The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-26 00:00:00

\ ~ ~''~-'\ ~1~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~~ •~ I S r .-‘ WARETNG WEBB, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 9, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, HAS for Sale a great variety of ENVELOPES , including Thin and Thick Yellow Wove and Laid, both plain and glazed; also Envelopes made expressly for POSTOFFICE PARCELS, OF THIN TOUGH CARTRIDGE PAPER. QUILLS. RUSSIAN, at 75., Ss., 95., and 12s. per 100. HUDSON'S BAY, at 95., 10s. 6d. ' 145., and 225. per 100. SWAN, at 155., 225., and 28 s. per 100. LETTER PAPERS. Super Thin Blue Wove Post, large size, (Kent make,) at 10s. and lls. per ream ; the same quality, medium thickness, (a very superior paper,) at 14s. ; or thick, at 17s. Also Fool scap. Draft, Brief, Copying, Blotting, Note, and all other kinds of Office and Wilting Papers. COPYING MACHINES; Postoffice Letter Weights; Wax ; Wafers; Pens ; Pencils • Red. Black, and Copying Ink ; Inkstands, and other articles of Stationery of the best quality. LEDGERS ; Journals ; Cash Books ; Day Books ; Pocket Ledgers, with and without locks ; Bill Books Memorandum Books. &c., &c., of superior workmanship. WAREING WEBB, Stationer, 9, Castle-street, (fourth door from the Exchange,) Liverpool. TO CONNOISEURS IN SODA WATER. TF a highly concentrated combination of Carbonic Acid Gas, 1 with a valuable and esteemed Alkali, if unparalleled spe cific gravity, in an exhaustless spring, supplying the ele mentary material. and freed from all impure and earthy carbonates BE GEMS in the production of a first-rate bottle of Soda Water, then ELLIS'S manufacture may fearlessly challenge comparison with all the world. The want of PURE and SUITABLE WATER, in the first place, and the want of perfectly understanding the ma nufacturing process, in the second place, abundantly account for the frequent complaint, disappointment, and annoyance constantly experienced by all true lovers of this delightful and wholesome beverage. The extensive patronage which the Royal Family, the No bility and Gentry have bestowed upon " ELLIS'S SODA WATER," equally attest its excellency and superiority, and it is now the only Fashionable Beverage used at the Tables of Royalty. Prepared by R. Ews. Manufacturing Chemist to the Royal Family, at his Elaboratory, Ruthin, North Wales ; and can be procured fresh and genuine from his Agents in Liverpool. Mr. Ellison, Church-street .. Roberts, Ranelagh-street .. Wm. Jones, Berry-street . . Jones , Adelaide-buildings • Lathbury, Castle-street Wagstaff,St.George's-plc .. • honey and Eyre, do. .. Rawson, Scotland-road Cannon, St. James's-st • Tiernan, London-road Syers, Gt. Homer-street ▪ Mucklow, Tithebarn-st • Nixon, Castle-street Italian W ' Mr. Parry, Christian-street .. Barnett, Low-hill .. Eggleston, St. James's place .. Price. Brownlow-hill .. Taylor, Richmond-row .. Lloyd. Parker-street ▪ Rawle, Church-street .. Neale, Scotland-road .. Evans and Son, do ▪ M`Guffie, Oldhall- street Chemists, &c. &c. • Woodville, Bold-street Lrehouses. SIGHT RESTORED ! NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE CURED ! GRIMSTONE'S CELEBRATED EYE SNUFF, Under the patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury,) S universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy I in removing Disorders incident to the Eyes and Head. It will prevent Diseases of a Scrofulous Nature affecting the Nerves of the Head. In cases of Nervous Head-ache it is completely efficacious, and gives a Natural Sweetness to the Breath. It may be taken as frequently as other Snuffs, with the most perfect safety and gratification to the consumer. Wash the eyes every morning with warm milk and water, to remove whatever secretion may have been produced during the night. Dr. ABERNETHY used it, and termed it the Faculty's Friend and Nurse's Vade Mecum. Dr. ANDREWS also recommends its use as a preventive. (See his report when in Sunderland, published in the Times, Cheltenham Journal, and British Traveller, in Nov. 1831.) He says, " the herbaceous quality of the snuff had such effect on the stomach, as well as the nerves of the head, from the tenacious sympathy of the membrane of the nose with the nervous system, that Grimstone's Eye Snuff, when taken frequently, must prevent any contagion entering the system, and recommends its universal adoption. Dated Nov. 10, 1831. G. J. GUTHRIE, Esq., F.R.S.—This eminent surgeon strongly recommends Grimstone's Eye Snuff. See J. B. Lachfield's, Esq., letter. OBSERVE THIS CAUTION. W. GRIMSTONE is the SOLE INVENTOR, and the Only Genuine is Prepared by him. A Liberal Allowance made to all Vendors, by PIERCE and CROSFIELD, Cigar and Foreign Snuff Merchants, Castle street, Liverpool, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS ; also by J. Forrester, Druggist, 59, Byrom-street; Welch, Snu Maker, Church-street; Ross and Nightingale, Chronicle office, Lord-street ; Atherton, Lord-street ; Denby, 4, Great Charlotte -street; Hignett, Oldhall-street; Messrs. Hignett and &lien, Tobacconists, Moor-fields ; Mr. Proctor, To bacconist, London-road; Mr. Roberts, Druggist, Ranelagh street ; Mr. G. H. Howell, Druggist, Dale-street ; Mr. J. Shepherd, Tobacconist, 3, Scotland-place ; Mr. Hignett, Tobacconist, corner of Dale-street ; MrS. Moreland, Tobac conist, Church-street: Mr. Plummer, Tobacconist, North Crescent, Lord-street; Mr. Thomas Hignett, Tobacconist, 1, Tithebarn-street ; Mr. W. King, Druggist, Soho-street ; Mrs. Miller, Tobacconist, Elliott-street ; Mrs. Moore, To bacconist, Pitt-street; and Mr. Mawhood, 20, South John street ; and in MANCHESTER, by W. Grindon, (late M. Shone,) 4, Old Church Gate, Market-street, and 119, Picca dilly; Mr. Rayner, Tobacconist, 25, Market-place; Mr. G. Bevins, 23, Market-street ; Mr. J. R. Lynch, Market street ; Watson and Co., 45, Market-street; Abrams, 4, King-street; Biggar. Deansgate ; Lovett, High-street; W. Smith, Market-street ; Mr. Brown, Market-street; Gee, Ancoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the Globe. But read the following : From the John Bull, 6th May, 1839.—We copy the fol lowing from the Cheltenham Journal, being struck by its re ference to that eminent and successful'oculist, James Ware, Esq., F.R.S., whose opinion touching the subject of which he treats will be read with interest. The discovery of Mr. Grimstone is simple, gentle, and certain, and by its unfailing influence on the nervous fabric of the head, possesses the un questionable power of relieving, assisting, and prolonging the sight even to extreme old age.—Editor. Cheltenham Journal, 22d April, 1839.—" That most emi nent oculist, James Ware, Esq., F.R.S., was so strongly im pressed with the utility of snuff not made of tobacco, that in the third volume of the Medical Soc ety's Works, page 334, this able oculist read several cases of gutta serena cured by the plentiful use of snuff. This snuff was made without the aid of tobacco, that being too great a narcotic to be used us a remedy. The anticipations of this gentlemen have been fully realised by Mr. 'William Grimstone, the Inventor of Eye Snuff, made from aromatic herbs, so judiciously ar ranged as in almost every case of disettie touching the eye, ear, and the delicate organs of the head, to produce a certain cure."—Editor. " There are, perhaps, few articles which are so universally used as snuff, and various and innumerable have been the devices to tickle our noses at the expense of our pockets, but there is only one snuff—albeit many have been attempted— which has proved of any value, or indeed realised the inten tion of the consumers. Grimstone's Eye Snuff is a delightful and fragrant compound, and possesses properties peculiarly its own; for, unlike all other snuffs, it is really of essential and important service to persons of studious habits, and of weak and infirm sight ; and if we may judge by the numerous medical gentlemen who have borne testimony to its merits, and the many well authenticated cures it has performed, it is not undeserving of the high esteem which it has already attained, not only in this but in other countries."—Old Eng land, 11th January, 1840. "We should be glad to see this snuff in general use. It is a safe and powerful restorative.—Manchester Chronicle. " GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Notwithstanding the sys tem of puffing which is carried on in this vast metropolis, we rsally must claim for Mr. Grimstone the distinction of being a benefactor to his species. We have had oculhr demonstra tion of the value of his snuff, which we tried out of curiosity, having at the same time a slight affection of opthalmia, which the use of the snuff very speedily removed. We therefore cordially recommend it to the public."— Crown, Aug. 2G, 1838. " If any testimony were wanting to prove the efficacy of Grimstone's Eye Snuff, we should be most happy to throw ours into the grand scale of demonstrations and proofs already possessed by the inventor. Literary men, and individuals accustomed to sedentary habits or long reading, will find this snuff invaluable in keeping off headache, dizziness, &c. &c. —Old Monthly Magazine, September, 1838, p. 336. Read a few cases qf Sight Restored by the Use of GRIM STONE'S EYE SNUFF. Mrs. A. Cole, No. 7, Skinner's Almshouses, aged 69, sigh, restored and head-ache cured. W. Verlin, Esq., inflammation cured, Youghal, Ireland. J. J. Frotherne, Esq., sight restored and head-ache cured, Waterford. J. W. Chester, Esq., sight restored, Ballyclough Glebe, Mal low. J. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., excruciating pains in the head and opaque vision cured, Upper Stamford -street, London. J. B. Lachfield, Esq., cured of opthalmia, Whitehall and Thatched-house Tavern. Mrs. Guppy, 36, Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road, cured of opthalmia. Miss Mary Roades, Market-place, Winslow, Bucks, cured of opthalmia—witnesses to her cure, Mr. John Roades, father, and R. Walker, Esq., a magistrate. Mr. A. M'lntyre, aged 65, 8, Silver-street, Golden-square, cured of gutta serena and deafness. H. Liston, Esq., Marine Library, Ramsgate , K ent, cured of cataract and deafness. Mrs. Burberow, cured, while at Jamaica, of gotta ser ena, 37, Mary-street, Regent's Park, London. Mr. P. Sanderson, Harper-street, Leeds, cured of cataract. Mr. H. Pluckwell, Tottenham House, Tottenham, Middle sex. cured of opthalrnia. Miss S. Englefield, Park-street, Windsor, cured of nervous head-ache. Marchioness de Broglio Solari, 26, Charlotte-street, hearing and sight restored. Decimus Blackburn, Esq., Chcrtsey, Surrey, head-ache, weakness and dimness of sight cured. George Smith, Esq., 6, York-place, Kentish Town, weak ness and dimness of sight cured by its use. Elizabeth Robson, 19, Bell-street, Edgewarc-road, aged 65, cured of ophthalmia and deafness. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., P.R.S.—This eminent surgeon strongly recommends Grimstone Eye Snuff. Read Lachfield's, letter. Copy of a letter sent to Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor qf the celebrated Eye Snuff. The 'Marchioness de Broglio Solari presents her best com pliments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to in form him that she had the most convincing proofs of the be neficial qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff, in many cases of its restorative power, both of sight and hearing. Mr. Grimstone—sir, you are at liberty to make use of her name. Sept. 22, 1838, 26, Charlotte-street. Copy of a letter sent to Mr. Grimstone, July 9,1838. Sin.,—Having been afflicted with bad eyes for a long time, a friend who had received benefit from using your eye snuff recommended it to me. I have taken the contents of your 2s. 4d. canisters, and am happy to say my sight has im proved ; the weakness and dimness is removed ; and, sir, it is my wish wish that you make this known for the good of the public. 6, York-place, Kentish Town. • Your's, G. SMxvg. To Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad street, Bloomsbury. March 31, 1838. SIR, --1 have been afflicted for many years with a severe pain in my head, attended with a dimness of sight and dart ing pains in my ewes, for which I have had the first medical advice ; indeed, 1 have taken large quantities of medicine, without receiving any relief; but I am now delighted to say, with truth, that ever since using your valuable eye snuff, which I have taken copiously, that is, a 2s. 4d. canister weekly, I am quite free from those excruciating pains, and can read the smallest print, although I am in the 65th year of my age. This is my third testimony, and I shall be most happy to give it to you or to any respectable inquirer at my residence as under.—l remain, with gratitude, sir, your obedient humble servant, E. Ronsow. 19, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, Marylebone. 7, Skinner's Almshouses, Mile-end, Jan. 26, 1839. Sir,—l think it my incumbent duty to return y ou my grate ful acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " eye snuff." You must understand, sir, that I have for the last four or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th year) that it was the decay of nature, and was advised Pp. AA,. qi15,:44..::11,% • N stNilkk‘l\l6 - _ by a friend, who said much in its favor, and the extraordinary virtues of your celebrated invention, I was induced to give it a trial, and I PM happy to say that the great and signal benefit I have derived from the use of four 2s 4d canisters has ena bled me to lay aside my spectacles, has given me great relief in my head, and I feel so thoroughly convinced of its benign virtues, that my gratitude shall ever be evinced in recom mending it to all I may hereafter meet suffering with those afflictions.—l am, sir, your most obliged and grateful servant, To W. Grimstone, Esq. ANN COLE. To TV. Grimstone, Esq. inventor of Eye Snuff; 39, Broad-st. Whitehall, March 8, 1838. Mr. Grimstone,—Sir, I think it but justice that I should offer my acknowledgments to you for the great benefit I have derived from the use of your most exquisite fragrant com pound, composed of herbs, called Eye Snuff; its action on the membrane of the nose, causing the lachrymal glands to discharge in a manner truly surprising, and by that means to cleanse the cornea, that my eyes became healthy, strong, and performed their wonted duties in a manner that 1 have not known the blessing of for six years. The renowned Dr. Guthrie recommended me to try your eye snuff prior to my undergoing an operation. Many thanks to him for his sug gestion; thanks to your invention, that operation will not be necessary. Sir, you have my permission to make this known in any manner you think best. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. B. LACHFIELD. P.S.—Sir, be pleased to send to the Thatched House Tav ern, St. James-street, a4s 4d and a3s 4d canister. You can send the change in the parcel for the enclosed half-sove reign. J. B. L. This- letter is attested to by G. J. Guthrie, Esq. F.R.S. CAUTION.—This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs; sold in canisters, is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s 4d, Ss and 15s 64 each, with copies of original testimonials, gratis, with each canister, by all Agents, both Foreign and British. It can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualitiy, in every climate. All snuffs and cigars shipped on the shortest notice. Copies of Testimonials may be had gratis from all the Agents. WANTED, a HOUSEKEEPER, who must be strongly recommended for strict honesty, sobriety, and atten tion to her business. She must understand her business in all its various branches, such as Soups, Made Dishes, and Confectionery, and also the care of the Dairy. She must be a Protestant and an Englishwoman.—Apply to the EDITOR. Grand preparations are making, in almost every city and town in Germany, for the celebration-of the fourth centenary of the invention of printing. At Berlin, some restrictions being placed on the manifestations of the general feeling, it is proposed. should they not be removed, to unite with the meeting at Leipzig. - - - TROUT FISHING Is WALES.—On Monday se'nnight, two gentlemen, angling in the lake called Lyn-Rheidol, near Duffryn Castle Inn, (the half-way house between Llanidloes and Aberystwith) caught in a short time nine dozen of trout; and on the next day they started from the same inn, and took between nine and ten dozens in the river Rhiedol.— Chester Courant. The weather at present is everything that the farmer can require ; rain and sunshine alternately succeed each other, and vegetation, in consequence, is making rapid progress. In this neighbourhood the hay harvest has already com menced, and it has been observed that in favoured spots on Tyneside both barley and wheat have during the past week shot into ear.—Newcastle Journal. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have had glorious weather during the week. From the ripeness of the clover and the upland meadow grass, we have no doubt that hun dreds of acres have been already cut, and should the present delightful weather continue, agricultural operations will pro gress with astonishing rapidity. Nothing but a few weeks of tine warm weather is now wanting to insure for the country an early, which is generally a safe harvest, and as fine crops as ever were gathered in, and that of every kind, except fruit. We never remember to have seen the earth covered with a greater abundance of produce of every description.— Preston Chronicle. PROTESTANT DISSENTING MINISTERS.—On Friday night Lord Ashley moved for the following important and interest ing returns, and which were ordered, although the motion was not heard in the gallery :—" I. Of the totals of all sums of money issued from the Treasury on account of the civil list, excepting that of her present Majesty, or hereditary revenues, or of votes of this house, or from any other source, if any, for the use of Protestant Dissenting ministers in Ire land ; for non-conforming, seceding, and Protestant Dissent ing ministers in Ireland, for the support of the seceding mi nisters in Ulster ; also for paving allowances to Protestant Dissenting ministers in England, from the first date of such payment to the present period. And, 2. Of the total amount of the Regium Donum distributed to Dissenting clergy, from the date of the grant to the present period." REPRESENTATION or YoRK.—A meeting of the central committee of the York Liberal Association was held on Thursday, at Lockwood's Hotel, when a communication was laid before the meeting from the Hon. J. C. Dundas, the present member for York, to the effect that, in consequence of " circumstances over which he had no control," he did not intend to come forward as a candidate at the next election. At the same time, Mr. Dundas begged leave to introduce to the notice of the electors of York a gentleman of talent and known attachment to the cause of reform ; suggesting the name of H. R. York, Esq. as one eminently qualified to represent the liberals of York in parliament. THE ENGINES ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCES TER RAILWAY.—WC understand that an experiment was made on Friday last with the new engine supplied by Messrs. Norris and Co., of Philadelphia, on the inclined plane at the Lickey Hill, a load of 60 tons being attached. The result surpassed all expectations, the rate of speed attained exceed ing twelve miles per hour, notwithstanding the disadvantage of the engine being obliged to start at near the middle of the hill owing to the base not being yet completed. From the result of this experiment there appears to be no doubt that when the impetus is obtained before the inclination begins, and when the steam is up, a speed of from eighteen to twenty miles, with a load of from 50 to 60 tons , may be attained. The inclination is, we believe, 1 in 33.—Midland Counties Herald. THE FIRST RACE HORSE PURCHASED BY PRINCE AL BERT.—Long before the race (which took place on the cup day at Ascot) for the Windsor Town Plate caine off, Prince Albert expressed himself greatly pleased with Captain Gard nor's three years old brown filly, by The Colonel, out of Mary Ann; and his Royal Highness, in the court circle, backed his favourite. One of the - conditions of the race was that winner was to be sold for £lOO, if demanded, &c. Nine horses started, and the race, for some distance before reach ing the winning post, lay between the Prince's favourite filly and Mr. Firth's Wilderness. The filly, however, won cleverly, but by only half a length. As soon as the race had concluded the Prince sent one of his equerries to the Stew ards' Stand, and demanded the winner for the £lOO in the usual manner. The horse was immediately handed over to the Prince's representative, and taken to the Royal stables at Windsor the same evening. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—The line of this railway, from Bromsgrove to Cheltenham, was opened to the public yesterday (Wednesday.) The trains call at the whole of the stations between Brornsgrove and Cheltenham. Arrangements have been made by the company for conveying passengers from this town, so that parties may be booked the whole distance. The journey from Birmingham to Chel tenham will be performed in three hours and .a half; in about a fortnight the time for accomplishing the journey will he somewhat further reduced, as the line will be opened from Barnt Green, eleven miles from Birmingham, to Chelten ham ; and before the end of the year it is confidently calcu lated that the railway will be in operation from the station at Camp Hill, bringing Cheltenham at little more than two hours journey from Birmingham. Adverting to the opening of the Birmingham and Gloucester line, the Cheltenham Looker-on remarks, " We cannot contemplate the near ap proach of the opening of this first railway to Cheltenham without anticipating from it many great and important changes in the internal economy of the town, which cannot fail being extensively benefitted by the direct and rapid com munication which by this means will be opened with the most affluent manufacturing districts of Lancashire, and the whole of the north of England."—Midland Counties Herald. RIBBONISM.—On Saturday last, in the fair of Clogher Captain Hatton, the active police officer of that town, had two men conveyed to the police barrack for quarrelling in the street. In the barrack the officer was induced to search one of them, from the display he was making of a large quantity of silver, when to his surprise he found on his person several ribbon documents. On searching his lodgings in Clogher, several other documents of an important character were found. Captain Hatton, on finding the fellow's name to be Thomas Morrow, and that he belonged to Fivemile-town, repaired thither without delay, and in his house in Fivemile town he found several books, containing rules, regulations, pass words &c. A more important capture has not been made in Ireland, thanks to the praiseworthy exertions of Captain Hatton, who safely lodged the prisoner in Omagh gaol on Monday last. Is there any longer a doubt" on the mind of Lord Ebrington of the nature and extent of the rib ! bon conspiracy ?—.Derry Sentinel. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—In the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, Lord R:GroSvetiOr; after de scribing the two plans of railway communication brought be fore parliament, to connect London and Dublin, observed that the government engineers, to whom the matter had been referred, reported in favour of the Chester and Holyhead line, but unfortunately the report was not laid on the table till the end of April, and if the house did not accede to his motion, the promoters of the bill would not be able to give the proper notices till next year. The proposed railway, when completed, would effect a saving of £70,000 a-year to the country, His lordship concluded by moving—" That the promoters of the proposed railway from Chester to Holy head, be allowed to bring in a bill in the next session of par, liament for carrying the same into effect, on giving notices and depositing plans and sections, as required by the stand ing orders relating to other bills of the second class, except railways ; and that the standing order, requiring a portion of the capital to be deposited in the Exchequer prior to the ap plication to parliament, be dispensed with.' —Mr. G. Wil braham seconded the motion.—After a debate of conSidera ble length, a division took place, the numbers being —for the motion, 110 ; against it, 120. The resolution for dispensing with the standing order was consequently lost. ROYAL GEORGE WilE CK. —Porhaps the most interesting information we can give regarding this vessel is to announce 123001 b. of powder, will that on Monday next, at a quarter before two in the after noon, a a 'pent part of the reinaini ~. be explo ded wreck of the this The Master General Ordnance will be of vessel. occasion---and, from its general notoriety, we on the occa.sio of ded again la s present i t ' l e h e magazine rn pr prominent assemblage vessels and boats will take doubt not a large it isnot likely, now the wreck is so place at Spithead ; as such will be fired a charge dispersed, that anot her body again. During the past week the divers have been very actively and very successfully at w ork—on Monday, a 19- . and since then, two iron Pounder brass gun was brought up Avery lame • 'ages. qua n-32-pounder, and several gun carr; been weighed and taken tity of timber and other mattershave to the yard ; the bits, in a very sound state, and many other large fragments, by Corporal Harris. The whole of the the water-line, was starboard bow, bow, from the forefoot to d. b • ught to cessfully slung, by John Fullagai , . • and yester ay brought the yard by the Lively, lighter ; it is a piece of 30 feet by 23 feet, and presents on its outside curved surface 300 super ficial. feet of copper sheathing, with the planking, timber, and insid e li n i ng comp l e t e , as it wa s when the vessel went down ; it is i n b e tt er p reserva tion than most of the other woodwork we h ave seen , an d mus t h av e been protected by the mud from th e worms an d t h e act i on o f th e water ; its computed weight exceeds 30 tons, and it was a doubt if the sheers would not have given way in hoisting it on to the jetty. When lashed to the vessel, it reached from 10 feet below her keel to several feet•up her rigging. This immense piece was detached by the last large explosion in 1839. Hall, the diver, weighed one gun by passing a chain round one trun nion only, which was all that appeared above the mud, but it nipped so closely that it drew the weighty mass out of its grave, and safely landed it on the deck of the lump. Several copper hoops from the powder barrels have been taken up, but all the barrels in the magazine are decayed, and have disappeared. During the week George Hall, the diver, has explored the wreck of the Edgar, of 70 guns, which blew up, at Spithead, in 1711. He finds it in pretty much the same state as the Royal George was ; but as its situation does not interfere so much with the anchorage, it is doubtful if any serious effort will be made to remove the encumb rance. As it was, Hall brought up five iron guns, four of them yester day, at a time when it blew a very stiff breeze. The hope was that this ship's guns might have been brass. This ex ploration was conducted by Lieut. Symonds, in the absence of Colonel Pasley.—Hampshire Telegraph. ~‘ NA. N. Nol/4 fnxintiai Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. PATRONAGE IN THE COLONIES. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to ask t -noble viscount opposite, if her majesty's government had any ob jection to lay before the house a copy of any correct ondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the governors of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Prince Edwards Islands, and Newfoundland, on the subject of a dispatch from Lord John Russell relative to the administration of patronage in those colonies. _ _ Lord MELBOURNE said he would inquire if 11 is noble rriend (Lord J. Russell) would have any objection to lay :hese papers before the house. The Duke of WELLINGTON : Then I shall is love for them to-morrow. The Earl of RIPON wished to know if her n iajesty's government had any intention of laying before the h. use any papers on the subject of the connection subsisting between the governor of Jamaica and the legislature of the c olony. Lord MELBOURNE said that the government he d no in tention of laying such papers before the house. The Earl of RIPON would, in that case, take an c nrly op portunity of moving them. MR. O'CONNOR. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Feargus O'Connor, and observed that he could know nothing of the truth of the statements . of the petition ; but he tho ught Mr. O'Connor should be allowed an opportunity of pr. wing his allegations. The Marquis of NORMANDY gave an account of what the government had done with reference to this prisoner. Mr. Crawford, a prison inspector, had been sent down 1 )5 , him to York ; and his lordship stated, as the result of his inquiries, that Mr. O'Connor was now confined in a room r aeasbring 22 feet by 14, furnished with chairs, sofa, &c. 1 csides an adjoining room for coals, &e. ; that he had the sell ice of an attendant ; was locked up at nine o'clock, but was a flowed to have newspapers and books, and also to provide his own victuals and necessaries, if he thought proper. He i was also allowed to see his relatives and friends, and more prxticularly his professional adviser, at all proper times ; and his lord ship said he hoped that Mr. O'Connor, feeling that the utmost extent of indulgence had been granted to him by the visiting magistrates of York Castle, would now conduct himself in a different manner with regard to them, and that no more complaints of this kind would be made. EMIGRATION.—NEW SOUTH WALES. The Bishop of EXETER brought before the house the sub ject of emigration to New South Wales. He cont ended, in opposition to the Marquis of Lansdowne, that the: land re venue funds ought to have been applied altogether to. the pur poses of emigration. There had been not merely a. promise, but the faith and honour of the government were pleclued, to induce parties to emigrate, and tni 'teat their capital in land on an express condition that every sixpence they so. expended should be devoted to the bringing free workmen to labour for them ; and inconsequence of that pledge, since 183 E £BOO,OOO of the capital of this country had been so expended. While Canada, with a population of 1,500,000, took only:13,900,000 of our manufacturers, New South Wales, with a population of 110,600, including convicts, took £1,200,000—X10 to £1 of the other. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to remove the idea of any thing like a pledge having been given to the colonies of New Holland, that the whole produce of the land revenue of the country would, through all time, be applied to the con veyance of emigrants from this country. In the course of the last two years, the sum expended in sending emigrants to New South Wales was even £30,000 or £40,000 more than the whole of the land revenue during the same period. The expenditure to promote emigration in the years 1838 and 1839 was £260,000 ; whereas the whole produce of the land revenue in the two years was only £220,000. After a few words from the Earl of RIPON and the Bishop of EXETER, the address was agreed to. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, this bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday.—Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MoNDAy. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed this evening in the first place to move the third reading of the Colonial Passen gers Bill ; after that the third reading of the Admiralty Courts Bill ; and if the discussions on these measures was concluded by nine o'clock, he should move the second read ing of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill, No. 2. Lord STANLEY.—If the second reading of the Irish Re gistration Bill (No. 2) does not come on this evening, is the noble lord prepared to say on what day .he will move it ? (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL,—I cannot name any other day. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Lord STANLEY said, nothing could be more inconvenient than the manner in which the noble lord proposed to leave the business of the house. The noble lord had admitted, that the question was one of paramount importance, that the Irish registration should take precedence of the English registration. He admitted that the English registration bill should be brought forward before the close of the session, and yet, on the 22d of June, he could not inform the house when he intended to bring it forward. Now, he (Lord Stan ley) had no other wish further than to see it fairly decided, whether it was upon his bill or the Solicitor-General for Ire land's bill that the house should fix its choice ; but he must complain of the noble lord's system of putting off the bill from day to day on the ground that he could not fix a day when it might be convenient to him. (Opposition cheeriug) The noble lord had fixed Thursday next for the Clergy Re serves Bill ; and if there was anything particular for F.liday, he should not press his measure ; but while he did not inter fere with the arrangements of the noble lord los the present week, he felt that he would not be doing his day to the house and the country if he postponed the subject beyond Monday next. (Cheers from the opposition benches.) Lord JouN RUSSELL.—The noble lord has a way of con ducting the bill which he has brought forward, so totally different from that adopted by the other members of this house, that it is very difficult to settle these matters. (Loud cheers.) I proposed, having previously agreed that orders of the day should take precedence of motions, that the re glstration bill should be fixed for Thursday next. The noble lord refused that proposal. (Hear, hear.) I did not divide the house on it, because I saw that the noble lord and others had made up their minds to oppose it. I do not therefore see that I am at all bound to state now when I mean to sub mit the Irish registration bill of the government. I hope to be able to state, at a later period of the evening, when it shall be brought to a decision ; but not at all with the view of interfering with the noble lord's registration bill. (Hear, hear.) I gave notice that, after the bill should be read a second time, I should put it off from time to time. (A laugh from the opposition.) Yes, that the house might have an opportunity of deciding, first, on the other, clauses of the no ble lord's bill, and then on the question whether, as to those which contained the main principles, they preferred my ho honourable friend's (the Solicitor-General) to the noble lord's measure. (Cheers.) COLONIAL PASSENGERS' BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose to move the third reading of the colonial passengers' bill ; but it was a considerable time before he could proceed, from the noise occasioned by members leaving the house. After a short discussion, the bill was read a third time. On the motion that it do pass, Dr. LUSIIINGTON moved that the clause relative to the emigration of the Hill Coolies be omitted. He admitted the benefit of emigration from countries with an overwhelming population to others like Guiana that had an abundance of land. He, however, deprecated the attempt to remedy the decrease of the production of sugar in Jamaica and some of the other West India colonies, by the introduction of Hill Coolies. He would prefer taking the supply of sugar from the United States. He contended that the captured slaves should not be left in a state of slavery in Cuba or elsewhere, but carried to the British dominions, and treated as British subjects. The right hon. and learned gentleman adverted to the results of the attempts to introduce Hill Coolies into the Mauritius, and he said, he saw no reason to think that the exportation of these•people would not 'be attended with a re petition of the disgraceful scenes that had already taken place. Were it not for the middle passage from Hindostan to Guiana, he believed that it would be better to transfer the Coolies to British Guiana than to Mauritius. The climate and the people were better suited to their nature, and the mortality was much less than in the West India islands ; but, before consenting even to this, he must see some measures securing laws for the protection of those who were unable to protect themselves. (Hear.) He concluded with moving the omission of all the clauses. The SPEAKER (as we understood) said, if the house negatived the proposition of the right hon. gentleman, the clauses he proposed to leave out would stand part of the bill. At this stage it would be competent to any hon. member to move an amendment to introduce the words " British Guiana, and West India Colonies," before the word Mau ritius. A rather long debate ensued, after which the house divided, and the amendment was carried by a majority of 158 to 109, after which the bill was passed. ADMIRALTY COURT JUDGE'S SALARY BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of this bill. Lord HarnAas proposed the addition of the following words at the end of the first clause :—" That any such judge, after the present parliament, shall, during his continuance in office as judge, be incapable of being elected or sitting as a member of the House of Commons. Mr. Holm seconded the amendment. Mr. WARD wished all judicial functionaries to be excluded. Mr. F. SHAW thought that the benefit he ea perienced in his own case should be extended to the judge of the admi ralty. The provision was ultimately agreed to, no division having taken place. While strangers were excluded, Mr. HAWES, as was un derstood, gave notice that he should move that the exclusion from sitting in the house should be extended to the Recorder of London and the Recorder of Dublin. FLOOR IMPORTATION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved the order of the day for the third reading of the bill. Sir R. BATESON moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months. Colonel CONOLLY seconded the motion. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL contended that there would be no injury to the Irish miller in the passing of this bill, inasmuch as Irish flour could compete at present with the American flour in the Liverpool market. Sir D. ROCHE was in favour of the bill. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON opposed the bill, as it was opposed by all the millers in Ireland, who had expended much capital on their business. Mr. LABOUCHERE maintained that it was impossible to injure an exporting country like Ireland by allowing the im portation of American corn into that country in the same way as it was admitted into this. Mr. Bv.S.MISH cordially supported the bill. He had no fear of the importation of foreign flour ; if he had any such M. apprehension he s h ou ld oppose th e bill. r 0. G ORE opposed it, because he considered it a pre lude to the re p ea l o f t h e corn laws. The house th en di v id e d , w h en the num b ers were— For T w his majority alai amendment eceived w i n th t loud bill eers from —9 th o e n opposis don. After nine o'clock, Lord STANLEY renewed the subject of his Irish Registration Bill, and said he would appeal to his noble friend whether he would t consent to name either Thurs day, Friday, or Monday, er o ve p d roceed with his bill. at there were two measures on L w o i r l d ich J. it ß l u va s s s it d L e L s i r o a b b s le to take the opinion of the house, Clergy Reserves (Canada) ythe other was a motion Chancellor of Exche quer,thepersistiti. Bill, withoutw h ich delay. was fixed The fifrosrt Thursday r t s h d e a was to come on on which the noble lo it r i d o k to n g e e w . of his right honourable friend the relative to the sugar duties, which Friday, and that was a question must be settledswithin a few days, or the duties tiler expire. The first of these measures he so w uZ i l l bringing forward on Thursday, and he was in hopesthat the discussion on the Sugar Duties Bill would not take e much time, but it was a subjec t which could not b e postpone" any rate he hoped some arrange ment mi ght be effected refa tive to it, and be would not o b j ect to p ost p one t he committee of supply for a week. lie wish ed t o take the co mmittee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill next M on d ay and he would, therefore, prefer gi vin g u p Frida y to the dis: cussion of the bill of the noble lord. Lord STANLEY was quite ready tosagree that they should go on with his bill the first thing on Friday. At the same time he appealed to the noble lord, and he trusted the house would not sanction any vexatious opposition to their at once going into committee on Friday, Mr. SMITH O'BuiEN wished to know whether the noble prd intended toproceed with the second reading of the So. licitor.General for Ireland's bill as be had given notice? j l~ dS~ HOUSE OF LORDS.±TuESDAY. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Mr. EWART seconded the motion. Lord SoHN RUSSELf, iioped that there would be no Serious objection to the second reading of this bill. Lord STANLEY should not oppose the motion, as far as he was himself concerned, for the second reading of this bill. He would even add, tltht if his (Lord Stanley's) bill should fail, he would endeavour to make the frame oftileSolicitor- General for Ireland's bill the ground-work of in efficient measure for the attainment of the object which he had in view. POLICE RATES ASSESSMENTS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Sugar Duties' Bill was read a second time. After some other business, of no particular importance, the house adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock. • Lord KENYON gave notice that Lord Wynford would, in committee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, move that Dublin be exempted from its operation. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, adverting to his notice for Thursday, said he did not desire to press it, if he could have the assurance that negotiations were going on regarding the settlement of the claims of the British Auxiliary Legion upon the Spanish government. Lord MELBOURNE answered that a negotiation was not only in progress, but near its termination ; that bills to the amount of ;£50,000 had been received in London ; and that Sir De Lacy Evans had left Madrid satisfied with the pro gress of the negotiations. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, there were ordered extracts from the correspondence with the colonial governments of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, &c., relative to the distribution of patronage. The Marquis of WESTME-A.TII moved for the production of the following series of documents :-1. Copies of any report or reports made to the Irish government relative to the conduct of the Rev. Philip O'Reilly, Roman Catholic priest, of the county of Cavan, and of informations exhibited against him by any of the constabulary police, for his having used language of an inflammatory character in his chapel, and to the congregation there, inciting to acts of violence against any persons relative to the taking of land. 2. Co pies of the informations, &c., exhibited against the said Mr. O'Reilly, or any other Roman Catholic priest implicated thereby in the same. 3. Copies of all correspondence be tween the Irish government and any magistrate, stipendiary or otherwise, attending the petty sessions of Ballymacue, in the county of Cavan, relative to this transaction ; and 4. Copies of any report made to the Irish government by any magistrate, stipendiary or otherwise, relative to the same. His lordship, in support of his motion, detailed some curious particulars. The Marquis of NORMANDY opposed the motion, and it was negatived on a division. Their lordships afterwards adjourned. Mr. WARBURTON said, that on July Ist he should move that the house resolve into committee on medical reform. Lord J. RUSSELL stated, that oti Tuesday next he would move for a bill for the better government of the colony of New South Wales. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,. in answer to Mr. O'Brien's inquiry, said that he should soon call attention to the renewal of the charter of the Bank of Ireland. as Nell as to the Post-office arrangements. Mr. F. KELLY then brought forward his motion for leave :o bring in a bill to abolish the punishment of death, except n cases of murder and high treason. Lord J. RUSSELL declared that he should not oppose the motion ; yet he must not be considered as pledging himself to support the bill in all its stages. The motion was eventually agreed to, Mr. F. KELLY stat ing that he should lose no time in proposing similar hills for Scotland and Ireland. Mr. PLUMPTRE moved his resolution, declaratory " That after the grant for the current year, no further payment of public money be made to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth." Lord MORPETH opposed the motion. After a lengtheneddebate, the house divided : the numbers were ayes 42, noes 121; majority against it 79. Lord C. FITZROY moved an address for a commission to be sent to the Jonian Islands, " to inquire into, and report upon, all grievances against the government of those islands that may be laid before it." Lord J. RosstLL opposed the motion. Mr. HUME said that inquiry here would be as useful as had been in the case of Malta. Lord C. FITZROY, yielding to the feelings of the house, withdrew his motion. Mi. E. TENNENT obtained leave to bring in the civil bil, courts, Ireland. Mr. F. KELLY brought in the; capital punishment'repea: bill, which was read a first time. The remaining business of the house was then disposed of NEW SOUTH WALES. We extract the following from our latest files of the Sydney papers :- TUESDAY, FEB. 18:-There was but an indifferent supply of produce in general this morning, but that which was of fered for sale was of good quality. Business was very dull. The prices are as follows :- Vv.GETAßLEs.Potatoes, Gs. to 12s. per cwt. ; cabbages, 4d. to Is. each ; lettuces, 2d. to 4d. each ; carrots and tur nips, 4d. per bunch ; onions, 3d. per lb. ; radishes, ld. per bunch; horse radish, 6d. to ls. per stick ; chillies, Is. per quart ; pumpkins, 9d. to 2s. each ; Frenc beans, 2s. per peck ; peas, 4s. per peck. FRUIT.-Oranges, is. Gd. to 4s. per dozen; lemons, Bd. to ls. per dozen; Lisbon ditto, Is. Gd. to 4s. per dozen; peaches, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per basket; apples, 2s. to 4s. per dozen ; grapes, 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; pears, Is. to 4s. per dozen ; melons, ls. Gd. to 2s. 6d. each. POULTRY, &c.-Wild ducks, ss. per couple; pigeons (tame), 2s. 6d. to 3s. per pair ; fowls, 4s. to ss. per pair ; ducks, 6s. to 7s. per pair ; geese, 12s. to 15s. per pair; turkeys, 20s. to 30s. per pair. DAIRY Pnonvcs, &c.-Butter (fresh), 3s. to 3s. 6d. per lb.; ditto (salt), 2s. to 2s. Gd. per lb. ; cheese, ls. to Is. 4d. per lb. ; bacon, Is. to ls. 3d. per lb. ; pickled pork, Bd. to 9ii. per lb. ; hams (English), Is. 2d. per lb. ; lard, Is. to Is. 3d. per lb. ; eggs, 2s. Gd. to 3s. Gd. per dozen. WHAT.-This market is still only scantily provided, and prices may be quoted at from 10s. to 15s. per bushel at the mills for Colonial. FLoun remains much the same; but a slight reduction is daily looked for with some degree of certainty ; and as a proof that such is the expectation, the bakers have reduced the price of the four pound loaf twopence. The following are the flour quotations at the various mills :-First quality, 365. to 40s. per 100 lbs. ' • second ditto, 30s. to 355. ; third ditto, 18s. to 30s. ; with a reduction of Is. for cash payments. BREAD.-41b. loaf, Is. 2d. NEW ZEALAND. Lieut. Governor Hobson arrived at New Zealand on the 29th of January, and issued two proclamations. The first says— " Whereas her Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has been graciously pleased to direct that measures shall be taken for the esta blishment of a settled form of civil government over those of her Majesty's subjects who are already settled in New Zea land, or who may hereafter resort thereto, and whereas her Majesty has been also graciously pleased to direct letters patent to be issued, under the Great Seal of the United King dom, bearing date the 15th ofJ une, 1839, by which the former boundaries of the colony of New South Wales are so ex tended as to comprehend any part of New Zealand that is or may be acquired in Sovereignty, by her Majesty, her heirs. or successors; her Majesty appoints William Hobson, Esq., Captain of Her Majesty's Royal Navy, to be Lieutenant Go vernor, in and-over any territory which is' or may be acquired in Sovereignty within that group of islands in the Pacific Ocean commonly called New Zealand." The second proclamation states, " that it shall be notified to all her Majesty's subjects settled in or resorting to New Zealand, that her Majesty, taking into consideration the pre sent as well as the future interests of her said subjects, and also the interests and rights of the chief and native tribes of the said island, does not deem it expedient to recognise as valid any titles to land in New Zealand, which are not de rived from or confirmed by her Majesty. " Now, therefore, I William Hobson, Esq. captain in her Majesty's navy, and Lieutenant-Governor in and over such parts of New Zealand as have been or may be acquired in sovereignty by her said Majesty, do hereby proclaim and declare to all her Majesty's subjects, that her Majesty does not deem it expedient to recognise any titles to land in New Zealand, which are not derived from, or confirmed by her Majesty. Ido hereby further proclaim, that a committee be appointed, with certain powers to be derived from the governor and legislative council of New South Wales, to in quire into and report on all claims to such lands, and that all persons making such claims will be required to prove the same before the said commission." DOINGS OF THE SESSION. (From the Times of Wednesday.) The present session commenced on the 16th of January. We have reached the 24th of June. Nearly thirty-three weeks have passed; and how have they been employed by the Melbourne ministry, by courtesy called a goverment? Just seventeen acts of parliament have been passed ; but, lest it should be imagined that the consid era ti on o f t h ese h as occupied a reasonable portion of the time we have mentioned, we beg to state the several classes in which these seventeen measure would be properly arranged. It will be found that of the number just mentioned, there are— Relating to Prince Albert Money bills Lord Seaton's annuity bill .. • • 1 Mutiny and indemnity bills 3 and of the remaining five two only involved anything like discussion—the tithe commutation acts amendment, and the printed papers (or privilege) bills, which iast may be with more justice assigned to Lord Denman, considering the amendments made on it by that noble lord, than to the government; and one was bill introduced by the Duke of Richmond. 3 But if the Melbourne ministry has done but little this session, it will appear by the fallowing register of dates and occurrences in the House of Commons that it has su f fered much. On the 27th of January, ministers were in a minority of 104. On the 31st of January, they escaped a vote of want of con fidence by the small majority of 10. • On the 13th of February, they were in a minority of 10 on a question of production of accounts of receipts and expenditure. On the 27th of February, they were in a minority of 28 on a motion of Mr. Liddell's, the practical effect of which was censure on the appointment of Lord Monteagle as controller of the exchequer. On' the 26th of March, their minority was 16 on the second reading of Lord Stanley's bill. On the 3d of April, on an attempt to secure the adjourn ment of the debate on the corn-laws, they found themselves in a minority of 110. Op the 11th of May, on the first attempt to stop the issue of a new writ for Ludlow, the majority against min isters was 11. On the 12th of May, the majority increased to 36. On the 14th of May, the ministers had the prudence to give way, and the writ for Ludlow was issued, where upon public business, which had during three days been stopped by the discreditable attempt made on the 11th of May, was resumed. On the 18th of Ma.y, the second defeat on Lord Stanley's bill took place ; the majority against ministers being 19. On the 20th of May, the third defeat on that bill found mi- , nisters in a minority of 3. On the 26th of May, on Mr. Villiers's motion on the corn laws, ministers were in a minority of 123. On the 11th of June, the fourth defeat on Lord Stanley's bill placed ministers in a minority of 11. On the 22d of June, the ministers were three times defeated : 1. On the colonial passengers bill, by 40. 2. On the flour importation bill, by 11. 3. On the clause in the admiralty courts (judge's salary) bill, proposed by Lord Hothan, by which the judge of that court will, after the present parliament, be incapable of sitting or voting in the House of Commons. Poor Dr. Lushington ! Thp Royal Irish Yacht Club have named Wednesday, the Sth July; and following days, for their regatta in Dublin l3ay. Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., Vice-president, has presented the club with a beautiful cup of fifty guineas value. Several new members have been created. A very handsome cutter has just been launched in the Liffey for - Make, Esq. It is expected the spirit of these races will this year revive. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.--Mommy. (Prom the London Standard of Monday.) ARRAIGNMENT OF EDWARD OXFORD FOR HIGH TREASON, AND POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL. This morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. Sergeant Arabin and Mr. Alderinan Lainson took their seats upon the bench, and were shortly afterwards followed by the Hon. Fox Malik, M.P., Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P. Major Anderson, and in a few minutes the court was. filled in every part by a highly respectable auditory. The arrangements made by the sheriffs were to-day precisely the same as those which tended so much to the public convenience during the trial of the convict Courvoisier last week. At a quarter-past nine o'clock the prisoner was placed at the bar to be arraigned on the indictment. He advanced with a smile to the front of the dock, and manifested great firmness and self-possession. He was respectably dressed in a suit of blue, and his general appearance was youthful and prepossessing. At this time Mr. Sydney Taylor and Mr. Bodkin, who were retained as counsel for the prisoner, were in court ; and, on the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Sydney Taylor rose to make an application for the postponement of the trial, but Mr. Sergeant Arabia declined to entertain the application, which, lie said must be made to the judges, when they and the counsel for the prosectition had arrived. _ _ . The prisoner was then removed from the bar. In the in terval which elapsed from this moment until the arrival of the judges, several distinguished personages were introduced by the sheriffs to a seat upon the bench. Amongst others we noticed the Duke of Brunswick, with his equerry, Baron Audlow, Lord Colchester, and a numerous body of elegantly dressed ladies. Mrs. Oxford, the mother of the unfortunate prisoner, sat in the box usually allotted to jurors in waiting. She is a good-looking woman, apparently about forty years of age, and was respectably attired in black. Precisely at ten minutes before ten o'clock, the Attorney- General, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Wightman, the counsel for the prosecution, entered the court and took their places at the counsel's table. The At tdrney-General was accompanied by one of his sons. At this moment the anxiety of the auditory was' intense. Mr. Manic, the soliictor for the Treasury, had been in court front its sitting. At five minutes past 10, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal and the .Right Hon. Mr. Baron Parke were ushered to their seats on the bench by Mr. Sheriff Evans, Mr. Sheriff Wheel ton, Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, and Messrs. Under Sheriffs France and Jackson. Proclamation for silence having been made, Mr. Clark, the Clerk of Arraigns, in obedience to the order of the Court, directed Mr. Cope to place Edward Oxford at the Bar. A death-like silence prevailed, and every eye was turned to the dock. The prisoner in a few seconds again appeared, and advanced with a light step and a smile upon his countenance to the front of the bar. Lord Chief Justice.—Let the prisoner be called upon to dead. a Mr. Sydney Taylor rose and said, that he was instructed on behalf, of the prisoner to make an application to postpone the trial upon facts set forth upon affidavit. Lord Chief Justice Tindal.—How can you be heard upon . any motion of that sort until the prisoner has pleaded ? 1 presume the trial, and not the arraignment is all that you wish to postpone. The law requires the prisoner to plead, and he must plead before an application to postpone the trial is made. After a short pause, The Clerk of Arraigns proceeded as follows :—Edward Oxford, you are indicted, and the indictment states, that you being a subject of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, did, on the 10th of June inst., within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, being a false traitor to our said Lady the Queen, maliciously and traitorously compass, imagine, and intend to put our said Lady the Queen to eath, and with such wicked treason, on the said 10th of June instant, you did maliciously and traitorously shoot off a certain pistol (then held in one of your hands) against the person of our said Lady the Queen, loaden with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, with intent thereby maliciously and traitorously to shoot, kill, assassinate, and put to death our said Lady the Queen, and thereby you traitorously made a direct attempt against the life of our said Lady the Queen. And the indictment states • that on the same day you did afterwards maliciously and traitorously shoot off and discharge a certain other pistol, held in one of your hands, at the person of our said Lady the Queen, and loaden with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, with intent thereby maliciously and traitor ously to shoot, assassinate, kill, and put to death, our said Lady the Queen, thereby again traitorously making an at tempt against the life of our said Lady the Queen. How say you, Edward Oxford, are you guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner, in a firm but rather flippant tone, said, Not Guilty. The affidavit of the prisoner's attorney was then read. It set forth that the deponent had been engaged for the prisoner on the 16th instant, but that he had lost considerable time since in ascertaining whether Mr. Humphries, who had been first engaged to defend the prisoner, had declined to do so. It then proceeded to allege, that, in consequence of the ab sence of many material witnesses, who resided at a distance from each other and from the place of trial, it was found im possible to collect and put together the various proofs neces sary for the instruction of counsel to defend the prisoner. The state of the public mind was also urged as an additional reason for the postponement of the trial. The greatest part of Mr. O'Connell's letter was introduced into the affidavit, which the deponent submitted must have the effect of in flaming the minds of the jury prejudicially against the pri soner. Mr. Sydney Taylor again rose, and was about to urge some observations upon the Court in support of the application. Lord Chief Justice Tindal.—Had,you not better hear the Attorney-General first, and then you will be able to reply to his observations? _ Mr. Sydney Taylor acquiesced, and resumed his seat. The Attorney-General rose and said he should'have felt him self called upon to oppose the motion if there had been nothing stated in the affidavit which had just been read, except the observations upon the present state of the' public mind, and upon the paragraphs reflecting upon the case, which from time to time had appeared in the public newspapers ; for he (the Attorney 7 General) had such confidence in an English jury, that he well knew that the accused would have a fair and impartial trial at their hands, even if the court was now at once to proceed with this solemn inquiry and investiga tion. He was sure the jury would utterly disregard both what might have been stated to them, or any of them, in conversation, or what had appeared in the public newspapers. He was sure they would look' only to the evidence that'might be adduced before them, and would not be influenced by anything they had either heard or read. But when he found the professional adviser of the prisoner stating on his oath that the prisoner's friends had important and material wit nesses to bring forward on his behalf, and that he was not prepared now to bring them forward, God forbid that he (the Attorney General) should reject this claim, feeling, as he did, that it was the last importance that the administration of justice should be acknowledged to be pure and impartial. He should be extremely sorry if in future times, when this transaction came to form part of the history of the land, the records should be enabled to make a charge, that the At torney General of the day should have refused to consent to an application to postpone the trial when an affidavit had been read, stating that material witnesses might be brought forward if time were allowed to show that the party accused was not amenable to the law, inasmuch as he was not, at the time of committing the act charged, in a state of mind to make him answerable to the-law for that act. On that ground without hesitation, he consented to a postponement of the trial. The next sessions of the Court would be held in about a fortnight, and he could not but express his earnest hope that in the meantime no discussion of this case would take place in the public prints—that there would be no further publication of letters addressed by the prisoner to the Secretary of State, and that there would be a general consent to abstain from everything that could in the remotest degree steel the public mind against the accused, or create a suspicion upon the pure administration of justice. With these observations he at once on the part of the Crown yielded to this application on behalf of the prisoner. Lord Chief Justice Tindal.—Mr. Attorney-General, you have taken a high and most proper course. I beg to express my entire concurrence in the earnest hope that in the mean time, between this period and the trial, the public prints will observe a profound silence on the subject of this case. After a short desultory conversation between counsel on both sides and the court, the trial was fixed tO come on or Thursday, the 9th of July next. The prisoner, who throughout the entire proceeding exl bited great levity of manner, was then removed frcim the bar, a smile still playing upon his countenance. Many of the distinguished persons present shortly afterwards left the court. TRIAL OF GOULD. Shortly after the trial of Oxford had been postponed, Richard Gould was placed at the bar, charged 'with break ing and entering the dwelling-house of the late unfortunate Mr. Templeman, in Pocock's-fields, Islington, and stealing therefrom a sum of money, his property. The prisoner walked with a firm step to the bar, and respectfully bowed to the court. He maintains the same nerve and firmness which he has so remarkably exhibited on all former inquiries. He pleaded in a firm tone of voice Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Ballantine conduct the prosecution. The prisoner has no counsel. Mr. Bodkin, at considerable length, detailed the facts of the case to the jury ; but as there is no circumstance con nected with the inquiry with which the public is not fully acquainted, we consider it unnecessary to give a detailed re, port of the trial, • particularly so as the result is the only point of importance; and it is not likely, as there are 26 witnesses in attendance, that the verdict will be returned un til a very late hour. THE VERDICT. At half-past five this afternoon, after the learned Judge had charged the jury, commenting upon the evidence as he proceeded, and pointing out to their particular attention those parts which most immediately bore upon the guilt or inno cence of Gould, the gentlemen of the jury retired to consider their verdict, and returned at six o'clock, when they pro nounced the prisoner Guilty. The Judge immediately passed upon him the sentence of —Transportation for Life. CONDUCT OF COURVOISIER IN NEIVGATE BE FORE AND SINCE HIS TRIAL, AND ATTEMPT TO DESTROY HIMSELF. • • (From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.) Now that the jury have recorded theit verdict against Courvoisier, we are enabled to lay before our readers some additional particulars which may be relied upon for their ac curacy. At the conclusion of Thursday's proceedings, when he was removed from the felon's dock to the cell, he dis played the same firmness and outward appearance of inno cence that he had done from the first day he was incarcerated in Newgate. When addressed by any of the civic authori ties he evinced a readiness to enter into conversation with them, and on their quitting him he sat down composedly, and perused a French Testament which he has all along bad in his possession. There was no frivolity in his conduct, but it was marked with that degree of fortitude which rarely supports the most guilty prisoner. On Thursday night he slept soundly, and did not wake until aroused by the turnkey in attendance—one or other of the officer,s having been al- ways in his cell since his co►nmittai--he then partook of some refreshment, and was brought into the press-yard, with other prisoners, for the purpose of being identified by Madame Pielaine, On Friday evening, after the close of the day's proceedings, Courvoisier betrayed great nervousness, and 'when spoken to by the sheriffs, or governor of Newgate, he shewed much reserve. Up to the time of his going to bed he seemed absorbed in thought, and appeared to be struggling with his feelings as to whether he should confess his guilt. He applied himself, as usual, to his Testament, and slept but little throughout the night, and the next morning be made his confession. On being taken to the condemned cell, on Saturday night, after the jury had delivered their verdict, the culprit ap peared to be sullen and reserved, and he endeavoured to choke himself by cramming a towel down his throat ; but his object was happily frustrated by the vigilance of the officer in whose charge lie remained. Before Courvoisier's convic tion a French gentleman frequently visited him and adminis tered to his spiritual comfort ; but since then the culprit has directed that his visits should he discontinued, alleging that he had made up his mind, and is quite prepared to die. The Rev. W. Carver, the chaplain of the prison, continues, how ever, unremitting in his attentions to the misguided man. After attending the prison chapel on Sunday, Courvoisier appeared to be less nervous than previously, and he passed the night in a profound sleep. Yesterday it was understood he made full confession of the atrocious crime of whiph'he has been found guilty, to the governor of Newgate, and the statement has been reduced to writing, and signed by the prisoner; but.the authorities object at present to its publi cation. In addition to what has already appeared, the pri goner says lie was dressed when he committed the Aced.; drat he turned up the sleeves of his coat before using t t he knife ; and that all the movement which the ill-fated nobleman made upon the fatal wound being inflicted was a slight trem bling of the right hand. He stuffed the .napkin in the wound Lao to prevent the blood from spirting over , and then went down into the kitchen and cleaned the knife. He did not return to see if his lordship was dead, but went up stairs, and, having taken off his coat, threw himself upon his bed. It will be remembered that Courvoisier was first seen by the servant, Mancer, dressed all but his coat, and some doubt has all along existed whether he had lain inside the bed. In the course of yesterday and Sunday the criminal repeat edly expressed a wish that his fellow-servants might be ex culpated from the slightest blame, and he declares that the whole of their statements against them were founded in truth. There is one remarkable fact connected with the trial of the prisoner, and if the mistake had not been corrected, in all probability the ends of justice would have been defeated. The Lord Chief Justice, it appears, fixed Wednesday as the day on which the prisoner was to be tried, but his lordship after- . wards found that that was the last day of term, and, in con sequence of the judges being unable to attend, the trial was postponed until Thursday. Now, if this had not been the case, as one of the authorities observed to the reporter, the additional evidence of Madame Piolaine would not have been forthcoming, as Courvoisier was only identified by her on Friday morning, and inasmuch as the trial would have been shortened, it is extremely doubtful if, on Thursday evening, it would not have ended in a verdict favourable to the mur derer. The criminal has a father and mother living in Switzerland, and he also has a sister residing in Paris. No communica tions have, it is said, passed between them since his confine ment in Newgate ; but, subsequent to his conviction, he has expressed a strong desire to see his uncle, who is in the ser vice of Sir George Beaumont. A message, the reporter un derstood, had been conveyed to Caurvoisier's uncle, who declined to accede to the request of the former. The unhappy man appears in former life to have received a religious instruction, and in conversation shows that he is tolerably well acquainted with the Holy Scriptures. The sheriffs have fixed Monday, the 6th of next month, for the execution of Courvoisier ; and upon the same day the next sittings of the Criminal Court will commence. From the confession of Courvoisier it would appear that his scheme of plundering the propeity of his master was most deeply laid. It will be recollected that Mrs. Piolaine in her evidence stated the parcel containing the plate, &c., was brought to her house by Courvoisier on a Sunday evening, which is supposed to have been the evening of the Sunday previous to the murder, and on the Tuesday following, on the night of which the murder was committed, it appearS from the evidence adduced on the trial that John Harris, an up holsterer, Henry Lovett, a bell-hanger, and John Winter, a plumber, with other workmen, were on that day engaged in the house, and even in his lordship's bed-room in executing repairs, so that it is evident from Courvoisier choosing that night for the secretal of the remainder of the•property, it was his intention, had not his perfidy:been so unexpectedly dis covered by his lordship, to remove all suspicion from his shoulders, and affix it on that of the'worktnen. It has not appeared in the course of the evidence on the trial, that during the taking of the depositions of the ser vants, a day or two after the dreadful event, while taking that of Courvoisier, on Inspector Jarvis asking him where was the plate which had on the previous evening been used at his lordship's dinner, he replied that on going to bed he had left it in the pantry, and that it was all stolen, whereas it had then for some days been left at the Hotel du Port de Dieppe, and he had been using the plate from the reserve cfrawers in his bed-room, and had replaced it at night to pre vent detection. (From the Times of Wednesday.) A circumstance has just been communicated to us which, were it not for the confidence we have every reason to place in our informant, we should consider wholly incredible. He assures us, upon authority which in this case is unquestiona ble, that the miscreant who is now in Newgate under sentence of death for the murder of. Lord William Russell has con fessed that he is also guilty of the murder of Eliza Grimwood, an unfortunate woman, who, as it will be remembered, was found about two years since in a house in the Waterloo-road, under circumstances which left no doubt that a murder had been committed, although the utmost ingenuity of the police could never discover a clue by which the criminal could be traced. It appeared at the time, from what meagre evidence could be procured, that the crime had probably been committed by a foreigner ; but the absence of any apparent motive, or of any article of property by which the murderer could be iden tified, rendered it, as in the late melancholy occasion, im possible until now to connect any person with the crime. We give this information as we have heard it ; but we are further informed that means have been taken to prevent this confession from being made known to the public, and that the most strict injunctions have been laid on all persons ad mitted to the prisoner to preserve the most scrupulous silence upon the subject. Now, what, in Heaven's name, can be the motive for this secrecy ? Why should not every circumstance connected with the case be sifted to the utmost, and the statements of the prisoner be compared, while he is yet alive, with those of the witnesses examined at the inquest? Surely it cannot be the duty of any public functionary to impede the course of justice ; but that seems to be the inevitable result of the pre sent proceedings. We have as yet no proof that there was not some other party implicated in this horrible crime, and the public have a right to know that all means have been adopted to secure the ends of justice, and that no criminal is allowed to escape from any overstrained regard to the feel ings of the prisoner. A very general impression prevails that in the confession of his last crime Courvoisier has not truly represented the circumstances which preceded the murder ; and it is but just that his account of this former murder should be closely examined, and that the absence of .an ac complice should clearly appear. It has been suggested that the sheriffs, in the course they have adopted, have been influenced only by a desire to avoid the excitement in the public mind which might lead to a con fusion on the day of execution, but we can scarcely believe them to be so unlit for the duties of their office as to be ac tuated by such a motive. The assemblage will, under any circumstances, comprise all the amateurs of such awful ex hibitions, but with the present police force and proper pre cautions no danger need be anticipated. (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.) On Tuesday morning a female, who stated herself to be related to the unhappy man, and two youths, who were re presented to be his cousins, applied to Newgate for permis sion to see the culprit, but upon the fact of the application being made known to the sheriffs,-those gentlemen refused the applicants an order of admission. On Monday night the prisoner slept well, and his appetite has not fallen off since his conviction. His diet consists of the usual prison allowance, and the room in which he is placed is the same one occupied by Greenacre from the time that intervened between his conviction and execution. The towel with which Couivoisier endeavoured to suffocate him self was allowed him to wash - with;• and since the extraordi nary attempt he has been very narrowly watched by the gaolers who attend him. - During Tuesday, and yesterday, the sheriffs received a number of applications from clergymen residing in the me tropolis to see the criminal, and administer spiritual instruc tion to him, but their services were not accepted, as Cour voisier has recently expressed his entire satisfaction with the chaplain's exertions, and has stated his desire not to be attended by any other reverend divine. The wretched cul prit has a number of religious works for his ,use, but he confines his reading to a rench Testament, and yesterday and Monday he was engaged the greater part of the day in fervent prayer, and appears to feel the enormity of the offence which he has committed. He does not entertain the slightest hope of a reprieve, and in his confession it is said he acknow ledges the justice of his sentence ; but the particulars of the official document will not 'be allowed to transpire until after he has expiated his crime upon the scaffold. In the confession .made by Courvoisier to his counsel he de clared that he knew nothing of the gloves and handkerchiefs spotted with blood that were produced at his trial, and were represented to have been found in his box, and he labours under the impression that they were placed there by the police for the purpose of obtaining a conviction. It was this declara tion on Courvoisier's part which he has throughout persevered in that led to the severe (Toss-examination of Inspector Pearce and the other members of the metropolitan police. It is understood to be the intention of the sheriffs to cause a rigid investigation to be made into this and other circum stances which for the present it. is necessary should be suppressed. It is a matter of surprise to those well acquainted with matters of police that no inquiries were instituted at the several foreign hotels and coffee-houses in London with respect to Courvoisier, and that the carving -knife was not submitted to the examination of some eminent professor for the purpose of ascertaining whether the spot which it is said was upon it, was rust or a stain of blood. The prevailing opinion of the city aldermen, with whom the reporter has conversed, appears to be that this diabolical murder will lead to the establishment of a detective police. On Tuesday the Old Court and the avenues leading to it presented a very different appearance from the previous day, and the order usually observed was quite restored. The extra seats that have been put up, the sheriffs intend should re main until after the trial of Oxford. Up to last evening the uncle of Courvoisier, whom the latter had a strong desire to see, had not visited-him. (From the Times of Yesterday.) With reference to the statement which we published yes terday respecting Courvoisier, and which proves to be incor rect, we can only say that we had our information from a source on which we were disposed to place full reliance. The report that Courvoisier had confessed to the murder of Eliza Grimwood was generally circulated through town on Monday 'and Tuesday last; and it was the subject of conversation in almost every place of public resort, It appears, however, that our informant was deceived by a person from whom he received the statement communicated to us ; and from in quiries we have since caused to be made, we have every rea son to believe that we were in error, in stating that the con fession of a second murder was made by Courvoisier. The mistake probably arose in consequence of Courvoisier having made a second confession respecting the murder of Lord William Russell. ' (From a Correspondent.) We understand that Mr. Flower, the solicitor who .con ducted the defence of the wretched convict, feels considera bly aggrieved at the conduct pursued by the sheriffs fn with holding from him the detailed confession which Courvoisier made to him on Monday last, in the presence of Mr. Cope, the governor of Newgate, with respect to the murderof Lord Russell. The circumstances connected with that confession are these :—lt will be remembered that after Lord Chief Justice Tindal summed up the evidence in the case on Saturday, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and Courvoisier having been removed from the bar in the interval, sent for Mr. Flower, who immediately came to him, but, suspecting that his object was to describe the circumstances connected with the murder of Lord William liussell more in detail than he had previously done, Mr, Flower told him that he had better wait until the jnry had returned their verdict, when he would see him again, Mr. Flower then went away, having been told by Mr. Cope that he should have access to the prisoner when the verdict was returned. After the decision of the jury, Mr. Flower applied to be admitted to the prisoner, and, having waited a considerable time, he was told that the sheriffs had directed that no person should see him, they having been to visit Min themselves soon after the verdict of guilty was returned. Mr. Flower then went away, and re turned to the prisoner on Monday morning, accompanied by his clerk, and, being admitted to the cell in which the oonvict was confined, the latter made a full and lengthened confession of all the circumstances connected with the dreadful act. His statement was taken down in writing by the clerk of Mr. Flower, in the presence of Mr. Cope, who also wrote down the confession ; but when it was concluded he made a request of Mr. Flower to lend him his copy, as his own, he feared, was not very accurate. Mr. Flower immediately handed Mr. Cope the statement which his clerk had written, observing, that having done his duty to. the prisoner, he was now desirous of doing his duty to the public, and he felt no hesitation in handing the state ment to Mr. Cope, being convinced that he would make a proper use of it. He, however, at the same time stipulated that the statement should be returned to him whenever he demanded it, to which arrangement Mr. Cope acceded ; but when Mr. Flower subsequently required it, as the confession was in the hands of the sheriffs, who positively refused to de liver it up' under any circumstances. Mr. Flower added, that he supposed the object of the sheriffs was to obtain another confession from Courvoisier, or an aromdpd statement, as they had both visited the convict very frequently since in company with the rev. ordinary, and he complains of the breach of promise committed by them through their officer, Mr. Cope, in not returning the document to him. He also considers that his wretched client, having made a minute and. ample confession of his guilt, ought not to be pressed any further on the subject, but that he should be left to pass his few remaining days in endeavouring to make atonement for thei dreadful clime he has committed. Mr. Flower has formally applied to the sherif f s by letter, requesting them to restore the document, for a copy of which he had been applied to by the solicitor of Sir G. Beaumont, in whose service the uncle of Courvoisier lives, and who had furnished funds to defend the wretched man, under the belief that he was innocent. Whether the sheriffs will comply with the request of Mr. Flower, or refuse it, remains to be seen. Mr. Flower is, however, under the strong impression that the statement of the prisoner, which was taken down in his presence and that of Mr. Cope, ought not to be retained by the sheriffs without at least assigning some cause for with holding it. (From another Correspondent.) The following is a verbatim copy of the confession made by Courvoisier to Sheriff Evans, as it was taken down on paper by the sheriff. " After I had warmed his Lordship's bed, I went down stairs and waited about an hour, during which t►me I placed the different articles as they were found by the police. I afterwards went to the dining room, and took one of the knives from the sideboard. I then entered the bed-room and found hiu► asleep. I went to the side of the bed, and drew the knife across his throat. He appeared to die instantly. " FRANCOIS BENJAMIN COURVOISIER:” " Prison of Newgate, June 23." " This declaration was made before me this 23d June, 1840. " WILLIAM EVANS, Sheriff." In the conversation which sheriff Evans had on the day this declaration was made, and which lasted for an hour, the murderer assured the sheriff that there was no truth in the statement that Lord. William Russell had gone down stairs, and, after charging him with dishonesty, threatened to dis charge him next day without a character. Nothing at all of the kind had occurred. His lordship never went down stairs in the night at all, and never threatened anything of the sort. His Lordship had certainly spoken to him in a cross tone, and told him to be snore attentive to his business, but that was all. There was no further provocation. The Sheriff having expressed some surprise at the variance between the two accounts, the murderer said that his uncle had entreated him most solemnly to tell the facts exactly as they occurred, and he determined to state nothing but what was accurately correct. Ile therefore acknowledged, not only that he had committed the murder under the circum stances just described, but that he had contemplated the murder and robbery for a week previously. The Sheriff questioned him, a good deal upon the acknow ledgment that he had so long contemplated the murder, as well as the robbery, and he persisted in stating that the murder was premeditated, and not as had been previously stated, the suggestion of despair at losing his character. He declared, and he wished the Sheriff to let it be known to the world, that the idea was first suggested to him by reading and seeing the performance of Jack Sheppard. Tire hook containing the history of Jack Sheppard had been lent him by one of the servants of the Duke of Bedford, and he lamented that he had ever seen it. Upon being asked by the Sheriff whether he had committed any other atrocities; he replied that he had merely stolen two books belonging to Mr. rector, when in that gentleman's service. " I am most anxious," said the Sheriff, " to know whe ther there is any foundation in the report which has got abroad that you had something to do with the death of Eliza Grimwood, who was murdered in the Waterloo-road. Ha`•e you anything to say upon that subject ?" Courvoisier assured the sheriff that he knew nothing in the world about that or any other murder, except the murder of Lord William Russell. He knew, he said, that he must die, and if he had committed any other dreadful offence, he would not hesitate to mention the fact to the sheriff. He expressed much regret that any imputation should, for a mo ment, have been cast upon either of the poor unoffending female servants,. who had been so unfortunate as to have been in the house with him. The sheriff then asked him how Lord William Russell's finger happened to be cut? The murderer replied, that when he drew the knife across the throat, his lordship's hand start ed up as if by a convulsion, and must at the moment have .come in contact with the knife, and immediately fell back again, for death was instantaneous : his lordship never waked. " How," said the sheriff, " did you get rid of the blood, for your hand must have been bloody ?" Courvoisier replied that his hand was bloody, but he wiped it on the towel, which he immediately afterwards placed on his lordship's face. He then, he said, went up to bed, but did not sleep. These were the strongest features of the conversation be tween the sheriff and Courvoise . r. The murderer frequently in the course of it stated that Lord William Russell never walked down stairs, as seemed to be the general opinion, but was taken off exactly as he . (Courvoisier) described to the sheriff, and he frequently, too, declared that he was indebted for the idea of committing this atrocious crime to Jack Sheppard. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF JONES FOR RIBBONISM. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday.) This case, which occupied the Commission Court the entire of yesterday, has not been brought to a concluSion at the hour in which we write (two 'clock.) But facts of the most serious character have been brought forward in evidence; and upon these, when completed by the finding of the jury, we shall without prejudicing the case of the prisoner, be free to offer such observations as the peculiar nature of the conspiracy, and the still more peculiar proceedings of the government in its treatment thereof, seem to require. For the present we are restrained from comment by tenderness for the prisoner's situation. • THIS DAY-FINDING OF THE-JURY. Shortly before going to press our reporter supplied us with the following brief note of the summing-up and finding :-=- Jones was again placed at the bar this day. Sergeant Greene recapitulated the evidence on behalf of the erown. Mr. Justice Ball addressed the jury, and his summing-up occupied nearly an hour. • He read all the documents proved in the case very minutely, and made observations upon them : 'the tone and bearing of his charge were strongly against the prisoner. He•was of opinion that the documen tary and parole evidence given on the part of the crown was very satisfactory. The jury retired, and at a quarter before three o'clock re turned into their box with a verdict of Guilty and a recom mendation to mercy, on the ground that the offence com mitted occurred very recently after the passing of the act un der which the prisoner was convicted. STATE OF' THE COUNTRY-SEIZURE OF RIB BONMEN WITH THEIR DOCUMENTS. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) Ribbonism is not to be frightened by discovery—nor put down by mock prosecutions. The inquiry in the Lords has not checked its progress : the impending danger of its moat notorious leaders has not abated its zeal. _ The following letter from a local correspondent will show that, undaunted by the display of executive energy in Dub lin the provincial lodges of the conspiracy pursue their patri otic labours with unabated vigour : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL. " Belturbet, June 22, 1840. " SIR—I beg to inform you that on Thursday night last, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, when - Ser jeant Hayes and his party of constabulary, stationed here, went round to inspect the public-houses, they discovered two men in the house of Mr. Patrick Prunty, one of whom had papers in his hand, which, upon seeing the police, he attempted to destroy by eating them. I am happy to say he was prevented from doing so, and that both were con ducted to the police barrack. ". On Saturday an investigation took place before the ma gistrates at pettit sessions . ; but as it was with closed doors. I cannot send you the particulars. However, the documents, which are connected with the Ribbon conspiracy, fully war ranted the bench to commit him to Cavan gaol forthwith, to be tried at the next sessions. The other with htis . rieen held to bail. " The fellow who was committed is of •ilie name of John Clarke, residing at Derrilin, about ten miles from this town, where he has been master of a school. " With this, and the many proofs coming to light of a widely-ext Ended conspiracy, who will not urge the necessity of Protestants being upon the qui rive 1 - " Great credit is due to Constable Hayes and his men for their ever prompt and efficient discharge of their duty. " I am, sir, yours, &c. — • " A CONSTANT READER." COUNTY LIMERICK. MOST DARrN G ATTACK FOR FIRE Anus: AT THE HOUSE OF MONTIFORD WESTROPP OF MELLON, ESQ.— Between the hours of six and seven o'clock yesterday morn ing, four armed fellows,perfectly undisguised, approached the house of Montiford estropp, of Mellon, Esq. Two of them remained outside, while the"other two entered. One of the latter immediately desired a female servant to spew him her master's room, with which request she, of course complied.. Mr. Westropp was at the time in bed. The fellow approached the bedside, and after ordering him to part with his steward within a week, decamped With two loaded pistols, which were lying on the bedroom table. The other fellow who entered the house went at once to the bedroom of John Westropp, Esq., son to. Montiford. Westropp, Esq., and demanded fire arms. The young gentleman said he had none in his possession, on which the fellow declared that he would break open a press which was in the bedroom, and make a search. Mr. WestropP hereupon told him that there was no occasion for him to break it open, as he would open it for him himself, which he accordingly did. When the fellow found no arms inside, he left the house. We regret to learn that the family thus attacked made no effort to arrest the villains. That they might at all events have made the attempt, and with great chance of success too, would appear unquestiona ble, when, if we are rightly informed, there were two Eng lish gentlemen sleeping in the house besides Mr. 'Westropp and his two sons. There were, moreover, nine servants in and about the house, we are told, who might have rendered assistance; and when we say that those nine persons are Mathewites, and that they witnessed the attack, we think it does not speak over powerfully in favour of the teetotal sys tem, when we say that they used no exertion whatever to ar rest the villains. Subsequently the Pallaskenry police went in search of the p'arty, but did not succeed in discovering them. It will be recollected that a short time since this very' Mr. Westropp's horse was shot, and that at a more recent date a threatening notice was posted' for him on one of his outhouses.-7-Limerick Standard. THE IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Some misapprehension (says the London Times of Tues day) appears to prevail as to the nature and effect of the amendment proposed by Lord Morpeth, and carried in the committee on Lord Stanley's bill. With a view to place the object of the government beyond a doubt, . and at the same time to show that it was worth their while to break the pledge given a few nights before, we win copy the amendment which is couched in the folloWing words " That in making the register of voters for any county, city town, or. borough, under the provisions of this act, the name of every person who, when such register shall be made, shall be registered as a voter for such county, city, town, or rough, shall be placed and retained upon such re gister long as his right of voting as such registered elector would continue under the present law, unless he shall have lost hie qualification since he was so registered, or unless he ,shall have become personally disqualified as such voter, or h a'i died ; or unless his registry was effected by fraudulent per sonation." The remnant of the reform ministry has by this amend naent made the following concessions :—Lord Stanley is to b e permitted, through the medium of the registration provisions of his bill, to remove from the register four classes of voters,- 1. Such as have lost their qualifications share their original registration. ar 2. Such as have beco me p efso na.lke ss al ne d w as luna tics, or persons holding offices which disqualify from voting. 3. Such as have died—a most gracious concession. 4. Such as, having personated dead or disqualified voters, have succeeded in obtaining the benefit of re-registration. The hired organs of the Melbourne Mi n i stry , both metropolitan and provincial, have laboured hard, wi th characteristic rascality, to show that the recent a ttempt to nanover r assassinate the Queen was a plot, and that it bad its ongim either in the Orangemen of Ireland, the King a or the Protestants of England. If pl a t it wa s, nothing as rotligate Whigs likely that it was hatched by the base and. 1 ,, themselves, for the purpose of reco.veriug the lost popularity of their ill-used mistress, the Qu,een, and m aking us e o f it in the dissolution of Parliament, so long threatened, and j utilF perhaps to take place..-. 1 ewcastie Journal.