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VIPPSITNG VTITTMV, PETITION OF FEAHGUS O'CoN- from Taylor, tlle polico-oifiecr who went with bzw provided hrnst , if v:ith a loaded, pi,tol, which was dep. ,i,e(l in Lis co.:t-pock et ; prisoner iouod tn , .;ans tr xr,:et. it. but -.vas detected in true to prevent his in tention, ~ vhieh no doubt was either to shoot illll7,Cif or Ore poiicerran. We have sine,• heard that Ow laiout sVith whom Taylor's wife abse,nd,d, Las hung bin's, Ii near Ch;pnenhant. but we do not vouch tor its der U racy.-Wilbhire Independent. NOR, ESQUIRE. The 'eurtiblo petition of Fcargus O'Connor. Esquire bar/iAter.at.Law, and now a prisoner at the fe ors' lich, o f Yrnk _ Shoeretti —Thet n Friday 221 May. your titisrar d rew up a pateien intended fur ptesereatien to yeer Ho r loura.ble House ; and therein petitioner get forth certain indignities, cruelties, insults, and unconstitutional tree.- to which as a misdemeanant he had been subjected loin a felons' prison. That such petition Wll3 engrossed by the Under Gover nor of -York Castle, in whose possession it remained till Sunday 24th May. That the Governor read the said P et itiona and never contradicted one word of it. o r made f arther comment, than by requesting petitioner to rd.that while an invalid petitioner was exempt performance of menial service, which addition Petitioner made in j rose nee of the. Governor, and petitioner requested Mr. Serjaant Talfourd w ould formally graft into petition in its prover pl,ce. That Mr. Hague, Chairman of the Visiting ,Magistrates. was runtish. , ri by eetitioner with a ropy of said petition, at the requeat of Mr. Hague himself. Than petitioner did to sicl petition set forth but some of the illegal aad hebe 'II 4 treatment to which he hid been subjected. That 16 cr petitioner's alleg Itions were contradicted. in m i sc. e t tertee, as it was stated, of petition , r complaining tie t lie " 4 0 applied fur medical aid, which was refused. That /our petitioner refers your Honourable House to his Petition in which there is not even a hint at such an asse•- ti Qo That every sentence in your petitioner's petit on W , a strictly true, and that every grievance therein cern Pliiined of remained in full force till June Ist, with the e xception, that in consequence of ha , iug fallen dewn in his cell from giddiness, the surgeon ordered petitioner to have a Dillow. In consequence of sitting upon a cold stork t for eleven days having given petitioner a violent pain and Weakness in the back, the surgeon ordered petitioner a chair on Saturday, May 30th, and a table on May 31st. That the Visiting Magistrates applied to Lord lierniatiby °rl the Ist June, to allow them to put your petition° °Pon a level with common felons, by allowing petitioner to see visitors in the same manner, with an iron grat ing between the parties That, on the 4th of June, a Mr. Crawford, Prison Inspector, came to York Castle, and did secretly and in the absence of petitioner examine all the officers of the leison, and also the twe prisoners confined in the same ward with petitioner, touch nes the al legations contained in your petitioner's statement laid before your Honourable House on June Ist. That peti. tioner having heard of the inquisition, immediately wrote to the Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates, and de ntanded that he, the Chairman, and the Governor should ! ) .p examined by the inspector, in presence of petitioner. het on the following morning the said impector, accom- Panied by th e Ch a i r m a n, Mr.Cayley, J P., and the Go. !triter, waited upon petitioner, and addressed him in the lollowing words :—" Mr. O'Connor, my name is Craw ;ere', I am from London; I do rot belong to this district. belong to the Home district ; I am not here upon any dut y , I have no authority ; I was merely in York, and c attle to see the prison. I have called thus early, to re move an impression which, by your letter to Mr. Hague, I find you were under." That your peti r'ner expressed great regret, saying that he did Pe the Inspector had been sent by Government ; cud even still your petitioner pressed hardly for an ievesti- Rotton, undertaking to prove before the Inspector every single allegation contained in his petition. That the In. 2 nPector left without further opening his lips to petitioner. net on Wednesday, June 9th, Mr. Crawford returned to Yolk Castle, and upon thrt day sent for petitioner, when he informed petitioner that he, Mr. Craw lord, had then been sent officially. That the evidence taken in pe ti. tionce t absence, on the 4 h June, was thee read over to Petitioner. That the evidence of John Abbez, one of the t urnkeys, taken on the 4 . 11, secretly, and which more thsn all the rest went to contradict the allegations sr t loan in Petitioner's statement submitted to your Honourable Hoes re was every word retracted by the said John Abbez. he declaring that he did not know what was taken down by Inspector, on the 4th June, in petitioner's absence. That the greater part of the evidence of ether witnesses called to disprove the allegations in pstitioner's compleint, submitted to your Honourable House on the Ist June, was ' tally proved to have been giren from ignorance of the frets, and misrepresentation. That the liispseter promised faith fully to resume the examination at ten o'clock on the more log of the 10th June. when your petitioner undertook to Prove every one of the ails getiens contained in yeti ',l,°4 it and :o prove, that iv i send,in (eery one of 11r. Hagu e ' s letters, was written in ignorance I.f the tams. That ! I ntwithAanding, and al hough you, petnisner wrote two letters to the Inspector, demandine a fall inquity, amnd i u ntt .to the cl , elaration of Lord Norm:nib . ) made to Lord t'rougham. the said Inspector left York, refusing to go 'to the allegations conteined in your petitioner's petition. That on the tolbwitig Saturday, a newspaper published in 4 York, had all the evidence taken before the Inspector on t ne 4th June, in petitioner's absence. published as a justi. fication of the conduct of the Visiting M igistrates, although t he greater part of the evidence was retracted and the retuanider contradicted. That your petitioner has been P r ohibited, by order of Lord Noritianey, as convened to the Petitioner by the Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates, from publishing anything in the public press, even the State of his health. T hat in consequence of such erroneous publication, and the restrictions imposed upon petitioner, he feels I wely grieved. Your petitioner is a member of the Irish Bar, and should be excluded from that honour atile society if he was guilty of laying a false state- Ile r4 before your Honourable flubse. Your peti tioner was a fearless, faithful, and attentive Member of Your Hon oura bl e House for three years, and hopes t, "at he was ton well known to be supposed capable rbf la - false statement b.tfre our Hnourabl House. That y the first Law Officer of o the y Crown o has state e d that Your petitioner was illegally treated if the allegations set f orth in his petition, presented on the Ist of June, were true, That your petitioner is prepared to prove that every Word in said petition was strictly true, and that scarcely a perceptible difference was ever made up to the Ist June. Your petition e r complains that some of the most illegal treatment then set forth is still practised towards your Petitioner. That your petitioner is resolved that a tame s ubmission by hi m to treatment designated as illegal by `°e first Law Officer of the Crown, shall not be established 14 a precedent for the similar treatment of others. Your Petitioner does not ask for any the slightest relaxation of the strictest rules of York Castle if he does not prove the truth of every allegation contained in his pe tition to y our Honourable House, and if he is not by law , by justice , and precedent entitled to the same. Your petitioiler sub -4148 to your Honourable House, that he is the first per son W ho, in this country, has been treated as a common felon for th e teem publication of libel. Your petitioner begs to T6l ttiod your Hon. House that one Joseph -Stephens, now confined in Chester Gaol for sedition and conspiracy, haseill t he privilege of a debtor, and does actually publ.sh a poti ical periodical, w hi c h is not prohibited ; while your petitioner, I neugh still liable to a similar verdict for libel, is not allott e d to w r it e a word in his own stamped newspaper. This your petitioner must consider as a great hardship, , tt i 'l on a striking difference in tire treatment of the parties. "'at your petitioner's health has become very mutes worse since his confinement in York Castle without exercise. Herder all the circumstances your petitioner prays, That your Honourable House will present an humble Addiess to her Majesty, praying that her Mejesty may be ge a -ious'y Pleased t o appoint a Commission to extunice into and report °Pon the allegation contained in your petitiener's peeler), p r esented to your lioneurable House on the Ist of June, . and that the said Commission shall examine witnesses en the spot, and in presence of your petitioner, who, if twee.. ta rY, shall hate the assts'at.cc of his legal adviser. And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ee or pray. FEARGUS O'CONNOR. York Cas'le, June 30, 1840. PARLI.IMENTAN i DIVISION. (From the Potes and Prucet•dings of the Hoz:seal Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 9. P 001? LAW CGAIIIIISSiON BILL Order for Coinmittee read ; ?,lotion made, and Question put, " That it be an Instruction to the Committee, that they have power to introduce a Clause authorising the Board of Guar dians, if they shall see fit, to administer relief to widows with families, without eompAing them to come into the workhouse, 11.11 such widows sh,ll not reside within the Chsion In which they Irwe a legal settlement :"—( Mr. Burroughes : ) The House divided : INORITY—AYES, 34. Bailey, Joseph—Worse-ter Muir z, G. F.--B!rningh.an Bina,ney, Benry—Fast Yorkshire Itobert--Bettis Itrothertiiii, .1 —Salford Parke , T —Presto. Bruges, Vi. ff. T.. Bath Pringle, Alex.inde,—Sclitirkshire Cochrane, Sir T. J —lpswich ar g ot I ion. Sir Wm.—Butt Stiss.•x r ..11est on, Col.—S. Nottinginan s, Si r CE. \\,. rw ,ck Round, John --Mahlon Lord—East Cornwall Tltishlir.olte, Colonel—Suffolk Fielden, John— Oldham Sheppard, .Thomas—Frome G.tskell, Milnes.—Wenlock Sibtliorp, Colonel—Lincoln dodges, T. I,.—West Rent l'hompson, taint Hodgson, ltd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Vere. Sir C. 13.-1 , 2.4 SAlolte Holmes, \V.—Berwick-on l'weed Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co Hoir , ton. G. J.—ltenftew..hire H. S.--West Suffolk \V B —Carnarvon \Vakley, Ilion:as—Finsbury Kemble, H.-1 ast Surrey mackenzie, Thomas—ltos , shlre Mord,tont, Sir John—Warwieksh. Morris, o.—Cartnarthen TELLERS . Burroughes, H.' N.—East Norfolk Itwoott, MAJORITY. Agliniihy, H. A.—Coekermuuth Archbold, Robert Kildare -NOES, GO. • P,chrill, Captain—Brighton Pig t, David Richard—l. lonmell Price, Sir :t.—Elerefordsline. Pryme, George—Cambridge iawdon, John aws in Armagh Rundle, John—Tavistock u:-ell. Coral C. J. F.— Bedford h R therfurd, Rt. Hon. A.—Leith Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshire 'scale, Colonel—Dartmouth , eyinout, Lord—Totirriac Shaw, Hight Hon. F.—Dublin Um Slauey, R. A.—Shrewsbury Smith, J. A.—Chichester I Sin th, it. V. Northampton IS'Anley, W. 0 —Anglesva Steuart. Robert—Haddington, &e. ?Talbot, C. It. M.—Glamorgaoshoe ely,Thos.—Wolverhampton I'uf.ull, llenrv—Devonport Sir It. IL—East Cornwall Wallace, lit,bert —Greenock Warburton, 11.-131 idport ‘Vhite, Andrew—Sunderland :Williams, W. A.—Monmouthsh. Wood, Benjamin— , otithwa-k wo slev, bird—Lincolnshire Yates, J. Ashton .Carlow Young, John—Cavan Co. Raines, Edward -Leeds Baring F. 'l'. - Portsmouth Berkeley, Hon. C.—Cheltenh. m kerual, Hsi h-11(.chester Blair, .1, Wigtowshire rrarnston, T W.—Es , ex South 13'11,r E.—North Staffordshire K.'s:n.l(l. \V.—Bradford_ -•- Sir John—Edinburgh t tay, Williarn—T wer Homes D um:as, Sit iachert —Richmond Dundas ' I lay id —Sutherlandshire Evans, Williain—North Derby Fergoson,Sir rt A . —Londotitiet r) Fitzsimon, Nicholas—King's Co. Greene. T. G.—Lancashire Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.— Notthigharn Hobb oue, 'l'. Benj.—Rochester Hope, Charles—lanlithgowshire tiorsman ' Edward—Cockermonth Howard, Hon. E. G.—Morpeth Hume, do-e. , h—Rilkenny Hurst, R. H.—Horsham James, William—Cumbe . land Alacauley, a. it Edinburgh Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Muskett, George A.—St. Alban' , Pakington, J. S —Droitwich Palmerston, Viscount =Tiverton TELLEits. Gordon, Robert—Windsor Parker, John—S:iettield • FRIDAY. JULY 10. SUPPLY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Order of the Day for the Corn:nittee of Supply be now read :"—Amea mviit proposed to leave out from the word " That" to the er.d of the Question, in order to add the words : " Whereas in the month of July last, two respectable working men, ram , d Wil liam Lovett and John Collins, were convicted of publishing a seditious libel, and for the said offence viere sentenced to one year's imprisonment. in Warwick Gaol; and whereas, a large number of persons have since been convicted of offences of a similar character, and the_ greatest portion of ari,e persona, contrary to custom, are. as well as the above tte'itioned Wil liam Lovett and John Co'lin, placed on the cri,ninal side of the gaols to which they' have been respectively snit, and are there treated after the manner of persons convicted of the most heinous and detestable crimes ; it is :Iv, opinion of this House, that such mode of carrying out sentences of imprisonment for Political Offences, being as uncalled for as unprecdented, ought to be discontinued ; and that no greater restraint sh.nild be imposed or degradation h&c:led upon this class of offenders, than their safe custody requires, and long usage sanctions,"— (Mr. Thomas Duticombe,)—instead thereof :—Question put, " 'I hat. the Ns cols proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The I loti , e divided. MAJORITY— %YES, ,11 7 . Abercrcmby, G. It. 1 t•ri nsoit , ''' T. kiwi', ..N ii nu ial Sir C. I L., ie, It. B. Aloe'', Hole. Colonel ltirr , l , rin, Lr+ril C. A r,•lihrild, it. H svains, J. H. Bailey, J. tic.,ti,eo e, .5. J. Pal win. ('.'Barry !I Jo , use. Sit J. C. Raring, F. T. Hodges, T. L. Barnard, E. G. i ,o, . .4,11, it. Hewes, T. Hogg, J. W. Blackburn, John I. Holmes, W. B JAR, W. J. Hope, (hark 'Sot field, iseriah "one. fl W Broialey, Henry Horsman F. Brocklehurst, J. i 1 ci.k 41,, Is. ttrodie, W. B. Howard, E G Brownrigg, J. S. Hughes, W. B. Briii e, C L. . Hurst, B. H. Bulges, W. 11. L. higlis, Sir It. H. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Jackson, J. D. Burrell, Sir c. M. Jone.i, T. • Bustield, W. Keinbie, Henry Campbell, Sir John Knight, Henry Catty Canning, Sir S. Labou..here ' H. ('lay, W. Lemon, Sir C. Cochrane, 'ir T. Lowther, colonel Dannelly, L , rd lishington, Charles Darby, tileorge Mac:rulty, T. B Douglas, Sir C. E. Mackenzie, W. F. Eliot, Lor , M'Taggart, John Llliot, Hon J. E. Marshall, W. Esteouit, 'l' G. B. Melgund, Lord Farnham, E. B. 13lildmay, I'. St. J. N. M —tied), Viz - it Pric.., Sir P Pr..therm., Iw Prvroz INC, Sir William liawdon, .1. 1) ltolleston, Colonel Hound, r Rundle, John It rssell. Lord John ri. P. Seal., Sir .1. Sevrirou , to Shell. 11. L. **qht horp, Colonel Slariev, ft. Smith, Vernon Sotheron, T. E. Stanley, staristiel,l, W. It Strum t, Stewart, John Struts, E..w r*d S.u.rrt, Lord J. Style, sir Charles Talbot, C U. M. Tattered, IL. vv. Troubridg.., Str T. Trifuell, Henry Vi piers, Vec.iunt Vivian, John Ennis Vivian, Sir R. It Waddington, H. S. W*. , errr H. It. Fitz Anion, Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, It. Goulburn, H. Ci'alt4rn, Sit J. Greenaway, C. 'U. U. Nii G. °meth, :scow), 1116rris, David Norreys, ,ir U. ralmer,ton, Viscount Nei, Sir It l'endarves, E. W Perreval, Colonel figct 1). R .iestenra, . w,iii„ na ,, \V. A. Wtynl, Wrightson. W. Young, J(,hn TELLERS. Manic, Hon 1 , ,,x Parker, John A gllonby, H. 'l. Bridgonan, H. 'trot he ton, J. Huller, C. Collins, W. Ewart, W. INOIRITY-NOES, Hume, Joseph ervis, P. Louder, .1. T. G. F. O'Brien, C. lieddington, T. N. Salwey, Colonel Scholetiehl, J. Somers, J. I'. Talfoura, Serjeant Vigors, N A. Villiers, Charles Wak Thomas Wallace, IL Warburton, Ward, H. U. Willia:4l.4, Woou, Benjamin Fie Lien, J. Finch, Fran , .is Hamilton, C. J. B. Hector, C. J. Himiley, C. TELLERS. DtiliCOMbe, T. S. [)'lsraeli, Benjamin THE WAR 1N FRENCH AFRICA. ALGIERS. JUNE 25. The following letter, giving an account of the Marshal's expedition to 'Miliana, and his return, may be depended upon:— " CAMP OF THE COL OF TENIAII, JUNE 16. " After having travelled over the valley of the Setit' and be mountains, we arrived at the Col, where we remained ,hree or four days, in order to wait for the supply of provi sions from Blidah, and everything that was to victual Me deah for three months. " It was with great difficulty that we succeeded in over coming the obstacles of every kind which were opposed to our passage. The dieuttics of the ground were mourner able. Therefore, we marched but at a slow pace. We arrived at Miliana eight days after our departure from Al giers. We found that city reduced to ashes. It is a great loss for us, since, notwithstanding its state of dtlapidation, a garrison of 1 000 men had been left there. " The country is beautiful, water abounds in every quarter, and the environs are gsrdens, vineyatds, and orchards. The cultivation has been abandoned tins year. The bad . vason has doi.rive.l the trees of ;heir fruit, with the exception of the vines and fig-trees. " Tire garrison will b.: perfectly secure there, but it will • be impossibl.- for it to have the entrenn'hments for the pur pose of getting the ft Lot, which the K tby les will not fail to gather. Miliaria is situated on a steep summit to the east, and very difficult to be attuned, either from the south cr the rest. It's by the weetkrn side that the army took pus session of it. MURDER AND A'FrEMP FED SUI CIDE NEAR WOOTI'EN BASSETT. " The enemy made great demonstrations of resistance, but, sti kg cur eclumes carlyitg it by assault, it &tam cloned its position, leav:rig us masters e f the pl ,ce. We * ntered the wretched town, the str , ets were full of liurcieg conibustil&s, the fire had juft fieished coe‘uming all the houses ; and the walls were f,Cling down in cv ry direc tion. With the exception of four mosques the whole had been burnt. There are about ten houses that are not quite burnt ; it is in these holve. that troops were Inl:etten, aid those %bleb sill serve to shelter our soldiers arc beieg repaired in any manner. We had ahout fiery wounded, a nd sume killed, before we got too-session of the town. It is a trifling affiir for what took place. " Oa the fourth day after our arrival at Miliana we set ' off for the Col, following the valley of the Setit; we ar rived near Medeah. " All Abd-el-Kader's army was lying in wait for us near the Cul, which the Marshal took possession of in the night by sending Colonel Changarnier, with about 1 500 111 , n. We were encamped at the springs of the Chive, All the dangerous positions for our couvoy were occupied by our troops, and in the morniag we set off for the Cid. " Toe GUvernor wished to give ha: tic, all Kadci's forces being united. The engaeemeni was aei mated. It lasted six hours, at the end of which peri d the Arabs retreated, after having lost v great number. On our side we bad three hundred killed arid wounded._ We have several Arab Chiefs in our peer. The bayonet was oft. s put into r,quisition. Tue. Sappers had two kilted and twelve wounded. " The artillery rendered important services, but there was too much cannonading. Tree infantry contributed most to the sa.ccess of the engagement." ~ The small sequestered village of TocLerdiam, distai "hi this town three miles, has been thrown into the greatest excitement by a man, named James Taylor, !_hooting his wile dead, and afterwards attemptiog to cut his own throat. The c rcumstances arc as fol ws:—Taylor, aged 45, who :s of a revengeful dispo sition,.. about four years ago mauled a young girl of ' O , with whose mother, it is reported, he for ,osue Vats cohabited. Taylor had a<!ntitted as lodgers in G reat We s t e rn some excavators , who were working on tio• Western Railroad, near the villa g e, one of whom a uld unfortunately seduced the affeelioes of the Nile, and the guilty pair eloped. The husband fo:low4d with 11 " 80 and trap ; and under prouise of fotgiveness, the wife returned Lome with hint. Things remaineo thus until Friday last, when same female i,eighbour intimated to Taylor that the seducer of his wife WAS lurking about the premises ; his temper, naturally irritable, was then roused, and he proceeded to toed a gun 1-the wife seeing some mischief contemplated , at tempted to leave the house ; upon which he discharg ed the contents at her, the whole of which entered her n tly, and caused instant death. Toe wretched m Ali, ;laving at tem p te d to cut his throat, then ran from the !reuse, telling the first person he met he had killed his i I&';'and quietly submitted to the police officers, who were shortly after in attendance, Mr. Hooper, the surgeon, having previou-ly sewn up the wound in his "JUNE 26. beck. While in custody, Taylor frequently said his " The cony°, conveying to Blidah about 200,000 rations. intentions were to shoot himself but had overloaded the which had left Algiers on the 20. h of this month, under the orthrs of General Corbin, returned on the 24th, with more Fun, which, on its being discharged at h i s wife , burst kilo pieces, one of which struck his only child a se • than 600 wounded and sick. after having left near 300 at the vere blow on the head, which nearly proved fatal ; and hospital of Bauff , rick. The detachme n t s which escorted that convoy were composed i of about 300 men, horse and his intention was visible, from the circumstance of f d o i e t r . d r a n t d t e d t w f , r , o from u t . ie T various i,e u condemned depots, 700 condemned sol 11ls -having pulled off his shoe and stocking I re- e ld re ier d s iv u i n d d ed er i t he Zinus to his loading the gun, so that he might orders '' of the brave Colonel N'larm.nngeod soldiers Z oe able to push the trigger with his toe, with the mee- two battalions, the one commanded by Captain Pales ) 0 pointed at himself. Tue gun having burst, fres- child company of Artificers), the other by C ee t a in M e ff e traced his design, and be immediately seized a knife ( 24 h Re g iment of the line). MM. Digonner, Captain from the table, and attempted with it to cut his throat, of the 2d Light Tefsntry ; Priocourt, Lieutenant of th e ntit from the cxtrema bluntness of its edge, lie could 7th dr.llcompeny ; Lenoir, Lieutenant-Paymaster of the r ot (fleet his purpose. lie was brought to Wootton 231 ; and Bid's', Lieutenant Mutt:Tel to the Paymaster's department of the Z ., u sv i s, commanded division s w hich Bassett the same day, and confined stric tl y in the created admiration by their devotion to and observance Blind -house, with a chain and hand - bolts for the of the most rigid disc j ipl u i e nr 2 . 1 night. Sonic persons, about twelve o'clock, heard and the e t li c e o fi u r y t u t v d l a , y f e t, A u lgiers o, a t t ie th t r r e o c ops , :f l orming the escort P l m. a tt r ai r l i \ v: r e e d ii hint from Wtheut make an unusual noise with Vs von.,; and fancied be was attempting to choke hint- at Oul , d M mild at eight in the evening, c , c i k ir i " 11 ; Oley immediately called up the constable, who, The 200 condemned soldi:rs. who had been slept With the police, came with a light, and on going in, three de‘e before, rujein d the column at Oulea Ni e c „ . Zo. found that the wretched man had, with his (Liget- At eight in the morning we reached Bouffiriek, from e arls, torn asunder the stitches, and his neck looked which piece we marched at ten for Mid,h. Having are awful. Mr. Hooper again attended and dressed the I rived at the latter at two, the 100.0 00 rations which we wound ; •do t ing the performance of which , priso ner escorted were forthwith deposited, the remaining 100.000 said h e fancied his neck woold not get well by the time having been left at Bouffa ick. 459 sick, that arrived he was hung, and spent the remainder of the night in in four hours at Bouffarick, were put in t : q o ua t i h t e iu w ffi a b g : guns. On the 221, at 3 P m., vie left for Blidah. which ' sinking and whistling. He wes t eken to To ickenleon we retched at half-past eight, sorting the re her 100,000 'n the morning to await the Coroner's inquest, when tediens. After h,viug tpken charge of on the Jul, returned .1 veriUct of " Wtbul murder," end ot• sick, as nearl) ,IS possitile, t% ,,. I, f t tli,bh it five in the the Coioner made cut his com mit went forthwith. He . merte „ g for B ,effirtek, which we reaeboi without a sh u t 1 . 3 now in Do izes prison, aw.,ititig his tr;al at the . b -tag fired, and without the slightest ac eide,e, at nine Assizes in August uext. Apprehending souse violence o'clock. The sick and wounded that could be COuveui- 1r99! meN. sAirrniut nviil 1!40. t uc,C depo.•ited at Ihe klitspitat, and, having se cured a the waggons that wcre available, in order to ernvey the others, we roarched at four in the afternoon. The oy rei:ted at Detle; a, anti the coudenwed form - ,ng Coe sit pt at ()tiled Slandtl, ti itl.l Coliiiivl ergo, Li-btly, oii the 24th, at ?lire in the o.otoing, the wa;rg(irs vionnd,d were ne posititig their t ri.eiout burden in the hosp'.ral IS the day. the ha:talious of mad to t i.rs entered town, di urns beating. • vessel he.tig about to start, I send you this order of :he day 'which has just been published :...._ " ALGIERS, JUICE 28. " The army has invaded again with success the great valley of the Chelif, .nd the supply of provisions for Mi liana has been completed up to the Ist of November. " Abd el Kadcr triod in vain to oppose that operation, but his cff Its failed before the courav of our troops. " The Marshal has finished the works of defence for Me dea', and has had the harvest crop got in to a great dis tince from the town. "Tits Camp-M,irshal commanding the Province of the Territory of Algiers. " CORBIN." LAW 12.TELL((iii,iNCE. COURT OF CHANCh.RY, JuLY 10. ISAAC'S V. COMPEWIZ. -JUDGMENT. The Lotto CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, which was argued before the Court some time since, upon motion for a ricai trial. The question in the ease ri lated to the legitiinlcy of a person named John Gully Isaacs. and upon that question two or three trials have already taken place. Oti the last occasion the Jury found in favour of the legitimacy. Time Lord Chancellor considered that at that trial sufficieht weight had not been given to the evidence of the medical men, and upon that ground his Lordship directed a new trial to take place. TILE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. DANIELL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal were than prneeeded with, but had Lot concluded when the Court rose. VICE- CHA IV CELLO IC S COURT, JULY 10. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, after dispostrg of the short causes and unoppLis,d petitiot.s in the paler, was obliged to rise in const.quence of Mr. K. Bruce b!ing engaged in the Lord Citaneellor's Court, and there bring no case i❑ the paper with which his Honour could proceed in the absence of that Learned Gentleman. it a 4 H TREASON. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. . . OLD COURT. (Before' Lord DeassieN, I`,lr. Justice PATTESON' t Mr. Baron itenoiteoN. and the R econoen ) TRIAL OF OXFORD FO R G AT HER NI kJESTY. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, in cor.tinuatien from The Sun of yesterday._._ Then as to the documents found in the box—they were evidently written with a view of showing that there was in existence a conspiracy for some political purpose, and the person writing them meant mischief. Supposing this to be a csmplete fabrication, of which he had no doubt, it di s played considerable ingenuity. The letters were dated at distant periods, and directed to the places where the prisoner resided. If there were indication; of insanay in ,hem. there were none ef imbecility. They were written with the express desire of inducing the belief that there was a secret con-piracy in cunnexion with Hanover. One of the proofs , ffered of the insanity of prisoner was a morbid de sire of becoming distinguished. Had he really imagined he had made the beautitul speech alluded to in the letter, his relations would have heard of it. He was labouring under a desire of rotoriety, and these letters were such as were of all others calculated to excite the idea that he was employ-ed by some secret conspiracy, and to make him of consequence. Hatfield was labouring under the delusion that he was called upon to suffer death by the hands cf the public executioner as a propitiation of the sins of the world. It was proved that he fired in the direction of the King, but without any design of kill ing him—his only desire being to sacrifice himself. If the prisoner knew he was breaking the laws of man and of God, their verdict must be against him. Had he at tempted to escape it would have been great proof of madness. He knew he could not. The Queen was surrounded by her best guards, although not in red costs—her people ; and he took ss.ch a correct view of his situation as to know that escape was impossible. Had he escaped, his desire for notoriety would not have b ee n gratified, and he accordingly boasts of what he had done. He knew perfectly well that he was liable to be taken into custody ; and then let them see how this sup posed imbecile cross-examined the witnesses at the Privy Council. Did he suppose he was doing an innocent act. If be did, he was entitled to he acquitted ; but he knew that he was breaking the law. If he intended the death of the Queen, it mattered not under what delusion be was labouring ; if it did not bear upon the act he was amenable to the law. Was he ignorant of the effect of firing pistols ? Was he ignorant ci the person at whom he armed ? Was he ignorant that he was subjecting himself to punishment? What foundation wasthere for supposing that lie ever imagined those letters related to real.eircum. stances ? Very fearful consequences would ensue if a man before the commission of a crime, could write the evi dence of his own insanity, could sign a verdict of his own acquittal. Eleven months elapse between the 'dates of the two letters, rather long a time for a person to keep up a consistert train of delusion ; they were pro bably written at the same time for the purpose of de ception. Not that the writer was deceived, but that he sought to deceive others. Not one human being has heard a breath from him to indicate that he was labourites r any delusion with regard to this Young England. Lintin, Gray, and the landlady where lodged, were called tty the prosecutor to give an opportunity for cross- exainic lug them, but not a single question had his Learned Friends ventured to ask them with respect to his delu siees. Was there a period at which it could be shown that he was unconscious of what he was doing ? Neither his laughieg nor weeping indicated any delusion. He said he could not control those propensities, they were involuntary, and his mind was or. no occasion air: ct ctd. He never ascribed ether his laughing or his crying to any delusion uudt r which he was labouring—nor was such an impression ever made upon the mind of any per son with whom he came in contact. It appeared that as a boy he was allowed the indiscriminate use of fire-arms by his mother, and had been trusted with them ell his life. Would they have trusted a madman wit's diem ? Would she have left her mad son with pistols in the same house lc ith her daughter ? Where was his imbecility in his reply to his mo her about look lee out for another place ? Let them take the acts of the witnessess and compare them with their evi dence. In the case of Hatfield, he was in in a state of raving madness on the morning of the day. At what period was the prisoner incapable of determining right from wrong? le could find nothing to warrant such a conclusion as in sanity; if they could he should rejoice. It was a most fearful ease. They had heard medical evidence. It looked as if Mr. Clarke had suggested the plea of insanity. He gave the medical men his impressions, and he takes them to Newgate to see the man. What delusion have they stated be was labouring under ? Suppose he was violent ; suppose he was indifferent to his own fate, pre ferring notoriety to everything else; what of that? They say he was insensible. • He did not suppose that in any case of murder, or attempt at murder, they would find the individual committing it of common or ordinary fe.lings, of correct mind, or fine sensibilities. But he would ask what state of mind had they indicated that he was relieved from legal or moral responsibility ? It was not, therefore, whether the prisoner was of sound or of unsound mind, but it was of the degree. He was pre for thsis eoe"-g, no he mere have here sufficiently 'aware of his situation to give aid to the observations of the doctor with apparent insensibility. There was nothing of insanity which incapacitated the individual from any ext seise of his judgment. The safety of Englund depended upon the conduct of juries. There might be laws to protect life and property, but all depended upon the manner in which juries should execute them. Every one must desire that justice should be exercised ith humanity, but considering the responsibility depend leg on them, it was most important that the attention should net be distracted by the consideration of what might be the effect of their verdict. Justice should he ad ministered with mercy. but mercy was the second eonsi derati,n, justice was the first.. The Judges basing conferred together fry a quarter of. an hour— Lord DENMAN commenced the summing up, and stated was w cerhea,rgtehdatwitteh fired two ttytrocals,oisnu;,l pistols at her overtt3lll,l j t ee t s h wt ay e :: etpstrkji chargedes o r prisoner l loaded e with bullets. The Jury were to deter fired the pistols, and whether they were loaded with bullets, and then to consider whether the prisoner weie insane. These questions were iicrfectiy distinct. As to the tact of the firing, that was too notorious to stand in need of much comment ; but they were to dismiss from their minds all they had heard on the subject out of Court, and attend solely to the evidence. There could be no doubt but that the prisoner was the person who fired the p stols ; but as the case was most important he should go through the whole oldie evidence, and call their attention to the facts as he went dung. His Lordship then commenced reading the evidence. On coming to that part of Lone's evidence in which he states the prisoner to have said he had friends, his Lordship said that there was no evidence to show the prisoner had any friends or accomplices. As to the distance, if Lowe's evidence as to the distance was correct, it would seem that it wee wonderful the pistols should they wer e l oa d s d, b u t there was a difference have rericei missed ntlrei i testimony as to distance. As to the pri- sone!. not attempting to escape, he thought nothing could be gathered from that as to his st a t e o f mind, because any c l an who had made up his mi n d to comm it such a crime, have made up his mind to suffer the consequences. The evidence of Mrs. Stokesly went to show that the Qaeea crouched down io the carriage, and that probably might have saved her, supposing tne pistol to have been loaded with ball. This witness and Perks both said they heird a whizzing, and that was the °illy direct evidence they had as to bails b• ing i n t h e pistols. There was col lateral and conjectural evidence on the subject ; and it would be for the Jury to consider the whole el the evidence on the subject. With regard to the inquiry of the prisoner, Is the Queen hurt?" it showed that he was aware of what he was &dealt, and in a sane man would be strong evidence that he knew that he had done that which would hurt the Queen. It appeared that after that he was questioned, -which was a most improper course to be pursued, and which would have been much better avoided. The evidence of another witness made the distance between the prisoner and the carriage to be ten yards. This was a consider able difference as to distance from the other witness. With regard to the prisoner saying that if a person's head had been between the pistol and the carriage he would have found the ball, he did not attach much consequence to that. With regard to the evidence of Charles Brown, if they i n f s that were i n j p u r r e y s present d y b e t o en: made one e r l ge s c e renn i: ut a ls d t be liLved him there was a clear admission on the part of the prisoner that the pistols were loaded with ball ; but it was but fair to the prisoner to state that although the witness t stated ilema t r h k a o t n o ttehcer wall, [Cers o been called who had heard itial l te l a in it i tihi s t,sy ta u t m e e so tt . primer's handwriting, and easi V n i a th bl it was curious that no brick should be found under the wall y . but it was part of the evidence . before them, and they determine upon it. With regard to the papers found in that the tlie boper,istohneeyrweerneteprrtoadhtii,eded very improper a im vi r w o:e f rs h iedwea i nslthey were real, they would r e e so a ci d e society P'•inling at the Queen and but he did net imagine that such an idea could be enter tained by any prson, and it must appear that the prisoner werepi f ro t v ii prove y t P h t c a °( t vnic h ld e d was tsou pbpcosein connected t had been amusing himself with writing these letters to the loading with bullet, they would now see what had been said on behalf of the prisoner. The witness, Macdonald, himself. With regard to the was evidently of opinion that the marks on the wail were produced by bullets, hut it would be for the Jury to say whether they thought the pistols had been aimed at the Queen, and whether they were_ insanity. loaded with ball. Now with o regard to the question f If they were of opinion he was insane they would probably consider it more probable that being rec kless of consequ ences h e h a d i loaded his pistols with bullets. The que st i on of insanity was one of the most important and_ difficult t o d eterm i ne, that could be brought bef ore a Court. E very ease must be determined by its own merits. All a Judge could do was to state the rule of the law, and leave it to the Jury to apply it. With r egard to the case of Hatfield, it could not be said that the admission of his Counsel carried his admission as far as they could go, inasmuch as a Coumel would never occupy a larger field than necessary. The law said that no man could be held responsible for his actions who was non compos mentis, teat i s , who was incapable of distin guishing light from wrong, and knew nut the c onsequences of hi- actions. It would be desirable to think that no man in his senses could be found wicked enough to lift Lis hand against his Sovereign. It was extremely proba`le that the Queen herself would be desirous that he should be prevented from do.ng ;further mischief, but that he should Lot suffer anything for having lifted his hand But against her life. they were there to fulfil a most impartial duty. Their would as former i decisions had been, be quoted as authority, and therefore ' they must decide impar.ially upon the truth according to their judgment, and pronounce their verdict without the least regard to con:equerces. This Case was more die s tat th a n if there were dilect evidence as to insanity. It was sought to be proved that there was a here dit ry taint of insanity in his family, and that his et.nduct had been odd. That he was at the age at wl:ich hereditary insanity developes itself_that di' s:s aline itself, and the papers found in the box, were proof.; of insanity. With regard to the hereditary insa nity, there was no proof of the nature of the insani:y st ;:ich rno t!raadl'atiir idh.rui - e;!, nod it would also be k. ;heel to env whether tt.:rr: was any evidence to shoe: that the t;randfather, although a man of very violent ten, per, sufFrieg at all from inanity, or a per son who teal lest, or act likely to lose file wits, ,es ing he was never subjected to medical restra.nt, and had been living for five or six years in Greenwich Hospital, conducting himself with propriety all the time. They would have to determine whether he was a person really capable of transmitting insanity to his posterity. With regard to the medical evidence which had been offered, be could n ,t consider that, in a case of moral insanity, a medical man was more capable of offering an opinion than any other person who paid atten tion to the circumstances. The 'Jury were to form their opinion themselves on the evidence before them, and on the credit to be attached to the witnesses. He must say he considered it a most dangerous doctrine to as=ine the conna:ssion of crime as evidence of insanity, and to make every atrocious and extraordinary v ickedness its own excuse. Strictly speaking there never could be any adequate motive to crime, and it would be most dan ger to assume that every person comx.iting a crime with. out adequate motive was insane, and therefore not account able for his actions. With regard to the father it ap peat ed that he was a man of very violent passsions. Oec of the children was born an idiot. They would consider whether the evidence went to show that the father was insane, and capable of transmitting his insanity, and a nether the prisoner was insane, or only a mischievous boy of violent disposition. Every sort of insanity, and every mode of proving it must have reference to the object to be proved. The object here was to show that at the time of committing the act he was nut eb!e to distin guish right from wrong. The papers might be used tidier side. If he really believed he was a member of a secret society which had no existence, that was a degree of delusion which might almost excuse a person labouring under it from the consequences of any act. But there was a great degree of cunning exhibited in the letters, and it was impossible to say under what circumstances they were written. If he committed the crime for the sake of noto riety he must be held responsible for the consequences of his action. He left the case to the Jury, satisfied that they would take all possible pains to ascertain the truth ; and, having ascertained it, that they would pronounce such a verdict as would give satisfaction to their own minds, and he an example to future juries. The Jury, who had declined to take any refreshment before retiring to consider their verdict, returned into Court at' a qualter after six o'clock with a verdict of '4 Guilty of discharging the contents of two pistols at her Majesty, but whether or not they were loaded with ball we cannot decide, he being at that time labouring under an unsound sta , e of mind." Lord DENMAN—You acquit en the ground of insanity? Tic ATTORNEY-GENERAL required, under the Act of Parliament, that the Jury should find expressly whether they acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, as the Act required that. Mr. SYDNEY TAYLOR said here the offence had net been proved, as the Jury Ebel not find that the pistols were charged with bullets. Lord DENMAN—Do you find that the pistols were charged with bullets? The Foreman—That has not been proved, my Lord. Mr. BODKIN said that with respect to the words of tl.c statute it only referred to cases where the other averments were made out. Lord DENMAN— It is possible that having found the pri soner insane, y,,u have not applied your minds to the par ticular point as to whether the p;stols were loaded with ball. The Foreman—We have, my Lord. Mr. SYDNEY TAYLOR— I say that in a Crown prosecu tion, where the Queen herself is concerned— Mr. Baron ALDERSON—It matters not about a Crown prosecution. IL is a most important point as to whether lunatics arc to be left at large. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL again urged the Court to put it to the Jury, whether they were of opinion that the pri soner committed the offence or the act charged when he was in a state of insanity. They found that he had dit.eharged the contents of two pistols at her Ma jesty, and that was overt act sufficient ; he there fore applied to the Court that the Jury should say they acquitted him. Lord DENMAN—When you say that you do not think the prisoner fired a pistol loaded with ball, do you mean to say that the prisoner is not guilty ? The Foreman—That is not our intention. Lord DF:NMAN—You had batter retire to your room to re-consider the point. The Jury then retired fur a second time at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. During the absence of the Jury, a discussion took place regarding the point of law. The Jury again returned into Court, at twenty-five minutes before eight o'clock, with a verdict of " Guilty ; being at the time insane." M. Baron ALDERSON—Then you find him not guilty? The Foreman—Yes. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Then the Court asks you was he at the time insane. The Foreman—Yes, my Lord. The ATTORSEI-GENERAL then applied for an order from the Court for keeping Edward Oxford in strict cus tody ur.1.1 Ler Majesty's pleasure should be known. Lord DENNIAN—That is a matter of course. The prisoner, who had scorned highly•amused at the dis cnFsion which took place on the first delivery of the verdict, was then removed in custody, and the Court adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. On the bench we observed Count Nesselrode, Mr. Fox Maule, it Henry Wheatley, the Lord Mayor, Sir George Carrol, and Sir Robert Wilson. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Bcrorc Mr. WALE:I3Y, Chairman, and a ft4:l Bench of Magistrates.) MISS A. G. BURDETT COUTTS V. R. DUNN. Great anxiety existed in Court yesterday, in conse quence of the above defendant having threatened to move the Court to set aside its own order, calling upon him to find bail to keep the peace towards Miss Coutts. Mr. Dunn did not, however, make his appearance as promised, and just befo.e the Court rose, Mr. Lioms said that, as he was anxious to be in another place, he had to apply to the Charunan in a case in which Richard Dunn was the defendant. The Chair man might probably be aware that on the first day of this Se-lion, articles of the peace were exhibited by Miss Gnats against Dunn. He was ordered to enter into his own recognizance in 50(11., and give two sureties of 2501. each, to keep the peace towards that lady, and be of good behaviour for two years. Upon that occa sion there was a suggestion on the part of the Chairman, that as the party .complAnid of ‘ws not in attendance, a notice should be set ved upon him be foie the warrant was issued for his apprehension. The COLO tesy thus extruded to Mr. Dunn was certainly on the pall rf the Court, and he (Mr. Bodkin) begged to say that neither Miss Coutts - or her sulicaur were pi.rues to it. On Wednei,d , iy the defendant typearid in C.mrt, and without applying himself to the law, inane a lot g stateniern against the course thlt had been adopted. He promised to be here again to-day, but instead of that lee bad gone through the f. retest procerding of serving notic, sto move the complaint else. here. Now he (Mr. Bodkia)apiirehendrd the Magistrates would take no wore notice of those pieces of pap, r, now that they were assem bled in Scssmn, than a Magistrate would do out t f ScssiJit, when about to commit a prisoner. The defendant might apply to .s Judge for an Older (as the reporter understand), buy iteß..lich could not listen to idle representations. He had now to apply for a warrant. The CHAIRMAN—Is Mr. Dunn here? M.. BODKIN—fie is not, znie. The Clump/tali—Tact' as I see no cause shown to the COn'tor), I shall say, be it so. Mr, Bootets understood then that the warrant would issue as a matter 01 course. 1 he CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative. Mr. BuoictN said he might as well add that during the past week, and o.i Sunday morning and evening, the de fendant repeated his annoyance, and followed about Miss Courts until at length she had fallen into such a state of nervous agitation, that her health had been with difficulty maintained. The defendant's conduct was really intolerable. warrant for Dunn's apprehension was then made out, and placed in the hands of an active officer. POLICE I,\TELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young mart :tamed George Jeffery was brought befote the Lord MAyor, charged with having robbed his master, Mr. Gibson, jeweller, of 71, 13:shop3gate-street of gold and silver watches and other vaivable property. Mr. Gibson stated that the prisoner had been his , hop.. man about five months. On the 29,h of June witness missed trout his shoi;-window a gold watch. He took no particular notice of the circumstance in the presence of the prisoner, hut mete:y said, "We must see and find it." Next morning he was in formed by the prisoner that it was found laying under a tra), and it was replaced in the window. His suspicions were aroused by the conduct of the prisoner, and upon looking uv, r his shop-book, he ascertained that there were other articles of value missing, such as gold and silver watches, spoons, &c. Ile said to the pii:oner there must be something wrong ; I must go through my stock. Nothing further was said on that day, but on the succeed ing day the prisoner, seeing him going through his stock, came up with a small phial in his hand, and said, " I now surrender myself to you, as the watch you missed I rohbed you of, and if you do not forgive me I will take this," alluding to the phial, which contained laudanum. Witness said to him. " Will you plunge yourself and your family into misery for a paltry geld watch ? IF that's all, I will not prosecute you," and got the drug from him. Witness then said, "Is that all ?" The prisoner said, '• No, I have robbed 300 to a great extent." A policeman who ass passing by was then called in, and the prisoner was given into custody. NVitness afterwards went over his stock and missed a great: many articles of jewellery, and the prisoner's father deliver( d to {lira a list of the plundered propetty in the handwriting cl the prisoner. The policeman found up i n the priaoner duplicates of property wench the prisoner had stolen front Mr, Gibson and pledged. It appeared that the young man began to plunder his master, who was a very kind one, almost immediately after he was taken into the house —Remanded. Esau Haywood was charged wi ft having robbed Mrs. ilLebael Scales, of Old Ferd, near Bow, of a Batik of England note for 401. Mr. Scales stated that tie prisoner had been servant to Messrs. William and Edward Scales, et No. 44, APgate High- sift et, carcass-butchers, prosecutor's sons, about five or six wet ks. On Thursday, the 25th June, about hait past nir.e in the morning, witness gave two letters to the prisoner at the house .n Oal Ford, requesting that he would put theist into the Pose-i.ffice at Bow.. One of these letters contained the 401. Batik of England note, No. 3 713, and data d 7th of May, lti4o, which had no writing on tee fruit of it when it was inclosed in the letter. Wit ness vivid to the prisoner, on giving him the money-letter, " take care of that letter, Esau, for there is money in it." It was directed to witro'ss's hankers, Messrs. South, Payne. and Smith. On the following Saturday, one ut w 'lncases men mentinned to hint that Esau had gone away. Witness then suspecting that all was not right, sent to his brother':, and found that neither letter nor Bank. note had been received. He sfterwards ascertained that the .due rate had been taken to the Bank of England, where cover, igns had be: n received for it; and he d.sco vered a name and address on the note which he had no doubt was in the prisons... writing . _ Upon making inquiry into the pii=oner's ehavarer, he found that the very letter r e c,anmending bins as an honest, industrious man, was written by the prisoner himself, in answer to a written application directed to Hastings, with reference to his con duct and qualifications. Mr. Sales subsequently stated, in answer to an obser vation that it was imprudent to entrust so much money to a pi rscit r•mploycd in a menial situation, said that it was quite impossible to carry on business in that trade with out confiding large sums of money to persons so employed, anti be was proud to siy that he had never had, durin the whole ti ne he had been in the trade, known or ever braid of an instance of dishonesty in the individuals so confided in. lie had very frequently put hundreds of pounds into the hands of a poor fellow who bad nut a shilling of his own beyond his wages in his pocket. It was proved by clot ks in the (lack, that the 13 rnk note alluded to nad been exchanged for sovereigns on the 25th of June, and that no Bank-note for 401, had been paid • at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, from Mr. Scales, who kept an account in the house in that month. ' Mr. William Scales, son of the prosecutor, stated that he had sent the prisoner to his father's house on the morning of the 2d of June, and the prisoner returned about eleven o'clock on the same (ye:mug. At twelve o'clock the pri soner said that he bad received a letter from Isis mother, who was extremely ill, and requested that he might be al lowed to go to see her. Witness at once gave him leave to go. and paid bins his wages up to the day. The prisoner did not return to his work, but was apprehended and charge d with the robbery. Witness had no doubt that the name and adelress on the Banknote was in the handwriting of the prisoner. Mr. Edward B. Scales, partner of the last witness, stated that he knew the prisoner's writing well, and believed the name and address on the note to have been written by him. The prisoner said that the letters with which he had been intrusted were given to him OH the Tuesday, and that he put them in the Bow Pore-cffice nr xt Mottling. It was all a mistake about T hursday. Besisles, a person could actually se.' the letters deposited in the Bow Post-utlice through the hole throuvh which they were dropped. prisoner was committed for trod. THE COB HAM MIIRDE Mr. Harvey Combo on Tuesday arrived at the Convict Gaol, Springfield, for the purpose of seeing Jones, the man poachersnssldsb has who confessed that he was the principal of the gr.g mur dered Cripps, the gamekeeper. Jones accurately detailed the circumstances of the affray, and admitted that he himself struck the fatal blow. As, however, he is now under sentence f transportation for life, no further steps will be taken against him. Junes has divulged to Mr Neale, the Uovernor, a long catalogue f crimes, in the commi-sion of which he has been actively engaged, and hir statements base been found, on in quiry, in several instances, to be perfectly true.— Chelmsford Chroticle. NE TV COUR7'. SENTENCES UPON THE PRISONERS. Death recorded against Constantine Sullivan. Transportation for Fifteen Years.—Mary Harris, Ann Somerfield. Fur Fourteen Years.—. Caroline Stacey. Fur Ten Years. Wm. Price, John Wall, Ann Ken nedy, Joseph Freeman, John Brown, W. Warren. Fur &yen Years.—David Barry, Mary Cunningham, Richard Sims, Riehti. Godfrey, Thomas Simmons, Robt. Waller, Win. Goulding, Wm. St. Pierre, John Smith, Mary Sutton, George Butler, John Carlon. IMPRISINNIRNT AND HARD LABOUR For Two Y ears.—R , ce Byron Jones (for forgery). For Eighteen Months —James Smith. For One Year.—John Smith, Wm. Sims, John Garry. For Nine Mon.hs.—John T)ler, Mary Brown. For Six Months.—W. Newland, W. Peplow, William Lisk, R. E. Pitt, Henry Woodward, Anthony Ryan, Wm. Smith, Mary Murphy, Kite John-on, John Smith. For Four Months.—Mary Ann Murphy, Mary Smith. Eighteen we:c sentenced to shorter terms of Impri -sonment, varying from three months to fourteen days. Twenty were acquitted, six discharged by proclamation, and seven trave,sed to the next Sailor', which commences on Monday, the 17th of August. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTELDAY.) (From the Globe.) Lord Aberdeen has been taught by experience the utter hopelessness of terminating ecclesiastical feuds by legislatorial interference. When bis Lordship intro duced hiq Bill, with many taunts at Lord Melbourne for refu ing to interfere in the quarrel, and leaving to Lim the work of framing a measure to pacify the belligerents, we predicted the failure which has ensued ; and reminded the Noble Lord of the advice left by Sir Robert Walpole as a legacy of no common value to all future statesmen, "never to risk their safety and repu talion by interfering with ecclesiastical broils," which that sagacious statesman aptly illustrated as a temerity only equalled by " thrusting the head into a nest of irritated hornets." Lord Aberdeen has tried the experiment, and has got well stung for his pains. In Lord Aberdeen's private copy of Sir Robert Walpole's Memoirs will be found, in his Lordship's hand-writing, opposite to the admonition to which we drew the Noble Lord's attention, when he first interposed by legislatorial means to put an end to the fray, probaturn est—as confirmatory of its vali dity, demonstrated anew, as it has been, by the failure of his own well-meant but ill taken efforts to pacificate the disputants. (From the Standard.) The report of the Canada Bill was considered last night in the House of Lords. The Duke of Wellington pro posed that the date of the Bill's coming into operation should be fixed at fifteen months after its passing into a law, instead of six months as proposed in the draft sent up by the House of Commons. This prop sii3n, which was adopted, is a most important amend ment, inasmuch as it interposes a whole ses sion of Parliament before the measure becomes irrevoc able. Should the Bill receive the Royal z.sscnt by the end of this month, as probably it will, its operation, com mencing in six months, would anticipate the usual time for the meeting of Parliament : delayed fifteen months, it will allow the full period of the longest Session for reconsidera tion, ai.d reconsidered it must be in its principle as well as its details, if the provinces are not to " be given away," as William the Fourth told Lord Gosford p:ainly, but prophetically, they were like to be, when his Lord ship was appointed Governor,. chiefly because he was one of those valuable witnesses who could never see a Ribbon man in Ireland. The delay wisely interposed by the Duke of Wellington, and the almost certainty ensured by it that the Bill will never become an operative law, takes away all interest from the &bate upon its clauses. (From the Courier.) _ Various amendments were agreed to yesterday in the Lords, on bringing up the report on the Canada Govern ment Bill, of an ext,emely salutary character. The two most important were—first, the extension from six to fifteen months after the passing of the Act, as the ear liest period at whlch the Governor should be authorised by proclamation to declare ►he union of the provinces. The second, vesting a power in the Governor with a majority of two-thirds of the Executive C,,uneil of sillier:ding any member of the Legislature for improper conduct, with a right of appeal to the Queen in CounCH of the party aggrieved. We may, however, rattle, doubt whether this improvement will be touch relished in Upper Canada. Perhaps the most im portant amendment of all was that proposed by the Duke of \Vellington. to the eff,ct that no payment should be made out of the Consolidated Fund without the signature of the Governor. This was reserved for consideration by Lord Melbourne until the third trading of the Bill on Monday next. So far the measure has progressed favourably, and we may congratulate the country that, by the wisdom of the Upper House, it is likely to be made as consistent with the interests of British connexion and the preserva tion of the integrity of the empire as it well can be. It is after all a perilous experiment, upon which we are cam ' pelted however to adventure by the weakness and wicked ness of the worst of all Governments. ILLNESS OF ROSSINJ.—The Gazelle Musicale says it has received a letter from Italy, announcing that Rossini is dangerously ill. His body is said to be much swollen, and he is unable to stand upright. tip' ~.iAiJE T. HOUSE OF LoRD . s. JuLr 10. The Loho C:IA NCELLOII a , at oa Wechiael; at the usual hour. TIMBER SHIPS BILL Viscount DUNCANNON tno,e,t tne Order of the Day for gring into Committee on th', Timber Ships Bill. Lord COLCHESTER moved as so amendmcnt the omission Corn the first clause of the wmds " Uuitd " Kingdom," in order that the measure might apply ge nerally to ships trading to the colonies and elsewhere. Viscount DUNCANNON objected to the amendment. After a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, the amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill passed through Committee. TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND. The Marquis of WESTMEATH wished to call the attention of Ministers to a letter from the Lord Lieute nant of Ireland, on the subject of temperance processions in that country, for the purpose of ascertainirg if the let ter was authentic; and in that letter he found the follow ing passage:—" To the benefi:s which the temperance pledge has conferred on Ireland, the improvement of the habits of the people, and the diminution of outrages. his Excellency bears his willing and grateNl testimony." Now he (the Marquis of Westmeath) would be surprised to find the representative of the Sovereign of these realms in Ireland expressing his gratitude for the operation of what e.as called the temperance pledge, which in point of fact was nothing mere than a piece of slip slop.—( Laugh ter.) lie hoped the document was not a genuine one, and that the Lord Lieutenant had not expressed his gratitude for that Popish expedient for keep ing men from what he acknowledged however to be a mo_t vicious habit. The Marquis of NORMA NBY had no official informa tion on the subject of the letter, although he had no reason for doubting his authenticity. He did not wish to enter into a discussion with the Noble Marquis with regard to the tem perance system in Ireland, but even though he would share in the censures of the Noble Marquis he would not hesitate to say that he believed that system had effected great and signal good in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he thought the matter was worthy of another observation besides those of the Noble Marquis. There appeared to be now a new doctrine in law with respect to processions. The old doctrine was that the assembling of large bodies of men, so as to create terror, was illegal, and ought to be forbidden. But they had processions of large bodies, creating terror in the town of Clonmel, while those processions were not for biVen by the official document referred to on that account, but becaus^ they wore party badges. Ile (the Duke of Wellington) thought that the best way would be not to allow those assemblages in such numbers so as to create terror, and yet nothing was said about that in the document. The Earl of DE VON had heard with great regret the observations of the Noble Mai quis (the Marquis of West meath) with reference to the temperance movement in -eland. The Noble Marquis had treated that movement as an absurd fiction.—( Hear, hear, from the Marquis of Westmeath.) He believed, however, that the Noble Mar quis knew very little about the matter.—( Hear, hear.) He did not wish to pledge himself as to the permanency of the change in the habits of the people of Ireland, but his cpinion was that great and substantial good . had al ready been effected by the temperance m .vement, and that much of that good would continue.—( Hear, hear.) He believed that the change had been effected by means pettedly legitimate, and by exertions wh.clt partook as little as possible of the nature of fanaticism. lie had him self heard Father Mathew address the people, and ad dress them in language such as any of their Lordships would use iu endeavouring to reclaim people from the vice of intemperance. He thought, therefore, that exertions so praiseworthy, and which had been attended with such beneficial results, should not be held up to ridicule in their Lordships' House. The Earl of WICKLOW did not wish to depreciate the exertions of Mr. Mathew, or their effects. An at tempt had been made to have it supposed that temperance societies had been got up :n Ireland with mischievous in tentions, but from such a supposition he (the Earl of Wicklow) totally dissented. At the same time, however, he would allow that the e were mischievous persons in.that country who were ready to take advantage of that or of any ether subject for the purpose of exciting popular feeling, and he believed these parties had been too success ful in collecting large bodies in temperance processions, so as to create great alarm in the country. He thought, how ever, that the Rev. Mr. Mathew himself deserved the greatest credit for his exertions, and he hoped the tempe , ranee movement would be continued. The Marquis of WE STME AT H did not wish to with draw a single expression he had used. He thought, how ever, that on one subject he had been misrc presented. He allowed that sobriety could not be too much encouraged, and he did not regret that the people of Ireland had be. come so, but he regretted that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had adduced the temperance pledge, which was but a piece of pewter, as a s;gn of amendment in the people of Ireland, while the Gospel was not sufficient for the purpose.—( Laughter ) He would repeat that the whole proceeding was slip-slop, and was founded on that tyranny which the Roman Catholic priesthood exercised over the minds of the people of Ireland. The Earl of GLENG AL L bore witness to the bene ficial effects of the temperance reform in Ireland, but at the same time agreed in the observations made by the Noble Earl as to the evil schemes of mischievous per one to make it a political engine. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion in favour of the Chimney Sweepers SCOTCH BENEFICES BILL. The Earl of ABERDEEN, after presenting several petitious in favour of this Bill, said that he would take the opportunity of answering a question that had been put to him by a Noble Lord on Saturday, with respect to his in tentions as to the future progress of this Bill After the best consideration he could give to the subject he had very reluctantly come to the conclusion that it would not be expedient to press the third reading of this Bill in - the course of the present Session. Perhaps he might be indulged while he stated the reasons which had brought him to this conclusion, which he thought it due to the House to do, on whom he bad strongly pressed the con sideration of this measure, and by a large majority of whom, in a proportion of more than three to oi.e, it had been supported. Their Lordships were aware this mea sure had been opposed by the majority of the General Assembly, on the ground of its being an unjusti fiable interference with the spiritual independence and proper jurisdiction of the Church ; and that they had de nounced him, in consequence of the Bill, as an enemy and persecutor of the Church. On the other hand, in that House, and in the other, the only specific objection ever urged against the measure was, that it conceded too large powers to the Church, and yielded it an tujuitifilble ex tent of jurisdiction. He had endeavoured to show, and thought he had succeeded, tnat the objection was un founded ; yet, at the same time, he was ready to admit, that if he had erred at all, it was um?, übtedly on the side of the too liberal concessions made to the Church. The objections of the General Assembly were so manifestly unreasonable, not to say so prep, sterous, that he should have felt little inclination to attend to them, and he should have hoped if the Bill passed into a law he might have trusted to obtaining the assent of the General Assem bly, and the great mass of the clergy as well as laity of the country, from whom he had received the most satisfactory expressions of approbation of the measure; but unfortu nately the Government thought proper to oppose its pro gress. Now this Bill was intended as a measure of peace, and he was unwilling to do anything to deprive it of that character, more especially as he was persuaded if this ques tion was to be settled with a view to the preservation of the interests of the Church it must be by a measure founded on the same basis as his Bid. But the objection of the Govern ment was on different grounds to that of the majority of the General Assembly ; yet still they arrived at the same con clusion, and practically united in opposition to the measure. The Noble Earl proceeded to state that he had received many private communications from clergymen in Scot land urging him to proceed with his measure, and ex pressing their opinion that the General Assembly would ultimately assent to it, and that that body were beginning to be aware of the unpopularity they had excited by their opposition to the case. He hoped the Noble Viscount would attend to the proceedings of the General Assembly, which would take place in the course of the ensuing month. How far the Government would be prepared to do any thing would be for their consideration. He had no hope that a measure would be passed on the subject this Ses sion, but he trusted the discussion which had taken place would not be altogether without benefit, and he did think the Noble Viscount might with great safety have lent his assistance to the measure, especially as he had no objec tion to urge against it. The Earl of H ADDING TON expressed his sincere regret that his Noble Friend had withdrawn his Bill. He should observe that the subject now rested with her Ma jesty's Government. His Noble Friend had been the ob ject of much vituperation—both lay and clerical—and yet he was persuaded that the opponents of his Noble Fiend would never get a measure so favourable as the Bill in question to the legitimate powers of the Church. The Earl of CAM PE RDOWN thought the disputes in the Church of Scotland could not be terminated by ails legislative enactment. He was glad, therefore the Bill was withdrawn, as he was persuaded it never would meet with the approbation of the General Assembly. The Bill was then withdrawn. BEER BILL. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH the Sale of Beer Bill was read a first time, and orders d to be read a second time on Monday. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (IRELAND) BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for receiving the Report on the Municipal Corporation (Ireland) Bill, The Bishop of EXETE R attem p ted to justify the against charges Marquis übroughtfLansdoe ) i D on a farmer occasion . He thou g ht thos e charges were c t p m ° r b a y t t o h n e ot Noble u b M I i a n rq f r it o i s m ( t t h h c e unjust, and founded on fallacious statements. The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE said the Right Rev. Prelate had complained of the harsh terms in which he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) had spoken of t h e corporation of Dublin on a former occasion, but he thought the Right Rev. Prelate had been quite as severe in his terms of condemnation of the Bill, not as one of sacrilege certainly, bat as sacrificing the rights of the corporation of Dublin, as he (the Marquis of Lans downe) had been in his condemnation of the abuses in the corporation of that city. It was perlecily elev.- from the Report to which the Right Rev. Prelate hid rt fen ed, , that abuses had existed in th em f or a per i o d o f upwar d s I of fifty years lle had correctly described the conduct of the corporation. The abuses that had existed were the rcsult of a bad system, and that system the Government were determined, if possUe, wholly to abolish.—( Hear) The Maiquis of LONDONDERRY observed, that the I earned Counsel had made ceitain statements, and had stated he could prove these statements. In his opi hien, therefore, an opportunity ought to be afforded him For so doing. After a few observations from the Earl of G L ENG A LL, The Marquis of NOR M ANBY said he would not ac cuse the Learned Counsel at the bar of stating that which S IT N rwe4.Trma. Aill3 _not eorree , „ but there elerta?stly Wl% the awriviii 7. , 447-.`,4 3 his ;tarements, which rendered it very ditliciecV-to full credit to what it. had stated. Tor Ma , quis of WESTMEATII made a fe Lions, acid tie- converq,A.ti,in droiTed. Lord L YNDH UR. ST moved s2veral 35.11 meats to the Bth Glatt e which were adopted. B:shop of EXETER pestponei the amendment of which he had given notice to the advowson clause until the third ielding. • The Duke of WELLINGTON .bogged to suggest to the Government uhether it would not be expedient to re consider the taxation clause, and to frame it on the model of the clanse which had been ,dopted in another placo with respect to Scotland, viz., that in cases in which; ibc lighting, paying, and cleansing any town was carried ou under Private Acts, the taxation should be reduced to 31 iu the pound, but that it should remain at Is. in cases in which corporations h:d to vti-er the off c!s. lie hoped the Government would take that into cot s &ration. The Earl uf G L ENG A L L observed there was another point worthy of consideration, and that was in what Bank he money when iaised should be placed. That vas a serious question, because a great many Baas had failed in Ireland; and whether many others arculd continue long to exist, was more than he would venture to state, fee the runs upon them lately had been very extensive. The Earl of HADDINGTON remarked that the safest way would be to deposit the money in the Bank of Lord MELBOURNE was understood to acquiesce ill the suggestion. The Report was then agreed to, and the third reading fixed (we believe) for Friday. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. The LORD CHANCELLOR on moving the Order of the Day, for going into Committee on the Administra tion of Justice Bill, stated that some amendment had been made in it since it had been last before the House. After a few word; from Lord LYNDHURST and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Ukase went iutu Com mit, eth. Tt;e amen:in - lents of the LORD CHANCELLOR were agreed to, the 13:11 went through a Commi.tt:e, and the House resumed. Th:., Report was ordered to be received on Monday. The Ma,:ters iu Cr►ancery Bill was read a second time. The Report (n the Borough Watch-rates was brought up and agreed to. The Amendments of the Commons to the Episcopal Churches Scotland Bill were agreed to. A.Taurn:d at a Quarter before Eight o'Clock. - -- , 427,-- 110 USE OF COMMONS, JuLy Jo. The SrEaKEa took the Co.iir shortly before Foe.- o'Clnck • Close's DivGice Bid and Trafforo's Divorce Bill- trere read a second time and crd, tea to be conamilted. Oa the motion of Mr. WALLACE: the Lord's amend in,..Ls to the Glasgow, Paisley, kind Greenock Rai wav, and the B Pollee an 1 Ii tedour Bilis were a L - re.A to, ant' the Bids were teed a third time and passed, Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from Southamp• ton praying for the rele,se of Mr. F. O'Connor. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from 250 printers of Liverpool :..gaiust the Copyright 13:11. C,lm,el T. WOOL) presented two petitisas from St. Mary Abbott's, Kensnigton, pr,)iig that that parish might be exempt d fr,m tho tirrathdi of the 9th section of 01 , 1 Pariehial Assei-sment Tlft Gal tip(' Roali Bill Was KA a third time, p..s3ed. Mr. 11 WESI res(tAtil it petition fi om tiw Rcv. George Sandys, praying that a local rate way bu Itivied in par;si•s thrcughcitit the kingdom f.,r the establishment of schools, aLd z s‘sf , trt i , f mornl sod religious educaeloa. Mr. 13,ROCKLEHLTRST presented two petitions from silk weavcrs at Gissq: ; otx. ora)ivg to be exafkiitoAl beforc the COilla:ittee (in F.4.,t, India Proitlee. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Datgon. playing fur an alteration in the treatment of politic,./ ol teadvr; ; also petitions from Glasgow, praying for ail ex tension of the sufrittee, Mr. C. L USHiNG TON presented a petition front Dissenting. body, called the United Secession Svned of Scotland, comprising 400 congregations, against aey -further grantstor Church Extension. THE BOROUGH OF I .,LIDLOVV, The SPEAKER interrneet the House tett he had re ceived a letter front Mr. toppock, the agent for the peti tioners, against the return of B. Botfield, Esq.. for the be.. rough of Ludlow, stating that it was not intended that the petition should be proceeded with. Mr. HUTT presented the Report of the Committee on Bonded Corn. Sir S. CANNING presented a petition from Kingston upon-Hull prating that the House might interfere to secure the independence of Cracow. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that on Monday next he would move that on future divisions in the House neither reporters nor strangers in the gallery should be required to withdraw exerpt on special motions. Mr. EASTHOPE gave notice that early in the next Session he would bring forward a motion for exempting Dissenters from the payment of Church -rates. THE REGENCY. On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply being read, Captain POLHILL having seen in one of the daily papers a statement that her Majesty's Government had settled the Regency Bill, wished to know whether that statement was true, and when it was intended to lay that Bill on the table of the House. Mr. LA BO UCHERE believed the Bill would 'be forthwith brought into the other House of Parliament. Captain POL HIL L wished to know •if it would be ',,eught on before the rising of the House.—('• Oh.") SCN?ENIE COURL' OF SCOTLAND. Mr. \V AL i-- 4 .C"P then rose to call the attention of the House to the Report etee' e e Select Committee appointed S to inquire into the administiatee„4o. the law in the u preme Court of Scotland ; and to nie-cethat art hurnhie address be presented to her Majesty , praying i„ virtue of the provision in the Act 2 and 3 Vie c. 36, and in sequence of the Nets which have been disclosed in the eve deuce taken before the S beet Committee appointed to in quire into the administrntion of the law in the SupremeCeurt of Scotland, that her M.,j sty will be graciously pha se d to command the thirteen Judges of the said Court toexteed the peticel of their sitting iu Court by two calendar mouths in each year; and that this shad be effected by extending the current summer Session by one month, and the next winter Session by one month also. Also, to cull the attention of the House to the nature and extent of tke duties appertaining to the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland, with a view to their being defined and better regulated. At that late period of the Session be weuld endeavour to compress his observations into the briefest pofsible compass. It would be his duty to allude to the report of the Committee that sat upon this subject and also to the fact that the office of Lard Advocate in Scot land was altogether unnecessary. In making re ference to tile office he should not forget the high position which the Fesent possessor of that alive held in the estimai ion of the country. He would endeavour to show from the number of days the Court sat, and tiro quantity of business done, that there were too many Judges, and he would remind the House, that about twelve moutes since the salaries of the Judges of the Coen of were raised in order that they might be placed beyond all anxiety with regard to prevent or future pecuniary eon sideration, and give the whole of their time to the business of the Courts. He should also endeavour to show that e. it. a the session was extended and the vacation diminished, tlat those Judges could not possibly find any thing to do, beiiig absolutely in a state of idleness. tic would also show that the office of Lord Advoert was the means of dm pensing patronage to an enormous extent. lie believed he could establish to the satisfaction of the 'House that the Judges would be amply sufficient, would give much more satisfaction, anct would give much more unifor mity in their decisions. He would first advert to the niture of the Committee that had been appointed, and he would observe that the people of Scotland were much indebted to the members of the English and Irish bar who attended that Committee, and who, it appears, appreciated the objects for which it had been appointed ; namely, to ascertain . . whether the number of Judges might not be diminished. In the report on which he was commenting, the Com nit. tee stated that dissatisfaction prevailed, and for good. reason, throughout Scotland, respecting the administra tion of justice. The witnesses brought before the Com mittee were thirteen in number. The first five were, the present Lord Advocate, the late Lord Advocate, Sir William Rae, the late Solicitor-General, row one of the Judges, the present Dean of Faculty, at the head ot the Scotch Bar, and Mr. Maclean—all expectants on the Crown on the first vacancy, provided their party should be in power. The, next three witnesses were official gentlemen, and he (Mr. Wallace) had only brought for ward five out of the thirteen. He had been obliged to select them from a pi oftsiion keown in this country by the term "solicitors," and one of them admitted that if the duty of the Court of Session Were no better done than it was at present, one of the Courts, with four Judges could very easily be dispensed with. Nine Judges would not only do the duty incumbent on the Court of Session, but would do it in a more satisfactory manner. Mr. Sergeant JACK SON rose to order. He was but a young Member of the House, but he did not think the Hon. Member had any right to discuss in the House a question which was considered irrelevant by the Committer, and was expunged by them. Mr. H UN! E and - Mr. F. !MULE thought it exceed ingly important that the question should be settled by the Si:e :ker. The SPEAKER knew no rule of the House to prevent the Hon. Member from pursuing the course he was taLing. He considered him quite in order. Mr. WALL ACE said if he were precluded from pro ceeding, a stain would rest upon his Parliamentary eha. ratter, which he was determined to wipe off. The evi. deuce which was expunged showed that one Lord Advo cate, wh afterwards was cue of the most eminent le rei Presidents of the Court of Session, proposed to redeee the number of Judges from thirteen to ten. That he consi dered was evidence which ought to he before the public. Since that period the business cf . the Court had been decreasing regularly for years, and yet in the face of alt. this, it was determined to maintain the thirteen Judges. But then it was said that some of them had t f i ti ,„_ form the duties of Lord Ordinary, Now, it would be seen by the returns that had been produced, that two of tilt Lord Ordinaries had no cases at all brought before them.. Be way of occupying their time, and making- an cxeuse f the employment of the thirteen Judges, anti so keeping up the lull staff, they sat about two hours a-day and were occupied in mere matters of course, and were glad. to spread the eases ove r as lar g e a space as possible. Ira place of sitting in one Court and adjudicating upon cases 11)4 and then . _ again c ame before them, they enga i ge b d la th ek em g se o l w ve n s , in th r e u n nn i i n ng a ir r o e m a in, black The hole system was -a s o C p n o o e u tt r e t s d p t o o w tt i e C t d: u s w r o t m i — th e fi th r w s in t hgiit e e , lse. w disgrace to Scotland. The decrease of business had been made manthet An attempr, but an unsucces , ful one. wax made in the Comaditee to invalidate these returns. hut it was too manifest that the Court had tow not hall toe bui , net,s to do which they had formerly. The II to- Geetleman then contrasted the truinhee of day" which the Masters in Chancery sat with the st. 6, kt-A .rS /