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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844.

to 584,000/. ; in other words, a proportion of one-half to 41. I will
now read to you a document of much importance, as showing the
opinions of those most competent to judge, respecting the means re.
sorted to to carry the union. It is the protest of nineteen Irish
Peers against the union. A number of resolutions and reasons are
included in this protest; but I shall give you only two or three of
them. (The Hon. and Learned Gentlemanread the 9th, 10th, and 11th
clauses ef the protest, in which the dissentients stated that they con.
sidered the union a breach of trust, the settlement of 'B2 having
established the exclusive legislative authority of the Irish Parlia.
ment, without being liable to the interference of any other, and the
basest means, including the exercise of force and carru; tion,
having been employed to carry it.) Among other injuries resulting
from the union is the total inadequacy of the representation of Ire.
land as contrasted with that of England, and in particular the in.
finitely less voice the people of this country have, by reason of the
deficiency in the Parliamentary registry of voters. This is apparent
from the Parliamentary returns. The population of Wales is
800,000, and that of Cork, as I said before, is 703,716, and yet
Wales sends 28 Members to Parliament, and Cork only two. With
regard to revenue also, the deficiency in the amount of u hich, in
Ireland, was an argument used against giving her a greater num.
ber of representatives, I find in Parliamentary papers, published
in 1832, that the revenue of Ireland amounts to 4,392,0001.;
whereas the revenue of Wales only amounts to 348,0001. I
have looked into the statements of the amount of revenue col.
lected in the single port of Cork, and I find that, in one year, it
amounted to 263,0001., and in another to 272,0001. ; and yet the
great disproportion I have stated in
.the nnmber of representatives
between that county and Wales is permitted to exist. Another
complaint has been made, and justly made, of the inadequacy of the
representation of Ireland. Ireland, as you are aware, has only
105 Members in the House of Commons, and I am prepared to
show that upon Lord Castlereagh's own calculations we ought to
have 150 Members at least. Thus it is demonstrated that Ireland
has been defrauded in her franchise, defrauded in her representa-
tion, defrauded even in the details of her finances, and defrauded
in every one of the details of the union. Are you not aware that
a considerable mitigation of the expenditure of the country has re.
suited from the different revenue boards existing in Ireland ? Are
they here now ? What has become of the Treasury Board ? It
has been transplanted to England. The Customs, and Board of
Excise ? Transplanted to England. The Stamp-office and other
offices, which have been greatly diminished in numbers, and are
near extinction. The entire expenditure which mitigated the
taxation of Ireland has beers all centered in England ; even the
Old Man's Hospital is expiring. I ask you, is it lair or reasonable
to the country to have centralization operating against us, and;in
favour of England? (The Learned Gentleman then read docu-
ments to show that an unfair proportion of Englishmen and
Scotchmen had been appointed to situations in Ireland over the
heads of Irishmen, and that the exports and imports from anti to
Ireland had diminished since the union, and also one respecting
the number of looms working, and men employed in the liberty,
which had decreased to a great extent, and proceeded to say, there
is no trade of which I could not read you similar lists, showing
the decrease of employment, and of master manufacturers who
were reduced to poverty, together with their families, by the
union.) House property had fallen to a most melanoholy pitch,
for in the best and most iashionable streets in Dublin the finest
house could be purchased for a very inconsiderable sum. It Is
not the want of materials that prevents me going further into
this detail, but there is no necessity for it; for you can see
yourselves, Gentlemen, these mansions where wealth and splendour
formerly resided, and was concentrated, ruined and neg-
lected ; and the question is, will you endeavour to prevent
those who are struggling to make a change to effect
it ? I have now gone through the documents, to show you
the prosperity that existed in Irelend before the union—
the advantages that she derived from her Parliament, and the vio.
lence of the means by which it was taken from her—of its injustice
and inequality; and I now ask you—l appeal to you—whether
have not presented a picture which would make it the duty of every
honest man to rally with me to remedy those evils by a restoration
of that Parliament ? You have now seen distinctly my objects, and'ithc
objects of the men who are combined with me to obtain a repeal,
which is our proud boast ; but that we are in a guilty combination
we reject with scorn. We want to restore to Ireland the authority
and prerogative of the Queen in the creation of the peerage,
to the Irish peer his proper and hereditary judicial authority, and
to the representation of the people the right of making their laws.
You have a right to ask me the mode of obtaining this measure;
you have a right to ask me, and I will answer it, One of our
modes is not to use sectarian means in labouring for repeal; and
while upon this subject I wish to call your attention to what has
already occurred on the part of those who laboured with me. We
never sought to sacrifice our country for any sect or party ; on the
contrary, there cannot be more strong proof of anything than our
utter abhorrence of such means, or of those who profess such to be
their object. The Roman Catholics of Dublin held a public meet.
ing in Francis-street on the 9th April, 1795, where they declared
that, feeling sincerely attached to their native country, to its rights
and liberties, and so fatal did they consider the union between
Great Britain and Ireland to be, that they were determined to re-
sist it to the utmost, even though their own emancipation was of.
fered them as a compromise. That was the way in which the Ro-
man Catholics of Ireland met the question of the union of 1795.
(Mr. O'Connell then read a passage from the first speech he ever
made in public. It was delivered on the 13th of January, 1800,
and represented the opinions of the Catholics of Ireland then to be
so hostile to the union, that even if they were offered the alterna.
tive of the union or the re-enactment of the penal code, with all
its horrors, they would prefer the latter, and, even if emancipation
was offered to them for their consent to the union, they would
reject it with scorn and indignation.) That (eontinued the
Honourable and Learned Gentleman) was my first political
speech. These were the sentiments of myself and the Catho-
lics of Ireland, with reference to the union. Why, then,
should we be charged with sectarianism ? Gentlemen of
the Jury, you cannot but be all well aware that the case of
the Protestant Dissenters of England was warmly advocated by
me—that I presented a petition in their favour, signed by 28,000
Roman Catholics, and adopted at an aggregate meeting of Roman
Catholics. That petition was not on the table of the House of
Commons six weeks when the Protestant Disienters of England
were emancipated. I scorn, therefore, and treat with the most
sovereign contempt and indifference the idea of sectarianism. It
has been said, that I have made violent speeches ; if I have,
would it not be but fair to allow me the opportunity of showing
how far these speeches were accurate or inaccurate, or what was
explanatory er mitigatory, and not reserve them for so remote a
period as this is, from the time some of them have been delivered.
But no; there has been no violence on our side ; if there has been
any violence, it is entirely upon the part of our opponents. I
will now read you an article which appeared on the 2d of August,
1841, in an English paper, the Cheltenham Chronicle, which cir-
culates very generally through Bath and Bristol, Shrewsbury,
and the other great towns in the south and west of England.
(The Learned Gentleman then read the article.) After de.
scribing the condition of Ireland, it went on to say that the people
were a wild, savage, uncivilised race, the slaves of O'Connell—.
that every Irish priest should be secured and exiled for life—
(Laeghter)—and not permitted to return to Ireland on penalty of
death . That that could be achieved only by a Conservative Go-
vernment.—(Renewed laughter.) It could only be done by Sir
Robert Peel and his colleagues. I now wish to say one word on
the subject of the Arbitration Courts. I need not tell you that
there are no oaths in these Courts, and that there could be none.
I do not know whether it strikes you that this was an advantage
in these Courts. I presume you participate in the horror with
which I have viewed the flippant profanation with which oaths
are administered in the several departments of the State, and
that as Christian men you desire that they should be less fre-
quent. In one year alone, in 1832, no less than 172,000 oaths
were administered in the Customs, and 158,000 oaths were
administered in the Excise Department, This was an un-
necessary profanation, for the parties who swore were
not trusted. They were as strictly watched as if they
had not taken an oath. Lord Nugent asked me, I recollect,
to assist him in bringing in a Bill substituting in all revenue cases
declarations for oaths. I did assist him, and the Bill is now the
law of the land. I would extend its principle further, and apply
it to cases of property. You can place no value on the oath of a
man who would tell you an untruth about property. An oath
cannot be binding on a mind of that description. When the time
is ripe—and I hope it is fast coming—I hope to see, as in the case
of the Quakers, the declaration of every Christian taken in all mat-
ters ; and, if in this we only imitate what is already done by reli-
gious communities, do not describe us as conspirators because we
act in a similar way. Weil, it being conceded that these meet.
ings were peaceable in their origin, conduct, and designs, what, let
me ask, has the Crown read for you as evidence of the mode in which
Repeal is to be carried ? The first evidence read for that purpose
was the regulations of the Repeal Association.—(The Learned Gen-
tleman read the regulations, which have been already published.)—
This, gentlemen, is the plan of the Repeal Association. It holds
out first the alternative of those acts of justice to Ireland;
it holds out, then, the looking for repeal in the manner prescribed,
with the expression of their full fidelity and allegiance, and de.
clares the peaceful and legal means, with their full avowal of a
determination to look for repeal in that way, and in no other.
Under those circumstances you have the combination that comes
before you called a conspiracy. Well, in order, however, to carry
it further, the counsel for the Crown have read another document.
It is the reconstruction of the House of Commons—" the renewed
action of the Irish Parliament." The Learned Gentleman then
read extracts from the second document, entitled " Plan for the
renewed action of the Irish House of Commons, stating that Re.
pealers recognise and acknowledge the right of her Majesty Queen
Victoria, her heirs and successors, to all the rights and privileges in.
herent in the Crown of Ireland ; that they would bear their most faith-
ful allegiance to her Majesty, her heirs and successors ;:and that they
acknowledge they would maintain all hereditary privileges of the
Peers of Ireland, as before." This, Gentlemen, is the evidence
for the prosecution, this is the evidence to prove a conspiracy and
illegal means and objects. Gentlemen of the jury, we did not call
for this evidence, though I admit that it contains an admirable
defence for ns ; hut it is produced by the Attorney. General, and on
that he calls on you to find us guilty. There is the plan of repeal,
and what fault do you find with it ? It discusses, and I insist on
my right to discuss, the great constitutional question as to the corn-
petency of the Irish Parliament to pass the Act of Union. That
question was discussed before the union was thought of, if I may
so speak. hi the work called " Locke on Government"—a trea.
tine written to prove that William was the lawful monarch, by rea-
son of the occurrences which had taken place—a book which, at
the time of the union, was a class-book in Trinity College, al.
though since withdrawn from the course—but still a book of autho-
rity, and, undoubtedly, one of the instruments by which the revolu-
tion of 1688 was achieved—a revolution which no one admires
more than I do—in that work occurs a passage to which I demand
your serious attention (Mr. O'Connell read the passage, which
has been frequently quoted during the trial), in which it is
laid down, that Parliament had the power of making laws,
but not Legislatures, and that it could not delegate that
power to others. He also read an extract from Mr. Saurin's
speech, delivered on the 15th of March, 1800, in which that gen-
tleman asserted that the union would be a nullity, if forced on the
Irish people against their will ; and another passage in a subsequent
speech in which Mr. Santis gave it as his opinion, that although
they might make the union binding as a law, they could not
make it obligatory on conscience, and resistance to it in the ab-
stract would become a duty. My Lords, I insist on the truth of
that constitutional doctrine. I take the qualification that has beets
laid down by Mr. Saurin that the Act is binding as a law, while it
continues to have form and shape, but it is not binding on con.
science, on principle, or on right. It has been said that I pro-
nounced the Acts passed since the union to be void. I did not say
so ; for, if they were void, the Act of Catholic Emancipation
must be void as well as the rest. But give me the repeal of the
union, and we will soon come to terms about that. I would then
make you a present of the Emancipation Act. I may be wrong
in my position, but I have a right to argue these questions—
every man has a right to argue them. Gentlemen of the jury,
the point arose in 1782, and the Irish Parliament then de-
clared that no power on earth could bind the Irish people but the
king, lords, and commons of Ireland, and an Act was passed to
that effect. The consequence of that was to do away with all the
laws in reference to Ireland made in England. But they went
even further, and passed laws which deranged the whole property
of the country. That state of things was not permitted to exist an
hour; for Chief Baron Yelverton brought in a Bill which provided
that all laws passed by the British Parliament, whether with regard
to Ireland or any other part of the United Kingdom, should apply
equally to both countries. It has also (said Mr. O'Connell) been
said, that this was inconsistent with allegiance. I deny it. If
the authority exists in the Queen, it can be exercised by the
responsible Minister. lam now nearly drawing to a close ; but I
must first go back to the evils of the union, and show the necessity
of every man exerting himself to obtain repeal. I ask you, first,
vtould it not cure the hideous evil of absenteeism ? A very talented
gentleman, Mr. Hayes, of Cork, has calculated that 9,000,000/.
surplus revenue passes out of this country every year. The railway
Commissioners reduce it to 6,000,0001. I take the reduced amount,
and I ask, if ever any country suffered so much as this from the
drain consequent upon absenteeism ? We don't want English
capital; give us our own 6,000,0001., we want no more, we have
enough for own purposes, if it is only allowed to remain with us.
The surplus revenue, gentlemen, is another exhaustion of the re-
sources of Ireland. It amounts in some years to two millions. Last
year I think it was so low as 700,9001.; but whether one amount
or the other, it is drained out of this country never to return.
Again, the Woods and Forests department get 74,0001. a year in
quit rents and Crown rents out of Ireland. How has that been

spent for the last ten years ? Way in making the Thames
Tunnel and beautifying Trafalgar.square. We want an ad.
ditional bridge here, and why should we not have that 74,0004
to erect it? Have we not as good a right to it as the
citizens of London ? If we had an Irish Parliament sitting,
would we permit these continual drains ? No I and gentlemen,
will you give your consent, your votes I will say, to the sending
over of all the money to orna,nent Trafalgar square ? or will you
raise your voice on behalf of those who honestly contend that Ire-
land should have the benefit of her own resources ? There are
other evils contingent with this drain upon our country. I beard
in Parliament quoted a work by a 111 r. Young, a political econo-
mist, who travelled through Ireland is 1778, and who, in writing
on the subject of the increase of the population, observed that all
the children grew up to be men and 1$ omen, and he accounted for
that by their never-failing bellyful of potatoes. Was that the
case now ? Had not the condition of the people and of the coun-
try declined ? Are you not affrighted at, and your country de.
graded by, periodical famines, six or eight of which have oc-
curred since the union ? Quantities of provisions were ex.
ported to England at the very moment the people here were
expiring from famine. The history of distress in the report
of the Poor.law Commissioners was appalling; and the Population
Commissioners' Report, which has just come out, exhibits the
evil in an aggravated shape. The gentlemen who framed it,
Captain Larcom, reports that 30 per cent, of the population of the
cities and towns in Ireland are in a state of the most abject po-
verty, and. that 70 per cent, of the agricultural population are in a
like condition. Where is the perpetual bellyful of potatoes now,
and where is the advantage of the union when such a state of
things is in existence ? And are these grievances to remain ?
Are we who seek a remedy for them to be hunted out of society
as conspirators, and those smiling and exulting in the honours
of cffice, to be supported, praised, and sustained, while the friends
of the poor, those who desired that they should receive wages,
nut industry Mould be rewarded, are differently
treated alms,
? I and thatpe. k
of their being charitable and hu.
s
mane—but I take up the public principle, and I ask whether
not
these who seek to relieve the enormity of distress are
to be prosecuted or perseeuted. We are looking out for the
means of relieving the distress of which our country complains.
We have all the natural resources for prosperity. Examine our
Bland—it is one of the most fertile upon the face of the globe-
There is no country in the world which is so well circumstanced—
possessing so many harbours and excellent estuaries. It is an old
historical fact, that the Irish harbours are better than those of Eng.
land—her waters carry vessels of 500 tons burden into the very
centre of Ireland—the island is indented at every side by havens
which are secure from every wind that blows during the twenty.
four hours. No country has such power as Ireland—the machinery
of the world might be turned by it ; and, oh! what a difference
there is between machinery and manufactures carried on in the
free air and wholesome atmosphere which surround a water.
power—and all the hideous filth and unwholesomeness which ne-
ceasarilybelongs to the factory system in the sister country. There is
not a spot in Ireland which is more that 30 miles distant from a
good harbour. Take the map of the country, and this will be seen.
Why is not the country prosperous ? Did I not read of the untold
—unheard of magical prosperity which followed from the existence
of a native legislature, from the writings and observations of men
most adverse to Ireland, and whose business it was to conceal the
condition of the country before the union ? Had I not read this
evidence of the increasing prosperity of Ireland under her Par-
liament. What happened once will surely happen again. This
struggle is to recover the poor from poverty, to enable those
who are idle, from want of wages or occupation, to keep the
revenues of the country in it, to retain the nobility of the land.
I leave the case with you ; I utterly deny that I have said or done
anything to warrant the imputation that lam a conspirator. I
reject the accusation with contempt. I acted in the open day, in
the presence of the Government, of the magistrates, and I said
nothing that I would not expose to the universal world. I have
struggled for the restoration of the Parliament of my native coun-
try. Some have succeeded in the attempt—others have failed. If
I succeed, or if I fail, it is a glorious struggle to make—it is glo-
rious to strive that the first land upon the earth should possess that
bounty and benefit which God and nature alike intended it should
enjoy.—(Partial applause.)
The CHIEF JUSTICE —Are you going into evidence, Mr. Moore ?
Mr. Moors—We intend so, my Lord ; but at this late hour
there might be a difficulty in getting the witnesses into Court in its
present crowded state,
The CHIEF JUSTICE -4 do not wish to put you to any incon
venience,

Mr. Moose—'When, my Lord, I think that, as the case has
closed as far as the speeches are concerned, we might abridge the
evidence by a conference, before any of the witnesses are produced.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Then we will be ready to hear them to.
morrow morning.

The Court was accordingly adjourned until to-morrow morning,
at ten o'clock,

Mr. O'Connell was loudly cheered while passing through the
hall, and in the vicinity of the Courts, upon his way home.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the
Conciliation Hall. The building was crowded to excess.
On the motion of Mr. Mauarcx O'CoNNELL the chair was
taken by
Lord FFRENCII, amidst the most rapturous applause. His Lord.
ship said, amongst other things, " that he identified himself heart
and soul with Mr. O'Connell."

The meeting was addressed by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P.,
Mr. Dillon Brown, M.P., and Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., who
moved and carried a resolution to watch over the proceedings in
Parliament.

Mr. O'Connell entered the hall during the proceedings, and was
most vociferously cheered.

After the other business was disposed of,
Mr. O'CONNELL very briefly addressed the meeting, stating that
he could not omit doing so although he had already spoken for
five hours. He expected the people to be peaceful, stated that the
trial would close in the course of the week, and that the Crewn had
completely proved his (Mr. O'Connell's) case.
Mr. ROCHE, M. P., then addressed the meeting.
The Repeal rent for the week was aunounced to be 5601. 48.10 J.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 7.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a
Middlesex Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. SING AND muses.
This part-heard case was resumed this morning, and will pro.
bably occupy the Court for the whole day.

CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
Charles Edwards, a young man of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged with having feloniously attempted
to discharge a loaded pistol at Matilda Potter, with
intent to murder her.
In another count, the prisoner's intent was laid to be
to maim and disable the prosecutrix, or to do her some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Payne conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutrix is
a widow, and lives with her mother, who keeps a coffee-
house in Bridge-house-place Southwark. The prisoner
had lodged in the house, and paid attentions to the pro-
secutrix, which it appeared were discouraged by her
and her mother, and in October he quitted the house.
He continued to come there, however, and continued his
attention to the prosecutrix, although he was repeatedly
requested to desist from so doing, and also not to come
to the house. On Sunday, the 14th January, the pri-
soner went to the prosecutrix in the coffee-room, and
told her that he was come to wish her good-bye, and
that she would not see him any more, and he then went
away. About five o'clock the next evening, the prisoner
again went to the house, and, after some conversation
with the prosecutrix, he drew a pistol from his pocket,
pointed it close to her neck, and pulled the trigger, but
fortunately without effect, as the pistol did not explode.
The prosecutrix 's mother laid hold of the prisoner,
upon which he said that he would serve her the same.
The prisoner was then secured by a policeman, and, on
the pistol being examined, it was found to be charged
with gunpowder and a ball.
The prosecutrix on being cross-examined said that
the prisoner had paid her attentions for three or four
months, and always expressed the greatest affection for
her. Upon one occasion he took a ring from her finger
and wore it until the next day, when he returned it to
her. She denied that she had ever expressed any affec-
tion for him, but said that he had often told her that he
would die for her. Some letters were produced by Mr.
Wilkins which she admitted were in her handwriting.
The evidence of the prosecutrix was corroborated by
her mother and other witnesses, one of whom said, that,
after the prisoner had made the first attempt to dis-
charge the pistol, he pulled back the hammer of the pis-
tol, apparently for the purpose of making a second at-
tempt, and when he was secured he said that he in-
tended to shoot the prosecutrix, and afterwards shoot
himself.

The constable, upon being cross-examined by Mr.
WILKINs, said that the nipple of the pistol was so
clogged up that it was not likely to have exploded.
Mr. WiLiaNs, on behalf of the prisoner, contended
that the evidence only showed the prisoner to have been
guilty of a silly, foolish act, merely with the intention of
frightening the prosecutrix, and that he had no inten-
tion either to kill or to injure her in any manner.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up the case,
the jury, aftera very short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported fc.r
fifteen years.

A asom.—A young man, named Edward Jones, was indicted for
having wilfully set fire to his house, and was acquitted.
THE LATE FATAL DUEL ♦T CAMDEN-TOWN.-31T. WILKINS
applied to the Court this morning on the part of Lieutenant Grant,
the second of Lieutenant Munro, In the late fatal duel between
that officer and Colonel Fawcett. He made the application in
consequence of a communication he had received from the A ttorney-
General, that the witnesses on the part of the prosecution had been
served with subpoenas for the present session. His application was,
that the trial might be fixed for Monday next.
Mr. Justice CHESS WELL said the application could not be granted,
as it was not probable that the sessions would last to that day. The
Court could nut fix any day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.

Yesterday morning a sickly-looking poor woman
came before the sitting magistrate Mr. Combe, and
handed him a letter complaining of ill treatment in the
Clerkenwell-workhouse, in which establishment she was
a pauper.

COMaE instantly sent for the master of the
workhouse, Mr. Harnet. And on his arrival the woman,
in a state of exitement bordering on frenzy, stated that
a straight-waistcoat had been put upon her in the
Clerkenwell-workhouse—that the master had used her
cruelly, and that she had been refused permission to see
her child.

Mr. Harnet denied the charge of cruelty, and stated
that the applicant had permission to see her child as
often as she pleased, and. that she was continually run-
ning in and out of the workhouse.
The woman —Did you not put a strait-waistcoat
upon me ?

Mr. Harnet admitted that a strait-waistcoat had been
put upon her, but alleged that she was so violent at the
time that he could not control her by any other means.
The woman—Did I not run away out of your work-
house because you imprisoned me there ?
Mr. Harnet said she certainly had run away, but she
would have been allowed to depart whenever she pleased
by merely asking leave.
Duke, the usher of the Court, said he thought from
the woman's manner and language in the waiting-room,
that she was not right :$.ll her mind.
Mr. COMBS said he was of a similar opinion ; the
worthy Magistrate, however, recommended her to be
taken back to the workhouse, and to be allowed to see
her child.

CHARITY.-Thq Rev, W. S. J 3. formircbti, 54 fQr thy

use of the poor-box of this Court, with a request that
its receipt might be acknowledged in the newspapers.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yest rday an Ctlerly man, named Robe, I Weight, who,
for nearly twenty years, carried on the business of a
bookbinder and stationer in Brick lane, St. Luke's, was
charged before Mr. Broughton with receiving a great
quantity of printing materials, the property of Mr. G.
Ford, a master printer, in Beech-street, Barbican.
The prosecutor, a Quaker, had, for the last twelve
months, missed a vast quantity of property, fur the dis-
appearance of which he was at a loss to account, until
his suspicion at length rested upon tour of his appren
tices, upon whom he set a watch, and who were at last
detected. The boys were given into custody about six
weeks ago, and examined at this Court, when, the evi-
dence being clearly against them, they were each com-
mitted to the House of Correction for one month's hard
labour. The boys had, all through, refused to give any
information as to the person who had induced them to
rob their master; but, on coming out of prison on
Thursday last, they went to the house of the prisoner,
who gave them a lodging for that night, but turned
them out in the morning, and refused to render them
any further assistance; in consequence of which, they
were obliged to go back to their master, and feeling
very indignant at what they conceived to be the pri-
soner's ingratitude, related to the prosecutor the whole
facts of the case. They stated that they had been rob-
bing their master for the last eleven months to a most
shameful extent, of type, boards, iron chases, and maw-
rials of every description, all of which they either car-
ried to the prisoner's house, or delivered to him per-
sonally in the early part of the morning, before their
master was up, the prisoner coming almost every morn-
ing to receive it and take it away in an apron, and each
time urging them to get him more, promising them
they should never be without a shilling while they did so.
The prosecutor, on learning the fact, communicated with
the police, who went to the prisoner's house on Sunday
night and searched it, where they found two chases se-
creted in a cellar under the stairs, eleven boards hidden
in a closet, and a great quantity of theprosecutor's paper
made up into books, and brevier type in a drawer. The
prisoner was then taken into custody. Lloyd, Westbury,
Mansfield, and two of the apprentices named Benjamin
Franklin and John Summer, clearly established the
charge, and the prisoner, who merely said that a good
deal of what had been stated against him was not cor-
rect, was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-
LAW ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Chairman and most influential
members of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Asso-
ciations, took place on Tuesday at the Central Office, 68,
Cheapside, for the purpose of taking into consideration a
plan of operations suggested by the parent Committee,
to be immediately acted upon. There was a numerous
attendance. P. A. Taylor, Esq., took the chair.
Amongst the gentlemen present were Ralph Rice.rdo,
Esq., W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., George Beacon, Esq.,
T. M. Gibson, Esq., &c.
The object of this plan is to combine the metropolitan
boroughs in an effective manner in the free-trade move-
ment. The scheme as detailed to the meeting is of con-
siderable length, and embraces meetings of the members
of the branch associations, and the formation of com-
mittees in each borough, to take charge of the free-
trade registration.

The CRAIRAIAN said that the exact mode pointed out
might not be the most proper to be adopted in every dis-
trict, but their friends in the different localities were the
most competent to judge how far the details were ap-
plicable in their own neighbourhoods. They had
undertaken (what was never before attempted) to com-
plete an alphabetical list of all the voters in the City.
This effort involved much labour and expense ; but they,
notwithstanding, anticipated a successful termination to
their labours in a few weeks.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CO*'rES congratulated the Committee on the very
efficient plan they had suggested. He feared, however,
some collision between the registration societies already
existing and the new associations proposed. He thought
it advisable, if possible, that they should be amalgamated,
and act together.—(Hear.)
After some further observations from members pre-
sent,

Mr. SOUTH MORSE moved that the plan now read be
adopted, printed, and circulated without delay amongst
the metropolitan constituencies.
Mr. TODD seconded the motion, and it was agreed to
unanimously.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
separated.

LAUNCH OF THE JAN US STEAM
FRIGATE AT CHATHAM.
The launch of the Janus steam frigate took place
yesterday afternoon at Chatham Dock-yard. Being
a vessel of peculiar construction, designed by Vice-
Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, who, as Lord
Cochrane, is universally known in the service, as
might have been anticipated, curiosity and the fine
weather led a vast number of persons to the spot to
witness the ceremony and view the ship; but a great many,
as usual on these occasions, were just too late to be
gratified. Among the number of professional men pre-
sent were the Noble Lord most interested—the Right
Hon. the Earl of Dundonald ; the Right Hon. T. H. L.
Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty ; the new
Commander in Chief at the Nore, Vice-Admiral Sir
J. C. White, K.C.8.; Captain Sir W. Symonds,
Surveyor of the Navy ; Captain Brandreth, R.E., Direc-
tor-General of Works ; Captain Shirreff, Superintendent
of Chatham-yard ; Colonel E. Lawrence, C.B. Com-
mandant of Royal Marines ; Commander Burton, of the
Poictiers ; Major Smith, Barrack-Master, &c., &c.
The ceremony of christening the vessel was per-
formed with great eclat by Miss Clara Sherriff, the
daughter of the Captain-Superintendent, and the Janus
went off the stocks in gallant style, at a quarter to two,
P.M., the dock-yard band (which had been in attend-
ance, performing several national air 3, during the pre-
paratory arrangements) playing "God save the Queen,"
which was responded to with hearty good will, and in
the most loyal manner, by all the spectators.
After the launch she was taken charge of by the
master attendant, and was warped alongside the sheer
hulk, to have her machinery fitted.
A few particulars respecting this vessel, of so novel a
design, may be thought interesting, The form of body,
which nearly resembles that of a wedge towards the
extremities, is precisely similar at both ends, and is,
.consequently, capable of moving in either direction with
equal facility; her capabilities of advancing and retreat-
ing in narrow channels, for the purpose of offensive
warfare, are thereby made perfect. The following are
her particular dimensions:—

Feet. Inches
Length between the perpendiculars 180 0
Length of keel for tonnage ... 159 1
Breadth, extreme ... •• • 30 0
Breadth, moulded ... 29 4
Depth in hold ... 19 1
Tonnage,llvt2he6enond teload nt osonl measurement,aedo,hifecdo ahlesr.draught.draught
roatu..vgv.
ha7tt 61e.
or. .;5w3,
at 9.
h: 4
ter (with 40 tons of ballast on
board), was—Forward ... ••• 7 6
Abaft ... ... 7 2
The Janus is fitted with a rudder at each extremity ;
but on ordinary occasions one only will remain in place.
The tillers work on deck. She has two capstans, and
is provided with a pair of hawser-holes abaft as well as
forward, but only one pair of riding bitts and one pair
of catheads.

11 2

Her armament will consist of a 10-inch gun at each
extremity, throwing hollow shot of 86 lb. weight, and
she will also be capable of mounting two 42-pounder
guns.

The engine by which this vessel is to be propelled is
an invention of the gallant Earl who has designed her.
It is to be a rotatory engine, which, it is said, will not
occupy more than one-sixth of the space required for
the common reciprocating engine. It may be placed so
low as to be out of reach of gun-shot ;it will
have no beams, cranks, side-rods, parallel motions,
levers, &c. ; and it may be fixed in less than a quar-
ter of the time now required for fixing marine engines.
While its first cost is considerably cheaper, it may be
more easily kept in repair, in the opinion of the pro-
jector, than the steam machinery now in use on board
vessels of war.
The Janus will be taken into dock as soon as the
Thames convict ship is ready to come out.

MORE BIGOTRY AND DESECRA
TION OF THE SABBATH.

The following detail of very disgraceful proceedings
in the Church of Tarbat on Sunday last, has been sent
us by a highly respectable correspondent :—" The anti-
christian spirit among some of the rigidly holy Ross-
shire folks, commonly called Free Churchmen,' though
slumbering somewhat, does not appear to be altogether
subdued, as the following statement of facts most clearly
proves. The Rev. Mr. M'Bride of Kilmuir Easter,
preached on Sabbath last in the Church of Tarbat,
lately vacated by the resignation of Mr. D. Camp-
bell, and when about to commence the English
sermon, a number of lads were seen hasten-
ing from the Free Church shed (a place recently
put up in the immediate vicinity of the church', who
joined a party who had previously been engaged in de-
stroying the carriages of those who had come to attend
church, assembled themselves in a body round the
church, commenced shouting and hooting, entered the
church, and danced and whistled during the greater
part of the service, while others of the party were
busily engaged throwing stones in at the doors and
windows. The• Reverend Gentleman performed the
whole services of the day in the most solemn and
impressive manner possible, and at no time seemed to
life
andev
pay the slightest attention to what was going on, but
merely raised his voice (particularly at prayer) as
the noise increased. It is pretty evident that the re-
spectableEasterothizoss he
property, but the strong arm of the law. The second
great head of God's law seems to be quite unknown to
nothing
tk
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o, thefor tehoempreservation community
in
of b
those Free Church people.' It way well be asked what
were the authorities about ? Have they already fbr-
gotten that assistance had to be obtained from the
Castle of Edinburgh and elsewhere, to check the sinful
pretensions of the Free Church people ? Surely the
public have a right to expect a little more vigilance on
the part of those whose duty it is to prevent a breach
of the peace, as well as restore peace and order.—Ross-
shire Advertiser of Feb. 2.

A person named Catlin has been committed to
Huntingdon gaol for sheep stealing, and when in custody of the
police was also accused of having maliciously damaged about 250
young timber trees, growing in a plantation belongin ; to Mr. John
Martin, of Bury, near Ramsay, for information of which a reward
of eleven guineas was offered. The prisoner, finding that he must
go to gaol for sheep stealing, in a very candid manner admitted
that he also damaged the trees, and has claimed the reward as being
the informer against hipaself,

1. 10s.
11. ss.

11.
11.
31.
as. 6d.

1,70 s.

10 per cent.
10s. per sh.

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101 per sh.

k `ANAL;), RAIL IV AY AooCIZAIN CE
sa ND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.

Dividend
per

I LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 6.

Ainium.

fames of Com-
panies.

5,1 per cent,
41.

Canals.
Ashton and Oldham
Ashby-d.-la.Zouch..av
Basingstoke
ecknock & A bergay
Birmingham, l-lfth sh
Do. and Liverp. Juz.c
Chelmer & Blackwater
Coventry
Crom ford
Dudley ..........
Derby
Mnube and Mayne
Ellesmere and Chester
Ercwash ........
Forth snd Clyde
Grand Junction
Grand Union
Grand Surrey
Grand Western
Glamorgansh., ay. cost
Gloucester & Berkeley
Grantham ...... ....... .....
Huddersfle•' av
Kennet :.,id Avon av
Lancaster lv
Leeds and Liverpool...
Leicester
Leicester & Northamp.
Loughborough av
Monmouthshire ......
Montgomeryshire .......
Melton Mowbray
Mersey and Irwell
Macclesfield
Neath
Oxford
Peak Forest 2v
Regent's (oz London)..
Rochdale av
Shropshire
Somerset Coal
Do. Lock Fund Stock
Staffbrd and Worcester
Shrewsbury
Stourbridge
Stratford .on:Avon...av
Swansea
Severn & Wye & Rail
Trent & Mersey, 14 sh
lhames & Medway..av
Warwick and Birming.
Warwick and Napton
Worcester & Binning
Wilts and Berks av
Wisbeach
Wey and Arun

4 perc.ent.

401.
81. 153.

1/. ss.

131 12s. Bd.

15s.
11 10s.
34/.
101.

171.
30/.
3)4
17s. tid.

10/.
6 per cost.
28
151.
IL 10s.
151.

321.705.

101.
Si. lOs.

11. 4s.

3 rer cent.
per cent.
4 per cent.
4 per cent.
3/. 10s.
5 per cent.
5 per cent.
IN, per cent.
4 per cent.
4 per cent.

Docks.
Commercial
East and West India
London
Ditto Bonds
Bristol av
Do.Bnds,var.amounts
St. Katharine
Ditto 80nd5........
Ditto Bonds
Southampton

fridges
Hammersmith .......
Southwark, new Subs
Ditto New of 73. pr c
Waterloo
Ditto Old Ann. of Sir
Ditto New di.to of 71.
Ditto Bonds
Vauxhall 3V

I % per cent.

I/. Os. Bd.
18s. Id.
per cent.
it. 7s.

3t. 10s.
4 percent.
6 per cent.
6 per cent.
[3s. 6d. pr sh

Amount

Share.

10s.
10s.
10s.
cent.
16s.
14s.

10s. per sh
1/. 4s.
4 per cent.
21. 10s.

Ss. per sh.
21. ss. per sh
73 10d per sh
10 per cent
per cent.
X ss. per sh
?%/, per eh.
129. per sh.
4 per cent.

Paid.

10 per cent.
10 per cent.
10 per cent.
13. per sit

101. per sh.

it. 14s.
3/.per share
3s 4d per sh
9/.175. pr sh
113 s per sh
it.

IL ns. 10d.
15 per cent.
per cent.

0 per cent.
LO per cent.

Assurances.
Albion
Alfred Life
Alliance Brit. and For
Ditto Marine ........
Atlas
Birmingham Fire
British Fire
British Commercial
Cler. Med. & Gen. Life
County
Eagle
Economic Life ......

European Life
Ditto New
Freemasons
Globe
Guardian
Hope Life
Ditto Fire..........
Imperial Fife
Ditto Life
Indemnity Marine
Law Life
Legal and General Life
London Fire
Ditto Ship
National Loan
P:4 Radium Life.....—
Protecto, Lite
Provident
Rock Lire
R yal Exchange
Sun Fire ....... .......
Ditto Life.......
University Life
Universal Life
Union Fire and Lite
Joint Stk ranks
Australasi
Ditto New
Brit. North American
Commercial of London
Colonial
Landon & Westminstr
Ditto New......
London Joint Stock
Metropolitan. ........
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto New
National of Ireland
Nat. Provincial Engind
Ditto New
Gloucestershire
Union of Australia
Union of London
Gaslight & Coke
Bath ...............
British
Ditto Provincial
B►rmingham
Binning. & StaffOrdsb
Bristol
Brighton
Ditto General
City of London
Ditto New
Continental Consolid
Ditto New
Equitable
Imperial
Isle of Thanet
Independei,t
Phoenix
Ratcliff
South Metropolitan.....
United General
Westmins. Chartered
Ditto New ........

100 0 0
Stack
Stock

147 9 0

Stock

50 Z 0

50 0 0
63 2 8
50 0 0
100 0 0

70 10 3

100 0 0
100 0 0
20i, 0 0

0 €.

Water Works
Birmingham
East London
Grand Junctu,n ..... ..av
Kent
Nw Riv Lon. Bvtdg An
Manchester and Salford
Vauxhall, late S. Lond.
West Middlesex av
Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop

O 0
O 0
13 4
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O 0
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Iron Railways.
Birmingham & Derby
Birming. & Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter
Cheltenhm & Gt. West
Clarence
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Ditto New
Grand Junctior„, ..... „
Great North of Englnd
Great Western ....
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Fifths .......
Hull and Selby .......
Leech and Selby
Liverpool & Mancheqr
Ditto Halt-Shares
Ditto Quarter-Shares
London and Brighton
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Blackwell
London and Greenwich
London and Birmingh.
Ditto uarter-Shares
Q Ditto Thirds
London and S. Western
London and Croydon
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto New Shares
Manchstr and Birming
Ditto Extension
Midland Cou
North Midland
Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis.
Northern and Eastern
Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. die
Paris and Rouen
Stockton & Darlington
South East. and Dover
Ditto New, iss. 25dis.
York and N. Midland
Ditto New Shares

100 0 0
100 • 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0
12 10 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
59 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
16 13 4
12 15 4
[OO 0 0

32 0 0
41 6 10
13 15 9
100 0 0
50 0 0
70 0 0
70 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 et 0
50 • 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0

Mines.
Albion Copper
Alien
Anglo Mex., iss. 5/. p.m
Ditto Subscription
Bolanos
Ditt Scrip
Brazil. Imp. iss. 5/. p.m
Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U.
Do. St. John Del Rey
British Iron
Candonga
Ditto Registered
Cobre Copper
Copiapo
Columbian, iss. U p.m.
General Mining .....
Hibernian
Imperial Slate Compy
Mexican
Mining Co. of
Real del Monte, Un reg
Ditto Loan Note•
Rhymney Iron
Santiago de Cuba
United Mex., iss.2l. pm
Ditto Scrip
Ditto New Scrip

5 0 0
15 0 0
100 0 0

Literary.
Londn,with Sin. Ticket
London University .....
Russell
King's College
Miscellaneous
Anglo Mexican Mint
Australian Agricultur
Brit. American Land,
Canada .............
Upper Canada Bonds
Copper Miners' Comp
Gen. Steam Navigation
Iberian Mercantile Co.
Ditto Property
Met. Wood Pay., iss.ll.
Mex. and S. American
New Bruns wick (Land)
New Zealand .......
Penins. & Orien. Stea.m
Royal Mail Steam . ...
Reversionary Int. 1i0e...
South Australian
Thames Tunnel
Van Diemen's Land

U -0
0

35 0
25 0
20 0
100 0
20 0

31
13 10
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25 0
150 0

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55 0
20 0
50 0
10 0
60 9
25 0

50 0 0
25 0 0
40 0 0

75 0 0
100 0 0
25 0 0

150
50 0
10 0
40 0

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30 0 0
35 10 0
32 10 0

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14 0 0 2
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5 0 0
3 0 0
7 0 0
75 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0 51

50 -43 0

100 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0

O 0
O 0
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PANIES' PRICES.
1844.1

JAN. 24,
' Bank of Scotland..„
Royal Bank
British Linen Compny
Commercial Bank
Glasgow Union Bank
Western Bank .....
Central Pk. of Scotland
Caledonian Insurance
Hercules Insurance
North Brit. Insurance
Insurance Co. of Scotl.
Edinburgh Life Insur.
Scottish Union Insur
Standard Life Incur
Dalkeith Railway
Edits. and Glas. Railwy
Glasg. and Green. Rail.
Dundeeand Artir

O 0 2
O 0 1
O 0
O 0
10 0 1
O 0
10 0
O 0
O 0
O 0 1
O 0