The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

ettrli Vlttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, FLANDERS MAIL. BRUssELR, FEB. 6.—The Minister of Public Works received to. day a deputation of the principal proprietors of iron-works interested in the railway of Sambre and Meuse, who came to assure hire that they had no part whatever in the intrigues, the üb• ject' of which is to support the line of Taylor ; that they all desire the prompt execution of the first proposed line,which will suffice for all tho wants of that industrious country, which wants nothing more than this vent for its production to attain all the development of which it is-aut , ceptible. The Minister received these gentlemen in a favourable manner, - and had no difficulty- in satisfying them. The Chamber of Representatives resumed to-day the debate on - the articles of the budget of the department of the interior. Article 3 was witlidr&wn. Article 4 (now ankle 3) was agreed to, as well as all the articles of the 2d and 3d chapters, and the first ten articles of chapter 4. BRUSSELS, FEB. 7.—The Chamber of Representatives, after the presentation of several reports, continued the debate on the budget of the department of the interior, several articles of which were agreed to. Several petitions have been presented to the Chamber, and to the Minister of Public Works, to obtain a reform in the Post-office. If we are rightly informed, a plan has been drawn up in the office of the Minister, admitting the reform in principle, but recommending the progres sive application of it. It is hoped that the plan may be laid before the Chamber before the close of this ses sion. The greatest obstacle appears to be the fear that is entertained in the Finance Department of a diminution of the revenue. To remove that obection, the merchants who have the greatest interest i n t hat reform should im mediately point out the means of making good the defi ciency, if there should be any. We have had very unpleasant weather for three days past. Yesterday we had a thunder storm with snow, hail, and rain, which continued for four-and-twenty hours, and has been succeeded by a pretty severe frost. There is, however, a pretty certain indication that the spring will be mild and favourable—this is, that the spots in the sun have greatly diminished. Mr. Forster, the astronomer at Bruges, has ascertained by a great number of experiments that these spots have a great influence in the temperature.—Brussels pope's, Feb. 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 1. 5 per Cent. 3letalliques...... ....... 1113 4 4 per Cent. ditto ........................ 10 1 12 3 per Cent. ditto— • ..... •.• • • •••• • • • • 78 Loan, 1834 •.. Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1625 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ••• • • 182 U Gloggnitz • ..... 1341 Milan .. ....... 122 R, —Allgeruelne Zeitung, Feb. 4. . DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, FEB. 7. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent............ 64 6434 Ditto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • •••• • • • • 785£ 784 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent.. Alma Syndic, 4% per Cent .• .• 99.74 10034 Ditto, 334 per Cent......... ....... Commercial Company, 43% per Cent 1473¢ 148 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 9834 984 Exchange on London, one month l2 17.5 • Two months ..... •• • At 5ight......... On Hamburgh Two months.. On Paris Two months. • 43.15 •• • 3.5 25 —Dutch Papers, Feb. 8. PRUSSIAN lIINDS.—Bzumx, FEB. 4. . • Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 332 per Cent .... .•• • • • 100 1-12 99 7-12 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 months —Universal Prussian Gazette, Feb. 7. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, FEB. 4 Bills. Money. 113 6 2154 6 24 3 Austrian 5 per Cents Bank Shares . Anglo-Russian Loan .. . . Hussian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 105% 1054 Ditto let series Inscripti on . Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 993 i 9914 Ditto, in Certificate. 99 99% New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. .. •• .. 92 91% Ditto Stieglitz ...• • • • Spanish New 5 per Cent. . . • Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23 per Cent 4O Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent.... • • 63 3 4 63 Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844...• 87% 87 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• • . 87% 8714 . Nation ,a 1 Bank Shares • • 140 Eichange on London. Pelersburgli, Three months ..... ' Bremen, Two m0nth5.......... —llanburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 4 • 371,', • 6 13 ' BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, FEB. 3. Actual Debt, 2?i per Cent .. . Rothsehild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • . 98 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto Thirty-seven Million", ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840.. .. . ...... . Ditto, ditto, 1844........ .. •• • ... • • Ditto of the City, 1843 • • • . 103 Ditto, 1832 .. Bankofßelgium ..... • • • .. • . • • • ....... .• 608 —Brussels Papers. Feb. 5. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. REILLY. In this case, which had not concluded when our Afternoon Edition went to press, 'the jury returned a verdict for the Crown Tor the single value-772/. 16s. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—If the decisions of the Council of Trent, " the wh o l e c y c l e o f R oman d octr i ne, "—if t h e con tinual - insinuation, and frequent direct assertion, that Protesta nt i sm i s heresy—if the assumption, as self-evi dent excellencies, on every occasion, of the Romish dis tinctive rally-raeritorio charact ers of priestly-obligatory, and gene , sw. usk:elibacy, confession, absolute spiritual direction legends of Enwhesii if the re-publication of all the ag e s, :and the obtit.iionkery, through all the dark public i n n on of the Engli s hthe astonished eyes the nineteenth century of thaumaturgic and t toe-nails itnber-sha v i ngs , oli clothes, and old tombstones —if all this i s cons i stent with the creed of the Ch urc h of England,this within and if t h e uncen sured inculcation o f a ll n University of Oxford i s consistent" uh the w a ll s o f t h e in with the m ora l an d i intell ctual reputation o f t h at u admit that its convocation w ill b e vedrsity —then vk e ine lessly, as certain of our Contemporarie s lling as need will, in expressing any opinion of their hink they Thursday next. But, if any me n , Protestant own on holding principl.-s, ever were called upon to stand fort h,g and say they hold them—if any provocatio n possibly can be j given to a e.', who b lteve the Ref ormat i on o querei• great privileges for them, t o vindiccante. those privileges in the face of first covert— now open— i nsult—then surely the members of that University rre so called upon, and the ill-blood ereatencd as likely to result from their obeying this call will have been generated by no act of theirs. The whole question ia, whether they do adhere to Protestant free dom, as freedom which ought in England, and an English University, to be exercised and enjoyed, or no. The rout of the controversy is not this or that dogma— but tlie.right of our forefathers, and of us their suns, to assert the freedom of national education from the obligation to bOw to one exclusive set of dogmas, imposed by a foreign -hierarchy. It is this obligation which is now '4nfquitocally asserted by the new Oxford school—and : DIRECT PORTSMOUTH RAIL WAY.--(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the Shareholders of the above Railway was held at the London Tavern, W. A. Wil kinson,-Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of consi dering the late adverse decision with respect to this line Which the Board of Trade had come to. The CHAIRMAN detailed the various advantages of this proposed line, and contended that the Board of Trade had not given that consideration to the subject which was due to it. The Company had not been allowed to reply to the arguments brought forward by their opponents ; the reason alleged by the Chair man of the Board, Lord Dalhousie, that it was phy sically impossible. Under these circumstances he contended that it was their duty to go to Parliament and have their case thoroughly Investigated. Mr. YOUNG, the Secretary, then read a report from the Directors, which stated that the Committee had fully considered the position in which this undertak ing was placed, and its chances of ultimate success, which, with every respect for the Board of Trade, they could not believe were materially diminished by their recent announcement, seeing that, with very limited experience, and a system ill-adapted for the attainment of correct information, it had been physi cally impossible for that Honourable Board, by reason of the multiplicity of schemes submitted to their notice, to give to each a sufficient attention. It was now understood, that notwithstanding their reports competing railways would be referred to Select Committees, whose decisions, founded upon evidence publicly given, and after all parties had been fully heard in the presence of each other, in accordance with the recognised principles of English justice, could alone be satisfactory and final. Before such a tribunal the Committee felt assured that they would be able to prove that the direct London and Portsmouth Line would afford the safest, the cheapest, and the most expeditious railway commu nication between London and Portsmouth • that it was earnestly desired by the towns of Dork ing, Godal ming, tiaslemere, Petersfield, and Havant ; and more especially by the large and important towns of Portsea and Portsmouth ; some of which places would, by the adoption of the line favoured by the Board of Trade, be wholly deprived of the advantages of railway tra velling they so much required ; that it had the general concurrence and support of the principal landowners on the line and in its neighbourhood, whilst the com peting railways were not desired by the inhabitants of the districts through which they would respectively pass, nor by the towns of Portsea and Portsmouth, and would be met by the most determined opposition of a large brAly of influential landowners. The Committee were therefore unanimously of opinion, that it was expedient that this undertaki ng s h ou ld b e submitted to Parliament. Resolutions, empowering the Directors to go to Parliament, but limiting the liability of Shareholders, in case the Bill should be unsuccessful, to 10s. per share. for future expenses, were then passed. An option was given to the Shareholders to go on or not, providing. they made their election on or before the 20th inst.—The meeting then separated. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN now asserted in language of defiance and insult. We have now avowals instead of intimations of " deep and burning hatred of the Reformation"—explicit instead of oracular vaticinations that "the demon of Protestantism will tear and rend the body which it possesses, before it leaves it." These manifestoes of hostility to the Church of England (so far as free from Rome) present the novel feature of being framed in the Church and University, and of avowedly founding their legitimacy on a sense of the articles expressly devised to defeat their purpose. It is quite in vain for these dealers in duplicity in the sense of plain English to tell us that Low Church men also evade such of our forms as they dislike. Whether Low Churchmen are or are not justified in so doing, we inquire not at present. But no Churchmen, save this new junto, assert a right to take their stand in the Church for the e xp ress p urpose o f pour i ng un limited insult and reproach on every point of doctrine and practice which distinguishes this Church from an other. It will not be denied that there is a fundamental distinction between the English view and the Romish view of what constitutes a church. These men stand alone in borrowing the artillery of the Vatican to discharge on us from within our own pale. 'I hey stand alone in insi nuating, or openly advancing, the charge of schism against separate Anglicanism—the duty of devotion to the See of Rome—the ch erecter of heresy in all things thatdistinguish (and because they distinguish) our symbols from those of Rome. It is true that, in so doing, they necessarily brand themselves also as heretics. For Rome allows no churchmanship out of her communion—and no excuse but invincible ignorance in any individual remaining without that communion. These men, having lost the plea of invincible ignorance, stand self-convicted here tics, every hour they stand out of Roman communion. And here we come to the practical consequence of their views in the University. They are turning it into a pale senzinaire for the supply of Rome with proselytes and priests. All who receive " the whole cycle of Roman doctrine" into honest hearts must necessarily act in accordance with the most important of all her doctrines—that, namely, which anathematises as heresy whatever is held or taught (and simply as being so held or taught) out of Roman communion. It is a new phenomenon in polemics, for men to ransack the Ro man armoury for all its most poisoned weapons cf offence against their own nominal communion—while every Roman theologian can tell them, that of all heretics their case is most hopeless, because they alone stand self-convicted of heresy clung to in the light of knowledge. The consistent disciples of Newmanism have, therefore, seceded, in considerable numbers, to Rome. And Mr. Newman has himself acknowledged his writings as a " disposing cause" to these conversions. It is unquestionable that those writings are also the original source of what we deem the far less honourable alternative—namely, of the subscription of Anglican ar ticks with a heart avowedly devoted to Rome. This subscription, coupled with this avowal, is Mr. Ward's logical deduction from Tract 90. And, forsooth, it is mere intolerant meddling in the University to express its sense of this revived lore of Loyola ! Those who say this must mean to say that Convocation ought to deem itself incapable of expressing any sense upon any subject. If so, let it be so stated. Let the University abdicate all its collective functions. In this way, its re. fusel to give jus i gment will at least not be construed as a refusal to vindicate common sense and honest consistency, for fear they should retard the conversion of Oxford to Roman Catholicism. STANDARD.—The property-tax, the sugar duties, the tax on tea, the assessed taxes, the cotton tax, the malt-tax, the duty on paper, and we know not how many more taxes, had a ll f oun d c h amp i ons t o claim their abolition, when on Saturday a meeting of soap boilers and Members of Parliament assembled to insist upon the abolition of the duty on soap, one-half the former duty having been loeg since repealed. The soap discussion fills about four closely printed columns of the Morning Chronicle, and who ever reads the speeches of Messrs. Hawes, Joseph Ilume, &c., must rise from the perusal with the conviction that the soap-tax is really the only tax that imposes any burthen on the country. To be sure, the same thing has been said of every other tax with as much eloquence and as much truth but what is the Prime Minister to do ? It is certain that he has a surplus of nearly three millions and a half. But three millions and a half will not afford a reduc tion of about fifteen or twenty millions, which, at a moderate computation, he is urged to reduce, and yet each interest tells him that the empire will infallibly be ruined, if the tax which presses upon it be not re moved. This is a distressing position, into which Sir Robert Peel has brought himself by his surplus ; but there is consolation. Though each interest insists upon the necessity of the concession, R hick it claims as of vital importance to the empire, each allows that all other interests may go on very we'l as they are. Thus all the votes being collected, each interest will have but one vote against all the others, and thus the result will be a great majority against the taking off any one tax. And in good truth, this result would seem to be fully justified by the prosperity of the country under its present system of taxation. We have not the most distant notion of what the Premier is to propose on Friday ; but we know what we should do in his place—take care to disoblige no one interest by giving a preference to any other; leave the taxes just where they are, and devote the surplus to the defence of the country, by additions to our steam navy, and by the construction of ports and harbours. It is an additional recommendation of this mode of applying the surplus, that nearly every shilling of it would be expended in the wages of labour —no small alleviation to the poor-rates, no slight benefit to the agriculturist and to the excise revenue. SOUTHAMPTOX, FEB. 10.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pacha, Captain Burney, arrived this morning, at eleven o'clock, from Vigo, bi ing ing the following mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follow: —from Gibraltar, Feb. Ist ; Cadiz. 2d ; Lisbon, 4th ; Oporto, sth ; and Vigo, 6th. Ships of war lying at Gibraltar—None. Cadiz—H.M.S. Scout, a Swedish brig, and a corvette, having been in search of three piratical vessels, reported to having been seen off Cape St. Vin cant. Specie on Board—Six packages. List of Pas sengers—Thirteen, including the master and shipwre‘Ated seamen who abandoned their vessel in a sinking state, the brig Idus, of London, from Ichaboe, bound to London, on the 14th January, in let. 49 N, long. 9 W.; also four men from the schooner Tumbler, wrecked off Cadiz; also from Oporto, the master and two apprentices of the brig Hebe, wrecked on Oporto Bar. Three other passengers. iIIPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) lIOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four. THAMES EMBANKMENT BILL. The Sheriffs of London were introduced by the Ser geant-at-Arms, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Members of the Council in Com mon Council assembled, r, specting the Thames Embank. ment Bill. would move for a return of certain papers connected with the Mauritius and Sierra Leone. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should postpone till Thursday, the 20th, his motion respecting Colonial Accounts. RAILWAYS. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that to-morrow he would move resolutions relating to certain railways ; and he also gave notice that be would bring in a Bill to repeal the Railway Act passed last session. CORN RETURNS. Mr. MILES moved for certain corn returns, in continuation of other returns previously ordered. EDUCATION IN INDIA. Mr. HUME, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Control in his place, would take the opportunity of asking whether there was any objection to lay on the table the educational order of the Governor-General of India, of August, 1844 ? Mr. BARING'S answer was wholly inaudible, but from Mr. Hume's appearing to be satisfied with it, it was supposed to be that there was no objection to the return. LORD ELLENBOROUGH. Mr. HUME wished further to ask, if there would be any objection to lay before the House the cor respondence which had taken place between the Di rectors of the East India Company and her Majesty's Government on the subject of the recal of Lord El lenhorough ? Mr. BARING'S was again inaudible to the gallery in his answer, but it was received with laughter in the House. Mr. HUME said if the Government had no inten tion to present the papers, perhaps there would be no objection to his moving for them himself ? (A laugh.) Mr. BARING'S answer was not heard. IDOLATRY IN INDIA.—JUGGERNAUT. Sir R. H. INGLIS would take that opportu nity, as the affairs of India had been introduced, to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether anything had been done to carry into effect the minute of the Board of Directors of the East India Company, which was to the effect that the Government of India should be separated from all connexion with idolatry and superstition. He wished to ask whether the pay ment of 60,000 rupees per annum to the idol of Juggernaut was continued, or that the land formerly appropriated to the worship of that religion had been restored to the temple, so as to sever the Christian Government of India from the support of idolatry ? A second question he wished to ask was, whether any steps had been taken to separate the Pagoda lands in Madras (as we understood) from the Government and transfer them to the management of natives, as had been already successfully done in the presidency of Bengal ? Mr. BARING was understood to say that with re spect to the last question, no further information had been received since a similar question was put last year. But with respect to the payments to the Tem ple of Juggernaut, he had to state, that the annual payment was formerly 60,000 rupees, hut so much of the lands had been restored as reduced it to 36,000 rupees, and it was intended to restore the remaining lands, so as to . render the payment altogether unne cessary. she relied with confidence on their Lordships' support in her Majesty's endeavours to promote the happiness and contentment of her Majesty's subjects. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the answer of her Majesty was ordered to be entered on the journals of the House. LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that to-morrow he would present to their Lordships' a petition of some importance on the subject of the proceedings which took place before the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy in the City of Lon don. His Lordship also gave notice that on an early day next week he should renew the Bill which he brought before their Lordships last year, relative to the Bankruptcy Law, and which would contain certain clauses suggested by a Noble Friend and a Reverend Prelate, who was not then present, for destroying the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court in certain matters. OTAHEITE. Lord BROUGHAM wished t ) know if the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had any ob jection to lay on the table of the House the corre spondence which had taken place between her Ma jesty's Government and the French Ministry on the subject of Craheite ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said he was prepared to lay portions of it before their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM asked if it would be printed ? The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to re ply in the affirmative. POSTAL REGULATIONS. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid upon the table of the House the convention between her Majesty and the King of the Belgians relating to communication by post between this country and Belgium. GOVERNMENT MEASURES. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he held in his hand certain returns granted to a motion made at the conclusion of last session, relating to the period at which different Bills had come up from the other House. He found that three-fourths cf the Bills in the last session came up in the month of July. He be lieved he was correct in stating that nearly se venty of them did so. It was impossible to judge of the intentions of her Majesty's Govern ment from the measures alluded to in the speech from the Throne. It did not appear to him that any of these bills were likely to be originated in that House; and as the Easter recess would hap pen very early, lie did not apprehend that there could be any immediate attempt on the part of the Noble Duke and his colleagues to remedy the evil of which he complained. He was sure, however, that the Noble Duke would exert his powerful in fluence with his colleagues in the other House to secure that as many Bills as possible should be brought into that House soon after Easter, instead of all being postponed, as was the case last session, until the last month of its continuance. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he did not understand the Noble Marquis to put any question— his suggestion should certainly be attended to. The Marquis of NORMANBY said lie would ask the Noble Duke whether any of the measures in contamplation would originate in that House, and whether they were likely to have any important mea sures submitted to them before the Laster recess ? The Duke of WELLINGTON requested the Marquis of Normanby to let his question stand as a notice for to-morrow. BAIL IN ERROR. Lord CAMPBELL said in connexion with the question put by the Noble and Learned Marquis, he begged to draw the attention of his Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor to the Bill with respect to bail in error in criminal cases. He hoped there would be no delay in bringing forward that measure, and having been brought in under the auspices of his Noble and Learned Friend it would be sent down to the other House as soon as possible. Another point to which he begged leave to draw his Noble and Learned Friend's atten tion arose out of a criminal proceeding, to which he was sorry to refer, because he was most anxious not to revive any past discussions with regard to it, or to say anything which could in the slightest degree be disagreeable to his Noble and Learned Friend. He referred to the mode of proceeding with reference to a jury which had been improperty returned. He would assume that the opinion of the learned judges, whom their Lordships had consulted on that subject, was per fectly correct ; he would also assume that his Noble and Learned Friend took a correct view of the matter when he concurred in that opinion. Then supposing it was so, how was the law witl regard to a jury improperly returned? In that case, as the law now stood, the accused party was without remedy, because the challenge to the array was taken away, according to the recent decision of the judges. Before the law was recently altered, and when the sheriff was entrusted with the duty of returning the jury, a challenge to the array would lie if the jury was improperly returned by the sheriff. He did not find fault with the law which altered the mode by which the jury was returned. On the contrary, he thought it was an excellent law. According to the recent decision of the judges, the challenge to the array was gone; and, though he bowed to the decision of the learned judges, he should have humbly thought that some other mode of redress would be pointed out—if that was the case. However, assuming the decision of the learned judges to be right, he thought that the Noble and Learned Lord would acknowledge that the law ought not to be left as it was at present; and if it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill (in whose hands he would much prefer to leave the subject) to remedy this defect in the law, he would feel it his duty to bring in a Bill for that purpose. He, therefore, wished to know whether her Majesty's Govesnment had any such intention ? The LORD ;CHANCELLOR sa i d that two ques tions were proposed to him. Th e fi rst was whether, the subject his inte n ti on to bring in a Bill subject of b a il in error. He in pursuance of engagements i n t o which he entered N t v h i e th oth re e g r a n r i d gh t t o , it begged leave to state that he had directed his attention to the subject, and that it was his intention within a few days to bring in a Bill on the matter, founded in no inconsiderable degree on the Bill of his Noble and Learned Friend. He thought his Noble and Learned Friend was under a misapprehension with regard to the other subject. He (the Lord Chancel lor) did not understand the learned judges to have give nany opinion as to the effect stated by the Noble and Learned Lord. Certainly, as far as he (the Lord Chancellor) waf concerned, he never in tended to express such an opinion, and he did not think the Learned Judges had not given any opinion to the effect that the challenge to the array was taken away in consequence of any alteration made in the jury law by a recent Act of the Legislature. All they decided was that a challenge to the array did not lie in that particular case referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord. The challenge to the array alluded to either a defect of the returning officer, or on an unindifference. The Learned Judges stated that on this record there was no imputation of partiality—that there was nothing in the record showing unindifference. Therefore the challenge to the array could not be allowed. The particular defeat in this instance arose from a defect in the book. The book was defective, but the sheriff was bound to select from it. The sheriff had no• thing to do with the formation of the book, though he was obliged to take the names from it. He apprehended that the learned judges gave no opinion to the effect which his Noble Friend had stated. He admitted that this evil required a remedy. The defect of the book might arise from design or from accident. The jury might be improperly empannelled, and did not deny that these things required a remedy, he had directed his attention to the subject, and if he found it possible to provide a remedy for that defect —that is if no remedy at present existed he would feel it his duty to bring in a Bill on the subject, and so remedy the omission. The defect of this case had arisen from legislative measures introduced for the purpose of altering the jury-laws. The common law did not apply to the case, and the Legislature had provided no remedy for the defect. Lord CAMPBELL was extremely glad to hear that his Noble Friend had directed his attention to the subject, but he felt sure that upon further consideration he would find the opinion of the Learned Judges to be, that the right of chal lenge to tne array had been taken away alto gether. They said that on a difference or de fect arising from partiality was the only ground for challenging the array. The matter was taken altogether out of the hands of the Sheriff; where the Recorder erred there did not seem to be any remedy. He would not trouble the Howe further on the sub ject, resting with confidence on the assurance of his Learned and Noble Friends. THE INCOME TAX. LORD MONTEAGLE then rose and said, that their Lordships were aware that he had a motion on :he paper of this evening for the annual balance sheet of Income and Expenditure; and accounts re icing to Trade and Navigation in certain branches. He (Lord Monteagle) would not have , taken up any consid era bl e port i on o f their Lordships' time upon this su bj ec t h a d no t a n impression, caused by a par agrap h i n h er M a j es ty's gracious speech, been created out of doors, and on that passage he intended to make a few observations The passage referred to said that it would be for them to determine whether it would not be prudent to continue the property-tax for a limited period. Now that part of her Majesty's speech might be inter preted in two ways, and it was most material that it should be properly understood by the country. Their Lordships were aware that when the tax was first enacted, its objects were merely of a temporary kind, and no expectations were entertained that it would afterwards be made part of the ways and means of this country. Un doubtedly it would not be so objectionable if 3r, FEBRUARY 10 it were only intended as a party experiment for the purpose of remitting some other obnoxious tax, or gising relief in any case that pressed heavily on the community; but if it were intended, as they had reason to fear, to make the income-tax part of the permanent ways and means of the country, then, indeed, was it essentially necessary that the 1)1 oplc should be aware of the rea; intentions of theGiA ern mem. It was one thing to submit to an inconvenience and inequality of pressure as in the case of this tax, and quite a different one to consent to a permanent impo sition. He thought that no one could doubt the ex pediency of continuing the income-tax for the present, and he should state in a few words why he thought so. Dealing in round numbers there was a surplus of three millions over expenditure. Now, although the public were led to consider that this uas a large augmentation of the public revenue, and that this sum, therefore, formed a fund upon which different classes, upon whom particular taxes pressed, might think they had a right to draw. It was time that there; was an actual surplus of 3,000,0001. But then it was provided by the property tax, which yielded 5,000,0001., and was only a tem porary impost. Loaking t. the regular and fixed source s of increase there was in fact no surplus. There was quite as great a deficiency now, as when the income tax was impost d, if that tax w ere allowed to Expire. It must be obvious to every one that the expiration of that tax, under such circumstances, the Government could not think of ; and he trusted that neither House of Parliament would consent to its expiration. The question, then, was, whether the tax was to be con tinued as the relief of a temporary pressure, or was to be continued as a substitute !for other taxes to be repealed. But if it were proposed, on the strength of the temporary surplus, to reduce judiciously some taxes, which 'might, as had been found to be the re suit in the case of other reductions, tend ultimately to ruin the permanent revenue and diminish the deficiency, no one could object to that policy. The paper which he was about to call for would illustrate the working of the changes which had taken place, and he had in tended to move for another paper, in which he was anticipated by his Noble Friend Lord Dalhousie, whom he must take that opportunity of congra tulating upon his recent appointment to the head of the department with which that paper was connected. This document, which would probably be delivered in the course of to morrow, was one of the most important and valuable papers, illustrative of their customs laws, that had ever been drawn up or pre pared for Parliament, furnished some inferences, with respect to their customs duties, of a most important nature. It exhibited in two com parative tables the state of the customs duties in the two years preceding the alteration of the tariff, and for the two years immediately suc ceeding that alteration. They were classed in two different matters. The first was an analysis, according to the different heads of duty, of articles pro ducing from 1001. to 100,000/. a-year ; the other was an analysis of the respective amount of duty raised on different classes of articles. By this it appeared that out of 22,000,0001. raised upon 813 articles there were 585, or about tl - ree-fourths of the whole which produced only 42,000/. a year. Parliament had the power of reducing the whole amount of their Cus toms' duties payable on three-fourths of the articles subjected to duty at a loss only of 42,0001. But if such a proposal ever came before them, he would suggest to his Noble Friend that in their anxiety to give all possible relief to trade and commerce they ought not to deprive themselves of the opportunity of gaining ju-t and correct statis tical information. This error had been committed with respect to the Irish trade. In their anxiety to re move all restrictions from it they had done away with the necessity of any customs entries whatever. Thus, from their desire to place it as much as possible on the footing of a coasting trade, they had put it out of their power to prove to the Irish people that their condition had progressively improved, and that their consumption of the necessaries of life was daily extending itself. There were several other other curious facts which were equally apparent in the document before him, and to which he had been calling their Lordships attention, upon which he expected considerable dis cussion would arise. It was not now his intention to enter more at length into this subject, but when it came to be discussed before their Lord ships it would appear that in the reduction made upon articles of consumption, those reductions would appear to have been made upon articles of minor importance. It would also appear that taking into account the character of the articles that this reduction had been made upon, there had been comparatively little or no reduction upon articles of raw material, upon articles partly manufactured, and upon manufactured articles, while upon the other hand it would appear that the great increase had taken place upon articles of food. It was for these reasons that he deemed it of much im portance to call their Lordships' attention to the fact that this temporary tax had not produced an equiva lent equal to the sacrifice. This was not the proper time to argue this question, but he did not think it was out of place in him to tyke the liberty of drawing their Lordships' attention to this tax. In speaking of articles of food he did not of course mean to include every article that came under that designation, such as brandy, &c., but he alluded to the article of tea upon which he found a considerable increase and that circumstance had been fully explained in the document before him. He had found that no alteration had been made in the rate of duty upon that article, which was 2s. Id. in the pound, though considerable altera tion had taken place in the price. Whether a reduc tion in the price of the article had been owing to a reduction in the duty or the value, it was a matter of indifference to the public, but the result of the reduc tion in the price had been an increase in the consumption of the article to the amount of about a million of pounds weight. The fall had been in the price of the article from 2s. 6d. to ls. 6d. per pound, thereby accounting for the increase in the consump tion. His reasons for referring to those subjects was for the purpose of showing that the increase surplus of the revenue was not so great as had been imagined. Then with regard to another article of general consumption sugar. Last year an alteration was made in the duties im posed upon sugar. One scale of duty was imposed upon sugar the product of British possessions; an other scale was imposed upon foreign sugar the pro duction of free labour, such as sugars from China, Java, and Manilla ; and power was given to her Majesty in Council, on satisfactory proof being given that free labour was produced in other countries to add those countries to the list. There was also a clause in the Act entitling countries which had with us treaties of reciprocity to the benefit of the reduction. Now he should like to see wi ether there had taken place for home consumption any of that description of free-labour sugar, not the production of British possessions. He was aware that the Bill had not come into practical operation until the month of November last, and, therefore, it could not be considered as a fair specimen of the working of the Bill. The policy of the Government in framing that Bill was to give the preference to free-labour sugar, but it would be excessively whimsical if it should turn out that no foreign free labour sugar had been admitted under its provision, but that slave labour sugar, which it was the object of Parliament to exclude, had been admitted. He believed there had been some O:ders in Council respecting the admission of Louisiana, and he, and those who acted with him, had last year contended that Louisiana sugar, under the treaties of reciprocity, would be entitled to the benefit of the Act. Some Manilla sugar had, he believed, arrived, but owing to some difficulty, had not yet been admitted to home consumption. Par liament, he thought, was entitled to this information. lie also wished to see what had been the working of the Irish spirit duties. The Noble Duke would re collect that, in the first instance, the tax on Irish spirits had been increased, but this increased tax had been followed by a deficiency in the revenue. The Government very properly took the mat ter into their consideration, and repealed the duty. He wished to see what had been the working of that alteration, and he trusted there would be no objection to the return. The accounts of the Excise would show the consumption of the present year as commpared with former years There were two other articles upon which alteration had been made, and respecting which he also wished some information. One was the article of timber. He considered that the sacrifice of the dnty on colonial timber was most unwise, because it had not benefited the consumer, while a great loss had resulted to the revenue. The other :article to which he alluded was that of coffee. He believed that the measure of her Ma jesty's Government with respect to coffee, though not, perhaps, so complete as might have been wished was not only a step, but a very great step in the right direction.—(Hear, hear.) Fie believed that the great increase which had taken place in this article had arisen from this measure. He was of the same opinion with respect to wool-duty ; for, although the agricultural interest had been very much alarmed by it, et he beli eve d th at so f ar f rom their fears being well founded it had greatly benefitted them. He believed, to express a hope, that the same course with respect to the duty on cotton wool would be pursued as the effect of that tax on our manufacturer in foreign markets was very- severely felt, as in these markets his articles had to compete with articles manufactured from cotton that had never been taxed. He thought it was but justice that the House of Lords should have time to consider these matters. It was true they had not the right to alter any measures, but they had the right surely to exercise their judgment upon them. Indeed, they did not do their duty without they did POOR-LAW IN SCOTLAND. Lord DALMENY gave notice that he should to morrow ask her Majesty's Government whether they intended to bring in this session, any measure for altering or amending the system of poor-laws in Scotland; and if so, whether those alterations would be founded on the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject ? SUPPLY. The report on the Committee of Supply was then brought up and agreed to. COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDA TION BILL. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, this Bill was read a second time. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET the Rail way Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a second time, and was ordered t o b e comm i tted on Thursday. LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. The Land Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Thursday. LAND CLAUSES (SCOTLAND) CONSOLI DATION BILL. The Land Clauses (Scotland) Consolidation Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be com mitted on Thursday. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL (SCOTLAND). This Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Thursday. COMPANIES CLAUSES (SCOTLAND) CON SOLIDATION BILL. Ou the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. THE RUBRIC AND 1300 K OF COMMON PRAYER. Lord EBRINGTON rose to present a petition From the Rev. Dr. Carwithen, rector of Stoke Clims and, in the diocese of Exeter, praying that the sta ;utes 2 and 3 Edward VI., c. 1, and 1 Elizabeth, c. 2, may be repealed; and that the House will procure a calm and temperate review of the Book of Common Prayer, rubrics, and canons of the Church of England. The petitioner stated that he was bound by the canons and his ordination vows to obey the commands of his bishop ; and that by Acts 2 and 3 Edward VI., and 2 and 3 Elizabeth, he was liable to be indicted by any common informer for any deviation from the Rubric ; and that on conviction he was liable to a heavy fine and a lengthened imprisonment. That on conviction for a third offence he was liable to depri vation of all ecclesiastical preferment, and to impri sonment for life. That archbishops and bishops were liable to these punishments for such offences, as well as the inferior clergy; and that he was anxious to perform his ministrations according to the directions of his bishop, and according to law. The petitioner then alluded to the excited state of the diocese of Exeter, and stated that he had recently receiv€ d three pastoral letters from his bishop on the subject, all of which were of different import, and that he felt at a loss to know how to perform his ministry with safety to himself and with satisfaction to his parishioners. He therefore prayed the House to review the directions contained in the rubric and the Book of Common Prayer, as neither the archbishops nor the bishops, either individually or collectively, possessed the power of altering a single letter in them—that the present time appeared to the petitioner to resemble the times just after the resttoration of Charles 11., when it was found that the rubric was unsuited to the times, and that monarch was advised to issue a letter to the Convocation, commanding them to revise the book of Common Prayer, when certain alterations were proposed therein, and approved of by Parliament. The petitioner, with all due deference, submitted to the House that a party had without appealing to con vocation altered the rubric in the Marriage Act of George 111., and he prayed the House to take the subject into serious consideration. The Noble Lord also presented a petition on the same subject, and to the same effect, from another place, signed by the Mayor and Corporation. After a considerable pause, Mr. HUME rose and said he wished that in the taxes which were intended to be repealed that on the exportation of coals would be included. WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that, on Wednesday, he would move for a Committee of Ways and Means, in order to enable his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Governmen to make his financial statement on Friday. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat to-day shortly before Four o'Clock. Earl Sr. GERMANS took the oaths and his seat. The House then adjourned during pleasure. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack again shortly after Five o'Clock. Earl POWIS presented two petitions from parishes in the county of Montgcmery in favour of the Ecclesias • tical Courts Bill. The Noble Earl also presented a petition from the Bath Church of England Lay Society, praying for the repeal of the Bill joining the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Noble Earl begged to state that it was the intention of this Society, shortly after Easter, to bring the considera tion of this subject before the House. The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table certain returns relative to the Customs. RAILWAYS. The Earl of DALHOUSIE gave notice that to morrow he would lay before their Lordships some communicatione, relative to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. The papers would bear upon the powers of the Board of Trade, and the course pursued by them in obtaining railway accommodation for the public in the s mth-eastern districts. For some time past a general misapprehension prevailed with reaspect to the jurisdiction of this department of that board in such matters, and the course the Board of Trade had adopted to obtain this accommodation. He should at the same time take the opportunity of submitting to their Lordships his views upon the ex tent of the jurisdiction, and the course of proceeding adopted in coming to a conclusion as to what was or was not a sufficient amount of railway accommo dation. THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had to crave their Lordships attention while he submitted to their Lordships her Majesty's most gracious answer to the Address of their Lordships on the Speech from the Throne. Her Majesty, in the answer, which his Lordship read, expressed herself as being fully assured of the loyalty of the House. The terms of the Address gave vest satisfaction, and HUDDERSFIELD RAILWAY. Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition in favour of the Huddersfield Railway Bill. SHEFFIELD CENTRAL RAILWAY. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition in favour of the Sheffield Central Railway Bill. NOTTINGHAM WATER-WORKS COMPANY. Mr. H. JOHNSTONE presented a petition for the extension of the powers the Nottingham Water-works Company. INCOME-TAX. Lord DUNCAN begged to call the attention of the House to a petition of considerable importance which he had to present from certain of the inhabitants of Bath, agreed upon at a meeting where the mayor was in the chair, complabing of the oppresiive nature of the income-tax, and stating their belief that it was unequal in its operation, and particularly heavy in its effects on the poorer classes. As this was a petition embracing matters of great moment to the community, and well advised and considered, he trusted that it would be printed with the votes. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the inhabitants of the borough of Horncastle against the Medical Reform Bill. DIVORCE BILLS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved that the fol lowing Members be appointed to serve on the Select Com mittee on Divorce Bills:—Mr. Hayter, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Hogg., Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Darby, Mr. Sergeant Stock, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hardy, :Mr. Gibson Craig, and Mr. Robert Scott.— Agreed to. . PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. STRUTT moved that the following Members be appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Pri , vote Bills :—Mr. Strutt, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Rice, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. George Caven dish, Mr. Compton, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Beckett, Sir: John Yarde Buller, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. George Phillips, Mr. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, O'Connor Dos, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Eliot York, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Thornely, M r . Barneby, Mr. Benjamin IVoo€l, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. St msfield, Lord Worbley, Mr. Henry Bailie, Mr. Edward Buller, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. llope John stone, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Packe, Mr. Acland, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Childers, Mr. Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. Evelyn Philip Shirley.— Agreed to. FACTORIES. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for a return of the num ber and names of the persons summoned for offences . against the Factories A c t, b e tween the Ist .. day of 1 January 1844, and the Ist day of January, 1840 ; spe cifying the date of the conviction or hearing, the place of hearing, by who m eac h convic tion was made, the off.mce in each case, and the manner in which the penal ties and c s s were appropriated ; also a summary of the total number of informations and convictions, the amount of penalties and costs. NEW WRIT FOR THE BOROUGH OF LEWES. Mr. YOUNG moved fir the issue of a new writ for the election of a Member of Parliament for the Borough of Lewes, in th e room of the lion. Henry Fitzroy, who has been appo i nted to an office under th e Lo r d s of the Admiralty. NLOorTdIDCEuSN cOINAIgO;vreIOnNot r ee W th lN at DO n Nl T r ii T t A rd X ay . the 20th insta n t, h e would move for a o Comnit n itt s Committee the whole House, w ith t h e view of repeal in unless h e were f orestalled in that object by g obje e t by the Right lion. Baron e t a t th e h ead of her Ma jesty's Government. SIERRA LEONE AND THE MAURITIUS. Mr. lIUAIE gave notice that tomorrow he 845. SIX o'CLocK. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Semiseria 15 to 1 agst Obscurity 18 to 1 agst Era 20 to 1 agst Cataract 30 to 1 agst Pug 30 to 1 agst Celeste 30 to 1 agst Zanoni 30 to 1 agst The Pride of Kildare 33 to 1 agst NVinebour 33 to 1 agst St. Lawrence 40 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst 12 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 15 to 1 agst Idas 15 to 1 agst Kedger 33 to 1 agst Newsmonger 33 to 1 agst Miss Whip colt 40 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen 4N to 1 agst Ironmaster INSOL VENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. S. THE HIPPODROME RACE COURSE. Mr. Commissioner PoLLocK held a court on Friday, at Reading, when Jacob Connop, the lessee of the Hip podrome Race-ground, appeared for hearing. Mr. Woodruffe opposed on the part of Mr. Reuben Laurence, a builder, and Mr. Cooke supported the ap plication. The case was ordered to be adjourned to the nex circuit. A question then arose whether the insolent could not be liberated on bail. The judgment debts were between 3,0001. and 4,0001, and according to the usual practice of the Court the double amount would be required. Mr. CooKE asked whether the Court would not accept bail for 1,000 ? Mr. WOODRUFFE resisted the application. Mr. ConimissionerToLLocK thought that bail could be accepted fur 3,0001., and adjourned the case to the next circuit. Some intimation was given that the insolvent would be removed to a London prison, and his case heard in town. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BO W-87'REE T. A tall young man, who gave the name of Edward Smith, but who refused to give his address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyfurd, charged with having stolen a number of books from the library of the Uni versity College, in Gower -street. Mr. James Goody, the home steward, stated that on Monday and Wednesday last there were missed from the general library of the College the three books produced, of which circumstance he gave information to the police, and from some circumstances that had subsequently transpired, there was reason to suspect that the prisoner had stolen them. Witness did not know the prisoner,• but recollected seeing him in the library on Thursday last, when " Wilson's French and English Dictionary," and " Grant's Outlines of Comparative Anatomy," were stolen. All the pupils had access to the library, and when a book was required by any one of them, the prac tice was to write the title on a slip of paper, and then to present it to the librarian, by whom he was furnished with the volume he required. All the cases containing the books were kept locked. Mr. W. J. Chapman, the librarian, stated that, having seen the prisoner in the library, his impression wa he was one of the students of the college, but since his apprehension he had discovered such was not the case. He missed the works above named when he was locking up the book-cases, from the table of the library, on Monday, but was not certain whether he saw the pri soner there on that day. On Wednesday, on which day he recollec.ed the prisoner conversing with him in a very familiar manner, he also missed a book from the library table. In answer to questions from the prisoner, the witness said that strangers could easily gain admts to the library of the college, and had opportunities of taking away books unnoticed by any of the officers of the. institution. Mr. Nock, a bookseller in Tottenharn•court-road, stated that he had seen the prh:oner on several occasions ; that lie bought the dictionary of him on Monday last for 10s., believing it to be his own, and, though a portion of the flyleaf was torn off, be thought that the prisoner ha,d perhaps written his name there and torn it off before he offered it for sale, as was the usual practice with stu dents when they offered books for sale. On the last occasion he had a suspicion of the prisoner's honesty, and gave information to the police, by whom he was taken into custody. The Inspector stated he thought it his duty to inform the Court that the last witness bad afforded every assist ance to the police to enable them to make the necessary inquiries. The prisoner, who declined saying anything in his de fence, was remanded for a week. LAMBETH. Henry &rill: and Henry Foulks, omnibus drivers, were charged with wanton and furious driving on the night of Sunday, the 26th of last month. Mr. HENRY, after hearing a number of witnesses pro and con, convicted Foulks in the penalty of 40s. and costs, and Smith in a similar amount. He also expressed his determination to repress and put down the shameful irregularities at present and fur some time practised in this part of the Metropolis, by which the public are put to very considerable inconvenience. HAMMERSMITH. Cho)les Mott, a police-constable of the T diva sion, was brought up for final examination before Mr. G. Clive, on a charge of having stolen three bushels of oats, the property of Mr. Wray, the Police Receiver.. General, and William Jackson, a respectable florist and gardener, in Earle-street, Kensington, was charged with receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Charnock, the barrister, with Mr. Jennings, soli citor, of N o tti ng -hill , attended for the prisoner Jackson. John Hogan deposed that he was a sergeant of the metropolitan police, T 25. On Tuesday morning last he watched at the station-house, in Gore-lane, Kensing ton-gore, and about six o'clock saw the prisoner Jackson drive into the front yard with his cart to fetch dung. The prisoner Mott came out of the house with a sack upon his shoulder, and Jackson helped him to put it into the cart. Mott brought the sack out of the forat e room. They then put three barrows or four full of dung upon the sack, which contained three bushels of corn, arid then went away together to the Hand and Fl , ,wers public-house, at the corner of Gore lane; and after remaining there about ten minutes came out again. Witness then went up to them, and ordered th e pr i soner Mott to th e station-house. While speaking to Mott, the prisoner Jacksin jumped into the cart and drove off at a trot, and witness had to follow him 150 yards before he stopped. Witness then said to Jackson, " Ycu have something besides dung in your cart—you've got some . corn." Jackson appeared surprised, and stud—" What ' —corn," when witness told him he must go to the station-house. The prisoner Mutt said they were some so. He trusted that, in future, Bilis of such im portance as those he had adverted to would not be hurried through the House, because the re sult was, that their Lordships had not the opportunity of fully considering them. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for thc- papers for xi hieh notie, The Duke of Wi.:I4i.INGTON - said that i'• could not be expected that he would be pre pared to answer the speech of the Noble Lord. With respect to the papers, there could be no ob jection to the production of them ; and the Noble Lord might rely upon it that it was cer tainly the desire and wish of the Government to give to that House all the information upon all these ques tions, in order that the .) might have an opportunity of discussing them all. At the present momont, he had already stated, it was impossible for him to follow the Noble Lord through the discussion of those questions. Her Majesty's servants it must be ex pected would wait till the financial statement was made in another place before they interfered in these matters. The production of the papers were then ordered, and the House then adjourned. TAVEERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, F(b. 8. (Sittings at Guildhall.) THE LAST ST. LEGER.-NEWRALL r. WARD. In this case the plaintiff, Thomas Newhall, sought to recover the sum of 20/. from the defendant, James Ward, being the balance of a bet on Foig-a-ballagh, the winner of the last St. Leger. Mr Iluddlestone appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Russell Gurney for the defendant. Mr. HUDDLESTONE stated that the debt arose out of the following circumstances :—There was a person of the name of Beate who owed the plaintiff 20/. The de fendant being indebted to Beate in the like sum, the latter indhidual entered into an arrangement with the plaintiff; by which he agreed that the debt of Ward due to Beate should be transferred to h m, the plaintiff. Now, the only knowledge that the plaintiff had of the money owing by the defendant to Beate being the effect of a bet, was in consequence of some words in the ord, r drawn by Beate on the defendant to pay the 201. to the plaintiff; and which was to ihe effect to request him " to nay the balance of 201. on the Leger." The question the jury would have to decide was as to the 1-gality of 'the debt; and whether the plaintiff had any knowledge that the debt arose out of any gambling transaction; and, he were aware of that circumstance, whether, at V same time, he was cognisant that the bet was to tha, amount as to render it illegal. It was true that the law had rendered all bets above 101. illegal. But the amout.t owing by the defendant might be the amount of a num ber of small debts under 10/. Thus there might have been a variety of bets ot 7 to 3, or of 5 to 2, the whole of which would amount to 201., and they were, therefore, not illegal. The jury must be satisfied before they re turned a verdict for the defendant that the plaintiff had unequivocal notice that the money owing was the effect of a bet which rendered the debt illegal. If that fact was not proved, then his client was entitled to a verdict. Mr. Beate and another witness were then examined for the plaintiff, ar.d some letters were put in. Mr. G URNEY, for the defendant, said—lt would be for the jury to form their opinion upon the evidence pro duced, and he thought that the impression in their mind must be that the plaintiff was aware of the debt being a betting transaction. The jury, after half an hour's consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff; 20/i The opposition was directed to the incorrect state ments made in the schedule, and after an examination of some length, Mr. Commissioner Poi.'melt held that a very different document must be presented before the case could be heard. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE' EPSOM RACES, 1845. Nominations for the Surrey Cup. _sir Phlegon, 5 yrs—Akbar, 4 yrE—Wee Pet, 5 Y r5 A . 5 .•-- Francis, 3 yrs—f by L aure l , out of Christina, 4 if," Correct Card, 3 yrs—Vol-au-vent, 4 yrs—Pug, rag, Hemp, 4 yrs—f by Sh eet A nchor, out of Lady r Alide 3 yrs—Rowen a , 4 y rs —L ot h ar i o, 5 yrs—e by 1 3 0 --re dleton, out of Miss Whip, 3 yrs—Minotaur, 5 Moustache, 4 yrs—C ro t on Oil, 4 yrs—Scalteen, 6,4 a! Semiseria, 5 y rs —C onnaug h t R anger, 3 yrs —'" Mathew, 4 yrs—Catar ac t, 5 y rs —A gr i cu l tur e, 5 yrs. CHESTER, 1845. FRIDAY. P . Match, 200, h ft, Cup Course—Mr. WilliamsohL 4 ternpore, 6 yrs, 9st, agst Mr. Langshaw's British Ty r P yrs, Bst-6 to 4 on Extempore. COURSING. r . t . o 4, 5 " COCKNEY UNION AND BRISTOL MEETING, r pep AND 6.—The Netheravon Open Cup (8 dogs) wiles by Mr. Miller's My Lord ; the Consolation Stel v er dogs) were won by Mr. Palmer's Pandora ; th e the leigh Stakes (8 dogs) by Mr. Pike's Perfection: o r Enford St a k es b y M r. Miller ' s Brenda ; t h e j Stakes (8 dog. , ) by Mr. Fowle's Fly ; the Ate es tre el Stakes by Mr. Mill er ' s Brenda, and the Longs' Stakes, by Mr. Miller's Brenda. CO HAWARDEN MEETING, FEB. 6.—The Hawaru ell lt ior (8 dogs) was won by Mr. Ashton's Larry ; b ' f f r o .,* doe, worth's Adria n ran up . Th e Queensferry o rth' were won by Mr. Edward' s Myrtle • Mr. Ains w- r0 Mayfly ran up. Th e Flintshire Stakes (8 deg) ire won by Mr. Welsh's Wild Rose. SANDBACH (CHESHIRE) OPEN MEETING, The Pottery Stakes of 18 sovs. (8 dogs) w e , s re ste l o er: by Mr.Eddletton's Scythian and Mr. Brindley The Clydesdale Club Third General Meeting . she cl menced on the 4th and sth, and would have been fie l t . t he on the 6th. The frost, however, caused a division prizes after the first ciqtrses for each stake had We HUNTING APPOINTMNETS. g ad Haydon hds., W e d., Pad pool ; Sat., Curola briar Mr. Vinnicomba's harrs., Thurs., shley TurnP" -- Whitby harrs., Thurs., Hinderwell-10i. ; Mr. Theoh a ld' s stag-hds., Tues., Denningt°- Carlton-11 w e e. Sir J. Cop.'s hd s ., Wed., Silehester Dials ; Fr" Green— 10 Craven hds., Wed., Bed w i n B r i e kkil n; F r i., G reat Shef ford ; sat., Donnington Castle-10f. 5 Ore"' Surrey sta g •hd s ., Tues., Kennel ; Sat., 13 i 4 a r' (Dorking). Ha m bledou hds., W e d ., Basing Park Fri" M- 914'° Hall--10f. moos ; N. F. H., Tues., Denny Lodge , Thurs., the Ea r Sat., Holbury Farm. - Lathll Old 11. H., Tu es ., B ram d ean Common •; Thurs., C, ell— ; Sat., Fi ve Lanes ; Holybourne—lul• Frio Colonel Wy n dh am ' s hds., Wed. Stoke House ; Bury Hill. , Cod' Witnesham harrs., Thurs., Stonham Bottom ; ""' denham-10i. h geld South Berks hds., Tues., Aldworth ; Wed., B urb Green ; Fri., Thelle—lq Barg Cheltenham stag hds., Wed., " Beckford Inn ; S et. ' Turnpike-11f. frh . l re z -- LENGTH OF I RON f ROAD TN AMERICA.- - , e nine thousand th ree h undred sev.nty-eight yor s miles of railroads in the United States.—l''' Herald. r , ° BIRTHS' • ucli eSij On the 7th inst., in Belgrave-square, her Grace n the of Montrose, of a son and heir. f the R ev ' On the 3d inst., at the Rectory H ou se, the lady ° (i ns. Edward Bowlby, Rector of Thurrock, Essex, of twiqe seir• On the 4th inst., at Bognor, Sussex, the lady of Edward Woodhouse, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at South Hackney, Mrs. 1 , • of a sen. Tar On the 6th inst., at Dagenham, Essex, Mrs G eorge queray, of a daughter. Grov e -lan e, the 6th inst., Mrs. William Skirrow, of Camberwell, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Chapel place, the lady o f the 'ley' C. Lixon, A.M., of Br ightwell, - Berks, of a daughte On the 6th inst., at St. G• MARRIED. ii the' 0 des's Church, a ges. Rev ' • . William Edwards, Brighton,Rebecca, Y° r to daughter of the late Edward Cor 1. E mac -, Esq• L kos° - On the 4th hist at S Giles's, Mr. IL — a vir , t. iles's, Cripplegate , o f Mr. , ' Fore -street, • , to Mrs. Mary Ann Willson, daughter Edwards, Basinghall-street. ___--------------- C m berwe , , DIED. BstBr, O ee n nit, Saturda, the Bth inst., at his residience,Tav:st:.°:eiticoui know na Co ny v 3 e , n e4 t ir .g s ar e d d e it n o , r M o r f . tlhrrek3liino,rnaitngthe advancedr 11401 and much respected by the gentlemen ` ` connected ' the newspaper world. uckril an ' On the Gth inst ,at Brom )ton, Mr. Richard 1 3 nt of ofag o ed n 6 t s h , e u 4 p t s i v i a i r n d s s t., . a 4tor)w-ehaursrsitclserukssienx,the establishine the late Mr. Cadell, of the Strand. 1 'ca l wife of Thomas Da ws, Es ' q. aged ' 72. Ma T rY, : b t, ehab:i: tof ITilaolo O omn, : li i llattt t soh l t i :ne e QE..7 7 t7set t qtri h h.l:l inz inst., s t t „ . , at a t i,ee, Chipping On the tli inst ,at Park -road, Holloway, Ja n " - Mr. Samuel Parlo . ur. ar,-) 0 0. ts, Esq., aged 81. 00 O ni n i t t ht lF e6 6 6t t iti h hi i i i n is. n s t.s t c.a, a t t aNt J o e ßr r t m ei(ll 3 ,l3 , o n rr . di s x. t irt)e,i,aenties,lll.lerpsi..3SpEhhaaoarou4llb..:73:Lesci., ob ri v J 8C r a Of „,,,,, Jose glltO e n, 2 E 9 s th q., Esq., On the 7th .Nathaniel xi, 49. liobert ß G ae n t, , Esq., age d, Robert On otfh the British i-a.nci.lteite:t's.l69ni jno, Upper Museum,hpep e-ar: eNo wife sci dh o 4a. f a . John S p t ly, g a 11, ,5,., Broughton, u o l f t .B ., el e m h o a n rl t o v tt l e a , ce eAd r v es tci a : d d s s t a w r" u o g ' r e li t t :t e .. llr ro :: . ----- a of No. 112, St ran d , Lowion : Print e d an d Publieler,. e, " by MURDO () %i l „ 02' Strand, in the Press , t of the Savoy , in the °ailty Printer, ' 4 t The Sun Offi ce, Middlesex, Monday, February 10, 1845. , oats which he had given Jackson in exchange for bran. The sack was marked " Grainger." At the station' 'house Jackson begged Ilitness and Sergeant Eastland not to press the charge against h'rn, or it would bo the ruin of him. Mr, Ch , roock, in answor to the ehnrfro, sgid he ho l S.. !,, , , ...e urd. e.t tr, i it s ,itid have bran 1,;(2 pr; ,, nc r Alott, had applied to the prisoner Jackson for hint to bring him some bran from the miller from whon 11 ; : (Jackson) h a d hi s , an d, i n return , M o tt had given , client the oats in exchange. Several gentlemen who had known J ac kson for twentY years end upwards then came forward, but AI% CLIVE said he should fe,l it his duty to send the case bt-fore a jury. Mr. Charn oc k then applied for the pr i s oners to be admitted to b a il, to which Mr. Clive assented , a nd bail was then entered into for Mott, hirer elf in 50/, a nd tad sureties in 251. eac h ; and Jackson, himself in 1001, and two sureties in 501. eac h, to appear a t the next ite , s i°lls of the Central Criminal Court. DUTCH AND HAIVIBURGH MA ILS ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 21.--Y,sterday his Wie st l the Emperor had a grand review of the whole gurrso.o, and tif the trolas in cant oumeetste th e tieighbourboto,i Its I:ep; ri u l Majesty h as con fid e d to Lieut-i..eat!'il Ludiesky th e c i v il a .i m i n i strat i on of the Cao °4 ' ll. provinces. Nie withstanding. the viHlitece of the Custom -b"se, officer,. a great deaf of smuggling is carried 011 betweti: Finland and Russia, particularly in colonial 1 104 : 11e i r, wets.; because the duties are so low in Sweden, and by ans of the steam-boats. It is probable that t i ll: Government may be induced, by these continual free of to abolish the very great commercial privilege ill Finland, an.l to subject it to the regulations existing Russia. HANoVER, JAN. 31.—Ili s M a j es ty th e King ha s be t e h li e pleased to give a pri va t e au di ence to hi s Excellency v a Count Von Sieltendorff, Amba s sador Extraordins r ,Y: o f Minister Plenipotenti ar y o f hi s M a j es ty the Ding at this C our t, w h o h as returne d f ro m Berli n ' „it. HANovErt, FEB. I.—The C r o wn P r i n ce has bee n t" ch fering for some ti me f rom a di sor d er i n hi s eyes, which assumes an inflammatory c h arac t er , b u t is now s le - happily recovered that his Royal Highness has been the to ride out in his carriage. The Prince, to at °lll ,,ri greatest care is said o be recommended, is visited day by by his Royal Father. ke BREMEN, JAN. 31.—We le arn th a t H o ll an d atll —e of concessions to the Zollverein, which will exceed th ose - 11 Brussels, offering to pl ace t h e s hi ps o f t h e Zollvere in hic % an equality with th ose un d er D utc h co l ours , by w Co . Holland will s e cu re t o i tse lf t h e cons i gnmen t to t i ny to lonies of the productions of Germany. Ships belone r ich the Zollverein are to pay a duty p ro fo,nut, in the v u colonies, which is to be repaid in Holland. the THE HAGUE, FEB. 6.—The Second Chamber 0 . re , States General met t o -d a y, at half-past tvro o'cloc k, Pl.- , 8 , sume its lat.ours after the adjournment. After OW preliminary business, it received six Royal toes s n o • accompanying so many p ro j ects o f l aw, w i t h the e x il e s, natory memorials : -I s t. O n t h e tax on o xen. P ° „„" s e and sheep, f o r th e b ene fi t o f the agricultural inte. : os , 2. On the dr aw i ng u p o f d ee d s relative to civil tr „" actions in foreign countries. 3. On the co llecti° ec " Vi a l taxes. 4. For re gu l at i ng an d complet i ng the !P e ar funds intended t o carry i nto e ff ect the l aw o n the the rency. 5. Relative to the militia, and s ervice i° army. 6. On expropriation for the public benefit. fed, All these documents having been already presea were or creel to b e di str ib ute d among the Members, er e together with the budge,, for 1846 and 1847, which _ distributed in th e s i t ti ng o f 28t h D ec., 1844 , referred Le the sections. maj or he The projects of kw and the explanatory fill above 116 columns of the official journal an d t supplements, and are not yet concluded. , i f tAr THE HAGUE, FEB 7.—The Stout, Courant day publishes the long-expected royal oru' ll n - s - t ,or appointing his Excellency J J. Rechusson to the e, Pi o - n ie . S Governor-General of the Dutch possessions and in the East Indies, ordering at the same time that at to exercise his functions as Minister Plenipotenttarrois ' Brussels till that post shall otherwise be filled tIP• resolution is datFEB sth inst. nr lSt e AMSTERDAM, FEB. B.—The Handebbhd has a r - , l „tes letter from B a t av i a , o f t h e 25t h Oct. 1844, 1844, %hie' to that dreadful r avages h ave been caused by inundat iun t° the north of Chi na , an d i n t h e environs Ceit h - s4 Thousands and tho usan d s o f t h e i n h a bitants 'lbe perished, and the damage done is incalculabl e. Mandarins do their utmost to conceal the pa rtiett 9o' fearing that if they came to the krowledge of t r, he o•tvai peror, they mi g h t b e ma d e responsible for t h e givit i o n , is of the dikes. What we hear from private Per s , e ;hat dreadful. Y e t a ll t h ese are trifling compared wit'i i i l ess has occurred on th e s h ore o f the Yellow Sea. oat provinces are partly inundated, and the poPul - „, u o st. amounting to sixteen or seveit t een m illi o ns, lost a l lies, all they pos ses - e d. Th e survivors, with their falnoiricet are dispersed ov e r Chi na as b eggars . The high r of rice is an additional cause of distress. . w to be `\ ` x r hi ES i - Z e Act 4e bi v 4[1(11 rPrw - t II Char ge r, Ur ''Ad Ur s th o 4l 146 11 € 1, 4C1 **•••• ein ja4 . C°l,llo. IN Al PATR I'