The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1847.

Riddell, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Pickering, and Sir J. Duck-
worth, were appointed a committee, to take such further
proceedings as might be necessary, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE.
(From the (ilatgow Po,t )
_ .

We extract from the Swan River News the follcwing
notice of the coal samples sent home from this colony:
—We are this month prepared to Jay before our readers
the result of the examination we promised to hay,•
made, of the samples of quasi coal found in the Murray
district, Western Australia, as reported in the " Sup•
plement Extraordinary" to our journal of November
last. We had originally placed the investigation in the
hands of Dr. Scoffern, but in consequence of the ill-
ness of that gentleman, it was transferred to Mr. Win.
Stott, one of the most experienced practical coal workers
in the country, who is constantly engaged in making
researches among the coal-fields, and tests of their
produce. The following is the report sent into us by
this gentleman ;—" I have tried part of the specimen
you sent me from Western Australia, and find part to
be a kind of shale, and the rest partaking of the qualities
of coal. I have also submitted it to several practical
and experienced workers of mines, amongst whom there
is a difference of opinion respecting it. That the speci-
men is such as we frequently meet with in the hilly
parts of this country where coal is found, is admitted by
some of them as well as by mys, if ; but before I
could venture to give an opinion in favour of boring,
I would suggest that the brooks be sought through,
and that the sides of them, where rocks and
shaley metals are bare, be examined ; and if, on
such examination, no small particles of coal or slack be
met with, there appears little chance of coal being found.
It would also be advisable to look the brooks carefully
through after high floods have taken place, as they
oftentimes bring coal to light, or something from which
it is not difficult to ascertain that coal is very probably
lying there. Should anything of this kind be oinervtd,
them, by digging several holes a short depth, proof
might be had whether they really existed or not. With
out these guides, in an unproved country, it would not, I
think, be good policy to go to the expense of boring.
" WILLIAM STOTT,
" Keariley, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire."

During the drama of the I3u- tile of Sedgenwor at the
Adelphi Theatre here, on Tuesday ese niug last, a,t oc-
currence took place which for stirring interest and ro-
mantic story far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as
The Wife of Two Husbands, The Fatal Marriage, or
those numerous misadventures and mishaps in connexion
with love, marriage, and triumphant virtue. which are
put upon the stage to " fill the pause and give the tarty
play." The facts of the case, which have been commu-
nicated to us by aneye-witness, and which can be au-
thenticated on the best authority, are as follow :—While
on the above evenieg the business of the play was going
forward, and while one of the favourite actresses of the
Adelphi was performing her part—indeed we need not
hesitate giving the name (Mrs. De Bourgh) as the whole
matter is now kept no secret by the parties interested, a
tall handsome man, with a military air, in the pit, was
observed to look very uneasy for a few minutes, to
gaze earnestly at the stage as if the lady had en-
gaged his fixed attention, rising several times from
his seat during the time, until he at length appa-
rently satisfied himself with his scrutiny—when, to the
astonishment of all around, he exclaimed at the pitch
of a stern military voice, " My wile, by heaver, ! my
Eliza, 1" Not knoeing the cause of this sudden out-
burst, the spectators for a time appeared at a loss
whether to treat the affair in joke or earnest. Seeing,
however, that the gentleman was perfectly sober, and
quite serious in his manner of_ address, their merri-
ment gave way to wonder and curiosity, which
was in no degree lessened when it Wai noted
that the fair actress who had been thus pointedly ad-
dressed had swooned, and required to leave the stage.
The play, however, went on, notwithstanding this, but
the occurrence excited the most marked attention. On
hearing of the matter, Mr. Miller, the manager, at once
proceeded to the place where the gentleman sat, in
order to ascertain the cause of the unlooked-for inter-
ruption that had been given to the evening's entertain-
ment, and inquired his: meaning for the expres-
sion: he had made use of. " I tell you," said
the gentleman, "-that lady is .my wite, whom
I have not seen these nineteen years. I have
been abroad, and during that time have not heat d from
her ; I thought her dead ; and can you wonder I was
astonished ? But," said the stranger, " who are you
that inquires ?" Mr. Miller replied that he was
lessee of the threatre that he had a respect for
this lady, who had now been in his corps drantatique
for three years, during which her reputed husband,
Mr. De Bourgh, had died, and as he felt an in-
terest in the reputation of this lady, as well as for the
good name of all the members of the company, he hoped
the gentleman would not wantonly make a statement to in-
jure her character. " Married," exclaimed the stranger,
to another. My Eliza married ! But I must see her
immediately, she is still my wife." Mr. Miller asked
the name of the gentleman, who said, " My name is
Lewis, Lieutenant Lewis, sir. I've come direct from
Liverpool, after having been on foreign service with
my boy', her boy, sir. He is twenty-two years of
age, and six feet two inches high. Yoe shall see him,
sir." Somewhat doubtful and yet surprised at this
recital, Mr. Miller inquired the maiden name of the
lady. " Stanley," said the lieutenant, " Elizabeth
Stanley." After these interrogatories, Mr. Miller pro-
ceeded behind the scenes, to satisfy himself as to the
truth of the representation, when he found it at once
verified by the actress, who had by this time recovered.
from her faint. And now for the sequel. The parties had
a meeting, and such a meeting! our fair readers may form
some idea. After loving embraces and hurried explana-
tions,during which the lieutenant seemed to have lived
over again his first three yt ars of marriage, the following
statement was elucidated, which was highly satisfac-
tory to Mr. Miller and the other parties who had
the fortune to be present at the scene :—They had
married when young in England—he, at the time, a
private soldier, she a rising member of a theatrical
company in the town of . The fruit of their
union was a fine boy. The regiment was ordered
abroad, and in vain the young soldier applied to have
along with him his-loving wife. The stipulated number
of women to go with the regiment had been made up,
and, as a favour, their child, then three years of age,
was permitted to accompany his father. They parted,
and during the
_lapse of nineteen years had not seen
or heard of each other. The one believing the
other dead; need we wonder at the remarkable
nature of their first encounter ? Ile had risen in
the army by steadiness and good conduct to the rank of
a lieutenant, and consoled by the company of his boy,
had not married. She, about eight years after the de-
parture of the vessel with the regiment, had been posi-
tively informed that her husband had been killed in
battle, and she was married again. The second husband
died about eighteen months ago; and thus ends our
strange eventful story. But no, we are in error, the tale
is not yet told. On Wednesday morning last, accom-
panied by a respectable body of friends, the happy pair,
both being of the Catholic persuasion, appeared before
the Rev. Mr. Gordon, who, after hearing the particulars,
again formally reunited two whom fortune and the
chances of war had put asunder.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The annual general
meeting and twenty-fifth election of this society, for the re-
lief of aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held
on Monday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ;
Richard Taylor, Eq., F.R.S., treasurer, in the chair. Mr.
J. S. Hodson, the secretary, read the report, which con
gratulated the subscribers on the satisfactory state of the
society, although at the present time fifty persons were re-
ceiving the benefits of their bounty. One great source of
annual benefit to their funds—the anniversary meeting,
which was presided over by Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, had
been very productive, the sum of 280/. having been received
on that occasion. Other auxiliary aids in the course of the
year were alluded to, viz., the day fete at Vauxhall-gardens,
and an entertainment at Bromley, in Kent, the former
yielding a profit of 131., and the latter of upwards of 504
The committee further reported that a legacy of 100/. had
been bequeathed by the late J. Harris, Esq., bookseller, of
St. Paul's Church-yard. The balance-sheet set forth the
annual and life subscriptions at 590/. I Bs. 10d.; interest on
stock, 1621. 18s. Bd. ; with the other sources of revenue,
yielding together a total of 1,3961. 14s. 4d. The expendi-
ture amounted to 1,228/. 17s. 3d., leaving a balance in
favour of the society of 167/. 7s. 7d. The report was unani-
mously received and ordered to be printed. It was an-
nounced that another theatrical amateur performance would
shortly take place. The result of the poll was then de-
clared, and the successful candidates were... Richard T.
Childs, 3,894; Francis Wageman, 2,905; Catherine Newman,
2,588 ; Edward Turner, 2,375 ; and Thomas S. Bambury,
2,340 (Whittingham pension). After the usual routine
business, the meeting was dissolved.
WATER CRESSES.—On Sunday morning, six large
bags, similar to what hops are put in, were filled with this
wholesome plant, and were lying at Winchester station
ready to be sent to London, the weight of each about 1121b5.,
or 1 cwt. They had been gathered in the neighbourhood of
Alresford, seven miles from I',•inchester, by the poor, for a
greengrocer living at that place, who has engaged to send all
he can procure to London two or three times each week, or
oftener if he can get them. It is stated they are extensively
used, and boiled as spinach.
ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—
The engine of the goods train, which leaves London at nine
o'clock, was on Saturday night thrown oil the rails in the
Finchley cutting, between the Woking and Farnborough
station, in consequence of the coupling chain having broken.
Fortunately the speed was slow at the time, and no personal
injury was sustained by the engiceer or stoker, but the en-
gine and tender were thrown across the rails and the traffic
on the line was delayed, as the passengers and luggage had
to be removed from one train to another until the rails were
cleared, which was effected by eleven o'clock on Sunday
morning.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An accident of a serious and
alarming character occurred in Newcastle on Saturday last,
which had nearly proved fatal to two young ladies, one of
them a daughter of Mr. George Bulman, and the other a
daughter of Mrs. Arundale, both of Leazes-ferrace. In the
middle of the day, as a cask of black lead was in process of
being lowered by a crane from the second floor of the ware-
house of Mr. Spencer, chemist, Low Friar street, it by some
means slipped from the slings, and fell to the ground just
as the young ladies were passing. They were both knocked
down by the cask, and seriously hurt, particularly Miss Bul-
man, who had a leg broken, a compound fracture, besides re-
ceiving a severe blow on the head. They are both, however,
in a fair way of recovery.—sVewcastle Journal
CAPTURE OF A ROBBER.—At Dover, on Sunday
morning, at about five o'clock, a special train arrived at
Dover with a gentleman and one of the City oolice, in search
of a man, who, it was stated, had robbed a merchant at Ham-
burgh of more than 4,000/. After ineffectually searching on
board the packets, then about to start for the Continent,
they proceeded to Hollyer'c London Hotel, where they dis-
covered the fugitive quietly enjoying his breakfast. Ile
arrived at the London Hotel by the mail train, intending to
embark for the Continent, but was compelled to retrace his
steps with his captors.—Darer Telegraph.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERMINI.—On Monday
the materials of upwards of twenty houses, on the west side
of Westminster-bridge-road, near the old Marsh-gate, were
sold by 'Mr. Chadwick, of St. Martin's-lane, for the extension
of the South-Western Railway to the proposed new terminus
Li the York-road, Lambeth, midway between Hungerford
and Waterloo-bridges. The terminus of the South-Eastern
and Brighton Coast Railway, at London• bridge, is Under-
going extensive enlargements; the ground on the north side,
extending from Dean•street to Bermondsey-street, a distance
of four hundred yards, is already cleared, and the erections
commenced that, when complete, will cover half a mile in
length. The extension of the Eastern Counties to their pro.
posed central terminus at Guildford-street, Brunswick-square,
including the Middlesex House of Correction, is rapidly pro-
gressing and has already reached Islington.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Monday Mr. W. Payne,
City Coroner, held an inquest at the Old Swan Tavern,
London-bridge, on view of the body of Andrew Reckhouse,
aged forty-seven, the confidential clerk of Messrs Nicholls
and Bennett, the proprietors of the Old Shades, who de-
stroyed himself under the following circumstances:--111,.
Thomas Nicholls, of the firm of Nicholls and Bennett, and
other witnesses, stated that the deceased had been for many
years confidential clerk in the above establishment. He had
attended to business during Saturday, but complained of
being unwell, Mr. Croa, surgeon. of Lawrence Pountney-lane,
saw him about nine o'clock in the evening, and sent him some
medicine. Calling about twelve o'clock on Sunday to pay
him another visit, his bed-rcoin dcor was found locked in
the inside, and which it was neceEsary'to have forced, when
he was discovered partly dressed, lying on his .ace with his
right arm under his chest. On being turned round, a large
deep wound was observed in his throat. which extended from
ear to ear, having divided all the muscles, lc- between the
larynx and the tongue. The bed was saturatsd with blo.oe,
a large quantity having flowed on to the &Dr. By his side,
near his right hand, lay the razor with which the wound
had been inflicted. He bed ,or some years been subject to
occasional fits of despondency, complaining of
in his heed, and he also :.offered .rom indige.,tion. This
state pains
is
state of things had been par ly produced by grief for e
an the lossd
of his brother, who died suddenly about five years sinhcie,
h he
which
also trom the loss of several hundreds of pound!' •
After a long in-
had benevolently lent to several ;fiends. it
quiri the jury returned a verdict of a Temporary Insanity.
1' IRE IN Sr. KATHERINE'S DOCK.-'.-thiChina y
afternoon, between one and two o'clock, the ship
Cap-
tainwas' D. Ferguson, lying in St. Katherine's
disco-
vered to be on fire. The vessel, which was Madras trader,
for some time
was lying alongside of the C warehouses, and
hould extend
55Dao
considerable alarm prevailed lest the flames . s
been given,
to the surrounding property. The alarm h g
Lie in dock co-
in the space of a few minutes a number 0
en they found the
acns servants boaded th vessel,
deck
burning furiously.
ooky-' house in flames, and pa ert of the
A general turn out of the London Brigade engines
doe
.shed Pal h took place,
k comn's
but by the time they reached the scene the .
he
i
men had succeeded in getting the fire extingu
was
vessel was insured. It appears that the outbreak_reunprotected
occa-
sioned by some plumbers having left their fire
whilst they went to di. or sr.
In respect to
THE WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS•
withs
Eton, I would mention that the college i provided
ndations bTars afro
eig
400
sewers, constructed at the time of the
fou
formed; and the person who laid them out, 3. _
sluices for the purposes of flushing
provided reservoirs and s
them with water; and those sewers have been kept free from
deposit by periodical flushing ever since.-31r. Roe's Evidence
before the Health of Towns Commission.
the voice of
Tits CUCHOO.-011 Monday morning the k
the cuckoo was repeatedly heard in the plantation at Mar -
eaton, near herby.—Derby Reporter.
GREAT MATCH AT DRAUGHTS.—Thelong-talked
of march at
draughts between Mr. Anderson, of Carluke, and
• (known as " the herd !addle"), began on Monday
Mr. Wylie
week inßegister-street. The stakes,
Mr. Greenlaw's Tavern,
we believe, are 100/. a side ,
• time match being decided by the
After eight days' play the result
first won nine games. After
games; Wvlie, 3 • drawn
stands thus:—Anderson,. drawn, 10.
Great interest
is excited in the issue, from the circumstances
considered the most eminent in the
of the players being king-
dom,At the end of last ( F 'da -) nights '
play, the games
t Wylie •
ood thus :--Anderson, 8 , 4 • drawn, 16. Twenty-
eights games have thus been played, occupying 13 days.—
Edinburgh Paper of Saturday.
AD/OTHER CLAIMANT FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL.—
A report is now current on the Continent that it is the in-
tention of the King of Sardinia to construct a railroad from
Genoa to Chambery, with a tunnel under Mount Cenis, eight
miles long. Should this railroad be constructed, Genoa will
become a formidable rival to Marseilles, and the route by
Genoa will, in that case, probably be found preferable either
to that by - :Marseilles or by Trieste for the conveyance of the
overland inail.—Liverpeol Albion.
LEICESTER TRADE•—'IVOOIS are firm at former
prices, but yarns are dull of sale. Worsted goods are fiat.
moderate business was
in cotton goods a doing, but not a
brisk one. This has been a dull week in the warehouses, and,
on the whole, there is but little improvement in the demand
from last week, save in receipt of a few American orders for
the fall.—Leicester Mercury.
" HEAR THE CHURCH. —lt is reported that the
Rev. Hugh DelacV, of Killins -_;•11, county Cavan, a most esti-
mable and respectable priest, had been addressing his congre-
nation on the present dreadful visitation, and used some
tropes and figures about the " people slaying and eating all
before them." Be that as it may ;or se hailer Dolan and his
son understood him literally, on Wednesday week they broke
into their priest's cowhouse, out of which they took a fine
springer, to calve sth April, worth 101., and killed in his own
field, leaving the calf, entrails, and hide, and taking the flesh.
The Dulans were committed to Cavan gaol, by the Earl of
Enniskillen, whom it. was difficult to persuade that they had
so outraged the priest's premises and property.—Fernianagh
Reporter.
LEICESTER TRADE.—WonIs are firm at former
prices, but yarns are dull of sale. Worsted goods are flat.
In cotton goods a moderate business was doing, but not a
brisk one. This bas been a dull .seek in the warehouses,
and on the whole, there is but little improvement in the de-
mand from last week. save in receipt et a tee: American orders
for the fall,—Leicester Illercury.
Viscount Palmerston received a large circle of his
Parliamentary friends at dinner on Sunday evening.

The opinion of practical men, whose attention has
been directed to the foreign trade of the country, seems to
be that the exchanges will not go materially, if at all, worse
than at present. It is, they observe, true that prices are on
the advance in the corn market, and that so far as the con-
sumption of foreign products by the consumers of this king-
dom
is concerned, the rise must act prejudicially to our
monetary system. But the prevailing impression is, as they
contend, that our stock of grain, of native growth, is much
larger than had been supposed, and, assuming this to be the
fact, the shipments making to France, to which may be
ascribed much of the advance in the quotations noticed,
must be decidedly beneficial to the exchanges, inasmuch as
they tend to redress the balance of trade without the inter-
vention of the precious metals The remittances of gold to
the United States need not, they say, create apprehension.
The quantity thus far shipped will have increased the de-
mand, on the part of the Americans, for luxuries. Tea,
sugar, and other commodities will have been purchased to an
unusual extent, the effect of which must be that of creating
a necessity for the transmission of bills to a large amount to
England in anticipation of drafts made on American account
from China and other points. We have more than once ad-
verted to the probability of a loan being required by the French
Government. Should such an operation be determined upon,
it is not unlikely that capitalists here may be tempted to
take part in it. It is, in fact, certain that they would do so.
They are understood to have pretty well got rid of their scrip
in the 8,030,0001. loan jest contracted for the relief of Ireland,
and if such be the case, their hands will be but the more tree '
to engage in fresh undertakings. If a French loan is to be
negotiated, of which there is thought to be no longer a doubt,
the natural course of the exchanges as regulated by trade
operations will be interfered with, so that the future value of
money is contingent rather upon possible loan transactions
than upon the simple results of commerce; and the matter
is worthy of consideration.—Post.
'TIE AWFUL EXPLOSION AT BARNSLET.—BARN•
SLEY, SAItURDAY, 10 O'CLOCK, P.M.—The explosion of yes-
terday excites considerable discussion respecting its cause
and effects. An opinion prevails amongst the working
classes that Government ought forthwith to be memorialised
to send an inspector immediately to the scene of devastation,
and make rigid inquiries into the cause of this most awful cala-
mity, as the colliery has only been worked a short time, and
this is the third occurrence which has taken place in this
mine caused by fire. The following are its results .-41 men
and boys have been got out of the mine, whose bodies present
a most awful spectacle; so awful, that seme yet remain un-
known, and bodies have been taken to the residence of
others in mistake. All appear horror-struck at the
calamity. The following are dead in or out of the pit
—their names, residences, and families, as near as we
are able to ascertain at present. —James Brown, Hoyle
Mill, wife and four children ; John Hough, Iloyle Mill,
wife pregnant, and three children ; John Littlewood, Hoyle
Mill, two children, no wife ; Isaac Lindley, not
known ; Matthew Lindley, not known ; Samuel
Lindley, not known ; James Lees, Hoyle •'
single man; Thomas Brown, Hoyle Mill, single man; James
Whitely and two sous, Hoyle Mill, not known; George Bed-
ford, Hoyle Mill, single ; Joseph `'roe and three sons,
Ardsley, not known ; John Denton, Barnsley, a boy; John
Gelder, Barnsley, a boy ; Richard Beardsall, Barnsley, a boy;
Thomas Beardsall, Barnsley, a boy; John Buckle, Barnsley,
Chadwick,a boy;
Ezraß aNir'nisnitee;, young men;•
, Ardsleyo widower ; Joseph and Thomas
George Gild, rthorpe and
brother, Barneley, single; George Dyson, Barnsley, wife and
child; Robert Ilaile, Hoyle Mill, wife and famili; William
Addy ; George Parker ; Henry Gardener ; John Cook, Barns-
ley, single ; John Turton and son, Barnsley, wife and two
children; Joseph Fearnley, Barnstev, single; John Hitchen,
Worsbro'ecommon, single ; I.llllington, Worsbro' com-
mon, single; James Kelly; Charles Steele, Barnsley, single;
Charles Matthews; -- Matthews. James Galloway, aged
26 years, died this morning, leaving a wife and child. He
was one of the 24 who were got out alive yesterday. None
have been got out this morning, although about thirty are
said to be missing. Men are employed making the air
roads good, and have been since twelve o'clock last night,
so as to enable the men to make further search for the miss-
ing bodies.—Sheliield Times.
THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS.—WeIsh and
Matthews, who were convicted of murder at the late assizes,
and sentenced to death, were removed to Morpeth Gaol on
Saturday evening last. Welsh, we understand, continues in
a very agitated condition, being alternately moved with re-
morse, revenge, and contrition. Occasionally, he breaks
forth in the most vehement manner, tl:reatening, if lie had
the power, to stab and kill all who offend him. Matthews is
quite the reverse. From the moment of receiving sentence
he has been drowned in sorrow, and evinces the utmost peni-
tence for his sad crime. He appears quite resigned to his
fate, and listens attentively to the spiritual instructions pro-
vided for him. Both prisoners are attended by the gaol
chaplain, and all admission refused to any other visitors.
The execution is fixed to take place at Morpeth, on Wednes-
day, the 17th inst.—. Newcastle Guardian.
SALE OF RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS OF
EARLY TYPOGRAPHIL—On Monday, Messrs. Christie and
Manson, the auctioneers, of King-street, St. James's, com-
menced a sale by auction of some most beautiful specimens
of the rarest productions of early typography. There were
199 lots sold on Monday, of which the following are deserving
of notice :—Classici Auctores Latina, lee., Cure A. J. Valpy,
sold for 60/. ; Boccaccia (Giovanni) II Decamerone da Ni-
cole Delphino, large paper, unique, formerly in the Duc de
Noelle's collection, and printed at Venice by Gregorii in
1516, sold for 15/., understood to be for the British Museum.
Antonio da Sienna el Libro, entitulato Monte Sacco, printed
at Florence in 1477. This book is the earliest book known
with specimens of copperplate engravings; it was formerly
the library of Sir Mark Sykes, at whose sale it realised
inlo
guineas. Biblia Polyglotto, in the Hebrew, Chaldaic,
G re ek,
anda ,formerly in the library of Dr. Adam
between the years 1514 and 1517,
Clarke,sold for 491. The other lots sold fetched equally good prices.
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PRICE OF BREAD.—On Monday the lowest price of
best quality 101 d. ; rye meal bread,
I d. the 41b.; and
the 4th. loaf of wheaten bread in the metropolis was t3(.1.,
the
N OF NORTH DEVON.—It having
REPRESENTATIO..
that it was the intention of
Indian corn bread, 2d. the pound.been asserted by an Exeter paper
cont pari'arliamentr, the North Devon
Sir T. Acland to
unqualified terms, pronounce that the
then, in the most
Advertiser, in retireratctioli from
it of the report, says :—" We at
i
once,
is not
whole statement is a fabrication, and as.ert positively that it
Sir Thomas Acland's inte
ntion to retire from the cares
of Parliamentary lire."
REPRESENTATION
u Elphin-
stone, Bart., is about VF4,..ergo"ll.7sseat .or Lewes, and R.
Perfect, e wnse ea tat( s his in East Somerset,
but who
sent ► gof re•.: portion tee five years inßrighton,
llrighton. and belongs t,• m .
st cf our local charitable institu-
tions,
tions will take the field oa the Liberal interest.—Brighton

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 9.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat upon the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.
CRINIINAL LAW—JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Com-
mittee on juvenile offenders was nominated.
IRISH LANDLORDS.
The Earl of LUCAN was desirous, as he was not in
the House last night, when the Noble Lord (Broughgro)
contradicted certain statements made by him (Earl
Lucan) on a former occasion, to make a few observations,
and he hoped their Lordships wow(' not conider him out
of order in cal Eng their attention to the =cum Aance and
in requesting the Noble Lord to give up the name of
the writer of the letter which he had read last night.
The charges in that letter were quite untOunded and in-
correct, and be th,,ught as the Noble L.n-ti had read the
letter in extenso, he was bound either to give up the
name of the writer, or to t'ike upon hinase!f the re-ponsi-
bility of the statements. Ile (Earl Lle4h) took
that •,pip,Tttioity of denying the st stein wade by vie
Noble Lord, as also the charges ii.ade b) Sine
Catholic clergyman at a meeting held in Bailin:ol3e as
reported in the Times on t 2d inNt., when the condi-
tion of this nroperiy was misrepresented.
Lord BROUGJAM denied haring alluded pointedly to
the Noble Earl. He did not name a.r.y or the landlordsin one
of the statements he read, and in the one in which names
were specified ho gave the name of his authority. He
did not confider himself bound to give up the names ;
but whether he did or not the result would be just the
same, as regarded the denial of them, as the case of Cap-
tain Wynne showed.

LordLUCAN—The Noble Lord refused to give the
name of the writer. Would he object to state to the
House whether he was acquainted with the writer, and
knew that he was respectable and worthy of ctedit?
Lord BROUGHAM--I beg leave to tell the Noble
Lord that I have made the statement fitting for me to
make. and proper for the House to receive, and that
neither he nor the House have any right what-
ever to call any Peer to account in that way,
and I will not give any answer.—(Hear, hear.)
Since I have been in Parliament—and that is not a short
time—l have heard statements made again and again, in
this House, and by Members of the other House of
Parliament, not giving the names of their authorities,
and while refusing to give their names, they themselves
have said that they believed the statement, and that was
sufficient. Everybody knows that from the time of
Henry 111., when Parliament first assumed a form,
downwards, common fame is sufficient to ground a
statement upon.

Lord DVSART presented a petition from the Relief
Committee of the county of Cavan, praying that the
House would consider the propriety of introducing a
proper and extensive railway system in Ireland.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a pe-
tition from Newtownard, in the north of Ireland, praying
for a more equalised sysiem of rating, and complaining
that they were suffering Fe v erely under the present system.
He considered that the extension o' the English Poor-
law to Ireland would be a most valuable boon to that
country. In conclusion, he would most earnestly desire
that the Noble and Learned Lord would d.-.silt from the
charges which he was in the habit of preferring against
the Irish landlords. 'They were most painful to him to
hear, and they were productive of much evil, as they had
caused the tenant to be discontented with his landl,,rd.
His own tenantry had never appeal, d to him for any
reduction of rent, and he did hope that the Noble and
Learned Lord would nct continue to indulge in the
strain of censure against the Irish landlords which he
was in the habit of doing.
Lord BROUGHAM denied that his charges were
general in their application, and if the Noble Marquis
insisted on being accused, he (Lord Brougham) could
not help it. He would now, however, put the matter
in a fair way of being ascertained, He would move for
returns—agreeable to the suggestion of hi• intOrincr,
who was a mo,t respectable man—of the names of all
the plaintiffs and defendants in all processes for rent
due on the Ist of November, 1846, which were brought
on for trial on the 11th of January last, at Baltina, in
the barony of Tyrawley, county Mayo.

Lord CLARE said that *Lich a thing as processing
in January for the November rent was a thing unpre-
cedented in Ireland.

Lord BROUGHAM hoped that he should not be
considered as harsh towards the Irish, but rather as
entertaining a kindly feeling towards them, when he
said that he &sired to see the income-tax, the assessed-
tax, and the land-tax in operstr tn in Ireland.

The Marquii of LO tiljON DERRY beg2.e,l leave to
remark that it was not right to attempt by bad j.,ltes to
turn the declaration he had made in that House to a bad
use. lhe Noble and Learned Lord used a sort of sarcasm
to any one who called him to account for his general
declarations. He appealed to their Lord,bips whether.
the Noble Lord had not attacked the landlords of Ire-
land in his various speeches. The Noble Lord, with
his special pleading. voluble language, gad bad jokes,
did himself mischief, for at length nobody would mind
what he said.—(Loud laughter.) The Noble Lord
should not attempt to make these attacks. If the income-
tax were placed upon Ireland, he was sure that the Irish
would loyally and cheerfully submit to it.
Lord BROUGHAM. said that the Noble Marquis had
said that no one would attend to what he said. He
must take his chance of that. Senators as well es others
were liable to that evil. He did not expect to meet with
the same respect in speaking in that House as the Noble
Marquis. He was satisfied, and, if he was satisfied, the
Noble Marquis had no right to complain. The Noble
Marquis had said, that he special-pleaded, was sarcastic,
and made bad jokes. What he had said was a fact and
no joke at all.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL said that he highly
approved of the returns which bad been moved for.
Agreed to.