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The Nas exhi for they desimb secured. compar iem with extracts the depo improper House of they de :Cheers.) notwith or sixty Ls whose !questing er be re- Member Ltements, but be ad in his been an- manner• ke House y then?. - tad their Y would out, be inquiry to means ice with )gniza,nt• ands for ted, and opPor — ? it of the e had on circum r—there for the had had :t would 1 at all ; ate that impar better )on charge That les the on the to suit hen no, 3tice or hear•) he trial motion Minister hat was ras the Ireland ent ? let ha° , n into coming )then There middle -(Heat Had it stinacf could n gs of They' h more ,n ever. ned its. id they public, in the :re was ) rami- people might papers , repea l ions vi of the it hay n—did or the l done ie roved• w ere attain by the' nmee Lot the hear.) rm an e was everf_ll -,;h-01. owing r now t m en I* true- wince could, atone' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1844. exist to the end of the debate ; but the peculiar positlian in which he was placed had caused him to do injustice to his Noble Friend who answered the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Every argument which had been brought forward on the present occasion had been over and over again addressed to the House, and he thought they were now entitled to expect that something new would be brought forward. He did not mean to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman who brought forward -this motion had intended anything that was mis chievous, but certainly the present discussion was calcu lated to cast distrust on the administration of justice.— (Opposition cheers.) Under what circumstances was the motion made? A most extensive and dangerous conspiracy existed, fraught with the most serious conse quences, threatening the dismemberment of the empire. That conspiracy was—not by resorting to any extra ordinary power not by coming to Parliament for a Coercion Bill—with no other weapon than that with which the law had armed the Government —beaten down to the ground. The law had vindi cated her supremacy—the offenders against her were prostrate at her feet, and under circumstances like these the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it was the pro per time to insinuate suspicions against those proceed ings, and to endeavour to lead the public mind to the conclusion, that in some way or other the parties con victed had not been fairly tried. The Right Hon. Gen tleman had introduced topics into this debate which were not properly connected with it. Blame had been cast upon his Right Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney- General for Ireland; but any person who was acquainted with the facts would be convinced, not only of the great ability and dexterity with which he extricated himself from the technical difficulties with which his cause was surrounded by the ingenious counsel opposed to him, but by the moderation and firm ness of his conduct from beginning to end. That was an acknowledgment that Was extorted from one of the most eloquent of his adversaries. It had been said that a copy of the indictment had been refused to the defen dants. Now, the fact was, that eight copies of the in dictment had been made out and delivered to the defen dants; but it was true that a copy with the names of the witnesses was refused by his Right Honourable and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General for Ireland). He thought that his Right Hon. and Learned Friend was right and justified in doing so; and that be would be guilty of a dereliction of his duty, if, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, he acceded to the application which was made for it. After the manner in which Mr. Bond Hughes, upon whose testimony the informa tions were granted, was placarded as a high Govern ment spy, was it not perfectly evident that there would be very great danger indeed to permit the wit nesses' names to be known? lie would now proceed to the real, in fact the only, question before the House, that which regarded the defective list of jurors. When this question came before the Court, Mr. Justice Crampton strongly expressed his belief that there was no fraud, but that there was some inadvertence regarding the manner in which the jury lists had been made up. If there were any fraud, there should have been an application made to the ,Court. Such an application was made, and it was deliberately decided by the Court that the defendants had no right whatever, under the circumstances, to call upon the Court to quash the verdict. An observation had been made by his Noble Friend which deserved the serious attention of the House. There was a mode in which the defendants might have obviated all theinconvenience which arose from a defective panel. They might have applied for a trial in the county of Dublin at large, and the only inference to be drawn from their not doing so was, that they were not willing to abandon the possession of a grievance which might be useful to them at a future time. The trial, however, approached, and it was then determined that there should be a new attempt made to impeach the jury list by what was called a challenge to the array. He thought a very great mistake had .arisen on the subject of that challenge, and he felt it his duty to set the House right on that point. He had lately seen leading articles, in which it was distinctly stated that the Lord Chancellor, in the discussion in the House of Lords, had distinctly admitted that the lists were fraudulent. He must endeavour to disabuse the public mind of such an impression. Admitted it undoubtedly was, in a certain sense, because no person could demur in point of law without admitting the facts upon which the law arose ; but admitted to all intents and purposes it was not by the demurrer.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.") The fact was admitted merely for the purpose of raising the question of law.—(Hear, hear.) All that the Lord Chancellor had said in effect was " You must admit the existence of a fraudulent list, and argue the point of law which is raised under these circumstances."—(Hear, hear.)• Now a majority of the judges bad decided against the challenge. The Right Hon. Gentleman said " The verdict pronounced was not satisfactory, in consequence of the nature of the summing up of the Lord Chief Justice." He must say he thought this was a very un fair and unjust attempt to cast reflections upon the emi nent judge who presided at that trial. Considering the situation in which he was placed, by the opportunity which there was, if there had been any impropriety in his mode of charging the jury—considering that he was not only addressing the jury in the presence of the en tire bar, but that, being himself only one of the four judges present, and that the others were bound to address the jury if they considered that any of the evi dence had been omitted or improperly stated—he must repeat that he thought this was a most unfair and unjust attempt.—(Hear, hear.) He had read the summing up of the Lord Chief Justice more than once, and excepting one solitary expression, which was hardly worth obser vation, he could see nothing objectionable.—(Hear, hear.) Over and over again the Lord Chief Justice said that the onus of proving the conspiracy was upon the Crown, and that was only to he made out by facts, and undoubted inferences from facts.—(Hear, hear.) He even asked the counsel for the traversers to interrupt him, if he omitted or stated wrongly any portion of the evidence, and the counsel of the traversers availed them selves of that privilege.(Hear, hear.) It was most improper to attribute to the Chief Justice any unfairness with regard to the mode of summing up the evidence. It was calculated to make the public believe that this State trial had not been brought to a satisfactory con clusion. The question which the House had to decide was simply this—were there any circumstances whatever which could induce them to say that any good could possibly arise from an inquiry conducted by a Select Committee in the manner proposed by the Hon. Gentleman?- 1 -(Hear, hear.) What benefit was to result from it he was at a loss to understand. If there had been any fraud with regard to the missing list, there was a particular course of legal proceedings by which redress might be obtained. After investigating all the circumstances of the case, he felt convinced that no hardship or inconvenience had arisen to parties from the fact of there having been a missing list. He felt convinced that the trial had been fairly conducted, and that the conclusion would be con sidered by all well-judging men, and all lovers of their country as perfectly satisfactory. On the ground that the granting of the inquiry would be an admission of fraud, he felt bound to resist the motion before the House. Mr. V. STUART said one or two observations made by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had taken him' rather by surprise. It was a pity, for the sake of the Learned Judge to whom he had referred, that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman was not in the House when the debate took place in reference to his charge, in an early period of the session ; for, If he re membered rightly, not one of the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite defended him on that occasion. —(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) It was no light thing to bring such charges against a judge.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) The Hon. and Learned Gentle man had commenced by saying that a wide-spread con• spiracy was over the land, and that this was, therefore, no time for such a motion as that before the House. Why, was not that begging the very question at issue ? How did they know of the existence of a conspiracy ex cept by the decision of the jury ?—(Hear, hear.) They had on that occasion been dealing too much with techni calities. What they should aim at was to remove the feeling which existed so generally in Ireland, that, whether from fraud or not, justice was not duly adminis tered.—(Hear, hear.) He contended that that was a question which the House ought to entertain, and the lateness of the period was no argument against inquiry. What had been the evil all along but the want of confidence in the administration of the law ? (Hear.) How could they have any confidence in the administra tion of justice, when they recollected that the law had so long been made the instrument of oppression, and that jurors had been employed to subvert justice, and not to support it? It was the duty of the Government to restore that confidence in the law which had been shaken. He knew that such a change could not be effected suddenly, but a first step might be taken. Indeed, that first step had been taken by the Right Hon. Baronet in 1829, by placing the Roman Catholics on a level with their Pro testant fellow-subjects. The Marquis of Wellesley also had done much to improve the administration of justice, and to restore the confidence of the people in the inferior tribunals by substituting petty sessions for the secret administration of the law by the magistrates which had before prevailed. Another step towards the restoration of confidence in the inferior tribunals was the association of Roman Catholics with Protestants in the magistracy. That measure had tended greatly to restore the confi dence of the people in the law and to lead them to con sider that it was better to trust to the law than to their own attempts at revenge. It was well known that until lately the higher tribunals had been held in disrespect. As a proof of this.he would refer to the evi dence given in 1825, by one who was now a sufferer from that system, he meant Mr. O'Connell. (The Hon. Gentleman here read an extract from the evidence of Mr. O'Connell before a Committee of the House of Commons in 1825, in which that Hon. and Learned Gentleman stated that as none but a high Protestant party man could be sheriff of Dublin, Roman Catholics were prevented serving on juries, and that a Roman Ca tholic would rather submit to gretit wrongs than risk a trial in Dublin.) A Bill had been introduced to remedy that grievance but it had not' passed. At 'length the Act under which the jury in question bad been struck was passed. It was supposed that it would "remedy this state of things. But what had taken place ? Why, either through fraud or through accident, they had actually returned to the old state of things, and every Catholic had been struck off the jury?-(Hear, hear.) Surely they were not going beyond their duty in pointing out the ill effects of this system.—(Cheers.) Another step had been taken by Sir Michael O'Loghlin, who had ordered that no person should be rejected on account of his religion. No wiser step could have been taken to restore the confidence of the people than that, but surely when they found that those regulations were not fairly carried out, it was right that they should appeal to the House on the subject. No one could say but that the best effects had followed these regulations. In ge neral, verdicts had been given fairly under that system, and it could not be denied but that a better feeling had been established in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish were fond of justice—(Hear, hear)—and if the law were properly administered, they would have confidence in it, and would resort to the law.—(Hear, hear.) He knew that horrible crimes had been committed, and that the parties committing them bad not hem brought to justice. "aPpeared to him that the House could not accede to th e Proposition made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, "less it could be clearly shown that there was fraudulent tampering with the jury list for Z e d Purpose of producing prejudice to the defendants; supposing even that there was so, the question th en , was, whether the inquiry now proposed would tend if,' any useful result. He did not think that the Right Gentlenian had northesablished any of the propositions he had put forward, ad he established the assertion th at lie had made, that Mr. M`Grath was biassed in the :tirse he had pursued. Mr. M'Grath could have had no pas whatever against the traversers. He was not a 70testant, because he had declared upon his affidavit Lu at he was a Roman Catholic. That gentle- Zan had appended his name to • a petition that House, and he did not think that it e t Puld be sa id of h i m that he would state on daypeti alf6° true that which he would net state was so upon t. The question in his opinion was simply this, ; I ,ts there anywilful or fraudulent intention on the part / ie sn] individual concerned in the formation of the jury ? end not find it stated by the attorneys for the tra kersers that they suspected any individuals. 'They erei of:a.citesesdt.ated that they believed that some fraud had been But thatdid not attach to any of the law officers th e t i e Crown. It did not attach to Mr. Kemmis, and At e clerk of the peace could not be charged with it; and th ess rs- Archer and Dickinson denied that anything of tiat sort had taken place in their office. The Right en. Gentleman had made insinuations that appeared Le th 'urn totally unfounded. What was the gravamen of the charge? Why, that no Roman Catholics were on th e jury. The Right Hon. Gentleman had then stated 14 4 there were some discrepancies between the state itents o f Mr. M'Grath and Mr. Mahoney. He believed th would be found that such was not the case, 'when h e matter was proper l y l oo k e d i nto. Th en t h e ht Honourable Gentleman had insinuated that Jac co uld not see why Messrs. Walker and p ar ka n bad b ee n e m ploy e d i n th e matt e r. l iltd 3 s it was not known to him that many gentlemen uad notices given them, that if their names were e :Ned they would be objected to. Under such tie,utastances, he would ask whether it was not natural their t hey should employ professional men to see that the state names were not improperly struck out? Such was presid ed of things previous to the trial. The Recorder hi tt at the Registration Court, and he directed eel.- Marks to be made to the names of certain parties as ,h t heir rank and so on, and it had been clearly 9)47 4 that no p ar ti a lity h a d b een exerc i se d by th a t M aul ' 'el. The Right Hon. Gentleman had cast some th ee e the Recorder, for not performing, as he said, pre, iut y that was cast upon him. He was bound to be h iit ent at the a dj u di cat i on o f th e c l a i ms o f i n di v id ua l s , par ed more. He had caused the list to be pre ant he was not bound to do more. Now, he rjln Put it t o any thi n ki ng person , w h et h er par t ies in i a list of a great number of names might not c o mmie such some error? There could, be no doubt that i s , a circumstance might take place. Such an error kti u st itlaot be sufficient to vitiate certain proceedings. It h be shown that there was some wilful tampering G i , t nt e i getting up of the jury. Now the Right Hon. C e , t nan proposed to bring this matter before a Select is (l , -411 , tttee of the House—a Committee, it must be re otieth-"ered, that had not the power of examining upon spi n ".as to what had taken place. In his (Lord Eliot's) fi n I °n, the constitutional course would have been the di n er, 4 , gof a criminal -information. Now what was the Alt' s `ll' t was pursued by his Right Hon. Friend, the 4 tl e , a r ney- General for Ireland ? Th e Ri g ht Hors. Gen an opposite had said th a t hi s Righ t H on. an d th, 4 ned Friend had applied for the postponement of te rn tr ial, in order that the new jury-book might w h e into operation. Now what was the fact? in Y , t , his Right Honourable Friend, seeing that s atn ""e old jury -list out of upwards of three hundred a „ es there were only twenty-five Catholics, at once .st•e e d Jars,. to the postponement or the trial till the new Pet th ls t shonld come into operation. As to the com -4)1'7, of the traversers to have a jury of the county th erA tl win, such a demand had not been made, and it li en -e re co u ld not now b e compla i ned of. T he Ri g h t jor, Gentleman then complained of the partiality of the 4 Why Mr. Fitzgibbon, one of the counsel for the (Ij, L e ju rs ers, had admitted that there was not a single in- P 4 tti a l c 'n the panel that would not give_ a fair' and im verth verdict. He would now consider whether the doi n ,,, e t of the jury was contrary to the evidence. But:in, the 31 be would not discuss the, question of the law of j4d z , -4S t. e, but take it from the bench. The learned hacr i - 3 ,'ad laid down what the law was, and the jury for it from them ; and although it might be well " dired counsel to endeavour to arraign that law, seis e , not think that arty iargeei: e of the traversers them ietrn uld say that the charges laid in the in 'b; were. erroneous. Had not, he would ask, 'asert o e . e tings been held? Had not paragraphs been the t r .,; liewspapers in Ireland under the sanction of the l aw er sers themselves? Then, if that were so, and eor ket ?f conspiracy, as laid down by the judges was that w f ti t ne jury had no other course to pursue than No t h eh they h a d ad o pt e d, w h a t eve r th e i r p r of e ssions t here with Whether Roman Catholics or Protestants. "ere respect to the challenging of the array, if 'gat Wass any just ground for complaining of the panel, of a question now for consideration in the House ti b' ordB 9 and it was not, therefore, proper ta , itte ee° P i ng for the House to appoint a Coind 'ot e ;or considering that question. He . Would le that the appointment of a Committee Lead to any beneficial result, while it might pro helie injurious consequences. If the Hon. Gentleman t sm v ed that any fraud had been committed with re iv,l4",lo the formation of the jury -list, the proper course itdivtor the parties to file an information against tfibse period of But lie could not see that an inquiry at this th,, "'„ of the session would be of Honefit He should, ':etore, resist the motion of the Gentleman. 8 0 ! I. ' J. O'CONNELL said he should not have risen ,rly in the evening, but that he thought it desirable 14 4 ,"1i1d reply to the observations of the Noble Lord. si oh a houred under some difficulty on the present °cea se It was hard for him to enter on the subject without t e y s tl g way to these feelings naturally excited by his enection with the individual who, if there had been t hat tuditiror collusion, or oppression, had been the victim o should, ho that collusion, and of that oppression. He and he veno7l:lv", endeavour to avoid personal feelings, not becaus e 07 nitn enne by assuring them that it was heltelaabrilde to,avoidis was the 15th of July that they would t his question. It was only the people of It veto .7, 110 were looking, on this subject with attention. of these a great space in the mind of the public out it los realms, and he believed he did not over-estimate space"!n he said it wou ld occupy a considera b le he f the mind o f poster i ty. The great difficulty tu t on this subject was, where to begin. Nobl e Must first notice the strange advice which the NI T Lord gave to the parties who had suffered, not to wi den t° the House of Commons, as it could not examine be t r i e e d e ,on oath : but to file a criminal information to th e before Chief Justice Pennefather and the jury, b e ilinuta,lformation of which was complained of. It might quit le satisfactory to the Noble Lord to have no in bony' ;, Y ' l3ut i f anything could tend to produce dissatisfac i the' '" would be the refusal of inquiry on g as &:'esent occasion. —(Hear.) The first allegation Jur y list there were sixty-three names omitted from the -, te so , s ,st ; but it was stated by Mr. M'Grath and the te 4 , e r e u t er that only twenty-four had been omitted. With f aCt, t° these twenty-four, there were some curious Of Tl_t the l east cur i ous of which was the statement tlv et : - Noble L or d— that 180 lists were formed for the lheteY-four parishes of Dublin. Now, as many of no t h pari shes were very poor ones, there could f or al e ive been names in all these parishes fit N 4l the classes of jurymen —(Hear, hear) — of heet s of the lists therefore must have been blank St. A ",%_,PaPer. With respect to the list of the pariah 4that th - tieon's, it was a most unfortunate coincidence oli es e majority of the lost names were those of Ca en whose -bias, if they had any at all, would have rath er in favour of the traversers. There was 0 04 c ause for suspicion, but it seemed they ' l lll not • luquire into it, because it was the 15th of 'Pe e . 'he traversers on their part, challenged inquiry, ile lal lY ' „ s e ,,, to the cause of the omission . of the names i.vre names were placed on the list, and how others 'e lel 'it to the ought to have been on the same list, hee,order, 'but the e Noble Lord—he was going to say to the Recorder, it seemed, had left it to bound to "Plain. If there were any fairness they were ap he clear this matter up. He might go further 1f ht ad done, 1 , 4 coul d but he would merely . ask the . Ho t u . se et chaffs et over the allegations of which ins estiga ion 1 1 , ci ugh - ged? Let them have inquiry. There was op migh t excite more than suspicion; and he thought ve nture to say that ia the present state th„ - quad„feeling, and in the present state of :tared"' ould not have a good effect if hen inclined to treat these matters lightly. sjnrs b i , f e Y Could state that some who were special th e in k ° re were left out, when their excuse for the t os s st turned out to be an untenable one, he asked ',ere co s od W as they refuse to grant this inquiry ? But th nse ch a r s 'other party to this case—another individual Ite eo _eter Was at 'stake on ihis occasion, that t4 c4ls e? reer , of. Dublin. Had -he no friends in this s ethe were her Majesty's Government so indifferent othow h7 rtt aste r of that gentleman that they would not e e, t ' and all those persons connected with his o s es clear themselves if any false or unfounded Iteeotterilawere made against them? -The Right Hon. st i ,„ hag s T i l i had vouched for the statement Of M`Grath. t e 'Ne st sh own that. that excuse had broken down in its 1 4 the u P°lnt, an d t h erefore he thought that in justice to rty . rder of D u bli n t h ey oug h t to gran t this Pr e ll . e eted did not wish to go into other questions vio ns ° with . this matter which had been debated on t e rt ans e i ee tstons, but they were matters of grave im pbrass b hernselves ;' and if they allowed this subject n o ael l i n Y Without inquiry, on the . ground of the ap °ILL; e nd, ti t ermination of the session, or any other • the he public mind would be unsatisfied, the doubts i" hPublie would be as st rong as ever , an d t h ey slrelah,s e.ve not one b u t many d i scussions on the state of ap"i' t ; quite as troublegonae as those w hi c h h a d ta k en rieed ti t he early part of this year. His Right Hon. a p fse it wa• aird delayed b r i ng i ng this subject forward, be before another trib una l, an d i t wou ld b e e sti to distract, the public mind, or re-argue the twaspending before the highest p tribunal ~_also for His Right Hon. F rien d h a d postponed L as not faire convenience of the Government; and it p e ..,to twit him with bringing it forward at this tality o r;a of the session. The question as to the lea 2eppo_ Te.verdict was now before the highest tribunal. .orn le :e that the legality of that verdict should be con tW,a3l,4l.9Lioulll that satisfy the public mind, if all inquiry iii. wi 11 1 .!e aroetnd to sto the errors and inaccuracies with which i s h. th be connected? He did not know any way r e t ain more exasperate the public mind, '4 , 0 Mre !Mb.itter conflicting parties, and, what was id % t, ennicting sects. Even with legality on their Ile s% h ",,e • Public impression would be that justice, fair -4tlly h" rt estY, had not been observed, and that tyranny T he al- worked its wantonness in the form of law. 4.14 fee_OLICITOR-GENERAL hoped that the tone , ."u gelt4ibited by the Right Hon, Gentleman would Al rf e - But tea iiften, he believed, that had arisen fro a e views,le should be able to satisfy 'him that his interests in the minds of the people that the persons committing would be regarded. Nothing had been more honourable those crimes had suffered grievous wrongs, for which and fair than the way, in which Captain Crease had the House would afford them no relief, and this secured acted with respect to this measure. He had seen that them their sympathy. Considering the importance of i gallant gentleman within the last few minutes, and he the proper administration of justice, he thought it of the thought that he had convinced him that his interests utmost importance that the House should endeavour by would be respected. If the Hon. and Gallant Member every means to restore the confidence of the people in was determined still to object to the Bill, it was per the administration of the law. The petitioners brought fectly competent for him to do so. a charge of fraud in relation to the forma- Captain PLUMRIDGE was afraid, if the Bill passed tion of the jury list. Surely nothing could be more in its present shape, it would be the ruin of the lessee. . • reasonable than to give them an opportunity of proving Mr. HAWES said that he had had strong representa their allegation before a Committee of that House. If tions made to him. that afternoon against the Bill. Since they failed in their proof, or if Government could dis- the 13th of June forty Bills h a d b een i ntro d uce d b y t h e prove the allegation, then l it would be impossible to dis- Government ; and such being the case, how, he would turb the country on the subject. But if they should ask, could Honourable Members do their duty, and be prove those facts, surely the House would not alloW always in the House to watch them ? Almost such a state of things to exist without attempting to de- every day this week the House would sit at twelve vise some remedy. He felt strongly the necessity of o'clock. To-morrow they would meet on the Metro inquiring what would be the feelings of the politan Improvements Bill, the next day on the Poor people of England if, when an Englishman law Bill, and probably on Thursday the Railways Bill. were tried, every Protestant were to be Now, under such circumstances, he would ask how it was struck off the jury? But in England a man could never possible that Hon. Members could always be in attend be placed in such circumstances as in Ireland, because ante? It was more than human strength could do to in this country, fortunately, religious and political ques- bear up against it. tions were not so mixed up together. They had not had Sir R. PEEL said that the Bill was brought in before in England a Church question as they had in Ireland. the 18th of June, and it was expected that there would He would say, that Mr. O'Connell could not have a fair be no objection to it. trial in Dublin, with a jury exclusively Protestant. He The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to did not mean to cast any imputation upon the jury, but be committed. Mr. O'Connell had been known for years, for his at- LAND-TAX COMMISSIONERS NAMES BILL . tempts to pull down the ascendancy of the Protestant The House went into Committee on this Bill; Mr. Church. The members of the jury, on the other hand, PRINGLE in the Chair. had always endeavoured to support it. Each believed the Lord WORSELEY thought the names on the Corn other to be the enemy of Ireland. How could he have a mittee ought to be unconnected by property with the fair trial under such circumstances? The Member for object of the Commission. the city of Dublin would not deny that party feeling Captain PECHELL also objected to the constitution existed to a great extent among the Protestants of that of the Committee. city. He did not mean to say that the jury would not Sir G. CLERK said he believedlthis was the first time endeavour to do justice. He did not mean to say but there had been any discussion on adding names to the that they would act according to their oaths. But they Committee. would be biased by their prejudices, and it should be Mr. WILLIAMS moved that two names be added to recollected that this was a political trial. It was the the list. duty of the House to inquire. He felt strongly on the The gallery was cleared -for a division, but none took subject, and he besought the House not to refuse the place, the motion having been negatived without a motion. They were told they might obtain redress by law. .division. What satisfaction, he would ask, would it be to those After a short discussion, the Bill passed through who had suffered their imprisonment,. if the officers Committee. should be fined 1001 ? He should like to know how the FARMS BUILDINGS BILL. wrong .was to be remedied, and if there were no means, jThis Bill was read a second time. in similar cases, by which parties aggrieved might be iPARISH CONSTABLES BILL. enabled to restore the omitted names to the list imme- On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, diately, it was the duty of Parliament to devote its im- ;Sir W. JOLLIFFE said he thought the Bill ought to mediate attention to the subject, in order to remedy such contain a clause to enable the justices to appoint a crying evil.—(Cheers.) a superintending constable without the consent of the Mr. GROGAN. said that the evils complained of by various vestries. Mr. O'Connell in 1825 had been remedied by Act of Par- :After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH and Mr. M. liament. With regard to the case before the House, it SuvToN, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered had, on three different occasions, been brought before to; be committed to-morrew (this day). the courts at Dublin ; every fact had been deposed ,The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the to on oath, and it was useless to go into Com- House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve. mittee, as no further evidence could be elicited. One circumstance had given him pain, that Hon. Mem bers had said the jury had not done justice to the parties —and this because they were Protestants. He thought that was not fair, and Hon. Members should have con fined themselves to the facts and justice of the case, without impugning the motives by whi c h respecta bl e jurors were actuate. The Hon. Member then defended the conduct of Mr. M`Grath and Mr. Kemmis, and the other Crown officials, from the charge of evincing an unfair and disobliging disposition towards the accused, and sat down by protesting against the motion. Mr. J. O'BRIEN said, justice had been withheld not only from a popular leader in these trials, but from the whole people of Ireland. That people had at all times evinced the most loyal disposition even in their monster meetings ; and did they not show a ready obe dience to the law in regard to the Clontarf proclama tion? Mr. O'Connell was only the mouth-piece of the people—he only gave utterance to their sentiments—and the prosecution of him, only made the people who loved him, cherish the more the cause for which he suffered. Mr. O'Connell had always been the advocate of peace, and the greater portion of his life had been engaged in struggling for the same objects as many Hon. Members in that House—Catholic emancipation, reform, and an extension of the franchise. It could not be denied that Ireland was treated on a different principle from that of England—inefficient representation—a Church, the Church of the minority, obliged to be supported by the majority—a Church, the ministers of which had, in many instances rendered themselves odious to the people. .But why need he recapitulate those grievances which had been se often and un availingly discussed? Justice had not been done in the recent trials—that was 'admitted by every man not blinded by party; suppressed lists, a Protestant jury, end less obstructions to the solicitors for the traversers in preparing the defence, and every unfair and unworthy advantage taken by the Crown lawyers and by the Crown officials. Those alone were responsible for the result, who brought a peaceable and kind people nearly to- the condition of rebellion. The Catholic hierarchy had appointed a day of prayer for the release of the traversers. Look to the dominant Church, which was the great evil of Ireland. The whole feeling of England was anti-national to Ireland. The people of Ireland were confederated by a bond which no Act of the Legis lature could dissolve. They asked for justice, and no thing short of justice would meet the emergencies of the case. "The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Committee 73 Against it 9l PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. IProui the votes and Proceedings of the Houseof Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 15. 1 STATE TRIAL (IRELAND). Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquire, in accordance with the prayer nf.the Petition presented 17th June, into the facts connected will the formation of the Special Jury in the case of 4 The Queen, at the prosecution of the Attorney-G enera l, v . D an i e l 0 Connell and others t' " The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 73. Ai i ;chbold, Robert Ferguson, Colonel Plumridge, Captain Bannerman, A. Forster. Matthew Po wer , J ames Barnard, E. G. Gore, Robert Rawdon, J. D. Bellew, R. M. Hastie, Archibald Russell , Lord E. Blake, Mark Ilawes, B. Seale, Sir J. H. Bauverie, E. P. Heathcoat, J. Seymour, Sir H. &wring, Dr. Hill, Lerd - Marcus Shell, R. L. Brotherton, J. Horsman, - Edward Smith, Benjamin Browne, It. D. Howard, P. H. Smith, Vernon 4 B wne, W. Hutt, W. Somers, J. P. 13 ller, E. Langston, J. H. , Somerville, Sir W. B steild, W. Macaulay, T. B. Stock, Sergeanti ' ew, Hon. R. S. Macnamara, W. Strutt, Edward C apman, B. Marshall, W. Tancred , Henry W CI ve, E. B. Miccalfe ' Henry fhornely, Thomas Cili rn den, Richard Morris, David Towneley, John C troe W. Ridley Napier, Sir Charles Warb ur t on , H enr y C lett. John Norreys, Sir D. J. Wawn, John T. D4wson, T. V. O'Brien, J. _ White, Henry Denison, W. J. O'Connell, M. J. Williams, W. DlEyncourt, C. T. O'Conor Don Yorke, R. H. Duncan, George O'Ferrall, R. More Dencannon, Lord Paget, F. TELLERS. Etrington, Viscount Palmerston, Vis. Wyse, Thomas Esnionde, Sir T. Pechell, Captain Stuart,Villiers mans, W. Philips, G. It. Majority —lB CHURCH ENDOWMENT ACT. tSir R. PEEL, in moving for leave to bring In a Bill to amend the Church Endowment Act of last session, sa.d that a sum of 600,0001. had accrued from the funds rendered available for the purposes of the Act, and that there had been 246 applications for the building of churches in • new districts. Thirty-four new dis tricts had already been formed, and engage ments had been entered into for a hundred more. In, the districts already formed there was a population 0f1130,000 persona, and in the districts which they had engaged to form was a population of 344,000 persons ; sorthat, under this Bill, spiritual consolation would be prhvided for no less a number than half a million of our conntrymen. As such had been the effect in so short a ti e, he was not, he thought, too sanguine in hoping th t still greater benefits would arise from it. One of th leading provisions in the proposed Bill was to exempt th clergymen appointed under it from certain charges u on their stipends on account of the smallness of their a ount, as they did not exceed 1502 per year. With th exception of these clauses the Bill was merely formal in:ts provisions, and he would not, therefore, upon that oc asion, trouble the House further upon the subject, b t merely ask leave to bring it in.—Leave given. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. it R. PEEL having moved the second reading of th s Bill, aptain PLUMRIDGE said there were several A mbers absent from the House at that moment who took a deep interest in that Bill, and who could not have supposed it would come on at that hour of the night, if at all. He trusted that, under these circumstances, the second reading would not be then pressed. There was no doubt the Billwas a very favourable Bill to the county, and that it would be very acceptable, but there were so e clauses in it which would have a very injurious i n to dency in certain quarters. For instance, there was a essee who would be most seriously affected, and who a w i d h ' as much right to his lease as the Duke of Cornwall to his title. The Bill, too, contained no less than ninety t o clauses, thirty of which had been added to it so la e as Saturday last. The Bill itself had only been be fore them since June, so that, in fact, there had not been fair time allowed for its consideration. He (Cap tain Plumridge) certainly believed that the Duchy was favourable to the Bill ; but if it were postponed for fuither consideration it would be better, inasmuch as, however advantageous it might be in some points, it would bring certain ruin on one individual. This person hail given 18,5001. for his lease, and now, when he was going to derive some benefit frona'his outlay, he was to be totally ruined by his Bill. He did hope the Right Hon. Bijronet would consent to postpone the Bill, or he (Captain Plumridge) would feel it to be his duty to move that it be read a second time that day six months. S.ir R. PEEL said, one reason why they never made any progress was,because when a measure was brought on it [was almost always made as an excuse for delay, that Him. Members deeply interested in the matter were un ottunately absent from the House. It was really hard on the Government that because some parties interested bile Bill were absent, that public business should suffer inlits progress from that absence. This Bill was framed by l his Noble Friend (Lord Granville Somerset) and himself, to prevent the evils that had existed—they were anxious to apply that great principle of prescription which had been applied in Church matters. The Bill had been framed with the consent of the Counsel for. the Crown, and he (Sir R. Peel) had reason to know'that it' was hailed with great satisfaction by the inhabitants of the county generally. There certainly was an in ditridual whose interests would be affected, but his cape would be best considered in Committee, for any objection he might offer, applied rather to the de tails than to the principle of the Bill. There would be ample opportunity in Committee for a fair discussion of those clauses which affected that gentleman's case. He (Sir R. Peel) thought he might appeal to all parties who knew anything of the Duchy affairs, whether this Bill, speaking generally, was not an acceptable one. It did make very great concessions, her Majesty and Prince Albert being both most anxious for the peace and well being of the Duchy. To this end it was most desirable that the principle. of prescription should be applied to the Duchy, the same as to church-lands and to lands of the Crown. Therefore, he hoped that the Gallant Officer (Captain Plumridge) would not, on account of soine individual interest, take the extreme course of at teMpting indefinitely to postpone a Bill so calculated to be of advantage to a large class of the people. Mr. VERNON SMITH hoped that his Hon. and Gallant Friend would not persevere in his objection to the second reading of the Bill, because he thought that any objection would be much better taken in Committee than at the present time. He thought his Gallant Friend had a right to complain of the Bill being intro duced at so late a period. When it was introduced the Right Hon. Gentleman said nothing with respect to it, nor did he intend to say anything at that time but for the statements of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. As he said before, he thought the objections might be made to the measure in Committee much better than at the pre sent moment. . .., i ..,,;,.. , , The Earl of LINCOLN said that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was mistaken i n supposing th a t hi s Right Hon. Friend, in introducing the Bill, said nothing with respect to it. The fact was, that in introducing the measure he had shortly stated its objects, and in the interview had by . himself and his Right Hon. Friend with the parties interested, the scope and object of the Bill had been fully detailed to them. In the course of the last several days be had h a d i n t erv i e ws with th e gal lant person (Captain Crease) whom the Gallant Officer i opposite represented, the lessee of the Duchy, and he (Lord Lincoln) had , no doubt, that, from those inter 1 - BIRMINGHAM ELMC' S I ON. _ mormAx Evi.NDG.-To-day this,Tory ,triumph has been finally 'completed. THE DECLARATION OF. THE POLL At ten o'clock the Mayor and official authorities assembled in the Town-hall, to open and cast up tlia poll-books, and it was twelve o'clock before they had completed that task. At this hour several thousands, electors and non-electors, had assembled in the hall. Mr. Sturge and Mr. Spooner, on making their appearance, were received by their respective friends with loud cheers; and, indeed, the greatest harmony and good humour seemed to prevail throughout. One of the side galleries was reserved for ladies, of whom the attendance was rather numerous. Order having been proclaimed. The MAYOR said it was now his duty to announce the numbers, which were— Spooner 2,095 Scholefield Sturge It was his duty, therefore, to declare Richard Spooner, Esq., duly elected to serve in Parliament for the borough of Bir mmgham.—(Cheers.) Mr. SPOONER then briefly addressed the electors, thanking those in warm terms who had honoured him with their support. He went, he said, to the House of Commons, not to serve any party, nor to truckle to any Ministry. On the other hand he did not go there through any factious op position ; but he would uphold the present Government where he conscientiously could, though he would oppose them whenever he had equal reason for opposition. He stated that he should never on any occasion unnecessarily obtrude himself on the attention of the House of Commons, but that on all questions of importance, when it was necessary that the voice of Birmingham should be heard, he would endea vour to give effect to it to the best of his ability. Though returned by the electors, he would never forget the interests of the non-electors, and any subject which they submitted to his consideration should receive from- him as anxious an amount of attention as though it were submitted to him by some of his most influential supporters.—(Cheers.) Mr. STURGE also addressed the electors. After voting thanks to the Mayor, which was briefly ac knowledged by that officer, who observed that the good hu mour and good feeling evinced by the men of Birmingham on this occasion deserved the highest praise, the meeting se parated. ROYAL COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. The following is a copy of the circular addressed to each of the artists selected by her Majesty's Commissioners to execute certain designs for the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament. The document is-in itself so clear and in telligible as to render further explanation of the subject quite unnecessary " Whitehall, July 15. " Sir,—l have to acquaint you that her Majesty's Commis sioners on the Fine Arts, with the sanction of the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, have resolved that six arched compartments in the House of Lords, each measuring 9 feet 3 inches wide, b 3116 feet high to the point of the arch, shall be decorated with fresco paintings ; that the subjects of such fresco paintings shall be illustrative of the functions of the House of Lords and of the relation in which it stands to the Sovereign ; that the subjects of three •of the said fresco paintings shall be personifications or abstract representations of religion, justice, and the spirit of chivalry; and that the three remaining subjects corresponding with such representa tions, and expressing the relation of the Sovereign to the Church, to the law, and, as the fountain of honour, to the State, shall be—the Baptism of Ethelbert ; Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknowledging the authority of Chief Justice Gascoigne ; and Edward the Black Prince receiving the Order of the Gartar from Edward 111. " I have further to acquaint you that the Commissioners have resolved, with the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, to employ six artists, selected by the Commissioners from the present exhibitors in Westminster Hall, to prepare designs for the subjects abovementioned, and that the Commissioners have selected you as one of the six artists to be so employed, under the following conditions : " You are requested to prepare a cartoon, being a design for one of the aforesaid subjects. The size of the cartoon is to be nine feet three inches wide, by sixteen feet high to the point of the arch, and ten feet three inches high to the springing of the arch (outlines in lithography, showing the form of the arch in the compartments referred to, may be obtained in the architect's office, New Palace-yard). You are further required to prepare a coloured sketch, not less than eighteen inches in its shortest dimension, of the entire design represented in your cartoon, and a specimen of fresco painting, no less than three feet in its shortest dimension, re presenting a part of the design in the full proportion. " You are requested to send in such cartoon, coloured sketch, and specimen of fresco painting, during the first week in June, 1845, for exhibition, to Westminster Hall. " You are to be remunerated for the works aforesaid with the sum of 400/. ; but the Commissioners do not bind them selves to employ you finally on the fresco paintings in the House of Lords. " I have further to acquaint you that the six subjects are distributed among the six artists as follows " The subject of Religion is given to Mr. Horsley. "The subject of Justice is given to Mr. Thomas. " The subject of Chivalry is given to Mr. Maclise. " The subject of the Baptism of Ethelbert is given to Mr. Dyce. " The subject of Prince Henry, afterwards Henry. V., acknowledging the authority of Chief Justice Gascoigne, is given to Mr. Redgrave. " The subject of- Edward the Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter from Edward 111. is given to Mr. Cope. "I have further to acquaint you that although the six subjects are required to be undertaken by and among the six artists, the artists are at liberty to exchange subjects ; and that although the commissim given to each artist is for one only of the aforesaid subjects, each artist is at liberty to treat any other of the said subjects, in addition to the one subject which he is commissioned to undertake. " I have further to acquaint you that a general competi tion is invited among artists for designs for the same sub jects, to be prepared by the time before specified; and that the six commissioned artists are not allowed to be competi tors for the premiums offered for such designs. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "C. L. EASTLAKE, Secretary." It will be observed from the last paragraph of this letter, that a general competition is invited, and as an encourage ment to artists who have not been selected, the Commis sioners offer three premiums of 2001. each for the best sub. jects produced. ' Thus another exhibition, doubtless far ex ceeding in interest either of those already opened, will take place in the summer of next year. POST-OFFICE MISREGULATION WITH VOTERS' CLAIMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Last year Mr. Aglionby, M.P., at my suggestion, complained of the Post-office authorities not being prepared to stamp notices of claims for voters, and on two occasions raised a discussion with Sir James Graham in the House of Commons, complaining that the Post-office did not make the arrangements the law required. To-day I applied at the,General Post-office, SL Martin's le-Grand, at the money-order office, conformable with the statute 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 18, to get thirty notices stamped. I was first sent to the Inner-office, from thence to No. l in the Lobby, from thence to two doors off, from thence to the end of the passage, from thence 'to the Secretary's office, where I was detained a quarter of an hour, and was then informed that Mr. Smith was the only person who understood the matter, I must see him on returning to the lobby again. I inquired for Mr. Smith, and was asked what Mr. Smith? Seeing the absurdity of inquiring for such a name in such a large public building, I presented the notices at the place they receive paid letters at. My notices were returned, with the answer that only three could be taken there, as the remainder belonged to the local post. By this time it was past four o'clock, and on my presenting them at the other office, I was told that it was now too late, I must bring them before four o'clock; and they refused to receive them. Should this impediment be thrown in the way of claimants, is it possible for strangers ignorant of the minutiae of regis tration matters to make a legal claim ? The only inference to be drawn is, that it is done to serve the present Tory Government party.—Your obedient servant, W. H. JAMES. Middlesex Reform Registration-office, 15, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, July 15. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOClETY.—Yesterday a quarterly general court of the subscribers to this institution was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Admiral Maugin in the chair, supported by Admiral Lord Radstock, &c. After some introductory remarks from the chairman Captain Dickson, the secretary read the quarterly , statement of receipts and disbursements, from which it ap peared that the total funds during the period were 1,3561. 19s. 2d. Deducting the expenditure. a balance of 7981. lls. sd. remained. The secretary next read a letter from Sir George Cockburn, Bart., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, approv ing of the manner in which the printed report of the Society had been compiled. Several other letters connected with the affairs of the Society, but -of no public importance, were next read and placed on the minutes. One it may be necessary to state, was forwarded by the Governor of the Queen s Bench Prison, stating that two ladies, the daughters of naval officers, who had been detained therein for debt, had been re leased through the benevolence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and assistance from the funds had consequently been dispensed with. A vacancy in the list of vice-presidents was next announced, and Lord. Radstock was unanimously appointed to that office in the room of Admiral Sir Courteney Boyle, deceased. Captain Dickson said that the Society has also lost a very munificent supporter by the decease of Ad miral Jahleel Brenton, and a resolution expressive of the feeling of the members was unanimously adopted. The cases for relief, amounting to about 80, were then considered, and the sum of 500/. was distributed. A vote of thanks was then unanimously passed to the chairman, who, having ac knowledged it, dissolved the meeting. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—bOVER, JULY 15. About one o'clock this afternoon a most melancholy loss of life occurred in Dover-bay, by the upsetting of a small pleasure-boat or punt. The party in the boat consisted of Mrs. Bentley, two of her daughters—one about ten, and the other eight years of age—a young gentlemen, said to be the nephew of Mrs. Bentley, but whose name we could not learn, and the two men who were in charge of the boat, named, we believe, Fox and Lewisham. The boat was under sail and tacking about a mile off the land, when she was observed to upset, there being rather a brisk breeze of wind blowing at the time. On observing the accident, several boats were imme diately launched from the beach, but before they could get to the sufferers, a fishing• smack that was about half a mile to windward bore down, and sent her boat to the spot. The fishermen fortunately picked up Mrs. Bentley and the two men, Fox and Lewisham ; but the gentleman and the two young ladies had disappeared. The boatmen saved them selves by swimming, and it is supposed Mrs. Bentley's clothes kept her obove water. Mrs. Bentley was brought on shore almost lifeless ; but on being taken to Mr. Marsh's bathing-house, She was placed in a warm bath, and by the application of the means recommended by the Humane So ciety, she was fortunately recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Bentley are strangers here, from Preston (we understand), and have been living for some time in lodgings at' No. 3, Stroud street. Mr. Bentley was absent from Dover at the timb of the melancholy event, he having gone to Folkestone this morning by the South-Eastern Railway, and was not aware of his loss till he arrived by train late in the afternoon. The distressing occurrence has cast a gloom over the place, and the berich is even non• crowded with persons anxiously in quiring respecting it. None of the bodies have yet, been found. . RISE mr 'Ttm PRICE OP SOAP.—At a meeting of the soap trade" of Glasgow and Paisley, last week, we un derstand it was unanimously agreed to advance the price of soap to the following rates per cwt. :—White, 535. ; pale, 48s. ; second or bright, 465.; yellow, 42s.—Edinburgh paper. SOLDIER -KILLED.—On Tuesday - night, between ten and- eleven o'clock, -a melanclicdy accident happened at the Castle. John Dow, a private in the 26th Regi ment, who had been observed to be somewhat intoxicated, it appears encleavonred to escape' from the garrison by descending the, rock opposite to West Port; but. at this point the rock is almost, perpendicular, and the unfortu nate man fell to the Ca6tlo goad, and was killgd on the spot.—Scotsman. MAJORITY-NOES, 91. A kers, James Estcourt, T. G. B. M‘Geachy, F. A. A land, Sir Thomas Fellowes, Edward Maxwell, J. P. A derley, C. B. Flower, Sir James Morgan, Octavius A kwright, George Follett, Sir W. W. Neeld, John B iley,:Joseph Forbes , William Norreys, Lord B iley, Joseph, jun, Fuller, A. E. Palmer, R. B illie, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Patten, Wilson B ring, Hon W. B Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Sir Robert B teson, Robert Gore, Montague Peel, Jonathan B ntinck, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Plumptre, J. P. El ckstone, W. Graham, Sir James Praed, William T. B d kin , W. H. Grogan, Edward Rashleigh, William B rthwick; Peter Hale, R. Blagdon Round, John B wles Admiral Hamiltos, Lord C. Shirley, Evelyn J. B sco,'M. Harris, E. A. J. Smith, T. B. C. B oke, Sir A. B. Hayes, Sir E. Smyth, Sir G. H B ges, W. H. L. Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G. Bt ck, L. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Stanley, Lord E ckley, Edmund Hinde, J. H. Sutton, Hon. H. M B nbury, Thomas Hogg, J. W. Taylor, E. C dwell, Edward Hope, Charles Tennent, J. E. C etwode, Sir John Hotham, Lord Thesiger, F. C ristopher, R. A. Hussey, Thompson, Ald. CICI rk, Sir George Hussey, Thomas Trollepe, Sir John C hrane, Alex. Jolliffe, Sir W. Vernon, G. H. Ce, Hon. H. A. Jones, Captain Vesey, Thomas D rby, George Knatehbull, Sir E. Waddington, H. S. D kinson, F. H. Knight, H. G. D uglas J. D. S. Knight, F. Winn TELLERg, El ot, Lord Lincoln, Earl of Young, John twisle, Williaiu ' Lockhart, William Pringle, A. tt, Bickham Lygon, Hon. Gets. COURT CIRCULAR. fnrnsoit, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, ornpanied by the Princess Royal, took an airing this n rning in the open pony carriage in the pleasure , unds of the Castle. heir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and h Princess Alice were taken a drive in an open ear i ge in the forenoon. lis Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by onel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, inspected his iment (the Scots Fusilier Guards) this morning in Great Park. for Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her jesty to-day. 'The - Earl of Mot ton left the Castle this morning for Ldndon. trheir Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke a • Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at the C s stle from town, on a visit to the Queen, at six o'clock th s evening. Their Royal Highnesses travelled via the G eat Western Railway. he Countess Delawarr, Lady Mary West, and Sir H•nry Wheatley, arrived in the course of the afternoon, at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. n the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert took a airing in an open pony carriage, the Prince driving. he Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Liddell fo I owed in another open carriage ; and the Equerries, Carmelo - Buckley and Bouverie, attended her Majesty a $ his Royal Highness on horseback. The royal party re urned to the Castle shortly before six o'clock. he Royal Family were taken airings in the afternoon: ler Royal Highness the - Duchess of Kent took an ai ing in a carriage in the afternoon. "The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening in chided her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Wratislaw, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the Hon. Strange Jiicelyn, and Major-General Wemyss. I The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meek le b u rg Strelitz left tow n . yesterday afternoon, about five to' lock, for Windsor Castle, o n a v i s i t to h er M a j esty. T e Grand Duke and Duches s t rave ll e d b y t h e G reat Western Railway. IA deputation from the J o i nt-stock Banks of London, Gillett, M.P., William Hawes, Morley, Webster, Gil bcoabrst,iBPtiong °f llard,MaensdsrsVilPe., M. Stewart, M.P., William R. had an interview with Sir R. Peel, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing stteet. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer was present at the interview. _ 'A deputation, respecting West India interests, con siSting of Messrs. Burge, C o l v il e , C ave, C . M arryatt, Mia.cgregor, M'Chlery, and Barkly, had an interview with Lerd: Stanley at the Colonial-office, yesterday. IM. • Fortigue, the Venezuelan Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, yes terday, from the Governors of Canada and Gibraltar. Mr. Beckett, M.P. for Leeds, and a numerous deputa tion, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone at the Board of Trade yesterday on the subject of Canals. Mr. C. Marryatt had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent out yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie-have arrived at Far rance's Hotel,l3elgrave-square, from Aldborough,Suffolk. DEAL.—On Friday last, about eleven o'clock, this town was visited with a thunder storm, accompanied by deluging torrents of rain, which lasted, without any any intermission, nearly an hour and a half. The quan tity of water which fell during the above period was enormous, and unexampled in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Several cellars and low apartments of the inhabitants were considerably inundated, and the streets, fr6m the depth and rapidity of the water, in a very brief interval were rendered quite impassable. In some instances, boatmen were obliged to push off preci pitately to tluir galleys and punts anchored afloat, in order to bail them out, and prevent them sinki ng . Wh a t is very remarkable, the liquid torrents did not extend much beyond two miles.—Kent Herald. Lust! RAILWAYS.—The preparatory prospectus of the Irish Great Western Railway has been issued. It is proposed that the line shall run from Dublin to Mal linger and Athlone. It is to diverge from the Dublin and Cashel Railway at or near Lucan, and running thence by or near the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge, May nootli, Klimek, Enfield, Clonard, Kinnegad, and Killu can, to Mullingar and Athlone, being a distance of sixty six' statute miles. The expenditure has been estimated by Sir John M'Neill at 11,000/. per mile. The pro posed capital is 730,000/. GiMVICT BARBER.—We are authorised to state.thatSir -James Graham has intimated that he can see no ground whatever for interfering with . the convic tion of Barber, and that the ship Agincourt, in which that convict and his accomplice Fletcher were passen gers, is on her way to her destination. It is believed that if any confirmation . of - the propriety of the verdict had been considered necessary, that confi rma ti on was furnished iu the ingenious struggle to appear to be an innocent man, made by Barber after his condemna tion—a struggle which showed how impossible it was that so clever a fellow could have been made the dupe of one so infinitely his inferior in every respect. LITERATURE. , _ EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION. Mortimer, London, 1844. The Author 'of this work, which embodies the results of a mission to Great Britain and Ireland, undertaken in 1839 and the three following years, is a gentleman nam e d Iralph,Tate emigration agent for the Government of Canada, who has' brought a vast deal of practical knowledge , and experience to the im portant subject which he discusses in the present vo lume. His main object appears to be to show the ne cessity of emigration, chiefly to Canada and our other American settlements, for the relief of the home po pulation ; and he states, towards the close of his work, that there is an earnest desire on the part of the Ca nadians to receive emigrants from the mother-coun try, in proof whereof he instances the willingness, of the proprietary to devote portions of their territory in free' grant to actual settlers, adding that the combina tion of land, capital, and surplus population might be rendered mutually serviceable and available in carry ing on a large, profitable, and creditable system of colonisation. To those—and they are a fast-increas ing class—who are interested' in the question of emi gration, this work will be found exceedingly useful, if only from the multiplicity and variety of the statis tical facts which it contains. HERRING FISHING. HOLY ISLAND.—Already are the fishermen actively engaged in preparations for the herring fishing. This season, new regulations have been issued by •the CUstom-house, thq boats are all marked B. 8., and numbered. There are only six boats taken here yet, though greater accommodation for curing can scarcely be found anywhere, and all without any charge. EYEMOUT/L—All is life and activity here at pre sent in preparing for the herring fishing curers laying" irk stock, and the fishermen are daily employed with their boats and nets. For tackle and powerful seawor thy boats, especially_thelatter,,our fishermen are not to be surpassed, scarcely equalled. There will he upwards of forty boats from here this season, most of which are almost new. None of our fishermen are engaged as yet; indeed so far as we know none of them have made any offer. Both parties are deter mined seemingly to take their chance of an every day market, and to let quantity, quality, and demand, regulate the price, which is undoubtedly the only fair way for both.. The fishermen intend to make a start on Monday night first, when we wish them every success. Indeed their hopes are most san guine, the appearance at present being good. rim are to be seen sporting a few miles off shore, an 4 the gannet, or solan goose, in great numbers hovering about. Some of the fishermen were tempted, by the appearances the other night, to make a trial with the jiggers; they went off and fell in with a very large shoal of herrings playing; they, however, caught only a very few scores the quality of which was much better than we have seen this season. Owing to the recent improvements in the harbour, there will be afforded, every accommodation both to curers and fishermen.—Berwick Advertiser. DETERMINED SUICIDE. On Saturday last, near midnight, a young man named John Cardew, of the Strand, Hayle, whose father was an Excise officer in that place, put an end to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor. Deceasel was a sailor, and some months since he was disabled from following his occupation by repeated attacks of ill-health. Latterly, he suffered from abscesses in the lungs, and the disease made such inroads on his constitution that, for several days past, he was compelled to sleep in an erect position, and his family were hourly expecting that his disso lution would take place. On the night in question, he requested some of his family who were in the room to go down stairs, as he thought if he were left in quietude he might fall asleep. £hey had scarcely reached the passage below, when, to their surprise, they heard him walk across the room, and beck to the chair in which they left him. Shortly after they were startled by a dismal shriek. His sister and others immediately ran to his room, and when they entered it, he was sliding off the chair on to' the floor, his body and the table before him being deluged with blood. They imagined that a blood vessel had burst in the lungs, but on looking on the table they saw, to their horror, a razor covered with blood, and on lifting the body, a frightful gash across the throat. On Monday an inquest was held on view of the body, when, from the evidence given, it appeared that deceased had repeatedly applied to the boards of the Merchant Seamen's Fund at St. Ives and Fal mouth for relief ; but owing to some informality in a certificate the board relief was refused, and that re fusal preyed so much on his mind that it never for sook him. The jury censured the conduct of the, boards for the loose manner in which the wants of seamen were attended to, and were of opinion that the disappointment experienced by deceased, added to the weak state of his body, caused him to commit the dreadful act; nevertheless they returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity.—Devonport Independent. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any deviation of equable temperature, will find in Rowland's Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel ling the cloud of langour from the complexion, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The distressing and unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples, freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness and transparency of the skin, giving rise to sensations of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, con taining mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action endangering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are on the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits !1 ! NOT MERELY A CURE BUT ALMOST A MIRACLE, EFFECTED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Mrs. Curley, resid ing at 15, Green-street, Bonner-street, Bethnal-green, had been dangerously ill for two years, was a patient at the London and Bartholomew Hospitals, and told that her stomach and kidneys were much diseased, could keep nothing whatever on her stomach ; she was likewise a dreadful sufferer from piles: finally, she got so bad as to keep her bed for nine months, from which dangerous state she has just been restored to the full enjoyment of health, by the means of these extraordinary pills. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's es tablishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis); and by almost all respectable vendors of medi cine throughout the civilised world. SUBMARINE OPERATIONS.—On Thursday week, the smack, Argyle, of Jersey, belonging to a company in the' West of England, arrived in Castleton-bay, Isle of Man, with a celebrated diver, apparatus, &c., for the purpose of taking up the brass guns and other parts of the wreck of the Racehorse sloop-of-war, lost on the Langness-point about twenty-one years ago. On Wed nesday last a great number of people, gentle and simple, were out, at Langness, looking at the diver. The weather was beautiful, and there were persons sailing on that day who had not been on the water for many years. There was not a single boat left is the harbour. The diver has succeeded, with the assistance of the crew of the Argyle, in taking up about 30 tons of pig-iron, a large quantity of copper, and a large anchor an d chain. The diver was under water three hours at one time on Wednesday.—lsle of Man paper. TWEED FISHINGS.—During the week the fishing stations below the bridge hare continued to be very productive. On Monday morning at the Carr-rock 120 fish were enclosed at a haul ; on Tuesday at Hallow stell, one of the stations near the mouth of the river, in three successive hauls, 131, 80, and 50 were brought to shore ; and at Outwaterstell 121 were taken at a haul. The season for grilses is at present very promising: The small quantity of water at present in the river pre vents the fish proceeding up any length ; they are to be seen very plentifully sporting in the bay, and all that is wanting to induce them to ascend the river in greater numbers is more rain.—Berwick Advertiser. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have this week had an opportunity of taking rather an extensive sur vey of the progress of of the crops in the West Riding of York and' the sonthern division of Lancashire. The hay harvest in these districts has become very general. The crops are extremely light, but not more than one-third an average, and the meadows, both upland and by the sides of the rivers, will afford but little employment for either the mowers or the hay-makers. The oats are short in the straw, and somewhat deficient in corn, but not nearly to the same extent as in the dry summer of 1826, when commercial and ar ,, Tricultural distress was so prev4lent. The potato crop has failed in some parts of the country, but the quality of this invaluable root will probably be generally good, and free from that excessive moisture which is often complained of in wet seasons. The turnip crop is unpro mising ; in many fields the seed has never germinated, and in others the fly has been very destructive. Beans are generally stunted in the straw, but tolerably well podded. The wheat crop looks uncommonly well, and will, according to present appearances, yield more than an average produce. There is scarcely a field in this part of the country where it is laid, there is no rust or mildew, and the verdant hue of the ears and the straw is quite refreshing. This will be thought extraordinary, seeing that in the months of March, April, and May, there has only fallen one inch and a half of rain, while in those three months, in an average of years, the quail= tity is upwards of four inches. The corn harvest will, this year, to present appearances, be two or three weeks earlier than usual. This is generally a great advantage, from the days remaining long and the sun powerful, and it rnav ac count for the depreciation in the pike, in our principal markets, of both the Michaelmas and Lent sown corn. There has been some rain since Wednesday evening, but the land is still thirsty, and there exists .the strange anomaly for a general wish for rain, among the farmers, iii the midst of the hay harvest, from a persuasion that it will do more good to the other crops, and to the after grass, than it will do harm to their scanty and easily secured crops of hay.—Leeds Mercury. PRAGUE, JUNE 27.—The tranquillity of this city has not been interrupted.' All the manufactories are in full work, on account of the approaching annual fairs of Braun and Pilsen. In the crop of a rook, shot the other day in Sussex, were found nineteen grub worms, and seventeen wire worms—a proof that rooks are the farmers' friends.— Hants Advertiser. .4/ ..if LORD 110t)EtIOUSE AND MR. WODEROUSE. The family of Wodebouse is, we believe, an ancient, and honourable one in the-county of Norfolk. We appreciate this distinction, and are willing to give it it s f u ll we i g h t an d importance. At the same time we are afraid—and we hope the remark will not be thought invidious—we are afraid, from some recent circumstances, that their appearance in Parliament is not quite equal to their figure in the peerage. Without the least wish to say anything against the Noble Lord who sits in the Upper House, or thellon.' Member who represents the county of Norfolk in the Lower, we cannot help remarking, that what is called temper does not appear to be the distinguishing characteristic of the Wodehouse family:- Lord Wodehouse and Mr. Wodebouse are honour.. able men, in aristocratic language ; very good sort of men in the ordinary way of speaking. --Lord WodehouSe to 3 made so handsome an apology to our" , 6rrespondent the other day for his animadversions upon him in the House, that we should • be really going against our feelings to make a singlei;, ill. natured observation upon the mere slip of.. the tongue that his Lordship was betrayed into on that occasion. Still, in all gond. will, and in perfect good humour, we will tender a re.pee.cel piece of advice. It is, we say, untucky that Lord. Wodelio u se and Mr. Wodehouse should hot ~ within so very short.a space of time, have made in their- respective places in their respective Houses such ex traordinary slips of the tongue as th e y h ave d one . It is a curious coincidence. and an unfortunate coincidence, that both in one week should have got into two exactly similar scrapes.. There was nothing out of the way in the mistake that Lord Wodehouse Made with respect to our correspon dent;.it.was a mistake, and there was.an end of it ; and Lord Wodehouse acknowledged rt. But that Mr. Wodebouse should,-just a week after, make an onset upon the character of a Member of the - House, and shoul,d have to apologise for it, elevates the business- intg the rank of decided oddness; and the affair takes the authorised position and place of a singular coincidence. Lord' Wodehouse and Mr. Wodehouse, and Mr. Wodehouse and Lord Wodehouse, being so very little heard of generally, and then firing off in succession so soon one - after the .other, is- a curious circumstance. They 'say it never rains. but it pours. The curtain draws up, and 'enter Lord Wodehouse and Mt. Wodehouse, each reproaching and each apologising with great volubility. That Mr. Wodehouse's is much the more unfortunate mistake of the two. The llon. Member might so easily have known on the slightest inquiry what kind of report the one affecting Mr. Wakley's character was; that it was an utterly un founded one, and that it was regularly decided to be such by a tribunal which should• be considered an impartial one—'an English court , of.jnstice. A single question asked about the matter referred to would have ,put 3.1 r. Wodebouse in posses sion of this fact ; in which case it would have been impossi ble that he could have made the insinuation he did. We will do Mr:Wodehouse, at any rate, the justice to think this. He, we believe, only made the mistake Of levelling an insinuation on a subject about which he knew .nothing, and had never'asked a single question to discover what the truth . Was. He Was in what is vulgarly called a rage ; he was determined . to: - .say . something cutting about Mr. Wakley-; an old trumpery report came into his head, which he thought would serve this purpose, and out with it accordingly. Such heedlessness and puerility, of course, tell much more against the Hon. Member who makes such an in sinuation, than against the per son w h o i s th e o bj ec t o f i t. I t is a most fatal mistake for the person who makes the charge. What is the immediate effect? He has to apologise directly, forthwith, on the very spot, for the attack. The assertion he makes dies still-born; it vanishes as soon as it is made. He has to eat- his own words before the whole House, and to confess that he ought not to have said them, and to admit that what he has said or insinuated was utterly wrong and false. He is instantly in a .most humiliating position, and appears as a criminal at the bar, instead of an accuser. All this takes place on the spot, and the only good he gets by it afterwards, is tohe - remerribered as having once done a very silly thing, and being supposed therefore, prospectively, capable of doing silly things again. This is all a man gets by giving way to a momentary fit of ill-humour, and making an insinuation for which he has ro- authority. Mr. Wodehouse is not a man who aims at any great Parliathentary eminence, or who has any statesmanlike career before him. We do not know that this mistake, or.. twenty others besides, would do him very much harm in this point of view. Nobody, however, likes to be-thought a blunderer; and we suppose the Hon. Mem ber for Norfolk does not; and, therefote, we will advise the Hon. Member to be more carefUl .before he makes such attacks in future. It is a great pity when men who are honourable and unobjectionable on the whole, will give way to temper, and say whatever comes into their heads: and with this observation we will take our leave for the present of Lord Wodehouse and Mr. Wodehouse.—Times. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in SALFORD. SALFORD, MONDAY.—An exceedingly destructive fire, in volving the loss of property to the amount of several thou sand pounds, broke out a little before four o'clock yesterday morning, upon the premises of Messrs. George Wilson snit Co., engineers, millwrights, and screw-bolt-manufacturers, Garden-lane, Salford, which, together with the extensive sizing works of Messrs. J. G. Lavino and Co. adjoining, were quickly destroyed. Of Messrs. Wilson's premises only part of the walls and chimney are left standing, but the greater part of MesSts. Lavino's works are levelled to the ground. It appears that the premises were locked up safe on Saturday night, and about four o'clock yesterday morning one of the neighbours saw smoke and flames issuing from one of the windows on the second story Of Messrs. Wilson's works. The wind at the time was blowing a brisk gale, and the flames spread with a rapidity equally amazing and alarm ing. Information was quickly sent to the Salford and Man chester Fire- brigade, and four engines were promptly sent to the spot. Mr. Darling, the superintendent of the Sal ford brigade, took the precaution 'of sending several water carts to supply the engines, and very fortunate it was that he did so, for no water could be obtained from the mains belonging to the Manchester and Salford Water-works Company for about three-quarters of an hour. Nearly the whole of Messrs. Wilson's premises were in a blaze when the engines arrived, although they were on the spot in less than a quarter of an hour after the alarm was given. It was soon found that it was useless to attempt to save either 'Messrs. Wilson's works or those of Messrs. Lavino, the wind, carrying the flames with such fury that the latter building was speedily enveloped in the fire. The cot tages on three sides of the building were in a state of 'great danger, and the roofs and windows were frequently on fire. It was therefore determined to save the dwmlling-houses, and the efforts of the firemen were dieiected to that object. The people were running out of their bed-rooms into the streets in their night-clothes, and the screams of the women and children were dreadful. The furniture-was removed from the houses as quickly as possible, and at length a supply of water having been procured, the buildings were saved, though many of them were much damaged. Messrs. Wilson are insured to the amount of 3,500/. in the Globe' Assurance-office, and Messrs. Lavino to the amount of 5,250/. in the Imperial and Atlas offices. There was a communication between the two buildings by a wooden passage, Messrs. Lavino's premises having been formerly oc cupied by Messrs. Wilson, jointly with the other building. The buildings, which have a frontage of about 70 yards into Garden-lane, presented a terribly grand appearance, as the flames were issuing from all the windows at the same time. The high state of the wind rendered it impossible to save any considerable quantity of property. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. THE LIVERPOOL CUP. 6 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's The Caster—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's The Ara, 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Poor Soldier—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's British Yeoman—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey—taken 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer 100 to 6 apt Mr. Jones's British Tar—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Best of Three 18 to 1 agst Lord Milltown's Scalteen—taken. 20 to 1 agst Mr. E. J. Irwin's Mickey Free 20 to 1 agst Mr. Creath's The Neill. Formidable as the above list appears, and it includes within two or three of all that are likely to run, there were not• more than five backed seriously, viz., The Caster and. The Poor Soldier, both freely ; British Yeoman, chiefly at 6 to 1, but at a slight decline just before the close of the room; The Ara (no friends after the first half-hour) and Pompey. The investments on the other horses quoted were In small amounts. . GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian 15 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—taken 17 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's The Currier—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin. Mr. Wreford's mare was in great force, but in no other respect did the betting possess the slightest in terest. GOODWOOD cm 2 to 1 apt Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord rerulain's Robqd de Gorham—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Antler. Layers of' the odds against Alice Hawthorn, and plenty of takers of them about Robert de Gorham and the Squire. It is said that Robert de Gorham will be sent to Liverpool to obtain the ;Abs. allowance. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Salvin's The cure—taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess 8 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Bay Momus—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Foig-a-ballagh. We understand that there are nearly 200 nominations for the Derby, and upwards of 140 for the Oaks of 1846, the greatest number ever known, and a clear proof that the late wholesale exposures have not had a prejudicial, effect on the turf. The Ascot and oth er Stakes have also filled satisfactorily. NATURAL HISTORY.— A. correspondent residing near Barjarg village. has beeti kind enough to com municate the following eye -witnessed particulars. On Wednesday last, while a farmer was engaged with his workpeople in the' open field, a sparrow-hawk all of a sudden pounced upon a little bird, fell ing, rather thaw killing it in the first instance, bya single stroke of its .reaver wing. After a brief pause . the quarry was lifted and hoisted aloft to be leisurely devoured at some other spot ; but just at this juncture two brace of lapwings, alarmed for the safety of their own young, opportunely appeared and attacked the hawk so furiously, that, during the melee, the hedge-spar row, or stone- chatterer, dropped lightly to the ground, and miOit.have escaped ultimately, but foranother curious incident. During 'the battle in the thr a corbie crow, which happened tohe passing, wheeled slowly and mo tionlessly leant On the breast of the sky to await the issue ; and, on observing the hawk worsted, and its prisoner relieved, it fancied there was something going in its own line of business, stooped as directly as a bndy of sotne - weight, cleaving the sky, and recantnred the prize its 'cousin-german had missed. But again the valorous lapwings were up and doing, and assailed 'so hotly the new invader of their petmful domain, that the affrighted little bird was a second time relieved. Bat the respite was brief ; for after the lapwings had retired to their respective nests, the crow, watching an opportunity, stooped afresh, and eventually carried off its prize. --Dumfries Courier. EXTRAORDINARY QIIICK TRAVELLING IVY STE AM EDAT AND RAiuwAy.—The Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Burg hersh, and other distinguished noblemen, left Cologne on Sunday morning by the railroad for Ostend, embarked at midnight on board the General Steam Navigation Comp Any's steam-ship Rainbow for London, and arrived at London bridge Wharf shortly after ten yeSterday morning. The dis tance betiveen Cologne and London occupied only tonty seVen Lours. si~N► art ° t he the e In .i 0,15. a by be sulr ,ints *lOl "~