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- - " . Whether he was a member of the Association, or who paid ; /or them? Yet the Attorney-General calls on yon to assume, 1 . 6 infer, and presume, that he was 2. member of the Associa lien• lithe object of the Croon 'was to arrive at the truth, -1 t was th e i r b oun d en d u t y t o produce t hi s se di t i ous ven d er o f iafamous publications. Do ye, - u think that Mr. Kemmis, the re spectable Solicito r for the C rown , than whom no man dis eat, his duty more faithfully and more respectably, tas, not instructed as t o w h o he w as an d w h a t h e was? tlYi I again repeat, was not this vender of sedition pro- Il e ,1 ? He could have told us whether he was 1 1 . Member of the Asso c iation, or f r om what old story he drew his account. But my learned, acute, clever fri vAtis, perfectly understood their business. I;veiY one knows that even at the assizes such songs and gu"eatio'.is were sold by wretched paupers at the corners of e streets. He knew that the Attorney-General would not sugmp , trd an course that should have the effect of fakir-iv traversers fall into a trap, or one by which they could be compelled to call a witness, of whom the traversers knew nothing, and of whom the Crow n m i g ht possibly know tI tt eh• Such an imputation was utterly unworthy of them, and t sboeld only be brought to think , so if he should hear the At torney,General say, in his reply, that the traversers ought to gall as their witness this vends...• of sedition. Mr. Moore had ' :) , a served to them on the principles on which a British jury should decide. We can all'understand that an indictment for v ... e ,htpiracy might be julftifiable, or the only proceeding by "'eh individuals could be punished in certain cases. In Zeeeeding against p' . .vate individuals for doing a private T r ,."g, it might be n'ecessary t iinclict persons for a conspiracy. • "° persons might. conspire to rob a man of his property, and 1 5 inch a ease the concert of their acts might be taken as the ° e l Y evid ence of their conspiracy. Men might be charged h offences of , 'Another character, and an indictment for con -B,ll'l`they might 'Acre too be the only remedy. But the law of „ Constitu..san looked with jealousy on the doctrine of con ;piracy boil' , ; ',sorted to as a political instrument in a State pro bneeu,tim ; and I again repeat that it becomes scout e d ore ob. toceeding—one to be discarded and from a ilr u, e rt of justice, when an indictment is founded on three hun s°,parate acts ; the Learned Gentlemen then cited the case ~, 'lanry Hunt before referred to. It was an indictment - 6 ; aznst Hunt and nine others, on several counts, for a con raett to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the country, and 1 1 ;„ e !..eite discontent, disaffection , and hatred of the law among alajeety's subjects. u nit CntEr JUSTICE—Where is the case cited from? $ .H.vrenem.—From Barnewall and Alderson 536 . The earth count of that indictment was for their attending an 4 4 . ll aWful assembly. It is stated, that bodies of persons at `widing the meeting at Manchester appeared in military tray, with the step and movement of a military march. 111 might, perhaps, account for the anxiety of some hethe w it nesses t o prove the military character of processions to some of these meetings ; it was -4 "ler to bring them within the principle of this count trial Mr. Hunt and his companions. The result of this n ri al was, that five were convicted and five were acquitted, " I „hugh the object of the Crown was to get them 4 " convicted of the conspiracy. How did they es caPe th e m e s hes of the net? Because the jury i 'elc• it for granted that • the conduct of the five e jnvic'ed me n ought to be visited on themselves alone; and ,tieY were not satisfied that any preconceived plan of conspi iacY was proved out of subsequent transactions ; and these Il legal were convicted, not for conspiracy, but for assembling an ~Legal assembly. The jury repudiated, as dangerous to the Co nstitution, this indicting for con piracy. Then why was th ere not a count in this indictment against the traversers ?r, attendim; an illegal meeting? Gentlemen, the ease is tither }leek or nothing" for the Crown ; it wants a convic „ion for a. conspiracy, and therefore it would not insert a count sit?r attending an unlawful assembly; it thought that if yon had 4e alternative you would Only find those guilty under that " i nt who did attend such meetings, and acquit them ": 4 the charge of *conspiring. There is another case which hogs tile same spirit in a British jury. It was that of the Vern v. Drinkwater, and others, reported in Carrington and R ayne. This, too, was a conspiracy to disturb the peace, and create discontent and disaffection; the jury rejected the counts °f a conspiracy ; yet, at the - meetings in this case, the people ~w e re told, " if any individual'should dare to interfere with you, b reak his head." How different was the conduct at all the eetin g , held ho rde e traversers. A Mr. Vincent made tue of f or h• im to put any construction upon these words. They dtobe a favourite quotation, and were mentoned a not h e ry Mr. st as having been used. In another speech, on occa- Zw, Mr. Vincent also said, " One heart and one blow, death to e privileged orders, and up with the Government which the topple have established." This was the language then ;fore the jury, yet they were not of opinion that the acts „ 1 the accused were to he attributed to oute r ee 'hn or conspiracy but arose at the moment of the pro ,,,edinms of the Meeting. They believed that the meeting 1 7 ,, as ; they acquitted them of the conspiracy, and f 4 hd them guilty of only attending the unlawful assembly. come back to Mr. Ray, and on his part I state sod call on you to go with me, that there is ne act of con ;racy to be attributed to him in any part of this charge. th i ' object was a legitimate object and, independentl of it, Mr. Ray attended the' meetings at the Corn Exch a nge th, secretary of th Associ ; an I call on you, as 060 urabl e men, to sat e whether y ation ou can d reconcile it to your i‘ :) nseience., or say on your oaths, whether in what he said, or the character in which he appeared,there was anything of the , i ' t tsrlinal intention ascribed to him in the indictment. e wuld ut have discharged the duty he owed to himself H and to o his country —he would not have asserted the principles he avowed • entertained, nor have fulfilled his duty as the servant of the is i _ o. ciation, had he acted otherwise. All this must, therefore, taken into consideration in finding your verdict, and that I trust, will be one of acquittal for nay client. T i t t he Cou r t was a b out t o adjourn for a few moments for re estrhent, when , 111 r• FrrzcitinoN rose, and in a faint and scarcely audible that applied, as we understood, for the indulg, , ence of the Court tha to-morrow, on the ground of indisposition. lie also said, ere in a use of such magnitude, though he knew the jury e anxious to attend, yet if they were called on in such Snickln the successio n to hear the views of so many persons " the same day, it mi g ht not be contributive to the ends of rpc, sti c .. Dl he enter JUSTICE said h felt great unwillingness to press labouring . F itzgibbon to go on ; he had observed that hc had been under a severe cold during a greater part of this The Court all felt that no undue time had been taken uP by the several gentlemen who had addressed the Court and the Jury, neither of whom could complain of the conduct of counsel. This was an additional reason why Mr. Fitzgibbon's request to begin his address to-morrow, instead of to-day, should be conceded. The Court would, therefore, adjourn till to-morrow. want for leaders.—( Hear, hear.) He was proud to say, the utmost tranquillity existed in the country. and should he be sent to prison, his chief consolation would be, that they continued quiet, and that the reward of their peaceful con duct would be a repeal of the union.—( Hear, hear.) He was proud the resolutions were proposed by Mr. O'Brien, parti cularly at a time wh.n his valued friend, Mr. Maher, was a, candidate for' Tipperary, where he would be returned in spite of every opposition. He (Mr O'Connell) did not know exactly what legal mode would be necessary for him to adopt after the trials; but he would require of the people of Ireland, whatever that should be, to give it their perfect ac quiescence.—(Cheers.) Although they would obey the law as laid down by the judges, yet they would never consent to the union ; and should it be said that the Attorney-General's pro secutions would frighten the Irish people ?—(Cheers. ) One thing gave him much pain, and that was the diminished amount of the repeal rent. He had received several commu nications, saying that remittances would be made after the pro. secutions were over, and he could not help expressing his en tire disapproval of such a plan. Whatever they sent would of course be placed to their credit, and •they must be aware that any diminution in the rent and patriotism of the people, would be a triumph to their enemies. The Honourable and Learned Gentlemau then referred to the natural advantages which Ireland possessed; and concluded by saying that peace and perseverance was ;heir motto—peace and perseverance the safety valve of the State, and that peace and perseverance would finally obtain for them a repeal of the union. The resolutions were then put, seriatim, and adopted by acclamation. Several sums of money were then handed in, amounting to upwards of 201. Mr. DU NNE handed in a petition to be presented by Mr. O'Connell to Parliament, signed by 9,500 conspirators, for a repeal of the union. Mr. O'Coe NELL—Hurra for repeal. Mr. JOAN O'Coriereee. alluded in terms of admiration to the splendid specimen of eloquence which Mr. Sheil had given on Saturday last in his behalf, in the Court of Queen's Bench. Whatever became of the prosecutions, whatever was the doom to which he (Mr. J. O'Connell) might be subjected, he never would cease his exertions for the attainment of the legislative independence of their native land.—(Cheers. ) The Rev. T. o*Meeeev then addressed the meeting. He alluded to some olnervations made by an Hon. and Gallant Member of the Association in disparagement of " federalism ;" but he would not then enter into a discussion on the subject, as he intended to reserve himself to ans wer the common enemy. Federalism was, in some mea sure, a child of his own. He had made many sacrifices, as his Hon. Friend Mr. O'Brien could testify, in coming for ward to advocate it ; yet he was not blindly wedded to any opinions on the subject. The Rev. Gentleman then alluded to the Government of the United States, from which he drew the model of his plan, and where he resided during some of the happiest days of his life. So far was federalism from being opposed to the repeal of the Legislative Union, it was directly contrary; for they held that the Act of Union should be vir tually repealed before the principle of federalism could come into play. In military parlance, the Federalists were a corps of the grand army of Repealers ; and their proposition re duced the controversy with England to this—was she satis fied with a union of equality—a union which, instead of weak ening► her political condition, would strengthen it far beyond what it was at present ?—( Hear, hear.) fhe Whigs, it ap peared, were not willing to gve the people their own Parlia ment : but they were ready to have a Parliament assemide hese once in every three years—a plan which he had no hesita tion in denouncing as a clumsy mole of satisfying the wants and wishes of the Irish people. He could not see that a passage from one country to the ether would make gentlemen change their places from one side to the other ; and what ad vantages could, therefore, be derived from such a plan There was no salvation, for Ireland out of the pale and protection of an Irish Parliament ; for, let the two great parties of the State battle as they might, it was only by such a Parliament the country could be redeemed from the evils which pressed upon her energies and destroyed her resources.—(Hear.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded amidst loud cheers. _ . Mr. WILLIAMS, an American gentleman, addressed the meeting, but was called to order by Mr. O'Connell, in conse quence of strong language which he had made use of. Mr. S. O'BRIEN gave notice of a motion for the appoint ment of a committee to watch ever the proceedings of Members of Parliament. Mr. O'CoNNELL observed that some persons were going aLout the city, as they had done before, to entrap persons, col lecting money to finish the Conciliation-hall. Now he wished to inform the public that such persons were guilty of a gross fraud—that no money was required for such a purpose—and be hoped those who were duped would take every measure to bring the perpetrators of the fraud before the magistrates. The CHAIRMA N han d ed in a pound, as the subscription for the year 1844 of the Re v. Mr. Meara, P.P., of Toomevara, in the county of Tipperary. Mr. O'CoNNELL had great pleasure in proposing the thanks of the Association to the Rev. Mr. Meara, one of the oldest and best friends of Ireland. He was mainly instrumental in putting an end to those factions comically termed " Black Hens and Magpies," in the county of Tipperary, and had actually succeeded in making the black hens marry the magpies. The repeal rent was then announced to be 372/.145. lid., after which Sir Valentino Blake, Bart., M. P., took the chair, and the meeting adjourned to Monday next. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would not for a moment tress Mr. Fitzgibbon to go on, but Mr. Whiteside and Mr. lll'Donough still had to address the Court, and he thought one of them might go on. One of the traversers, he understood, *as to address the Court himself. He admitted that the illness of Mr. Fitzgibbon was quite a sufficient reason for his not ad dressing the jury, but he thought it might be desirable that one of the other gentlemen should do so. Mr. F ITZGIBBON sa id th e C our t h a d been kind enough to lake his indisposition into consideration as one of the ingre dients of its decision. But he did not found his application 4 Pon that. If they forced him to go on he would be prepared, !usl if there were no other reasons but his personal convenience, he should beg them not to make their rule merely upon that. Jtdge BURTON—I suppose the counsel for the traversers h ave made some arrangement as to the order in which they Were to speak. O'CONNELL—They have ; there has been a certain dis 160n of forces on this occasion, and another counsel toms substituted now. A r e altE JUSTICE—I Suppose so. He will then do as I stated at t t the c ase will then be adjourned till to-morrow. 1 , 11 1 . 4 t traverser! and their counsel then quitted the Court, ass afterwards to dispose of motions. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, MONDAY. The usual weekly meeting of this Association took place to l'aY, in the Coneiliationhall, which was densely crowded be re two o'clock, the hour fixed for the meeting. The chair Lame taken by Caleb P owe ll, Est, M.P. for the county of ck. About twenty minutes past two Mr. O'Connell entered, and ts greeted with enthusiastic cheering. After the ordinary routine business was gone through, L., zt ir• O'CONNELL arose amidst loud cheering. He said he g'" to hand in money from a lady, Miss Ellen Dodd, of e ra wnstown, and moved that she should be admittesl.—(Car. ; led .) Mr. O'Connell handed in various other subscriptions, i,b(*luding Mr. Edward Francis Murray, son of Sir James Mur sisal, whose letter was dated from Genoa, and expiessed regret •ssat the present Ministers made no attempt to remove or dimi tis the mountain of injustice in Ireland. Ki O'Coe NFU.. again rose, and said he wished to allude to woatter that occurred at the sitting of the Court this morning. • t • John O'Connell sought permission of the Court to explain, in reference to what had fallen from his distinguished counsel 90 S aturday, that nothing on earth could induce him to become Z a ny manner a Party to any compromise of repeal. He said th . felt it a personal duty to prevent any misunderstanding on i s Point, tq as he never would consent to anything which could, to the least d egree , comp!, mise the inalienable rtght of Ireland do mestic and national legislation.—(Cheers.) 0f Ssirrii O'BRIEN rose, amidst cheering and waving ,als, to address the meeting. Ile ) said, as Ili) not lee of his meetin g had been given, he deemed it necessary to put the t i: e ling in possession of them, especially as the Tipperary EC' was so near at hand. The resolutions were then read by e Hon. Gentleman, as follows Resolved, that inasmuch as it will greatly conduce to the ;?'?ess of our national cause, if candidates favourable to t a Ile thl of the Union be relieved from all m , es connected with "' elections, and as, in the presents tate of the late relative ° bribery, the choice of the electors may be defeated by the t rn:llest expenditure on the part of the candidates in previa ir:Tsrefreshment for voters, or in conveying them to the poll ; tt el'rnestly recommended by the Repeal Association that, zev '- event of a conte.4 for any county, city, or town, the oral parishes should send their voters to the poll free of all bo lr go, direct. or indirect, to the candidate chosen by the ° Ple, to uphold the cause of our country. pf That the thanks of this Association be tendered to those 2 , - ` ) , e "ional agents who shall volunteer their gratuitous services "' h alf of candidates favourable to a Repeal of the Union. etheThat in case any intimidation be used by landlords or to prevent electors from voting for such candidates, it t , ue,irable that all the circumstances connected with such in 'odation should be made known to the Repeal Association." 10 he non. Gentleman dhe congratulated the me, ting on vr, - State prosecutions., which afforded the Irish vople the op el,rptu,nitY of putting on record the wrongs which caused the ' th"' Movement. Those prosecutions had rallied around thr ea t the true fr ien ds cr lrnrn - of freedom of discussion. He w cold not th at c ent on the conduct of the Government, or ~ty whether sh o ,-°ndu commentla to excite respect or contempt. He u"1 no ton the &fence, so far as it had procoeded, h ad ' r ogfieent speech of the distinguished advocate who addressed the Court on Saturthiv, add who insisted that it n n' tint th e P rotestant nor the Cat h o li c , no t.the aristocracy to t the democracy , but the union of both, that was required Re gi s r peace, free - d ' oin, and prosperity to Ireland.—(Cheers.) this he not refer to the result of the trial now . pending, a - iqui tt would say, that either result, a conviction or an for it ai, would be equally disastrous to the Government, tri a l • was, in reality, the Government that were upon their who As to Mr. O'Connell, his position was that of a man th e Mus t be elevated even still higher in public opinion, and in The r.siot:dence and affection of his conntrymen.—(Cbeers. ) . and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to refer renderinst sl:etisolutions in detail, showing their advantage in rnila°r" more pure and independent. Resolutions exactly e were passed by the people of Limerick, and it was by .itertions that the people of Ireland would obtain a triumph. tfeirYella'tntlie,eioferciott had, he should say, been made by the people indeed any coercion at all, to compel their repre thatat'v7te:ito suppo rt a repea l o f the un i on ; b ut he shou l d say The resolu t i on s h e resol e text eneral election such would not be the case. arreiedei.,_esd.shehad submitted to their consideration had approval of him t o w h om t h ey a ll l oo k e d f or a d v i ce leantce, and of the co mm it tee o f t h at A ssoc i at i on. Th e remuititoitsn.i eman concluded by movi ng th e a d opt i on o f t h e o , co b NNELT, rose, he said, to second th e reso l u ti ons deposedy his talent e d an d pa t r i ot i c f r i end, and if they zztoi:,:ie adopted b ecause h e (M r . O'C onnell) approved of forward by most unfeignedly say, -their- b e i ng b r On g h t y wouldh friend ought to ensure them the respect and a droirati on of th e peop l e. M r. O ' Brien came amongst them the moment of pe r il, an d w h a t ever m i g h t b e the result of 4 Vending itate trials, the people of Ireland would net THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, which were as well known to every man, woman, and child in the United Kingdom twelve months ago, as the rising and setting of the sun, and made known chiefly by the zealous exertion of the conspirators to give notoriety to their proceedings. What the judges have to say is, whether such a con spiracy is lawful, 2nd upon this point there can be really no second opinion ; and what the jurors have to find is, whether Mr. Daniel O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell, n nel I , Messrs. Tierney, Steele,Barrett . , Duffy,Bay, and Doctor Gray, or any of them, has had a part in it. In this narrow compass lies the whole question — tedious as the proceedings have necessarily been, and copious as have been the dissertations of our con temporaries Upon those proceedings. We know not whether it is worth the while to remark here that Mr. Sheil is in error in saying that all the parties so di,gracefully prosecuted for conspiracy in 1823 were acquitted. Of the seven accused one only (Mr. Brownlow) was acquitted, and against him no evi dence whatever had been adduced. As to the other six, the jury disagreed, notwithstanding the Attorney-General (Lord Plunket) had set aside thirty of the panel—all Protestants by the way, and some of them among , the most respectable merchants and citizens of Dublin notwith standing, too, that the traversers had not challenged one man, Protestant or Roman Catholic. At the conclusion of the affair the jury were dis charged, but the traversers were held to bail to be tried at the succeeding term ; and tried they would have been had not Lord Plunket been called on in the House of Commons, by the late excellent Lord Farnham, to answer for his conduct in the matter. And now, as our Whig Contemporaries have a fancy for Irish politics, we invite their attention to the resolutions agreed to by the dismal remnant of the Irish Whigs, at their late meeting at Charlemont House, Dublin. They have hitherto observed a re markable silence with reference to this document. We could wish to say a few words about it, but thOugh we made it public (exclusively) two or three, days ago, etiquette requires that the Whig friends of the party from whom it proceeds should do the formal honours of an introduction to the notice of the Eng lish people. Let it be remembered, that in this dreary manifesto the Irish Whigs say all that they have to say. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The advance in the price of Cotton in Liverpool, con sequent upon the latest advices from the United States— amounting to fully id.—has had its effect upon our mar ket here. As might . be expected, as the result of this con tinued excitement in the Liverpool market, ours yes terday was a little unsettled. There was no lack of orders offering, but the speculative rise in cotton ap pears to some extent to have arrestf d their acceptance. In yarns there was a little more disposition to purchase manifested by the shippers, and prices may be said to be from id. to id. per pound higher. Yarns for home consumption were also in good demand, and higher prices were obtained. In goods, a fair business was done at the highest prices of last week. _ _ ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 29. — There has been a rather busy market to-day, yet there have not been so many pieces sold as might have been expected from the numerous attendance of buyers. The manufacturers have stood out for an advance of prices, and many .have obtained a little more for their goods, but nothing in proportion to the advance of wool. The demand for wool still continues good, and prices firm. IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS. FOURTEENTH DAY. (BY EXPRESS.) (FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY, JAN. 30. SUMMARY of the STATE TRIALS. At the opening of the Court this morning, Mr. FITZGIBBON commenced his address, as Counsel for Dr. GRAY. He said that the doctrine of con spiracy, as laid down by the Attorney-General, was, that it was,a combination of two or more persons to do an illegal act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. He denied the correctness of the doctrine. That proposition had been laid down by Lord DEN - MAN, in a case which occurred in 1832, and had been repeated by the same Learned Lord in a case in 1834. But it was a mere dictum and not a decision ; and in 1839 when it was cited before Lord DEN ALAN himself, his Lordship said he did not think it a correct proposition, In the cass of the King v. Forbes, better known as the bottle riot case, Chief Justice BUSHE had laid down a similar doctrine to that of Lord DENMAN. and it was to be found in Eas';'s Pleas of the Crown. But however good a text writer EAST was, he denied that he was to be considered a good legal authori y. They had looked in COKE and all the old autho rities on the subject, without being able to dis cover any such doctrine. With respect to the two cases cited by the Attorney-General in support of the doctrine above quoted—viz., the King v. Watson, H ower s State Trials, vol. 22, and the case of the King .v. Murphy, Bth Carrington and Payn e , which latter case Mr. Justice COLERIDGE had laid down the doctrine of conspiracy adopted by the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL. He submitted that they did not apply in the present instance at all. The former case was one of high treason, and could not be cited as similar to the present, which was one of misdemeanor, and therefore Mr. Justice BAYLEY'S decision on it must not Le considered valid. In the case of the King v. Murphy, though the doctrine laid down by the Attorney -General was applicable to the facts there, it was by no means so to the facts in the present case. The Learned Gentleman de nied that there was any case of conspi racy established. The people were peaceable, and orderly. They were not drilled, and ordered to advance and yetire, as they were in Eng land. The people met in large numbers, but it was by such means 'that redress of grievances was always obtained. The Learned Gentleman then re ferred to the means adopted by the mailed Barons of England when the great charter of England's liberties was wrested from King JOHN, and to the attitude assumed by the people at the time of the Clare election The Learned Gentleman then referred, in very strong language, to the conduct of the Attorney-General, with regard to the prosecutions. He did not object to his doing his;duty, but he ought to - do so in a manly and straightforward man ner, and not have stated the law incor rectly to obtain the conviction of a brother barrister, and who had been an ornament to his pro fession for many years. He concurred with the_ Attorney-General that this was a mo mentous case—momentous to the Attorney Genera l, and > the party with which he was connected. It would afford that party a scourge to repress the people, from giving expression to their feelings and opinions, but he trusted the Court and jury would interpose to pre vent them from obtaining that power. The juries of England had always saved the liberties of the people when they were sought to be crushed by chargg like the present. The last case of this kind was the charge of the constructive treason brought against TOOKE and HARDY, but an English jury three times brought in a verdict of not guilty. Mr. FITZGIBBON was still addressing the jury when our express left. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. We are really at a loss to conjecture what good Sir Robert Peel expects from the prosecution of Mr. O'Con nell. Be the result what it may—acquittal or punish ment—the influence of the acitator is sure to be aug mented, and the authority of the Government propor tionally weakened. At the date of the latest accounts, the Court of Queen's Bench had sat eight days, but not a single circumstance had been brought to light that was not well known before. The foul and wicked conspiracy of the Attorney-General, turns out to be nothing more than an open combination to effect a change in the law, such as has exited over and over again in all parts of the country, and such as exists in the Complete Suf frage Union and An'i-Corn-law League, at present. All that has been proved, and all, we are satisfied, that can -be proved, against O'Connell is, that he has organised associations, collected subscriptions, and given tickets of membenhip to as many people as desired to repeal an Act of Parliament that has only existed some forty years. This he has done peaceably, and accompanied by professions of the most unbounded loyalty. Now, what is there in all this that has not been done a hundred tunes over—that is not done at present ? What greater crime has O'Connell committed than the Reform leaders of 1831, or than the Anti-Corn-law and Complete-Suffrage agitators of 1843? None whatever. But the Ministry feel themselves in a difficulty, and they try to evade the concession of justice to Ireland, by wielding the instruments of justice to do her more grievous wrong than she yet has suffered. The whole course of this prosecution has been marked by folly. It began ill in the suppression of the Clontarf meeting, and it has gone on from bad to worse through the blunders of the preliminary proceedings—the-unfair ness of the panal—and the ludicrous absurdities of the Crown witnesse?. Come out of it what will, the Admi nistration must suffer.—Aberdeen Herald. TWO SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS, WITH THE "DISPATCH." GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN. The immense size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH has, hitherto, enabled its Proprietors on all occasions to preset, a Copious, and, at the same time, interesting account of the events of each week. 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THE SECRET PASSION.—The author of " Shak speare and his Friends," and " The Youth of Shakspeare," two fictions which may be said to have created an entirely new school of novel writing, and which at once received the stamp of the highest public approbation, has again come be fore his admirers with a new story entitled " The Secret Pas sion." Without betraying the mystery of the plot, it will be sufficient to direct our readers attention to the work to say that it is written in quite as original and striking a style as that which marked the author's former productions, and that at the same time it displays equal powers of fertile invention in the incidents as well as truth and variety . of character. It has the additional attraction of offering a series of delineations of the moral feelings, such as have rarely been pourtrayed by any of the master hands who have treated of the development of human passion through the medium of fiction. CARDIFF.—RATHER MISTAKEN.—A certain gen tleman, who is well known to the commercial world in the localities of Cardiffi Merthyr, and Newport, had a meeting of importance to attend at one of these places on a Saturday evening some time ago, and having finished his avocations at a considerable distance from the place of the meeting, he engaged a famous pony to convey him in haste to the place of appointment. He arrived at an inn on the road not 100 miles from Newbridge, about dusk, and alighted to regale himself with good creature comforts, and to rest his horse. After tasting and trying a good quantity of that which the house produced, and toying with the ladies, till both alcohol and love made him feel rather bewildered, he was reminded at length of the flight of time, by his gold chain and watch, and getting up, and taking a hasty farewell of bright eyes and rosy wine, he straightway proceeded to mount his pony ; but lo ! when seated, he discovered that his charger was minus saddle and bridle ! Dismounting, as well 'as he could, and in a towering passion, he reached the bal in a twinkling, and upbraided the landlord in a masterly style, desiring him to come out forthwith to see the pony without bridle or saddle. Out they went, and behold! they discovered that our hero had actually mistaken a poor old cow for his pony, and had been on her back, in the idea of riding, home quite comfortably, while she was quietly eating grains from a pail by the door. The pony was standing within a few yards, going off in a quiet dose, from which he was roused by the loud laughter which pealed around, on discovering the gentleman's queer mistake.—Monmouth Merlin. ASTLEY'S.—The attractions at this popular theatre continue to fill the house every evening. Last night,. the Battle of Waierloo and the Equestrian, exhibition, afforded the ireatest delight tb ahouse crowded to the ceiling. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Militaif Secreta'ry of the Commander in Chief of the army, transacted business with Sir James Graham, at the Howe-office. ty4 111 t :1 trti -0-:g4,-4.7 4 4.4" SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF TRIS DAY. GLOBE.—The proceedings were resumed on Monday morning. On the Judges taking their seats, and the members of the jury answering to their names, Mr. John O'Connell requested to make an ob servation on a remark of Mr. Sheil, in his address to the jury, which, if not explained, might compromise his reputation, by seeming to impugn his consistency. That considerable " sensation" should be caused among those who heard the declaration—made in such a place, and under circumstances such as those in which the declarant stood—can be easily imagined. As an abstract question, the repeal of the legislative union may be held, and even discussed, without exposing the person who holds and asserts it to the penalties of the law. The point in issue between the Crown and the traversers is, whether the means by which they have sought to effect their object have been such as the law allows, or such as bring them within its penalties. This is the question to which the attention of the jury must be confined; because it is the ques tion on which they are sworn to return a ver dict of "guilty," or " not guilty," respecting each of the traversers. Mr. John O'Connell might, there fore, safely make the declaration which he did with out perilling his individual case ; and, if he considered that declaration due to his consistency, he did right to repudiate the idea which his counsel suggested, as a mode by which the Repeal question might he compro mised, but in which he (the defendant) could not concur. The adjournment of the Court on Saturday at the close of Mr. Sheil's speech, was an act of considerate justice on the part of the Judges to Mr. Moore, who would otherwise have had to address the jury for his client (the Rev. Mr. Tierney) under manifest disad vantages. During the protracted trial of Warren Hastings, a similar testimony was borne to the powers of Sheridan, then in the meridian of his fame. At the close of Mr. Sheridan's mightiest effort within the walls of Parliament—the speech with which he opened the fourth charge against the impeached party—Mr. Pitt moved an adjournment ; observ ing, " The wand of the enchanter is upon us ; it is in vain to attempt an application of the judgment to the charge before us, while under the imme diate influence of the fascinating power to which we have been subjected." Read in connexion with Mr. Sheil's speech, that of Mr. Moore, as an orato rical effusion, will fail to excite the same feelings of delight. As the close reasoning of a lawyer, whose duty it was to examine each count of the indict ment, and to show how futile had been the efforts of the Crown lawyers to sustain those counts by the evidence they had adduced, Mr. Moore's speech is deserving of no ordinary praise, and will, we doubt not, be highly appreciated by the bar, and be carefully scanned by the jury. It cannot be too frequently brought before the mind of the public, in order to show how utterly the evidence brought forward has failed to sustain the indictment,' that the indictment charges " conspiracy," and this alone, against the parties. Failing to establish " con spiracy, the indictment is at an end. There is no count for attending unlawful assemblies. The Attorney-General has not ventured to take issue on the question, whether the meetings of the Asso ciation were, in the legal sense of the term, unlaw ful assemblies. There is no count for sedition. But extracts from speeches are set forth which are alleged to be seditious, in order to sustain the charge of conspiracy. Mr. Moore's clear and forcible exposure of the form of the prosecution, by which constructive evidence on such a charge is sought to be substituted for direct testimony, deserves the careful considsra- Con of every man capable of understanding a legal argument expressed in popular language; as we hope and believe it will have from the jury, on whose verdict the case will be decided. Mr. Hatchell's address to the jury in behalf of Mr. Ray, the Secretary of the Repeal Association, was short, considering the length of the speeches which had preceded it. It occupied only two hours. The skill with which Mr. Hatchell dissected the testimony of certain of the Crown witnesses, and exposed the dis crepancy of their respective statements—the suspi cion which he cast over the whole case for the prose cution, by the refusal, on the part of the Crown, to adduce evidence which was within their control, and essential to their case, from a fear lest the ad missions of facts, or contradictions of the witnesses they did call in, in certain statements they had made, were fine specimens of forensic power, and opened up a new difficulty to the Solicitor-General in his reply. The copious reference made to State trials in this country at different periods, and his application of the doctrine held by English Judges on those occasions to the case then under trial, showed how laboriously Mr. Hatchell had prepared himself for his undertaking, and will, doubtless, convince even the exclusive jury which the Attorney-General has obtained, that they must be more determined to con vict the Repeal leaders than to return a verdict in consistency with the Constitution, if they bring in a verdict of guilty, on the indictment before the Court. STANDARD.—Ihe speeches of Mr. ' Moore and Mr. Hatchell, at the Dublin State trials, do not call for any particular observation. We do not say this in any disrespectful sense, for both the addresses were able and lawyer-like; but, unlike Mr. Sheil's, they adhered so closely to the subject matter of the charge, that to pronounce an opinion of the degree of success of either would be to trespass beyond those limits to which a considera tion of what is due to the administration of justice confines us, until the verdict shall have b een de livered. The not inopportune illness of Mr. Fitz gibbon on Monday, abridged that day's proceedings to the extent of enabling Mr. O'Connell to take his place at the meeting of the Repeal A sssoeiation, where he suggested a badge or uniform, to be worn by Repealers. This is, perhaps, to be a practical proof of the defence mainly relied upon by Mr. Moore and Mr. Hatchell, within a few hours before, namely, the absence of union and concert among the Re pealers. In regard to the trials the Whig journals in England go to lengths far beyond what even the retained advocates of the traversers have as yet ventured. If we understand them rightly, there can be no such thing as a political conspiracy,-no such crime as sedition—a line of defence which, perhaps, they may safely take, because they are not responsible to courts, or juries, or to any authority save common sense ; but which it would be desperate folly to offer upon an actual trial. Every book on Crown law tells us that there is such an offence as political conspiracy, and reason demonstrates that it may be the highest public offence short of high treason, and separated from that highest of all crimes by a very narrow and uncertain boundary. The practice of the late Government abundantly proved their sense of the existence of such a crime ; and we find the very first of Whig law authorities, the late Lord Erskine, thus de scribing it, and showing the perfect compatibility of the punishment "of the offence with even his most liberal notions of the sovereignty of the people; we quote from his Lordship's celebrated speech upon Hardy's trial, where he recites the law, as laid down by the Lord Chief Baron Macdonald. " The question is not what the people have a right to do—for the people are undoubtedly the foundation and origin of all governments—but the charge is for seditiously calling upon the people, without cause or real' n, to exercise a right which would be sedition, supposing the right to be in them. For though the people might have a right to do the thing suggested, and though they are not excited to the doing it by force and rebellion, yet as the sugges tion goes to unsettle the State, the propagation of such doctrines is seditious. There is no other way un doubtedly of describing that charge." This quota tion meets the whole case of sedition and of sedi tious conspiracy, and it derives additional force from the liberal opinions of Lord Erskine, and from the occasion on which it was delivered. We submit it to the serious attention of our Con temporaries, who deny the possible existence cf political conspiracy as an illegal offence, and affect to treat the punishment of such conspiracy as an invasion of the primary right of freemen. Lord Erskine plainly thought that there is such an offence as political conspiracy, and that it may be prosecuted and punished, leaving altogether unim paired " the sovereignty of the people,' of which he was the ardent votary. In other respects the de fence set up by the Whig journals is foolish ,• for while they admit what, indeed, it would be absurd to deny, the convergence of the whole repeal agitation to one object—namely, the repeal of the union and to one central authority, the organised Repeal Association, they affect to exa mine the practical proofs of a concerted design " to unsettle the State," by a combined movement, as if each of these practical proofs ended as it were in itself : just as if, upon on indictment for riot, to which three persons are necessary to constitute the offence, John should insist upon being tried without reference to the acts of James and Peter, indicted with him, or even without reference to the existence of such persons in rerum naturffl. In all cases, however, of riot, riotous assembly, conspi racy, &c., it is the number and the community of purpose which makes the gravamen of the charge; these proved, the acts of each individul become the acts of all. After all that we have written for the last three or four years, it would be a ridiculous prudery on our part to affect to conceal our con viction that the repeal agitation has been carried on by an all but treasonable conspiracy, if, indeed, the conspiracy has not been absolutely an act of high treason. The only question which we are not at liberty to touch, because the only question upon which the jury have to decide, is -the; onnexion and the degree of connexion of the several traverser with that conspiracy, the character .and extent of fourth at on SUN OFFICE, Half-past Seven EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN. R')3l OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY, JAN. 30. One of the most extraordinary scenes that perhaps ever took place in a court of justice, was enacted this afternoon in the Court of Queen's Bench, between the Attorney-General and Mr. Fitzgibbon. It would , seem that the good old practice, so peculiarly Irish, of I settling all matters in dispute by an appeal to the pistol is, in these degenerate days, becoming so fallen into disuse, that, to sustain the character of the law, even the law-officers of the Crown, and that too in open Court, call out " Any money for a duel !" . During the progress of Mr. FITZGIBBON'S speech this day, the Court and Jury retired as usual about two o'clock, for refreshment. During their absence the Attorney-General was observed to convey a Rote to Mr. FITZGIBBON, which he had .been writing in Court. On . the return of their Lordships, Mr. FirzGlnnoN applied to them to ascertain whether he had, during the progress of his address, permitted himself to make use of any improper expressions personally reflecting on the conduct of the Attorney- General, with regard to the trials. He then called on the Attorney-General to hand up to their Lord ships a note which the Attorney-General had sent over to him (Mr. FITZGIBBON): The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if the Learned Counsel had any motion to make on the subject he had better state it upon affidavit. Mr. FITZGIBBON (vehemently)—Never. An :1 if the Attorney-General does not hand up the note to the Court I will state the substance of it. Mr. FITZ GIBBON then stated that the Attorney-General had sent him a note, calling on him to retract certain rcpres sions which he (Mr. FrrzainnoN) was represented to haVe used in the course of his address;and which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered as personally reflecting on himself, and calling on him, if he did not ntr4ct them, to name a friend. This statement caused, the most marked sensation surprise being the most promin?nt feature of it: throughout Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that Mr. FITZ- GtBDON had stated in his (Mr. FITZGIBBON'S) address to the Court, that he was influenced by private motives in the conduct of the present prosecution— that he was guidei in the conduct of it by his feelings as to what effect success or failure might have upon his political advancement, and if he withdrew the reflection thus cast upon his conduct, he would be satisfied. Mr. FITZGIBBON said the ATTORNEY-GENERAL came with pistol in hand, and he could not help telling him that he would not thus draw an apology from him (Mr. F.) Mr. MooRE suggested that as all must regret that such an occurrence had taken place, an opportunity should be given to both parties to become reconciled with each other by a mutual explanation. The CHIEF JUSTICE thanked Mr. MOORE for his suggestion, and stated that the Court felt it-elf in a very embarrassing situation; and that the Attorney- General was the last man that ought to have allowed himself to be betrayed into any such expression as that now declare :I by the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that now he would not impose any condition respecting the withdrawal of the expressions which had hurt him. Mr. I'mGinnori declared that he had never meant to impute anyth'ng like improper motives to the AT TORNET-GENER.IL in the conduct of the trials, but that he felt he did not•exceed his duty in canvassing his conduct as a pubic man. After some further observations from the mutual friends of both learned gentlemen, Mr. FITZGIBBON resumed his address to the Court. There is one circumstance that rendered the send ing the challenge at such a time and manner especially blameable. The lady of Mr. FITZGIBBON and her child were sitting at the table nearly by the side of Mr. FITZGIBBON himself. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, and a deputation from the Corporation, have arrived this evening, for the purpose of presenting an address to her MAJESTY. GUIZOT AND THE CARLISTS.—We copy from the correspondence of an Evening Contemporary the following just remarks on the scene which took place in the French Chamber on Friday :—" The Legitimatists, driven into a corner, turned upon N. Ouizot . personally, and were joined by the Republic - ans of the extreme Left. Thus was presented the...spec tacle of unprincipled immorality in parties, combined with Je suitism in religion. They attempted to beat down M. Guizot's voice ; to overwhelm, to exhaust him ; they bawled, barked, menaced, browbeat, and interrupted—but they were nobly punished. Di. Guizot rehearsed, in brief terms, a con sistent life; and when he challenged contradiction, the barkers and brawlers held their peace. " You may," exclaimed the great orator, " heap calumnies upon calumnies; but you will never brill' , them up to the height of my disdain." Never was there such a triumph, even for Guizotnever was - there such humiliation even for the Left—never did the unnatural combination of infidelity with priestcraft look so disgusting and hateful. Guizot rose above his opponents. He rose above himself. He proved that he was as ready for the everyday work of debate as for carefully meditated discussion—an adversary not to be taken unawares, and, when assailed, not to be ex cited except by an unmanly effort to beat him down by physical violence, and then only to show how feeble and pitiable are vulgar mob weapons against genius armed with truth and honour." TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. OFFICE of the MASTER of the HORSE to the QUEEN DOWAG ER, Carlton Royal Mews, Jan. 27. The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint Mr. Gladwin John Richard Wynyard, Page of Honour to her Majesty. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 2G. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Albert Davy, as Congul nt LeedS, and of Air. Thomas M'Guire, as Consul at Glasgow, for the United States of America. WiliTLll ALL, JAN. 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wm. Wilson to the church :Ind parish of Bala=lellan, in the presbytery and , stewartry of. Kirkcudbright, vacant icy the death - of the Rev.GavanCullen, late minister thereof. W.HITEHALL, JAN. 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Thomas Monro, Ma ter of Arts, to the church and parish of Campsie, in the presbytery of Glasgow, and county of Stirling, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Robert Lee, late minister thereof, to the parish of Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh. • • WHITEHALL, JAN. 29. The Queen has been plea'sed to appoint Charles Richard Ogden, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be ber Ma jesty's Attorney-General in the Isle of Man, in the room of James Clarke; Esq., resigned. OFFICE OF OIWNANCE, JAN. 26. Ordnance Medical. Department—Surgeon T. H. Quig ley to be Senior Surgeon, vice Simpson, retired; As sistant-Surgeon J. A. Davis .to be Surgeon, vice Quigley, Jan. 24. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hilary Term.—ln the • seventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria.—Monday, Jan. 29, 1844. This Court will, on Monday, the 12th day of February next, hold a sitting, to give judgment in such cases as stand over for the judgment of the Court. N. C. TINDAL. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SUMMER CIRCUITS, 1844. MIDLAND CIIICUIT. _ _ _ HENRYCommissioner.Y REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Essex—Chelmsford, Saturday, July 6. Essex—Colchester, Monday, July 8. Suffolk—lpswich, Tuesday, July 9. Norfolk—Yarmouth, Thursday, July 11. Norfolk—Norwich, Friday, July 12. • At the City and County of the City of Norwich—On the same day. Norfolk—Lynn, Tuesday, July 16. Suffolk —Bury St. Edmund's, Thursday, July 18. Cambridgeshire —Cambridge, Friday, July 19. Huntingdonshire —Huntingdon, Monday, July 2 Northamptonsliire—Peterborough, Tuesday, July 23. Rutlandshire—Oakham, Wednesday, July 24. Lincolnshire—Lincoln and City, Friday, July 26. Nottinghamshire —Nottingham, Monday, July 29. At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, on the same day. Derbyshire—Derby, Thursday, Aug. 1. At the City and County of the City of Lichfield—Friday, Aug. 2. Staffordshire—Stafford, Saturday, Aug. 3. Shropshire—Shrewsbury, Thursday, Aug. 8. Shropshire—Oldbury, Saturday, August 10. • Warwickshire—Birmingham, Monday, Aug. 12. Warwickshire—Warwick, Thursday, Aug. 15. Warwickshire—Coventry, Saturday, Aug. 17. Leicestershire—Leicester, Monday, Aug. 19. Northamptonshire-Northampton, Wednesday, Aug. 21. Bedfordshire—Bedford, Friday, Aug. 23. Buckinghamshire—Aylesbury, Saturday, Aug. 24. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. JOHN GREATHED HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner. Berkshire—Reading, Friday, June 14. Oxfordshire—Oxford and City, Monday, June 17. Worcestershire—Worcester and City, Wednesday, June 19. Gloucestershire—Gloucester and City, Friday, June 21. Monmouthshire—Monmouth, Thursday, June 27. Herefordshire-Hereford, Friday, June 28. Radnorshire—Presteigne, Monday, July 1. Breconshire—Brecon, Wednesday, July 3. Carmarthenshire—Carmarthen, and Borough, Friday, July 5: Cardiganshire—Cardigan, Monday, July 8. Pembrokeshire—Haverfordwest, and Town, Wednes day, July 10. Glamorganshire —Swansea, Friday, July 12. Glamorganshire—Cardiff, Monday, July 15. At the City and County of the City of Bristol—Thurs day, July 18. Somersetshire—Bath, Monday, July 22. Somersetshire—Taunton, Wednesday, July 24. Devonshire—Plymouth, Saturday, July 27. Cornwalt—Bodmin, Tuesday; July 30. Devonshire—Exeter, Thursday, Aug. 1. -At the City and County of the City of Exeter, on the same day. . Dorsetshire--Dorchester, Monday, August 5. Wiltshire—Salisbury, Wednesday, August 7. Southampton—Z: inehester, Thursday, August S. At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, Saturday, August 10. HOME CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOAN LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Kent—Dover, Friday, July 5. At the City and County of the City of Cantcrbury— Monday, July 8. Kent—Maidstone, Tuesday, July 9. i Sussex—Horsham, Saturday, July 20. Hertfordshire—:-Hertford, Saturday, July 27. NORTHERN . DAVID PCLLOCK, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire—Sheffield, Monday, June 10. Yorkshire—Wakefield, Wednesday, June 12. At the Town . and - Co!.inty of the Tow a of .Jiingston upon:Hull, Wednesday, June 19. - Yorkshire—York, Friday, June 21. ?P44< Yorkshire—Riehmon Monnay, June 24. Durham—Durham, Tuesday, June 25. Northumberland—Newcastle-on-Tyne, Friday, June 2S. At the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle- on-Tyne—same day. Cumberland—Carlisle, Tuesday, July 2. Westmorland—Appleby, Friday, July 2. Westro3rland—Kendal, Saturday, July 6. Lancashire—Lancaster, Monday, July 8. Lancashire—Liverpool, Tuesday, July 23. Cheshire—Chester, Friday, July 26. At the City and County of the City of Chester, on the same day. Montgomeryshire—Welsh Pool, Tuesday, July 30. Flintshi Friday, August 2. Denbighshire —lluthin, Saturday, August 3. Merionethshire—Dolgelly, Wednesday, AuguA 7. Carnarvonshire—Carnarvon, Saturday, August 10. Anglesey—Beaumaris, Monday, August 12. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY, JOHN HOUSE BARRY, merchant. Liverpool. ANN GAULT, baker, Standon, Hertfordshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHN TUBB, draper, Basingstoke, to surrender Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ashurst, Cheapside. TEI BALLS, iron -merchant, Thames-street, Feb. 8, at half-past twelve, and March 19 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Tucker, and Steavenson, Threadneedle street. GEORGE HILLER, varnish manufacturer, Snn street, Bish6psgate-street, Feb. 13, at half-past one' and March 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Rutherford, Lombard-street. WILLIAM BUTCHER, commission agent, Great Marlborough-street, Feb. 13, at two, and March 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Mayhew and Mayhew, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn. ALPIIONSO LEQUEUTRE, miller, Chinglord-mills, Essex, Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 13, at e, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singball street ; Adamson and Cooper, Ely-place. THOMAS RODII AM, grocer, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Feb. 8, at twelve, and March 20, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Ingledew, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn, London. JOHN LEEC 11, ironmonger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official Assignee, Newcastle-upon Tyne; llarle, Newcastle-upnn- Tyne ; Chisholm, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. THOMAS BERRIDGE, tobacconist, Manchester, Feb. 9, and March 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Keikhaw, Manchester. HENRY MURCH, sail-cloth manufacturer ' Norton under-Hamdon, Somersetshire, Fel— 14, and March 7, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Nicholets, Bridport ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Brace, Essex-street, Strand, London. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. S. Brooks, shoemaker, Orchard-streq, St. Luke's. E. Fell, innkeeper, .11alifax, Yorkshire. G. Kendrick, Fish-street-hill. G. Moody, egg-merchant, Union-street, Shoreditch. W. 11. Johnson, pork butcher, Bermondsey. W. Gee, butcher, Sheffield. J. Sellers, spindle flyer, Bradford. J. CharleF, master mariner, Forth, Cornwall. W. C. Scott, baker, Camberwell. E. Wymer, tobacconist, Oxford-street. J. Clinton, horse-dealer, 11:aidstone. E. Pierpoint, cart owner, Liverpool. T. Lister, boatman, llalifax, Yorkshire. T. B. Day, oilman, Hanover-house, Clapham-road. G. S. May, oilman, York-road, Lambeth. T. Lewis, grocer, Toxteth-park, Lancashire. A. G. Franchi, ship agent, Devonshire-st., Bloomsbury. W. Bay, farmer, Edgeware. J. Sleigh, Lieutenant, R.N., Haslemere, Surrey. J. I ). Keely, surgeon's assistant, Hertford-st., Fitzroy- sq F. 11. Peachey, butcher, St. John's-common, Sussex. J. Oliver, fruiterer, Cobb's Croft, Kent. J. Smallshaw, gunner, R.N., Portsea. M. S. Lotinga, surgeon, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham. F. Forman, butcher, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. J. Langworthy, Lieutenant, P.N., Topsham, Devonshire. J. A. Corkhill, attorney, Padstow, Cornwall. J. T. Ansdell, attorney, Birkenhead, Cheshire. .T. Watkin, baker, Leicester. E. Taylor, victualler, Manchester. J. Stott, druggist, Littleborough, Lancashire. T. Young, baker, Morpeth street, Bethnal-green. G. White, tailor, Regent-street, St. James's. H. Ricket, beer retailer, Princes -terrace, Islington. T. W. Briggs, licensed victualler, Barrow, Derbyshire. W. Pitts, coach maker, Charles-street, Lambeth. 11. B. Swain, hawker, Bradford, Yorkshire. J. Ilolt, plumber, Prestwich cum Oldham, Lancashire. W. N. B. Harman, dealer in jewellery, Dover-rd., Surrey. W. 11. Jones, master mariner, Tranmere, Cheshire. J. Baker, plumber, Bradfield, Essex. H. Carman, draper, Holywell, Flintshire. T. Procter, servant, Leeds, Yorkshire. E. J. Cotsford, auctioneer, Ann-street., Pentonville. M. B. Platts, painter, Great Pultenel•-street, Golden-sq. W. FAgleton, hat-maker, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire. E. Cunnah, attorney, Chester. - T. J. Turner, carpenter, Marshal-street, Golden-square. T. Mayors, publican, Christleton, Cheshire. J. Leigh, publican, Gresford, Denbighshire. J. Tench, attorney, Si afford. W. Jarrett, woodcutter, Chatham. J. Elston, music seller, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire 'Wilson, attorney, Kendal, Westmoreland. J. Gist, baker, Totnes, Devonshire. .T. Firman, bailiff, Frinton, Essex. T. Windham, colourman, York -terrace, Borough-road. W. Presgrave, clerk, Sevenoaks, Kent. J. G. Woodcock, guard, Croydon, Surrey. T. Smith, smaliware dealer, Warrington, Lancashire. Marklew, innkeeper, Oxford-street. SECOND NOTICES. J. Midgley, tailor, BarnsleT, Yorkshire. Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Tempest, joiner, Glusburn, Yorkshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. llope, official assignee, J. Showsmith, shoe maker, Ilkley, Yorkshire, Feb. 3 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, oflicia assignee. _ J. Dolan, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Feb. 5, al eleven, at the Liverpo o l Di s t r i c t Court. Turner, officio assignee. _ _ J. Shutt, button manufacturer, Birmingham, Feb. 3, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit tleston, official assignee. 11. Burnet, railway clerk, New Stranton, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. • D. Browne, Exeter, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtsel, official assignee. G. F. Bywater, painter, Sheffield, Feb. 5, at eleven, ,at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. J. Hardy, Elland, Yorkshire, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. G. Platts, ironmonger, Sheffield, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. W. M'Whirter, railway guard, Hunslet, Yorkshire, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freedutn, official assignee. T. Proffitt, sen., butcher, Walsall, Staffordshire,Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. F. Bedford, stone dealer, Ovenden, Yorkshire, Feb: 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, Officio: assignee. T. Laycock, weaver, Briercliffe, Lancashire, Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. C. Riddell, Needwood, Staffordshire Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official' assignee. J. Eccles, horse dealer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb.. ,at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Yalu, official assignee. W. T. Male, known as T. Male, stationer, Erdington, Warwickshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee. J. Scaddelthorp, innkeeper, Slierburn, Yorkshire, Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect. F. Ford, draper, Aldgate, Feb. 22, at one—F. Gautier, Gould-square, Crutched-friars, Feb. 22, at half-past twelve—J. Cumming, furrier, Tottenham-court-road, Feb. 22, at twelve—N. Webb, victualler, East Green wich, Feb. 20, at half-past ten—J. B. Ricketts, mer chant, Leadenhall-street, Feb. 9, at eleven—W. Bill and W. K. Wackerbath, ship agents, Leadenhall-street, Feb. 22, at half-past one—F. Markby, common brewer, Peterborough, Northampton, Feb. 20, at eleven—J. L. Woodruff, innkeeper, Great Illissenden, Buckingham shire, Feb. 21, at one—C. M. Nicholson, corn mer chant, New Corn-exchange, Mark-lane, Feb. 21, at eleven. In the Country. J. and G. Lockwood, linen drapers, Wakefield, York shire, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court— J. Bottomley, woollen manufacturer, Dolph, Yorkshire, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court— .). Pepper, tailor, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, Feb. 22, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court —B. Marsh, jun., chemist, St. llelen's, Lancashire, Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Lucy, jun., tailor, Liverpool, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District. Court—G. Danson and J. Walmsley, mer chants, Liverpool, Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Havelock, corver, South Shields, Durham, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—M, Dixon, corn dealer, Hull, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Wood, miller, Beauvale, Nottinghamshire, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—B. Brown, printer, Hull, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Temple_ common brewer, Bull, Feb: 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. W. Suffield, druggist, Birmingham, March 6,, at one, at the_Birmingham District Court. 7- -7 CERTIFICATES to be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. R. T. Fletcher, money scrivener, Brentford, Feb. 21— O. Johnson, corn dealer, Maldon, Essex, Feb. 22—T. Donkin, victualler, Cambridge, Feb. 22—L. C. Lecesne, merchant, Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch-street, Feb. .22—R. Sharpe, draper, Chelmsford, Feb. 21— S. G. Beamish, lime dealer, Manor-place, W alworth, Feb. 29 J. Brown, jun., irunfounder, Bassaleg, Monmouthshire, Feb. 22—T. Thorpe, plumber, Chertsey, Surrey, Feb. 22—F. Barry, miller, Rye,. Sussex, Feb. 22—E. T. Gore, _cattle dealer, Tileliurst, Berkshire, Feb. 21—J. Swann, ! bricklayer, Thornton, Lai - Im - shire: Feb. 22—J. auctioneer, Liverpool, Feb. 22-1). Hague, paper . manu • facturer, Guiseley, Yorkshire , Feb. 22—W; Mills, up- ;~,/,c liolgtcfer, Birmingham, Feb. Edrrion4,at.:! ) ,l Marsden, Lenoashire, Feb. 22—E, B. Ipi ti ti printer, Pend!eton, Lttridahire, Feb. 22—T, -E ggV l -4 . 1 7 penter, Camberwell, Feb. 0-4 Ward, tailor, Nutt, ' ham, Feb 20—W. Exley, bootmaker, Manchester, Feb. V, • PARTNERHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and T. Fordyce, booksellers, Newcastle-upon- Tyne —J. and T. Gilliam, shoe dealers, Oxford—J. Jones and G. C. Parker, attorneys, Pump-court, Middlet Temple, City—A. Jones, J. Jones, and C. Dent, milliners. Vere-street, Oxford-street—S. H. Stace and M. S. Mum- mery, schoolmistresses, Hampshire—W. YoUng. J. Young, and R. Young; ironmongers, Crewkerne, Somer setshire (so far as regards W. Young)—J. Patti/rile, E. Dafforne, and E. T. Stone, teachers, Greenwich—W. Langmead and W. Efford, carpenters,NeaN-yard, Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven=dials—C. Kurtz, Y. Case, A.- Kurtz, J. A. Case, and J. G. Morris, impala lamp dealers, LiVerpool—J. Laycock, J. Hetherington, Rt. Laycock, and R. Laycock, iron merchants, Newcastle upon-Tyne (so far as regards J. Hetherington)—Jh. P4)- binson, ,Ih. Robinson, jun., Jn. Robinson, and 11. Ro binson, commercial agents, Water-lane, Tow er-street-- J. Dalton, J. Burn, and R. Turpin, earthenware manu facturers, Stepney—T. Rolfe, jun., and T. Ellis, wine coopers, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street—W. Fielden and W. Town!ey, merchants, Liverpool—Milne, Travis, and Milne, cotton spinners, Shaw, lAinca,shire— J. Ellerton and J. Carter, agents, Liverpool—G. Tugh, G. Wilkins, and W. Honeycombe, cabinet maktrs, Bristol —J. Ridgway and J. Wood, grocers,. Ashton under-Lyne—G. E. Magnus and W. Dutton, slate manufacturers. Pimlico—T. E. Ward and T. Loves, tobacco manufacturers, Newcastle-upon - Tyne — J. B. Falser and J. W. Peters, paper makers. Queuing ton, Gloucestershire—J. Stokoe and G. Parkin, wood merchants, Dilston, Northumberland—C. Jac,c.son and W. J. Smith, merchants, Sheffield—W. Gilbert era T. James, silk manufacturers, Steward-street, Bishop:lOW, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. • CHARLES ELI)REI) MAILLARDET, coal master;. Drumcarro, Fifeshire, Feb 3 aid 24, at clever, at M'Nab's Inn, Cupar. DONALD ROSS an 1 STII merchants, Palintore,. Ross-shire; Feb. 5 and 25 it 'ins, at the Balnagown. Arms Inn, 'Pain. ])UNCAN MTHERSON, postmaster, Pi!main, D 5 and I. at twAve, at the Duke of Gordon Had, Kingussie., SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS, JAN. 29, 1844. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on Thursday, the Ist of February, will have places re served for them in the 11. use of Lord, if the announce ment be made at this Office before five o'clock on Wed nesday, the 31st instant. No Lady can be admitted into the House except in full dress. No Strangers will be admitted, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. AUG. CLIFFORD, Acting G. C. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COUI?7' OF QUEEA" S BENCII, Jan. 30. (Sittings in Banco.) DOSANQUET v. GRAIIAM. This was the case in which the London and Westminster Bank were plaintiff's., and the South Western District Bank defendants, and which has been so often before the .Court:. The defendant Graham was the public officer of the latter bank, and in such capacity had executed a warrant of at tornev to the plaintiff; on which judgment had been entered up. .A rule nisi had been obtained to set it aside, and the Court had directed an issue to be tried, in order to ascertain the facts of the case. That issue. had been found for plaintiff. A new trial had been applied for and refused. So that every question had been decided iu favour of plaintiff. The Attorney-General. this morning, applied to the Court to discharge the rule nisi, to set aside the judgment. as against his client, Mr. Graham, with costs.—The Court granted the application. iNFORMATION.-THE QUEEN V. HAMPDEN. n thi+ case a rule nisi had been obtained for a criminal information against the defendant, under the following cir cumstances. Mr. Eyton, the applicant, and defendant, were both gentlemen of fortune, residing in Warwickshire, and had at • one time been intimately acquainted. At length the attentions of Mr. Hampden to Mrs. Eyton be came very marked, and that lady complained to her husband of Mr. Hampden's conduct, and Mr. Eyton remonstrated with him, but Mr. Hampden continued to annoy the lady, and the consequence was a fracas between the parties, and the application by Mr. Hampden of the terms liar and coward to Mr. Eyton. Some time since a portrait painter at Leamington had taken Mr. Eyton's portrait, and had, with Mr. Eyton's permission, exhibited it at the Nem - s-rooms, as a specimen of his talents. Shortly afterwards Mr. Reeves, the keeper of the rooms, received an anonymous letter,' stating that he was likely to do an injury to his business by publicly exhibiting in his rooms the portrait of a man who had .such red himself publicly to be called a liar and coward. Mr. Eyton then applied for a criminal information against defendant, alleging in his affidavit that he believed defendant was the writer of the letter. Several other persons who had seen it declared their belief that it was defendant's writing. Mr. THESIGER this morning showed cause against the rule, and read the affidavit of the defendant, distinctly denying that he Was the writer of the letter. Lord DENmAN—Where the question is one of simple fact, and that fact is distinctly denied, the Court, I believe, never interferes by criminal information. It is a matter to go to a grand jury. Mr. KELLY, in suppport of the rule, argued that notwith standing a denial of a fact by the party accused, yet the Court could interfere if the case were one in which there was strong probability that the charge was true. Lord DEsmAs said that in such a case the Conrt might possibly interfere, but in the present case the matter was of too little importance for the time of the Court to be wasted by going into a minute inquiry on the subject. The rule must be discharged, but without coAs. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 30. (` ittings ill Banco.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL 1•. CLAEKE. Mr. JERVIS (with whom was Mr. Erie and Mr. Wylde) moved for a rule to call upon the Attorney-General to show cause why the verdict found for the Crown should not be set aside and entered for the defendant. _ . It appeared that tho defendant entered for exportation a. large quantity of foreign wines at less than their real value, Which subjected the wines to forfeiture to the Crown, and they were accordingly removed to the Queen's warehouse, where they now are. Mr. .turn showed cause against the informality of seizure on the. ground on which the verdict was sought to be set aside. The arguments on both sides were of a technical character, and occupied the attention of the Court the whole of the morning.—Judgment deferred. CUSTOMS.-PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE. The Board having had under consideration the regulations which were adopted last summer at the Baggage Warehouse, Fresh-wharf, London-bridge, in regard to the landing, exa mining, and delivering of passengers' baggage; and a Com mittee of the Board, on the waterside and warehousing de partments, after having conferred with several officers, having represented that the regulations have fully answered the purpose contemplated, and recommended that they may be permanently adopted, and extended to the several other baggage stations; it has been resolved that the recommen dation of the Committee is approved, and ordered that the same be adopted accordingly. The following is the principal portion of the regulations referred to:- 1. That a certain label or ticket be affixed, with paste or gum, to each: package of baggage by weighers, under the directions of the baggage officers, as it is received into the warehouse, such label or tickets being numbered progres sively, from one upwards, with the name of the ship and date of landing. • 2. That so soon•as the whole of the packages are deposited in the warehouses and labelled, the examining officer do im mediately count the same, in order to ascertain that the number received do correspond with the highest progressive number upon the labels affixed, and thereupon enter the total number in the baggage book. 3. That each weigher, assisting in the examination of • baggage, be provided with a pocket slate, to take down the name of the passengers, and the numbers upon the labels of each of the packages belonging thereto, winch the landing waiter is to enter in the proper column of his ledger, before he proceeds with the examination. 4. That upon the examination of each package being completed, and recorded by the landing waiter, the label be forthwith stamped by him in red ink, "Examined," with a stamp, to be furnished for that purpose, having the name of the station thereon. 5. That a numerical sheet, printed in red iuk, be supplied to the officer stationed at the door, and also a stamp marked "delivered," with which he is, in black ink, to stamp that part of the label previously stamped by the examining officer, in order that it may not be again used, and then stamp the number in his numerical sheet, corresponding with that upon the label affixed to the package, taking care that he does not allow any package to pass without being duly labelled and stamped. 6. That. the examining officer do enjoin the officers acting as constables, or door-keepers, not to allow any package to pass out, upon which the label affixed thereto does not bear the impression of two stamps, as required by these regulations. These regulations will have the effect of affording greater security to the baggage of passengers arriving from the Con tinent by steam-vessels at all hours. Steamers, as is per fectly well known, very frequently arriye in the middle of the night, and even when they arrive in the day time, there is, particularly in the summer season, a great number of loungers always collected at the steam-whartS, some of them not of the very best character, and therefore this order will, in fact, be a boon to travellers, in consequence of the sur veillance which will be exercised by the officers of the Cos .toms, and of the consequent additional security atiOrded to their' property. We have frequently heard complaints of delay in the delivery of baggage, parties saying that they are not attended to in their proper turns, &c. This will be remedied by the new regulations, which are extended to, and in operation at all the steam-wharfs. Some persona do not wish to take their baggage away with them, and are satia • lied, on being assured of its being secure, to receive it on the following day; but to many it is of great importance . that they receive their baggage and effects as quickly as pos sible; to those we would suggest, that their object would be gained, if they were to take care that their baggage is placed As nearlyat the top of the hold of the ship as possible, on their embarking for tins country, as on the arrival of the vessel, the packages are taken out in rotation, hoisted into the ex amining floor, ticketed as stated above, and delivered to the owners accordingly. BOULOC;NE AND CALAIS.---During the week end ing the 2Gth inst., the number of persons who embarked or disembarked from and for England were—At Boulogne, 624 ; at Calais, 234—total, 858. The proprietors of the Dover Railway have, during the last week, entered into an arrange ment with the authorities, by which travellers coming from France in the packets may immediately receive their lug gage, so as to be enabled to proceed to London by the next weight addi tional o train after their arrival, instead o f, as hitherto, being com pelled to wait some hours for the passage of parcels and goods through l % od the t C io u i f Custom-house.-)arTchele abovecliar ge t f h o o r this 56 lb. and for smaller par cels 6d. each. We understand that on Saturday, the operative cotton-spinners of this city and neighbourhood gencyflly, a . notice of a • deniqud f, i ) g ran. iiioia advanceg pretty O P lO re por oncent will be compliedi t•Nra wages. ; It bu i t s if un u c u e t rta a in tu N ni vh - e o t u h t er i t s he ex d tre em m a e r y probable.— Glasgow Argus of Monday. 1 I s A tt