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A INTELLIGENCE.COmm6N
COURT' WO
F iLEA,,Feb.
18.
(Sittings at -Nisi Prius, before •
Chief Justitie JERVIS
end a Special •
Jury
COLLETT v POSTER.,-Impo ')
RTANT ASSURANCE CASE. '
The plaintiff in this ease
ult., is the late Member of '
which was tried on the 17th
the defendant is the repre Parliament for Athlone, sad'
sarance-office. The ease Came
of :the Britannia La-
issue,,from the ' Court brehame before the Court upon an S
the Proposal fora oliey
orahcery, to try whether, when.
life of Emma Collett,- the lateinsurariso for 9991 upon the
made to the Britannia-DM wife of the plaintiff, was
.tion MAR concealed from th‘o, certain material informa-
Mi. Watson, Mr. Bramwell,tjanY*
peered for the plaintiff, ,and
Sergeant Bytes, and - Mr. the Attorney-General, Mr.
fendent. Lush"
. ,represented the de-
.
Mr. WATSON' stated -the ettse • •
that, in eons' pence of same te the jury, and said
end Mrs. Collett had, lived ap-i-tutiii..l9l7 differences, Mr.
before her death, sand during tie " Or eight or ten year;
not see his wife. Sometimes she't time Mr. Collett Aid
sometimes in.Lendor, while Mr, resided in Brighton and
grave-Fuer° with his only dau ; Collett lived in tel..'
Mrs. Collett was acquainted ,ie?!.. During '64 period
Who, as her trustee, sent in the with
Major Riediardson,
in question, which `, proposal describedPrOpoeal for the policy
daughter of Sir Themai Gage, her as the
and wifeof Jo b
wi n Col-
lett, Esq., M.P.; and as to the qu
afflicted with gout, hernia, asthma,
whether she was
blood, delirium tremens, or ,otherst, spitting of
disorder tend:
ing to shorten life, the answer was, " .Not that I know
of." It happened, however, that it
was not the prac-
tice of the office to grant policies to
trustees, and there-
fore ,Major Richardson sent in turate,
ended proposal, in
'which he omitted to describe-himself
swered the query as to disease. 4;oi°
as trustee, • and- an-
date of the original proposal was the 91ard''''N°•4 ' Ile
of September,
1844*, and the age of the lady at this time• was 46. The
policy was granted, and in June, 1845
she died, and her
husband, at next of kin, took out
It
administration to her
effects on the 11th of July, 1845. happened,how-
ever,
that a great deal of litigation followed, as Major
Richardson ciaitneth the amount of the policy,and Mr.
Collett asserted his interest in it. The case came before
-the °curt of ChancerY; and the matter was determined,
except as to the question of fact which was now before
the jury. They had already heard that that
was, whether important information as to
Mrs. Collett's
health had been concealed from the office,a although
.0 r. Collett did riot know much of her health at that
tientee yet e he
~(the Learned Counsel),
understood
shut the matter bad been correctly represented to the
that ' office. Ile, however, had been informed the defene
dant would say. that Mrs, Collett had, between
times
the
a- gs
of twenty-eight and thirty six, been several afflictede
with a certain disease; that tithe bad had violent head-
aches, with tumefaction of the scalp, and that she had
also an interthil abscess. That about the year 1827
had received an injury in her side by a fall from
she
her
she
horse whilst ri.ing with her husband. That in 18
was seriously
.ill for three weeks, end that in, 30
° about
the year 1841 she had a fit. lie was instructed thra
was not so, and that she was not afflicted with anyt this
diis
~ase likely to me :anger life. He, however, should -8.
simply
confine himself to the. matters necessary to prove his
case, and although there were many painful
stances comp it
eted with the case, he trusted that "'cum-
would
not be necessary to lay any facts of a distre • sung nature
hef ore the jury.
The podce • of insurance and the proposals for
it were
then •pu t in.
Mr. Cotterell, the solicitor, was also called, and
he
stated that he acted as solicitor for Mrs. Collett in the
hitt ee of her separation from her husband, 13e saw
her frequently and she appeared to him to be then in
gond health.
The
~,m , A.TTORNEY-GENERAL, on behalf of the de-
fendants, assured the jury that the Britannia Insurance-
office,ci actin g under the advice of their respectable soli-
chars,
who lead instructed hire, would not have brought
the
_ce into court unless they had felt themselves bound
.n
! duty to their shareholders to do so. The deceased
may they,
.rheard was the daughter of Sir Thomas Gage,
and i
-n 1827 - -
Le
him,most unhappily; Until 1836, when she left. her hus-
band's house never to return. It was not his wish to
go into the sn • • -
distressing circumstances of this case, but
if L his • earbed Friend challenged him to the f
proo he was
repared to prove that this lady bad been afflicted with the
loathsome disease to which reference had been made, and
it mightcould '
be said by *medical witnesses—he '
not
assertiftwas so--that repeatedattacksof
at
acting upon a constitutionalready
enfeebled by another
disease,
might so aggravate the symptoms asmaterially
toen_a,
d rig,,r life. • It was not, however, necessary to his
case to go into this matter. It had been forced
upon
him by his Learned Friend, who, in order to create a pre-
uaice against the compa 'dragged
the ny, had intoj the case the
" particulars" which were not upon
record, but
which, by order of the Court of Chancery, and by ar-
rangement between counsel, had been delivered by the
Company's solicit°
by his Learned rs, in
beentaken order that it might not be said
Friend that he had by sur-
prise. What he would prove was this, that shortly after
her marriage, and whilst she was in the
family-way,
she was riding with her husband, when she fell from her
horse, and suffered a very serious injury. The result
the
of this accident wasformation of a tumour in
the abdomen, which periodically formed and
discharged itself with most distressing
symptoms. This
cloud/teed for many years
prove by d every servant' anuci, indeed, as he' should
and every medical Man Iv" over lived with her,
end of this unfortunate I who had attended her, to the
death had 'been busy ady's existence. The' hand of
,butherany yet. it R
~..ve,„ Amllll"ngSt ' the medical witnesses,
prominent, al `:could he stir, indeed, whose name stood
doned the Jeanie of" Sir °hied
by none when he men-
later period attended' h Benjamin Dr."
Brodie. She was at a
none
who Society, and of whose Quin, the president of the
no one who knew aim c whose talent and experience,•
differ as to his Riede'
0(1),h1d doubt, however they might
J-4, a highlyrespectabl medical practice, and by Mr,
length the evtf hour e,,meeeurgeon in Sloanostreet. At
It happened that in June,
1845, .she was entertaining'
and among those presees some friends at Norwood,
gone there- to give
h:. was
a gentleman who had
daughter, of whom, vvithr
information respecting her
anxious to hear. ''' mother's tenderness, she was
about her daughter -Shortlyinn after she had been talking
aid appeared much 01 became flighty in' her manner,
three uocennected 'er°"ne- She used two or
denly, threw a jug of eexpressionsid, she then rose sud-
dolainand that h'er heart c)--
Water over her head, ex-
to bard, and her life wasgraduaioroken fell back, was taken
of this very abdominal 'Y sunk' away, and she died
riesses to prove the disease.ctatern Ho should • call wit-
did so, ha would ba e-ntitiecuts he had made, and it' he
ground thet material i•e,f d to their verdict upon the
health had !seen concealed from
as to Mrs. Collect's
..tliis Were not disputed, the office. If such cases
malted of these institutiot and justly so,- there would hg
eerie commits-6'min. 9, which would bo involved in
Mrs. Mary Walsh said
as her maid, before she was in Mrs. Csllett's ser-
vice,going ep Skiddaw, Rh
, --out and after her marriage. Whilst
marrae she fell from her four or five months after her
this she continually ha
a horse and hurt herself. After
Marlette Detours
maid eats pain in her side.
Collett.. as lady', anrdait'rlY in the service of Mrs.
1829, end left her for about she entered her service in
went bask and remaieee with Year afterwards, and then
lett was confined to ler eed"f her till 1835. Mrs. Col-
sat up with her for twenty • or some time, and witness
they thought she would dienig./:P. She was so ill that
she could bear nothing upon . Her head was so bad that
for-
mations' Of ti,Vf tunotxr. • Sirlt during the riodical
Elenry.Halfo'hi • attended he Benjamin Brodie. and Sir
in the intervals of her dieeasa ssne never was well, but
than at ether times. The finis." appeared much better
madou of the tumour was headache, and
of the re-for-
dually got wor.,e until she was ache, and then she gra-
dually Ann Ransom was in
thr:lieved by a discharge.
from 1831 to 1847: She had heard' service of Mr. Colhet
plain of pales, in the head, ati Mrs. Coliett em-
body. Mrs. Collett said it sees asn the left side of her
and she irequeetlehstid it would absceas in the side,
days. The periodical' Mites* 'lasted two probably shorten her
each. Latterlk biheillitess was , 0 or three
eqdays
than it had been before.. . 'num afore f t
ruen
Sir:Benjamin atilfies Brodie said that h
attending airs'. Collett sixteen -0 remembered
. or see •
for a short time... He .recommended her yeEirs ago
Henry
,lialfortieand he left her in y to . consult Sir
disease 'was of an uncertain character, his hands. The
that discharges took' place at uncertain"till° understood
discharges relieved her.' Such an intervals, which
likely to produce a
,pain in the head affection would be
satisfy himself as to' the precise nature ' He 'could not
but, of whaidveh kind it,was, it would te of the tumour;
to endanger and to shorten life. neave a tendency
she was at ell relieved whilst ha attend did
not think
by the diseltargesa , As die had nut
,satisfied"her &wept
the precise nature of ,the complaint, he himself of
she might not Mover 'from it.. If the : Could .net Say
for any length 6f: time'it'would become disease continued
Mr. John D.. Hay Hill; a magistrate more dangerous.
Norfolk, stated that he had married a
sister
the county of
Col-
lett, the plaintiff, and yeas intimate wither of
Mr,
whose lita' the hisait6ce was effected. When
lady on
her husband elle came Vs reside with hies for n she lest
months in Weymautla-street, thud 9. r
ort. about six
seat in the country. .: Daring, that very.,
shehhe at his
severely, and onanightler meaning so alTr_, suffered
and his wife that they left their bed and alarmed
eeded to
her room; and found, ber in the greatest a on
plaining of her head `and her side. .
symptom',bein Y. Me-
were relieved, bo had reason to believe, by •
a sunder dis-
charge to then already spoken to. She was at that •
time
'f h late Dr. Cross, ot
micler the care p. the . .Norwich, This
gentlemaii•sel(ictit—it may be irrelevant to the . present
inquiry, hut I :feel urged hi Justice to her memory
elach I dearly cherish—&o say (for she suffered
enough
injustice in tide life) that, whatever of wrong
ff may aPPear
in this case, I' do not believe that there was any . ten
dun on the part of thiaNnfortunate lady to practisewhenfrom a
eruags
,he was bu.)ywA in spirits, and was williu.r•
to hope that
she might pettaanently recover.
Eev,ralether witnesses were alenit to be e •
xamined,
including Lord Gage; Dr, Gait dner, and
several parties
of high standioe, whom vve observed in court; but
The CAIEF,JusTcE ieterferreil, and put it to Mr
Wat-
son whether aliY inhht`in his 'sell"* could say, after the
evidence they had heard, • that, this lady did not suffer at

thatinse of rffectirg the insurance, from adisorder Leading
to shorten life. No jury of gentlemen, of the city of
London, or elsewhere, could be brought to give a verdict
against such overwhelming evidence, even though the
action was against an insurance company, . and were
such a verdict given, he would'not receive it.
WA:rsox would like to know what the jury said
upon the subject.
The jury rising unanimously: We have made np our
minds against you an bonr or two ago.'!—Verdict for
the deferidant upon both issuer.
Solicitors for the plaintiff, Messrs. BUrgeynes, Thrupp,
and Clark, of Oxford-street; for the Liz:oxidant Moisrs.-
Bevan and Goodeve, Old Jewry.

Feb. 19.
(Siftings at Nisi Priiis, 136:6) Lord Chief Jciatice Jza-
vzs end a Special Jury.) . •

PALMER V. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
This was :.;.n action to recover damages for injuries
sustained by an accident on the defendante railvvay.
Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Lush ,wKe counsel for
the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bovill
for the defendants.
It 'appeared that the plaintiff, a conunercial travelltr
in the employment of Mr. Potter, a wine merchant, took
his place, on the evening of the 23d of Qetober, 1850, in
a London and South-Western train, at Landport, a
station in the jeint occupation of the South-Western
and Brighton companies. The train had proceeded a
very short distance when, owing to the darkness, it ran
into an engine belonging to the defendants, which was
either stationary or moving beyond-the siding which
led into the engine-shed, where it ought to
have been. The consequence was a collision, from
which the plaintiff did not at first experience anything
more than sickness and giddiness, confining him to his
home at Porehester; but on calling in Mr. Marrett, a
medical man there, that gentleman was of opinion that
he bad received a concussion of the brain, -and recom-
mended him to abstain from every kind of business for
six Months at least. He, however, tried to follow his
usual employment, and partially succeeded; 'but a short
experience showed that his' health,.grew worspcand the
symptoms of giddiness, numbness, and coldness of the
extremities, and quickness of pulse continued. He was
finally obliged to give up his employment, though his
master, who spoke in high terms of him, continues his
salary of 100/. a year. In 1851 the plaintiff wished to
insure his life, but Drs. Conquest and. Hodgkin, who
examined him, considered his health too precarious to
recommend him to the office. Messrs. Coulson, Adams,
and other distinguished surgeons, saw _him, at, various
time ,:and all testified' to his suffering from concussion
of the braid, and to his total inability to follow his,busi-
ness in future. His former salary was 2501, with an
allowance for travelling, amounting to about 901. a year
more, and his medical expenses amounted to a consider-
able. sum.

The CHIEF JUSTICE left the case very, fuliy and
fairly to the jury; and in the course of his summing up,
complimented Mr. Marrett for his non-use of prufes-
sional jargon:
The jury, after an hour's retirement, fcund a verdict
for the pl3inLiff—Damages 2,0001.
Solicitors for the plaintiff, Messrs. Bevan and Goodeve,
6, Old Jewry; for the_ company, Messrs. Sutton and Co.
Bssinghall-ztreCt

`ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancasttr, Feb. 18.

CROWN COUBT.7(Before Mr. Barun ALDERSON.)

James Masher, aged 28, and John Hartland, agrd 29,
were indicted for night poaching at Raiford, on the es-
tate of Sir Thomas licsketh, on the Ist of January last.
There was a further indictment, charging them with
shooting at John Caunce, the gamekeeper, with intent to
murder him.

Mr. Pollock prosecuted, and Mr. Overend defended
ho prisoners. •

The prisoners wished to withdraw their plea of
" Not g,nilt)" of the night poaching, .and to plead
" '
ilia LORDSHIP wished them perfectly, to loaders:and
that he should inquire whether in. thia course. of the
poaching, to which they wished to plead guilty they '
bad fired their t,nns
.at the watchers; poaching and
attempting to kill game was one thiug, firing at
and attempting to kill men, whilst so engaged, was
another.

The prisoners persisting in their plea of Guilty,
Bar. Poi.4ocs,proceeded to call witnesses as .to the
transaction.

It appeared from the evidence of Caunce, the game-
keeper, and of a man named Bridge, who was admitted
to give evidence as an approver, that Bridge met the two
prisoners at a beer-shop at Burscough, and they asked
him to "go and have a shot or two," to which.he as-
sented, and that the two prisoners, himselfaand other
two men, not in custody, went on New Year's-eve to a
lane called Boundary-lane, and thence to the preserves
of Sir Thomas Hesketb, ellen armed with a.gun; that
they fired et and killed a pheasant in a wood called John
Ilesketh's-wood, and the gamekeeper and watcher hear-
leg the report of the guns, went to the wood and pu -
sued the two prisoners, and Bridge the approver. The
two prisoners ran across a turnip-field, and Bridge up
the lane. The keepers followed
_the two prisoners.
One of the keepers, named Lialsall, rushed at and seized
the prisoner, Masker; as he seized him his gun went
off over Halsall's shoulder. Another gun was fired, it
was believed by Martland, which hit Caunce on the left
aide of his chest and face, and wounded him veil'
severely
with shpt. He fell in consequence. andavas ill for a
month afterwards under the doctor's care. Before the
shots were fired one of the men cried out, " Band back,
or we will shoot you." Martland was afterwards. taken
into custody, he having secreted himself for some time.
, It,was suggested by Mr. OVEREND that it was the
approver 13ridge who fired the shot at Cauace; but the
witnesses concurred is saying that he must have been
above 200. yards off when the shot was fired.
IES LORDSHIP said he was sorry to be obliged, to pass
a heavy sentence upon the prisoners. This was one of
the instances in which people who went out with the in-
tention of killing game ended with attempting, t 9 kill men.
The shot fired had all but killed the unfortunate game-
keeper; the rash act had not been fatal to him, thank
God for that, or the prisoners would have had to expiate
that offeuce with their lives. There was a great distinc-
tion between poaching and such a rash act 43 this. The
reason why the Legislature had made it a heavier
offence for three or more.to go out at night armed with
guns to poach was because it exposed human life to
danger, for men so circumstanced would Ilut be taken.
They rays away till they could run no lOngers; and then
they made resistance even to death. He had great pity
for poor men who, under the idea of seeking sport, in-
fringed the law and became poachers; but there was n
plain distinctiout between poaching and risking the lives
of her Majesty's subjects by shooting at theta. It was,
therefore, with great reluctance and sorrow that he
passed on the prisoners the sentence that they each be
transported fur fourteen years.
The other charge against the prisoners wee not pro-
ceeded with.

An indictment for perjury, of no interest, tinieled the
criminal business of the ussize.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Rear-Admiral James Robert Philips died at Plymouth
on the 15th instant, in the 77th year of his age.. This
officer was on the reserved half-pay li3t, coneeqiiently
his death makes no vacancy fir promotion. This officer,
who was a native of Scarborough, was eon of a master
in the Navy, and brother of a major in the Royal Ma-
riaes. Ho entered the navy in 1785, and during hie ca-
reer Serfedtfloat 17 a-ears. Ire was promoted in 1795,
having previonilea in the Bellone,
74, assisted at the
defence of Fort Matilda, GuadaJoupe. lie served ashore
when belonging to the Beaulieu, 40, at the capture of
St. Lucia, 'and was in the battle of Catnperdown. After
the acion Lieutenant Philips took charge of a Dutch
40-gun frigate, but was wounded and made prisoner.
He was first lieutenant of, and commanded the Centu-
rion, 50, when, with the Russell, 74, they beat off Li-
nois's squadron, consisting of an 80 and two 40-gun
ships. liii was promoted for this service. his last ser-
vice was in command of the B,metta, 14, at Copenhagen,
when he received his post rank.
Wo have great pleasure int stating that 'Sir Fran-
cis Baring has marked his sense of the differences
between Lieutenant T. Cull (1812), late first lieute-
nant of Devonport ordinary, and his captain, well-
, known as Captain Nies, C.ll, by promoting Lieute-
nant Call to the rank of commander, the latter hav-
ing been lately superseded at his own request. Com-
mander Cull is a gallant old officer, sad has served about
14 years afloat. He was born in 1793, and entered
the service iu 1803, about four years before Captain
Nies. He was in the Repulse, 74; in Sir B. Calder's
action; at the capture of Li nois' squadron ; at the
taking of the President, 44 ; at the passage. Of the Dar-
danelles ; and the expedition to Walcheren. Ina
u 809 he
telPfrom the foretoenaast cross treea on the lee ggway,
and broke two of his 'ribs. lie volunteered for, the flo-
tilla service at Cadiz, and, as acting lieutenant, com-
manded No. 16 gun-boat ; and for, his' .defence of
Teat's, and other services, in which ho was wounded,
Allard,
Was promoted in 18 t 2. He subse.quently, assisted the
Undaunted, Ussher, in the boat attack in the .'Colo of
appointment to Devonpert or-
dinary,Malaga, when 15 were killed and 53 wounded out of a
force of 149. Subsequently, in. the Lyra, 10, he served,
in co-operation with' the patriots on the coast of Spain,
and served at &sieges of Gnetaria, Castro, and St. se-
-bastion, and was employed in the rivers Artonr and Gi-
ronde:'
he
erboamd InBoltss
APPOINTMENTS.
promoted for the last expedition, have been appointed to
tile Awe expedition—the former to the Intrepid, and the
latter, to the Pioneer, screw-le:adore.
Masters—Frederick J. Krabbe and John li.
Sutgeons—Drs. Alexander Anderson ' (1842), to th
Polyphemus steam-sloop, for Service on tt„ coast e
Africa ; Dr. L. T. Cunningham
teorvheids.
(1840), to bo surgeon(Pt
Superintendent of the convict-ship, Sir It Se •
ppingfa
Paymasters—Jetta E, Broonatin (1846), additional to
the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich (lab
expedition); Alfred Nash (1846), to the II
Chat am,
am, for surveying service in the s erald ,at
Ilarshaw
(1840), to the Penelope, 16, fl South Seas; J.
coast of Africa. flag steam-frigate,
Chief Eagineer—Walter W.
Williamson, to the Poly-
pboD3ll3. •
Assistant Surgeons--William •
M'Donald, MD. 0842),

[PRICE SD.

t..) the Polyphemus; F J. Breen (18-17), to the Hos-
pital, Plymouth; ,Donald G. Pendrith (t 651), confirmed
to the SiAupson.steafn-frigate; Robert Crightou (1851),
aDnfietned to the TraWgar, 120, Mediterranean,
Second MastEr—William G. M.. Stant (1846), to the
Fisgard.
Aesiwant Engin er,—Willit.m Norris, James, G. G.
Dann, and Joseph .olliffe, to the Polyphemus.. •
Mate—John D'Atcy (1850), from the Victory, flag-
ship, at Portsmouth, to ttie Torch steam-vessel, a; Wool-
wich, tiititig as tenticv to accompany the Herald to thh
South
Musters' aststant—J. rfutchingF, to the Fisgard.

Midshipman—H., Jq Meyer, to the Herald. •
Fury, 6,,,steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, arrived at
Gibrfl/car from Lisbon and Comma, and left the same
day for M4ta.

on
tp.roormt
wstioDtrheisltihgreeonrs
evWone pd eontr:tsto:day.
Pilot, 12, Conarnafider Hicklay, was paid off at Devon-
.
nacsspoiertkriat,adkbieteehriebillo.wmiansgtevrer,
ylandeanrd fwr'oitmh
:Cetnotnniorlore 'Martin's squadron, .and ordered'
, had not started on Wednesday
gNu.SNarildWEihrtiNpEHsso' Horatio, 18.
a—ptrraienr S. T. aCt3a'ranesgeir:,whsesta'bmetenr
warped to the 'south side of the basin and underneath
the sheers, for the purpose of taking in her guns, &c.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam frigate Cyclops is
getting on rapidly With her repairs, and will be taken
out of the'dry doe V in a few days.
Her Majesty'S ship, Ganges, 84, hai been removed to
the north side of 'the :basin, and will be taken into dock
when the Cy-Clops comes out.
Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, will come out of
the basin in a day or two, and take up her moorings in
the harbour.
by them coaveyed to this port from the, various- Ogees
to Tbilee ssotiip.sia
placed otrhdaitnacroymima ntineicTathioanm.e d
by signals are
ybree
along the coast.
Mr. Porminter, for a very considerable paled chief:
°lei k in' the office of the Captain-Superintendent, per-
forming also the duties of secretary, has been superan-
nuated on a salary of 4001. per annum, after a service of
more than 40 years.
tom westships
n-at inpoorertxtht-waeumet East
tuts
eetrot
of
fe hrdieusar
tmuourm n
min,
igac ana tldieocnl Iwwt iiitnnhudet ht.:7
diffi-
culty.
CIVIL, DiPARTMEIg.—air. Henry G. B. Johnson,
clerk in the Storekeeper's department at Woolwich, is
appointed clerk in the Storekeeper's department at the
Cape of Good Hope.
THE ,COAST OE AFRICA.
We have letters from Sierra Leone, per -Sampson,'
6, iteara.frigate, Captain Jones, to Lisbon, .tot4a, 24tht
January. Commander Lavie, of the Alecto, 6, steam-,1
sloop, had been invalided, and took passage in the
Sampson to England. The first lieutenant, Wood, is in
command of the Alecto until Commander Crofton's
.ar-
rival. It apperarslhat in consequeuce of some charges:
preferred against Commander Lavie by a master's-as-
ststant, a Court of Inquiry
lcheld, wolair o f
ck.
t4eterminatedurriueru
in a reprimand to the commander,as dfu
aa
in the midshipman's mess were dismissed the sflip. Mr.,
Heysham, midshipmen, was sent to the Wolverine;
Sane:nary to the Promethens. Palmer and another had'
been sent in the Atholl to Ascension, to ha seat to Eng-
land for the disposal of the Admiralty. 111 r. Lock, mid-
shipman of thei,ame ship, was also to he sent to England
on charges of insubordination, and would probably come
home in the Sampson. Mr. Findlay, surgeoe, also of the
Alecto, has invalided, and been succeeded by Assistant-
Surgeon G. J. Willes, of the D.Aphin, as we have already
stated. The Alecto was to return to the Bighis of Benin,
to meet the Commander-in-Chief, after the arrival of the
mails from England on the Ist of February,; when she
would take the dispatches on to the Commodore.
A dock has been ordered to be prepared for the, rs-
ception of the Sampson. steamship, on her arrival at
Devoupert.

PA 441A1113 TAR DIVISIONS.

(From the Votis and Proceeding sof the House of Commons )
THURSDAY, FEB. 19.
IRISH GOVERNMENT.
Motion made, and Question put, " That in the opinion of
this House the transactions which appear recently to have
taken place' between the Irish Government and the Editor of
a Dublin Newspaper, are of a nature to weaken the authority
of the Executive, and to reflect discredit on the administra-,
tion of l'ublic Affairs." The House divided:—
MINORITY—AYES, 137.
Adderley, C. B. Fuller, A. E. Moore, George 11.
Archdall, Captain Galway, Viscount Mailings', J. R.
Arkwright, Ureerge Gooch, Sir E. s. Naas, Lord ,
Baldock, E. 11. Goold, Wnydhain Napier Joseph
Baldwin, Barry Gordon, Admiral Neeld, Joseph
Bankes, G. Gore, W. 0. Newdegate, C. N.
Barrow, W. 11. Grace, 0. D. O'Brien, Sir Timothy
Bateson, T. Grattan, Henry O'Ferrall, More.
Bennet, Philip Greene, John O'Flaherty, Anthony
Blair, Stephen Grogan, E. Ossnliton, Lord
Blake. Martin J. Guernsey, Lord Paeke, C. W.
Blaudford, Marquis Gwyn, Hower Pakington, Sir J.
Boldero, George H. Hopewell. E. G. Peel, Sir Robert
Booker, T. W. Halsey, T. P. Prime, Richard
Booth, Sir R. G. Hamilton, G. A. Renton, John C.
Bremridge, Richard Ilainiiton,.Lord C. Repton, G. W.
Brisco, M. - Harris, Captain Reynolds, Jonh
Buck, L. W. llerbert, H. A. Rushout, Captain
Boller, Sir Y. Higgins, Co. G. Sadleir, John
Sunbury, William Hildyard, R. C. Scott, F.
Burghley, Lord Hill, Lord E. Scully, Francis
Cabbell, B. B. Hodgson, W. N. Seymer, Henry Ker
Chandos, Marquis Hope, A. Sibthorpi, Colonel
Chatterton, Colonel _ Hotham, Lord Spooner, Richard
Christopher, It. A. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stafford, AugtistnS
Cobbold, John C. Jones, Captain Stanley, Edward
Cochrane, A. D. Keating, Robert Stuart, J.
Coles, 11. B. Keogh, William Start, H. G.
Collins, T. • Knight, F, W. Sullivan, Michael
Compton, H. C. Knightley, Sir C. Tenuent, Sir J.
`Corbally, M. E. Knox, Colonel Thesiger, Sir F.
Crawford, Rob C. W. Knox, W. S. Thompson, Ald.
Disraeli, B. Langton, W. H. P. Trevor, G. R.
Dod, J. W. Lawless, Cecil Tyler, Sir G.
Dodd, G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tyrell, Sir J.
Duncombe, A. Lockhart, W. Verner, Sir W.
Duncombe, W. E. Long, W. Waddington, David
Duncuft, John Lowther,`Colonel Waddington, H. S.
Dunne, Colonel Lowther4llenry Walsh, Sir J. B.
Du Pre, C. G. 1 LYgon, General Walpole, Spencer
Edwards, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Whiteside, James
Farnham, E. B. Meagher, Thomas , Wynn., H. W.
Farrer, James Manners, Lord G.
Filmer, Sir E.; Manners, Lord J. TELLERS.
Floyer, John Miles, W.
•Beresford, William
Forester, G. C. Monsell, William Baillie, H. J.
Fox, S. W. L. Moody, C. A.
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Bagshaw, John Hanmer;:.Sir J. Power, Dr.
Baines, 3L T. Harcourt, G. G. Power, Nicholas
Baring, Henry R. Hardcastle, J. A. Price, Sir It.
Baring, sir F. T. llarris, Richard Pusey, Philip
Bass, M. T. Hastie, Alexander Ricardo, Osman
Bell, Jacob • Hastie, Archibald Rice, E. R.
Bellew, a. M. Michell, John Rich, Henry
Berkeley, Admiral Hcadlam, Thomas Robartes, T. J.
Berkeley, Henry F. lieneage, Edward Roche, E. B.
Berkeley, C. L. G. Ilenry, Alexander Roebuck, .1 A.
Bernal, Ralph Herbert, Sidney Romilly, Colonel
Bethel', R. Hindley Charles Romilly, Sir J.
Birch, Sir T. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord John
Blewitt, Reginald Hodges, T. L. Russell ,F. C. H.
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Einlyn, Viscount
MOwatt,
Evans, John
Wawn, J. T.
Wellesley, Lord C.
West, F. R.
Ferguson, Sir It.
Willcox, Brodie
Williams, W.
Foley, J. H.
Fordyce, A. D.Williamson, Sir 11.
Forster, M. Nerreys, Sir D. Wilson, James
O'Connell, Maurice Wood, Sir Charles
Fox, Richard M. 'Wood, Sir W. P.
Fox, W. J. Ord, William Wrightson, W.B.
Wyld, James
IVyvill, Marmaduke
Geach, Charles
Gibson, T. M. Paget, Lord C.
Giri, G. C• Palmer, Roundell
Haytcr, W. G.
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Leslie, C. P.
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PAIRS.

AGAINST.
Smythe, Hon. G.
Paget, Lord A.
",litford.

Cocks, T. S. CLitord, Colonel
Lennox, Lord A. Milner, W. M.
Sir Ralph Lopes was shut out from the division.

PARLIAMEN TARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
THURSDAY, FEB. 19.
The following Railway Bills were ordered to be brought in :
Eastern Counties (Power to use the East Anglian Rail-
ways, &n.)
Newmarket.
The undernamed Railway Bills were presented, read a
first, and ordered to be read a second time :
Lancashire and Yorkshire and York and North Midland.
Eastern Comities and Newmarket and
_parties. cheaterford Com-
Eastern Counties (Junction with
' the East and West India
Docks, &c.)