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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. - - - GLOBE.—We can have no occasion to direct atten tion to particular passages of Lord John Russell's s peech. The whole of that speech will doubtless be perused and appreciated universally by our readers. What is more unusual, we find " green spots" in Sir James Graham's speech to dwell on with pleasure. We find something like distinct announcements of intended practical measures for the benefit of Ire land. We shall not allow any party feeling to prevent us from expressing satisfaction at these announcements. There is nothing of which we are more certain than that the material condition of Ireland is the great problem. If it were possible to relieve that—we do not say party disputes would be waged no longer— we do not say churches, corporations, and all that sort of thing, would not still supply party topics, and. would not still serve as party demarcations ; but we do say, that neither English nor Irish are now in the sixteenth century—that neither English nor Irish will do battle, under municipal banners, for points of faith. The progress of the last three centuries would indeed have been insignificant, if it were possible for any such points- to revive real active hostilities. These contro versies may agitate bonnets in Exeter Hall—men have no such bee in theirs. We do not mean to say that men have ceased to have any persuasions on these points. TheDulhin Review announces with great gratulation, that Mr. O'Con nell communicates every week, and holds up his edifying example to the young men of Ireland. But men have ceased to entertain any notion of imposing their own persuasions on others. linen we say men, we not mean that sort of men who professionally, or extra-profession ally, speculate upon schemes of proselytism. We mean men capable of leading opinion ; of really determinin g public events. The men who lead Exeter Hall find themselves left in the lurch by even their own party. There is another point of view in which solid measures for material improvement in Ireland have not merely a material, but also a moral importance. It is, we fear, in human nature, that the aspect and tones of multitudinous misery excite in those less unhappily situated, a sort of shrinking aversion, as frequently as compassion. They strike on the eye and ear too pain fully : there is an irritable impatience in wretchedness that repels sympathy. There is also in it an appre hended contagion: a contagion not merely apprehended, bat experienced by large classes of our population from the inroads of Irish poverty and Irish habits. All this goes far to ex'plain whatever exists of that English aversion which Irishmen complain of. What may con tribute also to explain that aloof feeling—is, that Irish politicians, whose ambition addresses itself to masses thus steeped in misery, naturally echo their exacerba tion—address them with habitual violence—with fre quent injustice—with continual postponement of truth and reason to the feelings of masses who demand ex citement to divert from pain. All this is anti-pathetic —long may it be so—to the tone of English opinion. But the question is, whether all this is not natural amongst a people conditioned like that of Ireland. A people so conditioned is placed under moral and politi cal, as well as physical, disadvantages. And just in pro portion as it is possible to raise it from that condition, will its moral and political weight be likewise increased in , the national councils. The aspect which the Irish people exhibit at present is that of uneasy masses, played upon, and moved any way, by a few men. They can be moved any way, except to sit still, -if we may speak Hibernian-wise. This restlessness loses respect, and fatigues attention. It is net the attitude of a people whose individual citi zens feel strength and self-reliance. Such a people is not to be moved at the will of others, nor moved for purposes not its olk. Neither is it to be turned from a purpose, once delilYbrately espoused, nor diverted by dilatory pretexts. Individual self-reliance, and strength of character, are greatly wanting in the Irish people. And it seems to us vain to deny much dependence of these qualities on individual condition—on the feeling at least of a condition not hopeless—a condition of struggle it may be, but not despair. . . ILLNESS of the KING of SWEDEN. The latest accounts from Stockholm are of tin. 2d of Fe bruary. The King had had a rather restless night, caused chiefly by swelling and pain in the leg and foot. The bulletin published at five o'clock in the afternoon of th e . 2d, states, however, that his Majesty was better than on a ny preceding day since the commencement of his illness; 'and the pain and swelling of the leg had abated.: in consequence of , the progressive impToyement in the King's health, the prayers in the palace chapel are discon tinued. . . A Royal ordinance has been issued, conferring the full exercise of the Royal authority on his Royal Highness the Cr6wn Prince. The King signed with his own hand both this ordinance and a similar one for Norway. . The Daglizt Allehanda now contradicts the report which it was the first to publish. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Although no great amount of business was done yes terday, either in goods or yarn, the market was exceed ingly firm, and with somewhat more of buoyancy in prices than has existed for some days past. Although many of the spinners have recently turned their attention to sp nning higher counts of yarn than previously, the ge neral demand for light fabrics causes those descriptions of yarn to be much inquired for, and they are still very scarce, so that a further change from low to high counts may be expected, and a further diminution in the con sumption of cotton. The prices of printing cloths con tinne to advance, and very high prices have been paid this week for good 22's ; but 40-inch shirtings are rela tively low, though in somewhat better demand than last week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARXET, FEB. 12.—There has been very little change in the market to-day from last week. The demand continues good, but many refuse to ,fell at the prices offered. The wool market is brisk, and .prices are gradually on the advance. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 14. IN • RE SOMBRE. -LUNACY. Mr. WAKEFIELD and Mr. WA:t.poLE renewed an applica tion made some short time ago for permission to the profes sional adviser for Mr. Sombre to inspect a box of papers, which might assist in traversing an inquisition by which Mr. Dyce Sombre had been found a lunatic. Mr. JiETHELL and Mr. CALVERT took a preliminary objec tion, that Mr. Sombre was out of thejurisdiction of the Court, residing in Paris. The LORD CHANCELLOR after a long discussion, directed the case to stand over until a committee of the estate was appointed. An appeal was then heard, which, it was con tended, was for costs only, the arguments on which occupied the remainder of the day. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 14. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) TILE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY V. DARNEWELL. The arguments in this case were commenced to-day. Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Ileslop Clarke were heard on the part of the plaintiff, and the further arguments of the case were post poned to this day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 14. (Special Jury Cases before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) BECKIVITH, GILMAN, AND OTHERS V. BULMER AND _GILLAN. The action in this case was brought to recover from the defendants the amount of costs incurred in proceedings car ried on to obtain a Bill from Parliament for the improve ment of the town of Norwich, and which had been lost, in consequence, as averred by the plaintiffs, who are solicitors in Norwich, of the negligence of the defendants, who acted as- their Parliamentary agents. The Bill in question con tained compulsory clauses in reference to the purchase, when expedient, of property within the borough ; and in respect to provisions of that kind, a Standing Order of the House of Lords, made in the year 1838, required that strict and special notice should be served on parties whose interests might be affected by them. In this instance this order had not been complija with, and when the Bill had been ' submitted to the scrutiny of the Earl of Shaftesbury, as stand ing Chairman of the Committees of the House, he had re turned it to the defendants, with a marginal note expressive of a "wish to know what entitled the parties to compulsory terms." Notwithstanding the intimation conveyed in these words, the defendants did not take measures to comply with the order of the House. The consequence was, that the Bill was thrown out, and this action was brought to recover the amount of costs incurred in the vain endeavour to carry it. . TIIESWER (with Mr. Martin and Mr. Addison) ap peared for the defence, and drew from the evidence for the plaintiff inferences that these had not been negligence on the part of the defendants, and that Mr. Beckwith had joined with them in their various proceedings, and shared their re sponsibility. It was also proved that there had been an action for their costs in this case brought, and successfully, in the Court of Common Pleas, where the question of negli gence had been vainly urged against them, even on a motion fi)r a new trial. The jury, without a moment's delay, gave in their verdict for the defendaujs. CONSJSTORY COURT, Feb. 14. Dr. Baubeney sat for the Learned Judge (who was in at tendance at the Judicial Commitee of the Privy Council), and dispos4d of assignations. In the case of "Taylor v. Tay lor," noticed last session, setilence was signed. The case referred to alleged adultery committed by Mr. John C. Taylor with Emily Greenwood, and on which account a divorce was payed for by the wife, Mrs. Ann Taylor. The parties were married on the 18th of July, 1831, and cohabited together till May 27, 1842, when Mr. Taylor eloped with Emily Greenwood, and proceeded to New York. By the marriage with Mrs. Taylor the issue was four children. The suit was in poenam, there being no appearance for Mr. Taylor. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Feb. 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) LN RE FREDERICK FOX COOPER. The bankrupt came up on petition for his interim order. lie was the proprietor and editor of the late Cerberus news- paper. It was contended that he wag not a " trader," and there fore could not be brought under the operation of the Bankrupt Act, and was, as the editor of a newspaper, placed in the same situation as an author or an artist, who could not re spectively be said to deal in paper or in canvas. The Learned COMMISSIONER, however, ordered the peti tion to be dismissed, but granted an adjournment till the Ist of March next, and the protection of the insolvent for that time. CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. NEW COURT. IN THE MATTER OF T. Hot.T.-Yesterday this de fendant, who stands charged with a m isdemeanour, of which Lord 'William Paget is the prosecutor, was called, at the opening of the Court, to surrender, hut he did not answer. Shortly afterwards he came into Court, when an application was made by Counsel for the trial to be postponed, on the ground that Mr. Holt required more time to prepare his defence. Mr. Commissioner Burxocx granted the application, and hisgm " za nces were enlarged to the next sessions, which wilt commence on the 4th of March next. The defendant was then re-conducted, by a tipstaff, to the Queen's Prison. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • CLERKENWELL. An elderly widow of distressed appearance came before Mr. Combe, complaining that excessive interest had been de manded from her on a pledge by jars. Sarah Condwell, a pawnbroker, residing in Exmoutli-sfreet, clerkenwell.- Mr. CO3IBIE, having heard her statement, sent Bingham, the warrant officer, to Mrs. Condwell's to inquire into the matter. Soon after, the pawnbroker's foreman and the poor woman came into Court. She stated that three years ago she pawned a petticoat in Mrs. Condwell's, which she had not been since able to redeem. The sum she obtained upon it was 3s. 6d., and by "backing" the article by the payment of interest, she had prevented the duplicate from expiring. On Monday last she tendered Sid. to the foreman as the yearly interest, but he refused to receive it, saying he would not take less than a shilling. Having never paid so much interest before, and being very poor, she deelined complying with his demand, and came before the Magistrate. Mr. COMBE said the legal rate of interest would not en title the pawnbroker to more than what the applicant had offered. 'Why was it not received?—The foreman said he asked the woman no more than he received from others. He was bound to ask what his employer wished, and not to take less. Mr. COMBE told him he was not bound to commit an illegal act, and nothing could warrant him in doing so. In this case an attempt had been made to charge an interest of fifty per cent. more than he was entitled to, and that from a poor widow. The woman, in answer to questions from the Clerk, said she had lost a great deal of time, and been at much trouble and inconvenience, in coming before the Court, and waiting on Mrs. Condwell on several occasions. Mr. COMBE recommended the pawnbroker to allow her some compensation for loss of time. The foreman obsti nately refused, upon which the Clerk observed that Mrs. Condwell had rendered herself liable to a fine of 101. for charging excessive interest, and that in case the applicant laid the information, she would be entitled to half the penalty. This useful suggestion brought the foreman to his senses, and he made ample compensation to the poor widow, who thanked the worthy Magistrate, and left the Court. -NZ INT, LONDE) N, TilT7 rt,9.4),A VMN NG, r II TT AR V 15, 1844. HAMMERSMITH. SERIOUS CHARGE AGALNST A RESPECTABLE TRADES MA.N.—This Court was crowded to excess, in consequence of Mr. Samuel Nash, a respectable master baker, residing at No. 3, Oak-terrace, Notting-hill, being charged before Mr. T. Paynter, the sitting Magistrate, with having committed a criminal assault upon the person of Mary Horn, a young woman eighteen years of age. Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor, of Gray's Inn, attended to defend the prisoner. Mary Horn, a good-looking young woman, deposed that she had recently come up from Brighton, and was a stranger to London. She was now staying at No. 5, Clifton-street, Shepherd's Bush. For two or three weeks she had been living as servant at No. 4, Church-street, Ken sington, but had left there on Saturday last. On Monday morning last Mrs. Harris, at whose house she was staying, asked the prisoner if he would call with his cart for her (witness's) boxes, at the house in Church-street, which he agreed to do if she (wit ness) would meet him there between five and six o'clock that evening, in case her late master should wish to examine the boxes before they were removed. She did so, and when the boxes were placed in the cart he. asked her to get in also, saying he was going straight home. On doing so she, how ever, found he turned his horse's head towards London. She asked him if _that was the way home, when he said he was going to leave some bread in Kensington, which he did. He then still went on towards London, upon which she again said that was not the way home, when he said he was going to call at Knightsbridge. He, however, still went on, and on her asking him which was Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, he told her they were then at the Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and he inquired of a man the way to Holborn, where he told her he had a little law business to settle. On reaching Holborn the prisoner drove under a gateway into a square with a garden, where she got out of the cart and walked about by the horse until he returned. She then again got into the cart, thinking the prisoner was going to drive home, but lie stopped at a public-house in Holborn, where he induced her to go in and partake of some gin and water. On coining out the prisoner said he was going to call on a young man close by, and he drove to a street just out of Ilolborn, where he gave the horse and cart to a man to take care of. She said she would stop until he came out, but lie said she might as well go with him, which she eventually did. He then took her past two or three houses, when he turned back, saying he had passed where he was to see the young man, and took her into a house, the door of which was open, and going straight upstairs into a room where there was a bed and sofa. On looking round the room, she told the prisoner she had nev cr before been taken into such a room as that, and she would not stop there. The prisonhr, however, insisted that she should, and told her to take off her bonnet or he would, which he did. (The witness then related the particulars of the prisoner's conduct, which left no doubt that he had completed his purpose.) She helloed out, but no one came to her assistance, although she heard persons going up and down stairs. Prisoner called her a d—d fool for making such a noise ; but she told him she was not, as he had ruined her for life. He said he had not, and that she was a fool. The witness was then subjected to a most strict and search ing cross-examination by Mr. Duncombe, who endeavoured to show that she was a consenting party. She, however, most strongly denied that she had in any way consented, although she acknowledged that he had attempted to take liberties with her before she got into the cart in Gray's Inn square ; that he had put his arms round her waist in the cart, though she told him not, before they got to Holborn, and that she had .been to two public-houses with the pri soner instead of one.. It was' also elicted from her that she went home with him afterwards in the cart (as she did not know her way), and that she told no person of the outrage until the next morning. She tried to get out of the room and away froM the prisoner, but he had locked the door. Did not get home with him until half-past nine or ten o'clock, although they left Church-street between five and six o'clock. By Mr. PAYNTER—Was not the worse for liquor. Told the defendant she would tell Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Nash (his wife) what he bad done ; to which he replied, that he did not care a d— for either. Mr. Brown, surgeon, of Hope House, King-street, Ham mersmith, deposed to having examined Mary Horn on Tues day evening, and stated that he had no doubt but that the capital offence had been completed, and that more violence than usual had been used. The complainant's manners were those of a modest woman. Mrs. Priscilla Harris confirmed the complainant's state ment as to acquainting her next morning of the prisoner's conduct. Complainant said the reason she did not tell wit ness over night was, because witness's husband was in bed and would have heard it. By Mr. buncombe—Complainant did not tell her own fa. ther, although he lived only a few doors off. MT. PAYNTER said he - did - not see there was any occasion to remand the case. The evidence for the ends of justice was complete, and the case must go to trial. Mr. Duncombe then applied for the prisoner to be admitted to bail, as the case was one in which it would be impossible to get up the evidence to disprove the charge, unless the pri soner was at large to do so. Mr. PAYNTER consented very reluctantly to the applica tion, saying he did so not on any ground of doubt in his mind as to the prisoner's guilt. No such thing, he had no doubt ; and he should, therefore, require very high bail—viz., two sureties in 4001. each, and the prisoner in 8001. The bail was immediately tendered and accepted, and the prisoner was directed to attend at this Court on Monday next, when the depositions will be taken, and he will be formally committed to take his trial at the next sessions of the Cen tral Criminal Court. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. Nettleton, tailor, Brompton, Kent, March 7, at eleven— J. Harrison, coach - builder, Brigh ton, March 7, at half-past one—C. Marshall, brewer, Old Ca stle-street, Whitechapel, March 7, at one—C. Bishop, merchant, St. Mary-axe, City, March 7, athalf-past twelve—F. W. E. Barandon, merchant, Philpot-lane, City. March 6. at half-put two—A. Mason, coach proprietor, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, March 5, al half-past eleven—A. and C. Duncan, merchants, Tokenhouse yard, City, March 6, at half-past one. _ _ •In the Country. J. Biown, Merchant, Sheffield, March 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—G. and W. Boyd, millwrights, Hull, March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—St. John Cartwright, grocer, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. Ferris, J. H. Butler, and J. Butler, merchants, Liverpool, March 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—NV. Jacks, merchant, Bristol, March 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—G. Holds worth, worstedspinner, Northowram, Yorkshire, March 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Hansford, grocer, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, March 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court—W. P. Georges, wine merchant, Devcinport, March 7, at twelve,at the Exeter District Court—J. R. MM. den, flax spinner, Barwick, Somersetshire, Mardi 7, at one, at the Exeter District Court—A. Webb, carpet seller, Liverpool, March 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G. Hood, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem. Staffordshire, March 6, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Bate, ironmonger, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. W. Jones, drape!, Wellington, Shropshire, March 7, at twelve. at the Birmingham District Court—G. Wheldon, clothier, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. A. Wells, surgeon, Wickford, Essex, March 7—J. Al Lean, statuary, Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street Without, March 7 J. Dobson, ship's carpenter, Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-high way, March 7—P. Beyfus, steel-pen manufacturer, Hounds ditch, March 7—J. Gunton. butcher, Cambridge, March 7 E. Thompson, tailor, Southampton, March 5—J. Andrews, licensed victualler Guildford-street .ast, Wilmington-square, March 5—C. Wilisiner, draper, Tillingham, Essex, March 7 A. G. ROUMC,metchant, Austin-friars, City, March 5—W. Read, engraver, King-street, Covent-garden, March 7-11. Cotman, draper, Norwich, March 6—A. W. and T. S. Low man, cheesemongers, Eastcheap, City, March 6—J. Wolland, turner, Exeter, March 6—J. Bowles, worsted manufacturer, Leicester, March 6—J. Baylis, victualler, Deritend, Warwick shire; March 9—F. Peters, wine merchant, Manchester, March B—R. Prince, stuff . printer, Manchester, March 6—J. Smalley, iron fctunder, Sdemton, Nottinghamshire, March 5 W. Dickinson, merch ant, Bexley, Kent, March 5—J. Web ster, newspaper proprietor, Sheffield, March 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ T. KnightandE.Cniress, millers, Preston, near Brighton —F. W. Edwards and J. Foy, commission agents, Alderman bury-pa. Purcell and T. W. Nichols, tallow chandlers, Bat tenea—T. Littledale, 11. Littledale, R. Aspinall, and T. Lit tledale, jius., tea brokers, Li ver p oo l ( so f ar as regards R. Aspi nall)—R. Richardson and J. Holliday, tailors, Liverpool—G. Barnes and C. Beswiek, newspaper proprietors, Sunderland— Dame, Youle, And Co., general commission merchants, Per nambuco, Brazil (so far as regards W. Atlinson and R. S. Graham)—J. =erten and T. C. Knell, warehousemen, Law renee.lane, City—T. Hawkey, J. A. Hankey, and T. llankey, jun. (so far as regards . T. Hankey)—W. Wilkinson and J. Adams, black ornament makers, Birmingham—F. Harrison and H. Shuckford, hosiers, Greenwich—J. Bradder and J. Wood, butchers, Stafford—R. Briereliffe, T. Briercliffe, and S. Barrett, cotton-waste dealers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire W. Adams and W. Pearson, spar and marble manufacturers, Matlock, Derbyshire—Ed. and Eh. Grainger, mercers, Dudley, Worcestershire—B. Slipper and J. Cornick, builders, Little Britain, City—J. Marrian and J. Reynolds, stampers, Bir mingham—G. Rands, sen., and _C. Rands, leather sellers, Northampton—E. and C. Margetts, brokers, Liverpool—W. H. H. Turner and C. Hunt, joiners, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire—J. Yeomans and W. Standfield, merchants, Shef field—T. T. Cattley and R. L. Young, lead merchants, Cousin-lane, Upper Thames-street—J. and W. J. Bryant, sur geons, Edgeware-road—D. Hoyle and G. Sykes, cheese factors, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—H. Linnet' and J. Tanner, boot makers, Alton, Hampshire—S. Hatfield and G. Brazilier, tailors, South Molton : street, Oxford-street—J. H. Crosland DAVID and J. Hemingway, painters, Leeds. sTsCOOCKSTC,II farmer,SEU E C S a T ea ß e A ro LO r N idg . Fifeshire, Feb. 19 and March 11, at twelve, at Smith's Inn, Kirkaldy. JUDICIAL ADVICE TO MEDICAL Ps Trr o to ld xs ß n a s il . „In 'the course of. a ,case whi c h was tried atACthe a medical "ivitfiesh, in. ;giving hi s ev id ence, used the wordeY " tumefaction ;" upon which Mr. J ust i ce Coleridge said, it I su ppose by ' tumefaction' you mean swelling?" Witness, " Yes, my Lord," Mr. Justice Coleridge, "'Then it would be much better to use plain English than . speak in asort of mongrel Latia: PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE saND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 13. Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Bt eckneck & Ahergay Birmingham,l-16thsh Do. and Liverp. Jut .c Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ••.........•.•••••• Cromford Dudley 0000000 Derhy......• Danube and kayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth Clyde..„..... Grand Junction. 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HOUSE OF _COMMONS, Feb. 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour Mr. L. BRUGES took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Devizes, in the room of Mr. Sotheron, who has accepted the Stewardship of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. _ Mr. PAKINGTON brought in the County Coroners' Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought up the Report of the General Committee on Elections, stating that the 4th of March next had been fixed to ballot for Committees to try the merits of the petitions against the returns from the city of Durham and the borough of Athlone. Sir G. CLERK laid upon the table returns relating to the Post-office, the Ordnance, and other public depart ments. COUNTY RATES (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON moved for a return of the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ire land, of which the valuation, under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has been completed ; specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents and the valuation thereof ; stating also, the sum ordered to be levied by the grand jury warrant of Spring Assizes, 1843, for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation; also the sum ordered to be levied by the grand jury warrant of Summer Assizes, 1843, for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which such sum bears to the valuation •, stating also the name and acreable contents of each such county, county of a city, and county of a town ; the annual value thereof, according to the valuation under that Act ; the amount of the expense of such valuation, the cost por acre of such valuation, and the rate which the cost of such valuation bears to each 1001. of the valuation (being in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 334, of 1843).—Ordered. Mr. FERRAND said, he must request the indulgence of the House for a few moments whilst he made one or two remarks on a subject which was somewhat personal to himself. It would be in the recollection of the House, that in the answer he had received from the Right Hon, Baronet (Sir James Graham) the other evening, on the subject of what had fallen from Lord Chief Justice Denman in the Court of Queen's Bench, on the subject of the separation of mother and child, that he (Sir James Graham) had stated that such words as those attributed to him had never been used by his Lordship. He (Mr. Ferrand) had stated in that I House that, in giving judgment in a case in the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Denman had delivered it as the unanimous opinion of the Court that there were some cases in which it was necessary to break in upon an Act of Parliament. Now the House might conceive that, before he brought such a dictum as that before the House, he had taken every precaution to be satisfied that it had been so laid down by that Learned Lord. He begged to say that, since the denial by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham) of the utter ance of the words in question by Lord Denman, he (Mr. Ferrand) had referred to his authority for what he had advanced to the House, and that that authority had re-asserted and confirmed his original statement. Referring, too, to the Morning Chronicle, to the Times, to the Morning Herald, and to the Post, he found the same judgment in substance, and almost in the very words in which he (Mr. Ferrand) had brought it before the House. All these papers, generally so accurate and faithful in their reports, all of them agreed in attributing to Lord Denman almost the very same words he had quoted to the House. He hoped, therefore, he had fully justified himself to the House for the course he had taken.—(Hear, hear.) And now, having made this statement, he wished to ask the Right Honourable Baronet (Sir James Graham) whether the denial of the words in this judgment were persisted in, and whether also the remaining words which he (Mr. Ferrand) had put upon the notice paper had not likewise been used? Sir JAMES GRAHAM was understood to say that he was not fully prepared to re-enter upon this subject, but he would give all the information in his power. The Hon. Gentleman said, before quoting the words asserted to have been used by Lord Denman, that be had made every inquiry to ascertain that they had been uttered, and it was evident he had done so. The morning papers, too, confirmed the version that his private authority had given to him, and this, taken al together, he freely admitted constituted strong testimony in its favour. But he (Sir James Graham) could again assure the House, and that from the highest autho rity, that Lord Denman had been misunder stood in what he had been asserted to have uttered—that he did not utter it; but that what he did say was exactly the converse of what he was reported to have said. What Lord Denman had stated was this, that it was sometimes necessary to break in upon general principles in order to get at a right rule of conduct and maintain the strict administration of justice and the law.--(Hear.) It was a monstrous doctrine to suppose that a Chief Justice, or any Judge whatever, could, under any conceivable circumstances or in any conceivable case, lay down the doctrine thatit was necessary in any matter or thing to break through or set aside the law, or infringe upon rules which had existed from all time. SMALL DEBTS. _ The Small Debts Bill was read a second time. The Superior Courts of Common Law Bill was also read a second time. HORSE-RACING PENALTIES' REPEAL BILL. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY moved the second reading of this Bill. The Hon. Gentleman stated that, in perfect ignorance of the law, penalties had been incurred by various parties, amounting to no less than half a million of money. He then proceeded to explain the state of the law, which was that a bet on any race, in which a stake of money above 10/. was involved, was an illegal bet. These qui tam actions had been com menced by informers for the express purpose of reco vering the penalties incurred under an obsolete statute of the 9th of Queen Anne, and another of 16th of Charles the Second. He was not himself connected with horse-racing, though he had, long enough two to render him no longerliable, liable, won and lost as much as ten pounds at a time on a race. But though he had adopted the profession of the law, and might say that he had some experience, he was still in perfect ignorance that he was then acting illegally. The object of thepresent Bill was two-fold ; he present Amgeo tansbni s b ss l onsnpe, informerna a ds n etn iddhdueedecided, provided c.orhieidgoaeh:omtb believed all the actions were brought under the t 9th of Anne, and all the present Bill proposed to do was, to enact that these vexatious ac tions, on payment of the costs to the parties bringing them, should be stopped. The only other object of the of ll trying tttt rel t vy h ldeei a aent t insgnt t i ts h eawu, e s ctohoi persons,te ci teai conferredot e i nn o sd. Bill was to assist in an investigation of the whole law 000 nff relating tttihhi eceoelod t m o pending was illegal; but a bet v eanist ;he most indecent bets were The present state of .the law was very anomalous. A had been held to be a legal bet. asu on bet Under (da,oei, race the rhhaae horse after rrr % s v eie h st he i h l na e adt d i I t vlba n oe%n • legal. A most famous instance of this occurred in the year 1771, between two young men, the one named Cod rington, the son of Sir William Codrington, and the other named Pigot. They ran their fathers' lives as it were against each other, and they made a bet as to which would die first. The bet was referred to Lord Ossory as to what the odds should be, and he thought they ought to be 1,6001 to 500/. The bet was made, and afterwards Mr. Codrington thought the terms were too much in favour of Air. Pigot. It was afterwards dis covered. that Mr. Pigot's father was actually dead at the time the bet was made, although neither party knew it ; and aeccordingly Mr. Pigot lost the bet, but he disputed it, and the case was tried before Lord Mansfield, who directed the jury to find for the plaintiff; and the 5001. was recovered Could they conceive a greater anomaly than the law which allowed bets of so disgusting a descriptioa— which did not allow a person to make bets on hor&a racing without being subjected to all the chicanery any attorney's clerk might think proper to adopt ? The present actions had been commenced for the mere purpose of extortion, and not for any moral purpose. The first Act which was passed with reference to this subject was in the reign of Charles IL, which Act was entitled an Act for the Pre vention of Fraudulent Betting. The next Act was the present one—namely, the Act of the 9th of Anne. It was remarkable that this Sovereign indulged largely in the sports of the field; and only two days before she died one of. her own horses won the cup at York. This Bill was brought in in the . year 1711, for the pur pose of imposing fresh penalties for excessive gaming. It was evident that the clause in the Bill was not in 'tended to apply to horse-racing, for there was a clause in the Act declaring that it was not intended to extend to games played within the precincts of the Palace. Now, he could not well understand how races could take place in the drawing-room of the Palace. In the reign of George 11. two Acts were passed for the encouragement of horse-racing, one of which enacted that races should not be run for any sum under 501. After these Acts had passed, the construction now relied on had been given to the law by the judges but that was in a civil case, and the House was aware that the constraint placed upon an Act of Parliament, in a civil case, was very different from that which would be placed on it in a criminal proceeding. That case had been decided in the year 1744 ; and it was then de termined by the judges that horse-racing was included in the clause,which mentioned " all other games whatsoever." The penal clauses of the statute had never been attempted to be enforced against persons making bets on horse races. For one hundred and thirty-three years that clause had remained unnoticed and forgotten. Persons had broken the law without any knowledge that they wore doing anything illegal. The persons against whom these actions had been brought were quite unaware that they were doing anything illegal—and he believed that if any Hon. Gentleman would take the Act of Par liament and read it, and nothing else, he would not say that it was intended that the Act should apply to horse-racing. n o should next proceed to show that the actions had been vexatiously brought. Who were the parties bringing them ? An attorney and an attorney's clerk. He had been to the Exchequer-office for the purpose of_ ascertaining by whom these actions had been brought. All of them ex cept one had been brought by Charles Russell, and James Russell was the attorney ; and in the other action James Russell was both the informer and the attorney. He held in his hand five writs against one of the most honourable men in this country, for sums amounting to nearly 80,0001 The members of the bar, the House were aware, were incapable of acting except at the intervention of an attorney, between whom and themselves the greatest confidence was felt. Rut this attorney went to a distinguished ma n one of the ablest men in his profession, representing himself by name as the attorney in one of these actions, and by this means he got the opinion of his Learned and esteemed Friend, and stole a march upon the defendant. The principle upon which this . Dill was fowled was familiar to the Legislature. Parliament had, for some years past, shown a disposition to alter the law, so far as it gave any remedy to a common informer. As far back as 1806, informers had been deprived of power to bring an action in the Excise department. There was high constitutional authority to show that this was no infraction of justice. In 1814 a Bill was brought in to stop certain actions brought against certain members of the clergy. On that occasion Lord Eldon said, " It was certainly a delicate proceeding, but it had been the practice in all times, when an informer made a vexatious use of the law, to shield those against whom he was proceeding." He ap prehended that the case before the House must rest not on the moral culpabilities of those who were sued, but on the vexatious nature of the actions. He had ascertained that actions had been commenced against twenty-one parties, and that the penalties amounted to nearly half a million of money. One of the parties was the Earl of Eglintoun, another Mr. Greatorex, a third Lord George Bentinck, who was there to answer for himself, and did not at all appear ashamed of his position.—(Laughter.) Amongst those gentlemen was one who had formerly been a Member of that House, and for whom Hon. Gentlemen on the other side had , no doubt, a very great respect—he meant Mr. John Gully, the late Mem ber for Pontefract. Some Honourable Members were, no doubt, aware of the practice that was called " hedging," which meant betting both ways, and the mischief of these actions was, that, if a man bet and lost 1001., and by a counter bet recovered 991., the penalties were fixed not upon the IL that had been ac tually lost, but upon the 100/. which had been lost in the first instance, and hence the enormous amounts for which the action for these penal ties was brought. One of the grounds of opposition to the Bill was that it was said there would be no inter ference if the parties interested were not rich men.— (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Hume.) The Hon. Member for Finsbury said Hear, hear. Mr. 'l'. DUNCOMBE—I am not talking to you. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY—Somebody then spoke, and he (Mr. Wortley) now asked the Hon. Gentleman for Montrose (Mr. Hume) would Mr. Russell bring these actions against a poor man ? What would he get by it ?—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) The parties who brought these actions selected the rich, because it best suited their purpose so to do. This he trusted would be considered as an answer to that objection. He hoped that the House would agree to the Bill ; and he would not have ventured to introduce it, but that he thought it a as important not merely to the individuals, but to the public.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON said that there was no necessity for the Hon. Gentleman to apologise for the time which he had occupied in bringing forward his motion. The Bill involved considerations of the most important kind —perhaps, as the lion. Gentleman had said, important to the individuals, but certainly important to the public. When the Hon. Gentleman proposed to enact an ex post facto law, to relieve those who had violated the law, and to withdraw protection from those who obeyed it, a very satisfactory explanation of his reasons must have been expected and required. In proposing to the House the amendment which he(Mr. Gibson) had risen to move, it was necessary for him to state, that he thought the House had nothing to do with the character of the parties. The House ought to dismiss the question of character entirely from its consideration—they ought to have no thing whatever to do with considerations of character or station in such a matter as this. To allow such con siderations to influence them was to legislate, not on principles and for principles, but from personal motives, and for almost personal ends. The lion. Gentleman who had introduced the Bill had, in fact, given the best reason possible why he (Mr. Gibson) should persevere in his . amendment.—(llear.) lie said the law affecting these subjects was so bad, that it re quired revision altogether. He did not, however, tell them what might be the effect of looking carefully and searchingly into the effects of these laws. It ,might turn out, after inquiry by a Committee of the House, that the Legislature might still maintain the opinion that this very position of the law it would be desirable to maintain. And should this be the case, as very likely it might be, they would, if they consented to this Bill, be saving those who violated the law by a sort of parenthesis. The House might report it to be desirable that certain penalties now attached to acts of gaming should still be retained. He (Mr. Gibson) had heard that people on the other side were very fond of trying to make the nation moral and religious by Act of Parliament—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—and he, therefore would not, if he could help it, allow great men, and rich men, and influential men, to escape the infliction of laws which they had made for other people.—(Cheers.) They might ask them to suspend the actions, but not to discontinue the law ; but the actions were not to be sus pended, they were to be put an end to altogether. Now he did not believe there was so much ignorance prevail ing as to the existing law respecting gaming as the Hon. Gentleman seemed to think ; on the contrary, scarcely a term passed in which actions were not brought under these statutes of Charles and Anne. Mr. WORTLEY—There has not been a single action. Mr. GIBSON—Wait till you have heard the other side. Mr. WORTLEY—There has not been any action brought for horse-racing. Mr. GlBSON—Really they could not sit there to draw distinctions of this kind. The Acts were levelled against gaming in general, and not against any parti cular sport. But that it would be occupying , the time of the House, he would move that this statute be read by the clerk at • the table. The Act of Charles was to prevent deceitful and exces sive gaming. There were certain pastimes and games enumerated in that Act, and amongst those games and pastimes horse-racing was named. There could be no doubt that that Act, which was meant to apply to gaming, applied also to horse-racing. He thought that those who supported this Bill in the other House of. Parliament must have been jesting when they called this Bill at present before the House a "manly sport and a wholesome pastime Bill." This was an absurd ground for Right Rev. Prelates to take for supporting the Bill. It put him in mind of the lines " Great men may jest with saints, 'tis wit in them, But with the less foul profanation." —(Hear, hear.) Qui tam actions it was well known had been often brought before for small penalties, yet they never before heard of a gentleman going to that House, and asking for a Bill of Indemnity.—(Hear, hear.) There had been numerous cases in which qui tam actions had been brought of late years. In 1816, a person named Hill had been prosecuted; in 1827, a person named Wilton had brought a qui tam action for gambling against a person named Taylor. That case was a remakable one. It had attracted the general attention of the country. It had been brought before the House of Lords by writ of error, yet no one had thought of introducing a Bill of Indemnity. If the law was not what it ought to be, the Legislature had noone to thank for it but themselves. They had invited informers to take upon themselves the odium and the expense of prosecuting those cases ; and they had a right to complain if the Legislature attempted to deprive them of those vested rights which it had bestowed upon them. It had been the policy of the Legislature which had held out to the informer the advantages which had given rise to these actions. Was it justice now to interfere to deprive the informer of his vested interest ?—(hear, hear.) Would it not tend to lower the character of the Legislature with the people ? Would it not be said that all those who had friends in high stations could suspend the operation of the law—could have Bills of Indemnity introduced to re lease them from the liability to penalties which they had incurred. In the year 1842 qui tarn actions had been brought under the provisions of this very clause against a person named Bond—actions of a precisely . similar character to those now under discussion.—(Cheers.) The law had been allowed to take its course. The plaintiff had recovered the full amount of the penalties. There was no insinuation that Bond had per mitted unfair play, but merely that he had offended against this particular statute.—(Hear, hear.) He did not consider that Bond was so much to blame as the parties who supported his establishmept.—(Cheers.) lie was not so much to blame for the supplying the demands of those who were supposed to be raised to elevated situations for the purpose of setting an example to the people, as those parties themselves. He felt bound to oppose the passing of this Bill of Indemnity until he had a resolution passed pledging the House to appoint a Committee to revise the laws relating to gambling. The pledge of a single Member was not sufficient. They had got them now into a corner, and it would not be right to let them escape out of their difficulty, until they had pledged themselves to revise the law generally. He, there fore, must press the resolution which he intended to propose as an amendment to the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to a division. lie would take the liberty of quoting from a Conserva tive journal an article on the prosecution of Bond. The Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from the Times of Thursday, Dec. 8, 1842 expressing the satisfac tion which the conductors of that journal felt at the result of the prosecution of Bond, and stating that the country was not indebted to the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, nor to the Home Secretary, nor to the Society for the Prosecution of Vice, for that pro secution, as all those authorities seemed to consider that the Corinthian atmosphere of St. James's was out of their jurisdiction; they were indebted for it to an artist of the name of Smith, and to an Act of the good old days of Queen Anne.—(Loud cheers.) That showed that the statute was perfectly well known. Bond had been ruined and forced to leave the country. No Bill of Indemnity had been brought in for him ; no statute had been passed to prevent the rich from setting a bad ex ample to the poor. Judge Blackstone said that gaming in high life demanded the attention of the magis trates ; it was a passion to which every valuable con sideration was sacrificed, and which we seemed to have inherited from our ancestors, the Germans, whom Tacitus described as bewildered with the spirit of play. lion. Members opposite had proposed stringent Acts for the regulation of public morals, and they could not now come forward to protect those who had violated the law.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. Member said it was a very common thing to come down to the House to relieve from penalties parties who had violated exist ing statutes. Ile was quite aware that circumstances had arisen in which it was desirable for the Legislature to interfere; but, as regarded the case of Mr. Wright, who prosecuted the clergy for not attending to their spiritual duties, he believed a more objectionable interfe rence had never occurred. The present Lord Chancellor on that occasion defended the common informer. He wished to rake the matter on public principles. They must decide the question simply upon the grounds whether it was a case in which The LegislatUre should take the unusual course. of adopting ex post facto legis lation. They must pledge themselves to revise the gaming laws before they discontinued those actions. Th e y had given no such pledge. All they propctsffi Ives to relieve certain powerful iot4 l yil Nltils f pt the 'operation o f those lams, This was Ilflt an ohsolee law. It had b een ac ted upon last par, and QYVU a ftw day§ ago, and Lord Chief Justice Denman had pronounced a judgment under it not a week past. Penalties from Bond had been recovered under it not long since. It was impossible to maintain the plea that had been urged of ignorance of these laws. They were suspected of not wishing to re peal obsolete statutes. How often had magistrates under obsolete statutes fined and imprisoned poor men, and yet no one heard of giving the aggrieved party any in demnity, or of repealing the statutes under which they were punished ? lie would read for them extracts from the Reports of the Inspectors of PriSons.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") A man, J. C., stated that he had been sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling, and 14s. costs, and because he was unable to pay these sums, he had been in prison for ten years.—(Hear, hear.) He had been summarily convicted before two magistrates for not attending Church on Sundays, and for not showing any reasonable cause for being absent. He was kept in prison until the fine was paid. Was there any leniency shown there— any Bill of Indemnity ? This law was admitted to be an antiquated law, but the man suffered.—(Hear, hear.) What had the Legislature done to abolish or modify those cruel laws ? Had they shown any disposition to bring in a Bill on the subject ? In 1839, it appeared from the same Report that several persons underwent imprisonment for trifling violations of the ecclesiastical law. One underwent 63 days' imprisonment, another 61, a third 16, a fourth 12, a fifth 17, a sixth 12, a seventh 26, an eighth 16, a ninth 27, and a tenth three days' imprisonment—(Hear, hear)—and when those people were released they were released on the payment of the fine and costs. The people believed that that House did not legislate for them, but for themselves. They believed that those laws on horse-racing would not have been altered but 'that certain Hon. Members and Noble Lords were not interested in their continu ance. They were not altered for the general welfare of the community—they were obsolete and antiquated laws, and were something similar to those on which the late State prosecutions in Ireland were founded.— (Oh, oh.) No, the great bulk of the people, he repeated, were not aware that in attending those meetings they had been guilty of any offence, against the laws. The people of Ireland saw men high in station, legislators, ministers, contributing to public associations, and participating in public demonstrations. —(Hear, hear.) Why did not the Government prose cute the Anti-Corn-law League? They dared not prosecute the League.—(Hear, hear.) They used these antiquated statutes and unknown laws to serve their own purposes, and they had shown no disposition to administer justice without respect of persons.—(Hear, hear.) He would force his motion, and he would see whether gentlemen opposite were prepared to take away the penalties upon all gambling—whether of the-poor or the rich, or only upon those kinds of gambling in which their own class was concerned.—(Hear, hear.) It would be wrong to deny that much had been done to repeal obnoxious statutes ; and especially in the laws relating to excise and customs, through the industry and sagacity of Mr. Deacon Hume, hundreds of Acts of Parliament had been compressed into one small volume. But when the gentlemen opposite repealed the Acts inflicting the penalties for offences against the excise and custom laws, they did not, suspend the qui tam actions. The actions were persevered in, and the penal ties were enforced. He was bound to pay this tribute to a distinguished public servant, Mr. Hume, not only for his writings on political economy, but for the activity with which he discharged the duties which had been officially entrusted to him.—(Hear, hear.) He would not allow this to be treated as an unimportant question. (Hear, hear.) Many of the gentlemen who had intro duced him into that House were deeply concerned in the gambling of the turf, but there were also many other of his constituents who thought that all kinds of betting were immoral, and ought to be put down. He was, therefore, placed in a difficult position ; but he would take the course which he con sidered to be right, without considering what might please any section of his constituents. For many of these gentlemen he had a great respect, but if they were his own brothers, he would stand up in that House and resist any proposition for an ex post facto law to re lieve people of rank from the consequences of their trans gressions. —(Laughter.) He thought he should neglect his duty if he did not stand up and see that they legis lated equally for all classes of her Majesty's subjects. Before he sat down, he would. make an appeal to the Government, for he presumed that this was a Cabinet question. It had received the consideration of her Ma jesty's Ministers, and was sanctioned by them in the House of Lords—at least, none of them opposed it—and he thought he was entitled in a matter of such importance as the interference with proceedings in the courts of law, to have the deliberate opinion, not only of the Prime Minister, if he were in his place, but of the law-officers of the Crown. He thought he was entitled especially to have the opinion of the At torney-General as to what he thought was the justice of the case, when so many others had paid penalties for similar transgressions of the law. He conceived that they were entitled to the deliberate opinion of her Ma jesty's Government, whether they approved of a measure like this, which permitted an ex post facto law to ride over the ancient enactments of our code. He said that those who wore occupying the benches opposite, and to whom attached the responsibility of administering the laws of the country, were bound to say whether they were in favour or not of this sudden and partial altera tion of the law.—(Cries of "Hear, hear," and " Oh.") For it would not do for them to let this measure pass quietly, and then pretend to the country that they were not in favour of gaming—they must not set up that character without any notice being taken of this measure by them. He deeply regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) was not present on that most important occa sion.—(Laughter on the Ministerial benches, answered by cheers from the Opposition.) Yes, it was on an oc casion like the present that they wanted the assistance of a man like him, who had great experience, to guide them in all their proceedings, and who had also influence enough with his party to make them do that which he might think the most proper and just. He said that in not being present on that occasion the Right Hon. Baronet was neglecting his duty.—(Laughter from the Treasury benches.) Why he guided his party ; they all of them opposite followed him in the most docile manner.—(Great cheering and uproar.) He could make them pass this law, or throw it out, by his individual dictum.—(Great cheering from the Opposition.) When, therefore, the Right Hon. Ba ronet chose to assume such an immense responsibility as lie did in guiding he party which had to make the laws for the country, surely to allow it to be sup posed that he shrank from his duty from an aversion to offend the prejudices of his friends, was not exactly commendable conduct.—(Hear, hear.) He re gretted also to observe the absence upon this occasion of all those Hon. Members who arrogated to themselves the guardianship of the morals and religion of the country.—(Cheers.) He did not choose to impute in tentions, but he could not refrain from saying, that it was a remarkable coincidence that upon a question so important to the morals of the country there should not be present in the House any of those Ho nourable Members who, when the poor were to be schooled, when they were to be legislated into all sorts of virtuous and pious habits, were most promi nent in that labour.—(Cheers.) Those remarkable coin cidences certainly happened to all men—they had hap pened to himself' sometimes.—(A laugh.) In conclusion lie begged to say, that in his opinion the House ought not to have been called upon to consider a Manly Sports Bill, and the liabilities any indulgencein betting on those sports subjected individuals to; nor the question whether they ought to protect those who had violated the law to the injury of those who had not. If the attention of the House was to be called to the subject at all, it ought to be to the whole subject—with reference to the future, and not to the past. And therefore, enter taining strongly these opinions, he - felt called upon to move, as an amendment to the motion, " That this House is of opinion, that if Parliament think fit to interfere for the purpose of staying legal proceedings which have been commenced under the sanction and authority of existing statutes, upon the ground that such statutes have become either obsolete, or, that they ought not to be enforced, it is incumbent upon the Legislature to define some rule by which her Majesty's subjects may be able to ascertain those laws which are considered to have become obsolete, or those to which obedience will not be required. That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into the existing statutes against gaming of every kind, and what penalties are enacted by such sta tutes, and whether the same, or any and what parts of such statutes have fallen into desuetude, or ought to be repealed." Lord J. MANNERS said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had not only been the advocate of one side in this particular question, but had also been the advocate of one Hon. Member who was not present to speak for himself. The lion. Gentleman said that he had no guarantee that the House, if it consented to this Bill, would not still sanction the imposition of penalties on gambling ; thus, persons might hereafter be prose cuted for offences under the Act; while persons who had already offended could be relieved from the conse quences of their illegal acts. But it must be recollected that these offences had been committed inadvertently. tile class of persons who were considered as tribunes of the people did not deserve the confidence of the people. He wished all those distinctions which had been created by obsolete statutes between the rich and the poor ab rogated altogether. It should, however, be recollected, that the public attention had been just directed to the case of the person imprisoned for not attending church, by his Hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract. The law under which that person had suffered was the rem nant of a wise and consistent system of legislation— (Hear) —which had been abrogated by the political an cestors of the Hon. Gentleman opposite.—(l ron i ca l cheers.) It was partly a system by which, after the poor people had attended th'e parish church, on the Sunday, they were permitted to indulge in manly sports and recreations during the rest ofthe day. The po litical ancestors of Hon. Gentlemen opposite had re tained the odious part of the law, imposing the penalty, but had abrogated the cheerful part of it. He should support the Bill.—(Cheers.) • Captain BERKELEY agreed, with a great deal of ' what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who introduced this Bill. But he wished the House would pause before it attempted. to legislate on this sub ject. The present system of horse-racing was fraught with dishonesty and trickery. It was not the best horse that always won. There was a system called PP betting in existence which had been productive of the tneAt mis chievous effects. He thought the better MIMI for the House to pursue would be to stay for a period the pend ing actions, and in the Inoantline to take the whole subject of gambling into Its consideration. If that course were pursued he should be prepared to vote with the Hon. Gentleman opposite, but so,e,rd,r than lend himself in any way to the coutißuauce of the present dislxoneM practices in hppetracing he would vote with the Hon. Member , t 144.,i,Pa him (Mr. Gibson) ; It was a very eom ; rIP ipqn saymg nat hp who went upon the turf without deteilitttioll to ha a vogue was next akin to a fool (cil@er4 and laughter.) If the rules of the House xx 4,14 permit him, ho ('Captain Berkelo') wei t o 919. r. that this • debate be adjourned, in order that they might proceed with the debate on Irish affairs. Mr. 11.. f. MILNES thought that Hon. Gentlemen opPo' site might agree to this Bill, which was ono simply to relieve parties from enormous penalties which they had unwittingly incurred, and they could still have the Com mittee for which the Hon. Member for Manchester had moved. Mr. VERNON SMITH did not think a sufficient case had been made out for the House of Commons to enter tain this question. He did not think that the allegations in the preamble of the Bill had been made out. He thought the proper course the Hon. Gentleman opposit e ought to have pursued, would have been to have moved for the production of the Report of the Select Commit tee appointed by the other Ilouse of Parliament, to in quire into the.subject. He thought without this a suf. ficient case had not been made out in favour of those in, whose behalf this Bill had been introduced. . Colonel PEEL could say that he knew that many of those persons conscientiously believel that, in making bets upon horse-racing, they were committing no offence. They believed, and he understood that this belief Was borne out by the opinion of counsel, that bets made On, the turf were legal. He himself had not been serve; with any notice of action (he had no doubt that he s hod(' be), but if he were to be summoned to give evidence in any the trials, as to what bets he had made, he ques tioned whether a judge would caution him that in givil such evidence, he was making a case against hilt's" ' He thought the preamble of the Bill had been fully borne out, and he for one could say that he had always con scientiously believed that bets on the turf were legal. Mr. HUME said that if the opinion of counsel had been taken upon this matter, there was no necessity for this Bill, inasmuch as from what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that opiniV i , was in favour of the legality of th e b e t s . He thong''' . the best plan in this case wo u ld b e t o su spend th a pending actions fur three months, in order that the subject might be well considered. The present Bill gave power to any person against whoni actions for penalties for gambling were brought, to call upon: judge to dismiss the case with costs. H e did not thin they were in a position to grant this. He thought they ought to agree to the adjournment of the debate, as h e thought that on a subject of such importance the presenc e of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern' ment was absolutely necessary. This was a gambling Bill, and indirectly promoted and protected gambling. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that if the. Right Hon. Gentleman looked more closely to th e clauses of the Bill, that provision was expressly for the point to which he referred. The operation 0 the Act was not to extend beyond the space of thr ee months, and any proceedings at law would be stayed. Mr. HUME—Yes, after the lapse of three months. , The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Just so. Although by this Bill the pending cases would be discontinnq there was nothing to prevent the actions b e ing broil:l' afresh unless they were quashed by the Legislatur e ' When the Bill went into Committee the Hon. Gentleman must move for the insertion of the word " suspend" stead of "discontinue," which he apprehended Alt,. ens% er all his purposes.—(Hear.) Th e Hon. Men' ii . for Manchester talked about thi s Bill disregarding the poor, and having reference only to th e amusements of the rich. He did not know wh a t p ar ti cu l ar section of the House the Hon. Member meant by " you," or W„,he ther he meant to allude to any particular Member. Fob his own part, he (the Attorney-General) would say t",,',„ he had never been behindhand in evincing synr, t1 ; 1 for the poor, or in protecting their privileges. 2 ' 1 % 8 was no Hon. Member more ready or willing than 0, was to abolish obsolete Acts, through which the pel e might unwittingly have offended against the laws. hoped the Bill would be allowed to go into C om mitteei le After a few words from Mr. C. BERKELEY", t House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it _ _ Majority On .our admission to the Gallery, we found the W i t discussing the propriety of going into' Co mm ittee 04 Bill. That discussion having be en conc l u d e d, the was ordered to be committed on Wednesday next.. ilia Lord 'JOHN RUSSELL wished to a s k w hat was n - ja intention of the Government as t o p u bli c b us i ne ss. - ', tlh t they intend that the impo r t an t mo ti on h e h a d brag th t forward should be proceeded w ith th a t n i g ht, or ~ other business that had been p u t u p on t h e p a per, esT A cially that of the Hon. Member for Montr o se, should proeeeded with in preference? Sir J. GRAHA M said that it was the intention 0 - r del" Government to give precedence to th e a dj our ned d e P" on the Irish question.—(Hear.) IRELAND.—THE ADJOURNED DEBATE - , s • Lord LEVESON then rose to address the 11 1 / 9 - :; He believed that in the speech of the Noble Lord, night those great principles were contained, on w° 4 .,) Ireland alone could be properly governed.—(Hear, hero, He wished to see liberal principles infused into Irel° o , —(Hear)—for it was impossible to deny that the P e of Ireland h a d b een k ept up lately by military foree;o -(llear.) He hoped th e y wou ld never cont i nue the 'he vernment by such means.—(Hear, hear.) Had, tea would ask, th e government of Ireland been COndietate properly ?—(H ear .) Wh y t h e f i rst offices o f the Zoe had been gi ven t o men w h osa pr i nciples and 'yd....- politics were n o t co n gen i a l to t h e people o f I re lan the y What had been th e case a t th e l ate tr i a l ? Why, ital. had been tried before f our P ro t estant j u d ges , by re d of twelve Orangemen.—(Hear.) Was it be won( 0 . at that the people of Ireland should feel some exasP e b ol Lion at this ?—(Ch eers .) Th e E sta b l i she d Church,. the not prospered, in con sequence , i n hi s op i nion ,. °t o p protection it had rec e i ve d f rom t h e S tate. It did to t ba its duty if it performed nothing for the education el r people.--(Hear, hear.) He considered that many P e te , ft sons thought too much o f th e protect i on o f the St ole Whoever travelled through France, Belgium, 01° 01 North of Germany, must perceive the difference • a to existed between those count r i es a n d E ng l an d, ow le ; it eli this exclusive protection. After trespassing SO, ho e on the time of the Ho use , h e cou ld no t d o better : teat conclude with the words of o ne o f th e most ei"oo' men who ever sat in this H ouse . M r . B rou gham , ho le Lord Brougham, cautioned the House to beware ° v' they converted discontent i n t o rage ; h ow they e v i ef raged discontent to rage with new weapons. it i o e, alone were responsible if, th roug h their oPP°sl.5.) Ireland was torn fro m th e mot h er country.—(lheeb the Mr. B. COCHRANE sa id h e h ad l i stene d wit The greatest pleasure to the speech of the Noble Lord' , 0 01 evils which afflicted Ireland had been attributed t ° 4 l; t he causes ; to the exi s t ence o f t h e E sta b l i she d Chum bu t, union, - the state of the suffrage, and ether sources' d 6e' reel in his opinion, none o f them was the real evil. r f' as erf evil they had to d e al w ith, was t h e great physical - f th e which existed in the country. The resource' f . 3 00 country were great, yet the country Was , ° r Wit h years, in a state of wretchedness and disaffection. , 4 t he regard to the Church it was universally knowstoes Catholic clergy would ref use a p rov i s i on from the. EDP' and at a late meeting of th e R oman Catholics 01 N ess laud, Lord Camoys, who presided at that meeti rre'S reported to have said . that he entirely coneyby the in the propriety of the decision come t,°, W Y ; Irish Roman Catholic Bishops. They coun t - e lan' thing then, in that direction, for - the benefit of of th° If the Noble Lord wished to appropriate a Por t t en ofi r revenues of the Established Church, he did utter how it could be received by the Roman Ott ic it . j je their late declaration to refuse State provisi° add was kindly disposed towards the people of Irela t " a str . towards their religion. He was of opinion ° la t he 11°' perior class of persons ought to be educated lor be v eer man Catholic Church in I re l an d . Th e ev il of try was its misery, an d w h en t h ey cons id e reo sical wants which the p eo pl e o f t h at countr y e l the iii i fi eti• ot was not to be wond ere d at t h at they coon' o ld (Hear, hear:) People in their situation e,, ° then' reason ; they could o n ly complain. lie hoP e " t „, aa le, fore, that some measure would be introduee d rhe liorate the social condition of the people. Bsilr e , g o Gentleman then referred to the report of th e „ D d Commission to show the state of the country, oda wer e b , the greatest benefits would' result if the waste was r reclaimed.--(Hear, hear.) ' Another great el' le o f J r , absentee drain, and while it continued the petri,t, that land would not cease to complain. It appeared t° I ,;f wh i r l s , * would be a great benefit if the Lord Lieutenant i • ta was not changed with every change of the o i lia tla Such men as Lord Nortnanby and the Doke e opi° ; in former times, who were beloved, by the at oong: t Ireland, ought to have been allowed to rema ti t b e rec e ,a them. The Hon. Gentleman then referred t ° ;li d e le i ,s trials. He thought this was not a time to _:„,, t l b to t harsh tirades.—(Hear, hear.) A man who n e n A ie c in the estimation of the, people of Ireland Wo e d 1 " 00 0 convicted of a conspiracy aainst the State• do e s c pretend. to say that Mr. O'Connell had not nt good for his country—that at the commeneeneliA ssPbe career let might not have been influenced hr a n te, rations, but that formed no excuse for his cortioto Stays present time. Manlius, who saved the lle. l t it. rea f . was afterwards punished for a conspiraeY . ag at e tli if e be trusted the people of Ireland would now tak e _.,ol( l t he view of the question, and that this conviction jack great service to the country. He would o wot words of a great judge, that it was not thr a tt pl i s o a ing the sides of the Constitution, not 1 3 Y.'„ r ,,,, to °v jact the laws of the country, that they could "Y l och e°ll . 01. the results they sought. It was not b, - o ther' r.) they could enlist the sympathies of oatt r, b eli t tle add to the number of their friends. -- ( for re , le an o°. They should always feel with the IX°P Lt.' the . ter' people, and cheer them on with hopes .10 qent bet ette4 He quite agreed with the Noble Lord, f t f a r i !) i d the City of London, that it would haveoee2 . _ e : if the proclamation had been issued earlier' ee ventured in that House to sug l g est theatlop b ede cive measures. That observa t i on w as e' rola it sarcasm This 'e ll er MI in j ° ll broke up no one imagined what coulne . , o _ , Ge o: . e a wasoifuthteheNomboleutlh.oorfd, July. S an ec d re w ta b ri j..40.b05ite:,4 Government would take. The 13. 4 ,ght II it c ? i .j at the Head of the Home Department,...St,"•ta account of the meeting. At Clontarf, wlt o u n e' t bli and visible signs, that the proclamation aboot _or tually issued, There was nothin o „ ean rea , PL A in tiro indictnient, the charges in which o f o tti; t ; the space of nine months. —Meer.) In I 3 'for d might understand it. If meeting after e the nature naantdu conspiracyre o ecr crime e shouldshould bee held, and men did not know that whatwords of Sl e l d 7 01 was illegal, they might ask, in the Fussell) s 0 .0( L (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord (L or "° they should legislate for Ireland, not hit.. coe_ reu e. " Where has this treason been so_loOlnlic. wise principles, but generously. 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