jury to say whether they thought he had acted with such gross igno rance as was imputed to him by this charge. The jury, without much hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. With this case terminated these assizes, and a Norfolk Circuit, which will long live in the memory of those engaged in it, by reason of the very important criminal trials by which it has been signalised. ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH-YARD. Lord EBRINGTON said that it would be in the re collection of the House that a Committee made a report with reference to St. Margaret's church yard, which stated that it could be no longer used as a burial-place, the noxious effluvia arising from it having been the cause of three deaths already. The Com mittee had no hesitation in unanimously expressing its determination that the churchyard of St. Margaret's should be removed. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to act upon that report ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he was not aware that it wis intended by her Majesty's Government to remove St. Margaret's church yard. FIELD GARDENS BILL. Mr. ESCOTT hoped the Hon. Member who pro posed this Bill would not persevere in it. He (Mr. Es cott) had looked through the Bill only this morning, and he should say he felt astonished at the compulsory p,,wers contained in it; and he would be still more asto nished if it should be persevered in its this state. It con tained many provisions of an extraordinary und novel character, such as he conceived were strongly compulsory; for instance, it gave a most stringent and compulsory power to field-wardens over the occupiers of land, a po Ner by which they could determine upon the manner in which they should deal with land taken by them, and which might be either to the detriment or the advantage of the parish ; and yet with a power so undefined they were to be endowed for a period of three years. In cases of inclosures the Bill gave the power to demand from the Commissioners, under an inclosure Bill, a perpetual lease. On these grounds he did hope that those Hon. Members who gave this Bill their sup port on the ground of its being a beneficent measure, would well consider it, at least before it received the third reading. But what did it also do ? Why, supposing the scheme should turn out ruinous—supposing the benevolent objects should not be carried out, the Bill allowed the drawing on the parish funds to pay the tithes, rents, and taxes. He should think that the Hon. Member would hardly contend for such a proposition. The Bill, in short, gave the Commissioners extraordinary powers— it not only gave them power to fix the rent of the land, but who should hereafter be the owner of it. But supposing that the concern should should not be a losing one. What then ? Why the field wardens were to pay over the profits to the poor rates. He believed that there was nothing so objection able as mixing up land w:th the relief of the poor. He thought from the interference which this Bill occasioned with the parochial authorities, it was very likely that the expense would be thrown on the parishes. He was glad to say that the condition of the labourers had been very much improved since the Hon. Gentleman had first taken them under his hand. But he thought that the voluntary system had answered so well that it was unwise to introduce any compulsory measure ; and he, therefore, moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. W. COWPER said that the Hon. Gentleman had stated that he had read the Bill that morning ; but he thought that he had not had time to consider its provisions. One of the main reasons for making those provisions compulsory was that they could not be carried out without the consent of the parishes. The Hon. Member then proceeded to discuss the details, and defend the principle of his measure. The object of this Bill was to afford relief to a vast num ber of those who deserved the consideration of this House. A vast number of agricultural labourers and artisans, who depended upon their daily labour for their livelihood, would be benefited by it, as a rood of land would afford sufficient food for a labourer and his family. Mr. M. MILNES anticipated only one good effect from the measure of the Hon. Gentleman—the applica tion of waste lands about towns to the most profitable purposes. The agricultural population would not be at all benefited, nor did he think that the general advantage of these allotments was sufficiently established. He supported the measure, because he thought it would lead to a beneficial appropriation of waste lands in the vicinity of large and populous towns. Mr. BOUVERIE opposed the Bill, thinking it would interfere with the rights of property. It was unfair to prevent. the owners of land from obtaining the amount of rent which was the real value of their land, and on these grounds he should support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Mr. Escott), and vote against the measure. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought this measure was calculated to effect a very useful object. and he thought that, as there would be ample opportunity for amending any of the provisions which were calculated to cause either public or private injury, they might be amended in Committee. If the Hon. Member had not taken the right way to do all he desired he would effect much, and for this reason he trusted the House would not oppose the second reading. There were some clauses to which he felt insuperable objections. He objected especially to that provision which secured the rent on the poor-rates; but these things might be altered, and he thought it would be hard if the Hon. Gentleman were not allowed to have his Bill read a second time. Lord JOHN MANNERS congratulated his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cowper) on having arrived at the second reading of his Bill, and he congratulated him also on the very remarkable opposition which it had met with. His Hon. Friend the Member for Winchester had stated that there would be some show of reason for this Bill if it had been brought in when wages were low; he could tell the Hon. Gentleman that the wages of framework knitters and of labourers generally were just as low now as they had been for years past ; and the feeling in the midland counties was all in favour of the Bill, as he could state from his own experience. He should, there fore, vote for the second reading, Mr. HINDLEY said, that if the Hon. Member for Winchester pressed his opposition, he must certainly vote with him. There were several very serious objec tions to all the details of the measure, and he should, therefore, oppose it. Mr. STUART WORTLEY hoped the House would not object to allow the Bill to pass through its present stage. He thought the object of the Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward the subject deserved all the consideration that could be given it. Strangers were then ordered ►o withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading 92 Against it Majority for the second reading —74 ihe Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. AUCTION DUTIES REPEAL BILL. The Auction Duties Repeal Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Infefcment (Scotland) Bill then wont through Committee, the report was read, and the amendment ordered to be printed. The Heritable Securities Bill also went through Com mittee, and the report was read. The Museums of Art Bill then went through Com mittee. An amendment was propised by Mr. BUCK, which was afterwards withdrawn, on the recommendation of Sir James Graham. The Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. FISHER-LANE GREENWICH IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PUBLIC MUSEUMS BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. THE GLASS DUTIES EXCISE BILL. This Bill was also read a third time, and passed. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were roported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SUGAR DUTIES EXCISE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow: The House then adjourned, at Seven o'clock. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.--It being the determination of our grac ious Sovereign and her illus trious Consort to visit her faithful Iri s h su bj ects. a ma rine palace is to b e built between Dalkey an d Killi ne y, in the midst of that enchanting scenery, where the Rival Family will reside every suranier.—Pi/94 OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 8. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT) POST- OFFICE .1101311ERIES.—Lewin qfford, aged 24, a policeman of the Gloucestershire constabulary, was indicted for having forged a receipt for money purporting to be the receipt of William Smart, with intent to defraud Moses Smart. Mr. Whateley, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Alexander, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Bros ap peared for the Crown ; Mr. Greaves defended the prisoner. It appeared in the evidence of this singular and interesting case, that the prisoner was the grandson of Moses Smart, the surveyor of highways, living at Tetbury, whose son William had found it convenient several years since, in consequence of the loss of some pigs by the vicar of the parish, to breathe "the air of liberty in America." The reasons for his ab sence having gradually diminished, he wrote to his father for 51., to enable him to accomplish his voyage to England. The prisoner, aware of this circumstance, conceived and executed a scheme to defraud his grandfather of 5/. in the following manner :—He assumed that his uncle, William Smart, had already landed, forged a letter in his name, ad dressed to Moses Smart, Bevorten, near Tetbury, and dated it from Saddlesworth, near Manchester. This letter he en closed to a friend, named Bartlett, at that place, with a re quest that it might be there posted that any answer to it might be forwarded to the prisoner, and that the transaction might bekept a profound secret, as the writer of the letter was desirous, for a family reason, that his friends should think that he was residing in Manchester. Bartlett complied with the request, and posted the letter. Moses Smart read with de light the intelligence that his son had reached Liverpool in safety, and was then residing at Saddlesworth, with a coin-. panion of his voyage, and the letter concluded with a request for the sum of 5/., to discharge the liabilities of his journey to Tetbury. The old man addressed his reply, according. to the instruction contained in the letter, to his son at Mr. William Bartlett's, Royal Mills, Saddlesworth, intimating that he would forward a post-office order for 5/., instead of bank-note, and requesting to know at what office it should be made payable. This answer was received by Bartlett, and by him immediately forwarded to Clifford, who forged another letter in the name of William Smart, desiring his father to remit an order on the Manchester post-office for the Si. This letter was also inclosed to Bartlett, who posted it at Saddlesworth, whence it was received by Moses Smart, who immediately pro.ared a post-office order, which was duly received by Bartlett, who had been desired by the prisoner to open it, and after getting the order cashed to deduct half-a crown for his trouble and remit the remainder to himself b cClifford). Bartlett, unwilling to sign the name of W illiam mart to the receipt for the money, wrote to the prisoner for such authority, whereupon the prisoner forged another letter from William Smart, giving Bartlett full power to receive the money, who 'accordingly received the 5/., deducted the half-crown for himself, and then remitted by another post office order on the Cheltenham post-office, the 41. 17s. 6d to the prisoner. On the 30th of November William Smart really arrived at Liverpool, and immediately proceeded to his father's house at Tetbury, in this county. The prisoner, in ignorance of his arrival, sent a letter of thanks from the son to the old gentleman, which Bartlett posted at Sad dlesworth, and which letter was delivered to the father. after the return of his son. The contents of this letter naturally produced an inquiry as to the post-office order; and, on its being discovered that William Smart had never heard of the transaction, an investigation took place, Bartlett was taken into custody, but released on the pro duction of his correspondence with the prisoner. On the 11th of December, the prisoner was arrested in Cheltenham, and the letters from Bartlett found in his possession 6 toge , ther with the one from Moles Snout to sm which inclosed the poet-oftlee order. On his apprehension, the prisoner stated to the police-officer who took him into custody that he had received a letter from his uncle, William Smart, who was at Bristol, directing him to inclose the letter to Moses Smart, applying for the 51. to Bartlett, and that he acted only in pursuance of his uncle's instructions. 'This statement was sought to be supported by the produc tion of a letter, bearing the Bristol stamp, of August 30, '1844, which stamp proved also to be forged, and it was also made apparent that, at the period of that date, William Smart was not in a position to correspond with the prisoner. After a trial which occupied nine hours, the prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Barnard, aged 42, an agricultural labourer, was charged with stealing from a post-office letter, at Abinghall, on the Bth of March, a half.sovereign. The same counsel appeared as in the last case. A letter, containing a half-sovereign, had beep forwarded by mistake to a lady at Abinghall, whose servant employed the prisoner to carry it back to the postmaster. On his road to the office, he opened the letter and abstracted the money. which he immediately changed into sifter at a neighbouring beer-house. He was convicted, by the consent of the counsel for the Crown, of a common larceny only, and sentenced to one month's hard labour. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD. In the course of the day the Grand Jury came into Court, and handed to Mr. Straight, the Deputy Clerk of Arraigns, a true bill against Thomas Henry Hocker for murder, and also a true bill against the same prisoner for felony. Mr. BODKIN, who is instructed on behalf of the Crown, ad dressed the Court, and said it would be a great convenience, both to the prosecution and to the defence, if a day were ap pointed for the trial of the prisoner, against whom the Grand Jury had just returned true bills. He suggested that Friday should be named for the trial. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said he had no objection. The Court adjourned at Five o'clock. NEW COURT. STEALING A COAT.—Samuel Oxford, aged 21, de scribed as a japanner, was indicted for stealing a coat, value 18s., from the s hop-door of Mr. Edwards a tailor, in Newgate-street, on the 19th of March. The coat was fitted on a " dummy," which stood at the prosecutor's shop door, and on the day in question it was knocked down by the prisoner, who stripped the coat from it, and made off at the top of his speed, but was immediately stopped and taken into custody. The prisoner stated that he was passing by the shop door, and found the coat lying on the pavement; that he picked it up and walked away with it. The prosecutor denied that the " dummy" could have fallen down by accident, as it was fastened to the wall with a string, and said that the prisoner ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The jury found him Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT (to Mr. Jonas, the person having charge of the prisoner in the dock)—Do you know him? Mr. Jonas—He is not known in Newgate. The CommoN SERGEANT (to the prisoner)—Do you know me? Prisoner—No, I do not; I have never been here before. Mr. Jonas said he understood that the prisoner had been convicted at the Surrey sessions during the last six months. A police-constable said he had been convicted of steal ing two coats at the Surrey sessions, and had been out of prison between four and five months. The COMMON SERGEANT—I am certain I have seen you here before. However, as no one appears to know you here, I shall not act upon that. After having sen tenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, he said, Now it is all over, tell me what - I tried you for ? Pri soner—l really never was here before. STEALING Two CHESTS OF TEA.—Richard Langdell and Frederick Payne, labourers, were indicted for break ing and entering the warehouse of Mr. John Symonds, proprietor of the Saracen's Head booking-office, Ald gate, and stealing 1901bs. of tea, value 35L, and Thomas Etteridge, a cab-driver, was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. From the statement . of the Counsel for the prosecution, Mr. DoANE, and from the evidence adduced, it appeared that Langdell had at one time been in the service of Mr. Symonds, as ostler, and was well acquainted with the pre mises. Payne had obtained permission from Mr. Odell, the bookkeeper, to put up dogs now and then in the yard. .")ri Thursday, the 13th of March, Langdell was observed to go to the warehouse door, to take the key out of it and make an impression of it in red putty, which he had in a small tin box. During a great portion of the day following he and Payne were observed to sit at the window of the " tap ' attached to the booking-office, which commandeda view of the warehouse door, and where they could observe all the goods placed there in the course of that day. Amongst other articles placed there on Satur day, for the purpose of being sent off on the following Monday, were two chests of tea. Payne and Langdell were in the " tap" during nearly the whole of Sunday and were last seen there between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. About nine o'clock a rumbling, noise was heard in the warehouse. About that hour a cab, driven by the prisoner Etteridge, came into the yard. Soon after Payne and Langdell were seen standing be tween the cab and the warehouse door, which drove off. Payne went with it. Langdell went to his dogs, liberated them, and ran after the cab. The whole of the prisoners were taken into custody in the Blue Boar-yard the same night. Etteridge said he was engaged to drive Langdell and Payne and two sacks (the tea was taken out of the boxes, which were briken up and left in the warehouse) to Petticoat-lane. He had some drink with them at the White Horse, and left them and the sacks at the corner of the lane. Payne had 71. on him, and it was proved that the day before the robbery he h ad asked a person whom he knew to lend him 6d. Mr. O'BRIEN and Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for Payne and Etteridge. The jury found Payne and Langdell Guilty, and Ac quitted Etteridge. The COMMON SERGEANT said be was blund to fulfil the intentions of the Act of Parliament, and that it was his duty to sentence them to transportation for ten years POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. _ _ Yesterday, a fashionably-dressed young man, who had given the name of Geoffrey Brown, was charged wit n assault ing Mr. James Howell, on the stage of her Majesty's Theatre, on Tuesday night. The complainant, it appeared, had the charge of the pass. room leading to the stage, and seeing the defendant and an other gentleman behind the scenes on the night above-men tioned, he went up to them and demanded -their business. The defendant stated that he had a right to be there, but his friend immediately walked away. Some warm expressions were used on both sides, which led ultimately to the alleged assault—the complainant having received a violent blow on his face. _ _ _ The defendant said, that after taking a stall he wrote to Mr. Lumley to get his name put on the pass-list, and re ceived an assurance from that gentleman that his wish had been complied with ; in addition to which he (defendant) had been ,suffered to pass unmolested on a previous occasion ; provoked, therefore, by the insolence of the official, who, ha said, had called him ad- liar, he struck the blow com plained of in a great passion. The defendant denied having applied the term " liar " to the defendant, in direct terms. Mr. TWYFORD fined the defendant 51., or a months' im prisonment. The fine was paid immediately. A cab-driver named James Aldridge, was charged with assaulting Sir George Head, of Cockspur-street, Charing cross, in January last. One evening, - about three months ago, the complainant sent his servant for a cab, to take him to Hyde-park-gardens. On its arrival he offered the driver Is. 4d. as his fare, but the cabman pronounced the sum too small and refused to take it. Sir George then offered him ls., and told him to drive to Orchard-street, Oxford-street. The cabman again declined, and complainant was proceeding to call another cab when the other obstructed him, and claimed Bd. for having been called off the rank, following up the abuse by striking Sir George on the breast. The complainant's servant then took the number of the driver's badge, and a summons was forth with obtained, but, as it eventually turned out, the wrong party (although identified by Sir George and three witnesses, and positively sworn to by two of the latter) appeared to the summons. The case was heard on the 10th of January, and again on the 15th of the same month, when the accused proved, beyond all doubt, that at the very hour named, he was six miles in another direction, driving an elderly lady to chapel. The magistrate, as well as the complainant and his witnesses, were so completely puzzled by this state of things that the matter was suffered to drop. A period of three months elapsed and the real offender, who had incautiously acknowledged his own guilt, was taken jilt? custody. The defendant, by disputing some of Sir George's state ments as to the nature of the dispute, further committed him self, and Mr. TWYFORD having expressed himself satisfied, from his own defence, that the accused was the real offender, ordered him to pay a fine of 3/. In default of payment he was sent to the House of Correction for one month. _ John and Sarah Franklin, stated to be man and wife, were brought up on suspicion of causing the death of their female infant child. Susannah Burke, on being sworn, said, I am a widow, and live at 22, Clement's-lane. This morning I was in Clare street, at six o'clock, when I met Mrs. Franklin (the female a prisoner) at a gin-shop. She was having some ram' ci m I went dhd a bundle under her arm. She beckoned to me, and knew she had been confined a month ago. _ _ and talked with her. I asked her how her s b h a e by sa w id as I , did it die?" "At three o'clock this morn ing, alon with its baby is dead." I said, No, sure, is it”; with d e when replied, and she then said it was at home i n be d g father. I said i soon after it, and ttehinggefohremheerwtoithbeheorutansao I 'agreed to go , and we went to a help her to lay it out. t w so as sh a e v as er k y ede odd m house in Charles-street, Drury-lane, where she and her hus band were lodging. I saw the baby in bed, and, after hud dling it a little, I said it was dead sure enough. I told Mrs. Franklin that I was sure she had been overlaying it, because (continued the witness) " it was all over as black as your Worship's coat." I said I don't believe, mind you, that you would do such a thing intentionally, and God forbid that I should charge her with it. Mr. TIVYFORD—Did she say anything else? Witness— your Worship. When she was at the public-house, I heard her ask a man there whether she should be taken up if she killed her child. She asked him, " What would they do to me for it—would they hang me?" Ann Hinsley, Mary Skinner, and anoth er woman, deposed seemed . li e_aoe a hmm t l ee t e nd h . he present ruhe hadeelinyts Theyett thtuweorentrwse takeot both opestraahi care o ekd n l roe e uf r in s t hk fe t , o h r r the chnh d edi ral child, b lttth e h f wr o ee r a seeoafatfit womanhn aee healthy child then. They saw the prisoners . safe home to a house in Charles-street, where they slept that night. One of the witnesses stated that on hearing the child was dead, the abo unte it. d a fr y b e (y i e n s o t t e b r d e ay) y aai ) d sh i e t went died Into ah fit.er and it as u e a k e d t b h a e u r . said to the other prisoner, " Of course you cannot think of burying the body without an inquest ?' He replied, that " he meant to have a parcel of old women out of Clare market to sit upon it." Mr. C. J. Snitch, the surgeon to the police force, stated that he had examined the body of the child, which presented no external appearance of violent usage. He had not made a post tnortent examination of the body, and was, therefore, unable to speak with certainty as to the cause of death. It was not an unusual thing for children, previously in good health, to die in a fit of convulsions. The female prisoner, who was still suffer* from weak ness, caused by her recent confinement and subsequent dis solute habits, stated that the child had a fit in the night and died in convulsions, and that nobody was more hurt and frightened about it than she had been. The landlady of the house deposed having heard tbQ child cry in tne night, and the mother trying to pacify it. When all was quiet she natui ally supposed that the child had been quieted; but in the morning the mother told her that it was dead. Mr. TWYFORD said there was no evidence before him to show that the child's death had been occasioned by violence, and, therefore, he should discharge the prisoners, who would, of course, attend the coroner's inquest, where the matter would be further inquired into. He did not mean to say they were innocent. He wished to leave it to the coroner to settle that point. Mr. Boxwood, from the Strand Union, then stepped for ward and stated that he had a charge against the prisoners for deserting another child, which had consequently become chargeable to the parish. Mr. AVYFORD—But I would rather not hear that charge at present. Let it be deferred. kr. Boxwood said the parish had been put to a great ex pense and trouble by the prisoners, who were most drunkin and worthless characters. The woman had only just kit the -workhouse where she was confined, and soon afterwards their daughter became chargeable to the union, having been left by their parents at a public- house where they had been drinking. He had been ever shwe trying to .find out their abode, and was anxious, now that they were taken, to press the charge at once. Mr. T;VYFORD said he would rather not detain the pri • soners. Let the inquest take place first. Mr. Boswood intimated that the prisoners might again disappear, but the worthy Magistrate, who seemed by no means anxious to get into a squabble with Mr. Wakley, de clined to hear the case, and the prisoners were both dis charged. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Ceorge Williams, a tall young man, of very smart appearance, described as an accountant, was placed at the bar before. Mr. Bingham, charged with feloniously utter ing several pieCes of counterfeit money. Mr. Powell,jun. attended on behalf of the Mint to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson as solicitor for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of Alfred Borlin, a youth living in Brunswick-place, City-road, that while passing the house of a confectioner in the City-road, on the preceding evening, his attention was attracted by the circumstance of a person in the shop cutting a base half-crown, and handing it to the prisoner, who then presented some good money, and in a hurried manner left the shop. In cons equence o f this oc currence the witness's suspicions were excited, and he was induced to watch the further movements of the prisoner, whom he subsequently saw enter several public-housea, at one of which be obtained four half-crowns in exchange fur a corresponding amount of smaller silver. The prisoner was closely followed by a male companion, with whom he held a short conference on leaving each of the shops, and at more than one of which the witness had ascertained he had en deavoured to pass base coin. The prisoner ultimately en tered the shop of a tobacconist, where a similar transaction took place, and sect after he had left that the witness gave information to a police-sergeant, who followed the prisoner as far as the Eagle, and then took him into custody. Mr. Frederick Smith said, the prisoner called at his shop and purchased some biscuits, in payment for which he ten dered a half-crown. Witness immediately Ea w that it was a piece - of base metal, and after defacing it, returned it to the prisoner, who then handed him the value of the biscuits in good money, and hurried out of the shop, leaving the bis cuits he had bought upon the counter. Mrs. Phyllis Almond said the prisoner called at her shop and purchased a cheroot, tendering a half-crown in payment ; she gave him his proper change, and he left the shop, but im mediately he had done so she discovered the vein to be a bad one, and sent a messenger in pursuit of him, who found he was already in the custody of the sergeant. The prisoner closely questioned the witnesses with the view of shaking their evidence as to his identity ; but they all positively adhered to their previous testimony, and the witness Borlin declared he could not be mistaken, as he did not once lose sight of the prisoner from the time he left the confectioner's shop until he was taken into custody. The police-sergeant, who took the prisoner into custody, said the latter had been searched at the station, and that among other articles found upon his person was a quantity of silver and copper money, amounting to about 245. or 255., which was good coin. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, earnestly protested that the witnesses were entirely mistaken as to their identi fication of him ; and, though he must, of course, admit that he was in the City-road at the time in question, he denied that he had been near any of the shops at w hi c h it was al leged that the base coin had been offered. The prisoner, was proceeding in a similar course of strong denial, when he was checked by his solicitor, who advised him to reserve his defence. Mr. BINGHAM said, that after the clear and positive evi dence that had been given against him, lie had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for further examination, and he must be brought up again next week. An application was then made by the prisoner's solicitor to accept bail for his client, which Mr. Bingham acceded .to, but said he should require the usual 48 hours' notice of the parties, that their sufficiency might be inquired into. LAMBETH. Yesterday Mr. Williams, proprietor of the New Inn, in the Bridge-road, Lambeth, being in attendance at the court on other business, requested the advice of Mr. Norton as to how he should proceed in a case in which a person. calling himself a German Count, had obtained 20s. from Lim under false pretences. From the statement of Mr. Williams it appeared that the " Count" (who sometimes wrote his name Count Julian -," and at others " Count Albert -"), had honoured his house with his patronage, and run up a bill of upwards of 101. This, however, was not what he complained of, as he was aware it was but a simple debt, but on the Tuesday; before the Count left his house, he sent him from his dressing room a letter addressed to Messrs. Meyrick mid Co., bankers, at Hamburgh, with a request that he (Mr. Williams) would seal and send it to the post•office. He did so, and the Count immediately after applied for and obtained 205., on his posi tive assurance that Messrs. Meyrick were his bankers, and that he had written for a remittance. Instead of a remit tance the Count's letter came to his house by return of post, and it was quite clear that the bankers at Hamburgh had no funds in their hands belonging to him, and that in fact the letter was a mere manoeuvre to throw him off his guard. Mr. NORTON inquired if Mr. Williams had been made ac quainted with the contents of the letter written by the Count to the bankers Mr. Williams replied that he had not ; and said that though the letter had been send to him unsealed, he had not had the curiosity to open it. It, however, came into his hands, having been returned from Hamburgh, but as it was written in the German language he was unable to read it.. Mr. NORTON remarked, that the guilt or innocence of the writer of the letter would very much depe s nd upon the lan guage or terms of the letter, and, therefore, the applicant's first duty was to have his letter translated. Mr. Williams said, he had no moral doubt the party was a regular swindler, for after leaving his house, he (Mr. Williams) discovered that he had borrowed money from the waiters of his establishment, and, in fact, laid most of his servants under contributions. He had also aseertained that the Count was at present living in first-rate style at the west-end of the town, and not content with good living merely, had entered into engagements with a job-master for a carriage and horses to drive him about town. He (Mr. Williams) should, however, take his Worship's advice rela tive to the letter, and if he found, as he anticipated, that it was not a request for the remittance of money in the hands of the banker belonging to the writer, he should certainly have the Count apprehended. THAMES POLICE. Two coal-whippers, named Michaelalins and Matthew Harney, were charged with assaulting Robert Frederick Nunn, landlord of the Ship and Green Dragon, King street, St. George's-in-the-East, and James Park, who was drinking in the house, and also with assaulting three police constables of the IC division, named Wiggins. 73, Brook, 364, and Jolly, 346. Another constable, named Plant, 34 K, lies very ill in the London Hospital from injuries which he sustained while conveying the parties to the station-house. It appears that the prisoners, two powerful fellows, went with another, not in custody, to the house of Mr. Nunn and called for two pots of the best ale, which they refused to pay for when served. They jeered at the landlord, and taking what are called " sights" at him, told him to get the reckoning out of that. A constable was sent for, but they still refused to pay. He then told them to leave his house, and took Harney gently by the shoulder, when the latter turned round on him, and commenced a most .hrutal attack. His wife and son were also struck by the prisoners. More police were sent for, and the prisoners renewed the at tack with increased fury, assailing the police and others who came to the landlord's assistance with the stools, the tables, the fender, and the other furniture of the tap- room. Wig gins 73 R succeeded in closing the door against a large mob who were endeavouring to force in to the rescue of the pri soners, and after receiving severe ill-treatment, from the pain of which lie was still suffering, captured Collins. Just then, however, the door was broken in, and he, with the prisoners, were hustled out into the street by the mob. The prisoner was rescued, and again re-captured by Wiggins, who con veyed him to the station-house through a mob of 200 or 300 persons, amidst a shower of stones, dirt, and brickbats. Mr. BRODERIP said, that a case involving such a series of gross outrages was too serious to be dealt with summarily. He should, therefore, require the prisoners to put in bail to a a n ns d w t e w r o th su e r c e h ti a e r s g f e or at ea t c h h e i s n ess m i l o . n ls t t l h ie e m c s o e u h r - t es w l as n s i o oo o.o l. w e a d c o d h lie would take that opportunity of stating, that if any fatal result followed from the stones and brickbats thrown, every person in the mob would be liable to be tried for murder. THE RATTLER AND THE /XLECTOT-111 the trials which were instituted by the Admiralty between these ves sels, to test the qualities of the screw propeller ship Rattler and the paddle-wheel ship Alecto, the superiority of the Rat tler has been fully shown. In one of the trials which took place on March 30, during a perfect calm, from the Little Nore to Yarmouth Roads, 80 miles, the latter beat the Alecto 23i minutes, although the Rattler, in consequence of a short supply of steam, was compelled to work the second grade of expansion o e n er t h m ro in u u g t h e o . u t o t n he ar d r a i day, and d autn t!e alr engines omffo et again, both vessels having all sails set to i r R a o m no e m la r y d' o 32 d :t Light,r aPe w sb2otfr4 h aee xrs e ett n ze drpeo t . h e They Rattler in 34 continued miles il n b n e l a n t g th e Alecto by 13 mi n utes. pFlroetme galethe f b ro ad m ap th pe e a N ra . n N c . e w o , f a t n h d e n w an e_ t a i ther it was w nu h ed ich t i h t r b v l ou e as g w ho a deemed proper to anchor for th e n i ght, daring day, affording th e very opp . ortunity they were sent uowutttrahte; seek for trying the Rattler's powers in a head sea. In getting under way, the vessel pitching heavily, snapped her cable and lost her anc h or. This race was one oeabout 60 miles, and the Rattler passed the Spurm Light 40 minutes before her competitor. On one occasion the 'tattler lost steam, Which h allowed the Alect o t o get alongside of her: This :al at rent o'clock A.m., and it was from that time to her anchoring that the 40 minutes were gained ; although prior to that, when the sea was roughest, the Rattler gained more than. half a mile on the Alecto in the first hour, the latter having had the start of the former. The sixty miles were accom plished in seven hours and a half, tide principally against them. The very lowest pressure exhibited " when the screw was out of the water" (as the opponents of the principle term it) was 341 b. ranging up to 601 h., on Salter's balance, Subsequent trials took place with still greater advantages to the powers of the screw ; but the most conclusive results as to its superiority were proved when the vessels being fas tened to each other, with their heads in opposite directions, the Rattler towed the Electo, in site of all her attempts to run away astern, at the rate of two miles and a half an hour. THE OREGON DECLARATION.--.-" These declarations," says the Liverpool Albion of yesterday, " reached Liverpool shortly after three o'clock on Saturday, and their eff , :ct on the cotton market was immediately perceptible, Ptlivity sud denly succeeding to stagnation, and a change of purposes be coming instantly evident on the part of both purchasers and sellerS. Throughout the day business had been fiat, all par , - ties appearing shy of operations. This apathy quickly dis appeared. and, notwithstanding the lateness of the ho ur , fully 5,000 bales changed hands, and an advance of from id. to id. per pound was realised. To-day is expected to be a sin gular day in the cotton market, the speculators being gene rally on the qui rive; while others who are holders evince disposition to continue so." THE HAGUE, APRIL 7.—A letter from the Lower Rhine of the 2d of April, says—" News was received yesterday from Berlin, that his Majesty the King had granted permission for the oonstruction c an iron rail way from Arnheim to Wesel. It is eXpeeted that a loan will be shortly owed for two, millions and a h a lf of dollars, which will p@ for the wQrk.,,