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THE SUSSEX PEERAGE. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 13. The following are some further extracts from the letters, in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday : " June 13. "Thursday is our day. Yon know to-morrow is exactly three weeks, my soul, that we have been married. How time flies away when one spends it happily. I trust all the others will run in the same style, to our mutual satisfaction." " I Will be quiet, and hope that our Thursday will still be consecrated to happiness, as till now, since our marriage, it has ever been." This is the hour I ought to be with my dearest Augusta," [and, after some passionate exclamations regarding his wife, neaking of himself, he proceeds thus] " he makes no merit cfclimbing over houses to come to her. What would he not do for her ? But at the same time he mast add she ought to reward him with a sight of her—a dear sight of his own amiable Augusta, which suffices to make him happy, and ever will do so " I own it is very bard to be forced to conceal our mar riage as we do, but prudence requires it. " I own I think it most prudent to remain a couple of days at home ; suspicion might make them curious, and the discovery, though it would be of no use, might be attended with some disagreeable consequence or another for us. It is bettor to submit quietly to such an inconvenience, in order to enjoy ourselves the better, and more securely. Do you not think so, my dearest Augusta? Is there not reasoning in this? " If I cannot contrive to go to Florence you must remain as long hero as you can, for if I cannot go there I shall not move from this place, for here he cannot, he shall not, prevent my seeing you, and some months passed will put the whole business to an end, and then complete what we have so luckily succeeded in executing." . . . . " Wednesday morning.—My soul I trust has reposed well, and is longing for her husband. Well, my treasure, Ido not promise to come to-night, but if every one was to go I would see how to settle this. So pray let me know this afternoon at what o'clock your mother goes out, that I may see if we can do any thing. The weather is truly desperate; but if I can come it shall not prevent me from visiting thee, my heart's delight ; I am dying for it " I have not promised quite to come, I will do what is in my power, but more you cannot expect from me." " On coming home, my dearest Augusta, I read the news papers through for safety sake, and found the report of our marriage refuted, which gave me great pleasure. However, as I thought it not safe to fall into my gentlemen's hands, I burnt the paper, after cutting out the paragraph for my wife's instruction." " Saturday morning, April 1793.—Y0u must send me Lord Hervey's letter this morning, that I may answer it ; for it will require some little difficulty to answer it in such a way as to give no cause for suspicion, and at the same time not entirely to assert the contrary. My only reason for making it a secret at present is to get something to live upon inde pendent, else I should not care to make it known imme diately; but as that is not the case yet I must be a little cautious. It pains me bo act so, for, in one point of view, it makes me act as if wronging you, whilst, indeed, c'est outwit 'otre interet que le mien to conceal it still for some time." October the 26th, 1793. " My intention is, as soon as you are arrived in London, and that I know of it, to take an apartment for you here; but you must change your name for the time, and follow stactiv all my directions ; for your own welfare, as well as mine, depend most entirely upon it. My mind is not accus tomed to deception ; but if we wish to work for futurity we .must carry on the deception for some months longer. I nave most minutely examined every thing here, and find this most prudent. You may repine at this, my soul's dearest delight ! but your Augustus, your own Augustus, who must solely think for his own Augusta, after mature consideration, has found this absolutely necessary; therefore my dearest wife will submit to it with readiness. You must desire Lady Dunmore, if she loves me, to conceal her arrival as much as possible, to see very few people in London, and you none at all, for fear of a discovery; and then, while she goes into the country, I will contrive your coming here; but, my dearest Augusta, you must not expect to see much of me, except in the afternoon." " My dearest Augusta knows that I have but very few mo ments to myself, wherefore she will not be angry, I - trust, to find :my letter short, but take will for the deed. That you are got quite well makes me very happy ; at least je me flatte that you by this time are so, and intend informing me when I may have hopes of seeing you. My dearest Augusta will, without doubt, believe that I most anxiously look forward to that epoch which, though not in all pro bability a very long one, will yet be pleasing, and give us a great idea of what future times will be, when we never shall part. We will certainly employ our time well when we are together; won't we, my dearest wife? We must settle everything together, that after your being brought to bed we ma y join immediately. With what pleasure I look forward to that moment, my lovely Augusta! words cannot tell, but my actions shall prove it ; as also that I am worthy of possessing her in my own house, who has only a right to VA there, and to be second in command." "It had been my intention, my dearest Augusts, not to have wrote to you before my letter had been de livered to his Majesty, and an answer was returned. As this is not yet done, though my letter is finished, I write to you now, and inform you of the reasons which have kept me back from doing so, and not coinciding with your wish, so desirous as I am, and must be at all times, to make everything that concerns you happy and our little offspring. No sooner, my life, did I get your letter than I set about (ill as I was) preparing one for my father, which when finished, I carried to my sister E., who you know is most warmly attached to me, and is informed of every thing that is ping on. She seemed very much agitated upon my reading the letter, when I told her my intention was to leave the letter behind, and secretly to come up to London. This was first approved of, but afterwards I resolved to re main here. She promised me before the end of the evening to send me some information of the remarks she had made last night. She sent me a note, desiring for God's sake I would not deliver in my letter, from the following reasons :---‘ That every person who shall knowingly or wilfully presume to so lemnise or to assist or to be present at the celebration of any marriage with any descendant of George the Second, or at his or her making any matrimonial contract, without the King's consent, shall, being duly convicted thereof, incur and suffer the pains or penalties ordained and provided by the statute of provision and premunire in the thirteenth year of Richard the Second, which is transportation and confiscation of pro perty.' My sister seems afraid that the King in his anger would resent my behaviour, and revenge himself, not only upon me, but upon you also, which would be the ruin of us both. That I had much better not say a word till when you are gone abroad, and of course out of danger. These are the motives that have kept me back. Simuld you still wish, my Augusta, I will present the letter to-nrserow to the King the moment your answer arrives. If it is your desire, and you care not for the consequence, I am ready to submit to everything, for I can have, and truly have, but ono idea, that of making you happy as far as is in my power. I see the motives which engage you to make the demand. I honour, I respect, I love them as much as you do; but consider, pray consider, whether we ought to be cautious or not. Our whole future felicity depends upon it. I will be solely and entirely guided by you, what ever I may suffer or endure. When it is for my Augusta, or to make her comfortable, I will risk with pleasure. Should they not choose to acknowledge my children here, I can al ways settle that abroad, and though they may not be able to live in England, I am sure of their being able to do so abroad. In short, whatever can make you happy, Augusta, I will do. I scorn danger and everything to make you happy. I am your husband and protector. Without you I cannot live, and with you, and for you only, will I live. I trust in some days to be better, but I am, as yet, most dreadfully weak. In six nights I have only slept one; but Farquhar, whom I have consulted, assures me that my asthma is nothing but the debility and irritability of the nerves; and that with care I shall certainly get better, and entirely cured. I would give a the world, my dearest Augusta, for to see you and comfort you. Pray write to me to-mor row, and let me blow your desires, and I will arrange myself accordingly. I got your letter last night, for which I return my warmest thanks. Sorry, very sorry, was I to find you complain so, and though all my bag gage is on board a ship, yet should YOU want me to stay, Augusta, I will, coute qu i cou t e . May Heaven protect—may the Almighty shower his most benign blessings upon thy bead, my adored wife! May guardian angels protect thee from every danger, and every stout, that may be under thy feet, and may I see the soon, is the constant prayer of him who subscribes himself, with truth and till death, your ever devoted and attached husband and friend, " Windsor, Jan. 9, 1793. " AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, " Pray send me an answer to-morrow, or to-night, and direct it to my friend Barton. It will certainly some safe." " Portsmouth, Jan. 15, 1794.—1 n any other situation, my dearest Augusta, it would have been impossible for me to have parted without taking leave of you, but as such a circum stance might have endangered your life, it was not to be thought of. The very night that got the Infor mation of your being brought to bed we; the last I was to spend in England. Nothing in the world could or should have prevented me from seeing you; and I was as good as my word. At leaving the little infant, I kissed and bleated my boy—our boy. I prayed for my wife—for thee, my angel !—and returned my wannest thanksgivkige to the Almighty for his peculiar goodness to me at all times, My preceding letter, which you have not read yet, will show you my confidence in the Almighty, and you see I am not deceived. The Lord is a firm rock which never give way; whoever rests on Him never falls, but is constantly supported. You see, my angel I the Lord has protected us on all occasions, and has done so now ; therefore, my own dearest Augusta, do not forget yourself, but rely On the Almighty, and that will make us soon meet. Gunn is to call once a week to know if you have any orders, and is to bring you, from Major Price, by my orders, three hundred pounds, w hichi is all I can afford till you come to Bologna, and there you shall find money at Sir Robert Harrla'e banker, whose name you will have upon paper ; for I should advise you to send your money to that banking house, and get notes from him to that amend, by which, wherever you go, you will always be able to get ttie coin of the country, and to lose less. My friend Domford will send you an account of the road as far as Augsburg'', which yuu must pass, in order to get through Tirole, and from Gibraltar I will send you your route as far as Rome. Gunn is to attend you always, and to be your servant; a courier you muet have, and find out yourself, for else you will be cheated beyond description. Demford is to get you your passport, also, under the name of Mrs. Stuart, for two servant maids, two servants, and our little boy. Therefore, whenever write to you abroad, I shall always direct to Mrs. Stuart. Your first letter to me, directed at Leghorn. Stopford talks of my being there in sixteen days, which will give me great satisfaction. " Rome, April 4,1794.—8 y your own account, my love, and which I most firmly believe, you must have wrote many letters I have never received. Thie Is peculiarly unfortisdate, and most particularly so at this moment, when I wish to know every sentiment of your heart, in (weer to „give yo u consolation, and prove to my wife that that contictenee she has put in her husband he deservek Without vanity, I may say, that I have never deceived ray Aogusta, and never will. She shall always fi nd me the same fond friend , t h e same deveted lover, the same unalterable husband, the same :meet man, she ever knew me, and for which she used to admire use, Only hasten to my arms, my charmer! and I will acknow ledge you in spite of Parliament, and in spite of ,every' thing that does not fee:l the same warmness, the same adoration I do for you, and which shall never cease but with my death, 1 mention this with superlative pletiaure to-day, as this very one makes a year that our Mole have 136434 hinited together; and with the greatest truth, and satisfaction to age" I can add, my dearest Augusta, with that sincerity every n must pronounce his fate on the 144 Aiey of judgment, that my affection has never one moment POW towards you. but has hourly augmented, and flees S° far which I am most grateful to the Almighty, aucl wbic4 gratitude I hope to prove to toy Creator by my conduct to wards you. I will fight for you, say Augusta; I will die tait husband. Nothing ever Can, ever stiell, alter my affec tion for you, which was formed by an admirateco of your e 'await/es, and ripened by my respect for youf Zr. Our Weide were united by the t sacred ties ever rtligito gestic them. And I defy the po l re a r pr fans hands i'Sbell44 the annulling 01 O matsrturriage take place, which Ldoubt, my *agnate, it will meats , chars g'. On con t rary,the4.9 4ifference in my senti lignfor you. My grata shy entleavpara Xi? Make I thee happy, which, God knows, I have ever in view. Come ' over then, and I will acknowledge you ; for I will not live in any country where I cannot live with you. God has given me my Augusta, and nothing but t' e Almighty can take her away from me. She will always be the same; loved and respected by me. I shall ever consider her and acknowledge her as my wife. Whatever she desires shall be my desire ; whatever may be her pleasure shall be mine also ; what can I say more, what can I do more, to prove the sincerity of my affections towards you, my Augusta? Speak, and it shall be done; for I live only with the thoughts of making you happy. Whatever may happen, I shall never absent myself farther from here than Florence or Lucca. No consideration in the world, except your own peculiar desire, will ever engage me to leave Rely. No place is better calculated for my health, nor is any one safer; for, at least, no one can lay hands upon me here. I shall not write again after this, as I shall begin to expect yotr; for you will have received my letter from Leghorn, and the money also, after which, I trust, you will set off. As for me, I have received no letters from any one of the family; and considering this asa silent ordernot to write, Isshall certainly accede to it." " Rome, April the 19th, 1794.—M05t happy did thy two dear letters of last night make me, my truly amiable Augusta. The last post missed, so that I got two at once, my trea sure, which more than compensated for the anxiety my wife's silence gave me. You tell me, my soul, that this month your trial is to come on. I tremble for it, because my best half is to endure the whole attack which pride, envy, and malice can invent, whilst the other is at Rome, incapable of rendering her any service. Oh, my Augusta! my angel! what persecutions you must endure for me ; indeed, my soul's delight, it will ever be the study of my life to prove to you my gratitude on every occasion, but never shall be able to do enough. Words cannot suffice. nor action ; but if I see you in some manner happy, that is all I can de sire. Let the courts determine what they please, you are al ways my wife; the dearest one I could ever have, and the only one I will have. Acknowledge thee I ever will, and whoever won't look upon thee as such shall never enter our house. What is sacred, no one can break ; and tho' for a moment our child may be persecuted, a time will come when he shall have justice done him, and my name he shall ever have, yours also, for we are but one. " Augusta, my dear wife, mind, in spite of every profane law, that by the sacred you are mine, and mine only, till death us do part." " In short, whatever may happen, my dearest Augusta knows her duty, that she has promised to be my wife ; and that though the judges on earth do not acknowledge it, the Great Judge of all, to whom every one must once give an account of his actions, has received our mutual promises, and inserted them in a book from which no spiritual or profane hands can ever blot them. Secure in this truth, I care not for anything ; and once joined by my Gussy, my own wife, I shall brave tke insults and attacks of every one, and rest attached to her, to whom both duty and inclination solely and most strongly bind me. Yes, my Augusta, my dearest wife ! trust to my honour. Never will I deceive you." " My dearest Augusta, "Though your letter of yesterday forbodes me no good, by informing me of the unfortunate sentence that will for the moment condemn our cause, yet it is so replete with affection that I cannot but feel grateful for thy kind expressions, and more resolved than ever to acknowledge thee fo my wife. That you are so by the law of God no one for a moment doubts ; nay, the most scrupulous allow this, which gives ease to my wounded breast " The decision of the powerful for a while must be sub mitted to ; but my Augusta may remain assured that as soon as I can strike a blow with security my utmost efforts shall be employed to that purpose. For this reason I must most particularly intreat thy departure from England, and joining me ; for till when we have maturely consulted about the matter I cannot act, as both circumspection and deter mination must be used in the cause." " Your letter, which you talked of in your last, and which I had not received before, my dearest Augusta, is now come into my hands. My angelic wife !—for that you are, and shall ever be as long as I live, in spite of all laws,—the horror I felt in reading it cannot be so easily described ! I conceive your anguish, and pity you from the bottom of my soul, my own heart's delight On me you may rely, my angel ! and be assured whatever is in my power I will do, and with pleasure ; that I will be constant to you ; that I will acknowledge you for my wife you may re main assured of. If you can have one moment's uneasiness on that head, my lovely Gussy, you wrong me greatly ; for instead of this affecting me it only makes me stand by you more resolutely, and makes my love more violent, by teach ing me the greater obligations, in showing me all what you suffer on my account, for thy love for me. Never for a mo ment have I, never for a moment will I, forget thee and our cause, you may be assured." " The newspapers mention the sentence of Doctors' Corn- , mons, which I do not conceal, as also my intention of defend ing thy cause, 'and endeavour, as soon as it is possible, to get justice done me " I trust my letter to my father will raise in him senti ments of affection and esteem. I wrote with delicacy, and yet with a certain determined character, which ray situation and circumstances require " I cannot describe to my own charming wife the strong desire I have of seeing our dear little boy." Major Roche Lee then deposed to the following letters being in the handwriting of Lady Augusta Murray : " To-day my beloved Prince took a sacred, a solemn oath ; called on Heaven to witness it ; swore before the Almighty on the Bible never to have any wife but me, and in future to look upon himself as sacredly promised to me. I accepted the religious promise that the Bible had witnessed—that had been addressed to the Almighty, and gave mine in exchange. I must record this day as the forerunner of, perhaps, many happy ones. 0 Lord, Creator of all things, lam not worthy of the mercies you lavish upon me, but yet I dare not trust to them." " After again swearing to the Almighty never to marry any man but Prince Augustus, after swearing to look upon myself as sacredly bound by these oaths, and those I had taken to him, which I did with great fervour, upon reading over again those with which he binds himself to be my hus band, I answered the dear letter his servant brought me. I thanked him with gratitude for the repeatedproofs of love he gives me ; but I dare not yet thank my Almighty for having igiven3 me a husband who will ever love me, and whom my ardent wishes to make happy may make so. I dare not yet trust to his being mine according to the rights of our Church. And what are oaths unsanctioned there? they bind the honour able, but they do not satisfy the world." "I am now come to the more serious part of your letter, my dearest love. You tell me you will speak to Mr. Gunn about your intention of marrying, and not name me; but I think, when you do confide in him sufficiently to tell him one thing, you ought to tell the whole. You will not disclose any part of your business to him without insisting first upon his sacred word of honour never to mention the subject ; consequently, the confidence must be full. If you tell him you are resolved, and de not tell him who the woman is you mean to marry, he may imagine it some low person, some Italian, or, in short, anything; and that the whim you dare not avow will soon pass, and he will most undoubtedly refuse having any thing to do with it. Then my treasure, you say you will talk of honour to him. There is no honour in the case if there is, I will not marry you. I love you, and I have rea son to hope and believe you love me ; but honour, in the sense you take it, is out of the question. I cannot bear to owe my happiness to anything but affection, and all pro mises, though sacred in our eyes and in those of Heaven, shall not oblige you to de any thing towards me that can in the least prejudice your future interests. As for honour, with the meaning Mr. Gunn will annex to it,—l am ashamed to fancy it,—he will imagine I have been your mistress, and that humanity, commonly termed honour, now induces you to pity me, and so veil my follies by an honourable marriage. Myown beloved Prince, forgive me if lam warm upon this subject. I wish you to feel you owe me nothing; and whatever I owe you I wish to owe to your love and to your good opinion, but to no other prin ciple. Tell Mr. Gunn, my own Augustus, that you love me; that you are resolved to marry me; that you have pledged a sacred word ; tell him, if YOU please, that upon the Bible you have sworn it; that I have done the same; and that nothing shall ever divide us, but don't let him imagine that I have been vile. Do this, my only love ; but pray take care of the character of your wife, your Augusta." " My dearest and now really adored husband ! you are but this moment gone—the sacred words I have heard still vibrating in my ears--still reaching my heart. Oh, my prince ! my lover ! and now indeed my husband, how I bless the dear man who has made me yours. What a precious, what a holy ceremony: how solemn the charges; how dear, and vet how awful. Do you feel happy, my only love? Tell me you do, that I may bless my destiny. To be your wife is the summit of my wishes; 1 have attained that summit; but if my loved, ray adored, husband has one moment of regret my happiness is fled, and despair returns. But do I talk of despair when joy ought to be my only theme,—when it fillsmy whole soul " Shall I hear from you to-morrow morning, my only be loved ? Will you write to your wife ? Will you tell her how you have gotten home, and whether the coming out has given you cold ? " Your clear note is just arrived, my dearest husband I I will eleterve all you tell me, and assure you feel happier ' than words can express." Among the documentary evidence tendered was a volume ~f, 4 Young's Night Thoughts," on a leaf of which was the following entry, in the handwriting of the Lady Augusta Murray A present from Prince Augustus Frederick," after which appeared the following, in the handwriting of his late Royal Highness :—" April 4, 1793—Augusta lost the name oNurray for one mere dear, Augustus Frederick." The Lotto CHANCELLOR suggested that with regard fo the journal, Mr. Waddington should look it over and see if it contained any other passages applicable to the subject, Mr. thi,f, thought it right to state that the journal com menced long prior to these transactions, and contained ob gervatiens made during a tour in Italy, an account of the first introduction of his Royal Highness - to the Lady Augusta Murray, and also the declaration that they were husband and wife. . Mr, WADDFSGTON would look over the journal. Mr. Ftgx. then tendered a prayer-book in evidence, on the blank leaf of which was the following entry in the hand writing of the Lady Anusta By this prayer-book I was in w reigd at Rome to Prince Augustus Frederick, on the 4th of April, 1793, by the Rev. Mr. —," The next plees of documentary evidence put in was a volume of Shakspeare, containing the following entry, in the haifiL.writing of his late Royal Highness:—" April 4, 1793 This motto - 44, I have come from my Augusta. She is mine to all eternity. Goa has given me her. She depends hence forth upon me, and upon no one else. Oh! Lord, protect us arid bless us with all godliness to serve thee, who liveth and reigeeth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end." A volume of Blair's Sermons was then put in, containing the following entry, in the hafid.writing of his Royal High ness, rf Augustus Frederick gave this book to his dear wife, Augusta, May 22d, 1793, at Rome." Another volume c the same work, containing the words Augustus Frederick and Augusta," was also put in. A *lli, in the handwriting of his late Royal Highness, and sealed with tho royal arms, was then put in. It was regu larly attested, and'wfic ibted " Berlin, sth Sept., 1799," and it siatisl that the testator was duly married on the 4th April, 1793, at Write, to the Lady Augusta J)Turrav, danghter of the Earl of buneriere ; and that the ceremony of marriage was again performed between the parties at the parish church of St. George, Hanover-square, by banns, on the sth 1793. The next, Dec.," document tendered was a will, dated 1800 in Which the testator dared that he had been solemnly, 10. gaily, 464 duly marri e d t o L a d y Augusta Murray at Rome, on the 4th of April ; 1793, an d'af terwarda et St. George's, Ha: nover-square, acal 41,40 ttg the claimant, who was born in the parish of Marylebone, Wes i I. tru-e and legitimate MR. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Objeettilt 10 the admission orthe lasi; ,a2eument, because it contained au admission that the marriage be geen declared to be null and void. Mr. Sergeant WiLioi, said he did not apprehend that the objection of his Learned Yriend yfea founded in fact. There rie‘y,^o9.o4 been a dispute as to the Q4 l y foo;4t ;1 to which thre k poced, namely. a marriage 44 act, words were " Notwittati,,ndjng a decree has since pair(' the Court of Doctors' Commons to de are tl e xn!trriage unlawful end void, yet I feel and believe mvselfbeun4,!l . - Lord eikg rßEL L thought it would be contrary to all es e ; blished rules to admit this document , when it contained a ileclaration-tbat they marF4o had been declared to be void. Loy 4 lipoucitax and'Leri pk.,zplANconpnrred in this view. i The LW? fjfiOcr'LLO considered that the .only der ara e tion of this nature wilid4 pgici e ghicana 6 la viraa sde n- tion Qf a legal marriage. TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 18,t11. lifter a short discussion, it was decided that the evidence could not be received. Mr. ERLE then proceeded to read letters from the Duke of Sussex to Lady Murray, written on board the Endymion, in January, 1801, as to the manner in which she should be treated ; and a letter to Sir Augustus D'Este, containing advice as to his conduct. Letters from Lady Murray to the Rev. Mr. Gunn, and from the latter to the former were also put• in; and Mr. Gunn, the son of the Rev. Mr. Gunn, was called to identify those written by his father. Letters of ordination by the Bishop of Norwich, admitting the Rev. Mr. Gunn to priest's orders, were also put in evi dence. A letter of his Royal Highness to Lord Erskine, was then about to be read, dated 1798, stating at full length the liti gation which had gone on with respect to the marriage, and desiring his assistance ; but it was excluded on the same ground as the will. A officer of the Ecclesiastical Court produced a copy of the proceedings there, which was received in evidence. Lord Northwick, examined by Sir T. WILDE—Had fre quently visited Lady Murray and his Royal Highness in Lower Grosvenor-street in 1800. His Royal Highness al ways treated her Ladyship as his consort, and she was called the Princess Augusta. The Rev. Mr. Crow examined by Sir T. WlLDu.—De posed to having officiated for the Rev. Mr. Gunn in 1792, on account of his going abroad. He returned to England in 1793. Evidence was gone into for the purpose of showing, by correspondence, that the Rev. Mr. Gunn was at Rome at the time of the marriage. Sir T. WILDn said he now proposed to prove a declaration made by Mr. Gunn, in reference to the marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. He did so on the ground that the individual had peculiar means of knowledge, and that it was his interest not to misrepresent the fact. Ile had already offered evidence as to Mr. Gunn's being at Rome at the time of the marriage. In 1831 Mr. Gunn was required to give evidence on certain Chancery proceedings, and he declined to answer the interrogatories, on the ground that he might thereby bring himself under the penal conse quences of the Royal Marriage Act. He proposed to show what declaration he had made on the subject of the marriage. He had an interest to suppress his own share in the matter, and he was, as he (Sir T. Wilde) was prepared to prove, in a state of alarm on the subject up to the time of his death, to such an extent that his health was affected. Ac cording to the rule, therefore, in such cases, he contended that he should be allowed to examine the witness, to show what declaration Mr. Gunn had made on the subject of the marriage. Mr. ELME followed on the same aide. The principle of the law turned on the question, whether the party had a motive to speak the truth? and in this case the party being under the greatest apprehension, his declarations ought to be re ceived. The LORD CHANCELLOR said .he thought the proposition laid down at the bar could not be maintained. He would snppose this case :—A was indicted for murder; B, on his death-bed, made declarations that he was present at the murder committed by A. Was it possible to say that, on the indictment of A, the declarations of B might be received against him ? In the case of the Berkeley Peerage evidence of this kind had been rejected. It was not true that declarations must always be received when they are against the interest of the party by whom they were made ; and he was of opinion that in this case the declarations were not made under circumstances which rendered it necessary that they should be received in evidence. Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Denman, and Lord Langdale, concurred in the opinion expressed by the Lord Chancellor. The evidence was accordingly refused. Lord Illacclesfield, examined by Mr. Ent.F., deposed to having seen the Prince with Lady Dunmore and her daugh ter at Naples, in 1793. A register of the baptism of the claimant was then put in. The further hearing of the case was postponed until Tues day week. IRELAND. ADDRESSES TO MR. O'CONNELL-REFUSAL T 4 ADMIT DEPUTATIONS. DUBLIN, JUNE 11.—A number of deputations from various parts of the country arrived is Dublin to-day, to present ad dresses to Mr. O'Connell and the other State prisoners. In dividual visitors were admitted ; but it would appear, depu tations were excluded from the prison. The following addresses were received by Mr. O'Connell this day, but not through the deputations appointed to pre sent them :—From the Corporation of Dublin, Four Courts Ward, College Ward, town of Galway, parish of Caltry, county of Galway, town of Trim, parishes of Lisnariffy and Clonfinia, Municipal Commissioners of Trim ; the parish of Ahascra ; parishes of St. Peter's, Drum, and St. Mary's Athlone ; parishes of Rollestown and Oldtown ; Belfast ; town commissioners of Loughrea, and the repealers of Loughrea.._ FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M.—The Er eniny Post, just published, contains the following:—" A deputation from Bruff, in the county of Limerick, having this day proceeded to Richmond Bridewell, for the purpose of presenting an address to the State prisoners, they were refused admission. Mr. Smith O'Brien as Member for the county Limerick, immediately addressed the following letter to Sir James Graham : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES JAMES GRAHAM, BART. " Dublin, June 11, 1844. _ _ " SlR—Having been called upon, on the part of a portion of my constituents, to accompany a deputation, with a view to present an address to Mr. O'Connell this day, I was in formed by the Governor of Richmond Penitentiary, that the board of superintendence have given directions that Ro depu tation be admitted to present addresses to the State prisoners. " Taking for granted that the board of superintendence would, in regard to such a proceeding, be willing to conform to the desire of the Secretary of State, I take the liberty to ask whether the exclusion of persons wishing to testify the respect and affection of their fellow-countrymen to Mr. O'Connell, and the other State prisoners, has your sanction. "' I may, perhaps, be permitted to add, that the local ar rangements of the prison are such as to allow of the reception of deputations, without, in any degree, interfering with the ordinary discipline of the prison, " I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN.' " POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MA NSION- H 0 USE. Three foreigners, named Benjamin Runtzman. Moses Lebright Carl Lowenthal, and Isidore Guttecholh, were brought before the Lord Mayor, in the cuto ly of In spector Waller, charged with having stolen a quantity of silk from the warehouse of Messrs. M'Gill and Co., of No. 1, Bread-street, Cheapside, commission agents. Mr. Richard T. Toms, one of the partners in the house of and Co., stated that Runtzman and Lowenthal came to the warehouse at about half-past one o'clock on Monday, with the professed intention of making pur chases. Lowenthal acted as interpreter to Runtzman, and, having :walked up stairs, they looked over the stock, and asked a great many questions as to the length, breadth, and price of silk handkerchiefs, and other articles which they seemed desirous to purchase. Lowenthal, as they looked over the goods, expressed his regret that he had not such a knowledge of the English language as to be able to make himself intelligible, and used a great variety of gesticulations, no doubt for the purpose of at tracting and monopolising witness's attention to him away from Runtzman. After having spoken something about a large discount, they intimated that they would return next day, and make a large purchase. They were asked for the address of the house, and Lowenthal gave No. 7, Osborne-street, Whitechapel, as theirs. As witness and the interpreter were speaking together, Runtzman slipped off, and Lowenthal soon followed him. Witness then got his hat and followed them, and upon going into Cheapside saw Guttscholk join them. Upon going into Trump-street, he observed Runtzman and Lowenthal together, and immediately afterwards he saw the former go into a cab, and gave directions to a po liceman to apprehend him, while he went to Lowenthal, who said "Me no thief." Witness, not having found that Lowenthal had any stolen goods . about him, to all appearance, did not consider himself justified in detaining the prisoner, but upon looking into the cab which the policeman stopped, he saw Runtzman putting down some pieces of silk on the seat. The silk, which consisted of six pieces, each of the length of eleven yards, had been in the warehouse before the two first prisoners entered, and was worth 121. 7s. After Runtzman was safely deposited in the station-house, search was made for Lowenthal, who had stated his name to be Hert, and the policeman found him in the neighbourhood of an address which was taken out of Runtzman's pocket, and was quite different from that which had been given by him. Hore'Guttscholk declared that he never for a moment supposed the other two prisoners were men capable of committing a robbery. He had, ho admitted, introduced them to Messrs. Leaf, Coles, and Co., of Paul's-chain, and Messrs. Powers, of Russia-row, and other houses which he had been in the habit of supplying with pens, but he positively asserted that he had been at home at dinner at half-past one on Monday, when he was stated to have been in Cheapside. The LORD MAYOR asked the prosecutor, whether Guttscholk could see the warehouse in Bread-street from the place in Cheapside in which the prosecutor had observed him in conversation with one of the other prisoners. Mr. Toms replied, that he certainly could. Guttscbolk, who was subsequently apprehended, said, in the course of their conversation, you don't suppose I'd have intro duced these people, if I thought there was anything wrong about them, to which witness replied, that lie did now know how the two men could know about the warehouse unless from the information of somebody who was acquainted with it. The prisoner Lowenthal said, I knew nothing about the pieces of silk. What could I do, if the gentleman took the whole of the stock in the shop ? I was merely his interpreter. The driver of the cab corroborated the statement that Runtzman laid down the pieces of silk OR the seat of the cab. Runtzman said—" I never seed silk at all." Guttscholk said the two other prisoners called upon him, telling him they came from Berlin, and told him so much about his father and mother, that he was con vinced they were respectable persons, and he introduced them to the house in 'which they lodged upon that ground, and also to the firms he supplied with pens. After having heard more evidence to the same effect, The LORD MAYOR committed all the prisoners for triaL It was stated in the Justice-room that no doubt was entertained as to the perpetration of numerous robberies through the instrumentality of persons who went about to warehouses for the ostensible purpose of selling pens, quills, ink, &c., and whe closely observed the condition and quality of the property exhibited for sale. IMPEItIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The Glmgow and Coatbridge Rail, ay Bill was read a third time and passed. Petitions against the Bank Charter Bill were presented by Col. Sibthorp, Mr. Allis, Sir John Troliope. and Mr. Wallace. Would take the place of promissory notes, which would be a much more dangerous state of things. In point of fact, it was not correct to say that the coun try bankers did not regard the state of the ex changes in the management of their business more than they did the snow upon the m iuntain. The country bankers were governed in their dealings primarily by the state and conduct of the London money market, but ultimately by the state of the ex changes. Now, what were the opinions once, and for many years, upon this subject of the Right Hon. Gen tleman opposite (Sir J. Graham) ? That Right Hon. Gentleman had been one of the most able advocates of the small note system, and, therefore, he (Mr. Hawes) thought he had a right to claim his vote upon the present occasion. —(Hear, hear, and laughter.) That Right Hon. Gentleman had said—" beware how you in terfere with the small note circulation—(Leud laughter) —and in the Bank Committee he had put leading questions to Mr. Rogers, with whose opinions, the Right Hon. Gentl em a n th en ac k now l e d ge d himself fully to concur, in order to draw from him upholding testimony to the value of the country cir culation. One of those questions to which the anti cipated affirmitive response was given was this:— "Do you not think -that any interference with the small note circulation will cause a great shock to credit ; affectingboth banker and customer?"_( Hear,and a laugh.) These were distinctly the opinions of the Right Hon. Gentleman, who now, however, was a supporter of the scheme of the other Right Honourable Gentleman (Sir Robert Feel), which was avowedly to end in one bank of issue. —(Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. Hawes) had therefore now only to congratulate the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department on the intrepidity with which he had forgotten his former opinions, swallowed his intermediate scruples, and sub mitted himself to the wisdom and the will of his Right Honourable Colleague.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) There was no man who wished to adhere more strictly to the principle of a metallic currency, with a paper cur rency convertible at will than Mr. Tooke. For himself, he stood by the Act of 1819. He thought no case had been made out for any further interference with that Act. No case of excessive issue had been shown. An Hon. Friend of his, who had written on the subject, was a warm supporter of the plan of the Right Hon, Baronet. That Hon. Gentleman had alluded to the' assistance afforded by the Bank in the year 1839, and had quoted that as an instance of increased circulation and of increased amount of accommodation to the public.' Now the fact was, that it was rather a decrease of accommodation to the public. The advance upon se curities had been increased certainly, from 9,600,000 L to 12,700,0001., showing an increase of 3,000,0001., but that increase had, in fact, been a mere transfer to pri vate securities from the bill department. The discount had been reduced to 3,400,0001., from 8,500,000/., so that there was actually a decrease of accommodation t , . the pub lie. By the present plan it was intended to attempt to lessen speculation ; this it was impossible to accomplish; and when, under the proposed system, the pressure did come, it would produce a most violent action on the public credit. What had occurred in 1825 and 1839 was nothing to what must occur under this system. If this plan were adopted a pressure would be produced upon securities which must produce a pressure upon de posits, which would necessarily counteract the action of the Bank upon securities. The Bank must necessarily make a sale of its securities in order to get back it bullion, and thus create a greater degree of pressure on the money market than existed before. The Bank would thus, in the event of such a crisis occurring as had occurred in 1825, be placed in a much more perilous position than it ever yet had been placed. The Right Hon. Gentleman was a great advocate of the corn-laws; now if he adhered to this strict management of the cir culation—if they were to have no expansion—how could they possibly maintain the corn-laws ? He would say to the country gentlemen, that if this system of banking was adopted it would create such a sense of the injus tice of the corn-laws, that it would be impossible to con tinue them. He was sure that the alteration in the cur rency laws proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet would inevitably lead to the repeal of the corn-laws ; and it ought to do so.—(Cheers.) The only unnatural cause operating to disturb the circulation was the corn-laws. The trade in corn, under the present system, was neces sarily a speculating . trade. It was impossible to foresee or to provide for contingencies. Whenever there was a large import, as at present, the payment for that import must be provided for by bullion ; and the moment the amount of bullion in the Bank coffers was reduced, the Bank would reduce its advances upon securities. As long, therefore, as the corn-laws remained, they would retain one great cause of the disturbance of the cur rency, and that would be an additional reason for press ing for the repeal of the cern-laws. He objected to anything that tended to connect the trade of banking with the State, and therefore he objected to the esta blishment of one single bank of issue. At present bank ing was unconnected with politics. No one inquired whe ther a bank director was a Whig or a Tory, but if 'they established a single bank of issue it would give such power to the State that party politics would become,con nected with questions, of banking, which could not Mil to produce a most injurious effect. He, therefore, protested against the establishment of a single bank of issue. He did not think that the plan would work well ;. and in the City of London he believed that there were many who concurred in that opinion. He understood that thirty London bankers had written to the Right Hon. Barimet, pointing out what they conceived to be objections4and objections which, according to the scheme he hadi laid down, he would be unable to meet. In the country,; too, the bankers entertained great objections to it. On these grounds, then, and relying on the Act of 1819, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had not made out a case for further interference, and he should therefore conclude by simply making his motion. Mr. HASTIE seconded the motion. He agreed with the principles the Hon. Gentleman had laid down, that all promissory notes ought to be convertible, on demand, into gold. With that provision, he thought there •was no danger of over-issue on the part of the country banks. The whole object of-the present Bill was to prevent those panics which had given such a shock to the trade of this country. since 1825, Now, in th e fi rs t pl ace , they had not taken proper pai n s t o ascerta i n th e causes of these panics, and he felt bound to'declare it as his opinion that the Bill of the Right Hon. Gentleman contained more elements of panic than any preceding one. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not prepared, when he received the notice given by the Honourable Gentleman, to hear such objections as those which he had urged in his speech. Enter taining the opinions he did, the Honourable Gentleman should have moved for the total rejection of the Bill, for that would have been the more manly and consistent course. The Hon. Member approved of sound prin ciples, and admitted that the Bill contained some, but studiously resisted the putting of them into operation. The Hon. Member agreed in the principle on which the report of the Bullion Committee was founded, but thought its recommendations were injudicious. The Hon. Gentleman attempted to prove, from the price of sugar at the ti me o f t h e war, that th. re was a redun dancy of currency at that particular time. Nothing could be more fallacious than such a test, and the history of the time proved it. In 1825 the country was re duced to such a con diti on , t h at M r. Huskisson felt him self forced to declare that the country was brought down to a state of barter. Did the Hon. Member forget 1839, when, in consequence of the mismanagement of the paper currency, the Bank was reduced to seek foreign aid, and it was doubtful for some time whether the Bank would have been able to pay in gold? If convertibility since 1819 was preserved, it was only by having a re currence to measures which pressed severely on the industry and energies of the country ; and they Were bound to consider it' they could not prevent a re currence of such evils. The Hon. Gentleman objected to the plan, becau.e it was not preceded by sufficient and competent inquiry. Why, what were Committees of the House engaged about for two years, but inquiring into the state of the currency?—(Hear, hear.) The principle of the Bill presented to the House by his Right Hon. Friend was' to have the currency of the day in a fair proportion of gold and paper, and to make it fluctuate as if the currency were entirely metallic. The Bill guarded against those fluctuations which had been so ruinous to private individuals, as well as to the na tional interests generally. The Bank of England, in order to prevent those disasters, should have full power over the exchanges; but hitherto paper issue took place from a source over which the Bank had no control, and which did not act in unison with the Bank. As the Bank contrrcted, this source became more copious, and hence the want of a proper controlling check, and the result of that want. But, argued the Hon. Member for Lambeth, your com mercial distress is not to be imputed to'the state of the currency, or to any changes that may have taken place in it. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not deny that it would be unfair to charge all the distress that had taken place at times to the fluctuations in the currency—no doubt there were many prevailing causes that also must be taken into account on that head ; but this he was prepared to say and to maintain, that the forced expansion of the currency, at a time when the natural tendency of things would lead to a contraction, was a main and essential ingredient of those distresses from which this country had periodically suffered.— (Hear, hear.) And it was no answer to the proposition which had been submitted by her Majesty's Government, to say that because they could not remove every one of those ingredients, and every one of those causes, they were to be debarred from attempting to cure those evils, the existence of which was palpable, and the remedy for a considerable portion of which they honestly believed thy had it in their power to suggest.—(Hear, hear.) But the Honourabl , Gentleman (Mr. Hawes), in confirmation of the views he held, had referred 'o the kYinlis of the United States, and asked, was not their currency quite convertible? He asked, was it not there the principle that the no es ot the many competing banks should be payable in gold. and yet what happened ? Why; this had happened : That, by their competition of issue, they had reduced their country to that condition in which they alike over looked the precepts of morality and the obligations ut honour, and caused wide-spread ruin around--(blear, hear.) This was done in his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) opinion, not from a want of convertibility, but from a recklessness of competition and of issue, and which had led to those wild shemes which none regretted more—for none suffered more—than th e _ authors of such recklessness.—(Hear, hear.) One main principle which the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) had laid down was, that Government should never be in a position unduly to interfere with, o r t o ' con t ro l t h e Bank in its managements and issues. This power of inter ference did not exist in the present charter, and in that which was now proposed as its substitute it was more than ever effectually guarded against, for there was to be not a quarterly, not a monthly, but a weekly return o f state and liabilities of the Bank, and this. not for the mere uses of Parliament, but of ever: kiwi in the king dom, and it would then be ve7, soon ascertained if the Bank were in any acting under the control of the Government.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hoar.") But, Said the Hon. Gentleman, them is no evidence to CLERKENWELL. Thomas FitzgerYd,anlrrsii labourer, and Catherine, his wife, were charged with it series of assaults of a vio lent character oa the person of George Moody, a broker, and his assistants. The prisoners live in Clarke's-buildings, St. Giles's, which are being pulled down, under the direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in order to carry out the extensive plan of improvement so much wanted in that neighbourhood. Not long since legal proceedings were instituted against the prisoners and many others of their class, residing in the same neighbourhood, in order to compel them to leave, but they were abandoned upon their solemn promise to give possession peaceably at a certain period, and a large sum of rent due by them was humanely remitted. Fitzgerald, however, broke his promise, and obstinately persevered in keeping possession. Police-constable Bryson. 76 E, deposed, that in order to serve the warrant on Fitzgerald he was obliged to break open his door, and when he did so he saw the pri soner standing in a recess behind, with a long-handed shovel raised in his hand,And ready to fell him to the ground. He, however, succeeded i n wres ti ng th e s h ove l from his hand and effectiug the service of the warrant. Edward Shea, in the service of Moody, the broker, deposed, that having a warrant of distraint for 51. 6s. Bd. rent, due by Fitzgerald, he went to his dwelling on Thursday last. The door was, however, closed, and he was obliged to enter the house through the window. The female prisoner was sitting in the middle of the floor, and declared she would never leave unless she were permitted to remove some wearing apparel. Leave was given her to do so, but when they removed the goods she became more violent than ever, and they were obliged to use force in ejecting her. She returned in two hours after and whilst witness was unheedingly standing in the street, she attacked him in the most furious manner, flinging a brick at his abdomen, and kicked him so that there were several swellings and contusions on his legs and body. She was, however, torn away from him, and the door of the house was locked and fastened, so that they might not again enter. George Moody, the broker, deposed that he went to the house the same evening, at nine o'clock, and was surprised at finding the prisoners and their children in it. They had crept into it through the window. He knocked at the door ; it was at once opened ; but he had not ad vanced beyond the threshold, when he received a tre mendous blow on the head, which felled him to the grouad. The blow was struck by the prisoner, with a piece of timber five feet long, and as thick as a man's leg ; it was struck with such violence that the stave was broken on his head. He still felt great pain and giddi ness from the blow, and was not at all well. He re treated as soon as he could, but a hatchet was flung at him in departing, which, had it struck him on the head, would have killed him. (The hatchet and pieces of timber were produced.) Mr. GREENWOOD said that the conduct of the pri soners resembled that of savages more than civilized beings. He was sorry to observed that persons in the prisoners' condition looked upon their landlord as their greatest enemy, and the broker as a fit object to wreak their vengeance upon. They bad been treated with great clemency, and they had shown themselves utterly unworthy of it. If the law of landlord and tenant was to be upheld any longer such conduct must be punished. He would fine the prisoners IL each, or a month's imprisonment.—They were committed. John O'Brien, a dweller in the same place, was held to bail, for threatening to stab Moody, the broker, with a knife, when he exhibited his warrant of distress. LLOYD'S SHIPPING'. CAUTION TO MARINERS. SUNKEN ROCK BETWEEN CAPITI AND PORT NICHOLSON. The following is an extraet of a letter received at Devon port, from an officer on board her Majesty's ship North Star, and transmitted to Lloyd's : ( Extract.) " Her Majesty's ship North Star, Port Nicholso n , New Zealand, Feb. 18 1844. " We have been knocked about shockingly on this boister ous coast—nothing but gales of wind. We had a very narrow escape last Wednesday, on our passage from Capiti to this place, with his Excellency, having nearly run on a rock that has been improperly laid down in the charts; we were within sixty yards of it, gang nine knots in a gale ; had we struck, nothing would have saved us but the interposition of Divine Providence. The following are the bearings as taken the moment we passed; we could not see it (although every one at his station, and in mid-day) owing to the sea being one sheet of foam. Our log says—' Passed close to a sunken rock two feet under water, with the white rocks S.W. by S., outer island of the Brothers, S.E. by S. ; see chart of Cook's Straits.' It does not appear that the actual existence of this rock is known, though since our escape it is said that it has several times been reported to have been seen. Sir Edward intends, if possible, to survey the rock when we leave, which we do in a few days, fur Stuart's Island, Hobart Town, and Sydney," SUICIDE THROUGH THE PITMEN'S STRIKE.—A pit man, named Hartley (we believe), prior to the strike employed at Sacristan Colliery, committed suicide, by hanging himself, on the night of Sunday last. He had undergone considerable privation, and having in vain applied for relief from the Union Fund, and seeing no better prospect before him, be became a prey to despon dency, under the influence of which he became his own destroyer. He left his home on the Sunday evening, and was found suspended from a tree in a plantation near to Findon Hill, on the following afternoon.—Durham Chronicle. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT OFF SUNDERLAND.-011 Thursday morning, between three and four o'clock, two brothers. named Bell, the sons of Mrs. Bell, spirit and porter merchant, Sunderland-street, Bishopwearmouth, went out into the Sunderland roads, in a coble, to amuse themselves with shooting sea-fowl. They were about a mile and a.half from shore, when a bird suddenly neared them ; on which John, the elder, a young man in hi s twenty-second year, whose gun, loaded and cocked, was lying on the th w a r ts of the boat, laid hold of the muzzle to draw it towards him ; when, melancholy t o relate, the trigger caught, and the pieoe went of, lodging the whole charge in the upper part of his right arm, which was shattered to pieces. His distracted brother bound up the bicycling limb, as well as he was able, with tivo handkerchiefs, and then rowed towards shore, liter °MY for life.'' On reaching the harbour, the wounded man was immediately conveyed to the house of Mr, Ward, surgeon, 4nd received every possible attention that skill anci humanity could render ; but nature was too mach e4hausted, and the unfortunate young man 09033 sank WV:, the eleev of death.—Durham Chronicle. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS. The movement caused by the incarceration of Mr. O'Con nell is extending over every district of the country. We sub join some of the accounts received to-day:— COUNTY OF CORK.—CHARLEVILLE, JUNE 10.—An address of the inhabitants of the parish of Charleville to the Libe rator, was voted at a public meeting held yesterday in the chapel, Daniel Clanchy, Esq., in the chair. Nothing can equal the popular enthusiasm. Over 401. repeal rent has been collected here. [The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains reports of vari ous other meetings held in that county.] RoscommoN.—Meetings are being held in every parish in this part of the country. The people are redoubling their exertions and their subscriptions. O'Connell in prison has enrolled more patriots under his banner than he would, if at large, in twelve months. Castlerea meets to-morrow, Ros common to-morrow week.—Roscommon Journal of Saturday. KILRUSII.—There was a repeal meeting in Kilrush on Sun day ; the chair was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Kenney, P.P. The speakers were—the Rev. Mr. Meehan, Doctor Foley, and Mr. James M'Carty. The object of the meeting was to get up an address of condolence to the traversers, now in gaol. A sum •f 30/. was collected in the rural districts of the parish. —Clare Journal. TULIAMORE.—On Sunday last there was a most numerous and influential meeting in this town, at which a gentleman of considerable wealth and long standing, Michael Molloy, Esq., presided. The Very Rev. D r . O'R a ff er t y , J. P. o'l , lanagan, Esq., and all the leading Liberals took part in the proceedings. _ _ TiluaLEs.--One of the most important meetings during the present crisis took place in Thurles, county Tipperary. The clergy and people of this district assembled in great nurabers, under the presidency of Samuel Cooke, Esq., of Brownstown. THE CLERGY OF KILLALOE.—The Clare Journal Raja:— '• The clergy of the diocese of Killaloe have resolved to send, through their enlightened patriotic prelate, their sub scription to the Repeal Association in the course of the next week." THE REPEAL RENT. The Evening Post of this day contains the following : " The Repeal Association yesterday held its second meeting since the incarceration of Mr. O'Connell ; and the repeal rent, which the Evening Mail assured the judges would be extinguished by an " exemplary sentence upon tke tra versers, advanced to the unprecedented sum of 3,2291. " Even whilst the 'monster meetings' were in progress, the largest sum ever received within one week at the Repeal Association was 3,1031., acknowledged on the 19th of June, 1843, and 1,0081. of which was from Clare, contributed at the meeting held in Ennis on the 15th. An American remittance of 401. was also included. " Yesterday, without any such large remittance as that from Clare, or any contribution from America, the weekly return was 3,229/. 1 This far surpasses anything witnessed during the agitation for Catholic Emancipation. The largest amount of money ever received at the Catholic Asso ciation was 2,700/., acknowledged during the week of the Clare election. " Such are the first fruits of State prosecutions, jury ma nagement, and the whole system of Orange misgovernment." THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—Since our last we have had a number of delightful showers, which have greatly refreshed vegetation, and in part repaired the injury done by the drought of the two preceding months. In this neighbourhood, as well as in the south and centre of England, the change has come too late to improve the first hay crop materially, though, if the showers should continue, very fair second crops will be got in many places. On the colder and damper lands in the valleys of the Irwell and the Mersey, where hay-making seldom begins before the first week in July, the hay crops may still be very good, as the grasses are in no danger •f seeding for some weeks. In this district, however, the hay harvest will not be over this year until the end of July, and the aftergrass will conse quently be lighter than usual. Just before the com mencement of the rain, hay rose from 2/. to 31 a ton in the principal towns of South Lancashire, and though it has since fallen, it is still higher than usual, end likely to continue so. The only other crop that has yet sus tained any injury, which a fortnight of showery weather will not cure, is the bean crop. Its growth has been greatly checked by the drought, and in some cases the bloom has shown itself, although the stem is not more than a foot or a foot and a half in height. The rapid rise which has taken place in the price of beans shows that there is very little prospect of a good clop. The potatoes have now begun to grow briskly, and the second sowing of turnips promise better than the first, although much more rain than has fallen will be neces sary to put them out of danger from the drought and the fly, whose ravages are always very great in dry seasons. The wheat crop still continues to look as well as ever, and from the thickness of the plant upon the ground, it will prevent the evaporation of the moisture which has fallen, and render further supplies comparatively unne cessary. 'The oats and other kinds of spring grain have considerably improved in appearance since our last, but they still require a good deal more rain to push them i;)rward, and without it they will be both short in the straw and light in the car. It is many years since ponds, streams, and wells were so nearly dry at the aea son as they are at present, or since so much inconveni ence has been experienced both in town and country from want of water.—Liverpool Times. TnE BITER BITTEN.—A farmer who resides in this 40ghbonrhpc•d f and who is on very bad terms with another 'farmer, wimp fields adjoin his own s a few even ipgs since found a number of stray sheep iss his wheat field! and believing them to be his neighbourls, imt. , mediately h a d th(o4 driven tp the pound. It turned put that Pielads own.of the stp u b i l l in c g i4 hi r e n a4 e l iga s ho bs tir e c i s, they .rope w il e e r 4 o actually his tp pay expenses connected with tip* being 1m f04140,-642RICriff ORM; DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Sir It. Inglis, from Anglesea, and other places; by Sir R. Phil lips, and Sir George Staunton, from Hampshire. Mr. COLVILE presented petitions from Derbyshire against the Gilbert Unions. — Mr. GREENE presented petitions from Hampshire to the same effect. Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. HAIL STORMS. Captain POLHILL gave notice that on the 2d of July he should ask leave to bring in a Bill to exempt from the payment of stamp duty all policies of insurance on farms and farming stock against damage by hail. POST-OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, to-morrow, he should present a petition from certain parties, complain ing of the opening of their letters at the Post-office, and praying for redress. C ORN-L AWS. Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented iineteen petitions from places in Worcestershire against any alteration in the present system of corn-laws. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, what had been the cause of the delay with regard to the introduction of the Charitable Trusts Bill? It would be in the recollection of the House, that the Right Hon. Baronet bad promised that the Bill would be introduced by the Lord Chancellor in another place. Three weeks had elapsed since then, and no steps had been taken with regard to its introduction. If the Bill were delayed till July, when the House was thin, he should feel it his duty to throw every obstacle in the way of its passing. He wished to know when the Bill would be introduced ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Lord Chancellor was entrusted with the Bill, and he had every reason to be lieve it would be proceeded with forthwith. Sir G. GREY wished to know whether the Govern ment had any intention of passing the Bill ; and, if so, at what time it would come be'ore the House ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the power of introducing Bills was in the hands of the Government; the power of passing them rested with the House. It was impossible for him to say within what period the Bill would come Mr. CHRISTIE said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not only promised that the Bill would be introduced, but that it was the intention of the Government that it should be passed during the present session; and he wished to know whether there was any change in the in • tentions of the Government with respect to the passing of the Bill ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the power of passing Bills rested with the House. If there was any change in the intentions of the Government, it arose from the circumstance of the delay in passing the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the Right. Hon. Baronet had told them that the Bill was to be introduced by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. Now, nothing that occurred in that House could be a reason why the Bill should not be introduced before the House of Lords. Sir J. GRAHAM could only repeat what he said before. The Government were desirous that the Bill should be passed, but it was in the power of that House to decide whether it should pass or not. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY asked when it was pro bable that the Bill would be introduced. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the matter was in the hands of the Lord Chancellor, who had prepared a Bill on the subject, and who would introduce the Bill which he had prepared into the House of Lords forthwith. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know when the return of the convictions under the game-laws during the year 1843, which had been moved for at the beginning of the session would be laid on the table. Sir J. GRAHAM (as we understood) replied that the returns would be laid on the table without delay. Sir G. GREY wished to state, with regard to the Charitable Trusts Bill, that he had no wish to offer any obstruction to the measures of the Ministry merely for obstruction's sake ; but it should be recol lected that this was a Bill of very great import ance. It had not yet been introduced into the House of Lords, it could not by any possibility be in the House of Commons before the latter end of July or the beginning of August, and he protested against the Bill being hurried through at a late period of the session in a thin House ; and if it should be necessary to propose amendments in that Bill, he claimed to himself a right to propose those amendments, and to discuss the matter fully without being charged with offering wilful obstruction to the measures of the Government. SHIPPING INTEREST. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that there was a no tice on the paper of a motion of the President of the Board of Trade for a Committee on the subject of the shipping interest. That motion must give rise to dis cussion. He trusted it would not be introduced at a late hour. Mr. GLADSTONE would not introduce it at too late an hour for discussion. AMERICAN LOYALISTS. Mr. HUME wished to know when it was the intention of the Government to move for a Committee of Supply, as on the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, he intended to direct the attention of the House to the case of Mr. Cooper. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that it would be better for the Hon. Gentleman to give notice of motion on the subject, as he could not undertake to move the Com mittee of Supply for the purpose of affording the lion. Gentleman an opportunity of bringing forward his motion. Mr. HUME would then give notice that he should, to-morrow(this day), on the moving of the first Govern ment order, bring the case of Mr. Cooper before the House. BANK CHARTER BILL. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bank Charter Bill having been read. Mr. B. HAWES rose to move, that no sufficient evi dence has been laid before this House to justify the pro posed interference with banks of issue in the manage ment of their circulation. The question they had to discuss was one of such vast importance, and involved such a number of details, that he must at onee ask for the consideration and indulgence of the House while he endeavoured to state the grounds on which he ventured to oppose the further progress of this Bill. It should be recollected that if this plan should be rejected by the House, the plan of 1819 for regu lating the currency, and the principle of the Bullion Committee of 1810 would still remain in force. Against these plans he intended no opposition. All that the Right Honourable Baronet had stated with regard to the standard of value, the necessity of having promissory notes being payable in gold, and of th e necessity of maintaining the convertibility of notes, he as cordially agreed in as the Right Hon. Gentleman himself. The Right Hon. Baronet intended that the circulation of paper should be governed by that of gold, —was it to fluctuate as that fluctuated ? The Right Ho nourable Gentleman had so clearly explained the objects of his Bill that he need hardly refer to it ; but it was so important that he should not hesitate to repeat the Hon. Baronet's own words. (The Hon. Member read an extract from the Right Hon. Baronet's speech in reference to this point.) He thought these things ought to be well considered before they were adapted ; and if they were not it was the fault of the parties and not his.--(Hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) would be glad to know one single authority of practical experience. that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) could produce to contravene the opinions he had just quoted from Mr. Deacon Hume. But how did they attempt to prove the existence of this excessive issue of paper, upon which they laid the blame of every evil, and which they made the justification of their present measure? For this asserted over issue had been made the ground for change in 1811, and it had been made the ground of the measure of 1819. What was the proof—where was the proof in these two years of the depreciation of paper ? In his (Mr. Hawes's) opinion they were bound to show that there had been an excessive issue of paper, and that this had led to a depreciation of the eurrency and to an increase of prices. Again, he said ho defied the Right Hon. Gentleman to show that the paper currency had been depreciated by those issues, and that the prices of commodities had been so affected by this. In the evidence before the Bank Charter Committee there was not a tittle of proof of this effect ; nor did he believe that any valid expression in sup port of it would be discovered in the various pamphlets and other publications upon the subject. They had had assertions in abundance, but they had had no facts. He, h ewever, would not give them asser tion against assertion ; he would show them that the amount of circulation had produced no direct effect upon the variation of prices, and he would defy any one to prove the contrary. If it was asserted that the amount of circulation pro duced a direct effect upon prices, he asked them to show the grounds up n 1 which they rested that assertion. Where was the evidence to prove that an increased cir culation had been invariably followed by high price, ? He would refer to the work of Mr. Tooke on price:, to show that such had not been the case. There was no proof that the variation in prices was referable to the variation in the circulation. Let thorn take the year 1838, when th ere was the highest amount of circu lation --there were thi rty m illi ons o f local cir culation. The amount of bullion in the Bank was ten millions, and the rate of discount was 21 per cent. If this theory were correct, the rise in price should have been coincident with the increase in i the circula tion ; but, o n a re f erence to T oo k e , t would b e found that such was not the case. Then there was the theory of Mr. Jones Loyd ; if that theory were correct in the year 1834, the depr ec i a ti on of Bank paper as c o m p are d t o bullion, ought to have been 75 percent. Such, however, had by no means been the case, and therefore the Right Hon. Gentleman was mistaken in adopting that theory, for at that period the circulation had been preserved safe from depreciation. It should be recollected that the Right Hon. Baronet did not deal with the paper credit contained in bills of exchange to a small amount ; be limited bank notes only, and left other securities untouched. He referred to the rage for speculation that had prevailed in the United States, the embarrassme n t cause d b y which was remedied by compelling the banks to resume cash payments—by in fact i n t ro d uc i ng t h e principle of the Bill of 1819. The not limiting the amount of the paper credit issued by the country banks in the shape of bills of exchange and other securities, would leave them free to issue what .......--...... - - ••••-..- , ..--.1.-".".""P'" ri ll s 4 1 show any ground for the interference of soli , ' with the banks of issue. Now, he did n ot . 4 was necessary for him to show that thee:e:o: very great misconduct to justify the ( 30 7, sl io; introducing this treasure. It was enoueh 10,,,, Goulburn) to prove that the consequences Of t' o e, system neces-arily led to evils against th vi e ro b : its ; which there was no means of guardiegi l ' e res o ieb") to say anything agai ns t ceuntry bankers. . 0 1 6 most iniquitous transactions had com e t ss orlia acknowledged that body to be eminent for tod? for honour. - But it was not denied by thenl os s/ operations were governed by the state of t h o l d t.lif them,—by the wants of the neighbourh o . desires and the d eman d s of the community which they liv e d ; an d th a t they knew no thin n i' t o f of the foreign e x chan ges in the manag one t Of issues, and the government of their conducnsof there was sufficient proof in the acknow le dg me Ile country bankers themselves.—(Hear, hear.) 0 bed not trouble the Hou se f ur th e r, for the ques ti° d 1 0', so fully discussed on a former occasion to e o f $ ability, that he should but weaken the W e hs ebi', was then advanced wer e h e to say mo re upon iL '' He would conclude, by sa yi n g, that he thought 0 Is have bent more fair and more manly t' e ,', t o IS attacked the measur e on its principle thau bsd assailed it on mere minor points of detail, to the case that evening. —(Hear, hear.) re d the • Sir W. CLAY said, though he conside %le of sure was in one or two points susc e P ti ll ° t provement, yet as a whole he looked n 0 .0 as a good one, :rid the principle °sore: it was founded, he most cordi all y bstrrist? He believed that these principles were, a he etOs sound. and true, and it was most important tote*, that they should be carried into practical.; of; It was not necessary to deal with the 6 1 1 1 ;Ir y Birmingham School—they were very genet's' l ot c ol l o by the good sense of the country. Ba it *as see 0 them that opposition wa s to be offered to the P o t 0 1, , Hon. Friend the Member Lambeth was c u ne se et , o who thought the Bill u n necessary. il e • s ot ' P . f o lieved the Bill to be both expedient and ne ce sea t ~i great truth had been entirely overlooks ostli% the principle, that they could not combine ths,.. so d 'p two incongruous systems, one of convertandes other of inconvertible paper. England l l o os:'i,, have her full share of the precious metals i i n d, the e . ' great was their tendency to flow into Eng in 1 44 0 Rothschild said, before the Committee of ' erj were it not for a bad harvest now and th leri loans, or raining speculations, he believed th at so na r` of the world would centre in England. T he ' of „t the currency fully justified the propc e sso Si s s' Bill before the House.—(Hear.) lie 5n ,,1 7 1 trouble the House with details in supr r y t s ' elfs general principles. He contended that neith r iots i'd of England nor the country banks had reg° pri issues according to the exchanges, and tba t ip li ts l .fir 4 to regulate them both was necessary. H is 313 rid was quite mistaken in what he had stand ! r es i I si s to a suspension of cash payments in Alne ri nt ertte) was by the law of the States as complete a obi be ° 11! of notes into cash as in this country. It n ' l r' ss es? then why was it that cash payments were : . :l Eskos From the same reason that it had happened I of l 'e there was an excessive rage and competitiell lls P l e and the law could not enforce an i m possibil it t tle d!:4 sidered that the Right Hon. Baronet was en s t s i bt l4 best thanks of ev e ry lo ver o f his country _ ...0 .1 forward this measure. lie d° Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the moti"n'tdo b that the remonstran ces th a t h a d been In v . 4 , 0 country bankers would be duly atten ded 7, t e 0 , 0 he was sure, they w ere we ll worth,: tr ° s lo I 3 d g. The result of the adoption o f th e proposed s i t se t ii ~tt4 be, that the system of credit would displac e . ' er s e of eurrency, and small bills would neeess ari teas`les l place of the notes which would be withdraw°, t lli tl `s . lation. This measure would give to ra y ° ll „, e l ou ldcP political . power by enhancing itd'value. i t - Tse P.O tote a virtual aristocracy of mere wealtle,bere O c fr aristocracy consisted of those elements. -1. , n t, OsiS aristocracy of birth, the aristocracy , of tai toss ` h d aristocracy of wealth. Each of these sea r, - bi 1 aristocracy had its failings. The aristocoss i,s was indolent and overbearing, but it was ge s n e s ist'' r II aristocracy of talent was intolerant, but " 1 %000 of wealth was the most oppressive that O n e „ t olr t s! , regarded human beings merely as units 0 ' i f i sstocil and if it were to become the sole Lb , ro it would become so oppressive that i sesliS would be obliged to look out f° l. te a ' o iS defend themselves against it . The entry rso" afforded au example of a democratic Co nn , Oa into an aristocracy. The aristocracy there: a by vd tocracy of talent. The country was gu i r d s l to y goees ; but they had been very W e 'l l , A s 4 against the aristocracy of wealth. DO ~Xsgss ' ' took additional protections against it, by eZ o i chir,,,c peated subdivisions, and by enlarging We ' s lOs they adopted this measure it would tend to e_ ci r re , " standard of value more than anything that i lis os si y it; and when, in their future troubles, they si tu i s lal? to look on what they bad done, although it ''" t i l ef like the brazen serpent in the wilderness, ty find that it bad less than its healing virtues•sSi Mr. HUME could assure the Hon. Get .. l : l/ 10 ° there was no necessity whatever for the sle' is es,, seemed to entertain. If he thought this ta e- bio ' ' o' lead to an extension of the franchise t po rt bo another reason why he should sti , P e lts.4o but be found it would produce no such re",, - ,,isi Hon. Gentleman seemed to labour under 11 .'; eto f s' that the precious metals were limited in al; of fl but the present state of the coffers of the 13 ' 13 i,e i s? land was sufficient to dissipate such a deluw‘fay Bank of England had at the present mome nt s rid e much gold that they did not know how to g t bet . 1 and so long as England was capable of sellitc3igne,otsioi duce cheaper than other countries, she w" & d s ril o .V : for gold. This Bill maintained a gold s te 's -s 5,, te e Hi' paper currency, convertible into gold, /100..0 4 paper of the same v a l u e as the gold• to bl re who had introduced this motion had spoke: lit V iv i the subject, and he had hoped that he in j i, fl able to support it. He thought it had bee° g iglil of statement which had been made by the i th e p! nourable Baronet, in which he attributtehis eV tuation to over-issue on the part of s iiste o el:j banks. Now, at the pr e s en t moment, it was ° t ri t i j that any Bank could issue a larger V an- 00 1 : i than the country required, as long as th° se p t iro' i f'', on the basis of convertibility. The 1-op t he o . o i r l'; not carry out his own theory. One bab u bait l ',, s (''s was convertible on demand, but the o ther s , to (bait, of that character. Every bank note ousn" no t l e 10: : vertible into gold on demand, but such wa n s csrt ib iel with country bank notes. They were c s ° "o4 ° t. i Bank of England notes only. Now tbe P e „ s aiel o ol,c note ought always to he able to obtain its ' OP " bi rf' on demand. The Right Hon. Gentlemanot.o t li : ee tel y 4 s the legal tender clause, destroyed his ° ,..,.,, e di s howti a note was not currency if it was not ees )Fie t t i o t, ) vertible---it was commercial paper mere l l; ad h Cy there ought to be only one batik of iss" l " A ll t '", e f '0 the Government took upon itself to issue $. sge 1. 5 , , and silver, it ought also to have c" h bs• s eS o. s' paper. He preferred metallic currency 0' 01) mixed currency was more economical a n n e r vi s s ,lo';' he did not object to it, provided the Pap s els'4 convertible. He knew not why the Batik fetsA, have any privileges beyond the rest of t " - t alo d li since the Government did not choose to il , e o ce , o into their own charge, they ought to hs: ve „! cl 01 ;Sl e , 0 Majesty's subjects the same fair and eq' so of e ; Ili? the Right Hon. Baronet made all notes that ":µl O l might suffer the issue to be unlimited, fer n es 11 to r s always checked by its convertibility. As I°g f Il ieti o tfY rnained convertible, he would defy any I t i be o ' l t ii ati forth more of them than the demands ab out Lbe ,rf quired. A great deal had been said 013 01/ Vis 1 States, but those who had failed ther e ' rtf sa c " • I might be called bankers, were not in re"' i ' sod 3, sat in s net 0 were merchants and dealers. There ws,e soi ;6 ,of any bank which had acted on pure`Y e at :asrils l diodes having failed. Let them I ° o- Ill', b pi where there was no restriction as to issu e ' no , it ) twenty" j, of banks in that country was now r, elands d , 1 , circulation had not been added to 1 0 , 1 0 4 dite l been when there were only six. t ore be 9 issue more, but the issues were, d i st b i i forjt`' Mr. Blair, in his evidence, had state"' ', he l os d that the whole of the notes issued bi, ; dayl,ce°,,,d banks were returned every ten or twer s ' s y i° 6 1 ' r 4 attributed it to the fact that no one ba° :,.t ; fe l ) to keep any bank notes in 'his P° e s - er e.e t ,„ 09 brought them into the branch banks, w's o sissotre o . transmitted to Edinburgh. It was not P t the amount of the circulation beyond w t ',„ s t 0 0 r 5 ; . t0 for the wants of the country. The soilsl- tell)pro l ` . : 1 rency in England was less now than it . del 1 00, Instead of hoarding bank notes, as the 'in: s' ;5 0 0 1 people now deposited them either in I n ' We i.- el e ir joint-stock banks, f o r t h e sa ke of their w as ° c. ,) 0 in large transacti o n s th e currency o f to o erf economised through the operations to f „rrS:oi. ' ing- house. This they were ab le os a 0 al' el a much less amount of currency nt sys lo o 9 . r 2 It was not fair to attribute to the pres e The t fl, bankruptcies which had taken place' are tite s ev er) , Wright's bank, in this city, one of the, l' a 0 10 1 )11 6 which had taken place, had no connee t 2 e n goo. oe ; p c ( the present system of currency. '„ es , t h ,' cle, - 0 1', then quoted from Mr. Kennedy's eval e " Li la - 0 that he believed a single bank of issue 0) . a gte o f i - g ti‘e to Scotland, and that..when there or rie tioi!..tte, kt , bullion in the 'sank of England, the re!' t o f ..sl'tell would be limited. The effect of the 0: _ e x n o egel,o,.'et, the country banks had been greatlclskilotY the Right Hon. Baronet. Why, ev en hoe ho" 001 the system of banking was imperfect, t ~at t he .. br r t excessive issue. He (Mr. H.) denied, t_ c ' ss 04 ..i l es i s. ',,a private banks had anything to do with ti_70,,,,t per iiv.,;s ruptcies which had occurred w ithin a, iu,,,agl ( ! o ler:i very little to do with the comeatrei' i sam ba , she I:1 had taken place. In 1819, accordin4 1 .. u .00 5, ' to r io r of the Committee of the House of Conv_ ii d of re/ of the country banks was fifty millions. ' ~,i t ,e . , of f ile call of England thirty million,. The C°ll' e t he o ' ll mencl,d an immediate contravtio, # o cal l issue. Accordingly, in 1820, the ist k i i j thf il y r to of England was reduced to 23,000,0001:pc 0 3 ' yOte of bullion in its coffers increased fr'" '"rei'l°4-tiee, a half, which it bad been in the P,. Iv iis a de l e 8,000,000. On the 28th February, lt 3 ' oo o, all A se l l [lank of England was reduced to 16,40 0 i; 0s incrpig i is' lion in the coffers of the Bank , a , 1 1; 01 , bo it" 11,000,000, thus showing, that its t/ SI, st ore . , e ss', es had contracted its issue, the bulliott in 1 0 '7_, 01 1 ' 4 oie 4 creased. The lion. Member quoted fr the pa,e14,,,,T,JS turns to show that ex'', , avagant issue ° n os e oli ir eal!pe" Bank had kl,nn productive of disastgcoss c 'r e pc) ( l l4 ( 4 " 4 `.,tat as they restrained that ink i d t ee e ll s vil l : ;r i , the bullion in the Bank increased , a n s a reas ° o oli i ,.l o 4 came more steady. There was no ri. n to 6 sh it ' # 4. , b ß y un g l i c v o in f g E i n t g s l u an ch d should control beo over banks , l vtilit ll n i i ? ,t i li f r r e l ; ol miles of the metropolis. He did r lc ' t ,l a nd i s, la any need for obliging the Bank of Eu.i: ii tiiew did not lil ' much gold in its coffers. lie !,