The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-02 00:00:00

ertirti Nilttion ,OSING 1 3- RICES). FUNDS. Indian Stock ,„,„„ 279 pm, Ditto Bonds ..„„„ 86 p m . Ditto Old Annuit jes ... 9 6 % Ditto New Annul ties... 96% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1 lid... 70 pm. Ditto 001. .,„. 69 pm. Ditto Small „. ........ .10 pm. Bank Stock for India Stock for Acct... 278 3 Consols for AC , A..„ ' 97 I FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ 'Portuguese, 5 . f.er Cent 75% Belgian, 5 per Cent iosgi Ditto,. all, New rialto — 81 irrtlSSl Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 37 Russiar4 5 per Cent. ..... Milan, 6 per Cent .. lO5 'D itto, ' etallic — Colombian, 6 per Cr.nt ...... 1.1 4allisi"., 5 per Cent..... „ 2 sa Ditto, 1824 — itto., % Cuba Bonds, 6 pe' r Cent 93 'Ditim, Deferred l4 Danish, 3 per Ce nt ....... ..... 83 French, 5 per Cent. ...... 125 f 2sc. Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent.... 'Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 pey r Cent ........ VA% French, 3 per Cent. 83E ....c, Ditto, 6 per I ,:ent., 1837....... Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 54% Peruvian, 1' 325, 6 per Cent... 30% DES, 5 per Cent lO l% SHAR Fir alingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ......... .... 77 Cb ester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 5% Jr` astern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (25 paid) 'Eastern Union ( 5 paid) 5% Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 59 Great Western (75 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 135. 4dl) 6% London and Birmingham (Stock) London and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) llll Manchester and Birmingham .10% Midland Counties (100 paid) BB Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 6 Newcastle and Darlington Junction (15 paid) Faris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 34% Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35 York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... . ...... Ditto New Shares (20 paid) York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) 'as.. Om THE FUNDS-(CI BRITISH Bank Stock ........... 195)4 3 per Cent. 98 3 per Cent. Cans. ..„ ..... 97% pgr Cent. Reg ......... 103 New 3% per Cent. 10216 New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 12% Oct. 1859............ 121/ Jan. 1860.......... 12 a OREIG/ RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— - Week ended Name of Railway. Feb. 24 Arbroath and Forfar Total. .E. s. d. 83 0 5, 24 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,195 7 9 - 23 Birmingham and Gloucester 1,652 8 9 23 Brandling Junction 750 12 3 23 Chester and Birkenhead 320 10 7 27 Dublin and Kingstown 560 11 9 25 Dundee and Arbroath l7l 13 Oi 24 Durham and Sunderland 636 8 8 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,759 8 11 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,077 8 1 24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,191 3 11 24 Glasgow and Greenock 689 13 5 24 Grand Junction 6,259 9 9 24 Great North of England 1,249 1 8 25 Great Western 23 Liverpool and Manchester 24 London and Birmingham 29 London and Blackwall 582 2 0 24 London and Brighton 27 London and Croydon 29 London and Greenwich 638 0 9 25 London and South Western ....... 23 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 740 18 11- 24 Manchester and Birmingham 2,763 3 11 24 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,349 10 3 24 Midland Counties 24 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,400 5 8 25 Newcastle and North Shields 279 10 1 24 North Midland 3,944 13 8 23 North Union 20 Paris and Orleans 3,536 2 9 26 Paris and Rouen 2,978 0 0 24 Preston and Wyre 221 16 0 24 Sheffield and Manchester 484 5 1 29 South Eastern 24 Taff Vale 2.5 Ulster 502 2 5 24 York and North Midland SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The character of the public press, like that of public men, is public property. In propor tion as the reputation of the public journals is pre served free from suspicion—we speak now without reference to mere party distinctions—will be the de • pendence placed on their statements of facts, and the .regard with which their discussions of public ques fißms will be received. In this view, the debate of last night in the House of Commons acquires an im portance which is perfectly independent of the motion on which it took place. The motion for returns of expenses incurred by the Crown in prosecuting Mr. O'Cohnell and his co-defendants would have possessed little interest. It was the application " for the amounts paid to Mr. Bond Hughes, Mr. Charles Ross, and Mr. John Jackson, and to the proprietors of the Standard and Morning Herald newspapers," which constituted the gist of the motion, and the interest of the debate. And for this special reason ; the character of the public press, and the position of those employed in conducting it, were supposed to have been compromised by the part which the individuals named in the motion had taken at the instance of the Government. This opinion, ,well or ill founded—and the discussion of last night has afforded material assistance to the inquiry—con ferred upon the notice of motion a considerable de gree of public interest; created, as was natural, out of the imputations which seemed to rest upon a portion of the public press, the character of which, as a whole, had been impeached by the alleged conduct of certain of its members. This produced an anxiety to ascer tain the justice or injustice of the accusations, and the circumstance which increased or diminished the turpitude of the acts charged upon the parties. Of - Mr. Bond Hughes—the gentleman whose name stands first in the motion for returns—little 'need be said, but that little is to the credit, and not to the disparagement of his fair fame. Engaged in Mr. Gurney's office as a shorthand writer, it was only in the course of his professional duty that he attended the meetings of the Repeal As sociation, to report the proceedings, at which he was employed by the Government. His re ports were accurate—mere records of the pro ceedings. His evidence on the trial, and his gen tlemanly deportment throughout, obtained for him i • the respect of all parties. The error respecting. • the presence of Mr. Barrett at one of the meet ings, was explained to general satisfaction ; and . Mr. Hughes acquitted himself, throughout the tperforniance of a difficult and invidious duty, with out losing an iota of private or public respect. Nor did his employment subject the Government to any unjfist reproach. If the " monster meetings " were regarded by Ministers with apprehension, it was right that they should know what was said and what - was done at them. And no better course could • be taken than to depute an efficient shorthand ' writer, and a respectable person, like Mr. B. Hughes, to observe and record the events of ~ each meeting. It would have been well for those for whose conduct the Government is respon sible, and whom Sir James Graham last night un dertook to defend, had they been always equally dis - creet in their choice of agents. They did not pre;• • serve the same delicacy in selecting reporters for their purpose. Sir James Graham, as was shown by his explanations and admissions of last night, is deeply and disreputably implicated in these trans ' actions. By those inducements which a Minister of State has at his command when he chooses to employ them, and thinks he can do so with suc cess, Sir James Graham first seduces Mr. C. Ross, a salaried reporter on the establishment of the Morn . ing Chronicle, and employs him to do the dirty work of' the Government at the Donnybrook meeting. The Chronicle has stated the facts and commented upon this interference with its employe in terms not 'more severe than well deserved—and which we ex tract in another column. STANDARD.—The Member for Finsbury last night brought forward his motion for an account of the money paid for information, respecting the late proceeding in Ireland, to certain reporters and short hand writers, and to the proprietors, conductors, managers, and agents of the Morning Ilerald and Standard newspapers. The first part of the motion was granted without difficulty, but Sir James Graham resisted that part which concerned the • . proprietors, conductors, managers, &c., of the two newspapers named, on the groUnd that it offered a gratuitous insult to gentlemen, to whom he solemnly pledged . his honour not one farthing of money had ever passed. We have that confi dence in ' the known character of this journal, and of all connected with it, to be satisfied with a much slighter testimony to our honour and integrity than that of the Right Hon. the Home Secretary, were the accuser a much more respect able one than Mr. Thomas S. Duncombe. The . exculpation is, however; much more complete than it would be had Sir James Graham complied with Mr. Duncombe's motion; and this, we have uo doubt, was the consideration which determined the hotourable mind of Sir James Graham to, adopt the course taken by him. A return might easily and safely state a falsehood, but a solemn declaration like that of the Right Honourable Se cretary precludes every possible suspicion of un truth. No, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, we had no money for information ; and, to say truth, we bad no claim for money on this account, for we furnished no information. Mr. Ross was our special correspondent ; his instructions from us were , to report faithfully the proceedings at , the repeal meetings held in the country parts of Ireland, which our regular correspondent, Perinariently resident in Dublin, could not attend; and at the intervals of the county meetings to give such assistance as he could to our Dublin corre spondent. • For this special service we employed - him; and we paid him, and have every reason to NEW TxPiritcifa for the integrity, zeal, and ability c'th — Whiell he executed the special service in t,*:•- :-S hieli" \ We Aaployed him. We say special service, ,CtTrit., _ ' MY. \ Duncombe stated what is not the fact, ik - iiiif.rfir -in`-.ca t Mr. •I . toss _ remains, attached to She t-4 - 1t.'_;,.,-. , - -Nia rd. hen the 41 itionstifiheetings ' ceased, , c .2i - •,, _ ; ..,-----.....)...-e.,.. • IA ft TIRE SUN, LONDON, we had no further occasion for Mr. Ross's services, and we regret that we had no vacancy for him upon our establishment — we regret it the - more, because the genuine spirit of persecution inherent in all Jaco bins, has pressed upon the Morning Chronicle the necessity of (reluctantly as we firmly believe) dismissing this gentleman from his permanent en gagement with that journal. And thus this unlucky man—a gentleman of education and talent, and of unspotted honour—is with his family thrown up )n the world, for having merely discharged, with fidelity, the duty owing by every good subject. MORNING MAILS AND MONEY ORDERS.--The pub lic are scarcely aware of the extent of the morning mails daily dispatched from the General Post-office, and the number of post towns at which money orders are now made payable. The following analysis will convey an idea of the importance to the community of these branches of the Post-office ser vice ;—ln England and Wales there are 906 post towns to which, by the regulation list corrected up to yesterday (March Ist), there are dispatched daily, per morning mail, 150 bags—nearly equal to one-sixth of the entire number. At 610 of the above post towns money orders are granted and made payable—an increase of nine-tenths, as compared with the extent of the practice some few years ago. In Ire land there are 682 post towns, of which there are 327 se lected for the receipt and payment of money orders ; and in Scotland, of 636 post towns, 213 possess the same kind of ac commodation. It is but partially known that newspapers and letters for the whole of Ireland and Scotland are dis patched by morning mail from the General Post-office. AMERICAN DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.—Mr. Shep pard, late of England, committed suicide at Saco, Maine, a few days ago. Mrs. Loring French also committed suicide at the same place, on the same day. Mr. Edward O'Connor, late of Ireland, Counsellor-at-Law, destroyed himself at Boston, on Monday night. M. Messemer, player on the cornet-a-piston, from France, was assassinated at Mobile, on the Ist instant, but is expected to recover from his wounds. Judge _Turley, of Nashville, has been caned by Major Turner, for offering an insult to a lady; and Mr. Maxsey, Mayor of Nashville, has been caned by Mr. Payne. Mr. Richard Polhemus was murdered near Freehold, New Jersey, on Friday, and a neighbour of the deceased, Mr. W. Reed, has been arrested on suspicion. Mr. Leech, believed to be from England, was killed in a quarrel with Messrs. Law,cm and M'Leod, at Nevi Orleans, on the 23d ult. At Caddo, Texas, on the 10th ult., Judge Hansford was barbarously murdered by Mr. Moseley and his son-in-law, because his judicial view of a lawsuitwas adverse to their interests. BELLS IN FRANCE.—The Archbishop of Bordeaux has published a long and interesting pastoral letter on church bells, from which we extract the following passage : " There is a diocese of France, that of Belley, in which 200 steeples have been rebuilt or newly constructed, and pro vided with bells of all sizes; there is not a village in Lor raine that has not recovered its former peal of bells; and in the towers of the cathedrals of Paris, Lyons, Rheims, Poi tiers, Strasbourg, Nancy, Rouen, Amiens, Sens, and Ven dome, are still to be seen the celebrated bourdons which added so much to their renown. The steeples of the cathedrals of Nantes, Chartres, and Rodez have been lately furnished with peals of bells far superior to those of which they had been despoiled." TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 21. 111Esteriatirum.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 62d Regiment to bear upon its second or regi mental colour, and likewise upon its appointments, in addition to any distinctions heretofore granted, the word " Nine," in commemoration of the gallant conduct of the Regiment in the operations connected with the passage of the " Nine," on the 10th of December, 1813. W AR-OFFICE, MARCH 1. 4th Dragoon Guards—Captain W. C. Forrest, from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Ibbetson, who exchanges; March 1. 3d Light Dragoons—Serjeant-Major J. Rathwell (Riding Master) to be Cornet, without purchase, vise Brunt, ap pointed to the Royal Horse Guards, March 1. Ith Light Dragoons—Captain C. P. Ibbetson, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice W. C. Forrest, who ex changes, March 1. 15th Regiment of Foot—Major R. Ellis, from half-pay Un attached, to be Major, vice W. R. B. Smith, who exchanges, receiving the difference, March L 20th Foot—Ensign H. R. Cowell to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; G. W. Taylor. Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cowell; Lieutenant E. G. Hallewell to be Adjutant, vice Smith, de ceased, March 1. 41st Foot—Captain B. Duff, from half-pay of the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice I. Blackburne, who exchanges ; Lieutenant H. Butler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Duff, who retires; Ensign W. Minchin to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Butler; J. H. Cooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minchin, March 1. 76th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Maclean, M.D., from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Milligan, ap pointed to the 6th Dragoons, March 1. 78th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon W. Bowie, from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allman, deceased, March 1. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon E. W. Burton, from the 38th Regiment, to be staff-surgeon of the second class, vice Gibson, appointed to the 17th Dragoons, March 1, 1844. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces.—W. T. Hoskin, M.D. ; R. Browne, Gent ; W. G. Watt, Gent. ; and W. Batley, Gent., March 1 1844. BREVET.—Lieut.-Col. E. Hay, of the Honourable the East India Company's Depot, at Warley, to have the temporary rank of Colonel, during the period of his being so employed,March 1. MamoßANnum.—The Christian names of Capt. Clarke, of the 46th Regiment, are William Henry Hardy Forbes. The appointment of Ensign Cumming to the Cape Mounted Riflemen is without purchase, and not with purchase, as pre viously stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. 2d Regiment of Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—A. G. Robarts, Esq., to be Captain, vice B. Fuller, resigned, Feb. 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding o' Yorkshire. Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet W. J. Fox to be Lieutenant, vice Sheardown, resigned ; H. Boynton, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Fox, pro moted, Feb. 26. WHITEHALL, Frs. 27, 1844. - - ' The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Mercer, of Ash ford, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed David King, of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. T. Bartlett, Leamington, Warwickshire, March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Hollis, lieutenant, E. I. C., Sussex-terrace, Old Bromp ton, March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. R. Hughes, milliner, Lower Tottenham, March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Lewis, tailor, Barford, Norfolk, March 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Fisher, varnish manufacturer, Minerva-street, Hackney road, March 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee. E. Evans, schoolmistress, Portland-place, Fulham, March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. Mortlock, tailor, Essex-street, Strand, March 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. Griffiths, clerk, Charlotte-street, Pentonville, March 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. H. Martin, attorney-at-law, Augustus-square, Regent's-park, March 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Wilson, attorney-at-law, Kendal, Westmoreland, March 8, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. J. Middlemass, joiner, Hawdon, Northumberland, March 8, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. J. Langworthy, lieutenant, R.N., Topsham, Devonshire, March 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee. J. Holt, Middleton, Lancashire, March 8, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. T. R. Maurice, attorney, Holywell, Flintahire, March 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. T. Ansdell, attorney's clerk, Penton-street, Pentonville, March 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee. T. Lewis, grocer, Texteth-park, Lancashire, March 7, at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. W. Pearce, fancy hosiery yarn doubler, Nottingham, March 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. J. Tench, attorney-at-law, Stafford, March 12, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Watkin, baker, Leicester, March 7, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. T. W. Briggs, licensed victualler, Twy ford, Derbyshire, March 8, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Oliver and J. York, coal masters, Tipton, Staffordshire, March 22, at eleven—H. and J. Slesinger, warehousemen, Cateaton-street, City, March 26, at half-past two—E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched-friars, City, March 26, at two— J. M. Harvey, iron founder, Brick-lane, Old-street, March 22, at one. In the Country. J. Harford and W. W. Davies, iron founders, Bristol, March 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—R. Crosbie, tea dealer, Sutton, Cheshire, March 26, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—NV. A. Brown, J. T. Bailey, J. Smith, T. Pierce, and H. Grueber, oil manufacturers, Liverpool, March 26, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. G. Mitchell, tailor, Bury-street, St. James's, March 22 E. Evans, draper, Llangurdirne, Carmarthenshire, March 22 R. Hazell, corn dealer, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, March 28—B. Reynolds, silk printer, Mitcham, Surrey, March 22—S. Par tridge, tea dealer, Birmingham, March 22—R. Parker, linen draper, Deptford-row, Rotherhithe, March 22—T. Gore, baker, Broadstairs, Kent, March 22—J. Atkins , toba cconist, Shoreditch, March 22—J. Cornish, painter, Bridport, Dorset shire, March 22—J. Wilkinson, grocer, Leeds, March 22 R. T. Fletcher, money scrivener, Brentford, March 22—W. and J. Statters, cotton spinners, Mellor, Lancashire, March 22 —M. Hadley, chemist, Walsall, Staffordshire, March 22—M. Allen, apothecary, Waltham Holy-cross, Essex, March 22 S. G. Beamish, limestone dealer, Walworth, March 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and C. Godfrey, Windsor chair manufacturers, Worksop, Nottinghamshire—H. and J. Gray, common brewers, Bath- Nick, Somersetshire—J. Varty, jun., and S. Williamson, joiners, Liverpool— 11. and T. Hurndall, silk mercers, Swansea—E. M. Stephens and W. Jones, attorneys-at-law, Newtown, Montgomeryshire—C. and W. Maude, corn millers, CarletonYorkshire—G. and T. H. Mason, licensed victual lers, High-street, Shadwell—J. Lord and J. Wall, canal car riers, Worcester—J. Whitehead and R. W. Roberts, corn dealers, Liverpool—J. W. Handley and S. Wood, brass founders, Great Sutton-street, Clerkenwell—G. Pole and M. Alaylard, linen drapers, High-street, Southwark—R. Green halgh and G. Wroe, paper dealers, Manchester—G. Kebbell and J. Prout, hair dressers, Finch-lane, City—J. Carr, J. Grey, and G. Carr, timber merchants, Berwick-upon-Tweed —G. Carr and H. Short, timber merchants, Berwick-upon- Tweed—R. Ramsden and J. Bennett, brewers' mechanists, Kingsland-road—J. Evans and T. H. Taylor, attorneys, South square, Gray's • lnn—.l. Kenyon, W. Pickup, J. Hargreaves, T. Leach, and M. Chatman, grocers, Blackburn, Lancashire (so far as regards W. Pickup)—R. Cherrington and W. Max well, grocers, Crowland, Lincolnshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JAMES WILSON, merchant, Ardrossan, March 6 and April 3, at two, at A. Campbell's, vintner, Saltcoats. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sngar, for the week ending Feb. 27, 1844, is 365. 3d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. CHARLES POPPLETON, linen-manufacturer, York. WILLIAM ASTON, iron-master, Toll-end, Staffordshire. THOMAS WHITE, laceman, Regent-street, Marylebone BANKRUPTS. ROBERT JOSIAH CRANIES, butcher, Maldon, Essex, to surrender, March 8, at half-past two, and April 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Tilson and Squance, Coleman-street ; Digby, Maldon. JOHN LARK, shoemaker, Seymour-street, Eusten-square, March 8, at eleven, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Davies and Cleobury, Warwick-street, Golden-square. MELCHOR LOPEZ, wine -merchant, Crutched-friars, March 14, at half-past one, and April 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee ; Baxen dale and Co., GrearWinchester-street. JOSHUA JOSEPH JOHNSON, carpenter, Lant-street, Southwark, March 14, at one, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. JAMES BANKS WATKINSON, saddler, Maghull, Lan cashire, March 11, at twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liver pool; Vincent and Co., Temple, London; Brabner and At kinson, Liverpool. PETER - MURRAY, travelling draper, Manchester, March 13, and April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, London ; Sale and Worthington, Man chester. JAMES HELLEWELL, dyer, Salford, March 14, and April 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Cooper, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London. ROBERT GENT, traveller, Hulme, Lancashire, March 13, and April 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Wilson, Manchester. FRANCIS JONES, grocer, Bristol, March 11, at twelve, and April 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol • Perkins, Bristol. WILLIAM BATTY, currier, Kingston -upon-Hull, March 11, and April 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Hicks and Co., Gray's-inn, London ; Galloway and Bell, Hull. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Parratt, blacksmith, Bradford, Yorkshire. J. Griersen, linendraper, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. J. West, tobacconist,. Northampton. T. Hooper, accountant, Pendleton, Manchester. W. Hazael, miller, Kirby-street, East India-road, Poplar. W. Clogg, fanner, Treworgey, Cornwall. F. A. Durnford, artist, Upper Portland-place, Wandsworth-rd. D. Collins, trimming manufacturer, Bennett's-pl., Bethnal-gr. J. Newman, stage coachman, Thorn-hill, Battle-bridge. J. Vinten, boot maker, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. J. S. Benstead, accountant, Stoke Newington-road. R. Palmer, omnibus conductor, Westham, Esse:. Ss J. Butler, jeweller, Worship-street, Finsbury. S. Elcock, clerk, Liverpeol-street, King's- cross. J. Hunt, farmer, Hadham, Hertfordshire. J. Yeomans, jun., fruit salesman, Cole-street North,Dover-rd. I. Gwinnett, Ledbury, Herefordshire. J. Kerrison, provision dealer, Hyde, Cheshire. R. Fish, boot maker, Chatham. J. Masters, jun., fancy soap maker, Bristol. N. Bennett, wheelwnght, Church-street, Waterlood-road. S. Peel leather dresser, Colne, Lancashire. J. Peachey, clothes salesman, Wellington-street, St. Luke's. G. Smith, Newton-heath, Lancashire. E. Gregory, plumber, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. P. Lucas, commission agent, Congleton, Cheshire. R. Hosker, beer retailer, Liverpool. B. Griffiths, coach trimmer, Brewer-street, Pimlico. J. Edwards, Liscard, Cheshire. J. C. Bennett, Mansfield-street, Shoreditch. H. Pimm, plumber, Barking Church.yard, City. J. Urne, tailor, Union-street, Middlesex-hospital. T. March, china warehouseman, Derby -street, King's-cross. W. Colbeck, clothier, Batley, York s h ire . W. Pyrah, stone mason, Bradford, Yorkshire. W. Chapman, baker, Bedford. J. E. Oliver, organist, Queen's-row, Bayswater. T. Tillotson, stone mason, Bradford, Yorkshire. R. T. H. Beggs ' Bulwell-street, Lambeth. C. Manning, tail or, Southmolton, Devonshire. J. Quarrel!, clerk, Napier-street, New North-road, Hoxton. E. M. Shaw, Salford, Lancashire. W. Marriott, jun., hatter, St. Andrew's-road, New Kent -road. J. Drake, green grocer, Star-street, Paddington. J. Gerard, tallow chandler, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire. H. J. Story, Arundel-atfreet, Haymarket. J. Harrison, farmer, Feliskirk, Yorkshire. T. Bryan, cooper, Liverpool. W. 'Watson, professor of music, Dean-street, Soho. W. Hole, Maida-hill West, Paddington. P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire. J. Gear, professor of music, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. E. W. Ferrer, boarding-house keeper, Mare-street, Hackney. SECOND NOTICES. A. W. Shaw, Claremont place, Brunswick-square, March 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. C. Scott, Camberwell-grove, March 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. S. May, oilman, South-street, Union-street, Southwark, March 7, at two at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Newton, grocer, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, March 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. -J. Sabine, physician ' Great Yarmouth , March 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. VESSEIS SPOKEN Wm-I.—The Ondermining, Middleburgh to Batavia, Oct. 16, lat. 10 N., lon. 25 W., by the William Bayley, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Reaper, Cal cutta to London, Dec. 21, off Algoa Bay, by the Fortitude, Hutton, arrived at St, Helena. Triton, triers, Amsterdam to Surinam, 27th ult., lat. 30 N. lon. 28 W. ; Adolph Van Nassau, Brandt, Batavia to Anisterdam, Jan. 3, lat. 12, lon. 11 • Elizabeth en Johanna, to Batavia, 12 th ult., lon. 46 ; Admiral Van Kenigsbergen Glazener, Rotterdam to Batavia, 13th ult., lat. 46 N., lon. 13 W., by the Catherine, llellers, arrived in the Texel. Van Speyk, Vesser, and Susanna Maria, Meyer, from Amsterdam to Surinam, Jan. 23, lat. 23 N., by the Anjer, Knapp, arrived in the Texel. Newland, Rademaker, Batavia to Amsterdam, Dec. 19, lat. 34 S., lon. 25 E. ; Susan Christina, Corbeern, Wynkoopersbaeil to Am sterdam, 23d, lat. 35 S., lon. 18 E. ; Elizabeth Maria Wre burg, Amsterdam to Surinam, Jan. 31, lat. 26 N., lon. 34 W. ; Anna Margaretha,Naaby,Dordrecht to Liverpool, 17th ult., let. 49 N., lon. 7 W., by the Plaucius Ratguires, arrived in the Texel. Gertruida, Blom, Tjelatjap to Amsterdam, Jan. 2, lat. 11 S., lon. 11 W., by the Luciparas, Van Blip], arrived in the Texel. Helena, Blom, Amsterdam to Batavia, Jan. 17, lat. 4 N., lon. 20 W., by the Pollux, Klein, arrived in the Texel. Grand Daquesne, 011ivier, Bordeaux to Batavia, lat. 1 S., lon. 20W. ' • Louisiana, Faurneau, Pondicherry to Havre, lat. 6 S., lon. 25 W., by the Vaco de Gain, arrived in the Texel. Maria et Andriana, Rotterdam to New York, January 30, lat. 37 N., lon. 42 W., by the Pictio Eduard, arrived in the Texel. Richard, of Liverpool, 22d ultimo, lat. 43, lon. 11; Release, of Dartmouth, 26th, lat. 49, lon. 6, by the Newton, arrived off Margate. Har mony, of Dartmouth, for Cadiz, lat. 49, lon. 6, by the Pearl. arrived in the Downs. Buenos Ayrian, Liverpool to Cal cutta, Jan. 18, lat. 2 N., lon. 24 W. ; a Dutch brig, Liverpool to Santa Cruz, sth ult., lat. 26, lon. 45, by the Delhi, arrived at Liverpool. Jamaica, from Liverpool, previous to Jan. 18, by the Buenos Ayrean, spoken as above. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Earl Grey, Mollison, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed 3d October . Mauritius, 28th November ; Cape of Good Hope, 31st December ; St. Helena," 14th January. Elephanta, Ross, from Manilla, off Cork, sailed 13th September; St. Helena, 2d January. Guardian, Vickerman, from Bengal, in the DOW iIS, sailed Ist October; St. Helena, 6th January. Delhi, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed 15th October; Dum fries, Thompson, from China, at Liverpool, sailed 12th No vember ; St. Helena, 19th January. Adam Lodge, Joy, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed 28th August; St. Helena, 30th December. Duchess of Kent, Atkinson, from Bengal, at Dublin, sailed 18th October; St. Helena, 3d January. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Whitby, Hewson, from Moulmein and Mauritius, and sailed Jan. 13 to London ; Tory, Rowe, from Madras and Mauritius, and sailed Jan. 12 to London ; Munster Lass, Carrew, Jan. 11, from London ; Thomas Hoult, Watson, 12th, from the Cape, and sailed 13th to London; Hopkinson, Stephens, from Manilla, and sailed 14th to Antwerp ; Surrey, Naylor, 13th, from Manilla and Batavia ; Coquette, Bruce, 13th, from London ; Blonde, from Bourbon, and sailed 14th to France; Velox, Adams, 14th, from the Cape Staat ; Schieslham, Urania, and Mars, from Batavia ; Agrippina, Rogers, from Mauritius ; Fortitude, Hutton, 15th, from Singapore ; Neptune, Campbell, from Calcutta and Cape. Arrivals in Table Bay.—Sir Robert Peel, Dec. 23, from Manilla ; Fortitude, 24th, from Singapore ; Neptune, from Calcutta; Barrys, 26th, from Breede River ; Mary, 27th, from Mauritius ; Royal Archer, from Liverpool ; Westbrook, frem Singapore ; Surrey, from Manilla, and sailed to London. Arrivals in Simon's Bay.—Her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, Dec, 21, from a cruise, with two slavers, detained off Zambize. Arrivals at Mauritius.—Lord Elphiustone, Nov. 23, from Madras ; Boadicea, 24th, from Calcutta ; Cove and Apolline, from Madras ; Bengal Merchant, and John Bull, from Calcutta. _ Departures from Mauritius.—Fairlie, Nov. 25, to China; Jane Gifford, Paul, to Madras; Coringa packet, 26th, to Calcutta. _ _ Arrival at Batavia.—Guiana, Nov. 7, from Sourabaya. COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp amburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine IGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa 25 95 Milan Venice....... Naples ........ Palermo, per oz ll7l Lisbon: 534 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars...f.3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars 0 4 114 Petersburgh, 3Us 36i Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 957 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz _ _ Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville — BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets +,f the Bank of England, from the 2d day of December, 1843, to the 24th day of February, 1844, both inclusive, publishid pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £20,414,000 I Securities .. ... ...£22,482,000 Deposits 13,924,000 l Bullion £37,475,000 Z3,,0 11, Dowaing-street 4 338 , Mar oo ch 1, 1844. DEATH OE DUNCAN GREGORY, We nie sorry to have to announce the death of Duncan Gregory, gsti. M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the youngeSt son of the late Dr. James Gregory (who so long kept up the fame of our University as a medical school), and inherit&l the mathematical talent of his ancestor, the inventor of the Gregorian telescope. He fell a victim to the absurd con ditions which Cambridge prescribes for the attainment of University honours, his nervous system having been impaired by severe study, inducing bodily disease, which proved fatal, and deprived science of a shining or nament. His amiable character will live long in the hearts of his friends and acquaintances. Happily, science has still a favourite in the family—his brother, Dr. Willi am _ Gregory, of King's College, Aberdeen, being acknowledged to be one of the first chemists in Europe, and, as an Organic chemist, not to be excelled.—Scotsman. We hear from Boulogne that the Pythoness, Madame T. Morel, the friend and pupil of the late Madlle. Lenormand, is astonishing all by the truth of her Oracles, and pre v i t o b us a that, o in h e s r pi r t e e tu o r f n h t e o r r hi agris h , c s h h a e r in es t , e intends to pay i a I vis 64l alo r f . a few weeks to London. ATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1844. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 1. The Earl of SHAFTEISBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack shortly before Five o'Clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills. LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION. Lord MONTEAGLE, seeing his Noble Friend in his place, wished to put a question to him on a subject in which the public at large, and more especially the Irish public, felt a deep interest. In putting this question, he begged to state that he entertained no distrust of his Noble Friend. He believed that his Noble Friend was most diligent in the discharge of the public duty with which he had been entrusted ; but the public were looking with the utmost anxiety towards the Landlord and Tenant Commission in Ireland, and he wished to ask his Noble Friend if he could inform the House when it would be likely that the public would be put in pos session of the results of their labours. The Earl of DEVON had no difficulty in an swering the question • and he was glad that an oppor tunity had been afforded him of stating why it was that he was present then at that moment, instead of being in Ireland. It so happened that he had made arrangements to go to Dublin for the purpose of collecting further evidence, and had intended being in Ireland at the present time ; but a few days since he had received a subpoena from the Court of Queen's Bench, commanding him to attend as a witness in a criminal case, at the next Devonshire assizes. He had endeavoured to get the evidence which he should have to give, made matter of admission, but the defendant appeared to consider it essential to the case that he (the Earl of Devon) should be examined, and he was afraid that he should be detained in England until the trial was over. His absence, however, would not interrupt the labours of the Commission. His colleagues wore empowered to proceed with the inquiry during his absence, and they had consented to do so; therefore, no delay would take place in con sequence of his detention in England. He was not sorry that he had the opportunity or stating that he was not idly or unnecessarily neglecting his public duty. It was generally supposed, although the supposition was incorrect, that the only busi ness of the Commission was to collect evidence. That was a most important part of the duty, no doubt ; but any person who took upon them selves the responsibility of offering suggestions as to any proposed change in the existing law, should make themselves acquainted with that law • and therefore a not unimportant part of the duties of the Commission was to digest the information on the subject of the rela tions between landlord and tenant, which was already accessible to the public. He could assure their Lord ships that the taking of evidence was not the only labour that devolved on the Commission ; and lie also begged to assure them that the labours of the Com mission would be prosecuted with as little delay as pos sible. above named Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson, with respect to the duties to be per formed by them in Ireland. Also, a return . of the amount paid to the above-named for expenses during their attendance at the trial of the Queen against O'Connell and others. Also, a return of all moneys paid to the late or present proprietor or proprietors, mana gers, conductors, or persons in the employ of the Morn ing Herald and Standard newspapers, or any of them, on account of communications or information made or given by the said parties, or any of them, to the Govern ment, in reference to the repeal agitation in Ireland; distinguishing the times at which the said communica tions or informations were furnished, and the period at which the several sums of money were paid. Also, the name or names of the shorthand writers appointed to furnish the Government report of the proceedings at the trial of the Queen against O'Connell and others." die said, in rising to call the attention of the House to the motion of which he had given notice, he did not wish to obstruct the motion of the Hon. Member for Rochdale, nor to delay the House from going into the Committee of Supply. He rose in the exercise of the undoubted right every Member of that House possessed, of calling on the Government, before voting any additional supplies, to explain the manner in which it had already applied any of those sums of money that had been placed at the disposal of the Government, for the purposes of the public service. More especially was it the duty of that House to look into these matters when there was good reason to believe that the sums already voted had been applied in a man ner not creditable or honourable. He believed that the object of the recent State prosecutions was, in the first place, to vindicate what was called the majesty of the law, and, in the next place, to obtain an increased respect for the institutions of the country by inspiring public confidence in the wisilom and justice of the law.(Hear, hear.) He had carefully attended to the debate which had taken place lately in that House, having reference to the State trials, and he had thoughtfully weighed the evidence given at them, and he must say he found it totally impossible, in the whole transactions, to find any portion of them creditable either to the judge who presided, to the jury who were impannelled, to the 'law officers who instituted the proceedings—to any, infleed; of the parties concerned, but especially to some of those persons mho were witnesses on the part of Crown. The branch of the subject to which, on the present occasion, he wished to call the attention of the House was, that relative to the conduct pursued by the Government towards the press, and those connected with or em ployed by it. An arbitrary Government had two ways of destroying the liberty of the press—either by per secution, or by corruption by straining the law against the press, or by corrupting the persons con nected with it. The present Government had pursued both these courses. They were not satisfied with cor rupting the members of the press, but they attacked and persecuted it in such a way as he was perfectly satisfied the law would not justify. That question, however, would be distinctly brought forward by an Hon. Mem ber at a future time ; and he would not, therefore, trouble the House with more than one observation in re ference to it upon the present occasion. He would just ob serve, that such a charge—the charge of conspiracy—so framed and so supported, as it had been recently in Ireland, never had been, and never dared be, attempted in Eng land. It was contrary to the law, and that had been distinctly ruled so on a trial in the year 1840 at Lan caster, not only by the Attorney-General, but by the presiding judge on the occasion, Baron Rolfe. They had seen in Dublin the strange sight of Mr. O'Connell being made responsible for articles published in Dublin newspapers which.he never saw, and of making the newspapers and the proprietors responsible for speeches which others uttered and they never heard. At that trial the Attorney-General and Baron Rolfe distinctly stated that the only party responsible ror the articles in a newspaper was the proprietor, and that even the editor was not to be held so, although he might be one of the parties charged with the conspiracy. But this was not the subject to which he wished to direct the attention of the House. He wished to call their atten tion to that portion of the subject relating to the reporters who had been employed by the Govern ment, and those connected with the public press, who had been corrupted by the Government, to aid their purposes in those trials.. He asserted that if the object of those prosecutions had been to create a great moral influence, all the transactions in connection with them ought to bear the light of the day, and there could be not the slightest objection to making them public. He thought the conduct of the Attorney-General for Ireland towards Mr. Bond Hughes was most extraordi nary, and he (Mr. Duncombe), in exercising his right as a Member of that House, in moving for these re turns, did not in the slightest degree intend to impugn that gentleman's conduct or character. It was quite clear, from the speech of the counsel for the traversers, that they acquitted him of any underhand proceeding. The party, therefore, who had most reason to complain of the conduct of the Government was Mr. Bond Hughes himself. With respect to the mistake that had been made in the name of Mr. Barrett, it was quite clear that the Attorney-General for Ireland was perfectly aware of it ; and it was also quite evident that the Crown solicitor and his clerk were also perfectly cog nisant of that mistake, and could have rectified it by the dash of a pen, and thus put an end to the persecution to which that gentleman was subjected. It was also quite clear that Mr. Bond Hughes when he attended on the Crown solicitor told him about the mistake with re spect to the name of Mr. Barrett. Mr. Kemmis, after Mr. Hughes had been indicted for swearing to the fact, still persisted in his endeavours to have it proved. He (Mr. Duncombe) thought this most discreditable to Mr. Kemmis. In the Pilot news paper of the 26th of January it was remarked that when Mr. Barrett went to lodge informations, he had no means of knowing whether Mr. Bond Hughes was wil fully wrong, because he could give no in formation or explanation on the subject.—(Hear.) It was also remarked that Mr. Kemmis, the Crown so licitor, stated before the magistrate that Mr. Hughes was not in the kingdom. He said he considered the present proceeding a most extraordinary one, for Mr. Hughes had remained several days in Dublin after he swore his information, and yet no attempt had been made to impeach his veracity. Tho magistrate, it seemed, refused the summons, because he thought that the granting of it would prejudice the prosecution, as Mr. Hughes was out of the country. Why, would the House—would the country believe that Mr. Hughes left Ireland by the desire of the Solicitor of the Crown? —(Hear, hear.) Me was told that unless he left Ire land his life would not be safe. Why should not his life be safe? Could they not have made his life safe imme diately, and have quieted all the denunciations directed against him by stating publicly that he had not com mitted wilful perjury ?—(Hear, hear.) He understood from the friends of Mr. Hughes that he was not at all aware that he was to be a party to informations, and that he would rather have cut off his right hand than consent to be a party to any.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Hughes was not a person who would descend to become ri common informer. The fact was, he was deceived by the Solicitor for the Crown, having been told that he was only swearing an affidavit, and verifying his notes, whilst it turned out that he was laying an information. —(Hear, hear.) Was such duplicity ever practised to wards any individual as was practised on this occasion towards Mr. Bond Hughes? When Mr. Hughes was sent over, he was desired on his arrival in Dublin to go to the Attorney-General. It appeared that the Attorney-General being out he went to Mr. Brewster, and from Mr. Brewster he received his instructions. It was for these instructions that he now asked, together with the sums of money that had been paid to Mr. Bond Hughes ; not that he believed that any sum of money could compen sate that gentleman for the anxiety of mind which he had suffered, and the injury which he had sustained during the period that he remained under a cloud.— (Hear, hear.) The Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, and all the parties connected with the Government, were perfectly aware that Mr. Bond Hughes had rectified the mistake which ho had inadvertently committed. He said, therefore, that Mr. Bond Hughes had great reason to complain. He (Mr. Duncombe) would like to know what sum Mr. Hughes received as compensation ; and whether he was as well paid as another individual, he meant Mr. Charles Ross. He (Mr. Duncombe) had now done with Mr. Bond Hughes, and he hoped that he had said nothing derogatory to that gentleman's character, as it had not been his intention to do so. He next came to the " Carlisle patriot."— (Laughter.) Mr. Charles Ross, it appeared, was em ployed by the Morning Chronicle newspaper as a repor ter, and in his evidence, when examined by Mr. Ser geant Warren, he said that he arrived in Dublin on the 3d of July. He said he came to take the notes of Mr. O'Connell's meeting at Donnybrook. He was asked, " Did you come of your own accord, or was it suggested to you ? I do not ask you who it was sug gested it to you." Mr. Ross—" It was suggested to me." He was then asked, for whom did you attend?" Mr. Ross—" I attended on the part of the Government." It therefore appeared that he had been sent over by the Government, they knowing that he was in the employ of the Morning Chronicle, a paper opposed in politics to the Government. In the course of cross-examination, this question was put to him," I believeyou said you were sent over to Ireland by the Government ?" Mr. Ross—" Yes, I was." " Now Government is a comprehensive word, have you any objection to tell what member of the Go vernment suggested this to you ?" Immediately upon this question being put, the counsel for the Crown jumped up, and said, " Don't answer that question !" as much as to say, "Don't tell the Irish peo ple—don't tell the English people, who it was that employed you." Mr. Charles Ross had before stated that he had been sent over and employed by a person high in office. Now he (Mr. Dunoombe) wanted to know, and he thought he had a right to ask, who - that high person was ?—(Hear, hear.) Could not 'the ::Government find other persons but those em ployed on newspapers—and employed by newspapers, too; not in the interest of the Government ? Could they not have found other persons than those for such a disreputable purpose as that for which Mr. ROsS . liad been engaged ? Of course the Government knewsp7-. fectly well that a person going over under false cOlours —going as the reporter to the Morning Chronicle 'would thereby be enabled to obtain information with facility. This they considered was an advantage. He understood that at one meeting, that which took plac e at Mullaghmast, this individual, Mr. Ross, was known to acquainted and connected with the liberal press, and was treated OR that account with the greatest kind ness by the traversers themselves.—(Hear, hear.) In deed, so little did they think that this gentleman was a spy; that Mr. Steele, one of the traversers, took him in his own carriage, 42 miles, to Dublin.—(Rear, hear.) By this means he got an insight into all their secrets.— (Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted to know who was the honourable and upright individual who employed that individual. He stated that he had re ceived 350/. for this and 501. for the Donnybrook meet ing. ; He-then came back to England, and his cornice tion with the Morning Chronicle having, ceased at the •iertilinatlini of the session of Parliament, he went again to Ireland for the Standard newspaper, and"then it was that he didthis dirty work for the government. Whose who employed this man to do this dirty work ought to be known, not only to the Government, but to the I people. The people ought to k n ow who ordered the spending of their money for su ch purposes.—(Hear, hear.) He could not believe that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government would condescend to such . meanness, nor could he think the Right Hon. Baronet. the Secretary of State for the JraiDe Department, had any hand in it—(Hear, hear)—becatige, on a former oc had s zsid that "the casion, the Right Hon. Gentleman Government had never employed spies ain& 1 5 . t . he 'Po lice, and that if any of them had been employed- e such c a character, it must have been under t he countenane o some local magistrates. Now he (Mr. D.) wanted to knocv if it was a Member of the other House of Parliament ; and this he would say, that, let it be whom it might, they had inflicted eternal disgrace upon themselves.—(Hear, hear.) So much for the Carlisle patriot, Mr. Ross. — (Laughter.) He was now an ornament to the Standard newspaper. He was now, he (Mr. Duncombe) be lieved, a reporter on that paper—(Hear, hear)—and as an agent of the Government, he (Mr. Duncombe) should like to know what he had received as a remuneration for the services he had rendered. Before he went to the case of Mr. Jackson, he would read to the House what was the opinion of the Irish press upon these transactions. There was an account of blr. Charles Ross in the Dub lin newspapers which he would read to the House. (The Hon. Gentleman then read a paragraph describing the manner in which Mr. C. Ross had acted in Ireland, from which it appeared that that person had represented him self in Dublin as the reporter, first of the Morning Chro nick, and subsequently of the Standard, while in re ality, he attended the meetings in Ireland in the capacity of agent to the Government, for the purpose of obtaining information to be afterwards rendered available for prosecuting individuals. The paragraph also stated that ROss had acted a most trea cherous part, 'and one unworthy of a man having the least pretensions to the character of a gentleman—that he had deceived those with whom his professional duties brought him in contact, having represented himself as acting in the honourable capacity of a newspaper reporter, while he was in reality a reporter for the Government — that-no sophistry could palliate such treacherous conduct, whichwas so different from the conduct of those rep orters who, when called as witnesses on a former occasion of a similar kind, had refused to attend. The paragrap h went on to state what was, in his (Mr. Duncombe's) opinion, the most correct, that if this principle of turn ing newspaper reporters into Crown witnesses were ge nerally adopted, the freedom of discussion would be at an end.)—(Hear, hear.) He came next to Mr. Jackson, of the Morning Herald, who it appeared was not a re gular reporter, but a correspondent of the Morning Herald, and who used to write some very interesting and entertaining reports for that paper, and which he used to render, to use his own terms, " rather spicy" for those readers who indulged in the Morning Herald. — (Laughter.) At the close of that person's examination he stated that the Morning Herald had then lately changed hands, and that it was a short time previous to the change of proprietors that he had been directed to put himself in communication with Mr. Kemmis, the Crown solicitor, and that he had heard Mr. O'Connell fre quently repudiate his being made, yespuiible for what appeared in the newspapers. Thee ..witness then said that he wished to say s'obiling, as comments might be made on his Cisndrict. The Lord Chief Justice then asked him what he wished to say. Mr. Jackson then protested solemnly that those documents were given to the Crown solicitor, Mr. Kemmis, by the proprietors of the Morning Herald, without his knowledge—(Hear, hear)—and that he never knew they were in the hands of the Crown solicitor till they were banded to him (Mr. Jackson) by that gentle '--man.—(Hear.) He said he thought it was due to his character to make this plain explanation of the truth. — (Hear, hear.) No person, said the Hon. Member, could cast the least blame upon Mr. Jackson after this state ment.—(Cheers.) It was evident that Mr. Jacksoa was ashamed of the conduct of the Crown, and that he was very anxious to cast the odium of the transaction from himself. Those docu ments were handed over by the proprietors for reasons best known to themselves. Ile knew it might be said that this took place before the transfer of the Morning Herald, which happened on the Ist - of January ; but there were reasons for handing over these documents before the money was paid, and before the Government assisted in advancing the money. — (Cheers.) The Government, no doubt, had very equit able claims to the documents which they found in the Morning Herald office before that establishment was transferred, and before it was incorporated with the. Standard. But it was clear Mr. Jackson was ashamed of the transaction, though it appeared the Morning Herald was not ashamedof handing over the documents.—(Hear.) He said that the Government ought to be ashamed of their conduct in availing themselves of those documents. He would read some of the opinions of the press on this subject. The opinions were strong, but not stronger than the conduct of the parties would justify. (The Hon. Gentleman then read a paragraph from one of the newspapers, which stated that the conduct of the Morning Herald in this transaction, was unparalleled in the public press. The charge against it was clear and unmistake able. The Herald received communications under the seal of confidence, and had bartered them to the Govern ment, for the purposes of carrying on a prosecution. Such conduct struck at the root of all confidence in the public journals. It made those who attended public meetings for the purpose of reporting, spies and in formers. They could but express their abhorrence of the perfidious conduct pursued in this transaction which ' the Herald and Crown might divide between them.) — (Cheers and laughter.) ,He (Mr. Duncombe) concurred in that opinion, and he thought that even if the Herald was base enough to hand over the documents to the Crown, the Crown ought not to have availed itself of them in a trial of such importance. The trial became tainted by such conduct—(Hear, hear)—and they had better have left the prosecution alone, than have con ducted it by such means, which reflected so little credit on the Government. The Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, informed the House the other night, with more candour than discretion, that the Right Hon. Gen tleman wrote a letter to the Attorney-General for Ire land, commending him for the judgment, the firmness, and good temper with which he conducted the prosecution. As they had thus passed a vote of thanks to the At torney-General for Ireland, he hoped that others con nected with the trials would not be excluded. He hoped the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench would receive a vote of thanks for the charge he had delivered.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hoped that Mr. Kemmis, too, the Crown Solicitor, would be thanked for his services in procuring the jury. —(Cheers.) No donbt the proprietors of the Morning Herald and Standard found a sufficient recompense in their own consciences, and were above any idea of remuneration ; but he must say they would not do justice to the Chief Justice and to Mr. Kemmis, if they only thanked the Attorney-General for the judgment and temper with which he had con ducted the prosecution. Now, he wanted to know if a verdict so obtained would gain any moral in fluence whatever—he doubted it very much ; it certainly had not produced that effect in England. The impression, from one esi+Of England to the other, was, that Mr. O'Connell had not had a fair trial. At the close of last session, the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Home Department told the House that, if it did not strengthen the hands of the Government, and maintain its authority in Ireland, England would present amelancholy spectacle to the eyes of surrounding nations. If there was then a shadow of foun dation for the Right Honourable Gentleman's assertion, the Government must now be in that state of alarm. If they looked at what had occurred during these debates, and to the general opi nion of the conduct of the Government, he must say he had never known a debate so damaging to a Government. —(Laughter, and Oh, oh ! from the Ministerial benches.) They must be on the eve of the fulfilment of the predic tion of the Right Honourable Baronet, if there was the slightest foundation for his assertion of last session. He (Mr. Duncombe) had no apprehension of that prediction being fulfilled. The only apprehension he had of their becoming a melancholy spectacle in the eyes of other nations Was a fear that Members of Parliament would not speak out on this question, and would not do their duty ; but if Hon. Members on both sides of the House would do their duty in this matter, there need be no alarm. He knew it was perfectly competent to ,her Majesty's Ministers to refuse the returns he moved for, and that without adducing one single argument in support of their conduct, just as they had refused the other night the motion of his Honourable and Gallant Friend near him (Capt. Layard, we believe). On that occasion they relied not on argument, but on their numerical ma jority.—(Hear, hear.) They might do so on that occa sion, they might refuse the information he sought for, and which Ireland had a right to have; but if they did so, the country would not be satisfied, and every impartial man would come to the conclusion, that these proceedings had been conducted, from first to last, in a way which reflected no honour on them, either as men, or as Ministers of the Crown.—(Cheers.) Mr. WALLACE was understood to second the motion. Sir - JAMES GRAHAM said, he should, indeed, en tertain a melancholy opinion of the future prospects, not only of Ireland, but of the whole country, if the ma jority in that House sympathised with the sentiments of the Honourable Gentleman who brought forward this motion.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches.) And he must add, that under ordinary circum stances, after the speech which had just been delivered, and especially after the invectives and accusations in which the Hon. Gentleman had indulged when speaking of the Government, he should. have considered it his duty to oppose entirely the returns asked for ; but, considering the whole circumstances of the case—the particular time at which the motion was made, and that there must be a voto of public money during the present session, in connection with these prosecutions—he could not bring iihimself to give to the motion a positive and absolute opposition. He would beg the House to re member in what light the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dun cumbe) presented himself to them that evening. If he (Sir. J. Graham) mistook not, the Hon. Gentleman was last night attending a meeting of his constituents in Finsbury, where, after a strong and a warm discussion, a motion was carried instructing him to obstruct the, progress of the supplies in that House. Mr. DUNCOMBE—There was no such motion made. Sir JAMES GRAHAM confessed he might be wrong; for after the great variety of subjects there introduced, and the great variety of opinions expressed upon them, it was somewhat difficult to say with certainty what had really passed.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman warned the Government that they were damaged by the late debate, that they were not so strong as they thought. themselves to be, and that a change bad recently taken place on his own - side of the House. He wished him joy of it, and of the new compact alliance which they had formed" But he would now proceed to touch upon some of those. topics to which the Hon. Gentleman had adverted in his speech. He would not then go into the discussion', of the conduct of the trial in Ireland ; he would not then re-open all those questions which for nine i-nights-klid occupied the attention of that HQU'S43.--(lleuir' bear.) His Hon. Friend the Member for Brit..lport w a s abou t ask him that evening when it was the intot ition 4 11 1 Majesty's Government to proceed with meastt res of g i t e h a q practical importance, on which the greatest an: iety in public mind prevailed, and which he admit ted ityt as necessary to proceed with without delay—he alluded to the Factories Bill and the Poor-law. Now he begged t° remind the House that since the protra.cte.i. d e b a te on the affairs of Ireland, they had had two days for suPPV; and on each of those occasions the HOll. Nenlit for Rochdale made a motion before g ig true Committee, for the avowed purpose of ,obs." ing the progress of the votes.—(Hear, hen r.) also, the Hon. Gentleman, adopting the same 1 ine , an pursuing the same course, not content with on'a thot evening made a second, re-opening nearly' all questions with reference to the conduct of the tri: ti which had already undergone protracted dis cussA s be Under these circumstances he must anticil ate t. a. question of the Honourable Member fu B ben port, by stating that it was impossible for Majesty's Government to fix any precise time, for Pr' - eeeding with the measures to which the qua stn re; ferred.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial I cl Now with reference to the motion of the Hon man, he at once avov,Ted that her Majesty's Goi i notiT s observing in the early part of last year the .langa,% which was used at largo...meetings assembled in I (vital"; rapid succession, did thii:k it their im p end ive to obtain clear, full, .auth4tic, and seetisfacted evidence as to the language eoployaat these i neetine, He said decidedly that he shoul d have betra y ed his (1171 to the public if he had omitted e ver y fair oppor tunitLm. obtaining authentic information. ,Now be saw El on. G tlemen on the other side opposed to him—he was of _ya bitterly opposed to himin party politics, but: be ir ; °'!"-, ask them whether, at all times , i t had not been th.e Prav4.t of the executive Government , w hen p o p ular e xciteineL w as running high, and immense public meetings "ei'Toei being assembled, to obtain authentic information means of shorthand - writers astothe language adehts to meetings of this description? — (H ear, hear, from r Lord John Russell.) The simple question was whe.the means employed for obtaining informat ion were I:loi:to legitimate. Now, the Hon. Gen tleman had though te`,,, 17 use, he would not say offensive , b ut certainl y very stt; language with reference to the course which ha a 0 pursued in the case under consideration. He ( s ir r Tames Graham) did not sh rink from avowing t 7 tist.*;; the means which had b een ado p ted to obt`r, information in this case had been adopt( 4 el ; f 1 him, and on his personal responsibility. — (9 l l.4o from the Ministerial benche s, and " Hear, hear, both sides of the House.) He did not wish to 'rot, this responsibility with any of his colleagues—fl ie .nd hear) ha was the person who was responsible. 0 .7) from that responsibility he would not shrink,--(A'b e s The course he adopted with respect to Mr. Bond HU was, to apply to Mr. Gurney, the gentleman at the h .un of the reporting establishment for the Government, 41:1 ask him to get an intel li g ent p erson and a good s hand writer, and direct h im to p rocure this persceo% services, at the usual rate of remunera tion given to go t "- tlemen so employed. Mr. Gurne y , in accordance °Ad; those directions, procured .Mr. Bond Hughes , an shod gentleman was sent over to Ireland, to take swie hand notes of.the speeches made at those nioe lJ ,ll He (Sir J. Graham) was perfectly willing to producvde r e turn of all the moneys expended under this head- ,•;. should most freely give returns of all the move r ! or pended under the item of Mr. Gurney's shorthand blishment, and in those documents it would be foul that Mr. Bond Hughes did not receive any higher re o f neration for his services on those trials than . : 0 other Government shorthand writer ; and he ,r urf convinced that the Honourable Member for Fins_ n u would find that this remuneration had not been estri ti vi gant. The Hon. Member. had referred to wh a r t ra tes occurred concerning the mistake about Mr. 1 36 n ot name ; but with this e.z.-ception, there wadbeet one portion of Mr. Hughes's evidence which shaken, even by the strictest cross-examination-los, should say, with respect to Mr. Charles lo st that the first occasion upon which the Govt.' lll I r e thought fit to send a shorthan d writer to be land was in the month of June, an asni avowed that he had known Mr. Ross for 3 00 §$ years, and felt confident that he was a ;op accurate reporter and a trustworthy and honourabls 000 He (Sir J. Graham) knowing him to be such, on We t t bs responsibility, sent for Mr. Ross, and told him til_ a .A Government wished a shorthand writer to proc,7o4 l s Ireland for the purpose of attending a meeting_,os to be held at Donnybrook. His direc tion to Dar,;tirais was, " You will proceed there — you will t ake an ae; oath note of what is said, and be prepared to verify tiP P „,t ent that which you hear." The pecuniary arran:ool was that Mr. Ross was to receive 50 /. for his treSoo expenses. Mr. Ross did proceed to Ireland—he tt ' e bs ti/ the meeting at Donnybrook, and he too k a ver.oo report of it. Subsequently at the end of the sesslofef, Parliament, before Mr. Bond Hughes was sellt,„,,bicb another arrangement was made with Mr. Boss".; al se l was that he should again proceed to Ireland , and I 0 0 there during the recess—the whole of the recess fr?..„01, Ist or 2d of August, until the first week i n Febi-oar for the sum of 3501. It would appear, when IStrr• ney's account was presented to the House , that the ty of payment to Mr. Ross was considera bl y leas th en rate of payment to Mr. Bond Hughes , a nd the pl e se: employed in Mr. Gurney's establishment. Nco, r cusation was, that Mr. Ross was sent o ver (Sir James Graham) as a spy. He most soleniniee. positively denied that accusation. His slir ec e ii to Mr. Ross were, to go to Ireland and avow hime 01) the reporter for the Government. He (Sir J. : knew that at that time Mr. Ross was connected as' 00 porter with one of the morning papers—he believe oil Morning Chronicle. He was also aware that at t_ _,he s pd of the session of Parliament Mr. Ross went to lre' for the Standard. But his directions to that man were, " You will proceed to Ireland reporter for the Government." He did not sanctie' 4 r (( concealment whatever. He did not sanction it eidlelf: rectly or indirectly. But the Hon. Gentlen3a_ n e s' t t, Duncombe) said that after all it was well-kV:0"-Oct' Mr. Ross was employed by the Government - ii ,b9 Duncombe made some observation across the tabl e jpo' we did not hear.) He certainly understood th% f t Gentleman to say that Mr. Ross had conc ealed th,. , `of his being the Government reporter , and that h",...40$ travelled with Mr. Steele forty - two miles while 11 Government reporter. Now this he (Sir J. GrahO Y solutely and positively denied. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—It was his own evidence.," Sir J. GRAHAM had not the least objection, norpiii these circumstances, to produce the a ccount monies paid to Mr. Ross, and of all troneyser. to Mr. Bond Hughes, and of the for tions given to them. Those i n struction s . 4 Or certainly verbal, for which he (Sir J. Graham) Sec v i ligoP tle sponsible. Now, with regard to the case of Mr- oni -That was the third case mentioned by the /lon. --a man. With With Mr. Jackson he (Sir J. Graham) 1 , 1 : 1 * 0 5 .; no communication. Mr. Jackson was a repol;sl4,e! netted with the Morning Herald, and was 01 9 ', -in Dublin. The Crown solicitor was bound 0 evidence to corroborate the testimony of tw af rv e Hughes and Mr. Ross, and ascertained Jackson had taken notes of some of the tneeting'S' therefore communicated with Mr. Jacksolliii,llll with the conductors of the Morning• • D ior in whose service Mr. Jackson was ellir i fierhe A return should be made of all the law en:tenses:or red in the late prosecutions, in which would to ) . 1 0 1 ;; amount of all the moneys that had been PI „oil a. Jackson. He must again declare that no cotenleo 05 t whatever had taken place between the Goyerlini Mr. Jackson further than lie had stated. Mr. DUNCOMBE—Or the Morning Herald: goe, Sir JAMES GRAHAM observed that ti le gee' must determine whether, in a case o f this 1 . 0 0'",( tion, it was not the bounden duty of the O t teiblm e t to bring as much corroborative evidence as P';',jattrije the persons employed by the Government, provl bip Ar e testimony was obtained openly and honour s t on had no hesitation in avowing that a communics been` made by the Government to the Morning topt rie and Standard newspapers, requesting the prop rota t. those papers to allow their reporters to corrobo 00014 testimony of the persons employed by the °leretco He (Sir J. Graham) had told the House the 01019 which, on the part of the Government, he w .ss , av iiiioll o o assent o the production of. He was - truo w ie produce t a return of all moneys paid, and all W e ? 1 .• given on the part of the Government, with the late prosecutions ; and he would add, t" - 0 0 now, or on', some future occasion, he would Jul table a return of the rate of pay to the ree l , frel s t P ployed on Mr. Gurney's establishment, both i t O A , and Wales, on similar occasions, from whit a ds oo r ot s be seen that the payments that had been i llta tbstO iho t late occasion were not greater in proport ioll e -to ne, previous ones.—(Hear, hear.) He now CS° f ibic i : d ro portion of the Hon. Gentleman's motion Clot r...nercil must decidedly object. He objected to that con of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, because It v,i t s tained insinuations that to the Morning insinuations that could not be misunderstoo% 0,04 lierao:d take Standard newspapers sums of money ha d paid, and that some corrupt practices m st , o % c , place.—(Hear.) He (Sir J. Graham) in the 0 0 manner as a gentleman denied the truth of s ll sa her o n s tions, and he contended that the Hon. Gentle:a .nionar, right in the shape of a return to make such „..01.es —insinuations that con veyed i n delible solo V s , n g hear.) The gentleman connected with the PI, possessed fine and honourable feelings-4 11 1, 'to I re . ' and more incapable of doing t h a t dirty wor 5 o ite lot the Hon. Gentleman had adverted. Il e wit o f the to solved, therefore, to resist the production as g io d g e t, return—he was aware that in doing s o he W vrOtil the Hon. Gentleman an advantage which he of then' be slow to avail himself of, viz., the repeatng_bujog_ap sinuation with double effect that there W as soni e rliooPlj, cealed. But he again repeated,in themost sol 0 : 8 1 g ronk that for that insinuation, there was not thel„. Vet of With respect to the last return which the the nanie'oe man had moved for—namely, a return of repo.4,oce the persons now employed by Mr. Gurno9,,:oper l f i ef proceedings in the Corn Exchange, after 11,,, ti a Pisir in the streets of Dublin as a spy which they had had of the posting of Mr. I'v e , be to 41:9/.aham) was not prepared to hold uP th oet til l /e, Vfptiblic execration, as he would do an d inforin oso p ers ta by c° o s ° , 1 ,0 give that .return.—(Hear, hear.) Before he it was ti o he would just observe, that in those tiniesblie easy task to insure the administration of 1 30 „, e r in against-great offenders, without incurring su, A c ji, of public obloquy. It was his painful dutYrttofacv.pg d 5 • te o curring that obloquy. But it was a Wu ~;1116 ,that upon the, whole he had succeeded--auw;oveYer only the law, and asking for no extraorclinarlwie in putting down a dangerous conspiracy (. 00 . to a s stood the Right Hon. Gentleman), and tice great public offenders. In doing , 5 ° 00 0re.',4:01 acted conscientiously, faithfully, and nu e d " t i E e 'dete r ' . and he was not going to be t ho pt; s ed continuing in that course. He would o f 10 of the account the Hon. Gentleman had gii: e tt ' d ,.. o t jtO conduct to-niglit. One time lie attacked 014'0 6 in political trials—another time lie tutus bring.l ;4, OTAHEITE. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between the English missionaries in. the South Sea Islands and the Government, relating to the affairs of Otaheite. lie understood there would be no objection to the produc tion of that correspondence. The Earl of ABERDEEN had no objection to pro duce the correspondence. Last year a Noble Marquis, who was not now in his place, had put a question to him (the Earl of Aberdeen) connected with the subject, and he had assured the Noble Marquis that he need be under no anxiety as to the manner in which the missionaries would be treated, for the French Go vernment had assured him that they should en joy every protection, and had guaranteed to them the free exercise of their functions. Papers, which had been laid on the table of the House, showed that such had been the case, and he had great satisfaction in stating that he had not received any complaints from the mis sionaries in those islands on the subject. It was only two days since that he had received a deputation from the London Missionary Society, which had assured him that there was no cause of complaint on that ground against the French Government.—(Hear.) The French authorities had treated them entirely in the manner promised by the Convention. With respect to the recent proceedings of the French Admiral at Otaheite, he had only to say that the acts of that officer were disowned by the French Government.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it right to state that this had been entirely done by the spontaneous and voluntary act of the French.—(Hear.) He (Lord Aberdeen) had not written to her Majesty's representative in Paris, and not one word of remonstrance had been offered by the Ambassador himself. For he (Lord Aberdeen) was from the first convinced, that when the thing was known, the feeling on the part of the French Government of what was due to their own honour and to justice, would lead to that result—(l - ear, hear.) He made this statement as explicitly as possible ; but he was quite prepared to see that the Ministers of the King of the French would be assailed by the war party with accu sations of having succumbed to Britain. The war party would not fail to avail themselves of the opportunity — (Hear, hear)—and in the same manner he thought that whatever had been done by himself, and whatever had not been done, would be set down by the partisans in this country of the French war party as a base and cow ardly submission to France.—(Hear, hear.) But the war party was as little to be regarded in France, as for tunately it was in this country.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM expressed his satisfaction at the statement of his Noble Friend. Every one who knew his Noble Friend would—and ho believed all men of all parties would—be as mucn satisfied with that statement, as if each individual knew the facts of his own proper and personal knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of the full and peremptory manner in which his Noble Friend had made the statement would be a complete answer to the war party on the other side of the Chan nel. He would not say more on this subject, because he was astonished and pleased to find that the existence of that party was altogether disavowed ; and his Noble Friend and himself were accused of creating that party out of their own imaginations—(Hear, hear, and a laugh) —for they cried " Name name," whenever allusion was made to them. They said that he and his Noble Friend laboured under a delusion that any war party existed in France for the last three years. They said now it was only a creation of the imagination, and he hoped it would not prove a reality before the end of the present session.—The returns were then ordered. COLAws. The Earl of YARBOROUGH presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire, against any change in the corn-laws. PROTESTANT AND _NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND), The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that on Monday next he would present a petition, which, al though local in its character, related to a subject of ge neral interest. The petition complained of the conduct of the Board of Charitable Bequests in Ireland. In re fusing to pay certain legacies for educational purposes to the petitioners, who were clergymen of the Established Church. The refusal was grounded on the adoption of the national system of education by the petitioners. — (Hear.) He thought it his duty to call the attention of the House to this case of great hardship, and he would then leave the matter in the hands of the Government. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice, that on Monday next he would call the attention of the House to the progress of the new Houses of Parliament. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 1. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Five o'Clock. RAILWAYS. Sir. G. HEATH COTE moved the second reading of the Salisbury Branch Railway Bill. Mr. B. WALL said that he was opposed to this Bill altogether, and he was disposed to enter his oppo sition in the present stage. He certainly would oppose the third reading, unless very material alterations were made in the Committee. After a few words in explanation, from Sir G. HEATHCOTE, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The York and Scarborough Railway Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Committee. SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. vv METROPOLITAN CIRCULAR RAILWAY. Mr. STANDISH presented a petition from Harrow, in favour of a project for the formation of a railway on the atmospheric principle, to be carried round the metropolis. Mr. ESTCOURT said that he thought it his duty, as Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee, to oppose the reception of this petition. The petitioners had not complied with the Standing Orders, and they were not entitled to have their application entertained. The persons who first took this project of the circular railway in hand applied for powers to construct a rail way in the ordinary manner, and upon established prin ciples. Subsequently they proposed that it should be constructed upon what was called the "atmospheric principle." He was unwilling to encourage such irregu larity; and, besides, the plans of the projectors were not matured, and the project appeared to bealtogether impracticable. Mr. STANDISH said that the petition was placed in his hands as he was coming into the House, and he was, consequently, not prepared to give any explanation on. the subject. • After a desultory conversation, the petition was or ; dered to lie upon the table, not being referred' to the Railway Committee. CORN-LAWS. Lord OSSULSTON presented two petitions from the county of Northumberland, one signed by 359 persons, praying for protection to agriculture, and trusting that the House would discountenance the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. GAME-LAWS. Mr. WALLACE moved that the petition from the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, and Lanark, on the subject of game -laws, be printed with the Votes. —Agreed to. RAILWAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE brought up the Report of the Select Committee on Railways. He moved that the Report be printed with the Votes, and he trusted it would be in the hands of Hon. Members to-morrow.— Agreed to. THE PRESS.—THE STATE TRIALS. On the motion of Mr. S. HERBERT, that the Order of the Day for going into Committee of Supply be read, the respective .rackson, on account of any communications Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to " move for a return of all and Johnmoneys paid to F re d er i c k Bond Hughes , Cha r le s Ross , made by the m t o G overnme nt relative to the repeal agitation in Ir e l an d, di st i ngu i s hing the amounts paid to each also, the dat es o f th e several payments , specify ingp of f t y eratiowshtricuhositor given to together with copies