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......°''''... :WS w hlch ) f the a 1 . 1; arcb ' ° se bis 2 " j;0* -f a 3los been ) ersons ' e t b I Up p aw e o foe , M. La ; ,i f ; way Tin earrY e ; iecide ndshiP ) us a t , 3 30, ?n ts of I_ lo if theY Will ba cro .1,0 d fallen P. a nie—ea 4v otilt ition to roix~Nor° o f )ou r sou )f the LI; 5 back, be t l': l o of Cabss. nishreelPi; licable t , ° c otr solitar, , a fire 1 1: mg, De llr f itt ptitude w ith b'• s L and W oboo t chW o ases, i' coor I mo n 5009" —j et hat, I V ,rated bee r) )er hav e ur in' v of se c as k i n ts to II ... t it Wee to •ate 7 the orw 4 THE IRISH S TATE TRIALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF' THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.Yesterday the Lord Chancellor, after a rather prolonged consultation with Sir James Graham, com municated to the judges who had assembled, we-believe, to arrange the Circuits, that it would be necessary to postpone them, as -their Lordships' assistance would be required in the hearing of the writ of error, in the case of the Queen against O'Connell and others. The argument will be heard with the least possible delnv. It will be seen from our report of the proceedings in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, that, in re fusing the application of Mr. Moore;:that the sentence should not be carried . into effect until after the writ of error was heard, the judges intimated their regret that they had no poWer to comply with their application. They all expressed their sense of the very great hardship to which the traversers Would be subjected, should they be found to have a good case in the writ of error, and yet have undergone a portion of the punishment. Mr. Justice Burton, in delivering his opinion, said, "He felt a considerable degree of anxiety about the me. He concurred in opinion with the Learned Chief- Justice, that the motion could not be granted ; but he thought something might be done with equal justice to all parties. It would be , a source of great uneasiness to his mind if the Court sentenced parties to imprisonment—that the punishment was inflicted—and that afterwards it would be found that such sentence was illegal and improper." Although the account brought by our express stated that Mr. O'Connell was in the custody of the Sheriff, yet we can not believe that the Crown will insist upon their right to send him to gaol peneiing awritof error. This would be the climax of their revengeful injustice. HERALD. , --The curtain has at length dropped upon the long and tedious drama of the Irish State Trials. On Thurs day the conspirators, hunted through all their shifts and doublings, received the judgment of the Court : Mr. O'Connell to be imprisoned for twelve months, to pay a fine of 2,0001., and to give security in 10,000/. to keep the peace for seven years ; the six remaining traversers to be each imprisoned . for nine months, each to pay a fine of 501. and to give security in 2,0001: to keep the peace. The delivering of the judgment caused some shouting, in which a few Roman Ca tholic members of the junior bar disgracefully distinguished themselves ; but the scene has been, we are assured, prodi- . . giously exaggerated, in order to produce an effect in this country. The majority of the reporters in Dublin are, in fact, Repealers, by whatever journals they may be em ployed;. because, without a supposed bias to the party of the seditious, they could hardly have access to .the Association meetings, the great scene of their labours. As part of the contrivance to cheat and alarm the Parliament with a false notion • of his . power, O'Connell was penning a long pacific address to the Irish people at the very mo ment when the Romanist barristers were rehearsing the scene which the Repealer reporters were to mag nify, in order to if not the reality, the semblance excite, at least of that disaffection from which the old in- cendiary was pretending to dissuade. To pass by all these paltry frauds, however, let us congratulate our fellow-sub jects that the law has been at length honourably vindicated —that the insolent defiers of the authority of the law have been exposed in their weakness and their falsehood—and that, for the first time in her history, Ireland has seen the "Royal authority asserted by the ordinary constitutional means. As to the penalties imposed upon the convicted con spirators, they are, in all the instances, light compared with the practice in similar cases, but with respect to Mr. O'Con nell ridiculously light, in respect to his crimes ; nevertheless, the judgments are, in our estimate, heavy enough ; so dis proportionately heavy as to six of the parties, compared with the great offender,. that one could almost wish those six more lightly punised, if only to mark the difference between them and their chief. Surely, if the misled son, the enthusiast Mr. Duffy, poor Mr. Steele, or tile other three, deserve each nine months of imprisonment, nine years were too little for the veteran incendiary who deceived them, and millions beside them, with his pre tended knowledge of law, and his unceasing falsehood spoken and written. It is very true that many considerations justify a shorter imprisonment of Mr. , O'Connell than his crimes would seem to warrant. The man is old—a year more or, less, which to a young man seems little, is to an old man an important section of his life.. Again, he is ruined as a public man. Could he be let loose to-morrow without creating a suspicion that he owed his freedom to the fears of the Go vernment, he might be let loose under proper recognisances without the least danger of mischief. In the- third place, even lie has reason to complain, if not of the cheat of the Whigs who petted and feted him while pursuing the course that has consigned him to a dungeon, at least of the cheats of Fortune, who has deprived him of the protection of his Whig accomplices and servants. Looking to the whole matter, we own that we should not wish a day added to his imprisonment, or a shilling to his fine—and with respect to the others, we certainly shall not grieve if the Crown find a pretext for a 1 ttle relaxing their sentence. But in the hands of the Irish . Attorney-General, a man as gentle in his nature as lie is energetical and firm, they are perfectly safe. POST.—This sentence we believe no man, who is not pre judiced by party feelings, will consider excessive. With respect to the prisoners themselves it cannot be denied that their punishment is a fit retribution for the course they have so pertinaciously pursued. The effect of the sentence upon the public mind is, however, the most important view to be taken of it. It must convince the misguided pi ople of Ire land that there is a power in the law stronger than that which Mr. O'Connell has arrogated to himself during a long series of years. It must show to the imitators and parasites of the agitator that the passions of the ignorant are not to be inflamed, the Constitution threatened, nor the public peace endangered with impunity. It must give assurance to the loyal and well -disposed that the Government of the country, though long suffering to an extent that furnished good ground for apprehension. has not forgotten that it has its duties as well as its rights. Before the Court had pronounced its sentence we abstained from saying a word that could excite any preju dice against the prisoners. Now, however, when their fate is known, we may venture to call attention—as proof of the animus of the principal conspirator—to his conduct after the sentence was passed. This old man's reverence for the law was exhibited in his deliberate assertion to the judges that justice had not been done to him. Assuredly, if ever a man had all the advantages which the forms of law can.give, that man is Mr, O'Connell ; he was found guilty, after a trial of unusual length, by a jury remarkable for its patient attention to the evidence ; he was assisted by the highest legal talent; every technical objection urged on his, behalf was discussed without let or hindrance ; and he now receives a sentence far more lenient than it was in the power of the Court to inflict. Yet he complains of injustice. If he could still mix in society here, he would find the universal opinion to be, that he has been too indulgently treated: ADVERTISER , --The drama which has been so long per forming in Dublin has at length reached its close. The end is appalling. Mr O'Connell was sentenced on Thursday afternoon to twelve in mtlis' imprisonment, a fine of 2,0001., arid to find sureties to the extent of 10,000/. to keep the peace for seven years ! The scene which took place in the Court of gucere4 Bench immediately before and subsequent. to the passing of the frightfully severe sentence on Mr. O'Connell has never, we believe, had its parallel in any court of law. In anticipation of 'the sentence which was in reserve for Mr. O'Connell, the whole of the counsel in a crowded Court rose and received Min with a loud burst of applause the moment he presented himself. So unexpected and remarkable a demonstration of the feelings of the bar, is said to have made, :is it could not fail to make, a deep impression on Mr. O'Con nell. When sentence was pronounced, lie leaned over the bar, and said, hi . a- most significant and impressive tone :—" I think it right to remind the Court, that in consequence of some of the remarks which have been made, I and all the other traversers have - made solemn affidavits, in which we deny that we entered into any vile conspiracy ; and 'with great deference to the. Court, I am under the painful conviction that justice has not been done to us." All present seemed to respond to the truth of the observation, that justice had not been done to Mr. O'Connell. That feeling 13 not limited to the Courts of Dublin; it is not confined to Ireland. It pervades the entire country from one extremity to the other. Twelve months' imprisonment looks, we hesitate not to say, very like the result of vindictiveness somewhere. A year's incarcera ti'm to a man of Mr. O'Connell's full habit of body, and at his advanced age, is equal to three times the term in the case of persons of hardy constitution ; who have not passed the prime of life. But apart from the personal view of the question as affecting Mr. O'Connell, the country will be astounded at the amount of sureties required for his after wards keeping the peace, 'and at the period for which he is to be bound over to keep the peace. We have no right, and certainly we have no-disposition, to arraign the purity with which justice is administered hi the Courts of Dublin, or anywhere else ; but it were useless to disguise the fact, that the universal impression in London is—and that impres sion will be universal throughout the kingdom—that a political purpose is sought to be served by the pecuniary part of the sentence. The enormous sum of 10,0001., as a secu rity that Mr. O'Connell will keep the peace And for the period of seven years, too ! We question if any civilised country, in modern times, could furnish an instance of 'an equally severe sentence being pawed on a political offender. People will say--'-whether rightly or not is not for us to de elgle—that the object, sought to be accomplished by exacting Opp heavy sureties, afid binding him over to keep the peace for so protracted a period, is not only to crush th e re p ea l agi tation, but to shut Mr. O'Connell's mouth for ever. But we are afraid to trust ourselves in the expression of all that we feel on this affair. The whole matter. must be fully discussed in Parliament, where a latitude of expre ssion is allowed . which we journalists dare 'not: employ. IVe. shall be greatly in error if Sir K. Peel do not, erelong, discover that this ter , . Ininat , i4 , of the State prosecutions is the most untoward Affair that 114 s yet happened to his Ministry. It will net surprise ,us much shoo, the ovent proye, that in instituting --^ nrosecutions, lie constructed 4 wall 4040 W 111011: to --- , meat in pieces. In the meantime, if the ' l --s ',reserved, when the appalling Ben ' - "et- country, the Premier • e--:t. tne., , dash his Gov, public peace in Irelanu tence becomes generally known in will have Mr. O'Connell, not himself, to thank TIMES—At last sentence is pronounced on Mr. O'Connell and his friends, and in substance it is not probably very much beside what the world expected. If there is any fault to be found with the judgment, it is with the expediency of a fine. It is ap4ohment, not of the arch-criminal, but of '8 2. 6 rif - g tT LO N D N, SAT IT it DAV' E T.fir' N I r -I,_. ` JUNE *I;!'1844. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. 'rem the rotes and Proceedings of the Howe of Communs.? FRIDAY, MAY 31. _ _ E CCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" A mendment pr o p ose d , to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words ,6 it be en I nstruction to the Committee on the Bill, that they have power to make provision therein fdr the abolition of all Eccle irt,tetical Co ur t s, and for the transfer of the jurisdiction of those Courts to Civil Tribunals," instead thereof :—Question put, N ` `That the w or d s proposed to be left out wand part of the ucstiun:" The House divided : Ainsworth. p"_ B olton 115.' Allard Bolton Hogg, James Weir—Beverley a V s. isc ountL—Bedfordshire Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Edmund —Surrey ,4ii!,.i. W.Falkirk, &c. Hope, G. W.—Southampton Hussey, Ambrose - Saliisbury t_'rlogton, Lord—Berkshire Inge.tre, Viscount—Staffordshire t a hlone Irving, John—Antrim Co. _ c.. : 7 0+d el e f !' at ° I. d n ' e Ca W D I n ....Tw A ~,, t_ %Ick 'lingford Jervis, J..— Chester t o rrit r° , Henry G.....Chipt enham Kemble, H.—t ast Surrey P , P.—Evesham ' Knatchbull, Si E. —East Kent ; 1 1 held, llcriali —Ludlow Knight, H. G.--Nottingha 0' . , 1, -•s, Ada) ir; I —Lounce ton Lascelles, Hon. W.—Waketick lir":Yin,"' ~.J °l,ll—C oleraineJtoroUgh Le no.i, Sir C .— Cornwall 1113orulleeieuLnIr1 W. —Essex South Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Alarlborough Lincoln, Earl of—NorthainiAt I, Iloilo ) 3 '..§ 1 F . .1.1. Wint stnre, South Card„, '''''...C.—Shoreham Li pes, Sir R.—Westbury Ch rt - „ e ,''..f . Award—Clitheroe Lowther, Colonel—Westmoreland etic ' .i; — " ,r.-- Ea , stGloucestershire Lyall, G. biaoll ea Low cl rk 4, —Reading Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. 11. t , . Cli ve i T . r t '• — Stamford woi tester:lY re West. ctive. iscount—Salop, North Mackenzie, W. F...:-Peeblessbire Co •ki,„ 11 • H. South Snropshire M ckinoen, W. A —lymingten Ci ri ' r , Sir Gcirge—Ripon Al•Niell. D.—Argyleshire t .Bton, (...:. wEast G.ouces. M:on is, Lord J.—Ne.wai, Curry, Alasterman, 3.—London Crio, Y ,: 11 0,• 11 . L.—Tyrone Co. Aleynell, C; ptain H —Lisburne I i ii‘, 7 ill Cirencester M:ldmay, St. John—Southampton 1)444: [tear Cirencester Sussex Morgan, o.—Mouinouths re lie.•.'-'• A. • Carmarthenshire Mundy, E. M.—South Derbyshir Die ii -n) E 8 .—West Yorkshire Neeld, Joseph—Chtp! , enhant D'i s , ls , ( 1' 1 . F. ri......somerstt W. Nichol', Right Hon. Sir John licddae''. D . — Shrewsbury Norreys, Lo , d—Oxfordshire 1 G.--Alaidstone Northland,Viscount—Dungannon bo b i g g 4 4 ,, , Q s i,r H.—LiverpoSl O'Brien,A,—N.Northamptonshire ' 4 4;f ' i ..,..' 'ir f 2. E.— NV:At-wick Osw.ild, Al.m. —Ay:shire scot' —r d—East Cornwall - P Amer, Robert—Berkshire . 4.... , B.— Winchester Patten, J. Wilson—Lanea,iire r it ` 2 7 , urt, T. G. B.—. Oxford Univ Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir It.—"l t ainwoodr.tio i fter 3 ' ''• Henry —Lewes Pel,Jonathan—Hont 11., lorh e , .;', J.—Ther ford Po e llington, Lord—Pontefract l'or m ,', 3 "4—Stirlin gs hi re Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshirc Gard a f• S.—Bridgewater Rein, Sir John Rae—Dover (ILA -- • -r i J . D. 'lepton, G. W.—St. Aluan't Trent W. W. E.—Newark-on Round, P R u s h t, r o j o k l e l ' — C ol i n a l 1 1 ' e l l " Svfidlr %tisk, 0 0d50... tie, Captain —Ipswich Muse'', J.—N. Staffordshire 0rd07,, p l .— Kidderminster . :choielield .1 —ltirminghant C 'ore 31 "'). W.—Aberdeenshire Shirley, F..J.—Warwickshire Go re ' NN • r — flarristaple S,bthorp, Colonel—Lin( oh) tkol:, ) , • R. .0. —Sligo Co. Somerset, Lord G.—Minsnouthsli • br ill Right Hon. H.—Cam-Spry, Sir S.T. - Bodoni) 1 . Grah,g, e university . Stanley, Lore—North Lancashire 11at‘emtiii,,:tilitt.i.g_h‘tvliicir Sir J. R. G Stewart, John—Lymington C - 1 . Ore heaer * Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge Tennent, J. E.--Belfast [ 'teen e T . gam . . • Cr.—Lancashire Thesiger, F.—Abingdon 11 nh , °n, Lord C.—Tyrone Thompson, Ald. 7 -Sunderland I l e etirk J • W.—Oxfordsl i , ••• Wood, Colonel I.—Mid .h . •se , r . it -L r, Lord —East Suffolk Wortley, J. A. S. - Buteshire ~erbe t, tiod, c, Hon. S.—South Wilts TELLE Rd. itodp,.F. —Barnstaple Young, John—Cavan Co. ' —° ...B.d.—Berwick.on 'lwee , Baring, H. B.—Mariborough ta tar Lie 4 y, D.....sund A er l i l a r RIT Y—N 0 ES, 70. Leveson, Lord —Lichfield ,tarn n a e r 4 F . L ,T.— Portsmouth Macaulay, T. II - Edinburgh • '„atro n '-.. G.—Greenwich Mangles, IL D.—Guildtbrd E.tr nai : i 'Zir H W.—W a terford Martin, John—Tewkesbu y touv,, i ,- 4 , l l?h—Weyinouth Mitchell, T. A.--Bridport rx es j ' . 4 „.—ltentrew .sic Oro, W —Newcastpon.Tyne 'Avri i ' • — outh Durham Paget, Fred,rlck—Beautnaris Iltir,l,,ig, Dr. —Bolton Palinerston, Viscount—Tiverton kiltlt, /oh n—Durham Porker, Joon—Shettield !!towr t6 ,'', J.—Sal ford Mattison, James—London o' u ller i-• W. D.—Kerry Pechell, Captain—Brighton . . ...n a y r , 4 n Ch arles—Liskeard Philip G. R.—Poo e Fhrish o s 'e,orge— Middlesex Phillpotts, John—Gloucester 'lay 8 ,- "Vni. D.—Weyrnouth Plumridge , Captain—Pe..ii. and Cli,', 1,.,': W m.—Tower Hamlets Falmout ( :,., 0 14, - u,ward I.: Hereford Ross, David Robert I Belfast • ,oliiii, i l l--Stoe .— kport Rous, Captain—W(.,tminster beti • '"''lM—Atl l Russell, Lord John—London 1) 4 ni,t o4o. j Athlone w St anstield, W. R. C.— Huddersfield I:l4,ean, Viscou.—nt 1311 Stetvart, P. M.— Renfre rsh ire: P .as n tis .a :'. G.— Dundee —dt Strutt, Edward —Derby t b r..4 i t ' o e t i S ir J.—Leicester Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Ole ; ~.,. Lord—Plymouth Thornely,Thos. , —Wolverhampton 0)114,,,r, ward—St. Andrew's Trelawny, i..'alis, rl / 4 P , . H.—Lewes Tufaell, Ilenry—Devonport o,ter Liam —North Derby Vane, Lord H.—South Durham f i ':•rror l : .P., - , — Berwick-onTweed Villiers, C. P. —Wolverhampton n'eY s• 4 . —Manchester Wall, C..Baring—Guildford .4 . it c 11 est j 'eorgeL—Devonport Warbu rton, H.—Kendal i`,44 . ert}:yr Tydvil Ward, H. G.—Sheffield iati,,, , A r chibald—Paisle Williams, William—Coventry t i ll. 8 f., }3 ,, -- Lambeth Y Wrightson, W. B.—NorthalleMn 4,1 h 4 A.M. C —Evesham Wyse, Thomas—Waterford ..0 . 1 •' ery j 1 C. 1 pt. A A , t o in—Southwark Yorke. IL IL —York ~.z a gsto " - -G ateshead TELLERS. ```Yard: J H.—Oxford Duncombe. T. S.—Finsbury -a ptaill—• Carlow Hume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. the ; (IN THE COMMITTEE.) ~'"t j'ause (Repeal of former Acts, and the jurisdiction of mittu th .esiastical Courts, in respect of defamation, and of any I th ur ` . ll ,ce, by words or otherwise, in any building other than Ar Lielid cu or Chapel, from time to time to be abolished);_ era proposed, in page 3, line 12, after .. defamation," t 4 i t 4 er al t tett, ut i the words " schism, heresy, blasphemy, perjury, in -14,d of ! It e,tY, fornication, drunkenness, or other evil-living, :444 sm iting or laying violent hands on any other, in any heat_, Churchyard, and of maliciously striking any person drawing any weapon, in any church or churchyard, to Q tlett f o nt to strike another with the same, and of brawling :" t otbe tk • 4 Put, " That the words be there inserted :" The ittee divided : Ilao rien, AIINORITY—AYES, 40. il:Illg , li , A. Escott, Bickham Strutt, Edward lt, r i ,', tit . i,. l _, Evans, W. Tancred, Henry W it, fltvick G. Clanger, T. C. Thornely Thomas h,ri th , ~, Peter Hastie, A. • 'Fanelli, Henry t, ,, ti,,,,vir. Hawes B. Vivian, Captain ti,, ) , , vr, e, .' ‘7 Joseph Hill, Lord Marcus Warburton, Henry 1 41 ''' ' C. . Hume, Joseph 'Watson, W. H. th ri ", P. s Humphery, J. Williams, W. C o llie . v ; Maher, N. • Wrightson, W. B. h. i ktt, j :". D. Phillpotts, John I. Yorke, R. H. b u ty, i, , 0,1, Protheroe, E. i 4 4in Richards, Richard ELLERF. $41,4 4 1. L' a pt . Roebuck, J. A. Jervis, T J. it uto avid RuisellL ordrd Join Grey, Sir G. he, Howard Stanstield, .it A:414 1. BLAJORITY—NOES, 62. t , . 1 1 N .lr T. 6 Wynne, Sir Stephen Morris, David 1 10 4 , 1 5,4, in t: 1, am Godson, Richard Muntz, G. F. 11;41, 2 1 e • T B. M. Gonlburn. 'Henry Nichol!, J. I ,_sik...• Graham, Sir J. Palmer, R. ir, id, j,.I ,II F. rat , r.tli. y'. ll Henley, J. W. Pollington, Viscount , " , (1 . .' - '• el '4.11 t., • Herbert, Hon. S. Praed, William T. t i , t‘,,, , --.l . ward Hinile, J. H. Price, Richard (: 4 1'4, n e i • Sir John Hodgson, R. Pringle Alexander t erk ,' dice 11 Round, John ',„ , ,, Hope, Charles (.., , Pei 4m • ~ ..e. o rge Hope, G. W. Rushblooke, Colonel 44 1 Y, liZ n 'Y. Hotham, Lord Sibthorp, Colonel liar,hp„ „ry Hus=ey, Thomas Smyth, Sir H. vv. ,p e Kemble, Henry Somerset Lord G. l'i trr " '"l.: ge i Knatcnbull, Sir E. Sutton, Henry M. Flower(, ti 'H. Knight, Henry Gaily Thesiger, F. . , ~. e n. H Liddel, H. l'. Trench, Sir Frederick I . ( 'lha,, ?,", James Lopes, Sir Ralph Vivian, John Ennis t re'ri, " • Seaton Mackenzie, Wm. F. t, lint S r I , 614 41 s l ' J. . Manners, Lard C. tor „ • BListerman, John ' . Olr.E Mimes, R. M TELLS Young, John Baring, H. B. t ratile4 .1 tv n ;onent proposed, in line 14, after " Chapel," to insert 4 , Or(Ig cc ti and in respect of Church Ratesl"—Question put, di . lat t i , - Ned . " 4, e words be there inserted :" The Committee AN, 111INORITY—AY ES, 66. ii, yn, i f . ,: r tig, .' l . Colonel Granger, T. C. Pluinridge, Captain kli "ar d, E t ' Grey, Sir G. Protheroe, Edward 4 tw G, 'Wes' t• M. Grosvenor. Lord R. It•ebuck, J A. i , , ,,, i . •, Guest, J. Scott, Robert 4 . 5 0% 4 , Ur Hawes, B. Smith, Vernon ~.-kt, ,ertoi l I Hill, Lori M. A C. Stanstield, W R. ij4ll,_ it I . ) Hobhouse, Sir J. Stuart, W . Vidiers iii 4 , t! .. • c: ln t . . Hume, Joseph Stock, Sergeant t k4 e'ld VY Humphery, J. Strutt, Edward Ch,: t4 . I. s' Hutt, W. Talbot, C M. tt. th,plial l. T . Libouchore, H. T.incred, H. ,W ,tiv _lti e, vv _ Langston, J. H. Th A rnely, Ihrunas 143 14:, I s, B. ll ' I,ayard, Captain Trelawny, J. S. 4,„ .- v ,_ • .. iiiingles, tt. D. Vivian, J. H. 4;44% r k . Su' T. Mitcalfe, Hinny Wakley, Thom ts itt. „4",,,:: W. b D i litchell, D T. A. Warburton, Henry Ward, H. U. to 4 , 4 , (y" , . nozos;„(.ieneral Watson, W. H. ki, pt'eati„ (• • t • Murray, A. , Williams, W. 4 ',;v:. '4;04 ' 44 : l oUnt Ord. W. Yorke, it H. 1. ; • , ti t ,, 4 ~.e,. ti, Palmerston, Viscount TELLERS. . ~, r.vicitri Porker, John 'futile% H. attliew PhiiiP°tt" J. Jervis, John Ael an 41 1,, dcr b . MAJORITY—NOES, 107. A d , v : Eliot, Lord Lyall, George • I.l 4 i t ,, oli us l ',_?tri u it Fitzroy, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. h ail o pus .1' ' u m nd ty , ,yer, sir James Master, 'l'. W. hard' 'ik,,,. .ortics, William Mastennan, John j _ 11 4. 14 g, 'P' ai n Forman, T. S,: ..;g: Maxwell, Hon.. J. P. lia.t. " 'kti, • Irrvili• yi,count i.r a e r ni dn a e n i t , le j: ;.SLr . T. Mordaunt, Sul • Mundy, Ed. Millar to; • ` 1 0, l e ' r• It. M Gaskell, J. M. Neville, Ralph --......., li cl :hs.j ek i• 0 . lk, 'tli , ' P eter Gladsto ne . ad„„ne, WCari,Etans Nicholl Right e ,Hou li. Y(1(11 :niral Glynue, Sir 6 - it• ONo„rrelyds hi r ," l, +to,, 4 ,,, Godson, ll,iofird Pa s l y n a ier , R. l A Lu lex rd ander Palmer, 11, - ,M1e,„ . - ',,.• W. Goroon, Captain Palmer, George euJ,r Hon. Sir - ft 11 .4;1, e • !.:,: r r u rY Goulburn, Henry ;•:rg,:iel•ie.wi, W. ( G 4 i ee ali n a a m i , , Sir James Moll" J. P. • I Peter Pollirigton, YiscoUril Cardwell t•d.ward Gregory, W. H. Pusey, (4. '4 ; 4 44 ~I )t elin Hanmer, Sir John Rash Leigh, Wm. i:l i e ,le,, , ' ‘ , - ion, P. Hardy, John Round, John e ll ' O vi `xli• L t•'"nt Heatlicote, Sir W. ilushbrooke, Colon lio on4 •sir J o h, Henley J. Werner Shirley, Cii,? l, ti, i VeY, H. 11,,,,,i4r, Lord tlihtliorp, Colonel ,li,,' , Vi., ( ;!t• Hind; .1, kJ. Somerset, Lord G. 1 4 4, It . i ; lit Hodgson, Richard Stanley, Lord 104.41urii j; Hodgson, Hope,"Cliarles Sutton, Hon. H. M. f'°l : 4 6 t4' 11. (l • Hope, - G. W. Tenncnt, J. B. C. i . -. hd n AI W. Ho ham, Lai 'Phesiger. 1 1 , tti", ii,,Aiderinan Hughes,hompson, Ald.__. ~,,rlis, V,l.l,.lieriry Inglis, Sir R. H. Trench, Sir F W 1) 4 ))', e" , 1 15111 Vivian, John E. llie'ls, 11. Jo , instone, Sir J. Kerable, Henry Waddington, H. S. itu, • A, s . 64 1.1 14 4._ e1i . 4' 11 1‘ • Knatchbull, Sir E. Wood, Colonel T. Knight, H. G. Wortley, J. .-..t. '''s. S i r en Jamin L is•wles E b 1 04 . Law, l _E . U Pr",li Lennox, Lord A. TELLERS. ',. G., •H , Lo;‘es, Sir Ralph Young, John Lowther, Colonel Pringle, Alegander W It - -AILWAY RETURNS. 't vettrareee et from the -ThiliwaY Great for ti le .u,,_rt the principal Railways of prefixed to Magazine the Britainsums ett e t.o:ee;,,endihic on the day of the month 11 43 Q4 , "le returit includes mails, an d mer eham.,bers, parcels, cao . r i liges , horses, 1 .„. Ise. the money received for ?) e ek -•-• Total. d Pd-- 4441 Name of Bail~vay. s ' al 44 7 2s 25 Arbroath and Forfar l4B 1 9 "g 24 liir, • g 2,227 3 6 25 Changing and Gloucester 668 10 8 ) ham and Derby Junction 1,364 18 11 21 Chancihng J4 k e ti° l3 431 9 10 28 D ub .er , and Birkenkalid 1,213 18 2 26 b lin and KingstowO.. P. • , 248 0 Oi 4 b 44 , ( lee and Arbroath •"' 2.06 16 4 o, „.urnani and Sunderland '' , 2,534 4 7 `7, tulikburg'h and Glasgow 25 4'44, ~04. Counties and North Eastern 4 ,: 7 4 2 53 4 1 0 9 2 1 25 Gia‘,l°ll4 ifihnarnock, and Ayr 1 890 4 8 25 ~,:iet,ow and Gmenock 8,114 1 8 3 6,,. k.irrand Junction .„ ' 8 3 ' 4 great N orth 0 ....... .' ...... 1, 3 7 0 6 26 P. f England .. 14 , 831 1 24 G reat We t 4,819 8 25 leover1""--1 sanedrnAlanchester 18,193 0 11 26 tendon and Birmingham 995 0 "4 _,,.. . a.nd Blackwell . 3,530 19 .1 :i.g V,`Nlon and Brighton 603 17 6 1 4 a.t. 14 9- ;aid Croydon ,London an • 26 ( #4 , 4 ,,, ._..t leenwich 14 11 m ii;•" . ', L °nib. Western ....... --- 44 . ..144.: 110 114. n. and Bury 3 475 17 8 1 ;0 9 5 4 8 1 1 8 2 - 2255 'lvaliiiiinceahb:e4er, Letli‘.. and Hull Assoc.. 61:'5i2) 16 25 ii • ' .f 4 it_nd Biriningliarnv • - '''f '1- 118 2, 0 1 8 4 25 N ew ud Counties . . ....... . 26 N. castle and Carlisle . 25 forth and ..,Torth Shields -•••• 9 24 Midiatid . : - rth 'cif .................... .. 1 308 8 21 p . ion and Bolton and Preston ~ 2.7 Par s and Orleans 5,710 4 .),- s and R. ....., p resto Rouen .-. ... 25 Sllef6.e4l.dallanl4l37ranec• .1 • 1 ;I . e . r• 3507-77 .09 ''''' Soutl v 25 ,/, 4 , , --aste rn .. e,...a. Vale ...... ' ........... . ', - , t l ‘-• Ister .. '.' ............... . ...,, __ ... - -.... 2,, 1-042,11, a sh alB and Norwich '" al ld 11 . hxi - 1 664 7 - , -.-°rt Maud ...... THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. O'CONNELL. DUBLIN ? TimaspAr.-LShortly after the sentence of the Court was pronounced this evening, Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers -- retired to the chamber of Judge Burton, where it was understood the formal :committals were made out. A delay of upwards of - an hour took place, during which time the crowd outside considerably increased, but nil was perfectly peaceable, except now and again, when a fahl groan was given for the Chief Justice, for the Attorney.- General, and one. ottwo other gentlemen.. A strong force of horse dnd foot police were in attendance to preserve free in gress and egress,to and from the Courts. There were a good many women among the • crowd crying bitterly ; 'and cer tainly the great majority of all the spectators appeared ninth • dejected. At five o'clock three carriages were driven into the yard at. the rear of the Courts, and the gates were immediately closed to prevent the crowd from following them. In about twenty minutes afterwards a body of about twenty-fivc.horse police entered, and took their places beside these vehicles. Mr. O'Connell, attended -by the Rev. Mr. Miley, of Marl borough-street chapel, stepped into the first coach, Mr. J6hn O'Connell, and the High Sheriff (Mr. Ball) also occupied it. The second coach received four of the state prisoners, Messrs. Ray, Barrett, Duffy, and Dr. Gray; and in the third sat Mr. Steele, with his attorney (Mr. 'orde) and his friend Mr. Richard O'Gorman. The• precession then moved off at a quick pace towards the South Circular-road Penitentiary, the prison selected by Mr. O'Connell himself some days ago. Mr.O'Connell had then .secured some of the apartments of the Governor of that prison. for the period of his confinement. 'ln a short time afterwards the quay,. and the neighbour hood of the courts, presented the ordinary aspect—no crowds or excitement of any kind aA)earing there, or in any other part of the city. ' • - • On arriving at the prison Mr. O'Connell and .his friends were received by alarge party, among whom were Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., Sir Coleman O'Loghlin, Mr. Christopher Fitzsimon, and Mr. Cornelius Lyne, barrister. The prison to which.the repeal leaders have been consigned is very spacious and salubrious. There are two extensive gardens-.—one of which contains about three acres, well cul tivated and neatly laid out,. to which they will have free ac cess from an early hour in the morning to an advanced period in the evening. Mr. Purdon, the governor of the prison, is said to be an ex cellent nutn. ' • " " his dupes. It cannot be for a moment supposed• that Mr. O'Connell will pay the 2,000/. Whether by a special subscription or by an increased " rent," it will, of course be levied by, the priesthood on the pea 4 santry., lyretuntur Achici—the repeaters will pay for it with an interest of cent. per cent. We prefer a penalty which is " not transferrable." Whatever is to be borne, let the person of the delinqueet bear it; and if any allege the somewhat ignoble expediency of at tacking the - Association through its purse, we - answer that those think more meanly -than we do of the enthusiasm ... of the Irish peasantry who believe that a delusion, ill grounded and unchristian, • but .too. • really. national, can be drawn out of them with their shillings and pence, or that they can be starved into anything but a still more uo mitigable animosity. So much for the sentence itself; which is an important reality. Some of its circumstances, how ever, are rather absurd. High ainowv . these rank Mr. O'Con nell's proclamation and Mr. Justi'c'e Burton's tears. Mr. O'Connell's game is clear enough, and has been so fur some time. Clever manceuvrers are apt to be fond of the profit able position of mediator—they like zto have it established that none but themselves can moderate their party—to per suade the world that they alone stand between it and con fusion—that they alone are responsible for no consequences— that tin ough their agency all concessions must be negotiated —and that to their management (though chargeable with none of the punishable excesses of their party) is to be re ferred the credit of any season or svmptoni of forbearance. Of this convenient - position Mr. O'Connell, with an effron tery only surpassed by the prince of mediators, bur old enemy, Akbar Khan, has shown himself very ambitious, ever since the defiance which he hurled at the English Go vernment has been met by a military occupation of his country, a suppression of his seditious meetings, and a pm o seention of himself and his co-ringleaders. But his anxiety rather outruns his judgment. He is in too great a hurry to be magnified. Mr. O'Connell is but a private gentleman, Member of a constitutional Parliament, and enjoying remark able popularity with his countrymen, but not yet a Czar of Russia; and, under such circumstances, number one may be too broadly obtruded on the world—nay, even on our own most devoted adherents. Now, we are 'unfeignedly glad thct it still suits Mr. O'Connell's purpose to be pacific. •We hail, as we are bound to do, every syMPtom of tranquil lity, however transitory. But any increased .conti dence or gratitUde towards that gentleman- we cannot pro fess, for we cannot feel it. And, therefore, when we read that "the venerable Judge (Burton) was urable to proceed fora few moments, evidently overcome by his emotions, which affected him even to tears," we mitt own the most absolute want of :ympathy with his transport. It is wholly out of place—totally uncalled for by the severity of punish ment, the circumstances of the crime, or the character of the person punished. Judges should be made of less-melting stuff. There is a mean in such matters, though neither Judge Burton nor Chief Justice Pennefather have succeeded in Ling transgressed, we prefer the honest indiscretion of the Chief Justice to the perhaps not less honest timidity of his colleague. It is scarcely charged that either haVe- done more or less than substantial justice to the culprit; and that being the case, we prJer the zealous man who risks his own character, to the weak or apprehensive judge who saves it whole by coquetting with the criminal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ARCHES' COURT, May 31. - • THE OFFICE OF TILE JUDGE PROMOTED BY TITCHMARSII AGAINST CHAPMAN. Sir H. JENNER FUST gave sentence In this case; which was argued in Hilary term last. It was a proceeding under 'the Church Disciplind'Act, in which the office of the judge was promoted against the Rev. W. Herbert Chapman, rector of Basingbourn, in the county of Cambridge and diocese of Ely, for refusing to read the burial service over the corpse of the infant daughter of two parishioners, named- Randall, who were of the class of Protestant Dissenters called Independents, after due notice giVen to him fur that purpose. The articles charging the offence had been admitted, and a defensive alle gation was offered in reply thereto, the substance of which was, that the baptism which the child had received at- the hands of a Minister of the Independents, being in fact here tical and schismatic, was invalid and null ; consequently, that the child was unbaptised, and as such was not entitled to interment with the services of the Church, under the rubric of the Church of England. The admission of this allegation was opposed, and the decision of the Court as to its admissi bility has stood over (owing to the indisposition of the judge) till this day. The Learned Judge observed, that the validity of lay baptism had been determined in this Court and also by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Mastin v. Escott; but a distinction was taken between that case and the present. In the former case nothing had turned on the question of heresy and schism, but only on the want of holy orders in the person administering the rite : whereas, in this case that question was distinctly raised, it' being averred that the baptism was heretical, the person who administered the rite being an heretical person. But, although there had been no absohite d&ision upon the point in " Mas tin v. Escott," the point not having been raised in that case, and Courts not going beyond the questions before them, yet - a great part of the argument in that case turned upon the question whether heretical or schismatical baptism was valid or not; and he had no doubt that the same principle applied to both cases, and that whether the baptism had been per formed by an heretical person or by a layman, though irregu lar, was valid, and did not require that the rite should be re peated. Every one of the authorities elated that such bap tism was not to be 'repeated; it was therefore valid, and, if so, the child could not be said to be unbaptised. The only doubt - he had was, whether he should not admit the allegation in order to have the question more formally argued, and that the party •might carry the case by ap peal to a superior court. But there was a mode.by which he could effect this object; although 'he should reject the allegation, he would, if required, give the party leave to appeal. The Learned Judge then went inure minutely into the grounds of his decision, but (owing to his late indisposition) in so low and indistinct a tone, that it was with great difficulty we could 'hear many of his sentences. The main principle was, that if, as had been admitted, bap tism b 7 a layman was valid in itself, lie could not understand wherein consisted the difference as respected the validity of the rite between baptism by a layman and by a heretic or schismatic.. Both were irregular, but both were valid, and, in the :words of the rubric,. the person was " lawfully and. sufficiently baptised." It had been contended that there was a deficiency in the rite, and that deficiency might have been afterwards supplied, had the party lived and appeared before the bishop for confirmation; but the want of confirmation did no't disqualify this infant, any more than one baptised by a person in holy orders, from having the burial service read over it. Some reliance had been placed upon the argument that the excommunication ipso facto worked at once, with out sentence, a disqualification; but the Learned Judge showed, from authorities and upon principle, that such ex, communication could not attach till there had been a decla ratory sentence; and even then all civil disqualification and incapacity si hatsoever had been taken away by statute. Upon the whole, he was of opinion to reject the allegation, but he should allow the case to stand until next court-day, for the party to apply, if he thought fit, for leave to appeal. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY BURDEE AGAINST HODGSON. Sir H. JENNER FUST likewise (*aye judgment in this case, which was a question as to the admission of the articles in a r case of office promoted by the secretary of the Bishop of Salisbury against the Rev. Charles Henry Hodgson, chaplain of the county gaol of Wilts, charged with unseemly fami liarities with a convict under sentence of transportation. He held other ecclesiastical preferment, and the effect of this proceeding was his suspension and deprivation. The objec tion to the admission of the articles was, that this Court had not jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged offence, which was cognizable at common law, nor to deprive before conviction. The Learned Judge, however, held that the objection was not founded; that this COurt was entitled to entertain such a proceeding against a clerk for the purpose of suspension and deprivation, and it did not appear from the articles that the defendant was accused of any crime cognizable by the crimi nal law. The present proceeding was of a civil nature, not to punish the party (though deprivation might entail a punish ment), but to remove a scandal, for it would be a lamentable thing if those who were under the care of this Rev. Gentle man were compelled to receive the sacrament or spiritual consolation at • his hands whilst these reports were in circula tion. He should admit the articles, except ohe, which pleaded the inquiry made by the justices. AM= • MIDDLESEX GENERAL SESSIONS. (Before Mr..Sergeant•ADA.ms, and a Bench of Magistrates.) THE WEST-END GAMING-HOUSES. — On Friday John Har low appealed against a conviction of E. IL Maltby, Esq , and William Canty and Joseph EVert, against the conviction of Ram Hardwick, Esq., for keeping common gaming-houses in the parish of St. James, Westminster. Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Chambers, appeared for the prosecu tion; and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Wilkins for the defendants, whose houses, it will be remembered, were - entered by the police a short time since and a number of persons fined at the Marlborough-street Police-court, in consequence of gaming implements having been found therein. Mr. BODKIN observed, upon. the cases being called on, that after the decision in the Court of Queen's Bench, that this Court had no power to determine appeals except at Quarter sessions, the decision of the Bench would go for nought , for want of jurisdiction. Mr. CLARKSON intimated that he was quite prepared to • proceed, and should readily meet the Crown on the merits of the cases, if his Darned Friend thought fit to let the judg ment prevail for the present session; it was to him a matter of perfect indifference,-but as the - defendants, with their wit ' nesses, had been brought there through an oversight on the part of the Clerk to the convicting Magistrates, he (Mr. Clarkson) thought the defendants ought to be paid their costa. • The Learned CHAIRMAN made no order as to costs, and, after some discussion, the cases were ordered to stand over until the 12th of July; CORONER'S INQUEST. INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC EXECUTIONS.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo Inn, Water loo-road, on thQ body of Edward Norris, aged forty years. It appeared by the evidence that deceased had formerly been a publican, but for the last few weeks had occasionally lodged at a beer-shop in the Cornwall- road, during which time he hadconducted himselfrather strangely. On Monday morning ho returned home, and said to a person who slept with him, that he had been to see Crouch hung at Newgate, and con sidered it was such a beautiful sight that he was quite de lighted. He also said that himself and two men had drunk twenty half-pints of gin, and that he had drank six half pints as his share. Deceased remained in doors all that and the following day ; and about twelve o'clock on Tuesday night be went to bed. He was then quite sober. But at seven on the following morning he was discovered in the skittle-ground, in the rear of the house, suspended from one of the rafters, by a rope. He was cut down, but he had been dead some hours. Some other evidence was gone into to show the state of his mind for some time past, when the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity." THE KING OF SAXONY AND THE POLES.—NO slight consternation was experienced by those interested in the success of the Polish ball, announced for the 10th ofJune, on learning yesterday, that his Majesty the King of Saxony had fixed on that day to honour the Earl of Wilton and his Countess with his presence at an entertainment at their resi dence in GrosVenor-square. Noble Earl, on being in formed that this would interfere most cruelly with the Polish ball, immediately repaired to the Palace to state the circum stance. His Lordship has since communicated the gratifying intelligence that, in order not to interfere with an undertak jug so important to the Poles, he had been authorised to put• off his ball to Wednesday, the 12th inst., when he expects to have the honour of entertaining her Majesty and Prince Al bert. as well as their Royal guest. THE. PITMEN. —The pitmen have not yet returned to their work, and the colliery owners are gradually obtain ing fresh men to supply their places. We are inforthed that. Certain disclosures, implicating the conduct of the executive, are about to be made, the effect of which will 'probably be to break up the union, or at all events to give those a good excuse for withdrawing from its ranks, and we believe the :number is not small, who are heartily sick and tired of the strike.--Newcastle Advertiser. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieutenant-General the tight Hon. Hardinge, K.C.B.,Governor-:General of India, Sir - • was ted to succeed to the office of Com or coming away from India, f:7-iteshiegtColatminpna,ny's Forces in India, in the u niev n ae an nndt i e m ro o .r ks h. l c y eu,l a eo p af p ti . o 7 l of general bit WO goail 3 l Bit 4:9.4' SOUTH-EASTERN It LWAY. • Arneeting of the Propr:c!tors of tbe above Con . . paly was het 1 on Thuralay at th. London-bridge urrninns, f,r transacting the general .business of the Company, and tdr the election of two Directors, who retired by ptation. - Mr. 13AxENDALE was In the chair. Th e day,'!rtiscioent, )y:!ich tho vencd. having bc,n re glad been c Mr. E.'earilWe:l, c.r.,1 tell. Ho 17:. , '!,tw0 - Directory, were uzic,r.i.:iolisly r,!-electect. A very full statement of accotint;; was then laid befbre the Proprietors. It appeared from the " statement 4 , 1 re ceipts and expenditure to the let .of April, 1844," that on the capital account the receipts to the Ist of October, 1843, were 3,274,6461. 4s. ; and h.r the half-year ending .Ist April, 126,8221. Os. Od. ; making a total of 3, , f01,468/. I:3J. 31 The expenditure to the Ist of October, 1843, was 2,615,2821. 14s. 113.; and for the half-year, ending the lst . Of April, 354,833/..193. 101. ; together 2,970,136/. • 14s. - 93.; that the funded •Investment to pay the Brighton Railway Company was 326,137/. 2s. 3a.; making a tote! of 3,296,273/ 175.; leaving a balaree of 103,194/. 1 3d. From the "statement of revenue•rNentut fur tiny half year ending 31st March, 1844," the exawntliture was shown to be 52,743/. 151. 7.1, and the receipts 79,576/. Os. -; giving a balance 0c2C0,8301. 78. 51.. on the hedf-year. The " state ment of receipts andexpenditure, from Ist October, 1843, to 31st March, 1844," on account of Folkestone harbour, showed the receipts to be 3,622/. 3s. Bd., and the expendi ture 1,3311. 3S. Bd., gi %lug a balanee therefore of 2,2411. 2s. ld. The following is the " prea and loss account fir the half year ending 31st March, 1844 :"--Amount paid fer interest on loans to sth January, 18,6:36!. Os. 7d ; dues chargeable on tonnage of steam-vessels and passengers to and from Boulogne, 1,721/. Os. 3d.; balance, 19,223/. 10s., making a total. of 39,580/. ids. 8:1. On the creditor side—Balance Bronx last half-vear, 12,730/. 4s. 3d..; .ditto on trellis to 31st March, 26,836/. 7s. 5.1.; together, 33,5801. 11s. Bd. -By balance brought down, 19,22:3/. 10s. 101 ; less interest on loans due, but nut paid, 18,0001., giving a reMainder of 1,223/. 10s. 10d.. The COMUMAN said, he felt it his duty to make a few ob servations to . the Proprieto r s.. Having obtained a Bill, in which a-clause-had been introduced to make a more equal division of the year, so that they might not have one por tion of it with a large income and anot her portion with a much • smaller income, the Directors had mate an alteration in their accounts, closing the .half-years on the 31st of January , and the 31st of July. The present half-year, therefore, closing as it did on the 31st of March,. left the account in a much less satisfactory state than it would have been had it taken in any nortion of the travelling season of the year. He begged to say that the intention of the Directors was to - call the Proprietors together again immediately after closing their accounts on the 31st of July; and they might therefore cal culate upon being convened together iu the early part. of September. The Directors considered.they would be able by that time, whatever -the prospects of the deinpaliv might ap pear to the Proprietors, to give a divideud—(Cheers)—and he could only say that, however Umiati =factory the accounts might appear to the meeting, the3were to him and his bro ther Directors extremely satisfactory. The Directors had come before the Proprietors, giyiog to them a most honest result of the whole of the CoMpaay's transactions.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) •He believed there was no one thing in anyaccount left in arrear. e (Hear.) In o ther ra il wa y com panies, he believed, a large portion of• interest on borrowed capital had very generally been charged on the capital ac count.—(Hear, hear.) In no one instance had the Directors of the South-Eastern C unpany charged any portion of in terest except to their tra63e account—(hear, hear)—and the Shareholders would see that, to the 31st of March last, the Directors had debited the traffic account with 18,000/., one quarter's interest due on bonds. He thought this would show them that the Directors were clearly not desirouS of making the best of their accounts; bet - that they were., anxious to give as fair a statement as possible.—(Hear, hear:)' The future prospects of their c•eicern he had always consi dered to be extremely good. Ile had drawn out a compare tive statement of .the 'passenger traffic in April and May of last year, and also for those months in th e p resen t y ear , i n order to show the Shareholders the progress they were making on the line. The passenger traffic was, for— Passengers. Pr , ttltieing The foist week in April, 1843 ... 5,920 .. Ditto ditto 1844 .. 12,543 3,581 The sezond week in April, lB43 ..•., 7,087 ... 2,152 Ditto ditto 1844 ... 19,210 ... '4.273 The third week in April,lB43 • 8,786 ... 2,124 Ditto -ditto 1844 13.`295. 3,745 The fourth week in pri1,1843 7,219 2,052 Ditto ditto 1844 ... 12,868 • ..,, 3,587 The first week in May, 1843 ..• 7,629 ... 2,008 Ditto ditto 1844 ... 13,109 ... 3,691 The second week in May, 1843 ... 7,179 ... 2,021 Ditto ditto 1844 ... 13,375 ... 3,846 The third week in May, 1843 •• • • 7,624 ... 2,030 Ditto ditto 1844 ... 13,554 ... 3,931 The fourth week in May, 1843 ..• 7,223 ... 2,071 Ditto ditto 1844 • 12,950 ... 4,070 1111:101: It was here seen that the passenger traffic had nearly dOubled itself in these eight' weeks, and the whole of this in crease would conic into the pre::ent half-year's accounts. As re , rarded the Maidstone branch, this branch would in a short . time be opened; and - would, he thought, bring m a consider able income; its completion toe wourd close off an expendi ture 'of 1,4001: 'a year which the Company had now charged to their account as a payment to edach proprietors for bring ing the passengers to the line. The next point he had to touch upon was the coal traffic. his feelings upon this sub-. ject were exceedingly strong, because he was sure it would be a source of great profit. Another material item in their traffic was the article of lime. liis opini,m was that a very extensive trade in lime would be carrie,t on upon their rail way, and to a far greater amount than :my gentleman pre sent could possibly contemplate; indeed. 40 should be afraid of mentioning. what he believed would be its extent; It was to be recollected that the lime' was made of chalk imme diately on the line of railway. It was not possible for any thing to be more convenient or less expensive than the pre paration of it in connection with their railway. Since they last met together in that room the Bricklayers' Arms station had.been opened, and during the 28 days that the public had enjoyed the accommodation; the Company had taken from the London-bridge station 11,285 passengers, produc ing 5,2(101., and front the Bricklayers' Arms 5tati0n . 19,953 passengers, producing the sum of .6,00)/.—( Loud cheers.) At Reigate, the Brighton line and themselves had removed the objections that.the public had , made to moving from one line to another. A station had at last been built, and every Brighton as well as every Dover train stopped at it. The station still remained the property of the Dover Company. At the present moment the Directors were making arrange ments for carrying out, a branch from Tunbi idge to Tun bridge Wails, of 41 miles in length.- The objections raised by the landowners had been entirely removed ; and, looking to the short distance of the branch, it was not possible to con ceive any line to be more beneficial. to a company. A PROPRIETOR — It will be a single line, I presume? The CUAIRMAN said it woull lie had now to offer two or three words respecting the HaStings line. This subject was one that had given the Board a good deal of anxiety, and, he must confess, the decision upon it had e,isappointed him ex ceedingly.—(Hear.) What he meant by saying that it had disappointed him was thi's : he had fancied that when Par liament sanctioned the line, and granted the Bill, claiming, as they did in the first instance, that a good .traffic case should be shown—he said that liavieg shown, as part of theii traffic case, the whole of th e In s :l og:4 t ra ffi c , e did not ex pect Parliament would then say, " We must take away the traffic from you, and place it in the hands Of others." Such, however, had been the decision of the Committee.—(Hear.) He could only say that nothing lied shaken his faith more in railway property than seeing Such decisions as he had seen come to by the Committee of the House of Commons.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Ile thought they must not 'despair in this matter—( Hear, bear.). The Directors were not remaining passive, and they were determined not to re main passive.- 7 (Hear, hear.) Ile was sure his brother Di rectors, as well as'himself, would not cease pressing the ques tion on the attention of those in whose hands the matter rested, till they found there was no.chance of success, or tit; they did succeed.—(Cheera.) 'lle'believed that the Hasting people were exceedingly dissatisfied with the decision of the Committee, and they hal called a meeting to take the sub ject into consideration As fir as the interest of, the county of Kent was concerned, there could not be a 4Oribt that a line of railway through the centre would be more beneficial. than one running along the coast. The works at Folkestone Harbour, and the various matters counected with it, were going on in the most satisfactory manner. He thought the value, of the harbour was entirely unknown, and every step taken in reference to it satisfied him more fully of the wisdom and discretion they had shown in purchasing it. The Dover terminus was now. open. It was very convenient and most might say, more spacious than neces ssparaae'i.ours.l' phoseeriiaills 8 who thought so, should recollect that a great destruction of property had arisen from the stock and plant 4.1 railways being exposed to the weather; this had been fel: particularly,he believed, by the London and Birmingham Con! - pans% It was EatisfactorVio him to know that they now Lad station where the stock; &c., could be properly protected, and as to the station itself, be would say there was not in Great Britain one more simple and, at the same time, more con venient. The next question he must touch on regarded the protection of the interests of the South-Eastern Company generally, but especially on the northern side of the county of Kent. If it were -necessary for the public convenience that lines of railway should - ;;o on the northern side of the county of Kent, the South-Eastern Company would be the parties to endeavour to carry them out. The bisectors would be very much wanting in their duty if . they did not keep alive to what was passing on this point, and they therefore thought it right to telt the proprietors that Mr. R. Stephen son had been for some time engaged in looking to the whole of that district, that the Directors might see how best to protect the interests of the Shareholders. He had for a long time considered the'ireatest enemies to railway C om p an i es were the rail Way ',.Companies themselves.—(Hear, hear.) There had been aiV endeavour on .all sides to get hold of property with which .they had nothing whatever to do, and there had been a forgetfulness of the " live and let iive" system.—(Hear, hear:) Every railway company : had been desirous of entrenching on its neighbours' property. .lle had expressed these opinions most plainly and openly - before the President of the Board of Trade,-in the presence of the Chair men of the Great Western, the London and Birmingham, and other lines, in the' spring of the present year. Then as to the question of amalgamation. The Brighton, Croydon, and Dover lines w ere working very harmoniously together, but he thought not so .beneficially as th ey woud do under one board. For his part lie was quite willing, and he had so confessed himself to the Croydon and Brighton Direc tors, to sound his retreat the moment anything of the kind could be carried out ; and he was sure there was not a single Director of the Dover board who would not willingly retire from the position he held, if, by so doing, the desired amalga illation could be forwarded.—(Cheers.) One word as to the foreign railways. It was quite as unlikely that we should be without a railway to the opposite coast, a: that the Dover line would be closed. in fact, it was a question that had been again and again argued in the Chamber of Deputies. It was one in which the South-Eastern Company were most deeply. interested, ant about which he had been in continual commu nication with parties on the other side of the Channel. The Shareholders were not to imagine that, because the Directors had not touched upon the subject before, -it had therefore escaped their consideration. The completion of a. line to the opposite place the income of position as the Proprietors did not at the present moment contemplate. Let them the say what they wouldif they could h ave a s h ort passage i le in f e nt i i i i i re su d c a h y would across to the kingdom of France, and get to the Mediter ranean in the short period of time i hat a journey would then occupy, the valtie of the South - Eastern line would become great indeed. He believed that with the exception of stating that there were 400 shares of ths last issue which the Directors had still in their hands,- and which they proposed to sell and apply the pr6ceeds to the credit of the account, he had nothing further to mention to the Proprietors. If they had any questions to put he should be very happy to answer them. . . • , • • • Several questions were put to the 'C':lairman by various of the Proprietors, but they were of 11 Q public interest beyond. two facts elicited—that the mouth of the Folkestone har bour could , be kept-clear of shinle - Tht a comparatively trifling cost, and that the Company' would be able to carry on five or six tines the present traffic without any addition to their stall.- The Chairman's address appeared to give very general satisfaction. Mr. WGREGOR moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman ano. t.:1:3 I. nla-vra,fli ~;~. t- SPIRIT F3,v, ;':? CA,()!;!': C. , : the able, manner in which they hal rs of the Company. led the motion, which was carried and the meeting broke up. z.tie j U RNALS. EVENIYG VETIS OF YEETERDAY. upfin O'Connell.and his ca-defend ants is:now-Lef ,re: the. pub;ic.-. We .sliall . be excused if we abstain from oevoiient, at least for one day. the astounding: severity. of the inllictiou, - , personal and pecuniary, es.pe cialiy'upon ,Ale„ O'Connell, will, we fear, tend . to de prive the law of that reverential respect in which even its terors be. held. Except in the estimation of the I'lfni"l'rot. , -,Lnits - of Ireland, for who , f,e special gra tification the of the ,State 'prosecutions seeins 'to - have been reserve::,. as t compensation for the delays of ven geance:of which they so bitterly complained, there is' no one, let his party pen . .. lie what. they may, who will not deplore the extreme ~ e erity of the sentence. The effect upon the Oldie Ireland, will, we fear be dangerous ; in the extreo:.!. But we will not trust ourselves • with the use of burning words of indignation which are• prompted by r',.• :engefol x-i,,itation upon a pontreal offen der. It will , , the pec i ?l , _ of Ireland 4.f the incarcerations of the reign .1' terror in that unhapppy country ; while in Englandit will iw compared with the iuflietions of pains and penalties in , the days when - Castlereagh an Sidmouth sought to suppress a.yitation by a severity in which judgment was nntempered mercy. It remains to be seen whether the sentence will carried into execution pending.the writ of error. Previon,ly to the-sentence being passed, notice was served on the ~, l icitor for the Crown, on behalf of the tras.-ers,,rs, tilt they intended to " apply to the Court, that whatever sente•ice the Court should think fit to .pronounce up.m ! the re=p etive traversers, shall be. directed not to - commence until such a day as the Court in their dis cretion shall think it light to order, to enable the tra versers to prosecute their writ of error, and have judg ment thereon between, the said time of pronouncing the Said judgment and such day as shall be so ap pointed by 'the Court." The law requires that sentence should be passed before an application could be made to suspend its execution until the . writ of error is decided by th e House of Lords. To-morrow's post will bring the decision of the Court on this application, and place the etitire.proceed ings at ths'alose of the State prosecutions—so far as the Court of Queen's Bench is concerned—in the hands of the public. STANDARD.—The House of Commons re-assembled last night. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly moved for leave to bring in a Bill estatilishin: , a Coart of Appeal in cases of felony. The Hon. and Learn,d Gentleman urged the necessity of an appellate juris lietie.t iu an exceedingly able speech, supported by many melancir examples. Sir James Graham, without oppos ing the of ,tion, or unreservedly condemning its object, express:-d d..abts of the necessity of any change of the law in the par4.oar - referred to, grounding these doubts upon the high eli-i , :ieter of the law of England, his own experience of its „ just aL.inistration, and the inconvenience of multiply ing courts awl fudges. Now, we cannot admit these reasons without v,ry considerable qualifications. As respects the character of the law—the law is one thing, the mode of adminis!erin: , it another—and the law may have and de serve the high character that it maintains, in defiance of any lithe irregularity and injustice practised at Kingegate street, a the police-offices, or at the Central Criminal Court. We fear that if the law were to be held resp)n sible for the manner in which cases of life and death are often slubbered over in the last, the law would soon have a very unenviable character. But the charac ter-4 the law of England has been maintained -in spite of its twist vi:•iints administration—it flourished even when the admmi , trators of the law applied the peine forte et (lure ex hibite,l the rack, would not allow the prisoner to. defend him self by sworn witnesses, while the depositions of absent wit nesses were heard against him; when juries were punished by impris.enneut and the pillory for verdicts displeasing to the Court - , while prisoners were not allowed to be heard by a single counsel. The character of the law ha , , therefore, really nothing to do in the case. Sir J. Graham, again, is satisfied with the generatresult of the ire , clit administration ofnistice ; but Sir James, with all respect, is no competent judge in the matter; for he himself it is who produces those results which are satisfactory, not only to him, but., as we gratefully acknowledge, to the country. lie may think that every other. Home Se cretary would -act with the same conscientious dili gence, the same sagacity, and the same humanity which distinguish his administration of the department ; but though the opinion is natural to an honourable, candid, and modest man, it is not our opinion; nor is it, as we believe, the• opinion of the public. We all know that there is nothiag, tbr example, to prevent such a man as 'Mr. . . . being a Home Secretary ; and we also know that. if Mr.. had been Home Secretary 'a mouth ago, Mary Furley would have been hanged by the until dead, on the 6th ult. The truth is, that the appellate jurisdiction, which Mr. F. Kelly- calls for as a public tribunal, sits already as a secret tribunal, and the ad mini,tration of ;ustice would be intolerable without it. The disalvantages- of secresy in such a matter are, however, Wry great. A secret tribunal may be negligent, crud, unjust, corrupt, which in a free country an open tribunal can never be ; and though the Home Secretary, in whose breast the constitution of the tribunal lies, will be commonly a man of decent dm -meter, it is .a rare and a happy accident to have a Home Secretary- as zealous, acute, - humane, and just, as . Sir James (iraliani. The shocking sacrifices of life previous to • Sir Robert Peel's accession to oflice, prove that a very resp,!cfable nobleman or gentleman may be a very insullMent court of appeal in criminal cases. There is, be4.les, :mother injustice, arising out of the want of a public appellate jurisdiction in cases of felony, which cannot come James Graham's notice—we allude to the number ot improper acquittals. Juries will frequently demand a higher amount of evidence than the justice of the case war rants, when they believe that their verdict must be final, and thus it will happen too frequently that dangerous cri minals-are ler loose - upon society, who would not so escape were it publicly known that there existed a court of appea , . As to the difficulty of finding judges, we can scarcely think that Sir James Graham will, upon serious reflection, find that lifliCulty insurmountable. The qualifications for a good judge are different from thme of .a great lawyer—some times mt little at variance with them. All of profes ,ional qiullifieation that is wanted for a judge is an ele mentary and scientific knowledge of legal principles •, goo i sense, .integrity, patience, and a modest diligence will do the . rest. The young and comparatively inexperienced men who are sent to the colonies make excellent judges, ab selutely equal, and relatively superior, to the judges of West minster 11,d1. Meanwhile, it is satisfactory to know that the Government has promised a candid consideration to Mr. Kelly's proposition. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 31.) Si:GAIL—To-day a large business was transacted in all sorts of We , t India Sugar, but at lower rates, making the decline since Tne,alay last is Gd on low and middling, and Is per cwt for the bet ter s‘.ru s ; a board of good bright yellow Antigua was sold at 64s per wr. At publicsale, New Barbadoes and St. Lucia Sugar of the new crop were offered, the former sold Gd to is per cwt under the rates of Wednesday's sale for low aid mid kinds, but g. 0,1 and tine sorts generally sustained the former value; low yellow went at 60s, middling 60s Gd to 625, good Os 6d to 6is 61, and fine 65s Gd to 66s ; the latter went at the decline vreviously quoted; fine yellow at 62s Gd to 645, good 60s 6,1 to middling 59s to 60s, low 57s 6cl to 58s Gd, good brown sjs to 575, low soft 54s to 54s Gd, and washed 56s per cwt. io several purchases were made in Re fined Goods by the home trade; brown lumps 775, and standard lumps 78s 6d per cwt. Bonded is held for higher rates, 26s paid for large, and 26s 3d per cwt for small parcels. MAURlTli'S.—lmporters have -shown firmness, and have refrained from offering any at auction. This afternoon some i varcels were disposed of privately at rather lower-rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with a good demand at former rates, fine white at 66s to 675, good •; is Gd to Gss, mid 63s to 63s 6d, damp 62s to 66s 6d, mid yellow sound GOs 6d, and low 545. Madras low brown went :it 24s to 25s Gd, mid 28s to 295, low yellow 30s to 30s Gd, mid 32s to 32s Gd, good 33s to 345. FOREIGN SUGAIL—There has been a good demand for uvluite llavannah Sugar by private contract, and rather nigher rates paid; brown Brazil in small parcels have fetched faii rates. _CoFFEE.- 7 The market has been largely supplied with] West India Coffee this week, but importers subiiiitting to a reduction on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt has occasioned the demand 'o he good. Holders of Mocha submitting to a reduction on the rates of the last public sale of is to 2s per cwt has tempted buyers to purchase extensively. mi., afternoon there was no public sale of any sort of Coffee, and by privatt, contract little business was done ; good ordi nary Ceylon, however, could not be obtained under 47s per cwt. The arrivals Of West India Coffee this week are 454 ithdi 16t; bris. Oil Tuesday 700 bales of Mocha, 130 casks of Jamaica, are declared for auction. TEA.—For scene parcels of Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial, Gunpowder, and fine Twankay, full rates have been paid, and the supply is still scanty, but for black Tea the market has been in a dull state, and prices are on the decline. To day there was scarcely any business transacted in the Tea market, and parcels could only be disposed of lout at rather lower terms. Coc,A.—Prices remain firm for Foreign, and a fair business has been tran.:;acted privately ; West India is less in request, bat prices arc sustained. Mot..issEs.—Bv private contract few parcels have been dis posed of; Barbadoes bought in at 27s ; Antigua sold at 25s to 25s 6d fbr middling, and 24s tbr ordinary; Trinidad taken in at 26A per cwt for good. •Prices cannot be quoted lower for East lada. This afternoon Madras Molasses taken in at 9s 6d, and Trinidad at 27s per cwt. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea is not much wanted at present, and the rates accqted are rather under those of this day week. To-day black Pepper met with attention, and 605 - bags of Malabar at auction were sold at full rates; good shot at 3id to 4.1, sea damaged first class 31d, second ditto 3ad, third ditto 3d. Rum, BRANDY, AND ITot.L.vsns.—Jamaica Rum 26 to 28 per cent oyerproof is 3c ld to 3s 4d, 30 to 35 over 3s 5d to 3s 9d, good and fine 3s 10d to 4s 3d, superior 4s 4(.1 to ss; Leewards at 28 2id to 2s 3d, proof strength and a small parcel 8 per cent overproof 2s 5d per gallon Calcutta Rum Is lld for 150 puns proof with certificate. Demerara strong quality at 3s to 3s 4(1 per gallon. Brandy is offered upon lower terms :—Cognac, best brands of thevintage of 1838, hhds 5s Gd, !puns 5s 4d; ditto 1839, hbds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; ditto 1841, hhds 5s ld, Puns 4s 11.1; ditto 1842, hhds 4s Ild, puns 4s 9(1, mid and good mid qualities 3s Id to 4s 6(1, and low 2s 8d to 3s per gallon. Geneva at is 8(1 for shipping, and 2s to 3s for good and fine-fir home consumption. English Corn Spirits firm, at lOs 2d per gahon cash. To-day Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1842,43 10(1 to 5s per gallon. RlCE.—Bengal at fully former rates ; middling white rather broken at lOs Cal to I Is, good middling bold lls to Ils sd, and damaged 103 Gd per cwt. For Foreign East India Rice full rates paid ; for cleaned Rice thi demand has in creased; 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt for Carolina. SAGO.—Rather above former rates; Sago Flour I9s 6(1 to 20s per cwt. Tapioca fetched 4d to 4i(l, and Rio Arrowroot 4d pvibe 1A,.--The operations in all sorts of East India have been ektremely limited, and the home trade do no more business than they are compelled; some parties are inclined to sell at prices 2d to 3d under those of April sales' rates. The put , lic sale of East India Indigo held at Liverpool went at a &cline of 4(1 to 5d fur skipping, and 3d pei lb for con sinning sorts. . Ott. ;.—:.•outhern Oil, fine quality at 291 lOs to 301, good 231 to .);/ Isis, and middling 271 to lOs per tun. Cod Oil at 33 iv t 3/ 10s, pale Seal is 321 to !arrive, and 33/ to 331 lOs spot: In Sperm there is little variation. Linseed Oil on th:: spot made at 25s 6d to 25s 9cl per cwt. Ibape Oil is cheaper; pale 38s 6d, and brown 37s 6(1 per cwt, ll , r Palm Oil 27s to 28s per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil fine at 29s to par, cwt. In Olive Oil prices arc looking down; Gal iipo:i 5j 13s to 511, Sp an i s h 49/ lO s t o 501, and Barbary 49/ I a tun. This afternoon Sperm Oil and Ileadmatter were ‘lT , red, and parily sold at lower ratea; Oil went at 71l lOs and Ileadmatter at 781 lOs to 801; Southern Oil , fetched. 27/ 5s to 3215 s for middling to fine. T.u.t.o.w.—ForiV);n Tallow the market has been nearly .1 Cleared at 3s 6d to 398 per cwt, nett cash ; on the spot Petersburgh Yellow Candle at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt. Fur &livery for the last .three months of the year at 41s 3d to 41s 61per cwt. American Tallow has a downward tendency. This afternoon New South Wales Tallow, of fine quality, welit. at 41s per cwt. fRIDAY NIG-111"S GAZETTE. CTIOWN-OFFICE, MAY 30, 1544. :‘tr.:.zi. , ntts RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR LIAMENT. 130110 con or BucKlNc Aal.—The !light Hon: Sir Thomas Francis' Fremantle, kart. CITY OF CHESTER.—The Right Him. Arthur Lennox, eon• monly called Lord Arthur Lennox. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 31. 6th Dragoons—Lieut. H. Stone, from 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fleming, who exchanges, May 31. 'i Light Drag ons—Cornet A. Ilawtrey to be Lieutenant, by purchaw, vice Colville. promoted in the Royal Canadian Role Regiment ; C. F. Clifton, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Ilawtrey, !flay 31. 15th Light Oragoons—Cornet W. B. L. Sleigh to be Lieu tenant, l purcba,e, vice Norton, who retires ; W. V. Greet ham, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchae, vice Sleigh, May 31. let Regiment of Foot—Captain and Paymaster J. Espinasse, from `29th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Sharp, deceased, May 31. . _ . Fo st—F. J. F. Payne, Gent. to be Ass:want-Surgeon, v cc Hunter, promoted on the St a ff, May 31. 3d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Smith, from the 17th Foot, to be Su-eeon, vice Macqueen, deceased, May 31. 17th Foot—Assistant-SurgeonJ. S. Willee, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted in the 3d Foot, May 31. 27th Foot—J. 0. H. Becher, Gent., to be Ensign, by par cheat-, vice Hamilton, who retires, .May 31. 29. h Foot—Lieut. J. H. Clay, from 59th Foot, to be Pay master, vice Eseinasse, appointed to the Ist Foot, May 31. 37th Foot—Lieut. J. E. Reenting. from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Stone, who exchanges, May 31. 46th Foot—Ensign J. E. Spilling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Moffatt, deceased, April 3 ; Ensign H. F. Sand with to be he Lieutenant without purchase, vice Spilling, whose promotion, on 26th April, 1844, has been cancelled, April 26 ; J. H. Chambers, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Sandwith, May 31. 47th Foot—R. C. Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Peacock, who retires, May 31. 49,h Feot—Lieutenant H. S. M. 1). Fulton, from 62d Foot, , to be Lieutenant, vice Bartley, who exchanges, May 31. 52d Foot—ll. W. Beetle, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Robinson, api,ointed to the Staff, May 31. 621 Foot—Lieutenant W. T. Bartley, from 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fulton, who exchanges, May 31. 70th Foot—Captain .1. Brown to be Major, by purchase, vice Taylor, who retires ; Lieutenant W. R. B:ereton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brown ; Ensign G. A. Schreiber to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brereton ; G. Ryan, Gent.. to be Ensign, by purchase ) vice Schreiber, May 31. 73d Foot—Lieut. W. B. Faunce _te be Captain, by purchase, vice Sandernan, who retires ; Ensign C. Hoghton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Faunce ; W. Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hoghton, May 31. Rifle Brie"a3e— Captain R. IValpole to be Major, by pur chase, vice Saumarez, promoted; Lieutenant H. 0. Bowles to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walpole ; Second Lieutenant J. F. Beckwith io he First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bowles; A. Lowther, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, ' vice Beckwith, May 31. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant C. J. Colville, from the 9,h Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, May 31. UNATTACHED. —Brevet Colonel the Hon. C. Gore, from Major half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Major the Hon. J. St. Vincent Saumaurez, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase, vice General A. J. Goldie, who retires. Brevet Colonel W. Camp bell, from Captain half-pay 23d Foot, to be Major, without purchase, May 31. BREVET.--Alaior A. M. Tulloch, half-pay Unattached, Mi litary Superintendent of Out-Pensioners, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, May 31. Hoserrat STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon W. Robinson, M.D., from 52d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Willis, appointed to 17th Foot, May 31. Meatonexnuet.—The Christian names of Ensign Coles, o Ist Foot,' are Richard George, and not Thomas George, a previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant C. L. Fitz gerald to be Second Captain, vice Robertson, deceased ; Second Li •utenant H. A. Vernon to be First Lieutenant, vice Fitz- . gerald, May 15. MEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned officers have been altered as follow :—Second Cap tain P. Maclean, April 14 ; Second Captain A. Berm, April 15 ; Second Captain R. M. Mundy, April 28 ; First Lieu tenant Honourable W. C. Yelverton, April 14; First Lieu tenant S. Robinson, April 15 ; First Lieutenant M. S. Biddulph, April 28. WHITEHALL, May 27. The -Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bickley, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM KEMP, tailor, Waltham, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH RIDGWAY, fringe manufacturer, Chester. BANKRUPTS. BENJAMIN LAND, 'victualler, Hertford, to surrender June 7, at half-past eleven, and July 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. . Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Roche, PloWman, and Roche, Upper Wellington street, Covent-garden. WILLIAM DETHICK, lime merchant, Temple-street, Whitefriars, June 14, at one, and July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Humphrey, Keightly, and Co., Chancery-lane. HENRY RICHARD HARRADEN, priutseller, Cam bridge, June 11 and July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tarrant, Walbrook •, Lawrence, Cambridge. QUIROGA • BOLIVAR VITTORIA JOHN ANI CHINI, merchant, St. Beast's-place, Gracechurch-street, June 7, and July 2, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard Moor gate-street; Cloves and Wedlake, King's-bench-walk. JOHN WHITLY M A RDA LL, in'urance broker. New Shoreham, Sussex, June 11, and July 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Nloorgate-street; Rolfe and Edmunds, South-square, Gray's Inn ; Edmunds, Worthing, Sussex. EMANUEL TYNDALE, wine merchant, Ross, Hereford shire, June 7, at twelve, and July 5, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Washbourne, Gloucester ; Hall and Minett, Ross ; Stubbs and Rollings, Birmingham. JOHN MITCHELL, coal merchant, Nottingham, June 10, and July 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cann, Nottingham ; Smith, Birmingham. THOMAS NEWTON, cattle-dealer, Holbeach, Lincoln shire, June 11, at one, and July 5, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Staniland, Boston ; Barker anti Sons, Birmingham. ROBERT BAXTER, merchant, Sheffield, June 13, and July 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple, London ; Wilson, Younge, and Pierson, Sheffield. FREDERICK LANE HOMER, merchant, Manchester, June 14, and July 4, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Blackhurne, Leeds; Edward and Robert William Bennett, Manchester. THOMAS BEECH, grocer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, June 10, and July 11, at eleven, at the I3irmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Steelier, Newcastle under-Lyme • .Smith. Birmingham. WILLIAM LYNN, hotel keeper, Liverpool, June 12, at twelve, and July 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. JOSEPH OWEN and SARAH OWEN, merchants, Shef field, June 15, and July 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Biggs, Southampton buildings, London; Haywood and Bramley, Sheffield; Bran son, Sheffield. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. E. M. panels, schoolmistress, Turnham-green. C. Perkin, victualler, Bollington, Cheshire. J. E. Adams, schoolmaster, workhouse, Marylebone. G. Parker, coal dealer, Norwich. E. Phillipps, Albany-street, Regales Park. H. Jennings, Princes-road, Lambeth. W. Jones, saddler. Litchborough, Northamptonshire. J. Reed, shoemaker, Cheam, Surrey. J. W. Newton, farmer, Moulton, Lincolnshire. R. Newton, farmer, Moulton, Lincolnshire. G. E. Green, Whalley, Lancashire. D. Roberts, stationer, Manchester. T. Singleton, druggist, Sheffield. J. Longbottom, woolcomber, Wainstell, Yorkshire. E. Meitiand, assistant to a publican, Liverpool. J. Johnson, bricklayer, Huddersfield. J. Mathews, tallow chandler, Hammersmith. J. Seagar, undertaker, Wood-street, Lambeth-walk. P. Beer, tobacconist, Plymouth. H. Silley, Shaftesbury-street, New North-road. H. J. Murton, lieutenant-colonel R. Al., Brompton. .1. Robinson, boot maker, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, C. Morgan, assistant grocer, Brompton. J. Jenkins, painter, Praed-street, Paddington. W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster. W. B. Plummer, slopseller, St. Alban's. It. Thomas, victualler, Hertford. T. Taylor, sen., brickmaker, Aston, Warwickshire. E. Maltby, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. G. A. Penton, commission agent, Salamanca-cottages, Chelsea G. S. Mann, eating-housekeeper, Bucklersbury. H. Dale, baker, Worthing, Sussex. W. W. Bradly, clerk, St. James-cottage, Old Kent-road. E. Eilwards, builder, Gravesend. J. Johnson, tobacconist, Coburg-place, Old Kent-road. J. Riches, printer, Norwich. T. H. Johnson, traveller, Shepperton-street, Islington. W. Blaki, carpenter, Elizabeth-place, Upper Holloway. J. Townsend, jun., undertaker's assistant, Charlton. A. Norfolk, porter, Red-hill, Surrey. J. Huntintdon, builder, Liverpool. J. 1. Mitchell, tea dealer, Gloucester. G. Habbij am , jun., Cumberland-street East. Regent's. park. J. Price, jun., grocer, Cotton-street, Poplar. - L. R. Mackintosh, Cleeve, Gloucestershire. W. S. Preston, broker, Rupert street, Westminster. W. Francis, farm steward; Llanelly, Carrnarthenshire. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Somersetshire. E. Garnham, butcher, London-road. SECOND NOTICES. R. Pond, working cutler, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee. 11. H. Thurston, Norwich, June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. A. •C. Bulley, landing waiter, Barnard-street, Russell square, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. , . ettering, Northamptonshire, June 6, T. Nixon. plumber, ist ri H it a m rw or i e c , h o , ffi j e u ia n l e as 6 si , g a n t ee o . ne, at two, at the Court of Ban krupt cy. Alsager, official assignee. A. Smith, tailor, Bungy, Sffolk, June 6, at two, at the at the Court of Bankrupctheye.m CoTur.tThof Thompson, chem ist , Alsager, official assignee. W. Pinto, warehouseman's assistant, St. George's-buildings, H oxto n.fquare, June 6, at half -past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. A lsager, official assignee. • g. Phillips, Temple-street, St. George's-road, June 6, at h a lf-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Bony thon, furniture broker, Salisbury-street, Portman market, June 6, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, G. Taylor, foreman, Meredith-street, Clerkenwell, June 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. . E. Dolley, manufacturing. perfumer, Meard's-court, Soho, June 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. B. J. Deane, lticifer manufacturer, Sidney-street, Commer cial-road, June 6, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wbitmore, official assignee. ' J.'Brown, cabriolet proprietor,-Dulte's-mews, Lisson-grove, June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. • • G. Smith, slate quarry scent, Llanbeblig, Carnarvonshire, June 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Furse, jun., upholsterer, Brighton, June 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. S U N :, ) 1: - : I f - . A rj J. Pegden, Lowlon-road, Southwark, June o e, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, offiel • F. G. oderham, nurseryman, Vassal-road, Ni June 6, at t wo , a t th e C ourt o f Bankruptcy. PI u3,ignee. at* S. Baxter, fi s h erman. B ar ki ng, E ssex, June 6, a. Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Baker, publican:, Watling-street, June 6, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as. igrtre. 'l'. H. A tkey, grocer, ,Brighton, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 13elcher, official a.signee. I'. Unsworth, butcher, Liverpool, June 54 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. W. Dennis, shopkeeper, Nottingham, June 6, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District C.,urt. Whitraore, offieitt assignee. W. Pennington, draper, Beillington, Durham, June 7, at twelve, at the Newcastle•upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. J. Dyer, innkeeper, Kiugton St. Nlichael, Jut,e6, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. 'l'. S. Robinson, publican, Great Neston, Cheshire, June 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of 11at;;;Wt;,11asitighall-street. E. P. Powell, tailor, Southampton, JUTIC 21, at half-past eleven—W. Gorton, merchant, St. Peter's-chambers ' Cornhill, June 21, at two—E. H. Fost er , t anner , H a th ern , Leicester. shire, Juno 21, at eleven. In the Country. E. Hilton and N. Walsh, paper makers, Over Parren, Lan cashire, June 15, at eleven, at the Manche-ter District Court —ll. Hilton, bleacher, Over Darwen, Lancashire, June 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—G. C. Cawood, to bacconist, Sunderland, June 21, at half-oast twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—C. Flumberston and S. Frodshqm, commission merchants. Liverpool, June 10, it 0n.., at the Liverpool DiArict Court—W. F. Geach, timber mer chant. June 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. C. Bell, surgeon, Norwich, June 21—S. Saunders, lodg ing -housekeeper, Gorden-square, St. - James's, June 21—M. Lopez, wine -merchant, Crutched-friars, June 21—J. Powell, jun., scrivener, Quadrant, June 25-11... Southall. jun., mer chant, Birmingham, June 2I—J. Aldred, whole ale stationer, Nottingham, June 21—T. Greening, chemist, Worcester, June 21—W. Evans, in tier, Llangelynin, Mcrionetl sltre, June 21 —G. Thomson, iro'i -manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. A. Hope and J. P. Robinson. carriers, Canter bury—C. B. Curtis, T. Curtis, and W. G. Harvey, gunpow der manufacturers, Lombard-street (so far as rogards W. G. Ilarvev )—J. Aspinall and W. Lane, iron foun.rers, Smeth wick, titaffordshire—J. Bigshaw. W. C. Braddon. and T. C. Cattotan, merchants, Calcutta—J. S. Stuart and .1. l'ownzil, UNA dealers, Martehes . er—A. Brown and W. 'lv or , straw bonnet makers, Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square—W. \Vi istanlev and J. Blinkhorn, painters, Kirkdale, Lancashire sen., and W. Grinling, jun., grocers, Laxfield, Suffolk—li. G. Gibson and R. Wil-on, grocers, Newcastle upon-Tyne-13. Palmer, S. Bamford, sen., and 13. Adams, use iron manufacturers, Birmingham —T. Morris and W. A. Bar row, solicitors, Wigan--T. Horner arid J. Blakey, corn mer chants, Darlington—R. Driver, J. Aletford, and R. Jennings, ironmongers, Southampton (so far as regards R. Driver) —M. Whiting, sen., J. Dixon, jun.. H. Whiting, and M. Whiting, jun., hatters' furriers, Southwark-bridge-road (so far as regards M. Whiting, sen.)—A. Levy, 11. Moses, L. Levy, and E. 310-es, slopsellers, Ahlgate (so far as regards A. Levy)--S. Hulse and G. Robinson, public:ms, Hurdsfield, Cheshire—S. Collings, B. Freeland, S. Ker, and J. Lang, merchants, Rio de Janeiro (so far as regards B. Freeland)—F. Prout, T. Pout, arid A. Prout, grocers, Tavistock—J. G. Udall and T. Udall, lace-dealers, Church -street, Camberwell—J. Aldam, H. Aldam, J. Aldan', and G. Aldam, butchers, Elmton, Derby shire (so far as regards Jas. Aldam )—J. Levy and 'l'. Fletcher, jun., fruit merchants, Liverpool—R. Robinson, ,jun., and T. Robinson, lime burners, Su.ton, Lancashire—R. Dirom, T. R. Richmond, F. M. Davidson,W. F. Hunter, and W. F. Gray, com• mission agents, China—N. Johnson, H. Johnson, and H. John son—A. Repingon and J. More, Cheapside—R. Fleming and J. T. Wilkins, drapers, Manchester—C. A. Wadarns arid D. L. F. Kirby, schoolmistresses. Datcbet, Berkshire—S. Hamer, lb. Sutcliffe, and J. Hamer, whoksale smallware dealers, Rochdale. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for tbo week ending May 28, 1844, is 375. 3d. per cwt., exelusiyo of the Duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. BERLIN, MAY 20.—We learn that the misunderstandings that have lately taken place between Hanover and Prussia are partly cleared up, and that the King of Hanover will shortly pay a visit to our capital. STOCKHOLM, MAY 21.—The evening before yesterday the Svdenham English steamer arrived here with Mr. Gordon, who is appointed Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Sweden awl Norway, during the absence of Sir T. Cartwright, who is shortly to return to England with thz same steamer, which however goes first to St. Petersburgh, to fetch Lord Stuart de IZothesay. ILLNovliit, Mxr 23.—We hear that the King intends to pay a visit to Vienna, the Crown Prince will probably go to islorderney, and the Crown Princess, it is said, to Wiesbaden. 23.—1 t is reported that a; treaty of navi gation between Mecklenburg and Great Britain was con cluded at the beginning of this month, between our Ministry on the one part and Colonel Hodges, British Consul-General at. Hamburgh, on the other. The substance is said to bo very nearly the same as that between Great Britain and Ol denburg, so that the ports on the Elbe will probably be re- Cognised by Great Britain as ports of Mecklenburg. Thu treaty is to continue in force till the let of January, 184.8, and then till the Ist of January, 1854, if neither party gives notice six months before of its intention to withdraw. The ratification is expected very shortly. BELGIAN FUN D3.—BaussaLs, Aran. 28. Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.— .. ---- Three per Cent — -- Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto (1mo) 1 e s 's i, Loan of City, 13.'1 . 2, Four per Cent. l( pi/* ii ik, u.4:3 l Society of Commerce, Four and a Flail per Cent, Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent tl4 I sue of 1841 — —Brussels Papers, MAY .9 lIAMBURGH BUBSENHALLE, Mil - 28., Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Ms. Money. 167'. Anglo-Russian Loan i - )13, — ..... R us si a n 5 p e r Cent., I s t se r i es , Certilleate — 103 Inscription, Ist series 1.5 Russian S per Cent. Hope and Co., l3rl and 4th Series 99N Ditto in Certificates .. liA _ • New 4 per Cent. (1840) 9l Dutch Actual Debt, .2y,, per Cent....., ...„,,„ _ Ditto S per Cent, Polish Bonds — _ New Tickets — COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen Dowager visited the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, arrived from Marlborough House shortly before two o'clock, and was received by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Hoasehold in Waiting. The Queen Dowager partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and afterwards returned to Marlborough House, attended by the Countess of Sheffield. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. llis Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed air ings yesterday, in the royal gardens. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yester• day, at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-building the Palace of Westmi❑ster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr Ilouse, at three o'clock, attended by Colenel Wylde. The Commissioners present were the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, Mr. Thomas Wyse, Lord Mahon. and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The meeting broke up at five o'clock when the Prince, attended by Colonel Wylde, returned to Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visaed, her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marl borough Ilouse. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester Ilouse. The Duke of Cambridge attended by Baron Knese beck honoured the Marchioness of Aileshury with his et liipany on Thursday evening at her residence in Gros venor-square. The Earl of Delawarr arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Buckhurst Park. His Excellency M. Dedel returned to Wilton -crescent Yesterday from Buckhurst Park. Sir Henry Hardinge had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. strei t. A messenger arrived at the Home-office yesterday, with dispatches for Sir J. Graham from the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland. Alton Hall, in Suffolk, bra been for neatly a cen tury.in the possession of Mr. Dean's family, and it is only by his lamented death that this famed property is brought to public competition. The mansion is not one of great pre tensions; it is denominated a quiet, cozy habitation, full of c omfort, and where any one, so inclined, may d omes ti ca t e 111)0111,000/. a year, and those whose ideas are more expanded will not be puzzled or prohibited from adding 1,0001. or 2,000/. a year more to th e i r di s b ursement ; and espec i ally if they intend to represent Harwich at the next elec tion. The situation of Alton Hall is not to be surpassed throughout the country, and the lands con. fleeted with it, and forming a separate lot, are called "The Pet Farms" of this delightful vicinity. TILE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON•BRIDGL. —FINDING OF THE THIRD BODY.--Thursday afternoon Mr. Baker, for the second time, resumed an inquiry at the Tows of Whitby Tavern, Wapping-wall, touching the death of Robert Harrison Thurlow, aged eight years and' a halt; another of the unfortunate children who lost their lives by the upsetting of a boat at London-bridge, on the evening of Sunday, the 19th instant. The particulars of the occurrence appeared in our journal on the following day. Tf:e bodies of George Newton and Caroline Smith, who were also drowned at the same time, have been recovered, and inquests held be fore Mr. Payne, the City Coroner within whose jurisdiction. they had been found. That of the deceased was picked us, floating off Pelican-stairs, Shadwell, on Tuesday morning last. On the present occasion, George Clark deposed•tbatt the deceased was the son of Mr. Edward Thurlow, a printer,. residing in Shaftesbury-place, • Aldersgate-street. on the evening in question he took the deceased to London-bridge,. and entered the boat in which there were : thirteen other biPge9nveyedttoiTe7 than particulars g i n 3, persons, atone p refnoii penny a he purpose -hea d .The witness hero detailed c e n Watermanout b that s Company, comp any particulars of the occurrence, which have already been pub lished. hire without being duly e that a. eleenoftatkh licensed, which wtbs to be heard bc . Williainson, the owner of the boat, for plying for; a . C nn u a tlea n th n e h b n e d a b d "1 against . fore the Lord Mayor the next day (Friday), when the ju xy expressed a wish that the inquest should be adjourned, to oye them an opportunity of knowing the decision of his Lordship on the case before they delivered their verdict. The in - vest i gation will be resumed on Monday next. - . DovEn, MAT 31.— Just before' the train left for London with the holiday passengers, the General Steam Na vigation Company's favourite steamship Magician, Com mander Thomas ling, atrived With several passengers of distinction,' and six carriages, from Boulogne. The pasi f igs was pQrformed as us* by this elegant ship in two hours.