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London, England, 1849-02-24 00:00:00

BILL.

On the order of the day for the second reading of the
Vice-Guardians of Unions (Ireland) Bill,
Mr. HUME said he wanted to know what permanent
had been adopted by Government to relieve
the people ?—(Bear, hear.) The Government had had
measures
plenty of time to prepare them, if they had any mea-
l:urea in view.

Mr. B. OSBORNE hoped the Noble Lord would give
some answer to the question of the Hon. Member for
Montrose.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he really could not state all
the measures the Government proposed to introduce in
the course of the session. The Right Hen. Baronet the
Secretary for Ireland had already stated the views of
the Government with respect to three of those mea-
sures, and with respect to the present relief of the
poor, provision had been made for it by the Act passed
two years ago.
The Earl of LINCOLN suggested that the Bill should
be extended to that time twelvemonths, for, if the vice-
guardians could be dispensed with before that titne, the
guardians could resume their office, whereas it would be
inconvenient if it was necessary to continue after Sep-
tember next, when the Bill would expire.
Sir G. GREY, in reply, stated that the present Bill
was intended to clear up the doubts which existed as to
the effect of the Act of 1844, and to give powers which
tho Legislature intended to have bestowed, but had not
precisely stated before.

The was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Monday next.
The Consolidated Fund (8,000,0001.) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
In reply to Mr. J. O'CONNELL,
Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that within the next fort-
night it would be necessary to bring forward some mea-
sure with reference to the immediate distress in Ireland.
lie recommended the Hon. Member for Limerick, there-
fore, to postpone till then what he had to say on the
subject, rather than take up the time of the House on
going into a Committee of Supply on Monday, when
the special business fixed for consideration was the navy
estimates.
Mr. DISRAELI stated that it was his intention on
Monday to lay on the table of the Home th• specific re-
solutions he proposed to move in reference to the agricul-
tural interest.

Mr. NAPIER inquired when the Noble Lord pro-
posed to bring in a Bill founded on the resolution of the
Committee of the House, with respect to the Irish poor-
Law.

Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he would state on
Monday on what day he meant to bring is a Bill founded
on the resolution.

Sir W. SOMERVILLE brought in the Indictable
Offences (Ireland) Bill, the Summary Convictions (Ire-
land) Bill, and the Protection of Justices (Ireland) Bill,
which were read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time on Friday, March 9.
Lord J. RUSSELL brought in the Parliamentary
Oaths Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to
be road a second time on Monday, April 16.
The House then adjourned, at a Quarter past Seven
O'C:ock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 23.

(Sittings At Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE
and a Special Jury.)
KINCAID ♦ND OTHERS V. WILLIS.

In this case, which had not concluded when our report
left, evidence was given to show that it was the duty
of those on board the tug -boat implicitly to obey the
orders of the pilot, whatever bad effects might follow.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, after a careful summing up, left
the following questions to the jury :—Whether the de-
fendant falsely pretended to the plaintiffs' servants that
the plaintiffs had engaged them to tow their vessel ;
whether the plaintiffs' servants believed that statement ;
whether they handed a rope to the defendant's servants
to tow the barque ; whether the defendant's servants at-
tached the hawser to their steamer ; whether they cast
off the hawser by the order or authority of the plaintiffs'
servants; and whether, if the order "to let go the rope"
was given, it must reasonably have been understood to
mean then and there, or in a qualified sense according
to the circumstance ?

The jury retired, and at half-past eight o'clock re-
turned into court with a verdict fur the plaintiffs.
Mr. Greenwood was this morning called within the bar
by the Lord Chief Justice, the Learned Gentleman hay-
ing been appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT. Feb. 23.
MASTER AND WARDENS 01 THE APOTHECARIES' COM-

PANY V. RAPHAEL LOUIS LOBO.

This proceeding was instituted by the above company
against the defendant, for acting as an apothecary with-
out being duly qualified.
Mr. Griffits, a barrister, appeared for the company;
the defendant, who is a foreigner, appeared in person.
His HONOUR inquired whether there was any doubt as
to the jurisdiction?
Mr. GRIFFITB replied that this proceeding was taken
under the 55th George 111., c. 174, s. 26, which pro-
vided that the penalties for the infringement of that
enactment should be recoverable in any court of record
in England or Wales.
The case then was proceeded with, when it appeared
that the defendant had attended one patient for pneu-
monia, and signed a certificate of the cause for the re-
gistrar of the district. The Learned Counsel quoted the
case of the Apothecaries' Company v. Lotinga (2 M. and
Rob. 495), where Mr. Justice Cresswell held that an
apothecary is a person who professes to judge of in-
ternal disease by its symptoms, and applies himself to
cure it by medicine; also the case of Woodward v. Ball
(6 Car. and Payne, 577), in which it was held that mix-
ing up and preparing medicines prescribed either by a
physician or any other person was a practising as an
apothecary. The same rule was also held in the case
of the Apothecaries' Company v. Allen (4 Bar. and
Adolph. 625).
His HoNoue. intimated that that description would in-
clude chemists. _ _

Mr. GRIMTS replied that undoubtedly it would, and
his clients were desirous that the public should be made
aware that in future they should be more efficiently pro-
tected. His Honour's own recollection would supply
him with instances where fatal mistakes had occurred
from unqualified persons mixing drugs upon a physi-
cian's prescription, and in future the Apothecaries' Com-
pany were determined that only properly qualified per-
sons should do so. At the same time the Apothecaries'
Company were not desirous of inflicting any vindictive
punishment, and if the defendant would admit the fact
of having practised, undertake to pay the cost actually
disbursed, and promise not to practise until properly
qualified (for which it was understood he was preparing
himself), the company would forego the amount of tho
penalty.
The defendant hereupon interposed, and ultimately it
was agreed between him and Mr. Eyre, of Devereux-
court, solicitor for the prosecution, that these terms
should be accepted.
His Howoun then said that judgment should be en-
tered for the plaintiffs, not to be acted upon except as to
costs, without application to the Court.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Newcastle• on-Tyne,
Feb. 22.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Thomas Mitchell, aged 25, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Hannah Bruce, to which he pleaded not
guilty.
In the course of the year 1847 he had formed a con-
nexion with a young woman named Sarah Bruce, the
the daughter of a bard-working waterman in the town,
and they accordingly lived as man and wife in some
miserable tenement in the neighbourhood of the Town-
quay. The birth of a child (the unfortunate victim of
the prisoner's violence), in the month of September in
the same year, was the result of their intimacy, and the
mother finding that his attention to her had abated after
repeated promises to marry her had been made, she
procured an order of affiliation on the 20th of March,
1848, and he was directed to pay 2s. per week for its
maintenance. The money was paid, and for some time
they seemed to be on good terms together. A few
weeks, however, previous to the murder of the child,
he proceeded to display the most vindictive feeling
towards the mother. Ile beat her, and told
her that he should take the child away and send it into
the country; but she refused to part with it. On the
evening of Sunday, the 25th of Juue last year, the sister
of Sarah Bruce took the child into the yard leading to
their dwelling, Bud yfhile there the primal); cacao up,