The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-28 00:00:00

b ~~ Ili al e , . bPNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) ert Grogan, an apprentice on board the Soho steam from Antwerp, was charged with having in his pos -"ston slbs. of tobacco. 4:he defendant was observed in Tooley-street by a Thames `'.loe.oflicer, and being suspected, was stopped, when on rchnig him slbs. of compressed tobacco, and also a quan !,tY of Dutch butter, were found in his possession. It was Lated that smuggling to a very great extent was carried on z roin the Dutch coast. - it The defendant, when asked to give an account of his hay itnuggled tobac co , sa id th a t h e h a d no thi ng t o say. 2 0s. r• COTIINGUAX said that he should fine the defendant li ana ,"4" l which he immediately pulled out a W. note, and stn ‘ung it to the officer, said, " There, take the penalty, I Z,Prepared to pay it." The Magistrate said that it was Is'ne evident the defendant was au " old band" at the bILSi- L. 7 arid that if brought there again the full penalty would 'm Inflicted. CURT • OUS CASE OF SWINDLING -A. stranger in the garb of a female, about three weeks lytg%witlked into the bar of the Dog and Duck Inn, C0ae,31417. a e , 3 141 7. Her cheerful conversation, insinuating manner, 4 , 1 clever address, so won upon the landlady (Mrs. Ve), that instead of proceeding by the Banbur tooach, ieh she particularly wished, she was induced con naue all night, being unprepared with clothing to en "unte' b os r the inclemency of the season. The worthy t te ss becoming more and more charmed with the in iteresting stranger several days elapsed in the mutual 4, 4l langes of affection and confidence, when her friend th;: ar ,Ked that it might appear strange to Mrs. Hales l b : S ae offered no money. " The fact is," says she, " I a remittan ce of 600 L I expect to receive at the Bir / g i lani Branch Bank of England, but how to get there p at ° not know, Would you have the kindness to accom derlinle in your gig? I have always consulted you d ei , - ,71 131 stay here, and intend to make you my confi- Mrs. Hales readily complied, and with her (Tnynd proceeded to Birmingham the following morning. arri ving at the bank inquiry was made for the ma haa-L. of whom the stranger wished to know if 6001. 7 1 1 paid to the account of Miss Watts, to which a Wr "Ye was given. Great surprise was manifested by Miss ', 4 s, and the manager was requested to fill up a cheque ti t ' i r , . Hales to receive the amount, provided she did e b ,'Preseut it herself. On their way home Miss Watts ar a red much concerned at her disappointment, and tzggested to Mrs. Hales that, as her present exigencies hq u ired a little more ready money, she would place the ( 1; 1 1 , 1 4 , 1 e in Mrs. Hales's hands for a loan of 60L, and 11 , 4 ° ' give . her 40/. for the accommodation. This bait deZ t tsily swallowed by Mrs. Hales, who forthwith pro pre-,7,, fifty-five sovereigns and a 51. note. Mrs. Hales, 116,. 1 ,7 in the company o f Mi ss W a tt s , an d Mi ss W a tt s , 41,1'1'3' d elighted with Mrs. Hales, spent several agree tf 7, (1 1 8 , during which she once paid a visit to the seat li or - " 1 ' Craven at Coombe Abbey, with Mrs. Hales's kr;e-,,and gig. On being informed by the housekeeper, lvelobillSoll, that her Ladyship was not at home, Miss ttt4 refused to leave her card or name, saying she was 1.44.n0wn to her Ladyship, and expected soon to be It a f 4ontague. On Monday, the sth, a request was 11 14 ;1 1 , made for the horse and gig to convey her to 1, 11 et Harborough , where Miss Watts had an aunt, tf th °B ,..he had learnt was not likely to live. No objection, Si • g s e, was offered, and Miss Watts, anticipating the Ift i k s °l. mourning, borrowed the habiliments of Mrs. ve rY generously offered for her convenience, to -4riv„,,l. With a' valuable watch. Thus equipped, she h ad at Ilarborough, and alighted opposite to Mrs. t ae hi.; obser v i ng s h e was a f ra id h er aun t was d ea d, as the• s t „ in ds were do w n. The man was desired to go to 'ci -a ns Hotel, and wait for her. Miss W. walked h ard to the Union inn, where she took some brandy htl r W . tt ter, with a biscuit, and after staying about two ,Ita ;' Went to the Swans to inform John that her aunt 144.,, 1i •er k Y ill, and wished her to return few days at Har urie - g" ; he must therefore without her, and the 4 ,,, th e gig for her en Tuesday, the 13th, dischar g i ng 41 a 0 , - ,7,1*115e of John and the horse, with a promise, Laid 10 s• for his journeys, and 4s. for what he had the road. On the return of John, Mr. and Mrs. ' rl 4 l( l""atne somewhat concerned respecting their fair 'tll and on the following morning dispatched John tar e " fti l a oliceman to M ar ket Harbor o ugh to take prop er 11 , 11 1 l e e -,, Miss Watts. This, however, was found to be ikee -84 trY, as the clever and interesting visitor had • f . e are of herself previous rocuring a seat in the em `l3l., London the p evening, where she is no th e d,c 4 Joying the fruits of her tour. We might add, w ith th e and under garments obtained of Mrs. Hales, , 41 .05 e i e 2vatch, are considered worth 15L to 301., while j.j l le e L ' e 't behind are estimated at 2s. 6d. We have t o ci oll u ta:informed, that instead of proceeding to 'nu Watts took a seat for Oxford by the Ox• telt from Northampton.—Banburtj Guardian. 1)1, 4 FROG[ WRONG M y ßDiclNE.—Yesterday af '4:(lt 7 "n i tl G I li 'r• . . ills, Deput Coroner for Middlesex, held 11 11 ' e st. at the Hammersmith workhouse of the Kensin.. 1 1 ';‘' ll e l t n ' ° ll the body of Henry Hawkins, an infant me child,_ ee , 4 vii :" L s 01 d, who died in consequence of wrong di _ e in n iltler'', bee 1(1, sent it by one of the medical officers of the uni_ o. - 'Mi l lengthened examination, the jury returned the t g ~ rdiet :......" Died from disease of his lungs . and b .u. i ne , I, lii t h at the cause of the said disease was a certam mediml.s -gent„,,aB administered to the said Henry Hawkins by i 0 t ,,, 4 ; and the jury in addition, requested the Deputy !(' le;`'' w ould -3 - ' aution the tnedical gentlemen The ):111,:ilityeor'Irlos:_sr in ev rabe el- 11' c g the medicine in future. . h ° l le4 tt _e , acting on l° the recommendation of the jury, i tt i L nt t.. .;sa ‘ _ as to theirfuture m conduct in such matters. THE SOUTH-WESTERN I l e! , 1 'Way....4 ACCIDENT 0 40 ,1 1 tY c r ,„ 4 Inquest washeld yesterday before Mr. Payne, • ''° died °— "er for London, upon the body of John Weller, , t )' b ,Ln St. 4:ho 'll s Hospital, p from injuries received 4 44 4 418 -- " th °eked down mas Thomas's by so a railway train at Wimbledon 1 - `s With nistant. The evidence adduced disclosed no 4ainted WhiCh the public has no t t h a e l i r r e v a e t e b t e_en made ac i ~ That the ii ` l ,c'tes sec e and the jury returned r 1 ,.' 11 g 4 h„ w as accidentally killed, .at the same time expres future be taken to pre- ~, 4th. - re that more care l'rould j ' i dent the of a similar seta . 0 ~ t);!;•°Poras :DRAPERS' .A.SSOCIATI . N. —A meeting 'NC aseciation was held yesterday evening at the Eastern tt. itation, in the Com rcial-road, upon which occasidii v., large one, was v l *S. C. Hall occupi d7 le h chair. The room, which is a 4_,-idience being er o e wd t ed e toexcess, a great proportion of com Posed of ladies. The object of th th e r r nw was to show the necessity of the tradespeople losing I t ' ll ' s- °Ps at a mach earlier liour than had been their gIll• A series of resolutions, with a view of accomplish 4(ei, r . ti s desirable end, were proposed and seconded by the %... 1% Reed, the Rev. G. Smith, the Rev. S. Davis, Mr. the „lti, and other influential persons, all of whom advocated til t Zuse in most energetic speeches. Every speaker urged t til t benefits in a moral, religious and intellectual pom 'l '' ll ati iciel ti ati ° ll which could not but' result to those young .illie r ;,' Women who were at present compelled to attend wela..eri'hshoPs or close rooms for twelve, sixteen, and even - tki... - `° l lrS a day, by an emancipation fr . om . the lengthened p"i'Y th ey 1 1 14E had been in the habit of existing under. 1. 4 . y ko AT OXFORD.—Two LIVES LOST.—Ye_ste_rre . ii.k.„• 'll° g (Tuesday), between two and three o'clock, t; tit ' -s'vered issuing from a house in Great Ebbe's-lane, thkr°,l4,,thhe thickest populated parts of Oxford, inhabited by a "tiee-`2lya.. high . ly respectable . member of the Jewish per -1,7 tloth,'° carried on the business of a dealer in old and Atli' 'c're th„ t '; and such was the rapidity of the flames that 4% C . 44gines could be made useful, the house was one 4 ° 4 - ll u t e: ,and we regret to add, a that Mr. Jacob and his herre 41 ate!, about 15 years of age, were burnt to death ii 1. 1 , 3' assistance could be rendered them. Mrs. Jacob . and i cl43 , ° Yelingest daughters, with the assistance of the neigh kin tac o gent window unhurt. It 1N,, , -Pos ed from the one-pair of stairs ttu.: , wh it that Mr. Jacob was anxious to secure a sum of 11/4117ff.cr that was at the top of the house, and that he went ?era IN I l i: turpose ; but on account of he rapidity of the .* ,,,,1 ) ,, ,„,,,F ance of returning was gone; and when his 4 elf. „e, "Meh were dreadfully burnt, were discovered about tii a, 81, C o'cl k this • q t , s o l i . clock morning, his treasure, which he had . 6, k ' e N or e 4ous about, was found under him. The remains t he y bott o g i rl were discovered at one o'clock to-day, at at the (k,tlrlit floorin of the cellar, where she must have . fallen stanee wl h ie as n 44.1,4 de ep g, gave way. The melancholy circumstance t 4 id aq t°ol ll over that part of the city where Mr. Jacob iehl r where he was highly respected. It . is very much tit tiiit:k-retted that the City Water-works, which cost the I , 4l i slat • t , tB. 8 ° great an yearly outlay, are not rendered more l'e r . ) ,"'llt te. ;, ° Q., 4 e of fire, for in this instance, had there been a 1 ean, 140 6 . 0 7, 0f Water when the engines arrived, we should li e of Of ~71 7 not now have the painful duty of recordin g the e,,zieli L°.,fello‘w -beings. It is - but just to observe that the Ile' worked with their wonted zeal, and 4 ' 11 ( 1 1. - " tu llY kept th , fire from spreading to the right an the °ll u i s rl e g b ilo nsek The fire originated in the lower part rids 014, 8 , at how it is not known. Ivy .401prif t 'liq , aigh t . 1. , , FEB. 26.—SVERE GALES.— On ,tr I A -4 orti ,1,.-iile Port was visited with a most severe gale . of l Viol " le no rth-west, which continued blowing_ with 1. 4 . t• k t i e r se until the morning, accompanied with heavy ) ji l 'tle ' aud ,- d a mage has been done to the y shipping ( I , •P l ariP i l e - t havoc created among newl-sown crops and ''‘tt l : l °len . ,`: L ions hi the neighbourhood of Cumberland Fort. 1k1%,,,(14Y, but the gale somewhat abated towards night on t g Y a. b, ‘ °n Sunda the atmosphere presented a most i'.,kict.,.„,•e' wkiliclVoen`iinft_ll(lthe.sytorm increased . on the turn of the h t r ,, i , ter, w , Lieu with most alarming vehemence until Otp„ 4 with fe n the surge washed over . the ramparts of a tr eat '' t ivil, 'earful rapidity. Several ships put into the li.‘ 4 il clielt-rtt_eir canvass to . rn to ribands,.an_ d apparently 4 14 ad, ayra• Several were stranded on different parts of 4 o tl ':1 14 0- e z oli - o' s ° t n . e unfortunate schooner, the Ratcliffe, . 1 4-4 heia, S l ater, laden with cork and wine, from into by a strange brig, and 114011171:tb'--%1: t ill d el : 1411(1cl i e l l ;g ed thae master, was complete wrck. The crew, eight in were fortunately rescued from r , rot, t C o lf: i r_ 0 3' a Dutch ga lliot,.and brought safely into '• Deal I II: uc k en Sunday evening, much exhausted. /krt i tr y is l ID oP ALL THINGS AT HAND."—A Mr. h 4l4 4 4 tetu a r t • Pre sent reaping a plentiful harvest in Stock -1,4(1e' , e r - ,P„q on the above subject in the Temperance -1.'4): t oc lt ado,4li::Nale •; a charge - of One penny each . being ac t '' f i %II -'')"- The various prophecies contained in ~r:IY::: en a a ule : t ar ate e in th en e ts su , bje c t s upon which the lecturer a t'' . 4l ;T o ll i 1 411 0 h d i 3 , hjs, doctrine,- and incontrovertibly proves, that the world will as . su . redly ;.,i. t,iie'leakloll the 19th of March, or in the beginning of ttit tz th Whether or not the lecturer himself believes rce -4 , '.bar s We are are not prepared to say ; but, at all events, 0 '4 44 1 3 as to;`,Jus enough to secure what cash he can ; re d). , h e ~., lether or not he has use for it before the end 4 lii e ul l r e d s delivered three lectures on the subject on Spn- I, e 'orie , 31 , Lo enter into any discussion on the subject \.,,,, 01, 10 the,, e_ ter . ~/ad tvi ty -,-,. .4'4 'eleafteld Courier. Ap ‘ll3 , l rdi ll b e :r I .l4 ndi --- c u led, on the 12th instant, at Tyne la,' li ti q Old wo w ° aged 108 years, Ruth Evans. This ex ,oklite'. y eves.an retained all her faculties to the last, ~, ,Itil l „ 1- , ti ro t suffered a day's illness. She had one ith li, end ve grand children, thirty-eight great grand abed t he e te n great 9ox great grand children, all now living, kli A1,„Yee r5...... „ , of her ( laughter, who died a month ago, eelit:ltiAGu l'ilarmarthen Journal. 1 7,:,• i l00 0 lif ••ko ot ,„ 111911 LIFE. —The alliance between ~, , ( t.poiPlible a,„,,m , 2eYle, of Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, and e l Nei, cY, p,„„ -"`4lalla Louisa Foley, daughter of the late ce i ,at s t ~•.' soien i • 40' Nlt • George s !used yesterday morning, at nine lkiiiii(?rwi• tlhPrferrnedbCliurch., Hanover-square. The cere ke, 1 411 1 F it ` th e Pre y the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop ki d, ....iN,. (3 ,4,,, 5 en5e of the Duchess of Bedford, Lord Mall. „,Niss r a r , Atiss Geraldine, and Mr. Frederick Fitz 'Llost d• 1 e ' B ce• 1)., tt t lah )01i, %1 ,011 1 1 ? ?set fi -- mnt ..4t:l rEto '''' 10 the panes I- Was made on Monday 1t`4,4,-4 ti , eld. Th es of Mr. J. H. Nunn, of Nether cvit, „ ' 4 ,! ) renii se; on e Person appointed by Mr. Nunn to 1 .! p4„ tl ;iii etel 4 Irian stuftrig round the stockyards about ten 7 wja gg N or 3: Towle his ng close to a wheat-stack, but he Ni i, , ,' st4o inn g , llr. i 4 el e 4 ,Ps• Upon searching on the moan tttil t i leife . It ite ir es i .n un d d on the spot where the man "%lieu -- a box, so that there is no 3 Viri t of the party,, .. E Herald. BIGHLANDS OF IETHIOPIA. 3 Vol.. • Longman, London, 1844. 114jor Harris, the author of these volumes, antici pating probably—though he has certainly no occa sion to be apprehensive—that occasional marks of haste and slovenliness may be detected in them by the microscopic eye of criticism, observes, by way of apology, in his introduction, that they were written in the heart of Abyssinia, amidst manifold interrup tions and disadvantages, adding that " their chief re commendation must be sought in the fact of their em bodying a detail of efforts zealously directed, under the auspices of a liberal Government, towards the establishment of a more intimate connexion with a Christian people, who know even less of the world than the world knows of them." In justice to the gallant author, we must say that his volumes possess many other recommendations in addition to that which he has assigned to them. They give us minute and graphic sketches of countries very little known ; are exceedingly picturesque and vigorous in their deli neation of the manners and customs of the various /Ethiopian tribes; and are characterised by all the bonhommie 'and cordial good-humour of a British soldier who makes light of difficulties, and maintains his self-possession and serenity of temper in the most trying crisis. Major Harris set out from Bombay for Ankober, the capital of the King of Shoa, in Southern Abyssinia, in the spring of 1841, and, after a prosperous voyage, reached Aden, situated near the Straits ofßab-el-mandeb,which was once a port of great consequence, and regarded as the Gibraltar of the East. Here he met with several choice specimens of the Somauli tribe who, it seems, are as expert knaves as even the Bedouins of the desert. " A Somauli thief," he tells us, "is per haps the cunningest rogue in the universe. He has been known to cut away a pile of tobacco so as to leave to the merchant who reposed thereon nought but the effigy of his own figure ; and, after entering through the roof of a house, he has taken his exit through the door with chests of treasure, from the top of which the sleeping proprietor has been first hoisted with his bed, by a tackle lowered through the aperture, and so left hanging till the morning !" Exploits like these might put to shame the best instructed conveyancer in the metropolis; and even the "Artful Dodger," of whose dexterity as a prig his venerable preceptor Fagin was so deservedly proud, would cut but a sorry figure by the side of a Somauli artist. From Aden, our author stretched acrosss the Arabian Gulf for the town of Tajurra, which, together with the adjacent district, is under the government of a monarch who is styled the Sultan of the Sea-port. By this poten tate he was received with infinite respect ; but he was a poor, miserable, cunning fellow, who possessed scarcely any influence, and was far more ready to re ceive, than to give, presents—a peculiarity by no means confined to African sovereigns. Quitting Tajurra, Major Harris, with his party, set out for the interior of Abyssinia; their journey was beset with difficulty and danger, and when they reached the sterile, parched neighbourhood of the Great Salt Lake, their sufferings from excessive thirst became perfectly intolerable. Here is an impressive descrip tion of a night spent among the burning sands : " The horrors of that dismal night set the efforts of description at defiance. An unlimited supply of water in prospect, at the distance of only sixteen miles. had for the brief moment buoyed up the drooping spirit which tenanted each way-worn frame ; and when an ex hausted mule was unable to totter further, his rider contrived manfully to breast the steep hill on foot. But owing to the long fasting and privation endured by all, the limbs of the weaker soon refused the task, and the first two miles, they dropped fast in the rear. Fanned by the fiery blast of the midnight sirocco, the cry for water, uttered feebly and with difficulty, by numbers of parched throats, now became incessant; and the supply of that precious element brought for the whole party falling short of one gallon and a half, it was not long to be answered. A tiny sip of diluted vinegar for a mo ment assuaging the burning thirst which raged in the vitals, and consumed some of the more downhearted, again raised their drooping souls ; but its effects were transient, and, after struggling a few steps, over whelmed, they sank again, with husky voice, declaring their days to be numbered, and their resolution to rise up •no more. Dogs incontinently expired upon the read ; horses and mules that once fay down, being un. able from exhaustion to rally, were reluctantly aban doned to their fate ; whilst the lion-hearted soldier, who had braved death at the cannon's mouth, subdued and unmanned by thirst, finally abandoning his resolution, lay gasping by the way-side, and, heedless of the ex hortation of his officers, hailed approaching dissolution with delight, as bringing the termination of tortures which were not to be endured. " Whilst many of the escort and followers were thus unavoidably left stretched with open mouths along the road, in a state of utter insensibility, and apparently yielding up the ghost, others, pressing on to arrive at water, became bewildered in the intricate mazes of the wide wilderness, and recovered it with the utmost diffi culty. As another day dawned, and the round red sun again rose in wrath over the Lake of Salt, towards the hateful shores of which the tortuous path was fast end ing, the courage of all who had hitherto borne up against fatigue and anxiety began to flag. A dimness came before the drowsy eyes, giddiness seized the brain, and the prospect ever held out by the guides, of quench ing thirst immediately in advance, seeming like the tan talising delusions of a dream, had well nigh lost its ma gical effect ; when, as the spirits of the most sanguine fainted within them, a wild Bedouin was perceived, like a delivering angel from above, hurrying forward with a large skin filled with muddy water. This most well timed supply, obtained from Mohammad Ali from the small pool at Hanlefanta, of which, with the promised guard of his own tribe, by whom he had been met, he had taken forcible possession in defiance of the impotent threats of the ruthless red man,' was sent to the rear. It admitted of a sufficient quantity being poured over the face and down the parched throat, to revive every prostrate and perishing sufferer ; and, at a late hour, ghastly, haggard, and exhausted, like men who had es caped from the jaws of death, the whole hadcontrived to straggle into camp, which, but for the foresight and firm • ness of the son of Ali Abi, few individuals indeed of the whole party would have reached alive." Arrived at Ankober, the capital of the kingdom of Shoa, Major Harris experienced a kindly reception from the Monarch, chiefly in consequence of the various presents he brought him; and, on one occa sion, was an eye-witness of that very scene which Bruce described with such minuteness in his tra vels, and for which he was generally derided as a romancer. The scene in question was a bull-feast which took place in the royal meadows, and which our author thus depicts :—" Crowds swarmed round each sturdy animal, and impetuously rushing in, seized horns and legs and tail. A violent struggle to escape followed the assault, but the stronger still re tained their grasp of the victim, and finally prevailed. With a long groan the bull was thrown kicking to the earth. Twenty crooked knives flashed at once from the scabbard, and the hungry butchers remained seated on the quivering carcase until the last bubbling jet had welled from the widely severed throat. Rapidly from that moment advanced the work of demolition. The hide was opened in fifty places, and collop after collop of warm flesh and muscle, sliced and scooped from the bone, was borne off in triumph. Groupes of fasting savages might now be seen in different directions, greedily munching and bolting the raw repast, and pounds were with all held of light account. Entrails and offal did not escape." We close our brief and hurried notices of these volumes by observing that they abound in incidents and descriptions of the most exciting character ; and that the chapter entitled " Unexplored Countries to the South," wherein the author speaks of the Dakos, " a pigmy and perfectly wild race, not exceeded four feet in height," is a more curious one than is to be found in any modern vo lume of' travels. THE ARTIZAN. Siniphin and Marshall. London, 1844. In this goOdly quarto we have the first volume of a monthly journal of the operative arts, which, it seems, is brought out under the immediate super intendence of the Artizan Club. The articles, as might be guessed from the title of the work, are mostly of a practical character, and, so far as we are able to form a judgment on a cursory inspection of them, appear to be written with ability. The ex planatory embellishments are numerous, and tolerably well executed. MONSTER MISERY OF IRELAND. Bentley. London, 1844. As the work of a practical man, who has had thirty years experience of his subject, in his capacity of English agent to estates in the south as well as in the north of Ireland, this volume is well worth an atten tive and thoughtful perusal. It is penned in a calm, moderate spirit, and contains a treatise on the relation of landlord and tenant, together with suggestions for legislative measures, and the management of landed property. HISTORY OF CHINA. Part XIII. Dean, London, 1844 • _ - This Part contains a clever account of some of the earlier provinces of the Mogul Empire, together with two illustrations, the best of which is the last effort of Tippoo Saib at the memorable siege of Seringapa tam. The authoress of this skilful history is Miss Julia Corner, who has arranged her facts through out with judgment. The ,half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the General Steam Navigation Company was held yesterday, at the office of that corporation, 69, Lombard-street. It was numerously attended. The chair was taken by John Wilkin, Esq. (in the absence, from illness, of Wolverley Attwood, Esq., the Chairman of the company), at two o'clock pre cisely, when the Report of the Directors, and the accounts of the year, were read. From these it appeared that, notwith standing the continued depression in trade, the Company's operations for the past year bad been attended with success, and that the general condition of the Company's affairs was highly satisfactory. The customary dividend and bonus were declared; after which the cordial thanks of the Proprietors were voted to the Chairman and Directors for their continued exertions in the promotion of the Company's interests. Both Houses of Parliament stand adjourned till to morrow. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Carlisle, Feb. 26.' Mr. Baron Rolfe sat on the Civil side, and Mr. Justice Coltman on the Criminal. The Court was engaged a great part of the day with the trial of the case of " Dixon v. Dixon," in which the matter in dispute was a very small strip of land lying between two contiguous estates, and of very little value. The evidence as to the disputed titles was, as usual in such cases, very long and very uninteresting. Th.e cause will probably occupy the greater part of to morrow. On the Criminal aide there are 22 cases and 26 prisoners. Of these three stand charged wi!h rape, one with child murder, one with cutting and wounding, two with man slaughter, and one with sheep-stealing. The other offences are of a trifling kind, chiefly petty thefts, of a class more usually disposed of at sessions. Some cases of the latter kind occupied the Court the greater part of the day. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, FEB. 26.—The usual weekly meeting of the Re peal Association was held this day at the Conciliation Hall. JoHN O'CoNNELL, Esq., M.P., took the Chair. The Hon. Gentleman, on taking the Chair, observed that deep as were his feelings of thankfulness to the meeting for the reception which they had given him that day, there was a feeling still stronger, still more engrossing, in his breast—a feeling of gratitude, deep and unfeigned gratitude, to the English people for the generous sympathy extended to him and the other Irish Members on their appearance in the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He acknowledged he was unprepared for such a reception, and his father was also unprepared for such a manifestation of genuine English feeling. Until he entered the House of Commons, he was totally unaware of the extent of indigna tion which the proceedings of the Government had generated in the hearts of the English people. The organs of the Tory party had endeavoured, by raking up ancient prejudice, to create ill-will and dissension between the two countries; but the national generosity and love of fair play, which were among the noblest characteristics of the English people, were strikingly displayed on the occasion, and the effort signally failed. The Hon. Gentleman then gave a feeling account of the enthu siastic reception given to his father at the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, and assured the meeting he had then the honour of addressing, that it delighted him chiefly be cause be regarded it as a foretaste of the affectionate sym pathy which had subsisted between the two countries—when justice bad been done to Ireland, when Ireland should have her Parliament again, and be in a position to prove her sin cere attachment to the best interests of the empire.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then took a rapid review of the late debate, in the course of which he observed that the only per son who had.reason to complain of the course it took was the Chief Justice, whose name was entirely omitted by those whom the Government supporters praised for liberality, in tegrity, and fairness. What was meant by the omission was not for him to say, nor would it, perhaps, be quite safe for him to say what he thought. From the result of the debate he could hold out no hope to the people of Ire land. Indeed, it had only confirmed film in his belief that they had no hope of obtaining justice at the hands of the Imperial Parliament, and that on themselves and their own exertions the people of Ireland must rely. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded at considerable length to de monstrate the necessity of local Government, and concluded by again thanking the meeting for the enthusiastic reception they had given him. The Secretary then read the minutes of last day's proceed ings and correspondence of the week, among which was the following letter from Mr. O'Connell " London, Feb. 24, 1844. "My dear Ray,—l am not a little proud at being able to congratulate the Association on one circumstance of no small magnitude—l mean the generous sympathy exhibited by the English people towards the friends, and for the sufferings of the Irish. I have constant manifestations of this kindly and generous spirit, but the meeting at Covent-garden, on Wed nesday, produced a scene never exceeded, and I do believe never equalled in any . country. This is a spirit to be che rished, as well as admired for its noble generosity. I am sure the Association will reciprocate these most laudable and honourable feelings, and that the Irish nation will show that Irish gratitude will at least equal English generosity. We must cultivate these kindly sentiments at both sides. " The melancholy reflection, however, follows, that it is quite useless ; for the wise and the good in Great Britain desire, as they do, cordially and sincerely, that justice should be done to Ireland. Alas, power has passed from the wise and the good, and is vested in the selfish and the bigoted. The monopolists and the bigots have got pos session of Parliamentary power—class legislation provails. The spirit of reform is extinct, or lives in little more than isolated individuals. The unhappy genius of Chartism is still sufficiently strong to delude some of the operative classes—of those to whom increased reform would give in creased power to alleviate their hard condition, and improve the social state. " Under these circumstances, every reasonable and just Irishman must see that there is nothing for Ireland save in and by the restoration of our own Parliament. There is not the least reason fur any kind of despondency; on the con trary, it appears to me to be as clear as the noon-day sun, that the repeal must succeed, if the Irish people observe two essential conditions of success. "The first is, the strict observance of the peace—the total absence of riot, tumult, outbreak, or force. In short, to con- tinue peaceable under every circumstance, and in every event. " Secondly,—To continue perseveringly and unremittingly the Repeal agitation, to continue that agitation in strictly legal channels, and in no other. To abandon and avoid any course that may be declared—however wrongfully—illegal, and to continue to model every public body into such a shape as shall set every prosecution at defiance. In short, to con tinue constitutional and legal agitation, so long as one shred of the Constitution remains. " Peaca and perseverance is our motto. Perseverance and peace are the Shibboleth to our success. Before peace and perseverance present difficulties will vanish, and by them Ireland will be restored to national dignity ~a nd prosperity. "Ever vours — fait - hfully, " J. M. Ray, Esq." "bANIEL O'CONNELL." Several sums of money were then handed in, among whicl was 2001. from New Brunswick ; 13/. from Waterbury America ; 221. from Watertown, America ; and 71. frog Ariel, America. Mr. O'Down then moved that the letters enclosing the American remittances should be inserted on the American book, after which, Ml'. SMITH OliniEN, M.P., rose, and addressed the meet ing at considerable length. He commenced by observing that the collective wisdom of the empire had solemnly de cided, by a large majority, against taking the grievances of Ireland into consideration. It was clearly shown that the Imperial Parliament required, not information as to the state of Ireland, but the spirit to. right the wrongs of the country. Should they therefore despair ?—(Cries of " No, no.") No ! they had learned the secret by which the regeneration of Ireland could be accomplished, and that was by relying on themselves, and on themselves alone.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. STEELE next addressed the meeting, and contended that it was the duty of the Irish people to reciprocate the kindly feeling manifested towards them by the people of England, and concluded by giving notice of his intention to bring the subject of the Protestant oath before the Associa tion at the next day qmeqlng. Mr. Pigot, Mr. Shell, and several other Irish Members, ar• rived at Kingstown this morning, from London. NATIONAL COMPLETE SUF FRAGE UNION. The Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union held the quarterly meeting in the Public-office, Birmingham, on Monday last. The Court-room was crowded by a most at tentive and respectable audience. Joseph Sturge, Esq., Pre sident, in the chair. As it was arranged that the deputation appointed to wait on the Members for the borough in London, and present them with memorials from the electors and non-electors of Birmingham, requesting them to support Mr. Crawford's proposal and the petition to Parliament on the same subject, should be present, Mr. STURGE read a letter from Mr. Scholefield on that -- subject. Mr. Scholefield stated that he had presented .the petition and read the principal part of it to the House, and that they would not be surprised to hear that " it was re ceived with the indifference usually manifested on such occa sions ;" with regard to the Supply movement, Mr. Schole field said, " I shall never shrink from recording my vote at every fitting opportunity against the granting supplies whilst our heavy national grievances remain unredressed."—(Ap plause.) Mr. Sturge then said—Perhaps the best way in which he could show the advantage of the'Supply movement as a means , of forcing discussion within the House of Com .. mons, would be to - contrast the difficulties with which Win. Sharman Crawford had to contend in his endeavours to introduce the subject of complete suffrage last year, with the case and freedom with which he had been enabled to intro duce it already during the present session. —(Hear.) Last year, after labouring three or four months to bring on two substantive motions, and, after all, getting but a very tame discussion on them, this year two amendments on the supply principle of action had been discussed, and on both occasions interesting and important speeches had been made.—(Hear, hear.) They had every reason to be encouraged by the re ception which had been given to the amendments affirming the principle that the redress of grievances should preeede the voting of supplies. 31 Members of the House voted for the first, and 24 for the second amendment, and the earnestness and sincerity which evidently characterised the debate were very remarkable. The numbers who voted for the principle were small, but when he told them that Mr. Sharman Craw ford, on the morning of the day when Parliament was open ed, did not know of one man who was prepared at all risks to support his proposed amendment on the address, they would be surprised to find that so many had voted with him that night.— (Great applause.) A few were prepared to go with him on the first motion of supply, but even those few had doubts as to the policy on moving at once on the address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. By the firmness. and decision of the friends of the movement who had met in London to encourage Mr. Crawford and his friends to persevere, the course was taken which led to the impor tant results he had just stated, and if the people continued to support the movement with the' same spirit in which it had been begun, he did not doubt but it would be found in strumental in the accomplishing of their political freedom.— (Applause.) They had now three things to consider in re gard to this movement. First, was the principle just ? Second, was the present the time to apply it ? -Third, had they the power to do so ? With regard to the first, he held that nothing could be more just than that if a man was to be taxed, his grievances should be redressed before his money was taken.—(Applause.) To shew that this was the proper time to apply it, he would just give a statement of the amount of money that had been paid to one man—the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Sturge then read a statement showing that upwards of two millions sterling had been given to the Duke of Wellington. The statement was received with strong marks of disapprobation. Mr. WasoN, the Secretary of the Union, read the quarterly Report, which gave a very encouraging account of the progress of the Supply movement.—lt was unanimously adopted, A coloured Man made a very interesting speech in broken English. He did not understand Parliamentary affairs, he said, but he knew that Britain had much to account for in calling herself a Christian nation, while the Parliament, in the name of Christianity, robbed the people, and when the people complained of being robbed, put Christian men like Mr. O'Neil in gaol.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He was glad to see th a t M r . St urge h a d ot h er v i ews o f Ch r istianity, and as he had been the friend of the black man, so was he the friend of the white man, and this was all right, for God had said all men were brothers.—(Cheers.) Mr. WlLsox a dd resse d t h e meet i ng on the general ques tion. He said, we believe that the House of Commons does not represent the people ; that its actions are oppressive and despotic ; that it is voting away the people's money for any thing and everything but the people's benefit ; that it is ruling by physical instead of moral force ; that by each suc ceeding act it plunges the country into difficulties and debt. We not only believe all this to be true, but we prove it—we place the facts in evidence before the world, and challenge contradiction.—(Hear.) We show, too, that to our petitions, remonstrances, and complaints, Parliament has turned a deaf ear ;that by its tactics and manoeuvres it has rendered nugatory all our efforts even to obtain an inquiry into th e grievances of which the people have complained. We offer to prove all this and more, and in the strength of our case we rest the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28 1 IR44} necessity of resorting --to to the proposal we now-recommend to your adoption, that the grievances of the people should be in vestigated and redressed before the supplies are voted. Councillor PERRY gave an account of the interview which the deputation, entrusted with the memorials and petition, had with Mr. Muntz. He said Mr. Muntz seemed to throw ridicule on the proposal. With regard to the present meet ing, he could not help stating with what feeling of indigna tion he had beard the state men t th a t th e Duke o Wellington had received about two millions and a quarter of the public money, for what ?—(Hear, hear.) It was "really awful to think of it, that thousands and tens of thousands had been called out to shed their brother's blood, and were themselves now lying low in the dust of the ground.—(llear, hear.) A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Scholefield, with an ex pression of regret that Mr. llifuntz did not support Mr. Craw ford on the 6th instant. It was announced, amidst much applause, that Mr. O'Con nell was to be in Birmingham on Friday, when a public breakfast will be given to him, and a town's meeting held in the evening, on the subject of Irish affairs ' at which he would be present. The meeting then separated. FACTORIES. , , " Bill for Regulating the Employment of Children, Young Persons, and Women, in Factories." Brought into the House of Commons by Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton. Or dered to be printed 6th February, 1844. This Bill, in its present shape, consists of seventy seven clauses, with four schedules of certificates, forms, &c., connected with its various enactments. The first clause repeals the 42d Geo. 111. c. 73, the 3d and 4th Will. IV. , c. 109, and the 4th and sth Will. IV., c. 1, entitled respectively, " An Act for the Pre.rvation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills and Factories ;" " An Act to Regulate the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom;" and " An Act to explain and amend". the last recited Act. Clause 2 is one of interpretation, determining the legal signification and extent to be attached to these words whenever they occur in the Bill, namely, any word denoting a " male person," shall be taken to mean a " female" as well as a male ; and " one person," or thing, any number of persons or things • to be construed a " child under the age of thirteen;' "young person," a person of thirteen and under eighteen, &c. &c. " Month," is to mean a " calendar month ;" " night," to imply from eight o'clock in the evening till six o'clock on the following morning. The application of the word " factory " is also carefully defined, together with the exceptions thereto which are to be noted; as to such parts thereof, for instance, as are used solely for the purposes of a dwelling-house, or during the packing of finished goods; and from this and other parts of the Act are to be exempted young persons, being me chanics, artisans, or labourers working only in making and repairing the machinery, or any parts of the factory. Clauses 3 to. 5 enact that no child under eight years of age be employed in any factory ; no young person under sixteen to be employed without a surgeon's certificate-; but children and young person s may b e employed seven or thirteen days without such certificate. Clauses 7 and 8 — Children not to work more than six hours and thirty minutes daily, and young persons and women not more than twelve hours daily. Clauses 9 and 10 enact, that children and young persons shall not be employed in more than one factory, and are not to work in the night (i. e. after half-past seven in the evening). Clause 11 directs in what manner it shall be lawful for employers to make up and recover, by the additional labour of children, young persons, and women, time lost from drought or floods. Clauses 12 and 13—Work to cease on every Saturday after noon at half-past four; one hour and a half to be allowed for meal. times. Subsequent clauses provide precautions to ensure regularity in the observance of time ; eight half holidays to be allowed in every year; children to attend school, and occupiers of factory to obtain school certificates, and to pay school fees. Factories to be lime-washed, yearly; protection to be provided for workers in net-spinning flax mills ; mill-gearing not to be cleaned while in motion ; machinery to be inclosed or guarded; inspector or sub-inspector to give notice of dangerous machinery; notice to be given of any accident ; certifying surgeon to examine into cause and extent of accident, and report thereon. All these clauses (from 14 to 24 inclusive) are ad mirable, both for the spirit which has dictated and the details which develope their application. Then next follow various clauses requiring a registry to be kept, after a form in the schedule, in every factory ; and providing for the appointment of inspectors and sub-in spectors, their meetings and reports, legal exemptions (as, from serving on juries) attaching to them, and arrangement of their offices. Notices to be given to them by persons beginning to occupy factories ; certifying surgeons to be appointed by them—duties, &c., of surgeons in their connexions with factors and mill owners, and inspectors ; proofs of age as to youths and adults; inspectors authorised to annul certificates ; certificates of real age may be claimed, and to serve for one factory only ; prosecutions for compensation by inspectors; and application of such compensations when recovered.—(Clauses 25 to 49.) Clauses 50 to 54 enact that occupiers of factories shall be liable in the first instance ; but all com plaints for infractions of the Act must be preferred within two months of the date of the offence. Sub sequent clauses regulate the proceedings under this Act; power to be exercised for recovery of penalties under it ; authority to judges to compel the attendance of witnesses, &c. Clauses 58 to 71 set out several offences as infractions of the Factories Act, as s i gn the penalties respec tively attaching thereto their application; 72 and, and direct the mode of 73 direct that convictions be filed among the records of the county, and that there be no appeal from such convictions allowed ; 74, burgh magistrates i n S cotland to exerc i se same powers as justices of pea ce i n E ng l and; 75, excep ti on as to silk mills ; 76 to proceedings, &c., unde r thi s Act from stamp d u ti es . Act to commence Octob er 1, 1844, b ut may b e pre viously repealed by 78, exemption of all deeds, any Act for that purpose to be passed in the present session of Parliament. ATROCIOUS MURDER IN FRANCE A threefold attempt at murder, fatal, however, in one instance only, was made on Sunday morning last, about five o'clock, at Perigueux, in the Loire. M. Desplat, who kept a public-house in the town, had sold his house and good-will, and was believed t o h ave rece i ve d a d a y or two before B,ooof. or 10,000 f. i n part of the purc h ase mone y. This tempted the avidity of some villains, who deter mined to obtain it at any sacrifice of life. Having armed themselves with a pick-axe, which they procured from the yard of a neighbouring house, by scaling the wall, they in like manner, got into the back premises of Desplat's house, which they entered by the .yard door. Their first object was to silence a young man named Regnaud, the only lodger in the house, and pre veie. n f t his T h c e o y mi e n n g terd to e th ß e eg a n ss a i u sta d's roomassistance of Desplat and his w floor, and, finding him asleep, struck fore head with the pick axe , and opened h i s s k u ll. Th e poor youth was kill e d at once, without utter i ng a cry; but, to make assurance d ou bl y sure, they cut hi s th roa t with his own razor. Despl at and his w i fe slept t oge th e r on him on o n the th s e econd the first floor, and, to execute their project with greater security, they enticed the husband up stairs, by imitating the voice of Regnaud, as if in pain, calling for a light. Desplat got up and came out of his room, but Mid not ascended more than three or four stairs when he was felled by two violent blows on the head, which stunned him, and covered him with blood. Believing him to be dead, the assassins went into the room, and attacked the wife ; but her cries brought Desplat's senses back, and, rallying all his powers, ho went to her rescue, calling out for assistance. nearing this, the murderers took the alarm, and fled with no other booty than the watch of the unfortunate Regnaud, and, even if they had fully accomplished their murderous design, they would have gained but little more, for M. Desplat had not received any part of the sum they expected to find. Some neighbours came in at • the crisis, and brought the guard. They found the house deluged with blood. Desplat and his wife were both dreadfully wounded, but are not in absolute danger ; the body of Regnaud, with the head nearly severed from it, had been covered with his own mattress and bedclothes. It was taken to the hospital to be submitted to an autopsy under the eye of justice, in order to obtain and preserve legal evidence of the cause of his death. Several per sons have been arrested on suspicion, and every hope is entertained by the magistrates of bringing the perpetra tors of this brutal crime to condign punishment.—Ga relic des Tribunaux. LIEUT.-COL. NAPIER'S " WILD SPORTS."—Lieut. Col. Napier, the author of " Scenes and Sports in Forei gn Lands," and other popular productions, has just published a new work, entitled - wild Sports in Europe, Asia, an d Africa," which will not only be received with a hearty wel come by every sportsman, but be found not less attractive to the general reader. The scenes of the gallant author's ex ploits, as may be imagined from the title of his work, are sufficiently diversified. He takes us from Madras to the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helena, Gibraltar, Tarifa, Tangiers, Malta, Gazo, Syria , Grand Cairo, Alexandria, the Desart, &c. ; and the list of sports described is equally comprehen sive : in shooting, from the wild pigeon and quail, to the hawk and eagle; in hunting, from the fox to the wild boar and bull ; besides numerous piscatorial adventures. Inde pendently, however, of the sporting details, the many amus ing personal anecdotes and sketches of the Colonel's brother officers and associates give extraordinary vivacity to his pages. The work is illustrated with some capital en gravings. BANK OF MANCHESTER.—The Committee ap pointed at the annual meeting in October last' to investigate the affairs of the Bank have presented their report to the proprietors. Having exercised the: utmost discretion in the estimates placed on the value of the assets, whether in form of real securities or personal obligations, they had arrived at so near an approximation to the statements contained in the report as to justify them in pronouncing' the balance-sheet exhibited to the share holders on the 29th of October, 1843, to have been (as far a as could be ascertained) a true and accurat e s t a t emen t of the position of the bank on the 3 0 th of June i n th a t year . and eh h ee ad t the ferthe sa tisfaction The Committee had also examined the bala n ee h a l f-y of endingreporting that t this o f December,bla balance-sheet 1843, sheet showed a con siderable realisation of assets, and consequent reduction of liabilities, from 440,9361. to 314,7781., during the half-year, and justified the hope that no further loss would result to the shareholders of this unfortunate concern than what would be provided for by the payment of the second Ca—Local Paper. ' f -4 Talbttion OSING PRICES THE FUNDS-(C FUNDS. , Indian Stock 278 pm Ditto Bonds BB pm. Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities.., 96% Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 130 7O pm. Ditto 5601. ( 49 pm. Ditto Small 7O pm. Bank Stock for Acct 195 India Stock for Acct 2783{, Consols for Acct. ..... N FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese,s per Cent 75% Belgian, 5 per Cent 105% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 353( Russian, 5 per Cent. ..... thilian, 6 per Cent lO5 ( Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 r Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 !Ditto, Def pe erred........ .......... 13% Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent...... (Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18i7 Dutch, 2% per Cent 54% Peruvian, 1225, 6 per Cent... 31 x Ditto, 5 per Cent ' lOl% SHARE Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 56 Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Ditto Eighths (I/. lOs. paid) 3% Bristol and Exeter (:0 paid) 68% Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 54 EasterniUnion ( 5 paid) 5% Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2% paid) ssi Orcat North of England (100 paid) 96 Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ......... . ...... .., tB Ditto F ifths (12 paid) Hull and "elby (50paid) 6O Ditto Quarter Shares ( 6 paid) 7 London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Greenwich (L t. 15s. 4d. paid) — Ditto, Preference or Privilege (13/. 17s. 2d. pd) 17% London and South Western (41/. Os. 10d. paid) 77% London and Croydon (Trunk) ... 16% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) lO9 Midland Counties (100 paid) B7 Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 5% North Midland (100 paid) 87% Paris and Rouen (20 paid) (2 Rouen and Havre ( ti paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 353( Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36 BRITISI Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9B 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red ...... New 3% per Cent. 102% New 5 per Cent ..... ...„ — Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 l% Oct. 1859 12% Jan. 1860 l2 9-16 FOREIG SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. ADVERTISER.—We are surprised to find that some of our Liberal Contemporaries imagine they can discover ground of hope for Ireland, in the speech of Sir Robert Peel. They must be persons of quicker discernment than ourselves. We can discover nothing in that speech, lengthened and varied as it was, which affords the slightest foundation for any such hope. It bears on its face the impress of cunning and deceit. Its conciliatory expressions are only intended to mislead. No distinct avowal is made of any intention to abandon that oppressive and insulting policy which has has driven Ireland to the verge of rebellion. Now, can any one who knows the cha racter of the Premier, suppose for a moment that had he contemplated the adoption of a conciliatory policy, he would not have taken care to make an explicit avowal of his inten tions ?On all previous occasions—his tariff, for example— when he intended to introduce measures of concession, he has not only proclaimed his purposes in terms which could admit of no misconception, but with a pompousness of manner pe culiar to himself, and which was almost as significant as the language he employed. If Sir Robert Peel had intended to alter the course of his procedure in Ireland, he would not have studiously abstained from all reference to Mr. O'Connell's thrice-repeated question—" How are you to govern Ireland ?" In his silence as to his future policy we clearly discern an in tention to pursue the perilous path which he is now treading. Instead of intimating his purpose to relax the severity of the law, he avows his resolution to uphold it. No one can mis take the meaning of this. In the Premier's vocabulary it signifies that, while he is in power, Ireland will continue to be governed by military force. But we are not left to mere inferential deductions respecting the future Irish policy of Sir Robert Peel. We have sure grounds for our conviction. One unguarded expression escaped Sir Robert in his late speech, which indicates, in a manner not to be mistaken, that a policy of coercion, not of concession; is that which Ministers have determined to pursue towards Ireland. Sir Robert avowed his intention to uphold the Protestant Establish ment as it now exists in that country. On this point he was more explicit than we ever remember to have heard him. He did not qualify his language in any way. The determination was proclaimed without any conditions. He left no loop-hole, no back-door, through which, in case an emergency should arise, he could escape from his pledge. No measure which can in the slightest degree in terfere with the Irish Church, can ever be proposed by him. Nor, if any such measure be proposed by others, can it re ceive his sanction. With that Church he has inseparably identified himself: with her he is prepared to stand or fall. Rather than touch her most trivial privilege, or suffer another to do it, he would see his Administration perish before his eyes. Now, if, as is admitted on all hands, the Protestant Church in Ireland be, in her established capacity, the monster evil of that country, and if the Premier has declared his deter mination to uphold that Church at all hazards —must not they be credulous persons indeed who expect any measures of a conciliatory nature from him ? His speech, as before remarked, does not afford the shadow of a ground on which to rest any such expectation. But even if it did, even if he had given an explicit pledge of his inten tion to do justice to Ireland, we would have reposed no faith in his word, after hearing him proclaim his reso lution to maintain, under all circumstances, existing and contingent, the Protestant Establishment of Ire land. So long as the Irish Church is suffiared to exist, Ireland cannot know what peace or prosperity means. She is not only the crowning evil, but the parent of nearly all the other evils which are felt in that country. It is not merely that, being the religion only of a few hund re d thou sands of her peopl, she constitutes a standing insult to the millions who are of a different creed, but these millions, while maintaining their own ministers, are ground to the earth by the heavy i m p os t s l a id upon them for the support of this Church. It were bad enough that they should be obliged to support this Church, even did they conceive her doctrines, her discipline, and her conduct to be harmless ; but it is a double act of injustice and oppression, when they con sider her creed to consist of most perilous errors, and her con duct to be dangerous, if not destructive, to the souls of men. Nor, insuperable as are these objections in the eyes of the Catholics to the Protestant Establishment of Ireland, are they the only ground of their hostility towards that Esta blishment. 'Their aversion to the Church is deepened by the fact, that through her door all must pass who are am bitious of sharing in the honours, and partaking of the advantages, which the State holds out to distinguished talent and meritorious conduct. The avenue to civil dis tinction and civil emoluments is shut against the Roman Catholic. His talents may be of the highest order, and his conduct invulnerable to the shafts of calumny, and yet, because he is a Catholic, he is ineligible to any civil, ju dicial, or political office of any importance. Let us not be told that the Relief Bill of 1829 established civil equality between Catholics and Protestants. It did no such thing. In appearance, or in theory, indeed, it may be said to have done so ; in reality it has not. What is the existing state of matters in Ireland? What has been the state of matters in that country since the aceession of the Tories to power? Are not the Catholics a proscribed class? Are they not studiously excluded from all offices of emolument and trust? Is not the brand of degredation prominently and permanently impressed on their brow? Are they not insulted in every conceivable way —grossly and gratuitously insulted by the ministers and members of that Established Church, to the maintenance of which they are compelled to contribute? And yet, though Sir Robert Peel avows his determination to uphold a Church which is thus proved to be the monster evil of Ireland—an evil which converts a country, which would else be a paradise, into a political and social pandemonium—there are persons— persons in the ranks of the Liberals, too—who are credulous to believe that he contemplates a conciliatory policy towards Ireland. We are of no such easy faith. We will not believe that any man can entertain the intention of doing justice to Ireland, who does not commence the work of conciliation by abolishing the Protest an t E s t a bli s h ment i n that country. CHRONICLE. —So, it appears that M. Guizot flings all the blame of the non -ratification of the treaty with Pomare, Queen of Tahiti, not upon her Majesty's repugna nce , but upon the Admiral Dupetit Thouars ; and the Moniteur Orders the Queen's restoration. It is evident that Lord Aberdeen, though he admits the French protectorate in Tahiti, refuses to recognise the sovereignty, which, for a pacific Minister, is strange enough ; for it means neither more nor less than this —he adjourns the question of sovereignty to a future war. He denies the right of the French to levy duties, prohibit ships touching, and to exercise rights of sovereignty. Yet the real influence, the practical exercise of sovereignty, he admits. We have no hesitation in saying, that such a state of things is as unsatisfactory as can be well imagined ; for one more likely to produce collisions, and differences, and jealousies, could not have been established. The protectorate ought to have been opposed and prevented in the first in stance. For now, the whole current of rancorous opposition, greedy of a subject that stirs national pride, will clamour for the full sovereignty of these petty islands, denounce every Minister, like Guizot, as a poltroon that shrinks from offend ing England in the enforcement of rights upon them, and end by making it a sine qua non with any new Minister, that he annex the Friendly Islands in name, as well as in reality, to the French Crown. FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Custom House frauds, which have already excited so much attention and surprise, were on Monday again the subject of inquiry in the Court of Queen's Bench. The form of the proceedings were in this instance different; but the facts adduced in evidence were nearly similar to those elicited on former trials. The mode of procedure was by indictment; the charge was conspiracy to defraud the Crown of certain duties upon goods imported by the fabrication of false entries, and the insertion of the leaves on which these false entries were made into the Blue Books, in which the " sight entries" were mad e by the landing-waiters, and on which the duties were charged. By the connivance and aid of Homersham and Burnby, oof these officers (the former since dead, the latter the principal witness against the defendants on this trial), Messrs. Mottram and Williams, who carried on business in Wood-street, Cheapside, as silk-merchants, and their clerk, Horsley, indicted with them, had carried on a course of fraud on the revenue for a considerable time, and to a large extent. The present indictment was, necessarily, limited to one transaction—the fraudulent entry upon two cases of goods imported by the ship Belfast, from France; and by which the Customs branch of the revenue was de frauded of the difference between 4171. 15s. and upwards of 1,1001 Williams pleaded guilty ; Horsley had ab sconded. The other defendant (Mottram) was convicted. The facts elicited by the examination of the witnesses exemplified most forcibly the oft-repeated observation, that the public business of the country is worse con ducted, and that protection against frauds upon its revenues is far less effective, than those of private Commercial establishments. The Attorney -General in his opening explained the course pursued at the Custom-house ; and, certainly, had the Honourable Commissioners desired to afford facilities for fraud, they could not have invented a practice better adapted for the purpose. The importer «ho contemplated fraud, had only to come to an understanding with one or two landing-waiters, and, by purchasing their aid with a share of the proceeds, he was secure. The Cus tom House authorities, by their mode of transacting business, had done th e r est ! " L an di ng -waiters, ' said Burnby, in his evidence, "were stationed at cer tain quays ; and the importer might land goods where he pleased." The officers of the Government, employed and paid by the public to prevent fraud, perverted into the hired agents of the fraudulent traders, were sure to be in their places. No interchange with officers on other stations; no checks upon the old jog-trot mode of doing business ; no special examination of the " Blue Books," in which the entries were made, to ascertain their genuiness—nothing of this kind was ever thought of. Had not Mottram and Williams become bankrupts, and certain entries of a snspielOtis7appearance in their books excited-the suspi• cion of the accountant employed to prepare their balance sheet, led to inquiry,. the system,- which had been so productive of fraud, would have probably continued to diminish the receipts of the Exchequer, and to swell the gains of the fraudulent importer. The fair trader would have still found himself undersold in the market ; would have witnessed his gradual decline of business, until insolvency and ruin overtook him ; while his dis honest neighbour would have risen, from one step to another, in the scale of what the world calls " respecta- . bility," until he retired with an immense, fortune, to chuckle over the .clumsiness of the Castom House,. which had ministered to his dishonesty and success. The witness Burnby stated, as a fact, what will ex cite general suspicion. "He made certain disclo sures to the Commissioners" —not, however, until some inquiries were being made in consequence of the mys terious entries in Mottram and Williams' books. " His disclosures were•not caused by remorse. If the' Com miisioners have represented that the disclosures ema nated from remorse, they were in error." And— deeply steeped in villany as he was—this avowal may be safely credited. He was absolutely frightened at the extent of his transactions—terrified at the amount of his success. Business increased upon his hands to such a degree—his clients were so numerous, and his 1 profits s o l arge , t h at h e b ecame tired of the trade:—" My motive was to stop the frauds when I found they had arrived to such a pitch as 400,000/. or 500,0001. a year —that was my motive. I had no fear of being dis covered. I could have carried it on to this day ; but when I saw th e f r i g h t f u l extent of the fraud, I deter mined to stop it." Another part of his evidence was equally astounding. The public ought to know whether it has been plundered by wholesale, in the way de -scribed :—" It is a common practice of all landing waiters to purloin what they can get from the docks. They have large coats for the purpose. I hal a large coat with very large • pockets." There are two circumstances connected with the witness Burnby, which will strike every one who reads the report of the proceedings of Monday with sur prise. The first is, the very large pecuniary allowance paid to him by the Customs in the lieu of salary :—" I am not now in employment. I am living on my own pro p:•rty, and on 15s. a-day allowed me by the Customs. I made these disclosures in November, 1842. I have had 15s. a-day since." Five guineas a week, in addition to the interest derived from his own property, the produce of his frauds, seems rather like a bounty upon guilty participa tion in the transactions he described, than anything like forfeiture of pecuniary advantages, as a punishment for crime. The other circumstance was the protection sought ' to be cast around him by the Attorney-General, by which the fellow might obtain impunity from punish• ment for imputed perjury. Two indictments for perjury had been returned " true bills " by the grand jury ; and the Attorney-General applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for permission to enter a nolle prosequi in each case ; and thus stray all further proceedings against him on those indictments. For the credit of our judges we are happy to add that this extraordi nary application was refused, and Burnby will have to answer the indictments in the ordinary course of law. The proceedings of Monday were, as we have said, by indictment. The conviction will, therefore, be unpro ductive to the Crown, so far as restitution of any part of the duties of which the revenue has been defrauded is concerned. The witness Burnby, estimated the amount of the fraudulent practices at from 400,000/. to 500,0002 annually; and from 1837 to 1842, as the extent of time over which the' transactions spread. Several verdicts for large penalties have been obtained by the Crown in the Court of Exchequer; but, if report speak truly, the proceeds derived from those verdicts will be miserably small. It is worth while for some Member of Parlia ment to move for returns upon these cases, as well as for all papers likely to cast light on these extraordinary transactions. STANDARD.—Among a variety of notices of mo tions given last night, by different Members of the House of Commons, is one by our old friend Mr. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, representative of the borough of Finsbury, io which the .Standard is concerned. The motion is for a return of all money paid to the proprietors, the managers, conductors, and agents of the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, for the information furnished by them in reference to the late agitation in Ireland. How the Ministers may treat that motion, we are, of course, unable to an ticipate ; but we could most earnestly wish that her Majesty's servants may feel justified in granting the re turn. It is true that, in every case in which we have been in possession of information that it might be im portant to the public service to place in the hands of the Vovernment, whether such information related to foreign or domestic affairs, we have been careful so to place it, without a moment's delay, because we consider that our connexion with the press does not in any manner re lease us from the duty common to all subjects. While important events were occurring on the continent of Europe, and during the troubles in Canada, we had, by means of our expresses, frequent oppor tunity to rende r thi s serv i ce, and we always rendered it promptly and cheerfully, without the least regard to the political party to which the Ministers might belong. Of this we have abundant proof, in many courteous letters of acknowledgment from Lords Glenelg, Palmerston, and other Whig Ministers. Of late our opportunities have been much less frequent, for the pre sent Ministers are wonderfully sparing of the materials upon which newspapers exist—war and commotion ; but, whenever we have had the opportunity of commu nicating information to the government of Sir Robert Peel, or of facilitating its acquisition of information, we, it may be easily believed; have as cheerfully rendered such assistance to the present Government as to the Government of Lord Grey or Lord Melbourne. This is one side of the account. Now for the other ; and before presenting it to Mr. 'Thomas Slingsby Duncombe ' we warn him th a t it w ill grat i fy him as little as a bone fide balance-sheet presented by some fashionable persons that we could name to their too long expectant creditors, or as the answer to the bearer of a cheque, the effects to meet which had been previously taken out by the drawer. The debit side of our account, then, with all the Governments that have existed since the Standard has existed, is nil, nil, nil Whatever we hate done for the public service, we have never re ceived one farthing for it, and in justice to all the Gov, rnments of the last seventeen years, we gratefully acknovv ledge that not one of them ever insulted us by the offer of one farthing, or one farthing's worth. This may astonish Mr. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, but let him quit his present party, and he will learn that men may be zealous and sincere, may be honest and independent, without eternally mouthing Liberal common places —may even wish to save their country without a corrupt consideration. If we had been in possession of information which could aid in suppressing the treasonable agitation in Irelond, any government might have had it upon the cheapest pos sible terms—had it for nothing— had it pressed upon them ; or if we saw any way to such information we should not have delayed one moment to look for it—and still the return would be payment nil. Our readers will excuse our saying so much, as this may be our last fitting opportunity-; for it is by no means improbable that, having used his privi lege of Parliament to insult persons connected with the Standard, as he has done on the average twice a year for the last five or six years, Mr. Duncombe ma y, as h e has found it c onv enient to do before, withdraw his motion. FASHIONS FOR MARCH. (From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Under the name of robes de chambre, very pretty morning neglige dresses are made, of plain cachemire lined with gaufre satin, which is a pretty novelty for this purpose ; they are ornamented by two biais, one matching the lining and revers, the other of dark velvet, with gimp between ; they are also made of printed or Braganza velvet, closing from top to bottom with bran denbourgs • the sleeves are wide an d l ong , with cuffs or a l'Orientale to the elbow, and tight under ones of the same material, lacing up so as to show the one of mus lin ; the open sleeves, with under ones, are so generally in use now, that much attention is paid to the make of these white ones ; some are of guipure or rich lace, but many are made of inlets, one row of which is almost tight over a ribbon, the other row forming bouillon ; the caps fashionable with this toilette are of em broidered India muslin trimmed with Valen ciennes lace, having double brides of ribbon, one pair tying, the others loose, or of guipure lace, the only ornament being lappets of the same. Gimp and braid are still much used, as well as embroidery, on dresses ; there is a new style of braid, with the edges pearled, which has a richer effect ; some indoor redingotes are made with revers, showing the chemisette made of inlets anp colonnes of work; the shirt is also with revers, which if not joined shows the under shirt full trimmed. For carriage dresses the high bodies are ornamented with braid or brandenbourgs. Walking dresses are generally plain in the skirts, though fashion tole rates a double flounce of moderate width, or a plisse of ribbon down the front, the corsages high and tight, as well as the sleeves ; the principal thing observable in ball dresses is, that the cor sages are worn higher, some even what . are termed half high ; drar es an d Grecian corsages are fashionable, the sleeves are short, and frequently entirely covered by Oriental sleeves of lace, and the berthes are worn so deep as often to cover the sleeve ; for dancing the skirts are rhorter, ethers continne long, doiible and treble skirts continue in favour, but the newest style is a single skirt en biais for tulle, white, pink, blue, green, &c. The hair is much ornamented by flowers, mounted either en couronnes, with bunches forming diadem, or twisting round the coiffure ; ringlets or bandeaux are equally fashionable. Many resilles of gold or silver are twisted round with gauze or velvet, in the turban style ; some fauchons of caehemire or crape lisse with silver fringe are merely fastened on the head with two diamond pins. Press hats of black lace, with bugles, or of blond, or pearls, or pink crape, have a bouquet formed of the the tips of feathers, fastened by an emerald brooch. The spring bonnets have not yet appeared in great variety; the forms continue of moderate size, one of the newest trimmings is fluted ribbon round the front, which is frequently lined with guipure on the capotes, with wide runners ; lace often replaces the ribbon. Capotes of pale-coloured satins are often covered with black lace, and ornamented by a drooping marabout. A ted 11: _ man, natm ilasse, sixty-four years of age, the owner of a house in which he lived at Comcourt, in the Oise, set fire, a few days ago, to the house, and, whilst it was burning, went to an adjoining barn, and also set fire to it, immediately' after which he hanged himself to one of the beams. lie had previously barricaded the door, which, being broken open, his lifeless body was discovered. It appears that Mass had been compelled, by his improvidence, to come to an arrangement by which the property was to gofrom him to his c hild ren, and that, to prevent their enjoyingit, he had committed this diabolical act. It is reported that some time ago he poisoned his wife and another female, and one of his children, but escaped punishment by the want of legal , evidence of those crimes.— Galirani, IMPERIAL - PARLIAMENT: - —HOUSE-OF-LORDS, Feb. 27. The LORD CHANCELLOR - bOttk - his seat on the Wool sack at a few minutes after Five o'Clock The Earl o f YARBOROUGH presented petitions from Wisbeach, and other places in Lineolnshire, against any alteration in the corn-laws. RELIGIOUS TESTS IN; THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.' The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow, with reference to the imposition of religious tests upon professors in the University of Glasgow. The petitioners stated that the im position of these tests in many cases was unjust. The petitioners, however, were not desirous of abolishing thole tests, in so far as they related to professors of theology, but they thought them unneces sary with respect to the profession of philosophy, che mistry, and other sciences. The petitioners stated that many excellent and competent men had been prevented by these tests from giving their services to the Univer sity, and therefore prayed that in such cases the tests should be abolished. Lord BROUGHAM said, that having had the honour of filling the chair of Rector of the University alluded to in the petition, as had also his Noble Friend (the Mar quis of Lansdowne), he had had communications with that body upon the subject, and he would say from them that they did not wish for the relaxation in the case o f theological professors. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the prayer of the petition, and he hoped tho Noble Marquis would bring in a Bill to carry it into effect. In truth, the law was in a great measure obsolete in the four universities of Scot land; and if it had always been observed they could not have attained their present high position. Some of the most eminent professors of languages and science - had been persons who could not subscribe the Confession of Faith.—(Hear, hear.) If the law had been enforced the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham could not have filled the office of Lord Rector.— (Hear, hear.) Lord. BROUGHAM said that those eminent and most useful professors, Sandford, Moore, Young, and his own distinguished and revered relative, Dalziel, were Episcopalians.—(Hear.) In fact there was no end to the number of such names which he could repeat. After a few words from Lord HADDINGTON, in favour of the petition, the conversation dropped, and the House adjourned at Half-past Five o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. CORN-LAWS. Col. SIBTHORP presented twenty-five petitions from places in Lincolnshire, praying that no alteration might be made in the existing corn-laws. ST. ASAPII AND BANGOR. Lord OLIVE presented a petition from a plane in North Wales, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. •. SUPPLIES. Mr. BLEWITT presented a petition from Newport, in Monmouthshire, praying that the supplies may be withheld until the grievances of the people shall have been considered. POOR-LAWS. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented twenty - petition from Garstang and other places in Lancashire, praying for an alteration in the present poor-laws, CANADA CORN BILL. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from the Chairman and Directors of the South Australian Banking COM pany, stating that they had invested a capital of 230,000/. in their business- with South Australia, and praying that the provisions of the Canada Corn Bill might be extended to that colony. TOBACCO.. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from Rochdale, with 525 signatures, praying for a reduc tion of the duty on tobacco. CORN-LAWS. • The House having remained some time without busi ness, the Speaker proceeded to the notices of motion, and first called the order No. 7 on the paper, which was the notice of Mr. Cobden, of a motion for a Select Corti tnittee to inquire into the effects of the corn-law protec tion upon the tenant-farmers and agricultural labour ers.—(Loud cries of " Cobden, Cobden.") No answer being given for some time, the Speaker then called on No. 8 upon the paper, which was Mr. Ferrand's notice of an amendment on Mr. Cobden's motion, the amendment being to the effect that it be an instruction to the Committee to inquire also into the effect upon the condition of the manufacturing ope ratives by the immigration of agricultural labourers into themanufacturing districts, and the treatment ofsuch im migrants by the master manufacturers who promised them employment. No answer to the Speaker's call being given, the cries for Mr. Cobden were renewed. At length Mr. COBDEN postponed his motion till this day fort night.—(Hear, hear.) EDUCATION IN IRELAND. • Mr. WYSE gave notice that, on this day fortnight, 'he would bring forward a motion for the purpose of pro moting the universal education of the Catholics' of Ire land, and especially of those who were intended for the priesthood ; also, for the purpose of rendering the honours and advantages of Trinity College equally ac cessible to Roman Catholics with others of her Majesty's subjects ; and of elevating the College of Maynooth to the rank of a theological collage, with the power of con ferring degrees. STATE TRIALS IN IRELAND.—SECRET SER VICE.—THE PRESS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on reading the Order of the Day for going into a Committee •of Supply on Friday next, or on the first Supply day after Friday, he would move for a return of all the moneys paid to Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson—(A laugh)—on account of any communications made by them to Government relative to the Repeal agitation in Ireland, distinguishing the amount paid to each ; also the dates of the several pay ments, specifying the respective periods at which they commenced; together with copies of every instruc tions given to the above named F. B. Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson, with respect to the duties to be performed by them in Ireland. —(Laughter.) Also a return of the amount paid for expenses during their attendance at the trial o f th e Q ueen v. O'Connell and others. Also a return of all moneys paid to. the late proprietor, or proprietors, managers, con ductors, or agents of the Morning Ilerald and Standard newspapers, or any of them—(Laughter) on account of communications or information made or given by the said parties, or any of them, to the Govern ment, in reference to the repeal agitation in Ireland, dis tinguishing the times at which the said communications or informations were furnished, and the period at which the several sums of money were paid ; also the name or names of the short-hand writers appointed to furnish, the Government report of the proceedings of the trial of the Queen v. O'Connell and others.—(Laughter.) POSTAGE. Mr. WALLACE gave notice of a motion for a future day, the object of which would be to give full effect fa the Act called the Postage Act. He also gave further notice that when the Lord Advocate brought forward his motion on the subject of prisons, and prison disci pline, he should move an amendment to it. TURKEY. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES gave notice of a motion, for the Ist of March, on the present state of criminal jurisdiction over foreigners within the dominions of the Porte. CANADA. Mr. LEADER moved for the' following Returns; which were agreed to :—" Return of the charges incur red upon account of the Canadas, in respect of the army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in each of the years' 1835 to 1843 inclusive, and the amounts granted by liament, from th e y ear 1837 to the year 1843 inclusive, in consequ ence o f t h e insurrection in Canada. Copies of the Address of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada to the Governor - General,respecting the Civil List; regulated by the Act for the Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada ; of the Message of the Gt:w vernor-General in reply to the said Address, and dated' the 16th day of Oct o b er , 184 3 , together, with the me morandum alluded to in the said reply, and pre-, seined to the House of Assembly by the com- - mend of the Governor-General ; and a copy of the Address to her Majesty the Queen,,passed in the last session of the Provincial Parliament by the House of Assembly, respecting the said Civil List. Copy of the Report and evidence presented by the Commissioners appointed, pursuant to an Address of the 7th day of September 1841, of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada, to inquire relative to the seignioral tenure existiwg in Lower Canada. Also, extracts of any correspondence of the Governor% General of Canada and the Colonial-office respecting the repeal of the Act of the Imperial Parliament, in..- tituledr The Canada Tenures Act.' Return of the -names of persons who are or were in the receipt of public moneys in Canada, who were de faulters on the Ist day of December, 1843 ; stating the office held by th em, t h e name of the Governor- - General by whom they were respectively tippointed, and the amount due by them respectively. ' Report of the Select Committee of the House of Assembly of the pro. , vince of Canada, appointed in the last session of the Provincial Parliament, to inquire into the effect of the British Copyright Act, and the policy of excluding from? , the province American reprints of British publications." Mr. numE wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies whether he had any objection' to lay before the House a statement of the number of Canadian exiles now in Van Diemen's Land? Hewes aware a pardon had been given to several of these un-' happy persons, but the Noble Lord perhaps would have. no objection to give a return to the House in reference* to them. Lord STANLEY could not at that moment state the precise number of persons who had been pardoned ; but he could state generally that every case which was not' . • marked by aggravated circumstances had been mercifully considered by the Crown. As Mr. HUME wished to know if the Noble Lord wits willing to give to the House the instructions to Sir C. Metcalfe, which bad induced that functionary to refuse his consent to the Secret Societies Suppression Bill? Lord STANLEY said, that Sir Charles Metcalfe, in • • the case alluded to, had not acted upon specific direc tions, but on general instructions given to all governors : of colonies. Th e Bill i tse lf he had received, but the report of the Governor-General's reasons for not sanc tioning the Bill he had not yet received. POOR-LAW - (IRELAND). Sir DENHAM NORREYS rose for the purpose of • putting to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State the three questions of which he had given notice, with re gard to the poor-laws in Ireland. Before he did that, however, he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Government would, or would not, object to the 8,p.- pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the • operation of the • poor-laws in Ireland ?He there put thbeene three following questions : -I .:Whether any steps had taken by Government to carry into' effect --