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V .~~ 2 impertat paritanunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY. Judgment was pronounced on Wednesday by the House of Lords on the writ of error in the case of O'Connell. The decision of the Court below was reversed. Their Lordships first gave judge cut in the ease of " Samuel Gray v. the Queen in error," reversing the de- cision of the inferior Court. The Lord CHANCELLOR then procfecled to deliver his opinion in the case of " the Queen v. O'Connell and others." When the writ of error was first heard at their. Lordship's bar, it occurred to him, as no doubt to many of their Lordships, that to avoid all possible sus picion, or pretension of suspicion, of political bias, the assistance of the learned Judges should be requested. These learned persons had patiently given their assist ance, and had now delivered their opinion. Except upon one point their opinion was unanimous, and upon that point the dissent of the minority was expressed with much doubt and hesitation. Unless, therefore, their lordships could believe that the opinion of the rnajcciry of the judges was founded in palpable error, the ,judg ment of the court below ought to be affirmed. The noble and learned lend then stated the nature of the question. By the law of England a general judgment, notwith standing any detective count in the indictment, was suf ficient. That was the rule in criminal cases, laid down by Lord Meesfield in clear and comprehensive terms. It was concurred in by some of the ablest judges that ever adorned the bench, and until in this case he had never heard it questioned. It was stated that the rule applied only to motions in arrest of judgment. Ile was satisaed there was no ground for that exception. But it was said that otherwise it could not be shown what portion of the judgment might be awarded in respect of the defective counts. Unless there was no proof to the contrary, it must be assumed that the judgment was based upon the valid part of the indictment; but en the face of the record in this case was there any ground for the objec tion ? The jiolgaient was, that the party for the "offen ces aforesaid" be fined and linprisoned. Seme of the counts were bad because the offence was not clearly stated. Flow, then, could it be'said that the judgment was based upon those counts whiCh stated no offence ? Such a conclusion would he an incongruity and inconsis tency, which their lordships would note sanction. The same reasoning would apply to those counts upon which the findings had been wrongly entered.' They were a nullity. Upon the face of the record, therefore there was no defect whatever. The noble and learned lord then referred to various authorities in support of that opinion. They were cases of motions in arrest of judg ment ; but it was said there was a distinction between motions in arrest of judgment and writs of error. He denied that distinction. However, in writs of error he might refer to several authorities of modern date, where the same objection lay upon the surface, but was never taken. The principle which he had stated was supported by authorities from the times of Lord Holt downward ; it had been considered as free from all doubt, and estab lished as law. But it was urged that a difficulty would arise from not distinguishing the counts, in the case of a party pleading autrefois acquit. There was no ground for sach objection, for the plea must be a plea of acquit tal of the corpus delicti, and that would not apply here. Then it was said there was no decision upon this point. But was not that a stronger proof that the law was as he had stated ? It was usage. practice, and recognition that constituted the law, and this principle had never before been doubted. Even the learned Baron who dissented admitted that he now heard it for the first time. Nothing then but arase clear of all doubt could justify their lord ships in differing from the majority of the learned judges upon this objection. lie would refer briefly to another point—the challenge to the array of the jury, —because, although the .other judges were unanimously against the objection, his noble friend the Lord Chief Justice en tertained.a strong opinion in its favour. There was but one principle upon which that challenge had ever been allowed—either the position or the conduct of the sheriff. If be were not indifferent, or negligent, that was a ground of challenge : but in this case nothing of the kind was imputed by the record. In making up the jury-book for so large a city as Dublin, it was almost impossible that some mistake should not arise; and if this objection were allowed, it would be of constant occurrence. The pro per remedy too was not by challenge. Upon this point be entertained no doubt. As to the question of the con tinuance of the trial, the opinion of the learned judges was complete, anti it was therefore superfluous for him to enter upon it. The plea of abatement was also in his opinion insufficient. He therefore called upon their lordships to affirm the opinion of the majority of the learned judges, in opposition to the doubtful and hesitat ing opinions expressed by two highly distinguished mem bers of that learned body. The noble and learned lord then moved that the judgment of the court below should be affirmed. _ _ _ Lord Briouonau followed. The majority of the learned judges had, upon the questions relative to the defective counts, given their clear and decided opinion in favour of the validity of the judgment, although given generally upon the indictment, Two learned judges had dissented from that opinion. but Mr. Baron Parke was the only one who had entered at length into his objections to it, and even that learned judge had expressed but a doubting and hesitating opinion, and concluded by saying that hedoutted whether he ought not to advise their lordships to affirm the question—a very incorrect expres sion, for the learned judges were there to deliver their opinion, not to offer their advice. In the opinion, how ever, expressed by the majority upon the point in ques tion, he most entirely concurred. Upon the 6th and 7th counts, upon which the learned judges were unanimous] he could not agree with their opinions, or perhaps he ought, like the learned baron, only to express a doubt of their correctness. The noble lord then entered at length into the consideration of the 3d and 11th questions, upon which, as he had stated, his opinion went with the majo rity of the learned judges. It was said that there was no decision upon the point; but how much of the law rested on the same foundation, for this simple reason, that it was so clear that it could not be questioned ? After hav ing referred to the various authorities, the noble lord said he found himself in this predicament :—The learned judges were unanimous on the merits of the case ; that a grave offence, punishable by law, had been perpetrated, they agreed ; but bad counts happened to be found in the in dictment—elaborate and learned arguments had been urged at the bar—the learned judges bad deliberated upon them, and seven out of nine had decided against the writ of error upon that objection. From whom, then, were they to take their statement of the law ? From the majority. who had given their clear and unhesitating opi nion, or from the two who had expressed themselves with doubt and hesitation ? There was no dictum in support of the opinion of the latter, and he therefore thought it the better course to concur with the majority. The next point was the challenge to the array. The real question was, whether the jury were well selected, for that was the requisite to the proper construction of the court. Toe right to challenge was on the ground of unindifference or misconduct on the part of the returning officer. There was no imputation of that kind on the record. If the objection were good for many names having been omitted, it would be good for one, and it would be going a great way to say that on such a ground the jury was improperly empanelled. On that point, therefore, as on the remain ing points, he agreed with the majority of the learned judges. Lord DENMAN then delivered his opinion. He would first refer to the overruling of the challenge to the array, not only because it was preliminary in the proceedings, but because it was a matter of such extreme importance as not to admit of any exaggeration of the effects which it might hereafter produce in the administration of justice. If such a practice were allowed, a trial by jury, instead of being a protection, would be a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. It appeared to him that the challenge to the array, on the ground of the omission of several names, ought to have been allowed. He thought the principle of the challenge was not the question whether the sheriff had done right or wrong, but whether the party had had a lawful jury for his trial. Upon that point he felt so strongly, and was so entirely unconvinced by the reason ing of the learned judges in Ireland, that, being unable as a peer to attend the consultation of his brother judges, he wrote to Mr. J ustice Coleridge, who was also prevented from attending, on the subject ; and, from the answer of that learned judge, he felt himself entitled to say he did not stand alone in his opinion. In the judgment he had formed he and his brother Coleridge thought that the duty of making the jury list did not rest now as formerly with the sheriff alone, but was by the late statute divided between the tax collectors, the quarter sessions, i. e., the recorder, and the sheriff. The recorder had a judicial office to perform, and it appeared to him and his learned brother that in this case, after the recorder had decided upon what should form the jury list, some other person bad said " No ; not that, but this (the noble and learned lord illustrating his argument by dividing a sheet of paper at the time) shall be the list." The noble and learned lord on the woolsack said the challenge was not the pro per remedy for the defect, but he did not sate what was the proper remedy if that were not. Ile (Lord Denman) considered that it was, and until he saw that ancient se curity for a fair trial repealed by act of parliament, he should consider that it still existed. He was therefore of opinion that the challenge ought to have been allowed, and that the trial had erroneously proceeded. He did not entirely agree with his learned brethren that there were only two objectionable counts; he believed there were others ; and the question was whether, under the circumstances, the sentence was properly awarded. The noble and learned lord on the woolsack said it must be assumed that the judgment was awarded upon those counts that were good ; but here there was a difference between the judges of England and of Ireland, for the latter held that the 6th and 7th were unexceptionable, whilst the former were unanimously of a contrary opinion. How, then, could it be said that the sentence awarded in a court where certain counts were considered good, was pronounced upon those that were good, when some of such counts were held in the House of Lords to be defec tive? His surprise at the objection being taken had changed to surprise at what was stated to be the law. In his opinio n th e l aw was not as i t h a d b een l a id d own b y the majority of the judges. He could state from his own experience, that it was not the universal practice that a judgment was given generally upon all the counts of an indictment, and the difficulty might be obviated by the court sating upon what counts their judgment was awarded. It was said that the objec t i on was only tech nical, but he thought that great inj u sti ce mig ht be done, as a criminal charge against a party ought to be clear and distinct. In the several cases which had been referred to, the offences charged in the various counts of the indict ments were in effect the same ; and the objection , then,,there- there fore, would not h ave a pp lied to them. ju having been pron ounced upon an indictment generally, parts of which indictment were now held to be bad, it could not, in his opinion, be affirmed by their lord s hi ps. It was not supported by the reasoning and arguments that had been adduced, and he should therefore oppose the motion. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. The house met purbuant to adjournment. The attend ance of members was very considerable. Mr. Benbow, the newly-elected member for Dudley, took the oaths and his seat. Mr. HOPE moved for a new writ for North Lancashire, in the room of Lord Stanley, who had accepted the stew ardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. ctb,V :tic_ The writ was ordered amidst considerable sensation. Lord JERMYN communicated her Majesty's most gra cious answer to the address of the house on the auspicious birth of another prince. Her Majesty thanked her faith ful Commons for their loyal and affectionate attachment. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that early next session, he would call attention to the unsatisfactory and evasive character of the report of the secret committee of the post office. Sir C. NAPIER called attention to the state of affairs as regards Tahiti and Tangier ; he wished to know if steps had been taken to obtain reparation from France for the gross outrage committed at the former of these places against a British subject, and whether matters bad been satisfactorily arranged as regards Tangier. Sir R. PEEL said that as respected Tahiti, the provi sions of existing treaties had been strictly fulfilled ; and touching the other question, an amicable and satisfactory settlement had taken place. Mr. DUNCOMBE begged to know if the new writ which had just been moved for in the room of Lord Stanley would interfere with the conduct of affairs at the Colonial Office ? Sir 8.. PEEL answered that the issuing of the new writ referred to would not in the least interfere with the duties of the noble lord as head of the Colonial Office. Mr. DUNCOMBE called attention to the reversal of judgment in the case of Mr. O'Connell and others; he contended that something like a vindictive spirit on the part of the British government had been exhibited towards Ireland. He wished to know what was to be done for Ireland ; for recent proceedings had hastened the cause of repeal. He should move for a copy of the opinions of th' judges, and of the judgment given. Mr. 0. CAVE expressed a hope that steps would be taken to administer justice to Ireland. He condemned the late conduct of the Irish Attorney-General, as par taking of the character of the wild justice for which the Irish people had been wrongly characterised. The motion for the papers having been put. Sir R. PEEL said that, when the proper time came, he would be prepared to vindicate the course taken by her Majesty's government in the proceedings referred to; but it ought to be recollected that seven out of nine of the judges affirmed the judgment of the court below. (Cheers.) He had no objection to the motion of the honourable member for Finsbury. He regretted that allusion had been made to the Attorney-General for Ireland; but the present was not the time for referring to that, or indeed, to any part of the late proceedings in Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was aware of the inconveni ence attending such a discussion at the present moment, but be could not help expressing his belief that Mr. O'Connell had not a fair trial—that, in short, he was tried by a jury elaborately put together for the purpose of conviction. (Hear.) Sir T. WILDS also said he was aware of the inconveni ence of entering upon the discussion of the subjects re ferred to, and he would not have risen on the present oc casion had not allusion been made to the opinion of seven judges out of nine. It was notorious that every record ought to speak for itself—(hear ; it was notorious also that the Irish judges did not act upon the sixth and seventh count•. The honourable and learned gentleman was here inter rupted by Sir Augustus Clifford desiring the attendance of the Commons in the House of Lords to hear her most gracious Majesty's speech, for which see Lord's report. After the speech was read to the assembled Commons they returned to the house, and Mr. Speaker read the speech at the table, after which the right hon. gentleman received the congratulations of the hon. members, and in a few moments after the house was empty. SINGULAR AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. - 9n Thurs day a messenger of the Great Western railroad was robbed of about £1,300, in the following manner :—lt has been for some time his practice to take a blue bag, with a considerable sum of money in it. from the rail road station at Paddington, to Sir R. C. Glyn's banking house, in Lombard-street. On Thursday, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, he got upon the roof of the rail way omnibus with his bag, in which were wrapped up, in a leathern trunk, 800 sovereigns and £5OO in bank-notes. A gentleman at the station having occasion to say a few words to him, he got down, leaving his valuable parcel on the top of the omnibus, and the moment he was on the ground, five men mounted and occupied the whole space. The men got down at different places between the ter minus and Alarylebone Church, and the messenger, upon arriving . at Lon.bard-street, took what he considered to be his parcel to the banking-house. Ile soon found that a very unwelcome exchange had been made, for the blue bag. which had b een ma d e to resem bl e hi s as c l ose ly a s possible, was filled with old pieces of lead and copper. 4A. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. FRANCE. The Paris papers of li ; eclriesday are destitute of political news. Our. Paris friends are looking with intense interest to the news from this side the Channel, and the utmost anxiety was shown to know the result of the deliberations of the Privy Council on Monday last, on the Tahiti ques tion. The' Commerce says that the Prince de Joinville is about to return to Paris, where he is expected to arrive about the 20th of the present month. The Constilutionnel gives the following extract of a letter from an aid-de-camp of the Prince de Joinville to the French Consul at Cadiz, dated on board the Pluton, the 17th : " The Admiral has reveived orders to keep possession of the island of Mocador, in which we have placed a gar rison. The possession of the island is equivalent to that of the city, and fulfils all our desires, insuring us a gua rantee for the complete satisfaction of all our wrongs. The city-will remain in a state of blockade, and conse quently the Emperor will be deprived of the large revenue he derived from its customs, which is wounding him in his most sensitive part. The campaign is thus brought to a close." FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—We beg to congratulate the country-on the truly gratifying intelligence of a probable arrangement of the Tahiti question, and a termination to all fears of a rupture betwee❑ ourselves and France. M. W.Aubigny has been moved from Tahiti ; his conduct has been made the subject of apology, and satisfaction will, we are told, be made to Mr. Pritchard fot the ill-treatment he has received. The former officer had been previously censured by his superior, Captain Bruat, and this addi tional stamp upon him, accompanied with a due measure of satisfaction to the injured person, appears to be a suffi cient recognition on the part of the French government of our charge against D'Aubigny.— Times. The losses sustained by the Emperor of Morocco since the commencement of hostilities with France are esti mated at 30,000,000 francs, and this loss is everyday in creased by the cessation of commerce. - - At Franconville, France, the other day, a drunken man, whilst sleeping on a bench, set himself on fire by crushing a box of lucifer matches in his pocket, in turn ing, and was burnt to death. A letter from Gibraltar, published in a Madrid paper, reports that the Bey of Larache and the Emperor of Morocco's son, who are at Tangier, are charged by the Emperor to accede to all the demands of France. SPAIN.—Senor Cardero, the late political chief of Ba dajos, has been banished to the Canary Islands, after some weeks' imprisonment at Cadiz, without trial, and without an accusation being brought against him. His only crime was that of being friendly to Espartero. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.— It is stated, that on the 26th ult., at the moment the troops were filing off before the Emperor and Empress of Austria, four piers, that supported an iron railway, near her majesty, fell down and killed two men and in jured several ethers, amongst whom were two captains, very severely. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 29th ult. says :—" The Governor has received an official communication, in which it is stated that the Moorish subjects who fled from Tan gier are allowed to return there. The same despatch adds a caution to all British subjects who may visit Tangier at present merely from motives of curiosity, nor to enter nor remain in that town. This, however, does not apply to official persons, or to persons having commercial relations with the place. THE MORMON TEMPLE.—One of the editors of St. Louis Reveille, having lately visited Nauvoo, thus speaks of the new Mormon Temple: "The system upon which this temple has been building is the exaction of labour every tenth day from every man who cannot purchase his exemption from the task with money. It will be, if ever finished, a very imposing looking edifice. It stands in a high and commanding position, a prominent object, rivet ing the stranger's eye at once, and, upon near inspection, the style of architecture is found to be more than com monly attractive, from its singularity. It is like nothing else ; and, unless we may be allowed to designate it as the Mormonic order, it certainly has no name at all. The stone is of excellent quality, quarried in the neighbour. hood, and very good mechanics have been at work upon it. The massive caps of the columns are already carved from huge blocks, showing a gigantic round human face, like the broad full moon. The columns are made to rest upon crescent moons, sculptured on the face of the stone, resting with the horns down, and with a profile of eyes, nose, and mouth, upon the inner curve. What idea this is meant to convey we could not learn, though the im pression is irresistible, that the church is built upon moonshine," MEH EMET ALI.—A youthful prank, played by an old gentleman of eighty, Mehemet Ali, has frightened the Levant, and but for the more juvenile pranks of the French, would have caused still greater affe . gbt. His sage highness, the Nestor of the Mediterranean, went to a party, committed an excess, and got so uprorious and extravagant, that no Irishman, before the invention of teetotalism, ever equalled it. He beat his women, cuffed his minister, cursed his physician, broke his pipe, and flung his fez out of the window. At last he sent for 250,000 purses, and, flinging himself into a boat, set sail, or oars, for Cairo, bent on gaiety, but acquainting his worthy Alexandrian subjects that he was bound for Mecca. The feast in question was given by Mehemet's daughter, the widow of the Defterdar Bey ; in honour, too, of the wedding of one of the family. The old Pasha was invited, and was served, of course, alone, with viands the most spicy and drinks the most exeting. The drink was not wine, for that is forbidden by the prophet ; it rather re sembled that drunk at Irish temperance halls, where whiskey is prohibited.. but where cordials concocted of alcohol, disguised with ginger and pimento, are swallowed, as ❑ot only compatible with the pledge, but highly ho nouring it. So Mehemet's tipple was more of the spicy than the spirituous; and instead of making him good-na tured, it made his highness very much the contrary, for he set abont beating all the women, to the horror of eu nuchs, black and white. He then made off, as we have described, in a tangent, Ibrahim going to all sorts of de vices to send his physicians after him, smuggling them first into the house, and then into the boat. Such is a meagre and true outline of an event which has much alarmed politicians, and even the Alexandrians, although their affright was considerably intermixed with laughter. There was neither conspiracy nor revolution. It was not a deep-laid plot of Ilbraham's, nor yet the Marquis of Lavalette, French consul, nor yet of any hostile Turk ; it was simply the political effect of a social orgie.—Exa miner. IRELAND. LIBERATION OF THE STATE PRISONERS. In the early part of Friday, a communication was made to the High Sheriff, by means of an official letter from Mr. Lucas, that he should hold himself in readiness to dis charge the state prisoners as soon as the order of the House of Lords should arrive. Mr. Gartlan, one of the agents for the traversers arrived in Dublin on Friday evening with the order for their dis charge. Immediately after his arrival, shortly before six o'clock, he proceeded at once to the Richmond Bridewell, and informed Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners that they were at liberty, which intelligence having spread rapidly through the neighbourhood, a considerable num ber of persons collected round the entrance door of the prison in order to see and welcome them upon their liber ation, it having been generally understood that they would go to their respective homes for the night, and re turn in the morning for the purpose of leaving the prison in triumph---ipassing along the same route by which they were conveyed there. Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr. O'Connell left the Penitentiary leaning upon his sons, Mr. John O'Connell and Mr. Daniel O'Connell, junr., accompanied by Mr. Steele, and proceeded on foot amidst the shouting of the mob, down the Circular-road, along Harcourt-atreet, Stephen's-green, Upper Merrion street, to Merrion-square, where he arrived about a quarter before eight o'clock. The other prisoners subse . quently left the gaol, and were also loudly cheered upon making their appearance• A considerable assemblage of persons of the lower orders were collected about Mr. O'Connell's house, and in a few minutes after his entrance he appeared upon the balcony, and briefly addressed them to the following effect, as far as we could collect under such unfavourable circumstances for hearing accurately, which were considerably increased by the noise and confusion arising from the anxiety of all present to be the auditors of " the first speech after the incarceration" : lie commenced by stating that he had at last returned to his honest home from prison, and proceeded to say, that in othcr countries it was generally rogues and vaga bonds that were sent to gaol, which was not the case in Ireland, as they were all aware that he and his brother martyrs were doomed to imprisonment for endeavouring to make their fellow men free. (Great applause.) He then briefly thanked the Irish people for the peace and tranquility which they had manifested during his incar ceration, and said that he had no doubt that they would continue in the same course now, that they had reason to be joyful. He then alluded to the procession, which, he said, would take place in the morning at ten o'clock, and said he would give his countrymen an opportu nity of testifying their love for him, which was only equalled by his love for them. After exhorting them to go home peaceably and quietly, and telling them that he would meet them in the morning, the learned gentle man re-entered his house amidst loud cheers, which con tinued for some time. The crowd, however, dispersed shortly after, without any disturbance taking place, as far as we could learn. THE PROCESSION. At an early hour on Saturday morning Mr. O'Connell and all the other state prisoners (who were discharged on the previous evening) returned to the Richmond Bride well for the purpose of leaving it in procession, and pass ing along the same route by which they were conducted there. The morning was very inauspicious for such a dis play, in consequence of which it was postponed from ten until nearly two o'clock, by which hour the weather had taken a change for the better, when Mr. O'Connell took his; seat, accompanied by Mr. John O'Connell, in the chair in which he and Mr. Ruthven were chaired after their return for the city of Dublin, in 1832 ; and pro ceeded after the trades, corporation, committee of the Repeal Association, &c., to pass through the specified line of streets, to his own house. Previous to the arrival of any of the carriages, the Cir cular-rmul was crowded from the turnpike to the prison, and as far again upon the other side by thousands of the lower orders, who relinquished all ideas of business, and regardle,s of wind or weather, attended for the pur pose of seeing the " [Aerator liberated." Several gen tlemen also arrived early, and called at the prison, amongst whom were a considerable number of Roman Catholic clergymen, to congratulate the traversers upon their libera tion. Many of them who came from the country pre sented Mr. O'Connell with addresses, including the 1 mayor and ex-mayor of Limerick, who handed him an ~,,4 1N ~~ Lord COTTENHAM said, that after the fullest conside ration, he had come to the conclusion that the opinion expressed by the majority of the learned jir'ges was wrong. He had formed his opinion early in the argument, and had heard no reason given why he should change it. The noble and learned lord examined at length the various cases upon the point of the indictment containing some defective counts, and expressed his opinion that on that ground the judgment, having been pronounced upon the indictment generally, was erroneous. Lord CAMPBELL, after stating his opinion that the in dictment contained some good counts, that the plea in abatement was bad, and the continuance of the trial legal, addressed himself to the question of the challenge to the array. The parties ought not to have been tiled by a jury struck from the defective list, but on the challenge the panel ought to have been quashed. On that point, how ever, after the opinion of the learned judges, he should have hardly felt justified in voting for a reversal of the judgment; but agreeing with Nlr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Baron Parke in their opinion on the point of the judgment having been given generally upon the indict ment, notwithstanding the defective counts, he thought that the judgment could not be sustained. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that the judgment be reversed. The question having been put by the Lord Chancellor, Lord WHARNCLIFFE recommended such of their lord ships as were not learned in the law, and had not heard the whole case, to abstain from voting, on the ground that their voting might lessen the authority of their lordships' house as a court of justice. Lord BROUGHAM, lamenting the decision of his noble and learned friends, agreed in the recommendation of the noble lord. _ . _ _ The lay lords accordingly retired behind the woolsack. The amendment of Lord Campbell vas then put, and carried in the affirmative. The judgment of the court below therefore stands re versed. [Some slight misunderstanding appears to exist in re ference to some of the Judges consulted on this important occasion. The general inference drawn is, that those Judges who were absent were adverse to the decision of the court below. This, however, is not the fact. Mr. Justice Erskine sent in a written opinion, concurring in the views of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, while the other absent judges. Mr. Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Baron Rolfe, and the Lord Chief Baron. Slr F. Pollock, (who left the House of Lords immediately after giving his opi nion in Gray v. the Queen,) took no part in the proceed ings of O'Connell v. the Queen, in consequence of not having been present at the arguments o❑ the writ of error. Mr. Justice Coleridge wrote a letter to Lord Den man, expressing himself of the same opinion as his lord ship on the right of the traversers to challenge the jury.] PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. On Thursday Parliament was prorogued, by Commis sion, with the usual formalities. The following is a copy of Her Majesty's Speech : " My Lords and Gentlemen, " We are commanded by Her Majesty, in relieving you from further attendance in Parliament, to express to you the warm acknowledgments of her Majesty for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your public duties during a laborious and protracted session. The result has been the completion of many legislative measures calculated to improve the administration of the law, and to promote the public welfare. " Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to the bill which you presented to her Majesty for regulating the issue of bank notes, and for conferring certain privileges upon the Bank of England for a limited period. " Her Majesty trusts that these measures will tend to place the pecuniary transactions of the country upon a sounder basis, without imposing any inconvenient restric tions on commercial credit or enterprise. " We are directed to inform you that her Majesty con tinues to receive from her Allies, and from all Foreign Powers, assurances of their friendly disposition. " Her Majesty has recently been engaged in discussions with the government of the King of the French on events caleulatzd to interrupt the good understanding and friendly relations betweens this country and France. " You will rejoice to learn that by the spirit of justice and moderation which has animated the two governments, this danger has been happily averted. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons, " We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you for the readiness with which you voted the supplies for the service of the year. " Her Majesty has observed, with the utmost satisfac tion, that by the course to which you have steadily adhered in maintaining inviolate the public faith, and inspiring a just confidence in the stability of the national resources, you have been enabled to make a considerable reduction in the annual charge on account of the interest of the national debt. " My Lords and Gentlemen, _ _ " Her Majesty desires us to congratulate you on the improvement which has taken place in the condition of our manufactures and commerce, and on the prospect that, through the bounty of Divine Providence, we shall enjoy the blessing of an abundant harvest. " Her Majesty rejoices in the belief that, on your return to your several districts, you will find generally prevailing throughout the country a spirit of loyalty and cheerful obedience to the law. " Her Majesty is confident that these dispositions, so important to the peaceful development of our resources and to our national strength, Will be confirmed and encou raged by your presence and example. " We arc commanded - by her - Majesty to assure you that when you shall be called upon to resume the discharge of your parliamentary functions, you may place entire re liance on the cordial co-operation of her Majesty in your endeavours to improve the social condition, and to pro mote the happiness and contentment of her people." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. address adopted by the corporation, which he announced his intention of replying to after his arrival in'Merrion square. At about one o'clock, the first part of the procession which: ormed at Mr. O'Connell's, in Merrion-square, arrived opposite the -,prison-gate, when they were loudly cheered for a lung time-; shortly after which Mr. Steele made his appearance, with an olive branch in his hand, and passed through the crowds to keep them in order; , ahich occupation he was constantly employed in all the time that elapsed previous to the arrival of the state car. The first banner which made its appearance on the Cir cular-road was that of the bricklayers, which was the most conspicuous in the procession, bearing the arms of the trade upon one side, with a tolerably lair representation of the bank on the reverse, and the inscription of " our old house at home," underneath. It was accompanied by a temperance hand, one of which attended each trade ; and all the different members, who walked two and two, wore repeal buttons with nue ribbons round their necks, from which the majority of them sus le atemperance medals. The horseshoers followed, also attended by a band, headed by an idiot, (whom, we presume, acted as drun.- major,) generally known urn the north side of the city, and particularly by the magislrates of Henry -street police office, by the name of " OWNEY," who was decked out with ribbons, medal, &c., and bore a huge wand, and oc casionally giving a shout for repeal. He was loudly cheered, and frequently recognised by his acquaintances en passant. Next followed the ship -carpenters, the house painters, nailors., clothiers, woollen operatives, coach makers, machine smith society, cabinet-makers, the post office ward, marble sawyers, coopers, tanners, silk trade, butchers, saddlers, house smiths, sisters, bakers, sweeps, poulterers, pip ema k ers , an d th e t emperance soc i ety, (M r. Spratt's.) After the trades followed the carriages of the several repeal wardens, from which .banners were ex hibited. The several trades were followed by the committee of the Trades' Political Union in eight carriages. Then came the members of the committee of the Repeal As sociation, followed by the Cori o:.tion, the members of which occupied 29 carriages, including the Lord Mayor's two carriages, in the first of which was seated his £Oll, and secretary, Patrick O'Brien, Esq., and some other members of the family. H is lordship then followed in his st , te coach, and was accompanied by Mr. Smith O'Brien, M. P. Immediately after this carriage a large green flag was borne, upon which was printed the word " Patriots," and then came the state car, upon which were placed two handsome arm-chairs, unoccupied, covered with crimson and gold. When this vehicle, which, as we before ob served, is of rather ancient construction, although brushed up for the occasion, had arrived opposite the prison door, the band struck up, " See, the conquering hero comes;" upon which Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. John O'Connell, came forth from the prison, amidst tremendous cheering, and took their vats upon the car— Mr. Steele, the Rev. Dr. Meyle", and Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., sitting at their feet. _ It is, perhaps, worth observing that in front of this machine, which was drawn by eight greys, was seated an Irish harper, upon each side of whom stood a page dressed in green velvet. When Mr. O'Connell had taken his seat, and the cheering had in some measure subsided, the procession again moved on up the Circular-road. The other traversers followed in carriages with their families, and were again followed by a great -lumber of vehicles of every description that reached along the whole of the road. The line was then kept perfect, amidst the applause of the crowds , ssembled in the streets through which the procession passed. When Mr. O'Connell entered his house in Merrion square, he was greeted with immense cheering. He afterwards shortly announced that he would make known his intentions as to future proceedings at the meeting of the Repeal Association to be held on Monday (yesterday.) We shall give a report of his speech in a second edition. Mr. O'Connell gave the sum of seventy pounds, on Sa turday, for the liberation of persons confined in the Rich mond Brit Jewell for petty assaults, &c. THE AFFGHAN HEROES.—Sir Hobert Sale and his heroic lady, accompanied by Mrs. Sturt and her child, arrived from this town at Londonderry on Tuesday last. They were received very enthusiastically by the loyal in habitants. Guns were fired, and the bells were rung, whilst the gallant officer was conducted round the city. On Friday evening a splendid banquet was given in honour of Hs visit, at which the Mayor presided, the High Sheriff and the Lord Bishop of Derry being present, along with upwards of ISO highly respectable gentlemen. Sir Robert was to leave Derry for Dublin yesterday, and on Friday a public ball will be given in the Corporation Hall, in honour of Lady Sale. LORD HEYTESBURY'S POLICY.—It will be seen by the official announcement published on authority, and under the heading of " Viceregal Court," that Doctor Murray has been elevated to the rank, and is designated by the title of " Archbishop." During the administration of Lord de Grey, this gentleman took his proper place at the viceregal dinners, and was properly described in their au thorised announcements; but the Packet of last evening —acting of course under orders, and publishing the list of guests in the order and form in which it was trans mitted by the comptroller of the household for publication, prints the list in such order as to give Doctor Murray precedence and position before baronets. — Dublin Mail. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. —The weekly meeting was held on Monday. Mr. D. O'Connell, junr., handed in £75 from Brooklyn, New York, and then proceeded to make his usual weekly report, which stated that the State pri soners were in excellent health and spirits. Adverting to the proceedings before the Lords he . said that •• the deci sion of the Judges should be waited for with the utmost indifference. The eleven questions referred to the En glish Judges were so framed as to exclude the considera tion of the great merits of the case of the traversers in particular ; no question had arisen upon the charge of the chief Justice, a charge that nobody had been found, either in or out of the House of Parliament, to defend : yet the traversers were deprived of any advantage from the illegality of that charge. The traversers were also de prived of any benefit from the Irish Judges having admit ted newspapers as evidence of the facts therein contained against the traversers. Under those circumstances it would be quite idle to expect any thing favourable from the decision of the English Judges. Let the people, therefore, throughout Ireland, receive with the utmost tranquility, and without the slightest irritation, the an nouncement of an unfavourable decision by the Judges." —A notice of motion by Mr. Gordon, suggesting the re vival of the volunteer organization of 1779 and 1782, in the event of a war with France, was objected to by Mr. R. D. Browne and the Chairman, as likely to bring them into collision with the Government, and was withdrawn.—The repeal rent of the week was announced to be £750. OPINIONS OF THE IRISH PRESS AS TO THE LATE JUDGMENT. The Pilot of Friday exults in " the victory " achieved by Mr. O'Connell, as an indisputable proof of his infalli bility as a lawyer, and designates his liberation as " the first real act of justice to Ireland" performed by England. The Weekly Register, another repealer, thinks justice will be incomplete unless "every culprit who has had any thing to do with the injuries inflicted on these innocent men (the repeal martyrs) be IMPEACHED. " Another weekly paper announces that " a crisis has arrived when moderation cannot be expected even from `moderate men,' under such circumstances, who have suffered wrong and are now liberated, flushed with vic tory." The Evening Mail of Friday observes : " If we could feel that the dignity of the law had been asserted, and that Mr. O'Connell would use his regained liberty with discretion ; that he would see and acknow ledge that Saxon lords and Saxon law were sufficient even for HIS purposes, and outstrip in their measuring it sirs most sanguine expectations, we could see him with plea sure, at his time of life, exchange at this season of the year the gloom of a prison for the free air of his own na tive mountains. But, alas, we have no such hope for him, or for Ireland. He will embark with fresh energy and with an increased hatred of English rule, and commence a fresh series of attacks against the laws and liberties of his country. The Nation of Saturday, giving its orders to those who compose the procession, says : " Shout bravely—you did not desert your chiefs when the gaol shut upon them. SOME SHRANK—you shrank not—you have no blame for the past. Shout boldly, now —shout till your cities shake again, and t kine troop in terror on your mountains at the voice of a glad people. Meet your neighbours in hol;day array with bright eyes and swelling words—dance and sing in your market places; and deck your altars. Let your lovers interchange vows on the festival—let your old men revive your boy hood, and your strong champions go forth in order as if after a victory. We shall not labour the less to-morrow for the gladness of to-day. IN REVERSING THE JUDG MENT OF THE IRISH AND ENGLISH JUDGES, THE HOUSE OF LORDS HAS SENTENCED THE CONSTITU TION!" The Limerick Reporter of Saturday observes : " Even monster' meetings have been vindicated, and the conspiracy to suppress them utterly defeated. The idol of the nation has been liberated, not by Royal favour, but the tardy award of justice. Such a victory was never achieved over a desperate faction, whose power is for ever extinguished. Their sanguinary paeans are turned into the howlings and ravings of despair ! But as the people have borne adversity with patience, let them enjoy their triumph with moderation. Hurra for repeal ! Victory ! Glory ! Freedom !" TheNenagh Guardian of Satui day remarks : " I he country must, therefore, look upon this reversal of the solemn decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland as a conciliatory peace-offering on the part of the Queen's government to the repeal seditionists of this kingdom. But will it be taken as such? We fear not. It will be looked upon more as a matter of triumph than an act of conciliation, and will be far less binding upon the gratitude of the di .affected people, than an act of grace would have been, if there had been a unanimity of princi ple and decision between the judges of the two countries. One great evil will be produced by'this termination, viz., the want of confidence amongst all suitors and criminals, whose causes or cases may he brought before the judges of the Irish Queen's Bench, either in their own court or upon circuit, regarding the purity and infallibility of their judgments. It was scarcely fair to sacrifice and impugn the legal knowledge and integrity of such men as !he Queen's Bench judges in Ireland, for the chance of taming the hyena spirit of discord on Burgh-quay." The Newry Telegraph of Saturday contends that the . reversal of the judgment does not warrant a repetition of the " monster meeting" at Clontarf as a decisive test. " Let one be held there," says the Telegraph, and we will admit that the state prosecutions have been profitless —that the government has been stricken down, and that the victory of O'Connell is complete and conclusive." CLERICAL NEW.. In the late population reports, the number of clergymen (we presume of the Church of England) is returned for England at 13,574. The vicar of Sheffield has proposed a plan for the divi sion of the entire parish into twenty-four or twenty-five ecclesiastical districts. A stone pulpit elaborately and beautifully worked by Mr. Rowe, will be placed in the parish church of Lang ford Budville, being the gift of Captain Perceval, Biudon [loose, Milverton ; and another is also in preparation for Oldridge chapel, near Crediton. Archdeacon Thorp,of Durham,in his Visitation Charge, admonished the clergy to be " scrupulously attentive to the parish re g isters. The general registration (he said) will probably fail. I n ettie of death it gives a rumour, not a fact within the knowledge of the officer; and the griev ous frauds incidew to this, some of which have been re cently detected, destroy its authority as a book of evi dence. Witness a case in this Archdeaconry, where, out of 829 registers of death, 115 are shown to be deceptions, names of persons who never lived, and therefore never died ; or, living and dying, were alike unknown, and never buried. The church register is the record of a pub lic act, done in the sight of day, and before many wit nesses ; admitting no doubt of imposition ; and its guar dianship, committed to you, is of lasting importance to the public interests." CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The grants of this society at the present date are, to 224 incumbents, having under their ministerial charge an aggregate population of 1,822,466 souls, or 8,448 on an average to each. They provide stipends for 226 Clergymen, and 29 Lay-Assis tants, at a cost, when all the appointments are made by the Incumbents, of £20,108 per annum. And as from local resources a further amount of £3,165 is raised to meet some of the grants, the society is made ins.rumen tal in bringing to the aid of the National Church the sum of £23,273 per annum. They also provide for 368 addi tional full services on each Lord's-day; 119 on week days ; 278 cottage lectures, and the increased pastoral care and oversight of nearly two millions of souls, one eighth part the entire population of England and Wales. The grants of the society since its commencement in 1836 ow used, nd un at ter have led to the erection of 120 schoolrooms, which are n the the building,Bishop's opening, sanction, o r keepingas p a c open p e o n f Worship. 87 :churches and chapels among the crowded popula tions of: the- manufacturing towns, or the distant ham lets of widely-extended parishes. In this town, (Li verpool) the society provides for thirteen additional lull services on the Lord's-day, and eleven cottage lectures, and increased oversight of upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand souls, nearly one-half of the population of the town. The districts to which these grants have been made, are All Saints, St. Barnabas, St. Bartholo mew's, Christ Church, St. James, Toxteth-park, St. Mark's, St. Marv's, Edge-hill, St. Michael's, St. Paul's, St Simon's, St. Thomas, Toxteth-park. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE LINEN DRAPERY TRADE : IMPORTANT JUDO MENT.—On the 30th ult., in the case of Willis and Davy, linen-drapers, Oxford-street, London, after repeated exa minations in relation to the bankrupts' extraordinary mode of carrying on business, Mr. Commissioner Fane delivered his judgment upon their application for their certificate. These bankrupts, said his honour, began business in May, 1840, with £1375 capital, and failed in July, 43, owing £22,647, their assets having realised £7,524. Only one assignee appeared, and has thus faithfully performed his duty. Four offences were charged against the bank rupts. 1. That from the commencement of their business they propped their credit by accommodation bills. 2. That some of those bills were drawn cn persons whom they knew to be men of straw, and also drawn artfully so as to appear like goo d t ra d e bills. 3. That they raised money at most extravagant rates of usury; and 4. That they deluded Messrs. Dillon and Co. into giving them ex tended credit, by utterly false representations. His ho nour pronounced them guilty on each of these charges. They began by laying out about £3,000 beyond their capi tal on their premises, and were consequently in want of money as early as Sept., 1840, when they drew an accommodation bill. Soon after a regular systematic system of drawing such bills was established ; and they drew bills on a person named Tucker, a mere shopman, with a trifling salary, giving them a false residence, and making them payable at Messrs. Barclays. where he had no account. To make the cheat more effectual, the ac• ceptances were written in pale ink. Becoming more and more involved, they raised money at a ruinous rate of in terest. In one instance they had paid for a loan at the rate of 170 per cent.; in another 100 per cent. per annum. In March, 1843, in order to procure an extended credit from Messrs. Morrison, Dillon, and Co., they made a false representation of the whole state of their affairs, and thus gained their point. Their circumstances were at the time hopeless. Considering the whole of their reckless manner of raiatig money, the fraudulent nature cf some of the accommodation bills they drew, and the magnitude of the whole case, his honour said he should not be doing his duty to the public if he were to allow those certificates earlier than the 31st July, 1848, which would be five years from the date of the first fiat against them. Upon an application by the bankrupts for protection, it was granted them for twelve months. RAILWAY DITELLIGEACE: YORK AND LONDON 'RAIL:A/AV.—lt was announced on Thursday that the directors of the Wakefield, Lincoln and Boston Railway have' united with the London and York Direct Railava/. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—The first half-yearly meeting of this company since the completion of the line was held on Wednesday. A. dividend of 41 7s. 6d. was declared. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK RAILWAY.— The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday. The receipts, with last half• year's balance, amounted to £23,177, and the expenditure to £11,572. A dividend of ss. on the £25 shares, and 2s. 6d. on the £l2 10s., or half-shares. was declared. The goods traffic has greatly increased. The Brighton and Chichester proprietors have agreed to allow the Brighton Company to take the unappropriated shares of their undertaking, on the option of leasing the line wken it is completed, at 41 per cent. The directors have experienced great opposition from the landowners on the road, and in the case of the Duke of Norfolk com pensation to the amount of £42,000 is to be paid. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. —The Dublin and Drogheda Railroad Company. at the half-yearly meeting, announced an increase of £6,000 on the value of their stock. Sir J. M'Neill stated that Dublin station would be finished in October. Receipts of the company from credit edciot in bank, mmenceml 3 n ,9 l 2. the work, £504,777. B a l ance to The meeting of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway was for the purpose of issuing £30,000 debentures at 4 per cent to pay off the loan received from the Commissioners of Public Works on account of the Dalkey branch, which loan bears interest at the rate of 5 per cent. It was stated on this occasion that the receipts from the Ist of March to the 26th of August were this year £28,662, or £4,000 in excess of the amount received at the same period last year. The revenue of the line steadily increases, and the Dalkey branch, which is remunerative, is regarded as an important feeder to the general line. It was suggested in the course of the proceedings to extend the Dalkey line to Bray, every confidence being expressed in the economical working and good order of the atmospheric principle. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—The directors of the :Midland Railway have given notice that early in the month of Oc tober a special general meeting of the stockholders in that company will be held, for the purpose of sanctioning an application to parliament for powe. s to make the follow ing lines of railway :-1. From Nottingham to Newark and Lincoln. 2. From Swinton to Doncaster, Bawtry, Gainsborough, Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, and Wisbeach, joining the Eastern Counties Railway at March, by means of which the communication will be continued to Ely, Cambridge, Norwich and Yarmouth. It is the intention of the ork and North Midland Railway Company to make a branch from their line at Burton Salmon to Don caster in connexion with this line. 3. From Syston and Oakbam, Stamford and Peterborough. RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.—Cheap excursion trains con tinue to form an important feature of railway traffic—a new proof of the public usefulness of railways—a new element in their own revenue—a valuable addition to the recreations, amusements, and moral culture of the English people. The Dover excursion trains did not for the first two weeks meet with adequate success, but the directors persevered, and now their Saturday trains, not returning up till Monday night, are crowded with passengers, who can thus spend part of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in France, going and returning from London at a single fare: The number of excursion tickets issued for the six excur sions, from the 27th of July to the Ist of September in clusive, was 45,532, being an average of 7000 each excur sion ; the last excursion consisted of 14,000 persons. — Railway Chronicle. LONDON AND CROYDEN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly ' meeting of the above company was held, on Thursday last, in London. The report, which was adopted by the meeting, stated, that, " the accounts present an increase of the receipts upon Croyden traffic, as compared wit h the corresponding half-year, of £2,500; upon the toll of th. Brighton Company of £1,200; and upon the toll of the Dover Company of £2,300; and, although the ex penses have slightly increased and the dividend is payable upon 7,000 new shares, now first participating, the sum divisible for that purpose will admit an increase, as com pared with the corresponding h alf- y ear, of t w enty-five per cent." The directors recom mended, t h erefore, that a dividend of 5s upon 40,000 shares be decl ared , free of income-tax. In answer to a q uestion, th e chairman said an estimate had been made of the toll th at would be taken by it from amount the was projected calculated o directdirect b efro m Portsmouth to F ATAL RAILWAY ACClDENTS.—Yesterday w ee k, as a monster pleasure-train of 172 carriages, cont a i ning 5 , 500 pers ons was proceeding from Hull to Sheffield, one o f t h e ran b connectingaek fora a chains sho broke, o d k i e s , th a n n c d e a withp o which r t io n the of carriages a tnhoertrain neck by in t s i l ) i e gl f i a t i c i, on di t e a d ct o , n bl t , h which h s i p c o h t . a p T a , h s e e n d g e e c r ea o s n ed t and roof carriages of one of the cages was thrown v row ‘ n ed off n , es a d n a d y breaking his t se veral others persisted on starti ng i n r i ding at the out side of the carriages.-- o i nine o'clock, after the arrival of the York train at the Sheffield station on the North Midland line, the engine, as usual, was detached from the train—and having been on the turn-table, was on the point of proceeding to the engine-house, when a railway inspector, named Russell, attempted to cuss just in front of the engine, by which he was knocked down, and his body was found in a few minutes nearly severed in two below the shoulders. Sept. 10, 1811. NEW RAILWAY.—A prospectus of the Northern June. tion Railway Co m p an y h as b een i ssue d , i n w hi c h it is P ito posed to commence a li ne o f ra il way a t t h e j unc tion d" Lancaster and Fleetwood line at the north side of Pre sts l and to run to th e north side of Blackburn, th r lt Whalley, Burnley, & c ., j o i n i ng t h e L ee d s R a ilway 11 ",, Todmorden. The prosp ec t us a l so s t ates th at it is in c , ° ~ ,e templation to form a juncti on w ith t h e propose d nevi L' from Preston to Liverpool, near the Marsh, at Prest° ll ' tp e MANCHESTER AND LEE DS RAILWAY.—The 5 , %"10 half-yearly meeting was h e ld a t M anc h es t er , on Dos s o f last. Mr. Ilawkshaw read the report. An increl or , traffic, to the extent of 15 per cent., had taken place f a ing the last six mo n th s , com p are d w ith th e corre spone, l 4 six months of 1843. The gross receipts of the last year were £129,386, the net profit £47,523. It was3.l;o posed to pay a dividend of 31 per ce n t. u p on the O l° " o t calls of .£lOO shares, and £5O shares, and 2 s . on eaeuo the quarter shares. There would then be left a sell of £72 16s. sd. The report then recommended the f t, tension of the line, by branches, locally, into YorkSh.4 r , Lincolnshire, and D er by s hi re . Th e Chairman Houldsworth, moved the a d o pti on o f th e repor t, and,`" t be able speech, re commen d e d th e mu lti p li cat i on 01 branch lines, and gr ea t er p u bli c accommo d at i on , aspen sary to prosperity. Mr. Jo s . Re gan , o f Li vet pool, to appointed director. Th e di rec t ors were authorise the raise one-half of the capital of one million, to carry 0 0 e l Leeds West Riding Railway. They were also authafP 4 , to purchase the Ashton an d St a l e y -b r id ge J unc tion LEEDS, &C., JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The Leeds ,1: telligencer announces officially that after a careful est; e o nation of the country, and s e vera l mee ti ngs , it has "' p it now determined to bring befo r e p ar li amen t in the n- e ri session, a combined plan for for m i ng new ra il w ays betty d, the towns of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Dewsb ° , r , and Halifax, in connexion with the Leeds, A11'116 10 ; 0 and Liverpool Railways. This is the result of the' 9 %t, between the Leeds and M anc h es t er R a il wa y C0n31 , 1; and the Leeds and B ra df or d Sh or t Li ne C om pany', ° l ie other parties. These arrangements will place in the ce o eo of the manufacturing distri c t s o f th e 'W es t Riding : I t o lines of railway communicatio n b e t ween thirty and I° to miles in length, give increased facilities to the inhabitsoa„ of Yorks' ire and Lancashire, m a t er i a lly s horten the re.og between be great counties and the g reat manufactu l !„4 towns therein, and essentially p romo t e the interests " 1 _ convenience of the trade and population of Liverpo°" Manchester, Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, De ws"rl, Halifax, Pudsey, Heck mon d w ik e , Bi rs tal, Batley, Cle ° _, heaton, and the numerous othe r manu f a cturing and wino ral districts of which Lanca s hi re an d Yorkshire are' composed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. 4 to I agst Mr Salvin's The Cure (taken to nearly Xs o°) 9 2 Lord Stanley's Ithuriel (take 5 to 1) 6 1 Duke of Richmond's Red Deer (taken to 1 150 8 1 Mr J. Scott's Bay Momus (taken to Xtoto „ 8 1 Col Anson's The Prin' ess (9 to 1 taken freelP 11 to 1 Mr Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh (taken) MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. tO I t 6 The Cure was backed to-day in a good quarter at £sa. Ithuriel and Bay Momus were nearly equal favo o P 9 the former at 6to I was backed for a score or so; MO D Is9t hundreds, &c.. by one gent at 7 to I to the tune of .€3 o, * „v• night. we believe, he took a point less to some moneY• rian was first backed at 300 to 20 ; then 400 to 20, 2i30 to Iv , was laid. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. The field agst Scott's lot (offered) ; 3 to I agst Va erian (offend) ; 6 to 4 offered Ithuriel runs. Offers t ° turn 1,000 for a sov if Advice wins. 31 to 1 agst The Cure (taken) 11 2 Ithuriel (offered, 6 taken) 6 1 Bay Momus (offered, 7 taken) 6 1 Red Deer (taken, and offered freely) 8 1 Princess (taken, and offered) 10 1 Foig-a-Ballagh (offered) 100 6 Valerian (offered, 24 taken) 25 1 Godfrey (offered, 30 taken) 40 1 Lightning (taken) 500 10 The Devil-to-Pay (taken) ,„ 05 r THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. Not much done to-day. The followin g w ill s h o w the P.- recent offers. &c. d° 4 to 1 agst Mickey Free (t) 10 to 1 a gs t Ad v i c e (t an 5 1 Rowena (t) 10 Pornpco W it h (6 8 1 -- Artful Dodger 15 1 R aven sWO 10 1 Ashtead Pet THE DONCASTER DER 25 to 1 was laid L.t Eccles agst ponies (taken). :UP.—Not named. Black Prince; then 20 tO Lord G. Bentinck has lent Devil-to. Pay t o ru n for the (A • K his lordshi, to receive ha'f the stakes should the horse wi n 'oct Bloodstone, or the horse that run as such at Ascot, %O S p r e on Wednesday afternoon, at Warwick, fur 255 guine as. goes into S. Scott's stable at Ascot. Tne GOODWOOD Cor.—ln future there will be no ar °l ! ° of weight for running at York, Newto n , Chester, LiV erY- .. Manchester, and Newcastle, or in Scotland or Ireland. 01 Sir Gilbert Heathcote's Akbar, we are informed, on from Goodwood, was found to have two of his ribs bre wt" Chapple states that in running for the Racing Stakes n !„( as if in pain, but no one suspected the nature or eate n injury tri.til he reached Epsom. It is supposed to h inflicted before the race, but how is a mystery. LOCAL NEWS. • Wednesday last, Of °n f ful duty of recording another accident (the s econd wl the present month) by which one of tl e pilots helot P oo Loss OF A PILOT BY DRONV IN:G.—We have the P. 8 17; to our port has unfortunately lost his life. The 2 th w ea ho si° o n n i W s M ed r ti t the aurvey, bad retired to his cabin but being seized pilot-boat, who sickness, when about half way between this coast and t "„ - Isle of Man, came on deck in the night, and, as it is Sto l posed in the act of retching, overbalanced himself and over the taifrail, unperceived by the man at the wLe e t ; By this unfortunate occurrence a wife and six children in left he annive..sa unprotected. lodge Try dinner of the Rose of England r at the of Modern Druids took place on Tuesday lasi, The lodge house, Host Williamson s, Whitechapoe e sub, not only Itb ;r spread was most abu Want, consisting The eD B stantials but all the delicacies of the season, sblf was admirably filled by N. A. Brown, who was mo st ,. t _ st of supported by V. A. Harwood, and, amidst the reason and the flow of soul that characterized the ,7 100 ings amusement, the usual urbanity of the host ana_ls, kind attentions cf the hostess added materially to the tufo. fort of their guests, and left a grateful and lasting Imp of sion on the hearts of all present Mr. Cunningham' . one NursaNcc.—On Saturday , agb' cow the surveyors belonging to the Commissioners or n s iat ways, attended, at the Police-court, to answer a rie of having laid down a quantity of granite stones in H igh' street, to the obstruction of the thoroughfare leadioto`oo, Castle-street to the Exchange. He stated, tha t so ° merely carrying out the order of the commissionehr;iiel that the stones were deposited in the street wi th t j.see° of having them moulded and laid down in the 3 ,11 er crossings —Mr. Rushton said, that the nuisanc e ' 0 00; isted for some time, and that the commissioner s tpeci e " pect to be fined as well as other people if they, '" c i a nt O l e the streets and passengers. He ordered the defe.l„t th e pay a fine of £2, and said he should take care 14,';f money came out of his own pocket, and not oa' publ;c purse. seo jOP NEW LICENCES.—The adjourned licesasini„ t hbo Ja e : was held on Friday, before the Mayor and W. and T. Bolton, Esqrs. Several licenses were re or te r but the cases of all who had been fined three titnelons fo wards were postponed. There were 97 aoPit e39 roS te & new licenses or transfer in the parish, 37 ' li n , en t) if: park, six in West Derby, and ten in Everton- tf e seo e m ; ber of new licenses granted is 2-1, viz. :—Jane 'O/0 0 ;st Belfast -street, corner of Regent-road ; Henry Milli Richard Boardman, corner of Penrith-street i L ag e r Jones, corner of Walter-street • Mary Ana k,l‘ ifl r t• Thomas Mercer, Horatio-street • ' Sidney Sherloe obto street, retail spirit license; Barlowe„n, OVA; street; Peter Stubbs, Deane-street ; Robert it'„strl Robert Cowan, Pownall-street, corner o f Live . „ o , ( C l '_ k rp , Thomas Baty, Redcross-street, Crown Charn he ;sPO spirit license; James Robinson; David Rae, SO u " 0 0'0 street, retail spirit license ; Peter Edwards, Stone'd,j. James Carney, Titchfield-street, corner of Horn b ,, / , 0 , P ity William Widnall, William -street; John 11 11 141; ford-street, corner of Stanhope-street ; M ar St_Al I y , stone, Blair -street, corner of Upper Stanh (l- 11, 0 ;; 0 0 Robert Maxwell Goore, Goore-street; . I "(P i n ,, a Jo o ,' Grey-street, corner of Carlton-stree JohntbaPee' Lukey, corner of Windsor-street ; n eo l , oo Lorton-street ; Elizabeth Johnson, StanW r o, n ot Lower, corner of Croston-street ; Wm. Rob in We d o number of renewals granted was eight, but 9 , deem it necessary to particularize them. / P ar TREAT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE Bal. a jDi. 13P, PITAL.—The children of the Blue Coat Iles' St., a c e of Ita witnessing the laying of the foundation stone ooroP, nor nabas's Church Schools, yesterday week, in Ac ed,f, s iolli with the kind invitation of the Ma r (e° - rot' Ow yo , account of the ceremony of that day) walked D'f ia ste l 4 : o o o to the number of 250, accompanied by Mr. 11 116 ,,ere preceded by their excellent juvenile band t°, ip, pret s Mosley Hill, the beautiful seat o f his worsl theliooo rural entertainment was provided for thern• f ;eresir s; „ ceeded, followed by crowds of persons from the outskirts, the b an d played a succession °,` ding ' 0 0 ( ' and on arriving at the end of the avenue Letatbero.le'ods' house, they were met by Mr. T. Sands, inn': of f ri t , son), Miss Sands, and a large assemblegkeo, 5r 1 ,; ( 0 0e.' amongst whom were Mrs. Sandbach, Mr- P si :J o hn Ilar ri‘ and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, Sir tl. 34 , °' Mr. and •Mrs. Bevan, Mr. John Smith, Myiet1101 1 1; / son and family, Mr. Alfred Waterhouse an t he ,pe After having played for some time in front 0 °;00, d ywitv the boys walked in the adjacent wooded Sr regsl,ite red under the shade of the lofty trees, they w er n e ee- t y, buns, lemonade, milk, and fruit in abunda,,,, o par , sO sP., freshments were served by all the ladies of ' l '. t he ifea ot't ' while the children were enjoying thew , E ar eol e jo table donor, who had been delayed in toV i l e a rnus ly ea 0 and entered ' most warmly into the agreetw, ‘bec os_, jo g of the day. The boys afterwards e njoy . en_; l , pla!,, b iej various rural sports, the band occa st,or. l 7/ cre chti s eo tr j) variety of choice airs, in a mannerollitan - 0 their.: 0 9/1 06 them as musicians, and equally s „ ortr ont to bri o , teacher, Mr. Stubbs, (leader of the r e 3 x _ rtio ns , ito t o 4 who must have been unremitting in his u a s • The ' r them to so great a state of perfection. _ mos t o f dare - P1•80- •c -ments, echoed from the woodlands, had 3 a e f ttful ver bill charming effect, and the beau by th e te , ", aspect of the locality, shown to effect s of the fc the day, greatly enhanced the leasure oese T ' t ' a Je f who were i t will long be remembered by all ~/ ith _ ter s; i worth) ! -li the° 1 4 six o'clock, the band played the natteoualr boys gave three hearty cheers for to to. 00 0 and thanked him for the kindness shown, ori ti fanallYt • r himself and every member of his thet et , out 0 the ,t,e the visiters present. They then se t by the Blue Coat Hospital, highly gratin' Malirnaer tre nts of the day. In the e vening a s ter, to tamed a large party, includi n g Mr. F the house. Sept CAI