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London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

LATEST FROM PARIS•

A Second Edition of the Morning Post contain. g
the following by Submarine Telegraph :

PARIS, SATURDAY,
The Moniteur publishes an amnesty for 137 Pl'6
cal prisoners, amongst whom are several notallegl
physicians, lawyers, and teachers.

,
MADRID, APRIL 12. 4
Future Ministry—Egana (principal confidant'
Queen Dowager Christina), Cacee, and San Luis'
The Cabinet is not expected to be of long dull'
tion.

The crisis still continues.
Catalania is quiet.

- VIENNA, APRIL
rals'st
The French fleet arrived on the 4th Ap
Salamina.

CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 4.
News without any material change.
Rodichif expected.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DA T.)

(Sittings in Banco.)
THE NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.
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Mr. Merewether, having been appointed Coll
learned in the law, was requested by the Court to tai
his seat within the bar, which he did accordingly.

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WRITS OF ERROR.
The Master having read a new rule of court, requir_s
that on the first paper day of each term, a list of or",
in which writs of error had been filed should be laid
fore the court,
Lord Campbell said the object of the rule was to P
vent abuses which had arisen under the Act of ParlianielL
which allowed writs of error to be brought in certain eaß'
and enabled defendants, who were imprisoned or 01
tented to imprisonment, to be admitted to bail will;
those writs were in operation. He was sorry to
that this had been an instrument of very great fray
The practice had been to bring writs of error with
any reasonable cause ; then the defendant, after hem'
admitted to bail, never surrendered, but some fraud
lent and corrupt negotiation was entered into betvier
him and the prosecutor, and then the prosecutor, 'in ecior,
sideration of a sum of money, omitted to join in WA,
whereupon judgment was given to reverse the iu„,"/,'°'
ment pronounced against the defendant. 'Po
had been done on various occasions and from
return made to the two houses of Parliament, it 141);
appeared that in hardly any instance since the act
passed, had the defendant, who was admitted to
surrendered. The object of the present rule was, the;:t,
fore, to aid the bill now before Parliament for the 1),,j
vention of such abuses, the Master being now requi'd
on the first paper of every term to make out a BO so
the cases in which writs of error had been issued,o
that the court would have under its view what had tfo`t,
place upon these writs, and would be in a positioriao
adopt such steps as they might think necessary for
prevention of such ilbuses in future.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—EXPARTE ROLT.
Sir Frederick Thesiger said he was instructed by
Bolt, one of her Majesty's counsel, to apply for a
to show cause why a criminal information should no
filed against Mr. J. M. Clayton, an attorney in o•
county of York. Mr. Clayton, who was personally
known to Mr. Rolt, in the month of January last
stituted a suit in the Court of Chancery by filing a c ijo
for the specific performance of an agreement entered 1,4
by the clerk of Mr. Clayton, as his agent, with a Fe'of
named Illingworth, respecting the lease to the latteroo
some lands and buildings. Affidavits were put ino:
both sides—the defendant, Illingworth, alleging ty
he was induced to sign the agreement without A;
contents of it being- made known to him. Mr. y
was retained as counsel for the defendant ; and after t j
whole circumstances were laid before him, it ape:
quite evident to him that the suit could have been ne'r!
tuted for no substantial benefit, and that it was It;11?
improper, useless, and vexatious proceeding ; and
considered that, as Mr. Clayton was a solicitor, it A
have been brought only with the object of obtec,i
costs. The case was heard before Vice-Chancellor vt'•
on the 15th of February, and Mr. Rolt then took ° eieri
sion to give expression to these opinions, which t•~
strictly warranted by the facts disclosed in the afficit',,e,l
The results was, that the Vice-Chancellor discut
the bill, expressing at the same time his oplog
that it was an unprecedented and improper proceen!o4l
Shortly after the case was disposed of, Mr. Roltreeei
a letter from Mr. Clayton, complaining of the aocotir
tions he had made, denying on his honour as a geheo
man their truth, and demanding afull retractation oft ost)
from the learned counsel. Mr. Rolt replied on the bar
Feb., saying he was not conscious of stating anYi
beyond the scope of his professional duty, and deli°,
any correspondence on the subject. This brol
ie
another letter from Mr. Clayton on the Ist Marv"
A 5 which he said he had placed the matter in the hltn--,,"
a friend, adding that in taking this course he would' i 0
the satisfaction of knowing he had done every tbiefr
his power in moderation to induce him to grant thoid,
paration which he thought no gentleman should rni4
Upon the receipt of this, Mr. Rolt consulted one 0101,
friends at the bar, one of her Majesty's 0,,,12:00
who thought that as he had only acted in the
discharge of his duty, it would be impossible for ,-1;10",
make any apology, and that he ought to take
to be involved in a quarrel. Subsequently a fries
Mr. Clayton, a person named Hopkins, caned a cod
chambers of Mr. Bolt and required an apology
re
him, but he adopted the advice of his friend anu;reil
fused to give any, whereupon Mr. Hopkins d,es're
him to name his friend. Mr. Rolt very properlo
plied, that if he was troubled any further in the ina'fico
the only friend he would refer to would be the F"):0)
magistrate. It appeared that on three several occalo,
afterwards, Mr. Clayton himself called at the chainl'eip
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but he did not see Mr. Rolt, he being then engage:polt,
the Court of Chancery. On the 10th of March, Mr. nd
however, received another letter from Mr. Clayton d`qol.4
from Pontefract, and this contained the libel which
complained of. It was to the following effect :
,re
" I have called three times at your chambers, as 7011i0
no doubt, aware, for the purposeof having aninterviewlj
you, my object being to tell you, that you are a liar f:0,7
coward; and I now beg to
assure you that I can fi iioo
language sufficiently strong to convey to your imagilla co'
the thorough and unqualified contempt that I feel for fop
Therefore, you can have no doubt as to the object of
letter." •
The learned counsel stated, in conclusion, that a,,,it'o
munication had been sent to Mr. Clayton of Mr. o::jef
intention to make this application to the Court, in
fo
that lie might have an opportunity of taking a co
which would render it unnecessary.

ELECTION COMMITTEE '.-(THIS DAY%)

BARNSTAPLE.
The committee to inquire into the petition against fot
return of Sir William Frazer and Mr. Bremridgtd,,
this borough assembled this morning for the first not
the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, chairman. The counsel
the petitioners were Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. J,,331.130.41
and Mr. Power ; for the sitting members, Mr.
-°'"'"
Andrews and Mr. Montague Smith. Ua
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, in opening the case for ti'
petitioners, stated that the substantial part of the Poe
tion was an allegation of bribery and treating atth.oll
last election. The numbers were—For Sir Wri'
Frazer, 406 ; Mr. Bremridge, 393 ; Lord Ebringillie
332. The position of Mr. Bremridge with regard to is
borough was a peculiar one. He was an atternetp
Barnstaple, and the name of Mr. Saville, oue of his PP-04,
ners, would frequently occur during the proceed-05,
Sir William Frazer was quite a stranger to the 1)01'0124,
and came there relying on the interest of Mr. Brerari
He believed that the numbers polled was the iesu!,o,
systematic bribery, and large sums of money were Fib
digally expended. The market price of votes wag
and no freeman had the slightest difficulty in procci,
that sum. Treating was carried on in nearly every P,
lic-house in Barnstaple.
(The learned Sergeant was proceeding when our 14::
port left.)

COCKERMOUTH.
The Committee resumed at 3.1 o'clock this morn ,b‘
and additional evidence was adduced on behalf of ,r 4
petitioners, but nothing of importance had been die"-
up to the time of our report leaving.

TAUNTON.
The examination of witnesses was proceeded with t p
morning ; nothing, however, transpired to warraiv
t
detailed report.

RYE,

Immediately on the sitting of the Committee It ,1):,
morning, the room was cleared, and on our reachnis4,i3O
The Chairman intimated to the parties, that it wag
wish of the committee that they should proceed as '-
as possible, to the main facts of the case.
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Mr. Jeremiah Smith was then called, and exarwlet
at considerable length, as to his accounts with the OP:
family.

NEW ROSS.
At the sitting of this committee,
Mr. O'Hara, the holder of lands in the county of --(16
a rent-charge on which was alleged by Mr. Duffy as ro•
of his qualification. He said he had grants on a rr,
charge to Mr. Duffy, but admitted that he had not
ceived one farthing's consideration for it ; the deed
not been registered.

MAYO. st
This committee sat this morning for the first til334vg
12 o'clock; Lord Harry Vane in the chair. The situ
members are Mr. Higgins and Mr. G. H. Moore.
„et?
Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Bovill appeared for the r.L4P
tioners ; Mr. Edwin James, Mr. O'Dowd,
Meagher, and Mr. Hall for Mr. Higgins ; gr.
geant Kinglake and Mr. Wells for Mr. G. H. Meereoo
The petition alleged violence and intimidation seak°
the voters of Mr. M'Alpin, the defeated candidate,
a want of qualification on the part of Mr. Moore. of,
Mr. O'Malley was proceeding to open the case
our report left. •

1"
RECEIPT STAMPS.- _lt appears from a return fr%-.0),4
Inland Revenue-office that 5,290,661 receipt of
o!,i,
have been issued during the year ending the u"
January, 1853, and that the revenue derived frlbeef
sale of these stamps amounted to 194,0881. cli
numbers show a steady increase to the correspls#lo
numbers of the two previous years, which are"oerf
stamps 4,768,505, revenue 174,694/. ; 1851, 6 Of
5,178,556, revenue 187,4801. In 1850 the exPealle'i
distribution, sale, discount, &c amounted to
in 1851 to 10,862/., and in 102 to 17,4671.