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_ tapped to him that the Housa could not accede to ne prep us : f, e t Hen. Gentleman, u"le' • • • • • 1 was It cw,i t t tit.t. 1(lt t h f raudulent supposing t amper i ng with the jury list nu . and P u P urpose of producing prejudice to the def e nd a nts, th en "uPPosing even that there was so, the question W as, whether the inottiry now proposed would tend 'n3r useful re su l t . Ile did not think that the Right ° 2. Gentl eman h ad established any of the propositions i; had Put forwa r d, nor h a d h e esta bli s h e d t h e assert i on , t -a t he had made, that Mr. M‘Geath was biassed in the irfteortesweshe had purs ue d. m-Grath could have had no htaantet,ver against the traversers. He was nut a because he had declared upon his affidavit 1, 114 he was a Roman Catholic. That gentle toart had appended his name to a petition te°that House and he did not think that it 0 11 ri ld be said ' of him that he would state on pe o ti l - i gad as true that which he would net state was so up . a u lt. The question in his opinion was simply this, 0; 4 t here any wilful or fraedulent intentien on the part ft l ' l ,Y. individual concerned in the formation of the jury? :did not find it stated by the attorneys for the tra :sers that they suspected any individuals. They el,f' stated that they believed that some fraudhad been of tis ti sed- But th a t did no t at t ac h to any o f t h e law officers ue Crown. It did not attach to r. Kumrnis, and I f e clerk of th e p eace could not be charged with it; and th esar k Archer and Dickinson denied that anything of t itt sort had taken place in their office. The Right t(1'411.- Gentleman had made insinuations that appeared theui.ra totally unfounded. What was the gravamen of th e e t " a rge? Why, that no Roman Catholics were on tle t J u rY• The Right Hon. Gentleman had then stated there were some discrepancies between the state it it °f Mr. Nl‘Grath and Mr. Mahoney. He believed th t .'llid be f oun d t h a t suc h was not the case, when 11. m atter was properly looked into. Then the 111,°''t Honourable Gentleman had insinuated that ,i tel eo to not see • why Messrs. Walker and So n had been employed in the matter. I h e r i'a i _PS it was not known to h.in that many gentlemen pri,,"ttd notices given them, that if their names were tare they they would be objected to. Under such tha'turastances, he would ask whether it was not natural t h they of things yshould employ professional men to . see that , the b aillQs were not improperly struck out? Such was previous to the trial. The Recorder tai at the Registration Court, and he directed cm.- marks t o be made to the names of certain parties gt to th e i r rank and so on, and it had been clearly 0 ; 411 that no partiality had been exercised by that lih t e : t. • The Right Hon. Gentleman had cast some the o tl the Recorder, for not performing, as he said, I:trereb,coettilyinthgat was east upon him. He was bound . to be l b l i e nt at the adjudication of the claims of individua s, more'. Ile had caused the list to he pre , • and he was not bound to do more. Now . , e on ','`' Put it to any thinking person, a-hell - ter partiesin to' 3 'ng a list of a great number of names might notthat ktajait some error? There could be no doubt c ircumstance might take play!. Such error s t , ta u not b e su ffi c i ent to v i t i ate certain pro( e.dins. It ifi - th t be sho wn t h at th ere was some wilful tam Hon. pering e, get t i ng up o f t h e j ur y. N o w the Right proposed to bring this matter before a Select me ttib te ittee of the House—ha Committ,e, it must he re otthered, th a t h a d no, th e power of examining upon tipi n .as to what had taken place. In his (Lord Eliot's) $ d ; lu nr the constitutional course would have been the of a criminal information. Now what was the 4Ve that was pursued by his Right lion. Friend, the t~op l eY- General for Ireland ? The Right Hon. Gen . °Pposite had said that his Right Hon. and the Frie n d h a d applied for t h e p ostponemen t o f tor Lr ial, in order that the new jury-book might 14 into operation. Now what was the fact? to j t4 , Right Honourable Friend, seeing that w t ~"1 jury -list out of upwards of three hundred e e d '"ere were only twenty-five Catholics, at once 4 e s,', to the postponement of the trial till the new Kust should come into operation. As to the com cfdlel,Y of the traversers to have a jury of the county , t h , ti f u hur such a eleenand had not been made, and it tlo tl P:Are could not now be complained of. The Right iery`4lentleman then complained of the partiality of the , 4 ntre r ,'Vby Mr. Fitzgibbon, one of the counsel for the 'ltid,"„ e t ' B , had admitted that there was not a single.in ttniaf' cu the panel that would not give a fair and im ,erdi t 4 rdiet He would now consider whether the . th ' a e l sk: - ,,, nr b t e h w e jury o ' was contrary to the evidence. But:in discuss the question of the law of i k udee ll s B l ' but take " it from the bench. The learned ke n laid down what the law was, and the jury lad t; h et ilt from them ; and although it might be well at ' counsel to endeavour to arraign that law, a Tves ,„7„ t 't think that any of the traversers them qettient;tdecipesay that the charges laid in the in :iaous. Had not, he would ask, l i t t k ler t dill;eetings erroneous. Had Had not paragraphs been i h 4 e tr. e 4 ; er ri s n ewspa e p e ers in Ireland under the sanction of e law ers themselves? Then, if that were so, and ti, c ' t reet ,Zrecinspiracy as laid down by the judges was 'fat w i l .'"e jury had ' no other course to pursue than h 4l ght t h bh they had adopted, whatever their professions ea e .:"7_ , whether Roman Catholics or Protestants. ,7er respect to the chllenging of the array, if o l,tt e w " Eta as .. an . ): just ground for a . complaining of the panel, question now for consideration in the House or • b ee ' - us, and it was not, therefore, proper I ,tee,, tn ing for the House to appoint a Com er b pu 'r considering that question. He di t rittlfr e ve that the appointment of a Committee t le s - ; 'ead to any beneficial result, while it might pro 4,,'".ittrious to ' hsequence.s. If the Hon. Gentleman bra . " that any fraud had been committed with re ct° the formation of the jury -list, the proper course akli•'' the parti es to fil e an information against those PttiL d nals. B u t he could not see that an inquiry at this the of the session would be of any benefit. lie should, • resist the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. It)• J. O'CONNELL said he should not have risen ho si r 2,hithe evening, but that he thought it desirable lie 1 wll4 reply to the observations of the Noble Lord. tion.ahoured under some difficulty on the present occa : ti v li kr it was hard for him to enter on the subject without wt?iththts: or collusion. or oppressionnaturallyby ;h h a o d b tf ee t n he th re e Ittu.,u!tel however, endeavour to avoid personal feelings, ki t,',h would comtnence by assuring them that it was le' be cause this was th- 15th of July that they would Ir e e tt i a b a l ci e totavoid this question. It was only the people of e 6ve who were looking on this subject with attention. tl i ,, ll . lll 'd a great space in the mind of the public out it e realms, and he believed he did not over-estimate Se e ! II he said it would occupy a considerable 4 f 1 11 1 the mind of posterity. The great difficulty h e tit i e : t Ott this subject was, where to begin. e„.ulust first notice the strange advice which the cheet,ol4o,rd gave to the parties who lead suffered, not to er td t ,„ th e House of Commons, as it could not examine ts e e: t e °n oath . but to tile a criminal information to in e -- "lr be _ f°re Chief Justice Pennefather and the jury, 9ui" aet,innton of which was complained of. It might `"L sansfactory to the Noble Lord to have no in tiob:' 7 14 if anythinre could tend to produce dissatisfac the Prase t would be the refusal of inquiry on * l l4 iiint oecasion.—(Hear.) The 4rst allegation 4 4 4 ry li st there were sixty-three names omitted from the " 4 4, 1 4 4 ; auto t was stated by Mr. M'Grath and the r t.:"Peet er t h nly twenty-four had been omitted. With ;t * .° these twenty-four, there were some curious ~tli t el k T 4 ti t be least curious of which was the statement 1174ty-rule Lod—that 180 lists were formed for the 'e• te . -.bur tribes f Dublin. Now, as many of wre o veey poor ones, there could classes of jurymen —(Bear, pa all these parishes fit ith, rao nv and all the games --(Hear, hear)— of pi or of the lists therefore must A h . eve been blank th ° t• PaPer With respect to the list Of the parish thA t the' ll ra t°n's, it was a 'Lost unfortunate coineidence h ee es ; wkinloseritty3 s i i of th f e i lost h n hd ni a e n s y sea-teratlla_,thwonldose of have erts t,, N at itilf!r favour s , onr t o i f e the to traversere. 'Mena was Jnlld 1 1 - o a t us e for sus pi c i on , b u t it s eemed they i nquire int o i t , b ecause it was the 15t1! of , ,! h Petk„ .traverser*, on their part, challenged inquiry, nto Its t 't 3 re e the cause of the omission . of the names , 1 1 ,,e otait",.stnes were placed en the list, and how others It 'tit i t t 'eci hich ought to have been on the same list, ° 1 ., t4 Noble Lord—he was ping to say to . th . e 4,_, - to' fi -u t the Recorder, it seemed, had left it -o tit a 'q to - " l ain. If there were any fairness they were Iti -1 , C . 1 h e h e nt e ar this matter up. He might go further ' l %a - a do ne, but he would merely salt the House I, ll o4 tlian e r' n '" ,° ver th e a ll ega ti ons o f which investigation g w g a d? Let them have inquiry. There as o; -fi ght • Rh --cite more than suspicion; and he thought 1 44 111 4/l e venture to say that ja the present state t hQy ikl ) it feeling, and in the present state o . f alpp eo ,would not have a good effect lightly. f la t : 11 th c , en inclined to treat these matters ki ts t , 3 4 f Y could state that some who were speo_P l t he t list were left out, when their excuse for the th: ta bow t t urned out to be an untenable one, he asked wa g : °l4l d they ref use t o gran t this inquiry '? Pt 4 ' l th e " eh, n nther p arty to t hi s ease — anot h er in di vi d ua l tku4teel3 rrdaeter was at s t a k e on thi s o cc asion, that was th y? O r cf Dublin. Had he no friends in this als o a c h ar were her Majesty's Government so indifferent o k w liito,acter of that gentleman that they would not c1) 1 , - _, t o et 4 nd all those persons connected with _ e'ts tear themselves if any false or unfounded he iltl eine e ' r ° made against theili? The Right Ron. ate, hid had vouched fel. the statement of M•Gratin to ~ReB t ,; (3 ,wn that that excuse had broken down in its and therefore he thought that in justice ni lo Y. I t der of Dublin they ought to grant . this tre v 'ted dui net wish to go into other questions k rt fe tta ith this matter which had been debated on ati ee7 bea sions, but they were matters of grave i"n* Ar ( ,"ktis by b themselves; and if they allowed this subject ' ~o o hig without inquiry, on the ground of the 4- fli the termination of the session, or any other jr old PahiP i :Abe mind would be unsatisfied, the doubts . would be us steins as ever, and they 641%d, quite as nu e but tuany discussiont on the state of Bangeto t e as troublesome as those which had taken halide early part of this year. His Right Hon. d it delayed bringing this subject forward, be -144.: to w A a, b efore another tribunal, arid it would be !fr t he n which the public mind, or pre-argue the 1 4 , 14 1 . ° 4 was pending before the highest tribunal 8 4 ° for a lp p o ts , Right lion, Friend bad postponed at e Ot, nsernetice of the Government ; and it p„i (o . to twit hint with bringing it forward at this ali t Yof o r of the session. The question to to the le, fir Po rte tj,e of was now before the highest tribunal- Orae vo , a t t the legality of that verdict should be con t ref 4e. rd that satisfy the public mind, if 311 inquiry I l v l pe t i4, o : . to the errors and inaccuracies with which 4,1 4 je1 t t)e connected? He did not know any way Ive,_uor e (!ould more exasperate the pubkc mind, 1 / 4 c, eonfrlhttter Conflicting parties, and, what was tte t ,' the e.it e ,.°l4 seets. Even wipi t legality on their hone st 'e impression would be ttie4 Pesgee, fair ‘4l,lle.{4(\wro,...riee_ci,ti jiQt been observed, and that t fraPnY wantonness in the form of law. t‘sIii7LIUTTOR-GENERAL hoped that the tone ge2thib., A "e" by the Right Hon. Gentleman would There he whole ) say ho d under- most de- British ';onstitu the pre greatest inquire faulters. 'rom the ;ace—to If they incingly )e Irish !tire to ntlonian on the nvicted, Member and ad hick he eedings ury hst than repara- -(Hear, aleetion bj ec ted Nilessre. le their • The s exhi ,r they sirablo ecured. )nipar ii with x tractS depo proper Dose of ey de leers.) twith- sixty whose esting he re ember nents, it be in his it an- Inner. House them their would it, he quirt' neana exist to the end of the debate ; but the peculiar position in which he was placed had caused him to do injustice to his Noble Frend who answered the motion of the Right Hon. 4entleinan. 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 east 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 n-as surrounded by the ingenious counsel opposed to him, but by the moderation and firm ness of' his conduet 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 he 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? He 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 the ;nconvenience 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, hear.") 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 had decided against the challenge. The Bight 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 be 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 ?—(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 coursa 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, whpthr 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 Gould they have any confidence in the administra tion of justiao, 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 suck 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 R,oman Catholics on a level with their Pro testant fellow-subjeats. 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 administraticn 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 wt.re prevented serving on juries, and that a Roman Ca tholic could rather submit to great wrongs than risk a trial in Dublin.) A. Bill had been introduced to remedy that grievance but it had not passed. At len , 4th the Act under which the jury in question had 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 s-ystem.----(Cheers.) Another step had been taken by Sir Michael O'Loghlin, who had ovdered that no person should be rejected on account of his religion. No wiser step could have been taken to restore the conildance 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 [louse on the subjeet. No one could say but that th s e best effects had followed these regulations. In ge 7 nerat, vfirdicts had been given fairly nedep that system, and it could nok, be denied but that a better feeling hvl been established in treland.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish were fond of justiee—L(Hear, bear)--7and if the law were Foyerly administered, they would have conildpnee in it, ti. 44 would resort to the law.—(Hear; hear.) He knew that horrible flriM94l had been eel:witted, and that the parties committing - itou hos) poi beep Yrop . o4 to justice. THE SIJN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE,NING, JULY 16, 1844 But too often, he believed, that had arisen from a belief in the minds of the people that the persons committing ' those crimes had suffered grievous wrongs, for which the House would afford them no relief, and this secured them their sympathy. Considering the importance of the proper administration of justice, he thought it of the utmost importance that the House should endeavour by every means to restore the confidence of the people in the administration of the law. The petitioners brought a charge of fraud in relation to the forma tion of the jury list. Surely nothing could be more reasonable than to give them an opportunity of proving their allegation before a Committee of that House. If they failed in their proof, or if Government could dis prove the allegation, then it would be impossible to dis turb the country on the subject. But if they should prove those facts, surely the House would not allow such a state of things to exist without attempting to de vise some remedy. He felt strongly the necessity of inquiring what would be the feelings of the people of England if, when an Englishman were tried, every Protestant were to be struck off the jury? But in England a man could never be placed in such circumstances as in Ireland, because in this country, fortunately, religious and political ques tions were not so mixed up together. They had not had in England a Church question as they had in Ireland. He would say, that Mr. O'Connell could not have a fair trial in Dublin, with a jury exclusively Protestant. He did not mean to cast any imputation upon the jury, but Mr. O'Connell had been known for years, for his at tempts to pull down the asce n d anc y o f the Protestant Church. The members of the jury, on the other hand, had always endeavoured to support it. Each believed the other to be the enemy of Ireland. How could he have a fair trial under such circumstances? The Member for the city of Dublin would not deny that party feeling existed to a great extent among the Protestants of that city. He did not mean to say that the jury would not endeavour to do justice. He did not mean to say but that they would act according to their oaths. But they would be biased by their prejudices, and it should be recollected that this was a political trial. It was the duty of the House to inquire. He felt strongly on the subject, and he besought the House not to refuse the motion. They were told they might obtain redress by law. What satisfaction, he would ask, would it be to those who had suffered their imprisonment, if the officers should be fined 100/. ? He should like to know how the wrong was to be remedied, and if there were no means, in similar cases, by which parties aggrieved might be enabled to restore the omitted names to the list imme• diately, it was the duty of Parliament to devote its im mediate attention to the subject, in order to remedy such a crying evil.—(Cheers.) Mr. GROGAN said that the evils complained of by Mr. O'Connell in 1825 had been remedied by Act of Par liament. With regard to the case before the House, it had, on three different occasions, been brought before the courts at Dublin ; every fact had been deposed to on oath, and it was useless to go into Com 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 which respectable jurors were actuated. The Hon. Member then defended the conduct of Mr. M‘Grath and Mr. Kemmis, and the other Crown officials, from the charge of evincing au, 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 i❑ 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 s• 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 _ _ . Majority —lB CHURCH ENDOWMENT ACT. Sir R. PEEL, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Church Endowment Act of last session, said 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 of 130,000 persons, and in the districts which they had engaged to form was a population of 344,000 persons ; so that, under this Bill, spiritual consolation would be provided for no less a number than half a million of our countrymen. As such had been the effect in so short a time, he was not, he thought, too sanguine in hoping that still greater benefits would arise from it. One of the leading provisions in the proposed Bill was to exempt the clergymen appointed under it from certain charges upon their stipends on account of the smallness of their amount. as they did not exceed 150/. per year. With the exception of these clauses the Bill was merely formal in its provisions, and he would not, therefore, upon that occasion, trouble the House further upon the subject, but merely ask leave to bring it in.—Leave given. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. Sir R. PEEL having moved the second reading of this Bill, Captain PLUMRIDGE said there were several Members 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 Bill was a very favourable Bill to the county, and that it would be very acceptable, but there were some clauses in it which would have a very injurious tendency in certain quarters. For instance, there was a lessee who would be most seriously affected, and who had as much right to his lease as the Duke of Cornwall to his title. The Bill, too, contained no less than ninety two clauses, thirty of which had been added to it so late 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 further 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 had given 18,5001. for his lease, and now, when he was going to derive some benefit from his outlay, he was to be totally ruined by his Bill. He did hope the Right Hon. Baronet 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. Sir 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 Hon. Members deeply interested in the matter were un ortunately absent from the House. It was really hard on the Government that because some parties interested in a Bill were absent, that public business should suffer in its progress from that absence. This Bill was framed by 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 dividual whose interests would be affected, but his case 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 some 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. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was mistaken in supposing that his pig,ht Hon. Friend, in introducing the Bill, said nothing With re§pe;:t to it. The fact was, that in introducing the measure he had shortly stated its objects, and in the interview had by himielf and his Right Hon. Friend with qv parties interested, l the scope and Object of the Bill hid been fully detailed to them. In the course of the last several days be had had interviews with the gal -4.0 person (Captain Crease) whoni 'the Galia4 pffiCei- Q ppditeye k resen',-pd ? the lessee of . the . litiChy, 'Arid - he (Lord Lincoln) 14a_ no doubt, that, from those inter views, he should be able to satisfy him that his interests would be regarded. Nothing had been more honourable and fair than the way in which Captain Crease had acted with respect to this measure. He had seen that gallant gentleman within the last few minutes, and he thought that he had convinced him that his interests would be respected. If the lion. and Gallant Member was determined still to object to the Bill, it was per fectly competent for him to do so. Captain PLUMRIDGE was afraid, if the Bill passed in its present shape, it would be the ruin of the lessee. Mr. HAWES said that he had had strong representa tions made to him that afternoon against the Bill. Since the 13th of June forty Bills had been introduced by the Government ; and such being the case, how, he would aik, could Honourable Members do their duty, and be always in the House to watch them ? Almost every day this week the House would sit at twelve o'clock. To-morrow they would meet oti the Metro politan Improvements Bill, the next day on the Poor law Bill, and probably on Thursday the Railways Bill. Now, under such circumstances, he would ask how it was possible that Hon. Members could always be in attend ance? It was more than human strength could do to bear up against it. Sir R. PEEL said that the Bill was brought in before the 18th of June, and it was expected that there would be no objection to it. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. LAND-TAX COMMISSIONERS NAMES BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill; Mr. PRINGLE in the Chair. Lord WORSELEY thought the names on the Com mittee ought to be unconnected by property with the object of the Commission. Captain PECHELL also objected to the constitution of the Committee. Sir G. CLERK said he believed'ithis was the first time there had been any discussion on adding names to the Committee. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that two names be added to the list. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, the motion having been negatived without a division. BIRMINGHAM ELECTION. MONDAY EvEXLma.—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 thi 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 *as now his duty to announce the numbers, which were-- Spooxer 2,095 Scholefield Sturge It was his duty, therefore, to declare Richard Spooner, Esq., duly elected to serve in Parliament for the borough of Bit , rn in gham.—( 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 Birminghan 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, by',l6 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 freso . 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 Edw ar d HI. " 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 o ffi ce , N ew 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, dar t ing the first week in June, 1845, for exhibition, to Westminster Hall. " You are to be remunerated for the works aforesaid with the sum of 4001. ; 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 cominissbn given to each artist is for ono 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. Six,—Last year Mr. Aglionby, M.P., at my suggestion, c st omp a l m ai p ne n d ot o i f ce t s h o e f Post-officeclaimsfor vo t e r s , authorities and on w beingnot to prepared to 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, St. 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. 1 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 SOCIETY. -- -.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 1,356/. 19s. 2d. Deducting the expenditure. a balance of 798/. 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 th e 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 s u pp or t er by th e d ecease of Ad miral Jahleel Brenton, and a resolittion 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 5001. was distributed. A vote of thanks was then unanimously passed to the chairman, who, having ac knowledged it, dissolved the meeting. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—DOVER, 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 Freston (we understand), and have been living for some time in lodgings at No. 3, Stroud street. Mr. Bentley was absent from Dover at the time 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 beach is even now crowded with persons anxiously in quiring respecting it. None of the bodies have yet been found. RISE IN THE PRICE or SOAP.---At a meeting of "the soap trade" of Glasgow and Paisley, last week, we un derstand it was unanimously agreed to Eavance 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 ;nelancholy accident happened the Castle. John Dow, a private in the 26th Regi inept; whO had been observed to he somewhat intoxicated, it appears endeavoured to escua from the garrison by descendiug the Tc;o4 opposite to West Port; but at this Poi t t the rock is almost perpendicular, and the unfortn tlate man fell to the Castle 1 oadt Anti crag kilted on the spot.—Sco,istaa4, • After a short discussion, the Bill passed through Committee. FARMS BUILDINGS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. PARISH - CONSTABLES BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Sir W. JOLLIFFE said he thought the Bill ought to contain a clause to enable the justices to appoint a superintending constable without the consent of the various vestries. After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH and Mr. M. SUTTON, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrew (this day). The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 15. STATE TRIAL (IRELAND). Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquire, in accordance with the prayer of the Petition presented 17th June, into the facts connected with the formation of the Special Jury in the case of ' The Queen, at the prosecution of the Attorney-General, v. Daniel O'Connell and others :' " The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 73. Archbold, Robert Ferguson, Colonel Plumride, Captain James Barnard, A. Forster. Matthew Pow er , Barnard, E. G. Gore, Robert Rawdon, J. D. Bellew, R. M. H as ti e , A rc hibald Russell, Lord E. Blake, Mars. Hawes, B. Seale, Sir J. H. Beuverie, E. P. Heathcoat, J. Seymour, Sir H. Bowring, Dr. Hill, Lord - Marcus Sheil, R. L. Brotherton, J. Hersman, - Edward Smith, Benjamin Browne, FL D. Howard, P. H. Smith, Vernon Browne, W. Hutt, W. Somers, J. P. Buller, E. Langston, J. H. Somerville, Sir W. Busteild, W. Macaulay, T. B. Stock, Sergeant. Carew, Hon. R. S. Macnamara, W. Strutt, Edward Chapman, B. Marshall, W. Tancred, Henry W Clive, E. B. Mitcalfe, Henry fhor ne l y , T homas Cobden, Richard M orr i s , David Towneley, John Colborne W. Ridley Napier, Sir Charles Warbu r t on, Henry Collett,John Norreys, Sir D. J. Wawn, John T. Dawson, T. V. O'Brien, J. White, Henry Denison, W. J. O'Connell, M. J. Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Conor Don Yorke, R. H. Duncan, George O'Ferrall, R. More Duncannon, Lord Paget, F. TELLERS. Ebrington, Viscount Palmerston, Vis. Wyse, Thomas Esmonde, Sir T. Pech ell, Captain Stuart, Villiers :livens. . Philips, G. It. MAJORITY-NOES, 91. Ackers, James Estcourt, T. G. B. M'Geachy, F. A. Acland, Sir Thomas Fellowes, Edward Maxwell, J. P. Adderley, C. B. Flower, Sir James Morgan, OctavMs Arkwright, George Follett, Sir W. W. Neeld, John Bailey,:Joseph Forbes,William Norreys, Lord Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, R. Baillie, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Patten, Wilson Baring, Hon W. B Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Sir Robert Bateson, Robert Gore, Montague Peel, Jon a th an Bentinck, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Plumptre, J. P. Blackstone, W. Graham, Sir James Praed, William T. Bodkin, W. H. Grogan, Edwaro Rashleigh, William Borthvvick, Peter Hale, R. Blagdon Round, John Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, Lord C. Shirley, Evelyn J. BriscoM. H arris , E A. J. Smith, T. B. C. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hayes, Sir E. Smyth, Sir G. /I Bruges, W. H. L. Henley, J. W. - Somerset, Lord G. Buck, L. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Stanley, Lord , Buckley, Edmund Hinde, J. H. Sutton, Hon. H. M Bunbury, Thomas Hogg, J. W. Taylor, E. Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charles Tennent, J. E. Chetwode, Sir John Hotham, Lord Thesiger, F. Christopher, R. A. Hussey, Ambrose Tnompson, AK Clerk, Sir George Hussey, Thomas Trollope, Sir John Cochrane, Alex. Jolliffe, Sir W. Vernon, G. H. Cole, Hon. HA. Jones, Captain Vesey, Thomas Darby, George Knatchbull, Sir E. Waddington, H. S. Dickinson, F. H. Knight, H. G. Douglas, J. D. S. Knight, F. Winn TELL ER Eliot, Lord L, Lincoln, Earl of Young, John Entwisle, William Lockhart, William P r i ng l e, A . Escott, ickham Lygon, Hon. Gen. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, took an airing this morning in the open pony carriage in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken a drive in an open car riage in the forenoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, inspected his regiment (the Scots Fusilier Guards) this morning in the Great Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty to-day. The Earl of Morton left the Castle this morning for London. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at the Castle from tow , n , , on a visit t o t h e Queen, at six o ' clock this evening. Ihe7 Royal Highnesses travelled via the Great Western Railway. The Countess Delawarr, Lady M ar y W es t, an d Si r Henry Wheatley , arrived in the course of the afternoon, at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open pony carriage, the Prince driving. The Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Liddell followed in another open carriage ; and the Equerries. Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, attended her Majesty and his Royal Highness on horseback. The royal party returned to the Castle shortly before six o'clock. The Royal Family were taken airings in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage in the afternoon. The royal dinner party at th e Castle this evening in cluded 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 Jocelyn, and Major-General Wemyss. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meck lenburg Stielitz left town y es t er d ay afternoon, about five o'clock, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Grand Duke and Duchess travelled by the Great Western Railway. A deputation 'from the Joint-stock Banks of London, consisting of Messrs. P. 7+,1. Stewart, M.P., William R. Collett, M.P., William Hawes, Morley, Webster, Gil bart, Pollard, and Vile, had an interview with Sir R. Peel, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was present at the interview. A deputation, respecting West India interests, con sisting of Messrs. Burge, Colvile, Cave, C. Marryatt, Macgregor, M'Chlery, and Barkly, bad an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office, yesterday. M. 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,Belgrave-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. Th e 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 , a n d th e streets, from 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 their galleys and punts anchored afloat, in order to bail them out, and prevent them sinking. What is very remarkable, the liquid torrents did not extend much beyond two miles.—Kent Herald. IRISH RAILWAYS.—The preparatory prospectus of the Irish Great Western Railway has been issued. It is proposed that the line shall run from Dublin to Mel 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 nooth, Kilcock, Enfield, Clonard, Kinnegad, and Kinn can, to Mellinger and Athlone, being a distance of sixty six statute miles. The expenditure has been estimated by Sir John M'Neill at 11,0001. per mile. The pro posed capital is 730,0001. THE CONVICT BARBER.—We are authorised to state that Sir 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 cop4rmaticin was furnished in the ingenious itniggle to appe ar to b e an innocent man, made by Barber after his condenana tion-L:a struggle Which shcoVed bow invossible it waq , thatdcre);;er Hlosir, could harp bee r ! , ,4de the . chtpe, Of one iferiot'in'yery respe c t - • • • • • 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 n ame d R a l p h, l ate emigration agentfor 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 emi gra ti on , c hi e fl y to C anada 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 deiire 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, profitabl e , an d cre dit a bl e 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. HERDING 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, the boats are all marked B. K., 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. EYEMOUTH.—AII is life and activity here at pre sent in preparing for the herring fishing curers laying in stock, and the fishermen are daily employed with their boats and nets. For tackle and powerful seawor thy:boats, especially the latter, 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 'leter 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. Fin ners are to be seen sporting a few miles off shore, and 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 jiggets; 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. They had scarcely reached the passage below, when, to their surprise, they heard him walk across the room, and back 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 ra zor 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 s h op k eepers, 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 I 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.-011 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 sitnple, were out at Langness, looking at the dimer. The weather was beautiful, and there were persons sailing on that day who bad not been on the water for many years. There was not a single boat left in 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 and chain. The diver was under water three hours at one tune on Wednesday.—lsle of Nan paper. TWEED FISHINGS.—During the week the fishing stations below the bridge have 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 pm. 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.—nerwick 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 southern 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 aggricultural distress was so prevalent. The potatt; crop has failed in some parts of the eowstry, bilt the quality of this invaluable root will probably be, generally good, and free front that excessive moisture which is often complained of lu wet seasons. The turnip crop is unpro mising ; in many fields the seed has never germinated, PO 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 quan 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 powerkl, and it mayae count for the dernciation in th e price, in our principal markets, of both the Michaelmas and Lent sown corn. There hu3 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, it, the midst of the hay harvest, from a persuasion that it will do more good t,o the other crops, and to the after grass, than it will do harm to their scanty and eas i ly secured crops of hayo—Leeds Mercury. PRAGUE, JUNE 27.—Tbe 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, swot the other day in Sussex, were found nineteen grub worms, and seventeen wire worms-.-a proof that rooks are the farmers' friends.— Hants Advertiser, LORD WODEHOUSE AND. MR. WODEHOUSE. - • The family of Wodehouse is, we believe, an ancient and honourable one in the county of Norfolk. We appreciate this give it its f a il we i g h t and l i m is p ti o n r e ta ti n o c n e. sameal..lAltatrheewiliing to time we are. afraid —and- we hope the remark will not be thought invidious—we arc afraid, from some recent circumstances, that their appearance in Parliament is riot quite equal to their figure in the peerage. Without the least wish to say anything against the Noble Lord who sitsin the Upper House, or the Hon. 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 distinguishin.characteristic of the Wodehouse family. Lord Wodehouse and Mr. Wodehouse are honour able men,• in aristocratic lan guage ; ver y goo d sor t o f men in the - i - irdinary way of speaking. Lord Wodehouse too made so handsome an apology to our correspondent the other -dayfor! his animadversions upon hi m - . i n th e H ouse , th at ire should be really going . against our feelings to "make a single ill natured observation. upon the Mere slip of. the tongue that his Lordship was betrayed 'into on that occasion.. Still,'M all good-will, and in perfect good hiimonr, we will tender a respectful piece. of advice. It is, We say, unlucky that Lard Wodebouse and Mr. Wodehouse sbould both, 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 they have done. It is a curious coincidence, and an unfortunate coincidence, that both Mime 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 ; iris-as - a mistake, and there was an end of it ; and Lord Wodehouse acknowledged it. But that Mr. Wodehou.se should, just a week after, make an onset upon the character of a Member of the House, and should have to apologise for it, elevates the business into 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 ars and enter Lord W o d e h ouse and Mr. Wodehouse, , reproaching and each apologising with great volubili ts .. B ut Mr. Wodehouse's is much the more unfortunate mistake of the two. The Hon. Member might so easily have known on the slightest inquiry w h a t ki n d 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 justice. A single question asked about the matter referred to would have put Mr. WodehOuse 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; lie 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, course, tell much more against the Hon. Member who wakes such an in sinuation, than against the person who is the object of it. It 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 acc user . All t hi s ' takes place on the spot, and the only good he gets by it afterwards, is to be remembered 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 no authority. Mr. Wodehouse is not a man who aims at any great Parliamentary 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, therefore, we will advise the lion. 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. SALPonD, MONDAr.—An exceedingly destructive fire, in volving the loss of property to the amount of severa l thou sand pounds, broke ou t a little before four o'clock yesterday morning, upon the premises of Messrs. George Wilson and Co., engineers, millwrights, and screw-bolt-manufacturers, Garden-lane, Salford, which, together with the extensive sizing works of Messrs. J. G. Lavino and Co. adjdining, were quickly destroyed. Of Messrs. Wilson's premises only part of the walls and chimney are left standing, but the greater part of MessYs. 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 ass 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 tr,i. tages on three sides of the building were in a state of great . danger, and the roofs and windows were frequeutl".- on fire. It was therefore determined to save the duelling;hOuses, and the efforts of the firemen were directed to thP't obje c t. The people were running gut of their bed-rooras into the streets in their night-clothes, and the screams of the women and children were dreadful. The funi!dure 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 theP flames were issuing from all the windows at the same time,. The high state of the wind rendered it impossible to says any considerable quantity of property.. SPORTING IN TELLIGEN Cr r l, TATTERSALL'S.—YEsTEn Iu THE LIVERPOOL CUP. 6 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Th;s Caster --taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's The "Era, 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterka's Thq Poor Soldier—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Jaquee's British Yeoman —taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. nelklam's Aristotle 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey—taken _ 12 to 1 apt Duke of Richmond's Red Deer 100 tu 8 agst 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 inipludee within two o r th ree o f all that are likel/ to run, there we're not more than five backed seriously, viz., The Caster and Th e P oor S o l d i er, both ; British Yeoman, chiefly at 6 to 1, but at a slight decline just Ara before the close of th e room; Tho (no friend s a f te r the first half-hour) and l'onapey. The investments on the other horses que.;ced were m small amounts. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 "dgst Mr. Wreford's Franchise 1Q 'co 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 ho other respect did the betting possess the , slightest in terest. GOODWOOD CUP. , 2 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice gawthorn 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The F.,quiro--taken. 8 to 1 agst Lord Verals:in's Robfitrt de Gorham—taloa 10 to 1 agst Mr.Hettert's Antler. - Layers of the cons against Alice Hawthorn, and plenty of takers of them about Robert de Gorham and the Squires it is said that Robert de Gorham will Ise sent to Idverpool to obtain the slbs. 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 Pri ncess 8 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—tAken 10 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Bay Momus—tr.ken 12 tel 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, ' p the greatest number eve r known, and clear roof that the late wholesale exposures have Der,t, /nad a prejudicki effect on the turf. Th e Ascot scad other Slake** also filled satisfacto r il y , s- ha NATURAL MORY. A correspondent r es idi ng '- A near Bar:arg village has beeti kind enough to ;lora munie:dte the following 'eye-witnessed particulars.. On Wednesday last, while a farmer was engaged w'ith his workpeople in the open field, a sparrow-hAwk all of a sudden pounced upon a little bird, fell ing, rather than killing It in the first by a singl e stro k e of its reaver win in.stance, g. After brier pause the quarry was lifted and hoisted aloft a to be jleisurely devoured at some other spot ; but just at this uncture two brace of lapwings, alarmed for flie 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 might have escaped ultimately, but fur another curious incident. During the battle in she ter a corbie crow, which happened to be passing, wheeled slowly and mo tionlessly leant on the breast of the sky to await the issue ; and, on observing the hawk worsted, and iris prisoner relieved, it fancied there was something going in its own line of business, stooped as directly as a body of some weight, cleaving the, sky, and recaptured 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 peaceful domain, that the affrighted little bird was Ea second time relieved. But the respite was brief ; for after the lapwings had retired to their respactive nests, the crow, watching an opportunity, stooped afresh, and eventually carried off its prize.—Dumfries Courier. EXTRAORDINARY QUICK. TRAVELLING Er STEAM. BOAT AND RAILWAY.—The Earl of Westmoreland, Lord Burg hersh, and other distinguished noblemen, left Cologne on. Sunday morning by the railrpad for Ostend, embarked at midnight on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Rainbow for London, and arrived at London, bridge Wharf shortly after ten yesterday mSining. The dis ta4ce between Cologne and London occupied only terenty seven hours. with izant. ib for , and ppor" f the Id on DUII]- there 7 the had could ,all; that Ipar- etter arge the the ui't no of .ar.) trim tion ster WAS that the and ? had L• a