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._-. AY•) The vas re' to the I at the seated, a to the Attor tion as Itleroan EL feeble n,Naell ents on ttention h5a... ......•••• • .0........ said Daniel O'Connell saith, that the said several per doilous 'whose names were so omitted from the said frau lnt pap er wr i t i ng purporting to be such generale also omitted from the said book purporting to 1 2a the said jurors' book, and from stud list pur l'urting to be the said special jurors' list." Here a gain, there was no allegation that the names were lhnot omitted front the jurors' book ; it was only alleged at they were omitted from another paper which was ' - ‘,°t a document within the Act of Parliament. The t'allenge again proceeded to say :—" And the said persons O'Connell further saith, that the said several so omitted as aforesaid had been duly ad- Jadeed and allowed by the said Recorder at said special ae saions. to be the persons having the qualification 'q u alifying. and entitling them and each of them respec ttivel to be upon the jurors' book, and also to be upon h e special jurors' list, for the current year, to wit, the ear one thousand eight hundred and forty-four." Now, . 4 e contend e d, t h at there was-'no power in the Recorder ‘0 allow any such thing. He read the 26th section of the Act to bear him out in tills assertion, that the Recorder 1_ Ita nothing to do with judging whether these persons nwere qualified to be on the jury-list at all. The next .!egation was, that the said Daniel O'Connell further `th, that the panel made to try the issue in this case Fag arra.yed and constructed from the special jurors' 8 1 , 8 ; t :, f qr 1844, " to the manifest wrong and injury of the it Daniel O'Connell." Again, in this allegation plwas not denied that the special jury-list was re arly made up by the Sheriff, And though it was stated I t was to the manifest wrong and injury of the chal enger, yet there was no affirmation that it was made / u v l ithout . his privity and' knowledge, or that he was not e party by whom it was done. These were the qrounds on which the challenge was to be set aside and u.ashed, Thi s was the whole of the challenge ; it was A tt e unnecessary to enter h ere on a di scussion upon the ° e t of Parliament, because there did not arise any point .. 1 ! the c h allenge which could vitiate the array. But o" t th rega r d t o t h e course taken by the Crown, of demur g to th e c h a ll enge instead of joining issue upon it, he o.ltt e nded that the Att orney -G enera l f or Ireland had no pruter course open to him, and would have co mm itt e d a em viol at i on o f duty if had not done s o . H e h a d urs u n 134 A the same course himself in a challe nge ma d e 7 t he special commission. He should now pro -lelcl to the ena c t ments o f t h e A ct of Parliament. a emission of a name could not render the whole array thtt.lgal. There was a penalty upon the collectors if they I.‘, not mak e out t h e li st r i ght, or i nserted any names °r the • Litti ro eerlY Naroes might be omitted by the collectors wathesjurgraorsnia jury cess ; the book might be made up and tnpanelled with that omission; but then there his provision in the Act by which a party might get a b ._ se e `e inserted. An omission could not have the at of invalidating the jury list. This point had been t 4, ee brought before the judges .in Ireland. The first t,,,, a was that. of • " The Queen v. Fitzpatrick," in Craw „:4 and Dick's RepoTts, vol. 3, p. 513. The second case I":that of " The Queen v. Conroy." A prisoner was eh u ;cted for murder upon four counts. There was a gh, tt i tn.ge to the array, and Mr. Justice Holywell, in fe et e Judgment, said that th e e ff ec t o f a ll owing one de b, to vitiate the whole indictment, would t tat; that th e whole fabric of the adminis- Th: on of justice would fall to the groun d. cor oner was a general and not a particular officer. eit in th e case of th e coroner m i g h t b e challenged, off it could not be challenged in the case of a particular " t r • If there were an y f au l t i n t h e Crown-office, thilication should be made to the Court. He trusted th at from the authorities which he had cited he had ei l i: T 4 l to their Lordships that there was no ground for Ittl e • Dub s ?aging the array on the ground of the t h i ion of names. He would not trouble their Lord bi.l2s.further on that point. He would next come to the k ' In abatement, that the traversers ought not to have Ivi e tn u called on to answer the indictment, because the te,oreues examined before the grand jury had not been ttp i in court. It was impossible to contend that such tio. ea could have been allowed by the court. The Act „ eet say that the jurors should be "sworn," but that vial s hould be "sworn or affirmed" in court. But there h ot :nether ground on which the plea was bad. It does ke rp t ate the names o f t h ose w i tnesses, nor that they tl l - t „, ll ; a knoven to the defendants. H e h e ld it an essen 'stl t - t i"; 11 t in pleading that th e s e thi ngs s h ou ld b e state d . fact that four witnesses were examined before t o a; an d jury was not a ground of objection 'utt mother indictment for it was a non-constat 4 ,1 401 ,, er witnesses were not examined. ' u tir ' l3 a o uomist—The grand jury might find from Th:)w4 knowledge. 111.11 I. A ' r 'roewEe-GENERAL—Or they might examine 'e,aL t heir own body, upon his oath as a juror. (The ‘;' tl),'", Attorney-General then cited cases in support view" from Carrington and Marshall, and also te:fia'S report ; but it was impossible in the gal -I,ll.(irtstess e en their urpo'rt. There was now an matter to which . he wished . to call their Lord t. ‘ll% stition. It was the assignment of errors in fact 11)e lt,l to the House of Lo . rds. assigned was the first 1, -ti se. I N heard of errors in fact that :„°// submitted that their Lordships' House, as " 141 (1 1 7 e ,, - ' 4 ppeal, could not deal with errors in fact. He „On tl ) ,.„ .s t "cal theplea. (The Hon. and Learned Gentle fo read the pleas from pages 80 and 82 of the appeal.) e „ l.° ?i the defendants had pleaded an abatement in 6et were of the suit, and the authorities upon that sub tlllh_atjaL.tcLob:cifanhuipnad in " goinyn's Digest." He trusted 1 a I:,t,•%ourt of Queews would hold that the judgment o Bench on this subject. was correct. "! °11:1Y11'.8 ni gest,'.' i n page 597, there was the case tEk ick:Pae v. Sir John Moore," and the point there de - was that error in fact was not assignable in the th,eq u er Chamber. That case was brought before i„ b, .tid tirt of Queen's Bench in the case of " Castledyne in 4th B arnewall and Adolphus, _p._97, ehtint and also r a i sed in the " King v. Wood," in 4 4 . 4 Y ' S Reports ." In th at case the ground of error thei r `Qe separation of the jury before they had given lthe verdict. There was an application fo- a new trial, ( o aft erwards a writ of error was brought into the 4Ra° r Queen's Bench, and that court gave judgment 4 the es who the writ of error. es e kld Was then a arti writ of error broug to ht the House of Lords, tio ll ° no error assigned was the fact, and the ques ,NB P" to to the judges was, whether the error I to 811 ab as to enable the House to take Kb, "'tlaideration the error of fact ; and the he e s Rare it as their opinion that it was not. The 111 t €‘11 de ckled that Parliament could not decide the to i r' 0431PI3ELL—Was it decided that in a case of tobis there was no remedy by writ of error ? I, l 4 , s e d ltr ronsmit-GENE RAL said that it was. ‘ll"ol4PC,C4,strnei.r. thought it monstrons . tha p t ee th l e d s e u ei bj de ec d t its n-, 'ate no remedy if the Court of Appeal 41 '4' 0 1 11 h/ 1 by writ of error. If there was an assign tor error coram nobis it was upon the record. I 'or 0 1311 °VGliAst—Was not what was assigned for Th e -r e Ministerial than anything else ? 44tlin ATTo utiEv-GENERAL was not aware of any other th -r ity • he merely mentioned s teel " LosesP the subject, an for the purpose of c aclling the attention of k~ e tis to then r f. Now with regard to the con ? to brdshie placed upon the Act of Parliament, he Actile first place call their Lordship's attention to Act G 111. 87. The enactments of that eo. cap. to et Intended to apply to all indictments ; its object „"„Illi'v,;,?revent grand juries in Ireland from returning A ;' th e .;'out examining witnesses. Then came the Act A hit and 241 Victoria, cap. 37, and he wished to di . q,trneo'r Lordships' attention to the preamble of this rd c h i l e Particularly after what had fallen from the *;, -1 !f Justice of the Common Pleas.. that morning o 11 0 11 ta 01g, JUdgment, before their Lordships. There could fi t ; ti bt but that the proper , way to construe an Act ots : 43 ,ent was to look at the preamble and enact '"axi.tl collect from them the intentions of the Le gis i 1 1 4 . 3 t A, e ' et '_'aw the preamble said that after the passing o gi Ns th w as, no bill should be returned to . a grand jury 4,-"e witnesses had been sworn; and it went on to f p."llereas the viva voce examination of witnesses I , l ‘ °l ll 43 ' salutary and whereas great delay had arisen '"clt 'wearing- them in court, for the re ; - i4 ll ` l2 it t b th _areoy, this Act had been made. ' LiiiTs tlen g t eo Went on to enact that in all cases of bills of 6 ..110, L , tup to grand juries in Ireland, before such (jorthe cl b sent up the clerk of the Crown at assizes 4 4r, tk t of the peace at quarter sessions, shall be en it,%vat the back of the indictment the names of W.it ('lll‘ i er a s t i o... cl the jurygrand tht were authorised to examine be administered by the fore rt:toe 04:80pohn to be enacting part went on, o te l ti t that e th ur oa . th so administered was to be in wit g oath req e nired by the Act of Geo. lIL, to th' t tle F : ‘ e lt no foreman or juryman shouldexamine an ( ? , i t ;, e * nose name was nut so entered. The clerk the 'iet ls p a -W a had in this case endorsed on the back of o t tt e tt the names of the witnesses, and the question h en the clerk of the Crown of the Court of Ivt , 4l : lB e ,:jeteh in Dublin had endorsed the names of the j ti : t i ss B4 l tt , (4l the back of the indictment , and those wit- Ivi?' if +0 been sworn and examined before the grand ' . 41 ? 'a pro • o f the law had not been complied vinous k% n W ould refer their Lordships to the case of -t o -nu 11 and eresswell, p. 643, t % th e randy, 7 Barnewa kiltre ed ill Etruier in which Acts . of Parliaments ere to be e 4 4 1 74 It was there laid down that to construe 4„'etions -rarliament it was necessary to take the con p t `,,t ; totonly of the preamble, .but of the whole t i i t ,; lll lll ) ; e ' t w i, hell a clause was More extensive than- the . - , 11 p 04 ' i',..LeYWould put the more extended interpreta th" L .`" , if necessary-, to give the Act effect. Now i°ll xid that the object was the substitution of act at then the Acts of the 56th George 111. The pro 'l%‘4' 114, en d said nothing about the clerk of the Crown ; it's4r the clerk of the peace at quarter ses -41 t u k t toPly said, " tbe clerk of Legislatu re ace or ss th n e s 0 44hatitge Crown." The object of the l)lnc'ute one mode of swearing for another, and it th,r-atded to apply to all indictments. There was ip„tclinview to be taken of the case, which was, that, qg to strict legal meaning, the Clerk of the Crown 4 1, 14 4. iZ en 's Bench Dublin, was in fact the clerk of Vitli e In the case of the " King and the Justices . ti:rt v i , t . se ;" 3d Barn 11 and Adolphus, p. 300, in a 'sklti,-"ieh the Sheriffs ea of Middles'ex _applied for com k,Ashi4l for the loss of gaol fees, under an Act of Par 14:NedWilalich stated that such compensation should be tti 8I and justices at quarter sessions, subject to t ) t t the judges of the assize, the justices refused tites-"Vensation. on the ground that there were p ro cif assiz e i n Mi ddlesex , and no judges of as th:thes Pe„PIY so called. The question then arose, t4l 4 sis es " for Court of Queen s Bench was not ‘d t , ke g e the county of Middlesex, and whether the that Court were not the judges of assize. teks4 operdEia, in giving judgment, said that the the Court of Queen's Bench and of the Court t ' -4tl tv"" ?leas were the judges of assize for the Vti t tlia v ti le c f, 'Middlesex within the meaning of the Act of t4e4, Then, if that were the case, and the Court li4l)ovi-ueneh was the proper Court of Assize, then AGlat ll They of the Act had been literally complied e Y found, therefore, the intention of the Le- Nttift, 4,?.?illeiding with the strict legal meaning of the thitr„he would th e i r Lordships ould d!- ILSSize Pallance, that instance, sitting in the Court of Queen's Bench. There Were a great number of other cases, which showed that the Court of Queen's Bench I. 7 ftS a tobrt of assize. He would only make a few observations upon what had been said with tegiii'd to the counts of the indictment, am hie :earned Friend, the Attorney-General for Ire land, would deal more at large upon that point. He would contend that it was immaterial even if there were bad counts in the indictment ; but he was prepared to argue that all the counts in this indictment were good and valid counts. He would contend that the offence was but one, though it was laid in different ways. He would first call the attention of their Lordships to that count which - charged the defendants with con spiring to bring into contempt the tribunals esta blished for the administration of the law in Ire land, and to diminish the confidence of her Ma jesty's liege subjects in them. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to a case in page 678 of the 6th volume of Term Repbrts, and to other cases, to show that there was a distinction between an indictment for a conspi racy, and an indictment against an individual. He asked. was, or was not, the charge laid in the eighth count, namely, the conspiracy to bring into contempt the tri bunals of the country, an indictable offence? His Hon. Friend said * that reform might be made in the law, that persons might league together to make those re forms—to reform the Ecclesiastical. Courts for instance. He (the Attorney-General) did not dispute that, but he said it was an indictable offence for parties to conspire and confederate to bring into contempt the tribUnals of the country as by law established. He begged on this point to refer their Lordships to the observations made by Mr. Justice Buller, in the case of the King v. Wat son, 3d Term Reports, p. 196. His Learned Friend, put the case of a number of persons meeting together, and agreeing to write down the Court of Star Chamber, and he then put the case of the abuses which prevailed in the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Common Pleas, amongst the judges of the laud, in the time of the Stuarts, and he read a pas sage from a work of the Right Hon; Gentleman in the other House, in which he, in strong terms of vitupera tion, attacked the courts of justice of that time. But he (the Attorney-General) would contend that, with re gard to the Court of Star Chamber, and with re gard to those bad times, it was net a mode of trying what persons were justified doing at piesent. His Learned Friend might just as well have said that they were now indebted for the liberties they enjoyed to the army of the ,Prince of Orange, and to the 'employ ment of that army by the gentry of England against the King. If the abuses that prevailed were put down by force of arms, yet it was a means beyond the law ; and though we may feel that men were then justified in re sorting to them, transgressing the law and-going beyond it, for the purpose of redressing their grievances, yet it did not follow that at - the present day r parties were at liberty to take the same means of bringing the constituted authorities of the coun try into contempt. Suppose a conspiracy was formed, of which the overt acts were publications of a nature that would bring the Constitution into con tempt, would not that be an offence. This count of the indictment charged a conspiracy to bring into hatred and contempt the administration of - justice. That count could be proved if it should be established that the parties had poured fourth a succession of libels having that intention; beyond all doubt this would be an indis putable offence. But his Learned Friend said if persons did honestly believe that the Court of Queen's Bench now was in the same bad state as in the time which had been mentioned, they were entitled to meet together, and combine, in order to write it down. This he wholly denied, and when his' Learned Friend said that if they honestly believed such to be the case they had a right to meet for that purpose, let them ob serve what it would lead to. Where was the distinction to be s'rawn ? In the same way, parties might honestly believe that it would be for the benefit of the public to conspire in the same manner against the Houses of Lords and Commons ; for the same reasons they would be jus tified in writing them down. In the attempt to reforni the institutions of the country, persons were not jus tified in meeting together to conspire to bring into hatred and contempt, above all with respect to an, authority which could not be brought into disrepute ithout sapping the foundations of the C ons tit u ti on . Were their Lordships prepared to say that this was no crime, or that any number of persons might meet to gether for the purpose of writing down the tribunals of the country, and bringing them into contempt and dis repute ? Lord CAMPBELL—YOU should take the whole of the count which lays the charge of bringing the tribunals of the country into disrepute, for the purpose of having others substituted for them. That is certainly much like what we call law reform. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the count did not state certain of the tribunals of the country, but the tribunals. Lord CAMPBELL—That others may be constituted ; it may be that those others are to be constituted by Act of Parliament. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the statement in the count was that parties unlawfully conspired, for the purpose of inducing her Majesty's subjects to withdraw their business from the tribunals of the country. It was not that these tribunals were to be swept away and others substituted. The existing tribunals in Ireland are to remain; but the conspiracy was to shake their founds twos, by bringing them into disrepute, and withdrawing their business f'rom them. Lord CAMPBELL—The courts are to remain ; but a concurrent jurisdiction is to be given to new ones, and there is an incitement to the people to leave the old ones and come to the new. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was not for bim to argue with his Lordship ; but he supposed, if the exist ing tribunals were to continue, they were, at the same time, to be brought into disrepute and contempt. Lord BROUGHAM said it would have made the count quite clear, if it had said these new tribunals were to have been constituted by other means than by Act of Parliament. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL continued. There was only other count to which he wished to call their attention. It was the sixth, which charged the meeting in large numbers, 'and, by demonstrations of great physi cal force, to make changes in the law. It was objected that the count did not distinctly state who was to be intimidated, or how the intimidation was to be effected. He submitted that that was not neces sary. The allegation was that the parties conspired together to cause a large number of persons to meet toge ther, with a view of procuring a change in the law. The Learned Counsel then referred to the case of The Queen v. Eccles. In that case certain persons conspired toge ther by divers indirect means to prevent a certain person from carrying on the business of a tailor. The Court was of opinion that it was not necessary that the means should be set out. In the case of the King v. Gill, Ist Barnewall and. Alderson, the parties were charged with combining and conspiring together, by divers means, unlawfully to obtain possession of large sums of money. Lord Tenterden said that the indictment was sufficient, as the gist of the offence was the conspiracy. The Learned Counsel mentioned another case, in which certain persons were indicted for a conspiracy to de fraud divers of her Majesty's subjects. The Court of Queen's Bench were of opinion that the count was good without stating who the persons to be defrauded were. So with regard to the persons to be intimidated. Here was a conspiracy to collect together great masses of the people, with a view to pro cure a change in the law ; and the inti midation was used against all persons and all bodies who might oppose and resist a change in the law. It was not necessary that the count should state against whom the intimidation was to be directed. Lord CAMPBELL—It is said, on the other side, that the intimidation might be that of a highwayman, or of persons seeking to intimidate the Legislature. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that would not apply to a count which referred to an attempt to change the law Lord BROUGHAM-Mr. Kelly argued in thi s way.. There is a body of people coming down to prevent the Legislature from doing what it is minded to do. Then would very loyal people take part with ,the Legislature, and preserve to them free liberty of action, by intimidating the intimidators. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not suppose for a moment that their Lordships would adopt that view. He would now leave this case after referring to the form of the recognisances. His Learned Friend said that if a person remained six years in prison, he might then come out of prison without entering into recognisances. The object of recognisance was, that the per son so imprisoned, should , not be let out of prison until he had entered into recognisance to keep the peace—no matter what length of time he had been imprisoned. He would not trouble the House by further reference to precedents. He submitted that he had shown that this appeal in error must be rejected. Mr. Justice GURNEY suggested that the Attorney- General had said nothing about the indorsement. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that there were other points upon which his Learned Friend, the Attorney- General for Ireland, would presently address their Lord ships. With respect to the indorsement, he would only say that there was only one error assigned on that point, and that was by Mr. Steele. The indictment could not be affected by that, for the indictment was found before the endorsement could be made. The LORD CHANCELLOR—There is no time fixed at all for the endorsement. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Certainly not. The error in fact admitted that the witnesses were all sworn properly before the grand jury, and that the Bill was founded upon that evidence. In conclusion, he sub mitted that he had shown to their Lordships that the verdict was not at variance with the indictment—that it did not find the defendants guilty of more offences than they were charged with—that there were no grounds for the challenge of the array—and that there was no ground for impeaching the judgment of the court below; because the witnesses , were sworn by the grand jury. He sub mitted that their Lordships must decide that there were no grounds whatever for reversing the judgment of the court below. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who was heard for the last few minutes with great difficulty, then withdrew, apparently much exhausted. The Lord Chancellor and the Judges then retired for a short time. On the return of their Lordships, Mr T. B. C. SMITII (the Attorney-General for Ire land) then proceeded to address their Lordships. He appeared also on the part of the Crown, and he thought it would not be consistent with his duty to occupy their Lordships at any great length, as the case bad been so fully argued by his Learned Friend the Attorney-General. He would endeavour to compress his-observations into as narrow a compass as possible. Now he would first apply himself to the challenge of the array, and he thought that when their Lordships came to consider the challenge it would be found to be unsupported either by substance or form. . There was no default or misconduct attributed to the sheriff. The challenge was only to the array empanneHed by that officer. Now by the 9th section of the Jury Act, to which their Lord ships had been referred, the clerk of the peace haying made out the - jurors' bobk, was ' to "de-- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1644. r liver it to the sheriff, and by the 24th.section of the same Act, the sheriff, within ten days after the jurors' book had been delivered to him, was to Make out a special jury list, arranging the persons according to their rank, property, and so on .; and that the jury list so made nut by the sheriff was to be the special jury list for that year; and there was a special rule in the 11th section, by which the sheriff was not to return the names of any persons not contained in the jurors' book for the then current year, and by the 25th section, where an order was made! for a special jury, there was a provision that the officer of the court, who was to strike the special jury, was to appoint a time and place fit that purpose ; and the statute then provided that the sheriff and under-sheriff should be required to bring on that day their special jury-list. Now there was no pretence whatever that the provisions he had mentioned had not been properly complied with, and there was nothing to show that the twenty-four jurors had not been properly selected. In this case there was no default, partiality, or misconduct attributed to the sheriff, and he could not believe that their Lordships would uphold the novel doctrine, that a challenge to the array was to be considered as good when there was no default, partiality, or mis conduct attributed to the sheriff. The law, as laid clown in Coke upon Lyttleton , 156 B, is clear and p rec i se u p on this subject, and in the same work, 158 A, it was stated that if the array was quashed process should be awarded to the coroners, and if the coroners were indifferent then to persons appointed by the court. This proved clearly that the cause of challenging the array must be some fault in the sheriff, and he would ask the Learned Counsel on the other side what would be the nature of the award which he would have entered upon the record if the panel were quashed withont, fault of the sheriff, and to whom under those circumstances they would have it directed ? This was not an unfair test, for if they set aside the panel returned by the sheriff, the law pointed out the offieer to whom they were to apply. But in this case everything that had been done by the sheriff had been right and correct throughout; and he would ask what award was to be entered on the record? Were they to call on the coroners to return a new panel? Why, they would return the same, and there would be the challenge to the array again. The statute expressly stated that the sheriff was to return no name except he found it in the jurors' book. How was the sheriff then to take upon himself to say, of his own mere motion, that al though hp had a jurors' book in his possession, returned to him by the proper officer, ho would cancel the jurors' list of 1844, without any order of the court? Why they were calling .upon the sheriff to violate the Act of Parliament. lie must be justified, when he had no jurors' book for 1844, to go to the one for 1843. But how could he take upon himself to decide that the jurors' book de facto for 1844, was not the juror's' book de jure in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell, although it might be in other cases? Ina case of this kind, if there were any fraud in the jurors' book for 1844, or any ground for saying so, it was a nullity in point of law. The defendants should make application to the Queen's Bench, founded on a proper case, and supported by proper affidavits, and no doubt the court would inter fere. He could not admit that the court would inter fere in every case ; but, where it saw a proper case, it would 'interfere. He submitted that the chal lenge was bad ; but if it were capable of being entertained, and they wished to establish the invalidity of the jurors' book, they were bound to raise distinct issues, so as to raise the question of validity or inva lidity. He submitted, as in the present case, there was no pretext for saying there had been any fault on the part of the sheriff; there was no ground for challenging the array. The Eight Honourable and Learned Gentleman then re ferred to the provisions of the Jurors' Act, and the mode in which the Act prescribed that the general list was to "be made out. The challenge of Mr. O'Connell had admitted that the provisions of this Act had been complied with, except in one particular, namely, that the names were not arranged according to rank and pro perty, and that a list containing all the names arranged according to rank and property was not delivered t o the clerk of the peace. W ou ld their Lordships hold thit such an averment could be supported if even there was a single name placed out of its proper order? He did not believe their Lordships would hold any such thing. The challenger went on to state that " a paper writing, purporting to be a general list, had been illegally and fraudulently made out by some person or persons unknown." That was the averment in the chal lenge of Mr. O'Connell, but there was a slight variation in the challenges of the other traversers which had been alluded to by his Learned Friend the Attorney-General. [The Learned Gentleman was proceeding when our report left.] MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. The Colonial Postage Bill, the Three•ancd-a-Half per Cents. Exemption Bill, and the Assessed Taxes Compen sation Bill, passed through Committee and were reported. The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill, the Stock in Trade Bill, and the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. VAGRANTS' REMOVAL BILL. On the motion that the report on this Bill be brought up, Colonel RAWDON said that, under the operations of this Bill, many cases of hardship would occur. He thought it would be a hardship for an Irishman, who bad lived in this country for' a number of years, and had con tributed to the prosperity of the country, to be sent to Ireland in case of his becoming destitute. Sir J. GRAHAM said this Bill was merely to con tinue for one year more an annual Bill. With respect to the case of hardship instanced by the Hon. and Gal lant Gentleman, he could only say that such hardship might occur to an Englishman residing in Ireland. The subject, however, would be taken into consideration Eby the Government next year. After a few words from Mr. Palmer, Col. Rawdon, and Mr. Brotherton; the report was brought up. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved the second reading of this Bill. The Bill having been read a second time, Mr. BLACKSTONE moved that counsel be heard at the bar against the Bill. Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., was then called in, and addressed the House on the part of the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of Sudbury against the passing of this Bill. He contended that the present Bill wholly differed in principle from any former Disfranchisement. Bill. It proceeded on the assumption that certain facts which were set forth in a report of some Commission were true, and acting upon this assumption, and without any examina tion of witnesses, it was intended to punish a whole con stituency for offences which were charged upon a portion only of that constituency. This, he contended, was a case of peculiar hardship and injustice. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, in his opi nion, the Learned Counsel who had just addressed the House had failed to make out a case to justify the House in refusing the second reading of this Bill. He (the So licitor-General) freely admitted that the extreme step of disfranchisement should not be taken but upon very strong and just grounds. But it had been clearly and indisputably proved that a majority of the electors of the borough Of Sudbury were tainted by corrup tion. He admitted that if this strong fact had not been made clear and indisputable, he would not be enti tled to claim the support of the House to the second reading of the Bill. He (the Solicitor-General) had at that time nothing whatever to do with other cases, how ever analogous. He bad singly to do with Sudbury and its corruption, as those corruptions had been proved. And if the Bill ;passed, as he trusted it would—as he was sure it would—it would undoubtedly act as a warn ing and an example to other places ; and this was oae of the greatest advantages that might be expected to accrue from the Bill. It should be, particularly impressed upon the recollection of the House, that the Bill which he now proposed was the third Bill for the dis franchisement of this borough that had been brought before that House. Two other Bills of disfranchisement had upon ptevious occasions passed that House, and been sent thence to the House of Lords, where unfortunately, from one circumstance or another, they had been stopped in their course. And yet, after all these warnings, there had at the very last election been practices of the most gross and profligate character—thus showing the pre determination of the voters in this borough that their elections should be carried by bribery and bribery alone. No less than three thousand pounds in gold had been received by a clerk and agent of Mr. Dyce Sombre, one only of the candidates, and the whole of this large sum had been expended in the most disgusting mode of bribery, by parties utter strangers to the borough. And yet the just and legitimate expenses attendant upon the election—such as the printers', . and other necessary bills, were to this day absolutely un settled. There was a system in Sudbury of the most atrocious character, which it was well-known had ex isted for years and years, and which was this :—When an election was likely to take place every publican opened his house to the world at large. At each house a large debt ,was owing for expenses incurred at the last previous election, and which debts always remained unpaid from the close of that election to the time when another was about to take place. These debts were called "fixtures," and they were paid thus. When candidates came down at an election time to offer them selves as candidates for Sudbury ; the lira thing they were presented with was a statement of these " fixtures. If the candidates paid these "fixtures" or debts .due from the last election, then they' were accepted as candidates, and stood a fair chance of being returned ; but if they declined to pay off these " fixtures," - then all they had to do was to pack up and be off, for no chance would they have of ever repre senting the borough of Sudbury.—(Laughter.) Such was the system—the disgusting system—which prevailed in this notorious and profligate borough. All he asked the House now to do, was to proceed on the evidence in the book no* upon the table, and at once to disfranchise a place in which there was no nucleus for honesty and public virtue. Where the franchise thus taken from Sudbury was to be extended to, was not then the question before the House. That was a matter for after consideration ; and therefore, confining himself to the only point strictly before them, he thought Hon. Members could, upon the evidence nowt before them, have no difficulty in agiNeing to the second reading of the Bill for 'at once disfran chising the borough of Sudbury. Mr. BLACKSTONE felt that if he attempted to op pose this Bill he would not be successful, as the Bill had been taken up by one of the law officers of the Crown, and came with the whole - support of the Government. Ile did not, therefore feel called upon to mak e any op position to the Bill, although he did not believe that the whole of the electors of Sudbury were corrupt. On the motion for the Committee on this Bill he amid move, as an instruction to the Committee, that the right of voting should be extended to.the hun dred in which Sudbury was now situated, which had been the course pursued by the Government with respect to Bassitlaw, that place having been extended to the hundred of East Retford. If he should be unsuccessful in this, he should take the sense of the House upon the principle of the Bill on the, third reading. Mr. TUFFNEL expressed his satisfaction at this having been introduced. He trusted that the Govern ment would, on every occasion, do all they could to put down bribery and corruption. He congratulated the Government upon their having introduced the Bill, and he sincerely hoped that it would be successful. Mr. DILLON BROWNE thought there were other boroughs in the country, besides Sudbury, which ought to be disfranchised on account of bribery and corruption. Mr. W. WYNN thought the House ought to be con sistent with itself, and proceed at once to pass this. Bill. He thought the evidence which had been adduced, with respect to this Bill was amply sufficient for the House to act in legislating on the subject. He looked upon this Bill not merely as a penal but a remedial measure. He thought that no borough had ever exhibited such a sys tem of bribery and corruption as that which had been shown in the borough of Sudbury. The Bill was then read a second time. and ordered to be committed to-morrow at twelve o'clock. The House then adjourned until Five o'clock. MOVE ir AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, of which 1,200 were taken by exporters. The rates were steady. Sales 200 Pernams at sid. to 51d., 50 Maranham at ad., 150 Egyptian at 61d. to 6/d., some Surat at 3d. to 3id., and the rest American at 4d. to 7d. for Orleans. Shares were rather healthier, with a good business doing.—Bir mingham and Gloucester, 96i ; Dublin and Cashel, 47 ; Eastern Counties Registered, 13%; Glasgow and Greenock, 11 ; Grand Junction, 229 ; Ditto Half; 1141 ; Great Western Fifths, 23k ; London and Brighton, 46i ; Midland Counties, Quarter, 231 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 104 ; South- Eastern, 35i ; Trent Valley, 10i ; Lyons and Avignon, 1/. 18s. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 14. The commercial letters received yesterday from the Bra zils are not of a satisfactory character. Much disappoint ment continued to be expressed at the want of a greater de gree of liberality than has been shown towards Brazilian produce admitted to British ports. A most extended trade would be carried on in our manufactures were but the imposts upon sugar reduced a trifle only. The attempt to introduce into the London market Aus tralian salted meats appears to have met with very indifferent success up to the present tittle, and there are some who look upon it' as a decided failUre, and augur no better re -suit for- the future. We think, however, in reference to the latter, that whatever may have been the case hitherto, too hasty a decision should not be come to as regards what may be accomplished hereafter, since it is a matter of considerable importance, and in which perseverance would be highly laudable.. We pronounce no decided opinion, however, upon the subject, and the heat of the climate may be an objection ; but the following informa tion from Mr. Williams, the American Consul, at Sydney, to the. Editor of the Herald published there, seems very favour able "Knowing the solicitude which is felt by this community to learn the result of the salting experiments of the last season ' I have much pleasure in stating, that Capton Tabor, of the American whale ship TuscOoosa, who supplied his ship with colonial salted beef, on his last visit to this port, has informed me that, he never had beef on board his ship which gave himself and his crew better satisfaction than that from Sydney. The beef in question was packed with Liverpool salt exclusively, and he thinks might not keep so well for a long voyage as if St. Übe's salt had been used." The editors of the Sydney Herald say in reference to this communication :—" This beef we understand was cured so far north as the Richmond River. We have also been informed that the colonial beef shipped on board her Majesty's ship North Star was so much approved of, that on her last visit to Sydney she landed all her Deptford cured meat, and filled up with colonial." As respects railway property the circular of a Manchester firm, received to-dav, has the following remarks :—" The Government and other dividends coming upon the market along with rents, and the continued difficulty of employing money beneficially, will work favourably for railway adven tures ; moreover, the improving traffic for the last half year, in comparison with 'the same period of the former, cannot fail to have influence, especially under the increasing abun dance of capital, unrequired, as it is, for other purposes at the present time." The Funds are steady to-day. The dividends are now in course of payment at the Bank, but parties receiving on the first day, except bankers and trustees, are not generally those who have a surplus for re-investment. Consols for Money and Time are 98j to 99. Exchequer Bills realised 745. to 765. premium. The Reduced Three-and-a -Half per Cents. brought 1021 to and the Three per Cents. 99a to I. Bank Stock has been firm at an improvement to 1991, and East India Stock at 284} to 285. The Government broker has bought a small parcel of Consols. Business in the Foreign Market is extremely dull. Mexi can have gone back to 35i for the Five per Cents., and to 15i for the Deferred. Spanish are a dead letter for the pre sent. The Fives are called 23 to and the Threes 33 to / 4 . Colombian Stock has been at 13i to fi. Belgian Bonds are quiet at 103 i, and Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents. at 61. There has been less business doing in the Railway Shares, but, generally, the holders require very full rates. Birming ham have touched 127 to 128 premium. Great Western are 50fr to 5021-, and Bristol and Gloucester, 16i premium. North Midland are 2 t 0.3 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank Stock. ........ l9l S per Cent. fe;ruced Annuities 99 Cent. Consols. Annuities 9B 99 3 per Cent. Reduced. Annuities New 31 .4 per Cent. Annuitie5................. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 127-1 61 India Stock ... £ B4 1 1 , 4 2tis Bank Stock for Account .... 199 Consols for Open rig •••••••••4•••••••••••••• 91) Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 136 d. 10001. 111••••••••••••••••••••••• 78 pm. Ditto _ 74 pm. Ditto Advertised...-. • pm. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds. 5 per Cent 10314 Columbian Bonds. ...... .......... 13%5 Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent. . ........... Ditto for the Acc0unt..................... Ditto Deferred Stock 15% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 Ditto for the Account. 23 Ditto Three per Cenr ...... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... Ditto for t fi e Account ..........." ....... ..... ..... 23 1 4 Dutch 2 16 -Per Cents ...... •••"•"•••••• ....... " ........ -- Ditto or the Account ............................. 61 Dutch 5 per Cent 5.•"........". ....... .......•..•........ 100% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAWL Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto New 1734 24% to Bristol and Gloucester SO ..... ...• 46% Chester and Holyhead 5 4% to Edinburgh and Glasgow .........a. 58 62 to Great Western ....... .. 75 125 . .......... •• London and Birmingham. lOO 228 to 227 Ditto 34 Shares London and Brighton . 50 ....... .....•• London and Croydon North British ........... 2% North Midland ...................... 100 99 ... ....... .. ..... ••••••••• to 97 Trent Valley ..... 2 16; 4 % ..., to .................... "•• York and North . Midland ... .... 50 ...... 104 105 . % to 104 Ditto 34 Shares ,. ,, .. ... 25 ~ . 52 ... Ditto 2jarboro' Branch ; **** * 234 to Orleans, Tours, and B ordeaux... 1 2 Parisand Rouen ***** ***** 20 •14, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY B.—We have had quiet market, without any material change in prices : London and Birmingham, 226 9 • Manchester and Birming ham,ssl; Ditto Qu ar t ers, 3/. 7s. and 31. 7s. 6d.; Trent 1q; Manchester an d L i verpool District Bank, Vallee,ws.l6. MARKET NEWs._(THIS DAY.) . HAT IVEARIEETS. ur sminrErs).— Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 10s to 41; 'use ful ditto, 4/ 43 to 4/ 8s ; tine Upland ditto, 41 lOs to 41 15s; Clover Hay, 5/ to 6/ lOs ; O a t Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 3/ 15s to 414 s ; use ful ditto, 41 5s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 5/ ; Clover Hay, 5 / to 61 ; Oat Stra w , 11 14 s t o 1/ 16s; Wheat Straw, 1116 s to 11 18s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade steady. WHlTEcuArEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/; use 5/ to 6/ 12 s ; O at St i aw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; ful ditto, 4l 4s to 4/ 88 ; fi ne U pland ditto, 4/ lOs to 41155; Hay,aw 1/ 14s to 1/16 s per load. A fair average supply, sluggish demand. New Meadow Hay was selli ng a t faCWrnloodh a Clover 3 rt S Straw, 1t to 4/ per load. COLONIAL. SuoAu.—There has been rather more business doing in British Plantation, at previous prices; 600 casks have been sold, inclusive of those brought to auction. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 113 casks Barbadoes, 8,056 bags 86 casks Mauritius, 3,913 bags Manilla, 275 baskets Java, and 901 boxes Havannah and Cuba. The Barbadoes went off very heavily, but mostly sold at a further decline of Is, viz., mid to fine yellow, at 58s 6d to 65s 6d. Nearly all the Mauritius found buyers at 55s to 60s for low to very good yellow, and low to tine ditto at 46s to 64s 6d, being in most instances a reduction of fully Is. The Manilla and Java sold, the former at 13s 6d to 16s for . very low soft to mid dry brown, 188 6d for mid greyish yellow ditto, and the latter at 17s 6d to 23s for mid brown to low strong white, all of which are about previous prices. All the Havannah were also disposed of (excepting 160 boxes low to mid white Cuba, which were taken in at 27s 6d to 30s 6d, being above the value )at 17s to 20s 6d for good brown to fine greyish yellow, which are likewise about former rates. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,098 hhds, 101 trcs 417 brls. Ihe imports of Briti s h Pl antat i on sugar into London this year, to the 31st inst., are 38,022 hhds, 4,458 trcs, against 32,279 hhds, 3,801 trcs at this time last year. The ritock in London is 16,231 hhds, 2,455 trcs, against 10,443 hhds, 1,887 trcs at this time last year. The stocks of East India are larger. COFFEE.-1,526 bags Ceylon and 70 bags La Guayra, offered by auction, were nearly all taken in at 50s to 52s for good oil to very good ord. Ceylon, 63s to 935 . for fine ord pale to mid coloury. Ditto, Plantation kind, and fine ord even palish La Guayra, at 465. The stock of British Plan tation in London on the Ist inst. was 4,294 bhds, 4,005 brls and bags, against 3,082 hhds, 1,966 brls and bags at the same time last year. The import this year have increased about half. _ . _ Cocoa.-174 bags Grenada at auction were chiefly taken in at 36s to 42s for mid to good red, being about the compa rative value. • _ RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks is 73 puns. The stock in London on the Ist inst. was 11,683 puns 3,211 hhds, against 16,010 puns 5,444 hhds at this time in 1843. RICE.-3,600 bags Madras, all sold at a decline of nearly 6d, viz., at 7s 6d to 8s 6d for ord to good. SALTPETRE.-1,226 bags Bengal found buyers at 24s to 25s 6d, one lot 26s for 10i, to 4i per cent. refraction, being the extreme value. _ _ TALLOW.-1) Y.C. is 41s to 41s 6d per cent. on the spot, and Town 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market is quiet, but the consumption is tole rably good. Immoo.—The public sales of 13,146 chests, commenced this morning, but as they will last several days, it is too early to give an opinion SUBMARINE OPERATIONS.—On Thursday week, the smack Argyle, of Jersey, belonging to a company in the West of England, arrived - 1n Castletown-bay, Isle of Man, with a celebrated diver, apparatus, &c., for the purpose of taking up the brass guns and other parts ofthe wreck of the Racehorse sloop-of-war, lost on Langness-point, about 21 years ago. On Wednesday last a great number of people, gentle and simple, were out at Langness, looking at th e di ver . The weather was beautiful, and there were- persons sailing on that day who bad not been on the water for man,Nr years. There was riot 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 time on Wednesday. —Isle of Man LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 9.—Wind N.W., light breezes and fine. DEAL, JULY B.—A.M. Wind light and variable. P.m. S.W. to S.E. and S.S.W.—Arrd. Conrad, Hams, Rio for Hamburgh ; Potentate, Sutherland, China;, Awe, Whitehead, Calcutta, for Bremen ; Protomelia,, M'Diamid, Mauritius; John Wil lis, Willis, Detnerara ; Campbells, Orr, Barbadoes ; Glasgow, Somerville, Quebec. Sld. Pagoda; Cape of Geod Hape ; Pro tector, Eliza Gilles, Fannga Gaingues, and Columbus, Ichltboe ; Mary Dare, Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind W., fine.—Arrd. Euterpe, Hill, Havannah, and proceeded for Cowes; Choice, Crane, Quebec; her Maje s ty' s s hip Camperdown, Sheerness. Sld. Foam, China. Off, Anna, Havannah for Bremen ; Superb,, Baltimore for Rotterdam ; Switzerland, Knight, New 'York. COWES, JULY B.—Arrd. Expedition, Rio ; Florentia, Good wyn, Manilla. OFF ST. ALBAN'S —Harriet, Newfoundland PLYMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lady Mary, Bower, Quebec. FALMOUTH JULY B.—Wind moderatc.—Arrd. o ff, Isa bella, New fork for Bremen; Recovery, America; Lady Mary, St. John's; Endymion, Miramichi, for Hull. • OFF FOLKSTONE.—CIara, Crowe, Sydney, New South Wales, Feb. 20. PADSTOW, JULY 7.—Arrd. Voluna, Shippegan. GLOUCESTER, JULY B.—Sld. Till, Quebec. SWANSEA, JULY 7.—Arrd. Michael William s , B r id ge f or d, Valparaiso, 104 days. PILL, JULY s.—Sld. Independent, Quebec. CORK, JULY 6.—Arrd. Jane, Cunningham, Rio Grande; Lady Falkland, B a k er , St. D om i ngo; Rapid Thomas, La guna. Sld. her Majesty's ship Albion, Gibraltar. OFF CORK, JULY 6.—Lecan, Li ma , l e ft D ec . 24, J uan Fer nandez Feb. 24, Flores June 13 ; Lady Colebrooke, Mobile, Theron, Restigouche, Brazilian, Cunningham, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, JULY N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Victoria, Guisby, Tobasco ' • Metoka, Rockall, Lancaster, Bahia ; Martha Walpole, and Victoria, New Orleans ; Alex ander Grant, Mobile ; Lord Seaton, St. Andrew's •, Am broesne, Quebec •, Speed, Mobile ; Ocean, Charleston ; Yazoo, New York. Sld. Lord Elgin, - Jamaica; Canada, Africa;, Mary Campbell, Vera Cruz • Richard Andrews, Virginia; Melessa, Bay Chaleur. Off, Corsair, Halifax ; Ann Baldwin and Elizabeth Radcliffe, Lima; Denison, Antigua; Amazon, Valparaiso ; Pluto, IMPORTANT TO MARINERS BOUND TO THE PORT OF NEW GRANADA. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's to-day : _ I' British Vice-Consulate, Santa Martha, May 3,1844. "Sir, merchant vessels bound to the different ports on the coast of New Granada, that it is requisite that they should come with bills of health, signed by the Consul or Vice-ConSuls at the port froin whence they come. During list month three British vessels have bad to undergo quarantine at this port, owing to theif liavink sailed without them. " Dobson, Esq." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (Prom Me Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDA.Y JULY 8. • • SUMMARY OF NEWS AZ.' I.) iJlittittr Opintoit. " Who runs may read." FOREIGII'. A fire broke out at Algiers on the 26th, which destroyed property, a considerable portion of which belonged to the Government, to the amount of 52,0001. The last advices receivedfrom Oran at Marseilles announce that the Emperor Abd-er-Rhamon has formally disavowed the hostilities commenced against France, and that El- Guenionl has notified to the tribes on the frontier that it is expedient to relinquish the pretension of removing the fron tier of Morocco to the Tafna. The Moniteur Algerien of the 30th says :—"The last ac counts from the west continue most favourable. Since the brilliant combat on the 15th of June, no act of hostility has been committed by the Moorish chiefs, who have retired with their troops several days' marches behind Oneida." La Presse, in its correspondence from Toulon, says that Abd-el-Kader bad received from the son of the Emperor of Morocco a supply of 6,000 English muskets, with instructions for artillery service, printed in 'Arabic and English. ' A letter from 'Neste says that the Emperor of Russia having recognised the Constitutional Government of Greece, diplomatic relations are to be renewed with that State. M. Persiani, on the part of Russia, has communicated the fact to the corps diplomatique. It is reported that M. Doschkow, the Consul-General in Moldavia, would go to Athens as Russian Ambassador. M. Persiani is recalled. M. Fokk is appointed Russian Consul-General in Egypt. A letter, says the Paris Presse, from Rio Janeiro, of the 10th of May, states that the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs has informed the foreign Consuls that the treaty con cluded with England eight years ago, which expires on the Ist of November, will not be renewed. Arrangements made afterwards extended this treaty to France, consequently from the 2d of November the duties on all goods imported from Europe will be raised to 50 or even 60 per cent. ad valorem, and that not the original value, but the value in Brazil— that is to say, with freight, insurances, and other expenses included. Such an increase of duty is equivalent to a pro hibition, and no doubt if it be so maintained it will exercise a disastrous influence on our (French) exportations. We learn from Cuxhaven that the body of Mrs. Smith, who lost her life in the wreck of, the Manchester, has been taken up near Kronprinzen Krong, and landed there. LAW AND POLICE. In the Common Pleas an action was brought by Mr. An derson, a horse-dealer, against Mr. Elmore, to recover the price of two horses which the plaintiff had sold to defendant. The horses were warranted, and the defence was that there had been a breach of the warranty, as the horses were un sound. The defendant paid into Court 611.; the price which one horse fetched, after deducting the expenses of the sale at Aldridge's Repository, - and 41. the sum the carcase of the other horse, who had died, had fetched. Evidence was given of the unsoundness of the horses by Sir W. W. Wynn, Mr. Mason, the steeple-chase rider, and a veterinary surgeon, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 3151. At Marylebone Police-court, John Brown was charged be fore Mr. Long with having attempted to stab a man, named Matthew Delahey, residing in Crawford-place, Bryanston square: - Complainant stated that on Saturday last, as he was proceeding along the Alpha-road, Regent's-park, the prisoner cried out in a loud voice, "Clear the way." Com plainant, not knowing what was the matter, jumped off the foot-path into the road, when the prisoner pursued him. car rying in his hand an open clasp-knife, with which he twice tried to stab complainant. He fortunately escaped being in jured. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he had been drinking with a brother whom he had not seen for some years before, and he had no knowledge of having acted wrong. Mr. Long fined the prisoner 5/. ; in default of pay ment, two months' imprisonment. At Worship-street, a very respectable-looking young man, but whose name was not given, was brought before Mr. Bing ham upon a charge of assaulting one of the officers of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. A railway inspector said that the defendant, who had tome up from Essex, had behaved in a very extraordinary way, but he believed that the unfortunate gentleman was insane. His friends live at Witham, in Essex, and he is by profession a surgeon. The defendant being asked if he wished to say anything, replied that he was guilty of everything that they said against him, and ready to submit to any punishment, and, in return, he asked the Magistrate if he was a ventriloquist? Mr. Bing ham directed that he should be detained until he could pro cure bail, two sureties in 25/. each, and he was removed in custody. When in the cell, he addressed an incoherent letter to Sir Robert Peel, signed" Ellison Spencer Douglas Grove." COTYWr-PASIIIONAZIZEI. - The Earl and Countess of Eldon entertained at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Hamilton-place, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Lady Harriet Paget, the Misses Paget (two), the Hon. Ridley Colborne, M.P., Mr., Mrs., and Miss Farrer, Mr. Obler Farrer, Mr. Tay lor, and Mr. Baddeley. Lord Bateman entertained a small party to dinner at his Lordship's residence on Sunday, in Portman-square, among whom were Earl Spencer, the Earl of Oxford, Lord Harley, Lord Rodney, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Knight, and Capt. Main waring. Lord and Lady Sydney left Cleveland-square on Monday for Dover, en route to Germany. Lord Eliot and Lady Jemima Eliot entertained a large party at dinner on Saturday last, The party consisted of the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Lord and Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Viscount Eastnur, Lord and Lady Sondes and the Hon. Miss Mulles, Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner,.Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Lord James Butler, Mr. Maxwell, M.P., Mr,Ltishingon, and Mr. Leslie. _ _ _ The Marchio - ness of Normanby has left the Clarendon Hotel, on a visit to • Lord and Lady Ravenswerth, at their villa, Percy's CroSs, on the banks of 'the Thames, where a select family party has assembled. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a distinguished party, were entertained at dinner, on Saturday last, by Mr. Harcourt., at his residence, in St. James's-place. Mr. and Mrs. Standish Standish entertained at dinner, on Friday last, the Marquis of Huntly, Viscount Northland, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Lady Morgan, Sir John and Lady Gerard, Mr. and Mrs. D'lsraeli, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Wilson Patten, Count Koudriaffsky, &c. Mrs. Standish had a soirée afterwards. VZISCEXaaNEOI7B. Mr. Richard Spooner has accepted the invitation of the Tories to come forward as a candidate for Birmingham. Di vision' we regret to say, still e xis t s among th e L i b era l s, an d both Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Sturge are canvassing the electors. "On Saturday morning," says a writer in the Warder, "Mr. O'Connell commenced his great literary labour—his 'Life and Times,' or by what other style and title his projected autobiography is to be distinguished, employing Mr. O'Neill Daunt as his amanuensis." A great deal of dissatisfaction has been caused with respect to the recent promotions to the of f ice of Landing Surveyors, in consequence of two of the gentlemen who have been for tunate enough to obtain the appointments having been passed over the heads of several officers :of acknowledged talent and undeniable probity, who have been acting in the vacancies caused by the recent dismissals, &c., for aconsider able period, and who, the re f ore , ex p ec t e d to be promoted in their proper turns, according to the established rule and practice. The works for the new harbour at Aberdeen have been contracted for by Messrs Oldham, builders and railway con. tractors, of Cheltenham. The sum is 99,6601. When com pleted, the new harbour will be one of the most commodious in the kingdom. . . Last night the Philharmonic Society concluded a brilliant season, the most brilliant that it has had for many years. The royal and noble directors have officially appointed Mr. Loder leader of the Ancient Concerts, in place of Mr. Francois Cramer, resigned.- THE IRON TRADE.—As an instance of the in creasing briskness of the above trade, we may mention that the shipping agent, at Newport, of a large establishment on the hills, in one day last week received by post advices of charter parties, for cargoes to be shipped, amounting to 3,000 tons of railway iron. The rails are chiefly for Charleston, S. C.—Monmouthshire Merlin. OPENING OF LETTERS.—On Thursday last, at Cupar, before Mr. Sheriff Jamieson, a young woman was charged, at the instance of the Joint Procurators-Fiscal, with contravening the statute of 1 Victoria, cap. 36, sec. 25, in having, while in charge of the post-office in a village in the country, on the 6th day of May last, opened a post letter which had been put in there. She pleaded ,guilty, and her agent, Mr. M'Glashan, stated several circumstances in mitigation of punish ment, ,and produced certificates of her good character. The sheriff in pronouncing sentence stated, that he believed she had opened the letter out of thoughtless curiosity; but that there was nothing more sacred than letters put into the Post-office; that the arrangements of our Post-office were guarded by Act of Parliament, which made severe punish ment applicable to offenders against its laws, and hence its present efficiency. lle therefore sentenced her to pay a fine of 51., or to be imprisoned for sixty days. The fine was im mediately paid.—Scottish Record. ACCELERATION OF THE NORTHERN MArLs.--Yes terday the mails from the General Pose-office, conveying newspapers and letters to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and places beyond those cities, were accelerated by the ciimmand of the Noble Earl at the head of the department. It has been stated that the morning and evening mails would leave London one hour earlier than :heretofore, in order to give to the above places additional deliveries; but this, it appears, is not the fact. The mails will leave London at the same hour, morn ing and evening, as formerly, and we were yesterday (Monday) informed at the General Post-office, that the additional advantages to the northern districts, which have been for some time in contemplation, will be secured through the following means . :—According to the old practice, the mailbags to Edinburgh, and those also which have to be forwarded beyond that city by cross• road mails, were dispatched at eight in the evening from the General Post-office, thence to the ter - minus of the Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways to Lancaster, where they arrived at fifty-one.minutes past seven the following morning. At twenty minutes past eight a.m., they were forwarded by coach to Carlisle, and thence to Edinburgh, arriving there at forty-three minutes past one a.m., thus occupying twenty-nine hours and forty-three minutes in the traasitfroni London to Edinburgh. Yesterday, instead of their being forwarded by Lancaster, they were dispatched to Newcastle (north), and thence to Carlisle by the newly opened railway, thus saving upwards of an hour, the whole distance to Edinburgh being completed within twenty-nine hours. The morning mails from London will be dispatched at nine o'clock a.m., as usual, from the General Post-office; but, instead of arriving at Edinburgh at twenty five minutes past two p.m., on the ensuing day, it will reach its destination shortly after one o'clock. To effect this great -improvement, arrangements have been satisfactorily con eluded with the London and Birmingham, the Grand Junc tion, the North Union, and the Newcastle and Carlisle lines of railway. The above acceleration of the mail bags will also allow of more time for posting in Scotland, and also per mit of bags being brought from a greater distance round Edinburgh and Glasgow, for delivery 'along the line, and in the metropolis and its environs. THE KING OF SAXONY.—On Sunday his Majesty the King of Saxony, attended by his usual suite, visited the city of Bristol, and proceeded to the Bath Hotel, Clifton. His Majesty, after attending Divine service, proceeded to view the various beauties of Clifton, and was, as we under stand, particularly struck with the romantic grandeur of St. Vincent's rocks. This morning lie proceeded to view the steam-ship Great Britain, on board which his Majesty was received by the Right Worshipful the Mayor (Mr. W. L. Clarke), Captain Claxton, R.N.; Mr. T. R. Guppy, Civil Engineer;' and Captain Elton, by whom his Majesty was conducted through every portion of the ship, which excited the most marked commendations from the Royal per sonage, who expressed repeatedly his astonishment at her stupendous size, and the massive and powerful machinery with which she was fitted. His Majesty then proceeded to Leigh Court, the seat of Mr. P. J. Miles, which has been so often visited by Royalty, where he viewed the superb gallery of paintings, and partook of a dgjeuner. On Monday evening, it is understood, his Majesty would depart for Wales, to view the Dowlais Ironworks, the 'propert,' of Sir J.;Guests MIDDLE . LEVEL DRAINAGE AND NAVIGATION BILL. Report considered ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " Bill be re-committed," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words propoied to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided MAJORITY—AYES,' 116. Alija, John Peter . Elphinstone, Howard Mundy, E. M. Bailey, Joseph " Estcourt, T. G. B. Napier, Sir Charles Baring, F. T. Evans. W. Ogle, S. C. H. Baring, Thomas Farnham, E. B. Ord William Barnard, E. G. Flower, Sir James Packe, C. W. Barron, Sir H. Forman, T. Seaton Palmerston, Via. Beckett, William Forster, Matthew Parker. J. Bellew, R. M. Fuller, A. E. Peel, Jonathan Benett, John Gill, Thomas Philips, G. It. Berkeley, Captain Gladstone, W. E. Rashleigh, Wm. Bouverie E. P. Gore, Mo n t ague R oun d, John Bright,John Goring, Charles Russell, J. D. W Brisco, M. Greene, T. Sandon, Lord ttroadley, H. Grey, Sir G. Shaw, F. Brotherton, J. Guest, Sir John . Sheil, R. L. Buller, 'Sir J. Yarde Hamilton, Lord C. Shirley, E. P. Burrell, Sir C, M. Heathcote, G. J. Somerset, Lord G. Campbell, Sir H. Hodgson, Frederick Sotheron, T. H Cavendish, Hon. G. , Houldsworth, T. StuartaiVilliers ' Chapman, Aaron Howard, Lord Strickland, Sir G. Chapman, B. Howiek, Lord Strutt, Edward Cholmondeley, Hugh Hughes, W. B. Thesiger, F. Christie, W. D. Hume. Joseph lhornely, Thomas Christopher, R A Humphery, .1. Thornhill, G. Cobden, Richard 'Hutt, W. Trollepe, Sir John Cockburn, Sir G. Irton, Samuel Tumor, C. Colebrooke, Sir T. James, William Vane, Lord Harry Collett, John Kerr, D. Villiers, Charles P. Crawford, W. S. Labouchere, H. Vivian, J. H. Dalrymple, Captain Langston, J. H. Walker, R. ~ Dawson, 'f . V. Layard, Captain Wall, B, Denison, E. Beckett Lowther, Hon. Col. Wawn, John T. Dickinson, F. H. Macaulay, T. B. Williams, W. Divett. E. M‘Geachy, F. A. Wood, Charles Duncan, George Mangles, R. D. Worsley, Lord Duncombe, T. S. Manners, Lord J. Yorke, R. H. Dundas, Frederick .Masterman, John Easthope, John Miles, P. W. S. TIMMS. Eaton, Richard J. Mitcalfe, Henry Pusey, Philip Ebrington, Viscount Morrison James Hayter, W. G. -- , - MINORITY-NOES, 26. Bagge, Wm. Copeland, W. Ramsbettom, J Beresford, Major .. Dougla., Sir. C. Rushbrooke,Col on d ' Blackstone W. Ellis, Wynn t eymeur, Lord Blandford, Marquis Gisborne, Thomas Smyth, Sir G. H. Bowes, John Hawes, ti. Towneley, John Bruce, Lord Ernest • Hussey,•Thomas Wodehouse, Edmond Buller, C. Inglis, Sir R. Carnegie, Captain Knight, Henry Gally TELLEIN. Chute, W. L. W. Lowther, J. H. • Jocelyn, Viscount Cole, Hon.H. A. M a n ners , L or d'C . S. Bentincc, Lord G Echtti .Mbttioit NENVMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The July Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, for two yrs old. New T.Y.O Mr. Bowerie's Old England Lord Albemarle's Scarmentado . 2 Col. Peel's b f by Slane, out of Seakale 3 Lord. Exeter's Deodara Won by a neck. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. _ Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds .. .... ........ 91 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cont. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent. lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 76 pm . New 5 per Cent...—. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 76 pm. Jan Iqlo 12% Bank St oc k f or Acct.... 199 Oct. 1859 Consols for Opg. 9g - Jan. .1860 ' . India Stock for Acct.... 284% ----- , - ' FOREIGN FONDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... IPortuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds B2 Prussian,s per Cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 35% Russian, 5 per Cent.....„ — Chlllan, 6 per Cent . ....... .... Ditto, Metallic ....... Colombian, 6 per Cent , 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23 Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent.., 31% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.:„... !Ditto, Deferred Danish,3 per Cent — ineneh, 5 per Cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18-5, 5 per Cent — !Exchange ...... ... ...... —f. —c. Mexican, - 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 60 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent— 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) ' Ditto Registered (8/6s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, sper Cent., 13s 4d. paid,Ne. 1 1 Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 ;2i• Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid _Great Western (75 paid) • • Ditto PH ths t 12 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid London and Blackwall (16/, 13s. 4d.) 7U London and South Western (411. 6s, 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 17% Manchester and Birmingham North British, 2% paid % South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) Ditto New Shares ( 4 paid) i b Trent Valley, '2 paid lO Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, I paid Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ....... .... .......... CHEAP LIVING IN CARMARTHENSHIRE.--A friend of ours,. who, was at Laugharne last week, informs us that a family may reside there quite as cheiply as in France. At present, comfortable houses are to be had from 10/. to 151. a year; ducks or fowls, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. per couple; fine geese, 2s. to 2s. 6d. each; eggs are now forty for a shilling; veal, 4d. per lb. ; mutton or lamb, sd. por lb.; servants' wages, 31. to 5/. per annum ; fish, the same day it is caught, from ld. to 4d. per lb. • oysters, in the season , 6d. per hundred ; fresh butter sold there last Friday, Bd. per lb. Sea bathing may be enjoyed on very fine sands, near the town. A. family may reside at Laugharne for one half the expense that would be incurred at Bath or tmeltenham.— The Silurian. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. —Telegraphic orders by the Semaphore were received this morning from the Admiralty for the St. Vincent, 120, Capt. R. F. Rowley, to prepare immediately for sea, and to be ready for .sailing by four, P.M., when her orders would arrive. She is new. taking in a supply of provisions and water. At one, P.M., 150 additional marines, with two officers, embarked on board her, and 160 able seamen were sent from the Vic tory and Excellent, which were sent to Spithead in the Rocket and Echo steamers. The Commander-in-Chief's flag will be removed to the Excellent pro tem. She is or dered to Gibraltar. The (long expected) Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, has just anchored at Spithead ; her officers and crew will bo turned over to the Queen forthwith, she being ready for their reception. ACCIDENT BY FIREARMS.—Last evening a frightful accident, from the use of firearms, occurred to a lad, named William Haycock, aged 15 years, the son of a master baker residing in Pomeroy-street, Old Kent-road. It appears that having procured a small pocket pistol, he had loaded it with swan shot, when not being able to fix the percussion cap he got a stone, and incautiously began to knock it on, when the pistol suddenly wentoff, and the whole of its contents lodged in his thigh, lacerating his flesh in a frightful manner. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where he was immediately attended to by Messrs. Cocks and Callaway, the surgeons, who extracted a considerable number of shot, but in conse quence of the severe nature of the wound considerable doubts are entertained of his recovery. GRAND FIELD-DAY IN HYDE-PARK YESTER DAY.—Yesterday (Monday) there was a grand field-day in the large space of ground generally used for such purposes in Hyde-park. The troops on the ground consisted of the Ist and 2d battalions of the Coldstream Guards, making the full strength of that distinguished corps about 980 men ; the 2d and 3d battalions of the Grenadier Guards, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Grant ; th e Ist bat talion of this regiment is now at Winchester. Including the bands of both, there were about 1,500 present, and all were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Walton, of the Coldstream Guards, a gallant officer, who, in addition to many other glorious scenes, witnessed that of Waterloo. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of the 'Coldstreams, arrived on the ground at the appointed time. His Royal Highness was mounted on a grey charger, and was attired in the regimentals of the corps, but in undress, viz., blue frock coat, with sash , sword, &c. At about a quarter past . eight o'clock the several battalions assembled—the first of the Coldstream coming from Portman-street Barracks, and the second from the Wellington Barracks, St. James'- park. The 2d battalion of the Grenadier Guards came from Charing-cross Barracks, and the third from the present sta tion at St. John's Wood. The usual manoeuvres were then gone through, and lasted for some time, after which the troops returned to their barracks. A grand review of all the troops stationed in London or adjoining will take place shortly, and preparations are now being made very extensively in antici pation of the affair. THE LYCEUM. A dramatic version of Boz's popular tale" Martin Chnzzio= wit," was brought out for the first time last night at this amusing little theatre, and was received throughout with considerable applause. The drama is, we understand, from the pen of Mr. E. Stirling, and the main incidents of the story have been put together with no ordinary skill. The characters, too, for the most part, were sustained with great ability :—Mr. Frank , Matthews as Pecksniff, with his hair standing up hi three separate " Brutus's," was the engraving animated for the occasion. Toni Pinch's bald' head sur rounded by the fringe of hair was perfection. This same Tom was delicately acted by Meadows, but there is no opportu nity of realising the Tom Pinch of the book. Mr. Keeley is Mrs. Gamp, and his sentimentality is capital; Mrs. Keeley is the boy Bailey, and dashes through it with hilarious flip, panty. The ruffian Jonas is played by Mr. Emery, who dis plays a great deal of talent of somewhat a coarse kind, and has evidently studied the varieties of the character as a surly brute and as a sanguinary murderer. Mr. Wigan, being a clever actor of fops, shines forth as Tig ; Miss Fortescue is gentle and amiable as Mary; while Mr. Vining has nothing but walking gentleman's work to do in young Martin. We must not forget a meritorious performer name Turner, who plays Nadget, with an excellent conception of the sneaking peculiarities of the spy, while he has a tendency to push the eccentricities into caricature. There are no great deviations from the story, but the scenes in America are omitted. The grand stage effect of the piece is the view of London-bridge wharf, with a built steamer, and a lighter that glides along the water, and receives goods from a crane. This scene, with all the attendant bustle, is very cleverly managed. WILL OF THE LATE THOMAS CAMPBELL. We have been favoured with a copy of the will of this dis tinguished poet, which we subjoin. The personal property, we understand, has been sworn under 2,0001., and will pro bably not realise more than 1,5001. "This is the last will and testament of me, Thomas Camp bell, LL.D., now resident at No. 8, Victoria-square, in the county of Middlesex. " hereas, under and by virtue of the will of Archibald Macarthur Stewart, late of Ascog, deCeased, my only son, Thomas Telford Campbell, will, upon my decease, be entitled to a certain sum of money, which I deem a competent provi sion for him .: I do not, therefore, intend to snake any provi sion for him by this my will. " I give and bequeath the silver bowl, presented to me by the students of Glasgow when I was Rector of that Univer sity, and the copy of the portrait of her Majesty Queen Vic toria, which was sent to me by the Queen herself (and which two articles I reckon the jewels of my property), and also all and every my manuscripts and copyrights of my composi tions, whether in prose or verse, and the vignettes which have illustrated my poems, and also all and every my books, prints; pictures, furniture, plate, money, personal estate, and effects whatsoever and wheresoever whereof I may die pos sessed, after and subject to the payment of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, which I do direct to be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease, unto my niece, Mary Campbell, the daughter of my deceased brother, Alexander Campbell, late of Glasgow, foi her own sole and separate use and benefit. "And I do hereby appoint my staunch and inestimable friend, Dr. William Beattie, of No. 6, Park-square, Regent's park, in the said county of Middlesex, and William Moxon, of the Middle Temple, Esq., to be executors of this my will, and also to act as guardians to my said on ,• and I revoke all former and other wills and testamentary dispositions by me at'any time heretofore made, and declare tl:s only to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I kwe here unto set my hand, the seventh day of November, 1842. " THOMAS CAMPBELL. " Signed, published, and declared by the testator, Thomas Campbell, as and for his last will and testament, in the pre sence of us, present at the same time, who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses, " EDWARD CLIFFORD, 9, Ranelsgh-grove, Pimlico. " HENRY MOXON, 67, Ebury-street, Eaton-square." THE WAVERLEY BALL.—Last night this ball took place at Willis's Rooms, and there were between 1,200 and 1,300 personages of rank and fashion present. We have only time to observe that it was the most superb public ball ever given in this metropolis. Owing to the late hour at which our informant left the ball, we must defer until to morrow a more extended report of this magnificent fete. DRUNKENNESS AND DEATH AT FAIRLOP FAIR. — On Sunday evening, Harriet Milwood, a middle-aged female, who wish her husband kept a large toy stall at Fairlop fair, and who had been in the habit of going to different fairs to follow the - same occupation, drank to such excess as to be come much intoxicated. Her husband and herself had, in consequence, some words, when the latter declared she would stop on the ground no longer, and managed to get into a light cart for the purpose of going home. When about to drive away, her husband, who had suffered much from her conduct during the evening, exclaimed with much fervour, " I wish you may break your neck before YOU get home." The wretched woman took no notice of the observation, nor did she make any reply, but she had not driven away snore than two hundred yards when she tumbled out of the vehicle, and falling with considerable force on her head, actually broke her neck, and in a few moments was a corpse. Her body was removed first to a booth on the ground, and afterwards to a public-house in Barking side, to await a coroner's inquest. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.—We have seen a - - - - - - - - letter, dated Van Dieman's Land, Feb. 14, and addressed to a party in this city, in which the writer, who has frequent opportunities of hearing of these exiles, says they are all well in health and spirits, and owing to recent alterations in the convict system are now at liberty in the colony, and are con sequently free to dispose of their labour as they please.— Bath Journal. STEAM.—" Talk about your northern steam-boats," said a Mississippi fireman the other day, " you haint had a biler burst for five years. Don't require no spunk to navi gate them waters, any fool can do it ; but it takes a man, stranger, to ride one of these here aligator boats head on to a sawyer, high pressure and the valve soldered down, 600 passengers on board, and every soul endangered."—Halifax paps. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—The following gentlemen have been elected Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians :—Dr. Guy, of King's College, London ; Dr. Conolly, of Hanes ell ; Dr. Plenderleath, of Ramsgate ; Dr. Forbes, Dr. G. 0. Rees, Dr. Cursham, Dr. Riunsbotham, and Dr. Hughes. _ . THE CONVICT DALMAS.—It is expected that the removal of the convict will take place in the course of the week to Bedlam, an order to that effect being daily expected at Ilorsemonger-lane; Since the arrival of the reprieve on Thursday last the convict has been exceedingly cheerful, but lies abstained from making the slightest allusion to the dreadful crime of which he stands convicted. His daughters have for the present discontinued their visits, and we believe, through the influence of the reverend chaplain, and the kind ness of some friends, have been placed in respectable situa tions. The conduct of these young women has been praise - worthy in the extreme, and has gained for them the pity and esteem, of all those with whom they have come in contact since the occurrence which threw them in an unprotected state upon the world. DEPLORABLE LOSS OF LIFE AT BEAUFORT.-n appears that the subterranean fire noticed in our two last papers, continues to burn with unabated fury in the moun tain near Beaufort Works, and we have this week the melan choly duty of recording a loss of life occasioned by its effects. The combustion of the Black Band and coal produced a quan tity of noxious vapour, principally composed of carbonic acid gas, the destructive properties of which are so often the occasion of death to parties incautiously descending into old wells or brewers' vats ; and, as we stated last week, some of the men and women working in the levels beneath the burn- ing mass were then carried out insensible, and with difficulty were recovered from the effects of inhaling the gas. But on Monday last, results still more serious were ex perienced under the following circumstances :—About half-past five o'clock on that morning, a master miner, named William Tippen, went into his level for the purpose of corn : - inencing the week's operation, and in half an hour was fol.- lowed by David Prosser and his two sons. Between ten and eleven o'clock other miners went in and found the four un fortunate individuals lying on the ground quite dead, and the party who brought out their bodies were nearly suffocated in tke attempt. The surgeon of the works was in immediate attendance, but found that life had fled some hours before. The whole of the men employed in the Beaufort mines have since abandoned their work, and traces of the gaseous exha lations from the fire are said to be perceptible even at Nantyglo underground works—distant a mile and a half. The bodies of the four unfortunate men were interred on Wednesday afternoon, at the Calvinistic Methodist burying ground, at Gwaingoch. There were not less than 3,000 per sons present on the melancholy occasion.— Silurian. Loss OF LIFE THROUGH BoaT-nacfNG.--Yester day an inquiry took place before Mr. Carter, at the George, Bankside, as to the death of William Brag, aged 34, who was drowned through the enormous swell caused by the racing and number of steamers now on the river. Mr. Smyth ob served that it was actually dangerous for merchants and light ermen now on boardtheir craft, in consequence of the swell the steamers caused by their rapid speed and close ap proach to the shore. He did not wonder this man had been drowned, for, having, after the immersion, gone on board the barge, he found the stern lifted at least three feet in the air. The men could not work, and accidents were of daily occur rence. He had himself seen at least three tons of water thrown into a barge by some of those steamers passing, and he thought that some opinion should be expresked in their verdict as to the conduct of the parties. The following special verdict was then returned:—" That the deceased was accidentally drowned by falling into the river, the jury being of opinion that it was caused by-the great swell caused by the passage of the steam-boats." MILITARY DISCIPLINE. — On Thursday week, three privates, named Walker, Watson, and Young, belong ing to the first battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards, at present quartered in the Tower, were tried by a district Court-martial on the charge of having, early en the morning of Tuesday, the 18th ult. (the anniversary of the even:me morable battle of Waterloo), suddenly absented themselvelf whilst doing duty on the main guard of the Royal Mint, St. Katharine's dock, and remaining absent until apprehended, nearly sixteen hours afterwards. They pleaded guilty, and were re-conducted to their place of confinement, the Spur gate guard-house. Next day (Friday) another private. named Anderson, was also tried by a district Court-martial for having been found intoxicated whilst doing duty as sentry on the morning in question, whereby the others ef fected their escape. lie also confessed the charge, and was sent back to' the guard-house. The finding of the court martial in both cases having been' transmitted to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief, was subse quently approved by his Grace, and on Saturday forenoon last the guilty parties were brought from their place of con finement to hear the sentence of the Courts-martial read over to them, on parade, by Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, the officer commanding the Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, which was as follows :—" Walker, 12 months'; Watson and Young, 18 months'; and Anderson (the sentry), two years' imprisonment." The prisoners, who are all young men, were shortly afterwards handcuffed, and sent off, under a military escort, to Coldbath-fields House of Correction. On Saturday forenoon another private, named Brown, who had been tried by a general Court-martial for absentinghim self from his barracks and striking a corporal whilst heading a scout party in search of him at one of the fairs lately hela in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, was also brought from his place of confinement to hear his sentence read over to him by Lieutenant-Colonel Drummond, which was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the period of seven years. • _ A STRANGE FANCY.—The following ludicrous circumstance took place in Falkirk last week. The parents of a child about six years of age, on ordering him to bed, were not a little nonplused by his answering, " I'm no gaup to my bed the. night, for I dreamed the 'streen that I was to sit on a stick and sleep like a hen." Persuasions and threats were all in vain, on a stick he would be; and, willing to gratify what appeared to be a momentary notion,the parents, in want of a proper bank, proposed that the back of a c h a i r should serve for his roost during the night. No sooner sa id than done, the child denuded himself of his cloth* hung them on the chair back, mounted his roost, a n d, i n a f ew minutes, to the surprise of all, was fast asleep. He was al lowed to remain thus for some time, and, on being awakened, it was only by working / on his fears th a t h e was u lti ma t e l y induced to relinquish the bank for a more comfortable nest,-.. Edinburgh Evening Test. I