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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.
MONDAY. AUG. 10.
ARM; (IRELAND) BILL.

Order fur Second lteAdingsread ; Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment
propused, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques-
tion to add the words " upon this day mouth :"—Question put,
" That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House
divided :

➢iAJORITY-AYES, 56.
Anson, Colonel Gladstone, Captain Pigot, David
Bannerman, A. Goulburn Henry Rich, Henry
Baring, W. B. Greene, Thomas Rumbold, C. E.
Berkeley, Captain Grey, Sir G. Russell, L(.rd John
Berkeley, Grantley Hamilton, G. A. Rutherturd, A.
Bodkin, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord
Broadley, Henry Hawes, B. Shaw, Rt. Hon. F.
Brocklehurst, John Ileneage, Edward Sheil, R.L.

Brooke, Sir A. B. Hobhouse, Sir John Smith, Vernon
Buller, Charles Hogg, J. W. Somerville, Sir W.
Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John . Spooner, Richard
Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Stewart, P. M
DIIII6IFIS, Admiral Labouchere, Henry Wad, 11. G.
Dundas, David Macaulay, T. B. Wilshere, T. W.
hbrington, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Charles
Estcourt, T. G. N icholl, John Wyse, Thomas
Ferguson, Sir R. O'Conor, Don
Forster, Mathew Palmer, G. TELLERS.
Fox, C. R. Palmerston, Viscount Tufnell, H.
Gibson, T. M. Parker, John Hill, Lord Marcus

MINORITY-NOES. 9.3.
Baine, Walter Horsman, E. Sibthorr, Colonel
Bowring, Dr. Martin, J. Warburton, H.
Bridgernan, Hewitt Morris, David Wawn, JT.
Browne, W. 31untz, G F. Williams, W.
Collett, John Napier, Sir Ckarles Yorke, Henry R.
Crawford, W. S. Norreys, Sir D.
Duncan, George Osborne, Ralph TELLERS.
Escott, Bickhain Pechell, Captain Dunconibe, Thomas
Evans, Sir De Lacy Protheroe, E. Hume, Joseph

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, August 11.
COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES.

Their Lordships sat to-dad• in Committee for Privileges.
The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Lord Mountford, the Earl of Kingston, Viscount
Strangford, Lord Sondes, and Lord Longford.

THE EARL OF CARIERY'S CLAIM TO VOTE AT THE ELEC-

TION OF REPRESENTATIVE PEERS FOR IRELAND.

Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined, upon the
claim of the Earl of Carbery to vote at the election of
representative Peers for Ireland ; after which,
Their LORDSHIPS declared that the Noble Earl bad made
out his claim.—Claim allowed.

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The House then sat to hear appeals, and their Lordships
were occupied the remainder of the morning with hearing
arguments in the case of Robertson v. Paterson, which came
before their Lordships upon an appeal from the decision of
the Court of Session m Scotland.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 11.
(Before Mr. Commis4iOner Gotn.Bur.x.)
FOX V. COLLINGWOOD.

This was a summons under the sth and 6th Vict.,
for the purpose of getting the defendant declared bank-
rupt unless he paid the sum claimed.
An objection was taken to the heading of the sum-
mons, which was simply Court of Bankruptcy.
The COURT was at first of opinion that that was suf-
ficient, as all the other courts were district ci,urts ; but
ultimately held, that under the 24th rule, made by the
Lord Chancellor, it was necessary that it should be
stated that it was the Court of Bankruptcy, London.
His llosoun also decided on a second objection, that
the initials, or the abbreviation of the name of the plain-
tiff in his signature, was nut sufficient, although it fol-
lowed, -‘ I ;he undersigned William Fox."
The summons was therefore dischary,ed.
CONTEMPT OF COURT.—AISTROP A. SOLOMON.

In this case the defendant, who had been summoned
under the Small Debts Act, was committed tor contempt
of Court. The summons was originally returnable, on
the Ist inst., but the defendant, on being served, said he
was " too busy to attend the Court." The Commis-
sioner suggested that a notice should be given, so that
he might not be ignorant of the consequence of not at-
tending ; but, on receiving it, the same answer was re-
ceived.
The Learned COMMISSIONER, therefore, ordered the
commitment to be enforced.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT —Carlisle, Aug. 8.
CROWN COURT.

The assizes closed this day, Mr. Justice Wightman sitting
to try the two remaining criminal cases.
William Gore, a young man of vulgar aspect, and no edu
cation. was charged with being in the dwelling•house o
Musgrave Todd, in Cockermouth, in the parish of Bryham
in this county, on the 19th of July last, and stealing am
carrying away three silver spoons, a silver watch, a gob-
watch key. a silver guard chain, eight sovereigns, 305., n
snuff box, and silk cravat, the money and property of Mr
Todd, and so being in the said dwelling-house feloniously an,
burglariously breaking out of the said dwelling-house.
The witnesses examined clearly proved the case as laid it
the indictment, the jury found him guilty, and
The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to ten years'
transportation.
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Edward Sloane, aged 33, tried yesterday, and convictev
on the evid.nce of a very interesting young girl, and other
vi itnesses, of having violently and feloniously assaulted ant
criminally abused her, the said Mary Hutchinson, at Hat
ringtor, in this county, received the sentence of the Cour:
that for the said offence he b' transported for life.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Gloucester, Aug. 10.

Fifteen cases have been added to the list.
Sir Thomas Wilde commenced business this mornint
in the Nisi Prius Court at ten o'clock, and Mr. Justie
Maule in the Crown Court at eleven, but before neithe.
Learned Judge has any case occurred which would justify
a report.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

The justice-room was crowed by persons who were
anxious to see Janes Fitzsimmon, the man charged with
having robbed the Lord Mayor of a gold watch and
appendages on Monday week, at the Blackwall Railway
station. The curiosity was the stronger as it was
known that the prisoner has been for some time dieitin-
guisbed as a prominent member of the swell mob, and
that he had been brought before the Lord Mayor him-
self a few m!,nths ago. in the custody of Daniel For-
rester, from Masterman's bank, where he had been
watching for victims.
Th-, prisoner, who was defendei by Mr. Hobler,
walked into the bar with gre:A confidence.
Thu following was the additional evidence:—
Mr. James Hartley, of I3ridge-street, Blackfriars,
solicitor, stated that he was standing with the Lord
Mayor when the prisoner and the smaller man, who was
described by the other witnesses, were together, close to
his Lordship. Witness fixed his eyes open the two
men the moment they came out of the carriage on the
railway.
The prisoner (to the witness)—Come, come, speak up
so that every one may hear you.
The witness—They came suddenly in front of his
Lordship. In a moment the shorter man disappeared.
Then the Lord Mayor cried out that he was robbed.
From the manner in which they both acted, it was quite
evident to me that they were acting in concert together,
and I at once judged, from their appearance, that they
were bad characters.
..

The prisoner—Oh, dear ! so you know a thief by his
looks, do you ?
Alderman GlBBs—Did you observe them in conversa-
tion ? Witness—Certainly.
The prisoner—State what you heard us say. If you
thought us bad characters, you ought to have listened to
what we said.
Mr. Harley said he did not hear the conversation.

Alderman bissek—Shyuld you be able to identify the
colupanion of the prisoner ? Witness—No doubt of it.
Mr. Wood, who gave evidence on the day of the first
examination, said the prisoner was in concert with the
person who stole the Lord Mayor's watch, if not the
actual thief.
Mr. Ilobler—Did you ire the prisoner attempt to
escape ? Mr Hartley—l did not see that. I SAW
from their general appearance that they were pick-
pockets, and I saA so.
The prisoner shook his head contemptuously.
Mr. Nobler—Had you seen them before ? Witne!s

Mr. John Hall, of Bishomate•street-without, ware-
lio,iseman, confirmed the statements made by the other
witnesses, in which the prisoner and the shorter man
were described as being in connexion. The witness was
behind the Lord Mayor when he saw the prisoner and
Mayori,rectahll:pdrtilsioenpetr),licaet they(riies:inreerosihAruindlicrlimaacrk,
his companion close to his Lordship. When the Lord
*Gibbs,
put on his hat.

Alderman dinns—Put it more completely on your
head.

The prisoner—l can't' my 1,.a '
d.. e
The hat
11 7. just as I wear it always.W -h: t motre°eaLn il f.
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eta©• ,ehweraeotwe,itio?
Alderman Ginns—ls there any
imq nnything to ,ay against the prisoner ?
Mr. James [Lillis, wa e.h mitttae•ort-,r, of Last
smitbfk.!(-1, here stepped forward, and swid that hr ha-I a
charge to make ugaihst ti•ie prisoner. ilk: thee stated
that on last Friday week, at half past eight o'clock in
the evening, a person of gentlemanly appearance, and

taller than the prisoner walked into the shop and asked
to see some pat, nt gold levers. Witness showed him
three, and he wished to see still better, and spoke ah,Jut
not taking anti• Geneva watches, or any watch not of
English make. Witness then handed him a fourth watch,
with a heavy gold chain. There was a lady in the shop
at the time, who was known to the witness, and who
was looking at ear-rings, and at that moment the pri-
soner entered and pushed roughly by the lady to reach
the party who was looking at the watches. In an instant,
by a wonderful sleight of hand, the watch and chain
disappeared, and the pris_iner too followed toy his com-
panion.
Alderman GIBBS.—What did the prisoner say upon
entering the shop ? Witness—When he squeez. dby
the lady to get to the place where the party was looking
at the watches, he said to me, " Mr. Harris, what do you
charge for cleaning a patent lever r' I replied, 45., and
the prisoner went out, and after him went t!..e other
party, and so rapidly was the thing done that they were
out of the shop before I di!covered that the watch was off.
Mr. Hobler—Was the prisoner the person who took
the watch ? Witness—One of them had it.

Mr. Hobler—DA yi,u sEe the person touch the watch
at all ? Witn-sf.—l say there was extraordinary sleight
of hand made use of, and one of them certainly wok the
watch.

Alderman GlBBS—Should you know ti-e tall man ?
Witness—Directly.

The prisons—l am entirely innocent of both of these
charges.
Miss Susanna Harris said she was in the shop when
the prisoner entered the shop, and asked her father what
he would charge for cleaning a patent gold lever. She
was po.itive the prisoner was the man, and she was con-
fident that she saw the other man hand the prisoner
something.
The prisoner—The witness before you did not say
anything of that kind.
. Miss Susanna Harris—l know you are the man. I
saw the tall man hand something to you, and you went
out directly, and he followed you.
The prisoner—You don't know whether the tall one
or the little one took the watch? Miss S. Harris—l as
confident the tall man handed something to you, and
you went out immediately, followed by him, and vie
watch was then missed. The young lady added that
Mr. Gardiner, a neighbour, had seen the prisoner and
the tall man looking in at the watches through the
window and talking together.

Alderman GIBBS asked whether the lady who was in
the shop looking at the earrings could give any evidence?
Mr. Harris replied that he supposed she could not, as
she was so much occupiod with the earrings.
Miss Mary Ann Harris, another of Mr. Harris's
daughters, stated that as she was passim.; through the
shop, she saw the prisoner distinctly, and heard him ask
her father what he would charge for cleaning a gold
patent lever. She looked at the prisoner, and the pri-
soner looked at her.

Mr. Hunier—Did you ever see him before ? Witness
Never.

Alderman GIBBS—Is there any body else here who
has anything to say against the prisoner?
Here a lad) in deep mourning stepped forward and
said, I should not like to swear, but I am almost con-
vinced that that is the countenance of the man who
robbed me of 421., at a banking-house, in Pall-mall
East, on Monday week. I was at the time in a state of
great agitation, having just left my husband
on his death bed. I think three of them followed me
into the banking-house. I had two distinct views of the
prisoner. He had pushed the door open for her as she
entered, and he also pushed it open for her as she retired.
Alderman GIRDS—Can you swear to his identity ?
The lady—l should not like to swear to him. I think I
can swear to him. The face is exactly that face.
The prisoner—l never saw the lady before.
Mr. Hobler—You know that there are many faces
exactly alike. The lady—l do not. I have never see❑
two countenances exactly alike. Ido not think it is in
human nature.

The prisoner said that all who had splien against him
laboured under mistakes. He had dune none of these
things at all.
Alderman GIBBS remanded the prisoner till Thursday
next.

The prisoner's confidence and self-possession were
evidently shaken when Mr. Harris suddenly appeared to
give evidence against him. He, however, soon recovered,
and showed a disposition to bully the officer who had
him in custody.
It is repot ted that the Lord Mayor's watch was broken
up immediately after it disappeared trom his Lordship's
fob, as, in the absence of the prisoner, it fell into the
hands of some of the juniors of the fraternity, who got
)41 of it with all possible expedition. It is supposed by
some, that if the prisoner had escaped at the time of the
robbery, the watch would have found its way back to his
Lordship by as rapid a mode of communication as that
'of which Mr. Harris complained when speaking of the
magical departure of his property.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Thomas Brake, a footman in the service of a gentleman
re i Jinx at No. 44, Hertford-street, May-fair, and Thomas
Williams were brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with hav-
ing been found together by the police under the following
suspicious circumstances :--_ .

Police-constable
P C 102 said he was going through his beat
that morning when he saw a man in the area of No. 32, Hert-
ford-street. He noticed a second person, who stood outside
of the railings, and who gave a kind of signal to the man in
the area, as if to warn him of the approach of any one.
Witness went forward to the area and spoke to the man,
who said it was all right, as he lived in the house. Wit.
ness was not satisfied, and he took the two men to the
station-house. On the prisoner Brake (the man in the area)
a number of skeleton keys were found. Witness ascertained
that Brake did not live in the house, but that be had for-
merly lived in the service of the gentleman who occupied
the house, but that now he was in service at No. 44 in the
same street.

The prisoner Brake said he merely went down the area to
call upon the footman who had succeeded him.
Mr. MALTBY said he should remand both prisoners for a
few days, in order to give the police an opportunity of mak-
ing proper inquiries.
Thomas Alexander Barker, a clerk in the service of Messrs.
Williams and Co., silk-mercers, Oxford-street, was charged
with embezzlement.

Several cases were alleged against the prisoner, but as it
was expected there were other cases not yet known the pri-
soner was remanded.

Cavanagh was charged with robbing her master, Mr.
Martin, agent, No. 3, Thug-street, St. James's.
The prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor
only a few days. A quantity of table-linen and other arti-
cles were missed, and the prisoner was accused of the rob-
bery. The duplicates of the missing property were found in
her possession.--Fully committed.
LAMBETH.

Yesterday Mrs. Louisa Harney,middle-aged woman of
respectable appearance, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Elliott, on a charge of plundering Mr. Thomas Bloyds, a
gentleman residing at Castle-hill, Englefield-green, with
whom she lived as hou.ekeeper, of property to a considerable
extent ; and Charlotte Hal ev, Julia Harney, Emnia Harney,
Henry Barney, and Edward Sauce, were placed in the dock
on a charge of receiving the property well knowing it to have
been stolen.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the prosecution ;
and a professional gentleman, whose name did not transpire,
appeared on behalf of the prisoners.
From the statement of the Learned Counsel, and the evi-
dence of the witnesses, it appeared that the elder prisoner,
Mrs. Louisa Harney, had entered the service of the prose-
cutor, Mr. Bloyds, and up to a few days since that gentle-
man entertained the highest opinion of her. Having been
informed, however, that various boxes and hampers had
been from time to time sent from his house to the Bull and
Mouth booking-office in town, he had made some inquiries
into the matter, and found it quite true. He also arcer-
tained that one of the packages sent there had been
actually addressed to himself, and to be kept till called for;
and that this, like the others, had been taken away by the
same parties. This induced him to employ Morton, an active
officer belonging to the P division of police, who soon found
out that the persons who were in the habit of taking away
the parcels were the children of Mrs. Harney. He in the
next place traced the parties to a house in liertford-street,
Walworth, where they resided, and which contained a wag-
gon load of property of all descriptions. Amongst the articles
produced were a quantity of window and bed curtains,
Turkey carpets, table end bed linen, china and glass, wine,
brandy, hams, tea, coffee, soap, candles, preserves, and a
large box of the choicest hot-house grapes, pines, melons, &c.,
all of which was sworn to as being the property of the prose-
cutor. _ _

After a lengthened examination the prisoner was remanded
for a fortnight, but the magistrate consented to liberate the
prisoner Sonee, on hi 4 entering into his own recognisance to
appear at the next examination, and also to take bail for
Charlotte, Julia, Emma, and Henry Harney, but refused to
take bail for Mrs. Harney, their mother.