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rbirbi Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, .'TIE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 21. MEAIORAxr um.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 62d Regiment to bear upon its second or regi mental colour, and likewise upon its appointments, in addition to 'any distinctions heretofore granted. the word " Nive," in commemoration of the gallant conduct of the Regiment in the operations connected with the passage of the " Nive, on the 10th of December, 1813. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH I. 4th Dragoon Guards—Captain W. C. Forrest, from I 1 th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Ibbetson, who exchanges; March 1. 3d Light Dragoons—Serjeant-Major J. Rathwell (Riding Master) to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Brunt, ap pointed to the Royal Horse Guards, March 1. 11th Light Dragoons—Captain C. P. Ibbetson, from the 4th Dragoen Guards, to be Captain, vice W. C. Forrest, who ex changes, March 1. 15th Regiment of Foot—Major R. Ellis, from half-pay Un attached, to be Major, vice W. R. B. Smith, who exchanges, receiving the difference, March 1. 20th Foat—Ensign H. R. Cowell to be Lieutenant, without purchase; G. W. Taylor. Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cowell; Lieutenant E. G. Hallewell to be Adjutant, vice Smith, de ceased, March I. 41st Foot—Captain B. Duff, from half-pay of the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice I. Blackburne, who exchanges • Lieutenant R. Butl er t o b e C apta i n, by purchase, vice Duff , who retires; Ensign W. Minchin to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Butler; J. H. Cooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minchin, March 1. 76th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Maclean, M.D., from thee 11th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Milligan, ap rinted to the 6th Dragoons, March 1. 78th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon W. Bowie, from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allman, deceased, March 1. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon E. W. Burton, from the 38th Regiment, to be staff-surgeon of the second class, vice Gibson, appointed to the 17th Dragoons, March 1, 1844. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces.—W. T. Hoskin, M.D. ; R. Browne, Gent ; W. G. Watt, Gent ; and W. Batley, Gent. March 1 1844. BREVET.—Lient.-Col. E. Hay, of the Honourable the East India Company's Depot, at Watley, to have the temporary rank of Colonel, during the period of his being so employed, March 1. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Capt. Clarke, of the 46th Regiment, are William Henry Hardy Forbes. The appointment of Ensign Cumming to the Cape Mounted Riflemen is without purchase, and not with purchase, as pre viously stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. 2d Regiment of Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—A. G. Roberts, Esq., to be Captain, vice B. Fuller, resigned, Feb. 17. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yerkshire. Southern R eg i ment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet W. Johnson Fox to be Lieutenant, vice Sheardown, resigned ; H. Boynton, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Fox, pro moted, Feb. 26. WHITEHALL,27, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Mercer, of Ash ford, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High" Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed David King, of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. CH ARLES POPPLETON, linen-manufacturer, York. 'WILLIAM ASTON, iron -master, Toll-end, Staffordshire. WILLIAM WHITE, laceman, Regent-street, Marylebone. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT JOSIAH CRANIES, butcher, Maldon, Essex, to surrender, March 8, 'at half-past two, and April 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official arsignee ; Tilson and Squance, Coleman-street ; Digby, Maldon. JOHN LARK, shoemaker Seymour-street, Euston-square, March 8, a t e l even , an d April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Davies and Cleobury, Warwick -street, Golden-square. MELCHOR LOPEZ, wine -merchant, Crutched-friars, Alarch 14, at half-past one, and April 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee ; Baxen dale and Co., Great Winchester-street. JOSHUA JOSEPH JOHNSON, carpenter, Lant-street, Southwark, March 14, at one, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. JAMES BANKS WATKINSON, saddler, Maghull, Lan cashire, march 11, at twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, o ffi cial assignee, Liver pool ; Vincent an d C o., Temple, L ondon; Brabner and At kinson, Liverpool. PETER HURRAY, travelling draper, Manchester, March 13, and April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis• trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, London ; Sale and Worthington, Man chester. JAMES HELLEWELL, dyer, Salford, March 14, and April 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Cooper, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Beurdillon, Bedford-row, London. ROBERT GENT, traveller, Hulme, Lancashire, March 13, and April 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, Staple Inn, London; Wilson, Manchester. FRANCIS JONES, grocer, Bristol, March 11, at twelve, and April 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Perkins, Bristol. WILLIAM BATTY, currier, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 11, and April 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freemean, o ffi cial assigne e , L ee d s; Hi c k s an d C o., Gray ' s-inn, London ; Galloway and Bell, Hull. NOTCES OF INSOLVE J. Parrett, blacksm l ith, Bradford, Yorkshire N CY. J. Grierson, linendraper, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. J. West, tobacconist, Northampton. T. Hooper, accountant, Pendleton, Manchester. W. Hazael, miller, Kirby.streel, East India-road, Poplar. W. Clogg, farmer, Treworgey, C ornwa ll. F. A. Durnforci, artist, Upper Portland-place, Wandsworth-rd, D. Collins, trimming manufacturer, Bennett's-pl., Bethnal-gr. .1. Newman, stage coa c h man , Th orn- bill , Battle-bridge. J. Vinten, boot maker, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. S. Benstead, accountant, Stoke Newington -road. R. Palmer, omnibus conductor, Weathers, Essex. S. J. Butler, jeweller, Worsbip-street, Finsbury. S. S. loc k , clerk, Liverp eo l- s t ree t, Ki ng ' s -cross. ; Hunt, farmer, Hadham, Hertfordshire. J. Yeomans, an., fruit salesman, Cole-street Nortb,Dover-rd. I. Owinnett, Ledbury, Herefordshire. J. Kerrison, provision dealer, Hyde, Cheshire. R. Fish, bo ot maker, Chatham. J. Masters, jun., fancy soap maker, Bristol. N. Bennett, wheelwright, Church-street, Waterlood-road. S. Peel, leather dresser, Colne, Lancashire. A. Rusher, coffee-house keeper, Leather-lane, Holborn. T. F. Church, plumber. Rochester, Kent. J. Jones, dairyman, Devonshire -street, Queen-square. J. Young, Panton-square, Haymarket. J. Stuchfield, harness maker, John-street North, Marylebone. J. Butt, farmer, Hareacembe, Gloucestershire. " J. Hollit, master mariner, West Cowes, Isle of Wight. G. Pacey, plumber, Kettering, Northamptonshire. T. Hitchman, licensed victualler, Kidlington, Oxf or d s hi re . W. Cooper, boot maker, Camden-passage, Islington. W. Chadwick, worsted spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the 'week ending Feb. 27, 1844, is 365. 3d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 2d day of December, 1843, to the 24th day of February, 1844, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., cap. 96. ASSETS. Circulation .......£20,414,000 Securities £22,482,000 Deposits 13,924,000 Deposits ... 14,993,000 £34,338,000 Downing-street, March 1, 1 £37,475,000 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U.12 6i Antwerp 25 95 Ramburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 36 lj Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. t 1.331 957 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao • 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — SGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn Genoa 25 95 Milan — Venice 47 Naples 384 Palermo, per oz ll7l Lisbon/ 536 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Geld, bars..£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New D011ar5......... 0 4 9j Silver in 8ar5...... 0 4 111 —,...—....____ MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 1.) Sue AR.--The market has each day been mostly cleared of . the Sugar on show; the prices paid are 6d per cwt above those of last Friday for all sorts ; indeed, on brown qualities the ad vance in some cases has been ls. To-day, the quantity of West India Sugar sold was 200 hhds, which must be regarded as a good business, considering the quantity on offer; prices are still going .up, and closed Is above those of last Friday for brown and low yellow, and 6d per cwt for all other sorts. This afternoon Antigua Sugar at 6ls to 61s 6d for dingy yellow. RIFINED.—Te.day large parcels of Refined Goods were taken by the home trade ; brown lumps 77s 6d, and standard lumps 78s 6d to 799 per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and 26s 6d per cwt is the value of large parcels. Bas tards and pieces in great request at 17s to 24s per cwt. URITIUS.—The trade have been ready purchasers of all qualities, paying an advance on former rate. of 6d per cwt. This afternoon there was no public sale ; privately several par cels of yellow were sold at 60a to 68s 641 per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 'Bengal Sugar sold at full rates, fine sarong yellow Dobah fetched 70s, good 68s 6cl to 695, mid 66s 6d to 67a, low mid yellow 62s 6d to 63s 6d, fine white 70s, good 68s to 695, mid 66s 6d to 675, low 65s to 665, damp and washed 62s to 69s per cwt. Singapore Sugar, duty paid, at 515 to 6ls 6d per cwt. FORAIG N.—There was much activity in the market f or -nearly all descriptions of Foreign Sugar since Friday last, and a further advance has taken place in prices. This afternoon white Havannah, sound all taken in at stiff rates, good white at 28s to 28s 6d, mid 26s to 27s 6d, ord 243 6d to 25s 6d ; the damaged sold at the full worth : slightly damaged fetched 22s to 25s 6d, damaged 21s to 23s 6d. Cocoa.—Foreign is held for the previous worth, but few buyers are to be met with. An increased desire has been shown to purchase West India, and the better qualities are rather higher. • Saco.—This afternoon at public sale 118 boxes of good large Pearl were sold at 17s 6d, and 150 boxes of good small white Pearl at 21s 6d to 225. Corral.—All clean sorts of West India are much wanted, 'but the market is still scantily supplied, and there are more _ orders than can be executed ; by private =tract the business • • ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 14, 1844. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Fr e d er i c Purefoy Mare, Esq., as one o f her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Price, who retires. CAMBRIDE HOUSE, FEB. 29. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. J. Horsley Dakins to be one of his Chap lains in Ordinary. ' transacted has been at stiff rates. This afternoon Ceylon sold at the former rates, good ordinary pale at 695, ragged 65s to 675, real good ordinary rather coloury 695, damaged in the country 65s to 66s 6d. Mocha withdrawn, the b oker not having received positive instructions to sell. Padang taken in at 30s for ordinary mixed. Singapore Java taken in at 40s for good ordinarygreenish mixed, being 2s above the value. Bahia sold at 32s to 32s 6d for good ordinary. MOLASSES.—West India are wanted, and higher rates are required by importers ; Demerara of :good quality has fetched 26s 6d, and Antigua 28s per cwt. Bengal Molasses are in re quest at 18s to 19s per cwt. This afternoon Antigua taken in at 33s to 33s 6d per cwt. TEA.—There has been much activity in the market this week ; the demand has been extensive for black Tea from the town and country trade, speculators have taken many parcels, and the prices paid show an advance, on those of the public sales held last week of Id to lid per lb. To-day the market closed with a firm appearance ; sound common Cengou cash is Is ld, good common Is lid to Is 2d, and Twankay ord Is 3id to is 3id per lb. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica rum at an ad vance of Id to 2d per gallon ; 30 to 36 over proof of low to good quality sold at 3s to 5s ; common quality to-day was not to be purchased under 3s 3d per gallon. Leewards have brought an advance of id to 2d; 2s to 2s Id readily paid for 150 putts proof. Demerara at 2s 10d to 3s 2d for 30 to 38 per cent over proof. Calcutta rum at is 10d for proof with certificate. To-day 2s Id refused for proof Leewards, and Is 10d to Is 100 paid for Calcutta, proof, with certificate. Brandy as fellows :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds at ss. I Id, puns 5s 9d ; ditto, 1839, Ws 5s Bd. puns 58 6d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; ditto, 1841, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id, middling marks 3s 8d to 4s 6d, and low 3s to 3s 7d per gallon. Geneva for shipping is wanted at Is 10d to is lld ; fine for duty is 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English spirit 103 2d per gallon, cash, and lOs 3d for single puncheons. RlCE.—Carolina, cleaned here, at 21s to 26s per cwt. This afternoon yellow Madras Rice at public sale taken in at 9s 6d for ord, being above the value. COCHINEAL.—To-day Cochineal was much sought after, and but little was to be had ; the price of the lowest silvers is 4s 4d per lb. INDIGO. —The quarterly sale of East India is fixed for the 15th of April. The rates previously established are fully main tained. The supply of Spanish Indigo is scanty, and the busi ness transacted has been to a fair extent at firm rates. To-day Madras Indigo at 2s 9d to 3s 6d, being 2d, and in some cases 3d per lb higher than the last quarterly sale. Oils.—ln Olive Oils extensive purchases have been made this week. Gallipoli 461 to 47/, Spanish 42/, and Barbary 411 per tun. Linseed Oil 27s to 27s 3d per cwt paid for parcels on the spot. Palm Oil, prime quality at 28s to 28s 6d. Cocoa Nut Oil at the previous currency. Rape Oil, pale at 35s 6d to 365, and brown 34s 6d to 35s per cwt. Sperm Oil, British, at 61/ per tun ; American is 661. Cod Oil at 33/ to 33/ 10s; sorts of common Fish Oils at 34/ 105 to 351 for pale Seal. This afternoon Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt; North American Lard Oil bought in at 42/. TALLOW.-405 6d to 40s 9d have been the current rates ac cepted for P. Y. Candle of first quality ; for delivery at 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow, 41s to 42s nett each. This afternoon second sort St. Petersburgh Yellow Candle Tallow at 37s 3d to 39s 9d. Italian 37s 9d to 39s 9d ; South Americau partly cold at 31s 9d to 39s ; North American Lard went at 32s 9d to 345. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl Of SHAFTESBTJAY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack shortly before Five o'Clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills. LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION Lord MONTEAGLE seeing his Noble Friend in his place, wished to put a question to him on a subject in which the public at large, and more especially the Irish public, felt a deep interest. In putting this question he begged to state that he entertained no distrust of his Noble Friend. He believed that his Noble Friend was most diligent in the discharge of the public duty with which he had been entrusted ; but the public were looking with the utmost anxiety towards the Landlord and Tenant Commission in Ireland, and he wished to ask his Noble Friend if he could inform the House when it would be likely thst that the public would be put in possession of the results of their labours. The Earl of DEVON had no difficulty in an swering the question ; and he was glad that an oppor tunity had been afforded him of stating why it was that he was present then at that moment, instead of being in Ireland. It so happened that he had made arrangements to go to Dublin for the purpose of collecting further evidence, and had intended being in Ireland at the present time ; but a few days since he had received a subpcena from the Court of Queen's Bench, commanding him to attend as a witness in a criminal case, at the next Devonshire assizes. He had endeavoured to get the evidence which he should have to give, made matter of admission, but the defendant appeared to consider it essential to the case that he (the Earl of Devon) should be examined, and he was afraid that he should be detained in England until the trial was over. His absence, however, would not interrupt the labours of the commission. His colleagues were empowered to proceed with the inquiry during his absence, and they had consented to do so; therefore, no delay would take place in con sequence of his detention in England. He was not sorry that he had the opportunity of stating that he was not idly or unnecessarily neglecting his public duty. It was generally supposed, although the supposition was incorrect, that the only besi ness of the Commission was to collect evidence. That was a most importfint part of the duty no doubt but any person who took upon them selves the responsibility of offering suggestions as to any proposed change in the existing law, should make themselves acquainted with the law ; and therefore a not unimportant part of the duties of the Commissioners was to digest the information on the subject of the rela tions between landlord and tenant, which was already accessible to the public. He could assure their Lord ships that the taking of evidence was not the only labour that devolved on the Commissioners ; and he also begged to assure them that the labours of the Com mission would be prosecuted with as little delay as pos. sible. n; l l‘4if% THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV.E.NI NG-, MARCH 1, 1844. sate that gentleman for the anxiety of mind which he had suffered, and the injury which he had sustained during the period that he remained under a cloud.— (Hear, hear.) The Attorney and Solicitor-General, and all the parties connected with the Government, were perfectly aware that Mr. Bond Hughes had rectified the mistake which he had inadvertently committed. He said, therefore, that Mr. Bond Hughes had great reason to complain. He (Mr. Duncombe) would like to know what sum Mr. Hughes received as compensation ; and whether he was as well paid as another individual, he meant Mr. Charles Ross. He (Mr. Dumcombe) had now done with Mr. Bond Hughes, and he hoped that he had said nothing derogatory to that gentleman's character, as it had not been his intention to do so. He next came to the " Carlisle patriot."— (Laughter.) Mr. Charles Ross, it appeared, was em ployed by the Morning Chronicle newspaper as a repor ter, and in his evidence, when examined by Mr. Ser geant Warren, he said that he arrived in Dublin on the 3d of July. He said he came to take the notes of Mr. O'Connell's meeting at Donnybrook. He was asked, " Did you come of -your own accord, or was it suggested to you ? Ido not ask you who it was sug- gested it to you." Mr. Ross—" It was suggested to nte. ' He was then asked, for whom did you attend?" Mr. Ross—" I attended on the part of the Government." It therefore appeared that he had been sent over by the Government, they knowing that he was in the employ of the Morning Chronicle, a paper opposed in politics to the Government. In the course of cross-examination, this question was put to him, " I believe you said you were sent over to Ireland by the Government'?" Mr. Ross—" Yes, I was." " Now Government is a comprehensive word, have you any objection to tell what member of the Go vernment suggested this to you ?" Immediately upon this question being put, the counsel for the Crown jumped up, and said, " Don't answer that question." As much as to say, "Don't tell the Irish peo ple—don't tell the English people, who it was that employed you." Mr. Charles Ross had before stated that he had been sent over and employed by a person high in office. Now he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted to know, and he thought he had a right to ask, who that high person was ?—(Hear, hear.) Could not the Government find other persons but those em ployed on newspapers—and employed by newspapers, too, not in the interest of the Government ? Could they not have found other persons than those for such a disreputable purpose as that for which Mr. Ross had been engaged ? Of course the Government knew per fectly well that a person going over under false colours —going as the reporter to the Morning Chronicle would thereby be enabled to obtain information with facility. This they considered was an advantage. He understood that at one meeting that which took place at Mullaghmast, this indiVidual, Mr. Ross, was known to be acquainted and connected with the liberal press, and was treated on that account with the greatest kind ness by the traversers themselves.—(Hear, hear.) In deed, so little did they think that this gentleman was a spy, that Mr. Steele, one of the traversers, took him in his own carriage 32 miles to Dublin.—(Hear, hear.) By this means he got an insight into all their secrets.— (Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted to know who was the honourable and upright individual who employed that individual. He stated that he had re ceived 3501. for this and 50/. for the Donnybrook meet ing. He then came back to England, and his connec tion with the Morning Chronicle having ceased at the termination of the session of Parliament, he went again to Ireland for the Standard newspaper, and then it was that he did this dirty work for the Government. Those who employed this man to do this dirty work ought to be known, not only to the Government but to the people. The people ought to know who ordered the spending of their money for such purposes.—(Hear, hear.) He could not believe that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government would condescend to such meanness, nor could he think the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had any hand in it—(Hear, hear) --because, on a former oc casion, the Right Bon. Gentleman had said that the Government had never employed spies among the po lice, and that if any of them had been employed in such a character, it must have been under the countenance of some local magistrates. Now he (Mr. I).) wanted to know if it was a Member of the other House of Parliament ; and this he would say, that, let it be whom it might, they had inflicted eternal disgrace upon themselves.(Hear, hear.) So much for the Carlisle patriot, Mr. Ross.— (Laughter.) He was now an ornament to the Standard newspaper. He was now, he (Mr. Duncombe) be lieved, a reporter on that paper—(Hear, hear)—and as an agent of the Government, he (Mr. Duncombe) should like to know what he had received as a remuneration for the services he had rendered. Before he went to the case of Mr. Jackson, he would read to the House what was the opinion of the Irish press upon these transactions. There was an account of Mr. Charles Ross in the Dub lin newspapers which he would read to the House. The Hon. Gentleman then read a paragraph describing the manner in which Mr. C. Ross had acted in Ireland, from which it appeared that that person had represented him self in Dublin as the reporter, first of the Morning Chro nicle, and subsequently of the Standard, while in re ality, he attended the meetings in Ireland in the capacity of agent to the Government, for the purpose of obtaining information to be afterwards rendered available for prosecuting individuals. The paragraph also stated that Ross had acted a most trea cherous part, 'and one unworthy of a man having the least pretensions to the character of a gentleman—that he had deceived those with whom his professional duties brought him in contact, having represented himself as acting in the honourable capacity of a newspaper reporter, while he was in reality a reporter for the Government— that no sophistry could palliate such treacherous conduct which was so different from the conduct of those reporters who when called as witness on a former occasion, of a similar kind, had refused to attend. The paragraph went on to state what was, in his (Mr. Duncombe's) opinion, the most correct, that if this principle of turn ing newspaper reporters into Crown witnesses were ge nerally adopted, the freedom of discussion would be at an end.—(Hear, hear.) He came next to Mr. Jackson, of the Morning Herald, who it appeared was not a re gular reporter, but a correspondent of the Morning Herald, and who used to write some very interesting and entertaining reports for that paper, and which he used to render, to use his own terms , " rather spicy" f or those readers who indulged in the Morning Herald.— (Laughter.) At the close of that person's examination he stated that the Morning Herald had then lately changed hands, and that it was a short time previous to the change of proprietors he had been directed to put himself in communication with Mr. K emm i s , t h e C rown solicitor, and that he had i t s he be n in e g wspaper s . Th e w i tness ons O'Connell ible f forre hearmdadAelr. resp then said that he wished to say somet hi ng, as whatt ly a p p r e e a p r u e d d i a t i e n h comments might be made on his conduct. The Lord Chief Justice then asked him what he wished to say. Mr. Jackson then protested solemnly that those documents were given to the Crown Solicitor, Mr. Kemmis, by the proprietors of the Morning Herald, without his knowledge—(Hear, hear)—and that he never knew they were in the hands of the Crown Solicitor till they were handed to him (Mr. Jackson) by him.— (Hear, hear.) He said he thought it was due to his character to make this plain explanation of the truth.— (Hear, hear.) No person, said the Hon. Member, could cast the least blame upon Mr. Jackson after this state ment.—(Cheers.) It was evident that Mr. Jackson was ashamed of the conduct of the Crown, and that he was very anxious to cast the odium of the transaction from himself. Those docu ments were handed over by the proprietors for reasons best known to themselves. lie knew it might be said that this took place before the transfer of the Morning Herald, which. ; happened on the Ist of January. But there were reasons for handing over these documents before the money was paid, and before the Government assisted in advancing the money.— (Cheers.) The Government, no doubt, had very equit able claims to the documents which they found in the Morning Herald office before that establishment was transferred, and before it was incorporated with the Standard. But it was clear Mr. Jackson was ashamed of the transaction, though it appeared the Morning Herald was not ashamed of handing over the documents.—(Hear.) He said that the Government ought to be ashamed of their conduct in availing themselves of those documents. He would read some of the opinions of the press on this subject. The opinions were strong, but not stronger than the conduct of the parties would justify. (The Hon. Gentleman then read a paragraph from one of the newspapers, which stated that the conduct of the Morning Herald in this transaction, was unparalleled in the public press. The charge against it was clear and unmistake able. The Herald received communications under the seal of confidence, and had bartered them to th e GoTern that state of alarm. If they looked at what had occurred during these debates, and to the general opi nion of the conduct of the Government, he must say he had never known a debate so damaging to a government. —(Laughter, and Oh, oh ! from the Ministerial benches.) They must be on the eve of the fulfilment of the predic tion of the Right Honourable Baronet, if there was the slightest foundation for his assertion of last session. He (Mr. Duncombe) had no apprehension of that prediction being fulfilled. The only apprehension he had of their becoming a melancholy spectacle in the eyes of other nations was a fear that. Members of Parliament would not :speak out on this question, and would not do their duty ; but if Hon. Members on both sides of the House would do their duty in this matter, there need be no alarm. He knew it was perfectly competent to her Majesty's Ministers to refuse the returns he moved for, and that without adducing one single argument in support of their conduct, just as they had refused the other night the motion of his Honeurable and Gallant Friend near him (Capt. Layard, we believe). On that occasion they relied not on argument, but on their numerical ma jority.—(Hear, hear.) They might do so on that occa sion, they might refuse the information he sought for, and which Ireland had a right to have, but if they did so, the country would not be satisfied, but every impartial man would come to the conclusion, that these proceedings had been conducted, from first to last, in a way which refiecied no honour on them, either as men, or as Ministers of the Crown.—(Cheere.) Mr. WALLACE was understood to second the motion. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, he should, indeed, en tertain a melancholy opinion of the future prospects, not only of Ireland, but of the whole country, if the ma jority in that House sympathised with the sentiments of the Honourable Gentleman who brought forward this motion.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches.) And he must add, that under ordinary circum stances, after the speech which had just been delivered, and especially after the invectives and accusations in which the lion. Gentleman had indulged when speaking of the Government, he should have considered it his duty to oppose entirely the returns asked for ; but, considering the whole circumstances of the case, the particular time at which the motion was made, and that there must be a vote of public money during the present session, in connection with these prosecutions, he could noL.bring himself to give to the motion a positive and absolute opposition. He would beg the House to re member in what light the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Dun combe) presented himself to them that evening. If he (Sir J. Graham) mistook not, the Hon. Gentleman was last night attending a meeting of his constituents in Finsbury, where, after a strong and a warm discussion, a motion was carried instructing him to obstruct the progress of the supplies in that House. Mr. DUNCOMBE—There was no such motion made. Sir JAMES GRAHAM confessed he might be wrong, for after the great variety of subjects then introduced, and the great variety of opinions expressed upon them, it was somewhat 'difficult to say with certainty what had really passed.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman earned the Government, they were damaged by the late debate, that they were not so strong as they thought themselves to be, and that a change had recently taken place on his own side of the House. He wished him joy of it, and of the new compact alliance which they had formed But he would now proceed to touch upon some of these topics to which the Hon. Gentleman had adverted in his speech. He would not then go into the discussion of the conduct of the trial in Ireland ; he would not then re-open all those questions which for nine nights had occupied the attention of that House.—(Hear. hear.) His Hon. Friend the Member for Bridport was about to ask him that evening when it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to proceed with measures of great practical importance, on which the great anxiety in the public mind prevailed, and which he admitted it was necessary to proceed with without delay—he alluded to the Factory Bill and the Poor-law, Now he begged to remind the House that since the protracted debate on the affairs of Ireland, they had had two days for supply, and on each of those occasions the Hon. Member for Rochdale made a motion before going into Committee, for the avowed purpose of obstruct ing the progress of the votes.—(Hear, hear.) So also the Hon. Gentleman, adopting the same line, and pursuing the same course, not content with one motion, that evening made a second, re-opening nearly all the questions with reference to the conduct of the trial, which had already undergone protracted discussion. Under these circumstances he must anticipate the question of the Honourable Member for Brid port by stating that it was impossible for her Majesty's Government to fix any precise time for pro ceeding with the measures to which the question re ferred.(llear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) Now with reference to the motion of the lion. Gentle man, he at once avowed that her Majesty's Government observing in the early part of last year the language which was used at large meetings assembled in Ireland in rapid succession, did think it their imperative duty to obtain clear, full, authentic and satisfactory evidence as to the language employed at these meetings. He said decidedly that he should have betrayed his duty to the public if he had omitted every fair opportunity of obtaining authentic information.—(Hear.) Now he saw Hon. Gentlemen on the other side opposed to him—he was afraid bitterly opposed to him in party politics, but he would ask them it; at alltimes, it had not been the pracice of the executive Government, when popular excitement was running high, and immense public meetings were being assembled, to obtain authentic information by means of shorthand-writers as to'the language addressed to meetings of this description.—:(Hear, hear, from Lord John Russell.) lhe simple question was whether the means employed for obtaining information were fair and legitimate. Now, the Hon. Gentleman had thought fit to use, he would not say offensive, but certainly very strong language with reference t o th e course which had been pursued in the case under consideration. He ;(Sir James Graham) did not shrink from avowing that all the means which had been adopted to obtain information in this case had been adopted by him, and on his personal responsibility.—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches, and " Hear, hear," from both sides of the House.) He did not wish to share this responsibility with any of his colleagues—(Hear, hear)—he was the person who was responsible, and from that responsibility he would not shrink.—(Hear.) The course he adopted with respect to Mr. Bond Hughes was, to apply to Mr. Gurney, the gentleman at the head of the reporting establishment for the Government, and asked him to get an intelligent person and a good short hand writer, and direct him to procure this person's services, at the usual rate of remuneration given to gen tlemen so employed. Mr. Gurney, in accordance with those directions, procured Mr. Bond Hughes, and that gentleman was sent over to Ireland, to take short hand notes of the speeches made at those meetings He (Sir J. Graham) was perfectly willing to produce a return of all the moneys expended tinder this head. He should most freely give returns of all the moneys ex pended under the item of Mr. Gurney's shorthand esta blishment, and in those documents it would be found that Mr. Bond Hughes did not receive any higher remu neration for his services on those trials than any other Government shorthand writer, and he was convinced that the Honourable Member for Finsbury would find that this remuneration had not been extrava gant. The Hon. Member had referred to what had occurred concerning the mistake about Mr. Barrett's name ; but with this exception, there was not one portion of Mr. Hughes's evidence which had been shaken, even by the strictest cross-examination. He should say, with respect to Mr. Charles Ross, that the first occasion upon which the Government thought fit to send a short-hand writer to Ire land was in the month of June, and he avowed that he had known Mr. Ross for many years, and felt •confident that he was a most accurate reporter and a trustworthy and honurable man. He (Sir James Graham) knowing him to be such, on his own responsibility, sent for Mr. Ross, and told him that the Government wished a shorthand to proceed to Ireland for the purpose of attending a meeting that was to be held at Donnybrook. His direction ta Mr. Ross was, " You will proceed there—you will tade an accurate note of what is said, and be prepared to verify upon oath that which you hear." The pecuniary arrangement was that Mr. Ross was to receive 50!. for his travelling expences. Mr. Ross did proceed to Ireland—he attended the meeting at Donybrook, and he took a verbatim report of it. Subsequently at the end of the session of Parliament, before Mr. Bond Hughes was sent over, another arrangement was made with Mr. Ross, which was that he should again proceed to Ireland, and remain there during the recess—the whole of the recess from the Ist and 2d of August, until the first week in February, for the sum of 3501. It would appear, when Mr. Gur ney's account was presented to the House, that the rate of payment to Mr. Ross was considerably less than the rate of payment to Mr. Bond Hughes, and the persons employed in Mr. Gurney's establishment. Now the ac cusation was, that Mr. Ross was sent over by him (Sir James Graham) as a spy. He most solemnly and positively denied that accusation. His directions to Mr. Ross were, to go to Ireland and avow himself as the reporter for the Government. He (Sir J. Graham) knew that at that time Mr. Ross was connected as a re porter with one of the morning papers—he believed the Morning Chronicle. He was also aware that at the end of the session of Parliament Mr. Ross went to Ireland for the Standard. But his directions to that gentle man were, " You will proceed to Ireland as the reporter for the Government. He did not sanction any concealment whatever. He did not sanction it either di rectly or indirectly. But the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Duncombe) said that after all it was well-known that Mr. Ross was employed by the Government. (Mr. Duncombe made some observation across the table which we did not hear.) He understood the Hon. Gentleman to say that Mr. ;loss had concealed the fact of his being the Government reporter, and that he had travelled with Mr. Steele forty-two miles while he was Govern ment reporter. Now this he (Sir J. Graham) absolutely and positively denied. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE--It was his own evidence. Sir J. GRAHAM had not the least objection, under these circumstances, to produce the accoant of all monies paid to Mr. Ross, and of all monies paid to Mr. Bond Hughes, and of the instruc tions given to them. Those instruations were certainly verbal, for which he (Sir J, Graham) was re sponsible. Now, with regard to the case of Mr. Jackson. That was the third case mentioned by the Hon. Gentle- went, for the purposes of currying on a prosecution such conduct struck at the root of all confidence in the public journals. It made those who attended public meetings for the purpose of reporting spies and in formers. They could but express their abhorrence of the perfidious conduct pursued in this transaction which the Herald and Crown might divide between them.— (Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. Duncombe) concurred in that opinion, and he thought that even if the Herald was base enough to hand over the documents to the Crown the Crown ought not to avail themselves of them in a trial of such importance. The trial became tainted by such conduct.—(Hear, hear.) and they had better leave the prosecution alone, than conduct it by such means, which reflected so little credit on the Government. The Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, informed the House the other night, with more candour than discretion, that the Right Hon. Gen tleman wrote a letter . to the Attorney-General for Ire land, commending him for the judgment, the firmness and good temper with which he conducted the prosecution. As they had thus passed a vote of thanks to the At torney-General for Ireland, he hoped that others con nected with the trials would not be excluded. He hoped the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench would receive a vote of thanks for the charge he bad delivered.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hoped that Mr. Kemmis, too, the Crown Solicitor, would be thanked for his services in procuring the jury.—(Cheers.) No doubt the proprietors of the Morning .Herald and Standard found a aufficient recompense in their own consciences, and were above any idea of remuneration, but he must say they would not do justice to the Chief Justice and Mr. Kernmis if they only thanked the Attorney-General for the judgment and temper with which he had con ducted the prosecution. Now, be wanted to know if a verdict so obtained would gain any moral in fluence whatever, he doubted it very much ; it certainly had not produced that effect in England. The impression, from one end of England to the other, was, that Mr. O'Connell had not bad a fair trial. At the close of last session, the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department told the House that, if it did not strengthen the hands of the Government, daantdionmamfotarin theits authority in Ireland, England would present a m e l anc h o l y spectacle to the eyes o f surroun i ng nations. If th ere was then a s h a d ow o f f oun - Right Honourable Gentleman's assertton, the Government must now be iu man. With Mr. Jackson he (Sir J. Graham) had had no communication. Mr. Jackson was a reporter con nected with the Morning Herald, and was resident in Dublin. The crown solicitor was bound t o o b ta i n evidence to corroborate the testimony of Mr. Bond Hughes and Mr. Ross, and he ascertained that Mr. Jackson had taken notes of some of the meetings. He therefore communicated with Mr. Jackson, and with the conductors of the Morning Herald, in whose service Mr. Jackson was employed. A return should be made of all the law expenses incur red in the late prosecutions, from which would appear hat all the moneys . that had b een pa i d to Mr. Jackson. Tao must again - dodge that no :communication OTAIIEITE. Lord BROUGHAMWsetZ --- ;ove for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between the English Missionaries in the South Sea Islands and the Government, relating to the affairs of Otaheite. He understood there would be no objection to the produc tion of that correspondence. The Earl of ABERDEEN had no objection to pro duce the correspondence. Last year a Noble Marquis, who was not now in his place, had put a question to him (the Earl of Aberdeen) connected with the subject, and he had assured the Noble Marquis that he need be under no anxiety as to the manner in which the missionaries would be treated, for the French Go vernment had assured him that they should en joy every protection, and ad guarantees to them the free exeraise of their functions. Papers which had been laid on the table of the House, showed that such had been the case, and he had great satisfaction in stating that he had not received any complaints from the mis sionaries in those islands on the subject. It was only two days since that he bad received a deputation from the London Missionary Society, which had assured him that there was no cause of complaint on the ground against .the French Government.—(Hear.) The French authorities had treated them entirely in the manner promised by the Convention. With respect to the recent proceedings of the French Admi ra l at Otaheite, he had only to say that the acts of that officer were disowned by the French Government.—(Hear, hear) He thought it right to state that this had been entirely done by the spontaneous voluntary act of the Freneh.—(Hear.) He (Lord Aberdeen) had not written to her Majesty's representative in Paris, and not one word of remonstrance had been afforded by the ambassador himself. For he (Lord Aberdeen) was from the first convinced, that when the thing was known, the feeling on the part of the French Government, if what was done to their own honour and to justice, would lead to that result.--(Near, hear.) He made this statement as explicitly as possible ; but he was quite prepared to see that the Ministers of the King of the French would be assailed by the war party, with accu sations of having succumbed to Britain. he war party would not fail to avail themselves of the opportunity— (Hear, hear)—and in the same manner he thought that whatever had been done by himself, and whatever had not been done, would be set down by the partisans in this country of the French war party as a base and cow ardly submission to France.—(Hear, hear.) But the war party was as little to be regard e d in France, as for tunately it was in this country.—Mear.) Lord BROUGHAM expressed bis satisfaction at the statement of his Noble Friend: Every one who knew his Noble Friend would -and he believed all men of all parties would be s much satisfied with that statement, as if each individua I cnewakjhe facts of his own proper and personal knowledg - "'" C lear, hear.) The efiect of the full and peremptory manner in which bis Noble Friend had made the statement would be a complete answer to the war party on the other side of the Chan nel. He would not say more on this subject, because he was astonished and pleased to find that the existence of that party was altogether disavowed ; and his Noble Friend and himself were accused of creating that party out of their own imaginations—(Hear, hear, and a laugh) —for they cried " Name name," whenever allusion was l m a h a d o u e r t e o d t h u e n m d . e r They s delusionaidthat t h heand w h a i r s part y e e e F x r i i s e t n o d d in France f or t h e last three years. They said now it was only a creation of the imagination, and he hoped it would not prove a reality before the end of the present session. The returns were then ordered. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of YARBOROUGH presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire, against any change in the corn-laws. PROTESTANT AND NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that o n • Monday next he would present a petition, which, al though local in its character, ralated to a subject of ge neral interest. The petition complained of the conduct of the Board of Charitable Bequests in Ireland. In re fusing to pay certain legacies for educational purposes to the petitioners, who were clergymen of the Established Church. The refusal was grounded on the adoption of the national system of education by the petitioners.— (Hear.) He thought it his duty to call the attention of the House to this case of great hardship, and he would then leave the matter in the hands of the Government. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice, that on Monday next he would call the attention of the House to the progress of the new Houses of Parliament. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before FIYO o'Clock. RAILWAYS. Sir. G. HEATHCOTE moved the second reading of the Salisbury Branch Railway Bill. Mr. B. WALL said that he was opposed to this Bill altogether, and he was disposed to enter his oppo sition in the present stage. He certainly would oppose the third reading, unless very material alterations were made in the Committee. After a few words in explanation, from Sir G. HEATHCOTE, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The York and Scarborough Railway Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Committee. SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. METROPOLITAN CIRCULAR RAILWAY. Mr. STANDISH presented a petition from in favour of a project for the formation of a railway on the atmospheric principle, to be carried round the metropolis. Mr. ESTCOURT said that he thought it his duty, as Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee, to oppose the reception of this petition. The petitioners had not complied with the Standing Orders, and they were not entitled to have their application entertained. The persons who first took this project of the circular railway in hand applied for powers to construct a rail way in the ordinary manner, and upon established prin ciples. Subsequently they proposed that it should be constructed upon what was called the " atmospheric principle." He was unwilling to encourage such irregu larity; and, besides, the plans of the projectors were not matured, and the project appeared to be altogether impracticable. Mr. STANDISH said that the petition was placed in his hands as he was coming into the House, and he was, consequently, not prepared to give any explanation on the subject. After a desultory conversation, the petition was or dered to lie upon the table, not being referred to the Railway Committee. POOR-LAWS. Mr. CHORLEY presented a petition complaining of the operation of the poor-laws. CORN-LAWS. Lord OSSULSTON presented two petitions from the county of Northumberland, one signed by 359 persons, praying for protection to agriculture, and trusting that the House would discountenance the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. GAME-LAWS. Mr. WALLACE moved that the petition from the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, and Lanark, on the subject of game, be printed with the votes.—Agreed to. RAILWAYS. Mr. GLADSTONE brought up the Report of the Select Committee on railways. He moved that the Report be printed with the votes, and he trusted it would be in the hands of Hon. Members to-morrow.— Agreed to. THE PRESS.—TIIE STATE TRIALS. On the motion of Mr. S. HERBERT, that the Order of the Day for going into Committee of Supply be read, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to "move for a return of all moneys paid to Frederick Bond Hughes,Charles Ross, and John Jackson, on account of any communications made by them to Government relative to the repeal agitation in Ireland, distinguishing the amounts paid to each ; also, the dates of the several payments, specify ing the respective periods it which they commenced ; together with copies of any instructions given to the above named Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson, with respect to the duties to be per formed by them in Ireland. Also, a return of the amount paid to the above named for expenses during their attendance at the trial of the Queen against O'Connell and others. Also, a return of all moneys paid to the late or present proprietor or proprietors, mana gers, conductors, or persons in the employ of the Morn ing Herald and Standard newspapers, or any of them, on account of communications or information made or given by the said parties, or any of them, to the Govern ment, in reference to the repeal agitation in Ireland; distinguishing the times at which the said communica tions or informations were furnished, and the period at which the several sums of money were paid. Also, the name or names of the shorthand writers appointed to furnish the Government report of the proceedings at the trial of the Queen against O'Connell and others." He said, in rising to call the attention of the House to the motion of which he had given notice, he did not wish to obstruct the motion of the Hon. Member for Rochdale. nor to delay the House from going into the Committee of Supply. He rose in the exercise of the undoubted right every member of that House possessed, of calling on the Government, before voting any additional supplies, to explain the manner in which it had already applied any of those sums of money that had been placed at the disposal of the Government, for the purposes of the public service. More especially was it the duty of that House to look into these matters when there was good reason to believe that the sums already voted had been applied in a man ner not creditable or honourable. He believed that the object of the recent state prosecutions was, in the first place, to vindicate what was called the majesty of the law, and, in the next place, to obtain an increased respect for the institutions of the country by inspiring public confidence in the wisdom and justice of the law.—(Hear, hear.) He had carefully attended to the debate which had taken place lately in that House, having reference to the State trials, and he had thoughtfully weighed the evidence given at them, and he must say he found it totally impossible, in the whole transactions, to find any portion of them creditable either to the judge who presided, to the jury who were impannelled, to the law officers who instituted the proceedings—to any, indeed, of the parties concerned, but especially to some of those persons who were witnesses on the part of Crown. The branch of the subject to which, on the present occasion, he wished to call the attention of the House was that relative to the conduct pursued by the Government towards the press, and those connected with or em ' ployed by it, An arbitrary Government had two ways of destroying the liberty of the press--either by per secution or by corruption —by straining the law against the press, or by corrupting the persons con nected with it. The present Government had pursued both these courses. They were not satisfied with cor rupting the members of the press, but they attacked and persecuted it in such a way as he was perfectly satisfied the law would not justify. That question, however, would be distinctly brought forward by an Hon. Mem ber at a future time ; and he would not, therefore, trouble the House with more than one observation in re ference to it upon the present occasion. He would just ob serve, that such a charge—the charge of conspiracy—so framed and so supported, as ithad been recently in Ireland, never had been, and never dared be, attempted in Eng land. It was contrary to the law, and that had been distinctly ruled so on a trial in the year 1840 at Lan caster, not only by the Attorney-General, but by the presiding Judge on the occasion, Baron Rolfe. They had seen in Dublin the strange sight of Mr. O'Connell being made responsible for articles published in Dublin newspapers which he never saw, and of making the newspapers and the proprietors responsible for speeches which others uttered and they never heard. At that trial the Attorney-General and Baron Rolfe distinctly stated that the only party responsible for the articles in a newspaper was the proprietor, and that even the editor was not to be held so, although he might be one of the parti es c h arge d w i t h t h e conspiracy. But this was not the subject to which he wished to direct the attention of the House. He wished to call their atten tion to that portion of the subject relating to the reporters who had been employed by the Govern ment, and those connected with the public press, who had been corrupted by the Government to aid their purposes in those trials. He asserted that if the object of those prosecutions had been to create a great moral influence, all the transactions in connection with them ought to bear the light of the day, and there could be not the slightest objection to making th em p u bli c . H e thought th e conduct of the Attorney-General for Ireland towards Mr. Bond Hughes was most extraordi nary, and he (Mr. Duncombe), in exercising his right as a Member of that House, in moving for these re turns, did not in the slightest degree intend to impugn that Gentleman's conduct or character. It was quite clear, from the speech of the counsel for the traversers, that they acquitted him of any underhand proceeding. The party, therefore, who had most reason to complain of the conduct of the Government was Mr. Bond Hughes himself. With respect to the mistake that had been made in the name of Mr. Barrett, it was quite clear that the Attorney-General for Ireland was perfectly aware of it ; and it was also quite evident that the Crown solicitor and his clerk were also perfectly cog nisant of that mistake, and could have rectified it by the dash of a pen, and thus put an end to the persecution to which that gentleman was subjected. It was also quite clear that Mr. Bond Hughes when he attended on the Crown solicitor told him about the mistake with re spect to the name of Mr. Barrett. Mr. Kemmis, after Mr. Hughes had been indicted for swearing to the fact, still persisted in his endeavours to have it proved. He (Mr. Buncombe) thought this most discreditable to Mr. Kemmis. In the Pilot news, paper of the 26th of January it was remarked that when Mr. Barrett went to lodge informations, he had no means of knowing whether 111 r. Bond Hughes was wil: fully wrong, because he could give no in formation or explanation on the subject.—(Hear.) It was also remarked that Mr. Kemmis, the Crown So, licitor, stated before the magistrate that Mr. Hughes was not in the kingdom. He said he considered the present proeeeding a most extraordinary one, for Mr. Hughes had remained several days in Dublin after he swore his information, and yet no attempt had been made to impeach his veracity. The magistrate, it seemed, refused the summons, because he thought that the granting of it would prejudice the prosecution as Mr. Hughes , was out of the country. Why would the House--4-would the country believe that Mr. Hughes left Ireland by the desire of the Solicitor of the Crown? —(Hear, hear.) Me was told that unless h e l e ft Ire land his life would not be safe. Why should not his life be safe? Could they not have made his life safe imme diately, and have quieted all the denunciations directed against him by stating publicly that he had not com mitted wilful perjury ?—(Hear, hear.) He understood from the friends of Mr. Hughes that he was not at all aware that he was to be a party to informations, and that he would ra th er h ave cut off his right hand than consent to be a party to any.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Hughes was not a person who would descend to become a common informer. The fact was, he was deceived by the Solicitor for the Crown, having been told that he was only swearing an affidavit, and verifying his notes, whilst it turned out that he was laying an information. —(Hear, hear.) Was such duplicity ever practised to wards any individual as was practised on this occasion towards Mr. Bond Hughes. When Mr. Hughes was sent over, he was desired on his arrival in Dublin to go to the Attorney-General. It appeared that the Attorney -General being out he went to Mr. Brewster, and from Mr. e s h e with was thefo these r s u m s i ß n r s e tru ws e t t e i r on h s e t r h e a c t ei h v e ed n h o i w s instructions . tti.9ogn of money that had been paid to Mr. Bond Hughes ; not that he believed that any bum of money could compen7 whatever had taken place between the Government and Mr. Jackson further than he had stated. Mr. DUNCOMBE—Or tlir MYrning Herald. SIR JAMES GRAHAM observddl that the House must determine whether. in a case of thl descrip tion, it was not the bounden duty of the Government to bring as much corroborative evidence as possible of the persons employed by the Government, provided that testimony was obtained openly and honourably. He had no hesitation in avowing that a communication had been made by the Government to the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, requesting the proprietors of those papers to allow their reporters to corroborate the testimony of the persons employed by the Government. :After some further remarks, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rsplied, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion 73 Against it 144 Majority against the Motion —7l (LEFT SITTING.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Abingdon. Feb. 29. Mr. Baron Parke, the senior judge of assize, arrived here yesterday afternoon about three o'clock, and having opened the commission, proceeded to attend Divine service at St. Mary's. Mr. Justice Coleridge came down in the course of the evening, and the business of the assize commenced this morning at an early hour, Mr. Baron Parke taking his seat in the IN isi Prius Court at nine o'clock. At ten o'clock Mr. Justice Coleridge charged the grand jury in the Crown Court, and soon afterwards some bills were found, and the trials of the prisoners began. Both the civil and criminal business of the county exceeds the average amount. There are sixteen causes for trial, al though none of them are marked for special juries. On the Crown side there are 65 prisoners, a very large number for a Berkshire spring assize, even when the circumstance is taken into consideration that no special commission was issued for this county for the trial of prisoners in December last, as was the case in the adjoining county of Oxford. With a few ex ceptions, however, the calendar does not present instances of crimes of an atrocious character. There are four cases of arson, one of shooting at with intent to maim, two of high way robbery, one of an assault with intent, &c., and one of sacrilege. The rest of the offences described to have been committed are of the ordinary character. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) LOVEGROVE r. WILLIS. In-this case Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Carrington appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. F.'V. Lee was counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appeared, is a young woman, now twenty- One years of age, who some time previous to the 12th of De cember, 1842, had gone to live in the family of a Mr. Corne lius Willis and his sister, all her own: near relations being either dead or settled in other parts of the country. The. plaintiff, however, as Miss Willis said, was " a little of a re lation, as Miss Willis's brother had married the plaintiff's great aunt ;" and partly, perhaps, on this account, and partly on the score of the plaintiff's skill in dress-making, and her readiness and ability to make herself generally useful in the family, she continued to reside with Mr. C. Willis and Miss Ann from the time when she first went to live with them up to the present period. Mr. Cornelius Willis is a draper and grocer carrying on his business at a place called Woolstone, in this county, and happens to be pretty far advaneed in life. The defendant, Thomas Willis, is the brother of Cornelius, and carries on the business of a coal-merchant at Uffington ; and it seemed that some yet unhealed differences had broken out between' the two brothers, and that the defendant had taken umbrage at the plaintiff's residing in his brother's fa mily, he having got into his head a notion that Cornelius in tended to marry Miss Matilda Lovegrove (the plaintiff), who was to receive 6001. when she reached the age of twenty-one. Influenced by these feelings, the defendant thought proper to indulge himself on various occasions in remarks derogatory to the plaintiff's character for chastity ; and, as some good natured friend is never wanting to carry an unpleasant tale, it was not long before these .remarks reached Miss Matilda's ears. Accompanied by Miss Willis, the plaintiff proceeded to the house of the defendant, and, conscious of her own purity, demanded what he had to say against her. He replied, that he had nothing to say, and that he knew nothing against her; but at the same time took care to qualify the satisfac tion which such a declaration was calculated to produce, by a threat that if she did not leave his premises he would thrust her head and that of her companion, his own sister, into the " guzzle," a word which, in the Berkshire dialect, signifies " gutter." The ladies accordingly beat a retreat, and the defendant, elated at the success of so vigorous a de monstration, suffered his prudence to go to sleep, and instead of keeping " on the windy side of the law," as he had care fully. done during his brief interview with the slandered Miss Matilda, communicated his private opinion about her to a customer who came to his shop for coals on the 12th of De cember, 1842. The language in which this was expressed was so coarse as to be unfit, in part, for publication. The witness who deposed to the conversation, a Mrs. Tyler, who lived at Woolstone, said that when she went on the day in question to the defendant's coal-shed, he asked about his sis ter, Ann Willis, who had been very unwell for a long time, and said that she was poisoned, as Mr. Barnett, her medical attendant, had told him so—that she had taken enough mer cury to poison a lion—that " them that were about her had given it to her"—and that " it was that little Matilda that gave it to her." He added " that they wanted to get his sister out of the way, in order to marry Matilda to his brother." Upon this conversation being reported to the plaintiff's friend, Miss Willis, the defendant was written to, and an apology demanded, but that not being given, an ac tion was at once commenced by Cornelius Willis, as the next friend of the plaintiff.—The jury found a veraict for the plain tiff, and give her 401. as damages. • - - NORTHERN- CIRCUIT.--Carlisle, Feb. 28. (Before Mr. Justice Coummt.) - Eliza - Hetherington, aged 24, a person of mild and pleasing demeanour," was indicted for the wilful murder of mate child, at Carlisle, on the 11th of October last. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Ramshay, Mr. Bele, and Mr. Lawrie ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Matthews. The circumstance of the prisoner having given birth to a child, and her concealment thereof,were proved : the evidence it is wholly unnecessary to detail. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but found her guilty of concealing the birth. To be imprisoned twelve calendar mohtbs. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Feb. 29. (Before Sir C. F. WlLLuats.) w. BROMLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt in this case is described ns a money scrivener, dealer, and chapman, of Gray's Inn, Gray'a Inn-square, but is better known as a discounter and annuity agent of exten sive business, and he appeared to-day before - the Court on his final examination. He has failed for a very large amount, his debts and liabilities being estimated at 140,0004 while his assets are said to be little or nothing. The bankrupt was not prepared with his accounts in consequence of ill health, and an adgurnment was made to give time to arrange a balance sheet. The most serious charges of misappropriation are made against him by his creditors, but till the case is more fully catered into, a detailed report cannot be given. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Artnetis, of Liverpool, for Val paraiso, Oct. 23, lat. 41 S., lon. 162 W., by. the Australian Packet, arrived in the Downs. Mary Worrall, Liverpool to Arica, Dec. 17, lat. 13 S. • Potentate, Liverpool t o Chi na , Oct. 15, in the Straits of Banca ' • Emperor, Liverpool to China, 18th, at the entrance of the Straits' of Banca ; Britannia, Liverpool to Mobile, Jan. 30, lat. 20 N., lon. 22 W., by the Union, a rr i ve d a t Li verpool. Jean Baptiste, from Buenos Ayres, 11th inst., lat. 25 S., lon. 34 W., by the Gem, arrived at Cork. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ...,.-- HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 29. GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA via IRELAND. Sir VALENTINE BLAKE then rose to bring for ward the motion of which he had given notice, for a " Select Committee, to inquire and report how far it may be practicable, expedient, and useful to promote a more speedy intercourse between Great Britain and America, by the establishment of steam carri (1, as s connexion with a ship cana l a l so t o b e executed) Ireland, and th ence b y steam communication acr Atlantic Ocean." The Hon. Member said, as they had been discussing the subject of harbours of refuge, he begged to say that, without exception, the most magnifi cent harbour in the world was that of Cork ; and if they wished really to consult the interests of the empire they would best do so by employing the poor in m a ki ng a railway acr oss I re l an d to that port, and so bringing America nearer to England than she now was. When he first gave notice of ,his intention to bring this subject before the House he was advised that the course he proposed was not the proper one, and he had altered it accordingly, in the hope to meet support from the quarter whence the advice came. Before he entered upon the subject, however, he wished to advert to one little matter which was, that in the recent "monster" debate about Ireland the Right Hon. Gentleman op posite (Sir Robert Peel), by the mere abuse of a single expression had given to him (Sir V. Blake) and others pain, which he really believed the Right Hon. Gentle man never inter.ded to do. The Right Hon. Baronet said that those who agitated the question of repeal of the union were endeavouring to obtain the dismember ment of the empire. Now, he (Sir V. Blake) believed in his conscience that the persons advocating the repeal of the union did not hope for a dismemberment of the empire, for all who did so were rebels. He thought that the establishment of such a line of communication would be, not only of great importance to Ireland, but also to the whole United Kingdom, and would prove to the Irish nation that the Parliament of England was not wholly unmindful of their interests. A Commission had been appointed on the 2d of October, 1836, to in quire into the port on the west of Ireland best cal culated to form a point of communication with America, and also the best lines for railways crossing Ireland at this point. The appointment of the Commission had been subsequently confirmed, but nothing had ever yet resulted from it. After quoting from several reports and other documents, the Hon. Baronet concluded by calling on the House, in the most earnest manner, to ac cede to the motion, and thus give the first instalment of justice to Ireland. The motion having been seconded, . Sir R. PEEL said he had listened with great attention to the speech of the Hon Baronet. He thought the present motion, if acceded to and carried .into effect, would be more calculated to benefit local interests than the general welfare of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman then quoted from the Report of the Railway Commissioners, who were of opinion that the two most eligible lines of railway were a south-western and a northern line. Cork was - considered as the most eligible terminus for the south-western line, and that city was also considered as the best port in the empire for a steam communication between this country and the United States. If the House granted this Com mittee it would stir up a host of local interests. The Hon. Member for Waterford and the Hon. Member for Cork would ask for the appointment of Committees on similar grounds. This day a deputation waited upon him of capitalists from Manchester, Leeds, and Liver pool, who have it i n contemp l at i on to ma k e a ra il roa d from Dublin to Cashel, and if they - had served the usual 1 notices in November, these gentlemen stated they would be now ready to proceed in the usual form. If the pre sent motion were acceded to it would prejudice other lines of communication. He bad every disposition to give legitimate opportunities for employing the labourers of of Ireland, but a t th e lame t i me h e did not flunk would be prudent to form any ill considered or Ingr. fitable plans in that country. - The subject had e n g age°; the anxious attention of the Government, and he trustee the Hon. Baronet after this explanation would no t p ress his motion. Sergeant MURPHY said he had likewise the gall; fication of meeting the deputation to which the lug Hon. Baronet alluded, and he hoped and believed thel would construct an effective line of railway from Dublinto Cashel. It was, indeed, a great desideratum to% such a plan should be carried into operation. lie trustel that when these gentlemen came to the House p re p are' with a Bill, the House would give it a favourable receP; ton. The Hon. Baronet who made the motion pr eferrea Galway for a port and terminus. He (Sergeant OW phy) preferred Cork, and considered it by far t he 111°re eligible. After a few words from Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS . 0 Sir VALENTINE BLARE in explanation, the motion e withdrawn. RAILWAYS. The SPEAKER then called on Mr. -Wallace, whose name stood next on the paper, for the following motion —" To postpone the moving an instruction to the Cow' mittee on Railways until after the discussion of the gene; ral question shall have taken place on the 2 9 th ; an d °- that day to call the attention of the House to the exist; ing state of the communication by railway th ou g hon the kingdom, as shown in a pamphlet entitled Reform,' and move that a commission be appointed, ° inquire into the management of the present l ines, en' report thereon to the two Houses of Parliament. Mr. GLADSTONE hoped the Hon. Gentleman 11'0114 postpone the discussion upon this subject for a Sh le time, as there was at present a Committee sitting on It e subject of railways. _Be felt, therefore, that it wou ld ,. cussion, and not enter into better if the Hon. Gentleman would postpone this cuss he subject at the presea moment. brig Mr. WALLACE said he would endeavour to the subject forward on that day three Weeks. The motion was then postponed. Colonel SIBTHORP rose, but fore t he The SPEAKER said there was no motion House. Colonel SIBTHORP—Then, Sir, I am sorry till Member withdrew his motion.—(Laughter.) THE CLONTARF MEETING. Colonel RAWDON then rose to bring forward following resolution :—" Th a t it i s the o pinion o at House, upon considering the l a t e ness of the perioa c , which was issued the proclamation of the Irish Gov Ti ng ment, intended to prevent the assembling of a Inee l i j o s announced to be holden at or n e ar Clontarf on the ns day of October, 1843 ; that a ri s k of disastrous cepsooo was incurred, and a precedent thereby created clang,er to the lives and liberties of her Majesty's subjects. ‘ ;`4 felt that some expression of opinion on the part of `hit House ought to go forth to the public, with respec t , the manner in which the procl a m a tion against the Ine l a . ing to be held at Cl on t ar f, i n O c t o b er l as t, was iss ue e nt The charge he had to bring a ga i ns t the Governal_,. with respect to this pro c l ama ti on was on e of supine :l ; and inactivity in their proceedings. It was well line„,, that the proclamation was not issued until the 74 latest moment, although th ere w as no thing that ° en s have prevented its bein g i ssue d sooner if th e Goveral e ern , had so pleased. He wa s th ere t o d en y th a t the Gel ehe s ment took proper step s f or th e p romu l ga tion of proclamation. From a letter he had received that U p l y it appeared, that the ea r li es t momen t a t w hich the P„ 0 clamation was issued was three o'clock in the aftertn n of the day before that on which the meeting w e S t d, be held. The moment that proclam a tion was K e gs Mr. O'Connell read it at the meeting at the t os Exchange, and immediately m essenge r s were sel l t he to post up a warning to the people not to attend j. meeting. He (Col. Rawdon) had received con ra t ois cations from the persons employed to post up ea ld warning that was issued by M r . O'C onne ll, and he lc 00 take the liberty of reading those communications W • House. (The HOn. an d G a ll an t G en tl eman then r ead se a 'number of letters f rom var i ous persons . One W i t t stated, that at eight o' c l oc k on th e even ing of th e t he of October, he was sev en m il es f rom Dublin, and be proclamation had not then arr i ve d. A no ther salu ot er arrived at a town ten miles from Dublin, at a g i l l to eleven o'clock at night, an d no p roc l ama tion had to rived then. Another messenger , w h o was dispaten ve r post up the warning s sa id, a t seven o ' c l oc k in the e ,a ing the proclamation h a d no t arr i ve d a t Maynootbt at eight o'clock on the Sunday morning, the which the meeting was to be held, no proclamati ou arrived at Blanchard's Town—a place about four fished from Dublin.) N ow , th ese p ersons w h o bad furnvietf him (Colonel Rawdon) with these statements ready to make oath as to their 5; 4 4,, Messengers were di s p a t c h e d i n a ll di rect i ons by - lt sociation when the p roc l ama ti on was fi rst issuedtll the the people who were a l rea d y on t h e ' move tow& 'coif. place appointed for the meeting ; and when Mr. 0 thef nell's counter proclamation was shown to then 4 .,,, - ibi said they did no t p u t any f a i t h i n i t, and t h a t it nn' tis til a hoax got up by the Orange party; and it was n et „,, t lei the arrival o f M r . S tee l e that they could b e pegs most .. to return, and th us prevent t h e recurrence of Sef appalling massacre. He hoped the Noble Lord T o nso cretary for Ireland wou ld b e a bl e to conv i nce the bee n that this proclamation could not possibly have eon', issued at an ear li er p er i o d, ot h erwise t h e y we' t her' elude that the people, whether through neglect or e _ A t he wise, had not had sufficient warning. He allow t• necessity of a Government exercising energy and Pr o toc e, ness, but he thought also that, in the first ins : 001 1. inAtnhngedvr, vast tt s ah h lnet o rhu u omp l u d abgre h htrs a v oot e ffh beenepEenrvgs vessel sanmsnseodl had atndo p r bwc o eo m hmpi p ere t he n sf e ert s noh s re they tni Manchu; ri d! . oetvee r et also conveyed a large body of troop's, who Z ill(re l el e over in order that they might be in readineSs fors Clontarf meeting. Now, he thought it was 1 11- 7 0 1 - the on the part of the Government, not to have determination of the Government be known , respect to the Clontarf m ee ti ng , an d thus Pre v i e ote s . o nit these poor men from le av i ng th eir wor k. DonnY f/ t was as near, if not ne arer , t o D u bli n th a n Clel ltar .,;tieg no prohibition had b een i ssue d aga i ns t the Inv — t hst there. lie was sure that no lawyer would dell The there was an inconsistency in the proclamation. ~00 people of Wales were mee ti ng i n t h e mo st tutiltwi o ng manner, destroying toll-bars and toll-houses, att a d c eo ra the houses of individu a l s , an d sett i ng fire to hay en hr eat , ricks, and in many i ns t ances comp elling people by ' in Ire of personal violence to give them money; while land every o ne o f th e meet i ngs was most pea s tltp orderly, and they only met in accordance with the o n O e o gle tional principle which re cogn i se d th e r i g ht of the r es4We to petition for the repeal of a statute. 1 10 " ell 04 proclamation only ca ll e d upon t h e c i v il o fficers, al l , ur b• sheriffs, bailiff s , and the like, to repress the d iet • ances. Now, the Iri s h p roc l amat i on was of g ui le o f differentr Ireland nd to n e e character, edlne thatand a suchas differentto induce the P ee I :„irit I pr in the law existed w ith respect to that in c c o ip u l n e tr7 n * respect to the cours e p ursue d by Mr. O'Connel l "'i c on' coadjutors, he thought it displayed a very excellea 0 is ciliatory feeling, for when a Protestant clergY.tyie4 Dublin complained that the procession, wir towards Clontarf, would disturb and annoy his Ventle" gation at their devotions, the H on . an d Learned o f the man at once changed the route. In cons equene e i e risi° delay of the issue of th e p roc l amat i on, a tru ly feer' re iest' had arrived. He hop e d th e H ouse wou ld not, by c ote cote ing this resolution, i n d uce the people of Ireland the; elude that it was carel ess about the interests el n its portion of the empire, but that it would place it tiged journals. He felt convinced that they had es e o rf o rta; horrible slaughter —a slaughter which, if it had l i p , Ow nately occurred, had been a sad blow to the g y c ' e c,tsl o . l prosperity of the empire generally, and would Pre ab li Irish people from ever again appealing Pe_ r a c !. bear, 4 , 7 England for a redress of their grivances.—Vi e ' o d t"'" Mr. V. STUART said he felt bound to seta not,motion of his Hon. and G a ll an t F r i en d. lie s h to if he thought, be d o i ng hi s d uty to hi s c onstituen t did not thus record his opinions in favour of that w oo d hi The House would perceive from what bad be en et° his Hon. and Gallant Friend, that the notice wa s _4 the at a time when it was impossible that it coul d rev; the thousands who were already preparing to thronCit tha ot al" d e d meeting. The Government were in possession f a un a information upon which the indictment was ae against the principal agitators three weeks be'' at the it was their duty to have issued the drawn by time, and not to allow persons to be drawn bY ere' within the meshes of the law.—(Cheers.) Tliv gir dial o, bers of the Irish Government, who were the t heta: of the public peace, ought not to have scatterei_ictoats selves, one here, one there, and the Lord I: l ,_ u e lsir th e It himself to be absent at the very moment when,. t ot d ger arrived.—(Hear, hear.) He really thought wand would be better to have no Lord Lieutenant In"„ o nsibL o to leave the Government in the hands of a rest ' t Minister, than to maintain a system which' w 0 d u ty badly.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was th e ho wel the House to express its opinion by a votet ee nad small might be the minority. lie, therefore , . the motion. being obliged d d EtoLrleOpTeahttadnetoaralypovloegrbisaetitmo,tthhee IlsteauteserfiSts—eldi: first by his Right Hon. Friend,. and again by n e atest the course of the nine nights' debate. Yet In f r o 013) , to the Hon. and Gallant Officer, rather than ea t the, consideration respecting himself, he would reponoor " twice told tale." He thought, however, it wa s i n et after a nine nights' discussion upon the whole su b s,,rt 0 f get up debates, and to take divisions upon e ae sa t it it in detail.—(Tory cheers.) First, the 11 °! 1 %, ha d IA lant Officer complained that the proclamatt?, vioa been published in the Gazette--a proceeding ivn: iO ail n have been wholly useless he ventured to say, as o f ew e in Ireland read the Gazette. The next coin _d the respecting the absence of the Lord Lieutenant:eir ab e, Lord Chancellor, but it was well known that to re' sence was caused by illness, which oblige,c l l7o, e first pair to England. It was also c oniplaineatu s ' uo non: meeting suppressed was one which had be en ready been informed that the requisition issued w __ addre ss t instance, and signed by those clergymen , r,„i v , , by 2 7 Catholic priests. Bnt surely the llouisne t r i e fir st to the inhabitants of the district of Fingal OP Ie afterwards notices were issued calling on tr in c ke it e the surrounding counties to assemble, all Eliot) el7t:i this meeting, thus called with military phras, e ; ln d cla!!" a m lo o n n e ste a r t D in u e b e l t i i n n , g b . ut A su t ch th w a a t s t h im is e st b r e og ° co rnuvi b e marshalled in military array, was an illegal have bell, gerous one, that if necessary he should not be reeriPooll tated for one moment to take upon himself urita bility of preventing it. (hear, hear.) J- air; xchane, „,_tte placard was sanctioned by the Corn E , . rt the I" from the Corn Exchange ; it appeared in r paper, which was the organ of the Repeal ~a t par_ (Cries of " No, no.") He begged pardon. lg rec ted was the paper which the repeal warclens were_ d to ci!e_ u t , patronise, to take in for the Association , E, it late.-(Hear,f hear.) That placard h ( s o f immediately forwarded to his Right Hoi.t.:rt c a t n io d n to t James Graham), and who would deny t 1 :1 ha ve en such a nature that the Government won-u eede" . cated its powers, had it allowed it to Pas° );; Pt