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London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

4rtiant.

THE REPLY FROM LORD CARLISLE to the address
forwarded by the Protestant Association to his Ex-
cellency, by way of explanation for the offensive
passage in the late memorial, is as follows :

Dublin Castle, April 30.

. .
Sir,—Having laid before the Lord Lieutenant your
letter of the alt., with its accompanying address, 1 am
directed to acquaint you that his Excellency, looking upon
the address as a withdrawal of the obnoxious imputations
in the communication addressed to his Excellency on the
13th ult., will not at present think himself called upon to
depart from the course he has previously pursued.-1 am,
sir, your obedient servant,
TimmAs A. LARCOM.

\V. R. Furlong, Esq.
The letter was read at the meeting of the association
on Monday, awl orderad to be printed.
THE appointment of Irish Secretary still excites
lively discussion in Dublin.

THE ARGUMENTS IN THE COLCLOI.7GH WILL CASE to
change the venue from Wexford to Dublin in the
new trial ordered by the House of Lords commenced
on Tuesday morning before the Lord Chancellor.
It is computed tbat the trotracted proceedings in
this extraordinary case have already cost the litigant
parties a sum of not less than 30,0001. There is a
formidable bar engaged on both sides—indeed, nearly
all the leaders in Chancery hold briefs.
THE EMIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH, says one of the
Limerick journals the Reporter), in a tone of alarm,
still continues. The people, it is said, are literally
flying in thousands from the Irish shores. If emi-
gration proceed at this pace the Limerick journal
fears there will not be hands t..) till the soil. A
Dublin letter in one of the country papers ob•
serves:—

Notwithstanding the " prosperous state " of the country
it is astonishing the numbers that daily arrive here (en
route for America) by the trains of the Midland Great
Western Railway. Many of them appear to be of the
better class of farmers unable any longer to hold out
against the present increasing rents. The majority come
from the county of Galway, and present a somewhat
picturesque appearance in our streets Ihy their gaudy
apparel.

il',,itlu an gotta.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.

Mn. LINKIATER attended before Mr. Cimmissioner
Holroyd on Monday, and announced that he had
brought the labours of the assignees to a close, with
the exception of the examination of Mr. Owen, when
he should think proper to come from abroad. Mr.
Linklater also observed:—

There appears to he some apprehension in the mind of
the public that these examinations have been without object.
I may take this opportunity of stating that not only have
they not been without object, but I trust they will not be
without beneficial result. I say advisedly, as a lawyer, that
I believe there is already quite sufficient upon. the records
of this court to insure a certain conviction if a prosecution
be instituted. It remains with the Government alone, and
I have no reason to suppose that the Government is not
quite alive to the great necessity and importance of insti•
Luting a prosecution—l say, sir, it remains for the Govern.
ment alone to determine who shell be the objects selected
for the punishment which undoubted) / some of the persona
implicated in this inquiry merit. It is not for me to dilate
now upon that question; but I think it is exceedingly im•
portant that the public should be aware that it is the opinion
or more than one of the profession that the disclosures which
have taken place in this court show abundantly sufficient
ground for instituting a criminal prosecution, and that the
law is adequate for the purpose. I believe that the day is
not very far distant when we shall find the Government,
having its attention called to the subject, as it will be by
your Honour's valuable report upon the result of these pro-
ceedings, adopting measures the effect of which will be to
satisfy the public justice of the country.
The ComitissiosEa : After what you have stated, will it
be necessary to examine Mr. Valiant at all ?
Mr. LINKLATER :4 Possibly not.; he is one of those
directors whose examination, your Honour sees, we are
entitled to take and entitled to use elsewhere. If it shall
not be found necessary we will not trouble your Honour
any further with the evidence, except that which is of a
mere formal character.

The COMNtisstoxea : There is some documentary
evidence.

Mr. LiNKLATEIt : Yes, sir ; and also some more formal
evidence, with which we need not occupy the public time,
and which may be put upon the proceedings. I shall be
prepared with that in the c )urse of a week or en, and there.
fore it will not be necessary to trouble your Honour with
the matter any further.

On Saturday la.st Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, at
the same court, delivered judgment at the adjourned
dividend sitting in the case of John Greig, and

SATURDAY,

declared the call of the official manager of 751, per
share to be unjust, illegal, and contrary to the bank-
ruptcy law. It was therefore rejected. The case
involved a question of the utmost importance—viz.,
whether orders might be made, and judicial acts
done by the chief clerks of the Vice-Chancellors, in
the absence of the judges themselve4, and whether
the subsequent assent of the Vice-Chancellors, not
even signified by their signature, was sufficient to
give validity to such orders.

THE WRIT OF ERROR in the case of the condemned
prisoner Mansell was tried, and disallowed on all
points, this week by the Judges at the Court of Queen's
Bench. Mansell, it wilt be remembered, was tried
and convicted last winter assizes at Maidstone, for
the wilful murder of Alexander M‘Burney, but pro-
testing against the manner in which one of the jury
was allowed to stand by, on the prayer of the Crown,
without cause of challenge being shown. Lord
Campbell maintained the right of the Crown to
challenge without cause till the panel was called over
and exhausted, and then to call over the names of
the jurors peremptorily challenged by the Crown, and
to put the Crown to assign cause, so that if there are
twelve of those upon the panel as to whom no just
cause of objection can be assigned, the trial may
proceed. The prisoner was then fcrmally condemned
to be hanged on the 18th of May.
THE TRIAL OF BACON AND HIS WIFE for the
murder of their two children is fixed for Wednesday
morning next.

MR. JAMES GUDGE, who for the past forty-two
years has held some important office in the House
of Commons, and for the greater part of that time
has filled the responsible position of Chief Clerk of
the Journals, endeavoured to put an end to his
existence on Wednesday last, by deliberately attempt.
ing to drown himself in the river. Though rescued
at the time, he died shortly afterwards from the
effects of immersion. This melancholy affair has
thrown a complete gloom over the whole establish-
ment, as perhaps no officer was held in higher
respect and esteem than the deceased gentleman,
who, during the many years that he has held various
posts of responsibility, has assiduously and honour-
ably performed his duties, being courteous and kind
to those with whom he came in contact in business,
and, in fact, was a marked favourite for his general
suavity of manner. An inquest was held on Thurs-
day afternoon, before Mr. Bedford, coroner, at
Westminster Hospital, in presence of a large number
of the relatives and friends of the deceased, when,
amongst other evidence, the following was adduced :
Mr. E. J. Newcome, resident medical officer of the
hospital, said he saw the deceased when he was
brought in. He was suffering from immersion, was
cold and insensible, but breathing tolerably well,
and had a fair pulse. He was put into bed, the
usual remedies applied, and at four o'clock he be-
came conscious, and spoke a little. Soon after,
however, an unfavourable change came on. Ile
became insensible, and embarrassed in breathing,
and continued to get worse until half-past sevel
on Thursday morning, when he expired. The jury,
after some deberation, returned as their verdict,
" That the deceased destroyed his own life while in a
state of temporary insanity."