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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Continued from our First Page.) consider seriously the claims of humanity and justice. He would vote for the resolutions. Lord SANDON would not trespass long on the House.— (Cheers.) He was glad to hear the workhouse test disclaimed. --(Cheers.) That was not the language which was used in the early debates upon this question.—( Hear, hear.) Much had been said about the inflammatory language used out of doors ; but if it bad not been for the efforts which had been made to expose the growing evils of the system, there would have been no amelioration of the law, however slight. (Hear, hear.) He could not admit that thg test of extreme destitution was fit to be applied in a country like this.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then read an extract from the report of the Commissioners of Poor-law Inquiry in Scotland, con denapatory of the workhouse and extreme destitution tests. His Right Hon. Friend told the House the evils of the old law, and went through a catalogue of those evils ; but he omitted to state the fact, that all those evils were repro duced under the new law.—( Hear, hear.) He wished new to state why he could not vote for the resolution of the Hon. Member for Evesham, or the motion of the Hon. Member for Bridport ; because he was not prepared all at once to make a total change in the existing system. Mr. WAKLEY thanked the Noble Lord for his speech, which was characterised by a consistency in strong contrast to the inconsistency of many Hon. Gentlemen around hint, who obtained their seats on the ground of their opposition to the Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, had been consistent in supporting this Bill, but he had supported it under very different faces.—(Hear, and a laugh.) If the destitution test were to be given no, why were the houses of torture to be kept up ?—( Cheers. ) In justice to the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Colonel Wood), who expressed his dissent at the expression. he must admit that in the union inwhich he resided, the work house was not a house of torture.—( Hear, hear.) The avowed object of the Bill was, in the course of time, to get rid of poor laws altogether. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman still adhere - to that opinion ? Any hope of causing the Act to be repealed was futile. He (Mr. Wakley) was quite sure that no spon taneous act of that House would do away with it. The leaders of both parties were in favour of it. They lauded each other as practical men—but he (Mr. Wakley) was convinced they really knew not the state of the country—they knew not what they were doing. Apply to the independent labourers of Env land—those who never yet had applied fovelief, but upon whom calamity might come to-morrow—and not one out of a hundred would be found to sanction or to support it. He begged to say he put little faith in those , gentlemen who were specially forward on this occasion in asking for a reconstruction of the Act, for when the working classes asked them for their fair portion of power, in order that good laws might be made, those very gentlemen were amongst the first to treat their claim with coldness and with scorn. As to the poor-law itself, he begged to say that its poison was cir culating through the whole social system, and as he ever would tell the truth, he must tell it now, though with pain, that the elected guardians were becoming harsher in their administra tion than the ex-officio guardians and the Poor-law Commis sioners themselves.—( Hear, hear.) It was a fact within his own knowledge, that in several instances where the elected guardians had refused relief, it had only been obtained by the intercession of the ex-officio guardians, or by the direct inter ference of the Poor-law Coramissieners themselves.—( Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM explained. Colonel WOOD (Brecon) said from his own experience be could assert that the guardians, especially the ex-officio guar dians, were anxious to administer the "law fairly and justly between the two parties, the rate-payers and the recipients ; and whenever there was a slight inclination in the scale, it was in favour, as it ought to be, of the latter class. The fact was that public opinion had greatly underated the operation of the law.—( Hear, hear.) In the first instance it most cer tainly was administered with too high a hand, and in too harsh a spirit, but public opinion had had its legitimate in fluence, and would continue to have it ; and thus directed, in iluenced, and softened, he could safely say, the Bill was work ing well for the poor, and for the rate-payers, and would in the o,:d effect incalculable good to the country.—( Divide. ) Mr. OROTHERTON (amidst loud cries of " Divide," and great u proar) strong said he had a conflict in hi s own u nind as to the vote he should give. He had hitherto invariably opposed the neer poor-law. He thought it began at the wrong end. He ob jected to such large powers being given to a body of Commissioners. He disliked the enormous size of the unions and the workhouses, and Se felt that the Bill could never be worked in the manufacturis;3 districts. But now, when he found that eighty-five per cent. (as voted by the Home Se. cretary) of the poor had been rei:seved out of the workhouse, and when he heard the statements as to the mild way in which the law was now administered, compared with what had been the custom, his views were somowhat altered, and he was now disposed to support the motion for the Speaker leaving the chair', in order that, by getting the Bill into Committee, they might render it a more mii:l and merciful measure still. The great thing, after all, that the people wanted was not so much a poor-law as plenty of employment, good wages, and cheap food ; and, if they had only commenced with these things, they would have found the enactment of a sound poor-law a very easy task indeed. (Divide, divide. ) Mr. FERRAND (amid loud cries of " Divide ' divide," '" Go on, go on") moved the adjournment of the debate.— (No, no.) Sir R. PEEL trusted the Hon. Gentleman would make his observations at once. The Government was not compelled to bring in this Bill, but had rather done so to meet the views of those who desired a mitigation of the law. The measure did not go the length that some of these Hon. Gentlemen wished, but in no one point did it render the law more stringent—in many it mitigated it—and yet those who most asked for it were now trying to impede its progress. If such were the case, then all that the Government could do would be to withdraw the Bill.—( Loud cheering.) Lord JOHN MANNERS strongly protested against the language of the Right Honourable Gentleman (Sir Robert Peel) and was surprised be had thought proper to use it. For five months they had been discussing every conceivable subject, and new when an adjourned debate tots asked for on a Bill the most important to the in terests of the people that could possibly be brought forward. they .were areatened with the withdrawal of the measure if their wish for onother debate was persisted in. The Govern ment itself had brought forward the Bill at the beginning of the session, and for their own convenience had adjourned it from time to time till the present period ; and now, when fair discussion—and fair dis s cussion alone—was asked for, they were met by threats. He thoOeht such conduct unbecoming in the Government, and most disies:tiectful to the House and country. Mr. B. ESCOTT strongly urged an adjournment of the debate, that the Bill might be thoroughly discussed. Lord STANLEY said that discussion of the Bill was ,just what the Government wanted. hat the fact was, that Hon. Gentlemen had been discussing general principles all the evening, and not the Bill, which ought, properly and strictly, to be the subject of the deliberation of the House. If the measure was to be lost, it would be from a superfluity of talk. ing.—(Laughter.) If Hon. Members would consent to legis late without talking, whether they should legislate or not— ( Hear, hear, and laughter)—an advance might be made, and a good practical measure, might be devised in mitigation of the existing system and of great value to the community at large.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. B. COCHRANE complained of the tone adopted by the Noble Lord (Stanley). The Noble Lord said they were not prepared to introduce a Bill, but he believed his Hon. Friend the Member for Evesham was willing to bring in a Bill on the s ubject.—( Roars of laughter.) Why was not the Bill brought forward at an earlier period of the session ? He should certain's , persevere in supporting the motion for adjournment. Mr. P. .11O1tTHWICK likewise complained of the tone and manner the Noble Lord, as totally unworthy of him.— ( Laughter.) If.? admitted the talents of the Noble Lord, but did not relish the mode in which they were on this occasion directed.—( Renewed laughter.) The Government had broken faith with the House on this subject. These amendments should have been introduced at an earlier period of the session, and at an earlier period of this evening. It was of the utmost importance that the new poor-law should have a full discus sion, and he did not think it had already received that discus sion. The House then divided on the question of adjournment— For the adjournment lB 219 Against it sUajority On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. FERRAND addressing the House. He said, that un less the Governusent redeemed the pledge they had given, that this measure should be fully discussed, he should feel it his duty to oppose, in every way possible, its going into Committee. Sir JAMES GRAHAM wished to explain the course which he had taken in respect to this Bill. In compliance with the request of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he had made a general statement of its enactments, at a time when he had not even the draught in his possession. But after the de bate on the second reading, and now after seven hours' de bate, he could not think that the principle had not been fully discussed. He thought that when 219 Members voted against the adjournment, and only 18 gentlemen thought it necessary that an adjournment should take place, it was not necessary to adjourn. Mr. DUNCOMBE bore full testimony to the correctness of the Right Hon. Baronet's statement, and he believed that for any delay in the measure the House and net the Right Hon. Baronet, were to blame. Mr. BORTHWICK would not move the adjournment him self, but, after what had fallen from the Noble Lord the Secre tary for the Colonies, he would vote with any one who moved it.—( Hear, and a laugh.) The Noble Lord disclaimed any personal allusion to him (Mr. Borthwick), nor had he been personal in his observations. Sir R. PEEL had so often seen the Hon. Gentleman take a reasonable part, that he had no doubt he would do so on the present occasion.—(Great laughter.) Mr. BORTHWICK explained, amidst great laughter, and ~cries of " Spoke, spoke." FERRAND said that he was induced to move the ad journnissnt, at the request of an Hon. Member, who said he wished to speak. and that his speech would occupy at least an hour.—(Las.:ehter, and cries of " Name, name.") Sir ROBEIi 1r PEEL said that the Hon. Gentleman might have his opportunity to. morrow, as the discussion would come on at half-past four o'cloek...s( Hear, and laughter.) After a few words from Mr. f:OCHRANE in explanation— The House divided on the main question, when the numbers were — For going into Committee 199 For Mr. Borthwick's amendment l9 Majority for going into Committees... = l , BO The House then went into Committe, pro forma, and i:emes diately resumed ; the Bill to be further considered in Cons. mitwe to-morrow (this day. ) The Prisons ( Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. GAMING DISCONTINUANCE BILL. Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of the taming Discontinuance Bill. Mr. CHRISTIE opposed it, and moved its postponement. Sir R. PEEL thought the Bill should be read a second time. After a few words from Mr. Duncombe, Lord Palmerston, and Sir R. Peel, The House divided on the question of adjournment, when there appeared-- For the postponement ,Against it Majority 5l The Bill was ,:ben read a second time, and ordered to be eons mitted on Wednesday Peat The other orders of thy were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Q uartei p ast Two o'clock. - 20 1 THE LIGHTNING.—(From a Correspondent.)—As Mr. Edward Johnson, of 14, Stebonheath-terrace, Lime house, was sitting up in bed reading, where he has been con fined through illness more than two months, he was struck by lightnio C, on Monday night, which dashed the papers from him, and entei-.!ug his fingers ran up his arms to his neck and down his breast, Ncliere the lightning seemed to be fixed, itne: burning with great hat f or nearly half an hour; his hands were violently stunned, and Jiis whole frame much shaken. lie describes the shock as similar to that felt by dipping the lingers into the electrified water at the Adelaide Gallery, but much more violent. On Wednesday morning he was much - .Uttar, 1545, when the Venetian Senate was compelled 'l!fry public exigencies to lay a general tax on the city, tho \ c left ted painter, Titian, was the only person exempted ..41-Wni impost—a noble homage to genius, which attests at ~?b* e liberality and the wisdom 9f the Government. ..•: _ • --Smv 1 s fourtbNbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE STATE TRIALS. WRIT OF ERROR. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) (SECOND DAY.) THE QUEEN AGAINST O'CONNELL AND OTHERS. Mr. PEACOCK (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—Now this was one of the objections in the King v. Walker, that there would be two judgments on the record, for if the court of error added to the judgment of the court below, that would make it a new judgment. The Loßn CHANCELLOR said that the court below could cure the defect in the same term. Mr. PEACOCK—They could do so if it were a mere mis prision of the clerk. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I take it that this was a mis prision. Mr. PEACOCK submitted that it was an erroneous judg ment of the court, and not a misprision of the clerk. It was laid down in several authorities, amongst others, Bacon's Abridgment (Error No. 2), that when the defendant brings a writ of error, he comes for a reversal of the judgment, and the Court cannot amend, but must reverse the judgment. When the plaintiff brought a writ of error, he applied for that judgment from the Court above, which the Court below should have given. In this case, therefore, he submitted that the judgment of their Lordship's must be to reverse that of the Court below. He apologised for occupying their Lord ships so long, and thanked them for their indulgence. Mr. Him, who appeared for Messrs. Steele and Barrett, said that in the division of the labour made amongst them selves by the counsel on the part of the plaintiffs in this writ of error, it had been assigned as his portion to address their Lordships on the objection to the witnesses being sworn before the grand jury and not in open Court, and, secondly, on the objections to the arraigns, it was made imperative by the Act of Parliament, that after the witnesses bad been sworn and their names placed on the back of the indictment, the swearing should be certified by the initials of the foreman placed opposite each name. Before the year 1816 a practice prevailed with some grand juries in Ireland to find bills with out examining witnesses, but on written statements. The Act 56th George 111., was passed to correct this practice, and enacted that no bill of indictment should be returned as found unless the witnesses were sworn in open Court ; so that their Lordships would see that if there had been any doubt at common law, it was put an end toty that statute. From the passing of the Act it was clear that witnesses should be sworn in open Court, as was the case in England. But on the part of the Crown, another statute, the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 37, was relied upon, and from it it was contended that in all proceedings before grand juries in Ireland, as well in the Court of Queen's Bench as in Courts of Session and Assizes, the wit nesses should be sworn by the grand jury. Now, he would call the attention of their Lordships to the Act itself, which was but short, and he would read the whole of it. It was entitled an Act to enable the foreman of the grand jury or any other grand juror to swear witnesses, and the preamble stated that the Act was intended to remove the inconvenience and delay occasioned by swearing witnesses in open court. He (Mr. Hill) apprehended that the best way to interpret an Act of Parliament was to read the body of the Act, and not to take the preamble alone. There were many authorities for that position, but he thought it was so well understood that he need not trouble their Lordships by arguing it. He would proceed, therefore, to the enacting part of this Act, and the whole question would turn on the enacting parts of the Ist section, which was to the effect, " That in all cases where indictments shall be laid before grand juries in Ireland, the names of the witnesses shall be indorsed upon the back of the indictment by the Clerk of the Crown at the Assizes, or the Clerk of the Peace at Sessions, and the twelve grand jurors being present, it shall be lawful for the foreman, or other juror, to administer to each witness the oath or affirmation," &c. Lord CAMPBELL asked was there any analogous Act in England ? Mr. Hui. said there was not. It was material to remark that their Lordships had to ascertain what was the intention of the Legislature, as shown by the means appointed, for carrying out that intention. The Act did not give grand juries an unconditional power to swear witnesses. They were only empowered to do so when the names of the witnesses were endorsed on the back of the bill, and that could not be done by every one, but only by the Clerk of the Crown at sessions, and the Clerk of the Peace at the assizes. He could not see any ground for saying that there was the slightest ambiguity in the Act, or that the duty laid upon the clerks designated could be assumed by any other as a duty to be performed or a privilege to be exercised. He understood that much stress had been laid by the Crown on the introductory words of the enacting clause, which were, "that in all cases that may come before grand juries in Ireland ;" but he contended that those words were not to be taken of themselves, but must have their meaning defined by the remainder of the sentence ; and if so much of this clause as made a perfect sentence were examined, it would be found to fix the meaning of the former part. If they were to take a detached phrase in any Act of Parlia ment, or in any other writing, they might make the sense of that appear the very opposite of that which was intended. As Mr. Erskine once said, you might prove from the Bible that " there was no God," by omitting the important sentence which preceded—" The fool bath said in his heart." Let their Lordships try that experiment—let them try that mode of illustration upon the words before them, and the sense would be exactly the same. Without changing a single word it might be read by putting the latter part of the clause first, and then there could be no possible cavil about the meaning. Suppose it had been stated that the clerk of the Crown at assizes, and the clerk of the peace at Quarter Sessions shall enter on the back of the bill of indictment the names of the_witnesses, and send them before the grand jury, in all cases where bills were laid before the grand juries in Ireland. The construction that he put upon the Act of Parliament was, that the word assizes was used there in the popular sense. He did not know whether it was intended to be urged that the word assize included, propria vigore, the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland. The present use of ;he word assize, and perhaps the only use, was the one now given to it; at all events, it was a part of popular speech in the reign of Richard 11. ; and Chaucer, in describing a sergeant, said " He was full oft a justice of assize." With respect to the word assize as connected with nisi prius, that was as old as the statute of Westminster; but their Lordships were aware even after that statute it was neces sary that a new statute should be had to enable trials to take place in the Courts of Westminster at nisi prius instead of at bar. Now, the definition of assize given by Lord Coke, in his 2d Institute, page 422, was, that before Magna Charta assizes were only to be taken in the Court of Common Pleas. _ _ - The LORD CNANem-eon—We all know, Mr. Hill, what the meaning of the Clerk of the Crown at assizes is. We have had so much experience on that subject, and the Judges will have practical experience of it again very shortly, if you only allow them.--(Laughter.) Mr. HILL would do all in his power to enable the Judges to do so, and after the observations that had been thrown out by their Lordships, he would proceed to another part of the case. The question, then, was—Was there upon this Act anything that could extend the words and meaning of the Act to the Court of Queen's Bench? It was assumed in the judgment below to be the clear and evident intention of the Legislature that these enactments should include the Court of Queen's Bench. Now, how were their Lordships to col lect that such was the intention, and that that was the true construction? It was supposed to be in the title and preamble. With regard to the title, he need not argue that it was no part of the bill, any more than the word "assizes" included the Court of Queen's Bench. But supposing it to be so, would it not be a very strange construction to take the general terms of a title which ought to be short, and which in the present case was short enough, and suppose that they defined the operation of the Act ? Take the case of the Statute of Frauds, the title of which was, "An Act to prevent Frauds and Perjury." Was that an Act to prevent all frauds and all perjuries? It would, indeed, be an invaluable Act if it had such an effect. This was an Act to empower grand juries in Ire land to administer oaths to witnesses upon bills of indict ment. The title could not be expected to contain the limi tations of the Act substantially. Sitting in a court of error on an indictment coming from Ireland, their Lord ships must be presumed to know the practice of the Court of Queen's Bench in that country; and that the number of criminal cases in that Court, as in the Court of Queen's Bench in England, was exceedingly few. The only words which at all bore on the question in the preamble, were the following :—" That the administra tion of the Court has been productive of delay and other in conveniences." Did it necessarily follow that it was produc tive of delay and inconvenience in every case, and in every court ? Surely they had seen that day proof that there were some courts in which the swearing of witnesses in open court was not considered such an inconvenience as called for the in t&position of the Legislature. He apprehended that the full meaning of this preamble could be satisfied if, in the majority of instances, it had been found productive of delay and incon venience. When their Lordships saw that the limited mean ing which he ventured to put upon the Act would extend to 9,999 out of every 10,000 cases which were tried in Ireland, surely they would be of opinion that there was sufficient left, if they deducted the number of cases in the Queen's Bench, to satisfy all that was averred. Lord Claarnme—ls there not in Dublin a Court of Oyer ' and Terminer, analogous to our Central Criminal Court? Mr. HlLL—There may be, my Lord. Lord CastrnEu—Would you not allow that that Court is an assize ? Mr. Hree—As far as I am aware of the constitution of that Court, it is not an assize. It never was so called. Lord Gestraxer.—There are a great many persons tried in that Court, but I do not know that it will affect your argument. Hier.--Lord Bacon mentions, as one of the incidents of an assize, that it is under a commission. The LORD CHANceeeorc—This indictment was found there, was it not? Mr. Hree—No, in the Court of Queen's Bench, before what was called in Ireland, "The Term Grand Jury." It was not found at an assize in every sense of the word, and if that Commission Court could be considered an assize, it would not assist their Lordships. He would now call their Lordships' attention to the second point which he maintained as arising upon the construction of this Act. His client (Mr. Steele) had asigned for error in fact, that the witnesses upon whose evidence ths bill was found had not been certified in the manner pointed out by the Act, as having been sworn before the grand jury. The point would only be material, if their Lordships should be of opinion that the construction he had put upon the Act was erroneous. Then it resolved itself into g ppposing the foreman of the grand prow person to swear these j t ur his y question,tehe the wit nesses, and not the officer of the Court in open Court, then they could not have been duly sworn ; and, at least, the indictment had not been duly returned, because the foreman of the grand jury had not put his initials so as to authenticate the feet that -they hAd been sworn at all. The Legislature felt this difficulty, that if the authority to admi nister the oath was transferred from open court to the close and secret room of the grand jury, there would be no means by which the Court could be informed that any oath had been administered, or that it had been administered to One witness more than to another. The grand jury being sworn to seem) , the defendants could not themselves attend, nor could any part of the public:attend, to see what was done, and the only means of removing this difficulty was a statutory regulation. The cause was this. The Officer of the court endorsed the names of all such witnesses as were likely to be called before the g izAd jury, But the grand jury were frequently satis fie d with a ten t ; number of witnesses than the prosecutor had dente of the first witnese. •ed the bill, he supposed upon the evi prepared. They the court to know made as pointed out by the Act, How, unless the certificate was upon the evidence of what witness the bill ,- 44.1 been found. It was an unusual proposition that where the course ti ceeding in a court of justice, according to the commoit was changed, where a new tribunal, if he might be per mitted. to use that French word, was chosen, tact] the power by whieh that change was effected must be sy pursued. Mpg 6601 PfUltOrge M I and probably before it, it wee THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, - JULY 5, 1644. illegal for grand juries to find bills upon the testimony of witnesses not sworn, and the effect of that bill was to provide that they should be sworn in open court. That was a declaratory law as well as an enacting one, and it was conclusive that the common law course was that the witnesses should be sworn in open court. There were' somel safeguards, to the administration of justice arising from that regulation. There were some advantages to the defendants in their early notice of what witnesses might be called against them ; it enabled them by quickly and promptly collecting information either to cross-examine those witnesses effectively or to contradict their testimony. It was thought right however by the Legislature to change that proceeding; doubtless for good reasons. But it gave a very 'exact and admirable mode of distinguishing between the names endorsed on the back of the indictment where the witnesses had been sworn, and where they had not been sworn, and the mode, therefore, of pointing out and returning a true bill. The evidence upon which the Court was to be satisfied that the bill brought into Court, and stated to be found by the grand jury was a bill found according to the course of the law, was 'that the certificate should be attached to the bill. It was worthy of remark, that not only was this the mode prescribed by the statute, but it was the only mode in which the Court could ascertain the facts, but it had not provided any other, and scarcely could provide any other. The LORD CHaNcELLon—Point out the page in which the defect is stated. Mr. HILL—It would be found at page 83 of the defendant's appendix, where it was stated that, " neither the foreman nor any other member of the said grand jury did authenticate by his signature or initials, as is required by the said re cited statute, that the said witnesses or any of them had been sworn or has made such affirmation or de claration as aforesaid, nor did the said foreman or any other member of the said grand jury authenticate in manner aforesaid that no other witness or witnesses save the said hereinbefore mentioned witnesses were so sworn and affirmed or examined by and before them, pursuant to the provisions of the said recited statute ; and, therefore, in this there is ma nifest error ; and this the said Thomas Steele is ready to verify, to wit, at Dublin, in the county of the city of Dublin aforesaid." Would it be said that this part of the statute was merely directory ? He apprehended it was not for the reasons he had pointed out. It was:a new power con ferred upon the grand jury—one not known to the common law—one that must be used as it was given, and used strictly as it was given. It was given by the Legislature, with cer tain safeguards attached to it—certain means by which the Court was enabled readily to know whether the prescribed law had been followed when the jury were sittiag in their secret chamber. Let him put the case of an indictment for perjury. If the witnesses gave their evidence before the grand jury, in the absence of the certificates prescribed by the statute, how was the evi dence to be given. How was it to show that the jury were sworn, the grand jury themselves being sworn to secrecy. This was the prescribed form established by law, and must, therefore, be evidence. Was it not the statutory law that bills should be returned in a certain manner. But here was a new mode pointed out on account of the jury having new duties to perform—that of swearing the witnesses. Their Lordships were slow to construe any act as a directing one when it had reference to criminal proceed ings. But their Lordships had never construed any words as directing where those words made a change in the:course of the common law. His Learned Friend (Mr. Kelly) had directed his attention more fully to this part of the case, and would 'address their Lordships more fully upon it. He (Mr. Hill) should therefore proceed to the next point. Lord CAMPBELL said it would aid them very much if he would state how the question was to be raised, on the writ of error or on a writ coram nobis. Mr. HILL said that question applied to the portion of the pleadings which would devolve more upon Mr. Kelly, but it appeared, to him that if the plea of abatement was good i❑ form, then it might be argued as a plea of abatement. If the objection to it was made that it did not set forth a sufficient number of facts, then the question might be raised. Lord Camenzu—Then you think it cempetent to take the question both on the assignment of error and the writ coram nobis. Mr. HlLL—There could not be a doubt about it. He now proposed to lay before their Lordships a very im portant point in the argument of this case. He would endeavour to show that the court below had come to an erroneous judgment when it disallowed the challenge to the array, or rather when it allowed the demurrer of the Crown to that challenge of the array, assigning, as they did, that that challenge was not valid. Their Lord ships, by the argument of his Learned Friend, Sir Thomas Wilde, had been put in possession of the general terms of the challenge, as it stood upon the record. He did not, there fore, think it necessary to go over with particularity the form of that challenge. He would advert to it by call ing their attention to the provisions of the Act, which at present was in force in Ireland for the purpose of regulating juries. There were two acts for this purpose : one of the 3d and 4th William IV., and the other the 4th and sth William IV., being an act to amend the former one. On these the question mainly rested. In the 4th section of the first act, chap. 78, they would find that it was made the duty of the sheriffs to issue precepts for the collection of the grand jury cess in the month of July, there to be returned with the names of persons duly qualified to act as jurymen. The 7th section states that the collector is to make out alphabetical lists of the persons liable to serve on juries—to deliver those lists to the clerk of the peace without fee or reward. The Learned Gentleman then read the 9th section of the Act of Parliament, which prescribed the mode in which the jury list was to be made out. The averment of the challenge in the case of Mr. Steele would be found in page 66 of the ease of the plaintiffs in error. It was stated that the general list, which was the duty of the Recorder, who had caused it to be made oat, to deliver to the clerk of the peace, was not so delivered, and it stated that a certain paper writing, purporting to be a general list, was illegally and fraudulently made out, and that it omitted several names which ought to be inserted, which was to his wrong and damage. The first question which he proposed to argue before their Lordships was one which at first sight their Lordships might sup pose it was scarcely necessary to argue, namely, that there was a great disobedience of the statute, and that after all the labour which had been gone through in the making out of the list ; the fruits of it were lost to the public in general, and to this challenger in particular, by the fraudulent act of some one who interfered during that part of the proceedings pointed out by the Act, which said that the Recorder, or Justices, shall cause this general list to be laid before the Clerk of the Peace, and that by such intervention a document became the foundation of the jury list, which was not in obedience to the Act of Parliament, or in conformity with it. The challenge stated that this was to his prejudice, and that it was so intended by whosoever concocted the fraudulent document. If this was not a wrong and matter of great public concernmenefsa it was not a matter which demanded a remedy in the loudest possible voice, he knew not: what did. He was not speaking here of the number, more or less, which was omitted from the list. That was not the thing material. He stood upon this allega tion, that a real and substantial injury had been committed, which gave this gentleman ground of challenge. The ques tion was, could there be a doubt that this was wrong, and that some remedy was requisite? The labour of the Re corder, and of so many officers who were engaged upon the list was thrown away, and the value of the document was destroyed, as regarded the challenge. He could hardly have a doubt of this if he had not read the jndgment of the Court below. The course of argument which the Learned Judges pursued was this :—That they thought themselves justified in examining this question by putting some extreme case, and they asked by that process of sophistry, if he might venture to say so with regard to those learned persons, for whom he felt all respect, which was so frequently practised by those who did not wish to arrive at the truth—" Would you say that the list is void, because one name is omitted, or because there is a reversion in the order of a single name ?" He was not called upon to argue how much this was in disobedience to the :Act of Parliament, because the ques tion here was not the question if more or less fraud was im parted :: and the question was far superior to the number of names omitted, namely, that it was of damage, and the injury averred was as precise as possible, because, as their Lordships saw, the damage was prospective, because the damage was not arrived which it was the object of the challenge should not arrive, but which impended over the party. He was surprised it had not occurred to those learned persons who put this extreme case to put the other extreme, whether if all the names had been omitted but one it would be good. Supposing a rat had gnawed out one of the names, would that,not render the list invalid? Supposing amore hungry rat had gnawed out all the names, would not that render it invalid? But if a rat of discretion—a rat that knew what he was about—gnawed out cer tain of the names, would not that render it invalid ? Suppose it true that the names which had been emitted had each a mark on the side. Suppose it to be impossible to imagine that the loss of any number of sheets could account for the names omitted from the jury list. Suppose the names ought to have been spread all over the books Suppose it appeared from the record, and he would not travel out of the record, that this was a great cause arising out of a great political and religious contest, and that there were indications to show the religious and political feelings of the persons whose names had been omitted, and that those names had been omitted in consequence. Now, in a case like this, in which fraud was distinctly , alleged, he was at a loss to understand why inquiry should be refused, even if it was demandable as a strict right. Inquiry ought to have been courted if each party had been equally desirous to have the jurylistAwhich they ought:to have had, fair and impartial. If the will of the Legislature had been complied with in every particular there would have been difficulty enough in the then social state of Dublin in procuring a fair and imparital jury This great question was the agitating the country. It would be no aspersion on the great body of men from whom the jurors were sworn, to say that there was not among them any one to be found who• did not entertain strong feelings on this great question on one side or on the other. Indeed, he should feel little respect for any one man living in Ireland who had not strong feelings on one side or on the other on this vital question. This case had been brought to trial under the able direction of his Learned Friend, the Attorney-General for Ireland. Every fact was to be subjected to the investigation of , the jury, and every member of that jury was almost certain to be biased on one side or the other. without any fault of his own. Now if a case could be imagined which beyond all others required a strict—he might almost say a superstitious compliance with every portion of the Jury Act—it was the case before the House. It was expected that the trial would operate on public opinion—it was intended that it should be held up as an example to the people of Ireland; could that be done in any , way except by convincing the people that all was done, not from vengeance, but from justice, and to vindi cate the law ? If that were the object in view, he could only say that the means taken to effect it were most unfortunate. Above all things it was necessary that no suspicion should rest on the impartiality of the jury. On that point, he would quote the language in which, on one occasion which might be considered an epoch in law, one of their own Lordships had expressed his deliberate opinion :—" I should be guilty of no exaggeration—l should be led by fancy into no error if I said that all the vast establishments of this great empire— that King and Lords and Commons were all instituted for the simple object of putting twelve good men into a box." If that were so, surely it was of infinite importance that the intentions of the Legislature to secure these twelve " good men" should be attended to. What was the meaning of " g o od men?" It was meant that they should be impartial and intelli gent. But as no general words introduced into an Act of Parlia ment could produce that particular effect, the Legislature had laid down certain qualifications which ought to be com plied with before the jury entered the box. Now, what was the remedy if these provisions were departed from ? The challenge of the array. It was admitted, he believed, that that right was not taken away by sta tute. But that omission was coupled with an exception the ob • jest of which was to show that the right could not be used in the present case, and for the purpose disclosed in thiachal lenge. Now he proposed to chow that the challenge of this array constituted the great right from which this great wrong was to receive an effectual remedy. In Engl and u n ti l the Revelatien, and in Ireland until the Act of the 3 d and 4 th William IV., the Sheriff was the only officer, who, by him self or his subordinates, could refuse the ehallen . ge to ssray. In Coke upon 'Lyttleion, section 136, it wa s a th o .--, would li e for nonindifferency said that chaneng., s. - -.•.-,.- .... seebt Lord or default of the sheriff. Thera could be ue ss - Coke, in laying down the right of challenge to the array in these rew end general Ferma t and in reference to the autho- purchases made in black and green Tea have been upon ra ther lower terms. Ta-day some parcels of Tea were forced off for cash ; the trade generally are not inclined to purchase more than present wants require. SPICES.—The market for black Pepper has again been in a quiet state, and the rates accepted are rather under those of this day week. Of white Pepper some parcels have been disposed of, but at easier rates. With Jamaica Ginger the market has been better supplied, still prices have ruled firm. East India is still wanted, and fetch full rates. This afternoon African Ginger at 55s to 57s for middling, and 53s to 53s 6d per cwt for sea damaged. Bengal withdrawn. Nutmegs fetched 2s 4d to 27s 7d for middling bold. Ben coolen Cloves taken in at 100 per lb. RICE.—In cleaned Rice several purchases made at 12s 9d to 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt far Caroline. This afternoon the market was in a quiet state for East India Rice. Madras at r decline on former rates of 3d to 6d per cwt ; good yellow fetched 8s 6d to 9s, middling 8s to 8s 6d, low 7s 6d, and sea damaged 6s; Bengal fetched lOs 6d to lls 6d for low and mid white, lOs 6d for repacked, and lOs for sea damaged, being about the former value. Java fetched 8s for mid yel low, and one lot of low 7s per cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum, 38 per cent 0 P, part faulty, has been sold at 3s 4d per gallon. Lee wards at 2s 20 per gallon, proof, and good brown ditto at 2s 3d. Demerara at 3s to 3s 4d for good and fine sorts. Cal cutta Rum at is lld to is 110, proof, with certificate. Havannah Rum taken in at ls 64d for 11 per cent under proof, but since sold, the price, however, is not allowed to transpire. For Brandy prices rule as follows ;----Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 4d, pans 5s 2d ; ditto 1139, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; ditto 1340, hbds 5s ld, puns 4s lld ; ditto 1841, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d; mid to good mid 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s 10d per gallon. Geneva, for shipping, at is 9d to is 10d; fine for home consumption is 2s 6d to 3s 4d per gallon. English Corn Spirits have fetched former rates. INmaG.—The quarterly sale of East India Indigo will com mence on Tuesday, the quantity declared being 15,146 chests ; the demand has been very limited for all descrip tions this week, but, at present, prices cannot be quoted lower. OlLS—Linseed Oil at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil is not much wanted, pale at 38s, and brown 37s per cwt. Olive Oil is again cheaper. Gallipoli at 481, Spanish 46/ to 471, and Barbary 451 to 45/10s per tun. Palm firm, fine quality 281 to 29s per cwt. Cod, 33l 15s to 34/, pale Seal 35/ lOs to 36/, and Southern 30/ to 33/ lOs per tun. Sperm Oil is still wanted, and the advanced rates of last week are well supported. This afternoon Southern Oil at 3115 s to 33/ 5s for mid to fine ; Sperm 80/ 15s to 83/ lOs ; Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil taken at 30/. Ter.f.ow.—Prices cannot be quoted higher for Russian Tal low this week ; on the spot, P.Y.C. has been fetching 41s 3d to 41s 6dper cwt.; for delivery in the last three months of the year at 42s 6tl to 42s 9d per cwt. Town Tallow at 41s to 418 6d per cwt, nett cash ; in other descriptions of Tallow there is no variation to notice. This afternoon 397 pipes 17 hhds of South American at auction were only partly sold at 37s to 40s, 140 casks New South Wales . 375. 9d to 41s 3d per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 26, 1844. MEMOILANDUM.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the under-mentioned regiments to bear, in addition to any other badges or devices heretofore granted, the follow ing distinctions, in commemoration of tieir services during the second campaign in Affghanistan, in the year 1842, namely, 3d Light Dragoons, 9th Foot, 13th Foot, 31st Foot, " Cabool, 1842 ; ' 41st Foot, " Ghuznee and Caboel, 1842." Her Majesty has likewise been graciously pleased to permit the 16th Lancers, the 39th and 40th Regiments, to bear the word " Mahnrqjpore," and the 9th Lancers, the 3d and 50th Regi ments, the word " Punninr," in commemoration of the dis tinguished gallantry displayed by those corps in the actions fought at the above• named places, respectively, on the 29th of December, 1813. _ WAR-OFFICE, JULY 5. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant I. R. Warner to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires ; Cornet C. P. Coote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warner ; F. A. Oakes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Coote, July 5. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. R. Boucherett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Broadley, who retires ; Cornet S. Le Hunt Hobson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bouche rett, July 5 ; Cornet N. M. Innes to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Taylor, who retires, July 5. 12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. H. M. Johnston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Butcher, who retires; C. Malt. land, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnston, July 5. 23d Foot—Sergeant-Major C. Grant, Grenadier Guards, to be Quartermaster, vice G. Moore, who retires upon half-pay, July 5. 43d Fuot—Captain R. N. Phillips, from 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, July 5. 46th Foot—Captain G. P. Mansel, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke. who exchanges, July 5. 48th Foot—Lieutenant G. S. Tidy to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hall, deceased ; Ensign W. F. Wyndowe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tidy; Sergeant-Major J. Mancor to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wyndowne, July 5. 53d Foot—Capt. C. F. Havelock, from 43d Foot, to be Captain, vice Phillips, who exchanges ; Capt. W. H. H. F. Clarke, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansel, who exchanges, July 5, 1844. 60th Foot—G. Warburton, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roche, who retires ; Lieut. J. F. Jones to be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, who resigns the Adjutancy only, July 5, 1844. 88th Foot—Ensign S. Dunning to be Adjutant, vice Max well, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, July 1. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. A. Lautour to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires ; J. C. Nichol!, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lautour, July 5. Royal Canadian Rifle Ilegiment—Ensign J. N. Holmes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mortimer, who retires ; S. Peel, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, July 5. UFATTACHlD.—Lieutenant G. Man, from the 54th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, July 5. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant P. IL Cocks to be Second Captain, vine Caddy, retired on half-pay ; Second Lieutenant W. F. Lock to be First Lieutenant, vice Cocks, Julie 9. IVEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned officers have been altered as follow, viz., Second Captain G. D. Warburton, May 28; First Lieutenant the Hon. W. Kennedy, May 28; Quartermaster-Sergaant Alex ander Steele to be Quartermaster, vice Fortune, retired on full-pay, July 1. ADMIRALTY, JULY 3. Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentlemon Cadet F. C. Knigh to be Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, Jinx 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Shand, of Edin burgh, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SIMEON ANKRUPT HARTLEY SI'ENCE, maltater, L ee d s . BS. THOMAS HENRY SKELTON, stationer, Southampton, to surrender July 13, at one, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall street, London ; Cox, Piriners'-hall, Old Broad-street. FRANCIS STOKES, importer, London-wall, July 16, at two, and August 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Aleager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrance and Flews, Buckersbury. PETER TANSLEY, straw-plait dealer, St. John-street, July 16, at half•past one, and August 16, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Hurst, Milk-street, Cheapside. MICHAEL CASANAS, wine merchant, Fenchurch street, July 19, at half-past one, and August 16, at twelve at noon, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Sole, Aldernianbury. JOHN RAMSAY, cheesemonger, Chapel-street, Somers'. town July 13, at half-past o ne , an d A ugust 19, at e l even, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Dods and Linklaters, Leadenhall.street. THOMAS JAMES SWAINE, innholder, Newland-street, Eaton-square, Pimlico, July 12, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Wade and Pen ningtou, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wade, Baldock, Herts. THOMAS HINDMARSH, grocer, Hartlepool, Durham, July 11, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull, Hartlepool. FREDERICK PLANK, perfumer, Plymouth, July 24 and Aug. 15, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee ; Lockyer and Bulteel, Plymouth ; Surr, Lombard street, London ; Moore, Exeter. JOHN VERNON, licensed victualler, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, July 17 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee ; Froggatt, Clif ford's-inn, London ; Latham, Sandbach. RICHARD LODGE, innkeeper, Thornhill, Yorkshire, July 19, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee; Wigglesworth, Ridsdale, and Crad dock; cjke;nnGerr,aysh'soeNlnmonatsqieurc,aErisesr,il:oltoiFdnd,llesNsuesrxore;fiC.vrEonNhcelym., Leeds. A. Jacobs, dealer in jeweller)', Princess-st., Ratcliffe-highway. H. W. Thomas, innkeeper, Andover. S. W. Morris, law writer, Carey-street, Chancery-lane. G. Watson, undertaker, Weston-street, Somers'-town. J. R. Chapman, schoolmaster, Ferry-hill, Durham. J. Whillier, baker, Hereford-street, Landport, Forties.. T. C. Fletcher, sc hoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. S. Jeffery', snaltster. Arnold ,Nottinghamshire. J. Bennett, licensed victualler, Nottingham. S. Wheatley, farmer, Unstone, Derbyshire. R. Hollier, stonemason, Birmtngham. J. Downing, butcher, Thorne, Yorkshire. J. C. Adams. fish-curer, Great Yarmouth. J. Falshaw, farmer, Bradford, Yorkshire. E. Stevens, builder, Stanbridge, Bedfordshire. J. Howgate, tanner, Pudsey, Yorkshire. G. Livesey, dealer in ale, Chorley, Lancashire. H. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich. C. Clifford, plumber, Norman-street, St. Luke's. G. Haigh, beer retailer, Broad Ing Bottom, Yorkshire. W. Claringbold, barman, Lower Edmonton. J. Anbury, shoemaker, Clay-lane, Berkshire. T. Raymond, builder, Bishop's-road, Paddington. T. Hamp, farmer, Wood Ham, Buckinghamshire. M. Nicholson, linen-draper, Bedlington, Durham. H. R. Wood, philosophicil instrument-maker, Islington. J. D. Magee, cabinet-maker, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A. Longl.ind, butcher, Northampton, L. J. Randall, broker Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green. W. Smith, auctioneer, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell. PRICE OF SUGAR: The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending July 2, 1844,. is 345. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. THE DERBY DISPUTE. WOOD v. PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am, as the solicitor of Mr. Alexander Wood, the plaintiff in the above issue, desired by him to beg you will insert in yonr Journal the follow ing exculpatory statement : Mr. Goodman being the owner of the horse called Running Rein, and indebted to Mr. Wood in a considerable sum of money, sold the horse with his engagements to Mr. Wood, in consideration of the debt, and of a further advance, upon the terms that if the horse should be the winner of the Derby, Mr. Wood should, in addition thereto, pay Mr. Good man, or his nominees, so much of the stakes as should exceed the amount of the debt, the advance, and subsequent ex penses. This transaction occurred after the horse had been proved, to the satisfaction of the stewards at Newmarket, to be Running Rein, and Mr. Wood was assured by Mr. Good man that there were numerous other witnesses who could prove that fact, besides the one who was examined at New market. The horse having been entered for the Derby in the name of Mr. Goodman, was, upon the sale taking pIAM transferred into the name of Mr. Wood ; ttie Luse being afterwards alleged to be foul: ygg4 old, Mr. Wood caused him to be examino eiperienced person, who pronounced rities, it appeared that this right to challenge the array existed in all cases in which the sheriff was, or in the contemplation of the law might be, a partial person, or where, in contemplation of law, he stood in such a relation to one of the parties as that he lost his impartiality. So suspicious was the common law upon the subject, that it was thought right to set aside the sheriffs, and direct a venire to the coroner, when he stood in any relation, even that of god father to a child, of any of the opposing parties. He had found cases in the old books replete on the subject of chal lenging the array, though in modern times those cases were not so numerous. There was a case in the 17th of Edward 111., in which the Sheriff who empannelled the jury was related to some of the parties, and upon the array being challenged, the panel was quashed : in an other case, where the under-Sheriff empannelled the the jury, and where he was found to have some connexion with the parties, the appointment of the jury was quashed upon the array being challenged. Would it not then, he would ask, be a most monstrous thing, to put a con struction upon the Act that would put an end to that important remedy of challenging the array ? Could there be anything more important than such a right. It had been a subject of eulogium by Sir W. Blackstone, and even so far back as the time of Cicero the appointment of jurors was matter of consent between the par tips ; and Blackstone says that the system in this country was very 1 1 much upon a par to that which m i existed n ancient Rome. He would put this upon the same footing as the writ of certiorari by which the inferior Courts were prevented from running into licentiousness and from departing from law and justice. Then came the question whether the right of chal lenge was taken away by Acts of Parliament that were supposed to take it away. lie considered that the subject was not to be deprived of this great remedy except by express words. He urged the right could not be taken away, or its efficacy injured, except by express words in an Act of Parliament. It appeared to him that the circumstance of the Act taking away this right in express terms was no unimportant part of his argument. It showed that the Legislature had in view this right of challenging the array, and that unless a change of society should render the right valueless, the Legislature was unwilling to abridge the force and efficacy of this great remedy. The proposition which he meant to submit, as con sequent upon the observations which he had made, was that wherever officers were appointed for the purpose of executing any portion of those duties 'which anciently fell upon the Sheriff, and where, in consequence of such interposition, the array had some vice in it which, in ancient times, would have been met by the remedy in questibn, there that remedy still existed, for the same purpose as it existed in ancient times, The principle of the remedy was that there should be power to destroy every panel which had a vice in it. Applying that principle he thought their Lord ships would have no difficulty in saying, that the right of challenge was still preserved in all its integrity, and it was peculiarly applicable to the case then before the House. This was denied in the courts below. It would be said that there was no power of interfering with reference to the: various offences. The question had been treated as though their object was to ascertain whether the offences were deserving of punishment or not. If that question arose at all, it was only as a secondary or collateral one. The main question was this, was that document which was the result of all these collections of names and enquiries with qualifica tions, a sound or an unsound document, was it a do cument which gave aid to the sheriffs. It was said that a judicial power was given here to the justices, repre sented by the Recorder, which must not be interfered with by the challenge of the array. In the present case there was no complaint of any adjudication made by the Recorder, either of an omission or the retaining of names which ought to have been excluded. The complaint began after that ad judication was made—after the exercise of judicial power, if it were properly so called, which he very much doubted, was at an end. The office was then merely a ministerial one for the purpose of " causing"—to use the words of the Act— " the adjudications to be collected into a general list to be taken to the clerk of the peace." There was no semblance of a judicial power, it was simply the work of an intelligent clerk. Up to the point of the adjudication no complaint ex isted, but after: that adjudication some power intruded itself upon the scene, took this list, and dealt with it in a frau dulent manner. One of the Learned Judges was of opinion that the challenge was good. He asked this pertinent ques tion, " What was the difficulty when the eror was discovered of rectifying it? How was the paper lost ?" This was a question which he thought it would be very difficult to answer on the part of the Crown. If the list for the former year had been sent by the Recorder, there could not have aeen any hesitation in sending it back, on the ground that it was a mistake. It had been said that a difficulty arose here from the circumstance that the jury were a special jury, and one of the Judges had expressed doubts whether any chal lenge to the array existed in the case of a special jury. He quoted the case of the King v. Edmunds, in'Barnewall and Alderson's Reports.l an this case a:challenge was made to the array on the ground of non-indifferency on the part of the Master. of the Crown-office. Lord Tenterden de livered an elaborate judgment in that case, in which he stated that the challenge could not be allowed. The Master of the Crown- offi ce b e ing the person who has to strike the jury in the charactor of an elisor, the Learned Judges in Ireland seemed to have supposed that the Recorder stood in the same position of elisor, and therefore his lists could not be challenged; that the challenge to his i list must be n a different character, and in a different mode. But how could that apply to a case in which the objection to the challenge was, that the Re corder was a person over whom the Court had no power. His proposition would be that whoever was entrusted by the law with the selecting of a jury must necessarily, as far as those proceedings were concerned, come under the power of the Court. The question the Court had to consider was not how that list came into existence, but whether it was in i tself a sound document, and whether it gave assistance to the Sheriff, or whether it was calculated to mislead him. Their Lordships' predecessors had thought the power of challenging the array so great, that no statute law could take it away. He was proceeding to cite the case of the King v. Burridge, in Lord Raymond's Reports, when The LORD CUANCELLOR said—You are now beginning a fresh point. Are you likely to finish your arguments in a few minutes ? Mr. my Lord. The LORD CitioicELLon—Then we will adjourn till ten o'clock to-morrow. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From This Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 22d day of June, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic toria, cap. 50 : r.ng Private Banks ................................. 4,743,057 Joint-Stock Banks... .....» ......... 3,665,104 SCOTLAND. ENGLAND. Bank of En ;land Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 3,117,988 IRELAND. Banks 2,080,277 P B r a i n v k a toef andlran e Joint-Stock L. WICKHAM. Total .. . ... . ... . ... . . Bullion in the Bank orEngla;;!, ...... . ..... R 37,728,726 Stamps and Taxes, Ju il ly E s N , l lBt r .... £15,898," 1844, COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam CF. 12 54 Ditto, at sight l2 44 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 134 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Marseilles 25 85 Bourdeaux 25 85 Frankfort on Mains 1214 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. ti. 3 M 9S2 Trieste, ditto Madrid B7 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 .NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 99 Milan — Venice ....... Naples 39 Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 64 Oporto 531 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia • -.- PRICES OF BULLION, ?ER OR. Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..„, 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 KO Bilyor la Ears 0 4 111 irate MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 5.) SUGAR.-To-day importess of West India Sugar submit ting to further reduced rates, making the decline for the week Is per cwt, caused buyers to purchase more freely, and 600 hhds were disposed of, including a public sale of 102 hill. 11 trs of Barbadoes, went off with heaviness, and at prices 6d to is under the sale held on Tuesday; fine yellow fetched 65s 6d, good 60s 6d to 635, and mid 58s 6d to 60s per cwt. The total purchases for tke week are only 1,500 hhds and trs. REFINED-To-day further reduced rates being accepted for Refined goods induced the home trade to purchase largely at 72s 6d to 73s for brown, and 745 to 74s 6d per cwt for standard Lumps. Of Crushed Sugar there is very little offer ing at present ; large sales are still making for forward deli very. Loaves are wanted, and in some cases stiffer rates paid. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon there was a large public sale of 8058 bags 86 casks Mauritius Sugar; merchants were anxious to sell, and accepted prices is per cwt under those of the last auctions; nearly the whole, however, was disposed o n f lid u d p l o in n g th 4 e m f6odllotwoi 48sng t 6 e d r , ms g ,: o i d z.- to lo fi w ne b so row s nth 51s t44s 56 yellow 52s to 555, middling 55 s 6d t o 57 s 6d, good 58s to 61s, d, t o 4 lows good to fine grey 55s 6d to 60s, and inferior 53s to 55s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Manilla and Java Sugar were offered, the former at rather lower rates, fine grey at 19s, good 18s to 18s 6d, middling 16s to 16s 6(1, good yellow 18s 6d, low dark brown 13s 6d to 14s 6d, washed 13s to 17s 6d, the latter went 6d to is per cwt cheaper‘ good grey sold at 18s to 19s, damp 17 s t o 18s 6d, sound white of mid quality 21s 6d to 235, damp and washed 20s 6d to 21s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-This afternoon 311 boxes of Cuba and 590 boxes of Havannah Sugar were submitted to public compe tition ; Cuba of white quelity was taken in at 30s to 30s 6d for good, and 27s 6d to 29s 6(1 for middling, yellow sold at easier rates, fine at 20s 6d, good 195 to 19s 6d, and middling 18s to 18s 6d, yellow Havannah went rather below the late rates, but the whole found buyers, good at 19s to 20s, middling 18s to 18s 6d, low 17s to 17s 6d, damaged 17s to 19s, and slightly damaged 183 to 20s 6d per cwt. MoLAssEs.-West India, at full prices for the better, but at lower rates for inferior sorts ; Montserrat at 20s 6d, St. Kitt's 22s to 235, and Antigua 25s to 275; Demerara taken in at 255, and Montserrat at 22s per cwt. Prices are 5s to 6s per cwt lower than they were last year at this period. Ben gal, in small parcels, 16s to 17s per cwt for good quality. SAco.-Common at 12s Od to 13s 6d• Sag o Flour at 198 Honey lower. 13s 6d pe for small mid This white Pearl, and Its 6 d to 1 d 2s for brown to 20s r cwt. afternoon Sao partly sol at 12s dto ditto, being cheaper. Bermuda Arrowroot at 5d to is lid; Tapioca at sd. COFFEE.-There has been less inclination manifested on the part of the home tiade to purchase ",Vest India Coffee this week, and importers continuing t o supply the market freely, has produced a declin e on former rates of is to 2s par cwt. Mocha at a decline on last week's rates of 2s. to 3e per cwt. This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was wanted, and 1,526 bags 4 cases at public auction were mostly sold at and after the sales ; Plantati on sor ts went at full rates, and other kinds rather dearer, good ordinary pale fetched 50s to 51s, real good ordinary 525, and fine and fine fine ordinary 61s to 655, low middling Plantation 74s to 795, middling 80s to 87s, good middling 88s to 935, pea berry 80s 96s 6d, triage 42s to 478, low 21s, and sea damaged 47s 6d to 85s ; 70 bags of La Guayra were taken in at 46s for middling COCOA.-For British Plantation no improvement in prices. For Foreign, rather lower rates are accepted privately ; Bahia at 28s 6d to 29s 6cl per cwt for fine bri g ht red. This of Grenada Coco a taken in at 42s per cwt for good bright red. and the limited TEA.-The market has a dull appearance, him to be three, and not four years old. I refrain from mentioning the person's name, as, after he found the tide of public opinion to set in strongly against the horse, he at first wavered in the opinion which he had given, and afterwards retracted it. This and a similar occurrence—of which the public are well aware—respecting Leander, and the assertion of one of the highest veterinary surgeons, publishe Lin the sporting journals, that the mouth of a horse is a fallible cri terion of its age, induced Mr. Wood to believe such to be the fact, and that an examination of the horse's mouth would not further the ends of justice. Immediately, however, that it appeared upon the trial, that the production of the horse was desired by Colonel Peel's advisers, for the purpose of identity, and not the mere examination of his mouth, Mr. Wood de termined that he should be produced if the trial proceeded, and his firm resolution on that point produced the sudden termination of the trial. Mr. Wood's beneficial interest in the stakes being but small, he endeavoured to avoid a lawsuit, and to have the dispute decided by the stewards. But the instant that Col. Peel commenced the action, in which the issue Wood v. Peel was framed, Mr. Wood refused, in my presence, and with my ad vice, as his solicitor, to litigate a matter in which he had so little interest, but being most positively assured, and believ ing that the horse was Running Rein, he, upon receiving a bond of indemnity, permitted those who had a greater inter est than himself in the stakes, to use his name for the pur pose of trying the question, and to employ their own attorney, the use of ➢lr. Wood's name being necessary for the purpose. In conclusion, I beg to contradict an erroneous impression, which I hear exists, that Mr. Alexander Wood is the same person as, or related to, or connected with, the plaintiff in the action, Wood v. Ledbitter, which was tried a few days since. Mr. A. Wood is a corn chandler and coal merchant at Epsom, where he has resided and carried on that business nearly 20 years, and where his real character as an honest and upright man is well known. Mr. A. Wood has been at my office every day this week, for the purpose of seeing and consulting me on the above matter, but I have been unavoidably absent, otherwise I should have been present with him at the trial, and have of fered this explanation at a much earlier period. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, 1, Lincoln's Inn-fields• A. R. STEELE. THE REVENUE. The Quarter's Revenue will be made up this evening, and we believe it will prove favourable. In the important de partment of Excise, we understand there will be an increase on the quarter of about 80,0001., and on the year of nearly 400,000/. In the Customs it is expected there will be an in crease of 200,000/. ; the Stamps and Tax department will be nearly the same as in the corresponding quarter of last year. There is a small increase in the Post-office returns ; but it is thought there will be a slight deficiency on the quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, under the head of Miscellaneous Taxes, in consequence of the remittances of silver from China coming into the account of last year, and the remittances recently received in this country not coming into she revenue account until next quarter, On the year, and the quarter it is expected the revenue report will be favourable.—Evening Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships ro-assembled for Parliamentary business at Five o'clock, when the LOAD CUANCELLOA took his seat en the Woolsack. MOROCCO. The Earl of MINT() said he - rose for the purpose of putting the question, of which he had given notice, respecting the naval force to the coast of Morocco. He understood the mediation of this country between France and Morocco had been rejected, and, though he deeply regretted it, he was not surprised that such should be the case, because he did not think they had placed themselves in such a position as to afford.to any weak state that assurance of their support which symptoms of preparation on their part would afford. The independence of Morocco could not be an object of indif ference to that House, for there were positions on the coast of that empire which would be most injurious and dangerous to the interests of the country if they fell into the hands of any other state, and a place of importance in the neighbourhood of that coast, the island of Morocco would be 'placed in jeoparty. He would have felt less anxiety on this subject if he could find anywhere in this country the means of making a display of strength on that coast. But the naval force of the country was so reduced, that he did not know where his Noble Frind opposite would look for the means of producing an impression there. Negotiations were good, but it was necessary they should be backed by some force— ( Hear, hear)—and he had the highest authority in that House, that of the Noble Duke opposite. for such an opinion. Ina debate on the 14th of August, 1838, on the state of their commercial relations, the Noble Duke said he considered the state of those relations was owing, in a great degree, to the ex tensive weakness and tottering condition of their naval esta blishment; and, further on, ha said he considered the naval force of the country to be in too feeble and tottering a condition to answer the purpose intended, of giving protection to their commercial interests in all parts of the globe. Such was the language of the Noble Duke in the year 1838, at a time %%hen they had eighteen sail of the line in commission in every part of the world, besides a reserve at home of four or five ships of the line ; but it was far different new, though it was quite obvious there were questions pending, not only with regard to Morocco, but with regard to the Oregon and Texas. The present Government had succeeded to a fleet of twenty ' ships of the line. They were justified in making some reduc tion in that number, because there had not been of late the same necessity for keeping up a great naval force a, had pre viously existed. But they had made reductions to a degree which before had never been known or dreamt of. At the pre sent moment there was not in commission a single ship of the line, except those employed as flag-ships for admirals. There were nine ships of the line only in Commission at the present moment. Of these, two were in the East Indies, one in the West Indies ; there were three guard-ships. In the Mediter ranean fleet there was only one ship of the line, and than was the flag ship; and there was the Albion, which had recently been employed as the flag ship at Cork. The navy of England consisted of only nine ships of the line, and that at a time when the state of affairs abroad was such as necessarily to create the greatest anxiety. He did not say there was any danger of war but the manner in which the solution of the questions at present pending would be brought about, would depend greatly upon the respect in which we were held, and that respect would be increased by our keeping up a respectable naval force. He hoped his Noble Friend would tell them that he had re sources to appeal to. Considering the present state of the French fleet, we ought to have have an increased fleet in the Mediterranean. We ought not to abdi cate the command of the Meditterranean entirely to Franee, but still to maintain our power in that sea. Not only had his Noble Friend reduced the number of the ships of the line, but he had also reduced the number of smaller vessels.—( Hear, hear.) He besought their Lordships to recollect all that had been said on former occasions as to the necessity of keeping a reserve at home for the protection of our own shores. He had not any apprehension of any attach on our own shores, but he regretted the reductions which had taken place in the naval force in the Meditteranean. He could not see without uneasiness the command of the naval foreedestined by France to act against Morocco confided to the Prince de Joinville. He would re frain from saying anything reflecting on the charucter or con duct of his Royal Highness, but their Lordships could not but recollect what had passed on a former occasion, and knowing the sentiments which had recently been expressed by his Royal Highness, he saw his appointment with regret. The Noble Earl concluded by putting the question of which he had given notice, namely, if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to adopt any, and what, measures to send to the coast of Morocco or else where such naval force as may suffice for the protection of British interests ? The Earl of HADDINGTON was prepared to answer the question of which the Noble Earl had given notice as to the sending a British force to Morocco. The Earl of AUNT() had yesterday given notice of his ques tion in the exact terms in which he had put it, and it was so inserted in the votes. He had understood that the Secretary of State would communicate his motion to his Noble Friend. Lord B ROUG H A M—Read, read. The Earl of MINTO then read the notice from the votes in the precise words in which he had put the question. The Earl of HADDINGTON had nut read the votes. But he would take the Noble Earl's question in the terms given—Morocco or elsewhere. They had heard the speech of the Noble Earl with which he thought proper to introduce the question. The practice of making long speeches in putting questions was a most inconvenient one, and one to which the Noble Earl was very partial. He was about to reply to the Noble Earl's question, not to his speech. Had he had any id ea t h at the Noble Earl was about to put a question respecting the distribution of the whole force of the British navy, he should have thought it necessarry to refresh his memory as to details before he came down to answer that statement. He never was more taken by !uprise in his life than by the long speech the omnibus rebus connected with the British navy that had been made by the Noble Earl. He thought the Noble Earl ought to have waited for the presence of his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as his speech involved so much of diplomacy. The Noble Earl complained of the Go vernment leaving only one ship of the line in the Mediterra nean. At the time this step waa taken there was not the slightest chance of the occurrences taking place which had been lately threatened. It was not supposed by the British Government, that because the French chose to have a sailing squadron in the Mediterranean, that therefore this country was to follow their example. The Noble Earl should recollect, too, that the Mediterranean was not a distant sea. In answer to the question of the Noble Earl, he begged to state that her Majesty's Government had sent to Morocco such forces as they thought the circumstances required, and if it was necessary, it was in th e i r p ower t o a dd t o th a t f orce . With re spect to elsewhere, he begged to state that the Govern ment had such forces in every station as they had thought right for the preservation of British interests. They had greatly increased their force on the Coast of Africa. Ships had been sent out, and others had been or dered there, and nothing would have prevented them from sending them out before but the necessity of having a force in Ireland. He thought that he had proved that the statement of the Noble Earl that Ministers had neglected British interests, in all parts of the world, was totally without founda tion. As he had stated before, the Government had sent such forces to Morocco as they thought the circumstances re quired, and that they would add to these forces if necessary. He trusted, however, that the anticipated events in Morocco would not take place. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A :Message from the Commons, consisting of Sir George Clerk, and other Members, brought up the Bank Charter Bill, the Prisons' Discipline ( Scotland) Bill), the Linen Manufac tures t Ireland) Bill, ;the Education of the: Poor Bill, the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Bill, and several other Bills. The Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Roseberry, and Lord Campbell, rose simultaneously to address the House. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY appealed to the Lord Chancellor whether he had not a right to address their Lordships on the subject which had just been under dis cussion. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, as the irregularity had begun, he did not know where it was to terminate. The Earl of HADDINGTON hoped that this would be borne in mind in future. They often had Noble Lords rising to speak five or six times when there was no question before the House, and sometimes when there was a question. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he begged to move that the Noble Earl's returns be printed.— (Laughter. ) He was surprised to see the extreme sensitiveness of the Noble Earl with regard to the force in the Mediterranean, After the clear statement which they had heard from the Noble Lord the Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs on a previous occasion. After the expla nations which had been made ire thought it was highly indis creet to re-open the subject. The Noble Earl (Aberdeen) and conducted public affairs, not only with credit to himself, but with advantage to the country. He thought that was but ju e st Earl of ice to th MINTOE r e Noble arl ose, ancl was to make these i:emarits.—:(lllyyp 04rw sruallic.) Ai On. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from an individual in Lancashire, against the New Poor-law Bill. The petitioner attributed to this law the existence of Chartism, Rebeccaism, and the Anti-Corn•law League. 11r. EWART presented a petition from the wood sawyers of Paisley, praying for protection against the use of machinery in their trade. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition (we did not here from what place), signed by 2400 persons, against the Truck System. After an interval of a quarter of an hour, during which 1 10 business was done, Lord SANDON moved that the Secret Committee of Post Office Inquiry might have leave to sit, notwithstanding the ad journment of the House.—Ordered. ACCIDENT AT BOLTON. Mr. FERRAND seeing the Right Hon. Baronet, the Se' cretary of State for the Home Department in his place, he begged leave to bring his attention to a dreadful accident that took place in the town of Bolton, on Mondays last, by the bursting of a steam boiler in a factory one man was killed, and three or _four seriously injured. We understood the Hon. Member to say, that some mismanagement of the machinery was the cause of the accident, and that the man who Lad lost his life had only that morning come into the employment, with the nature of which he was unacquainted. As there were is" spectors of railways, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Government had no power to prevent such fearful accidents in future ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Government had no control over factories such as that which was exercised over railwaYi through the inspectors. MEDICAL REFORM. Mr. D. BARCLAY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baro net whether he had:abandonedhis intentions respecting medical reform, or intended to carry on his Bill this session ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he would lay the Bill on the table in the course of this session. In answer to a question from Mr. BELLEW, Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was his intention, during the present session, to lay on the table of the House a Bill to amend the law of settlement in Scotland and Ireland. lle should not, however, proceed with it this session. Captain PECHELL gave notice that, on Tuesday week, he should call the attention of the House to the claims of the lunatic officeis in Haslar Hospital. The Committee on the Joint-stock Companies Bill WO postponed to twelve o'oclock on Wednesday next. Committee on the Canal Companies Bill was postponed to Monday. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. Thornely a new writ was ordered for the borough of Birmingham, in the room of Joshua &hole' field, Esq., deceased. _ . POOR-LAW.--COMMITTEE. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The order having been read 11 the clerk, Mr. HAWES claimed to take advantage of that opportunili to present a petition from the rated inhabitants of St. Mary's Lambeth, agaeed at a meeting in vestry assembled, praying that the Puor-law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law' and that all plurality of voting may be abolished. Mr. JOHN FIELDEN said he would also take advantag e of the opportunity to present a petition for the repeal of th e poor-law from the Board of Guardians of the Todmorden, union—the union in which he himself r e s id e d. Th e y stated that the poor-law was brought first into operation in that dig' trict at the point of the bayonet—that it could not be intro; duced even until the presence of the soldiery haf been obtained.—( Hear, hear.) If had been said most wickedly :and most untruly, that he (Mr. Fieidea) ha„" been instrumental in stiring up dissatisfaction against the 10 4 and encouraging riots to oppose it; but every one who kne him, knew that he had never taken part in or approved of and illegal conduct in his life—( Hear, hear)—and that he had ne more to do with those riots than any other Hon. Gentleman i° that House. It was right the House should know that ant of the guardians who signed this petition had originally been ' favour of this new poor-law, and were anxious t o have it intro" duced into the district ; but since they had had practical exp o 5 rience of its operation, they had become thoroughly disgust s with it, and now petitioned most earnestly for it repeal. the motion of the Hon. Member the petition was then read $ length by the clerk of the table. Sir JOHN WALSH presented a petition from the inhabi , tants of St. Pancras against the 58th clause of the Bill, re' lating to parishes now managed under Hobhouse's Act. On the reading of the order of the day for tho Coma it" . on the Poor-law Amendment Act, Mr. BORTHWICK jumped up' s u dd en ly, an d sa id gr, Speaker, and then as suddenly sat d own am id s t s h o uts $' laughter, which were continued during a discussion carried ° l3 between the Hon. Member and Col. fsibthorp. In the meantime the Speaker left the chair, and the House went into Committee, Mr. GRICENK in the Chair, On the question that clause 1 stand part of the Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP rose to move his amendment to th e effect that the office and powers of the Poor-law Commissione rs be abolished. After a discussion, much interrupted by bursts of laughte r ; the Gallant Colonel was informed by the Chairma n , that , could not bring his motion on the present question. Mr. BORTHWICK, who rose amidst renewed laughte r ,' said he supposed at least that he was entitled, up on this queue tion, to show why clause 1 should not stand part of the Bi (Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. BORTHWICK expressed a hope that his Hon. all Gallant Friend would persevere in his m o ti on , as h e WO' never have a better opportunity of d o i ng so . Th e rea l m oo' ing of the proposal which:had been made by the Right 1 -1 1 . Gentleman to his (Mr. Borthwick's) H on . an d G a ll an t Frie rs o to postpone this motion, was that it should he abandoned. Th!„„ r had been too much postp onemen t w i t h regar d to that queiti— already. [LEFT SITTING.] BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. A Special Meeting of the Shareholders in this Bank held yesterday at the Office, No. 2, Moorgate-street, to 0 1 _ , • Sider a proposition to be s ub m itt e d t o th e P ropr i e t ors of 5 larging the property qualification of the Directors in the C°l;pany ; Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., i n th e Ch a i r. M r. 0. Beauvoir Priaulx, in moving a resolution to that etro u '; said that the present qualification for being a Direct° was the possession of twenty shares, which were equivale, ll o to 8001. His reason for su b m itti ng the proposition w hich P a now made was, because, as the capital of the Company 1 1, been latterly much increased, he thought the property (1 0 2„, tication of the Directors should a l so b e i ncrease d. A rt"f prietor, in seconding the mo ti on , sa id th e w h o l e amo unt, property invested in the Company by the Di rec t ors w as e , n ,; 9,0001., and he thought it was not right that t .1 ,;1 should have the management of a b an k, th e cal ) !` 0 , of which exceeded two millions ste r li ng , an d i t W as CO trary to the practice of the other banks of the inetro; lis. Captain Grover opposed the moti on , because th e„ „ were only fifty-six Shareholders who held fifty 5 1 ' 3 , 1. 1,.. to qualify - them for . the Direction, an d t h ose gen' -, men for the most part consisted o f o l d adm i ra l s , g e 4 nerals, colonels, clergymen, and ladies. The proposot measure would tend to snake the managem e a , a job, as it would throw it i n t o t h e hands of a few pers oog He concluded by moving as an amendment, that it was expedient to alter the qualification. The Chairman Vias or posed to the original motion for the same reasons as thos e expressed by the Gallant General who had just sat He did not think a large number of shares a good q ualific, e ; tion, because Di rectors having them might be anxious 1 ,, ° 0 declaring a dividend, when such a course would, perhaps, injurious to the interests of the Company. Mr. Farre l-, t , Director, strongly opp ose d any alteration in the deed of t e a l tlement. After a very lengthened discussion, the orig' o motion was put and negatived by an overwhelming mejori t . )J only three shareholders hating voted in its favour. SOCIETY OF DANCERS. Yesterday evening a general m e eti ng o f th e theatricf l dancers, and of the p ro f essors an d teac h ers of dancing,Wo held at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution, 1 1;, tester- square, for the p ur p ose o f f orm i ng a soc i ety, the° lo ject of which wo u ld b e to a ff ord rel i ef to aged and inej members (both male and f ema l e ) th roug h out t h e Unit Kingdom. J. BYRNE, Esq., having been unanimously called to t oi l chair, read a series o f ru l es , f or t h e purpose of carry i n g the intentions of the meeting for the regulation of ‘, A , society. He then add resse d t h e meet i ng at cons iders T, length, and expressed hi s h ope th at t h ose members ail' profession connect e d w ith th e t he atr i cal world, as w ell those engaged as professors, who possessed wealth ano, is it tiuence, would come forwa r d w i t h lib eral i ty iu favour o f e less fortunate brethren. After a short but able address from Mr. ROBERT 110LF01540 Mr. W. OXBEERY, of the Princess's Theatre, moved th e j, the rules then read by th e Ch a i rman, be adopted, print.` and put into circulatio n , b y advertisement and otherWl'e-i He expressed his regret, that although almost every o° o profession had its be nevo l ent f und, upon which the Inellt1)8to could fall back in case of sickness or misfortune, yet, l os e the present moment, a class of persons so numerous as ti! composing the meeting, had wholly neglected such an portant and benevolent subject. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, t he meeting, which was most respectably attended, broke 111)• .THE SALADIN. Two letters have b een rece i ved at Lloyd's to-day. fir,°Dilei Messrs. Johnson and C arg ill , of Newcastle-on-Tyne owners of the above vessel),, received by them from the ors , torney-General at Halifa x , N ova S cot i a, and from Mel, Deblois, of Halifax, from which we extract the following' Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 17, 18 44 , 4 , "A great numb er of the letters and papers will be w o f warded by this mail; also the bills of lading and bill s b i o exchange which were scattered about the vessel. The is described to h ave b een i n a state of entire disorder ,v`‘ ell she was first b oar d e d . The materials saved and brought bo Halifax have b een appraised at 159/. currency sv , and " t i r , rO e sold immediately. Th e specie, silver and copier are charge of th e C ourt. A L" (Signed) "J. W. JOHNSON, Y is 44. Attorne -Gene r "Halifax, June 17, -- e a, "A great num b er of loose papers and letters broken eXeo and some bill s of exchange, were found, which have v i s lodged in th e reg i stry of the Court. The hull, we press must be sold, as from her position she cannot be got 01 11 , (Signed) " DEBLOIS and MARK t e .5J l The value of the c argo save d f rom t h e wreck i s e stifilA, at 14,563/. 16 s . I Id., and after deducting 2,912/. Iss. • c ` u r.- r one -fifth difference of curre nc y,: 16 s. ster li ng b e i ng 11. rencv) leaves 11,651/. Is. 6d. sterling. BIRTHS. shir e ' On the 29th ult., at th e M anor H ouse, Neston, Che the lady of Henry Hill, jun., Esq., of a son and heir. r the On the 29th ult., at Ridli ngton, N or f olk, the l a dy o' Rev. John Webb Fli:ell, of a son. On the 30th ult., the wife of D r . R ow l an d, queen -square' Bloomsbury, of a daughter. illiam Rose lr On the 2d inst., at Bel grave - square, of a son. On the 2d inst., Mrs. W. B. Minet, of a daughte MARRIED. Jol t ` On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squares rb y t Jephson Rowley, sq., of Rowthorne, in the county of 1) , e v 01 to Mary Ann Rowley, relict of the late William Sheffield. On the 29th ult., at Milverton, Joseph, son of the 13t u e rf j 1; James, Esq., of H ascom b e-place, Surrey, to Marianne,,f°ito daughter of the late W . F . R eynolds, Esq., of Ca'd's House, in the same county. Wh On the Ist inst., a t Vi car ' s -hill, the Rev. Thomas ham, ,1)., Vicar of Kin gs t e i gnton - cum MI -cunt T L; - ir 1.) s ci . , On the Ist inst., a t R y d e, J o h n Wroughton H arr ison, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park. On the 2d inst., Jane, the wife of J. W. Nicholson, Lark-hall-rise, Lark-hall-lane, Clapham. o r& On the Ist inst., in Cambridge-streat, Connaught-scilitiry Mary, the widow of the late Richard Ilenry Crowe, of' ham, Norfolk, aged 95, ..,101.1111•••••••It, London: Printed and P u bli s h e d by MURDO YOUR 1 , No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t Ti u S un Office , iy Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f th e S avo y, in the Comm • . Middlesex, Flicley, July 5, 1844. R. ) : 1 Y Sal A` 'te—'or Star Om NAT. _The stes wabled the second Bon policy ' PI t r. I£; " i I G OO , 174 Tiie-dirig amber of tl This ingt fazes with The rissurel 1 ' 4 4 or fo (lee table) f rills inter ' terms of Lo ndon to s f ° l 'll)* ', a an e ( A Ley are Donr,d with annu m ~a~rxble nn 4 PDI A TI4 otic s i 111, LI\T . aa as, t t ? ,er 1 1ona ay d 1)1 ' 8 E2 TIED I Ward Great Su Geo rge Gu Sloane st J. pa rkinsc Catribrich tenj amin 17, Wirn j : h t c l Jose ph it Carnbridi Park. 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