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RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VL NSRISTOL AND E.ICETED., TAUNTON AND CASTLECARY BRANCH, AND BRISTOL AND EXETER (BRANCH FROM BLEADON TO WELLS AND GLASTONBURY). The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM opened the case for the Bristol and Exeter Company. He proposed to treat the two lines, as above, as one scheme ; and contended that on the ground of the larger amount of local and through communication afforded by these lines over the pro posed lines of the Great Western Company, they were entitled to receive the sanction of the Committee. At the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's address, which occupied the whole time of its sitting, the Com mittee adjourned till 12 to-morrow. UNITED LAW CLERKS' SOCIETY. The annual dinner of this society was given on Tuesday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, when Mr. Justice Erie presided. For the business of the day there was a numerous array of honorary stewards, who were unre mitting in their attention to the guests ; and it is but justice to the providers to say that everything that ex perience could suggest, or kindness could conceive, for the enjoyment of those present, was placed upon the table. The gentlemen present connected with the law were, besides the chairman, Mr. Baron Platt, the Soli citor-General, Mr. Peter Erie, Mr. P. Erie, jun., Sch. During dinner, and in the intervals between the several songs, select pieces of music were performed, under the direction of Mr. W. F. Reed, of her Majesty's Theatre. The vocal arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, assiste d by Messrs. Francis, hockey, Kench, and Hatton. The cloth having been cleared, the good old custom was gracefully observed of acknowledging the benefits which had been partaken; and we notice it for the ad mirable manner in which the grace was both given and received. In introducing the first toast, the Learned CHAIRMAN said that it was only necessary to state that it was the s' Health of their Queen" which he had to propose to en sure a ready and hearty response from the meeting. The National Anthem was then sung, with an enthu siastic chorus. In requesting the gentlemen present to join him in the next toast, the CHAIRMAN felt assured that he had only to mention the name of an Illustrious Lady, whose conduct and character had alike commanded the respect sad esteem of every true Briton ; and he need, there fore, say no more in requesting them to drink " Health and long life to the Queen Dowager."—(Cheers.) Glee—" Marked you her eyes of heavenly blue." The Learned CHAIRMAN said, that as a recommenda tion to the next toast which he had to submit, he need only remind the members present of the prosperity and advancement which had attended the nation since the present family had been en the throne. He would, therefore, give" Prince Arafat% Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Cheers.) Ode and chorus—" Hail to Prince Albert." The report of the society's proceedings was then read by Mr. ROGERS, the Secretary, the substance of which was as follows:—That the sum of 239/. Bs. had been given for occasional relief during illness; and that during the year, including the annual allowances, the sum laid out was 1,457/. 55., considerably more than half of which had been paid during the last five months. There was, however, a further addition to be made of 45 0 /. for allowance to widows and widowers for burials, making the sum during the period specified 2,2851. 19s. On the 20th of May last year the sum invested in the Funds was 8,5641. 3s. 4d., while at the present time the amount is 9,8101. 3s. sd. The favourable position of the society would be fully estimated when it was stated that the number of members is 508, while the increase of claimants is only eight. The report concluded with a good hope for the future. The CHAIRMAN said that the next toast which he had to propose to the meeting was one which 'nearly con cerned themselves; and in giving it he could not refrain from expressing the satisfaction which he felt, and in which he was sure they would concur, at the manner not only in which the claims upon their benevolence had been replied to as respected the amount, but also as re garded the prudent manner in which the funds had been managed; for it was evident that, however comprehensive their good-will, it would be useless if it were not di rected by prudence, and if care was not observed in the administration of the funds. He was truly glad to find that both these principles had been adhered to in the society's proceedings ; and he thought that the intima tion that while all just claims had been fully complied with all the applications of those who were unworthy had been rejected, was deserving of commendation. — (Cheers.) In making this statement, however, and in bearing his testimony to the admirable conduct of this society, and while evincing his sense of the manner in which they had fulfilled their offices, he could not but call to their minds the consideration, that not in sickness or under misfortune only had they to rely upon this society, but in the period of health, when all their faculties were awake, there was a strong claim upon their consideration, for they must recollect that they had to support the respectability not only of their own body, but of the profession of which they were members, and in whose interests he, and all with whom he had to deal, took a deep interest. Upon them it depended whether this society and their individual interests were advanced or retarded. From the expression which he saw in the meeting he did not doubt but that it would be the former. With this feeling he would give, with a fervent desire for its welfare, The Prosperity of the United Law Clerks' Association."—(The toast was drank with enthusiasm). National air—" My ancestors were Englishmen, an Englishman am I." This air was encored; after which Mr. WlLcox proposed, " The Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst, and the other Patrons of the Society." He felt assured that this toast would be received with the utmost respect. They had attained their high position through the exercise of ability which all must admire, and with a virtue which all must esteem. This on the present occasion was the more due, inasmuch as this was the only opportunity during the year in which taey could do honour to the noble persons of whom he had spoken. After paying a handsome and deserved compliment, Mr. Wilcox proposed the toast which he had announced. Mr. HAMILTON said, with a due consideration of the advantages to be derived from the society, he thought it a duty, from a sense of gratitude from those who had ob tained a benefit from the profession that there ought to lave been a compensating advantage reflected on the society. There had been the highest testimony to its merits, and he trusted that next year they would meet again with increased numbers, increased subscriptions, and increased power to do good to those for whose benefit the society was intended. Glee and chorus, "Look out! Look out! 'tis the good old knight." Mr. STINTON said, that as he was the oldest barrister present a peculiar propriety was evinced in entrusting to hira a toast, which was the health of one who had been beloved while he was in his portion of the profession, and who, he believed, was deeply respected now— that was Mr. Baroa Platt. While doing this, how ever, he did not forget that there was a duty to fulfil to the society, and be would now take the op portunity of pressing upon them the necessity not only of keeping up their funds, but of increasing their resources, and he would therefore propose a scheme which he had submitted on former occasions, and it was this—that e vecy member should bring an additional member at their next meeting.—(Loud cheers.) He would not have Wade these observations if there had not been a peculiar' propriety for them ; but the name which he had chiefly to put before the meeting was one espe dially entitled to respect, for that Honourable Judge had, since the existence of the society, three times filled the chair on occasions similar to this in favour of the society--(Loud cheers)—that was the name of Mr. Baron Platt. Mr. Baron PLATT, in a reply of great eloquence, which it would be vain to report within the needful compass, said—He might, he trusted, be excused, if the simply alluded to the way in which the law clerks bad discharged their duty. When he recollected that Mr. Tidd had been connected with this branch of the ,profession, he could not forbear expressing his admiration of the man who had been the master of Lord Lyn.* lust, Lord Campbell, and of others equally emi nent iLt the profession. The Learned Judge continued fully in all that had lsen said in the previous speeches, and he readily responded to them in the toast of "The Bench, the Bar, and the Profession." Mr. Synz THE responded to this toast, believing that he was doing honour to the profession by proposing " The Honorary Stewards." No men could have done their duty better. Everything had been provided that could Lave been desired ; and while acknowledging the good management of the stewards, he was bound to assent to the kindness and satisfaction which had been derived from the management of former stewards. Song—" Queen of my soul." Mr.ANSTEAD proposed " The Health of the Trustees of the Society." Sons, by Mr. Hatton—" Simon the Cellarer," which was encored with great enthusiasm. The additional subscriptions were then announced, and the company separated. Before concluding we must add that Mr. Harker, as toast-master, proved himself a very competent judge in Lis profession. BRIGHTON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.—This nu, was opened beina from Hav th a r n o t ug a hout en Monday, the new portion trains arrived and departed in of seven miles. The and due course. as had been -.lrevously advertised - fir p ~;sticular notice.' There is occurred that calls present only a tem porary station at the Portsmouth terminus, terminus which is ,_., a mile from the' town, the st I.,a . noport, nearly situate company having hitherto . been unable to obtain posses 'ion of ho hand on which the permanent statio' erected. q.'he railwAy company has just receivneP to l be reinforcement of new and powerful engines. —.Brighton Guardiar. h Tuesday, and when A 14 oN-HIGIILAND PftoDyc TION.—On the arrival poliily pointed of one of our carriers from the ls,o , rt o o ffi n cer in the act of unloading, an ,Excise",._ , Glass—keep this out two tea chests, addressed ' Dir• side up,"—and instantly causing the lids to be taken oft; dis played to the wondering on-lookers two casks of prime whisky, per il- which, being unaccompanied,of oet mit, were at once seized as the rightful procptsy a by er a gracious Majesty. " Glass—keep this side up !" what a label of h most for a Highland package! Had it been "blue slates," or ptarmigan's eggs, &e., it might have passed muster; but . g l a ss from the Highlands is a thousand times more ridicu lous them driving salt to Dysart. —Perth ..Idvertiser. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—The Governors of thi:, Insti tution, at a Court held on Tuesday. unanimously voted a tes timorlial of their approbation to Mr. G. J. Gill, of Emanuel Collet ,e, Cambridge, a former pupil and present exhibi tioner of the hospital, to whom the Person prize of this j year b as been adjudged. Mr. Gin alav guinea th e r erat r i 1 prize ? Last year. 1 THE SUN, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF COMMONS, June 16. ' (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Mr. P. BORTHWICIC wished to know, after what had fallen from the Noble Lord last night in reference to the motion of the Member for Montrose, and the amendment of the Member for Finsbury (Mr. Dan come), relative to the interference of the British in the affairs of Portugal, whether the Hon. Member for Finsbury had consented to bring forward his amendment as a substantive motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, with regard to the resolution of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, that the constitutional rights of the people should be observed, he did not consider it was of much importance whether it was proposed or not, as the Government felt that it was their duty to see that the liberties of the people should be maintained.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was happy to be informed, within the last ten minutes, that dispatches had been received from the Portuguese Government that they were prepared to extend to the prisoners who were lately taken by the British naval force as full and ample an amnesty as was guaranteed in the original conditions proposed by the Powers who had signed the articles for the intervention. Mr. DUNCOMBE thought that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Borthwick) ought rather to have asked the Hon. Member for Montrose what his intentions were. —(Laughter.) For his own part he thought that from the reception his resolution had met from the House, as well as from her Majesty's Government, he should rest satisfied. At all events, he con sidered that the Honourable Gentleman who had in terposed to put an end to the discussion, and the party with whom he acted, and who had given vent to such indignation at the conduct of the Government with regard to the intervention, should be consulted as to the course they would wish to adopt under the cir cumstances.—(Laughter.) Mr. NEWDEGATE defended the course he pur sued last night in moving that the House be counted. He justified his conduct by stating that when he made that motion there was not a single Cabinet Minister on the benches opposite.—(Oh, oh !)—[Mr. Hume entered the House at this moment, amid much laughter.]—And on his own side of the House he was solus. He consi dered, therefore, that he was justified in adopting any course rather than that the debate should proceed under such circumstances.—(Oh!) Mr. HUME agreed with the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, that he occupied a very singular position—(Laughter)—and he must say, that it was little creditable to the Government that this occurrence took place. For his own part, he did not believe that it could have taken place without an arrangement to that effect.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet who had addressed the House last night, in a tone of the greatest acerbity, and his whole speech was a tissue of the grossest absurdities and misstatements, He believed that the House was counted out by a pre vious arrangement; and he considered it very discredit able that it should be so on a question of that import ance. He had no remedy for it but a renewal of his motion ; but he did not think the House was disposed to follow him in adopting such a course. He would not, therefore, adopt that course, unless some further acts of Colonel Wylde, who had acted as a firebrand in Por tugal, should force this upon him. At present be thought he had done his duty, and he deeply regretted that the debate had terminated as it had done. 1 - foiCIT6E4 - iiii, said that it was not his in tention to defend the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Tamworth from the misrepresentations which had been made respecting him, considering, as he did, that, in his admirable and comprehensive speech, he kept closely to the facts of the case, and deduced inferences which in reason it was difficult not to perceive. —(Hear, hear.) But the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken said: that there was an understadieg between the two parties that the debate should be disposed of in the way it had been, and the Hon. Gentleman who counted out the House said that no Cabinet Minister was present at that time. He (Lord John Russell) considered that no one was so great a loser by that step as her Majesty's Go vernment.—(Hear, hear.) He thought an attentive perusal of the papers and of the speeches made during the continuance of the debate would make it apparent that the division which must have ensued at the termination of it would have given a considerable majority to the Government—(Hear) — and there were undoubted advantages which they had lost by the abrupt and unexpected termination of the debate.—(Hear, hear.) And, therefore, when he saw that the opponents of the motion were very great losers by the motion, he was at a loss to understand the accusa tion of the Hon. Gentlemen.—(Hear.) Although he did not think that there was an exact precedent for such an interposition as that which had taken place—resembling as it did none of those mythological interferences of anti quity in which the goddesses were represented to carry away a hero in a cloud, whence he got into a difficulty from which he could not escape—(Laughter)— although nothing of a similar nature was recorded in their own time, he could not but believe that the circumstance might be accounted for without ascribing it to a previous arrangement.—(Hear, hear.) The Honour able Gentleman said that he would not bring on his motion again, and in this he acts rightly, as in that case he will save himself from the reply of his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and from the division which would ensue. With regard to the charge of the absence of the Cabinet Ministers, he wished to observe that his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had only left the House for a short tame—(A. Voice—.. No, he was in the House")—and, for his own part, he and his Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had, after the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, gone to the House of Lords to see what was going on there—("Hear, hear,' and laughter)—snd, from the pre sent construction of the Houses, there was not time to be back before the House was counted out. The Noble Lord defended the conduct of Colonel SVylde in Portugal, and said there was no justification for the charges which were made against that officer. He was appointed to the office in consequence of his knowledge of Spain and of the great services he had performed there when Espartero was in power, to whom he had given the most efficient and useful advice. No man was more anxious for freedom and constitutional rights than he was. He was desirous several times to be recalled, and it was only at the instance of her Ma jesty's Government that he consented to remain in the difficult position in which he was then placed.—(Hear.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM defended the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Tamworth from the accusa tions which had been made against him by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Montrose. And first, with regard to the charge of absur dity, he would leave Europe and the world to decide whether that charge more properly attached [ to his speech or to the resolution of the Hon. Gentleman himself—(Hear, hear)—and to those by whose interpo sition the debate was abruptly brought to a close.— (Hear, hear.) With regard to the charge of .mis statement, if the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Montrose would renew his motion he would have an opportunity of knowing that the facts referred to by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Tamworth, were not less accurate than they were perspicuously stated.—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, he had to observe, with all deference to the Hon. lyiember for Bolton (Dr. Bowring), that he preferred to go to dinner rather than listen to his speech.—(Laughter.) After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the Right Hon. Gen tleman had given them good reason to understand that his appetite, if not his will, was in collusion with those who terminated the debate.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUDSON said, that although he was absent at the time the House was counted, he was not aware of any such intention being in existence. He thought that it was merely an individual act, and therefore blame should not be oust upon a whole party. If the House did not wish to be thus adjourred, care should be taken that when a question of this importance was in agitation a sufficient number of Members should be present. TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day being read for resuming the adjourned debate upon the second reading of the Tenants (Ireland) Bill, Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that he hoped in the few words which he had to say upon this subject he should be able to show that a most disorganised system between landlord and tenant existed in Ireland, and that the condition of the tenantry was such as to claim and demand from that House a due consideration of their state. It was impossible that either landlord or tenant could be placed in a just and proper relative position until many of the abuses which had crept into the system were removed by the intervention of the House. The landlords said that their rights had not been sufficiently protected. He (Mr. S. Crawford) said that not only had their rights been sufficiently pro tected, but that they had had too much pro tection, and that powers had been entrusted to them which they ought never to have had, and which they had used to the utmost extent, so as to be productive of mischief to themselves and their tenantry also. He could inform the House, also, that not only had these legal powers been used to their farthest limits, but that they had been exceeded in the most fearless manner, for in many instances tenants had been ejected without even the warrant which was required by the law which then existed. The system of subdivision of land had been for a great many years promoted and forced by the law, and that subdivision was at present in a great mea sure the cause of the unsatisfactory position both of the landlords and tenants of Ireland. The landlords had themselves encouraged the system, and they, therefore, ought not to be the parties who should be the first to complain when the conse quences of their own acts reflected upon themselves. The Hon. Member then cited a number of instances from the Parliamentary reports, and proceeded to say that here there was a plain inference that there ought to be a legal enactment on the subject. There had been meetings in different parts of the country, all of which had come to resolutions which acknowledged the tenant rights, and asserted that the rights of those tenants ought to be respected. But ho had another and a stronger resolution to place before the House. It was a resolution passed at a large meeting of landowners at Dublin, the Marquis of Ormond in the chair, and the gentlemen then present had been unanimous in support ing the principle which he advocated. He had first in troduced this principl e inciple in the s h a p o o f a Bill i n 1835. He had againbrought and it before Parliament in 1840, next in 1842, then a again in 1845 ; and he had trusted that her as now constituted, would have takensty's Government up the subject, and settled the principle which he desired to be adopted But if the Gove rnment di d not interfere it was the - duty . 1 of the House to re g ulate the ma tter, and the preamble of the Bill sufficiently showed th e anxietyo the promoters to improve the condition of the tenant in Ireland. The chief object was to secure to the tenant the value of the improvements which Ao had tide 01 the property which he occupied. This was provided for in the sixth clause, but the ' eleventh clause went further, and was intended to ad vance the principle which had- been previously stated ; for although it was framed so as to secure the rights of the tenant, it also respected the rights of the landlord, for it provided that if the tenant was to be entitled to the value of his im provements it was only under the consideration that they had been made with the consent of the land - lords. The Hon. Gentleman then ,r•-_,Terred to the reports which had been made to Parliament -'n the agri cultural condition of Ireland, and he proved from them that the farms are so divided in Ireland, that there is an utter impossibility of the occupiers achieving in dependence, the farms in the county of Cork not averaging more than fifteen acres, and those in Tipperary not more than twenty-four acres each. If they wanted to increase the prosperity and productive • ness of Ireland, they must adopt the Bill which he had proposed, because it would enable tenants to derive a fair profit from the land assigned to them. Besides this, they should instruct the people in the arts of. agriculture, and if they did so they would have a happy and prosperous, instead of a wretched and poverty-stricken people. The poor of Ireland had been called idle, ignorant, and brutal ,• but this did not come from their own choice—it arose from the tenants feeling little interest in the land which they held—from the nature of the relations subsisting between them and their landlords; and if the landlords understood their interest they would do all in their power to emulate their tenants to cultivate the soil, and to make it yield all that Pro vidence had designed it to yield. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would consent to the second reading; but, at the same time, he wished it to be distinctly understood that h.. would accept and support any measure which had the same object in view as he had. Certainly, if they wished to do justice to Ireland, they would lose no time in passing a law to place the tenants of Ireland in a better condition than at present. He had made private arrange ments with his tenants in accordance with the terms of the Bill; he simply mentioned this to show that he was willing to comply with all its provisions —(Hear)—and he trusted that the example he had set would be followed by the other landlords of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that a more important subject than that of tenant-right could not come before the House. He begged to move that the Bill be read a second time. Mr. MONAHAN (the Solicitor-General for Ireland) rose to oppose the motion. He thought that at this late period of the session no good could arise from assent ing to the motion, because the subject was surrounded with great difficulties. He hoped, however, that at some future time the nature of the relations between land lords and tenants might come under the review of the House ; but at the same time he could not avoid stating that he anticipated that far more good would come from voluntary and private arrangements between the par ties than could be effected in accordance with any Bill which the Legislature might pass. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances, he should feel it his duty to move, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. There were objectionable provisions in the Bill, because a tenant might take an undue advantage of his landlord. For instance, a tenant for one, two, or tree years might make improvements which the landlord might be ill able to pay for, and which the land itself was not in a con dition to allow. The arrangement of the amount of compensation was also open to great objections, and would involve both parties in great expense, because, in the cases of arbitration which had come under his experience, the parties had been involved in considerable litigation and great expense, and he feared the same result would occur in this case. Mr. B. ESCOTT said the principle of the Bill was exceedingly important—perhaps the most important measure with respect to Ireland that had come before the attention of the House this session; but he believed that at that late period of the session it could not be passed into a law, still the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ap peared to him to have not stated sufficient reasons fur opposing the Bill. It would be within the recollection of the House that this was the second measure, with respect to the rights of tenants which had come before the House during the present session; and he did not choose to have the second Bill, which he believed to have been brought forward from the most sincere motives, treated in the same way as the Bill of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Berkshire (Mr. Pusey). He, therefore, wished to have some pledge from the Government, if this Bill were withdrawn, that the subject would receive their early attention in the ensu ing session. He trusted that the House would say that it was better to read this Bill a second time, and con sider the objections to it in Committee. Sir JOHN WALSH said that he dissented altogether from the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member who had just addressed the House. He considered that it would be a dangerous principle for the House to pledge themselves to the abstract justice of a measure which could not be carried this session. The Bill contained a sweeping indictment against the landed proprietary of Ireland ; and if they believed the assertions that were made they must arrive at the conclu sion, that what were called the rights of the landlords, were in reality a usurpation. So far was this from being the case, he asserted that the facts would show that the landed pro prietors of Ireland had made greater saeritk.es for the prosperity of their tenantry than the land lords in this country. Ho denied that the landlords of Ireland were the cause of what he admitted to be a great evil in Ireland, namely, the minute subdivision of the land in that country. The people of Ireland were obliged to look to the land as the only means of sub sistence. There were many prudent farmers in Ireland, and it was not unusual for them to give portions to their daughters. The son of a farmer might marry a female who got one of these portions, and would induce his father to give him a part of his farm, and there was a subdi vision of land, without the knowledge of the landlord, and with which he could not interfere. In England the landlord provided buildings for his tenants, but that was not the case in Ireland, though it was highly desirable that it should become so. It would have the effect of benefiting both the landlord and the tenant. The former would derive great advantage from such a practice, as it would give him greater security for the improvement of his land, while the benefit to the tenant was quite evident. He could not conclude without ex pressing his satisfaction that the Government had postponed a measure of such importance to Ireland until every information on the subject could be ob tained. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that, if the question before the House was whether or not they were to consider of some expedient to improve the relation between landlord and tenant in Ireland, he would not refuse his assent to a motion for some legislative enact ment by which these relations should be ad justed.—(Hear, hear.) A contrary course would be inconsistent with the opinions which he had already ex pressed. It had been stated that it was intended by Government to bring before the House a Bill on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) It had been only by that un fortunate event which deprived Ireland and the country of the services of the Earl of Besborough, and the great pressure of Irish business on the Government, that they had been obliged reluctantly to give up the intention of submitting such a measure to the House. He could not agree with those who said that no measure on this question could be devised which would produce beneficial effects. He thought that, looking at the state of the relation between landlord and tenant in Ireland, looking to the jealousies that existed between two classes whose interests were identical, that a measure might be framed which would meet the exigencies of the circumstances, and restore and perpetuate harmony between the landlord and the tenant. Ile was prepared at all times to enter upon the consideration of this question with reference not only to general principles, but also with respect to the special circumstances of Ireland. But he submitted that that was not the question before the House. A Bill had been submitted to the House by the Hon. Member for Rochdale. He never looked with prejudice upon any Bill submitted by that Hon. Member, with all his experience and good-will as an Irish land lord—(Hear)—but, after considering this Bill with great attention, he was prepared to say that though it should pass the second reading and go into Committee, that the Government could not, without great modifica tion, even save any part of it which they could advise the House to pass. It would give rise to great misconstruction in Ireland, and originate much confusion, and perhaps a little dispute on details affected by the provisions of the Bill. It vvas not out of any feeling of opposition to the Hon. Gentleman that he disapproved the second reading of the Bill, or to the good objects which it was his intention to effect, for, like him, he (Mr. Labouchere) did not despair of seeing ultimately a Bill which would effect these good objects without exciting the animosity, the lawsuits, and the disputes which would arise out of the present Bill. Mr. B. ROCHE considered the question affecting - the relation between landlord and tenant of such paramount importance, that he was surprised that the only part taken by the Government, when the only Member of the House that had moved upon the subject had submitted a practical measure upon it, was to throw impediments in the way. He complained that the far mers of Ireland had been deluded by the Government, who had promised to discuss the relation between land lord and tenant upon a substantive measure early this session, but now, at the end of it, refused to hear or say anything now that the question was pressed upon them by another. They were deluded, too, by what had been called the Irish party- -Irish, he supposed, because they had promised much and done nothing.—(Laughter.) That party consisted of the old nobility, the modern aristocracy, and the gentry of Ireland. They met, and their promises were great at Dublin, but their perform ance nothing at Westminster. They distinguished them selves by eloquence on the banks of the Liffey, but they were silent on the banks of the Thames. So then by both these parties were the farmers and the people of Ireland deluded and deceived, not a step having been taken to redeem their promises to Ireland. One good result which the rote to-day would have on Ireland would be, that no matter what they promised in that House, there was but one hope for them, and that was a domestic legislature. An Honourable Member near him wished they had it. He would give him an opportunity of proving the sincerity of that wish next session, and he hoped he would then give him his vote when he brought forward a motion to repeal the union. The people of Ireland had been deceived hy the present Government, and no promises which had been made to them had been kept ; and it was his honest conviction, as well as that of the Irish people, that it was to a domestic legislature alone they had to look for a redress of the grievances under which Ireland laboured. Mr. SHAW approved of the course which the Go vernment adopted with regard to the Bill. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland had exhibited very great caution with regard to this measure. He thought, after the principle of compensation was ac- Imowledged by 411 parties, that her gajesty'se Govern- LONDON, TIIURS D IAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1847 ment should have come b some other conclusion than that they did not despair that something I might yet be done t compensate tenants. He did not know whether he result of the late Lord Besborough's inquiries upna the subject were in the pos session of the Governmeit; if they were, he thought that that attention and coisideration ought to be given to them which had been iccorded by all other parties conversant with the subjct. He hoped that the Go vernment would not allowa fortnight of another session to pass without bringin t. forward some more per fect system of legislation upon this subject. He hoped that no distinctien of party or religion would be permitted to interfere indirectly in this question, but that ;t be a comprehensive scheme which would con-pletely remedy the existing state of things. Under the present system the abuses 1 which existed, so far from growing better, gravitated from bad to worse ; and it was quite time that a check should be given to these growing evils. With regard to the present measure before the House, there were some difficulties with respect to ;he details, but he hoped that it would be applicable w•sh some degree of benefit to Ireland, and in that hop( be should support the second reading of the Bill. Mr. TRELAWNY said that, in his opinion this Bill was a palpable delusion to the people of Ireland, and contained promises which could never bo realised. In the first instance two of tie assertions it contained were quite incorrect. One of these allegations was that the tenant was unjustly liable to ejection without any compensation being given .or any improvements he might have made in the land. Trey made their bargain with their eyes open ; so that under any other system they would be liable to the same nconvenience. If the principal ground upon which the Bii was introduced was false, of what use would the Bill be? It would not, he believed, be productive of harm, but it would not lead to any good, and would thus crate a strong feeling of dis appointment; and he, ther fore, gave his strongest oppo sition to the second readirg of the Bill. Sir H. W. BARRON sail that, in his opinion, a measure of this description had long been called for by the con dition of Ireland, and ty the condition of the poor agrieultural classes, who •ere unable properly to defend their rights. It would have the effect of stimu lating them to improve their laud, by giving them proper security that ttey would be enabled to enjoy those improvements which they had created. It was all very well to come down there and make elec tioneering speeches on the eve of a new Parliament ; but it was no answer to the responsibilities which they had to fulfil to meet this Bill without being pledged to its details, to negative its principle altogether. It was all very fine to make such speeches in order to suit par ticular purposes, and it might do very well for the news papers to make such statements as those to which they had lately listened to. And it must be recollected that fine promises in the county of Cork were but badly re deemed by small performances on the banks of the Thames—(Laughter)—and if these promises were made with a view to prospective advantage, he could assure the Hon. Members who had opposed the second reading that that line of conduct would not answer their purpose. Yet, in giving his assent to the second reading of this Bill, he did not intend to pledge himself to the whole of its details. He had not been a Member of that House for sixteen years without being conscious that by giving his adhesion to a Bill, he was in no way prevented from totally alter ing its character by a change of the details. To many of the details of this Bill be had great and serious ob jections, but to the principle he was entirely friendly. That principle he would support to the utmost of his power, but at the same time he would not disguise his desire that it should be greatly modified in Committee. Mr. YOUNG thought that the objections which had been urged against the Bill had all been founded in misapprehension, and were likely to work a great mis chief. He believed that the sixth as well as eleventh clause had been totally misunderstood. He considered that tenants should receive fair compensation for the improvements which they had effected. Nine-tenths of the land in Ireland had changed hands in the last few years, and if the improvements made by a tenant were to constitute a permanent charge upon the rent, the new proprietors would be saddled with charges of which they knew nothing, and which it would be unfair to call upon them to pay. The moment there was a demand for labour tenant-right would vanish. In Armagh, Meath, and in some other counties, tenant-right did not exist. No one in England ever heard of a landlord being called upon to erect cottages and to plant trees every four or fivo acres. Why, no amount of capital would effect this. He believed, therefore, that the Bill was based upon fallacious principles, and that it would do injury instead of good. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Rochdale bad laid great stress upon the ejectments which continually took place in Ireland, but he did not enter into the circumstances under which they were made. Persons were proceeded against by ejectment in Ireland, not really for the purpose of ejecting them from their holdings, but for the purpose of compelling them to make some arrangement for the payment of their rent, because many of them are in arrears from nine to eighteen months— in fact, the arrears of rent were so great that the amount would scarcely be credited in England. He believed that the landlords of Ireland were desirous of doing their duty, that had been amply shown during the present session ; still he was prepared to admit that the landlords of Ireland, especially the absentee, had neglected the duty.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LEFROY said he thought her Majesty's Govern ment had taken a most;proper course ; and he thought, in opposing them, they would not be doing any benefit to Ireland. If any measure could be introduced that would have the effect of improving the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland it would be very desirable, but he thought by adopting the course recommended by some Hon. Members they would be holding out hopes to the tenants in Ireland which they might sub sequently not realise. He himself had joined what was called the Irish Party, but without any factious views, and he had supported measures which he consi dered to be of benefit to the country, without reference to party. He thought the Government were right in the coarse they had adopted, and he would therefore give them his support. Mr. ROSS said he did not think it was right that this Bill should go through its second reading, and lie thought those who censured the Government fur not carrying their Bill this session were guilty of great injustice. The persons whom he would wish to compensate in Ireland were those who were tenants-at-will, which would have the effect of inducing these tenants to make improvements, which they would not otherwise be induced to do. Mr. M'CARTHY said that every gentleman who had spoken on this question had admitted that something ought to be done for the improvement of the relation between landlord and :tenant in Ireland. The next objection of the Solicitor-General was that the compensation was not to be given till the termination of the tenancy. He would ask, was net that the proper time for the compensation? A further objection of the Learned Solicitor was that the arbitration would be ex pensive, but he (Mr. McCarthy) did not think that this would be the case if lawyers were not employed. He would not detain the House further, as it seemed impatient for the division, but would record his vote in favour of the measure of the Hon. Memher for Roch dale. Mr. P. SCROPE thought this a most important ques tion, and the sooner a different system of tenure was established in Ireland than that which at present ex isted the better would it be for the peace and welfare of that country. Many might refrain from supporting this measure from an apprehension that a similar measure would be brought forward for England, but he did not think the circumstances of the two countries were analogous, and that a different course of legislation would be neces!ary for Ireland.— (Cries of " Divide, divide.") The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the second. reading 25 Against it Majority against the Bill POOR REMOVAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. BANKES rose to move the second reading of the Bill which proposed to amend the first clause of the General Act of the 9th and 10th of Victoria. It did not propose to affect more than part of that Act, because no more than part had excited universal discontent. When the original measure was itself introduced he entertained con siderable doubts about the beneficial working of what was termed irremovability instead of settlement, which he consiticitA much too great a change to be introduced so suddenly. He voted for it, seeing many of the representatives of the towns supporting it, but he now saw that it was oppressive, not only to the country, but to the poor ratepayers of the town, in proof of which, he said, the Honourable Member read a letter from the clergyman of Blandford, who stated that, in consequence of the Poor Removal Act, the rate of that town had been doubled to 10s. a year instead of ss. The Hon. Gentleman then re minded the House that in giving notice of this Bill he had brought before them general complaints from the guardians of the city of London and of the metropolitan unions, that the rates had been exceedingly increased. He must say he was not prepared to hear it in the Committee of which he was a member from a Poor-law Commissioner, that the guardians of the City of London approved of the Act which he proposed to amend, and he must say he did not think such was the case. The Honourable Member then read a letter from a Mr. Foster, in the city of York, stating that unless this law was repealed the rentals would be increased from 25 to 50 per cent. Theincrease in the rates of seven parishes in York, for a quarter of this year, amounted to 7,0701., showing the additional burden cast upon the rate-payers. He thought an a l terat i on i n the law exceedingly desirable, an d feeling co nvinced that the Govern ment would no : e ff ec t an a l terat i on either in the present or in the ensuing sessions he had, therefore, brought. forward this measure, and trusted it would receive the approval of the House. The Poor Removal Bill had failed.—(llear). He had sat on the Committee which had reference to it, and was in a position to say that it had nut accomplished the good for which it was propounded. It pressed heavily upon the rate-payers, and did not afford all the advantage it should to the poor. It prevented parishes from allowing a widow 2s. or 3s. a week, upon which, with the aid of her friends, she might subsist. It put a stop to this altogether—(Hear) —and he; could quote many other instances of it s o pp ress i ve wor ki ng; f or i ns tance, c ases in which poor widow s were li v i ng w ith their friends and receiving a small weekly stipend from the parish, who had had thei r re li e f stoppe d, an d w h o had been driven from one parish to another to seek aid. The whole of S ou th W a les was in a similar condition with respect to rates as York. In the parish of East Lew, in Cornwall, foe instance, before the passing of tle Poor Removal Bill, the agri cultural population in the neighbourhood were in the habit of coming into the town to sleep ; of this the rate-payers did not complain until the Bill was passed ; but since they found tliftt these persona in the period of distress became e able to them—and other places had equally of the Bill. ope r ation be set against each e f a i r o n o r to aw complain e o mn is si 0 noefr werethe other, he would take the evi'lence of Mr. Coppock, who was the king of the Poor-law clerks, on this matter, who said that the sooner the law of settlement was repealed the better. He pressed this matter forward, because he thought that the present law was a failure. He had evidence from Leeds and other places as to the working of this law, showing clearly its injurious operation. On this day week he would bring on this question, and he would conclude by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day week. The motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 16. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) COLLISION.—SPARROW V. PEDLEY AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for certain injuries sustained by a smack named " Fox," the property of the plaintiff, by the negligence of the parties entrusted with the management of a steam tug called the " Grey Mare Meg," belonging to the defendant and others, who constitute the "United Steam Tug Company." The smack was tacking across the river, and the collision occurred opposite Wapping. The bowsprit of the smack received some injuries, but they were not of a serious nature. The case was commenced yesterday, and re sumed at the sitting of the Court this morning. A considerable number of witnesses were examined on either side—those on one side stating that " Grey Mare Meg " was to blame, whilst those called on behalf of the other as stoutly and positively averred that the smack was decidedly to blame, and that if she had not struck the steam-boat, she would have come into collibion with a number of barges lying off Wapping. It was further stated by them, that the smack was in a bad condition before the occurrence, and that her injuries could be repaired for 101. or 15/. The jury gave a verdict of 101. to the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 16. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS ) RICHARDSON V. STEELE. This was an action for damages for a breach of pro mise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Ryland appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Spinks for the defendant. INlr. Sergeant BYLES, in opening the case, said, the plaintiff complained against the defendant, who was a chemist and druggist at Brighton, for having inflicted upon her a most serious injury. The plaintiff was the daughter of a tradesman at Messing, near Kelvedon, in Essex. In the years 1842 and 1843 the plaintiff and the defendant lived together at the house of a Mr. Waugh, a chemist in Regent-street, the one as an assistant, the other as a lady'smaid. An attachment had sprung up between them, and without any reason whatever the de fendant had returned the letters of the plaintiff, and had repudiated the contract he had entered into. The plaintiff became ardently attached to the defendant whilst at Mr. Waugh's house. Fortunately, although the defendant had destroyed the letters the plaintiff had written to him, she had preserved those she had received from him, and they should be laid before the jury in order that they might see whether justice could be ad ministered to the plaintiff in a court of law. The plain tiff's brother had thought it necessary to see the de fendant with respect to his intentions, and the defendant then expressed his love for the plaintiff and his intention to marry her. He would call the brother before the jury, and would prove a voluminous correspondence to have taken place, from 1843 to 1846, between the plain tiff and defendant; and although he would not read all the letters, he would refer to two or three, to show the terms on which the parties were contracted to each other. The first letter was as follows: " Friday, June 2, 1843. " My heart is fixed, I cannot range ; I love my choice Too well to change. " First impressions (carefully made) of those we find some thing in to admire, esteem, and love, are seldom, if ever, effaced from our memory, and stand proof against the slander of our most secret enemy. " Love has many doubts, but without proofs should cherish none." The Learned Sergeant then read several long and rather tedious letters, in which, mixed up with allusions to business and other matters, were occasional expressions of attachment. One letter mentioned "sending a news paper" to the plaintiff, which " contained three cases of murder;" another mentioned sending her " Humphrey's Clock;" and most of these letters concluded, " Yours truly and affectionately, Stephen;" " Your affectionate Stephen, with lore ;" " Your absent lover," and so on. During the whole of this long courtship the defendant had been looking out fur a settlement in life. The op portunity at length presented itself, and lie was set up by his father in a very flourishing business at Brighton. The jury should now hear what the effect of that pros perity was upon 'he defendant, in his conduct to this in nocent and confiding young woman. His neglect and long silence induced her to write to him, and, broken hearted, to go cown:to Brighton to see him; after which• she received from him a letter, which he would read to the jury:— " Nov. 29, 1845. " Elizabeth,—l received yours of the 2511 i, and feel sorry you should have troubled yourself with any such apology, as I had not the least desire to receive any such thing. You appear to quite misconstrue the meaning, that the future may, perhaps, make amends for the past; but understand it this way for your own good—if you wish to gain respect in future, reflect before you act, your actions will be less likely to give offence. You must be we 11 aware that two possessing opposite feelings and opinions never can be happy together; such undoubtedly is the case; therefore it is my wish, which I trust will meet yours, that no further correspondence will be carried on between us upon the terms unfortunately that have been ; but I shall always feel that interest by which 1 hope to hear of your success and happiness. I hope, by re flection, you will be of the same opinion, and put the best construction upon this letter, which I feel will be decidedly to the advantage of both.-1 remain, still your well-wisher, LS " Miss Richardson, 17, Vera-street, Oxford-street, London." Probably it would have been better that she should have sent her father or her mother down to Brighton than have gone down there herself. The young woman most earnestly solicited one more interview with the defendant. He could not lay the plaintiff's letters before them, as the defendant had burnt them, and she kept no copies of them. She wished t, know if there had been anything in her conduct to give reasonable offence, and the fol lowing was the answer she received (Post-mark, Brighton, Jan. 8, 1846) : "Elizabeth,—l received yours on the 6th instant, and am at a loss to know why you wish an interview, as I thought my last letter was sufficiently- explicit; but if there be any matter you wish explained, if you write and name it, I shall be happy to satisfy you; otherwise, for the benfit of both par ties, let there be no further communication." No signature or date was appended to the letter, and it was addressed the same as the last. In the course of the courtship many little pledges of affection had been interchanged; and in May, 1846, the plaintiff received an envelope containing everything the defendant had ever received from her, with this letter:— "I forward to you everything I possessed that once belonged to you, as I wish that every circumstance connected with the past may be forgotten. The letters I had have been long since destroyed, so that now I have not a single thing. Trusting they will arrive safe, I wish you health, happiness, and prosperity." There was no address at either the beginning or end of the letter, and so terminated the correspondence. He need not inform the jury of the irreparable injury which had been inflicted on this young woman. The bloom of her youth had been sacrificed, her feelings had been wounded, her chances of a comfortable set tlement in the world had been wasted by this in sincere t man. heavily Tuhpeoneviylsouonfgourdense population women; s m in a e n e t e o a f rid them, in every way capable of making good wives, were, from the circumstances of the other sex, compelled to waste their existence; and the man who took the bloom of a young woman's life and deluded her out of a chance of future settlement, inflicted upon her an injury which no damages of a jury could compensate. From the age of 19 to 24 this young woman's life had been thus wasted. If left to herself she would never have brought this action ; but her family and friends insisted upon it, and determined to obtain for her justice in a court of law. It was the duty of tip) ; jury to :::lark their sense of tall„ conduct. lie should show that the defendant was in a flourishing business at Brighton, and able to pay damages. The damages were laid at 5001., every shilling of which he thought would not be too much to give. It was the duty of the jury to mark their sense of the _injury which the plaintiff had received. He called Wm. Henry Richardson (who was examined by Mr. RYLAND), brother of the plaintiff. Was a shoemaker in London. His parents lived in Messing, in Essex. His sister was about 28 years of age. The defendant was formerly an assistant to a chemist named Waugh, in Regent-street,:and his sister was living as lady's-maid to Mrs. Waugh. In May, 1843, the defendant sent for him, and told him he had formed an attachment to his sister, and wished to make her family acquainted with it; that he was satisfied of her suitability for his wife, and wished to marry her. Witness wished him to un derstand that his sister had no property, and wished him to consider that. He replied that he had property of his own to set him up in a first-rate way of business. It was not he said money that he looked for in the choice of a wife, but manners and disposition. He was admitted to the family on the terms of a suitor till June, 1845. During that time he said he was looking out for a business, that he had property to take a first-rate business, but could not find one. He had repeatedly been out with the defendant and his sister together. On one occasion he was looking at a newspaper, and there was a very long name in it, and that led to conversation about names, and defendant said to his sister, "Yours is a very long name, Elizabeth, but I will soon change it for a short one." He also said he did not wish his sister to take another situation on her leaving Mrs. Waugh's, as he did not wish it to be afterwards said that his wife had been a lady's-maid. There was no change in his manner until March, 1846, when he had another conversation with defendant about his sister. De fendant had then taken a business at Brighton, and wit ness went to see him. He was carrying on a very large business as a chemist and druggist, in St. James's-street, in Brighton. It was on Sunday. Witness told him he had come to see him, as he was informed by his sister that he (the defendant) had altered his mind in regard to her, and he (witness) wished to know if anything had occurred on her part to effect this change. He told wit s • in g marry o n ness, there had not; on which witness expressed surprise at such conduct, and told him that his • sister ,re t l o y ready g ed . refusing to fulfil him, and asked his reasons for now his had former kep kept herself promises,re s p andec respectable bl e was and disengaged, willing e a n o g d a were some little matters his promises. He said, there about which they disagreed, and hehadfully WACIQ up his mind not to marry her. He knew the defendant's handwriting perfectly well. The lei. (xi b put ill were in defendant's handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS —He car ried on business at 2, Mulberry-court, Vincent-street, Finsbury. His: sister was in court, in the gallery, in a blue shawl. He had made boots for the defendant. There was no one with him but his sister when the con versation about the name of his sister took place. They were on board a steamer goin e : to Greenwich. He knew nothing about the art of distilling, and never proposed to supply defendant's employers with spirits of wine. His sister, at ter leaving Mrs. Waugh, went to live with a friend of his at Islington, then to Kilburn, then to Kensal green, to his aunt's, andresided amongst different friends until she took a situation, in which she stayed a few months. Then she went to her father's unwell with a bad leg, and then went to live with a lady named Marsh, in Wales, and went with her to Paris, and then came to London. She then went to live with Mr. Birch, in Vera street, Oxford-street, an Irish linen repository, as shop woman, where she now was. Did not tell defendant that he would publish his conduct throughout Brighton when he saw him. Never told defendant "re had better pay him 1001." he denied that altogether. His sister had been " two years, come July," in Vere-street. First heard defendant refused to marry his sister in Novem ber, 1845. He had other sisters, some of whom were in service, and others, ycuug ones, living at home with his father. His sister was educated at Messing. His sister, the plaintiff, was about 17 years of age when she went to service. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES —His father had nine children, and did not send them all to boarding schools; but his sister was c , )mpetently educated. Wit ness had been ten years in business as a bootmaker in London. His sisters went out to service when they were competent for it. Mrs. Bars, aunt to the plaintiff, examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—In 1843 the plaintiff was visiting witness, and subsequently; and on those occasions the defendant, Mr. Steele, had visited the plaintiff at wit ness's house. She objected to his attentions, thinking they might not be honourably meant, but the defendant said his intentions were honourable, and he meant to marry her. Th - e correspondence opened by Mr. Sergeant Byles was then put in and read, together with the following let ters, after the conclusion of the defendant's correspond ence, demanding the fulfilment of his promise, " 26, Carey-street, London. " Sir,—Miss Richardson has consulted me relative to your conduct towards her, in desiring that no further correspond ence be had between her and yourself. She is totally at a loss to account for so sudden a determination on your part, after so long an intimacy and your promises made to marry her, and am to request the favour of your informing me if it be your determination not to marry her, and if so on what grounds you refuse to do so. " I am, Sir, yours very obediently, " THOS. BISGOOD. "Mr. Stephen Steele, chemist and druggist, " St. James's-street, Brighton." There was no reply to this letter, and ultimately, to a subsequent letter, demanding a reply, a reference was given by the defendant to his solicitor. Mr. John Cook (called and examined by Mr. Ser• geant BYLES) lives in Crawley-street, Oakley-square. Knows St. James's-street, Brighton, and had seen the Jle fendant's shop there. It is one of the principal thorough fares in Brighton. Had been at defendant's shop two or three times. It was a good-sized and a very respectable shop. The defendant was in a very excellent way of business, from what he had seen. He had heard de fendant's father had retired from business. Did not know it. Cross•examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINs—What are you ?—A gentleman. Were you ever in business ?—Yes. What business ?—No answer. Were you a draper's assistant ?—No answer. Were you one of those gentlemen who stand behind a counter in a draper's shop, rub their hands, and - ask "If they can show the ladies and gentlemen anything else ?" —(Laughter).—Was in the employment of his brother, who was a draper. had been in business since on his own account, but it did not answer. What took you to Brighton ?—Went there when he was married. Oh, married ! What ! had you to go to the drug gist's shop after you were married ?—(Laughter). What did you want ?—A few little things. He knew nothing else about the defendant or his shop. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant WitaiNs then addressed the jury for the defendant. He said, his Learned Brother had stated that the plaintiff's friends were determined to bring her case before a jury, to see if they could obtain justice in a court of law. Had he been sincere in that desire he would have refrained from many topics he had intro duced, and from many manoeuvrings he had resorted to. An inquiry of this kind was calculated to set the feelings of the jury at war with their judgments. It was one of those cases which engaged the best feelings of our hu• inanity, and which required the strongest exercise of the mind and judgment to keep those feelings in control. They had had a strange mélange read ; to them for the last half hour, composed of love, murder, physic, "Hum phrey's Clock," and last not least, about "the man with the white hat of asinine qualities." Never before that day, though having some experience in love corre spondence, had he heard read such a correspondence as this. His Learned Brother had talked of the plaintiff being broken-hearted—it was a phrase which often meant nothing—and when he heard it said of the buxom young woman in the gallery, he could not help thinking of the Irishman who went blubbering out of court after hearing his counsel's statement of the injuries done him, crying out, "By the mother of Moses, I did not think I was half so badly threated as I am." Laying aside his Learned Brother's poetic effusions, let them turn their attention to the plaintiff and the defendant in 1843, when the attachment spoken of began. His Learned Friend had spoken of the plaintiff's humble circum stances. The plaintiff and the defendant were living in the same house, and the defendant then wrote to her a kind of Valentine:— " If you loves I As I loves you, No knife shall cut Our loves in two."—(Laughter.) What sort of love that was every boy knew. The plain tiff and defendant were in the same house together. The defendant sees Betsey in the same house together. ' The defendant s ees B e t sey i u t h e morn i ng sweep i ng the stairs; he sees her in the daytime waiting at table, and he SAPS her at night carrying a light to the bedrooms, and has a sly whisper to her. But time had begun to have upon him its proper effect. Some of the jury might have sons. What would they think of an at tachment between one of their sons and the housemaid of the people with whom he was placed? No doubt when the defendant was a boy he had written those passionate epistles, but the later letters were very dif ferent. When the plaintiff returned from France, the defendant discovered that his boyish impressions were very different from what a great many silly people mis took for affection and:love, though widely different things The defendant had attempted no disparagement of the plaintiff's character. llis affections were not under his control, and intercourse with life had so changed his views that the daydream of his youth had vanished before a sounder discretion. His Learned Brother had spoken of the defendant's " wasting the bloom of the plaintiff's life." He might, indeed, have wasted the bloom of her life, for it appeared that she had been completely under his control; but ho had never in the slightest degree transgressed the rules of propriety. The defendant at length discovered, what he did not choose to explain to the brother, that there were many little points in which they differed ; but it was those little points, however impalpable, which constituted the happiness of human life ; and under those circum stances, was it not more just, nay, more religious (if he might use the phrase), to break off rather than complete such a contract, which would not only take away the bloom, but the fruition of life itself ? They had heard a great deal about the defendant's property, but they had not proved that he was worth Is. It was quite compa tible, and in accordance with the statements made, that his friends had set him up in business ; and as to his fine shop, there were a great many shopkeepers in Regent -street who would be but too glad to get out of them, as well off as when they got into them, and they all knew that a few gilded bottles and mahogany drawers made a great display at little cost in druggists' shops. As to the young woman being broken-hearted, true sorrow never paraded itself, and never called to its assistance the meretricious a;ds of en Laic. The beggar in the streets nh.. stood shivering in our view was not the man that demanded pity, but the quiet man who sought to hide his misery in retirement. True grief never paraded itself ; and the very circumstance of any woman parading a transaction of this kind before a jury was always a very strong proof to his mind that there was a far greater desire to get money than to get public sympathy. llis LORDSHIP, in summing up, said, it was not dis puted that the plaintiff had successfully proved the de fendant's promise to marry her. The defendant had most deliberately formed the engagement, and the plaintiff was entitled to a fair compensation. Their disparity in life was no answer, as the defendant was aware of it at the time. The' jury, after' a' short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2501. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. Mr. Alfred Marshall, the young man charged with Sring a pistol at Miss Louisa Rofe, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm, was again placed at the bar. Mr. Binns attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Games for the defence. Mr. William Smith, the first witness called, deposed that he lodged in Swan-street, Kent-road, at the house of Mr. Bailey . , who was stepfather to Miss Rofe, and knew tho prisoner Marshall very well. Had heard Marshall abuse Mr. Bailey and his wife, and say, he should wait for the former some time or other. He had also heard him say, ho had advised Miss Rofe to leave her home, and told her that her stepfather was no father to her; and at that time he indulged in strong terms of abuse of Mr. Bailey. Mrs. Mary Ann Buller, who resides in Swan street, opposite to the house of M r . B a i ley, said, that - about three weeks ago she heard the pri soner r sa he should not mind m. being hung f or shootingßailey. On the night of Sunday week witness was in her s i t ti ng room, and heard a stone th rown at t he door of Mr. Bailey. This was about nine o'clock, a nd she went out, and saw the prisoner a sho rt distance f rom Mr. Bailey's house. In her cross-examination by Mr. Game., the witness said, she had not seen either a pistol or a gun in the pos session of the prisoner at the time she spoke of. A lady named Hobbs was called, but her evidence was not of the slightest importance as affecting the prisoner. The next witness called was Miss Rofe, and, after her former evidence had been read over to her, she swore to its perfect truth, and t pistol in hand, t o "Tg seen the prisoner with a andhearing the report of a pistol 011 his :discharging it at the house. She was no party to the pubilaaaion of the bails, ;or marriage mai tie, pi soner; but understood that the prisoner bad got them put up and published. Mr. Binns said that this was his cose ; and after call ing his Worship's attention to the facts of the threats made use of by the prisoner, about shooting Mr. Bailey, and his not caring being hung for shooting him; and further, the fact of both Mr. Bailey and Miss Rofe see ing the prisoner not only with a pistol in his bands, but also their hearing the report of a pistol shot , h e should leave the case in his Worship's hsnds to deal with a s he might think proper. Mr. Games replied that he should not tro uble th n , Court with any remarks, but would proceed to call witnesses, whose testimony he had no dou bt would negative the more serious part of the charge against big client, an I induce his Worship, after hearing it, at en" to discharge him out of custody. Richard Davis, 55 P, was then sworn, and state d that on the night of Sunday week Mr. Bailey came to the station-house in Lock's-fields, and complained a a shot being fired at his house by Alfred Marshall, hich broke his window. Witness in consequence ac companied him buck to his house, and, on examining the window that he represented to have been bro ken b y the discharge from the pistol, he found that a small piece of one of the squares was broken ; but up on ex. : aamining it more clearly he felt qu it e convinced th at t had been broken from the inside, and in this belief he was confirmed by the fact that the glass was found on the outside. lie did not perceive the slightest arPear rattle ante of shot or a ball, thou g h Mr. Bailey had declaraoe he heard the shot, after the pist o l had been fired , against the window. that Two constables were next called, who de i o sed the marks in the brickwork in front of Mr. Bsil e Y s a house, and which were alleged to have been occasioned by the shot discharged fro m the pistol, bad in realay . been caused by knocking at an early hour in the nso r h n o ing with their truncheons to awake a young ma n w lodged there. s hot, Inspector Valentine produced three grains of Mr. which he said he had found close to the 'wall (3,-, but Bailey's house on the mor n i ng o f Monday n e ' fr ' could not say whether they had been discharge u gun or pistol. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that had the evidenc e g eri sl far enough to show that the prisoner had, a s cha o r ro g a e n ' against him, discharged a pi s t o l a t the young "' bod ily with the intention of doi ng her some serio us unD it harm, he should have f e lt i t t o b e hi s duty to co ow him for trial. The evidence, however, fell s hort in t ft the bushing the charge of shooting with intent, bu t • -t same time there was sufficient shown to justifY, c " ; i p — nt bail Elliott) in calling on the prisoner to find sow n w ards to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour to tv , s Mr. Bailey, his family, and all others o f her M tl j es subjects, quiz iss months. The reed bail was put in and accepted, 611 d the prisoner discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. c ha rged A well-dressed man, named Alf re d Evans,was, e " cer sl with having feloniously obtained an d diTosed se y ' a tue chests of tea and other grocery goods, of he of 751. was in Mr. Taylor, the prosecutor, stated the prison er Tn t he his service as shopman, and l e ft i n August last. ' l - t icti, following March he was in expectation of an ex ec se be and went to consult the prisoner as to what aouriitiou should pursue. He told him to come to a coroPe rt io with his creditors, but to r emove a c onsiderable P . ,,, e v St of his stock, and he would b r i ng a cart and i e LY ho away himself' to the house of his mother, an d "' - near could dispose of it at an advantageous price to and relative of his ; assent was gi ven t o this proposition to t i s es a few mornings after he came to Mr. Taylor's P re „an with a horse and cart, accomp an i e d by his bret h n e l y of law, a man named Price, and removed a large cla ati a bim goods. The condi:ions upon w hich he entru ste thou with the goods were expressly that he was to if turn net to into a fair money value if he could do so, anddand return them. A rough agreement was drawn u r' D osis signed by Mr. Taylor's creditors, by which they we nt sented to receive ss. in the pound, and as the P s Y ou se of the first instalment of 2s. 6d. entirely depende d ut e ceiving the goods, or the prod uce of the goods in t: r r t bo soner's possession, he applied to him repeatedly i° sue' restoration of them or their value, but could never teed in obtaining them, or the slightest inforrasuper, further than that they were in the possession of , , a r een• son named Ra.cliffe, in Granby-street, Bethn a l's , pn - In consequence of this conduct he (Mr. Taylor) y vas p f o set able to meet the approaching dividend, and, the ac' called his creditors together, and made the at .. Te cl quainted with the way in which the prisoner had a!' re . him, and having by their kindness and lib erality trieved la'ss embarrassment, and finding it as eles iato treat any further with the prisoner, he gave bias custod John y. Purday, the alleged purchaser of the Pre see ,o l ll ; tor's goods, said, about five weeks ago, the pris° ller 'i a sS, was an entire stranger to him, and his broth er-fu' oea Price, with whom he was slightly acquainted, als upon him. Price said he would put a sovereign IbPsult pocket. He said a tradesman he knew was going a s off rupt, that he and the prisoner had got some g° ° t hey his premises away from the creditors, and that as y e n, could not find the person to whom they wore?bad they wanted him to say that he was the party wii c ' s D o had them and sold them. They said there wa ve at danger at all. He agreed to meet them at ten heLo morning at the Grapes, in Old- street-road, where t t he cordingly went with a man named Duke, and Welted prisoner and Price, the prosecutor (Taylor) being p sis iu the parlour. When ho (Purday) went in 11 oot soner addressed him as " Mr. Ratcliffe." Ile "ita bad told him he was to go by that name, and said t he i , t bel come about " those goods." Purday said, " `Wei e ra otF brought them to his place, and told him to get 1 ' a nd as fast as he could." Taylor instantly started q v , t he exclaimed, "Why, he must have goods of mine has value of 751.; surely he don't mean to say that vie s made away with all those?" Taylor further said he so d a great rascal for selling his goods in that manc e ,, r ' r iey. turned away in a rage. On Taylor, in four or fi l l ; p ros afterwards, calling upon him and asking wher e t t hing perty was, he told him that he did not know any up oo about it. The prisoner shortly a f ter wards calle d w h i ch him, and asked, if he knew any empt y house, to a he could bring Mr. Taylor and say that be 115 o va there and run away. When he found that it awe to 751., he got frightened. te, Mr. Pelham shortly addressed the Magistraollusion contended that although there might have been e er y ere: between the prosecutor and prisoner for a /10t ditable purpose, nothing more than that had tT e oo Valst 0 against his client, and it was really sca nd ' s c harge es man should be placed at the bar on so seriea!uuasstarleaa that of felony, under such extraordinary as had been disclosed. „. to the case Mr. BROUGIIToN said, the only an s ' er a uthori se ' would be that the prisoner was a partner, o r hat was not to dispose of the goods in this manner, arla t hic a migh t established. It was a monstrous fraud, wu' order the have been the ruin of Taylor. He s hould ~ but in depositions of the witnesses to be taken for trial be f o re the mean time would accept the same bail as , 1 " .. offered—the prisoner in 50/., and two sureties I ", s. each, and the officer must inquire into their s olvent s rio t The bail was immediately found, and the prisu thereupon liberated. ea The Sardinian Government have just comP,et fur their contract for iron rails for the great Turin RailWn.Y' which they had requested tenders. [A DVERTISEDIENT.]—SENT INTO THE COUNTRY urori APPROBATION.—No. 39, Albemarle-street, Plecadill Nei" ' i vented Spectacles, Invisible and all d k d i eb n ay ( f l i l Fe o si f seio A —a c 3 o ip u ae st r i a c hau ln a s n t Td ru .. 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Percy, &c• erful Achromatic Telescopes, Ope ra Glasses, and ~ficreScir aril Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solenions, opticians, are net iill o. way connected with a person of th e same name' in their rece nt diate neighbourhood, nor in any p ar t of the cou ntry. mistakes, be cautious, and obser ve —O n l y to b e h a d at 39, street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ---; 0 81l THS. y e of T. On the 13th inst., at th e F ort, Bristo l, the wi Tyndall, Esq , of a daughter. gbar°P Dirl‘ On the 18th inst., a t W o ll aton Rectory, N° t - t in Charles Willoughby, o f a son. , v , st • a sclaj A u berv, ot On the 14th inst., a t H ornsey, Mrs. J. L. couper On the 14th inst., at Rosemar of Mrs. Richard C. Fisher, of a daughter. Clement, Esq. On the 11th inst., the lady f rtobert of a on' lady Richmond-terrace, Queen's - road -o ' , Dalston, On the 12th inst. at West, Wickham, bent,the Rev. Robert Inchbald, Dir,A. of a d au ghter. o f V , ybranch-lane' On the 13th inst., in Cavendish-square, the lady 10 °v Marjoribanks, jun., Esq., of a son. Drew' On the 13th inst., the, wife of the Rev. G. S. sil'' bent of Old St. Pancras, of a son. On the 14th inst., Angela, the wife of p th e of Upper Clapton, of a son. u ar-, On the 14th inst., in Chapel-street, Groscenor-stl.boo. 1 . , s till ~-,... 4. lady of Cholmeley Dering, Esq., of a daughter , On the 14th inst.,at B 1 fi Id d Maida-hill, .a'-'' om e -roa , ___.-----'-°- M. Ilion et , of a son. MARRIED. On the 12th i ns t., W. H. Yell, Esq., to Mary Lan e° , t F. e cli r On the 10th i ns t., at St. John'iEpiscopel ChsP ii e eo 4 burgh, Robert B. Bl ackburn, Esq., to F ra nces u pet° , youngest daughter of the late Rev. Edward Dew in g' of On in Norfolk. 1 7 ' Thr a P On the 12th inst., at Barnes, the Rev. Horace W OO0 4 8.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, to Georgina Theres a ' daughter of Mr. Pyle, of Barnes-terrace. DIM. Aler f On the 14th ult., at Toronto, the Hon. ChristoPh er rt° Queen's Bench, Hagerman, Bench up o p n e e r o c f an th a e d J a. udges of her Majesty's C°° , P S ' O the 10th inst., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, C ar° third_ daughter of the late Kilpin Warner, Esq L Vl' On the 10th inst., at Beverle , Thomas B. rhilliPs!,,,,, -- „ t ossf Esq., O barrister-at-law, ilsltethr-aint-slta.,wa,taNgeedw3cBas.ytle-on-Tyne, Richard. 1.- , - - , os ircsr On the 11th inst., the Rev. William Ilarriot, ,1 Odiham, Hants, aged 57.' Class On the 11th inst., Philip James Burrard, student at Hall, Cambridge, aged 21. pro Soa tij On the 12th inst , Mr. Thomas White, of Mims.— ' Mims, Middlesex, a ged 46. Ago On the 12th inst., at Brunswick-terrace, Willy—r' Dinah Carolina Adkin, aged 89. a eed 7 On the 12th inst., at Pimlico, Miss Sophia Bart:y7.iet, the On the 13th inst., at Streatham-paragon, H a daughter of S. Sangster, Esq., aged 44. iIW l iii° On the 13th inst., at The Firs, Great Malverr, Webb Essington, Esq., aged 61. ~ii t of di. On the 13th inst., at Brixton-hill, Cordell* r---c late Mr. T. Wilson, bookseller, aged 62.........___ 10' „ No'- Lon,.'on : i'rinted argi Published by MURDO ITOOT`''.I,. rrii t Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. _ll2, Strand. In .-- JO O of the 6AT071 ill iba Ceillit,7 Qg NiflitlegeXp T 11 " 1/4gi 184; . Lir