The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DISRLIN, FEB. 3.
The following letter has been received (rout the Duke of
IVellington in reply to an address from some ntembent of
the Dublin Protestant Association. It in addressed to a Mr.
Thompson, ri butcher, one of the leading member, of that
association, and is published in the (lurch Sentinel:

" Stratlitieldsaye, Ike. 13, 1840.
" Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his com-
pliments to qr. Thomas 11. Thompson. Ile has received
Mr. Thompson's letter, dated N0v..:14, in which Mr. Thomp-
son has enclosed an address to the duk,., signed by himself
and others denominated protestant inhabitants of the city of
Dublin, on a subject on which he hail received anonymous
loners; and he had observed paragraphs in libellous news-
papers, hut which he considered unworthy the consideration
of any respectable person.
" In truth such persons, on perusal of the published re-
cord of the speech referred to, should have recollected that
the speaker thereof was at the time the First Lord of the
Treasury and the minister of the crown, condueting the busi-
m of the government in the Bosse of lards.
" If any doubt could be entertained of the meaning of
the expressions used by the speaker in that character, sash
should have been sought for by a diligent and accurate ex-
amination of the context of the expressions ; and words
should not have been added in a parenthesis 'in other
word, ' which, acconling to the puidistieti record, do not
~,,pear to have been used, and positiv.ly were not used by
the speaker.
" If such examination and discussion should not have
produced a clear understanding of the meaning of the
speaker, who was the minister at the time, and speaking
in that character, his speeches, upon the introduction to
the house, and upon other stages of the same bid, should
have been examined and considered.

" If that had been done, he believes that no individual,
with common flurries+, could have made melt examination,
and entertain the opinion that the minister who had a.l-
- those speeches to the house, who had stated oltat
the continued opposition to the Roman Cntbolie Act
was effete, that an administration could no banter to framed
on the principle of considering as an open question nll pro-
positions for the relief of the disabilities of the Reiman
citholies; that an administration could nut he framed on
the principle of refusing to consider measures of relief which
should be satisfactory to the I.OVCIIriCTI and t7ee parliament,
I composed of individuals enjoyino the confidente of the pub-
lic in their capacity for condueting the business of the
departments at the head of which they should scvorally be
pine 4—that in the meantime government and parliament
Itself were exposed to great ditlicultie.' in consequeniw of
the existing state of the law; that Mr. Dan. O'Connell,
supposed to he disqualitiml by law to take his seat in the
House of Commons, had been elected and returned
as member for the county of Clare, in a seventy
contested election, in which he had been eandidate
against Mr. Veiwy Fitzgerald. one of the members o
hi. Majesty's administration, who was well known in the
oniony, had large property in it, and for years, and at
repeated elections, been returned to parliament a. iu repre •
sentative. 'That the same inconvenience and cmlearrafte-
ment were to be expected in case a meaner should be °ma-
shined, whether by the appointment to "thee, or the ekes-
tion to the peerage, or by the death of any 'member of par-
liament for an Irish county, and still mire extensive em-
barrassment in ease of a general electitm, in eousequence of
a dissolution of parliament.
"'that for this state of things there was no remedy ex-
cepting that one with which former got ornments had been
eltarg.4l without ground, via., that of teeing the people to
',hellion, which no government could adopt uhi.h was
sensible of the enormity of the evils resulting front civil war
in any country.
"The man who urged these arguments could not have in
I his mind an intention eventually to propose to the house to
repeal the law, and of which he w.e+ by these arginneuta
urging the adoption, and ultimately to

STarh exam% nation and di,vte:-ion .would have heen a
Lair course of proeeding. But it upiwar+ that the pro-
testant, reeiding in Dublin, who hove riun d the oddreoi to
the Duke of Wellington. hare eoreddered it prel'..rahle to
alter the printed record of what the duke did ). the
. " ' • ' " ••

House of Lords; and in other words inserted by them-
selves, and never used by the Duke of Wellington, to en-
deavour to show that the duke doa•lnred in parliament the
intention of eventually propts-in4 to parliament the repeal
of the Relief Act, alter it should have become the law.
"The Duke having been as, unfortunate as no longer to
enjoy the vontidene'• and support of parliament, resigned
his mace in the year 1830, and he ha. not sine,• that period
been in the situation in which ha• stool at the time nt which
it is asserted that he made the engagement in question.
" I.M. the Duke of Wellitudon having thus dispowd of
the imputed engagements, proceeds to repte-t tied Mr.
Thommon will, in answer to the appliration of tte• mot -st-
ant inhabitant* of Dublin, inform tlu•m, that although in
the ae•rvice of her Majesty, .0 capacity of Commaniler-in-
' Chief of her Majesty's Land Fore,, he is not called to her
Majesty's Council. That iu the capacity of command, r-in-
chief, it is no part of his duty to receive, take into

thou, mut nuloruit to parliament the proisc.ition of measooran
In relieve the ineonveniences and evils of which her
Majosory's subjects in lnilanol may complain, an resulting
from the noenttion of any law.
. . . . . .

•. It i. tlie duty of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, an
nth, of smut power and influence, to .up. rintend the eae-
Cation of the law in Ireland• and to obis.rae its operation—
to ree.iee the complaint. of any of her Majesty 'e sieojeeta
upon th.• operation of partientsr law.--to report to her M a.
josty'..ervant. in thin country the nature of such coin-
plaints. and nhethn titan i. ally fonn.Lition for them.

the Ihtke Of WellinAtinv to MtgLreSt to the
proti,tant+ of Dublin that they altonlil adopt thi+. the na-
tural course. in order that their complaint+ may he taltrit
into t• ee•iileration, as lie po.itieely and di-tinetly to
iatl•rfvre in them ill any manner whatever.
'• Thomas li. Thoturom " . .

Thu Dublin tuldrexx, to flu. Queen were trisnwnoitteel by
the Rev. "thomits Swint on the 9.lth ..r January to hi:r
Alitjexty's Svcretary of State for the Home Depnrtmetit, for
prcxentation to the Queen. The following is the reply at-
knowlging their receipt and prexont.ition:
" ii:6ll Jan 31 IX.II
_ . .

" Sir,-1 bare hail the honour to lay heron. the (l.t-en
the aildre.o.ea of the mole and female inhabitant. of Duhlin
on the huhjett of the tneskure.. taken by the Pope to eaa-
bliAlt a Roman catholic hierarchy in this noutitry; and I NM
to 111'4111 you that her Maje..ty wm pleu.ai to rt e..ke ti
rolllne Very Imutiouhly.

" I um, sir, yam. tawilient
G. Gtmv."

Rev. Thomtut Scott, Richmond-hill, Itathinin,

l)uldin."

The addrey', of the Dulllia corlatrution to the Queen
fuming the aloolithm of the t ieena alto-, war hrolowla tip to
tae nwetino of that hotly on Uli4l Ittianiatoa.ly
adopted. It ir.V4 fir.t propo-ed that the Lord Nlayor, at-
tended by ',mere meruher. of the eorporation, altoold et
once proceed to London, for the prieutt-e of pre-entino the
address to her fujesty, lout it wa. ohilnately arriotooti that
Mr. Reynold% .hould to-runrniw ninia in the Ilona.. of Com-
HM% put a que.tion to Lord J4/1111 11111.,1i, to a.. err tin
whether it wa. the intention of govern:vent to hi intt for-
ward the abolition metcatre ogain thi. and that it
WelA only is the ernitingeney of a reply iet the affirmative
that the deputation dtould

A new morning paper—the Doing Rapt,. ,v —mode it. ap-
pearance in Dublin this morning. ft. prim iple4 uro robs-
tont and einviervative, but it exhibit. a .t rang 1, ndeney to
support Dish interest. on nutiounl principle..
The min efilliMeil by the committee of Mr. John D'eon-
nell's fund in Limerick exceeds .IW., of which InOt. will he
forwarded to him precious to leasing Dublin to attend his
parliamentary duties.
Cutler the head of " The Representation of Dunctarran"
the Cork Reporter says : " Our Dumgarvan correspondent,
wailinit
ut la.t. Mr. Maguire. opptm,•ot has mit-rmi the hell:.
ti ,rend open house. are now in MI woe. , mel bread and
ten are *huh out in prufmion to Cie elee,nr.... 'l'h,• tow
einilidute, who is u with!. is e,,rted by th- Hutt" of
Demo-hire and ull the Meal landlor'd influence. 1/r. 11:11!y.
I'.P., also noes with the goveruni To think of
raisi as tit, wind hero by the ery re p, al" a. nll 111,011 I•
" . .

......
It skid that ttorernment intend to brinl forward a
general nitinicipal hill for Irebrid, corpon,-
Bons to the lona in Dublin, thereby cc;:crotrating all tool
!wank in tile municipal bully.
Jn emiscuitener of the resignation by 7.1 r. !;carne Bennett,
Q.C., of the oilhe of Crown I'm-,ruts tlic ?Aflutter
circuit, a ebonite his taken plum, in the 0:.; lire of the
uppo!otnicut, and, isetead of on, roontel tiring named for
the whole circuit, there will In a silt,riite pn '-.ecntor for
each cloudy. 'llse Cmwit counsel Pie Cork i. now Mr.
James O'lleo, a gentl,nron of great exiii rie,vte hi criminal
law; and Mr. Serjeant O'Brien will hold n similar OiliPC for
Limerick. Mr. Thomas R. lienu i• for one of the
remaining cm-mucks.

Tne AM-% NTIC.—We understand that in the cintne of
nevt meek tno tug hoah. M. to be Wilt 'WWII to Queen
tea n to tow the Atlantic hack to An American
mail a ill be made up at the Cork p0a...-iinice, en TU•liflay,
fur the United Sum., &e., to he fora aid. d by the Cambria,
which a ill leave Queenstown tha: day dire. t for Ameriem
taking the canto of the Atlantic, U. S. mail at. amer.—The
attuut ship Cambria arrived in thi, hartmur un Thatatlay
mornimt, and took her place nem: t'm U. S. inail :Maim r
Atlantic, whose cargo is about to be transhipped to the
Cumbria.—Curb Iteporter.
THE BOARD OF TRINITY COLLEGE have acquired the
identical award WOlll by King William rat the battle of the
Boyne, and %Melt iv now in their maeum. The. precious
Mac coat them i;00 guineas.—Nataiders' News Letter.

PlinfiLi2VTloNA VOR THE ILIA:UAL M I.ACTURE OY
MALT.—At Sir Shire Han, Notinown, on Saturday ba.t,
sermi *misters, carrying on Intwnc a in that county, wrvc
fined in penalties amounting to 3,100 t, for various lame-
Sons of the excise laws.

AvaTaALItN MINIX° COMPANl7.—Yeiterilay an extra-
ordinary "mend meeting of this company we, held at the
Mikes in Adelaide-place, Loudon-hridire, pnesuont to a re-
quisition from some of the shareholdena to consider the
propriety of appointing a committee to inquire into the pe-
coMarycondition of the eompany. Mr. Charles Itownes in
the chair. A slight discussion took place, in the course of
whicjt it appeared that the ornnpriav having been in
existince for a period of 6vo years, and the elitireholilers not
having derived that benefit from their investment which
they expected, it was thought advisable that the state of
affairs should he fully inquired into, with(' view to ascertain
whether any improvement could he effected. A resolution
was ultimately passed to the effect that a cosanibui
shim :annoys should ba appointed, in assort •
I rcqui •vion, uith 101 l posicni to examine ral I
i doca.nents. and to call in any aid they a
and to report thereon at • future general

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Katy lintelligence.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—YEATERDIT.
ATITINGFI la Banos.

AC,IT I 7 A\ll A 11171 * *** A NCR RSTER. SIITYPIELD,

ANO I.INPOI.NNOIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
This was an 11!li,nt brought to recover from the directors
ti the company csantmensation in damages for injuries sus-
tained by Vane horses belonging to the plaintiffs through
the negligence of the defendants' servants. The plaintiffs
"le rentwsred in the bweineva of horsedeulers, and in the
esionth of February, 1819, bought 21 hose, at Beverley fair. I
The directors of this company had a station at New
Holland, where the line pa-sed 011, through Grimsby
till it joined the Eastern Counties Railway, by which the
homes could he conreyeed to lsondon. The horses were taken
to the New Holland station where the plaintiffs made an
agreement with the station keeper to send on the twines by
cattle trucks in lead of haying them placed in hone hoses.
The te'sea accrual on was the cheaper of the two, and the
Prim to he. peel was 22/. 10s. The horses were placed
us three truck:, the whe. I of one of which was soon observed
to be smoking. When they reached the station at Spalding
the plaintiff' servant, who accompanied the horses, pointed
it out to the guard who took no notice of the matte r but told
the inns to mind hi. own husmea, or something of that
wet. lle afterwards pointed it out a second time,
bat hi- rennin-trances were unheeded, and after the train
had passed Peterborough the asletree of the truck broke,
gad the whe came off. The trucks were, in consequence,
thrown nor the line, and ease of the horses was PO ilklUreti 1114
its re pore to he killed. The defence wee that the contract
her. was one of a special kind.containe d in an agreement to
the following effect "Thin ticket is lamed suhist to the
owners undertaking to bear ail risk of iujury by conveyance
and nth, r etwitingo•nrie., and the ownit rs requinsl to bee to
the ...tithe my of the carriage before he allows his horses
or lei. siesek t, lie placed therein. The. charger being 6'r
the eew• of the railway carriage and locomotive power only,
the e",11114/1.7 will not he respoweible for any alleged defect
in the Carnala,, or tracks, utile,- complaint is made at the
time of !seeking, or before the same I, ay.: the station, nor
for any dais sr-, however caused, to heer-e..., rattle, or live
stock of any deseription travelling on their railway, or in
their v. .." 7he jury fend that the see Whitt was
nem,,..te, el by the wheel gating lire, and that there wan ne-
glop WV in &doesn't./ the carriage tee prueeed alb r notiee that
the elm 1 vise on tins. A mtele had Pl:lee be st olitained be
enter a 11./110.111, OU the greened that the glee laration, which
was fracted on tlie footman form for negligence by the
(AM. I W.V. not sus'aiscil by a proof.
ear En ,le reek The.iner was lie and in support of the appli-
cation to enter a soil, and Mr. Itcw and Mr. 11 . A.
Clarke apps-ansl to conk ad that the declination was
runlicient.
nbe Court a ea of opinion that the declaration was not
suffirient to . nab!. the plaintiffs to TkeoVer. The contract
hare appeared tee he of a pee ial n dare, and assumed that
the Yana. of MI al. of was properly allege sl to he orcationed
by the deft a lent: gligence. flie eleflintet as to which
the neglian nee was eammitte el we wit rightly set forth.
aleolute.

filDI Pus AT WA.NNINNINVG-Itiloll Lass rAIIPIALL AND
1111,111 'NAIAD
It.1:/'o.,Tr Itrovoun.—`l.ssi,r.a.
Wh NMI Mr. S. J.n i. unans.' for the
pW.tiL rod Mr. Cannata-a, and Mr. Pollak fur the
tkioadant.
This si.n an action brought in the name of am Arthur
Itaraait, a yonitli atonal In pars or age. to roeirter coinpen-
ratJon in &monow, for r-rtain .land, nets ta,ecl
raw t tint. him by tar oblteuitont. he action, ii.tlattach
hnaittlit in the trio of the young mall, Dal At-
tu/11y brought by hia father. The tart. of the
ear' .h..rtly th..... It appi anit that the plaintiff,
Arthur 11.rfool. ilo• son of u torn factor, marrying On
hs. ho-ne at Chefs., the Josh-infant wn. a butcher,
al, h. d in I.lintretti. sinon Arthur Itarfoot wan ay-
prcot.. il. After he hail been in hi• •arrtite time, (IN,
itch... Lust 1e5i0n...4 the fah. r the planar WAD that he
hal ~,u hi. 'err t.the ramie) out of a host in his shop.
This charge lb, J. firmlant reit. rated to (lir moth.-r of Ar-
thur lbarboot, riot sent htfore tht• nastrigrate at the Lam-
both t.'oirt to a.k hi. ad. ire a. to %hut count• he
ought to ',arm.• nn lei the cirraisi•tanre.. The ntatri.tr.ite
suit I, • rout,' wit iaterf,re in the platter mat,. ti,, pall*
man DA. aniaerly clattr,nd before him. l'ionn hearing thi.
ttir ilef rat not ila rliarrail hi. appretitier, and the present
action N.l, 11. n moo .or 4, it h. Mu ally:roll that thane
ant the .lialtto..t botinilation h.r vying that Arthur ltarliatt
..ter.

A: Ih. t w
1...1 1-amph. II that Is.. tboastlst the plaintiff must br
seauuss..d.. darn• nn of nadir... He repratesl
the rharw• that ha I•:ul mark ria., that h.• had the•
IDny u, h.• Iho 11N,11.1 rout of his bowl, both to hi% r 0000 ;lour and
helisn Ibr ns.ssciatrstr, and hi. hot proouutioust hitt: might
win Iron do• dr fu•ntl lot% unwillinttta•.. to injure the boy.
li, plaintil usu. thee, Isotusuit..l.

cx)wlr OF COMMON PLF.AB.-..TFICTIRDAT.
Perraore AT Nlpt PIM I. Illmmx.x.—ltnem Crum Jt.rfn:
I.,.vrt. Alm a "%NOV AMT.

Nom (A l'At rrst) P. MOW •

4 tow or Coorve4 t.

T(Wil AI.II,ENT,

In thi. tto• plaintiff i; a Viotti the defentlant a
'amnion enema,,. IM the 14th of July, INV, • eartlon:r-
-ing to thi ilrfi titiant a,. brio,: driven through IA
in.! ,on 11. bq. of it It ea..",ttitiitittt: inn,, whit",
v.. tin, u, to to the bottom of the cart. The horn
fell awl Ow • aa. • liprion on to the horst a lank. wlwu
tle• 4.-6.11.L1•11.. .1 • rJni 1,114 1.. the plaintiff to holy him.
The plaintiff ...I 10..- and ultiha the eimeol
iron, acioaina aloott 15 rat., fell on hi. km,. and
in end it. shortly after the defeat:at rolLat ros
potirator, and • vretaal hi. arrow for the orrillent which
his Man 11.141 ortiort Wl4. 111.111/11t to nrurrr
for the iiiiiiey Whirl. plaintiff had i.u.tainil.
. . -

Mr Parr) awl Mr. Mra..dle apla :WA for the id.datilf:
and Mr. K. Jam for lfr d,divdant.

The leani..l Jui!..T.., after hearing 11w raw, acid hr
tlnneglit teen• wie. 110 print or negligence on the purl of
the• th o•to . tattle the pl. 'W 1.. reinsi T
TO present further lit h.atinti, Itnauser, lie eon-
eitlersl it latter to le ass lhr raw•
Whil.t law., hip eau• awntning up Mr. Parry inter-
p.n.! and that in enniequent..• of a t•.etntuniratitt he
6.1 hail ith hi. learned frititt wtu alaaar,rl for the tie.
(valiant. In• happy to ny tint 11w euaa• would lie aettlesl
Woolf tls.• iutt religion of the jury.
A rentirt wee titre taliwn fin the .lt•fmdont hy nintent.
hituutorta (t PAErI.I)

17111 A 'Et N:A111T OFT DV 1.0.,0V.5.1011.

Mr. (Ur, and Mr. Ilaill apprantl for tlir plain-
tiff; and Mr. ftrij. ant Ityk-i and Mr. Minn fur tilt. d,.

...... .
pl.eintle formerly corned on the lessen.... of a grocer
at 41, Kiiiim-Mrert, Ilrustankk.aquare, and rented the
boa. I Mr. elaphans. underletteng a part of the pn•-
mi.,. to Nl..ere. Ilarthill and lawkington, the other two
ellefend.ent., but =duce the emunieneenieut of the action kir.
Clapham. the landlonl. had Mull. In thiolwr, 1819, the
plaintiff. twin•: ill• went to King's C'olleg.• llowpital, when•
ke rein. for .4.014• month.. lharing tlei. time the rent
11.1:C.Itily in arrear, and a damn... war put in for one
quarter'. rent, 11. 11.7..... f which wa. paid by the plaiiitilra
helps. the the till, February la.t the ele6.uelant drsitnl
the plaintilf to go out of the hot•.' ; and upon his refusing
to the defendant took him by the .houldere and put
hint ..tet. In tlmolpienee of the. pow. cling the preeent
airtime am. tenni tht. I, api.ean.l that the plaintiff rented
the bon.e at cef. a year 6.r a term of three year., and let a
part ..f the prenii.e• only for 60f. a year. lbseing Men
turned. out. he wa• preset ateel from currying on hi. buoine-os
anelfrom n•reninn the profit rent.
' •

The tiara..• nu. that the plaintiff'. ....ter had given up
the Jareentent mut the key of the preati.er before the plain-
tiff a.e, turn, 11 out. and that all the plaintiff good. had
been talon in clot ution uml 11r11141V4 it. bearing malting of
value on the ',mai.... 'f he phautilr had nut. therefore,
sustained any flant.t

Th.. plainilif's on heing eallnh said that she had
pH n usothe irtnanteut and key without her bn.tht-r's
Lama or con,lo.
The jury found u s. rdirt for the plaintiff- -Damages, .51.
t NT! t MIN ill E. COI RT.

The Chief Ju.tin I' I Imnt dof the mousier in which the
nowt woo ventilated. and said that the current of cold air
woo so great that it snug endanger the health of penaunii
who were ohli.ted to attend the court. One of the juryinvii
Is waiting oaiil the inconyi nience wu. wi great that they ran
the riot of incurring wenn*. inner,. by being obliged to re-
main all day in the court. Our reporter states that he eon-
run in th.'oe complaint-, having tried 'Arnim. Istria of the
court, and hems a revere sufferer from the draughts which
prevail throughout it. Ilia lordship uhoequvntly said that
he bad sent tor Mr. Gurney, who had asoured him that
there could be no draught in the court. (Laughter.) If
lir. (limey had had the mi-fenune of being obliged to .it
beneath the judge all day--the place oreupii d by our re-
porter--this illu.ioa would have bee* effectually dispelled.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—TurnutoAr.
Asa rms.—a. PIA Y. 11N.ttara. eAt. AND A QM fn.
HOLNIS (a /At 11.7.11) r. Mann LA2•11111 AND FAN:4I
%111'5..-Fates Igranto. . .
This was an action of never. in which the plaintiff
*might to moss r ionipensation for an assault and false im-
pdwnt t, on 111nee. 1.1 felnar, on the 9th and I lth of
IZoc.mh.'y last I. the first .aunt the defendants pleaded
not coats, and to the ...cowl that the r hod lost several
articles 1;i-fore ttio day in question. owl hoeing moron to
Is hese that th.• plaintiff had itolun them lb. y caused her
bores to be ow in I. il, and haying found the missing pro-
perty therein. they gore her into custody..
Mr. M. Chandlers, QV., and Mr. Gifford. were counsel
for the plaintiff. Mr. Serji ant `rho e, Mr. E. James. Q.C.,
and Mr. Oah . w, re counsel for the defendants.
It appeared that the plaintiff heed with the defendant
Mr. Lazarus, who WAS father of the other defendant, as
servant of all stork. in Duke-street. Ablizate. She had;
been about Me. sees. in their nettor, before the 9th of
November last. On that day Mr. and Min LAZAZIIII went ;
oat to see the Lord Mayor's show, leaving a watch and chain I
lying expend to view iu the parlour. While they wens absent,
one of Mr. Uric t.s..ons and the shopman. nimed Dinglison,
tame in front the Lon! Mayor'. -how, and, finding the
witch on the tohl.. put it Into the drawer fur sawalls.
op. Os
the defend. rr,tirn,,St A later hour, the watch
uiwd ; nol. •••4 hotting been found. a policeman =
aA. ole.l in. and the pl.iintitf was asked whether
any oue had 4. n tit. re. and if she knew anything of the
watch. She basilic/ answered both questions in the nega-
tive, was then ask. 4 to have her boxes searched, to which
she at ogee consented. Her boxes were searched in the pre-
tence of Mr. Wallis. her uncle, by Miss LAMMAS in the pre-
sent" of the podia-muse. The betel consisted of a hair
hunk. a work-hr. a green box, four bonnet boxes, and a
small Indian Mat-cu.,- Nothing was found in either of the
him which Mims Laments claimed, though she saw a
lieekk and ft Ultimo piece in the work-box, and examined
three Newr.beisi, the ploisitie was taken to the statioa-

house by orders of the defendants, and there charged with 14
eating the watch and chain. In the tamest of the aftbr-
noon the MO, John !Aram', and Thinglison, came in ;
and hearing what had taken place, produced the j
watch from the drawer, whereupon the defendants
went off to the police station, and procured her discharge.
from the inspector, who consented to it on the withdrawal
of the charge by the defendants, sad the pledge of the
plaintiff that she would appear on the Monday. She ap-
peared
accordingly on that day, and though the defendant.
withdrew the charge, they justified their suspieion
stating that they had lost many things which they suspected
she had stolen. The Lord Mayor then discharged the plain-
tiff, but in eonsequenee of those insinuations, the plaintiff
caused a letter to be addressed to the defendants fur redress.
That letter was answered by the defendants' attorne,
stating the grounds on which they had acted. On the 14th,
when the plaintiff and her uncle called for her boxes,
another search was instituted, although she had not been
bark since the 9th. On the latter occasion Parnell, the
policeman, was present, and a volume of Kirk White's
poems was found at the top of the things in the green box ;
a buckle and a half-franc piece in the workliox ; a gold seal •
and ring in the small Indian mat cam. All these things were
claimed by Miss Lamle, as belonging to her and her
father. The plaintiff, on the other hand, claimed the
buckle and half-franc piece es her property, and as to
the volume and the seal and ring, she altogether pro-
tested her innocence and tweeted that her boxes
must have been opened in her ahsence, and those
articles put in as a foundation for the charges. In
support of this ease the evidence of Parnell, Danglison,
and Mr. Wallis was relied on. From their statements the
following additional circumstances appeared : Parnell swore
that the search on the 9th of November was a close one
and lasted twenty minutes. Danglison admitted that he
was now keepinle company with the plaintiff, and that he
was the son of an inspector of the City Police Force. Mr.
Wallis stated that he had stamped the half-franc piece with
the letter W," and had given it to the plaintiff, and that
he had often seen her wear the buckle. Besides these wit-
near., another policeman, named Liddle, was called, who
described a search of the boles on the 9th of November in
Mi. Lazarus's presence, when nothing was found. For
the defendants' it was complained that Miss Larerus'a mouth
was stopped by including her in the action. It had been
insinuated that the boxes were broken open and the articles
placed in them, with a view to found the charges against
the plaintiff; but then the things so deposited would not
have been the property of the plaintiff, but of Miss Lazarus;
and yet the uncle had identified both the things there found
and au pistil to have been claimed by Miss Lazarus.
as the plaintiff's property. In truth the first search was
insufficient. As to the first nothing, could he more fair or
kind than the defendants' conduct towards the plain-
tiff, who, without losing a moment, presacded sifter
they had heard of the watch to liberate the plaintiff. On
one occasion she admitted having taken two sixpences out of
the pocket of Miss lazarus during the night, and if that
...is so the jury would see there was some ground fur the
suspicion which led to the second charge.
In support of the defendants' case, Isaiah and John
Lararus, the defendants' sons, Mrs. Jontw, and several
neighbours of the defendants were called to substantiate the
atement of moused.
The Lord Chief Baron having summed up,
The jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff, with NN.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—YESTERDAT.
mecca ?mu Unarn-!manias ow Mumma: Ann • nracut.
(*ALTRI? T. Tint Easy AND WEST INDIA DuCIC AND
MINUTEMAN dLICTIDT lIAILWAT CWIPANY.—COMPEN-
sATIoN ?OR MDIPEILTT.
This wan an inquiry tes users the amount of compensation
to he paid by the defendants to the claimant, Mr. Calvert,
the brewer, so respect of a small piece of ground in Grange-
road, Hampstead-road, which the defendants hail taken
porwsoiosi of under the Lends Clausen Consolidation Act,
for the mimosa, of their line of railway. Mr. Aleaander,
M.r., and Mr. Montague Smith, were for the chtimaut,
and Mr. Colin appeared for the company.
It appeared that the piece of ground for which compen-
sation was now to Ise awarded, war immediately asbneent
to and formed part of the *site of the Ilawley Arms
Tavern, in the Ilarnpstraul-read, of which the corn-
petty have been some time in pomessrion, having paid
Mr. Calvert, as the owner the•reof,the sum of .1,0001. After
that the company took perweesion of • further portion of the
property for which they paid 4001., and they paid to the
t 'tient In possession of the tavern, as compensation for Inas
of business!, fixtures, &e., 1,1001. The claimant then pros
reveled to build another public house on n piece of unco-
vered ground adjoining, with a frontage in Grange-road,
but the company gave notice of appmpriating a portion of
that ground, the ronsremerice of which war that he had to
AlAinilon the works that had been commenced, and to build
the house twenty-five feet further up the Grange-mull,
which was a great disadvantage. inasmurh as it placed the
house further from the gnat line of traffic, and which
therefore war made an stem in the present claim. 'the
es Weller of the professional witnemen went to shrew that the
ground now in question would let at a ground rent of
111/. Is. 6d. per year, and that twenty-four years' purchase
would be a fair compearatism to the owner. It was
proved that 491. lot. hod ken expended on the ground
prior to the company'', giving notice, and the whole
claim arnounted to 54101. It appeared that the company had
converted a portion of the Hawley Anna into a public
home, where a business wan tieing tarried on in the name
of Mr. Bishop, the former tenant, whilst Mr. Bishop him-
self was carrying on a business in Mr. Culvert's new house,
under his former licence, considering that he was entitled to
eho so, an the Meuse was erected on ground which was for-
merly part of the Ilswlcy Arms property, and that he had
not surrendered hi+ right to the licence in his arrangement
with Ow ilmipaily, though the latter eonsieler that ho slid,
and therefor assert that the He
catebelongse to them. This

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will be determined by the Ism using magistrates.
Mr. Dusan aaldnAsed the jury on behalf of the company,
and they returned a verdict Mr the claimant fur 2911. Gs.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—YesTraDAT.
P M. MR. CAMMIMION. TMLLIPI4
IN Tlla MATIII. lle HENRY FRANCIS Lzicau.—Burst,
InmeouNturn.
This insolvent. a elerk to the India Board of Control,
was heard under the Protection Act. There was no
sitbm. The se•heeluie contained the names of several hill
dissounters, and the insolvency was attributed to accommo-
dation bills. The case was before the court in November,
and had been iuljourned for the purpose of effecting a
settlement with the creditors. It had not, however, been
carried out, and when the We was called the insolvent dc-
chord to make hi. appearance. Ile was subsequently pre-
* ailed upon to come into court, and his ease was beard.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips observed that the insolvent
had fallen into the hands of an abandoned race—bill dis-
counters. It was really enough to make him shed team to
behold the schedules he did. Here was the ease of a young
man with ample means, who hal been speculated upon—
who with liabilities in the whole amounting to 15,0001., had
only received consideration for about 1,01)01. Ile thought
it was a ease for the legislature, and that they should con-
sider whether the usury laws had not been hastily repealed.
Ile was glad the young man was not opposed. Ile should
give him protection for an extended period, in the hope
that some arrangement might be made with the creditors.
Never again did he hope, would the insolvent put his name
to a bill.

Protection war granted to the 31st March.
It TOE M siren or ALFRED WHALEY COLE.
This care, whi, h has been before reported in our paper,
was now concluded. The insolvent is • barrister, and
attributed hi• inrolvency to having lent a woman called
Laura Bell 1,480/. bn the part of the creditors it was
alleged that the money had not been lent, but that the pro-
perty had been made away with.
Mr. Dowse. on the present occasion, appeared for Mr.
Turner, a jeweller, in the Strand, and other creditors. Mr.
trargood supported.
Ths insolvent had since his last examination filed an
account of hi, alleged advancer to Laura lk.ll, and stated
that he had advanced to her 1,480/. Ile hail no acknowledg-
ITIVIIis for the money, but expected that it would have
Isyn paid. Ile obtained the money front his wife before
marriage, and lent 1,480 f. to Laura Bell out of 1,6001..
which was given hint by his wife.
Mr. Dowse complaint:J. in hie address to the court, that
the insolvent hail contracted debts without reasonable
expectations of payment, and that he had made away with
the property which he alleged be had advanced to Laura
Bell.

Mr. Ramona, in reply. urged upon the court the statement
made by the insolvent, that the money was advanced to be
repaid, and not given as presents to the female in question,
and that it would be harsh in the extreme to disbelieve the
insolvent, and pass a judgment for making away with
his property, to diminish his property to be divided among
his creditors.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips gave judgment. This was a
raw, he observed, which in its details must have been pain-
ful to every one who had heard it. To him it was pecu-
liarly an, seeing that the gentleman before him was one of
his own profession. At the same time it was the bounden
duty of the court to abstain from all feeling in the matter,
further than what all should possess—the feeling of justice.
The facts heron. the court were very simple, and there were
other facts in the case which had been concealed. Here
was a gentleman who• having formed an attachment for a
young lady, whisk attachment was reciprocated, had handed
to him, about the close of the year 1849, nearly all that she
C;:. At thattime the insolvent owed debts to
e 7.71 3fo(. and 400/. The property received by him
SA a gift amounted to 1,6001.: and the question was, had
he a right to dispose of it, irrespective of the claims
of his creditors ?—ought he not, as it was, money
given to him, to have applied it in part to the liquidation of
his debts? A painful part of the question remained behind.
; lie was asked to construe the intention of the insolvent in
not paying his creditors. It was not in the power of man
to construe intentions save further than by acts which gave
evidence of intentions. The insolvent had a load of debt
on him. because he called 3001. or 4001. a load, which he
I hod previously incurred. and which he did not discharge
out of the tn.mey given to him. It became then mate-
rial to see how he had etpended the money, and really
this was a pitiable part of the ease. Mr. Sargood had with
groat talent and energy endeavoured to persuade the court
tint the insolvent had been the victim of a passion to which
be in as evil hour yielded. He (Mr. Commissioner Phillips)
was boned not to believe it. He was bound not to believe
that them was any affection of the heart mixed with the
There must, on the contrary, have been a has-
at the heart, and a crushing ut every virtuous elm-
ties, and he wondered that the image of her who had in her
alecks placed her all in his possession did not when he
admagad the money, as he had stated, to the woman,
whose character ho well knew, did not stand be-
tween him and its lamentable distribution. He (the
Commissioner) had so doubt be was a victim of a passion,
but it was certainly not one of affection. Here was money
given in affection squandered on a woman of the character