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among the cal aid was confirmed. and timely mid not be confirmed cveral pas' g to create - re mode of the report ndly of the rtunate de !mei treat cpressing a ring under e asylums, who, how the inspee- Mr. Shell , of the pro ntry ; d f or the is informs' s and law pose of iry casting no were 11(4 was a mat they cam e e extension ;ht that iti cularly, as were left This or ,nd it %ras a t would be was 5 11- isioners al' I a sufficient lertorm the Laughter.) rersons c for then! vithout 1 1 1 , us afflict.° And, 1 se of grati imitate• that were Ls a subjec t nt, and he , order lem berriohr: !ssion• al cases 111 iatics we r a r filth, afl. down thei r ,. ings °ugh. at some I°- i he evil vf og pessary , b l e delay 1 1 1 r, he Exc'e thollg o b : overnil ie b ne the P ° a s subject ky the t th e preset' dea of S up es with re• &N and 141.‘ st g ratiflel: core"' :r n e o r ne t, tb° session , lie ", e re not Preie. Belt t • ,Jll5 that in 9 • r i sfactr e o vi e on It ti ll on. turned upon this, did the Government place the slightest credit in the statement of Mr. Dobree ? If it did, it was evident from the proceedings of the Royal Court that Mr- Dobree was unworthy of credit. In fact, he ap peared to be more fit for one of those asylums they had oeel discussing that evening, than for the position he held in the Church. He was not only in the habit of s aying that there was a plot to shoot the Governor, but that there was a plot to shoot himself. They only had his word for the confession he said he had received from 4 -r- Moulin. He was in the habit of shutting himself up in the church, nailing down the windows, and pass ing the ni g ht the r e. He would also wrap the union jack round the pulpit, and then say he had no fear, as he was under th e p ro t ec ti o n of the British flag. He did not be lieve there was the slightest foundation for the supposi tion of a conspiracy. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman assumed that the Government rested wholly on the statement of the reverend gentleman he had mentioned. But the fact was not so. It relied in the first instance on the deli berate opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor, General deli- Napier, and further, on the additional evidence that had ueen submitted to him, and sifted by Mr. Daniel. Mr. HUME regretted the declaration that had been made by the Right Hon. Secretary of State. He t hou g ht that General Napier was under a delusion, and had taken tue statement of Mr. Dobree as well founded. The loyal People of Guernsey ought not to suffer from the con tinuation of such a charge. Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not entertain the slight est doubt of the loyalty of the great majority of the in habitants, but he did believe that in some small body of t hem such a plot was formed. Mr. AGLIONBY said the misfortune of such dis cussions as these was, that they produced unsatisfactory s tatements on both sides. If any proceedings were pend ing, it was of great importance that they should be e Xpedited. The motion was then withdrawn. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. BOWRING then brought forward his motion, 'ailing the attention of the House to the state of the quarantine laws, and the necessity and security of great Modifications therein. He said he did not bring forward the subject . - in any angry or bitter feeling towards the Government ; and proceeded to state that the regulations us) this subject had existed for four hundred years, as t hey dated from the year 1440 ; the amount of human misery and suffering they had caused since that time was i nconceivable. The present quarantine law of this country was the 6th of Geo. IV. c. 69, whick imposed the severest penalties on the masters of vessels not com- PlYing with the regulations of the Act. The regulations respecting this matter were very stringent, and , as he thought, unnecessarily so. It had been proved that the Plague was not latent in the human body for more than fifte en days at the utmost. Any Hon. Gentleman who had visit e d the Ottoman empire must have seen that so tar from a stringent system of quarantine stopping the spread of the plague, the lazarettos were the means of e xtending it. The plegue, like most other pestilential and dangerous diseases, owed its intensity to the same a ccessories as other diseases, namely, to a wa nt of urainage, ventilation, &c. When he was in Egyp t his attention was called to the fact that in the Places,,s where the plague broke out with the most violence, on the removal of the persons st unicted to the open desert, it almost immediately ceased. - to- many parts of Egypt the plague was not found at all. Our quarantine regulations were based on a strange inciple. Articles which were liable to quarantine were mvided into two classes—susceptible and nonsusceptible. Of these which were deemed susceptible, woollen, silk, cotton, linen, and paper were the principal. Now, some 'title ago he had moved for a return of the number of Persons who had died on board our lazzarettos in conse quence of handling such articles as those he had men tioned. That return was nil, and yet we still main tained a strict and severe system of quarantine laws, Which were not beneficial, and which would never have the effect of checking the spread of disease, but, on the Contrary, were calculated to increase it, The mainte nance of this system of quarantine laws was only a sub sit's'ission to an old prejudice which, he believed, nuld, i n a few years pass away, as the belief in witchcraft had done before. As long ge as 1720, Dr. Brown, in his controve rs y th Dr. Mead, challenged him to state a single case ,I!'which plague would be communicated by merchan ;re- The Hon. Member then referred to other authori 'eis in support of the same view. It was notorious that t ,een a plague in the East had ceased, the g th arments of hose who had been infected were sold in e public bazaars ; and in no case he believed did they fetch less than other clothes on account of that circumstance. A great number of plague garments had been introduced !yen into this country, but no evil consequences had fol lowed from it,—(Hear, hear.) There were regulations of all kinds with regard to plague, but those which most affected them were sea regulations. After a long pas sage, a vessel was delivered over to quarantine, and a great and inconvenient delay occurred. There were no countries Where there was a greater trade in contraband goods than those who were subject to the plague ; and very fre quently the quarantine regulations were made the in strument of carrying on smuggling. The introduction of quarantines in the East had had no effect in pre venting. plagues. It would be wearisome to repeat the idle stories which were circulated as to the contagious iess of plague ; such as that isolated houses were at tacked, and all the inhabitants died in consequence. The simple fact was, that if the system were not connected With certain pecuniary interests, it would long ago have been a b o li s h e d. The Hon. Member concluded by moving a resolution as to the necessity of urging on foreign Go vernments increased relaxation in their laws of - qua rantine:. - Mr. GLADSTONE said there was not enough in con troversy between himself and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to make it necessary that he should oc wpyse torelaxations great deal of ti me . Th e resolut i on called on the with recommend that of h foreigntequarantine Governments should proceedousystem. This was only consistent with the course which the Government had hitherto pursued. They had taken two steps —one was to introduce into their own ports all the relaxation which they thought expedient, and the other was to ren ew th e attempt of their predecessors to induce foreign Powers to pursue a similar course. It did not necessarily follow that they should give full scope to the opinions which they entertained on this subject, lest the effect should be to produce a reaction on ' the part of foreign Powers, and to pro voke them to impose new restrictions on trade.—(Hear.) They had not yet arrived at a state of things in which any thing like unanimity could be said to prevail upon the great question whether or not plague was communicable by contagion. The majority of opinions still inclined to the affirmative. But then, on the other hand, all the relaxations hitherto made had been found safe and Satisfactory in their operation, and this encouraged them to persevere in applying the principle of freedom from restriction. With respect to the system of quarantine which prevailed in this country, a very important relaxa tion had been introduced by her Majesty's Government in the exercise of the powers of the Act of George the Third ; the Order i n Council having been pub ' e lshcel in September last, which materially r educed the time for which ships, both as regarded car goes and persons, were required to undergo qua rantine. At p re sent our system of quarantine was less strict than that of the other great Mediterra iiean Powers. With regard to ships having cle an bills of health, the present regulation of the United Kingdom , Was that goods underwent a quarantine of fifteen days and persons five; for suspected bills, goods from twenty five to thirty days, and persons eight. In the Austria n Ports, ship s with clean bills underwent a quarantine of twenty-one days for cargoes, for persons ten ; suspected bills, cargoes twenty-two days, persons eighteen ; foul cargoes twenty-two, persons twenty-eight. This tountry had invited France and Austria to a congress on the subject, and had received from both a favourable r eply. Some delay would necessarily take place before any definitive step could be taken ; but he was sanguine in the hope that, before Parliament met again, it might be in their power to adopt some measure for the purpose of b ringing the representatives of those great Powers into c onference with those of this country on the subject of. o the further relaxation of the quarant ine laws. 'Re was not aware that he could state any more on that Part of the subject. The Government was fully alive to be imortance, but they wre of opinion that more would "e lost than wo uld be gained by the adoption of any Precipitate step. , Mr. HUME was sure the cou ntr y would be gratified n 37 • ~,, the communication of the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman. "se had regretted that no step had been taken on this subject in 1814, but he thought the evidence in favour of 5..„ r elaxation which could be produced before the Con ' tress was much stronger now than it could have been !ben- He recollected that when Sir Thomas Maitland had relaxed the quarantine regulations much greater re strictions had been placed upon our shipping in Italian Ports in consequence, and he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman was right in not being too precipitate. He aPproeed of the conduct of the Government, and believed they had done everything that could be done. The motion was then agreed to. • PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Dr. BOWRING postponed the motion of which he "ad given notice, on the subject of the p ublic accounts, sf e , "until next session. RECIPROCITY TREATY WITH RUSSIA . Mr. WAWN moved for a statement of the equiva lent advantages, if any, which have been granted to ' • British navigation by the Russian Government, in con sideration of the exemptions conceded by her Majesty's ,Government to Russian ships, by the second separate article of the treaty of St. Petersburgh , of the 11th day of; January. 1843, which reserves to Russian vessels the exemption from navigation dues during the first 'three years, which is enjoyed by vessels built in Russia, • and belonging to Russian subjects." The adva nta g es co„, neMed by that article of the treaty to Russi a, g ave Russian shipowners a great advantage over English Shipowners —an advantage equivalent at least to five per • tent. A British ship entering a Russian port was placed `under many disadvantages- The ship's provisions were all placed tinder seal, and the captain was not allowed to 11 i s e t his own provisions without a license from the autho is4lA3B' If he applied to his Consul for a remedy, the Consul told hire that he could afford him no relief ; _'aihereas, if a R u ssian captain complained to his Co nsul La a British port of any grievance, immediate redress 'was afforded him. He wished to ask what advantages Were given by the treaty to British ships which Russian ships did not enjoy, which could be consid ered as an equivalent to the advantages thus given to Russian • ships ? • Mr. GLADSTONE thought the Hon. Gentleman esetild not be much in the habit of examining treaties of • s 'avigation between different countries, and their modes of operation, or he would not have been surprised at this Particular case ; and he would advise the Hon. Gentle man not to pr ov oke others to too close and prying an in . , Westigatio n of these treaties. He would not go into the . Particulars of our navigation laws, but would at onc e A , e answer the Hon. Gentleman's question. It had been the en , is s tern, in making . treaties with other countries, the Mercantile tedirthe was not in so advanced a state as our own, to admit of cer tain relaxations, which we did not claim for ourselves for instance in the treaties with many of the South Ame rican States, while no vessels could claim from them the reciprocity granted to vessels under the British unless they were owned and navigated in conformity with the navigation laws, the benefits of the reciprocity were al lowed to vessels belonging to those States, in British ports, although it might not be owned and navigated ac cording to the navigation laws. This showed that it was no new practice. Now, with regard to the question, he would at once state that an advantage was conceded to British vessels which Russian vessels did not possess, and which was an equivalent for those advantages to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded. Russia granted to us, that British vessels coming from third countries, and entering Russian ports, should be treated if they came from British ports. Now that, he consi • dered, was more than a counteracting advantage to the exemption from dues for the first three years. If that exemption had been granted to Denmark, Sweden, Hol land, or any country nearly on a level with ourselves in point of maritime power, the advantage would have been a great one, but it was not in this instance more than a counterpoise for the advantages granted to us. With re gard to the grievances of British shipowners in Russian ports—if those grievances were represented to the Go vernment—and it should turn out that they were deviators from the treaty, the British Government would make representations to the Russian Government on the sub ject. No such complaints, however, had been made. There was a case relating to the Customs dues on her rings, in which it was alleged that greater advantages were given to Norway and Denmark than were given to England, which was at present the subject of negotia tion between the two Governments. He was not aware, with respect to the navigation treaty, that the Russian Government had given any cause of complaint, and he could not accede to the motion. Mr. HUTT thought that the admitting British vessels from third ports on the same footing as those from Bri tish ports might be considered as an equivalent. With regard to the other subject, he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that the grievance existed, and he had no doubt but that he would have his attention called to it next session. Mr. HUME was of opinion that by the treaty we had the means of obtaining redress of the grievances com plained of. He was glad to bear of the Right Hon. Gen tleman speak of herrings, and ho hoped our exporters would be relieved from the burden of these dues without delay. Mr. GLADSTONE had no cause to complain of delay on the part of the Russian Government. It was only six weeks ago that he himself had received the com plaints of the herring exporters. Mr. WAWN then withdrew his motion. CASE OF MR. O'DRISCOLL. Mr. ROSS moved that "an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying for the removal of Mr. Alexander O'Driscoll from the Commission of the peace." It was very distasteful to his feelings to appear before that House as a public accuser, to impugn a man for whom he entertained in general the greatest respect. It was an unenviable task to be called upon to accuse a gentleman far advanced in years, infirm in health, and subject to a malady which, beyond all others, was cal culated to cloud the intellect and injure the temper. These defects were considered sufficient cause for his dismissal, and they still remained.--(Hear, hear.) Of Mr. O'Driscoll he (Mr. Ross) knew nothing until his connection with these circumstances, and he hoped the House would do him the justice to believe that no con sideration of a party nature would induce him to prefer a charge against an innocent man, or one whose guilt was even a matter of doubt. The Noble Lord opposite (Lord Eliot) had, on a previous occasion, rebuked him (Mr. Ross) because he ventured to say the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll towards his fellow-magistrates was insolent, and his treatment of the Sullivans tyrannical ; but he sat down without convincing the House that the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll towards the Sullivans, Dempsey, and Dineen was in the highest degree tyrannical. A man named Dineen, in the first instance, complained to the Lord Chancellor under these circumstances :—A person named Sullivan, a tenant of Mr. O'Driscoll's, had fallen into a small arrear of rent, half-a-year's,for which he had passed his bill to Mr. O'Driscoll. Another half-year had not quite fallen due when Hurley, Mr. O'Driscoll's driver, entered poor Sullivan's farm, and distrained everything upon it—the cow, the ass, and even the potatoes ; yes, even the very potatoes upon which the wretched family depended, and which, according to the testimony of Hurley, they were afterwards obliged to steal. But, what was the fact at the very time O'Driscoll's driver had made this seizure on poor Sullivan ?—he had actually the money for the bill in his pocket. Sullivan's bill was cashed for O'Driscoll, at the bank, the other half-year's rent was not due, and yet this cruel distraint was made. Sullivan was thrown on the world a house less and a desperate man. In the distraint the cows of poor Dineen, which chanced to have been in Sullivan's farm, were driven away too. Dineen applied them, but was refused. A rescue took place, w hi c h Dineen did all in his power to prevent, but Mr. O'Driscoll, conceiving that Dineen was instru mental in it, summoned him to his own house. The Bible was put into his h and ; but he refused to disclose the names of those who were engaged in the rescue. He was sent before another magistrate, but persisted in his refusal. The magistrate, without warrant or com mitment, had him incarcerated in the county gaol. Poor Dineen, after having lain for four days in prison, was brought before the bench of magistrates, who again committed him for persevering in his refusal. Soon after the case of Dineen was laid before the Lord Chan cellor another case against Mr. O'Driscoll occurred, and that was the case of the boy Dempsey. Mr. O'Driscoll was out hunting, and hearing a shot fired, supposed that poachers were on his land. He saw two or three little boys, who, on his riding towards them, ran away. He pursued one of the boys to the house of a poor woman, the boy having taken refuge therein. Mr. O'Driscoll got the boy out, and inflicted a severe castigation upon him. The case was brought before Mr. O'Driscoll's brother magistrates, who, having heard the charge , inflicted a fine on Mr. O'Driscoll of 40s. Upon hearing the decision of the bench, Mr. O'Driscoll said that he had been unjustly dealt with, and that, if it had been any other person, the fine would have been not more than ss. Upon this confusion arose in the court, and the magistrates remonstrated with Mr. O'Driscoll, who refused to apologise to the court until he was advised to do so by a friend, and he then reluctantly apologised. In consequence of this the Lord Chancellor very pro perly removed him from the bench. Some months rolled on, and, upon a memorial being addressed to the Lord Chancellor, Mr. O ' Driscoll was reinstated to the bench. These were dangerous times in which to tamper with the administration of justice in Ireland. The Government, however, seemed desirous of promoting those who were the most uhpopular in Ireland. On a late occcasion they had advanced a Mr. O'Brien to the bench, who was most obnoxious in Ireland, in conse quence of his virulent attacks upon the person who was the idol of the people of that country. Mr. D. BROWN seconded the motion. Was the re storation of Mr. O'Driscoll calculated to give peace to Ireland or satisfaction to any well-thinking individual, whatever his politics might be? It had been said by the Government that they intended to govern Ireland on the principles of conciliation. Was the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll calculated to produce such conciliation? The people of Ireland had justly come to the conclusion, from the violence of the acts of Mr. O'Driscoll, that he was mad, and that he was restored to the bench either as a criminal or madman.—(Hear, hear.) They had been told in another place that that House had no right to in terfere with the act of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland as it was a judicial act. Now he would venture to say that it was no such thing, but that it was a ministerial act, and one with which that House had a right to deal. Lord ELIOT was very far from denying that there were cases under which that House would address the Crown to remove magistrates and justices of the peace ; but ..he thought when a Member of that House called upon it to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown, exercised by its highest officer, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, he should be able to show that it had been ex ercised improperly or corruptly. He believed that those who knew his Right Hon. Friend, the Lord-Chancellor of Ireland, would admit that in no instance he had acted without mature deliberation, and that it was quite im possible that he could be actuated by unjust motives. He did not intend to be the apologist of Mr. O'Driscoll ; on the contrary he thought that the acts for which he was removed from the bench were highly blameable.— (Hear, hear.) But, having admitted that, the Hon. Member would permit him a little to soften the colour ing of the picture that had been painted to them, and he would allow him to state the facts, as they appeared to have been, from these papers. He should not go into the case of the Sullivans, because that was not brought before the Lord Chancellor. With respect to the case of the boy Dempsey, he did not mean to defend the con duct of Mr. O'Driscoll; he thought he was perfectly un justifiable in striking and beating the boy ; but he ap peared to have been much provoked, and it did not seem to have been a very aggravated assault. The boy himself did not wish to prefer any complaint, nor were there any bruises or blood, or any appearance of his having been severely beaten.—(lronical cheers.) Surely the feelings of Hon. Gentleman would not influence them so far as to make them draw no dis tinction. It appeared from the evidence that he struck the boy two or three blows on the body with his whip, but Mr. O'Driscoll himself declared on his word of honour as a gentleman, that he only struck him once. This charge was heard before the magistrates, and Mr. O'Driscoll was fined 40s. against which he re monstrated in very unbecoming terms.—(Hear, hear.) But it should be remembered that he afterwards apolo gised for it, and though it had been stated that he did so in an ungracious manner, yet that apology was received by his brother magistrates, and they were among the persons who signed the memorial to the Lord-Lieu tenant for his restoration. Upon the whole of this case the Lord Chancellor of Ireland did think it his duty to remove Mr. O'Driscoll from the bench, but he did not think the Hon. Gentleman- had stated altogether fairly what had occurred. The Lord .Chancellor expressly said that it was upon the whole of the case taken to ether that he displaced him, alleging that, "at pre sent," Mr. O'Discroll did not appear to have sufficient command of his temper to retain a seat on the bench. He stated he was advanced in years, and had recently been in bad health; he therefore thought it advisable that he should retire. Things stood thus from November till the month of June, when the memorial praying for his restoration was presented, the memorialists alleging that Mr. O'Driscoll was now strong and active, and as sound in his understanding as they had ever known him. Mr. O'Driscoll was a gentleman entirely unconnected with any wealthy or powerful family ; nevertheless he Was a gentleman living on his estate, and who dispensed hospitality to his neighbours liberally. He had been a magistrate for thirty years, and his integrity had never been impugned. • Mr. MORE O'FERRALL thought the Noble Lord had not shown a single ground for the restoration of. ,Mr. O'Driscoll. The Noble- Liord, doubtless wished to throw the responsibility of - aep - thi Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He (Mr. M. O'Ferrall) would say that no man had ever held office in Ireland who was more entitled to respect and confidence than the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. But it must be recollected that the Lord Chancellor went to Ireland with English notions. He looked upon the magistracy of that country in the same light as the magistracy in this. Every Irishman, however, knew that from the magis tracy of Ireland had arisen many of those crimes which Parliament was called on every year to repress. He (Mr. O'F.) would venture to say that there was no Hon. Gentleman sitting on the other side of the House, look ing to the bearing of this case on the administration of justice in Ireland, who would say that the Noble Lord had shown good grounds for the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll. He (Mr. O'Ferrall) had often been asked what was the cause of the existing state of Ireland. His answer to this inquiry would be, take the case of Mr. O'Driscoll as a portion of that cause. It was this sort of thing that cause combinations and the use of unlawful oaths. The peasantry bound them selves together as the only means of resisting tyranny. Such cases as that of Dineen and Sullivan, were common all over Ireland, and hence arose illegal combinations. A Government that wished to do away with illegal com binations would do away with its causes. They would enforce the laws vigorously and properly equally in the case of the rich and the poor.—(Hear, hear.) Had the Noble Lord shown any mitigating circumstances in the case of Mr. O'Driscoll he would not have pressed hard upon an individual arrived at such an advanced stage of life ; but he had not done so. What did his friends the Conservatives say of him ? Why, that though a Roman Catholic, he was a loyal man.—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) Why a person who would seek such support as that would be the basest of men. The words were, " Though a Roman Catholic, never con cealing nor . affecting to conceal his sentiments, he was nevertheless looked upon by those of his own creed and others as a man of unswerving rectitude." They had no reason to regret their reliance on his rectitude, since it had always been shown by enforcing the laws most severely against Roman Catholics.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said he was anxious to address a few words to the House on this subject. In the first place, he begged to remark that they were not then trying the question whether Mr. O'Driscoll was a good or a bad landlord ; neither were they then trying the ques tion what were his religion and politics. The question then under discussion lay in a very narrow compass. He agreed that the conduct which led to Mr.:o'Driscoll's removal from the commission of the peace was, in the main, indefensible. He thought that both with reference to the committal of a person without a warrant, in whose case he had a personal interest, and still more in speaking in discourteous terms of the sentence of the bench, the Lord Chancellor had acted wisely in dismissing him from the commission. —(Hear, hear.) But now he begged the House to consider that the removal of a ma gistrate from the bench in Ireland might be of a two foldcharacter—it might either be judicial, with reference to his conduct as a magistrate, or it might be ministerial. After having had the advantages of personal intercourse with the Lord Chancellor, he was able to state that his decision was entirely judicial. Ho entirely sympathised in the compliments which had been paid to his Right Hon. Friend Sir Edward Sugden. He thought he might apply to him the lines of one of our poets in reference to a judge of his own day In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, With more discerning eyes or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift to dispatch, and easy of access.'' This he held to be a just and correct description of the character of Sir Edward Sugden. He was sure a more just or able judge never presided. Now, he said again, that in this matter Sir Edward Sugden acted judicially, and he assured him (Sir J. Graham) his duty was never performed with more doubt, pain, or hesitation, than in the removal of Mr. O'Driscoll. He said that if he had considered any one of the acts which were indefen sible singly he should not have thought his removal justified; but that taking all the cases collectively, he thought his removal necessary. This gentleman bore an unsullied private character, although he had been visited with displeasure on account of some violent, intemperate acts, and disgrace having been once in flicted, he did not see why it should be co-extensive with life. He thought that, considering all the circumstances of the case, the House ought to hesitate before it passed its sentence upon the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He considered it of the highest importance to conciliate the affections of the people of Ireland towards the adminis tration of justice in that country ; and he was also of opinion that this question was not unworthy the atten tion of the House.—(Hear, hear.) It was right that the Government should be put upon its defence for restoring a magistrate under such circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) He felt satisfied in his conscience that the Lord Chan cellor had not acted improperly, and he should oppose this motion, believing, as he did, that it was intended as a vote of censure upon the Lord Chancellor's conduct. — (Hear, hear.) He could not as a member of the Go vernment shrink from the responsibility of this act of the Lord Chancellor, for, after having given the matter the fullest investigation and consideration, he was pre pared to adopt th at act. — (Cheers.) On t hel whole, he thought that the removal of. Mr. Driscoll from the com mission of the 'peace 'in the first instance was right, and after he had suffered his punishment, and, after the representations which had been made in his favour, he was equally •of opinion that the Lord Chancellor was justified in restoring him.---(Hear, hear.) Mr. SHEIL said that the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had ex pressed his most high and extreme solicitude for the impartial administration of justice in Ireland. He would not dispute the sincerity of the Right Hon. Gentleman's professions ; but he regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had, not adopted a more effica cious mode of giving expression to his solicitude. — (Hear, hear.) Neither had the Right Hon. Gentleman been peculiarly felicitous in his reference to Dryden's description Of an eminent judge. No doubt Ashley Cooper had been a most incorruptible judge, but he was also a most incomprehensible politician, ,and the man of all othera the worst who could have been permitted to interfere with the appointment of magistrates, had such been a vortion of the duties of•LoreChancellors in his time.—(Hear, bear.) But it appeared that, in dismissing Mr. O'Driscoll, the Lord Chancellor had not acted in his political capacity—he had acted in his judicial capacity. In what capacity had he acted when he dismised the repeal magistrates ?—(Cheers.) Was it in his p olitical or in his judicial capacity that 'the Lord Chancellor had removed his Hon. Friend the Member for Mayo, his Hon. Friend the Member for Kerry, and Mr. Roche, the Member for Cork ?—(Loud cheers.) Why had they been dismissed ? Not for attending monster meetings— I oh, no !—(Loud cheers)—but for attending dinners to protest against the packing. of a Protestant Jury.—(Loud cheers.)' Oh ! but, said the Right lion. Gentleman, be was not acting in his political capacity in dismissing Mr. O'Driscoll ; that case had nothing to do with politics. Why, 'in its results, it was entirely political. W hat did they say to' the political part of the question when Mr. O'Driscoll set.forth in his memorial that, although be was a Catholic, he was a Conservative ?—when he gave a prominence.to the fact of his being a Conservative, and stated that he had refused to stand for the county, although the Bishop had offered it him, as if the Bishop held the keys of the county as well as the keys of St. Peter?— (Cheers and laughter.) He had refused—(Renewed cheering)—" even though a Catholic."—(Cheers.) It was said that in this case the Lord Chancellor had acted in his judicial, and not in his ministerial, by which was meant his political, capacity : Now it had been often said that the political and the judicial capacities of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland were so indistinct that it was to be wished that they were separated ; and certainly no set of functions could be more dissimilar. The Lord Chancellor was in general a great lawyer, but the sphere of his vision was confined to the horizon of a con veyancer's office, and when he launched upon the Irish sea of political agitation he steered his course by the scintilla juris, the light of lawyers.—(Cheers.) And accordingly they found that the Lord Chancellor, although an admirable judge, and in that capacity de serving of the highest praise, exhibiting on the bench a great knowledge of the law and a passion for justice, yet they no sooner find him appearing in his political capacity than he, who as a judge was temperate, judicious, and for tunate, became as a politician precipitate, inconsistent, and ominous.—(Loud cheers.) He was surprised that the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll s hould be palliated by that Government by which the Landlord and Tenant Com mission had been issued. Oh but it was said the conduct of O'Driscoll as a landlord was nothing to the purpose. Why, if they were not bound to remove him from the commission of the peace, as a bad landlord, when the Chancellor came to take a retrospect, and to consider the propriety of restoring him, ought be not to have asked himself—shall I entrust this man with the administration of justice between landlord and tenant ? —(Cheers.) Now, what was the case of O'Driscoll as a landlord ? The Secretary of State for the Home De partment admitted that his conduct was indefensible, and yet when he said that his conduct was indefensible, he could urge nothing in extenuation of it, though he entirely approved of the conduct of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and adopted his acts.—(Loud cheers.) He adopted a measure which he said he could not defend. (Loud cheers.) But what was the conduct of O'Dris coll as a landlord ? He seized Sullivan's potatoes. By the law of the land a smith cannot be deprived of his anvil, nor a labourer of his plough—he could not be deprived of his means of living ; yet by the law of Ireland the land l o rd might dry up the esculent on which the man's family de pended for existence. That might be just in law, but was it not a circumstance to be considered in restoring him to the magistracy? What did ho do with regard to O'Sullivan? He took the man into his own parlour, put the Bible into his hand—and what hap pened? Oh, said the Noble Lord, it was not Mr. O'Driscoll, it was Mr. Galway who committed him. Miserable subterfuge !—(Loud cheers.) It was not de nied that O'Driscoll accompanied the man to Galway's house, and personally committed him to Bridewell, and that without a warrant.—(Cheers.) Lord ELIOT—No, no. Mr. SHEIL—Am I not right ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") I knew I was ! Ido not. wonder that the Noble Lord wishes to interrupt me The Hon. Gentleman continued—lt was not denied that O'Driscoll, having the money for the rent in his pocket, had distrained for that rent and deprived Sullivan's children of their meal.— (Loud cheers.) Pending these transactions the affair of the boy took place. The Noble Lord said that the boy was disturbing the sport and had fired at a hard. Lord ELIOT—No, no. .Mr. SHEILL-That was no matter—(lronical cheers) —and he would tell them why it was no matter. Be cause it appeared from the memorial that both men, and, boys were present, and that a shot was fired. O'Dris7 coil did not follow a man and atteinpt to strike him ; if he had done so, he trusted the man would have struck him to the earth—(Loud cheers)—but he followed a boy. The boy ran into his mother's house and crept under. a bed- ; .O'Driscoll ordered him to be brought out.' The woman dreaded to disobey. O'Driscoll went into I drag him out, and how did he do it ? Isle put the coil of his whip round the boy's neck, dragged him to the threshold of the door, and then this scene took place : The woman entreated for mercy ; the boy fell on his knees and asked for pardon, while O'Driscoll raised his unmanly hand and applied the lash. The witness Rogers confirmed the statement of the boy. Then took place the gladiatorial scene before the magis trates. Next came the case of Dineen—the commit ment of Dineen by O'Driscoll. Then the savage assault on the boy; and then that O'Trigger scene took place at Skibbereen. Those were the facts which had been ' submitted to the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord Chan cellor decided on dismissing him—for what?—for ill health. And now he had shown them the miserable inconsistency between the statement made in the memo rial, and which had been so much relied upon, but which was now altogether abandoned. When the Lord Chan cellor said he removed him on account of ill-health— " Good God," said Mr. O'Driscoll, " I never was so well in all my life."—(Hear, hear, laughter, and great cheering)—and he exclaimed—" What a triumph will my dismissal be to those who have been long con spiring against me. lam old (the Right Hon. Gentle. man read from the memorial), but I am strong in body and in intellect. I am in good health—(Hear, hear) —thanks to God for it." The apothecary of Skibbereen had nothing whatever to do with him. — (Laughter and cheers.) The Lord Chancellor insisted on his being ill. Mr. O'Driscoll insisted that he was well—the Lord Chancellor ultimately discovered that he was restored to health—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear")—restored to health, which O'Driscoll said he never lost.—(Renewed laughter, and cries of "Hear, hear.") What was the case made out for O'Driscoll by himself He said he only flogged a poachinglurchin.(Laughter, and cries of "Hear, hear," with a mark of disient from Lord Eliot.) Am I right—are not these his words ? (Hear, hear.) O'Driscoll went on to say that he met a parcel of fellows looking for game, and gave one of them a cut of the thong of his whip. He submitted to the bench that for so slight a breach of the law he ought to be but slightly punished ; but his Lordship, the Chairman, after a high-flown display of eloquence, whom, by the bye, he challenged, sent him a three-cor nered note—(Great laughter)—fined him a pound, and a pound costs. English gentlemen were fond of sport, but he hoped no English gentleman would carry it to such an extent, or would act with the same ferocity with which, alas ! Mr. O'Driscoll had acted. By whom was the memorial signed ? By the Catholic bishop and the priest. By the friends and as sociates of those whom Mr. O'Driscoll had so grossly maltreated.? No ; oh, no ! This "deed without a name"— (Loud cries of "Hear, hear")—it had no such signatures. Two Whig Lords—Lord Kingston and Lord Riversdale, who lived at a distance of thirty miles from Skibbereen. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL—Fifty miles ? Mr. SHEIL—Yes, fifty miles ; who had, in all pro bability, never seen Mr. 0 Driscoll in their lives, and who, perhaps knew nothing whatever about hiw, and who were ignorant of the feelings of the people whom O'Driscoll had outraged these were the persons who signed the memorial. —" Tell me, you (continued the Right Hon. Gentleman) who are so solicitous for the pure, unsullied administration of justice in Ireland, what must be the feelings of the people of Shibbereen when they see this distrainer for potatoes, this op pressor of the poor, this flagellator of boys, placed again on the bench? (Laughter.) Ah ! Hon. Gentlemen. might laugh, but it was no laughing matter at Skibbereen. What must be their feelings when they saw this gentleman, who had outraged the dignity of the bench, and from Which he was precipitated, again restored to that bench ? And for what ? Ah all their efforts for the tranquillisation of Ireland were nullified. Those fine professions in reference to the adminiatraion of justice were belied by their own deeds. —(Loiidcries of " Hear, hear.") If they saw a man in authority in Ireland committing an act against principle, they threw over him the shield of official protection. Mr. ROSS shortly replied, and Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were — For the motion Against . .... . ....... ........ . Majority against the motion —33 REVENUE INQUIRY. Mr. DUNCOMBE made his motion for the printing of the additional evidence taken before the Cominis sioners of Revenue Inquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested that the Hon. Member should alter his motion so as to require only 658 copies to be printed for the use of Members only. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that would make his motion a very absurd one; but in obedience to the Chancellor of the Exchequer he would move it, as he was sure the public would read it just the same as if they printed sixty thousand. —Agreed to. NAVAL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Colonol FOX then moved for copies of all correspon dence between the head of the naval medical department, Sir William Burnett, and the head of the medical, de partment of the army, Sir James M'Gregor, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on' the subject of the charter lately grantd to the Royal Col lege of Surgeons, and the manner it affec' the affairs of their respective services. The motion, amended at the suggestion of Sir James Graham, was then agreed to. The • other orders of the day having been disposed of, le.llouso adjourned at One o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.. lIATCHAM PARK RACES-YESTERDAY. Sweepstakes ofs sovs. each, with 25 added ; three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four years, Bst 81b ; five years, 9st ; six ears and aged 95t2113; mares andgeldings allowed 31b; inners once in 1844;' 31b ; twice, 51b ; and thrice, 71b extra. The winner to be • sold for 1201. Heats, once round. (3 Subs.) . • ' Mr. Balchin's Crocus,'4 yrs • walked over. The Old Kent-road Stakes of 3 ''sovs. each, and 20 added ; threp yrs old, 7st 81b four yrs, Bst 91b ; five yrs, 9st 21b yri.und ag,ed, : .9st : 6lb. Horses that have started,once. in ~ 1844 and not,won allowed 31b ; twice, 51131. and.thrice i 71b. Heats, once .round and a dis. Winpe:e- to bersold for 100 sovs. (3 Subs.) Mr. Heppelis LadyFkira, 6 yrs.- ...(Pattison) 2 1 1 Mr. Pearee's-Nora .Creina, 4-yrs' • 1 2 2 Mr. Bishop's Dane John, aged • 3 3 3 The first heat was well contested, the second won by three parts of a length, and the third easily. Match against time, 200 to 100, twenty miles in one hour, over twenty hurdles. Mr. H. England's Charming Polly (Paget) accom plished the distance, with ease, in 55 minutes 49 seconds, including four stoppages. The betting was heavy on time. The company was, if possible, more numerous than yesterday. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1844. FIRST DAY. Nominations for the Goodwood Club Stakes Fisticuff, yrs,—Fox, 4 yrs—Coal: Black Rose, 3 yrs—Quebec, 4: yrs—Naworth, aged—Lothario, 4 yrs --Aristides, 4 yrs—The Currier, aged—Cattonite, 5 yrs —Preissnitz, aged—Emma, 3 yrs—Queen Mab, 5 yrs— Seaweed, 3 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 yrs— Porto Bello, 4 yrs—Elemi, 3 yrs. The Welter Stakes of 20 sovs. each. Gentlemen riders, &c. Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 yrs—Cattonite, 4 yrs--Ben-y-Ghlo, 4 yrs. The match between Olive Oil and Lord Glasgow's Canada filly will be run on this day. THIRD DAY. The Anglesey St a k es o f 15 sovs . each, &c. Seaweed, 5 yrs--coal Black Rose, 3 yrs—Naworth, a a aged—Nat, 4 yrs—Queb e c, 4 yrs—Aristides, 4 yrs— Queen Mab, 5 yrs—The Currier, aged—Mechanic, 4 yrs aged—Cattonite, 5 yrs—Lothario, 4 yrs. LASTthe Chesterfield Dsv Stakes. . PKrnigeishilitilndicap for -t*: g Knight - of -- the - Whistle, 6 yrs, 9st—Garry Owen, aged, Bst. 81b—Lothario, 4 yrs, 6st—British Yeoman, 4 yrs, Bst 611y—The Altered One, 5 vrs, Bst 51b—Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst 21 b—Poison, 4 re, Ist 131b—Scalteen, 5 yrs 7st 131b—Our Nell, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 1 lib—Nat, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Khorassan, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Canton, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Mama, 4 yrs, 7st—Franchise, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Eleg ance . filly, 4 y rs , 7st 61b—What, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Little Vivian, aged, 7st 41b—Fisticuff, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Poussin, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Princess, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Ionian, 3 yrs, 7st 21b —Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Zeila, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b Barricade, 3 yrs, 6st Sib—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, Est 61b— Rowland, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—.Dog Billy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Pride of Kildare, 3 yrs, Est 411 3—Deerslayer, 4 yrs, 6st 41b— Qtiebec, 4 yrs, Est 21 b—Marquis, 4 yrs, 6st—Rowena, 3 yrs, 6st—Croton Oil, 3 yrs, 6st—Skeleton, 3 yrs, sst Ef em i, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Example, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Claude Frollo,l 3 yrs, sst 7 1 b—Fitz-James, 3 yrs, sst 71b — Seaweed, 3 vrs, sst 7 1 b—Moustache, 3 yrs, sst. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1844. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, B e t ; T.Y.C : ; 150, h ft. F R IDAY.—Mr. Phillimore's Physalis, Bst 71b, agst HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844. MONDAY.—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst lib, agst Lord Edward Russell's Nat, 7st 514 ; T.Y.C. ; 100, h ft. wEDNE , DAL —Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, agst Lord Eglintoun's Britannia, 6st 41b. T.Y.C. 200, h• ft. At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club notice was given that at the next meeting of the Jockey Club a re solution would be moved to the effect, " That no person ' who is a defaulter for bets shall be allowed to run a horse at Newmarket, either in his own, name, or in the name of any other person." THE BENTINCK TESTIMONIAL.-- The subscriptions amount to nearly 1,5001. THUNDER:STORMS AT OXFORD.—This city and its neighbourhood were visited on Thursday and Friday by two violent thunder-storms. On Thursday, in the middle of the day, it'commenced with very vivid flashes of light ning, followed by heavy p eals of thunder, and the electric fluid Struck the vane on' the top of one of the pinnacles on the beautifill tower of Magdalen College, passed down the iron rod supporting the vane , into the stone, which it shattered, and entered into the interior of the tower,• down the staircase, chipping pieces offf - the stone steps as it' passed down, and finally out at one of the Windows. Some of the' stones of the pinnacle falling on the umbrella of one orthe' servants of the College, knocked him down, but fortunately he *as not seriously hurt. On Friday the second stbrin commenced' about two o'clock in the afternoon, and we have not heard of its doing any serious damage in the neighbourhood ; but a young man', a labourer, 'passing under a wall on the Cheri bury-road, was struck by the lightning, and killed instants- ' .neously on the spot. On the farm of Mr. Southern, at Woot 'ton, near Woodstock, nineteen out a flock of twenty sheep . that were.lying under some trees were also killed on the spot; the electric fluid passed through a dry stone wall, leave ing black marks on either side, but displacing none of the stones. It is a curious coincidence that, during the summer. assizes', in 1832, there was a thunder -storm, when the same , pinnacle of Magdalen Tower was shattered. We 6hould i'-tittst.that-this second Warnipg will induce .the authorities of I the College to place a light:11111g Cdfichittor"dolvti Wvlsey's beautiful tower. 'LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 23. IN RE THOMAS EATON. The insolvent, who was described as a " gentleman," was opposed by Mr. Cooke, for Mr. Hudson, a tobacco nist ; by Mr. Creswell, on behalf of Mr. Hunt, jeweller; and by a creditor, named Baker, a hosier, in person. It appeared, from a very lengthened examination of the insolvent, who was a very young man, the opposing creditors, and several witnesses, that he had been dis charged by this Court, as an insolvent, in the year 1841, when his debts amounted to upwards of 12,0001. Soon after his discharge, he became an articled clerk to an attorney, but neglected his profession and lived with his mother, who had a good property, and supplied him with pocket money. During this time it was proved that his expenditure had been of the most reckless and profligate description, in fact, of such a nature as to induce the Learned Commissioner to designate it by the term of swindling. He went to Newcastle, and, while there, took a villa from Mr. Hudson, whom he put to large expense by law costs. He also wrote to Mr. Hunt for jewellery to the amount of 9001., but, luckily for that gentleman, he only let him have goods to the amount of 3401., for which he gave a worthless warrant of attorney. The whole of his debts during the year amounted to 9611., and • those he contracted whilst he was not worth one shilling of money or property. In his schedule the names of eight tailors appeared, and also those of a number of livery stable-keepers, for the hire of horses and carriages. It likewise appeared that he had several dealings in accommodation bills. Mr. Commissioner LAW said, after carefully consider ing the evidence, he thought the only proper terms by which he could designate the insolvent were those of a cheat, and even a swindler. He had before taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and since that time he had pursued a „career of reckless and indiscriminate profli gacy. The sentence of the Court in the present instance was, that he be remanded for one year and eight months from the date of his vesting order. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME ClRCUlT—Maidstone, July 23. The Commision for the county of Kent was opened on Monday. There are upwards of seventy prisoners for trial on the Civil side ; twenty eight causes are entered, seven of which are special jury cases. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PAnxE.) DE BERNARDI V. GRIMSTON. This was an action brought to recover the sum 0, 1651., upon a bill of exchange, accepted by the Honour able Captain Grimston, the defendant. The pleas put upon the record by the defendant were to the effect that the bill in question was a forgery, and also that it had not been legally endorsed to the present plaintiff, 'and that the property in the bill belonged to the executors of a deceased person, named Home. Mr. Platt and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Channel, with Mr. Wordsworth, were for the defendant. Mr. PLATT having briefly opened the case called, Mr. Gell, a solicitor in Regent-street, who deposed that he was the attorney for the plaintiff, and that he was instructed by him to bring the present action. The bill in question was placed in his hands in February, and he advanced the plaintiff 901. upon it. Before it became due, he communicated with the defendant, and informed him that his bill would become due on the 3d May, and in consequence of that communication, Captain Grim ston called upon him, and told him that he had been a flat in accepting the bill, but he supposed he must pay it, and he wished him (Mr. Gell) to wait a few days, and not to present the bill at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, where it was made payable, and he pro mised that he would make up the money for the bill. Proceedings were subsequently taken by witness against the defendant, on behalf of a ;person named Horne, who died soon afterwards. Cross-examined—Horne was a clerk to the present plaintiff, and it was as the agent of Mr. Bernardi, that the defendant was sued in his name. The bill became due on the 3d May, and the writ in Horne's action was served on the 4th. He was applied to upon the subject, but he did not mention the name of Mr. Bernardi as being his client. Captain Grimston did not say, when he called upon him, that he had accepted the bill for 65/. originally, and that it had been altered to 165/., and that it was a forgery. Would swear that the name of Mrs. Edmunds was not mentioned by the defendant. Did not know George Cullen, who wits represented to be the drawer of the bill. Frederick Dewey deposed that he was employed by an officer of the Sheriff of Surrey, and in that capacity he was placed in possession at the house of Mrs. Ed munds, at Herne-lull. He remained there ten months and two days.—(A laugh.) This gave him an oppor tunity of becoming acquainted with the members of her establishment ; and he knew George Cullen, who was Mrs. Edmunds' nephew. He believed the endorsement to the bill produced to be that person's handwriting. Cross-examined—Believed Mrs. Edmunds was a lodging-house keeper. George Cullen acted as her gardener ; and he had a brother named John, who was a carpenter. Mrs. Edmunds was not very often at the house at Herne-hill. By Mr. PLATT—George Cullen used to cultivate Mrs. Edmunds' garden.--(Laughter.) The bill was then put in, and this closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL addressed the jury for the defendant, and commenced by stating t hat the counsel for the plaintiff had conducted the case on his behalf very dexterously, and had contrived to keep every per son out of it who could have given the jury any informa tion relative to the real nature of the transaction. The defence he had to set up was, that the bill was originally accepted for 65/. only, and that, in point of fact, the pre sent document was a forgery by the substitution of the larger sum of 165 i. for the original amount. The plain tiff s attorney was well aware that this was the defence which was to be set up, and mixed up as he had been in the transaction, he must say that he thought it was very extraordinary he had not given the jury some further in formation relative to the circumstances under which the bill came into the possession of the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel then. proceeded to comment upon the fact of the action being first brought in the name of Horne, the plaintiff's clerk, and also upon the circum stance that Mr. Gell, who was the principal witness to prove the plaintiff's case, did not say a word about Mr. Bernardi until the death of Horne, and then the present action was brought in his name. When Mr. Drell was applied to for the name of his client, in the first instance he stated that it was Horne, and the defendant relied upon this fact in one of his pleas, and if the jury should believe that this person was, before his death, a bona fide holder of the bill, and that the present plaintiff was not his legal representative, upon that ground he should be entitled to their verdict. Frederick William Fisher was then called. He deposed that he was the managing clerk to Mr. Lane, the de fendant's attorney, and he remembered the copy of the writ being handed to him in the cause Horne v. Grim ston, and he put in an appearance to it. A day or two afterwards witness went to Mr. Gell, the plaintiff's attor ney, and asked to see the bill, and also wished to have the name and address of the plaintiff. Mr. Gell then gave him the name Of George Henry Horne, and de scribed his address as No. 8, Craig's-court. Mr. Gell stated that Home was an accountant. He frequently saw Mr. Gell upon the subject of the proceedings, and he never on any occasion mentioned the name of Ber nardi until the present action was commenced on the 16th May. Cross-examined —Mr. Lane " discounts " a good deal. The offices are in Argyll-place. Had repeatedly seen Mrs. Edmunds there and also at the Bankruptcy Court and other places. Mr. Lane bad been also concerned for him in two or three actions. Had not seen Mrs. Edmunds for several months, and did not think she had been at Mr. Lane's offices during the last two or three months. Had not seen Captain Grimston at the office with Mrs. Edmunds. Could not say whether Mrs. Edmunds had been in the habit of lending young men money, but he ha 4 heard so. Re-examined—Mrs. Edmunds was very well known in London. She was generally called Mother Ed munds."—(Laughter.) Mr. Richard Kirkman Lane deposed that he was an attorney, and conducted the present action for the de fendant. On the 3d of May he wrote a letter to Mr. Gell (produced), in which he informed him that the bill was only accepted -by Capt. Grimston for 65/., and that the amount of 165/. was forged. He at the same time offered to pay the smaller amount. He subsequently called upon Mr. Gell, and saw the bill, and Mr. Gell in formed him that Horne, the plaintiff, was a very re spectable man. He had some conversation with Mr. Gell upon the subject of the bill, and told him that the figures 65 were Mrs. Edmunds' writing, but that the 1 was written by another hand. He told him that he un fortunately know Mrs. Edmunds' writing too well, and that the appearance of the bill confirmed his client's re presentation that it had originally been drawn for 65/. only. Mr. Gell appeared to think that he held a genuine acceptance, but he did not say a word about Captain Grimston having offered to pay the amount until the present action was brought. Cross-examined—He took a bill for 1,0001. drawn by Cullen with him, in order to compare the writing. He had unfortunately another acceptance for 1,0001. in his possession. It was witness's custom to take forty per cent. interest upon a three months' bill. He gave 1,800/. for the two 1,0001. acceptances, to which he had re ferred. Mrs. Edmunds brought him the 1,000/. bill to discount. It bore the acceptance of Lord —. For a bill 'of 1,0001. it was his customto give 900/. He had been concerned as an attorney for Mrs. Edmunds, and had been at her residences in St. James's-street and Ar lington-street. Was not aware that she was in the habit of lendingmoney to young men, but it was reported so. Witness had nothing to do with her or her affairs. He gave her the money for the 1,000/. bill in 1841. He also advanced her 1,000/. upon a bill for 2,000/. Mrs. Edmunds, nb doubt ; finding' that he was such an easy dupe came to him, the second time. He must also .con fess that female influence operated upon him. — (Laughter.) As Mrs. Edmiinds was a woman he did not - suspect her.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. INA:TT—Then you were induced to lend this money on account of female influence ?—(A laugh.) • Witnessr—Yes ; and it has cost me 1,800/. —(Laughter.) - Mr: PLATT—I think you are very lucky to get off So easily. • • •• . ' Mr. PLATT then replied, and said that-even if the . jury should think that the defendant had written his name across the blanV stamp, and it was afterwards filled up for the amount noiv sought to be recovered, be was in law liable for the amount. He remarked Upon • . the circumstance 'of the stamp being a five-shilling one, which would . cover, any amount under 2001. ; and he submitted that there, was no nvidence to show that the instrinn.ent was, not a genuine one, although the forty per-cent. gentleman had given evidence to the contrary. 'He could not-help expressing his• opinion that the busi ness,,in discounting carried on by that gentleman was not a creditable one for an attorney to be engaged in ; and he thought that of all discounters an attorney dis cOunter was the' worst, because, if the bills in which he was interested went to action, he killed his own mutton and conducted his own case, putting all the costs into his pocket. It might be very profitable, but he must say it was not very creditable. With regard to the plea: that the bill was the property of Horne, he said there was no evidence of the fact, and it was a very common occurrence for plaintiffs to sue parties in tke names of other parties. The Learned Counsel then commented upon the evidence given by Mr. Lane, and asked why " Mother" Edmunds, his there amie, had not been called : as .a witness? Mr. Lane here rose, and complained of the attack that was made upon him by the Learned Counsel. He was a married man an4,had a family, and he thought it most indecent for the Learned Counsel to make such an in sinuation against him. There was not the least Founda tion for it. Mr. Baron PARKE expressed his opinion that such observations as those made by the Learned Counsel ought not to have been made. They did not in any way apply to the question at issue. Mr. PLATT continued.—lie thought Mrs. Edmunds ought to have been produced as a witness ; but it was quite clear that his Learned Friend would not have any thing to do with her or her clique. After some further observations, the Learned Counsel concluded by stating that the evidence for the defendant had not at all shaken the plaintiff's case, and that he was entitled to a verdict. Atr. Baron PARKE then summed up, and after having explained the tenour of the different pleas upon the re cord, he said that the proceeding of commencing the ori ginal action in the name of Horne, who Mr. Gell knew was not his client, was most irregular, and one which he thought no respectable attorney would have lent him self to. The jury had heard the explanation that was given for this course being taken, and it was for them to judge of the facts. If they believed the evidence of Mr. Gell, the plaintiff's case had been made out ; but if they considered the pleas set up by the defendant had been substantiated, it would be their duty to return a verdict in his favour. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a veriict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the bill. Mr. Baron GURNEY sat in the Crown Court, and in his charge to the grand: jury, said he regretted to isee that there were several charges of arson in the calendar, but he advised them not to return a true bill in any of pe cases, except the evidence was so clear and conclusive as would convince them, if they were in the situation' of petty jurors, to return a verdict of guilty. He added that he was convinced great mischief was occasioned when persons charged with offences of this description were acquitted. John Thiskell, 30, was convicted of uttering a forced cheque, with intent to defraud the London and West minster Bank. The prisoner was stated to be the son of a far Mer, and to have hitherto borne a good character. The pry recommended him to mercy, and Mr. Baron GURNEY respited the judgment. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, July 22. The commission was opened for the county and cit Worcester, about six o'clock on Saturday evening, by J Chief Justice Tindal, and business commenced this mor at ten o'clock before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, in the Prins Court, while the Lord Chief Justice charged grand jury on the Crown side of the Hall. 1 The civil business is rather above than under the uMfal average. There are 21 causes for trial, 19 for the county, and 2 for the city, among which two are marked for special juries. One of these, an action of ejectment, is expected to occupy at least two days. There is also a case among 'the nisi prius records which excites some interest in this andi the adjoining county of Gloucester—an indictment for perjury against Mr. Augustus Newton, barrister-at-law. This case stands fixed to come on the first thing to-morrow morniiag. The calendar is heavy, considered with reference both to the number of prisoners who are to ')e tried, and the nature of the offences imputed to them. There are fifty-nine ?pri soners, and forty-two cases, and among them are two dases of abusing children under ten years of age, two of uUna tural offences, two of shooting with intent to murdet or maim, one of concealment of the birth of a child by burning the body, two of manslaughter, five of burglary, font of breaking and entering the dwelling-house in the day-time, and three of robbery with violence. There is also a chhrge against a person named Bowen, described in the calendar as a labourer, fur having feloniously destroyed and injured part of a leaf of a register-book of births, burials, and ;bar nages, of the parish of Croome D'Abitot. NISI PRlUS.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATcHERLEy.) . BATE AND ANOTHER V. BLURTON AND ANOTHER. This was an action on a promissory note for 5001., brought against the executors of one Patience Clarke, deceased, to which the defendants pleaded that the said Patience Clarke did not make the note in question. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Bate and Robins, carry on business in partnership as bankers at Stourbridge, where the decered, Mrs. Patience Clarke, who died in December, 1842 , als re sided before death. She, it appeared, formerly kept a public house, and being a woman well acquainted with buss less, managed to accumulate some little property, amounting to about 3,0001. Her family consisted. of two sons and a daugh ter, and in 1836 her daughter, whose maiden name was also Patience Clarke, was married to a person named Morris, then established in business as a grocer at Stourbridge. At the time of the marriage Mrs. Clarke had a deposit account of 1,0001. with the plaintiffs, and she told her daughter that she had desired the people at the bank not to let her husband stand still for want of money, but to let him have anything in reason. The business of Morris, backed by his mother in-law's capital, went on pretty well for some time, bUt in 1842 he fell into difficulties, and in the month of July in that year his account with the plaintiffs was overdrawn to the extent of 450/. In the interval which elapsed between July, 1842, and the time when her daughter married Morris, Mrs. Clarke had withdrawn her 1,0001. placed with the plaintiffs on a deposit account, and had advanced 5001. to each of her two sons, Richard and Joseph ; the bank, there fore, required security for the payment of the balance overdrawn by Morris, and Mrs. Morris, as she repre sented, went to her mother with a joint and several pro missory note for 500/., already signed by her husband, in her pocket. She told her mother that the bank reqUired security, upon which the old lady told Mrs. Morris to sign it for her, which the daughter accordingly did, signing " Patience Clarke," in a free and flowing hand. The note thus signed was taken to the Sank, but there it was ob jected that the signature was not made by Mrs. Clarke herself, and Mrs. Morris was desired to take it back, and get it signed by her mother. Mrs. Morris accordingly didltae it back, and her account of the matter was, that when she explained to her mother what had occurred at the tank, Mrs. Clarke desired her to sign again for her, saying it would do just as well. Mrs. Morris, therefore, affixed a second; sig:• nature to the note, but this time she wrote "P. Clarke," in a cramped and laboured hand, in order, as she herself ad mitted, to induce the plaintiffs to believe that the note was really signed by her mother. As has been already stated, Mrs. Clarke died in December, 1842, and in March, 1843, the embarrassments into which Morris had fallen had become so formidable, that his professional advisers judged it most expedient that he should make an assignment of all his effects for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Robins, as a cre ditor who was supposed to be very largely involved, was in formed of the arrangement which was about to take 'Slue, upon which he came to Morris's house, and remarked to Richard Clarke, the brother of Mrs. Morris, that he presumed he was aware that he held a note of Mrs. Clarke's for 5001. At this announcement Clarke professed great astonishment, and, according to the statement which Clarke himself, and an attorney named Talbot, who was present at the time, made, Mr. Robins then inquired of Mrs. Morris why she had not told her brother of the 500/. note, her brother having assisted her husband in his difficulties.' To this Mrs. Morris replied that she did not think Mr. Robins had wished him to know it, upon which Mr. Robins said she was a wicked woman, and left the house. When he was gone, Mrs. Morris turned to her brother and said, " That the note was good for nothing, and that Robins should not have a farthing ; that she signed the name of her mother at full length, Patience Clarke,' without her authority, and that when the note was refused, she took it home, and had it signed by an old charwoman." His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence with great minute ness, leaving it to the jury to say to which of the witnesses hey would give credit. The jury found for the plaintiffs, with 5121. 10s. damages. The cases tried in the Crown Court to-day were devoid of eral interest. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, July 22. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAms.) John Garland, aged 65, was indicted for feloniously killing Mary, the wife of John Dent. Mr. Prendergast conducted the prosecution, Mr. O'Malley the defence. The deceased was the wife of a man living at Littleport, in the Isle of Ely, and the prisoner has for upwards of 30 years practised as a surgeon in that town. On the 22d of May last the decased had, by imprudently lifting or dragging a heavy sack of flour, brought on symptoms of miscarriage, and the prisoner was sent for to attend her. He arrived as soon as possible, and proceeded to administer the treatment he thought necessary, in the course of which he removed a por tion of the intestines of his patient, which had probably been displaced by the exertion which had brought on the illness which rendered it necessary to send for him. She was in groat pain, and another medical man was sent for, on whose arrival it was found necessary wholly to remove the displaced portion of the intestines. She continued to get worse, and, notwithstanding the judicious treatment of two or three emi nent surgeons who were called in, she died at the end of seventeen days. The surgeons who attended the post mortem examination of the body were of opinion that she died from the effects of the prisoner's treatment, and that he had shown gross ignorance in that treatment. Mr. Justice WthuAlls,in summing up the evidence, stated that the law as applicable to this case was very clear; and applying that law to the circumstances as they had been proved, the jury would say whether or not the prisoner was guilty of the crime of manslaughter. Every person, whether he be a regularly licensed medical man or not, who professes to deal with the life or health of his fellow-creatures, is bound to bring to the case with which he deals a competent degree of skill ; and he is also bound to treat his patient with care and attention. If he shows gross ignorance, culpable rash ness or criminal inattention in the treatment of is Patien t, and 'death ensues in consequence, he is guilty of the crime . of manslaughter. He may have no evil intention, he may tine deed bring to the case the most earnest desire, to . effect h cure of his patient ; but still, if he is guilty of criminal mis conduct arising either from gross negligence, or ignorance, or unjustifiable inattention, lie is criminally respo utornsible . make or other of these it was neces sar y for the prosec to out, in order to constitute that criminal misconduct which renders a man responsible if death occurs. The learned Judge read the evidence verbatim to the jury, and consider whether in the treatment of his patient, as proved by Mrs. Banyard, the prisoner had shown a gross and cul pable want of knowledge, care, or attention, and that her death was caused thereby. If they were of opinion that he had, he was guilty of the crime with which he was charged; if otherwise, he was entitled to an acquittal. The jury, after some deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDGE, in sentencing the prisoner, who was deeply affected at his position, observed, that he should be sorry if the proceedings in this case should tend to medical men in any danger, or induce them to abstain from the fair application of their talents in the exercise of the arduous and anxious duties of their profession. They were not to expect a favourable result in every ease ; medical science could never attain that. The consequences of this trial would seriously affect the prisoner's interests through life ; and looking to that circumstance, the absence of every thing like towards his patient, and his advanced age, when a long imprisonment must be attended by the most prejudicial effects, the Court was induced to pass on him the mitigated sentence, that he be imprisoned for one calendar month. Fanny _Rutherford was indicted for feloniously setting fire to an outhouse. The prisoner is a child of the age of 15 years, and the out house which was burnt (together with the cottages of five poor persons) adjoined the house of her father. The case was made out by very satisfactory evidence, but no motive could be assigned for the commission of the crime. She,was found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for 15 years: - No civil cause was tried to-day, and the other cases iu the ' Of ' Cro`Wn Court re o character. The grand jury threw out one bill for arson, In which five persons were accused, , and,two Others were acquitted on an uninterestfiag , point of law.. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln July 22. The Judges arrived in this city on Saturday, at half-past five, and proceeded to open the commission for both city and .county. In the former there was neither cause nor prisoner. In the county there are but nine causes and thirty-one pri soners, but thoughthe number of the latter is not great, yet the crimes with.wkich they are charged are of a deep dye, sthere . being four for murder, one charged•vrith intent to mur 'der, one for rape, several for burglary, three for highway rob bery, &c. • • . CRI MINAL • COURT.—(Befere Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) Eliza ;bye?, aged 31, was placed at the •bar charged with having, ih the''Wober of 1841, at Boston, feloniously admi nisterecl a certain poison called laudanum to one Emma Joyce, :with intent- to. kill and murder her ; a second indictment charged her with .- the commission of a like offence in the January of 1842,'0n the body of Ann Joyce. The prisoner was tried at the last spring assizes holden for this county, for haying murdered one of the children of her husband, by his first wife, when, owing to some defect hi the proof, she was liberated. Her husband, however, felt per suaded of her guilt, and refused to live with her. Provision was made for her in the Boston union, and it was during the continuance of a violent fit of illness with whick she was attacked that she made the confession upon which she was arraigned, namely, that she had murdered the two children mentioned in the indictment by means of laudanum, the eldest, which was three years old, being the daughter of her husband by a .formef wife, the other a child eighteen months old being her, , (iwn. The appearance of the prisoner, in deep mourning, as she stepped inte the dock, created a thrill of horror in the Court. She was evidently ill both in body and mind, and when called upon to plead,said " Guilty," in a low, plaintive tone. Mr. Justice CourNiAs, in passing the last sentence of the law upoir this- wretelied -wennin r was much affected— The Learned Judge said ' the present case was , one of the most distressing it, had been his lot to witness since he had sat on the judicial bench:, "By . the prisoner's own confession she had destroyed the ; life , of.-one• of her husband's children by a former wife, anal she .had ,not hesitated to destroy the off siting of her own Wurnh." He 'could hold out no hope of mercy being extended 'to her in this life. She must prepare to meet that 'doom the laws of the, country made him !aro nennce, and that was—that she be taken to the place from whence she came, thence to the place of execution, there to be hung by the neck till she was dead ; and he hoped the Lord would have mercy on her wretched soul. Three cases of highway robbery were tried during the day, and in the Civil Court Lord Denman disposed of seven com mon juries, none of which were Of any interest except to the parties. FASHIONS, NOVELTIES, THE ARTS, Ecc., What a grand and marvellous creation is this monster City of London How vast how populeus—how thoroughly 'beautiful—how inconceivably wealthy ! He who has not dwelt in it can form but a meagre idea of its magnitude—he who has not seen it, in verity, knows nothing. Look at its squares, its places, its parks, its gardens—regard the residences of its nobility—impoing, lofty, dignified, and countless. Is it not almost incredible that each of these stately mansions is inhabited by some mighty lord or rich com moner, who there maintains an establishment and up holds a state equal in splendour to the princes of other lands ? Examine its. public buildings, its churches, its monuments, its commercial arid benevolent institutions. Is not their number astounding—and, though occa sionally, irregular, plain, or bizarre in their con struction, are they not, as a whole, massive and magnificent ? But walk through its leading thorough fares—the streets devoted to its traffic—its manufactures —its varied, and indeed universal trade. There you see the real London. There you see that industrious, rich, and powerful community which Napoleon sarcasti- I cally but yet truly designated "the nation of shop , keepers." What would he call them now, when the luxury and extent of their establishments have increased since his time a hundred-fold ? Yes, these are London shopkeepers; but such shopkeepers ! Shop keepers, whose magazines are palaces—whose de pendents are numerous as those of many princes, whose expenditures are greater than those of many . Royal exchequers. Turn to the right and to the left of each broad and beautiful street, and note those almost interminable lines of splendid warehouses glittering with gold and plate glass, and filled with all the costly products of the world. Does not such a combination of profusion, order, decoration, and taste; devoted to the purposes of commerce, almost surpass credence ? But let us go a little into details, and take a few of those princely magazines as illustrations. We are in Oxford-street. We stand before that fashionable and surprisingly rich emporium kept by Messrs. Williams and Sowerby. How handsome is the exte rior! What an infinite variety of silks, of velvets, of shawls, of laces are here displayed. See those coroneted carriages that throng the entrance. In one may be re cognised a leader of /taut ton, coming to select something unique in which to " witch the world" at the next Al raack's, or at one of the Duchess of Buccleuch's charming fetes champetre. In another reclines a blooming debutante of the season, endeavouring to decide whether a cerulean blue or a bright oceanic green sets off to greater advantage her unrivalled complexion. But the proprietor of the esta blishment politely invites us to enter. Here is a host of at tendants—here is an assortment of superb and exquisite fabrics—here is a choice of style, of expense, of elegant design, and supreme fashion. No wonder that it is crowded by the votaries of taste. But let us pass on to the rear, and inspect le salon pour le tissue de verre. Marble columns, wide-spreading arches, fine arabesques, a painted dome—what a receptacle for merchandise I Yet the merchandise is well worthy of the place. The loom in its magic power never before produced such a' fabric as that to which this saloon is dedicated. Th tissue de verre, this damask of woven glass, is wonder ful as it is gorgeous, is gorgeous as it is wonderful. No tissue of ancient or modern times approaches it in brilliancy and beauty. Those who have seen it in the throne-room at St. James's Palace, and in her Majesty's closet, know how magnificent it is in dra peries - they only who visit the saloon can imagine how a dmirably it is suited for a variety of purposee. But we must take leave of this superb repository of rare and elegant fabrics. Turning from the Circus into Regent-street, that beau ideal of a fashionable mart, what chaste, and sober, and imposing magazine is this, which at once attracts the eye, wandering amidst so many attractions? It is the ' extensive warehouse founded by Messrs. Jay, and Co., upon the model of the celebrated maisons de deuil af Paris. Nothing can be conceived more tasteful, charming, add touching, than this assemblage of solemn blacks and mournful grays reposing in the midst of all the flaunting finery of busy and bustling life. Enter and review its contents ; you will be astonished at the pleasing variety in which every shade and kind of sorrow may here befittingly clothe itself. Unforced to go from shop to shop, the sad widow or the dolorous orphan here finds all that is necessary to outwardly denote her inward woe. Dresses, bonnets, caps, cloaks, gloves—in short, everything neces sary for her gloomy condition—will she obtain in this warehouse, without going a step beyond, or without having to mix with the noisy and distracting crowd. That beautiful texture, known as the some de corbegu, which has the novel quality of retaining its colour even against sea water, is one of the invaluable articles to be had in this most extensive and accommodating " general mourning warehouse," which is patro nised by the Queen Dowager and the haute noblesse. Promenading down this delightful Regent= street, on the opposite side, near the Quadrant, what handsome shop is this round which crowds are gathered, admiring the elegant habits and becoming riding-coats set out in the windows ? This is the temple dedi cated to fashion, of which Messrs. Nicoll are the high priests. ho that has seen those gracefid Amazons cantering through Hyde-park, and along Rotten-row, can fail to discover the secret of the exqui • site shapes and beautiful proportions ? The equestrian habits invented by them have become European in reputation, their artistic excellence is undenied, and the patronage bestowed on them has even descended from Royalty. But yet greater triumphs are in store for these artists. A new and surpassing riding-habit is in preparation, made of velvet and fur, for the approaching winter. It has been whispered that the peerless Princess Badzivil— that fascinating Russian lady, who has caused our English belles so much envy and jealousy—has com manded one in secret, in which she intends to beat away the palm from all competitors. But we must not betray confidence. Apropos of the Princess Radzivill it is said that the grand secret of her success is, that she obtains her fashions fi om La Maison Herbault, Nieces, Rue Menard a Paris. That may or may not be the case; but it is certain that this is the house to which the dames du bon ton of Paris give the preference—and to which those strangers who visit the continental capital run as to the centre in which all that is distingue and elegant is to be' found concentrated. In justice to the inventive talents of Les Dames Heroault, Nieces, it may be remarked that nothing can be mure wonderful than the daily no velties , created by them, and of which the taste formed .by, the celebrated founder of their maga zine knows no limits of rich variety, of adorable fancy, except the limits of genuine fastidiousness. We must repose far the present. But a chat upon fashion would not be complete without something relative to that indispensable ornament of the female head—the chapeau. We remember seeing at the last ex position in Paris some exquisite specimens of latelyin vented chapeaux de paille, sent in by M. Fleschelle, of Paris, all of which excited universal admiration. Since then there is scarcely any other species of bonnet to be seen in either the French or English capital. True, the varieties of the species are boundless as the fancy. There are chapeaux de paille plain, chapeaux de paille fanciful, chapeaux de peak de Bles enpaille de ris brodes, patent chapeaux guipure et paille, in cliff, rent colours and of different designs, besides many others. All these are " the rage" here at present. Ladies of the first style will have no other than those im ported from the house of Fleschelle, 95, Rue Richelieu, A Paris, than which none in the world is more fertile in invention, or more justly celebrated for pure taste. An other day we shall resume our conversation on the gay Lace ' world, its fashions, n ovelties, and articles of refinement. Dour,En AND DOBLER.—A ludicrous mistake oc curred at Diihler's last concert. A party of ladies and gentlemen (from the country evidently) presented themselves at the doors of. the Hanover square Rooms, mad asked to be shown into the best boxes • it was explained that there n o box e xcept the royal -box, which was .occupied ;- but they could go into the reserved seats. lady anxiously inquired whether they were good places to, see the tricks ? " What tricks ?" asked the doorkeeper in amazement. " Oh, the sleight-of-hands ones, and the conjuring," rejoined the lady. "Really." said the official, " I know of no conjuring but . M., Dohler's rapid fingering." The lady having demanded whether the bthiqutts would 'be dis tributed to the stalls, an explanation, after some further amusing equivoque, took place, and it appeared that the party had mistaken Herr Dobler, the pkoist, for Herr Poble,rllo,4e magician, late of the % Jaries's Theatre. — ' Maestro. rs~t"a~s THE SUN, LoNTYON; VVEDNESDAY_