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ought to be found out with a keen eye, and cut away with a
firm hand. Such were the means they ought to adopt instead of
fruitlessly scattering the revenue of the country in supporting
troops in Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the
opinion of Lord Bacon, who, after giving a very flattering de-
scription of the fertility of Ireland, and her bold, hardy, and
active population, said that they ought to unite the
hand of man with the hand of nature to elevate and raise her.
An Hon. Gentleman said last night that the discontent
of Ireland was owing to the physical discontent of her
people. He denied that that was the fact. No doubt it
was one cause ; but the poorer classes of Ireland were
not those who were most discontented. It was the
educated class wko felt themselves to be inadequately repre-
sented and who were most discontented. Notwithstanding
what had been said by the Right Hen. Gentleman to explain
the striking off of the Catholics from the panel, he confessed
that he was not altogether satisfied. He was not satisfied that
the proper measures had been taken with respect to Mr. Dunn ;
and with regard to Mr. Hendrick, some charge appeared to be
hanging over him which no one could guess at. The people of
Ireland were diseonted at the manner in which justicehad been
administered. It was not very gratifying, and could not be
very satisfactory to the people of Ireland for him, the Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, to say that he spke under
correction of this counsel for the Crown. That was
not language which, in is opinion, ought to be
used by so high a judicial functionary. There
was no medium or safe course between a Government
of conciliation tnd a Government of violence. He
did not believe that her Majesty's present Government
es to the other contemplated
oaG,,vernment by force for any length of time--
ae: course, that of conciliation and concession,
coundt
a
he knew it would be very disagreeable to them and to those
who supported them—it would require great patience
great moderation and some considerable sacrifice, but they
must make up th.ir minds that Ireland must be a Popish
country—he knew that it was difficult, but they must make up
their minds to it—not less than had been done in
Scotland, of whie. country the institutions were in many
respects at greater *ariance with the Anglican Church than
was the Roman Catholic.—( Hear.) They must arrive at equality
They must not remain in addition, substraction, and division, to
arrive at equality,tiey must go to the rule of proportion—to the
rule of three.—(Laughter.) But by ne posssibility could they
reconcile the
.present state of the Church to the feelings of the
people or to justice. Could they by possibility make up their
minds to go the length which he, and ethers on his side
of the Reuse, thought they ought to go, they
would no longer have to say that Ireland was then
difficulty.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member sat down
amidst much cheering, in which his concluding sentence was
quite lost.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK said that in the able speech which
the House had just heard, the Honourable Gentleman did
dot say what remedies he would propose in the social,
civil, or ecclesiastical institutions of Ireland. If the Hon-
ourable Gentleman prc•poied to establish the Roman Ca-
tholic Church in Ireland as the Presbyterian Church was
established in Scotland, and he (Mr. Borthwick) thought that
by far the most equitable and feasible arrangement. Yet he
believed that the Hon. Member would have no more determined
opponent to such a proposition than the Noble Doctor who sat
beside him (Lord John Russell). With respect to
the late trials, he mist confess that he had looked
upon it with dread. He thought that one result of
it must be that it would increase the influence of the Libe-
rator, who would now •be regarded by the people not
merely as an agitator, but as a martyr in their
cause. However, it would have this advantage, that it
would enable the Government to advance to Ireland with
measures of concilaton, when they were in a condition to say
that concession, had not been extorted by intimidation—when
they had put an end to those multitudinous meetings which
disquieted Ireland, and, he might say, alarmed Europe.
What benefit did they expect would arise from a debate on the
sufferings of Ireland in that House? Why, none what-
ever—or rather the effect of a debate which would be
nothing but an interchange of charges between the opposing
parties would be but to embitter the animosities which dis-
tracted that country and add to the fuel that consumed it.
That would be the effect of a debate and not a
remedy for the evils of the country. The Honourable
Gentleman who had spoken last said that Mr. O'Connell
was perfectly sincere in his desire to benefit his country.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 14.

IN RE SOMBRE.-LUNACY.
Mr. WAKEFIELD and Mr. WALI'OLE renewed an applica-
tion made some short time ago for permission to the profes-
sional adviser for Mr. Sombre to inspect a box of papers,
which might assist in traversing an inquisition by which
Mr. Dyce Sombre had been found a lunatic.
Mr. BETHEL!. and Mr. CALVERT took a preliminary objec-
tion, that Mr. Sombre was out of the jurisdiction of the
Court, residing in Paris.
The LORD CIIA -~rtLort, after a long discussion, directed
the case to stand oN atil a committee of the estate was
appointed. An appeal was then heard, which, it was con-
tended, was for costs only, the arguments on which occupied
the remainder of the day.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Feb. 14.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY V. BARNEWELL.

The arguments in this case were commenced to-day. Mr.
Bethell and Mr. Heslop Clarke were heard on the part of the
plaintiff, and the further arguments of the case were post-
poned to this day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Erb. 14.
(Special Jury Cases before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)

BECKWITH, GILMAN, AND OTHERS V. BULMER AND GILLAN.

The action in this case was brought to recover from the
defendants the amount of costs incurred in proceedings car-
ried on to obtain a Bill from Parliament for the improve-
ment of the town of Norwich, and which had been lost, in
consequence, as averred by the plaintiffs, who are solicitors
in Norwich, of the negligence of the defendants, who acted
as their Parliamentary agents. The Bill in question con-
tained compulsory clauses in reference to the purchase, when
expedient, of property within the borough ; and in respect
to provisions of that kind, a Standing Order of the House of
Lords, made in the year 1838, required that strict and
special notice should be served on parties whose interests
'might be affected by them. In this instance th; •
had not been complied with, and when the Bil been
—2 L., .. j • •
tog Chairman of the t`niwnittee. ^: !-41m.p. 11, re-
turned it to the defendants, with
of "wish to know what entitled the parties to co....pulsory
terms." Notwithstanding the intimation conveyed in these
words, the defendants did not take measures to comply with
the order of the House. The consequence was, that the Bill
was thrown out, and this action was brought to recover the
amount of costs incurred in the vain endeavour to carry it.
Mr. THESIaER (with Mr. Martin and Mr. Addison) ap-
peared for the defence, and drew from the evidence for the
plaintiff inferences that there had not been negligence on
the part of the defendants, and that Mr. Beckwith had joined
with them in their various proceedings, and shared their re-
sponsibility. It was also proved that there had been an
action for their costs in this case brought, and successfully,
in the Court of Common Pleas, where the question of negli-
gence had been vainly urged against them, even on a motion
for a new trial.
The jury, without a moment's delay, gave in their verdict
for the defendants.

YseneteOncUe RwasT,
sFignebe.d.l4.
Dr. Daubeney sat for the Learned Judge
11‘„sles:llit,oeAanryin,rs. Ann Taylor. The parties were
committed by Mr. John C. Taylor
(who was in at-
tendance at the Judicial Commitee of the Privy Council),
The case
and disposea of assignations. In the case of "Taylor v. Tay-
CONSISTOR
prayedli
voe irfte,
h'
referred
Een dmofott i iorl cy eb,adyiGi
ertlgeaheesednt
married on the 18th of July, 1831, and cohabited together
till May 27, 1842, when Mr. Taylor eloped with Emily
Greenwood, and proceeded to New York. By the marriage
with Mrs. Taylor the issue was four children. The suit was
in poenam, there being no appearance for Mr. Taylor.

CLITICI°SsiUORV'FA..NE.)
FREDERICKr FOX COOPER.
Feb. 14.
on petition for his interim order.
He was the proprietor and editor of the late Cerberus news-
paper.
It was contended that he was not a " trader," and there-
fore The baßnkAruN(pßliCtNecfßaoßmree u p
could not be brought under the operation of the Bankrupt
Act, and was, as the editor of a newspaper, placed in the
same situation as an author or an artist, who could not re-
spectively be said to deal in paper or in canvas.
The Learned COMMISSIONER, however, ordered the peti-
tion to be dismissed, but granted an adjournment till the
Ist of March next, and the protection of the insolvent for
that time.

CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT.
NEW COURT.
TY THE MATTER OF T. HOLT.—Yesterday this de-
fendant, who stands charged with a misdemeanour, of which
Lord William Paget is the prosecutor, was called, at the
opening of the Court, to surrender, but he did not answer.
Shortly afterwards he came into Court, when an application
was made by Counsel for the trial to be postponed, on the
ground that Mr. Holt required more time to prepare his
defence.
Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK granted the application, and
his recog-nizances were enlarged to the next sessions, which
will commence on the 4th of March next.
_ _

The defendant was then re-conducted, by a tipstaff, to the
Queen's Prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKENWELL.

An elderly widow ofdi;t7essed appearance came before Mr.
Combe, complaining that excessive interest had been de-
manded from her on a pledge by Mrs. Sarah Condwell, a
pawnbroker, residing in Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell.
Mr. COMBE, having heard her statement, sent Bingham,
the warrant officer, to Mrs. Condwell's to inquire into the
matter. _

Soon after, the pawnbroker's foreman and the poor woman
came into Court. She stated that three years ago she pawned
a petticoat in Mrs. Condwell's, which she had not been since
able to redeem. The skin she obtained upon it was 3s. 6d.,
and by "backing" the article by the payment of interest, she
had prevented the duplicate from expiring. On Monday last
she tendered Sid. to the foreman as the yearly interest, but
he refused to receive it, saying he would not take less than a
shilling. Having never paid so much interest before, and
being very poor, she &dined complying with his demand,
and came before the Magistrate.
Mr. COMBE said the ,egal rate of interest would not en-
title the pawnbroker to more than what the applicant had
offered. Why was it kot received?—The foreman said he
asked the woman no more than he received from others. He
was bound to ask what his employer wished, and not to
take less.
Mr. Comm told him he was not bound to commit an
illegal act, and nothing wuld warrant him in doing so. In
this case an attempt hat been made to charge an interest
of fifty per cent. more than he was entitled to, and that
from a poor widow.
The woman, in answer to questions from the Clerk, said
she had lost a great deal of time, and been at much trouble
and inconvenience, in coming before the Court, and waiting
on Mrs. Condwell on several occasions.
Mr. CO3IBE recommended the :pawnbroker to allow her
some compensation for loss of time. The foreman obsti-
nately refused, upon which the Clerk observed that Mrs.
Condwell had rendered aerself liable to a fine of 10/. for
charging excessive interest, and that in case the applicant
laid the information, she inuld be entitled to half the penalty.
This useful suggestion brought the foreman to his senses,
and he made ample compensation to the poor widow, who
thanked the worthy
--agVtrate, and left the Court. At

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HAMMERSMITH.
SERIOUS CHARGE AG4INST A RESPECTABLE TRADES-
MAN.—This Court was crowded to excess, in consequence of
Mr. Samuel Nash, a respttable master baker, residing at
No. 3, Oak-terrace, Nottint-hill, being charged before Mr.
T. Poynter, the sitting
Ma strate, with having committed a
criminal assault upon the, person of Mary Horn, a young
woman eighteen years of ale.
Mr. Duncombe, the sohltor, of Gray's Inn, attended to
ti
defend the prisoner.
Mary Horn, a good-lookiq young woman, deposed that