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was among tb! medical aid was !arne confirm ed ' oper and tin3elf re would not 1 : 1 ,er of confirm td several ps! , nding to era'', of the mode 0 ; rt of the report to kindly of the unfortunate de.' o s t cruel Win; • by expressing r Id bring un cle rivate asylums, Ind who, bo w by the inspev ni of Mr. She ll ' ons of the pro' country • and dished for v" t this iliforn* ias a suli eti lent, and t n order t h l them bef ° ' session. The Tal cases inaties Gera of filth, 0 1 1 down 13 0 , 1 hings oug:, hat some vf° the ell 1 he ?ces sary, 0 delay UPO the 800 Ealthought kmanmot 'the Pu b . s subject the so b " 2 te Present dea of so: es w ith re Ax and )Jr. nst gtifici l : rec ra eiveu; tronet, 010 session, be THE SUN, LoNDON I WEDNESDAY- E-y-Pl4-1 NG, turned upon this, did the Government place the slightest Credit in the statement of Vii,. Dobree ? If it did, it was evident from the pro •e_ , :li;z , of Cia Cou:t that M. Dobree was unworthy of credit. In fact, he ap peared to be more fit for one of those asylums they hal been disenssing that evening, than for the position he held in the Church. He was not only in the habit of Saying that there was . a 7 plot to shoot the Governor, but .that there was a plot to shoot himself. They only had his word for the confession he said he had received from Mr. Moulin. lie was in the habit of shutting himself up in the church, nailing down the windows, and piss mg the night there. He would aLso wrap the union jack round the pulpit, and then say he had no fear, as lie was under the protection of the Blitish flag. He did not be lieve there was the slightest foundation for the supposi tion of a conspiracy. Sir J. GRS.II AM sai.l the Hon: Gentleman assumed that the Government rested wholly on the statement of the reverend gentleman he had mentioned. But the fact was not so. It relied in the first instance on the deli berate opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor, General Napier, and further, on the additional evidence that had been submitted to him, and sifted by Mr. Daniel. Mr. HUME regretted the declaration that had been made by the Right Hon. Secretary of State. He thought that General Napier was under a delusion, and had taken the statement of Mr. Dobree as well founded. The loyal people of Guernsey ought not to suffer from the con tinuation of such a charge. Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not entertain the slight est doubt of the loyalty of the great majority of the in babitano, but he did believe that in some small body of them such a plot was formed. _ _ _ _ Mr. AGIAONBY said the misfoitune of such dis cussions as these was, that they produced unsatisfactory statements on both sides. If any proceedings were pend ing, it was of great importance that they should be exaedited. The motion was then withdrawn. QUARANTINE LAWS. De. BOWRING then brought forward his motion, calling the attention of the House to the state of the quarantine laws, and the necessity and security of great modifications therein. He said he did not bring forward the subject. in any angry or bitter feeling towards the Government ; and proceeded to state that the regulations on this subject had existed for four hundred years, as they dated from the year 1440 ; the amount of human Misery and suffering they had caused since that time was inconceivable. The present quarantine law of this country was the 6th of Geo. IV. c. 69, which imposed the severest penalties on the masters of vessels not coin- Plying with the regulations of the Act. The regulations respecting this matter were very stringent, and, as he thought, unnecessarily . ..so. It had been proved that the plague was not latent in the human body for more than fifteen days at the utmost. Any Hon. Gentleman who had visited the Ottoman empire must have seen that so far from a stringent system of quarantine stopping the spread of the plague, the lazarettos were the means of extending it. The plegue, like most other pestilential and dangerous diseases, owed its intensity to the same accessories as other diseases, namely, to a want of drainage, ventilation, &c. When he was in Egypt his attention was called to the fact that in the place s where the plague broke out with the most violence, on the rerpoval of the persons afflicted to the open desert, it almost immediately ceased. In many parts of Egypt the plague was not found at all. Our quarantine regulations were based on a strange Principle. Articles which were liable to quarantine were divided into two classes—susceptible and nonsusceptible. Of these which were deemed susceptible, woollen, silk, cotton, linen, and paper were the principal. Now, some time ago he had moved for a return of the number of Persons who had died on board our lazzarettos in conse quence of handling such articles as those he had men tioned. That return was nil, and yet we still main tained a strict and severe system of quarantine laws, Which were not beneficial, and which would never have the effect of checking the spread of disease, but, on the contrary, were calculated to increase it, The mainte nance of this system of quarantine laws was only a sub mission to an old prejudice which, he believed, would, in a few years pass away, as the belief in witchcraft • had done before. As long ago as 1720, Dr. Brown, in his controversy with Dr. Mead, challenged him to state a single case rn which plague would be communicated by merchan dise. The Hon. Member then referred to other authori ties in support of the same view. It was notorious that when a plague in the East had ceased, the garments of those who had been infected were sold in the public bazaars ; and in no case he believed did they fetch less than other clothes on account of that circumstatice. A great number of plague garments had been introduced !yen into this country, but no evil consequences had fol lowed from it.—(Hear, hear.) There were regulations of all kinds with regard to plague, but those which most a ff , cted them were sea regulations. After a long pas sage, a vessel was delivered over to quarantine, and a great and inconvenient delay occurred. There were no countries ' , there there was a greater trade in contraband goods than those who were subject to the plague ; and very fre quently the quarantine regulations were made the in strument of carrying on smuggling. The introduction 'lf quarantines in the East had had no effect in pre venting plagues. It would be wearisome to repeat the idle stories which were circulated as to the contagious ness of plague ; such as that isolated houses wero at tacked, and ail the inhabitants died in consequence. The simple fact was, that if the system were not connected with certain pecuniary interests, it would long ago have been abolished, The Hon. Member concluded by moving a resolution as to the necessity of urging on foreign Go yerninents increased relaxation in their laws of qua rantine. Mr. GLADSTONE said there was notenaonudghLeinarcloi Learned between himself and the Hon, Gentleman to make it necessary that he should oc cupy a great deal of time. The resolution called on the House to recommend that foreign Governments should proceed with rel axa ti ons of the quarantine system. This was only consistent with the course which the Government had hitherto pursued. They had taken two steps —one was to introduce into their own ports all the relaxation which they thought expedient, and the other was to renew the attempt of their predecessors to induce foreign Powers - to pursue a similar course. It did not necessarily follow that they should give full geope to the opinions which they entertained on this subject, lest the effect Ahould be to produce a reaction on the part of foreign POW6fs, and to pro voke themto impose new restrictions on tvgcle.—(Hear.) They had not yet arrived at a state of things in which anything like unanimity could be st:id to prevail upon the great question whether or not plague was communicable by contagion. The majority of opinions still inclined to the affirmative. But then, on the other hand, all the relaxations hitherto made had been found safe and s atisfactory in their operation, and this encouraged them to persevere in applying the principle of freedom from re striction. With respect to the system of quarentine 'which pr eva il e d i n thi s country, a very important rela,va. ,lion had be en i n t ro d uce d by her Majesty's Government L eg t. the exercise of the powers of the Act of George the ; the Order in Council • having been pub latied i n S ep t em b er l as t, which materially reduced the time for which ships, both as regarded ear les, and persons, were required to undergo qua rantine. At present our system of quarantine 'its less strict than that of the other great Meditereas ean Pow e r s . With regard to ships having clean bills of h ealth, the present regulation of the United Kingdom Was that goods underwent a quarantine of fifteen days 7 M persons five ; for suspected bills, goods from twenty fiv „ e twenty to thirty days, and persons eight. In the Austrian Otta, ships with clean bills underwent a quarantine of lnty-one days for cargoes, for persons ten ; suspected i lls cargoes twe nty-two days, persons eighteen ; foul hill canoes twenty-two, persons twenty-eight, This count ry h a d invited Franca and Austria to a congress on th e subject, and had received from both a favourable -e PIY. Some delay would necessarily take place before . nY definitive step couiu: be taken ; but he was sanguine t he hone that before Pari;3ment met again, it might be ; their .4 power to adopt some measure for the purpose of Zinging th e re pr e sentatives of those great Powers into. - " af erence with those of this country on the subj ect ° A e the further relaxation of the quarantine la ws. a was not aware that he could state any more en that . fat !' of the subject. The Government was fully alive t o ta unportanoe, but they were of opinion that more would lost then would be gained by the adoption of any Dre e • 'pitate step. HUME was sure the country would be gratified by the ctunmanication of the Right . Hon. Gentleman. ,„, e , had regreeta that no step had been taken on this -meet in 1814, but he thought the evidence in favour of ''cation which could be produced before the Can riess was much stronger now than it could have been o e n- Re recollected that when Sir Thomas Maitland tt lt ti l l relaxed the quarantine rep;4lations . much greeter Fe pc ions had been placed upon our ahipping Itaisen Q:,, B ,in consequence, and he thought the Right Hon. "°l - nan was right in net being too precipitate. He aTkeved o f t h e Conduct of the Government, and .. I „eved they had done everything that could be done. -the motion was then agreed to. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. h a l i / r• BOWRING postponed the motion of which he 114 given n o ti c e, on the subject of the public accounts, 111 next session: RECIPROCITY TREATY WITH RUSSIA. l e WAWN moved for a statement of the equiva ritie advantages, if any, which have been granted O to Operation n navigation by the Russian Government, in con ration of the exemptions con ceded by her Majesty's °v ernme n t to Russian ships, by the second separate ye of, the treaty of St. Peteraburgh, of the 11th day anu arY, 1843, which reserves to Russian vessels th re e exemption from navigation dues during the first anti e , Years, which is enjoyed by vessels built in Russia, c one oelonging to Rueslan subjects." The advantages 11," "led by that article of the treaty to Russia, gave shi n :Lan ship owners great advantage over English 4 o " . wpers— an a d vantage equ i va l en t a t l eas t t o fi ve p e r e ld ' er A British ship entering a Russian port was placed all many disadvantages. The ship's provisions were IlsePhiseed under seal, and the captain was not allowed to riti es. Own provisions without a license from the autho eon,. , If he applied to his Consul for a remedy, the *her mit told him that he could afford him no relief ; in "s. if a Russian captain complained to his Consul Wag a Briti h arr __,s e.. port of any grievance, immediate redress W ere ''."rn d him. He wished to ask what ativantoges given by the treaty to British ships which Russian. Ps did no t enjoy, which could be considered as ships i valent to the advantages th us g i ven t o R u ssian could M r. GLADSTONE thought the Ron. Gentleman 11 .°t be much in the habit of ex am i n i ng t rea ti es o f navt betw een diff eren t coun t r i es , an d the i r mo d es o f rirTetion, or h e wou ld not h ave b een surpr i sed at th i s ra in , esee ; and he would advise the lion. Gentle , ot to provoke others to too cloed and prying an in-- 1)7,170km of these treat;es He would not e naiss, te/44 a our navigati o n laws, but wou ld at once estse," e tu r , tl in lio n t:. gentle man ' s quest i on. It had been the taer eantlo a kin g treaties with other countries ;marine g ) which was not i n so' advanced a state as our own, to admit of cer tain relaxations, which we did not claim for ourselves f, r instance in the treaties with many of the South Ame rican States, while no vessels could claim from them the reciprocity granted to vessels under the British unless they were owned and navigated in conformity with the navigation laws, the benefits of the reciprocity were al lowed to vessels belonging to those States, in British ports, although it might not be owned and navigated ac cording to the navigation laws. This showed that it was no new practice. Now, with regard to the question, he would at once state that an advantage was conceded to British vessels which Russian vessels did not possess, and which was an equivalent for those advantages to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded. Russia granted to us, that British vessels comint , from third countries, and entering Russian ports, should be treated if they came from British ports. Now that, he consi • dered, was more than a counteracting advantage to the exemption from dues for the first three years. If that exemption had been granted to Denmark, Sweden, Hol land, or any country nearly on a level with ourselves in point of maritime power, the advantage would have been a great one, but it was not in this inatance more than a counterpoise for the advantages granted to us, With re gard to the grievances of British shipowners in Russian ports—if those grievances were represented to the Go vernment—and it should turn out that they were deviators from the treaty, the British Government would make representations to the Russian Government on the sub ject. No such complaints,. however, had been made. There was a case relating to the Customs dues on her rings, in which it was alleged that greater advantages were given to Norway and Denmark than were given to England, which was at present the subject of negotia tion between the two Governments. He was not aware, with respect to the navigation treaty, that the Russian Government had given any cause of complaint, and he could not accede to the motion. Mr. HUTT thought that the admitting British vessels from third ports on the same footing as those from Bri tish ports might be considered as an equivalent. With regard to the other subject, he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that the grievance existed, and he had no doubt but that he would have his attention called to it next session. • Mr. HUME was of opinion that by the treaty we had the means of obtaining redress of the grievances com plained of. He was glad to hear of the Right Hon. Gen tleman speak of herrings, and he hoped our exporters would be relieved from the burden of these dues without delay. Mr. GLADSTONE had no cause to complain of delay on the part of the Russian Government. It was only six weeks ago that he himself had received the com plaints of the herring exporters. . . Mr. WAWN then — witlidrew his motion. CASE OF MR. O'DRISCOLL. Mr. ROSS moved that "an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying for the removal of Mr. Alexander O'Driscoll from the Commission of the peace." It was very distasteful to his feelings to appear before that House as a public accuser, to impugn a man for whom he entertained in general the greatest respect. It was an unenviable task to be called upon to accuse a gentleman far advanced in years, infirm in health, and subject to a malady which, beyond all others, was cal culated to cloud the intellect and injure the temper. These defects were considered sufficient cause for his dismissal, and they still remained.—(Hear, hear.) Of Mr. O'Driscoll he (Mr. Ross) knew nothing until his connection with these circumstances, and he hoped the House would do him the justice to believe that no con sideration of a party nature would induce him to prefer a charge against an innocent man, or one whose guilt was even a matter of doubt. The Noble Lord opposite (Lord Eliot) had, on a previous occasion, rebuked him (Mr. Ross) because he ventured to say the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll towards his fellow-magistrates was insolent, and his treatment of the Sullivans tyrannical ; but he sat down without convincing the House that the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll towards the Sullivans, Dempsey, and Dineen was in the highest degree tyrannical. A man named Dineen, in the first instance, complained to the Lord Chancellor under these circumstances :—A person named Sullivan, a tenant of Mr. O'Driscoll's, had fallen into a small arrear of rent, half-a-year's, for which he had passed his bill to Mr. O'Driscoll. Another half-year had not quite fallen duewben Hurley, Mr. O'Driscoll's driver, entered poor Sullivan's farm, and distrained everything upon it—the cow, the ass, and even the potatoes ; yes, even the very potatoes upon which the wretched family depended, and which, according to the testimony of Hurley, they were afterwards obliged to steal. But, what was the fact at the very time O'Driscoll's driver had made this seizure on poor Sullivan ?—he had actually the money for the bill in his pocket. Sullivan's bill was cashed for O'Driscoll, at the bank, the other half-year's rent was not due, and yet this cruel distraint. was made. Sullivan was thrown on the world a house less and a desperate man. In the distraint the cows of poor Dineen, which chanced to have been in Sullivan's farm, were driven away too. Dineen applied for them, but was refused. A rescue took place, which Dineen did all in his power to prevent, but Mr. O'Driscoll, conceiving that Dineen was instrn mental in it, summoned him to his own house. The Bible was put into his hand ; but he refused to disclose the names of those who were engaged in the rescue. He was sent before another magistrate, but persisted in his refusal. The magistrate, without warrant or com mitment, had him incarcerated in the county gaol. Poor Dineen, after having lain for four days in prison, was brought before the bench of magistrates, who again committed him for persevering in his refusal. Soon after the case of Dineen was laid before the Lord Chan cellor another case against Mr. O'Driscoll occurred, and that was the case of the boy Dempsey. Mr. O'Driscoll was out hunting, and hearing a shot fired, supposed that poachers were on his land. He saw two or three little boys, who, on his riding towards them, ran away. He pursued one of the boys to the house of a poor woman, the boy having taken refuge therein. Mr. O'Driscoll got the boy out, and inflicted a severe castigation upon him. The case was brought before Mr. O'Driscoll's brother magistrates, who, having heard the charg e , inflicted a' fine on dr. O'Driscoll of 40s. Upon hearing the decision of the bench, Mr. O'Driscoll said that he had been unjustly dealt with, and that, if it had been any other person, the fine would have been not more than ss. Upon this confusion arose. in the court, and the magistrates remonstrated with Mr. O'Driscoll, who refused to apologise to the court until he was advised to do so by a friend, and he then reluctantly apologised. In consequence of this the Lord Chancellor very pro perly removed him from the bench. Some months rolled on, and, upon a memorial being addressed to the Lord Chancellor, Mr. O,Driscoll was reinstated to the bench. These were dangerous times in which to tamper with the administration of justice in Ireland. The Government, however, seemed desirous of promoting those who were the most unpopular in Ireland. On a late occcasion they had advanced a Mr. O'Brien to the bench, who was most obnoxious in Ireland, in conse quence of his virulent attacks upon the person who was the idol of the people of that country. Mr. D. BROWN seconded the motion. Was the re storation of Mr, O'Driscoll calculated to give peace to Ireland or satisfaction to any well-thinking individual, whatever his politics might be? It had been said by the Government that they intended to govern Ireland on the princfp)ps of conciliation. Was the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll *foliated to produce such conciliation? The people of Ireland had jnatly come to the conclusion, from the violence of the acts of Mr, O'Driscoll, that he was mad, and that he was restored to the bench either as a criminal or madman.—(Hear, hear.) They had been told in another place that that House had no right to in terfere with the act of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland as it was a judicial act. Now he would venture to say that it was no such thing, but that it was a ministerial act, and one with which that House had a right to deal. Lord ELIOT was very far from, denying that there ware cases under which that House would address the Crown to remove magistrates and justices of the peace ; but ,he thought when a Member of that House called upon it to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown, exercised by its highest officer, the Lord Chancellor of ireland, he should be able to show that it had been ex ercised improperly or corruptly. He believed that those who knew his Right lion. Friend, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, would admit that in no instance he had acted without mature deliberation, and that it was quite im passilg that he could be actuated by unjust. motives. He did not intend to be the apologist of Mr. O'Driscoll ; on the contrary he tho u ght that the acts for which he 1 , 14§ removed from the bench were highly blameable. — (Hear, bear.) But, having admitted that, the Hon. Member would permit him a little to soften the colour ing of the picture that had been painted to them, and he would allow him to state the facts, as they appeared to have been, from these papers. He should not go into the ease of the Sullivans, because that was not brought before the Lord chancellor. With respect to the case of the boy Dempsey, ha 4id not mean to defend the con , duct of. Mr. O'Driscoll; he thought he was perfectly un justifiahlp in striking and beating the boy ; but he ap peared to have been much provoked, and it did not seem_ to haye beet a very aggravated assault. The boy himself did not Sall to prefer any complaint, nor were there any bruises or blood, or any appearance o f ,',;s having _ been severely beaten, -_(lronical pheers.) Surely., tn feelings of Hon. Gentleman would not influence them si; far as to make them draw no dis tinetion. It appearetl from the evidence that be struck the boy two or, three blowg nn the body with his whip, but Mr. O'Driscoll himself declared on his word of honour as a gentleman, that be only strop); him once. This charge was heard before the magistratea, and Mr. O'Driscoll was heed 40s. against which he re monstrated in very unbecoming ternis.—(Hear, hear.) But it should be -remembered that he afterwards apolo gised for it, and though it had been stated that he dish so in an ungracious manner, yet that apology was received by his brother magistrates, and they ware Among the persons who signed the memorial to the Lord-Liea tenant for his restoration. Upon the whole of this case the Lord Chancellor of irelasid did think it his duty to remove Mr. O'Driscoll from the bench, but he did not think the Han, Gentleman had stated altogether fairly what had occurred, The Lord Chancellor expressly . 6411 that it was upon dui whole of the case taken to gether that he displaced him, alleging that, " at pre sent," Mr. O'Discroll did not appear to Lao sufficient command of his temper to retain a seat on the bench. He stated he was advanced in years, and had recently gg been in bad health; be therefore the , ht it advisable that he should retire. Things stood thus from liovember till the month of June, when the memorial praying for his restoration was presented, the memorialists alleging that Mr. O'Driscoll was now strong and active, and as sound in his understanding as they had ever known him. I M r . O'Driscoll was a gentleman entirely unconnected j with any wealthy or powerful family ; pevertheleaa 1e was a gentleman living on his estate, and who dispensed hospitality to his neighbours liberally. He had been a magistrate for thirty years, and his integr4y kid never been impugned. M. aolig O'FgR4ALL plionght the Noble Lord -as 41. ogle &mond fir thas . restoration of had not show., fArsl sko i ulatlefs d ;to Mr. O'Driscoll. The 'upou tag l a nrsl throw the responsibility -of that swr Chancellor of Ireland. He (Mr. M. O'Ferrall) would say that no man had ever held office in Ireland who was more entitled to respect and confidence than the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. But it must be recollected that the Lord Chancellor went to Ireland with English notions. He looked upon the magistracy of that country in the same light as the magistracy in this. Every Irishman, however, knew that from the in Igis tracy of Ireland had arisen many of those crimes which Parliament was called on every year to repress. He (Mr. O'F.) would venture to say that there was no Hon. Gentleman sitting on the other side of the House, look ing to the bearing of this case on the ad ninistration of justice in Ireland, who would say that the Noble Lord had shown good grounds for the restoration of Mr. O'Driscoll. He (Mr. O'Ferrall) had often been asked what was the cause of the existing state of Ireland. His answer to this inquiry would be, take the case of Mr. O'Driscoll as a portion of that cause. It was this sort of thing that cause combinations and the use of unlawful "oaths. The peasantry bound them selves together as the only means of resisting tyranny. Such cases as that of Dineen and Sullivan, were common all over Ireland, and hence arose illegal combinations. A Government that wished to do away with illegal com binations would do away with its causes. They would enforce the laws vigorously and properly equally in the case of the, rich and the poor.—(Hear, hear.) Had the Noble Lord shown any mitigating circumstances in the case of Mr. O'Driscoll he would not have pressed hard upon an individual arrived at such an advanced stage of life ; but he had not done so. What did his friends the Conservatives say of him P Why, that though a Roman Catholic, he was a loyal man.—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) Why a person who would seek such support as that would be the basest of men. The. words were, " Though a Roman Catholic, never con-- Coaling nor affecting to conceal his sentiments, he was nevertheless looked upon by those of his own creed and others as a man of unswerving rectitude." They had no reason to regret their reliance on his rectitude, since it had always been shown by enforcing the laws most severely against Roman Catholics.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said he was anxious to address a few words to the House on this subject. In the first place, he begged to remark that they were not then trying the question whether Mr. O'Driscoll was a good or a bad landlord ; neither were they then trying the ques tion what were his religion and politics. The question then under discussion lay in a very narrow compass. He agreed that the conduct which led to Mr.:o'Driscoll's removal from the commission of the peace was, in the main, indefensible. He thought that both with reference to the committal of a person without a warrant, in whose case he had a personal interest, and still more in speaking in discourteous terms of the sentence of the bench, the Lord Chancellor had acted wisely in dismissing him from the commission. —(Hear, hear.) But now he begged the House to consider that the removal of a ma gistrate from the bench in Ireland might be of a two foldcharacter—it might either be judicial, with reference to his conduct as a magistrate, or it might be ministerial. After having had the advantages of personal intercourse with the Lord Chancellor, he was able to state that his decision was entirely judicial. He entirely sympathised in the compliments which had been paid to his Right lion. Friend Sir Edward Sugden. He thought he might apply to him the lines of one of our poets in reference to a judge of his own day : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, With more discerning eyes or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift to dispatch, and easy of access." This he held to be a just and correct description of the character of Sir Edward Sugden. He was sure a more just or able judge never presided. Now, he said again, that in this matter Sir Edward Sugden acted judicially, and he assured him (Sir J. Graham) his duty was never performed with more doubt, pain, or hesitation, than in the removal of Mr. O'Driscoll. He said that if he had considered any one of the acts which were indefen sible singly he should not have thought his removal justified; but that taking all the cases collectively, he thought his removal 'necessary. This gentleman bore an unsullied private character, although he had been visited with displeasure on account of some violent, intemperat' acts, and disgrace having been once in• flicted, he did not see why it should be co-extensive with life. He thought that, considering all the circumstances of the case, the House ought to hesitate before it passed its sentence upon the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He considered it of the highest importance to conciliate the affections of the people of Ireland towards the adminis tration of justice in that country ; and he was also of opinion that this question was not unworthy the atten tion of the House.—(Hear, hear.) It was right that the Government should be put upon its defence for restoring a magistrate under such circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) He felt satisfied in his conscience that the Lord Chan cellor had not acted improperly, and he should oppose this motion, believing, as he did, that it was intended as a vote of censure upon the Lord Chancellor's conduct.— (Hear, hear.) He could not as a member of the Go vernment shrink from the responsibility of this act of the Lord Chancellor, for, after having given the matter the fullest investigation and consideration, he was pre pared to adopt that act.—(Cheers.) On the whole, he thought that the removal of Mr. Driscoll from the com mission of the peace in the first instance was right, and after he had suffered his punishment, and, after the representations which had been made in his favour, he was equally of opinion that the Lord Chancellor was justified in restoring him.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SHEIL said that the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had ex pressed his most high and extreme solicitude for the impartial administration of justice in Ireland. He would not dispute the sincerity of the Right Hon. Gentleman's professions ; but he regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not adopted a more effica cious mode of giving expression to his solicitude.— (Hear, hear.) Neither had the Right Hon. Gentleman been peculiarly felicitous in his reference to Dryden's description of an eminent judge. No doubt Ashley Cooper had been a most incorruptible judge, but he was also a most incomprehensible politician, and the man of all others the worst who could have been permitted to interfere with the appointment of magistrates, had such been a portion of the duties of Lord Chancellors in his time.—(Hear, hear.) But it appeared that, in dismissing Mr. O'Driscoll, the Lord Chancellor had not acted in his political capacity—he had acted in his judicial capacity. In what capacity had he acted when he dismised the repeal magistrates ?—(Cheers.) Was it in his political or in his judicial capacity that the Lord Chancellor had removed his Hon. Friend the Member for Mayo, his Hon. Friend the Member for Kerry, and Mr. Roche, the Member for Cork ?—(Loud cheers.) Why had they been dismissed ? Not for attending monster meetings — oh, no I—(Loud cheers)—but for attending dinners to protest against the packing of a Protestant jury.—(Loud cheers.) Oh I but, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, he was not acting in his political capacity in dismissing Mr. O'Driscoll ; that case had nothing to do with politics. Why, in its results it was entirely political. What did they say to the political part of the question when Mr. O'Driscoll set forth in his memorial that, although he was a Catholic, he was a Conservative ?—when he gave a prominence to the fact of his being a Conservative, and stated that he had refused to stand for the county, although the Bishop had offered it him, as if the Bishop held the keys of the county as well as the keys of St. Peter? — (Cheers and laughter.) He had refused--(Renewed cheering)—" even though a Catholic."—(Cheers.) It was said that in this case the Lord Chancellor had acted in his judicial, and not in his ministerial, by which was meant his political, capacity. Now it had been often said that the political and the judicial capacities of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland were so indistinct that it was to be wished that they were separated ; and certainly no set of functions could be more dissimilar. The Lord Chancellor was in general a great lawyer, but the sphere of his vision was confined to the horizon of a con areyancer's office, and when he launched upon the Irish sea of political agitation he steered his course' by the scintilla juris, the light of lawyers.•;--(Cheers.) And accordingly they found that the Lord Chancellor, although an admirable judge, and in that capacity de serving of the highest praise, exhibiting on the bench a great knowledge of the law and a . passion for justice, ye t they no sooner find him appearing in his political capacity than he, who as a judge was temperate, judicious, and for tunate, became as a politician precipitate, inconsistent, and ominous.---(Loud cheers.) He was surprised that the conduct of Mr. O'Driscoll should be palliated by that Government by which the Landlord and Tenant Com mission had been issued. Oh 1 but it was said the conduct of O'Driscoll as a landlord was nothing to the purpose. Why, if they were not bound to remove him from the commission of the peace, as a bad landlord, when the Chancellor came to take a retrospect, and to consider the propriety of restoring bim, ought he not to have asked himself—shall I entrust this man with the administration of justice between landlord and tenant ? —(Cheers.) Now, what was the case of °Driscoll as a landlord ? The Secretary of State for the Home De partment admitted that his conduct was indefensible, and yet when he said that his conduct was indefensible, he could urge nothing in extenuation of it, though he entirely approved of the conduct of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and adopted his acts.—(Loud cheers.) He adopted a measure which he said he could not defend.— (Loud cheers.) But what was the conduct of ,O'Dris coil as a landlord ? He seized Sullivan's potatoes. By the law of the land a smith cannot be deprived of his anvil, nor a labourer of his plough—he could not be deprived of his means of living ;. yet by the law of Ireland the landlord might dry up the esculent on which the man's family de pended fo r existence. That might be just An law, but was it net a circumstance to be eonsidered in restoring him to the magistracy V What did he do with regard to O'Sullivan? He took the man into his own parlour, put the Bible into his hand—and what hap- pened? ph, said the Noble Lord, it was not Mr. °Driscoll, it was Vfr. Galway who committed him. Miserable subterfuge I—(Loud Aeers.) It was not dc. pied that Olt:tripoli accompanied the man to Galway's house, and personally committed him to Bridewell, and that without a warrant.—(Cheers.) Lnrd ELIOT—No, no. SHED.-Are I not right ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") I knew Tivqs I I 4p, net woner that the Noble Lord wishes to interrupt me l The . Hon. (iengeman continued—lt was not denied that O'Driscoll, having the monpy for the rent in his pocket, had distrained for that rent and deprived ,ullivan's children of their meal.— (Loud cheers.) Pending these trans4ctions the affair of the boy took place. The Noble Lord said thß,t the bpi was disturbing the sport and had fired at a hare. Lord Eraorr,-No, Mr. SHEll;—Tiiat was no inaptpc(Tronicel cheers) —and he would tell them why it was no i4pttiq. cause it appeared from the memorial that both men and hoyf were nresent, and that a shot was fired. O'Dris• coil did not follow a Fpo whd mtempt to strike him ; if he had done so, le trusted the' man would have strucit him to the earth `(Loud 114 follbived joy. TOe 40 - ran into his mother's house and biept under a bed ; o:Driseell oruereu to'he brought but' The woman dreaded 6 disobeY. qbriscoll 'went in' to 4tig him out, and how did he do ft 7 Tile put' the coil r of his whip round the boy's neck, dragged him to thel threshold of the door, and then this scene took place The woman entreated for mercy ; the boy fell on• his knees and asked for pardon, while O'Driscolli raised his unruanly hand and applied the lash. The! witness Rogers confirmed the statement of the boy Then took place the gladiatorial scene before the magis-i trates. Next came the case of Dineen—the commit- ment of Dineen by O'Driscoll. Then the savage assault on the boy; and then that O'Trigger scene took plactl at Skibbereen. Those, were the facts which had beet 4 submitted to the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord Chan- cellor decided on dismissing him—for what?—for ill health. And now he had shown them the miserable inconsistency between the statement made in the memo . rial, and which had been so much relied upon, but whicl} was now altogether abandoned. When the Lord Chan cellor said he removed him on account of ill-health " Good God," said Mr. O'Driscoll, " I never was s well in all my life."—(Hear, hear, laughter, an great cheering)—and he exclaimed—" What a triumph will my dismissal be to those who hare been long con spiring against me. lam old (the Right Hon. Gentle% man read from the memorial), but I am strong in body and in intellect. I am in good health—(Hear, hear)—thanks" to God for it." The apothecary of Skibbereen had nothing whatever to do with him. (Laughter and cheers.) The Lore Chancellor insisted on his being ill; Mr. O'Driscoll insisted that he was well—the Lord Chancellor ultimately discovered that he was restored to health—(Laughter, and. cries.of " Hear, hear")—restored to health, which O'Driscoll said he never lost.—(Renewed laughter, and cries of "Hear, hear.l) What was the case made out for O'Driscoll by himself He said be only flogged a poaching urchin.—(Laughtel., and cries of "Hear, hear," with a mark of dissent from Lord Eliot.) Am I right—are not these his words 2 (Hear, hear:) O'Driscoll went on to say that he meta parcel of fellows looking for game, and gave one of them ;a cut of the thong of his whip. He submitted to the bench that for so alight a breach of the law he ought to be but slightly punished ; but his Lordship, the Chairman, after a high-flown display of eloquence, whom, by the bye, he challenged, sent him a three-cor nered note---(Great laughter)—fined him a pound, and a pound costs. English gentlemen were fond of sport, but he hoped no English gentleman would carry it to such an extent, or would act with the sane ferocity with which, alas Ur. O'Driscoll had acted. By whom was the memorial signed ? By the Catholic bishop and the priest. By the friends and as sociates, of those whom Mr. O'Driscoll had so grossly maltreated ? No ; oh, no ! This "deed without a name"— (Loud cries of Hear, hear")—it had no such signatures. Two Whig Lords—Lord Kingston and Lord Riversdale, who lived at a distance of thirty miles from Skibbereen. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL—Fifty miles ? SHEIL—Yes, fifty miles ; who had, in all pro bability, never seen Mr. O'Driscoll in their lives, and who, perhaps knew nothing whatever about him, and who were ignorant of the feelings of the people whom O'Driscoll had outraged these were the persons who signed the memorial. —" Tell me, you (continued the Right Hon. Gentleman) who are so solicitous for the pure, unsullied administration of justice in Ireland, what must be the feelings of the people of Shibbereetf when they see this distrainer for potatoes, this E op pressor of the poor, this flagellator of boys, placed again on the bench? (Laughter.) . Ah ! Hon. Gentlemen might laugh, but it was no laughing matter at Skibbereen. What must be their feelings when they saw this gentleman, who had outraged the dignity of the bench, and from which he was precipitated, again restored to that bench ? And for. what ? Ah 1 all their efforts for the tranquillisation of Ireland were nullified. Those fine professions in reference to the administration - of justice were belied by their own deeds. —(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") If they saw a man in authority in Ireland committing an act against principle, they threw over him the shield of official protection. Mr. ROSS shortly replied, and Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against Majority against the motion _33 REV EN IJE INQUIRY. Mr. DUNCOMBE made his notion for the printing of the additional evidence taken before the Commis sioners of Revenue Inquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested that the Hon. Member should alter his motion so as to require only 658 copies to be printed for the use of Members only. Mr. BUNCOMBE said that would make his motion a very absurd one; but in obedience to'the Chancellor of the Exchequer he would move it, as he was sure the public would read it Just the same as if they printed sixty thousand.--Agreed to. NAVAL MEDICAL_ DEPARTMENT. . _ Colonel FOX then moved for copies of all correspon dence between the head of the naval medical department, Sir William Burnett, and the head of the medical de partment of the army, Sir James M'Gregor, and the Secretary of State for the Home Depa-tment, on the subject of the charter lately granted to t e Royal Col lege of Surgeons, and the manner it aff ec ts the affairs of their respective services. The motion, amended at the suggestion of Sir James Graham, was then agreed to. The other orders of the day baying been disposed of, the House adjourned at One o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HATCHAM PARK RACES-YESTERDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added ; three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four years, Bst 81b ; five years, 9st ; six years and aged 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; Winners once in 1844, 31b ; twice, 51b ; and thrice, 71b extra. The winner to be sold fore 1201. Heats, once round. (3 Subs.) Mr. Balchin's Crocus, 4 yrs walked over. The Old Kent-road Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 26 added ; three yrs old, 7st 81b ; four yrs,. Bst 91b ; five yrs, 9st 21b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 61b. Horses that have started once in 1844 and not won allowed' 31b ; twice, 51b ; and thrice, 71b. Heats, once round and a dis. Winner to be sold for 100_sovs. (3 Subs.) Mr. Heppel's Lady Flora, 6 yrs. ...(Pattison) 2 1 1 Mr. Pearce's Nora C re i na , 4 yrs.. . 1 2 2 Mr. Bishop's Dane John, aged The first heat was well contested, the second won by three parts of a length, and the third easily. Match against . time, 200 to 100, twenty miles in one hour, over twenty hurdles. Mr. H. England's Charming Polly (Paget) accom plished the distance, with ease, in 55 minutes 49 seconds, including four stoppages. The betting was heavy on time. The company was, if possible, moll numerous than yesterday. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1844. DAY. Nomination s for the FIRST Goodwood Club Stakes. Fisticuff, 4; yrs, —Fox, 4 yrs—Coal: Black Rose, 3 yrs—Quebec, 4: yr s —N awort h , age d—L ot h ar i o , 4 yrs —Aristides, 4 yrs—The Currier, aged—Cattonite, 5 yrs —Preissnitz, aged—E mma , 3 yrs—Queen Mab, 5 yrs— Seaweed, 3 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 3 yrs— Porto Bello, 4 yrs_Elemi, 3 yrs. The Welter Stakes of 20 sore. each. Gentlemen riders, &c. Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs—Pastoral, 4 yrs—Ben - y-Ghlo, 4 y rs . 3 yrs—Cattonite, The match between Olive Oil and Lord Glasgow's Canada filly will be run on this day. THIRD DAY. The Anglesey Stakes of 15 sous. each, &c. Seaweed, 5 yrs—Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs—Naworth, aged—Nat, 4 yrs -- Quebec, 4 yrs—Aristides, 4 y rs — Queen Mab, 5 yrs—Th e Currier, aged—Mechanic, 4 yrs —Preissnitz, a ged — Cattonite, 5 yrs—Lothario, 4 yrs. LAST DAY. Handicap for the Chesterfield Stakes. Knight-of-the-Whistle, 6 yrs, 9st—Garry Owen, aged, Bst 81b—Lothario, 4 yrs, 6st—British Yeoman, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—The Altered One, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—P04013. 7at 131b---Scalteen, 5 yrs 7st 131b—Our Nell, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Nat, 4 yrs, 7 st 101 b —Khorassan, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb Canton, 4 yrs, 7st 9 1b--Mama, 4 yrs, 7st—Franchise, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Elegance filly, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—What, 4 yrs, 7st 61b--Little Vivian, aged, 7st 41b—Fisticuff, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Poussin, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Princess, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Ionian, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb —Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Zeila, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Barricade, 3yrs, 6st 81b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, Est 61b— Rowland, 4 yrs, Est 61b —Dog Billy, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Pride of Kildare, 3 yrs, Est 41 b — Deerslayer, 4 yrs, 6st 41b— Quebec, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Marquis, 4 yrs, 6st—Rowena, 3 yrs, 6st—Croton Oil, 3 yrs, 6 st— , Skeleton, 3 yrs, sst Elemi, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Example, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Claude Frollo : i‘ 3 yrs, sst 71b—Fitz-Jame s , 3 yrs, sst 71 b — Seaweed, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Moustache, 3 yrs, sst. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1. FRIDAY.—Mr. Phillimore's Physalis, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst ; T.Y.C. ; 150, h ft. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844. MONDAY.—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 11b, agst Lord Edward Russell's Nat, 7st 51b ; T.Y.C. ; 100, h ft. WEDNESDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, agst Lord Eglintoun's Britannia, Est 41b. 200, h ft. At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club Notice was given that at the next meeting of the Jockey. Cluba re solution would be moved to the effect, " That no person who is a defaulter for bets shall be allowed to run a horse at Newmarket, either in his own name, or in the name of any other Person." THE BENTINCK TEEITIBIONIAL..••••• The subscriptions amount to nearly 1,500/. TumiDgip.sToitma AT Oxycain.—This city and two violent thunder-storms. Ctn Thursday, in the Tnlddie a iii::::::hoodbywheeraevy visited p fmis o ofn Thursdaythunder, the day, it oommenoed with very 'vivid flashes of' light r it a oo a n n r d d o ft t hh Friday te e h eeltsecwot stone, fluid struck the vane on the top of one of the pinnacles on the beautiful tower of Magdalen College, passed down e e ln windows. Some of p t the e d iron o w n rod an 4 su p p : p pa o ldi r ye ti no n tu g etreaci t t h : e nnteoo v tf a ht n he w dn ll iv iP n illt the Cib s g ta tt irVase, chipping pieces off the stone steps as it I )s but rt fortunatelyu l a o c o f ii t on i I l e c o l f l the h e the stones of the pinnacle falling on th o e jrno u ll m ci, ced servants alit bupQ.:leg o r i f oo t tus he y C kh ol tli l p e r g ti e hQ , k n n/ ft c ;i lc rd eti n4oy h t i li m o so d °P! and %IT have net egd of its doing; any serious demage in the neighbourhood; but a oung man, a labourer, passing under a wall on the Cheri vl-road was struck by the lightning, and killed 41sta,tita.. eouslemi the lipOt'. din the far . oevt a t 1 .—r. ..,.ontp,3l, that Woot that were lying under some trees were also killed on the t' s a p n o ; , neart h e electric he;e:lsYlul summer assizes, ins 1 ) 44 malice on ott4 l o Ode.; 1 31 4 Opiacfng none ot the a Wt at e et, :i. in it l a 2rilit tth e - ' w d6 as inti n cl it n u t4 Tni t e h r-storm, when the same pinnacle' of Magdalen Tewei was shattered,' We should trust that this secon4 warning will induo the au tl ion v o 4 of ttie'conige to place a lightninCcpnduttot'ilon WaseYlt tiemitiful Witter. , ' - s:;:t• '. • , A. • .1 ~ .. • I ... , JULY 24, 1644. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 23. IN RE THOMAS EATON. The insolvent, who was described as a "gentleman," was opposed by Mr. Cooke, for Mr. Hudson, a tobacco nist ; by Mr. Creswell, on behalf of Mr. Hunt, jeweller; and by a creditor, named Baker, a hosier, in person. It appeared, from a very lengthened examination of the insolvent. who was a very young man, the opposing creditors, and several witnesses, that he had been dis charged by this Court, as an insolvent, in the year 1841, when his debts amounted to upwards of 12,0001. Soon after his discharge, he became an articled clerk to an attorney, but neglected his profession and lived with his mother, who had a good property, and supplied him with pocket money. During this time it was proved that his expenditure had been of the most reckless and profligate description, in fact, of such a nature as to induce the Learned Commissioner to designate it by the term of swindling. He went to Newcastle, mad, while there, took a villa from Mr. Hudson, whom he put to large expense by law costs. He also wrote to Mr. Hunt for jewellery to the amount of 9001., but, luckily for that gentleman, he only let him have goods to the amount of 340/., for which he gave a worthless warrant of attorney. The whole of his debts during the year amounted to 9611., and those he contracted whilst he was not worth one shilling of money or property. In his schedule the names of eight tailors appeared, and also those of a number of livery stable-keepers, for the hire of horses and carriages. It likewise appeared that he had several dealings in accommodation bills. Mr. Commissioner LAW said, after carefully consider ing the evidence, he thought the only proper terms by which he could designate the insolvent were those of a cheat, and even a swindler. He had before taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and since that time he had pursued a career of reckless and indiscriminate profli gacy. The sentence of the Court in the present instance was, that he be remanded for one year and eight months from the date of his vesting order. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME ClRCUlT—Maidstone, July 23. The Co:nmision for the county of Kent was opened on Monday. There •are upwards of seventy prisoners for trial on the Civil side ; twenty. eight causes are entered, seven of which are special jury cases. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) DE BERNARDI V. GRIMSTON. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 1651, upon a bill of exchange, accepted by the Honour able Captain Grimston, the defendant. The pleas put upon the record by the defendant were to the effect that the bill in question was a forgery, and also that it had not been legally endorsed to the present plaintiff, and that the property in the bill belonged to the executors of a deceased person, named Horne. Mr. Platt and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Channel, with Mr. Wordsworth, were for the defendant. Mr. PLATT having briefly opened the case called, Mr. Gell, a solicitor in Regent-street, who deposed that he was the attorney for the plaintiff, and that he was instructed by him to bring the present action. The bill in question was placed in his hands in February, and he advanced the plaintiff 90/. upon it. Before it became due, he communicated with the defendant, and informed him that his bill would become due on the 3d May, and in consequence of that communication, Captain Grim ston called upon him, and told him that he had been a - flat in accepting the bill, but he supposed he must pay it, and he wished him (Mr. Gell) to wait a few days, and not to present the bill at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, where it was made payable, and he pro mised that he would make up the money for the bill. Proceedings were subsequently taken by witness against the defendant, on behalf of a :person named Horne, who died soon afterwards. Cross-examined--Horne was a cleric to the present plaintiff, and it was as the agent of Mr. Bernardi, that the defendant was sued in his name. The bill became due on the 3d May, and the writ in Horne's action was served on the 4th. He was applied to upon the subject, but he did not mention the name of Mr. Bernardi as being his client. Captain Grimston did not say, when he called upon him, that he had accepted the bill for 651. originally, and that it had been altered to 1651., and that it was a forgery. Would swear that the name of Mrs. Edmunds was not mentioned by the defendant. Did not know George Cullen, who was represented to be the drawer of the bill. Frederick Dewey deposed that he was employed by an officer of the Sheriff of Surrey, and in that capacity he was placed in possession at the house of Mrs. Ed munds, at Herne-hill. He remained there ten months and two days.—(A laugh.) This gave him an oppor tunity of becoming acquainted with the members of her establishment ; and he knew George Cullen, who was Mrs. Edmunds' nephew. He believed the endorsement to the bill produced to be that person's handwriting. Cross-examined—Believed Mrs. Edmunds was a lodging-house keeper. George Cullen acted as her gardener ; and he had a brother named John, who was a carpenter. Mrs. Edmunds was not very often at the house at Herne-hill. By Mr. PLATT—George Cullen used to cultivate Mrs. Edmunds' garden.—(Laughter.) The bill was then put in, and this closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL addressed the jury for the defendant, and commenced by stating t hat the counsel for the plaintiff had conducted the case on his behalf very dexterously, and had contrived to keep every per son out of it who could have given the jury any informa tion relative to the real nature of the transaction. The defence he had to set up was, that the bill was originally accepted for 651. only, and that, in point of fact, the pre sent document was a forgery by the substitution of the larger sum of 165/. for the original amount. The plain tiff's attorney was well aware that this was the defence which was to be set up, and mixed up as he had been in the transaction, he must say that he thought it was very extraordinary he had not given the jury some further in formation relative to the circumstances under which the bill came into the possession of the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upoa the fact of the action being first brought in the name of Horne, the plaintiff's clerk, and also upon the circum stance that Mr. Gell, who was the principal witness to prove the plaintiff's case, did not say a word about Mr. Bernardi until the death of Home, and then the present action was brought in his name. When Mr. Gell was applied to for the name of his client, in the first instance he stated that it was Horne, and the defendant relied upon this fact in one of his pleas, and if the jury should believe that this person was, before his death, a bona fide holder of the bill, and that the present plaintiff was not his legal representative, upon that ground he should be entitled to their verdict. Frederick William Fisher was then called. He deposed that he was the managing clerk to Mr. Lane, the de fendant's attorney, and he remembered the copy of the writ being handed to him in the cause Horne v. Grim ston, and he put in an appearance to it. A day or two afterwards witness went to Mr. Gell, the plaintiff's attor ney, and asked to see the bill, and also wished to have the name and address of the plaintiff. Mr. Gell then gave him the name of George Henry Horne, and de scribed his address as No. 8, Craig's-court. Mr. Gell stated that Horne was an accountant. He frequently saw Mr. Gell upon the subject of the proceedings, and he never on any occasion mentioned the name of Ber nardi until the present action was commenced on the 16th May. Cross-examined—Mr. Lane " discounts " a good deal. The offices are in Argyll-place. Had repeatedly seen Mrs. Edmunds there and also at the Bankruptcy Court and other places. Mr. Lane had been also concerned for him in two or three actions. Had not seen Mrs. Edmunds for several months, and did not think she had been at Mr. Lane's offices during the last two or three months. Had not seen Captain Grimston at the office with Mrs. Edmunds. Could not say whether Mrs. Edmunds had been in the habit of lending young men money, but he had heard so. Re-examined—Mrs. Edmunds was very well known in London. She was generally called " Mother Ed munds."—(Laughter.) Mr. Richard Kirkman Lane deposed that he was an attorney, and conducted the present action for the de fendant. On the 3d of May he wrote a letter to Mr. Gell (produced), in which he informed him that the bill was only accepted by Capt. Grimston for 651, and that the amount of 1651. was forged. He at the same time offered to pay the smaller amount. He subsequently called upon Mr. Gell, and saw the bill, and Mr. Gell in formed him that Horne ' the plaintiff, was a very re spectable man. He had some conversation with Mr. Gell upon the subject of the bill, and told him that the figures 65 were Mrs. Edmunds' writing, but that the 1 was written by another hand. He told him that he un fortunately knew Mrs. Edmunds' writing too well, and that the appearance of the bill confirmed his client's re presentation that it had originally been drawn for 651. only. Mr. Gell appeared to think that be held a genuine acceptance, but he did not say a word about Captain Grimston having offered to pay the amount until the present action was brought. Cross-examined—He took a bill for 1,0001. drawn by Cullen with him, in order to compare the writing. He had unfortunately another acceptance for 1,0001. in his possession. It was witness's custom to take forty per cent. interest upon a three months' bill. He gave 1,8001. for the two 1,0001. acceptances, to which he had re ferred. Mrs. Edmunds brought him the 1,0001. bill to discount. It bore the acceptance of Lord ~--. For a bill of 1,0001. it was his custom to give 900/. He had been concerned as an attorney for Mrs. Edmunds, and had been at her residences in St. James's-street end Ar lington-street. 'Was not aware that she was in the habit of lending money to yowlg men, but it was reported so. Witness had nothing to do with her or her affairs. He gave her the money for the 1,000/. bill in 1841. He also advanced her 1,0001. upon a bill for 2,0001, Dirs. Edmunds, no doubt, Wing that he was such an easy dupe came to him the second time, Ho must also con fess that female influence operated upon him.— (Laughter.) As Mrs, Edmunds was a woman he did not suspect her.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. PLATT—Then you were induced to lend this money on account of female influence ?—(A laugh.) Witness---Yes ; and it has cost me I,Bool.—(Laughter.) Mr. PLATT—I think you are very lucky to get off so easily. Mr, PLATT then replied, and said that even if the jury should think that the defendant' had written his name across the blank stamp, and it was afterwards filled up for the amount now sought to be recovered, he was in law liable for the amount. He remarked upon the circumstance of the stamp being a five shilling one, which would cover any amount under 2001 ; and he submitted that there was no evidence to show that the instrument was not r* genuine one, although the forty per-cent. gentlemen has given evidence to the contrary. 14 wild not help expressing his opinion that the busi ness in discounting carried on by that gentlemen was not a creditable one for an attorney to, I,e engaged in ; and he thought thl,t of ark ciesconnters an attorney dis counter was the worst, because, if the bills in which he was interested went to action, lie killed his own mutton and conducted his own case, putting all the costs into his pocket. It mig'►; be very profitable, but. he must sati• it was not - very creditable. With regard to the plea that the bill was the property of Horne, he said ther.• was no evidence of the fact, and it was a very common occurrence for plaintiffs to sue parties in the names of other parties. The Learned Counsel then commented upon the evidence given by Mr. Lane, and asked why " Mother" . Edmunds, his there amie, had not been called as a witness? Mr. Lane here rose, and complained of the attack that was made upon him by the Learned Counsel. He was a married man and had a family, and he thought it most indecent for the Learned Counsel to make such an in sinuation against him. There was not the least *founda tion for it. Mr. Baron PARKE expressed his opinion that such observations as those made by the Learned Counsel ought not to have been made. They did not in any way apply to the question at issue. Air. PLATT continued.—He thought Mrs. Edmunds onght to have been produced as a witness ; but it was quite clear that his Learned Friend would not have any thing to do with her oi- her clique. After some further observations, the Learned Counsel concluded by stating that the evidence for the defendant had not at all shaken the plaintiff's case, and that he was entitled to a verdict. Alr. Baron PARKE then summed up, and after having explained the tenour of the different pleas upon the re cord, he said that the proceeding of commencing the ori ginal action in the name of Horne, who Mr. Gell knew was not his client, was most irregular, and one which he thought no respectable attorney would have lent him self to. The jury had heard the explanation that was given for this course being taken, and it was for them to judze of the facts. If they believed the evidence of Mr. Gall; the plaintiff's case had been made out ; but if they considered the pleas set up by the defendant had been substantiated, it would be their duty to return a verdict in his favour. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount o f bill. Mr. Baron GURNEY -*at in--the Crown Court, and in -his charge to the grand.: jury, said he regretted to sOe that there were several charges of arson in the calendar, but he advised them not to return a true bill in any of the cases, except the evidence was so clear and conclusive es would convince them, -if they were in the situation of petty jurors, to return a verdict of guilty. He added that he was convinced great mischief was occasioned when persons charged with offences of this description were acquitted. John Thiskell, 30, was convicted of uttering a forged cheque, with intent to defraud the London and West minster Bank. The prisoner was stated to be the son of a farmer, and to hare hitherto borne a good character. The jury recommended him to mercy, and Mr. Baron GURNEY respired the judgment. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, July 22. The commission was opened for the county and city of Worcester, about six o'clock on Saturd a y even i ng , by Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and business commenced this morning at ten o'clock before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, in the Nisi Prins Court, while the Lord Chief Justice charged the grand jury on the Crown side of the Hall. The civil business is rather above than under the usual average. There are 21 causes for trial, 19 for the county, and 2 for the city, among which two are marked for special juries. One of these, an action of ejectment, is expected to occupy at least two days. There is also a case among the nisi prius records which excites some interest in this and the adjoining county of Gloucester—an indictment for perjury against Mr. Augustus Newton, barrister-at-law. This case stands fixed to come on the first thing to-morrow morning. The calendar is heavy, considered with reference both to the number of prisoners who are to %)(1 tried, and the nature of the offences imputed to them. There are fifty-nine pri soners, and forty-two cases, and among them are two cases of abusing children under ten years of age, two of unna tural offences-, two of shooting with intent to murder or maim, one otconcealment of the birth of a child by burning the body, two of manslaughter, five of burglary, four of breaking and entering the dwelling-house in the day-time, and three of robbery with violence. There is also a charge against a person named Bowen, described in the calendar as a labourer, for having feloniously destroyed and injured part of a leaf of a register-book of births, burials, and mar riages, of the parish of Croome D'Abitot. NISI PRlUS.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) BATE AND ANOTHER V. BLURTON AND ANOTHER. This was an action on a promissory note for 500/., brought against the executors of one Patience Clarke, deceased, to which the defendants pleaded that the said Patience Clarke did not make the note in question. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Bate and Robins, carry on business in partnership as bankers at Stourbridge, where the deceased, Mrs. Patience Clarke, who died in December, 1842, also re sided before death. She, it appeared, formerly kept a public house, and being a woman well acquainted with business, managed to accumulate some little property, amounting to about 3,0001. Her family consisted of two sons and a daugh ter, and in 1836 her daughter, whose maiden name was also Patience Clarke, was married to a person named Morris, then established in business as a grocer at Stourbridge. At the time of the marriage Mrs. Clarke had a deposit account of 1,000/. with the plaintiffs, and she told her daughter that she had desired the people at the bank not to let her husband stand still for want of money, but to let him have anything in reason. The business of Morris, backed by his mother in-law's capital, went on pretty well for some time, but in 1842 he fell into difficulties, and in the month of July in that year his account with the plaintiffs was overdrawn to the extent of 450/. In the interval which elapsed between July, 1842, and the time when her daughter married Morris, Mrs. Clarke had withdrawn her 1,0001. placed with the plaintiffs on a deposit account, and had advanced 5001. to each of her two sons, Richard and Joseph ; the b an k, there fore, required security for the payment of the balance overdrawn by Morris, and Mrs. Morris, as she repre sented, went to her mother with a joint and several pro missory note for 500 L, already signed by her husband, in her pocket. She told her mother that the bank required security, upon which the old lady told Mrs. Morris to sign it for her, which the daughter accordingly did, signing " Patience Clarke," in a free and flowing hand. The note thus signed was taken to the bank, but there it was ob jected that the signature was not made by Mrs. Clarke herself, and Mrs. Morris was desired to take it back, and get it signed by her mother. Mrs. Morris accordingly did take it back, and her account of the matter was, that when she explained to her mother what had occurred at the bank, Mrs. Clarke desired her to sign again for her, saying it would do just as well. Mrs. Morris, therefore, affixed a second sig nature to the note, but this time she wrote "P. Clarke," in a cramped and laboured hand, in order, as she herself ad mitted, to induce the plaintiffs to believe that the note was really signed by her mother. As has been already stated, Mrs. Clarke died in December, 1842, and in March, 1843, the embarrassments into which Morris had fallen had become so formidable, that his professional advisers judged it most expedient that he should make an assignment of all his effects for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Robins, as a ov ditor who was supposed to be very largely involved, was in formed of the arrangement which was about to take place, upon which he came to Morris's house, and remarked to Richard Clarke, the brother of Mrs. Morris, that he presumed he was aware that he held n note of Mrs. Clarke's tbr 300/. At this announcement Clarke professed great astonishment, and, according to the statement which Clarke himself, and an attorney named Talbot, who was present at the time, made, Mr. Robins then inquired of Mrs. Morris why she had not told her brother of the 500/. note, her brother having assisted her husband in his difficulties. To this Mrs. Morris replied that she did not think Mr. Robins had wished him to know it, upon which Mr. Robins said she was a wicked woman, and left the house. When he was gone, Mrs. Morris turned to her brother and said, " That the note was good for nothing, and that Robins should not have a farthing ; that she signed the name of her mother at full length, Patience Clarke,' without her authority, and that when the note was refused, she took It home, and had it signed by an old charwoman." His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence with greatminute, ness, leaving it to the jury to say to which of the witnesses they would give credit. The jury found for the plaintiffs, with 5141. 10s. damages. The cases tried in the Crown Court to-day were devoid of general interest. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. —Cambridge, July 22. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) John Garland, aged 65, was indicted for feloniously killing Mary, the wife of John Dent. Mr. Prendergast conducted the prosecution, Mr. O'Malley the defence, The deceased was the wife of a man living at Littleport, in the Isle of Ely, and the prisoner has for upwards of 30 years practised as a surgeon in that town. On the 22d of May last the decased had, by imprudently lifting or dragging a heavy sack of flour, brought on symptoms of miscarriage, and the prisoner was sent for to attend her. He arrived as soon as possible, and proceeded to administer the treatment he thought necessary, in the course of which he removed a por tion of the intestines of his patient, which had probably been displaced by the exertion which had brought on the illness which rendered it necessary to send for him. She was in great pain, and another medical man was sent for, on whose arrival it was found necessary wholly to remove the displaced portion of the intestines. Sho continued to get worse, and, notwithstanding the judicious treatment of two or three emi nent surgeons who were called in, she died at the end of seventeen days. The surgeo ns who attended the post mortem examination of the body were of opinion that she died from the effects of the prisoner's treatment, and that he had shown gross ignorance in that treatment. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in summing up the evidence, stated that the law as applicable to this case was very clear; and applying that law to the circumstances as they had been proved, the jury would say whether or not the prisoner was guilty of the crime of manslaughter. Every person, whether he be a regularly licensed medical man or not, who professes to deal with the life or health of his fellow -creatures, is bound to bring to the case with which he deals a competent degree of skill; and he is also bound to treat his patient with and attention. If ho shows gross igne: a nce, culpn.bls, rash ness, or criminal Inattention in tie treatment of Ins patient, and death ensues in conseaence, he is guilty of the crime of manslaughter. He ;nay deed bring t have no evil intention, he may in ',fie case the most earnest desire to effect the cure patient ; but still, if he is guilty of criminal mis conduct arising either from gross negligence, or ignorance, or Unjustifiable inattention, he is criminally responsible. One or other of these it was necessary for the prosecutor to make out, in order to constitute that criminal misconduct which renders a man responsible if death occurs. The learned Judge read the evidence verbatim to the jury, and desired them to consider whether in the treatment of his patient, as proved by Mrs. Banyard, the prisoner had shown a gross and cul pable want of knowledge, care, or attention, and that her death was caused thereby. If they were of opinion that he had, he was guilty of the crime with which he was charged ; if otherwise, he was entitled to an acquittal. The jury, after some deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned JUDGE, in sentencing the prisoner, who was deeply affected at his position, observed, that he should be sorry if the proceedings in this case should tend to place medical men in any danger, or induce them to abstain from the fair application of their talents in the exercise of the arduous and anxious duties of their profession. They were not to expect a favourable result in every case ; medical science could never attain that. The consequences of this trial would seriously affect the prisoner's interests through life ; and looking to that circumstance, the absence of every thing like towards his patient, and his advanced age, when a long imprisonment must be attended by the most prejudicial effects, the Court was induced to pass on him the mitigated sentence, that he be imprisoned for one calendar month. Fanny Rutherford was indicted for feloniously setting fire to an outhouSe% Tie poisoner Is a child of the age of 14 years, and the out house which was burnt (together with the cottages of five poor persons) adjoined the house of her father. The case was made out by very satisfactory evidence, but no motive could he assigned for the commission of the crime. She was found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for 15 years. No civil cause was tried to-day, and the other eases in the t Crown Court Were of the most trivial character. The grand jury threw out one bill for arson, in which five persons wera accused, and two others were acquitted on an uninteresting point of law. MIDLAND C l RCUlT.—Lincoln, July 22. The Judges arrived in this city on Saturday, at half-past five, and proceeded to open the commission for both city and county. In the former there was neither cause nor prisoner. In the county there are but nine causes and thirty-one pri soners, but though the number of the latter is not great, yet the crimes with which they are charged are of a deep dye, there being four for murder, one charged with intent to mur der, one for rape, several for burglary, three for highway rob bery, &c. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CotzsrAN.) . Eliza Joyce, aged 31, was placed at the bar charged with having, in the October of 1841, at Boston, feloniously admi nistered a certain poison called laudanum to one Emma Joyce, with intent to kill . and murder her ; a second indictment charged her with the commission of a like offence in the January of 1842,nn the body of Ann Joyce. The prisoner was tried at the last spring assizes holden for this county, for having murdered one of the children of her husband, by his first wife, when, owing to some defect in the proof, she was liberated. Her husband, however, felt per suaded of her guilt, and refused to live with her. Provision was made for her in the Boston union, and it was during the continuance of a violent fit of illness with which she was attacked that she made the confession upon which she was arraigned, namely, that she had murdered the two children mentioned in the indictment by means of laudanum, the eldest, which was three years old, being the daughter of her husband by a former wife; the other a child eighteen months old being her own. The appearance of the prisoner, in deep mourning, as she stepped into the dock, created a thrill of horror in the Court. She was evidently ill both in body and mind, and when called upon to plead, said " Guilty," in a low, plaintive tone. Mr. Justice Coursust, in passing the last senten ce of the law upon this wretched woman, was much affected. The Learned Judge said the present case was one of the most distressing it had been his lot to witness since he had sat on the judicial bench.- 'By ate prisoner's own confessicin she had destroyed the life of one of her husband's - ehildren by a former and she had not hesitated to destrOy the off spring of her own womb. He could hold out no hope of mercy being extended to her in this life. She must prepare to meet that doom the laws of the country inade.litiv pro nounce, and that was—that she be taken to the place:from whence she came, thence to the place of execution, there to be hung by the neck till she was dead; and he hoped the Lord would have mercy on her wretched soul. Three cases of highway robbery were tried during the day, and in the Civil Court Lord Denman disposed of seven com mon juries, none of which were of any interest except to the parties. FASHIONS, NOVELTIES, THE ARTS, &c. What a grand and marvellous creation is this monster City of London ! How vaste-how populeus--laow thoroughly beautiful—how inconceivably wealthy ! He who has not dwelt in it can form but a meagre idea of its magnitude—he who has not seen it, in verity, knows nothing. Look at its squares, its places, its parks, its gardens—regard the residences of its nobility—imposing, lofty, dignified, and countless. Is it not almost incredible that each of these. stately mansions is inhabited by some mighty lord or rich com moner, who there maintains an establishment and up holds a state equal in splendour to the princes of other lands ? Examine its public buildings, its churches, its monuments, its commercial sad benevolent institutions. Is not their number astounding—and, though occa sionally irregular, plain, or bizarre in their con struction; are they not, as a whole, massive and magnificent But walk through its leading thorough fares—the streets devoted to its traffic—its manufactures —its varied, and indeed universal trade. There you see the real London. There you see that industrious, rich, and-powerful community which -Napoleon sarcasti cally but yet truly designated " the nation of shop keepers." What would he call them now, when the luxury and extent of their establishments have increased since his .time a hundred-fold ? Yes, teese are London shopkeepers ; but such shopkeepers.!_ Shop keepers, whose magazines are palaces—whose de pendents are numerous as those of many princes, whose expenditures are greater than those of many Royal exchequers. - Turn to the right and to the - left of each broad and beautiful street, and note those almost interminable lines of splendid warehouses glittering with gold and plate glass, and filled with all the cosily products of the world. Does not such a combination of profusion, order, decoration, and taste, devoted to the purposes of commerce, almost surpass credence ? But let us go a little into details, and take a few of those princely magazines as illustrations. We are in Oxford-street. We stand before that fashionable and surprisingly rich emporium kept by Messrs: Williams and Sowerby. How handsome is the exte rior! What an infinite variety of silks, of velvets, of shawls, of laces are here displayed. See those coroneted carriages that throng the entrance. In one may be re cognised a leader of haut ton, coming to select something unique in which to " witch the world" at the next Al mack's, or at one of the Duchess of Buccleush's charming fetes cliampetre. In another reclines a blooming debutante of the season, endeavouring to decide whether a cerulean blue or a bright oceanic green sets off to greater advantage her unrivalled complexion. But the proprietor of the esta blishment politely invites us to enter. Il ere is a host of at.. tendants—here is an assortment of superb and extiu',site fabrics—here is a choice of style, of expense, of eiegant desi g n, and supreme f a shi on . N o won d er that it is crowded by the votaries of taste. But let, us pass on to the rear, and inspect le salon peer 28 tissue de verre. Marble columns, wide-spreading seethes, fine arabesques, a painted dome—what a receptacle for merchandise ! Yet the merchandise is well worthy of the place. The loom in its magic power never before produced such a fabric as that to which this saloon is dedicated. Th a tissue de verre, this damask of woven glass, is wonder ful as it is gorgeous, is gorgeous as it is wonderful. No tissue of ancient or modern times approaches it in brilliancy and beauty. Those who have seen it in the throne-room at St. James's Palace, and in bet Majesty's c l ose t, k now h ow magnificent it is ia purposes, s'.,ra o periee ; th e y on l y w h o v i s i t the saloon can k ma i ne how admirably it i s su it e d f or a variety ef. p urp g But we must take leave of this superb releeository of rare rse rc and elegant fabri cs . Turning fro the Circus into Regent-street, that bea u idea of a fashionable' mart, what chaste, and sober, and imposing magazine is this, which at once attracts the eye, wandering amidst so many attractions? it is the extensive warehouse founded by Messrs, Jay, and Co., upon the model of the celebrated r,taisons de deuil of Paris. Nothing can be conceived more tasteful, charming, and touching, than this assemblage of solemn blacks and mournful grays reposing in the midst of all the flaunting finery of. busy and bustling life. Enter and review its contents. - you will be astonished a t th e pl eas i ng var i ety i n wh e el; every shade and kind of sorrow may here befittiaey clothe itself. Unforced to go from shop to shop, the sad widow or the dolorous orphan here finds all that is necessary to outwardly denote her inward woe. Dresses, bonnets, caps, cloaks, gloves—in short, everyening neces sary for her gloomy condition—will she obtain in this warehouse, without going a step beevond, or without having to mix with the noi s y end distracting crowd: That beautiful texture, knows: as the sole de corbeett, which has the novel que . :iity of retaining its colour even against sea wateee, is one of the invaluable, articles to be had in th;.s most extensive and accommodating. " general mourning warehouse," which is • patro nised by the Queen Dowager and the haute noblesse, Promenading down this delightful Regent street, on the opposite side, near the Quadrant, what handsome shop is this round which crowds are gathered, admiring the elegant habits and becoming riding-coats set out in the windows ? This is the temple dedi cated to fashion, of which Messrs. Nicoll are the high priests. Who that has seen: those graceful Amazons cantering through Hyde-park, and along Rotten-row, can fail to - discover the secret of the exqui site shapes and beautiful proportions ? The equestrians habits invented bee them have become ' European in reputation, their artistic excellence is undenied, and the patronage bestowed on them has even descended fru= Royalty. But yet greater triumphs are in store for these artists. A new and surpassing riding-habit is in. preparation, made of velvet and fur, for the approaching winter. It has been whispered that the peerless Princess Radzivil— that fascinating Russian lady, who has caused_ our English belles so much envy and jealousy—has come mended one in secret, in which she intends to bear away the palm from all competitors. But we must not betray confidence. Apropos of the Princess Radaie e n it is said that the grand secret of her success is, that she obtains her fashions from La Maison Herbault, Masse, Rue, Menard a Paris. That may or may not he the case; but it is certain that this is the house to which the dances du f esei ton 4 6f Paris give the preference—and to whi c h ,th ose strangers who visit the continental cepital run as to the centre in which all that is di.sneigue and e l egant i s to bee> found concentrated. In jut'ace to the inventive talents of Les n Nieces, it m a y be remarked tlla t be more wonderf u l th an t h e daily no veltiescreated, lay them, a n d o f wh i ch the taste nothing gmes ca n iiereault, o formed by the celebrated founder of their maga-. eine 'knows no limits of rich variety, of adorable Penny, except the limits of genuine fastidiousness.. We must repose for the present. But a chat upole fashion would not be complete without something relative to that indispensable ornament of the females head—the chapeau. We remember seeing at the last este position in Paris some exquisite specimens of lately-line vented chapeaux de paille, sent in by M. Fleschelle, of Paris, all of which excited universal admiration.. Since then there is scarcely any other species of bonnets to be seen in either the French or English capital.. True, the varieties of the species are boundless% as the fancy. There are chapeaux de paille plAin chapeaux de paille fanciful, chapeaux d e pa id ; de Eles enpaille de ris brodes, patent chapeau x gu ip ure e t paille, in different colours and of different designs, besides many others. All these are " the rage" here at present. Ladies of the first style will have no other than those ins. ported from the house of Fleschelle, 95, Rue Richelleae I Paris, than which none in the world is more fertile in, invention, or more justly celebrated for pure taste. len other day we shall resume our conversation on the gay world, its fashions, novelties, and articles of refinement. DoHLER AND DUELER.—A ludicrous mistake oc.. curred at DOhler's last concert. A party of ladies and gentlemen (from the country evidently) presented themselves at the doors of the Hanover-square R00zn...4. and asked to be shown into the best boxes ; it vizi explained that there was no box except the royal box, which was occupied ; but they could go into this reserved seats. A lady anxiously inquired whether they were good places to see the tricks ? " What tricks ?" asked the doorkeeper in amazement " 014 the sleight-of-hands ones, and the conjuring," rejoinml the lady. "Really." said the official, ". I know of no conjuring but M. Miller's rapid fingering." The lady having demanded whether the bouquets would be dis» tributed to the stalls, an explanation, after some furthest amusing equivoque, took place, and it appeared that tha party had mistaken 'Herr Daler ' the pranist, flu. Here 1)obler, the magician, lat e o f the St. James's Tbeatre.--. Maestro. we re P ress t tb e 'nig )11 in , barn [t all ~--~